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T33 ORQAIT OF THE ITORTU CAROLINA BAPTISTa-pBYOTED TO Volume BB. RAX-EIGHj N C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER!!; 1889. Number 24, The Biblical Recorder. " PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, t OFFICE: s Corner HSreett aad Salisbury Sts., Raleigh, N.C Terms of Subscription 'x K' Obopt, oi year... n coot, six memos . "i v. ,t ... l.vU Clubs of ten (copy extra to tender) 80.00 Remittances must be sent by Registered Letter, Postoffiee Order, Postal Note, Express or Drift, stable to the order of the Publisher. - ' - Obttafcrlem sixt? worts long, are inserted (free trf durge. r Wbea they ceed this length, one nt for tack word mut be paid In adtacce. The South Carolina liapttsts on the 1VarPath. A little State Tbat a plucky peopleNorth Carolina, yroud at her twin aister Far ssaa University and ita kopefal latere (joed crops and good collectionsThe city ot Florence and the earthquake. ; Thursday morning, November JJStb, vat elesr and bracing. The clouds which the eight before bad bong like a veil over the moon and stars, bad taken wings and fled away, and everything gives promise of a clear sky and a smooth eea for tbe South Carolina saints, who are gathering from every quarter of tbe Palmetto State to pro ject plans for the enlargement of the bor ders of Ibe King's domain, f Tbe silt j cloth session of the South Cam Ilea Baptist State Convention Is in session at Florence, a lovely railroad center in the northeastern part of the State. The town, tie people, and especially the Convention, are all calculated to impress the stranger with life and progress, and hence a visitor 1b not long in getticj Into harness, and really feeling, for the tLae bein, a, little tome like. - ' We entered the house and scarcely had tlaie to survey the situation and lock into the faces of a people of like mind and pur pose, when the President announced that la obedience to a proclamation from the President of the United States setting aside this day as & day of thanksgiving, the Con ' venttan would spend a short while in a thanksgiving service. llv. H.T7Xaunder3 was called to the chair, and the : great crowd tang, Uow firm a foundation. This was an hour well spent, for the degree f spiritual life which pervaded the meet ing in the beginning was greatly heighten ed, and the way seemed paved at onee for a grand meeting. Prajer and praise are needed in all our denominational meetings to tnake them great in power and far- reaching in results, as wdl as great in num bers and in intellect.. The tellers report that over one hundred ' delegates are present, and that Bro, J, A Hoyt was reflected President, and in a lew captivating remarks tiro, Uoyt showed that he was a leader of men as well as edi tor of the Bavtist Courier, one of the. brightest and most readable Baptist papers . ia the land. r - The report of the Secretary of Missions was to the effect that seventy two mission aries were in the field, occupying one bun- fired and twenty nine stations, and expend- lag in this department ten thousand seven hundred and five dollars for State Missions. V We were greatly impressed with the meeting and the gen'eral make-up of the Convention. South Carolina Is not a large State, but the people are full of clock and enterprise. and the Baptists are the people of the State, and without a dcubt the best organ ized bodv of Baptists in the South. In many respect the meeting com pared fa vorably with the Convention in Henderson, : and as there is a good sprinkling of our own people, both In the pulpit and in the pew, as a matter of course one of their kin teels a little proud of the history whiea these peoole are makics. : . ' j -! Furman University is the one object of special interest with tbe South Carolina Baptists lust now. The endowment of their denominational school at Greenville created treat enthusiasm. This school has now forty-seven thousand dollars of Invest ed endowment fund, and these people are making a desperate eSort to ada twenry ; five thousand more to tbat. and the Ed a cational Society cf the United Crates has offered to add seven thousand five hundred dollars to Ibia. provided these people will raise twenty thonl dollars, ecd we are glad to stare that ever seventeen thousand dollars jof this sum ia in hand, and it is fully believed that the remainder will be raised .before the close of this year. The tecT5'a of Couth Carolina are greatly blessed this year with good crcps, end as a matter of fact tr: e ceisectier.s were en -oou, but wbat epeeUily etrucS us wa that we 1 id not see but one ticile man tsng up a collection for church tuiidi-j, fend this was cot so because thesa people are laciicg n this linecf wr:!;. ' ' '-r !: Florence is a nice town, and the Baptist people ere res ?y for every t' Ki word ana crs. They 1 nve a t.e:it tad eery house tf worstiD. but the.t 13 to rive place within te next vtT to a f ie brick E'rccture that -1 be a credit to the lee-l tbe pec; la. ere, dcr'-- tha vrr.r, was cce cf tba pii c-s fc-r rtUir:l t.l: f rd'ever tLree tbousatd cf tht3 low Larr!-:.? vr,rii-,rs pf a most utfoncriate but bloody cc Z'.ct rett under this Southern sod. Here Wui, M; Winsate, D. D.. first eaw the light, and his life-work culminated in starting Wake Forest College on a career that will widen as the ages roll onj A: McDowell, D. D.; his co laborer, also started life in this South Carolina plain. - " 5 M Here to this Southern soil rests the re mains of Luther Rice, who founded Colum : bian College, and whose Ufa was so golden as to enshrine his memory in the deepest anecnons oi every trutn-lovxng and Uvble- nonoring man or. woman in toe land. Here in this Florence section yon are with in one hundred miles Of the pent up force which for eenturies had slumbered under the-bid city of Charleston, but when aroused leaped . from . their; biding ; placet ana assumed the hideous forms of an earth quake, the very mention of which awes ui Into tnougutfnlness and eilenee, ; In eon venation with friends they tell us that even here in Florence not only were the people greatly agitated, but the dumb beasts were strangely effected by these electric forces which, rushing through the pores of the earth, filled the air with sadness, desolation and death. Dog bowled piteousiyr the eattie lowed ; in a strange and mournful way, the horses neighed and pawed at the doors of their mangers, and every thins ani mate and inanimate assumed an attitude of solemnity which these people wilt never forget, and which one at a distance cannot conceive. " ' - - The Convention . was splendidly enter tained, and to pastor and people, and espe cially to Dr. Covington, the delegates and visitors are under lasting obligations. We nave not eptee for all tbat we wonld like to say of this meeting and people, but hope to ellade to tome of the membert ' Perioniel of tke ConTentloa. Rev. B. H., Griffith is a Cosmopolitan. If you once see him yon will never forget him, and always be glad to see him again. V7e believe he was born somewhere in old Virginia; wai trained and fitted for the highest degree of usefulness in North Caro lina, and is now serving the Sooth, Carolina Baptists at agent of Furman University. ; Bro. J. A. Hoyt it editor of the Baptist Courier -ot Greenville, the courtly Presi dent of the Convention, and one of tbe most nrbane and polished gentlemen ia tbe land; about fifty ye rs old, and stands out as one ox the most conspicuous candidates as the next Governor of our sister Carolina. Dr. J. C. Furman Q the oldest member of the Convention. A man of quick per ception and of ready debate, a scholar, a wise counsellor, . ana nne specimen ol a 8outhera gentleman. . ' " ' i- liev. rJ. o. Covington la pastor of the Baptist ebureh in Florence, and about thirty-five yean of age. He belongt to liortn Carolina, and has been loaned : to the Florence people to let the Palmetto tribes see what fine specimens of men tbe Old Uorth 8tate ean produce, and how re luctant we are to prolong the loan. Dr. J. A. Manday seems to be the Barna bas of , the Con vent ion- tbe saute wise, lovable pastor tbat led tbe Warrenton peo pie into wider fields of usefulness.- As pat tor of the mountain city of our neighbor State, he doet not seem a day older than when be packed up bag and b&ggage in the mountains of Virginia, to gladden : the hearts of oar own people. - - " ' " Rev. J. Hart well Edwards is tall, bnt well proportioned. - Years - ago , we, were with him in the Columbian College, and was then and it now a model of a man and pastor and preacher. "Oxford. Hiss., shared nis labors for a term of years, but he now makes glad tbe nearts of the good people of Cheraw. Long live this good man. Rev. E. O. Darean. D. D., is the eon of a preacher, and a preacher of rare gifts him self. A small man with a large bead : has preached in Virginia and California, and is now shaking nptbe battle scarred, earth auaked Cbarlestonians. Dr. Dargan " It warm-hearted and genial in tbe social cir cle, and gifted to a large degree as preacher and author. . . ; ' J Rev. , C. C. Brown wat the wit of the Convention.; He ia in the bloom of young manhood, a very pleasant speaker, and measures well at a preacher, i ? C Bev A. J. S. Thomat is tall but well nronortloned. ' His is the quiet, thoughtful faee of abnsiness man. He is Secretary of the Convention, a fine gentleman and preacher, and seems to have the elements of leadership in a large degree. Rev. G. V7. Gardner is thirty eight years old, though he looks like one Just getting out of hit teens, tie is a graaaaie oi ur man University, and is quiet and modest in bla manners. There is a rich playful ness about his face and eyes indicating bright, cheerful life and a snarp penetra tin intellect, u Bro. Gardner is the pastor elect of the Baptist church in Oxford, Hiss., one of the best cnurcnes in mac estate. ? Rev. R. V," Saunders is the pastor at Chester. He Is tall and well proportioned. lie is a good ia-n and a toe preacuer, thocgh quiet and unassuming in bis man n looks to be thirty uye years old.! Rev. W. T. Huodley was pulled out of the eoil of old Eicg and Qaeen county, Va. and tran'planted in this Pal detto . soil, and now he looks like one to the raanor born. For ten ye " rs be has stood et one post, and 1:3,3 t';9 gprearacc-s cf a tri,;'.t, cbeerfal tardea L . re r. : -.;.. . ti. -. v5- XTevcr ti ea'c::. cf ttrifa. - i " South Carolina Thoughts - : Tbe centre and circumference of my religion is Jeaos Christ Rev. T if. OaU phin.. - . . The gTeat work of the disciples of Christ i to watch for opportunities. ---2)'. Lansing BurrotD.. - i A great many People are afraid of rublie opinion, but the thing I fear Is goitg in debt. Dr, TV. H. WhUsttt. Every Christian man and woman Is under solemn obligations to extend the gospel of Jesus Christ Dr. Laming Burrows. " The doctrine of the Bible Is our ideal. while personal piety la simply potting this ideal into practice. .Retf. C. P. Ervin. .i A church is not worth more to a man or a people than Its power to build up a good character in its members Iteo. CP Ervin There are 9S9 dram-shops In South Carl olina, and" every one of them stand as a menace to every institution in the State. Rev. 3T. if. e alphin. It takes seven hundred times as much money; from a moneyed standpoint, to con vert a man here than it does in a heathen land. Ir.- T. II. Pritchard. -Thank God for the young men and the young ministers who are in this assembly. and who will lift up the standard high after we are gone. Zr. v. V. Furman. .... As you ioeter tbe work of tbit State Board, i yon foster and encourage every other enterprise before tbe Baptist churches of this Btate. ife. w, T. Munaiey. , INext to tbe mercy of God in saving my soul, is the mercy of God in permitting me to De a eolaborer witn nlm In tbe redemp tlon of thlt world. I?r. laming Burrotos. The Colporteur Is something more than a book agent: he is tbe servant of the Lord to pray with, and present Christ to. tbe homes which he may enter. ee. J, L. The Lord intends the gospel to compass man in all his parti and powers, to be as high as hit noblest aspirations and as deep hit most personal wante. liev. U. P. He shall see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied: but nothing will ever tatlsfy that great tool of his except the complete restoration of this world to rignu Dr Man ting Burrow. .' . . , Cinr nlnortpnr most not onlv earrv such Oooks as tne people wane, ous mey do mv hanki that : the neonle need.1 The Devil will earry them what they want. Thfkrels a very Inteiligent lady in Cuba who is an Episcopalian, and tbe said to me that the Baptists were the only people in the world who. under God, ean evangelize Cuba. xv.1. l. ucnenor. ... I have known some politicians who, be fore an election, win lead in prayer and pray right well; and then, after an election, lead tnetr mends into well, into a soda fountain saloon 1)Rev. C P.Ervin. - X Ho, that brother never will make any thing of a leader, for he lacks capacity. Rev. J. H. Edwards.- Well, be may lack capacity : but he don't lack confidence in wbat little capacity ne nas, j. u. irur man, -rh4 :" :fi -t. s The world never saw a nobler people or a better church tuan tnat nrst enurch in Jernsalem, when every member felt that he did not claim any thing at hit own. if his brother . stood in need. Dr T. H. Pritchard. , ' ' ' 1 At I stand before yon, I feel an .inch taller; and though I am not one of you, yet I am very close kin to yon, and l like yon. because for one hundred years yon have led In the education of yonr ministry. Dr. T. n. Pritchara. s . Some churches neglect to set the Lord's table if the deacons are not present. Why I had a thousand timet rather take the 'bread and wine from the band of a godly woman than from a dram-drinxing deacon. Zr. Lansing Burrows, , , Ton read of Christ standing at the door of the sepulchre and weeping over the sor rows of our homes ; you hear of his entering the circle of fallen humanity and lifting up his voice to heaven in their interest; yon bear of his walking all night in going from place to place, but you never hear of his living just to enjoy himself. Dr, Lansing Burrows. t A ' brother here promised ten dollars to this Btudent's fund, but sent me fifteen. 1 wrote him back to send me a pound of the toil of the old State, and he did not do it; bat I want a box and I am goiog to take a pound of your soil back with me, for I have a woman In my house woo was born cere, and l want to enow ner wuere cue came from. Br. W. H. Whits itL ; There is an old story to the effect that a circle of subjects once appeared before tbe sovereign of the land, and one, who was a lawyer, said, "I plead law, sir, for all the people." The doetor said, "I praetias med icine for alt" The merchant came up and fciid, "I measure goods for til." TLca the farmer came up, dressed ia j! ' r arments. and, pallia .rout -a coin, sai i, "And I, eir, pay lor ail." vr. a. u. jt'ritcr.ara. If asked, taid one. what has Buddhism done for the world, I would point them to down trodden India. ' If asked what Mo hammedanism has done, I would point them to the degraded Tnrks. If aeked wbat Confucianism hat done, I would point them to desolated China. But if asked what Christianity hat done for tbe world, I would point them to the Christian civilisa tion of Great Britain and America. Dr. T. H. Pritchard. , - t I beard - of a preacher once who had a member ia bis eburcb who would not give a cent for missions. One day after preach ing the preacher called on ' tbat man to pray and requested him to pray especially for missions. All knelt down, but no voice was beard from tbe Old man. The preacher. looked around to tee what wat the matter,; when, to hit surprise, the Old man wat tip toeing his way back to his seat, for be bad just laid fen dollars on the table Dr. T. If. Bailey. , ,: ? The Baptists ean supply every public school in tbe land. Tbey can supply every, institution of learning with able and ef3i elent professors. They can supply every State with able and progressive legislators. They ean tupply every bench with apright and just judges. There isn't a district in the land but what you can find tome Bap tist amply fitted to represent that people in Congress. There isn't a State In the Union bnt what contains one or more Baptists who eonld adorn the Senate with satisfac tion to every right minded man. In fact. every position from that of a teacher in our public schools to the President of the Uoi: ted states could be well tuied ny .Baptists, and. then not exhaust our intellectual sup ply. Dr. I. T. TMrniafQXyiJl When .Richard Baxter wat a boy. lilt father placed in his hand a small religious book, the reading of which was blessed to hit conversion to ChrUt, " Baxter wrote a little book entitled " A Call to tbe Uncon verted," a copy of which fell into tbe handa of Philip Doddridge, and wat tbe meant of leading him to Christ. Doddridge wrote a little book entitled " Rite and Progress of Religion In the SouL A copy of this book fell into the bandVot William Wilberforee, the reading of which led him to Christ. Wilberforee wrote a littie work, "Practical Hints on Christianity." . A copy of this was read : by Leigh ; Richmond,-and he was brought by it to Christ. Leigh Richmond wrote 9 The Dairyman Daughter," and thousands of people by tbe reading of that book nave been brought to Jesus. Jiev. T. IT. Bailey, D. D. Letter from a Atedieai Student, 's:; ' ' . ... ' i Dear Bro. Bailey: Although a medical student hasn't much time to devote to any thing outside of hit studies still I always And time to read tbe recorder wnisn comet like a love-letter xrom au tne a ear brethren whom I have known' and learned to love in dear old Cr)ina. ; . ; Rev.-A Q, Dixon whom all North Car ollniant love at the beginning of the sea sion preached sermons on (three consecutive Sundayt for the special benefit of medical ttndentav They? were largely attended and made -a- profound impression v on all . who heard them. It caused; many to reflect: npon the dangers and temp tations that surrounded them in this great city; and to heed tbe note of warning that wat to timely sounded by ur. Dixon. : : . There are about thirty students at tbe Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons from North Carolina.' Most of them attend Mr. Dixon's church, and feel proud of him at a native Korth Carolinian. 'i- t?- Three Wake Forest boys are In attendance: Mr. W. W. Robertson of Virginia, who stands among the foremost in hit class: Mr. D. T. Smithwick in the Dental Department. wno is recognized ty nit elassmatea at one of the best informed and most thoroughly equipped of the class. He hat already had large experience in his profession, and bids lair to be one of Its shining start: and the wruer. v !-: : - -. " Mr. B. R. Browning, a graduate of Wake forest in the class of '87. is one of the etad nating class at the University of Maryland Dcnoot ox medicine. While Baltimore is known aa a Catholic city, and while tbe Catholics predominate over in othefdenominationa. still the Bap tists are a mighty power for good, and rank among the leading denominations of the elty, and what is better, they are making xapia strmes upward, ana i. tains it out a f . . ..... lair presumption to say that in a few years ine captists wm predominate. I would like to give you my lmpreeslont oi ttammora, put that would make my let ter too long. Ed. H. Bowuhg. , Baltimore, Md., S23 St, Paul street. . Restlessness and fretfulness hinder godli ness. The very restless will never be yery godly; the very godly will never be very resuees. oa stuv and know that I God." , , . . am vuLLiDi ieaas to Knavery: it la put a step from one to the other, and that yery eiipery , jyiug oniy maaea the amerenee; add that to cunning, and it ia knavery. La ah preaefcic? starts froa . Christ cruci fied" and returns to that It is co narrow theme, but a swivel gun that may be s wuc la any direction aud directed to every rra Letter from New Terey. , Dear Recorder : It is now the afternoon of Thanksving day, and I am in a gr&tef al mood especially pleased after rtceivir? the last Recorder.: Nothing connected with the late Convention in Henderson so heartily pleases me as -the honor conferred npon Dr. Pritchard. I mean tbe promi nence given to him in tbe Convection. In my bumble judgment there is no man in North Carolina to whom the - Baptists of tbe State: are more indebted than to Dr. Pritchard. Nor is there a man in the State of a more Chrlstly spirit, or one who has a stronger bold upon the confidence cf the people at large.-. He bas always wielded a wide influence in tbe State, and has never been known to show any bigotry or selfish-" ness or narrowness, and has ever been among the leaders of every good movement started in tbe State for the improvement of tbe people and the furtherance and estab-. lishment Of Baptist influence and princi ples. yi-'I have been made to tremble time and again for the last few years lest be should leave the State, Such a move would be a moral calamity. By tbe way, Drj Pritchard, and Bro. Bat tle of New Berne, placed at the bead of the proposed female college would secure suc cess at once for the institution. These men would not care to be placed in the lead in the proposed educational movement unless they could be made to feel that their ser vices were thua needed. But, should they be thus convinced, I believe tbey would make sacrifices and accept the work for the good of the. denomination and. the human . No conventions cr anniversaries held la any State show more or wiser work do-e than Is done by the North Carolina Con vention..' The enthusiasm of the brethren it contagions every time I read of it. And in reflecting the spirit of the denomination, the Recorder has an influence not to be measured by State lines. What a power it is! Bra, Stradley is right when he says while we work about in spots the RscoR' DEB works all over the State, championing every goou cause. The Harmony oi tne Baptists of the State is Impressing others, and ' their energy and t aggressiveness is skins' up even the politicians who seen to be on band now and then to behold your order and steadfastness, &. The showing oi the state isoard of iia- aionMeatathajreeordJlav. C. Dur ham eonld be spared and would come we would have him at the head of our State Mission work in New Jersey in less time than twelve months. We need just such a man and hope aoon to find him and put him in the field; - Oar State work Is suffer ing and we all know it, and are lookin around to see what to do and how to do it. Glad tbat tbe Henderson people responded to generously to the needs of the saints. Nothing less than magnanimity need ever be expected of that people, so kind, so true and faithful. God bless them every one, , : Last Tuesday evening I attended a recog nition service at the Iverslle Street church, Brooklyn, and delivered a chares to Bro. Williams, iformerly of the Tabernacle church, Raleigh, who is now pastor in Brooklyn.;; Several other pastors from New York and vicinity were present, among them Dra. Eddy and Hampstone of Brook lyn, Dixon of New York, Home of Rigs bury, and others. The people are delight ed With Bra' Williams, and his eongrega tlon is '-picking up" rapidly. He makes a sacrifice in taking hold of the Iverslie Street church, but it will not be of long duration. . They are gathering strength every day. I have not met bnt one South ern man since I came North who is not a success. " And I feel proud of this fact. We have Applegorth of Baltimore at the First ebureh New Brunswick, N. J., J. T. Dick inson at Orange, N. J., Poteat at New Ha ven, Dixon at New Tork,.WUIiams at Brooklyn, and up to a few" weeks ago we had Jones of Richmond at the First church, Elizabeth. There are others up this way who have been - North so long, I do not remember them as Southern men. Of course. Dr. Deems of the Church of Strangers is known by us all. He now elaitns as bia denomi nation the Christian Endeavor Society and asked that a marriage between himself and the Society be allowed at Jersey City a few weeks ago when there was a large annual gathering of this society, which is-now world-wide. ! The Sermon Bible, so highly commended by Bro. McManaway, about which I wrote you, I will examine again at my leisure, and see if I think any better of it. Bro. Apple gorth of the First ehnrch, and a pastor of a Methodist chureh in this city and myself all examined it ' together in my study, and doubted whether or not the men whose names are given ever saw the sermons at tributed to them. They seem to us such feeble productions,- but possibly we did not happen to notice the best in the two vol nmesxamlned. Be that as it may, I sug gest eaution in the selection of helps for the pulpit, : I have heard from Bro. lie Manaway on the subject and am g'ad he is satisfied. ; There U nothing like it. We are happy and contented. This is my fourth year here, instead cf third, as yoo. stated ia the Recorder, The work goes on prosperously. -Fraternally,- II. V. L'CDCFFIE. Civility goes a great way toward maii7,qr friends and keeping them, v
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