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" "J FOUIlTir QUARTER, 1S81.
r LESSON L-OCTOBER 2m '
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5 GOLDEN TEXT,
HU4 leretb a cheerful tiTer. a Cor.
9:7.
I
. ; . DAILY H031E READINGS. -
T. Hateri&l foriheTabernacletx. 25s W.
If, Offerings for the Tabernacle Ex, 85-04.
T. Offerings JPorthe,Teniple. ,l Chron. 29 j
' . .-t , i 1-18.
JF. Labor fox the Temple.. 4 Chron. 2: 1-16.
S. Wisdom from Qod .....James 1: 1-17.
S."Freewill Offerings. .....Ex. 85: 25-85.
. INTBODCCTOfcY.
Our present lesson is in striking contrast
with; the one in last qoarter. Thert they
. gare their Jewels to make a Talf ; hen to
make God a Tabernacle. They were cursed
for that gift, and blessed for this. Both
werevfree gifts, but' prompted by rery dif
ferent 'spirits.,-; The gifts for thealf were
.prompted by a spirit of dkobedience- and
unbelief : " the gifts for the Tabernacle , by
faith, and .obedience. Let us learn that
when' the wicked poor out their treasures
before their gods ofpleasure or selflsliness,
they may expect1 nothlnglut curses in re
turn, tut with the ChriBtian, ' prompted by
right motives, tU 1 more blessed to ' gfrtf
than to receive. , , . "
OUTLINE:
I. THE GIFTS. ysI 25-29.
II. THE WORKMEN, vs. 80-85.
COMMENTS :
I. The Gifto.
l. Of thk f Wom&h.. They gave their
work, as . well as their Jewels,' (v. 23.)
the- women that w trite Juari&l did spin
vrith their hands, Tht term viShuarted
seems to mean simply '$kBfut They had
learned to do 'such work -while in "Egypt,
and now they can use their skill for; God.
So we often find that when delivered from
sin,: we can consecrate to God acquirements
gained ; before conversion. David, while
watching sheep, learned jthe use of the harp
and sling, the former of which was after
wards needed to charm awaj the ril spirit
'from aut, and the latter to l Gonath.
J)o well what you undertake,: and occasion
will be - apt to arise, when you can use the
most insignificant acquirements for God. -
' V,26. And aS the women vihou heart ttirrtd
them up in wisdom tpun goaiti hair. This
seems to be mentioned in addition to the
- a Dove, because spinning goatar hair was
harder work ' than" spinning blue, purplet
ecarlet and fine Urun, It was coarse, rough
work to spin i goataTtliair; and only those
vhote heart ttirred them vp in wisdom, who
were wise enough so to love work . for, God
thar they considered nothing too hard ' or
coarse f or .theni. &; t or inch wise hearted
onwj to7wha;gjblin djs
agreeable work for the Jtastei? : ;
' 3. 0 th RxnicBs. 2he rtdert brought
hyx iione etct Iore costly gifts than the
women. .6uchas we have, we ought to give
; toGod- iAattjrwprt. :,The
onyx was s costly stone and was doubtless
among .the treasures borrowed at God's
eomnd from the Egyptians. The rulers
were 'thus only giving back to! God what
He had given them, and He would not have
been pleased, had those to whom he . gave
the enyx, tpioe and oil, brought Tas an off er-
ing things of less falue.'" If you have gold;
the Lord will not be please! with your jetr
tv eifts of coouer. ' ' " '. " ' '
The pAod was a upper garment of the
high priest in two pieces, one piece covering
the banM'otter:fRt of hls body;
and the two pieces clasped togeth each
shoulder' with large ooyr stones.-, it iwas
fastened fcround the Waist with a "curious
girdle. The brari-plai wsi made of twelve
stones . containing the names of - the twelve
tribes of Israel; and worn in the Ephod on
the breast of the high-priest 5 ;
- 3. of thb vhou people, without ,enu
merating any further . the special giftsr and
(ITC10 V. .V WUB WJ9 IfHN VWTJf Ht9 MW WV
r man v7ioie heart made them vnfftTTOUghi
thek gifts, great and small. Giving h a
privuege not . confined, to a few, but all
Ood's people are commanded to give , of
their substance to Him. It is implied here
that there were some whose hearts were
not wuimg to give, and God was Vthe same
then as now, He oyeth a "cheerful giver.
All bat offerings to God should be front
wuhn hearts. . The government has no
ryriito exact laxesfromthe people, to
ouua cfiurcnes, as is tone-in 'England.
which the Lord had commanded to be made by
the hand of. Motet, vjuoses .was as responsi
ble for -everything, as if all were to lte made
by his own hand, "because the Lord gave
him the. mode! and ' made; Mm ;director.
ThougkMosea was a very learned man and
doubtless skilled in all the Egyptian arts of
bunding, he did not dare even, to make a
suggestion , to God, but had ereryttilng
made exactly according ' to; the 4 models.
Such obedience God requires of all.His ser
vants.- -v .vi ,rT
lLThe Wertanen. ' ' - -I J
Four ' things concerning ; these workmen
are wprthy of note s
" l; TEst wxns wjnju nrno Ton' nrxrn
sFjEcui, woRXi. Their fitness was three
fold.' ia,) feplrttual.' He la& fZed (hakviih
fhe tpirU cf Oo& ;WeTe ftpt to: think that
wool's pplnfc w nessary ony lor preachers
and! gbiday-exiwQl iteachcrs, f llediaxics
. also neeJ the Ephirtt m&ks flienifaithftil 1
woriaea tzl to' .ezitlz fc::a:to treat 'fcir
'423 properly. ' Indeed,lthere Is no de
Putment of life In.WhicS. weLcait Affoil to
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v;r f The Oman of
V)iimrB 46;
be without the Spirit of God. - (6.) iftatol I
They were filled with wisdom, that is, were! I
men of toodmother-wit had1 common. I
ense; alsa with uuderiiandiag, ;had strengthi I
and- breadth of Intellect, br which 'thevl l
tould comprehend thec plans of1 work,etc; j
thlni .iheyrknew ; erarrthlng from the be4 I
linnlng buiwllling consult books and
wiser-men? from whom; they could learhJ I
Such oualiflcationa would not be bad: fori
rescherr and 'Sunday schoolteachers, u
j. L..t;.i oJ
every one should strive to train himself fbrf j
tne special work, for, which ood has oesc
fitted him.;, f J y r- ;,. 1 .
- 1,raxr wzxa cojljed or Go ta rata1 1
work. ,'; The lord hath called If name Baa-,
leel, etc. When the Lord has a work to bo
done, He reserves the right to call his work-
men. This is mnerallv onmiifid MneernJ
ing preacherv but is it,-not equally true
with all other vocations f And woe to the,
man, who tries to preach when God has:
called him to something else. One position
is as honorable as another, if God calls to
it. "Were two an seels sent to earth, one to
sweep the street, the other to rule an empire, '
both would feel equally honored,"
8. Thxt wkbs ouasd or Goo, thbouqh
His Sxbvakt Mosbs. 4ad Motet taid unto.
the children of . Ierael, . When a man is!
called to preachy God is not apt to keep the!
fact a ;B9cret from all but himself : and.'
when godly brethren think that yon should !
not preach, It is worth your consideration, j
Ana so aoout other callings. True, we;
should not be ruled bTTndly by the-opinion!
oi oiners, nowever gooa, xor mere are nota-i
Die instances, in which all but the mani
himself were certainly mistaken. We can-
only say that God frequently calls on Aaron-
ATI A A ffoTftlntfl ftuvtmrt, mffmam 1
. v rt m w C u uvuiw i
. IBET WIBI TO. BE TKA.CHEB8 AS WXLL
as WOBXKEN. He hothput tn hit heart that he
mag teach, both he and Aholiab. The ca-i
pacity to teach is a rift of God much to be
coveted. : Mappy are we if we can do good.
wora, ana teacn others now to do it.
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CQUMUNICAIIONS. ,
LETTER FROM WAKE FOREST.
Minutes of the Southern Baptist Con-
ventton-The Students Aid Society
a mean of doing l. much1 good The.
upemng oj naiee sorest uouege.
Dear Recorder : Jast before I went
-North, I received for distribution in
North Carolina 400 copies of the rain
ntes of the last session of the South
ern Baptist Convention. ?350 were
sent out-through -tha- State- I haye-
yet 50 copies, which will be cheerfully
sent by mail to brethren ! who tnav
wisn copies. -
A lew years ago Dr. Deems,' of JNewi
xork, wrote tome to learn the details
of the Students' Aid Society which he
heard was in operation at Wake Forest-College.
He-proposed-to start
such a Society at Chapel Hill in honor
of a son who was born at that place
ana lost during.- the late war: "lie
gave several hundred dollars aa the
7iuvKrei vi. ituia tuuu. -uu. 111. ju ,
Vanderbiit heannr of hiff'plan, gave
$10,000 to carry it on V and ; Chapel j
tiau now has a tund oi oyer aio.oto
to lena to poor young men who wish
to obtain an education,; and are will
ing tor ; obligate ' themselves to repay
the money. . : :
tromote the cause of education in the
State.' and a great help to "the TJni
versity, and both Dr. fieems and Mr.
Vanderbiit richly, merit the thanks of
the people for their wise liberality.
' Several years ago Bro: J.'-.W. Den-
mark, then a student working his way-
through college, originated the Bap-'-
list Students Aid Society, the object :J
of which was to create (a:fund to. be 1
ioanea 10 inaigen yquiig menwnue
students, at slow ratobif interest, to
be repaid, and in turn loaned to other
students, to help bem m their efforts
to swjure ah" education. The enter-r
rise has hot been a failure, but it has
py nomeans done' as touch good as
ite more liberal support would have
enabled it to accomplish Indeed, it
has never received that favor from
our people which1 its intriusio merits
deserve, and I Write to ursre nron the
Baptists of"theState its more heartv
support, ana ior tne xoiiowmgi rea
sons:
1. There is a crying need for some
-t-- I AAa2 - " A tlv ,AV'Oll-
bucu uibuluuou. , jut over me state
mere are- wortny young men n wno
would gladly avail themselves of such
a plan; n it were within1 their power.
indeed, one of , the most distressing
things I have tojworry me is the al-
most constant, application maae oy
promising and reliable young men for
just such hejp. . If ny one imagines
that t is an easy thing; for ' such a
young man to . borrow . the money , he
needs, even with; good. security, the
will be quickly; undeceived, as lhave
been, by trying it.
2. This I plan ; isf practi( : The
money is loaned on' such terms as to
secure it, ana thus a perpetually in
creasing fund is provided, which will
oe operating ior ail time to come.
-a . a -
The Hon: A.;H, Stephens; bf Georgia,
with a limited amount of monev. has
UDerauy eaucated 43 young men, and
an acquaintance of mine in the North
nas, -wiut ieaucatea 'quite a
number of "young ; men who have be
come eminent f orialents and useful
ness. '.iU,,-J '
, . - , An, tne ymrp. piape, act only may
many, persona be thai- educated who,
otherwise; Vould not bev but the tat-
nnsli
;e of pur lttoue9 might - m this
way'i be f lndeSmtel increasedand
that bythe jbest class of atodenta, too.
If wfttsa a fund tf f 10,000 audwere
to vlehd each studetit1' v 500,! ea1 the
wtcla rinlcr Tocld taizcrecd ly
0 Etu2:5i3and this 'number would
increase according to iAlncrease of
m e mm. ss m$ n i w. w -i m m m
the North Carolina Baptistt,eyo
4 ,
the fund, -and the amount5 ibanea
each applicant The plan of the S
cietT as. create a landj-hT annm
subsxuripfciaos, and I am satisfied, thati
thia enterpriBe ? wouldirhare pPOTeU
auccesa if it chad ? bee pressed: ttpoii
jn wme way, tb thta Society at? lipM
pewa ma. wuaaia agpoa caas;!
xue opening w. ,me iw,
w tnus w aagooa as mas pi.Aoovj
m wiae-BDreaa ana ui
nary drtnsrht'wilL ltowever. -probablT!
diminish the number1 of sudents fori
tha whole Tear. - -i :;3..s;?
Wake Forest College, SeptS 9th
siUTV inn nfiTisubs in int. ihii
iYnaiun ? ua?k Taasn jfjsum
' THEWORD Of GOD. j
, , Dear Bro Bailey s 1 1 have a few
words to say to the readers . of the.
Record ek respecting the '.'New Ver-i
Bion- provided always,' that I have
your consent to say them. j
I will state at the outset that I have.
no doubt that tn most cases where the'
translation differs frbm King James';
version, 'the difference is an improve
ment. 1 1 '
1 saw 3 some ecrtx icai stnetures on
this bead that atoeared - in: the Na
tional Baptist which' seemed to me ex-i
ceedingly easr, notwithstanding that; I
they. emanated from the pen of an ex
professor of theology dn one of - ourj
sonthem Uoilegesj 'He made objec
tion to: the loiiowing: "if l bearfwiH
neas of myself-my witness is not
true." John v: 31. 1 He alleged, in ef-;
feet, that it is contrary to the prin-l f
ciples of philology that the samej
word should indicate both the speaker:
and what he says; and that, there-;
fore, instead"of witoessWJih the lat-j
ter member of tfie sentence, testimony,
would have been the nghtirord. Uu
and
the;
Professor's assumption: for it applies
equally vj a man or ia wnai ne says.
11 a- A . 1 a- 1 .
'Aha same is true of witness, for Web
8 ter gives as th first uefinitiori of the
term "testimony." The entire ar",
tide was of the, same feeble order and
reaUv deierniin&L nothing nor cave a
single hint as; to .the merits of the.
version one war or another. . 5
I Now, the impeachment which ll
should bring aMt thxB iNewrVr4
non is-that it liaa . toke4r most lin
warrantaDie uneraes wjwi iaq gacrea; i
text in the way of ttpprm'7w certain I
passages of, what I tmnk; cannot but: I
be regarded as the word of God. Tako l
the 54, 55 and 56 verses of Luke ix.; I
In the old nmg James' version they! I
Jamesand John saw this, they said, l
reaa inns: una wnen ms aiscmies i
ojuru, wus wiou uint" we -commanu, i
fire to come down from heaven, andi I
consume them; as Elias did? "But he! I
turned;- and rebuked theni;' and ftaidJ 1
ye know not what matmer ' of spirit!
je are pUi i .or the son or man is not
TWaWy,3 UVOWfVJ 1 0 ! SAJW ; M W V ; I
ogy, 1 1 exclaimed "humbugf '
that-very term, I claim, falsifies
save them., NoWiin,thct,NeTr YeT--l two with CElder j Josiahl. KJudldxii;
8ionIall. that jollowa after Xbnt-heirand bis pleasant family. His ; 4wife is
lurnea , ana reouicea, mem, .. is lerni
out. The clause also at the end of I
the 54th verse "even as.Elias did? u l
likewise left out. The only possible I
maonn 4-Vow nnrtlA Tiova VioH 4r I
'omission is, that the words are want- I
ing in live or tlx pX : the oldest manu-: I
aenpts. But even this cannot be said 1
I in justification of their act in' repress-1
ing the clause "even as' Elias did," r
lor that, if I' am 1iotr tnisadvised, is
"only omitted in a few of the MSS. of ;
later datei1 Alsbauseh expressly aays
that "the "omissioh.of i thesej wards
in tome'TMSS il
reaainsr. . Ana with retrard to the
rest. oi .tne . omittea passages Dean ,1 ne highly esteems. Alter much soiio
'Alford' aavs. rThesa words am" .not S 'itationL-1 nanntad''ta1tJtii ypaA bi
rioundin the "five oldest MSS.? Oh
itt. SiLii. iLi J.ii L-si
WH oilier nana, iuej too contamea in i -advantage to otners; as wen as a re
many of the oldest rversions;ahd. Faii4ief tome Elder1 himself. ' He was
-as -.the vClements, Justiii "Martyr:
mera. - iiuw laieuiuetiii xameni. buuu
Iihaens,0rigeD,TO
&c.,.all lived and wtoto;trom eighty
in the case of Cvprianl' to two hnn-1
ire4A years in ue case i ustm net
fore the oldest MS. of the Gospel now
r Atr i ' '' ;' i
ia existence was pennea. These pas-
i sages; therefore, undonbtedlv formed
I A iA 11. ' . ' ' . -
part qi tne gospei ox ? juuae &i con
tamed in the older MSS. accepted as
genuine and canonical in those earlier :
and more,; primitive imes.. '.Nothing
indeed Can be more fallacious than to
of the authority of MSS. of
ipture bv their age. Like the doc
trines Of "the KtxrteJStixa MSS.:bf tha j
New Testament !" were f earfullr cor-,
.A IA A M7VA 4 wuvmv uum uig
time that 'they were Written. Tbxit
Origen about- A. D." 240 made- rreat
lamentation over tms corruption, al
leging that "the diversity' of read-
ings'- had become alarmingly, great
'through vthe 'negligence : of some i
scribes or the evil rashness f pthers
in correcting on omitting whatever
I seems i cood to tiialrLf I And ;Tr-
i o , . -4
I Scrivenei aUes,'triaVTjfahaeai ahd
ai. . -s a . . . ti Ti ii . . . ...
i.u ,Ajix;an atners, j ana,, me wnoie
western with a portion of .'the Syrian
church in the; second jcentury usedl
far inferior MSS. to. those employed ;
wj ubuuiuoy xirasniDBBnu Dwspuens in
critics concede that "the element of
vi uio auuoi, cuuuouk uiuuuai'i
tiqmtrV'haa. been vastlV over-sti-
. r , w- . . .- - f
u. wtiiuiiiiuz wiacra-
tiveauthonty of cohiCctinff readings'.:
i-aod it would. not be diScuJt to iusta
; ly this opixaon even to the oicriticd
reader, but it would require time and
j -a good deal ex space to do iti - -i: - - v
I In rcri to thebriiscions inLuka
ir, lHask it highly probable that the
i clergy representing the 'Province of
NESDAl
Canterbury had YerVdiacreef'reMoni
fot getting,rid as - far as1 practicahlei
of -what; to them would be a very obn
noxious passage of Holy Writ.' : Numj
ben ot Baptists i and ol members of
other ''heretical' sect8i are constant
ly being mulct in heavy amounts byi
giese same clergy because they rerusej
, to submitf tothe , ga exactioni ofj
.these ravenous cormorants,;. suffering:
ooatrain t ana loss oz.gooas ;or. mem
brother of Mr. Spureeon'i not so very
long.agp. The iter. ,j as. epurgeon,
had -a . verr1 handsome "timepiece a
long.ago. The Ker. ,Jas. Spurgeonifor they ceased to come or -were not
onaai present seizeu ana s.a acj.x 3
suit of one of these parish CTieats, and
this only few milea diitaatfro
canterbury' itself. ' And men not so
verr old well 6 remember -when for al
like; contumacy vin refusing ta ,pav
"church rates, 'jnen even , of wealth
and position were immured in a dun-
geon.. ,me reader win tnus see at
once why, the ministers ox a : otate
church should wish . to suppress these
sayings of the Master.
On seeing what they had ' done in
Luko ix;, I JimmetliaWy,;trned to
John viii: 1-11, containing" the nar
rative of the - adulteress, supposing
that in accordance with 1 the rule by,
which 1 they had been s governed 4 in'
dealing with the case already cited,
the re Ti sen would reject the enure:
narrative by: John in regard to thej
woman . taken in aamtery.. ,-ror in
point of fact, there is not a hundredth
part of the evidence for its authentic-;
ity that there,. is, for, the: suppressed
passage in!dJLUKe finptjuxim,;
nowever, ia.given jn3full put ip. brack-?
eta, with a marginal note intimating
that the " tecord of s the ' incident is
"T.l -r "t. mi - - i
wanting in the oldest .manuscripts;
and given only with many variations
in those of more recent date. But
the truth is that the whole affair is
so self -attesting that scarcely 'any
critics having the ;reqnisite degree of
learning and piety to qualify.them to
(judge rn the matter,-have doubted oi
, ., bCKUTATOB.
OTJSS rTOAtEUV !
Washington . Jones finds , a frothier
a.
toho deplores thb mistakes of
Ms-life,- &ci' c ' 55 .
Dear Recorder t- Mr trip of Tale hli
led me through the dry belts-of thd
countryand it hasTieen atedloi
taorney5 Clover,' grass and all
ox course mr sorrei pony nas naa .
time of it.; Bnt bv a short trip. each
dar and : considerable -.rest, . . we have
made some i progress, : , I have not seen
many strange people and thmgs to re
port, for people do not seem to do,
s trance tninsrs m not. arv weamer.
it is true. that a man can. find many;
Bimng in ine saaae, , aiscasBing . tne
weather and signs of coming rain,'
but that is nothuig new nor strange.
1 have noticed vthat many of the .best
jigns hve lAiled during ,this exces-i
Lsiyely dry.ffspelLf' . : ; h ;
, AV, jUOAA.Wr utl AV:VV -oyyMH;.(l M.4WW. v-a.
iar aoove me average u luieuecc ana
culture', and Jshe is welt: Qualified to
adorn any poaitibn to which she .maV
te called. Her children are sprightly
.nil Anla niuJ fnliaraii (IaIi.Wm''
tpmake themselves' felt in any com
mnnitr. ' w y - i '
s . Brother Judkins is not actively en-
jraged in the ministry- and; this he
deeply regrets, - or rather he seems to
regreVimost of -ail, that he is in the
the ministry, at 'all, since -he.ia jioi
J folly giving, himself to it.3a He speaks
.freely f his past;experience, and ask-
ed me quite earnesy; an pal
I lv to tell it in the Kecordbr ftnaner
l iave it.; hbninir that it mirhfc he tef
a .Sri.,-. ' j tu . . n:c -. . i
1 teed Ihto the fellowship' of 'Bocky
iconveTtea mnis teens ana was dstd-
a -Bidge: Baptist diurch.5 "The church
I ras full of lifeancL teal and twit all
its vonnr members to work at once
i Ahis is Always rcommenoapie ?jn any
I church; and. jet it, requires -somediSf
1 r
1 cretion to prevent blunders and con
tusion. Jbder Judkins. can tell of
the .value; ox discretion 4n advising
"young Christians as welf as he cahol
pusmess. This good brother possess
ed some valnable gifts and they were
readily brought into active- exercise.
He eould "pray quite ably wnen tailed
vb vj itiau in puouo uevouon ; was-
fair singer and used to '4'raise !the
tunes?,. for , the. brethren i .! Bockr
,Bidge. This gave liim. 'someprbnl
nence, and he was put forth' early as
a leader. He would read a chapter
apd inake 'a ifew'remarks'' in a pray-
BfiwiewuK, vi t wueu me preacner waa
absent. :He Had good lungs Jand;'he
ttsid them- Rigorously on such, occa
siohs; and some of the brethren1 mis-
'i nrtV lii 'TT-nfla -n 4
I w-w w mm aMMvav .- Ais.4tviiil& it n yfc
i liegka to af ' that 'Brbther1 Judkihi
tm r ... .
jrxTJBTPBlACH.3 e "A'he 'thought Was
11 -tleaKht 't&himiu'Mtr'' jiidiiiil'a
good will of the; brethren; 'and at the
sameltimeit opened up new prospects
j oi nseimess ;iojiimflr! xnua, matters
I better business! a brother ChA wm liia
conierencB. neeLiB ior -tna. wane m
I couwin moved to Y.pp raft hm ti f'av-
f I - - , ymmif m VF . V
i ercisa nis guts.T Aaasnuch m aiartre
I rart of the ehnreli w& wf M'him
Dy Diooa or .marriage, , ana as all were
his frisnda ; and ncsa doabtsd his
p;ety,; thsy , ur r -inc-itly idottsd the
. - . .--..riV aw k - n Ah 4 AAV. A
XJlGklOiTl.
Thsv t.ciicl tafortth
LaLid tccaia1 thlfall,-txcA-vis3 cf
b
his gifts for years, and that the New
Tcctincr;t;ia dumb cntltf 'fsject of
SBPTpiBERi2.1,7l881
! licentiates, h But they were-going bl
.Baptist usage, and not by the Book, j
In a short time he had regular Pr
pointments to preach, and . was. , on
hand and did, his best for those whi'
' honored himwith 1 theirJodily preal
ence. But he waslnlly -engaged duj
' ring Jthe week in; business and could
not make &y additional preparation)
and he soon found 'that his, sermons
were not much, if any, 'inore than his
former 'prayer-meeting ' talks. " JAhd
Buuiweuuy mwresteu w v give, mm l
f their undivided attention. ,He jdso
learned that 'people; will "enjoy ih'a
-1 mj9tm evuii g-. iuvuvuijui varuea
brother, what they will not listext.tq
in what is called a sermon by a reguf
larly recognized preacher. . t j
But a small church called him to
be her pastor, and he gladly accepted
the calL7" He could not do otherwise
he regarded' this call as evidence. of
his calHo the ministry , And now a
new question , arose- h was pas
tor and yet not ' ordained, and of
course he could not administer the
Rockv Rid ore church to call a nresbv4
;tery and have him ordained, and as
the latter churcn coma not say tna t
the pastor of the other church should
not be ordained, the call was made,
The presbytery consisted of four
brethren who came to ordain Elder
Judkins, and not to investigate and
really ascertain whether he ought to
he ordained or not. . They came to do
the" work: the examination was, brief
and formal, and declared to be satisfac
tory.; 5 They preached, delivered a
charge, presented the Bible, .prayed
and jut their hands on his head, and
Bro. J. S. Jndkins was ar ordained
Baptist preacher. " He gave satisfac
tion to his little church xor some
months, during which he managed to
marry the ,oeue oi;jine community,
who was deeply impressed with the
solemn step she was taking in marry
ing a preacher 1 In a short time his
congregations dropped off, and he was
left with a few faithful ;brethren'jt6
. htfar his sermons. These seemed to
feel that he waa not the man to Duua
up thbie chtirch, and at the end of
the year he was not re-eleeted. Thus
he found himself without a fields but
he ws Mdmnedt This dung to him
wnerjever newenty out it aia no. en
able xum to preach, nor ma it open
.doors of msfulneai to hint. Thirty?
JthreA veara have vassed -since his-or
slicfttion da anone has sejeraJJimes.
lnoca ed topreachatOf. small
"Churches oecause ne wascneap; qua
these calls never connnuea more tnan
one year at si time. Hence- he has
not done much for Christ's cause in
this third' of a, century. v His (Wife
does not feel how that she is a preach
er's wife, but; as they Bay in the West,'
she feels that she was "picked ' up'!
on that subiect. : r ;
r. He tells, very freely how his ordU
nation has been, a, burden and aliin-.
drance to him during his life- f)He
sees now that a1 man need hotbe or-j
'daihed in order to be nsefuL He
says that 'he would have been far
more active is Rocky Ridge , church
without ordination than he has been
with it.., ? .The church never would
'call him1 and seldom invite him to
preach, and when ' he did5 preach
there the congregation was never out
in full force. : He admits; that he is
a man, with the feelings of a man,
and when he knew that the brethren
did not want him as, their pastor, nor
even cared to near mm preach- ne
could not feel "free and easy . among:
Viwi " SATnoinioi ' folf. .f Via-'
tought to have been- eaHedy - and -aome
MAAO'.A. MVAUV W AV.W wmmw MV
special xnenas oinisaiso ieitso;ana,
? when he was always-.thus alighted at;
'.home thij way was cjoseo; against him:
'4n .other lurches.; Thus he has been;
Janong.his brethren'r-he has ' been a
-preacher -without being able f to;
i preach'tr He declares 'that such an!
- experience will - alienate and soar the
feelings of any man. who has a grain
j otold Adamin'Wm.r Thus as a min-
ister he has-been u a c huge failure;;
while his ministry has robbed.him of,
the highi privilege of working for
Christ as a private member, ior which '
' he was siall adapted." , , ; (' I
'And this is not all. ' He has been!
recognized as ' an oraained brother!
j irithotiijlByer1 heing5 wcognizedliaaia;
preacner j uu name im suwbjb pat in
the minutes of 'his Association as
;BAVirJSudkifls,'?aanda'yetlie is!
never put.up to preach onrsuchbeca-j
sions unless he is sent far away to talk;
' to a: squad , where none bribe real
preacnera wiu ko.,: ju se attempts, to,
spetuK in uio Auwiiiuoa , no is iivti
heard '"'with' pleasure.1 for evervbodvi
knows' that he ii-a mrhister!hd ret!
doini bothing.1 The brethren do not
.caie to; have idlers , tell them: how. to!
worawjzAna.muSi ne. js .neset on mi
sides Mtbuth. weight of ; his burdeivr-
; his, .ordination. rt -. , - .
ii JlBslruetbaihe ia semibVftjibn-i
, ally invited tor attend the funeral .of,
some one, but this is simply a . matter:
' of convenience to 'hose who ask him
they d3 not care to send ao far for
'some ohef else," although they; prefer to
have another. He has1 xtd "heart; to
conduct such services, and yet he Can-;
not refuse, as it would -offend every-:
body for' a mart in health to refuse to;
'preach a luneralJ :ile is also invited,'
once in five years, to marry a couple
but(lithes3, invitations, usually come
froa4thc29 who paT.Uttie or nomixtg,
Biiu Arvii.mni Decause jibji in ouaussa
and does,not need Afee. Thus. his
weak ministry is. aavevit lo him,' and;
-he ' sometimes findsy a5-brother -whoj
lecaa-ti ha craving axi 'vrdihatioi,;
uzi L3 ihiiki to LiidatAf,1 'If il wefej
pisiible,' I - would '- sell Jfoa -mine,
cheap K -.'And yet he believes in ordi-
nation at thejbroper time and for the
right man. But lie does- hot value it
highly when it aits, on- a man like 4
coat that is too small 'for him- only
exposing him to ridicule. ' " ' ' t '
z Brother ' Jndkihs blames himself
some foif allowing himself to be led into
it, but he puts the chief blame on . his
brethren-, who . prematurely - and
thoughtlessly Called out, that he must-
preach1 1 ( He does" not think, 4 that
average brethren are to be trusted in
call should oma from iGodfirst and
come wnn power m the soul, ana the
man . should leel, - "VYo is me
noma xeei, - "wo 1$ me if ll
preach - not' the gospeK'Andf the
brothrenr'shaald alsoieeLit, .sanctien
itr encourage .it aod . recognize ; it
as Jrom jQod .But they. should not
make haste and put eyery man, who
can pray ' in : public and give ' a
load exhortation, into the ministry,
before -j they; and - he have evidence
that God .has i called him. to preach.
And he thinks also that young , men
and old ones too, should be slow to
rush into the ministry unless they
are sure -they ; are anointed of the
Spirit to engage in that high and ho-
iy. calling.. He believes that many
uen who would have been very use-
iU as..pnvai memoers nave Deen
spoiled altogether When they were put
to preaching, and it is- fir better to
be useful as aprivate church-member
than it is to be a failure as a preacher
In order to be a nseful minister of
the gospel, brother Judkins contends
that several things are necessary be
sides . conversion. ( 1 ) . A call from
God to preach. (2) This call con
firmed by calling people to hear them.
(3) A.daptednes8 . to the work in
spirit and gifts. Tt) An earnest de
sire to please God in preaching His
word, (5) A close. study of the word
with time to prepare for the work.
r( 6)' Self -abnegation. (7) Tho heart
on ' fire with redeeming love. (8)
Deadness to the world in its pleas
ures,richea and honors. He asserts that
they who have not these or most of
them, had better consider well be
fore they step into4he sacred office.
And then I have told the tale of
JJlier Judkins as best as I can, but I
cannot get it on paper as it comes
dwelling up 'from his troubled heart.
But atbis request I publish it, because
he is not sure that there ever was one
like it before in the whole history of
Christianity. -1 trust that it may in
terest m readers, and at. least mar it
lieln in -tultiVatine their svmnathies
injeadinthemto thiak.oiandpray
ior orotner juaxins.
- v ' - , q; Washikgyok Joots.
' P. S. T neglected to say that broth
er Jndkins at one time seriously conf
templated surrendering his "creden
tials'' and return to the private ranks of
the brotherhood: and he went so far
as to consult with old deacon Tnbbs
on the subject. After much talk the
deacon advised him thus ; "Brother
Judkins, I say, hold on to your
nreachinc. and if vou can get a chance
occasionally, you peg away as best
you can, xor yon may do some good.
and if you quit, all will speak of you
as the man who used to be a preach-;
er, and that implies that- you have
lost cast in your church by your un
worthy character.". J v j
This was a stunning blow, to his
purpose of abandoning-the ministry.
Ana then he was horrified at the
words of the deacon. He has a high
respect for the preaching of the gos
pel and to speak of it in, words of
slang and ' drollery, he thought, was
unworthy ox a Christian, lie tnen
I thoucht of ; removing to "a far off
I a A .sI-ai: a. :
country'? and settiing among strang-i
ers as , a private member. But he felt;
and feared that the term "he used
to be a preacher" 1 would ' follow himj
even to Jericho, and at would imply
to others that he had been deposed
from the ministry for , unchristian,
condnct. , Sohe found himself, beset
and hedged in ; pit every side ' by his
burden, and he decided to remain
where he could at least enjoy his rep-j
ntation for integrity and piety,
J
;
It was sad : to hear ; isider J uakin;
I tell his story, and
it Was more sad
I to realize that his
'valuable' life had
well nigh slipped 'away, in, tnseless
reninings because of hindrances that
had been thrown around: him. He
broke down several "times and wept
ireeiy auring-lis narrsuon, ana my
hears ; was deeplyri touched I could
but weep with-, him. 4 Hiai wife feela
. --,- ijJ a; -jLtiajj.
I thatshe got a good, man andmorei
I than an average husband, but he is
I not exactly in the .line for which she'
I bargained." Hence ?thete ia a touch
i oiuiiapiwiuMuen, BuUiBouaeM wui..
i nwr uw, uaa jc uig vnui aauujj.
aa so many noble; women do who have
found when too' late; that their mar
riages hot fcdmeThp 1 what; theyf
promisea on tneirweaaing. jjaysi ;
v.. ..t. i f.t - rO,; w. J.v
Bepert on Mlslsterlil QualifltAUon
Adopted by the Liberty Association.
Your committee find it difficult in,
presenting in a brief report the quali-j
ficatioos of minister of the - gospel.!
First,' he should fcdipineljf impressed
. If AwAA , VAAW' BMvlvUUvu. flfeAAA- A UA AVA KWA VVj
of the work, and with his individual
duig to engage in it. ' He should be;al
non inf nfinA mam rif fi ar tofiral riDOTf-t
full cf sympathy for all classea ox hi
lelowmen., .Ale 8luia,pe a convert
man. wir.h a Apjttt erntrience of araceJ
I and the dlilitif io tell m people
uu uh uuus iui uii muu auv
his
heart and hiaiAaod should :b&cu2iiva-
tetJ4evelcpe,tsMt .as hig oppoN
inmties ana tne onmuons ui ais.Aiie
Will permit.'1 "
,,; ; : ? M.'BAUvfisr,J -f'r
ir r Ji R EzdwTx t)-tm i
PREACHING FE05I HOUSE
rf.,.,:v :, house .-:
TO
Dear Recorder: Two years ago'w
were invited to the house of s widow
who was ninetv-three rears old. and
who had been helpless fifteen years, to I
preacn. f montn aitermontn we stooa i
by her bedside and preached Jesus to I
ago we continued five days, two aer-.
mont a day,: and j the Lord greatly
blessed us. r .During the meeting we
baptized nine happy converts, among
whom wew'two ., sons; one sixty-five
tne other nfty-five, one daughter sev- I
entyona grwidson forty-Aye, and a
Mtii?1' wLft t e bloom o:C T0Uth I
w ma wi,uoi. .xiiofe was an ageu jauy t
ninety-four years 'old who walked a I
mile or two each : day to attend the I
services. ' Her husband was at Gren-
uciu, iui wuvw ooiiiuts sue AO uvh i
urawing s jBBiun. one pronouncea
it the .happiest meeting of her life.
What is remarkable, the lady, by
whose bedside we stood, though in
sound mind, never, daring the entire
meeting, showed the -least signs of
emotion, while every other person in
the house was moved to tears. " She
was calm and' seemed to be almost in
different to the .cries of her children
and when .conversed with would say, I
"I can't pray or f eeL" She said in her
juubu sua km uiuieu w uruai. iu u- i
sus, but her efforts were mocked at.
and since that time have felt no con
cern, she died a lew months ago,
having never taken a dose of medi
cine. .
In this county (Bladen) in sight of
her grave and near her residence, we
are now erecting a honse of worship,
which we trust will soon be in a con
dition to use for services. - We expect
soon to organize the little band into
a church. To Uod be all the glory.
We would say further that on the
second Sabbath in this month we were
invited toll Collin's ,Creek,o Pender
county, to organize a church. ;The
brethren present., were - Gurganus,
Beard, Clark and myself. "They have
a neat house, though not 1 finished.
We trust the little band will become
a large and noted church.' ; We left
them in a good meeting, v On Sab
bath there were three converts with
several enquiring the way of the Lord.
Yours in Christ, '
:;,; .'-:;?v u ilLKVX BSTAS ?
WHAT AKE gOSfr OP THE GREATEST
1 MEEDS OF OUB CUUBCHES I 4
(, Fewer phurches and better church
es -more reading and less sleeping--more
practicing and better, preach;
mgmore praying and less grunting
better houses and cleaner houses-
more ; singing i and ibettey isinging-r
more giving anas less spitcmg more
Bibles and oetter Bibles more faith
and less feeling more knowledge and
less ignorance- more sense and more
Scripture and .leu -custommore inf
S w iT?55vEiSS
Couragement and less grumbling-
more of what the Bible teaches and
less of what denominations teach-rr
more of . what is true and less of what
ain't true the pastor to say "come,
and not; to say "go" longer pastoj
rates and closer pastorates all to
help and to help all the time ever
onward id upward to something
better. - O. Durham.
IN APPRECIATION OF THINGS TO
WHICH WE ABE ACCUSTOMED. ; 1 1
How little do we appreciate thinga
we have ever been accustomed to.'
The luxuries of life are not thought
of py those who never have a wish
nngratified. The beauties of nature1
are' seldom admired by those whoi
have been, reared - in , their midstv
Does -the mountain girl, appreciate
the noble forests and fertile valley?
Does she climb their rugged heights;
to view: the rosy -i light of morning
flash over the eastern hills and the
drops of dew gutter in each tiny.cupj
and upon every leaf and blade, as the
tun rises and spreads its rays over the
.splendor ,fmid dazzling clouds of jasj
BIWAU. WW W Al0.J.UAAAA. AAA U. fcW.VAA,
per anaaappnire r -Aoes tne girt wno,
s accustomed ' to . ocean . views even
stand and Jraze upon its grand spark
ling splendor, "and' listen to theeol-
emn, sad, music ox its lasmng waves,;
nntu they seem to chant a requiem;
o er the loved and lost ? do. our
couniry girls gO forth in the daisied
-:v, i t a, i- ii i. -
meaaows, ana aiong mruagu tne bus
dv groves, looking at each tiny flower,
that lifts its modest; head above; the
green turf, . scatters its fragrance,
upon the soft summer breeze; admire;
the beauty in every leaf and bud,' and
the parity of every petal that delights
the senses I - Oh, no. But take the;
girl that is deprived of these pleasures;
and that, has a love xor nature, ana.
aee" how her eye will brighten with
delight , as she drinks ' in its varied
beauties. And.- how throbs; Iter heart;
wun meawire as tne air is nngmg wuuj
. . . j ' r T :aaf
fcuo wwuuug.vAuuu, .
Wt mmaaw' waMiMM Af SlTiri TflSA
U1UIU1U11UK VI AAA AO, UUIU BAAM AWW
Jottlxpand with noble and elevating;
murmuring of rills, until sue xeeis ner
thoughts; And ;her-carea oar . away,;
and her heart gives tnanaA te wiocr-v.jir.i. --,iTrtAEf
few the towering Afc .the little,
L1- the broad ' wert; the ' hea'
ocean.' the sun. 1 moon and stars, an
all that His, everlasting hands haYi
made, ahe, exclaims; ,'Singpraises
sing praises to iHis, holy name i
BjJjtiflh. N. cl- i' : -; '.
'.V .-
i .Ths jftrns object o the f fisher, of
mkii'l is to catch' men,, and' ii'e. must;
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yj 'Kiad Wards" QHxrterly. .
A HELP FOB TKACHEE3 A3TO 8CT0LAK3.
It is announced that the-Publisher
of
JLina Words," the Sunday school
paper of the Soutiiern Baptist Con-
venuon;; will j Issue Kind Words
Quarterly, a Kelp for Teachers and
price ,will ; be for -single copies 25
cents,5 for five or morecopies SO cents,
This will contain the lessons for the
fourth quarter of 188V as they will
appearLin Kind Words, together with
additional nseful matter r- Thi ia in
accordance with a pledge' made at the
Convention; in Columbus, in tonse-
quence oi a resolution adopted by that
body. - -1 - r
, The Sanfe firm riaa-roontW. tink.
lished for Dr. Wm. O. Crane and the
etuuir ot Atna rroras, - two oi a
ries of four Kind Words Catechisms.
No. 1 is a "Bible ' Catem" for
youths; a.t.75 cents per dozen ' Nos.
2 and 3 will be of an intermediate
grade.. No. 4 is an admirable Infant
Catechism, at 50 .cents per dosen.
All are thoroughly Baptistio in doc
trine and teaching. - j Nos. 1 and 4
are already published.
se
'ihis nrm is now lssmnz for the
Convent30n7XVkfrF(r, weekly
semi - monthly and monthlyf or inter-
meaiate classes, besides weekly Jbes
son Papers, and also the Child's Gem.
a beautiful and useful Sunday school
paper for Infant classes. Other issues '
are in contemplation. , " xar. .
It win thus m. seen that our JJottw
Board, through these "eTotorprising .
Publishers, will soon be able to sup-:
ply all the various needs of our South- :
era Sunday schools. . , i V
Camden and Corrltuek TJnton Meeting.
Met with the church at Behoboth
on the 5th Sunday in July. Rev. O.
C; Horton preached the introductory
sermon, after; which Brother J. G.
Hughes , was elected Moderator, for -theyear.
, . . ;
r .The spirit of missions seemed to be
revived. Bro. 0. 0. Hortoii was ap
pointed as missionary to labor in the
bounds of the Union,' s - - , ; ; ,
. Rev. C. S. Farri8S, from Hicksford,
Va was with us. -
On . account of the' rainy, "weather
there was ho meeting on Saturday. -:
On Sunday, Bro. H. ; W. ! Soott,
President of Sonday School Institute,
called vthe Institute' to order Inter-.
eating-M' instructive discuOTii on"
various ' subjects were - continued - da
ring the day.'-s--"-; r " : r-:.v--'-'
r The next session of the Union meet
ing was .appointed -to meet with the
cnurcn at jf oweu's roint on the ota
Sunday in October. '
W.'G.Fsbebkb, ' ClerlCv
Editor Biblical Recorder: Please al
low us space in your paper to say a
few words to our mwiy friends.
- The Missionary Baptist of Eastern
d SahDaSchoola: met in Con-
vention
March -26th, 1881, at the
Baptist church of Christ, fjoppa,"
Gates county, N." C, - and - organized
ourselves into one united, conference, -to
further advance our intellectual,
moral and religious interests.
: . Our first annual session convened
on Friday, August 26th i 1881, at
Warren's Grove church, folding Fri
day and Saturday, at which time we
had a large gathering whose approba
tion strongly substantiates our further
success. Our aim is to erect an insti
tution, as referred to in our minutes,'
that will, we trust, meet the appro
bation of our friends. ' !
T TT .TT TT . TT
. Jiev. xu:tM.sx.xisa, vn m u.
Ch. WGreen, See., .
THEEa, 13
A GOOD BXKKOS to Our
fw and
in the following words from the No-
tional Baptitt ; , t i .,,; t,'., .
; Tfle diligent reader--of the New
.frlrTA Al x v
I the inga,itj with which miraculous
Itis arule, to which
. - J-.A ATWnt ffl.
,nw uv uva uv tv w,a a-" "-j
. p a ; A 1
that nothing is done . miraculously
that could haVe come about by natu
atmeaW5itienjojaj the door of the tomb, where Lazarus
had lain four days, he said: "Take
ye away the stone.' He would exert
the supernatural power heeded to re
call the dead to life j but he wonld
not use the same , power to roll away
the stone, sinceVman was 'competent
to do that. Nor did the voice of
power release Lazarus from the swath- .
ing and confining grave -clothes: but:
he. bade the bystanders "Loose him
and let him go." Our Lord did not
exert his miraculous power to feed
the multitude,: till the resources of ,
the disciples had been employed and
exhausted - " How .many loaves have
ye ? Go and see. ? Nor did ho at the
close of the meal propose to depend -
UU UlUUVHlVW sav
on miraculous means lor the coming
"Gather up the
1 1 . f MMroAnta that,
J w "
frasments that remain, that nothing
i t J - f ..
I
Sfei SJ! inorderAilsoarei -
on the watert.it was uoa wno; com
manded the lire to; aescena irom
heaven. ...... r.- ,
J As soon as the chuaren oi Israel
had Catered Canaan;? and had; eaten
cf the new corn of the laud,' the mira- s
cles of tiie manna ceased., , - .-
CFo4! isvalwayV: tttaaslf? bo Hever
does' for as what we can o ior our
selves.; t .r" 1 1 1 T it i-; j 3 f" . i
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