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VOLUME LI: NUMBER 4.
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The Organ of the General Convention
the Christian Church (South).
CARDINAL PRINCIPLES.
1. The Lord Jeans Is the only Bead of the
cltnrch.
j. The name Christian, to the exclusion
of all party and sectarian* names.
8. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures qf
the Old and New Testaments, sufficient rule
of faith and practice.
4. Christian character, or vital piety, the
only test of fellowship or membership.
8. The right of private judgment, and
the liberty of conscience, the privilege and
duty of all.
Reflections.
Fort Smith, Arkansas, was vis.
''ited by a fearful tornado last
week; and a score of lives, to
gether with about one million
dollars worth of property, were
lost.
It is said that Mark Hanna’s
opponents in the recent Ohio
election will bring charges of
bribery against him in the Sen
ate, and endeavor to prevent his
being seated.
Mark Hanna was elected to
the United States Senate by the
Ohio State Legislature last week.
There was strong opposition to
him, and his election was only
by a majority of one. His term
of office will be seven years and
two months.
The Senate pension appro
priation bill carries a total of
$141,248,830, this being $30,000
more than for last year. It is a
burning same that our law-mak
ers will continue to increase these
appropriations, when they are al
ready recklessly lavish.
Spain’s autonomous govern
ment iu Cuba doesn’t seem to be
doing very much good in the
way of bringing about peace and
prosperity. Last week a mob
destroyed one or two liberal
newspaper offices, and a riot fol
lowed which was quelled by the
soldiers. It was at first reported
that Americans had been sub
jected to great indignities, but
such is not the case. Spain does
not care to become entangled
with the United States, and Cu
ba is her'friend.
There are in this country hun
dreds and even thousands of
men and women, who are without
employment, loafing on the
streets of our towns and cities,
or tramping from one place to
another, begging or stealing
enough to keep body and soul
together. This is a sad condi
tion of affairs ; and if it is on the
increase, as some seem to think,
it is alarming. Let us hope,
however, that the tide may soon
turn and that all may find work
to do that will give them a com
fortable living. But a large num
ber of these idlers would not
work if they had an opportunity.
They had rather tramp, and beg
of steal. Speaking along this
line the Chicago Chronicle says:
“From all parts of the country,
especially from the East, come
reports of a great increase in the
number of tramps. New En
gland is fairly overrun with
them, and in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey their name is legion.
Few serious crimes are charged
against them, but petty thieving
—especially of articles of food—
has increased to such an extent
that whole communities are prac
tically in a state of siege. Of
course it is impossible to say off
handed what is the cause of this
reinforcement of the tramp ar
my. It has been ascertained,
however, that a large proportion
of the wanderers are not profes
sional vagrants, but mechanics
and laborers unable to find work.
This is a sinister fact considering
that we are supposed to be enter
ing upon an era of prosperity.
It indicates that, though the far
mers may have profited to some
extent by the advanced price of
grain, other departments of labor
have not shared in the good for
tune. On the contrary, they are
worse off than ever.”
It is said that since January i,
1897, in tne province of Santa
Clara alone, 90,000 persons have
perished from lack of sufficient
food. General Lee has reported
to the government that no less
than 200,000 people there are in
the last stages of destitution. It
is a fearful picture.
At a meeting ot the Grand
Lodge of Masons of North Car
olina, in Oxford last week, Mr.
B. N, Duke, of Durham, offered
to give $7,500 to the Orphan Ox
ford Orphan Asylum, provided
the Grand Lodge would raise a
likp amount. ^The proposition
was accepted, and thus the or
phans are $15,000 more comfort
able than they were a tew days
ago. Such generosity as this is
commendable in the highest de
gree. He who pities and pro
vides for the orphan is doing the
Lord’s service. Those who have
been fortunate and successful in
life ought to aid those who are
honestly unsuccessful. “He that
hath pity upon the poor, lendeth
unto the Lord; and that which
he hath given will he pay him
again.”—Prov. 19: 17. “There
is that scattereth and yet increas
eth ; and there is that withhold
eth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty. The liberal
soul shall be made fat: and he
that watereth shall be watered al
so himself.”—Prov. n : 24, 25.
A great many people who lose
their health attribute the break
ing down to changes of climate,
to some local external cause, to
excessive indulgence of the ap
petites, or to some other physical
interference. And many times
they are correct in their suppo
sitions ; but in many other in
stances they have traced the dis
ease back to an altogether wrong
source. It is not from a physi
cal, but from a mental disturb
ance. Troubles and disappoint
ments come upon us, seemingly
ly insurmountable obstacles meet
us in the way, financial embar
rassments threaten and some
times engulf us—we are torment
ed in mind and in heart, we be
gin to fret and worry, become
nervous, and then it is only a
step to bodily infirmity of some
sort. On this subject the follow
ing from the Pharmaceutical
Journal is both pertinent and au
thoritative : “It is believed by
many scientists who have fol
lowed most carefully the growth
of the science of brain disease,
that scores of the deaths set down
to other causes are due to worry
and that alone. The theory is a
simple une—so simple that any
one can readily understand it.
Briefly put, it amounts to this:
Worry injures beyond repair cer
tain cells of the brain ; and the
brain being the nutritive centre
of the body, the other organs be
come gradually injured, and
when some disease of these or
gans, or a combination of them,
arises, death finally ensues.
Thus does worry kill. Insidious
ly, like many other diseases, it
creeps upon the brain in the form
of a single constant, never-lost
idea ; and, as the dropping of
water over a period of years will
wear a groove in a stone, so does
worry gradually, imperceptibly,
but no less surely, destroy the
brain cells that lead all the rest—
that are, so to speak, the com
manding officers of mental pow
er, health and motion. Worry,
to make the theory still stronger,
is an irritant at certain points,
which produces little harm if it
comes at intervals or irregularly.
Occasional worrying of the sys
tem the brain can cope with, but
the iteration and reiteration of
one idea of a disquieting sort the
cells of the brain are not proof
against. It is as if the skull were
laid bare and the surface of the
brain struck lightly with a ham
mer every few seconds, with me
chanical precision, with never a
sign of let-up or the failure of a
stroke. Just in this way does the
annoying idea, the maddening
thought that will not be done
away with, strike or tail upon
certain nerve cells, never ceas
ing, and week by week diminish
ing the vitality of these delicate
organisms that are so minute that
can only be seen under the mi
croscope.”
Contributions
IF OLD, STILL YOUNG.
BY REV. D. E. MILLARD.
They call me old, but why they should, pray
tell?
Since, in my merry heart, I (eel a* well
As others do who are still young and gay;
My inner self telle me I’m young as they.
True cheeks once rosy are quite faded now.
And Time has placed some wrinkles on my
brow,
My form, once eo 'rect, inclines to bend,
And well I know I’m nearing this life’s end.
Hut,though the end .is near, yet am I young;
My soul’s In health-and luP of joy and
song
As when tn yonthfnl years, alert and gay,
1 measured life by pleasnres on the vVay.
All may be young In Christ; the soul which
lives
May find a home with Him who true-life
gives:
A blissful home where shines eternal day.
Where joys increase and pleasures ne’er
decay.
Then, under mild Religion’s peaceful sway,
Let’s scatter smiles o’er lifes uneven way;
Be young at heart while thro’ the world we
roam,
Forever young in our eternal home.
Portland, Michigan.
HEN’S HIDING PLACES,
BY W. F. PRICE.
How wilt thou do Id tbe swelling of the
Jordan ?”-Jer 12: 6.
[Concluded from Last Issue.]
The next hiding place we wish
to call your attention to is licen
tiousness. This is truly a horri
ble den, wherein nothing but de
mons should ever dwell. But
Satan has a mighty host, march
ing them down to perdition from
this quarter. All that is virtuous
and pure and lovely and good in
this world condemns this iniqui
tous practice: God torbids it and
society detests it.
If you have ever wronged the
sacred memory of your devoted
mother by such indulgence as
this, think you, friend, that you
shall escape? Oh, remember
you that the God of mercy is al
so the God of eternal justice;
and the cries of the misery and
wretchedness which you have
wrought in the world will surely,
surely follow you up to the Judg
ment.
Gambling is also a hiding
place for many. No one, doubt
less, ever intends to become a
drunkard, but there is that fasci
nation and excitement about it
that ever appeals to the passions
of man. The human family is
prone to want something for
nothing, and some think that
about the only way to get it is by
gambling.
The Chicago Rams Horn is
responsible for the statement that
the majority of the gamblers of
our country come from Christian
homes. I don't know that I can
fully believe that, but this I do
believe, that a considerable num
ber receive their first impulse in
this direction around the parlor
card table. I pity the father that
can see no evil influence in this
innocent ( ?j amusement. 1 pity
the mother that will so tar forget
herself as to allow her lovely
girls and her rosy-cheeked boys
to tamper and fondle and play
with this deadly monster, which,
like the frozen serpent, is only
nursed into a living existence to
sooner or later plunge its poi
sonous fangs into the vitals o(
her sorrowful soul. God have
mercy upon the gambler!
Then some seek to hide their
responsibilities to God behind
skepticism. They seem to think
that it is an evidenced learning
to say, “I am a skeptic”, or ag
nostic, or something of the kind,
when the fact is, it is simply an
evidence of supreme ignorance
or want of appreciation, on the
part of the speaker, for his mis
erable existence in the world.
I am here to say that I do not
believe in the existence of a nat
ural skeptic or infidel. Even a
child will feel after God. There
may be those who have taught
themselves to become skeptics—
to disbelieve in God, the truth of
the Bible, etc., but I believe it is
the consequence of long and de
liberate study and the exercise of
the powers of the mind. One
may will to become a skeptic.
He may read skeptical books and
think skeptical thoughts; and
leaving out every high and holy
influence, may follow skeptical
lines till, in one sense of the
word, he really and truly be
comes a skeptic. But his is not
a natural skepticism ; it is ac
quired. He is like the man who
told a certain falsehood so fre
quently that he finally persuaded
himself that it was the truth, and
actually lived and died under the
shadow of a lie!
Mr.-Harvey, the evangelist, in
company with a skeptic on one
occasion wns walking along the
streets of Chicago. Upon hear
ing the angry words, “Get out,
get out, you little rag-muffin”,
they turned and saw a big, bur
ley, bull-necked rum-seller push
ing a little Italian singing-girl
out of his grog-shop. “Hold on
there”, says Mr. Harvey; “I
would like to hear the little girl
sing myself. Let’s get her to
sing some for us.” “Alright,
gentlemen”, says the rum-seller
(for the skeptic happened to be a
good customer of his), “it you
wish to hear her sing, just take
her into the sitting-room there.
I have no objections whatever.”
They did so ; and the little “rag
muffin”, as she had been called,
with upturned face and angelic
sweetness, sang the old-time
song,
• There is a happy land,
Far, lar away,
Where saints in glory stand,
Bright, bright as day.”
This was accompanied by the
sweet, melodious strains from her
little concertina,and coming from
a little warm, loving heart that
ever looked forward to the time
when she should leave this cold,
cold world to live in the bright
ness of that “happy land”, it
sounded more like the music ol
heaven than of earth.
The skeptic became restless.
“Stop there, my child”, he said ;
“where did you learn than song?”
“Oh, sir,” she replied, mama
taught it to me before she went
to live with little brother and the
angels.”
Taking the address of the lit
tle motherless singer they sepa
rated. One day soon after, the
two gentlemen met again, and
following the suggestion of one
of them, they decided to visit the
address given. After many wind
ings over lonesome streets and
down narrow lanes they came to
the place, but were, met at the
door by a gentleman, who said,
“Little Rosetta is very sick.”
Upon entering, they were imme
diately recognized by the dying
child, who stretching out her lit
tle thin hands towardjdiem.said :
“Sirs, I will soon be up yonder
with mama and little brother.”
“Oh, no,” says the skeptic, “you
are not going to die. We are
going to go out and buy you
some nice pretty things, and you
will soon be up and well again.
1UU KllUW UliUSNCpilUMIl CVCJ
lives in the present tense. It has
no hopes of the future. It may
do a little, even if poorly, to live
by ; but to die by it will never do
at all. The future to the skeptic
is as dark and gloomy as the
blackness of eternal oblivion ;
and so he says, “Oh, no, my
child ; you must not die.”
But the death angel, even as
he spoke, seemed to stray down
and imprint a kiss upon the lit
tle pallid cheek, for raising her
self half up in bed, and clasping
her two little hands together she
exclaimed, “Oh, I see mama and
little brother now, and the an
gels are coming to take me
to them !” Her little soul then
took its flight to dwell in lhe
spiritland forevermore. This
scene was too much for the skep
tic, for with trembling soul and
very great emotion he exclaimed,
“Harvey ! Harvey ! you know
how to pray ; pray now !”
The last hiding place we will
make mention of is morality.
This is a very beautiful cave,
wherein sparkles many a pre
cious gem. but, I am sorry to say,
does not contain the “pearl of
great price”.
The young man was moral
whom the Savior looked upon
and loved, but he received the
euconium from the Christ, “One
thing thou lac.kest.” Friend,
that “one thing” may also he
keeping you out of the kingdom
of God to-day. If so, may God
help you to give it up too ; and
hiding your sour soul behind the
Rock of Eternal Ages, may you
help to conquer the world for
Christ.
Atlanta, Ga.
HATE I BEEN BORN AGAIN 1
BY MRS. EMILY S. BARRETT.
Editor Christian Sun :
I presume you and your read
ers think, as you begin to read
these lines and look to see by
whom they are written, that I am
going again to write on the
much-discussed question of Sanc
tification, but I am not, and of
this you may re assure yourselves
by looking to the heading, for
for there you will see that I am
writing about the “New Birth”.
I believe that sanctification is a
true Bible doctrine, and that all
Christians need it, but as the gilt
of Sanctification cannot be re
ceived till the New Birth is ex
perienced, and as there are so
many church members whose
daily walk questions, with such
a decided negative leaning, their
possession of the New Birth, I
come to ask, and I want each
one who reads this article to
search his or her heart carefully
and prayerfully till they can an
swer this question : “Have I been
born of the Spirit?”
As i go here and there, I meet
many professing Christians who
tell me that they do not, and can
not; understand how it is possi
ble to live in this world without
sinning. This they say, suppos
ing that to live without sin is the
Sanctified life, but as a matter of
tact a sinless life is what the Bi
ble requires of every true child
ot God—I mean of every one
who is born again. This it is
my purpose to show in this arti
cle, and for the benefit of those
interested I will quote a few pas
sages from God’s Word. I am
indeed glad to be able to
bring to the view of all a Savior
who came to save people from
their sins, not to save them in
their sins. I am so glad that the
Word tells us that “if we confess
our sins he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.” i
John 1:9. I am glad he tells us
to sin not. 1 John 2:1. He al
so tells us to “Let every one that
nameth the name of Christ de
part from iniquity. 2 Tim 2 :
19. I am also glad to tell these
dear friends that he says: “He
saith, I know him, and keepeth
not his commandments is a liar,
and the truth is not in him,” 1
John 2:4. I am glad he tells us
so plainly to*whom those belong
who commit sin ;—do you know,
dear reader? Get your Bible
and turn to 1 John 3: 8, and
read as follows, for it is certainly
there: “He that committeth sin
is of the devil.” I am also glad
that he tells us of a wonderful
fact in the lives of those who are
born of God, even what they do
not do. 1 John 3: 9, says:
“Whosoever is born of God doth
not commit sin ; for his seed re
maineth in him : and he cannot*
sin, because he is born of God.”
Many sav, “Oh, yes7“but that is
the sanctified life that you are
talking about, and I thought you
were going to talk of the New
Birth”. That is just what I am
doing. He does not say whoso
ever is sanctified does not com
mit sin, but whosoever is born of
God does not do it. Now, what
*1 John 3: 9, does not moan, as T under
stand it, that the true Chi istiau cannot pin
in the sense that he has not tile power to
do so, but that he cannot do it and still be a
( hristian. He cannot lie, steal murder, get
drunk, and slander othe people, and still be
a Christian 1 John 2 4, declares that if a
man says he knows the Lord and yet lee s
not his commandments, he is a liar, and the
t nth is not in him. God commands his peo
pie not to bear false witness. Now, if a man
bear false witness and still claim to be the
Lori’s child, we know that he is Ivina;, and
so it is of any other aud all other sins. Cut
what is it to sin? 1 John 3: 4, says the trans
gression of God’s law is sin, ahd that is
what John is talking about in 1.1 obft3:9.
So it is a fact that no one can knowingly
break Gird’s law and be a < ’hristian—he c n
not do both at the same time. 1 verily be
lieve that 1 John 3: 9, applies to the regene
rated life, and that it means what it says.
Some have tried to exp ain awav its me tiling
by saying that it means whosoever is born
of God does not habitua'ly, or continually,
commit sin”; but that is only a human ex
cuse for a human weakness, for if that in
terpretation be correct where is the differ
ence between a Christian aud an “out and
out” sinner, for the sinner does not commit
acts of sin habitually? Aecordiug to that
thtory, the Christian does hot sin habitually,
but frequently, and the sinner does the same.
Is sin in the Christian any the less sin than
in the sinner? The Word d dares that the
soul that sinneth shall die, be he a church
member, or a non-church mem er. A sinning
religion will not do even for the regenerate
man—never! Jesus saves us from our sins,
notin them! See Matt. 1. 21.
I have taken the privilege of adding this
note, lest some one shou d ignorautly per
vert Mrs. B.’s use of 1 John 3. 9 for wid e
I think she has used it correctly, it is very
easy to allow prejudice to pervert a great
truth like that, especially when one is labor
ing under a misconceptiou aud that stimu
lated by opposition to the truth taught.
Reader, let this paragraph put you on your
guard, at least. J. 1*. B.
will you do, dear friends, with
that?—I mean you who object to
Holiness, or Sanctification ? John
is talking about being born
again, and he says, oh, so plainly,
that “whosoever is born of God
does not commit sin. Yes, I
want to say that as I understand
the Word of God the precious
words which I have quoted ap
ply to the regenerated life, so
that it seems to me quite plain
that a sinless life is requited of
us long before Sanctification is
reached, for the regenerated man
does not commit sin. Perhaps
you say, “Well, I do not believe
it, for it is impossible to live
without sin.” Then God’s Word
is mistaken, and who believes
that? Then, you say, “Well,
what does he mean by sin?”
Thatis the point. Turn to i John
3 : 4, and you will find out—it is
transgressing God’s law. You
break God’s law and you sin,
and John says that whosoever is
born of God does not commit
sin, that is, he does not break
any known law of God. If he
does that he is not born of God,
but is serving the devil. But
will this stand in the light of
the Scriptures? I think it will.
Turn to James 2 : 10, and you
will find that it reads thus: “For
whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and vet offend in one point,
he is guilty of all.” Also see
Deut. 27 : 26 ; Matt. 5:19; Psa.
119 : 21 ; Jer. 11 : 3, and many
others.
Dear reader, let me plead with
you to take the precious Word of
God and for yourself on your
knees before him learn what it
says is your Heavenly Father’s
will for you. Perhaps your
preacher may try to make you
believe that God’s Word does
not mean what it says. Suppose
you believe that preacher, do
you not see that he will lead you
to hold that God’s Word is a li
cense to sin, and who can believe
that to be a fact? If your preach
er tells you that when God’s
Word savs that whosoever is
born of God does not sin, that it
does not mean that, is he not in
fact wresting the Word of God
from its plain meaning, and
adapting it to suit the wishes of
an unconverted church? And,
pray tell me, how will that show
up for him in the judgment? It
is indeed a serious thing to try to
wrest the Scriptures from their
true meaning. Take the whole
book of first John and study it
well, and tell The Sun’s readers
it you find any thing there to jus
tify you in living in sin while
professing to be God’s child? If
so, what is it? Can you find
anything in all the Bible to justi
ty a child of God in living in sin ?
If so, what is it? Paul in Rom.
S: 9, says: “Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he
is none of his.” Will you not,
dear friends, ask yourselves this
question: “Have I the Spirit of
Christ?” Do you think you can
possible have it while you are
living in known sin? Can you
live in known sin, and truly say,
“I am his and he is mine”?
Now, as I close, let me bring
to your mind one blessed fact:
“The Lord knoweth them that
are his.” 2 Tim. 2. 19. He is
our Savior, and he declares that
we shall know it, as in 1 John 5 :
10, where he says : “He that be
lieveth on the Son of God hath
the witness in himself” ;—have
you? \Il not, may the dear Fa
ther show you the awful fact be
fore it is too late to seek and ob
tain that witness of the fact that
you have been born again.
Norfolk, Va.
The State of Louisiana has
just voted for the holding of a
Constitutional Convention, with
the avowed purpose ot making
an educa ional qualification for
voting. The object is to get rid
of so much ignorance at the bal
lot-box. If the amendment is
made it will disfranchise a large
number of negroes. The white
republicans voted with the dem
ocrats on the question.
The Railroad Commissioners
in North Carolina have been af
ter the railroads about issuing
free passes. They have been
presented in the courts also ; so
a great many who have been
riding free heretofore will now
have to pay their way.
PIONEER WORK OF CHRISTIAN
MINISTERS 19 MICHIGAN:
A HISTORICAL SKETCH.
BY REV. D. E. MILLARD.
The “principles of the Chris
tians” were proclaimed in Mich
igan some years before the State
government 'was formed. As
early as 1833, and perhaps ear
lier, self-sacrificing heralds of the
Cross came from the East into
this then wilderness country and
unfurled the banner of Christian
liberty, on which was inscribed
“no creeed but the Bible ; no test
of fellowship but Christian char
acter; no name but Christian.”
As early as February 12, 1834,
Elder John Walworth wrote to
the Christian Palladium from
Saline, Michigan, as follows: “I
have recently made a tour
through some of the counties of
peninsula, in which I have met
with many pious Christians,
whose kindness and hospitality
will not be soon forgotten.
There are many liberal-minded
Christians in these counties who
gladly welcome the messengers
of a free gospel ; and the rising
standard of Christian liberty is
hailed with pious emotions of
satisfaction.” After referring to
some incidents connected with
his work, he concludes his letter
by saying, “A Christian church
was organized in the town of
Royal, Oakland county, on the
18th day of January, 1834. Their
prospects are encouraging.” In
the Christian Palladium of No
vember io, 1035, we nnd tne
minutes of the “Michigan An
nual Christian Conference, held
at Spring Arbor on the 5th of
October, 1835.” This was the
first Christian conference to
which the name Michigan was
attached. The names of the
following ministers appear as in
good standing: Benjamin Tay
lor. John Walworth, John Can
non, Joseph H. Smith1, P. C. Man
chester, James Knight, John S.
Moon, Francis H. Adams. These
were strong men, who, with the
exception of the last-named,
have finished their work, and
gone to receive their reward.
Bro. Adams is still, as he has
been for several years, an inmate
of the Asylum tor the Insane at
Kalamazoo, but the good days of
his early ministry will never be
effaced from his memory. A list
of the churches does not appear
in the minutes of this session",
but under the labors of such men
as the above-named, a number
must have been formed within its
bounds. Elders Joseph H. Smith
and John Cannon were chosen
“to travel as itinerant preachers,
six months between this and the
next annual conference.’* The
time for holding the conference
was changed from October to
June.
1 he next session ot conterence
war held at Jackson, June io,
1836. Twelve ministers were
present and twelve churches
reported, besides a few mission
points, where it was thought
churches would soon be formed.
On the whole, the outlook seemed
quite encouraging foa our cause,
and the brethren separated full
of hope and cheer.
From the above it will be seen
that nearly sixty-five years have
passed since our cause first
gained a foothold in Michigan.
We ought to have a far better
showing in the State to-day than
the census gives us. Instead of
forty we should have four hun
dred churches, at least. Had
our people been organized for
local and mission work as other
denominations were in those ear
ly days, we should have, no
doubt.—But if we have fewer
churches, by far, than we ought
to have, the work of our pioneer
ministers has not been lost. Their
influence is felt in other denomi
nations in the broadening of their
charity—and in the breaking
down of sectarian walls. For
this let us “thank God and take
courage”.
Portland, Michigan, December 81, 1W7.
The North Carolina Railroad
Commissioners have summoned
the various railroads of the State
to appear before them and show
cause why the passenger rates
should not be reduced. Their
purpose is to reduce the rates.
They have also ordered a reduc
tion in the fertilizer and cotton
freight rates.
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