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SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

NASHVILLE , TENN. , OCTOBER 28, 1897.

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL —It waa quite a pleaaure to the editor to have a

vlalt laat week from hia brother and aiater. Mr. and Mra. Joaeph W. Folk of St Loula. It la gratifying to know that they are active membera of the Second Baptiat Church of St. Loula.

—It la atatod that at a apeclal aervice in one of the Philadelphia churchoa on a recent Sunday there were preaeot 160 pcraona over 80 yeara of age. Thia ahowa the good elTecta of a quiet life on human longevity. We doubt II auch a ihiag could be true in Chicago.

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—We were glad to have a vlalt to our office laat week from Rov W. Pugaley of Canada. Hec^me South for the purpoae of engaging in evangeliatic work, for which be ia aald to have apeclal gifu. We hope that aome of our paatora will aecurehimtohelp them in meetioga. Hia addreaa ia Naahviile for the preaent.

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—Among our moat welcome viaitora laat week waa Dr R B Garrett the able and popular pa*tor of the PIrat Baptiat Church. CbatUnooga. Dr. Garrett baa done and ia doing a floe work there. Hia modeaty p eveou him from taking much part In our Conven-tiona, but he la recognised aa one of our strongest preachers.

—We should have stated laat week that we gave notice on Monday morning of our Convention that we ahould at the next meeting of the Convention move the appointment of a committee on the baals of rep-reaentation. We thought of moving (he appointment of thia committee now to report next year, but some objection waa made.

—It was a special pleasure to have • visit from Mra. F 0. Jobe of Memphis. Mrs. Jobe Is notonly an earneat and consecrated worker in her own chureh, the Central Baptiat Church of Memphis, but she al-ways makea it a point to attend the Associations and Conventions, and is one of the moat interested list-eners at those meetings.

—On account of ill health, Rev. T. W. O'Kelly baa reaigned the paatorate of the Baptist Church at Grifflo, Oa., much to the regret of his church and the wholecommunlty. Mr. O'Kelly waa called laat spring to the Second Baptiat Church, Richmond, Va., but waa compelled to decline on account of 111 health. He la one of our most brilliant young ministers.

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—The many frlenda of Rev. J. H. Wright, pastor of the Seventh Baptiat Church, this city, will be very sorry to learn that bis little daughter Is seriously ill with typhoid fever. We hope that she may be re-stored to health and strength, though the disease will necessarily have to run its course and will eon-flne her to her bed for some weeks yet. Many pray-ers will ascend that her sweet joung life majr b* spared.

—In view of the wide divergence of views by the Baptists of Tennessee on the Whltsltt question and the strength of conviction on each side, we want to suggest' the following resolutions; Suaivti, 1. That j It is the inalienable right of every Baptist to do as he pleaies. Suolved, t, That If any Baptist wants to support this Seminary he has the prlrlleg* of doing so. Jtttolvtd, 3, That if any Baptist does not want to support the Seminary there is no power on sarth that can make him do It. We move tha adoption of ' these resolutions by the Baptlsu of Ttennesswi. Can wa gst B seoond to tha motloar'

New StrlM, VoL IT, No. 10

- T h e Baptiat Courier says: " P a a t o r Ga rdne r of t he

Plrat church, Greenville, now ridea a bicycle, a taandaome Columbia, the gift of hia appreciative and loyal flock." We congratulate both Dr. Gardner and hia people. He himaelf will be a healthier and happier man and alao will be able to make them a more efficient paator. He could not have received a more uaeful preaent than a bicycle, eapecially when it waa a Columbia.

J»J»J» - I t ia announced in the daily papera that Dr.

George H. SImmona has tendered hia reaignation as paator of the Flrat Baptiat Church, Jackaon, on ac-count of the ill health of hia wife Dr. SImmona has been paator at Jackaon for two yeara and baa done a remarkable work there in that time. He waa greatly beloved by hia people. We do not know what his plana for the future are. We ahould be very aorry to aee him leave the State.

—The yellow fever contlnuea to apread. It has now taken a firm hold In Montgomery, and has also reached Selma, Ala. The latter place haa been al-moat depopulated. It ia said that only about white people are left in it. Dr. Eager had Just re-turned to Montgomery after hia vacation when the fever broke out Ooe of the first men who died with it waa a member of hia church. It is announced that he will remain in the city. The hearts of all Southern Baptlsu wiilifo out in earnest prayer to God that his valuable life may be spared.

J t j t j l —It is always a pleasure to meet Dr. I. T. Tlchenor,

the able and accompliahed SccreUry of the Home Miaaion Board. He waa in the city Ian week return-ing from the Miatourl General Aaaociatlon, and gave us a pleaaant call. He aaya that the receipts of the Home Board up to the present time were aomewhat leaa than they were at this time last year, largely on account of the yellow fever acare in the Southweat. loaamnch aa tbi* acare will have the effect of dimin-lahlng the contrlhutlona from Alabama, Mlasissippi, Louisiana and Texaa, he hopea that more fortunate States will make up for the expected deflclency from these States. "Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Chriat."

- W e had a delightful vlait to Watertown Ust Sunday to preach for Pastor Gilliam, while he was absent in Robei taon County holding a meeting. The Watertown church ia one of the largest and strongest and altogether one of the best country churches in the State. l u members are, as a rule, well to do farmers and they are among the very salt of the earth. It is always a pleasure to mingle with them and a double pleasure to preach to them, thsy areso attentive and reaponaive. Bro. Gilliam is held in very high esteem by the church and community. He is one of the beat preachers and at the same time one of the most popular pastors we have In the State We enjoyed spending a while In his home and also in those of Brethren W. N. Waters and Albert Young.

- W e were glad to read the following In the TUa$ Baptist and Herald of last week: "An effort Is being made to Impreis the Baptlsto of the old States thtt 'Gospel Missions,' so-called. Is about to overwhelm TexasI Such folly! We venture the opinion that out of the 200,000 white Baptists in Texas and tha 8,000 white Baptiat churohes, there ar« not tan •Gos-pel Mlssiqp' churohes, nor 600 Gospel Missloaers. If more than this, it can be barely more, and wa be-lieve that it Is far less. Furthermore, w« bava dis-covered that those advocating 'aospal Missions' ara for the greater part brethren who have without oon-slderatlon conceived the idaa of sanding mission money to the foreign Bald without eipensa, without aver oonsldaring that It would oost but litUe to send •U tbey will ever gat for missions, aven if thay hats to pay fnight oo it at raiaous ratss."

-The Court of Appeals of Kentucky has decided that under the present law a county cannot vote whiskey out of a county should any precinct or dU-trict vote In favor of Ucense. This decision has had the effect of arousing the friends of temperance, and the ExecuUve Committee of the Interdenominational Committee on Temperance, of which Dr. P. H. Ker-foot is Chairman, has Issued an appeal to the friends of temperance in the State urging them to see that the men whom they send to the Legislature next wiatw both in the House and in the Senate "are men who will vote for a strong local opUon Uw-a local op-tion law which will State in plain and most unmis-takable terms the righte of the temperance people." We hope our Kentucky friends will be successful la their fight for temperance, and then that soma of thsm wUl come over to Tennessee and help us to fight the liquor demon here.

—Dr. L. A. Crandall of Chicago recently wrote to the Standard an account of a aormon which ha heard delivered by a Roman Catholic prieat during hi summer vacation on the subject of the "Assumptli of the virgin." In the course of hia remarks priest aald: "You aak what Bible we have for our' belief that the Virgin Mary was not allowed to sea corruption, but was raiaed from the dead and as-cended into heaven. I answer frankly, none. Our faith rests enUrely upon tradition. But wa a n a d alone ia followiag tradition. H m U a Pr«sbfl»>^ rian, a Methodist and an Epiacopalian. They ba> lieve in and practice the baptiam of infanta. Whara ii the Bible for it? There la none. The only ground for it ia tradition. Only the Baptiata entlraly rejeet tradition and inalat upon Bible precedent or ooa-mandment for their faith and praotlce." This is aa true as It was frank. Let our naders oUp it out for use whenever a Methodist or Prasby-terlan says anything about infant baptism being in the Bible. The priest was alao right about it whaa he said, "Only the Baptiata entirely reject tradition and inaiat upon Bible precedent or oommandmeat for their faith and practice." "The Bible, the Bibla alone, the religion of Baptiato," is our motto.

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The First Church ia in deep aorrow on acoount of Paator G- H. Simmons' resignation, which evant transpired on the aoth. He is beloved by every oaa in the community that prises or esteems the moral, status of the community. He has done a magnifioMI work both in connection with the church and Univar* sity. His wife has been in declining health for mora than a year, and her physician said it Is absolutely necessary to go to a different climate. He wUl taka his family to Southwest Ttaas for the winter. Ona joined the church yesterday.

Dr. Heagle commenced a series of meetings with the Second Church on yesterday. He will do tha preaching. He has created a very good interest in the congregation.

Or. Lovejoy has much encouragement In his work with the Highland Avenue Church, and has a steady-growth In membership. He grows in the oonfidenca and esteem of the community.

The enrollment of studenta in the University Is » dally thing, and the new building is mora in demand every day.

Bro. J. 8. Pate's Hopewell Churah, near Milan, has begun a new house of worship, and will hava it ready ifor dedication next spring. He will oontloiM with them another year.

Bro. A. i . Oastellow preached at Poplar Ck>mar Sunday, and raeelved one into tha membsrslUp,pf' the ohurch.

Bro. B. B. McNeil praaciuid for bis Old Bethl«dMM Obureh, In Hardeman County. Ona was rscsivid for baptism. MABMOW.;

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NEAL DOW.

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••r*lth, to tby pure trulb roalKncd. Proiupt to Borve. a wllMng nittm, I'rudeol bean, and active baod. Graft of Baun to wltbitandi Kvll evor to eivbew, And thy will, O Uod. to do."

—Wetwonbrunn Hymn.

Honorable Neal Dow wn* Neal Dow the honorable, in that aenie of the word that boat oommenda him to bla fellowa. What a record and what an opltaphl Aa we look into the face of the man we feel that any work undertaken by him must oommaod our reapeet and admiration. Aa we examine the record of ^ia life, we know that our Intuition is correct, for hia life gave quickened tncanlni; to ouch words aa *'duty," "aaorifloe," "peraeveranco" nnd "triumph.' Saya John 3. Woolley, the famoua temperance orator: "We are aa patriotic an a people can be without be-

N K A L D O W .

Inif honeat, and the blf^beiit praise I have to offeirlc-Neal Dow la that he has held up to American man-hood, aimple, Independent, dally, political honeaty, and baa refuaed to palter with the mean In religion or In polltlca."

Portland, Maine, was the place, and March 20th, 1804, waa the day. of Neal Dow'a birth. Even aa a mere lad he aeemed to recoirnize the bllfrhtlnir reaulta of the liquor traffic and determined to do hia part towarda curblni; Its power and makioK imposaibie Ita away. While la bis teena he joined a local Ore com-pany, who were In the habit of furnlshluf; coatly wines at their annual banquet. Yount; Dow not only perauaded them to give up this bad custom, but'went boldly before the authoritlea and aeoured the aboli-tion of the more officlal.'endoriement of liquor which allowed the rinfring of the town-hall bell twice a day aa aignal "for every one to leave work and get a drink."

General Dow's active fight on behalf of prohibitive leglalation began In 1837, when he induced Governor James Appleton to frame a bill for the State Legia-latnre, which was not, however, aubmitted to that body. Two yeara later a plebiacite waa taken in Portland on the queatlon of prohibition, when C64 affirmative votea were polled. The campaign con-tinued, under General Dow's earaeat and courageous leadership, until 1843, when-a majority of 440 decided in his favor. During the same year the queatlon waa bronghtbefore the T.«gialature, which, threeyearalater, enacted the tlrst State prohibitive law. In 1849 a bill proTlJing more stringent penalties waa paaaed, but was repealed in the followlDg year. In 1856 it waa re-enacted, and baa aince then remained in force. Neal Dow had won hia battle In the face of honest and dishonest opposition, malice, spite, envy and personal vlolenoe.

Neal Dow was twice..oleotod Mayor of Portland, and was twice olTered the Presldentialmomlnation,. first about forty years ago, on the Whig ticket, and again in 1880, by the Prohibition party. In both inslanoes be deolined to accept the nomination.

When the stirring question of slavery came up, Neal Dow's ardent, manly sympathy and genetous abilities made him a strong advocate for abolition. M*i>7 of his speeches on this subject are models of foroeful logic and appropriate diction. Nor were his services as a soldier of less worth. He marched M oolonel of a Maine regiment in 1M2, going first to Ihe lopport of Oeneral Butler at New Orleans, There* After he commanded at Ship Island and atPtonsacola. He WM wonnded twice, and bis fearless gallantry •Teataalljr falned him the rank of Brigadier General. While I j lng wounded on one occasion he was cap-

tured by Logan's cavalry, was afterward sent to LIbby priaun, and waa Anally exchanged for General I ^ . Hia health waa now so Impaired that ho waa forced to retire, and, until the day of his death, the second of this month, be spent hia time in studying and writing for the cause of hia heart at Portland, the home of Neal Dow, the boy, the citizen, the soldier and the prohibitionist.—/baptist Union.

How Soon Forgotten! UV HSV A IV (;ul>KI.ANI>

For six thouaand years the sun hlo uourae has kept, and never once been weary with ceaseless rUing and setting: not ao with man who comeo today and leavea to morrow. Bach returning year, with widening circle aweeps; aad with hand as ruthless as swift its realat-less epeed, ehangee and transforms everything from what tt waa to what it ought to be. If not that, to wipe it out and put someting new Instead Mao may plant and he may build, for aught he knows, some-one elae will the harvest reap aotl the palace keep. And thus It goea through the labor and toll of life. The frienda we knew, the forms wo loved, the sceoea so dear, as the morning, soon depart, vanishing as the vapor, and we are sooti foryntteu It was not long aire that I waa twice acroas the land of my boyhood. What remained had leaa familiar grown; and facea that once looked young and brielit had lost their hue, and In its placc the marks of lime and care. And with the larger i umber of ihu few that were felt, the hair was frosted and the eye grown dim. And these will be noon forgolten It IIH» been more than once that "there arose i>p a new king over Kgypt, which knew not Joaeph." Vei men are pressing on-ward with the accelerated speed, gathered from all the acquisitions of the agea past, as If things temporal were now about to be made eternal. Eiut much that now exists will bo abort and Just as (leetlng aa that which has gone before, lying dead and forgoUtn.

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The Spirit of the Ix)rd Is upon me, because he hath anointed me . . . to preach deliverance to the captives . . . to aet at liberty them that are bound." (Luke Iv. 18.)

The question ia often asked, "Do you see any good results from religious services held in the pen itentlary?" In answer to this and similar questions I publish the following letter from a man who served a term In the Tenneaaee penitentiary for larceny. He was converted while In prison, and until be was par-doned wo are witnesses to bis having lived a life above reproach. This letter, written to hia Sunday-school teacher, speaks for his life since he left the penitentiary. If no other good were done than the conversion of ibis one man. It would Justify all the expenditure made by the State for religious services. But he Is only one of a large number who have come under my immediate notice. For six months before hia release ke was a physical wreck, and I am sur-prised that he is able to work at all. He wrltea me that he has been sorely anilcted with boila and car-bunclea, being repeatedly obliged to atop work, and Anally, when Just beginning to have strength for bis duties, be was struck on the foot by a falling croaa-tie. This inflicted a severe and painful bruUe, and be waa once more unable to work. But see the spirit of the man under these trials:

" I have had a continued aeries of miafortunca, and without the comfort of God's grace I would have been overcome with despondency. But thanks be to Him, I have made His ever-present help aufllclent for all my needa. 1 am boarding with very reapcctable people, who have been very kind In glviug mo atten-tion when I have been sick. It la a very pleasant homo for me In this reapcct But the family and all the boarders are far from being Christians, and pro-fanity is not uncommon about the house. Toere are, however, two engineers boarding hero—men of Intel' llgenco and aomo reQnemeot—who are enthualaatlo Christian Sclontiata. Between thoir preaching and the Idle, profane converaatlon of the whole company it ia very unpleaaant for me, so much so that I bad thought several tlmoa of aoeking other quartern. But I came here a atranger, and in my bodily afUlction, when I waa not able to take oaroof myself, It pleased God that they should minister to my physical neces* sltles, and I felt He would have mo stay with them to make suitable returns for aervlce in ministering to their spiritual infirmities. In the sitting room the ocnter-table was covorod with papers, novels and Christian Science literature, also a dock of cards. I thought there was room for improvement and placed on the table my Bible, a New Testament, the Daily Light and a number of tracts which I had collected A few,days later someone left • ten cent book of comic songs on the table. I secured an old copy of the Gospel Hymns and a copy of Triumph-

ant Bongs, which now have a place on the same table. I began working up a family oholr, and so far suc-ceeded that a good part of the evenings are now taken up with singing hymns instead of ballads, and this pay day there are several of the boarders who will have me order Bibles for themi three sure, proliably more. I hope in the near future to get them into a sort of a Bible-class, under some such sytten of study as seems best suited to the Irregular opportunities of those men to atudy. I have not bad the pleaaure of attending services very often. I have attended Sunday-school once only; have heard three aormona alnce I came here, though I hope I will be able to attend more regularly In the future. I wiah you would let me know the title of tho hymn-book used by Prof. Rhinehart while in Naahville laat year. There waa one hymn on 'The Prodigal Son,' with a chorua aomething like thia:

"' Ooe tbers Is a frland ladsed. A Patbor wbo loves bim still.

And be can oomo back lo Ills lovlog embrace i Yes, be can come back. If be will '

" I would like to know the title of the book and where I can get It.

"Give my kindest regards to Mr. Ferrell, your class and the brotherhood. 1 often remember them in my prayera."

A Popular Young Baptiit

J H. Florida, whoae picture we print below, la one of the younger men active in denominational life. He Is a member of the Centennial Baptist Church, Naahville, and waa a potent factor in its formation. He la a deacon and Ita efllclent Aaalatant Sunday-

aohool Superintendent. Hia work extends into all the activities of this wide awake church, being con-nected with the Young People's Society and prayer meeting. He alao takea a keen intereat in the de-nominational life of the city. Ho carrlea his reli-gion into his dally life. He is engaged in the pub-lishing business, being the head of the urm of J . II. Florida A. Co., this city. He Is married and has one child, a bright boy of seven years. It is a pleasure to commend his character to the young Baptists of Tennessee.

The Parasite in Human Form.

Get all you can and give as little aa poaaible is the motto of the human parasite. He reaches out, he grasps, ho bores into, and absorbs. He shields him* self In all possible ways against the danger of being required to give; he carefully watches for every pos-sible chance to take. His purpose is to live and ab-sorb, regardless of who suffers buttuw he lives and absorbs." " U t live " has no place in his creed, Is no part of his motto. What is bo good forf To ex-emplify the repulslveness of solflshnoss; to make those on whom he fattens "soratch for a living;" to demonstrate through all eternity how miserable a man becomes and remains when ho permits selfish-ness and greed to take firm root In him, grow, and go to seed. The leech U slimy, the louse Is repulsive, the aphid is mean, the caterpillar Is Rreedy, but It Is only in the huiiian parasite that all these qualities ripen into a monster of selfishness.—Hal^a TOe-Kope. '

—The boy of ten wanta to rule the house, at twenty he wants to lule the State, at thirty he tries,to rule hie offspring, and at forty he has some serious ^ u g h t a ol trying to rule hUnBelf.-2*« Word «ml Way.

CONFESSION A N D FORGIVENESS.

BEKMON I»V HKV. J. II. IIAWTHOnNK, U.U., FA8TOKOK TUB FIUhT IIAITIHT UUUltOU, NASIIVILLK,

"Blot out my tranagresalons, wash me thoroughly from mino Iniquity, and cleanse me from ain " Paalma 11. 62,

Hero U A tfl&d of p6tittoDB. Plrst, "Qlot oufc my transgreaslona." Second, "Waah me from mine Iniquity." Third, "Cleanse mo from my ain."

Transgression ia not iilenticai with iniquity, and Iniquity lu not Identical with ain. Theae worda are not synonymous. Kach has a aigniflcance distinct from that of the otiier two

The literal moaning of transgreaalon ia rebellion— a breaking away from lawful authority. Iniquity .ignlHes that which Is Ijent or twiated. The Hebrew word translated sin means mlsainir the mark.

All wronjf doUip is rebellion. It la not merely an Infraction of somM ahstrHc ru eo f right, or the viola-

tion of Homo limwrnooitl l a» , but It Is actual in-

HU'iordlnatlun to the Si>varelgn l lu lnr of the Uni-

verse. Our theory of morals ia radically defective, if we

have not learneil thiti the true definition of virtue is otMsdIencu t'> God, and that the guilt of ain ilea in the fact that It Is op|>osition to God's sovereign and righteous will.

Kvery sinful act Is a blow struck at the government of the universo It Is tho manifestation of a apirit that would iTalu the baitlefiienta of heaven and pluck the crown of dominion fr« m the brow of the Internal.

iniqiii'y Is i)oi»Hriuro f.oiii a straight line. The LLTIP LI. (i i id'I. IHW O ir liven should run parallel with it, nnd never diverge a hair's breadth either to lliv rigtit c)r lo 'h.- li fl.

The life of I).iviJ, who wrote the p aim, was any-thing l>jt a Ktriiiglii line, in ruvlowlng It we are re-minded of the tremulous strokes of the pen lo a child's copy-book Toe same may be aaid of every human life.

Watch A school boy in his first attempta at writ-ing and you will see a very good illustration of the courae of our lives. The copy-book contains dia-tlnctly draw llnea, which be Is required to follow, but before he has written three worda he Is off the line and going either upwards or downwards at an angle of forty-five degrees.

Like this were David's departures from the path of reciUude, and like this have been our own deflections from it.

Uealdcs being a rebellion against God, and a de-viation from the straight lino of moral integrity, ain Is a missing of the mark. Every aportaman who goes Into the wilds of Florida thinks it an eaay feat to kill a deer, but his repeated failures soon convince him tnat the tasic Is an exceedingly diflloult one. I saw four men discharge their double-barreled guna at one of these aniiuals not more than ten pacea from them wlihoiii cutting a hair. Profoundly aur-prised at their failure, they turned to tho guide and said, "Why did wo not kill him?" He very calmly replied: "Gentleman, the only explanation that I can give of it is that your bullets misaed the mark."

F>ery sin is a blunder as well aa a crime. God made us for his service and glory, and In a life of sin we fail to accompliah these enda. We covet hap-pinesa, but in a career of sin wo utterly fall to real-ize the object of our deal re.

No man ever gets what ho hoiios for In doing wrong. Aa well look for noon-day light In a sub-terranean cavern, or blooming roses on the cheek of death, or mellow grapes Iwnoath the icy polo, as for happlnesa In a lifo of inaubordlnation to God's righteous will.

"Blot out my tranagreaaiona." The allualon here la to a Lovltical corcmonial, in which aourao, written on a acroll, la blotted out by the hand of the priest.

God keeps a book of remembrance. In that book are registered all our devlationa from the line of virtue nnd duty. Long, dark and fearful la the rec-ord of your aina. If it were written out In flaming capitala upon tho walla of thla Temple of worship, could you look upon It and ehallengo your fellow-men to bohold llV No. Your llrat and only Impulse would be to hlot out every sontence and word and syllable and letter of It.

David's prayer waa, "Blot out my transgressions." His prayer was answered. The record of hU mis-deeds was obliterated forever.

My friend. If you will penitently acknowledge your sins before God tonight, he will do as much for you. Come lbt«) his presrnoo aaylng. In tho language of David, have sinned against the Lord," and. In the twinkling of an eye, he will take the blood of the great aln-offering and cleanse your rtcord from be-ginning to end. '

Some would tell {u< (hat the past Is unalterable-

thai what Is dons can never be undone. Their IM1> 1 ,

ancholy theory Is expressed In the words, "What I have written, I have written." But I know, and every man who has the divine witness within him knows, that th- paat la not unalterable. We know that for the truly penitent God obllteratea every rec-ord of guilt, and reglatora In the Lamb'a Book of Life everlaatlng pardon and redemption agalnat their namea.

He will do more than thla. He will atart you upon a new life. He will help you to break away from all that waa false and wrong in tho paat, and to faoe a future arched with the bow of hia everlaatlng promise of peace, and radiant with vialona of all the good-neaa and glory that a human soul can covet.

In yonder prison there la a man who is wont to say, "If I could only get rla of tho past; if I could wipe out my disgrace, return to freedom, and be restored to the confldeuce of men, 1 could hope lo reform my life and attain to respectability and honor. But the damned spots are upon me and I cannot rub them •>ut. The Governor will not pardon me, and the cold and unfeeling world will never cease to think of me as a criminal. I have nothing to help me or to cheer me—nothing to incite me to virtuous and noble en-deavor. "

1 can think of no more benevolent and God-pieaa-ing mission than going to that man, sitting down be-side him in his dreary dungeon, taking his band in mine, and saying, "My brother sinner, God will for-give you He will blot out your guilty past. He will make you his child; ho will light up your future with the brighinessof inextinguishable hopes; lie will establlBh you in the paths of virtue and peace; be will give his angels charge concerning you; he will radke every power, seen and unston, sub»ervleot to your cause; and when your la»l tear ha« fallen, your last player Is offered, and your last battle fought, he will receive you to glory, and all heaven will ring with welcomes and plaudits. Cast yourself In peni-tence at his feet, and all shall be yours."

"Wash mo thoroughly from mine Iniquity." Tho reference here is to tho ancient method of cleansing garment*. Some of ua, whoso memory runs back beyond the invention of washing machinea, could tell of a method of cleaning clothes not unlike that which David had in his mind. The garment waa put into a pot and boiled, then on to a waahboard and rubbed for a quarter of ao hour, then on to a block and beaten with a heavy piece of wood, and then into clean water. Finally it was rung out and hung up in the air and sunlight. That was a very tedious process. But the results were very thorough and satisfactory.

Under that dispensation of things our complaints were not so serious as those which we are accustomed lo bring against the modern steam laundry.

"Wash me thoroughly." David covets not only forgiveness, but purity. He seems to say, " I am ready to submit to any sort of ditclpllne that will re-move my moral deUiement. Wash me, tread me down, beat me, dash me against atonea, burn me—do anything with me, if it be necessary to the removal of depravity from my soul."

My friends, let us consider well the meaning of theae words when we pray, "Waah mo thoroughly from mine iniquity." Lot ua not offer thia prayer nnloas we realize .that wo aro willing and ready to submit to all the divine dlaclpllno that la needed to emancipate our souls from the love and power of ain.

When wo make this prayer Intelligently and hon-eatly wo ask for absolute purity—for hollneaa at the very centre and fountain of our being.

At one of tho ragged achoola In Ireland a clergy-man asked tie question, "What la hollneaa?" A dirty and haggard looking boy, who had Juat been converted, rose and said, "Please, ycr roveronce, my humblo opinion is that hollubaa la cleanness on tho Inaide of you."

A better answer than this oould not have boon given. Holiness ia not to be clad In a white garment at Easter. It ia not taking monaatio vows and hid-ing one's aolf from tho world. It la not enterlardlng our converaatlon with paasagea of Scripture and other rellgioua phraaea. It la not a perslstentadver-tlalng of our pious aapirationa and purposes. To be holy Is simply to bo like God—pure in word and thought and fooling.

Without iiersonal holiness religion Is a mockery, and prayer a blasphemy. Without holiness no man can see the Lord. Without holiness heaven would be a wllderneaa, and the throne of God a solitude.

Not long ago my oye fell upon, a little poem which, I think, expresses the feelings of a heart that has in it tho essonco of hollneas.

la there a aoni on earth ao oloffMl aa mtna, That mounts on such poor winir

Surely there is no song or praise so maan Aa that I slBf.

Yet, It la eager far exultant Oliht; And somailmaa bare. It longs

To pour lata Thy lovlog, graelous ear, •xultant Bong.

Blaasad are they whoae oonOlota are no mora: Whose love flowa forth to Tbee

In a resiaUess tide that ebbs and flowa Uke a deep aea."

"Cleanse me from my sin." Here is another view of moral depravity. It is not only something which God remembers against us, and something which makes a stain upon the soul, but it is a foul disease that Inheres in our very being. •

Did you ever see a man who had inherited a vile and oathesome physical malady? If there Is one of God a crwturea that deaervea more cottmlseration than another, it Is such a man. His life is one pro-long^ agony. No medicine, no system of hygiene, no climate, no healing water can take tho poison out ot him Ii i . in his flesh and blood and bones He would cut it out; he would tear it out; he would "burn it out; but nothing will avail. He must submit to the Inevitable; the horrid disease la Incurable

Sin la aucb a diaeaae It inherea in every fibre of man's moral being When bis spiritual eyes are opened he loathe. It aa he would loathe a aanwr that la eating up the fleah of hbi body. He abhors it as he would the stench of a charnal house. Hia dailv prayer ia, "OhI God, cleanae me from my sin, and

create within me a clean heart."

The happiest thought connected with this prayer Is that it is the prayer of a manalready forgiven, cleansed and saved. When David said to Nathan, tho Lord's prophet, " I have sinned agalnat the Lord," Nathan reaponded, "The Lord hath put away thy ain ' This psalm was written after that transaction, and after David had become a thoroughly righteous man. All the penitence for sin, and longing for a pure life and

M M ^ ' ^ ^ t V ® " ? experiences which followed the forgiveness of David's double crime of adultery and murder. Hia deep contriUon and his longing after holiness were the fruita of God's for-giving compassion to hia aoul.

Thla leada me to aay that I believe all true peni-tence follows forgiveneaa. I do not believe that any man baa ever ahed a tear In godly sorrow over his sins until his slna were blotted out. A man may have great fear and great remorae. but fear and re-morae do not conatitute contrition towards God The dovlla howl with fear and remorae, but they are not penitent.

The ainner muat be freed from the consequences of sin before he can have godly sorrow for sin. As long as he Is tortured with a sense of guilt, with an aching conscience, and with vlalons of Judgment and hell, contrition is Impossible. It is his realisation of God's amazing love and ineffable mercy to his gnllty aoul that makes hia head a fountain of tears and his heart cry out, "Against thee, oh God, and thee only have I Binned, and dono thla evil in thy sight."

"Jasu«. Is th-ra a apot whara I can hide. To bs aiona with Tbeef

Wiiera I ean whUber m Thr oar. My carusal pleaf

Surely I Inve hee and yet. if I do, Whttne ounra this eartbly tainir

Bursty I luv* to prav, uui loving it, Whaoee ula reaiialni?

Virginia Notei.

The chief event in Baptist circles in Virginia dur* ing the paat few daya baa been the State Convention of the B. Y. P. D. It met at Norfolk and was, in point of attendance and enthusiasm, Uie most sue-ceaaful meeting in the history of the Union. There were proaent 404 dolegatea and they came from all aoctlona of the State. It waa gratifying to note the large number of paators present, and among this number were several of the older pastors. The ser-vices lasted two days, but during these two daya Uie delegates had no chance for "bobbing around Three services were held dally, two in the Freemason-Streot Church and a mass-meeting at night In the large Academy of Music. The next session of the Convention will probably be held with the Charlottes-ville Church and the time of meeting will not be until February, 1899

The Baptista are feeling unusually good at this time. One cause of their rejoicing !• the brilliant way in which Richmond College has opened. Never before In her history has she had such an auspicious beginning. As for the studento, they have eome In throngs, reaching a number far above the highest number ever reached at any previous opening of the College. Everyone about the College wears a bright face. Among the happy faces none Is more raidianl than that of Dr. Boatwright, the President of the College, to whom so much of the success of the Ck>I-legels due. All through the summer he has been pushing along with his preparations tor the oomlng session, and now the results have appeared.

One would not have to walk more than about a mile from the Collage to find another BapUsllnsU-tuUon where the oountenanees of the faculty w««

B A P T I S T A N D B E F J L E O T O B , O C T . 9 8 , 1 8 0 ^ . B A P T I S T A N D B E I T L E O T O B , O C T . 8 8 , 1 8 9 7 .

equally M Joytul. It then ihould be found an j •Igni of cure It would me«n anxiety on the pari of the olloert as to howaooommodalloni oould be found for the girla who have come and are atlll oomlng. TbU Initltution l i the Woman's College, the Preal-dent of which l i Dr. Jamei Nelion. The school has made several valuable accessions to its teacblnx corps and now stands before the public as one of the best equipped female colieKcs In the South. The truth is that it a lecturer were hunting material tor a harangue on "Hard Times in Virginia" I would advise him not to visit any of our Baptist schools at this time.

This letter is already long enough and mention of many other prosperous schools has to be omitted here. I must refer to the unusually large at-tendance at the Luray Female College, of which Dr. H. M. WhartOD is the President. The number of pupils present thl« year runs tar above that of any previous session. H.

O u t Btbk Fund.

The Bible Department of the Sunday-school Board vtands tor the Bible work of the Southern Baptist Convention. It consists on the one band of the pur-chase of Bibles and on the other their distribution by sale and appropriation in destitute places. These appropriations are made for the most part through State Boards, though sometimes otherwise, the chief aim being the best placement of the Word of God

We have gone into the Bible market and deal di-rect with the manufacturer, and so have been able to make the very best arrangement for the conduct of our work. Beeides family and teachers' Biblee of high grade and low price, as may be seen from our

^ U l o g u e , we have also a special edition of the riptures nrade exclusively tor our use, bearing the

Iprint of the Sunday-school Board, good-sized fpeand self-pronouncing, the Bible .selling for 25

cenu and the Testament tor 6 cents; or in quantities for 20 cenu and 6 cenu respectively. (Transporu-Uon extra In both cases.) Tbe Bible market was never so open as today and perhaps there never was a time when tbe circulation has been so large.

In the conduct of our work we have given away thousands of Bibles and Testaments which have gone with their blessings into thousands of homes. This has been done through our Bible Fund which was first made, and until this year mainulned, exclusively by oor appropriations from our Periodical Depart-ment. But for the enlargement, and acting under the sanction of the Southern Baptist Convention, and indeed as i u agency, we are asking this- year tor five thousand dollars to be contributed- in cash to our Bible Fund, promising still to appopriate from our Periodical Department one dollar tor every dollar that is contributed and so make every contri-bution do a two-fold service In sending out Bibles and TesUmenU Into destitute places. Of course this does not mean that when someone sends us a dollar that we will send him two dollara worth of BIblea; this would only be selling the Bibles at half price. But, tor example, a gentleman in Kentucky sent us a check tor twenty-flve dollara, and we added another twenty-flve to it and made hia gift do the work of fifty dollara. We did not send them back directly to him, but scattered them out all over the country, wherever needed. It is tbe purpose to keep this up to the full extent of our ability.

Our Bible work has struck a popular chord and is sure to become an element of power In our denomi-national lite. Our people, though generous in sup-porting the various denominational intereats, have not conaldered the giving of money distinctively tor the circulation of the Word of God, and they seldom fail to respond promptly whenever it la brought to their attention. Indeed hardly anything makea a more potent appeal to those desiring the furtherance of tiie kingdom of Christ, and we are very grateful to report that we are receiving some money to used in thla work. These -contributiona come from the •arlona Butea, aometimea from an Individual, aome-tlmea from a chureh, aometimea from a Sunday-aohool, aometimea from an individual olaaa, and in aevaral inatoncea from infant claaaea.

The object of thia article la to make an appeal tor m contribution to our Bible Pund, in whaUoever •mount yonr heart may prompt. May we aak you to ooaalder very earoMtly and prayerfnlljp tbe queatlon of glTloff money dlatlnotively tor Bible diatrlbuUon, and eipaoialiy for the Bible work of tbe Southern Baptlat OonveBtion. The Lord baa aet before the OoBvantlon an opao door, both giving a great op-portanlty and ooBfrontlDf a grave raaponalblllliy. May we aak paatora and auporlnludeato, ohnrohea and Sanday-aohoola to give ua thalr Madly aupport In Ihla great undtrlaklng by • ehureb oontrlbuUon, m Bandajr-aobool ooaMbntlin, • olaaa ooatrlbutlon priMi l ad l vMu l oontrlboUonr Ona of tha oollao-

tlona taken on Sunday morning turned in thla diree-tion may yield wonderiully in what it may do for God'a glory.

An inaUnce came to our attention the other day where a five cent Testament was given to a man who was not a Christian, and led to his conversion and confession of faith in Christ. But even before bis baptism he was taken away by accident. No one can tell whose contribution of five ccnts sent this lit-tle book on i u mission of life, nor can anyone tell what the result may be. Many InsUnces come to ua that are really thrilling as to the blessed effect of sending out tbe Word of God. It may bo the laying of a foundation of the kingdom of Cbrlst in some-one's heart and home. Surely tbe Convention has never set Its hand to a nobler work, aud surely also nothing that the Convention Is dolog trails tor a more earnest and hearty support uf tbo constituency. Herein Is a work that must tell upon tbe coming years In behalf of all tbe Intorests that we bold dear.

The reader will readily understand bow that next to these money contrlbutlonii which wo are asking, and In some respects even before tbom, our Bible Fund is dependent upon tbe support which Is given to the Periodical Department. l->ery purchase that Is made of Bibles, every order that comes to us tor periodicals, books or any equipment needed in the Sunday-school, adds something to our Bible Fund and also something for the fostering of the ends tor which the Convention appointed the Sunday-school Board. Is It too much to aik that lo equipping your school you will send orders u> the Sunday-school Board at Nashville, and use the perlodlcals.whlch it publishes for the Southern Baptist Convention?

Tbe wonderful success of the past is a wonderful guarantee of what may be done ID the future. The Sunday-school Board has lent a helping band to all the other Boards and to all our denominational interests, but this has ,been made possible through the grace of God and the support of our churches and Sunday-schools.

Last year was a wonderful year In our receipU, surpassing all other years in our history, and we have advanced far enough already intoabe present fiscal year to be assured of another prosperous year to be reported to the next Convention. May we count on your help and contributions of money, and also the help which comesfrom tbe purchase of such things as may be needed in your school? Give us thia and you make your Board an Increasing power for use-fulness. J. M. FROST.

Nashville, Tena.

What the Papers Say.

American BaptiM Flag ' 'The Theological Seminary at Louisville was not referred to in the reporU on schools, nor was any public collection allowed tor the Seminary, nor any sort of endorsement given to It, as the resolution that was adopted was conaldered as ruling out that Institution entirely. On this ac-count tbe anti-Wbltsltt people considered themselves as having gained a great victory in the adoption of the resolution.

Western Hecorder: "The TennesseelBaptlatlConven-tlon in Fayetteville last week decided not to allow any reference either to Dr. Wbltsltt or to the The-ological Seminary to be made during the aeaaion. This action was Uken without debate and after an informal conference of several brethren. Thla prac-tically rules out tbe Seminary from the objeota fos-tered by the Convention. That is going farther than Kentucky went. Kentucky was content with calling tor Dr. W.'s retirement, while Tennessee, avowedly on his account, rules out the Seminary."

Dr. T. P. Bell In VhrUtian Index: " Before the ad-J'^iurnment for dinner a conference of brethren waa called, consisting of both Wbluitt and antl-WhiUiU men. During the discussion of education, Rev. J. O. Kuat aaked permission to make a statement from that conference. It was granted and took tbe form of a resolution to the cffcct that no resolution re-ferring to Dr. Wbltsltt or tbe Seminary ahall be in-troduoed at th<a session of the Convention. Thla resolution waa overwhelmingly adopted, brethren of all abadea of opinion voting tor it. There uaed to be a time when Tenneasee Baptlata loved to light. That time haa passed and a beautiful aplrlt ot love and harmony prevails among them. Tenneaaae Bap-tiata paaaed a orlala in their hlatory today, and the Lord waa with them at they paaaed it. Tbo apirll of the brethren la lovely."

JiaptM Courier: "Information reaobea ua that the Tenneasee Convention voted to admit no naoiutlon with regard to Dr. WhlUltt or the Bnmlnary. The majority agalnat the admUalon of auoh Maolutlooa waa nearly ten to one. Thla aeUon, wejndga, nwana almply that tbe brethren of Tenneaaae think It beet to •tiok to their proper work and leave each brother

untrammelled to think what he'pleaaea with regard to the 'great WhlUlU eontroveray.' They have aeen that whenever thla matter haa been thruat Into the deliberatlona of our miaalonary and edooatlonal meetlnga it baa reaulted in nothing but diaoord, and alienation; and they do not want theae in Tenneaaee. It la probable alao that the Tenneaaee brethren, whatever they may think aa to the merlta of the question, think It wise to leave the matter In the handa ot the properly conatituted authority, which unqueatlonably la tbe Board ot Truateea. We com-mend their w i ^om . "

lUltgiowi llerM: "We are glad to hear that the brethren of Tenneaaee, at their recent State Conven-tion held at Fayetteville, passed the following reaolu-tion with practical unanimity:

'"HtMlved, That it is tbe sense ot this body that no reaolutlon referring to Dr. Whiui t or the Seminary shall be introduced at this session ot the Convention.'

"We do not undertake to interpret this resolution as favoring or opposing Dr. WhlUltt. It aimpiy re-fused to allow this divisive question to be introduoed. Of course, if It had come before them, either in the form of resolutions approving or condemning Dr. WhlUltt, there would have been exciting debate and resulting alienations .md divisions. It la auloidal folly tor ua to attempt to turn our Aasociationa and Conventions into couru of historical inquiry or eccleaiastlcal judicature. Wherever the practice pre-vails. infinite damage to all our common work la aure to reault. The Tennessee Baptists have aet a fine example of conservatism We hope our other South-ern BaptlsU will follow. Let this question be re-manded to the trustees, where it belongs, and where all the responalbillty resu."

Cincinnati Letter.

It was my pleasure to attend our Baptist 8u te Convention last week which met at Washington, aeventy-seven miles from here. There were aome-thlng over three hundred in attendance. Thla waa my firat Convention, as I have only been in the SUte since January.

It la quite possible that we have more able preach-ers in this Sute than most any other, owing to the tact that we have so many large cities and towna. I waa very favorably Impreaaed with the mlniatry. Fine, acholarly men Indeed they are.

being a Southern man, there were aeveral thlnga conapicuoualy abaent, namely, allk hata, Prince Ai-beru, parllamenUry practice put to a test, fiery ora-tory, tree diacussion, clgara, unprepared addreaaea, WhlUltt reaolutlona, D.D.'a (more than four hun-dred pastors and only about six D.D.'a).

Then there were some things which caused me to feel that I was no longer a stranger in a foreign land These thlnga were, namely, only a tew prea-ent at the devotional meetlnga. the rest attending Board meetlnga at the hotela; tbe Boarda heavy in debt; the favored few with the powera that be; free enurulnment to all in attendance; everybody want-ed to aay or do aomethlng aave when a oollectlon waa taken; pUna large, contributiona amall. We could tell Juat how to do thlnga, aa we were all away from home. Theae with others made me feel quite at home.

One ot the pleaaant featurea waa the welcoming of tbe new paatora. We, twelve of ua, were Introdueed to the Prealdent by Dr. Leonard, State Secretary. We were warmly received and Introduoed to the Con-vention.

The Convention re-elected E. M. Threaher of Day-ton Prealdent. Mr. Thresher la not a preacher, but one of the leading laymen In the State. He la not only a line bualneaa man, but a acholar. He makea a magnificent Prealdent. He prealdea with dignity, la fair in hIa ruling, quick In hIa deoialona, cool In hia opiniona. He la a man of aplendld preaence. Above all, and greater than all, a great warm, lov-ing heart beau In bla breaat. Hia apeech before the (^nvenUon when he waa re-elected waa one which ahowed keen Inalgbt Into men and thlnga.

There were quite a number of aplendld papera read; very few addreaaea aalde from the manuaorlpt. The addreaa of the Convention waa Dr. Sampey on the UUlIty of the Old l^aUment. The g«Mtt o S i g ^ gaUon waa atlrred, awayed and charmil. He g ^ out no uncertain aound, but made the old Bible Mem

North r*ga^ Dr. Sampey a . one of the g r ^ t men

we have of h i . age. Long majr he live to atwngthw

I J e /otmtol and Mmeng^ I . appreciated'

by theOonvenUon from the w a / m a n / a i t a T o f Ik It la to ta hoped t h « the ^^ h l iW j M d aa urgentl, of our State p«pere M we do at our AaaoclaUona,

o . W . P a n n i A i i .

N E W S N O T E S .

Paitonr Conference Report.

NMhTllle.

Firat Church—Paator Hawthorne preached to two overflowing congregaUona. Hia expoaure of the Lib-eral Congreaa waa a maaterly effort. Dr. Haw-thorne teara a return of hia nervoua troublea.

Central—Paator Lofton preached to fine congrega-tlona. 325 in 8. 8. Meeting thia week preparatory to Dr. Hale'a coming next Sunday. Two received by letter.

Edgefield—Pastor Rust pr.ached at both hours to good audiences. Pine young people's meeting. At night the paator paid hia reapecU to the LiberalisU.

Centannial-Paator Feaiell preached at both hours to good audiences. In the morning he preached on the evlla of religloua compromlae, and made an at-tack on the. Liberal Congreaa.

Seventh—Paator Wright preached at both hours to good audiencea.

North Edgefield-Paator Sherman preached at both houra to good audiencea. At 3 p. m. the pastor preached at tbe Maaonlc Orphana' Home.

Immanuel—Paator Ramaey preached at both hours. Baptised one.

Third—Paator Golden preached at both hours. One received by letter.

Howell Memorial—Dr. A. J. Holt preached at both houra to good congregationa.

Mill Creek—No preaching in the morning. Breth-ren gave reminiscences of the State Convention. Pastor Price preached at night. Baptiied one. 84 In S. 8.

First Edgefield (col.)—Bro. Vandavell preached at night.

The Secretary of the Conference was instructed to write a letter ot condolence and aympathy to the widow of Rev. D. I. Purser, who died in New Or-leans of yellow fever while standing at his post. Dr. Lofton was instructed to write an article for the secular presa expreaaing our sentimenu and love for the heroism of Dr. Purser.

—I have been located in Lake County for the past two years, but that malarial district does not agree with my wife; therefore I have realgned my work there. I am now ready tor work elaewbere, and will be glad to oorreapond with any church deairlng a pastor. My addreaa la now Rutherford, Tenn.

E. STDBBLUIELD.

From the very beginning the Spirit of the Lord waa manlfeat. The field waa white already to harveat and we had only to caat in the alckle and reap. The meeting lasted ten days and reaulted in fifty conver-aiona and fifty-three additlona. Forty-one were re-ceived by experience and baptiam. tour atand ap-proved, seven by letter, one by restoration. To the Lord be all tbe glory and honor. C. 8. DILU>N

Walter Hill, Tenn.

The Convention.

Juat before leaving homo tor the Convention one of our most Intelligent and consecrated young mem-bers said: "Bro . Hearne, keep cool and don't get excited when tbe Wbltsltt question comes up." Well, I suppose I did keep cool, since the question didn't come up to any great extent. The coming of the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR sot me to t h i nk i ng

again about that "compromise measure tor the aake of peacc and harmony." I don't want to criticise hose who bad charge of tbe "resolutions," but It cannot help thinking that they got scared too quick, and did not have the faltb In the power of truth that they should have had. Besides, I think It la alwaya better to contend earnestly and boldly for the right than to compromise with error. What a following Christ could have had and bow easy for him to have avoided the cross if he had only compromised! But he wouldn't. He foresaw that earnest contention for truth would be to send a sword and not peace Into the world, and that a man's foes would be they of his own household. I am now and always was op-posed to compromises, where principle Is Involved, without regard to results. God does not hold us re-sponsible for results, but for doing right. The BAP-TIST AND REFLECTOR also refreshes my memory about that detested c.rcular, so much in evidence at the Convention. By your permission I'll have some-thing to say about that next week If I don't change my mind. I wish I could forget that such a thing was ever fathered and promulgated by Baptists.

, , ,, , „ S. C. HEARNE. McKenzle, Tenn.

will be a long time before I can labor In old Tenaee* see.

Juat now we are having a atormy time in Texaa. The battle la raging fierce, and great harm la coming to our Baptiat cauae thereby. The war la waged agalnat tbe State Mlailon Board for what aome aay la unnecessary and ruinous expenses and agalnat the Board of Traateea of Baylor Univeraity for re-lieving Dr. Burleaon from the dutlea of Prealdent ot that great Univeraity and making him Prealdent emerltua. But thla la not our firat experience in thla kind ot a war For the last four or more yeara thla samebattlebaa been fought. Buttblayeartheopposera of our organized work have tbe aympathy and help of tbe Hardahella, Gospel Mlssioners and MarUnites.

We Texas Bcptlata make our bow to you for your faithfulneas in exposing Martlniam and warning tbe Tenneasee brethren against Rev. Carswell, who la sure enough a Martlnlte. This leads me to aay that you are making one ot tbe best, very best, paprra In all the land. Success to you, brother. I pray tor you. The Lord lead you, and it you ever come West remember I live in Moody, Texas, and you must call and see me. We will give you three square meals a day, aleep you on a good bed, and give you 700 peo-ple to preach to, and they will subscribe for a num-ber o f copies o f ti:e BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR.

Don't you think you will come? Come to our Con-vention October 8th. It meeU at Temple, eighteen milea South of Moody. R. C MEDAHIS.

Moody, Texaa.

— I am in tbe midat of trouble Juat now. My wife un coming home last Sunday night from prayer-meeting fell and broke her thigh, and is now and will be confined to her bed and room for months. Sbe is auftering at thla writing. May God apare her and help us in our trouble. J. A. MrrcBELL.

Hall a, Tenn. [ We are aorry to bear of your dear wife'a afflic-

tion. We hope that ahe may aoon fully recover. -ED J

—A good day at Auburn. A large congregation. More than three hundred partook of the communion. Two received by letter... .Slater Jane Warren, wife of J. Warren, waa burled today... .Our Baptiat ZIon eeema to be taking on new life at thia time... .Cran-fill rlddlea that aecret meeting at Naahville... .Sev-eral have asked me what changed the mind of Bro. T. J. Eaatea at the Convention. The resolutions did not come. How long will we have to wait?

0. A. OoLE.

—Again let me remind the brethren ot Duck River Aaaociation that tbe next fifth Sunday meeting con-venea with the Lewiaburg church, beginning Friday night, October 20th, at 7 o'clock. All tbe ministers in the Aaaociation and delegatea from all thechurcb-ea are cordially Invited to attend. Let all who In-* tend to come pleaae aend in their namea to Dr. R. D. Cruteher; alao please state whether you will come by rail or private conveyance. L W. SI/>AN.

Lewiaburg, Tenn.

—I have cloaed a meeting at Dodaon'a Gap. Thia waa a meeting ot great power. There were five addi-tlona to tbe church. There waa much trouble In the community, which In a large meaaure, we truat, waa broken down. Some aaid it waa one of the best meet-lnga held there for yeara. Bro. Tucker la the ba-loved undershepberd. He la to be ordained in a abort time, Bro. T, T. Thnmpaon to preach the aer-mon and the writer to examine the candidate. Bro. Tucker ia one of our good men. J. K. BONB

Globe, Tenn.

—On Saturday before the fourth Sunday in Sep-tmoiber I commenced a meeting with the Old Union Church, Wilaon County, Tauu., which reaulted in a glorloua revival. I waa aaalated by Brethren Fuqua Md W . B. Ralkea, both of whom did noble work for ha liord. The<ohnrch waa.alive, and ready for work.

Germantown Itema. The Baptist Churches of Collierville and German-

town. of which I am pastor, have kept up their past record ot treating their pastor nicely. We doubt whether any churches treat their pastor better than these two have treated theirs this year. In the first place they made satisfactory contributions to our Boards. Then they sent thoir pastor to the Southern Baptist Convention at Wilmington, and have been universally kind to him. They deserve success. We hope and pray that they may reach the highest point of eflloleDcy in Christian work.

The long drouth was broken by a fine rain the other day, and, while it does not help the crops, which wore made, yet It makes us all fmathe fner^ni feel belter since the dust is settled.

Now comes to many the most Interesting statement in this letter;

Last Wednesday evening, at 6:20 o clock, In tbe Baptist Church, two of Its members, Mr. Harry L. Strickland and Miss Laura V. Scott were united in matrlmory by the writer. The church waa taatefully decorated, and the house filled with elegantly dressed and joyous friends of tbe contracting parties. Tbe bride and groom are apeclmena of noble young Christians, and bid fair to be greatly useful In any community In which they may live. They go to MemphU, where Bro. SlrlnkUnd la In bualneaa. I wish I could tell you the many good wishes which follow them T. J. DAVENPORT.

Germantown, Tenn., Oct. Utb.

From Texas.

The Lord's blessings are upon me In my pasteral work. I preached my first anniversary sermon Sun-day, September 6,1897. The following ia a aummary of the work done the paat year by the church and pastor, as given in that sermon: Additlona, 100-aermons preached, 165; addreaaea delivered, 26; family viaiu, 366; weekly meetlnga austained, 7; mla-aion Sunday.schoola organized, 4; contributiona for all objects, 12,030; Biblea diatributed. 14; pagea of tracu given away, 11,660. Wo now have weekly preaching, a live Sunday-school, prayer meeting. Ladies' Aid and Mlaaionary Society, B. Y, P. U. and Sunbeam Society.

The Sccond Baptiat Church of tiila place recenUy d isaol vc d and moat of the membera thereof have united with us. Thia makea ua a united Baptiat family. We are planning for a great work thla year.

I often think about tbe Tenneaaee brethren and wlah I could be be permitted to live in my native State. But God knowa beat, and he haa, I trnat, led me to Taxaai and aa I am pastor of the beat ohuroh In Tnaa, and here for lifb, I truat. I am afntid it

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LouisTille Linei. Changes have followed each other in such rapid

aucceaaion in recent days that one can scarcely keep pace when be lives among them. On a recent Sunday Rev. Carter Helm Jones resigned at McFerran Me-morial to accept a church In Richmond, Va. At the ^ same hour be was called to the vacant pastorate of fl Broadway Church of this clly, and on Tuesday or " Wednesday announced his acceptance. Thiachangein hia purposes was due in part no doubt to the tre-mendous pressure brought to bear on him by the peo-ple ot Louisville, McFerran Church taking the lead in thla action Indeed, he stated publicly that but for the action ot this church he could not and wouM not have considered tbe call. He is greatly beloved, haa done noble work and preached a pure goapel. It la with profound regret that McFerran sees him go even a few blocka away to Broadway. The devoUon of bla people is beautiful.

About tbe aame time Rev. 8. E. Ewlng re-signed tbe care ot the Logan-street Chflrch to accept one in Holden, Mo., his native State. Bro. Ewlng is a devout, spiritual man, a good preacher and an excellent organizer. We regret to lose so competent a man from ao promising a field. But the church has shown the effectiveness ot his work by making a call at once, before Bro. Ewlng'a departure. Bro. J. H. Dew, well known in thla State aa paator at Keene, but better kown aa a aucoeasful evangeUat throughout tbe central part of the State, haa been called and will take charge December lat. He ia a South Carolinian by birth, a Seminary man, a vlg-oroua preacher and a tlreleaa worker. Logan-atre^ ia the only English speaking church In a district of ten thousand people. It is tbe kind of place in which Bro. Dew will do bis best work. He will alao take a few claaaea In tbe Seminary, one of which he has already said will be misniong. He. haa felt one of the need a ot the pastorate.

A new enterprlae baa Just been started among ua which it Is hoped and believed will mean much for the present and future intereate of the Bap* tiate in Kentucky. I apeak of The Baptist .divua. the firat number of which la to be laaued next week. It will be publlahed by a company with a capital atock of more than ten thouaand dollara, the membera of tbe company representing a goodly proportion of the Baptist wealth of tbe city. Rev. J . N. Preatrldge. recently Prealdent of Willlamaburg Inatitute, baa been elected aa editor. He la well known in the State aa a PMtor. an educator and a newapaper man. He ia unfveraally l o v ^ aa a man ot tbe a ^ t e a t Chria-tian character and higheat princlplea. In a p ^ r -ance and tywj of Chrlatlan lite he remlnda OM atrongly of the aalnted A. J . Gordon. Rev. M. P

Hunt, alao wide V and favorably known In t h l a a ^ ' other Statea, will be aaaoclate ^ i to r . It la the pur-pose of these brethren to give ua a rsligious MwmaiMr dmotatoaUthe interests of the Itapfirtain CTffi Mlaalona. woman'a work, the young peoplo^awort Baptiat high acboola, ^llegea, the ? S 5 l n a r r £ ;

the colored peopk all will receive hearty and contlnuoua a n n n ^ The purpoae of the paper will be to tniOd vp nOhtr thm totaordown. Error and alu It will opime, but I t ^ IMivea the chief meana of auoceaaful optmaitioa to theae ia tbe insManct ««xm fniM and H o ^ ^ n would be imposalbie teTdeaaribe t h e T ? « ^ h l i

" . T i f f ' ® ' P ^ ' " d h a r a i oB i o u a ^ ^ la hailed In many quartera. May It i n a u n r M a

« » " » »o f ftaptlateT^* tucky ia the prayer ot many devout hwtrla.

W . J . M .

B A P T I S T A N D B B F L B C T O B , O C T . 2 8 , 1 8 9 7 .

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• M M MUalMa'-R**- A. 1. Bout, D.A. HiaaloikMryBMNUry- All eommunlMttou aMtgaad tw him •honid addrMMMl u> klB kt llMbTiU*, Tena. W . 11. W O O D -

O O O K . TMHurtr. NMhTlUa. T « B B .

miaalaBt.—IUT. a J- Wiixwa-•AM, D.D., OorrMpondiBg SeonUrr, BIgk-moBd, Vk. Rev. J. B. SHOW, Knoivilte, Twm.. Vloe-PrMtdon» of th* roralf n Board lorTaonaaMa. lo whom all inaulrlM for In-formaUoD may ba addreased

H*M« fflllaal«aa.-IteT. I. T. TiOHMom D Dm OorreapoDdlBi Besreury. AtUata. Oa. RaT. U. D. jarvKLW. Viea Praaldeat ol tha Borne Board for Tenneasea, to whom all iBforoiattOD or mQuUtaa aboul work In tk« BUM maT be addraaaad

M l a l a t e r l a l e ^ B c a U a a . - A l l tuodi far yonot Btntitara to Us B. W. B. OnlTaralty ahOBld be aant to Q. M. Bavafa, LO^O.. Jaekaon, Fenn. For yount mlnlaure at OaraoD aad Newman Oollece, tend to J T HaadaraoB. Uoaay Creek, Tenn.

Or rkama* H*Me*—Bend all moolaato A j . Wkaalar.Treaaurer, Naah»lUe. Tenn. All auppUea abould be lent to 0. T Cbeek. NaabTlUe, Tana. All anppliei ehould be prapAld. W*at«B*a n u a l a a a r y l>al«B

PBMIDBn —Mrs. A. 0. 8. JackaoD. NMbTllle. Teaa.

9 0 B B M P O I I D I I I A S B O B N A K T - - l l t M M H Clal bonie. Maxwell Booae, NaabTlile. Teoa.

•aooBDina SaaHSTAKT —Ulaa Oertrude Bin, NaabTUIa, Taaa

Bono»-Mta8 8. E 8. Sbaakland. t a N. Vine Street. NaabTlUe, Tenn.

A Year ' f W o r k .

The editor ha» already friven a Ken-erout notice of our annual report at the CoDTentlon. We had scarcely dared to hope for such a Klorious work. Many dlfflcultles had been met. The cbanire of plans in Colporta(;e work was felt to be an experiment, and the reaulU were awaited with anx-iety, The coniolidatlon of all our miu lonary and benevolent work un-der one flnanoial management imposed •neb r rkve responsibilities on that management that all felt uncertain as to whether it would work well. The •peoial efforts, too. for our Home and Forelflrn Boards had necessarily ah •orbed much of our attention and our aitistance. Finally the interest which concentrated about the current contro-versy threatened to seriously interfere with all our mission work. So when the report was read and it was shown that, despite all these difficulties, we had done a better year 's work than ever before; that the superb work was done, well done, and paid for, the en-thnslasm of the Ck>nventlon attested the abiding interest all had in S u t e Missions. Tennessee Baptists are a unit In their lo*e for and confidence In B u t e Missions. With about 110,-000 there have been emnlo>ed fifty missionaries and twenty-three col por-ters, who haTe occupied 26ft stations, added orer 1,600 members, built six-teen chnroh-houses, organised 103 Sun-day-schools, and besides, has accom-plished the greatest Colpo tage work In the South, Besides this, the State Board has borne, without cost, all the expenses of the Home and Foreign Mission work In Tennessee. And, still further, in addition the Corre-sponding Secretary has, with the oo-operation and assistance of those In-terested, sucooeded in freeing the Or-phanage of debt except only about •1,000, which Is provided for by per-sonal securities.

This Is only the beginning of our •noeesses It the brotherhood and sis-terhood will stand staunchly by our organised and systematic work. This U our first year in oonsolldated work. W e have learned some things and will profll by our experience. With the Inoreased oo-operatlon of the ohuroh-• s and Associations we have a r ight to expeot inoreased resulta this year. Let na not rest after our Tlotory, but prMi*|;torward along ftll linei Into

newer fields. Let us work and watch and pray and try and trust . Double our receipts and wo will double our labors , and wo firmly believe God will double his blossinga,

A. J. Hoi/r , Cor. Soo'y. Nashville, Tonn.

Woman's Missionary Union.

—Program for monthly mlssionRry meeting for Novombor, 1807. Subject, Africa.

1. The Lord ' s Prayer , all •itaiuilnir 2. Hymn-"I>5ad. Kindly L l^h t . " 3 Scripture selections—i'sa. Ixvill

31; Ixxll. 10; Isa xlv U 2fi. 4. Items -Ditllculties: IVylnir cllmatu,

degradat ion of the people, Immoral lives of many white traders,allureiuentii of trade, oaix'clally when rum U used Traders tempt young men taught by the mission to become their interpre-ters, and as thoy can offer larjfo waxes, the temptation is often yielded to. Encoursiremeats: Iteadinesit of the people to hear the gospel, abeeoce of any established system of rellirion. Increased Interest shown in the profr-ress of clviltxatlon, rapid advance made by commerce in opening up thf interior of Africa.

f> I ' rayers for Africa, the ccn vertu, native helpers and missionaries .

6 Bymn— 'The re ' s a Wideness In God's Mercy "

7. Map siuJy See Foreign Miiviion Journal. July, 1897, page 16.

8 A .Missionary s Journey. Follow In Imaiflnatlun some missionary to hix field ol labor, having the followlnc topics: III Preparat ions, outfit ulo (2) Describe the t<htp on which he sails, the port from which It starts, so as H> compare wiih port at end of journey (3) Journey across the Ailanilc; pur-suing a like course, describe a^ mi-nutely as possible the entire journey, all places t'assed, their pecuiiaritleci etc ; much of this can be learned from geographies. (4) Then the arr ival ai his stat ion, his reception, deRorlpUon of country, etc.

9. Leaflet: " T h e Kvantrei za'.lon .if Af r i ca , " by Hev. David Kubantc

10 Solo or duett. 11. W h a t a re the nations cloint; "-n'l

and fi/r Afr ica? What a m we dfiini;' Careful previous preparationrccjuirod.

12. Hymn—"God Moves in a My* terlous W a y . " Collection.

—Read "American BaptUt M iFHion,. In Afr ica ," by H. A. Tup|)cr, I) D (10 cents); "The Congo MIsHion. bv llev. E. F. Merrlam (Tj cent*); • Tht-Gospel for Africa," by llev C K. Smith (2 cents).

AMBRICAN HAITinTh.

American Baptists sent Lott Carey and Collin Teague, both colored, to Liberia, In 1821. A church formed that year in Richmond, \ ' a , bcoarae the First Baptist Church of Monrovia, probably the first Baptist church of modern times In Africa. Mr ('arey was Its pastor, and during his life it grew to 100 members. After his doath Mr. Teague becamo pastor, and soon doubled the membership. Many mis-sionaries wore sent out in the yenrs following, and a prosperous work was done. A oumbor of churches sprang up, some good native preachurn wore developed, and schools were estab-lished.

After the soparatlon between North-ern and Southern Baptists (IHlfij, both continued to work in Liberia. The Missionary Union continued the work already begun till IS'iU Thoy then withdrew till 18(19, and again finally in 1870, In 1873 thoro wore 625 members In their ohurches,

SOUTBKRN UAmBTH. The Southern Baptist Convention

began an Independent wnrklmmedlate-ly after its formation (1840), with Rnv. John Day (oolored), as their first

missionary. He was a truly remark-able man, and wielded a g rea t influ-ence, both in religious and polllical affairs . This mission also prospered. It was suspended during the Oivil W a r in this country, but re opened In 1871 by Hev. A. D. I 'hilllps, who ex-tended it into tho Blor country . I t was iliiAlly closed by llev. W. J . David, on the authority of the Board in 1H7.'.

COMIKKI) 1IAITI8T8. The Daptist Foreign Mission Con-

vuntloii of thv United States (coloied ) was organized In 18W), and two years lnu>r sent six missionaries to Liberia, T'-oy «>|>on<ul three stat ions in the Vi-y country. A church has been or-i;i(nir.t>l which had about 300 members in I><1K) In IH94 nine were baptised. Ai ihfti time llt»v.;j. O. Hayes waa the only inlsslonary.-".Bpanye/uaXion in .l/Virn,' hy Hev P A. Eubank.

Where tho have not been Imposed iipiin by iinsiTupulous t raders the na-tlvci) of Africa have great confidence In the superior wisdom of the white man A)I kinds of disputes are re-forred to the missionaries, whose judg-n ont is acccpied without a murmur. They ex[H*oi a white man to cure every diseaoe. and a missionary is over-whelmed with the number of cases brouirht fur treatment, f rom leprosy to i«nake bite.

An old man Insisted upon sharinK a done of quinine about to be admin-i«iere>l to n sick man. " I am his fa-ther. he said, "so It will do him Just a!< much i:o>>d as if he took it a l l . " The miiii9ii»nary finally had to give each an equal dose.

They are oxtromely avar ic ious . A man fearfully bitten by a crocodile, wbn had his wounds sewn up, was tri ven food, lodglni; and attention free. Inquired what tho missionaries were ^oini; u> pay him for letting them treat him!

It in out of the question to ask a man to do tho least thin);. It would he contidered very humil iat ing to ask hUn to do anything even about hie .•hamba or plantat ion. He keeps wives 'or that purpose. They are his stock :ti trade, and cost him about 2& rupees oHi-h He soils his daughters for the xatne amount, and this enables him to . ly A number of older wives, who are

III >re useful to him than the younger • ines

Contributions of Woman ' s Mission-ni y I nlou of Tennessee for the year . niJini; September 30, 1807: Korrlgn Mlwilons I KO M lluiue MlMitlon*....

MIKSIODS OrphiinaRe Kui.iisjr Hvhool snd Colportn^ta MioUUi'Ul Kduc«tloa Mioixlorldl ltell«f

Tota l VuluD 41 frontier boxes

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4(0 4« 4t»70 4IU U3 >:ii or 241 M ;«tm

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Quiet Hour Thoughts.

Our foreign misslonarlos have been mon of a lofty typo. Had they re-mained in tho home field their talents, training and piety would have com-manded tho highest places among us, Carey was one of the most remark-able linguists of any ago, Judson was a loador among men In every respect. Livingston, whose contributions to hclenco the whole world gratefully rccognlisos, devoted years to mission work In Africa. Thomas, Rice, Hughes, Coleman, Wade, Prlco and others woro " T a l l men—sun-crowned—who lived ftbuvtf tho fog in Christian duly and III prlvato thinking."

Foreign Mission work In our times has boon a grand sucoess, as oan be easily shown by statistics a t hand, and that sucoess ought to be abundant-ly suillclent to conviniK) every unpreju* diood mind that the aim Is reason-able, the missionary foroe efflolent, and the methods wise. The levsr that

has lifted 1,000,000 souls out of tho darkness of boathcnism into Christian life and civilltatlon Is strong enough to lift the whole world into the light of God.

I have before mo at this moment tho minutes of a so-called Missionary Baptist Association. I find that.Ufteon of tho churches, with an aggregate mombership of 010, gave las t year not one cent to any object of Christ ian be-hovoienco. Is t ha t not a distressing situation? Hy what principiit, pray tell mo, either of juatlcu or truthful-ness, can those IKtucn churches call themselves "missioi inryy" Hut anoth-er fact that Is exiilttiiaiory of the above status Is revealed. Those fifteen ohurches give an u^rKregate ol $1(13 as salaries to their puHtors—an average of a little over 910 each Head that statement again and think of all It re-veals of spir i tual destitution, even In thisgosiHjl favored State of Tuiinessco! It mattes the hear t ache I Of course those poor pa8tt>rs have to give thuir time and energy to making a living at something else. Tne lervluu they can rondei to these churehes mu^t bd foeble and wholly Insutllolunt to lead their |teoplo to high consecration, uarnent endeavor and self-deny lti(> liberality

C) C I'KYTDN

"Baptist Loyalty to Christ and the Scripturci."

KKl-LY T.J IIUO OAKl.KY. 1. With rtsforeuco lo Dr Whllsl l l ' s

expressions, quoted by Hro. Oakley, and wtileh have U-en so lii^nvaily misunderstood, I refer the reader to Dr. Wblts l t t ' s own explanat ions re-cently published In a " F r a t e r n a l Ad-dress to Southern Uapllsts. " Hy tho term " B a p t i s t s , " or " a l l Rapt sis. ' whom he represents as not having practiced immersion before l(i4l, ho means only the "Kngllsh Anabapt l s tn" who took the name of "MaplUts ' lo 1044; and by the word "invuntlon, " as applied to Harb«r and others of the |>erlod 1041, he only means "di.-<a>icry" from the Scriptures, aucordlni; to the primary moaning of the word ' ineciil. ' Dr. Whltslt i means nothliii; more than Crosby, Uampfiold, lOvans and other Kngllsh his torians, namely, that af ter the " loriij disnjie" of immersion as be-lievers' baptism In Kngland, the Kn glish Anabaptis ts ' • rtjitored" the "(in rieni j imrtiw"—unquestionably a his-toric fact, it those his torians a r e to bu believed.

2. Bro. Oakley entirely misunder-stands mo when ho seeks to make me say that tho Baptists as a people have conformed ttrictli/ to tho law of Christ through all the ages back to John tho Baptist, in tho original article from which Bro, Oakle/ quotes, I did say of Baptists time that thoy ' 'conform strictly to tho law of Chris t ;" but in the same article I only said; " T h e Baptists as a tfenpk, and In their prindplcs, have existed from John tho

^ g ^ B A P T l B T A N D BEFLBOTOR, OCT. 1897.

Rnjral makea the food pure. wholesome and dellctoufc

9

ESSKPEi V oo«4 Mw yotiiis

•'Tlie enemy Is c.uiinir: To the fori for y o u r l i v e s ! " When a wise man re-celvcs n plain warnlnn

^ of dimmer, he dm-s not wall lo let it overtake

yhini, hp seeks every reiiMinidile n.oans to fiisht it off

DlM-iiHc 'voiihl aliiioHl nrv erifc t the h< «l of the nvi-tiiu'e nmn if he wan preii.iri-il lo

MHT- ri fclst It fcnd took tlif natu-ral precnuiloBS dii-tntrd by common «i-nKe

Whrn II man'* Moinnrh and liver Rrt nj,. Ket nnil fail lo il,, tlirir rcKUlur work, he ran Im- ei-nain thai Houu'lliine worse is Ixiiinil lo follow, if lie diH'Kn'l look out for hiiUNcIC lli-adnchea, indigestion, biliousneM and coiistlpatinn arc Kimply Nature's warninKii thai the enemy of seriouK diHeaiie is cumins to nituek him.

The »cn>tible thinB to do Is to immedi ntelv fortlfv the Hy«leni with Dr. Pirrcr'« r.oliirn MedlrsI Discovery It vitalirm anil InviuoraleH the entire eonittitnlion. It liel|iH the liver to fillet out nil liilioiis initiuritirit.

II Ktvesthr iliKewtive and nntHtive otfraiii power to exliael noiiriKlimenl from the IIMKI Rn<l mm il into rich. red. healthy blood II ctf'.ileN a|>)»'tit(' K»od dlKeKtion, and solid, luutriilar xtn nRtli

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Baptist, their prototype, until now," I said, moreover, in that same article, that while thoy generically maintained their Baptist type and principles in the main, thoy were characterized "now and then and here and thoro—some-times ovnrywhore~by external varia-tions and irregularities," and that "thoy were in some of their doc-trinal principles sometimes unortho-dox." In my roiily to Bro. Oakley I averred that I never meant to say that however faithful BaptlsU were In all aires to God's Word, they woro "perfect; " and I am sure that I only said that thoy Urictlp conformed to the law of Christ as note organised and at work. Kven nmc I might, how-over, be charged with eiaggeratlon In the use of the word "stricfiy," Tho whole of Bro. Oakley's misunderstand-ing of mo lios in the use of the word "itrictli/," which I nover applied at all to the Baptists of all ages—however faithful thoy woro, at all times, accord-ing to their light and their chances, to tho main typo and principles of our people.

.1 But Bro. Oakley can ' t see how I oan apply the word "Bapt i s t " to a people who have not always conformed strieily to immersion, which is the law of Christ. I wish only to be under-stood as holding that those people, even when they did not Immerse, were eiue .tially, if not teohnloally and strict-ly, Baptists. They held to the great fundamental doctrine of believers' baptism as opposed to Infant baptism, and henoe they were Baptists as con-tradistinguished from Pedobaptlsta. They had the Independent organism of the Baptists; thoy held to the Sorlp-tures as their sole rule of faith and practice; they held to the doctrine of' a regenerate churoh membership bap-tised upon a profession of faith; and though for a time they did not Im-merie, yet, when liberty and light oame, they restored the ancient praotloe of immersion and reotifled their error simply as to the mode of baptism. Henoe the early Baptist historians nailed them "Bapt l i t s " before they re-turned to i their anoient praotloe, Oroiby and KVans oall ihe English

Anabaptists " Bapt is ts" before they restored Immersion in England; and Itoblnson, a Baptist, In his "His to ry of Baptism," 1700, says of the Men-nonltes: " T h e Dutch Baptists raject Infant baptism and administer the or-dinance to such as profess faith and re-pentance; but they baptize b , pouring" IP '"'47). I simply follow early Baptist usage,

Bro, Oakley coneludos with a ques-tion propounded to mo: " Did Baptist churches exist In England prior to KUl without immersion? If so. can Baptist churches exist In America in 1897 without immersion? If not, why not?" '

' reply that eaaenliaUy, though not AricUy, Baptist churches existed In England prior to 1041 without immer-sion; and in the same way, under tho sime circumstances, thoy might so exist in America in 1897. Under tho present oiroumstances or conditions, however, there is no excuse which could now be offered for such churches as then; and while wo could not now fellowship such churches as strictly Baptlstic, yet we can claim our Ana-baptist brethren as essentially Bap-tlstic before they restored Immersion In 1641. It was not until 1644 that they took the name of Baptist in En-gland, and so becamo denomlnatlonal-Ized as a body; and oven then there wore no suoh Baptist churches, as wo now have, if you come down to the word "etrietli,. ' Immersion is only the formal or external mark of a Bap-tist; but it takes a jfreat deal more than Immersion to make an easeiuial Baptist. Strictly speaking. Immersion tecAnicai/v makes a Baptist: but when a man has all else than immersion to make him a Baptist be only lacks the external uniform to make him a Bap-tist soldier in tho ranks of Immanuel, Every Christian soldier ought to put that uniform on; but I have seen good soldiers flght in their shirt-sleeves. So were the- English Anabaptists be-fore 1641. GEO A . LotToN.

Nashville, Tenn.

A Rare Old Book,

SniODlNli AUlllTIONAL UUUT DION THK \VU1T8ITT IdATTKIi.

Dear Brv. Folk: This Is the first line I have ever written you on the Whit-sltt controversy, so 1 hoi>e you are not so thoroughly tired of tho thing as to refuse to let this article siieak to the readers of the Baptist and IIktleo-TOR.

I wish to speak of a very old Bap tist book of mine, which attracted considerable attention at our mooting In Fayettevllle several days ago. Dr. Inman, the worthy Fresidont of our Baptist History Society, considered It a ra re Und, and asked permission to make extracts therefrom, I had ex pected to use It in tho discussion at the Convention, which explains why I had It with me at Fayottevllle, The book was published at Charleston in the year 1774, and Is a reprint of the flrst English Baptist confession of faith made In the year 1043, and signed by the celebrated William KIIBn, along with others of this prominent period of Baptist history. It also contains a short history of the organisation of the flrst Baptist Association In South Carolina, which is nearly the drst Association organised In the United States. It Is perhaps the oldest Bap-tist book printed in this country. The type is antiquated, and the old-fash-ioned " s " appears—like an I , " you know.

But the most interesting thing in this old volume Is tlie light It sheds upon the 1041 question. In the preface, wrlU9nln:i080,Klinn and hIsoolleagUM deolarei " It Is now many years since divert of us (with other sober Chris-l l M t then living and walking In tha way of the Lord, that we profess), did

oonoeive ourselves to be under a n ^ s s l t y of publishing a confession of our faith for the Information and •Rtlsfaction of those that did not thoroughly undersUnd what our prin-ciples were, or had entertained preju-dices against our profession by rea-son of the Umnge npremitation of them by »mus men of noU, who had taken wrong measure, and accordingly led others Into misapprehensions of us and them. And this was first put forth about the year 1643 lo the name of seven congregations then gathered In I^ndon ." Chapter 29 of this confes-sion of faith of the year 1«43 is upon tho subject of baptism. Article four of this chapter reads as follows: "Im-mersion or dipping of the person in water is necessary to the "duo admin-istration of this ordinance."

Now the conclusion I reach is that William Klffln know what he was talk-ing abont when he wrote In 1645: " I t Is well known to many, and espec-ially to ourselves, that our congrega-tions wore erected and framed accord-ing to the rule of Christ b^ort m heard of any Utformation, even at that time when Eplscopacie was a t the height of Its vanishing glory ," Everybody, except Dr. Whluitt , knows that this reformation took place In Luther's time, long before 1641, and that the "eplscopacie" alluded to was the organized power of Catholicism, He ought to let poor old Klffln say what he wants to say, and not twist his linguaife in the attempt to make him say what be did not want to say. If Klffln joined the Baptists in 1641, as Dr. WhitsItt asserts on page 73 of his book, without being Immersed, It is passing strange that In 1643 he should sign his name to this declaration of faith, saying that " Immersion Is nec-essary to the due administration of this ordinance." It Is also passing strange that at the time when the Church of England was immersing In-fants, Baptists wen> sprinkling adults. It is all too strange to bo true. In my opinion, fortified as It Is by careful research, which contradicts the theory of Dr. WhitsItt. W, D. Turnle^-.

Clarksvillo, Tenn.

Church Succeuion.

Our Law-Olver or King said to tho church, his called out or ecclenia, that the gates of death or Hades should not prevail against It. To constitute an orderly church of Christ It must be composed of members who are Imrn of the Spirit and baptised by Immer-sion. No Scriptural church oan exist without a Scriptural baptism. No Scriptural churoh can continue to ex-ist that ceases to execute the ordinance of baptism a s commanded by Christ. Not that the ordinance of baptism has anything to do in changing the sinner's heart; not that it adds anything to the repentance and fnlth, which by the divine Spirit has brought salvation to the soul, but it is that public act which the Law-Olver and King re-quired should be submitted to by saved sinners before his eecletia or churoh should accept them as members of his Christ 's) body.

So tho most successful way to de> stroy the church which Christ founded is tn destroy his ordinance of baptism. And this is the very thing the old apostate mother of harlot churches undertook to do—she attempted to prevent the true ohurches of Christ executing this ordinance a s command-ed by Chr is t She went so far as to change the ordinance, and tried to deceive the t rue ohurohes of Christ by adopting the ohange. Thetrueehurohes contflnded, to change tha ordlnanoe from a burial in water would destroy the doctrine that Christ tought of the resurreotion of the body from the grava. Their refuiltl to oomply with thU old abominable harlot ' s ootn-

mands was followed by bloody per-secuUons. The true ohurches fled to the wlldornoss, where they could «1I1 obey Christ's commands, and I believe tha true churches of Christ have ever been faithful In keeping this ordlnanoe as delivered. If she would flee to the wilderness in order to keep It, It Is absolute nonsense to contend (history or no history) that these trne churches ever disobeyed their King In this regard, U was an external or-dinance, It was a visible ordlnanoe. It could only be executed when there was enough wator to bury the body, and I have no more doubt tha t the true churches of Christ have kept It up without change than I have that what Jesus said has failed.

What does It amount to If some re-ligious bodies In England that believed as the true churches of Christ believed, and they through fear ceased toexecute this ordinance by a burial in water? It simply proves they were not the true churches of Christ, and not worthy to be called Baptists. They ware called Baptists at the beginning be-cause they baptized in water by a burial of the body. While this ordl-nanoe of baptism has nothinir to do with salvation, It has a good deal to do with an orderly church—no Scrip-tural baptism, no Scriptural church, no Scriptural Lord's Supper,

If it can be shown that this ordi-nance did at any time cease to be ad-ministered by the true churches as commanded by Christ, the gates of bell did prevail during that period— for without this ordinance there could be no Scriptur >1 church on the earth. No disorderly body calling Itself a church has the Scriptural r ight to ad* minister the Lord's Supper,

If there ever has been a time In the world's history that the true churches of Christ failed to keep his poslUve commands, Christ's word shave failed. And if the words of Christ have ever failed, what Is the use of struggling now to uphold them?

Who cares what the churches did in England a few centuries a g o In per-verting this ordinance? There were mulUplled thousands of men and women a t that time In other lands who were faithful, and I believe, wheth-er wo oan trace it by history or not. that our American ohurches, under divine guidance, obtained their bap-tism from Christ's true churches. These true churches are In the hands of the Lord. Their flres have never extinguished and never will be. The Lord will u k o care of them until he comes, thon they will be swallowed up and merged Into the kingdom, and his true saints will be king priests and reign with him on the earth.

C. G, Samuxl. DoDD,~SlBter Mary Dodd.wlfto of

Wilson Dodd,was born March 1ft, 1826; married Nov. 7, 1844. She professed faith in Christ In the fall of 1841, and Joined the Baptist Church a t Cane Creek, Monroe County, Tenn., In 1842, On Sept, 18, 1897, she was called to her reward. Sister Dodd had been aflllcted for many years and was only waiting the Master's will. When death oame she expressed her willingness and readiness to die to her weeping hus-band and children. Bro. Wilton Dodd, 76 years of age, and ten ehll-dren, one daughter and nine sons, are left to mourn her departure, but th«y wMp not a s those who have no hope. S j ' t f Podd lived to see all of her ehlldren converted. In her death the husband lost a kind companion, who

I had shared the joys and sorrows of iof moro than half a oentnry, the

ehlldren it loving mother, and the Mt. Vernon churoh a faithful member. Her funeral was oondueied by Bev. 0 . W. Braww and her pastor. She wm laid to r u t in the Salam oemetwy. when lies the sleeping dust of a son (Pioyd). Bra ther . sbe Is gone. Weep s o t W ; her. Your loss Is her e ternalgaln .

T. F. Shavkb, PMIor,

B A F T I B T A U D B E F L E C T O R , O C T . 28 , 18»7 .

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The offer to give a watch premium for four months clubs has proven very popular. A preat many have bef;un work and a number of watches have been sent. Our object Is to put the paper into every Baptist family possible. Four months for 50 cents for new trial subscribers, and to any person who will send in a club of 22 new trial subscribers at 50 cents each for four months will be given a splendid watch for the work. The watch is a gold-filled case watch, fjood tlme-keep-er, and will last for years. Never mind how we do I t The Baptist and Rktlector must go into eTery home possible. You can have your choice of either a lady's or gentleman's watch. Now here is how to do it. Take a neat, clean paper (we will send you samples free for the asking)and show it to the people, telling them that the BAP-TIST and Riflbctob isa 16pageweekly paper; that it is a Baptist paper; it is a paper for tbe homes; it is clean, wholesome and helpful. Write the names plainly and send in the money and you will get the watch by return mail. Address Baptist ai»d Rwlector, Nashville, Tenn.

Replr to the Flag. In addition to the ten or twelve columns to

which tbe flag bad previously treated its readers in reple to us, its issue of October 14th contained seven columns—which our crowded condition last week prevented our answering then—and its issue of October 21st also contained two or three columns along the same line. As a specimen of journalistic pugilism it was very fine, and after reading it we felt like clapping our bands and orying, Bravo!

We cannot undertake to answer everything in the two articles. We shall notice only the noain points.

1. True to his style, Bro. Hall begins by hurl-ing a series of epithets at us. I t would be very easy for us to hurl back as many and as severe ones at him. In return, for instance, for "goody goody," we could call hlm"bady bady." But we do not care to bandy epithets with him. Besides, we have no taste for that method of controversy. We prefer argument to epithet.

2. Bro. Hall seems disappointed that we de-aline to enter into a mud-slinglng contest with him. Outside of any question of taste we had another reason for It. J ude tells us t ha t " Michael tbe arohangel, when contending with tbe devil he disputed BlK>ut the body of Moses, durst not bring •gainst him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Archbishop Tiilotson, In commenting on this passage, says that the reason Michael did to t care to bring a railing acousation •gainst the devil was because he knew tbe devil oould ba«t him at that game.

3. Bro. Hall answers the questions which we asked him with reference to Murtinism ail right, and indeed as we expected he would. For.aswe said, we were not disposed to regard him as a Martinite. But his Martinite alliance had served to put him under suspicion. He asks us to answer our own questions in a parallel column with his answers. We hhould not object to doing so, but it is unnecessary, as oi<r own answers would be substantially the name as his. But what we should like to see would be Bro. Car$w*llaantwert te the same quostions published in a parallel column with those of Kro. Hail. We have put the questions to him. Will he answer them? Bro. Hall says "If Cars well isa Martinite he is a liar, for heemphatically denies It." Wedid not use the word. But let Bro. Ciirswell answer these questions and then we can tell better whether Bro. Hall's charge is true or not. By the way, Bro. Hall repudiates what Bro. Cars-well had to say about Dr. Carroll Evidently he is getting his eyes open. We think he will get them entirely open before loni;.

4. But the answers of Bro. Hail to the other questions we asked him are not quite so satisfac-tory. We gave him these sent.'nces to sign:

(1) "I believe in tbe Southern Baptist Theologi-cal Seminary, and if Dr Whilsitt resigns as Pres-ident and as Professor of Church History, I will do all I can to support it, I believe in our State Mission Boards, our Home and Foreign Mission and Sunday school Boards, I believe in having Secretaries of these various Boards; I be-lieve in the State Conventions and General Asso-ciations and in the Siuthern Baptist Convention and all of our organized work, and I shall do what I can to help all these interests.

"If Bro. Hall cannot sign this sentence will he sign this.

(2) "I am opposed to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Whitsitt or no Whitaitt; I am opposed to all our Boards—State, Home, For-eign and Sunday-school, together with their Sec-retaries; I am opposed to our State Conventions and general Associations and to the Southern Baptist Convention—in other words, I am op-posed to all the organized work of Southern Bap_ tlsts, and propose to use my influence constantly' to break it down.

"Which of these sentences will Bro. Hall sign?" He declines to sign either of them. " He that

is not for me is against me." If be cannot sign the first, the presumption is that he is in sympathy with the second. But he insists that he believes in State Conventions and in the Southern Baptist Convention, and he says

" Aa to Boards and Becretariea we decidedly pre-fer churches and mUalonaries The latter are wrip-tnral; the former are not. Tbe Scriptural method It tbe best method, In our judirnient. And. ttill, we are not diipoied to hinder whatever preaching of the goipei can bo done b; the Boards.'^

We have to say (I), If bo does believe in Con-ventions, and if be is not disposed to hinder the Boards, he certainty has a mighty poor way of showing bis sympathies.

In the Flag of June 10th he says: "At to the Gospel Mission matter, which Bro.

CraDflll calls tbe 'Crawford Movement,* we have only to tay that tbe FUvj editor hat been an avowed and open advocate of mat doctrine for years, and hat never bealuted to tay to In paper and pulpit when-ever occation demanded It."

Everybody knows that the Crawford Move-ment means direct opposition to our Boards and Conventions and leads logically to their destruc* tion. That Bro. Hall himself would go this far is indicated by the following paragraph In the./ 'fay of May 27th:

"Our Tezat Baptists are ttill in a ttew over the management of their mlstlon work. Tbe contro* vertlet annonirst the brethren there, and the bad management of the Board't work by some of tbe Seoretarlet, have had a powerful Impreation In favor of the Ooapel MItslon Movement, toAicAt takti Uu uAob thing ont of the Aaiufji o/ the Jhmrd and allows the churchca Ut managre It. Thin <8 not a mii/brtuM. but a greM blemng, became it pute the mailer back where Cnrlat ieli u at the Orit " (Italia ours.)

In the Flag of August 10th he grows a little bolder and says:

"Tbe Southern Baptitt Convention Is a great gathering of the Baptist hoits when they are met together; and for •oolal fellowthipi, and •xpiodiBg eioqueooa, and intpiring enibuiiaim II may be tel

M a toelal meetlnv. and for the dttcntalon of mat ter* nf pubMc Intrrvtl. while the Boardt mil Seminary thouid beduly ditmie'^d " ( l ia t lc oura.}

In the Flag of August 26lh he grows bolder still. That Issue is filled with thrusts at our or-ganlxed work. Taking occasion from troubles In Texas as to missions, he says:

"I t It not worth while forthe brethren to vet furlout, and rave like mad, for there hat trot to bo a ohanv-log up of mittlon meibodt. The preaent worklngrtof the present plan can't be malatalned by any living man. The ehurohet and the peoide demand the cbaniie, and it will have tn come. It mav not he tbe pretent OotDol Ml««l<>n nla" •ha' will h* Kdr>iit4>d, but the prtMTtt Itoanl plan tcill have to hn chnngtd up. 'OKAolted worn' will have to bo ro rir»iiiim), Bro. Craaflll, and you had aa well get ready for It."

Again: "There hat got to bo a thaklnir In the valley of

dry bonet and the brethrsn had i>i*t aa well prepare for it. The 'oriranta'Hl work' of the denomination hat taken the bit In lu mnuth and run away with the eart long enouch. The rlnire have got to ho broken Tbe centralising tendencies must lie atopped."

And again: "The abuse of our plan, and the abute of the lib-

erality of tbe ehurohet, and tbe centrallilnr tenden-olea of our 'orgaolsud mission work,' have all been to apparent and universal that there can bo no other frultair^ than a retroirrade tendrncv Id the mlanlon •plrlt and opAratlona of the age. Wt need a change in pottcy and method We need to all.iw the ohurchva to come into tbe saddle and do the riding The Hoarda and Secretarlea have uacd whip and tpur so long and to vigorously that the churches are beglnnlnir to 'buck,' and refuse to iro."

If ridiculing our organized work; saying that it would be "not a misfortune, but agrea t blessing" to take "the whole thing out of the hands of the Boards;" that the creation of Boards by the Con-vention is a "usurpation of authority," an "unwar-ranted" "farming out of tbe mission work to the Boards;" that "tbe Boards should be duly dis-missed;" that "the present Board plan will have to be changed up," calling It a " r i n g , " a "cen-tralizing tendency," etc., etc.—if all this is not calculated, if we may not say intended, to "hinder whatever preaching of the gospel can be done by the Boards," we are utterly unable to conceive what would be. If this is showing sympathy for Conventions and Boards wo should like to know what in the world Bro. Hall would say if he nhould start out to oppose them.

In the same issue of the Fhg Bro. Hall says: "The average contribution to Foreign Missions In

the South iatt year. It said to have been eight cents per member for the Baptists tn tbe South."

He then adds: "Eiffht centt per member! One-fourth of the mem-

ert drink more than that In a Chrletmat eggnog. Yei, thit It the 'organised work' of tbe South that It

down at a very necettary organisation. But IM money batit it unmsriptural, and fto uaurpation (tf authority given the chunhu in the faminff out of (As tNfi-*ion work to the liaarde <«]untDarrunt(d, and Ua inl#taH in giving any tort of i ^gn l t lon to the 9unthem Baptlit Theological tnnlnarjr hat besn palBfoUv humnl. w But the ConTsntloB should to n filtttiliiM

worth bleeding and dying fort More than half a century of organization, ard educa'ion, and cattl-

Ktllon, and flaggallatlon, and I tinuatlon, and re-ration. and mimhinatlon. hat brought tuch titua-

tlonl Bight cent* per numlter! The Board, and Seo-retarlet. and howlert, and splitters and kickert, all-around brulaert, are making a Dcandalout big futt over a very little wool. When the Gntpel Mittlon people get down to anything like that average, we will be ready to declare the whole thing a faroe.'^

Bro. Hall does not seem te realize that by his course he is doing everything he can to produce just{the resulthe so bitterly laments(7). His words sound very much like those of a murderer gloat-ing over his own deed. Nor does be seem to realize that the eight cents per member includes all Southern Baptists, Gospel Mmsioners and all. If only those who believe in Boards and who con-tribute through them were taken Into account, as he proposes to count the Gospel Missioners, the ptr cent would be much larger. Besides, the amount given through the Boards la far greater than through the Gospel Mission Plan. Dr. A. J . Holt, the efficient Currespo-iding Secretary of our State Board, has several times, once we l)elieve in the presence of Bro. Hall, made this challenge: The amount of money given, the number of bap-Usms, of souls saved, of churches organii-^, of Bibles distributed through the efforts of the State Board of Tennessee latt ymr were far greater than the work of the "Gospel Mission Plan" along the same lines since Its organisation. He chal-lenges comparison of figures. Speaking of Dr. Holt reminds us that Bro. Hall went out of his wpor iMt week to make an attack on him and also on Bro. A. J . Barton, AsslsUnt Cktrrespondlng SecreUray of the Foreign Hiiision Board. The evident purpose of It was to injure not them per-•onallj but the Boards they represent Or was It done almply to eipreta hla sympathy for these BowrdaT Aa to Bro. Barton, It ahould ba atated

» A P T I B T A N D - R B F L B O T O I l p O C T . 2 8 , 1 8 9 1 .

that he was not in 1 000 milea of the Oonferenoa which Bro. Hall aaya he attended. This fact Bro. HAII had abundant opportunity to know.

(2) The above quoUtlona will, we think, suf-flciently attest the character of the Flag and indi. cate Ita purpose to destroy all of our organized work, as it may have opportunity, and as far as Ita influence may extend. I t Is no wonder the Texae Baptiet Standard s ays of i t :

"The itiMerfeait BajMn Flag teemt detemlD^ to b e c ^ the g r M Suuibero urgao of tbe bowUrt, kickers and splltlm. lit Tennettee agent It R,v K. R. C a r t o n , who wa« refiittd a teat in tbe Hap-titt General Convention of Texas on account of hit Martlnltm. Ita Teiat book agent it Rev. W. M. Webb, tbe editor of tbe Martinite paper in tbit State and a leading exponent of tbe Crawford movement, l u Trxae Tr»vellnar agent Is Rev. G A. C..nl.on. wbote chief effnrta To bis travel* ssem to be direct^ towards the deatructlon nt oar organize miction work and tbe belittling of lu agencies It It well for the brotberbond to know that wbso the* pay their money to the Flag that It will be lited to feed and houte tbete dltorgaoizert and to weaken all our or-ganized efforta for the evangelization of tbe world. It It sad for a man of John Hali't abllitlet to turn hit energies In tuch a wrong direction."

Nor is It any wonder that the BaptUt Rtaptr spesks of it as "the Ammean Baptiet Flag with ita disorganizing, Hardsbell, anti Board proclivi-ties."

The Sautkem Baptiet, s Gospel Mission organ, recently said: (We quote verbatim et literatim et puntuatim:)

" We believe that all tbit ditturbanoet it ordered of the Lord. Step by ttap the people have been led along In this untcrlpterual organ zatloo butlnets and to tmoottaiy had tbingt moved that they bad not noticed bow far away from tbe truth tbey had gone But tbit disturbance had begun to open their e*et and the loyalty of tbe people It begining ui atMrt Ittelf and we have eome to tbe begining of tbe end of thIt whole butlnett. Tbe convention will be dltro-membered tbe teminarv will inte it dominating force and our people will go back to apottulic tlm-pltoety or clear on into epitcopacy."

We are not sure whether tbe Flag would go that far, though we suppose it would aa it is only the logical carrying out of its "Gospel Mission" principles. At any rate, as the Flag is making such strenuous and desperate efforta to gain a foothold in Tennessee our brethren may as well understand that wherever it waves it means dis-organization and disintagration and stagnation and death, to the extant of ita influence.

5. Bro. Hall says : "Al io theological tchoolt we have pobllthed for

years before tbe Wbitslu contention bad ever ore-a M a ripple of our uncompromitlng oppotltion to all of tbem, tbe world over. We believe in educat-ing the young preachers thoroughly tn tbe rudlmentt of rMl education, and tbut enable them to uke tt.etr BIblet and work out their own theology."

This Is a free country and every man can do as he pleases. I ^ t It be understood, however, that the purpose of Bro. Hall is not simply to se-cure the resignation of Dr. WLitsitt frcm the Seminary, but that he will be satisfied with noth-ing less than the destruction of the Seminary it. self. Here Is ioonoclasm for you.

6. Bro. Hall ridicules what he calls our "pesce policy." Wben that policy has been endorsed so overwhelmingly and with suoh practical unanimi-ty by the Baptisto of Tennessee as It was at Fay-ettavilla, we oan aUnd his ridicule. We are led to infer that according to hla policy, instead of peace and harmony at Fayettaville there would have been atrlfe and division and Injury to our organised work, and it may be disintegration. Thanka ba to the Lord the calamity was averted— thanks to tbe Lord and not to Bro. Hall. By the way, it waa currently reported at Paris last year that B r a Hall lelt the C invention there on the second day, saying in disgust that "they don't do anything but sing and pray there anyhow." He left on the aeoond day this year. Was It for the same reason—'because tbe spiritual atmosphere waa too warm and beoause there was too much psaoe and harmony there for himf

.7 Bro. Hall makes every effort possible to rld< loule and belittle ua. (1) It is easier to do that than to anawtr our argumenta. (2) This seems to to a part of hla eatabliahed policy. Whenever anyone geta in hla way and he thinks it ntoeaaary to orlppia that parson'a Influenoe he resorta to peraonal abuaa and aven to dafamatlon of oharao* ter. Thia ha haa done tinM and again. Hera are amna of thoaa wboaa oharaotera he haa attempted to datuna: John A. Broadua, H. A. Tapper, 0 .

A. I/»fton. J . B.Oranflll, John R Sampey, J . Wm. Jones.CArtarHe'mJjnes,8 M Provence and oth-ers. We feel honored at being in such company. We mentioned these fsota to a gentif man. He ex-claimed, "What a horrible recordi" But such is the record. For our part, wecan say: "There It no tarror, Castiut, In your tbreata:

Fnr I am armed to strong in honesty TJat they pats by meat the Idle wind. Which I retpect not " 8 Bro. Hall Inslsta that his pen always ex-

presses the t rue feelings cf bis heart. We are very sorry. We really hoped, as we said, that his pen sometimes runs away with him, and that he is not at heart the kind of man his recent writings would indicate him to be. We are sor-ry to be assured by him that we were mlstakan.

9 Bro. Hail calls us his "self appointed cen-sor." In reply we have to say:

(1) This discussion was forced upon us by the aggressiveness of Bro. Carswell with his'Martin-ite principles and by the fact that Bro. Hail came to his defense, thus apparently endorsing those principles.

(2) But how about Bro. Hill? Is he not con-tinually criticising everything and everybody? Who gave him the authority m exercise such cen-sorship? Who appointed him to the office of Grand Censor of Southern Bsptista? Was be "self-appointed?" Or has he alone a monopoly of the censorship business? Is he to have the privilege of criticising anything at any time in any way, and If anyone else shall dare to say any-thing with reference to Aim is he to be called a "self appointed censor?" Wrapped in the soli-tude of his own awful and exalted majesty, is he to sit upon his throne of glory serene, sublime and unapproachable, criticising everything and everybody, but himself above all criticism, and If any one. after much provocation, shall presume to invade the sacred precincta of his sovereign prerogatives, and offer some friendly criticisms upon a blunder which his infallible Holiness bad evidently made, is he to receive the oool reply, "Whoare you anyhow? You get out You have no business here. I alone have the right to criti-cise."

In view of Bro. Hall's own course, and In view of the fact that he bad laid hims'-lf so peculiarly open to criticism and had Invited It so daringly, we confess that it seems to us to come with very bad grace from him to raise tbe cry of " martyr ."

ID. In the exercise of his (*'self appointed "?) censorship over us, Bro Hall asks us a number of questions. Our space is exhausted and we cannot answer them this week. We shall do so next week.

The Young: People's Union of Tenneaee. The Tennessee Baptist Young People s Union

met in the First Baptist Church in this city on Monday night of last week. In the absence of President Jeffries It was called to order st7.30 p. m. by Rjv. J . O. Rust, Vice President for Middle Tennessee.

Tbe devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Fleetwood Ball.

Miss Minnie Vesey sang a beautiful solo. "Step Over the Line."

Rev. A.J . Ramsey, pastor of Immanuel Church, this city, delivered a cordial address of welcome, In wUch he expressed great regret that the Bap-tlsta of this city were unable to throw open their homes to the delegates, for the reason that they are already filled with Centennial visitors.

Bro. J . S. McCullough of Memphis made a hap-py and appropriate response.

The foliowlug officers were elected forthe ensu> ing year: Rev. J . O. Rust, President; Drs. R B. Garrett, R N. Barrett and J . S. McOullough, Vice Presidenta; £ H. Rjiston, Secretory, and James Tyler, Treasurer.

Rev. A .U. Boone delivered an intereatlng ad< dress upon "The Young Baptiat—What i la Snould Do."

Dr. 0. S. Blaokwell, Seoretory of the Southern Union, though juat off of the train after a long jiiurney. and though auffering much bodily pain, made a very fine addreaa.

Tbe Convention adjourned until T u n d a j morn-ing at 9 a. m. At that honr it waa oalled togathar byPraa ia«n t J .O. Boat,

The Convention decided to ocoept tbo Invlta-tion to hold ita meeting with the State Cuoven-tlon at Athena next year.

The queatlon came up as to the admission of fe* male delegates and there was anme pleasant spar-ring totween Drs. Lofton and Hawtboroe on that subject

Tbe Executive Biard was located in Chattanoo-ga and was empowered to apportion sming the different Unions of the S'ate the 9 4 0 0 apportioned to Tennessee by the Exticutlve Committee of the Southern Union.

Dr. R. N Barrett of Gallatin delivered a very fine address upon tbe subject, "Tne Young Bap-tist and Missions."

R<!v. L. k. Little also made an admirable speech upon the subject, BIbMcal Culture."

After a few other remarks the Convention ad-journed. The seasion was considered quite a successful one. Tbe attendance Monday night was very good, but was smaller on Tuesday morulng.

A Mutual Conlerence. We published recently tbe atatem-nt of the

friends of Dr. Whitsitt, who met in this city sev-erai weeka sgo. We did so as a matter of infor-mation, presuming that our readers would like to know what they did at that conference, as we bad received several lettera of Inquiry asking what waa done. After our announcement that we would publish the statement as it sppeared in the dally papers, we received a pamphlet containing In addition to the statement of those brethren s paper by Dr. Wbltaltt explaining various charges which have been made against him.

We ahall not now notice the pamphlet In de-toll. We nay simply say that the brethren who put forth the statement are all recognized as among our tost and truest men. What they did wearesure was done with tbe very purest motives. At the same time, however, the statement is evi-dently not satiafaotory to every one.

We want to suggest that a mutual conference, both of the friends and opponents of Dr. Wbltaltt, shall now to held. Let this conference meet some time in the near fu 'ure at a time and place which may to agreed upon. Let It spend several days, if necessary. In considering thequestions st issue. Let the whole ground to gone over fully and thoroughly. Let tbe issue to sta ed definitely. Let there to a mutual spirit of respect and broth-erly love. We tolieve that in this way the mat-ter can to thoroughly considered, false issues eliminated, and the brethren on toth aides can to brought to see eye to eye, and will come to a satis-factory conclusion which will restore peace and harmony to our distrsctrd S luthern Z on. We do not sugge^it that the conclusions of ihis con-ference shall have any binding authority upon Southern Baptista. We think, however, that tbcy will have a moral Infiuence upon them. Toe Board of Trusteea of the S mmary l« at present the tribunal whioh has tbe final decision of the matter, but we are sure that tbe conclusions of such a conference will have considerable weight with the Trubteea. We hope that this suggestion will to satisfactory to both sides, and that a con-ference will to held which will tend to bring order out of our pr^^ent cmfusion.

Dr. D. I. Purser. We leam with deepest regret of the death In

New Orleans last Friday of Dr. D I. Purser, pas-tor of the Valeooe-street Baptikt Cburch. Dr. Purser was out of ths city wben the yellow fever broke out and went bsok in order to be with his people in their siHiotion and was himself taken with the fever. Dr. Purser waaote of our noblest and truest ministers. He was doing a One work at the Valenoe-atreet Church, and will be greatly missed there and also In the annual gatheringa of hla brethren, to which he delixhted to go, and of whloh he waa an influential member. I t seems aad that ha ahould toout down in the midst of his usefulneaa, but tha Lord linowa bes t Wa tender to hla toraaved wifaand ohlldrenour mostearnest aympathy in tbalr great losa. May they And God'a graoa auflloiant lor tham in thla, their hour of aortal trlaL»

10 B A P T I S T J k J S D B E F L E O T O B , O C T . 2 8 , 1 8 9 7 .

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THE HOHE

A Child of Jesus.

I Pnbllabod by reqUMt of IUT. W. M. PrlM, rolportor for Hculkh aod Vrleoilihlp Aiao-olatluoH. In ika InMreil of rflltfion In children!

CHAPTER I .

TIIK COTTAOB—IT8 INHABITANTS.

ImuKiuc to yourself an old-fasb

ioned cottage, very smaU and very

plain, whoso little windown are

shailod by clear white curtains, and

whose door-stone is always clean

and smooth. The path tothegarden-

t^ate Is very straight and narrow,

aud lined on each side by rose

bushes. Some one has an eye to

beauty—for the smallest bit of

round can be mode beautiful--has

w heeled sparkling red sand from the

shore, and spread it all along the

little path.

The fresh sea-breezes blow over

the hilly ground where the cottage

.sUnd>-,ufew old apple-trees stand

on its right. I t is only a mile from

the ocean

Now you have the cottage and the

walli, I will describe the

iT .-diMi It was very small, but

lar^'e enough to hold a great variety

of choice flowers. A few apple

irt'fs. a very low, choicepeach-tree,

tand uu-thes of currants and blacit-

'rr es irrew there—the tatter

' strajfjjlinn against and over apretty

white pi l ing. The road that led to

the busy city was much traveled by

riaring coaches of red and black; by

great hay-carts, carrying their fra-

grant treasures where they might

change theqi into silver and gold.

Then, as there was a beach not far

off—a white glistening level, where

many a tinted shell and many a

bright weed cuddled together—there

were carriages and stately equip-

ages, filled with ladies and gentle-

men, often passing and repassing.

Sometimes little gir ls would shout

us they "ame in sight of the red

cottage—I forgot to tell you i t was

red-for they became accustomed to

see at one of the windows s pale,

patient face, that never looked en-

vious, although it could not move

round among the roses, and the

helpless l imbs could never bound

over the green sward. I t was a

pretty face; sickly to be sure, but

there a God-sent patience rested.

The eyes almost haunted you after

they had once given that earnest

gaze into your own, for- they were

large and gentle, filled with a look

that long-waiting gives to one.

T3ut there was often soother faoe

seen beside that of the sick chi ld.

Oh! it was such a rosy, round ball

of a face, and the eyes laughed and

the cheeks dimpled—for It WM

health that gave It beauty. And

Ki t ty— I believe that Is yoarname—

remember that If you cherish Rood*

nesn and oleanliness, you are cher-

ishing beauty. Sometimes, to be

sure, a sickly faoe ts lovely, but

that is when heaven's peace

has entered It. Did you ever

see an alabaster TMe, white as

the snow-drift, clekr M the

drop of dew through nrhloh the red

of the flower Is visible? And have

you known any pue to plsoe a little

lamp within that vsieT OhI what

a glow of pure, soft iitdber there mui

made by the little light shining

through the vaset Well , when some

sick faces have grown very clear

very pure, like the vase of»lalMwter

God p u U the l ight of His love with

In, and everybody c r i es , " 'Wha t a

softg lowl how beautiful!"

The boy with the rosy face was

called Oharley; the lame, sick child

two years older—though no one

would have thought it—was named

Daniel.

I don't believe any one ever saw

Daniel who did not immediately love

him. Oue wanted to kiss that

broad, white brow, one wanted to

touch the curls of gold that were

so thin and soft ihey seemed almost

an illusion, except when the West

wind blew through the window.

ClIAITKU II

KAMKI, MMIKX —IIM AKK1.H"TH>S

l'K.\TII I.ITTLH DA.MEL.

Daniel .Marks was a carpenter.

When he was first married, and

brought his good young wife to the

cottage, then new, and bu i l t for her,

he was a strong, heolthy, robust

man, who could do more work than

any other carpenter in town. But

sad to say, the very next day he

was carried home crushed and

dreadfully disabled. Weeksstretch-

ed into months before be cculd walk

feebly about the cottage floor; and

he could not do un hour's work after

his first boy was given to him from

God. This was very sad, and very

disheartening, but Daniel knew that

his suffering could not last forever.

He loved God and the thought of

heaven was so delightful to him,

that he tried to bear all his pain

without murmuring. His wife was

a noble woman. She never spent

an idle moment. Upon her now

devolved the task of caring for her

household, and procuring the com

forts of life. A neighbor worked in

the little garden an hour every day,

out of the pure love of doing g(X)d,

so that there was always something

growing there, and .Mary took in

sewing, spinning, and washing, and

sung and smiled as she worked.

The singing and the smiling did

more good than the medicine, but

In spite of both, Daniel wasted

away; and when little Charley was

nine months old, and could just lisp

" P a d e r , " after the manner of such

little ones, the father lay down for

the last t ime—but not in the sweet

bed with its clean sheets of linen.

No, he slept now where no baby-

voloe could waken him, and a sod,

flower-covered, was his canopy.

Tears passed over the widow, and

she grew cheerful again. Yes, in

spite of the weakness of poor little

Daniel, who had never been well

she was happy. She knew thatthe

earth was made to stay in buta little

while, and that If her sweet boy

died he would go to join the angels-

go to bo always beckoning her to

the land whore flowers fade not, and

treasures are never lost. Besides

this, she had proof that the boy was

a child of Jesus. She had taught

blmtheScriptures from his Infancy,

she bad led bim to tbe feet of the

l^vlor. She bad been enabled to

explalD away all his little doubts,

indstrengtben bis sometimes waver-

ng fliith. She bad seen bis tears

Ibttt attested bis contrition for sin,

she had heard bim, when he thought

htnmelf alone, plead with tbe Sailor

oi sinners to make him a child of

heaven; and she bad been called

one day to his side when she knew

by the holy look of rapture that

overspread bis face that he bat

learned tbe language of Christ.

"Mo the r , " be said. " I have found

H i m . "

"Found Jesus, my little boy?"

"Yes , mother, I know I have found

Him. Oh, how good He isi I am

so happy ! "

"1 am very g l ad , " was the low,

sweet response.

" {everything looks so bright,

mother , " said the chi ld, pointing

from the window. " A l l the trees

are happy, and tbe roses and the

gratis—all looks so t)eautiful now I

Oh, 1 am glad I have found J e sus ! "

"Joaut, lover of my soul,

Let mo to thy bosom ny , "

repeated his mother.

."Yes, I want to go ( W e , " s a i d

little Daniel, fervently.

As littlp Charley grew, the mother

was glad to see the health-bloom on

his cheek—Its tire in bis eyes. She

taught him to be tender to tbe sick

one, he who seldom stirred from bis

little stutTed chair, and looked so

wistfully out when the cun shone.

On every fair day, the mother would

drag ihe invalid into the pretty gar

den, and the red of tbe roses played

against the white wan cheek, while

Charley frolicked like a young kid,

every moment coming to Daniel, to

know if this wasn't nice, and that

wasn't pretty!

Daniel seemed to have a strange

wisdom. He was, perhaps, a poet,

for be clothed his language in beau-

ty, as a star is clothed in light, and

everybody could And something in

what he said to think about,

One day there were more visitors

than usual to the beach. It was a

warm, glowing noon, when a car-

riage stopped in front of tbe widow's

bouse, and spr inging therefrom, a

child of eight summers came up the

little graveled walk to the cottage

door. She was the daughter of

luxury—her dress and air of ex-

treme fashion proved that—but, at

the same time, her manners were

winning, and her face very gentle

and pretty.

" I f you please, majf I have some

water?" asked tbe child.

"Wou l dn ' t you rather have mi lk? '

asked Mrs. Marks.

"Oh I yes, indeed! " said tbe little

one, eagerly; " and I may stay j us t

as long as I please to dr ink it? for

poor papa, he's so very ill and tired

he must wait ever so long. See,

the carriage has stopped under the

great tree by the ga te . "

•Won't your father come In, too?"

asked Mrs. Marks, as she was pre-

paring to get tbe milk.

" I ' l l go and ask h im ; " and away

the child ran, bounding back again,

liowever, to say that he d idn ' t feel

able, and be was resting on the

carriage ousblons.

Tbe child drank her milk, and

then, with an amusing familiarity,

she untied and threw olT her bonnet.

"You're sick, too, ain't you? "she

asked, as she took her position by

Daniel's side, drawn thither b^ tbe

sweet expression of bis pale faoe.

He smiled for a reply.

" I 've seen you ever so many times

as we drove past," she continued,

"and father i^lways says that you

ook like a picture In a rougbframe.

Don'l you get Ured of altting herflf

I should think your mbther or soma-

body would drive you to the beach.

Ob ! it's to nice there. Say, don' t

you got tired of staying here? "

{Continued next toak.)

RECENT LETTERS

To Dr. Hartman by Catarrh Pa-

tlenti.

Thefoliowing

l e t t e r s were

received from

women: Mrs. J .

II . Macoinbor,

of F r e m o n t ,

Mich., writes:

" M y busbuud

had c a t a r r h

most drcudful-

l y . l ie w a s

H u rp r i s e d to

find after tak-

ing one bottle

of P e - r u - n a ,

that he was cured of the ca tar rh . "

.Mrs. L. .M. Hunter, of CI If Urn,

KansaM, says. "After taking three

bottles of Pe ru na I am cured of my

catarrh. I will not bo without it in

the house, as it cures coughs and

colds so qu ick ly . " Mrs. fl. J .Mar

tin, Paoll, Indian Territory, writes;

" I have used Pe ru na in my family

and find it the best medicine for

coughs, colds and ca tar rh . " Mrs.

G. F. Adams, of LI pan, Hood county,

Texas, writes: "Pe-ru-na cured ma

of catarrh with which I had been

suffering several years. I feel that

Pe-ru-na has saved my life, for when

I began taking it I was not able to

do anyth ing; could noteat or s leep."

Mrs. Austin Degrout, WcKxlville,

Mich,, writes: " I feel in every woy

cured of catarrh from which I have

been a sufferer for twenty years . "

Tbe following letters were re-

ceived from men: K. M. Marshall ,

of Escanaba, Mich., writes: " M y

disease was general catarrh. The

catarrh bad aiTected my bladder and

kidneys, but I got relief from that

at once. Pe-ru-na is the best rem-

edy that I ever s aw . " liVledrich

Wul irodt , of Alma, Ohio, writes: " I

bad catarrh and dyspepsia, and was

so nervous that I could scarcely

walk. l a m seventy-five years old

n-)w and am well and happy. Pe-

ru-na did I t . " R N. Stabler, of

Payne, Ohio, writes: " I think Pe-

ru-na is the best medicine ever got

up for ca tar rh . "

Send to The Pe ru na Drug Man-

ufacturing Company, Columbus,

Ohio, for Dr. Hartman's latest free

book on chronic catarrh, la grippe,

etc.

Ask your druggist for a free Pe-

ru-na Almanac for 18J»H.

Awarded

H l g h e i t H o n o r s - W o r t d ' s Pk l r ,

a d d Meda l . M i d w i n t e r Pa i r .

B A P T I S T A N D l l B F L B O T O l l , O C T . flS, 1 8 9 7 . 11

The Traveler who would thor-oughly enjoy his toilet and b t h must carryft hair cAke in hi» toilet cii^e.

TOUNG SOUTH. |

Mn. LAUSA DATTOH EAKIN, Editor

KM B»ft 8«eODd Strael, ab»tMDuug4, Teco., to whom commuDlefttlonii tor thin department •bould b« kddreafsd -Young Koutb Motwi Null* VMtlKlk Ka<.roriium.

Uur mlaalonkry't addreu: Mra HaRiils M«j D»rd. a Sakkl Maohl, Kokunt. Japan. *tk Sao rrai • anelHoo Cal

llow Mirungiily quiet the little form. With thi) h«n(lM on the bncom crooaed'

Nol a fold, not k fl )wor, out of pUCo, Not It Hhori curl rumpUd and toaaedl

There it man and a woman, pale with grief, A. iho weurlaonne mnmeota creep;

O' ilielonclini^g* louob-H evrrjrthlnir— TtiB ixjj of ilio houxe l« attluep.

—Toronto Ulobe.

—MUalon aubject lor October, Fron-tier Miasiona.

nv iA t tSTMBST.

—J. B Oambrell, D D :-There are

I,MO Bapilal oburchex In Texaa with-

out bnuans of worship. Ti-xaa ha*

over 1,000 mlloa of (rontlop bordo"-.

There are within the Stitto. 200,000

Mexicana, 250 000 Germane nnd innny

thouaanda of oiber niiiionalltleH who

need the goanel.

—J. M Breaker, D D :—There arp

HOO 000 Oerniana in Mlatourl. Of the

2 600 000 impulation of Mlaaouri there

aro 2 000 000 who are notCbriailana.

—A. J. Hi l l , D D.:-Ttiere are 132

towna In Tonnoaaeo without any Bap-

llat ohuroh at all. In one of these

there It a population iif 8U0 and no

oburob o' any denomination, not even

a prajree-meotlnfr or Sunday anhooi.

Tbirty-ooe of tbeao towna arc county

•Ite*. Tbereare nineteen towna In Tcn-

neaaeewith no ohuroh of any dcnomlna

Hon.

—Itov. A. Uedford, Burnette, Okla-

homa:—I have juat returned from a

lour through four countiea. I wa* at

Chandler with Bro Howe. Preached

forhim tbreetiniea, then paarcd throutrh

Ingram weatward. I Und threat deatl-

tutlon. People have no knowledge of

Baptlata. Campl>clllto (ircacberacaniK

twelve mllei to hear mc pri<ac>h ntu)

wanted mo to come attain.—/if/»i« Fuld

for October.

The Boy of The Hooie.

He wan a boy of tbe buuHu jroti koow. A J >Uy KDd rollloklng lad.

Ua.waa nerar Ur«d, and Bever alok, And notblnit could make htm ia<:.

I( be atarted to play at auarUo Not a teat would be Uke at noon.

No day WM ao long from bnglunlag to end. But Ua bedtime oame too aoon.

The matdea auotla was half dlatrauRht At hla uloka aa tba days went by,

"The moat mlaohlOToua ublld In the worldi" She aald, with • ahruit and a algb.

Hla fath«r owned that her worda worn fue. And Ua mother declared eaob day

Waa puttlnii wrinklaa Into her faoe. And waa turning her brown hair gray.

nia crown-np alaiar referred to him Aa a tronbia, a trial, a griefs

•Tilt way be Ignored all rule*," eho aald, "Wat aomatbing beyond belief."

But It na ar troubled tbo boy of tbo houao, a t raval*d In clatter and din,

And bad oaly one regret In the world -That ha hadn't bean born a twin

Thar«*a nobody making a nolae today, Thtrt'g nobody attmping th» noor.

Thtm'i an awful aUanoa, upauira and down, Tktra't onpt on the wldt hall door.

Tbt Itrrlar't whining out In thn aun— "Wlitrt'a ny eo«r«dBf' ha a- oDt to atyi

Turn yottr plalnllvt tyaa away,llitlt dog, Tttrt't M Irollt for you today.

Tht frtoklt-raaad tlrl from tht houat ntit aot<r It tobblni htr young heart outj

Doa'lery.lllUt ilrl, you'll toon forget T* mlaa tkt laugli and Iht •hout.

Tht growa-nti tbttr It klmtng hla fte«, Aad talllac Mm ••terlmd" and •iwttt,"

Tha aaMm MuiUt la feaMlBff Dii IDOMI n a t ke wort «a hit HMtiMt fMt.

You f ig South G>rreipondence^

prayert. Remember that I Thanktfor tbe never-wearying Intereitofthit little band of workert.

Then comet another of the "tried and true:"

' Wo aend you today |1 for Mrt

Mayflard John hat worked bard for

hit money, but It aooumula'et tlowly

So I add mine to It. He tbinka be can

(ret another little boy here to be

Young South contributor If you will

Bona a box to b im."

J . T. L ipsev.

Wo will certainly aend tbe box

May he provo aa good a worker aa

thiM little friend of oura. Aa long at

ft boy and hla mother are "partnera'

you may expcct uroat tblogt. Juat

keep riKbt on In th(it line, John.

1 think thli< muat bo from a new

friend, at I do not recall ever having

a letter from Ti bbd before:

"1 aend you t l for our own mlatlon

ary, the proceeds of my mlttlonary

I waa quite, quite auro wo would bavo

a letter from our doar mlaaionary to

end Ociobcr with, but thia ia the last

moraont and It baa not conrje. I think

It must bo on the way, and our anxiety

for It will nnko It all the moro precloui

to UH. Did you notelaat weektbatahe

wan oura f.)r April, May, Juno, July,

and AuifUHiV Forty-flve moro doilara

will »flvo hor U) U8 for our flrat half-

y^a-: Part of that U reported today.

.Now, let a put our ahouldera to tbe

whf'el. I wnnt November to fairly roll

In the "willlDtr offerlnga" Wbatcan

you do? Aod ;/»u? And votj? I am

HO t.'ratcful to Ciod for the five montba

rccord

But I have aome other awoet letters.

If there Ih none from beyond the grreat

I'Aclflc. Lot ua lUten Qrat to those

whii have come farthest to bo with ua

today, oven from Texas:

" W o aro two llttioTexas boya. Wo

como to brinjf our birthday offering

(we arw two and four years old), and

our ..'randfaiher, whose name Is W.

9 Turner, makes our contribution one

dollar. He has rcacf the linplist for 30

years. He In (U) years old. We hope

to come asrain some day, and brlnjf

moro for Mrg Mayr.ard."

KMMETTand W i i . l ie Bryan .

U'u are always sn (flad to hoar from

our Texas frionds, and wo are so (grate-

ful for this aid Direct your next

letter to Mrs. Laura Dayton Eakin,

.101 K Second Street, Chattanooira

Tenn , and make the order out In tbe

same way, as "Miss Laura Dayton"

ceased to exist over sixteen yoariai^o—

when sho waa married, Wo tbal l

look for you airaln soon. May tbe

l^ood (^randfatbor roako out hla four

score years I

The noxt Is from doar old friondt:

" W o send an order for 75 oonta.

nivo no cents to Mra. Maynard and 25

ccntt to tbe OrphanaKo. Our new

pastor, Bro. Cleveland, Uvea in Cbat-

tanooga. Doot our editor know bim?

Dr. (loll waa horo lately and tbowid

ua picturet of hia family. Why doetn t

Carrie C. write to the Younir South?"

F i n u l r v and ElizaiiRTii Fcqua .

No, thu editor baa not tbo ploaaure

of knowlnR Bro. Olovoland, but tb^

ho|)ca to Iq the near future. He mutt

be a mombor nf aomo of the other Bap*

tint oonffreKatlona, at tbe knowt only

the Flrat very thorougtbly. The Young

South could soarooly " r u n " without

tucb faithful little friondt aa thete.

May they be richly bloat in doiofr tbla

worki W e are to muob obliged for

tbit timely Rift.

And next oomot that faithful o la i i

at Henninir:

" W e tend (10 oentt with our prayera

for Mrt. Maynard. We hope to t m a

letter from her toon.*'

r R I M A R Y 0 L A 8 B HENMINO S . 8 .

I like thfat way of Mnding:—with

prayerti Our Dti t ionariei oan do

without our nionar better t h u our

hen. I pray tho Lord to bleat

the good of aomo poor tou l . " It to

A Fr iend.

Wo aro ao (rratoful. May we have

many such friendsl

Tbe next Is from Halls:

"Enclosed Qnd order for 75 oenta

for Japan. I am only 20 montbt old,

but my mother wants me to learn to

(five to others. If you pleate, I will

join tbe 'Infant Bricrade' and do my

beat.'' E s t h e r C u j i ^ y .

You are so very welcome, dear child.

May you grow up at brave and true

aa the beautiful Esihor of Bible timet!

Thank you ao muob I We hope you

will |;row up with ut.

The next comet from Del RIc:

"Encloted pleaae find I I 15 tent by

tho Del R io B. Y. P. U. fpf Mra. May-

nard'a aupport."

Maooib Rub l e , Seereury.

Many thanks to the B. Y. P. U. for

ao kindly making tbe Young South tbe

medium of their contrlbutiona to For-

eign Mlaaions. May they prosper,

growing dally In tbe ways of truth.

The laatbrlnga tbe banner collection

for tbIt week from Athena:

" W e tend you 12 45 from tbe Atbent

Sunbcamt for Mra. Maynard. Part

of it comet from tbe pennlet we bring

In on Sunday afternoont. The rett

wat made by 'multiplying penniet.'

Leou Maglll made one dollar from onf>

penny. He ttarted with one cent't

worth of beans and then told lemon-

ade. We are going to try to contrib-

ute tometblng each month to our mlt-

t lonary . " B a t e T c r l e y .

I like that latt retolve. It 't tbe

tteady, tyttematio giving that brlnga

ut to our detired point. Won ' t tome

body elte "multiply pennlet" in tblt

wonderful way? I knew a little boy

once who made 150 out of one dime.

I ' l l tell you the ttory tome day, if

you'l l remind me.

I never had a torer dltappointmant

than when I wat compelled to give up

going to FAyetteville latt week. But

circumstaiiCM moit inexorable of ty-

rantt forbade.' ( hnpn •one one who

How to Find Out What Makes Sick.

There comna a time to many of ua

when poor health and tlokneta bring

anxiety and trouble mott bard to bear;

ditappointment teemt to follow every

effort of pbytiolant ioour behalf; reme-

diet we try bave little or no effect. In

many tuob oaiea terlout miatakea are

made in dootorirg and not knowing

what tbe dlteate la or what makes ^ t

tick. Kind nature warnt ut by oer-

Min tymptomt which are unmlatak-

able evidence of danger, tuob a t too

frequent detire to paat water, tcanty

supply, acalding Irritation, pain or

dull achea in back—they all tell ut.

In tllence. that our kidnoyt need doc-

toring If neglected now, tho dlaeaao

advancet until tbe face iooka pale aod

tallow, eyet puffy, feet twell, and

tometimet the heart aott badly. By

tbete condltiont, wbieh are plain to

be teen, nature tellt ut again that our

kldnty trouble ia growing wort, aod

that we are on dangerous ground.

Should further evldenco bo needed to

And out tbe cauae of tioknea*, then set

urine aalde for twenty-four hours; a

sediment or aettling la alaoconvloclng

proof that our kidneys and bladder

need doctoring. There Is comfort In

knowing that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-

Root, tbe great kidney remedy, ful-

flllt every requirement aod with in

quickly relieving pain or dull acbo in

the back, kidney, liver, bladder and

every part of tbe urinary paasage. It

corrects Inability to hold water, and

tcaldiog pain k pasting It, and over-

comes that unpleasant necessity of

being compelled to get up many timet

during tbe night. Tbe mild and tbe

extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root

it toon reallied. It ttandt tbe bighett

for i u wonderful caret of the mott dit-

trettlng eatet. If you need a medi-

cine you thould have tbe be^t. At

druggiau, price fifty oenta and one dol-

lar. You.may bave a tample bottle

and pamphlet both tent free by mall.

Mention tblt paper and tend your ad-

drett to Dr. Kilmer k. Co., Bingbare-

ton, N. Y. The proprietort of tbit

paper guarantee the genulnenett of

tblt offer.

Copyright 1887 Dr. Kilmer it Ca

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ttehlng, acaly, bleeding |wlm«, sliapcleM naUs and iwlnfut ilniter euiiv, plmplM, blaekhtadak otly, mothy *kln,dry, thin, and falling hair, Iteli. lag, MMiy Malp«, all yield qulekiy lo warn hatha with tiuTli un* 0<up, nud gentla aHnlnUngt wlUi UoTiouaA (uliitineBl;, tba grwt aUa ennh

£jiM. r»naal»amiM*QMk

• a«liWMtaltu««.-(Mb . I

ITOHINB? HUMORS ' t ^ H t S A J f

wat there will tell ut about It. I bear

tbe "Spir i t of the Lo rd " led tbe Con-

vention, and that i i waa a wonderful

aeation in many way*. Tbe next meet-

ing oomet to Atbent, where I tratt

Eatt Tennettee wilt gather in great

atrengtb. I exp«cted to go up to

Tburtday morning, and to did not

arrange for a tpeolal report of tbe

W . M. U. for our page You will And

one on the mUtlonary page.

Now for tbe "melancholy dayt , "

only we won't allow tbem to be tad in

tbe Young South. L»t 't work all tbe

harder, if tbe leaves are falling. No-

vember it next to tbe last month in

18971 Think bow tbe dayt are Dying.

Mott truly,

LAtTRA OArroN EAtaN.

Baeelpta.

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18 B A P T I S T AJSTD B E l X i l B O T O I I , O C T . 2 8 , 1 8 9 7 .

R E C E N T E V E N T S .

—Th0 South CaroliDA B*pl l i t Con-vention will meet In Rook Hill on the flrit of December.

—Re*. T. J . Por te r , formerly of K e j Weat, P U . , hfta Moepted • M i l to the ohurob a t Fort Deposit , Ala.

—Dr. J . B. T a j l o r la aaalating Dr . M. B. Whar ton In a meetlnf a t the Freemason-i l reetBaptiatChnrob, Nor-folk, Va.

—Rev. A. C. DIzon la being aaalated In eTaasrelittlc aervloea at Hanaon Place, Brooklln, N. Y. , by Re». R. O. Pearson.

—Rer. J . M. Roddy, paator of the Bapl i t t Church at Midway, Ky., waa married on October 14th to Mlaa Edna Cofiar of Veraatllea, Ky.

—A meeting la beinf held a t Eden-ton, N. C., conducted by Rer . Percy G. Blaom of DanTllle, Va. Mr. Elaom h a t remarkable glfta aa an evanfel la t .

—ROT S. Y Jamlaon, paator of the Weat End Baptlat Church, At l anU. Ga., haa been called to the ohnrch a t Grlffln, Ga., to aucceed Re». T. W O'Kelly.

— Rev. Slgmund Raicowakl, the eon-•erted Jew, la In GrllBn, Ga. , holding a meeting eapeolally In favor of con-Tertian the Hebrewa. It la hoped tha t l^ood may reaulL

— Dr. Malcolm McGregorof At lanU, Ga , it conducting a anooeaaful meet-ing at the Baptlat Cbnroh in Ver-saiUe*. Ky There have been a large number of converaiona.

—The Board of Managera of the Orphana ' Home have recently elected Mra. Colllna of Memphia aaa iaun t matron of the Home In place of Mlaa L a u r a Harrla. Mra. Collina ia highly recommended.

—Dr. D. Heagle,profeaaor of Church Hlatory in the Theological Depart-ment of the Southwestern Bapt lat Cnlveralty at Jackson, haa accepted the paatorate of the Second Baptiat Church In that city.

—The Alabama Baptiat Convention, which wat to have met in Eaat Lake on November 11th, haa been poatponed Indefinitely on account of the yellow fever. W e praaume tha t it will meet sometime in December.

—It ia announced tha t the Weatera North Caro l ina ConTentioo baa de-cided to Join the North Caro l ina Con-vention and have only one Conven-tion In the old North State . I t aeema to ua t h a t thla ia a wise move.

—It la always ap l aa su l r e to seePro f . W . O. Carver of tiia Seminary. Ha waa paaalng through the city laat week and gave us a briaf eall. A b a r d atudent, a One praaoher, a genia l , lovable Chrlatian, ha Is one of o n r coming men.

—Rev. C. L Seasholea, recently paator of the Firat Baptiat Church, Dallaa, Tezaa, haa accepted a cal l t o the F i r s t Baptiat Church, Lanalng, Mich. W e a ra sorry t o lose him f rom the South . Ha was one of our most valued ministers.

- T h e Missouri Geaera lAaaocUt ion a t its meeting In Mezloo, Mo., l a s t week, rafuasd to oonslder WbitoItt reiiolutlona Introduced by Dr . S. H . Ford by a major i ty of 122 to 118 on the Aral day , and by • minority of 160 to 80 when they were reintroduoed on the aecond day.

Macbeth lamp-chimneys save nine-tenths of the chimney money and all the trouble. But get the right chimn^. Go ^ the Index.

fKnaeiga m

—Rev. Aaa Cox of WhIUock waa a t the Convention In the interest of a church In Henry County whloh is strug-gling to build a new house of worship. He told ua that be aeoured abou t 912.60. W e wiab it could have been more. Both he and the church he repreaenta a r e moat worthy.

—Rev. J . L. Sprolea of Huntaville, Ala. , and Mlaa L«ura Har r l a of Cov-ington, Tenn. , were united in mar r i age on October 20th. Bro. Sprolea waa formerly paator in Covington, and ia known aa a mlnlater of fine abili ty. Our warmeat benediotiona reat upon the happy couple.

—The editor of the Memphia depart-ment of the flag aaya tha t the only thing tha t would cause him to quit the Baptlata la the proof t ha t he "doea the Baptist causc more ha rm Uian g o o d . " The great t rouble with aome people la they want too much proof on things they don ' t want to believe.— Baptist Chronicle.

—The Third Baptist Church, Atlan-ta, Ga., recently made vacant by the resignation of Rev. J . D. Winchester, has called Dr. L G. Broughton of Roanoke, Va. Dr. Broughton Is a t present to .Memphis conducting a suc-cessful meeting. He will visit the church aoon and will then dec i l e about accepting the call.

—The Baptists of West Virg in ia met at Huntington in their twenty-third annual sesfloo on October 13ih. Dr. Reynolds wa« elected Prea ldentand R. R. Sadler Secretary. The S u t e Mla-alon Board reported that It waa free of debt. The iiaptwf Banner aaya tha t thla was the best meeting ever held in the history of the Convention

—We were glad to see Rev. U. S. Thomas of Mossy Creek In our office last Tuesday. Bro. Thomas wiU be remembered as one of the most effici-ent colporters of the Sunday-school and Colportage Board under Bro. (jdlsenberry He 1« now devoting «ll of his time to study at Carson and New-man College. He has, we think, a bright future before him.

—Among our visitors last week were Dr . J . M. Phill ips, the efficient pastor of the Bapt is t Church a t Mossy Creek; Rev T. J . Davenport of GermantowD, who ia one of the moat popular pastors we have in the State; J . S . McCullough of Memphis, an active Chrlatian lay-man, who la eapeolally interested In young people 's work, and B. C. Jar-rell ol Humboldt, who la one of our nobleat and moat generoua laymen.

—The Watem Btcmdtr announces tha t Rev. J . N.Prestr ldge, who recently realgned the paatorate of the Williams-burg Church and the prealdency of the Wi l l iamaburg Inatltute, ia, together with Rev. M. P . Hunt of Loulaville, to take charge of a new paper to be started in the interest of Dr. W h l u l t t The Aoorder adds : " I t is a freecountry and if Dr. W. ' s part laana want a paper and a r e willing to pay fo r it, they can have it, of oourae . "

—The Epiphany Baptlat Church of New York City h a s called Rev. Howard L. Jones of Chilesburg, Ky. He haa aocepted the oall and will begin hla paa tora te November 14th. He is a son of Dr. J o h n Wil l iam J o n e s and a brother of Dr. Car ter Helm Jones. He h a s been supplying the pulpit dur-ing the summer. The proper ty of the ohurah Is valued a t 1300,000 with a mor tgage of M6,000 on i t . I t is one of the oldest ohurohas in the oity, baTing been organl ied In 1701.

— I n I b e BAPTIST AND R B r u e o r o R of October 14th there was a qnastlon t tom a i l s t e r with reference to l i a r -tinlsm. ID whloh reference was n a d a to the " O i n t r a l Bapt is t Ohurah . " Rev. J . W . LM, p M t o r of UW Osatoal Bap t i s t Cburoh (o r . t o t iM ' kaowa m

Human Blood Turned to Wafer. Remarkable AfTliction of Miss Roselle Darr, of

Cumberland, Md. Front the Courier,

The reporter of The Courier hear ing of a terrible malady with whloh a young and handsnmo lady of Cumber-land, Md., wa« nffllctod, called a t the realdenco of Mr Michael Da r r . &8 Frederick street, to learn aomething of It.

Mra. Darr xald that her daughter Roaelle, aged IM yeara, bad been af-flicted «lth a iltscAso tha t apparent ly bad turned hor blood to water, accom-panied by nervuua prostrat ion, pains, loss of sp|H!tiie, etc., making life a burden.

The family physician wan consulted but bis trratiuent brought no relief, and her daughter '* existence was a draeirlns misery.

The mother also said tha t ber daui;!)-ter accidentally cut her finger ra tber ! severely, and they were astounded to | notice that no blood came from the ' wound Then . " »aid the mother, " l | was coDTinecd that my daughte r '* ' blood had really turned to wa te r . " ;

Mrs Darr. cogtlnulng. said she bad read of the merits of Or. Wil l iams ' Pink IMIs for I 'ale People, and had llttie faith In ouch remedies, but finally p u r c b a r e d a b o x a t Mr Hervey Laney 's druc store, on North Center street.

After her daughter , Uoselle, had taken one box a slight improvcmen was noticed io her condit ion; the rem-eay was continued, and af ter three and a baif boxes were taken her daucrbter's health was restored.

The reporter na tura l ly bad a desire to see the young lady af ter boarlnir these remarkable statements, but was Informed that she was out of the city on a visit.

Mr Michael Darr , the father of the young lady i« a passenger engineer on the B. and O rai l road and is an

Cumberland, Md. ' experienced and popular ra i l road man.

T o those who may doubt the a«!ura-cy of this Stat ment, we lefor tliem to Mr. Darr , who will Indorse a l l we have said, and to the following aff iJavl t of the mother of the younir lady:

i, Mrs. Re»)e«.va Darr, do acknowl-edge the staU!mfnl« of the above arti-cle relatlntr to my dainftit-^r'i. illnpoii, and the merits of • I>r WilllamH' I'ink I ' l l ls for I 'aic Pcoplx," In connctrllon with the same, is suiittantlally corr.-ct,.

Witness mf hand and MRS UKIIWCA DAICH

Witness: ClIARIXS K MOUHIH.

STATE OK MAKYI.ANO i ^ Al-IJMIiK.Ni ('OfNTY, 1'

Personally apiK-arcd b-for.- in«, thn subscriber, a Justtcn of the IVac«- In and for the said Statu and county, Mrs llebecea Darr , and mailo oath In due form of law, that thi- f.>r -ir>ilni' ' tatcmcnt Is true a* thiTi-ln »ot fnrtli

fllAltl.KS II MoHKIS. Jli'tl" "f If.- I'ff,

February .1. Pt97 Dr Wil l iams' Pink Pi l l , f»r I'aic

People contain. In a r,>nil«ni»i«l form all the elemeHs noce««ary to ^IFP new life and richness to Iho >>•<> , j and re-store shattered nerves Ti»<'y aro a ' t u a specific for trnu ' i le . iKi-uMar to female*, »uch a« »iiiit>i'<'i't'i'>n* irrec-ularl t ics and all f<>rm« i>f w.-aiinp** In men they eff'-t't a rAlli-a i-nn. In all cases artsinif from ni.-ntal w Try, overwork <»' of wlii'cve'- na-ture. Pink PilU aro »<'>M In boxes (never in loose ) ."•,(» >'.>iiu a bo* or six boxes for SO, ami may b - had of all drutrglsts. or direo bv ni^'l friiro Dr. Wi l l iams ' Medicine • '> S'-h-nec tady, N Y

the "Mart inl t« Church") Grenada, j Miss , writes to a*k if that was the church referred to It was not It waa a church In Texas. WeJ bad no > objection ro giving the name of the j place or of the sister who 'wrote the letter, but we withheld them at her own , requeat, as she did not wish ^to h a r e any trouble over the matter.

—We certainly rejoice in the reports from the Tennessee Baptist Canven-tlon. Long associat ion with these brethren led ua to believe tha t they would prove Intractible to the diaor ganlsera. They nobly compromised, and fu r the aake of work in their own State kept the Whltslt t matter out of the Convention. We cannot help com-paring Tennessee with T e x a s . C I t i a not long a g o tha t each of theae Sta tes conaolldated Into one Convention and began working for unity and harmony. Year by year Tennessee has grown in the strength of thla unity, until today there la no more promlaing State work In the South. Year by year Texaa baa gone back toward the verge of the old factional atrlfe. Ia not pa r t of Uie difference In the fact tha t Tenneaaee haa been united fo r the cauae and Tezaa for men? Our aympathy for thoae contending for our organised work in Texaa ia well known, but noble aa haa been their cause and their efforts , it haa failed to br ing auch results a s we see In Tenneaaee. The Statea t h a t atand for unity and atablllty, a r e thoae where no one man or a few men, d a r e to control. Tennessee, Georgia , Al ahama. North Carol ina, South Caro-lina, Virginia And MarylAnd. a r e S u t e t wbere tho brethren a r e on a p a r l i t , and whrre the center at alleffi anoe U the mt)rk,^Vhri$tian index.

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Tbm Om» CreaC Stumtnrit AuthoHty, ao mllr* Hun. tl. J. imUtm r . H. mtnmn Oxut.

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W u m i t y CommvftdsHll

Xnw f>UI« (tumtnlMK^nu of JiffwtJ.. I'm) ,

that a«lenoe baa t>««n able to cure m all ita n a . and that Is Catarrh. Hall's OstCnh C^K b tfca only pMltlvo cure known to the mrjflnU •oowo io®*'*"'' riataraitr. ' OaUrrh WIdb 2 wwiimioMflS^^ s a ^ mulroa a conRtliutlonal . ir«atm««t H ^ a Oaurrh Cure Is uken loteraally, MUM dlraetiy uiHHi the blood sod muootissnrftMea^

ny nuHdinc up the eonslltnUon and aaaiaUsv

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B A I ^ T t B T A l n > S B ^ B O t O l t , : O O T . 2 8 , ISS^T. 18

B D U T O A I O N A I i . Tb« Leading Bobool and Tsaebsra'Bnraaii>al

lbs Boutb and UonUiwsat la the NATI«>NAL UUHBAU o r •DDOATISX

J. W. Illalr.Prop.,suco«ssortoHlsaOraaUiwalt jj Bd J.W. Hlalr, Wllcoi Bulldlni, NasbvUli: Tean. send stamp (or Information.

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B o w l i n g G r e e n Buaineat Col lege

llurln«»i, bUori liand, Type-wrlllDK, Telegra-phy and l'«oa>aniihl|i tauKbt Oraduates se-cur<- poKttiniia BaautUUI OatAlovu* Free. AdtlrrHS.

OIIEHBY BROS., Bowllny Ohven.Ky.

Gospel Voices. A Now Song Boole by

D a E a D O R T C H .

.N'ow usud in more than UOO Bapt is t Sunday schools and churches.

'i'ho book haa met with wonderful /avor. (Jot a satnpio copy. It la gen eroiisly i-mlorned.

I'HICKS: -i". ot». per copy; W per duzeii by mall, prepaid; 12.60 per 'Jozcii or i ' j (or not prepaid.

Order of D. E . D O R T C H .

Columbia, Tenn. , OR RAITIHT ASV ItKKi^cTOR, Naah villp. Tenn

Have You Read ItP

• D I E RDD(E AAJ D THE BOW."

" "pfE PAFVU)ISE OF FOOLS."*

" V L S K Y ^ A / T F D D I ^ E A M S R

- G o v . BOB T A Y L O K ' 8 T A L E S "

is the title of tbo most Intereating book on the market . I t oontalna the three lectures which have made Gov. Bob Tay lo r famoua a s a pla t form orator— ' The Fiddle and The B o w , " " T h e Pa rad i se of P o o l a , " and "Viaiona and D r e a m s . " The lecturea a re given in ful l , Including al l anecdotea and aonga, jus t a s -lellvered by Gov. Tay-lor th roughout tho country. The book is neatly published, and cootaina flfty i l luatrat luna. Price 60 centa.

Any new subacrlber who will remit the price of the paper , 12, o r tl.SO if a mlnlater, will receive a copy of Gov. Tay lo r ' s Talcs free. Any old aul)-acrlber sending ua t2.16, o r 11 06 if a minlator, will receive the book and have his tlmo extended one year . Thla offer ia limited. Take advan tage of it a t .•noe. Addroaa: BAPTIST ANU KKTLKCTOK, N a a h v i i l e ,

Tenn.

illiiiiiiiilititili llifiiiillltillllll ifllllllllllillliti STEEL WEB n C K E T U W I FENCE

On Hint P>-l sod BaU. lUmlwanst. atraagM, iBOd Ikinihlx «i»l ilmipnt, W 1M,UMMt«7lM Qnm l.al(t ll««t «>>tillr]r ami Oi • t >r«rlHl llonr, fMil* altn a >rrriHl IIOTW, f MM* BMI iioi InrnM." VHSV^ •harrelBhi. uualnsui rna.

L. 5IIBLLADSRABIT. ATLANTA. OA-

—FOR SALB.—A tSO aiz montha acholarahip in one of NaabTii le ' t beat buaineaa colleges. Teachoa abor t ' band, t«legrapbjr ,book«karalng. P r i ce •38. Addrea i Y . Z. earn B a p l l t l and IteBeotor, Naahviiia, Tann.

-Pleaaeatate through your valnabla »nd highly appreciatod paper the amount of land contained in tha Ten' neaaee Centennial grounda and oblige wveral . WOOOOBBBV.

Mllldale, -renn.

- P r e a c h i n g at the Firot Church aa uaual by i 'aa tor Norria. Morning aubject, " T h o Chrlatian R a c e . " We had no service at night , through cour-teay to Bro. Whlt ten 's meeting, which still continues. Bro. Penick is doing some oicelient preaching. Bro . E. B. Pendleton and I cloaed ou r meeting in the country last night. The intereat was good. We earneatly truat tha t great good was done. Five candi-dates received for baptism. Our work In Dyersburg is very g ra t i fy ing In that wc believe that the Holy Spi r i t ia directing and energizing.

W. L. NoRBia. Dyersburg, Tenn.

—Followlog is the program for the Baptist circle meeting at Shady Grove church, MoDtgKmcry County, Octolier 30th and Slst:

i The Missionary Plan We W o r k -llev. A. U. Boone and H. WhltUeld.

2. The Bible Doctrine of Sanctlflca-tion—itev, J I ' Weaver and F. N. Smith.

3. How Best to Promote Activity in Church Work*—Ite*. Arthur Couch and F. S. Beaumont.

4. inter-Communion—itov. A. J . Gordon and F. F Po*.

5 Current Kv l l s -Dr . 8. N. Howaer and Dancey Fort .

6. Sunday Morning Maaa-Meeting for Bible W o r k - W . D. Turnley and the Superintendent of local achool.

7. Sermon a t 11 a . m. by J . P . Weaver

By order of Committee.

Mistress and Maid both have their part in the preat

savinjrs tliat coihe from P c a r l i n e . .Suppose you're the mistress.

I here 's the economy of it - the saving of time, etc., and the

actual money tliat's savtci by doing away with that steady wear and tear on everything

washed. .Siipposo you're the maid. There's the saving of lal>or; tiiy al.scnar of rubbing; the hardest partof the house-work made « asi«;r and |jic'a.santer.

Hut suppose you arc mistress and maid, both in one, doing your own work. I hi-n there is certainly twice as much reason why you should do evttry bit of your washing and clcininir with P e a r l i n e . —

—The fifth Sunday meeting of the FIrat Dlvialon of Cumberland Aaaoci-at ion will be held with New Bethel Church, three mllea aoutb of Good-lettavllle, beginning Fr iday nigbt, Oc-tober 29, 1807. Followlog^ia the pro-gram:

Fr iday, 7 p. m.—Devotional. 7:30 p. m.—Our Baptlat Orphanage:

Ita present condition and needa. W . C. Golden.

Saturday, 8 a. m.—Devotional. 9:30 a. m —Foreign Miaaiona: W h a t

haa been, what ia being and what needa to be done. A. J . Ramaey, J n o . Rice.

10:46 a. m.—Home Miaaiona: W h a t haa been, what ia being, and what needa to be done. W . C. Golden, Bro. Thomaa.

1:30 p. m.—Devotional. 2:00 p. m.—Stata Miaaiona: What

haa been, what ia being, what needa to be done. G W. Sherman, Young Jonea.

A Care for the Llqnor Habit.

In another column will be noticed a ca rd of thaColhro Remedy Co., Cin-cinnat i , Ohio. Thla company, com-poaed of temperance men, haa been do-ing a grea t deal of good in a limited manner for aeveral yeara, but recently they have decided to enlarge their aphere and aend their now famoua cure to all parta of the country. They will cheerfully anawer any iettera of inquiry.

—Send 60 cents In stamps (or Pftlmer's Magnetic Inhaler. It will cure that bad cold.

Ballard's Obelisk Baking Powder. I-lb. Cans. 25c. D o n ' t P a i l to C o m e a t ODCO a n d S e c u r e S o m e o t t h e G r e a t B M M l n a i a O B O O B R I E S a n d

P R O D U C E T h a t A r e O f f e r e d a t ^ ^ a n a

THE PEOPLE'S CASH GROCERY, •BRIDCE AVENUE AND THE SQUARE!

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0

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lleRt lloston Uranulkted Sugsr In lie-lb. HCha. 16 ao

IHIbt tieiii Ho.ion armn. Sugar.... I OO 1» IbR. Loulalaoa Uran Huor t 00 ill IbH VVblte Clarltled Hufar I uO {< Ibn new crop N. U. Sugsr I 00 20 lb iiuoket Pure Leaf Lard

only 11 20 10-lb. Bucket i 'ure Leaf Lard

only 66c 18 lb« llcst Leaf Lard I 00 IS lb«. Drr Salt llncon I 00 Fancy Bacon Strips 8M

W« are now rccelvl'R our new oan •nod*, whlcb «» bouf ht Urgaly early In In the a«ason and are prepared to maka the lowrat prloea of any bouae loutb of the Uolo Hirer * oaiM boot duitar Corn at 4 e«ni n aokberrlca X6 4 oana Kapbemea IS 4 osna auoaebrrrloa 81 4 larK« caaii I'loeapplea Sft 4 largn oana bout Tomatoea SO 4 oana Early Junn Poaa 80 4 larae oana Table Peaebea 88 4lanreoaiiaOalirornla I'eaobaa.... M 4lar«ocanaOalirornla AprlooM .. to 4 largo oanaUalirorolaPeara. . . . . 10 lloat water arouiid meal, per bu.... 48 I'oarl Meal pirp<>ok 18 CoftM ba« oons dowii! 10 Iba. food

creen coffee for I 00 10 Ibo Rojd coltM, freab from tha

roa.ter I 00

«iba. Arbaokle'a CoSec, only. I 00 Mocha and Java, worth 860, only 36 Ballard'a Fbmoua ObelUk Cft.CO Mif*m, the b m pateD^ onlr ta.yo 10 Iba. New Rolled Oau, the mod-

ara braakfaat food, only ftc 9lba.0atBai»l for tbo LMfa premium package New

RolladOauioBly 6c riva ^ k a g a a for tse 10 packagaa for Ko SJ^kageafor 11 00 lOOpaekagaa for |6 oO 6c tl bottoa and. and don't you forget It. B the Qrlawwtata F a M e n a 4A

Owflee, WMlr ei.oo I lb. nneolorad Japan Tea, put up In

a fwulaa aonvenir Japanaae . baant at laaa than bair price, only 8 apoola beat MaclUne Tbread 88 8 t-ib ban Mwoa Soap (tba genuine) 8 bara MoVliad'danuVaoap!!.V!.';.' 86 10 bara Amartcaa Soap, a beauty... 88 • T S t ' t i t S r ^ f ; . ' ' . ' ' ! ? ^ . ' ' . ! ' " ' ' ' ' 86 lOpackagea of dnndna 'a Waablng

Aiwder, aa good aa money oan buy, only 86

Tba nuntlog aaaaon la now here. AllalaeaHHOTperlb. «o

Lower prlcea by the bag. - - - larga Lump atareb, only., •(aw Oaranal Dripe, only 8 Iba. larga Lump atai«b, only7... •faw Oaranal Drine, only _ Beat Borgbum only 86 Pickling Vinagar, per gallon 16

Mixed PlckUag Spleea. par lb MO Beat plckl*a.aaiaUatta, per gallon, so 8 boiaa Aaiartoaa aardlnaa (or 10 8 bosaa t oa. Bmioa'a or OarraU'a

SnDS.oaty |6 6 alakal eirara, taat think of It,

for 06 I lb. famouaBatUa As Tobacco.... 88 OorBiParbaahaL 48 Oau per boahal to

•tOlovar&iyobtalaaUa 80 _ vary beet bt ia t lO

New MiUat Bay, larga balaa, only.. 40 OUckaa Vaad. pat baahal so 6nUoaaHndUgfet011.only 4t ^ Wa aeU you » jalloa OU Can, wonb II Mtnty. Wa Oil with Headlight Oil aadMl yon boM lor Ikie one doaaa l a ^ aaw Maekarel,

only....* 60 8 alckal loavaa of Bread for 06 The beat OMmtry Battar par Ibw

c«ly.. 8) Wlaconaln Oraaaiary Battar t i Deet WlaeonalaOhaaaa,par pound

only

i Sweat Pouioaa. per b A >l «» Kaw Morthaia Mavy Uaana, par gal-

lon . 80 Black Eyad Faaa, par galloa. »

^

M ^ b ^ l S i S p o l a l o t a ^

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l l o a

I

You do not linnw what will make you patfaei bread and blaculU until you naa Bdlard'a Oballak f l e w aid Ballaid'a i Wa.hava both and racowmnd i

Booaakaapi eania.

or trade the Bldea or any

Obeliak Bak-onr gooda the freaheat. ikaapwa will plaaaa bear In adad that avary dot-

•ooda a d and delivered to raUway atatloaa free of ahaiga.

LEAHY & SONS, PEOPLE'S CASH GBOGEBS. i .«ai»Mii or r o a n n u u i n u o a * -

BtuDaat A T n r r a • w a u o B o n a w i . v a i , . «aa.

Dr. Price's Baking Powders, 1-2 Ibe Cant, 20c. MMMkMAMMMMMMMAMlMMM

8:00 p. m.—Query Iwz—confined to the Orphanage and Miaaiona.

7:00 p. m,—Preaohing. Convayanoa wiii meet al l who attend

a t OoodlatUvUle. O i o . W . SHERMAN, CH'm.

14 B A P T I S T A N D R B F L B O T O B , O C T . 28 , 1897.

THE DRUNKARD'S FRIEND.

DRUNKENNESS AND MORPHINE

HABIT CURED.

We have just issued a booklet with the above title which contains information of great value, never before published in this connection. It tells ail about the different symptoms and certain resultH to men and women, suflering from that dreailful diiiease requiring and demand-ing the constant ute of stimulants, whether Liquor, Morphine. Opium, Co-caine, Cigarettes or Tobacco, and points out the best, the only unfailiog cure for them.

Mothers, l-allicrs. Wives. Iluslinnds, Sisters, llrotlicrA, why iillow your lovctl ones to suffer tlie tunnents of the damned iiml to till, {xTliaps, an untimely gnive, when ])i>.<!itivc relief and pernia-nent I'ure fur the rursc may l)e had so cheaply niul ijiiu klj ' Write to-<lay, ond bcKin at once tlip good work of mercy and love, Itefore it is everlastingly too laic. Hoijklet free

Two proniiiiciit ImsiiieK!) gentlemen of nnqiit'^iioneil iinegrity, have kindly and voluiiUiriU consented to tell whut'tliey know iilhnit the Colbro Remedy and what It 11.48 (lone for tlieiii.

M-.'! t i-towti. Trnn . Srpt 'S-, lst*7. Tim tui iiRii Ki.Mi ! \ k Ciiicinn,ii O.

l.TTitlrrnfH ; I'or \r»rt I •turtrTr.) bM the horrors ittiO Httlution l"-,njt:ht on hy Itic (•xCT»..ivc utf o( li'juor.ond though I ni<-<l nuny 1*0 -. ii 1 I c , urri, I'ounil 110 i f I an.l !k'-llrvcti tlirr*' w.t.* noiir I Wat ai la>t prttuailtvl b) a fruud whom \ou had ciirrd morr tl'ian two yrari aijo, to griul toi and

I uo« Ihi* niorr willing' Iw-coiidilion

OBITDART.

Norioa-Obituar) ootloes not etossdinir 'JCU words will be Inserted freaof ohsr»a. buinu* oant will beobanred foreaob suooeedln* word and should be paid ID advance. Oounitbv word Sid rou will know «rantlv wtiat lb* nbsrv w"i »••

taLf y uvr remedy • an-r I »o Wirll knew hi» fornirr l- n wire 'O thr Icitrr, your direction*—fo •..Uin n.i f r\piuii-I am, n» the te»utl. onf of •tirhapf f i lo the.State.cosnplclcIycurcJ in.l I Ir. tvr (x-rm.1 nrii11V. I Would noi gn '..ifk !nr Ih!» Wholp loin. 1 could n. I aav ! n i ..'1 f • Ciiri-, do not heaitair to uitc

njiv u li.- V .ur p«»t kltJdnen, t>e-..,.rr:.. > .. j , i.. t V I: u W. I.. 8. LO.VO.

' • - ' ' • - parij ..nil oihfr» »i!l be rut <."Lt. . ki.Mi:,, Co

u . k M- • ^ 1 II K I your kin I in-nji'\ crtii My I .I'll »l:li III ihr Ift ofhrallh in rrrr\ Von can iirvrr fori et iii\ condit oii, I h » f r

• !•• whfii I iryiui

the nlli-)f. .1 c u • C « Ih. 1 flcr liylUB n.-.iri>

known, lo takr your r.ly. From a wnrlhle» dctfraiirJ xajtalHjn.l ..( n u-c 111 mv hu-ino. no Uo.-fit to my fsmily, • hiinn'd l.y all (.ui n<-«T»-.i r-l.iiiTco or. my l->w a«%ociair*. I w XI t-i ii .t ifl I outcai t. day and f>.r ihc l^.t th'ct yrwra t am airain a man in nil ih;,t il, uord irnplir, ni,d I iru.l and h I . h, of .siinK many othrr. a. I « .. I., ti.lu,,!!,! ih tn lo tolcr your r!-mr 'v wh .h a/// cure md without fsllU'C if u»rd a- II rr-ci'rl S. n<l nnyor all 10 me Or, to fjihtr il • It> Jonbt S(nc*rtly jroars, T.W. H.

Til s wonderful discovery which is a fircul Vii 'ory over llie curse of mankind is soli! uiiilrr a positive guarantee to do all that is claimed for it. The r«medy can be given at honii and absolute cure rffected 111 three wc< ks

8IOO R E W A R D «>>! be paid for any case ol Druiikennewi or the Liquor Habit th>it will not yiehl to our treat-tiient when oilniinistered properly and directions carefullv followed.

Physicians, Miiiistcrt, Church and Temperance Societies, knowing of per Hons in need of such treatment woula do well to write to us. All correspondenot strictly confidential.

THK COLBRO R E M E D Y CO.,

Xeuvc Building, Cincinnati, a

PrsetulUon. snblps in every county In the V. a.

iPositions.,,

Suaranteod Under rttuonablt conititiimt...

We give one or tnort tree aehol Write tu

Will accept notes for tulttoo or can detiuait mooerln bank until pofution la aecureti. Car fare paid. , Mo vacatkm. Ha-ter at aiw time. Open for both

Address J. P. DracoZn. ms% at eiibwj^E^

O r a u g h o n ' a J ^ P r a c t i c a l

NASHviut, niM., uivcsTORMo T D u m a i n i ..j^likMlHnf, Shorthand, Typawrttlw. Me. M t W - I n ^ ' S ^ ' ^ f f i a S

waska in bookkMpina with m iwVmSlta {•[rf v» wsaks l.y the ol J plan, J. r. O ^ h o a iTeddrnt. U author of Orattthoii's Hm a S ^ of tlookkeeplafr, "Uonble Bn'b lAffiSSlSl'^

Hmm study. We have prenarcd. far

. ."I'Bor. UBAVOnOH-l iHrnSilKh.

Wholesale o ^ n i BSSfrchlciii;-.., {M^ian Ihlt taftr w***

BELLS" Ita Alloy(j|ntroh*Hchiinlll iis. •rMadta m saaa. nwti.a,BBU.«<«fc,effl3lmLi5

Sdndehlanu.—w. W . Sunderland

waa born near Morrlatown, Tenn.,

UJl. 1, 1850. When but sixteen years

of ago he was convorted and Joined

thechuroh located then atCedarOrovo.

now at Alpha. A few years later be

removed tu Talbotts, where bo entered

the mercantile business ami where he

rosidtHl until his death. After the

church was organlzfd atTaibot ts , bo

attended services tlierooftener, Inorrier

to spend the Sabbath with hU family.

Nov. 10, 1807. ho married Miss F.Ma

Carter, with whom ho lived bnppliy

until the morning of July 20 1H97, when

quietly, gently anil pt acefull) l|i« euul

slipped away Into the rci>t that ro-

malnelh to the children of God. And

since thai sad murning. life has vpt-ntcJ

very hard to tbe bcart-bruken wife nnd

children whom be left behind One

brother, one sUtcr, bis father and a

ifrodt number of friends and relatives

survive hira and duepi) mourn l.U loss.

tlla I-UO Kt'Ot down In ihe morDlni; Wbrn all wan c ear and bn>cbt:

Hu II ahinn io.i»y on ine far sway blU« i.)r ibf lat-d nbcre Ibere la co Dlgbl.

July 21. in the churchatTalbotts

ihe funeral air vices were cond ucted by

Il»-vg. tj S Utile. Jei^ae liaker, and VV .

C Hale, after «kiich he was laid to

reel in the m-w cemt'tcry donated by

tils siater In law. Mrs Jefise Sunder-

land, and was there radly left to the

long last sleep that heal* all heart-

aches and ends all sorrows II Is

hard to sum up hl» life In words, for

we were used to feel, rather than to

• peak of Ihe death and iroodness of his

"haracter From a child hU bright,

• Innlcg dls|)<>>UI(>ii w»ii hlin many

'rieiids. In business bo was honest

and energetic; as a husband and father

he was loving, tender ti'ni and patient.

As a friend he wan luyal and cunsid-

erate; acd we can say unhf-i'.aiiiiifly

that b i t Cbrlailan llfo was pure ar.d

blamel»-s The od he- eld ii. i U

own qulst, unassuming way wl.l on.y

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bl§ friends testify to the nobleness r.f

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Our tenderest s>miiftthy (ft.ea i.ui to

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SiOTH.-Slater Margaret Smith, wife of Kii Smith, died Sept. 21, 1807, at her homo very auddenly from a aevero pain in her bead. She waa a faith-ful mumbor of tbe Baptlit Church for tbirly-fl vo yoara at Lebanon and Roar-inff Springs, and seemed anxloua for tho completion of the house of worahip at the later place, where her member-ablp waa at tho time of ber death. She waa a mother of fourteen children. Four of tho number were aafaly houaed in the " portaia of light" yoara ago. The^funeral aervlcea were conducted by your humble aervant,

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aufferlnga her confldence In God waa not ahaken. She loved the oauae of Cbrlat, and waa wry firm la ber oon-vlotiona- She waa one of my beat workera, with handa ever ready and heart ever willing to engage In all work for the Maater. But while our hearU are atrlcken with aorrow we bow to the Inscrutable wladom of Ood. In oloalngthia uaefu I life we cannot fathom hia deaign, but we do not loaa our Iruat, for we believe In hla perfect wladom and hla perfect goodneaa. We tender our aympathy to tbe bereaved father, mother, three brothera, and cbureb to which aba belonged May we reoog-niae that her example la worthy of emulation. We reallie Uiat we have lost one of our beat workera, bnt we must not grieve. She ever llvetb atlll In every heart of hearto and alwaya will.

T. La Roy Pdqda, Paator, SaDUBO. PORIfA,

Ber Ooualna.

Ohuiiii -Ilev. J. 8 Orubb departed this life June !», 1807, after a linger Inif Illness. Ue was born near Moaay Ocok, April 28, 18.30, where he lived until 1847, when he moved to tbe fourth district of Anderson County, near Zlon Church. From there he removed u> Knox County, and from there to Clinton in 1887. He was married Jan. 20, 1848, and elxbt children bleaaed tbe union, five of whom, together with hla wife, aurvlve him. Bro- Grubb apent hia life in the ministry, having been engaged in the work alnce 1850, when he preached hia firat aermon In the home of a Mr. Herlngton. All through the aucceeding yeara he labored faithfully in the work that he ao much loved, and the Lord uaed him tn the aalvatlon of many aouii- He waa an honeat, upright, Chrlatian gentleman, and leavea behind him a hoat of frienda. Through all of hla severe auffering, he never complained, and tried to cheer up hia family to the end. He died aa be had lived, and left only the best of evidence that he was entering into that rest that remainctb for the people of Uod. The funeral waa conducted by Rev. W. H. Ruther-ford in a beautiful grove near by, where a large number had gathered to pay their laat aad rcapecta to a de-parted friend and brother.

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Old SorioB. Vol. LZI. N A S H V I L L E , T E N N . , N O V E M B E R 4 , 1 8 9 7 . Nsw SeriN, Vol. IZ.. No. 11 THE GOSPEL FOR AFRICA.

MY IIBV. O • HUITII tVuFUn/.~Th« Yoruba Cduntry, itio part of Afrl. a

whuru Iho Suuthcrn Uapllat Con votitlon arc at pn « oiil HorktnK, l» sltualcd on the Gulf of Olliiea In Weet CJeniral Africa, lying, aa near aw pos»ll>lo, txi tween (I df|{reei and 8 daffriua North Latltuile, aiiO lictwuen 2 do|;reoit and 6 dc((reeii KshI Longitude, and Ifl aliout 200 mllcD iiquare. It Ixfor waHldlvlittd anioDi; auino (tlx or seven aattoiia, or irlbt«, all 8|M!alcln|; the samo lant;uaKe Near tho ooaui, tliu country U nioatly Hat, often Kwainpy, and huavlly tiniborcd. About sixty miles from thu coa»t tho ilin bep Klven away to prairie, cover»«l wlih a heavy (growth of very hl(fh (jraBU, growln^r frtwn flv»' lo leu feet hlifh There are few swampi*, except iimall om In the Interior, and there are many hl^'h hllU, many of thum of Molld jfranlte At <VtM)m(>»haw our iuohi northern Htat'on, tho country In about :2IK) fiKit ab(ivt> Ilea level. Ah far ait to this last point theru UaUa>» a fre«h breiiio from the sea, except for a sniail imri of tho year, a wind from tho north, called (larmar tan, prevallo. Of coume the cllmato lo warm, for wl are clo»e on to tho Equator. The sun U very powcr-

»w:rii to think tho future it all right, and are unoon-cornod about It—at loast ao far as I can find out.

A Link Miaaion HUlory.—Oar CoDreDtlon 'a flrit work In Africa was In Liberia, afterwards extended, In IH.iU, to tho Yoruba country. Later the work in Liberia waa given up. Our first missionary to '•.>ruba wax the lamented Bowen. Between 1850 and

when our work here was practically given up, we had at dlfTerent times twenty-two missionaries on the fleld. I think some died not very long after ruachlnf; tho fleld, and some others wore compelled to rcuirn homo to save their lives. I think not more Ihau halt of them wore able to stay long. The cll-inau.- la butler understood now, and our surroundings arc- ij4.itc>r, «o I think our chances for living and .laying are belter. Our civil war, and a war in this Vnruiia country, which destroyed our chief station wel l far lo atop our work; and an outbreak of Ik .iitiun a^alnat the Christiana In Abcokuta, in 1868, and thu 111 health of our last miseionary on the fleld (nil itii- final atop to our work In 1809. The work was U-trun ayaln In 1875 by W. J . David. On arriving In LaKUB, bu found a small handful of our converts regularly moeting for worship, a young native

from Lagos is the large city of Abeokuta, estlmaied at from 150,000 to 200,000 inhabiUnts. Our work here has always been very discouraging, and there are now less than twenty members, but it is partly because we have had too few missionaries. If we could keep two strong men there I think we might do something. It Is now in ohat-ge of a native man.

Our next station is a t Awyaw, 100 miles northeast of Abeokuta, the capital of the Yoruba nation, av distinguished from the whole country which we call Yoruba. This place is estimated to have about 75,000 people. We had a station here many years ago, but if there were any converu they were not to be found four years ago, when the work was reopened there. As yet the work there has been house building and seed sowing. There have been two baptisms, and there are now four members. The C. M. 8., has a small organization and the Wes-leyans have a beginning.

Our next and last station Is at Ogbomoshaw, about 30 miles east of Awyaw, or, by the road we have to travel, about 300 miles interior from Lagos. It Is estimated to have about 75,000 inhabitanu.

JVuMonariu.—Following is a list of our mission-

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MATADI. One hundred miles from<tho Atlantic coast. Matadl'ls tho highest point to which ocean •teamers can ascend on tho Congo,

aracts begin ; this Is tho polnt.of departure of tho now railway. Here tho cat-

ful, and ono soon pays for bis raahnesa if hcexpoacB himself too much. It Is a sure way to bring on fpvor. The seasons are, the rainy from May toOotohcr, and tho drv from November to April.

On the coast tho countries are under Gngllah rule. The interior Is under tho Iniluoneo of the Eni^liah, who will allow no more wars. This latter is only within the last two years.

i'eople.—Tho iwoplo, of course pure negroes, are quite industrlons in their way; carrying on farming (all by hand), trading, and tho various tradox with considerable energy, when wo consider tho race nnd climato. They aro, for tho most part, strong, well built, and very decent looking people.

J&^ion.—They are pure Idolaters, but they no-knowledge one aupreme Ood over all, whom they call by a word which moans the owner of heaven, hut if they ever worship Him I don't know It, though indi-Tlduali httvetold mo that they prayed to Him before worihlplng their idols. They often speak of matters (hat are beyond them as In the hands of Ood, nnd they often aay " Thank Ood , " whon askod after their wolfara, but all of thli !• mere form. All their wor-•hip and all tbair fear i i for their ldol«, with no tboughk for the future or of ipirltual worihlp. They

brother ( M. L. Stone) preaching for them and work-ing at hia trade as carpenter for a living. At Abeo-kuta, Oro. David found three or four coBverts, and at OgburaoHhaw a few more. With the help of some nntlvo young man', he opened up work in all these plncua. Me found those a t Ogbomoshaw worshiping under a tree.

I'ltmnt irorfc.—-We aro working four principal cities nnd In two villages. Our tlrit station It Lagos, on tho coast. It is under England, and Is eitlmated at 75,000 people. There la muoh of civilisation, yet the mnjority of thepcopleareheathensor Mohammedans. Thoro nro two Baptist cburchei there, one called the Nntlvo Baptist Church, with about 100 members, (It needH a revival of exclusion!,) and the Million Church, numbering about eighty memberi, only partly supported by the mlition; The Million Church Is growing quite rapidly. ,At a short dli^ tanco from Lagos, the Million Ohuroh h a i a million in a village, where there have been a few baptlimi.

At Haussa Farm, a village a few houra' travel from T.nRoi, we have long had a i tatlon under a native man, but at no expenie to the min ion for about two years now. I think there are about twenty memberi there. About al i ly mllei Inltrlor (north)

a r i d , sent out ilnce the reopening of the mission in 1875. W. J . David camo out in 1875, but was com-pelled to return in 1880 and ha i not yet been able to come back. At the same time W. W. Colloy, col., came out, but resigned in 1870. Mrs. David oame out In 1870 and died in 1881. R A. and Mrs. Eubank oame out in 1882, but after eight y e a n of hard work felt compelled to retire, but they look for-wark to a time when they may ro-entor the work. W. P. narvey, Mri. Harvey, 8. M. Cook and C. B. Smith oame out in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Harvoy re-turned home In 1880, on account of 111 health, and the lame year Mr. Cook withdrew. Miss Cynthia E. Morrli (afterward! married to C. E. Smith) camo out In 1886 and died In 1880. In 1880 C. C. Newton, M n . Newton, Miii A. Newton, W. T. Lumbloy and Mri. Lumbley arrived on tho field. M n . O. E. Smith oame out In 1801, O. B. Smith having mar-ried again while a t home. In 1800 S. O. Pinnock came to u i from tho Weiloyani, and later wai married to a lady of that looluty, who al io joined ui .

Our preient native force oonili t i of throe man (and their wlvei), whoie chief work l i preaohlng, and two lohool teaohari.

Ogbomoihaw, Afrloa.