iff.
Tho BibUcal Recorder,
'-I Si. t 'Tlf-
.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1888.
' Baptists believe In. voluntary religion.
It is a matter that every one ought to
decide-for iiimseLf, . Infanta can cot
choose for themselves, and .to, tbey ere.
- not proper.subjects of baptism ; they are
not riffling "iabjecs70ne reasonof
i ur opposition to the' anion , of Church
. and State Is the fact that such union
VontraveneV Jthls votuSiry - principle."
i All citizens are members of 'the State"
Church, whether' willing or. not.' Oar
Baptist forefathers were taxed : for the
support of the State Church, and sp oor
' - -people are tt jealous of anything like
' taxation or Bjwessment but inslfit't on
volUtdrp 'Logt But, as hsual, sognev
; 1 . hive gone from one extreme to the other.,
Opposing compulsory giving for rlig.
ions pposesV"soe ba
- oppose all gl ving'J We need to bear In'
mind, that the question is not between
giving and not giving, bat between com
fxilsor ilag-saifl 'voluntary giving.;
Hie Bibleputs; byocjd idisfiate thedutjr
of giving ejwhilTmab
; nestly that this giving, should bevolun-
taryr..we d not believe that any are at
fibertyo close; theireartsdf the fr.
1 ' purse and 'give ' ng,7Xnd we' be
V live that the churches ought to with
draw fellowship from thoto who have of
1 this " world's ! goods; and declines ' to
, - ' 'honor the Lord with their substance.
'If one should fail to see that this, is
(voluntary giving, we' reply that no one
- Of his own free-will, he takes upon him,
' 'l in bis bapUsm,rvowa it consecration, to'
Christ declaring-fcli purpose to observe
Kiarefullythe reniplrements p: thf rdi
; If he is so forgetful -of these yows'aa "i
houd tip hie worldly goods: and give
' nothing to the cause of Christ-' and ho-
. inanity, he chooses I 'covetoueness rather
Uuu; consecration,', and the " church
f-; . should treat him accordingly. But this
voluntariness is seen especially In the
amount of our gifts, and the choice of
objects' to which we shall "give.. As to
the amount of oar gifts, Paul baa stated
. the principle': ' Every man according
' as be purposeth in bis beart;"nof grudg
ingly or of necessity; for God loveth a
1 ' cheerful giver.S Cor. 9: He does
Sk not iaje are to give or not as we pur
pose In our hearts. He takes for granted
?' that we win give, and urges that it be
cheerful and hearty. Elsewbere, how-
'M every thejtone apostle states' '' the meaa-
; ore pfaVgif bs? : The be as
" (dod -bii'prbBpej 11; !pompring
this with other Scriptures, we find the
'minimum limit to be one tenth.? Beyond
? this limiW the Lord has left to our own
"f t eonsciencevr j'li w----'
likewise, we are to decide, each fpr
himself, what objecft are deserving and
jrorthypf ? oar yoritribationsc Here
; again we" are met by an? exception. ' The
v Scriptures eo" clearly teach "the duty of
-' ' pastoral support that it seems tons that
po member oagbJL to be e:ratss4fcs
i ntrrorfting according to bis ability to
- tae;Wupirt
. . -.i ( . . -it-:Ctj7ii--i I
teu himsetf as, to all these objects and
gikre to th worthy and Withhold frpm i
?toe i unworthy vk, utneianty we
pastors of our churches to explain to the
xeople the"' objects , which claim: their
"benevolehce,1 thal they may understand
whichr are c most .aeeerving anA oaviae ;
) their gifti accordingly. 'No leaaimpera-;
k" tTve is the doty resting npon the pastors ;
Q ibgiTeLthlB "people an .t9pprtanltyto
AMMtalkMf a a ViaBA AMaata ! fanw da
leread andlwilUng' to ive? bt thef 'do
; yi,t - . t - r . .f i .
elearly set before ;them,:theyr most de-;
lde for themselves. I
Aecordbgly, It veema to us unwise to'
make comparisons as to the relative lm-i
r h-K- :f y
; Ixrd-;wortaLet the pastor, elearly
set before the people the claims and the!
r.rlf h?drroentr:let those In
War of each cause earnestlv nrVe all
.fh viia PA..nna for T.m.MiitintT .nAh'
irJ j-a. i.
WVI t ) auvi itucu : a.u w
rtheir owh consciences dictate. virSi i
:'. Givinsr . should be iroluntary i i we
' should "give willingly and ' cheerfany-f
with .ihe facte before ua).we.: are 'tdi
decide apsn the objects and amounts?!
i our gifU, remembering' the ?1 iautationi
Sraboveoted. --?t j
". :;' : ;"'irri'i
it
..TJC
; vtSs. f . " u, I?0" hu" .
duty or for iniormatioo t; If yon 'desire
'-'f to.be instructed,; we;: will -say that we
ft thinkvyotrare your " brother's keeper.
; . whirl of' business arid, the exactions ttf
-; ; aeUUhneaa, maoy . do not take tiin ti
vbeeame aoqaainted with the members
of V household of faith,nor to take any
, -7Tr-.i I tnemben aery interMUaette We
s that voa have lost much ol the skill re 1 u'.J t-i j -r w.j i.
Squired for its performance. In the busy lm-:te'-ia w M,f V fJi3Wi
' . "'. interest in those with whom they-arl
v'aw i.i'iimMti" :-.J-
" men who are in .almost every comma -
i r. r : " , z . , t ' - "B nave aooui 9 memoers; 1
v nity, members or Baptist churches, who Jf Contributions: State Mhslons; notbl
feel .Isolated and alohe, because tbe ing; Home Missions, nothing; ? Associai
;' t,. v,A.'l.nnntU fh.iil k'Wr tion&l ! MissIousJ hothlncr ;.'Poriiflnf U.-
liafA h.i nnnntlnpii hv thnir hpAthrWrir'
H! r' . vr-
who live around them. ' This loneliness
.lis especially oppressive," because, in
1 many Instances, these people have left
. behui) the sweet and hallowed religious
; v associations, h The vast husineBs opera-
?ltlon'of this country have brought the
jwhole people ? into a- common eommu
..nity. And mcnengsged In telegraphy,
,; railroad ailirg, and commerce, are eon
" stantly changing their, places of resi
': derice. Young men especially are daily
v thrdwnii&to strange communities,' where
- the temptations -to evil are numerou?,
and wbf re tbe Inliuenees to piety are
- weak. ; it is the duty of every christian
. to be on the watch for such strangers,
: andf invit. ti.3t, with words of sym
pitilf, to the .' house .of God. There is
.- ' a tovo in tba State la which
cf peep!?,. nea tai wcn:en,
r .t i - .cad, v l. j pre tilcown to
. r-r L'.l-t-rs cf tbe c!:,rch .roQnd
them. The coldness and Iz,di2erence of
these church" members "Lavs ). driven
these strangers into places of amuse-'
ment, worldliness and sin. There ought
to be in every town chore!) a commit
tee, composed Of iuenand women, who
have the most pleasing address, and the
most attractive manners of any j in the
church, to beltnowq as The 'CbmmitteT
on ; Strangers. This committee should
feel It a high privilege, and a fsblemn
duty .to find outj the stranger: bv-the
to.wn, and halite then to '-'tb house of
Godyoand makethsm feel at borne
among the saints. And where there is
no such committee the churchTshould
regara useias a commniep oi me wnole
to attend to this important; master.
Hundreds of bur- Baptiet people 1 are
driftmg away fronf ixs evf ryeariwhb;
might be held and made osef ol, U par'
brethren would give 'themirberlyr:
attention ; which Uie .Fathers children
deserve.' 'It may be,' brother, that there
are'Ionely heartslust at your ,doorV
who : are ry earning; for s sympathy and
fellowship, ttf whom yon have' spoken
ot 9ne word of wetopme pr encourage
ment, ijxoa," may ; nave oeen IndrtTerent
to them, and yoa nia eontinae to be
iot jbat there are others who have not'
oeen ana "wno wi- not te.- . These
strange .lonely Baptists hav'eseen faces
that emued to i allure, -and - they have
heard Volees thai bavsung lo eharm
thfmlhto fihand rdnrth'e;iae been5
yitebda&)u tte aalooni.-j
?Not .ly-4s i there remlsaBteas In' this
narticnlar ontbs D&rt of mant tirofess--
' l togcbristian,ateTh'ir I
wanting the spirit, of cordiality rand I
Mnttly inMfeoane la; mhw-inuaiee&.l
Withany memlraof-theBame4Aarcb
The- mei&bere -divide themselves' Into; I
circles;' 'anoTno'one dares to break' over i
theundary,we. heaTa gopd deal I
abou jeeognition .in heaven, ibut , as
some odeshas said, ft Would be? far bet
ter'ifSre hadf little'mbre 'recognition
on jtbeiearthjpaslif - ineighbpr
ing State once said - reprovingly. ; to hia
people' I - suppose-When we et' to
beaTethVangel wftl jboCmetake
yoar.churcbrnp to' that amaranth grove'
and introduce them to eao other" ,C ,:
.In1l Kings and 20th chapter, we Bead
a parahje addsedbjj
king .In: these - words, " Behold a man
turned a&ide, and brought & man to me,
and :aid, Keep this - man if- byany
means he be missing, then shall thy Se
be "fbr his life f , , .And '" aathy i servant
waa busy here and there, be was gone."
OS let us remember that the Lord has
put men in our care," to "keep 'for him.
We are oar brothers f keepers,' ; Some
people are respectable church-members,
very res peotable members of society,but
they iare ' busy here "ahdthee,w; with
plf aanrwltiB,' aelfj wlth'Mohey,Lhd
the matt; given to- them Jo?, keepj 'is
goae-gone to raihL' - t- '.Cn -i , .
'ttt:i1:irtwwKvrfs3lS I
fl'B
a city caued.ln tne xxew xeatamenw
Thealonfcasvcitf whicli U aaid tQ be,
at the present time, rich and populous,
In
this Maceddnian city" Paal creached the
gospeL? A churchy com poeed largely of
converted heathen, who had ''turned to
- - ' - X
dbd .front idols to serve the Uvmg and
Urjjf ..pdsras pUheedeed,-
some say.tnai unnstianity naa never De-;
come exttnete in Tbessaloniea since its
stplantrnVt; -
(f aPaol tefd Jthwchurch Jin grateful, re-.;
jnembranceJ l He addressed : to her two
letter, iri the ffref bf ?which he ppeaks I
V - . ..... . . I
i mends the brethren as being :ensam:
pieeto;tAtba4beUeyt!ioeed
r 1 ?WV Lw -'.."JM -:-'-) i'V.-.r
Jl ahala , faAvn WAn 0aavj4&v Anw vKa
word of the .Lord nM only inacado!
-nla and Aohaia, but also in every place
our faith to God-ward isspread abmad."
fj
hodyf Their.,faithiand love, andope
tnem 4o incessant labors for God)
than' and.patient
of.
hardships, afflfotfons and persecutions:
t jShe was, therefore, a oieZ charcb.'
was,
"Padlrsayj as
much when he
calls the
brethren s nsBples'-iypes mdddsj
praisS and warm place in his bearCt
list OS now turn awayf rotn this model
church JoeOntem
other body ? whic li we witf (w bear to calf
by per. true name for Xear of offending1
but io' this writing we will epeak of bee
as Ibaths Shadow Baptist ChckchJ
-Thl ibcality :bt,tfit chMcliyoa)tteeinpi
f : iZnt 1Sncp afnOA rh?i rTi f ih iariff Uri
it-i t irii-ViS..' I
- - -- - ? - . - ,
j ueain ar on&aow xtapnac jnoren to
p tfii 1 v .. . , -. -' Association ' eeOdeth fcTeetiog;
Bear Brethren : We send .as deleeatei
.brethren Ak'aod htm I
' "Brother O fe preaching for ns no w
tsalary..v.-..iiiHswima4ti-:
1 ...a . i .. . . , ... .
t.cn.itxr..urMT'.hi.v.tw n
sions, nothing; Sunday Schools, noth?
ing : Thoaiasville Orphanage; -"nothing
Ministerial KducatiocL nothing; Minute
Fund, ttothlng. ? ?.pvxi. 1
"Brethren, we are few and weak; but
thank thd Lord, hdt art "strong in- the
v' It is difSeuIt to decide which proved
the 30re interesting the aggregate of
the contributions, or the strength of the
faith of Death1s Shadow Baptist churchL
Heaven save us from both the faith
and the works of such a charch !
'I Bat what about the problem Simply
this:. Imagine a line drawn .between
the Churches ofc Death's Shadow: and
Thesf iloc:. It will be a long line, f or
thcyiTre wide apart ia chiractrr and,
locality too, ; Along this line art piany,
very tury t.U jptUt- cliarches in; North
U.tro''aa. ;' ilany of them araia perilous
proximity to Death's Shadow; a bapj y
few are wrjl up the line towardi Thei-
a:Nl
salonica. This, then, is on a of the great
prot !ems for North Carolk v Bar lists to
solver. How can our chun e$ le moved
up the - line from Death's' Shu iow to
TheaafUonicat " i . . j. 4. -t
Is it not an interesting problem t ""
. j.X VALUABLE TRACT.
i ,The fAmerIcan:BaptUjt ; ablicatipn
Society is Issuing a series "of 'doctrinal
tracts, One of these- Is on the Parar
inount and Permanent Authority of the.
DiMa anJ x f n hw Tin TntYn A f
Broadus.- In his usual clear and forci
ble style" be shoVs" how neither reason
ChrUtian consciousness, the tendency of
the times, culture, the church, nor indi
vidual inspiration can be" an authority
el with the Bible: j Tbe re velatlon
is complete, and we need hot look for.
any new truth to be: revealed. ? Bafc
there may be progress In interpretation.
Research in Bible lands, physical sciehce
lingl8tie sfu($ies have belpediptfind
new meanings in the Bible. (,Pxovidence
has helped men io see truths taught In
theBible Jbhnthe fBaptiet had no
special revelation as to bow his mission,
was to end.; .He did not know,, till he
found himself In the duogeon not till
the" executlooet,, entered ! his "celL . He
learned from Providence.' r ,Porf 7
years ago therar tgseat contr9yersy
eoncerning the te jot Scriptarb ae
t sUver
i TOeieyIUej
f Neither of them was extreme Vugh tot
satisfy a laree' proportion -rof -his fol
lowers. Ta "je&ns later; a alto'ln1
nearly Impossible bythe fires of passion,,
owKraogeiyBcnpiarewas
haBdledbothiNorth5 and South! MuV I
to tj t. 5 ViV;lVU.rv-i'fi
WMWSs. I
we are 04onge eonsiaermg. uvimj
quest ion of politics land inorals, but .
question of ancient' history: r And,if I
rememoejjarigw; uxe great resiueus
many of qb, tn air parts of the coanrry,
are coming" arouad 'tbt aJbonV that wn3
cepUqnlProvidepce changes oar ftandr
point, and we see Soripture in a differ?
ent Hshfc i? w. .fiwtouia
li.il
61.
QtherJlI'atubnai given of . thia
principle, i'and : of , the,, importance h of
careful , investigation ; as to? the true
meaning of God's Vword, and the heces
wtyj of,- nnvarying, snpmUsioritb iit
authority. The ; traet f closes i with a
warningagainet" the" beginnings' of
departure fromGoda word,3
it: 5$K-rse-i, ...L jj,iui . .. ..i mi i..i
ALL THa Baptist ' Almanacs ! printed
for 1SSS were disposed of before Chrlst
inas. -Hundreds -o orders "couldOjt bf
filled t Will try to do better next year,
and print enough for every good'Baptlst
to get acbpy Tf ; any 6f ''obrhretbren
who-trdered Almanacs have, any spare
copies on hand that , tbej eannot aeli
readily they will please return them to
hsatoarxMnse:-??a W,
"ifaft.i
It for motion IFjmUmdvi
.ft
Jfegardtothepwriosed.'planiiormlding
indigent '.ad worn' oor Baptkst minis
ters.r It -seems; to ms this matter; baa
not beep brooght 4a the kttentibn of
thevdencmination as' it liould b. for
while other object, mls8ion,i Orpban
age.'&s. 'ought to receive hearty sbp
poft from all, this object appeals with
irresistible force. The plea that we are
all poor and have a great' many calls
for help'.'does. hot'exense,.' for with one
hundred thousand gtvers, one cent from
each" 'makes"' one t thousand n dollars.
twentvflve cents from eaohitwentv-flve
tbonsand;e S -f j,w
could have sought' this information
privately,- but if yoa wilt give it int your
paper it may be what others wish? to
knowVery troly yodrs
aLonisburgl Dec. 2Qth, t8S7 ,
AO Al .WO AUVW. UCUWIW .U.AUQ. wri
I Mns .wors: have not. been arranged by
'I'f' a. "? --iL a ---iki" -' ' - f J
I ttlD ' WrSnlB matfnr1 hoo hann Mfwfnifl
(. Would b: glad to hearf rom any mem-M
- wi m a '
Uber. of .the Board on the'eubject. Ed.
Ctoe tof Pastorate at
-n.i .AA.j2i A aKj.ii .r.
my work as pMtwUh'the'eharch ati
Klnnie's Cteekt v Tbe brethren and peo-
pie of that eooittiunlty eeeuaed veal ani-f
os tnat l continue oor as their pastor,!'
bur circumstances were of 'tach a ebaH
acter that 1 could not. We parted with!
the oet.1 of feelings and I am happy to
say that I have great confidence in that
peo'ple: 1 tbey nre few in 'number and
uuauciAuj weaa. ua tuey seeuieu iow
'tryingl to- do' what t tbey can.'t I shave!
foaDd,dnrit3gr uiy ay with the,' thati
whenever we showed them a doty, from
Qo'S; word Hhey were fekdy topedorw
it.' ? As regards pay iog their past or iihey
have paid m better. tOao aay eborch? t
have everleconBideriog their abll
Ity ntj- Wheh hurcU ts doihk. whai
they-canj thotogb they con tribatebdt
littlej 1 appreciate; it as'though 1t" wai
nmchf - But wbf n 1 see a ehorch tryinrf
to'makik; big show and db .boMtttWil
. n.wn uuh aita in ti&m luriiiHiu. '1! uhri nran
at Kinnte's Creek.' hot of that klnd,fr
They say but little, , bat 1ry to do niorej
and surely do what they say. i God does
not bless for" -what we' say we-, will do;
oat for what; we do f Bat He will earee
lorxiot doinsr what we promise. ;itrwsC-.f-
Tbls eharcb has Icalfed 2 BroJ Blancht
ard lor their1 paitor; I; believe it was
providential. I J think be will salt theai;
He seenis to be a fttirrlng brother. They
know "him and bave tbe ntm&t eonfl
dence1' in Liih; and then be iives'ua by,
so that be can be with them oftener than
L-f. .
.vj, . . -tr v
?7T': 7Uip.u7 fliy
uod bless tliem and tneir vountr oastor.
t . .. . .
ouu Ijito lutui i uuuutuui uarvceii "Jt
MorrisvilleIf.'C?' I
im-r,t, vh--: ' "-i-" ?-r&v-i34fejf t
Consolidated Ileiort of ;206',t otU
to1 ih t TO. IfialnniWM n
-',JIome Mission Hoard.
For Quarter eodins; Sep. 30th, 18S7w
Sermons and addresses,
Baptisms,'5 s. K' i
Received by letter s. t.' r.
-7,828
n,166
. 606
. .1,772
- '.534
. " ' 27
.113,193
. .. . '11
. . ': 7
the q ;
Total additions, v . ' . v
Churches constituted, - y 5 :
Sunday-schools organizad,'
Piges of tracts distributed,
Houses of worship boilt.
Houses of worship buildiD,
Youtsg intu etndying for
: Liluitry la Cuba, , ; . ,
. i."rcr.9 01 aoout &j iup aaries cave
"3 r !c D I- f
not t r't u received, aiii are not included
ia tbe above.
I. T.
Corresc
THE BIBLICAL RECORDER,; WEDNESDAY, JANTJAEY 4,-1888.
refsosal tdd' Oilier Itc: is.
Rev.
Las remove
. I. Tatton", of Morginton,
to Glen A! Ine.
.,..Rev. Dr. P. H. Ivey basa.epted
the pastorate -of the eitucb In Greens
boro, Ga. v; f ' ' -
Bar. G. M. Tolson, pastor of See-
--e-BaptistboTehWUmlngtonj-ha
been quite sick. .
?vl .;.4EeVjX.H.r Eager, oar msibnary
to Rome, arrived In JUioerty( va., on
the 28tn'I)eeettbtfr
.BevR.TS Jones preached 'for
the Fayettevflfe Street Baptist church
on S anday, Dec. 25th. ii: -
1 -.. Saturday last was the last dav of
the wee the last day of the month and.
; -vii-i tRev?rfjG, r W Manly, of .Wake
Forest College, spent the holidays with
xrlehda in Richmond, Va,Ji M; w
Forest,' has been in New York for some
weeks and is Improving in health. -
v ! i iBeri Ri IX' Mallary,! of Shelby,.
NiCl bur purchased a .residence in
:Grif!lD,'Ga.. and removed to that city.
! V??RevrH' WlatOafo't Waesbbrof
bv. special" invitation,2 addressed the
;yonng men of Monroe on Christmas day.4
tv nvey. w. u. juauam nae remorea
from Mapleton to Potecasi, and requests
his- eorreepondents to notej the change
in nis aaoress. hY: -rt a
v?fRev;T)r.-0F; JamesVof Culpep-'
per (Joart iioase,' Ya.,' has declined the.
call to the pastorate ox the first vhuren,
Durham, H. O, ' ! 1 :
i.v!Rev. Aj It Con way nand his
ohnreb; ln Wilmington, save a free din
ner to two hundred widows and orphans,
on Christmas day.jrg -.,u'i j,.-.'
.Re'v Vr' T.Jones. address is
Canexsi,. New Kent" eoanty, ;Va. r A
number othls North Carolina 'brothren
t ui 1. Vr -i
Be v.; J . ; R. Maynard, t of .SCorna
Tille.alled la gee ns before the Christ.
.uouaay md in. t xie-Mweii ana
. x At . w a i
hard at work foe thelIaster.idM le'.
.V-Brp. Caraywbbd feat moved
fjroin Mt 1 Gilead !to Troy, Montgomery
county,' and requests his correspondents
to note the change in hia address. :
Revi Dr, rTbomaa Hume waa in
Raleigh on Monday of last week on his
way to Norfolk, Va; where be spent the
holidays with relatives and irtends. itui
.f. ."Revl Wm.'Tnrner.6f Salem, who
aa been' cpnflned to hia room for aome
weeks, ' has j,sufficientlyf improved " to
ftOdble "hira ta ajraln fill ' his enoolnt-i
T 7 . k : r ; A s -
mental ; ' j - '
- ....In your last RxcOROXKyou make
me say that Bear Creek church ; for the
last- ten yean has paid only ; f 10, when
it should have been ninety dollars, L.
n-h .Ttet J.B. Richardaorirof High
Point," ia making special efforta in his
churches to Induce his brethren and sis
ter to read the Rxcordsb. ' He is
wise paster. 'i !-- "
f The congregation, of the .Third
Baptist charch, ot Raleigh, has deter
mined to commence work on their new
bttildlng next March and to complete it
oaring the year jr-c&ar-.
l;K-L CDrJ J? R Doggan Professor of
Chemistry in' Wake Forest College, has
been 111 for tbe past few weeks with ty
phoid -fever,: At last reports he was
siowiy improving, -j- .;f!i''";i"
r' -.i . .Rev.'A: D. Banter, of Cary, spent
a aay witn irienqs in Jbtaieigh recently,
lie preacher for the' churches In Apex.
Gary Jfihady Grove and Lystra. A'EOod
jtieiJ ana a strong pastor, s.. ,
nf;.felll.' Spurgeon glvea it aa bit opin
ion tnat tbe? most sectarian of all the
Set are those which boast that they
are not sects.'? This la as true in North
Carolina as it la in London; c--n i
I .VBro; BMUIawatin Raleigh
on Christmas day and; addressed tbe
congregation of the First church on the
Baptist Orphanage."; The church gave
ft a fWtxnanaMa tw An m m A aMkaaMfiAM
SI r ''" JrTV"1"
4?i2.x . Ravi W. R - Hara.lfr.av of Hvanna.
wrw, uuui a. new; uouse ot worsmp ior
very church; he has served as pastor.
and is now planning' to erect booses of;
via a i. 1. j. r t .
orauip lor nut a: aozen jnisston' sut-i ;
tions in uaiuora oountysi -nmmMi
. Rev. O S Wtllfa.m of Najir.vtllA. i
Taoernacie, Baieign, jn u, ."The breth-
V MWUUOUiUft VUU1VU
I J tk. TI-ai r HL .-- tr . rs
ci . a. v w n-vv
extend a hearty welcome to Bro. Wil
'Wll-j
'ir. L .'rhe BommittMi of five hrAthnm to
thoroughly consider the present tneth-f
ods of the Southern Baptist Convention;
for conducting its missionary enterprise
M:. 'Jkm lm.. las .aIt Iy. itl... . dm
.. w wm- Mj-. r. 1 VM
u5j iwu. a weva. very - pie&sanuy w
Asueviue last sammer.i ?
j
?Rev!ohnMiteheu
Wake forest,, bis new borne, on Bator-i
day last and enters at bnoe on' his , du4
ties as agent of the Edaeation Boards
jn hia address, from PowellsvlUe, N. C.1
to.wa&e forest Uolieae.. . t
..(l (j..;,,., .. ir.mm wa t
.'..Bev'M Ii. Kesler, of StatesviUe.1
one ox tbe Senior Class at Wake fore t:
College, preached- at abe Raieigb Bap4
tist Tabernacle on last Sunday morning
fcivd ' afternoon,' and," greatly delighted
bis bearer.- v.The brethren "SDeaK of bun
as a man of great; promise.",--"- X
Prot John , Backett, Principal bi
5the Greenville Institate was in Raleigh
on Thursday last. ' His school Is fiourf
iehlng, , haviDg 116 students. Captain
Uuciet was iu Kaieigh to attend a
meeting of theExeeutive Committee f
the Ii. U. Teachers' Association.
tv amendeavoring to clroolate tb
RKCOBDER In my hew field. It is grow.
ing; in favor aa it grows la efficiency, and
it is now.one of the best papers in North
Carolina.. ? worn, zor the paper is all
that is needed to send it to. every Bap.
ust noma. , win the pastors do ltr i.
plt.H-Rev. L. G.w Barrett. of '"Bristol
Hhode leland, baa accepted a call to the
Firth street ? Baptist chnrcb,? Lowell,
a itiM Hal aa vi ra ramnvan wnar- Airvs s-c v-.
i . v.twt r wv....".v
j onaw university, Kaieigh, w.1 U1, ana la
) (tiii'tnaaMhtia Mm.mk.i kw kkmw
1 hv... u.vmvwuu.. .VAA.VU.WAW. W.VWU.W
1 ltt'lSal61gn wt. ,-V:s: 'V
i"' IJ$; surUele pn, Commo
- 'l utuuw un oapwet Aimaoao u worm
1 careful reader. , I want it sent throuirh-
out the land.-4.; 72. Pittman. But all
the Almanacs are out Nq use sending
ior tnem now. r wui try to improve on
it. ana nrinc enoutrn next vear. . .
'''. .bn'ursday night Dec: 22J, six
prB0os united, by experience' with the
Jb irst cDurcn, it&leigb, and on Sunday,
use. fzotn, one oy experience, one on
statement, and five by letter At night,
the pastor, Kev. J.'L.; White, baptized
be ten 'persons.;, On Sunday, the first
tost., five persons were received Into the
etiureh one by experience and four by
letter. .fOne'- was' dismissed.- At r 'jht
afier eerpcai four were bip'.ized. t.ace
tLe coniuencement cf llav. ZIr. Tear
pou's raeetic;, 83 peroons have beea re
ptivtf J int0.ti.i3 church.' by experience,
1 ;r ir
....The FIrBt church. Asheville, N.,
C, has raised Rev. Dr. Nehoa's salary
to $1,600. : ' . .
.The bouse of worship for the Eeo.
cad BaptiefTshurch, Asheville, is nearly
completed.. r u
. Rev. Dr. A. E. Owens enters upon
the seventeenth year of bis pastorate of
theCourt Street church. Portsmouth,
Va., with the united affection of bis
i brethren t and . bright prospects , lor
I a asi tnaaslisa 44 tionfn InAfiOl i J1, i A ( ''. C I
.Bro. N.. L. Shawof ,Warrejatoh
is much In love with bis pastor, Rev. J.
Taylor;! andndescribee him' as
grand eonsecrated preachefct Bro
Taylor has been conducting a series of
sceclal meetings for some weeks which
he suspended daring the holidaya The
church was greatly duuc up ana en
couraged:'' r'f : s.tiS
I Hf w nnanl hn.l-h hoi FiAAn nnnr
for nearly three, months ; so much so
that I could not attend any Association
however near, not even the. Convention
at Durham. I rejoice with the brethren
in our State work and other enterprises.
I am truly glad that yoa have taken the
editorial chair again, and the metal has
. .... ... - I
Mf..?; The United States has," through
the Supreme Court of Utah,, taken pos
session of the property held by the-Mor-
mon cbarch' -The- temple' and; other
buildings, with all the books and papers,
are ' in the hands of a- receiver. The
Territory is arranging to oome into the
Union as a State, and - will apparently
give up polygamy in order to get in
r,..v.The question of, the anion .of the
two Con ventions of Baptists in this State
la now .uoaer consideration. -, we are
perfectly willing 7 toT leave , it to ' the
churches and district Associations west
ot the Blue Rldze.' We would be glad
to tee all U$ Baptists ;Jn north carouna
united into one general body' and ; in
loll and hearty co-operation in mission,
educational anq. canqaj; scopoi worK
. , . President' Cleveland has sent the
Pope of Rome a magnificent copy of the
Constitution oi the United tJtates, cost-
fntf t250. -Thia is done to please the
Irish Catholics of New -York; and secure
XMU . riovemoer. iweniy
yeara tbe man who wisbea to aeeure the
Irish ' vote " for - president: ? will I have ; to
give the Pope of Rome a million or two j
dollars. . This is about the biggest fool
thing the President has aa yet done.
Grove, S. C, ranks amon bis brethren.
in 3onth Carolina as a first ' class pastor
and preacher, lie has accomplished
a great and .lasting ; work for the Bap
tist! of hia section, and is loved by hia
brethren. In a private note to us re
cently, be says :; ., I have liked the Rb-
cobdkb more of late than j ever be
fore, while at no time within recollection
have I ever known it to swerve from the
4 ... 2 m ll. :J A .
iruiu 01 kuu iuriu nu anoeruiiq soana.
lour views 01 late npon almost every
leading topic are regarded by the breth
ren aa sound, and especially so In what
yoa ; have said In regard to woman's
work. 41
. : It is a notable fact that the Meth
odist Conference in Fayetteville made
fewer changes than have taken place
among the .Baptiata - dariog . tbe past
year. Forty yeara. ago Methodism was
on horsebsvek all over, the 8tat. - .Now
the policy is In favor of stations and
I jaraoriagear- sometlinea a JUetbodut
preacher stays at one place long enough
to see several Baptist preachers ' come
and go.: Well, we are in favor of itin
erating some ministers--would like to
itbem Itinerate all the tune. -Jiat
thece are aome who Improve on aeqxudnt-
anoe. - Their -. gnna grow , bigger every
Kunday. The? people love them-oiore
nd more, day. by day. They heed xtot
itinerate. ':U;he' man-, who writes m-
oon in coxa Diood on i'riaay and fires
it on use a gun on Hunaay, then: never
heara of the sick, stor knows of any die-;
tress daring tne week, let him itinerate,
anywhere, everywhere as far from ns
as possible. Br,i J. II. Mills in Chil
dren and Charity, -v f 4 i
, Letter from Tliomasville.
Brother Owaltney, of Greensboro. N.
C.,' preached for us five days two7 weeks
;ago at the church in the evening, and
at toe urpnanage in the afternoon. His
VI air anri la.hora umnnoar na vera frMotlvi
blessed; to the cburcbto' none, more
than to myself.' - He greatly encouraged
and cheered me in my work here, - The
cause was helped. ' Six . who had: been
hoping for; some : time. were encodrasred
to come out xuuy on the liord's side and
put on, unnst py oaptism. : 1 baptized
w w v. v vMaMe v. wy tuos UUU
I s-U a t .
Others were helped and will come;
soon,' whfie some were awakened. The
church Is strengthened and all feel that
the Lord blessed ns. Bro. Qwaltney's!
vinifc is one oi inose gracious vieiiairoDS
which always lingers in the heart, and'
for the returnjof which there is always!
an earnest wlaltt. s7.".' fli SrX
The work went idrward on" my flekif
considerably daring the past year. ';it
baptized thirty-two lattliiberty eiahtt"
at Kernersville, and , now; six at TbouH
asviile, while there ias been a good in
crease in ii Derail ty ana Christian 'Work.
j i ieei mat tne ixrd Has oeen very. gra
-I wish to eav a word for Kernersvllle
to our people throagboat'the State. It
Is.tbis: I have prepared and sent out si
circular letter setting lortla brleny the
condition of affairs there. Tbe .chorcli
moat; have help oif tb iauselVlU be
jseriously crippled. ..'The brethren' and
sisters have done their pbeatr the, com
matiity has helped liberally helpnowj
must come from oar people, abroad;
Read my circular' when received;; and
help, some-ra large; contribution is not
expected. "Lay the matter before jouit
people and; give them a chance to bel p
the cause.' 'A contribution to the house
at Kernersvllie in a gift to State Missions
The j church is In a thriving,; growing
town of Ikladnoble people,; aidll vat
preaching is heard gladly, aha is hiaking
a fine Impreasion, but thW debt 'On the
hoase, and want of means to complete
it, is an incubus. ; Help the cause . by
giving a contribatidnlo raise ClU will
take only $500, f rotn , ocr brethren 'all
over the State. T Sendlt, brethren, to
orp. i.,A., jorown, ,ana Bo.reneTe tne
pressare and remove the .obstacle, and
fivlf ftnnnortinj? f.hntrh with n. MiMni
fc.. .ar .. v i lv t
i vi.or auu a lcuow-ueiperineverrcooa
1 resoond to the calli a - -vi.
1 t. . uviiri 1-ii.'xif
It gives me pleasure to state the pros.
pects for the college laret decidedly
brighter than at any previous period of
my connection, with it. I have secured
the property so there can now.be no
J doubt' of its permanency and its per
pro
Tided oor people give it the liberal
patronase its location and 'the impor
tance of maintaining it and its merits
demand and deserve. The interest of
the Lord's cause will be greatly pro
moted by it., It is almost a necessity.
The location of the Orphan agec, here
makes it doubly Important. J propose
to devote my energies to aid in building
up the Lord's kingdom in this commu
nity and , section, and to ! place. Thom
as villa Female College in the hands of
tm8tees, and so make It a perpetuity,
To succeed, I only need a literal patron
89 from our people. The faculty will
continue the same, lor the spring, five
months. . I have the promise of one of
our most popular and pro jaising breth
ren, a graduate of Wake Forest, that he
will join me in thia important wcrkhext
.m. ; .- , -. , , . i
On ThanMriving aay i nearu w iu-
structive and excellent sermon . in the t;
M. B.' Church here, preached t y Pci.
Tillett, of Vandertllt University, very
mueb marrea, nowever, Dy iwn uw w
the word Anabaptists when referring to
Baptists. v- ... , ' "
Tbe Prolessor will learn Detter aiier
"a whil. - Experience and Ihe progress ox
Baotist nrincioles will teach hiia. Jbven
Dr Holmes, of Ihe UniTeraity :ol iYiri.
gin la, has had the good sense to change
the obnoxiousrrrword " Anabaptist,;
Which he used in his united States, His
tory! and substitute, the word "Bap
tist. Prof. Tillett. 1 suppose, knows
J;ha Baptists utterly repudiate, .thejdee
eonveved by that word as at au appn-,
cable to tbemL He knows,' too,- doubt
less,' that tbe word f Anabaptist ".was
toed bv the enemies of Kaptists .as a
terurbf reproach during all" the ages.'
Baptists aie not AnabaptUtsIf there
are any anywhere, they must be amopg
'those; who,; in "their own ' estimation
perform :a - ceremony they call baptism
when 'they' think it has already been
performed on tbe same' subject. Bap-.
,tista never'commit each ,foily and in-
i ! ii S t T 'T fliTTreAa '
Thomas ville.'Dec. 17th, 1887, f'.
Doctrinal Preaching? '
ft'- i ' X i ' -A i ' i '
2ro.- JSattetrtI certainly likeyour ar-.
tide In the Recordkk of the 7th nit.,
on ' Doctrinal Preaching Ininy
!vonnfirer' davs almost; evert" sermon I
heard, ' it "seemed ' to me, bristled with
doctrinal points, and tne result was zne
odifets were epecially given to' this kind
n, ham .;,. rfw.ff.b ewn
uwuu uyui vuvua uunua avr v 4 w. u
. . ' 0 ....... . 4
or twenty years,' tney seem tnat way m-
clined yet, Tor 1 seldom hear a sermon
fromrany of their. preachers bat some
point oz dxminianum ia pTojeciea Yery
prominently. Bat" I mast say that a
larger part of Baptist preaching or
preaching by Baptist preachers is on
the homaa aide, and I am afraid that
this- Is sometimes carried to excCes. T In
avoiding AnWnomianism, there seems to
i be a disposition to trench OttrAr
oronnd.-'' pihc- .! . 'i,
rArminian
Dome years ago, wuen t wae'rancn
younger than I now am, L preached a
sermon and bad as a part of my hearers
two Baptist preachers, both Older than
I, and one quite a patriarch ';vAfter ser
mon I waa thrown in their company;
when the younger of 'the two asked "nae
If the view I presented of the depravity
and helplessness of the : sinner it true,
wouia : it not discourage; sjoners lrom,
seeking salvation f u Before 1 1 could . re
call my thoughts, for an answer, the old
patriarch Came to my reliet P He said i
" That-was last jight f t lay the sinner
low; make him feel bit helplessness, and
then he will be more likely to cry Uti to
God for help. These" words dropping
from" the lips of age and, experience,,
spoken 'toeariyuthirty -years ago, have
been a great help' to me.; -l hey. belong
essentially to tbe system of doctrines of
grace, in opposition to ; the doctrine of
works in the matter ox salvation. - One
brought "low aader conviction for (sin
and lookine oat from hie helplessness
for relief, is likely to have alT conceits of
bis imperioiisness In 'any sphere what
ever knocked Out of him. - To talk to
one in such a case about his imperii
nets would be mocking bis grief. 2 '
The burden 01 much of the preacmng
now-a days, seems to be to convince the
nnregenerate 01 3 ast now much they
can do In the matter of salvation. And
then If eonie of thee people shoold be
Z2yf,
What mnst we-. doMo? tji?vAdt"
straightway they;wmWtold lhattltefe
is r.othTnir'they an? do! it is oory) be
lieve; gitetip ail tehTistf-lie
do
ago;
lew.
..
the work. 1 Sorely those who a while
; were trying tc3 prove to'the sinner 1
muen ne eatx no, blow hoc ana eold tout -
or tne same mouth." 1
that' I -hkvei never feft
prove ' to: the' enregenerate
they toan do.? I much prefer
bow mueh the Lord -has done for' them
and bow much more he promises tol do ;
for them; 4t I much prefer to offer them-.
A ; free ; salvation, without money and !
1 Kiftumt rl...t: XtrV.f little ' Ti
that are past lias been just along these!
uau a hut ituunui ui turj Triira
. . . . . . n . . " . .
lines 01 thought, p 1 have not
' preach salvation by grace.
UDqnwgagub.p:i nave nee enanneq to
t. 1 t--z .a. . -
1 rra. - ; 2
xuereaaer
will please pardon 'thfir personalrefer-'
ence. -v'?.?" wsa ssn.w jjt,
As to our:difltinctiveprindplefr
Tt.ntr.t. i h tht. tn? i iii
not preach and nelend them, nobody
eise wui uo it loros. iney are bo piaia
v . . nt . . - rrvs -.a - 1
to Ah Intelligent; Baptist thai it soine4
times seems strange to that erery
body don't see them just as we 'do. Bufc
we mau reuiemoer iuat tne plainest,
3..i.i..j .Z
and good people, 'Whose minds 'arebe4
fogged by- a; general hotTon ' that ? the'
Bible is a very tuysterioua' book; Arid!
tr one4 t beire ere Some mysteries.'! t is!
tiKi-..' -frt v.hru rhatahin.
jntdlved Mo "mystery: As to the t ordii
nance -of J bapUsm, lust take LfddeH a
Beott's definition of the word," to dfpi
in or under1 water.? That slmnieeil
niUon je the culmination of Greek learM
mgior tne last two nunareu years. aikI
if anv one"savB tbe word has. a sanntA
meaning differing . from the classicay
tell him that1 Haroack one of the most
critical German scholars- of this age,?
eye there-is nothing in "Snehr.tes'ti
mony will have more weight than any
argnment that most of as coald makei
But above all let the people know arid:
nnderatancl that " tbia ordinance fe 5 a
standing symbol of the burial and resttr
rectiou of Christ, and the only act whicbj
he has given bis 'people to perform; ez4
pressive or tnelr laith in his burial and
resurrection.-. And tbe - Statements . of
history have a powerful effect on. the.
puuuu muiu. ne sometimes reacr, ine
statements iof Scripture, and are met, If
not in word, at least in mental action
by fomethbg .like this: Well, that ie
; youTj eonstruetion 'r we , have another, t
-Now.-,brig to bearon, liio primitive
observance ot the ordinance -the state?
mentr of, such authors as.'JifoshiemJ
Keander,' . Conybeare,-.; and . Howfob)
Stanley, Schaff, SfCnd although peo
ple may resist oor ; eonstruetion , of, cet
tainv passages of Scripture, they are not
prepared, to resist the facts of history
corroborating our, view of the ordinance
in its actr as dug np from the. remote
4epths otchristian, an tiquity by scholars
of the .most , profound researeiv Facts
"are the most potent arguments ever ye
presented tO tbe. human mind. f, They
are just what, tbe juries of all our courts
are constantly called upon' to -consider
in arriving at true verdicts.- -And they
are the, most- powerful weapons in the
bauds of, Baptists in- support of their
.distinctive principles. . r ,v ... 1
. What I have, said as to testimony rt
garding the net of , baptism W equally,
applicable as to. the subjects baptism
and the polity 4 of ' Baptist chprches;
We, as Baptists, see. no subject of bap
tism in the New Testament but a be
liever, and no 'form of charch govern
ment but the! congregational,, and the
writers on ' christian antiquities' are
replete with statements in ; support bf
tnese views tanen irom the practice pf
the primitive churches. " .-"'- t
V.Our preach ers ought to post' them,
selves on the statements of writers in
regard to the points mentioned and use
them freely, not that they may appear
learned, but .that .the people -may be
inlormed on the, practice of the primi
tive eharches, and see by coiaparison
that Baptist ct-rches of te nineteenth
century correspond with t': schnS-chesof
uii cumi;.,
I have writ 3
more tl a I intended
WI en 1 1 gan. Pardon 4. e trespass, ii
itbesucLi. J. LXSSVKVU.
Durham. C. t"."
Those Pledges tfor Concord
" Dear Brethren: My note la out now,"
drawing Interest at 8 per cent for $110,
which is id pledges made at the Conven
tion at Durham, to pay for. tbe lot e.t
3oncordU.j Only a f ew days remain now
till Christmas; and not adoUar of what
was unpaid when L leit tne convention
has been received,'. If it does not come
in byOhristmaef-thenJ'H baveto borrow
it, fori baye it-ut $ t l? '
( c,l have the deed for the lot a beauti
ful lot It ie,-.tOj Brethren who pledged
at the Convention, please remit at once
Then; I am so aaxiauathat a house
shall .be undertaken, eoon Let. every
'BaptiBt in tbe State, when' he goesr to
'make, bis Christmas purchases, think of
Concord ; and make, a contribution" to
Christ's work there.' Only ' very few
have responded to the 'dollar call. . Will
!not; many others do. 'So during the Te
Imainine days of December?
j Please , read this,, and lay , the paper
dowu.np send the dollar jqrtuwitn.
' rJraternalIy. , , ' . "
'tve,- - - ' .r. Geo, P. B6STICK.
. "Conc?rd; UecH, 1887. 1 v
More than $S0.XK)'or the pledges made
j to, me at Darham'etre still unpaid, and
j the note' is due to-inorrow,(DeCj olst).
.The secretary .of," the corpbratipn : who
sold the lot has 'agreed to, prolocg the
.i'M--- i'li.- '! j.L. kt'-,
; 'f'" t-e.
r. que, you. remensDer. joeiore. uurauuis.
.si. , e .v a i . , m h -4 j h . ii i
I I voff fha Inf noii fni ini ri
h " ys,. ; t ? 1 t -n 1
1 i. 5?V . 'r.ViL-.a-i-iJ
P t 'iASn iioV-- m. i
i; i:.rzvrirrij'"yT"i w:-i
i..Vm. 1 si ' f 1 " a j
L Sfeetingsaltended during Sninnier
u i anaz Fall. ' ' 1 r '
anil Fall,
"-Vtar jsroi isauey M bavtr been iwa.
nmn-berof 'good ineetings durlog- tbe
past summer and - fall,' Bome of which 1
ue gvyru acyuui, wMgiii,
would wait until 1 got through holding
meetlrrgs'tind baptizing for the year, and
give you a mnltuur tn parvo1 account.
. The Ifcrd' ba blessed my bumble1 ia-bbrr-
and -my ; churched i thia J year, for
which ' I 'ambotb ( thankful add glad.
Last Sunday "Is baptized live at Provi
dence 'Chnrch in the Pilot Mountain As
sociatibn: 'and ton Tdeeday following I
baptized iX at Beaverlslandin the Be.
ulah Asciatlen: I have baptized nearly
on an averasre of every week 'durin a the
fall and half of the summer I have
oeen on my field heaH seven tears," and
mv neoole' bave : become 'terv'dearf td
me.:. During the past year I have-preached
at : Madison, Beaver 'Island,'" Provi
dence, Mt.; Hermon,- Sharon; 8nmmeis
field, Oak Ridge Institute and Baughn'S
scnooi-nouse, - x' nave naa ro wore
bard, bat am as strong physically r as
ever iri my Ufe,; I have concluded that
iharcr.work dou; kill men.T 1 have com
menced getting up money to build a
chOTClr'at Oak Ridge Institute, a field
which has been neglected almost exclu
sively 'by the Baptists.4 We anticipate
building a f 1,000 bouse, and bopef by
the last 01 next summer to have an or
ganization there. -My field is more prom
isinflr now' thanjeverf itf the pasfc-S We
have had some trouble," but the ihost of
uij uretureu huu Biaicrv nave a inmu w
work. , '-"i" -a
- W - ' ?:jfotirsvery truly '' f':t-j
: i'W. H.'Wnsox1
-.1 Vi.- k nn... ,.,r.
: -. '. - . . ar - t-x - aj wwirw '..i ,1
'i- r.r,7Jic
,Jteir?dfrotFfio Church-My.
rf Jl.BrPff'furJ o.y :
- - wvaua TT:?IuLStrffi rc o &;
.. near Jira-.Ji aileu' 4)u tnn fustlSuii-
ISO' persons baptized
into the fellowship of. the church., Myi
' ' . . . . 1 - -1 . . 1 . a t '
vouuuevuqu witu .me cuurcu aa oeen
$0 long and pleasant, that it seemed like'
my spiritual home: It was likebreak-f
l J. . , 1 ' . . , . 5
ti Mxn orxrf.! am itKa WAnn t-rt (a!
i mfl. S4.no an t.ir nrni in wrr 7wi wr.rir.j
rIZTItJn-Tl-'IiV 1-37
1 .a. AiiftVffa . umv IaJais s lu huti a lei l uuuih
LtJj xh'Z. ilT'"
band of wnrkpr4 ' Mav the ,ofd con-'
like tryinir"tb' I.811100 q. the Enon church as paatos. 1 1 1 S.boj Providence- S 1 S-'Socfety ditto, 'dittd,
hhw mnoh !;naaDeen preacmng to tnis cnaren ioxn yor-Bawyers. i.rerv n;'ouio, aino, 7...0;
toteThemf
m tuett were aoout 'A&u persons DaDuzea 1 yci,-'.3w, iut
f ftinue them in aUtEdrefEorts to advance- South Yadkin 5A8sp,' $5.00; WM S, Rnther
I . tbaC.Mastex ktogdonv:th:a"IL . : Gra R'ver: A- AfLS
i ine,AUASiex a mgaon. on in ei
3 I ..-1- . . . - " r . . ' .
rafc t9u! -r
iie nK cnaren , iitnoat aeDt ,aa.i!
s.w. w
I FOfnlWAfl Sk AQ 1 I rvnni TnasnriMri TT I hftPei
I rrrr. ;?r '-rr v .r", -
piaana retnreii:
jwm u;
V-U9 " -organizea ana wm con-;
I r Tr 0- . " . . ,
L brethren tTet tired and laur occasionaJlvJl
bot sfeteri never tire doine the Iiord'a
woK'..ri f --rr .i l : ?ii.j ' i.ii5yiil
.' i;wui Kive piace iitiuuuii Airy
. tnree Sundays tnu year, and ;wiu .give
JttneouierBatoraayana candavto itect
the other JSaiurday and pnnday to. lied
I Panks;; church, Stokes county f "W"l
I preachjon , Sunday night,, after preach-
m;ermanton.1vuq
?I MT Jo,.tWt, point, I will preach at
Pdot Mountain ;8Ution on th ft P.
I a -1 t si'icc1 K - '
Vi. MU. Airy- Alec IB. Jbo7.
vi i
.ai A.v uuui . A ij n s IllVftl '
Thtt'
Union -'will -1 Convene ta with -tbe
chnrch at Catawoa ' on Friday; JattDf27
1887. ermdt.t lt O'clock AiMl by
EWer'O.GiHrMK l
Oueries-i The y datv eP'batoAto
the chuMbJrPJCheek.ThS doty
3. Has "a rsoni'who prbfessee- faith
;yet has ho works, any promise ;Scf the
Bible on rwhich to Base a claim to sal
Vationf Elder X M, Muf chinson.' Al
BoeS a Mcall to preach' confer the tieci
' essary mental qualiflcatioq on the per
son called? S. U BoIiDger..'- 1
are earnestly requested to'send repre..
sentauoiij,' as - tne eontinuaiice or ' tne
'Union .willT depend - upon " the 'Interest
mkCife6ted.,i4"-?Ji 8: BRlbCfKS.vf?Afn'ii i'
,Vi.taT''S-- tittBJr hlW S4.1
f ;tu Cas Acknowledged ' ' tt. i-
pledged for Bethel churchman follows jf
Brethren, Koah Biggs, f 100.00,'
Little, 25,00' Dr.'i J. ;QrImes;;5(1.00
WflHamston church. . 50.00;" Charlie T.
Teele,, SMffc-T. Carson; 5.00; ItnfuS
Carson, 5.00; J. H; Tucker, 5.00;- Eer.
J. W. WUdman, iT.OOY'Jesse W. Carson;
5.D0; Etberidze. Fulsrhum &' Go,. 25.00:
i. Hon, Harry Skinner, 50.00 ; Mr, Maget,
e.vy; woun ,iv jsimpson. i.uu. . juany
thanks. ' '-, V Geo. J Dowkli. i
4 1..
- . ...i. I.I . . ' . J ' ' .1 ... ... ..-I .; .
t7fi Contributidm to'Pine1 Forests
. ' 'Please let the f ollowlng appear tn the
Ekcordkr as xsobtrlbatcrs to Pine Fofr
est church':, 'i-J r.- 7 ' ' ?
A. E, Peefe," $100; II. C.;'Edwardsi
50c D. M. .Beale, 4.00; N. J: Britten,
COc; C. K: HarrellLOO; C. W. Barrel V
1.00;"E..B. Lassiter.' l.OO; J.'J. Blanch
ard l.00; L P. Blanchard, 50o.'V Atner
Lagfeiter, 50c. ; G. M. Powell, 1.00; J. R.
. Bangham; VJ0c. ; T, C. Parker,' 50& ; "J.
11 BaughanU'SOd. fJ. J. Beala, 1.00; J,
PL: GriSQ,.l.X)0; W. J. BaaghamSOs-s
Hilry Davis, 60c.; J. T Barrow, 25S.J
B. F.Baughatn,;EOc. ; 7 '. V;;;2' ;; j
f . 1 J. C FLEETWOOD.' i
OrdinationFarewell fn.,-IT r
Chapel Hill, etc. "
The second Sanday in October R 1
7. F. McDufSe was ordained to the fnn V.
work of tbe Gospel ministry at Robm.
son's Grove church. Ordainioe presLv. i
iery Elders J. J..Lanedellr J. W-Au
Vinson and the writer. . -
; un uifr miru oanaay m uece ruber I.
preacnea my lareweii sermon jat Olive '
Branch church. "It was painfdl to bid
hem goodly. As the years passed br4 I
tny affectlonr for- them grew stronger- -By
request of this church, my other
churches (Bethesda and Robertsoa'a - '.'
Grove) 'were with us, and I preached my i
.bledAf ter- the" sermonrBroTTrKe w
jton Boottiev.of Wake 7 Fores College j
iwas installed as pastor of OlivVBrahch!'
e were weu. pieasea witn tnis brother.
If he fail to succeedw.e shall be disap-' '
pointed and surprised. , . - " - .
The people of tbu place (Chapel Him '
have received :ti8 5very kindly; 4 Being
freed from .the eares of. the farm,' and :
being: surrounded bymore and better
advantages than I formerly enjoyed, I
hope td be more efScient in my labors' ! :
Chapel Hilt, Dec. 21, 1887.''
- Meeting at Beaver Island, '-i
iTbe Baptist church at Beaver Island' ?
Roekiogham county, N.1 C. commeacMl i r
a meeting of '.'days en' Saturday before
tae second tsanaay 1a 'JNovemcerj 1887,
and ubon tinned till ' thfe" next Tuesdavi
week; during'' which time niiW were tJ
celved.for baptism amona the1 number-.
I, were four tf the same family, two broth
ers land two Meters. w Rev; D. G. Tavlor
thepastorof the churth,-Was assisted
three days by Bro. WJ H: Wilson, who
rendered good servicej'. There were sev-
feral other professions during' the tiieet-7
lag.. .Dive 01 use above .fc amber have
been baptized. To (iod ba all the praise '
bs.-.-js-.i JAMES A.'.ERS0S, Clerk. 'h
cknowteclgmentg."
Xhi Mi t arm Cririnir itil! .-V Ti.l; .
Asso, $3.89; W MS,' Rntberfoj-dtoi.1, Green K
Kier Asso. 2.00: i5illsr Vreeit ch. ditto, dittoi'-;
I.60; Mrs A C Parker; fWest Choa-Asso,'
.00; tbenezer ch, UaKn: Asso, 4.eo W'M -
I -Ho11v Serines ch: R.l-t.S . A..
I tai i8 t " 7 " - "-'-kt "-
- 'J . s&.l b-; - i,-a
To.
Eastern Asso, $4.00; f M S, Rich Fork chj
Liberty "Asso, 1.30: Trading Ford ch. South
YadkhiiA$so,6.0o; W Ji H, Hickory Grove :
ch. Sonth Fork Asso. 2.00; Cleveland ch. So '
yadkia AESO.5.oo; .Vyf S. Holly Spring
ch, Raleigh t Asso, 3.66; 'Ebeaczer ch, Union ;
Assot;a.oo; .Mrs A v rjtrker.' VVest Chowan i.
Asso, 5.00; Brassfi elds ch Central Asso. 1.49;-
lJarnam.cn Alt .ion Asso. ,4.77; W. M S,
RntherfordUsn ch. Green River .Asso. 200:
Mt. Tailor ch, .West Chowan Asso', ,uo;
Wilkesbdro ch.-'l.oj; Lattle Sunbeams. Ox- '
ford ch, 4.00: W M S. Kforeheadch, Atlantic
Asso, 3.00; . .Vi M a, Third . JJapUSt church, J
Raleigh Central Asso. 3.66f Wake Union ch.v v
oitto,,dit&, 15.00: Rev E. G Beckwith, s.oo. V
Hryam lloust. Middleburg ch, 55.00; Ox.,
ford ch. Flat River Asso,' 16.00: L A S. Dnr.
ham civ Mt Zion Asso, 5.00; East Durham S
S. ditto.-t-Citto, 5,00; Ced roHcch.. ditto. ;S
jlitlo, 5-00; Yates h, duvp; ditto,.5.oeAV M
S JKHthertordton ch, oreen Ktvec Asso, 3.00; -Island'Greek
cWf lat RivenAaso, 7.86; W i
M ,&. Poplar Spring :h.'CentraL Asso, S.obt :
W-il , Brassfield ch. ditto, ditto. 5.0O; Mt :
Vejnon.fii, ditto, dittor xo.oo; Wake Union
enr ditto, ditto; 5.O0: Wake Forest "ch, ditto;
Mittd (pledged), 15.00;" W M S, Wake Forest ,
"ch, ditto; dittoljedged;,'io.oorwaite rorest
1 siring:fie!Vs.oo W JFerrell.it.oof W II
S Sl ditto. ditto (pledged), 10,00: Kev O L.
Ct.amblee.il.oo!-f . Timberlake, JDOr W B
0aaiWe5,iT.oo;Mi I V Cartright; i.odi Dv ;
.M-C Chatnble( 5 .00; Hem C -Woodson,
5.O0;iatloStinlairis Oiford h, 6.00; Rev
S.I,vCnra4nd .wye jaOK. Goldsboroh.
iAtlaiitiAsa5;iemon$vilJclvAUb.i.jr
w jisiienderso
IIenarscn,ch.:dI
Korp&'io.oo; Ma
A fcsitViAf-frt
Asso.-y.So.Ked liask cu. ;ot Mt ASM, 3.oo?S
ersoa cb, rial. River Ajso.b.oo; v
tto. ditto, S-00;. ReVH W
anon cK Groen Rirer Asso, .
6.40J Kulhetfordtbn SJ5 ditto;' dirto, 5.00; C
SloOJ Barrow. i.2. . . iotal, f 200.35, c
k Edvcmlimt-tox Tib6v'h: West CLowaa
j -Asso.- $r.77;' Lexington ch, Liberty Asso, 1.96;
trt!ely lit ZaAtw4.S7.S9J
;ch,- Uak Asso2.oo; Clerdand ch. South
Yadkm Assof J.Oo,WakeUnio ch, Central
--.t& CtniCIavtaa S & ooc-
1 .- ' ' ,j
'AS8o,-0. 75 - 1 o1. 37-7f ;l r(h.
I J - 'Hem Afbsis.r S. SI C Cleveland ch,
i s 1 r '
t7A in.J.r-' jr
i -r ' . .. -T A.;m frl. -' 1 jhertr
.Ann ? 1-W.lkshoch. A.: Wake Untos
ch: Central Asso,, Total.
I. ' i-,-.-r'--.Tt7-:? t . , -"v. -.
!. B.iJ ,.uir.A..w Aa.
V-T". rw ch. Sandr Creek
I Asse.-i.Vo F WrHsacock. printi-g press.
1 -; w; , v p s dilt v Morrime
ihi Ealeigh. A4ao, 7.50; Gap Ceek ch. Three
Forks Asso. , ii7:. Shadv Grove ch. , Chowan
Asso, 3.ioi WjM S, Holly Springs ch, Raleigh
Asso3.25; :Mnptn cn,. esi ynowan
9,it; Mt Tabcr h, ditto, ditto. 4.307 Bethd
chi Chowan kss0, (CEowan tract). 85.06; New
Hope S S;i,South Vadkiu Asso, 2:43: I111"
Creekek.', Flar Rivet -Asso, 7o; Mrs Mc.
'Clanrwy. "i.w; iCIeveUnd ch,' South Vadkm
Asso: 3.00 Buclthoni S S, Infant Class, 70c;.
ftji0 'SSSrdrSS
IAmo,
2o6.83;Wak Forests .diUoitto,
, -.;f ; -yVoi, B. SlaU Cc. '
Raleich". JJ. q...Dec. 31, 887- s 7- ,
V Oat readers who take Interestin their
farms and gardens are requested to read
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iseuetvoti the sale , of the : splendid -Montague
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and'lot.is,.in first-class "condition and
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4atnr arA refiitn hv, Mr. R. A.. Free-. :
Lman, nearForestville,in less than a mile ;
of Wake Forest College, ana we opp"-. -tunity
to boy the beautiful home of the
late. Dr. Montague, gives our brethren
and sisters who wish .to move, up tne
country and to settle near Wake Fori
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have. Write to B. F. Montague, il
of Raleigh, :n. C - SJ -
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