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' Terms cash in advance, 'ITo exception. st : a - Geiklels Ufe .ef Oirlsta Ii - We will give tbUt&luable'bock to any ; brwher or lister' senixl M' three new year! j subscribers; ,-i.Crajoa rictore of;ifr..TFbate. . t : We will givea .Crayon Picture of the late Dr. Wlngate, size 21x1$ inches, to any person sending ns ten new yearly snbscriberR. -y iSTTfie tiine large liumbef of 'Vfcos&i Marckeweshall: have to, cot off oar list cnle&a renevel at once. Look at your name and date; If your timers cat please rtaew nowvat a-1 -w ' V pas--" ; VU ........ . . . .j rA -small EngVisn; Vorkr onlth i Mpch; More'8J?io tht Bible has been published bat it has aeter fallen iatoj our' hands'. ' This we regret, as ft ia doabtfess fQtfjbfJfaterest 'andjgobd lessons. ., ,!-J h .We- throw .together Aliew: ot the Much More'a. and addome words to ehbw,:fthe coVneqlibfisiri which? t i Jg the SermoQ pa "the, Mount Jfsns, 'iB'speik5ng tGod' kind 4)rctTi?5 dencescalled tttenUon to he lilies' of thevieljr;rt hey beaaUfo.jthey are clfedanjt say t tThireeif iQod sjb"clotM the grass of the:'flew;3 which to-day: 48 and 'fornoripir Is, stiito the oVensjl io QejQf,liUi 30, s Thiahoald I iasphre a: believer'a heattwitshTia6IeVanycoifi in Goda if aithf alf waYehcare. 'He does ao much to giv'.the49?erjtautj' beauty , andiragirance, :and he does: ' Mach More for the happiness and . safety of his childVen. And because ' of this cJjJus.woEil brave jis to trusnan . Jn illusLrating how . willing.God i to hearour prayersesdstrefera' to' thetedw'-lot'of1: efrtnlaiStB? anMfta tpjeyarey axyuoa9 JOK give, lgofl.giftsf Jto their nhiidrensowe. may learn of God greater: anxiety - UP bfesahose4 who Bra v to'hiut.s If' gofi4iijftttCwMd, thaw: Mnete More shall your Father which is in rea-verfgttg gifta toWem that &sthrm;TJ rSattrri lir ' Itjreinj w-that ,ro was- as will ingitjcthear Ds.ai earth ly parents axe only. JFiiUingii bPt: haIi44more.5DUingy andJIactps More?ot willingyl exf "How Much Morel -Itls mpossi-; -ble fot 6s io conceive ot, the depth, height juid jbondlessnesa pftbat fHow;l3icii ,More? titles infihite , ia Iteplultnelsi urelyt hinwecan' cBmeJh'eftWn'it Pan! say?: Jautkortfienvbei iag nowidstllied by his oldod. we shaftelaved rom wrattfiy hira,' hol.tnessAdiioiaoLiil hMiSftujto nB . how-Uttlei5robabilitf was, there 5,hat Jesui woild n3jherean1aMeytfl redeeol uMrB has dpaOi tbjis, ind :ih$ving, jdo.ne: eo. mucttfor tiHacii sHore" (more certamrv Wow fni helsave us frottt "For if .when -we were enemies, w e were;recopgiied to Mod py Ihe'tieath. of hfs Son; Mach Mora being recant ciiedf we- aharrfbe'-" saved by-his liieR6m:9TheretMVch: Mof eassaraapefor th'e faticn jol the reconciled than; ihere t was Jthat - euemies woaldever be reconcned to God But jenemieA'Helbl'enlrecon- ucn is aoaoiyaxecri odj Tl s&iv Cut where Iv'jx aboauxled, 7gtface did luehMcfe abound.Romo: our Dearts-tiq thera we find.E9cac)i evil I Ah I how iU. abounds it rises mounts in high, ahd cVerSss all the avenues" of ;;heaftl and duf.Bat grace,' Gc siree iavor inTCariIt3ces " Mn ch ; 1 1 c reabo c d.CJThat rises' yet tis'her.'aad covers, all oureius and cleitci us ia tLe e3 riXt eousecsa cf-Cbfiet, Paul epeas ofjt-? DI?pens-tica ur -J."tbat tl3cei!!r: :cf I :: cf ::c V- - p :3f:r tt t" tu hear thei("ehildreif;thB: we might come eat'coh diice Inrari r 1! ,b cr.Ij czzZ t.zZ never prosised-lifa and hope to the gailty. And Paul then cosparea It Ith the gospel of peace and pardon : If the niaistratioa cf cone anllion la glory, MucIl He. 3 dotl the ninistr v tioa of rishteonsr tea e: ;eed in lor. For if that whi: i isd:ae kwiy ves glorious, JlLsh Horethat hlc& te-J maineth U gloriocs. 2 Cor. 3: 9-lL I - From these expressions we learn I that the "Huch Mores' Of the New I Te8tament should inspire oar hearts with the utmost confidence in God s 1 faithfalnesa la His providences con- cexxung'ns.'afid also in His readiness to hear . and. Mess uawhen - we call ODon him n prayer. And we should also feel ft rest and security in beln justined A freely i by his grace,! and reconciled to God through the death' of his Son forIUMuch;More8hallf we be Bived through his me. Ana I while the : uispensation , or tne un was glorious, yet It has passed away, and we mrcr now under the reign of the Spirit arid of Grace,' that Mach' If ore'' excels' in glory and abounds in promiaea of eternal life to the sio-1 ner through Jesus CJhtist. . - And though our ems may aoounu, l yet grace free gtace-rdoth JJuch t More" aoouna. - uet as, men, ,uub forget the u Much Mores" or God's f word.. jLet ps study them, draw in-1 epirauuif auu ouuuurti m wem, i and preach to others. . ; 1 - SLVKJUslTX -WITHOUT tlXwnXuyrMWUJdlX. :dow ln the estimation of others, ifJt -j F. Wl Eobsrtson in one of his ? ser moos maa a atniiDg swwmen in. regard to two classea with. whom, we i t . . - . t . . . t . i : ' t meet j In our-, christian labors. He says that we Had aclass of mien who1 have' a high tense of moral Vobiiga tipn 'while;theyrhave.' DO; religious obnvictiohs, emotions nor impulses.' And on the other bandwe .find f a large class or-men" who have'-: very1 highly sense: oof Imoral' obligation.' vea o lap n oiigaiea uy ; want of true morality. : 1 'fc"V -. puiu luat u. wuo .oivo , much experience, among, men have 'CVfl nraanma ' t iS !lt 1 All " wTiL hara met Dotn ot these classes iAnd most of us find it far oore easy to respect men without a profession r piety whbse morality Js correct thanit.ia t rWWftAf' 'thosA V with SaVomin of "religion" and yet whose morality iadanhtfoL''' ? .. o-r . J .J ; lWakWfcwm:i5,jiaY hbneet in; their dealing and, much prefer to :aufier,4wrongi themselve8 than to fdo wrong to othersJ. They are kind, liberal and put a high' esti- mate upon their, veracity ana lnteg , rity They moreover despise every-' thing that is meanV little,' low "and in Christianity., They may exhibita polite diffareuce for the XeeUagSeOf ana power or me goapei in me heart nor do thev value Jta bleaain?a nnr ,r.i. . -i - r-. n - - W"f'"u at ""V1. "-.uo, "C-r p,aJnretwMp,VreaA:r. Without any profession of piety,' the -itlll0t T-ai nn? thf irA mv mdraliiTpr-the former class 'among ka tAr-l ''A DeeQ Peaea nP 10 men fcttmo.fi i,lameless.thhe . the uT -1 l.Z Hlrill Main and' Broad tealous and .apDsrentlT i telicionaMu-i.L ,s. J beyond the college, : .rr 57,;;"7J:;S0?tuat they, are .regenerated, mey are uoTty,Jaoreaaoie.in'tDaai-, utaui xruciiouBJi e . win iiiasiraie by exam t 1 :. years agi i . - i. .1- a Iie.W always it church. If possible. land was the most sealous member lnl hlschnrch. Yet he -would sit1 by: the' hour and ten the most incredible sto-' ries of his own powers and valor.' Ho 4incenseo,u any one had Recused him pt telling falsehoods; thonw his mor-1 au eeuso ucver Beuieu - io perceive.! r"';'1 urf; graoeiu, i.ormlp ,.aem,tnaa:it rf -v --vi of u, provided he ?was Innocent a7 Ct? joncerninghimi iHe'seerna'tohe' morafifywas 'a!- 's'tatn tolHi-iJ frtriitl r "w luV"i"ujr brother, who was, true- id lis " meet-. ugs, toved i church ledthe sing' nMSM'9iiU was not specially; gifted idUhdastryne feroald go to every' 'storela reach 'bf nio aaa uuy oa lima as rar his cred- itwould , go;(aai jyet n ever made proper eftotts ,toUy. i -v coarse he kas ever ready to say f'I will pay it all, bafthit Vai 'the lastof it-a-J' FS3 lerJ!n.?!ailsfdC,tcrv tdhis cred- itorsj,Ko.naa Would have reseated: a i charge ot stealing ucre' fiercely he.fevea vllls z really' guilty cf it it wa3t ia practice 'and ki.way'cf dsVajXi-'H in eva sr Aie:rehafteU that La 'cans" izto t:z fetora z.i ' i tret! ;r 'ia . tLa ciJLzi-LZ-liy Ll3 'to tl' It f-I'-r-jhs t:-:t:i Lin f"" '1? 1 tv ' "h .--v 't P1.8 !?. w? W; : "T Inearlv -flftf. J and -f others 'await' tan' rte.rUe ntmne for over tandred ' owe knew a brother, .whose t ' "iJiu" '.--'--- llnileaot the 421 miles route. The HA ann!it mrulnnt Aivnrtiao'RnTTiiAl -1 u " .. -, 7 r - r.r I wnurcn were - in ,wau ,ulWMU6i erSf wh6ri the' iv"LM .,-r-r wjrs jvfc i cs- c;-;a to c-".;:S ii, Lo never cot ojttf cei. And ?crs3 tbaa all, the brother's conscience Beeaei to feel no compctjction for this: fraadalent tr-aaactlc i. HI' relis', ns fervor and x ilcontizaed tad he apr:ared to t j nnconcljus that no aniouat of re lizioas r rade before mea coald oompensate for sachrgross immoral- ity. He woald sit in severe jadg- meat on. his. brethren . for.tlancing, drinking and missing Saturday meet- Hngs, while he claimed ezemptloa from trial '.tor his own , evil deeds. And his evil deeds rightly deflned would have been put down as theft ttnd have entitled - him: to a cell in the State prison. r - Some qaite religious people pat very littlevalae upon their business word. We once neard a man say thai acertain brother owed him ", a small jsam and that he had told him falsehoods enough to blast hica for- ever. And yet we have heard .that "brother pray very fervently, ; for Eincers. - Hi3 falsehoods consisted ia promises to pay and these were re- peated on every occasion and yet no pay came with' the promises 11 ,The man failed or seemed not to realize that in theisjght of .Qed and ajj bonorahie men he1 was teiiine a real falsehood every time'he promls to' pay and failed to do 8o,.or. at lease oiu not mase some euort to ao it. , Such falsehoods are the basest .HH A.hlKit w ftVAAUfit lm tnAMlif i I " r r-r'-V,1' lmmoramy that OUght to'driVO US does not'inottr own. .1 ' u i:ir: truthfully that -y . tne way t0 a reaT. christian is to v-j.. ' .-i.4i"' ; u impulses with a high and pure mor ality.'J When we find a man' with religious ferrofandireat aad tbef e are seen in a pare, true anaupngnt, uw -u.uu mcM,, c uuu vug tuu christian in .indeed and one whose inflaence and example will be felt In once for all that we can be religious hiffh and nam moral it v. rioiefl tn kiiow that r.hrA ar- mnlH. tudes 'whose1 real and , earnestness attest the reaUty of their, faith and tni8 fa- - e in : of riffhtne88 yVuuwm -A v'mi. Zi V" Jr! Z T ' r Wejave written plainly on a prac- ; tical snbject od we trust it may lead ' Qa to aQfIne OQr T1.' eU cur .cunsnan; experience. ,yar SH,SS?.JV atoK JLtli I JV j"!" hearty Whett the life Is evil without we may know that the heart within is evil in God's sight.1 We ask every pastor ; who , reads these lines - to ' preach on this snbject every year as as Ion hA fa xcraMttf-.l ' jw lmWiroftbeSecndlchurch' A- tr:"'':T rr. -v., i.. Thrirv niht. La nr. Kpiion i-ft Wt'. ni Wp ina rftrt l!.i.:vt . j - . ' . . - ji.wiui mm. xoe inieresc conuuneu to hthe last, bnt it was deml nron 8evett weeks. Daringthe meeting ;aoot!X6C proYessed coaversioa', and 'nf-hih wp ran inH hv th;, ftnif H " u - ...k. r.u... 1 s . - . ' , , , V. . 7 "7 I . . rV,. r.. J areencoarageaiandlaU ot work, IThe pastor'! bear 6 J ii anxious .about the futureHrainvng of the hew m'em i WAS. . . . ... r i . (Dr ;Nel8on , did . not. conduct the - 'i-': meeting -vaccoraing tor any ; plan' bat bet Varied the exercises accord- fa demands of-the occasion. iiZll23iil'?Ll,JA lilv.u-i J---a-T1.s i." iiseatiheir seats but roost frequent jr ne 8etlf tfaem the inquiry room, wn(ini L:infi;nf.'JfWi f ed with::thimSll I srfcj Hffnyiag in the fioly Ghosts it is a oCTLuax tipresmon, ana one eaioautea to arrest and fix the attention of the' thonghtfol haierlWhai la H to pray ia the HolV Ghost? Ftto a dlTin? exhortation,' and fihoald ihere. be understood, else how can' if be .W Vl think all trne, effeoUve prayer de seconds before it asoenda, oomes from heaven before "ft rises there.' It ia an inspiration be- ioro ins an aspirauon. uod speaks in us Wr fi.fnM wm nuV In TTIn. m. QtS. t..t I fcal ferren prayerof the .riehteous5- is bV I wme rendered ,vxhe- pe ngnteoos." , . u tnat rendering is admia-aible,-thes the: parage teaches jast what we n8?ii on, i, that , true j prsyer Is; wroaght - in theTfBoul befptej.iM ftoesl outtin'exores- sion. ; Again, lor pray in the Holy Ghost implies teojudcmt dependence oa the Spirit.' I llie suppliant feels that he knows notiwhat pray for as 'he ought He believes that is preparations of the heart ia man, and the anBwer of the tonsue. are from the ljord. And thus believing he comes in this spirit of tcXire depe ndoace. It may well be believe! f f "Satan trctuLles wten be sees - 1 l'MjglnlLaE, CLc t, tLia la ihaJ tlacLurchr.v:i IjiiJi jrajer iatLatla- lrj cf tl pi .Tr. r i. 7.,r. La:.:505. s . - - IlllloxU Correeposclaaoe. SOUTHERN BAPTIST TI02T. ' THE CON- After a pleasant day on the ad mirably managed Ealeigh and Gas ton and Eeaboard and Eoance Itall- bads, we reached Portsmouth, Va., early in the afternoon of May 1st, on oar way to Lexington, Ky. At the depot in Portsmouth we were met by brethren; Owen and Jones, who ao. bompanled ns to bur old home with .brother and sister Whitehurst. On Sunday we heard Bro. Owen preachy and made a talk to the Missionary Society of the Sunday School of the Court Street . church. - This Society has given during the year over a hundred dollars to missions, besides making liberal contributions to the Education Board. We never saw a better irT.Jra'rh of what can be done by well organized effort. v The young f christians of , Court Street ohareh are being well trained, and ranch credit is dae the brethren who labor In the Sanday School. We also enjoyed a pleasant interview with Eer. R. W Oriddin, the pastor of the Second chnrch and Superin tendent of the Orphan Asylum.- Both of the ' ehnrches In Portsmouth kxS. in a flourishing condition and well manned. - : x : ( Oil Sunday night, in company with brethrea Jones and Owen, we took: r . . - T . . . shibibr Richmond.- The Dolite airent tendered ns -the .hospitalities of his . : ; . .- line, ana the polite officers royally entertained as.1 We shall have to live long and. travel much before we meet with such companions and such a delightful trip; " -1 ' - In .Richmond we spent half a day, and greatly enjoyed a visit to Rich- mnnil a1 T arm w l V ara fnnnA maaf. iy improved, and . we . trust . on the M(r. tAlrt!,l DM9fAr ;ufntnM, Th , fc . , rflaftt,A thft lege campus splendid i streets and flue buildings are" being constructed in what was in our day an old field. Grace street,' one of the most beaut! fal streets of this beautiful city,' has the college, wane streets are graded and are the drives ot the city- 'We met Profs. Puryear and Harris and a number of the stu- de'nta. r't?i . .' v " We met in Richmond qaite a nam 0fbrethren on! their wav to the Convention.and learned that a large delegation wa? expected in Lexing- tQnj so much so indeed,as to give the brethren reason for erave aDDre- hensioas.' ! At 11 a'ctockj P. a car joa3 of ns started'on the lone ioar aey. Weare under special oblige ,M.8 Iu -ulQre 80n! "l land, Ih". Harris,4 editor of the totts Herald, aad Dr.' Hatcher , for special favors Jdnring our stay, in Richmond. -f-t - ! ; At 11 o;clock P, M.1, wo left Rich m6nd and had as companions about aJtlnl and twoof our the Virginia delegates North' Carolina breth-' ren, R. T. y ann, of Eniield,1 and F. W. Ea8onof ITewbern. .We attemp ted to spend the night in sleep, and found this impossible as the road for some reason5 is specially and pecu liarly rough. '' Tuesday J morning found ns some miles above Staunton between: two npUodid Granges i of mountainii 1 while the Greenbrier river ran within a few yards'of the cars. Xhese mountains . bare and wen to the Kanawha, widening and deeDeninff as it flad in foaminsr rap rare beantv arul "rrannr rnt rtrtn.' lus'u - j 'I i L. jtrauedftir soany miles'and- hours jas to at last weary one with, hills and rushing rivers and make him think more kindly of wide plains and gent ry flo ylngf streams As : a special favor to the delegates tho splended hteamer of -he Ohio was detained at Haatiogton : and 8 o'clock P.; M; we-Jall joyously boarded it and took aapperwhiie a band iand jigs 6 ;aWfoar3eiegatioa.j ,We IWedaesdar morning and were then is boned in? smoke. v It jk a little Wider j here lat Maysvillei thaa the Roanoke l is atPJ.ymontb?ItVibariks kre ;mountains; cvrhile lithe harrow strips o( la are?dote jth tovnjs auu images or .coyeeea.int grapes: i ?, j Uayesville is a city of V.OOO iabab itants "A11 the denominations have good churches,' the Campbelites the largest,the Baptist the smallest. . The Ro mans ; Catholics' .have ?a& large I ?hnr5tt a?d a Ia.rgr convent.' ' Some I r luo uieiuiu ...wbui?., ia aiaysviJie climbed thq mountains and found it delightful l exercise aftepithe? three days of tedious travel onl the cars. At 3 P. M , we' leave for Lexingtcn where we exptct to find a full dele gation. , . .The Second BaptLt Church gave.th hand of weloome to mors than sixty members Sunday.; At ;; tie close: of thei .Sunday Bchool pastor Gwaltney .baptized, i'li can, didates. About a dozen others are awsltinj baptism.' Af;er the sermon by the"pa.lor on Eay t!!t tla Lzzirj roora wsa epezel an3 sorae Cl;;a or twenty eitoici ; two coi'csrtd Ch::5'. before lb 9 Eenriccs erased. 'A - V'-" f. , vistuuiiu vUaUcQii IU liUO XIOW UU. OTHER ITEZ1S. . . . .1 cannot go without theExoosczs any longer here is your 2.00. Send it to me at Sumner, Georgia. P. E. j exxs. . , . . .The commencement exercises of I leas ant Lodge Academy will take place cn.the 25th of May. Hon. F. M. Eobbins, of Lexing ton, win deliver the Annual Address.. : Dr. Pritchard, of Wake Forest College will deliver the address before, the ttudents . of Tine mil Academy, SootlaniT Neck, N. 0. 6a Thursday evening June ?rdU - f ; i ....Elder J. B. Boone delivers the Litera ry Address at Fork Aoadsmy, Davie county, on 25th inst -Dr. Pritcbsrd is also expeoted to be present. ; - - u .The Library Building of Brown Uni versity Is admirably arranged, and has a ca pacity for the proper accommodation of 150, 000 volumes. ; It already contains about 52, 000 volumes. ; . .'. V' V'W' . s... There ceems to be a determined pur pose among! the churches North to pay off their church debts. ; This Is as it should be, only it might be better not to go ia debt. ' A church debt ia seldom a means of grace. ; : .'.BevP. H. Ivey the esteemed pastor, of the Goldflboro Baptist Church, will preach the commencement sermon at Cowan Baptist Female Institute. ' Jane 22nd. Goldaborv It would be a good thing If half a dozen demagogues, North and South, would kindly oonsent to die, as the Ceitf ami could Well afford to pay 'their f oseral xpenses.'3-f Talma pe. vThey oould. have a gorgeous send off, with fire-works along the route and at the end. Kich. Chrit. Advocate. , ( . ; .The BaptUtVourter "of last week has -two articles on inspiration one on each aide of the question. We presume that every' body (but ns) will read them and be edited. , We suggest to Brol Chambliss that he give ns a few elaborate articles on Heeplrafton, i Expiration and Aspiration all vital subjects, especially the last ' 1 ; ; - - t ' 1 . . . . .Bro. Childs wonders why open oom munionists have not . quoted 3 Chron. 80: J8, 10. ; Bro. Dexter thinks that churches which oompromlse lose ground. Bro. BuUen finds our mission in upholding the ordinances not merely as commands, but as vehicles ot doo-, trine. Bro. Eddy says baptism stands guard over regeneration, and. the supper over the atonement IF. W. E. Jr., in Watchman. : . .We dislike to omit anything sent ui for publication by the brethren', but we are com pelled to beg their pardon for cutting down, their notices of Union Meetings 'and making themes short as possible. v Unless we do so a large., part of . the . paper would . be required to give these notices.. We presume that the brethren usually know their subject and will be on hand to do I'ttrduty'weiiC i i . .ML 2Son Union will meet with Pleas1, ant Grove church May 23.' Programme V Church government 2. Best plan to continue' the interest in the ' Sunday School. 8. "If every church member has a work to do, how may he be Induced to do it ? ,4. Has a chris tian the right to serve God as ' he chooses? Sermon by J. JL Freeman and Missionary 1 sermon by O. Durham. , " r. . , .The Board of Trustees of Shaw Uni versity decided, at a late meeting, to estab lish a Medical Department with this Institu tion And they also decided to secure the servioes of Bev. 8. B. Learyj f Bochestet Theological Seminary for the'; Divinity De- ItnMat if bis-salary can be raised. - i - . . . 'I cannot get along without ,tW-Xt-coedxb. I love it next to my Bible and re-, gret that I have not been taking it ever ainoe I joined the church 34 years ago. I. expect to take it as long as I live and hope ' it will visit my. home when I am no more. Oh L how I do love to'read Dr. Taylor's comments, G. Washington Jones' strange things and Dr. yatea' Heiiinisoenoes.'' E. P. Axxxn. f i .i....The Texas Baptist BtraU quotes' what Dr. Burrows said ln the Bxcox&xx about the' South and Southwest needing consolidation,' instruction, ' discipline, and an ' increase 1 of wise working pastors more than they need expansion, multiplication and an increase of 'circuit riders" and adds: "There is sense in that It also quotes what we said of thu pastor of the Second church of Balelgh being in no hurry to rush the ' "oonverta" into the church and says, , "That is sound doctrine. Quality not quantity is what we should strive j j ..JSider U. Aleadows, ' pastor ot rih grim church; in theUrier Creek ' Association" reports' that the Sanday School Board held a; -convention at that church on the 1st Sunday In May and the brethren had an excellent and profitable time J Stirring 4 speeches,'" good; singing and earnest preaching' made up . the wut vi uie uay., xue Doara ib aoing a grana and good work. We would like so much to meet wUh those brethren and learn to know them. T We intend to go ths first opportunity'. May God bless them in their earnest . efforts" to extend the Master's cause. "V;.;-. , i . - i - , - I ,'CmxkiM Co., April '27. A. 'most won-? derful work of grace has taken place La Mil' ton, N. C , under the pungent 'preaehing of Bro.' JEl Hnteon'iThe wholer town1 seined Stirred ?ej never boforeV . There were between 75 and 100 pTOfea8ipns6ld;and..y6ung togeth-5 jerV $ Ias with bim serveral day and I don's think ' have ever" at'toaded a meeting inhicV jhere was such'a deep, solemn ' feeline. JAli jheaiti eeemed to be touted and a great work pas neen accompiishea. . x am,-more convin ced than ever that the "anions, seat" ought to be abandoned. .- There is no need of it to make men jchxfatianaftPx ' '.Henderson has three schools,9 one mala one female and one mixed. The; male school is conducted by Bro. T. J. Horner and ,son. The female is in charge of Sister Parham and Mrs.. Wm. Horner.. ' I spent the 1st Sabbath With Bev. . C A. . Jenkens, at . Toungsville,' where he organized a church', consisting,; of nine members, j This church is - destined , to be a prosperous" one. j The brethren ; expect soon to build a house of worship. Last Sab hath was a day long to be remembered by all present , Congregation very large both morn ing and evening. D. G.; . u :. i s For two,week8;i have beenwatchmg ever a sick member of my family. But 'in the midst of my trouble I have been cheered by the visita of tha Exoobmb, . whf ch has brought to me the glad tallest from -various parts of our . State that God is still blessing Our Zion. O, how thankful the Eapli-its of Baleigh ought to feel for the great, bieaeiag which God has bestowed cpon them. ; Bat.in the midst of our .rejoidcg we are called to mourn over the loss of dear and precious brethren. . Oar dear brother Purefoy is gone to rest and one I y one : we . will be ; called tome. Let us live near the cross, that when cur Lord sl-iU cz:, ra niy to f jtini wait Ins. W. T7. ' ' ' , PERSONAL ... .Ia He UliLterl J CoJcreace QEaptist) i of Philadelphia; May 3rd, the brethren dis-1 cussed this question t " Onght we to main tain anoompromisingly the position hitherto held by our denomination, that llie original terras relatic z to trptlssa ahould be transla ted, and not transferred, in all our versions of the Bible to the heathen V While no vote was taken on the! question, yet it is dear from the discussion as reported In the Na tional Baptist, that the brethren are strongly in favor of translating and not transferring the terms.- - -7- - - i ....Dr. Armitage was thorough and in dead emest on " The Holy Spirit La Preach ing." He laid,'' As the need of a written gospel was felt, book after book was written. Paul's epistles before the gospels. The Holy Spirit was promised, to abide forever, in the place of the Son. He must have intimacy with preachers ; his endowment Is the highest qualification. His agency indispensable to effective presentation of the truth and deliv eranoe from spiritual death. In manner and subject we must have the Spirit dependence on whom the Apostles ' recognized. Mr speech and my preaching. . .' was In demon stration of the Spirit.' iV, 7. Car. in . Watch man.- ,'"" i .. '", . ' : t.S - M-A Church of Goats. Oa our return from Star City we passed by a large church house occupied bv goats. Some were lying down on the floor, apparently asleep, while one old fellow was standing with hia head out at the window, as though he had- soma idea of leaving the church, aad another ; had gone 10 far as to climb op ia a window ; and -wae lying en a .window sill, where:, be could conveniently jump out and leave chnrch or go back in it, as droumetanoes determined bis choioe. As we mused upon this scene we thought, ia not this a picture of some church' es f ' Have we not churches largely occupied by goata BaptUW , ......We made the remark'reoently to sever al brethren that it Is impossible to say how poor preaching a people will be satisfied with provided they love the preacher. A brother said that is true and then referred to an old minister now gone home, who never could preach and had no idea what a : sermon wav but everybody loved him' and loved to hear' hear him talk. When be was too old for the pastorate the people would go ten or twelve miles to hear him, if - an opportunity was made for him. All went and sat quietly and heard him through because they loved him. Pastors and churches should fall In love with each other and keep on falling in love' and then they would work together .better. Try it brethren, do it for Christ's sake, - f ..-.There is great joy in Baleigh.:. Dr. Nelson has just passed through hia fifth week of labors ln the Second and Dr. Teasdale hia third week in the First church.' The pastors of the two churches, Dr. Skinner, of the First; and Bev: Mr. Gwaltney, of the Second,3 are eo-operating most heartily with the Evan gelfata, and are said to be very happy In their worev Baptist Beatoni Dr. Nelson was sit ting by when we read the above, and he re quests ns to say that he Is not an " evangel ist," and to ask the Beacon to correct it He Is President of Judson College, and is work ing in its interests, and.oame here as a help to the pastor and to seek help' for , bis college.' He is a born pastor, and his ' heart burns to return to the pastorate, but tn attack of the brain two years ago makes it proper for him to wait a year or two. , ...Your paper I think is continually im proving more and more adapted to all clas ses of people and ought to be in every Bap tist family in the State and throughout the land w articles !i)f3L--Wa8hmgton Jones, Dr. Yates and the Sanday Hf n AniTi rffifr- t just splendid and well worth the price of the papery to eA; those J who' will; read thern carefully. f Another splendid 5 church ' ia completed in Hamilton and ready for dedica tion on the 5th Sanday in May; This church t think is still an improvement on either the Enfield or WOliamston; church. Can't you possibly be With as at the dedication, help na out and press the claims f your paper 7 ? We anndpate a delightful time and expect Dr. Pritchard to be with us and hope he will not disappoint as. We want to make a favora ble r and lasting impression in the start, be sides greatly enjoymg the meeting ourselves aS UfptiStS. 14. it UWSHB. ' --i - ,...The young preacher has an advao tage over the young lawyer or doctor. As soon as he completes his studies he steps I into, a salary .which if not large, is sufdoient for him to marry onVv Bat his classmate who takes to the. Uw, or - medicme ; win. find : It a long time before the olienta or patienti win be numeroua enough to pay hia expenses. For along time it will remain a queetion whether he is ever going to be able to make' a living by hia profession. - If the young lawyer or physician onoe acquires a-living praotiee, his future is secure. 9 But theteBt does not come with the preacher till ' later in' life. The question with the lawyer - or doctor- is whether he eaa gain, a position. The ques tion regarding the preacher is "-whether he can hold hia1 position, v. Iir contented with the popularity of bis early efforts, he settles down and" ,f 'takes things easy,- he' wilt find ai middle life his position 'is slipping away from bim and he is left where the lawyer and doctor1 were at "the , beginning. : The preachers future is not secure unless he spends his early ministry ' in ' the hardest kind of study and the: hardest kind of works'The 'doubtful point with him is always in ', the future,1 therefore he can never jiton- ..work-. ...The early Eaglish Baptists were oppos ed to singing in puWio worship. , A corres pondent of the Examiner and Chronicle says that when singiog was introduced "the exer cise did not take place tin after the, sermon, that those who were opposed to it might de part 1 In- seme churches it was permitted' those who bad scruples about the lawfulness of singing to relieve their consciences : by putting on their hats, thus announcing . that they took no part In the bowing to Simmon Aad among those who believed in singing there were differences of opinion. Many con demned the use of uninspired compositions, and also of musical instruments. Some con tended that men only should sing, as women Were to 'keep silent in the churches. It is said that for half a century fa New England only some half dozen dffierent tunes were d 'and these having attained a peculiar sanctity in the conservative mInL great agitation was aroused1 when at last new tones were in troduced. : The .introduction of note books caused 1 another conflict. . In Bralntree in 1723, "eight I members were, suspended for Binding by note. Said the oppoaera. If we once begin to sing by note the next thing will be to pray by note, and then comet Popery a line cf argument 01 ten usea smcs on va rious qaeslions, and always with great e2ect on a certain class of minds. - The introduc tion of the pitch-pipe was bitterly opposed, while tia contest over tla tas viol, eto., ia witLia t'..e memory cf nea el,lll lirlrs" . From Ero.F.M. JorSia. - Bone of frauds complain because I have quit vrriting for the Recoe- Dek. " s3o much hats been saia aoout evang'Jists, that it s best for others to do the writing and counting. 1 r pent the most ot J anuary with Bra L. L. Vass and hit people in Spar tanburg, 53. O. My stay with them was exceedingly pleasant, and I trust profitable. It waa my pleasure to spend two weeks with Bro. G. VY. Barman and his people in" Wadenboro, and two weeks with Bro. Rollins, and the people of Lile8ville. where I lived and taught school in 1854. Bro Harm an is quietly doins a eood work In Wadesboro, is dearly loved by bis people, ana : com mauds the respect of all. It is of great: advantage for a preacher to have prudence i and a good share of hard common sense ; with some doubtleea this is a scarce commodity. , Tired and worn I re turned to rest a little with the loved ones at home. My wife and myself went to Ashe vine and 1 was at the prayer meeting on Thursday night and saw much of the effects of the glorious revival. Bro. Dixon : Is in fine' spirits, is prosecuting his work: vigorously, wane his caurca ana oun day school are growing in grace and numbers. We spent a day with onr venerable and beloved brother. Thomas Stradley. JNeyer saw- him so cheerfol and haopy. Easy in his circumstances financially, aad hap py spiritually, he is walking in the light, and almost ia fall view ot the promise lanL lie was ; preseot on Sunday morning to witness the exer cises of the large Sabbath : school, and thehouse Which be had labored to build for God, filled, 1 trust in a large measnre with- a converted member ship. With gratitude to , God, he wept for joy, and it did seem that heaven was never bo near. . We then listened to a soul stirring; sermon from the pastor and the Holy Spirit seemed to be near to help., Bro Dixon preached to the; young peo pie in the afternoon ana l at night. Two persons confessed Christ. Thus God is letting his work appear. The railroads i are (f advancing- towards completion, quite number of new buildings are going up in Asnevule and Hendersonvillc, and the whole country is wearing an aspect of pros perity; More visitors are expected this sqmmer than ever before: Left home last Thursday, came through Charlotte, saw the basement walls of the new meeting house, " about r ready for the sleepers. So the work is being prosecuted vigorously and I trust the friend throng bout the State will help literally. - v :i Ist - Saturday ? and - Sunday preached at Lilesville, and baptised five parsons. Unite a number or per sons came , forward for prayer and some are indulging a hope of. par cloned sin." My son Willie hits gone home to spend a month in The mountains to reeuperate his hearbl ' To morrow I begia a meeting at Ashpole, Robeson county. Glad to hear of the gloriou ? work in' Raleigh and elsewheie- M. Jobdan. ; Lumberton, N. C. ' 4 ; V3? ' A. Letter: from 'Dr. T. . Tf . Sydnor,' of Tlfglnla His Account or Two Great Preachers. . '.. ". I am glad to notice signs of vigor ous growth in the Biblical Re cordeb, and to recognize in its Ed itor. Corresponding Jiditor, the Con ductor of the Sunday School Depart ment and many of its correspondents some of my most valued mends.-its visits to my home are most welcome, and. I will do what i can to promote its circulation among my people. - I spent Sunday last with .Rev. J. H.v2ewbill, the efficient pastor of Sharon. Church j (Sandy. Kiver), Prince Edward "l county, . Virginia. This Chnrch for the space" of forty- wtfh the labors or that wonaer.nuy I gifted man, Rev, Daniel Witt. r He diea iin, xtovemoer, xox. xiis re mains, oyer which stands a beautiful monument appropriately inscrioea, are deposited in a few , feet of the building, just in rear of the pulpit. The object of my visit' was to make an address ih the interest of the me morial hall - to be erected at Rich mond College in honor of Rev. J. B. Jeter. : In speaking of Ur. Jeter, it was an inspiration to stand over-the grave of "his life-long friend, Dr. Witt. 'They were: both, natives of the county of Bet frd Witt born in 1801, atd Jeter in 1802 . .They were converted about the same time, in 1821 j (Kifercd tht ministry together. and1 for several.; ears labored to gether a missionaries of the Gen eral Assooiaiion of Virginia. Love ly and pleasant in their lives, cor dial in theirjfrieadstilp for each other, alike diligent ia thtttr labors for the master, in, their death they were di vided bat for a fe .years and,: are how t doubtless happily reunited in 1th iph rer. friendsh p and b olierLser- vice of the Meaveciy iana. i . No county m this State has been bo honored in raising up distinguish ed ) ministers of the Gospel es the county of Bedford. It has been, in this respect, a aor f of nursery for the churches of evry denomination. It gave to the Method ists Bishop Jno. Early, whose h;-me,. still : fresh and fragrant, is a ort of household word among his brthren. It gave to the Eprscopalians Bishop Otey and Bishop Cobb, both eminently Godly and useful ? men. It gave to the Presby terians Dr. John H. Bice, Dr; -l Benjamin HRice and Dr. Conrad i SDeece. It y gave r to : the Baptists the HarriseSjthe Lef twiches, the Witts, the Hatchers, J. B. Jeter, aad a host of others. : Shortly before his death, Daniel Witt gave me the names of about sixty Baptist minis ters who "started onffrom Bedford. Some of these were men of eminent gifts "and usefulness, but none so gifted and so nsefal as Daniel Witt and J. B. Jeter. Their educational advantages were very poor, only such as were EiTordcd by the rudely Conducted schools of their ? native county.' ' lleither of them knew any thing ci College life. They had no acaf sniia traiuinir. and yet they reached sa eaiuetce ia the ministry wtic'a iz nea have attautcd each zdizllzi tn iilustricua iust-uco cf what natural ezlz-zzuzij el dili gent application nay cccoarlish without extraneous he! n?. eseciallv without the training cf the schools. witt used to say of timsslf. 'I am a preacher nothing but a preacher." vv en, he was a preacher indeed. Few could preach like him. Jefpr was a vreacher not so flaent rr speech as Witt, not so graceful in r . jestnre nor w as h is voice so melodious, but he was a grand preacher. "As asermonizer he had few superiora. and while lacking in grace of the or- ator, be was as clear as a sun-beam exceedingly forcible in his style, and frequeu tly rose to that genuine elo quence which Dr. McDoflee bas de fined as logic set on ,firew So Dr. -Sontball, of the Central Presbyterian, wrote the week after Dr. Jeter's v funeral : . . 4 . , -, . . "Dr. Jeter's first public address was made on the banks of the stream r in which he was baptized. Coming up. ' out of the water he began at once to . exhort his fellow men to repent of sin and turn to God. Why may we not say that that was his first sermon f ; that : then and there he entered - upon the ministry he had received of , the Lord Jesus Christ t It requires -" no official order of pope, or prelate or priest to constitute a man a : preacher of the Gospel It needs no formal act of councilor Synod or Church to make it fit and proper for a christian man to stand up before ; Bis teiiow men ana proclaim, "It is a faithful saying and worthy of, all ac-A ceptatiOn, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and what is that, but preaching the gos-1 'pelt' 4 i.' 5 .-v-j ; In some respects Dr. Jeter excel!-, ed his distinguished contemporary and friend, Dr. Witt, as he excelled 1 ", every other man of his denomination in this State. As a writer, as an .or ganizer and worker in our great de- "r nominational enterprises, as an au thor and an editor, be was witbont a peer among us. All acknowledged him as a leader so far as Baptists . may have a human leader, for it ie -one. of their cardinal principles to . call no man master upon the earth. . The remark has often been made; that Dr. Jeter was a self-made man. v Of course he was self-made, and yet s well made as every man who is of , any accouut in the world is to a great extent a self-made man. He -. learned in early life the lesson " of self reliance, of self-control, of rtif- , application. Practicing upon tbrse lessons, he became the architect of , his own fame; himself his own wisest " counsellor; himself his own 'mo t : skilful teacher. : He; was ' self-mad", but yet divinely made. His nature .. endowments were of the highe-1 1 order. . His figure was almost fanK- . leas his presence most commanding. ( He had, an intellect of marveIlout , compass and vigor, . and a heart as , guileless and generous as ever throbbed within a human heart. ; -- , Dr. Jeter was distinguished in ev; erv sphere in whicb he moved. In ? j nothing were his labors of more im- por tance and value than in the cause I of education. He was not an educat ed .man in the : technical sense, and jet he was a man of extensive and profound acquirements. He had -more knowledge, more real. learning : jthan nine-tcntha of tbjBe ,wsi boast- their . college diplomas. He ' knew more ot the affairs of State, he - twa . uuta-wisdom, and . certainly more nonuty and uprightness tban mnety ninei a hundred of the-men who occupy seta in our legislative haUs or other btjher places of our government - . uln the cause of minteai educa tion particularly ne evijjnamfegied the deepest interest. Hf a8 the prime mover in tne c8caoiisneat Qf : the Yirginia Baptist Seminao now Richmond College, and was larfv instrumental in the establishment V : the Southern f Baptist Theological ", Seminary. At the time of his death be was the . President of the Board of Trustees in each of those institu- . , tlons. Dr. Jeter left his valuable library -- to Richmond . Uollege. At present there is no suitable place in the Col lege balding tor . its reception and proper keeping, it la .purposed to erect a ball for the . purpose. It is due to the memory of the doo or, and woald he of . incalculable advan tage to the College for the work to ; be done at once. ; , " In your issue of "April 2 1st, the Editor and President Pritchard both made an appeal for the "new Memo-' rial Chapel" at Wake Forest in honor , of " President Wingate, is it not t I hope that Virginia as well as 'North Carolina will respond to this appeal; and win not the good brethren of the Old North State reciprocate and help ns build our "Jeter Memorial Hall.'' it;mT.:WSYDHOB. i Statistics of Chbtstiajt Db- nbminations In North Carolina, gath ered from minutes of , 1879and cor-" espondence with leading ministers "of the churches given : : -J:i''r"i' M! 11 Conference (white) J J". . .' , . W.059 Holston Conference in N. C. Xwhite.' 0,000 Virginia-' - 5,11 A. M. K ZioH (colored; Methodists). . 20.044 A. ILIS. , " - - . M.E. Church . rM ChrMian (O'Kellyite). Protestant Methodists. . , 8.587 . 8,76? " 4,605 13,500 . 4,853 -10,000 , 1,000 1,982 17,747 . 4,855 , 6,544 . , -..' ...... Quakers Lutherans (about). Bom an Catholics about Moravians Presbyterians. ; ...... Presbyterians colored i .. .. ... jcpisoopaiiaus. - ; Baptists Missionary.....;.. 167,699 Antl-MisBionarvl............ 9,730 Baptists Baptists Baptists rCampbellite.... ........ 5,9iO ? These . figures show - that there are ia ; North Carolina 184.5C9 Pedobaptista and . 189,935 Baptists. These statistics may not be : exact, but they are very riarly so. . - ;- i . . . .We learn from the Texas Baptist Bet' old that Elder W. & Penn.the Texas Evange list has been called by the Fifth Ward church of Houston. It Is probable that he will ae- cept the can. We congratulate brother Peon on the prospect of a home, a people- and eon- ' centrated work. . ' " . . .Bev. W. G. Brown of Yadkin eonntr-- was in town Saturday, on" his way to the -General Baptist Convention at Lexington Kentucky; lie took the eveuing train. . 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The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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