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" . , TllO Jhbll(lHpCpaer. . .';lim , I "'i.ii 'il 'i i ' ' ' " .'' ' T"" WEDNESDAY. SSPjTEMBEB6; 1893 Riv. C.' t. BAELEYi Jtnrrpa PBoranroik J, O. CADDELL." AoksT Jam Cobbksfowpkst, ...THE BIBLE IN OUR O0LLEQE3.. A good aeal isheing said and written now about the. propriety of casing the Bible as a text book in or colleges, male and female Some think it would not only be -wise thus , tq use the Bible, but also to demand a pretty correct knowledge of the 'contents M the Bible as a condition of :graduation.;LOthera again think that all of our larger. schools should have a 'regular theological; depart tnent of study. . . , , ,Tbe wisdom of teaching the Bible in , our colleges is so evident that the plan of using Has a text book hardly needs discussion. The bast manner of using it thus, is a oues- - tionon which good and , wise meu may dif fer, i Would it be bt for each college to have its chaplain whose business it would be to conduct morning ana evening prayers, .' teach classes in Bible study, deliver stated lectures on Bible themes, &c.l Some might think this plan leans too strongly toward that of the Establishment. We must con- (Viai lira baa nn dan?rer here. ! A denom inational college is not a State institution, and the chaplain or preacher located at the college would be there by the choice of the faculty or trustees,, and not by State ap pointment; and if hia services did not prove " acceptable, a" successor could be readily found, f We have among us quite a number of.able and consecrated men, who might find inch work tore suited to them in their old age than the . more active and exacting duties of the pastorate. And who are so . competent to mould the minds and hearts of our yoana; men and women wniie pursu ing their college courses as these more aged and experienced men! We fear that some times our able and experienced pastors may be more or less neglected in their old age. If pastorates arv offered to then they are - not such as they have held. Utners again wbieh thev are. entirely, com Detent to fill may not be available; and sainetimes when ""N failing health and the infirmities of old age Ml begin to creep upon them they are simply p neglected. What a splendid field of usef ul e ness would open up to some of these able . . veterans of Christ if there was a demand for their services in our male and female colleges t It is a. work for which many of them are eminently qoalified, "and Which they could prosecute BMcessfnDy,ieteaihy their old age. And there Is a peculiar fit- j ness of things in this idea, because young America is not too respectful toward the aged, and is apt to think he has the world in a sling, and does not heed the counsel of the more experienced, either in secular or religious matters. " . . Asto whether a. certain curriculum knowledge of tho Bible should be insisted upon as a condition of graduation in our colleges is a question, it seems to us, that can be readily disposed of. We do not think such plan a wise one, because it would have a tendency to lower the standard of Bible teaching and grievously afflict the land with a large class of men and women who might imagine that they had mastered its contents. Who can claim to be a graduate of God's Holy word t Who can afford to cease, its study in' early or maturer life, thinking he has mastered its contents! ; In this case the ; drift would be from the present; state, in which our colleges are graduating a large class of young men and women who know little abouV the Bible,.tora would imagine at least that they knew all about it. The one state would be hardly more satisfactory than the other.' . .' Cannot the Bible be .reverently used in our colleges as a text book without demand ing actual graduation as to its contents! We think it can. v- ?,f ?, ; k - t x t As to the plan of having a theological de- partment or annex connected with, our col- Iprrfia " oTort Viatro AaniAaA vl&mm snt tTiair are such as to lead us to donbt.the wisdom of the whole ' arrangement. Some . of our colleges have; we believe1, trid it and have tired of it; others have contemplated it,' but ' afterward abandoned it. I . t s.:. , The arrangement is open to the objection t!: it it lowers the tone ( and dignity 'of, Bible icrun 2, and turns loose' upon the country ally a large number of young men who tlink that they need noifurther study cf tlo Book of Books, and hence, may ignore f ? vlLIIy important course at our theologi- Jrorics. ' 'A' little learning is a dan- : 1' and if there is' any Areal wis-;' V U j jin, it applies especially . to a' la lheology.v.If''P)OssibIei'esj,j j i;dcs, pur young men mat ; tLa ministry their 11e: irhal or complete excellent Seminary it iuisviUKi truetbatTce of our pastors taCbecome ZX first class preachers without doing so; (fcut; oi piace, ana in ouf-usi upu uo they have Jid toUoll nlgW and . dayfor vantage, of it and 'administers to us a sharp . years since ioavlng college loiOr hat knowl criticism. Bro Matheny then proceeds to nanft..ninnVivnnrkTA.-. Thetime iflate statements about the 4VVirglnia l"'H; Vnmwhen the niliifktrv deman'first-M HaTTlM the work of missions in North class talentand-firstclass-study by- way-of Wparin ioYttJWawl&gntato Goda word lhat unUaiuedand unaoiy lee snouia- not tread : there ate deptbj where fanlriiuf$ and imskilfal Thank God, the poor , unlettered man can tell his fellow about Christ and thus preach the gospel; and. the preacher that has never studied : theology may be eminently .useful in leading souls to Chrlstf but still let it be rememoerea ma ; we uvu tu .Hu r ucu the shrewd intelligent foes of Christianity m ATPAAdinMv active and aesrressive. We . . ,-t . need some" Sampsons, some like Peter ana John; but.the demand for such men as baul of Tarsus is rapidly increasing. i4 : The subject thus briefly discussed is one that demands the careful consideration of the trustees, faculties, and students of our colleges, - Its agitation and discussion in all ftf nnr denominational capers would be timely. We believe In denominational col leges.4 -More attention to the Bible, in their courses of study would give them a sironger plea for denominational support, and greatly additional force to the argument, often used by brethren representing our colleges, that what is given for their support is given for the cause of Christy A GE03S MISEEPEISENTATION. About the coolest thinsr which has recent- lv aoDeared is this statement of the Rev. R. Ij. naoney, v. u., m m onnwwn wszrxvr; A Presbt tenan minister found printed statistics of the Baptists in North Carolina apparently authorized by the State Associa tion claiming 75,000 members. I had an in- ouirv made m a well Informed quarter, ana was told dv tne jfapitsc. auinormes i iwuics his. Ed.) that the real number was about 15.000" The Baptist Year Book for tbis year gives the number of white Baptists in North Carolina as 141,052; colored, 105,989. We turn Dr. Dabcev and the Christian uo- Merrer over to the Biblical Ricordek. 1 la a questiou of Veracity between the State As sociation and Dr. Dabney's nnknown Bap tist authorities. count us on the side of the Asscciatiou. He owes it to himself to give the name of the Baptist authorities w in that State who impugned the veracity ot the Association.-- Western Recorder. To refer to tb foregoing statement, cred ited to Dr. Dabney in the Christian Obser ver, as the "coolest things which has re cently appeared,' but mildly expresses our sentiments. - J He must be a dotard indeed who would hope for a moment to find a single newspa- per reader in the country who would give credence to such a statement. 4 It might pass in Central Africa but hardly else where; ' Surely it must bea mistake, and it certainly reads that way. In the face of the facts we cannot: believe that the Christian Observer, Dr. Dabney, or any other responsible per son, would give publicity to such a state ment. . It has been many, many years since we claimed so few as 75,000 Baptists in this State. We are not so modest as that. If left to pur own estimate we would place the number to day at 323,000,, members. ? Bnt i let ut leave the whole matter to the United 'States census reports, token under the su- pCTvirfobjl DrifJ. U Carroll of New Jersey, r BAPTI8TS IS NOBTtt CAEOLIXA. 'Regular Baptists (white) r r: 153,648 J? "- r, (colored) , . , . ,130,30 , 0 Total..;; ..i,fJ,'I'290,5Q4 These are the figures of the United States census authorities, which may be obtained I in detail by Dr. Dabney, for future refer- encer and oy tne anrtstian observer, lor , tne enlightenment of its editors, on application to the government at Washington. '.' ' : Dr. Dabney's r Baptist , authorities," .15,000; the U. S. census, 290,504. -.'Cool,' indeed! .:;" - u ' . i I Now; let the tOb$erver acknowledge and correct the mistake, or let Dr.' Dabney come Vnrtti nrifTi ttta t ttantfaf onttinnfiu ' dilt forth with his Baptist authorities," Such a statement, or such a mistake,' if it is a mistake, should hot be allowed to go uncor- xectea, ana, we mans our contemporary tor calling our "attention, to it', fj. We hope the Christian Observer may see fit to enlighten those' of its readers who ' may have been', so blind "as to: be' misled."' However,' thai .is hardly necessary, as '.no i responsible person I would believe the statement, though it were circulated for a century ! . ...(a. ..., r,r . : . r' . In editorial f August 16 th . we J quoted from he Religious Herald statement made at the Dan River Association by Wm. Elly- State Mission Board'of Vifglhiatviz; ' Th'ere the word ten in the quotation? made by us has been no practical advance in State Mis-1 ipreanea two excellent sermons before very , , . 1 1 .k.li.r..,.i:r M wi i i a jtLool asourlwas by jtolstakchaDge made thecompi.iiLon in our ditorial, which f6lWeT, seem V.. M. P.Matheny out Carolina, and gites figures. Both his state ments and his figures remind us' of v the fol lowing from n It T Jtte hotCCb n6W niuca(lhan to ltxto.ar.aa rnMyihgathat. alnt soJ'-:: , uur companson was corrww coia ago (1882) the churches of our Convention gave for State Missions t000.7T.two years ago j (189(J,B when th Convention, met at Shelby) $12,848 31,' and " last year (1802) I Here Is a gain for ' State .Missions in T ten years of 111,27318, and a gain in the past two years (since tne- iJonyention me in Shelbj) bf tl,024 64. 41 1 1 But in the face of thest figures, taaen from the report of the Treasurer to the Con- vention.and published in' the minute9,' Bro Matheny says ; "There has practically been5 no advance in 'State Missions since the y ear yre met in Shelby." This is only one of J reckless statements. It should,- perhaps, be remembered that, in.matters of figures and finances, as is generally reported, we be lieve, in. the States where . this brother has lived, he has not been a remarkable success. His figures about the expenses of our Con vention's work are much further from .the facts than the cases cited by us above. V But for sixty years all these things have been published s in the Convention minutes, and we need not now write more on this point. We know of : no work done by the Baptists of the State for the past ten years which has been more successful than State Mission?, and believe there is no State in the South where the denominational work is more ju diciously and economically carried on than our Convention work in this State. Somes of our exchanges are discussing the question of the 'length of school vacations; and the tendency of opinion seems to be against the present length of ten or twelve Weeks. This is a question .that has many Sides, but we believe that vacations for col l?ges, and especially theological institutions are entirely vtoo long. Of course this de pends on how the vacation is spent If the theological student engages in aetive work while not at college, it may afford him val uable experience, and to a certain extent enable him to return to college. , If the va cation is spent in idleness, "waiting for col lege to open," then it were better to have no vacation at ; all. , Life is too short ,,J or , young man to spend two months of a year in idleness. As for the children, they need a good long vacation; 1 ' In another aspect of the question, it la argued jthat the institutions, on which bene factors have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars,-should not remain useless for a quar ter of the time; and this seems to us" a most ;pUusbJ9argument;cYt the settlement oi the question in favor of very short vacations presents many seemingly insurmountable difficulties, and it is probable that our pres- ent sysxm wiu conunus .ror... yesx.?., ;.; The Roman church is to oy pursuing the policy to ivri-the United States which has cnaracteruad ber from tne , begmmog. has been said that the uniform policy of Rome Is to sail with the flowing tide when- evei; it fs able to discover .which way the tile is making." ( , It will sacrifice anything. endure anything, ; and compromise to any extent, if through it all she can hope to win ia the end. She would appear now to be greatly interested in bur American ideas and institutions; she would have us believe she Is thoroughly in sympathy with popular liberty.- But her. history, past and present exposes her. The intellectual darkness which has" invariably characterized those countries 'in which; Rome has the power and the low order of morals of their inhabi tants, is sufficient Indication that the church of Rome never moves to advance popular liberty until compelled. If she can gain her end by the torch, she will not scrnple.to use It; if she cannot gain .it by the torch; then she has ready recourse to fawning and flat tery, ' With ber the end always justifies the : Rev. A. M. Simms of Texas, the new pas tor of the Baptist Tabernacle of this .city, 'arrived on August 28d, and -was greeted at ' the depot.' by - alareonciwrse flock, led by Rev, ,Dr. Thqs. E.-( Skinner, .ReW.Batlus Cade, and Bro, N. B. Broueh ton., "After." a .; geneval ,1 handrshaking, . Dr. Simifis -was escorted to ' the iresidence of Bro Brouchton, Where he Remained , unti preparations were .completed for movitg into a parsonage, jtsro. Simms occupied the pul- pit( qi .tne Tabernacle onpunday last, .and t(iW timely remarks from Rev, Bavliis Cade, 'I V , , - "! aJ"uo',!u,!'i ?: PERSONALS AND OTHER ITEMS. V j . UUUWU UOfHU'IiU lft Terts at LilegvUIe recently. . I A.,,.Th6 Carolinian sayB thawueorge,w. Vandorbllt'is budding a Baptist church. at ....Rev. O. W. Fisher was engaged in a good meellng'at Prospect churchnear.YU r;::-. Wer reoret tolearn that Rev J. O. Rockwellof NeWport'Tenn., is dangerously ill with typhotiever:. .. .Rev. J." Drjfewton baptized fifteen converts at Clemmonsville on the 27th ult. as the result of a meeting. - '" 4 - 'ir.'Revj. ft. Hutsdnof Richmond, Va'.,v Well known as an evangelist, began a' revi val at Rich Square lastSundsy.1 v , r,.,Rev, J.: W,Suttle has resigned the pastorate of the, church at Blackburgv S, C., to accept a call to a JTlorida neid. i ,f . , '. .5. .Rev. Henrt Sheets has been called to the pastorate of Abbott Creek church, in Guilford county for 'the next year. ,; ..' Revs.' Jos. Gl Bialock and C, M, Mur-' cbison are engaged in a protracted meeting at Mountain Urove onurcn, vatawoa county., ....Rev. O. W.Blanchard-was engaged n a cood revival at Cary recently and as a result of his labors ten converts have been baptised, - ' ' w 1 i Rev..F. M. Jordan, the veteran evan gelist, has received a call to the pastorate of tne secona ,.cnurcn,j ramam,, . ma acty tance is "doubtfuK Ct. ' ''' ? ' . ' jj'iC'hi V.Rev. N. 8. Jones did good work iu a revival with Rev. C. a Cajhwell in Yadkin county, recently. From tmrty to tony converts are reported. Rev. C W. Blanchard. who has bee; engaged in several revival meetings in "this and other counties, is expectea to return 10 his regular charges soon.- : iV . .The church at Morehead City has call ed Rev. Jos. Hiden, son of the distinguished Dr. J. CL Hiden of Richmond, Ya,, to us pastorate. , He will accept. ' , Rev. Georce H. Church, formerly of Brvson Citv. began work as pastor at States- ville on Sunday last ' We hope Ood's richest blessing may mark his work in his new field. .i.K..S-f. f . .Rev. C. S. Cash well had the privilege of baptizing twenty five converts at Eatons on the 27 in. The baptist cause m vves'ru North Carolina seems to be in excellent con. .. dition. :.r. ; , y it'" -V..;.,'J ..,"".,'. .", "'fi ,( ... .We were pleased to have a visit from Rev. C. M. Billings of Danville, Va., on Irs return to resume his studies at Wake Forest. Last week Bro. Billings began a revival at Bayle&ft thiscouQtyt .i, . . . . We learn with deep regret that Dr. I. T. Ticbenor. one cf our most beloved SoutJ-. ern leaders, is dangerously ill at his home in Atlanta. May God spare his useful life to the work for many years to come, ' ; . . . .Dr. G, C. Lorimer of Boston has an nounced that he will -rebuild the Tremont TemDie of Boston. It will be bunt on a larger scale, and the Doctor hopes to make it surpass tne glory oi tne old Temple. . :l.0n August JJ7th Rev. E, ft Walker was ordained to ' the Baptist ministry, through presbyters Drs. Hiilyer and Gwin, at Hopeville, near Atlanta. Bro. Walker is ia grand-nephew of Dr. Jno. E. Dawson; , . ..itobert j. jjuruettetna ramous mp tlst humorist and lay-preacher, has an nounced his intention of being ordained to the full work of the Baptist ministry. He will attend the. Divinity; scftoqi pi Chicago- A correspondent writes' that ' about five hundred people were turned away from ; Brnad Street Church. Winston, on the night ' of the 7th ult , who wanted to hear one of Bro. Broughton s series or sermons to yonng men. ' f. I.... We hope the efforts of , brethren liar.- ris, Ticnenor. and Bell to establisn acnil dren's missionary day may prove successful. We could engage in no better work than in inspiring the children to benevolence in and sympatny witn our missionary work. . ....Rev. J. L. White of Asheville, N. 0.,' preached again at Brantly last Sunday (Aug. 29th) to the joy of a large audience. A nUm ber of persons asked the pravers of God's people. He spent the week at Ocean Grove.' -Baltimore jJapcm. h'v-? .v y. .'.'.Nothing speaks mord strongly for Sunday ' closing of the great fair than the ' attendance figures. For j the week ending August 26th more than, 1,000.000 people en- A. J' At f. . .1' " a . , aj. A ' lertiu iue lair grounas, na oniy xu.uuu or 5 3 :We were' pleased' to see Prof.' J. & Carlyle of .Wake Forest on his' return to Col ' lege from a vacation spent for the most part in Tennessee.' Bro. Carl vie has completelv recovered from his late illness, and is pre- S pared to resume his work. with, his former ..The meeting at n Waxhaw ? Baptis cnurcn: closed last Bunday. Tbere! were i fifty-two accessions to the church three by j letter, two restored, and forty-seven by bap j tism.i The congregations Were very large, tand the; interest 'WasjgreatThe; pastor rtev. a, uaudie,was ascisted by Ker."j. . tnven&,jnonro6 Enquirer, 'Aug. 814 ."' :..Rev. . J. -F. MacDnffiA wrifpn front East Durham :, dl Our , f factory s folks : here are more ; highly favored f than most of the otner . factory 'yiuagee. Uur . good f Bro. I Branson (Methodist) , has so -steered , the , financial boat as to keen the .operatives at workn They have made full time and lava i been, paid, for iVso far aa Ikpdw.'! j Many lof .oar- brethrenr might relieve the present :j,uulv:,v4.wu,9wy. icipiBg;ine less i anaormanuoid ai fortunate., :A TuA - ; y ? , r .lslde.M ' iimes lo. some-exten,,oy helping -the less ...".Rev. Chas, Durham of Asheville.. ast Jane graduate of Wake' Forest College has been engaged in "good revivals in the western part of the , State and in Spartan bnrg, 8. (yHtd Durham, is one of Wake a oresia , most promising young graauates. : and, we re pleased to Jearu, of his growing t success. '-M.Mf fmijGm ri. .Dr. N. B.Uobb returned Monday last from a series of meetings at Bear Crev - church, Chatham county, which, despite the nciement weaicerr provea-veiy successful; There were about twenty penitents and ' seven converts. i The church, which is qua' of the oldest in the Sandy Creek A&sCilion. - was grpauy iv iveu, .".The new Secretary of the"Forein', Mission Board," Dr.RrJ. -Willingham. en. iered on his" duties on, the 23th ult; Now et our churches make his burden as light an possible by responding to" hia calls. Dr. " Harris, the Secretary ad int. deserves the gratitude of the Baptist denomination for months. ' - -V V" t - - fi' ' .We are glad to announce that the at. tendance at the opening of the forty-third annual session of Oxford Female Seminary1 pu the 80th nit . was , highly: gratif yiog to President Hobgood Chowan Baptist Fe-J male Institute and Wake Forest, College open on the date of this issue; and we hope . the attendance will fully come up to the merits of these noble institutions. - r- on' . t , . A good meeting has recently been held with Rock Spring church, Flat River to the churchsix : by baptism ; and six by letter and restoration. : The pastor had no ministerial aid. Many of the twenty con-' Verts lived in the neighborhood of other churches. The work is prospering it this 1 mission siaiion.- j. a., otruuiey. , A , , , f" . "We learn with deep reeret of the sad death of Mrs. Annie Nicholson Lee, one of the best of Christian women, which occurred in August, at the residence of Bro. John H. Nicholson, one of tne; oldest deacons, in Gardner's church, Warren county, where she bad gone on a visit only a short time prior to hep demise. She had been married quite recently to Bro. Lee of Wilson. j , . Rev.' High'i C Moore has some ihter' estins notes bv the way in this issue. We are glad to learn that he is pleased With his Burrounaings.: us writes i ( ," wne ana jr. are faring nicely. The climate is delight f uL Surroundings are beautiful. Associ ates are kind. We expect a most pleasant ! stay of a. .few1 months in Rochester, fLsst: suoaay neard ur. tua waru ) udon, son oi the great missionary. His sermon .was one of pathos and power. " Strangers in a istrange land," we meditate long and loving-: Jy on "borne, sweet home." ' ( ; ,. .... A recent graduate , of Wake, Forest College, Mr. J. O. Atkinson, now professor in Eton College, is said to have led all his classes in postgraduate work at Harvard University last session. Those who remem ber the excellent work done by Mr Atkin son during hia four or five years of student life at Wake Forest will not be surprised to learn that the dsan of the faculty has writ ten that he made a higher record than; has been made there for years. This is a way that Yake( Forest men have'of doing when they pursue special lines' of study, in the great nniversities, : . i'-CiS-i :V-; . ! .;. ,Bev.,B.l WS?ilmanof Weldon, who has been serving a three months supply w. for the Baptist, cnurcn nere during tne ab sence of the pastor, Rev. J. II. Lamberth, icompleted his work on Sunday and left yes terday for Welddh,Th6ligh coming here an entire stranger he , lias grown well upon the people and. made a host of warm friends throughout the community, i He Is a young man of unusual ability, a fiae scholar and a iclose "student T He is also a lecturer of con siderable reputatioo. and "will fili a number of engagements while taking a month's va cation before returning to, Louisville Tbeo;. logical Seminary, in Qitofcera He lepturea in Norfolk to morrow night, and; also has appointments for Baltimore, Petersburg and other citlcs.&eenvUle cor, Richmond W il'hliRev. ;J. K-Fant, wh9 lecenUyrfi signed the pastorate of, the church at High Point; after a . most successful ministry of about two years, preached his farewell ser mon on the 27tb; on the theme " The: Christ that Id within "mef The Enterprise had this to Eay: Mr.'Fants work here has been very successful indeed. .'The; membership as whole has done1 more and -Worked more ia unity for the cause tinder his pastOrate than it has ever done under the pastorate of his predecessors. And as far as "working mem bers are concerned, there were more of them actively engaged than was ever possible to bring to the surface at any time previous. We are glad to leant" that" Bro. Fant has been tendered several calls to pastorates ia ' this State, which he is considering. ;r ' y - ' V..M.Rev; Dr, Thomas Hume, the distin guished Professor of English Literature at the, State iUniversity,.. returned 'home last week after an extended trip'North. . He de livered twenty-two lectures before the s tional' School of ; Methods of Teaching 8 ' Chicago; eleven oh ll Shakespeare's Method of Treating English!) History,'? and eleven on 'Nineteenth Century Poets,", with par ticular reference to the late; laureate. . I16 writes: From 12:30 p. m.' to 9 p. m., Ra opportunity : enough at the World's Fair, and . I j had It for three ! weeks. It ' was privilege to meet the able men of the Bap- : tist pastorate and professorships in confer ence, and to have the honor of lecturing to them on Shakespeare's Theology and Mora' Teaching. jy After ; the inspiration of bis ever ; fresh sermons, I was admitted to the gj8: clous hospitality of4 Dr. Henson's delightful home circle, and bid North Carolina a ! Virginia experiences' were recountedby him ; and his wife, a gradoate of good old Chowan Institute.,,? He is -easily first in the !pulpij ana or; manifold and cbarmmg acuvujf A
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