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The Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED KVEBT "WEDNESDAY. EDWARDS, BROTJGHTON A CO. . KAIiSIGH, K. C. ' OSee ea FayeMevffi Street, Oppftext Marke ' I - oure. :.. -.i -. i .- , t t rRlS 0P SUBSCRIPTION i One copy, on yet,. .$2 10 One copy, si x uiouthi,. .............. 125 Glaba of five,., . ... . ...... 10 60 Clabe of ton,.. ..,1.20 50 Remittances mast be sent by Registered Letter, t oss-ocioe uraer, impress or vrtlt, payaoie 10 sue oraer or tae miDtUsnem 7 , ' .. ; . For the Recorder. REMINISCENCES OF MY EARLY. LIFE IN TENNESSEE. . r . '20. s. '. Bedford Circuit Veninutt of a Circuit rider't fife f rom a -tfrvtt Mansion to a Log Cabin J.aae aerruir-vampMetina JSetmet Sent from , Conference at SomeniiOe to Murfrteaboro. i , . , ; The reading of the appointments was always a time of great excite ment. There i sat in the great throng, trembling between hope and fear, my nervous excitement growing more and more Intense as the reading progressed.': When my name was announced i for Bedford circuit, a surpressed cry of "murder'' felt upon my ears which threw my quiverin g nerves into spasms. ?' Bishop Morris had told us. that the high jroad to promotion, was . through hard ap pointments, and cheerful obedience to our superiors. So I entered cheer fally upon the work, looking; for the recompense ot reward. One week I would" be travelling through rich lands, with elegant famished houses, and mingling with first class people. The next week, I would be traversing the blackjack plains among a half civ ized people, and huddling op at night with some family in a single hat in as genteel a way as the circumstances would admit. One night I was grandly entertained by, a rich. Pres byterian lady, in . a large brick man sion, a richly furnished chamber, with lots of servants to wait upon me. The next night I slept on the tip-top of the Chesnut ridge, jna cabin made , of poles, - about twelve feet by ten, ; the chimney in one end, and the door in the other, just high , enough for a man to stand erect with j out his head touching the ridgepole. ; On the left were . two narrow board beds, and one on the other side. The skillets and pots .were piled on the right of the fireplace. 1 played with the children, talked" about my glori ous work, told them what nice johnny cakes my mother could make, how I used to hunt opossums and raccoons at night, and gather hickory nuts and chesnuts in the day time. . My hbrse was in a rail pen hard by, en joying his pumpkin sapper. Present ly bedtime came, and with it came the J'tag of war." yell,"l will skip over that ; suffice it to say, that with hard boards and narrow space and a big man hunching me in the sides with his elbows and knees, I did not sleep very soundly. Besides that, j my mind would run back along the line of contrast to the elegant parlors and the comfortable chambers I had just left in Nashville. But Bishop Morris said all this is the road to preferment, and honor, and glory. My Master made himself poor, min gled with the poor, has honored me to carry his gospel to the poor and I felt contented and, happy. V Issaac Sherrilf, an illiterate young man who could not write his name, wanted to be a preacher. I took him into my theological school, to see cuuiu luauutaukoro a gvou, circuit J . '. ''''p.r . ff .3. - s i .. . T : .. ., r.: .j, jj ' ' 1" . j ' - i k f ..,.,f ...r s, . A . .- . . ! . ........ '.. . ,-..,.,. The Organ of the North Carolina -Baptists; Devoted -to Bible Religion, Education, ,Literatur?e, Agriculture and, General Intelligence. : ,J .; ;,r OLITMB 43. ! - : RAIiBIGH, ST.- 0.,: iMAT 21,' '1879. i . v i i J - 1! rider out of him, or a local preacher. I had : establishecl' preaching ."at" a smoky cabin, where nobody else ever thought of carrying the' gospel. ,J told Bherrill he might preach to day at that;hbttse.1 He made' a': warm exhortation,, highly emotional and vehement in manner1: The; people thought he was the greatest preacher they had ever heard, and wished to know if the Bishop would send him; to that circuit the next year, prov ded they petitioned for him. I saw that this illiterate ' man was running away with all the' laurels, and I was sinking to a mere cypher in their es-' timation. 1 So ct night "I exhorted instead of preaching, changed my manner in order to do cood scream-; ed, clapped my hands and told some attectlng anecdotes of the daddy and mamma order, 'That talk'saved my sinking reputation. Said the brother,' 'I suppose you thought because you had been in Nashville, that we poor people were hot worth a good sermon, and you didnt try to preach But to-night; you ' got v up s into"' the belfry, " I kn$w it was in. you all the time." f So; we left with' the'good im pression on that broth er's mind, that we were' the greatest preachers, that had ever been on Bedford circuit. ' 1 This flattering1 Unction was offsett by the'(unplea8antllec,i6n'that; the dwelling house -'was used also as a smoke house,' and Hhe fine biroad cloth suit the Kashville slstert had given me, was weir klgh ruined by the dripptn gs ot the bacon that huh g over the fireplacf ti1;, ,f Another memorable incidenV hapr pened with' Isaac Sherrtll and nrtself; We had an appointment at the bead of a cove In the crdrfre 'of the moun- tain?.'iNext morning aS'wewere get tin Teadv to start 4 for 'our next ap pointm ent bnr1 'horses f escaped from- their shabbv i uartert. and nook tne backtrack'., We purtrfedthernVbrfdles in hand climbing' bills, 'and wading creeks until subset ' before 'wer over- tookf themilHt After restihg- for -the 'uignc we naa toxiae oareoac iweniy 'miles- t feet" bur Vaddlesi'It' was" amusiugtb ' seb- Shefrtlfs long legs dangling beneath "the sidea, or bis iittlewhitia hoh'v. :and lb hear him groan ovteririA discomfort 'Notwith standing Rttle fsbirineui It wai toj me, one'orthe joluest days or my itinerant life. .The. lastrl heard of Isaac ,SherrillS4hiTas.P85 preacher,- living iaterth Alabama. If living,1 'I woald like 't have' 'an opportunity stdhira W tegards!. ong, wita a copy ot yus letter., m k 1 i 1 . ' ' ' " were in tseir reaith cf t)CT)uisr.tr; was limy glory' ibin at wcrk m i live camp-meeting. I once attended seven successive camp meetings with out resting' a day between. These meetings with much good, (were at tended . with serious evils. . While many persons were converted, there was a great deal of wild fanaticism and unscriptural excitement, as there were some times at other meetings. The preachers,, too often, labored for excitement as the means of leadm g sinners to immediate ' ' action. t ' Not nnfreqnently!they were led intoex- travagaot ; remarks, I and ludicrous measures. - For instance, John Kelly, in an uproarious meeting, was in viting persons tol come forward to the altar in language like this, "clear the way there, and let the mourners; come forward. Press your . way to the altar. Gome head foremost, or feet foremost. Tumble in any way you can, and we will make christians faster thsn you ever saw a m m make shingles.'1 Tom Smith, the presiding elder. believed in matin? DeoDle about. He always closed his f ermons with a fervant appeal to the passions. lie was preaching at a camp meeting at night, m the middle of his ser mon, when every thing, was perfectly quiet, a woman jumped up and com menced shouting most seriously.' Make your seat my sister, 1 hav'nt got to the shooting place yet," was the request of the preacher. 1 think the devil went to camp-meetings in those days. A wicked man, doubt less a child of the devil, feigned him self a mourner and went crawling around in the altar sticking pins in the mourners. Some wicked associ ates said, "that is going to far. Let us punish him.n So they procured a long rope, fastened one end to the middle of 'a short pole, with a map at each end of the pole. Some one carried the other end of the rope into the altar, and secretly fastened It to the feet of this hypocritical mourner. The two men at the other end ran at full speed down a long hill, dragging the poor fellow after them, and left him alone at the bottom of the hill to the exercise of another sort of re pentance. ' I said to Dr. JBurrows, on one oc casion, "hush your abuse ot ecclesi astical polygamy. , 1 was never hap pier than when I was the pastor of twenty-four churches; aad never more useful The years spent on the circuit were more beneficial to me, than the same number of years would have been spent in any Theological Seminary in the land, j From the next Conference held in Somerviile, West Tennesse, Bisbop Andrew first appointed me to Jb lor ence, Alabama; but afterwards changed me to Murfreesboro, Tenn essee, a much stronger and better church. Reuben Joxeu. Churckland, Ya. For the Beoorder. SYSTEMATIC BENEYOLENCE. . Continued. , " And the 'Lord ' said, Simon: Si mon,' behold, Satan ' bath 'desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat t But I have prayed for thee, that thy xaithi fail not i and tcae the ttrt converted, strengthen thy breth ren7. ' .3: SC A r,a ffff,v.!..A !" It cannot be denied ; that ; Peter possessed ( animal courage In a .con siderable degree,' but it is also evi dent that be was lacking in spit ituai courage. , u.ne saviour. Knew that in the hour of trial he would fan. lie knew thatPeter had not yet received the preparation that would ' fit him for the work he would be assigned to do. The command had not yet teen issued, "tarryr At, Jerusalem so he tells him "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren" However much D. D.'s may; differ as to the sense in which "converted is here usedryet. all will 'agree that some cnange - was necessary. Aiuiougn humility was to be learned. ' A' bow ery'was ' to' come from abpve. ' AI thbugb you feel bold and strong now. yet you are weak, and wheh the hour of, trial comes'wui' fail; Ybu4 will earn : thatt human wlsdoni ''and strength is not sufficient." ' But when s Peter, Peter, haveI not ehdured more than this for thy sake t , Bid .1 not tell you if any man ; will coma after me let him deny ,. himself and take up his' cross ' and follow me f " Have I not taught "yott must help Sue another, "the laborer is worthy , f his hire,?, "ye are not your own f Master, I know you have taught, whilst preaching the doctrines of re entahce, faith and baptism I must ceulcate fa lessons 4 on ' benevolence, ;bat the strong should help the weak, 1 'the workman is worthy of his meat,9, I know it, fs ordained fthat they Jrhich preach1 the gospel f should live f the gospel.". But, good Master, part of this contribution is applied to ety sustenance, and that stops me, How can I preach it t Do you not see it becomes a matter of conscience T And my pride revolts at the idea of ttchicg'aa :yotf have done, on ac count of my .salary, tit; woulk look too much like begging tor, what is justly doe me. And then it is a del icate matter to urge your1 foUween to sustain your gospel , it. Will lay me open to the charge "he preaches for money.?' . I am willing 'to break the ice the coldest day in, wipter ; I am event willing to lay down my life in your cause, but 1 cannot bear this reproach-from the world- . "O thou of little faith," would you place what you call conscience above my command f 'Will you ' let -pride interfere with duty: when tyon have the example o,i humilityAil gave I Have you forgotten, f'Ppr whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted f-rls this -the Uperof sen. sitivesess I exhibited in .leaving heaven," and in the drops of tlood wrong from my pores by my. agony in the garden r uia l exempiuy this kind of tenderness when hang ing pierced by nails and spear I told the thief "this day shalt thou be with me in paradise 1" , When I was abused, buffeted, spit upon, called an impostor and charged with attempt ing to build up a kingdom and reign "King of the Jews," I did not think of self.;, I saw, the world lying in condemnation, the Son of God the only acceptable sacrifice ; I bore the cross and endured the shame to save the world. You said you woald fol low me "both into prison and to death" ; you followed but a part of the way, and that "afar off.'r It was not conscience, pride or delicate feel ing that held you in check. Ton have mistaken the name,; It was a lack of spiritual courage. I have called you to the work but you are not yet prepared to enter upon it. It is a responsible position assigned you. You are to lead others. Human wisdom and courage will not avaiL But my grace shall be sufficient for you. I have prayed that your faith fail not I will send One who will fit and prepare yon for this i work. Till then, "tarry at Jerusalem.'' "And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Then will' come .the day' of ' PentecoBtr Nb 'charge bf drunkenness will ' be ' feared. - wincing froa the lash of tongue or Boman;, scourge, but even .. in ; the presence of Ananias and Sapphira you will stand and see the power of iiod manifested.' ' ' ' God ia his infinite mercy has offer. ed life to , dying world, : purchased by the .blood,, of His Bob. Jlo oas chosen. man as His anatrument to carry the tldiagt'and: publish the terms - to bis fellow men. 4 nat tne work may be thorongh, : B.e iu di vided his followers into two Glasses, pastor and people.. He has made it the dutv of the pastor to lead his people and lay : before them His re quirementa and together to obey. The great object and aim of this: organi zation, is, to have the gospel preached to every crearure ma iis great auu holy name may ' be 3 giotined in tne salvation of sinners. God has com manded them, "Uo. ,ile has prom ised to sustain them by His Spirit : to furnish abuhdant supplies of grace; able path is earnest prayer and sop plication. If there is a reader of thjs paper who as a pastor has failed to,., declare the whole counsel of Qod has failed .to teaobhia people that God requires each to bear a hand In sustaining the gospel at ' home and abroad, and has neglected to lift reg ular contributions for this purpose, but leaves that work for travelling agents, let me entreat such an one jto stop, "tarry at Jerusalem,!' con tidne in prayer arid supplication until God in his- wisdom endows you kith bourage' to: "declare '-his whole' counsel, then "strengthen thy brethren.- If you do not, you may rail at drunkenness, you may denounce, the; immorality that trfiooding the coun try, f but I respectfully ;fllrnv' my brother, with idly our love f oi CUrt it and gf eat desire for the salvation of sin ners, 'you are doing more to ob struct the progress of His kingdom than" the veriest drunkard' or Worst debauchee in the land. ' In tove, ; W, Bw Olemekts. For the Recorder. AM UNWORTHY QU1BB&E, OF RELIGIOUS' HEBILU. THE act was a . mistake, because it , was mort than a mistake. tTbe i JSerald Boyd under the, broad wing; 91 nit take; which is as good reasoning as p say that chickens and . ducks are the same kind of fowls, because they are hatched and -covered under the Same material wings. f j A general 0 term cannot define the particulars it comprehends., A child , asks his father, .".What is a weasel ? tA weasel, myson," replies bis fathr er.i'is 11 fluadrnpedl"c..vis u r cries. the ; child, happy (n bis , discovery "Then our old Tom Ox is a weasel. " The child's mistake is; excusable, es. becially as it to ' attributable .to the, defective instruction 'ofl , bis father; auu, lnueeu, we arc pieaeeu wita ii, as affording a little Innocent amuse ment,' rather than disposed, to .find fanlt with it vBdt .Doctor should understand the. difference between a qaadrnped and a weasel ; and there-' fore; the difference Id the sense of the word mistake, - as ' a - general and a particular term; -: Jtfuddrvped, was the name of both an ox and a wea sel, we might as well argne from their common names to their com moh nature, as from the general to the Lord had Called" him arid said follow me and ! will make yori fish ers of men' still lie was not prepared I w M? ?ua n ' 8 pP"SSir tk4 should denominate thesb1 things by. for his great life-work. A lesson of J jnasne a:zrl " hii word, would v expose5 Bimself 5 to ; MA writer in the" Biblical Beoor PBB,4 Says, the Beligiemi -Herald, speaking ot Dr. Boyd's invitation Of a Unitarian to his communion: "Says', To call such aa acta mitUtJce, as the Herald does, is itself, quite a mistake f Bat," says the Herald, f was it not a mistake ? Beally, we supposed 'that . all. strict Baptists would so consider if ! Jn this little fling, our brother of the Herald satisfies himself with the cse of .that cheap kind of missile, which, consisting in the artifice of turning to an unfair advantage the ambiguous sense of a word, is known by the name bf a, quibble. ' He avails himself of the opportunity of possess ing himself this advantage, which he finds in the double sense of the word mittdke. This word the Herald uses in its generic sense, aa comprehend ing whatever is either morally, or in tellectually wrong, in which sense his apology for Dr. Boyd would equally avail to his benefit, if, instead of restricting: his invitation to Dr. Elliot, he had extended it to every drunkard and libertine of the town, it would have been, still, only a "mistake." So, too, as . under the operation of the Herald's equalizing principle of interpretation, the larg est and smallest quantities are re-; dtteed to a common magnitude. Dr. Boyd's act, in inviting a Unitarian to his communion is of the same moral valae, or demerit rather, as the mistake he woald make, if, in going to his church, he should take a wrong street Each is only "a mistake." W. H. J., who is the "writer in the Recorder," uses (the werd in its specific, or model sense, as indicating an error of judgment, or one which is the effect of ignorance, in distinc tion from' a moral offense, and in this sense, we believe it is universally uri deratood. .. This, at least, is evidently the sense m which we need the word; which, therefore, logical, if not moral fairness required the Herald? to ac cept But this would have deprived him of the pleasnfe 'Of his quibble.1 In. this sense of the. word, we said,' that; "To., callDiv Boyd's flagrant offense ."a mistake, Is itself, quite a mistake; and we will now add, if nothing more. It the Herald denies' that Dr. Boyd's act teas a flagrant of-: fense, or affirms that a- flagrant of fense is properly denominated a mis- m, the, . controversy between us must cease. It has reached a point, beyond which it cannot go.' It must be referred . for r decision, to some authoiitatlve tribunal. . r . w A.thing is what it is, according to ta only by a foist definition. ' Many things which are wrong are of a mor al complexion which is. not, defined. py ine wpra ..mistake, ana oe.wno continued we cannot say ' what the Result might have 4 been. - But fa has been preaching constantly since the middle of January and Is almost Exhausted. - So amid ? the sighs and tears of saint . and sinner, and, the singing of the ((Sweet bye and bye, he bade the young converts, brethren Snd sisters, andpoor sinners farewell, and has gone borne to rest 'v, He left the .'chnrch numberihg forty-one.' Heretofore we have .been ' worship-' ingin the court fiouie." but now we ire about ready to begin' building a new house, anq we'bope by the mid- die of fall lje UP itinrOur cause along1 this Railroad is looking up. Since the meeting in Xattrinbnrgf two other Methodista ' have been re ceived, and there- fa an Episcopalian and a rresoyterian waiting. ; At our last conference meeting at Lumberton two more members were received. Bro. French has been work ing with undannted energy in; the Sunday School, which now numbers 128, with prospects ; bright for. more scholars, and a new . library it baa also pledged one hundred dollars for the new church. By the way, we have reduced . the . buildin z ot - the church to a certainty. When one lars, another five , hundred, and an other three hundred dollars it looks like business doesn't it T We hope to have the building done by October, I have been preaching upon an aver,- age of three times a week since I be gan last fall, and find that it has been too much. So, with a promise of holding. . meetings with all my churches again this fall, 1 think they will give me little vacation during the summer. I begin ' to want to see the loved ones at home. Tell Bro. Bay that all. my churches are cen tering their forces In the Sunday School. Here is the place to work. W. X. Jordan. For tt Beoorder. OUR SEMINARY LETTER. Glass the particular sense' of the word mis. firm pats down fifteen handled dol- Knowledge, which we fail to gain from speculation, is souietUnea evolv ed in the practical operations of our principles. If a landlord, in. compli ance with the call of our brother Herald to be furnished with.; some meat to eat, should set before, him a pole-cat, we think that, he woald be likely to discover, even by the scent, in advance, of the taste, the' differ ence between meat and ft pole cat and if the landlord, in expelling bis guest's resentment of his outrage, Should say, "you asked me to give you meat, and I have done it, we think it probable that our brother of the Press, good-natnred as he is, would feel more like knocking down the scoundrel, than arguing the ease with him If, however, more in the spirit of resentment, than for - the purpose of conviction, he should choose to reply to the insulting lan guage of his host, he would proba bly say; "You know that meat, ia the sense of food for men, does not include pole-cats." ! did, rejoins the pertinacious best ' w bat you ask ed me to do,4 "Then,' replies his guest "I see on what kind of food you . live. No wonder yoa don't smell very sweef , We think that the Herald's at tempt at an explanation, or defense of his statement, respecting Dr. Body,alconduct,bas made bad, worse. He must either admit which with all his latitudinarianism,we do not think he will be willing to do that Dr. Boyd's act is of no more moral im portance than the mistake of a min ister, in wearing a green coat, rather than the clerical black, or that to call it a mistake is a misrepresenta tion, and a deception. ' Yet, we agree with the Herald that, according to fcis quibble, Dr. Boyd's act was a "mistake,' ' but though nis quibble i smews some smartness, . for - which we giro him due credit we must disagree with him, if he thinks that it is an exhi bition, either of the force of his ar gument, or of the candor which should ever distinguish the .friend and advocate of truth. Still, we beg our good brother Herald to believe tin ha ha. tiMa.. ManJ - .nil I brother in --ui- W H. J. i ' Oxford, N. V. - . , ,,. For the Recorder. LETTER FR0X ROCKINGHAM. ' Factory Seminary. Deacon . Penns Meeting I like the Recorder, and would write often but for a few reasons: L, Ther) are other and abler pens to fill your columns. 2. Many are quick to say of a young man, "He wants his wjjcb in print Notwithstanding these objections, I draw my bow at a venture and will try a shot. ? On Friday, May 2nd, our Semina ry studies dosed; next day about 60 stadents, led by Maj. Peon And Ber, Mr. uudreth, the eftioieut iSapust pastor at New Albany, visited' the glass factory at this latter place. These glass works are the saost ex tensive in North America, valued at $2,000,000 and work 750 hands. In one department glass bottles are made, in another common window glass which is first blown into a cyl indrical shape, then cut and pressed fiat This is the most interesting, striking' and beautiful process.' In the next department, they make very large glass, w xzu ieet and larger. The melted matter is poured npon an iron piatrorm, rouea, out and then dressed smoothe. On Sunday evening at 4 p. m., Dr. Toeker, of Georgia, delivered the Seminary sermon. His subject was Baptuia. 1 He brought out new fea tures. of that subject by discussing the .relations m$t doctrine balds to other .doctdues . of titfi Bible. The erewded house was wett cleased and highly delighted with jyr. Vt effort 4n Slonday Aitecnoou the cegnlar eonNaencement exercises took place in ...wainoc street , icap wat church. After the opening prayr.!by $r..J. M. Weaver, diplomas were conferred upon the : graduates. In the several jscbools. . There were five full erad luates, but since the Faculty to short-' en the exercises only allow three Bpeecbe3, two were excused. These this newer is1 snvetr von from heaven. I whon Vrtn Wppivft Hhft Hrfmfnrrr Ahd I APOStle at the TiM tKatmtna f&r OrArifteK Odlf SiviOUri t! them and that he wili be with. ; them feven unto ,the . end.. j of the wprkj. , tnd ret with all this made, plain in us woro. we uave ,iueu wcuujuug ie' place rof i pastor claiming Tto oe ailed of liod, as iiitue prepared to 1 iseharee the .important ; dutiea of. the office as reter was .that. 01 an ridieule and contempti 1 Would the Herald say5thaty anj act, of theft, or: nrnpr. nr a rartA van a muuM 7 re men committed, for .lire, to the enitentiarv' or hnnsr under thecral-' ows for theJr mistakes r-or Tor their rimes f .i Would onn brotbec of the Bro. Bailey : f The first Baptist meeting ever held in Rockingham closed ,pn last Sun day night,. 1 When ,we cousider that iBockingham is one ,6ft he pretties ti tnrutiesrr ana weaitniescv places on the Carolina Central Kallroad, and I t wo were Be v. J.rS. Dill, of Alabama, ia town of.)thirteen hundred inhab . I and A. J. S. Thomas, of South Oaro tants we can fprm some idea -of how, 1 3tna, Badly It has .been neglected uy the If. The . first - address was made . bv Baptists." The meeting warf held ia j IBev. J. U. Eager, of Mississippi, on jine court nouse, ana ? issiea jusini- laen ays. i?jiisfii:oc- t??r i l'B3w . I.have.. been, preaching here, ever since last November without juiv or- ranizatlon. Father Monroe - came ?eter;s strengthen W Tbrethrexf, theufeedmysheep? i xiow many even in inisenerawon have felt the ability J ana courage tf Ieter to fight the Lord's, battle, yet Wheri the time of trial' came failed t . ww ww -wmrmgrnrm ' s van in vwflnp jinmpmonf .annnirwiw vsm avrian fVA'a iwiait AnnvAn . n heij dnty t iJ fhffi??,jH felient? what he did wa mistake' rid jFridayight PjJ explaitteduralth md,groan,in spirit, they toin-.l tfe diA.tbft.Judea would nrobablTil sand, practiced .iviV chapter and ti the ''Conditions ot the JDiscovery of rujiLc jMiis -oru.;ia, so impressive aer,ana . aoes-ample r jusuca to snbiect. He has lonsr 'cherished iaCdeflire to go to China, and has been on last Thursday1 night !and we1 1 accepted by the' Foreign .Mission oard for. that work, and he : wlu.be ml as soon as possible. ut; ' ;u organised a church withztwentyrlbnr ha emerMbevr 'Therwonnl HKtf for I LPIIi:-I.JTrniir--A -rlVl-i -- -r . I Dfl DDZDl LU D8 ni TO IDB innLlR cj: t u.v:itKiij.li'ii.it.i- rj.fi ttdml Tirl hail '(feil-hilAir.thdC'iRVt M &fk I t . ...... . - ... . . . oo great is vaeir aesire w.prwacu, ia;i " . .-..j-, -r. . nsyium Yigtiaxsass wiu-j itaagihatidttnM cbuntnheir life as 1 agentnotsor tne ? I vU&iMeratt shall aay thatbe did a j .mm 'a m, . . 2. m tm 4mm ' mi . tm r ' - S r. mm mm MAM MM V O Aftn Bfft mmm VM t mm ! mTmm mm mM i i v notnurgnd -wma grve ntrreeTy'Te t w-.ua--.., further ttie Master'skinlgdofc fcP.feXin5 ?ej2 hi:r wnnia trilimcrir diA. Tee I ceedinaly if f the collection reae reallt thev Maveii't courage sufacieat to- live', ndnfb lAke fteter, seui-i reliant and .valiant, they 8Utft;;antf sometimes succeed intenttingoff the rieht ear of an ' opponent, i but the healing touchy of the Master i is mot: Awlm linnA 1iva ltnla tnlir IiriJ ThV -Boon rntf tiwlth I ing the command "follow. .me. they look npon mission boards as "money, making machines,) and" rejoice ex-, beedingly ' if i the collection reaches several dollars. -' uut'there tne wcara scops tin i the tretarnisOf theagent. They Jacfcpcouragp $o, carry, itLon They dread the irown or some wno u not meari . thatj DrJJoyd's (act. was not more than si. mistake, then. he If it was more than; a mistake,' the Meraldj in,i calling it a mistake, ap- plies toJ a, wrong deflpitive jaanse fXhe, was unfortunate, in say- a sore head.' They soon ; meet :with trials not counted upon, .aicieniiiBa - not dreamed of. Attdlike Jreter their cbnraee besins topcjle Master Fkn6W.I said "I am ready, tP go with; thee, K?th.1nto prison aad to death," bnt r did a tiot expebtithisjaXook what scorn is depictedoa the face of i Chat 'man aa ha savaw "of a truth this: fellovf was also with nim. cl tannot bear it : 1 will -sWcar 1 never knsw inn. And then. ntoo. LL WlHl!aCf! cased of beingdrtiit?Sl new wine iartrSnr-ihti riiominz rT. tia scourge will ba applied to cy back cad wcrtt K?7 toil sayingwnath4meanIfthe ardsf i la it;not because after bbeyJ iof Dr. Boyd' waQthatt7ta necrlected the other, "bat tarry ye in jthe city or, t j erueaiem , uniu ye ue endued withpbwei 'from' on'biglf r fThe consequences of such neglect can be seen in the ( churchea: iCStablisbed byer. the land after the pattern of the church in Sardis, iiev. a : l-o. " 1 believe the promises bf God" are sure. , i tor not dgubvb ue ever caucu ia man to preach th gospel and then refirsed to enlighten and strengthen aim. , lie cSers free salvation to tne icondemnfcd' sinherj but the way ia kircsra teoesUnce nd fiith. 1 He; promises absnd2srsuppTue3;pf gracar mistake, it was not; of course, simp ly a mistake, unless of, two. things pne, which is more , than , the other, can be the same, with it, ' H a benev olent man fhould nay to an object of5 charity, ha ring a bushel sack in hiss hand, i Qo to the t granary, and take. a half-bushel t of wheat," and, on the return of the paaper, his benefactor. seeing that he had filled his sack,1 should say; "you nave tiken a trashfel cl .Wheat; ltold jyonu to take. a half bushel,7! pndijrtheguislj.jeophls should xeply: "Jf A took a pasiel, 1 of .coursa, took a;.h&lf .'bdsliel, hi rescuuig wouu be cz te same bud' rverse for every argument, after which night were received for baptism;' On Saturday night, four; more were re ceived; " - On Sanday 'morriirig' . ah "eminent citixen of the place who almost every' one believed; to be"1 a christian, trat i who wanted ; a little1 morer evidence than the Lord ever Ogives7 any one, decided to follow the SaviourUnbap tism. i His wife was an Episcopalian, but seeing f her husband following in 'the ..footsteps of our, Saviour, was greatly moved, and went home weep-' Sing. ;8hff finally' decided : to do ber dutyJ The nour of burial ind been iannolntad for -4 tt'docb ond :when j they reached the . bank o( the liquid grave, where something over a thou ; sand; persons ' were assembled, 1 she,' with4 two Others ; one f an excellent lletnodlsti lady,; t were j ready to be buried, ; and were .received at.! the water. , Thus the young: father find mother, with fourteen ether ' candi datesj 'emblemlsad the death,-burial aad resnrrection cf our Saviour: Among the numbet were six-Metho distsand cne CpiaccptHan. . , ; . r r v Atinight Parcreached his farewell sermon thlrjty cane forward - for TTIa .onranfi , Kr. tna Anil. mnftm I . . - . . -w-w m. i . . ... I - . ' - - . . . 7 Ibwj, , , l3a5 0I llxg jueraui,xz.$i.uc; wjya i prayer, it t&e meeting aacnvahaye f The-neit address' was made -by Jlev..J. T. Greene, pastor of Eaat iBaptist church of this city, on "Chria-, itian.Mahhood.f He is always elo jquent in the pulpitj and he proved !uo less so on this Occasion. - I Bev. H.A. Tapper, Jrn oi Virginia, 'delivered his oration on 'Bow , and Arrows." y iiis ipeech was spicy. wltty: ajid InstrucUve;, J&-? After the speeches' the diploma bf English graduate 5 was "conferred on those who had 'completed the eight English schools. ' These were Bev; T. P. Bell, South Carolina j W.-B. Hare, Alabama ; A, J. McCoy, South Carolina Paul WUliar Florida ; J. D. Simmons, West Virginia, and T, iTUames, .Ubama. t ', t.f- Dr. Boyce, Chairman of the Fac-! nltyi delivered a very ieeling address to the graduates, giving many val nable hints in regard to their future relation as. pastors. ; r ,v.j -.,.,;, -.jThe exercises were closed by sing-' $ng.tbeSeiuaryiHyma,?which; was composed for the first Commence ment by pr B. Manly Jr.then one! of the Faculty,'ancL, has been sung by- the . professors, students , and friends of the Institution, at every commencement' since, t '"" ;After which, Dr. Manly being prW ent, pronounced; the; benediction: yrccuujji auarweuswere mutu- f ally interchanged - and many of us parted never to meetagaln t Mai. Penn the noted . revivalist pas been holding ; meetlngshere for the past two weeks. Twenty-five per sons have found Christ in the pardon bf their sins.' He came here imme-r g lately; from St -Louis, where lie eld a meeting v which resulted in about 400 con versions. His home Is In Texas where he successfully prac ticed law nntu 4 years ago, when h Was impressed that it was his duty to, call, sinners to, repentance, ' He seems to rely entirel: on the prayer of faith for the conversion of souls. He addresses himself to .the mind and reasoning faculties, leaving the heart for God. He says we have a field and God has a field. Our field is the mind, and God's field is the carnal heart,' and that we have no business to try , to cultivate .God's field, ,- He is a man of great faith and gives no promihehce to aelfyyetyon feel the man. He has the appear ance" ot a born ruler of men. . His power as a public speaker lies in ar gument and : illustration, which he presents in an earnest lawyer style. He frequently brings the ; sinner up to the bar Of God, and pleads as if a real Bait was bow pending. v.if;j . . O. T EDWABDS. jAisviUSf 2fym t , , , , 3 mmmmmmmmm mmmm For the Reoorder T. H. P. AND THE PRESBYTERIANS. In the Becordkr, of April 30tb, T. H. P,; says : "Nor are we dong anything like as mnch for missions as some other denominations. The Presbyterians ot the South. for instance, who number only 114, 000, gave last year, $40,000 for For eign Missions, about as much as the 1,400,000 Baptists of the South gave: and the 16,000 PresbyteriansYof North Carolina, gave 1 $4,000, about as much as an the ; .Baptists of the State." ... Now, about these statements, I have five remarks to make :; i. There is no people on earth for whom. I have a more profound re spect, than I do for the Presby terians except the Baptists. 2. Taken as a whole, there is, in my opinion, no truth in this statement I understand the brother to mean that the Presbyterians of the South, in proportion to numbers, are doing for the Lord's kingdom 122 times as much as the Baptists; and that the Presbyterians . of ;: North , Carolina, are doing Q times as much as the Baptists. Let us see. One hundred and fifty years have passed, and in the South the Presbyterians having all human advantages over the Bap-, tists in the beginning have gained -Infants and aU, I suppose 114,- 009; and in North Carolina, in the same time they , nave gained lo.ooo. : Oner-hundred and fifty years: have passed, and 'the Baptists ia - the South, according to T. H. P., have reached 1,400,000, and in North Ca rotins, according to the last Year Book, the Baptists have reached 158,775.. . ... ! If the opinion, therefore, of T. H. P., be trae, what jnast . we. believe ? Simply this : The more, " we .honor God, the less He will honor us the more we do for the Lord the less He will do for ps. : -:y 's:":": If . this be so, "cast your deadly doings down. If we take the For eign Mission fields, I think the re sults under God will show even more closely who are and ever have been doing for missions. I It is one thing to show figures in .dollars on paper, but it is another thing to show by actual results large And faithful work done for humanity anortheAord. i? :. f.u. i .,3. The view of T. H. Pn is purely the wordly view. It is based solely on dollars and' cents "without regard to abllity-or the results reached; This. view is: ver wrong in religion, and he who has it will wrong God's people. V'"'--:- k In Mark 12:41-44, and 0 Luke 2I:U4,'we see the truth, as put be jfor us by f hofxLrd Jesus, and. the lopinioas as put i vbeforu , as by.T. H. .. in the .ukcoedke re in con- rfltct- ; ft".:, j. "ry. . -fcl h; V: "4 Then; truth40tt noitrath' in jtnis statement, aa tne case may oe, A iwiah to suggest that it has,-by tongue jana.pnK.penmade . often .noagh. I have never been: Able to see what good, a -man ,canr expect .to aopom. plish who, to bis own wife and ctald ren. is constantly lextoling the intel ligence,' beauty, and usefulness of another man's wife and children, and is as constantly reminding; them Of their ltioranoe,'nomliness and fail ings.' A little practical, reflectibn ia a good thing to have In a family, and Wh v not in this matter f a ; isr pjnfloft flM;mAM ; t m, tY ' injured by their friends than by-all others. ; . dusbajl K-i - t i I yx 0o Reonder. DE. TOT'S BATI0NAL1SS. ' Dear Recorder i s: 1 a in yonr tissue at last week, . yon publish -an article . taken. fxpm: the Journal and Jilessenaer. chareiog Dr. Toy j with yrationalistio tendencies i and you thought it your duty to call opoa the Board of Trustees - of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary to demand : his T resignation , of his Professorshify ;;lt, seems ' to me but Just and: fair 'to :Dr. Toy' that your, readers ' know the. grounds rof this accasation. 'Tjaerefore to give as clearly as possible nis view of the C3rd chapter cf Isaiah. 'PI00 Y' He begins his notes on -this 'chapi ter by saying that three views ibt its The BMcal Recorder S JU)rSBTISXNO SATXS.' Brixa. II time. llnoh... 2 do.- 3 do do ool'mn $1 00 . 8 00 IZ 00 . 4 00 6 00 10 00 18 00 to.! $3 00 . ft 00 -S-00 10 00 15 00 17 00 50 00 8m. $ 8 00 15 00 20 00) 28 00 Z7 00 60 Wi 100 001 6m.' 1 12 m $15 00 25 001 S5 00! 45 001 60 00 100 00 1T5 00 125 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 85 00 170 On 300 0 . Special Notices charged SO cents a line. , Obituaries alxty words lonr. are Inserted free ol eWjre. warn they exceed thU length one eeat for each word must be paid ia ad uterpretation had. been held ., , (i.) " fThat the prophet "refers in some places (where suffering is spoken of) to Israel, in others (where triumph is spoken of) ;to the Jtfessiah j (2.) that the reference is .throughout to the Messiah immediately ; (3.) that the reference is throughout to Israel immediately; with a final complete f alflllment , in the Messiah.' : He adapts the third view because the "Servant of ; Jehovah everywhere ' else in thU prophecy means Israel4 This term "Servant of Jehovah." however, does not occur in the chap-" ter under consideration, the pronoun . he being used which refers to "Ser vant" found in verse 13 chapter 52. J By this view we gain a ? beautiful unity and completeness for the whole prophecy, which would be lost if the second were adopted. , He says that "this interpretauon is also in accordance . with the whole method of Old Testament propheti cal Messianic thought . Israel as tho Son of God. and the receiver, guar dian, proclaimcr and expoander of his will, Is the anticipatory predicted picture of the Messiah. .. ,.ln this prophecy, Jehovahs . servant nnder the Old Covenant is annoonced to do what in Its fullness was done only by his one servant " nnaer the Hev Covenant, namely, to give all nations the light of the saving truth of God. , And among Israel's other experien- ces, its suffering also was to be pro phetic1 The sufferings ot the true Israel (the spiritual minded - part) were to be the "means cl bringing the nations to a knowledge of the . true God ; they were endured for the sake of others, they were vicarious. In this position Of vicarious sufferer Israel stands as representative and anticipation in a partial way of what was hereafter to be done completely.? . . "Thns the nation is from be ginning to end, in its inward thought and outward experience, a picture of the coming Christ.! k , I, . a ? He points out many passages in the Kew Testament, showing the ful- Ailment of this prophecy in Christ And he closes Lis comments by say ing that the ; fulfillment in Christ of the prophecy.- of the 12th verse is visible throughout the New. Testa ment and in all history. y - ; This isDr. Toy's inttrpretaUyn. His notes are too long, even when abridg ed, for your columns. They may be found in the Sunday School POxmes of April 19, published in Philadelphia Jf. P. HOBOOOD. For the Reeorder. ' i BfTvniV Bnnnnr fvuTTwrirD . . .v.WAm aJmm.WMm WOlliU : i xne isunaay-scnooi institute at Mt Olivej Wayne ; county, N. C, oonveuea accoraing to appointment, the first Sunday In May, at 10 o'clock. Bro. J. & Peterson, Superintendent of the Gold8boro school presided over the meeting. .. .. -.: r i ' Bro. W. H.Averar editor of the IaIj.Ymm rjt1 a Am nMVM h. 1719 C. : J i Nelson, made the ..opening SDeech. We all learned, before the speeea was jconciudea, . that J5ro. reli cion as well aa Politics and build- in railrnana. Mnmji am tarnriaA : to find that, a politcal editor could sav so much about Snndar-aehools. ana sun more, mac ne snouia snow so mnch experience in 'the work. us, and. we hope tor Jong atay. r u. ju .,tne oretnren appointea to speac on tne nm - query wera pres ent, and each r one said some good and true this es. in fact all thev said ; was good and - to i the point .They, did better than we expected, for some of them had hardly; at all spoken in r ... ... .... mi . n m a. n .....hi a. u.. In f fiA Ar.mntT . flul inAAAnni wora H. e-v W W m mm. . WU . m7 mYMJmm mJmM Wl W made by those present, and an inter poLtu; woo; tcou uuiu Aiiu. vriTOUf L. - . ft m. . Die8enuan tne oesi meLooasoi leaca- in ir AffAT thnv Wft-n thrnntrh. thtx Drethren expressed themselves, free ly, both )oung and old. Tbisisun--doubeJly-the way: to devolop our fBroGiJUland, the blind preacher jwaa. present and .added to the inter jest of the meeting. " ' - "'t '"' I .-TO.. 1I fait. txt. th 'fna t tTia Hw ,thatthe meeting was very nearly al aoecess J do not know-how :the . jother brethrenfeel, about it now,, for . myself, .1 must say, since 1 nave breached home and thought over the ; jmatter quietlyt' the good things said, the way in which they were said and the serious attention: given, by the .large crowd, present, that it was a great success. . . . '"We think we have the plan at work' nowy which aaanot fail to revive the Sabbath-ecnool interest among, us, and. work wonders in the -. churches at not atvery vdistant day. We have a Sunday-school Board consist-' m9 4mTm mamKntfl ' mi. A AriA edi our tenitory into ; five sections giving he to each , member of . the Board, and have ' appointed several of the leading Sunday-schoel work-. ers in each. section to assist :;Tha Board; intends: at I some.time during tha year to calli a, general . Convention, of our, workers. , c -v Meetings similar to the one at Mt OUve, wUl be held at TVell'tf Chapel and MagnolisdsTingthis inosth ? iBro; GileaiDlnte, th9 Chairman cf the Board,' and, tha champion Sun- -day-school worker of .Eastern North Carolina.': nttendt all the meetings and is always Tc'ady to eay-soce--thin jiiatiaininitatls wsy, thattxlls foyood. lv: J. L. Bnirr, ; oecct te J-tu .