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Dear Recorder: In the annals of JNew
York city, Brooklyn and neighboring
cities, the big ,,blizzardw.'will be a mem
orable event Indeed the 12th ol Uarch,
18SS, will never be forgotten. A large
-nnmber of lives were lost on land and
sea, and the estimated loss In damage
: done to property of different kidds, is
modestly pat down at six million dollars.
We have now had demonstrated to our
satisfaction the fact that the Great Ru
ler of all can stop the vast machineries
and industries of the world with as much
ease as man can stop a clock. Our de
pendence has been seen and felt as never
before, and now we know and feel that
it is in Him that we live, move and have
our being. It is because of His mercy
that we are not consumed. -,
Bat the big snow is gone, and, we are
glad. The spring showers have fallen,
and the genial son smiles upon us and
again kisses land and sea, and all nature
seems hopef at, though occasionally smil
ing through tears because of the eon
on the spring ahowers.
This time I will write not of snow and
blizzards, bat of the gay dance, the col
lege museum, buildings, . endowments,
professors, athletic sports, missionaries,
the grave of Aaron Burr and Wake For
est chapeL
A day spent at Princeton, New Jer
sey, where I was recently called to preach
a funeral sermon, gave me an opportu
nity to see the splendid - buildings,
grounds, etc., of the famous old Prince
ton College, which is now to become a
. University. It is jast about a half an
iiour's ride from New Brunswick, and I
would have been there before, but for
the fact that it is not easy to get "a day
o2" except during the vacation month,
and daring that month last year, I went
where I could see "the sights." Among
the new departments to be added at
Princeton, in. turning the College into
a University, will be a medical, and an
art department A splendid Theological
Seminary they already have.
The buildings of the College and Sem
inary are all of stone, beautiful and
costly. Most of the buildings and
there are a large number, of them are
large and handsome. One can scarcely
keep from coveting for cur Southern
institutions some of the wealth that is
given to these Northern Colleges and
Universities, which are so well furnished
with all kinds of apparatus and facilities
for imparting useful knowledge. We
did not know what was meant by the
impoverished condition of the South as
a result of the cruel and bloody war,
until we contrasted the conditions of the
two sections; then we felt more than pen
can describe, and wept in secret for our
glorious Southland glorious even in
poverty and humiliation, grand and in
' spiring, though in ruins! Bat she is ris
ing from the ruin and ashes, to the ad
miration of all," more powerful, active
and honorable than ever in her history,
having illustrated to the world her
honor in defeat, her courage in poverty,
and her enterprise amid sadness, sorrow
and gloom.
Bat I had began to tell about Prince
ton, and 1 mast keep my patriotism.
down until I finish the work.
Well, notwithstanding the large num
ber of elegant stone : buildings .which
they have, they say they need more, and
are arranging to have them, and. have
negotiated for several blocks, nearly a
whole half of the business part of the
city, just opposite where the main Col
lege buildings are now. situated. There
they purpose erecting new buildings on
the same side on ' which - these main
buildings now are. - There are some val
uable building lots which they have cov
eted for many years, but have been
unable to. get by baying or begging.
This property belongs to an eccentric
old lady, who proposes to give it all to
the institution, bat wants it to remain
as it now is so long as she lives. " How
strange this is. ' Bat we know that local
attachments are often strong' as life it
self, and those who have1 these attach
ments can not appreciate changes which
make new places of "old ones, even
though the changes are useful and nec
essary to progress and civilization.'
Princeton is desirably located, , being
along the line or in sight of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, and about eighteen
miles from the city of New York, and
being on the hills can be easily seen by
the travelling public, going into or com
ing from New York over the Pennsylvania
road. ' ' It is reached by a little branch
road about three miles long, which comes
down from the hills to meet the trains
from Philadelphia, New York and all
; way stations. It is in the1 midst of a
farming country, and has a population'
of about six thousand. They tell me
the students rule the town, and I judge
this report to be correct, as there are
now 604 students in the College and 200
more in an Academy. The College stu
dents are gay boys that have 'plenty of
money, being generally the sons of the
richest men in this section of the Union.
Put these facts together,' and remember
that the inhabitants of the city are not
exactly up to those in most other cities
in life, enterprise and enthusiasm, there
being no manufactories or other great
enterprises to develope that kind of a
population which is not to be run over
by students, and you can at once under
stand how it is possible for. the students
" to rule the city and do' pretty much as'
they please. . , ;
The exact amount of the endowment
fond of Princeton College is not known;
it is thought to b several; million dol
lars, and is constantly : increasing with
out any direct and special efforts being
made to increase it. -.The wealthy Pres
byterian brethren who believe in and
feel a justifiable and commendable pride
m their famous College, remember it
their wills, and thereby the endowment
is increased year after year.
We were astonished when shown a ho
tel bailding with large ball-rooms in it,
and told that while it was run daring
commencement week as a hotel, it was
held principally for ball purposes. The
students have three or four big balls
. each session, and the professors many
of them, attend the balls and carry their
sons and daughters, v This was news in
, deed to me. I did not know that their
denomination would countenance each
a thing as balls at their College ; but
dancing is not In bad repute North as it
is South, and you had as well butt up
- against a .stone wall as to try to put
: down dancing or exercise church dis
cipline for it. No, sir. : They do not
; hesitate to ' dance, and very many give
; ; what they call parlor dances, and have
v "a good time," and "go home late in
the morning.' -:i:'-.,i?j5"Hriu
But we must do the pious' brethren
and sisters the justice to say that they
do not speak in favor of what they call
public balls, whre anybody and every
body Is admitted; they believe in select
crowds. You know, brother editor, hu
man nature is not the same, as some
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think, "the world over." Some boys
and girls never have any improper feel
ings, or - thoughts, or desires ; and for
this reason, when yon give a dance, get
a select crowds i None of this class
ever if all into gross immorality oh, no I
certainly not. It is old fogish to think
so.
i Several of the wealthy . students have
suits of rooms in this hotel building.and
they are elegantly and extravagantly
furnished. Pat all these things together,
and it will not surprise yon to hear that
the under graduates of Princeton have
recently subscribed $1,(00 a year as a
salary for a College missionary. Bat the
students at the Theological Seminary
here subscribed $850 for the support of
a graduate to go as a missionary to a
foreign field.
While it is true that some students
spend a fortune while taking a course
at Princeton, it is, nevertheless, true
that poor boys can take. a course there
very cheaply. Yon can get board at
Princeton in private boarding-houses as
low as $2.50 per wee, .mat is as
cheap as yon can get it at Wake Forest;
bat how It is furnished at such low
prices, I never eouid see. rne tact oi
the surrounding country being an agri
cultural country helps to solve it; bat
ter, chickens, milk, eggs, beef, &c, are
cheaper than they otherwise would be.'
Then if a young man is specially good
in atheletie sports, they sometimes give
him tuition free.as an inducement for
him to come to Princeton and add to
the interest of plays and games. Good
base-ballista are specially in demand.
This may open the way for some poor
boy in North Carolina to come to
Princeton, though I think the profes
sional base-ballists generally leave their
ambition for education and prefer to
become tramps. or gamblers at least,
very many tramps say they followed
the base-ball games as a occupation in
past seasons for a ii vlihood and are now
out of work, but are only waiting for the
next season to open, when they - will
take to the ball again aud be self sup
porting. All they ever ask of the char
itable public is that-they give them
bread and clothing daring "off seasons."
They can manage to get along in the
summer or base-ball seasons. -,
- It is worth a good deal to simply have
the privilege of going through the mu
seums st Princeton in company with
some one competent to instruct, explain
and point put objects of interest,- of
which there are many, many, very
many, at these muaeauis. It will im
press upon the mind w bat you .have
read in books, papers and magazines,
and make clear to you what was before
hard to comprehend, understand or ap
preciate.; They certainly have a fine
collection of curiosities, minerals, woods,
vegetables, animals, skeletons, birds, (of
course dead) nsn, iowis, etc. etc.
But the museum at Rutgers College in
this our own city is not easily surpassed
North or South; we can here take all the
time we can afford to give,- to examin
ing and studymg;. we have, every thing
here from the gorilla to the .Egyptian
mummy, brought here direct from Egypt
last summer, to give us an idea of old
Pharoah and his hopes of immortality;
and now we are to have from a German
University the gift of a fine collection
from the rains of Pompeii and Herca
laneam, consisting in photographs and
casts. This collection has jast been se
cured by one of oar professors who is
now travelling in Europe. Our College
and Theological Seminary, are well en
dowed by the Reform churches, who
look upon this city as their paradise.
The Sage Library, at the Seminary, is
pronounced by Dr. Crosby, of. New
York, the best in this country. -
Well, ' one other point and I am
done." It is customary at Princeton
for; the graduates to perpetuate the
memory of their classes, help the College
and strengthen the ties that bind the
members of the classes together, by
erecting buildings on theCollege grounds
putting on one of the stones the year of
their graduation and give them to the
College. Thus they keep alive the mem
ory of, say, class '67, 75, or '88. Now.
this strikes me favorably. It is a good
thing to do for the College. I want to
see a College chapel or church on the
grounds at Wake Forest; have always
felt that it was badly needed; there is
so much in the association of ideas we
always feel when in a church bailding
that there is a kind of sacredness about
the place, and it assists us in our devo
tions. I want to see my class, the elass
of '81, give the first one thousand dollars
towards this bailding, which ought to
cost $10,000 or more,and pat elass '81 on
one of the corner or foundation stones,
and thus set a good example which
may stimulate other classes, help the
lege, perpetuate the memory of the
classe8,and strengthen pleasant ties that
now bind us together. The members of
this class are already scattered over six
different States, and are all still poor,
and have, I donbt not, done for the Col
lege all along what they eould. Still, I
propose a sacrifice, which, though vre are
widely scattered; will bring us together
What say you, members of Class 81f
The College President or pastor has my
permission to work the suggestion up
and count on me for my proportional
part. ;'; ?--rJ- it,';
s At the "grave of Aaron Barr, over
whose history, the pious of the nation
weep because of his immoralities, and at
whose grave admiring thousands , pay
their tribute of respect to talent and ge
nius, 1 felt as I have not since 1 the
glow of enthusiasm which once made old
Eozelian and PnUomatbeslan halls ring
with harsh, though sometimes pleasant
sounds, as we kindled the fires of ambi
tion in our souls, in progress of debate
over Hamilton and Burr. I there re
membered David Ward, N. B. Pittman,
Ed. Poteat, Cooley, Chapel, Carroll,
Hunter, Reinbardt, and W. T. Jones,
and asked myself the questions, Where
are they now! How is the world serving1
them t When shall we . meet again f
Heaven bless and smile kindly upon
them alL WelL we can meet in the
above effort and revive and perpetuate
pleasant memories, and again testify to
our love for oar Alma Mater; i4 r ; '
Aaron Barr is bailed in Princeton
cemetery beside his distinguished father,
who was an able Presbyterian minister
and President of Princeton College.
Aaron's tombstone is badly broken ;
thousands have wanted mementoes of
their visit to bis grave, and many nave
disfigured it by breaking the marble,
bat even this is a high tribute of respect.
The inscription on his tombstone is very
simple: it gives his family, birth and
death, and ihe fact that he was Colonel
in the Revolutionary war and Vice Pres
ident of the United States from 1801 to
1805. But this multum'in parvo est. -;
Princeton cemetery is called the West
minster of America, because of its hav
ing in it so many illustrious dead : even
old Trinity church-yardt in New York
city, where Alexander Hamilton's, re-
The Organ of the North Carolina
malns ' be&cef oil v awaits the reeurreo-
tion, does not hold so many men like
the ereat Jonathan Edwards and Presi
dent Barr as does Princeton cemetery.7
Aaron Burr's grave Is between the grave
of his father and the grave of his grand
father, Jonathan Edwards. : He is in
good company; bat - "no man can give
to God a ransom for his brother, 'nei
ther shall wickedness deliver them that
are given to it. ' -
- "What is the thine of greatest price, :
The whole creation round?
That which was k rt in Paradise,
" That which in Christ is found."
' Altogether, the day spent at Princeton
was a day of privilege and blessing long
to be remembered and never forgotten.
M. V. McDcffik.
New BrunswickN. J., April, 1888.
The North African Mission.
; Dear Bro. Bailey: You never have
as yet printed a full article in the Re
corder about our Society, and I don't
think I have asked yon to do so. Bat
I ask if you will not publieh this article,
although a little long. I have been
forced to pray a great deal since coming
here, as well as in my straggles before,
and I believe that God has, by the Holy
Spirit, impressed me that He is going to
make our Society a grand power for the
spiritual emancipation of Africa, and
that He is going to bless the work. And
I believe the Lord has given you to me
as a friend to help me in my work for
the Dark Continent. From the very
first, tou have manifested much interest
in my longing desires for Africa. I love
the North Carolina Baptists, and I be
lieve they love me. I believe there is
more . pure old-fashioned : religion in
North Carolina than In any territory of
that extent in the world. And I have
studied the matter. Our Bra. Camatte
is acquitting himself nobly. He is a
mQd, lovable man, something like Prof.
W. B., Royall, and is the very man to
tackle this French corruption, jnd do it
without giving offense. He is a poor
man, and needs the small amount we
are trying to give him. Oar hall Is not
half full of chairs yet, but I go as fast
as I can m furnishing it.. Thousands of
French here know nothing scarcely
about the New Testament. I can buy
them here for five cents apiece, and
give them away to the crowds who come
to oar meetings. Camatte preached a
fine sermon on the baptism of Christ
the other day. Can you not help us go
forward t 1 certainly have practical
friends at Wake Forest.
f I certainly rejoice, that you are the
sole editor of the Rkcobdxb. I heard
yon say when yon took charge years ago
that you expected to die the editor of
the BiblicaIj Rbcobdxr. God shows
us our life-work sometimes.' . I think He
has shown me much of mine.
: I hope not to burden yon with a long
article in many days to come.
Yours, C. L.P.
Bro. Bailey; When 1 was getting
ready to come to Africa the last time, I
went to Fair Bluff with very little money
in my pocket, believing that God would
in some way open the way. After getting
off the train and walking1 down the
street, I met Elder James A. Smith,
whose praise is in all the ehnrchesof
that region. He remarked to me, "Bro.
Powell, I am in favor of forming a So
ciety here, and sending- yon to Africa.
I went on down to my dear old home,
where lives my aged mother now nearly
four score. That mother and myself
prayed together in regard to Bro.
Smith's proposition. We asked . the
Lord to bring about the Society if it was
His will, and to nip it in the bod, if con
trary to His will. . After, the constitution
and by-laws were prepared, Bro. Smith
and myself together invoked the Divine
guidance upon the undertaking. So we
may say the North African Mission So
ciety was born in the midst of prayer,
and I believe it was born of God. It
may be that the babe has its enemies.
Herod tried to kill "the babe of Beth
lehem,? but he failed. Jesus lives, and
I trust that our Society will live as long
as Jesus has a -work for it td do in the
world. Rev. J. A. Smith, a man pluck
ed by the power of New Testament
truth from the bands of oar Presby
terian brethren, Is the President, and I
shall vote for him to be president as long
as he wishes to discbarge the onerous da
ties of the office. As has been said, my
own dear brother in the flesh, R. Q.
Powell, of Fair-Bluff, N. C, Is the cor
responding secretary, and . receives all
funds. KA i- ,:; ;-".',' "-":
They sent out one missionary. Now
they have-two, and the second one in
many repects far exceeds the first for
tiie French people anyway. ; We have
our meetings every night exeept Satur
day nights. - I hope that my dear breth
ren in North Carolina will remember
that between eight ' and nine o'clock
Powell and Camatte are preaching
Jesos to these infidel French, and we
beg you to pray for us. To-night :. the
seats were all full, and a dozen or two
stood, t - ' r --- r , u y-
I Another thing my dear brethren : I
need fonds. My little Society -has
bravely supported me, bat they did cot
bargain for another "man before two
years. 'God has given him' to ns, and
God has said go forward.' Vf 4 ta try
ing to do it. I pray with all my might
for fands to carry on this7 God-given
work. Bat If I ever become 'George
Mailer it will be in the fatare. I believe
in praying. for money,' and' then in' a
bnsiaess-like way telling my brethren
what I need. s Paul was a man of great
faith, and yet he never thought it any
condescension to tell the brethren what
was their dnty on the money question.
Last Saturday I had twenty 'dollars,
and must pay thirteen dollars for my
hall where we preach. I thought of old
Bro. Dodson's oft-repeated words : "Qod
first; and self second" -words worthy
to be 'written in letters of gold, and went
and paid for the ball, and left seven
dollars for my family. Qod viH pro
vide.' I owe Bro. Camatte thirty dol
lars for the month jast closed ; and L I
do ask my dear friends in North Caro
Una to help my little 3 Society i in this
time of need. If there is a man in the
State that pleads more in his churches
for the Boards than our President, J. A.
Smith, I don't know him, and be pleads
with saecess. ' -; --,- .
; I do love the French people. . When
a student at Wake Forest, I poured
over the history of Napoleon, Madame
Roland, Marie Antoinette,- and other
French characters, little dreaming that
God would over use me as an ambassa
dor of the cross to this people. And
these sad, downcast, deluded Arabs
certainly do touch my very heart strings,
and I long to see them accepting Christ
as their Baviour. - Some of them tell me
they believe that Christ was the Son of
God, and tLat he died for them, v X am
Baptist.,, Devoted to Bible
RALEIGH, N. 0., WEDNESDAYi APRIL 11, : 1888
sure that Mohammedanism is waning In
North Africa. ;
I My wife is delighted wlth Algiers, and
wishes to live and die here, if it Is God's
will.' Our children are about as neaitny
here. I think, as they were in America.
The two oldest are in the Frenoh Com
munal Schools, and nave every laeiuiy
for a French education without our
- having to pay for it. ti r-. , ;
t In conclusion, I hope my dear bretiv
ren will read Matt 5:42, pray over it,
and nelp me plant New Testament
churches in ail these cities along the
shores of the Mediterranean, and when
the outposts are fortified we can afford
to put some missionaries in the Interior.
C. L. Powell.
' Algiers, Africa.,
"Preach 'Ae Wora2 Tim 4t 2
It is held these are among -the last
written words of the great Apostle to
the Gentiles. They are a part of a most
solemn charge to Timothy relative to
the preaching of the gospel. The charge
is given before God and the Lord Jeius
Christ with reference to the aeeoont to
be given at the judgment. . This charge
is designed to be a holy inspiration to
great" faithfulness and diligence In
preaching. -; The solemnity of preaching
is much intensified when we think of our
accountability at the appearing of Jesus
Christ and His kingdom, breaching is
ordained of God. "It pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe. very seldom do we
find a Christian who did not receive his
or her first and most serious Impression
under the : preaching of some one of
God's servants; It may have been in
the church house, school house, in the
grove or at a private house. Most of as
have a vivid recollection of the time and
place when God's word was carried with
unusual power to our hearts, and made
as feel that we were lost, and needed a
saviour. Some hold that God can and
(will convict, convert and save in the
absence of ministers, or the word. Such
conversions are few and far between.
WHO SHOULD PREACH f
The called of God; not necessarily in
some miraculous way. as some have
elaimed, by hearing a voice, seeing a !
light or a dream, but by impressions
made upon the mind and heart by the
Holy Spirit. Paul says, Titus 3: 1.
" This is a true saying. If a man desire
the office of a bishon. he deaireth a irood
work." From the above, it has been
argued that we ought to persuade men
to preaeh. Impressions to preach the
precious gospel ought to be God-given.
WHAT SHOULD THKT PREACH?
The Word of God. It is not meant
that oar sermons should be filled simply
with Scripture quotations; but that the
chosen subject for discussion should be
strongly supported .by Scriptures, and
those Scriptures expounded, illustrated
and enforced. What the people absolutely
want and need is the word of God. It
is painf al to see the growing tendency
in ministers to leave oat ol their ser
mons quotations of Scripture. I have
heard preachers almost apologize for
quoting the word of , God. Christ laid
great stress on the word of God. In his
temptation he said to the devil, "Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth oat of the
month of God. Then, why not pat a
great deal of God's word in our sermons t
THE WORD HAS POWER TO COSTVICT.
Heb. 4: 12. " For the word of God Is
quick and powerful, and sharper than
any two edged sword, piercing even to
to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit and of the joints and marrow, and
Is a discerner of the thoughts and in
tents of the heart" Jer. 23:29. "Is
not my 1 word like as a first salth
the Lord; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rocks to pieces V Is not
the primary object of preaching to con
vict men of sin t When deeply and pun
gently convicted of sin, they will come
to Christ," and not until then. The world
needs that sin in all its deformity and
total depravity be held up in the light of
God's word." Christ said he would send
the Holy Spirit into the world to re
prove the world of ' sin, &c Let as
preach the word,- and rely upon that to
convict and not upon human agencies,
such as death-bed scenes. Now and
then these may be used as illustrations
and warnings. .
THE WORD PRODUCES FAITH.
f Rom.-10: 17. "So then faith cometh
by bearing, and hearing by the word of
God." . " Without faith it is impossible
to please God." s By saving faith we
have anion with Christ Faith purifies
the heart and overcomes the world.
Faith is founded upon testimony, and
the word of God furnishes that testi
mony or evidence. "
i - THE WORD CONVERTS.
: The law of the Lord is perfect eon
verting the souL" 1 Pet It 23. "Be
ing born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, : by the word of
God, which llveth and abideth forever.",
Jas. 1: 18. "Of bis own wiU begat he
us with the word of truth." The true
gospel minister longs for the conversion
of souls: and in our zeal sometimes, los
ing sight of the ordained means, we re-!
sort i to- human instrumentalities, xjtx
us be patient as to results, and rely more
upon the word of God. - ?
" -' THE WORD SANCTITIES, v
i John 17: 17. "Sanctify them through
thy truth ; thy word is truth." ; ; 2 Thess.
2 : ,13.: Bus we-. are 1 bound to give
thanks always , to God for yoa, ;. breth
ren, beloved of the Lord, because God
hath from the beginning chosen you to
salvation through sanctlncatlon of the
Spirit and belief of the truth." 8ane
tifieation is holiness of the mind, heart
desires and affections. , We need more
holiness; therefore! let us preach; and
read more of the word of God. m: s
! THE WORD IS A LjyijTCr WORD. " ' ''''
f John 6f MJ3.H4H ls the spirit that
qoickeneth: the flesh proflteth nothing;
the words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life,".- The Holy
Spirit attends the word; breathing life
and power and energy into the word,
making it " quick and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword.',
Paul, in Eph. 6 : 17, commands Chris
tians to take the sword of the spirit
which is the word of God, as an impor
tant part of their armor. If we were all
better skilled la the use of this mighty
weapon, the powers of darkness would
give ' away mora rapidly, and greater
victories would be achieved for the Mas
ter. -'-- -r.-' : .'i
: THE WORD SHALL ACCOMPLISH THE ,
I ' , PURPOSES OP GOD,
I Isaiah 15: 1L ; So shall my word be
that goeth forth out of my mouth; it
oMff'y l"
shall not return unto me void.' but It
slisil aeoomnliah that which I please.
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto
I sent it". The word softens the heart
purifies the desires and elevates the af
fections ; or it hardens. ; Christ is a sa
vor of life onto life; or of death unto
death. God is a great and wise sover
eign, and will make his word accomplish
all bis purposes. - God in the person of
the spirit goes with the word, and faith
ful, earnest preaching is not in vain.
Have .we faith in the word that it does
and will accomplish all that is elaimed
for ltt " Be it unto yoa according to
your faith " is as tree to-day aslt was In
the days of Christ on earth. (If we honor
the word of God, be will honor the
ministration of the word. , As a denom
ination, we claim td take the word ; of
God as oar rale of faith and 'practice";
then let us study it believe it love it
cordially accept all its teachings, and
discard all it does not teach. T,
March 23, 1888.
- i Richmond County Association.
Under the above caption, an - article
appeared in the issue of the Recorder
of March 28th.- Not that such a body
or ' organization- really exists,' but the'
Writer of the article referred to merely
expresses himself as favorable to the es
tablishment of such an organization.
The author of that article is Bro; N, B.
Cobb.' As Bro. Cobb remarked, this
question has been mooted sometime,
and I have been lookfnff for It to erOD
out last as it has lor more man a year, i
but I had no Idea Bro. Cobb would I
spring the question through . the. Re-
CORDEB.
We have very great respect for Bro.
Cobb's opinion, and generally one can
safely abide by hie advice; but I think he
is in error now. I believe jast such a step
as Bra Cobb favors will be taken at an
early day, bat it will be a misstep and
a grievous one; and I take this opportu
nity to- off er my protest against such a
movement. . x
, If oar Richmond brethren really de
sire to withdraw from the old Pee Dee
Association,' and think it to their inter
est to do so, then this scribe will have
nothing to say in opposition to it Bat
would such a movement advance the
Baptist cause in this section t Bro. Cobb
argues that it would. I believe Instead
of advancing it such a step would In J are
it It would have a tendency to dis
courage the Baptists of Montgomery
county. Mark the prediction; the-first
year after Richmond withdraws from
the Pee Dee, Montgomery will accom
plish toss than the year before. ': Why?
Because she wiU sensibly feel her weak
ness as an Association, and she will be
sorely discouraged.
There area few. things our brother
ought to consider, of which he is not
ignorant; but he seems not to take them
under consideration!
L The Baptists of Richmond are
much wealthier than the Baptists of
Montgomery,-and. are, therefore,, abun
dantly able to contribute more than
Montgomery Baptists. , The members of
the Baptist churches In Montgomery
county are very poor." ;
2. Montgomery county , has not the
advantages Richmond has. There is
not a foot of railroad in the county.
The county is undeveloped, and thus
she will remain' until we secure- ' rail
road, and our people will remain poor
until the county is developed; I mean
the natural resources of the county. It
is 35 miles from this place, the county
seat to the nearest, railroad point - It
seems to me rather an unfavorable loca
tion for an Association,
' 3. Brother Cobb says the Baptists of
Richmond are able to have an1 Associa
tion of their ; own. 1 The Baptists of
Montgomery are not Richmond's with
drawal from the old Association will be
a severe blow from which the Pee Dee
will, perhaps, never recover. I hope I
am not an extremist.
' 4u It Is very probable that Stanly, too,
will withdraw from the 'Association.
The old Pee Dee, which was once strong
and powerful, will then be - narrowed
down to Montgomery county: we will
then have no Pee Dee, bat we will nave
the poor, little, weak Montgomery Asso
ciation as a substitute. I don't want to
see that day. !, : .
There are other reasons I would like
to present for my position, but I desist.
I considered it a duty to offer my pro
test; and I have said all I ever expect to
say-on this - question. -1 did not expect
to say even what I have said when I be
gan, bat 1 felt;deeply interested In the
matter, and eould not forbear.
Obcak Haywood.
Troy, March 29, 1888.
F rem Death to the
Resurrection.
! Dear Recorder: kt the risk of being
considered unorthodox,- I will venture
some opinions, with the hope that, If X
anx wrong, and you have not the time
or tnclinatioa to thaw ' me my error;
some one of your readers may.' : ;--
, My excuse - is, as before stated, that
your articles failed to remove my skep
ticism on the subject in the light of
other Scriptures. . . - ! ,
("Search the Scriptures, for they. are
they which testify of me." ; "All Scrip
ture Is given by inspiration of God, and
IS profitable for Instruction," Ac.'1- -,
- While revelation Is explicit as to the
fact that the condition of the righteous
from death to the resurrection; Is a dis
embodied existence, it - has given but a
bare outline of the picture of disembod
ied life. It is described as a state of
rest. "They do rest from their labors."
Bat is It a final state! . What salth the
Scriptureit "Ws shall all be changed,"
Wbent "In a moment, in the twink
ling of an eye, at the last trump,' for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead snail
be raised Incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corruption shall put
on ' Ineorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality." So thev do not
reach immortality, then until the last
trump.' "Then it seems they can't be in
heaven' till then, for that is their Im
mortal home, 5 It wilt not do to say that
this refers to the body only as that
makes the body the only Immortal part
of man, for, he then, for the first time,"
puts on immortality. '
i: t Again : In not a single instance does
the Scriptures connect the bestowal of
promised reward with the believer's
death. -. On the contrary, all rewards
are to be given at the lodgment Paul
says," "there Is henceforth laid up for
me a crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, will give me
at that day" (the judgment). The crown
ing day is still to come. Woy not at
death, if they go immediately to heaven t
Rewards to be given hereafter. See Heb,
11:89-40, "
i Again: "The dead in Christ shall rise
first' then we which are alive and re
main shall be caught up together with
them ' to meet the ' Lord in ' the air or he
descends and so shall we" (with the liv
ing and them that sleep) "ever be with
the Liora." wnerei . in neaven.v it
would seem, then; that they that sleep;
nave not been to heaven -yet.' v;
i Farther: It seems to me that the Sa
vior's answer to the thief on the cross,
given in support of the theory that they
go1 immediately to1 heaven, proves the
opposItewiirMs day thou sbalt be with?
me in Paradise"; and at the resurrection
he said to Mary Magdalene; Touch
me not, woman, for I have - not, as yet
ascended to my father. n-This was I hres
days after his promise i ..to the thief.
Where bad he been these three dayst
Certainly not to heaven, for he says not
Had the thief been with him I He told
him be should be;1 and that they should
be together in Paradise; It would seem
from this, then, that paradise can't be
heaven, and that there is an "interme
diate state." ' '
ii believe that every act In the life of
XThrist, every incident in his history is
given to : teaen a lesson tus nomnie
life of self-denial, his baptism, his death
and ' burial three days of disembodied
1 me his resurrection and ascension-. SO
likewise with believers. . Humility mast
Accompany the second birth i then a life
of self-denial ; death and Dortal "sown
In corruption"; disembodied life with
Christ; resurrection raised in iucor
rantion": ascension to heaven, Teath
I and .resurrection not simultaneous and
heaven's company not changed from de
parted spirits to departed persons. .
i"T7i . l" ' .J 7 i "i
Lastly, if the righteous are rewarded
ZiySrrTT, ja.
ji tjv
' a mks m v nvv waawwa aim www w v ve
but for information, and would be glad
If some one would give it - This theory
is not inconsistent with your views con
cerning purgatory. That dogma can be
easily disproved by the Scripture.
i Fraternally,
j : f;- 0. H. Spevckr.
. Warsaw, March 29, 1888. i
. ,. i a. Addenda,. "U;;
, Readers of the Recorder are aware
of the fact that this scribe has taken it
on himself lately to defend the doctrine
of predestination from soma rather un
called for attacks, indulged in by breth
ren who are rather fond, perhaps, of
handling a "free lance. '
J One brother claimed that the sermon
that called forth my first article in the
Recorder, was not an attack on the
doctrine of predestination; bat rather
an attack upon the extreme view of the
same, held by some of our brethren.
Permit me, in reply, to say, that if the
sermon alluded to was only an attack on
the extreme view of predestination, I
would like for the brother to Inform me
what be regards the milder view of that
Pauline doctrine.
I had intended to let the above pass
unnoticed, but for a very questionable
compliment contained in the last: Re
coRDitR, in a reference made to my ar
' ticles by your correspondent "C. C. H.",
at Moont Airy, N. 0.
In replying briefly to the good broth
er's reference to myself, I have, you see,
gene back to a later date. In the letter
from Mt Airy, Bro. O. C. H. says,' in
referring to me: "I am glad to know
that we have one man so far advanced
in the doctrine of predestination. Bro.
.Woodson says only those who are of
mature age can understand : the doc
trine," &C - ,
: Allow me to say publicly for the
brother's private edification, that I do
not claim to be of mature age myself,"
nor do I profess to have mastered this
difficult doctrine. Solitary and grand,'
it stands out boldly in the Bible land
scape. Is base is among the lesser hills,
its summit amid the clouds In which the
Lord of Hosts bides his face. I have wan
dered through some of the ravines that
farrow its base; I have quenched my
thirst at some of the oooling fountains
that gush from Its side;. I have mounted,
perhaps, some of the spurs that lead to
the summit, out i never expect to treaa
there until these feet the Lord willing,,
shall stand on Mount Zion, and these
eyee behold the city of God. 1
I Let me also advise the brother that
when i he attempts to reproduce the
written words of another, either verba
tim, or, ' in substance, to be very sure
that bis reproduction does no violence
to the original statement Now, if the
brother, will carefully examine all I have
written for the Recorder bearing on
predestination, he can nowhere find a
statement or sentence which will justify
him in saying, as la the last Recorder,
"Bro, Woodson says only those of ma
ture age can understand the doe trine."
I did use such expressions as "Christians
of mature mind" and "the ' matured
Christian mind,' &c. If the brother
cannot see the difference between the
expressions ""Christian of mature age!
and "Christian of mature mind," I am
'not to bieme.-- "v-
i -In order to convince htm that he mis
understood me, let me call his atten
tion to a sentenoe I did use In my first
article in the Recorder: "The conclu
sion of the whole matter Is this: even
newborn babes in Christ that is, young
and old people who are babes in .Christ,
need the pure milk of the word." .. 6
A man may have a matured Christian
mind long before he is of mature age.
May the brother live to have both. If
he will come down this summer, he shall
have an arm chair and a cool veranda,
and then we can study further the sub
ject adapted to the Christian of mature
ISlO&Hv i f-c A. Woodsoisv
11. uf
3 Something About Protracted :
j j Meetings. '-. --5
VDear Brol Bailey ; I see in the Ri
CORDBS many things said about pro
tracted meetings. Some are favoring,
while others are opposing them. I sap
pose every man has a right to express
bis opinion, so I will give yoa mine. . r
A About the year 1838 or 37, Mr. M
JJab began a meeting at a Baptist ehaitb
near my motber'i house, and it torned
out to be a revival In truth. Seme of
the old members of this church thought
best to have no more protracted meet
la gs, and were opposed to missions also
The most of the converts of this , meet
ing, and - some of the old members, dis
agreeiog with tbesa) Jeft the church and
eonstltated a Missionary Baptist church,
anonc one nun rrom tne original euuren.
As I have always lived near these two
ehurehes, I can give you a brief sketch
of both since the split , The old church
hasMnever had a protracted meeting
since. 'Now,' Bro. Bailey, I would not
ssy one, word against the old church, for
my mother lived and died a member
there,, But I attended an Association
held at this church about two years
ago, and heard the minutes read. They
had only; three; male members, very
good men and very old. , They have no
: I
jCTlTHBEB 40 I
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Sunday School, no ; money sent up for
any ocject exeept to s pay traveling
preachers. It has now been almost
fifty-one years since this spllt. This is
the advancement made there1.
I Now I will tell something of the new
church. : I have the minutes before me,
and can give a correct statement of last
year's work. The following amounts
were sent up to outlast Association:
Foreign Missions; $22491; State- Mis
sloes, $218.80; Home Missions, $15.16;
Assoelational Missions, $10.00; Educa
tion, $21.78; Sunday Schools, $2.60;
Orphanage, $33.75, (and they have since
then agreed to support an orphan); pas
tors , salary, $275.00; the, membership
numoerinir ziev a -; r "-v--1 ,
t since we nave neld protracted meet
ings yearly,; you mkht ask,i why we
have no more members.. Many of them
nave leit uns church to help organize
three other churches since built up. A
number of them lie in our churchyard.
whose lives still live after them, and
whoee Influence is still felt for good. ,.
i i i saw in the recordeb of February
8th,' that Bro." Skye says the protracted
meetings , are; fast I filling our ehurehes
with unconverted people. sJ , eordially
invite Bra. Sky also Bra7 Bailey, to
attend-the meetinsr of the Flat' River
Association, to be' held ''with Poplar 1
ureeKi ennrcn next August; we can
then hear from and visit ; the churches
of brethren Devln, Marsh, Jenkins,
Stradley,' - Hardaway, Lamberth and
Beam; and the others of the Associa
tion, I feel confident that nineteen-twen-tieths
of the members of the churches
are brought in during protracted meet
ings, l heartily . wish that we . could
have more of these meetings.1
So far as the preaching on the thirty
days system is concerned, I say this ;
There are few country . churches' that
could support a pastor alone, and if they,
could, we eould not find preachers' for
them.' In the Flat -River Association
there are . thirty: churches, with only
thirteen pastors, and most of them have
some churches in other Associations.
But suppose 1 we 5 had last thirteen
ehurehes in this Association, they would
be so far apart that the children eould
not attend Sunday School.
i " Fraternally, i
;-.j.v- j. J. Meadows.'
Berea, March 28, 1888. ?
State Missions.
i The following report was written by
Bey. E. Dodson many years agor ; ;,
r We have not learned what the Apostle
meant . by redeeming . time. . We have
lost time and lost important places and
very vaioaoie materials: TheD. andL
Board had -nine missionaries in -North
Carolina, and yet North Carolina for
the fiscal year paid that Board only
about 392. This is too bad. When the
wagoner calls on Hercules for help, he
muse jay nis own shoulder to the wheel.
' The same Board rained: over $26,010
the last, fiscal year, and owed $17,600.
North Carolina did not pay her part
The support of a do for one year is $10.
A am sorry ' to say it: but many neigh
borhoods don't give as much to the gos
pel as would support a dog. send us
good preachers, say some, but their ruo-
senpnone say-sena us one ox no ac
count. ' We have baptized too many
nothings. Merox was cursed because she
did nothing.--Judges 5: 23. ; The. nn-
profitable servant was cursed for doing
nothing. Matthew 25: 30. The Moab-
ites and Ammonites Were not to come
into God's congregation for ten genera
tions because they refused. Israel bread
ana water after coming out ox Egypt
In the wilderness, about 3.000.000 be
longed to the "can't company," and per-
isned. uaieh and Joshua belonged' to
tne "try" company, iived,nd went into
uanaan. some subscribe and wont
pay. This is wrong.
Christ was laid in a manger. If dry
weather or hard times come, many plaoe
His eause in a manger. If any is to be
crucified, it is Christ and not Barabb&s.
If any cause is to die, it must be Christ's
During 1887 and in hard times, the devil
bad a circus. In one place he made
$1,000, and In another $600. Many peo
ple will sooner give $10 to the devil than
$1 to Christ The Bible excludes the
covetous man from heaven. 1 Cor. 8 : 10.
We have too : much dead capital In our
church.
8TSTEM.
About 400 poor Catholics paid each
25 cents per wteek and raised in one year
$3,200. v A doctor once, gave all he
booked the first day of every month! In
the year be gave $56. Doctors in Eng
land are paid every visit either in due
bill ormoney. We eould give on the
same plan on the first day of every week.
Some give one tenth. What oceans were
given to the war on this plan. If every
one would give five cents per. week;
much could be raised., But gifts must
be mingled with lalth and prayer. Ues-
eklah displeased God because he ren
dered not according to the benefits re
ceived, i God has given us a good rain.
Let us not. imitate Hezekiah. There are
eighteen or twenty missionaries in North
Carolina, but what are they among so
manyt E. DpDsoar.
: 1 t ' " Degrees in Heaven? 'f"
$ 'iitiA vtii. jtVni ' ' ':'- 'i ' ;;i1in't
N -Dear Brother Bailey . I have often
heard t it . proclaimed from . the , pu
pit that some great and. good, man
will ooonpy the highest place In heaven,
and will wear 1 so many stars in his
crown, &e..i. Now the question is, where
do they get this argument from! We
know that there are, people whom the
world calls great and we know, too.
that there are people whom the world
calls small or Ignorant They all come
Into the world alike and. all leave it
alike. So worldly greatness and worldly
Isnoranee end In this world, and all go in
to the future as they come into the world
equaL We believe all' who are fortu
nate enough to get to heaven will occupy
the same sphere, ' No dularence there.
All who get to heaven were purchased
upon Calvary's height and the same
precious price was - paid for each.': No
difference In the price of a Christian.; 80
we think that our greatness over others,
la of the world, and ends in -the world.
Our Lord, in the 18th chapter ? of
Matthew, gave a type of what we must
be to ba great In the kingdom of heavens
He tells ns that we must become as lit
tle children, , So He puts it in the reach
of every one. " Bat had Ha said we must
become as the great people cf the world
there would benoehanee for the masses.
.May the Lord bless yoa and give you
m&ny years to carry on the good work
of the Recorder is the prayer of
i j" ' J. E. Laughter,
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j Woman's Missionary Columiu
1 Help ikoulanun xvkick labored with me,
l . T 9 SB WS r . .,.- V -.-J, .i.4'-
, ;. ,m ' i mi. 4: 3. . .
I - )Vn On Cam nTtLHT0
From an incident related by Mrs. L -
M. Shaw, of North China, at the Six- .
teenth Annual Meeting of the Woman's
Presbyterian Missionary Society, held in '
Brooklyn, N. Y.. , - i , : ;
A pale-faced Western teacher 3
To the " Flowery Kingdom " came. '
To tell among its people J ,
I The " nower of Jesus' name.''
A pagan woman listened,
i And caught within her breast "
Some fragment of the message, . ". "-i
? But did not sain the rest.;, t l--
She learned of man's Creator, ,.v,
t- And that some Heavenly One
Gives access to His favor, ' - J'
1 But knew not Christ, the Son. -e
.Sixteen long years she waited t 1
To find the truth in Him, ,
"Till care, and age, and sorrow .1 . . .3.
weiEhed down each talterinsr limb.
iThe grave yawned dark before her,
Low flickered memory's namer a , , , fi
bile no one came to teu her - .
The power of Jesus' name." ' " ,
nee more a rising murmur'
f I Spreads to her lowly home, , . , r i
"Another pale-laced teacher , , ,..
1 Is to our village cornel" ' , 1 (
She tottered forth, she hurried ' "
i Close to the teacher's side. - - - '
'Tell me-I have forgotten ?.i
1 That other name,! she cried.
The teacher gently told her ,
God's laws, in accents low; -
T'wrja rlron a 11 W saVtsa tnnvmniurl ir.r
?" But then. I did not know.' .? ... ,
For no one came to tell me; 3 . ; , . .
rernaps 111 be zonnven.
If I can but remember ' " " v"
fTh Tl'iun that aivdi hpAvnn. n '- '..;.-.
The teacher spoke of Jesus, . ir,! "'
1 His love, and death of shame. - -
Until in eager gladness - , . t
ller lips could shape Bis name. '
JY6u who are younger, listen," -
She plead, ! to what is told, t r ,
And help me to remember -v,
This Word, for I am old."
jestfxme Jjtrr9 n aws AVitszcnren
: Giving Like a Little CJUld. I1
Many of the - women of our church . -
who are, interested In Foreign Missions,
are asking' how they can secure means
to help forward this enterprise. 1 They "
can find an answer in tne following lnci--f
dent:- -a -sij
Not long since a poor, widow came ,
into my study.1 She is over sixty years '
of age. ;1 Her home Is one little " room, '
about ten feet by twelve, and she sup
ports berse.lf by her needle; which,iin
these days of sewing machines, means
the -most miserable support.; Imagine !
my surprise when she put Into my hands '
three dollars, and said: -
"There Is my . eontribation. . to . the
church' fund." -.),
i" But you are net able to give to
much r : i -
i"Oh! yes,"- she exclaimed,1 "I have
.learned how to give now." : .
i"Howisthat rlasked. -,,-,.,.
r Do you remember," she answered,
tht urmnn nt ' thrcut mrtnth ntrn -
when yoa told us that you did not be-'
lieve one of your people was so poor ,
that if he loved Christ, he eould . not :
find some way of showing that love by
hisgiftsr" ; i-,-v.i?T1
!"Ido. i-- " ; i - -
"Well, I went home, and cried all
night over that sermon, . I said to my- ,
self,' My, minister . don't khow how
poor I am,1 or he would 'never have said
that.' But from crying I at last got to
praying. . And when I told Jesos all
about it I seemed to get an answerin
my heart that dried up all tears."; .. ;
" What was the answer r l :asaed,
deeply moved by her recital. . - ;i
, j" Only this, 4If you cannot give as
other people do, give like a little child.1. ,
And I have been doing it ever since.' '
When I have a penny change over from
toy sugar or loaf of bread, I lay it aside f,
for Jesus; and so I have gathered this
money all in pennies." . v , -
J "Bathas it not embarrassed yoa to
lay aside so much I"
1 r on, no,"j she responded eagerly,
with beaming face,: V Since I began to
give to the Lord, 1 1 have always nad :, v
money In the house for myself, and it is 1
wonderfal how the work comes pouring
ici. i '80 many are coming to see me that M
1 never knew before."
j"Bat didn't yoa always have money . - .
in the house T I asked. - ,
:" Ob, no. Often when my rent came "
dee. I had to go and borrow it, not.
knowing how I ever should find means : '
to pay it again. , But I dont have to do
that any more the dear Lord is so .
kind." '- Of course I eould not refuse '
such money.- ."' ' -' '' ;: : -
, Three months., later she came with ,
three dollars and eighty-five eents saved ,
In the same way,
Now1 what i-.hla rtnnr wnman AM fol -
Christ and his cause, can surely be done -by
those ? mora highly favored, i The
Foreign Missionary work needs all that , .
the warm hearts and the generous bands ,
of Christian women can accomplish. " ' V '
ii jThU incident, reprinted from an old
number ! of S.thefe Foreign Missionary, . 3 .
eontainsa lesson for ns alL .We should .f
gbre according Jo our c6y honestly .(.
and faithiuiiy.f ix we can only give as -
a child, that is all that is required of us.
If we can' give In larger, measure, the i.
fmaUer Is not enougtu . , 4 1
A Remarkable Answer to Prayer . t i
:i .Mtm' maafn f '' a. Rartftaf ' rn(ri In -
Connecticut sent one hundred dollars to"
support a preacher of -the gospel in J
Burma, and with the money the follow- -
lag remarkable account of the way it . 1
came to be given for this purpose: ,
f i"Mr. P -was very anxious that a ' '
young man, a neighbor, would be eon -1
verted ; and, while he wrestled in prayer, ,
the thought came to mm, - wnar. wouia
yod give V and he said, Lord, 1 1, will '
give one hundred dollars to missions, if -
he Is converted. Six months passed ; i
and one night the young man aroused i
his wife, saying that he was in great;
stress of mind, and mast have help, for '
he Was sinking under a terrible load Of ' li
sin." " In the night-watches, f hu 1 wue
called in a pious lady, and they knelt-
with him In prayer; and there he gave
his "heart to Christ- In the morning , 4
early; he Called on brother P to pray
for him also.- Thus the promise came
up anew, and the money goes In fulfil- -ment
thereof." " ;
Terfect symmetry never produces the
e fleet of vastness. It Is only l:y study
izg details that we eomprcLend the 1
whole.