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The Biblical Recorder ' ' '' i I r t t ; i - - Rht. O. TvBATLE Y, v.i '. . kZA . .Ewtob. T. H. PBITCHABD, P.D.,....Oor. Editor, :' DUNCAN UaNEELL, . Ag't k Traveling Oor. BEV. JOHN AMMONS, Agent tad Uorreav pondent tor Western North Carolina. - - WEDNESDAYirMay;14,-187a i ' ' l rJUl-comBinnlcationi or letters f V publication should bo .addressed to Bjbllcal 0 Recorder, Baleigh, N. X a v ... : i 1 , fSTBomltunctti and letters on business ; should be addressed to Edwarda.Broughtoa . a Htl. PnMiaheri. Raleifih. 01 . . - Ey-Xmly personal letters should DO aa dressed to the Editots f " 1 " 1 ; t THE FIRST- OR THE SEVENTH ..... i y. ; - -rrc : Wesee the truth of jthe Saviour's fbrmanattdotiaTi fotnejSabf batb, in the change it underwen to adapt itself to, the "changed relaj tion'ofaa:Wdextnip is well known thatlwe do not now observe the 7th day, the Jewish Sabt bath, but the first day, and the ques tion at onoe arises by what authority was this change made 1,. how, cpald : such v an ., alteration be .. made if the fourth commandment be a-par ' of the great moral 'Law, which wai not revoked by Christ or nis ties, ; bdt t was given to man uni. versally and is binding forever 1 The reply is that the 'spirit of the, com. " mand does, not fix the Sabbath on a t set day of the. week, butdeslgnates the seventh' portion of time as that which should be consecrated to, the Lord. "Six days shalt thou la bor, the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord.", That this Is the meaning f6f 'the command is appareht'from the phystflmpossibili of Itsf being Otherwise, JttTla nJrble fbrsli 'men in-aU piaces tot keep the? same Clime as the. Sabbath.; To "lUustrate ' this point, and it is a very important one in this' controversy, were two men to resolve to keep .the Sabbath, one of them remaining fat the United States and 'the' other proceeding to China,' when on opposite sides of the globe' these two men would not be observing the same day ; the difier enee in latitude would , make a dif ference of a Hvhole day, as to time. The difference in longitude would also make a difference in the 'length o the days, and thus U " is evident that iVwould be a matterof exceed ing difilcuity If not absolutely inv possible, for, all men of all countries to observe the same. Sabbath at the same time. " ;; ." . Dr. Timothy D wight makes a dis tinction' between the Sabbath, ct rest, and the day on which the Sab. bath, is observed which is worthy et attentions $ The , Sabbath he aayajts resty worship, the service of, God, and is a thing different from the day on which this service is performed or rest enjoyed1 God sanctified the seventh', not because it was the sev enth, more thaVt sixth j but be. cause it was the day after the work of creation was finished, and was thus the day 1 on which the Sabbath or holy'rest was'fo be keptrl$ Is, there forptain tSat the command to keep a Sabbath or day of holy rest might be .fixed and perpetnal, and yet the day might be changed to any day of the week. The .day might be altered and yet the substance of the law be Cbserved And if I am not - much mistaken1 there is a clear intimation n the Old Testament that1 the par . ticulada would jbeangedr" The 20th chapter , of Exodus,; the first time the Sabbath.is, mentioned in Jewish historyi it is said to have been sanctified in honor.of "the completed work oi the creation j but the second time it is mentioned Deateronomy 5tb, nothing is said of creation or the fact that God rested on the seventh day, but the Jews are told that God commanded them to keep the Sab bath day because he had delivered them from Egyptian bondage.' In the one case it is stated that the Sabbath was commemorative of the finished work of God in the creation ot; the world j in the other of the deliverance of Israel from captivity.' -Now, as the release of Israel from bondage in Egyptiwas a type' of the more glo rious deliverance to be accomplished by the death : and resurrection ?. Christ, was there not ja probability given, a Wnd of expectaUon' created:' indeed, that when that:" great' and glorious evenf should come to pass, a fitting day would be chosen to com memorate its imporjcflfil i Moreover i there; seems to be a prophecy -of Christiaft the U8th Psalm which givestanintimation of a change in JthSabba e: : stone .which the builders, rejected has become Jbi head, stone of the corner. : This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes." This is the day which' theLord; na ; inade and we wil rejoice and be glad in j& ' sThlraiso PhrUiap himself, and Te ter declared that they Tjrere fulSlled ia the "Tesnrrectiori -of the SaviourV ' Ehis rls the day the Lord hath pade the day of Christs'. resurrection, the most important day In the world's history it ' ; ; Whatever Importance" may be at' tEched to probabilities of this kind, I c-!lcct' think it right tochange thd c j :cl the csveath to.'the first d:;c! ilz rcii'.Trillicss! divine a& tl::i:j. I authority v for Jthe change andwUl proceed to give it. Now, we might naturally suppose that if the da; was ever to be chang ed, it would be s6changed as to sig nalize the completion of the work of redemption as illustrated in the res urrection of pie : Saviour.?Tbis was a work greater than creation, greater than the release of Israel from cruel iondage.The day has been changed to commemorate this event, and that, too, by the authority of Christ 'and I hia Apostles. - . - Bemember that Christ was cruci fied oif Friday on the 7th day, our Saturday andthe Jewish , Sabbath, he was in the sepulchre. 4 The church of ChrUt ,had- noholy.Testival on that day. it was a day'of grief and gloom to the disciples f tmi Lord. But da the 1st day of the week, our Sunday, the MessUh rose . from, the dead. On that day the hearts of his friends were filled with hope and joy and, they could sing; his is the day the Lord hath. made, we' wUrejoioe andbe giad'iaf ijVThatiwas the foremost day of all this ?. world, and that day was at once 'distinguished Mthe'XoraayV:;;? fi'l "..Now mark this important fact, that while up to his death the .Saviour had always observed the seventh day he never did it after his resurrection, bnt he did set the seal of his approval on the first 'day of; the week, it wai on the first day, not the seventh, that he rose from the dead and on this day that htt repeatedly appeared to his disciples after his lesurrection, and this day, soon came to be known as the Xorf day. Jesus tells us, himself, that be is Lord of the Sabbath, and that , the Sabbath . was made tor man and to adapt it to the wants of man He who first ordained: it now re-appoints a Sabbath of rest, and this day chosen of the Saviour, himself is not; the seventhj but the jr day of the week. Nothing is clearer from all concur rent history than that .the disciples of Christ didnot religiously observe the seventh but the first day of . the week, and the New Testament tells us that they met on the first day of the week for worship j It was on this day they celebrated the' Lord's Sup per : it was on this day . they were accustomed to raise their contribu tions for benevolence, and the Apos tle John, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, calls the first day " the Lord's day. Ignatius, who was a companion of the . Apostles, ; Justin Martyn, who was put to death, A; Dm 165,.wiUi Ireoaeas, Tortullian and Eusebius and all the early historians, testify that from the resurrection the Sabbath of the Christian churches was the first day of the week and not the seventh. ;- To sum up the whole matter: If the Apostles and early . Christians called the first day. of the week the Lord's day if they met to worship regularly on this day j if they ob served the Lord's Supper on this day, and took up their collections to feed the poor'and extend the gospel, then does it seem to me that we have ainple authority for observing , the first instead of the seventh day as our Sabbath, and 'that In so i doing we are fulfilling the fwilV of the Lord. re t'-cra-ir divine- . A DREAM. a- i - Our study is a comfortable place to; work in. ; It has a stove j a capital easy chair provided by the thought ful love of our "Woman's Working Society a nice writing-table1-at which we are writing this article ; a good carpet, and various other com forts for a ' preacher (whd ought to be a t student. f-is un-jn Somedmes, ; when ' we 1 are . over worked and underslept, we lie down on a tench four good friends have not yet put in' the lohnge 3 and, editors like, steal from the day) what1 we have Inexcusably borrowed from' the night.' " s V', lw3i-.(:-i if- To-day we had a queer dreain, and as we always did believe in dreams, we wili tell this one to Cur readers. We dreamt that we1 were looking dver our exchanges ; and our atten tion was at bhee arrested b fa copy of the National Baptist; dated March' 2001,13811'' Turning, as is our wont to the columns usually occupied ' by Dr. Dobbsrwe read as follows r 1 t Died,- at " Greenville,' SJ March 3; 18S1, Mr. B.;Cotjbibs; in - --Tearof his aire." OnrvtmA RrA Cotjkieb had been suffering for some years with a disease eerjecialTv inp.iu dent to the climate of the Oarolinas i I uu vuwugu us uvic up mauiaiiy on- der if, aftef he settled in Greenville? and gave Jus friends Btronehrvk ot 5i8??of erytjhpersratent hiaia-1 uj- reiurnea in a most ' arCTavated and '-unmanageable form j- andJ 6ur Bra CotTEiEB was forced to succumb to' the bower of ther fell Apatmrra The ablest Doctors called the diseased UNION MEETINGS. Bto. Record. rtTease ebr)t.i'tei-ittv :-ju ats HWe-arewide iwake-nowanii tryingto internret our drnam nanv B.r5 Bailey of the Recorder help usl I -Baptist Courier? lirav'Hii I ,We,copytiie aboveudream ;of i)r: Hiden with real pleasure and. hearti ly thank himifor dreaming lit; ;iWe hope the dream may evet be ?real iied jby the; 'CfoUtfpmmm teibacliwards urely)n vaia the net it spread lot the eight of anybirdWe tta'derstahd fie matter and ian readily ' furnish lof our good Bro. Courier" was re corded. Had the date of the notice in the National Baptist been the 3rd or 5th of April instead of the 20th of March, and the Religious : Herald been the paper containing the notice, Jail would have been clear as a sun beam. We dor" not expect that oft March 20th, 1831, there wilhbe any such paper as the National Baptist. Certainly not if the plans of the brethren can be carried, out. Feb. 3fd, thefdate0 dfi the-departure-of B-o. Courier, should have been April 3rd, or just after the Union Meet ings, when the office r. was flooded with long notices of the fifty or sixty sessions of thwe mjrton bodies Fot a parr to die just at such 4 time .would ..be most natural and for tunate. A better time forthe Bap tist Courier tit BIBLICAL Beco&DB to wind up its affairs and. lie down to rest oould not be-found.. The Bib licil ;EsooBDBa has a' hard spell just' after every 5th Sunday. We barely survive ' and 'only V recover strength sufficient,' between these odd Sundays, toj take us through anotner violent attack or the same disease. We are in this matter very much like a feeble country pastor we once knew, who had a once a month appointment at a good church that loved him much.' He 'always1 went to tshnrch well , but returned home sick. ; His good wife told us that she bad been practicing medicine on her husband for nearly twenty-five years that he .would goto his 'Saturday appointment,' preach and go home with some of the brethren or sisters, eat a hearty dinner of things he was not used to at home, repeat the same thing on Sunday and returai liome for her to doctor and wait on Tor the next three weeks. That ' he usually recovered j ust in time to repeat the dose and had done so for. years and years. For years this has been the experience. of the' EscoBOSS, only we did not voluntarily take the dose that so weakened as just after each 5th Sunday in the year. Did it ever occur to the brethren ot these anions and the officers of their sessions' that there were about 130 Associations in this State, and that most of these 30: Associations are divided' into three Union Meeting Districts, that each of these Union Meetings hold their sessions on the very same day, and that there are about four 5th Sundays in1 a year f ' Suppose 90 Union Meetings hold four sessions in a year, that gives us 3C0 meetings, and if each of these meetings should send us a column of proceedings and beg us to be sore and print them in the next issue, what' would become of us I;' Don't you know that such a dose of proceedings would kill tha Ekoordeb 1 Make your pills into pelletts, brethren, or we shall decline to take them thelaterpretatioa thereof. HiOarca; trolls is with the dates aid the ra 5- I per in which the totica Cf tha dzzth. A GOOD WOMAN GONE TO REST, ; Mrs. Cathebhtb Ann Lewis died at Wake Forest College, at the home of. her son in-law, XVof. 'L. B. Mills, on Friday the 25th hit., in the sev entieth year of herage. " Sister Lewis sprang from the old and honorable Battle family,ot Edge combe county, ' branches of i which have attained distinction la Tennes see, Georgia and Alabama, as ' Well as North aroliuaU I Sbewas the sister ot the late Hon.. W. H. Battle, B. H. Battle, Sr., who still survives, and the Rev. Amos J. Battle", ' irho, nke herself, diedof cancer someyears ago. iGeneralattle, of Alabama, a distinguished aoldiet of the late war, and BeVi AlJ.? 'Battte D.D. Presi dent of Mereer UniversityfJ Georgia are of the same family. V Jv. . Early in life, aister Lewis married Dr John YT. Lewis,1 and . for many yearaidi er'BeVJAmos Ji Battle, was at time, pastor . of the First Bsptist church ot - Baleigh,' and it was under his administration that the neat brick church on the southeast corner of the Capital Square :was ; bailt, which for twenty.five years was the home of the Batti8t familv of this citv.fnF denominaidpawas !thfiiee'b$f Kaleigb, and.a series, of .mst nnfor tan ate tronblea madat t svlmna(:'& ' proach to belong t this eonimunfdn. dedto. the 'social ban resting dissensions, waaa heavy debt . in carredlh the;;erectlotf6f iheinew house of worship. These wttimea lP try;ln?. principles of men.'andVwe who reapthe fruits of their lab and sacrifice should; fail ia the perform ance of !a debt of erratitndA if vi AA nWascrlbe all honbr;tahe Briggs I wio jrescuas, me isoysters.tbe BjggV, theiTassythe iWilliamsVthe Lewis', the Grahams and other noble men ifid wonietf who stood lotnelriiloiw ia tbose dark noursfof , poverty ; re proach, and despondency; .One of the truest of all- these faithful ones was our dear sister Lewis; and there are many 'trfationa wound, the old church pf the hopeful spirit, the active seal and - consecra ted energyof tfiis fellow,helper' td the; trrj i.w a y Ui;a:,y m ij! n-1 ? '.. gVktlilti vaiJfi.i. i.R$l'-nj1itl' M t was, .therefore, ? a ; fitting; thin g that she Eioald ba: buried . from the church for which she had salon an so faithfully;; labored.4 ' Her funeral 1 f:iO J t services were conducted by Prof. Wm. B. Boyall, on Sunday the 27th at 11 o'clock, a. m., and many old friends of other Christian commu nions, as well as many relatives were present to do honor to the memory of one they so much loved. ' t Left a widow, with a large family of young children, she was enabled, by a gracious Providence, to rear them to mattirity, and had the hap piness to see tnem settled In life and occupying positions of honor and usefulness before she . was .called to her resV if 4; t : Her end was peace, and the lessons of -her life, especially - its close, were many and beautiful, which It is hoped will be developed lby some one better acquainted with; her Inner history. In the meantime, this passing tribute is paid to one whom I honored and esteemed as an intelligent and , de ctdei B .piictt, and whose; cheerful spirit and fervent piety iwere 'most worthy to be commemorated t v , -' ' " ' T. H. P. PERSONAL & OTHER ITEMS. K .; .Est. N. B. Cobb, oL FtyetUrille,' wS too nwn to attend the CoarenUbn. ,' , 1 . .. .Dr. Fulton has been restored to mem benhip In ' the ioinisters' eo&ferenoe in New .York. - , . i a ; ; . . Bev Howard L. Barrows hu eocepled th mil to tbo pastonta of th lrt church Lexington, Ky. s ; ( i ....Aboot CnttOBW. Bead It There are ten thousand mother in thla 8Ute who ooald read that article with profit. . ;....Jtev, Dr. W. Htcher, of Richmond, Vs., expected to deliver the eddrese al the Commencement et the Baleigh Female 8em inaiy.: J.: .... - : ' 1 ; .Bef. M. V. MoDnffle, of Wake Foreat College, filled Dr. PritcharoTi pulpit on Son day Ust Bro. McDaf&e Is one of oar most promising young preaohers. r ... BeV. T. T.'Eatoa, of Fetersbnrg, Ya., will deliTer the addreea before the graduating class of Wilson Female College at the ap proaching commencement on Jane 10th. . . .Charles F. Freeman, of Massachusetts, a prominent. Second Adventlat murdered his little daughter, offering her as a sacrifice, on 2nd of Hay. Be has been arrested and should be hung by the seek till he ia deed. ... Bocliestei Tboglcai Sminary has received s gift of tl36,000v : J. B. Hoyt, X B. Trerer, Charles Pratt and the brothers Bockef eDer, are the generous friends of the Seminary, who have unitedly , made up this handsome contribution. ......Ber. Dr. C. C Chaplin, of Austin, Texas, says that "so uniTersally ia the Got. ernor eensured for remoring Dr. Wallace from the Bnperin tendency of the State Lu natic Asylum that he is led to conclude that the Governor is the only man ia Texas who desired Dr. Wallaces's removal." ... .Mr. Henry Kiddle, Superintendent of the Public Schools of New York city has gone deranged and published a book on Spiritual ism. Of all the foolish isms that ever dis graced and degraded the human mind Bpirit uaUam is the c!imax. 1 The slightest tincture of it should be safflolent to consign one to a cell in a Lunatic Asylum. . ...Rev. K. A. iloore, of Pittsboro, says, "My work in the Sandy Creek Association is very encouraging. I preached 15 sermons. visited 67 families, held religions oonrersa tion and prayer with nearly all of them ; organized one promising Temperanoe Society ; traveled 340 miles by ' pnvate eonveyanoe ; visited Thomkarille. All the College girls have pro fessed hope In Christ. Bra. , Beinhart is at work on his new buOdiog." ' t. '....Bra W. B. Gwaltney, who has jaat retained from FsyetteviEe, where he went to assist the pastor in a meeting, has this to say: "Bro. Cobb is doing a good work In that place. His eongregstions are good, especially on Sundsy loights. Be delivers a lecture before the graded school of the town o& North Carolina every Friday afternoon. His lectures have pat both teachers and pnpus to: studying the . Geography Of their SUte with new icterest. 7 Bro. Cs prospeets for great usefulness on his present field are very bright.,;;. ;r'r 5,;.-; if, .v.Bev. J. tt Booth was much pleased with what "observant, pastor . ..aai4 in behalf of the preachers who use notes and hopes the brethren will profit by it He also adds I have never yet 'seen; preacher who used notes affitoted with the Kladsomanls orBhap somania." ,We rather think, we have. .Dr. Poindexter used notes1' and he had something in his method of finishing np a sermon that was Yery.unnsual and very ' powerful in Its Infiaeaee ' upon 'his barer&l We : do7 not know what it was, but we have often wished thatw had a tad. ' V,: . . . "The Bxsucix. Bsoouns Is one of our best exchanges, but It most strangely misrep resents our position in regard to the Southern Baptist Convention--Religious Beratd of 8th. ;This is an exceedingly grave and wa founded charge ou the jpart, of the ITre. We have not said a word bhiis BtUgimM HtrotiTt position ln4 regard: to the Southern. Baptist ConveaUon. Nox alluded to it ia any way.K Has the Hrald an uneasy eonscienee t or does it dream dreams and sea visions r; Tell us when and where we have roisrepretented yon end we arc ready to' make amends. : , s i j l!f.Ool.' 14 Polk' Commissioner of Ag riculture, MeepiedthMUf to delivet addresaee.at the following times and places: BuUierfW:C3ollee; f ilstj; Shelby; Cleaveland county. May 24th j Denver Senv inary, Llnooln wtjUSth .Winston, Forsythe mnty, june' :7th , Wilson CollegjU ate Institnte, Jun26tlu ;He if urged to apeak in CaUwba and Iredell on the 23rd, and wffl probably acoept if the matter can be arranged as to the plaoe. 4 Be is also to speak in Pitt and Anson counties, bnt the time has yet to be fixed.; t: ,f..p-,J.ii ,.j t0i ,f.lM;: i C.Dxsva SuasABT.Tha annual close of Denver Seminary wfil' ome off the 2Sth and 29th of Hay.' The sermon wiS be preach ed at ten o'clock, a. m. on the 28th,y BeV. Theodore Whitfield, D.D., of Charlotte, N. C. At 2 o'clock, 'p. Tm. of the same day, Col lit L.1 Polk, 'State' Commissioner 'of Agriculture will deliver an Agricultural address. Speak ing by a part of the school at nighty Col.-Ct E. Jones, editor of the Charlotte ' Ohterier. wiS deliver the Literary address at 10 o'clock, a. nuon achbol'will" follow. held at the Arbor of Bock - Spring; Camp ground, Chief larshal E D. Shelton. of Liaeom county, - . . .". , . . , . 4 J t' fr on the 29th. .Cosing exercises by the ASM WAIfUilDBl - WU4 fjSSW 1:V The Pope of Borne, has eonoladed to re-organize the Catholic church in America for a vigorous campaign among the colored people. . . . .A. M. Bailey, the oldest printer of Biohmond is dead. He was at one time one of the proprietors of the Beligunu Herald. He was a good man andhonored. 1;,; . ; ....Dr. J. W, Jones,1 of Blchmond, Ya., furnishes the Baptiti Courier, f South Caro lina, a most remarkable and vigorous article on the Biohmond meeting'of A.M.B. Society. It doesn't seem to have been'muoh of a meet ing after alt and the programme was out and dried In Philadelphia - -r : ...'.BeT. Dr. T. 1L Law, of Bryan, Texas, editor of Ths Yoke tf The Ptopb, has this to say ot us: "Ths Bnixoii. Bxoonpxa, pub lished at Raleigh, NvO., and edited by Eld. C." T. Bailey, is otf ot the most welcome visitors to our offioe. - It is worthy the sup port and oonfldenoe of the Baptists of the old North State; and would - be a most agree able companion in many f amilies.in Texan, Prioe, t2.00. . - . , .,.,The city government of New Orleans has passed a rule forbidding oolored congre gations to hold services in their churches af ter 10 o'clock at night. The Examiner and fc'AfwiisZd very : wisely asks if , this law will apply to the ban rooms, beer gardens and as semblies of whits people? If it , does not, then the law is unoonatituUonaX ' ' .y.MBev. Pinokney Oliver, of Dalton, sends us a list of subscribers and says : Tell breth ren Stradley and Gwaltney to. write again cm the subject of women preachers. They hit the nail on the head bef ore. Now let them drive it up." The Bxoosnxn is open to these and all other brethren on this subject! . We are unalterably opposed to women preachers,' and expect to remain so until God makes a new Bevelatlon, or sends the Apostle Paul back Into, the world to tell us that be did not mean what he said wten he wrote hk epfaHles to the churches, w . .11 worthy brother writes : "I am in the habit of doing a considerable amount of work each year, and as a. general thing do not get enough money to shoe my horse all around onoe.. But for strong muscles, economy and Industrious habits I should hare long ago been blotted from the ministry if not from this tsbernacie of flesh.,. Oar Bsrd-sheu breth ren do better than that . When they need money they send out a long string of appoint suents and get a dollar a sermon, This ea ablee them to stay at home for a month or so, and then the thing is repeated. . . . .Bev. Wm. Turner, of Salem, sends us subscribers regularly, and with the last list gives as the following good reasons for efforts in our behalf: "The Rsooaoxn is one of the ablest helps I have. I am sorry that it is net in every family,' especially, of our church-members. The other day, I said to a young lady: "where did you and your pa stop at 1" She ' described the house and place, I said: "That ia where some of my members live." She said, "as soon as I stepped in, I saw the lady of the house reading the Bsoobdzs; I knew at onoe, we were at a good place; so it was." We ministers stop at many good places, where the Bxoobdxb does not visit, but we think that those who do not read the Bxookdxb de prive themselves of mucA good. Elder Ben ben Jones's "Juniper tree" and your editorials are very popular, I think they cannot be sur passed." ... .A brother from a church in the Cho wan section says, -'We have our beloved brother as our pastor this year and we have greatly enjoyed his preaching, but I am sorry to say that we have been compelled to make him give us sixty dollars of his salary as we were unable to pay it" What are we to think of such a churoh J Did they honestly try to raise that sixty dollars? or did they simply neglect to do so ? Then too, which was the easier, for the three hundred and fifty members of that churoh, to have given the pastor sixty dollars or for the pastor with his heavy family expenses and meager salary to have given the church the sixty dollars ? He is to-day the poorest man in their midst Yet a large churoh that professes to highly appreciate him requires him' to give them sixty dollars of his salary which we venture to say, did not amount to fifty cents for each member of the church. . . . .Bev. W. F. Grsyy of Yadkin county, says t 1t is a fact that some of our ministers in Western Carolina are being driven from the field for want of support " Ths laborer is cer tainly worthy of the hire. ' "They that preach thegospet should live of the gospel.' 'He that pro vide th not for his own household hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.' If our people cannot ' be educated and in duced to give more liberally to God of their substance, it does seem to me that ul timately they must lose the ablest men now in the active ranks. I am personally ac. qualnted with good men who have the cause at heart, that wouldj devote their time and talents wholly to the ' Aritia ministry who have left their : real calling and gone into secular affairs to get bread for themselves and families. In some instances this may be for gain, in others I. am sure it is of oom palskm. Preachers are only men at best, and whilst they feed ' the sheep with the sincere rnOk of the Word (to be effective) their bodies must be clothed and fed." We fully agree with Bro. Gray. I It is the doty of the ohuroh. ss to support their pastors. It Is a reproach to them and to Christianity ' that, in some ia stanoesi at least they do not"- AU,m -Hi si". ' i V-; '' ' M' i brother, asks us to. "give our readers an aztiols; on numbering oonverta." . Well, we are, opposed to numbering Israel. ; - We knew a church; is Sorry , county, Ya., when we were a young man, that had reported more converts at its j meetings and additions to its membership in twenty ; years than there were citizens in a eizde of twenty miles: around It And yet when We were there last ft had a very small membership' and J was almost a mission station.' We heard of a lady who professed conversion1 eleventimes' in one' protracted meeting held in that church, and we' rather reckon she was oousted over eleven times that year.iiJThe ruleSwith some people, is to prof ess religion every protracted meet ing, even If these meetings are held twice or three, times year, y A' brother who Is now ;in '' the midst of one of these wonderf ol meetings' in : hU ! church 'report, ed to us "one hundred and ' fifteen con verts" up to that day. We' asked him how aaanf of them were already on his churoh book as 'regular members? He replied, WeB. it is as is usual la such meetings. We srevteing a work for all the ohurobes.'' We once aided a good brother In . one of these meetings that ! lasted "two weeks. Seventy five of eighty people : shouted gloriously and hardly a sinner was left in the oelghbbrhood. We were both strangers ' and thought the Lord had done a great work id converting S sinners Inthat meeting. Bat when we went round to see who of the converts were going to join the church ws were surprised to learn that nine-tenths of them were already on Che books and had doubtless been numbered many times before. But when s preacher's success is measured by the number of addi tions and when a minister's standing in his Conference I depends upon the number of conversions reported, how can it be otherwise? The brethren most number and must get up revivals or sensations. " - - BOOK NOTICES. - - Sasronrav ABrrnifxrics, by 'Sbelton P. Sanford, L, L. D., Professor of Mathematics, Meroer University, Macon, Ga and publish, ed by J, B. Lippincott A Co. , Philadelphia, have been sent to us by Martin V. Calvin, Esq., of Angusts, Gs., who is the General Southern Agent Prices : Primary Aritheme tic, 27 cents ; Intermediate . Arithmetic, 43 cents; Common school Arithmetic, 80 cents; Higher Atl hmetic, $1.25. .; These books are now extensively used in Georgia and South Carolina, and also In other States. ' They are gotten np on the analytical plan and are the result of twenty-five years of practical experience as a tesoher of Mathe maticsthe favorite branch of this eminent scholar and educator. The large sale of the books is evidence of their .merit, and those who have given them the test of ths school room speak in high praise of them. ' They can be had of all regular book-sellers and favorabls terms will be given for Intro-, dnction. " ' :' I T- ; . i ' tion, and is therefore, cheaper 'and more con venient than most of our hymn books, The first line of each hymn is net to music to aid in selecting and starting" the songs. The ooQeetloa will be found partionlarly suited to prayer-meeting services, where the singing Is leas elaborate and expensive.' :j ''- Notes oh tss Gosrzxr or Joiur. bv Geo. W. .. . Clark, D,D. American, Baptist Publication bociety, muadelphia. T . ,s This volume is uniform with IDrClark's "Notes" on Matthew, Mark and Luke. The modest title of "Notes" has no doubt militated against the rapid sale of these invaluable commentaries, for that is what they are : To our mind, they equal the best English com mentaries on the four Gospels and in most particulars they are more satii (factory than the heavy works of Lange, G Jl and Scott They are plain, pointed' and practical. - The preacher or ; Sondsy school teacher who goes to Clark for Information will not be disap pointed, if the passsge he seeks light upon can be elucidated at alL ' - A Braui o TwxarrT-Fiys.CxsTsl-rThe American Bible Society sends us copies of its cheap Bible and Testament, the former, bound in cloth, at 25 cents, and the. latter, in limp cloth, at 5 cents per copy. ; These. are the nnest specimens or books that nave ever been offered for the price. We have for some time past had them in- use in Sabbath school, and have found them to be well bound and durable. 'It seems to us that no Sabbath school scholar should be without one of these Bibles. There is no good reason why any family any individual In "'our land should be without a Bible, when the entire book can be purchased for the small sum of 25 cents. The Bible Society has determined to put its books on sale with ordinary dealers, in the f ature, instead of relying, ss in times past, upon its depositories. Journal and Messen ger. We have examined the Bible and Testa meat described by the Journal and Meteen, ger, and fully endorse all that is said of them. FBOX BRO. J. B. IIARTWELL. Dear Bro. Bailey : .The Georgia Baptist Convention recently held in Columbus was a meeting interesting, profitable and esjoyable. Such men as Drs.Mell, Battle, Skinner, DeVotie, Spald ing, Robarts, Campbell, Rials and Wilkes, with , the Kilpatricks, the Davises, Campbells, Nudnally, Ir win, Butler and , the host of other mighty men i of Georgia, and with such j visitors as Drs. Mcintosh, Sumner, Landrum, Hawthorne and Tichenor could . hardly j come: to gether to consult as to the inter ests . of. our. Redeemer's kingdom, and fail to have an interesting meet ing. A tender, loving spirit prevailed in all3 the discussions, even when there was the widest difference of opinion on most Important questions. There are more parlimentarians in the Georgia Convention than in any other State Convention; I have ever attended. The peerless : President, (Udell,) decides and defines the nicest questions of order with a promptness and sharpness that;give to the meet ings the charm of vivacity and Iresh ness. The grounds of his decisions are 1 ao thoroughly understood and appreciated by the great body of the delegates that there is rarely, if ever, an appeal from his decisions. In the late meeting, the Convention made an essentially uew ? departure? With. a view to economising In the home expenses of our missionary en terprises Jt was resolved to request the Georgia" Baptist Convention to instruct the Home and Foreign Mis sion Boards to 'operate' in Georgia in collecting funds through the State Board. And the State Board were directed to put themselves into; di rect communication with; all 'the pastors Laod to endeavor to secure through the pastors regular v stated contributions from' the churches to out various benevolent enterprises. -.Printed cards are prepared,' con taining a pledge, binding' the signer; to give bis people an : opportunityto contribute' monthly,', bi-monthly,' or quarterly to theseenterprises, end vigorous efforts are; to be made to secure the signatures of the pastors all over,tbe State to those cards. It is proposed to furnish these pastors regularly with brief statistical tables indicating the progress and work of the several missions. Most of the old ; men of the Convention , and amoog , the r visitors looked :with very serious apprehension upon the passage of the measure, and some entered, their earnest! protest ; but the middle aged men, most of ; them Stirring, active ; pastors, werei gen erally entbosiastio -s in I their advo cacy of it If the plan can be carried out practically, if the pastors can be induced to inform themselves and their flocks, and to give regular and frequent opportunities for contribu ting, the result will be elorious t but 1 am exceedingly afraid the country pastors win not come up to their duty and that our. mission funds will fall fearfully short. I am not, how. ever, without hope, since so much energy and devoted piety are already emistea m me pian. The Convention heartilv endorsed the mission to the California Chinese; . .a a. w . - sou vy special resolution oeggea tne pastors to urge its claims .upon the churches. Let North Carolina ds4 tors likewise be prevailed upon, each! to make effort in this behalf. I - Planting interests down here are much more forward than in the Old North State. Cotton is up, and soml farmers are busy chopping ont I have been I uxuriatin g tor many days on green peas, strawberries, So w a i I am in Alabama only, for a few days intervening between the Geor gia - Convention and . the 1 Southern Baptist Convention. I hope (D. Y.) to meet many of the North Carolina brethren in Atlanta , next week. I close this on train near Montgomery. i. i -jr fi.Yc-nrs fraternally, i ;yr; i .. -Jit--H'fcM Jt B. Haetwell. : Baptist Soxas with llusxo. A. B. Gates. ' Louisville, Caperton k Catea, , Publishers. This is a selection of 238of the most popular hymns of the day carefully arranged t suit all our different services. It contains ss many hymn, ss are wng by jmy ordinsry congrega-ijIareh daring the 8ittin ofJthe TO THE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES OF THE BALEIGH ASSOCIATION At the last session of the Baleigh Association, ; the . undersigned - were appointed a committee to look after the fields within our bounds and con-! tigious thereto, that are destitute of the preached Gospel, with a" view to supplying the same -' -? ' , Our first meeting - was held on Saturday before the fifth Sunday lu South-western Union at Inwood chureh." In view of the scarcity of money in our borders, and the press ing neeas or state and - Foreign Missions; we felt that it would be almost useless to undertake to raise a fund from our cbutches sufficient to employ ministers to preach ree ularly: in the, several sections that claim our attention ; and therefore. concluded to appeal to the ministers of our Association to give us gratu itously one or two weeks,' each, during the summer for such fields as we may designate. 'And we -call upon each church at its regular con ference to pass a resolution relieving tneir pastor irom one or his appoint ments with them in order to give ns this help. we confidently hope and expect to have the prompt response and help of every minister and church in the Association; "The field is already white unto the harvest," and with the reapers to go forth we feel that a great gathering for the Master awaits us. : We shall be glad to have sugges lions irom any oi me cnurcnes or ministers in regard to any destitute points in their knowledge. Address the chairman at Raleigh. N. B. Bboughton, CWmn. M. Whitley, - 1 D. B. Holland. . E. S. Moobe, - ' J. S. Allen. . Committee. DIED. FBOS BBO. E. BODSON. . LiberaUtr. A pious Jew gave at least one third of his income every year. Be gave a tenth of the corn, wine and oil; one-tenthof all the flocks and herbs ; the first born child ; the first born of all the animals, ckan and nnolean ; ot the 52 weeks In the year he spent from 6 to 9 weeks in attend ing their 3 great annual feasts ; all of the fruit of the orchard .4 years old was given to God, , and after 4 years one tenth every year ; Levit icus 19 : 24. - The vow of a man was $25, ot a woman $15. Lev. 27 : 34. Each man paid 25cts atonement money. ; Why. can't we have liberal ity inl879t, - u Some of the Baptists in the South are helping the North to pay $40,000 on their book store debt. This is very right as the Nqrth helped the South to pay for the Southern Bap tist Seminary and helped Waxe For est . College to raise $10,000. But some Baptists in the South wish to sell Kind Words. We should help the North but we should not cut our throats This would be a great sin. Our Publication Society ought not to have gone down. - The Baptists in our State are equal to the Protes tant Methodists in the South, r Yet they can have one book establish-.: ment in the South. The Cumberland Presbyterians, not more nnmeroua than the Protestant Methodists, have one book concern in the Sonth. The Presbyterians; are not much ..over 100,000 in the : South, yet they can have f a Publication - Society in the South. The Methodists have three book establishments in the South but we can't have one. A resolution to sell out is a resolution to do noth ing. ; . Sn ppose ;. the i; North ; prints cheaper iThis does not prevent Pedo baptists t from?! having ; Publication Societies" in 1 the South; They , tell me that - many of their : books : go round by New York to come to the SOUtlL'tJKVft? ' u'.,-'" ! If we practice the suicidal plan oi selling out every thing, in 10 years we shall have nothing, It i is children's work tm build - op and pull down. We may work by inverse proportion. The more nmmK we are. the less we should do.: The world don't work by. this rule.rt iv - .33. Dodson. -' .-' Index New Advertisements. s ?'J. A. Crxzcb one of the 'foremost of Bal eigh ' merchants,; maker 1 a solid argument In his advertisement elsewhere,: to which we Invite attention.' His long experience In buying and selling dry goods gives him great advantage, which he shares with his customers. Kind, affable', and polite,, he makes all who visit his dry goods palace, feel better for hav ing gone.' " -I-' s f 1 . . j - .(!- j". - rt - L. H. Tsaaoaa jurn Psttt 4b Josss.--These gentlemen have one' of the most com plete stock of dry goods ; Ac, in the city, and are selling them low, as their large patronage amply shows. , ., ,' V 'EixntOTOK. EorarrsB & Co.Bapiily these gentlemen are- climbing to the poaitian -.of leading builders of Baleigh. ' They ' know their" bofilneas practically ; work with their eoats off and at living prices, and mean bust nets.. Bead their advertisement'' : A8ANT.--At his residence, iaTT ville, N. O.. on the 23th of ApriL 1879 jS,6" Landu Pleaasnt, age Mj Ane deceased was the son of Rev. Stepha, Pleasant, and Uarv. PiMn k;- rDea v Pvr9oa,nty' : e 28th of kZ vember, 1826. . . , : ' He began his as a farmer, hni .... .. death of his father, which ooonrred in isa he engaged in the mercantile profession f!l which nature bad endowed him with soed,! "" ,ca d harfaB found his proper avocation, he followed hi. business elosety through life, wittj elightfau terruptions caused chiefly by feeble health. ' o He oommenced business in Penum N. C, and continued there three veaA 1856-7-8. with good raecees. Hta reputed ' as a business man, and christian gentleman was established, and good the example, and " ! b j u a nad opportunity to learn when visiting that turn in 1860 and 61. . : Leaving Person, he went to Louisiana and oommenced business in Shiloh, where he eon. tinned until 1860, when - constrained to sin ttnrjJor a season in eonsequenoe of failing Best and travel had so far restored hi. health, that in July, 1861, he volunteered as a soldier, and served his country for one yeu When his health gave wsy, and having received a discharge from service, signed by Gen. s. ' E. Lee, he returned to his native place in Person county, N. C. -u' -. . - j. , Sept. 14th, 1862, he was marriedtoMus Cornelia Lawrenoe, by whom i he had Are children, four daughters and one son, all of whom survive him to mourn the loss of one of the best of husbands and fathers. ' toi.l8V be was baptized by hit father Elder Stephen Pleasant, and united with the Baptist church at Clemoni,. Person county N. a, and during all the yeem of his service as s soldier of Christ has been unusually ac! tive, true, and efficient. He loved the Mas ter and His cause, was kind to the poor, and liberal in his benefactions. He wasted noth. ing upon himself, but gladdened many hearts by his timely and liberal gifts bestowed by the hand of charity. And there are not a few in Ashe ville, and in all the plaoea where he has lived, who will long remember him as a friend to the poor and, a helper of the ncely. ; via 1866, be and his christian wife agreed to make it a rule for life to contribute one tenth of their income to the Lord's eause, and faithfully has the rule been , kept, and large the oontrubutions made; for the Lord did prosper him. - .He livod - religion at home, ; maintained striotly family worship, and Ms home life was peaceful and happy. r As a member of the church and deacon, he was faithful, regular ly at his post, and always ready to every good word and work. He Was one of the few who did not let business interfere with his duty to Christ and his cause. : - - . . His feeble health constantly reminded him that his time was short and that he ought to redeem it He often spoke of death as at hand, and that he must prepare to meet it. And when it eome.-be felt that he was ready to go. Just before he was taken up, he said, "I had hoped that I might get up again, and have tried to pray that my life might be spared, on account or vaje and children, but the prospect seems gloomy, now, and 1 am ready to go, '. , . I bow take my long journey." And just six minutes before 2 o'clock P. M., on5 Friday, the 25th of April, 1879, hfi fell asleea ' v The loss of such a man to his family, to his church, to his country, is no ordinary calamity. The Lord sanctify this great afflic tion, and give grace to bow, with humble re signation to Hia will. : : "Hv v M. EABLY. Departed this lire on the 6th of March, 1879, sister Victoria Early, daughter of Bro. Andrew Early and Mary, his wife, residents of, Bertie county.: She was seven teen years and tec months old at her death. She made a profession of religion at twelve years of age, and united with the Baptist church at AhoekL1 A short me brfort her death Aha became a tnember at Cnnnaritm She leaves a father and mother, two sisters and seven brothers, to mourn their loss, but her eternal gain. She suffered live weeks of severe pain from Pneumonia, and was taken home to Jesus. Her resignation and patience during her illness fully demonstrated that she was a child of God, constantly expressing her wil lingness to die, yet without a murmur she took the prescribed means for her recovery, expressing her desire for the will of the Lord to be done. During her sickness she was praying and asking others to pray for the unconverted. On the sight preceding the day of her death, she was shouting and prais ing God, and asked the Lord to spare her to eee the light of another day. When she saw the light of day, she exclaimed -how good Jesus was, and how willing to answei prayer. She told them that the Lord would take her home that morning, that he had spared her to that time to comfort them. She closed her eyes to sleep, but: for a few minutes. She felt the cold band of death so sensibly, she requested the family to be called in, that she might take her: last look at them, one by one she bade good bye, and told them not to forget her, gave instructions to her sister to have her put away ia white, and with a feeble voice, said: "Band of Angels" and asking Grandma (who had? been dead aereral years to get further) with a smile she fell asleep in Jesus. Her funeral sermon wm preached by Elder J Bunch, from St John 14:1,S, to a large eonoourse, comprising the relatives and friends, who in sadness followed the remains to ths grave. - ri ;-' .Thia announcement . will scarry sorrow to many hearts, for few have bees so tenderly loved. Affable in spirit, gentle in her man ners, amiable in her disposition, and having a rein of piety running through all that she did, tt is not surprising, that all with whom she associated were drawn towards her, and that none knew her but , to love her. She was the modest, kind-hearted, home-loving woman. Her virtues were admired by all who were acquainted with her, and she was ever true to ail the relation she austsined to those about her, s dutiful daughter, and sf feotionate sister. ; " - Early she sought the SevfcutVlove Upon his staff to lean; . i ' Beside the water still and e'er, - And through the paatUM green. All through her lingering hours of pain, ; Through every day and night She murmured not, but kept thiough all, : Cheerful and ealm and.bright. . . And when on her dying bed es 2 When all around was grief , ? Turned trustfully her eyes above,. ' And there found sweet relief. ,n Beyond this world, beyond the grave , Where bright angels dwell, , r.,. ; She's Joined in everlasting chant -. -Her Saviour's praise to telh ;..4k':"i;'fc.., ;U,;-j 'fc-V l''--' And soon we too, must fallow on .:- . . The pathway she has trod, , Oh I then st last may it be said f We too, have walked with QodV '," Tour Bro. In Christ, '.Deacon, Wilder, I want yon to teH rae how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doctors run ning to us so long." : 'Bro. Taylor; thS answer is very easy. Is used Hop Bitters in time and kept my family well and saved large doctor bills. Three dol lars' worth of it kept us" all well and able to work all the time, and I ' will warrant it has cost yon and most tberneighboTs one to two hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the same time. I guess youll take my medicins hereafter.4" See other eolumn. ' - 431 - Bsiosa ! 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The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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