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TliP "Rihllfil RpPOrdGr - R ev, a T. BAILEY . .Emtob. Rbt. H. HATCHER ..VV. ; 4 .Oob. Eorron. . KEY. C. S. FARRISS, Agt. & CorrespondtJ WEDNESDAY, . . . . -Nov. 9, 1881 , ran AH commifaUon or letters lor publication should be addressed to the Bibucai. Rkcordeb, -B!S3ii!!r.aMd 'totbn fta bnines should t addressed to Edwards, Brougtaum & Co., Pnb- 5 kjrOnly personal litters should be addressed to tl Editors. - " 5 , W"Wt cannot things your paper unless you rive your former post offlice, as well as the one to which, yon-wish it changed. NOTICE. In fntnre the name of each nbbr Jfli'J date when subscription expires, will be printedon the paper or wrapper, thus: I JohnDoe This shows that the subscription of John Doe ex piV4 l,tIa of July, 1881. No v'1 served, and onr patrons wlU ple renew prom pt lyforVhelr nameVwlU be dropped from the list. Terms cash in advance. THE BAPTIST STATE CON VENTION. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina meets to-day in its fifty first annual session, -with the church in Winston. The year through - which we have passed will long to remembered. The unpreceden ted drought at one time greatly depressed all departments of labor, and gave rise to serious apprehen sions of- want in a large section of the Sate. Notwithstanding these tem poral and material hinderances to the general prosperity, the people have great reason for thanksgiving. There is enough and some to spare m the land. The spiritual and material history of the year is in striking con trast. While heaven withheld the rains from the parched fields of the hus bandman, the richer showers of grace were freely bestowed upon the toilers in the spiritual vineyard. Wherever the gospel of Christ was preached, either by pastor or missionary, in crowded city or in the wilderness, God honored the preacher, and blessed the word preached. The year will long be remembered as one of gracious revivals and of large and liberal contributions. The reports of the Boards will -how that great things were attempt ed and even greater things accom plished. No move has been made in vain, and no laborer has toiled in vain. God has rewarded us above what we asked or thought. The missionaries are all paid. The Boards are all out of debt. A lar ger number of new churches than ev er before in any cne year have been built and paid for. Nearly all of the churches have been revived and strengthened and over fifteen thou- sand -persons have been baptized. Our schools and our colleges are filled with students. Teace and prosperity fill our borders. We sro ut to the Convention with "songs of thanksgiving and praise. May every servant of Jesus be en couraged to even greater activity and zeal, and may (iOD bless all the years of the Convention as he has the past There is but one sad thought con nected with the vears work sorue who toiled with us and reioiced with us, will meet with ns no more here. But they are with the larger number the reapers who now rest beside the throne. OUR CARES WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THEM? The life of every thoughtful Chris tian is crowded witn anxious cares the heart is constantly burdened, and the quest-ion arises, what shall we do with them ? We cannot escape them, and yet their weight is too heavy for us to bear it would crush us into tne dust. - ine sources or care are numerous, and when we begin to hope for deliverance from one cause, they come from another, and fre quently from an unexpected source. Tho peace and welfare of his coun try must bring anxiety to the heart of erery saint His own heart-sins crowd upon him - daily, and he is often moved to eay with Paul, "O wretch ed man that 1 am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death !" His family, his church, his friends, his children, the cause ot Christ, all bring care to the pious heart. And - - then, the wickedness in the world and about him, must stir hia soul. How often he feels as did David: "Rivers of waters rundown my cheeks because they keep-, not thy law. It is not wonderful that we should ask, what are we to do when thus op pressed with cares and anxiety ? The Psalmist says: "Commit thy way nuto the Lord; trust in him: and he shall bring it to pass." Or as it reads I in the margin; "Roll thy -way upon ;l the Lord," etc. And again: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suf fer the righteous to be moved." And : Jesus taught the same lesson in' the : sermon on the Mount Matt 6: 25, 26. Paul taught hia Philippian brethren the same : "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God; and the peace of God which passeth all understandingshall keep yonr hearts and minds - through Christ Jesus." Thus-we find the sourcetif onr strength, and in Christ Jesus we find a burden-bearer. . Peter adds his testimonyin-these-t memorable words: "Casting all your (I Peter 5: 7.) Sometimes we are urged to trust the Lord becauso of hla unchangeableness, his omnipotent power, his faithfulness, his promises and hisall-8ufficiency but Peter says that we must cast all our care on him (Christ,) "for (because) he careth tor us." it matters nos now neav v mv burden, how our own sins have brought it upon us, yet we must cast all on Christ, and his deep interest in us, his love and sympathy for us will cause him to receive it and bear it for us. We think that Peter bore this tes timony to the love of J estjs lor nis people, not only by the movings of the Spirit, but also out of his own deep experience. Jesus had shown to Peter how ho cared for him and Peter realized it, rejoiced in it and heralded it abroad. Jesus permitted Peter to witness the glory of his trans6guration on the mount, and he had also been admitted into the chamber of death to see the power of Jesus in raising the dead, when only a few were granted the privilege. When a fiery trial was coming on Peter and Jesus foresaw it all, he was deeply moved and was alone in prayer that Peter's "faith fail not." And when the hour of danger came and Peter acted bo as to fill him with shame, and when he must have felt that he deserved to bo forever driven from his master, yet Jesus came with the words, "Peace be unto you," and forgave it all. His only rebuke was such as to bind Peter and himself into stronger bonds of affec tion. And when the Spirit came, Peter was honored with the high prerogative of preaching the gospel, and was also blessed in his labors. A vision from heaven was vouchsafed to Peter that hi3 ignorance, prejudice and narrowness might be removed, and he be prepared to introduce the gospel to the Gentiles. And when Peter was in prison, chained and guarded by Roman soldiers, and Herod was counting on pleasing the Jews by his execution on the morrow, the Lord sent an angel, who awoke Peter and led him away safely. When the morning came, he was be yond the tyrant's grasp ! How his heart must have leaped within him for joy, as he contemplated the faith fulness, Jche love of Jesus for him. And is it any wonder that he should say to his brethren inthe midst of their trials, persecutions, cares and despondency, cast it all on Jesus, "for he careth for you ?" If he cared for Peter, does he not care for vou also, dear reader ? Was he partial to Peter ? Nay, not special y, only so far as it may be said that Jesus is partial to all his disciples they are all favorites with him. He loves them with an everlasting love. And while we can cast all our care on him because he careth for ns, yet we can also leei tnat ne is an-wise, al mighty and all-sufficient. He can bless our land, our family, our church, our children, our friends, and thank God, His blood can cleanse from all sin. Let us then daily, with trustful, prayerful hearts commit all to him and "roll our way upon him who careth for us." All the Promises of God in Him are Tea, and in Him Amen. 2 Cor. 1:20. In this life, the saints possess a wonderful heritage, "for unto them are given exceeding great and precious promises." All that sinners can need, and all that the great God deems best for us, may be found in this rich, inexhaustible treasure-house of prom ises. And how the hearts of believ ers are comforted, strengthened and sustained by "these words of promise" of their God ! Each individual saint may not remember every promise m theBook, but each can remember that these promises are many, and that his heart can desire while he lays hold on a few, and these are his stay in every trial. We have long felt that the word of Jesus, "I will never leave nor forsake thee," are worth ten thousand times more than mountains of gold. And while we are cast down and troubled on everyrside by the changes, anxieties and afflic tions of this life, how the heart bears it calmly and heroically as we sit at the cross and hear Jesus say: "All things work together for good to them that love God." And these "precious promises" do not rest upon mere contingency, or peradventure -God has made them in good faith. ?' He cannot deny Him self, nor can He lie." "He, is faithful who promises. " J esus gives assur ance for every jot and title, "till all bo., fulfilled." God crowns every promise with a f'Yea and Amen ." He makes "his word sure, " "wherein God,' willing wore abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immu tability of his counsel, confirmed it I by an oath, that by two, immutable things, m which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation; who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before ns'-How firmly established is every promise. God endorses it with a "Tea and Amen" and confirms it with an -oatn v e neea not iear to rjest our hearts on these words of God, they will never fail us. Friends may de ceive us, the . world has already mocked U3 with deception, but God's word stands fast forever. And let us especially take note that all these promises are made to us "in Him." Dear reader, alone from Je sus can a promise of mercy come, and "in Him" all the promises cluster. Forgiveness, salvation, redemption, heaven all- only 'in Him." "In Him" the saints "live, move and have their being"; "in Him," they are "called to glory and virtue," "in Him" they have "justification through the belief of the truth and the sancti fication of the Spirit"; "in Him" God makes "all things work together for good"; "in Him they are the children, of God and possess "all things, whether Paul, or Apollos; or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are" theirs "in Him." And "in Him" they shall be glorified in the home of the blessed. And the fact that it is all "in Him" only makes the promises more suie, for, "in Him," God will "freely give us all things." Let the saints of the Lord study hi3 word, gather up these promises and feed on them, and bind them about their hearts, for, when wo build on these, we build on a rock "a tried corner-stone" that can never fail. As the stars of heaven shine and glitter in the firmament, as bright jewels and beautiful diadems, so then promises shine in the galaxy of di vine truth. It is when the light of the sun has gone down in night, and the silvery beams of the moon have waned away, that the stars come forth in their beauty and brilliancy. It sometimes happens, that we lose sight of God's grace and sweet promises "in Him" when the sun of worldly prosperity shines uponns. And hence God sends the night of temptation and the darkness of affliclinn ond deep adversity, that we mayeseupe the blinding influence of earthly joys and be made to turn our hearts to God for help and strength. And : seasons oi daricnes3 now precious are His promises, how we lean on them and appreciate them and bless God lor tnem . nave we been passing through deep and turbid waters Have we been clothed in darkness as with a garment ? Have our hearts grown faint, and have we been made to tremble "because of the way ?" Let us look up to God and hear his sweet words of promise that sparkle in his Word as do the stars of a cloudless night in the heaveus. These will give light, and cheer our despondent hearts, and make us to realize how good God is to us "in Him." And let us not forget that it is only "in Him" that we can find words of hope and salvation. Without Christ or with Him slighted, neglected, re jected, theie is for us no promise, no pardon, no love, no mercy, no grace and no salvation. Let us be found "in Iiim, and then we can claim "all the promises of God" in his name, and for his sake, God will own the claim and bestow the blessings. RALEIGH ASSOCIATION. The TGtn annual session of this body met on the 2Gth of October with Holly Springs church, Wakt County, with all but four or five churches rep resented. Wednesday Rev. W. R. Gwaltney preached the introduc tory sermon, dwelling specially on the ordination of ministers of the gos pel. D. B. Hom2n was re-elected moderator' and J. M. Broughto: clerk and treasurer. The organ ization was not completed till Thurs day morning. The report of the com mittee on Foreign Missions was dis cussed by Rev. G. J. Dowell, J. C. Scarboeough, Rev. C. T. Bailey, Rev. Johnsox Olive and Rev. W 11. Gwaltney. The churches had been asked to state in their letters the amount they would agree to pay to this object for the next year. About two thirds responded pledging about $350. The report on periodicals was discussed by Revs. J. M. White, C. T. Bailey and Dr. T. E. Skinner. On Friday the report of the Execu tive Board was read, and remarks made by Revs. Alvin Betts, J. R Maynard, J. K. Howell and Al len Betts who had been serving un der tne board. l he missionary ser mon was then preached by Rev. G. J, Dowell; after which N.B. Brough ton, chairman of the Executive Board, addressed the body on Asso- ciauonai juisaions ana raised in pledg es $o25 and cash about $20. In the afternoon the report on Education 3 3 1 1 ' 1 1 -l-i was reau ana tne Doay adaressea py Rev. Dr. Pritchard and Prof. 0. E. Taylor, and remarks made by Breth ren, uowell, VVHITJE, UWALTNEY, Ulive and J , ii. IIolleman. Fledges were made to the Board of Education for support of ministers at Wake For est College amounting to about $125. Saturday was a busy day. Bro. John E. Eay addressed the body on State Missions and the collection after the sermon on Sunday, given to the same, amounted to $21. The committee on Sunday schools, Pastoral Sup port Time," Place and Preachers for next session, Finahce,Church, Letters, ana Temperance reported. . A live ly ; discussion occurred when , the committee on .Temperance reported. growing out of their failure to set forth ; the evils of . intemperance - as usual, and instead giving a short ex position of Paul's injunction to be tTnTWmfA in nil fMnrra - " , On Sunday the multitude came. A Sunday school mass meeting of an hour was held and at its close about $G0 was raised to build an Infant clasa room to Holly Springs church. Prof. O. E. Taylor then preached in the Baptist church and Rev. O. L. Stringfield in the Methodist church. The Association will meet with Hepzibah church; this county, next year, and on Tuesday before the 5th Sunday in October. Tho entertainment of tho delegates and visitors was all that could bo de sired. No one would ever imagine that there had been a severe drought to look at the abundance of provis ions. Water was the only scarce ar ticle and this only in afe instances. Iho Association is reaching out in its efforts to occupy destitution in and around its borders, and tho churches are coming up liberally to the work. DEATH OF RE V. C. R. II EN- DR1CKSUN, D. D. The death of this brother servant of the Lord took place at Jackson, Tennessee, Friday, October 21st. This is a sad message to the thousands who knew him and loved him. When called upon to chronicle the death of such a man, sorrow clothes the heart with mourning, for indeed a Prince in Israel has fallen. With him there is uo hell. Long since he gained the victory through Chrisi, and ho now rests in His bosom. He was associate editor of the Ihtptist at the timo of his death and his remains were car ried to Memphis, on the Sunday fol lowing, where his funeral was held in the First church, of which he was formerly pastor. Re. A. R. Yen able and T. C. Teasdale conducted the services. Dr. Hendrickson was well known in North Carolina, and was a life member of our State Convention. PERSONAL & OTHER ITEMS. The Convention to-day, at Winston. Brethren, go to the Convention, it will do you good. . . .Tiie Baptist State Convention of Ten nessee meets in Nashville, November 10. Rev. W. U. Gwaltxey has been at work with Rev. J. K. Howell, of Selma, in a meeting. Rev. W. II. Parks, pastor of the First B iptist church, Dallas, Texas, has re signed on account of ill health. There are 355 Baplist preachers iu Great Britain who were educated at Mr. SrunoEON'a college for young preachers. The Courier saj-s Dr. T. C. Teas- dale and wife will celebrate their trolden wedding at Knoxville, Tenn., on the 16th in st. The public Winter Exercises of tho High School at Randleman's, Randolph Co., will take place on Saturday, Dec. '24, ltfbl. Maj.R. V. York delivers the literary ad dress. . . Thanks are hereby tendered Brother Joiidax, pastor at Lumberton, for a club of subscribers; also to Brother Saitsders, of Catawba, for looking after our interests iu the same way. . . . Rev. L. C. Briochol'sk. of Columbia, is B)w ready to enler actively into pastoral work. Churches widiing to secure a pastor unci have him settle vi:h them can address him at Columbia, X. C. Rev. G. P. IIamkick informs us of the ordination of Brethren F. II. Dover and D. R. Bird at Antioch church, York county, S. C, Oct 28. Rev. A. L. Stocg n preached the ordination sermon. We propose in our forthcommg Bap tist Almanac to give the name and location of all our Baptist Schools, and we respect fully ask an advertisement from each that we may the more correctly refer to them. Rev. Edward Jcdson has great rea sons to be encouraged in his missionary work in New Y'ork city. On the third Sun day night of his preaching his congregation was fully six hundred, and there were six enquirers. Three vacant Baptist pulpits in New York. The Weekly Bays to all candidates not to come until Bent for. Good! Stay where you are. brethren, and if the Lord wants you to occupy either of these fields he will call you. Dr. Thomas, of Chicago, who was recently expelled from the Methodtot de nomination for heresy, after a long and te dious trial by some of the ublest ministers of that conference, has established an inde pendent church. Atsealatsca! We are pleased"' to learn that a college paper has been commenced at Wake Forest. We are in receipt of the first number, and it promises well to be a success. Bro. E. Y. Persy, a student, is editor, assisted by a committee from each of the societies. We wish you well. ....We regret to learn of the death of Mrs. L W. Durham, of Winston, N. C, .which took plaqe at the residence, of her husband, Oct. 30. . Mrs. Durham was the daughter of the late J as. M.,TowleS, Esq., of this city. We sympathize with Bro. Durham and the bereaved ones in their af fiiction. . . . . Rev. Dr. F., A. Douglass, Cor, Sec retary of. the American and Foreign Bible Society, is on a visit to North Carolina. He lectured in Pirst and Second churches of Raleigh cn Sunday last, and will attend the Convention in Whreton. lie is engaged in a good work, and the brethren will be glad to see him. 1 - . . .1 notice tbat doubts about the funda mentals of tthe Rospel exists in certain churches, I am told to a large extent. My dear friends, where there is a warmhearted church you do not hear of. them. They, do not come near; it is too hot. , I never saw a fly alight on a red-hot plate. Spurqeon. ; ... .Rev. J. E. Hctsoji writes ns . from Dawson's, N. C.;t 'Intend i to write you. a piece or two eoon. ; Too" busy now to give you the news. - We had a glorious meeting at Connoconary, and the prospects are good here at Dawson's. Much love to you all." ' - - 7' " " i..A correspondent of ih Examiner and vJironicle has tuis to say of Dr. '.ro, A. Bboadcs, who made an address In Jarvis Street church Toronto, Canada, some time since: "His address', was a masterpiece not in studied . prechuoni or ia elaborate style, but in deep and accurate thought con cerning the work and qualifications of the Christian ministry. No man ever came from your country who . has so completely won our affections and pur profound ad miration for his rare gifts of mind and heart as the venerable Dr. Broadcs." 0 V Mrs. Elizabeth! A" Watlasd, wife of Rev II. L. Watlasd, editor of the iY tional Baptist, died on the 29tb ult., at New Haven, Conn. While at dinner she was taken with effusion of the brain, and died next morning. She had been a professor of religion for thirty years, and was fifty-one years of age. . . . We notice that most of our Associa tions neglect to print in their statistical ta bles the amounts given by the different churches for the poor. The fault is with the churches, who fail to send up accounts of benevolence iu this direction. We hope more attention will be given the matter. . . . Rev. G. J. Hobdat, of Waverly, Va has recently visited Portsmouth, Va.' He' reports Bro. Owes very much improved, says Court Street church looks splendid since the recent improvement; and that Dr. W. E. Hatcher is expected scon to aid Bro. Owen in a meeting. Bro. Hobday has accepted a call for another year to his pres. ent field of labor. Rev. C. W. Pucitt, a young man from Georgia, is now at the Seminary pre paring himself to assist Bro. Graves in China. Bro. Pruitt is well known to us as a man of deep piety, and as one specially gifted in the lauguages. Well, brother, it would be a nice thing to have a companion with you. Bror Eager did the right thing; go thou and do likewise. .... Bro. J. E. Rat, Cor. Secretary of the Boards of the Convention, reports the mis sion tries all paid and a balance in the treasury. He requests U3 to return his thanks to the brethren who have so prompt ly and generously responded to his appeals for help. He Is now quite happy, and will thank the brethren who attend the Conven tion for their liberality and kindness. Mr. Clark Bradek, in a review of the life and character of R. G. Ijhiersoll, says this to the admirers of his military ge nius: "As a military man he was not a sue cess, although lie ostentatiously wears the title Colonel, and is ostentatiously dubbed Colonel on all occasions, by his admirers. In his onlv military experience, he was chased into a hog yard, and surrendered to a boy of sixteen." Perry. Ga.. Nov. 2nd. 1881. Dear Brother .I found ray daughter, Mrs Jonssos, very sick with malarial fever, with no apparent change for four days, some symptoms favorable, at h ast not ag gravated; but yet she is so feeble as to fill us with grave apprehensions as to the final result She is in the hands of a wise and merciful God, who never errs. His will be done. Yours truly, James 8. Purefoy. ... .A Georgia Baplist pastor says that in one of his churches there are seventy -five brethren who, on occasion, pray and exhort in their assemblies for worship, so that he never need ministerial help in his protract ed meetings there. Ex. This has the right ring. When our churches cease to looK abroad for help, and d their own work, then will they become more wide awake and ready in season and out of season to aid men who are se2kinc luw to be saved. Bn. S C. Pace, of Kyle's Landing writes us about a preacher who is dis satisfied concerning his call to preach, and bai-es his donbts on the field to which the Lord seems to have cfflled him. He con eludes by saying: "He finds it quite a task in man- instances to decide as to his duty, and is led to the foot of the cross with the inquiry, 'Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?' We suggest to the brotii' r that this is a good place to go, and that he is. in our opinion, in the right way to decide the que tion which troubles him. Rev. Dr. Nei.sox is in Fa vef leville Tenn., and will attend the Baptist State Convention of Tennessee, which meets in Nashville on the 10th. We regret that he cannot be with us at Winston. Of his brethren in this State he says: "The minis ters of North Carolina are m good, pure and unselfish, that I have ofien said of late I would like to live and die among them.' His prayer for the Convention is, "May .Te sua, the Lord, be with you all at Winston I do pray that nothing but harmony and love and wisdrm may characterize the meet ing." Rev. O. C. Pope, Cor. Secretary of the Texas Baptist Convention, makes the following correction of a not. in the Re corder of a week or two ago: "As the agent of the Texas Baptist State Conven tion I arranged a plan of co-operation with the American Baptist Home Mission. Socie ty, whereby our Convention gets 13,000 for its home mission work in this Stale, aod the East Texas Convention gets $1,000 for the same purpose. The money is to be spent under the supervision of our Boards. The plan was unanimously adopted by the Convention at its late session in Galveston, and thus far is working admirably." . . . Mr. Braden, speaking of Col. Inger boll as a lecturer, says: "There is no origi nality in his harangues, except in the low wit in them. He reads books and stuffs for his lectures. He is the greatest plagiarist. His 'Mistakes of Moses,' is taken, almost bodily, from Colenso's 'Pentateuch.' His 'Gods' is a medley. The best portions are taken from Hobbes. Much of the rest from Vol taire, Volney and Payne. His 'Ghosts' is borrowed almost without a change. In Dr. Gckn's 'New Domestic Phyician" is an essay on intemperance. In it the reader will find the original of Ingersoll'b tem perance speech." A correspondent from our State, wri ting to the Chicago Standard, speaks as fol lows regarding the progress of Baptists in North Carolina: "We are making onward strides in the matter of ministerial educa tion. The chuithes have buffered much from a lack of educated men.. But six young men at the Louisville Seminary, and about thirty at Wake Forest College, study Ing for the ministry, is not a bad showing, we think, for the Old North State. 'Our people are moving, though, slowly; yet in the future we bone to have not only an ed ucated ministry, but also an educated laity to bear and appreciate tbem.,", 1 v . . . Aa reading the minutes of the differ ent Associations we notice that several of the churches have been quite liberal, while othcre have not done - what they could. Among the former we cannoref rain from calling the attention of the brethren to the church at Durham, under the pastoral care of Rev. C Durham. It contributes for ev ery object called for by the Association, and contributes well. Notwithstanding the fact that they have recently built them a good house of worship, they have increaecrheir pastor's salary by $200.00 and given over 1,000 to different objects, outside of their ociaentai expenses. inis tv not a very large and wealthy chutcb, either. : Bro. Durham is a working pastor, and his peo ple take the Recorder. g g L.....At the Mississippi Baptist Safe Con- vqntion.which met at Meridian recently, the question of moving the Baptist Record to New Orleans for publication was left to a committee who made the following report: We, yoiir committee on removal of the Bapliat Record, recommend that thU ques tion be left to the discretion of our editor. Bro. Gambrell, and that ue sustain him in his conclusion, whatever it may b; " Bro Gambrell stated that he was convinced that a majority of the Mississippi Baptists were opposed to the move, and after prayer he had concluded not to remove it from the State. ....The senior of the Religious Herald, R$v A, E. Dickinson, D. D., is up North on an agency for Richmond College. On 24lh of October he addressed the New York Ministers' Conference. We reproduce a sentence from his speech, that our readers my see how he talks to his Northern breth ren for money nesaid: "Let there be no Mason and Dixon's line running through our kingdom. Let no man be a Northern Baptist let no man be a Southern Baptist. Let us look beyond onr respective stations. and say with JonN Wesley, 'The world is mj parish,' and then with him we miyadd, 'And the best of all, God is with us." That pleased them, no doubt, aDd brought down the cash. , . . . "Persons are to be found, without a a lantern an I candle, who cam money by minihtering at the altars of Belial, and then offer a part of it to the Lord of hosts. Can they come from the place of revelling to the chamber of communion Will they bring the wages of sin to the altar of God ? ne who makes money over the Devil's back is a hypocrite if he lays his cankered coin at the Apostles' feet 'Thy money perish with hee .' How some men can rest in their pre tensions it is not for me to guess; but me- thinks if their consciences were quickened. it would strike them as being a horrible mi:n in the land that -they should be fearing the Lord and serving other gods. Sptrgeon. ......The Religious UerciUl clips the follow ing. from a Boston letter that appeared in thf Examiner and Clironiclc recently: "An illustration of the inevitable tendencies of free thought, when faith in plenary inspiia tion is lost, was given iu the receuf session of the Unitarian Ministers' Institute at Piinceton, in this State. Prof. Toy, for merly of the Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville, but now of Harvard, gave a dis sertation on Ezekiel, in which he endorsed, Without qualification, the most destructive criticism on the Old Testament, by German scholars who deny all supernatural.elements in revelation. He asserted dogmatically, as if the case no longer admitted of honest doubt, that Ezekiel originated the sacerdo tal element in Judaism, and introduced into it sacred books, from the Babyloi.ian rcc ori.V, the story of Eden and the Flo-d. The theology founded on the supposed Mosaic teachings of the creation and fall, and on which Paul builds so cogent an argument in his great epistle to the Roman.-?, Prof Toy declared to be "simply a beautiful se ries of legends borrowed from ancient Bab ylon." As a curious corollary to this the. ory spun from ingenious brains, Prof. Toy added that Ezekiel was a 'great ethical teacher, who felt an individual resp nsibili ty for the leligious conduct of his nation.' One must have singular id.-asof i-tUcs, and more singular qualifications for i teacher, who can borrow legends fr.in :i I'aan my thology, and invent a sac.-i d lal syst.-m, and delib'-rutely in-ert these into Jewish sacred books, forging for them the nme and au thority of Moses, the gr. -.a l.iw-givt r of Is rael.'" Miscellanea. dedication 05 a new church for the colored baptists of wake FOKF.ST. On the lGth of October I hud the privilege of preaching at the dedica tion of a new meeting house, which the colored people .v erected to the honor of (Jod at this place. I greatly prefer meeting house to church houe it is the place where the people meet, and also the place where God meets his people, and therefore, the special appropriateness of the term, but the' word church is just as legiti mate when applied to a building aa when used to represent the body that worships in the building. This new church is an honor to those who built it, being large and handsome and well furnished. I presume it could not have cost, less than 1.000. Iu this connection, I present an extract from an address of Dr. Af. B. Anderson, President of Rochester University, N. Y., delivered before the Baptist Social Union, of Chicago, recently and published in that excel lent paper, the Standard, as contain ing much good sense. "For an illustration, let us look at the ne groes in the South. ; They are ready to re ceive the truths of the gospel, more so per haps than we are, but they have not as a class been able to unite religion with a high and elevated morality. We mnst go amcog them and teach them until they shall be as strongly impressed with the moral duties of Christianity a9 they are with its emotional elements. We must not only apply the gos pel to their natures, as a source of motive, but we must teach them how to do right" and in them form right habits and an eleva ted Christian character. We must teach them to be honest, to be saving, to be in dustrious. We must teach them how to cook, their food, to do a fair day'a work for the wages they recci.e. We must teach their ? women to keep their children clean. We must teach them to feed them at regular hours, to take care of their health, and all that is involved in bringing up a Christian family. When I look at the number of men that we are educating for a ministry among the blacks, I feel a desire to have every one of them taught some trade, or handicraft, so that they will teach their brethren some thing more than a system of theology. I tell you, brethren, these ministers that jjo out among the blacks ought xo be able to teach their brethren how "to build a house ; to manage farms, to educate and train their children, how to save money, how to take care of themselves, and to use their proper ty, for the elevation ot their race. Tnii practical element must be brought to bet r upou these blacks, and I could wish that these young men that go out 'from our Southern institutions should be not onlv good and respectable preachers of the gos pel, bst - also able to teacb them the practi cal and social morality of the gospel, and its manifold applications to the right conduct of human life. . , . ( 4 , . THE TAB KITEB ASSOCIATION. I shall never forget the late session of the Tar River Association-it was the most remarkable meeting of the Kinu l ever attenaea except that of the State Convention held in Raleigh fn 1857. The liberality of the breth ren, was above all praise, and their joy was in proportion to their benefi cence." indeed, their joy was the re sult of their liberality, for they had the btesed experience of knowing what a luxtrry it is to make sacrifices for Christ The old Tar River was not always so enterprising and generous a fow yeifrs aaro it wa one of the sleepiest Associations in the State What now has created "this wonderful "revolu tion ? It is a question of much inter est. It is not that this body is wealthier than all others there-are at leaH four Associations in the State that are larger and wealthier than this. Nor is it because the exigen cies of the Lord's kingdom are more urgent m the bounds of the far Kiver Association than elsewhere. Nor is the rapid development of this Association mainly due to the fact that it has a larger body of good lavmen in it than others. I do not deny the fact that the efficiency of this body, as well as of the South Yadkin and Mt. Zion, is largely due to the active zeal of such men aa Brethren Cooke. Watson, Johnson, Webb, Biggs, Blount, Boweis, Salis bury, etc., but the existence of these mtm in the Association does not ex plain iho matter, for they were near ly all of them there when the Asso ciation was comparatively inactive. Now life has been breathed into ihese men, and indeed into every part of the Association. I may be mistake;), but in my judgment the secret of this power is to be found in the ministers of this Association : in their alility and consecration to the "cork qjL.the Master. The great want in every Association is wise and good and en terprising men to lead the people. AJT INCIDENT. While pleading for our young Min isters as Wake Forest at this Asso ciation, I was moved to tears by the act of a brother who became responsi ble for the annual support of one of these young men, and 1 told him that I had the very man for him I ought to have said the Lord had provided the man for him. Now suppose this young man should prove as useful and honored, as a number of the fifty beneficiaries who are now laboring in this State ? Suppose he should make such a man as Wm. Jones, R. B. Jones, John L. Prichard, Walters, Wingate, McDowell, McDaniel, Wait, Meredith what a reward that broth er will have ! What a joy it will be to the church of which that brother is a member, and which I doubt not will aid him in the support of tlm young man ! What investment of money will pay better than that which is put into the education of good young men for the gospel ministry ? And this invesr m'M't, I am glad 'to know, our people see the wisdom of, since a far larger amount has been given to the Board of Education than in any previous year. Ihe banner church in this work, however, is that at Durham. wh:ch 8-upports two and a half beneti ciaries. and the Alt. Zion and Central lead all the Associations in this, as the Tar River excels in missionary work. One of the best recommenda tions the College can have with tin: people is in the good ministers who art sent out from it. Instead of thirty or forty, I wish we had a hundred here studying for the ministry. The time will never come when the right sort of ministers will not be needed and there never was a period in the world'. history when wise, good art. able men were more urgently needed to preach the gospel and train the churches. EDUCATE YOUlt CHILDREN. The times are hard, beyond ques tion, but don't let anything cause you to neglect the education of your chil dren. lt your son or daughter does not go to school this or next year, he may never go. As you love your child don't put off this matter make a sacrifice, a great sacrifice, rather than take your eon from college or your daughter from school now. They are growing older all the while, and you may be less able to send them to school next year than this. Ar.d by all means send your children to Baptist schools. If our schools were inferior then there might be some show of reason in patronizing the schools of other denominations but we have schools, male and female, equal to the very best, in the land, and at these schools 8hou Id oar children be found. The ate Judge Krr used to say "the Ivij.u8ts have no friend but God." If e uon'tsupport our own institutions of !-;irniDg,they will not be sustained. Nay, more: if we do not sufficiently t'sit-em our distinctive principles as to have our children educated where these principles are respected, we may not expect them to become Baptists. With the most fervent charity towards all who love the Lord Jestw Christ, I still say with profoundest emphasis: WE CANNOT, AS BAPTISTS, ALLOW OTHER DENOMINATIONS TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. T. H. Pritchard. Letter From Bro. J. A. Speight. Since the middle of September, I have been talking College Endow ment to the churches of the Bertie Union Meeting. Ihave some reasons to hope that the summer and fall have been profitably Bpent both for the college and for the cause of Christ directly. I have been with some of the pastors in protracted meetings and have really felt benefited besides it helped mo along in my work specially was this true with Bro. Jor dan at Whiteville Grove, and - with my brother, Rev. T. T. Speight at Ballard's Bridge. ' This is the 1 church in the Association and is sus ceptible of wonderful development. The pastor with many of his mem bers, especially deacon Ed. Pierce, helped me grandly for ; the college; and while I did not secure as much as Idesired.yetall things considered; did well. This agency has taught me at least cne great lesson, and it is that the liberality of the churches - ami hence of the individuals, is to a greaS extent what the pastors are making them. . Most men have no special fondness for giving, eo that if their: lenders are merely jiasivo' friends ot"' an enterprise, Ihe followers wjll more than HKeiy be 'very tame: The oth ef meeting t which ; I " attended was ' with Bro. Williams, at Republican, where much good, seemed to be ac complished. It has been pleasant to mingle withUhe, "brethren and find them such warm friends;)f,f, the coU. lege. .The. E. i do w mentis moving on, and the day is not - far distant when all the States will feel proud of Wake Forest. f I h;ve recently - spent a few dajs in and around. Jackson. There are only a few Baptists at this place, but they nave " been putting forth grand effo.rt io. erect here a nice house of worship. The building is up 4iiid tho pews are- partly -finished, but it need3; to be plastered before the winter sett in. i J don't know a people more deserving of, and more in need of outside help than these. May I not ask every reader of the d-aro1d Recorder to help the ladies h re to complete their house. Read er, I have no doubt but God has great ly blessed you ; now do open your heart and send to Mis Pattie Peel or to Mrs. Bettie Buxton. Jackson, N. C, a contribution for this worthy object. In closing I am happy in saying that while our farmers will not realize full crops, yet enough will be. ma J e to sustain life and some to spare. J. A. Speight. NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. From Bro. C. Durham. I bav just returned from Reidsville I thei e assisted tho pastor, Rev. P. H. Fontai o, in a meeting of ten days. It w;is good to be there. The Lord blessed the people, the church wa8 strengthened, and all are, I think now, more hopeful for the future. It was a pleasure to be with Bro. Fon tait.e and to know his peppleant his work. He preaches for about six hun dred church members 'our church es. I think, however, thi- he Roids ville church will have him preach for tham two Sabbaths in each month after this year, and I hope the time is near when ho will preach for them every Sabbath. He is doing a blessed work for the Master's cause, : 1 called to see Ex. Gov. Reid and found him quite feeble, but the same pleasant, interesting and hopeful gentlt-man that he has ever been. I wa so frequently reminded of our distinguished and departed Brother, John Kerr, as I passed the house where hi died. C. Durham. From HertforJ and Bertie In August last I held a meeting of days with the church at Pleasant Grove, Hertford county, assisted by Brother, T. G. Wood of Wintou. A t the closeS obeyed Christ in bap tism. Bro. Wttod did nearly all the preaching, and G-wl blessed the word preached to the reviving of tho church and conversion of ,c !i's Tn September I neld a meeting with tho church at R '-public in, Ber tie county. I had for my assistance, r Dr. J. Mitchcl and Bro. "J. A. Speight, -rhi y doing most of the preaching. The mevting cotttinned 8 day?, bap tized 25, restored 2. To God be all 'he praise. Yourse truly, B. B. Williams. Near ITarreVsviUe, Oct. 23rd, 1881. K.MVVLfcDUUFNTS. Ut'!-;i;ii -(Mntnn (collectioo),.. 22 40 South Fork Association,. 25 Mt. Zion Africatiun,., 1 00 Mrs. A. L Justice 25 First Church, Rnieisih, P 121 70 II. V Sn-CHuev. ... 100 (i. J. VVilkie," 2 00 Camden And Currituck Union,.. , 17 67 Mocksville cu- 2 50 Shady Grove ch., 2 10 Jerusalem ch , 40 Foreign ifixmons: Raleigh Aso. (Dr. Yates) 307 1 Durham ch 40 00 South Fork Asso, 5 00 Mt. Zion, ... (!5 Camden and Currituck Union ... 17 G7 Education : Rakijfh Asw , 2S 09 ML Zion oh 65 W. G Kiddirk 5 00 King' Mto. Auso. 39 50 Sandy Creek so , 45 O0 Cwtar Civek As.so., 6 63 Pee Dee Asn 75 07 Drown Creek A9o 12 00 Cups Fear, 23 50 Wake Union ch., 1 50 Newberne ch 10 00 Fayetteville ch 20 00 Rocky Mount ch.,- 1 00 Brier Branch, ell-, 4 00 White Luke oh... 3 00 Bladen Union ch., 5 00 Lebanon ch 3 50 John L. Markham, 15 00 T. J. Kiggsbee 15 00 J. W. Tatum 15 00 L. O. Lougee 15 00 Miss Amanda Cheek, 15 00 H imoth Gik-ad ch , 7 61 Mountain Creek ch., 7 06 Grassy Creek ch. 7 94 Asuoeiational Miszion ; Raleigh Asso., (to bt expended within its own bouftE), 211 39 CoRriscTiox.-The amount acknowledged for Foreign Missions from Cape Fear Asso ciation, in last week issue, should have been $101.02 instead of $164.20. We have received several letters recently, from parties who have contributed occa sionally 'throughout the Conventional year, to the objects V f the Convention, asking for Certificates of Life Membership for every thirty dollars so sent We refer contribu tors to Art. I, Sec. I, ot the Constitution, where it will appear that the thirty dollars must be paid at one time, and not here a little and there a little. . N B. Persons sending me funds, who do not receive receipts promptly and see tbe samp duly acknowledged in this paper, will please dd me tbe kindness to notify me at once- -!-. ft. E Montague, Tr?w. Bap. Suae Convention RoUigK X, C Xov. 5th, 1881 Merchants and Others, ' WHO BUY BY THE CASE OR DOZEN. Yeargan, Petty & Co., - Ialeigh., IT. C, V Invite an examination of their large stock of WINTER BROGANS, and MEN'S BOOTS. The wetl-known and celebrated , ; - as cheap as they can be boughi in any market.
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