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KIU)M IIKIIK ANI> TIIKIIK.

I Kin In tho niltUt «t * mpe'lnK

with «ro. r'«rrU» thJ« clmroh Wo

havoliwl convor^loiiH tn lUtp,

im l iho Inlcrrat Jb growInK- I wUI

ropf»rl """""y' T. L Kiii.ttiiuiHT.

Hcarcy, Ark , O-HoWr 11-

•Allow nifl to rr-iiorl a xlorloun work

at o«ir obun^h, Wil.lorHvlllo, Hoiulnr.

M>n <»unty, Tcim. l'"»t<.r V h i )»

Pont boifan « Miricn of iucfllii'K«

Beplfltni.er (cnth. ami cJosc.l nu U.o

twcnty-nitli. ImuiCiliftU) ro«iillH,8»)out

ihiriy-lonr profcudonn ot fivll»i

OhrlBl, with twoiily-four aildod to

tho church, twenty two by bapllMU,

o m m t o r c l ami ono by letter, Wo

expect iovoral olhorn lo apply for

bapliem at our next monthly moating.

Bro Da Pout's proaching was faltU-

ful, (orccful and Improsslvo, tho Holy

Spirit attcnillug Iho word Bi>okon,

convicting of sin, righteousi.eiw and

judgment. This community novor

waablenscd with wuch manircstalion

ofdivlDBKraco. Eternity alono will

reveal all tlio ro u l u of tho mccllii«.

Tho ordinance of baptism waa cor-

Ulnly the mo8t irnpr««8ivc I over wH-

ncsacd. Perfect docorum wao ob-

BOrvod, aud tho twenty-two were

Flamed together iu tho llkoncss ot Christ's death in twentyouo mlnutOH,

tho candidates going l»

twos, except twice, when ono went in

each tirao. The time actually occu-

pied in bapii/Ang, aflor getting into

tho water, was five and a half minutes

or four per miniilo Four of tlio

writcr'H children, all that aro now ac-

.ounlal>le, WcUovixi and wore bapll/.- d.

Dro J N Hall ono^ and Bro

J U Uall OBCC. W. M. I'uuJK.

OVEU V V m C l P w E MUST i 'ASS.

"Win you aak my pardon ?" said a master to hia servant with whom he ha<l disputed. Tho answer was a sur-ly negative. "Then I will ask yours," Raid his master, knowing thtt some eno must always he tho first to give in, and meeting hissorvant more than ha l fway with forgiveness and peace. What heart could wlth»,tand such a Btep towards roconcillation ? Truly has it been said of forgiveness that thia is a bridge over which wo ail need to pass. I>el us not break it down. A glimnior of light and com-fort came to Martin Luther when the old monk by hia biidsldo read aloud tho solemn words, " I boliovo in the forgiveness of sins" Which of us could stand before tho ao<l of all, did bo not blot out our failures, and dis-miss our trospaises ? I f wo aro feel-ing, concerning any follow-croature, ••1 have suBtaincil a wrong I cannot fArgot or pardon," lot us take the llr' t right atop by naming tli<' name no diihko at tho mercy seat. In the titno of Washington a Christian man Jour-neyed to tho Geuerjil to bcHcocb tho life of a uoighbor, sonlojicod to death. Uo was told his unfortunato Moiul must perish. "Ho Is my worst ono-my," Mid tho intercossor. "Aud have you," askod Washington, "walked sixty miles for your ouemy's sako ? I grant you his pardon." What a re-vcogo was this I—The Quiver,

They that aro in God, being unito<l lo h im through Obrist, can novor by any power be separated from him. Death, that is tho groat dissoivor of all other aniona oivil and natural, ia so far from antylng this, that it oonsu' mates i t ; It convoya Iho soul into tho nearest and fullest enjoy mont of Qod. who lalU life, where it shall not nood to desire as It ware from a dlalanoe: it sbAll bo at tlie aprinj{-head, and •hali bo wiOi tbii lore Ibr^

by tho publloatlon of some s rc«anling crime In I be oitV ar>( uresidonoy of Madras. Tiie tlon of criminals among I be 1

NATURAL rrwi" riAvonb

M O S T P E R F E C T M A D E I>r. rnr...l« Uli nlHrt rnrity, Htf nKth. »rd

JUtriu-.tf, Viuinift, UiiMin, oCe., n»TaKloll«ouav-

pnicc ^INO mvo anil St. Uml*.

B E A U T Y

> ' 4 S k i n 8 « S c a l p

V v - ^ R e s t o r e d

C u T i c U f ^ / y

Nal'liiN'i ifl Hiinwn t-Ho'.'liKo ft'all <7'"' [.arnhlr (.. ihcM•|iliruriUl<«nu«llr« In IIihU parnnii-iniM imi-un,

inHrv.-lMUi i.roporlli'i. of rloimitlnK. »»uHfl l"'lf un.l t„',i • ' • • '•• " " liirlii)r.

t.,>„iilifvliiK till) hkln Hii.l 111 riuliij, tor iirln)r, I I IK I I . urn K. llchlrg. " N ' T I;""V

ilWfiuioH of thoHklii ftnd bchIii «n<l lil()OU wuii

(!iii|oiira.tli<» Kr«J»' kln ("tire. »nil <

frnnN'lt. ,.tU'ri.-.lly. t;.Uici.|» IU>« .Iv;" . Ilic new lIliKMl I'lirlter, liileninlly, nro « tU" euro lor rvorv trinn nf i kin «iiH ni'"'" ItwiW) from rlini'l'') . V ' " ? ' ^ ' ' (• IH.MIKM 'ti-i' i\h»iliit«ly pure, (iml tlm M I I )

I'lf.imhlc skin iMiHiiUnoM RDrt Ulmvl I "'•'"'''7 IH..I.I < r v «lH!r.« I'tlPfr (li'Icnrn «o;, H

»<.lvni>t,»l : Hiiiii«55>. rrcjmna t'v l in li>itti-Urn mmI ciicinniiii < '>.. Iliwtnn, Mnwi.

• Miil for Mow wCiiroHhlii I)Ih.'iu«h

' ilfl III IIOVC.'H •IOWII V >1 I'lR t'lillcunv Ml

.111 n wlillo it'. .'rtp. HANDS

A Proclamation! Dr. I. <Jii3' I..M.N. Fii l lo". ArU...mf>N«-

yrur I lii«<l l»IH«"« fovcriTiiU'« I'lilH worV. UlBhIy lh» ( I llM in., Never ill.l Uiivo It liu|>plrr offort. AHcr « nrnc-t loooruqnor loror t t coiiturjr. riiro-clitim tlifin <li« l»o«»t

A N T I - B I L I O U S inc-iitcliic over UNO«l> i i»lw«y» I'f®* Ncrlbf ilioni."

T i t f s Pills O a i A l l "B iV lo i iH D i H o a s o g .

MlSON & HAMLIN ORGANS. ThoMblnot oiKonwu In.

trmlncnl In Ita proMiit form by Mawrn A Iloinlln In I8S1 Other roitkcra folluvrnl In

mtmmmmmmm^mmmmmmmmmm thp DlimilfnCtlirO (if (llCHO inntnimpiitii, hnt tho Mwon St IlBinlln Orpuin have nlwnya tnnliitnlnc<l thvir rupromacy iw (liu In tho world,

Mniion A llitmlln olTor, cut ildinonctrtitlnn of llin MWOIIIIDIIHI oxcolloncA of tlx.lr (irwn*, th<' fiu-t thnl lit nil of thoL'rvut WorliO Kxhllitlloiiii, i>liici> ttinl iif I'arlii. IDOr, In cimiiHitltliin wlih twat inukcra of iill Kiiiiitrli'O, thiiy hnvo Inviirtalily Inkun thf lilithint iiuuura. Illudrstcit cutnloitiic* frm.

Miuiou A llninlln'a I'lnim HlrlnRfr wiiK IntriKliirt'il liy Ihom In 1683, and bna ticvii PIANOS. iimnoiinr«<l I'ly uxprrtu tlin i tvatcrt tm|iriivciii(iiit In

A CIREWIIWI WI I IW1 I I I . . .H

humlrru pHrchiwcr*, muHlclnio, iinil (iincni, »f>nl, toguthir wUh (Itfoerlpllvocalalomio, In miy applicant.

ritnott Olid OrinuiD Mild fur canb or l uy payuHiiititi nlwi roiitod.

MASON & HAMIIN ORGAN A PIANOCO,

mjfemiit 81., Botlon. 40 E. t4tli 8t.(UalM8qJ,N.V. 149 WibMh Avo.,Oil<»fm

SWBRT IIOU8KI-B.

Ijovo is an alohouiist thattraoan n»-

mnto imisoiiB iuio food.

The olovating e l l 'd " f tho rreoptlon of the truth has boon marked anow by tho publloatlon of some slatistlra

/ . . .. 1.. .1.- ..n., 111 tho

propor-Moham-

meduns Is ralher lo88'"thttn among tho UiniluB, hut when wo urn to Iho native ChrlHllans, tho. dlir.r.<nr« Is nroJigloiis! the ["'rcontagK I"'^''"". inals among Ihcso Is only fin»» third of what it Is among tho Mohau .m^ans , and one fourth as oompare.l with tlio illiuUis. I t \viin>OMe>'n that, merely viewed as a «wlal foro« working lor Iho niaiutenanw of law aud order In India, no man nood look asknntn) at OhiiHlianlly

a.Mxl lo bo RlUlctcd 1 Y<-ff, Iho acid of life llts U8 for tho nweeinoss of Kraco, Joy is all tl.o iloher for hav ng a btokground of sorrow, r^st all Uio more roBiful attor w.ailuess. bin ovon onhauros the beauty of rlghtoouk-noss. Tho worlJ of wrangles, unrest and shame is had, lorribly batl, when studied alono; but Ood nianages to got immonfio goml out ol it ft>r bis Balnts. Batan himself is forced t.» lu-croaso the follolty of the ledoemcd. Tho faro of Jostis Imparts all tiio more chpcr from (ho eiprisuro of tho Tlsago of tho prince of evil. C o m p ^ his kingdom with tho kingdom of GchI If ono would appreciate the goojl antl beautiful. (Jroat tribulation will not bo iogrotted when wo enter the realms of eternal life.

Tho faults of a person Iwiiovod do

not <iuench our love if It t)fl true in

principle. Thoy surprise and may

ovon shook It lor a soasou and breathe

a chill over tho heart with a sense of

hardness, and {wrhaps kindle proud

roiontniont; but the nobler the nature

tho moro transiont aro these effeots.

The lovo which soomod dying or dead

revlvos, and puis its oldtlmo vigor on

afresh. I t lakea tho holm of tho life

again, a lovo porTadwi now by a now

tenderness, tho tenderness of pity, and

armod with a now strength, that of

patience, a wiser lovo and therefore a

moro lasting, bccaueoit rests no longer

in part on an ignorauco which was

also an Illusion. And thoso things are

truo as well of genuine friendship.

Friendship is sirougor for the faults

with which it loarus to bear.

Environment makes tho man. Dring

up a child as Lamb was brought up,

or as young Kuskin, occtirding to his

recent autobiography, was, and you

as Inevitably have a Lamb and a Kus-

kin as you gel wheal from wheat oi

popples from iwppy Beo<l. inherilancO,

another foiirco oflndivlduality, enters

largely into tho ro*ko-op of men, and

the question of rcspondbillly Is large-

ly dependent lor it< solution on that

of herodily. Cireumstanees loo mould

etaracter and shape destiny. Wash-

ington was as munh matlo by tlio Itovo-

lutlon as it was guided and intluonoed

by him. Over and above all Is God ;

and his provldonco is about us ae the

Boa la abont tho ship. W o soora to

take our own course, but It is often

the rovorfl^ and rough-how ourselves

as wo may thfro is a Divinity thai

shapes our oiul, 1» lilni bo our trnst.

In him II i"

Rheumatism ft U an iwtnMUAtwl fdct Ihnt ItoaO'a gii,

napnrUla hiw juovi n mi Invaiiwhis t ta^ til niany sovt'rn erwes «l rtiimmaiUm, ttUri -liiR rcniatKaWo ctirtfs hy Uit iMiwi-frul wtiMi tin corroMlng the acidity of Iho MM , Is tho enuao ol Utc dtMunn, anil imrS^ luul curUliIng tlw vKul fluid.

U if fprtiiMv fnir to uuMttM llwt niDHl's Brtraftpartlla tins Uimo for olhni ti wlU do lor you. TliPrt'torti, It you ngr, ihn pains and iwlioii nt rtiomimlbia, nn tlUa iintoat roiitixly n fair trial

A Positive Cure.

••I xrns trouldud very muihwlUiitmini,, tWm In my lilpa, iinkjon, mid wrUU. ji oould liatdly walk, rind waa cfmllned lo b}!

I liott n K'xxl il"" - (w-oinmciidid to try lloud'n H irsaiuufito, I took lour boltloa mid nni iKrfcetlji irtil, 1 ctlccrluUy rocominiiid llmMVa HiinaiinitlU ns ono ot tho tiest lilooil purlHon In tko wutM." W. F. Wijon, llloomliigton, III

For Twenty Ycart

I HMO bcoT ftflUclPd wllt> rhouni.itUm. Hcfiiw 1 (uuiid no rcllot, liut erow wotK, 1 iht

licgun tjikUiR Hood's Bar»nparlll.i, and it «iij mo moro B«xl sll tho otlicr mfdklwl over tiad." H. T. IULCOM, Bhlrloy. Uan.

" I Buflerod from what tho diKtori wlW muacular rttouraatliint. I took Ilood'i Hm-napiuUla and am enUroly curpd." J. V. riiotmrooT, letter c.mlcr, Chicago, IU.

Wo shall l>o gl®'* to wnd, (too of Th.' tjc to oU wlM) may (lc»lro,BlxH>k c nuvlnlngnaiij iidiUUonal statements ol curi>» t>y

Hood's Sarsapariila B«»ld by all dragplt'i''- ' only by c. I. IW)00 & CO.. Low» U. Um.

1 0 0 D 0 8 0 8 O n o Dollar.

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Four thlngi are necessary toiconstl. (uto a Chrbttan: 1. Faith roak Obrlatian. S. Life provca a Ohrla 8. Tritia oonflrm k Uhrlataln.

orowQi • ObrifUaik

To enjoy good health, aim to always have abundant sleep; Ibis oau gener-ally be aeourod by managoraont, un-leiB you have » crying baby, in whioh oase Dr. Bull'a Cough Byrup will grratly assist. . . . , ..

To equallao the olroulatlon of the blood, subduo nolrvouaneaa and oleanao the »tU>iD, UM L w « l o / i the g i w l

BEST TANNERY CAL 8 K A M L I 8 8 VAMP.

SWXTOMKD W I T H BlUfc

Thw Shoe, are supertor j ; ' i^Jn

Oommon 8«nj«rt»ge. u-

IW iW»»8F IC IAWI rfMiig W i |

l i i l « bftm Wa iball

God lathe whole l l f e e ^

BAPTIST. Htaiul yo In iho wityH. und BOO nud ob I:

THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST, 1835-THE BAPTIST GLEANER, W79^CONSOUMTED JULY 1,1887. Tn aVinlt fln<1 PMlt fOF

— , , , , I , • I '

s T ' " t h c ' ^ r p a t h Z w h l o h aroTbo"good" waya. and wttllc thoroln, and yo "Ym ^nlli rr --,. —i ii— — " — — " —'

.m

Kuuwl^ttlu) l^let()mot)«^ MtMnphll, — .. . —

O U G H T AVOMEN TO I 'HKAt^H?

OIJK blosHod Lord, when ho wuh on oiirih, gavo

no verbal Instruotlons on thin Hiibject. Ilenco

from him wo havo nothing to giil.lo UH but hlH

practice. O f tho twelve who woro oleclcd to bii

his apostles not ono was a woman. Winhlng to

promulgate his doctrines ho said, "AH yo go

preach." But it was addressed to men, not to

women. It was not an ovorHlght tliat women

w o r o n o t appointed to preach. Our Lord made

no mlBtakoH. His doings woro guldod by tho wii-

ilom that Is on high, i io availed himself con-

Btautly of tho sorvices and (ittcutiou» of women

l ie was greatly beloved by thorn llln dignity

aud majesty were so owo-inHpirlng that tho Uoman

guard, when ho elmply Huid " I am ho." recoiled

from his prosonco, ami fell backward to tho

ground; yet his mannerH wore BO genial and so

winning, and hio presence so attructivo, that tho

women and the children gn^hercd closcly and

lovingly around him. TJ io^andest eulogies that

over fell from the lips of tho 8on of tiod were

pronounced on women. It wan of a woman that

ho Bald, "She hath done what she conld." And

that magnificent tribute to her lidclity thrillH hu

man heart-strings to this day, eighteen hundred

years after tho words were utterod. Wan thoro

over so much in so llttleV And think whero it

rjimo from I As tho fragranco of the precious oint-

ment filled tho house so tho fnigrnnco ol her

baautiful story haH filled tho world, an our Lord

declared that it should. Another woman, a dis-

roputablo woman, anointed I i Ih feet with prcciouH

ointment, purchaso.i perhaps with tho proccedB of

her guilt and flhamo, and of her, even ot her, ho

Bald, "She loved much." Oh if tho H.imo word«

f r o m tho same lips were addresBcd to one of U H

would he not faint away in ecstacy of joy I it wftH

of a woman that ho said, "This poor widow h.vt»|

cast In more than thoy all." .luHt an tho awfu

scene of his death was about to CIOBO his last

thoughts of earth woro about a woman, and look-

ing tonderlv on his mother ho bciueathod her to

the beloved disciple. When ho arono from the

dead tho first to whom ho showed himBclf was a

woman ; and ho scut a private mesHngo by her to

his disciples. Ui.t much as ho had to do w th

women aud thoy with him iu not ono infitanco tIKl

ho over commission a woman to prcach.

In ooeaslonal Instauces mentlonod iu tho Bcrip-

turos women havo boon allowed to prophoHy, that

is, to speak by Inspiration, but never as a public

teacher; nor Is thoro a solitary instance on record

in whloh ft miracle has ever boon wrought by a

woman. This dlvino endofsement of a divine

message has boon withhold from her sex, ami not

without Intention. Nor was auy of tho sacrra

books written by a woman. 'I ho Lord made his

own selection of teachers for tiiaukind, and ho so-

lootod men not women. O f course he had a pur-

pose. ,

A fow of tho sayings of inspired women havo

been put on reoord. Thoy form a moRt luoou-

sldorablc part of tho whole; and thoy aro handed

down to us by num. Tho Lord had his reasons.

In the apostolic churches women wore active

workera. Phebo of Cenehroa, a businoss woman,

waa ft auocorer of many, among others of l a u

hlmaelf. Priaclllft was a helper of tho grand

apeatie and theologloal toaohor of Apollos. Mary,

a woman never apoken of but once In the Sorlp-

turea, beatowed much labor on Paul. ^TfyP' '""^

M d Tryphoi» labored in the Lord, and " the be-

l o f t d Partif W w M d muoh in

pMtfMr ftt U9fu,fnum nmt ^ »!»<'•«• ^

not give, ho novertholoBB dolleatoly and tenderly

fllainiB, in beautiful coinpllmont, as his own

mother. How charmingly he Bays " Halutc UufuB^

dioscu 1» the Lord, and his mother, imd m ine ! "

Many other honored women aro inontloned by

name as follow workers with tho apoRtloB, liut

thero is not tho least h i th.it any ono of them

over ftllod tho, oflico of a preacher If thoy hto'd

any oflico at all it was that off dcaconf-ss, though If any of thom woro ordained.ovon for this pur-

POHO no ro«ord of tho fact has oomo to us.

I t is a good tking to doslro tho ollloo of a bishop,

though, in onr view, a blehop is nothing moro

than a pastor. Itut whether moro or not Is for

the present purpose immaterial. Women are for-

over excluded from that oflico by tho doclaratloii

of Paul, speaking by Uio Holy (JhoBt, when ho

Bays that " a bishop must bo a husband." 1 Tiui.

Il l 2 As no woman c^n bo a husband no woinau

can bo a bishop. H uot a bishop then, wo sljould

infer, uot In any lino of promotion which would

lead to the offlce ol a bishop. We do not believe

In what is known as episcopacy, nonsoquontly

among us thero can bo no line which leads to that

which dooB not exist. Hence women, iu our

chnrchoB at least, arc oxcluded altogether tVeuj

tho ministerial oflico. Iu 1 Oor. xi. &-1S there is a paBsago difllcult to

bo nndorstood, iu which women aro Bpokeu of as

prophesying and praying, the meaning seems

to bo that this was dono in public. Hut whatever

it may bo that thoy did it was only a secondary

positiou that they hold, and this would not have

been tho ease with preachers. In four or five

plaoos In the short passage referred to woman Is

spoken of as holding info.lor rank. "1 would

bavo you know," says the apostlo, luKpirod by the

Holy Ghost, " t ha t the head of every man Is

C h r i f l t , and tho head of tho woman is tho_ man.

Again ho gays, " A man is tho Imago and glory of

Ood, but tho woman is tbo glory of tho man.

And awaln, " T h o man Is not of tho woman, but

the woman i« of tho man." Tho same thing is ro-

T,oated In BubBtanco two or thrco times tnore in

the Bucceeding vorsns. Then comes that inoxpll-

oahlo passage, i . which ho says, " Fo r this cause

ouKht tho woman to havo power ou her head, be-

cause of the angels." The New Version however

suggests tho moaning to bo that tho woman Bhou d

bo under authority. It is putt ing a great s t r^u

on this whole chapter to mako it moati hat women

w o In the habit of preaching in I aul's time ;

but It Is manifest enough for a child to see tha

the apoBtlo is giving diroctlons to ^ m o n about

porsonal behavior, and equally manifest tha ho

C ' a k H t o t h e m a s being In Bubordinate position

ttud not as loadorB. , . i „„ jmt if thlB passage Ib hard to undorHtaiid, as

P o t o r says iB tho caBO with some other of l at.l «

w r i t i n g s , we readily turn to ono which is easy

and i t is always wise to interpret tho obscure by

" o obvious. In 1 Cor. xlv. fia, »4 tho apostlo,

nnder Iho lufiuence of tho Holy Ghost w r o t o

Z s o words: " l ^ t your women keep sileneo In

t o churches; for It li, uot pertnlltod unto thom

to Bpoak. . . A n d If thoy will learn " ' f ltlng ot

thom ask their husbands at homo; for t Is ft

Biamo for women to speak In tho ohuroh.' Can

bn anv doubt as to what this moans? Can

tk . t womoli . t e not ov»li iJlo«r.d to . . k for liifor-

note the words of tho apostlo whloh follow: " I f

auy man think himself to l)o a prophet or splrltiial

lot him acknowledge that tho things that I wylto

uuto you aro tho commaudmouts of the Lord."

Ho had juflt Ba l d , " Ut y o u r women koop allenw

l „ tbn oburohos," and. lu the worda Juat quoted,

ho glTos almighty emphasis to It by saylnf IhU la

tho comn-audmeut of tho Lord. Tbo samo p »-

oept Is glTon with equal plaluness oliowhere. I n

1 Tim. II. 11-14 tho apostle eays: " Lo t the women

loarn lii Bileuco with all subJecUon But I suffer

not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority

over the man, but to bo in silence." I f there h ^

been any women preachers In thoso dayi wouM

thoy not have boon sllencod by thoso stern worda

of tho apostlo ? Imagiuo a woman like one of our

modern oratorossoB standing barofaoed before tho

groat assembly, stamping her little foot, w d

wildly gesticulating at the grand old apoiUe, niU

as ho was of the Holy Ghost, and ftssurlug him In

full screum, on tho highest key of tho gamut^ that

ho was mistaken I Could anyihlug possibly bo

more rodiculous? The apostlo gives two reasons for this posltlvo

injunction. Ho says, " Fo r Adam was flrat formed

and then Kve." This may seem to aotoe t« be ft

very insufliciwit reason, but, unfortunately tor

thorn, tho apostle does not agree with them. Ho

thouglit it was sufllclout, and sech was the jnlna

of tho Hpirlt, uudor whoaa bespoke. HoevIdenUy

means to teach that priority In creation in thia

case implies precodeuce in rank; that In no oe«e

whatever Is woman to bo tho loader; that Jt w m

Intended, from tho beginning, that she WM not in

anything to ho tho chief but In everything only

an aooomi.animeut; that she was made for »

.oooudary place, and that she Is therefore by

nature fit for no other. And ail this being appl ed

to tho matter In hand ko says, " I sulfer not a

woman to teach."

The second reason given by tho apostlo l i that

"Adam was not deceived, but tho woman being

deceived was in the transgression." Wh»t J i aa

this to do with it? ono may ask. I t rauat hftVo

something to do with it or tho apostlo would not

havo said it Tho reason Why a woman la not ftl-

lowed to preach dates baok to the beginning of

the world, whon thoro was only one woman in it.

Tho apostlo goes to the root of the m»t ter .^Ho

clearly means that tho « d

shovs that there Is a weakness in woman w h l A

there Is not In man, and^ that this

runs through all her rolatloiu

consequently she Is not qualified for P " ^ ^

posltl iu. and hence he says,

to teach." Teaohlug, that Is, preaching, U the

hightst function: that « n ^ ^ ^ ^

man being in this world. I t ought therefore to

bo doim only by thoso who aro made in the Imftge

of God and uot In the Imago of man , -made to

load, to rule, and to bo masters of " " j W l o a .

Man wa . made first then Eve. Adam waa not de-

colvodi tho womdu was,

Whether or not these reasons are sfttiafaoto^

to us Is ft small matter. Thoy are

lufiulto Wisdom, and thftt dooldos tho

Hut having forever exoludod women from tho

gaerod offloo tho apostlo nevortboleaa hM aome

klud words for tho sox, ftnd graoions promliea.

I f women are not treoa of tho Lord'a planting

thoy are nevertheloss his vlnea, not iudepondent

but clinging, boautlfnl vine., ^

mothera of ftU l l t lng , well oompwed to

glftddep tho beir t ot man, t nd O i tnw ' i own o f »%

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The w r i t e r (laniiot Iity tiHido IiIn pini wi t l iont (iiltliug un rccord IiIh own tTibiitn to thu iiilluciico of woman. Tho best thoAloKlcal tuaobor lio over

' had wa« a woman, —hia njotlior. Tlio tonchlnga of bis tender f oa ra arc wort l i moro than all tha t ho h a i a a q u l r o d tinoo. Ho ^wn wi th t l ruwn f r o m tho bar and pu t in ihu pulpH by n hlglier powor than humau he h o p o i ; b u t U wa« by titn intluoiioo uf a woman. The Lord gavo, nud tho Lord took awuy. It loomed to bo needful thnt sho Hliould dio tha t u proAooer ou t of plaoe Hhotiid be won fruin the wor ld and p u t In hl i p roper sphere. She k«vo up her gent le b rea th two«coro yenrH (iu[o and m o r o ; but It i i hor Ditnlntry Htiil to apenk throuf^h un-o thor ' i Hps, and she whinper« throuj fh thoRo vury liu«H, UlONiod bo tho nnine of the l .ord ! Index.

" ' ' T i l E I'I!!NALTY O F 61 N. WIIA-T IS I T ? IIV A. i. FH08T, I) l>, NAN 11A UN A UDI Ntl, ' A L.

N(i. vni.

MO S T Annimiat lonii t^ hold to day that tho penalty for Hln Is anllorinK and annihi la t ion.

Thla loads U8 to tho Hocond proponitlon, which wo donjr, viz., that tho penalty for bIii Id RuflorioK and annihilation.

1. All Annlhl la t lonhts admil that fu tu re punUh-innnt Is everlasting.

Wo read of evorlastinK pnni»hmoii*. Now If tho penalty of sin ia everlast ing punich

mcttt, and evorlaiiting punixhtiiont conRifts of suffering and annihilai ion ihoH cvorlastiut; punish-ment Is overlasting auHbring and overlaHting annihilation.

It Is everlasting misery and tho cvorlasting annihilation of misery. It Ib ovoriasUng ill-b.'ing and everlasting non-boing I It is overlasting noiuo thing and OToriasting nothing, which is ovorlsst lng nonsense 11

Bverlas t lng existonco in sutreriHg and avorlast-ing nou-existence are s ta lwar t contradictious in terma. And yet this mus t bo tho caso if tho ponalty of sin Is suffering and annihiUtion. T h o moment j o n pa t tho word everlast ing >>rforo puniBlim:nt and then mako punishmont to consist of sut lor ing and annihi lat ion, tho fallacy bocomos apparent , tho reduotio ad abiurdum is simply astounding.

S. But tho fallacy of their apguniont, if such it can be called, may be soon in another way. All Anolbilatloulsts maintain that tho wicked will bo raised In mortal bodies, and that soul and body will then be cast into flro and utterly destroyed forever.

In other words mortal souls in mortal bodiM are the objects of UoHtrution or aunihl lat ion, and literal hell flro is tho agent of dostruct ian. There are several objections to thi^ theory.

(a) How do thoy know th at 'ho wickod will bo railed with mortal souls and mortal bodies? Where U tho Soriptnro for this? This is tho ve ry thing l o b e proved, and to assumo it ia to beg tho whole question.

(b) If literal flro Is to doafray body and soul, tha t i t aanihllat« them forovor, what ovldonco have wo that the future mortal body will ondnro any moro pain than the present mortal body ?

If t he f u t o r e mortal body can onduro no moro and suffer no longer than tho prosent mortal body then what becomes of tho theory that tho eufloriug before annlhliat l*u will bo In proport ion to tho goIU of thq sinnor ? For we are to boar in m i n d that moit wr i ters on annihilat ion conleuif t h i t tho penalty for sin l i doath, by which thoy mean, total eztlnotion of being w i th tho RUfTorings lu holl-flre preceding or a t tending suuh oblivion.

We are not aware that ono mortal body will •nfler longer than another lu tho dovourlng olo-ments, nor are wo convincod Ihnt a greater sinnor will endure more anguish than ono loss guilty, In the Arcs of perdition.

The AnnibllatlonlHls have had to abandon tho theory that tho penalty of sin Is annihilation with-out nfferlng, because If all slunorn woro thus traatad ezaotly alike, thoro could bo no adaptation of penalty to orinie.

Hot the aame objection may bo urged against tha thoory that tho penalty of alu is su ITorlng and MMtUlUftUOD.

T H E BAIPTIST. If tho Hulferlng is by flro as an agont, wo aro not

able to soo how ono sinner can nnduro any moro than anothor, honco thare 11 no mora gradat ion of ponalty to crimo in tho sutroring par t oftUo penalty than in tho annihi lat ion part , and elnco thoro is no gradation in olthor part wo fall to soo how slnnors , am rowardod a c w r ling to deeds done In tlio body

I t would lio a relloctlon upo'i divine Jus'ico, to treat sinnorfi of evory grado cxio t lv a l ike ; and vot they aro ho treated, if tho ponalty for f in is hu llor-Ing and aMiiihilation, since it is no moro pa infu l for ouo loan to Buller annihi la t ion by ilro than an-other. IC t h e n Ib any diH'ciTiiico tho oiiO least guilty will fu l le r more in bin mind at least that ho should endure thf very same physieal to r 'n ro as tho one who is fa r luoro deserving ofsuf lo i ing than liimjoif. Is ono sinner any n n r o Honiitivo to tho llroH of hell than anothor? Does It require any more tiin i for the groatesl of sinuers to bo ut ter ly couBUuu'd by flro than it does for the least of sinners ?

If not, wo Shk again what bocomos of tho doc-trine tha t Bullering boforo annihi la t ion will bo in proportion to gu i l t ?

(c) Hut suppose wo admil ( i r tho mko of argu-ment that there is a gradat ion according to character in t io sutl'ering wliicli prccodes annihi la-tion, there still remit i is a f i t a l falUcy in tho stato-ment that sutloring and annihilat ion aro tho penally for sin. The fallacy l iei in tho falso ttssuinption that piiiiishnjont la reiuRdiai and re-generative. If a sinnor is too guilt / to l>o annihi la-ted without suderintf, then ho deaorves to sulFor be-fore ho is annihi la ted. But if ho over becomes worthy of annihilat ion it is bccauna of his suffer-ing boloro annihilat ion, and hence snfroring renders him loss guilty of sin and moro wor thy of total extinction of bai.'ii^. I t i o ' h o r \v)rd4 Bud'er ing Is rogonoritivo. But if su l lVuig make h man less guil tv why not mako him sutler till ho is innoconl ? If suffering make hini innocent, why should Ood annihilato an innocent m a n ? Why not admit tho innocent transgrossor into lioavon ?

Why may not hell cn ip t / itself into hoa7en and the fires of perdition acconiphish what tho blood of Chris t failed to etisct, vix., the universal restora tion of all men ?

Such f;ousf(]uoncos logically follow tho statement that sufler ing destroys guil t and so renders the culpri t wor thy of annihi lat ion.

3. Wo call at tent ion to another f j l s e assumption in tho s ta tement that tho penalty for sin is sulfer-Ing and annihi la t ion. iJody and soul aro "cas t inta tho lake of fire, which is tho second doath ," and thoro thoy are said to bo " ut ter ly consumed for-ovor." " T h e y shall bo as if they wore not ." I t is assumed that tho pr incipal par t of suffering is physical, — that the suH'erings of the botiy mako satisfaction for tho s ins of tho soul. This is puro assumption.

Hut suppose wo admi t tha t tho sufforing of tho 3oul is tho principal part, that remorso of conscionco is tho w o r m tha t novor dioth and tho flro t ha t Is not quenched, ovon thou tho pun i shment mus t bo romodial or regohorativo if tho ponalty for sin Is sufTorlng and ann ih i l a t ion ; for If a sinnor is so gui l ty as to bo unwor thy of annihiladMi at tho first then rcniorso of conscionco must havo a ton-douoy to mako him wor thy of annihi la t ion. If mental suiroring lias no such tondoncy however then must ho suHer forever boforo ho bocomos wor thy of total des t ruct ion. I t mat ters not whothor tho suirdrlug bo physical or mental If tho sinnor is not wor thy of annihi la t ion at tho first ho novor will bo wor thy , uhIosb suffering toi^ds to losson guil t . Bu t whe re does tho Bible tell us that suffor ing lessens gu i l t ? W h o will Inform us that lost s inners and fallon angola aro booomhiK hotter ? for ovon n o w are thoy suffering tho flros ol a gui l ty consolonee. Whore has God told us that hell wil l u l t imate ly consume the guil t of tho lost and booomo n paradise rogalnod ? Yet such must be tho ease if su fl'oring lessens guilt , and renders tho lost worthy of total exllnotlon of being. If i t Is unjuit <0 annlhllafo tho sinnor at first it will al-ways be unjust to annihilato him, unless he be-oouos lesi guilty. Uenoe the ptualty fpr atn mn*

not bo suffer ing and annih i la t ion , Iweausfl the lo«t Houl ciiM novor bocomo wor thy of suoh a coNsatliiu of sufl'dring.

4 T h e fallacy of m a k i n g suflbr lng and auni-hllation tho ponaltv for sin m a y bo still fu r ther apparen t by ana lyz ing tho pena l ty , so called, into lis oomponont par ts . Thero aro two parts , tho suf fer ing par t and tho annih i la t ion i>art, Biit wo havo a l ready shown, in a var ie ty of ways, that annini la t ion , in tho vory na tu re of things, cannot bo pniilshmont, sinco it contains nono of tho olo* monts of punidhmont. Wo bollovo It to bo abso-lut"ly impossibirt ovon for an Annihi lat lonist to couceivo of sufloring aud annihi lat ion as the |)onalty for sin, unless ho Is abin t i concoivo of suH'jriiig and tho ccsssMon of sufler ing as ono and tho name th ing . If suflering is ouo par t of tho penalty and annihi ia t iou is tho othdr part thou su l l j r l ng is ono part and tho cesaalion of sufloring tho other part . No ono will deny the axiom that tho whole is equal to tho sum of all its par ts . Now if tho whole ponalty for sin is sufler-ing and annihi la t ion thon suH'ering and annihil-ation are tho component parts of the whole penalty of sin. But Bince annihi la t ion of the suflerer is also tho annihi lat ion of tho sull'erliig tho second part of Hie penalty is reduced to zoro, leaving nothing but 8uH.jrlng as tho penalty for sin. Buf-fering is to the cosnation of suffer ing aa something is to noth ing or infinity to zero. But infinity and zero aro not par ts of a whole, and, as aero ia no par t of infinity, annihilation Is no par t of tho eter-nal punishment of sin.

No mat te r how shoi t tho du ra t i on of sullorlng before annihilat ion it is Inflnitoly moro than anni-hiiatiou itself, which is tho torminal ion of all suf-fering. Henco tho suffer ing par t of tho penalty is infinitely greater than tho annihi la t ion par t .

If an Annihi la t lonis t woro cast info " tho iako of flro and br imstone, which is tho socond dea th ," would ho not ins tant ly pray for ann ih i l a t i on? Would he not regard such a te rmina t ion of all his misery not as a curso but an Infinite b less ing? not an extinction to bo dreaded but most ardent ly desired ?

W h a t kind of a penalty is tha t whero tho tlrst par t is a curso and tho second par t is a blessing? whore tho socond par t annih i la tes tho first part, aud thus reduces the whole to v i r tua l ly no penalty ?

Terbaps It may bo said tha t there is not only suaer ing before annihi la t ion bu t tha t annihi la t ion itself is a pa infu l procoss, and thus penal in its nature . If so then it is the suffer ing In the procoss of annihi la t ion t h a t is penal and not tho annihil-at ion. But annihi la t ion itself is not a process in-volving time, sinco it is instantaneous.

An object cannot be partly annihilatotl . It is aunlhilatod or It is not annihi lated, It oxists or it does not exist, i t Is or it Is not.

If annihi lat ion is Ins tantaneous then thero Is no Buffering in annihi la t ion Itsolf, for thoro is no th ing to suffering. If annihi lat ion Is tho second par t of tho penalty for sin. If it Is an Inaict lon of G o d ' s wrath , no man can suffer that Inllictl&n UMtll a f t e r It has boon inflicted, and henco no m a n can suffor annihi la t ion unt i l a f te r be has beon annihilatoil I Th i s Is tho only conceivable mode of ovorlastin ; pun i shmont if annihi la t ion bo tho penalty for s in , tha t tho sinnor shall suffer tho Infliotlou of ever-lasting annihi la t ion a f t e r he has been annlhilafod But since he dons not exist a f t e r ho has boon an-nlh l la todl t l s d l fUmlt to soo h o w ho can suffor tho penal Infliction of annihi la t ion forovor and ovor, or everlast ing punishmont .

(TO HE rONTINUBD.)

A U K A N 8 A 8 B A P n s r C O K V E N r i O N

T UE Arkansas Baptist Convention will meot with tho UorrlltoB ohuroh on the third of Novoni-

ber. Wo are expooting and deairo a full delega-tion, and wish to ftirnlsh all with honrns, and mako their stay with us pleasant. All expecting to eomo will confer ^ favor upon us by forwarding at an early day tbdr names, and slating how they expcot to como, whether bv railroad or l»|y private oooTUfftnce. Addrea i J . i t H k r l l i to r r i l ton , A r k .

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U N H Y ABSOOIATION. 1 \ I « A U BUO. U U A V K B f - U y tho holp of the L / Iy)rd I have been perroitted to meot wi th tho Uni ty Association onco moro Ibis sldo of doath. I enjoyed it great ly .

By ten o'clock a. in., on tho sevonth of Beptom-l,er old Friendship ohuroh was crowded to over-flowing to hoar tho opening sormon, which was preached by our woll be'ovcd Bro. W. J . Hodges. I l ls text was tho tonfh vorso of tho first chapter of First Corinthians : "Now I bosrocli you, bruthron, by tho name of our Lord .losus Chris t , that yo all speak tho same ti l ing, a n d that thoro ho no di-visions among you ; bu t tl.al ye bo perfectly joined together in tho s»mo mind, and lu tho canio judg-ment." Tho sermon was practical, Scriptural , In-structivo and grand. . , , „ ,

In tho organization of this, the thir t ieth anni-v o r e a r y n f t h i s b m l y , wo honored him by electing him modera tor . And I tiiink it was proper that ho should thus be honored in the midst of the peo-ple where he was brouKht up, and whero iio has Bpent the best days of bia life in the ministry. Thoro was a fair roprcspntation f rom tho .hurches. The churchra had pledged and paid about two hundred dollara for State nilasiouH sinco our ineot-iiig ono year ago.

In consf (,ucnce of my feeble condition, by mutual consent, Bro. . I H Moody preacbcd tho annual miss ionary sermon. It was one anvoug the liest I have heard. A collection was taken. I did not learn tho amount .

I as ch la rman of comiidttce, n ad a report on edu 'cation, which was adopted wi thout a speech .Kainst i t . In said report, it was act forth that, as a . lenomlnat ion, we have schools which have no superior in this Staio, and that wo are in duty iwund to patronize them in preference to others not our o w n . For our . laughters, we recommended the Brownsvil le Female CoUcgn and the Mary Sharp, and for our sons, tho Southwestern Baptist Univers i ty .

I also read a rep >rt on ministerial education, which was adopted. In it we urged tho churches composing this Assccistion to raise funds and for-ward thom to I ' lof. G W Jarn ian , Jackson, Tenn., t reasurer of the Board of Ministerial Kdncation, to help pay the board of our young miidaters who may at tend the present Heasion at .Jackson. By permission, I took the floor and accurcd in pledges and money, between tifiy and sixty dollars for that purpose. I admonished all the paatora present to go boforo th. Ir churches and do likowiso. If t'.oy will p ray ing God to help them,thoro will bo much done for the relief of onr poor boys who aro strug-g l l n g s o b a r d t o g c t a n oduca' ion that thoy may Klorify their Master . If the churches wdl respond to this call as they ought , how it would cheer ho hearts of our young miniaters and gladden tho hearts of our over burdened Board, who havo la-bored, sacriflcea and prayed for th is cause, unceas-ingly, n igh t and day for years. Lord, help us

" T h e Association will m o d next year at Cranes-vllle, Tonn., H a r d e m a n county, ten | miles east of Bolivar, on I d road). Bro . Graves has an invltati >n to come, and I will, (D.V.) 100 t h a t you havo transi>ortatlon free,

from Bolivar to tho placo. My health is gradual ly i m p r o v i n u I Inl^^I

will be raysoif by Chr is tmas , if no new allliction ^ m e s . I am so glad to hear of your Improvo-

" t h r B a p t i s t , a lways good, is bettor than ovor before, and wi th tho propnsed Improvemonts n If mcchanlcal mako up. It will bo all tha eye or heart canwlHh. U o d b l o s s y o u . Vour

Pine Top, Tonn., Bopt. 12, l»H7.

U E K N E W I T . A T a m e e t l u g o f t h e o n i c e r s o f a corlaln ohiiroh

A tor the reception of new members, ono ca idl-d a t e after another passed the usual examination, nnlil all had been reoelvcd and had withdrawn. A l)oy o l tM years of age bad been sitting near the

i w i T b o y o f a t u d i o i . . baWU Md good

T H E B A P y a T . charac ter ; prompt a t Bunday-sohool, and a t tm t l vo at c h u r c h ; but It was not khown tha i he folt aoy special Interest as to his own personal salvation. I t was nafurii l therefore, that thoro phould bo somo hesitation as to tha rooopt'on of one sd young, and of whoso religious oxporlonce thoy had so lUtlo knowledge.

Ho came forward howovnr, and tho examinat ion began. I t wont on. Tho boy clearly nar ra ted i t h o ciroumstancos under which ho had been awakened to a Bonso of his guilt, aud lotl to feel Ms need of Christ as a Savior. Thpn c imo tho question, "Wha t did you do when you folt yourself to l)0 so groat a s innor?" Aud tho oy.n of iho examiners brigbtonod as ho an*wcro.l ,"I Just wont to Josus aud told him how sinful I was, and how sorry I was, and asked him to forgivo and save me." But (ho next answer brought tho nhadow to thoir faces, for as tho pastor a^ked, ' And do you hope tha i at that t ime Jesus hoard you, and forgave your s ins?" Ho answered promptly, " I don' t only hope so, sir, I know ho did." Thoro wa^ a conlldonco In Iho tone with which the word know was uttered, that startled tho hearori.. Tho oldest of them raised his glasses and looked into the lace of tho littlo candidate, and sa id ."Y. .u say you know that Jeans forgave your s ins?" "Yes, air," was tlio answer "You mean, my son, that you hope Josus baa p a r doncd your alns." " I hope ho has, and I know it too," wi th a br ight smilo on his manly faco. " H o w do vou know it my son ?" every eye boiug intent upon tho little follow. "He said ho would" an^ swercd the boy. "Ho said hs would do w h a t ? ' "Ho said that if I confcised my siui , h<5 was faith' ful and just , and would forgivo t h e m ; and I dh

confeas thom to him, and I know ho forgave tliem because ho «ald ho would "

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A M I S T A K E N I D E A .

ONE of tho commonest mistakes ma le by a Chr i s tian who has a measure of r e g i r d for his ropu-

tatioii and intluence. is in th ink ing tha t it is somo-what safer for h im to r e l i x from a high s tandard in moral practices away f rom home than at h o m e Thero aro men and women who would not uso wine on their own tabia at homo, or In tho social circles of their own communi ty , and who would think it unwlso, if not wrong, for thom to attend tho theater or opera in the city wliero thoy liv.', who feel free to hso wino on an ocean stoamor, or i„ a hotel a l ) ro» . i , - "whero everybody uses 1 ; and who venture on juat ono evening or so at tho ( h e a t e r In f^ondon, or at tl%o opera In Par is or in

Vienna, " just to see a first clasa actor for onco, or '•just to hear the music, and to look . t tho bui ld ing you know." Now, if these persons woro awaro how sure the report of that depar tu re of thoira f rom their ordinary practicoa is to be in freo circu-lation lu tiiolr church and In their communi ty within, say ten days of their re turn f rom abroad (if indeed, it h^a not reached tlioir homes before thom) and how certain it is to lower their repu ta -tion for conaiHency and sincerity ampug thoso whoso good opinion thoy value, thoy would bo likiiiy to come to tho conclusion tliat If, wino-di l i ik ing and going to tho t l ieat i r or opera aro commondablo practices, tho Chris t ian who indulgos in thom would do bettor to bo open In tha t in-dulgence at home, than to mako an oxceptlon in their favor away f rom homo. In many a church there aro thoB" w h o count thnmaoivos examples of Chris t ian conduct at liom who suflor ovon n their bost Chr is t ian Inftuonco all through tho win te r bocauso of tho reports of their pursuing a dlfleront course f rom their homo practice while abroad du r ing tho summer . If a j j worth rotalnlng at home, It muH not bo risked carelessly away f rom homo ^Exthimgo.

U E S O L U T I O S B . Mrs. Blixa A. WaUon died a t hor ' lomalt i ^ j r s '

b u r g , Tonn., on the second day of Octoho , 1887, bol i igs lx ty . f lvo years old. 8ho uni ted with tho i l p t l s t church lu Dyersburg , and was baptl .od by m& Joseph H . Borum, about twenty years ago, Z S m long aflllcUow wHU Chris t ian r e s ^ nation. BhowMOpeof tho first membenof th.

Dyersburg Baptist A W Asmwlatloii.:!. 8h« was a lovely Chr is t ian oxainpla to o a r Bwlety. 7

Whereas , tho great Kuior of tbo univerM haa in -hlB Infinite wisdom romived from our mldstt our beloved f r iend and sistor, Bllisa 0 . Watson, a n ^ -

Whereas, the Int imate relations held by b « Willi tho mombors of our Soolety, make i t fitting tbat w « record our appreciation of her, therofora,—

Uosolvml, tha t In tho death of BUtar Watson our. Society has lost a zealous andefl lclent member, t b w ^ j , ^ church an earnest worker, aud the removallof h « f | j from our midst loaves a vacancy that will bo deeply -rl, realized by all our mombors. =

T h a t wo tender her bcroavod children our sineero sympathy in their »nilction, and reoomniond them to tho Groat Physician, who alone can heal their sorrow. . i t

Tha t theso resolutions bo spread on tha minutes , of our Association, that a copy bo sent her children," and a copy bo sent Tiiic BA»-ri8T for publication.

Mus .U . H. BuKKni, MKH C. M. UNUKBWOOI), Mus J L. Doti ,b: ^

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OUU HEAVIEST CU86E. HE growth of tho saloon power Is tho heaviest curso that atlllc's this country, morally, socially

and iwl l t l ca l ly . Wo use tho words deliberately. a Onco on a time it was said "money i s the root of all evil." To day In tho Uni ted States tho m m trafllc is tko source of throe fourths, perha«»8 more, of the prevalent crimo and misery. ThU is not the o x a g g o r a t i o n o f a n y prohibi t ion fanatic. I t Is a

solemn fact. Not merely tho wealth, but the man-hood and morals also of tho conamunlty, especially in largo cltlos,ar0bolng stoadlly sapped by t b e r m -p l r o o f the saloon. A n y Intelligent man Who walks through our populous streets at night, or who spends an hour lu ono of our police conrU next morning, must bid a forvont God-speed to the crusade against tho saloon. Tho evil is so glaring, so l i gan t i c and aggrosslvo tha t no argnment ought to bo ^cool.^ary to ita condemnation. It Is a male-diction always operative, and always gathering new stroi 'gth a^ It preys on tho vltalUy of the land. —y. y. Ornpkic

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T K E 8 0 L U T 1 0 N 8 .

•>11E fwllowlng preamble and resolutions were i passod by Egypt church, three miles nor th of Ra 'e igh, Tenn., on the first Sa turday In September, 1887

Whereas, Our belovotl pastor, T - W . Young, hav-ing served us faitiifully for two years, and ^ W doBlrcs to attend the Seminary at LouiivlIIe, Ky. ,

'^^^lU'solvcd, That wo sincer'.y regret that our be-loved and rfUclont pastor has to leave us. That wo rccommend him t> any church or communltf with whom ho may cnsl h i s lot, as being an ablo miidsler and a Christian gontloman.

Resolved, Tha t wo tender blm our thanks for pael services, and ollor our prayers for his future happiness and usifulncss.

iPBnlvcd That a ropy of thosn r e a o l u t l o n s ^ , ^on to 1 K. Ba t , 8 T for publication, and that the J |

be requested t a ^ p M h ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

B E C U E A T I O N . ' r i l E R E iH little doubt t ha t men, eipecially p r o . 1 fesslonal rnen, do not give themaelves sufl ldent var ie ty of accupation. Var ie ty itself is rt-cieatlon. Ssmcn'os. of work (or a long time, wi th lltUe o r ^ ^

breaks Sicroathmof some kind Is Jus t w b a ^ e

a h i i o r a t l n g work, cannot be bortf t i l , btnefiolftl.—

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T S E BAPTIST. fA f ^

OUR KUiUIDA hKlTKU.

KY R. II. MODIIIK.

DB A R B R O . GRAVEBt- In a r tcont Isbuo of

T h s BArriHT you rrquont mo to write a letter

fbryour Wider8 from Florida, tolllnK the present

rallgloua outlook of tho State, unit if libernlism Ib not the provalling Bontlinoiit, aUa you ask : What

•boat sohoola, Daptist schools, that 80 Intoroiitod

mo a few years Rgo 7

1. You aik for tbo rollKlous outlook ? Well, tho

belt way to got a good outlook U to tako a high

point of tIow. SO go with iuo uow liai:k to Capi-

tol i l l l l , Tallahassoo. where you Kpoiit a wook with

me delivering your llvt) Ircttirofl on "Tho Church

and Ita Grdlnaucos," In 18S0. f.noii yours aao. By

the way, seven is tho porfo -i muuhor, a roit poi io 1,

and more, a proper porlod for un to praise ami tako

a retroipcotlvo view of tho Haiti, ami uoto what

wondera Ood hath wrou){t<< in ono week of years

Tour readers will ruunMiitmr t:io fpciiuuiii lottom

I wrotfl ftrom TallahaHtwo iluring tho yoarn of '7H

and TO. Threatened couniiuptlon iiail driven nm

and my wife from Loait>vllln, Ky., In .launary 1878.

We found au old dilaptdalcd htipl>i«t uhurcb there

In Tallahaiiioe that had been umciI unly a i a hoi-

pllal by both armies, or a:; n dancu Iiouso, mIiico thri

war. But as I had llvo.l in T Ul I'um.'o liofuro the

war, and hail now of nocessity oomo t > ITlociila to

itay,the spirit of McCorulck tucni vl to pt)HS06B mo,

ami finding two or three Baptists tiie.-o, Ho.-j. Wal-

ter Owynn and wife, and an oKl maidou alator, Misi

Smith, all met the flrst Sunday after our arrival,or-

ganlied a Sunday-school, and tho motto of tho ilrst

leMon (International) wo had tlmt day was: "Joash

waa minded to repair tho hou?o ot tho ijord,"aud so

were we, and so we did, for Gad was with ub, as I

n l d In^my letters, thou wo a^ked for t'rcat things,

and he sent us tho help wo noudod

The lamonted Bro. Nimrod Long and wifa of

RosMlviile, Ky., visltod itsi the next week. II9

|[aTe na tho money, |26 (X) 10 replace a broken pU

lar, which now stands a momuinnt, saorud to

hla memory, for tliU wai tho flrst coiUrlbutio'i 10 repair and strengthen tho thingx that rcuulned,

after the war. Oorernor Draw thou g%va ui ihs

paint (fifty cents,) and soon tho old lUplUt church

hoase was glUtonlng whit) i . i Iho ptiro huh llfbk. Your roaders all romombcr that I inrokud

the sympathy of tho Itap^int brr)lhornii7d, and

Home Mission Board for the only capital uf a

Sonthern State without u naptUt church, for wo

thonghtand said, if wo would rcpilr, ro-bulld, and

re-organlio tho Baptist Assoclatious of Florida lulo

• general Association, or a State Conrontlon, wo

aboald "beiciu at Jarusatem," tho capital. So Bro.

Gwynn and I voted unaniinoualy (for wo were all)

to Invite tho churohes and AsuocUtious to seud dele-

gate* (?)I dou't like tho word delegate, but ines-

senget or representative, to organize a Bipti it State

OonveaMonXnow I would say re-orgaulso tbo State

Convention, if Indeed there had over oxUted a

dtfaoto State Oonvontion. Some say tho Florida

Convention la eomo forty years old, (7) but if thero

existed a perfooted orgaiilrallon of tho kind before

the war, or during the war they ntver did auy-

thlng that history has noted, cxcept an effort on

tbe part of two to a half doeun good brsthrou to efloct

tn organisation, but they failed to acooinplish it,

evea after repeated eObrts).

Tbo first session o( tho present State orgauiza-

iloit of tbo Florida Baptists mot with tho little

obareb In Tailebassee.in July,1871). Six ineisangors

• I d alx dollars wore sent. It was my ploasnra and

pride to make tho address of weleomo to theso six

•eedy looking, but sound Biptist representativoa

from different parts of tho Stito, and half aa many

Tlaltote, (Breth. Vason, Chadoin, Batley andOiond

of Georgia), and tho Florida hglslaturo, Governor

and cabinet aa apeotators. Rising to my full hight

(between six or aevan foot) I assured theao brethren

that they all would bo proved some day aoou, for

"Ood ohooiea the weak to confound tbo mighty," !

•aid that the "day of amail things must not bo do

•plaed," that "two can put ton, and ton a thousand

to flight, If the Lord of hoata lead In tbo fight," and

lbs SuttedlgBltarieapreiint wore reminded (bat

g iMt^ t loatitntlona that the world over ikw

had the amallost mustard aeod beginnings. And

as! said to Ihout as sure as the little oompany of

twelve poor fishermeb that onee wandered along

the ahorei of tho sea of Qalilao, had nmlor thoir

omnipotent loader grown for 1800 years against all

opposition, so would this iitlio company of half

that nnmbor grow, and prosier, for wo wsro of the

same "faith and order," and had tho samA leader!

Now let us lookout aud see tliO present outlook

from that slauilpoint. Before I hat Uonvoiitioii ad-

journed Bro. Gwyun and I voted unanimously

a^ain to Invite tho Florida lUptlst B»ato Conven-

tion to moot with again ono year from tliat dato-

Tho following May I wont to tho Sfjulheru Baptist

(Convention Kt Atlanta. FlorlJu wkx then entitled

only to two dolcgatin In thathoiiy. N j w to about

forty two I All pralso to our loader! You ri>

nioiubor, Bro. Gravos, that at tint lunoti m in At-

lanta you proruised mo to attend tho next HUdsion ot

our State Convention at Tallohaaia. And though

you had to leave your weeping wifo at tho gravoof

a preoioufl deail bab<\ in order to kocp your promise

you oame on time, Nur did you sound a trumpet

before yon, as tho bypocrltofl do, publishing that

you hatl taken np such 0 cross to moot an engage-

ment to assist In laying the c-Trucr stone as It were

under a superatrncturo to oulightMi in a needy

Stato tho many tliousaudH whoie f ot were already

torned tbltliorward ; but only told uh privately at

the end of a week, when we would delftln you

longer that you muit hasten back to your bereaved

ones.

At this Rccond Convention the tlrat stop" were

taken toward mUsionary aud eJuoatlonal enter

prises. Now, theso 8to|)3 have boon (jnick Htops,

long steps, anil high stcp^, for wo looked high, aud

alinwi high, and under (»od tho i-'lorida iUptUts

have attained to wonderful hltcht4, whioh I will

now present at a single glanco from the high point

of view taken on Capitol IIUl, Tallahaaao. [How

appropriate to tako this lookout from this Talla-

hasseo 11111, for tho noted Seminolo Cl iof, who Hoe-

ing l)ofore palo facss, bad on tho North side of tin

Chattahoochee, atovo h's tomahawk luto a large

pine, exclaiming, a/aftinna I (hero wo rest) had

l>een forced across tho river, auil ou thl') last, but

mast beautiful hill toward, and aliinst In si^fht of

the golf, drove hU timahawk sgain into a larjio,

livo oak, exrhimlng this time, as ho viewed the

verdant landscape o'er, Tallahapsco, Tallahassee!!

moaning beautiful prospect.

I told you some years ago, Rro. Oravo^, nian Ung

almost in tho satno tracks where this Indian chief

stooil,and exclaiming Tallebassee, thai tho fut ure of

Florida was great, and tho prospccts good I It

seems almost a Pisgab view to mo. I saw in my

view of Uie near futnre of this summer land, thou

sands of poor invalids like myself seeking a per-

manent homo here, and numbers of others UNlika

myself—moneyed men and millionaires setking

winter homes here. And I said tho Baptists must

mako haato to possoss this summor land, that they

must build for tliloations, i. e., churches, schools aud

coiiegas, newspapers, etc., and then roaob out a

helping hand to Cuba (see letters of '71)) aud tuo

isles ot tho sea, >ud build churchos, schools, aud

Baptist organs <hero also. I had iiifllstod on your

proBOuce and inlluoneo in laying thi foua Uiiuni,so

that liberalism would uovor diaieinpoc i.to m )rtor

thatoomeuted tho foundations, nor lUij Huperstruo-

turo, and although tho Conveutio.i has grown year

by yeai'from less than a doK.u messengers, and

visitors to nearly two huuditd, and to contrihu^

t loBS from six dollars to m uiany thon8and,(i(iU,000

is tho amonnl wo aim • i thli) year), still I am hap-

py to say Ihatliberuii ..u is not tho prevailing sen-

timont in Florida, lu tho very proporous statj of

things naturally ojutradiots.

Tho Baptisto o( Florida as a rulo aro sounder in

tlu) faltii tuau in some other Bonthern Statoa, aud

far more so than any I^orthorn Stato, howboit ao

many Northeru people aro hero? I believe tho at-

mosphere of Florida ia good for moral and aplrltual

allmenta, aa well as phyaioal, and thla ia not Irra-

tional, aeelng that • aound body would tend to

moral And aplrltaal atroDgthenlDg well. I t la

trap (bo p m miUqiu W . ,0. U. >od tbo probi

BU TlUh;i).

Ho tlrnd, aiul yet I woiiia work

l''or tlifO. l/ird, liasi thou work

Kvon for imi 1 Kiiiull IhliiKs Nvlilcti others, hurrying on

In thy tiloNl Horvloo, swift unil strong,

MlKht novor suof

Ho tlrotl, yot I nil«ht reach

A llowor to choor and tvach

Bdiiiu Hiulitor heart,

<>i' i<>r imrchcil lips prrhaps inl|{ht bring

Oiiii (iup of Miitor troni tho spring

Kro I dQpart.

F R O M K E i r r U C K Y .

' IMIE church at Now Middlefork, Alion county,

i elosod aa interesting meeting of sixtatin days

to-day. Tho ohureh is !<roatly revived and much

atrongthouo<l, and tho eauso of Ohrist advanced ih

theso oads of the earth. Tho brothreu aay it was

tho best meeting siuoo tho ohuroh was organised,

twenty years ago. There wore seven converaions,

and Hovon Joinixl tlio ohureh. This morning Bro.

ropo burlod alx happy converts with Christ in

baptism. A largo concourse gathered to look upon

tho sacrod scone. Tho preaohing was dono by

Broth. J . W . Dixon, 8. H . Popo and the writer.

Bro. Dixon did moot of tho preaching. Ho greatly

ondearod himseif to us, and we learnod to love him

moro for truth's sako. We hope tbia la tho begin-

ning of better daya with ua. Tho influence of the

meeting spread far and near.

Mow iloo, Ky., Oct., 10. J . S. Tuohfbok.

bition oxtromlalii from th« North bavo •uooeeded In

do<<olvlng many of tbo oburobea In Booth and

East Florida Into tbo notion that they roust not

uio wine in tbo sacreJ auppar, but aomo ' klnd of

alop instoad, butthia la not llberailsin ao .muoh aa

illlborallain and prosorlptlon, for I hava hoard

some of the ovor.sioaloaa prohlbitloH parUaans de-

clare tboy would disown alloglaHce to a Ohriat who

would or did mako aud drink wine, as our Savior

Huroly did at the wodding at'Cana, far his Mt^'arito

vow having been couipletod wbon iio wasbaptlzad.

According to Numbdrs vi, ho must now drink wino,

(ts ho must aeods tako fojd when his forty days'

last onded ) He was ealiod a winO hibbor, aud a

glutton after his uat'ug aud drinking wine with

Hinuors, vyhom he camo to savo. I don't think thero

is a churoh iu l^'lorlda that would (oceivo an alien

iminerHlon without Home-sorloua protoatB, |and not

many which would rocolvo tliein a i all.

Thu now editor of the Florida Iiai>U»t W'ilnen U

a sounil, orthodox, prlmitlvo Biptlst. You

kuow that 1 couBultod yon boforo I would start

that paper on its mission In 1881. I wroto Its Urst

salutatory, and prayod (J1o<1 that it might be a true

witnesa, and If U over proved to bo a falso wltuesn

that It might not go uupunithod. Standing god-

father for it, aud uamliig it the Florida lUiplitl

tyiCncm, 1 ombraoed tills opportunity to luvoko

tho blcHsiug, If it prove a true witness, and a cureo

If It provo a false witness, speaking lljsand sowing

«lliicoid among thorn. I have called tho n»w edi-

tor's attention to these facts, and urged him to tako

duo aud timely notice, aud govern himself accord-

ingly, and 1 think ho will, for all Its roadors notice

tho great improveinont since l)r I'lumer look

charge of it. (Ilavn't you ?) » • »

You ask mo what about schools,—Baptist-jchooIs

that ho interested mo a few years ago. Well, It

would require another chapter to give any correct

history of tho wondcrhil outcomc, and how it

came, anil if I am to write for your 1,850()00 read-

ers, I prefer, if you don't demur to writo a brief

but true history of tho \vonderful thlni(S God has

wrought through Baptist moans In churchos,

schools, colloges and universities in Florida, and 1

may say In Cuba also, all in ono week ol seven

years.

( i ; O N ( l . t I O K I > N K X T W » K K . )

The man who apenda hla entire time in orltioiam, anapping, clawing And biting at all wbo come In hla way, doea very llitie hatn; perhapa, but what* very mlaerable llmo he baa of It. I f he oould bat iweeten blmieU up, ao tb«t graoe wtold flow from |)U llpii, be would d i i i life full ot new MepMdoeM.

issmt

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iSl Historical.

D R ARMITAOB'8 U ISCORY OF THE

B A m S T S .

MO. I.

q'-UK announcement that Dr. Armltago was about

1 to give to the world a History of tho Baptists,

that he proposed In a. thorough way to traco Bap-

tlsta by tholi- vital principlos aud practices from

tho time of our Lnrd Jesus Chr'st to tho year 188«,

(something which tho houorod brother who wroto

tho Introduction to tho work assovoratod never

could be done,) arounod very general interest in

the forthcoming work, and preparotl tbo public

mind (.at least of tho Baptist donominatlon) to givo

a hearty favorable reception.

Thla Interest was cnbanood l>y specimen sheets

w h i c h woro widely clraulatod tho past fall and

wlutor. There were evidences of onterpriso and a

lilwral Invosttnent of money by tbo publishers.

There was ample room in tho largo pages, ono

tliousaud of which were to bo Included in the book, t o c a r r y out tho author's plan iu tracing Baptists

hy their principles aud practices through all tho

ages since tbo tlmo of our Lord. Altogether it was

fe ist prepared and how we longed to partako

"^At length tbo book appeared with Its bold, clear

type, its 8Ui>or calemlBred paper, Its ono hundrod

and Boveniy illustrations, and its excellent binding,

a w«rk of which none uewl bo ashamed. But the

history itself t I t is trno, much, perhaps too much

was looked (or. Tho tittle-pane, ( " a pledge to

traco by their vital principles and practices Baptists

through the ages," etc.,) awakened groat expecta-

ilons. T h o a u t h o r had tho labors of omlueiit and

paiuBtaklng men wlio had written Baptist his-

tories- Twlsk, Danvors, Crosby, itoblnson, Jones,

Orchard, Ivemy, Backus, Asplund, Morgan,

Edwards, Sample, Inland, Callender, Furman,

Baldwin, Winchell, Cramp, llolcombe, Davis,

Allen, Benedict, Cathcart,Duncan,Sponcer-bosidca

other general works of a controversial, hifilx)rloal

c h a r a c t e r , as " Kay's Suocesslon," "Origin of the

Baptists." T. G. Jones' " Baptist Denomination,

and numerous historic pamphlets ami Review

articles. Some of these he names, and says. " We

see that they have written uudor every possible dis-

advantage." This could not be said of Dr. Ar-

mltago. Ho had every advantage, means, re-

sources, eucourag«mont. the aid of young brothroii

supposal to be specialists in tho departments

assigned them, everything that could contribulo to

the g r e a t desideratum, "A hls'ory of Baptist, traced

by their vital principles and practices from tho

time of Christ to tho year 1880."

With theso anticipations wo turn to the first

paragraph of tha opening chapter. It does not

Resemble tho first .enlonco of Gibbon: « In the

second century tbo Roman Empire embraced,

etc.; tior of Maoaulay, " I propose to write ihe

history of England Irom llio accession of Jamos H.

down to a time, etc.; nor oven of Milton

Of man's llrstdlsobodlence, and tho irult

Of that foibidden tree, etc.

Dr. Armltago opens with a rhetoric al, analogical

argument, or afflrmatlou that there may be a con-

tlnnons purity without a 11JW of vlsble success On,

, and that oonscquontly what the tltlo-page pledges

c a n n o t be aceompllshod, "Baptists traced by their

vital prlnciplea and praotlees from the tlmo of our

Lord and Savior to tho yoar 1885." Tho chapter

opens with this Imagery t—

"OnlheWeslernooastoflndla. nosr Goa, and

also In the Madlterranoan, springs of fresh water, which do not rise to the anrfaco, but aro run oflT by theunder.ourront,rush ou to f thn strata at the

bottom of the «)a. But In the Gul of Xagu, on

tho aontbern coat of Cuba, a wonderlnl fountain of

freah water gurglea up Iu the open sea j forcing

aaldellaaaltwatera,ltpa««ea off In the aurlaoo.

current and lo*t In the oooan. From thla

ftprlng |i»Tlg»torB oftM draw iWr mippUoi of puro

water iu the mldat of tho briny waato?HerQ nature

lenda a forcible type of the fact that there may be

a fl3W0f visible suooeaslon wlthont parity, aud

that th«ro may be a continuoua parity wUhout a

How of vUlblo aucoeaslon,"

What thla forolful typo provea It la diffloult toiee.

Does the firosh water reprosont tho Baptlata whom

ha Is to trace by tholr principles and practioea, and

tho salt sea tho apostate church 7 In tho ono ease

the pu(e, fresh waters do not roach tho anrfaco,

they are run oir by tho under-current a« they ruah

but of tho strata at the bottom of tho aoa. In the

seoond instance, a louutaln of frosh water paaaw

off in tho surrace-current and Is lost In oooan

In both cases lost. Tho springs of frosh or puro

water How,continuously, thla continuoua purity

proves that thero may bs a flow of visible aue

ofsslon without purity. Bat it may bo asked, do

not these waters in their flow of visible suocesslon

remain frosh and pure, end can thare bo a con

tinuous purity without a flow of visible sue

cession ?

The illustration is beautiful, the rhetoric Is fine

but the analogy it unrca ad misleading, and the conclusion absurd.

Dr. Armltage, however doas aot draw tho Una

of distinction batween fao pure and tho impure

He makes them to mingle tholr streams, ao that to

traos by their principles and pracUeea the fol-

lowers of Christ is an Impossible Uak. He say a in

his own gploiidld stylo : —

" Near Geneva tho Rhone flows In swift but oalm

m s j ' f l t y althn foot of those Alps which aro more

majesilc than Itself. There Us watnra are dark

blue and boautifnlly crystal, as thoy flow from

ccol aaiire lako far up lu the region of alternate

snow and hunshi«e. Tho river Avre comes rush

lug down from thoie horrid valleys whero th«

g l a c i e r s grow aud grind, r.trlklng the Rhono at

almost right angels. It Is a little, fuvloua, brawl-

ing, muddy stream, worthy of its fountain; It

scowls like the brow of a dark villain rushing

from hifl den, and launchis Its dirty current luto

the sheet of litfht. Ttie Rhono, as tiie daughter of

purity, shrinks from Its datllomout and glides on

in disdain, refusing ail amalgamation. Long they

move oil side by stdo in the same channel, parted

by a deep-drawn line betwoon them, but without

one spot on the mountain maiden. Thus repolled, the Avre sinks into.lulot, softonod Into deooney

by the sun-lit side of tho Uhono, which molts flrst

into |)lty and then into oompasslon. And why 7

At every rock tho inipudout Intruder breaks into foam and thou lulls into murmurs , as i f It wore,

pleading for tolerance, till quietly the larger

stream c o n s e n t s to absorb the loss, oildy by eddy

ui.lll at last it is overcome by Importunity aud

embraces what It first spuriicd. From that hour

the glory of the Rhone is guno, a few leagues

b e l o w the two aro ono. and in their turbid dis-

honor thoy rush down togetiior as ono pulluted

Btroam. Thls i ib ' i ta faint imago of tho river

of life miniilud with Iho tidg ot pagan philosophy,

which have I has ?1 come down to us conUuont

from the op uing of tho fourth century.'

Thoy rush down together as ono polluted stream

Is this an Image aud only a faint oiio of tho R i v k r OK Likk whicii haH como down to tu confluens ono

uollutea Htimni ? Where then Is the line of do-

niarkatloii, and how are Baptists to Iw trac.d by

Telr princlploa aud practlcos?" What is tho uieaningofthis.uassofluconsiatmoy in a work

which is not a poem uor a romauoe, but a vorlt

Hblo matter of f*ot hUtory 7 Thus, ho tolls as

that tho twoiftb ecntury wa» tho Iron age, when

tbo cburch slept her Iron slosp; but h . immodiately

H p e a k a of the several soots of the Cathari, and

l o n g s t thase so.ts a Baptist body at Oologno.

Tho rlvor of lifo has becimo a polluted stream,

tho chtireh sloops lier iron oloep but a sect, apart

from the polluted rlvor of life, and apart from t ho

I S l e e p i n g churoh, a.eat of Baptists for whom no

apology need bo made, aroae in tbo very dawn of

the twelfth century. Its anteoodonta are loll an-

tonohmljilH hiatery ia loft untraood. I !• an

L T a S ^oot. outside of tU« poUuM rivnr nf

I t flourlabia and dlea k i l n ' » dey. te thU

the way to write bUtory? ' r ^ ^

^ The hot appeara to be,-Dr. ArmlUge ^ work on thla hUtory, wWoh la I n twOi » eert«| ot eiiaya to auataln a theory"^ only p»rUrtlf ^ole^f to hla own mind. He (olla iia in the preflMt MMi when orgod by the publlshera' to nndorfUj^ , work: "The writer, tberafore, rafoeeA to b« bound In hie Invetlgatlona by an iron obligation

to show a iuooosaloa of p<»ple who h»vo hold l U ^

th|S principles, groat and amall, of any aeot now^

exlatlng, no raoro and no lesa " : t;!'

Was there really an off>rt made to bind blm V 's

oven hla Invoitigations by an Iron obllgattpa*

Had he to refuso to be ao Uiuud 7 la not tbil » ^

vory atrango statement 7 To be bound one

or tho other, or oven infl neueod by a p n j u ^ or

a theory, unflU the investigator for bla work

rondera him an inoompotcnt wltneaa and a

Judge. Ho proposoi to traoo BaptlaU by their

vital principlos and praotloos throngh the «gWt

This wouil be a coHtlnuons stream, or a aq9oead(m

of people (not churobea nor oflloiala.) But h®

asseverates that any attempt of the kind I I *p

contradict hUtory, that tho very attempt to traoe

an unbroken lino of persons dnly b«pki«od apol

their iwrionai trust in Christ la to oreeta b»lwatk

oft-rror. Ofcourie, ho ontorod upon bU work

dolermlnwl to mako no sueh atlerap», and •»., the

same tlmo, to traoo BaptlsU by thalr prliwlploa »ad

pract.lco8 from the tune of Christ to the present

day.

Hut notlco how ho guards these sweeping ex-

presfloni. "A succession of people who have held

all tho principles, groat aud small of any aeet now

existing, uo more and i»o loss." What man in hie

Bonses would claltn such a thing 7 Is Dr. ArmlUga

» naptl»t, uo liioro and uo loss, holding all their

prludples great aud small 7 BiptlsU In thla d«y

aud land will recognize uo wan aa a Baptlat

minister who has not boon ordained by a oonncU

of ministers from nolghlioring churchea. Dr. Ar-

mltago says this \s t J rob a gojpel churoh of her liiallouable rights.

" But when once her sister churchos avow that

there is sometbliig do/entlvo In tho ordination tf

they and their oldors or presbyters are not called

ill to assist (aa an ordaining council) on the pro-

touxo that mou aro ordained for a denomination,

and not for an individual cburch; thoy Introdooe

_now olemeut Into a gospoi system, and d ^

liherat'ily rob a gospul churoh of lier inalienable

rights. If hau ls must bo laid upon a pastor when

he is first cbisoii to aorvo a churoh. It la Inflnltdy

belter to repeat that act every tlmo ho cbangea U t

pastorate, than t h a t ^ ' . ^ d e churches abonid

Interfere (as an ordalntt« with the goepol

r i g h t s of a slstor chuijoh, under the pretenae of

fraternity. Ouco violat^J this principle in the

genius of the gospel, as uelghboring pMtor^ and

we depart therefrom, as much aa any prioit. wo llOlJnri- — - -

primate, or popo whatever, and bcoon|0 Partaker,

of tholr sin. According tlien to the Now ToiU-

m e n t , the right fo ordain pastes is given by

Christ to tho Individual ohuroh which calla thom

severally, with or without a counoll aa sbo pleaaw,

and to resist her right In this matlor la to roelat

dlvino ortllnaiico; to arrogate a P^fog*"*®

which would dlsgrwo any honest pops, while It

Wonorml his dlsgracotul odlw/' . Baptists do arrogate a prorogatlvo not to

rocognlM an act of ordination by a local ohuroh which Is dono Indopnii^eut of, -.r in h«r neli/hborlng churchcs. This ia BapUat prac-flcoo?'o da^, tud as wo beliovo, ol tho agea.

i i

Ol 'the iVoiild It (llfltraeo an iioiioni. Aro the r---h, who pJaotloe it Bapt'sts, ko mo«« ko t « a J

br Armltat^njonsid^rs thorn moro. naotls's consider him (if ho carry a u ^ vlewa) Ic,rtKan a Baptist, ilo will nwlve an t ^ o r i l o n M va Id wh«u performed by an unb^pUied man. This m lllons of l^'Jk "PO" ' ' i ' l h others hlnk that Df. Cono/ vlowa of roji hnmerslons mado him more than ' voii cannot traoo Baptists In all aq[#ii holding all thel'^rnolple«.:grjat and small,.no m7re and m

Yt would ' soom thatv nou-ano miln would a t tomnt i t i auUI is nuaecountablp that Dr. Ar^ m i S should'uso so ^drango an txprowlon. 'i • (TO HIS OONTIWWKb.J

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T H E B A P T I S T S

T H E B A P T I S T , i< m i — m o iwtMif iMolott Acconiitllco of K r r o r

T M V b M t c l V M M b M « « r to <>>•»• <>*n« loar tb«ts •MM l l MMV <ll«l>l*7«<> aC iHn Irnt l i . — i*H. aibKTINil A M O ^ T , I ' r apr le tora nud I*nl>ll»h«ir>

kOtToauL ooniHt.

Rwy.J.W. IIAliL,RentUcky. IIOH. J. lIAHlUb, MIWlMlpiil, AHOClnto

• BrKIAL UOMTBIBUTOM. A.J.KBOBT,D.D. • • • »au llnrnimUiio,()»I. J . O. MUKMY, U.I>., P H WhUmnn, H rT>ylpr, l» I), T II pftrr lT.DD. J . T. HBIOB. OrUHAIhKY, J u I'hinipi, i).i>. J T KHkley. W U HmiUi, W r I/>we. BBV^WM!.' NOKTON, LL,.0.

Mut>erly, Mo. ORorulH

Kontiicky Ksntuoky

UiMuvllln, Ark Kiio*vlllo,Tonu.

Krntuoky 'IVNIII'IWCO TrsiiesMu ICnntiiukr T«nu'««'e

BnglnuU

BM^MM fHHfi«< S(U Hula NtrMt, JAJI.M.MAUAK4ry

Hemplil* lIlllilUMUI &i

, Tanw. unagur.

ADBAOBIRRXONH FKH ANNUM IN AUVANUKI MLNPLTOOPY, " " " CINBOL LL»»U>U», OLNB.OR TEA OR MOR®, { HLNUTAIA, '

in MndlDK moruthanono nitmn the Miuler of club will Dlaaa* olcn bU name nt the bottom of ihont. In RendlnK illBUtetr anlMorliitloiiii plejUie prettz tue Kov. or KlUor to ajrtr namoa. Alao place amount opfMwlto each naino.

AUVBHTIHXMti BATB2J lurnlahoJ on applicatlou. Send money by l\wt-offloe Order, ItegUtercd Letter, Kxprom,

or Draft, at our rUk; otherwise at Ihe scndor'e. If auawer la dealrodby mall.aenilatamporiHHitalcard. , . . ^ rwaonal lettera or ootea intended for the editor BhoaUl be

WTlttanonaeparatoaheetathougUlBOloBed In the eame eii-T*lope wlUi bntlnewi lettere. ^ .

Addreaa all baaineaa letter*, and make Money Ordeni and Ur«ni payable, to Tna UAn tuT.

OtaUavnlalalBK r r i n e i i i l e s or Haptiata. i . AM BapiUti, wa ara to lUnd for the anpretue aathorlt*

oftha wordof Uod aa the only and lufflolent rule of faith praoUea. Tbe Bible, and Uie Bible only, aa opponed to

all baman tradition In mattera both of faith and practice, w* moat elalm aa being a dlitlnEnUhlng doctrine of onr de-•omlnaUon—adootrlue for which we are called earneatly U> ooDtaud.

f , jiM BaptUta, we are to atand tor tbe ordtnancea of Chrla as ba anloinad tncm upon hl» followera, the same In numbtr a in •rritr, and m jymboM nmrntng, nncbanged and aaetumgaabla till ba eoma.

t , AaBapUste, we ara to stand tor a aplrltnal and regener-ated etaiureb, and that none shall be received Into Uhrlat's obar^,OT be waleomed to Itaardlnanoee, wttboat oonfMslng • piMonal taltb tn Ubrlat, and giving eradlole evldanca ol r«{enaratlon of heart.

Cbnreti P o l i t y . Tk« Baptiata baUave that a Christian chnrob U a single con-gracatlon,and complete In Itnelf: and thf Otanat ara the eonatUnenta of his kingilom.

a. That, nnder Uhrlst, eacb ohorch ii abiolately sovereign and Independent.

That to eaeb charoh Christ committed tbe sole gnardl' anahlp and control ot tbe ordlnanoea—proachlng the gospel andadmlniaterl

4. That all chn Lordl sapper,

baptism and the tjord'i sapper. R» voting and the disclrllne ami Ja

Bring baptism and the ijord'g hnr^i rights and prlvlleeeii, i '.abouldbe limited to the i

be rladlction of each chnrcb.

t . That no samblance of eccloslastloal authority oau acarelsad aave by a chnrch.

That each ohorch alone Is invested with all eccle alairtioal power—power to Alect and commission and depos< ita own ofHeers,—power to receive, discipline and exclude its own mambaoa.

DlaUMnOablMR Polley of Ula to r lca l Bapllala, Tba non-raeocnltlon ot unman societies as Hcrlpturai

chansbaa by afflllatlon, mlnlatartal or eceleslaatlcal, or any allianoa or cooperation that la laMeptlble of, being ap-parently or logically constniH b r <H>r members or theirs or Uio world Into a reeoKBU.:aftof<Mil«alastloal or ministerial aqnailty with Baptistohurelfliu2__

Do not Bend money for niiBsioiis to (hlB oftlco. See direotorjr ou olcvenlh page for proper atUlrcAHOs.

T A T E S P R I N G S A N D THK S r A F K C O N -V E N l l O N ,

IN S T E A D of roniainiiiK al Iho springs au boarder wo acceptcd the kind |)ropo8al of liro,

J o h n Dowen, who rosidoa a few inilo<i down the valley, where wo had tiuict, and ovory atlontioii wo ooald have at homo, and eaoh day a f l e r an oarly dinner tbe carrlaK" was at tlio gato, and hi<i HOII Willie drove us u p to tlio Rprlng4, whuro wa ilrdulc of the. waters, allowlnt; only timo tu 111! our boUloH •lid rcKoh homo before the aun dropptul lioiiind tliu Chinch moDUtaiu, at whose foot liro. Boweu's fa rm waa altuated, hla woodlands runnUiK up to IIH very s u m m i t Thla arrauKainont gavn uo ail tlio udvan tago of the Wk'orf, and a heal thful dr ive ovory evening. The only Sabbath embraood in our rofil( f ) here we spent with the Head of Klobland uhurob, and tallied twice to a basket luna^ mooting ap-pointed for us by Bro. Bowon. The crowd was gathered f rom a dlstanoo of th i r ty odd mllo« several ministers woro f rom Olaibprne county, on tbe other side of Olinoh mountain , thlrly*elght miles dtstKntk This klndnena wo t ru ly appreoiated. I t Was It good mMtIng, and these fkr off b re thren t H R H K N o d i b e m w l v o B f u l l y j p a i d i i h « l r Jour

neyinif, E i U To'uiogsoo Baptists aro proverbially fond of proaohlng. Evon bid father Woodson Tay -lor and his wlfa, the fo rmer eighty-throo yoar» old, wo beUovo tho oldest Bitptist mliilstor iu Kast T a n . noBK'o, and tho Ut toroighty- throo oamoton miles to this mooting,

Tho only iiorcopliblo oll'oot tho Tato Spr ings wa te r had upon U8,wa8 thostimulatioii of the k idnoys to ln -tonso action, wbioh woakonod rathor than s t rongtb-oiicd UB. Those sprhijis urn dosorvodly popular w l ' b our Southorn people, and suited to tho usual allmonis of t'loso living in malarious soctioiis Tho kindness sliowu us by youn« Hro. Woodson Taylor, as ho is calUd, and sistor Taylor, svo shall nover for^f t . Owinu I.J an ln(!roa4ln>? iliouiiiatlo atl'do-tioii ho offwro Ills duo farm ot ilvo hun lrod aoroi on tho lloUton rivor, nhio lu lhs from tlio ra l l fo td , fo r 8a!o, ami ohoap, u irthing to loniovo to F orlda. This may moot tho oyo of soiuo o u j wishing to sccuro just sncli a farm.

Wo ruachod Jonoslxiro Wodnosday nielli, and wore 'loinlciloil in our old liomo—Bio. Diingans, for wo novor visited Joiiosboro witliout stopping with biin, and a more dosirabio IDIUO liuinan heart should not dosiro. Tho reprosontntlon fr mi Wosl and Mkldio TOHUCHIOO, waq uxpoctadly, and f rom East Tonnosseo it'ic.'7a'o/t'<//i/rtinall, but all of its meotiiiKi woro li iriii'ini >u'(, ploasiint and protliabio, and the speeches ablo, anil notabl r so those of Eld-McGaha of Kiioxvillo, and Dr. J . Wil l iam Jonos of tho Homo B u r d . a n d I)r Hill of tho Forolgu Board , and our own missionary s jc ro t t ry , J 11. Anderson. Bro. Mc(}aha enrprisod all, awd Bro. Anderson de-lighted all. The report of tho State Board foil like a boncdiction on all hoirts , its largo indobtednoss, owinK to tho sickness and deat.i ot Dr. C U. Brown, was dwla red lif/iii<lrtteil.'

Bro. Anderson Ins, slnoo his election done a her-culean work, and dosei'Vfs the lovo and contldonco of ovory Tennessee Bipt is t . He was unanimously re-elected for another year, and a hotter man can-not 1)0 found for tho work.

T h e roport on toinpcrinco was a notahio one, and clearly indicates tho position, f r o m all wo saw and hearJ at tho Convention or exprossi-.d in tlio various parts of East Tonnossi^o, that wo havo visitod, wo are conviuccd tha i Uepublicans as wall as Doino cruts aro n jna l ly dei^irous of kooping ihis question out of party poiilio^. Wo havo hoard i inny strong men of both p t r l ios cmpha ically doclar i that tlioj-wi uld rcnounoo tho party t h \ t ar rayed itiolt against proliibilion, or local oi)ii')ii, that llioy c jns i lero I tho tcinporanco ()ueHtion a< p i r a inou iu to all party (juostions. CJI. It3ovo», a proiuinent loader In tho Uepublican pMty of Ea.<it Tcinmsuo.oponly doclarcd on tho floor of tho Convonlion tha t woll as lui loved and tru'J as ho had for years boon to his party, yot should it tako a stand against prohibit ion or a local option law, he would ro nounco it forever, and deoi> amous wcro iioard all over tho Inuso. Wo aro con-tldont it was tlio sontlniont ot oviiry D j m a i r a t pros-out that ho would not voto with his party, should it soli out to tho whisky nnnopoly , or for a man who opposed prohibition or a local option l a . r .

There is a brigtit fu ture bofn-o tho friends of prohibitiou in TonnosRoo. Thoy should not ba dls-hoartonod,and bloi M (lod thoy aro i io tdhhoar tonod . Thoy should romoinbor that Yorktown followed Bunkor l l i l l .

Tho hospi ta l l t / of .lonosboro was abundan t and royal, and all tho broiliron felt that tho impression on tho town and connuiinity was lu ist favorable.

Tho next Hossioii It aiipuintod to b j hold with tho church at Columbia , Ma iry county, Tonnosseo, to oncourago Bro. Grace in his work. I t is tho very place for It, and wo bospoak a largo roprosontallon for tho noxt session.

THK t'ONVBNTlON A.NU I.OOAr, Ol'TION. W e copy tlio tolluwliig fi-oiii iho KnoxviUe J o u r -

nal, whloli cloarljr Indicates tho position of tho (Jon. volition touohlug tho noxt move tha t should b^ made to abolish tho whiskey trafllo, and i t tho same t ime keep tho quostloii out (if polttion, Will no t prohlbitloniata seouro It i re-publioation in their county papers )

"Tho Baptist State Uonventlon, in session In Joue»bor*t U*"l«!f Miianltnnuily adoptud th« follOVT-

I n g o n - t h e s u b j o f l i o f l amporMoe: ' Y o u r oommit* ted report tha t in the rooenl oleetlon on Iho qnes-tlon of probibi t lon in Tennessee 117,fiOi votes were cast in favor o f - p i o h l b i t f o n , a m i 145,197 were countCHl agains t tho a m e n d m e n t . T h e corrupt methods resortsd to by the saloon (lower to eccure this result makes it nooessary for the f r iends ol temporanco, irrespective o( pa r ty , raoe o r denomi-nation, to ronow the l ight In favor ot tbe homes and against tho saloons,' and a« an indloatlon of our purposo and nu indication to do this wo declare In favor of a ' locM option l aw ' for all incorporated cities and towns iu tho Btato, and for the perpetua-tion and onforoomont of tho ' four inilo l aw 'ou t s ldo of such cities and towns. In o rde r tha t this ijuos lion may bo kopt out of polltica wo boliovo t l iat au ext ra session of the legislature should be couvunod to pafis u 'local option law, ' before the i)olitical parties meet to foruinlato their r U t f o r m s . "

(Siguetl) T . 11. llRICVICM. STACY IVOKH W. I' JONEM. .1. D ANDKKSON. S. W. TlNKKl.l.. .IKSSK BAKKU

HCHOOI. NOTK.S KliOM E A S T T E N N E S S E E ' P l I E lUpiists are piifliiiig their educational on-1 teriirlcei with coniinenilablo energy, and success

f »r surpassing that of thoir l)rethron in tho Middle and Wostorn divisions of tho S ta te . Tlio trustees of Cai-sou College a o pushing to raise ;J,(.K)O i r 1 (XXJ to wipe out cxiiiling indobtcduoes, and repair and enlargu their bui lding.

Tho trustees of Newman Ko nalo College, under tho presidoncy of that eiiorgotic in tu , W. T . Uus-soll, havo purchased a lioautiful and commanding silo for college buildings in Carsonvillo tha t will cost .f5l)(HJU Tho B i p i i s t i aro liborally ro»pond-ing to tliis oiiterpriso, and tlio g round will bo briikt'H, and tlie bui lding commoiicod early In tho coming year .

Tho operation of theso two collegos will dociile tho (luostion of tho wisdom of locat ing a femalo coHogo within ono foul h of a mile of a male college. Wo opine that uiiless iho president of Carsou Col-lege is will ing to fully o ) operate with tho presi-dent of tho N o w m a n College, and to put his boys under as strict police rules as tho yoa^ig ladies of Nownian College arc placed, results of the most u n -pleasant character will inevitably follow. Tlio t w o schools had bettor far bo placed under the saino managoineiii—tho Newman b i u n d o an annex of C t r s o n Colleg% otherwi«o tiio prosperity of New-man Coliego will depend on tho disposit ion of tho president and Board of truitoos of Carbon College. I t thote 0 lucatars aro not faiisflfid.of this, lot them road tho history ol tho Mary Sliarp C'jllogo, and tlio Nornial School at Wincliostor. Verb m l m p .

Wo nuido a brief visit to Maryvd o, tho church of which i»laco is under Iho personal caro of W. . H. Smi th , an ablo preachor, and a pastor devoted to his work. Wo found tho bre thren hero tleeply In-turo't^d iu an imports i i t educat ional eutorprise.

Tho Bipt i s t of Sovior and ad jo in ing countios havo ha 1 otl-jrod to thom a bui ld ing and proper ty wonh-1110,000, si tuated ton mllos f rom Maryvlllo, if thoy will accept, and establish a flmali (Irst-class High School, or Acadomy. This thoy have agreed to do, and aro actually ongag.!d lu raising an en-donrmoulot ' il25 0<j0 and $5000 to onlargo and p u t the buihl ings iu flue condi t ion. Thoy propose to do thla by socnring t w o hundred p e r m a n e n t Bchoiarshlps of two hundred ami f i f ty dol lars eacb, twenty-fl vo dollars of oanh soholarHhip to be devoted I > tlio b u i l d i n g s e t c , and two h u n d r e d and twon ty -llvo dollar.) t ) ttio endowment f u n d . Th i s Is an eminently fAaslble and praotloable plan, and wo rojoico to loaru tha t tho Boholarshlps are being readily ta';o-^. |2r),0D0 can bo invest rd or loaned 80 aa to roalixa eigiit pur oonU or six per cent a t least, yielding an annual income of flftoen or twenty dollars, whloh with tho tuit ion ot tho soholars t h a t will attend outs ide of the scholarships will seoure an ablo corps of teaehers lor all t i n e to eome.

Brethren w h o secure sohoiarships will got thoir tiMtlon for a nominal stiut)OP«-hitiror otlio>(hird th<i

a .

usual prico. and vrhore ihelr ohlldron are educated can fftrm out the i r sohoUnihlp so m to roaU%o«lght or ten per cent on their InTostment.

W e th ink Baptists e lsewhere should be encour-aged by this plat) to establish s imilar schools in their counties. L o w e r d o w n wo found our broth-roH at Swnot W a t e r Interested in the catabllshment of a Female Ins t i tu te . O u r stay, one n lghS was HO bhort we asked a brother to ski tch out for us some news notes on Sweet Water , wha t was, and had boon going on recently of any Interest to tho de-nomination, and we submi t them hero. aWKKTWATKK NOTES—ONK THOVSANK INIIAIllTANTS.

O u r church U in a Ilvo and progressive condi-tion.

Pastor D. M. Mclleynolds, ono year ago, pur-c h s s o d bui ldings and started a seminary for young l a d i e s , wi th Uov. J . H . Uicbardson as president, and three lady asBistsnts. Theso bui ld ings aro situatmi upon an omlnouce overlooking tho town and tlio beau t i fu l Sweetwater valley for niiios away.

Wo aro proud of tho rccord wo mado for prohi-bition. Eleven votes wore cast for to one voto cast against prohib l ' lon . Wo havo tho noblest sol of womcu in the State. Thoy marched to tho poles singing, " W h o will Join our temperance baud ? " carrying tho black banner of death, dedicated to whiskey, and the beaut i fu l whlto banner of peace lor prohibit ion. Tha polls worootHinod with prayor and closed with the doxology, " Praise G o d , " etc., and a bcnodiction. S t rong men wept, and iioblo matrons shouted for joy. Not an anti voto was cast after eleven, and but thrco or four af tor ton o'clock. All Ihis in the face of two saloons. Faro-well to whiskey if wo get a chanco at loc»l op' ion -

Monroe county belongs to tho Baptists. Three thousand In tbe county .

Ten thousand Bapt is ts wi thin a district here of forty miles square. I do not know ol but throe littio Campbeil i to churches wi th lu tho bounds. A Campboilito prcachor would bo a show to tho pco plo of Monroo cownty.

In tho ex t r eme eastern eido of this district it Is not noccssary to ask a man what his faith Is, for If ho is anything, ho is a Baptist. Tao lords of thoso fertile mounta ins and valleys are as sound and true to onr fai th as wore their Waldonsian faihors.

' . I . . • • . , . . , .

tirvly uusailsfaotory to a very large section of the Bapt i s t s of Georgia .

Bro. 0 . P . Bally wr i tes f rom Htirner , Oregon i " Eld. U. B. Douglass asiblated mo at Fossit and a t this placo in series of meetings, l i e 41d all tho preaching, and did it well. H e glvfs no uncertain souuil, but squa r . s to the lino. God blessed his t ruth, and much good was done. To his own name bo all tho glory."

Many Htrohg ami sharp urgnmonts against It [Campboll ism] aro horoprosontod wi th groat clear-ness and force. Persons disposed to keep up con-t rove r sy wi th tho Campboli l tos will find valuable help lu tills t renchant work [Gospel in Wntor] , wr i t t en wi th tho au thor ' s known iilililty. —JOHN A. BROAIIL'H. (lospol in AVator f o r sale by tho BaptlHt Book Houso, Momphis , Tonu. 00.

Itio W. P. Boiitl of Sjiiii bia, Misi., cai.od on ns tills week. Ho is becoming more and uif re pleased with tho pastorale in Sonatobia. Tho church Is prospering under his minintry, as any church might expect to do, as ho is a s tandard man and eiliclent pastor. It gives us ploasuro to know tho Lord Is hlrsslng both him and tho church, and thsit both ho and ilio church arc well satlsHod with tho relation existing between them.

Bro. John T. Oakley cards us as follows on tho twenty third : " In sorrow I write you that Bro. M. A Cathcart is dead. Ho died at his father 's on October twentieth of typhoid fever. This is ssildouing news to us all. In tho death of Bro. Cathcart wo lose a t rue brotiior and promising de-fender of tbo fai th. In humblo submission wo bow to Him who knows liost." T h l i la ludocd a Rid event. May the Lord oomfort tho l>creaved.

I T

BOOK T A B L E .

"AhHtractof SvsUmat lcTheology ." By J a m e s P . Ikiyce, D D., LL D. This bot)k has boon recolved with the compll

nionts of tha author . It Is a noat book of K>3 pagos, prlntcil In beaut iful , assorted tvpo, and b m n d In doth . Tho namo of tho author Is sunisicnt to coni-Hiend it to all Bible students, and esitooially to tho uiinist ry. His characterist ic cloarnosi and loyalty to tho word of God makes It a tlmoly publication.

liosorving a ful ler uotlco for a more thorout(h study, It must sufllco to say that tho table of con-tents are indeed invi t ing. He treats such tubjocts as Tho sclcnco of theology ; tho being of G o d ; reason and rovela lo- ; the Immutabi l i ty of God ; tho T r l u i t y ; Provldouoo ; tho fail of m a n ; cirocts of the sin of A d a m ; tho person of Chr i s t ; tho cfllcos of Ch r i s t ; the atoiicmout of C h r i s t ; election out-ward, and cfl'octual ca l l ing; fa i th . Justification, sanctlflcatlon, final porsoveiauco of tho salnls ; Chrlst'H second coming, a n a the resurrection ; the final s ta te of the r ighteous and the wlckcd Tho price it 1 3 25, reduct ions to ministers . Sold by C. T. Deorlng & Co., corner third and Jotlorson Sts., l^ouUvllle, i t y . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

V A I I I O U S ITEMS. Tho Convention of Vi rg in ia Baptists will moot

in Lynchbu rg on November tenth.

The Arkansas Bapt is t Convent ion will moot In Morrllton on November th i rd .

Tho roport Is out , f r o m » t rus t -wor thy source, that tho Ohriatian TrnUx of At lan ta Is about to bo absolrbod by a oori)oratioii, and tha t In oase of such an «V»iit thti munagomont and tdHorship Will bo 9Uiti>|tdi w d th» l iU« ohM«« d»«lKiif« m on»

Many CUristiaiis havo to endure tho aolitudo ol tho unnoticed laborer. Thoy aro serving God in a way which is excocdinglv useful but not at all notireabic. How very swoot to many workers aro thoso little corners of tho newspapers and maga-zines which doscrllw thoir labors andsuccowos i Yot somo who aro doing what God will th ink a groat deal more of at last novor saw their names in print .

Great t ru ths are very simplo truths, whou finally (hoy are coinprohendeii; but U takes a long while to prepare an) m i n d to comprehend a great t ruth . For J ears ono may groi c iu darkness concerning somo I liasu of his spiritual liio, or some perplexities of a sacrcd friendship, or some seeming contradic-t i o n s i n his innermost personal charar tor ; when suddenly a liuht will break in upon tho mind, or upon, the heart, which instantly makes clear that which before eooiucd iiouelossly dark . A great t ru th is thou pcrcelved in its bearing upon, and so in i ts explanations of, aU tha t was bowildoring and (lislioarlonii g to ono who was in ignorance of that t ruth . Wliat a now fcnso of lifo and liopo comos wltu such a now recognition of a comfort ing or of an enl ightening groat t r u t h ! In tlio Joy of an ex-pnrionco liko this, ono can wai t and trust In other porplcxitio^ which may yot l>o similarly resolved and dlHsipatod.—Vi'xc/infiAB

Even tlio proseni. rowi.rd—-hero in tho life tha t now I K — o f alillctiou fai thfully and patiently borne, is great. I t in onough, as It Is felt In th«i first mo-ments of our spiritual teliof, to roconcllo us to la-bor and saciitlco yot more abundant , in order that wo may seciiro like peace and gladness l ioroaf tT in heaven 's fuller meavuros. But tho difllculty is to keep this conviction In mind when tho next p i in fu l experience to bo ondurod looms up on the horiKOB in thu repollout out l ines of an approaching tr ial . Wo may gain help at such a ilmo by antiol. patli'ig our f u tu r e s tandpoint , and tryli .g lo look at the event as it will appear to us from beyond tho prosout llfo. When wo ro»oh hoavon, how thank-ful wo shall bu if wo can rccall that , in hours of darkness and discouragement , wo hold fast to Christ , doub l ing not that bis love would guide us, and that, his power was ablo to de l iver ; how thank-ful if we may look up Into the faoe of him who k n o w s evt-ry Inoldeut of our history, and say with Joy, " t<ord, I t rusted thu« * "o 'dd not toe

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Tho Goitvol Is (bo ouly means wbiob will ouablo" society to live In peace, and t h o o h f t a g o * l u t h o lit*' dus t r ia l wor ld give opportnniUoa f o r n o w appUoA>

tions of i ts principles. H e n a ro becon lDf thotr brother 's keepers in different ways, and lo a greater extent t h an in tbe past. Thtt empioyor ofloa h M the well-bein g of hundreds of man In hU kee j^ag* ' and the quesClon of wages may bo the smat lwl parO of his n sponslbllity. A r e his men brea th ing tbo air of a factory dangerous to lifts or heal thf I s be employing child-labor so as to d e p r i v e theehUd of Its f u t u r e s t rength of manhood, or of the liniifcd education wo have now come to recognls') as every child's r i g h t ? Does be look on his cmployeaaa machines, instea<l of b re th ren? Does ho require of mon, as a condition of cm doymont, unnecessary Sabbath labor, or any act wbloii Is an In ju iy or a sin ? If so, shall he not surely answer for Iheso things before God ? A Christian m a n has no r igh t to conduct business unioss he can conduct It on Chris t ian priiioiplos,—J'ournaJ and Jlfesienger.

T U E B A P T I S T F U N D P O R Y O U N G I t l N -I S T E l l S FOR 1887.

' P I I E Uulvorsity at Jackson will open the first 1 Monday in Saptomber n e x t ; and wo expect be* ,

tweon twenty and th i r ty young ministers will oDter, mo»t of whom will need help to tho amona t of thoir board at losat. The Board of Ministerial Education Is ut ter ly wi thou t funds , if not in deb t ou last year ' s account. Will not tbo patrons of th l i paper, as In tho years pis t , esteem U a privilege to aid lu this causa ? Wo feel assured many will, b u t how m a n y ? and to what ex ten t? a re the qaosUons wo wish docldo<l between this and tbe flrMtof8ep< temlior next . This pai>er now enters between five and six thousand families. W e w a n t each snb-scrlber to do something this current year for mln-htorlal education, and to Indicate by a pledge whfit jHsr month ho or she will give, the paymenta to oommeuce on or licfore tbo first of September. Wo can then tell how many young mlnlstera we , tha t Is, tho editors and patrons of TH» BAPTUT, may safoly under take to support , whe ther l i f e or ten. Wil l our readora look over tho pltwlges below, and toll us In tho nex t four weeks which one we , may put their names u n d e r ? Le t us all do some-thing.

No. L I agroo to pay ono dol lar per month for tho next ten months for the suppor t of Ave or more young minls tsrs at tho University a t Jackson, Tenn.

H Terrell , Hendorsouvillo, Sumner county, T e n n . Paid .tlO 00 ; J It Graves ; T H Gran lwr ry ; N Blain, Tenn . $10 paid; A Seminary s tudent | l p a i d ; Mrs (ii W SampiO, L%., ifl paid.

No. 2. I agree to pay fifty cents per month for tho noxt ton months for tho suppor t of flva o r moro young iniulstors at Jackson .

Mrs J U Graves ; M Y I lars ton. No. 3. I agree to pay twonty-flve cents per

month for tho next ton months for tbe support of five or more yoHug minis ters at Jackson .

Mrs M H Simmons, Huston, L a ; W M Cooper, Ala . ; Mrs Win M Satli.rfi?ld, Mo,

No. 4. I agree to glvo one voung mlnlstor at Jackson ono month'H Iioard (f12 50).

E B Ful ler , Fr iars Point , M i « , Thoro is no frlond of ministerial education who

reads t lds but is able to give w h a t some ono of thoso plwlgos call f o r ; and wo do entreat each broihcr and sister lo pledge something before the first dav of noxt September. ' ' Whosoever shall

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give to d r ink unto one of these llttlo ones a c u p of cold wa te r only In tho namo of a disciple verily I sav un to you he shall in no wise lose his r e w a p L "

^^ rhoso young mlnlbters aro tho disciples of Christ , and w h o can refuso to glvo them one meal whllo they aro prepar ing to work for the bUssod Master r

Wo have tho board of only ond pUd<i^d to, one month as yet . Htiall wo not hoar f*«w one bun-dred good brotbron and sisters this w r e k ?

BKOKIlTS. N. m a i n . Tonnossne, $10 00; W m . M ^ B a r n ^ Ten-npssoo, W) conts; Mrs. W. 0 . Sottoii. l ^ x a ^ $1 W ; ,1 II Mltlor, Kansas, il IM); Mrs lloi.ocoa Tiiekor, U . J I 00{ .V . Warren, roiiii . U Mi Mrs O Vf I * , 1 OOr C l).i/lor. OroKon. 2 tlM; Mrs Fami^ Doalnr, OrMon^ Jloxomnn) 100; II Kolloy and wlfo.. Ala., ft OOj D A C l),«rorOroKon.'2 '>;j; Wrs" Hoitomftn) 1 tW; II IColloy and wlfo. Ala., ft OOj D A Klournoy Ala. (Utw-.oman) 'i 00: It O KltKmlllsr, Totin,, I 'w IOI.VM A C.ilh.mrt. Tonn., {for HoKoman) flOO; WJ llnl( v Tenn., t 00; Mrs A Montague, Tonn., ft 00; John Wilson Oal ft K, B Fiillor, Miss . la 50; B L Btaek, r . t t i n Mrs N^i M Hatierftold, Mo., 1 j o j J a . O Dur-HUKUS, I ml.; 1 <*l; « W Charlton, Mo.. 7 BO; Mrs M A A ("Xle. Oa / oo'; Miss A B Avant. t e*as , ( Bowman) uutnrio, « MIUluKton.Tenn., ft OOj Jajj^SwWn,

"Mfs'B ^ T » n . l s .It Alimu«ton T e n n . ft fOt J s s NswWli;

Tonn., a no, MOHOS K Btone, Ala., 1 «>! J Bolder, M ^ I tW! .1 0 Hlonknuy, Now llriimtwiok. ftOe: Mrs B W T i X r , «<»! •« M WIUs, Tonn., ^ t liirs K Wn^ i iy . Tonn., i Wj 'UTerrell,Tcnn.kUor^^seman) 6 00} II •I* rroll ft 00| V^oman's ''tl'fifV*^. *

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' ' QuaniOM (ttn. " Boarob tho Horli)tur8i, lor In tbom y« tbiiik yo have oterniil llfaj M d tUoy »ro tb«y t ha t teUlfy of m e . " John V. 90. W « this nrtdrosMd to OhrUtUni or •Innortr J A M I I S W - B M I T I I .

ARBwmt W . I t W08 oddroseod to t h e JOWB w h o wore then sooklng to take, h l i llfo. Tho ftp-proved t rans la t ion Is : " You search tho t3crlp-turoB [tho Old T e s t a m e n t Borlpturos wuro iiH tha t wore t hen In existence), bociiuge you think by tham to obta in e ternal l i fe ; and they nro thoso •f lst lfying of mo, and yot you aro not wlllluK to eomo to mo tha t you umy obta in llfo "

Tho paisago has no roforcnco or application to ChrlstlauH ol tha t o r of this day.

quwniOH om. I Bboulil bi' vi ry itiuch ol.ligud to )on If you would givs mo tbo true (U'rlvntioii of tbo imnioM ol our monibs and days for my 8c«r«i>-l)ook of usctui Infor-

matloD. AN0wmi ««8. Wo der ive tho names of our

months f r o m the l lomane, who ooniiuorod Oroat Br i ta in soon a f t e r tho comnionconient of tho Chr is t ian era.

J a n n a r y ' l s namoid f rom .Janun, a two-f^ood Ho-m a n Idol, t o indicate that It po in ts t oward tho old •oason ended and tho new one bognn. It was not unlvorsally adop ted by European nat ions as tho flrit m o n t h unt i l tho oightoonth can tu ry . Fob rua ry is said to h a r e been naiuod by K o m a l u s f rom Fob-rna , tho m o t h e r of Mars, bocauso d u r i n g th is m o n t h the re occurred the R o m a n fest ival callcd Fobrnal ia . March is named f r o m Mars, tho god of war . Apr i l rceolves i ts uamo f rom apcrire, to open, because It was tho soMon when tho buds be-gan to open. May was so called f r o m Maja, tho m o t h e r of Mercury, and J u n o f r o m J u n o , tho u i f o of J u p i t e r , all favoHto doltlos of tho Komans. J u l y was named by Mark A n t o n y in honor of the ce lebra ted Uonian omperor J u l i u s Cosar, tho llrst o f his na t ion w h o a t tomptod thfl couqucst of G r e a t Br i ta in . A u g u s t , which mpaiis g rand o r g rea t , rcc0lT0«kit8 name in compl iment to ano the r R o m a n omperor , called O c t i v l u s Augus tus . Sep-t embe r was named f r o m septom, the seventh, Oc-tober f r o m ooto, tfco eighth, N o v e m b e r f r o m no-Tem, tho n in th , and l)oc«niber f rom decern, t h t ton th , m o n t h of tho Komau year , coniited t rom March.

Those names are still re ta ined though inappro-pr ia te , accord ing to our uuinbor ing ot tlio months .

Our Anglo-Saxon auceetors, whilo they wore still hea then, rcoelved tho wookly dlvl.xlons of t ime f r o m tho R o m a n s ; and as In naming tho days of the week tho Romans had imi ta t ed tho l iaby-lonians so the Teu ton ic na t ions Imltatod tho Ro-mans. So far as possible Instead of the namos of the I ja t lu divini t ies they omi)loycd the corre-spond ing names of t h o ' r o w n dlviuitlos. Tho first and second days remained dedicated to tho sun and moon, and were calied Suu day and Moon-day. Tho t h i r d day received Hiat of Tzlus-day, t h e n a m e Tz lu , the i r goil of war. Tho f o u r t h Wodonsday , f r o m Woden , tho l r highest god. T h e fifth Thorsday , f r o m Thor , tho god of t hundor . T h o sixth Fregaday , f rom Frogo, tho goddess of loYO and mar r iage . The seventh day they called S a t u r d a y , f r o m tho Homan god Haturn.

Thus the days of our wook oven now remind us t h a t o u r ances tors were hea then Idolators.

QUXSTIOM OUI). Havo llMptliit lululDtofH ihu riKlil tu unlta In uu aisoota'lon ciillod tho I'lulors' \uaoolutlon wtU41'cdo»>«ptlht«f Arc thoy p a s n r t f i.

A N B W T S B 689. W e do no t t h ink Uaptlst minis to rs should by w o f d or act reoognlzo men un-bapt isod , unorda lnod and tho teachers of most pernioions heresies, for whloh wo would exclude ou r ovm m e m b e r s and mlnlsterfl, as Borlpturul minis ters of C h r i s t . ' P a u l commands u i f r o m luoh t o t i€ thdraw ourselves, no t to assoolato wi th thom as miuistors, tha t they may bo r ep roved by ou r oondaot, and be ashamed, D o n o t o u r minis ters , by un i t ing wi th suoh in pas to ra ' a s soo la t ions , so rocogniifl thom as equally w i t h thomsolvos t r u e minlstura of OhrUl7 A r o not Fodobap t l s i minis-t o n , P ro toa tan t and Cathollo, wa lk ing d lsordor ly 7 Hye aro. tbon commanded to w i t h d r a w iVom tLom, - ' h a v e n o rel igious nssoetation wi th t h o n . Those UapUat ininislur* who asRoolntu.wlth thom as go8> PBl mlnUtora vlolftto this oxpllolt nomnmnd.

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To ovory ou» on eorth Uod gtvos a Durdon to bo carried down The road that lies lietweon tho oroH» and orown. No lot IH wholly froo: Ho Klvoth ono to tboo.

Sonio oiiiry It ulelt, Ul>fn unit vUlblo to uny oyos, Aivl nil may «oo ItH loriii and Wc'l«hl uinl mUh. 8omo Uldo It 111 thvlr broiiBt, Awl dt'c'iu It ibUB UUKUOSSWI.

Tby burden JH U O I I ' H (FIFL;

Ami It will muko tlio bi'iiri'i' oulm nnil alnmh'. Vol lost It iirouH KK) bcnTlly und lunii; Uo 8ny8, OiiHi U <>ti luo, Aufl It Rtnill easy l>o.

Atul thiisi) who boi'd bla votoo, Anil FCOK to |ITO it back hi trustful pniyrr, Hiivi' (iuUH bnarla ibiit tiovor oaii (Innimlr; Ami bopc li«lil» till Iho wny I'lxm the ilark<'»l day.

TiiUo thuu HIT hunlfti tbuH lliln tby biuijH unci lay It iil iil» fuel, Anil wbutbor It bo Horiow or iletoiit, t)r [laln or oln or earn, 11 will grow llgbtor Ibore.

It l» Iho lonuly loiul •rhiit crusboi out Uio llfo ami nghl of hoavcii, Uul iKirnu wllb blm tho snul, reBU)ru-l, forgiven, Sings out ibroHKh all dny» Ilor Joy und Uod'a bl^h prulsu.

T H E N A M E O l l l U S T I A N . I lK N E W N A M E Is a t ract by J . .M Kid will of

t h i r t y - two pages in review of a t rac t by .1. U. Mooily of the ISHptint church. Necessity Is B O I U O -

timOrt'ittid on us to do work like this, but to run down roligiou.s slaudcrorH is an ugly buBinois, and con t r ibu tes l i t t le to one 's (spiritual g r o w t h . 8uoh a work may do local good i t han llt t lo of in t e res t to the general public. — Aponlolic Guide.

The Ap utoUc (tiilde'n t es t imony is thot J . B. Mooily Is a re l ig ious s landerer , and tha t J . M. Kidwii l in t r y i n g to run him down, tha t he Is in an ugly btisinesx, tha t it is not favorable to his spir i tual g rowth , and timt the work of .1. M. Kid-will has llttlo of i i i torest to the gwucral public.

Af t e r rnlllng your religious ne ighbor a s landerer Is it not in good taste now to give him a l i t t le lecture i.u nioknaiues, etc? Hut while you anil J . M, Kidwiil a re t r> ing to " r u n t lowu " your " re-l igious uo ighbor , " which is certainly an " u g l y buslnp»>t," and uufavorahio to " splr i tuol g r o w t h , " and U of " l l t t l o in teres t to the general publ ic ," and while J . M. l i idwl l l , in tho mwuntains o f T e n -uoesee, is still ho ld ing on to " t h o Chr i s t i an eiiurch," as If ho wa.s proof agains t knowledge, he re comes the l ight , shiuing upon this pitchy da rkaes s ; —

With these facts before us w« aro j i repared for an Impor tan t ( juestlon. What thould our rc.tnjioiis ueiyhbiirn who finoe-sth/ diji'er/rom ut call imf C a n wo consistent ly demand of thom tha t they un-iiualitiodly call us wha t we call ou r so l res? Thoy mlgh* be able to do th i s : Ihey might not be. The quest ion has been p ropounded , C'lii ire mk them to call 11.1 what wc. call out'.<eli>cff W e a s k I h o readers to think carofully and closely along hero before answer ing the (juestlon, and to listen pat ient ly to w h a t we havo to say

Wo are now prepared to come direct ly to the (luestlon, W/iul nhnll Ihr.y call un/ l l ow much have wo a r igh t to ask and expect of them In this ma t t e r ? Can wo ask Iheiu to call M* " the (Jhtirch of C h r i s t ? " Th i s retiuest, a ssuming that they too are honest , which we do. would bo asking them to bo guil ty of sutf-s tul t l l ical lon; for , claiming, as they also do, to bo " the church of Chr i s t , " or at least to bo in It, to comply wi th such nuroasonabie exact ion would nooessltato, on tholr jiart, tho tacit admiss ion tha t " t h o church of C h r i s t " exis ts apar t f r o m them, and this too In tho face of the i r own claim to church Idontlty. — k . In .idnoifoi^c GfuWf.

Mr. Campbull sayei-— No parly In ohiUtondom will over oall us ChrU-

ttann to tho dtnparagcmont of t h o m s o l m . When a Presbytorlan, un Bplsoopallan, a Bapt is t or Methodist calls n denominat ion " t h o Chr i s t i ana" thoy must do It in the spir i t of aattro, Irony or In oincorlly. Thoy oai> never do it s l n o o r o i y . . . . F o r Iheso two rcnsonn I hold It imposslbio to ga in tho name Ciirlstian exoiipt as a oompllmon^ t rom onp ano the r , ' - . Jltirhini/er, vol, Iv. p . M l

L e t thoao w h o dMire to aoe » M l dlwuMlon of this "namo" bualaeM M B K I t o tho Qftptlal Book Uonao for « t r u t by J . B. Moodjr. Horo t h u ten thousand bftvo been aold. Prion, ton e«nta, threo for twenty'Avo oenta, sovon for fifty o«nta, ilxtOQu for ono dollar. •

i A mot ion w a s thou m a d e t o a d m i t all ovangeU-

cttl psskors of tho ol ty to seata In tho body, which called f o r t h much w a r m disouaslon. at one tliuo Uiroatenlug t o b r i n g a h o u t Bome III fooling, but flually oil M'ftH p o u r e d on tho t r o u b l e d waters , and tho words " t o bo p r e s e n t " insor tod in tho place of seats, lu whloh shape tho m o t i o n earr iod.— Globe Democrat.

This Is a p a r t of tho r e p o r t of t h e ( joneral As-sociat ion of Missour i Bapt is ts , as r e p o r t e d In tho St . Louis Olobo JJanoorat of Oe tobor nluoteonth. Whoever m a d e the mo t ion mus t bo ben t on mis-chief, and shou ld bo m a r k e d ns o n o of tham that cause d iv is ions . Suppose tho m o t i o n had carried, h o w uiony of tho pas tors wou ld havo boon a d ^ d g o d ovfuigellcal? W o u l d tha t t e r m t a k e in the Ujii-tariati , who denies the d iv in i ty of our I.ord? Would it Include tho Unlversa l l s t , w h o says Christ will save all fa i th or no f a i t h ? W o u l d i t include Campboll l tos, w h o deny t h e ope ra t i on of tho Holy Si)irlt , cxporlmentAl re l igion and salvation by grace ? AVould it include Podo- rhan t l s t s , who, If thoy could, would spr ink le all tho babies In tho wor ld , t a d leave no s inners to b« exho r t ed to re-pentance ? Should a Bapt is t (so called) annouuoo himself a baby sp r ink le r a n d a toaoher of tho oat»>-chism, would ho bo evangelloal? Should he bo deposed and exc luded fo r heresy wou ld h e t h e n b o ovaugollotti? No , you say, unless ho Joins thoso w h o are i)lodged and ordolnet l to propagoUi tho e r r o r s fo r which he was excluded, thon he would bocoiue evaiigolical A n y of thoso heresies would m a k e him une.vangellcal In a Bap t i s t church but evangelical in any o the r o rgan iza t ion . Is It r ight fo r Bapt is ts to pu t a p r e m i u m on he re sy?

Tho m o d e r a t o r of the Genera l Association of Ivontucky Bap t i s t s ouco called on a Methodist preacher t o open wi th p raye r , tho tirst thuo that prcacher ever sat in tho Associa t ion , and tha t af ter he had exhaus ted all the means in his power to kill tho Bapt i s t couso In tha t t own ; and he would like to kill it in all tho wor ld as t o tha t . Ye t there were many who rouhl p ray hones t ly for our suc-cess, one at least who had hard ly fai led to at tend the Assoda t ion in twrnty- t lve yea r s , and w h o glvea his whole llfo to advance o u r in t e res t s , and yet iu all that t ime such honorable recogni t ion was noTcr bes towed upon him. Wo bollevo tho man who gives his life t o tho dos t ruot lon of ou r doctr ines and thou iu publ ic prays poli tely fo r ou r snccesB would be denounced by o u r Lord as a hypocri te. Wo bollevo tho man who encourages such high-handed t r icks be fo re high hoovon, such duplicity and ins incer i ty , is particcfn criminU, to say tho least. Wo are sure wo would loso ou r solf-respoct if we should play tho par t of e i the r . " F i r s t pure, thon peaceable."

Let our fa i thfu l Bapt is ts w h o love couslstoucy a r m thomsolvos wi th courage and f o r t i t u d e to re-sist every such abomina t ion lu o u r genera l lueot Inga. Wo hope such a th ing will never bo at-t empted In TennoHsoe, and If so tha t will be the t ime ;,o " t r o u b l e tho wa te r s . "

>VTio aro th« ovangelloal pas tors lu a ol ty? Ijot thoso w h o have j u d g m e n t on thoso tha t aro with-o u t decide tho m a t t e r for us.

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BIIEOL — I I A D E 8 . A B I T Is s t rong, but s t ru th la stronger, and

will prevai l . " Never did a dolnslon so rapidly ulvo way to Inoroaslng knowledgo as the ono on tho slato of tho dleombodlod spirit . F rom almofit oTory qnar to r of lato can bo ga*borcd suoh test imony a i tho fol lowing f r o m Pro f . A .A. Hodgo, D.D., LL.D. , In tho Sunday'tohool Tmet of J q l y last. I t was a p a r t of tho Banday-sohool losson for iho day . H o w strong tho stAlomenta I —•

"Thou wilt not loave my soul In thtol.'* This ORUUot bo rationally rondored e i ther by tbeequlTk* l en t ! the gravo or hell, booanae Davld^a aoul never waa in tho plioo of torment , and bla aoul never W«B buried In the grave, i t la therefore the o n a n i ' mouB Judgmen t ot nil modern Hebrew aoboUrn

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^ ' ^ ^ ' I n d e r t h r M ^ r of death and await Ihe S S l U t n ^ f t b J S b o d l o a .

Now read the toUowlng flrom tho Companion of th. Revised Veralon, pagea 66 and 1131 -

. .There Is one w o r d no t occurr ing at all in the A .ihnrlred Veralon that has almply baon t rans-u l t l l f w r o r o e k Into Engl i sh In tho Revised

S u o n . •I%1» the term hndes, denot ing tho L l B l h U world . I m m e n s e gain has been securod r .Vo«l paM'gO" I'y the adoption of Ihls word.

Tin 1 . 8 v « y marked at Acts II. 17, where those l o r d s are qnoted f rom P«. xvl . In referonco to

' T h o u wilt not leave my soul In hades, nellher w U t l h o u leave thy Holy One to s e . cor-

" 2 ' Tho common render ing hell Is hero « S y unsullablc. T h a t word has. In tho RcviHcd J r on. been reserved for a totally diiroront tor.n, L / l m i in the original . . . . Tho two committees f a d aconfllot about had«» and hell. Tho Americans l„,l,tod, f rom the s tar t , on tho restoration of the |,„,K,rtant dist inction be tween hadc^, 1. e tho nlrli world, or tho realm of Ui« dca.i,,aud uehmna,

10 the slato and place of to rmcut , or hell, « -lU-,;„cUon whloh la oblUoratod la King J a m e s s Vor-Blon Bo that tho fearfn l word occurs twico as oftoii in It as It does in tho Greek Tes tament . The Enalish Uovlsers, f rom conscrVailvo regard to old us.go, opposed the Insorlinn of hades, and per-8i8tontly retained holl un t i l thoy reached tho Apocalypse, when tho Amer ican sugg(iMl«n was adopted. Habi t Is s trong, b u t t ru th h stronger, »ud will prevail a t l s s t "

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O U l l N E W T R A C T S . D A N C I N G , ancient and modern, iu (ho form of

a dream. By Dr. J M. I'oay. A story of thril l ing interest, and a sub j i c t of Immense practical un porlanco. Tho chi ldren road It through when they iKsgin It. Price, ton cents.

LIUEUALISM, or char i ty for error, an eternal absurdity. By J u d s o n Taylor . Sccoiul ihoui^and. Kovised and enlarged. This is ono of tho most of- fective weapons BaplUts can use. The stylo is In-iraitablo and the discussion most master ly . I 'rlce, ten cents. . ,

THE N A M E C H R I S T I A N . By J . B. M.M)dy. More than ton thousand havo boon cold. Since Us appearance about ono half of tho leading Camp belllte papoVs havo abandoned tho «ilglnal argu uient, and tho others aro greatly mwll(K<l. If you waul to " s t o p the mouUn ol the ga lns»ye i s " on (his subject clrcula 'o th is t ract . Price, ton conls.

D E r i l A V l T Y , total, heredi tary and universal. By J. II . Grime, Reply to Dr, T. W. Urcnts. The arBUiiicnt Is conclusive and tho refutation com-pieto. Prior, ton cents.

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, J T H I I B ' m VABIIBTY. .

w i ^ ' i ^ p l y the L l w of tho Threo Mr^ J o d , wna, U Bloe elott Mndtog, UT*, t t iMdoMwr

ir copy, poat pa id . BaptUt Book Hoti«>, I f w n p h l f , Bun., • • . T h e teaohlnga • f Ohriat a re InaoparWc f r o m hto

worka . H o la the world 's Savior, b u t be m»k«a t h a t olaliu not by profeaalon alone. H e lived a n d acted llko t h e world'a Savior. The Chrlat lan l ife which is most sa lutary la one whloh haa good works added to omphatlo p r o f e i d o n a . - -

W K L I , S U I T B O T O T U B U N U D B O A M D . — " I th ink , you havo unvolIo»l Campbell lsm [lu the Qoapel i n W a t e r ] so t h a t tho reader of common Intelllgenoe can dctnet Ita aophistrloi."— riBV.J.K.P.Wil.l.llM8, Sherman, Texas. Prion of tho Gospel In Wate r , $2 00. Send all orders to tho Baptist Book Uouae, Memphis, Tonn.

Thoro iB no anch thing, there can bo no suoh th ing , as tho Baptist church. Baptlata aro not held i n lollowship by any grand organ'xation b u t by a fel lowship of principles and oouvlctlona. Bach

i,ivi. UU..W.. I church la a separate, lndopondei.t demoeraoy, „ , „ „ amenable tonoocc les ias t ica lpowetouta ldeof l tae l f .

O l ' l N i O N S O F T H E E X P O S I T I O N S OH T H E organization ahould make a «eep i ' A l t A U L E S A N D i ' R O P H E C I E S O F impression upon tho world ia one of the peculiarU

C H R I S T . I tjga o, Bapt is t h i s t o r y . - Y k a m a b i . n L l ) . T . MONTGOMERY of M ^ o u r l wr i tesM ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ t " T h o books at hand [he pro-ordered ' O W M ^ u,,d I must bo allowed to express my approc atioa ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ Homanlsta do not hate the ot t 'hem. T h o y a r o really grand. public school as much a» they profess, I t la a ghod a Hood of liglu on tho^o very " " J ' d Inslltntion If they can control I t Th i s man'a l„HK)rtani Scrli.luros, and br ing out w h a t I tl be lbf does not dlstjuallfy h im for tht) po-le their t rue meaning, I got back every " L ,,ut wo predict ho will wedge In as much (ho prioe of tho book in i-aadlng of your Catholicism as possible. Uo will under take to do of tho rich man and Lsr.arus. ^ co«iin ^ ^^^^^ ^^ objected to having othera d o . r -Uulsh rpadi^g it I ha^ to stop I L i U^ Central JJaptiU.

B a p t u t a h a v o h e l d t e n a c l o u s l y t o a a t n c t l n ^ r -

' T I r H n S o .s God h a f blessed us wi th L r c t a t l o n and application of the 8or lp t . . re . to hu-Hi n f i ^ ^ or Bible L n du ty . T h o u g h the oontoat W M r l U c u l ^ as a

H„ch a ' ^ foolish contention for non-essentials i t h a . turned reader " I have read out tha t in so doing tho Bapt is t , have formed and . M t f a r a b l s tTroo imo ; and I would not Mrengthened a supreme revenjnce for the word of

t h r e e o t t h o p a r a D K s iiiroo uiu - " ^ consequence we aro ,ake twenty.nvo dollars for m y j m o k . | , , , „

p i V E I T D O W N . BUonld Ottvhms I O B K U O S some malloo frame To soli or tamlsh your good namu

Live It down.

Orow nQt dUlieurtenedi tia tho lot 01 all mon wbotbor good or not.

Live It down.

Uall not Iti answor, tnit bo oulm; Kor Bllonoo yields a raidd balm.

Live It down.

What thouRb mon ovil oall your KoodI 80 Christ hlnwolf, mUundorMUi(Hl, Wtis nailed unto a oroHS of wooil; And now Bbftll you for loB»«r (luln Vour liiniost Botil forever stain lly ronilorlUK ovIl bnok nK«lnf

Mvo 11 down.

ub If you look to bu lorKlvon! l/)vo your own foog, Ibo billoruHt evmi, And lovo to you shall glUlo from lisavoii, A nd when ."bull oomu Iho polHoiied Uo Bwltt from lh« IK)W of oalumtiy, If you would turn It harmless by , And niuko lh» vcnomod talBuhood ll«,

l,lvii It down.

_ I slightly affcjctea Dy tno new iuooiub/ . Talmaiio. a f te r r idiculing the or thodox dofl- topretatious and the speculative views whloh har-

• i, n HHVs tb l t justlllcation simply tneans " t h a t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t^e denomlnatlona which found de « l e t " tho . inner i l l ." H this Is no tsp i r i tua l

thon It must bo sonw

N o w let t h e a g e n t s a n d I r i e i ' d s of l l io Old B a n -ner loud tholr helping hand. Th i s U tho ^oasoii to work. What can we say or do to get tho assistance we need? Tho editors mus t bo In tho Hold, and thoy ought to bo.Iu the olllce. T h e paper sUl'irs if they aro not In both . Th i s It ImposHlOio; an.l the only remedy Is for fao friouds t ) help br ing u p the Held work, nnd let tho edi tors do moro olllco work. Dear friends, will you do I t? Wilt you do It now ? if you will tho paper shall bo so Improved as to msko your loving hoarln leap for joy. Suppose you Iry just this one t ime. Now lor it all along Ihe line, and lot tho lino bo longthenod. W h o will lead tho t a n ? W h o ?

Don't forgot tha t wo w a n t tho llvest man or woman in each ohuroh to act as our agent . Lot aome kind fr iend send us tho namo of such, and we will send ou r list, catalogue and terms. Thia we muat have ooouor or l a t e r ; and those wish ing to do ua a groat favor wil l pleaao reply lo thIa at ono«, giving the poat.olHwj addroaa und tho church pf thQ (iotniBiende<V

rHNH ruiuu , - .. 1 light in trying to rldloule our regard for tho word

. hiifh Dlacos thon U must no 1 of God. Faithfulness in that which Is least Is S r and meaner kind. What justice can there l>o| In .M-Central Uaptlst.

' l a t lng ti.e . inner oil ? This Is to murde r justice. ^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ .lovolopcd at th . oua lUu t lon tl Can God be jus. In jus . l fy lng a sinner ? But wha u a very favurabto in it to lu. t i fy or make r ighteous a In H ^ ^ y ^ose n

ardon or letting him olf ? No : God frou. 3l.2i. 214 lu 171)0 toovor G100(),0()0 IH U forgiveneHH 01 taking or heariug ^ tho present time. America speiuls more for

? NO : tkougl. tills is ..ecoHsary «> ^ ^ teaching and charltios than any nation in ynoi.ymouH with forgiveness Q „ t jf each one thousand Ainorloans

i.HS makes h i m L , . o r e arc only flvo ol.j cts of charity, while tho HghteouH. A bubo is innocent but ; f iu Euro , o Is fo r ly l ive . Tho U n l l ^ Btatoa ' l i o law iH p recp t ivo as well as P r o h i b i t o r y H a ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ government tha t ox-. goes lllty miles in the wrong direction for ^ ^ ^ ^^^ T h e „ aro

J b n t ho started ; bu t he ought to havo boon fifty " ^ u ^ g o f telegraph, in n ti e vigi l direction. In other words, h^ll K W ^ wnl^

1 r. mtlred bin. to bo llfly mllon Iti tho Bosldos this our

^ B bin. where ho wool,I havo » " ^ " fe i L States was , I " ' , . . ..,« ,.iu lifn and not wrong. So f"rgivono s J w ^ I n ^ ' ' >

many "•o it as ,.on,i^(=i<ni. This

l l l ih t ' i i i lh l s Ufo and not wrong. So forgiyono. f m. ,c wrong, and jnstilloatlon sols him up

r n ' i ; ; : X r J u « t l L t l o n l s a f r o e « l f t . a n d nmst 1,0 recolvetl t s such or not at all.

I ^ D I U U A M M . . .When you do oomo out in a now dross do not

,„ako th t j p e smaller, for I cannot see as w 11 a« I l i d th l r t^Vears a g o ; - d there are s o v o r ^ t h e r

Weal th is llko a bird, it hops all day from man i Z t t Ibo bird doea from tree to tree, and nono i B a y W h t ^ r o U w l U r o o a t a t n l g h t .

K ^ x V S l u g tin"WOMIu o H h r U n i ^ Km,/dom -^Central Hapl^ '

T O A L L T H E O L O G I C A L S l U D E N T B A T S C H O O L ,

y f c will send T U B B A P T I S T du r ing tho aohool year for fifty conU. Bend y o u r o r d e r a a t once.

UUUBAU OV WAJJTH. '

w V ^ M V o n d l n « ratoenoant. f o r e ^ l l « > .

' I ' .T l i^ ' iwiM^ of an impofUat paj^wJ®.

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The Young South.

MltS. MUltA UKAVKH UAILBY, KDITOH, Ta wbora «tl oommunloattons for thU dopartniont n a y be

addroisod, Knoxvlllo, Tonn.

KNOXVII.LK, TKNN., IKrrOlIKU 2», 18H7.

DE A U C H 1 L I ) U K N ; - I road In one of out papers the otbor day that U . i". MoUormlok, our mliilonary a t

/aoateoBi, Mexloo, while proaohing at Vetta Orando, wa« surrounded by a bowling mob, and, leoInK that threats would not keep him from preaohing the goepol ol Chrlit, stones were thrown at bim, one of which out a deep KBSh In his head, and another bruised his side. 11 «t the Spirit of (lod was victorious, douls wore oonirertod , and several persplis wsro baptised. And the writer re marks: It seems strange that eighteen huadre.l years after Christ's oruolflxlon sueh a thing us this should hap lien." To me It shows that Satan Is still the prince o( this world, and that tho oarnal hoart Is still at enmity against Old, Just as In the days of Christ. Tho oruol tlxlon of Christ was after all but the fulfillment of Uod's plan of salvation for manj and we soo that Uod's ways are always made straight In spHe ol tho opposition of man's carnal hoart, an In the case of lire. MoCormlok, when several persons were oonverted and baptliMl. Then too, children, those Mexicans art Catholics. But do they seem to Inherit the spirit of Christ? Does it look like they are helpini; to lead men to Christ and to make things go Ood's wayUn their native landf Uo<| surely snoms to have laid his hand ui>on Mexloo, and means to possess It. It Is a lield white unto the harvest, and wherover his laborers go they bring In sheaves In spite of the bitter opposition shown them by many of tho populace. Our missionaries have mot with wonderful success; and tho cry for the gospel of .Jesus Christ, they toll us, comes up to them from every part of tho country, as though tho heart of the nation was huagerlng for a pure gospel. It has become dobauohod and polluted, as It were, with Catholicism, and n^w cries out, In tho darkness of Igno-ranoo and superstition, for light and the puro water ot life; and Ood, It soems, does not mean they shall be de-nle<l. But who will do this wark for hlmf He means to do It through us as his messengers. Are you ready to do his bidding? Are you willing to go or dof If so now Is the time to work. W e arc not all oallod upon to b« Uod's mussongors to this people In person, but have you sent a single Ulblc to tell them ol Uo<l'8 love? or have you sent a single dollar to prepare and stimulate his missionaries to tell thom of his level' II era Is a piece ol poetry which says iMjautirully what I wish to say to you. Keep It, and read it rnen, that you may not, like Maggie, dream ol a future time when you may become Uod's messengers Lovingly, A U N T N O K A .

MAKING TIIIKOH GO liOU'H W A Y .

1 think twill be nice, ilear mother, Said gontle Maggie one night,

When wo are dead ami cold and still, And they have burled us out of sight,

To bo one of Christ's niinistcring spirits W h o servo him night and day,

And come sometimes to this dear old world To make Ihitigs go Uod's way.

Ah, darling, w«th thoughts so tender, You need not wait till then,

I'or the I/)rd has ministering sorvicu For even a child of ton.

Uefore your hunds are folded, And eye s shut out from day,

Ileforc we ory, I)ea r Haggle Is deiul, You can make things go Uod's way.

Whenever you make the sunshlno On a darkened lace to break,—

Wlinnever a sell-denlal For another's sako you make,—

Whono'er for the souls of tho wandering In Jesus' name you pr ay,

Ynu arc Iwlng his mlnlstortng spirit, And making tblngB go Qod's way,

Tho world la full of Cbrlst'a oblldren W h o h«Te never beard af hia lovo«

Can you nokbing do to lead them To the better Homo above r

With aad and darkened fhoei To some Idol fod Ihey prtjr.

Oh toll them the etory of jr««uk, And make tUlngi go dod** wayi

Auilt NbkAi tnliat wHto to toll you what I think of Ui« IliUe fa«w ooualni 1 will bo Vbry y u d to blhiin bof M j» MoUalui «na «op» tan mako M iiimt n vroMan aii U M Kri> A u m lioMii w« fin irolnM in uieva nwNto i>ou m m n aui i m N i m m . hm t^un U V I M W I M I

m y llfl>i and U will bo right hard f<>r m o to get uaod to another home. W e are going to Marlon, Ala, Tapa le going there on account of the good aohoola. M y brother went to Marlon last week to tohool, I uan repeat tho sermon on tho mount from memory now. I Lave been a right long llnio learning it. Well, I guesa this will be (he last time I will writo to you from Old Hprlng Ulll. I will close wllh love to you and all tho oousliis and a kiss for ilttio Orrcnn. Your loving niocu,

J U I . U DAUOllDHItl.. He sure to write us of your now homo, .Julln, anil try to

Und lis some cousins In Marlon. 1 always Imuglnrd Marlon to bo a ilollghtlul place to llvo In, though I havo never been there. Tvll us how U appears to you now, and then later you oau tell us how you llnd It really to bo, I.lttlc Orrenn seniU thanks for your hourly woloomo. 8ho 1« two months old und over now. Is growing fast, ami knows a goml many things, w o think.

Hero is I'arker's woloomo. A U N T N O K A ; — W o ilo most heartily OPGN t,ho iloor ol

the Young Koiith to our sweot little Cousin Orriinn. .May tho 1/ord direct her every slei> in life. Sister wants to write to you soon, lovingly, F A R K H I I M ttiiKooii.

U a r Bib lo l * o r l r a l l a . [1 will give m y young readers a text each woek, pro-

•entlng some lIDilo charaotcr, ami will ask ciuestions con-cerning It, And I will give a Urst and second prize-book to the two cousins who will wrIto m o the groatest number ot letters during tho year al)0ul our portraits, answering all tho questions, and tolling nio what lesson they draw from tho life and oharautor of the ono presontod. IA t tho cousins auk m o or ench otiicr any question or (juostlons they may wish ulx)ut the iiorlruit before them. — A U N T N O H A . ]

'And Ananias wont] his wny, and ontori'd into tiio house, and putting his bands on liini said. Brother Saul, the Lord, ovon Jesus, that appeared to thoo lu the way a» tliou earnest, hath sent ino thiit thou mightost rcooivo thy sight and bo fllled with the Hsly Ohost." Aottt Ix. 17.

Here Is tho pictnro of two mon In aoorlain iiuin's house on a oortain street of a very old olty.

W h o are these two men)' Whoso house, what strcot und city f Whence camo .Snulf and lor what pur|>o»c)' What ohango has taken place In liiinf und wlint<'inis('(l

itr Tell what happened in the way. H o w was Baul i>eraocutlng Jes\t8f Tell us anything you know of his provious history. W h o is this Ananias r What other man havo we soon who had tho Piinio nunier This is a gcHxl man und a prcachur. What did ho say

to Baul r What happonoil? What did ho do to f iiul? Is it tho duty of all bollovors to he bapll/.wl t W h y ?

II you will road Acts xxil. ami iilso xxvl. It will liulp you on this portrait.

I'lllLll' TllK K\ A N O K L I S T .

AN8WKR T O T U A I ' O R T M A I T KOU HKI-RKMIIBK R W K N T Y -KouKin.

Then Thillp opened ills moulti und boKuu ut tho ssnio Scripture and proaobcd unto hlni .Icsus." Acts lv.;i.*». Here wo see I'hil p sitting beside the Klhippian eunuoli In his chariot, and proaohing to him about Jrsns. This is I'hilip the evangelist, ono of tho seven deacons of tho church In Judea. H o lived In Cesiireu, which is situated on the western ooast of tho Medlterunoun soa, noar Jeru-salem. H e llrst preached In Homorla, "and tho peoplo, wllh ono accord, gavo hoed unto th089 things which riilllp spake." Ho also performed many mlraoles, oust-ing out unclean spirits, and healing tho lame and palsied. Alter I'hlllp had baptized Simon hn was sont by. I'otor to Uaza; and it wan on his way thoro that ho met tho ounucb. This eunuoli was an ollloer under Cundano, gucen of Ethiopiu, and was reading Ksaiim tho prophet, but did not understand it. I'hilip was tlion commanded by the Hplrll to go and join hlmsoll to liio chariot, and, after pleaching to hirn, tho eunnoh at last understood what ho so inuoh desired to know. W e do oarnestly wish to understand what w o read In the Iliide.

8AM.IU, JOllNNIK A N D JIMMIK .(ACKSON. And Boulah Uroen says: "1 do oarnestly wish ti

understand the Bible, Aunt Nora. That Is why I study It."

And this Is what each ono of our lllblo studoutn say; and their faithful study provea theli carnestnoss, Jiut, dear young friends, nro you praying Uod for ligtt and guidance In your study r W o study in vain If It Is not by his light and guidance.

Portrait aniwered also by Julia Daughdrlll, Layton Wall, Willie Watts, Bather, Ileriohel and Bpurgoon Wingt), Iddo, llhtlle and John Moody, Beulah Oroen, I'trkert Thomaa and Annie Lulu McGregor, Tlehlo and iOU UadWnll.

thballBhconfthoHorlptui-e may bo uuitlod ni an ll«««»»» o r lU li)»plrailotn It is mienll by deslglu Tho atiU.

Utien inrliloli Norlptu»» la «U»li» nre tireoUitly Utoit wkl«h UHViiriBl «ti(loiHr would (lUn probt m UiirtitiUii

5 A F U N B U A L I N M E X I C O .

A ourloua feature oif M t xiowu lliu la ibe manner ofli^-ducting funeraU. Tho rloh go l« tho Ofmettirles In O M^^ age* as elsewhere, tho middle olaasea go on the cart, oomn and all, while tho poor walk, and carry i h ^ dead upon their Bhouldere, W b o u horw oara wore flm Introduced Into tho Mexican capital the manager ol S lino oonoelved tho Idea of buying and retiring all hoaraes. Then ho put fUneral oors on that branch rus nlng to the cemetery, and thu result was that everfbodv r wishing to bury in oonseoraied ground was at his m m It soon bccame faehlonablo to visit the panteon In (fee horso carsi and all uxcopt thoso two i xtreine elo»»e», tho very richest and tho very poorest, now avail ttmi^ selves of tho privilege. Ono Iroquentiy encounters a lunoral procession of this kind on routo to tho gravo tbs oar draped In blacit If ihe corpse bo that of u man, win whlto If it bo that of a w o m a n or ohiid, the OOIIIH CIPOST^ to the full glare of the sun and tho gneo of tho popiiU<» tho korsos, with their nodding plumes, driven by uopruoe young man In conventional uniform, and tiie car eon-talnlng the mourners gliding gayly over tho rails. Tte price of this service la graduated to suit tho tHKio or ne-cossltlcs ot tho iMjreaved, and ranges from three to three hundred dollars, depending upon Iho hciirxo e'lulpmeuid tho number of horsiis and livoriod attondunts. —Soioetcd'

W H A T A H O Y A C C O M r i J . S l U ; i ) . A boy who uUeudcd u Si.iiilaj••cbooi «i'iii .iiu in tho

country to spend Ills vncatioii, u vltit iii. imtl lotiH loolvod forward to with pleasure. Ho went out to hoip iho mon harvest. Ono of tho men was an inveterufj Mwouror. Tiio boy, having stoml It as long as ho oould, said to tho man Well, I guess 1 will go homo to-morrow." The swearer,

who had taken a great liking to him, said, " 1 ihoughlyou were going to slay all the summer." "I >vas," suM tho t)oy, "but I can't slay w h o m anybody swears «o. One of us must go, 80 1 will leave." 'ITio man foil iho rtlniks and said, " if you will slay 1 won't nwoar." And iio kept his word. Hoys, take u bold stand for tbo riiilit, throw your inlluonoe on the eido of tibrist, and )()i] wllltjow seed tho harvest oi which you will roup Imth in this world and that which is to oorao.

T h e r e Is no knovirledgo f o r w l i ' d i g rea t a prico U p a i d M & k u o w l o d g o of Iho wor ld ; and no ono e v e r bocama an a d e p t In it e x c e p t a t tlio pxpousoo*" a h a r d e n e d a n d w o u n d e d hear t.

I t Is a fha t i io fo r a i icli (^hriMtiaii to be like a Chr is tn iR-j - lwx, t ha t rece ives ail a n d no th ing can bo go t o u t till it ba b m k o n In piocos, o r like unio a d r o w n e d m a n ' s h a n d , t h a t h o l d s w h a t e v e r it guU.

O u r V(i.>|t«l F u n d . Rro, Powell li,as proinlsml to ({Ive hit piotnro to any one

who will mlso live dollant (Inring llio your KMT for tmlldiiix our Y O U U K Hoiitn chapel in M O I I R U . Thu lolluwlut; Irnvs iindertakcn to ilo this. Mrs Mattie Kllnii ami others, 18 65. Ttslilo Cad well. Klatonln, Texas, >.) i. urkrr rml Tlionisii

McUreKOrand mother and sl8tor, Mliulen, L A . , 5 00; Ullle uuit A'Ola Carpenter, ,Mo., 6 00; .lolin, Joseph anil .Siilney Oiibiivy Mlw),, S 00' MISH Mary KUamillcr, Konlt )wn. Tcnn.,S iii; ia» ()«x, Joneiboro, Tenn. S Oo; I e U (Jailwell, Klstonla, Texuii, 5 00; Minnie and Miy liolshor, vVhlti'Sbiro, TIIVHK, !> (LO; l>ll-lle Graven, MempiilH, renu.fi no.; lloHe K. Hl )ae, AIh., r. 00 rtllns K WlittUiu. Mlu, !i 00; MfK llurgoas l> U). HIster Truss of Kndora eliun li 3 01 Layton Wall, T«uu.,» UU; Jew .* Canauld, 2 l>0; Uay iiur-

ilerM, Ala., a 00 Kettle l>oalor, Oregon 1 Sfi; Laura .McKad len, Ark, I 26, Wo, tho und^Tslgned.plixlKA ourMlvoii to give niiu (lulliir

during theyear 1887 toward bnlldlUK our YuungHouth dispel In Mexico,

0«K DUM.Aa. Kia U W rewtherer and M N U W I'ewtlierer, Oregon; M I M

Ilannab Hyatt, Arki Kloyd Hyatt, Hot Ke« Uystt; Hu'<s Hhermi.se, (A., Ada Hhorr<iuso. Lena Shcrroime; Lilln Vniin, Texiut; Ida KIncald, Ark.; Urandmn Urainlett, Ala.; Mr <o•ltt Mrs Scott; Willie WalU. Ala.; Haliie JH0ksou,Johnnle Jin'k. sou, Jimmlo Jackson. MINM.; Frank Parker, Tenn.; Abtiie llorders, — — CMllo liodbolter, Aluinlo Led-bettei. Willie Udbetter. Ua.. Mrs WuttJi, Ala.; Kloru Can-Mold, Fuller Caulleld, I'otnle Ca»neld AlMiaCannt>ld,Kunleo Canfleld, MIKM 1 Aunl Hamie, Mlso.; Mrs Mollie Moilroy. Te^as; Curtis Fanlkiier, Teun; MBIISHS Kink,Tenn.; Van 0 Farrar, Ark.; llenHdiui W I U K O, Tenn; MrsH W Tucker; HpurKmiii Wliigu, Tenn; Carrie #riKlit, Ala.; Unelo Tom ; i liarlle An 'ei-Hon, Mabel Klluu, Hlduey Fliun, Ulara Fllnn, a.lss: hither Wiuiio, Tenn. Mr* M C Heitoon, Texa4, 7S .lulia luuKhdrlli, Alu,7o Matttu halenilne, H. Oti cents. 'roin in le U ran berry, t o , 60 etai Frank Kstus; llaxler KsUm; Lllllo UsteB, Tecuni

IJennIo H U n W n , Tenn.; M m M I Hteadiuun, Ark.; Mary Owens, Ark.; Charlie Mmltli,Tenn. Festus Uhode^ Tuau ,au; Aarl HmlUi, Xunn., ihl; Coiiyet<t

Norvell, aenu.,80. TWINTY-XIVK UKNTS.

M l u Fanny QcMxlson. Jootlson, Fla.l Ualvli Hlator,Touu.,9Ut llei liieero Cuexroif 1«;

Tenn.! K C Doyle, I. T.; Msiaie Calvin Uraves, Tenn. lieulah Uroen UU; T o m m y Norwoo<l 'JO. " Vallle Calne 10; Caasle Uaiuo 10; AO-

»el Oaine 10. rivi OKNTS PKH WBBR.

Ucelo Torn, Jr, Iki. o n r M l M l o a n n r r n n d .

W e want d dimes

I all oar yonngtrtende to help us witUthelrnlokels to ednoaletwoyonuK ladlsaln Madera insiltnle, toare OtllDg tUemselvea to beoomo mlMlenarlse Kid dimes to ednoaletw

exloo. who are attlDR i among ttaeir own people-

lOt Inot Uamble lOi Itlohard iOi A m y , Fredrle and Charlw d, 60) BfA and I M M ueadsn ble lA; Hlnhanl Uambia Ai Us w*nt ioj;rdminu.u<aii' i g w B ' S i d ' ^ f t i v i

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LONDON BDmONS. I S . I . I M | I | 4 M > " t w * ! * ® C o n -

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T S S E C T I O N

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Freuoh Moi-oooo, liovmt Limp, Round Coruors. GIU Etlgo, post-P»Id, Fronch Morocco, l/ovaiit Llnip, Ilouiid Cornors, Divinity Clrcim GIU Eedge, l)o»t-pald, 1170

BMby Type. lamo.Ula® e H by «• J ronch Morocco, levant I,, lufn.n circuit, Hound Cornerfl, ttilt ICdKO, poil.-pald, 12 75. Persian Morocco, Seal Grain, Itouud Cornors, Silk Bowed, GUt B^IRO, iwst-pald, HiDlon T j ^ , S»o. m a " W «>*

. ' I i s a . French Morocco, l iCvanL Divinity C i r -cult, Itound Corners, Gilt Edge, post-uaid ' W e havo scloclwl tho Btyles above naniod, BO that rsMtild havo a good assorlniont both as U> SIM ol T i n d l.rlccBr - o can reconunond tlic.o blcs S olery 8«nday-8chool tcachor, lUble stn mlnlBtor aa tho MKBT and choapest clasjol F llm™' Bibles Known to tlio book tra.lo. Wo r« vonr patronage for theso Bibles. I'lease C V y the uumLr, and say, Toachors' Biblc«.

lAfl''™" M o i m d u s , 'I t'bU

T E A C H U S H O W T O P R A Y , t nuring our long connocttou with tho Baptlat iBwk House w e havo received iiunierous c lis for a K s t prayer-book, and, after dnigmit scaich E S h tbo caUlogucB of the p n b ishers with lwhom we«lo buslncBS, w e have at found a IbMk which, though 7io{ a praj/er-l^ook l\ko those

by KpiBcopailanB and U'...man Oatbolics, Is a •Tkttlcuiatod to aid y o u n g Christians in p u b l ^

brlvato worship, a n d Will meet Iho w a n t s y loor Mtrons. T h e title of tho book is Aids to Do-• »tton. Including BlckorBloth on Prayer. Watta

iiWe to Prayer, and bcloot Devotional KiorcUofl. iTta title of thl. book explains Its character and I M K H . Besides tho whole of D r . Walt's un-Itno^od Oaldo to, Praypr It contains the rirhly Im»edlcal Views of Prayor by M r . Bickersloth, liilh examples from Bcrlpluro and otiier somces, iHflelent to Illustrate and aid tho young Christian lliipplylng them to practlco- T h o hlntu In ib< IPrefkw are Invaluable fer social prayer-meetings, ItbebeDeQts of which are somatlmcfl wholly lost for hiBt of observing Just such things as ho I K I I O U L T . 10mo,320 pp. Cloth,*! 00 "'V

K' paid, on rooolpt of prlcu, by Bap t l s i Book lee, Mew'-'hia^

What Baptists Bcllovo A N D OTliKll D I B C O U U S E S .

nv J. L. BuniiowH, n o . Tho work Is done w llh a luaHtcr's hand. Tiic foundation In every Instance Is solidly bcriptuial; ind on It ho piles a structure «f inagnillceni logic., and roakoB It glow with all tho Un a ol rlieiorlc B; reason of t ho exce l lonco « f Its matter and thr cUrm oflts stylo this book bolds tho readers in-Hreat onchalnod to Iho end. It Is jusi such a hook MouKht to bo read, marked and inwardly digoBied, Mpoclaily by every young ChriMlau in our cluuc ich that they may l)0 able to render to oVcry "lan Ibni Mketh them a reasou for the faith tlial Is In them. Ihitthoy may loarn to hold up ihoir head-, insload of hanging them do WM lo bo picked, and to thank Sod that they aro Baptlsta iuHload of g o i ng ai-ouuil ipologizlng for belonging to a littlo Foct HO Igno-rant and illiberal. Dr Biirrowa, who has (tone irand service aB a loader In our UaptiHt boMx, lever did a better service to tho Bapiist can«o than In the contrlimtlon of Uils admirable v l u m o to nir literature. "Dr Burrows' Discourses aro oxcel'.ent. Iho ono »n close communion la Iho boat I havo over sefu — i WOlniBtoad, DD., Bjston. , ^ , " The Ijcst book wo k .ow of lo placo In Iho handH of voung Baptl ta."—B M Ellis, D D.. Balilmore. 302 Piges. Price, post paid, | l 00. Address all trdort to Baptist Book House, Memphis.

Tho Baptist Lavman'ft Book li> oiio that should M In the hands of evory layman In our nhurchos. Vo havo Just rocelvod a supply, aud will b« glut lo fUriilsh It at sovonty-flvo oonta por copy, wet ')kld. Addross Baptist Book Uouso, MomphlB) inn. hand of Uod lit

be der«0d«d

OF

Now and Approved Books Foil

TUE HOME AND

THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. N O T E .

The lunjorlly of tUeiio books have been rwwl and approved by oonipelent Judgea. The typo of eaeh »>ook Is clesr and illdUnol, and all are printed upon tho best paper. IlrlKhtand attraollvo lllnslratlona a»lorn each volume. Htrongly-bound In cloth oovcnt render tho books very serviceable ft)r,aunday. school Ulbrlarles, and tbo Wrlaht BoW and silver .lamping on tlie covers lusk Ihem tbo most suitable Juvenile books ever ofTered lor prUes al Ubrlsliuas and other festivals.

nOOKH AT rWRNTY CKNT8 KACII. A series of tweuty-fbnr elegant little I S mo. Volumca In cloth, I.... .^Itk ihA Rllln.

T H E a m i ^ ' G B M L I B B A R Y .

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L A D D I E S L I B B A B Y . A f H M n ^ W w a n d T r i o l a o r A n l . uiSSS v w i e Mioi. the maU.

ftl

AUanUo, The Hooae oa tbo Bridge, andotUMTalsa.,

W e Four. HU Anbynli Laddie.

A w i h J J f o f t C i b o v e named book, tor one dollar, it Of I d . t 4 a t o n e timej^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

T H E BOYS' OWN FAVORITE SERIES.

T h / ^ k s a r o weU on good paper, and BirongTyanVefeBantry'bo^

DdlMHtl f romr .0 to 80() pSg« »»«»'"eyar. all well lUnatrateil. , Hariy the Wanderer. Manoo. •fhe African Wanilererc Talea of the While Oock-

' rxti-a BtanipliiK. with oliromo on the side. Kvery PsKO Illustrated. THE HOLIDAY GIFT LIBIIAUY. I'apa's l»r«tty Oin Hook.

Mamma's I'retlT

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for Play T ^ e -f;hrl«tm4a Ulft Hook. PrUe I'loUire Book. HrlgM I'lclure I'sgM

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The Now01rI;or,Th«

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THE TINY NATURAL HISTORY SERIEa H T O R Y HOOKS ABOOT ANIMiW. FOB LirTL* BKADBBB.

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andtwcnty-flve cents, if ordered a tone time. ONK l>OU.AK ANI» VIKTY CKMT8 A VOI.UMK. Lar^ii^UmO Wbo Did boys' Tale. . in T inw of Peril; a Story of India. Hair Breadth

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Fickle Flora snd her Hea side Friends. Urandinammn's Hello's. Harry at Hchool. A Htory UiT Hoys. The lloroof HrllUny. Hoter. the Tyrolese. Holiday Tales. Hulldsvs among the Mounulns. Johnny Miller. Jnlla Mallland. Onr While Vl(;let. Piiul Howar<l'» Cuptlvlty. Htulen Chnrrlcs; or. Tell tlie Truth stOuce. Hii inv l>t»y> , . , w lliHiii Tell, the Patriot ol Hwilf.erlaml. Wo-fkoJ, uot Ijont.

The Oentlemsn t^det. ^J* Aneedotee of The Hlval Onispea. ^ m J ^ ' AnoMo** « named booa.£?lor two dollar and

thlrt^llve oenu, II o dered at oae Ume. Baptist Book House, Memphis. O M I I F A T I O I W A I . S E B W O N S - F L L U N

T O I j U M E *

BT J . B. QBAVM. (Rlecantly bound In cloth.) This Hrst v o K o ^ u U l u s the six following D. -nomlnatloual Sermons:

I. T l ie A c t ol ll»i»lliiin. a. T b e symbol l im ofBapt l i i in •>-«<••« IMMKIVHU

D E

e s t ami Dog; or. Puss ami the I'apUlii t;hlldrfu'H I'Iciilc. Chlldreu of tlie I'nrwiiin^c. Obrlstian Klll0U;or. Mr«. Punver's l'rl*e. Clnnillne; HumilHy tbe KaKU 01 tbe Virtues. m.^ or IbU b a v .

Any IhrtM-of tbo al>ov« named l«oks for ono .lollar, If or-iletwlul one lime. HOOKS AT VIKTV CKNTH KACII.

CloUi. Cov. r« i.rlnle.1 In (fold, Hllycr and B l ^ k . KuUy

6 . C o m c l o n c o t W l m l »• U l

r-^r a rr.nv for vo.ir iil)rarli:K P . T' A..1(lr««s Baptist BooJ- n<,iin.. MoinchI'. To....,

Ittmn

Aunt Mary's Hrsn Pic. I'lirlcil. StarllKhl Stories. Bunnylaiid HUirios. riille Tattle. Tho AfrlcHU Crnlser. A.lvenliires In Fantl-laml. Always Hai.l>y;or. Aiiee-.loles of Felix nnil bis HKler. A Chlbrs Inllnence. Bsltie and Vinl'iry. Cmnl«"''0 and Ntlllo. »v»riior Cotuge. Dlslant Homes. FrttliierTline'- Hlorv lUH.k From I'oasanl t<i Prince.

Whoever would Ira sustained by the hant

UiMKl in Bvorytlilng N<iTK.-Over I been sold Ittif a Million

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AT MBVKNTY-KIVK OKNTS A VOI.UMK. I'imo., NUe, Cloth.

T H E HOME LIBRARY. The Boy Hlave of Bokham. The Wild lloraeinan of the Pampas. Our Old Homo

ae r iyand May. Orandllither. l<)T«ry Inch a King.

POWDER Absolutely Pure.

alK,ve n a m ^ boek . Ibr ono dollar and

m o i ' T M H . IJlUe May's Krlenfls. MiulM and Het.ChloM.

^ iu ^ ? »

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T H E B A P T I S T -

, rv'vr

Gen. W . hiH b«eu Joined oy hU wife, and It is thouKht that the war will go on.

Tbo pious roan and tho athoUt aU

ways talk of roltglon. Tho ouo apoak*

ofwtiat ho lovoa and tho othor of

what ho foars.

Tho Bccrot of all truly effcctaal ser-vloo Ib Joy In tho Lonl , and havlnK oxpcrlmonlal awiualiilanooand follow-shlp with Oo«l himwlf.

Porleot symiMOlry novor produooa thorffcot of vanlneM. I t U only by ntudvInK tho details that wo compro-hond the character of the whole.

BUCKEYE BELL FOUNDRY. Bi lUuf I'lire Cofptr wid Tin for UfavrelML ,H.<h<KiU, I'lm Al»rin«,r*rmt,rt«. r(ILX.T VAllHAJiTBI*. tW«l«(UK MM Fro*. VAMDUZEN * TIFT. Ciaclnaali, O.

MoShan i Bt l l Fonndnr Finest Grade of Bells,

riiixuiKP IHiiJi for CIIITBCHIB, *«• * • A^reu

Ha.

.-ilKP t.Jd Jof rrli* «nil C«t»lojru*. kH

II. HeHIIilNK A OO^ bK Uu/^tr. n«ltln»<h xtx n xrx sa

{ M i g a

iJirli.-J I'll. Ill PrUe .attha Ndw Orlaana Kx-InaCltlon fur clr mUn pi tiva, cbt., nildrv

KfgMter Jk MOD*.

< ^ i n c i n n a t i B £ l l F ound ry G o SUCUSSORS ITBUIMII ILS TO THi

BLYMYER MANUFACTURiNGCO r.x CATAlOOUl WtlH laOD TtSTIIWKWlS.

ElLS.CHURCH.SCHOOL.riRE ALARM l»MiDj7fvw

BELLS StMl Allor Church ami thhiMtl nolla. Scixl for (LtUlOKiii). C. M. UKVl, <V CO.. IlUlalwra, O.

'lod TVIiiakey nab* ttaenrMlithomowlUt ontp»ln. Book of pM-

ilam Mnl PKCE.

A G E N T S KKKK) for I>It IwautlMI KLKCTItIC COItSKTH, IIRVHIIKH IlKI.TN.etc. Sn rlik. onlck lalPK. T«Trltory4rtv»n. MtliifaclloB irn»r»ni»d. Dr SCOTT, g«, B'way, T.

lUU XI r; tu «(«b t

<jnn Kunny (VlifUon*. S<-r«ii PIcltirw, dr., and nicn SampV CariU lor ir. |I||I I'lili. Co., Cai!tz, 0. 1 IS li »iw

O P U l M i

Moriiliin<< llnb.T '.'iir<><1 In lO ouOdiivH. N[ pay till curml. )r. J . 8tv|ilifn» I ."bnnon, O.

1 lO.U

Plao'a Itamadr flir Cat&rrh l« (h* IVxt, Koaiwi to Uao, ana Uiaapait.

C A T A R R H •

Am cood <br Cold In tbc Haul, BtadlKbe, IU7 r«v«i, Ac. to coola.

b'omfitercial Co l lege LBXINQTON, KV. ' fieap*$t A Bett Bu»in»»» Col/eg0 in ih» World. • ••kral n«aar DaM MaJal aTW all Mhjr Cllwni. •«

llaUaaaa. tinpu,*!. Gaat arrall HwIiim ('•an<slMlv)lit« Talllon, Nuil«maa4 Hwd.akntft*.

•ltnlan.aMnM WUhar B-Mth. fna t, L«ali«tam Kr.

" n o a h I c a ' T "

ilreetlnr of (A. .1. C.C.)

J E R S E Y C A T T L E .

iicnl Itimilea l>y (ho RUniUrd Ytrang Dnll,

KUKN'H PIUNCB POOIH, laRTJii,

•icn of IloKP 4' tin. I'O It ot *nry Auii 1 of Ht. Luiii A%rr«ii- jiniil 01 <lain Bwl tj !)«. In 7 (Iftyo.

And tUe TiiTmniilor Uiill, 8iaKAlJ» TOnilENTOB, No. 17,779,

lAon of Torraentfir 8A8H (Mire of onwa with tmt«afHlbtulMlbln7 tiii)r«) ami aiinsMlla, Mo or lb «u«, who !• dMKhterol

Mldnniaa No'im, who liu 41 iitMt euwa inrimhlii Itooo. FlniMl t«ir, Yoii^tiwok

VHNY LMUK rABU. ( M i l " ifwm MiH,

I Una., UrandMfi nliAt, to lb 18k OS. Hi Mto'i diim A lb.

Alib'ttroturm wunnrlnhli i Ifogf, r in. . JBlrUI)fr« l'lRii,',(|lO 0 t«ir, Yoii^ tlWok fpr

- T U i e A N D THAT.

Do iha truth you know, and you shall loarn the truth you need to know.

Dr. Tlohonor'a Antiwptlo t« a "dead (hot" on foot ovll or scratches.

An earnest falsehood will ,do more than a cowardly truth.

Plao's lloniody for Catarrh is agroo-ablotouse. [t is not a l iquid or a snuff. 50c,

Enthusiasm 1« tho gonius of sin-cerity, and truth accompllshoB no vlo-torio* without it.

Hood's Barsaparilla la a purely vegetable preparation, bolnf? froo from all injurious Ingnidionti. I t is pooU' liar in its curative jiowor,

They who speak truth discovered, have a right to bo boanl;—they who assist others iu (lUouvoriiig It, havo tho yet higher claim to bo applauded.

Al l nianiMjr of Inflammation, exter-

nal or internal is oontrollod by Dr.

Tlcliooor's Antiseptic.

Al l bollovcra recoivo Chrisl's full-nese; the proalttst saints cannot live without him, and tho weakest salnis isay live by him.

Try Dr. Ticbenor's Antiseptic; you

will And it all it Is roprosentcd to bo.

IiV)r ealo by .0. W . Jonos & Co., uul Van Vleot & Co., Memphis, Tphu.

"VVo never read tliat Joshua's hand was wcsry with wieltlin^s tho sword, but Mores' hand was weary with holdlnK tho rod. Tho more spiritual the duly, tho moro apt are wo to tire of it.

Dr. J. 11. McLean's Chills and Fever

Cure ii a specific for chills and fovnr,

mild in ita action, and wan anted a

certain cure. Tit) cents.

I t does not require eroat Iparnins; to be a Christian and to be convinoad of tho trnth of tho Bible. It requires an honest heart and a willingness to otoy God.

TLo proprietors, Tichonor and Shnr-

rous. Baton Uougo, L a , place Dr.

Tichenor's Antiseptic squarely on its

own merits, and ask no favor othor

than a fair trial.

The ttoiitest dltllcnltlfis when over-conio by grace dlvino, tnay bo trans-formed Into sleppiiiK atones leading upward to the altainment of tho jwr-fect life.

Nature usually makun a gallant

tight againHt disease, «nd when helped

by Dr. J . II. McLean's Strongthening

Cordial and Bloo<l ruritlor will eradi-

cato it from tho system.

A devout Arab womau was aske-- iu her last illness, how she endured such suflbring and roplied, '^They who look upon God's taco do not feel his hand."

"Is there no balm In Gllead ? Is tiicro no physician there?"

Thanks to Dr. rierce, there is a /jalm in his "Golden Mcdlcal DIbcov-ery"—a "balm /or every wound" to hoallb, from cold«, couglis, consumu-tiou, bronehiti-), and all chronln,blood, long and liver affections. Of drug-gists.

* When we moot with tho liltio vex-atious ineidents of life by which our quiet is so ofteu disturbed l i will pre-vent many painful sensations }f we only consider how insigniacant thoy will appear twolvo months henco.

FrrquoHtly accidents occur in the

housahold which eausn burns, outa,

spraitiB and bruisos; for uso in such

oaftOsDr. J . H . MoLaan'a Volcanio

Oil Llnlmont haa for many years boon

tb« oonet»nt favorlto family remedy.

Ohriat says to every lost aUmar, Oomo; to ovory redeoinod Biutior, Go. Conio M d bf aavwl. Oo ^wd (pll otberi of iklvKtlott,

You o w l ^ l rep«tit too •ooi»,l>«oa»^ foa AO not koow how aoon 11 may be tbo lato.

I f thott MTi wise thou knowMl tbiao own ignortnoa, and tboa Mrt Ignorant IfthouknoWoatthyMlf.

Th« Lord's approTal la A worlhlor aim thau the world'a approral in ftoy sphere of life.

I t is Bhallowness that decldoa In-stantly, that iilwiys thluku it knows what it la about

Trost his rich promlaoa of grace, Bo shall It bo falflUed In tbeo. God never yet foraook at need The soul that trusted blin Indeed.

Tho sood of sacrifloo brings forth tho fragrant fruit of love; and lovo al-ways boa in lis heart tho weda of now sacrifloo.

Thoughtlessnoes is uevor an oxcuso for wrongdoing. Our haaty aotioiis diidose, as nothing olso aooe, our habitual fooiings.

Frequently acoidenta occur in tho

household which cansea burna, onts,

sprains and bruisas; for uso In such

eases Dr. J . U MeLaau'a Volcanio Oi l

Liniment baa for n u i y yaan been tho

couHtant favorite fkmtljr remedy.

Doiicnd upon it, in tho midst of ail tho stience about the world and its wavs. and all tho Ignorance of God and hisi greatness, tho man or woman who can say, "Thy will bo done," with true lio«rt for giving us, is nearer the socrat of things than tho geologist and Uioologian-

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that Christians can imnross tho world by agreeing with i t N o ; it Is not conformity that we want ; it ia not being able to beat the world in lU own way ; but It Is to stand apart and above it, and to produce tho impre8!>ion of a holy and soparato lift) —this only can give us a true Christian power.

.James says that " to him that know-cth to do goo<l and doeth it not to him it is sin." Tho siu here defined is one of omission. Tho opportunity of doing good is present and aeon, but tho good is not done. Tho obligation to do good is disregarded, and this is sin. A fearful amount of sin in this form is committed by men.

Give me these links; Flrft, sensoof need; sccond, desiro to get; third, beliot that God has In store; fourth, belief that, though ho withholds for awhile, he loves to bo askoil; and fifth, believing that asking wil l ob-tain. Give mo Iheso links, and tho chain will reach from earth to heav-en, bringintr heaven all down to mo, or bearing mo up into heaven.

Tho strength of tho Almighty ia within your roach and bis tender sym-pathy. Who knows Just what moaa-ureof onduranco Is yearning ovor you ? Pluck up heait and take your worry as Ilczokiah did his letter and spread it out before tho Lord, and you shall feel tho comfort ot tho ovorlastlng arms and tho courage which comos from tho "Peace which passeth all un-derstanding."

Truo bapplnoss lies only iu our on-joymont of a suitable good, a pure good, a total good, and an eternal good; and God ia only such a good, and such a good can only satisfy the soul of man. PhiiosophorB oould say that ho was never a happy man that uiight afterwards become miierabio. A man may have enough of tbo world to sink him, but nevor enougb to sat-isfy him.

A faultlosa Eugliah oomposltlon on a passage of Borlptnre IB not a good sermon. A faulttesa oomposltlon on a l^r lpturo toxt, well dollTorod, ia not a good Bormon; It la Blmply a good spoooU. The anlmua with wbleh the work is dona glvoB it Ita dlatlno-tlve ebaraelor as nroaoblng. Wi thou t this it la a dead, lireloas product o f tbo intoUoot and taato. I t la not the preaoblng God bids ua preach. I t must bavD an w i o n t m ntament, fin

Itnntloa frQm on '

^ i W b r o Ohriat •bidea boartt b e l l In it as au immortal ffl

I t ' i a w lM bon who know« hw Z ; g t g j f t e r It ba . bcon'd^JSL^'^g

There are no Proteatantm arioa among the million and a h ^ people In Tripoli, North Afrioi '

The talent of auooess is nothla, more than doing what you well without a thought of fmuflT

Those who complain without » cause may aoon havo cause to com. plain.

Borrow is only one of the lows, notoe in tho oratorio of ourbl6«»i'l nesB, ^ '

Tho hiosi valuable, pui-o, uwnjl ud durable of all metals U tried Kold. So Is tried faith among all tho Otiru'tiii virtues.

Wo may as well attempt to brlnt pleasure out ot pain as to unite in* dulgeuco in siu with tlio cnjoymoatof httppinoBS.

Death does not destroy, but catohw, crystalliios and makes permauont the charactcr of a good man, leaving it i prlceloks bequest to soolety.

"Thlfl samo Jesus," is one of tbt;

chief watchwords of my faith, I con- i

stantly rcourtn it, and I think it will

be my comfort In tbo dark valley,

Grace not improved will bo impair-

ed. Uast thou taitb, lore, z^al, hu-

mility, but no stronger thas many

yeara ago? Thou hast been idle; sod

better bo sick than idle.

God invites tbo workers in bit vineyard to uso the treslnnl appli-ances and the best tools to bo found in his workshop alt about us. H« will surely sanctify tho new uso of old thiugs, wheu prayerfully and propofljr employed, and will bless that faclla „ handling of novolty whicli s(>eki to attract the youthful mlud toward spiritual truths aud love to (Jod. Tr» tho new adaptations—glean iu freih fields, and you will suruly moot with encouragement and reward.

Thr Fiuksidk Sa in t — I)oubtloM ^ tho memory of each one of ua will . furnesh tho picture of sonin inembor of a family whose very prosouoo t' seemed to shed happiness; ailaugh'er, perhaps, whoso light siep ovou In the distance irradiated every one's coiin-tonauoe. What was tbo secret of such a one's power? Wiiathadiho done? Absolutely nothing, but radi-ant smiles, beaming good humor, the tactot doing what every ono wautojl, told that she had g iiton out of self and learned to think for others; bo that at ono tlmO it showed iteoUin deprecating tho quarrel wlileh lower-lug brows aud raised tones alrowiy showed to bo impending, by sweet words; at another, by humoring anJ softeniog a father who had roturnea wearied aud iil-temporod from the if* rltatlng cares of business. None uoi she aaw those things, none Imt a lov-ing heart could see. That was tue aecret of her heavenly power.

C O N B U M P r i ' o N , WAS I'lNO

D IBKASIW,

And General DoblHy. Doctors dls-

agree as to the relative value of Cod

Liver O i l and llypopliospliltes; the

ono supplying strougth and Hash, tho

other giving nervo power, and acting

as a touie to tho digrniivO and ontiro

system. But in Boott'o Emulsion of

Ood Liver Oil with Uypophosphliw

the two are combined, aud tho off<»«

la woLderful. Thousand* who h»*o

derived no permanot l>onolU from

other preparallona bavo boon ourflo

by tblB. Beotl'a Emulsion U perfectly

palatable and Ib easily d igested^

those who cannot •oleyto plain

U m O l l .

- — not TnaiTeiololy to getyour

2 s S l W t W o S ' o atHiut which

Eiilftu'-truth Is told.

XTBMB.

Many a man baa vulned bis eye-l ight In a bar-room looking for work.

W e are being taught never to bo dla-api>oiutod but to praise.

Nevor give up while theae Is hope, but hope not beyond reason.

A field requires three things, flair weather, good saod and a good hus-bandman.

Profanity Is a disgusting sin. i t is a loud advertieement of coarsouoss and vulgarity.

There Is a great deal of practical wisdom lu Napoleon's saying, "To re-place 1h to conquer."

Tho Sabbath day Is a holy day. I t can bo truly hopt only by worshiping Ood.

Many diaoascs date their origin to

functional dlsturbancos of tho stom-

ach and liver. Laxador correota theio

abnormal conditlona most surely;

heuce the Increasing sale. Price 25

cents.

Parcnta will got roat and tho baby will bo relieved from p»in by using Dr. Bull's Buby Syrup, a bnrmless

dy. P

The bights of earthly promotion land nlorv lift us no whU nearer IS«tvon. It Is easier to stop tiiere from (Sr ioWly vahJ of humilation and

1 sorrow. . ^

lUNGING NO ISES

In Ihft call', sometimes a roaring, bur.-by catarrh

i S oxcoec'lingly Jdloagreoa lo and i very common dlseaso. I^ss of smoli I whctrlMgttlBO result from catarrh. iHood'H 8ar«aparllla. the groat blood [purltler, Is a peon larly successfu

'y for this disease, which it I cures by purifying tho blood. I f you .uffor from catarrh, try Hood's Saraa-

f parllla, llm F>''rv)liar uio ilclno.

/o d sttutlmont Here Is » wi»o nuit g' from Tcrtulliau: "\Vii»i » •«.-• •houUl not ssy he should not hear. Thethings which defile a mau in going out of his mouth dofll« him also when thoy go In at hU ovos^ii-l oara."

'10 L A D I E S

saffflrlna from functional dorange-raentdorany of tbo painful disorders or woiknesRos Incident to their Sfx, Dr. I'iorcn'a treatise. Illustrated with wood cuts and colored pistes (160 pigcs), BUifgests sure moans of com-plete self-euro. Setit for 10 cents in Itamps. AddroBs World's Dispon-iary Medlcil Aswolail'^n. Uutraio, N. Y .

m l * Dr. (irttbaiu quotoi Luther as say-

fingthfttthe glory of ihn Scriptures \ Btand in the pronouns. Everything is

lersonal aud goes directly to tbo f iioart. U is not Got!, but my God ; not I Father, but my Futlicr; not confoflsion llntho maHS, but God Imj mercirul to fmo,aBiuuor. Thiols living, self ap-Fproprlatinu faith, as disiinguishetl from a cold, deuti, inoperative faith,

i which only niakna men and devils • iKjrahlo.

I Speaking without thinking Is ahoot-ing without taking aim.

Th i m k X

C H U R O H

'tVpoli.«»«. _«« alJiWiMi 8>a4 al wn. 0»l tit-TSMIM,

u4 artlaaite, A WikJ If tartytw Hill iU H^j.J*—^ »***•

_ _ •^tiPnSffarMM&iii.a.*-iliM alt maf laUw 1«m 1 a) Ht

ARBUCKLES' name on a paotoswo of OOFFBK la n gaoronteo of exoeUOQOo.

ARIOSA OOFFEE la kopt In ntl flrBt-olftss BtorM from tbo Atlantlo to tlm Puulflo.

COFFEE

C H I L D U E N

Oflcn need Bomo sale cathartic and

tonic to avoid approaching sickuoss

or to relievo colic, headicho, sick

etomaoh. Indigestion, dysontary and

thecomplainU incident to clilldhood.

U i tho children t»ko Simmons Liver

llegulator and keep well. I t Is purely

Ttgolable, and not |unpleasant to tho

tMte and safe to 'ako alono or In con

noction with ntl er tnndlc'no.

Make )ouraelvo3 uuots oi pleasant [ thoughts. None of us yet know, for Inono of us has boon taught in early bouth what fairy palaces wo may Iballd of beautiful thoughts, proof ligainst all adversity. Bright fancies, iMtieflod memories, noble histories, jliilthful sayings, treasuro houses of prcolous and restful thoughtp, which tare cannot disturb, nor pain make

j floomy, nor poverty take awaylrom I (I—houHCB built without handa, for •ouis to live In.

and reliable remedy. Price il6 cents.

There aro some people who want to tell all they know at one sitting; thoy pour forth auch a mass of words that it weighs upon one like an ava-lanche and w« aro sometltHCS glad to escape from hearing. There aro others who know but llttlo aud harp uuon the ono string of their melody until It becomes monotone most monotonous. There is anottier class wha can solact whot is boat to say at the right time deliver no moro than enough, anr gratify us with a pcrfo-.t picture of the completeness of their message, thus showing that they aro masters of their subjectfl, and not, like a man floundering in tho sea, that their sub Jects aro matters of them.

For three weeks I was suflering from a severe cold in my head, accom-panied by a pain in the tamples. 1 triud some of tho many catsrrh reme-dies without any relief. Ely's Cream Balm was rcoomniendoo tome. After only six applications of the Balm every tracxjofmy cold waa removed - l l o n ry C. Clark, Ist Division New York Appraisers' oflioe.

I was troubled with catarrh In my head to an annoying extent for <hroo yeara. After using one bottle o Ely » Cream Balm I was ontiroly cured.— Wm. J Cllne, Victor. N. Y .

We live by fallh, m d falih lives by oxerclBC. As is said ot soma men, tliey aro never well but at work; so here hinder faith from working, and you aro enemies to Ita very Ilfo and be lug

"FOOLS UU8L1 I N WHEUE , A N GELS FBAtt TO T I IEAD . "

I So impetuous yonth la often given I to felly and ludlsoretlons; and, aa a Insult, nervous, mental and organic I debility follow, memory la Impaired, Inlf-oonfldouoo la lacking; at night I bad dreams occur, premature ^old .ago Ijiems setting In, ruin U l u the track. I In eonfldeuce, yon can, and should 1 trite to Dr. It. V . Pleroe, of Buffalo, 11, v., tb« author of a treatias for tho iNDif l tof that elasa of patients, and WMribe yrur ;tymptomB and auflbiv lOBi, He can cute you at your home^ tad will aend yon rail parUaulara by

I Kail.

to novtjr good when oxpoeedlo tho a^ . Alwavs buy thlabrand I nh ^o t l o t t l l y a e a l ^ ONE POUND P A O K A O E a

A R K E R ' S G I N G E R T O N I C

aMr«arii •radi

.,...-.1- ojniuid-^ Brare who wnuW iwivrr

:rlA8AL CATARRH

Titcxnt ton WnM, iittttooiirnln — hi-ala. •to|M ana

Powder o i i v ^ n i f t v s s r a 2 6 o m l

BTAMPS;

iciaro niwii ojtii thill I nolilom ha»oa "•••mi

EXHAUCTED V I T A U T Y .

Health andstrengthjt9&a'm^ K n o w l e d g e i s P p w e r : ^ R e a d I

Th« above cot U«, obT«.e mrem. p««nudu. Dr. W n. Pwkcr b, U>. NATIONAI.J^OIOAl. A^OCIATION.JnOT Sl.m«t«rlrM«lI«l XreatMc. wiUttad I h e S O l M O t ^ L I F I ^ VATION. which treati upon Norrons «n« P h j ^ DBbmtj, P w m ^ " '

.nee, Ovor T ^ o n , lUe.-^.,

for tha Yoann. Uie Mlddl -Aged, wd ««> OM, to 10 It ha. orer b«n pnbltah«d. It ha. boon Conti^' and crenta England ^ r ' ^ ^ l l ^ t S ^ e l U ^ S S ^ t a ^ ^ m oitraordlnatT piwcnpUona for ^ oterybod,.

PRICE mmi D K i ^ S S

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P B C U I M A ' T O H B R S E X .

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DYNPUrMIA, «JONHTII*ATIOIII,

S l V l i l i e A D i l C l l i : , BILIOI/SNKSS.

Tho«i) OlRca CR ooii 'tituta throo-fourtltf) nfilio nllnicmnof liut'iiinlt-. U tlitw » ixalUvc > un»»

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••1 iuflero.! wHIi Oynp iwla «iua dlsor. tre»J lavtr. una would ftcnuontly throw up l>«le 1 5r.>ouJttdn bottle nl8>mnion» Liver Uwilft-fcr.and iiftor udm li%l( Of It wa» coinplotely Mi^ . one of my l«dy «...t«»e™ UieR»«uUloro«mi)lPlety cur««.> ho oJ Hick SwlMhe.-<)LiM. CwUrJHftnUU, Iowa." Hv^thntjroa »«»»»>• V C l l ^

til* X-«tmnip IM froM* of Wr»p-

H. •elllB * Co., VUllaUolphla,

I F Y O U A H E M U S I C A L Yua will flod iHim«thlti( iif Intnmt lu tim fulivwinit

Ititot tioolukiKl luiuie :

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A Thinkiglvlnt K«rTlc« for Hutiilftjr>trliiM>li, Cf>n' talnlnKlitkUlirul Muilc, Kripotiir*, U*<lliitlun«, Mo, rr»p»r»il br

J. H. Murrat Ai. »l»«»nt collecllun of chtil(-<t Runiri l>y t)i« Ih I coni|Hi«i<ni ot Kurc>p«,

kM Mch or McU. atlni., kr mslliH »IW br exprm

UODllilSOPAIIIO m s . iMvda. Gloth« ll.fiO M i Mf t I Th« chotc<«t pinno mu' modem BoarOs. (1.00. Cloth. ll.eoU'rnK J 'or«l(ii wriKrn

EliniE OF SONQ. OOOmU.

» C O L L E m noHnMk

BRAVE HADDOCK HAS FALLEN.

MOnta.

A nrw Inglnit CUu ami C.aiK-nllnn Haok l.y Uf F. Ho»t. IllaUtot

(anil U»t work. I A mafnlficftit colloctlon j pf vrlKinal anil wlecti'il I rliurum propared bj I c*. c. c%f, A beautiful nolo and ehom« by Dr. J. B. Htr-*«rt, wrlttrn In memory of " Tin TrniiK-rniii* Martyr," H»t. Owo. O lladdiwV.

TNJONMCHUfiCH CO.,Cincinnati,a And l» Cast leth St, Ntw York Clt|.

A A T U M A nx- TAFT'fl A.<n-HMALIVK M O I n iw l r * AIIBen never (alia |i>Curv. AnronewbowanlatobeWWIIeUcan addrva an w* will mall irlal Iwttle AiiyonawbowanlatobeWJMlKllcan wnd u« tl«ir

«< and w» will mall irlal Iwttle mi lagg .TAVT UKUa., llucbeatcr, N. Y. T I f E E a

OOW

ITEMS.

Wh«t record will heaven hold of yoa to-day 7

Whoever rogUU truth becomes hardened by that act

The reaurreetion of Ohrist is the as-•urance of oars.

Love is an alchcmist that tracanjns-mnte poisons into food.

A luggestivo siifti on a Now Hamp-shire tin shop, "Quart moasures of iUi sixes sold here."

Man lookcth on the ontward appearance, but the Lord looiceth on the heart.

None are so narrow and ignorant and bigoted as thoso who shut their eyes to spiritual things.

There is a higher, sweeter life jnst within your retch, dear child tif Ood; take it and become more liliO God.

A noteworthy charaatet'Ittie of the genuine believer is. that he always prmya and never falnta.

Ue is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account UIUISDJI, MUU (lilll uilia^ ot any bight of honor.

Never lav too great a stress upon yonr usefulbess, or perhaps Qod may show you that ho can do without you.

{topuiarity It the pop-

True popularitv is not which Ib fbliowoa after, but ularlly whieh follow* after.

We must never separate faith In Ohrlat'a atoning death from the Roces-sity of oommuDlon with his risen life.

They that did eat manna hnngered again, died at last, and, with many of them, God was not well pinyed whereaa they that feed on Christ by fklth ahail nevsr hunger, and ahali ^ no mows u d with tbaai Qod wUl

felVlWr WfU plfM«d«

are mrorJ aiul (laro for the future not littihlbllcd —but auxioty.

God never destroys sinners, till he soee there is no other way with them.

To will what God WIHH is t,Uo only sciouce that glvea us rest.

I« is right living which prepares for safe or oven Joyous dying.

No one knows how lo (each morality effectivoly without religion.

V> hpniont spi-cch is leps cflVwUvo to overcome evil than a civil tongue.

DesiwtiRm may govern without fallli, but liberty cunnol.

The realization of (lOtl's prosoiiwi la iho one sovereign roniody agalnut tcmplation.

The tloing of the will of God loaves 110 llino for disputing about his plan.

Atheism Is a dl-easo of (he soul bo-foro U bccomos an error of tho undor-slandlng,

Ulght intention is to tho artloiis of man what tho soul is to the Ijody

or 'bo root (o tho tree. G(»d denies a Christian nothing bu'

Willi a deslgu to givo hlin soinothing hotter.

Tho greatest outcome of an ago is its best thoughts; It is the nature of thought to fiud iU way into action.

Ho that novor changoil any of his opinions never corrected any of his misukcit.

Our blesBcilueas—aud we may not miss that blesscdncsft—If, that our treaHures aio treaiurcd in a person, aud are therefore, Inexhtustlblo.

B o o k gocdness; but let greatness be thrust upon you. An itching for greatness will breed a moral cancer that eats out all goodness in the soul.

The hiKhtsof earth'y promolioH at)d glory lifUi us no whit naarer heaven It is easier to step there from tho lowly valo of humiliation and sorrow.

When thou art obliged to spoak, bo sure to speak the truth; for equivoca-•Ion is halfway to lying, and lying is tho whole way to bell.

That which makes tieavon so full of joy U that it is above all fear; aud that which makes hell so full of horror Is that it is below ail hope.

The seed of sacrifice brings forth the fragrant fruit of love, and love always has in its heart tho seeds of new sacrifice.

Tbe beet government is not that which renders the individuals hap-piest, but that which renders tbe groat-eat number happy.

The faithful minister will be laying up hit treaauro in heaven and ulor in ouduriug hardness as a good so! deir.

The future of society is in the handf) of mothers. If the world was lost threugh woman sho alone can save It.

The golden beams of truth, and tbe silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet vio-enoe whether they will or not.

If a man is falthftal to (ruth, truth will be faithful to him. Ue neeil have no fears. Uis success is a question of timo.

I have four good reasons for being an abstainer: my head Is oioarer, my health is better, my heart U lighter, my purse is heavier.

Sorrow ia not selfish, but many per-sons are in sorrow euiirelv selfish. It makes them so Important In their own eyes that they seem to have a claim on all that people can do for them.

It is when we feel all broken np and wasted, and that wo can only bring tbe bite to God thai ho says come aud be will take us and mend us, and make ua whole again.

I f sorrow eoald ever enter heaven, If a algh oould bo heard there, or ,lf a tear oould roll down the eheek of a saint In light It would be fur loet op-portunities, for time apent In neglect of (Sod Mtd dutv, wbleb mlfbt U f * hmn qptolfor I M d t f t n t i l o ^ .

I

Far away in tho sunsbina are my htifhest asperattous. I cannot roach them, but I can look up and iK-e their beauty, believe In them, aud try to fol-low where they lead.

It does not require great learning to Iw a Ohristian, and to bo ronvinccfl of tho truth of tlioB'blo. It roquiren an honofit heart and a wiiliugno>8 to obey Gotl.

WenniHl loml an altouilvo oar. for Ood's voice is soft and still, a'td is only hoard of thoso who bcsr nothing else. Ah, how ra'o It is to tliid a soul still enough to boar Ood speak 1

An eullgbtonod coiisclonco Is the true vicar of God in tho soul; a prophet in its iiifornialiou ; a monarch in its iHsremptorlousncss; and a priest in its blesiiings or anathoiius, accord-ing as wo obey or disobey it.

Tho Boul that cannot ontlrcly truot God, whether man bo ploasoti or ills-pleawd can nsvor long Iw truo to hlni; for whilo yon are oyoing man you arc loosing God and stabbing religion at the very heart.

We never resd that Joshua's h»mi was weary with wielding tho sword, but MOSOR' hand was weary with holdlnit tho rod. Tho inoro spiritual the duty, tho more apt aro wo to tiro of it.

James v. 15. — "Ellas prayed earn ostly " In tho original it is, "he pray-otl in prayer." intimating a man m«y b t at prayer, and vot bu a prat orless man. not pray, and that becauso the heart i not in it.

CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. I'aatora, and oUiora Interest®.! in the con-

templated ereoUoQ of n«w obnroh ediflcosare

•oltctod to Mnd Uielr wtdn^i nnj a 2 cent

ijtaiu|> to the undenilgnoil for a oopr of "Mod-

ern Church Archltectnrt." llluftrnted with

defilgua »t chuicbea rcocntly ertctcil, ranging

In ciiat from V2.(t.O to nS.UU). Addre^ U. J.

UHrUfltt, Llttlx (took, Ark. 11 M

S a v e M o n e v AND

IDY OE OKDIK lOUB BOUTS] AND p088

OF

ZELLNER & CO., 800 MAIIT 8T. ,»EMPI1IS, TMN.

BEST TANNERY CALF, 8EAMLI88 VAMP,

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Theta shoM are superior lo any •tner olftnd •t this prloe. Yon oun get them of na In Minted toM and U|«, plain rrenoh tofs or Common Sense shape.

voBtlvMOn we liavo (li« viurloljr ot KIMM tm aNlt (Jkolr «4Mt« M d

trv oMr apMdMlUCM la KJd orrohMoOooI tatloSiikooa * t S i « • ,

Ml andalaooiif othorirwlM

elUldf«H we bays th* immklo shoes to M had

•fDroaSboea. ' Wmr t o y MHI -verjr iMwt and laosl <l«i MjrwiHH*. TiYtbun ana aavo money,

W i l i k t i B r w m T ! if StifiiK M t b}

lai l ir l ^n i i ,

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T H E BAPTH3T.

CHOLERA INFANTUM. Thll most fUtal dliease of l ab]^

p h e v b h t b i * ,

C O i r m O L L B D i €URK|| by

Umd m It ha» been au •oee nu Ih himdrmU oi

wnero utUer prepared (oodi failed. ^ r prepared (oodi failed, ron; iN»ANit»,

ofany iiKe, It may tw used with M j iuifo Aim coinploto • ubHtltuU! for mou^

E l y ' s

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FOR INVAMim.

It Is M I'erfei-t Nutrlm«jni In either chronfto,I acute oiNoa. Wnuk atoinaclm alwaii rMkisI and rtilinh It. riiyalolann ami motMit^ I oeda IU Hiiperlorfty. Thv luKt ptUUbS'l uoitrlBhing auH ecuiiumloti of Koo<l». 'I

150 t m r«r »Q m r»r m .

EASILY prepared. At l)ruKirt<l»-»o.,H. 0.1 Vninaljlei-lrrulariiaud paraplilnla, Mm fm,] Wella, RIctaardaoa Co., BurllacUa, t l

i ssT-UABiKs- iss i r To tbe mother or aor t>a)ir bom Uiit mwI

wa will send on anplioatlnn aCablnMlliMi,! of Uie xsweeteat, Kttoat, htalihlert kakj lai the count ry l i Ua beauUful plotott, aaal will do any mothar'a h«ait Kood. Urtf- " the gt>od eaoou ot ualiu: LacttM FaaSaaav atltnte for mothera milk. Uuob valoaUa I tortaatloa for the mother glveni UiTa ~ ofhlrth. . _ .

Walls. Alchardaoa A Co..Barllfl|U« Vt

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THAN OHE CEHT » DW

I R L ! TWO THBUS»HD PACES nuillbi • " unthom as

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CHOIR LEADEKSl Are invl tomaketheeniinlngMaaogti mmt aiKveaiful one t>y adoptlDgoa* of L.. _ Hon A Co'a. hooka wbloh are mast oanftiUfi compiled, ami oontaln the newest worki i tbo beat oompoaara,

AHKRIOAH AHTHBM BOOH. II » « tl3 P«r doa>n. Johnaon, Abbey andTenau Pleaae* everybody. Large aalea. Order win Ultaon A CoVi Imprint.

nr«aal«ir*a NMrrd Balectloaa. II Mw IIS 80 per doaen. Very large and varM eol. lection.

Jrhovah'a Prolao. tl i^oris OOperM. Hy L> U Kiaeraon, a new ohuroh miule IM or tho be«t oharaoter. Many new aatlMBH Hnd inetrloal tnnea.

Utfaer well known Itonk* with good aoUuia oolleetloni are ]£mer«oD'« Anthem ot ItatN, llenabaw's Laua l>oo, I'almor and TroW' brldKQ'i Hantoral, I.e-lle'i Vox Laadli, ud lha Hbepherd Church oulleotlon. Prloeeuk 11 I*) or l» 00 per doeen. ..

Male Cbolra or (iuarleU will Hod good I mualo In

Amerleon «aU «holr. |1 (<nor|90l| doicn, and In IKiw'a Maorod Unaneti I Slalu Voloe«. 13 UO cloth. SI 76 boanli. ,

Alao Rttud fur lUU ofourlUiOOoUvo pwMt ooatti K 6 to IU Ola. each. '

Any Rook Malle<l for lletall I'rioe.

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;;«.f;rue. tbit rhe h;;r«,;d» m two hour.

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SWEBT MOnSELB.

l<'ew are wise cuough to prefer wholcaome bUme to treacherous praise.

There ia nothing will make you a Chriftlai Indeed, but a taste of the swcetDf SI of Christ ' Gome and see" will spealc best to yonr soul.

Becauie Christ loves us he daims

us, aud desire lo have us wholly

yielded to his will, so that tho opera-

tions of Invo in and for us may find

no hlndranoo.

C'irist oriicifiotl is a stumbling-block to tho moralist, and .folishness totiio dovotoo of pleasure; but to Ihoso who obey the call o( God it is I'0 power of God and tho wisdom of God,

Tho longest lived man was tho son of tho saintliest character in thooldon times. Is thore uot a relation between walking with God and tho trans-mission of tho best blessings to our ohildron T

There are Ihreo thing* which the truo Chrlfitisn doslros with reei)ect to (ln:ju»Hflcation, that itmay no cou-donin ; sanctltlcstlon, that it may not reign ) aud glorificatiou, that it may not be.

How fow G-'d has hlngsed with tho rejponsiblo gift of gonlus can truth-fully say witU Waltar Soott—"I tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle*, and I have writ-

hlnar which ten nothin

M e i n p h i s D i r e c t o r y . Of Leitdlnv Bnalne*

WOODS & WOODS. Agricultural Iinplomoiits,

Wagons, Buggies a»d i l a r n cHS .

332 Sticond Street

WOODIIUFF & OLIVER Buggies, Carriages,

Wagons, Harness and Saddlery.

:j78 to 380 Front Street

NASHVlLlii, CnATTANOOOA k ST. LOUIS 11

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Tbe qnlokeet to all polnta in Mlddl^T«^ and her Kamoua Hummer R^rU and tjj leading Unlveraltiea and Uollegat ot Uh

The boat noute U» Atlanta. M""*".,,''*?^ •on» llie, ao'l the riorlda Orange Belt va ;

"Vhrtart lontetoAtUi^^ ITharlsaton. Haxanna^ Kalelgh. Knoirtua HrUtol, Ulohmond, wotfolk, Wa»hlii|«>»' Via. HoKensle and (ibattanooga.

Our Specialties TBROM«LI Cara

Which have mn for voara over Oila rtmW tween AtUnU, diattanooga, Maahfiua, UemphU and UtUa Uock,

JUSTICE & CO. SncoMoon <o 11. Bn>ok« A Co.

Con in i i s s i on M e r c h a n t s

And Dealers in

Feed, Produce, Garden and Field Seeds.

Ko. W IV>*I« St, M.mtihlii. T>nn. TVUplKMi* Wo. M«

EVMITSON & CO. Cl«a«ral

' Coininlssion Merchants. set rront Btr««(.

Special Attention given lo Consign mentfl.

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Uea for handliDg Ik. .. . _ vuh*illa Three tralna dally

Oliattmndoga, AUanwand liO"!'*'"'?:, um. Two Ualna dally between MaahYllw."""

pbia and the Weal. UonneoUona Uloso.

II. H.W.GODWIN. Dry Goods, Notions, Etc., NEW AND DESIRABLE OOODB

AT WIDE-AWAKE PRICES. SS8 •Mi l S ' r ^ k

^LOW. TIU ZMM KID. aonnoetloua Har«. . . " h uM^ J ^

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FOR YOUNG U D I E S . •J lX!}*-.

A HYMN AND TUNE BOOK -r«a-

C O N G R E G A T I O N A L S I N G I N G . t-MaCiiRaO DT

W, lIOWAHIt MO.INB, Jlua. I»0«., nnd K. ir. JOIINMOM, » . » .

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I Bmooiloiat raraltjr.

(Mtalocnaa ot unnaaal tBteroat now ready. Uorrsapondenoe Uivlled. Addreaa

HItH JKNNY M.HiaBBB, PriDelmi, liatnplUa, Tean. lUtf

T H E B . V R N S R H Y M N A L still leads. More copies have

been sold, and it has been in-1

trodiiced into more churches m ^ n J f ^ j j i ^ C o m p a n Y l

during,' tlie past year, than i n i l ' I

any year of its history.

IT IN «OOI» rOB BAITIHTM AH. OVKR TIIR WORLD.

^ on my deathbed I should wisTi liiottod cut.'*'

If wo do not want lo "spoak of him," lot us beware of plansibly per-suading ourselves that it is because wo ^0 not want to spoak about ourselves. liOtus be honest, and own that the vessel does not overflow because It k not very full ol faith and love.

Practice to make Gotl thy last] thought at night when thou sleopest, and thy first thought when thou wak-GRt, so shall thy fancy he aanctifi-Hi in tho night, and thy undorstamiing be rectiflsd in the day, so shall thy rest bo peaceful srd thy labors prosperous

And sure I am that it is hotter to bo sick, providing Christ comes to the l>ed-6ide, and draws by tho cur-tains and saye, " Courago I I am thy salvation," than to bo huty and strong, and never »)o visited by Christ.

Quite recently

an order came

imm Tlurijaptist College, Itan-

<roon, Burma, for sixty copies,

to he used in the services of the

College. T l J

Church, 'ioronto, Ontario, after

a thorough examination into the

merits of leading American and

I English hymn hooks, decided in

! favor of tlie B . M T I S T H Y . M N A L ,

and placed one thou.sand copies

in the church, for the use of the

congregation. It is now l)eing

rapidly adopted by the churches

of the Province.

, 871,373,375,377 and 37i» ItfKin Strtet.

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Eaglo Boiler Works. SHEA & MCCARTHY.

Manufaoturors, Btationary a«d Marino Hollers, Oil and Water Tanks, Uroeching. Bmokestaoks, Heavy Plato Iron Work of every descrip-tion. BiMKJial attention paid to plan* tation work.

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Manoawlnren of tke

t i m UVOLVIIOIUI 811,1111118 i l l

Jamshid was tho person who put an edging around his garment and a ring upon his flngor. Thoy askod him, "Why did you bestow all the do'-orition and ornament on llie left baud, whilst tho right is superior?" lie answered, "Sufficient for tiie right is the ornament of being right.

Thoy that aro in Ood, being united to htm through Christ, can nover by any powor be sepptralod flrom him. Death, that is tho great dissoiver of all other unions civil and natural. Is so far from untying tbis, that if oonsu-mates it; it conveys the. sou Into the nearest and fullest enjoyment of God. who Is its life, where it shall not need to desire as it were from a distance: i it shall bo at the spring-head, and •hail be saUsflod with this love fbr-1 OTor.

Some norsons now-a-days are seek-ing to effect

P ^ Conve-

bh'. n i e n t

size. Page clear aivd attractive.

Eine toned pa])er. B i n d i i i g

handsome and durable. Great

variety of music, l^jirger num-

ber of the popular melodies than

any other cliurch music hook in

existence. Selections of Chants,

choice and beautiful.

V H.-itiil>lp copy w ill Ix- wilt to any ri»M4.r or Clior i, fr .letir ilK lo li.tr.«mcf I lo. lH«ik Wiethe

pilvlli-K« "1 returiiliiK It It not iidoirted.

P R I C E S : ShiRlf Copirxj liy nmil, tl.'iS. By »•>«

DoziMi, fiicli, fUOO.

AN EDITION WITHOUT THE MUSIC 1 piil.llshpd. It mftken 5 ^.'ill clear, oiH-n (.aKO.red edKrs, A\\ bliulliii!. TliP piico of till* cilltlon Is 65 centa By tlin doiwn, encli, ft' centsi.

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MEMPHIS.

The Largest House ih tho Boulh l|

I Wholesale and retail dry goods,, InoUons, shoes, clothiug, milienry,! •tsioaks, '

CARPETS AND QUEENS WARE.!

We sell every article worn by! Iman, woman and ohildren, and tbe Imaterials to make them.

'EVBTJ article warranted up t i lb., higbrat standard of excellence, and •Old st prices as low as ia oonsistani]

Iwilb fair dealing and good quality 1 Merchants who do not visit tbr |oIiy should send ua a trial order—,

hose who oomo t j Menphla •hoaidl ill aud tee our wondernil eatabllah-1 lent

Hotels, housekeepers and famU|. kboBld send for our oaUtlogoe-'naUed free. ,

We are sole agents for Batlrick'il lielebratcd pattern and Ilail ' i l Basaar dress forms.

DAILY B WEEKLY Public Ledger

MIMPBIB . T INN.

Uoalk. Ilsfaaaoial aad m a u r M

koT. gatM« aa ••vkbta (Mraoaitnayk

«v«rtlwiNrid.

IIInalratwI.ML 1 G"5d Jn7pecWc«o . I

does and in others does not answer I iiinairatodiW; t « « a t , m o f ^

prayer. They practically argue ff such a way as to lead to the conelusion that answered prayers come m a re-ward of meritorious asking. Suoli speouiation is both erroneotis and dangerous. I t Is ours simply to pray In faith, atid »«> "eave the result, to wlfdom and goodi^ss of J*™/-er'a power and efleet cannot be rew-

have made up my •'V'iiiSf I ^ . f ? •orae things In the rnlntl of Ot^ that I oannot got Into mine. Uenoe I do not »ll«mpttor*oonoll® tho two rereried trulha-^U»t God U nnebangwblt, Md tl»t PWW Bmn**

W.B.BATM.

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S t e a m P r i n i e r s J L \ H O Q R A P H E R 8 ,

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Iti RlsoanaMms ssleetkaM MteaM n^aittdas of toM to Ue ^mtf, sahBtfleaadsrtwotli.

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FIU)M UBRK A N D TUKttE. Bro. Falbright »nd I w e no»r pro-

trtoUng MnrloM «t Jud ionU. I l i 4 one profeulon. Wo •HtiQlpiito » grand good mcetliiK. With Invo, oto.

J .WnAUUIS*. rtflnroy, Ark ,Oo». 22, 1887.

The church hero i« gottlug bolter and bolter »ll the timo. Havo had forty odd addition* up to now. Two now awaiting baplUm. Four other profoMlona roporlfld. There scams to bo a gootl nirlvsl Inlonist growing in tho church. Frateruaily,

A . .T. KINCAII*.

Fort Smith, Arlt. ,Oct. 10,1887.

Tho protracto'l meeting at Uio Bear-oy Baptiit cburc \ clo«o<l last Friday night, alter contltiuiug four weclcs. The flrsttwo wcet- B, tho pastor, Eld. J W . Harrlea, was alonn hi tho work, but after that ho was asBlated by Eld. T. L, Fulbrlght of Tennessee, who preached somo very plain, pcintod and powerful sermons. Tho mooting waa quiet throughout, and consider-able interest manlfcHlod. Some thir-t«en or fourteen pemoua profossed oonveraion, and six wero added to the church. The m ^ b o r s h i p of tho church were greatly^Bvlvfld, and no doubt yet great good will result fro m their «irort8 In tho cause of tho Mas-ter.—vlrfawwa* Beacon^ Oct. 21,.1887.

I will give you a few dots of wha t U going on in thene parts. Our little church ' (Poplar Creok) has recently eiOoyed a revival. Wo havo been without a paitor for tho last eighteen moBtbs,as none of our preachers cared to do so on account of our church communion principles, till lately, Bro. D. W. Wester united with our churnh, finding that he had fine preaching talents, and exactly agree-ing with us in doctrine, wo Immeal-ately called iu Breth. .I.| I . Stockton and C^ A. Williams, to ordain him in the following manner : O^dinti-tlon seriaon by J . I. Stockton, candi-date presented by L. L Kixon, ordin-ation prayer by G. A. WilliamR, Bible presented and charge ^delivered by J . I , Stockton, T e x t : 2 Tim. iv, 2, "Preach the Word." Tho meiting oontlnuod a few days and resulted in the oonvoraion of several Pedobaptists to our doctrlncs. One {Methoillst brother and • Presbyterian sister w e n immersod, and others will be baptiied (immersod) at our next meeting. Bro. Wester is the most proodislng youngiminister in ^tho As-sodatloD, and i* sound to the core. Uo is trying to get all to subscribe for the Old Banner, and to return to primatlvo ways of Baptists. Pray for us. I remain yours in hope.

LinaiiTY I. NIXON. Klk Mlver Mills, Ala., Oct. 20, 1887.

I write to toll your readers of the glorious work that has been accom-plished In our midst. Bro P I f Hud-dleston of Pine Top, T e n n , held a meeting with oa a few weeks ago,and th« Lord waa with us. The meeting continued eight daya, and reiulted In forty-lwo eonvertlona. Thero la no Baptist cburoh at this place, aud the meeting waa held in the aoademy. At tke close of tho meeting a ohuroh waa organlied, and twenty young convert* wen . immersod by Bro Uuddleaton ThMW DMtloga liftT* berni a gnNtt NwiMf to ^ mfgvpmipMrf HA tim*

T H E B A P T ! ISt^'..

In (niMtrlor «icrll«nrii nrurfn In mllllun* o( homw for muro than • i|ii*rior <il ii ctiiUiry. It promoiil. Enilnri .. „ /»ltle» »»ll«mr»iiec»t.ruri siKliTKxit IlenlfbhU. Dr. Prlcc'n lb(> ntil; ViikliiK

It U iiMsl lijr Inilnriuil by the Purwt lUi' Cnll.sl tlt«l(>» (loTrrommit. h»uils ol lb" iirrni I'lilvtrilUra »Iht Blr»ii Itbhil. Dr. Pricc'ii lb<> mi . iwdcr thiit itix a imt r«nl«lii AinwiinU, Unx'or Alum. Hold imlr In Oiui«. I'UICK IIAKimi rowDERCo.

NHW VnUK, (inliUUO. IT.

Cuticura A P O S I T I V E C U R E for (^V^ry forni of S H i n a r i d B l o o d ^ D i s ^ a s ^ ^

f r o m - — PIMPLES to SCROFULA

OKIN TOHTUnEH OF a liretlme inHtanlly O relieved bv » warm bMU with cullour* Hoitp, ft ro.ll Hkln BeaaUHcr, mul k HIdkIO np-- arrnt 8klii I'nre. Ill two I r threeili>M« Hoitp, pMRalinii (if ruUntm, the

Thlit rei>«-fil<;d dully, wll - . oHJntlcurn U<nulvoiit, the Now HUmmI I'nrl-ilcr, lo kM|« the bloo 1 oool, tho pemplrmtlon pure «»(I iinlrTlUtir g, the bowel*op. n, the liver arU klilneyfitcuve, will •newifly euro

Ko«am«, tetiir, rlrgworin. r»ori«sU,lichen, prurilon, M!al' hestl, (laiidiuff, and ovtry spe-olf» of torlnrlnit, dlnflirurliig. llohluR, Hciily uml pliiiiily dlKOiuua < f tlie Kklii and m'lilp with l<>*» or Hair, wbeo pliyalolHii* and ail known rcmrdlpsfitll.

Hold over} where. Trloe Cntlonra, COoi Soap. a.'>c; Iteimlveiit. »1. Prepared by UiB l*i>tl«r DruKardOhdiilcnl Co , lloiton, Mann.

m r Heud for How to Cure Hkiii UIRCMCII.

a " I>L.KS, tliM!khcad», cbnppe<l and oily Bktn prevented by CUllcnra Medioultd

A d v i c e t o t h e A g e d . AKebr lnntnr imi l t le» ,nn«h aMiilnir-

5iah IH>W«IN. weak kiancya nnd bl»d-er • • ( ! torpid Itv«r.

Tutt's Pills h»ve m *p««irie • f f e e t on tlieaoorirnna, atliBnl»llii|r tlie bowels, irivlnir na tq i -• I dUetimriiM wiUiont Mtrnlnlnir or fl^plnir, M d m P A B T I N O V I G O B to the kldneya, b ladder and liver. Tbejr a r e adap lM to old or jronnir.

S O L D E V E R Y W I I E U K .

MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS.

TtiecaMnet oqpinwM In-proNntform trodncedinltfti

^Maaon * Ilunlln In IMI. Other Dukken followed In

— the manofactDra of theno InatranMmt*, ImttlMMMon A Hamlin Uivana havo luwayi maintained Uietr aupicmaoyu thu tniot In the world.

Maaon A llatnlln offer, M detnonatnitlon of tho nneqnnlod oxcelloim of ihslr orsanii, tho fact Hiai

nlty alona oan »evaU|th(>good accoiw-pitsliM. S»mo of the oideat ainniira in tho couutry htVo boon won t Vfir to Christ, and others mado to Iromble. Christians havo bofn revived, and are doing noble worldln tho oauw o f ^ h o Master. Bro W 'iileston was onaol* monsly clectcd «0V'ir of our inftiut church. I lo laivo! mg mlulstor of rare promise, ar< a revivalist has few superiors. I ' has hcon a good Bunday^^choc. uero for some timo, and tho I , i r d lias blessed i t Many of Iho Bunday'Scbool ac^olar^ havo put on Christ. Urethron, wo feci Utat we aro weak, bu t hy tho heli) of [lim who takes caro of the loaat of his

croaturos wo arc maile strong. Pray for us. JAMKH II. SwstTOW.

Toaguo, Tenn.

S W E E T H U R S E L B . Holiness is gontlones*, but holiuesii nlso s i rcngth; ami hoUiiosi is a

very sound mind. Becauso a man Is satlsflod his o w n

vlows aro right ho should not think that that will havo an7 forco as a rgu-xuont to convert others to his views.

Bo glad in thinking how much mora beautiful 0'>d has mado than human eyes can see, bnt not glad iu thinking jow much moro ovil man has mado than his own soul cau ever conceive, much moro than his hands can over heal.

I have known times when niy mem-ory of tho love of Christ has rnado me sit down and weon for very joy. Oh what grati tude wells up In the hoart when the L 'oly Spiri t brlhgH all that Christ did to romcmhrance 1 and we hear him ssy fWim the cross, t did all this for thco, what hast thou done for me ? I t is tho Spirit 's work to refresh tho memory of the henrt as wpll as tho memory of the m i n t . — SPUKOKON.

Mercy is the tranqulllly of God's oinnipotenco, nml tho swectneBS of hU oinniprcFenoe, tho frui t of hi" eternity, and tho compassion o< his iiiinionsily ; the chicf satisfsctiou of his justlco, tho tiiutnph of hU wiwlom and tho patient perscvcranco of hit* love. Wherever wo go there Is raeroj tho peacofnl, active, broad, deep, end less mercy of onr heavenly Father. It we work by day wo work In mercy's light, and wo sisop at night in the lap of our Father 's meroy.

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IN TUK expresHlon "(Jhristiun worlillin«8H" 1 t h e r e may bo considorcd by Bomo to bo u for-,nal contradlctlou in t e r m s ; but H is Iho i>li»*n onltaph wri t ten over tho liistorlnftl griivcol ono ot the host known and wors t reputed chiiiiicter» In the Scriptures. Let us take iii> a fow circuinHlitncos i„ this history of Lot 's choico of life In So.U.in tor the moral lessoua they will br ing us under New Testament teaching.

Tho two groat parallel passages whlcii connccl this man's personal biography with ourHc-lvcH in tho ifospel dispensation are tho«« found in 2 1 otor li 7 8 and iu Luko xvil. .T.J. Lot is callo.l a rigl.to-ous'mau In one of thorn, aud in the other .ICSUH bids ns " remembor Lot ' s wife."

1 To bogiu with let us accopt tho announcement that this kinsman of Abraiii wan an Old ToHta-„,ent Christ ian. A r ighteous man dwelling in Sodom is so palpably out of placo in our con-ception of proprie ty that ho needs the word offered in extenuat ion, namely, that day after <lay ho vexed his r ighteous soul with tho unlawful desds he beheld around him. Wo mu8t never lor-ifct that the uuestlou of his piety as au ortliodox Soliovor in Ood is sotUed for UH. Tho apostlo tilmou Peter calls h im a Just man, ami aeclares that God saved him in tho torrillc ovorthrow of the cltios of the plain bccauso ho was rigl.toouH. A vsrse lu the Gospel of John says that Abraham saw the day of Christ afar off, and was «la.l. It would seem tha t Lot had tho same advantages, and entered Into the same graciouH relntion»hip • for when Abram otrored his prayer for the doomed city a f te rward ho spoko of his kinsman, calling him righteous, as Blmou Peter .lid in his ilnal epistle. But now, with all this generous n . . t „ i . of him. It must be calmly acknowledged that Lot was a very poor Christian. Comparing his record patiently with that of many of tho other saints in that former dispensation ho foils almost if not q u i t e down to the ehd of tho Hue. A lust liko David's, a defection like Solomon's, a cupidity like J a c o b ' s , - t h e s e aro far loss culpable than IjoVt voluntary and persistent surrender of l.im-se l f to the guilt of such assosiations as those in Sodom. Abraham confessed ho was a i t iangor on the e a r t h ; but you never find a pilgrim's staff in Lot's hand, as if he were seeking bettor things.

2. In tho second place find an iiiBtaut explan-ation of the Iftllure. Lot was a mercenary Chris-tlan. The very earliest intiulry is. How did he come to bo in Sodom at all ? As a mere f a d that should not be reckoned against him. Daniel wos in the cour t of Kebuchadnezzar, Josepii occupied an office in tho palace of I'liarooh, Paul scut to the people In Phlllppi a vory touching message from the saints In tho Imperial hoiiseliol.l of Cesar. These were all Christ ians lu the midst of unchristian associations None of thorn wore to

blamo lor tha t exactly. We must remembor tha t Lot did not go to

Sodom directly n o r even at once. Mou do not ever plunge Into ovll, they glide, thoy slide, or they dr i f t . Lot only pitched his tout toward Bodom. l i e went close enough to hear how prices were ranging ft-om day to day. Ho had n market for all ho had to bar ter . There was gossip among hl i neighbors. Oh, U was a good, nice place, not so very wiokod, and always so lively I This Is the •way of tho wor ld , and tha t is tho way of worldly Wlovera n o w In tho Now Testament church. I h e y inaka oompromlie i with a vory oaiy ooniolonce. T l u r Ao M go a t n l i b t if^tQ w r o n f i M^f p t ^

tholr touts toward it Men fall, said (Jul/,ot, on tho side toward which thoy loan. Lot leaned toward Hoiloni. By and by ho went insido a little more foaiicssly. Then he set himsijlf up there. After

wliilo ho married there ; aud tho wife ai»d daiigiittirs liked tho place very well.

B. Observe, iu the third place, that Lot was soon evidenced as u bar ksli.ilng Christian, External circumstances havo much lo do in making Intorual exporienecs for oven tho most spiritually-minded persons. U was a great loss, which vory likely Lot never fully appreciated, at a critical timo in his history too, when he parted from his kinsman Abraham. That old saint may havo been au uncomfortahle comi.anion in his house, but ho was H migiity help to him. He lost him as ho went to Sodom. There wo look in upon that family across these thou»and.v of years of history since, and we see this worhlly Christian ail absorbed, his wife a woman of plcHsure, his children growing up with-out serious convictions, careless and sarcastic, without the inllueuco of prayer How do wo kuow this? We notice that wherever Abram went in that wandering lifo of hi.s ho sot up an allar the first thing he did, and a regular servieo of worship made him known as a follower of Je-hovah. A careful search will fall to revoal that Lot over did anything to cause remark lu this til-rectlon. The story of tho life of that group Of ROUS and sons-in-law is just downward, down-ward, as they grow depraved more aud more iu tastes, capabilities and principles. First thoy walked in the couus-^l of the ungodly. Next they were found to stand in tho way of sinners. Then they began to sit iu tho seat of the scornful. And tlie ono groat common-place lessou for us to learn u this,even a believer who neglects his religious duty is moving forward in sin.

4. Hut pass on, for wo need, in the fourth place, to look ot Lot as a seriously unhappy Christian. Me vexed ids righteous soul there from day i o day iu seeing and hearing the unlawful deeds of thoso ludoscribably vicious people. Ilo detested their lllthy conversation.

Now I know you will give mo full sympathy when I say I am really glad this patriarch had a talserablcl imc. I wish It hod boon ^yorso. It « the only cvidonco wo get of his sincerity a.s achlld of (Jod It is easy to see how deeply ono false step may plunge a soul in sin, how porplcxiug and binding aro tho fetters that new indulgunws soom To be f ' r ove r forging, how a singly mistake, mac o L r l y In a religious life, may blight all its after nrogros«,how Just a wrong start In a career,when lluo hos all tho best chances before him, will often BWttV the vory oud of it into shomo.

6 Onco more, you aro ready, iu tho fifth p ace, to find lu this man Lot a most luofi-octlvo Ohrls-

Whou you discover how worldly a man has be-come you are not at all surprised to see that his religious usefuliioss Is destroyed. In af ter years we f«ll "PO" tl^o history recorded of Abroham'a Uitercoselon In behalf of Sodom, which was Just about to bo destroyed. There Is no Instance more uathetlc in tho Bible 6t an iutonse struggle of nJayer for a lost town. We hardly siippose a S l e u t number of good men couM be found In

ich a place so tha t a plea oould be based upon tho r presence; and when the grand old man, In .nnooh boKlna wi th the deprecation that the Lord X W not d^ItToy the rlghteoua with tho wleked Z Z u o i have vory high hope , of Bodom be-

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the singular tonvorsat ion between au omniscient ( lod aud a pertinacious man liko the fa ther of tho faithful, wo are surprised to discover that dur ing twenty years stoy there f^ot had not been tho means of turning oven ton ludivldualff unto God, whon, it sooms likely, ho had had more than t l ^ t under his home roof Thoso f a d s aro what s tr ike us so strongely. How could such a roan bo In tho Now Testament calb-d righteous when there WM 80 little plih to his pioty, so feeble growth to hU grace? (Jrco'ly of gaiu ho sijont, within thoso hoathou precincts, a period of time almost equal to a modem generation of labor, and yet n w r did he sat in motion a trolu of religions effort wliioh, in all its converts put together , mon, women, children, through tho town and its su-burbs, could number one iiftlo half a score as tho results of his zeal. So slight was the influence of this ixitrlarch over thoso who know him best tha t oven when ho had rocelved a visit f rom the angela seut f rom (Sod iu h e a v e n , and came forth, trem-bling and fr ightened, to tell thom that the city was soon to be destroyed, thoy J^ored at him for a coward, and laughed at him for a fool. I t was d e a r to thom that the less ho said about liia Intor-Tiews with God the safer It would be for h l i credit. They thought ho was joking.

6. It Is somewhat cheering now, In the sixth placo, to look upon Lot as a truly saved ChrisUau. And vet we aro forced to go over in to t he Wow Testament passage to got our proof. Road the text of I 'oter. This shows not only that Lot was saved bu t that his salvation, so graclonsljr achieved, was of so narrow a sort that i t cotild bo Kiveii OS ono of the extreme examples of divine mercy toward the undeserving, and that i t must bo token in connection with tho fact iuhabittrnts of tho wlckcd d t y . u t of which h« was «o hurriedly rushed were turned into ashes. Fur thermore, this passngo shows tha t whUe tho Lord knowoth how to deliver tho godly ho knows how also to " rese rve the un jus t unto the day of J u d g a e n t to be punished." Ono i b l n g i i absolutely dea r , ho never could have boon savea lu Sodom. The turning-point lu his career W»« reached when Sodom was sot on fire. Sometimea mon become so attached to money that they can uever be pul l .d out of it. The money h a . to be burned away f rom around tho heart of them. I ^ t did not forsake his sin. Tho Lord consumed hia Bin in au hour, and so it forsook him. Ho WM saved by tho tearing out of his heart of Uie money ho loved. I l l s whole llfe-purposo thua f a r , a a a man, was m d t e d away from him lU waa savea literally so as by fire.

l i e walks lu the prosonco of Ood that converwi with him in frequent prayer and communion, that runs to him with all necessities, that aska counsel of him In all his ^oubtlugs, that opens aU wants to him, that weeps ^oforo for Wa Bins, that asks remedy and support for ness, that fears him OM a Judge, reverences him M a Lord aud obeys him as a Father.

No man o y ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ o d to be, as tho daya pM« by, more aud more noble aud sw.e t and pa re W d hokveniy-mlnded, no man ever yot prayed that t h r e v l l spirit of hatred and prldo and paasion and

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