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Volume 89. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, J UJLY 12, 1893. Number 2. The Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED EVERY,; WEDNESDAY. , OFFICE i . .118 (up rtaiw) Fayette villa Btreet, Raleigh, N. C. ' Terms or Bubsobiftion: . Ou oopy, one year. .1 3.00 One oopy, six months : 1.00 Claba of ten (oopy extra to eendnr) 20.00 Anonymous -communication will always find their way to the waste basket. No exceptions. In sending letters of business, It is absolutely nec essary that yon give your poetoffloe address In full. The date on the label of your paper Indicates when tout subscription expires, and also serves as a receipt for your money, ' Obituaries, sixty words long, are inserted free of charge. When they exceed this length, one cent for each word must be paid In advance. When writing to have your paper changed, please state the poetomce at which you receive the paper, as well as the one to which you wish it changed. 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J M Heck, President; R E Royall, Secretary; C T.Bailey, Noah Biggs, G W Blount, John B Brewer, H A Brown, B Cobb, C M Cooke, W E Daniel, H C Dockery, P A Dunn, C Durham, W T Fail cloth, A R FousheeN Y GuUey, W R Gwaltney, F P Hobgood, J N Holding, J D Huf ham, O J Hunter, R H Marsh, W J McLendon, jonn miccneu, w xx mncaeu, sa o jnoore, i a Overby.T H Pritchard, E K Proctor, . Jr, J B Richardson, J W F Rogers, G W Sanderlin, J C Scarborough, T E Skinner, J H Tucker, W G Unchurch. W W Vass. Galling to the Ministry. Dear Bro. Bailey: 1 have been reading the dear old Biblical Recorder more or less from the days of its being edited by Bro.' J. J. James, and I most sy that it seems to -so many good, rich articles in it, I asked a brother not long since to give me his name and the sum of two dollars, and .1 would see that he should have the next week's issue of Via Twdtin tn raad" 4 Ci .n naiA " Vift. want it, but I don't see how I could spare two dollars just now.". I. told him if he would read the kecobdeu one monm, i ieit quite sure that he would find out how to raise and spare two dollars for it each year as long as he should live. He promised me to come and see me soon and bring the cash. Among some of the good things which I read are the articles written by Bro. Har man and Brother Brown on the call to the ministry, xsw i wnue iro. jjrown vuuiura to the opinions of Bro. llarman, I must say that I don't see that his idea of, getting the preacher into the field, properly authorized, is any better. The only one joint in Bro. Harman's article, which Bro Brown admits to approximate his idea,' is " a deepening, growing, abiding conviction that it is vGod's will that one should ; devote himself to preaching the gospel as a lifework." ' Now, 1 cannot see how the cnurcn couia snow this to be a fact, and settle down upon it, as being of divine origin, any more so, than to be able to decide as to whether the aspirant would be popular or unpopular, or whether his lungs and throat would hold out long or f ail'soon. The church can have no evidence of the fact except from the man who is seek ing ordination; and he may be deceived, or attempting to practice a fraud, or it may be of God ; hence in this case we must await results. I am unwilling to accept this as a justifiable reason . for deciding on a call to the ministry. . Then, in the second place, and in oonclu s ion, Bro. Brown seems to prefer throwing the burden upon the churches. I don't see how the churches are to mend the matter. I . agree with Bro. Brown that there are many of u who can't preach, never have, and perhaps never will, and yet this " abid ing sense, this to us teeming conviction that it is God's will." Then there are those in whom the church ' has seemed to have the greatest confidence, and have insisted on the presbytery, called on to ordain, tJ be sure to loose them and let them go, as they are all right, and yet they can't preach. There are as many failures among the selec tions made by the church as from any other selection ; besides, I fail to see in the Scrip tures any satisfactory authority for leaving the matter with the church. I do not presume to answer for Bro. Her man, nor do I presume to ba able to know anything that my dear Bro. Brown does not know, for while I do not mean to attempt to be guilty of such a sin as to flatter Brother Brown, nor to speak of his ability to the dis paragement of any other able brother, yet I am sure that I don't know of the minister of the gospel whoee opinions are superior to his, so far as I can understand. But I will say, in conclusion, that I regard a call to the ministry as coming in the fol lowing manner, viz. : 1st The person called must be a regen erated man. - 2d. He must have complied with the requi site ordinances of the church. 3d. He must possess the qualifications re quired, as are set forth in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus, and it does seem clear to me that when such is the case, that there would never be any mistake in getting min isters such as could and 'would honor the cause of Christ. -, - 4th. I think that the proper judges of the above qualifications are those who are best acquainted with the applicant, and that the presbyteVy of elders called upon to ordain any one to the work of a preacher of the gospel should not, at any time, or under any circumstance, proceed to ordain any one un til they can be satisfied that it would be for the good of the cause. Tor my mind, it s ems more likely to be according to apos tolic method tbat the matter of settling the question as to the call and qualifications of preachers be left to the antecedent preach ers. Christ chose the fire t apostles and sent them out, and they, in their work and in the discharge of their duty, ordained others, and nowhere In the New Testament can it be found that any bishop or elder of apostolic times acted from any other authority "or by any other method. Some might claim that Paul was an exception to this rule; if so, then please read for your better instruction Galatlans, second chapter. We see that Paul had been preaching at least seventeen years, and notwithstanding his firm and honest convictions, based upon unmistakable evi dences of a personal call from God himself, and also havibg been further qualified by the setting apart by Ananias, yet he (Paul) confers with James, Cephas and John, fear ing that withouttheir sanction and approval, he had preached in vain; that is, he might have been mistaken in his gift and calling. Yet in this day, men are willing, nay even 'anxious to preach, and will arrogate to them selves tne great, responsible, and of all worx the most important, the office of preaching the gospel, and, too, with no other convic tion than that they may be permitted to en joy the honor of being called a preacher; of being admitted into good society, and per haps get a living out of it, simply as they might expect to do from any worldly pro fession. Some of such characters know noth ing whatever of an experience of grace, and of course nothing of any special enlighten ing from the Holy Spirit, and many amongst them could not give the analysis of the most simple text in the Bible. Still they succeed in filling np every Sabbath with churches of which they boast of being pastors, "and as the priests, so are the people." . The re sult is, we have dear Dr. Durham's "Omis sionaries,' Trunk Baptists," &c, of which he so beautifully wrote two or three weeks ago. Fall into line I O, church of the living God t go back to the New Testament way of making preachers, and then your preachers will be sure to "preach those things which become sound doctrine.". . I don't want to be regarded as a preacher, unless my dear old brethren such as Lennon, Hill, Drs. Skinner, Bailey, Pritchard, Brown and others, to whom God has given the call and made it manifest by their works, can do by me as did James, Cephas and John to Paul. I do hope for the day when Christian honesty and true fidelity to Christ shall take the place of common politeness among Bap tists. - , . -Your humble brother and lovingly, D. N. Gore. Loris, S. a, July 1, 1893. It is one of God's greatest mercies that this wnrlii ln fnll nf trnublflS! for if wa so much court her now she is foul, what should we do if she were Deautuui iuapei. Gains and Losses, PBOGBESS O? THE WORK IN B0UTH CHINA. - Canton is the capital of Kwang Tung Province. This Province is about, as large as North Carolina, with a population more than ten times as large, Canton itself having almost as many people as the whole State of North Carolina. 'Our work lies, mainly in the northwestern part of the Province. There are two or three stations south of Canton, where there are many Chinese re turned from California. These are con stantly coming and going, so that the work has never taken such permanent shape as in other places. Misses North and Hartwell have just returned from a stay of two months in that district: They visited sev eral villages, and at some remained two or three weeks. During the day they went from house to house reading the Bible and telling the story of the gospel. At night 'they gathered the girls and women in their temporary residence and tried to teach them the way of the Lord. They came again and again night after night, from twenty to fifty, and many of them seemed to grasp the truth and to believe in Jesus as their per sonal Saviour. At another village they found a man converted in California who was previously unknown to the members of our , mission. He entertained them and gt eatly helped them in their work. Miss White was with them part of the time, but the work in Canton was pressing too heavy on Mrs. Graves, and she returned to her help. Misses Whilden and McMinn have spent some weeks at Shin Hing and in the neighboring villages. In the villages they were able to do much work that promises results in the future. Sometimes women would get them into a room and shut the door to prevent the crowds gathering, so that they might have quiet to learn more fully the way of salvation through Jesus. Negotiations are in progress for the pur chase of a lot in Shiu Hing and the building of a residence, so that some of us may re side there permanently. We are looking for a physician to join us there and open a hospital, for . which there is a fine opening. Is the man we want to be found in North Carolina? " , v Bra Simmons has recently returned from a visit to Shek Kak'and Tsing Uen. In the latter city he spent nearly two weeks, preaching to crowded houses of interested hearers, and explaining the Scriptures to the brethren. The woik there, where there has been much persecution, grows ' more hopeful with every visit. West of this Province is Ewong Sai, in which no missionary has ever yet been per mitted to reside long at a time. But our native preachers and colporteurs have gone to and fro in the Province, and several have heard and believed, and; the converts have built a chapel in one of the smaller towns. Bro. McClay recently spent several. days at this chapel, gathered the brethren and sis ters for the study of the truths of the gos pel, aud at the close baptized seven be lievers. One' of these came a journey of four days on foot to meet Bro. McClay and receive baptism. The opposition is riot dying out, but the officials have been in structed to suppress any hostile outbreaks against Christianity. While the govern ment of the United States, a model tot its principles of freedom, is putting new re straints on the resident Chinese, the Chinese government, the synonym for unreasoning despotism, is manifesting greater willing ness to protect foreigners who come bring ing a foreign religion. The Chinese In the United States are interfering with the power of some to make money, and letting their religion alone; so "the Chinese must go." It is becoming evident that the missionaries are here, not for money, but to. preach re ligion, and so they may receive protection. . The money Is worth more than the religion, in the eyes of a few voters, and so both po litical parties are afraid to carry out national pledges to . the ' "half civilized Chinese." Are the right thinking people of the United States content that the contrast between the two governments should continue thus I But while there are signs of progress in the work, we have recently suffered serious loss in the death of two of our most useful preachers; Bro. Au Yung Honge was con verted more than twenty years ago. Against great opposition he was baptized and had to flee from home to save his life. For ten years or more he has been an earnest and effective preacher. He was living at Tsung Fa, ms native village, and loosing alter tne work there, but had gone on a preaching tour far up the SzWai river, and was taken sick and died there. ? The church in Canton raised the money to have his body brought down and buried here. Bra Tso Fat Tsuen was the pastor at Tsing Uen. He was converted in South America where he saved some money. Coming home, he preached without salary as long as his money lasted. He was with Bro. Simmons in his meeting at Tsing Uen, and came a day's journey down the river with him, and then turned up the West River to visit his native village. . There he died after a very brief illness. -, Mrs. Graves has been quite sick with ty phoid fever for some time, but seems to be slowly improving. Not long ago Dr. E. P. Thwlng, of the Northern Presbyterians, died here. He was not officially connected with their mission, but had accompanied his son and daughter who recently joined the mission. He was looking after a proposed insane asylum to which, I think, he had given a considerable amount of money, and was constantly striving to do good. , His wife, also, nearly sixty years old, was studying the language and trying to do missionary work, when she was stricken with fever, and is still far from well. ' ' . 1 - The Presbyterians have recently suffered losses, sickness necessitating the going home of several. Two prominent physicians, Drs. Kerr and Thompson, had worked long, and needed a rest. Dr. McCandlish, work ing on the island of Hainan, has recently been ordered home on account of his wife's health. Dr. Macley has broken down at a distant inland station, and has gone to Macao, hoping to avoid going home. He left at that station Miss Johnston, his adopt ed mother, who remains alone, far away from any foreigner, to look after the work. A few days before our arrival in Canton, Mr. Lingle and his wife left for this station. They remained a few months and Mrs. L. was stricken with heart-disease and they had to go home just as they were ready for work. It was not thought she could sur vive the voyage, but I hear that she is im proving. Mr. Lingle is a native of Rowan county, N. C, and I hear that he is now at the home of his father near Salisbury. G..W. Gbeenk. v Canton, May 29, 1893. Letter from Sister Nannie 8. Britton in Ohiaa, ( Bro Bailey: This beautiful spring weath er affords many good days for country work. Mr. Britton is giving much of his present time to preaching and personal work among the people in the numerous villages and hamlets northeast of Soochow. He usually starts in the early i morning, s pending jthe day. out, and returns at night. After supper he goes immediately to the chapel where he or Mr. Tsu preaches. This night preaching was begun about a month ago with the hope of giving to our neighbors, who on account of their work cannot attend the afternoon services, an opportunity to hear the gospel. The congregations are often large and quiet for a collection of heathen, but at other times they are quite nois'y. We are thankful to note a few hopeful cases among those who attend our meetings more regularly,- I will mention one who is the son of a blind widow. His mother was baptized by Mr. Britton in the summer of 1891. Ever since her baptism she has 6hown that she is happy in the hope she has in the Lord. May the son soon rejoice in the same blpseff hope.' " .We returned yesterday frpm Wongdai and Leku. At Wongdai lives one Mrs. Tun, who was in Mrs. Yates' boarding school five ? 'ears. She was baptized by Dr. Yates while n Shanghai. On marrying (seven years ago), she moved to her present home. There she has remained the only Christian in her town these years, having no one to worship with her, but many to deride her trust in Christ She has seen very few Christian peo ple since she left Shanghai, but she speaks with great pleasure of the time Dr. Yates visited her before his death. It is encour aging to hear her talk of God, her ever present Friend, and Jesus, her Saviour. The people of Wongdai were making elab orate preparations to bring out one of their idols and give him an airing with a parade on the streets, so they were too busy to lis ten to the gospel of our Lord and Master. We pushed back to Leku, where more at tentive ears awaited us, and there many, both young and old, heard of Christ's, love for them. Mr. Tatum was with us not long ago and did some good preaching. He was taken sick and bad to leave after only a short stay. We are glad to learn that he. Is better now. We keep hoping to hear soon of newly ap pointed missionaries to share in the work of this great city and surrounding country. . Mr. Britton is Working In Lo-mg and vi cinity to-day. T. C. B., Jr., now six months old, is well and grows fast. He adds much joy and sunshine to our home and hearts. With best wishes for all of our North Car olina friends, I am sincerely, - Nannie S. Britton. Soochqw China, May 26, 1 893J Posf 6ffice,"Shghai,ChifJa. - Many brethren are inclined to criticize the sayings and doings of others, and many are inclined to be sensitive to criticism. It is well, therefore, to. consider the proper lim its of the criticism of people. Every public act and utterance of any man is a legitimate subject for criticism. What ever a man utters in a sermon or public ad dress, whatever he puts in print, and what ever he does, either as a representative or ia a public manner, may properly be criti cized:, and he has no right to be offended at such criticism. His private affairs, how ever, and his private conversation and cor respondence, are not proper subjects for public criticism, and no one has any right to drag these things before the public. On the other hand, the critic naa no righr. to assail.tbe motives of the one criticised. Every man has a right to have his motives respected, however much his acts and ut terances may be condemned. Just here is where most critics fail. They condemn, not simply the act or utterance, but the man. They either charge or intimate that he is Erompted by some bad motive. And when e becomes offended, as should have been expected, they turn round and say that he is hot above criticism, that they have a per fect right to express their opinions, etc. ilis taking offdfiser at -one insult is made the oc casion of giving him another. Such criti cism should be ruled out of decent society. It has no place among right-thinking people. Then, even if the man's motives are re spected, the critic should consider what will be the .probable effects of the criticism whether it will help or hinder the cause of truth and righteousness. We have no right to use even legitimate criticism to the injury of the cause we ought to promote. If the mart criticised is in charge of important interests whose success depends on his having the sympathy and co operation of the people,, no criticism which would interfere with that sympathy and co-operation, should be of fered. It is wrong to strike a blow at a good cause. And, besides, the motives of the critic should be pure. He should have no per sonal end to gain.' Criticism must not cover up personal ambition or personal ill will. ' Indeed a man ought to be very careful how he trusts himself to criticise the public say ings and doings of one he dislikes. The person equation is sure to show itself in the result. And nothing discounts a man in the estimation of thinking people, more than personal ends. Let the critic always consider whether it be the design of his criticism to help or to hinder the man criticised, i. e., whether it be friendly or unfriendly. Let the critic pray for the brethren criticised before' writing his criticism, and let him be very sure he does unto them as he would have them do unto him. Let the brother criti cised stop and consider what the criticism! contains which may be made helpful to him, even though the criticism be unjust The impreesion made upon the critic's mind, though an unjust one, may have been made upon the minds of many others, and this may render it desirable for something to be said or done to remove this impression, aud care should be exercised against making: such impressions in the future, i Napoleon said he got more profit from the criticism of enemies than from the compliments of friends, since thus his faults were revealed to him. ',- In replying to criticism, also, let not the motives of the critic be assailed. He ha 4 an equal right with the man criticised to have his motives respected. . Not every criticism is worth a reply, but if a reply is made let it be of the right kind. Western Recorder. - . . Fretting. There is one sin which seems to me is ev ery where and by everybody underestimated, and .quite too much overlooked in valuation of character. It is the sin of fretting. It is as common as air, as speech ; so common that unless it rises above its usual monotone we do not even observe it Watch any or dinary coming together of people, and seo how many minutes it will be before some body frets that is, makes more or less com plaining statement of something or other,, which most probably everyone in the room, or in the car, or oh the street corner, it may be, knew before, and which probably no body can help. Why say anything about it f It is cold, it Is hot, it is wet, it is dry ; somebody has broken an appointment, ill cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith some where has resulted in discomfort. There are plenty of things to fret about . It is simply astonishing bow much annoyance may be found in tne course oi every day s living,, even at the simplest if one only keeps a sharp eye out on that side of things. Even Holy Writ says were prone to trouble && sparks to fly upward. But" even to the sparks flying upward, ' in the blackest of. smoke, there is a blue sky above, and the less time they waste on the road the sooner they will reach it Fretting is all time wasted on the road.- Helen JIuntt in The Watchman. . Christ and His Sheep! ' An American who was traveling in Syria saw three native shepherds bring their flocks to the same brook, and the flocks drank there together. At length one shepherd arose and called out, "Men-ah, men-ah," which is the Arabic word for "Follow me." His sheep came out of the common herd and followed him up the hillside. Then the next shep herd did the same, and his sheep went away with him, and the man did not even stop to count them. The American said to the re maining shepherd, "Just give me your cloa1; and turban and crook, and see if they won't follow me as soon as they will you." So ho put on the shepherd's dress, and called cut t'Men-ah, men-ah," but not a sheep e:ow .1 an inch. They knew not the voice cf a stranger. Is it sot just so with the f!oc!i c f Christ! Christ is the Good ShepherJ f '. knows his sheep, and is known of thru. The Worker. Amidst the whir of machinery, n bustle of the street, even in tl.-a i conversation, we maybe ab!o r ' disappear out of time, and Et.- I f : stant in eternity face to faeo v, l' ' few prayers are more f rrc l.r 1 1 mentary ejaculatior.3 o'T. r 1 ; of daily occupation. 1 : '. this habit has a Etfer t can retreat in every t Stalker, D. D. ...Thank GolfVr ..; derful rower tf t JS Y. 01. ; n r.
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