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International SMaY School Lesson.
FOURTH QUARTER, 1881.
LESSON YIL NOVEMBER 20th.
BY RET. A. O. DIXON,
Asbevfile, N. C.
THE YEAR OF JUBILEE.
LeTiticus 25: 8-17.
8. And thou shall number seven Sabbaths'
of years unto thee, seven times seven years;
and the space of the seven Sabbaths of
.years shall be unto thee forty and nine
.years.
9. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of
the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the
seventh month, in the day of atonement
shall ye make the trumpet sound through
out all your land.
10. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be
a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return ev
cry man unto his possession, and ye shall
return every man unto nis lamuy.
11. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be
unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap
that which groweth itself in it, nor gather
the grapes in it of tby vine undressed.
12. For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy
unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof
out of the field.
13. In the year of this jubilee ye shall re
turn every man unto nis possession.
14. And if thou sell aught unto thy neigt
bor, or buyestauirht of thy neighbor's hand.
ye shall not oppress one another:
15. According to the number of years af
ter the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neigh
bor, and according to the number of years
or the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16. Accoraing to tr e multitude or years
' thou shalt increase the price thereof, and
according to the fewness of years thou shalt
diminish tbe price of it: for according to
the number of tbe years of the fruits doth
be sell unto thee.
17. ic shall not therefore oppress one
another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I
am the Lord your God.
Date B. C. 1490.
GOLDEN TEXT:
"Blessed Is the people that know the
jovial sound. Ps. 89: 15.
DAILY HOME READINGS.
M. The Year of Jubilee, Lev. 25: 8-17.
T. Restitutions of the Jubi
lee, Lev. 25:18-38.
TV. Restitutions of tbe Jubi
lee Lev. 25 : 39-55,
T. The Spiritual Jubilee Ia. 3o:l-l0.
F. The Spiritual Jubilee, Isa. 61:1-11
S. Tbe Heavenly Jubilee. . . . Rev. 5: 1-14
S. Jubilee of the Redeemed
Nation Lev. 25:8-17.
I.
THE TIME
8-10.
OUTLINE.
OF 1 HE JUBILEE. vs.
II. THE
vs.
LAWS
10-17.
OF THE JUBILEE.
COMMENTS.
I. The Time of the Jubilee.
1. The time betweek the tears of ju
bilee WERE FORTY KISE TEARS. ThoU sTudt
.number seven Sabbath of year. Thai is,
seven Sabbaiic years, (read vs. 1-7). Seven
is a favorite number in Scripture, and was
therefore used by the Jews to denote per
lection. God had hallowed every seventh
day, every seventh year, and now every
.seven times seven. In order to . compute
the time for the jubilee, they had to kqep
the day of atonement and the sabbatic year.
"With no sabbatic year, they of course could
not tell when the year of jubilee came.
Thus to receive God's signal blessings, we
must keep all His commands, however small
ior trreat. If we break a link of obedience,
-we may sunder the chain of blessing.
. The Jubilee tear began on the
TENTH DAT OF TlSBI, ABOUT OUB OCTOBER,
WHICH WAS THE DAT OF ATONEMENT. On
the tenth day of the seventh month, in the
day of atonement. The lamb slain on the
day of atonement was a type of Christ, and
it was appropriate that the year of bberty
should begin on that day. Jesus was ac
" tually crucified on the day of atonement,
and some chronologers contend that it was
tbe beginning of the jubilee. However that
may be, it is sure that the day of the Chris
tian's spiritual liberty dates from the death
: of Christ. .
3. The tear of jubilee was announced
BY. THE SOUNDING. OF TRUMPETS ALL OYER
the land. Shall ye make the trumpet sound
throughout all your land. The people re
ceived the news through their sense of hear
iing. So with us, "Faith cometh by hear
ting." The printed gospel will not suffice.
It must be preached. "Blessed is the peo
ple that know the joyful Bound." -
4. It was the fiftieth tear. ; Strange
that some commentators should have been
so puzzled by this. The forty-nine days of
t. 8, they think, indicate that this ought to
be the forty-ninth day. It seems plain that
the forty-nine years are intended to inter
vene between the years of jubilee, making
I the year itself the fiftieth.
II. The Laws of the.Jubllee.
.1. AlX BONDSMEN IN ISRAEL WERE TO BE
i liberated. . Proclaim liberty throughout aU
the land unto aU the inhabitants thereof.
There were three ways by which & Hebrew
-could be reduced, to slavery, (a) By pov.
erty. " 8dmetim a very poor man would
i sell his liberty to another, to gain support
for himself and ' family. ; (b) By theft.
-When a thief, was caught, be must either'
i msie restitution according to Ex. 22; 1, 8,
! or become a slave long enough to work out
the value of the thing stolen, (c) By pa
ternal unthoritv. A" father might sell a
young daughter for a maid-servant, with a
view to her becoming the wife or concubine
of her master During fifty years a great
i many might be reduced to bondagBA " As
. soon as the jubilee trumpet' sounded, they
were all free. The poverty-enslaved could
1 now enjoy liberty and try life again; the
i thief has a chance to redeem his character
; by an honest life; and the poor daughter,
-sold by an avaricious father, is freed from
'- her master. How striking tbe parallel with
the Christian's ireedom. ; Naturally we are
ill slaves of sin. The moment we hear with
faith the joyful gospel sound we are free
from the guilt, pollution and dominion of
sin. How silly the Hebrew slave, who
would not accept the liberty proclaimed by
the trumpet How much more silly the
sinner who refuses freedom in Christ. -
2. TO WERT ONE WERE RESTORED BIS
possessions!. And ye thou return every man
unto Mm possession. Every Hebrew held the
title deed to his land from God, and God
did not transfer all right of possession. The
land shall not be sold forever, fdr "the land
is mine." And hence God has the right to
dispose of it as he pleases. The man who
pays money for land is apt to regard it as
his own, and forget that jSod is the real
Owner. This arrangement kept the land in
the hands of the tribe to whom it was orig
inally given. It would also prevent the ac
cumulation of vast riches in real estate.
Such a state of affairs as now exist in Ire
land could never come about under this
law. The people were thus relieved from
two great dangers extreme poverty and
great riches. If a crisis swept away a man's
home, he woujd suffer from it only till the
next jubilee; if another should buy up half
the land in Palestine, he could not lord it
over the poor longer than the year of jubi
lee. Illustration i We have lost all our spir
itual possessions in Adam's fall, and by
our own sins. Through Christ we not only
gain freedom, but we regain, either now or
hereafter, all that we have lost
3. It was to be a tear of rest. Ye
shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth
of itself in U, . The reason for' it is, for
it is the jubilee. The word jubilee seems
to be from a Hebrew word which signifies
"to cry aloud for joy." It was to be a joy
ful year to all the people; and, that they
might express their joy in holy service, they
were allowed to rest from secular employ
ments. It shall be holy unto yon. God's
premise was that the year before the Sab
batic year, or jubilee, should bring forth
enough for three years, that they might be
fed during the year of rest, and also during
the year following, while they were making
another croD.
4. The people were to but and sell
WITH REFERENCE TO THIS TEAR OF JUBILEE.
Ye shall not oppress one another. Ye shall
not sell with the understanding that the
buyer may keep the property forever, but
only till the jubilee. According to the mul
titude of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy
of thy neighbor. Property would of course
sell higher just after jubilee than any other
time.because the title would then be good for
49 years; and it would sell cheapest just
before jubilee. According unto the number of
years of the fruits. That is, tbe Sabbatic
years, which were years of rest, were not to
be counted in computing time, because du
ring those years the lands would bring the
owner no income.
5. TO ENFORCE THESE LAWS, THE OLD
COMMAND, SO OFTEN GIVEN, IS REPEATED :
Thou shalt fear thy God.. Simply keeping
the letter of the law will avail but little, un
less the fear of God, the law-giver, is before
you. Always recognize your acts as done
unto him. For I am the Lord your God.
These .practices will distinguish you from
those about you who serve other gods, and
they are to be observed, not so much be
cause you may see the wisdom of them, but
because I, the Lord your God have com
manded them. So should we always obey.
Seminary began was, that she got her
fine pianos and other musical instru
ments from Saxony.
The Morayiana give more for mis
sions than any other people. They
also feed, clothe and educate thecb.il-
il:
area ox missionaries lor uumiug
Union Relief Society meet and order
the collection of interest on outstand
ing notes belonging to the society.
ana thus afford relief to Bro. Utley
and other venerable semntfl of Christ
who may be in needy circumstances.
isrethren in Christ: Let this be a
They built the last college building, j year of prayer and labor on the part
, r . . .n ann i.1 I flA T 1- -11 -1 i:.
costing about $42,0O, within them
selves, and did not send out an agent
for one cent. Few female schools
do more for missions. ; -
Moravians sometimes marry by
casting lots. The head-stones are
not perpendicular bat lie flat on the
head of their graves.
E. Dodsoh.
Henderson, Oct. 28, 1881.
FROM THE SEMINARY.
Dear Bro. Bailey: I expected to
have written sooner, but one cause
and another seems to have prevented.
I am anxious each week to receive the
Recorder, and I feel like I am in
North Carolina when I am reading its
interesting pages. I watch with spe
cial interest the work of the Baptists
of the State. The responsibilities of
the Baptists of JSorth Carolina are
peculiarly great The Lord has bless
ed. He has done ereat things for us,
and gives us the opportunity of doing
a great and grand work: lor mm.
Dr. Broadus mentioned the fact be
fore one of his classes recently that
"the Baptists in North Carolina are
gaining ground faster than in any
other State." I tell you I felt and
do feel proud of the fact; out we
should remember that there are thou
sands at home and abroad who are
yet unsaved, and we have a part in
Christianizing of the world. I am
glad to tell ou the Seminary is do
ing well. Up to date about 85 have
matriculated more than at this time
last vear. . Still, we have a new one
occasionally.
As you recently made mention of
preaching done by students oi tne
Seminary, I will tell you of our mis
sion Sunday school work. We have
a central committee, which has under
of God's people all along our lines,
aud a great blessing will follow our
efforts.
By order of the Executive Com.
W. M. Kennedy.
Magnolia, Oct. 31, 1881.
firivronTe np rrpivipv
Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place
for yon." As much as to say that the;
place was not yet ready. Now, if a ;
friend ox mine snonld agree to go into i
afar country and prepare for me a
mansion, I Bhould feel sure that tne
character of that mansion would cor
respond with the character of my
friend. So it is; and the place that
Jesus has gono to prepare is substan
tial, honorable, beautiful, pare and
holy. That place is substantial.
John says it has twelve foundations.
We think we do well if we get one
foundation for our earthly mansions,
but Jesus must have twelve for our
heavenly home. It is also an honor
able place. "The kings of the earth
do bring their glory and honor into
it," "and they shall bring
the glory and honor of the nations
into it.''
This city is beautiful. Even the
foundations are garnished with all
manner of precious stones. Its very
foundations would out-dazzle the sun;
we could not look upon them with
the natural eye; for, if the earthly
jasper, and the chalcedony, and the
sapphire, the emerald, the sardonyx,
the sardius, the cnrysoiyte, tne oeryi,
bounds of Brown Creek Association.!
He Accepted, accompanied with the;
requisite amount for bis support in
fhft wnrV '
Alter this the Union resolved as
follows :
(Resolved, That our next meeting
be held with . Matthew's Baptist
church on Friday before the next 5th; i
Sunday. Introdnctory sermon to be'
preached by Elder A. 0. Davis. , Also
to increase the liberal subscriptions
or to-day on to-morrow by public col-i
lection.
Resolved; That ; tho clerk be re-:
nnosted tn rati rl Blrfp.h nf miTmtna to
wmj jjijiiauAJj jajJuuiruEre jor puoiiua
tion. x he meeting then adjourned
until to-morrow which was set apart
tor Sunday school discussions, and
preaching by Elder Bennett.
Respectfully,
II. M. Lindsay,
Chairman pro tern.
NECESSITY OF EDUCATED MINISTRY.
If tho iron be blunt, and he do not whet
the edge, then must he put to more strength :
but wisdom is profitable to direct -i-Eccl.
10: 10 j
The proclamation of the gospel by
the living voice is ordained to be the
means of bringing the world to Christ.
(lCor. 1: 21.) Paul writes (Col. 1:
28), "Whom we preach, warning
everv man and teaching every man in
all wisdom; that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus. Sure
ly that is "a good work " as he else
where declares. It is an important
work, and the most serious and res
ponsible in which any man can en
gage. Farmers and artisans are all
bat indispensable to man's, existence
the produce they
tho world to him, but the word of rec-!
oncihation was committed to men.;
In view of hi responsible office as
ambassador "on behalf of Christ," ha
writes, "In every thing commending
ourselves, asmimsrers of God, m
pureness, in Knowledge, (icev. ver.)
Again, an 1 Tim. 1: 2, there ia
mentioned in the list of the bishop's
qualifications this oneT-"apt to;
teach." Also, in 2 Tim. 2: 2. "The;
same commit thou to faithful men
bishops, who shall be able to teach
others also." "Eeprove, rebuke, ex-!
iiurt Willi au luug-euiienug uuu uw
trine." (2 Tim. 4: 2.) fc
The third chapter of this letter be
gins with this warning : "This know;
also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come. Then follows a
dark catalogue of the sins which
Timothy must meet and against
which he must prepare himself. The
chapter closes with a comprehensive
statement of the yalue of the knowl-
edge of the Bible "that the man of
uod may bo perfect, thoronghly fur
nished unto all good works."
Here la-the standard of the word
for mental preparation; and it is im
possible toconceive a higher. Towards1
it the soirit of every "man of God"
should yearn, and, under divine
blessing, his acquisitions should with
a constant progression come nearer
and nearer to its height of influence
and power.
The rostrum is long and wide and
there is nothing on it but a chair and
a small table. He rose again and
said; "1 Samnel 20 : 18, Thou shalt
be1 missed. because thy seat will be
empty." - He- walked across tne ros-
tram, and as he came back, you could
hear the lingle and clatter of cutlery.1
the swift steppings of the waiters,1 tne
jolly laughter of the feasters -for a
king s sumptuous board was spread.;
David ! Samuel says thy seat will be
pmnti
Then came the empty seats. . They
were found in all of bar homes. The
arm-chair in which grandfather and
father eat.? And it was enthroned
amid memories as dear as life. ; -The
rocking chair in whick grandmother
and mother rocked their troubles and
nains awav. He found them emntvi
The gray heads were gone to a brighter
world. The little high chair in whjch
we all sat. Curly headed, bad chaps
But there are enough or them m
heaven to run a bachelor crazy
Those who don't like-babies will find
but one place in the universe where
there are none that place is hell
ne intoned tne arm-cnair, tne rocs
ing chair and the little high chair
with one mighty appeal for us all to
lead better lives.
There was nothing profounds There
era and their foreheads flashing in the
sun ; but there is bne lake loathsome
and 'God-forsaken, and exiled from
all that ia beantif aU A The modern
traveller finds it. ' It lies ' down ac
cursed: no tinned shells adorn Vita
hanks; no fish live in, its stenchful-
waters. . The water-fowL for the most
part, do not fly anywhere near its sur
face, and the bather comes up out of
it encrusted--with the salt and sick
with the taste of the water.; Bitter,
briny, sulphurous, dark, it seems as if
the shadows ox past desolation chased
each other across it, and the traveler,
Bttnck through with the melancholy,
hastens : from "its presence, i perhaps
taking a : few pieces of nitre and sul-
phur to show i the barrenness of the
place, i Where that lake now spreads
out, thirteen cities once stood among
them, Sodom. . .it .would oe unpar
donable if, in this presence, I recount
ed the crimes of that city. Suffice it
to Bay that .the citizens ; were so Pad
they mobbed an angel that came down
on an errand of mercy; 'Lot resolved
to leave the city, but did not mate
much haste. He had miles to travel, -and,
at the rate at which he was go
ing, death would have dashed -.upon
him before no got to tne. mountains.
And bo the angel seizes J him, pushes'
him on; pulls him out, urges him lor-
was ; felicity in illustration even in I war(j crying, in the words of my text:
MiiSCape ior iny me, iuub. uui. ueumu
finding a sermon in chairs and "good
in evervthi ug. " At - times he was
Every man who believes that he is I startlingly impassioned. All the time
and comfort: but the produce
nrovide and the fabrics they prepare
the iopaz, the chrysoprasus, the ia- perish in the using. The physician's
cinth and the amethyst are beautiful, presence and skill are a solace and a
tho heavenly shall be more beautiful
And the beauty is greatly magnified
when we remember that these foun
dation stones are not simply precious
accord ins to man's conception, but
hope when my poor body sickens and
wastes: but, with all his skill and
kind nursing, that body muse at the
last sink to be food for worms. But
the man who works on my soul works
its control the general supervision of the eye of God must be satisfied, and J 0n what ehall last; and eternity con-
C0MMUNICA1I0NS.
SALEM, N. C.
Winston, the place where the Bap
tist State Convention meets in No
vember, joins Salem. Count Zinzin
dorf, of Austria, had a grant of 100,
000 acres of land around Salem. On
Nov. 17, 1753, a number of Mora--sians
from Pennsylvania settled at
Old Town, 5 miles north of Salem.
There is a marble monument with
these words: "Wachovia settlement
begun Nov. 17, 1753." They called
the place Wachovia afrer Wachovia,
the countrv seat of Count Zinzindorf
in Austria. In the grave-yard is the
the city mission work. The work of
this committee specially is to rent
halls or procure them in some way
to appoint superintendents and teach
pra for each school. We now have
seven mission schools in the city and
hope soon to have the eighth one.
We horje before the .winter is gone to
have 1,500 or 2,000 pupils in these
schools. Thev are superintended and
largely taught by the students. We
have teachers in each school from the
various churches of the city. We1
have these schools in the evening, bo
that we attend regular Sunday school
and preaching in the forenoon. This
work is badlv needed here, not more
m hnwpver. than in other cities. I
- ?
Riirmoaft.
Just to give you an idea, Sunday is
the great day here for playing base
ball, which is played in the outskirts
of the citv. It is no unusual tmng
to see advertisements of Sunday shows
on the Btreet cars. A great many
places of business are not closed at all
on Sunday: such, for instance, as the
numerous bar rooms and many shops
of various kinds. Sympathy is so
strong for such places that the Sun-
day law cannot be enforced. This
city needs prohibition. I do trust
that no part of North Carolina will
ever get so that the law to suspend
trade on Sunday cannot be enforced.
A multiplicity of dram sellers has led
to it here, and it will do so in North
Carolina too. As 1 went to my mis
sion school a few Sundays since, I saw
one man in his shop busily engaged
repairing a sofa. On the next or a
few Sundays after, I saw a large num
ber of hands near the O. & M. depot
busy leveling the railroad track.
These things, with the sight of
dmnVen men on the streets, show
that there is a great need of mission
work. Quite a number of the good
pye of a missionary of Green and , of fte cjty:ve liberally o
buried about 1788. The i mil at Old he meanjJ to meet the expenses of
1 OWU Was a ion lU Dntuuwi. a nau.
It will interest Borne brethren to ride
out to Old Town some evening of the
Convention.
Salem was laid off in 1766. In
1781, Lord Cornwallis came into Sa
lem. His wife was first cousin to the
wife of Seignor Marshall, trustee of
all the property of the Moravians.
In 1790, the paper mill was built and
supplied many editors in North Car
olina and Virgiaia. : On June tlst
1791, Geu. Washington, on his presi
dential journey from the South, spent
two days in Salem , and was very
much pleased with the people. About
that time . I suppose as f tine clocks
could be made in Salem as in London
Paris or Berlin. Bat they do not
make them now. - Washington's room
was No. 13 in Butner's Hotel. The
members of the .Convention can go
and see it . .
i A few years ago the land office had
15,000 acres of land to sell. Now
they have about 4,000.
People should visit the Museum. : ;
In 1804 the Female Seminary be
gan jn.r Salem with 12 scholars," and in
5807 had a national reputation. Two
ladies were educated here for . the
White House President Polk's wife,
and Miss Lane, neice of President
Buchanan, who kept house for him
while he was President.-: ; v
, The fine woolen factory : in Salem
weayes 26,000 yards per year, and the
cotton factory weaves 3,600 yards per
day. The members of the Conven
tion can buy cloth from the woolen
factory for fine suits of clothes. .. '
The Winston church is paid ; for,
and has $300 in the church treasury
and $50 m the Sunday school treas
nrt . -. : ..;.-'-:: .I:-:,-1 : .. '. .
' The reason Salem was so far. ahead
nt Hiftr nfiODle in music waen tne
these mission schools, borne oi tne
things mentioned, which pain us so
much, are not seen on some streets;
but places of business seem to be open
on all the streets.
Yonrs in Christian love,
A. D. Hunter.
Louisville, Oct. 25, 1881.
AN APPEAL.
He must call them precious. The
gold of this city is not made pure in
the inrnace ot man, out tried in tne
fire of God; it is not like the clear
gloss of earth, but like celestial glass.
And then how pure is that city!
"He showed me a pure river of water
of life," &c, "and there shall
in no wise enter into it anything that
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination or maketh a lie,"
"and the city was pure gold."
And because it i so honorable,
beautiful and pure, is it not desirable?
It is very pleasant to be with Chris
tians here, and their conversation is
sweet, but we meet them here in
earthly houses; sin will not let them
be as pleasant as we like, nor will it
let us enjoy their pleasantness; but
we shall meet them there in heavenly
mansions with all their good qualities
and none of their bad; we are troubled
here with rogues, there we shall lock
no more from them; drunkards reel
upon our streets, they shall not defile
the golden streets; the people of earth
may curse, the people or heaven snail
bless; the people or. earth weep, tne
people of heaven will rejoice; the peo
ple of earth work and get tired, tho
people OI neaven win sing anu rest;
the people oi eartn part ana say good
bye, the people of heaven vwill meet
and say good morning:
"Bright will the morn of eternity dawn.
Death shall be conquered, his sceptre be
gone,
Over the plains of sweet Canaan we'll roam,
Joyfully, joyfully, safely at home."
While at our last Convention, which
met at Franklin, Macon county, N.
C, I was impressed with one scene
especially. On Sabbath there were
to be seen on the rostrum the follow
ing aged men: Bro. J. C. Sams, Bro.
J. D. Franks, and EMers Brooks, An
derson and Bo wen. Bro. A. C. Dixon
preached a stirring sermon on repent
ance, and as he dwelt on the good-
ness of God leading men to repent-'
ance while these old soldiers sat
around him bathed in tears, I could
not but think how glorious it will be
when God in his goodness has finish
ed his work with them and they ap
pear in that pure city, with all tears
wiped away, and bodies like unto
Christ's own glorious body.
. Johit M.Davis.
Morgan Hill, N. C.
fers dignity and solemnity on, any
labor. It cannot be that every man
i3 fit for it.
God calls and Bets apart those whom
he deems fit; and the New Testament
rWa not fail tosoecifv their aualifica
w 1 tt A
tions. To one of these qualifications
we must here confine ourselves viz
head-preparation.. It were profitless
and presumptuous to undertake to
determine tho position of this ox that
qualification on tbe scale; what is in
sisted on is, tnat tnis is on tne scaie,
and, if so, demands earnest considera
tion and ample provisions,
In the sense of the term as applied
in this article, a man is "educated"
when his mind is well trained and
furnished. This education in the
ministry is excellent and influential
in proportion to its extent, provided
always it be in suooraination to tne
Spirit of God. Other things being
equal, the least educated minister is
the least efficient. Now, it is granted
that this training and furnishing may
be done outside of college walls, for it
is in every case the work of the indi
vidual. But the greater the facilities,
the less the time required for it; and
most men without these facilities
never become educated. ' "Self-made"
men are specially noticed on account
of their rarity.
It is the joy of every christian
heart that the gospel in its universal
adaptations sweetly enters the ! open-
i m il. 1:1.1.1 t:i j j .
called to preach the gospel must be
Ueve also that he is called to maKe as
much of this preparation as, with the
utmost exertion and saenhee, is pos
sible. Many young men in our State
so feel, but they nave gone to the
limit; and they tell it with tears. The
churches need to feel it. They recog
nize the responsibility imposed by the
great command, "Go ye into all the
world and preaeh the gospel to every
. . 3 11. in: j. l-i.il
creature, ana iney Deiieve mat mej
virtually discharge it in the persons
of the ministers whom they support.
But does not that same command im
pose upon them the co-ordinate obli
gation to qualify, so far as human
agency goes, as well as to support ?
W. L. Poteat.
WaJce Forest College. 1 .
he is distinctly heard all through the
building, and yet his voice is defeC''
tive flat and shallow, having none
of that deep, musical intonation of
Dr. Hawthorne's voice. r v
But he wins, he impresses, he
preaches to the world; and it was a
treat for me to hear him.
I haven't time to tell you ; of my
trip down the Hudson from Albany
to New York. ;
N.R.PrmiAN.
Wadesboro, Oct. 2ith, 1881.
FOURTEEN MILLIONS !
SOME TABLE TALK.
"You've left the Seminary! How
did you like it ?"
The Seminary was to me a noxious
tarn whose blustering fumes got my
head into a sort of Nebuohaduezzar's
furnace.. The month there was like
a day with a golden morning, an op
pressive meridian, a stormy waning
and I came away.
The Seminary has a myriad good
things which a preacher such as I am
cannot well do without. A new, an
overwhelming inspiriting wrought up
all my energies. The prayers of long
years wete answered and the hither
to unnamed and mysterious cravings
of my soul found the arcana where
the feast was spread. Mind aglow,
pulse beating, heart throbbing, I en
listed for the share of a giant and got
sick. That's alL I have not yet re
linquished the cherished hopes of be
ing a Seminary graduate.
"I was told that you heard Tal
mage preach. What do you think of
him ?"
He is a cosmopolitan preacher. It
was a cloudy Sabbath evening. New
York was strangely quiet. I went
over to Brooklyn early in the after
noon and remained until after the.
service in the Tabernacle. I was
ing mind of the little child, and sheds I pleasantly seated before seven; and
light and gladness tnere, ana,j witn 1 people surged m until eigne, ana nun
To the Eastern Association;
At a recent meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of this body, a com
munication was received from Elder
Jacob Utley, of Morehead City, which
filled the heart of each member pres
ent with deep sympathy for our ven
erable brother and his afflicted com
panion. uro. u uey is vum nnuS
and anxious to worn, in vuo i-nw
vineyard, but by reason: of ; ageand
infirmity he cannot do the work which
the Association : require., ux uci mio
sionaries. ) The committee, therefore,
felt that they could not appropriate
the itinerant fund for any object but
active work in the destitute portions
of our bounds. We resolved, how
ever, to appeal to the churches, tnro
their pastors, to aid this beloved dis
ciple of Christ by giving him a spe
cial contribution. Let & collection
k fairon ftt Tour next meeting, and
the amount raised be sent to Bro. D.
J. Middleton, chairman of our com
mittee and the same will be sent to
Bm. Iltlev and an account rendered
in our next report to the Association
a a enilll vnr V tit said committee.
Dear pastors and brethren : Don't
neglect this blessed opportunity for
giving a cup of cold water to a be
fnvAd minister of Christ who has
tmant ha life in the service of the
.TmKTii. Let the trustees of the
BROWN CREEK UNION MEETING.
According to appointment, the
Union meeting and Executive Board
of the Brown Creeic Missionary bap
tist Association, assembled at Meadow
Branch church, Union county, N. C,
on Friday before the fifth Sunday in
October, 1881. ' Alter preacmng Dy
Brother D. A. Snyder from Isaiah 9:
6, the meeting was called to order by
Elder J. A. Bivens, Moderator, xne
Clerk being absent, Brother M. U.
was called to : act pro rem .
the same completeness, satisfies the
obstinate questionings of the loftiest
intellect, and fills the great deeps of
the profoundest nature. And the
blessed hand which leads that proud
infilled; to Jesus may be that! little
child's. There are two places jwhere
no man is distinguished above his
fellow the grave and the Cross1. The
feeblest tongue may say, "Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be Baved," and the word, energized
by the Spirit, leap into the sinner's
heart and start tnere me eternal me.
But simple experimental knowledge
of the way 01 salvation is not au mat
is needed by the public preacher.
And we shall find that the suggestions
of common-sense in this matter are
confirmed by the declarations of
Scripture. The preacher is a herald
and teacher. He must know wjiat he
is to proclaim and teach; otherwise,
he might totally misrepresent the au
thority wmcn commissioneai mm,
Besides, his message has many fea
tures repugnant to the natural heart,
and, in order to be received, needs to
be enforced by argument, illustration
and exhortation. Hence, be must
know how to present it Closely corf
nected with this, is the knowledge of
dreds could not be seated.
I notice in the "Baptist Teacher,'
for October, 1881, that, intheiUni-
ted States, there are. more than seven
millions, seven hundred and fifty
three thousand persons, engaged in
the Sunday school work, and of all
nations more than fourteen millions.
What a vast army ! And what a great
work they must be doing 1. With
Jesus as their Captain, Priest and
King, there is no such a thing as
"failure." v ivt . ;
Dear brethren, sisters and co-laborers,
let us take courage from, these
facts and go to work with more faith
and energy
armor of God : gird our 10ms witn
truth, and put on the breast-plate of
righteousness; take the shield ot faith,
the helmet of salvation aud the sword
of the Spirit, and go forth into the
harvest fields of the world gathering
up the fragments, and bringing in the
sheaves of the Lord. Let us go out
into-the highways and hedges and in
vite them to the Sunday school, where
their dark, benighted minds may be
enlightened, and they be taught to
know their ruined condition without
an application of the blood of Jesus
in their hearts. .
It has been said that, "it is the
business of the Sunday school to bring
souls to Christ, and to cultivate those
already brought."' Then, let us strive
each day to bring one more, until all
are in, remembering that it has been
said, "That he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide
& multitude of sins." S
church,
thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;
escape to the mountain, lest thou be. .
consumed." Well, if Ac fatal daqcamS?
The morning as bright ; as everi per
haps; the icitizens, fas usual, reckless,
unclean, and blasphemous. What do
they care about their coming doom?
There is no God, or if there be who
fears Him ? Sud deuly there is a flamel
in the :- sky, and ' the volcano rocks
and upheaves the bitumen that under-!
lies all that region of country, throw-' .
ing it up to the surface, and this com
bustible material coming in the pres
ence of the fire immediately ignites;
and amid the fall ing flame,? the up
heaving aBphaltum, and suffocating
stench of the brimstone, and the burst
ing thunder, and the roaring, crack
ling, all-consuming hurricane of God's
wrath, Sodom, shrieked its last curse
and died! Talmage. : . .
decision. ;
"If Christ be not worth having,
sav that vou will not have ; Him. and
t :
After some discussion led by Elder it, his preaching might be worthless, majesty, no sublimity
A n riavU Rnbieota were arranged I Now, in confirmation of this, read i the soul like -the hum
A. Kj. JJavis, BUDjecw were arrangeiii . : m- . . A . ' . I !
for discussion on the following day,
and the meeting adjourned to meet at
9 o'clock on Saturday. .
? After praise meeting on Saturday,
Via hnAv war call fid to order and rep
resentatives from the different church
es called and invited to take part in
the discussions of tho day, which,
consisted mostly of the mission, work.
The churches were not all represent
ed; but good speeches were made ; by
Elders Edmond Davis, J. L. Bennett.
J. A. Bivens, A. C Davis and others,
after which the Executive Board met
consisting of Brothers J. Benton, of
Monroe, M. H. Lindsay, of -Matthew's
Station, and J. P. Boyd, of
Polkton, and agreed to call Elder A.
C. Davis to the mission work in the
say it most distinctly. I feel hopeful .
when a man will come to a decision
one way or the other.'; The sort of
people for whom I tremble are those
who say, "I hope it will be all right
somehow." Will you have Christ to-
Let us put on the whole night or will you not ? Say "yes" or
"No. 1 would asK yon-to wrue
down your decision when you get
home. U Christ be a Saviour, serve
Him ; if He be not a Saviour, do not
pretend to serve Him. Decide one
way or the other. God ..help you to
decide to-night, as you will decide
when the heavens are ablaze, when
the sun and moon have vanished from
their spheres, when the solid earth
shall rock and reel and over, all shall
be heard the trumpet note, "Come to
Judgment 1 .Come to Judgment I
Come to Judgment 1"
There was a poor girl who had long
been a Christian,, but she was very sad
at heart through sickness; and when
her minister came to see her ne saia :
"Well, Susan," how ia your hope?'
She said: "Sir, I am afraid I am not
a Christian. I do not lore the Lord
Jesus Christ' He said: "Why, I
always thought you did.' - You acted
aji if you did.". v"No," said she, "I am
afraid I have deceived myself, and
Aa marnbers of Christ's church, that I do not love liim. ine minis-
There is nothing gorgeous in the there is something for each one of ns ter wisely walked to the window and
building. It is ; made especially to to do. Perhaps you say that, -i go 1 wrote on a piece 01 paper., -x
v vvooro. ami f how fin it-. I tn tT7 nVinrnh rpmlarlv and think that I lova the Lord Jesus Ohnst, . and ne
.knali'ai-s malra TrrVif li'lro I io onnnrrb " Rnt. in thfl COUntrV. I B!lld. "SnSSn. hflrO IS Sk PeQClI. JUSl
nr CIA V UiALiVAl'.i ivia wuav uig.u vjv - j r j j - - .
dav. Four banks of keys below and very few of our churches have preach-
. - - . . . 1 1 a I'll 11 1 ... 1.1 ' A n nn 4-1. anil ia
in tront 01 ime puirn, ana sum ine 1 ing more iuu uuw a
one or two nours service caca monui
all you are willing to give your Mas
ter ? Is that enough ? Perhapsif we
had been in Christ's stead, wewould
have told the Father, after.1 having
suffered the rebukes, frowns, stripes,
and having sweat, aa it were, great
drops of blood, that we had ; done
enough; that man. was both unworthy
and ungrateful.
But listen at the Saviour I How,
humble, how willing 1 Father, thy
will he done. He not only bore those
things, but he bled, died, rose and
still pleads for us. Can we not, then,
consecrate ourselves to His service.
Can we not, and will we not, at least
every Sabbath, assemble ourselves at
Jiis sanctuary.
And, if we cannot get our pastors
to preach twice a month for ns, let us
assemble there, either in a praise,
meeting, or in Sunday school wor
ship; and, if we can neither teach,
pray, sing nor be Ctaught, we should
be there, and shonld say by our ac
tions, if not in words, Amen. k-Lsz
us be more liberal with our time, tal
ents and means that our souls may be
made fat; and that we may grow in
grace and in a knowledge of the truth
as it is in Christ Jesus ur LorcL? 1 1
0 Iiord for more of thy grace m par
hearts, and more of the presence; of
thy Spirit, to enable us, from day to
great organ stands on, and forms the
rear of th pulpit. On the central
and highest organ pipe trembles a
flaming star. Beneath the star across
the many-hued pipes in burnished
letters is written in Latin: "Gloria
in excelsis Deo !" Glory to God in the
highest. A small rostrum in front of
the pulpit iB occupied by a cornet-
blower who leads the whole congrega
tion in singing. "Praise God from
whom all blessings flow" was the in
troductory song. ; Like some holy
unearthly music the thunder of praise
pealed from the mighty , organ. The
corneter rosej and waved his hand
upward on the left and upward on the
right. The great congregation rose.
Aloud, thilling blast came from the
cornet. And thousands : of. voices,
swelling the. praise gushed up 1ike a
rushing mighty wind" to God the
Father.'1- :;:r:','i-;- J-i: - vv-.-;v';
Only two or three days before I had
sat in the rainbow-tinted mists of
thoie to whom he is to preach: hot the j Niagara and heard the loud anthem of
. l 1 " .JiL .! " "J ; I n..i : V; 4.x. . -1 Ji.t.f
Knowledge 01 ineir names, residences, 1 waters, vn me rucius, wnn no
etc.,' but of their nature their men- 1 one but a strange guide, : I bowed my
tal and moral constitution, vv icnouc 1 neaa ana inansea vtou. xui no
on earths stirs
human voice. On
the omnific wings of the old doxology
sung as I had never heard it sang
I reached the empyrean. Men around
me wept." I was happy but I wept.
Take down the organs from the gal-
leries. Let all the people sing I
I (am forgetting the sermon. , Dr.
Talmage does not look like a deep
thinker.' ' Graceful, "easy and manly,
before he speaks a word he wins your
hear ty attention. ; He has a wide range
of learning, and a copious vocabulary,
which makes him, like Shakespeare,;
say things he never thought of. ' .,
' lie ' rose to announce ' his - text.
to serve thee better.
New HmiN. V
A Wobkkb.1
Oct. mht 1881:
the New Testament. The knowledge
of what, how, and those to whom, the
minister is to preach is insisted on in
-; First. '.."Study to shew thyself ap-1 O t for better music in onrchnrche8 1 1 day, to love thet more and more, and
proved - unto uod ; a workman tnat
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing (Rev. Ver., handling aright)
the word of truth." (S Tim.J: 15.)
The bishop must be a man" "holding
fast the faithful word as he hath been
taught, that he may be able by sound
doctrine both to exhort and to con
vince the gainsayers." '(Tit. 1: 9.) In
the last . part of the 5th and first of
the 6th of 2 Cor., Paul Beems deeply
impressed with the solemnity of his J There was whispering in the gallery,
ministry. of reconciliation.' God ap-; He stood a moment, then hurriedly
poinceu cnac uurisb buuuiu recouuuo wua. ma bcul, oiicnoe was jnjnucw
put your name to that" "No, Sir,
ene said, "I could not sign - that."
"Why not ?" "I would; be torn to
pieces before I would sign -it, sir."
"But why not sign it," if it is true V
"Ah,"8ir," said she.'I hope it is not
true, I think I do love him." . Sit
down deliberately and say t "Yes, my
Lord, in the merits of thy death, I
put my trust;" .or else write it if you
mean it, "He is not mine at alL"
We have known some to get comfort
out of this act cf decision." -Spur
geon. ' ;-
Board of Missions, Tate Notice-
There will- be a very 'important
meeting of the Boardr of Missions in
this office, onMonday night, Govern- ,
ber the 7th, 1881, at half past seven
o'clock. It is earnestly hoped and
urgently requested that every mem
ber of the Board be present. We also
wish those chnrches or, communities
wishing aid from the Board next year
to send in their petitions to the un
dersigned,5 before that time,
v We have selected the 7th of Novem
rwf m the time of meetin g, -, so aa to
give the brethren who wish to attend
the Convention an opportunity to bo
at both4 meetings without extra ex
JOHN Hi. It AT, '
- Cor. Seel
pense
SELECTIONS, yi
, LOrS ESCAPE yBOX SODOM. ( f
; "Escaoe for thy life look not" behind
thee, neither stay thou in ill the plain ; escape
to the mountain, lest thoube consumed."
Gen. xix: 17. ' '
For the most part the lakes of tQe
earth are the darlings of the mountains
their necks garlanded with wild flow-.
- Baptist State Convention,
5 Those expecting to attend the Bap
tist State Convention will please for
ward their names to the pastor of the"
church or some of the members of
the committee. It is important that
the names be Bent in as early as 'possi
ble in order to avoid confusion.
It will not be possible for: the com
mittee to get accommodation for
horses i w - - .
r ' . ' U. A. Browit,;
V- : C. J. Watkius, '
t ; , i- J. Pwr Piebck,
Committee. -
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