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C^mstiart Sari. J. o. ATKINSON, Editor. W. P. LAWKENCE. Publishing Agent. or ir««emirrios, Was Tost. L Months i Month*. .yifio 76 . 60 l. £gp»Bnb*criptlon* nr* payable strictly In advsno*. ■Antov ADVCBTIBltO. TBS! 1 In 1:0 8 in )*ooi Hco> i col l trk i ■ 4 *■0* IS 76 $116 176 100 616 400 <00 1000 $126 200 260 800 600 ebo 9 00 1600 $200 800 400 500 7 50 1000 1600 2000 $400 660 476 800 1200 1600 2000 8600 $8 0o 11 00 18 00 18 00 20 00 26 00 86 00 <6 00 812 00 16 00 20 00 26 00 30 00 36 00 66 00 10000 Transient advertisement* must be paid Hr in advance Account* rendered quar terly lor all advertisement* by the year. bocal advertisement* to be Inserted a* reading matter, will be charged for at the rat* of10 cents per line. Marriage and death notices of eighty rerd* and under free. All ore- eighty words will be charged for at the r?te of one at par word. Count your wor*-* and send ' with manuscript. jgp-Correspjudenta are res? eligible for As news expressed by them. Anonymous twMelee will reoeive no attention. All money should be remitted br register *4 letter, poet-oflloa order, draft or check. Address all oonuaauloatlons and letter* to THE CHRISTIAN SDN, Klun college, .4. C. THUB8DAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND. There is hardly a daoger that we shall be too olten reminded of the fact that as a church—a Christian church—we have tak en upon ourselves an obligation. That obligation as stipulated by and through our general conven don was that we raise $20,000 as a free will thank offering lor Christian education, thereby as a church and a people expressing to Almighty God something of our gratitude for, the untold blessings received during the century just closed. The con vention took what it thought to be the best and most proper steps both in raising and apply ing this fund. _^ But the convention at best could only enact legislation and lay plans. The carrying out of any legislative enactment, the execution of any plan, must af ter all be left to personal effort and individual action. The convention has done ils work, and we think well, ar.d thereby cleared itself of its obli gation. The responsibility no .v is upon the individuals who wake up the church. It becomes now a personal, au individu il question. As such we believe every minister, every lay roan io the church should take the qui s tion home to self, “Have I done or am I preparing to do my part in this twentieth century move ment? Has my obligation in the matter been met and my gratitude to God shown?" If this question is seriously put by every one to himself we belie ve the results will be both satisfac tory and highly gratifying. The secretary of the committee- vbo has this matter in charge is Mr. J. E. West, Suffolk, Va. Unsel fishly, zealously, devOut’y, wi h out compensation or hope of re ward, he is giving much of his valuable time and effort to the raising of this fund. But how ever much of zeal, devotion and talent Bro. West may throw into this work he cannot raise '-be fund alone. No committee, 00 church, no dozen churches can raise this fund or relieve this obligation or express proper and full gratitude. This must be done, if done at all. by a united effort of a united church. Brethran and sisters of the Christian Church, South, one and all, let us take this matter home to ourselves as individuals and to God in prayer. Let U3 •ea what our duty is and what God wants us to do in this mat ter. This done, we shall have such an offering as will make the hearts of all glad and the satire church rejoice. TO YOUNG MAN AND HIE OPPOR TUNITY. There never was a better time is all history when the young man had a better opportunity to make a success in life than the present This is in fact the young man’s era. He is to be found trusted and relied upon in almost every calling, profession and vocation. In the pulpit and at the bar you will find young men of eloquence, power and in fluence. In both branches of our legislative bodies you will find young men in the front rank. In the professions and in the trades young men;—men hardly in the prime of life—are o be found of talent, energy and well developed ability. Last week the world stood aghast at the formation of a bil lion dollar trust—the largest and richest private corporation ever formed on earth. The news now comes that a young man, Mr. Charles M. Schwab, only 38 years old, has been chosen as president of this gigantic and unparalleled financial scheme. Only a few years ago Mr. Schwab was a grocer’s clerk working for ten dollars a month. The corporation that now em ploys him at a salary of $50,000 a year first employed him as a stake driver at less than $30.00 a month. But while driving stakes he learned the steel busi ness thoroughly,and now besid« s being president of this steel con cern owns $30,000,000 worth of stock in the corporation. What is true of this young man is true also of manyjjothers. He has worked his way to the front by energy, economy, hard licks, determined efforts. The world wants men of action and brain and is ready to honor and enrich them when found.' THE MINISTERS’ INSTITUTE. The Ministers’ Institute is to meet this year at Youngsville, N. C., on Monday night after the third Sunday in March. The meeting will adjourn in time for the ministers tp make their ap pointments the following Sun day. The meeting should be well attended. Every minister in the Christian Church. South, should try to make their arrang ments to attend. It really seems that the ministers might lay their pastoral duties aside for one week and come together once a year in a ministers’ meet ing for study, enquiry and selt help. As ministers, we need a closer and more intimate ac quaintance. We need to know more of each other personally and of each other’s plans and methods. Such meetings will enlarge our own plans, broaden our friendships and acquain tances and deepen our sympa thies. Brother ministers, get ready to go to the Ministers’ Institute and let us make this the best and most successful meeting in the history of our organisation. A PARAMOUNT BUTT. The Legislature of North Car olina has passed far beyond the half-way limit of its natural and allotted time. It is now on the home run and that too at a rapid rate. But the paramount duty of this Legislature has not yet been attended to. This duty tower* above all others, and whatever else may be done cannot remove or lighten the obligation in this behalf. We refer, of course, to the duty of doing something permanent and helpful for the public schools of the State. To ignore or pass lightly over this duty at this time we believe would be not only deeply de plorable, but absolutely unpar donable. From the opening to the clos ing of the campaign in which the present Legislature was elected, on every stump and in well nigh every campaign document we heard it proclaim ed, dwelt upon, reiterated, that this was an educational cam paign and that something should be done to improve the public schools of the State. The promise and the hope made all rejoice. We had long ed for the day, we believed it had now about arrived, when North Carolina was to have a public school system somewhat t qaal or comparable to that of her sister States. We refuse to believe that this Legislature will ignore those promises, forget those pledges, disappoint those hopes. But as the session rapidly advances and the proceedings day after day are recorded we see and hear signs of growing and rapidly in creasing anxiety. This anxiety shows that the people have not forgotten, that they will not for get. The constitutional require ment is that our public schools shall run at least four months in the year. We believe the time has come when the people of this commonwealth will cot sub mit tor anything short of this re quirement. Will our Legislature see to it at this session that this require ment is met? This, we believe, is the paramount duty, a duty which no amount of legislation 1 will or can obscure, or the neg- 1 lect of which will either be par- ' doned or excused. 1 l - , Subscribe tor Thb Sum, a Notes Rev. I. W. Johnson’s address is changed from Suffolk, Va., to Holland, Va. Rev. W. S. Long, D. D., hopes to raise the entire amount of the twentieth century offering asked of the churches he serves. Prof. S. A. Holleman spent Sunday and Monday visiting his father who is in a poor state 01 health at his home in Chatham county, N. C. We rejoice in the rapid pro gress of our Newport News work. Read a lull account in another column. The church is soon to be dedicated and a pro tracted meeting held. The editor, upon invitation, preached at Friedon’s (Luther an) church, Guilford county, N. C., last Sunday. The day was beautiful and we received cor dial greeting Irons an apprecia tive audience. Dr. J. W. Manning, Milledge ville, tia., is an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. worker and reports an excellent organization in his home town. He has just attend ed the State Association at Athens, Ga., and pronounces it the very best session in its his tory. Former Editor, E'. L. Moffitt, was a welcome visitor at Elon College last week. He reports the Asheboro Wood and Iron Company’s {plant, which was some months ago destroyed by fire, as rebuilt and running again. Prof. Moffitt is Secretary and Treasurer of the Compony. Bro. J. E. West, Sec., writes that he is getting some encour aging news about the twentieth century fund and feels hopeful. Every church in the Southern Convention should make ar rangements, if they have not already done so, to respond to this call and make a free-will thank offering in tLis behalf. Rev. W. T. Herndon filled his regular appointment at Libert) (Vance) last » Sunday. Dr. Herndon is in a regular pastorate again and shows his wonted en thusiasm and interest in every branch of church work. He seldom goes to an appointment but that he brings in a list o< new subscribers to The Sun. Will not the ministers help to increase the circulation of The Christian Son? The price is reduced to $1.50 a year. At this price we .cannot keep an agent in the field. Brother minister, The Sun needs and must have your sympathy, sup port and cooperation if it is to live and continue at the present price. The basket collection at the Elon College church service Sunday morniqg last was order ed sent to Rev. Solomon Apple, Semora, N. C. We do not be lieve that this good and worthy brother, now in extreme old age and feeble health, will be forgot ten and left in need by the mem ( bership of a church he served in his younger and better days. Rev. K. H. Basmajian, of Armenia, who has been in this country several years lecturing and preaching, was at Elon Col iege Sunday and Monday last, and gave two lectures in the College cbappel on the habits, customs and religion of the Armenians. We doubt if any nation in recent years has suffer ed so much in the name or Christ as have the Armenians. Bro. J. T. Harrell, a mem ber of Berea Christian church and for a long time a resident ol Naosemond county, Va., but now of Portsmouth, Va., (No. 400, 5th Street) is very feeble. He would be delighted to have any of our ministers, or of his old acquaintances, in passing to call and see him. He is a great sufferer, but very happy and ex presses himself as ready to go home, only waiting the Master’s call. This is a move in the right di rection and one worth imitation in other communities and churcher than the one named. The note was in the Berkley correspondence of the Virginian Pilot of Feb. 16: “As a result of the revival meeting recently closed at the Main Street Christian church a goodly number of 'the young men who have taken a stand for a better life have decided to organise a Saturday night Bible class at that church. The young men say their. Saturday night temptations are greater, and to be thus employed they will be shielded lrom evil.” Correspondence. Haffolk Let I dr. ' Wm. Robert Lewis. son of James L. and Ann F. Lewis, who had been declining with consumption since July, passed away quietly and with Christiao hope, on Wednesday morning. Feb. 13th. His was the onlj case of consumption in the his tory ol the family. He was born in Isle of Wight couoty, Vu., January a, 1873. He united with Antioch Christia* church when a boy. He married Miss Viola Demorest May 5, 1895 They buried Catholine, 3 months old, in May 1895. Nettie Ruth, now four years old survives with her mother. He realised his decline in health and was re* signed to the divine will. He expressed his confidence in hi* Saviour and his willingness to depait to be with Him. This i* now a great comfort to the fam ily and, in tact, all that is left to brighten the future for their troubled hearts. Whatever may be the creeds of men the belief in a future state and the hope of reunion and happiness in it gilds the future with beautiful hope. The Red man thinks ot happy “buut iug grounds,’’ and the Christian thinks of heaven and loved ones there. The smallest per centage of mankind thinks of the future as non-existence or blank un known. The truth is that the only people without religion live in Christian lands. All heathen peoples have some sort of relig ion and all ignorant races and tribes are identified with some religion and wprship some sort of a god. The only aon-relig ious people are found in Chris tian communities. This is just as the thinking man would ex pect to find it. The time re ligion displaces false religions. The mythology of Greece and Rome, though brilliant and deep rooted in those ancient and cul tured nations, could net stand before the gospel. Intelligence is therefore driven to the ac ceptance or rejection of Chris tianity. Those who da not ac _* _1 _ III-_ill cept Christ ana obey mis will, are,you see, left without religion. This is the real cause of so many peculiar views of Scripture teaching, and so many ism? among men. It is the vain search of the heart, unwilling to conform to evangelical Christian teaching, for some form of truth, some theory easy of acceptance, as a substitute for what the Btble requires. The non-believers may therefore be evidence of real believers among men. Brother Dixon H. Holland, the last brother of Rev. R. H Holland, was born Feb 1, 1825. and died Feb. 17, 1901, in his 76th year. He w as stricken with paralysis at t-»--m. last Saturday, and was speechless from the first stroke till his death. His wife rang ike farm bell and neighbors came to )>> r assistance. He lingered till 5 3c p. m. yesterday, Sunday. He will be buried today, Monday, Rev. C. H. Rowland, his pastor, and Rev. H. H. Butler,-conduc' ing the services from his resi dence near Holy Ne£k. He has been a member of that church for many years, and con sidered to be a first-class Chris tian and an honorable cit'zen, His wife, whose name was Mary E. Sumner, survives her hus band, and four of their children survive their father. Mr. I. T. Rawls, Mrs. T. L. Council, V. S. Holland and Mrs. Annie Mc Clenny, wife of David McClenny and mother of W. E., E. D., W. S., and J. D. McClenny, three of whom have been students at Elon College. - ‘ Dixon Holland, of course, be longs to the old school in all that characterizes a mao in his domestic habits, his civil rela tions and his relijgiou* beliefs and conduct^ His naoU,stands for simple Christian character, social honor and modest demean or. As I write these lines on a moving train my mind runs back over the years sinete I first met the deceased at Holy Neck. How many of his generation have passed over the river since that time, like a noiseless team, is passing and taking up’ passen gers for eternity, one by one. Swifter than our hearts could wish these passing moments fly that will one day stop for us or take us as they fly and we too ihall be ushered into the pres ence of the great “I ajn.” If prepared all the stars of heaven will light up the way and the white robed throng will-give us. welcome into the eternal home. I am now on my way to spend 1 few days with my wife and hope to have time this week to read a good book. W. W. Stalbt. Norfolk Letter. %* For several years' there has been a brisk discussion go ing the rounds of the religious press as to certain theories of the Christian life, especially with reference to the doctrine of sanc tification as it is related to the Christian life. One side holds that the sin principle is simply repressed and never destroyed at all. The other side holds that theie is more than repression or suppression ; that there is actual eradication of the sin principle. Between these two points divis ion has arisen, and many of the Lord’s children have been dHven apart thereby. This should not be. There is no occasion for it, 1 am sure. Both theories are correct, the truth being that one ts correct with reference to one stage of the Christian life, and the other with reference to the other stage. The theory ol re pression or suppression of the sin principle is correct, but it applies only to the regenerated life. On the other hand the theory of eradication of the sin principle is also true, but not to be applied to the regenerated life at all. The eradication ol the sin principle is realized only in the sanctified life. Thus we may have two theories, but they both have their place and both are true when rightly understood and properly applied. In the regenerated life the sin principle is not eradicated but simply re pressed, or, if you prefer the term, suppressed. But 'in the truly sanctified life this sin prin ciple is eradicated, and so it is that we reach the thought of Paul in Romans 8 : a, “For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Now, it being made fr.-e from the law of sin and death does not mean the eradication of the sin princi ple what does it mean? Let whosoever can speak and con tradict this great truth be the first to take the stand. Oo not stop short of giving Bible au thority to show that F am in er ror. %* It is a singular fact in the experience of men who seek to walk with God—the more nearly they succeed the more truly will the world hate them. George Whitfield, the great English re vival preacher, said whenever he awakened the people and they began to turn unto God, the world bagan to despise him. He mentions several places where this happened, among them Gloucester and Oxford. - At first thought it is hard to believe the (act to be true, and yet we know with every reformer who has faithfully sought to awaken the people, persecution, almost with out exception, has followed. But this is just what Jesus contem plated—what he met with in person—and aleo just what bis disciples met with, and sure ly we should expect no excep tion from this fact. It is just as true to day as it ever was. We can preach a pretty fair phase oi the gospel from a moral stand point and the world will let it pass, but you start out to preach the gospel of salvation from sin in fact and you will soon find that many will rise against you and do all possible to hinder you and the work you are doing in His name. They dispise you for His name’s sake, but remem ber if we suffer as a Christian we may therein glorify God.— i Pitt, 3:14; 4 n6. *,* pne of the causes of fail ure in4 the work of the Lord's people is to be found in the fact that we do the work given us half-heartedly, and this is never well pleasing to God, nor is it to any one having work which is worth doing. To do a thing well in the truest sense of the idea, we must do it with the whole heart—with enthusiasm and for the glory of God. No tice the words of the Bible on this point. 2 Chron. 31 :ai, “And in every work that he be gan in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.” This was Hts ekiah at work for God, and it tells a plain and a most impor tant truth, one which all who work lor God ought to give bred to. Many work, but alas 1 how many work and prosper? This is the point here. Hexekiah not 1 only worked, but he prospered, and the secret of his work is to I be found on the human side in 1 the fact that he worked with all < his heart. As a rule prosperity i follows the work which one does 1 with all his heart. Notice the 1 work which Hezekiah did was ( n the service of the house of I Sod, and he did it according to i the law and the commandments. ' Now note the points: The work ; was for God and it was done ac- j cording to the law and the com- i mandments and with all his < heart, and prosperity followed. Let us seek to do likewise. J. Pressley Barrett. Christian Church Organisation Per fected at a Well Attended Meeting. At a meeting held at the Grace Methodist church, in North End, on Forty-filth street, last night, the organization of the Newport News Christian Church was perfected. The meeting was well attended aud the interest manifested was very encouraging. The prospects for the new or ganization are very bright, in deed, much of which is due to the untiring efforts of the eoer getic young pastor, Rev. W. C. Wicker. Mr. Wicker came here only a few months ago, but during his short residence in this city he has made many warm friends. ORGANIZATION PERFECTED Rev. Mr. Wicker was moder ator of the meeting and Mr. C D. West was clerk. The organ ization, which was started some weeks ago, was completed last night by the election of a board of trustees- This hoard not only performs the duties which usual ly fall to the trustees, but they are the finance committee of the church also, in that they will have charge of all matters of a financial nature. The board, as selected last night, is composed of Messrs, lames J. Baker, J. S.Thompson, I. J.'Mirnell and R. Lee Smith. The board was directed to close up all matters ot business in connection with the building which they% are erecting, and hope to have completed in a short time. In order that the public in general may know just where they stand, the church passed resolutions .endorsing the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Union Gospel Mission. The new church will be found assist ing in everything of a Christian nature, and these resolutions were passed for the benefit ot those to whom they are straog ers. TO BE DEDICATED IN MARCH. Unless the unexpected hap pens, the new church building will be completed and the pews and all the furniture will be in place in time for the building to be dedicated the first Sunday in March. The services on this occasion will be appropriate to the occasion and will be very impressive. The pastor will preach in tha morning and at night Rev. Dr. W. W. Staley, of Suffolk, will preach. At this time a Sunday school will be organized, as well as a Christian Endeavor society. The former will meet in the morning and the latter on Sunday even ings. Prayer services will be conducted on Wednesday nights, and a Ladies’ Aid Society will be organized among the North End ladies and one in the East End. About the middle of March a revival service will be held. Rev. H. H. Butler, of Suffolk, will preach during the meetings. He is a most successful revivalist and is well known through EasternVirginia and North Car olina.—Herald, Newport News, Feb. 16, 1901. Holland Items. We were much pained last Wednesday, the 6th inst., to hear of the death ot John Jone*, youngest son of Wm. T. Joms and brother ot Rev. C. C. Jones. His mortal remains reached here Thursday evening from Senora, Ga., where he died, and he was buried at his father’s on Friday, Rev. C. H. Rowland officiating at the funeral. His sudden and unexpected death caused great grief to his parents and his brothers. Two brothers only were here to see his lifeless form and bid it a last, sad farewell. One brother was away in Dako ta, another in Alabama. The whole community, aud all who knew John, sympathize with the fond parents and brothers. John was 23 years old, a bright, jovial, energetic young man, full of health and vigor, when he lelt his home, two or hree months before Christmas. He went to Alabama to go in i msiaess with his brother, and itayed till Christmas, when he included to go to school at i Senora, Ga., to study telegraphy, le was there when taken ill. i lad the hast attention of phyri- i cian, fellow-student* and pro fessors of the school. But med ical skill, ministering to hi* wants, und vigilant nursing proved unavailing. Many friends join with the deeply bereaved family in mourning his early death. But a wise, gracious, heavenly Father knows and does what is best. May we all re sign^dl* say, “Thy will be done.” Two friends near here sus tained quite a loss by fire last week. W. H. Holland and Charles Rawls, son of A. J. Rawls, both had their barns and contents burned. W. H. Hol land’s loss was not so heavy, and friends contributed liberally te repair his loss. But Charles Rawls’ loss was heavy for him. He had but very little insurance. His barn was large and valuable, and in the inclosure were his three hotses, all his corn, fodder, etc. His loss will perhaps reach a thousand or more dollars. He deserves the sympathy and help ol his many friends. Miss Lida Doughtie is some better, but she has not ^ntirely recovered yet, from her injuries, sustained by the runaway horse. Her lameness on her injured side prevents htr from being able to walk yet. We had a very pretty little snow last Friday. It was really a lovely sight, to see the beauti ful, pure white flakes falling so still and soft, no patting against window panes, no whistling' wind, the weather mild as spring, one could only realize it was snowing by the sense of sight. It fell to the depth of two or three inches, but soon melted away. We have failed to have prayer meeting two successive nights on account of raio. We had very good attendonce Sunday night, however, and services were pleasant. The news from the Berkley Christian church is cheering in deed. Bro. Porter’s sigDal vic tory over sin, is a joy and inspi ration to all; and the fact of so many being saved by the regen erating power of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, brings a thrill of gladness to every heart. May the good work go on Jill thousands more are saved. R. H. Holland. We are Grateful. On the evening of February 15th, Bro. J. J. Faison, of Spring Hill church, drove up to nay gate. When I met him I found that he had come to represent the members of Spring HiU and some members of \v averly church who had sent to us many things both good and useful. He unloaded lo us bacon, fresh meats, sausage, potatoes, sugar, coffee, butter, canned fruits, baking powders, and perhaps other things that I do not now remember. Some of these peo ple and others also have from time to time given us gifts that were useful to housekeepers. We feel very thankful to all these dear brethren and sisters for these acts of kindness. May the Lord bless them abundantly with such blessings as He sees are good lor them physically and spiritually. Since I Came to this field I have found many kind fiiends who will be long remembered. R. H. Pebl. CLUBBING BATES. Cosmopolitan and Christian Sun, $2,25. McClures and Christian Sun, $2.25. t Ladies’ Home Journal and Christian Sun, $2 25. All three and Christian Sun, $3 95* For either of the above maga zines you have been paying $1 per year and for the Sun $2. We offer you either, and The Sun for only 25 cents per year more than you have been pay ing for The Sun. Upon appli cation similar low rates for any other magazine and The Sun will be given. Subscribe for your magazines through The Sun. You can get them much cheaper than by ordering direct from the publishers. Rev. W. C. Wicker in a per sonal letter to the editor says, “Arrangements should be made at as early date as possible for my whole time at this point (Newport News). The needs are important to our cause here. Other churches have regular services every Sabbath and our congregation will be scattered unless something is done. Our people should be urged' to con tribute to the work here now. * * * * We have a bright fu ture here. Only give us services for each Sunday.”
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