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THE BIBLICAL RECORDER WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1892. If" 1:1: I -m i 1 11 C 131 DUCai -IteCOraer. ",? - .-yEBSSESDATJULt-iS, 1893. RV. jr. C C. T.i BAILKT, Kditob astd PBOpBorroB. CADDELL, Agist jlito Cobbisfoitoskt, - The resignations of Elders G. P, Bostick and D. W. Herring, two of bur North Caro lina missionaries in' China, and , their pur - posed plans of work," have, to some' extent, made necessary,' the discussion of ' these things in this State.- ,;,. , k It should be taken for granted that all,' -fields or at home, who discuss these plans, have an equa, right to their opinions, are : equally sincere, fallible and earnest desir ing to do only the things which will glorify our Lord in the aJvancement of his king- . ' dom on earth, h 1 . , 'v., " . We number' brethren Bostick and Her ring, and many -of .their kindred in this 'Stated among our, warm '-f personal friends, and have for them personally nothing but f the kindest feelings. These brethren, have been to China for a few years,' mingled freely with the people, studied the "plans and methods ".of mission work, and have formed their opinions about the people and the work in China. ' They have also formu : lated, published, arid, we think,; extensively circulated their . ' plans and , methods V of work for the government of the Baptist Conventions, Associations, - churches and brethren in this country. c ''"r ' .' We have given the best thought of which , we are capable to these V plans and meth : ods," and have gone over again very care fully the present "plans 'and methods" of the Southern Baptist Convention Our de- sire has been to find the differences in these "plans and methods,' their advantages and disadvantages, and to present the results to our readers. II . The study of these questions has shwn . that the "plans and methods": agree in some things, and that they differ very widely in other things. ' ; ? ; -: They agree (1) in the recognition of the - Bible as the one Book to guide us in mission ; j 'm- work: ; (2) in the supreme authority of Jesus 11 gospel to all the world; (3) in the obligation of his people to obey to the extent of their opportunities and ability (4) in the loss of j the pagan'and a very large part Of the papal " world without the gospel -as we belie,ve it; . in the obligations now pressing upon tts to send out, as the Lord may call, more missionaries to the heathen; (6) in the de sirableness of more and better missionary intelligence among our churches, and the . larger realization of individual responsibili- ties; (7) in the necessity for more earnest y! prayer to God more liberal giving of our ' means, and greater consecration; (8) in the redaction of the expenses of the work, in every way possible, consistent with human wisdom, and the safety and efficiency of the missionaries; (9) in the full reliance on the gospel as the power of God unto salvation ? to every one that believeth; and (10) in the necessity for the presence and power of the' Holy Spirit in missions at home and among the heathen., , ,, ' They differ (1) in the practical wisdom of, sending missionaries at once into the interim , of China; (2) in the practical wisdom of the Southern, Baptist Convention; purchasing and holding property houses of ; worship and dwellings for its missionaries-in China; (3) In the practical wisdom of aiding, under any circumstances, poor intelligent, pious ; Chinamen who feel impressed to preach the gospel to their" own people; (4) in theW ganization and support of 'schools for the Chinese;'. (5) in fte requirements for rmV sionaries to. Wear , Chinese clothes' and live in Chinese houses and eat Chinese food; and (6) in the relation the "missionary is to' sdsi lain to the local home churches, "and the an -xnonty he is to have in, fixing his pwn saU TJ fields of labor, and the kind and ex ' ;,"ivv KMua . ;uUiC!li Ilia '41Un t .ana example of misitnn wnrV tn tia ws i ' - f r T k. . ' ' " M UU 1QW . against the Crawford-Bostick-Herring plans.' x uere are thirty-four, general protest est organizations, like the. Foreign" Mis-. ?c;i Board of the Southern. Baptist Con- 1 ' n, in ; the United ' States, ' five in V "v ivontyrs'everi " in' .j England and i i i Germanyl doing mission work - '3 ioalh.eu .and .lhey are all ' ' '"y cn the same ."plans and ' cvr.r card at Richmond. , If , cry one thing ori which : s ' .a V.) consensus of opinion of Testement,the sober jddgmerit of, perhaps, iVbeginriing io ?sh ninety-five per cent. of'aUthe'missioriaries! of urarmen iandT TJX aDVie d0m of almost ith omwMy all of those at home, mho haye given, time come of age; are not ioWtSSZ& and intelligent study to thes questions:- are nm thL'.i JS. .P!iff! , f ansuan wori 4 : M . . V Fr"?."? " mHon -71 wo m neauen lands. , ro.aoQve naa 4 ""prr? ::Zl ;lffSr nauve jaoorera, and 726,883 church mem- Ders,-and they received for their work $11,106,714. These iviutvUtY converted hevthen, gave last year to Ihe Lord's cause 1653,621. Then, too, it should he remembered that what is called the ! new departure in mis sions, as presented by brethren Crawford, uostick and Herring, is not. in any true sense a, new thing. , These plans, in sub stance, have been before the various denom- MMi?a5 bds for about fifty years. 4 They have been before the Southern Baptist Convention at times and in various ways since 1859more than thirty years. .We have examined Rev. C H. Carpen- ter's book, "Self Support," Dr. T. P. draw- ford's books and tracts, heard him before the Southern Baptist Convention at Mont gomery and in this State, talked with him for hours at our' home about these plans, talked with brethren Baldwin and Powell before they went to Africa and when they returned, have read the tracts arid letters of brethren ? Bostick and Herring, and have talked with BrO.' Herring about these things since his return, and have had an earnest 'desire to know the truth, to see the best plans and methods," but we have not found a sufficient reason for changing our present plans and methods. To our judgment the Crawford Bostick, Herring plans and methods are necessarily which are pointed oat bv Rev. w r oiir iu au arucie on tne nrtn page Of this paper. later issue. "u wi reiwreu 10 oy us in a DA-DTntroMT nmerm-nnr wium It is admitted freely by the wisest stu- dents of the social, civil and religious pro- blema of . all ages, that family life and the training children receive from their parents, have much to do with the religious life and prosperity of nations. The home life, and training pi English arid American children, we verily believe, ; have had much to do, under God, with the power and influence of the two peoples, and have been potent fac tors in the mighty achievements they have accomplished. ; These things being so, it is a matter of the gravest importance that our people should continue so to train and de velop the, minds arid morals of their children as to give the generations to come the ad vantage in this respect enjoyed by, those that have gone before.' If we were asked, however, to state what we think , is one of the most ' serious facts connected with modern family-and social life, we would say that it is that such a large number of boys and girls'are growing up and taking their, places in the ranks of humanity for the battle of life without hav ing been subjected to proper parental con' troL- We.ybeaafe'in saying that owing to the multiplicatioriof Sunday-schools, and the increased facilities for, imparting relig-, ions instruction; that parents are now giving possiblymore;; attention to the religious training of their fchUdieri than formerly. The same Is true of the intellectual training of their children. In the matter of parental control, however we think that parents of to-day are decidedly behind their, predeces sors. It is not an uncommon thing for, boys eight or ten year's of age to smoke or chew tobacco, roam at will over the country, or around our. towns and cities. From these ages, on to sixteen or eighteen they are as suming Jthe aira arid cultivating the habits oi men, ana often long beforethey reach iweniy-one they consider themselves men in eveiy respect. ' WbaV, is txue of boys in this respect is true, though perhaps not to w greaj, an extent,- of the girls of our'' land. Inst.effa', of being" propWly curbed theiy; ard "v 'ujr vuvuuiHijou vj tneir over-in dulgent mothers to assume the role of vounff WLTfl nAIId LiJxtJT ..,..-:'; '"'T urn kj ' : ? '...r. . auu.couccuuiT kuo, fespoosipuuy. jof raising- families be cause of f the 'defective home training they ha ve received. - l Having never learned them'. ccmand,;uK; J One rery evident cause of, the remissness of parehte aa1 tO;exercising!pr6p parental wWffiim irile'a'ct'tharchndreri now quite early .1. Hu"i" progress, at, the schools they at tend and .hence may be superior to . their parents intellectuallyv so far as book kriowl " Thp rAnnlt nfoll iv-i. k jjdge on some subjects may go. Knowledge s' power, and it leather natural for the t- young-. WA0 have or uj they haT(5 thls j power to a consciousness of it to that extent that ftey do not show proper respect for their parents. .Education does notcon, out vw ui viawuuug uitj uuuu.wiui wnai In. n Tama . 11. MIK J J 11. . loearned from .books. , The school of ex perience is one of the best in the world? and ooys ana giris ana young men and women while stih with their parents esneciallv. should remember that after all ; they are much": wiser than they are f themselves as to , the ? practical duties , of , life, and it is quite "proper, --yea ' commanded in God's word, that they should . not only honor and respect their parents, but oyftem Father, mother, if ; you love your sons and daughters, then control them; and do not loose the reins of parental con trol until they can at least be called young men and women. It is a beautiful sight to see grown men and women honoring and obeying their parents. It is a sad thing to see, what may now often be seen, boys and girls almost ignoring the counsel and authority of those who, in the providence of God, are their natural Drotectors. eonnspl. lorsand guides. - Ws have heard some strange things lately in regard to what are called Baptist Con gresses Our Virgiriia brethren have had several. Other States have also given some attention to such assemblages for religious discussion. North Carolina has had one, and for some reason seems to be in no haste for another. Our Northern Baptist breth ren have, we believe, one on a large scale. which had a lively session at Philadelphia recently, just before the Baptist Anniver- sanes-, A distinguished writer North as- I aciW fcuas .unerances were neara from some r juing oremren wno j attenaed , that Con gress, which for liberal or advanced views Of SfimA RiW nnoeflnno o-m-i 1 'i o OS anything said or written by Dr.' Briggs. Wlth whom our Presbyterian brethren are having no little trouble. This particular Congress has, by some means, acquired such a reputation for advanced views, or en larged (?) thoughts on Bible questions that permission having been asked to hold a ses sion in one of our leadirisr Southern MtioA the brethren thought it more prudent to state that they were not willing, unless as surances were given in advance, that the foundations of their faith should not be at tacked. These things must "convince us that there are brethren among nthat are determined it seems, if there is any glory, honor or wisdom in being advanced thinkers in the line of the ology, not to be outstripped by Dr. Briggs or any one else whose views are exciting christians, if not disturbing the peace of Zion. This drift among some of onr hrpfh. ren evidently needs watching; and if there are those among us that are not of us there ought to be conservatism enough among our people and zeal enough for the pure gospel doctrines "once for all delivered to the saints," (and as a rule properly interpreted by the saints), to enable us to rid ourselves promptly of those who injure . instead of help our cause. We have, . the brethren will remember, been doing a little quiet boasting of our ability to rid ourselves of those whose are not of us, or who attack bur doctrines, and yet wish to remain among us. We are likely brethren, soon to have our ability to do this' thing severely tested. We actually have the means of acting more promptly than many of the leading denomi nations; about us,'- because each Baptist church is sovereign fand independent;, re sponsible to no master but Christ, and hence can readily exclude, if so desired, the dis seminator of error or heresy. ; Our churches ought to be firmand they ought to be prompt. , jrauure to &e either would present us before the world, as a great host hseech ing and begging fo years spies in our camp to leave, when in a day, or in an hour, we could rid ourselves of them by putting them out. Let the needed,; work be done, and even Baptist Congresses would find that thav are responsible to the churches for their ut terances. i , iifAijirHtit-i-viftiii n ' ' ' ' iiy)f; v?r; By THiact of 'thf county commissioners of thejse,yerai counties of the State, ripon petition of oner fourth of the qualified voters ; of any countytown Or ;towhshipeqiired tO;submitlhe ques- 10Q as whether bYnof 8piritu6t'$ liquors shall be sold in such courityk town or township-' The act : provides that nosuch elec tiori shall be held, excejpt 'iri;; 1880 arid every two V years ftereaJrt'er-,fli"'tmfii election is required to be on the seccd Morit aay m June, sThe;Legislature thus fixed a time when noother ;eleetibrii are to be held Udderthe law 'an electfoV can be held 'Wi June,; and the question ought to b pressed then. all along the line. . Man v contffi towns and townships in the- State 'already enjoy the MessftfgTW, prohlbitioiiand the .W-.-fvn, largejy wwwexi year.,vye call attent on to IAnostftluK v rf- L . rJi lis . Wends.f prohibit it on may pe tninxing about It laying their n bnnrfr .i. 7" LTT' were plans for action. ' . " s -J ' " : ;.lt .,jZw'r " f-a, V""8 of j - PEOM OtJE TEAVELLINQ AGENT. i - - ILIZiBETH CITY.' ' 1 ILIZABETH CrHV , A Just onyeat ago I was here at the dedi cation of the new Baptist church. Then I had only , day or so to.spead in ft. town: i I J 111. 1 . . . i uuu wis was iargeiy occupied w. attendance - I upon. the publio services of the occasion: and when Dr Hatcher was not preaching or speaking I felt I was nUUed'to'k'Bhareieoa. -iTk "t in the feocial refreshments , which , he jdiff- rS..;.We regret to announce 'the death t pensed like he can do when at his1 best v Sovoro J I.1 Hopkins of theCondbrd Baotis I left the town ; without knowing as much about it arid the good people who have made it as I do now. I will tell something here that is not usual with me that is, the Recorder had a quar terof a hundred more subscribers when I left the town than when I went there. I tell this for the sole purpose of rendering to Bro. Modlin his proper credit, for without the faithful aid which he gave me I should have done far less with much harder work. I hope sometime to be able to record ac counts of my work that can be placed along side of what I see from other newspaper men, It is a common thing to see where some prodigious editor has been to a certain town and put his paper into every Baptist J lamny in me piace as weu as in many homes in the country round about. This makes me feel bad till I happen to go there and find that he didn't get them all, and find too that I am in the same fix when I leave, , I found Bro. Thomas in a splendid humor. j His people had decided for him to take a rest of a few weeks among the hills of the up-country. Who can measure the magna nimity of a congregation who will say to a brother like Thomas, " You go take a rest" But the action of his congregation is not based.1 oh any signs of failing health (evi dently not), but-upon what their preacher has done in good, honest, solid work. When it comes to be decided on this ground, Bro. Thomas, without question, is entitled to all the rest he gets. I do not know any church c has been in the State where better , work done, or that seems to possess a better fu ture, than the church in Elizabeth - City The pastor is one of the strongest and most faithful preachers in the State. . I spent several days with the pastor and among the brethren. Bro.. Aydlett, an ; old college friend, made himself useful to me as well as providing me a nice home in his pleasant family for a good portion of the time I was in the town. My heart has just been made sad on learn ing of the death of Bra T. S. White. He had gone on a short trip to Nag's Head when I was at his home and spent a night with his family. It would be hard to find a place where you would feel more at home than in the family of Bro. White. The church has ls a whole-hearted, zealous member, the town and community a broad-mlndad. honest, public-spirited citizen. We take this occasion to tender to Sister White and her four bright interesting children our heartfelt sympathy in this their greatest of earth's sorrows. ; . , Bro. J. B. Harrell carried me pri Sunday to one of his country churches. The road led, through the finest farming section I ever saw. The eye can never tire looking at the wilderness of corn which hedged in the road on either side. Bro. Harrell has a most de sirable field, consisting of three country churches. After all, I should not wonder if such a field as this is not the most desirable one for a preacher, and especially for a young man. Pastorates of this sort are go ing to be more popular in the future than they have been heretofore. The churches are being better built,: are. nicer and more comfortable, a large number of them are now jprpyiaea with Sunday-school rooms and other conveniences. I am glad to note this improvement. It makes some differ ence what sort of a place we go to hear the gospel preached. The child which is taught to observe order, system, and cleanliness in the home; though it be an humble onehas its love and respect enlarged and intensified for this home, and has a great advantage oyer one in whose home these things have been disregarded. s ' ( Itt a short interview I had with Brother Cahoon he gave me a most encouraging ac count of the business prosperity of the town and community. One drawback, "however, he said the town had had from the act pass ed by the last legislature which practically broke tip the oyster Interest in that section. This he. hopes will be promptly remedied ' nnra kq o tA.-ti.-k t... itif. Tii i 1, town, J, C. C.t ! ;-'Da. .Cunningham, the head "f of ' the great ' Presbyterian ' University, of ' St. An drews; .Scotland, has written a book on ! 'Tbe Growth of the Church in, its Organization and Institutions,'? and on page 173 this great Presbyterian scholar says s ; " Baptism means immersion arid It wa liimmi' t- 0 rrt ti 1' i tl' 7 '-'rT(. r .T -Vfr ,:t?, vnles? m oeon so, Paul's, analogical ar-; SUment aboutbur helnv': KnrtA1 wtfh'ro..tt I Pg181, Dr. ;Curiningham iay : Immef- I sion Wft th nnl mrA .uslL; i' n. I 1 7. 'iT.r.'."'"Vi"f vi , UDULinm ill inh I PEESONAtS AND 0THEE1TEK3. Rev. J, D. Newton of Ml en resting at the Orphanage. ' ' 1 . ;-rv . Eev. R. T. Vann and wife of Scotl fceck are spending a week at Nag's Head. 7.:tor; 3m. Yarboro has changed h address from Trap Hill to Booneyileiif ( ! . . . . . The Foreign Mission Board paid tl salarv of Rev: (. P Ttnatfnv a tf. church. -V - : , " . . . . Rev. L. R. Pruett of Mt. Airy preach ed in the Shelby Baptist church on Sundav 10th lust. " " 1 (, ' ,0, 11 TaTlor President of Waki Forest College, has gone, on an extendec trip North.- vr - v . p - .....Bro. W. A. MoDtcomflrrnf Wd ton will deliver an address at the Orphanaet on the 20th inst. -x , . , , t. . ... .Rev. E. P. Jones, son of Dr. J. Wm Jones of Atlanta, Ga., has been appointed missionary to Brazil. fA---i- ...We are 'clad to hear the imod from Rev. J. R. Jones that the cause In his field is moving onwat4v,.':r--- . . .Rev. C. G. Wells of Warsaw hi hi tendered an honorary scholarship ' by the Baptist University of Chicago. J , ,y- . .. .Dr. J. B. Hawthorne of ,; Atlanta is supplying the First church of Richmond, va., in the absence of the pastor;; : . . . . Rev, C A. Jenkena of Oxford mux W. a pleasant visit on his wavto Warsaw whAm he will hold a protracted meeting. . . . . The Foreign MisiorirBoard paid the expenses of Rev. D. W. Herring and faciS? from China to this 'co-antry.5ri?0. ft Rev, Rl E. Peele is assisting Rav j D. Newton in a protracted meeting at nansvine, which began Sunday thelOth iristj . . a.The salary of Dr TV PCfTawfOTd ai a missionary ,in -.China, under appointment of the Board, was discontinued April 1st, 188fl.i- ii -a -.!fi-tf J..fcai? Tnfi-A-.r. ' y The church at Smyrna has called Rev. B. H. Matthews of Asheville. " He hAs o. rp aa en 'em,i,'Ui'" ':'u': .Rev.' Georce M. Tnlnn. Columbia, 8. a, writes us that he is well pleased with his-new," pastorate at Lancas- -On May 80th, Bro. Bostick, in a let ter, wrote; " I have drawn a draft for f 1,000, which covers the $600 for our home ex penses, ,&c : ' t c , ' ... . Rev.. B. W. Spillman has resigned the pastorate at Smyrna, Davis Shore and Wood ville, and expects to enter the Seminary In Louisville next fall. ; , , ..Rev. William R.. Johnston Cedar Creek is, dangerously ill with typhoid fever. We hope Bro. Johnston will soon be able to attend his churches. v , . - - , ( -? ....Rev. J. F. Love of Baltimore has inst returned from North Carolina, where he at tended the funeral of his mother, an excel lent christian woman. , ....Rev. J. A. Campbell has been re elected superintendent of the publio schools of Harnett county. We hear that Brother Campbell's churches are doing very well. ... Nine members have been baptized into the fellowship of the church at Smyrna as a resalt of the meeting held there the first week in June, In which Bro. II. C. Moore aid the preaching. t ; . , .;.,'fi ,, ....The church at Davis Shore on Friday, June 24, 1893, granted Ucenseto Bro. Chas. B. Paul to preach the gospel He is a young man of decided ability. He will enter Wake Forest 'in SepiemberM:mSS!fi .'. The Warren Union wUl meet at Sul phur Springs church, Warren; county, on Friday before 'the fifth Sunday in July. Rev. Dr. N. B. Cobb will preach the Intro- . . . .Before the approaehing political cam t paign is really opened, let every pastor in North Carolina preach from 1 Tim. 2 si, last clause " That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty." A report Of Southern Female College commencement In the la Grange Reporter, says: At night; Rev J.' A.1 Smith of North Carolina preached a splendid sermon at the Baptist church before the College Mission ary Society." , ,, ; .A brother says : 'Our church is awake -on the subject Qf missions, and will contrib ute this year twice as much for missions a it has ever done before." - Thi9 is just the thing to be accbmplished in every church in iu ouiia tuts yearv : -s f' '., It is' saldfihait the Baptist Seminaries 1: and Chicago tesich that alien immers on Is logical .Seminary at ; Lduisville, Ky.1 stands alone in its opposition to alien immersion..- -.'.The great missionary enterprises of modern times are the outgrowth of a desire to get nearer to the Scriptures in faith and practice; and; if the world is to be evangel ized it' will be done most largely by the churches which are nearest to the Scriptures la faith,' polity, worship and life work;? I . ,s .At the session of King's eociation, 1852, the following " Rtkoliml. That, tha am A2i id iu session or mng s Juountain as- was adoptea that the churches be reauested to assemb e at their1 respective meeting-houses ;on that ' cugago m( religious worship. year 4wo. newly, organized .-churches received iato the hnriv-Anr! th number persons baptized in the Asnnciatioh. was nfm . --p. .. ,,. ' r T . .
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