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: ' ' - " " 'f ' if I ! The Biblicul . Recorder. WEDNESDAY JULV 5, 1883. Rev. C. T BAILEY.- ttDITOB A.JTP Propkiktor. J - C. CADDELLt, AenfT amd CoKaxspowDxiiT. r' f What Baptists Etelie ve,'J by the late J. L.- Burro wsr will be given to every new sub scriber to the Biblical Recorder who will pay t2,Wia advance" for years subscrip - tlon. We will also give the book to every old subscriber who will pay his subscription to date and a year in advance.-' ; ' Think oHM Your denominational paper, the 'subscription price'pf which is 2.00, 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. . Rsmember, this offer is to new and old 5 subscribers alike.."--- THE FIFTY-NIHTH YE1K OF THE i . v. BEQOSDES. - With this issue the Record tR enters on the fifty ninth year of its publication. Its past is too well known to the Baptists of North Carolina to require a review at our hands. It speaks for itself, and needs no individual commendation. But few who read its first numbers are living now. Long ... since have iU founders wise men and true .passed away. . They were among the best ' men that the denomination has ever known, and to them is due the strength and power of many of our institutions and organlzi tionatoday. , The RicordebT has grown with its years, fn its fifty-eight volumes filed away is faith- ,'.: lolly preserved Use history of the wonderful ' growth and conservative progress of our de nomination in North Carolina for almost six decades. It is a history fall of struggles and full of triumph, and in those struggles ; and triumphs is the history of the Becob deb, for ever have the trials of the denomi nation been its organ's trials, and its trmmDhs its oWsn's trinmnlii Time fmm the beginning have they labored in the same vineyard for the same great end, in God--given Christian peace and harmony. trite future we shall, we trust, by the divine guidance, devote our energies to the ... great work that God has committed to his people, the establishment of his kingdom and the salvation cf souls, as we have in ' the past Whatever be the times and sea sons, the changes and events of this life, the editor, no less than the churches and pas tors, has his one great mission in the service of God. , We expect to continue the course so Iocs pursued unbiased by questions of policy or I prejudice, and aided by the successes and I inspirations of the past to increase our dfli - gence ia the task before us. We are ready to advocate and defend .whatever tends to the glory of God and the well-being of our .; fellow man. For bickering and petty and WA flAXA flPI trior iirriA isvi space. We wish to instruct, to lead, to en . courage, and to serve the toilers in the Mas ter's vineyard to help the weak, and to direct the erring, to hinder no servant in the service of our Lord, while we shall faith t t ally warn the great denomination of which we are the servant of any change that would endanger the cause of Christ ... . To the extent of our powers we shall a'd the Convention and the Associations in their work, always remaining true to the Baptist principles and the imperishable truths ol Jesus Christ, for the furtherance of which the Recorder was established, and which it has served as faithfully as it could thete fifty-eight years. We believe in missions and in education as the great work of this and the rising gen eration, and we want the day to hasten when every church is a missionary society, . . . O v VM with students. .With these few words, we enter on our fifty-ninth year, thanking our friends who have sustained us in the past, and praying God's richest blessings on his people every where. - - W VTUE3U UUi BLiiUUia UUU ('III (HP PS f) T0 tl 1 lXrf KUMBEB OF BAPTISTS IU THIS STATE, The last 'Census Bulletin" in the "Statis tics of Churches" from the Census Office, Washington,' D. C.f giving . the figures, 'in detail and summary, of all the religions de- roiuinations-in the itnited States has been r:; ;ved. 1 he facts about North Carolina, : 3 ( socially, about the Baptists of our .should be of interest to all of our peo V.'o j;ive them, therefore,' from the 5 tulles cf 1890 just published i ' -1 r.rTisT3;iN'Om.cABoirNli ; :;'f ,. r I - lists (white). . . .v, . , . 153,648 ;::.ta (colored) ...... 136, 850 ry Baptists. 290,504 : These figures are, to our knowledge,, too small oy many inousanaa.' we mice for an illustration and demonstration, Durham'! county... In- this county the census gives seven churches, seven bouses of worship val ued at $5,450, and 750 church members. We take up the minutes of the Mount Zion As sociation for 1800, and we find in 'Durham county for .that year eleven churches, eleven houses of worship and 1,668 members. The church property was that year worth about t28.500. ' .O.r, -..Jtiic -fr ; ,' , 1 iHereis a gain in one of the smallest couc I ties in the State at four churches. 913 mem w f bers, and $23,000 in church property. ' Wa could go through the census and show mis take after mistake, which would enlarg the number of Baptists in the State over the re port given, hut the one illustration Is enough. Berea with 147 members, Bethesda with 120, Cedar Fork with 189, Durham, First church, with 467, Durham, Second church, with 141, Durham, Third church, with 103, Rose of Sharon with 117, Roberson's Grove with 11S, Red Mountain with 80, Sandy Level with 90, and Yates with 102, are the churches in Darham county and the number of mem bers in each for the year 1S90 as published in the minutes. If we make the necessary or rrections in the figures of the census for 1890, and add the absolute gain to the Baptists for 1891 and 1893, the number will reach somewhere between 825,000 and 330,000 members. Bat there are other Baptist brethren ia the State, and the census taker has not neglect ed them because their numbers were small. We give them : Primitive Baptists, white and colored, 11,914 Original Free-will Baptist?, (white and colored) 10,224 Baptist Church of Christ 659 Old Two Seed Baptists, (white and colored) 183 The Primitive or Anti mission Baptists are in sixty one counties. Their largest num bers are in Wilkes county, 1,141; Surry, 805; Ashe, 730; Wilson, 612; and Johnston, 508. There are only 414 in Edgecombe county. The original Free-will Baptists are in twenty-one counties. Their largest num bers are in Pitt county, 1,664; Wayne, 1164; Lenoir, 931; Pamlico, 915; Greene, 889; Beaufort, 743; Craven, 720; Johnston, 678; Wilson, 601, and on down in smaller num bers in the other counties. The Baptist Church of Christ is located in six counties' viz:, Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Sarry, Wilkes and Yadkin. Their largest membership is in Wilkes, 261; and Davie, 131. The Old Two-Seed Baptists are located in three counties only, viz , Forsyth, Stokes and Sorry. Their largest numbers are in Stokes, 133. The total of all the Baptists in North Car oIina 113 Sven in the census for 1890 (not connuag ne unristian or Uampbelhte Bap- tists) is 313,494. But, if the proper corrections were made, as indicated above, the number of Baptists of all names (counting the Christian or Campbellite Baptists, numbering about 10,000) will go right much above 350,000. The population of North Carolina is given at 1,617,947. There is, therefore, out Of ev ery five men, women and children in the State, at least, one member of a Baptist church. This shows treat activitv in Stat Missions in the past; almost unlimited re- ! sponsibilities and opportunities now and in the future. Dr. Stephen B. Weeks of Trinity Col lege has written a book upon the early co lonial history of our State, which, has been published by Johns Hopkins University In it he alleges that in colonial times no one was allowed to conduct a school in North Carolina unless he was a member of the Episcopal church, and to that facHs attrib uted " the backwardness of Intellectual ac tivity characteristic of the State to-day." Dr. Weeks also says in his book " that Pres byterian ministers were not allowed to per form the marriage ceremony till 1766, and luo ACO Yfvui. iu the local minister of the church of Eng. land.",; v ; ,r , .-, when they did perform it, the fee went to The editor of the': News and Observer Inst. week controverts both these statements, and says the first is " very incorrect," and that while there is much in Dr. Weeks' book to commend, "he was not. content' to narrate the story, but had an objective point to work np to." In regard to Presbyterian ministers, marrying people the editor says he is uncertain how it was before 1741, but after that year, the Presbyterian ministers could marry people, and if they could not, Presbyterian justices of the peace -could. anu mere were a great many of them. ' We do not know whether the editor of the I ' JSews and Observer or Dr. Weeks is .right about the matters mentioned, but so far as we have read the colonial history of this oiaie ana Virginia we are led to sav that would not be surprised if Dr. Weeks has au- i.uiiV ior ma siaiemems. The Episconal I brethren backjn thosiTold colonial times i naa a large opportunity; And these brethren, 84 far as wa have (observed, wherever thev have had a chance1 have always been very "assumptuous. ""' ; Those who have, bean through the records of colonial times,, and have written down their investigations, have generally brought out a great deal of, intolerance on the' part of the established church of those times." Some of the histories that have recorded these things have not been very well relish ed by some'..', .,, It may , be that Dr. Weeks is wrong in re gard to the matters mentioned above, but if it shall so turn out, there are still some mat ters along the same line that have been lodged in our mind that 'wC wotald like, to have additional information about, and while we would not ask a newspaper pub lished for general readers to devote itself twmuch to the defence of any particular church, yet when the editor of the Nws and Observer has some space which he can prop erly devote to the matter, we should like to know whether or not ministers of other de nominations than the Episcopal were put In jail in Virginia in colonial times for preach ing the gospel, and whether they were also required in those times to give bond for claiming the same privilege in this State. FE0M 0UE TEAVELLTKO AGENT. Out of these hard times, of which we hear so much now, we are not only to get some useful lessons in economy, but other changes are to be made which will add to the inter est of our State in its material prosperity. iecessuy, auer ail, is wnat causes men to lay aside the old way of doing things, and look out for a better way of bringing things to pass. Nothing short of the impossibility of making cotton at the present low prices could have suggested the various resources which are just now being discovered in the soil of eastern North Carolina. At SCOTLASD KECK, a few years ago, the only crop for maiket thought of was cotton. Last week I heard more said about Irish potatoes than I did about cotton : hundreds of barrels are now beinz shipped, and the farmers are getting fine prices for them. I heard of a farmer in the trucking section who has this season shipped $12,000 worth of cucumbers a lit tle fortune out of what many of us have sgpt posea coniainea mostly colic, possibly chol era. I hear of acres of tomatoes and canning factories to be started later on, and a num ber of other things are to happen soon for the prosperity and enrichment of this por tion of the State, which never would have been thought of if cotton had sold for ten cents a pound. Hon. Mr. "Hardtimes," representative "at large," is behind all thfs. Bro. Yann is at Nag's Head, under orders to remain till he is thoroughly rested and strong again. Captain Kitchen received his commission to go to New Orleans and look after the ree- i4 :.r.i tv- : i . ... " utieriugui me vuiuf se woo come to wis coun try, or, ratner, wno are already here. I don't tnmic from the little speech the Cap tain made when he received his commission, that he would make a very good missionary i vmua. e nope, nowever. ne may find 1 1 JM a - . i . . . uis uuues more pieasani tnan ne anticipates. Cant. Kitchen is a true" man. an -ardent na- triot, and his State Owes much to the work and tacrmces he has made in its service. It is refreshing to find a man these dAr who don't want anything. W. A. Dunn, one of the best'lawyers of bis age in the State. w aaiusueu w pracuce law six aays in the l J 1. I i. a . T.' m wees, ana 10 listen to vies, vann preach, and read the Biblical Recorder on Sunday. oeuMuie man. , V ; Prof. Alien had a good school last session, anu tninss nis prospects nne Tor nextses sion. oon after getting to Scotland Neck I neara oan uiggs Jaugh, and was then cer tain I had gotten off at the richt station Many friends in the State will learn with pleasure mat ur.w. McDowell has recov ered bis health, and considers himself thor- oueniy cured. Bro. Milliard was! as he always is, very kind and helpful to me In mv work. Th citizens here show a just appreciation of the vaiuaoie service ne nas rendered the town and community in making such a papSw the Scotland Neck Democrat. The factories,' schools and various business interests of the town, owe largely what they are to the wise, vigorous and aggressive policy of this pa per. 'X;. y:,'::: ' : - .The cheerful presence of Dr. Li verm an, A,, McDowell, Frank" Shields and John Fn trell helped me to shorten the time for me to start to . , . . ' , GREENVILLE. Among the first things these brethren asked about was, " Have yoo seen or heard from Bro. Lamberth ?'V The whole town, Baptists and others, seem to be thoroughly in love with him. Few men ever have the opportunity , which seems to hang, around ciu uBiDDenn s ministry m tbis section. ' Br0- B- w- Spilman. is supplying here for ine vacation, ue was busv vfsltit,i and getting acquainted with the members, and so had a good opportunity to help me get subscribers for the Recorder, i , ' weldon. , Here Brother"Harmatf has a comfortable homo. ?pa fmit noe garden. Also, T he and one of his "hirdshfcir brethren have a potato patch between1 tbemr.t Bro. Har. injto ia very mucn pieasea wnn ois worts in Weldon as well as his church lathe country, The ministry of the Tar River Association is notable lust now both in number and ability. Bro. Taylor's people at m ? - r, t, Vj ... i. - . . . ... i ..... ...... . . WARRENTON have just matured plans for the repairs of the -church. The changes involve prani cally the building of a new church. . ASun day-school room,' the reseating, putting in new; windows, the re-adjusting of the floor, papering walls, Ao'aie amons thetsoecifl- cations named.; I was impressed with the business which characterized the meeting, This work, which is so important to the comfort, but especially so for the better fa cilities it will afford for doing, the work of the church, will begin just as' soon as the work of the architect and other necessary preliminaries are completed. My week's work closed with a day spent with Bro., Van Deyenter and his, people at .. : HENDERSON. - , . ' I thought I could see a decided revival in the church interests here. Bra Lastiterwas in his usual fine humor and good spirits. Sister Parham has aeain taken her nlace In church work. The ladies have on everv Friday night a sociable in the old church building where ice creim, music and pleas ant conversation are attracting large num bers. Every week the proceeds of these meetings are applied as the church may de termine. Bro Van Deventer is much inter- ested in Foreign Missions at all times, but especially so now, as there is no Correspond ing Secretary to push this work. He is look ing around among our North Carolina breth ren tor a suitable man to nominate for this position. Possibly some of the brethren may help him in this matter. J. C. C. PERSONALS AND OTHER ITEMS. We were glad to see Bro. J. L. Hol land. of Keyser last week. Rev. J. F. Love of Roanoke, Va., has accepted a call to Suffolk, Va. Rev. Dr. T. E. Skinner left Raleigh last Thursday for Morehead City. Bro. J. M. Beaty of Smithfleld made our office a pleasant call last week. .... Bro. C. H. Spencer of Elizabeth City paid us a pleasant call on Thursday last .... Rev. Thos. Spurgeon occupied Rev. A. C. Dixon's pulpit in Brooklvn. on Sun day last Rev. Dr. L. G. Broughtou has been givn a vacation by his church, and will rest at Virginia Beach. Rev. W. H. Edwards of Wake Forest was in to fee us on his wav home from his churches last week. .Rev. T. G. Wood is eniovinsra short vacation granted him by the Murfreesboro cnurcn at rxorrois;, ya. We are triad to hear that Miss Ennlnn McDowell, who has been critically ill. is now rapidly recovering. Rev. J. A. Howard of Reidsvilla in delivering lectures in different parts of the State on the life of Christ. Spring Hill church. Richmond coun ty, has offered its pastor. Rev. M. L Kesler. a month's vacation in July. ... .The tract " Our Board and its Work" is admirable. I can use at least one hundred copies to advantage. C. B. Justice. ..Rev. J. B. Boone preached his first sermons to the Windsor church on the 25th ult to well filled houses. tTT-. , i at a ' m . very giaa 10 near oi tne sue cess with which Rev. G. W. Harman ia meeting with his church at Weldon. . . . . Rev. J. K. Fant writes that the fi cial record of the High Point church for the current year is the best in its history. - Our colDorter in Cubi In eight years work soli seventeen thousand copies of the Bible or New Testament on that island. Rev. W. It. Cullom passed -throuch our omce last week on his way to Danville, uy., wnere ne supplies for the summer. ..Dr. J. M, Frost of the First Bantist church of Nashville has been given a vaca tion 'by his church to recover from illness. . , . .We are, glad to hear of the nrocresa ai jjeaasviue. ine uaDtist Hundav-school of that place numbers 209, writes a brother. ..Rev. Oscar W. Ha v wood. the Baptist church at Morristown, Tenn., is visiting his relatives in Montgomery county, this State.'' - . ;Soi tEftBS. !S firstaamton lat finnrf o. r.,.!.;. 'aSm'SLSJff teinl"V g Virginia. ....The new church at Warren Plains in now approaching completion. The house is a good one, on a beautiful site, and they hope. to dedicate t In the early fall. . " ; . . . .We note with nleasure that Mm V L Pendleton has been chosen assistant ladv principal at Hollins Institute, Virginia. A high compliment worthily bestowed. . ... The Bantist Tabernaclfl of th i M tv has called Rev. A. M. Simms of" McKinney, Texas, to its pastorate. At present it is not known whether he will accept or not. ,r ; , ....Rev, M. A: Adams of Monroe has re- turned from the World's Fair, and lectured on the subject before his people June 27th. ne mienas co lecture on some subject every Tuesday night or some time. , , ; ,ftv . . ..We arb clad to welcome onr bplnvpd Missionary. Rev. R. T. Brvan . and f ami 1 v. home from his field. He has been a zealous worker and deserves a good rest.; Hi pres ent address is Pearsall, puplin county, but he will visit Durham. . , , ..r. :;.:Rev. J. A; Stradley of Oxford was" In i OUr OffiCA last Woolr Ha saM . 41 r i . , .--. .,. ucver inew money Jno scarce, or wheat and bat I crops so good.", v$ - - V , , , t f n'. I Poteft of wh.Foreat la 1 Wing his .brother at New Haven, Oonn. f He attended the commencement of-Yale ? university last week,. vr.w. ,,...,. ..(,!. ' . . . It may be surprising to the "brethren but it Is a fact that the "sisters " are by all odds our , promptest ; paying subscribers, -i And ve thank them for It. 1 ; - . .;. .Rev. A C Dixon writes that on hia f return from North Carolina he was India posed for some days with malarial fever. ' but is about well again now. - 1 - - -. ... , Rev. W.' J. ; Fulford of Maxton has been granted a leave of absent fin anonnnt of the state &t his health, and wUl go to Cleveland Springs to recuperate. ....Rev. J. B. Newton and brethren S. B. Barnes, Jackson, and W. L. Beach, I Emanuel, each order one hundred copies of - tne tract, "Our Board and its Work.'1 ... .Rev. Jesse D. Moore, a recent grad uate of Wake Forest College, was ordaimd to the ministry Sunday, June 25th, and will i begin work as pastor at Beaufort shortly. v ' y v$nlyei a pleasant visit from '" Prof. W. B. Royall, D. D., of Wake Forest College, as he passed through Raleigh on his way to the Eastern part of the State. . . . , Owing to the very serious illness of Dr. H. M. Tupper, the meeting of the Board tf Missions of the Northern Baptists, called for ' wuue ouin, nas oeen. postponed indefinitely. . Rev. Dr. . A. T. Pierson of Philadel phia preached his farewell sermon to Spur- -geon's congregation on Sunday, the 25th ult, and is at present resting in Switzerland. rnv- ilj.j i . ... n . . . . xue imru Bnnuai meeting oi tne Juap tist Young People's Union of America will be held at Indianapolis July 13-16. Rev. A. C. Dixon is on the programme for an address. " ....i can piace a dozen or more of the tract ."Our Board and its Work" where something of the kind is badly needed. Our ! people want facts. This gives them. A. L, Stough. The degree of LL. D. was conferred uoon John P. Greene, Ph. D President of William Jewell College, Mo., at the recent commencement of Colgate University, Ham ilton, N. Y. I am well pleased with Bra Durham's tract, " Our Board and its Work." It con- ; talus the information our people need, I want three dozen for my cnurches. E. D. l eeier, jKtist jAVtl, JV. a .... Rev. Walter M. Gilmore is at present doing missionary work in the Nelson Asso- pleasant and situation congenial, but that he can't do without the Recorder. We enjoy the Recorder as we would , a breath of our dear old North Oarolina mountain air, and we rejoice at the many Indications it gives of prosperity and health. Mrs. L. O. Crawfordy Ocala, Fla. ....Rev. D. B. Nelson tells us that Mr. Vanderbilt is going to build the Baptists a church at Biltmore, and present it to them in return for an inferior one which occupies a lot that he desires. Charity and ChU- dren. .'.'.".This statement " Our Board and its Work," will make more Intelligent givers, and I hope more liberal givers too. I can nsft it in mv hnrcKu in nnnA oiln.nt.... Send me twenty-five copies or more. C. E. The Union Meeting of the South Yad- i kin Association is to be held in New Hope, Iredell county, on the 28th Inst As this is . the first Union Meeting of the Association for Over a. year, it is earnestly deUred that; every pastor in the Association will be present . . , . A. J. Diaz, our leading missionary In Cuba, was born in 1852, and is the oldest of twenty four children born to, one mother, who was married at the age of twelve years, and is now in good health, and looks yOung and fresh. ....We reeret to hear of th riant h nt Rev. R. D. Harper at Castalia. N. O.. .Tuna 26th. Bro. Harper was in the prime of life, and doing good work for the Master. An extended notice of his death will appear .' in our next issue. . . . .We regret to hear of the dangerous accident which befell Mr. A. E. Owen, Jr., son of Dr. Owen of Portsmouth, while In a cellar filled with gas,1 which was ignited by1.. , tne ugnung or a matcn. we nope tne In juries win not prove serious, .." : A. Howard, pastor of .th. ....iiev. i. a. nowaru, pastor of tne Baptist church at Reidsville; has been given a vacation, and visit to re?ativei and friends in Georgia and elsewhere. Rev. Frank M. Koyau, missionary-elect to China, will o . copy his pulpit during his absence,.fSf ! ,..,Maj. W. "V7. Vaf s of this city has re- ) signed his position as Treasurer of the Ral- j eigh and Gaston Railroad, held by him , for forty-eight years with honor and credit, and J will hereafter confine his attention to the i lighter duties of secretary of the road. ' ... Bro,W, S. Ballard will, within the next nicety days, complete and dedicate a church at Tillery's, On the Scotland Neck Railroad. The organization will consist nf twenty five or thirty members; Thev have. a splendid 'Sunday-school, and the outlook for a strong church there is verjr goool f "; :.,',. Eight persons were baptized by.tV." ' N. B. Cobb at Pittsboro lost Sunday, after ' which the hand of churchf fellowship was ( -extended to these and one more, making ( nine additions to the Bantist chnwh at that ! been painted in addition to other improA ments and repairs recently marl ' uiuutj. 'i lita leuctj nrouna tne rhnrcn n ' .rri. - ... . . ...: repairs recently made. r
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