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Reports from Havana that claim to ba authentic say'the Spaniards are plotting to destroy Key West, and that General Weyler has offered tlO.OOO iBward to the emissaries who succeed In this undertaking. The widow of the late Leiand Stan-ford was entitled by the latter's will to a monthly allowance of $10,000 from his rich estate, the balance of which was bequeathed mainly to the Univer-sity that bears his name. Mrs. Stan-ford recently appeared in the probate court and declared that she could not use the 110,000 allowed for her month-ly support and that she desired this allowance reduced to 12,600 and the romaining 17,600 to go to the support of the Leiand Stanford, Jr., Univer-sity. ' It is not often that wo find such unselfish use made of inherited wealth. The unwavering devotion of the Greeks to the cause of their Cretan brothers, and their equal hatred and hostility to every thing Turkish find explanation not alone in the fact of tk« stk.! . hntarMMi OrMdra aiUI Cretans, but dilefly, porbaps, In the lingering and rising hope of the fu-ture restoration of the former glories of the Greek nation. Their dream un-doubtedly is that the day is not far disunt when all Greek countries shall be united under one government whose center shall be Athens rehabilitated in all her erstwhile glories. The arrest In Boulougne, France, on la*t week of J. P. Tynan, the no-torious No. 1 of the Irish Invincibies. recaila the assassination of Lord Fred-rick Cavendish, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Mr. T.H. Burke, Perma-nent Under Secretary, in Phoenix Park, DubUn, on May 6,1881 He has herstofore succeeded In eluding the officers, but lie returned to Europe in August, and has been watched ever since. Here is another fine illustration of how the Nemesis of the law pursues the eriminal, and still more closely is he pursued by the Nemesis of eoU' ioieiioea The English are advancing with rapid strides up the Nile towards Don* gola and ultimately to Khart^un. They ai« following preUy closely the course of the Nile, travelling for the most part in boats, which have been con-structed for the pnriwse, and are thorouglily armed for offencc and de-fence. The wily old general, Osman Digma, la opposing tlielr advance, but H i« believed that the EngUsh will be able to reach Khartoun at last, and wliea they do they wlU be preUy apt to hold i t They will not be disposed again to abandon whomever they leave In i^arge to his fkte, as they did Gea Gordon. It is aanouneed that Mr. MartinelU of Italy has been appoUted papal ab-legMa lafheplaooofMr. SatQlU wlio was reeeiitly oiade a cardinal and will Ntam to Italjr. It Is aUo statad thai

the position of papal iblegate in this country will be made an independent one from which there will be no ap-peal to Rome. Thus we are to have a little hope but we do not believe that the American people are ready to be ruled by any foreigner either politi-cally or ecoIeBiasticaiiy. Mr. Marti-nelli's name is entirely too Italian in iu character for the American people to do obeisance to its owner. We suggest that ho drop off the last two syllables and call it simply Mr. Mar-tin. That name, wo think, would give him more influence in this country, which, we presume, is what be wants, though for our part we believe that the lets ho has the better. Russia's "man of iron," Prince Lo-banoff Rostovsky, Isdead. Some have pronounced him the greatest states-man of his time. Ho had placed on foot and was vigorously pushing for-ward vast schemes for the extension and establishment of Russia's power. It was his purfiose to bring her to a position of unquestioned supremacy over the Old World. He could have caused an end to be put to the Armen-

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of his pen, bat he did not idiooso to do so. fie fwdtored to let Turkej slay the Armenians and then at an opportune time it was his purpose to extend the Romanoff rule over the em-pire of the Sultan. Some one has wisely said that there is no greater folly than that of speculating about what would have been If something else had not been, but it Is not too much to say that the death of Loban-off will influence the destinies of the great powers of Europe and Asia. Affairs in Turkey are evidently ap-proaching a erisis. The recent mas-sacres In Constantinople under the very eyes of the foreign representa-tives have brought them to their senses, and enabled them to see the enormity of the crlmescomnfitted against the Ar-menians. Besidaft, the death of Prinee Lobanoff, it is said, ends Rnssla's artful protection of the Porte. It was understood that his purpose was to prevent ady one from interfering with Turkey until Rttufia was able to step in and get the lion's share—or perhaps we should better a«y the bear's share —of the spoils. It Is now undentood that Lord Salisbury is In favor of bringing the sultaa ,to terms, even if England has to a c t ^ n e In doing so, and has given UutrffiOons of that kind to the British cmbaAador at Constan-tinople. It Is a qoeetion, bowdver, whether England wI^ bo able to act independently, Specially with Russia and France activaly Opposing her and Germany IndlffehMit. O diplomacy, what crimes are ooiounitted In thy na>M! McanwhUe It la said that anoth-er butohery of Armsataas Is npectsd soon, and that Arms^ns who have alNady been deportipd ffdm the ooun-try hava been mn^iped' liy the whole-sale. Hie siilpa os'.'whloh thqr wsra sent out of Iba couiliT have chutes from Mhloh the vSMiku ware shot Into the water and d r a l ^ bMehas.

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Daughter and Mother. MARv LOWE mcKntgow. «

' I n answer loa l reM^^ whose subject was "Mother and Daughter," came many letters asking in subsUnce if we have not put too much responsi-bility < upon the mother and too little upon the daughter. "You ask," says one writer, "How shall the mother iceep her daughter? That Is, how shall she iceep her in touch with the inner lifa and spirit and mind and purpose of her child; going out with her in praetieal sympathy as she goes to study, to work, to marry, to create her own lite in the world, whatever shape that life may take?" Yon tried to tell us some of the ways that mothers might keep their daughtnrs, but we wish yon had told us some of the ways In whleh daughters might keep their mother's ways, at least, la which they mlRht m ^ e their mothers happy by showing that they waat them to be sharers of their inmost Ufa and thought. "Is it not thw," asks another, "that tha mother's heart follows Just As fkr as the ehlld will allo« her, and that, palaed and grieved, the mother often finds that she Is not wanted in the ilfto her daughter UVea, and that there U no room for her in the ways her daughter treads?" In partial answer, w« would say that nothing is mpre sadly true than that there'll oocasion for Just this same Iwart-sore cry. Whose fault It is we ought to be able to determine; one thing is tertalii, that when we find the cause wa eaa find the remedy. Tiiat cause does not always lie in t te fact that the world oiovea on and nat-urally leavei the older people bddnd, or In the otitar fact that affaetion da-seends, moves forward and not back' ward. Much of tha fanll lies In tha home training, muoh of the nlstaka la ln,th|i way tha mother, by heraonstaot service, haa tatighl her daughter to feel that she nuatalwaya ba tha ona to minister and asrr**^ Our lUs needs rsconitmction in Its

ideas on that whole question of love and service In the home. Nina-tantha of us grow up la famlliea where one or two are praetieallx servants, and ing servanU it must be admitted, for aU the othlirs. The discipline that makes one or two members of the fam-ily saints of unselfishness makes 'the other members, who expect to be eoa* stantly waited upon and eaiM for, more and more selfish the longer the' ministry lasts. Such a statement needs no illnstra-Uon; we are all too familiar with tha housdiolds In which some one blessed woman struggles to meet tha npeeta-tlons of aU the rest, nntU they all re-gard any failure on her part, caused by sickness or absence, as personaUy depriving them of their own comforts and rights. In the majority of such cases It is the mother who has by, her very unselfish desire to make them ail happy, educated her family Into t thing that they ought never to ha^

1, and which sooner or ly will have to unleank Thedani^-ters will unlearn It when thtlrowa. children come to be about tbifa. ..M* Ing their wives at the mother's woader-ful helpfulness and value In the hone.

If every daughter who raada this ar-ticle and reeognlaes the stftfe of thiaga in lier own home should maki up her mind that she, for one, la not goliUtQ lose her mother out of lMrlli|),tha result Would suggest to her aM|l|Dd)i ol keeping that whloh Is mudi atQva pre*,' clous than anything else tha| will aver come to the majority of ua, beoorllTea ever so sweet or aver so'long.

Every daughlsr.who wlU paasa aod look backwanl Instsard of torwafd, and put her mother la h«r rightful piaee aa the first hnman batag to ba considered, will sooa fiad .bar d a ^ are very «weetiy iUled vrith loving dax vlcee for doing a hundred things in ft hundmd ways that aha not only Berer thought of doing before, but aavw ra* allaed that hitf mothar would wiah hsr to do. Let us taka tlM iker* maMar of dress alone. How many a mother ihrhdn from the crltleal ^ of i w daoi^tHr, and recelvaafroai that daughter only a comment that this is <)nt of taste and the other is not stylish, and thai sooMlhing else might Just as waU hata been made after tha latest aoda. la plaoa of these, give a warm lovlag in-terMt to the quaetioa of whM Is most, snltabla to the faded faea, and what wlU randar the bowad fl|hire most at-traofelve. Offer to do the ehopplnir with her If you cannot do It for hsr; go with her whan tha new hat Is to ba triad on, not with the manner or tha word that snubs and silaoesa taar wbsa she ventures to suggest what sba ihinka would be lovely for hsrwdf, but with tha epirlt that wants her to look lovely and is rMidy to search uotU t U pretUesI things are found. Make har know that y ^ meaa to disootti«g* t)^ feeling that she oftsB hai, that a a y tiifag la good enough for her; insist aponItthat you wlU hftTa nothing

BAPTIST AND BBFLBOTOB, SEPT. 17, 1896.

liner I h u abe wears bertelf. Show that you are grallfled and proud when •iM bM beautiful tblngi, and do not lei her tbiak that jron are ashamed of her If she oaanot hare them, but that you w e all the mmv proud of her If there Is aa enforoed self-denial.

Whether she knows as mnoh about I tae j roudoor not, confer with her with regard to your own olothlng. Take away from her the feelinir that she has to do the small repairs and keep yonr thlDRs In order, but that when It comes to the question of some-tlilBir very preUy to be made or to be bought, It will be done without even a question as to what she thinks would be the best.

Why, If, in this cne little matter alone, daughters were willing to take even the slight trouble and self-denial that It might involve to bring their mothers close to them in their simple, everyday affairs, 4t would work a revolution in the pleasures and the life of many and many a mother.

Are you certain that yon always do It? that no such condition of things as this we are portraying can possibly exist in well regulated families^ It may be all right, my dear young girl, in your home, but the number of homes In whieh even this little matter of utterly Ignoring the mother's at-tire, and utterly leaving her out of any consideration of her daughter's attire, is so common as to make the statements of this paper literally true.

To say no more of taking the mother in where she has been left out of the lighter side of life, there Is an Im-mense range of higher companionship which would be delightful to her, and from which nothing need exclude her. Take her into the social pleasures, es-pecially all of those that come within your own home. Do not let her be the sole c ^ t a k e r and the one who

~1ier In the preparaUo^,'aiid 1e l ' ' i r ah (ys be a preparation with a view to

• good timef as well. Do not bring Br young friends to her with a nod

^ introduction and then give her no chance to become acquainted with them, and them no chance to know how lovely she Is. except M they lee how lovely she is making the home for you. Be Tcry sure she cares to know them and wanu to share wiUi you ttie pleasures that have come through your outside life.

Do not think that because she never had any special cultivation In music and knows nothing of it scien-tinoaUy, that she wUl not be Interested Md pleased If you In your little sym-phony parties and musical gatherings always tee that she has a place, and that not the place of the ohaperon, to be neglected as thoroughly as possi-ble, but the place of the companion, who will try to understand what you appreciate, that she ihay enjoy what youeajoy.

la your conversation at home, •round the utile, beside the evening lamp, do not>nep strictly to the topics with which yon think she Is familiar, u d so show her no other range but that of household life, but try her on the new subjecU, tell her the new Ideas that yon hear advanced by other peo-itfe. Bpealt to her on toplca of general interest. Tell her what you have been reading, and get her to tell you what •he thinks, at the same time that you fnuikl j share your thoughto with b«r.

It h natural for the mothers to feel It when the girls, and the boys, too, go awajr to college and they lind at •MatloB tliDo that everything Is ohMged. The new things that are ailiaf llw mlnda of the studenta are • d t a l l n d out in the homes. Between th« Mother and daiq liter, or uoUmt • • 4 son, is a grMit fnlf flzed. Tlw

young people know the change but dispose of It by saying, "Mother doesn't care for those things." Of how much mother would oare if only they gave her a chance, they are, per-haps, incapable of Judging. CerUin-ly la (he two matters of dress and convsrsatlon, and, In many cases, in the books and the higher intelloctual life, the mother might share if only the child were not too eager to be with younger friends and too Indifferent as to whether the mother moves by her side or not.

The studenU ought to feel that they are beginning, not only that which they can carry forward to the world of the future, but that which they can take back to the molhor, who will be proud of the scholar and glad in what has been learned, even when there is really very little occasion to be proud, for the true mother-love is like no other love In the fact that the more It idolizes the more it idealises, and that any boy should do better thanherboy, or any girl be sweeter than her own girl, is not for a moment to be con-ceded.

So from companionship In dress, and in the social life, from the shar-ing of one's friends and one's books and one's learning with one's mother, we pass naturally to that sharing of one's best hopes and aspirations and loves and cares and responsibilities, all of which come soon or late into the life of every young girl. If she has kept her mother with her in the lesser, she will keep her with her in the larger and broader and deeper things that make up the real life of every one of us. In other words, she would bring ber in wherever she bad been left out; if she does not fit exactly in some of the places, she will never mind.

One of the women whose lives have been most burdened with responsibil-

and acknowledged, was in the habit of saying of her mother, for many years an Invalid, "My mother is my only child." If the young people who have been growing away from this beautiful and mighty mother-love, the best thing they will ever know, will only turn about and adopt their mothers, making It true that the mother Is the only child, and giving the tenderness and the care and the appreciation siich as they will some day give to their own child, the lives of mother and daughter would be enriched and the world's sum of happiness increased past all the power of words to com-pute.

Believe me, dear daughters, there Is need of Just this. The lack of it is one of the weak points In our woman-hood. Let us see to it that the link. If broken, be mended at once; that If It never has been broken, It be kept Intact; if the cord of closest sympathy never existed, that at once It be esUb-lished. We would stake heavily upon the chance of happiness of any young soul that entered upon this now and loving loyalty to the very highest and most sacred demand, and made the mother, whatever she has been In the past, her heart's most Intimate friend.

If you do not agree with me, .dear girls, or If, agreeing with me, you can think of other ways and better ways by which this tie may be strength-ened, let us hear from you. Every letter will have most careful consider-ation, for this pubject touches one of the corner-stones in the rebuilding of the totterlu structure of our homes.

New York.

The Moravians, It la said, put this question to each person who Joins them; "Do you Intend to be •mission* •ry? if Bot, what sum will you contri-bute towards tha support of • suhstt-tnte?"-fV>pi<jii I fMon Joumat.

"As the Father knowelh me, even so know I the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other aheep I have, which are not of thia fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voIcc; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." ChrUt Jesus is the shepherd of humanity. " I lay down my life for the sheep." He plainly rebukes the narrowness which would coop religion into a Jewish, or later Into an American sheepfold when he says: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold." Alas! how these "other sheep" are scattered over the universel See them In Africa In dense soul darknessi Look at the multitudes in Asia, so many that the brain groans under computation! Most pitiful of all the sheep are the deluded followers of the papacy, degraded by the bire^ ling priesthood to whom their lounor-tal interests have been committed by a aoidisani church of Jesus Christ

It is lamenUble to dwell upon the condition of the devotees of Itome in Europe, South America and Mexico, the latter our own neighbor from whom we can scarcely call ourselves sepa-rated even by geographical lines. On mountain and plain; on Island and mainland, how they sUnd in pitiful, dumb helplessness, lost. We, what are we doing? In our lazy Insanity, nothing; in our aggressive indilTer-enoe, which Is mild opposition, loss than nothing.

Mow what does the Good Shepherd say about those helpless wanderers? "Them also I must bring." lie will never forsake those for whom he laid down his life. How Is he to bring them? " I , If I be lifted up from the earth will draw all men unto me." That Is the gospel. What is to be done with it? Preached. Who is to do It? Ye, the called of God in the Lord's parting me§B*m,

. wnu Tiu graffdly oocyea tne command, gives in his letter to Timo-thy a biography of Christ in 26 words in which he declares this truth, "preached unto the Gentiios." Paul goes further and says, "believed mo in the world." This brings us back to what Christ says in tho text: "They shall bear my will." Jesus said It should be done. Paul said it had been done. The consummation of the work belongs to us In this wonderful nineteenth century. Our part is to see that the pure word is preached unto the ends of the earth. God's part Is expressed la the words of Jesus: "All that tho Father giveth me shall come tome."

In a few words, so few that we are In danger of treading lightly in the gold mine beneath, Jesus gives us the grand oonsummatlonofallthlsmlsslon-ary effort: "There shall bo one fold and one shepherd." We can dream heaven In that text. It moans ran-somed, •multitudee before the throne; It means Jesus seeing of "the travail of his soul" atid being ••satlsfled;" It means unity, peace, harmony and bliss forever more in the presence of the King.

In chapter 11 wo find the statement of the prophecy of the high that Jesus should die for that (the Jewish) nation, but "not for that nation only, but that also he should gather togeth-er In one the children of God that woro scattered abroad." This text seems to rightly follow and f&ster the study on the scattered sheep. The "chil-draa of God" and "abt«ad." We would do well in our laty self-con-tentmcnt to hunt thorn ap. Dying "for that nation" meant Jew first and Gentile afterward, ooatlnually, to the end tot nations. Calvary has bMA, is, will be. effective. Jew and Oentlle shall rajolcetontiiw at the oulmlna* M?®..' o*"", »»«««ion work when ail shall know "From the least to the •Nate t t . "

'Perceive ye how yo prevail noth-ing? behold the world la gone after him." John xii:10. The world IK multitudes was gathered »t Jentaalem during the passover feast, and that world recognised Jesus. His eaanlmi could do nothing to prevent i i No more can they today. Th« rising gen-eration of America, the open InHdelity of France, and the lll-conoealed ma-terialism of Germany can "prevail nothing." The world Is gone after Ulm;" tho world of sin, of misery, of despair. O, the drawing power of tho Son of God! Shall tho Christians of America hinder the world-wide mis-sion of the King of glory? There is no more Christ. When we begin to drop our sympathies, to pin our religion to the pews of our churches, to leave hu-manity to struggle for Itself, we are making a light thing of the sacrifice of our I^rd and counting the blood of the covenant "an unholy thing." "SoverelSB of worlds, dIapUr tkr power: . D« thli tky Zton's (STorsd bowtr: , Ob, Md tke muraing aUr srtaal

Ob, point the bMtben to UM akloa. Bpeak, asd the world aball bear tby voice;

r peak, and tba daaart aball rajolea: DUpal Uie (looai of beatbao altbli

Uld avary naUoa ball tbe lt(bt."

Fbances E. Rdbbeix. One Sees and Heart Other Thlngi.

DuckHivcr Association adjourned. I never had a more favorable oppor-tunity to spend two nighU and a day at Monteagle. As our train leaves Tracy City I sec gray hairs In the de-lights of gallantry, or pure love-mak-Ing. Which? Time will tell.

Here is Monteagle. With a bead full of directions from the genial edi-tor of tho Baitibt and Rbvlbctok I proceed to the Assembly Grounds, wherein is supposed to be what there is of conaequenco of Monteagle. I walk hero and there, up and down, ob-serve, mcdiute, pbiiosophlM. Art ima uicMMM some tnlngs; convenienoe many more. The pure mountain air is Invigorating. While these things may bo marvelous to tho dweller in the low lands, or a densely popu-lated city, thoy are common place to one who has not forgotten tho moun-Uin wilds, towering cliffs and eagle rocks, of his boyltood days.

But this is Monteagle where the peo-ple gather from the four comers of tho earth—I don't see any from heaven— when the thermometer is on a rampage. God provides an exhaustless supply of pure, invigorating air which Is "without money and wltiiout price." The Assembly management wisely pro-vides ethical, philosophical, sciontlflc and religious entertainment In abun-dance. One may eat, sleep, be social, soar heavenward on the pinions of a grand chorus, or float through ethereal realms In the arms of the solo, or ho may pray, hear a sermon, disport himself In ethics, philosophy or science.

One enjoys a change of company, even when that company Is his own thoughU. My situation therefore Is relieved by 230 pounds avoirdupois from Mississippi Inviting mo to a seat bjr his side. He knows people that I know, Is a Baptist, Is Interested In my comfort and convenience during my sojourn, all of which creates a kind of fellow-feeling. A brief osn-versatlon and we take a ramble. Why, hero Is Dr. Galofton, never was I more glad to see him. I am where I never wai before and am glad to lec anybody or any thing I ever saw be-fore. Greetings are exchanged. Bui. Oh, how blueheseemsl He appears to be mentally living through a rough chapter of life's history. But he'll be all right tomorrow. I've been there. Ha has Just been reminded that ha has BOOM nerves in him. I am glad to gel away before I find out that I have some of the saine things <a ipe.

BAPTIST AND BEFLEOTOB, SEPT. 17, 1896. 8 Here is mine acquaintance from tho

ar South, made three days ago. We «lk over to the pool and watch tho lathors perform aquatic feats, think

|ig how delightful to take a swhn, 1< inly the pool could be transferred to pmo secludod f o m t and transformed 110 a thing of nature such as wo fro-luonted In days of yore. We enter the gymnasium and find

10 instructor engaged with two youths or an hour we watch tho drill In every ;>ncelvable character of exercise. The istructor Is kind and cautious, but tonsoly businesslike. The boys are achable, resolute, enorgetio and fear-as. What marvels of mind, musclc id nerve, may be achlevdd under tho rection of a well trained will! At Monteagle, people sleep much irller than In our cItJes, but I re lain awake much .of the night, as m from the country, or for some other luse. After a late breakfast Sunday morn

I ramble off to Table Rook, for >ile enjoy the view, and return to k> Assembly grounds and enter the Ibio class. Such a one I never saw (ore. Itoonsista of teachers and

rcachers. Dr. Galofton Is a mem-or. He Is himself to day, docs not DOW that ho has any nerves, .is full the lesson and has his say. I am

ad to get close to him today. Every ^e does not agroe with him, but If lere were no differences half the fun ould be lost Now Dr. Eager of ontgomery,. Ala., Is preaching an ble sermon, telling us how the law Is Hcbool master to lead us to Christ, it presentation of his subject Is sin, his thought Is vigorous. There nothing about tbe man, nor his

inner, to detract from his thought, i>r IS there much to enforce the lought, yot I would be delighted to

^ r h|;n preach evory day. 111 is night. A man walks by mo. Is gait betrays nis lacnuty aHfevvcu

have not mot In more than 30 lars. Wo attend church, and then Ik of incidents and comrades of tho

until midnight, whon we separate ly because I must meet an oarly In for homo. Will my soldier

imrado and I ever meet again? Enoch Winukh,

[I.aaMBsas, Tenn.

What Prayer Auure t .

IIY REV. a. W. QBUTIN, D D.

It assures first that God Is a person-being. At the very outset we are

^fronted with the question. What is lant by the phrase "personal being?" ell, I grant It is not so easily an-erod. I will, however, do my best give the clearest answer possible. ^ person Is conscious of self, and

fear that I may hare, What Is It |bo oonwious of self? thrown at me, 111 tell what I mean by that, too.

| o demande that I prove that I ox-I answer, I know that I exist,

d there is, thwefore, no need of proof. Is seems not satisfactory, hence tho

fanlng of consciousness Is wanted, ave a pain In my head but no one

hears or ftoels It except myself. Ml it and I know I feel It. This Is at I call oonselousnoss. There Is, rofore, no necessity of proving that ave a pala in my head, aor is there 'f aeod ot my proving that I exist, that I an . for I know It. i person knows himself to bo. He

BO need of proving that he Is, for kaowa It. A person is not only oon-

|otM of self, but aa one and the same all limes; as having rational sensl-Ity and free will. This is about aa Mr aa 1 oan make the answer, so en we say God i sa person, we uaan .1 lie possessee these attrlbntes. li prayer assures us, ai-weila* that iA everywhere present and that he a hold Intereourse with his rational

creatures; that he has perfect knowl-edge of everything In the universe; that he has personal control over ail things and forces that exist. Including, of course, man himself; that he is both able and inclined to hear and aid and bless man's temporal and spiritual In-terests. It Is surely npon this ground that prayer Is admissible, for neither blind force nor the unconscious world can answer prayer. If prayer is to be heard Itmustbeheardby an all-present, all-wise, all-powerful and benevolent-ly disposed person. This tho Chris-tian system assures. It further as-sures that man Is a personal being, not because he has a body, but be-cause he has the attribute of personal-ity, and as he Is an immortal being he doea not lose these attributes when his body dissolves into dust. After doath he will be the same self-con-scious being, subsisting on and the the same, having Intuition of reason, rational seaslbilities, and free will. Now then, If man Is not self-caused, he must be the effect of a cause, and as the cause Is greater than the effect, then If man Is a person, the cause producing him is a person. The at-tr^wtes of the divine person are Infinite; those of the human persons are finite. Man, the finite person, may prefer a request, and God tho di-vine person may comply with the re-quest. Man applies; God complies. Man asks favors; God bostons them. Then God and man are the twp parties to a real Intercourse; the finite seek-ing for tbe infinite, ^ e weaker person coming to the alj-wlse and all-power-one for the aid and support he needs.. Infinite Person and the finite person are the two terms of a sequence, In which the antecedent Is a prayer lifted up from the earth and the consequent Is the fulfillment of that prayer In virtue of a mandate from heaven.

sweet and blessed Intercourse with the divine spirit. In ibis communion of the spirit of man and tbe spirit of God, the might of tho Spirit of God often becomes the power of human spirit. Thus It Is the fervent and ef-ectual prayer of a righteons man availeth much. What a privilege and h o n o r It is that we can thus come to the Almighty Father for help In time of trouble!

Union Olty.

Tbe Convention.

The meeting of the Tennessee Bap-tist Convention will be at Paris on Wednesday, October 14.

I>arls Is beautifully situated at the crossing of the L. ft N. and T. P. ft A. raihroads and Is very easy of ac-cess. East Tennesseans can go by the way of Nashville, from whence a train runs direct to Paris over the N. C. ft SK L. R.R. Those from Mid-dle Tennessee oan go the same route or over tho L. ft N. to Guthrie and thence South over the Memphis branch of the same road to Paris. West Ten-nesseans can pass through Memphis, Humboldt, Milan, Jackson or McKen-sie, and connect with the L. ft N. or the T. P. ft A. for Paris. Reduced railroad rates will bo announced In due time.

Paris has a live and tiirlfty Baptist church, a commodious Baptist house of worship, and a wide-awake Baptist pastor In Martin Rail. Nothing would please Pastor Ball and his people so well as that there should be a large and enthusiastic gathering at theOnn-vention. All who go siill be amply and gfneronsly provided for. It Is especially desirable that Ihsre should be a large attwdanoe. Questions full of importance to our Baptist cause will oome before the body. Let us not permit Uw absorbing Issues of the presidential oMnpalgu to over-sliadow

our seal In the cause of Christ. Will it pay? is a question which

ought to be seriously considered. Should 300 delegates attend, at an average of 110 each, the expenditure would be $3,000 for railroad fare and other expenses. Many good brethren tell us to save that 13,000 and give it to Missions. A worthy object, cer-tainly, but would It be given? Would we not more probably lose 93,000 than gain that sum were we to stay at home? Who oan estimate In dollars the in-spiration of such a meeting? The citizens of Paris will doubtiess spend, at the very least, 9600 on our enter-talnmoat, but the presence for four days of 900 Christian workers in that city In their homes and In their pul-plta, will give an uplift to Ohrlstlanity that will be worth far more than 1600. On the delegates themselves there wUl come convictions bom of prayer and begotten by an Intelligent survey of our work, that will fix for all time to oome their course toward onr great denominational Interests.

If churches that pay but small sal-aries would pay the way of fhelr.i»s-tors they would bo amply recompensed by the Increased efficiency of their labors. It would be a small thing for some good sister to secure 10 or 25 cents each from 40 or SO people to be used to send their pastor to the Convention, while without such aid he might be wholly debarred from at-tending. Country churches could easily raise the amount necessary and thus make their pastor happy and more useful, and lecure for themselves bettor service on his return. Let us have a larger attendance of pastors than ever before.

Butwedonotdesire it to bo a preach ers'Convention. Shall we not also have a larger number of laymen tiian ever before? It Is a boasted principle of Baptists that all brethren are

sentation" has never disturbed us. Let the laymen oome and ran the Con-vention If thoy wIlL We would re-joice at the sight.

Let the women come. Our sisters of the Woman's Missionary Union will doubtiess be on hand, but It is Just now in place to urge the attendance of all good women. There Is a future for our women workers that was not heard of In tho days gone by. L^t us all go, and msiy God go with us that we may have grace both to will and to do His good pleasure.

A. J. HOM", Cor. Sec'y. Nashville.

A Viiit to Lookont Mountain.

A day at Chattanooga was full of Interest. We took the old Incline for the summit of Lookout Mountain. Away to our left tho car on the new road seemed Just coming down out of the clouds. The sight made me diuy as our own car rolled swiftiy upwards. Soon we pass the station where Hooker fought above the clouds. On and up we Looking down the fear-ful height, we think witii bated brMth, What If tho cable should break! Where would we land? But It did not, and once on Point Lookout we flsltwell repaid.

The view Is grand as we look away into seven States. Moccasin Bend, a singular curve made by the Tennessee river, Is before us. The blnffs and steep ridges seem to melt Into tbe pUIn, and for miles the beautiful scene spreads out before us. We took a oar and swept around the mountain top, past Sunset Rock and Roeool Point. A portiy man on my right n^oved to tho other side," to balance tiw oar," he said. It would have been an awful leap if we had dashed down thatrocky steep. Lookout Inn has a room for every day in the year and is 806 fset long. Many Iraslness men of tbe olty have homes here.

We took a carriage fbr the deseent. The road winds arovnd in a u o e t p ^ uresque way. "There," said the driver, waviuf his hand to tbe right, "is St. Elmo, the hoae of Bdaa Earl's lover, St. Btmo Murry." The fine roads built by the govenunent make driving a real pleasure.. We passed the battie fields ot BossvUle and Missionary Bldgeb end, six mllee overtheOeorgIa line to Ohickamanga, which is now a beautiful National park. Tbe old fields and stratches of woodland covered by post-oak and pine are crossed by broad carriage ways in all directions. Tlie oldhouaee are preserved as nearly as possible. A picture of Washington hangiag In the Snodgrass honse.was shotthrongh six times. Towers are placed at oon-venient intervals to enable viiitori to view tiie field. Tablets mat>k aU im-portant spots. Many elegant moan-ments are grouped about, Wh«e a general fell is marked by a graaita shib surmounted by a pyramid of ean-non balls. We found three bullets for mementoee.

We drove back over the splendid boulevard rannlng eight miles along the crest of Missionary Ridge. The view is supurb. The city Ilea at the liase, spread out like a map with its suburbs, villas, lakes and parks. Five mllee away Lookout lifts ite head above the clouds. To the right lies the Nationtl canetery, w h m sleep 12,060 Fbderal soldiers. It le a swe^ restful spot. The idiUe slabs in long curving rows each mark the last home of one who died for what he thought to be the right. We step lightly, and let no bitter thougfata a r ^ •Tba boast of baraldrr. tka ponp o( powar, And all ttet beauty, aU that waallh e'sr fave Await auks the laavltabla how, Tbapathsof tlory Isad bat to tba fiavs."

VJBQINIA L. DAVXNFOBT. i Memphis.

laignuilBil t j .

There is now great need of the vir-tues of large mindedness. I t Is a very comphehensive word. It implies a disposition to be fttlr-mlnded, patiaat, hopefuL It la the only way to be safe in Judgment. Hasty Judgments never fall from the Hps of a magaaaimoas soul. Yet bow many hasty Judgmsate among men, even Christians.

Let any hasty temper cry oat "traitor." "heretic," in tiie-chareh or through the preas, and how nutay tongues resound the echo, as if glad to traduce an honored and beloved brother. A great mind never does It, but waits till tiie din is over to Judge fairly, and even then it is kind, hope-ful, merciful In Judgment. The Inutf* Inatlon of a great soul does not blae his Judgment.

In tiM dim twilight two mea see a tall disappearing over a fsace. The imagination*of the sm^«mlnd will make a gray-wolf of It, while the Jndf-ment of tbe wise man will see only a pet lamb.

"Wolf, woU!" will cry ttie little man; his kind take up the ery and make the welkin ring.

"Only a pet lamb," replies the g n a t man; but few hear his mild words and repeat them.

Why is It that critics who write are always severw than they would be if ttwy were talking to the party orlU-eised? Why? Is it because they feel more poteotiAl without, thaa wlthi the presence of their victim? Newspaper orlticisms would be Improved if nutde in ihottprUdeeotf ot the aocial Ills of genUeesen. Jaiuw Watmu|.

It Is said that there are now 90 ea-tire versions of tbe Borlpturee and tSO partial versions, while die droulatloa dwhig the esatuiT reeehed H0,000,(l00 ooniss. thus pnttliit 11 in reach of 600,000,000 who were unooneoions ot such a b o * at tbe o g ^ t of fke year.--J'btw(9a MImIoh tWiii'iiai.

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OOBBESPOliPEMCE. I I I I ' 5 s a s s = a = = a = Consolidation of 8Ut« HUslona and

Sandajr-sehool and Colpor-tage Work.

Tblt quMtion Is again being agitat-ed. Aa there U muoh InTolvod in the qneation it ahould be earneetly and prayerfully eonaidered. It «rlll te ad-mitted that there ii great need for eolportage work in Tennetiee. It wil 1 be admitted that the State Board had thU matter under Ite control during the adminitrationi of Jamet Wateri and J . H. Anderson, and it will bo admitted that the State Board recom-mended the formation of tho Sunday-•ohool and Colportago Board.

Tlie work la now going forward with remarkable •uocest under the efiioient •uperlntandenoy of Bro. QulMnberry. Why, then, !• a change advocated? The reaeon asiigned is, that too muoh money is drawn from the State Mis-•ion work. This is an assumption without proof. ColporUge is mission work which is preparing the minds of the people to engage more actively and liberally in a more enlarged mission-ary work.

At the last meeting of the Duck River .Association two now churches were added, which were constituted prio»rily through the labors of our colportars. Both of these churches oontributed to Suto Missions and both will do so in the future. This is illustration of ^destitute points never reached by our regular missionaries. All over tho State are churches which do not contribute one cent, or at most which contribute very little to mis-sions, and which when colporters go among them, coming in personal con tact with the brethren, distributing religious literature, become aroused teJtaWlS fiLglMloni. and wiU Jai l

Let us consider a few facts, n ie oolporters are doing a work our

State missionaries cannot do. The character of the work of the two class-es of men is different and requires dilTereot. oapabUities and qualifica-tions. The missionaries ought to do flrst-(4asB preaching. The age, and the people to whom they preach, de-mand such preaching. To do this there must be study and preparation. They have no time, and no inclina-tion to go among the people with books. Such has been their train-

. ing and such their habits of thought and such their aspirations that they are not adapted to the eolporter*i work. They can carry a few books to their regular appointments, sell ai^w, and wear out the largest proportion. If such a minister should be a good oolporter, he would be Infwior as a preacher. The oolporter works, to a large extent, where the peqple but sel-dom hear preaching.. One sermon on his part will bo appropriate fpr a doien school-houses. He who makes

' preaohing the primary work will not b« efficient as a oolporter. The ool-portor makes eolportage work prima-ry and hence, in his field, does good work, both ways. If the object is to kill the eolportage work, oonsolldate and commit it to the SUto missiona-ries and in a short time you will kill It aa dead a i Hector.

Bnt, "If we consolidate, less expense wUl b« required." Yes, and if we abolish the Bute Mission Board, still lessaxpttso will be required. Bui we want the work of misilona to go on •rarywhere, all over tho Stale, and the oheapest missionaries we have are oolportu^. "iStttlf wecoiuoK^atowe will aava the salary of Bro. QuIno-banti<*' JiislsOi but then how muoh h ^ l ^ ^ l a l B ^ to the eommpn oa^s«? It pannot Iw danlad that Bro. Qutstn-berry Is doing as much effeotiva woric aa any two or t h m of our missiona-

ries. Considering the effective work he is doing, he is emphatically the cheapest man in the field.

"The eolportage work can be dono by the State Board, superintended by Bro. Holt, who is a wonderful man I very ckoorfully admit that Bro. Holt is a strong and ofllolent man, but there is a limit to his work. I had once strong and noble horse, who never re-fused to pull till I overloaded him when he stopped and looked around and bis fiery eye seemed to say. What a fool you are to put on a load loan' draw. The colporter system is more complex than the State Mission work and requires more careful work. To purchase books on the best torms, of a salable, appropriate character, re-ceive tlie oolporters' reports, seleotand retain suitable men etc., demands muoh and careful management. Bro. Holt is not only correspunding secretary of State Missions, but agent of the Ten neieoo Baptist Orphans' Homo, with a debt of 18,000. This cerUinly affords work enough,for any one man. "But he does not object." Neither did my horse, but common sense ought to be exercised

"But it would simplify things. Yes, and to oonsolldate Slate and Home and Foreign Missions would simplify still more; but would it be wise policy?

I ibtendod only to say that consoli-dation would result in tbu death of general system.

It is not probablo that the BaptlsU of Tennessee will let the work entirely die. The last meeting of the Duck Kiver Association, in the absence of Bro. Quisenberry, pledged the salary of our -colporter, li, M. Faublon. And so it will be with Associations all over the State. Distriot Associa-tions will be carrying on little systems of eolportage. But it is much bettor

well, and brethren bad better let well enough a lone . Wuxiam . Hovf .

Bell Buckle, Tenn.

Dr. Pbllllpi on Coniolldatlon.

I want to add a hearty anon to what Dr. Phillips has written to the consoli-dation of all our State work under one Board. The work of Sunday-school and eolportage is emphatically State Mission work, and ought to be man-aged by our State Mission Board and seoreUry. It is so entirely of the same nature, and runs so along the same lines of work, that ite manage-ment would impose no bondsman'i task on either the State Board or sec-retary, while there would, it seems to me, be many advantages in having the entire work under one head.

In the first place, it would be cheap-er. In these times of financial dis-tress, we are hardly Justifiable in em-ploying two men to do the work of one. It is no answer to this to say that'one of them gets his salary by do-ing evangellslio work, Tho money all. comes out of the resources of our people, and by so muoh lessens their ability ta help State Missions and other Intereste.

We are striving to impress upon our ohurones a plan of systematic giving, which ii largely possible of achievement, while one of our secre-teries is still running on the high-pressure system of appealing to the churches under spasmodic excitement for their contributions. If we ever gat to our objeotlvo point, when the ohurah* es will oontrlbute regularly and from principle to ,our benerolent work, it la BTldent, to me at least, such appeals to them must Osaso. One Board and ona managuMnt wiU bo better prepar-ed to Me that no one interut la ftoa-twod at tha expooae of others, but that •aoh gete Ite portion In duo aaaaon; and tho appoala to tho churohaa can

be permitted in auch order that they will not be so confused by thoir multi tudinous nature, then tlwy can scarcely "know where they are iat."

We are advocating no new and un-tried plan. Georgia has for years been working under this plan with great satisfaction, and pre-eminent success. Dr. Gibson, the efficient secretary of Steto Missions, has the control of all the intereste fostered by Georgia Baptiste, and none of them suffer; on the contrary, each is stead ily advancing as the years go by without friction or dissatisfaction any where. Under Dr. Holt's manage-ment, who can doubt such would bo our experience?

What I have written has nothing in it personal to Bro. Quisenberry; ho Itas done a noble work. It is ttie sys-tem I object to, not the man. I have merely expressed my opinion. If the brethren of this State Convention dif-fer with me, I shall cheerfully yield to their wiser Judgment, and cordially work with them on any plans they may adopt. W. A. M.

Leadvale, Tenp.

From Lexington, Kontneky.

Our cause in the blue grass country Is in a fairly prosperous condition Dr. Felix, at tho First church, always gete along well and Is always loved for what he Is and what be does. He is unpretentious, and yet powerful in the community. Ho preaches to a noble people, too, who. are ever ad-vancing. At Fifth street, pro. Huson holds the fort right royally, and his work goes forward at a very satisfac-tory pace. Atour Upper Street church we have had a prosperous year. Wo had the pleasure of refwrting the largest number of baptisms and acces-sions of any church in the Association

-w- «€»jrn»r |/u* t«i Mra largest in the history of tbe church. Dr. Taylor has Just spent some time with his old friends in the church where he was once the honored pas-tor, and preached two of the finest ser-mons I have heard in some time. His coming was a blessing to us, and es peclally to some of his friends in sor-row. His coming and his Sunday morning sermon will be remembered as a balm to broken splrlte.

Last Sunday was a good day with us. It was our communion sea«on. The crowd was large and the service was solemn and deiightful. There were four accessions in the morning and two at night, making 10 since the Association, only a few weeks ago.

I am now assisting Bro. H. W. Virgin at Nicholaavilie in a meeting which began last night with good pros-pecte. Our cause la looking up here under Bro. Vlrgin'a leadership and good things are expected. Our people hereaboute are not very muoh agitated over the Whiteltt matter. They are waiting to see the good Doctor's book, which will soon be out, and. In tbe mean time they are resting on the word of God for what Baptiste believe and practice. All do not agree, of course, as to the facte of history, but all do preUy well agree that the Bible naeds no historical supplement to make it of all-suffloient authority. Aa to the "ecoleaiaatical grand^daddy" bual-neaa, they dont takemuoh stock in It. If Engllah Baptiste aprlnklod for 100 years or so, they who did it are no clna-folk of oura. And aa to some of those who immersed, if thoy are our, eoolaalaatlcal ancoatora, tho evolution ainoe haa been ahnoat aa wonderfnl aa that of a real man from a bobtalled monkey.

Wharover your papar la nad the paople like It becausa It la atrojg, fair, and olear. The Lord blaaa you In kaaplng It ao. Jobn H . Bonn.

Lexington, Ky.

Conoernlng Tha B. Y. P, U.

Her. John D. Jordan, formerly of Little Bock, Ark., haa accepted and entered upon the general secretaryahip, with headquarter at Birmingham. He la aotlvely at work, and ia giving great aatisfaction wharover he goes. All inquiries oonoerning the work of our Union ahould be addressed to him at Birmingham.

Our Union has adopted the Young People's Leader a s o u r o r g a n . The Leader will bo full of suggestions con-oernlng tho work, and will oonteln lesson topic, culture courses, etc., for o u r Un ion . T h e Leader i s published at Nashville, and all subscriptions to the paper should bo aent to the Younij Peo^'a Leader, care of the Baptist Sunday-school Board, Nashville. Let every Union get up a club of sub* sorlbers for the leader, at once. Where no club can be had, lot individuals subscribe. It is a splendid weekly paper, and ooste only 76 cente a year.

Our Secretary, Rev. John D. Jor-dan, '.rill attend general Conventions this fall. Write to him, If you wish him to attend your State Convention, or your B. Y. P. U. State Convention, stating the time and plaoe of your meeting, and whenever it is possible, be will be present.

Our Union will not bo unreasonably expensive, and yet some money will be nccessary to make itefllcient. Send all money for the running expenses of our Union to our treasurer, W. B. Philips, Birmingham, who will re-ceipt promptly in every case.

The skies are bright for our Union. Inquiries from every State are coming in concerning the work, and the indi-cations are that the movement ia grow-ing rapidly in favor with our people throughout our entire Southern' Zion. Let us for tb« clnnr of nod addn«u ourselves to this great work.

• B. D. Gbay.

Chairman Executive Committee, Birmingham, Ala.

Note of Alarm.

The treasurer gives the startling in-formation that oontributlons to State Missions have greatly fallen off this year. This decrease has been going on for five years steadily. The friends of State Missions must bdstir them-selves, or else a debt will be reported at Paris. We mnat reooive 12,000 during September, if we equal the con-tribution of laat year, which was leas than any prevloua year lor foor yeara. Thia need not be the oaae. Let every real friend to State Miaaions n Tenneaaee come to our aasUrtance at

once. With the faUura of the Home Mission Board to pay their propor-tion this deflolt cannot be linenrred without great danger to our work.

A. J . Hotr , Cor. See'y.

Paston' Cdnftranoa.

The following proi^am haa been prepared for the Paatora' Conftorenoe to be held at Parla, on the day pi*. . ceding the State Conveotlon, October 18, at 10 a. m:

"The paator alone with God." W. H. Ryala, and W. 0. Golden.

"Beat manner of oonduoting funer-ala." R. B. Garrett, and Luther Lit-tle.

"How to treat InaoUve ohuroh mem-bera-' J . H. Snow, and J . O. R u S T

"The paator'a attitude toward o ^ r d e n ^ n a t i o n a . " O. H. Slmmonr: u d T. J . Baatee.

"The paator In the alok room." T . ^ P o f c a , and J . M. PhllUpa.

^ ohuroh dla-SSSlOT. .' A. u la* hoi i^ that all the brethien •

h m l n i ^ I n t e d , together w l O i T a v other paafora, may be preaent on SOa oeoMlon. A. 0 . BOOM®.

OlarkaTlUa, Tenn.

B A P T I S T A N D B E E L E C T O B , S E P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 .

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PASTORS' CONFIBBMCB BEPOHT,

aaahvllle* First-Pastor preached in the mom-

iog; as be was not wall there were no aervlces at night. Six bapticed. 117 in Sunday-school.

Centennial—Preaching in the mcrn-iDg by IteV. A. R. Bond and at night by Dr. 15. E. Folk. 117 in S.S.

immanuel—Pastor preached at both hours. One reoeived by loiter.

Seventh—Preaching in tbe morning by Dr. Frost and at night by Rev. A. R. Bond.

Edgefield—Pastor preached at both hours to full houses. One reoeived (or baptism and three by letter.

Howell Memorial—Good congrega-UoDi. Dr. Holt preached in tbe morn-ing and the pastor at night. 155 in S. 8.

Mill Creek-Pastor preached in tbe morning; no services at night. Bap-tised one. 70 in S. S.

Anion Nelson Misslon-OO in S. B. Pssvor Wright reported doing as

well as could be expected. First Edgefield (colHPMtor the

laying of tbe oomer stone of a meet-ing bouse at Edgefield Junction in the ffloming. Preached at night and bap-tized four, ••• iphls .

itowan—Bro. W. A. Lusk of Ger-maotown preached morning and night. PsBtor Norrls preached at German-town. Ijirge crowds at both services. Tbe every night prayer meetings con-tinue.

First-Good congregations. Morn-ing subject: "Christ's intercession for us." Evening text: I'Two angels camo to Sodom at evening.^'

Central—Usual congregations at both hours. Morning subject: "Faith now." Night text: "O, that I knew where I might find Him.''

Second—Good services. Morning iubje(!t: "Concern for the salvation of others." Night subject; "Pleasing God."

Hill City-Ordinary congregations. Morning subject: "Tho Joy of salva-tion." Night subject: "Tho deceltful-nesi of sin."

St. Elmo—Began a series of moot-logs. Bro. R. D. Haymore will do the preaching. Kaexvlll*.

Centennial—On September fl the pas* ter preached at both hours to full congregationa. One baptized and four reoeived by letter. 474 In 8. 8. The 13th was tbe fourth anniversary. Paster preached. 600 in S. B. Thia ohuroh waa organised September 13, 1602, with 80 membera. During the four years there have been added by bapUsm .102, by letter Itn, by relaU6n 25, total 620. Lost by letter, death and exclusion, I t t . Preaent member* ship, 487. Reoelvod and expended during the four yeara, 18,169.74. Of this M88.00 was given tomisaiona, ed-uoaUon and tbe orphanage. In the establlstdng of this ehuroh the Home and State Mission Boarda gave MM. In four yeara that haa been paid back and 1838.00 additional given. The new building la nearlng completion.

J I leave thia morning for Quanah,

on a vialt to my alater, who la « In very lU health; wUl be gone about t threeweeka. j Bro. V. Haioltell, of

tbe Seininaiii, t i uWpply for m . i ; . *

WastNasfcwllle.

«t Prendt B i ^ ^ukh^tSooka oonn.* V' r w t | j e p a n 4 J f l » T i i l j t T f > a B

In a meeting and mucb good haa boon done. There were 13 professions and 12 have united with the church. Wo expect o thers . Charles Bbown.

Newport, Tenn.

The Tennessee Association meote at Lyons Creek Church, October 1, and all delegates to tho Association will please notify me at an early date when thoy will arrive at the railroad station at Strawberry Plains, ao that I can arrange conveyances for them.

J . W . Tbknt.

Strawiwrry Plains, Tenn.

Tl)o Tennossee Baptist State Con-vention will meet with tho church at Paris, Octobor 14. The Ministers' In-stitute will be hold the day before. A large attendanco is desired. Let every ono who oxpecte to attend send name and address to me and homes will bo assigned. Do not fall to send your name at once.

Maktin Ball.

Paris, Tonn.

We have had a good revival a t Ho-gan's Creek church, of which I am pastor. In two weeks we had 30 pro-fessions, my 14'year-old boy ono of than, and 18 additions to the church. More will follow. Tbe meeting con-tinues as prayer service. I left to be-gin a meeting at Rlddleton. Brethren Allen, Watson and Bailey were with us . S . N . Fitzpatbick.

Rlddleton, Tenn.

For the information of those who live at a distance and wish to attend the Tennessee Association which meete at Lyons Creek church, October 2, I wish to state that tholr destination by railroad Is Strawlierry Plains, Tenn. They will bo met at that plaoe by pri-vate conveyance and taken to the

country. For further information ad-dross J. F> Wilson.

Lyonton, Tenn.

The ladies of the Baptist church at Dandridgo, having organized Into a missionary society recently, have been doing some good work, tbelr last ef-fort being a very valuable box of clothing, ete., valued at $100, sent to Rev. J . M. Wilson, and family, who are among our workers in the Master's cause at Ada, Ind. Ter. The box contained many things of substantial worth and comifort.

Aixx. HYin>8, Church clerk. Dandridgo, Tenn.

I preached the funeral yesterday of Bro. A. F. Bateman, one of my most worthy and faithful members at Mt. Plsgah. Aa the result of the revival in this chnrah I bapUeed 12 at the close. I preached yesterday after-noon at Frayser. This is one of tho smallest ohurchee in Memphis Asso-ciation. Deason Winston pledged on Thursday, 110 for Ministerial Edu-cation and we oolleoted it on Sunday. This Is a good example to larger chnrches . J. D. Anderson.

Bro. J . S. Sullivan olosed a meeting on August 31 which resulted In 16 ad-dltlona by baptlam. Bro. C. 0 . Wln-tera la In a meeting at Boonsville. Bro. 0. V. Hale Is at North Fork. In the past month I have organised one ohuroh and aupplled aeveral fam-lliea with Biblea. Bro. A. B. Robert-son of Beech Grove, one of tho most llbwral aupportera of miaaions, haa given the Sunday-aohool and eolpor-tage Board a good horae.

R. M. FAVmoN. BhelbyvUle, Tenn.

We have Jnst doaed one of the beat ravlvala It haa e»er been my lot to at-taad. Oonoord ohuroh haa not had tuoit n rtUftom |»»akaalnf for feara.

There were 13 conversions during the meeting and 10 additions to the ohuroh. All wore by experlenoe and baptism. Bro. A. R. Bond of Nash-ville did all the preaching except two sermons. His preaching waa with power and was attended by tbe Holy Spirit. It seenu as if old-time relig-ion has returned to us.

Wronuoe, Tenn. J . H. Pierob.

Bro. W. Y. Quisenberry was with us at Mt. Harmony and preached at the 11 o'clock service on Sunday, Sep-tember 13. TLe language of Matt. 111:10 was greatly demonstrated, for after tho sermon a collection was tak-en for Sunday-school and Colportage, and immediately after the money was laid upon the table a few touching words were spoken by Bro. Quisen-iierry, and some 10 or 12 came and gave him their hands for prayer. One professed faith in Christ. The collection amounted to 120.60. Breth-ren, let us stand by Bro. Quisenberry and the Colportage Board.

T. R . Waouener.

Athens, Tenn.

Our meeting at Rocky Valley was greatly enjoyed. The church was greatly benefitted. I went from there to Ram ah and spent a few days with Bro. Grime. From there I went to Boonville and preached a week for Bro. C. C. Winters. Eight additions. I then came home and am in a good meeting at Fall Creek. Up to date four stand approved, among whom ia Dr. J . M. Aisup, who was formerly a Cumberland Presbyterian and is one of the loading physicians of the county. Salem Association meete this week. Como and help us o u t John T . OAKLSNR.

Henderson's X Roads.

-TTv-uau m»|»iwiuiu-n»w»»iin{ •wrriWMP ant Hill. Bro. Berry McNatt did most of the preaching, and he did it well, too. Quite a number professed and nine were baptized. I went from there Into Hickman county and pitch-ed our tent In the midst of the Hard-sbells. The truth made Ite way to the hearts of the people and many were converted. There is great destitution in that county. A number of per-sons told me that our'^ were the first missionary sermons thoy had ever heard. The field is white to harvest. Wo were about seven miles from Cen-trevilloon Beaver Dam creek. The people received us gladly and were anxious to bear the gospel. I wish the State Board could sent a mission-ary to CentrevllletoworkforQod and the Baptiste in that destitute field.

8 . M. GUPTON.

The Lord ia guiding the church now. We have tried to plan and

guide and work and deviso meana by which all would be enlisted in tbe Master's work, never looking up aa we should to see from whence all pow-er must oome. Often we pastors be-come bewildered, and in trying to do all the planning and work ourselves, break down with nervous prostration, when it la ao easy by faith and con-secration to give our ohuroh over ab-solutely into the hands of God. If a church and her pastor will placo them-selves in an attitude for the reoeptlon of the Holy Spirit, our Master will use us in his service. Rowan ia given over into Into tho handa of God and whltheraoever he laadeth we will fol-low. Tho aplrltuality of my membera who t ake t h e B apt»t and Rbtubotor

oonvincea mo thoroughly of Ite neoea-alty In our ohurohes.

W. L. NOBRIB.

The meeting oonduoted by Rev. J . W. Porter, of ICentuoky,for paator W. A. Luak at the Baptist ohuroh at Ger-Q^antpwn, wai oontUued I I dayi, and

closed Thursday of last week.- SonM 25 profeaalonii' and aaeeral baptised by Pastor Lusk are the ioimediate re-suite. The writer's Hat of sermona waa render^ with pbii^l aeleotlon of subjoote throughout tbe eotiee aeriee could not have been better nor more appropriate. Bro. Porter came here a few yeara ago and took away Mlaa Lillian Thomas as hla wife, with te^ our consent and ngret , so he haa to come back now and then to make rep* aration for our lose. The entire eom* munity moat affectionately welcomed back Bro., Mra.,and little Mlaa Por-ter. May they live long and oontlnue to help mankind.. P. H. 8.

Germantown, Tenn.

Tbe Tennessee Baptist Convention will meet in tbe Baptiat ehuroh a t Paris, October 14, at 10 o'olook a. m., • • J. T. Henderson presiding. Rev., R. R. Aoree, D. I)., waa appointed to preach the Convention eermon. The raUrOada aU agree to aell tiokete to the Convention at fuU fare and re-turn delegktea and visitors a t one oent per mile. Be sure to get oertifleatse from agent where yon bny tieket. Pastors who have permlte, pleaae buy tlckete as above,because tbe railroads require and have been guaranteed a certain number. Brethren will kindly Inform me at once of miniatara da-ceased since last Convention, also of those who havemovedlntoor ontofttie State, or changed locations in the State. I very much desire to keep the list of preachers entirely oOrrect la minutes of tho Convention.

J. D. Anderson, Reoordlhg Sao'y. 406 Court street, Memphis.

In last week's paper I predicted that by this time we would have enrolled 160 pupils. However, we have passed

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and the Sweetwater Aaaooiatlona laat week and found the aplrlt of eduoatloa running high. I am trying Jnat now, in tbe midst of a mulUtude of other duUes,to raise 1500 oash to pay on our debt. I hope to secure the amount by Octobor 1. If you are due anything on a pledge, will you please to for-ward it? Many who have not pledged anything can forward something to as-sist in this special effort. Who wiU send II, 16, 810? Five hundred la a considerable sum for a few, but if all East O^nnessee Baptiste who are able would help, I could easily pay the entire debt In a few montha. There la a great future for ua. Let uahave concert of action.

J , T. HBNDERaOK. Mossy Creek, Tenn.

To the churches and paatora of the "Ocoee Association:" Aa your mod* erator I wiah to make the following auggeatlons for the next aeaalon, ^ which oonvenea with the ohuroh at Blue Spring, aix miiea aouth of Cleve-land, on October 6. Lrt the churchea appoint their most conaeerated and conservative men for delegatee, a n t prevaU on them, if posslbla,to attend. See that the letters have as few blanks aa possible in our denominational ' work. Have the reporte aa oonplete aa they can bo made. Let all tbe paa-tora try to bo present. I t laonlyonoa a year we meet, and evpry auch meet-ing may bo the laat; try then to main your arrangemonte to be on hand, and remain to the olose. Let the ohnroh, at Blue Spring make arraagaotanta, not only to entertain delegatee and vialtora, but to attend tbe different meetings. Let everyone make persoa-al effort to make the aeaalon one of the best In the history of tho Aaaool^ Uon. Theae suggeaUona, a r e n o t offered in a anlrlt of «rtatlon. |iat to brotherly kindness. Above all alaa, Ist na all aak the LOTd to ^ ^ w J ^ m .

B. D. BATHCMai. Ohamnppf*!

B A P T I S T A N D B B F L B O T O B , S E P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 .

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Mlaiionftry Topic for September, IUl7>

Though we may nok be aubjeoted to quite tiie MTere testa of fkith and knowledge which oonverta In other

or old, to teatify to the truth »a It la In Jeaua; and aometlmea it requlrei real heroltm to hold faat to that wliich U good In the faoe of worldlineaa and ioaptloiam.

Dr. George B. Ta j lo r givea the fol-lowing account of an Italian glrl'a ateadffatneaa and intelligence in the Sorlpturea:

"Our Tueaday night moetlnKs for prayer and Bible study, though not rery largtly attended, are often quite interesting, and being familiar, any-thing that ooncema one of the members or the Baptist cause is eagerly dis-cussed, and prayers the moat speelllc are made according to the olroumstan-ocs. One night near the close, a girl, but recently baptlMKl, entered, her faoe all aglow with animation. It seemed that sereral days before a priest had come to the house where she and many others were sewing, to 'bless the houM' and all In it. 'Don't bless her, • cried the rest, 'sbedoe«n'twantlt,she'« ah evangelical.' Oh, why,' asked, the priest, wlaaingly, 'ar« you itot with us?' 'For one thing, because you wor-ship the Madonna.' 'But we don't, ' replied the pk-Iest. 'Oh, but we do, ' clhomsed all the women. 'We have always been taught to, and we do wor-ship the Vlrgla Mary.' The priest wae embanrasied, and to gain time, invited them all to his house to oon-tinue the conversation. Ha had better not have done it, fbr the interview, from which our young friend was now returned, bad been only a triumph for the truth. I t U impossible to describe the vivaolty of her acoount, or the intwDst with which it wai heard."

There was a good attondanoo at the September moating, flrrt Monday, of the OsBlral Committee, and hcartlUt thaak».glviag wae offered that several again wwa with ut who have long watohed betide loved onee Mmlagly iU onto death. Theehlef fMturefor WMoarafWMmt was the number of

frontier bozee reported in course of preparation, at least 16 missionaries' letters having been called for. Our energetic secretary, as usual, made an excellent showing of letters written and literature distributed. I t is hoped that she will shortly have the indis-pensable assistance of a typewriting machine. The oommltteo on program for the annual meeting reported with an outilne of aubjects to be preaontod. Tbia program in full will appear in the Bapt i s t and Uetlsotob.

Boyd's Creek W. M. 8. and tHe W. M. S. of Knosville Second church aire our banner box-aendera tbIa season. The former haa already aent to Indian Territory a box valued at tlO-eS, and haa a One quilt ready for the Orphan-age. Remember that the contonta of tbeae boxes are often worth double their value to the missionary fam lly.

Mrs. McCoy, W. M. U. vioe-proal-dent for Tennessee Association, re-cently visited Smithwood church and found the missionary society doing ex-cellent work, having grown from 5 members to 25, and enjoying the pas-tor 's co-operation.

The W. M. 8. of Second church, Knozville, has aent a box valued at 151.75, and containing now clothing, in-cluding nine paira of shoea, to a Lou-lalana mlaalonary. The society haa re-oelved a letter telling of its safe ar-rival, and of the family's apprecia-tion, and It " i s so full of gratitude and love, it would do your heart good to read it. We feel happier for aending the box." So writes one of our Rend-ers.

W. M. S. of KnoxvUle First church has a "mlto-boz opening" twice a year, with good music, talks and re-

— yielded $32. At the next, each one "will give the text she has selected as a motto, and relate any special bless-ings enjoyed during the time, as a thank-offwing has been dropped into the box for each blessing. Thus we are reminded that our Father's eye is ever upon us. Each month the pro-gram Is arranged by different mem-bers, and each month a visiting com-mittee is appointed. Individual work has done much for our society." This from ita president.

One letter stetes:—"We are only a small country church, and our ladies' Boeiety having but few members, we decided to give one-tonUi of all our earnings to missions. Wo help to pay our pastor's salary, and also use our money for various purposes in our ohuroh work."

To set apart a tenth for missions is an easily-arranged division, where the ohuroh is needy and the members few. By all means, time and thought and prayers should be liberally bestowed upon mlision topics. One meeting of the society overy month, a t least, should be given to informing ourselves upon theee aul^ecte. To be a working member of a feeble church is to be a missionary oneself, entitled to the privilege of those who sow in tears. It may b ^ but who shall surely reap in oy. S. E. 8. 8.

Answering the objection of Tht Cfnmhmm to the "enormous ozpenae of4he aonnal Christian Bndoavor Con-vention, OiMmBvk Miyr

"Brother Okunlman, the vae^Uon trips t a k n by the ohuroh OMmbert of your own olty thle summer would pay the debt of every nisalon band In the world, and ftad the starving Armo-niana. Your own daaomiiMtion will buy enough bleyolss thla year to double ita forelun misalon work. The money apent by ohuroh people fbr glovM-Hiay, for laathara-would sup-

port all the missions In tho world. Pltoh Into some of tiiese things, brother. But If the young people of this country choose to spend 125 on a religious convMtion inatead of ualng three times that aum to buy a bicyolo, don't you think we might aa well lot themV

Help UB Now.

Tbc work of our Home Miasion Board under the Divine blotaing haa grown Into proportions gratifying to our people, and promising us happi-est rciulta In the future.

During the last five years the num-ber of mUblonarles in its employ haa averaged about 400. The results of their labors have been most inspiring. In that time they have baptized more than 20,000 belioTors, constituted more than 1,000 churches, organized twlse that number of Sunday-schools and erected more than 600 housos of wor-ship on their fields of labor. Of tbii* work the distinguiitbed historian, who delivered the aemi-centonnlal addroia in WaahiogtOD in 1805, itaid that it was "the joy and marvel of our re-cent history."

This year the work of the Board, under the trying conditions of tho country, is going forward with most gratifying success. One of our mis-sionaries recently reported U1 tap-tisms as the result of nine weeks of la-bor. Another says, "Held 12 days meeting; baptized 32."

Our work in Cuba, though suffering a temporary depression in conse-quence of the enforced abienoe of tho pastors, is being carried on by Godly women and the brethren who are suf-fered to remain in Havana. Trans-ferred to this country, these banished pastors are doing good work In their respective fields. Especially in Key West, Brethren O ' H ^ o r a n and Ca-lejo are meeting with gratifying suc-cess. Bro. O'Ualloran writes that ho baptized four Cubans the Sunday before, and llro. Caleja says ho ex-peeU to baptize his mother as soon as she comes over from Havana.

So everywhere from all our fields and from every department of our work comes glad tidings of the Divine blessing attending tho words of our brethren and making them God's pow-er unto salvation.

A noble Christian woman who Is thoroughly acquainted with the work of the Homo Mission Board, in a ro-oent letter asks, "Why are the labors of tho missionaries in the destitute fields more fruitful than thoso of our pastors at home?"

In ita work tho Board needs thooon-stant sympathy and support of the churches. To these it owus iu past success, and without them there would bo no hope for the future.

Thero is danger that in thoio times when so many weighty queetlons are pressing t h e i ^ v e s upon pubUo at-tention, there may be forgetfulness of our mission work. Tho dry of hard times which has filled the land may load some to withhold their needed aid. Let our brethren remember that whatever botldes our country or our-solves, tho Lord's work must go for-ward. No dilOoulties, no labors, no sacrifices, must detor tho blood-re-deemed from obeying the Lord's com-mand to givo the gospel to overy oroature. (Tho walls of God's spirit-

ual temples have always been built In troublous thnes.

The Board ia now in need of tho help of the churches. Their contribu-tions have not beon sufficient to cd-ablo us to . pay tho salaries of our , missloniries, and they need every dollar of the meager sum we have promised them to procure the necessi-ties of life. In liortions of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory where crops have failed, brethren write that our missionaries must suffer unless we can help them more this year than we havo done In tho past.

We appeal to our brethren every-where to extend to us now tlie sup-port we need to carry us through the work of the year. Do not relax your Interest or diminish your oontrlbutloai j and si-e If the Lord will not continue and Increase his blessing on our work. A time of joy It will be if next Con-vention we shall be able to report moro work, larger results, greater blessings than ever before.

Dear brethren, by the help of your prayers and offerings this may lie.

Henry McDonald, Pres., I. T. Tlcbenor, Cor. 8ec'y., Walker Dunson, Treas.,

George HUlyer, G. WestworelanJ, A. C. Briscoe, G. G. Roy, 8. Y. Jameson, M. M. Welch, Porter King, E. B. Thornton, B. F. Abbott, John M. Green. J . M. BrltUln, J . J . Maddox, T. P. Bell, R L. Connally, W. W. Landrum, A. A. Adair,

A. J . Cobb.

Bro Porter Writes.

Kbv W e s t , F l a . , Aug. l>r. J. T. Tidtenor, AtlanUt, Go. Dear Brother: I t gives me much

pleasure to Inform you of our succesi in Knjr Wo«t, Mpvol*!!/ amoog thr Cubans. Brethren O'Halloran and Calejo arc doing good work hero. Bro. O'Halloran is a very fine speak-er; a natural born orator.

All our Cuban BaptlsU attended at the American Baptist Church on last Sunday evening, and Bro. O'Halloran baptised four Cuban converts. It was

lieautiful sceno to see them "buried with Christ In baptism,"andespecially In Key West, where Scriptural bap-tism Is almost a mystery to some of our people.

There seems to be a kind of revolu-tion. In the Cuban Mnthodlst church here. A great many Method 1st Cuban* are coming to tho Baptist church. Bro. O'fialloran tells me that all of the members of the M. E. Cuban church havo proposed joining the Bap-tist church. Cubans as a whole are Baptists.

Our young Bro. Calejo has been here nearly a year and haa done an excellent work among his people In Key West. He ia • worthy jroung man, far above tlie average. He Is a , , oourageoua, sound preaohor of the gospel. He has no w » of making a livlRg In Key West. He was driven from Cuba by the Spaniards, so he Is here working faithfully all for the glory of God, not for a living or for money, for ho haa not reoeived a dol-lar for his vear'a work. Can you not help him, if it ia only a amall amount? It will be money well apent. Bro. Calejo haa never aaked mo to write

• la, but I you thla, but I do It because I feel sure he is worth sppreeiation.

The once dead Baptiat oauae in K< Weatia alive again. Youra fraterni ly. T. J . Porter .

Highest of all in Leavening Power,r—Lateat U. S. Gov^ Report. vm Bakincp Powder

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B A P T I S T A I N > B B F L B O T O B , S E P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 .

THI P i r i H SUNDAY MEBTINOS.

OUMBKBLAND ABBOOIATION.

On Haturday before the fifth Sunday in August the third circle of Cum-berland Association met with Little Hope church. Bro. H. Whitfield mado chairman and Bro. A. F . Gordon, secretary. All the churches were repreaonted but two and thero are 10 churches in this circle. Our pro-gram was carried out in full. Each subject was discussed by Brethren J . P. Weaver, C. A. Barnes, G. W. Bray, C. Hodge and A. F. (iordon. The meeting was enjoyed by all. Wo moot next with Springfield church.

H. WHiTnELU, Cbairman. A. F. Gordon, Secretary.

CENTRAL ASBOOIATION.

oongregaiion joined. The services grew in Interest to the very last. The large church house waa too small to hold the congregations.

"Sunday-sehoola and their great Im-portance" waa presented by Dr. N. B. Goforth, in an able discourse on Sun-day morning, followed by a most In-teresting meeting. Gospel sermon by Bro. C. Denton. Collected for State Missions 12.26. If tho farmers had any money we should have goUen 110 or S12. At the conclusion of the sermon many were weeping and as tho farewell song was sung and the parting hand given many of the brethren and sisters shouted. Tlie happy meeting at Short Creek will Iks long remembered.

C. G. Samuel , Chairman. T. J . C a t s , Clerk. "

At our fifth Sunday meeting hold with Spring Creek church there were 20 churches represented; 12 ministers present; 117 families reported as hold-ing family worship; 14 churches with prayer meetings; 7 churches not giving to missions; 31 churches giving to missions; amount of money reported to the meeting for missions, S200. This report Is for the 20 churches repre-sented at the meeting. Nearly every church reported a Sunday-school. The spiritual condition of these ohurebes varied, the average not being as high as I think It ought to be. The growth indicates poor digestion or poor food. Let us bruab back tho mista and step out and up into a purer atmosphere. Our next session meets with Mt. Pleasant church.five miles oast of Bradford.

J . M. Senter . Trenton, Tenn.

WILLIAM"CAREV ABBOCIATION.

The fifth Sunday moetlng of William Caroy Association occurred on August 20 and .10 with New Grove church. The subjects for discussion wore en-tered into with much zeal and Interest, and with profit, we trust, to all pres-ent, especially the topic, "The Impor-tanoe of some sort of service In all our ohurchof every Sabbath." The church had elected two deacon r pre-viously, and at this mooting requested that a presbytery be formed for their ordination, which was accordingly done from the visiting brethren pres ent. The ordination services were conducted by Elder Con. Smith In a very solemn and Impresalve manner. Much praise ia duo Bro. Clardy, the Indofatlgable pastor of thla little church, in his offorta to build for them a house. The project was at this meeting set on foot, and an eligi-ble site selected; A good brother agrees to donate an acre of land. On Sunday a f r ^ w l l l offering was made by the congregation, which amounted toovertlOO for the building. This church waa organised only a little over a year ago, and we expect to hear of great things in the near future.

L. M. S H o n m t , Clerk. Mulberryi Tenn.

•A8TANALLKB ASSOCIATION.

DCCK RIVER ABHOOIATION.

The fifth Sunday meeting of Duck River AiMoclatlon met on August 20 with New Hope Baptist Church in Bedford county. Bro. A. B. Robert-son was eleetcd chairman, and L. W. Sloan clerk, after which the following subjocto were taken up and discussed:

"Our State Board and ita work." Essay read by L. W. Sloan.

"The mission of the Church." Essay read and discussion opened by Wil-liam Huff.

"Our AsHoclatlonal mission fields and how to cultivate them." R M. Faublon.

"If salvation Is by grace alone, why maintain good works?" by B. Mc-Natt.

Bro. I. A. Hailey of Murfreesboro preached at night on "The fatherhood of God."

On Sunday morning tiie "Benefits of Sunday-schools and Sunday-school training," was taken ud by .MlUfir Wood. AvlJ o^lock Bro. L. W. Sloan preached on missions, which was followed by a collection lor State Missions. j

"Watchman, what of the night? or The signs of the times" was discussed by J . S. Gillia.

At night Bro. L. W. Sloan preach ed from Prov. xxviii:!. At tho cloto of the aervioe a young lady and two young men stood for prayers. Motions were carried requesting tho Bapt ist AND RBrLBCTOR to publish the rsiays by L. W. Sloan and William Huff.

Leon W. B loan , Clerk. Lewisburg, Tenn.

The above program was well dls. cussed by those brethren whose names appear, and not only those, but others whose very souls were. enthused with the worth of the souls of the children of men. Sharon Sunday-school choir famished the music. The choir was led by Bro. Frank Bishop, whose very soul Is filled with muslo and who is a noble young Christian man, and

splendid Sundav-iohool worker. Sharon has an evergreen S. S. which believes in mlaalons. A collection amounting to $470 was taken for mis-sions. We desire the prayers of all true Christians In our efforta to do the Master's work.

T. J . E V A N S , Secretary. Sharon, Tenn.

The readers of the Bapt ist and Re-nxoTOR have learned that we have a Missionary Baptist organisation In Pulaski at last. Now we as a strug-gling little few arc building a church on a lot given us. We are In need of means to carry it on, and wo ask our brethren and friends to come to tho help of the Lord In this maUer and assist us in this building. He has told us in his word that he is our helper and friend. "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein." So it all being our Father's, and wo his children, we know we can ask hhn for our n e ^ , for he haa aald "My God shall supply all your needs ac-cording to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." I make this appeal to all friends In his name.

Miss Adelaide Whit ley . Pulaski, Tenn.

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION.

On Friday, August 28, a t 10:30 a. m., the chairman called the body to order In the large new church house at Short Crook. A testimony meeting followed, whioh vraa but a foreteller of the good thlnga to oome. Eighteen ehurohea were repraaented. The program, from tho introduotory aermon by Rev. Gran* viUe Lou to the eonolualon, waa ably dlaouaaed by both preaobera and lay-man. The brethnm kept on their good behavior and nothing oeourred to de-stroy the spirituality of the service. Theapeeohea ware intaraperaed with grand old aongs In whioh Itie large

The fifth Sunday Mooting of the third division of Tennosioe Association met with Sharon church, August 29 and 30. After devotional exerclsea the body elected Bro. W. R Cooper moderator, and T. J . Evans secretary. A welcome address was then delivered by Bro. F. M. Dowell In an approprlal« man nor. Then our program for tho moot Ing was taken up and dlrcussed by very ablo men. Tho following Is the program:

"Duty and relationship of pastor to tho church." Rev. J . H. Snow.

"Duty and relationship of the ohuroh to tho pastor." Prof. W. L. Stooksberry.

"Importance and necessity of mis-sions, State, Home, and Foreign." Dr. M. D. Jeffries. ^

"Call to the ministry; how recog-nised, bow and when aanoUoned, how aupported." Rev. T. G. Davis.

Special Sunday-school exercise arranged and oonduoted by the Sun-day-school and superintendent.

"Sunday-school and Colportage; their relaUon to each other and to the ohuroh." Rev. W. W . Blahop, Rev. B. L. Stanfill and Prof. J . J . Crum-ley.

"What have we aooompllahed?" A. P . Bishop.

In my work as oolporter of Sweet-water Association God has not failed to bless me very greatly. I have been

t » ha3^ver*GONERS^lDg Sjo Word of Life I have placed Bibles In many homes, and havo witnessed leveral profeHHlons of faith while In the homes. Recently 1 havo been engaged in two revivals. In one I remained three days and witnessed seven professions. I held a revival of four days at Lick Creek where nine obtained a hope In Christ. Tho churches of this Asso-ciation are doing moro for missions than ever before. We will begin a meeting at Shady Grove on tho fourth Sunday in September. We hope to have Rov. J . L. Dance of Newmarket with us. May God bless our mission work and our missionaries all over the world. J . N. McDonald.

Swoetwator, Tenn.

On the fourth Sunday I began a meeting with Bro. J. J . CarratOlade-vllle Baptist church, Partlow, Tsnn., which continued one week. We had good congregations and intense inter-est. Unfortunately we had to close the meeting before we wanted to. Th9 Baptist brethren fully intended to carry the meeting on two weeks, but the Methodist brethren for some rea-son best known to thomselvea saw fit to commence amoetlngonthefifihSunday, w h e n our meeting was in full blast. While it is true wo hadn't had any manlfeated oonverslons, there were a few who ezpressed a ohange, but were not quite saUsfied; yet the night we closed the Interest was greater than any time previous. We thought It best to olose, for the ohurebes are In sight of each oUier, and we thought it aelfish to divide the oongregatlons; honoe we oloaed, not desiring to show auohaaplr i t . The ohuroh waa revived and the joya of the Lord'a salvation wore reatored to aome who were oold and indlBeient. The Gladevllle peo-ple a n a little band of noble worinra u d thoy have for a pastor one of the b e s t m w l e v e r met. I enjoyed my a taywithth^n. O o d ^ b l - a ^ ^

CoudhviUe, Tsnn.

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I recently closed a nine days' mea^ ; ing at Llnwood, Wilson county. Bro. |

ert A. Rushing was with us during the , whole meeting, and in addition to con- V ducUng the singlngi preached teveral finosermoDi. We had an ezoellent revival -among the Christians, and In addition to ttils, there were 12 oonver- i slons, and 11 additions to the church. * The outlook ia pleasant, and wo feel happy over the good meeting thel^ird has given us. 8. G. Shspard.

Partlow, Tenn.

I began a meeting with Pastor Fain at Barnes' chapel, Rlgglns, 'Tenn.. and the Lord was with ua from the atart. We had 22 oonveralona and left quite a number inquiring the way of life. Pastor Fain and T made from six to twelve viaite each day. I have never aeen sueh destitution. The most of the homes were without God'a pre-cloua word, and qulta a number of per-aona told ee that we were the flrat preaobera who had ever been in tiieir houses. Brethren Fain and C. A. Bamea are the only preaobera in tbia portion of Cumberland Aasoclatlon.

G W. BBAY. Port Royal, Toon.

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ra? MEMPmS ASSOCIATION. This body, as its name indicates,

lies around Mempltis, and is corn* posed for the naost part of churcbcs in Shelby and Fayette counties. .It •fmm WXgMMnvu — . - ^ M ago, and is a split-ofT, if we may so t«nn it, from the Big Hatcliie As-sociation, the reason being that the Big Hatchio was felt to be too large and it was thought that two sepa-rate bodies might be able to accom-plish more woric than one. The Memphis Association has about 39 churches with some 4,000 members.

The body met at Millington on the C. & O. road on Wednesday, September 9. We were -sorry that we could not reach the meeting on the first day. When we arrived on Thursday morning, we found that the body bad been organized by the election of Oapt. P. H. Strickland as moderator, Rev. John D. Anderson • s clerk, and Bro. J . M. Smith as treasurer. The introductory ser-mon was preached by.Bev. M. H. Whltson, and we heard it highly spoken of as a strong gospel ser-mon.

The report on •diioation was read in the afternoon by Gapt. Strick-land and was said to be an unusual* ly fine report, as might be expected from this eminent educator. The report, among other schools, recom-mended the Southern Baptist Theo-logical Seminary. Some of the brethren, however, as we learned, thought it best to add an amend-ment to the elleot that while they recommended the Seminary they could not endorse the teachings of Dr. WhiUltt od church history. This amendment was oonslderably discussed, and was finally adopted, though, • • we were told, there .was a strong minority oppos^ to It.'

At night there waa a missionary msM meetlnir M which speeches were made, webellove, by Dr..B. A. Tay-lor of Mempbtk and othenwhSie IMH)WIW«d|dDOtl0fira«

When we reached the Association the subject of literature was under discussion, the report having been read by Bro. T. H. Cranberry. Brethren W. J . F. Allen and J. P. Leigh made excellent speci^hes upon the subjoct. By spoclal invitation Dr. G. H. Simmons, reprosonting the Southwestern Baptist Unlver sity, and President 0 . A. Folk of the BrownHvillo Female College, who came In on Friday morning, were given opportunity to repre sent the claims of their respective schools, which they both did in in tcresting speeches. At 11 o'clock Dr. Simmons preached a iino sermon on the "Cross of Christ," wblch was greatly enjoyed by the largo audienco. Bro. W. A. Lusk rew the report on Woman's Work, and followed it with a bright spcech upon the subject. Bro. Angel of Whitevilio made some remarks in which he favored women speaking in public. This brought Mr. Gran berry to the floor in a vigorous pro-test against such a practice, in which protest he evidently bad the sym pathy of nearly all the audience. The report en Tcmpcrance was read by Bro. M. H. Whitson and was dis cussed by him and Brethren W. T Hudson and others. The editor al so made some remarks upon the subject. Bro. M. Davis of Milling ton read the report on Sunday schools and Colportage, and made an earnest speech upon the subject followed by Rev. W. J. F. Allen the colporter of the Memphis Asso-ciation, who made a very Interest ing speech with reference to the wtnvV of Riini1av.aAlwvt1 anil PaI portage Board in general, and his own experiences while engaged in that work.

The Association adjourned about 4:30 p. m. in good order and with much feeling, while the hymn, "God Be With You 'Tili We Meet Again,' was sung, and the parting hand was extended.

Besides those whoso names were mentioned, we noticed as present Revs. W. L. Brown, J . B. Pendle-ton and M. M. Bledsoe of the Mem-phis Association, and Rev. W. L. An-hony of Big Hatchio Association. 3ro. Brown has been moderator of

the Association since its organiza-tion until this year, but has been sick for some time, and so was un-able to take any part in the proceed-ngs. He makes, by the way, one of

the most efficient moderators we eve ever seen preside over an kssooiation, or any other body for

that matter. The characteristlo modesty of the other brethren men-ioned prevented their taking much lart in the discussions before the

bodv. The next meeting of the Associ*.

tion will be held with tho Central Avenue Churoh in Memphis, Rev. W. A. Lusk to preach the Introduc-tory sermon.

The hospitality of tho MUlington Churoh and community was royal. They had barbecued dinner on tho grounds both days, with everything else that is gooA to eaU We en-joyed spending a brief whllo in the homo of Bro. M. Davis, the popular teacher at MUlington.

Tto mlantea ofthe West IteneiMO G^dajr-sohool Oonvsntion are out. TheywneaUygotUaup, and make

isdne to^Prof. H. 0. Irlw, who has m t ^ expeitaos la ^ olOoo of

olwkofvmIpmbodies.

"Whllo we fa-of primary

STATE EDUCATION. Along tho lino of our rooent edi-

torial ui)on the subject of Christian Education, we copy the following from a report on education at the meeting of the Central Association of North Carolina recently. It wus written by our friend and clasMnate at college. Prof. W. L. Poteat of Wake Forest College. After si)eak ing of primary education by the State, and saying, "under present conditions the groat majority of children are dependent upon the State for instruction in the rudi-ments of education, and so long as these conditions prevail we favor and would eucoura^e in all possible ways the system of public schools maintained by the State," the re port goes on to say: vor the maintenance schools by the State as u concession to the emergency upon which we have fallen, we are unalterably op posed to the provision of the higher education by tho State. It is not required by tho State Constitution. Nopublicexigencydemandsit. The educational experience of the coun-try is against it. It is undemocratic, for it expends the money of the whole people to supply a luxury for the few. It is public extravagance, for voluntary 'ndlvldual effort will do the same work better. It either Imperils the dearly won principle of religious liberty, for the loss of which there can be no compensation; or, otherwiso, it issues in the sec-ularization of the schools, in which case the youth of the State during the most critical period of life are

vuv «m iruiu-isnnstian in fluences. It tends to debase tho manhood of our citizenship, which It tcat'hes to rely upon tho Stote for what personal effort might secure. We believe it to bo our duty as Christians and as Baptists to re-sist the further extension of this evil policy and in all rigLt ways to hasten the substitution for it of the voluntary principle in higher edu-cation." Thisis as strongand clear cut an argument against State edu-cation as we have seen.

CRITICISM. Tho critic is abroad in tho land,

f Dr. Whiteitt and Dr. Jones had deliberated how to make them-selves famous they oould not have hit upon anything better than to have >rought to light "King George's

Fbmphlete"and written a partisan school history of the United States. We are rnrainded of the notice that ooourrod in a certain newspaper announcing that a man lately do ceased had "died of an overdose of ofwtibit." Of course the reporter wrote opium, but taken figuratively he erroneous reading expresses an mportant truth. There Is such a

thing as dying of an overdose of opinion. The spirit of earnest and honest inquiry and the slncore and unselfish love of truth may be so I rmly manacled by prejudice and dogma that all capacity is lost for >hilosophioal Investl^tlon and

trustworthy judgment What with one's desire that the truth shall be found on his side, and with the ftot that It Is easier to believe tho dicta of prejudice and dogma than It Is to prosecute laborious Inqulty after truth, the temptation Is strong to meet iretk mortal! to reit seourf in

present conviotion and anathe-matize what seems heresy in those who hold different views. On the other hand there is a so-called spirit of progress and liberty that Is so anxious to find the old way and the old belief false, that there is equal dangcrofabandoningtruth for error.

Criticism is healthy, provided It ho genuine criticism in an earnest search after truth, and not simply the result of self-satisfied prejudice on one hand, or on the other of a desire to discover somethiug new merely for the sake of discovery or of tho sensation It may produce.

The injunction of the apostle was never more in place than now: "Prove all things; t old fast that which is good."

FLORENCE NIGHTINQALE. Flomce Nightingale has lately

celebVatod her 78th birthday. What a iwnedictlon her life has been to tho world I She was tho dsughter of luxury and had everything In the way of material good that fond par-ents with groat wealth oould bestow. She was well educated, and accom-plished in French, German and Italian. But while yet a young girl she counted wealth and social distinction and great learning as dross and consecrated her life to the cause of suffering humanity. She studied prison life and hospital meth-ods in England, and then traveled over nearly all the countries of Europe, fitting herself for the work she had chosen. When the Crimean war broke out, and shortly after-wards the news reached England of tho kovrlblo o u f f e r l n g S Of t h e SiCk and wounded at Scutari, gathering about her -10 volunteer nurses. Miss Nightingale hastened to bear relief and sympathy to tho suffering, and to be near and comfort the dying. There she walked up and down day and night for months between rows of couches four miles long, often be-ing on her feet 20 hours out of 24. Her voice has been described as velvet, and her will as Iron, and the most refractory and ungovernable patients. It is said, soon bocame as babes, meek and trustful, uader her care. A beautiful story is told of a poor wounded and suffering soldier boy who kissed her shadow as she turned and passed from minister-ng to him to go io tho bedside

of another sufferer. Longfellow hss woven this touching Itacident into his poem, "Santa J'ilom^la."

CATHOLICIBM AND ROMAN OA-THOLIOIBM.

The following Is quoted by the RdtgiouM Tdeteope from the GmverUd OaOwlic and makes a very Import-ant distinction between two terms often contused!

At tho IntemaUonal Arbllratlon OongrMt held in Waabington in A ^ , to-flnlted SUte Senator E d m K of Vermont, who prMlded, made a very proper diaUnction when ha Intro-duoed Biihop Keane, of the Oathollo

•^d: ,,'BUhop Koane Is a Roman

tei^lifaUpublio men and writers tor t te pntM would obMrvs thli dls*

J»»g?nolal desljraaUoa rt

Tto word nmns nnlvenwl, aad, m p -erly tiled, It It appllsd to aU O i ^ t l a n t - ^ all who lieitove In VbmlSk Jen iCb i^ t aad are known as Ohrls-

oathollo churoh'-ihat la. the u n l v e ^ l Suwh, which includea the whole body ^ talieven In Ohrlat throughout the

Christian la a oathoUo.-a a^bor of the Mtholte churoh. ^ t h o r every one wto caUa hlnualf « oathollo ia a OhriaUan can be an-iworod by the t u t ^ ' B r tteir frulU ye ,h»ll know them.' 11 U •Ignlfloant ^ t w b e n the quoaUon, Are you a ChriiUan?' ia asked In rdlgioui meet-laea. tboae who areCbrlatlans prompt-ly anawer In the afflrmatlve, while Iloman Catbo^Ioa nauailT aav '1 am a catholio'—thua unoonaolottalv making a dlBllnotlon between themaelvea and. all bellevera in Chriat who worship God in apirit and in truth. It la not (alth ID the popo, or the Virgin Mary, or tho prioat and bia aaorameaU, or purnlory, that makea one a Chris-tian. It is aimply faith and truat in Cbrlit When our Roman Catholic frlondH underataod tbia they will oeaae to 1)0 Itomana and become oatbolica like othor Cbriatiana.

QUESTION BOX. 1. Can there be a Scriptural Baptiat

church without ArUolea of Faith? 2. Ia auoh a ohurcb aeoordlng to

Bapttit usage? 3. Can there be a Sorlptural oburcb

without Rules of Decorum? 4. Can thero be a Scriptural ohuroh

without a covenant? 0. l i a covenant in aooord with Bap-

tist ussflfe? Pleaae mention the prin-cipal Sorlpural paaaages bearing on the same. G. A. MiTOHELL.

St. Joe, Texas. 1. Yes. But it Is customary for

Baptist churches to have an ex-pression of their views of Scrjpture teaching in convenient form; yet It is not absolutely essential to church e.\istence.

2. It is not according to "Bap-tist usage."

3. There can be a Scriptural churoh without Rules of Decorum. It is not at all certain that the first church at Jerusalem had either Ar-ticles of Faith or Rules of Decorum.

4. There can certainly be a Scriptural church without a church covenant.

5. It is according to Baptist usage for Baptist churches to have a church covenant.

All these things have probably been brought about as time and ex-perience have taught their utility. It Is not vital to the existence of a church that she have those docu-ments, but Baptist churches for many hundreds ^ years have found that they can get along better with Articles of Faith, Rules of Decorum and churoh covenants,church clerks, etc. The Articles of Faith simply express what the members of the church bcllevo the Bible toaohes; tho church covenant Is simply an agreement together as to what they propose to do as members of the same churoh.

PERSONAL AMD PSACTIOAL.

We learn that Rev*. D. PotU of Alamo, Tenn., had the mlafortnnea lew nights ago to have hia houw and iteeontents consumed by fli^ Weaym-pathlie with him in his mlafortune, and hope that ha may soon be able to recover froin it.

Rev. R. Van Devsater of Bttrling-ton, N. O.ibasaeoeptsdtbeoalllothe pastorate of the Baptist churoh at Hawklnavilltf, Qa. Be is a itrong man and will be greatly mlaaed from North Carolina where he has been prumlnsat for some jsart .

"Rev. Dr. Lapton* an Rpiaoopal •nlnlater la London, In a recent ser-men, wliils advocating Infant baptism, inaiatsd thai immersion is the trM baptism, aad spoks of sprintcllBf aa the •maimed an« Ites exprfsilverMt*'"

We learn that Bro. J. S. Oo'rpen-Ing baa resigned the pastorate of the ohuroh at Union City in this SUte. Bo it one of our best men, a thought-ful, earneat preacher, a popular pas-tor and a eonaeorated Chriatlan. He baa done a fine work at Union City.

The Interior remarka that "the hearty worda of praiae many a miniater re-oeivea when he quiU a field Wbloh bia parishioners iiavo made toounoomfort-ablc for him, reminds one of tho ep-itaph a Fronob husband Inscribed on bia wife's tombstono: 'Tears cannot re-call her, therefore we weep.' "

We were glad to see Rev. L. B. Jar-mon oFFrankiin in our office last Sat-urday. He has been siok for several weeks, and has been unable to leave hoifo until now. He states, however, that be has been overseeing the woric on the new Baptist churoh at Frank-liU) and that it is nearing completion. He thinks they will bo able to occupy it in a few weeks.

On last Sunday Dr. O. H. Simmona began a mooting with the First Bap-tiat ohuroh, Jackson, in which be is being assisted by Rev. Luther Little of Brownaville. After the meeting at Jackson closes. Dr. Simmona will go to Brownsville to assist Bro. Little in a meeting. Tliia, we auppose^ ia. what yon would call pastoi«l reci-procity. Both of these brethren are fine svangellsts. We expect to hear of good results from these meetings.

Tbe churoh at MoMinnville has granted to their popular pastor. Rev. I. S. Baker, leave of absence for eight months to attend the Seminary. Hia salary will continue the same so as to pay his expenses while at the Semiu^ . Tbe work otlBioonitronav MoMlnnvUle is progressing quite nloely, and arrangemonU are being made to liavo the pulpit supplied a t least onoe a month during tbe absence of Bro. Baiter.

A distinguished politioito romark-ed- in an eloquent speech several nights ago that a certain leader had not spoken In "vlalble tonea," etc., etc. ' 'Vlalble tonea'' is good. By the way, wbatklnd of tones are visible. We presume that the aforesaid politician must have meant audible tonea. We rather doubt, however, if he Imew the difference between the two words, and oerUinly we have no Idea that the re-porter who took down the speech un-derstood the difference.

With the return of the legislature in extra seaalon, we have been glad to mee t a number of the Baptist mem-bers of that body, and to have vlalto to our office from Bro. Houaebolder of Sevlervilia, who haa Just been elect-ed to sit during tho extra session, and Senator Bhinault, who haa been one of the most efficient members of the Senate during the present legislature. Whenever you find a Baptist politi-cian, you are very apt to find a man who wants to do right, and who will do right so far as God gives him tbe ability to eee and do rl|^t.

Rev. W. B. Leake aays In the BM-gtoui HmM: "Dr. W. W. Landrum, whose orthodoxy no one will eall in question, has discovered that Saint Patrick, the apostle of Ireland, who founded 805 churcbes and baptlied 1,100 bsllevsm, was a Baptist. Dr. Landrum delivered a powerful dls-oourse in Rlobmond, a abort Urns ago, on that subjed, and proved oonoln-sively, from Patrick's own words, that he was a BaptUt. Brethren, IM ns not grieve inordinately. If we have by Dr. Whiteltt'idlacoveryloitWIlilaUB,

Landrum's discovery, gained I^trlok, of the fith century. Let ua thank God and take courage."

Several of our pastors in^tho olty have been on the'slok list in the past few days. We mentioned last week tbe fSot that Bro. Wright bad been kioked by a horse, and that bis leg was broken in two places. We are glad to report that be Is getting along as nicely as oould be expected under the ciroumstanoes, and hopes to be up in a short time. Besides hhn. Dr. Hawthorne and Brethren Cleveland and Golden are on the siok list. Dr. Hawthorne was able to fill bis pulpit on Sunday morning, but not that night. Bro. Golden has been siok for several days, but is bettor. Bro. Cleveland has been in bed for over a week with acute tonsllltls.

The Evening Scimitar states that Bro. C. Rlggs Evans, the meohanloal en-gineer of the Gladden Lumber Go's, eatabllsbment in Memphis, has con-structed and has now in operation a fan wheel of bis own invention which is of easy operation, lightness, sim-plicity and cheapness of oonstruotion. It can be made to be attached to al-most any household article, and mo-tive power can be furnished either with a foot or a band. Bro. Riggs is a good Baptist, a member of the Rowan Memorial Churoh, Memphis. Heex-pecta to patent his invention, and hopes to make money out of It. He saya that he proposes to devote all that he gets from this and other Inven-tions, above expenses, to the cause of Christ among men.

On last Friday night an Interesting meeting of the Young People's Union of NasbvUle waa held with the Edra-neia uaimai cuuruu. presided with his usual grace and dignity. The special interest of the occasion centered In seyoral essays' which were read by representatives from the different Baptist churches in the city upon the subject, "My Favor-ite Apostie and Why." President Meek bad offered a Bible to the one who would write tbe best essay upon that subject The Bible waa awarded to Miss Mildred Bennett of the Third Church. The presentation was made by Mr. John Bell Keeble in a very happy manner. Afterwards'Drs. Lof-ton and Hawthorne made appropri-ate remarks. Tbe whole evening was greatly enjoyed by all present.

Rev. Oscar Haywood of Hunteville, Ala., has resigned tbe pastorate of tbe First Baptist Church, Hunts-vlile, to accept the call of the First Baptist Ohuroh, West Point, Mlsa. Tbe latter ohuroh has abont 300 mem-bers, and presenta a most excellent field of labor. Bro. Haywood is a line preaohor and a popular pastor. Both at Morrlstown In this State and at Huntsville he has aocompllsbed a noble work. At Huntsville be com-mitted the two nsaaily unpardonable slna of buUdlng a new bonse of wor-ship and getting married. Despite these facts, however, the churoh re-called bhn after hU resignation had been ptesented. Abont half of tbe present membership of the church have received the right band of fel-lowship from him. We wish him much suooess in bis new field.

The ChriiHan Admeate of recent date •aid: ••Statlstles of the Baptist de-nomination show a total membership of 8,'»0,«»-a decreass of 80,000." We do not know #hsre the jldooouts got ite figures. The statlsUos It gives for the prssent memberirtitp of the Baptist churobsi are correct except that an 8 li ptit for a8br nhrta>*i m ' ^ t of US, but

staUstlos for ISdl ahow that there were at that time 8,687,421 nwmbsrs of Bap-tist churches in tbe United Btatss. In* atead of a decreaae, therefore, there has boen an actual increase of 81,814. Theae figures are tainn from tbe Aioer-loan BapUat Year Book for '08 aad '08. Evidently tbe Adeoeato inadvartently used the word decrease for increase. We shall be glad, howavsr, to liavs it make the proper correction. Besides, let it be remembered, these figures are simply for tho Baptist churches of the United States.

We have received the minutes of the eighth annual meeting of the Ameri-can Baptist Education Sooisty held last May at Aabnry Park, N. J. Tbe report of the Executive Board shows that during the past year the Society gave to various ednoational instita-Uons 116,257.24 and that conditions of these gifts havs required tbe raising by tbe inatitntiona raoelvisg aid from tbe Society Vhe sumof t47,845.49. so that tbe 14 colleges and aeadessles that have received donations have had their endomnents increased in ths ag-gregate by 802,602.78. The report notices also the independent work of other colleges and universities in in-creasing their eadowmento and en-larging their equipments. Two ad-drosses are printed in full: "The ob-servance of the day of prayer," by President John Harris, LL. D., of Buoknell University; and "How to promote the rellgioua spirit among college atudento," by O. R. Hsndsr-son, D.D., of the University of Chlca-KO.

The New Tmk TrOnme recently had the following: * 'The pastor of the In-dian Creek Church, in Montgomery County, Ind., is more than 91 years

and performs aU hia pastoral dntlss. In speaking of his oarser the other day, he said: 'I have never received a cent of pay. Our church doesn't be* lieve in a paid or educated ministry. Our preachers are called to preach and are Inspired with what to say. They can't take pay, and if one was offered money to preach, he wouldn't do it. Ho wouldn't be a hireling preatsher. AU preachers who get money are hire-lings, and not true servanto of the Lord.' The good book says: 'A hire-ling fleeih and careth not forthe sheep.' Our ohuroh doesn't believe in church bells, or choirs, or organs, or Sun-day-sohools, or any of these worldly or unseemly things. We don't believe in missionaries, either. Our preachers have got enough to do here without gadding off to foreign parts to look after hesihons^ H t h e l ^ r d wants to convert the Indians and Obineie, I reokon ho can do It without missiona-ries. Wo support onr own poor, though, snd look after tho noody and orphauH and tho widow in distress. But we don't gomlssionarying arpnnd over tho face of tho earth. '" Upon this the Standard oommonts: "It wonld bo interesting to discover the number of men and women saved on tbe home field, through the instrumen-tality of people who do not 'gad' about in foreign fields. But there are a few here and thote in real live mis-sion cburchos who toom to belong to this body; only they arc ashamed to speak out as frsnkly as this man does. Well, the Master's oommsnd to go i n t o sll the world sUll stands, and it obedience to tho command is 'gaddinff,' blessed be gaddtngi" Many of ns in the South are familiar with such ar-guments (r) ss tbe above, and unfor-tunately they are made not only by men who are professedly anti-mission-ary, but evon oftentimes by those who claim to be Missionary Baptists, and y ^ alas, who seem to be missionary dtaly In aamoi apd not In teol>

a o B A I ^ T A i n > B l S F I i E O T O B , S B P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 .

T H B H O H E

AnlM and Onmln.

WMnr wlU bonatr (hitiM don*. Tirad thronih UMdlngt dAy by

Ovtr aad om from •on to ran, Om and tiM nnBU ratud alirty, CBdw kar brMtb I iMMd tar My!

"Oh. fUr IM iwMfot th« kew-adgad wytbtl Oil. lertlM»w»Ua,whMtlM rMplafao'tr-

Proot P( UM loU'* neoMi. Itltb* AdIm M)d emata • t neh petty atoral OnnlB Mid MiM—MtblBC moral

" Only • Baaitar itardaa-apMe, Out et tha world to rich and broad-

Oaly a strip o( atandlBK-plaea, Only a pateh of hfrb-atrewa nod OiTaa In whiak to work for Oodt

•• Yat la my ba«d aa fall ot care Under tiw abiaa and Croat and rata,

T»BdlBC, aadwaadlag, and watahlaf there, Evan aa tboufh I daa'sad a wata Were to be piled with abeavea o( (ain-

•• Thea, wbao the work la dose, what ebeer Ha?a I to steat bm, crtat or amali f

What, that ahall ahow how, year by year, raUaat ITe wroofht atdaty'a eaUr Aalaa and eamls-that U all!"

Taralac, I ralaad tha drooplag head, Juaiaa I beard a aob artae:

" Antaa and cnnla and mlat," I aald (Kiaalac bar over bar aahlnf eyea),

" Bvan oar Lord doth not daapUa. " Think ybn he looka (or headed wheat

Oat of your plot of nrden cronndt Think yon ha aoaata aa laeoB^ata

Serrlee that from aaoh aeanty bovod YIelda him the tithing he haa foundf •

" What are to him the world'a wide pUlaar BIm who hath aerer a need to flU

Brea one gamer with our unall gaioe? Yet, If tb« plot la yoiua to WU TlUe him tha aalaa ud enmla stmi"

-By Margarat J. Praaton.

PoUy'i Dayi and Tarner'i MlRhts "Well, Auntie," said Polly, " I

bare given the Shuans up as a bad job; I have tried In every poaalble way to get tbem to go to cburcb, and they just won't." the poor Shuans driven to church, Poll?" aslced Newton, the young collegian. "I have been taken to church with painful regularity ever since I left off petticoats, and yet my friends do not seem very well satisfied with the result."

The boy's mother listened with quickened heartbeats for Polly'san swer. She knew that a young girl's views of such things often roused more interest in a lad's min^ than his mother's; he took his mother's for granted. ButPolly seemed slow about answering.

"I always find it hard to explain things, cousin Newt," she said, rather shyly, "especially such things; but you know it seems to me there is a line dm«rn between the people who go to church and the people who don't; those of us who go are often disotedient to the heavenly visions, I know, but still wc arc In the way ot having them, don't you s^T That is Ood's ap-pointed way of sending t h m ; but the people who stay away turn their backs on these uplifts, and how can we expect them to have any sights but earthly ones?"

The mother's darning needle be-gan Its weaving, our collegian picked up his books, but blifore the door closed behind him, ho said, quite gravely:

"You needn't be afraid to explain things, Folly; things are better ex-plained by heart sometimes than in any other way."

Thers was a little silence aftsr ha left, and then Polly's aunt asked abonft the Shuans. '

"No," said Pblly, "they take my advioM kindly enough, but they won't go; I have asked tham, I [

have even called by for them; I got Dr. Bocock to go to aee them; and aont them a church manual. What else can I do?" And her aunt could not suggest any further effort.

The tiext Sunday was a bright, mild day. "No chance for my fac-tory people today," thought Polly; "they will get. on the electric oars, the whole family, and go out to Updale for a frolic."

But when she glided into her seat at cburcb, there, in front of her, was a startling array of Shuunis— father, mother,and frowsy children.

Folly was so happy over them that she missed some sentences of Dr. Bocock'a good sermon, but did not miss the fact that the workman Shuan waa listening intently. The preachor was showing his listeners how to find Christ in the Old Test»-ment; you might not think that sub-ject would interest an uneducated man. I do not think it was the subject that held Shuan's attention; it was, first, that ho felt himself spoken to by the preacher's manner, and, in the next place, the loving, personal way Dr. Bocock spoke of his dear Lord, as if he were near at

I hand. "I'm so glad to see you, Mrs.

Shuan," said Polly, after the bene-diction, squeezing the woman's hard han4« "I hope you like our service.

"Oh,>es, well enough,"answered the factory woman, in a loud, care-less voice. (She did not know ex-actly what "service" meant.) "I didn't keer much about comin', but I promised Miss Turner Boss I would come sometimes. Miss Tur-ner is real good to Kitty, and she's

niM* uvi uwtr wuiit) were out."

I do not say that Polly did not suffer some pangs of disappointment at finding that she had had nothing to do with this good work, but she rcjoiced bravely for the Shauns, and for Turner.

"Tell me how you accomplished it,"ahe asked her friend afterwards, when they were expressing their pleasure to one another that the Shuans kept on coming to church.

"I thiiikGod put it into my mind, said the girl solemnly. One night I was lying awake, thinking over the matter, and asking God to show me how to ^elp tbem, when the thought just stole into my heart, as you would expect a heavenly mea-aenger to do, that if I would devote myself to being kind to their half-witted daughter, they would do anything I asked them. And, do you know, Polly, she isn't entirely atupid? I have been able to teach her a little."

"Ah, I see," said POUy sofUy; "God granted the favor to one who wanted itmoaV Oh, yea, I wanted to help them I I wanted It enough to do many things for them—in the daytimel Bat not enough to He awake and think about it at nighi I've got a new tett. Turner, of how muoh I am trying to help people, and bow much I want to do them good. In tiie future I shall ask myself, is this a day-time albir, or are yoa so set on it aa to spend one of Turner's 'nights over llf'—Ibt^ UHNXi*

"No nan has eoms to true great* iss," said PUllips Brooks, "who

has nol fell, In gome dsgne, that his Ufs belosfg to his race, and that what God gives him Is i^vsn forjmanklnd."

Paul tha Blavaof Ohriit.

St. Paul's views, in spite of the equality and cwnmunity of goods for a moment adopted by the primi-tive church, were neither viaionary nor misleading. He was proud to call himself the aiavo of Jesus Christ, and he used the right meta-phor when be called the unright-eous the 9laves of sin. Among the many cognate metaphors which ho uses, I shall conclude by noting one which has for me peculiar interest. At the close of his Epistle to tlie Oalatians, ho says, "Henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Loird Jesus." Now, what does this mean? Let me translate it for the reader more lit-erally: "For I bear in my body the brand of my Master, Jesus ObrlRt." The word kifriot, rightly translated Lord, means in this connection the legal owner or possessor: the hus-band, of tbo wife; the fathe£, of the child; the patron, of his freednian. Stigmata is the common word for the brand or mark with which masters marlced slaves, especially those who had run away, or showed signs of so doing.

But there is much more to Im; said than this. In the very numerous records (on fragments of marble) of manumissions found at Delphi, and at the other shrines in Greece, we have Icacncd the legal process by which aslave gained hisown liberty. He did not bring the master his earnings, and obtain his freedom with the rccclpt for the money. He went to the temple of the god, and there paid in his moncv to the pf imw. Tneythen with this money bought the slave from his master, on the part of the god. He became for the rest of his life a slave of the god, which meant practically free-dom subject to certain periodical re-ligious duties. If at any future time bis master, or his master's heirs, reclaimed him, he hod the record of the transaction in the temple. But on one point these documents are silent If he travel-led, if he was far from home, and was seized as a runaway slave, what security could behave? I believe St. Paul gives us the solution. When liberated at tbo temple, the prleat, if ho desired it, branded him with the tlifftnala of his new master, Apollo. Now St. Paul's words ac-quire a now and striking applica-tion. He had been tho aiave of sin, but he had been purchased by Christ, and his now liberty consist-ed in his being the slave of Obrlsi Henceforth, he says, let no man at-tempt to reclaim me; I have been marked on my body with the brand of my new Master, Jeaus Christ Probably be referred to the many aoara he bore of hia persecutions. Thoy were evidence, not only that he bad served bis new Master, but had endured suffering in thatser-vioe.— ChrutiaH Work.

Soottlah Honesty. '

At one time, In.the Highlands of Scotland, to ask for a raw^pt or promlsaoiry note waa oonaldaredan Insult, and auoh a thing as a breach ot contract was raraly heard of, so atrlotly did tha paopla regard tholr honor.

A atory la told ot a farmer who had been to the Lowlands and had thara acquired worldly wladom.

After returning to his native place he needed some money, and requested a loan from a gentlomao in the neighborhood. Tho latter, Mr. Stewart, compUod and counted out tho gold, when the farmer im-mediately wrote a receipt.

"And what ia this, man?" cried Mr. Stewart, on receiving tho slip of paper. ,

"That is a reccipt, sir, binding me to give ye back your gold at tbo right time," replied Donald.

"Binding ye, Indeed! Well, my man, if ye cannu trust yourscl, I'm sure I'll noe trust yd Suohas ye canna hoe my gold;" and gathcrini; it up, he returned it to his desic and locked it up.

"But, sir, I might die," replied thu needy Scot, unwilling to surrender bis hope of the loan; "and perhaps my sons might refuse it ye, but tbo bit of paper would compel tlietn."

"Compel them to sustuin tbelr dead father's honor!" cried the en-raged Colt "They'll need compell-ing to do right, if this is the rotid ye're leading them. Ye can Kuag elsewhere for money, I tell ye; but ye'll find nane about here that'll put more faith in u bit of pa|)er than a neighbor's word of honor and blK love of right, "—f^thj/tt nan Wltiuu, , ».

Too Mneh Brie-A-Brae.

CREAM

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B A P T I S T j a m i t o L l B C f r O B , S E P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 . 11

The folly of excessive accumula-tion in the way of brio a-brac, orna-ments, and the thousand and one trifles scattered through themodern home, is never more forcibly im-pressed than when packing away household goods and gods, provlouR to the summer exodus. Each artt-cle bos some association that ren-ders it in a degree precious, and yot half of them disfigure rather than adorn the apartment to which thoy belong.

How much wiser is the mIstresH of a Japanese home, who, while keep-ing it exquisitely neat, nover cum-bers and litters it with cheap or ex-cessive ornaments. Shu under-stands the rest to eye and brain in frequent change of surroundings. Today she hangs up a piece of rare embroidery, and in front of it places a little table with some one choice vase holding a few carefully ar-ranged flower sprays. Across the corner a scrcen, with richly paint-ed panels, ia set, and everywhere the eye looka upon some object worthy of study and admiration; and so few are they as to admit of gen-uine enjoyment and appreciation. After a few weeks a complete change is made—one set ot art treasures removed and another lAit In th«'ir plaoa. Br this mathodf a succession ot charming Interiors is secured.— mU TaUci.

awarded' Hifhcst Honors^World'tf Fair.

•DR;

f O U H G S O U T H a

Mn. LAmUL DATTIII SAXH, Sdit«.

Car aarc san Mia. Baaala M ^ ;okara. Japaa. m

UttlaThlnga.

11 waa tmlf a Uttto tbiM tor Nell T» bfkkiM Iba UMhaa flra,

To a p ^ tb« doth, IA draw the lea, Aa bar maiaar might deaira—

A llttia thing: b«t bar mother smiled, And baalabad all har.oare,

AaisiaytkatwiHiaad Cloaad bright aad glad.

With a aang of ptalaa and prayer. .Twaa only a lltUa thing to do

moraatjrdyladllkaMad To gtooa tka boraa, to mUh the eow.

And bring tha wood from the ahad: Bat hla tathar waa glad to flad at algbt

Tha ahoraa war* all weU done "I am thaakfnl," aald be. "Aaleaaba,

ror tha gift of auah a aon." Daly aaiall tblaga, but they brighten life,

Orahadowttwlttaata; Bat Uttia Uilaga, bat they mold a Ufa,

ror Joy or aad daapalri Bat UtUa tblaga, yat Ufe'a baat prite,

The reward whleh Ubor briaga, OomM to blm who oaaa, AadaotabiiMa.

Th9 power of little thlnga. —MM. MAiir ranoM.

"There !• a way that aeemoth right unto a nan; but the end thoi«of are the ways of death."—Boloaon.

Higglon gubject for September, Italy.

"In tha pld daya Rome ruled the world. Kinga and princes hnmbled at her power, or pope. Prom Rome roada led to all parta of the known trorld. Would God that from hor now might proceed tbo power that ahoaM bj^evary avnnuo march, forth, to take '^ WOlTd for Prinoe Imta'an-uei, not by force, but by fiflth, hope, and love. To thia end let tho Bap-tiats of the sunny South preach the gospel untiringly to the people of aun-ny Italy.*'—H. M. SMrm in Septem-ber TeacAer.

' Tonng Sooth Oorrespondanoe. OhI t h ^ ways that aocm right

There are so many of thorn. The ways of pleasure, iodulgenoe, aelf* gratifioatioa. How bright they aeem, and oftentimes so innooent in tho be-ginning. There is a way,thottgb, (hat is right, whatever It may goem to you and me, and its end I s Uf , bleued and fallowed in thia world, and con-tinning forever. OhI find tbU way, my cbildren. Put our verao away flrmiT In your very hearts, that it may help you ID decide for yourself when two.palhs streteh before you.

The letters will not take us long this morning. Bo many aro too buty with the new aehool duties to write jutt yelt bnt they are going to before Sep-tember days go altogetheir by. - I'll show yon flrit a lone answer to

our "Book queationg:" "ainee sobool clotod In Juno I have

read 'Swiss Family Bobinaon,' 'The YoangtMarooners* and 'Marooner's Island,' The Gorilla Hunters,' 'Up among the los Floes,' 'Tom Sawyer,' — • tu„* .

MOCT PBRPBCT MADE 4 pwt Cfgps ClMin of TuUr Powder. ^ ^

Ammonia, Alum or sny otiiar ailuMiiaa «o n i w n m nrawMMA.

•Huokleberry Finn,! and *Hoofg and Olaws. Thai Is all 2 can ramember. I like tha 'Swiss Family' beat I ha«a nad.ihal over and over, and I feel as If I knew those boys well. I thlakthatls ihsreasonll ikslt best The oily book I avsr WaA bettor is 'BlaekBsavty.' I wish thsrs wsra no •had words* In books, l lwy spoil 'Tom Sawyer,' and 'Huak Finn,* and bskUes that obJeoUon, Ihsse two made ms dMhun sueh bad dreams of robbsra and gsMtag lost la a lonsly grave yaM. I think If I had a qnattsr I

M d It' On to (hs Anerloaa Bap-tist IPuhUeaHoa Boolstrfor 'Beantlfnl

Joe.' I've been told that ft Is aa In teroating as 'Black Beauty.' My nuunma aays It U a 'helpful book,' and that la tho kind she likes for ug to read. She burned up 'Peck's Bad Boy'after Tom bought it In Naah-vlilo. Do you think that was righ^?"

K. A. I am ao much obliged for that let-

tor. Who will follow it? I am so anxioua to know what my boys and girla are reading, and what they think abont theae hooka, that must be Uteir beat trienda, or worst enemies. I euro "E, A." must be a boy, a big honoat lad, who loves hig mother. He la Juat right about "Tom Sawyer." I wiah no alang or profanity was ever printed in the iitoratura our cblidrm read, or our grown folks either, for that matter. My daar father uaed to aay to me, "Read Washington Irving, dear. He never wrote a alngle line his own daughter ought not to read. 'E. A'g" mother was perfectly right

to burn that very objectionable vol ume. Your soul-food ia certeinly as much a matter of care and caution as the food for your body, aad what mother would not burn poiaon? Let us hear from the girla now. What aro (hoy doing in this line?

Clyde Burnley of Wlllard tella me to credit the reat ot her $L10 to (he Orphanage. She negleo(ed to mention that item In her other letter.

You will be greatly pleased, I know, to hear once more from Hiss Sarah Ebtle, oar valued correepondent In Mexico:

'*I should have written (he Young Sou(h acme (hreo or four weeks ago when my addrois was aaked for, but with vigltiog, travelling and paoking, I have been so buey that I have neg-lected it. I am now again in my Mex loan home, Guadalajara, and I shall be glad to hear from any or all of yon.* I left wqr n o y tw -i«m« August 4, butaslditepped In Memphia, spent nearly a week on a MiMigslppi ateamor going from Mempb{s to New Orieana, apent four days in tbo latter city, and one in Saittlio at the Made-ro InatKiite, and was delayed by some neoessary atop overs, I have only been here a few days. I am glad to be back on my mission field at work. But there is a very sad dilTeronoe between (hla country and the United States, and we fcol it very much when we first oome back. Our congregations and Sunday-acboolg are good and the work seems eacouraglog. Juat now we feel vsry sad about one of our mem-bors, a young woman in whom we had tiOten pleasure, thinking her a faithful Christian, as ahe wss always in her place at Sunday-school and atprtgtoh-ing. A few days ago sho left her home aecretly, taking everything but her Bible and soine cards on whiioh wer« Scripture (axti, and went to a 'House ofPanKonU.' That U Juit another name for a convent We have since learned that she was perauaded to tako thig step by the nuns. All efforts to ssa ber have been unavailing. Con-vente are forbidden here by the law^ but there aro said to be a good many secratly maintained. 1 ask your pray-ers for our work hero in Mexico."

Sarah Halb. Wa aro very gratehil for Miss Hide's

kind femsmbranoe of ns in bor bugy Ufa. Wo will pray for her and woHc for her and we hope to hoar often .from hw special field. We know she was stnmgthened by her stay In old rnnasssse with friends aad Undrsd. t wish so mnoh ws oonid hava sssn mora of her in Chattanooga,

Here's our dear lUtle Clarksvllls frlsod who Is so fatthMI to our work aad alMlya so wslcomei

••Yon will flad enclosed 11 which I wish divided betwesa our Aisskmary add the Jatasi O. Warosr, Jri, Fund. I send also M esato whloh our litllo

IVORY 5OAP No other soap is found in so

many homes. TMtf(iciwaa«««uCo..ci>ti.

Sunbeam Band gives to tbo aiok Kttie onea at tho Orphanage."

FKRon F. Fox, Jr. We are very grateful Indeed for (his

offering. It la so pleasant to have the same onea keep oombig year by year. May God bless all the little givers!

Here's our Nashville baby: ''I forgot to ask yon to aend me an-

other pyramid. Please do so: We are at home now and so g!ad to get back."

Annib Whitb Folk. I wish I could show yon the picture

of Annie White that her papa showed me last week. Sho -Is growing so larga and is so preMy., She shall have her pyramid immediately.

Tho laat la from Htunboldt: "You wUl find erolosed eo oenta. I

am three years old. I ssnd yon 26 oente as my birthday offering to he used hi Bro. Qnlaenberry's work, and 25 cent* forMn. Maynard in oMmory of my lUae sls(er, who died last May. Sho will not come back here to play with me any more, but I expect to go to her. My mother reads (he Young Sou(h page to me every week and I am glad to be one of the little boys who will aeod 10 oen(g every month for the Orphanage sick room. I hope to keep that up (he rest ot this

• -,T.Jnalr|i mt iwtnftiL bx..Jiriiudfttr, in stove-wood, and reutlng a liiHe spoooh tor those who like to hear me."

Cabmbn E. Jamcb. How glad we are (bat we shall hear

from Carmen every month. Cant yon stir up onr other friends in Humboldt? We uaed to have so many there, but it seems to me quite a long time now since we beard from them. Thanks for thia gift.

I saiir our good friend, Rev. W. Y. Quisenberry, last week, and what do yon think? He gave me a five-dollar bill for the Orphanage support fund wi(h his slnoerest (hanks to you all for what you havo done for his work. He was so glad to see yon "branoh-ing out," he said. If all onr contrib-utors were as liberal as he, we might "branoh out" Indeed. There are so many good objecte we would like to give onr aid to, and we hope to un-dertake greater things fOr Ood as tha years go by, and we'll not forget Mr. Oalaenberry's dear wish to put a Bi-ble In ever/home in Tennessee. Will . K e e p np your Istsrast iatbat line until he cries "Enoughl" I am so sorry he had not time to write yon hinuolf. Perhaps he will before long. Wa count hbn one of our best sup-porters, and we appreciate the high honor of being co-workm with him in his' labors among the destltuto in our own beloved State.

What of the record for Ssptsmber? It will soon bo closed. What you do must be done ^niekly. . Don't delay a day if,yoa have ian^t to say or send b^ors (his half-year clokss. Come on in solid ranks! Anxiously yours.

ItAOBA DAVTON BAKIN.

the peculiar work of our Baptist young people. I did-not leel loaely because many of the speakars had gray heads. I learned a great de^ that I hope to give the Young South the benefit ofhsreatter. a«„ti«».n

The new seeretan'of ^ S o u t ^ n Union, Rev. John D. Jo^M, made a

lOruu otmirwi w> wmt . . Lndtr, a paper whidil wish warsmore widely read by tba Young South. L. D. B.

Baaalpta.

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WharaHaftTaala.

A certain minister preaohrt cm d*y on heaven. The aexl swrninghe w B ^ 5 one of Ws wealthy members, who said: .

about heaven, but yon did not (ell me PMtor.'Tm glad

of (he opportunity this ^ n l o f f - I hkni^rt wme from (he hlUtop yon-deT'in t h a t ^ t t a g e ( h « t s a m e m -taw of vour church who Is exwemety SSorV S is sick in bed wlto a f s ^ K o n ^ U go down to« and tay W

the name ol our liora w w . " ran ask for a B hla and read Psalm S u i ; and then gel down on your

5tore>ou gel aU through I'U pay (ha ^'Shs next morning he said: ^

"Pastor. I saw hsavan, and I spsai 16 S m In hsavsn M certainly as you are littwilag."—

WILD W i t h E f i z m i i a

TtuB D. T. P. V. o r T imfntM. There was a most IntorasUng meet-

ing of dAe|aisi from all parta of Tta-nesseos In ChatlaBooga on Seplamhsr mmrtft^Mm • 4 and 6, aad an organisation oomplsl- T S s i S S ^ f ed. There ;vsra aot so many as we "--MJHiiaiiatiie hopsd to sea, hut tiia speeches wen as- ^ ^ ' S C B E oslleat and muoh lighl>was thrown on

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12 B A P T I S T A N D B E F L E O T O B , S E P T . 1 7 , 1 8 9 6 .

RECENT EVENTS.

Or. DIas la now iMturing In New Hampthire.

Wake ForMt Ooltoge opened up with 21fl atudenU thU wialon.

Dr. J. B. Gambrell It tald to be wrlUng a book on "TheOld South."

Her. John Robertaon of Scotland is engaged with Rev. A. C. Dixon in an OTangellitio campaign In Brooklyn.

The FIrat Baptiat Church of Dea Molnee, Iowa, haa lately flnlahed • very handaome church building at a coat of 945,000.

Dr. Ix>rlmer of Boaton will lecture before the atudenta of tife Univeraity of Naahvillo during the approaching lecture aeaaon.

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ProfeaaorJ. O. Deupreo, a good acholar and atrong Baptiit, baa been elected to the chair of pedagogy in the Univeraity of Miaaiaaippi.

The Leland Baptist Church, Leland Miaa., la without a paator and deairea to correspond with a good man who la available for the placc.

waa recently compelled to realgu the paatorate on aoeount of falUagheallb, la now muoh Improved In health, though iiot f e t Able lo r w u M aoUtra mlniaterlal work. W« hope that ha may aoon folly recover.

. The mlnutoe of the Middle Tenneaaee Sunday-achool Convention have juat been publiahed. They are not very long, but we anppoae that they are as large as the amount of money put Into the hands of Seeretary Bryan for the purpoao of printing them would allow.

Chaplain C. C. Bateman of Fort Aaainniboine, Mont., aaya: "The three moat remarkable women In the world are Miaa Wlllard, Mra. Balling-ton Booth, and Miaa Jeaale A. Acker-man." Miaa Ackerman haa traveled extenaively and made miaaionary and temperance addresses In almost every country on the globe. She haa lately been elected assistant to Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, of the Fourth Baptiat Church, Chicago.

The Standatd qt Chicago publiahed recently a Uat of the namea and delt^ nitlons of all the "Oioglea" from Ae-rology to Zymo'ogy. There are 209 In the Hat.

The minutea of the Cumberland Aa-aoclation have Juat been received. They have been gotten out in good atyle, aa uaual, by Bro. Dancey Fort, the efficient clerk.

The Tryon Street Baptiat Church, arlotte. North Carolina, has unan-oualy caUed Dr. A. C. Barron of MMMM/tV •••

"mented Dr. T. H. Prltchard.

At the opening of a aummer achool for poor children In Chicago 35 boya and girla who applied were examined cloaely aa to the extent of their famil-iarity with thinga and conditiona be-yond the narrow boundariea of their own home life and l u daily experi-ences. According to the Ch icago Utan' dard, 30 out of the 3S examined had never seen the woods, 19 had never seen Lake Michigan, and 8 had never picked a flower. How rich, compared with these poor unfortunates, are the boya and girla irtio have the woods and fields over which they may run and play at will.

ever. A new boarding houae has been opened which will further reduce the cost of living. Another professor has been added to the department of law. A school of history will be taught nextaesslon for the first time The attendance last session exceeded that of any year since theorgaaizatlon in 1832, and everything polnU to a further increase during 180(1-7. The number of applicants from Tennes-see Is larger than usual.

It Paid Him WelL

A TENNESSEE DOY GETS A BIO SALABY IN MONTANA.

Wallace McDowell, formerly of this otty. has scoured a position as head ^ k - k e e p e r for the Anaconda Cooper Mini eg Company at Anaconda, Mon-Una, on a salary of «2,500. The com pany is one of the richest in the Unit-ed SUtes, their outlay for real estate alone amounting to more than 16,000, 000*.

Mr. McDowell is a graduate of Jennings' Buslheaa College of this city,

this is only one of the manv in-and — — ^ uiany stances of the great success of the

of that noted school. .He .^'J? *111 Utke a course in

Jennings' Baslnesa College, aa I did, to cannot help being a good book keeper."

This la the school in which to learn either book keeping or shorUiand. Baainess men recommend it.

By order of ttie Board of Public Safety in Loulaville, all- pool rooms are to bo doted and atrict police sur-veillance inatltuted to find out and bring to Juatloe all violatom of the or-der.

The Jeunaland Mmengtr is aufhor-ity Ibr the stateueot that Dr. T. J . Melish, formerly editor of the Jmimal ond Mbmngtr, is now rector of an Epiaoopal church and an enthusiastle patron of baae ball.

We are glad to learn that Rev. W. J . Wiiliamst who was for some yearst the popular pastor ol the Baptia ohnroh at Ruttellvllle, Ky., but who

"George Wyckoff, the bank preti-dent who waa ahot by a atranger who demanded $5,000 from him, and who after ahootlng Mr. Wyckoff ahot him-

aa the assasaln. The aurgeons camo to him firat, aa was right. But the noble Christian asked them to go to his murderer first, saying: 'Grant me a favor; he is a younger man, and has a better chance than I, give him his chance.' It la a pity the daatard did not live to be hung."—Trc«(«m Beamier. It la a greater bleaaing that the victim of the daatard lived to ahow auch a Chriat-llke apirit.

The DiUntalor la the woman's favor-ite magaiine, and is issued by the fa-mous fashion publishers, the Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited), New York, at the low rate of 91 for a year's sub-scription, or 15 cents per copy. Of all family magaxines it is the great caterer to domestic needs, and can be recommended for its cheapness, use-fulness, beauty, freshness and utility

We call attention to the advertise-ment of Bailey & Tobln, tailors, on page 12. Both gentlemen are com-paratively young men, but they have already esublished a reputation in the city for business-like methods as well as efficiency as tailors. Mr. Bailey is a Bantist, the son of Prof. J . E. Bailey, who has done more for the development of the Concord Asso-ciation than any man in it. We should be glad to have our Baptist friends patroniie this firm whenever they need any tailoring done.

Rev. W. D. Gay of Adams Street church, Montgmnery, Ala., is a fine worker. He has receintly been forced by overfiowing congregations to make more room for the pMple. The fioor of the church auditorium has been inclined, and openings wide enough have been made into the robing rooms, Sunday-school rooms, and vestibules to enable the people to oecnpy these and easily hear the sermon from the pulpit. By these new arrangemenu the Adams Street ohuroh'has the sec-ond largest seating capacity of the Montgomery churehes, the first one la

. ^ r ^ iM7iuy (inr-^Iirt Street Methodist church. Bro. Gay does not stop for hot weather, but preaches at the park on Sunday afternoon, and on Sunday night be preaches on Mon-roe street right in the midst of 10 bar-rooms.

That was a disgraceful piece of toadyism enacted at the railroad ata-tion in Waahington a ftow nights ago when a captain of police was ordered by a cavalry officer to detail four men to carry Li Hung Chang la his ehair. Three cheers, however, for the captain and men who indignantly refused to obey such an order. No matter if the bloated Eastero magnate Is aoonstom-ed to be borne whither he would by obsequious lackeys, our people as a people are under no obligation of courtesy to ape the manners of a semi-barbaric people when tre enter^ toin their imperial represenUtive. The policemen who refused to degrade themselves in such a manner, at the same time saved trom dishonor the majesty of the authority with which the public will has invested theo.

President Boatwright Infbms us that Richmond College it better prepared than ever before to reeeive students, and is constanUy being strengthened in every department. All of the studenu* apartmentahaTe bean over-hauled thlssummer and put in thorough repair, and the literary society hails have been made more attractive than

In an InteresUng letter in the West-ern Seeorder recMtly, Prof. Edmund Harrison, president of Bethel Female College, has the following to say of Prof. H. H. Harris, his former col-league in Richmond College, Va., now professor in the Southern BapUst Theological Seminary. "ParUcuUrly gntltjing was it to note thatjmy old t r i n d and former colleague, H. H. Harris, gracefully and fully meets the h i ^ e s t expectations of students and public in his new field of labor. He is indeed the right man in the right place. Nature endowed him' with strong intellect, olean out and pene-trating, which industry, experience and grace have developed, enriched and polished beyond what is uaual even aotong seholarly men. Thinking deeply and acourately, he grasps truth with a firm grip, and then prcsento it in beautiful and eymmetrleai fbrm with soeratio ftoroe and clearness. A great teacher, a deep thinker, a sound theologian and a godly man, he can be rolled upon as a defender of the idiole truth, a very bulwark against the nuhinff tide of 'new ideas* which flood upon us nowadays."

Has for a Fifth of a Century Cared all fomia of . . .

KIDNEY and UVBR DISBASB5.

THE DREAD

BRIQHT'3.

DISEASE Is bMt incipient Kidney Disease.

Either are Dangerous. Both can be Cured

if treated In t ime with Warner's Safe Cure.

Wko liottle or new itrle MniUlar jnu «t your <lrusrlft%. Ask for either and acuept no lufaatltuta. ^ ^ unu

BELLS tsiis: •^sisfs'js-i.jssit $7S MOXTH AND KXPRNSKS; upaitaM* |«aaienwyi mttloa pwnaBMIt Mif 'telUir. PBAiBlir«.Co..Cts«laBaU,0.

The recent death of Dr. G. W. Samp-son recalls the following remark by Dr. J. L. Lodge in the Journal and Muaender aome time ago. He said: " lu all my acquaintanea with minis-ters, including a few from England and the Continent, I have known on-ly two who could speak EnglUh. One was the now glorified John A. Broad-us, and the other is George W. Samp-son." Thla is high praise. Dr. Lodfc explains his meaning by say-ing: "T%e vast leaminif of these men, their'perfect acquaintance with Greek, Latin and French, made is possible for them to think and utter in Saxon. But who, in this one respect, has at-Ulned to the capacity of these h i | ^ examples? What shall we do, who, while hard students for many years, and still delving, humbly confess our fkilureto reach that exalted power whose fncility with all languagse givee the simplicity of the primer in the use of our own?"

I t b a Will Kaewn fmH pMthol

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Barrett Belhu Bro. Ftan 's great song book is etlU

in the lead, and will n n a i n so as long as the people love to sing the gospel sound in doctrine, endorsed by thons-ands. Lovers of moslo say i t is tha best of all for all purposee. Vooal tMohers say the mdlmsnta a n good. Noe. 1 ,1, and t a r e the thneoomblBaA with an appendix of 47 bsanUfnl eongs. Bonnd and Shape notse, and wotda only. Send lor prlee l is t Bookr shipped trom i t . Lo«is, ICo., or Naih-^ T m . AddrMs I f r t . W. I . Pmn, lun r in Spriaga, Aifc, or JUT-

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TWO MONTHS «FOR $5. The following it a fair sample of

the letters wo dally receive: Wayneaburg, O., Aug. 20, '00.

Gents:—Incloaed find 110 for Elec-tropoiae; this is for a friend. If thla one doea as well aa mine, and I doubt not that it will, U will be entirely aat-iafaotoi7. I hare never regretted the 125 for the one I bought. Your prea-ent temporary offer to aell outright for 110 will be largely taken advantage of between now and Octobw 1. I waa permanently cured of neuralgia of the heart and atomach, a thing that had. almoat taken my life a number of timea. Aa a atlmulant to the heart'a action I have not found anything bet-ter in all the drugs'! have ever uaed, bealdes the satisfaction that one is not doing anything harmful to some other part of the body. I can heartily rec-ommend the Elsctropolse. Yours truly.

ELD. E. E. PNCEOE.

V L r t US send you a booklet.

DUBOIS & W E B B , Chamber otOooiimeroe Building,

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE

E a c h , $ L 5 0

waimteoriu^'^^S^^^ ^ Baaots lapalfsd sad Bistptned.

thlsflnBlafellabla.-SaptUt*Befleetar.

To Cuauca o r Assooutionb: We desire to secure a oopy of last

year's minutes of each Association in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Kentnoky^nd will appreciate it if the clerin will mall us a oopy of their last Minntee. This request is made with the view of submitting to them a busi-ness proposition, Respectfully,

PAUL it Boyums, Printers Sc Publishers, 300 N. Mar-

ket Street, IfashviUe, Tenn.

J A M E S T . C A M P .

PRINTER & PURLISHER. UT Ualoa St.. M MbvUle, Teaa.

TEACHERS OR SCHOOLS Tiinltsfa'lKtaM ona* Jui^w* In'laraasSr tor lla t a a ^ S n S E l ^ t M p t - i ^ a i i d l u ^ ^ iaterast to aofrMpaod wOi

C L A U D E J . Bf iLL.

—J. 'W< Johnson's cold i torafs lOiPabUoBqnars Til-

fbr the ilns«t mea^

Orphana' Homt Oontrlbatloiui for Aagait.

Howell Memorial Church, city, ice oream freeier and preservee, •«.

Seventh Church, clty« one delivwy wagon, HOC; two barrels of potatoes, and provUiona, $4.66.

Market houae gatherings, 3 barrels corn, 1 bushel sweet potatoes, 2 bush-els apples, tomatoes and beef, c Union Ridge Church. oanned fruit, •2.80.

Little Hope Ohnrch, provisions and sundries, 110. RO.

Watertown Church, preserves, jel-lies, useful articles for kitchen, chickcns, etc.

Bell Buckle Church, by Bro. Green and wife, 150.

Money for running expense comes in very slowly. Every church and Sun-day-school should make a contribution to the Home. Send provisions and useful articles. Always pay freight orexpreaa before sending. Informa-tion gladly given to any who desire it. Twenty-alx children need meat and bread. Others will soon arrive in the Home. W. C. Goldbn.

Hew*! Thlst Ws osar One Hudrad DoUara BawarA far

ta'sratia®' «««.t b. b, r. J. OHKmV a OO.. Props., T o l a d ^ «raa(a,Mid ballm aSt swta^feeiionMa ta all boalaaas traaaaa-tlona ana finaMlally abla to carry oat any obU-nttwa by UMlr fliia. WMt a Tniax, Vrholeaala Dnintata, Talado, O WaU^KloMn a llMma.lnMlaaala Dm-

. B%'s Oaurrh Ovra la takan iBtamally, aet iBf dlraetljr upon Uia blood and atueotta anr faeea of tba ajratmn. Frloa Tie. per bottia Bold by aU Dmcftsta. TaattatoniaCtraa.

Along Th* Sam* Line.

"Dr. S. A. Steel, editor of the Xp-worth Xra, has con^ t ted the crime of 'expressing some opinions of his own,' and last week felt the weight of the pondoroua Metiiodiat •MAhlM.f'.-J. B. C B A N n u . in the Texas Baptiit Btandard.

"Along the same line it may be re-marked that Dr. WhlUitt, president of the Southern Baptist Theological In-stitute, has also committed the crime of 'expressing tome opinions of his 9wn,' and he too has felt the weight of the ponderous Baptist madiine."—T. D. Srvquby In OoqmI Adivoeat$.

"Along the same line It may be re-marked that Dr. R. Lin Cave, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, NashvUle, has also committed the crime of 'expresilng some opinions of his own,' and he, too, haf felt the weight of the ponderous Campbellite bossee known as the Ooqwl ildooeoto Publishing Company of which F. D. Srygley is prominent." Oh, for some power to sse ourselves as others see usi

John T. Oaioky. Henderson's X Roads, Tsnn.

Ono advantage of taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood is that you need not infringe upon your hours of labor nor deny yourself any food that agrees with you. In a word, you are not compelled to starve or loaf, while taking it. These aro roc-ommendations worth considering.

The Coosa Baptist Association unanimously a d o p t ^ a report on ed-ucation, which contains the following paragraph: "But inasmuch aa Dr. W. H. Whitsltt has published unauthor* lied statemente on Baptist church his* tory' and has been called upon by many of the close friends of the s e l ^ l to resign, but which ha has not* done, it is therefore the senae of this Aswoia* tion that we oannot longer advise our young men studying for the ministry to attend said school until the true* teat shall hava rsmoved tba sfUd Whit-sltt from all conneotion with the Sem* inary."

Bt B. Dvm. Pond Spring, Ga.

f SUITDAT SCHOOL BOABD |

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S o u t h e r n Bap t i s t Conven t ion .

J . M. FBOBT, SMre ta ry .

lU PorMleab.

itsMisaioBanr D*r. la aoMosoUoa wiui the Homa and

Vbretga B o a ^ It baa a r r ao^ ror a Mlaatooary Day la tba Baaday-aeboola for tba laat Boaday In Baptaoiber. Pro-gtasM and mtta-bosaa aro f urelabed tr«a ooappUeatloB. Tha ooUaatfam wlU be aaat to tba Boaday-aAeol Board, bat then fomardadtotMHoflBeaadForalfB Boaida.

Ita Hobm DopartBMB . Uia auktataa effort to latroduMtbo

Home Deparunent lato onr Sunday-aebool woft, by wblob all the plana for atody and mlMtonary operation whleb webBva' rledlato ^ Uterature

Ita Bible Work.

In the Snaday-aobool are ear-tbe bMM. A apodal Una of «la beias prepared for thla,

Ita Bible Work. It baa a apaeiae Bible De^ment, itotwblcta nanta aro made for tha eadlatrtbutronof Blblea In daaUtnte ont

free

TbeTeaober Advaneed <taarterly Intemediata Qnartarly.... PrUury Quarterly ^ Leason Leallet

PletaiaLaaaonOards

plaeea, and fnraiahlat Blblea at Ohaap rate, to tboaa wlablnx to puiebasa.

Ita Apprapr.atloBS. ItbaaMUibatad to daaomiaaUoBal

work. In laaa tban foar yeara, nearly tlx kddoU • •• * thousand dollara'worth of literature and Blblea to deautata aoboelai aearly (en thouaand dollars In eaah to tba Home abd Vorelfn Board*: over fUlaea tboua-u d dollars In eaah to Sunday-aohool mlHlons In the different Statea: orer flftean hundred dollara to other deaom-Inatlonnl Intereata. OlvlBK Tonr Bolp.

Tberolsonly one war in wMeh you e»n flTe your help to thla part of the worlcof tka Boutbern Bapnst Oonven-Uon. We do Aot aak for ooetributlona, but only ttat you will order your Sun-daraabool at^laa trom the Bnnday-aofiool Board %i MaahvlUa Uora aad more the Board haa ahown Itself a safe bosineaa tor the ConvantloB.aa effldaat anney for furtherlnt Itapurposm, wise aenomlajktlonal policy, and erery way «orthy aupport. ^ I Miley, and ao In of denotilnatlonal

-PKIOE tlST-..BOe-ayear. ..lOeayear. ..•on year. .. aoayear. .. to a year. ..Itoaytar.

Kind Words, weakly too a year. Kind Words, semi-monthly..J6o a year. Kind Words, monthly l8o s year. OhW'aQOT.. ..........tteayaar. Touns P ^ r f a Leadw w w k ^ a year!

Address all orders, either for supplies or samples. TO THE

II BaptistSunday-scliool Board, Nashville, Tenn.

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I wlA to express my sincere appre-aUtlon for tha «tt of nofr JtusKX har-ness presented to me at our fifth Sun-day meeting. Bro. T. H. Vaughn and Sister Mattie Gauldln were the instigators and prime movers. May the Master richly reward, not only them, but all who contributed.

Newbern, Tenn. W. M. Phiob.

We closed a glorious meeting at Hurricane Grove a few days ago. Bro. John A. Carlton did moit of the pieadiing. Brethren Faublon and Wood also assUted. I had thepleas-nr« of bapUxing 13 happy souls In Duck River, near Shelbyville, last Sunday in the presence of a large number of people. More are to fol-low soon. The church has a good Sunday-schooL J . E. Suixivam.

Eagleville, Tenn.

Ara Ton NenrouB? UM Honford 'g Aeld Phoiphato. Dr. H. N. D. Parker, Chicago, HI.,

says: " I have thoroughly tested It in aarvout diseases, dyspepsia and gen-eral debility, and in every case can see great benefit from its ute."

We have Just ended a two weeks' meeting at Round Lick church. Bro. Brett, of Ctarthage, did the preaching and God used the gospel as the power of salvation; Thsre were 47 additions to the ohuRsh. Tlie most of my preach-ing is in school-houses. I try to go to those places where the people do not attend church and Snnday-school. I And that the people are becoming more Intensted than I have erer seen them. Where Be leadi me I will foUow. H M am I, srad me. R. F . Swirr .

Watertown, Tsnn.

I have Just olosed a meeting 4t Mo-Crory's Creek church. The building has I I comers and waa built In 1890 or 1837, The few members who re^ main are old and Arable and the build-lag has bent dANrtid for about six

years. I went there and began a meet* ^ . . . T h e copgreeatlona night and there was groat Interest maniissted. We doted with four con-versions. I did all the preadilng, with the exception of one sermon by Bro. Eubanks, our M. E. brother, and one by Bro. McClendon. I also organited a Sunday-school.

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I have recently aided Bro. G, W, Shlpe in a meeting at Beaver Dam in Knox county, We found the church very indifferent and very many, of the members were in the same oonditlon when we left. It was muoh sasier to get men to Ulk on the financial ques-tion than on something more impor-tant. I find tome preachers who teem far more Interested In Bryan or M0-Kinleythaninlottsouls. Butivefound a fetr who were faithful and dod gave us success. Ten souls were saved. Five have united with the church and more will Join later. Bro. B. Demar* cus, who is 70 years of ago and who has wrought nobly for the Master In the past, was present and rendered valuable service. We begin a meet-ing at Union, Knox county, next Sun-day night. H. B. Clapp.

Corryton, Tenn.

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WOOTBN. Qeorge K: Woolen, our beloT«d paa-

tor, dlod July 3, 18»6. B« wfta p«r feotly realffned and irently breftthod hla llfo aw»y. Bro. Wooten waa» young man of marked ability and waa rapidly obminir to Uio front aa preaober. He waa a atudent at the 8 W. B. Unlveraity and a man of broad mind and atrong doctrinal views Woodland church and thia communi ty have auatained a great loaa.

MATHIS. Jamea H. Matbia waa born May 8,

1818, waa married to Harriet Allen on Auipiat 5, 1834 and died June 1, 1890. Ho left a wife, 9 children and 28 grand-children. While he never attached bimaelf to any church he waa a good man, upright, true, conaciencioua. He enjoj ed the uonfldence and eateem of hi« neighbora and the true friendahlp of all who knew him.

Milton, Teun. C. A. Oule.

SHAW. Bertha Shaw, aged 18 yeara and

8 montha, died on Auguat 4. She waa a member of Big Creek Baptiat church, having joined laat aummer. 'Tia hard to aay and know we'll never aee bar again on earth. Though while we aor-row we do not aorrow aa tboae who have no hope. In her manner ahe waa refined, her diapoaition waa awe«t and amiable, and ahe waa loved by all who knew her. May the Lord gra-cioualy comfort the bereaved family

A u n t W i l u k .

BENTL£Y. Died at the homo of bla parenta, in

Eurekaton, Tenn., on June 22, 1890, Walter Bentley, aged 22 yeara. He profea^ed faith in bhriat and joined Harmony church in 1889. He waa a true Chriatian, hia life being charao-terized by many noble traita auch aa few Cbrlatiana poaaeaa. In hla home, where he waa one of eight children, be waa a joy to hia parents, for he is aaid to have never apoken harahly to tbcm, nor diaobeyed them. To hla aia tera and brothera be waa a kind, gen-tle and loving brother. At achool be waa a favorite with teachers and achool-matea, for be was. thoughtful, diligent and obedient. Hia death, af-ter an illneaa of eight wseka, waa a aevere grief in hia home where he waa ao beloved, and to his frienda, who were numerous. A FlinbiD.

WILUAMB. A kind and gentle slater haa gone to

rest with Ood. BeUlo Williams was the daughter of Deacon .Juliua H. Williams of Fall Creek church, Wil-son county, Tenn, She was born July 20, 1802, professed religion at a pray-er meeting in Windes' achool houae when she was about 14 years of age. Soon after she united with Fail Creek church. In whioh she lived an honored member until summoned home on June 16, 1890. Miss Bettlo was quiet and unassuming. Her deportment at all times was that of a Christian lady. Sba was an lavalid for more than m year but bore har aflllatlon well and murmured not. She asked me to condttol her funeral and selected the songs to be sung. Har plaoe lo tba ohuroh, Bun^ay-sohool, oommunity and home Is vacaal. Lai ua imitata her Chriatian virtues and live for ^ jlory of Ood, and some day (beaa sev-ered links will be ra-unlted.

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move our beloved brother, David Smiley, who died May 10, 1890, aged 74 years. Ha professed faith In Christ in 18G0, and lived a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist ohurdi 47 yeatv. By a llf^ of piety and nseful-ness ha adorned society, honored Ood and the ohuroh, and set an axanpla all would do wall to Imitate*. A kind husband, loving father and geaarons friend, he will ba sadly mlsaed. Thera-(ora,balt

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The Cariboo Mining Company of British Columbia recently shlppeil to tlie United SUtes Assay Onioo in Wall street, Sfiiw York, a nugget dt gold that weighed 4,7't7 ounces and was valued at 186,000.

The hope Is expressed In some quar-ters that the death of Russia's impe-rial chancellor, Lobanoff, who was an uDcomprotnUlng enemy of Ki[rland, may open up a way for the concei ted action of the {towers iu du.ilinir with the Turkish Oovernm-jnt.

Miss Clara Barton has roturned to this country. She claims that the ttys-tom of relief now in operation In Ar-menia Is as perfcct as could bo devised and yet bo tolerated by the Sultan. Although untold good has already been accompltsbeil by tiie relief. Gpm-commlssloD there is stUl great deitUu-tlon and sulTerlog to claim the sym pathy and material help uf ChrirtUn people.

Nile had a sharp enjcaifcmoat dt i^ij Haflr on Septembor 11> in which thoi Dervish foreci were defeated, and ro-' treated. The British then advanced' up the rlrer with their boats, and suc-eeeded la oaptaring Oonffota before the DcrvlshM could reaoh Uiore. Wad Bishara, the commander of tlie Derviahoi was wounded in the IlKht at EiUaSr. Tt is said that the native residents of . EI<Ilaflr have welcumed the appearaoco d! the British and Egyptian expedition, and seem to re-gard their advance as assurance ot a deliveranco from the rule of the Khalifa and tiiaBaggaras. The Khnllta Is a native trlHc, that has oxerclscd a cruel dominion over the Nilo tribes.

The Agrarian party iu the German Gmplro has lately scored a victory in securing the passage ot a- strict law regulating the business ot stock ex-chaqgen.and future dealing. The law pravldes that mi oxohange can bo os-tabllphed - without iit-'ease from the gOTernmonti and even then the busl-!.«e«S'0/tbo eychange Is to bo undct^ •triot governmental laipeottou. Per-sons coDTioted of unfair doaiing will be,dabarred from ,iha excbanges, and any man found guilty of inducing inoxi perlaneed persons to siicuuiatc In lines ontside their sphere ot business will be flned a sum not cxoecding 93,^70 and v411 slso be punished by Im-i prlsonment.,,. Future dealing In grain| breadftulfi, Dilniog and manufaotur* lug stocks-will be nbsplutoly pro* hlblted.

raanlfontoes at every church servioe, warning tlio people to support the Conservative party. They cveh went so far as to threaten with extreme and fatal excommunication all Catholics who supported I^aurier. But this did not deter them, and iu the electiou of Lnurler they have won a victory that roscuea them from the domlaallon of a poiitlcol-ccclcslastlcal power. The Manitoba school question, which re-cently enirrosHOil so much of the public attention was only a local and Inten-sified form of the conflict that has been waged throughout tbe Dominion ami which has so happily resulted in a victory for the Liberals.

A. J. Dearborn, president of tbe Kaniras ^ F. A., was the victim, on the ult;hl uf SeptemlMir 12, ot a das-tardly attempt (it atiasoloatlon. He wa<i returning home late at night when unox(.outedly some one struck him k fuarlul l>low on the head which bi-ought him to the ground, ilti^ would-be assassin then made thrm ugly wounds in the region of tbe heart with a dagjger. Supposing he bad .done hU woi)kweIl,«he dastard throw his ylut(a qver a fcnoo and left him' fo^deiid. H ^ the roan lay unoon scious till morning. A short time after ho was found he regained con-sciousness long enough to explain the time and mana«r of his assailant's at tack, but akatn lapsed Into unoon' sciiousnoss before a description could bd had from biiu of the villain. It-is fcand that Mr. Dearborn will die. Thoi o is no manner ot doubt that he is the victim of some Jesuit fiend. This diabolical order has suffered expulsion from almost every country of I'Jurope. May the day come quick-ly when they will no longer be allowed to ply thtir liullish vocation in our American Republic.

Manrai Duocan, a citlBen of the Unltbd States now traiveilitig in Oana-'d«« writss a letter to Th» BtandarA of Ohleago;, In Wbioh hft"r)(UltB over the late victory of the comition people o^ tbe Dominlod llri elMdttg Laarler prime minister of tlie realAt. Th4

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And now it la announced that En gland has changed front on the Ar-menian question, in view of the fact that If England should attempt to force the Sultan by her own authority, she would have to face the combined fleets of Russia, France, Orrmnny and Austria. This is a complete backdown on the part of England, and will not only bring a blusli of shame to evoryone who has English blood in him, but at the same time must ma teriaily weaken her position in 'the East. Meanwhile wc suppose tbe sultan will feci free to continue the Armenian maisacrei to hli heart's content, and, In fact, it is announced that the Kurds on September 16 and 1(1 descended on the Armenian Village of Bgin, killing and burtalnff as they went It is suggested that a tiripio al liance botwbeii England, Italy and the United States has been formed for tbe purpose bt forcing Turkey to grant the reforms demanded in the ease ot Armenia, but we have about lost all confidence in any government In the world attempting to doanyihing in the matter, etptolailr If It will have the remotest tshdency to affect her Own interest.

Preaching Outside The Pulpit.

N V L U S V . T H E O D O R E L C O Y L E R D D .

For what purpose did I enter the ministry? is a vitally important ques-tion which every conscientious minis* ter will keep constantly before bis mind. The answer which he will make to this question will lie, I iieoame a preacher in order to bring God's mes-sages to my fellow men, to awaken thoee Who are careless, instruct those who are ignorant, comfort those who are in trouble, help those who are weak, and lead Immortal souls to Jesus Christ; in short, my aim is to make bad people good, and good peo-ple )>etter. To attract people to the house of God is of far less importance than to attract them to Christ; tbe making a good sermon Is mainly ot value that It makes a good man. A wise minister will not belittle his pul-pit by neglecting to make full prepa-ration for it, nor will he cheapen It by putting there anybody and every-body that he can lay hands upon. At the' same time he recognizes that he can spend only about three or four

. hours lb that pulpit on only one day of the seven; aild whether in the pulpit or put of It, fie is every whei^ Christ's ambassador, * The Bible Is the best theological seminary, and In that he learns that his divine Master delivered two popu-lar discourses which the Holy Spirit has preserved for us; one ot them was delivered on a mountain, and the oth-er by the seaside. The great body of our Lord's instruetions were iti tbe form of personal conversations with individuals or with his little band of disciples, T h a C ^ i e t evening talk with Nicodemus has shaped all Chris-tian theology and molded; myriads of human characters, and will continue to until the oud ot time. The apostles pursued the same methods with their Master; and the book of The Acts is largely the rccord of pertooal labors for the conveirsion or the spiritual benefit of the individuals. Paul preached public discourses when he had tbe opportunity; but I question whether his sublime discourse on Mars Hill has over brought as many souls to the Savior as his brief Ulk with one' poor awakened sinner In the prison of Phlilppl. The donger with ns ministers is that wo look at our flocks too much as totality; the word ••masses" Is a misleading word. Wo preach oh Sunday to a congregation; but God's eye sees pnly Individuals. Ouih is a thing appertaining to an individual oonseieac6| and conversion Is the turning of the single sotil to Jesui. It we preach to a congregation for an hour Or two on the Sabbath, it Is a Joyful thought to an earnest soul winner that he can preach outside of his pulpit tof thore thata a hundred houris during tbe week,

one ot the unanswerable arguments for thorough pastoral visitation Is Uiat It brings a minister within arm's leng^ of his parishioners. He needs this personal conuet for his own ben* •fit. A good library is a good thltagt

but there Is a great dllferenoe between a lifeless book on your shelf and the vitalizing and fertilizing study of a book in boots; for-every life is a bi-ography. You and I, my dear brother, are helping to make these biographies. Our sermons are addressed to e.very-body; a conversation is addressed to a single soul. ''Thou art the man" is the meaning of every loving appeal, every kind rebuke and every personal invitation. A man may dodge a ser-mon; be cannot dodge a personal oon* versation conducted in the right spirit. A faithful sermon. ought to set your people to thinking. In one mind it may suggest diflicultles, and when that person meets you he majr *Ub to have the difficulty ezi>Iained; the door is thus opened for you to remove an obatacie, or to press home a needed truth. In another mind your sermon may have awakened a eonvictlon of sin. That impresilon may fade away, or it may be deepened If it be followed up by a personal interview. Much of many a pastor's best work has been done in an "inquiry meeting," but even when ne snch.method is nsed| there will be oppor^ltMe Jor ever^ wide-awake t^'tor ufSnAoutwbiout' bis parish is an •'anxious inquirer.**' You ought to have a fixed tUse in every week when persons can o^l on you, and it any one breaks into your study during your morning hours for spiritual direction, you ought to re-joice to throw aside books or sermon notes and give him the right of way. The man that wants you is the man that you want. It Is an excellent method also to request your congrega-tion to send a request to you if t l ^ desire an interview in their own homes. Remembsr how cordially the Mastsr met every one who came to him for light or for healing, and what a long journey he took in order to bring ra-ilef to one poor woman in the coasts of Canaan. In dealing with awakened souls nothing can take the place. of personal contact. To reaoh all such from the pulpit only is almost as ab-surd as it would be for • physielan to road his prescriptions from a desk i s a hospital Instead of going from bed to auothor to feel each pulse, and to examine each fever-ooated tongue,

No pastor worthy of the name will need to be reminded how strong are the claims on hlm.of the Lord's "shut-Ids" whose faeee are not seen in the sanctuary. Whomever you neglect, never neglect the siek—espeeially those who are in the by*lanes of poverty. There is no more Christ-like work than that, and none that will gslp your people to you more strong* ly. The hours you spend in the min-istraUons of comfort to the sick and tho sorrowing wUl often subjeet yonr nerves and your sympathetie senslbll* Itles to a severe strain. The most celebrated pulpit orator in America onoe said to me, "It consumw more of my nerve foree to spend an hour with people who are in trouble than to pre-pars two sermons." That may be so; but Is there any more Ohrlstly ofDoe In this old sobbing and stUfeiriaff