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' Tht Boston Ifttstcal Herald presents nnasaal attractions in its ? Christmas . nninber.' It is especially strong in its editorial department, while its Question . and Answer, Review of i New Music,? Musical Reading Coarse, and other de- - partments, make the Journal invalua ble to students of music. Three choice, JLmaa Carols will be welcomed by Chor- ; isters. - Subscription, fLOO per year.! - Address, Boston Musical Herald, Frank-! lin Square, Boston, Mass. . The Popular Science Monthly will, in the forthcoming number, have a copi ously illustrated article, entitled "The Guiding Needle of an Iron, Ship by, ' Lieutenant Commander T. A. Lyons,' This article will explain how the dis turbing influence exerted on the com-' pass needle by the various masses of iron i on shipboard is remedied. ' ''Science and. its Accusers'1 is the title of another arti-; ele. In which the author, Mr. W. D. Let Sugar, - affirms that- science is simply; : truth, and, while men and theories may: properly be criticised, opposition tosci-j ence is absafd and ain. In the same ' number Mr. E. R. . Sbaw will tell how . he made geometry a pleasure to his pa-: pile, using the "Inventional Geometry", ; prepared by Herbert Spencer's father. ;-; ; Ayer's Almanac for 1889, published by Dr. J. (X Ayer ts Co., Lowell, Mass., . eomes to as in the shape of a neat pre sentation book of about five hundred pages, being made up of numerous edi . tioos calculated for the latitudes of many- lands. A score or more of nation alities are addressed in their, own lan4 goages in this volume, and could they all be heard ' clamoring together - for Ayer's Sarsaparilla and , Ayer's ; Pills what a Babel would break forth! Ayer's Almanac, in its familiar yeuow cover,' baa long been known as the most accu rate and reliable of its kind; and if any - one is ignorant of the superior merits of Ayer's medicines, and suffers in conse quence, it is not the fault of this enter-' - prising firm, who scatter their "leaves' , by the million, "for the healing of the nations."; r Ask your druggist for AyerV ' Almanac : ' X Who is' to Blame? ,In looking over' the minutes of some of the associations recently, I was sur prised to see that some churches, nam- bering from 150 to 225 members, gave last year only $2.00, $4 00, and (S.00 to- Foreign Missions, and about the same to Home Missions, and less to Education. On inquiry, I learned that in some of these churches .there is a good deal pf wealths . In all of them there are several 'Who are well to-do in tho-world," as, we sometime hear it expressed. ' r- - . Now, there is a want of faithfulness: on the part of somebody. Whose fault is it that so many, who are able to help the Lord's struggling cause,' are doing comparatively nothing I The world is all open to the gospel, and the cry from every land is, "Come over and Jaelp us. and godly, consecrated men and women are saying, "Here I am, send me." .The members of these churches know these facts and hear these calls for help, and yet do merely nothing.' Saved them selves and prospering in the world, and yet show no sympathy for their perishing ' fellowmen ; for, in most cases, what little they give is not given- witaKheerlalness or pleasure, but given because under some pressure. - - ' . - Now the blame and it is a very serl oos blame for the most part lies at the 'pastor's door. ,The people who compose one ehurco are taken in pn a credible profession of faith are believed to be a regenerate," epiritnal people who have that faith which overcomes the world. And for the most part the members of our churches are converted. And when God converts a soul He Implants in that renewed soul a desire to do His will in . all things: The Christian has but to see l his duty as revealed in " God's Word to do it. If the pastors of Christ's churches would open His Word and show His people oat of the Scriptures their duty " to the pesishing millions, tbey woald very soon Bhow a "readiness to do -their5 fall duty. , These church members feel no sympathy for the heathen and give little to save them, simply because their - pastors do not faithfully teach them; .their duty as it is so clearly revealed in the Scriptures. I am iully persuaded 'that any faithful minister of the gofepel, who eroen amonsr his people and stands op before them with clear expositions of truth and duty, will soon see them giv ing with cheerfulness and more in ac eordanee with ability. . ' 7 - Now, brethren, as the under-shep- herdg, as overseers placed over the nock. by the Holy Spirit, as those who are to feed the church of God which He bath: purchased with His own blood, bow can we rest satisfied with this state of things! Are we faithful to oar Master: to oar churches, to the perishing heathen t If we are not going to develop our churches. to lead them on to do their duty and meet their responsibility In the work of evangelizing the nations, we ought to resign and give up the pastorate. No man should remain in charge of a church: oi" unrist if he is not going to laoor faithfully for their spiritual development : and " usefulness. How can a faithful minister of the gospel be willing to serve a church that manifests no Interest in the salvation of the people at home and abroad! How can he remain the leader of 200 people who do not give five dol lars a year to save the perishing millions! &na how can a church of CarioE be wil hng to keep as pastor a man who will not open God's word and tell them their . auty in thee things! " ;As I have read ruinates of Associa tions I have felt etirred to say just what I have written. The longer I live the less qualified I feel myself to-be a pastor of a church of Ilini who L tiia Great Eiiepberd of His ebeep. W. R. GWALTSZY. Li'a is maie cp not of great sacr'aa or duties, but oi'littla things, ia which spulea sad kfadness and sis all attea t.crs, t wltui'lf , a?a vchat va Ja-i t'-eer t'.'s heart, g-.va eoni;:,rt and t-"jiaess to c"t -?! ' "i.Llr II. JJ well 3 tO Voluhe 54. JLetter from Mexico. ' J : Dear Becorder-viUl you allow : me to address ,'my former pupils of ' the Chowan Institute through your pages? Many of them have written requesting information concerning my home, my ; self and my work, but so many , things arise to ; oeenpv ray time aay Dy aay. that I cannot maintain an extensive cor respondence; hence, many of their let ters lie unanswered, thougn tnorougniy appreclatea. ; xnrougu your amanass, it is possible to answer all their letters at once, and to give information to Oth ers, also,' concerning the work here. : To my Fapils of tke Ckewaa Iastitpte j3ear Girls: -Walk in; yon are always welcome at my house. . Be careful to put your feet on the rugs (presents from you, by the. way), or the stone floor will chill you. . The Are will be conspicuous for its absence. In Mexico we do not have fire, at any time of the year (to sit by), hence we Americans have to follow tht sunshine to keep warm. Now. ask any questions you Uae. Tell you of Matebuala! With much pleasure. I have been here but two weeks to day, and do not know all about the city. It is one of the three largest mining cities in the Republic, Cedral and Catorce, near by, being the other twa Much of the silver found in the fourteen wines of Catorce is worked here., Matehuaiah means had water, and the water found here is proverbial for its badness. Dur ing . recent , years, however,, water has been conducted by pipes from a neigh boring mountain .spring, and now we have good, pure water -r bp paying for it. Matehuala has a population of twen ty two thousand, and, an elevation of six thousand feet. . It is surrounded by lofty mountains, on the summit of one of which is perched Catorce. with a population of ten thousand. No wheeled- vehicle has ever ascended to it. All the machinery : necessary for , working its fourteen immense mines, was carried up an elevation .of eight thousand feet on the backs ox dooaeys and men. at is no uncommon sight here to see a man in a run, bearing on his back a weight of eeveral hundred poonds. The popular way of ascending to Catorce is to drive four donkey ahead and hold on by his tail. j I wish to take you with me some morning to market and show, you, here in December,., the profusion of fresh. garden peas, cabbages, tomatoes, let tuce, roasting .ears, and other- summer vegetables, also' the-great pyramids of gclden oranges, bananas, crimson tunas (the fruit of the cactus), and other trop ical fruits that are obtainable here all the year around.' Then, we will extend our walk through, one of '.the many plazas, and see the .fountain play, hear the music of the Mexican band, and gatir a bunch :oi' perennial dahlias, rose and violets. But, Matehuala; is not, at present, a pleasant place to live, though so beautiful. The Inhabitants are exceedingly lanatieal and haters of ail Americans. So far as we know there are but two ..Mexican church: members here, and they are Methodists, and sim ply sojourners. But little mission work has been done. , Some years ago the Methodists " attempted to establiah - a mission here, but abandoned the under taking., since an entrance into the homes and hearts of tho people was so difficult to obtain., JtSro. Taber, a f riend Mis sionary from Indiana, who has been in the City of Mexico, for two years,- and .Miss JNeiger, his assistant, who has open ed a school here, moved to Matehuala .two weeks in advance of us. As we are not yet suffleiently grounded in the lan-: guage to bold meetings of our own, we' attend the services held by lira. Taber, twice during the week and twice on Sunday. Our native helper on this field ox one hundred and fifty miles square, Senor Porferio Rodriques, when be is here, assists Bro. Taber in bis meetings. At the tlrst public meeting five natives. three, women and two ,men,-came Into the bouse, and at least a hundred stood outside around the open door listening and hurling In by turns 'lighted cigars and stones." We opened the meeting by singing three- hymna In! Kngliah . from No. 6, Gospel Hymns, and several Span ish songs translated from Nos. 1, .2, 3 and 4, Gospel Hymns, MissNeiger play-! mg the , organ. Bro. Taber, who is a man of energy and power, then boldly declared, to them : Christ's -message. "Come to me,n in a voice loud and clear enough to be heard by all outside.'- .His talk created excitement in the: crowd, which, was much allayed by the short. pointed, gentle speech made by his wife. who is a lovely woman in every sense of the word, and my Ideal of a Quakeress. By the intervention oi the police, the stoning : was finally discontinued until' the services were over, but they followed: tanoe, aeaung out stones ana aDUse wim a lavish " hand. " A stone struck t Mrs. Taber on the forehead and caused con siderable pain for the time. '. Last night about ten came into the church, while two or three hundred gathered around the door whistling, shouting, and hurl ing stones. A rock as large as your fist came sailing ,; through , the ' door and struck a woman on the foot. Two po licemen at the door did what they could to keep order,' but were not' entirely successful.? They arrested four men. After we had left the church the stones ' began to fly at us thick and fast, "the darkness shielding the burltrs, bat God 'protected us. Every service we attend is at a rise of our lives. Three times Mr. Chastain and I have been stoned In - the - street, the stones striking us in many, places, but - no serious injury has been done. - Several times our house has received a shower of stones at night, and one night we went to sleep while large rocks were be ing thrown over the top of the house In to our yard. This morning we found a note in the key, hole of the door exhort ing us to embraee the religion of Mary. The priests and women make pilgrimages every morning to the shrine oi Ilary, bersmj her to cast us out of the city It is now the time of the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the cathedrals are brilliantly iliuminatea at Bigot, while ia the day vast crowds harry to the shrLae of the Virgin, bearing their eifta wax candles, varying ia length from oce to six feet, end ia co? twenty fve cants to tsn dc liars. . LTay c these candles ere decorate! wilh rowers anl nt .-o 7e I 3tD f - ers an l nt i v:c:xr--3r3t"-:. --3 t'-T3 r ---1 F""' 3 t3 tie Cf Jlz.c.. a, B,ul he :s cl tlsf- 3 r f ' 6.3- f cf 1 1 ! t 1 y The Organ of the North Carolina securing the positions forme, the Eng lish exercises shall be mostly original and by them I shall strive to teach gos pel truths. We hope soon, by God's heln. to prove to these people that we mean no barm, but are the messengers of the God of peace. Pray for us, that we may be rightly guided in our. eon- duct towards them, and that we may- cease in no degree to love them because of their attitude towards us. In thlnk ing of their conduct, the words of Mrs.' Browning: "If gratefuller, by so much less pitiable! constantly recur to mej I shall be glad to hear from any and all of you at any time. - My address is Mate huala Mexico. r " As ever, your friend, ' : : v ; T.TT.T.T1TV Chastahj. . Matehuala, Mexico, Dec 10, 1888. Southern Baptist Convention and the Conference Committees - Cotemporary with the meeting of the Baptist Congress in- Richmond, , there was convened a conference of brethren from different sections of the Union to consider matters of great Importance to the missionary and publishing work of the denomination.:: The subjects con sidered and the success or failure of the plans discussed are of great Importance to the Baptists of America. The meet-: ing was arranged in accordance with the following resolution adopted ' by ; the Southern Baptist Convention which met at Eichmond, May 11th, 18So. i BtroeBSTCQBrs ooHTAXMn rsr thb rk- ' OBT OF TEX'HOMS BOARD. '. The committee, to whom were referred the suggestions of 1 the Home Mission Board, beg leave to recommend : ' ' First That a committee of five breth ren be appointed by the two Boards of this Convention, Jointly, whose duty it shall be to confer with representatiyes of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, the American' Baptist .Publica tion Society and the American Baptist Missionary Union, not with a view of uniting the Baptists, North and South, Into one organic body, but to adjust all questions of ' difference which have arisen between them In the prosecution of then work. "And Second. That a committee Tbe ap pointed consisting of Dr. J. P. Boyce, President of the Convention : Drs. H. A. . Tapper and L T. Tichenor, Secre taries of our Boards; Dr. J. L. M. Curry, Drs. P. M. Ellis and T. H. Pritchard, who . shall confer with the various missionary organizations of the world with reference to the proper celebration of the- centennial of missionary work among the heathen in modern times. . - s .'. - L B. Laxx, ? V. : .W.H. 08BOKJTK, v- S. M. Ykatmazt, i H. M Knra, - - .'i J. D. 8TBWXKT, . i . W. J. K Cox, ( .. 4 - Committee. s The Southern Baptist Convention was represented by Messrs. T. T. Eaton, L A. --Tapper.- L T. Tichenor. w A. u Smith and Prof. Winston; the Baptist Missionary Union by Dr. Mordoek; tbe Home Missionary i Society : by - Messrs. Morehouse and Hiseoek, while the Pub lication Society sent Messrs. . Grifath, Bitting, Wayland Hoyt, A. J. Rowland and C H. Banea There was also pres ent a delegation from the Missouri Bap tist Convention, consisting of Bra. ford and Rogers. . - . The i Conference met several times during the days devoted to Its- sessions. and one . of ; the meetings lasted from 9 :S0 p. m. to 2 a. m. A The entire discus sions were brotherly, yet marked by the most earnest and frank expressions con cerning the subject and v propositions' offered by the different Societies repre sented. , The brethren from' the Missouri Con vention were present to take part in the discussion so far as their State work was especially interested. , It appears that there are two sets of agents in Missouri, and .that missionary work is being done and contributions solicited and received by them for the Southern and Northern Societies: i This condition has existed for years; and the churches contribute as it may seem best to them, some using the New xork and - Boston Societies, others the Atlanta and : Richmond, while some of the churches and Individ uals divide their contributions between the North and South. ' This condition was accounted for by tbe fact that Mis souri was settled largely by people from both sections of the country, and that their old associations with the societies lead them to indicate their preferences in the channels of benevolence. There was a great deal said on both sides; and it was hoped that if any diOcuItles ex lsted they were not necessarily insuper able, and that, it no other arrangement could be devised to do away with a cus tom existing for years, a modus Vivendi could be suggested. - The diseaBsions between the represent ativea of - the Publication Society and the Southern- Convention Committee turned largely upon the expediency of the Convention publishing the " Blind Words Series of Sunday-school Helps." This action was defended by tbe South era brethren and was replied to by tbe presentation of the views of the Fubll cation Society. - The action of tbe Southern brethren In entering npon a work which tbe American Baptist Publication Society was so well prepared to do and has been doing for years, was kindly bat frankly criticised by the chairman and members of the Publication Society's committee. Not the least important of the reasons for the use of one National Society for Sunday-school literature was the means afforded for the cordial co-operation of Baptists In one common work, if such co-operation was considered desirable by the Southern brethren. 'This state ment ; was reinforced by statistics of grants of aid cheerfully given from the profits of the Society's-publications to missionary work and Sunday schools ia the Southern States. The views of the committee of the Southern Baptist Con' ventlon were ably -presented by the chairman and the brethren on the com- From the character of the instructions given by the Convention no arrange dent cf erecnient could be formulated ca tla p-rt cf tta Conference, tnd the time occur';! was devote! entirely to dl33c:.'Dt3 cs tie missionary an 1 publi- c:t. 3 t.trit.ca ts it ex.ct3tC3y. A r- -.t v ".I i 3 doabt i. 3 raaJa to tbe Convec'loa f 6 its next" meeting, and i:2 : 1 1 .':a ls tlit body mayd l..;C. ' if y':z:z:l to re;-c t t it ' : Lj'tL- 3f.::.,:; Baptists, Devoted to Bible Religion, Education, Literature end General Intelligence. RALEIGH, N;; C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 261888. JLetter from Bro. D. IT. Herring. j From Foreign Mission Journal, Dec, iSSS. Dear Dr. Tupver: The third quarter is gone and with it the dreaded season.; We stayed !by the staff and the Lord graciously preserved uV wherefore we continually sayi, "Bless the Jborayu my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name." During the quarter, except on Sunday, I did only occasional preach ing; the native preachers, however, kept up their; duties right xaitnxauy. Aiy, work was - chiefly in the study,- conse quently I - hope I am better equipped with the language for tbe campaign of these three months of beautiful weather that we always have here, npon which I have already entered.' I am preaching every night in our church, and try to preach or do some work outside every; day. I have what sems to be a prom-. isiog work in a native opium refuge to which I go once a week. There are more than two hundred inmates. I have a class there of fifteen who are studying the Bible with me. In the afternoon for one or two hours I try to have ime enquirer with me; praying for him and teaching him. There are two men who desire to be baptized; but I am putting them' off, and - teaching them thus in private, lest they should join the church prematurely, for after all the care that has been taken, I fear there are some in our little band with, whom this Is the ease, and bow sad it will be not to meet in heaven any with whom we have asso ciated and looked npon as Christians. Yesterday I spent in fasting and praying fjr'he Holy 8pirit. We are looking for Mrs. Yates back to-day an important day with ns. Much love from us both. -Yours, - D- W. Hkhbxno. Shanghai, Oct. 6, 1888. f :; Letter from Bro. Bryan. ;x From Foreign Mission Journal, Dec, 838. Dear Bro- J?eZl6inoes there Is danger that the Chlnklang Mission will not be reinforced this year, (Bro. Hunnex and family are not reinforcements, but old missionaries returning). I wish to give throo gh - the J ournal some reason s to the- Board and Southern Baptists why we should be reinforced at once. No one was so able to see the importance of a strong force at Chinkiang as Dr. Yates. His foresight and good judgment should not be lightly regarded. - He was so im- pressed with the importance of a tbir lamily In this mission that - be t even offered to give up bis salary to support one. He said if the- people wouldn't, and the Board eouldn t, he would pay the man with bis own salary. His tears ha shed a few days before dying for more men, were shed in part for one family for the Chinkiang Mission.;;; He would have said Jet the first family, go ' mere. If tut had lived I think the Chin kiang . mission would have been rein forced this year. It Is a heavy stroke on: us to lose our dear father- Yates alt we can bear. Shall Ire, because of his loss,! be called upon to J,ose a brother mission-; ary and , iamuy in - ur. . xatea'. name: then I, plead for immediate reinforce-; ment. I would not be selfish, I do not ask for missionaries who are appointed . to other missions. (..Will not some more consecrated men and, women, influenced ' by Dr.' Yates' long consecrated life in China; rise up and say here are we, send ' us? Will not the people say to the, Board, "Send them,' we will pay t he ex-; Senses' t Much has been said by Dr. ates and myself about the imrxrtauoe of Chinkiang as a mission center. One of Dr. Yates' last acts was to. request the Board to constitute Chinkiang a separate mission. This. was done. It is a mission in name, but where are the workers to mate it one in reality r - -j Not twenty miles away from Chinki ang is Yang Chow, a city of very great Importance 'at present. -' Many think that in tbe great awakening which must soon come in China,' Yang Chow will be second in influence to no other city.: There Is now but one mission' In that city. The China Inland Mission have a number of ladies there. The Method ists : and Presbyterians- are- thinking of establishing missions there- soon. This leads me to speak., of the attitude of other denominations - towards : us , and our work. The Northern Methodists are working westward up the Yangtsl riyer, so we are brought in contact with them only In Chinkiang. The Southern Presbyterians, are working north and sooth, up and down" the" Grand Canal. We are working in tbe same direction. We wish to meet Bro. Herring by going south and our Northern China Missions by going north. I Both tbe .Methodists and Presbyterians are being reinforced The Presbyterians have two families in Chinkiang. Last year they opened a mission in Tsingkiang' Pu, ' ISO - miles from this place, with two families and a physician. A lady is now under appoint ment for this same mission..' .They are pleading for a family to open a mission still further north; and also several for xang Chow. The Presbyterians with whom we come in contact like ns. but hate our doctrine. v One brother said, I like you, but hate your, doctrine." They also claim that it would not be honorable for us to come into fields where they have previously established a mission. The first who enter a field have choice' of situation. The situation is very Important, more so here than at home. The Inland mission at Yang Chow are English Baptists and would welcome us. iZ,T: 'i-.r'--:--.rj;:';lC- Dear, brothers ' and sisters,4 you can see from the above facts, not to speak of tbe millions of perishing souls, and the commands of your loving Lord and Saviour to teach them, how pur hearts long for more helpl ' How important it is for us to begin in Yang Chow at once.' We had high hopes of ari additional family, bat oar hopes are falling, and it is bard to keep up courage. For two long" years I have .been lonely, 0 1 so lonely., I regret differing with brother Herring, but if he had been in the situa tion in which I have been for two years he would not hava&nswered tbe Board's question tL How many men for Central China! by "saying two one for Shang hai, and one for Soochow. He would have Joined Dr. -Yates, '--Mrs.. Yates and myself by saying one for Shanghai, one for Soochow, and one for -Yang Chow. We rnnst press our work or give it op. Not to be progressive is to throw away our time and money. The Chinese are not izflaeaced by onr doctrines, because they do not understand them. Im mersion would naturally drive them awHVfrcra ns, because theynevrr use t . rf r it'a-t'..e j i.' cf t. r C".- ;ra tLe 1 i in China, which is on the eve of waking from a long sleep. When she does awake, the.people will naturally turn to tbe flourishing missions. A little neg lect now will lose us" ground which a century . cannot regain.: "A stitch in time saves nine." ; Then let us have at once a worker for this influential city,' Yang Chow. How many must we have. We ought to have five families and four single ladies. We must have this year one family and two ladies as a nucleus for Yang Chow. The ladies should be mature -women over 3U years of age . women . who ' have . been, useful in Christian work at home, who would leave a vacancy : in their church and community It is not proper in Chinese eyes for a young unmarried woman to go out among the people, finally, I ask for these helpers in the name of JexuH Christ and for the salvation, of perishing souls. Who will come! Who will help them toeomef -' " ! R. T. Bktah. Chinkiang, China, Sep. 1, 1888. ' i . ... ,i, " ,. ' ' zljf' L , , The Three G'sl , . ." ,v We all know the three R's, but what are the three G'sf will be the reader's remark on seeing this heading; We do not know to whom tbe invention of the phrase, is due, but It first came to onr notice in a quotation from the ' charge" delivered not long ago to a young min ister: "A good minister of Christ must have tbe three G's Grace, Grit, : and Gumption,1 It might, perhaps, be said that ' these; are qualities necessary for success in any calling, but they are cer tainly requisite in the minister, and im portant in the order chosen by the wise and witty speaker. " it. ,... Nobody will dispute that the minister needs Grace. The doctrine is not quite obsolete, though in some quarters ap parently obsolescent, 'hat the preacher of the gospel, is specially called of God to his work, and may hope to be endued by the Spirit of God with speclal quali flcations for doing his work. "There may, perhaps, be a tendency to under value this kind of preparation, by laying undue stress on the kind of preparation to be gained from the schools, but no body ventures to deny that, in theory at least, Grace is first of all to be sought by him who 'would successfully act as an ambassador of Christ. , . Perhaps it is not so generally recog nized that Grit is almost as necessary as Graee. That form of courage that does not shrink from conflict, even in an ap parently desperate cause, is not nn com mon. Not so common is that tenacity of purpose that enables a man to with stand s swarm of petty annoyances, to endure a succession of trials, none great in themselves, but in the aggregate rasp ing, wearing,' maddening. Hercules did not shrink from the hydra or the Neman lion, but a swarm of wasps or even of mosquitos would put even a Hercules to flights Nevertheless, the secret of suc cess depends, aa much as on any other thing, on tbe dogged persistency of pur pose that enables one to hold bis ground and go on with his work steadily, in spite of numberless- obstacles - and an noyanees. : The man who resigns in a buff because deacon X. criticised his Thanksgiving sermon, or because Mrs X found fault with his wife's new win ter bonnet, will ? never succeed.- He lacks Grit. . EquaMy sure to fail is the man who seeks another field if his dea cons and leading men cannot be brought at once to see the wisdom of something on which he pas set his heart, The fre quent pastoral changes, so much de plored and accounted for in so many ways,; are due very largely to lack' of Grit.; It is'the 'manirwho sticks, who gives himself time to accomplish some thing in a community, and to make his personality felt there, whose work abides and grows, y " ii't 'H si And Gumption , is a third indispei ble quality tact,-, "horse sense," prac tical wisdom. The man of gumption is born, not made. Solomon tells us that a certain kind of man, though brayed in a mortar with a pestle,'-will never be come wiser. Some men Beem incapable of learning, even in the dear school that experience keeps, bat tumble oat of one blunder into another .throughout their lives. ' Such men - are hopeless; t But there are others, in whom tactfulhess is not spontaneous, who are yet capable of learning from' experience, and if they make a blander are never known to "re peat it. . Unfortunately, Gumption ' is not to be learned by rote from a text book, nor can a professor impart it by lecturing or drilling. So far as it is not innate, it must be learned in the school of the world, by hard knocks and bitter reverses. But there is nothing that it is better f worth the young minister's while to develop than whatever capacity in this line he may possess.' More men have failed for lack of it to do the best work of which they are capable than for lack of any other obe thing. Not even Grace will atone for lack of Gumption. - : - -It'"- '" '- ,:-, . -V . God will not , do for us what we Can do for ourselves. No matter how great the blessing is, no matter how sorely we may suffer without it, he will not be teuipied by oar indolence. A cultivated mind is an Inestimable blessing: but as we can win it for ourselves, God does ! not give us so macb as a knowledge of oar letters. A pare heart is a far more inestimable blessing which we can not procure for oarselveo, labor we never so bard, and so (iod gives this to us with out price. We are unclean and can not cleanse ourselves ; be cleanses us; he purges us with nyssopj he renews a right spirit within us. Still even, for these great blessings, man must use bis own powers. He must ask,' seek and knock, na,, be must strive to enter the strait gate. - No man will be saved who is not in earnest in desiring salvation. r God gives ue nothing we can gain for ourselves. And just here is the mistake of those who have opposed the educa tion Of the ministry. God gives grace, trie : an important quaimcanon for a preaeher, but he does not give sequence of tnougnt, clearness ,01 conception. flaency of language, or the power of swaying men's hearts by eloquence, be cauee these things, men may gain for themselves, Dy close and vigorous study. aad by training the naiad to habits of attention and analysis. The days cf npiratiou are over, and now men can bring lorth ttiEgs new and eld,, only wiifca taey cava acquired t-r 3 tr.;r3 by patient study of trod's word. "There ia no royal road to geometry" is a motto hoary with the Cfnturts;-i no. believing road to tier. 2o amount of faith and rr''; cl vi porous thoniLt fr - i l T3 13 1 t.-'i:--. -1 a r .. i I ti r ;h L r. ?v- r tec 1 t :i - Eit that tinners were hindered from earing the goc pel. - God does net five cs what ra e-a get for ourselvei . hen tls children of Is rael reached Canaan, and could get the fruit In the land,; the manna ceased Out ycnler ia the wII'cnieES, where: they couli gst cotLirj, God pave them manna from heaven. -i-a-ii : ; t It is the same way with the conversion of the heathen. ,. God could send an angel to preach to them, but this is a work man can do, and is commanded to do. Christ promised to go with His disciples, as they went into all the world E reaching the gospel to every creature; ut He has not premised to save every creature, whether the disciples go or not. It Is a fearful responsibility which God has placed upon His people. I Even Cornelius, though a devout man, whose prayer God was ready to answer, must "send men to Joppa" and bring Peter to tell him what he must do. . Suppose Peter bad refused to got What then t And suppose we refuse to go when the Lord calls us to enter fields he bath opened, - and "preach to the perish ing souls tbe way of salvation t More than one million southern Baptists give to save the nations (100,000 a year, or less than ten cents apiece. And yet we pro fess to have given our hearts and lives to this great work of saving the world. r Christ has gone to prepare heaven for us, and He has left as here to prepare the world for His coining. And we have but a. short time in which to do our work. Western Recorder, ,-i K1 Faith and Love. Faith, by an Insensible gradation. passes into love. -Faith is tbe ground work of love. It connects the sundered tie between God and the human soul. It restores fellowship between the Crea tor and the creature. It has been truly aid that " such, are thee laws of lour spiritual nature, that love can be re stored to our iapsed humanity only through faith. .... When the sonL, with child-like simplicity, trusts all to God, then there arises in the soul the love of paradise : The redeemed soul Is like a tree planted in the eoorte of the Lord's palace. Faith is Its vital root, love the trunk, and the 'graces which adorn and constitute the Christian character are the branches. If the root withers, the tree fades."' " v, : f- ' r -1 This faith is not a mere reliance npon the atonement for salvation, but a state of affectionate confidence which "the soul feels toward God." All servile fear is banished, and the redeemed spirit re clines on the bosom of the God of love, and Is conscious of not being repulsed. The soul in such a state, looking up to its divine Bridegroom, pours forth its loving song: , ' v - Gentle; thy voice than tfie whisper of angels, Briehtu- thv smile than the tan in tbe ikv? Gather me tenderly, close to thy bosom; '" Famt with thy Joveune there let me die." " Christian Witness. ' - ' -t-;f- , v-... nv. J ...Uotc to Melp a Meeting. . ' Come.',, -; Come early. t n it Bring somebody else. Take a front seat; ' "l Sing.' Suppose you dont know one note from another, yoa will feel better for ' having tried, ' and ' will encourage Say something, If it Is only two words : twenty -five short testimonies are better than a whole poesy bed of glittering xtothinga, or beautiful sunset-sky rhet oric." Men who come dont want gush, .bat tneywejtlifev-;i'--' sev' Don't keep your moatb shut, for fear of making mistakes. Bless your heart, a hundred years from now, the fact that you used frightful grammar won't bother yoa a bit, if some soul was saved because you did say something. Don't start a discussion. Don't wait till the last one: somebody will say just what you wanted to. It always happens so. , ' . Don't think about that engagement to-morrow. Too much world in your heart will act uae water on a ore. . w ....... If the meeting drags, don't yoa drag; maKe lr snap somehow. - Look just as pleasant as you can.' It's contagious. Bemember that It's God's service and not the human being lead' uer- - -.---.. . -...- . ;--.-'.:;vi" Remember that the leader needs pray ers, sympathy and support 3 :J ,s - Bememher. that long prayers, are too good for a good meeting. . f inally, take home that part of the meeting that, hit yon the hardest, and thinKitover. Dan't pass It over your shoulder to the one back oz you. - ' ' ''- Tlf sVa tYtA efveriMe wefaAm Talk the meeting up, and not down. If yoa cannot say anything good about it, keep quiet. - fray moon lor Dieesing. jnrstVAurea The Preacher Great Theme. When Paul went to Corinth, he found city wealthy, gay, licentious, idola trous, a good deal like modern Paris in Us ' worst phases. There was much of art, learning, and ' literature. ' r These people were proud of their polish and refinement. Music, oratory and philos ophy were their : boast Commerce. trade and business made them rich and proud. Paul went there to preafii doc trine, lie bad none of the Grecian elo quence. . ills bodily presence and his speech were not prepossessing. -- But Paul changed not his thecre or his man ner. He tells ns that his theme was Christ Jesus. Not a rleasicg theme to a polished Greek. And to make It still less attractive to the Corinthians, Paul presented Christ as s a cruc.iea man. He spoke cf Christ dying on the ehamei ful cross. And so In our diy the preach? er's theme is the eaine. It is the greatest Cod can give tta prcacLcr. It Is the most scitab'a f cr this caiti century. It is one which angels desire to study. God deenis it the chief est thene. It is tla ccct altrctiva to nea whom the Spirit enlightens. "I, if I be lilted op, will c-aw sJl men crto me.' 1 es, Ctrkt c-i draw rz'i. Lzi te who preicL-s C-rLt cr-:ll v.llld'ra'? men, too. i!9 rr trie t 'et:3 ii-:iice, Eone cicistsrs yiL.l to tie tenrptfttisa to r"-" - J cri - r --1 ci f r --z -7. r . - r 7. 1 :j iez fcnd evtrj- . '.. , t; M" ". '. iey If tt lr f-r - -j r tV ! c. . : . it r: :a 1V3 i 1 - J I! tM M u ITtjuber 26. which Paul - declared, and which saved the people. The very poorest way of preaching this greatest theme Is with excellency of speech and of man's wisdom only; with' pompous pride, glittering sentences, well rounded: periods affected voice mere: words -words! .'"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and: nave not ww, i am become as sounding: brass and tinkling cymbals. " Men may preach lute angels, and yet. fail like wind-baes. Preaching may be like a beautiful dead body. The poet describes the dead body of a beautiful youth "We start, for life is wanttnar there.w Rev. N. Murray was an eloquent preacher in Western. Pennsylvania, but ne lacaea tne iixe oi Christ's love. He would prefer to preach an eloquent eer-s mon than to save souhv But when he was converted, he preached living ser mons. Avoid the temptation, brother, ministers, to give pretty , sermons, fine -essays, rhetorical nourishes, rather than' the plain testimony of Qod.-Rev. A. J. Reynolds, in the Mid-Continent.' Revival 1 in norteweU Church in Cherokee County. ,i We have just had a glorious revival of religion in Hopewell church." The meet-' ing continued over a week,' during which rime there : were ' twelve professions of faith.- Sixteen were added to the church. The meeting was conducted by Revs. MeGee, Marr and Morgan.; : Rev. J. F. MeGee is pastor of the church at Hope- well, and one of the noblest preachers in .Western North -: Carolina. He has been pastor for five years, and yet we would not be willing to give him up for any one.' ; . ' 4 - & - -1 " We have a large' Sunday-school num bering over one hundred pupils, which we intend carrying on all winter, if it be the will of the Lord." - - - i i 'r c 'The Rs co an kb finds a welcome recep tion in our family circle each week,' and is read with interest by ns; and I wish for the Rkoordbr a wider circulation in this part of the State. : It ought to be In the home of every Baptist family in alt our land, because its teachings ad vocate a principle of gospel truths, and prompts to the discharge of our Chris tian duties. ' " - Florknck Payite. Hot House, Dec 4,-1888. - x x From Concord. House nearlT Completed An .Appeal. Our bouse of worship is beginning to attract attention. ; It will comfortably seat 800. We are very nearly ready for the seats. ; We shall occapy it in about -two weeka; It will require a good deal to furnish it. Who will make us a pres ent of a chandelier I Who will present us wrh a neat carpet! .Will not some onerwepond! : - ! -'' - I am sorry to ay we are still owlug for part ox the materials and some of our workmen nave not been paid, U. dear brethren, where is , the money you said you would give' ns when we asked Xor itr v Have 1 not appealed to yoa time : and again I. If. there ever .was time when Concord needed . help, it is now.- ;, r.-- -v.; . " It is indeed humiliating to a missionary to have to beg the brethren, I take ; that back, it Is not humiliating to beg, but re is haml Hating to beg and not re ceive. Some of us have had this sad ex perience I There is one source though, "blessed be ' God, that never fails, and that is the 'Throne of graee." I think if we would all come to this source oftener, we would receive more and give more. ' Praternally, ' . v.- -j . - j 4 j. d. NsrwTosr: Coneord, N. C Dee 13, 1888. : That which is of Httle ultimate con sequence -to us (iod m often . withholds from us, in order that we may seek that which is of greater consequence to us. He limits the natural vision in order that we may acquire and employ the epiritnal vision. rWhatevei transcends our powers of comprehension is to ns awe-striking and stupendous, whether it be in the realm of the Infinitely great or the infinitely small. We feel our own littleness and insignificance in the con templation of tbe limitless mysteries of the microscopic world as well as of the teleseopio universe. - Look which way we -will, the stretch Is toward inanity. The number of atoms in a drop of water is as truly beyond our appreciation as is the number of heavenly bodies. Man sees the drop of water, but fails to per ceive the atoms that compose it; or be sees the countless suns and planets,: but fails to perceive the universe of which they are parts. ; cut uod sees, ahke tne universe and the atom. And while God has not given to us physical or mental power to apprehend either the great universe or the little atom, yet he has given to us spiritual power to apprehend mm wbo alone comprehends ail and is JLiora ox aiU IX we eoald not ask more. neither ought we to be satisfied : with en.-Bunday-School Times. Often the most delicious joys of life are those that come upon us unexpect edly. Tneir value is ennaneed by tnelr being a surprise to na ' To light unex pectedly, when we are sternly at work,' down In some rough and gloomy ravine of daily toil, upon a lovely wild nower, where we least thought of ever finding anything so pleasing, gives a more gen uine and fresher deugbt tnan .when we at home in our leisure hours go out and pluck a beautiful rose from a busn whlcn we ourselves have planted. To come incidentally npon some-unpremeditated and fresh token of friendship, some indi rect evidence of success in our life work, some little child s unlooked-for : mani festation of affection, some unexpected disclosure of sympathy or appreciation on the part of one whose commendation has an exceptional value, is worth far more to us than much formal recogni tion, or anticipated triumph, or elab orately prearranged scheme of i enjoy- taent. How easJy, too, we can bring this joy into the hearts of oar friends by a considerate use of the little things and unexpected opportunities that are always presenting themselves for our improv ing ttsunaay scnool 2 imes. It is impossible to make people un derstand their ignorance; for it requires haowlei,;3 to perceive It; and therefore La tLat ca peredva it hath It Taylor. Wtt ChrL r.'.l'a every fr t:az!iy, la her aztr. - h hrly rv7 ca t'.a r?.rt cf CLiL;tliXis. .. Mca, .i 1 time) 1 mo. 3 mo. 8 mo. 12 mo. 1 Inch ...... $1 CO $S j 8 S0:$!3CC-'.CD finches..... 2 CO 6 JO 15 CO 7c!j! 4J C3 3 inches..... 3 00 8 50 21 00 35 C i lit) -4 inches..;... 4 00 11 00 7 50 B0 OC t-5 CO Quarter col. 8 00 13 00 87 00 55 CO 0 00 Third col... 7 50 22 00 BO CO 75 CO S3 CO Halt col .. 10 a SO CO 60 00 65 00 Zh CO One colnmn 17 50 45 00 100 00 185 f-0 75 CO . Spedat Notices charged SO cents line. No contracts made for every-other-veek adver tisements. -' - Obituaries, sixty words long, sxa Inserted free of charge; When they exceed this length, one cent (or each word most be paid in advance. From the Sunbeam Societies. From Rile? 's Cross Roads, Franklin - , .r County T7e have just organized at Riley's X Roads, Franklin county, 3S. C, a San beam Society, with ilr. W. V. Perry, President,' and Miss UoIEe Barham, Vice President. Have never had one in this vicinity before, therefore are quite ignorant. Mies Lacy Freeman advised me to .write to you requesting you to " send us the life of Bro. Yates, and other literature. Respectfully, - ' . W. A- P. Riley's X Roads, Dec 8, 1S83. From Pleasaat Grove Society. . ' We met yesterday and organized a Sunbeam Society with twenty-one mem bers, and three honorary. The honor-.; ary members pay LIXJ eacb, making the collection f 13 2L We are going to have an entertainment about Christmas. We are a new Society! but we are going to try to catch up with the other So cieties. , We will try to do all the good . we can. .Sincerely," A. L., Sec. . Rockingham, N. O., Nov. 26, 18S3. " From JLula Bryan Missionary So : Dear Sister -The literature-was re ceived a few days ago; also the envel opes for the Christmas, offering. ' I think we can use two hundred of them if you can send us that many. . If it is not convenient to let us have so maoy, send ns as many as you think best. V'e are getting on very nicely with : the bricks. We have sold about fifteen dol lars' worth. Some of the cards sold for over five dollars, as some of the bricks .were sold for a dollar apiece, or as much any one cbose to give. We will have at least 30 to send to the Cooven-' tion In May.- Our Society is getting on very nicely now. . We meet ; the ? first Friday in every month. . The meetings arevery well attended, and there is a good deal of interest taken in tne work. Write to ns often as you can. I think your letters help ns greatly. We have adopted some of your plans for raising . money.: , I will let yoa know later now we succeed. ' J- With hflst winhpR. vnnr frtond -- - - Miss Al. a., Uor. See. . Durham, N. O., Dec 7, 1888. -From Inwood Society. - ' i I feel this morning that I would like so muen to see you and nave a talk about . your missionary plans, but I won't call them your missionary plans I will say ours, -for I feel That every Christian woman in our land should feel that the work is ours, and should not only feel willing, but glad, to take part in sending the gospel to the heath en, for we. are r 11 God's creatures ; there is no respect bf person with Him. I - thank yoa often in my heart for ' the deep interest yon are taking, and trnst and pray that more like minded will come forward to assist in this great' work. " Our 'Missionary Society at In wood has lost several of its best work ing members, who left and joined other churches.- While .we lose, I. feel that other churches are gaining, and nothing : lost to the mission cause. ' O ut we regret to have bar Society in the rear in doing something for Him who bath done so mucb for us. , 1 distributed some mis sionary papers . I V had " yesterday at church," and insisted that we should have something to enliven -' bur r work during Christmas, bo we can get up a Christmas .oxtering for the 'purpose of aiding Miss Lottie Moon In her work. ' I am anxious for the funds to be raised to send the - two ' women. Oar pastor promised to be with us and lend bis in fluence: iHe was not much in favor of - ladies' missions at flrst but I believe we have about won him over. I very tuach thank yon for tbe Missionary Talks yoa have sent me from time -to time. Not only myself, but the children are much interested in the work; and if we would all just be in earnest, as we should, tbe necessary funds could be gotten ' up. While some are so indifferent, we most be tbe more active in the work. May the blessings of the good Lord rest upon you and spare you. ' lours very sincerely, -. . ..:?: ; Mrs. M. E. P, P. 8. Please send the programme for Christmas entertainment, and about half dozen : envelopes - for Christmas offerings.- Co. George to the Children. Dear T Children How thankful T we ... ought to be as cold winter comes on for pleasant homes,good tires, warm clothes, enough to eat, good books, and kind friends.-- God gives ns all these things. Above all this, we know about Jesus Christ through Sunday-schools, Bibles, papers and preachers. - There are mil lions of children, and grown people too. who nave never beard of "Jesus and . his love. Would you not like to help j send missionaries and BibleB to these heathens r We are very few and have not much money, you say. :' I know, but if all the children in our. . Baptist churches and . Sunday-schools in the State would unite their littles, the amount would be large. Now, I want the Hortb Carolina Baptist children to raise $500 by next May! I want them to have a North Carolina Missionary. In Order to do this, I ask you to organize Sunbeam 'Missionary Societies. You will receive programmes, &e., for your meetings. Will you organize a Society in your church and. Sunday-school I This will, not Interfere with the regular collections of the church. What will you dot Write to Miss Fannie . Heck, : Raleigh, for constitutions. Urgamze at once. In the Booth we have 251 San beam Societies. Sincerely, Coz. George. Chapel HUL W. 0., Nov. 23, 13. Occasionally we hear of a preacher who is too polite to speak of ,liell" or Devil" in the presence of a congrega tion. Not often, we are glad to eay, are each men foand in the Baptist ministry; bat It Is a matter oi regret tuat they should be found bearing the name of Christians, for they certainly have EOt the spirit Of Christ, lie frequently used these words, fearful as they are, ia public speech. lie was more a-xiouj to save their souls than their fetY.t esl he knew that he is a poor friei. I wLo tee-3 to cenceal t3 pUi'ill fr:-i V. r vanci-3 pl'rin. Christ llftc 1 t'-a v- -1 which concealed tL lurM 1. it cf t pit, that men tc? ?ht iee their c ir z ;rr I 'i:--:.p3 f:r tL:Ir i;:3. TLc a c:: " : pcllts prcchers v.l " :r pc 3 " ' i tLere is no r-ec3 t- t a t- . & I. i care t-cre f ;r t!. a ' :ci vl'.I - t' .-rt-.3 tL-a f.r t! a prefer t 3 I : 136- ties t'.'.i i - f 11 3 i:y i-: .j J t.3l-:t vl IL3 I .3 c; " i evc:i c f i L' 3 r" r- r tj (1, ta. ..ow tls f : Ii b.1 :I, r-I : f.:i it tl a
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 26, 1888, edition 1
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