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Biblical Recorder. 'WEDNESDAY,' JUNE 14, 1803. Rev. a X BAILEY, Editob and Pboprixtob. J. C. CADDELL, Agent akd Cobhkspondkst. 11 What Baptists Believe," by the late J. Tj. Burrows, will be given to every new sub scriber to the Biblical Recorder who will pay 2.00 in advance for a years' subscrip tion. We will also give the book to every old subscriber who will pay his subscription to date and a year lja advance. ' -; Think of it 1 ' "Your denominational paper, the subscription price of which is f3.00, one year, and a neatly "bound .book of over a hundred pages, containing a clear and fair expression of what Baptists believe and practice, all for the price of the paper. Remember this offer is to new and old subscribers alike. ' HOW TO WIN MEN. Soul winflinff is one of the most impor tant duties that, devolves upon those who profess to be servants of Christ . That it is -an important work only requires that we should read Gd's Word and think a little about the value of . the Jsoul . in, order to be -convinced. To know that it is a Christian duty, one has only to read such passages as Isa. 55: 1, Lk. 14: 1 ff. Rev. 22; 17, and besides, abundant encouragement in the Bible tnat we snouia engage in mis worn For instance, "Be not weary in well doing; for in due season ye shall reap, if you faint not;" " he that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.1 ' And again, the striking words, "Let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. As. this work, then, is -so vastly important, it is quite necessary that we should carefully study the ways and means of accomplishing it. It is a well es tablished fact that many; men of moderate gifts and capacities are very successful soul- . winners; while others, with quite superior .... ... . .1 .... f r a. ;il ! .x-.rr.. L ramus nwi ununuig, wevv mm. lauiuitreiiL success in this work. Oae great' secret of soul winning, we think, is prayer to God, accompanied with reliance upon him to bless the efforts we ' make in that line of work. Saving the soul . is emphatically the Lord's work. The best laVmror fn tha trraal tiarvnafc daA il rvnlv an . instrument in God's hands ia accomplishing the work. In this, in fact in all work, we should never forget the Saviour's words, 'Without me, ye can do nothing. As tlon of God in selecting a wife for Isaac, so we should go to the work of soul-winning, in constant reliance upon God or the guidance ot the Holy Spirit. s . Again, if we would win men to Christ tee must learn to love them- the more the better. Nothing, under God, can take the place of this love for those who are in their sins. Without it, shining gifts and other splendid qualities on cur part will do us but little good; and . with it we may be remarkably successful, though quite deficient in other gifts. There is ' philosophy and religicn both in Peter's words, "Charity covereth & multitude of 'sins. And it would be well for those who engage in this work to re member that love for men cannot be simu lated. If you do, or do riot, love them, they will find oufrthat fact. ' An adept in the ait of deceiving cannot "ply his methods" here without being detected. It would te .well for os to remember, also, that many people, especially in their earlier Christian experience, have not learned to love sinful men. Some people are bom with a natur ally cold heart, and find it hard, even after conversion, to love sinners as they should. Bat this, as well as any other great barrier in our way, can be broken down by impor tunate prayer to God. To try to win souls to Christ, then, without love in our hearts for them, is a dead cold business,-and gen erally results in disheartening failure. ' And yet another means of winning men U, to visit them, be with them, to come into f:c3to-face contact with them. Some of c ;r i.:;;;,bnaries have learned, through cec '.ij, tLo importance of face-to-face work, ' " z" secret of the spread of Moham-'ir-Lin, an J other isms, is this kind of ' . TLs methods that are successful in " '.7 a fabe fafth may be studied i l.j tLo;3 who attempt to propa f . , ) f Thi3 plan of work is ' j i.t home, but especially, we - ! t!..;a peo-lo. If we can " r tm.:3 head to cheer, ccm- fort, and add to the success of our faithfu missionaries in their far off fields, we shal feel that we have not written in. vain. By the way, we have been highly pleased at the prompt response of some of these to our re quest that they give ns their views of t "call to do mission work.," Your letters are welcome, brethren and sisters, on this or any other topic, And again let as say that we would like to have the views, of these" faithful men and women as to this face to-face work with the heathen. - Will they tell us to what extent consecrated lay men might do this kind of work by going to the foreign field, and, while following their chosen, business, use their opportunities to do good in this way t DONT. At the risk of repeating some things at ready discussed in these columns, we wish here to add a few donCs that may be useful at least to some of our readers : Don't go before the church and be receiv ed for baptism, and then ask some other pastor or preacher baptize you. You may think this a small matter; but it is not a small matter with the pastor of the church. You place him in a very awkward position. If he knows that you prefer that some one else should baptizs you, 'he of course has self respect enough not to insist oh doing so himself, whilst to do so is both his right and his duty. As small a matter as you may think this to be;thf factthat"suchre-" quests have been made and complied with, will account for the sudden resignation of some wortny and competent pastors, it may not be amiss to add that no minister who is not the pastor should consent to bap tize a convert that had so little respect for the pastor as to ask him to do so. To con sent to do so, shows little respect for the pastor's feeling. . Don't ask, as a rule, any other pastor ex jcept your own to marry you, or officiate at the burial of your loved ones. . There may be peculiar circumstances when you would likto have a former pastor present; but even in that case, let him only assist the pastor. Right often the above " don't " is disregarded, and quite a display i3 made at fashionable weddings by sending for him who is considered the more fashionable preacher, while the pastor is at best only an invited guest The same rule holds good at special funeral occasions. " You may wish to make a display at your wedding, but don't do so at the expense of your pastor. Your heart may be crushed at the death of a dear one, but that is no excuse for crush ing the feelings of your pastor and also those of his wife and children. And when you do ask your pastor to officiate at your marriage, don't send him home without some compen sation for his services. If you have not paid the preacher something for marrying you, do so yet. It is mean to treat pastors, as they are often treated, in this thing. von i tiisparage tne preacrung or your pastor by extravagant praise of a sermon from the passing brother, while you seldom speak of his. It is a poor preacher indeed that can't get up a few "big sermons.' You have heard. his best; wait till you hear his worst, and then make your comparisons. After all, it is not the man that flashes who is the best preacher, but the man that wears well. Don't run wild over a visitiDg pastor, or evangelist, while your own pastor -misses you often at the prayer-meeting or regular services of the sanctuary. It is remarkable how zealous and pious some of our church members seem to be under the preaching of a new man, or when " something unusual " is going on at the church, and how their spiritual thermometer goes, down toward zero when the "excitement" is over. We have a few more don'ts on hand. .We would be more willing to deal them out if we were sure our brethren and sisters de sired, them. The above will hardly pleaEe all of them; but some of those held in re serve may be a little more palatable, or may fit "somebody else" better than those given. Shall we have them I It has been announced that Rev, Dr. J, J. has Hall resigned the pastorate of the Baptist Tabernacle of. this city to accept the.call to Park Avenue Church, Norfolk, Va. - Dr. Hall has proved a most acceptable pastor of his Raleigh charge, and his ministry here has been blessed with abundant , success. Since he came among os the Tabernacle has added greatly to its numbers and useful ness, and the church building has bjen ren dered one of the most beautiful and com modious in the State. That Dr,, Hall's min- GnAnaaaTiit : tia.' ami. hundreds of evidonces; and. that he is top" leave his church just at this time is to be generally regretted. Our best wishes follow him in his new field, and we extend con-' gratulations to the brethren in Norfolk. ' Again we feel called on to remind our readers that we are in no way responsible for the views of out correspondents. While we reserve the right to reject anything that may seem to us objectionable and uncalled for, we express our'views only in our edito rials, .,;' " r - , ,, 4 1? ' . ' It wodld have been a joy to any one to witness the spirit of unity and determined effort which pervaded Wake Forest com mencementvweek. The board of trustees, the faculty, every alumnus and student, seemed in better hopes for tho College than ever before, and all seemed determined to work for it during the summer. Such spirit cannot live too long. . Let the proper work be done, let the people be made to be lieve that Wake Forest is the place for their boys, then;"BO doubt of it, three hundred students will matriculate next September. . ' .. 1 ' 1 r ' f PERSONALS AND OTHER ITEMS. , ...Rev. J. T,' Jenkins of Wilmington is engaged in a promising revival. .... Rev. Dr. J.' W. Ford of St Lonis has received a call to Albany, N. Y. lie will accept. .... Rev. J. F. Davis, formerly of Showns Cross Roads, Tenn., is at present located at vuas, tnis state, . . ....We are verv clad to hear that Rev. W, B. Oliver is succeeding well as pastor of tne Wilmington cnurcn. ....Rev. W. B". Morton reports having jieu & verysuccessiui meeting in Louisburg, ADout niteen persons were baptized. .Hon. C. M. Cooke of Louisburg paid 1 , -1 v - . i u pieainuk visiw last wees wane id av tendance on the V. S, Circuit Court 1 . . Rev. H. A. Bagby preached his first sermon as pastor of the day Street Church, Kicttmond, v a., on Sunday, May 28th. .....Dr. J. J. Hall of the Raleigh Baptist Taoernacie jeic last Monday for Uenderson- viiie to aid tfro, Ulenn in a series of meet ings. ... .We were very glad to see Bro. W. M. Hurst of Wilmington in our office last week. Bro. Hurst is an active - Sundav-school worxer. ... .Rev. J. D. Moore, recently graduated at Wake Forest College, has received a call to the church at Beaufort Our best wishes follow him. ....Rev. D. P. Bridgfs, a student of the liOuisville beminary during the past session. has returned to this State, and is at present 1 . JT A. xocaiea at uaiawDa. .... Miss Moon, missionary to China, has dt.cuned to return to ner former district and it is probabl that she will ba trans ferred to Central China, Now is the, time to order your Sun- aay scnooi supplies ror tne tmrd quarter. The Supply Store in this city is the place irom which to oruer tnem. Rev, Jos. Blalock has accented the call to supply the churph at Hickory for inree montns. uro. uiaiocK Has been at the Seminary during the past session. Cards are out announcing the wed- aing ot jaiss jumme tttta uwen and Mr. M. P. Claud at Portsmouth, Va., June 22d. We extend our congratulations in advance. ....We were glad to see Rev. Jasper Howell, Jr., a student of Wake Forest Col lege, on his way to hid home in Lenoir. He would accept a church during the summer . . . .President Taylor of Wake Forest Col lege was in the city la9t week. He reports that already he has the assurance of thirty- nve new siuaenis next year. , a good begin ning. - . . . We acknowledge the receipt of tastv invitations to the commencement exercises of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and Horner's Military School. ' . 1 .The sixtv ninth anniversary nt iha American Baptist Publication Society was held at Denver, Col., May 24th-28tb. A very interesting report of the proceedings is on our table. . .Prof. Collier Cobb, formerlv Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of North Carolina, has been placed in charge of that chair. The Universitv is to h ron. gratulated. ...Rev. J. O. Alderman -writes that he has secured the assistance of Rev. O, L. Stringfield for a series of meetings in hta church at Concord.- Thev will beerin tha first week in July, . , Rev. F. M. Rovall. who graduated frohi Wake Forest College last year, having taken a course this year at the Seminary wiku vuusiueruuie creait, leaves next no vembar for China, his future field. ,...Rev. S. J. Porter, who eraduated at the recent commencement of Wake Forest College, is at present at his home, Orton, N. C, taking a shof t rest before embarking for Brazil, his future field. .The last issue of the Seminary Mana. zlne i considerably above the average. The frontispiece this month is a good likeness of Rev. A. T, Robertson, recently given the degree of D. D, by Wake Forest College. - ....Tne present address of Hnn. o, W Sanderlin, recently tendered an appoint ment by the President, is 020 New York Avenue, Washington, ,D. 0... ffis family will not remove to that city until the fall. .Walter Emerson, the wpII known cm. netist, died suddenly In Boston, Mass., June u. ao was me son. in law 01 Kev. if. S. Ilenson, D. D., Chicago. .His wife, Mrs. Emerson, was the well-known And nnnnim. soprano singer.--(7Arfean Herald. - : -',.,, Profs. Poteat and Cirlyle of Wake Forest were in , Raleigh , on business last week. - ; . - , i I .The Roanoke Aswciation of Virginia has provided a capacious tent to move about in destitute parts of its territory, ana nas invited Rev. J. 1JL Lamberto of tne Ureen vllle church to do evangelistic work for them,. , . - " 1 . ....Rev, " Wi- R. Cullom who having graduated at Wake Forest College, pursued an advanced course at tne uouisviiie aemt nary last year, has been secured to supply for Rev. J, W, Lynch in and around Dan ville.Ky.' - . . . - , . ,,,.Dr. B. H. Carroll's great speech on "rapal Fields," made at JNasnviiie, Tenn.. before the Southern Baptist Convention, is published in pamphlet , form by the 2aa rj.'.. m . J tit m.. a . u at ten cents. ,,,The American' Baptist Publication Society's Graded Sunday-school . Lesson Helps and Periodicals for the third quarter are -on our table, as usual, tnev are in ev ery respect up to the high standard of the publications of tne Society. . , After along struggle, Dr. Talmage's Brooklyn church has at last settled its debt of fiuo.uuu. Tne settlement was made on a basis of the payment of twenty-three per cent on the dollar, on the tnreat of the Doc tor to resign unless the money was raised, , ... By reference to a communication in another column, it will be seen that Dr. J. Wm. Jones, for many years, Assistant Sec retary of the Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Of., has accepted the position as chaplain at hU Alma Mater, tne university of Virginia. ... On Sunday morning last four persons were received into the Fayetteville Street Baptist church, Raleigh, by experience. At night the ordinance of baptism to twelve persons The meetings will be continued through this week, .. . . .We very much regret that circum stances were tuch that cur correspondent was unable to attend tne recent commence ment exercises of Chowan Baptist Female Institute. We copy from the Jvews aid 06 server a report of tne proceedings, which appears in another column. .....It is to be regretted that Mrs. M. Par ham has resigned her position at the Oxford Female Seminary. She was in charge especially of the literary work of the institution, and tne splendid essays of Tuesday are sufficient evidence of her abil ity to train young ladies in this department of educational work. . w , , Rev. H. W. Battle, recently made D. D. by Wake Forest College, preached the baccalaureate sermon before the first gradu ating class of tne Piortn Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts last Monday night The effort was pronounced excel lent, and folly came up to the high expecta tions of the large audience. f ....There are, in North Carolina. Mis sionary Baptists, Anti-Missionary Baptists, O Missionary Baptists, and Trunk Bintists. The O Missionary and Trunk Baptists are numerous, but not generally well under stood. They ought to be looked after, la bored with, prayed for, and, if possible, ex terminated by absorpti )n.C. but ham. . . . .Rev. Mr. Poteat of New Haven, son in law of Dr. A. J.Gordon of Boston, spoke very decidedly in favor of the "inductive method of Sunday-school study. He report ed a four-years' trial of the " inductive " in bis Sunday. school, in discussion another said, "I care not whether the series be in ductive or deductive bo it is productive. What is needed is the method which shall Compel personal study." J2epor$ of anni versary exercises ofths Am. Bap. Home Mis sion Society, in Christian Herald. ....The following very complimentary notice of Rev. Frank Dixon appears in the New York Christsan Enquirer : " Rev. Frank Dixon made a very favorable impres sion in his first sermon at . the Eoinhanv church," Sunday morning. His text was, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth.' He was very clear in statement, fresh in thought and his diction choice in its lucidity. He resembles his brothers in general appearance and combines their best qualities as thinker and speaker." . . . .The First Baptist chnrch on last Snn. day extended a call to Rev. C. B.' Williams of Winton, Hertford county. He is a young man witn a wife and no children. He is a native of Camden county, N. C. and in 1887 entered Wake Forest College, gradua ting in 1891 as valedictorian of his class. He was ordained in 1800, and in 1891 be came pastor of the church at Winton. He is a close student, careful thinker, and pru dent man. . He has not yet signified his in tention as to acceptance. iV. Q. . Baptist. Jane 7, T . ' . . . Sunday morning last was observed as a reunion of the Sunday-school of the First Baptist church of this city. Tickets of in vitation had been sent out to all former members of the school to loin in the exer cises of the day, and . many responded with their presence. The morning preaching hour was devoted to this service: The puP was. ueaumuuy lestoonea witn nowers or the occasion. Superintendent 8. ,W. Brewer presided, and Dr. T., E. Skinner, one of the . former pastors, led in nravpr. Deacons J. n. Alford and T. II. Briecs de- ivered addresses on "the historvand work of the school. The pastor. Dr. J..W. Car. ter, also made an- address earnestly solicit ing increased interest on the oart of rift r An f a and others In the school Superintentend eat Brewer also made Borne pertinent re marks, "urging a return of old pupils and tie entrance of new ones. The afternoon was "Children's Day,' and Bro. and Sister Dodd gave one of their delightful entertain- ments with the infant class, which thev nave taught for more than a nuartAi nf century; Tha exercises consisted nf firm ifl. recitations, &c. and the large audience present were ereatlv leased. TwAntv.thTM graduates from the class received diploma)?. . v. We clip the following from the Dur ham Glob of the 7th inst: "At the First Baptist the pastor, RevW, O. Tyree, dis coursed to his congregation in the morning from the text found in Phillipians. 3, 12; at night from Matthew 13, 83, This being the anniversary of his pastorate, the pastor re viewed his work, which showed that during the year he had received into the church by letter . foity eight members, , by baptism thirty five, by. restoration two, making a total of ; eighty-five; dismissed by letter . nineteen,' excluded twenty one, visits made 663, burials seventeen, marriages thirteen, sermons .preached ninety-three. . The total membership of this growing church is now 504. , . . ( ( - . The Chautauqua Assembly has isssued ' a Bulletin for Ministers calling attention to various courses which are to bo given at Chautauqua, and which will possess especial Interest to. the ministerial profession. The exercises will include lectures on philoso phy, ethics, Biblical study, homiletics, soci ology, church work, missions and many other subjects. AfiODg the lecturers and preachers may he mentioned Prof. Henry Drummond of Glasgow, Prof. George H. Palmer of Harvard, Pres. J. W. Bashford of Ohio Wesleyan, Prof. Herrick Johnson of Chicago, Prof. J. S. Riggs of Auburn Theological Seminary, Dr. W. II. Boole of New York, Bishop Alphaeus Wilson of Bal timore, Rev. A. J. Palmer of New York, Rev. Russell H. Conwell of Philadelphia, Prof. A. J. Herbertson of Edinburgh, Scot land, Rev, Philip 8. Moxom of Boston, and many others. A ministerial club will be or ganized at Chautauqua early in July and, will hold daily sessions during the season. The general schedule of lectures, concerts, and entertainments is unusually attractive and quite in accord with the very great ma terial changes . and improvement3Lwhich -have been made, at Chautauqua since last season. . President Chas. E Taylor's Addrets. We publish blow the address which President Chas. E. Taylor, D. D., of Wake Forest College, had , prepared for the late Senior Class, but the approach of a storm rendering it necessary that the exercises be made as brkf as possible, it was omitted. TUB ADDRESS. Young Gentlemen ;--The June number of The Forum, which has jast reached us, con tains a remarkable article from the pen of President Thwing of Ohio. . In order to es timate the comparative chances of eminent success in life of the men who have gradu ated at college, and of those who have not, he has taken the trouble to examine in de tail the bis volumes cf.Appleton's Cyclo pedia of American Biography. The results of his investigation teem to me to be very remarkable, . Out of the more . than 15,000 men win have been deemed worthy of mention in this collection, thirty five per cent, have been college-men. - His estimate Is that the chances of the man who has never entered college walls for attain' ing to eminent distinction, are in the pro- . portion of one to ten thousand. The chances of the college man are one in forty, or two hundred and fifty times as great. I have ventured to call your attention to these results, not to flatter you with hopes which may be delusive, not to stimulate any ambition which may be unworthy, and least of all, to foster a pride which would surely be foolish and unholy, but with the hope that, as you ponder them, you may see how wide is the pathway whichopens be fore you a pathway of eminent usefulness to your, fellow men. This is not empty sen timent, or the rhetoric of commencement oratory It is a safe deduction from an ex haustive study of the facts, a cold and care f ul calculation, that the chances of the men who have really availed themselves of the opportunities which a college offers are out of all proportion to the chances of the men who have net enioved these privileges. Your Alma Mater will have the.rieht to ex pect that you will be leaders in the world of useful thought and useful action. The Tesults of the investigations to which I have just alluded at -first amazed me. That in this comparatively new country, the fry paradise of the so called self-made man, and which, for the first century of its history, afforded few facilities for college trainingthat there- should be such a large ratio of college bred men to , Others among those who have obtained the recognition of " mention in this great cyclopedia, suggests at first thought that some mistake must have been made either In the collection of the facts or in the inferences from them. And yet. when I remember what liberal culture is, what it aims to do and often ac complishes, surprise and incredulity begin to vanish. What has the College sought to do for you? What has been the high end for which, during these bygone years, pro fessor and student have labored together harmoniously, happily, successfully, in lec ture room and laboratory t The best account that J have ever seen of it is given by Prof. Huxley in one of .his "Lay Sermons'.", He says : . "That man, I think, has had a liberal ed ucation who has been so trained in youth that his body ft the readv servant of his will and does with ease and pleasure all the work , mat, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold logic engine, with v air its parts of equal strength, and in smooth - wonting order: ready like a steam engine to 1 be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the miud; whose' mind , is stored with a ' knowledge of the great and fundamental . truths of nature, and of the laws of her op erations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full ot life and . nre, - but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience;, who has jarned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness. to respect oth . ers as himself." This is a high ideal. Alas, that the actual so often falls far short of it 1 Yet with such
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