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A Udy T«lb how She Supporta Her-self ami. Family.

" I on«n read of ladles who work hard trying to earn enough to keep body and Boul together and for their benefit I will relate how eaaily one «an get along in the world If they only know how. There hi'a big firm In Pittaburg that manufiicturea flavoring powders. I had tried them mytielf and knew they were tiplendld, m sent for Bamplefl and tried eelllug them. I found It ao pleawut and eaay that I have kept right at it and never make leaa than |3 a day and often clear more than fo. The powden* go twk* as llu as the liquid extracts aoM In stoica and •re much streoger. I Mil from one to eight different flavors in each house. They aw Ui«d for lee cream, costards, cakes, candles, etc., and are so delicate and give such a rich flavor that every-where 1 go I gain a permanent cuiitom-er. Those of your rtadem who would like to make money can get full |Nir-tioulars by willing to W. U. Balrd ic Co., ion Telephone Building £ . £ . Pittsburg, Pa , and they will give you a good start. I mpport myself and family nicely und we tiavengood many comforts that we uev«r bud before."

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as the poetofllce people will testify. We always get our sbure, and begin the new year with a gieat astortment, but the one we selec-t"for keeps" is thatofN. W. AyerA Son, the keep-ing everUsUngly at it advertising men of PhlladelpbU. Th i s one itpeijda the whole year In ourcorapany. Itlsaplece of fine prlntlug, but Its good looks du not oonsiitute its sole charm. It is clear and plain. UUIlty baa been put first. Ha who areks the dale can find; IM who write* may read. The matter on it Interests more people every year, but the edition is limited. While they last a copy can be obtained postpaid by sending 25cenU to the publishers.

ASTHMA C U R K O

BY THE

Kola Plant FREld ' . A New and Positive Cure for A s t hma has been found in the Kola Pl»nt,atare botanloptodnetof West Afrtaii 'rtean orl* gin. Sogfwtar* New Remedy that

The Kota Plant.

the powers of this t in the short time

since its dtaonvery It has come Into si-moat unlvinal use In the Hospitals of Europe and Amattok for the cure of every form nf Aethma. The cures wioagbt b/ It are rally marvelous, '/ifi^f^g otheve Bev. J . L. UomN of IfaHliMlNUt. West Ve., waa cured of AaUuneof Ubdrijr jrcM^ etandlnK, and

JMr. Alfred X«wla, the, editor of the ^ Jbrmer's U a g a ^ of Waahlngton, D.

O., teMiflee lha» efter eight years con-tlnuooa euflbrlng. eape^ly in Hav-

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5PEAKINQ THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

Old Sulii, Yol. I I I . N A S H V I L I i B , T E N N . , F E B R U A R Y 10 , I S b O . Haw Series, Yol. L. I«. 16.

S A N C T I P I B D S U F P E R I N Q S .

By tbe Ute Hldney Dyer.

Wby stand agbast with danger* nlgb. Or aoins Impendlog drcadf

In times of angulab wall and cry ni l every liope baa Itedt

"(Jo forwsrdr' IN I be LA>rd'a command, •• l>utaU tby trust In ine;

Kc«r not, for my Mlmlgbty baad Is aafaly leading tbeer'

Wby wstob ttis storm aa tbougb Intent To work some dreadful III,

And deem eacti bolt of llgbtnlng aent Thy prseloDS IKS lo aplllT

U rattier marks m graeloua care To give B besting brestb,

Kvolving from IIM poisoned air The raUl germa of deuthl

Why number pain* and meaiure alglia, t-'ount up your doubta and feaniT

What pleaaure In the hnowledge llee, A Ule of bittsr teariir

To Ood'a dbipoaal be realgnrd, The end will aurely prove

That all tb«ae trlala were dmlgned Aa apeetal proofii of love)

Why give to death a oonaiont atlng, Uefoie thee keep tlie grave.

To gloomy pliantom blindly cling, In sesa of trouble laveT

l.elebeertal bops Its Joys Impart, On C'hrlat eaat all your care;

O taks bim to your wounded heart; And leave lla burden* tliere!

rblladelphla.

THE ANCHOR OP THE SOUL.

BY MABY liOWB DICKINSON.

In hiB poem called "St. Paul" Frederic W. H. Myers aake:

What ahall we do, o'er whom the unbeho'df n Hangs In a night with which we cannot cope.

But gase on Bnnward, and with fhota golden, ^ comfort each othersodly wlih a bopef

Not for ell of us, think God, and not always for any of in, does the unheholden hangln a night with which we cannot cope. To (hoae who live In eternal thlnRs— andnmemher, It la the unseen that la eternal—It rarely takee tbe aapect of shadows. When It does, It la the|>rotectlng ehadow, like that of a great rock In a we i ^ land," Instead of the cloud ahadtiw that threetena the tempest.

We read that they who walked In the daiknesa saw agreatllght, hntlf theunwen hung over us always In nigH, tbe darkneM wohld be too dense for walking; we eoald only grope, and should therefore know noth> Ingezceptby tbe aense of actual contact. Now and then, we admit, there are souls to whom the unnsen Ukea tbla aapect To find God they are forced to feel after Him. rbey come into clone penwnal touch wllh Him, and perbape It woiild have been Impossible for them to reach Hhn by tbe brighter way. Such seek-ing aod finding has been voiced for ua In llnea like the fbUowIng called Light In Darkneas."

The flrs batvs low, tlis shadows fissm and Ihde. And darkDsss lingers wbsrs ths ransst played; A liaad or sUsnes on ray UpS la Isid-

1 sanBot nadths Ltffhtt

MysMi, nmsd by sla's corroding rust— Mjr sool, that spurned ths stars and lovsd Um duit-ky soul, that banns at last ft>r tovs and tnist>-

is all I have to bring. il- • (i ( •• ; ^ '.i.- : •• X strain mjr pass now Ibronsilsaming star; , , IsltladaAinsss,wllbinjrdooraiar, Tbai I amy hsarTiqr jbotsMiM front anw^ ' . >Jt r ^malbotaiepsor mrxtnili f -

• Aae I'do tear, tbotttb elouds Tb: vlssg* bidsi <f < Iteaeb lay baad out ttaroMhiheUiedalrrtida -

.WdottMsandllMrs,aad«oallM|Mliii;!U«s, LoMt Is elaspsd In Tblaa.

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m )ttr/.'w iiiaii eB<liini«tiee.-i<>''

Pettiitfar^iei tke attltatfe M I te iMl that tbttij

after God, and safe and lender as Is the outstretched hand that leads to the light, yet groping like this must never be mistaken for "walking by faith," though both the groping and the walking are a sub* stltute for sight, and are often mistaken one for the othei by souls that have not tried them both. The utterance of the roul that gropee, feeling after God, "If haply 11 may find Hhn," la, " I am blind by the wayside. Oh, Lord, that I might receive back my slghi;" while the song of the soul that walks by faith Is:

I would rattier walk with aod In tbe dark tlian walk alone In the llgbt.

1 would rather walk wlib Ciod by lallh than walk alone by KighL

In both eases the spirit comes under the power of the unseen; only, in one the unseen overshadows and haunts the soul with dreaded forms and fears, In the other case the soul dwelhi in the unseen, walking in faith and cheered by the light. But the unseen Is not only what lies lu the ftituie beyond the grave, but what lies In the ftiture thU side the grave. Indeed, It Is the chances, the advantages, the possible mis-fortunes, the suflTering, tbe death, the partings, the human anguish of every aort, that are more apt to hang over us In a night haunted with tbe horror of drpad and fear than the unheholden lhat Ilea beyond the other side of deal h. That la sufQclently far beyond us for ua to be able to trust It. It la the near-at-hand trouble, the "Hon in the way," before which we quail.

Moreover, the unseen that peitalns to the other world is less truly unseen than that which relates to thhi. The child of fallb knoaa that over there the mansion Is prepared. The reward waits. The sulTer-Ing is at an end. But the divine provision for the ut^bebolden In this life ilea mote verily lu the r^lon of fallb. I t is in regard to tbe things of time, then, lhat we need to keep our foces sunward If we would help ourselves or If we would comfort each other.

Every forward step In life Is a step Into tbe unseen. We can keep our faces toward the shadows and move forward with shrinking and vllh fear. 80 truly as we do, our fear Imparlslteelftoour fellow pilgrims on the road. Or we can turn our faces sunward, which Uonly another way of saying that we turn them Chrlstward and Godward; and that Is only another way ofsaying that we turn upon our trials aud our shadowa facea aglow with the mercy of God and the love of Christ Ho doing, we are prepared not to grum-ble, noi to be atartled and overcome by whatever awaits us, not to atumble over any of the hidden dlfllculUea of tbe way. On the contraiy, wc are ready to " comfort each other aoftly with a hope."

And after all there Is no sweeter service that any one human soul can perform for other souls than that which la coveted by these two hints: flnit, to gase sun-ward, lefhslng to look at the darkness, letting the whole soul and aplrlt become saturated with the light of love and faltb and Joy, a-ad then moving forward to "comfort each other softly with a hope."

In a homely iiuhlon some one baa said, " A wide-spread umbrella of hope la tbe very boat protection In Ibis vale of tean." And, Indeed, we know no better.

After the recent war with Spain a young soldier, whom hla mother found at Camp WlkofT, and who was lifted Into the car bealde bet and lay with his head on her lap while alie carried blm home, came after weeka of nunlog to, where he pouted Into hia

, mother'a bMit tbd expttleiibesof campand Held. Among the atoilee, tt^t he told her waa thla:

WbalevW iiiipiientd to ine, mother, long aa I could QMW^ I ^rted tti tiidp the otbete to keep conrage to ti7 to'five. Yon know WUlle B.| dear fellow, who never ought to have enllfrted. weU,' I think I kept hint ellv* two weeka idnipl^ b/ emblbrtlnf h|im wlUi tbl i ^ ' i l i i i beiroiiy M ihe U^^^ jp> home. Ibe l leMia ir i l r i i ^^ And •a" hla UM i&ik B m b u t i ^ ottt tlU^ Iha

how I hoped Ihey would send for us to-morrow; aud when to-morrow came he said,' Do you think we will go to-morrow?' and again I told hhn that I thought It would be to-morrow.

"And little by little I thought I could aee the strength coming back Into him. He waa so deter-mined to live until he could get home—Just once mote to see bis mother and bis home. Tbe thought of It was enough to keep him alive, and so, though I waa coming down with the fever myself, when be begged me not to deceive him, and to come and tell him, I never failed to crawl to him, aod say that I hoped It would be to-morrow. And ao, mother, I kept him alive on the hope, until one day the officer, passing along behind me, botrd me tell him that I hoped we would go to-morrow, and he said, 'Well, you ate a young fool to hope it. If you get away from bete h> a month you'll be lucky.'

•'Mother, as long as I live I shall never forget Willie's eyes, as he looked at me, so full of tepioach. He thought I had deceived hhn, but I , too, believed ' we were going. I tried to talk to him, but be tamed bis fsoe away from me, and In twenty mlnutee be waa dead. It knocked tbe hope all out of me too, mother, and before night I was craiy with the fever; nothing kept me alive except tbe hope that I would get back to you."

I f there was this life^ving power in the human hope, how worthy then la the heavenly hope of being called "an anchor to the aoul." The apoatle apeaka of it as "reaching within tbe veil," aa " laying hold of the great eternal verltlea" that, going on within, or behind, tbe veil, have their phice in the tcgkm of tbe unseen.

In there beyond the veil took place tbe gieat Bacrl-flee. There was the pUce of the eternal and unaeen. Surely an anchor that laid bold of the eternal mya-teries, typified by the altar and the aacrlflce and the veil, went down through the sea of. love and mercy outpoured for the slnnhig and sufTering (Children of men, and laid hold upon tbe Inmoet heart of God.

Just two thougbta with regard to hope as an anchor to the soul:

Tbe anchor baa a t wo-fold upe. Bo baa the Cbrlethio hope, Ita flrat use hi asaaafeguard and a atiength aud a steadiness and a quieting Influence in themldM of tbe tidee of trouble, the beating wavea of dlaap-pointment wnd the tempeats that bar the Chrlatlan'a progress. But the anchor la not alone for the atorm. It goes with the aoul Into the hightt tegton of peace. When the Journey la over and the ahip has nomt to Ita desired haven, then haa lu anchor a higher and a nobler task. I t was the hope that atrengthened. It Is no w the hope t hat holda tbe aoul In peace.

I t has both an active anda pasalve fbnctlon. I t not only entera and oontrola the oondltlona of the strife, but on tbe one aide it claapa handa with fUth and on the other with Joy, and becomea the centrah flgute in that peace of God which la the hlgheet 090-dlttoii of the human aoul out of heaven.

New York, City. ,

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Orphaoa' Hone Notea.

The contract haa been let for the building of our new fence. I t will cost about 11,000. I t will take' MO feet of wrought Iron Itacing, about 1,000 hut of dressed, cloee picket fencing for tbe rear, one hnn* dred feetof wire fonchig for pattltit^i. Aethlele • pe^ manent oharitab]|inatltutk>n, It was thought wlae to phMie thia permanint Iron hnoe around the Hemeu aa wiu^biiUdlngfortbeflituie. , ^

We will need flOO wltUn nhie^ d^ya to meat the •xthi diimBnda on our tmtaaiy. Tbe note tot pio-vlelone, which la • year old, and for|SOO,le y^on* pahl«' Let oa not ceaiw to eaie Ibr the Pq^iine.

A new demend la upon oa In • whole fliui^ ot deii> tttiife, chUdiein by the deathof » pteeoher, tdiiiB^tir the wH^ptaral deiinitkn (tf Mil;

I t A F T l S T A N D B E F L J C U T O B , F E B . I 6 . i l 8 l l l > .

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Answer To Oblecliona To Our Taking the Philip* pine Ulahdi Under the Uovernment

of the United States.

IIY IIRV. A. B 0AIIAKIB8. Kx-MlMloniiry lyoin Chtiin.

l>tljeclton 1. UuppoM tho FUtp)no« do not wiah the fo-ieriiig care of tbe Uulted Statco, and KHlit our authority ? lu that ereiit vco will have to punbh and fttrce tliem to Habmlt to our lawn. What then becomes of our boasted theor>-, "Al l Juitt lawn derive tbetr aiithorlly froui the coiiHeiit of the governed"?

AnnK'fr.—We did Hot fott*® our government upon theFilipiuoa. On the «.>ontniry, we fuiiglit end drove ufl* their tyrant masters nud freed tlitue islnndH frojn tlic Spauloh yutie. We then agreed to pay the former owner* 9:10,000,000 fur tlicra ii-UudB, that we might, aHownen, be able to better their cundition, prevent their future urpte«8lun, and open the way fur a more profitable commercial Intercounte for both particj* in the future. At pic^ent mc are " the (lowera that be." If they are too Ignorant to apprei-iate the Hituation and attempt to re»bt "tbe powers that be" it la our duty to teach them obedience, till Huch time aa they are competent to govern tbemrclve* and bo subject to law and order. Aa eemi barbarlana they are Incapa-ble of Mlf-government now, nor have they the means of preventing others from conquering them If w)9 itbould give them up. Hence, duty demands that we, as their present guardians, should not neglect them as our wards till they arrive at the age of full manhood and are capable of maintaining mauhood'4 rights and privllcgeii. At present they oeed uur guardian care as much as Cuba or our Indian tribes.

Objection What becomes of that foundation principle of American independence, " No taxation without representation," if the United Btates takes the millions of {leople on the Philippine Islands and extends the tarlfl* laws to them without allowing them representation?

.4rM//'(rr.—ReU-preservatlon is the first law of nature, l l ts the duty of every government to protect Itself against Incompetency and self-deftructlon. In recog-nition of this fact, the State of Mississippi, and some others, have a quallHcation for voters. Xo one, while or black, in Ml»i«lMlppl, is allowed to vote until be can read the Constitution intelligently. In every one of our fitaien not even our men are allowe<l to vote till they are 21 years of age, and when we think they are competent; though we tax their property—if they have any—Just as we do the properly of the vutera. This shows we require a qnaliflcation fo? all our voters, even our natives. Still further, we have disfranchised one-half of our citizens for life because of their KX. With tbe exception of a few States out West, no woman Is allowed to vote, though her prop-erty Is taxed Just as high as any voter's. Without doubt we have disfranchised the most moral and law-abiding half of our population. A people who have done this certainly ongbt not to be accused of incon-•iiatency when they diafranchlse a lot of Hemi-barbari-ans on the Philippine Islands.

Objection s. We are opposed to terrilorial expan-sion. I t leads to imperialism, and we fear it will prove tbe downfall of our glorious republican govern-ment

ilnwer.—Yes, this has been the fear of our pessi-mists at every new addition to our territory, from the time President JefTenwu made the Loulslaua pur-cliasedown to President McKlnley's purchase of the Philippine Islands. Up to the present moment, time and changing conditions have proved the witdom of these additions to our territory and so eflfectually re-moved the fears of our pessimists that not a single one of them would now be willing to give up a single one of our former purchases. Why, then, should we have Buch fears about the addition of the Philippine Islands?

A i a specimen of tbe pessimistic objections to our former purchases, I remember the language of our Virginia statesman, the noted John J{andolph,in Con-gnm, when we purchaaed Florida from Hpaiu. He said: " Mr. Hpeaker, wa dou't need Florida. What will we do with it? I t la a land of swamps, ponda, and boga. Ita chief produotiona are frogs, snakes, «II1-gaton, moeqiiltoM, galilnippers, malaria, ague and fever., Why, air, no one, even lu purgatory, would be willlDC to emigrate to Florida.*' Now how changed to the talk about Florida? Some eaU it <• Our Italy," since It haii beoome * MOltarlum for our Northern in-vallda diirlDg the winter ni6iitb«, and Its ptoductiona have 0,banged since Mr. Bandolpb'a day to hundred* of tdtia df eu ly vegetablea to be a h l p j ^ North, as well te iQidoaa orAngee, plneapplea, and ooooanuta. I f lUhdotpb wen hfre now he K^ottld not lie will-ing t9|lv«a]^ l^lod^*. I Bin auie. Yet acme of diir peMinlitlO modeni John Bandolpha am inalatlng on on^ttlipMlug bf the Phlllj^plniM before we eVMgive th^'ftlirtiil. '

I n u ly t i t t i i will ihDW the benefit the PhUlpplnei win bt to Um United BtstM.

Letter from Brazil.

Tlio clear, neat pages of the Ha i t i s t anu Ukki.kc-Toit tempt me to tell the Tennessee brethren some-thing of the progress of ntTslrHin this far 8outh«rn nilsHiou field.

Our Brazilian woik is making progress. We'iiever saw the people more willing to listen to our lucaHuge, or the opportunilie« greater for apreading the good news of isalvHtlon. Imlerd, Ibe opportunities never seemed sogrvat ns now, and weonly lament theHmall-nfHs of our force for oiwupying tlie land lor Jesus.

i<iiHt year uur liraxilian mission was flrst in the number of converts baptimi (in the mhsion fields of tho Boutheru llaptist runvenlion), and occupied only tho second (ilace in (he total number of church memliers within its boundx. This ycarOod bus continued hi liiess ntir litUirH and a large number of believers have been uddod to uur churches. North and 8onth.

We have n live, active ehur«-h in Uio Janeiro, which is seudlng out its light to the multitudes around It In this great uietropolU M-ith Its 700,000 souU. We are preaching every week In several parts of the city, and aeroM the bay In Nlctherov, and at two places In the interior of tbe Htate( Uio). Half a do/en young men uf the churcli do vnliunt service In evangelistic work, prcnching faltlifuiiy wlicncver called upon (that is constantly), hiuI re<*ive nut n i-ent of salary from mis-sion or church. One of ilie^e an Anieri«-an (our Jlro. Irvine, formerly of Daliioiore), and the others BraxillaUH and PortugucHe. l a m suie tliat tho (lo»<-|iel Mission lirethreii li:ive as yet no »uch band of vol-untary workers n» tliene.

I now have a fellow-nii.tiiionary in Rio In the perwn of Hro, Chaw. 1>. McCarthy, who for several 3-ears labored as a niUsiojinry in H|<atn, and was then for awhile a pastor in Dublin, lie Is a stuunch Daptlst, and well fitted for work in this Romish country.

I have Just returned fiotn a Journey to the great State of Mluas (leraes, vlHiIng the beautiful new State of Beiio Hoiizonte, the State Capital, where we are working. Here we have a church of forty memtiers, and a Baptist school, nut supported, however, by mis-sion funds. It is couducted by Miss Mary B. Wilcox and Mis'i Bertha R. Stenger, two worthy and dcvote<i Christian women, who two years ago came out to work for the Master In this, the neglected continent.

Ten days ago I returned front a Journey to the interior of Ban Paulo Stfite, some four hundred miles distant. I went first to a place called Victoria, wliere an American Bapti»t family Is living, and where I re-ceived a warm welcome. It was my privilege to preach to two go<»d attentive crowds uf natives, w )u> liHtf-ned eagerly while I told of Christ's love to siiuiere. The most of them wete hearing tbe glad iklingH for tho llrat time in life. I can't tell you huw much good II did me to preach to them. It was far better than preaching toa crowded audience at home.

From Victoria I returned to San Paulo City, and went on the day after to Santa Barbara, where our American church bi located. There I preached on Sunday to a bouse full of people, and two converts were received for baptism.

Last week I preached twice out in the country In this (Rio Janeiro) Stale, and was greeted by some fifty hearers, almost all of whom came long distances on foot to heat of the way of salvation.

Out lome forty miles from Rio, on the railway, we are preaching at a place called Palnulras, and the people come from far down the valleys and over the mountains to listen to the blessed story. Already three or four have professed conversion and asked for baptism.

Near by ua is the Campos mission field, where our Bro. Oinsburg and his co-workcr, Bro. Joyce, are la-boring. Their work has been gloriously blessed dur-ing the year, and they have been almost continuously reaping and sowing together. Many converts have been baptised. Joyce'Is a recent addition to our ranks, aud is full of energy and good works.

Good news comea from North Braxll of a penle-cosUl scene in Boulh Bahia State, where Bro. Z. 0. Taylor visited a new section of countiy, and preached with demonatratlon of tbe Spirit, and of power, to » congregation prepared of God for the seod sowing. Some seventeen persons were Joyously converted and baptised. '

We all begin tho new year foil of hopefuinesi u d ihankftitneaB to God Ibr his blecuiugit. ^

W . B. DAanv. Rio Janeiro, Briill.

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tilt end « eevtnth day Bapttot. There to at Iwut alx digre between them. There •ref.aome brethren who^ would oh)ect to being classed aa " Beventh-di^ Bap-ttota," whoooDDot be ored tted] with full time. Otu

Mialwr'aoontnotoalla fof undivided thne .—(Wo/ ScfiM.

Pastor'a Conference at Mercer Unlveralty.

Rev. It. D. lUgadale, D.D., who ofloujplee ttoJOhair of the Bible In Mercer Univeraily, BfAQon, a ^ i has given tbe students and visiting pastor^ and Um pMple of our city fare treat In the lectbre eoul«|( M w in progreMt. He has called into aervloa aoma (rf the atrongeat men in oar dMomlnatlon, and tnfra6f/e d/ctu, up to date the publliAed program haa haen car-ried out to the letter.

There are In attendance aome twenty-paaton, be-sides miulsterlal students and local bretbren and als-ters-an inspiring class. Tiito ia the third week, aud it will l>e continued fur another—a month In all.

The first week Dr. Ragsdale waa the teacher, and the class now believe that home talent is not of an inferior kind. The teaching was on the "Bermon on the Mount."

Dr. Wni. E. Hatcher of Richmond, Va., waa the conspicuous figure of the sec«)ud week. Dr. Hatcher instructed in IMirlstian evidences. " Personal Experi-ence " was s|)ecially emphaalied, and many fcel that a revival of such preaching would be a aource of ))ower. In reading the biographlea of the world's greatest preachers, Wliitefield, Wealey, Hpurgeon, and others, this element Is prominent. Beeldea lec-turing before the classes Dr. Hatcher waa In demand for public addresses. He was the orator on the occa-sion of tbe anniversary of the Ladlea Aid Society of till' First Cliurch. His subject was, "Whoto Neighbor Am I ? " It was a magnificeut address. Hto address in the chattel of Mercer University on "Bpurgmn As I Knew Him " was especially intereating. No man in America i' so well prepared to tell of the great preat'iier as Dr. Hatcher, who knew him intimately, having visited his home on several occasions. Mr. Spurgron, Just before his death, wrote Dr. Hatcher, requesting a visit from him, stating that he wanted tu see him before he went home, feeling that tbe Lord would soon call him. Dr. Hatcher could not comply with this last request. But it abowa the love which existed In the oue for the other.

Dr. A. T. Robertson of the Theological Seminary was with us a week. His expoaltion of the epistle to tho Hebrews waa superb. Pointed, plain, practical, logical, deeply spiritual, he imprewad the student with his own abiding iftitth In tbe Holy Boriptunw. his reliance upon the Holy Spirit, hto love for the brethren. He filled the mlud and the heart. Dr. Itobertron teaches that God should t>e reverentially feared and approached m the Holy One; that Jesus Christ is supreme Master, to whom we should be loyal: that the Holy Spirit Is our spiritual teacher and guide. These ai» inferences drawn from hto teaohlnga and the manner of the man. The theme was, "The Supe-riority of Chrlitianliy to Judaism." Doubtlesa tbe vlfllt of this beloved mau will bear fruit in aermons of this cIsHs for the years to come. Dr. ItotMrtson preached fur our First Church on tbe fifth Sunday morning a most helpful sermon.

Rev. Arthur J . Barton to with ua at thto writing. This is Bro. Barton's first viait to our olty. Ha to stirring ua by his fervent appeals, atrlking facta aud logical reaaonlng. These dtocuaalcna ara not the least ImporUnt. Really they are tbe climax, of the confer-ence, for of what use la knowledge unleaa practical? Culture for service Is a good motto for iu,alL

During the time above mentioned Dra. Landnim of Atlanta aud Kerr Boyce Tupper of Philadelphia, paid UH a visit. Dr. Landrum'a addreea on " l ^b l io .Wor-ship" excited much intereat aud commoit. I t waa a strong presentation of the subject. Dr. Tapper was not on the program, but paaaing through on hto way from Florida, gave ua a delightful enrprtae. He lec-tured In Mercer Chapel on, "Be a Han . " Dr. Tup-per to one of Mercer'a moet highly honored epna.

Mercer University was never in ao giod a condition. There are 250 students, a flue body of ineUr Tlie'fac-ulty, young, aggrcMlvo, aud highly cnltuied gentle-men, have made for thenuwlvaB a good name In the Slate, and Dr. Pollock, the prealdent, to a great leader.

Dr. I ^ n G. Broughton of Third tiharch, Atlanta, expects to dedicate hto new church hoaia on flrat Ban-day In March. Dr. Wm. B. Hatcher will preach the sermon. The name will be thO Bapttot Tabamade and the Third will be a aeparate oigaultatlon.' About one hundred memben withdrew when tha ohurch decided to change location aiid tO huOd. t^eiahNitb-ren will continue In the old building and he known aa the Third Church. Following tha dedication wUI he a week's meeting oonducted by, Dni, A«'O. I)Uon, W. A. Nelaon, X«. White, and Lan. Q, Bfoughton. All visiting brethkcn will h^entintainad by thtiiileiu-ben of thto church. »

Georgia Baptlata ate looklnit fohrtudjo'otfrilltate ConvenUon in Savannali d n t oil , i p r i l ; tban-ib* Southern Bapttot Oonvantloni aiid«-iUMroWliltaitt

llacon, Ga.

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ChRIST'5 COMPASSION FOR HIS nURDBRERS.

BBRMON , OY RBV. J. II. IIAWTIIORNR, D.I)., I'ABTOIt ^ jFIBBT BAPTiaTOIIUiiCIf. NA8IIVILI.K.

Tattt "Fatlier, rnrglvs litem, fur tliey know not ^ tiut tiiry do." (Luke saitl. 81).

In Roman history we read of (he crucifixion of men whoae dying hours were spent elllier in nttompting to excite pity for their torfure or Invoking ciirscii up<m the heads of their tormentors. How unlike them was Jesus, who while convulsed with agony, caused by the iron spikes driven tbrougii the most NenNitlve parts of bia bauds aud feet, lifted his soul lu fervent and tender supplication to God for u blessing upon his murderers. How strangely the spirit of this prayer contrasted with the spirit of the men who bad reviled him, cursed bim and clamored for his death.

Jesus was a teacher of religion, and it was in tho name of religion that his enemies deinundtd his cru-cifixion, He prayed that God's saving blessing might rest upon them, while they rejoiced lu seeing him humiliated, tortured and put to death. Which to your mind illustrates true religion? Their i.-onduet, or bis? I f you were almnt to approach God In prayer, would you covet the Spirit of the dyhiK Christ or the, spirit of hto accuifers aud murderert-? Which do you' believe was more acceptable unto God, the prayer of the expiring Jesus or the curses of the malignant and brutal mob that surrounded his cross?

Let me emphaize this morning the significant fnct that no opposition, no barrier, no sufrering, could shake the faith of Jesus in tho Justice, wisdom and love of God. Ijook at bis sltuatl«ui at the place of his executiou. Not a voice was lifted on his lietialf. Men hadjwithdrawn their succor, angels their ministry, and God had old his shining face. But In the midst of hto weakuem, anguish and desertion, he looked up to heaven with the utmost serenity and confidenco and called God "Father."

When truth. Justice and virtue are spit niwn, cast out aud crucified, and falsehoo<l, wrong and uncleaii-neas stand defiantly before us fiaunting a victorious banner, we arc tempted to ask whether tljcre be really a Just and holy God on the throne of the universe, or whether all is the mere play of chance. The murder of a half mllllpn of unofieudlng Ariuenlan Christians, within tbe last ten years, has provoked thousands of people to doubt the existence of a Supreme Being who admintoters hto government for the promotion of truth and righteousness.

The diabolism of Spanish despotism, which culmi-nated in the blowing up of tlie Maine and tlie Htar\-a-tlon of more than 100,000 Cuban women and children, was prolific of much religious stiepticif-m.

I suppose that many a man's rfligious faith has lieen disturbed by the triumphs of the rum-fiend at the ballot-box aud In the legislative Imll. The ma 11 who goes Into the Senate chanil>er of our capitol building, and there beholds a corrupt and remorse-less lobbyist exerting more influence upon the legisla-tion of tbe State than a half million of Christian men and women, is migbtlly tempted to doubt either the exlatence or the righteousness of God. It is a great trial of bin faitb to be confronted by tbe fact that the dirtiest and most vlllaiiioua saloon keeper In this country has more Influence upon the average poli-tician than a hutidred of the most incorrupt Iblo, self-denying aud couMcrated men of tho Christian min-istry.

A temporary shadow came over the soul even of John tbe Baptist, while ho lingered iu the Roman dungeon to which tho iicentloua Herod had consigned him. He waa tempted to doubt whether the luan whose advent be had heralded and to whom he had adminiatered baptism iu tbe Jordau was indeed God's Messiah. When Jesus was arrested, condemned and crucifled, almost tho gloom of despair envelo|icd tho men and women who bad Journeyed with him fur three years and, wItiioNred tho manifold maulfesta-tlons of hto divinity. They wero dazed, they were bewildered; they did uot know what to Ihlnk, I f some one had aald to them, " How does tbe humili-ation and ignominious ^death of your leader hannon-Izo with the belief that he was the divine Bon of God?" they could _not have given any satisfactory answer. ,

The fUth of Jesus was never shakeu. In the gar-den, when hie nameless sorrowlaud the vision of the mysterlouB cup made him "sweat as it,wore drops of blood," hto oonfldfuce in God was not disturbed. Heatlll called him "Father." He was still trustful and aubmtoalve. " I f thto cup pass not from mo ex-cept I drink It, thy will be done." When he hung on the cRxka'daMtl^ liy, Mends, mocked bjr cnemlM, and con*^liMd With ttlt^ anguish as tio bther |]#lug In the unlveree had endured, hlfi fkllh iti pod'a wli-dom, hOllneM ^nd power did ^oi wavef fbr kU iti»tatit. .

I f ov«r the hand of tha Creator a ^ a d 16 be Wlfh-'" ' dnWti tiiMk th^ ruddi t 'of lha iihlvatte; •hd coune of hnman aflUn aeamed to ha mwir

long into a gulf of confusion, it was when the purest and best being that ever taiternaclod in human flesh was branded as the baaeet of criminals and expired amid tbe imprecations of a fiendtoh mob.

But, my friends, what may seem to us moral chaos now, M'lil hereafter be recognized as the very petfeo-tion of moral order and beauty. Tbe salvation of the world was In the darkness aud horror of that Cavalry scene. All that la host, noblest and grandest In human history had Its genesis there. Out uf the darkness of that awful drama has como the light which brightens the world and muko>i life worth living—the light w hich drives sadnesa from millions of human hearts, gloom from mlllious of poverty-strlckeu homos, and terror from tbe gntes of death.

Here we see God's nay. All may be dark; every-tiiiiig may seem to be going to rulu; ovll may seem to be entlironfd on the seat of the Almighty; yet God liveth; he sits above the tumult of the present hour, and from tl e womb of tho blackest night be will bring forth n morning of beauty aud gladness.

Wben Paul and Silas were brutally whipped and csHt into prison for preaching tbe gospel, it seemed tliat Uod did not care cither for his own servants or his own truth. But now, when we see how tho sufleriiigsof thodobeioio men served to exalt them aud to establish tbe gospel, we cannot doubt God's iuving care both for them and hto truth.

Whcu we behold God's most loyal and faithful standard bearers consumed at the stake, we wonder iiow he can be wise. Just and holy and permit such tilings. But when we see bow great nations have l)een irradiated by tlie brlgbtnesH of thesO martyr-fires, and rciid wiiat God says of tbe glorious retributlou in fctore for these faithful witnesses to his truth, we recognixe both bis wisdom aud hto holiness.

" The bl(K)d of tbe marlym is the seed of the cburcb." Those 600,000 martyred Armenians did not die iu vain. Kre long from tbe starry heights to which their redeemed spirits have ascended, they shall witness the downfall of Christ-hating '^ tker , her oblitera-tion from the map of nations, freedom of conscience secured to their i>osterlty, aud the rapid growth of the glorious gospel over all that vast region on which now rests the blight and mildew of Mohammedan rule.

With the utmost confidence I can declare, also, that the days of the mm fiend are numbered. Tbe days when a single lobbyist for the bar-rooms and the gHinbling dens can dominate a State Legislature are numbered. God has not lieen deaf to the cries of tbe widow and the orphan. The friends of purity, tem-perance, and clean, honest civil government, have not struggled and prayed and sufTered lu vain. Tho poll-tlcans M'ho have championed the cause of the bar-rooms and the gambling hells will soon come to Judg-ment. They shall have their' reward, both in this world and In the next. The heroes who have con-tinued In the fight, and who have borne the burden and heat of the day, read the "signs of the times." They recognize the progress of a glorious transfurma-tion, and they are getting ready for such a Jubilee as the friends of virtue liave never enjoyed.

Tlie conduct of Jesus upon the cross was not only an exiiibltlon of bis unquestioning and unshaken faith lu God, but a sublime illustration of bis com-passion for wicked men. His response to all the Injus-tli-e, mockery and cruelty of his foes was : " Father, forgive them."

I confcss that I cannot, without Indignation, Ihlnk of the meanness of .those cunning priests, nor of the treachery of Judas, nor of the cowardice of Pilate, nor the scorn of Herod, nor the ribaldry of the mob. I cannot keep nay heart from branding them as they deserve to be. But when Jesus thought of all these things, the only feeling (hat possessed his bosom was expressed In the prayer: "Father, forgive them."

Near the' beginning of bis public ministry he said hi his disciples: "liove j'our enemies; do good to them that bate you; itid prny for them that desplte-fuily use yon and persecute you." Ever since then men have been saying: "That is a beautiful dream' of what wo should aspire to do, but It Is too ethereal to bp realized In human conduct." I do not deny the dlfilcultlcH which tho average man cnrountera, in at-tompiing to illustrate the spirit of Christ in dealing with his advorsaries. You may be willing to die for ilie doetrlnes of Chrtotiatilty^ aud, at the same time, be very vindiciive ioWArds the man who haa ofln»red , '^ou nh ItlaOlt. I f sbine one should aiiMlt through tha comttttnlty aud whimper Into the ears of yonr tl«lgh< boni'a haae slaudeftiipOn yOUr liouiehold, what WOuld' be j'oUl' ftiM impuiae on ineeting htit<t To pray fur h imf To fuiglvit hlin'r To lota him? To shower' bles«lfag«Uiiohblm>? Ttblttk not. I f ji^urhT6tod did hot bcil li'lth Ibdlgnatlcin, ilhd If j^Ur indlgtililloii didntA'cix^rtiii l tMlfln admC act Of reMiihuant; j ^ u hav* knof« ahd l^fiekiiasi lhati r|tVa j^ i i "

biedUfot!;' f o . Look at Jeeua. Ha plUed, forgave and tl^lf

men who not only lied about him. Insulted him mocked hhn, beat him with loadeditbonge, but nailed him to the oraaa. ii I'l;

BroUirent I t is diflloult, very difficult, but not tan* r potMlble for us to forgive our worst and meanest ena- • my. Stephen did it; Paul did it; mUllona have done it; we can do it. Go Into your closet and study the > life of Jttua. " Consider him who endured such con-tradiction of sinners agalnat himself." Then get upon your knees; look up iuto hto meek, gentle, benlgnantr face; speak to him, and let him speak to you In tba still small voice of tbe Spirit; linger before him until you feel hto aweet life flowing Into your life. Do thto, and you can then forgive and love the vilest and moat hateful man that baa ever wronged you.

To forgive In the highest and divinest act of which tbe human soul to capable. Anybody ran resent an injury. The lowest and meaneat of mankind can halo, but only tbe godlike can forgive.

We get another insight into the depths of tbe Sav-ior's love for men, when wa conaider tbe plea tliat he made for his cnemiea. "They know not wiut tiiey do."

What is tbe first thing (hat you do wben you find that your neighbor has wronged you? Do you care-fully consider all the circumatsnces lurroundlng him and all tbe Influences acting ujion hUn at the time that he committed the offense? Do you Inquire . whether he was mtoicd by other parties, or whether lie acted under a false oonocption of your character and your attitude towards him? Do you look at every mitigating circumstance, with tiie earnest desire tiiat you may find something (o prove that hto conduct was not as bad as it appears to be? This is what you . ought to do. Thto is wiiat you would do if you poa-seiuied tiie Spirit of the Master.

At tbe momeut when tl>e murderers of Chrtot < seemed to be utterly dehumanized aud in league with every infernal spirit of evil, be waa seeking excuses for their conduct. " Father, forgive itiem, tiiey know not what tbcy do."

Tbe Roman soldiers—those rude, uuhistructed in-struments of cruelty—knew very little about Jesua^ and hto oonlroversy with tlie Jewa. Pilate and HciodJ knew mote than they. Tba Chief Priesta and Eidersl knew more than any of tbem. But none of them fully comprehended the character and mission of Ciirtot. All of tiiem knew enough to be convinced that he was not a bad man, and (hat lie deserved a lictter treatment at (heir hands (ban lie received. But . neither soldiers, nor populace, nor govemora, nor priosts, bad any adequate conccpUon of the dignity of Christ's person, tbe sacrtdneaa and gnrndeurof hto miaslon, and of tbe enormity of (be wrong that was done him, in branding bim aa a criminal and con-signing him to the shame and torture of a. felon'a death.

I t waa this lack of knowledge on their part that

Jesus pleaded when he prayed for the forgiveness of j

at tbeir aius. I t la true, in aome degree, of every sinner, that be

kiiowa not what he does; and the Just and gradoua God whom we serve makes due allowance for auch l«(-norance. Paul said that God waa merciful to him ba-cause ha " sinned iguorantly iu unbeltof." The same, God will make allowancea for all of our veakneoan t and Ignorance, if we will only come and hide our guilty selves in hto pitying and lovinf bosom.

Let no one imagine (hat thto plea of Jesus meant that his persecutorn and murderers were innocent and undeserving of punishment. This tliought to pre-ciudtd by tbe fact that ho prayed that tbay might ba forgiven. Only guilty beings are in need of pardon. God does uot forgive tbe angels in heaven btenue (bey ara abaolutely Innocent.

There Is another error to be avoided. Tbe prayo- of Jesus wus answered, but not In (be immediate for-giveness of his enemies. Lot no one be weak enough to believe (hat all thoie who consentod to the con-demnation of Ohrlsl were immedtotely saved, when

> he safd t " Father, forgive themi^' The moet of them wer« disobedient and wicked to (tie end, and perished in their sins.

I pray most farvendy, bellevlngly, and acceptably for Qod's forglvanass upon'your wayward, wlokad child, but my prayer cannot be answered without tlw co-operatlon of that child; Unless ha repents and seeks pardon for hlmaclf, God will not, God cannot, forf^vahlm. v '

Soma organlitatlons of Christians have besn vary mueh ridiculed'hecsiase (h i^ pray for tba con^arslon a of Bobert Ingaraoll. I f (hey pray on tha assumption that God cat! eontart Ingerioll against hto will and without hto c(H»parationt (ha]r dsaaihrato bafUllealaai ' Many of the tormanlon sind murdaren M"0«iuir God did foiglvt; but ii6t until 'thiy rept t lad i t i f ie i oepM (Iti ort idB^ i hd dH fl^ IiOfi) imdBadeemar. About flftarda^rif^'^aM'^l^f'

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of tb« men who wtt* coucenied in the crime of the cruelflxlon and charged tbem with the murder of hin Lord. Many of them were inatantly convicted They were 'not only convicted, hut they repented of their •Ine, believed on the Unicllled One, and openly cou-fteaed him by receiving baptism In hia name.

What an encouraging truth that the tame benign-ant Christ who pitied hia murderers, took them in the arms of his love, and prayed, "Father, forgive them," Is tO'^ay moved 'with the same pity for the most wicked men and women of this community. At this very moment he is calling their names in the court of heaven, and praying that they may be the recipients of God'a pardoning and saving grace. Buch a thought of him slwuld "dissolve our hearts in tliankftilucas and melt our eyes to tears." It should make us Impatient to awake in bis likeness, to Join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of nil.

Louisville Lines. Rev.T. T. Martin of Cripple Creek, Col., is to help

Dr. T. T. Eaton of Walnut-street Church in a meet-ing in March. Bro. Martin lias made for himself quite a name as an evangelist. He is a strong, pun-gent and pointed preacher.

Dr. J. T. Christian has recently aided in a good meeting at Berea, Ky.

B«v. A. F. Gordon, a Tennessee boy, reports his work at Parkland In good shape. It is rumored that be laay seek appointment to the foreign field.

Dr. Boyet is succeeding finely at Third Ave. The church is moving forward along all lines. Great con-gregaUons wait upon the doctor's ministry, and there are constant accesaions to the church.

Rev. J. P. Jenkins is taking strong hold at Frank-lin-street, where he began work the first of the year. This church baa enjoyed the vervice of tome of our

t men, and we doubt sot but that in Bro. Jenkins I worthy successor ba* been found. The field is pop-

I and great in poflsibilitles. Bev. B. A. Dawes preached his fourth annual ter-

mon at Highland nu the 5tb intt. During his minis-try the church ba» more then doubled its member-ship and the work and outlook from every point of view is hopeftil. He hss a fine field, and one day bit is to be one of tlie strong churches of Louisville.

Dr. Carter Helm Jones is drawing great throngs to Broadway. His series of sermons upon the Prodigal Son have created great interest. Many in bis congre-gation are seriously pondering the great issue of life.

Theoflldai Board of Warren Memorial Presbyte-rian Church have kindly tendered Pastor Jones and the Broadway people the use of their msgnlficent bouse of worship for the sessions of the Convention and tLe same bas been acccep«ed. This is fortunate. Warren Memorial is the largiest church building in the dty and will, with chairs, easily seat 8,000 people. It is situated at Fourth and Broadway with the Hemi-nary buildings hard by on the one side and the Y. M. C. A. just across the street on the opposite side. The postoffice is just two blocks away. So it is from every point of view an admirable place for the Con-vention.

Dr. Edgar Thomas of the "Sunday Law and Order League," who is giving a week to Louisville In the Interest of Sabbath observance. Is a strong nun and Is stirring up not a little interest. When God's people, that love hia name, do their duty as touching the Lord's d«yf much Sabbath desecration will cease. So long o t h ^ must have their mail and Sunday paper and altow themselves to buy on Sunday they need not expeot the unsaved to respect the di^.

Twenty-second and Walnut is Just finishing a mag-nificent Sund«y-school building. The structure is 82x44 feet, of brick, and two stories high. The first floor liaa an auditorium 44x84, surrounded on three sMeal^a tier of class rooms; on the seoond floor a tlar of claas rooms corresponding to those on the flrst floor open out onto a flve-foot balustrade that looks down on the auditorium. Tlwra are some eighteen claaa rooms, capable of caring for 700 pupils. The claas rooms on the flrst floor open into the main audi-torium by means of vertical ceiling partiitons. The dedkatlun services will occupy an witire week, from Febnuuy Mth to March 6tb. There will be two speak-era each •vming fkom the pastoia and tin Seminary fkoiiltar4> f . • h

On Bimday, Febmary 2eih, Dr. J. M. Frast will opaoitlMVMk with m sarmon. He Is also down to •ddiMiiilM Paatora' OonfMrence, Monday morning, MankSrUb

On Batid«]r, Marab Urd, Dr. Frwl D. Uala, an old paator^ will b« with tba eborah and preach motnlng •ndaraolof. ,, ,

Tb* B I M A ^ W I K ^ of tbia ohnioh avanged SIM fbr •mji: Bpndair in UB8, •ndliiaooDildentl/ txpaottd to looMpi tlwt ^ year.

Totu^odlMinQioUyeqlivad .tm digrslnamwUaf wtth FlMtor John T. W. GlTwa of the Walnul-alrNt

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Church, Owensboro. Bro. Givens is a flue young man of good preaching ability and great zeal in pas-toral work, and he is doing a great work. He con-tinued the meeting after we left, and as a result there were some 80 accessions by baptism.

M. P. HUNT. East TenDCMce Notes.

JONESBORO.

Pastor A. L. DSVIH IS doing sulMlaiitlal work. His people are uniicd and interested in all our denomina-tional enterprises. The Sunday-school, under the Superintendent, Baueliman, Is one of the best In East Tenneesee. The B. Y. P. IJ., Bro. Waller, President, is alive in all of Its departments. The brethren say the church bos prospered under tlic leadership of Bro. Davis as never liefore.

BWEI'RRWATKK. Or. Grace boa been engaged In a leries of meetings

in which there was general interest among all denomi-nations. His iton, Itev. " £d." of Virginia, bas been home on a visit, and Dr. and Mrs. Grace enjoyed the presence of all their children.

ATHENS. Rev. T. G. DavlH bas a live B. Y. P. U., one that

prayH and gives. On a recent Sunday evening they had for their sutiject denominational education. Bro. Davis hsB not yet given up the Idea of attending the Seminary.

WITTS. Rev. W. C. Hale, atsisted by Rev. Pat Hale, has

had a succemful revival, following tbe fifth Sunday meeting.

TO 8lINDAV-8('IiOOL8. The school children of America are going to erect a

monument to General Lafayette, a tribute to the memory of one whom America loves and venentra. Tbe monument will be unveiled and dedicated in Paris, France, on the 4th of July, 1900 We owe this much to the memory of Lafayette, and the monu-ment will be prized tbe more from tlie fact that it IH a gift fh>m tbe school children of America, i It has occurred to me that the Sunday-school chil-dren in Tennessee can build a monument too, one that will be a lesson and a blewing in all tbe years to mne. I propose that tbe Baptist Sunday-schools of Tennewee endow a chair In Csmon and Newman Col-lege by tbe <l8t day of June, 1900. It can be easily done. The schools can select the chair—Pbilosopby, History, Latin, Greek, Pedagogy, or some other, after the money has been raised, by agreement with the trustees.

Let every school who will help In this work net apart the first or some subsequent Sunday in March to make an appropriation and write me at once. I will furnish such data, plans and so on, in retuni, as are ne<«ssary to aiwlst in getting the matter before the children. Let the Superintendent or Secretary write— ur some brother or sister, if such ofltcent do not.

Remember March Is the month for the first colle<>-tlon. Address W. S. TIndell, Mossy Creek, Tenn.

CARSON AND .NEWMAN ENDOWMENT. Pastor A. L. Davis of Jonesboro is tbe first to speak

out for the Sunday-schools. Thanks, Bro. Davis. There are three reasons why the Sunday-Hchools should endow a chair in Carson and Newman College:

1. The educational elTect on the schools. If will cutlvaio liberality, i t will train thpir hearts, heads and hands in the service of God.

2. I t will enlist the intereat of the children in their own Baptist school. Where their treasure Is there will be their hearts also. I'here tbey will go.

8. In the twentieth century a college cannot succeed without endowment. The endowment of Carson and Newman is an alNiolute necessity to tbe ultimate suc-cess of the Bapilats of East Tennessee.

Brethren Superintendents, lay the matter before your schools and write me for full particulars In this matter. J will send you a circular giving the plans In detail on application.

Let every Supaintendent lay the matter before his school at once. Organisation, systematic efl^irt will do the work. Let no Sunday-school be left out In thismovemenU S. W. TINDBI.I . .

Ronay's Budget. I have had a hud Uma with hi grippe for the last

thraawaaka. 1 fUled to tvaoh the flfth Sunday meetr ln« at Weat Port and my appointment at Lnlngton. I am neady myaalf again and will enter the work, with the hope of gathering a tot of mission money by thameathigof the C\>nventlon in May. I trust the paatora of our Aisoelatlon take tbe B A P T I N AND B B -r u ^ R , and will parmit Aie lo urge them to active work for mhiakma at once. Take tbe uut tu In your own huids and ptrsonally aae every member and g«t a oaab collaotton.

Lei evuy ohuroh orgaohw a Bunday-school that Is

now without one, and send messengers to our Butt* day-school Conventton at McKensle next April. Get' to work, biethren; the time Is short and the work im-porUnt. I have a desire, and I believe you all do, to see our Ansoclatlon equal to the best. all work fur it and we can bring her to it.

If we would strive to see the good trails in our brethren as some are trying to find faults, we would have more brotherly love, more spirituality, and a greater harvest of souls. I am truly • Landmark Baptist, but I am tired of the way some of our breth-ren are dealing wlili each other. Absolutely some ar-ticles in some of our religious papers are unfit for the unsophisticated and children to read. Brethren, In God's name be more kindly In speech, and when you do diflbr from a brother let not words of abuse flow from your pens. Wo all deplore unsoundnesa In any of our brethren, but we are commanded to admonish, not abuse. Let's pray God to open the eyea of our misguided brethren, and have more faith in him and less In the power of our argument. Say what you be-lieve, but leave ofl* any unklndness toward the one from whom you differ.

Then are very few vacant churches now, and but few pastors without work. This li a healthy sign, and will insure, I trust, a rich harvest of souls and collections this year.

These are trying times on the poor. Wonder if tho»e who are blewed with plenty look after the poor In their community. Shall any one sulftr for food and clothes in this land of plenty?

Let us pray for one another, for our work, for our missionaries, and the lost at home and abroad. Our time Is short, the work Is arduous, and tbe Master calls. Certainly we will du what we can.

I extend the of brotherly love to all the readers of t b e B A P T I S T AND REFLECFOR.

W . 8 . RONRV. Huntingdon, Tenn.

From Alabama. It was my privilege to attend the Fifth Sunday

meeting of the Indian Creek Association. This As-sociation comprises the churches in Lawrence, Wayne and the eastern portion of Hardin County in Tton-neseee. The young people's meeting Friday was quite interesting, as well as the reguUr session of the flfth Sunday meeting Saturday. Ministera present: Fau-blon, Morrison, Winters and Wood. Bro. Wood is the pastor at Waynesboro, Phlladelphla,.Indian Creek and Green River. Bro. Winters holds the fort at West Point and three other points. Bro. Moniaon i» the Assoclatlonal Col porter. Bro. Faublon is pastor at Lawrenceliurg, and he Is making a great eflTort to build an excellent house of worship In that Important and growing town. Bro. Wood is getting along well with a house of worship at Waynesboro.

There are two very important towns on the Ten-nessee RIvsr without Baptist preaching: Savannah, with a population of 1,200 and Clifton with over 000. These are Important centers of trade and ought to be occupied by Baptists.

Bro. Horton of Martin's Mills, pastor of four church-es, is unable to ser>'e bis churches at present on ac-count of bad health.

I have accepted the care of Liberty ChuKh in Florence Association, Alabama, for half time. It is the only live Baptist Churoh In the Weatera half of Lauderdale County, Alabama. One of our deaoona is a leading merchant at Waterloo on the Itenessee River, and steps have been Uken to occupy that lm> portant town. Pastor Brown of Florence has gone to Birmingham.

This Association made an eflbrt last year to unite with Colbert County Aisoelatlon, but It waa unsuc-cessful. Lauderdale County la In sad n ^ of mis-sionary work by Baptists. Liberty Churoh hak aome noble brethren who an alive tn the work of the church. Their fonner pastor, Bro. Hay a Flpming, was also pastor at Tusoumbl*. Ata., where bodied. He was formerly paator ID Kentuoky, Ttanesaae and Texas. During his ministry he b«ptla^*'dv«r A.000 persons. His family are In great need. WUl not all who have been benefltted by hia mbiMty aaod • contribution to bla widow and littia onea at Toaoum-bla,Ala.? As you loved thia dear hroibar, Mil have been benefitted hy his nlnistry, don't neglect bhifkm-lly, DOW that ha la gone.

ClovenIal..Ala. B.F.BrAll«. _

- I n answer to a quaallon I aee in tht BAtrrwr Aim i,. BwiiKROM, I will My fbr firo. Oakl«y>i Uon thai Bro. A. H. Bather liaa been Moalled to the oare of Bethlehwn Oburoh by • unanlmoua vote. This la bla thirteenth year of aervloe at Uili idaoe. Tha jAurchlawrtl onanlaed and hi good working;

Greenbriar, Itein.

K A F T l f l T A l I D BJEVUBCTTOB, V B B . 16,18t>l».

I NEWS ] PA5T0R5' CONPERENCB.

IMA«HVII.i.iC. Third Churoh—Pastor Golden preached at both

hours. Two received by letter. Pastor reports a good meeting at Conway, Ark.

Edgefleld—Paator Bust preached in the morning. No services at night. One received for baptism.

Seventb-^Pastor Bums preached in tlie morning. No servioe at night.

Immanuel—Pastor Ray preached in the morning. No oervlM at night.

Howell Memorial—Psslor Howse prcachcd in the mornlog. No sen'ice at nlgbl.

Springfield—Pastor Gilliam prrucbod at tlio nioni-liig hour. No service at night.

Dr. Holt held services at the Orpliuns' Home and also at his own home.

—Rev. B. F. White bos been lio!Ulug a Herlus of meetings at Little Doe Academy, in the twunds of Bethel Church. NotwitbHtandiiig tbe snow, niln, wind, mud and high waters, we had u good meeting, lesuitlng in eight additions to the church, seven bap-tised, and the Christians greatly revived. We feel that good Seed has been sown. lira. White did all the preaching day and night fur twi> weeks. He preached the gositel In its purity and wllli great iwwer, for which our hearts are very grateful. Suc-cess to the BAPTIST AND RERLECROK. Wc only wish more Baptists would read it. J. H. BIIIU-N.

Little Doe, Tenn.

—The ciiurch at Brighton cnjoyid the preachlUK of Elder M. M. Bledsoe, of Jachkun, from the fourth to tbe fifth Sunday In January. Though revivals in that locality In the winter ure unuHual, and a pait of tbe time the weather was ditsgreeable, I'm sure tlie time was not siient in vain. ChrlntisnH were Htrengtbened and sinners serlouB, sunie requesting the pnyen of the ssints, but there were noprofetwlons of fslth. On Saturday tlie chun^h elected and or-dained Wm. Weir and John Sinionton to the deaeou-i«hlp. The pastoi and his flock can testify that Bro. Hledsoe's preaching < is |ilaiu, practical, safe, sincere and sound, without tlie high pressure methods re-sorted to by many evangelists. May the Lord blesa his labors. Your editorial on Dr. Whttsitt's rosigna-Hon Is excellent. M. H. WII ITSON.

—I addressed our young people's meeting on " Tbe Foreign Mission Board and its plan of work." I stated that snme good brethren would not contribute anything to Foreign Missions on account of the cost of sending money to foreign fields. I proposed to pay the expense of sending all money given by members of our church who do not give fur the above reason. Tbe proposition was brought before our Pastors' Con-ference and they heartily endorsed Hand unanimously agreed to pay the expense of transmitting tu foreign Melds all money given by brethren who are not con-tributing to this cause on account of the expense of sending it, provided these brethren send their con-tributions to our Secretary, R. J Wllllngham, Rich-mond, V«j, and state that they have not been giving for the above reason. H. F. BI ;RNS.

Nashville, Tenn.

—I spent a very profitable week last week with Bro. M. H. Whitson in a meeting with his Brighton Chureh. The church was greatly revived, and a num-ber of cold Christians had the Joy of salvation restored to them. We bad large congregations, notwlthstand-ing the exceeding cold weather. Brighton Is a noble church add they have one of the best paston hi tbe Stat*. They know how to make a preacher feel good; they paid me |25.4fi in money, and to day the express man brought us a box of all kinds of eatables. I tske this rneth^ to thank all of tbe good people of Brigh-ton Oburobilnr such a geneorusgift. I got several re-newala fbf the B A P T U T AND BaruDcrroR. I helped to OHbdn two deacons, Brethren Mijor and Will Smith, n t i y a n bdth n o b l e , oonseorated young men, and will make good deacons. I am now in the evangelistlo ^ork. M. M. Bl<BliflOR.

Jackson, Tenn.

- T h e aohool at Doyle College Is Increaalng in num-benavary week. We have four young Baptist preach-era In aohool. Thuy aU need help, and especially tbe

, iwo who hav* AunlUaa. Th«y will have to have help bfaomekhiaifthe:^ conthiue In school. They have alfMlty ooina very near having to quit and go to work to a t i b ^ tbemielvaa and fkmllles. We are giving tb«n tbiU^ tulUoii and house rant, but t i m have to haTtaaoMthhig to Mt and waar. Now, brethren, ! tel'tlbiilt tlMar iMWMthy of jraiu support. WbowiU

aend ua oomething to enable them to stay In school and prepare tbemselvee for tbe great work that la be-fore tbem? If you can't send money, send something for them to eat and wear. Any amount you aend will be appreciated. Sequatchie Vall^ and Unton Asaoclstlons have already helped some. Let othen do likewise. J. W. HIXBON, Principal.

Doyle SUtlon, Tenn.

—I have Just closed a very interesting revival meet-ing with the Vermont-street Baptist Churoh of Qubif^, III., of which Rev. Edward Inoe, D.D., is tbe beloved pastor. There were a number of oonverotons, and tbe churoh very greatly edified and strengthened. The closing servioe on Wednesday night was especially interesting. Bro. luce is one of tbe noblest men and most consecrated pastora I have ever met. I am now on my seoond tour to the North, at preaent engaged in a meeting at Ewing, Mo. However, tbia will close my evangelistic work for the present, as I have accepted a very hearty and unanlmoua call to the FInt Baptist Church of Dalton, Ga., and will enter on my work there the fint Sunday hi March, p . V. After that date correspondents will please address me as above. Am pleased that my work will aUll per-mit me to keep in touch with my brethren in Ten-nessee, whom I liave learned to tove very dearly. My earnest prayer is that the enthre body of Southern Baptists may stand as one man in oontending for " the common salvation," and leave our minor dif-ferences to adjust themselves, as I believe tbey wUl, if we are only united in love. May God abundantly bless them. H. P. F I T C H .

—Thuugh we are rather tardy about It, please allow UH to heartily thank the Rev. D. V. Culver for the in-terest he look in our ciuestiona and the fair and hon-orable way ill which he treated us. We thank him sincerely for treating us us reasonable beings, worthy of consideration, and not flying ofiT at a tangent and discusHing questions to which wo did not once refer, and entirely Ignoring the ones we did ask. As for •• une of the brethren," we feel as though we " asked for bread " and had been " given a stone." We feel that nothing could hasten his growth from that much lauded " conservatism." more than a thorough study and digestion of the article of Rev. D. V. Culver in the issues of the B A P T I S T AND REFLEcroRof Septem-ber 15th and October 18th of 1898. As for following bis and Horace Greeley's advice to " Go West," did It ever occur to him that when we go, we will take our money, that lie admits the brethren love M well, with us? In closing we would like to ask him how he thinks a few " Boston tea parties," given by the women, would help his growth and that of othera of the brethren, out of their "old fogylsm " and coii-ser^•atlsm ? " Some of the sisters are wrlously consid-ering such tea parties.

T H E W O M A N ' S MISSIONAHV SOCIETY. McMtnnvllle, Tenn.

Away From Home. I am away from home to day. Ah! yes, I dare soy

tliat I shall ever be away from home, in the truest, highest sense, so long as I am awoy from heaven. So, until the day dawn of a brighter world, and until the shadows of time flee away, and until we see the departed ones and meet our Master face to face, we shall all be away from home. But the day will soon break. It Is near the dawning now. The red light streaks the sky like beckoning hands from the other shore. That hi what sends a thrill of Joy through the heart of the trusling soul.

I look out of my loom in beaut ful Central Baptist College, Conway, Ark., on a world white with snow. Prof. J. G. Llle is the noble leader at the head of this rising institution. He has some of tke beet teachera I have ever known, Uachen who are not making mer-chandise of their profession. They have been the moet fkltbftil attendauU and workers In the meeting. I think I have never aeeu more unfavorable weather for a meeting. We bad six proftesslons yesterdiur, tbe fint results up to date. Rev. W. B, Peeplea hi the awoet-spU-llod, devout, scholariy paslor. If it wera not robbing this oburob and Arkansas, I would ad-vise some l^nncMwe ohurab to call bim, for I bellava be ought to leave this climate for the summer season.

I have a letter from a West Tennessee pastor who says: " I am sick and tired of our brethren fighting each other." And ne hi one of tbe truest Baptists in the land. The masses of our people hava good sense and religion enough lo want men to "speak tbe truth hi love" or to say IOM. *' Speaking the Inith In love" seems to bs one of the lost arts among Us. To preach love 4ll the time one la likely to become scnthiicntal. TO preach truth all the time, In lbs spirit of batUe, demousiiatcs tbe weakness of soullsss Mthodoxy. "Speaking the Iruih In lovo*' has » dynamlofbioa that is bwivsnly and powmrful. May w« all leun to "spMhthainithlolova." W.O/aouuni .

North Carolina Notaa. Among the bomber of Baptist papers I ssa • t f iy

week, none surpass tha B A P T O T AIVI> BarUBoroR.; I hall it with delight, as I would a letter from my na-Uve State.

Everything is moving along nioely In tha <rid North State. You have already had aeveial aeooants of oar recent State Convention. But It was mora than an ordinary Convention. The coming of the Western brethren to Join In with us baa inspired us to under-take greater things for tbe preaent yeM. Wa have over here now practically none of the disorganising, disturbing Gospel Misskm (?) element t The strmg-

. holds of this movement have come back to the otgan-ized pUns, and we believe there hi nothhig at present in tbe air to prevent this from being a great year for God's people in these parts.

The brethren say our own work here at Loulsbuig was never in better oondltkin. We oloeed the old year out of debt, having reteed about 11,700 for all purposes. Our Sunday-school was hiiger last 8nnd«y than was ever known in the histoiy of the churoh." We anticipate building a home for tbe pastor this spring. There seems to be a healthy growth In nearly every department of our chureh work.

My heart rejoices at every advanced step tbe breth-ren in old Tennessee take. May this be a great year for you in every respect. FORREBTT S M I T H .

Loulsburg, N. C. This and That.

Re^ J. C. Uutson, a venerable BaptM mincer of near'jacksboro, is dead. Bro. Hutson has been a most useful preacher, and leaves a large flunlly of young children. I have several Interesting "notes" of Bro. Hutson which I reser\'c tor fUture publica-tion.

Rev. S. H. Joluison, the new pastor at Clinton, is taking good hold on his work, and is well reported of by his iieople. -A • v.- ''

Sunday mora log I preached for Rev. Spenoer Ton-nell at Harriman. At night I beard tbe pwtor preach a very interesting sermon on " The Tragedy of Saul." The Harriman church is a weH-organis^ ebureh. Bupe<iotendent N. O. Castle reports a Sondi^-acbool that about doublee any school In the city In itaave^ age attendance. It is certainly a fine school. Mn. Tunnell, one of the best workera to be found in any church, has become ner^•ously prostrated from over-work snd is confined to her room.

I enjoyed the hoepiUlity of W. L. Stooksbuiy, tbe IMipuhir student-drummer and Dean of tbe Sobool of Liberal Arts in the American Tempeianoe University. I also met Prof. G. T. Howerton, who fUmlebea the BAPTIST AND REFUCOTOB tboee delightful papers, "Helpful Hints on Health and Character BuUdlng." I enjoyed the hospitality of Deacons E. S. Thomtan and J. B. Ransd«U and leceived subscriptkms and re-newals from many brethren. ^ ,

The church and Sunday-echool of Harrhnan are go-ing to observe the first Sunday in March as CarKin and Newman College day. May the day be a good one and bear much fruit. J . J . B.

Holstoa AssoclaUoa. Out new chureh building at Enon la finhibed ex-

cept papering the walls. We will use tbe seats of tbe old building until after the meeting of the Holston Association, which convenea with this chureh next August A protracted meeting of ten days baa Just closed with this ebureh. Bro. E. H. Yankey of Smitbwood, near Knoxville, did tbe preaching. The congregations were large and attentive. Then were a number of uouversfcius. Six Joined by lettar and several as candidates fbr baptlam, whleh, on aooount of the inclonency of the weather, waa postponed nn-tll onr April meeting. Bro. Yankey Is one of onr ris-ing young ministera. He preached tbe old goapal hi its purity with power, and without notes or manti-acript He endeared bimseir to tbe churoh and the enttra community. We expect him to rstam In tbe De*r fhture and oonduot another series of msatlnga.

Bro. Vblk, as yon heard ma atata at the laatmee»< Ing of our AsioolattoD, Ibaveaounp at tbe basso^ tbe old Blue Mountains and near tbe oburob, whwa l •xpeot to remahi during the meeting of tbe Assoohi' tkm. I am also preparing to build a shelter niwsssly for you and Brethren Holt, Broaddusof Bristol, and Prof. Henderson of Mosey Creek. So, bretbrsb.irtha good Lord permits, come and oamp with ma daring tbe meeting, and breathe tha pure, lifsitlving moun-tain Rtmospben and drink of the oiystal watMS and Bleep od a Baptist bed (straw) and eiUoy oar inbttn« tain hospitality. '

Bro. Itolk, allow me to eompliment yoa on yoar ed-itorial of last week In regard to tha Whitaitt Nsl|na-tlon. IftbetrustassMUtosooept It thiy wm tatit a ssrious blander and produM tMtibI* u d iHmui' tkm wnoug our Baptist brotherhood. '

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laiOlM O I R B C T O M V . M i l •TAT8 rUMIONS.-RBV. A. J. UOIT. D.U., CoriMpoodInc ItoereUry. All eomniunic* IIODi dMt(ii»(l for iilm tbould be addrwiMd' to blm at NMtavlUa, Tcnn. yf. M. Woov-oo«n. TrMwarer, NMhvllla, T»nn. Tbe Ht«t« Uoard KlM) raprfMnta Home nnA Koretcn Jllwlona, wlUiout cU«rg« to Uiww I'oard*. PORBION MI88l(m».-RBT. B. J. WlIXlSa> MAMt D.OM Oomapondlog SeantUry, Rlob< mond, V*. Rev. J. U. H M O W , Knoxvlll*, Tenn.. VIoe-PrMldcnt of UM Poraign Board ItorTranoMM*. to whom all inqalrlM ft>r In-rormatlon may b« addrMMd. nORIB niMI0N8.--Rlv. I. T. TlOBB uS- O-O., OortMpondtng H«er«Ur]r. Atlani»« tia. Bar. M. IX JnrruBS, VIochPrMtdtot or iba Homa Board fbr TanncMM, to whom all In-formation or InqulrtM atent work In lb« BUt« may b« addraaMd. niNISTBRIAL EDUCATION.-AII tandi for •yoani mtnutera to tb« S. W. B. VnlvaraUy abouldboMnt toO. M. ZvAaBtLLiDMJaek-aoii, Tann. For young nilnliaart at Caraon and Mawman CoUaga, aend to J. T. Ubnu*' •ox, lloiay Craak. Tann. ORPHANS' HOMB.-IU>v. W. C, Ooldrn, I>r««-Idant, NaaliVllle. Write lilni how to Kvt n rblld In or out of tbe Home. Meud all nionie* to A. J. Uolt, Treaaarar, NaahTllle Tann. All anppllaa abonid ba aant to G. T. cusnc. Naabnuo, Tann. AJIiappUeaaboaldbaiant prapald.

8. AND COU>ORTAaB.-A. . J. Holt, Cor. Naatavllla, TcnoMOfwhom all Informa-

tion may l>c Mked and to wboui all fnndu luaybcaeot. For any of the above objcctn roonay may !l>e Mdrly "ot to W. M. Wood-rook, Traa«iartr, Na bTllIe, Tano. WOMAN'S MISSiONARV UNION—Prealdcnt. Hn. A. C. B. Jackaon, KaahTilla, Tann. Oorrcaponding HacraUry—Mra W. C. Uoldan

TtN Monroe Street. NaahTllle, Tann. Recording 8erretary-Mlu Oartrada Hill,

NaahvlUa, "rton. Bdltor-Mlna E.R.nhankUnd as N. Vina

Btraat, tVaabTll.a, Tenn.

Mld*Wlnter Work.

Tbe flfKt quarterly ineetiug of the State Board of the Tenueetee Baptist CoiiTentfon was held in the a^wmbly room of t b e Sunday-wcbool Board baildlDg, February 6,1899. There were prewnt »t the meeting the reportnof flfty-siz mtarioDariea and colporten. About ten were late in arriving, and did not come before the Board. Four others were appointed at this meeting, making seventy misaionaries and col-porters appointed to date by the Stnte Board.

Although tbe work of many, if not most, of these missiouarie)* and colpor-terswaa new, they haviuR only been employed for three months at least, so that they bad only fairly gotten their ,work laid off, yet tbe foliowing flguren show quite a large amount of labor performed, with very satiiifactory re-suite: Dayalaborad y,Mni Htatloninipplled im Mttaa tniTalad. Hartnonapraaohad..-Total aumbar of aarniona and other ad-

dremea Kew Dliurabaii organlied ... . . . . . . Oonatltuant roemberabip . l iapi l iad*t . i . t ...•«.._.*.•....«*.. Rrcalvad by latUr Total racelv^ IV6IMMNI Mii aralon Naw«bMMli bouaM bunt .......... Otaiin)* bouaaa rapaliod

labor. Study well Uieee flguree. Notice the positive advauco Iteing made dur> ing the most hitler c'old weather. No so-oalled gospel mlssiun argument on earth can stand lu the face ot tiiese llg-ures. Every friend to the spread of tbe gospel and to the mu|ueiituf the eiurtli for Chrltit should rally to the support of this work. Will not pastors read these (Igutes, showing Just ninety days work iu mid-winter, lo their con-gregations, and then take up a folleo-tiou for the noble men wiio did it?

A . J . H O L T , C o r . B e e .

Nashville, Tenn.

Payment of Missionaries.

It is with regret that the Herretary IH compelled to announce that the lirat quarteily pB3'ment,due the miwtiona-rlesof the Btate Board Febiuary lOth, has to be deferred, pfohahly until March Ist. The reaoon of thlM IH tlio tbe fallureof theTreaHurerof the Home Mlraion Board to vend to the Treahurer of the Slate Board the nmouiit prom-ised by the Home Board. The cauoe of tbo failure of the Home Board Trea»-ure is & shortage of receipts from Teii-n<-<Mee. We are over $7(H) oliort in otir rontritbuttoMM to the Homo Board. The way to mend thiH matter U for our people to imni^iately make il tblsdencit, and then tiie check nf the Home Board to the Teuticf>»ee Hinte Board will be immediately forthcom-ing.

Let it be home in nilud that * should be no cefsallon of coutrlbui .in to Foreign or State Mlwinus tonmke tltin good. TenneiweecoiitributlonB have run short on all v>ur mimion work while atleuding to the eH|wcial contributions for the Orphans' Home. Let every friend to inlniloas iu Tenneme wnke up! Foreign Misiiion contributinns are far Kbort, uud yet our F'oreign MIeifion Board bas lately aMumcd added obli-gations.

Our Stole Tolporlage conlrlbutionH are about ^700 short sNo. Hah the cold weal her chilled the lli>erdllty of ourpeople? Whenever the heart growB cold, life IH in Jeopardy. Lei UB pray God to wiirm our henrls, nnd then there will be nn iinniedlHte efTect on our libeialUy rottnife<«ted. We need during the month of February the fol-lowing auiounte to l>riug UH out of financial prcHoure: Htule t.lMloiiH Ntule <'()l|i<>rtikf{e lluiiip .MlH<<lc>ni< K'orvlKn .MIKHOII*

Totnl RsiftOOO Will not our noble pastors, our wide-

a-wake deavous, our excellent women and liberal men, all try to stir up our churcheH to meet this immediate need.

A. J. H01.T, Cor. See. Naohville, Tenn.

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Home Mission Board.

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.... . fjWOO New antiday-achooli organltad Id Pupfla anO t«k«bar« la'ak'tiis.... ' ' noi iinai|M}K)wboollintitntMb«id.t.'.<..i»..w!> 4i BIMeaaadTastaaianuaald. i . . . . . . . 8 4 7 p t U s r U ^ W . " J » t i i H M ^ r a e t i r i l l U h b u t e ^ ^ !!' mm MUitHM •HMMd I lllrteitiny . . v . .<.;!, ton ntmuisf lountf wUbout m Ulbia or Tea-

l l N i ^ d . jbe obnaUntly mamtahet^ tiukiibU IftboVwM perfotmed In mid*

ifhujk 109111 Rfppl* wwe »nugly ,, , ,fbpnie., .Wbil* ^

i i j^ .^und^-^ooUi . •uspend dutlog,^

•nd .pgUuN^ into tbem ov«r fliHWl t liuDai«rpuplla u d t w q b m Thibilg

m

The wtirk of the Board for the prcH-cut year liss licc-n incicased In conse-qucuco of Instruction of the Souiiieru Baptist Convention, and of the urgent tollcllaliouH of (ho Stale Boatds of many of our Stato Couveutlons.

MontbH ago the Board Atlvired our churcbei*, Ihrough'ouc denominntlonul paiMirs, that the oiwulug pf Cuba'wOiild , bring grand opiiortuuitlea' tot the ' spread tiie gorpel lu that Islatid, and [thattoimpruyei them'would mjuirea large luvrtnw of fuuds. I t urgcU them not f a l l o w OiQy dlmltiulluu^of ^ ^ te- ,, ceipte of the Board td einburitus its ac-tlou or delayjitii prompt uujiyillancej^, ivlth the demauds sure tb b« made upon It. Unfurluuateiy tliey tove^ not heeded,our suggrailbiiB and tiie Doard ilnda lUelf with Jeaaaued rewuFoea and lucrensed obligaUous.

tlpto,]^^bruujr'Ut It Ib^ recalvfld I f ^ ^ a n to Ut« aa i^ time

ias^/jar, among 'Uiamiiilorltyof ttia lliaUM: in none of

thorn Is It large, and all of them caii by proper eObrt ea^ly so iucreano th*lr.--v auuuol coutributloiiH HH to make them. oxc«ed those of lust year. ^

Our earnest diMiro Ih timt not only shull theexlHlliig dellult be Mipplled, but that thti Board »<liall not be em-barraHHcd In IIh cinirtH lo enter the new and Inviting Uelds now calling lo UH so implorhigly for help

W9 urge our Slate Boards to redeem the pledges made by their representa-tives to give our Jluard, in return for additional aid rendered tiiem, mure liberal help than iu pasl years.

Above all we ask that our fieople will not forget Cuba n|)culng her nrins for tlie gospel and HtruKKliuK townrdi* the IlKht fur spiritual freedom. Iteud Bro. W. I). rowell'M letter.

I . T . T H I I K . S O U .

lack of inrormatiou. The Baptists of 'rennoMec are too gOod "H p ^ l e to Jot tosa whuhavolttid tho fi>|iudaUopa of their )vurk sufTer. X<et,iue urge every pastor not; to neglect this part of our work, " ' '

liet mo say to the mumhers of tho B Hird who do not live In Drowsvlllo, that if you h-ivu any suggesUona to make on tho reioluliou pasaed-by the last Stale Convonloou (see page 29 of mluutu*) I hope you will write them out nnd send tiium to ino soon. >

C L I A S . L . A N D K I V O N ,

Uh'm. of Boaitl. Brownsville, Tenn.

"Born of Water."

Dr. Powell In Cuba.

Dr. Ticiienor oud Mr. KinR i.f the Home Board; wiio iccciitly visited Havitnu, were acronipanlfd by Dr. iv. D. Towell ait interprelcr. After arilvlnir there it whs tliought udviKablo for Dr. I'owcU to remain In Cuba n few utekM liii<[)tiettiiR the whole field, with the view of tidvi'iiiK the Itonrd.

The followliig letter li;»i juHt been re-ceived from Dr. Powell:

ClKNFfKOOS, t'uli. '2, IS!K» lte\. I. T. Xifhonor,«•orr«H|>oiiilliiK scorftiiry

of lluuio MH.Iuu Horiril, Alliiiita, f ill.: Ml/dear lirafhcr—l am now doing

the work you reiiueNted nio to perform, namely, viHltiiig the leading eltiex to Blttit the work and wee what tli« pro» pectb are.

The more 1 buw of the work of Dr. Diaz the better I win p'ennwl. Bro Motteley camo with ninny mlHglvIng , but on exnmiuHtloii niuiuuiiced tliat ho WHH well pleuHed w lib our work.

I have t>eeu three iliiyH in thin city. Tbe protipeclM could not bo briKhter. I l\ud one Bnpll^t who It edliorof a dully paper. 1 lutve fomd Heveml UaptlitH and others wlm nre niixloiiH for us to btgin work. I lu l.l wrvli-e.H lattl nighl ul Die honif of a brotlier The C iban ma>i>r ittul many IciidhiK clii/.ens lend every f'H''»urii>?euiciit. The sniull I O W I I M oiler invltliii» fleldM The llrHl inlHHi.m to <i|i'.'ii work In a town will have u deri leil ailvaiiliige. J am Ko oharined wiih tlie o(K>MUigM that I wi«h I rouki rtiMalii here until March or Ajiril.

The dcuuinliiatiiiu niimt untie the hands of tbe IS mrd uud enable you lo enter the$e eril- ituul IIOOIM which God by hiN pruvideiico hnH o|)C!ie(l.

The Hpitiish «ol<lieT»( are etnliarking, and tiic -oanilary condition f>f the clly could not l>c wiirf e.

I will vIhII nil cities of linportanre In your lieid on the Inland before ICHviug.

W. D. PoWKLli.

1 notieo nn edltorUI in the IlAirriiri' AMI KtiKt.KCttm of January *JUlh rela-tive to tho Hunday-Mohool lesson of the prevlouH Sunday, in which you give a great many views tiiat are taken of l he^e paBHagCH by ditTcroiit people. Now, I HIU such an ignoramus that neither of theweatiHlies mu, and I am for the irutii at nil baKatdM. Ho I trust that

' i<oiiie good brother will set me Irlght when I state my views. I am umter tiie imprei>ffiou that tho kiiigdoin of heaven referred to in thia connection lueaiiM llie church. And In fact, I tliltik that ChiiM's work upon earth wuH lo this great end - to et-tabllsh Ills chunh. (l)au. II. -II). "Set up a kingdom that shall never be dc-ftroyoJ " Now If thiH refers to regen-eration alone, then people are not waved now in the fntne manner that they were before Chrliit. Hence a change In the plan of Sal vat lou. (Matt, lit. (I). " 1 mil the Lord, I change not." Chr)»t firht said to Nlcodcmus, Kx-cept a man be born ngalu he cannot Kcc the kingdom of God"—that is, un-denttand tho nature nnd pUrpoie for which the eliureh In luftiiuted. Tiie next (lc<>lanillou, "be Imru of water and of I he Spirit," means to enter the I'lnucli or kliigiloiii.

Now It It) true that Mune get Into the ( hiiicb ill name who have never Ijcen Wri) of iho i7pirlt, but I think lu the (Hire v.w of (imi lliey are not counted ul III). Cliriit told Peter (Nfatt. xvl. I'J). ' I will give unto tluo the keys of Uie kitigdoni of heaven," etc.—that I-*, of tho church built ou such a faith an I'eicr had. A B A I T I S T .

l.cbauou, Tenn.

Aged and Infirm Ministers.

rtob Law.

t rlo not endoroc Dr. Hnwthonie's Hcrmnn on innb law, notwlthHtandlng Bro. (Juljiciiherry docs.

Until Hpeedy justice in niwured; Until lawyers get to bo gentlemen

and ipilt obsiniro (]Ucstlouiug of wlt-ncH es to IhnW dark inslnuntionh on |icri>ecuted victiniH mid witnesses;

Until tlip trickery snd^ bribery of most courts bo done awoy with'; '

Until the putting off of trials from time to time to wait tbr public' scntl-incnt to cool, shall ccaso— ' '

I um couBlraiiied to Itellevo that there are more dependant and Infirm mlnlt^ tersund widows of mliiixtel'S, who are deserving of anftHaiicc than have ap- , . . . piled to the Board of Mhilsletial Be- I auHwer In the Vorils of lhV|iiobio lief. Many, i^rlmps, Imvo refruhn^ , woman: . j" Yes, ^ i i g iKoin H^C ftum'tiskiiig bcoauHo liiey kno^v tlid t h o u w A i i f U — » " ' ' fuud was »"•'"" — ' '

' dettVored has received. that this fi Hivniiy creased! w that ^Uo Ara uot liovir receiving help, ijut W iu are as Worlliy aa tliose who are, may become bene-flolarlea of this tund!' ^ ^

TI19 Board would urge up<mevorj'" . . ohuroh iu the State, lo make a ,con-'"'^'htri ptirity Ihrbt^fi the ag^? '^ ^ trlbulluti lo this moiit Worihy ca'useij teUlgeut litilorlMii claimea (^tirl^ hi The old sold lets need as luuchcareas, t beginning briliVqli^i^^M''''' IfMoimoTo tlmnt the vounv •• i\io agei. M e even "uoiff'lU

confeiM thkt iiitaoh*' ih«"

. U | > I I Y V U I U L U U U . . J

Tlie good fir. Hawthonie Is iij uoti " mistaken on this question asonolTuMi ' succession. Hewld Iti his dedication sermon nt Atlanta, "Where di

, ,^,|ChampIoh of church e l i c ^ j b tbe

find

'uuvu L-anas, ifnolmoro than; the lomig. Let u. wake a contrlbiitloa >iorihy .6f tills

f surelhtk laiiUH, mmU'be a ^ •

B A F F I B T ' A I T D R m U B O r O B , F B B . 1 6 , 1 8 » l * .

The secret of coumge «nd dasli In war or peace—is goo<l blood; pure riclt blood full of oxygen and vitality. Dr. Pierce's Golden M<M!cal Discovery insures per-fect digection and an active liver, and thereby I T H A K E S T H B BLOOD

T H A T H A K E S H E R O E S .

Short Talks About Qood Health and Character Building.

ByG. T. Howertou, M. S., author of "Short Talks on Character Build-log,!' Professor of Pbystology and Hygiene and Pedagogy lu American Temperance University, Harrlman, Teau. [Questions about health, child cul-

ture, dietetics, how to live, etc., an-s w e ^ f o r B A I T I S T A N D R K P L K C T O K

readers hi this department.]

IfKRKUITV. H. A., Chattanooga: " I wish you

would enlarge on nnd emphanize lu your 'Talks' tho laws of heredity. Do you thiuk 'acquired habits' may be transmitted?"

Yes, I think we might put more, emphasis on the laws of trunsmlBsion. Every preacher, parent and teacher should ktudy the subject as much as possible and be a teacher of its laws. Stockmen talk, write and think much more about Improving their "live stock" by selection and hereditary laws than they do about to impmving human beings, or oven their own fami-lies. This may he because, (1) there is > more money In cattle than children, or (2) because they do not look oa the hon^an animal as under tho law of transmission, How preachers deal so ll|tbtly with hftj^lty with such a iaook' its tiie Ible belfor ' them Is more than' t oka; t^l l , ' there ia tio doubt that " a ^ Q l i ^ bfbltli'* are transt&ltfed.' TheMbabiU ara-flrst fixed, orystallzed. In'dur nwtt bodlei; la tbe hraln'Oells and.miisgnlM flbfr*,and all there.

,ilatq,do^la fo^.n^tiire to xsaiwoutlhe l a i i ; M | l | t e « o n ^ I l k o / ' v V b a t s o - , f v t r a mah^Mwktb; that shairhaaliio i ^ m p now In i l ^ . 'mp in hUi cblldraulf '^eati''everlastingly. ThiMl is uo ikioro weighty p r o b l ^ '

(*t<Mliy than tba bltaring bf berodlty on "•Miloatloti, on aooiokwir, <>n temper' h Hnoi^dn'ttllgloo. m ..

KRBB PABTR. iwti^nim^ It ^ iijlfli>k" Pomttoy

i i • ftodly Bad*

very foolish fool." There are many thhigsa man will take lu "exchange for hl«! life,'f, but at first thought it would lint stem! that we would surren- > der life simply to be "In the fashion." But we win. " Bettei out of the world Ihnn out of the fashion," Is a solemn truth to many, and Innumerable chil-dren are put "out nf tbe world" every year by parents trying to put Ihem "lu tbe fasLlou." Common sense tcoches us Umt the feet and legs of the child should bo clothed better than the body as a whole, but " fashion " has decreed that little boys mubt uot wear any pants below their knees, wluter as well as summer. Hpesk lo mothera about It and theyxny, "Oh, knee pants are fo nice and cute." Yes, beaullfully engraved fmall coflltiH are "nice and cute," aiid ihe«<e "cute" Utile boxes are brought Into many families by " knee paiJts." Kvery dealer should be required to place on blH "knee pants" suits the skull and cross bones as a warning to mothers, J U B I as every saloon-keeper should be retjuired to place this "death sign" over his door, on every l>ottie and vessel he fills, and on the glosses from which bis "fash-ionable" customers drink.

I)tSCiri.lNE OK tOVK. H. A. f.., Martin, Tenn.: " I am In-

clined to doubt the power of love al-ways to lie enicletit in the discipline of a family. Ood I O V M U S " .

Very true, Ood punishes. But h^ punishes in luve. God is love, and it IS aliBUid to think of (Jud'a love ending where puiilHhinent begins. Punich-ment is one of the manifestations of Ood's love. 80 UH a parent, if j'ou do punish It must be done lu luve, and so as to awaken love. But please do not doubt the power of love until it hss been Irietl. Love mu«t iH'gIn long be fore tbe child is boru to do Its best work. In fact, the most powerful ef-ftclsof lovoonthe child-life are pro-duced before tlie child Is born. It Is then more directly uuder the Infiueuce of molbcr-love.

F A I » I : I I U O D I N C I I I U ) I < E N .

A Header, Macon, Oa : " I am dls-trei<s€d no littlti becaune my Utile four 3'varold d'tes not always tell the truth. Can you help me In (or rather out of) thiH trouble?"

T. Do notexiwct ton much of a four-ycar old i-hiid. That part of his little brulii u hich coiilrolM moral acts IH uot mud* developed yet. This Is his physical aire Keep him clean physic-ally, and never, never tell hini a false-hood uud ho will come around all right. DlN'oiiragc his fu'sehoods. See that his companion)* arc truthfuL Nloetentbs of all parents set tho example for falsehood for their children. The other tenth permit somo one else to do It.

A two or three weeks' course of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine will

' so Hegulate the Kxcretory Fnuctlons that they will operate without any aid whatever. r t ,—'J •

ILITBRARV NOTBS.

the olaims of Christian science, the fad of divine healing, etc.

Iferoea and JPerarcht, or, Biblical principles as held by Bsptists In the ooot^nilon for religious liberty. By Samuel Haskell, D,D.. professor In tl^e department of Illldlcal Study in Kala-ma«x> College. Americsn Baptist I'ub-llcation S'iclety. 1420 Chettuut stieet, Philadelphia. 291) pages.

This is a most excellent Iwok, on a subject of great Interest and Importv ance. It gives a very clear account of the persecution of Roger Williams, his contention for religious freedom, aud its final triumph at Providence, In Rhode Island' The author also gives an account of tho contention for relig-ious as well as civil liberty by tbe Bap-tists of Virginia, and their persecution before the Revolutionary war by the established State Church, the Eplvco-pal. Near Monticello, the home of 'i'homas JelTerson, was n Baptist Church, which be somellmes attended. The Rev. Andrew Trlbble was pastor. Mr. Jeflerson «>tati to Mr. Trilible, re-ferring to the polity and constitution of Baptist churches, "that he consid-ered them tbe only form of pure democ-racy that then existed in the world, and coucludtd that they would be tbe best plan of government for the Amer-I'-an colonies." And so the Magna Charla of American citizenship, the Declaration of Independesce, was modeled after Ibe coustltut'uu *>t a Baptist Church. All honor to Baptists for the incorporation in the organic law of the great Republic of the In-alienable right of religious liberty; of the separation of Church uud State, and the prohiblllou of the pai«ageof any law reopecting an establishment of religiou or forbiddiog the free exer-cise thereof. The union of tbe estab-lishment of religiou with tbe civil gov-ernment iu the ancient republic of Greece aud, was a fatal defect. Tho bcok Is prlule<] In large, clear type, and Is full of iuterest from preface to finis.

Chrkt in (he Daily Mtaf, or the ordi-nance of the breaking of bread. By .Vortuon Fox, D.D. Fords, Howard A Hubbeit, pubtiobers. l.'iS pages.

Tho learned author takes the novel potillou that the inktilution of the eat-ing of the bread and drinking of the wine by Chri»t at his l<ist supper with the twelve is meant to "du thi8"iu remembrance of him, whenever any meal, breakfa»t, dinner or supper, Is purtnkeu of. The position taken is tbst Jesus bade bis disciples eat and drink In remembrance of him, not merely once a month—on the first, second, third or laH I^rd'sday of the month— uor once o week, nor occasionally, now uud Iheu, but whenever they alo broad and drank wine, which was as com-mon a drink at meals iu that day as cotl'ee is in tbli-cven lu their own .homes; that his words do uot com-mand a separate meal, but a remem-branco of him In tho ordinary meal; that the Now Testament knows no "snpper" consistlDg of but a mon-cl

, of bread aud a sip of wine, tbe only meal of the npostollc churches being'

The OuUook, published weekly at 28r Fourth avenuo. New York City, price 10 cents a week. ii'v?

The Issue of January 7,1809, contains .•many excellent articles, among)them. . tliejrollpwing: V Goa, L^nard Wood, „ a .Model AoierJcau Military AdmlDls-trator,.Miillury .Qp^ernor of.ebiutlsgo,, Cuba," by. TliQodorei Roosevelt;' "dilmpses of Jfwncfe," iilus-^ trated by Cllfloii' Joytii^n'; " I t i ihs ' Beath" Of th« Mighty;" flltrtfriltW, a study of the UnltuM Sibalei*) ^' ' ;

OhrMtan Spknti^l'^i iocioto

n' Study, By Oliatlea A L.' iWad, \ M . ; M,BV MAllelland * CO., puWIshtrs. Cinclunall, l OB, ^ . f. i

'A pampbtet of tbb-ty-lwo, pages. An addtess dollvewd betew t ^ irestem' Ohio V f i d m Aisoolailon. 'fct " Umi, Ohio, Dediii4b«t' 8, IMS. t Dr.

tho agape, or love feast, an aciual re-past. Tho argument of Prof. Fox is strlolly biblical, and rigidly )Oontino<l to a study of the passages of Bcrlpturo which refer to the "breaking of bread.'^

; This, argument Is certainly consistent with the proj-er our l^rd taught his dIsolplM, to-wit, "G ive us this day Ohuroh, In couftiwnce, ,our dally bread " To do this in lover- ' ence of him, that is lo say^ to Mmem- i her him wheusvslr Vre eat and dritik, Is daily to llv« upon him-*>io oottmuna with him—not onoe a mouth, or onoe A wtek, or ocOasiottally, but every day wa llv*. The argtmient Is plausible, and leads t.to B daily ooufomlty to

Chrl«t,< Tbe price of tbe book is 60 cents, and It is well worth It, ^

The Pralu Ifytnnary. B collection of sacred songs. OompllM and arranged

. by Tboatas J . Monrsu, O.D,, LL.D., Wm. A. May and Phoebe M. Haynes. Silver, Buidett Vk C6., New York, JJostun, Chicago.

This Is a volume of hymns with muklc, in Urge and clear type. I t alms to furnish a medium for tbe expression of some of the profoundest and most ennobling sentiments of the human heart. It's chief ehsrscterlstlc istliat of praise, addreseed to the Triune God, Father, Bon and Holy Spirit, rec-ognizing Jilm as I he give r of every good and perfect gift, gratefully acknowl-edging his boundlsss mercies, and pleading for a oontlnuatlou of his lov-ing providence. Hotb the words and music will be found to be bapplly suited Most of the old and popular hymns snd tunes, and many new ones of real merit,, that will become popular when well known, are found in thi» bymnary.

The American Month!}/ Review 0/ Kci'Ictm, for February, 1899, edited by Albert Shaw, is to hand.

It has a tempting bill of fare, such ai " Aguinaldo," a chsrscter sketch, with porlralU; Reconstructing the Philip-pines," by Dr. Albert Sbaw; "Tbe Cbsracter of the Cuban People,'^ by Critteoden Marriott; "Our Work in Cuba-Java as sii Kiample, How tbe Dutch Manage the Tropical Irlandi-:" "The Army Signal Corps in the War;" ' Volunteer Relief War Asso-ciations;" "Tbe Modern Growth of Colonies aud Protectorates;" "The Federal Taxatkra ofj Intentate Com-merce," and several leading articles on expaot>ion. The illuslratioiui are very fine. Tbe cartoons historic object les-sons. The review of other pericdlcsla gives one a cl<>ar Idea of tbe best in tbem ail. Price of tbe magazine is f2..no a year, or 125 cents for a single copy.

A Sluggish Liver causes Drowsiness, I^ethargy and n feeling of Apathy. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine arouses the Liver, and cheerful enei^y succeeds sluggishness.

Resolutions.

Wherfn», we hdd the pastoral service f.f Rev. J. H. Piper during the year 1898, and whetcas we had ample op-portunity to leara of his ciuncter abd (juallfications ss pastor and preacher; therefore be it resolved: :f .

1. That wo regret very much that we could rot sccure the ser^'lccs of firo. Piper's for another Tear, for" the nNuwn that be was called to snotber field. . 2. That we find Bfo. Piper (o be an

efilclent pattor, an able preacher-bold and unfinching to defeDse^of Bible truth, sound in tho faith, and able to defend our doctrine against error.

8. That we oommend Bro. Piper to any church needing an able preacher, a good pastor, or a sound Baptist pos-sessing tbe«o qualiOcatlons. ,, ,

4. That we reonmmend| hUn tO tbe Baptist brotheihood as a Cfatlsdan gentlemen, deserving pt 'j'our confi-deuce and respect. . ' •

ft. That a oof^ of these KMilutloiis be sont to the BAvnat Ai«i> RBi%Mn»B and one t ) the American SaptistJnaff for publioathio, and a copy be -sprrad .upon our qilnulei. -j »

Done by order of PleaMuit, H l i r ' January.,17,'

1809. " , • J . W . H A R R I B , Moderator,

N. J. M A I B A B D , Chtirch Clork.-Jadtson, T ^ n . ' ' ^ Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine

by expelllntf from the body the exoem of Bile and Adds. ImprovM tbe As-

the Ul BBsawi M%MWW» — w W W .

alnllative Piociesis, PuHfliS tli Blood, Totiefi np and Strengt^ns.; y

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8 B A p r i s T A M U l U f i r u f i c T r u i i . JTAB. l e , IHI^II

B A P T I S T A N D R E F L E C T O R .

TIm BaptUI, KsUib UH Tiia Ilaptlit lUflector, Kil«b. IHTI. Oonwlldst«<l Auguit II, IfCV.

NASHVILLE, TBNN.. FEB. i6. 1899.

KlHiAK B KOLK KniTOH J J BUItNKTT ....1 H W TINUEM. M •ndV UALI< CoBUKai-OMumu KIIITOM W.J. COUCH AUKWM

•VBaoiumoii R U AMMDM, IM aovakvk. dlDgl* eopy, IS. In OIUIM of 10 or more, ILTS. To mlDlitora, tl.(iO

ontCB-^abMlMd PrwikytoriM Publlshlag Hom«. Tclcpkan* No. IB4j.

Kntorod at poat-offlM, NMbvUie.Tenn., aa Mcond-elam matter.

f U K A S K NOTICK. 1. All lubaeribera are preaumed to be permanent until we

reoelTB notlee to the contrary. Ifyoa wlih your paper dUcon-llnnad, drop ua a card to tbat eflleot, and It will be done, ir yoa are behind In jrour aabMrlptlon, send the amount neces-•ary to pay np back due* wben you order tbe paper etopped,

a . Tbe label on tbe paper will tell you wben yoariubecrlp-lion expiree Kotlee tbat, and wben your time U out eend on your renewal without waiting to beur fh>m ua.

a . Ifyoa wlab a change of poatnifflce addreaa, alwaya give the poat-omoe fh>m which, aa well aa tbe poat-offlce to which yoa wlah the change made. Alwaya give in full and plainly every name and poat-offlce you write about.

Addreaa all lettera on bnalneaa and all correapondence, togettaer with all moneya intended for tbe pitper, totbeBAr>-nar AMD BWLXCTOK, Naahvllle, Tenn. Addreaa only pemon-al letura to tbe editor individually.

m. Weeanaendreoelptalfdealred. Tbe label on your pa-per wlU aerre aa a receipt, however. If that U not changed In two weeka after yoar aubaerlptlon baa been aent, drop uaa eard.

Advertlaing ratea liberal and will be tarnlib^ on ap-plication.

7 . Hake all checka, money ordera, etc., payable to tbe BATTIN ANB RSRUTCTO*.

AN OLD COPY OF THE BAPTIST. We have rewived from Mrs. Clark, a mtideot of

this county, a copy of The Itapfht dated IX-cember 13, 1837. It Is an elght-nage nai»er about two-thirds the size of the UAITIST ASI> UEKI,»XTOK, ho that It does not contain more than one-third the reading matter in tbi.<i i>ai>er. It was pul)llshe(l semi-monthly at 11.00 a year. Its editor was Blatthew Lyon. J. C. Carpenter & Co. were the pro-prietorp. In this issue of the paper Mr. Lyon an-nounces his resifirnation as editor, and states that the former editor, the "Ilev. Mr. Howell," will re-same his labors at the cominencenicnt of the n€',\t year. The "Rev. Mr. Howell" referreil to Is, of course. Dr. H. B. C. Howell, who was for t>*> long the distinguished pastor of the First Haptist Church, this dty, and who seems to have l)een (he originator of the paper. We had undereto**! that the paper started In January-, 1830, but this iMiper is marked Vol. 3, No. 21, which would mean-counting twenty-four copies to the yi-ar, it being published semi-monthly, and proliably taking Fourth of July and Chrlstnian weeks as holidays— that It started in January, 1835, a year earlier than we thought Who can tell us dtflnltely about this?

The BapUit also announced that the Mobile Monitor, of which Itev. George F. Hoard was the ^Itor, which had suspended publication, had now renamed and might be considered permnneiit. "This," The BaptUt said, " i s the only religious paper in Alabama, and ought to receive an ample support Its price is «3.00 per annum, in advance."

A column of the paper is taken up with the closing paragraph of an oration delivered before the Philo-matheslan and Euxelian Societies of Wake Forest Institute, North Carolina, by W. W. Chiiders, a student, July 4, 1837, and which had iieen sent to the editor by A. A. Connelia. Among other con-tents of the paper Is a letter Irom a little girl In

' Smith OouDty to her Ikther, then In Nashville, tell-ing of her oonvereion aiid her Intention to Join Dixon's Creek Cliurch. Hiie closed by saying t •'The revival is still going on hore—there have

' been ninety-live baptized at Uoose Cruek sluce you left, and flfty-flve at Dixon's Greek."

a%e editor speaks of having received a copy of the «Minutes of the fourth Annual Meeting of the OooM'tRlver Association of the United Baptist Ohnrohep, held at Ohoariiaw tnoeling house, Talla-dega county, Alabama, from the JOth to the IBth September Inoloolve." He thcti gives lotne «x-tiaota flrom tfaa mlnut^ oT the AnsoclatloD, and •oinb MntuUou with rafeMsaa to ttia lloblla JOnf*

tor. One reeolution Is worthy of being copied in full, as it relates to an historical matter:

Whereas, the Amvtican Bible ikNsiety, not long since, declared by a resolutiou that It would not aid 111 the priuting and distribution of tbe Borlpturas in foreign iauguages. In (he veiDlon uuw made by our lulaaTouarles, wlieittlu baptUo and ila kindred words have been trauvlated, NOT (ranaferred, as In our pres-ent vertion, though iiiauv of our brethren wore mem-bers of (hat Society; and whereas, in coniequeuoe of this rofuwil, our deiioiulnatiou met at Philadelphia in April last by Cuuveuliuii. wheu delegates from twenty-three States were assembled, who, af(er deliberation, orgauixed a d)H(liict soolety under the name of the American and Fontlgn Uible Sooluty, fttr tbe purpose of printing and dlHlrlbudnr. tbe Scriptures; whereas, this Convention by an adaress 10 (ne churclies has rvqufNted llicm (o cxprtw tothe next Conveniluii to niuet in N«w York, in April, 1808, by letter or dele-gales, their opluion with reRard to distribution.

Therefore, llcimlved i»(. That we sustain our own iuHlliudon:

!!d. Tiiatl t is our opinion (be American and Foreign l)ibl« Society xhuuld circulate In the entire field, wblcb is (he world, If need be, and their funds war-rant i t ; - l u foreign languages. In the version now maklDg by our mimlouurli H - and in our own country, If uecersary, in the vcrxion now in UM.

8d. That tbe Clerk of the AMOciation forward to the next Convention a copy of Ihu seoond rriolulloit, vxpresrlve uf our opinion, as retjulrcd by tiieir ad-dtc««.

Over two |Nigcs of the |>aper are taken up with extracts from the juurnuh of Mr. Malcom and Mr. Bennett, niisBlnnarieH to Buriiiah, copltYl from the Hapdtf MiMioiwri/ Miu/nzinr. There are also nuni»<rous i<hort extmcU from various papers. The only obituary in the paper is (liat of Mrs. Elizabeth Blackiuan, wife of llayra Biacknian, wlio lived in the neighborhood of Antloch Church. She was the mother of Mrs. Clark, who sent us the paper, having prescr\'ed It on that aix-oivit.

The following announcement will be of interest now as showing the high rates of |X)stagc then, and the dimculty of travel:

UOWRLI.'8 LKTTKKS.

Tills work is readjr fur delivery, but we have to In-forin distant subecrlbers that we have awertalned tliat the postage on each ropy will amount to about a« much as the aubscriptlou price. We tiierefore think it advimble not to mall any sliiKle copies, until we bear from them. We will lescrve a suflicieiit por-tion of the edltlou for thofe sutwcrlbera, subject to their order, and would suggest, in the meantime, that many nf them might secure a safe private conveyance by refjiieatlnK memlten* of tbe Legislature and other persons now In Nashville, to call at our office for their respective proportions. Eo in iu .

The editor announces the receipts of letters and money, mentioning the name of each iierson, the purport of the letter, the amount of money rccel vwl, and the time tu which the person is cretliteil. We notice among the numlK-r are several marked •'dis.", which we presume means "discontinue." The last page and a half is taken up with an index which, we suppose, means an index of articles in the [mtier during the year. There are no advertise-ments in the {Mtper.

This paper, dim and faded as it Is, is full of inter-est, both because it carries us so far back Into the past and also because it Is the progenitor of the present i«per. Who knows but thot nlxiut the year 105U Momo one shall send to the then editor of the BAITIHT AND UBFLKXTOU a copy of the iiaiier dated February 10, 1809, and that he will comftare that pa|)er with the imiier under his editonihlp, contrasting his paper with the old one, both as to the size and style, to tlie amusement of his readers? Well, why not? The world moves. Why should not papers move with it?

THE WEATHER.

warm, and they could not always succeed in doing that, especially at night. To add to the trlalis of the situation hero, the coal supply of the ooal deal-ers gave out and many people, richjs well as poor, who were caught without soffldenl'ooal, were not able to obtain any, at least not without the greatest difflculty and much delay. But finr the generous action of the lu A N. and N. C. A St. L. l lail i^ds In sending a go«)d t|uanUty of their own ooal to the city, there would have been great suflbrlng.

But Nashville and Tennessee were not. alone in their ex|>erlenco with the cold wave. All over the country It has extended—North, East, West and South. The "Sunny South" has been a land of snow and ice and Itllzzards. As far south as Tam|ia the mercury has gone below the freesing point. Ever>-where it lias been the coldest weather on record. The tihiest Inhabitant has been compl^Hy kii(N;ked out and will have to take a back seat here-after. The suffering and damage have been con-siderable—how much no one can tell. But among the many Inconveniences there are several Ueastngs to come from the cold weather:

1. It will brace up the systems of people and en-able them better to stand the strain of the coming spring and summer.

2. It will eifectually kill out the germs of disease In the atnii>ciphere, especially the yellow fever germs, and will lie almost a sure guarantee that tiiere will be no yellow fever in the country next summer and fall. -

3. The snow will warm and fertilize the wheat, the cold will pulverize the ground and prepare It better for plowing and sowing, while the bugs and worms will probably all be killed, thus Insuring an abundant harvest this year.

Do not these blessings far outweigh the tempo-rary inconveniences caused by the cold weather? And instead of complaining, as we are all, in'our short-sightedness, too much disposed to do, should we not rather look a little farther and thank Go<i even for this bitter cold weather?

B A r r i B T A M D B B F L B O T O B ; VJBB. 18IN».

Tbe weather, though usually considered a stale and trite subject, has been a constarit and deeply interesting theme of conversation during the past week or two. It has been about the coldest, and at the same time longest continued, spell of weather over known in these parts, at least since the estab-lishment of the signal service station hei« In 1871. And even Uio oldest Inhabitant cannot recall a colder spell. Afler over two weeks of rain and snow and sleet and hail, afler the thermometer had hovered around the zero iwlnt for several days, some tloHM going below It but never fhr above It, on last Monday morning between 0 and 7 o'clock It went down to 18 degrees beloiy zero, acooitling to tbe oillolal thermometer. Some private thennome-ten ranged anywhere from 8 to 21 degrees below aceominff to locaUon and exposure. About aU that paopto bava bMo able to do wai' to tiy to kMp

POSITIVE vs. NEGATIVE TRAININQ. It is said that Ai>raham Lincoln preached what

be caiitHl a seniion of don'ts to his boys. It was short, direct, forcible, and made up of a series of "don'ts," as follows: "Boys, don't drink, dbn't smoke, don't chew, don't swear, don't gamble, tlon't lie, don't cheat, don't disobey your parents." These don'ts are all right. But is It not better to to prcflch (Imf Is not the positive method of deal-ing with children better than the negative? | s it not better to tell them irhat to do rather than what not to do?

" Satan finds some mischief still Fur Idle bands to do."

But if .vou will keep these hands busy with some-Ihing good they won't be so apt to get Into mis-chief. Titlk to the children and tell them tales when they are young, and you can so fill their minds With good thought that there will be no room for the bad. The best way to kill out the weeds ifa a gar-den Is not only to pull up the weeds, but to plant somcUiing in their place. When the child Is larger give him some good book to read and then he will not want the bad.

"Mary, go Into that room and see what WllUe Is doing and tell him to stop It," said a mother. And that Is a pretty Ihir sample of a good deal of the family government In our homes. The mother seemed confident that WiUle was doing something wrong. This, however, she ought first to Have determined. And If she had given him aomithlng good to do he would have been gUd to do 0,'iind would not have had Umo or thought for the k d .

WHO WAS TO DLAJtlB? ' A pqiular ofllclai of MashviUe went home tost

week under the Infiuenoe of liquor. Oraaed by that demon, when his wlfls reproaehed him for being drunk belbre hia ohUdren, he turned im her •avagely and began beating her. His seveta^een-year-old son oame to the defense 6t hla mothw, |ind •ecuring his fhther'a pistol which he had » abort whUe ago told upon the bureau, he ahotbla flither thraugh the body, from the eflbota of whlob he died soon afterwards.

Notthaaod. Uawaaonly M n d t o f bla taoUMr. B i wmM hMVitaM w

natural If he had not done so. Between him and his fkther then) Js said to have existed the very tenderest aflbctlon. But was tlie ftither to btome? It was statid that he was very devot^ to bto wife and to alPITIs Ikmlly when sober. Who was to blame t h^T The man who sold him the whisky? Yes, he was. 9u t If you say that on him ought to Ikll the punliluqeut he would show you a license fh)m the city to sell liquor to any man who wants to buy I t Well, then the Name is on tlie city offi-cials. Punish them. But they would ctolm that they were only carrying out the wishes of the peo-ple who elected them and voted for the men who enacted the law by which saloon keepers are given license to sell whisky to make men drunk to beat their wives. 80 that uitliiiately the blame rests upon the people, you and you. Is It oh you f Will you allow It to rest there?

A BLUPP. Tlie VhriMtUin (Jbterver states that tbe National

Liquor League, composed of tbe manufacturers and <lettlers in liquors in the United S l a t ^ finding that leading men In Akron, Ohio, are siiectoily zealous Ibr the suppression of liquor selling, the League Ibtelf proposes io close up every saloon In Akron for the space of two years. The reason of this gen-erous proiKwItion is becausethe Liquor League thinks that tlie depletion of revenue to the city treasury by the loss of the saloon license of Akron will make the people of (hat city eager for the saloon to open again. The Oiaerrer well adds: " If the people of Akron value the blessings of sobriety so lightly as to demur at the loss of this revenue, this scheme of tlie liquor dealers may avail them. But sobriety is worth pnying for. Again, while there would be a diminution of revenue from license, there will be a diminution of expense In the court-house and In the JulH ctc., and Increased comfort and prosperity among the families of Akron, promising Increased wealth in years to come. We sincerely hope the Liquor licague will carry out Its threat Our only fear is tliat it Is only a 'bluff,' which they do not Intend to execute." TO this we add a hearty amen. We wish the National Liquor League would make a similar proposition to us here in Nashville. But of course there la no danger of its doing so.

WHO WILL HELP? We received a letter recently from a minister in

another Slate. He used to live in Tennessee, and has for a long time been a reader of the BAPTIST ani) KKPL.K(n >R, but on account of ill health he now finds himself unable to pay for It. He is anxious to hive tlie paper, and says that " I t would be like a death in the family to read your paper no more," but adds that he cannot |ny for it. Wo received also another letter from the widow of a belov^ and useful minister who spent a consid-erable itortion of his ministerial life In this State. She expresses the greatest sorrow at having to give up the iKiper, but says that she is unable to pay for It. Now we should like for both of these persons to have the paper go on to them, but If rwe were to send it to all who want it and cannot pa^ ibr it, we should soon be unable to publish It. ,flo-Weiiroposo to'dlvlde. If some generous fk-lend will send us $1 for each of t h ^ persons, we will send the paper to him or to her for a year. Ono might send a dol-lar for one of them, and another a doltar for the other.' We wjll send the paper to the person whom you may Indicate, and will let you know privately who It Is, and also we will let that iienion know to whom he or she Is indebted for the paper. We have n ^ a almilar proposltlotis several times before, and iaiwaya with a prompt response. We hope that It Will be 80 this tlme^

tSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSt , „ -t; -aOSPEL VOICES

We have made arrangements to handle the song book, 'KJoipel Voices," by llev. D.i E. Dortch of Columbia, IVmn. This to a book lor Sunday aohooto, obuttth aervloea, goipel and evangeltotio

f WIMVH V m m^^^w - f —g- - » etc. ^ m our examinaUon of It we think that It la one of the bcirt, If not the best, of the many books of tha kind now on the market. I t baa m num-ber of prttU^ new aonga, l i wiJU as of , aweet old aoaga. ;i!ba.ban«a iUM both i^rlfual andpraoUcal Mtt i M ' ^ '^Doitcb to #

Baptist preacher, but has given hto life to music. I t Is puMlshed in both round and shaped notes. Price for either notation, 26 cents per copy, 98 per dozen; by mall, prepaid, $2.60 per dozen; $20 per 100, by express, not prepaid; 26 copies at 100 rate. These prices are quite cheap. We can flii^ nlsh other song books also, but! we especially rec-ommend this one botli for excellence and cheapness. Special rates to evangelists. Address BAPTIST AND llEVLEcroH, Nashville, Tran. *

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL. —The teacher sent a little boy to tbe blackboard to

write a sentence in which the word weather occunred. Tbe iitUe fellow spelt it "wether." "That's tbe worst spell of weather I ever saw," oaid tbe teacher. The remark is equally as appropriate now as It was then.

—We spoke a week or two ago of the dlffwreiicce betweeu Dr. Diaz and tbe Home Misaion Board. We are glad now to announce that those difl^erenccs liave been settled. Dr. Diaz will continue aa missionary In Cuba under the direction of tbe Board. This Is as it should be.

-Where is the "oldest inhabitant?" He seem* to have collapaed. We have been bearing nothing from him of ia(e. We suppose he Is frozen up. Ahl but some of i/« will now soon be tlie oldest inhabitants, and will be (elling our children and our grandi-hii-drcn about the weather of February, 1899. So it goes.

—We were glad to see Dr. J. S. DIckerson of the Standard, Chicago, in our office lost Vuesday. He was passing through (be city on bis way South. Dr. Dlckerson is a genial, (odal companinn as well as an able editor. Prof. Ira M. Price of the University of Chicago aocomponied him on tbe Journey South.

—Rev. W. C. Golden, the efficient and beloved pas-tor of the Third Baptist Church, this city, has re-turned from Conway, Ark., where be baa been en-gaged in a meeting tbe last two weeks. The cold weather interfered considerably with the meeting. Still, however, they bad a good meeting, with some ten or twelve profeastons. Bro. Golden Is a flue in-stance of the pastor-evangelist

J»J»J» —We have received quite a number of reports from

fifth Sunday meetings. If there bad been only a few of them, or if they bad all been short, or If we bad nothing else to publish, we could have publb<hed thrm all, but as it is we flud it utterly impossible to do so this week. We shall try to publish them next week, though we shall probably have to abbreviate some of them considerably. But It would be tetter to do tliat than not to publish them at all.

J»J»J» —Bro. J. P. Gilliam of Watertowu passed through

tbe city last Monday on hia re(uru from Spriugfivld, and told us tbat be bad definitely decided to accept the call to the latter place. We learn from another source that the brethrvn at Watertowu are up in arms against his leaving (hem. Their loss Is Spriugfield'a gain. We Audi expect him tn accomplish a great work at Springfield. We hope that Hound Ltck and-Shop Spring Churches may be able to secure a good pastor lu bis place. They deser\'e the beat

J»J»J» —One of our contemporaries speaks of Dlshop Pot-

ter's " unsailable record" ou the saloon queatkin. We presume that this was a typographical error for un-OMoi/adfc record, but if Bishop Potter baa been cor-rectly quoted tbe remark is quite appropriate. And we are not sure but that it would be true with referenee to tbe records of a good many otber people, among tbemlsome ministers, on the liquor question. Thsir records are very unsailable. Tbey won't sail on tbe water. In fact they wouldn't bold water at all.

—In looking over tbe BAPnar AND RBri.aordx last ireek we notice articlea from North Caralhia, Colorado, Hiehlgan, Virginia. Maiytond, AtkauMs, PsuDsylvania, Cuba, Georgia, f^erlda, Kentucky and Alabama, btsldss a torge number, of coune,llNniiTBni ntsssa, aoaklng iblttceu diffimntSUtea iepNaentadr!<

^as many, as were In the origUial eolonlea. Wa d^^ ^ If there Is another papar lo the jEkitttb that baa slljWi vaitotyofconespondenta as BArriar .,A|(p rtoMoB. And

—Tbe receipts of the Home Mission Board sHi)e finrtof last May havabeenasfollpws: Boxes. fl4,44i>|0 caab, t24,000.81. Of these ainounts TannsMe i|as given: Boxes, t27A.OO; cash, fl.80S.i9. The reeef|^of tbe Foreign Misalon Board during that period have been f80,680,60, of which Tenneeaee has given $1,716,80. We must do better than this, brsthten, towards both of these Boarda before the end of this Oonventtonal year. But remember that we have only two months and a half more lu which to do I t

—Tbe Independent prints extncta from a letter written to a former missionary In China who, It says, from bis Intimate knowledge of tbe Chinese govern-ment and affairs la thoroughly competent to give his opUilon. The letter begins: "You ask' what is tbe matter with China?' I answer that tbe leaven of Christian clvilicatlon Is working-some of the very leaven that you helped to plant here-tb«t Is all. The Chinese are beginning to feel that there is a better life that tbey may aspire to. In thto world and beyond; tbe leaven is permeating tbe moos, and beuoe tbe commotion." Thia to very algniflcant

" Is the Wettem Recorder an advocate of Hobson kiasing beuV'—BaptM Newt. OhI no! Bnt we d« not think Lieut. Hobson's k i ss ing . t t^ admiring ladies made his sinking of the Merriaiac any less heroic It Is but another Instaiioe of a great bero'a yielding to feminine charms.— ITMtern Recorder. In otber words, tbe /Recorder does not ol>J<«t to Mr. Hob-con kiseiog iadien, but does not believe In bis kissing bees. In tbiswetbhik tbe Recorder In For our part we would very much rather kiss a lady than to klsa a bee—we mean some ladies.'

—The May Anniversaries of tbe Northern Baptist Societies will be held this year on the Padfie tVwst The Anniversaries will open in tbe Pint Baptist Church, Sau Francisco, Wednesday. May 24th, com-mencing with tbe Women's Sncietleo, to be followed by the Education Society, MIsrtonarr Unton and Home Mission Society, doaing on rhur»day. June lat A full and imeieatiog pnwram to la preparation. Rates from Chicago to San Franciaoo and letnmare as follows: Direct line going and returning. $72.60. From Nashville tbe rate will be about $10 more. Going via dlnct line and returning by another Une will be $12 60 extra. This will be a very cheap aa weU as a delightful trip. We hope (bat a number of our friends in the Bouth will decide to go. If any one to thinking of dolnc so we shall he clad to have him write to us with reference to tite matter.

—Tbe Hull army bill aa It passed tbe bnoM toat week contaVtMd tbe followiuK amendment oflbrsd by Mr. Johnran of North Dakota: " Provided f u r ^ , That no officer or private soldier shall be detaito^ to sell lutoxicatlug drinks, as a bar tender or otherwiM). la any post excbauge or wiotrtn, nor shall any Other person be allowed to sell such Hqnors In any eneamp-mern or fort on any premises used f ' r mllltaiy pur-poses by the United State*." The IndtipmdMU states, however, that sboit as Is this amradmeiit It rrprv^nts months and months of worlc on tbe part of tbe Wom-an's Cbrbtlaiti Temperance Uukiu. and the .Reform Bureau at Wosbington under the dirsctton of Bev. Wllber F. Crafla. Whatever other chaiigea may be made lu tbe bill we hope, at least, tliat thto amrad-msnt may be adopted by tbe Senate, and receive tbe signature of the PreKldent, and that thua the army canteen shall be made to go. It cannot go toosOob.

—Never before, we believe, since we have bean an editor, now more than ten yearo, have we had so many good artloieson band at one time. Here tbey come In every mall; from the Boutb, from the North, from the Eaat and from the Wfrtt; from brethren in the city and In tbe country; from thoie itell known and tbeee not so well known; On all aorta of mihdeCta ; ws ktlers, dootrinal articles, proetical articles

, illUeles, nearly all of them. We wantto pabllsh them ill, bnt to do so at once to absolutely Impdsltble, Unless wawsretoeniaiietbe p«p«r to eonoklarably moietban Its present eapaeilly.) But we wWI the best we can, and publish them all aa omm aa. iiaoUca-ble. Some wUI probably have to wait , for, fjifstol weeks, or even months. But then w^f t ^ . w ^ ^

' better (hau othon. We rspwil what |fe odd m •««>• d very much U i a i ^ ^ bUi«ffk«M|| ago: There

ate givtog our lasden week a f t # » ; apt to iMai^ earty lli^r(l..o toknb#tballbsy appiwi lateimi^. Aslrelfaie ' articles. Thiiewd.ildgWstaleby w i l l V b g ^ l ^ r t elMWhenl, ^ bave^lam number of simili^oum. orUelea, beoa««eli toansytb Ital worti'Ibrtbe^ Bo munloatkms on band whtob we ohau publtoto Mtoen l i you wish ythir artlel* fci-ia«sHN»iea*ly lla^iuo

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10 B A F T I S T AJUB B S F J U M T T U B , F B B . 1 6 , 1 8 l > » .

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T H e H o j u e .

Mother'* Crsdto Song.

1 The auD In hi* glory

HM gone to hie rat: The mother-bird covers

Her brood In the ncet; The blue sky Is tperkllog

With Jewell of nght— 'Tie bed-time, my b«by,

My dullng, good nightt f Bleep gently, sleep sweetly,

Bleep safe in thy nest, WhUe softly I rock thee.

And sing thee to rest; How fair will thy dreanis be,

How holy, how bright! For angels watch o'er thee:

My darling, good night. As pore as thy dreams may

Thy ftiture l*fe be; May good angels guard thee,

And smile upon thee; Wherever thou fluest,

In dark days or bright, God keep thee, God bless t b e e -

My darling, good night! —Charlei W. Iludner.

The 5tory of a Human Heart.—A Dream.

BY JESSIKLEE MCHANN.

Sleep toucheil mine eye-llda while yet the daylight lingered and an angel croeeed my threshold, entering into my quiet room.

Brighter than sunlight was the radiance the vision brought me and peace sweeter than earth had e'er known calmed earthly tumults In my wondering soul.

The angel carried ft roll of parch-ment and on the parchment was written the story of a human hear t <iTell me the story," I said to the angel, and this is tne story the angel told me: " A human heart was re-belllou". 'T is the same old refrain that has been sounding down the ages since time began.

But, though not new—the story of care and Buffering that led to the ^ r t ' s rebellion—it was none the less crushing, none the less hard to ,bear.

Joy thrilled the heart once, when knowledge of earthly things was but dawning, and life was a plctuno of beauty across whose purity no moth of sin had f l u t t e r^ Its slimy wings.

But Joy was fleeting, and by and by when knowledge in the heart was older, th^ picture became dis-colored. Gladness Was clothed in somber raiment and happiness had token for its wearing the hablli-mentfl of woe. The forest was no more sweet with summer flowers. ThebeatBon the swaying boughs of the t r m were empty, and the songs of ttie Bommertlme birds were hushed. ^ IChegayncM of winter tinted the

, lan^wnpe and the sound of the rush-iogiirtiieam was like unto the sob-

tcDlngofi irequit tn. wU: All Afpintions, all seeking aAer

I things high u d noble, all <1 longing i ' fbrglfUi good «nd grmtly to be de.^

afted hadoome to tiaaght. " ' " One bitter word held In It all of

iltfb'i biMnlng and that word was

sweet and things that ' were safe. But God Is not unmindftil, though -often we walk without I l lm, indif-ferent and alone.

In twilight cliadows another heart was stumbling, throbbing w i t h s o r row, but never alone. Faltering, but struggling upward. Near to de-spair, but always hopeful. Fainting, yet never weary. Up from the gray-nens Hiirrounding thu heart went a gleam of light, cleaving its way skyward until human sight could no longer follow. And that light was the beauty of a pniyer, making a shining pathway from that soul to the heavenly courts.

Prayer Is the call of the flnltp for the infinite. A need In the soul that only God can satisfy, coming up from its birthplacc, the heart, to And expression on tlie lipd. I t hath been given no forni or fatihiun to mortal vision, but oh! the might of its wonderful power! No olotjueuce of tongue can portray It—It can only be felt. And ye who iiave suffered, ye who have been glad, know how Infinitely above sight Is feeling.

The prayer on Fai th 's wondrous wings was borne upwanl, finding sweet audience with the King, and the rel)ellinua heart, old in suffering and hope deferred, become as the heart of n little child—hushed to rest by the sweetness of a prayer."

1 have awakened from my dream-ing; but, when the light grows dim and shadow 1 gather, my heart, tired of earthly clangor, has but to listen when over wearied falls the beauty of whispered converse with the Father, and thorny ways are suddenly ways of pleasantness and ohadi^ paths are paths of peace.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Two Extracts.

-Ill lion fbtind bodynient^in the{iiohlt^ | i ^ with the ^edlne

day growing itronger, nn-, tU—groping in ih« twilight of de* ilMdr—lirther aod flurther Uiehaurt wandered .fhma bapm tha t .

A w a n t o d HIglMit H o n o n , World 'a Pa i r 4 M d Madal, MMwintM* Pair

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We give verbatim two extracts, the first from the society columns of an American dally i>aper, and the second from a German newspaper.

Little Miss Blank is the most noted f)l(ure nt (a fashionable summer resort). She U the daughter and only child of Blank, who dietl a year ogo, leaving her a fortune of several million dollars. Her mother Is e<lu-catlng her carefkilly tn fill a leading place in society. Bhe Is surrounded by French servants so that her accent may be {terfect In that tongue. Bhe already plays very prettily on the piano, and Is an adept not only In ordinary <lances, but In the pa* teut.

With her mother she occupies a handsome cottage at , and may be seen driving on the avenue dally, or at the balls a t the hotels. Her frocks are marvellous creations, and

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mm fttTOBIS tPDTflHEIi mBtCTIOIIS This Is SoniBihingall Women Can Have or Easlif A c q u l r B - S o m e

Simple Rules to Observe.

fVom lJU /r#roW, UtvJramptom, JA*. Tl,« look In a woro«ii'« ftee ii MpreiilM

ol wlmt •lirln. Oii» can fwlly khe u iiwiiiiir, wwHi'r. iiwwy <"• •lef'y* NIITLIIIIK »'I<1» '"OFO • WIINI«II • HLLRAFTIOIM lliuii a ulraimiil fm t niid tlii» U «<»iin;llili;« >11 can linve or c»»ily uwiuirr. It • »lni|»l3r oWt.ilneJ liy uleuuliuetu, air, lixlit, Uiet, r&WT-

Minjr It woman it conllniiBllr croM, row, Weill. ncr»ou», KilinBi niwle »o by lli* eincliuni of liolueliulJ ««n-». or tliB CoiiUI-(lliioiii liicl.lriit to her But Uck oflhii • 111 the cttUM of hII the iruuMe, will b« r.iiinil lliii 111® •y«em it out of order; tin I.I.mkI IICTU tolling up. When thi* Uoiie tliire folluwi. I'u'»yuiicy of fMliot, WW • merry liniuchoM. . ,

'fliB preservation of a woman'i gracct Md elinrnit reqolret care •ml coiunion Miue, but noniorethauii liwtowed ujxin her duelac^ hrio-a-brnc, ete. The gaxii wife keep* the «ll»rr from tnriii«h. Imt iiegleel* herfeUj Kvery woman detirca to be i» "picture of health" UIKI the can be, f.ir It if only • ma|. ter of health rather than rei(.ilar featnrea or perfect pr»|M>rtioiti. fur witlioiit llie Tiliuity of PMMI tpirim which good health denote*, no wo-nan ii chsriHin*.

Many a woman in reKrrtrally watching the CniwiiiK iwllor of lier rlicek*, the cominK wrinklet, the lhlnnf»« thiit Iwcomea more dintn sning e»ery day. The beM-way la orer-eomethif and anitiire th'pl»««nl look ins womanfare i« eiprejtirj In the fallawini ftory told by Mm. A. Fox, an ceteemed wd-dent nf New llnmptoti. Mo.

"Thref rear^oR.. I««t April," ahe aajt. " I had Ktomach trouble and anerWardt feiiMle Ironbiea act ta. I bad very liUle appetita.

eonid not Mt meaU of any kind, and but few Huiraefere bockachee and waa xrcatly

dtbiliuted. Hating no atwngth my nfr»ou. •yiUni became io aBwIed IW I uer-Tousproilration. Mykidneyadidnotaetrifhl and, In hct, my ayttem wai out of order and I became aeri«u«ty III. . . .

" I tried two or three doclort without re-eelvlng any beneflt. At la«t I went U Dr. R. n. Ktnir. of Itethany, Mo., and be nTe S ; thrii iSxe. of nr. Vlllia^.• link ^i I* for Pale People. I took two boxea of tbe pllla and immediately began to grow In atrengtb, the etomach trouble iMcame mueli beUer, the oolor eaiue to my chwki, and in e»erT re-•pect I waa coiuhlcrably better. In three Muntlii I ceuld eat anything I vruted, and

'"j'i^ul.VlSy that Dr.Wllll.mt' Pink Wlla {or Pale People are the beat remedy for women to lake during the turn of life to keep them in health and to p<ua that are In *«IMy." When woman la jMaine bey«^ that age it I* a eriali in her life. Then. H ewr, proper attention to hygiene altould be esereiaed. The attendant »u(rerinm will diMptmr and bnoTant health will follow, if Dr. WUIIama' Pink Pilla fiw Pale People areu^.^

These pills esert » powerful inflnenee la restoring the sritem to its proper eondltlnn. They conUin in a condensed form all the elements neeewwry lo trive new life and rich-ness to the blood. Conseqnently many kinds of diseases are cured, a* nearly all, are the resntt of an Imporerithrd rondhtmi of the blowl. PmnisU consider these pills lo he the most eScctire and beat Mlling onea on the market.

countless In number. They were made for her formerly by Worth, and now by I)oucet, those great ar tlsts having relaxetl their rule never to4nake gowns for children, for this gnlden princess.

In contrast with thU, we copy the following from a IScrlln paiier:

The young Queen of Holland has been brought up very sensibly, with a view to the great responsibility which she will soon hold. Her hab-its ore simple. Aflerher breakfast at eight o'clock, she studies hlstorj*, languages and natural philosophy until noon, when she has three hours for luncheon and exercise.

Two hours of study follow. Then she drives or rides until six, when she dines with her mother, If she Is alone. If there Is a state banquet a t the palace. Queen Wllhelmlna, like other children, comes In, simply dressed i n w h i ^ with the dessert, and Is iiermltted to talk to the guests for a few minutes. Bhe is In bed at ten o'clock,

Rhe is fond of anitnals and birds, and hosstudleil their hahlbs closely. Bhe has in the country a little farm well tlllwl, on which are cows, hor-ses and a miniature dairy and kitch-en. Here she Is taught almost an* consciously the occupations of the minority of her suttjects.

The aim of her mother has been to make her o healthy, happy, cnirls-tlan girl, fit foi;the great work which Qodbosglvet iher .

Has not God given a work to the heir of great wealth as well as to the inheritor of a erowur Have our rich girls and boys no duty ouhilde of "society?" "

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rain, that its tender mots may drink and swell. Bend gentle (-howers." And the liOrd sent o gentle shower.

««Lord," prayed the dlwiple, " m y tree needs sun. Bend sun, I pray thee." And the sun shone, gilding the dripping clouds.

" N o w frost, my l/»rd, to braw its tissues," cried ho. And liehold. the little tree stood sparking with frost.

But ot oven-song It died. Then the disciple sought o brother

disclpic, and told his strange experi-ence.

" I, too, hove planted a little tree," the other raid; " e n d seel It thrive* well. But I entrusted my little trei> to Its Ood. He who mode it knowH better what it needs than o man like me. I laid no condition; I fixed not ways or means. 'Lord, send it what it needs,' I prayed; storm or sunshine, wind, rain or flroet. Thou hast made It and thou dost know. ' "

I need oU. If aald an ancient dis* dp la . So be planted h l n an olive n ^ D g , II

" L o r d / t iw . pnyed , '<'11-

Mother's Trusted Firlcnd, Bhnmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablet*. PreMrs tbe System for Oonflnement, Bhortena r alMr and makM nhlMhlHh MWjr.

—Bamiiel llutherfo'rd has weUrold: " I t Is not your rock that ebbM and flows, bnt yjour oea.'' Conditions and clrcumatanees are^eyer chang-ing, and It Is well to retnember that the^Bock of our saWatioh hM ovrr remialned steadfast, >Did"col^not be moved through all the ages by any of the floods that surge about 11.

TEN 0HNT81NBlIiVSBPAY» JTOH YOim NAUa IHTUK AMK^OAN FARM'

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B A T O S T A K D ^ a B U r L X C t t l B , F E S C i e , W W -I I

I y O U J S T Q S O U T H . I t i t m a a i o t t t m t t t t t a 1 1 w

Mra. tsnra Daytoa BaklR. BdNar, IM BaMBeeond StrMt, Cbattanoogm Ann., to whom commnnleatlona tor ttala depart-menl alKWld b* addreaaad-Yonng Houtb UotkK Nail* Varrtlgia Retroraou.

Onr mlaa)onM7*a addreaa: Mrs. Beaaie May-nard, a Dakal MMIII. Kokara, Japan, via Han rranolsoo, CaL

Mission subject for February, WOM-AN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

Young South Correspondence.

Did some one say It was cold? Well, I should think so. Eveiy thing is frozen tight and btlfT, every thing but the Young South! I told you last week we would soon thaw out and we are beginning, for there are more letters than there were last week. I waa sur-prised myself when I piled them up before me Just now. I have had com-pany and so have not been thinking so much about this dear work of oura aa usual you see. Here they are!

No. 1. I t is very cold Indeed for "Bees" to be out, but here they come lu strong array, and they arerach wlee methodical "Bees." They tell me exactly what to do with their honey, and I like that. These are tbe I^ove-lace " Busy Bees." May their tHbe locreMe! Just listen to the burden of their bumming:

"He re are your little Busy Bees once again I Ttiey bring their oflTerings for the Orphanage, the misatonary'a little Bunday-school room and her sal-ary. May our Heavenly Father ever bless all the departments of the Young South and every member of every tiand engaged In its work is our de-sire." B. D. WHITE, Leader.

You will And the eight names with proper credits In "Receipts." Does not this prove conclusively that tlie Young Bouth has springtime and flowers even when the thermometer la sinking down towards leero? Thanks to each one! They are blecsed In hav-ing such a leader. Dr. Folk and I are still proud of our namesake. God bless all these "Busy Bees!"

They have flown away to beglu again and now No. 2 comes from Watertown, that place of bleased mem-ories to the Young South:

"Enclosed find cheek for | 1 fkom Infant Class, No. 1, Bound Lick Bun-day-school. I am trying to Interest my class In the work of the Young Bouth. May the Lord's richest blew-Ings rest upon It!"

., MRS. D . F . SMITH. Evidently you are succeeding.

There'sho greater proof of interest than giving to any oljeot. We are so glad to welcome another class. Tliank you all so much! Won't you put a few phinks into the little chapel now? Please do.

ECZlMAON FACE CoadliliMi fiucli Could Not Oo OoL la PliyMclan'aCare Five Month*.

CimCURACuredlB l Month. Ihsdeetetaa on tlM.hee for hn months, dah

MgwhrA Umel wiM In sais of physicians, t , asuMMfgooati, ItwaageiagfraiBliadttfwonsk

when a (friend leeoniniwdsd OtmovsA ramsdisa. Alter J wishsd m* Kiee with OtmouM Bo*r and •MsSIMTteoBA(«laUMai)aedOirHoimaRsaoi. n m II ehaasMi woaderfnlly. mid Urn M«NM W/Im* wiua$tUim<u *r*r, Tuoa. i.aoTii.mBtsttBti anouyn, ir. T.

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No. S Dr. Holt sends us. It 's dated West Point:

"You will please And enclosed t l for the Orphans' Home. I am a little girl of 0, and I want, to be enrolled as one of the workers of the Young Bouth army. Mamma and papa have been oaring' for three little orphans this winter, but they are gone now to Illinois." LILLIAN Wnrrn.

Won't you save Dr. Holt time and postage next thne, Lillian, by writing directly to Mrs. L. D. Eakin, 804 E. 2ad Street, OhatUnooga, Tenn.7 We shall be so glad to have you a member of our band, and we thank you for this help for the Orphanage. Won't you help on the Japanese Chapel now?

Dr. Holt has some pleasant words for us in No. 4.

" I send you a little letter with |1 enclosed. I t Is sweet to read tbe chil-dren's letters. They are so artless and sincere. Ood bless the little ones! Is It auy wonder that our I/ord 'took them In his arms and blessed them?' Would I could do so! Your words of appreciation in the last BAPTIST AND BBPLEOTOR are appreciated. We love to be well thought of, you know, though people may be mistaken about us. May the Lord continue His mer-cies to you!"

A. J . HOLT. We do not tbiuk we are mistaken,

do we? Dr. Holt is one of the busiest of the Master's servants. May success crown all his eflTorts!

No. 6 comes from Athens: " Enclosed please find f l 92, a spe-

cial oOerlng from the AthensSunbeams for Mrs. Maynard's Chapel."

LE»N MAOILL, Treasurer. That is Just what we want, a " spedal

offering" from each and every band and individual member of tbe Young Bouth. Just follow the shining of these Sunbeams! Pile up the "special olTer-ings." Then our dear missionary will soon Uke her tiny Japs Into a bright cheery room. Tliank you very mucli^ Athenian Sunbeams! How very wel-come you are this cold, cold day!

Now No. 0. A familiar chlrography, and tbe postmark says McKenzle:

" I send you to day |2 40. Divide it, if you think beat, between Mrs. May-nard's room and her salaiy. This is part of the money for which I sold a pig, given me on Christmas day by a Methodist preacher. She was Just a week old and no larger than a puppy. When she was killed she whelghed 202^ lbs. I am so thankful to be able to tell you that my dear mother's health is very much Improved. In fact we think her lungs have entirely healed. Her cough Is so nearly gone, it can hardly be called a cough, and It was all done freely for the asking by the Great PhyslcUn. I feel I can never thank Him enough for His good-ness to me. I want to t iknk yon all who have prayed with me for her re-covery." LILLIAN BIMOBTTB.

We certainly r^olee with you, dea LUilan. May the mother be spared to you many years. Oh I ye eonntiy lads and lassies! Can't you get a pIgT Just .see whatsuccessthlsdevntedfMendof -the Young South has had! I knew she would find some way, because her heart hi so fkill of onr work. We a n meet deeply grateful tfor otir share of. the pig's proceeds. Bring on (he pigs! Feed them liigh and see who can beat tbe MoKenato record.

No. 7 comte firam Georgia and elosea with a request that I do not publish It. I am sorry ibr that. I t contains | 1 ftor our ntlMii^nary, and promises more, and we a n so much obliged.

No.8,' 0 and 10 are In Uie same envelope.. and come flrom Hannah's Gap. Theflistsayss

"Since rMiding the Yonog Botith ntge we have become Inferiited IB Its wtirk. WUI yon admlt'^tli to yotn

nncs? We enclose 20 cents for Mra. Bessie Maynard. The Young South has our best wishes."

GERTBUOB LAMBBBT, EUNIOB LAMBBBT, EOOAB FOLK LAMBBBT, W I L U B LAMBBBT.

The second says: " I am a little girl 6 yean old. I go

to Sunday-sehool. My father hudead. Bro. McNatt^ia onr pastor and„we love him very much. I send^yonilS cents for onr mlssionaiy In Japan."

LBNNA BONNBR. The last one says: "Will you pleaae admit three little

strangera Into your bond? We send you 16 cents, the proceeds of our mis-sionary chl<9kens for Mra. Maynard's work in Japan. We wish success to the Young Bouth."

MATTIB BBDD, ALLIB BBOD, OMA BBDD.

I call thatanice little lot of messages. Don't you? You are all most welcome. Eight new members! How proud we are! Come agahi soon. I am sura you must be sweet little cblldran. Dr. Folk Is one ahead of me in name sakes. May Edgar do honor to his name al-ways.

No. II comes from the Indian Ter-ritory when we have some never tiring worken:

"Enclosed find 66 cents. I t is »o cold we can do nothing but make flies. When it gets warmer we can make some money, and hope to send more soon." STANLEY TINBLBY,

EMMA TINBLBY. You do not say, but we gratefully

add It to onr salary fund. We a n so thankftil for our /I'lends in the Terri-toiy, and we shall hojue to hear again befonAprUIs t '

We wen Just wondering what had become of our always enthusiastic friends at Fraltland, when lo! No. 12 brings news of them:

" Enclosed please find KIVB DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS,

which we have earned or collected last week. Please send it to help build the school room for our dear mlsslonaiy. Wedoeujoy working for her. Ourolder brothers and slitera, the 'grown-up-children' have cheerfully given what they could to Increase onr ' interest' in the Japanese building fund. We hope a s u n foundation has been laid, and tliat Mrs. Maynard may realln her fondest hopes."

MRS. E E . TRIBBLB'S Band. Then follows a list of 14 names, 8 of

which have amounts contributed oppo-site them, making the handrame anm mentioned. You will flnd the 8 In the "Receipts." I hope the other 8 a n to follow. We a n so glad to hear flrom ourFrultland company again. Th«iy a n valiant soldlen, and have a brave leader. God bless them all I

No. 18 comes ftom Texas and brings II fur Japan, but bids me never to pah-llsh either her name or ietten so t h e n ! We a n obliged, though, all the same.

As sun as you live, hen'e Texas again I No. 14 says:

"Find enclosed 7 Cente, my birthday oflbring fbr the chajpel. Papa takes t he BAPTIST AND RBPLBOkoB and mamma reads the Yonhg Bouth page ;tome. I wash dishes for mamma and she gives me pennlse. I have been saving thnn to seqd to Japan. When I am older I will send more." ,

MINBIB Ltioiui BTBWAWT. Isn ' t that aweetr If eveiy body

would do aa well, how our fluid would swelll See how maay birthday oflte-Inge you eon gather. Thank you, dear little Trtae gtrlf ,

rto. i s litlhgs 8 kflMiUltMi iblke to us ftomWhlto'aStaUon:

•• Will ^ please admit 8 lltUi b t ^ to the Young Sootli ianksT We en-eloei 00 centii for tb* 0^))haBi|(t, ttwt

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rty indfcaUont tfiitdutt. The prognss e(

catarrh is ^ w i i i -' gradnaL Chronio

catarrh aeettflM possessioBwIth-ont the knowl-edge Qf its vie-thn.

Ithaabeooms ISO eommoi to 'say, "Bvery-body has a little

catarrh " that nuBy J\easy gotag peojfle ^•paysUgbtatteatlOa ^ t o i t Vet Mel ius

Of disease laindifll-Leidt to shake off.

Maay people w4U adTaaoed hi years find themselves ta the toils of catarrh. Mr. and Mrs. CoUtun.ofOiddings, T«K.,fOiiodhclpln Pe-ru-na. Mr. CoUnm's letter foUows: Pt-ru-na Mtdkitu C#H Critmbui,0.

DXAB SOU:—"I thhik yow Pe-M-iat is tho best medicine I ever tried for ca-tarrh. I have tried all the eatarrh medicines that I could hear of and noaa of them did any good until I tried yonrs. I and my wife have both nsed the Pa-m-na and Man-a-lln, and we are about well. I am 70 years old and n y wile Is (I& When we commenced to tak« yonr medicIncs we wera not able to see after our work, bnt now she eaa tend to her work and I see after n y fOra. Yon can uac this publicly if yon want to."-A. P. CoUimi. Giddhigs. TO*.

we made by ataylng at home ftma Mr. Itowery's lectun to-night."

DETPRBB PRBBOOTT, AUDBBY PRBTOOTT, KINDBBD PBBKxnr.

Indeed we a n delighted to greet you. Most gladly we give you our hands. We hope you did not mind , missing the lectun veiy much. Work for the chapel now and come again soon. '

No. 16 comes fh>m Alabama: "Please flnd enckised | 1 fir Mn.

Maynard. Though It to not veiy much we hope It may do some good. We en-Joy the Young South page very mneh, and we wish yon success."

D . D . AND M . A . CANNON. We a n most grateful. No. 17, our U«t for thto thne, comes

from LoulsUna: . " A suggesUon of voun made me think of something. I encloee60cento as a thank ofllsring. Last year I n -celved my sight. I wtoh it waa mon . "

YOUR LOI7IBIANA FBIBND. I wonder whether she meana Uterally

orflguraUvely. In either ease ahe to right to show her graUtude In thto awest way.

Thatenda the record for the thlid week In Febmaty and It to not at all a bad record, to It? IndUm Iterltoiy, Loutolana, Tsxaa, Georgia, Ahibama, as well as many ploosa In Tsnnsawe have been nobly npnaented. Now, for the hist week In thto htoakmonthi Let ki the sunshine with all your might. Up a n d a t ltl Meet hopefkilly,

. LAVBA DAYTOK ICAKtM. • Chattanooga.

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' virMlMlt'yMi'aoflbrlnt IMOl Tbirt a u i ^ r a»IW Jm nary oflkrl dk, ' 0 1 It M KIret we«k In Febriinry UTH Newd WMk lu Fabruary 15 21 vom JAPAM.

Junta Clyde Vlneber, I iveUtM lUyMoiilton famta Weroe Xaltal'IcrM Kranky Pierce NIUiHmUb Kdgar My Ion M'iute In Ant Linn, Hound Llok B.H.by Mrs.

dnilUi l.tlUnn Hurdette, UcKende A tieorgta Krienil U., K. K .and W. Lamberi, Haooab'a Gap U Bonner M.,Amanda Redd . H. nod a. Tiatley, IndUn Territory K. K. and K. a Tribble. yrultland

• TkxeaKrlend .. |i. U and M. A. Cannon. Alabama lA>iititaua Kriend VOH Ik • BOOM AT KOKDBA. JAPAN.

J. r. Klnciifn Love;afv .. May Moullon Kuia Moulton t", I'leri-e '/_ I'lerre r . Plert-e ... .. K. «uiUli RUNmlth Athene Hunbvonit U Burdette, M Krnile J. ntimrald, rruittaiiil Keeee Uorniby JraoeBrannam Annie McUowell Cur<ah rrtbbte May ICetclie Tribl.le MlB&le Lurlle Stewart, Texni

rOB OBrRAXAOB BcrroBT. J. C. Flnclitr, Lovelai-e IC Moalton K. Moultou r. Pierce /.Pierce K. Pleroe N. Mmltb K. U Wbltc !>., A., and K. Pr«(rotl, Wliltr'eHU'.lon-I.tlllan White, lVe«l Polat.by I*r. Molt .

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Tola! JdTi SI Ke<elTed«lnee April 1, tiw: ror Japan HIT 7l

Orphatxare ...tUS " Cuba 8 SO - BepalrtocCbapel * t'olportace. ISS

•• KiC Koom, Koknra, Japan $7 SO " China 1 00

Poatace « Total .tertsi

We sre $5:i.02 Bhead of '98! U u m h ! Keep golDg! Make it $!•<•) as soon bb poBBible. ^ L. D. E.

KECENT BVBNTS. —The greet Rawian railway through

Siberia tvben It i« completed will be more than 5,000 miles in length. About hair the Hue is now completed.

—HOD. Beieno E. Payne, who recent-ly feucceeded Mr. Dingley BB cbatrman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of itopnMntattx'eo, is an honered member of the Baptist Church in Aubnrn, New Yorli.

—Dr. B. H. Carroll, f<»r ao long the distinguiehed pastor of the Kimt Bap-t is t Charch, Wac«, Te*., waa recently married to Miss Hallie Harriwn, of (bat city, hia brf>tlier, Rev. J . M. Car-rollfofllciatlog. We extend our warm-eat oongratulatitms.

—The BiMieal Jiecorder publishes a floe Mrmon by Rev. W. M. Vines, paator of the First Baptist Church. Asheviile, N. C., accompanylDg it with an alleged portrait of Bro. Viuea. I fBro. Vines looks lilce that picture now, he has changed considerably •Inoe he lived in Tennessee.

A T£XAB WONOEU. ^ HALL'S OBBAT DIflOOVRRY. '<0n« imail bottle of Hall's Gnat

DiaoovMfy eurea all kidney and bladder t<Dabl«s,{ twnovM gravel, cures di»-betsL MiDltial. remlsKlouf, weak and liMn* ttaok, rbeumatiamandallineg-ulsdtles of the kidneys sad bladder In

and women. Regulates MUHUtor teoobl* In clilldrso, i f DM old by yoifi druggist, will b« sent by asfl on mmpt of I I . One small b ^

is two months' treatment and will iirsiuiyiMseabovsinsntionad. £ . W .

! I ^ r sale Bims, Nashvilli,

^VUli'Wyttlil'Vixia, April mil->Wfl file iitMlsinlgosd, ha^'S used Hsll*i I na t p i ^ f u j r f u t kldosgr aud blsddw o u b M , OM i t o

—As we have previously announced, Rev. N. W. P. Bacon of Hernando, Miss., accepted m call to Oxford, MIsa He lias DOW entered upon his work. Bro. o o n has many ftiends in Ten-nesi«e, where he Isbored m) ettleiently for several years, who areglad to know of his success In Misslsalppl.

—Dr. M. £ . Broaddus of BrlHloi hait Just oome into pofsesslon of a small nickel-cased dock which Is a relic from the sunken Spanish battleship. VIscaya. It was presented to him by Col. Childs of Richmond. Vs. Tiie latter received the clock through Lieut. Hobson. This is certainly n very val-uable relic.

—The following curious itaragraph occured lu the BaptUt Argm recently: "TheBaptist May AnniverHaries were held in Ban Frauciscn the latter pari of January." Iftliey are Mny Anul-versarlef) how could tliey have been held in January? As we stale el»e-wheie, they will be held in tteri Fran-clsco the latter part of&Iay.

- W e sympathize with Rev. T. >1. Calloway, of TalladeKB, Ala., lu the loes which cam^ to him a few week*) ago through the burning nf l)>e par-sonage at that place. He and htM family barely escaped with their Uvea. Everything was burned with a few exceptions, even his books. He wbm fortunate to have some iuBuranoe. We hope tliat it may cover his loMe».

—It is announced that ihe cliy «>r Iloilo in the Philippine lolands haH b<«n captured by the AmericanM. This was dune without a struggle after a short bombardment by the Ameri-can ships. The native soldiers set lire to the city and retired. The Firot Tennessee Regiment had been oeut to the scene of action. Nocasuallies are reported on the American side.

—The old Dismal Bwamp Canal, which connects Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound, will be reopened fur navigation in a few weeks. It exlendtt from the village of Deep Creek, Va.. to South Mills, N. C., u distance of twenty-two miles. It is l>clieved that tlie canal will furm one uf the most Important links in the chain of inland waterways extending along the coant ftom New York to Florida.

—We call attenllqn to the advertisw-ment of Dury A Finney on page Id this week. The plan of giving en-terloinments by means of magic lan-tern pictures hss become quite pop-ular, eHpeciaiiy in the North and Ka"t. Such pictures are deeply Interesting aud can be made very valuable in en-forcing moral IcMons. Mv*Hrs. Dury h. Finney are perfectly reliable aud thoroughly aooommodatlng. Wille to them If you wish anything in their Une.

—The War Inveatigatlng Committee has made Us rsport I t is quite a lengthy document. I t is generally regarded as • white washing report, tsmovlDg the blame from the admin* Istratlon and putting Jt on others. General Miles Mid Inspector General Breckinridge, eepeolsliy, csmelu for ft ;#hat* of ctitlcl»m. i t is expeoted that • court of Inquiry will be ordered to, dstwmlfis about tbs *'embslmcd bssf" obMgas'nuidsby Qsnsral Miles.

—R«ir. John B. Bmiiinsr, • West TmnsisM boy who b u bteu living In Arkansas fbr some tlmsi Is now loeated at Btaroy, Ark,, engaged In the Bun-day-wbool and Colportsgs Wotk under tho dlrsotlon of ths Bunday-sohool Board of Atkauias. Bm. Bwanner hss prsparsd soms oolportsr dsnvass* log blanks which he ktroposesto ssud

WHO'S SHELIABERGER?

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to any colporter at the rate of fifty cents a hundred, post paid, or cheaper If more ars taken. Bru. Bwanner says: " I can- not do without the BAPTIST AND RBViiKcroR, I do Dot SCO how the BaptlstH that live In Tennessee can do without it."

—We are veiy sorry to Karn that during theabsence of Bro, T. 11. Wag-goner from home last week, lliilng one of his appointments, bis house caught fire aud was burned to the ground, Thete was nu Insurance. Through the heroic eObrts of his wife and her aunt aud the neighbors, nearly all of the furniture was raved without injury. He has many friends over the State who will sympathize with him very greally in his misfortune.

—Tiie puri>o«e to itwue a Ministerial Directory of the Baptist denomination in the United StateH meets with our hearty approval, and we want to as-HUie our brethren in the ministry that they wjli do well to fill out aud return the blanks sent them a* Hfieedlly as IHWsible. What is wanted is a fair aud honest atatemeiit of tlie facts indi-cated. Tlie cost to the sender will be only the time consumed in attendiOK to the matter. We have no doubt tbut the editor. Rev. U. W. lissher, D.D , will do his work faithfully. The book prumlKes to l>e of great value to our dunomlnation, as similar direc-tories are proving to others.

—In a recent private letter from Dr. W. A. Nelson written from Jackson. Ub., where he is supplying the pulpit, he says: " I shall remain here a few months longer perhape, because of the unsettled stateof the weather in spring-time, and because the people here still hunger and thirst after the Word— thoy are ^ l l y tcachable. I have never had snch flue health as In the last two years, never found myself able to do as good work in my study, and never enjoyed preaching the blessed old gosfiei as I do now. Why, last year (1898) I proacbed 4(H times, beeideit a large number of other addresses, talkp, etc. During the whole year I WBH not sick a day, nor did I find a recreation nemmry of a single day. I speak and sludy with more ease, aud Citn do wore of both than ever before in my life." His old frieuda in Tennessee will be gUd to hear that he Ih In such good health.

Deafness Cannot be Cured byloral appllcatlomi«« tbeyrannot roach the Uiwawa ponloa or the oar Toero U only one w»y to euro dearncav, and that 1» by coniUtuUon • »l rcmediei*. Ueafnem ti oauiod by an inlUmod condlUnn of the mucuut lloliu of the Kuitachlan Tube. Wboo thle tube la loflamod yon bare » ruiniiling muiul or Importect hearlnji.and wbeuli Is «atir«ly elotied, UoafneaN li the reMult, and unlewi tho iaflaaunation con bs tainn out and thle tuln rmtorodto lu normal i*ondiUon, hearlaa wilt be deNUoyud foretrer; nloo caaeii out often are cauiHKl by catarrh, which l« nothfoK but an Inllained rondlUon of the mueou* eurfacee.

Wo will Klve One Iluudred doUan for any eaae of Il^new (oauwd by catarrh) Uiat cannot be cured byilaireuiurrhcuro. Hend foreltvulara; free. .... . P i i CIIKNEV*CO.,Toledo.O. tVSold by UrufgUtii, TSo.

AiVlONO THE BRETHREN.

Catarrb Can b« Curad.

,Bnd ISBllt Data-

Catarrb ts a kindred Bllment ofooniump-

For nuBni tlon, loikg eonsldei^ loeurable; and yet la one rsinedjr UMU WIU foalilvsiy oatarrli Id any of iUstMM

ider^i oatarrli Id any o f j u s t a s ^ For man^year* B widely noted autnorlt/ on all tbe tliroBt and Inniis Having t s sM lu won-

ratlve powers In tbousanda ofeaaee, ring to rellsvs bumanjiufltarlng, 1

tbe tbroBiandlnniis derfUl ouratU and desiring will send free of obarge to a 11 Catarrb, Aattama, Uoo«uiiu>tlo diseases, this reelpsj In derii

sutlkrers from ..jsand nsrvoua irinan, Freneb or

At Hoosier, 111., Rev. R, D, McKiu-. nis has Just held a meetlug which re-sulted In 82 additions.

Rev. G. W. «U1 of Lyndson, Ky., assisted Rev. JIM. Osburn at Troy, 111., lu a revival which resulted In 80 profssslous of faith.

The mesting at Oweniboro, Ky., InwhlobRtfv. M. P. Hunt of liouls-vllle. asBlsted Itsv, John T.'W. Qlvens of the WalnuMtlrset Church, resuUed in 88 additions, 84 by buptlitm. .The Second Baptist Ghuroh, Little

Bock, Ark., has lioou endsavorlng to secure the services of Dr. J . J . Porter of Jersey vllle, 111,, to become iws^r. Dr . ' porter doss not consent tolsava bis praNUt obargi^J; ^

Somebody, rscsuUjr askad for Ihe '*iQost gsnsrally aoooplsd axplana-tlou of tba orsaUoa e^ Adam M d 8tr«.l'

The WaUern Jt4)oorder slgDlfioaully refers the Inquirer to Moses' account in Genesis.

Dr. E. T. HIscox is aulhnrity for the striking statement that "al l clergymen find their text In the Bible, and are supposed to prcach ftom the Bible; but some preach so far from It as to make the connection appear doubtfhi."

A revival has Just closed st Cave Spring Church, Logan County, Ky., in which Rev. Layton Maddox was as-sisted by Rev. B. H. Maddox. Thirty-two profeseed faith In Christ A large nuiuber of back-«lidera were reclaimed.

Rev. W. H. Bruton of Covington, Tenn., Iius been called to and has sc-cepted the cure of the church at Union City, Tenn. While the church at Covington laments the departure of Bro. Bruton, the saints at Union City are rejoicing.

A mid-winter meeting has juei clofcd with Bagota (>'hurch, IIIIuoIr. Rev, A. A. Hawkins was assisted by Rev. R. D. McKlnnls. The meeting resulted in 29 additions; 14 by baptism -i Methodists and 4 Campbellites. The lx>rd Is favoring Zion.

Rev. G. W. Elllston of Huntingdon, Tenn,, a bright young ministerial student, who Is attending the Bonthern Normal University, recently delighted

- the church at Lexington, Tenn., with two sermons. He supplied for Rev. W. S. Roney,

Rev. W. P. Bennett assisted Rev. T. M. Morton in a gracious meeting with Oak Grove Church, UUca, Ky. Twen-ty-nine were added to the church, among theiu a preacher. These mid-winterineetingH give evidence of God's willingness to bless nt all times.

We lament the death of our aged friend and brother, Needham Moigaii, which occurred at his home near Hunt-ingdon, Tenn., last week. He was truly a noble Christian gentleman and had been a Baptist for a half century. Hi4 membership was with Union Academy Church.

The liaplM Standard of Texas sttys: "There are good brethren in LiuIh-vllle who have tho Bttonphobla as badly as Dr. Eaton baa the Whltaitt-phobia." We know some people in Tennessee who haven't tba "Eat 'n ' -phobla." At least provisions genanlly vanish when they are around.

The Standard of Chicago conveys the InformaUon that "Bav. G. W. Jackson of tha University at Jackson, Tenn., Is said to ba pastor of six oburobss,'* We are at a loss to know to whom Uie iftoMdiirdl tafiita, as there is uo such Individual of tbe above name In Jackson. Let's bars a better sUndaid. « ,

Mr. John S. Earla, dsaoon In the cbutoh at Union. Oily, IWnn., diad PebmaiyStbof pnaumonla, Hajolned the itapilst OhurOb In 1S67 and alnoe that tiuM had alwayatakan an Intarsst In ohunh work. Ha was a pillar of strength In tba Master's cause. Ua leaves a wlfs and a ohlld who have our deepeet oondolenoe.

On Tuesday, February 7tb, Dr. B. H . Carroll of Waco, Texas, was united In wedlock to Hlee Hallie Hairteon of tbat otty^Xter. J . M.CaRoU,bioth4r of the gtMm, offlolaUug. Dr. Oanoll la ktiown fkr aud near as one ol tbe BMMb'a fiealeet pieiMiMM, i a d

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Carroll la Ipoken of as a gentle, iliad-est, lovely, queenly Christian woman." We extend bearty oongratulatlons to the happy couple.

I t Is refreshing to note Ihe vigor with which Dr. W. A. Jarrell of Tsxas, for-merly an avowed advocato of Gospel Missions, but recently convlnoed of the error of hie way, defsnds the organ-iced work and puta to ahame tba .oppo-nents of that work. Dr. Jarrell's arii-ciea aie appearing In th9 BaptUt AYand-ard and are awakening deep interest.

A Preachers' Institute Is to be held with Sinking Springs Church near Murray, Ky., beginning Wednesday, February 22nd. Revs. N. S. Csstle-berry. W. J . Beale, I . E. Wallace, H, B. Taylor, J . H. Beale, J . T. Enochs, W. O. Hargrove from Kentucky; and Revs. Asa Cnx, D. T. Spauldlug, W. Charles Greer. J . E. Skinner. J . F. Lee, M. Ball aud F. Ball from Tennen-see will participate in tbedlscuksions.

Miss Lizzie Smi t ^ Jsckson, Tenn.. writes: I have used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine four years, and find it Invaluable for Headache, Dyspepsia and Constipation. < I think it twice as strong as Black Draught

Missionary Convention.

The following Is the program of a Missionary Convention to be held at Milan, Teun., Iieginning March 1, 1899:

Wedneedsy, 7.0p. m. Sermon by H. B. Taylor, Murray, Ky.

Thursday, 10 to 11 a. m. What con-stitutes a gift unto the Lord? I. N. Penlik, Fleetwood Ball.

11 to 12 a. m. The Bible plan of giv-ing. Martin Ball, E. E. Folk.

AfTKRNOON. ' i to a p. m. What hi the tett of suc-

.cesBiin preaching to the heathen? S. C. Heam, A. J, Holt.

8 tn 4 p. m. Mexltw, tbe people and their need. W. D. Powell, J . H. Wright.

KVKNINa. 7 p. m. The debt of power. Oscar

Haywood. Friday, 10 to 11 a. m. The Holy

i;)plrit In missions. C. L. Anderson, H. B. Taylor

11 to 12 a. m. Hss a church the right to demand of lis membera the support of misstons at home and abroad? G. L. Ellis, Oscar Haywood.

APTBIWOON. 2 to 8 p .m . Brazil. J . W. Mount,

I. N. Penlck. 8 to 4 p. m. Missions in the Sunday-

echool. J . T. Crews, Fleetwood Ball. BVBMIMO,

-7 p, m. Reflex actton of missions. F. XL. WUson, J . H. Wright.

All the brethren, except two, whose •names appear upon the above program •have given their consent and promised, iif not providentially hindered, to be present. Bn you see, fkom the quality of the men upon tbe program, we are going to have some,fine discuistons. Come and bear ilbeoii, it will do yon and your church good. We hope to eee a number of our Central Astocia-tlon brethren present

W. H. Blbdob,

—The following lett«r la so greatly oppreclated that we cannot help pub-lishing It:

"You will, no doubt, be surprlMnl when you hear from thU oonatantad* mlrer of your dear old paper, which Uamoat welcome visitor inourboinc, but won't you please allow roe the very great pleasure Of osaurlng you of my highest congratulations, my most earnest heartfelt wonlH of praise for the BuccesH and unbounded In-fluence of your valuable and treasured imper, which la read and ro-rcad with greatest Interest. Many and many have been the beautiful thoughts im-planted in this old heart ofinlne while Iieruslng the gulden pages of that golden sheet, and I 've often found my-self sounding your pral«?H to any ond every one."

MiflH MATTir; IX/I'IHK 1IA.\I. Santa Fe, Tenn.

—Woodlawn Park Baptist Church, Chicago, after duo consideration, voted on the evening of January 11, 1800, tochangc the name of tbe church from the one given above to "Th% Lexington Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago," corner of Sixty Second Street. This is the church of which Rev. Melbourne P . Boynton Is the pastor, he having come from the First Baptist Church of Son Francisco in August, 1807. In the last year and a half the membership has increased from 167 to 200, there having been a total gain of 161, of which 112 is n e t Plans arc being prepared for a new and handNome church bnilding. The church is in one of the most rapidly growing sections of this great city and is but three blocks from the Uni* ven>lty of Chlrago. The fhture seems very lirlght for ua and we look for-ward with stout hearts and Increasing faith.

UonKUT U. MciiEAN, Clerk.

Don't wreck a Lifel From Girlhood to Womanhood the monthly courses should be rraulattd with Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.

Rev. I. S. Baker.

Whereas, our beloved brother, Rev. I. S. Baker, on the 4th day of Janu-ary tendered his resignation as pastor of McMinnville Baptist Church, in which capacity he has faithfblly la-iiored for over three years, we desire to express to him and to the brethren elsewhere our great love and esteem for him, and our appreciation of his earnest, etTectlve work in the master's cause. He haslabored conscientious-ly and untiringly for theXupbuiidlng and spiritual growth of his congrega-tion and of I he community, and we feel that his labors havo not been in vain. Tho church and community give him up reluctantly, and If he is no longer to minister to us as hereto-fore yet ho will be ofen in our thought and prayers. Wo pray that God's richest blessings may attend him in

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•pell it as you will, that's thqsoap-uMn'washday —uses them up completely* Never -t "blue Monday "with the right sort of Pearline washing. No rubbii^g to speak of, no wear, just toalcing,

boiling, rinsing. Things Washed are

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ARE YOHB KIDNEYS WEAK? Have Yon Bladder or Uric Acid Troubles?

You May Be Afflicted And Not Know It. By Special AmngeineDt, Er«ry " Baptist and Reflector" Reader, to Proie

For Themselres tbe Wonderfol Merits of SWAIP-ROOT, the Great Kid-ney Remedy, l ay Hafe a Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely FREE by Mail.

People are apt to believe that kldnev dis'^ase is rather ran disease, but recent discoveries have piovid tbat It Is a most common trouble Indeed.

And the proof of this Is that most dis-eases, perhaps 8S per cent are cansed in the beginning by disorders of the kid-neys.

You can't be sick'if your blood is pure, free from kidney-polson and disease-breeding gorms. Your kidneys should keep it so. That's what they a n there for. And as long as they are well they perform their duties with thorougimess and dispatch.

You are well when your kidneys are. Dr. KUmer's Swamp-Root, the great

kidney nmedy, will make your kid-neya well when they a n sick.

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his futnro work. We can heartily recommend Brother Baker as an or* thodnx Baptist and abloihinister and a devoted pastor.

Itosolved, Tbat this be spread on the church record and a copy be sent to Brother Baker, and accqiy bo sent to the B a p t i s t a n d R b f l k o t o b .

This done by order of the McMinn' vllle Baptist Church on the fith day of February, 1800. ,

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AiLnn.—On la«t CbriBlmas morulng then left the icenes of eartli for thnee of a better laud, oue of the best Cliris-tlan women that I have erer known, Bister Roxanna A ilor. Bhe waa a mem-ber of Union Church In Union County, and had been a Christian many yean>. The writer began his ministry with that church after leaving theBemlnary. Bhe was one of his beet helpera. Her house was always open to the preach-ers. The writer preached herfiineral in the church where she had worshiped and praised her Bavior so much. We'll meet her again.

H. B. CLAPP.

i.aoo aciwa bcMitUui Blue Onuw Farm. Baormoua bargalii. Compelled to sell. This flkrm l« lavsl, verj rUh, deep eoll; no

rooks; staapa, aearljr aqaarei WD aeree In oul-tlTaUon;«»a«irM In bine crass and timber; eannssmaeblnsrjron nearly every Mre; mat-aflesnteisterns: several fine iprlngssnd large eryatal creak mns tbrooflb this plaee; this farm Is la tbe (iw Oiined bine grass belt of M Id. dlaXsna.i modern Improvemenuia Tsrrbest repair; UCrooms, SH story brlek rsildenoe. B lea^eser 6dosss, S baras, 1 glnliotisst rock tMia arboad larga part oT flum, and cross MaasaW yards to traakUaeiaUroad. Mo piMUari bsttar lmprovsd,ormorapra«BctlTa <ana In tba Soatb. Very hsalUqr, no yallow (svart malaria, or Uke eomplalats: prettl-est ailBUMa la tba world, bigh class, rich n«lfhborbood{ near good schools and ebarcbss. Consldsring tbs many marlU of this larm, U IS ao doabt lbs ebsapsst and iMltemlBtbofloath. YoupayftMr valasof fba Improve menu and get tba land flreo,or pay S>r tba valaa of tba land aad get tba In-ptofaaMatafrsa. AprospeetlTabiiyartosao thlslsaliwistetwltoaperehaesr. Improvf mania aliM east oi4r IMSM wlU ssU Mr IM>< OODb OBMMI« aask and Ih* balanea fitom oaa toavayMMk

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BALLINO.—J. A. Balling was bom Feb. 6, ISfiS; died Dec. 2,1898; profMaed faith in Christ in 1880 and Joined the Baptist Church at Union, Union County, Tenn., where he remained until the time of bl« death. He leavea a wife and six children, brother and sister to mourn hla departure. Bro, Balling waa a kind neighbor, au afTeo-tionate husband, a loving father and faithful Christian. Ha will not only be misaed in the community in which he lived, but also in the church of which he wa« the efllclent clerk for a number of years.

FBED BAILEY, O. G. JniiKBON, A. L. DUMMONO.

Bearing-Down Banaatlon, Internal Heat and Female Weakneaaea are cured by nse of Blmmons Bquaw Vine Wineor-nibleta.

Fox.—Mia. Liizle Fox (formerly Bradley) wna bom Bept. 10, 1874. Bhe waa converted at the age of sixteen and Joined the Eaat Fork Baptist Church, Itoane County, Teno., October 1800. Bha wa» a student at the Itobertsville Academy where she was loved by all who knew her. She married Or. P. W. Fox ofBeaver Ridge, Knox Oonnty, Tenn., Bept, 16,1894. Bhejolned Bail damp Baptist Chiiroh by letter from East Fork Baptlat Church on the third Saturday of December, 1896. On Nov. 22,1808, she obeyed the summona of Him' that doetb all thinga weU to meet her baby tliat iuul gone on before, leav-ing one daughter and, husband to mourn for her. Thetetbiw we ask that •pace be allowed on our ohurch record, iandaeopy be eant to the Aunily ind onetottie BAPtti t Akn Biti.»cm»i

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• rrleod after friend deparU, Vbo itath not loat m frtond T

There U no union here ofbearu Tbat tatli not iiere an end."

Tboce lioeM »te mggeeted by the (leatb of two falthrul frieude wliooe funemlll I conducted, both ID the same wetik. The nrst w»» Slater Maiy Hlinooton, ouo of Drlghion'H NMI mem-Iwr f the other Bro. Fliiloy, the ociilor (IcttCOQ of Enypt Church. At the re-quctt of the Brighton Churati I Hend you » copy of reaolutlona adopted at their t^-ember meeting. At the time of Bro. Flnley'8 death I waH not hlH paHtor, but hid been, and can testify Hint the departed brother and sliter were-not only church meniben, but true frienda to pastor and church, and were careful to maintain good works. May the Father of mercloaoomfort their bereaved relative*.

M. H. WlllTSON.

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W. W. PAYKK. RuMeUvlUe, Ky.

HAMLIN.—A great and good m a n has fallen in laracl In the penon of B. W. H«idln, who dqiwrted this life Nov. 12,1806. Bro. H»rdln w u bom Apri l1822, In Knox County, Tenn., profeaaed religion and Joined the Bap-tlat Chureh very early in life, of which he lived • faithful and coniilatent mem-ber until hla decease. He was married to Amanda E. King January 25,1844; and aa a result of this union elgbi children were boro, of whom only two are living to mourn the Ions of a loving father. We do not feel that the separa-ratlon will be long, for we soon expect to meet him on the other shore. The moet of his life was spent In Tennessee until six years ago, when be came to ' Whitman County, Wash., and spent the evening di^s of his life with bis children, who bad emigrated to that State some years before. He died at the home of his daughter, Airs. Smith. His funeral was preached by hfis paator and waa attended by a large concoanw of people. Bro. Hardin was highly » spected by all who knew him as an

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ATKINS.—Esma Atkins was tiorn March 25, 1877. She proferaed faith in Chrlat and Joined Harmony Church July 81, 1800, and lived a consistent Christian life until the end came, Jan. 2, 1899. Bhe was married to Luther Itosaon who was a devoted husband during their brief compantonablp. He saya that she found time every day to study at least one chapter In her Bible, that abe loved her church work and was willing at all times to do anj'thing that ahe could for the Master's causc. She left a little babe only a few days old. I , her pastor, bad known her for only « abort while, but long enough to be Impressed by her beautiful Christian character. It made me very sad when I received the unexpectM message to come and conduct h^r funeral aervloe. I keenly felt the loss of a willing work-er and • true friend. We deeply sym-

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IHree. The Afil-vau Kola PlHiit itf NHtura'B Pmi-I t i v e Uuiv f o r Aathm*. I n tbe abort time M n c e TIm kom Pteat. l u dlM»very thla remMrkiiblo boUulcal product luw come Uito uiilveiii«l UM iu tlM UoMpUals of £urop«»ud Auierlua as mi uuftilinR Hpeoittc Oura fur «ver> form of Aatbuik. I t a c u n a mn ie«ily lUNrvwIuiu. K«v. J L. CoiubflofMwrtlokbuni, Weat Vlr-giola, wriiei to tb* New York WoHd, ou Juljr 2<ird, ttoax U cured hiui of A»tbum of i hmy jrean' atandlus, and M n & JuhuMm or No. 417 ttaound Btraat Mraabingloa. O. C , twUdea that fur 'yearn aue bad to aleap propped up lu a chair uuable to IM dowu, uigbt ur day. The Kola Plaut cured hrr at ouue. Mr. Alfred C. Lewla, editor of toe /brmer* ' Magazine of Waablng-ton, U. C., waa a u o cur«d wb«u be could not lie down ftir Ibir of chuklog. Many ottier autfervm lucludlug Ruv. 8. U. Etaenberg, Centre Hail, Fa., and Kev. Joiin L. Moure, Alice, 0. V., give aluiilai teatunuuy, provlug It truiy a wouderful leuiedy. If you aullbr from Aattuna Ui auy form, m urder to prove tHe power iif tbU new botaulcai tlla-cowry, we will aend you one Large Caae by nu l l entirely free. All we re> que»t ui return la that wheu cured yuunteif you wUl tell your nelghbori about It. i t cuala you aWiluiely nolb> lug. tiend yuur adUre-a lo The Kola Importing Co., I i68 Broadway. New York a t y .

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BAPTIST: AND BBFJUBCrrOB, FEB. 16, 18B9. er B8 i fh« never thought he was to be t a m e d nway. l i e prayn always, eveisnvhere and about everything. HIh prayers are unique and atralghtto the point. Hu II vi» niui innvea in the spirit of prayer, unJ lireathui it out into nil hii> work.

Third, hid great eurnujinc;).'). Fourth, his untiring zeul in hin

work. H e is the mmt untiring and constant worker I ever saw.

These to niy mind are the strong points in Bro. Buxton's character. Afay he long live to hold protracted meetings. Jkbbk B a k b r .

Modsy Crock, Tenn., Jan . 28th.

On Dec. 22, 1898, I began aseriesof meetings with Itocky Point Church,

evenuiilei from Morridtuwn. Bro. J . Otvy Juinwl me in a few days and

we carried on thn meeting tblrtera days. Tbere were four professions and I baptized two.

B f u - ' j . T . WeJCiOQ, " the Macksmitb praiicber," btqpui a meeting for me a t BuHkio, eight uiUeHfrum Muosy Creek on tbelir»tBunday iu December and I Joined h im on Tuewlay. Tbe meet-ing coutlnued ilfteen days, with 10 prufesaions and 12 addiiloos to the cburcA. The cburuti was greatly built up iu ber spiritual life, tjeven staud approved for iMpiUm and will be iMpUaci tbe th i rd tiuuday In l< e t r ruary . . Bro. tiextun also helped lue in a meeting at Uaukin, bt^innliig January Isu rnemeet lug vmitiuued tlfieeud«>s, and reMUitedm^U con ver-sion-; IZ stand approved for baptism. Tnis was really a duo meeting for the church anu uuuiuiuuity. The churtm was graaily luvivoU aud did Hue chrisuau wrufk.

Bru. &M(toa is a wonderful genius. U e iMMi iMver teiul » hue in Uod's wo(daitti«fag«ior82, when he was cun-vuned. H e l e a r n t to read Uod's

and lut uiakua it lUs oonstant c«MU|Muiuu. H e knows uolhing about botMw ur learuiug. Hut while tuls is so in thu world of books, hMhas a fer-tile and luveuUve uiUid Mbd seixes and t u r d t l o flue Mooount every tiling he meets. U e abtMinds iu iucldenis aud illustrations, aud never falls to score apolut^ andcarrlestbeaudienoe t r i u m p h a n t ^ wiui lilmT The strong piilnta lu his miu i suy seemto uie to • betttefoUovt^ihg: . 0 n - yinitt i lkiKreat o a t h 111 Ood. i: itte0iiidy hM: ounstimqy and nigeoiy g

in prayer . Heoomesto Godjin p r a y !>' '.f'V'l.!!^" r; :

KesolutkMs. Whereas, our worthy and esteemed

panlor, Rev. E. Lee Smith, has accept-ed (he partorate of Trinity Church, Memphis, Tenn., and any effort to in-duce him to reconsider would be nn-availing, your committee therefore recommend tbat ills retignallou be ac-cepted and the following reaolutious be adopted:

Iteaolved, Tiiat we accept the resig-nation of Kev. E. Lee Smith with re-luctance and deepest regret, after all hope of Its withdrawal has been de-spaired of.

Resolved, That durUig the past year, in which he has »er\'ed ns, we have found in him a courageous leader, lov> log friend, and patient, sympathetic pastor.

Resolved, That we anure bim and his family our fervent prayer for God's richest benedictions to go with and rest upon them, and tliat wider fields of usefuloesa may open to them In tbolr new charge.

Resolved, Tbat these resolutions be spread upon our cburcb record and also a copy be furnished the B a f h s t A N D REVLECTOR.

By order of Big Spring Baptist Church, Greene County, Tenn.

Rev . W. A. HUM., Dr. M. A. BtAirroN, D r . I . B . B r o w k ,

Committee. Morsheim, Tenn.

[ j v i o ^ * *Fair Daughters!_ k>ve (lowers, and looit toin each year to sup-ply thelrgarden wants. Ouri899Catalogue Everything Garden li a I W ^ e book, 9x1 ilacbcs. coatalalsg over 700 csgravlBgi asd 6 sapcrb colorcd pistes of Seeds and Plants. And as al I are drawn from nature, we show, as in a krakinK-glass, the best of the old and tlie latest of the new. To trace advertising, and give our Cata-logue the largest possible dmribution, we make the following unusually liberal offer: Eveiy Empty Envelope

C o u n t s OS Cnsh . To every one who will state Whefe this ad-vertisement was seen, and who encloses us lOceatsdn stamps), we will mail the Cata-logue,andalsosend, m e of ciMinc,our famous M^eat "Eoiplre SUte" CoIIcciIm of Seeds, containing one packet each of New Uirce-flowerine Sweet Peas, New Butterfly Pansy, New Jubilee Asters, New Golden Rose Celery. New Ponderosa fomato, York lb a Lettuce red eav

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We want to put the B a i t i s t a n d R e p i . k c t o k In every homo in Tennctwco this winter. W e make tho following oflbrs:

1. The P a p t i b t a n u UEKi.wrroii one yeor and either of the following books: What Baptists Be-lieve, by J . L. Burrows; The Ministry of the Spirit, by A. J . Gordon; How CiirlMt Game to Churcli, by A. J . Gordon; rUgr im ' s Progress, by John Bun-yan; BeautifUi Joe, by Marshall Saunders, for |2.Ifi , or 11.76 if a minister.

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SHOW ME THB WAV. Hhow iiiu tli« way lliiil leadH to Uio Iriio lUi-, I do not rare whnt lempeiitii inuy luuiall mo; I MliHll be siveii vourHge fwr tbe utrlfe, I know my RtreiiKtli will not clenert or ThII mr; I know timt I nIihII coD<|uer la tbe fray; Hliuw IIIU llie wiiy. rHIiuw uie tlie wny up Ion lilKlier plniie, Where iMxIy uliull lie nervunt to ilie itoiil; I ilo not vHre wlmt tldiH or woe or piilii A(T<Hw my life tliclruiiKry witveii may mil, ir I hut reurti the end I K«eK noniudHy; tihoM- uie the way. Mhuw iiio tbe way, nud let uiu brnveljr rllmb Above the grievinK* >br unworthy trciiHureK; AlioveullKorrow tbat niidn balm In time-Above miiall trluiiiphN, or bellltllns pltiiniireii; Cp lo tliow lieliibta where tlieae thloK* urn cblld h pliiy. Mbo«' me the way. Hhow me the way lo that i«lm, perfect iicm-e Which pprlnKia rrom Inward conitvlouaiieiiii of ilKhi: Til where all lonlllctM wllh tbe tleiih Hhall veaae, And wfir (hall radiate witb the Hplrlt'ii light, Thiiutfb hard tbe Journey, and tbeitrlfe, I pray, Nliow nie the way. -miu Whcelor WlUo*.

THE TOUCH OF JESUS. av KEV. ( IRORUBDANA UOAHDMAN, U.I).

The seiiHe uf touvb is the fundamental ieiiw. For example: We boar, liocaute tbe auditory nerve la louiihed; we tee, because the optic nerve ia touched; we cinell, because the olfactory nerve Is touciied; we taste, because tbe gustatory nerve is touched; we feel, lieeaiite nomo sensitive nerve Is touched. Handling, hearing, teeing, »melling, tafctlug, feeling, Bcnslliillty —these are different Illustrations of the same founda-tion senKv—the sense of touch.

How vividly all this comes out In such familiar ex-preMlons us these: "ArtlHt's master touch"; "touch uf genius"; "a touching story"; "In toui-h with tbe peo-ple"; " n u t oftoucii with the times"; "one touch of nature makes tbe whole world kin."

No wonder, then, that tbe lx>rcl of nature so often used this sense of touch. Fur example: Does PeterV mother-ln-lnw He 111 of u fever? Jettis touches her bund; the fever leaves ber. Does a Galilean leper kueel before Him, begKlng to be cleansed? Jesus Is moved with comiwssion, touches him; the leper Is cleauKed. Is a funeral proc^esslon coining from Naiii? Jesus upproaches the bier, touelieslt; the dead youth sits up. Are llute players making lamentations over the dead body of Jnlms' daughter? Jesus touches the maiden's hand; her spirit returns, she walks. Do two blind men of Capernaum beg Him for mercy? Jedus touchfs their eyev; they see. Is Peter sinking In Gen-nesaret'a waves? Jesus stretches fort h His hand, touch-es him; be is saved. Do cli Izens of Deuapolls beseech Hint t«i heal n deaf Htammerei? Jesus puta HIsllngen In the uofortuuate's ears aud touches his tongue; tbe deaf can are opened, t lie tied toogue speaks plainly. Do cltlKonsof Betbsaida bring a blind man for cure? Jesus touches his eyes; tbe blind man sees. Are tha fa-vorite liiree teriifled by their Master's trsnaflguratlon? Jesus comcH and touches tiiem; tliry are calmed. Is ,llie demoniac boy ctmvulsed iu death? Jeans touches him; he is healed. Does a woman botred with a spirit of iunrmlly eighteen year*, wor-hlp In a aynsgogue? Jesus calls her aud touches ber; Immediately she Is mad* straight. Are blind men b«)ggliig by tbe gales of Jericho? Jesus touches their eyes; aualRhtway tli«y see. Does Peter strike off the right car of Mal-ehus? Jesus touobca his ear; it is healed. Is the ex-ile (John at Paimos)aaVighted by bis vWon of the risen King? The I risen King touches hinii he Is calmed. 1 .

Why did Jesus thus appeal to the senf* tif touch? Was i t because Ha could not heal Witliout touoblog? Mo(Ha liaaled the nobitmau's mn in Uaperaaum, whlla He HUnscif Wmalnid in Cana- TWhy then did He louobt Bccause His (oiiches, Ilk* Hlsmlr-aolM, wen.aeted parattlti. It.aiancNi ftt woM df ihtM parablMouobeii. libr ex-amptei Then , was the touch bf Mcoutagttuent, i s

when He stretched forth His luiiid to tbe sinking Peter. Tliere wss the touch of a(r«cllon, aa when He laid His bands on the Infants ofPerea. There was tbe touch of insi ruction, as when He healed the deaf Ktaninierer of DecapolU, taking him aside from the crowd, putting His flngere into the unheuring esra. touching the inarticulate tongue, looking heav-eiiwurd. There was the touch of sympathy, aa when He stretched forth His band and touciied tbe Gull-lean leper.

Here In fact was one of tbe great meanings of tbe Incarnation Itself. The Bon of God became the Son of man in order tbat He might get into touch witb our leprous humanity, and cleanse it with His own purifying contact. We can not be too grateful that Jesus Is not a fastidious Bavlor.

Here sIho is tlie secret of Christ's great sway. He rulcH our hearts, not by patronizing us from Heaven's throne, but by associating with us in earth's vale. HIh gentleness makes us great.

And here also Is the secret of our own healing ministry. What our leprous world needs Is the healing touch of a practical, sympathetic contact. It may be that tbe church Is losing many a Paul, because no Ananias or Barnabas offers to give tbe right baud of fellowship to Baul of Tsreus.

Philadelphia, Pa. The Baptism of tbe Holy Qhofft.

BY BKv. A. J. noi;r , o.d. Within the memory of men, yet young, this phrase

bos gained currency among Christians In general and aiitl-lmmerslonists In particular. Before we go Into a wholesale adoption uf th is exprewlon, would it not be well for us to investigate it, and consider whether we have Scriptural authority for tlie phrase as applied to anything now to lie iiad.

Ijet us notice the Scriptural statements concerning baptism of the Holy Ghost. Matthew, Mark and Luke all make mention of tlie same pmpbcsy of John tlie Baptist tliat he was indeed baptizing in water, but tiiat tbere sliould come One after him who would baptize in the Holy Ghost. See Matt. Hi. II; Mark 1. K; Luke HI. 10. I have chosen tlie correct rendition of t i e Greek preposition en, rather than tbe actwpted Episcopal version " with." Much mischief lias re-sulted from this simple mistraiislatloii, and tbere are people even now who contend that Inasmuch as John baptized with water, the water was applied to the person, and it ninst lisve tieen by sprinkling or jNiur-Ing. Alas! tbat out of such sii evident mistransla-tion of a Word of two letters, such widospreiid errror should have grown.

The fulfliiment of the prophecy of John the Baptlut took place on the day of Pentecost. See Acts 1. fi and H. 1, 2.8,4. At least this is generslly conceded to be tbe fblHllment of John's prophecy, aitliough it is not distinctly so stated. In one other place the bap-tism of tbe Holy Ghost Is generally thought to have taken place, viz.: the house of rorneilus. (Acts X. 47 and xl, 10). Let us now consider the phenomena that aocom)[Mnled these supposed instances of the liaptism of tbe Holy Ghost, bearing In mind that if these were not real inatanoesor the bapthm of the Holy Giiost, no such Instant^a are on record.

1. " A found." (Acts 11. 2). This was an audible, dlNtlnguishable, nnmlatakable sound. A physical fket.

t ' 'There appeared unto thoati nloven tongues." (Aobi 11.8). Thla waa au actual, absolute appearing. Another physiiail fkot. ^

». "TiMy began to speak with other tongues.*' <Aota tl. 4). This waa a iwal act; anolber phyaloal Ikot.

Hare are three things that unquestionably ntanl-ftst the most absolute ease of tbe baptiiiai of the Holy Spirit-^Melng, bearing, spMklng. If the Inathnoe a t tbe bouMorOafnelltii ilraa Motbef bepifiln of the Holy Spbrlt, tbeii*Mbie pttkiometoa mut t b a t e batm dhieeniable, fbr '• tbe Holy Qheat iiill on tbem «*ith

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us in the liegionlng." (Acts xi. 15). These are tbe only csces given In the Bible where this great event took place, and even these are only teasonable infer-ences.

Now let u i apply these Scriptural tests to mod-ern baptisms of tbe Holy Ghost. Has there, iii one single liii'Unce, ever accompanied a claimed bap-tism of the Holy Ghost, eltlier one of these pbe-iiomena? Has there ever been brard an actual sound as of a mighty rushing wind tliat filled tbe house where they sat? Has there ever appeared, at any time or' place since Pentecost, cloven tongues, as of fire, sitting on the heads of those who claim to have been baptized with the Holy Ghost? Has It ever taken place since that apostolic day tbat the perwns claiming to have been baptized by tlie Holy Ghost iiave been able to speak witb tongues tiiey never knew before. I wUl give a deed to 1,000 acres of land to any jierson who will produce a single authenticated in-stance where these phenomena have ever been wit-nessed by any living human being.

If tbls Is t rue -and it la so far as I know, and ac-cording to my liellef—then there is no siich thing now as the baptism of the Holy Ghost. If tbere be no such thing, why do to many preaciiers aud other peo-ple pray for H? I t is quite evident that thoee excel-lent people who pray thus do not desiie nor exjiect tbe appearance of these physical phenomena. They usually mean that they deaire and seek for a more en-tire consecration in the work of tbe Lord, an " anolnt-iug for service, " ' a i r unusual beiiowmeut of n»e~f75Iy Hphit. In this, I humbly and gladly Jolu. My .ioul liingeth for an enduement from ou high, with power and grace. But I submit that to call it the " baptism of the Holy Ghost" is not only uuscrlptural but hurtful.

May I mention, in conclusion, tome iwinta which I consider as hurtful.

1. In praying for the baptism of the Holy Spirit now, we placc Pentecost at a discbunt. Tiiat great period of inauguration, when God placet! the imprint of his Hpirit on his church in such a miraculous man-ner, is sought to be made a stock-in-trade jihraae, glibly and thoughtlessly spoken by people who do not mean what they say.

2. The frequency of tbls phrase places tbe baptism which Jesus authorized, and to which be submitted, at a discount. Already " water baptism " is sneered at by many who claim to be baptlr.ed by the Holv Gliost.

8. The frequency of the pbrate " baptize us witb the Holy Ghost," with emphasis on with, is either iiiteii-tionaily or otherwise an attack oii immersion, wliereln tbt'-'penon being baptized is applied to an element, and not as If wmetbing were applied to bim.

As one, though tbe very least of the followers of Jesus Ciurist, I plead that the ordinance which he hpnur*^ by submitting Uiereio, and which, he author-I r ^ to be administered to b i t ItoUowcrs "idway, even unto tbe end of tbe world,'' be not held up to ridicule; be not Bi|bstltuted by soaietbibg else, be not rrgardfd as out,of date, but rather that It be observed aa it was iiuitltuted,,and that In evety particular we "keep tlie ordinanoea aa I delivered them to you," (i Cor. xl.:!).

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—The BaplUt Arau$»ny»i" The famous Lexington, Uy., race course Is shortly to be divided into lots and sold. I t seems tbat ' raois 'are doomed all over our land.i 'Tiota' will llv^ on fbr awhile, but they tooakeon thp decline. Let the preebhen and the reliikiui pteea keep their guus going liud tha end of suoU thlnge win come. We have killed lotteHes a n d w a can kill gambling." Well and truly Mlil. Wben Cbrlstlan Mntimeut becomse aroustd on Mby subject it l i almost Irreeistlbla. The i r M t tiMlble Is to arouse It. We boiie t b i t wben arotiekd It Mil not atop i r l t h the l ice thufk. I n obedlanee ib i t tbe tott«i^ baa goite, the rata traek Is UuiMiomffo'im, •

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