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If fin IJiblicalRecorder. WEDNESDAY? FEBRUARY 8, "m?" ..-.. ."v.'",,". .i'.y1) ":-- Rsv. C. T. BAILEY, Editob hd fkbpaardB.4 J. C, CADDKLL, Aqkitt jjtd 'COBLBisPOKDIXT. TENDENCIES THAT HEED WBIN&r We assume so often the role of adviser for oar younger brethren that we are prompted here to say that this is done because we love . thea and feel a jivefy interest in their fa - tare success as preachers of God's word. In this paper we wish to put tbem on their tney are apt to accept it. I nese words are the business of the town, guard against certain tendencies that pre written in kindness for all concerned, pray Bro. G. L. Parker, who is one of the lead vail mora or less among them,' and that evi- Ing that God may lead, those that are in jDg brethren here in his church; is' full of dently peed watching' and curbing. ; These rouble into the light of libertynd pace,. ' hope for the future of the town, not only remarks will, apply especially to those who f 3.' And, againJhre, is danger that pur f rom a business stand-point, but thinks our nave enjoyed the advantages or college and . seminary training.," Among 'the tendencies , referred to we may mention the following : , 1, ; The disposition to depreciate the gifts and worth of those rwho have not enjoyed their advantages,' in the way of college or seminary training." Literary, and theologi cal training is usually of great help to a minister; but we must remember that there have been some "mighty men 'of valor" among as that hive rubbed but little or not at alt against college walla." ' It is often the case that soma of our younger and more tal ented .ministers occupy pastorates that have beea established under God, .through the prayers, the tears, and the toils of older and less gifted brethren. . Some of these, after they have almost retired from active service, spend .the evening of their days with churches , presided . over ,', by . younger . and more active brethren. When such ia the case, it should be a pleasure to the younger minister and' his congregation to' show by delicate courtesies and brotherly attention that they appreciate his presence and de- , light to do him honor, We have een old, and even gifted ministers however, rather shabbily treated iby younger pastors and by j their congregations, The younger pastors will not only be brought in intimate contact with this class of ministers under the cir cumstances mentioned, but in many other, and often when they are in active service and ara heir fellow-pastors in the commu nities where their lot is cast. . Don forget, : brethren, to honor," respect and encourage these older pastors, and remember that they are 01 ten better pastors at fifty or sixty i years 01 age to ui you are with all your early training for they have learned many things that Tan , arill nnt knnv nntil win learaed more at the aihcol of experience. z. Anotner tendency of the kind men tionedis to contract hasty and injudicious marriages, ' Some on has said it is " hard to mix love and books; and it is a fact that our students, while pursuing their' studies, often form ardent attachment Watha m. gaged, and i luenUy cut ,'ahort their course of study in order to marry. 1 1 is to be ex pected that young men would form ardent attachments," - enter engagements, As.'' It does not follow, however, that these are wise things to do; and. especially ia. it un wise to cut short their courses to marry. ' If our young student friends, then, are not al ready entangled in love's "net, we advise them to keep clear of such during -their courses of study. 1 But if they are already caught, and especially if they are engaged, "let thjehilbe True (o their promisea. In this latter case, the young lady n Question can De very neipf oi by standing firm to her en , gagement and carefully avoiding "lovers' quarrels.--We a aware of the fact that this is quite a delicate subject on which to give advice, and we fear we will receive scant thanks from the parties for whom it ' i intended; but it is for the good of our dear young brethren and sisters thai we give it, and the time is coming when they will thank us for it. ? Kn'm, i ? , (. ;4 la choosing a wife some of our youflg "ww want m pruaence, foresight, and we may add,- sometimes of ommon sense: The usefulness of some min sters has been seriously crippled by marry inj ungodly women; others by marryingF Jauhtew of luxury who can; never adapt t! :iselveVt6 their husbandscircumstances;' CLors by marrying women 6f"dthr faiths, - J not oaly faU- tonite with their hns " zl's church, but use constant effort to J te them - to 'their own faith! ' W 1 cf a talented young Baptist preacher 7 v.-!.r married ft, lady belonging to a : r - lfor its proselyting tendencies, ' ' cma the husband proved to be r vc : uljn and now preaches the ' v.-Ife holJj It f '" n cfTjrd "to "be misunderstood : 1' 0 latter kind of matctas r- --a pastors' .wives ttw ' ! '-'.s; bat the trouble ) remain such all their .3 It unpleasant -' : ;. And let it be understood, now, that we 'are writing about oar lajmen. v-Many of these will make! raids- into mother faiths for helpmeets: and they often make congenial companions; es peciany.)wneUi taey joiirxne; courcnes wua which Jheirhusban that is easy to do. without surrendering any - consclentiousjpriciples. . We cannot say as much for Baptist ladles who marry men of other f aiths. A true Baptist caa never be anything but t a Baptist, and men of other creeds who marry Baptist , wives ought to respect them more for being true to their 1 convictions; and if,' they will carefully and J prayerfully examine the. faith of their wives young ministers az speas: or write or ine pastorates, wnicn in me proviaence oi uoa they receive early in their ministry, as to discourage other young brethren equally as worthy and talented who have been less for tunate in becoming located, or else if not lo cated, more fastidious and ambitious in ac- cepting work that may be offered to them For instance, we recently read in a first-class seminary magazine4 a rather glowing and self-congratulatory letter from a young min ister happily located in a .pleasant , little town in the blnegrass region of Kentucky. His' description of the country where1 he lives, which he thinks is the garden spot of j the State, is accompanied by a sentence or so in which he informs us that it is also noted for good whiskey, fast horses and pretty women. He is thoughtful enough to add that he can testify for the fast 'horses and pretty women, but refers his readers to men of the world as to the whiskey. The letter not only abounds in passages of ques- tionable ' taste, but is calculated to cause other young ministers who have an eye to bodily comforts, light work, luxurious liv- ing, &3 and those on hard fields as they are called, to suppose that their lot, com- pared to his, is unfortunate; and hence, they become dissatisfied, and seek other pastorales. ' Young ministers cot' located, after reading such letters, may so long for a pastorate in just such a country as to refuse to accept one in a country which they im agine is less highly favored. I Our ministers must remember that they are Chiist's soldiers, and that they mast go where the Great Captain directs, and that they are - to seek the sotds' ot the people ulurt Ifcy find them, rather than fair lands i : t ' ; . . :. . , or nizhly ravored countries. Letters like the one referred to are a poor means of de veloping that sturdiness of character and contented spirit that should characterize preachers of the gospel. Christ's embassa dors cannot afford to cultivate the spirit of novices, nor can they belong to the order of the Dilettanti. - ' ' I Thx honest legislator who desires to con y . serve the Interests of his constituents, de serves the sympathy of all good people. On the one hand there is the pressure of the tax payers enjoining him against extravagant appropriations, and oh the other hand are the ardent and enthusiastic advocates of each separate measure setting forth the im perative needs of his project. But there are some things that every member pf the Leg islature ought to keep constantly before his 'eyes, one of which ; is that many of these earnest pleaders have no interest in the measures except for the pay they get for their pleadings. ' -IrC'-'i r When these paid agents of rich corpora tions come with their siren songs they ought to pais by the ear as quickly as the breezes. And ; when some heavy salaried officers ot such corporations come with their pathetic and intensely.' patriotic addresses, there ought to rise up alongside of them the thou sands of poor tax payers whohave not one cent to spare from, the direst, necessaries of life, many of. whom are deprived of sleep on account of their very homes and means of living being under mortgage while they are unable to redeem- them.,.; Another, view in the scene ought not to be left out that a few1 of these rich nd richly paid employees', getUng rfrom .tootof $(0,000aflnually could much more easily pay for these patri'. otic measures than the poor struggling prop erty - owners," the vast majority of z whom have to deny themselves of the common comforts of life.' -..,, ' ' ' , There are some existing institutions that require appropriations to sustain them: while these ought to be kept tip, any in crease for them , ought , to be ' carefully guarueu, ana any; ana f every t instance in which the managers of - institutions have presumed to go beyond the appropriations' and instructions, and have come up with' a' debt, it ought to be repudiated as a rebuke to all such presumption; Indeed this ia the only remedy "against such unwarrantable proceedings.' There is" a crisis upon1 the j body of our tax producers, and the wise and sentimentalism And1 refuse io vote one dollar f to any thine that is unnecessary. We insist - .. I upon it that .this ia no time to. make unnec- i essary. appropriations, , s y iidt : FfiOM OTJB TRAYELLINO AGENT. ROCKY MOUNT. i. This town har grown very much in the last year. The tobacco, ' trade is considera ble, and has done much to change, the com plexion of the town. Also, the bringing of the shops by the W. & W. Railroad to the I piace has had a decided influence in favor of I denominational interest his the best outlook we have ever had.- BroLove did a fine work here", and the hrethrehremember im With great pleasure. His faithful ministry and the training which he gave the church will tend greatly to lighten the burdens of his successors; A few days preceding my visit, the church had called Bro, (jooper of' Indiana for all of his time. s t c .ti j The snow was getting off, and the feel-' ings of the brethren were more cheerful in the hope' of nicer; weather ; and better busi ness.. ..u r tf. 4 -s. -' I spent a night with Bro. W. E. Daniel in Weldon. It is pleasant to spend some time with him and his" interesting household un der any circumstances, but to be exempt at the same time from the bumping and blow ing of freight trains, which makes night so hideous near the depot, makes the privilege a gracious one indeed. , The church at Weldon has for some time been without a pastor, but they now think they have one, and jf they should jsucceed in securing the brother whom they have in mind, both the church and the Tar River Association are to be congratulated. This church, although without a pastor, have kept up their regular contributions. This speaks well for the zeal of the members as well as for the good influence left by their former pastor ' ' ' . ,: r r ' : ' At half past five o'clock Friday morning, With eyes partly open, I start for the War ren Union, which met in the town of War renton. Bro. Gardner very kindly met me at Warren Plains, and at half past eight o'clock I had taken my seat in front of a breakfast, which judging from the quan tity of things present was prepared for Dr. CL Durham, Bro. J. IL Mills and myself; but as these brethren were not present, there remained much to be taken up. Bro. N. L. Shaw was elected Moderator of the Union. The bad weather kept away many who would have been present under -other conditions ; but the Union was a suc cess from the beginning. A Moderator like Bro. Shaw, full of life and zest, does much to help along a meeting. Another thing in our favor was that we had an excellent program. It is really astonishing what silly, impracti cable subjects we sometimes see proposed for discussion at our Union Meetings, At this Union, there is this to be said : the program was probably better adapted to the occasion than some of the speakers were to the sub jects. For instance,, woman's work was as signed to Dr. . Mitchell and Bro. Morton. BroGobb; wa3 added later, and 'wasthor oughly at home on this subject.' ; . The - brethren used Bro. VaiaDeventer freely. ' He always makes good preparation, and speaks with force and earnestness. ; Prof. Hobgood Of Oxford Female Semi nary treated . the audience to an elaborate and ornate address on education. The ad dress was prepared with great care, and the brethren were liberal in their expressions of its merit, V" .." "'' f The Orphanage was discussed by brethren Fleming and T. M. Allen, and after the dis cussion was ove'rj a cash collection of twenty dollars was receivecl from the andieqee. J The Orphanage has no better friends anywhere than can be found in the 'Warrenton(chutch. The Sunday school contributes five dollars to this work every month.?; ' , Bro, Mitehell'a, talk about Palestine, was one of the most interesting features of the Unlpni i He will not allow any one to call it a lecture; nevertheless, the style and matter of the address were very interesting and inW structive.6 'ir' ir1 . v , , , ; : v. The Warfenton brethren did everything possible to make the Union a success, and every one was delighted with the kind and hospitable entertainment of the delegates present. . .,' jr :t,t a J. C. C. . r Trr "1 ..ItEV. u, L. Read, of Hackensack. N..JA I has, says the New Yoik World of Feb. 5th, 1.898, arter a great deal of research, decided that Heaven Is located In the star Aleyo'ne; the brightest in the constellation Pleiades." This star is(now. to be, seen at about 8:30 o'closk almost directly overhead. i We refer this discovery to' RevV iX.Vl McDuffie of New Brunswick, N. J. . " ij PEBSONALS AND OTHER tTEltP. I i . . .Bev J, W Atkinson of Boger'a Store (Jailed to see us last Monday.' . ; i . . . . .Rev. J. R. Maynard of Morrisville called to s?e us ou Monday." 1 . ,4, . Brew Archibald J ohnson of.-. Laurin-. burg, n, rj. , called to Bee us one day last week- 1 tj . .... . .uui. u rv. y easier, eiasvuie, eaitor . Col.' Jr R. Webster, Reidsville, editor osier last week. ; . . . Rev. O, C. Horton has j ust returned from a. visit to his old home , in Elizabeth City, N. a i ' . i. : ; Rev. I. T, Newton of Wake Forest College is called to the pistorate of the church in Apex, IT.C.'," , . ..;Prof. J. P. Lanneau and Mrs. Lan tieau of Wake Forest paid a pleasant visit to our office last Saturday. 1 I: .nev. in, mil received ten tiersohs nto the fellowship of the Tabernacle chnrcb,1 Raleigh, on Sunday last. .... Dr. J .W. Carter, of the First church, Raleigh, gave the hand of fellowship to four new members last Sunday. , ., 4 ,( ...'.Bro. W. F. Marshall, editor of the Gastonia Gazette, : was in the city last week,' and paid us a pleasant call. r v ,j T . fit Vi T ' '' mr '" ' ''' M' n f .oy. 1. asper, oi Manning, a., u, writes us that he could be induced to accept pastoral work in North Carolina. , : , ;V. . We learn from the Lumberton obe tonian that reS;lbhnsonvery4C- ana inougatto ue Deyona recovery. , J'. ,Brb. Henry C.Dockery of Rocking ham, N. C, was in the city last week on legislative business, and paid us a call. .... Rev. J. L. White of asbeville, N. 0., is progressing well in his church work. Bro. White is an excellent pastor, as well as a fine preacher. , , Dr. J. J. Taylor, pastor of St Francis Street Baptist church, Mobile. Ala., sava among other good things : You are making a good paper." - , i . : . .Mrs. Dr. Pritchard leaves this morn ing for Oxford to visit her children who are at school there, and who are sick. pharlotte voserter, Jtreo, 1. H ... Cards are out for t he marriaee of Rev. N. Sidney Jones of Salisbury, N. C, ana Miss Mamie Taliaferro of Evergreen, Ala., on February 7th, 1893. - ; - Dr. Tiberius Gracchus Jones has ten dered his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist church of Norfolk, Va., to take effect the last bunday in April. ; ...".The receipt of the Foreign Mission Board at Richmond, Va., up to Feb. 1st, 1893, were 120,799 81 more than they were up to the same date of last year. ( ....Dr. John William Jones, Assistant Secretary of our Home Mission Board, is prominently mentioned as Dr. Frost's successor. Baptist (Miss.) Record. . .... Rev. J. N. Boothe of Edgefield C. H., S. C, was in the city last Friday, and called to see us. He was called back to North Car olina on the sad errand of the death of his mother. Dr. R. D. Fleming of WarrentOn was in the city last Thursday, on his return from the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, and called totsee us. v : . . .Rev. W. A. Pool says he and his fam ily all reached Mansfield, Texas, safe and well. He says the winter there has been very mild. On February 2d they had a lit tle ice for the second time. . . . . " The first thing the Holy Spirit did to chaos was to bring out of it Cosmos." The foregoing quotation is from a learned theological professor. We hope, since the emanation 01 sucn a scintillation, he will continue to maintain his equilibrium. . . i . Dr. Rufus ( Burleson, President of Baylor University, says: ' When I came to Texas, forty-five years ; ago there . were in Texas 10.000 Methodists and 1.900 RantiBt Now Texas has 233,500 Baptists and 178.000 ' jjiemuuHtw. av. . m. j'uiman, tn ventral Baptist. . . . .The Baptist church at this place is to be congratulated upon securing Rev. N. B. Cobb as their pastor for the ensuing year. He will preach here once a month, beein- ning next Sunday. He is not only one of the best preachers in the State, but is a most o Akowru. 1. . . , .John C. Sauier. a deacon nf th han. wjum oapust caurcn, commuted suicide on Sunday the 29th,ult by shooting himself.. It is said to have been done in a fit of mnUn. cholia. He had the confidence and esteem Ot niS Cnurcn find Of thennnrA hnatnaoa nnm I muuity. , He left a letter to his wife, in wmenne said tie was no longer fit to do business, that his mind was unsettled. 3. i V'The Second Baptist church of Peters burg, Va.,' expect to begin the erection of their new house of worship in a few weeks. The location Is "on Sycamore street, the maid thoroughfare of the city; a most eligible lot The wise and very eflicient pastor, Rev. A. J, Fristoe, Is rendering noble service. The two sister churches (First and "West Endy give upwards; of $3,000 to the building fund ' . . . .Dr.. E. G. Robinson closes ', an article in the National Baptist on . Bishop Brooks "iku V,1WWAUB paragrapn jcew more Imposinir Boectacles or finbllmArint0 fespect for the dead , have . been witnessed among, men than those seen In Boston on the l tae Durtal 0 Bhop Brooks, when, I tnempletion 0? services ia Trinity cnurcn, the body was borne to th ah for I tein lfA0ai?an? Wje In Copley square bowed their heads and in nnUnn ra. I K?f!?,lJi0rd 9vPiayuer then taMmzop ; Ki? nmlgbicoru4the anold ' hymn, O God, our helrrin ages past'" ' 1 ' 4 . .r , . wuioq, kv ' uo man cat waits, deal breddern, but de sensible man is de one dat runs half way to meet his on portanities, while de foolish One sets down an waits an!wondera wy ebery thing ia 8o long in comin'. liev.- plink Plunk in W get xialls to churchea rnn out a long way to meet themr;;i''v': '; f' We. the BaDfiats of KoannVa ni' " rvj .kia-,'ni vasai-.' wV 1 "" competition with the denominational col-' leges. Second,, we protest against beine Uxed for the education of. ministers or. the tons of ministers, . Third,! we protestagainst being. taxed for the support of an orphanage so long as it is controlled by any secret soci ety or any religious denomination. , . . , 1 Both" the Governor of Texas; the Hon u James S. Hogg, and' the Lieut Governor' the. Hon. AI. -M. Crane." are BaDtistft.. Aii owiko vnivursny eo jong as u.is 4Q hurtful,; the Baptist Governors of States, so far as we have been able to learn, have filled their tx- jsitions honorably and ; well ' The' country'. good Presidents as well as good Governors -Western' Recorder, 0 From present indica tions. it will' be a long time ' before North . Carolina will have ; a Baptist Govt rnor. Whenever one begins to be prominent for the ; place, they deliberately go to work to ruin him. ' '. 'x"-' '" :H- 't ,,? I ' i .. i lAt least five millions of the negroes In the United States are unbapklzed. Shall we escaDe on the Div of JnHtmiant if - motti wide, j)fTisi.:a3 heathen At ..ourTvery . . .... ..: ... :r-jt r. - -o. lliiUia . ooor and we do nothing, to bring $bout their' conversion fQtiristian $ Statesman, , The ' Statesman evidently thinks that an unbap tized person is a heathen, and that being , baptized and being converted are the same thing. It Is sadly aurnrisintf how saeramn.- tarlanism permeates eyen evangelical Pedo baptist denominations. We have person- Methodists to manifest the greatest concern to have sick infants christened? lest they should die without this rite and perish for ' lack of it. They believed in their hearts that a few drops of water, put by a preacher on the dying child's! head, would save theV child's soul. IFf stern Recorder, WtH - . ... We hope and believe the Christian Jiegtster, Unitarian, is a true prophet when it says: "We are at the beirinnlnff nf movement in religion more extensive than any recorded in history. ; Compared with it, the Protestant Reformation is a small .eplsoder' , The RegitUr sees this good time , in the breaking up of creeds "through a 'ru6h of great religions feeling We re-' jolcethatthere is such a urush " in increas ed study of the Bible, in an augmented mis sionary spirit its the churches, in . more ear-" nest prayer and offtriDgs of money for ' Christ's cause with a liberality without pre-J cedent. The Reformation Is "' a smalt epi sode compared to the grand missionary movement of our times. HThe morning ' light is breaking," and the twentieth cen-' tury will see much of the radiance of the day when Christ shall have' universal do-; minion. Multitudes may not accept the' stereotyped creeds of the past, but they will . unite in giving glory "Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own v blood." Inquirer. ' Bohcson Union. ; I have been a member of $ the Robeson Union for nearly two years, and have at-. tended the meetings of this body regularly, ' and have enjoyed every meeting ; but I am sure that the last was the very best meeting that I ever attended. , , , . The meeting was held at Ziion's Taberna cle on Dec. 28th and 89th, 1893. ,.'. The introductory sermon was preached by Rev. W. A. Humphrey,, after which the Union was called to order, and the subjects of Home Missions and. Church Discipline were considered, , " . .". f v K . , r. , -1 '. Bro. E. K. Proctor,TrJ, read the repor&n , Home Missions, and, brethren Proctor, Ful-" :, ford, Humphrey and 'Martin spoke on the subject. The speeches were to the noint and seemed to reach the hearts of the neonle. t The report on Church Discipline was then , - a. rstepuens and was ais cussed, by brethren Stephens, Proctor and . Moore.; . :,. --,.;.'.'". ' The meeting then adjourned with prayer by the pastor, Rev R. A. Moore, to meet on Sunday morning at ten o'clock, for a Son aay scnooi mass meeting, which was con- by brethren w, w- Nj ? & c- At eleven o rlnrtr th mtoolnnorw armnn was preached by the writer. At the close( for Home Missions, .which " amounted to twAntv riniiat-o , " . We then adjourned i'to meeV with' the irinV .1. u.J J : ; . Ln if 1. - I am deliebtedT to see the SDiri't with which our people are, taking hold of the mission work and Ldo pray God .that those of ys who are fully in sympathy with the, work, may contique to labor, until the last cent of the $250,000, which we are trying to secure during the Centennial year, shall be raised, besides supporting the missionaries now. in the field. "vOh. . that we could catch, lust at this time, some of . the fire which burned, ia soul of William Carey and like' him be constrained to greater efforts along this line of our Master's work I. If 'we. had more of the spirit of Christ, theLord's treasury would soon be full, and the hundred new; missionaries located on the foreign fields, preaching the unsearchable riches of Christ W those who are now in darkness,, I think, my brethren, that this is the time for more earnest praver to God for, the great work Of missions Let us remember at all Umes that r,oa iA t i- ... u i.i,f .v power, hut by my Spirit, saith tie Lord of v.ca n1 - ', ' ' s- itkM Wishes for the Recobdkb: lam. Yours truly, , ,V . F, n. MabtW. Lumberton: JaV ad.' 1893. - - - -t - 7 '.. 1
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