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"MM'they ani flwr »ft«n»p4 populw

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flrom ljb»( lottVaom* diWMM mtarrb, v»tol« IrylM OTaiy knows ^ e d y , M

fottod • pr^Jpt ton pletoly wd wwfd from dwtb. XBI from thb dwtdfttl dJtew •endini a Mlftddrnwd fUmpt i BB-wlopo to Prof. J . ^ X«wr«Bo«, 88

Js W»m<» iiraet, Now wi« rowifo the twipo fr«o ofohiurg*. I3^wl4

Omuuiption snroi j Cwod To tho Editbrif PluM inform your

readon that 1 hwo • poritiw reaftody for coniBi»»paoii., 'Bj h» t lwly uw tbbuiuida of hopoU* b«en p^nmuieptly onred. I r t t l l ^ g M to Mad two bottles of my »«m«dy w i n to M j ofyonr r e^«n who h»*o 0M«nmp-TIONLFTBFLYWM j w d » e T H ^ ^ B X P R E W Md P. O ^ d r m B ^ o t r u H y f . A. SIoooiB. O.vlSl Fotfi atreet. Now York.

l o e k H t n ^ W i ^ Mj^ TwL Mok! Co yon ittfforftom . W ^ P ^ W ^ l '

g«itlo|i, i»t»'iton>^oh, llw.eonl^Wiit,

n i a ^ f 0 ? Ured f<«Ki«i paioa In ehert orJaDga, d ^ wii«h. nlghtaweata. or any form of oOBWttptlonT ro, •»Bd to.profeaipr Hart, 88 Warren iiroet, H«W York, who will Mod >ou lro«, br mail, a bottio or Flpraplei-Ion, wWoh ia a roro care, . ^ d to-i a , 12eow40

bilioomeM, U pains in

lUet i ie B«lt I r M To introdaoe it and obutn agenta Uie

j B d o n ^ M flrm will give »way • f«w of thair HkOOOennao Bleotno Balta, iBTaBtwl by Prof. Van dor Wo:rde, Prerident of the New Toric ElMtneaf sSSety. ( U . 8 . P a v 2 6 7 m ) A poai-UT^oare for nervoaa deWlity. rbeoina-|ian,lo»8 of power, eto. AddreMKUo-trio Afenoy,T. 0 . Bo* 178, Bropklj N.Y. Write to them t»day 4

—I have been familiar with the Mp-tut Teaeher for elihty«an. and com-mend it ai ono of the very ^ t t peiipdi oak in its line. Indeed, with its Tarions deputments, oondaeted by oar a b M men iaUi paHs of theooantry, I hardW ie« how it oonid be improTod.—J. J. Taylor, D,P,, Mobib, Ala.

-Pat r ick—"0 say, Moike, did ye i m see a wiather loike this ooe be-fort?" / / '

Miko^"Whr, yis, me hearty. Oi thiafclhaw."

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PORTRAIT ENGRAVING.

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Ifbvsi The Secret of Bea l th

b tho poiror «o ML diMt M mt^laUm pronrr qwuitltjr Of whol«Mdia food. This C M ^ w IM tiM MtM wblto Impnritlw m*M in tlM •jmtcin. Vh* blood tniut Iw porlflwli

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X u t t ' s X i T e r P i U s , mm BTMnmnA.

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oi bumboii. flMia to H O. Otimin, rbtnM, X»t* •mu**. lUcli., for bill pMkki* «f hit Mtwrb aura. Hlt«iilr«iMd e( *4v«rUilDg I* b; flvtiw II awar nwUga two eanii. Jatfg* for yoanalt. HbHtiMiiliitmipMr. n »

l i h e W o n u u ' i V n i v e n i t y o f t h e S o u t h .

Jobn'l irimton; P. P.. K Ptm. itt<MM<a tanlM fn« alaa (I) SUUi. All Um

<i«lfntaM«U la flaa worklai wd*r. Th* Mcoed tun ot itia tMMaMi bftlat Mnaarr ll,.iM«. Okartt far (ba trtm', MTtrlDg oallmlila iliiillw, bMn).,|iHlilOC foriaHV*. p-po. MaAalMOO.

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m H O l O i T E S UNfQOAUtDIir

Tone. Toaoh. WorkmaQshlp and Durabiiiey.

WILUAM KNABR* CO., BALTIMOKB, n *••« U Em* Bdllaiafa Btnct.

Maw YOBK. ]« nfih AMfPO'. - - 1l«ttl|MMS*. W*«Hi»ttwii, »IT Mtriiat t

S A L E S M E N ' S

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rafl of nxnaim who it aa iMr aatM aad f M ^ tbr '"oTF'Karirr A Caia tot^ , botb lo aff >101 now Mtts aad IB lhair «l*lma lor Hiea wbm omr«4: iMit ihfir lako paltu lalar rm lb«a«at«M M to ihn trua ebaraelar of all B«W varidl**. m II awia loufb haded mraltha ara loi lof^Al ,^ Anaaal tha prabablllty li tbaf Ura MMd tbaai andfo odlbnaofBovala*. ^ ... ArtaoMt Bant loth •arm at IXitrolt. Mlcblc^ will bria« ronaeo. jf of tba Heed ABBualfor l»K bjr latnra taall. l7-«

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jrfeWbbad timr nanrfaf. THB BAPTIST ^ THE BAPllST WERJiCTOR: K C t o i S U ^ A t ^

VOL. I .

Sp«aklxi« TmitJa ixx I j o v e . i t

t - r r r

8tat« ICtMlott Work;

I T A S H V U X B , T E N N E S S E E , J A N I T A K Y 2 3 , 1 $ 0 O hp'

i'crhtps State Mifsioo work wu ni (p ^ n e d with.nore painstaking tSf ' , than for the present year in Tennessee. Ithu been hard in a numborofin' tt»Doe:s to obtain the man best snited Itt tho point, bat we tbialc this haa inn done for the most part, and for ile appropriations better man could Niroely bare been had. In no instanoe kre arrangementa bean made with any MB whose mrrioeswere not in demand diewbcre. The workers are stadions Nd laborious. Under the labors of tkne tools will be bom again aad there ffQIbe constant inerease ia member-Aip. None will have a good easy time. Soeh miMionarios are not wanted or Beaded. It woald be a waato of the people's money to employ them and it has aot been done. As to tha nnmber there will be between thirty-five and MyeoKi^edin the State. Never has the working force been nigh so large, nd never has sneh a work been done a will be done this year. The men aad le poiots will oommend Uiem.<iolves to ie entire denomination. Quite a number of applieationa have

bin nude for help at important points vbieh eoold not be ooasidMvd now. Bepitient, brethreni bo patieiU. There IM been no partiality jpr favoritism. Efwy ippHottion will bo duly coii-ndend in dno time.

The appropriations foot up ton tboo-•pnd dollars for tho year. There must

e u iDoresse in eontribationii over last ttr of twcnty^nine hundred dollars. Is Lord and the people have thrust aworit on tbe denomination. I t ia • l«te to look backward now. I» ill this work we shall have to look Inch Asiooiation to send up the Jmnt rcqnested of i t If any ono * fail tho breach can not be repaired,

•"WTMament will follow, and the will tuffor. There will have to looMning of hearts and purse-jost as the warm spring sun the ice bands of winter,

"••hill have to look laiiolytotbe '««niiva Board of each Association. ««««ro upon the field, had know tho "••whM and the people. Let these

riul contact. Tho saoccss or i'wjof.he Assoolatioaia largely ia whMdi. l e t them driak from the 'Wsift of mlssioaary iatelligenoe and

" d tell others of tho healing

ohareh. Oo out where there is indif-feronbe, and inspire seal. I f yoit fall, do a't thiak any atmnge thing has hap-pened unto you i f yonr salary lags. Perhaps it ought to.

Now, Joat as was onoo said on the eve of a great battle. " England expecto eveiymau t b b d a y t o do hie duty," eo the denomination expects thia year of every Baptist J . H . A S D E R S O K .

" W h a t Sh&U Wo Call H im? '

F« »bsll havei to depend largely npoa hiirmaa of eaoh Exeoative Board. • will b« expeoted to survey all

! sh^ fo"""' *ill be oalled Upoa to dispease

•^nr inlbrmaaoa tiirouihont the aUoB, M d to keep ia oorre-«®«„with the chuwhes, aad also

L e t a s a l l Wy BBderstaad mh other,

ihall hate to d e p ^ d laifely ^•ttlssiotiarleathamsalraa. Lit

^ o f i h i ^ W p ut rally the 10 do ihi i yott jObald lomo-

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Is the allusion hero to the Christian pastor? If he is pastor, why not call him so and let that suiSco? But our eminent brother suggests tbe title of bishop (contracted Bp.) aa being pre-cisely applicable. Heabhon the idea of one pastor being elevated above

I others. Ho should bear in mind that thia pastor so elevated is no pustor, and that thia Anglicised word, bishop, from the first has stood for the no pastor, and only represents in its history a sys-tem of usurpation which, so far as it haa prevailed, baa bred nothing but ec-cleaiastical corruption. There ia NO one point that Baptists rely on to keep them from the clutches of hierarchy like this one thing, that pastor means pas-tor, and does not mean bishop.

Wo have noticed some joking by Bap-tist ministers over the word bishop, and tbia suggestion by our eminent brother may be only a joke. If joking were allowable over a serious matter, wo wonld suggest to those who seem anxious to cncourago a more transfer that instead of Uking up with thia old one, which ia suggestive only of what a true Baptist hates, they could easily in-troduce one which would be less offen-sive and comparatively new.

In the last chapter of John our Lord emphasises pastoral service under two words, feed and tend. Now the Greek words are hotkrin and pomat'nem. As the former is used twice, tho latter only once, the former could more wisely bo chosen to represent pastoral work. It is hi>*kein. Let tho word which de-notea tho pastor's work, denote tho pastor bimsclf, only it must bo Angli-cised. I t would be first hoikin, then perhaps houing, than abbreviated into hiH) 1 Bot would be just as reasonable a transfer of Imkein as where from eptikopoM we get first pi»kopi, then lukopi, and finally bishop. Trae, wo woald not oertalnly know but this word bo$ is also from ephkopo$. The Saxons, not liking so many p's, may have first called it piilmbot. Prom this nothing would bo more natural than for it to tarn ap ia English under the abbrevi-ated form of bot. True thia wonld make it a kind of oouain to bishop, bat thea it has aever aaffered aay special disgiMO* Tho use it baa already ia by BO meaas ieaetiil, aad its sense, though like bishop nthar bad, deaotlng an ab« •olata power to direo^ yet that power is Bot a tuarped power, aor ,has U yat done maoh harm.

I t woald ba aothiBgM daageroas as the tana bishop, iherefoia we propoaa to

our esteemed brother to modify his ad-vice, so change it that ioitead of our wiling every pastor bishop we all turn in to ealling oao another and (usin|; his words with this slight change) let as emphasito our belief as to the putoraj oflicc by giving tho title of hot to every one who has the care of a church. Y«s, we like the word hot. Itemphasises ao well our cherished principles (I). I t is wholly free from the objections to other words. I t is not Bomaa Catholic in its origin like R n . I t ia better than Elder, for it does not cany with it the idea of ago. I t is more dignified than Parton. I t is no mere artificial degree like Dottor. I t ia eminently scriptural (by a doable lineage), a pure biblical title which appliea to all paaton. I t needs no abbreviation, and BOS let it h e . p , S . W H I T M A N .

Toccoa, Georgia. [We have a few comments to add to

tbe above. We have no objection to call-ing a man pastor. In faotwe like the word, only we do not think it as expres-sive hardly as bishop. Bishop comes from the Greek epitcopot, whioh means simply the "Superintendent, hold,or overseer (one who has the oversight) of any Christian church" (Thay«r). I t means the same aa pntbuteroif" elder," by which many designate a preschcr. Compare Acts xx, 17 with xx. 28; also 1 Tim. iii. 1,2 with Titus i. 5-7; also 1 Tim. V. 17 with v. 18; see, too, Phi l i. 1. Nothing can be more clearly es-Ublished from Scripture tb«n that a bishop and an elder were the same thing and that both were simply tbe overseer of a local church. A bishop does not mean one high in authority with rule over many churobes and preachers, any more than baptise means sprinkle. The original signification of baptise is " tod ip" and nothing more. There has grown up, however, a mean-ing pretty generally applied to it, " to sprinkle." Does our brother mean sprinkle whenever he says baptise? Will he be driven away from tho true meaning of the word by tbe meaning which others give to it, and will he abandon its use entirelyT We sng-gested bishop as a rotnm to the origi-nal word in its original sense, and as a protest against tbe improper and nn-scriptural mtening which has been given to tbe word by pedobapUsU, and wbioh has taken so strong is hold upon the mindiof men thatevensofOodaBsp-tist as Brother Whitmaa seems coatent to let it alone and to be driven to Some' other word. We aball never admit that baptise meaas spriakle, or that bishop means sn ecclosisstieal goveraor. Bap-tise means immerst, and bishop means the overseer of a local eharoh. Lei as aae the Words ia thoaa senses.

Aa to his &0I, bat for oar r«peot for him, we shoald lika to add oaelat-tor to it, aad say it is all both. T h e n is BO such word aa bos. I f ha nutaas tha word boas, thai is aa old Siuion word, and eopiea from the Dutoh /MUM, a master (see Webstar). I f he maani to ooia a word, Ihaa he will exousa na

i f we prefar the obo already ia nn^ to oxpresa the same idta he intends, whieh has the advaatage of baiag givan originally for that p a r i ^ by the fTol* S p i r i t - E n . ]

Ood'a Sovaroiifiity, ftod VftHSdOBa.

I h t WeKem Areord^r gives us this week a litUe over a column of the first page on the above subject The writer, I take from the appeaded signatara, to be an old man. Jlaay things in his paper are well and beautifally said, aad soma things not so well. These at6t$^-arise, aa i t seems to me, from a ooa-f ^ O B of thiogs relatiag to tba oppo-site aad distinct naturea of iataa'adual boiag.

"As to understandiag how God ea^ decree every thing, even to tha v « f number of hain, and yet maa oaa W a free i a d respoasible moral ageattbe trouble ia simply ia our f nite eapaoity.'.'

No, sir, the troable ia aot there * T h e absurdity would be the same if w« had had ao existeoco. Fate aad fro^om are irreooaellable, hence impMslbleJo tha same sabject T h e physieal worid ia bound to certain laws; the mond or spiritual world is lefl essentially free. ,,

T h e phrase in this quoted s ^ n c e , '" oven to tbe very aumber ofhairs, is one of the indications of die eonfiiriba of ideas of our physieal aad our spirit" ual natures. W e are awara ihafc our stature and physieal <taalities ware pre-determined for us. N o m»n oan add to bis suture, says the Savior, 6r Biake one hair white or black. Of thia we are conscious, Many would be bMnti-ful, but they can aot bo; but thoso who wish to be msrally, spiritusily beautiful, may be. W e ara just ,aa coBMioUs of the fate of tha former ai of the freedom of tho latter. Let n a here warn against the too exelasiva study of physieal soienoe,aod espeeially against aubjeotiaff, thooratioally of course, aaturea so dlametrioliliy xippo-site as matter aad mind to the same laws, or luring to realiaa theai ander tho same oooditions.

" Oalviaiam asserta daeread every oveat that shall hapi^.' and alio asserts as emphatically that msa is a free ageat, respoosibla for hts aotioBS." I am gUd that it is. Calviaism aad not . the Bible that ia oomaittad to luoh aa absurdity. „ ^ " i

Before stopping thiif train of thbtight, let mo say (hat it (s not God's w v e r -tiigair that I object" to/ t njotoe that ^ ^ ^ ^ -he ia L o r d of all. Yes, he is sovar«rn ^ ' not aa tha engineer o f h i a s^naifbaf) . , as a good ktag of his paopi , « a . -feet father of his family. ; i ^ ,

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My brethren, look about you upon the WloiUi wrtngllng eeou and danom-inetiont. Show me one that oUime or poa«e«eeibe power to make lawa bmd-S T ^ t b e MMoknwi. There b bttt one on the face of the earth-the Cath-oiie cbnreh-that has the power to make law. binding noon the oon»ol«noo. bindinc before Ood, binding under pain of hell fire. T a k « J K I H we eelebrate - Sunday. What right have the Proteetant eburobet to observe that day? None whaloverj, You wy it if to obey the oommandment, Ive-inember t f i e^bba th day to k^op it holy." But Sunday i« not the Sabbath aoeording to thfl Bible and the record of Un»e. Krery one knows that 8 un^y ii the firat day of the week, while Sat-urday i» the aeyenth day and the Bab-bath, the day conaocrated a» a dw of reat. I t i« ao recoguUed in all oiviluod nationa. I haw repeatedly offered, one thooaand dollara to one who will huniab any proof from the Bible that Sunday i« the day we are bound ^ to keep, and no one baa called lor the money. If any person in thia town will abow me any aonpture for it, I wi» to-s c f i j S ' f r t t ' i r ^ i i K Holy Catholie ehuroh that changed the day of rest firom Saturday to Sunday, the fint dw of the week. And it not only compiled all to keep Sunday, but at the oouncil of. Laodicca, A.p. m , anathematiud thoee who kept the Sab-bath and urged all peraona to labor on the aeventh day under penalty of anatn-

" w h i e b ehurch does the whole cItU-iaed world obey? I'rot^tanta caU us every horrible name they can think or-anfiehriat, the ecarle^colored beast, Babylon, etc., and at the same time profeaa great reverence for the Bible, and yet br their solemn act of keeping Sunday they wknowledge the power of the Catholic church. The Bible sayss "Kemember the Sabbath day to kMpit holy," but the Catholic ehuroh says no, km oDoron mrf -cep the firat day of the week, and the whole world bows in obedience.-r-/nrfi«/riat Amtrican, liar-Ian, lotoa.

(The above strikes us as either the veriest nonsense or the most outrageous blasphemy,or both. If "Father En-right" will read Luke x*iv. 13, Si, 30, John X*. 19, AcU *x. 7,1 Cor. xvi. 2, B«v. L 10, we think he will find some

proof iVom the Bible that Sunday is the day we are tokeep." We do not aak for the one thousand dollars. though. We would not get if we did. But, mind you, "Fether Knrlght" olaims that there is no such proof from the Bible, that it waa the " Holy Cath-olie ehwreh that ehanged the day of rest from Seturdey to Sunday "—upon her own aullibrity, without any author-ity from the Bible. Nay, she did not need or want" the authority. •'Tbo authority end eet i^et of hia church antedated that of the Bible." ^'The BibW lays, 'Bemember the Sabbath dey iokeeplt holy,' but the Cathollo ehuroh aey« no, keep the fint day of the week." The Bible may say one thing, but the "Oatholio ehutoh" hta the light to disobey, to bontrtvene, to tluinge the eonimand, and her will must be iuperior to that of the Bible. Gould hemy go faHher? And yet h t i he tone m ftrthef then Rome? Baa

' U -iol etpreased ihe true po-of Boaie? W i . not the

ftbont -mdin i the Bible, t ^ l l y by > high. , Oatholio

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Tlie queatiou relative to the eitabliib' wont of a seat «f learning commoiwtt" mte with the dignity of the Baptist ehuroh, which wa» resently sprung, has awakened a atrongly responsive echo Jn my heart that will not vanbib until the infeaaibility of such a movement shall be clearly demonstrated, and I miut say in the premises that I believe the enterprise is not fool-hardy, that if rightly begun it will have a favorable outcome. j

Older and wiser heads have veotilalcd their ideas on thii all imporUnt topic, but 1 hope the crime of being a young man, and a very humble layman will not conHirain you to lend in6 unwilling oars. This is riot entirely a voluntary inflicuon.but comcs in answer to a re-quest that I disousH the project in the BaITIHT and RKKI.«» TOIt.

While in no wise disparaging, or un-derestimating the grand work that is doing now at our various educational institutions, 1 am forcibly struck that wo are not doing what wo might to dis-seminate knowledge of a higher or-der, for we can not dignify with the ap-pellation of University in itt highest significance any of ouf schools in the South. We have colleges, but not Uoi-versiticH. True, there are many insti-tutions among us offering superior fa-cilities at whose founUins Baptist youth may drink deeply, but they are not ours, and because wo have none of a high sundard, there is so small an at-tendance upon the school at .Jackson, and at other places, young men going whore they may reap the richcst har-vest.

I heartily advocate the attendance ot young men upon the schools of their own church, when they measure in cur-riculum and general excellence with those of other scots, but I am not one of those, who blinded by bigotry and projudico-the characteristics of too many professed followers of a Lord that is risen—insist that such a thing be, despite the fact better opportunities are offered on every hand. Now, can we claim this distinction, my brother ? This, to me, is tLe question; this the primary consideration; the final stim-ulus that impels mo to uke my pen in defense of, and advocacy for, the im-peraUve reform, the much needed awakening.

1 have never entered the halls ot a Baptiat school for the very evident rea-son that I knew superior advantages were to be obuined elsewhere. This I speak regretfully, because it goes with-out saying that ! should much prefer ha^ng sat at the feet of our own doc-tors, but my duty to myself, the still small voice within me whispering that I must make this probationary sUto as useful as possible, forbade my approach to the hearth-stone of a common broth-erhood. , « t

I feel the absolute necessity of the projected University all the more by the very reason of having the educaliou I have Bought denied me in the ehuroh of my fethers. . „ ,

Shell this be ? Shall not the Baptist South have a center of learniug of which not only wo, but the entire couu-try m ^ feel proud, eeonfluenoe of cult* are und knowMge wherein we mw •duoi^te our youth and send them forth manly men, whow minda end bearUi •hell reosive » aymmetrioal development ia the arte, the selences, ih the po#er of the gospel?

IIUIIUUVI3 * but auSh adl h»ve-

4 vigor^^ yiiuii body, l i ou l j l l ea by enthuslaam born of ainowity, a wiiliug* ttiM to exert myself to the utmost in ite bebalf-glve I Unto it. Whyehallw be sluggards in the r»ce that set be-fore us? Why shsll we be petrified in the inertia that now oblalns while others rush ouward and exult in the at-Uinment of the goal ? Verily, the age of fossils baa not passed. Have we an institution comparable in any respect to the University that sUiids in our capital, a proud monument to the mu-nificence of one man t Awuredly not. Then, my good brother, can we expect to reach that lolty eminence as a church toward which we are striving? tan we hope our schools will be thronged with the annual influx of young minds ardent in intellectual pursuit when others ore the highest bidders? Sooh ,norB aiv vuo •••B"""- —

University as is projected would give us a power, an influence, a prestige, that no other one thing earthly could vouchsafe. I t would teko time, to bo sure. Is there cxoellencc without la-bor, superiority that has not been pre-ceded by inferiority, wisdom that has not had os ite precursor gross ignorance, the frightful predominanoe of which last seems to have made some men re-joice in it as bliss, regarding it folly to be wise ?

It has been said that ninety nine per cent of ambition to try and one per cent, of Ulent is all that is necessary to success in whatever we underUke. We must have the purpose and then the means will be forthcoming. I know this is not easy, but wa should not stop because It is diiBoult.

Below Mason and Dixon's line there dwell two millions of people who are allied with the Baptist belief, should each contribute twenty-five cents, five hundred thousand dollars would bo a fine start. There is one Baptist in the North whose annual income is twenty million dollars. Thirty days of his rev-enue would be our suocess.

I care not whethe r the University bo distinctively Southern or not. What boots it? Let xealous advocates be commissioned to traverse the entire country soliciting subscriptions.

Some brother has said," Such an in-stitution would require brains and pu-pils," adding that the project will fail bccause they (Baptists) are not dis-posed to give money. Give us the University, and I believe we may promise safely the brains and pupil*. Suppose there wore no demand In the market for a certoin product, would there be a very large supply ? Create the demand, and the supply is sure to follow. The brother's objection I ac-cept, and prefer as the basic principle of my argument. It is by reason of these so called " unpretentious ( ) f chools " that we are at a sUnd. This is the cause whence the great trouble pro-oeeds. The Vanderbiit University Is the groat receptaole to whioh all the minor literary dependenoios are leeders, and lie reputetlon is not sectional, year by year extending iu ^werful sway.

Dr. Inman wante to" profit by all the failures and missteps of the past, and "endow th^ exUUng Unlvonlty end Collogo." Thle will nevet bo done. Unlese we elm higher,^wo "ball noTcr atriko higher. Lrt thle be fully dl-geated ; let every body, think on It, pon-der It. The location may wl|h more propriety be diaouaeed later. ^

OHABt.Ba B. Buukb. I Chapel Hltli Tenu. ®

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itii e oeitaUi Oi Mk word thet ir«» liif i troduoed lii the debate. Of H Brother^ £|»m w Aa the ktre-dueed into the debate, Brother 0<te did it. The word when spelled out is Rnglllh la the third ptfraon stiigularor the perfect tenae ot eggiso, wbtok Irotber Ogle ipronouncod eojaoh. lit lad the right word but you would never lave known it by that nam a. I t meiD« 'tocome near,' and the perfect unie therefore, meant 'has come near.' or 'has come nigh,'' 'etc.

Some strange things In the above. It is strange that I did not spell tb^ word righ^ prouounoo it right, or Irannlktu it right, and yot I had the right word. Pray, Brother Klaui, what part of the word did I have right? How did you or any one else know that t had the right word ? We certainly know words by spelling, pronouncing, and interpret-ing, and I did neither, and yet 1 had the right word.

Now I want to soy that I can prove by half adouen of as good men sb at-tended that debate, that I prunouoood and translated the word corrootly. Brother Elam reniembera that I .luoted from Matt, iii.2, in which is found the word, " at hand." I stated that the Greek of " at hand " here (Matt. iii. 2),

eggike," and meant to "bo at was ~iso—. hand," and then quoted .T. M. D. C»t«.

But Uke his " eggiio " that he never hinted in the debate, but three years after this debate olo»es he cornel up with a word that was not in the debsts and says "eggiao" i» tbo word, and means approaohing, ete.

But in giving the meaning of " eg-gizo," the Greek verb, ho pves jait so much as suits him and then stop*. Why did he not iive " to bo at hind' as the meanint of the word as given by all lexicons? No, he must garble. »nd misrepresent, and insinuate on his oj ponent's ignoranco to pronounce Greek. But I did not use " oggiso," I n«d " eggike," as being in the third, singu-lar, perfect tense, indicative, sotivo, the sign of whioh is "has," mean-ing action performed. Henoc, applying it we get" has approached" So we BOO to translate from either word bnngi the kingdom present. Hoping that Ufothor Elam will learn to present his oppo-nente in tbo true light, rathor thsn gar-ble them, and that be will coniidor that in presuming upon any ones ignorance he will exhibit a great lack of troi. manhood, , . i

I remain a Baptist, through ort through, up and d o w n , and r.und aid round. ^

Milton, Tenn.

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-Allow mc to reply to one sonteoca iti tholaiter clause of Brother W. Smith's articlo of ^ ' t i l " which ho asks. How, or on ciple,o»n a careless, negUgon , oovsiot". do'nothing m r a U r ^ f ^ f ^ l ' ^ l followfblp of the ohureh? And bow can » church of auch members ho re S e i in . lire, working ^ ^ ^ ^ AnaWer to firatauary. n<.wit«do« Cbriat aald, "Let tbe dead bury» deed." l u tb l i oMethoywon dollB Aoawer to rtopnd flUMy. 11 • « very aucceaaful^, Brother Smith. i„ itie ft"t<A»e. ,aoU theaaoou^ priority ruleth. The

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"Andhe said unto thew, Wo yo into •a the w^rldi every or^t^ire.. Ut that belleveth end UlwptiMd ahell be m e d ; batheihat believeth n^t shell be damned." (Mark x v i . l 8 , m

In the preceding verae our Lord Je-sua Chriat givea ua aome little iiuight into the natural character of the epitta-tlea i»hon\ he aelected to be the firat miniatera'of the word. They were evi-dently men of like paasions with ua, and needed to be rebuked oven as we do. On the oooaaion when our Lord sent fdrth the eleven to preach the gOspel to every creature, he " appeared unto them OS they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen;" from which we may surely gather that to preach the word the Lord was pleased to choose imperfect men; men, too, who of themselves were very weak in the grace of faith in whioh it was most important that they should excel. Faith is the conquering grace, and is of all things the main requisite in the preacher of the word; and yet, the hon-ored men who were chosen to bf the leaders of tbo divine crusade, needed a rebuke concerning their unbelief. Why was this? Why, my brethren, because the Lord has ordained evermore that we should have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may bo of God and not of ua. If you should find a perfect minister, then might the praise and honor of his use-fulness accrue to man ; but God is fre-quent ly pleased to select for eminent usefulness men evidently bouMt and sincere, but who have some manifest in-firmity by whioh all the glory is cast off from them and laid upon himself, and upon himself alone. Let it never be supposed that we who are God's minis-ters either excuse our faulta or pretend to porfcetion. We labor to walk in holiness, but we can not claim to be all that we wish to be. We do not base the claims of God's truth upon the spot-lesaness of our characters, but upon the fact that It comes from him. You have believed in spite of our infirmities, and not because of our virtues; if, indeed, you had believed our word because of our supposed perfection, your faith would stand in the excellency of man and not In the power of God. Wo come unto you often with muoh trembling, sorrowing over our follies and weak-nesses, but we deliver to you God's word as God's word, and wo beseech you not to rooeive it as coming from us poor, sinful mortals, but m proceeding from the Eternal and Thrice Holy God, and if you ao receive it, and by ite own vital force are moved and atirred up to-ward Ood and hiawaya, then ia the work of the word aure work, which it could not and would not be if it rested in any way upon man.

Our Lord having thua given us an insight into the oharaotor of the per-•OM whom he baa ehoaen to proclaim hIa truth, then goes on to deliver to the ohoaen ohtmpiona their oommlasion for the Holy War. I pray you mark the irorda with aolemn care. He auma iip in k few worda the whole of their work, and at the aame time Ibretella the roiult of it, telllni then! ihat aome would donbtieaa believe eud ao be aaved. ead atfine on the otbor would not believe, end would moat oertalnly, tberefoire, be damned t that ia, condemned forever to tfia penaltlea of Ood'a wrath. Thellnee

^. V obnt*inlni 'th# oommlaalon of our ai ' "

and denyud diroui Uon and implicit obedleoot; not from all who aapire to the wdrk>f j^a miniatrykbut also from dl who the meaaage of merb^. A e l ^ under-/rtanding of theae >irorda la tbaolately nede«Mry to our auoeasB in our Maitter'a work, for if we do not underatand the cemmiaaion, it ia not at all likely that we ahall discharge it aright. To alter these words were more than imperti-neocc, it would involve the crime of treaaon against the authority of Chriit and the beat intereste of the adula of men. O for grace to be very jealous hero.

Wherever the apostles went, they met with obstacles to the preaching of the gospel, and the more open and ef-fectual waa the door of utterance, the more numerous were their adversaries. These brave men ao wielded the sword of the Spirit as to put to flight all their foes; and this they did not by crafl and guile, but by making a direct cut at the error whioh impeded them. Never did they dream for a moment of adapting the gospel to the unhallowed tastes or prejudices of the people, but at once directly and boldly they brought down with both their hands the mighty sword of the Spirit upon the crown of the opposing error. And now in the name of the Lord of Hosta, my helper and defense, I shall attempt to do the same; and if I should provoke some hostility—if I should, through speak-ing what I believe to be the truth, lose the friendship of somo and stir up the enmity of more, I can not help it. The burden of the Lord is upon me, and I must deliver my soul. I have been loth enough to undertako the work, but I am forced to it by an awful and overwhelming sense of solemn duty. As I am soon to appear before ray Mas-ter's bsr, I will this day, if ever in my life, bear ray testimony for truth, and run all risks. I am content to be east out as evil if it must be so, but I can-not, I dare not, hold my peace. The Lo:^ knoweth I have nothing in my heart but the purest love for the soul of those whom I feel imperatively called to rebuke sternly in the Lord's name. Among my hearers and readers a con-siderable number will censure, if not ooodemn me, but I can not help it. If I forfeit your love for truth's sake I am grieved for you, but I can not, I dare not, do otherwise. It is as muoh as my soul is worth to hold my peaoe any longer, and whether you approve or not I must speak out. Bid I ever court your approbation ? It is sweet to ev-ery one to bo applauded; but if for the sake of the oomforte of respectability and the smiles of men any Christian minister shall kocp back a part of his testimony, his Master at the last shall require it at his hands. This day, standing in the immediate presence of God, I shall speak honestly what I feel, as the Holy Spirit shall enable me: and I shall leave the matter with you to Judge concerning it, as you will answer for that judgmeat at the lu t great day.

I find that the groat error which wo have to contend with throughout En-gland (and It is growing more and more) is one in direct oppoaltion to my text, well known to you aa the doctrine of baptlamal regeneration. We will con-front thia dogma with the aaaertlon that nAPTWM WITHOUT fAITU 8AVJW MO OMI. The text aaya, "He that be-lleveth and la baptised ahall bo aaved | " but whether a man be baptlaed or no, itaaaerte that " H e thaibellevotb not ahall bo damned," ao that jbapUsm doea not aave the unbeliever, nay. itdoaa |aot

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In any degree uempt him from the oommon doom of all the ungodly. He mug have baptlaffl, or he n ^ not have .., -Hp:;' ' •.••'•H r '" ' . - ^ ,

iprinkllni, edult aiel if he b # n o f m t o . p u ^ : iruat in Jcaua Chriat-if remainelt. an aDbeUevar, then thi» terrible doom la pronounced upon He thathfr Hoveth not ahaU be damned/'- I »m n^t aware that wy Protestant church in England t ^ h e a the doctrine ofbap-tiamal regeneration; except oi e, and that happena to be the corporaUon which with none too much humility oalla itaelf th« Church of England. Thia very powerfnl aeot doea not teach this doctrine merely through a eeoUou of its ministers, who might eharitably be considered u evil branches of the vine, but It openly, l>oldly, and pUinly declares this doctrine in her ownap. pointed standard, the B M of Common Prayer, and that in words ao expreaa, that while language ia the channellof conveying intelligible aense, no plfoewa short of violent iifdating from their plain meaning can ever make them say any thing elae.

Here are the words. We quote them from the Catechiam, which ia intended for the instruction of youth, and ia net-urally very plain and simple, ainoe it would be foollah to trouble the yoUng with metaphysical refinement*. The ohild ia asked ite name, and then quM-Uoned, "Who gave you this name?" " My godfathers and godmothers in my baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, the ohild of God, and an in-heritor of tbo kingdom of heaven." Ia not this definito and pUin enough ? I prixe the words for their candor; they could not apeak more plainly. Three times over the thing is put, lest there should be any doubt in it. The word regeneration may, by some sort of jug-, gling, be made to mean something else, but here there can be no misunderstand-ing. The ohild is not only made " a member of Chriaf'-runion to Jesua ia no mean spiritual gift—but he is made in baptism "thechild of Ood" also; and, sinco the rule is, " i f children, then heirs," ho is also made "an in-heritor of the kingdom of heaven," Nothing can be more plain. I venture to say that while honesty remains on earth, the meaning of these worda will not admit of dUpute. I t is clear aa noonday that, aa the Rubric hath it, " Fathers, mothers, masters, and dames, are to cause their children, aervauta, and apprentices," no matter how idle, giddy, or wicked they inay be, to loam the cetechlsm, and to say that in bap* tism they were made members of Christ •nd children of God. The form for the administration of this baptism is scarce-ly less plain and outepoken, aeeing that thanks are expressly returned unto Al-mighty God, because the person bap-tised is regenerate. "Then shall the priest aay, ' Seeing now, dearly be-loved brethren, that thia ohild ia regen-erate and grafted into the body of Chriafa church, let ua give thanka unto Almighty God for theae bcnafiu; and with one accord make our prayera unto him, that thU ohild may l«d the r ^ of hia life according to thia baglnnlnf / Nor la thU all, for to leive no mlatake, we have the worda of the thankaglvlng preacrlbed," Then ahall the prieet aay • We yield thee hearty thanka,^ moat merciftal Father, that » thee to regenerate thU infant witt tor Holy Spirit, toreoelve him forihine own nhild by adoption, and to Incor-porate him Into thy holy ohureh." _

Thia, then, b theelear and unmlatalcr

ble teaehlngof a ehuroh JjalUng itaelf Proateatant. I am not now doling at all with the aneaUon of J f l J*^« X have nothinii to dtt morning. X am now eonaiderinf . the

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ehttdrenof , kingdom of hiw baptUedl - S ^ e : ^ teatant chaie&r wh miniatet'goei to tii|i every peraon (here there and then grafted into the ohureh."

(To be ecknUnued.)

B»ptl«m » VUrui r

-Brother Braden, durinf, hU gamenta. tiuoted Horn. vl. 4, ' a figure of tJj«4«irial and ret „ ofChria^ and Bta) John ill. « figure of birth." Quoted fro^rS^. P. Jeaae'e report of the Diuftrdlfr Debate, in the iTirm Founaww; ^

It ia a litUe r e m a r k a b l e ^ Braden can aee the tru% th rM|^ ihe dena^ fof of Oampbelllaa. I thini fdl Baptiate wiU agree that he u M M i truth when he ottered the abo ve la*-gnage., . ^

In baptiam the believer w onlynym-bolUea the death, burial, and t e m w j ^ , , tion of Cbriat, but alao hia own m b - % to aiu and reaurreeUon io a new liW, for " We are buried with him by bap-tiam into dealhj" alao. "They that are Chriat'a have onielled the ioabj with the affecdona and luata."

Chriat waa erueified, and btttM whw dead, not in order to die. b f t ^ h e e ^ he waa already dead. So believei^ having been then made ellva to (Jod front a | ^ tna l death. SinM the " old man " haa been crneified with Chriat, th^y ar6 ready to bury him in baptiam, to repreaent that death to ain, and to rala^ him from Um liquid grave to aymbollae the reaorree-tion of the new man ttom apiritual death.

Thoae who beptlae profeaaed ainnara in order to kill them to ain, ahould alao, to be. oonaiatent, eontend that Chriat waa buried inliorder to deatl^

Baptiam being a likeneaa of death and reaurreetion ean not be a real death and reaurreetion. . . j J '

Aatheanbatehoe ao, alao, muat death to ain and r a e ^ rectipn to inew life precede baptiani, otberwiaa then ean be no likeneaa Chriat'a death and reaurreetion, €

If, ae Mr. Braden afiirma, the birth^^ of water (John Iil6), be a fljwe of^ birth, it CM never be a realbirUt. ^^

flow different ia tbia from t h t | Campbellite "begotten of the Spirits end born of water." ^ &

Is not the new birth Juat aa real be; -foro aymbottaed by baptiam as alW-

Can the aymboloreate ihe anbataov^t. If not baptiam can never ereate or f ivi: spiritual life. H.F.KifcWif. .

CentMlla, Texaa. ..' — — ^ -

- M n Quinoy Adama, dafiqf long term of aervloeln C w ^ never known lo one oooaaion, Juat alpMi « the hour for the <|omnietti! Nuion, a member in^tt , ^ Speaker If It waa not ti»f;i«l „ Houae to order. "NO, air," wii*; rtply."Mr. Adami to hot ie» aeat." JoalthM Mr Adanit m m ^ •ttdlt waa ahowniiiat tiia eloek wai (hiM^lnnUii &at.

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i ^ I m ii)|>vei} ^ (w DoUw tis old homo,

iirh«n I hkYtt Jolt •twnt k r«w r«ry

I trod Uio-MleA^ «tr««to apon luy iimrt) M foof ft^elobk in the nioraiox, I ilHUd to ttjiwl^^ tho

^ to-day, tnd forovdr." «• tlt»' of inforuttioo befjati to

drop into mjr ppwcMion, I found I was not wholly Hltit.

CliMring indioationit of improvo-ment etme fVom three sourccs that

' will be of upooia! iptorcRt 'to read-f era of thia paper.

Vint; theyaaid (and thit by many): " Brother Trotter !• growing in strength

jpriRelier atid pastor every day. TIli better and better all the

J time. Hi« 'ooogregaUohH are larger, and the ^hnreh i« roofing forward nieely tinder his administration." L ^Sootitbey will enter a revival .season

, Qjlfer the guidance of tho Ifoly Spirit, W U ahdl ttM brother J . W. Hall a3 preatHier.

the Saaday-school. Tho ro-porta of ibb sohool, with Doaoon Qlua M superintendent, ought to go into print I t it the best managed and Qost effioient sehool, considering the •ise of the ehnreb and eonditions of itt field, that I ever hoard of.

One elaaii of yoang ladies, with aver-age attetidance of about five, gave in ordiaary oontribation last year over thirty dollars. And this sohool is trained Just this way in all lines of work.

SK tta roll is abotit one hundred and lld^ «trong, with an average attendance bf nearly a hundred.

The third item is the Brownsville l^emalo College. I say calmly and do-libentely that if 1 had any interest in tho^education of a girl, I had rather BM her given into the hands of this whool than any eollege or institution in the poantry, North or South. I hon-

believe they can do more for a atadent than any other set of teachers. Thanlca to hard labor, much saoriSoe,

'and the bleasings of Ood, the school haa paaaed the experimental period, aod ia now running smoothly along tho roid of auocess. They have one bun-d M and twenty-five in actual attend-uoe, with the new term just eoming tn. Kverjr body works hard and ad-vaaoea ntpidly here, and yet every girl it as happy and bright as if in her own home, and Just as tenderly eared fur.

I bad the pleasure of meeting with r the ehuroh Wednesday nifht,and wss

given an opportunity to press the claims of the coming session of the Laymen's Conference, soon to meet with the Memphis brethren.

The idea, of a Laymen's Conference firatiaw the light in the Brownsville

) church, and wai nursed ilito iitardy ex-a Listence by the help of Brother Benter,

of Trenton, and f ^ Dr. Iiiman,'''bf Humboldt, Brownsville knows, that what ah* doea foir ' lhia sefsion wlU be closely wAtohed by the rMt of West T«nneas«« BsptisU, eip<ioially in the eonntry adljaoent. i^DMr brethren, toe that your r^putatiMsnReni liot by lack of efierl in this great work, and bestir yralnatvea dot only to go, but to inter-ent all others. , Brownitille; while Buffering much tttia Mason ttou short crops around there; hiia made vary marked progress in material growth. Real estiU in tho ottfF .being wotfth i t "least one third

frtian twtlw mofltBiriiist. -

Tho liaddajr-Sohool Wbr

I <)#nd to yon my concluiions Rpon tho Sunday-school worfcTtnd if you thiiik Uiey are worthy of a place, and likely to provoke sjtne one who ean write .up the auhiect of a BcriptuiwI organisation for our 8ttnday>sohool work, I will be repaid for toy labor; for X have given it my prsyerful study for the past ton years.

To begin with, Sunday school as a name ib a misnomer, for there is no Bible authority for it by that name: but, in fact, aH relates to tho work that ought to be done, tiicro is auihority in abundance.

Tho examiilcs of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his apo-stles, during his lifetime ufwn the earth, and after his orueiiixionH, meeting8ucce«aivoly on the first day of tlic week, couplcd with the &dmonitii)n to for;<ako not tho as-sembling of ourselves togcthor. I think is sufhoicnt tc satisfy any one who de-sires to keep his words that their duty is to moot every Ksbi>.Mh.

Now, what shall we do «rhcn wc meet? Again his word is not silent, and, if followed, we will do quite different to the oouimon praetioe. I will mention sotoe things: Teaching, admonishing, exhorting, praying with and for each other; and if this devotional part of the work is looked to more, sinners will conclude that the Lord is indeed with us, and we will expect conversions, and the Lord will save thcin.

Now, we agree that the Lord estab-lished, or sot up, an organization, or body, for the purposes enumerated above. If so, that prevents us from partaking with any other body or or-ganization for that purpose, and there is no excuse to ncglcot or fail to do so in his way.

I will suggest a way that I thiok is in keeping with tho above, and not inoon-sistent with the teaching of (Jod's word, for our Sunday-school work.

Tho church in conference, by and with the advice of the pastor, cleot tho superintendent) the pastor and superin-tendent select the teachers; all after praying earnestly for tho Lord's guid-ance. There certainly would bo less trifling with <}od's word in his house on his day than when the superintendent is elected by a promiscuous asjomblage, and teachers by a class of thoughtless children.

I know that numerous instances can be related where good has been done outside of God's order, and I thank a merciful God for it, and let them alone, as ho directs; but, as for me, my inquiry shall bo. Lord, what wilt thou have mo to do?

In conclusion. I will say, koop and do your part of the work in the church, and you have a right to require and ex-pect every member to attend, and the samo right to discipline them for non-aUendance that you have for not at-tending monthly service. You can de fond yourself against tho argumenU of the 80 called Old Baptists at tho samo time. Short Hobn Dracon.

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A Model Bunday-Sohool.

« Thinking you would like to know something about the Sunday-school you wore once a molnber of, and reared up In, I venture to givo you ii report of our work for the y e a r l y .

Though yostorday waa a very In-clement day, (he superintendent was greeted byNvetity-nven menibtirs. At the elose of lh« Mshool ouriecretary, Brotlwr P. B. fiatterfleld, rfad the un nual report, gWog the ooll^atlons by olassM, and atteiidanee by olatm, ahow-Ing how many bad been preaent forty Bandays daring the AU who havt

You are making a paper of general interest to Baptists, and perhaps a word from this growing " Magic City " may not bo witiipnt interest.

'In the year 1672 a lonely farmdiouio stood at the foot of Red Mountain. Now there has sprung up a city of 60,'-000 poflple, and In the valley aro 100,* 000. Mr. Carnegie, on a rooent visit, prophesied that there would bo a million people in the valley in ten yekN. Dram-mera my thai, otttaide pf« foW Northern aiid "Western oIUm, they soii nothing eomparabla to ihe'msli and vim of Bir-Btinghani. Ita amelUng filraaoM, roll* tDg*iniIli,Bhopa, mlnei, ato., pay monthly

boon preaeSt forty Sundays durtBg thf* year w# have their naitiM phiepd tjipep th« roll of ho^or* which w« hav« framed nieely and placed iip»n tlte wall of the aohool-room. We have forty names to place tipon this roll for the ye»r 1889. The naperinUmdent a n lfA has been present every Sunday during tho year. What other superin^ndejpt in the State has a wife that has 4ono so well?

We have introduced into our sohool this year a new featuro-^the home de-partment. Through this modium wc hope to get every member interested in tho Kundsy-school. We will have a quarterly report from tho department, samo as our regular school. This would bo an cxccllent plan for our country churchcN to work. Thoy can study the Hiblo at home when it might not bo cunvonicnt (or them to nttcnd church and keep up a Sunday school daring the winter. If each church in tho State could select a good, live, pushing man to act as secretary, and take charge of this plan, wo would soon see a great uhangc in tho mind* of our country brethren about the Sunday school work. They would soon love to study the Bible, ami to gather their children around them on Sabbath, and dovoto as much as ono hour to the study of God's word. I have gotten a little off tho track of my report, so I will come back to figures.

Largest attendance any <|UBrtcr during the year, 171; Buiallest, 151; average for year, 1G2; average attendance for tho year, '.>3; average for fourth quarter, 117. Kcgular collcction for the year, tl2tJ 48; missionary collections for the year,

total, ?l(>7.7-; average collec-tions every Sunday during the year.

Paid out for missions during tho ycir, ^CJ. ('ounting balancc on hiind .January 1,1H89, we have now a balance on hand to the credit of mis-sions, fU .'ftt, and to tho credit of gen-eral fund. $ri7.;it. Debts all paid, ex-cept we owe .J. 8. Thoiuaa for some Bibles which he so kindly aided us in getting. Wo desire to have our teach-ers use tho Bible in their classes, and discard tho Uclpt during recitation, but use them only in tho study of tho lesson at home as an aid in studying the Bible.

So, you see. our school is in a flourish-ing condition, for no small a town. We are in a better condition spiritually than wcwcrca year ago, A larger portion of our school ore professors of religion. Our sohool has agreed to co-operate with Brother J . S. Tbomai in his work. We promised ?l per month. We give the first Sunday collections in every month to missions. Wo will this week reduce our treasury by giving to our Boards. We hope to give as much as f75 this year to minsions.

May the Lord bless and prosper the Bai'TIst and Urki,bctob, and moke it a power for good in our State, is the |)raycr of your brother,

T. 13. Of.AHH. Brownsville, Tenn.

Birminghanct Iiotter.

for laboiK »l(mft^i;®0,00Q3l was tiover building up ao rapidly «« inow, The smoke of her tnjghty Indus-t r | « hangs over h«r Wr day like a pll-^ lar.' bf oloud, an4 by night hir flatnidg fltmaeea and gleaming ooke otani «hiao like * pillar of fii».

What ar« (he Biptisto doing to plant their priociploa, an(}ga{Q a foot-hold here now? Well, some doaen Baptist eburehes have already been established in tho city and anbnrbs, eohneoted by street-eara and dummy lines, while sev-eral other missionehave been opened, which we hope some day to organise into self-supporting eburehes.

The First ebttreh is enjoying great prosperity under Bev. W. L< Piekard, D.D. Immense congregations gather to hear this eloquent brother, who hai refreshed the hearts of his brethren with hU great success.

The Southsido church, under I'sstor P. T. Hale, has outgrown its quarters, and will begin a handsome edifice uf brick, trimmed with stone, in the spring. The minutes of the last Awociation show they gave last year to benevolence over nine thousand dollars. .Most of this was given to the Judson Institute and to Howard College. To help these needing objects they postponed their own building for a year. Since tho present psstor took charge, fifteen months ago, the church has grown from a membership of one hundred and sov-enty-seven to four hundred, having re-ceived sixty-two by ex|mrience of grace and baptism, and two hundred and fir-teen by letters, ctc. Much of this har-vest was sown by the hands of the last pastor, the famous and lamented l>r. .1. .i. I). Benfroe.

The Second church is lamenting thu rc.signatioc of I'astor >1. M. Wootl, who is called to Bessemer, a growing suburb of five thousand iuhabiUnts; while the Third is about to lose Pastor Jaine.s llogan, on account of his failing health.

Woodlawn, Avondale, Kast Lake, Klyton, (rreen Springs, Pratt Mines, and Knaley City arc all flourishing su burbs, and have Baptist churchoi, all. Kast Lake, seven miles out, on tho dummy, is the location of Howard Col-lege, which, under the presidency of Dr. B F. Ililey, has ono hundred and fifty students, and is in a very hopeful condition. Fifty thousand dollars have just been raised for its endowment.

We have a pastors' conference of a doien ministers, and its organ, the Binningham Buptut, founded and ed-ited by Pastor P. T. Hale, is aiding much to unify and edify our denoninl-tional interests.

Birmingham will invito the next ses-sion of the Southern Biptist Conven-tion. Lvok.

Birmingham, Ala.

"Cl.OHBCOMMIfNtON AMI) TIIK BaP TlHTs "—A tract of sixty one pages, by KIdor J . II. Orime, of Shop Springs, Tennessee. In this little pamphlet the preacher approaches the subject from a new quarter. It is one of the inci-dental prooh that tho Baptists are with . the truth, that their positions may be approached fVom any directioD and found to be invulherablo. I t ia like a walled town with each aide an embattled front. In our traok a largo number of quotations fVom miny authon are bronihtln. It will do good wherever read. Any doabtl||g ThomlMOi among oa would bo grmaiy beuefitedl bylla pentnl. Ths attthor haa pnt ft fbw copies Id our haitAlfbr Mt« at ten oenU a copy. Writ« to 117 Morgan Knokvllle, get ft dopy, road it, and hand It aronnd.

.-..•.•••.•I, —The Bleutpbli notei eame in time

lilt wMk, but,Ikiled to do ao this WM r. Wftftroiorrjf, , "

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yohttfniiljr. ovMlng t > y l ^ r icMilqrw «hani«d^ti) nlgStv ftird the anb^

ib fto, " What Baptbta Bella*«" Oo«added i y letter..;.,8pro«« Street ohurehs^Bldi ftgood day. l»reaobing moniiBg itn4 night by l ^ o r Gilbert ^'gitiot tbe ev^fog oolle^ition to Bibl« W b r k . O n e added blf^ltttter.. .f^Tha new pai'tor, I. N. Stirot&er, prenobW at Mill Creek and Howell Memoritl. R«. porta ft fair d*y. The Lord's supper at Mill Creek..... At the Seventh ohareh preaching'morning «bd night by the liastor. The usual oongregation at the morning service, and a large eongrega-tion at night. Brother Folk preached at Franklin for Brother Couch..... The North Kdgefield meeting ia still in prog-ress. Brother W. .1. Couch assistiog the pastor. He reports ten professions, four additions,.... First church reports an inerease in the Sunday-school. Good meeting in the niorning. Two profes-sions and two additions..... Kdgefield church—Services morning and evening by tho pastor. One profession and ono addition. Pastor Gardner proaebed at both services. Tho subject of "City Kvangelization " was discussed by the brethren and eunsiderablc interest was manifested. A committee of throe was appointed to consider the advisability of organizing a Nashville Baptist Church Extension Society.

ClIATTANOOOA. Sccond Biptist church.—Preaching

by the pastor morning and night. The Sunday-school rejKjrt showed that there was an increase from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty-seven Hcholars First church.—Preaching by pastor morning and night, Ono re-ceived by letter.—Central church.— Pjslor McReynolils reports usual serv-ice and interest. — Itidgedale.—The pastors have secured the Methodist buildinn for the week. Brothers Mc-Itcynolds and Wright were out Sunday evening. Brother Wright preached. They have hope of great good being ac-complished. Brother Willingham [•rcaohes to-night.

dfty-tqhMl ^ e s T b c M

fall; The piator f^la wueh cnoonriged lijr iW i h e i ^ d I l k * oralUf i|04 ntsaion spIrlMf the con*

Smith baptised three laat Wednesday, making in all seven addlitlons as a re-sult of the late meeting.

• ,-;T®iin6«iee.'" ' ' ' —The Monnt HamonrBaptiat Sun-

day-sehool, MoMinn oonnty, Tennessee, sends a quilt for the Levtriog Mission, IndUn Territory, I will await the arrival of others before sending the Booond box.

Miw. 8. K. W. Njjujom, 22 Vine Street, Chattanooga, Tenn.,

.-^Tullahoma church ia without a pastor. The c>tll of iiastor was post-poned. H, lU Schramm accepts tho call to Bellbuckle, Tennessee, and will begin there next Sunday. Currespond-ents will please note the change from Tullahoma, Tennessee,- to Bellbockle, Tennessee. H. R. 8.

of WiHe^ pf Carthage, and twelve wiles,

:,no?t^.west of aainsbw^;Th«j,

New Hoi'KwklI/.—1 dosed a meet-ing with this church to-night. Had a good revival, with twenty-nine addi-tions to the membership of the church. We hope to get some good fighting from old Brothers Bowman and Bur-nett, who joined, as they are old sol-diers—now new soldiers of the Cross.

K. L. Fitswobth.

KNO-vvir,i,E. ("onferenco opened at 9 o'clock with

priycr by Be v. 0. L. Hailey... .First ehuroh—Brother Jones preacbeil on Sunday morning on tho " Great Salva-lioo '• In the evening on " How Shall Wf, K«eape if We Neglect." The ser-mons were profoundly impressive. Two were baptised at tho evening service. • • - .Sccand church—Rev. 0 . L. Hailey being a sufferer from la grippe, only had service in tho morning, prcaching from 1 Cor. vi. 1J», 20, " For ye aro not your own.'! Discourse was well re-ceived. The new building is half oov-crcd and the oongregation aro anx-iously looking to the time when they shall remove Into larger borders.... Third ehuroh—Tho congregation has observed tho week of prayer and quite an interest was awakened among tho unconverted. The pastor preftched on the " Conditions of disoipleahip," Luke ix. 67-C2. The bouse was filled, and some came who were unable to find •"oom At Island Homo, tho pastor preached ft missionary Bormon, and the oongregation gave a liberal contribu-tion. The Snndsy-sehool wss Isrgoln aUendanco and full of iutereBt... .Mt. Olives—Pastor Brower reported ft very pleasant service. The Sunday sohool numbered one hundi^ and twenty-seven, iho Iftrgjst ftttendaneo in monUiB, The pastor preached from 1 Cor. ix. I t, "Gvensn hfttb ibelioi^ ordained (ht(

Look OfT KOB Becku'TO,—When you send money to me I will always send you a receipt. If you fail t^ get it write me a card at once and I will look after the matter. The various schools are sending in their collections regularly and I do n't want a single one to be lost. I don't think any have been lost. ,1. S. Thomas.

Knoxviilc, or Jlemphis, Tenn. - — • • » -

—Pastor Boston, of the Central church, is a man of earnest spirit, m l , and consecration, and is a systematic worker, and if his relation with the church is not attended by strengthening and the upbuilding of tho cause of truth and righteouiness here wo shall acknowledge that wo were misled in forming our expectations. — Dapthl Youth.

a^nd . If Elder Sbrigley wttJ atUnd, perhftps hoosnipii ft modoTu ieat, fts thehbnse Imloflgsto liii t ^ ^ >

Brother ^olk, oiwn't you «ttei»d?^W^

—I have Just eloaed a meetibg^bf several days at Sinking Creek, Knox eonnty, resnlting in the eonveraion of one or more, and the revival bf tlw ehuroh and Chriatiana

of the com-munity, and I hope will result In tho adding to the church of many and the building of a ebureh bouse. This is a ehuroh that had nearly died out neglect. They have ealled me'to tho pastorate, and I will commenoo my labors the fourth Saturday in this month. Brother .T. H. Sentel assisted mc in the meeting. .James V. Iodina.

Maryvillo, Tenn.

—As to the separation of church and Sunday-school I would simply say that it ought uot to be done. The church ought to manage tho school, but ought to do it in the school-room. Kvery member of the church ought to be in the school, and then yon would not have to repeat your reqnesii for opin-ions on thisaabject. The question ia generally raised by .the member who wants to vote on every thing, and can not vote for Sunday-aehool pfficcrs be-cause he do n't go there. The church member who can and does not go to Sunday-school is not entitled to an opinion as to the management of the school, and it would not be worth con-sidering if you had it. Stacy Lord.

dnndir iwhbp^^ plenty of litoj^^iftna onee ft month for B ^ Sunday sohool work. , jwjiwl OontinUba'prgau bbldt wojrei' thftn ft y i i r w ^ l dlWded int<( w M is o a l l ^ p n i ^ ehnro^ieftobv BrotM^j is superintendent of onr: i ^ i v e d ft csrf r e « t t e s t l i y | i i i ^ ; „ delsgfttfttf to Httmbol##anuiiry Ing our circle eonven • that time. Owi|»g to 8om««»isundot.- , standing tbefoir^rs bnly thre^ oburohss . represented.;]: 8b tb» ueetinlKof the oirols mm ft failure. Yet felt doabj? ' rewarded for going, fti ji'b fiiia^h^ ore of hearing onr ttinbh loired Brother Inman preach one of hii exoeiilefiiiMt'f mons.and wm, also, hospiteblyenlnr-taiaed by him and his elegint, coni^ crated, lovely wife whose so^ty. W ' always feel better fpr hav fwi . ^ i l l i ; ^ The tendency of Oitlr bortflt | s opwar^r / and onward to th*t higher Chr i s t ^ perfection. To'^know them l iye A them. We oongifttulfttft tllib I b b w b ^ for oallibg him fcr all his Uma is i t is indeed ft feastof the sotti to liatM to , him. The Sondfty-sohool 4her9;ii criterion for m Yonog aid old ftte in?! @ terested ftlike, ftnd-the ftxereises ftr* eharming; B t a P *

Jackson Items.

MiTitCREKsnoRO.—Pleasant service. Received one by letter; four on .January 12. Onr prayer-meetings have increased to rcspcctable congregations. Tho pas-tor is now preaching a series of sermons —morning service, on the Sabbath; evening service, on Kschatology. lie finds much of Christ and the practical in these subjects. Soule College build-ing has now reached its capacity for boarders. Additional rooms must be buit Murfreeiboro is on a steady line of improvement. S, E. J .

TBRNtoN.—Glad to report progress in our ehuroh work bore. Congrega-tionB generally good. Wo have frequent accessions. Two received yesterday-one by letter, and ono for baptism. Prayer-meetinpwell attended; interest growing. Sunday-school larger than it has been for years, Ho|>e to bo ablo soon lo send you some names for our Slate paper, which by tho way, is con-sum ly growing better. I congratnlats the BaptiBtabf Tonncssee,and especially of Nashville, on the ooming of our brother, W, R. L-Smith.

WM.Ritam.

Birtf. Run.—Powell's Station church clofcd their meeting of twenty days last night. Elders P. Moontcn and A. Demarcus did most of the preaching. The church was wonderfully built up. The gospel was presented in its sim-plicity as the brethren always do it, through faith, and shook the village from center to circumference. Rcsu t —Nineteen professions; twelve joinei the church, ten by baptism and two by letter. A grand revival. Collections for preachers twenty-two dollars, was informed that there had been dur-ing the meeting some twenty preachers there. Too many preachers sure enough. What is to be done?

•T. N. Bihuof.

CoLUSHUA.—Preaching morning ant night ftB usual. Good congregations, and specially large Sunday-Bchool, not-withstanding la grippe and ihreatenlng weather. Text of the morning sermon, Johniv. 217, "Onosoweth and ftnother roapefh," in which I tried to bring ont the relation between the sower and tbo rcsper. Daring the course of my re-marks r referred to tho exeollsnt and faithful work of tho former putbr. Brother Grace, which referenco tho congregfttion aisemed to enjoy greatly. Wo organised last Friday night ft teaeb« era' meeting, and our ladies will meet on Tuesday ailemoon next to organise ft Lsdiea' Aid Society, the object of which will be to ftid the fMstor in vlrit-ing and getting ae*|uiinted with (be membership, and those Baptists wbo oome from other plsces, not membsrs, with us. « R. B. MAltONt.

Since laat report BroUbe^ j . Siib-f mons, of tbeChJnft miftr^on.virited nsi ' and preached a very instmetive seruoii on nlMlons, swakening ft lively interast in bis mission. Ee addressed the fie--nityand students, of the nniversityon the subject of Scbobls and liAwi of^ Chins." Hla addrm wss very inter-^ esting, indeed..... List Sunday ^ ^ e time for raising monqr for Foreign Mli*:' sions. Pastor Tribble preaebed ft vsiry/^ strong and improve sbrntpn on the great commiaslon. Aililonni ooll^tdd, one hundred and four dollstif Mid sbv*' enty ccnts.....T|ie F i ^ wss nevbr in' better working order uisii v « | ^ . . . . W. B. Clifton. pMt<iir bf tlw iBe^nd church, reports finb prbgireM in money for tboir obnrob buiidin^^ Two Joinodby letterlut SundiuriJ.ifrt Rev. ft. T. Webb, member of t b d ^ ^ " ond obnreb, has bean qidte fll Tnt ft' week. There, are hopes for his earii' recovery. He and bis nmi estlmiible wife bave boen in obnreb serriee for [ more than half ft centnry, lind nre Ing feeble in body, bni strong in tbb % BpUit. B i ^ e r ,W ebb eon t ln^ '^b ~ prpscb very ftcbeptabi/ bis ebaivb In Henderson eonnty, , Dorrift ropbits bhi obtirabes in i ^d ' ! working order, ftttd bftVe'ftdopted it s^s* temaUo plan of contribtttloWto ^ M s of missiottB and edtiefttion.'i;..A Urib number of siudetl^ bave /oined the universltf sibee Ne# ti{ar*i,.,.The profesBon seem to b« in a s^illn| ntobd^ abont something; niaybe i^ey ire de-lighted witb the tncMiUMi d f p ^ may b«, tbey a ^ smilin|( bfer tbe^bliib grade attained by their otasses in the written exainlnatiooB Jtut oloi|ed| ftiid ' maybe tb<tyaro smtlingbter'thepHM-'

of.;iecariog the right m n for agent of tho uAlveHiity. - Either dsute -would justify them In smiling^ bttt when ftll these eotnbino th^ , nbdbtibt^ ft/e oxcHiedingty happy, MAt)iw)N. '

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MWWtEWAL BDOCATIOH.

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Hlsslonttry.

I ma t to «y • word or two on the nriisloD qawUon, Mklng God to blesa it totliBMComplMbment of »t leart Bome cood. I wwt to try wd toll why so BJMj of our churobei .r« untl-mlfsion-tiy in spirit, « d »peoUIly »n praoUco.

In the firrt pUce sueh oharobes h»ve ran dry. and we itorving on woount of the Iwk of.wme »peci»l remedy, tnd » ohofoh. too„U the medium through

. whieh, end into whioh. the water of life ' auBt flow. Now. I know churches

with thi« loetheome disewe are in a eritieal condition. Sick? Yes. almost unto death. Now, Brother Editors, yon may not have to contend with such, hut, newrthelese, such can be found in the land and among the liTing. or l should say dead while they are Imng. Of course, all such caies, or paUonts, hafe their own f a m i l y (putor) physi-cian, and they think that you and 1 n e e d not meddle ourselves about them.

I t seems to ine that die out they win, and it also seems that some of them are already dead and the doctor does not know it, and others are wt on the same thing, for they won't (give) Uke any remedy, and sometimes when the Great Pysieian to thorn sends the rem-edy, weU-they show some life then, hut It b animal Ufe. Now these sort of fellows arc losing so much ihat one hM who is lo good health. Now I have' not said a word yet about tite treat number of sinners who are Mng ruined by stumbliug over stub-born, lifeless Christians, and the ehurohes ofsuch. Yes. stumbUng into

etWBltf without the saving efficacy of tKJ blood of Christ while the churches

are In thk sleeping eonditlon. No one Mens to Uke any interest in such a eburtb. ind the reason thereof is be-oaoM there is no interest there-^o one attraeted to «hurob, boeause there is ootbing to atiraot them. The few old bretbreiwbo'do attend bear the same

rtereot^ sermons, and the same o d dry. and oft-repeated Prayew by old Brother D u m A, who nvftr falls to attend. If for no other purpose, than he

kwe It to fiy to W Ofilbbot. that be bsi not wlsiiid ehutrcb for five y ^ . Should you mkti him on the way from obunb wd »ik bl«i bow t h « were get-an t along, Wf answer is, "Well, we are

attlet. Mod at peace among oufselves and

. the world." No business tran^

MtJon.,BroUierA; pwfeotly qolot «a«i in L SotruA is, there wer. no i t non^o thei together to get up.a fuss, wen,

Brother A did jou have a mission wl-UoUon In answer to the calU of dm

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S i ^ f f r o m a w h o w r ' - m y ,

fhMiy i of Ohrtit. wben hU first churoh. In fact, the first ehurobwas a boaW itself, for It was said of Ht. Paul thaithey-the mem-bers of every churoh, eveit member-should lay by In store on the first day of every week, a« the liord Pm-pored them, which wu ft>r tke lords w . " lord's usot 1 thought the gospel was without money and without

price. In fact, it has been pretty much •0 with us. Our pastor labors on the farm as we do, and preaches to us on Saturday and Sabbath, onoe a mojith. How many were out to day. Brother A . "Well , let's sec: Brother Slow, Brother Drowsey, Brother Neverfail, and-and-yos. old Sister Paylittle was there, too." Did you P«y his monthly dues. Brother A ? Pay ? Why, nothing was said about m-Well, I believe the old sister gave him a pair of socks," Such is the condition of many ol our churches to-day, or to a great citentr-not paying the pwtor, not giving any thing to missions. Where, 0 whore U the fault? May Uod help us just now to search it out The Savior's words are well known when he Bays/'Enter in at the strait gate, for wldo is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ; became strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth to Ufe. and few there be that find it." (Matt. vli. 13. U ) Equally well known is the com-mand of the Lord: "That re-pentance and remission of sms should be preached In his name among all nations." (Luke xxiv. 47.) It is too true that when this gospel is earnestly and unreservedly preached iD.ny walk still in the broadway to rum, and few only find the way of life and peace. Thus it has over been the case. Thus it was when the gospel was In Its first bloom and power—even In tho days of Christ and the apostles. Now. watchman, what of the night? Since a great change has taken place. A peat apathy and stupidity has got a mighty grasp upon us. Upon those claiming to have been made alive In Christ. Jesus had given the command, " Oo. there-fore. and teach all nations, baptliing. tho Uught. in the name of the Father, Bon, and Holy Ghost; and teaching them to observe—look after—all things whatsoever I have commanded you." (Matt, xxviil. 19. 20.) Before this apathy the friends of the Master showed great faithfulness to this command, but when the loose and lukewarm sUto had come upon God's people the congrega-tions and many of God's people, too, in many ways, became disobedient and neg-lectful of this great command. They went forth and made the great masses, not disciples (John viil. 31, 32), but Christians in name and form, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Hypocrites, traitors, rebels against God and bis anointed. Rebelling against him by thoughtlessly and unfaithfully baptising unbelievers and their ohildten, and then teaching them to neglect the greater pfrt of what .Tesus bad oommanded. Thus do they continue to walk |n tho broad way to ruin, and right here come in the great wtrk for the faithftil few that remain among tbo obMobes, and suck as should bsin the ohuroh. Of course I mean missionary Baptist churches. Brethren, God will have bis true soldiers rally and eome to the IVont, and truly stand in defvnse of bis, not man's, loipnl, or ho will slay tbom with, his own mighty bind. Who •r#.WsW«nds? Uosajw,

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1 pray O a m t » waking and shakipl up- ^ „ ,

I kn^w I must bonfe* that the Scrip-tures teaoh tbatbef^W the coming of Christ tbow will be A g m t WlifiJl t m among tho masses of the people. A great and terrible judgment upon these nngodly men, apostates, but al the time a wouderftxl salvation for a little remnant, But what saddens me is that so much of the Iklllng away is of onr own household. A m^rl ty of our ohurches of Knon Association reported nothing for missions, yet I have hopes for several, or many of our brethren. Of course wo can not expect all to como out on the Lord's side, because tho devil has always bad some to represent him. Now we must have the pure gos-pel preached, and when that is done the churches will be blessed with the gifts of the Spirit and grace, and when you have plenty of the Spirit and grace of Christ in a cburoh, then you have life in that ehurch. When the true gospel is not preached In a church the life of it ebbs away. Of course you must get a man to awake, or aroused if he is sick. He must be fed on the word and prayer, and then he must ex-ercise himself in search of more food, and may be by this process many of our brethren might get entirely well, seeing how good It Is for them to exercise (give) a little. . 1 . 8 . P A R D D K .

Bethpagc. Tenn.

Tho Ohrlstian Endeavor Sooletloa

and MlBSions.

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The Societies of Christian Endeavor have for scveaal years past obsei^ed what la called Christian Endeavor Day, when special prayer is offered by each society for the growing work through-out tho worid, and when some offenng Is made to the Missionary Board of the denomination with which the socioty is connected.

It has been saggestcd by the trustees of tho United Society of Christian En-deavor that the day be observed this year on Sunday. February 21. or In con-nection with the meeting of the week which begins on that date. The United Society asks nothing for lUelf except the prayers of tho local Sooif ties, but urges tho young people everywhere to make some thank-offering to their own denominational Missionary Boards, thus promoting tho missionary spirit among the young, and substantially aid-ing many missionary treasuries. This, too, is in accordance with the princi pics of the Sooiety, that every thing Is to be given and done through lu own ehurch and denomination. It will be only nine years, on the 21 day of Febru ary next, since tho first Sooiety was es Ublbhed, but there are now not less than eight thousand five hundred So-cieties, with over half a million mem-hers In all parts of tho worid. The So-ciety was never growing so rapidly M at present and never lo possessed the donfidenco of the ohurches. From sev-enty to one hundred Societies are formed o v e i r week, and at least four thousand members are added to tho ranks every seven days. The oonsti-tution has recently been transUted into all the leading languages of the worid. The secretariosofmostof tho Missionary Socletiei of the oountry-Home and Foreign—recommend special objects for tho iifl« of the yount people on tho coming snnlversary. Last year many thousands of doUars wore given, and U is hellovtd that the amount will b? largsljrlnorewdthlsyoMr,

tisn'S heart. O B ^ P ^ ^ somo CbristUns aro ^harMl^3»fth doubts is beoaule theqjr do M t vory Uttlo for Christ and h(« pdoplo. Their attention is giT«B most largely to BQcb things as, by their irery nature, , tend to induoo douhts of their being Cbristianit and having fellowship witii God. But let them be Intent on doing sometbi^ eaoh day which wiil minister to the ibrtheranoe of Christ's kingdom, as that king-dom LI represented among them, and they will have but little trouble with doubts. I t is said that tho late William Mnnsie, of Glasgow, Seotiand. when asked if he had any doubts, re-plied: " I have so much in Christ to think of, and so much to do for hlin, that I find litUe leisure for enUrtaining that question," Ho kept out doubt* by keeping in his heart thonghts of Christ, and what he could do to best serve him. The busiest workers for Christ are generally troubled the least with doubU and fears. Sueh bufty workers as Mr. George Muller, Mr. Spurgoon, Mr. Moody, and others, have no time to stop and ulk with any doubts which may apply for admission into their hearts. When any doubt comes to the door of a Christian's heart, he should be in such an attitude that ho can say: " I am so fully occupied with thoughts of Christ, and what I may do for him, that I have no time to enter tain you. Good-bye!" I f the devil can got us to converse with doubts he will increase their number.

C. H , WKTHBRIIE

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Ministerial Idnoation.

[In this column we propose to keep standing a Hat of contributions for tho education of young ministers, either at the South western Biptlst University or at Carson and Newman College. Contributors will please indicate to which school they wish their money

sent. You can give any amount you choose from a postage stamp up. Ood doesn't love large givers so much M he does cheerful givers. Liberality is proportionate to ability. Send your

contributions either directly to us to be forwarded, or, If you prefer, to Prof. W. Jarman, Jackson, Tenn., for the South-western Baptist University, or Prof. John T. Henderson, Mossy Creek. Tenn, for Carson and Newman College ] SOUTH wmEiiNBArTiBTUmvaBsiTv

BAPTIST AHD REKI.«CTOB 9 6 «

Mill Creek ohuroh ; • J Mrs. K. M. Ratcliff, Orange, Cal. 1 Misses Callle and Agnes Hooper,

Wall Hill, Miss ' ' •

(Quite a number of brethren gave to t h i s cause at the Convention. Wo do

not remember their names.)

CABFLOM AND NKWMAM COI.I.K'LK.

N. J . Phillips and wife, Blount- ^^ v i l l o . v ' l V i k

J . H. Anderson, Nsshville » « BAPTIST AMD BMI-KOTOB » Dandridgc ohuroh ^ French llroad church « Mouth of Bicblaud ohuroh.^...

Mrs. C. C. Brown, Mow C i ^ 3 .>« D. C. Maples and wile. Mossy

Creek k M Alexander Mornu, Mossy Creek 6 00

J . H. Bixter, Illinois.... ""

EAOLRVILTA SCHOOL.

Mill Creek ohuroh. .. . . . . JjJ J, 0. Akin. Shelbyvlllo. . . « Mrs. Patjnam Walter Hill - J J . C. Akin, fifhslbyvlllo. •. • y y,' m Dr. Wm. Orutohor, Chapel Hill. » LtsoaswM ohMroh, per B. B. Jar- ^^

Mount Olivet ohuroh, per R E. _ ' jaflflOll MMtt«»«M«M».t.. W V«

( m s i X ^ I I ^ A l r d A M

, "rt.u«olto«» wriMUsMsliiwitoa vJn »f «-, „ « d hr Pr, J . B. amws.

Z. wwt alUo^Uw., tM »M»«» WKhWi

Inwi l)». to him. Ml

Hiiwit, Mtnipbb. ^ ^ . - ^

FJoronoo, On Prairlo Nbrtli of Auotln, Texas.

Tho great improvement in nervous energy and fiosb we received from the four weeks spent in Texas last Juno on tlio Manor and Hemphill prairies de-cided us to accept the invitations of Mvoral churches ttf spend November «nii December and enjoy the delicious weather of a Texas Indian summer «Dii thus escape the usually oold and rsioy months of November and Djeem-. ber in Tennessee. While pencilling ihef 0 " WajCMarks," tho plea^nt recol-lections of the last two visits and Chair Talks which closed our labors in Ten-nosseo, and which we failed to notice before leaving, occupy our mind. The one was with the Liberty, four miles wMt of Covington, Tenn. A beginning made un propitious frOm rain and dark nights, was followed by a bright Sab-bath and clear nights, and largo and deeply interested congregations, and a growing interest on the part of the un-converted. Owing to the sickness of Hro. Lucado, the pastor, the meeting that promised so well was not contin-ued. Hro. Lucado had, somo months previous, held a very suecessfnl meet-ing with this church. Some thirty or n.ny additions were the manifested fruits of his labors. He is one of the

most useful and snccessful pastors of I Jig liatchle Association, and deservedly popular, and rapidly coming to tho front.

This ohuroh, some months previous to our visit, called upon him to prowh 00 tho communion question, and in-•tcad of presenting all the argumenU ar cd for lu observance as a church ordinance, he prcientod all ths argu-metitM for and against it nnd lufl the church to decide for Itself, and tho re-sult was in favor of its observance as a church ordinance. The conference fol-lowing the Chair Talks was appointed for the formal action of the church. Wo learned that without a doubt this and all the ohurches Bro. Lucado serves will conform their practice to their ar-ticles of faith and observe the supper as a churoh ordinance.

In our Chair Talks wo make no refcr-oncc to the communion question or lee-tore upon it unless requested by tho churoh and pastor.

At Galloway wo had another meeting characterised by a deep religious quick-ening, a revival of heart-felt religion on the part of the ohuroh members. They expressed themselves as refreshed, strengthened, and advanced in the knowledge of Jesus. Dr. G. W. John-ston, prwrident of tho Masonio College at Collienvllle, is the pastor, and the ohuroh has greatly prospered under bis able ministry. I t is also unaniiponsly in favor of ehurob obmmanion, as are tho majority of the obttrohos west of ths Louisvills and Nashvillf Bailroad, If onr information Is oorreot, and not a ripple of eonfnsion hss followed.

The pi^sperl ty of tho ohurches of tho Big Hatohle is a matter of profound gratitudo and enoonragomsnt.

On returning flrom Gsllow«y we took th« tnin Ibr tiiMV w « t « m pr^driw.

B a d f i J ^ j n ^ ^ ahmlr havo iuropA bftol!:, ooiaildeHng these M-

warolog that Ik was not dod's will that wo should forw^

During the two weeks w« ipettt oh the prario north of A^t in , w« visited four leading ohurehei^; Liberty Hill, Maoi^onla, White House, aad Floreneo. At eaoh of the first and Ust eburehes we spent four days and had both lar^ and exoellent meetings, and the tMti: mony of the brethren' was that Uiey were great bleesinp to the eburehes, comforting and uniting the brethren on " The Faith," and inspiring them with increased seal in the Master's service.

On introduction night a brother ex-tended his hand saying, " Do you re-member preaching to the Tenth Ala-bama Bei^ment one night after the bat-tle ofJIanassas, at Bristoo's "station, Virginia." We answered in the sffirm-ative. "Well, I heard you and was convicted, and was lead to . embrace Christ by that sermon." I t was a hearty handshake that followed that ao-inaintance. Another man. Professor

reminded us of a sermon we

preached at Newborn, Ga.i which was the means of his conversion from llo-man Catholicism, end acceptance of the one groat High-PricMt as his Savior. Ministers can appreciate the encourage-ment we received from these confes-sions. Our home was with Elder Spencer, the old patriarch of this sec-tion, and Sister Spencer was the " Martha," who was careful in earring

for every want We were conveyed by Brother Will-

iams from our visit at Macedonia, and lodged and refreshed by a generoiw hos-pitality, and conveyed the next night to White House, where a large congrega-tion was in attendance. Here we were met by Elder Beynolds, shepherd at Florence, which has greatiy prospered under his efficient labors. Unassisted, he held a protraoted meeting last sum-mer, in which somo forty or fifty were added to his flock. It has recenUy finished a commodious house of wor-ship. and lu contributions to tho cause last year were over five hundred dol-lars. These faots speak his praise. It is needless to say he Is beloved by his church and congregation. His con-version from Methodism is one of the brilliant trophies of the " Great Iron Wheel," and it wa* through ito rolling that brought Brother Atkinson, the backbone of the Baptista of his county and Association, into Baptist ranks. He is a man of large wealth, and, thank God, of large liberality and pro found devotion to the cause of his Mas ter. When his church needed a house and the present money to secure one, ho generously advanced it and waited on the brethren's convonienee to repay him what he did not contribute toward it. When the call was made for pre-paid orders to aid in bringing out the "Seven Dispensations," ho forwarded twenty-six dollars, for a copy to be sent to each of his oblldrcn. These are but samples of tho spirit and liberality of the Old Boman of this seetioo.

Our fbrther additional notes oo Flor-ence, with other nsmes and those of our host were burned, and'^a mined memory fails to recall them, which we regret, and most especially not to men-tion with thanks tho taamo of our host --Brother Davis, tho blacksmith, wo tblnk-~and hostess. Tho sisters before wo left oontributed too dollars add sent t ^ e Baptist Book House, Homphiii, foT* donomioational library, as *

Cbristipii fU^for their in

a ^ lu thoiiiidy lands On tie Swiwl Bailroad, between Houston aind^San Autonio. .

InmeMng LuHng. wolald over for connection at Lookhart, where our old Misrissippi siequdntanoe. Or, B. White shepherdises. He has devel-oped into one of the stroni^t preachers of South-west Texas, aod is greatly be-loved and sucewwlhl. He pressed ut into service a few hours after our ar-rival, and to us it was altogether a plesni|t,and, wo trust, not an entirely unprofitable one to the brethren. cordial attention of Sister White we shall never forgefr—a true Martha, whose, praise is in the mouths of all ministers whom she has entortmned. We spent three weeks with the Luling. Flatima. and Gonialeo churches, aad more delightful " May weather;' or pleasant meetings, we never enjoyed. We resolved to spehd the next Deoem-ber in this delightful climata should it please the Lord to sparo our life. Wo gained two pounds in the four dajn we spent with Brother Simms at Goncales.

A pleasant inoident occurred during the meeting at Luling. A commeroial traveler. Who had worked the town during the day, hnring that we were to preach that night, stayed over to hear us, because he had so long heard of us. The next morning, before leav-ing, he informed his friend that during the disoourse he had seen himself aloet sinner and accepted Christ u his Savior to the joy of his soul-the work of " Him who is mighty to save."

The " mighty men " of this section of Texas are Elders B. R. White, I. B. Hardwick, P. J . Harris, W. B. N. Semms, and Dodson, of Seguin, his brother of the Second church, San An-tonio, and Elder Pr(»tidge. of the First church—men of great pulpit power, and of unquestioned soundness in the faith, which means something in many parte of Texas.

On Tuesday, after tho third Sabbath in December, we left for tho high prai-ries of North-west Texas, from which more marks may be expecUd.

Baptized For The Dead.

akAl^^ Willthsf wl&riBo t i i o d ^ nplH Ui^ l U p i p ^ resnrreoaoQ? lBvybntl|^ t ^ d ^ rise BOt,;th«i>, isiSOt raised. Anil Christ boi your lWtbii vsU»;J ^ liT

sins. And why stand in every hour?

But some (man) will ny, How in r tho dead up? and with w M body do they eomo 1" Tho i ^ v e ^^ shows oouclurivoly t£at t k ^ - ^ : those who'questioniad iht riltttt:l|iin. to life of thww who h*d died—ova^ of , those who were then being baptjM. Baptised for the dead, or ai Aow pto-fessing themselves to be dead iiidoed unto sin, but alive unto God throMh_ ^ onr Lord Jesus Christ. To question'- |i | the rising agsiri from tho diiad wouff ' -seem to oall itt queWon God's power robdue all things nuto himself, andthtNi^!^ thwart the very designs of their b ^ baptised. As those dead mto iim by this act thereby decWed their ftlth in Obd's power to subdw ihin||ji unto; himself. I f the dead! riio not at all why are they (those who were buried tv baptism) then bapOxod fbr (as) the dead? As the doM unto rin wore buried as tiioso who were dead, BO those who were baptised were liiplisid as those who were dead isdosd unto dUi, but idive unto God. ilivo (by ftith) unto God's power to subdno all things unto himself, that God may bo all in al l And when all thinp shall bo subdu^ onto him, then shall the Son also Umsolf bo subject unto him that put all things nnder him, that Ood may bo idl In all. Those who submit to the ordioaueo of bap^m(tobe buried with Christ by baptism), thorobydeelsro their subjee-tion unto Christ as their all in alL Not to make them thus sub|ectt of his sav-ing grace, but through that filial fear that prompts a dutiftil ohUd to obe-dience ti^oy thus put him on la baptism as those who are allfO from tho dead.

Loving him they oboy him. A. t MABIUtB.

Tho Bofbrmation Beflmmaloff.

I f the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptised for tho dead ? How-ever difficult the above i»ssage is of understanding it does not prevent both tho learned and unlearned from render-ing it more obscure by their adverse criticisms. Neither will a desire to es-tablish certain theories supported by prrjudloe, give a correct solution. The expression—else what shsll they do which are baptised for the dead ?-i«ems to be predieated upon tho certainty of aresurreotion of the dead. All the dead are perished, If the dead tise not at all I Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. Why are they then baptised for the dead? In tho first place there seems to hove been a division eonoeming the rosnr-reotlon of the dead. Now If Christ bo preached that he rose from tho dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of tho dead? Tho non-resurreotion of the dead under-eaps tho Ikltb and hope of God's ehil-dren. I t also makss baptism moaning-'less. B ap t i ^ for tho dead, would appear equally ambiguous. Consider ing baptism as a burial wltii Christ-of those dead to sin-what shall they do Which sre bspUied (bftried) for (ss) tho desd.if th« dsad rise not at all? why tw they (tboft dfad to sin)

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E. A. Elam, in the Cfo^i Adudeata of October 16,1889,says:

1. " People can not booomo pious, godly, and spiritual, without ttueh and regulw prayer. .

2. " They osn not Uvo Christian lives

without it. , ^ ; ^ a "They can not resist tho devil and

overcome his dally temptations without daily praying. ' / . -

Certainly we will not hoar them again ridiculing and deriding Bsptiits for prtaobing this doetrino linoo sueh a leader as Mr. Bhun has given sueh strong uttorancei on tho ftthleot.

I bsvo numbered tho pwigraphi 2, 3, so that tho rewler oan pasi | ^ fl»rtt comments. •

Let them never again deny tho right or the duty of i slnnor to prsy. L«t every brother roeeivioi this preservo it so that ho osn jprooont it to them whefi oooasion ms* requlro, slnoo "JE " can not beoomo pious, godl^ spiritual, without maol) prayer." W. HrSw

Wtllette,Tenn. _ B

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vision r«iMM ill mMSor o h ^ for

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nrncih-nMM AMKHOAM Bv;(.inif«.

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Kiss > t B A S E NOTICE.

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tittt*Bd wbni jroar riJUiii

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t h e flrat und p c b K p * Afltonderii «lt to p iu^ ju t lgmot i t tin tbb i w guUty, Brotbron, lot t u r n biwjk 'lo tho oloraootnry iu ctiuroh biiiidiD/}, and wi th duo ro-))entna(Hi do our flrvt works. Onll for y o n r ohnroh fovoniiBt a t the nox t mooting. ,

Wo snggost t h a t ovory moinbor p r o o n r o a copy for thoir own ««e. (ifol Pondlcton'u Ohnroh Mapuai, or •IU»cox'h Church l)Jroctoiy, or Kvort 's Paslor'H irntid Jlook, and rend tho Soripturoa nlong with it.

THE SBN8ATIONAL IN RBLXG-lOUS JOURNALISM.

.^mtAWri^Wt ptibtlib «bUitarr BDtlefi (rM rflbq^itoii'^ nsMd twtntf line*. After that ^lllt^wf WMtchMia/sr tbein at (he rate of iTV^Ufar etarjr lineorar U>» limnljr Umi.

OHUROH OOVBNANTS.

Many who road thi», perhapn, would bo snrprkod to know tha t tboy hnro a church covenant. And would bo still nroro bo if told tha t thoy woro bound by i t ; (hat thoir brotliron regard thorn uh under obligation to obHoryo it. Not sim-ply u n d e r obligationti to the i r brotbron, bu t under obligation bo-fore the i r Savior to keop such a covenant. And yet , i t is so. B u t how many have a n y cloar notion of wha t t h a t covenant contains ? T h e unwelcome conviction has been forced npon ns tha t a very largo per c o n t of BaptintH, cspocially in tho country , a rc profoundly igno-r a n t of thoir church covenant. And fur tufllciont reasons. When they joined tho church no ono said a n y th ing about there being any cove-nant. W h a t other organization upon tho ear th would receive a member wi thout informing thorn wha t they subscribe to and what they pledge thomselvos to do ? Ih It a n y wonder wo have so many unstablo Bapt is ts? Is i t any won-der wo bavo 80 much mere sonti-mental ism in our churches? A largo p e r c e n t of additions doubt-less Join wi thout knowing t h a t thoro is any essential difforenco be-twoeh a Bapt is t church and a n y other jreliglous organi«ation. T h e y liked J b o poopio, or t h e preacher , o'r l^ 'cro convenient. Hence , y o u r oars a ro constantly cloyed wi th " O, one' ' church is as good as ano ther with mo ( I believe the re a w good poOple in ail of t hem." When WO bc»r t b a l wo conclude tha t tho speaker ei ther does no t know, or.olso does not care much about cburobos all,

Wlie^ a person i« onco received and baptiised the cbureb, pas to r add all, m m to th ink tho whole w ^ f c is done, nod so they never r e i ^ tli#i)Oven(l«t <0 the chun jh , nor « i^>«ly th | t ig about I t A n d In this Ihoy ai-o vory short-slgbtod, and wo fear very much td lb lamo, A oburob alrralgnsiMtn^ dol inquent for "vlola l ion of cdVeniant obliga-tlohs," and ilio first t lmo t h a t ^ j o r f ' l i ^ S . W w w ^ w lioard tho o o v o - ' press.

SonHations moan something now, unc.xpo«tod, s tar t l ing. Our Ameri-can people, l ike tho Athenians, scorn to bo constant ly on tlio look-out for Honiuthing now. And many ofthoHO who minister to tho public havo pandered to this lasio unti l thoy havo cultivatod it to an aUnor-mal oxtont. But wo do not boliovo in Honmvtions. Wo do not boliovo in them in socular paporn. Wo (hink tha t it is diHguHting to sootho oagcrnoRS with whicii sotno papors Roizo upon a divorce suit or a rapo or a murder , and peddle out all tho s ickening and hor r i fy in f j details at five cents for tho lot. Wo boliovo that tho proper mission of tho socu-lar paper is a h igher an<l nobler ono—to instruct , to oducato, to loud, to olovHto tho people, and not to degrade thorn b y feasting thorn continual ly upon carrion. Nor do wo bcliovo in sonsations in our pul-pits. I t ifi u-tuully it man of small calibor who inakos a bid lor popular i ty by tlioHo Hcnsational methods. Such mothodH aro a slander upon tho old pospcl of Christ and a di-sgraco to tho pulpit which U8C8 thorn. Still IONS, if any thing, do wo bcliovo in tho sonsa-tional in our religious papers. For hero tho poor OXCUHO of want ing to draw an audionco is lacking. To bo forever hun t ing Komothing strange, something s tar t l ing to spr ing on an un.suHpocting public, to be cont inual ly firing off sky-rockets of sensations to dazzle and amaze tho gap ing crowd—this is unwor thy of tho cause of Chris-t iani ty and a t ravesty on the name of rel igious Journalism. AVo boliovo in wit , humor, life, bu t not in sen-sations. Wo do not admire dullness, but we do hot care to be s tuck with a pin to keep us awake, nor to be jumped a t for tho pleasure the score may afford others. A religious paper should be dignified above all things. L i k e the preacher it should stick close to the gospel line, and lot tho life tha t Is in it bo pr imar i ly and principal ly thp life of tho H o l y Spirit . A w a y with the clown from our religious papers. Down wi th tlio disposition to cttrry tho methods of the d i r t y political shoot Into tho realm of Christ ian Journallsro. F o r snob a papor we can have no se-verer condemnation than to call i t tho Pollao (ilaKbUo of religious jodrnal lsm, or Jilio Talnrtigo of tho

you ^ shor t • ^ m ^ i r ron->1111^ ehireh. A n d onr ^ x t Is Tiinko itvi, 8,; « For tho ohildron of thfa world aro for thoir own gotteration Wiibr than tho sons of the l ight . " ( t t , V. ) Wo shall no t fo rgo f t h a t tbo churob Is an. ins t i tuUpn of Ood.ahd fVomGod. N o r ahnll V o p k t h a t It bo p u t down on a level wi th tho inst i tut ions of men, Tho (Javior did no t moan t h a t « tho sons of tho l i g h t " should do ju s t as tho un jus t s teward had done. Bu t t h e y were ndmonished to loarn a lesson ft-om a man who, according to his sltua-atlon, could do business more pru-dently than tho sons of l ight had boon doing according to the i r sur-roundings.

In tho first jilaco. Wo soek to ontico (too m a n y people) into the church. Wo seem to bd t r y i n g to got the whole world into the church. T h a t would bo «>!8astrou». I f you need tho proof, look a t Germany, Uussia, and Old England , ant Young America. Now, no society of men sook to t ake in every body indiscriminately. They know tha t it is as much as thoir life is wort to do it. Nor should tho church do KO, for tho same reason. Not over body is fit to bo in tho church, (lod does not ask for them, docs not want them, until thoy aro prepared.

In the second place. The chil-dren of this world do not take mombor.s into the i r organizations till thoy toll them what thoy aro joining, and what thoy aro o.xpoctoi to do.

Let tho children of l ight loarn a lesson. Where is tho Baptist church tha t over told tho candidate before-hand what thoy wore oxpoctod to bcliovo, and what thoy wore ex-pected to do, und what would be tho conscquoncos of failure ? Your Odd Follows or i lasons will toll tho appl icant wha t thoy aro joining, and what thoy are oxpoctod and ro'-quired to do. Why should not the church toll tho appl icant what join-ing the church means? The doclara-tion of faith, tho covenant, the rules of order, tho work of tho church, should all bo well under-stood. We presume that they un-derstand all those. Then we mus t consider them wiser than ourselves, Uow should thoy unders tand when thoy have never soon or heard a word of it, except in tho most gen-eral and indeHnlto form ? I f thoy unders tand, they a re far enough ahead of those a l ready members. Brother , were you told when you were asked to join tho church t h a t heresy would cause yOu to bo ex-eluded? T h a t a violation of cove-nan t obligations was sin against the membersh ip? T h a t absence fVom church, or Hiiluro to contr ibute to tho oxponses of tho church or to missions, Would bo looked upon as a

fhllure to perform plainest Ohrlstlan d u t y ?

In tho third pinco. Tho ohlldren of th js world do no t thrusts In a now tnombor till t hoy thomsolves Aro suro t h a t ho ough t to bo

^ broader i n v a t ^ t j ^ ^ ^ t o wake t h a n tho w M of to «^corstaln bill i e^ l i ^ l t had lng , his

provioua rcpt i ta t i l iTfor otu-Mnsfiip^ a n d usual ly ^roqorre the Indorsement of soino of their own mombors V b o ongiigo i o become responsible for bis worthlne.s.^. Wo Slihply need t d know tha t the candidate is ehoson of Ood, and de-sirous of conforming to (iod's will. Th is nmy not be so b road .a search, bu t I venttiro to suggest that it i j much deeper. Wo can bo moro easily deceived t h a n tlioy, and yot we are vastly less caroAil not lo bi'. Bu t deception (object ive) is ii,u ra res t t h ing aimed at . Yet is it not clearly demonstrated on all hands that dccci)tion, subjection, is by no moans r a r e ? How mtuh greater tho responsibil i ty upon those receiving, and consequently how much more caution demanded In our zeal that is not according to knowledge. We snatch them in with such avidi ty , t h a t tho wiudi-datc might safoly conclude that there was groat v i r tue in sinijily being taken in. Dear brelbrcii, never go faster than God in tlie«o matters. Each of you can iiniuli this sermon for himself.

A LITTLE NOT TO ORAOK

Mr. Hard ing , and o thers of our Campbell i te b re th ren , are fond of saying with reference to " born of water and of tho Spir i t , " (.fobn ill 5), tha t the Spiri t is the father in regonoration and tho water tlii> mother, and i t takes both to pn. duco a birth. T h a t is all very pret ty . But let us ask. a question or two: Which comes first in (l>o now birth, tho water or tho Hj»irit '' Tho w a t e r ? Then you havo the mother before tho father. How .lo y o u ^ l u i n t h a t ? But do you sa.\ the "Spir i t comes f i r s t? What .' The Spiri t before water? Tlio Holy Spir i t before bapt ism ? That surely, is not your position. Bui il so, then how do you explain tho lii< t tha t in John ill. .'i i t is " b o r n of water and tho Spir i t "—watur first—you who aro so disposed to take tho Scriptures with e.tact lit oralness? T a k e olthor horn of tho di lemma you choose. If tho Spirit IS the fa ther and t he water tho mother, then you e i ther havo tlio mother before the f a the r or you can no t t ake tho passage ns it stands. You must twist it to ge t ^ o father first.

pUR OLUB B A t a .

. «o "0 wo will glvo bim bis I oolvod. Thoy not only obooso t h e f T ) « y«ar , if bo wl iho i it .

Wo havo decided to ofToraclub ra te again for subscriptions to the JAWIST AND RUFfclsoTOB, Wo can hot alTord, though, to restore the old rato, ll.RO} bu t wo p u t i t now at 11.75 in olubs of ton. Wd dan not

accept any ulitlia of Iom number t h a n ton. Also, to p a y tbopno who will g o t up tho olub for hia trouble, wo will glv« bim bia paper fVoe fhr

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I t Is nbtsuff lo lont to t ake s imply thei r of those things, o r a n y one o f thom,ond re ta in thomin mom.' borahip, Thoro m u s t bo rff/jwi^awtf^

' f b r tlio sin and f ru i t s moot for ro-pcntaiice. If such roponfanco is expressed, and shown by a god ly life, the churcbjcan do no less t h a n God would d o - f o r g i v e and restore them". B u t wi thout t h a t

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of » F r i d i j fi-om Brother Buoy to rd , of th»tt»ttoo|«, hla rotani (Vom a bjiil. bath to l i U ' a ^ n i. from « bail-

S a n ' I K l<venj^«nd ho nw^t r ip to fl, ig rfS. rttu^hayo wars abondsnce." ho ««. | interested i ^ a l l iiwd w S fol«M like a gsrmont, sod then, wit* g«ntle toueh. be wound it about esob ftlthftilhMrt t s a besuteeus gsnnent. sndtheobfldroftef aod felt their spirits wsrmed with tho love orOod. then fed

now hit ketr^ is deeply Onliited in the of the I,»ytoen'» OoDferenoo t i

Memphis. Ha is obftiroiin of the Cm-

psotsd ta have an exoflllenl profframmo

re pen t-anoo ne i ther God would nor the church should forgive and restore.

Do the flVe foolish virgins and tho servant that received tho one talent in the parables in the twentv-fifth chapter of the gospel by Matthew ronresent Christians? I want light, f have lieard it so interpreted and am not fully Mtisfiod with ft, Ploaio give S views and oblige yours,

BXNJAUIN l U v w o o n , Wo th ink thoy do not. T h e

liord said to tho foolish vi rgins : I know you no t , " Thoy seemed

to bo professors, but not gouuino Christ ians. As to tho man with tho ono ta lent , the I^ord calls him a " wicked and slothftil servant ," an " unprofitable' se rvant , " and com-mands t h a t he bo cast ou t " i n t o outer darkness . "

t ' ' " n \ "«®ber of our ohureh that has called for a letter of disminion to go to tnether ehuroh. At the tame time he " l inng separate and apart from his wifr. He mairlod a lady in our vioimty-they both having ohil-dren-and seeing they could not havo peace and keep them together betook his children and went to his homo, and loft herand her children at their home. Ilo says if his wife will live with him ho wi treat h^r right, but won't take her

IksIj l»o/ first husband's cfiildren. and none of them ard hers. I want to knew if wo have tho right to grant him a letter? Answer through your papor if convenient.

Yours, respectfully, II. C. HII,L. Yes, if his life in o ther respects is

blameless. I t is bet ter for a church not to intorfore in family qnarrols unless thoy result In someth ing criminal.

M the brwd.of lillp ; aod the riobes of for the oowwion/ L«t osliot ( ^ s goodness was apread out befbre all the work to him, hoWflter. them; and they longed for mere^bf the ewk one do our par®, ^aee of G6d; and be took them up In ' ~ A plessant letter has been rooeivea nfs fplritual arms, and showed them members of the First Baptist some of tho rlobei of their inherltanoe; ohnroh, this city, from Jlfothw K. V and we all felt that there Is nothing half I now of Cothbort, Georgia, in so sweet to the hungry soul as the pure | 'Mponse to the reiolatloiks passed by gosppl of tho Son of God. Brother Powers his become a eitiicn of Knox-ville, and wo are all rrjoieing it is so. If some neighboring ehuroh shall de-sire fheir pulpit flllod; lot them confer with him.

- P a s t o r ' s Handbook, Pendleton's Church Manual, and Hiscox's Church Directory, at 117 Morgsea atreet, Knox-villo.

~ T h e Tennessee Association bolieve in their fifth Sunday meeting, and next time they iotend to magnify i u useful-ness. The First church, Knoxville, has invited tho body to meet with them. The programme committee is already at work, and they propose to have impor-tant questions and able speakers, with smple time for preparation. ' I t is de-sired and expected that we shall have a number of visitors at that time. This is as it should he. And we note with pit asure that Jackson First church is to do likewise. That Is good. Now let Memphis, and Nashville, and Chatta-nooga, bring: in their country neighbors and arouse tho whole oountry to zeal for tho work, and lot that zeal bo ao oordiogto knowledge.

them expressive of their appreelation of his sorviees while with them. Ho siMsaks of the great pleasure he expo-rleneed in serving tho ehuroh durlnf tho five months of his tsmporary pas-torate, and seems to be quite delighted with his now field of labor. We hope,' however, to have him in Tennessee again at some time.

—Did you read the call in last week's papor for the Laymen's Conferenoe at the Central Baptist ehuroh, Memphis, March 7-9, ISN) ? Are you going ? Of course those laymen living in West Tennessee are going, but there ought to be a large attendance also from Mid-dle Tennessee, and why not from Bast Tennessee ? Oo. If yon can not help others others can, at least, help you. There is no greater subject before ns to-day than the development of our lay-men. I t isn ' t sUted in the call, but we presume preachers will not be barred out If they happen to put in an appearance.

A private letter from brother H, Hatcher, superintendent of tho Atlanta branoh of the American Bjptlst Pob-lioatlon Sooiefy, thanks us for our edl-

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p leasa i t f^ i l ] ; othisrs 'Wt i^ ' fristt^tWwMJ

earrMpona irtllfcaharol or other with t ^ . ering hia Chair TalM oti j gives the N r i ^ ' of f a l k t - i , ™ j® be r - fo r twenty-five lAbseriBw^V BAWttr AMD T l ib t a • r e w o r t l i f t y doHlN. t k ^ y i r you get t % |)«p«r (or n o t h l r i ^ O , 6an «Ae it\aio'otkor i i t f , t b a ' w r Is worth t ^ o dolfanr to you get tho^alks for nothtng. ' V

-ITho mri tKan A i M ^ baptism eOnttndruai, tadti l |Uk«, ' tThe BAPHST AND E i H x o s o f r ^ i d i y m m r ' ^ p l e to figoro on tho W m M k l problem, ind ts psrtioaUrry atutfoit^b find out whotker podobjiptiatMitik^ti*' Is the same sort kU Baptisir btt ihran use in their oaleulatioiuh" W« aotiailtL however, that tho Adwomtt

figure on tko wondor/kl pwMom a* least not publicly. i M y ' ^ r ^ t that was jui^our reason jlbr giving tho oonundrum-to get pedobaptists 'to fig-we on it. B ip t i su would get, i n l i n ^ i ^ V pedobaptistt Woold get - , _ they did to wo if they

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PBRSONAL AND PRAOTIOAL.

ITBMS.

Each Christian has a hope Immortal, One that can not, will not die;

That by and by ho '11 reach the porUl Leading to the throne on high.

One by one our loved ones most us, Meet to part again no more,

And with halleli^abs greet us On bright Canaan's happy shore.

•—If, O. Z., irt Trcatury. - P r a y e r Is tho presentation of God's

promise, indorsed by our personal faith. --SiiwoeoH. Prayer Is not conquering Gods reluotaoee, but taking hold of God jwil l lngness . -Van Mulhr, If yo wen, boing ovil, know hoW to give good

unto yonr ohitdren. how mueb mor^shaH your heavenly F4ther give to® Holy Spirit them tha f a ikk lm .

r^Wt learn with great pleasuro that IL B. Mahoney and tke Oolumbla

S i " " "wh i ""V woH a pMtor^ and sueh a

ObWok. surtly th« work of t U Lord

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—To those who isked for "Ford's Brief Biptist History," as a premium, and have not received it, we should like to say, do not get impatient, please. We ran out of the histories, and wrote (•it another lot, but have not received them. We have written again, and hope to get them soon. Your name is on file, and the history will be sent to you as soon as reoeived. We arc sorry for the delay.

—In conversation with the chairman of the Committee on Programme of the Laymen's Conference, we were re-quested to ask that brethren over the State give expression to their views as to the work of the Conferenoe, and, alio, that thoy suggest any subjeet they should like to havedlieussed on thatoo-euion. Write us at onoe andas briefly as possible. Be sure to make the sub-ject you suggest eoneiso.

—Wo had a plcawnt visit last week from our old friend, K. L. Jordan, Esq., of Murfreesboro. Brother Jordan was for many years the financial strength and support of Union University, and also of the Baptist ohnroh at Murfirees-boro, and his house has always been the preacher's home. May the Lord deal very tenderly with his faitbAil servant, and grant to be h b stay and comfort as the snniet of life eomel on.

—They now have twcntyfour miols-,torlal students at Csnmn snd Newman Oullege, and will need about KKH) this rear to pay their board. How mnoh of

will you give? And it so happens thsro is oxaotly the ssm« number i t

torlal In last weekV issue on " The War." but states that we made one misuke—that Kev. E. K. Love w u not

I appointed to wrlto for the JBapliu Teacher after the Baxley affiir or the notoriety whieh that gave him, but be-fore. We ebeorfally make the correction but would like to add that Simmons was appointed after his Boston speech though we are assured that it was with DO Intontion or thought of giving offense to the South.

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—Our correspondent, Brother T, W. Young, drops ns a card to say that he is too busy with examinations to send us any notes this week. We sympa-thize with him, we have been there. Wo take this ooeasion to say that the most interesUng notes from the Saminary every week in any Southern Baptist paper aro those in tho BAWIST AND KKPtECTOB, and we are proud that their author U a Tennessee boy. We want him baek here when he finishes his studiof in Louisville. We should like for those Kentucky ohurehea to understand that, as well as some Tennes see ehuroh.

-r-The Biptist cause a t Franklin, is looking up. I t certainly has been look-ing down long enough. SIneo, the coming of Brother W. J . Coueh^ a few months ago, the ohnroh has been re^or-gan'ied. Thsy now have a Sunday-sshool, and with preaching twiee a month thero is more intorwt in tbs r anb . Mrs. A tha Thomas is a wholt heat in herself, and if let l , earnestoMs, faith, and, oonseoratlon on ,the part of herself and a few other noble soulsi to* gether aqd wiUt tbe 'ektrfr of the pMtor,

deny that the three tho bsptlied in one Brother F i t l g e r t , . . , .

—A good brbtkw^bimiolfoni of the stroogert friendirof tk®,iUerio»n Bap-tist Publieation Sooletraad Its litera-ture exwUy oxprojsed our W t i o n when he said to t h f / o t h t r ^ t o , apropos^to the Sundsy^sokool serien war, that he wis Ini fkvOr^of " the longest pole UKng % ^ ^ ^ t have t h e j I ^ o ssriesi W u i o there il room oheeks upon eaok other; ,'Btiii^i t J i w be a fair, open flgk^ a « t teroM Hvaliy; and let the law be tbo s n n i i ^ of fittest Of course m r t h e r j O w ^ ' will b e b l a ^ in Avor of M i S ^ e r i -ean Baptist PublleaUoa ^ o o i t ^ m w . ' as Southern Jlaptlsts wiU bo In favor of the Kind Words mHm. That is natural. Bat merit wiU i^ia The longest pole wili k ^ e k Simmon. That i f oar d o e t r i n W ^ " ^ '

. . .ranf to aak one or tWi, tions of the brethrm id i b i

—We wanf toaak one or two oat of the bretiireii id ; i b |

1. Why is it that a i 1?ula|kl, i t o S - . -bia, at Franklin, at aallatia,:ii i |^;tl4^ anon, at M&riireMtwro, k t ' ^ h e l S n i l i f , at Fayett<ivi(t«, at WinehM^r,>f K laboma, s i XoHinn^Ile, a t i l^uif Middle T e h n ^ e e totjrb, I n ^ ^ ;

liffA' 'is,-

in Tennoss^ Other , flourish in theni. Bnt l jn>rt BapUitf are few, in, moii l i r e finanelaliyw^^^'' or two they ato atmoslnnkiibV^ W " is it ? W« > M M H k e t o ktyf |x | ) | i iM. ' t i o ^ if anjfOne ban these things so to b«f them to eonti^ua? In s« i o w a i t h e B j i p t i f t i p t ^ and are strong onoagh ^ ofbetn f b m the b u M ^ ^ , bof orothers they niut^ maintain a pastor. ; ¥htf . through onr jdtatis ^ti^l a strong nrgiimont fo^ board, i^ ip t l s t s fiittfl oountry, bat that is no jfi ing our towns. I^ikeJ^a tb^ esnters of inlt not bted jnirsuliif | i i t aottftnotopBaogo

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ipntlwit w i t h UvtoK,

8«Ml Mind vben tboa ftod I a n |PM Beyond Inbor*

,, Wliea ttMll ilwU b« bni n««d of g n m % «omt«d« dr noifibW,

pwMd«lI A* atrif*. tha (oil, tho mre. ' And don« with iiUUits!<1>ing,

WIttliondwtnith •Ull webftTogiined, ^Altt ,b*i lniply dying? Then llpt too ohwjr of their praiso

iVill teU otur meriu 0T«r, And itoo «irift ow ftnlts to soe,

Bhall no dflfeot diwwver. Then hnndp thai would not Ua a stono

Where atonea were thick to onmber Ow at«>p hUI path, will loatter flowora

Abore our pillow^ alnmber. 8lNetfrifnd, per«hanoo both thou and I,

Bre love iapaat forgiring, Should take ^ e oarneat leMon homo--

Be patient with the living: T o ^ ' a repreaaed rebnke may MVO

I- Oar blin^ng teara to- morrow ; Then patience—e'on when keenest edge

May whet a namelou aorrow. 'Tia eai9 to be gentle when . Beatb'a iilenoe ihamea our clamor,

And tug to dliocm the beet Thtongh memory'a myatio glamor;

But wi«) it were for thoe and me, £re love ia paat forgiving.

To take ibe tender lerROD home: Be p i ^ t with the living.

^Margar^ Sangtter, in Good Cheer. TrooUe wi th Sonrants .

BT ADILIME A. KNtOHT.

I wac aittinc in my room one morn-ing, my faoe rtd, and my fhune trem-bling with paarion. Every thing had been of a piece alnce my riaing to my miaeiable new day. The children had gone oiT to aobool with not enoogb, and the food aerved them bad been utterly unpaUtable-all the fault of the apirit of my cook. I reviewed bitterly how it really aeemed to give her pleaaure to interfere with all orderly irongementa and throw.all into diaorder. Thia morn-ing my huabandbad asked me if I would not be particular in baring dinner on

' thet i^ le exMtlyatone. Aaioon aahe waa gone I went down to the kitchen, and after aeleotiing the dinner mate-riala, ai^d: Bridget, be prompt to-diy t Mr. Brown muat have it I "

The remuk waa luffioi^ntly civil, but tha remraibranoe of my bad coffee and thidt braak&at ei&ea WM uppermoRt in in n ^ d , affeeting aenaibly my radiua of m ^ l itiiiienoe. So my quiet spcech rMW diaturbed me more deeply. Brid-get'a mind for acme reaaon, wai in a like unhappy atate; I m e t reaiatanoe. She made no anawe^-one of bet disagree-able bikbibi when people apeak to her.

" Did you b m me? " I asked, out of patlenoe with her;"

'pj ' , I^d-armid Bridget looked up a t me ^ witli Jk b r m t i ootttttenanoe. and said

"TheiB jtfhy did n't you anawer me when I a p ( ^ ? m I , botly. " I t 'a a very ttlJy liabit jroa have: of not replying

^'^^wben yoii ahi sddrekaed. Howia it to - btt kiM>ln» that you hear what, (a said? "

I l e ^ the kitchen ir«y much wor-ried, and rettainid miziotu i l l tlis morning. Sevaril UnuMi I want down to iM bow things were coming on, but it plain that Bridget w u not exert-ing beraelf. When it waa time to put

> on the roaal the lire was all down in the range. Half an hour was lost in

j renewing it. Ai I 'dreaded when my huaband eame in atfiva minftteaof one, a l t h ^ b I bad Uld the, ta,bte, not a fooTM of ^ e dinner wia at a)l ready.

"Oonfowd i t i " be iWd " I sn ' t dinno* ready? I toWptt * wished it OA ibe hour particularly. I t a too bad i I ' m out of all patience ^ t b theaa I r r^ tar i t ies . I o«n'C pf

And saying this, be ajipped Wmaelf into bis ovcrcoat and lefi the house.

I .did not give Bridget any more trouble about the dinner. I went back to my room and cried, every nerve tin-gling. I waa tired beyond endurance. My life waa becoming a burden, The worst part of it was that there waa no proHpect of a change for the better. Every gucocsslve servant in the house seemed to my bothered soul more eare-loss and noglectful than all her previoun Rlfltcrs A thoroughly disheartened and digcouragcd woman, I drew the mending basket toward me. I floemed to be miserably in the power of Krin.

Gradually tha stlU, smUl iniluenoo of my children's garmeniB changod my mood and bettered it. I grew refloct-ivc as I darned and patched. What was strong Ilridget but a child men-Ully? I could recall a doxen instances of her childishness, in groto8<iue combi-nation with her very full-grown temper and small cunning. Did I think of her —whatever I might say to her—with the coiuideratlon and kindness due a child ? And yet. what else was this great, coarsely framed woman ? I soft-ened, but my hot temper kept asserting Itself like Banqno's ghost, and would not down. Finally, after a long, word-less battle between conscicnce and in-clination, the conviction swept upon me like a wave that my natural stock of patience was inadequate to the demand for it in my family. There is an exten-sive demand for it in all homes with four children and one servant.

As I rooked and worked, humbled and self-condemned, Bridget came to the door and announced with provoking coolness," the lump sugar's all out."

Now neither of the heads of our household is partial to crushcd sugar in tea. Bridget was well aware of it.

I was about replying, " Why In the name of goodness did you not say so this morning? "

Suddenly checking myself, I ntan-oged to say mildly, and without looking up from my work," Very well, Hridget, I will go out for some before supper."

Bridget stood a moment with an ex-pression of blank surprise upon her tell-tale countcnance, and then walked off speechless.

As I folded up the unfinished things, with the weary sigh of tired nerves and "much serving," her rap on the door came again— toned-down rap—and she said to me, with a very respectful man-ner, " I can run round to the store instead of you, ma'am. The clothes bo folded."

" Do so, if you please, Bridget," I rctomcd, trying to keep a victorious flaab out of my eyes. " And try, if you can, to have the cnlldren's dinner on time."

" I will have It ready, ma'm," she re-plied.

And it was ready. Bridget certainly changed Arom that day. I recede—0 many a time—Into fretfnlncss. Bridget often tries me exceedingly. In fairness to ber, it ia unlikely that I come up to her standard, for, oonsolously or other-wlae, abe baa doubtlesa something to gatige mo by. For that matter, a wise WOaiAn baa siddt ' ' I t ia a tribute to both aldea wben people of different funillM, can stay a fortnight in each other'a houaea, and p a h with as high regard aa when (bey m e t "

On the other band, I M I o v e l b a v e found out the aeeret plaee when abideth th* aoul of my Iriah dr l . Bridget

• [-like I

Biilltyto wy gtaUfying. At Wte, l u o l o ^ b a w

! inaobilly room beoaweibn baa M Hhe fumwe lira get or fail to an» Joy ilipnocrt beoauan I expeo^ abe will give warning i«f the morning. There ia a nerve o^aympathy l^tween ua.

The aervant clasa' can be otherwise treated in England, where tkey are con-sidered flesh liud blood, and ^oihliig more. They are shut away from the mistress deeiddlly. They know their business, and make no mistakea. But the Kngliah woman of my rank of life has a sUff of four servanU, with a man for the outdoor work and to handle calls; ntonlng for her sinful extrava-gance in servant hire by possessing but one good silk, owning very little jew-elry, taking exqulslto care of old-fash-ioned things, and seldom treating her-self to a new bit of furniture. English Interiors—in middle-class homes—arc rarely refurnUhod. There is never any heslUtion with English women boiwoen the usual number of servants and pleas-urable expense ijcrsonally.

Wo Americans think differently. Wo wish our parlors to approaeh " the similitude of a palace" in their fur-nishings, and wo ardently desire seal-skins and a few diamonds. We econo-mize at iho hearth in the matter of serv-ant hire, and no doubt require far too much of our solitary handmaiden. Perhaps wo choose the wiser part—at all evonts we will choosc no other—but wo exchange much for lU-Cont/regn-(ion fit int.

Advice to a Young Man.

Ilemcutber that you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheelbarrow or a tet of books, dig-ging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction boll or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you, you will see that the men who arc most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men that work the hardest. Do n't be afraid of killing yourself with work. It is beyond your power to do that. Men can not work so hard as that on the sunny-aide of thirty. They die sometimes, but it is bccauac they quit work at (> p.m. and don't go home until 2 a.m. I t ' s the In-terval that kills. Work gives an appe-tite for meals; It lends solidity to your slumbers; It gives the appreciation of a holiday. There arc young men that do not work, but the world is not proud of them. It does not even know their names; it simply speaks of them as old SO and so 'sboys. N obody likes them, nobody hates them; the groat busy world doesn't even know that they are there. SJ, find out what you want to be and do, take off your coat and make a dust in the world. The busier you are, tho less deviltry you will be apt to got into, tho sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will tho world be with yovt,—ffawke.ye.

aomotiiPQI ibowa n dof-lfke i^n4

—Sivery day a little knowledge. One fact in a day. Ton years passed by. Throe thousand six hundred and fifty facta are not a small thing. Every day a little self-denial. The thing that u dlfReult to do to-day will bo an easy thing to do throe hundred and sixty days hencc, if each day it aball have been repeated. What power of self-mastery shall he enjoy, who, looking to Qod for grace, aeeka every day to prao-tlee the graoe he prays for I Evsry day a little helpftalnesB. We live for (bo good of otheti, if our living bo in any sense true living. It Is ncit in tho great deeds of philanthropy that the only b elalhg la found. In " little deeds of kindneaa," repeated every day, w« find trq« b«ppine«,

Tho privationa wW#1»uman heinga will endure for tb« purpoae of pnwruing •oin^ beloved oeeupation areofteu ex< tiMrdinaty.. Soma dlaewaion baa re-cently token place in to (be bard-ahipa volunUrily indouijitered^^ by Oer-man atudentav in order tli»» tbey may ear^y ontboir tntelleelttal lahoni. A Seotoh writer, however, gives i list of insUnces which tend to provei that his countrymen are willing to suffer great extremity for learning.

He mentions one young man who, though of fine mannera and aristo-cratic appearance, dined hut three times a week, and then upon a hot two-penny pie. On off-days he sated his hunger with dry bread.'

Another had a curious method of studying. Ho spread out his. book* where tho hearth-rug would naturally have been, and lay there prone, learn-ing h u task by tho light of a fire made from roots of deotyed trees, which he had dug in a wood near Edinburgh, and carried to his lodgings.

I t was quite common for students to go without fire; in winter time they studied in bed wlkile the daylight lasted, and then, when It becamo too dark for reading, thought over and thus memo-rized their lessons.

Three prominent and successful Scotchmen of the present day have behind them a hard experience, whioh, no doubt, they recall with pleasure. Thoy lived together for at least a year at Aberdeen University, in a room which contained but one bed. It was not a very large bed, and could not bo persuaded to hold three persons at once, so two worked while the other slept, and when they went to bed he rose.

At Edinburgh were two interesting students, whoso ways wore for a time a riddle. The one gilded along the corri dors to his scat, holding his class-books straight out before him. After a time it was learned that he had been a hotel waiter; this vocation ho pursued during tho summer months, and returned his studies In winter. He waa never quite able to forget his calling, and when he was suddenly roused from reverie, would cry, " Coming, sir, coming!"

The other mysterious student was never seen outside tho class room cx cept at full gallop. Ho ran to his scat for recitation, and after it was over, dashed away like a race-horse.

I t finally transpired that he kept a small stationery shop at some distance from tho University, and being too poor to hire an assistant, he was obliged to oloso his place of business in order to recite his lessons.

Professor Blaokio mentions tho caoc of a young man who lived during an entire college session on red herrings and one barrel of potatoes, whioh ho had brought from home. He finally succumbed to the weaknesi brought on by insufficient food.

The roost pathetic story, however, is that of a student who had been near starvation for so long that he died from partaking of a good meal, given him in mlataken kindness.—F«Hf/»'« Chmpan-wn.

—When a boy I began to rwid very earnestly, but at the foot of every page I read I atopped and obliged myaolf to give an aoeount of Vbat t bad read on that page. At first I bad to read it throe or four timea before I got My mind firmly fixed, Btit I oompelled

yaelf to comply witli (h i p l t i , ttniit iwiaihsri havaread abookibt^agh

onoe, I o a n a l n ^ t raoita K Urotn t b i beginnini to tlt«. n i r - ^ r ! ^

j)KAB O t u t o t i N r I would enjoy writing you a letter erery week, but oor spaee ia llmlt#4,. and I have In h»nd so many n i « letten firop M b new and old cousins, wbieb f know you will eojoy reading, that I ahall give way to them unUI I need to ipeak. Still I am with you aU the same aathougb I tell you so eaob week, and want to bear Irom you and see you work for Jeans.

Lovingly, AUHT NORA, I mm i*

BiBi.« QDIIB SToar. II wish the cousins to tell me how

many mistMea they find in the follow-ing little Btory, and to write it out oor

res It and send it to ish the names of the

IMQ -r — • reoily in every roo, and I will p u — _ — -perfect ones.—AUMT NO»A ]

Onee there waa a verry wicked king raining over Isrel named Jeraboam, and his son fel sick which maid him re-member God and a good old prophet of God living in Shiioah who told him that hcshud bo king over Isril before he wM king. He wanted to see this prophet but was ashamed to go hccaus ho bad bin so wiohed, so he told his wife to disgise herself so that know one Rhould no that she was the wife of Jer-roboam and to go to Shilow taking with her nanny presanta for the good prophet and that he world tell her what sbal beoum of tho chile. So hU wife did as she was tolo and as the profit was so old he could not sea, ahee felt shure he would never know her. Kat, childrln, God saw her & knew her so he said to hu prophet. " Babold; the wife of Jeroboam cumeth to aak a thing of the for her son; for h e is sick: thns&thoa shaltthou say unto hor: for when she cometh in abe shall fain herself t3 he another woman. And so when the prophet heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the dore, he said. " Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why fainost thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to the with hevy tidings. And, oh children, he did indeed give her heavy tidings. So heavy I do not see how she ever man-aged to cary them home. Qo reed and see what t id inp they were. But what

' must have peerced that mother's heart most of all the drediul things he told hor was, that when her feet should en-tor into the olty, tho child should die.

vAnd it waa even so. For when she camc to the threshold of the door the child died. And thay berried him; and all Isrel moaned for him, according to the word of the Lord. Now tell me the name of this prophet, and the name of this child. Doea not this teach you, children, bow impossible it is to hido any thing from God? Does it teach any thing ehie? AUNT NOBA.

Answer to Bible Queer Story— 'Mairua'Daughter Baised."

Perfect ones—Beulah Green, SAIIIO Owen, Esther Wingo, Maud MoKlnstry, Sallie Bowlett.

I put Maud MoKlnstry among the perfect ones this time, although l a m not oertain bow she apelled one word. I t looks as though it waa " erncstly."

Kmsgt andFlorie Bnahing perfect ex-cept ooe, : Tha t did not notice that I wrote'* and He ebarged them that no man,"ot«. Neither did Lillle Graves noUee i t " But," you^ say, la i t not th t m l t that air prononna referring to divinity should begin with a capital Ut twT" Ihara U snob a rale, and Pwki r w « n | «pon U wr-

say PalbtinB " liip themv B n t l fuaranteA they will not let (t do ao again.

Parker MoQr^or and Tiablo 4«d tela OadwpU misMd my pittied." ^^

No Iwe* agree on the nnmher of mia-spellod wordSt but Ui, with one accord say ^ ia great Phivlcian bw done a great deal for them.

LillieGravoasays that he has made her whole, not only that hut she can say with the poor blind man, "One thing I know, that, whereas, I waa blind, now I see." Qod he praised for that. '

DKAB AUNT NOBA : I wish to Join 'the hand of cousins. Papa takes your paper, and I have been reading the let-ters from- the oonsins, and like them very much. I belong to the Baptist church at Hurrioano Grove, Bedford county, Tennessee. I have been going to school. It is out now. We had a concert at the end of it, and had a right nice time. Aunt Nora, I want to write regular and correct the Bible Queer Stories. I will have to close, as this ia my first letter to the Young South.

MAOaiB IllIiL. Shelbyville, Tenn. Come ahead, Maggie, wo have plenty

of room for workers. DEAR AUNT NOBA: I t has been a

long time since we sent our last money for Cuba, but we have not forgotten our dues or the Young South. We moved to a new home this fall, and have been very busy since helping mamma and studying our lessons. We are going to visit our Grandpa Whltten Christ-mas. Mamma, Lottie,and " Baby Boy" arc going with us. Wo are sorry to leave papa hut he can't leave his busi-ness to go with us. Wo will be gone only one week, but wo cxpoct to see many friends and relativM, and have a great deal of pleasure during that week.

A Merry Christmas for you and the cousins. Lovingly,

LUCILK AND P A U M N * WIIITTBN. P. S.—By some means our letter

failed to be sent at the time it was written. Inclosed you will find one dollar for Cuba, also one dollar for seat-ing the YoungSouth Chapel in Mexico. A happy New Year for you.

Lovingly, L. AND P. W. Alesville, Miss. D«AB AUNT NOBA: I thought I

would write to you, as I have never written to you before. I am a little girl, eight years old. I have three cls-ters and one broiher. We have a Sun-day-school, Just one mile from our home, at Friendship church. Each member of our family attends. My grandfather was superintendent for fif-teen years, hut ho has gone to heaven to rest in peace. He died the 8th of December, 188!). Grandmother takes the BAPTIST AND BBPLIOTOB, and I got to read it, aa she lives with us. I close for fear of the waste-basket.

Lovingly, ETIIBL CABB.

D » A B AUNT NOBA : A s I did not see my other letter in print, I will write •gain. I wish to Join tho Young South. Papa does not take the BAPTIST AND BirtBOTon, but I will try to study tho Queer Stories with Bobbie. I go to school during the week, and also to Snndsy-sehool, but I will have time to study on Sundsy evenings, I like to read the little oonsins' little letters. I will close with much love to you, Unole Orren, and Jamea.

Vonr oapbew, R o t B|,Atip.

DjUft Ax;|IT KOM> 3 t ! ^ Tnn allow me a spaee in'your Oorner?; I ,have been r ^ l n g the t oung South, fbr sev-erd years, i^td enjoy it, Mid would like, to Join the Cousins, I sendj^ve mints % Onbaand tw^-een( «tamp for JBro. P W i piotnre, and now I wish you and tTi^e Orren and all tbs; Cousins a happy New ll'eair.

HATTIII III, DKRBTnMRT,,^ ^ctUptonvillo.TenC'^.

DBAB AUNT NOBA: I t baa b e e n a great while alncc I wrota to the Young South, but I have bad but little time for writing. I like the Bible Queer Stories very much, and will after this send the answers to them. I have Just returned iVom a fifth Sunday meeting, which was held at Stanton. I beard two exoellent oermoDa while there, one by Elder J . 8. Thomas, and the other by Elder L P . Trottar. Elder A. G. Parrott was elected moderator of the meeting. Brother Parrott then stated the. purpose of the meet-ing. There were many interesting spoeebes made. While there I met a little boy who is about ten years old, and I learned that he had raised quite a nice sum for missions. His name is Frank Martin. Would yoiu not like to have him, Aunt Nora, as one of the Young South workers? I think he would be very useful to oor cause. There is much to he learned about thia bright little boy, for I believe the day will como when Christian people will thank God for such a man as Frank Martin. So I have taken the liberty to invite him into our company, and feel confident that he will bo welcomed by all tho others. I will send you fifty centa for the seating of the Young South chapel bjfore very long. I would send now, but I am working In the book business and need all of my money to remit for some books. With love to you and all the cousins, I remain your loving nephew, LATTON WAI.t.

Galloway, Tenn. We will gladly welcome your friend,

Frank Martin, Layton. Tell him to be sure to come. Send yonr fifty centa as socn as you can, for we will close the fund, Layton, as soon as I get fifteen dollars, and that will be pretty soon, as you sec.

A N e w YBAB'B P B M I N T . DKAB SWTBB H A I L I Y •• I s e n d you

one dollar for one chair in the Young South chapel. I am very much intar-csted in your work, and hope to be able to help you some this year. Yours t r u ly , MB8. BELLB SAHSIB.

Mlddleton, Tenn. DEAB AUNT NOBA: H e r e I como

sgaln. I wrote a letter to the Young South in September. I thought I would write sgain, hut was taken sick, and was sick six weeks with fever. We lived not far from Knoxville before we came to Texas. I attended the Sunday-school at Island Home. We have no Sunday-school here, and we miss it so much. l a m reading the sti)ry of the Bible. I think it such a nice book. Mamma gave brother George and myself a nice story book a piece for a Christ-mas gift. Mine is "Cheerful Hours" and Georgie's is "Oleefbl Day's." Brother Georgie and myself Send you thiriy.five eehta. Use It where it is most needed. We received Brother Diss's picture. Wish we could' get m o n e y enough for you po we eould get one of Brother Powers' pteturas.

Y o u r n l e e e . , B E T T I SMITH. Valley Springs. Texas.

Ai 70V wpMM no pr^erfPO* I len^

ly - v.l l^t

n

eenti «a«b sorry when f * andMiladwMK. ter from you l a a the ehi tdr^ in thought the Bibl^ ^ . - ^ too bard for us, but We leva' l o . , ^ dion and read your letter^ SfuehlonT to yon and all tbi eousius,

E B S U A M O I B K A AYIBIU , Niobob, Si C. ^

D I A K Aui* NOBA! I wrote a lettw to the Young Bohth last wsfk M did notsee any thiogpf it. I guss* {( got iS lost or Aunt Nora Uionght it' waa no^ worth publlabing. | aeni tea eentff for Cuha, and a stamp for Bro(W i)ia«'a picture, but I suppose it got Io«i iritk the letter. I will send,,VWain», l k Brother Bias's picttirev and ten eiiK» for seating the Young South C h ^ -I hope I will he one of the perflM^iMK incorreetingthe Bible Queer Stori*^' If I see this in pr in t ! willnrritf i ^ n . ^

. Love to all. From your l o i i ^ lieee,^ WABBAOII FITTN^^N,

Linooln, Akbama. 'i Let me tell you and (he eousliu s^ms

thing, Wallace, that nay Men i^angn to yon, but is nevertbetess tmK%To« never see your letters tiU tWotjreeks after they leave i ^ handa, fio doaot get discouraged and give up your letters to "AuntNora'awaate-baskel'^ tiUat least a month after yon writsi then. Will notyonallremember this, for {(will save us s good deal of bad feeliiqt T ITou will bear from yonr Bible S t t ^ jNnt week, and ere thia you have seeo ;|iwn last letter, have you not, Wallaoe?

DBAB AUHT NOBA : As tlwfobeen reading the BAPTIST AWTI L^IIRBIOTOB for aome Ume and like it very ] n ^ , e a -peciallytbe lettera from and would like to join your oomari' l am a little girl thirteen ymrs <!pd attend the Baptist Snndiqr-Bebool ular. As thhiis ny first attempt I wil close with love to yoti and all (he cousins. I remain your a i o ^

GIBTII WooLDKiDdi. Huntayille, Ala.

SMting tha Toniiff loatll Oh«|ML

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and irhy Cuaw., m, WUM4 AfiiMl I I : Eflison Baslna,2& 4enta; i w Wilson. 5 eenta: Maude MefUnstiy^v cento: Boscoe Philiipe, 2 8 ^ t a i I ' B t t m Samples. 25 cents s Mra. Belle SaMw, I I ; Hersohel Wingo, lOoents; Sjmrgeon Wingo, 10 cents; Esther Wingo, 30 eonts: Lnoile^ and Pauline Wnittea, •1; WaUaee Mynajt i f oen i s : MaaOe Gardner. 15 oents i fEddle Gardner; 9 « cents; Harry Gardner, 10 eisnta; Laura Gardner, 6 <wnts ;^ l to Owen, 5 eents.

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Mrs. Thomnson, 12: Mrs. Norman, 12; Willie l ^ r , i o eenls ; OaUla

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wo f VTiiiia «v « Cidne, sistar and brothe

K a f f f S i i " - " - " ' Mrs. Jennie I welL U Daugbdi eenta *

Fink, ttV Phillips, 25 esnts. Total 1180.00 for 1880., ^ •

cents; M a i y ^ L s t o n Mnsie Simmons, —, , Wingo, 10 eenta: ftfiii^ U ^ T p Mnls^ Mm. Mollfe

iQoepts, s ,

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F iJiv fa m

lUpUdt unl er

:Ba))tU Convantlon of Jlorfd* ttioeU Jinttwy #ltli the

^ ob'iiroh" M^doeUo; pf jirliioli, ^ IVoMiioo, ill

Wc troat, bid ttlU'glt^ us An •ooouai , oflL • -

• Dt. Moktrd 1« prtoAhing a ainrieB of Mrmoitf on tKi " Life of Christ." They

. are laid to Vo' ibtoniety int«re«tiog, and his oharoh in orowdeil to-Its titm,08t eitln^ oajpabliy cveiy Sabbath Df|;ht^

. AliiBiHafiaf>tt$t. '^It iiproposed to ostabli h a Baptist

Bobk Ooooeni in liOoisTitle, with an iathoriied Mpital of 9100,000. IloHg-ioois;': Sunday *8uh'ool, a d «olportago •applies iHUbe 'kept on hand, and a Heneral business in that line will be done. The W f&n /Imnkr (akw stook, though the papci will bo an on-' tirely distinet affair. It is not proposed t« publish Sunday-school papers.

- WiiS have rooelved a copy of the " Catalogo Anaal do} Instituto xMadoro, Saltillo, (Joahuila, Mexico. Ano Ks-oalar Da 188!)." Wo have nut had time to examine it very carcfViUy, but presume that it is all right. Cortainly any school that has II. U. Moscley, "Catedratieo do Fisica, Qaimica, Gc-ologla Botariioa, Zoologia, Goografioa Fisiea, Latin y Teriedurla doLibros," St th<i head of it ought to bo all right,

--The;young Mcu's Christian Asso-eiation, of iDallas, sent out six young men to eount the attendants at six sa-loons,and six to count the attendants at six prayer-meetings. More than a thousand were counted at the salbons, and only one hundred and fourteen at the.prayer-meetings. If there were no saloons, they would not probably all bo at the prayer-meeUngs, but they would not be in attendance on these schools of vioe.-r Weifern Saptht.

—Key. B. D. Bsgsdalo has resigned at Albany, Qeorgia, to accept the call to the church at Quitman, and Kev, K. B. Carroll, of Camilla, has been callcd to the AlUny ohurch. Brother Car-roll is a cousin of Dr. B. II. Carroll, of Waco, Texas, and also of Dr. J. L. Car-roll,of Ashevillo, North Carolina, and a godd many {hiok be is nothing behind iheio distinguished preachers in pulpit ability. We congratulate the church at Albany and, also, Brother Carroll, for be will find there some of the no-bleat'Chrlstisns in this world. May Qod bless the utoion.

limatilhi, Pla., jtoo far off to send in her pbstola? God has so greatly bteswd us during the last year it may not bo aqusiio let others rrjoicowith us. The. nettiben, under many di^-oultios, havo put Hp; a neat new house and are moving on to lu completion. Ti>o,,Lord has greatly blessed us by daily tdding luoh as shall bo saved, for soma on« U revolved almost every meeting oi fsjfoijSltod from dome of the afma. Elder D, Fa^^r is our faithful pastor, and gives ir« two Sabbaths in tho month, and pnuhoi in'the week at other pWflts f tJmaUlla has ex tended arms. V W^W. B.

-"••Rwr. t. D. Bass; now of O eon ville, Mioh., an old |3oath Carolina boy, drofipfd la 00 us Tuesday on his return fi»m,» Ulij 'Soi th to bawjr hisJkmlly; Ho IMS n Anil fiold in Miohigsn. OriBeoTilio > Is a oltjr of about ten thou-sand aud liisohuro humbprs lofcae ftitir

> ' lbUndro4 membors. His JiUght oongregations «ro about nine hundred or ono thousand; and they ar now ai'raniiiui tdidil tyro hundHsd ani

ltd too'm

of ra. returning South. _ . glall' td hayo hiinfciwlt»® " ' !

--As stated by onr Birmingbhm aor-' respoudont the Baptists iit Blrmlnt* ham invito tho Southern Bsptlst CoDventiott to meet with them in l^t^ Thoni are two thintpi, howeveri' whleh would be in tho of tho Convetttidn going there at that time. Ontt, the fact that it mot at BfontgOmery in tho same State, so recently, in 1880, and another that it will have mot two years in suecesiion, and' tho possibilities a;ro that it will §b to some more eastern place, as Wilmington, or Chilrleston, or Macon, Still unless one of these places applies, T hich is quite uncertain as tho Southern Baptist Convention has got to bo such A big thing that oiUes hesitate to undertake its entertainment, tho probabilities are it will go to Bir« minghami That city possesses the ad-vanUgc of being central, and with the (Ight about renewing the Kind Words contract to come on then, it will be imporUnt to have a central meeting placc. Altogether, ubless some now developments arise, wo are in favor of Birmingham.

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WILL MAIL BEECHAM'S PILLS ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, 25 CENTS A BOX.

fMfUm in* •inittMiiii iw btiKl • rvtvMat'. tl«|t <»rtli« Wai*li t» k* di fi nil ibtMttbwsuB* aTnir hiitit fimi WlM««nt oaa mm mSun.

Salt Bheum with ita intense itching, dry, hot skin, often broken into painful cracks, and tho little watery pimples, ofter causes indescribable sufferini;. Hood's Sarsa-parilla hai wonderful power over this disease. It purifies the blood and ex' pels the humor, and tho skin heals with-out a scar. Send for book oontaining many statemenlfl of cures, to C. I. Hood & Co., apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.

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Hood's Sarsaparilla

In a pccnllar meUicInp, and Is carcfolly pro. pared by competent pharmacists. The cow-Wnntlon and proportion ol 8ar»aparlHa, Dan-delion, M.mdr.ikc, Yellow l>ock, and otlier remedial agonls Is exclusively pcculJar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, giving It strength and curative jwwer KUperlor to other prepa-rations. A trial win convlneo you of Us ureat medicinal value. Hood's Sarsaparliu

Purifies the Blood creates and sharpens the appetite, stimulates tho diKCBtlon, and Rives strength to every organ ot tlio iKxIy. It cures tho most sovoro cases of Scrofula, 8.ilt Itlieum, HOIIS, Plniplos, and all other aflcctlons caused by Impure blood, Dyspepsia, Blllousnesf, Headache. Kidney and I.lver Complaints, Catarrh, Bhen-matlsm, and that extreme tired fooling.

" Hood's Sarsap-irllla has helped mo more for catarrh and Impure Wood than anything elso I ever used." A. BAM,, Syracuse, N. Y.

Creates an Appetite " I used Hood's flarsnparllla to cleanse my

Woml and tono up my system. It gave njo a Boojl appetite and seemed to build mo over." E. M. HALK, Lima, Ohio, "I took Hood's Sarsaparilla for cancerous

humor, and It began to act unlIKo anytUns else. It curcd tho hnmor, and leeraod to tono tip tho whole body and givo mo new Mfo.'» J. P. N I X O N , Camhridgeport, Mass. Send for book gtvinit statements of cures.

Hood's Sarsaparilla Boidbrtndmtoilitf. fl|iixfor|S. Prep«.i«ionl» by C; I, HOOD * 00.,

100 Doses One Dollor JOffl

NOT FOR SALE •oatiiiK •Iff MKrB-

> iliS'tlt ijr w»r '"o* (vrnicuii 1?U i« tviKl tp all n<«irt|M|iw reMW^ninl >>n iluub* to Mm* ot U» or bprriw Amul in X«w Turn, an Ml yoa •( 00* •iMotat* ri

MI er.ayr'iriisi'sr;!. •Wkfiiiil' liif

iimlum IN tnt*n<<Ml •ot.'tv to hi ui*! NH*. WT wfll HUT iifetl. IT. W.C OBtJWar MMnvtioii

uKLHtnllon wbJit pafiw yoa Mw Ad. In. W m m

BUMCIUIH)* Dn«n«,lhat w» •ivf inr muk. MwrshMt

yCef.Warwii St., Nw York.

Tho Imxllni? flouthnm of hitnliiffl* trklnlng. TboroiiKh »nd comrWo conrso ot liady. Pre. 'PS jo'iuK iiiru Mill jruung Itulion f«r tli« nctlr* ilntUui of biintnaM life. Vull enrp* of wall trftliind I'licm. Nn vwsttoiis. MtadanU intj niilcr »t snr tinio. DipIonMon irTuliiUton. CalAlrHfia mallnl u. A.i<]r<»A J. !<. JUIINMON, rrlnoltml, Maoxvlllo, Trnti. 2(1 2»

M o w t o t ^ o i i r S a t c i r i ) ^ U you incrclal 1 wUb tolnfrejic jour Mlury, ymi nhould flr«t IncrtAW yonr •iDallltmtlQns hr ittfBtlliig iheConi-. — l)™»rlni«nt of tbe SouthwMterii Bnpttit iriilrer.Uy, ai Jsoaion, T«nn., where you will rfcnte «tborotiKh, prsetlcsl budowi «dncstloD, . i / No Teu Buoki are ui«l In this «obool.e«flh student Is rmulrod to write up • Wilts of wU sn.l rarm oniKias nttn up by the PrtnclMl, and other work nloetitf with moch o»f» from the dlffereai I irras of UramerdUl l>«p«r, •ucU ss Wrltlnj Cbfcks, Notes, DnUU, Bllli of Lading. Aetouat Milts i also, msklnii """Plni ••HiBr.UscwuaK.f ill Bllhi lUcclv.ble »«J

the sujlllyy lii»k« ii' nensrr to perfect dtfslS In ill brnoehot orhu»lno4. II d cT''' I * •• TMulred to make bis own cileulsUons, and b required to lonte NocopylDg L_ Did corrrcl alt errors. IMOO lu'IudlugTuition, Board, Bouk«, and Washing 177.00, •me for tour mouths ../J iAi . '.1. iT , euiior oi iDii paper nsii mtci« a minute cxara nitlon of our coune, w«, t '.trS. ' y®" " ^ ihoroughntsssBd eoraplMeoets. Porealaleguead<lr«»t H. 0. JAHI'asON, Principal, Jsiklon, T.on.

DANOING. Thonsands hnvo quit on road.

ing "THE irPAS TaEE.'V Bond ton Oonta to

W. E. FENN, Eureka StMdngg, Ark..

pp Baptist JBook: Hoosk, Ki hvllloj Ttirinosfloo,

B E T H E L C O L L E G E ,

i c y . Spring Term, Thirty-flfth Session, Begins Thursday, January

23d, 1890. Endnwcd, I'ermaaont, Prosperous, Ifealthfiit, Aooeialble, Ssrea Solioots of lam rutHon, I'rohlltitm

IVlwn and Tounty. Moral and Social advantages nbsurpisMd. Board and TuUlon per term ot twenty WMki |i7.50. Tuition free to lona of. MInUters and StudsnU for tbe MinUlry. Licentiates of BaptUt cliurchM hare

»».00«a<ih per teim from " Enlow Fund " If needsd. Kor furthi r Intormathm addisM K e - ^ . " W . S . B T T X - i - ^ f J i a i T l D , DE^xes-,

• RU88ELLVILLE. KENTUCKV. «>3«

SflAlIa Chotceal Flower Reeds Kia.

0 1 1 3 0 P A Y S ' T m A L .

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Oraded f>ilali<i!ue'_ <l mandsnl llasioil Pub-

iiMxi.

Have You

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iji'i . , .1 Thsr* Is one rttnady you ean try yliliMit dseger

ol bumbug. Ssad l« l£ », Ooliaiiii, fkeialM. Sal* imaseo, llbb., far total paak»|* «r his Mtarrb cure. UlsoDl/Mood of sdflirtlsiiig 1* b| |lvlitK H away. |iMlit«t«ro feals. Jndg fer Mention this papers- J

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iilubi ot' ten 91.7$, with a paper f^o to thenoewho vets np'the oluh. Why em not wo avf oool uBt d oinbs in the Htate, or one tlioasand for that mstter? Won't jroa try to got up one in your ehureh? Ltt us hoar from

• you.

Wo, tlio Missionary Baptist ohtireh, vrorshlping at Saulsbufy, Tenn., In conforenee assembled, do atlopt the foN lotting preambl* and resohitious: >

Vhereas, Frederick Howard stands exoludcd from Unity Association, and

VVIicreas said Howard's name is • droiiped fVom the roiBiatcrial roll of tho same, and

WhoroM our ohurch being a mem-ber of »aid Association, and wo being luliyand proporly rcproBontcd at the last meeting oi that body, therefore be it

A'(*»W, I. That wo will not allow niJ Kredenolc Howard to j.rcach in our hou8c. 2 Tiiat

no prcaehor can prcaoh in rar house unless ho can establish the fcot that ho is in good stonding. .'I. That wo heartily indorse the fco-

tion of (ho Asioeiation In exolttding the Central church, of Jackson, Tenn., from the Association, and dropping tho Dame of Frederick Howard from tho kiiini8t.erial list. •I. Tliat a

copy of these resolutions bespread on our ohurch book,and a copy be sent t9 tho Haitist and Rk-n.KTOu for publication.

Done by order of the church in con-ference. W. T. I owRKV, Moderator. T. (;. SPKiiir, Clerk. Saul.ibnry, Tenn., December 15.

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t ^ r y It, a n d Suffer n o m o r e .

; "W- Salft bjf ainxruftjiifc,. JE.B.WHITE,8pl»Prop.,l4uica«ter,a

Wolffs m <«• pai* qif tsho** a ytar, mad • botuw a * I S o.nt»l for ha«i» nuMr y»ara bl#oktiw «ui w y wm imrtng to lMt&*r pay t

Who waa your Groat Qrandfather?

Tho Detroit Journal desires to re-Mire, by postal card, the address of all liting male and fom.ilo descendants of Rovoiutionary olTicerH and soldiers of lJ7(t, and, when possible, tho name and State of the ancestor. Wonder if W. II. Brcarley, proprietor of the Detroit Jmtrnnl,\» contemplating a raid upon the national troaattry?

Xccp yonr blood pure and you will have rheumatism. Hood's Harsa-

)»n la puriflcs tho blood, and tones tho wolo system.

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S m i d a r -Schoo l Books.

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HaMtual OostiveneM.

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theS •chaiaub S e t t ' s Z i v e v P i l l s

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Will Keep, i M anil full U o

Standard Latest BapUst publl-

boJlkt i iLd^eief . AH.V.'"''?"* ^ ' ' " needed for Minis-ters' Hbrarien and helps for tlie pnlnit and stiidy. * n Standard Oharoh Maniialn and Baptist histories.

All fto l^t Hymn and Sonst books for Churches, R^vidi and Stinday Schoolg, in both round and shaped notw.

MBflUfOEPOSnVBr Will bo tn^e an'oepeeial featnro of the Honsw . Alt the very^ knd oh npMt

TAKE THE

Illinois Central —RAILROAD.—

Doobii Oiiif Slwpiig Gar —amvicK acrwi

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Scenic Shenandoah Valley Routes,

AH trains earrr Tail

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P U U I A W ®

B«rt AoooouribrtioM aoi Bfslpm^

Tbe SbortestftQiilckest Honte.

stylM ot Bibles ant? Testaments ju versions pnbliahed in America will be

IHbUjthowry^ for tho (amity and the pttJplt. wW bo f sw»iiilt/,.nd ali

and splendid Tiiie of otiildrsn and youtag people.

pttrp«» to to nulto the Houso • oainvaiMrA whora they am mt mutr torms, d^nnta, and SawFitlglil

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The Illinois Centrai Bailroad.

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S w f S T W i M d S S f f i f n d A w w D t i t h i t «uooM« w a M M T o A h U a n d w u k j i v , w d d w t h foBBd Wm poiBMMd of » goodly por-UoB of t b U w W ( I 3 o o d « , M d « n»me M ^ of Iho t U H A m l M m m of hU

^ ^ h S T o f A e S T o t a I h n W i l k . 0^ ^ B W oouBty.whom he »

y M n tq D o o n i h u loaa. Sno « m r h J S M B d M d . D a r N h i . thirty-aicht y a a n u member of the ohuroU--fintkt Hopewell, Somniir county, w d d B W 19C9 »t ^riend«hip. Trousdale o o u B t y - b i i «>«t a t reguUr «er«o«i w u T»o«Dl only four timea. We w » S e l l f M b o l U y . o f the Babbtth school

bMO iUperiiiteDdent three fonrtha ot the t ime o f it» twenty years continued exirtoaoe. H e WM» lover and strong sup-porter of every enterprise that tended to upl i f t hl» oouDtry. and especially •0 ol every enterprUe that t e n d ^ to the upbnllding or the Redeemer s king-dom. Truly hi- f ^ ^ y ^

Sjder , deTOted husband and father, e ehuroh her strongcet pillar, and the

oommunity one of her stanobest and beat oitiiena. W e expect to meet him 00 the ahorea of etomal d^lvoranoe.

B r A F b i k h d a n d R e l a t i v e . CLKHMINS.

I t h M pleaaed the Almighty to remove from our midst our beloved sia-

tor, B . P . Clemmeot. S h e WM born February 14, 18M. d e p u t e d this life December 3,1889, having l i v ^ twenty-five year^ nine months, and nineteen days. S h e profeaaed faith in C h n i t a ^ united with t h e church whe n quite youBg, and waa » eonaiatent member u p to her d e a t h ; therefore, be i t

Retalved, 1 . T h a t we revere the mem-ory of our deceaaed aiater for the ex-ample of l i fe given ua.

a T h a t we tender our heart-felt sym-pathy to her bereaved parenta and oply brother in thla aad hour, admonuhing them that ahe baa gone before to wel-come them to her happy home beyond the river. O w k n ,

T . A . M a b t i n , J . W . L a n o m ,

CommiUte.

D i o k b o b - J o b d a k . — M a r r i e d , in the H I U b Baptiat church a t 1 0 0 i^m.. Mr , B . t . IMokaon and Miaa May Jor-daa were married in the presence of a • a a i crowd of frienda .and aMuaint-t o c e c O n the 1 1 J 7 train they le f t for h tour o f the principal Southern cWea.

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SBTBITBBll AOBBS OF WOOOLMID,

VnUiahuidMnMbulMloafor lobwl UK. R<«H lo MiMt temUlMat t » IMr laontli.

TUITION $ 3 TO $8 PER MONTH.

fiiplli will b« tak» tny tlui« durlnn tbi> m«-(faW.

TtM lOMlleo ia bigb *D(1 h«altbt<]l. (li>l;lwti« and ciftorn wttar.

X Ubctal ibar* ot roar {wlnmaK* l< aolUlM. 11-tf J. P. BAHILTON, P t h .

M e m p h i s ! & | C l i a [ l e s t o i i

R A I L W A Y .

" T H E KING'S TOUCH" SUPEBSTITION. In England, two ccuturies ago, popular superstition credited the ' ^ y a l

T o u c h " with curing scrofula; and although for scofflng at the Idea In K i n g was declared to be an Infldel," even hU " f a i t h l e s s " touch waa credited with a care. These superstitious practices have now become obsolete, and In their place wo have a scientific rt-mcdy In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which eliminates the liiipuriUes ftom the blood by the natural channels, thereby cleansing the Kystera of all taints and Impurities from whatever cause arising. It Is truly a royal remedy, world-famcd aud guaranlted to bcm-flt or cure In every case, or money paid for It will be refunded. T h e only blood-puriflcr ever 90 guaranteed and sold by druggists. As a regulator of the Stomach, Liver and

Golden Mcdical DIscovcrj-" cures all bilious attacks. Indigestion and Dyspepslu, Cliroulc Diarriica and kindred ailments. For all dcrangcmenU caused by malaria, as Fever an.l Ague. Chills and Fever, and Bilious Fever. It Is speclHc. A s an alterative or bloo<l-purlfler. It nianifests lU marvelous prop-erties In the cure of the worst 8kln and Scalp Disoases, Salt-rheum, Tetter, Eceema, and Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, as wel l as Lung-Scrofula, com-monly known as Pulmonary Consumption, If taken in time and given a fair trial. WOBtD'8 DI8PBN8AR* MEDICAL Ab s o c i a t i o n , Proprietors. No. 003 Main Street, BuiTalo, N . Y .

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Short Line TO TUK EA8T.

H A ^ B S i P l l f A B n <• nSerei hf tbe nmnufacturen of OR. SAOCt S R i m l l b W I l t l U CATARRH REMEDY, for a omu or Catarrh In J l J l l l l ^ ^ ^ M B M B M B cannot euro. Ilr Us ^ t r ^ ^ ^ ^ ioothlnsr. and henllnir properties. Dr. 8a«i)'s Roinodr ounw tb« wonrt caM«, uo matter of how Ion* standing. flOo„ by dminrlats.

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M i s & W a s l i g o n V U THE

l i e n p l i s a i i l U d i l l i . East T w o . , l i L , aad Oa- By.

G B E A T K E H N E S A W ,

Scenic Shenandoah Valley Routes. All ttalnicrTT Pallman VVv^hl'J^fi

glMpwi, and nin MwphU to Wtthlnrt* >» thifiy-loar honra. Laavlat Marophlt at 10 o tuca

•^FiVS^r iDtorSiSkm rerudlng rat«; AppUt" BARNEY HUOU«8, Ticket Agent, MmpU* J. C. BKAJf, PkaaMtitr A«»nt, Mamphl.. B. W. WBBKH, O. P. aad Tk't Knoitlllt a A. DrfADBSUBK, A. O. P. A.. Memphla-

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D A N o m a I t h o n i u d a b a v e q u i t o n read-

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E n i d u B p x i i i g f i A r k . , O r B A v n n B o o k H o o r i ,

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M U S l G A b ' A n a l y s i s ,

— By A. f . GOODRICH. A S y s t s m a d M H s a m S t o C a t U v a t e

t t i « A r t o f A n a l y M n a r mst f C r t t l d s -ItsK, a s u l t o A M t o t l a t i t * M r f t » n n > o n c o l u H l V » t e r * t i i n < l l n s o f t l i * W o r t u s o f t l i o O r c « t c o n p o a o n i o r MflRMreat S p o s i u *

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(krni IftitMttte uur iatue ya^ p r t H t o d . ^ ia l i g M idct ^ n t a i o a tha ) a t i r i f f t (r«a« oditor w h o i u fonnder, acid: hai<a oorreai report of hla laat g r M t •pMob in wbieh he c h a t o p i o u d tiwi r lghU of the Sotitb belbra a ^ t o q aad^DO*. and elieited Ibe aympatby of tb« v b o l e Nortb in the oaaie (br whioh be plead «o nobly. I t a l io ba» a a l e t e b of bia lif»« and a bandaoma a t a ^ eH' i r a v b s which, fhiroed.inakea a imperb piotttfe. aa i t ia a aplradld lilteQeaa of Mr. Qrady.

T h e agrioaltaral int«r«ata of the Soitttb never had a better friistid than Henry W . Orady. I t waa bia dairire from boyhood to own a n d r a n a f a n n paper, and the wonderfal snoeeu whioh a t t e n d ^ h U eiTorta o a the Southern f\irtn abow how aincerely hia heart wa« given to the work, Hia asaociatea on the Farm are.cooveraaat with hia ideaa and iotentiona regarding the fatnre ot the Farm, and wil l do their very best to perpetuate the work to whioh Mr. (irady'a l i fe waa devoted. I n this they will be assiated by the largest and best equipped corps of eontributors of any agricnitural paper in America. A l l the old favorites, auob as Dill A r p , Mrs. Kelton, Uncle I lemas and I ' lanket , wi l l bo w i t h them, and scores of special eon-tributors wilt send letters i resh from the field. Dr. W . L . Jonea, the highest salaried agrioaltural editor in the South, wil l continue to edit the Farm. i l ia " Inquiry Box " alone is well worth the subseription price aeveril times over. From " T b o a g b t a for the Month " to the very laat page, it will be a book which will reflect credit on the memory of its foander. Every South* ern farmer should read Henry W . Qrady's S(>uth(frn Fjrm this year, and should begin with the January nnmber. T h e Farm alone, ooe year, 00. T h e Farm and BAPTIST a n d U k k l k c t o u , one year, $2.50.

Literary Al-j/iVe.—The scholars of our public schools will be interested in an offer made by The Youth'* Gtmpan-ion in ita issue of January !)(h. I t s purpose is to stimulate them in a com-mendable competition and at the same time ineroaac their love for their coun-try. T h e publishers of The Compau' loH offer to present a fine, largo banting flag, nine by fifteen feet, with forty-two stars, to that pablio school in each one of the forty-two States and Territories, which shall send to them the best essay on " T h e Patriotic Influenqe of the Ameriean Flag W h e n liaised O v e r O u r Pabl io Schools ." These eaiays wil l bo received by the publishers of The Com-panioH unUl A p r i l 1 , 1890. T h e award of the flag will bo made aa near J u n e Ist aa posaible, in order that the auo-ceaaful school may float the " Stara and S t r i p o a " over l U building upon the F o u r t h of J u l y next . Thia movement to intereat the young people of the prcaent generation in sscnring a flag for the aohool-hoaae, ia one that sbonld bo heartily commended and enooaragod. W h y can not one o f o a r own schoola •eoaro The Oampanion F lag for thia S u t e ?

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P ^ i w d two bottlea df my ramody VBXI to My of your readen who hare consump-

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noifr«papor«na dlaplay work, which

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• , Marrelons onres. and GOO trial bottle free to

Fitt 0 ^ ^ n d to. Dr. Kline, 931 ^ Aroh street, Philadelphia, Pa. i s 'H

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CHURCH ^V/OJIK A S p e c i a l t y .

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BiOliwy «t ShrtT^ for polnu In

Texas, Mexico. Califoraia. „ . And the Far W ^ f . For nlM, uip(, etc., t^ i t^

C. S. BARRETT. T»». r»«t. Agt D. A MULLANBY. P»M. Ajt. CHAS. H. MILLS. Ttck*t Agt; Dep.

Chattanooga. Tenn.

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CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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MARY SHAf college; The W o m a n ' ! Unlveraity of the

South.

M n L. Joiiflson. D. P., IL. r., Pres.

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THE POPULAR LINE BETWEEN

MEMPHIS GREENVILLE.

VICK8BUR0. BATON ROUOE;

T On<i NEW ORLEANS.

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V O L . . I . N A S N V ^ T I E , T ! E N N E S 8 B E » J A K U A B Y 3 0 / 1 8 9 0 .

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WASHinaTOBt. New York, Ghioagoi 8t. Loois-wbiob-shall it be? Wo mean as the place for holding the World's Fair in 18iN>. Suoh Hvalry the oonntry has rarely, ir ever, seen It looks now like Now York is ahead, ecpeoially since the legialaturo of the Bute will pass a bill to bond the city for ten million dollars for the pur poses of the Fair, which added to the five million dollars already raised there will pnt her away ahead of any of her rivals in a finanoial point of view. Bat meanwhile the other cities aro not lot ting the grass grow under their feet in the great race, Even Washington, slow staid Washington, is doing some lively talking. We await developments.

Wx see from some of onr politici ezehsnges that Col. T. H. Reeves, of Jonesboro, is likely to be a candidate for Qovernor on the Republican ticket. Now, wo are neither a Democrat nor a Repnblioan, as editor of the BAPTIST

AND RxrLXCToa; but we aro a Baptist and Col. Reeves is a Baptist, and wo shonld like to say now, before the heat of the. oampaign, that Col. Reeves is a mighty clever man, and if elected Onv ernor would make a good one. Uis very Baptist principles would lead him to do so. The fact is, wo are iuclined 10 think that we need more of our Bap tist men, with the steadfast adherence to princi|ile and devotion to duty which charaeteriKos them, in authority. Si-n-ator Jos. K. Brown, Congressman D. W Holman, and Uov«rnurJ P. Kagle are present snd illustrious in.-Uncc8 of Baptist men in office.

iN'ao'(lit^tvfew with Dr. Tiltnaite last week Mr. Qladotonc is reported to have faid:

"Talk about questions of the day, there la but one question, snd that is the gospel. It can and will oofk-ect every thing needing correction. All men at the head of great mov(montB are Christian men. During the many years I was in the Cabinet I wss bronght into association with sixty muter minds snd all but five of them were Christians. My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into oontaot with divine revelation."

BraTO, true, noble words these, and especially important coming from one who Is regarded by many as the fore-most oltlienof the world, himself a sin-cere and bumble believer in Jesus. The great men of this world aro Ohrlftiaa non.

Tax longest, most novel, and altor getber most ibteresting race on record WM thai Just finished around the world ibetweao Miu Nellie Bly (Mias Kllia-)bttliOotshnn),of the New York World, :»xd MIM Bbland, of tho Co$mopolilan Magajdiu, HIM Bly' reaobad New

, Tork Satarday St 8iM) p.tt., having •<Ni9pItt(id tb« Joartiiy in aaveoiy'two •dhshf) .•ix'honrit xod elaTen inlnalM, ib«^iig lbs imsfiiiary rooordof Pbin<

h^roof tho FreDohnoT-

elist, Jnlaa Verne, in bis book Around the World in Kigbty Days, by eight days. 8be aet out to make the trip in saveuty-iivo days, and beat her own calculations by nearly three days, oven with two delays of fivo days each in the far Kast, and with the slow modes of travel which obtains in those countries. When the Kast gets the rapid transit of the West the trip can bo made in perhaps fifty days. Who shall say after this that the people of China and Japan are not our neighbors, when we can reach them in a few days? Othat the gospel of Christ might thus girdle tho globe in the wake of this rapid travel. Shall it not? Miss Bisland, at last accounts, was still on the ocean in a slow going vessel and storm tossed.

Civil Oovemment.

" The powers that bo are ordained of God." To ordain is "to appoint, to decree." (S^e Webster.) These " powers " are not persons, becsuso God does not send by angels or prophets to appoint certain men as rulers. The " higher powers " is the idea or genius of government itself; its representatives are iis offiocrs.

God ordained civil government Just a-he ordained natural laws and many other th ngs. He creatcd the world to bo inhabited," and for this purpose " He sot tho Boliury in families." Every family is a li.tle kingdom. For our spiritual needii he ordained minis-ters. Oar Creator perfectly understood our rohtions to our fellow men. Since " God is not tho author of confusion," in order to prevent the terrible con-fusion, crimo, and Buffering which are the results of anarchy, and to protect oni essential rights, he ordained oi>il government.

Tho Lord docs not directly ordain any of these things. lie docs not toll a man whom he shall marry, or that be shall msrry at all. He simply estab-lished tho marriage relation. He does not send from heaven to anoint his min-isters, nor docs he decree who shall bo the civil rulers, or even ordain what form of government a country shall adopt. Queen Victoria received her kingdom from her ancestors, not at the hand of God. Nebuohadnexier was king .becau»o bis father was a king. Kingly authority in both there cases sprang directly flrom the people, but lis oxistence in every case is ordained of God. Tho Declaration of Indrpcnd-once utters the truth when it asserts * Governments derive their Just powers Vom the consent of tho governed." Hence sny legislation whioh is against the consent of the people is an exercise of unJuH power. '

God is king ovoriill. He Is a God of order. Eaoh depiirtmetit of bis great government has ita own sphere whioh is

itself' liidepend^nie,and is not to olaah or intorfers Wi(;1ii[(iiyibih«r« liitre. Tho moon and thi stan, #liKih he'bii . dalnedibave never left tboir V«k1ni of night to Ittempt (0 m l * i<i« day. Ood baa ilveit tti« b«id bf tb« ftfoiily

patenial.«utbority,bat~Bot to exeroUo it kny State offioe or in another's fam-ily. The minister is ordained to " feed thefioek of God," but "notashing lords over God's heritage." (1 Poter V. 3). He must not rule them in any sense as a Lord, that is, as an earthly potentiate. This would unite ohnrcb and Sute, which God forbids.

The Lord designs that we shall respect all the ordinances of bis appointing, hcnee tho command, "Let every soul be subject to the higher powers;" submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lird's sake." We should obey oivil law, not alono for its inherent Justice, but because God instituted it ; obey it within its own sphere, in the exercise of Just the power God gave it.

M E. STXWABO. A.M.

The Answered Prayor.

0

In 1851 Dr. P. H. Whiteliw lived with his widowed mother and mother* less child, Ellen, then six years old, at his home, *' Graaiy Springs," two miles west of Brownsville, Tennessee. Never was there a more lovely, oonseorated. Christian man. Finding his health failing under the insidious inroads of consumption he left bis home, mother, and only child to seek restoration in the balmy clime of Tamps, Flirida. There be remained nearly two years hoping against hope. Gradually deolining, he determined to return. He arrived almost exhanstad. I saw him a day or two after. It was Saturday. He was bright, cheerful, resigned, and in pos-sesition of all his faculties. He died that night Sunday he was buried in the family grave-yard, under a weeping willow. All his family have passed over the river now except one sister, Mrs. Ellen Bond, at preacjnt in St. Augustine, Florida, for her health, and bis daughter. Mrs. Ellen Jonei, wife of Judge H. F Jones, of tho County Court of Haywood county, Tennessee. The vencs below were written by me at the tfrne, suggesTed b^ tho faou. They were published in tho New York Chmide, now Examiner, in 1853. Some friends have expressed the wish to have them republished in the BAP-TIST AMD BxrtKCTOR. Tho supposed prayer was literally answered. His mother was a member of the Browni-ville B.iptist ohuroh,and so was he, He was my loving friend with whom I had hunted over the hills arobnd his home-

Brownsville, Tenn. H- B. FOLK.

Tux CONSOMPTIVX'8 PRATXR. To thee, my home, my mind doth roam,

And ronnd thee fbndly oHngi; No spot so dear, oa this grwt •phero,

Aa thOtt, sweet Grassy Bprinjpi.*

Thy forest hills, whoM mem'ry thriilp My soi^M tWba* « <>6no,

I plno.to Wf end roTe M froe

Aa.intha days by-fone.

Th« sun and ihade Ibat on tbain play'd,

In merry mnmsr time, 4 More preoioxs are, thin dl'monda rw«,

Hxai in this balmy oUmo.

The peuly strotn, whoaa watarx|laMC^ Around thee, all so bright,

OasparklM«lwrbei^niBUh«%^ ^ 'J In visiou of th* xlght.^ ^ ^

Morti dear, than UU, nim^Weet tliaii i

tmf A voioe oft groats my oar,

0 who osn toll tbe Joys thxt nrell, To dream of mother near! ^

JHer tone so mild as o'«r her ohUd In feeling de«p tiit binds I

Her looks so kind «'en to my mind In sleep * rapbnf* l«nd&

0 oonld I hear her volo* sineero. Breathing of h i i^ and ItMitM

I 'd calmly rMt and fe«I more bloat Than with an Inoa'a WMlth.

And there's my ehlld; my Ellen, mild As is a morn of May;

O oould I feel her ptiro lovo's SMI, Asia a happier day.

Her little form my heart would wurta;

Her langhtwoald b»inf Kliflf} Her light footfidl woald <U«|mthrall

My mind of gloom and iprlef.

The people here oft strive (0 ohwr ' Me in my lonelineii ;

They all are kind, bttt who eaa find From homo trnehappin«Mr

My strength so mam 'ut do the gninx ^

From out Time*! ebbing glass, That soon, at most. 111 quit post.

To n^ aoeount to psai.

And ahall I die befor* mln« eye The lov'd ones can bohotdf

0 may I go where trao bearta flow, : Ere yet my days are told?

1 know that here liiySavoir'a near, (Bis presenoe now I feel),

Bnt O'there Joy without xlloy ^ With mother dear.to kneel.

Her prayer o«n soothe, ber bandean smoothe

Th'nndreadedb^ of death; ® 0 may I go where bnM bmta glow^

Ere my expiring breatb. vs ' V

There would t die and them wottl4 lit Beneath that willow trea t

O may I go, for soonil know My spirit will bo f ^ .

Tnii ARXirisB. That prayeir Wa< beal d in ev'ry word{

He reaohed the OrMiqr SpriXgi: tie saw bis ohtld ttid niotber niild«

Then fled on aufit wings.

'T was Sabbath mora, wben qnlta for* lorn, ^ «

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Ofbeaven bad lent it fraoe.

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