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The Biblical Recorder. The Biblical Recorder; PUBLISHED EVERY, WEDNESDAY - 1 ' - ' -" ADVERTISING RATES. iT " iiiiiiiaE. Space. s Itime Imo. 8 mo. 6 mo. lima," jnci- i$225l7 50 400'$25 00 2 inches..... 2 00 5 00 14 00 2500 4000 3 inches..... - 8 00 7 60 20 00 8000 6000 4 inches..... 4 00 10 00 25 00 4000 60 00 Quarter col.. 6 00 14 00 85 00 6000 7500 Half col .... 10 00 25 00 50 00 8000 130 00 One colamn. 16 00 40 00 90 00 175 00 260 00 "Rvv C. T. -BAILEY. v RALEIGH, N. C.; Officer Cor. Hargett and Salisbury Strtt. - - i - - I ... 4 .,,--. .;. i 1 ! i . - s , Terms op Subscription: One corft, one year? .."..'.. ... $ 2.00 One copy, six months. 1.00 Clubs of fire..-.; : : .t. : : 10.00 Clabs of ten (copy extra to sender) 20.00 Remittances most bcient by Registered Letter, Postoffice Order, Postal Note, Express or Draft, payable to the order of the Publisher. - The Orean" of the North Carolina Baptists, Devoted to Bible Religion, Education, Literature, Agriculture, and- General Intelligence. t t - f VOLTJMB 53. RALEIGH, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1887. Ntjmbbb 11; THINGS FROM OTHER PAPERS.' TO INTEREST' RECORDER . READERS. " 'f ", '-' - "Hon. J. L. II. Carry, 17. 8. Minister to Spain, has received the degree of XL. D. from the University of Virginia. , He has just returned on a visit to this coun try." Dr. Carry is entitled to this dis tinguished honor from this distinguished institution. Dr. Curry is, in many re spects, oar foremost American. He is not a raw-edged politician, bat a states man. a scholar, oar foremost orator and a christian.--BrB. RECORDER. V 1 Dr. Edward Jadson is quoted as say ion: "We need rich men in our churches, aud when they are soundly eonTerted, tbey do vast good with' their money and influence. To get the rich man we most lny hold of the poor boy." - A short while ago we advised our people to make it their first effort to preach the gospel to the poor. And we offered these rea sons: In the first place. Christ did it ; aud secondly, the poor of this generation will most likely be the prosperous and j aggressive men of the next Bib. Re corder. Dr.lC'BJAa-Urson in Standard: For the minister of religion to assume that in virtue of his profession he has set before him a holier and loftier purpos e and work than a layman, is a grand im pertinence. Hence the impropriety of surplices, gowns, and even black coats that button, with sixty buttons more or less, close up to the chin. The sooner we outlive these things the better: Let all men be holy, and our surplices go to tee rag-picker. Bib. Recorder 1 Dr. Ms B. Anderson in Standard : The end of life set before clergy and laity is one. jThat is an inspiring troth for the preachers to instil into the laymen of their congregations. The laymen are not wanting in, their tonception of the lofty end "that every preacher should have in view Now let him agreewith thein about and then, after they are committed, torn upon them the trath'of what j President Anderson says. Bib. Recorder, j " The family, of the late Jos. Lasell, a prominent manufacturer of Whitins ville, Massachusetts, have given $30,000 to Williams College to make np the ex penses to the corporation for the new gymnasium above special contributions made for that building." Many think that a, gymnasium is the next building that should be erected at Wake Forest College. Already the opportunities for physical exercise there are good. Oth 9 erwise it could not be a first-class insti tution, for mind-training without body training is a travesty on education. We would like to see a new gymnasium building at Wake Forest. Bib. Re corder.) - "First. That Spain will tako the ini tiative in celebrating in a most solemn manner the fourth centenary of the dis covery of America in the year 1492; Second. That for this purpose it will invite all the nations who people the territories discovered by Columbus to take part in the celebration; and Third. That Spain is ready at any time to take part in any other celebra tion and solemnity which may be under taken on the American continent to commemorate the great event." So epeak'the Council of Ministers of Spain. Those who live till the year 1893 (five years a short time), will see an immense celebration. The Queen Regent of Spain has assured Dr. J. L.- M. Curry, our Minister to Spain, that she will give him any assistance in her power in carrying out.the grand project Recorder. Western Recorder (Louisville, Ky) : Some years ago the Walnut-street Bap tist church at Owensboro, Ky., licensed to preach ft young man by the name of W. M Martin. He subsequently went to Kansas, making Lincoln his head quarters. In thejlast several weeks he has been accused in the papers of hav- ing forged several checks for considerable- sums, and of having obtained money from various persons on false represent ations, the editor 'ofie Central Bap tist, St Louis, being one of his victims; The church at Owensboro has investi gated the. charges, .found .them to be true, revoked Martin's license, and ex cluded him; from the fellowship of the church. The Owensboro Inquirer says he has disappeared from the view of the public and from the knowledge of his own family. He is tall ' and slim, has light hair, and talksqnick and fast. We warn our brethren against him. " Educational News fc (Philadelphia) : One of the curious things to a stranger in the Old North State Is the fact that so far as the public schools are concerned those for the colored people are in very much better condition than those for the whites. Weeommend this item to the New r;irciitheto of which has such a passion for our col ored, brother's right, f Let the farther fact also be stated that "the whites pay the taxes and the negroes get the school ing.9 The negro in the South is in' a contented state of mind, and would re--' main so il such papers i as the Independ ent would permit It Independent would also be more amiable on the ques 7 tion and more acceptable to the general reader did It have f ewer'negro men and i. womea contributors who aspire to rep , utation on misrepresentation and abor tive attempts to force open the parlors . of the South to the negroe. En. Bk- LESSORS IX MORALS, Lesson No. 24.-Tke alitr. GracesGenU BT RKT WM.' ROT ALL, D. D. This Grace manifests itself by an ex terior, habitually cheerful and friendly. Its possessor is a pleasant companion and an obliging friend. But we can better give an idea of what it is by show ing how it acts upon and affects one's conduct This we will attempt to do by presenting the action of its "'three opposites, viz: Harshness, Captiousness, and Sullenness three of the ugliest -words in any language. 1. Harshness is that quality in an object which makes you hesitate to taste, touch or come near it, especially if you have- bad trial of it before. A green persimmon, or a rocky road, or a thorn-bush is a good example of it Some people are so harsh in their man ners, tone and general bearing that you keep out of their way if you can. The members of their own family go about them very little. They seldom have a good word or a kind look, except when they have just been flattered by some one or had a good dinner. There is usually a cloud upon their brows, and a frown upon their faces. They are apt to be domineering and tyrannical, and seem to think that the advantage in a trade or in conversation should always be on their side. They may not use bad . language, but their tone and looks im part to decent words the effect of such language. If you, have business with such men, you conduct it on strictest principles, aud get through with it as soon as possible. If you go to school to one of this sort, you tremble in his presence, and feel sorry for those who spend their days and nights . under the same roof with him. But we ought to be thankful that many, many persons are of a different spirit. There are persons who, without uttering a word, Beem to invite you to draw near and talk to them. Tou feel at home in their company. They seem to know what you like to talk about, and listen with interest to what you have to say. When they differ with you about a statement which yon make, they seem sorry to be compelled to do so. " You leave their company at last pleased and in a good humor. Even old dog Tray likes to lie in the sunshine of the countenance of a genial man. Little Bessie Moon will make and keep many friends. It is enough to look into her open, smiling face to know that. She may not say a word to them, but all the children on the street smile and greet her affectionately as they meet her. And no wonder; for unless she is very busy, she is ready at any moment to enter into their joys and sorrows, to share in their sports, and to help them in their tasks. 2. Captiousness means the disposition to find fault to "pick flaws" in what another say or does, when there 1s no real occasion for doing so. No speech, lecture or sermon which captious people hear is without some serious fault or other. And you can hardly state the simplest thing in their presence in such way as to make it impossible for them to correct it Often the correction is at some point so trifling and immaterial that you feel like charging them with stupidity, did you not know that their conduct was due wholly to a perverse spirit of cavilling. And their corrections are usually made in such a tone as to ruffle your spirits and make you feel very uncomfortable, especially if there are others present Captiousness, at times, makes its pos sessor appear in a very ridiculous light Because they who have this quality must -differ with everybody and on almost every subject, it so happens that sometimes they are caught saying very different things about the same subject on the same day. Thus neighbor Grater was known to advise farmer Cropwell, who was saving his fodder one morning in AnguBt to cease from that work and at once sow turnips. On passing by farmer Thrifty's an hour or two after that, he saw him engaged in sowing turnips. " Why, larmer," said he, "you are standing very much in your own light to be away from your fodder on this bright day." The two iarmers com pared notes that night and had a hearty laugh at Jur. ureters expense. The genial man, on the other hand, seems to seek after points in which he can agree with you, and does not dwell with pleasure upon the points of diner' ence. In candor he calls your attention to the latter, but in a manner not to irritate and leave a sting behind. With the captious man you dislike to argue, Not so with the genial man. . It is rather pleasant to discuss with him even .those matters about which men differ most, whether political, social or religious. Controversy between genial men seldom produces mischief, v But one captious man may lay the foundation for .life long feuds between parties who should live together in brotherly harmony. Seeming to delight in misrepresenting and putting provokingly false construc tions upon what you say, he worries and exasperates you and . all your friends. Tim Boyle and his sister Judith will, I fear, do the world much harm when they crow up. JNotning that mother, father, teacher or any one else can do suits them.- Judith-finds fault with either the color, shape, or fit of every garment her mother makes her. And the trim mings are generally " so unsuitable," that I am told, she sometimes throws the garment on the floor, and tries to tear off the costliest trimmings. As to Tim no boy in school plays the game in the- right way for him. This one " fudged," another . had too many trials," a third did not hold his band right," and there was something wrong in what every one aia. &na now we boys dislike to have him In their games. Ned Witt However,' generally manages to get up Buch a refreshing laugh at Tim's expense that they allow him to take a hand sometimes just for the fun thev are sure to nave in that way. 3. . Sullenness is the third quality op posed to Geniality. fe i When one has cultivated Harshness a long time,' there are said to be marks of it left upon his forehead .-and; brow. These marks are not natural, bat eome from long practice. Captiousness long indulged in leaves corresponding marks upon the eye and the nose. ' While Sul lenness makes for itself a throne in the mouth and jaws.- - .,.). i And a person who has thoroughly de veloped this dark side of his nature and is utterly lacking in Geniality1 frowns and knits his brows, looks fierce and turns up his nose," and locks his month and chin as unlovely an object as can well be imagined. .' Sullenness is usually' indicated by a disagreeable kind ox BUenee. cauea Taciturnity. You must not confound this with another kind of silence called Reticence. A man is said to be reticent when he . habitually, keeps secrets en trusted to him, and has a large share of that Prudence, which leads him to meas ure his words and not to say too much on any subject He joins very sparingly in any conversation on dangerous or hurtful subjects a thing to be com mended. But Taciturnity usually arises from one's being in a bad humor, or of an unsocial spirit . And when the sullen man does open his mouth to speak, you instinctively fear that some fiery bolt will be discharged at you. Children are presented with these sketches that they may in time feel the importance of cultivating Geniality.' It must at once appear, to them how unlovely the want of it is, and how little good they can hope f to do in the world without it When your manner is such as to repel . and banish people from you, how can you do for them as you know you should in the way of helping, advising and teaching them 1 If you are harsh, fault finding and grum, who will remain in your company, or seek your friendship? Many, a man has wondered why people are so unsocial, the fault lying really in his lacking himself those traits which draw men to him. I must add that much here depends upon the treatment which children re ceive during the period ot infancy and early childhood. Mothers ignorant, selfish, indolent; nurses, mere hirelings, seeking to " mind " the child with the least trouble to themselves, by their joint action, and inaction too, manage to sour the temper and chafe the spirits of the helpless child, from day to day, and month to month, until all sunshine and sweetness are banished out of its life. . And then, when, in after years, the boy or girl manifests these hateful traits which we have described, there is no little wonder expressed that it should be so. considering how amiable and companionable father and mother are. But ! Ordaining Ministers. There has recently appeared in the Recorder an editorial, and some refer ences afterwards, to the matter of or daining ministers. We read in the sixth chapter of Luke that our Master prayed much before choosing the twelve. "Aud it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day he called unto him his disciples : and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named Apostles." Did not Christ mean some thing by thus spending all night in prayer! And 1 think this was the only night mentioned as having been spent entirely in prayer by our Saviour. The Pharisees were communing one witn another what they might do to Jesus, and to-morrow he was to assume the stupendous responsibility of ordaining twelve apostles, and he continued all night in prayer. The Pharisees were bounding his footsteps ail through ms ministry, but we don't read of his con tinuing all night in prayer, until he ex pects, by the light of the coming mor row, to ordain twelve men to preach the everlasting gospel. What a lesson ! Christ did not necessarily mean that those who are called upon to ordain ministers should continue all night in prayer before laying hands on the can didates, but he did mean to teach the great importance of much prayer. Mucn prayer on the part of the church which calls for the ordination, much prayer on the part of the candidate for the minis try, and much prayer on the part of the presbytery, would result in much good to the cause of Christ. THAT SERMON. Last Sunday night, after having the usual prayer-meeting at my house, and after making a talk in French to an ap preciative little audience, I felt so buoy ant in spirits that I did not get to sleep for some time. But by the light of the lamp I tried to utilize the time by read ing Bro. J. W. Perry '8 sermon in the Recorder on " One Baptism." l was delighted, and I ask every Baptist in North Carolina, and elsewhere, to get the Recorder and read it. It will not hurt Pedobaptists to read it, but it may hurt their churches! oly wife and my self are the only Baptists in this city as far as my knowledge extends, and l am surely prepared to appreciate such a ser mon. If I had not read it, I would have missed much, but the editor's item called my attention to it Some of the French have asked us repeatedly if we had bad our little Ruth Koyall, four montbs old, "baptized." If I bad Rev. J. W. Perry's sermon printed in French, I could hand them something to show more plainly why I have not done it. But thank the Lord, the French allow religious tolera tion. " LETTER "WRITING." I see in the Recorder this week some sound words on this subject. Letters from America are certainly appreciated in my house ; and our hearts are oii.cn cheered by the sand words oi our xnends far away over the ocean. But some of my brethren to whom 1 have written, have failed to reply. The Recorder is responsible for these words, "to neg lect to answer a letter when written to, is as uncivil as to neglect to reply when spoken to." Does it not look cruel as well, to grasp a missionary's hand be fore leaving the shores ef his native land, and literally beg him to write to you, and then not answer his letters! I feel like speaking of one of the noblest men on . American soil. : Dr. Ed ward Jadson certainly knows how to answer letters promptly, and cheer a mission ary's heart' even when he can send him only ink and piaper. - Kind words and kind assurances oi good-will, are often as badly needed as money. Give my love to all the North Carolina breth ren, t Pray for us. - - - w v Algiers, Africa, Aug. 10, 1887. Giving, and, Receiving. f? mL.' . "UJ-U tn 1 .1 Ll ro is a uiiuuisb muuu wui gruvei low in the dost for gain t and : there IS also a pride that will not bend gracefully to receive a favotr There are people who dread to be under obligation, and cannot rest until they think they have repaid it kTet is it not one kind of self ishness that witnoids irom a xnena trie pleasure of giving t True generosity is freer and broader than this ; it accepts in gratitude what Is offered in Kindness. while it stands ever ready to bestow what is possible upon those who may heed it . It is a great mistake to think that kindness consists ' only in giving; Quite as often and as pleasingly is it shown by receiving in a glad and grate ful manner the tundnes offered by oth ers, : Our Bute of Giving. B'X THOMAS DIX02T, JR., , Raleigh Baptist Tabernacle, Aug. 33th, 1857. He which toweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly ; aad he which sovreth bountifully, snail reap also bountifully. Every man, accordingly as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingty or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver." a Cor. lx, o ana . The law of liberality is one that God teaches to man in numberless forms. It is not only interwoven with the whole fabric of His word, but it is written across the face of Nature in the smiles she so lavishly bestows on man. Where ever you look, above, beneath, or around you, there meets the eye, in .some form, an exemplification of this great troth which Paul so clearly stated to the Go rinthiana." The clouds build up their mountainous forms by borrowing from ocean, lake and river which freely give of their substance. The cloud, not un mindful of its obligation to the source of its strength, drifts o'er the earth, freely opens its arms, refreshes the soil and rem le the river, late ana ocean, otars . and planets borrow their light from the sun, never hoard it for selfish purposes, but with it fill the heavens with beauty when the sun has left them darkened. Trees and flowers drink from earth and air the matter that they need, but build that matter up into forms of endless beauty and symmetry, exhaling pure oxygen and rare perfumes, .nature always acts under big-hearted, liberal impulses, and one of her first laws is never to be mean or stingy, and if she ever is, the embodiment of that mean ness is considered a "freak of nature," and is exhibited for the wonder of man kind. In the text before us there is given, I. A STATEMENT OP THE LAW. Sow sparingly, reap sparingly, sow bounti fully, reap bountifully. This is one of the first principles of God's word that became early fixed in my life as part of my living creed, aomenow i always did have faith in the promises pledged under that law in the Bible, and never failed to see that faith verified by actual facts in life. I remember once, when quite a youth, putting into the contri bution box a whole quarter, all I bad, too, and wondering where on earth I'd get any more the next week, speculating, too, all the time with some interest as to how the Lord would manage to in crease my iortune. rsut it was aone, and in an entirely unexpected manner, and so abundantly that my little gift seemed too small instead of dangerously large as at first. I have never known a man to give to God whose fortune was not bettered by it. One of the wealthiest Baptist brethren in the State said to me recently, speaking on this point " Two years ago I had given largely to benev olent objects, and was urged to give a h undred dollars to Wake v orest. l owed a good deal of money, and prospects were not bright, but I strained a point and did it Two or three "weeks after wards I received a telegram urgently asking that I give two hundred dollars more. I wanted to, but felt that I could not do it the notes that I had outstandj ing were falling due, and it was with great difficulty 1 could command money to meet them. I had already felt keenly the need of what I had previously given, but after prayerfully considering it, I decided to make the sacrifice, and did it. It was a sacrifice, and I felt it em phatically so then, and sometime after wards. But somehow," and a tear here stole down his face " well, somehow, I made more money that year than ever before in my life, though I couldn't tell just how it happened." The truth is, a liberal spirit of sacri fice in giving creates as well as indicates large capacities of nature, Broad views and great powers of acquisition. The broad gauge man is the man who gets rich, not the man who lays up his earn ings in an old stocking and dies in wretchedness, forgetting to tell the world where be has hid it. Alexander the Great, when a boy, in sacrificing to the gods one day, seized a double handful of precious frankincense and threw it upon the altar. Leonidas, bis teacher, reproved him for such extravagance Alexander afterward, as bis victorious army swept in triumph over the world, conquered the country from whence frankincense came. He remembered the incident of his youth, and sent as a single present to Leonidas, ($3,000,000) three million dollars worth of frankin cense, witn tne message, never to be stinted in gifts to the gods. Standing before God, the giver of all wealth and power, tne greater your gut in propor tion to wnat you nave, tne more god like the act, and the more do you thus bring your nature into harmony with the nature of God. A niggardly investment shows little confidence' in the enterprise, whatever may be its character, and large returns need not be expected. A man invests his money only in that in which he has iaitn. xne man wno says ne nas faith in his Lord and Saviour, and yet invests nothing in Bis cause, Is either Ignorant of nts duty - or is deceiving himself, having really no faith at all. A pro fessed christian was once arguing religion witn an mndel, and was thus silenced - un, snu. up i iou aon t oeueve a word you are saying, for to my certain knowledge you have not given in the last twenty years, to the cause of re ligion, as much as you paid for your last Durham cow. Why, man, if I believed the half of "wnat you pretend to believe, giving to that cause would be the first rule of my life, all other things second ary." There was no answer to such arraignment as that except to bow the head in shame. " For where thy treas ure is, there will thy heart be also.' The man who puts all his treasure in the world, has all his heart there along with bis money. I knew a deacon in a Bap tist cnurcn in jm ortn Carolina, worth twenty-five thousand dollars, who gave mty cents a year to ms pastor's Baiary, and loaned his' pastor money at eight percent, interest, and considered that be was doing him a great favor at that3 He never got more than a dollar's worth' out of his religion In a rear either. 'He lived a hard, mean life; he was a slave to toil and drudgery, and raised a family of slaves.' The man who sows a peck of wneat cant expect to gather a barn full. With a liberal heart' backed bv such untiring industry, that old deacon could have been a happy man, and one of great wealth; as it is, he is neither happy nor, very wealthy, and never will be. I know of a village, where the people used to be stingy, narrow-minded and itrno' rant. They promised their preacher a small salary, and paid him less than half . i ... u-ey ' promiwa,' a gooiy man' came among them who taught the blessedness of giving. 1 They were tired of the mean life they had led and learned, with alacrity. " Where they paid two hundred dollars for all objects, they learned in less than two years to give more than two thousand. Ah, you should have seen the chancres, manrie chances that came over the lives and homes of those people. ; You should have seen the tears roll down the cheeks of bard hearted men, weeping in sympathy for the woes of heathen and strangers, of whose , ex istence they used to be oblivious I As their horizon broadened, the meaning of life grew deeper and lheir joy of being a christian sweeter. How God blessed that church, and through it the whole village I The very spirit and character of ithe people ' were changed. Where there was narrowness, meanness and ignorance,, there came generosity, love and culture. ,THB RULE BT WHICH WE ARE TO vvhYthb this law. - That is, we are to give as the heart purposeth, or as our better natures dictate, and not grudg ingly, or under pressure of necessity, in ancient times, before the revelation of God to man was complete and man was being taught by slow degrees up to that point at which he could receive the higher and sweeter revelation that came through Christ the rule of giving was laid down in a fixed rate. One tenth of the year's income, was what the law fixed as the part due the Lord, and was duly rendered unto him, be it large or be it small. This law has never been abro gated, but a higher one added to it the higher unwrittenn law that embraces, upholds and infinitely expands the scope of the statute. The good citizen pays the taxes levied by the government on him, for he owes it to society for the protection given. But this is not all he owes his race he should love it And for that reason do more, and 'doubly so if he is prosperous. Thank God, we are seeing this law, this higher law fulfilled to-day in more wonderful ways than ever before ! We see not only the taxes paid, but we see the domes of a great hospital rising in the midst of the squalor and wretchedness of the city, and they tell us that a citizen, because of the prompt ings of that law of love has set aside with one stroke of his pen three millions of dollars to build a home for the sick and distressed! He followed the dic tates of a hi; heart and silenced the self ishness of human nature. A big heart throbs here, and a home of the orphan is built 1 A big heart throbs yonder, and a college is endowed! Ah, my brother. you are called to this higher law of lib erty, whatever may be your capacities pt brain or wealth. The rule given you is to follow the prompting of a loving, christ ian heart "as he purposeth in bis heart, -so let him give." Follow the promptings of your better nature. We dont liv our best impulses thev are beaten down too often by the more vio lent, rampant, principles of selfish hu manity. There are not so many mean men in the world after all. if we could only see the good that throbs in their nearts mat is never allowed ta act itself out in life. Beneath the exterior there tnroDS in every neart the ideal of a higher and nobler life that we are con scious of not Quite reachine. When your heart whispers to you to do a noble thing fcr the cause of God and human ity. put your hand on the throat of the devil, hurl him back and tell him hands off! Let the higher impulse have its way God has promised you shall be blessed in it. Beat down your selfish nature, not your nobler, as did that old deaf deacon who painfully listened to his pastor's sermon on giving, deter mined to give five, ten. twenty, and finally fifty dollars to the cause in hand But as the box went round, his figures went down mil Irom ni ty to twenty, ten, five, and finally, just as he had about concluded to give nothing, the box reached him, his hand was on his purse. the eyes of the congregation and his Lord upon him, and suddenly realizing his true position, gave his whole purse, with the unconsciously audible remark "Wow squirm, old naturP Would that we could all meet the devil as success fully when he would thwart our best resolves. Christ pointed to the widow as the highest example of true liberal ity, because her act indicated a grand neart purpose, xne widows means wouldn't allow her to fulfill the dictates of her heart. What does Christ say as he looks upon you giving one dollar when your heart tells you, that you can and ought to give ten! 111. THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE TO this law. rne love oi uoa sucn a reward! We, too, love liberality love it in nature, love it In man, as God loves it in us. The diamond is the most pre clous of all stones it is always in taste never out of style and never will be as long as the world stands, xet the dia mond is of no more value in the dark neds than the runt, because darkness robs it of the essential act of its exist ence namely to freely give back the light it receives. Flood the diamond with light and back comes every ray sparkling and quivering with beauty bor rowed from the bright reflector's form So the world loves and prizes it above all rivals. So, too, we love those who give and sacrifice for us the father who spent his life in struggling to make us better men thau he ever had a chance to be the mother whose unnumbered sleepless nights for us have written them selves so pathetically in those lines across her once fair brow the hero who risks all and gives up his life on the battle's bloody field ! We love them and enthrone them in our hearts because they were liberal to us, and gave as the heart said give, sacrifice or no sacrifice. What we give to God, then,' is laid up in a love fund that' continuously draws interest, and. all this. over and above the joyous returns he gives in worldly things. No flood, no flame, no calam-r ity can touch that which you have thus stored with the Lord! . It is beyond the reach of chance. -.Napoleon spent his Hie in mad pursuit of weal th, power and fame, and gained' them, but forgot to invest his goods Id the eternal fund. He did invest a little that be never1 lost. During his prosperity ! he built a home for the orphan girls of the soldiers of the Legion of Honor at Ecoaen. After he had returned from bis first banishment,; ana during the Drier, bat fearful Strug gle that followed, he went oat to Ecouen one day to look at the orphanage. The girls all crowded out to' see their great benefactor, with' hearts filled with love and gratitude,! One of them timidly approached him, drew from her band ring, placed it upon his, and asked him to accept it In token ot her love. The rest of her companions, seeing his smile of approval, rushed upon him and loaded every finger with rings, and covered his hands with kisses 1 Napoleon returning: to ms carriage with his eyes filled with tears, exclaimed," Ah, for the first lime in my life I have tasted what hap- Tttnnoa tat InM Vi a jhm bW v Amfitv.. pinesslsr Amid the crash of empires! that investment remained to him. It stood the charge of the Iron, Duke at Waterloo it stood when the Old Guard went down amid the storm of flood and firej that swept the field 1 It remained his amid loneliness, exile and death! The Lord loveth a cheerful giver, and thet power of that love encircles ' and blesses him here, amid a . world of sin and uncertainties. Plant well your for tune here, my friend, and joy, happi ness the love op God, are air yours From Greenville. After many "perils by water," not so exciting but longer continued than Bro. Broughton s experience, we reached our home in time to preach on Sunday, hav ing taken one week in coming from Lau- rinburgto Greenville. The church re ceived us with every mark of kindness, and have sought in many ways to make us comfortable and happy. The people, generally.' have manifested the 'most friendly spirit : so that we may almost feel as if this were our old rather than new home. I have beeu favorably impressed both with the church and the field. Collec tions have been taken every month during the past year for Thomasville Orphanage and over 852 has been raised. The Sunday school and prayer-meeting both have been well sustained in the absence of any pastoral service. Some oi the brethren run a school in the counj try in the afternoon which promises well. i lound the church organized in its finan cial plans and prompt to raise the salary for the first month, with a readiness to take part in general work. This is a gratifying condition of things. Xhe church-house will be. when com pleted, all that could be desired. As a place of worship and work, it will be admirably adapted to the wants of the congregation. As a memorial, it will be fitting and worthy. The whole has been admirably planned and honestly execu ted. No money has been wasted. The building will not only meet the wants of the present but of many succeeding gen erations. I do not see why it should not stand for a thousand years. The idea of its being a memorial of the organiza tion of our Convention made it neces sary to build substantially for all time. ii possible. And why should we not so build? Our children will need churches; and we should, in building for ourselves, consider their wants also. To act oth erwise is not only to waste money, but to act upon the principle of the pioneer who builds a temporary shelter of poles, expecting to replace it with something better so soon as he is able. Let every church build the best house of worship possible, and consider not only present needs but also what the future will re quire. If any mistake was made in pro jecting thi house for the Lord, then those who built the churches of the mid dle ages, which excite to day the pride and even veneration of the christian world, did not build so' wisely after alL - J.- W.-WltDMAjr.- Our Country." The recent charge of plagiarism made against a certain prominent person has attracted considerable attention. I have this to suggest in explanation, if not in extenuation, of the alleged fault, viz., that the facts and arguments said to have been appropriated without ac knowledgment are startling and not easily forgotten ; indeed, one can hardly cross at any point the line which they pursue without surrendering to their 8 way any individuality which his previ ous conceptions might have had. lhe book which was the occasion of this unpleasantness is the one which I wish to commend to all the readers of the Recorder. It has so widened my own horizon and added intelligence and strength to my interest in the future Christian history of this countiy, that I should be glad of its wide distribution. The full title of the little volume is Our Country : Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis. It was prepared for the American Home Missionary Society by Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong. It may be had by addressing Baker & Taylor Co.. a Bond at, aew xork, the price being nity cents in ciotn binding and twenty five cents in paper. The motto inscribed on the title page is a saying of .Emerson's: "We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another name for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race." The motto fits well the ruling idea of the book, which is the idea of tremendous crisis in our present history, not only as that history affects America, but as it affects the des tiny of the world. The national perils occupy the writer in the greater part of tne space, immigration, Romanism, Mormoni8m, Intemperance, Socialism, Wealth, and the City. These several subjects are discussed with a freshness. clearness, and power but rarely observed. bo tnat one wonders and trembles before the glowing picture. The whole is the strongest possible argument for the im mediate and thorough evangelization of the entire country. Prof. Austin Phelps says of it in the Introduction: "This is a powerful book. . . . Its great strength lies in its facts. . . . The book will speak for itself to every man who careB enough for the welfare of Our country to read it, and who has intelli gence enough to take in its portentous: etory." W L. Poteat. ... To drink and thirst again is the dis appointment of the world. To drink and never thirst again is the portion of the gospel. V My blessed hope," said- a dying Christian, " is worth a thousand worlds." This is the grand discovery the summum bonum, indeed. God would have us rejoice in our labor en joy our earthly blessings; but not rest in them.1 Let earth be the cistern only, not the fountain. Let its best blessing be loved after him, for him as the sun beam of bis love. -Let nothing of earth be our rest God never intended so poor a portion for his redeemed ones. Our rest . is built : upon unchangeable promises. Meanwhile, the real - joy, is when Ood is the center, and the Savior (as one of the German Reformers beau tifully expresses it) is to us the treasure and the key of all the good things of God. -Bridges. . t . Ideas do not die in their beds. ' They are shot down in the streets, tortured at the rack, burned at the stake and cru cified on the cross, and the' more they are slaughtered the more they live. Like human souls their, immortal work begins with death. r-Exch. - ! - - -a The strongest men are lhe. most ten der-hearted. The . coolest and sweetest waters flow f run under the greatest rock. From Rev. G. W. Gardner. The Work at,, Morganton Improve- meat of House of Worship Revival i 'at mekry.!et"; 'V -1 :n'n '' I ; Bear Recorder The brethren at Mor ganton now worship In a very neat and attractive audience room. They have recently carpeted - their church, and made v other, substantial improvements, which, add, greatly to its comfort and appearance. These are a noble band of faithful brethren and -sisters, and it al ways cheers the 'pastor to go among them. They are so kind and seem so willing ,to carry out,, any suggestions which may be made. ' Owing to pro tracted sickness in my family I have not done the pastoral work there that would otherwise have, been done, and yet the work goes on. ..A noble young man was baptized there a few weeks ago, and oh the day Of his baptism Wake Forest was talked into him. I.think he will go to college.;: t;, ... , . At Hickory we are. having a revival all of the time, "without ' any protracted meeting: 'Three joined us by letter this week, and we are to baptize a young man at our next appointment The pas tor can carry on a meeting here without ministerial aid, as so many of the breth ren are ready to speak for the Master when the occasion requires it The pas tor's salary is paid.. quite promptly at both churches, and they will pay their pledges In fail for missions and more than pay them. We want to be "not a whit behmd the chief est" There are no better church collectors than B. F. Whiteside and M. P. Hildebrand. G. W. Gardner. " Hickory, N. C, Sept. 2d, 1887. Union Meeting, The delegates from the churches of the western section of the Eastern As sociation met with the church atBeulah, Bampson county, JN. c, Friday before the fifth Sunday in July. The intro ductory sermon was preached by Rev. J. W. Powell from Matthew 27: 22. Rev, O. M. Matthews, our Moderator. called the meeting to order. Permanent officers were then elected, resulting in the choice of Rev. O. M. Matthews for Moderator: Bro. W. H. Thompson. As sistant Moderator; L. K. Taylor. Clerk, and Rev. J. L. Britt Treasurer. After completing some unfinished business, some important queries were taken up and discussed. The general ' work of our meetinar showed that the brethren were inter ested and alive with energy, and, we think, fully .determined, with the help of God, to make oar Union a success. The attendance was very large, and no people has labored more earnestly and constantly for the good of the visiting brethren than those of that community : that their services were properly appre ciated, was evidenced by the many re marks we heard in regard to their kind ness. Bro. Mills, of the Orphanage at Thomasville, was in attendance on Son day, and made us an able and earnest speech. He is fully consecrated and alive to the interest of orphans. A col lection was taken in behalf of the or phans. Our Union will meet next at Bethel, Sampson county. Introductory sermon by Rev. J. L. Stewart. L. K. Taylor, Clerk. Voiceless Christians. The proportion of church members who are in the habit of taking part in the devotional meetings of the church is, as a ruie, aepioraoiy small, it a larger proportion of the members would take part, bringing to the service their varied 'experiences and fresh modes of thought and expression, there would be les3 occasion for wishing that the lay element mignt be altogether silenced. Every christian, if he is a christian, has his peculiar experiences of the love and grace of his .Lord. His testimony with regard to such experiences, simply and truthfully told, could not fail to prove of real value to every . other believer. But the testimony of christians to the truth of the gospel is the most powerful means of persuading the unconverted to accept the truth. Would it not be well for those brethren who think they cannot take part in the meetings of the church, and therefore have joined the great army of voiceless christians, to give these things their candid and pray erful consideration! Let them ask them selves: "Am I doing as the Lord would have me do in this matter! Have I nothing to say for Him t Am I with holding, through pride or false modesty, that which I ought to give?" Such questions, we are persuaded, would un loose many a speechless tongue, and give to the churches rich and blessed store of experiences, of which they are now wrongfully deprived. Examiner. Powpr of the Gospel. The success of the Gospel in most of the South Sea Islands, when once intro duced by the" missionaries or native preachers, was very remarkable ; but there were Individual instances of de termined opposition , and , obstinacy which sorely tried the faith of those who labored among the people. And yet in many striking instances the pow er of Divine truth mightily prevailed. On one occasion, at the close of a faith ful sermon preached by the missionary in Raiate, an old man stood up and exclaimed : , . r "My forefathers worshiped Oro. the god of war, and so do L, nor- shall any thing that yon can say persuade me to forsake this way." rj -iT "And," continued he, addressing the missionary, " what do,' you want more than you have already f Have you not won over most of the chiefs, and even Pomare , himself ? What more do . you want!" ... . "All all the people of Raiate and you yourself I want" replied the missionary. "No, no," cried the - old-man ; ' me you shall never have!, I will do as my fathers have done 1 1 will worship Oro. You shall never have me, I assure you." - Little, however, did this man under-' stand the power and love of God. Such was the effect of the Gospel upon his heart shortly afterward, that within six months front that time this inveterate adherent of Oro,' the Moloch of the Pa cific, abandoned his idol and became a consistent worshiper of the true and liv ing God.-M issionary Anecdotes. , - '' Let us be careful only of the quality of our work that It j be thorough, gen uine, simple-hearted, the best that is in us, the best that can come out of us. And above alL let us leave success to God, who is a just task-master. Gas- - Special Notices charged 20 cents' a line, "p " No contract made for every-other-week adver tisementi "or for special position In paper. Obituaries, sixty words long, are inserted free of charge. When they exceed this length, one cent for each word must be paid la advance,- : SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. September 25th; 1887. IRe-arrangedrom the Senior Quarterly. THE DIVINE MISSIONARY. ' Matt 4: 12-16. GOLDEN TEXT. i As thou has sent me into the 'world, even so have I also sent them into the world. John xvii, 18. ; THE LESSON. I 12. Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee. i,fI3- And leaving lasareth, he came and dwelt in Capernanm,: which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Neph thalim : , . .' I 144 That it might be fulfilled which was 'spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying. f rg. The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; ; .16. The people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. 12. John teas east into prison. For account of John's imprisonment and death, see Matt xiv, 113. Departed into QalUee. For more particular ac count 01 mis, see Jonn iv, 13. 'T IS.' And leaving Nazareth. ? Nazareth had been up to this time his home. He now leaves it, never more to return. From this time he goes abroad among men, to do a missionary's work the work of preaching the gospel and of helping and saving men. ... Dwelt in Ca pernaum. This was doubtless chosen by, our. Lord as his place of residence because it was in itself an excellent field' for missionary activity, and the natural centre of a wide stretch of country round about Zabulon and Nephthalim. To the north and west of the Sea of Galilee. 14. That it might be fulfilled. Christ's whole life was a fulfillment of prophecy. : 15. The way of the sea, etc L e. along the sea coast, up to the sources of the Jordan, and over the part of Galilee lying nearest Syria. All through these regions Jesus went preaching. 16. Sat in darkness. Apparently eon tent with their ignorance. The region and shadow of death. Sin not only brings ignorance and superstition but' moral and spiritual death. Light. The light of the glorious gospel, incarnated in Christ and now preached among men. Practical Lessobs. n 1. Like Jesus, we should be willing to leave our homes to help and save the perishing. 2. Like him, also, we should be careful to choose the best possible field for work. 3. The heathen are still sitting in darkness, and in the region and shadow of death. 4, It is only by the gospel they may be enlightened and saved. Ours a neathen JTorld Many persons have a very wrong idea of the condition of our world They think it is a christian world; all full of gospel light, except a small part, a few corners as it were, that are heathens and need to be enlightened. The very op posite of this is the fact Our world is a heathen world, a dark and benighted world, a lost and ruined world; with only a very small part enlightened by the gospeL We ourselves live in the light and it is hard for us to realize that nine tenths of the whole world is to-day . in the darkness of Catholicism or pagan ism. But it is so. .r j Lord Radstoek has made a careful survey of the needs of the mission work in India, where modern mission work, has been done on the largest scale ; and he finds that 10,000 additional mission aries are needed in India to-day. If these are needed in India, then twice that number, or 20,000, are needed in China, and as many in Africa. And I hesitate not to say that 50,000 additional missionaries are needed to-day to occupy stations now open and waiting in vain to be nlled. The three States, Missis sippi, Georgia, and Alabama, have to day probably more ministers of the gospel and more church members than all the heathen world, yet these three States think they have not ministers enough nor gospel privileges enough, but want more. And in order that the Catholic and heathen world should have as many gospel ministers in proportion as the State of Mississippi has to-day, 1,250,000 more missionaries would have to be sent out, in addition to those already in the field. - JUST BEGTJ2T. The work of giving the gospel to the heathen has in reality just begun. The great battles for the world's redemption are-yet to be fought The strongholds of Satan are yet to be assaulted. jAnd, oh, what struggles are yet to be I What mighty undertakings, what dying in the great attack, what shoutings of those who shall live through the great victory, who can know f But the beginning of the mighty end is upon us now U. And it ought to encourage us to know that If we act well our part now, when the great end shall come, and the final great triumph of our Lord on earth be re vealed, then it will appear that we bad j also a hand in firing the great train in beginning the great work of our Lord's great victory over his foes on earth.' G. Whitfield in Southern Baptist He- cord. V : ... :, The Law and Poison. The use of strong ' drink produces drunkenness; drunkenness breeds crime 1 and endangers public and private safety. If a man's " individual habits ? are dan-., gerous, has not the. public a right to "Interfere" and prevent him from In-' dtugingln these habits r The law inter' feres with the Individual habit of taking i opium by severely coercive measures;; the law will not let a man buy . poison, r M 1 , I X 3 X . .A i eveu ll ub UU17 uhsuub w use ii upuu nimseiu-nauway Age. '-!- ' In the'power of the Spirit' of God we realize the oneness of the Church both in heaven and earth, and the spirit of just men made perfect are in union with v. us. " No gulf divides the militant from the triumphant; we are one army of the. living God. We sometimes speak of the, holy dead; bat there are none such 'ti they live unto God lSpurgeon. j. . V- - 'i - -- -I You must love in order to understand love. One act of charity will teach us more of the love of God than a thousand : sermons. , Busy lives, like busy waters, are gen erally pure. Stagnant lives, like stag nant pools, breed corruption. n . 1
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