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RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY JULY 25. 1907.
NO. 13
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BILKINS AT JAMESTOWN.
Will Soon Start to Washington " Jo
deeseevus" and the Railroads
William J. Bryan and His Lost
Night-Shirt - Farmers' Institutes
Are Great.
Jamestown, Va., July 24th.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
I am here yit. The weather he,
got hot at last an' I am spendin' my
vacashun here before I start ter
Washington. I reckon they hev got
elecktrick fans an lemonade in
Washington. But they hain't got the
ocean so close, by, an they can't give
me no sea-breezes thar.
I reckon Preserdent Roosevelt iz
sittin' erround home still a-lookin'
fer me. But I. wan ter' make him think
that I am sum punkins an' he will hev
ter sit er round home an wate till I
eit eude an' ready ter eo an' see him.
frum North Carolina exsept when I
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see me papers, i nous mat joaesee
vus Daniels iz still tryin' ter git up
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exsiiemeiii wim ine raieruaus. i
know Jodeseevus like a book, fer I've
bin watchin' him awl these years. If
they would turn over awl the rale
rodes ter him ter run the fare would
urtrtn ha flvo nonta o mila an' if an
new ralerodes wuz started ter cum
pete with the old ones he would git
up sum charges ergainst them an' try
ne aia wnen anotner uany paper wuz
started in Raleigh. J odeeseev us iz in
favor ov cheap rates, cheap flour,
cheap butter, cheap chickens, cheap
clothes an' cheap railrode rates. But
when a new company started ter give
the dear peeple a cheaper an' better
daily paper frum Raleigh, he ac
cused hit ov every thin' mean an?
made out that hit wuz goin' ter ruin
the country an' bust the writ oy h.i-
bus corpus awl ter flinders. Jodec-
seevus iz a bird.
I see by the papers that my friend,
William J. Bryan, wuz ridin' on a
Pullman car out West a few nitea
ergo. William nearly awlways sleeps
on a Pullman car so he kin think out
plans ter help the poor and down
trodden who sit up an' sleep when
they hev ter ride awl nite on a train
When Billy Bryan hed rested an'
talked awhile after supper an' started
ter climb up in them little boxes that
peeple sleep in Pullman cars he found
that be had left hiz nite-shirt at
home. Two passengers, Jeff Davis
an' William McKinley (but not the
former Presidents of the Confederate
States an' the United States) wuz on
the train an' one ov them loaned Mr.
Billy Bryan a nite-shirt ter sleep in
After Billy Bryan got home he writ
a letter ter the feller that loaned him
l he shirt an' made a grate row over
hit an' got the tellygran companies
ler send out a grate story erbout hit.
Now, I hev got ter git up sumpthln
l'ke that or I'll never be fit ter run
fer Preserdent. I've got on my
ih'nkin' cap an' I am liable ter let
out the skeeme any time. But if Bob
could be made ter understand what
a row Bryan made over that night
shirt he would kick him four milea
I see they air havin awl sorts of
courts down in North Carolina. 1
am goin' ter go ter Washington an'
then I'll go home an brush up mv
commishun az justis ov the peace an'
hold court, too. I am goin ter is3hue
a writ ov habeas corpus fer the Rock
bridge and Smithtown Railrode ter
appear before me with awl ov hita
trackage an' rollin' stock, live an' wa
tered, an' have hit show cau se why
hit should not give up awl hit has
an' awl that hit hopes ter git in the
future. If hit gits ter buckin' I'll
fine hit $99,000. ,1 meen business.
I see that they air goin ter hold
sum more farmers' institutes down
in North Carolina. Them institute3
air grate things fer fried chicken an'
watermelons. If I wuz a gude speek
er an' had sum fine clothes I'd spend
every summer holdin farmers' insti
tutes. A feller kin hev a heap ov
fun doin' that an' live on the fat of
the land. Awl he hez ter do is ter
tell the folks how ter make two loads
ov haz whar. only one load wuz made
before, an' how ter do hit syentiffick-
ally an' close by announcin' that din
ner iz now ready an' invite himself.
Yours truly.
ZEKE BILKINS.
The Apostolic Faith.
Correspondence of The Enterprise.
To the minisers of Raleigh of all
denominations, also all Christian
people, in the name of Christ, and
for the good of souls: After having
read the 12 th chapter of Romans, the
strongest sanctified chapter in the
New Testament Scriptures, and hav
ing spent awhile in prayer asking
Him to guide and direct me In His
works. Subject I have before me is
His work the Church of God. ;'-As
I had something to say on the sub
ject of baptism by water on June
25, which the Holy Ghost brethren do
not say much about, because Christ
does not so direct, yet in His name
I will cite you prayerfully to 1 Cor.
1:17, which reads thus : "And Paul
said, for Christ sent not to baptize,
but to preach the gospel." I can excuse
preachers for sometimes they are ab
sent-minded, and again we read in
Ephesians 4 : "One Lord, one faith,
and one baptism," which means the
baptism of the Holy Ghost. In talk
ing with one of my neighbors about
baptism, he referred me to this
Scripture. I prayerfully asked him
if he wished me to understand that
meant water baptism. After awhile
he laughed and said, No it meant
baptism of the Spirit. Of course we
have to become godly sorry for our
sins in order to be converted, and
as sanctification is a second work of
grace by faith, which is done by
Christ, cleansing us from our sins;
also to seek the power of the Holy
Ghost, that we haye the abiding Com
forter by day and by night in order
that we may be remembered with the
redeemed. As you read in the 107th
Psalm, I ask is it not wonderful that
Christ prayed to his father that he
sanctified himself that we also might
be sanctified, through the truth, be
cause thy word is truth. I ask every
body to read Psalms 146-148. I
praise him because he prayed to his
Father not to take us out of the
world: I love him because he sancti
fled himeslf for the believers. The
strongest assertion I know of on
sanctification is in the Baptist Con
stitution of 1859. If it' was all right
then, why not now. I refer to I. Cor.
1; also the reference in the same
chapter 2nd verse, wheh reads: "Unto
the church of God at Corinth to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus
called to be saints, and so on, so you
will see the necessity of being sancti
fled, as this was the class of people
called by God to be saints. This is
what Christ only will accept for a
church. Then, brethren, why do you
stand idle? I have not aught against
a living soul. Wake thou that sleep
est, remember it is not what we have
done that is going to destroy our
souls in hell, but what we fail to
do. Listen, every preacher that has
accepted Christ: Prayer in the 17th
chapter of John it seems to us will
at once incite his members all to
the alter thaCthey may seek sancti
fication. I mean all that have been
converted. Behold how good and
how pleasant for brethren to dwell in
unity. So it behooves all Christian
people to do away with so much
church theories, and make ready for
the Holy Ghost. Would It be out
of order for me to inquire how many
of your Sunday-school scholars or
even church members know Christ?
I do not know of a single person
who is trying to live up to the re
quirements of the 17th chapter of
John that is caring for denomina
tions, he has too much for the wel
fare of souls. On the 25th of June
I failed to get one. Will you ex
cuse me if I remind you again of the
same subject. Some might say you
just referred to Rev.; well that is so
when was there a sectarian church
in the New Testament? How about
Macedonia, Antioch, or the Church
at Corinth, or any of them that was a
denominational church. Wei, as I am
by myself, I answer, No. Hence it
is we believe the present manage
ment of churches is a failure. There
fore the power that should be in one
church is subdivided 500 or 600
times, hence the power that should
be in one church is nearly destroyed.
Each one wants his congregation to
believe he is right. Well, the love
is nearly devoured. Had you heard
Brother Goff on the subject of the
Seven Spirits converted into one, you
would have seen he necessity for
something to be done. I wil give you
a few references: I Cor. 12-14; John
14-16; II Acts 19:24. There is a
great deal said about educated min
isters being so beneficial for preach
ers, and so on.
I referred you to first and second
Corinthians, that you might see who
Paul called, showing that they were
sanctified, and were accepted. Now
I wish to call your attention to sec
ond Corinthians, second chapter:
How little he (Paul) regarded his
education to help him preach. Yet
I think so education is helpful. But
when I think of the fact that it takes
five years to educate our missionaries
to go to China, that is a heavy cost
I see in the papers there is one mil
lion of souls dying every month in
heathen lands without Christ. Of
course, that is twelve million a year;
then in five years that would make
sixty millions. Rev. Thomas Mcin
tosh, who received the power of the
Holy Ghost in January and spoke in
tongues, also his wife, their home
was at Dunn. A Chinaman who lives
there said they spoke his language;
so that ends it. They have gone to
China, started by faith, without going
to college one day, and will speak
Chinese language when they get
there, also wijl have the power of the
Holy Ghost. Awake thou that steep
est. My wife and I have spent money
to educate ministers.
I remember on one occasion the
church was trying to raise $ 5 0 0 ,which
was the remainder of the first pledge
made for the endowment fund for
Wake Forest College. She got up
and went down to the house and got
the money and paid the debt, with
the understanding we were not to
hear from the college any more. She
stood to it that God would enable
them to preach that He called. We
did not agree on this point. Soon
after this the church changed pas
tors. He and my wife were together
on college preaching. At one time he
got pretty close to me and said when
a president of a certain college
preached a big sermon he sent it
around to his students to preach.
Well, that stood me aside. I did not
want to be whipped. Soon afterwards
1 went to hear one of the students
preach. His text was: "never man
spoke like this man." I thought I
neveY heard such a sermon. In a
few days I went to Raleigh, and to
the Recorder office. The editor said:
"Well, Brother Massey, what's the
news?" I went on to tell that I went
to a certain church last Sunday and
heard a powerfully good sermon,
calling the preacher by name. The
editor said: "Well, I did not know
that the President of a certain college
had ever preached from that text
calling him by name. Well, that
floored me; I thought of what my
pastor had said to me. If I could
have excused myself I would not have
told my wife of it. I knew she would
wear me out. I have not said much
about college preaching since. As
for me, may the Lord bless the sis
ters. A few Sundays ago, I went to
service near Fuquay Sprrigs. 'On'the
road that morning I was thinking
the situation over. I thought most
of the missionaries that the Lord
was calling of late were sisters. That
day a brother got up to talk. Said
he had no education. He went on
to speak about some objection to wo
men speaking in public. He went
on to say that man had preached
himself to death and the churches
were growing cold, and many other
things. So that reminded me of what
I was thinking about that morning,
when thinking of God sending out
so many more sisters to the foreign
field than he did brethren. Pastors
paid not to tell the people that was
under the law which you read about
in I. Cor. 14:34. Do you remember
that the Old Testament Points to the
New about 250 times? The New Tes
tament points back about 300 times.
The Old was under the law. If I
make no mistake, the Scripture men
tions eight women who prophesied.
Now in the last days ( Acts 2:17)
saith God: "I will pour out of my
Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons
and your daughters shall prohpesy,"
and so on. Now, as Paul said in
Cor. 13: "Finally, brethren, fare
well; be perfect," (11th verse). My
dear Christian friends, it is so nat
ural for us to look up to our edu
cated preachers. I wish to call your
attention to the fact that the great
est mistake ever made South of the
Mason and Dixon line was -made by
the greatest man ever furnished by
the South. I refer to General Rob
ert E, Lee: the fact of his going to
Gettysburg. After that defeat it is
said 300 would desert in one night.
He never was able to rally his army
afterwards as before. Yet he lived
and died the greatest man the South
has ever furnished. All soldiers love
hlm; Now, in spiritual matters, God
has taken the weak vessel to con
found the mighty. Glory to God!
JOHN P. MASSY.
R. F. D. No. 4, Raleigh, N. C.