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Old Seriea, Vol. LZ. NASHVILLE , TENN . , MAllCH 25, 1897. New Series, Vol. VIIZ., No. 31

CURBBMT TOPICS

-Important amendments to the

llalnes Liquor Law of New York are

lo l)e carried throui^h the L«Klsl<^ture.

They are designed to make tbe local

iipilon provision of the law more ef-

f.>ctl»e to do away with the "fake"

clubs and hotels which have sprung

up on every hand since the law went

Into ofTrct. It Is thought that with

these changes the law will be greatly

Improved. The Independeut says that

" I t has reduced the number of places

where liquor is dispensed In the State

by 20 per cent and Is fairly entitled

lo a proper trial "

—Last wi ek an event took place In

lJar»on City, Nevada, which complete-

ly threw Into the shade all public In-

terest In Cuba. Greece and other things

for the time being It was a prize

fight between two brutes whose names

we do not care to dignify by publish-

ing In our columns. Of course one

whipped the other. The only regret

about it was that each did not knock

the other into Insensibility. It was

eerUlnly a shameful afTair, and all tbe

more so because it was legalized by

tbe Leglsl»tar« of Nevada. There were

about 3,000 sports of every variety

who gathered to witness the battle, and

their passions were Inflamed to the

very highest pitch. It will be a long

time, we imagine, before Nevada ro-

coveri from this disgrace thus brought

upon her name and from the effects of

the corruption which naturally follows

In the wake of such an affair.

stances It would not be surprising if

she should Jump at an opportunity

to sell the Island to tbe Cu-

bans. Such a proposition has been

made by Gomez through the New York

World, and It met with great favor.

It Is recognized on every hand that the

administration of Weyler as Captain

General of the Inland has been an

Ignominious failure. His Idea of pac-

ifying the country. It seems, was to

kill all of the Inhabitants he could get

his hands on. By the way, we were

told while in Tampa that tbe<;uban

clgar-makcrs there gave one day's

earnings In each week to the Cuban

cause, amounting to about 110,000 each

week from all of them. On that day It

was said they worked harder and long-

er and with more enthusiasm, and

thus made more money than on other

days. You cannot conquer a people

with such a spirit as that.

The Lyre of Life.

BY I.AUIIA BIJBNSTT LAWSoW

The lyre of life. Mrunw with tbe heart ii quick •triDKii

Ho tense, timt to th« touch ot eacb caregslng breeite

It Rl ea responie. ik oft mlatucvd The player briDKa

Not only harmonleji from out lu brcaal. to cbarm and please

The iwteolnif world But cliioorda grate und Jtr tbe ear.

Dent to rfctlve ItH tweetemmelodles. Bo let uiitrlve,

Uaeb one to tune his lyre, that thoae who wait to bear

May gladly wait again: nor turn away to ((tTO Their encores to another.

Wild winds may rudely brush Tbe under strings, and call tbeni forth a mi-

nor strain But If no discord luars, the lephyrit lo tbe

after-bush Give to the world a gladsome melody again

Newport, Tenn.

Battlefleldt o f Christian Conquest.

—The Legislature has passed a bill

Incorporating the Centennial grounds,

and It has been signed by the Govern-

or and now becomes a law. The only

objection to this bill Is that It carries

with it the privilege of selling beers

and light wines on the grounds. It is

true that matters might have been

worse. The grounds might have been

Incorporated, along with a few eltUens

living near them, under the general

laws of the Stale, and this would have

given the privilege of establishing

saloons In «ir near the grounds But

while we are ihankfjil that matters are

not Borse, we aro sorry lhat they are

as bad as they arc We aro opposed

to beers and light wines, and wo object

to them under any and all elrcumstan-

ces. Still this special not of the Leg-

islature will give to the Centennial

managers the authority to control the

grounds, and we hope that the best of

order may prevail.

—Crete has almost overshadowed

Cuba In public interest during the

past several weeks. The Cuban strug-

gle, however, still continues. It is

•aid that the Spaniards aie beglnulng

to recogol«e that victory for them Is

Impossible. Toe Cubans oooupy the

whole Island outside of ft fe* large

oUlei and towns, and they conUnue to

make atUoks upon the towni even In

the vlolnUy of Havana Then the rainy

•eaion l i eomlng on, when tbe 8paa-

larde will not be able U* do any active

eaupalgnlnff. Betides, the treasury

' otBpalu l i about exhausted, together

wllh her oredl^ Under these olroum

—The situation In Crete has not

changed materially since last week.

The blockade of tbe Island by the

fleets of the European powers went Into

effect on March 8th, but It Las

amounted to very little, as it is said

tbe insurgent Cre^ns on the Island,

together with their Grecian allies, are

fully supplied with food. The threat-

ened blockade of Grecian ports by the

powers has not yet gone Into effect,

and we doubt If It ever will. The Em-

perors of Russia, Germany and Aus-

tria are said to be anxious for It so as

to coerce Greece into measures, and

the governments of Italy, Prance and

England have given a 'luari endorse-

ment to the policy. But the people of

these countries are evidently In sympa-

thy with Greece and the governments

are compelled to proceed rather cau-

tiously. Mr. Gladstone, true to his

natural Instincts, which have always

been on tbe side of freedom, has pub-

lished a pamphlet in which he scores

the Emperors of Germany and Kussia

very severely for their course I" this

matter, and expresses the strongest

sympathy for Greece. Mr. Gladstone

has only voiced the highest sentiments

of the English people, and Indeed of

the clvllleed world. Meanwhile, op-

erations are going forward very ac-

tively In Greece for a war on land

with Turkey. If the other powers

would let Greece alone, wo believe she

would whip Turkey In short order.

The whole situation reminds us of In-

stances which all of us have seen,

perhaps, In our sobool-boy (lays, in

which a bad boy and i little boy and

several big boys are the actors. The

bad boy Is very mean and aggres-

sive In his attitude toward tbe little

boy. The little boy flnally gets his

dander up and starts In to whip out

the bad boy, who, though a little

larger than he Is, is a coward at heart,

but the several big boys stop In and

take the side of the bad boy against

the little boy. We believe they ought

to keep hands off and let the little boy

give the bad boy a sound thrashing.

Wo suppoie our readers understand

that Turkey Is the bad boy and Greeoe

the little boy and the powers of lOU'

rope the big boys.

ur it«v J MrNRO giBsoH. n o

Often has this battle been fought,

but never, perhaps, has the fgbting

been so fierce and so long as in tbe

Netherlands. Motley's classic work

gives the story In full.

L«t us first maka some attempt to

estimate the opposing forces. On4he

one h«nd there was all tbe power of

Spain In the days of Its Imperial gran-

deur, with the best soldiers In Europe,

veterans trained In many a long cam-

paign, and commanded by the most

brilliant generals ol that famous age,

by Ferdlnando, Duke of Alva, by Don

John ol Austria, victor of L«panto,

and hy Alexan ler Farnese of I'arnia.

Tdo treasuries of Mexico and Peru sup-

piled tbe sinews o f W r , and behind all

was the fierce, Intolerant spirit of the

bigoted Ftalllp II

On the other hand—what? A small

country, much of which had been res-

cued from the sea and was-held by the

uncertain security i»f vast dykes, and a

people mostly plain, Industrious bur-

ghers, wealthy, happy, easily deceived

by solemn promises, nnd with little

disposition or training for war. There

were Indeed some nobles descended

from the anelent tiroes, but Insteaii of

I protecting their native land, they most

ly betrayed her or sold her. William,

Prince of Orange, was the only man

with brain enough to direct the striig

gle, and at the outset he cjuld And but

few with heart enough to support h N .

Well mliiht tho eonfllct i-eem absurd

from tho beginning. Wo aro con-

strained to Bsk, How could It be main-

tained for all those years? The secret

lay In the Inllexlble characters of tho

Prince nf Orange on the one hand, and

of Pnlllp II. on the other.

Tde onaracter of Philip I I . was full

of amnxlng oontradlctlons. The pas-

sion which domlnaU-d him was devo

tlon to Holy Church. Ho oould tol-

erate no dissent, and was ready to

proceed to any extremity with thoie

whom he called heretics. This deter-

mination to stick at nothing in the

uprooting of heresy was probably the

one strong point In bis oharaoter; the

rest was made up of a variety ot

weaknesses. He was deceitful to a

degree that would have made Machl-

avelll raise his eyebrows; yet, with all

his elaborate double dealing, he us-

ually succeeded in cleverly hoodwink-

ing himself. Promises, oaths, obliga-

tions, treaties, lies, treacheries, pri-

vate assassinations and wholesale

massacre and torture were equally

handy means to compass his noblo

ecclesiastical life purpose.

Will iam of Orange, on the other

hand, was so shrewd that he was

scarcely once deceived by his enemies,

so generous that be was often betrayed

by his friends. He worsted Philip

again and again by sheer honor and

straightforwardness. He accomplished

a berculean task almost alone by a

rare combination of tact. Insight,

caution, courage, endurance and wis-

dom, supported by an iron faith in

God.

A man becomes a power to be reck-

oned with, when he devotes his life to

one definite purpose; and here we have

the spectacle of two men of opposite

natures giving their lives to opposite

purposes and coming into deadly con-

flict Philip and Wil l iam by the ded-

ication of their life aim constituted

themselves respectively the champions

of the SUke and of the Cross.

Never did a war seem more hopeless,

never did a more splendid victory re-

sult from so much defeat. Will iam

and his gallant Hollanders proceeded

through blood and fire and torture to

gain "freedom to worship God;" and,

If the noUe of this historic conflict,

coming to us now down three Interven-

ing centilrles. does not tighten our

determination to maintain that same

freedom la face of opposing forces,

hardly less dangerous because more

subtle, we merely declare ourselves

unworthy of the past.

To get an Idea of the character of

the persecution which roused tho Neth-

erlands to resistance, let us attend a

meeting of tho "Blood Council" which

Alva set up on h'.s arrival In the

country.

A cart load of Information* apalnst

susiKSCted heretics has arrlvtd at the

door. The commissioners appoinud

to do the work of spies have been busy.

O.ie of those paiMjrs turns out to be an

acciisfttlon against eighty four inhab-

itants of Valencifnne*. Alva, In his

private room, hastily looks over some

of tho Mamo.4 itnd then send* tho accu-

Hatlon lnw» the council. There are

only two members of this grim council

who have tho power of voting, and they

are Spaniards. Tho Infamous Vargas

jocosely suggi-sts that tho whole eighty •

four be condemntd, to save the fouble

of going InU) the merits of each Indi-

vidual case. All the other councilors

agree crlnglngly except Hessels, there,

who has fallen asleep. They rouse

him and ho sleaplly yawns out, "To

tho gallows withhim." Tbe accusation

Is then rrturned to Alva, who hastily

o<»nflrmt this sweeping death sentence.

Forty eight hours afterward all these

Innocent victims have been banged or

burned or beheaded or drowned. This

Is one day's work of thecouacll. Soon

there Is not a family In the country

2 B A P T I S T A M ) I t K F L I X ' T O H , M A l l C H 2 5 . 1 8 9 7

b a t i s n o t bero&ved It It a c a r n l v a i of p a i n a n d d e a t h .

T b l « t r e a t m e n t r o u s e d the I o d k - b u I -

(er in t r people , a n d W i l l i a m w a s a b l e M) b t ' c in h U lonir a n d di f f loul t c a m -pa i i fn a g a l n e t A l v a . W e h a v e n o t 8pace t o tr 've even in o u t l i n e t h e h is -t o r y of Ihe l o n e a t r u g p l e . Suf l lce it o n l y to no te t h a t t h e N o t h e r l a n d o r s wroro c o n t i n u a l l y d e f e a t e d , t i l l a t l a s t ihf l iKhtlnp c a m e t o a c l i m a x in the n o r t h of H o l l a n d .

T o nee the s p i r i t a n d f e r o c i t y of th i s conf l i c t lot ud watch the sleifo of Loy-don.

Th in p i c t u r e s q u e t own was s u r r o u n d -ed by the S p a n i s h G e n e r a l V a l d e / in i -onimand of 8.000 t r o o p s which were c o n s t a n t l y be ing r e i n f o r c e d I n o r d e r t o b r l n s the sleire to ft s | )ecdy t e r m i n a t i o n , a n a c t of a m n e s t y was p u b l i s h e d . In vihlcti for i^ lvencss w a s p r o m i s e d t o a l l who would r e tu rn to t h e R o m a n C h u r c h . T h U ai ' t had no e t lec t , f o r the s t ru j f -(jle h a d now become a r e l i g i o u s one. and the men of Leydcn would r a t h e r d ie t h a n \ l e ld the i r f a i t h .

T h e c i ty was p o o r l y p r o v i s i o n e d , an<l. ihoui th the I n h a b i t a n t s were put on s t r i c t r a t i o n s , vet s u p p l i e s were (rlvlni; o u t

if I>eyden fel l , H o l l a n d was los t . W i l l i a m dei-lded o n a d e s p e r a t e p l an .

T h e l am! betwetn L.eyden and the sea was b e l o w j b c ocean level . T b o wate r waii kept ou t hy a sysUun of d y k e s . He reso lved to let In t he sea !

T h e g r e a t (rates of the c o a s t d ) k e were uulocked and t h e wa te r poured In At th i s t ime A d m i r a l U o l s o t a r -r ived with his fleet of sma l l vesse ls m a n n e d by e igh t h u n d r e d ' S e a Beg-g a r s ' T h e s e were wild a n d r eck l e s s desfHjni i ioes who g a v e no q u a r t e r and expected c o n e : tierce, s k i l l f u l , Indom-I tab ie p l ra ten r o a r i n g t he i r weird sea-Bong?. T h U tleet s a i l ed t h r o u g h the open d) ke o v e r the l and .

T h o u g h the re were Hfieen mi les be-t-veen tnem and L e y d e n , yet n e a r the c i ty t he r e was a l ake , a n d Bo l so t hoped s o o n to sa i l In to It T o h i s dis-m a y he f o u n d , a f t e r c o v e r i n g a s h o r t d i s t a n c e , t h a t he w a s f ace t o f a c e with a n o t h e r dyke . His men r o s e t o the o c c a s i o n , s to rmed t h e d y k e , c u t t o plccflH the S p a n i a r d s o n It, d u g o u t a g a p , a n d sa i led t h r o u g h .

Bu t now the sea , s p r e a d i n g o v e r so much c o u n t r y , l)ecame rhAllow, and the v e i s e l s g r o u n d e d . O o i s o t h u n g h i s h e a d In d e s p a i r whi le t he S p a n i a r d s l a u g h e d a t the Idea of r e l i e v i n g I>9yden by wa t e r . T h e p o o r , f a m i s h i n g , be-s ieged peop le in L e y d e n c l imbed u p to t he a n c i e n t tr^wer of H o n g l s t a n d looked a n x i o u s l y t o w a r d t h e o c e a n , s ighinK t o r t h e west wind. A l a s ! t he e a s t wind mocked them, a n d k e p t t h e w a t e r s h a l l o w . Thoy were In e x t r e m i t y . D o g s a n d r a t s l>ccamo de l i cac ie s . T h e y m u r m u r e d a t t he m a g l s i r a t u a s he p a s s e d t h r o u g h the s q u a r e , b u t h e o n l y t u r n e d r o u n d o n t h e m a n d s a i d in ef-fect , " T a k e my b o d y , fe«d o n me , bu t n e v e r e x p e r t s u r r e n d e r whi le I a m

^ a l i v e . " r h o n o f a m i s h i n g wre tohes c h w r e d a t tueso w o r d s a n d p a r a d e d r o u n d the wal ls , h u r l i n g d e f l a n c e a t the S p a n i a r d s whi le f a m i n u a n d the p l a g u e were d e c i m a t i n g them.

A n x i o u s and wea ry o y t s l ooked f r o m thu t o w e r of H c n g i s l , a n d , a t l a s t , t h e r e i t was , a s t o r m c o m i n g f r o m the n o r t h w e s t . T h e wind ro l l ed in t h e sea . T h e wa te r w a s dcviHir cvi ry m o m e n t , a n d i i o l s o t s Oeet fioHted a g a i n . Ho f o u g h t thu S p a n i s h Mhlps a m o n g the t op« of tbo t r ^ s a n d f l o a t i n g wrcokago . M a n y B f t a n i a r d s a t t e m p t e d t o o s o a p e a l o n g the d y k e s , i iut t h e fleroe t)i>a l i u g g a r s leaped i n t o t h o w a t e r , s t a b -b i n g a n d d r o w n i n g iho v e i e r n n s of H p a l o , n o t auuuatt iraed t o t h o t e a m -p h i b i o u s Imttlns. A m i d t h e t h u n d u r a n d t h e l i g h t n i n g t h e B p a n t a r d a saw t h e w a t e r g e t t i n g e v e r ili e p e r . I t •oemed ( i j i t .em a s If t he d e m o n s of m u r d e r wore r i d i n g In u p o n a n e s t e r* m i n a U n g Qood.

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But when the P r e s i d e n t of t he B lb l e Co l l ege of Ken tucky Un ive r s i t y seeks c o n f i r m a t i o n of t h i s mode of expres -s ion by I n t r o d u c i n g some u n h e a r d - o f ' u s a g e of J ewi sh w r i t e r s , ' ' we flatly

deny the v a l i d i t y of h i s a^tsumed c a n o n In o r d e r Ui c o n t r a c t t he ex-p r e s s i o n t h r ee d a y s and th ree n i g h t s i-o a s Uj m a k e It t a l ly with the l eng th of t ime J e s u s w a s In the tomb, he s t a t e s t h a t "wt ien J e w i s h wr i t e r s wished t o be e x a c t In t he use of tbo c a r d i n a l n u m b e r s fo r y e a r s , m o n t h s , e tc . , t hey used the q u a l i f y i n g t e rm full o r whole befo re t he s u b s t a n t i v e . " Our b ro t l i e r thence c o n c l u d e s t h a t , " I d view of t h i s u s a g e , If J e s u s h a d m e a n t t h a t be would h a v e l)e< n in t he h e a r t of t h e e a r t h t h r ee d a y s a n d t h r e e e igh t s , a s we un-d e r s t a n d the words , he would h a v e sa id t h r e e full <1 Ay a and n i g h t s . " If t h i s a r g u m e n t were not f a l l a c i o u s , It would , wo ?oofe»8, h a v e coDclus lve f o r e - a* rhowi t ig t ha t Je^u8 did n o t mean th r ee /ull dtvjs aud niijhls. B u t a f t e r u n g a u d lov ing t-tudy of t h e L i v i n g O r a c l e s in the o r i g i n a l l a n g u a g e s , with t h e best a n ^ h e o l o g i c a l , g r a m m a t i c a l a n d lexica l b t lp« . we a r c bo ld to aff i rm t h a t P r o f . M c G a r v e y is s imply m i s t a k e n . T h e f a c t s of t h e l a n g u a g e w a r r a n t no such c a n o n of c r i t i c i sm.

T o be sure , o c c a s i o n a l l y a n o u n de-no t ing a g iven pe r iod of t ime m a y be e m p h a s i z e d by some q u a l i f y i n g a d -jec t ive : a s In tho Mosa ic law t h e r i g h t of r e d e e m i n g a c i ty h o u s e which h a d been so ld c o n t i n u e d a ) M y e a r . A n d l .uke s a y s t h a t P a u l a n d B a r n a b a s met with the c h u r c h a t A n t i o c h a t r W c y e a r , a n d t h a t P a u l dwel t two vhole y e a r s in h i s own h i red b o u s e . T h e s e a r o a l m o s t t h e o n l y e x a m p l e s in t h e New T e s t a m e n t in which y e a r a n d y e a r s a r e t h u s modi f ied , whi le in-s t adcos of t h e n o u n a l o n e a r e very n u m e r o u s . B u t two o r th reo i n s t a n c e s , p a i n f u l l y g l e a n e d f r o m a s c o r e o r s co re s of c o u n t e r o n e s , c a n n o t e s t a b -l ish a l a w of c r i t i c i s m , n o r , f o r t h a t m a t t e r , a n y o t h e r law.

It i t were B i b l i c a l u s a g e t o wr i t e a full y e a r when a y e a r Is m e a n t , It would fo l low t h a t a y e a r wou ld n o t d e s i g n a t e a y e a r w i t h o u t s o m o p r e fixed w o r d t o e n l a r g e tho s p h e r e of i t s m e a n i n g . B u t c x a m p l o t cou ld l>e a d -duced ad nauncam wboroln t h e n a k e d noun s lgnl f los t h o c o m p l e t e p e r i o d des-igna ted . I s i t n e c e s s a r y to s a y , when J e s u s w a s full twelve y e a r s o l d , o r a f t e r t w o full y e a r s , T l t u* c a m e lnu> F e l i x ' s r o o m ? Twelve y e a r s m e a n s twelve y e a r s . I n d o Q ^ t e n c s s o r Inex-a c t n e s s Is n o t g c n n r a l l v e x p r e s s e d by tho b a r e n o u n , b u t by somo a d d i t i o n a l p a r t i c l e . L u k e wr i tes t h a t A n n a w a s of g r e a t a g o , a n d h a d llvod with a h u s b a n d soven y e a r s f r o m h o r v i r g i n -i t y . D o s i r i n g t o a p p r o x i m a t e h e r g r o a t a g o m o r e o lo to ly , tho h i s t o r i a n a d d s t h a t s h e w a s a b o u t ( h m i ) eight}--f o u r . IToro seven y e a r s Is t o bo t a k e n f o r soven y e a r s , a n d a'wiii e i g h t y - f o u r y e a r s means o l g b t y - f o u r , trwre o r l a u . Or , t o gonera l lEe , whon a n y of t he se t ime n o u n s — y e a r , m o u t h , week, d a y -Is t o bo t a k e u ' l n a l lml ied s e n s e , r e a -s o n s m u s t In e v e r y c a s e b e a d d u c e d f o r s u c h l i m i t a t i o n s . W i t h o u t s u c h r e s l r l o t l on , a y e a r m u s t bo hold t o s i g -n i f y a y e a r , a m o n t h t o s i g n i f y a

nil

B A P T I S T A N D R E F L E C T O R , M A R C H 2 6 , l b 9 7 .

monlh , etc W i l l It be orolended

that whole or full mua» be urefixed to

each of the four noun« employed by

•liihn U< nil m i l the i.paep of l ime whirh i

llioy r.-p'-'-llv.-lv Intlli-a'ey • Ami the j

fiMir mdim I . l"<'-«'il wblch w>'r«'

n iiiMiiiti. Hiul n wn-- i<' fla> ihi' Uilrd

(lari of men

Slnt-e Mr MoCJiirvcy alai» a t tb«

ciillehteDtneDi of hl« readers OD the

meaning of the word duy, one natura l ly

looks for a pretty ful l e *h lb l l of ex-

amples wherein the nouns day and

days arc *o aropllfled a t to e t t ab lUh

or, at least, to give stronif colorlnif to

thU assumed usatre ThU. however,

he baa not done, and a Kl lmpte at a

concordance ahows that It cannot be

done. There may arlae special rea-

Kona for dealpoat lnu a ichoU day . aa.

when the househo'der, after havtnf;

none out at the th ird , the alxth, the

ninth, and the eleventh hour, a t lenj^h

opnsurlnij ly asked. W h y atand ye

here the irh»U day id le?" And yet. aa

an obv ious matter of fact, the whoU

lUvj. as here used, embraces fewer

hours than the simple woni day In a

precedlni; verse. For those who had

been all d»y Idle went to work at the

eleventh hour, and received generous

waives, whereas when the houaeholder

went out early In the morn l nc to hire

Idborers Into his v lneyan l , he ajfreed

with them for a penny a day ; that la.

for the twelve hours work It thus

appears that day here, with no en-

la re lnp adjective, designates a ful l

day of twelve hours: wherea* <rhoU

•lay as here employe«3 denotes Ui." than

twelve hours. So far. therefore, from

sustalnlnir the c la im of our good

brother, l i Is at open war with such

usaire.

Passing from day to year, our ex-

tcellent brother Is equal ly unfortunate

l i n the first example adduced from the

New Testament. He wrltea: • 'Stephen

says that Moses was fi<// forty years

old when he slew the Kgyptlan " But

Ibis I l lustrat ion fal ls to I l lustrate

There Is D O t h l n g in the o r ig i na l to

justify the rendering fuU To ou r

mind forty years exactly reflects the

Greek Indeed, had our cr i t ical frienb

opened either of the late Eng l ish ver-

sions. he would have discovered that

each of them so far from prefixing the

/j/.m sign before forty years, actua l ly

places the mimir. the Canterbury ver-

sion trans lat ing . When he was mil-

niijh for t / years old. and tha t of the

A B. Union , When he was ntarly f o r t / ,

the two adverbs being t an tamoun t

Here, therefore, la a diminuendo in

place of our fr iend's rrtscendo. H i s

first l l lustra i lve example. Instead of

mak i ng for h im . i s wholly aga ins t blm.

The Greek expression which be ho lds

to mean ful l forty years, the best and

most devout rcho larsh lp of the age

combined tranolate ntarly forty years.

It goes without say ing that any con-i

tentlon with the higher critics must be

based on a severely d iscr im ina t ing

study of the o r i g i na l Greek and He-

brew For iliMUi;h wu by no means

accord to the-e gentlemen a monopo ly

of Bib l ica l learn ing , wo freely own

that they are not lacklne In broad and

minuto eao'-'.'d rcholarship , being lit-

tle behind the ve r f oh'of of the ortho-

dox apoiogUtf)

W e reiervo our notice of t 'rof. Mc-

( ia rvey 's Hebrew orltivi-ms for, an-

other paper. No r can wo liere with-

hold thb remark , that , if a weak argu-

ment Is hurt fu l to any cau ie , an erro-

neous onp l<t much more so.

P&ris, Ky .

- K e v . A. C D ixon , of B rook l yn ,

N Y . , and Evange l is t Wes ton Galea ,

of l i a le lgb , are o r gan l i l n g a Jo in t

stock cotopany to bui ld a labernadle

In Western Nor th Ca o i l n a to seat

a,000 people, whore Mr. D ixon pro

|ioses tu huii l a ten dnyR meeting

•very summer.

Our Field Editor'! Letter

HAHil ASSISLLTLONS-NO IV.

In a former number I have »hown

thiit ih« negroex «ere not debased, but

greatly elcvaiud civll lzcil . and many

were Cbr ls t i an l z .d by their •Iftvery to

Chr is t ian masters and l i v i ng In a

Chr is t ian land To show how much

their savage barbar i sm had been sof-

tened and changed by their contact

with a Chr is t i an c iv i l i za t ion , it is only

necessary to refer to the tact that

after their freedom was suddenly Riven

them by the victor ious Nor thern army ,

they manifested no host i l i tv to their

former masters; but acted In a much

more quiet and civlllKod manner than

did the lower classes of French only

a hundred years a g o c u r i n g " t he

reign of te r ror , " when they wore sud-

denly freed from bondage to priests,

nobles and kings. The French acted

like savages; the negroes l ike a quiet

and c iv i l peasantry, as the most of

them were, though uncultured But

for the Influence of the carpet baggers,

who rushed down U> the Sou th as soon

as the war ended, to usn the negroes

aa the monkey did the cat, to pul l ou t

pol i t ica l chestnuts for thum, we would

have had but little t rouble with ou r

former slaves. Some of the Northern

|)eople have found fau l t with them for

not mak ing more rapid mo ra l and

rel ig ious progress since their free-

dom only thirty years ago. They say

the negroes have little regard for the

mar r i age vow and many of them stil l

have a concubine Such persons for-

get that It has taken m»re than a

thousand years of Chr is t i an cul ture

to b r i ng the white race to their pres-

ent s tandard of fidelity to the mar-

r iage vow, and some whites are still

very loose In their mora ls on this

point .

Tae negroes are not as bad a* the

white Mormons who openly advocated

and practiced po lygamy ti l l President

Cleveland, du r i ng his first term of

otllce, ordered his judges to rend

them to the penitentiary for It, Their

bead man , B r l gbam Young , a nat ive

of ou r own Tennessee, had to run away

and keep h id In the I locky Moun ta i ns

t i l l bis death to prevent being sent t o

the penitent iary for being over-much

marr ied—wi th nineteen wives.

'Tls true, some negroes, as asserted,

do sometimes leave one wife and take

up with another , which seems to shock

some of ou r Northern brethren. Bu t

we can lu form them tha t many North-

ern white men do the same, with only

th i t difl'erence. The white man pays

a lawyer a l ibera l fee to a r r ange the

matter of leav ing his first wife so tha t

he can take up with another woman ,

without any trouble; while the negro

avo ids this expense by a r r ang i ng h is

ma t r imon i a l a l l iances to su i t himself ,

wi thout consu l t ing a lawyer.

T o show wha t re l ig ious progres i

toey have made in thirty years from

their bondage I will s u t e tha t there

are 1,351,790 negroes in Bap t i s t

Churches, and qui te a number in the

Methodist and other churches. 1 con-

fidently affirm the negroes h ave made

more mora l and rel ig ious progress in

these thirty years than the Jews did In

hundreds u f years after the ir freedom

from Egyp t i an bondage. J u s t look a t

their greatest man So i umon In a l l h i s

g lory. He had 700 wives a nd .'H)0 con-

cubines, and became so corrupted by

as ioo la t ing with thoae heathen wives

be erected Ido l temples Iq the olty u t

Jerusaleui Itself, where the a r k u ( tied

dwelt. There Is not a respeotable ne-

g r o church In the Sou th today t ha t

would tolerate So lomon as a ohviroh

member. I f he were In ' their churoh

with his 700 wives thuy would t u rn

h i m ou t the first ohuroh meeting. I

h ave known them to depose more t h an

one preacher ft-om the min is t ry , » •

soon as they got posit ive proof t ha t

he was ffUlUy of adultery.

These faots show tha t negro churoh-

ea, with a l l their short comings , are

oven ahead of So l omon in true reli-

gious mora l s , t hough they have been

out o f bondage on ly thirty years.

The negro Bapt is t Churches of the

South in some thinifs are ahead of iho

whiles. They g ive more for o i i s t i rns

and pas tora l support in propor t ion to

their ab i l i ty than the white Bapt is ts

Their pastors have U u g b t and trained

them a i l to g ive something every t ime

they meet for pub l ic worsh ip ; while

many of our white churches g ive noth-

ing for miss ions and other benevolent

objects. There Is not an infidel, skep-

t lo ,orh lgher cri t ic among the negroes;

but many such among the whites,

especially a t the North. They u k e

the Bib le just as It roads, and believe

every word from Genesis to the end of

I levelat lon

The evangel ist , D, L. Moody , tells

the fo l lowing Incident i l lustrat ive of

this t ra i t in tlieir character:

W h i l e M r Moody was ho l d i ng a

meeting In HIchmond, V i r g i n i a , he

preached one Sunday af ternoon to that

large Bapt is t membership In the First

Afr ican Bapt i s t Church. Hav i n g

learned that the mo«t of the negroes

In the city and State were Baptists, he

asked one of their deacons the cause

of it. He replied. ' W o have not much

learn ing and have to take the B ib le

just as It reads. When the B ib le says,

•We are burled with b lm In bapt i sm, '

we just th ink it means that , and when

It says 'They both went down Into the

water and he baptized b lm—and they

came up out of the water, ' we jus t

t h l nk l tmeans that . Y o u see, we haven ' t

education enough to exp la in that It

means someth ing else, l ike some of

you white fo lks have. And that Is the

reason so many of us are Bapt is ts ,

W e have to take the B ib le just as it

r e ads . "

Mora l—But for their l ong coiitact

with their Chr i s t i an masters and join-

ing Chr is t ian churches, whore they on-

joyed the same preaching and the

same church ordinances and Influences

as their masters did. It would have

been a mora l Imposs ib l i l ty , human ly

speaking, for the savage negroes to

have made such rapid progress In

thirty years of freedom.

A B. CAIIA.VIBS.

Facta for Tenneuee Baptlsu.

The depressing debt on ou r Foreign

Miss ion work has been s tand ing now

for several years. Some j o a r s a g o

the Convent ion Instructed the Foreign

Boa rd to increase the number of mis-

sionaries on the fields, Th is was done,

but Just then the financial stress came

and a debt was the result. Tbe receipts

of the Boa rd a t present are enough to

pay a l l current expenses, and if there

was no debt o u r work would be in

good cond i t ion . Tbe results on tbe

Fore ign J e l d s a re g lor ious . B u t with

the debt and heavy interest to pay the

Board Is pnivented from even sending

back to their work some of ou r best

missionar ies who had come home to

recuiierato and rutt The In iertst on

the debt U enough to suppor t several

miss ionar ies . Ou r people ough t not

to a l l ow this state o f th ings to exist

longer. I t Is c rush ing to tbe sp i r i t of

the mlHslonaries. I t Is hamper i ng the

work, i t Is d i shonor i ng the Master.

A p l an has been devised whereby we

can pay every do . l a r by M a y 1st. The

amoun t needed to pay a l l r u n n i n g ex-

penses for the year and a i l Indebted

ness has been d iv ided a m o n g tbe

States; Tennessee has been asked'for

•7,800. U p tu 'Maroh 13, 1807, 13,800

had been received In R i c h m o n d . Th i s

leaves 13,044 to ba pa id by May 1st

There Is p robab ly a good a m o u n t

besides which has been Riven but no t

forwarded to H iohmond by the var ious

olerks and treasurers a l l over the

State. B u t even oouDtlng this and

ca lcu la t ing by receipts of former years,

wo will go to o u r Conven t ion In W l l

mlngton with a debt of p robab ly 120. (MMi

unless ou r people ra l ly .

Let not Tennessee bo the State i<i

fa l ) , and thnH prevent the debt from

lielng pa id . A thousand of h e p n e n

and women pnn g lvo extra f rom one to

ion do l lars each. Besides, every pas

t<»r can take this regular colletaion,

and thun ra ise In add i t i on from one

to ten or twenty do l l a rs W o have

few enough miss ionar ies now; shall

we keep somo of the best of those at

homo? Tho Board Is iiowerless U) send

the miss ionar ies unless wo vote by

ou r gifts and say otberwiso Thoy are

r ight In not Increasing tho force aH

long as wo are in dolit. i^ot overy

pastor and every one who reads this

send an extra gift at onco Let no

one say, I can do no th ing , but lot

every one take part .

Ellzabethton Items

X X

Bro J o h n T H ickman lllloil his

regular appo in tment bore Sunday

Largo conKregat lons wore prosent at

each service. t>n Monday evening at

7;;U)o'cUH;k seven c«»nvertB wore bap

tlzed in ihe new poo l which ou r church

has Just bui l t .

Oa r church has grown rap id ly un-

der the care of Bro. H ickman . ' Wh«n

he came to <>ur town two years and ,

a half a g o we had a lwu t forty

members, now we have 107. W e con-

sider Bro. Htekman one of tho l>eiti

young preachers In K.aslTonnessee As

a revival ist he ha t a few equals , l ie

a l so has splendid social qual i t ies .

This will iKsrhaps be his last service

In our town. He has been called to

somo churches near Knoxv i l l e Our

church regrets very much to lose h im,

If he has u> go, Bro H i ckman has

endeared himself to our people, and It

seems as If wo canno t g lvo b lm up

Kilzabethton Is a p romis ing field,

and we hojie soon to see ou r church

one of the lead ing churches of Upp«?r

East Tennessee

For a long t ime tho Bap t i s t causo In

ou r Utwn was in the background , and

It seemed as If the lltt lo handfu l of

members would have U> d i sband . But

the State Boa rd came to tbelr lollef

and sent Dr . J o h n T. K Incanon , the

great church-bouso bu i lder of this

mounta in country , to their a id . In

four years ho had bu i l t a splendid

houso with a seat ing capac i ty of 4(Mi

Dr . K Incanon . th ink ing tha t his work

was llnlshod hero, redened . After ii

few mo'iths » o cal led ou r pre-< nt |IH -

t o ' , who h a t so wonderful ly bu i l t u|i

o u r church lAMES D IKNKINH

KliZ4bethton, Tonn.

Who will l ikewise?

An honored brmhor of LaGrange ,

Mo . , who was for several years a ntii-

dent In the The<ilogical Seminary , haw

lately returned th<» entire amoun t of

tho assistance tha t was bestowed upon

b lm by the Student 's Fund W r i i i n g

under da te of J a n . 20, 1807. he -ay-:

"Tne Ijorti has prospered im;. I

now ab le to i lnlsh p a y i n g my bon'-<i

o i l l which you so kindly advanced f»r

me. Enclosed you will Hod the ontiro

amoun t t ha t remains, namely , $00 2ft

Y o u wil l k i nd ly receive and receipt

t ho «amo , and may It bo used to help

some other worthy brother to bettor

prepare himself for the preauhing of

the G o s p e l . "

There a re n iany brethren in dilTcr-

ent por t ions of the country who have

likewise ob ta i ned assistance from the

S t u d e n t s A i d F u n d . , I t would b o a

very great k indness and assistance if

others of them would remember us at

th is t ime and return the money , either

In who leor In par t , i t would cost them

but l i t t le saorlQce and would afford

muoh rel ief to us. W h o .wi l l be the

Qrst to respond?' • WM. H . WHITBITT.

Lou isv i l l e , K y ,

BAPTIST AND REFI .ECTOR, MARCH 26. 1897.

NEWS NOTES.

PASTORS' CONFEHENCE REPORT.

^ua i i v l i l o .

First Churoh—Preach ing by pastor

Hawthorne In tbe morn i ng and Uro.

l larnolt at n ight . Th is was Dr. Haw

iliorno's first sermon In three months,

ilu was rejoiced to Itj back to h is

work, and says he has fully rooovered

his health. Organ ized young iioople's

muetlng. 220 In S. S. and HI In An-

son Nelson .Mission S. S.

Cent ra l—Pastor Lof ton preached.

i ;ood congregat ions . Excellent young

Iteoplo's meeting Fr iday night 370 In

S . 9 .

Th i rd—Pas tor W . f . ( io iden preach-

id Good audiences Ouo baptlzod.

(;ood young people's meeting. Mis-

sionary mass meeting at 3 o'clock

next Sunday for women only. 192 In

S. S.

M g o f i o l d - P a s t o r Uust preached.

Changed youi ig people's meeting from

Thursday n igh t to Sunday night.

North Edgef ie ld- i ' as tor Sherman

pruachcd. Good day . lUjcolved three

by letter I l emarkab lo S 8. rally In

tiio afternoon 170 In S. 8.

Kalnos Avenue M i s s i on—Bro Mar-

tin preached at night. ( ;ood S. 8.

Cen tenn i a l - l ' a s t o r W . ( ' C leveland

preached. Had ful l S. S.

Howoll M e m o r i a l - P a s t o r Burns

preached Usua l services 0.5 In S, S

Mil l Creek—Pastor Price preached.

Usual services. .10 in S. S. (SO at

Una,

First, Edgefield ( c o l . ) - P a « o r Van-

davell preached. Meeting in prog-

ress conducted by Bro . Mason Pas-

tor preached, 124 In S . 8

Mt. ZIon (co l ) -Pa s t o r Mason

preached. G o o d services.

Dr. Fros ts jwko of b is great satisfac-

tion In hav i ng tho I 'astors ' Conference

meet In the pa r lo r of the 8. 8 rooms.

Dr. Hawthorne said t ha t tho house of

tho Sunday school Board of tho South-

ern Bapt is t Convent ion was the on ly

house of their own that Southern Bap-

tists have,

—When wo are too busy to bo so-

ciable and wi thout t ime to be holy we

neither enjoy the society of friends nor

the rel igion of Jesus Christ, L«t us

remember th is seven days In overy

week P^RANK M, WELLS.

N. Y . Ha l l , I ^ u l s v l l l e , Ky

- H e v . A J . Ho l t , D .D . , of Nash-

ville, Tonn , wil l preach for the peo-

ple of Doy le and vicinity In Col lege

hal l on Wednesday n ight , March Slst,

Bro, Ho l t wi l l bo in Doy le in the in-

terest of Sunday-school and Colpor-

tage work in Un ion Associat ion. Let

everybody hear h im . A .

—Tliere were large audiences at Red

Ulver church yesterday and last n ight .

The old men say the congregat ions

wore never better nor the condit ion of

tho churoh as good as now In twenty-

flvo years. Tho Sunday-school con-

tinues a l l t h rough the winter months

and tbe col lect ions are more then suf-

ficient to run tho school , so they have

decided to g ive overy fifth Sunday

collection to the O rphans ' Home. W o

are gett ing on progressive grounds

now, and may the L o r d help us to got

higher. .

—Sharon churoh observed Col lege

Day on S unday , the 14th, with very

gra t i fy ing results. A smal l col lect ion

WIUJ several pledges was taken. I be-

lieve several fr iends enlisted for o u r

muoh beloved ool lege (Carson and

Newman) , R e v . J . E . J ohnson of

Mossy Greek was with us and gave us

an enthusiast ic sermon for the oooa-

slon. S h a r on Is s lowly but steadi ly

coming to the front. May the bless-

ings of Qod be on ou r State paper.

B . L . BTAMWIX.

Pedliro, Tenn .

— W o bad the best day yesterday

that wo have had since I came to Ath-

ens 104 In Sunday-school. The be-

loved Stale Secretary was with us and

preached two excellent sermons. His

sermon In the morn i ng on Missions

stirred our hearts. Tbe collection at

n ight for missions was 110.45. One

has been received for baptism since

last report. T, G , D .

Athens, Tonn., March 22nd,

— We had a very pleasant day at

Ant locb Sunday . A good congrega-

tion was present. I preached on the

subject of Repentance. 1 believe the

Holy Sp i r i t directed tho sermon to the

hearts of many present. Dr . Frost,

ou r beloved secretary of the Sunday-

school Board , will preach for us tbe

th ird Sunday In Apr i l . W e are look-

ing forward to bis coming with great

pleasure. Pra ise ye the Ixird evermore.

J . H. PIERCE.

Wroncoe, Tonn.

—I spend two weeks in each month

a t Winchester. Th ings ara mov ing

on pleasant ly. Sunday-school good,

superintended by Bro. A . S . Hodges,

the efficient pr inc ipa l of the pub l ic

school." Yesterday I baptized bis wife,

a very est imable lady. Two received

by letter, one from the church at Hunts-

vl l le , A l a . , and one from New Hope

church, Kentucky. A good list for the

Foreign Mission Journal goes up in a

few days. If tbe brethren were as en-

thusiast ic as their wives and daughters

ou r churches would much more nearly

approx ima te their miss ion in the world.

ENOCH WINDES.

Lascassas, Tenn.

—A good day at North Fork Church

Sunday , I preached to a good con-

gregat ion a t 11 o'clock. Had churoh

conferenceon Sa t u rday . W e separat-

ed feeling very much st imulated. W e

have l a to red together as church and

pastor for several years, and our every

effort du r i ng the t ime has been crowned

with success This churoh is wide

awake as t o tbelr duty of g iv ing . They

have given to our Orphanage since

Chr is tmas 112 60, for which we have

received receipts. Ou r collections are

good at each service. No, brethren,

there's n o anti-spirit lurk ing In our

camps. " J u d g e a tree by It 's f r u i t s . "

C. V. HALE.

Shelbyvl l le , Tenn. ^

—The Lord met with us at Esti l l

Spr ings churoh Sunday . The writer

preached a t 11 o 'c lock, held a young

people's service a t 3 p. m. and preach

ed aga i n a t 7 p . m. to good congrega-

t ions . I was pastor hero for nearly

five years. I resigned In November,

1805, and was cal led and accepted tbe

work aga i n In November, 1806. This

Is a promis ing field for Bapt ists . W o

are comparat ive ly few In numbers

but sound and strong In faith. W e

have moved ou r place o f worship

f rom tbe o ld d i lap idated church In tbe

country to tho v i l lage, where wo have

a good house. W e enter our new

house with renewed energies.

C. V. HALE. Shelbyvl l le , Tenn.

• —Tho cop ious spr ing showers with

a ba lmy breoie were with us yesterday

and this morn ing . D r . W . C. Grace

gave to h is listeners a strong and Im

presslve sermon on the sin of gam-

b l ing . Th i s sermon, no doubt , wi l l

cause many to t h i nk much on this

great ev i l of tbe ago. W e are .well

pleased with ou r pastor, D r . Oraee,

and his nob le wife and chi ldren.

We l l , when a ohuroh has a good pas-

tor keep h im. Th is Is what I th ink .

I a m one of those poor laymen who

believes In keeping a good man for

pas tora l work. B u t then tbe quest ion

oomes, How can we keep ou r devoted

leader in ou r Lo rd ' s a rmy? I answer,

by i b dw i ng k l m o u r oheerfulnesi

towards h i m a nd by heart i ly inpport-

Ing h im with our means. If our pas-

tors are worried over tbelr financial

condit ion and feel deprossed, how can

they give proper study to the W o r d of

God and other questions? W e can

pay our pastors easily enough if we

but try. Brother laymen, let us try

and save some earn ings and thus keep

our ob l igat ions to the Lord square,

and thus make ou r pastor feel that he

Is working in the Interest of a church

that appreciates him. Pray for our

protracted mooting, W . A. McD .

Sweetwater, Tenn.

—1 preached my first sermon yester-

day morn ing as pastor of Smlthwood

Bapt is t Church , Foun ta in City, Tenn.

The congregat ion was large and at-

tentive. I regard Founta in City as

being a very Important field. Some-

time ago I was called by tbe Johnson

City Church, but declined the ca l l in

favor of tho church referred to above.

The congregat ion at n ight was large

and made up largely of youn«^ people.

One add i t ion at the morn ing scrvlce.

i[ will move to Founta in City tbe first

of May . Th is year I will preach to

Third Creek, Is land Home and Smith-

wood cburches* which br ings my work

to one ne ighborhood, and 1 want to

c la im that it Is one of tbe best fields

in East Tennessee.

JOHN T. HICKMAN

Mossy Creek, Tenn.

—I wish to commend to publ ic fa-

vor the work of H. R . McLendon. Daw-

son, Ga , , entit led, " T b e B ib le on

B a p t i s m . " I t is an exhaustive treat-

ment of the subject from the stand-

point of every o r i g i na l word In tbe

languages In which tbe B ib le was

written, which inc lude and relate to or

exp la in tbe mean ing of the Greek word

"baptixo," with a comparat ive treat-

ment of the subject a t tbe hands of the

most eminent authori t ies known to

Old and New Testament exegesis and

history. I t Is scho lar ly , expert and

conclusive, it seems to me; and so

conveniently arranged and so lucidly

discussed tha t it becomes an invalu-

able aid to every student of Greek and

Hebrew a l ong this l ice of study. Every

young preacher especially ough t to

have a copy of It.

GEO A. IJOFTON,

How to Give Something.

I have Just been to Pleasant G rove

Church , which is pastored by Bro .

McCarter of Carson and Newman Col-

lege, Tho church adopted tbe system

at lc p lan of giv-ing, and a p p o i n t s a

lady as collector. On the Z ls t inst . the

churoh observed "Co l l ege D a y " and

made a reasonable collection for the

Inst i tut ion. They have organized a

Sunday-school and are go i ng to go

forward and upward to better th ings.

Now In regard to the " h o w " I want

you to l isten to a few facts. A Mr .

Fieldon on tho th ird Sa turday in last

Ap r i l gave one hen to tbe miss ion

work. He sot he'r every t ime tha t she

went to sett ing since then, and now he

has forty hens which he will sell next

month and g lvo tho proceeds to the

var ious missions. Now will any one

say he can ' t g ive any th ing to the

Lo rd ' s work? I f th is brother, who

can ' t walk ou t of the house, oan g ive

this muoh, surely any one oan d o this

muoh. Now don ' t say you oan ' t , bu t

If you wil l not g ive Just say you wi l l

not, and then we wil l know how tu

take you.

W h i l e I was in th is houso I th ink I

had a foretaste of heaven as I llstet.sd

a t th is afflicted and aged brother talk

of heaven and h i s hope of go i ng home

when be departed th i s life o f sorrow

and pa in . Brethren, may the Lo r d

qu icken o u r bearto and awaken us so

t ha t we m a y see our duty , a n d may

we have the conrai« to do it, and ra-

Joloe In do i ng so. May God s bless-

ings rest on hlo people, and eh|N!uiaily

on tbe sick ones. E, A . CATE, Colpt .ru r

Minltteriai Reoeiptt.

Rece lpU of Min ister ia l Boa rd a t

Jackson for the m o n ^ of J a n u a r y

and February :

Gravel H i l l churoh, t2; M Idd leburg

churoh, (6; Clover Creek churoh, 11.25;

C larksv l l le churoh, •34.80; Oak l and

church, 11.50; Mercer churoh, 93.75;

Mrs. N. B , W i l l i ams , 50 cenU; Sauls-

bury church, 13 80; Mllanchurch,«10,76,

Bradford church, 18,53; Prov is ions

shipped by the I . C. Ra i lway . 111.25;

Fleetwood Ba l i , 15; a friend a t Gran-

berry, 12; Pocahontas churoh, t5 ;

Jackson First churoh, 134.05; a reader,

I I ; M V, Exom, 16.64; Mrs. E B .

McHenry, 15; Dyersburg church, 912;

Map le Spr ings churoh, 92 45; B i g

Sp r i ng cburcb, 912; a friend at Ripley,.

Tenn. , 95; Pop l a r Grove churoh, 91.50;

Oak Grove churoh, 93; She lbyv l l le

chu ioh , 922; Lewlsburg churoh, 93;—

Tota l 9210.54. W e thank warmly a l l

these fr iends.

The expenses for those two months

were: For J a nua r y , 9108 75; for Feb-

ruary , 9120.64.—Total, 9208.39. These

have been our heaviest months. The

magn i tude of the work done will more

clearly appear when it is stated that

for the long , cold months of J a n u a r y

board was only 97.75; and for Feb-

ruary , 96.76. W e have tried to exer-

cise caut ion to help only those who

could not help themselves.

To i l lustrate, 1 here append the

record of one, in regard to whom there

was doub t whether any help should be

rendered, and how much. Y o u can

Judge whether his record Justifies help.

He Is a member of L a v l n i a churoh,

which Is pastorless. He has received

935 since last September. He appl ied

It as fo l lows: Bough t one suit , 910 75;

one pa i r of shoes, 92.50; shirt and

col lars . 91 50; mend ing shoes, 91.25;

washing, 95 90; a t r ip home a t Christ-

mas , 60 cents; two matr icu la t ion fees,

910; and balance on last year to Univer-

sity, 92.50; thus u k l n g up the 935. He

is now without money, an o rphan ,

gives clear evidence of a ca l l to the

min is try , a nd is twenty years old. He

has kept this suit so neat that with

others l ike h im be has been though t

to dress too well to be on the Boa rd .

H is churoh attendance has been per-

fect, a l so tha t of Sunday-school . He

has missed one meeting of the J . R , G .

Society, ranks seventh In a class of

fifteen, and grades 60 In Improvement.

Has missed three meetings in his lit-

erary society, ranks eighth In a class

of eleven, and grades eighty In Im-

provement. There Is noth ing aga ins t

bis piety. He averages in his l i terary

studies for a l l h is elasses, for a l l the

year thus far, 85. Ho has miased n o

obapel service. He does not use to-

bacco; has been tardy twice. He d id

the preaching In two meetings l as t

summer, In one of which there were

fourteen conversions; in the other.

He has ono-sovcntb interest In a

smal l landed esUte of one hundred

acres, the rent of which Is now con-

sumed In the support of the youngest

ch i ld .

Though the Board Is In debt, a nd

J a n u a r y and February carried us

deeper i n to debt; yet if the subscrip-

t ions made for this Boa rd last summer

and fa l l be pa id , and the usua l amounts

received from others, we sha l l come

ou t o f tbe year wi thout debt.

O . M . SAVAQR.

—Tenderness does not mean weak-

ness, softness, effemlnateness. I t Is

consistent with strength, manl iness ,

truth and bravery I t does not show

itself a lone in the touoh, bu t In unsel-

flshness, tboughtfulness, oonsldrrate-

net*, forbearance, patience, iong-iuf-

fering.

B A P T I S T A M ) i n C F M X n o l l , M A I U ^ I I 2 5 , 1 8 9 7

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Woman s Missionary Union.

— IVoirram (or April I**!"; SubjcTl,

C'bina

1 SlUnl jirayer for hifntntf i>r ihe

mtt-'tiDi: U. Siilriluttl Impulse I'-a Ixvli,

F'rai-«' rv cu

Scriiili 't! I'^H xv;

Hymn ' M) J. -u- i L .v- Thte "

Itfni — Kiflv jfiir- li^ii nil itie

Christians in ( bina m-t In one litile

rocim; now ther»; are '>0,(XiU. Sluoe

l^tia. ihf j havf IntTfaecd I. OO per

ccnt If thf-y KfH p un InorcaBltur in

the same ratio (an.J we tieliuve ihey

will) the Luxt ninety years will give us

Christians In China

7. Roll call. rtsponiJint'with an Item

atxiui China, Intfcrspi.Tsccl <vlth ulog-

\ In^ stanzas of hymn, Ttiu Mornlnp

Llffbt Is Breaking '

H. Chain of prayeru for the mlsglon-

arloH, converts and schools in China.

Let each select a missionary to pray

for at home during thu month.

9. leaflet—"Obittacles and Oppor-

lunltltig in China," by Kov. Howard

Wayno Smith. (To Ix) read In uec-

tlon.a by dllTfreDt |M;rBun».j

10. DiBcu88ion of tbu Icallct lie

port fiom Wcei< uf Bclf denial.

11. BUHIUCSS. Collection. Closing

hymn

—Dr. U. C. [leory has thu« gum-

marlzed tbo reasona for talcing a hope-

ful view of the outlook la China:

1 "The demand for a chanKo In tho

admlnlatratiuD of the contra! ifovoru-

room. A manlfoato linx already iK-en

is»uud, dcmandlue Incapable rulers;

(a ) a chanKO In tho cunntUulloual

Kovornmonl; the removal of Incapa-

bio rulor^; (c) thu removal of Ihu 'cuo'

an a sign of Kovernmonl allcKlanco;

(d) tbu pruh I billon uf itao praoitcu uf

foot binding; (e) tho prohibition of

opium amoklng; (/) tho protection of

a freo proai. Ttia«e involve fjreat

obanKOR. To Bocure tbom outaldo holp

!• required. A BrltlNh protoctorato

would bo a boom for China.

2. *'Tbo aringtruuitun of oxtonHive

railroads, lirlddoo, tjunnuli, cnnalB,

oto., is tandloK to upiot lioaibon bo>

lielf, and in utwnlnK to Curopo a

irade in China'* 34,000 square tniloauf

ooai beds, oil and miDerai produato,

•o that the development of the woalth

and Induitry of China is assured.

8. "ThaadopUonof Westanmwaiods

and ideas wHI hiilphor. Hheis K<:ttlni;

her eyed opened. lOducatlon Is ac-

knowledged UB of value and schooU

are in demand.

•». "Today China in beglnnhiK to

believe that Chrlbtianlty is a prime

factor in the protfi-cds of Western na-

tions.

5. "Her ap|H!nl to our mlsKonarlen

for a knowledge of sciencc, art, iitora-

ture and (jeneial learning is a hope

tul sijfn. • J/lKsiomiiv Jtirun'

Kven if the Chinese Kmplre nhould

brtak up, ttie work of mlsslonarloH

will not be lost. It may, in fact, be-

come increasingly fruitful. A writer

luthf Vu<t/fer/.v WeiHW says: "Itmay bo

iiuestloned whether a work «)f e«iual

iiniiortance to the Iranslation of tho

Scriptures into Weii-il by Morrison

aud Marshnian has o>'er been afconi-

piished in the annals of t hrisllan

literature. No country allorde in ex-

aaiple of a language Intvllielble across

an era larger thuD the continent of

Kurope amongst tho ruling class of a

quarter of the human raco. The Won-

li Is a script which has been coin-

pared to the dial of a clock thatnlgnl-

tles the hour alike to all Kuropean

(teoplfs, although French, Cierman

and KngiUh use ditTerent sounds in

telling the time aiouo. The eye of tho

reader follows it with equal under-

standing of Its meaning in the north

and south of China, but the reading of

it aloud by a Northerner Is unlnteiii-

ble to Southern ears. Versions in

other languages tiave followed rapidly,

and the Bible is largely accessible

The vast pupuiation of China will con-

tinue to be more or less homogeneous,

and tbu name inlluences will t>o at

work wherever Chrlstiauity has ob-

tained a foothold. ••

— My life 1» not my own. bin riirl»i> who gave 11

ADd Uu Ocslows 11 upon all tbt> rucp. I josf It tor Qiysrll. and louv I save It I hold li cloi-e. bill only to exproU H.

Accept II, Lnnl. for ovliern throuitb (by grace "

— Woman's work for women grow

out of the natural rcsponte of wom-

an s tender heart to the cry of sutTcr-

ing. "Aro there any fcmuU men

among you to come and tcach imf" asked Chinese women of an American

missiooary twenty-nine years ago.

"Vou must »>end us single women,"

wrote the wives of mliHlonarlea.

David Abel camo homo on purpoao to

make Kngllah-apeaklng women under-

stand In what nondago and dogpalr

tholr oriental Bluu-rd were.

—God has apiiroved of tho work uf

the women. Wild, unruly Ix-inga who

met the drat misslonariCH In i'orsia

aro tranaformcd lntf> dignlOtd ladlua,

conducting woman's moetlnga and con-

tributing columnH to miaBlon Journals.

In any village of Aala Minor or of

China, the tidiest bouno with tho

ulcaneat tablecloth and moHt Inviting

b<!d la tho homo of a mUaion-BOhooi

graduate. The tranafortuation la ap-

parent in tho hour of death, as in tbo

caao of tbo old.SlamoHO woman, whia-

poring, "My Savior ," with her laat

breath; and tbe young wife In Africa,

resisting tho witoh-doctor and oharif-

ing her huabaud to IJO "faithful to

God. " Those wotnon aro transformed

by iiapplnoss. Christianity encourages

tbom, makuA their Intolleot, Iciudlos

aaplration, as well as offers poaoe.

—Pieaso return ttie quarterly blanks

to MIHS Claiborne promptly. Wo wish

to send a 'good report to Daltlmoro

tho last quarter ul tho Conventional

year, )'8ooieties lose Interest Just In

proportlou as thuy fall to glvo to out-

side Interests. Tho needs at home

aro HO presslDfc ibat they yield to iho

temptation to give all they raise to

home interests, and then tliey do not

UIM ID wnd in « report nexl quartar.'*

Dear siatore of local aocltlea, romeni-

dor those In greater nood aud give a

part, at Inaat, of your earnings to

mlsaiona ^ 1'.. S. H

The Sunday-school Teacher as a

Soul Winner .

t

IIV HKV s M (ilM'loN

The real and primary object of all

Sabbath-school uiachlng is to no>" tlie

aeod of God's everlasting truth and

work with a view to the harvesting of

every soul thai eoinea into the Suii-

day-school. This being true, no one

can airi»rd to enter this work without

due rellectlon and con8lderivtlt)n

1. As to tholr ability

i. As to their willingness to i;on»e-

crate themselves to tho work

As to their readimiss to «a< rlllce

whatever time and lueaiiM l» deiiiaiuled

of them toijuallfy theui for their work.

4. A determination iindt-r Clirlsl U)

become a soul winner for hlin

I desire H» submit a few liiouglilH

which 1 trust will b») of some iKJiiellio.

aid to our Sunday-school teachem in

winning aouls^to Christ

livery Wacher should recognize the

importance of greeting their pupils In

tho class on Sunday morning M<H.a

tbom with a smile and " a glad to siu

you," with a warm grasp of the hand,

assuring them that it Is a great pleas-

ure to you to see them. Many a lieart

is won and Impressions are made fi>r

time and otornlly in this way Not

only must this lie done in tiie class,

but up<in tho street, tho inibiic road,

anywhere, everywheic. How many

hearts aro chilled and tiirned away

by the cold IndltTerenco of their Sun

day-school lenchcrs!

What every Sunday-school icaolior

needs is a good olu fashloned casi' of

•shake hands" religion- a religion

that can be seen In tho i xprcssion of

the eye, tho grasp of the liand, ttie

lone of the voice; a religion that eon

truls the whole life.

Again, in my opinion every teacher

would be more succuitsful If they could

make themselves more or less familiar

with tho«nvlronments <»f cacli schoUr,

1th their homi- life, whrtlier »)r not

they have any religious icitluenwM

thrown around them In their home;

what la their social life, tho characu;r

of their associations—all this will aid

the teacher to adapt his teaching to ef-

fect his purposes. A wise general will

make himself thoroughly acquainted

with the position and movements uf

tho army that U cunfrtinting hlin, so

that he may bo bettor enabled to dls-

poao of hlB own troops to maku a auc-

coaaful attack. Bo 1 boliovo if tho

Sunday-Bchooi teacher would buoomo

acquainted with tho onvlronments of

each pupil tboy would bu bettor pro-

pared to bring forth argumonta aud

InfluonceB that would prove moro ef-

fectual in capturing tho huart and

loading it to Christ.

Too many of our toachcra know noth-

ing about their pupils only what they

aoo of tbom on Hundity niurnlng. Ijiko

the preacher, l ie must Know his peo-

l^lo, Btudy them at thulr humcH, l>uforo

ho can auocosafully meet tho wants in

each Individual case.

But again. In order to bo a suc-

cessful soul winner tho toaohnr should

bo a close student of human naturo.

They must study tbe naturo aud dlapo-

sliion of every scholar. Like tbo far-

mer, in order to bu a suuceasful farmer

ho studies tho naturo of the soil in

every fleld whioh he Is to cultivate

He must know the naturo of the soli

and sow such seed in each particular

deid as will yield him tho surest and

ffreatest harvest. Bo with the 8un>

day-school teacher. But, one may

say, we have but one kind of toad to

•oir—the ffosptil of our. Lord Jesus

Ohrlst 7rue, but thp ffOsitel l i « piu-

Tibtu vnum—ona grand truth ,as a

whol«, bnk oompond of many tnitha;

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and while ono truth would bo a wun

dorful drawing power ui>ou ono heart,

the samo truth would prove Inoffoctual

in another caao. 8o wo must study

thu soil and tlioii bo wise in aolcetlng

such Bible truth as will most cortalnly

or surely germinate and bring forth

fruit to tJod's glory.

The oxampio of our bieaaed i^ord

should bo studied and followed. lie

always adapted his toaching to his

hearers. To the cultivated Nlcode-

mus ho at oniw introduced the groat

doeti Ino of tho now birth. While his

mind was unable to grasp thla great

truth, yot the Savior know tho soil,

and ho suwed the soed that certainly

yleiii-d the harvest. To tho woman

of Samaria Ho speaks of the well of

water, and thus from the natural,

which she could comprehend. He led

her mind up to tho higher and spirit

ual. He knew tho soil, sowed accurd-

ingiy, and the harvest was rea|ied

So In every case He adapted Ills

ujaelilng to Ills hearers, and every

Sunday-school toacbor, so|far as they

aro able, should do tho same. Like

tlie wise teacher In tho literary school,

having but one object in view—the d«>-

velopment and tho highest education

possible In every Individual caso-he

has no castlron mould Into which U>

cast every student, but by a close

study of each ono he seeks by such

methods as are best adapted to ac

comiilish their ono great purpose

.lu.si HO should every Sunday-school

teacher, so far as posalblo, by a close

study of each member of lh« class, so

teach as to bring about tbo greater nv

suit, the winning of each soul to

Christ

But not only inust tboy study the na-

ture and adapt their toachlng to each

pupil, but this will all probably fall

unless the life of tho Sunday-school

Uiacher Is an exempllflcatlun of the

truths taught Tho bieaaed Lord meant

a great deal when bo aald. " I>n your

light so shine before men that tboy

may soe your good works and glorify

ytiur Father In heaven." Tho life,

the daily walk, tho business life, all

should correspond with the life of

Him whom they preaont to tho class

on Sunday morning. If they loach

that It IH wrung to ain, thoy must ab

stain frum It, if they tcach that It Is

right lu dony ungodliness, they must

practUw It; If thoy teach that Christ

domanda tbo whole hoart, thoy must,

so far as they can, yield up tholr

whulo hearts to Htm. Heroin lies tho

groat power of every Sunday-achool

teacher for winning SOUIB. This is

tholr drawing power, a power that Is

almost irresistible. No argument can

bo brought against it. U t a poraun

bo over so GfHoiont as a teachnr, able

to portray vividly tho truths of the

lesson and enforce it with unanswer-

able arguments, yot If the life Is an

open contradiction and positively at

variance with his teaching ho will not

A b t o l u t e l K Pur0.

B A P T I H T A N D R E F L I 3 C T ( ) H , M A I t C J I 2 5 . j l » 9 7 .

• istsbMtod lor Its ireat lesyanlna strengtli lid baiduifulness. Afsuns ili«J"®* n uiid

uluni

The Hit of the Season.ri IH iii i ide by Ayer'H SiirKa-piirillu. .lust at I his HciiMtii WIK'II hpiliig and ItH ii<'liiii-t a t l i i g dayn aro ulil i (IB, tlinro is iiolh-ingilkoAypr'H BiirHHpiirlllu t o p u t new life Into lh< sliigKi'^li

toiii. ItSWCCpB awaytlifMluIl-ness, lack of a|>petltc>, liin-giiidiiess, and p a i n , as u brooui Bweeps a w a y cob-webs. ItdoeB not brare tip. I t builds up. Its benefit Is loBting. D o you feel run down ? Take

AYER'8

Sarsapariila acnd for "CurelKviW." i'» paKCS.

Ktcc J (. Ayrr Co., Lowell. Mu»».

lM;como tho soul winner he otherwise

would.

But In orflor to reiiroilucn the life of

Chrlat they must po8«C8B his Spirit.

They must absorb Iwforo thoy can Im-

tiart. and their power t<i imparl can

never oxcecd that they reei-lve. What

I moan by this Is. nut only must thoy

iiti rcgoneralcd, but must eat dally of

Uic hidden manna of (i.jd's love or

crace or they cannot manifest 11 In

Mielr lives. Just as tho pliysical man

iiianlfeHs the fact that food is taken

Into tho system by the color in the

•heek and strength of muscle, so the

xplrltual man will manifest llsolf when

we receive spiritual food in our spirit-

ml life by producing all tho graces of

ilio Spirit if our souls aro half

starved thoy will api>car so to the

world, and the Sunday-school schol-

ars are very quick lu disccrn It. This

l eing true, wo may safely say that tbo

"oul winning power of a Sunday-

school toacbor Is commensurate with

Ills spirituality. The icachor that

Uvea every day under tho direct rays

of tho Hun of ItigbtoousnesB will as

rcrtainly partake of tbo proportloB of

Uiat Great Light as tho natural plant

will absorb tbo different proportlos of

ilio light that omanaioB from tho sun

Unit shines In youdor heaven; and as

ilio natural plant is made lioautlful.

Its attractlvo power onbancod and men

and women aro drawn to and admlro

H, «o will that Sunday-Bohool teacher

who absorbs dally the life and light

of his dear I ^ rd bocoine Iwautlful

In his life and his power will bo en-

linnced to attract and win souls to

Christ.

But ono will say, I desire to live

such a life, but I fall at BO many

places. HOW can I attain unto It? I

answer, only by prayer and faith In

Ood. Ho has said, "My gi-ace Is suf-

Uciont for thee.'* To be a succossful

aoul winner ovory one must follow the

oxampio and instructlnn of the blessed

LiO,rd. He spent much of his time In

prayer while others were sleeping,

iioldlng sweet communion With his Fa-

ther, thus gathering strength for his

next day's work. One whole night

upon the mountain side and rising up

early ho sought bis Father's face. So

I would say, Sunday-achool toacbor,

go and do likewise. Moisten your pil-

low wlih your tears aud ask God to bo

with you In your dally life; and when

oil Sunday tho hour comes to go be-

fore yuur class, gu Urst from your

closet, with your soul melted down

with God's love and your heart bur-

dened fur tho salvation of your class.

Spiritual puwur comes from within;

It Is the life of Jesus In tbe soul

• working in you to will and to do of

his own good pleasure " Karnest

prayer brings the Divine agent InUi

contact with us and Ho quickens, en-

ergl/.os, and gives power to tho teach-

ing, and through the Irulh reaches the

hearts and souls arc won

Jesus says (Mat x. "Fur it is

not ye that speak, but the Spirit of

your Father which sijeaketh In you."

.Much of the power uf the Sunday-

itchuol teacher flows from a spring hld-

di;n In the socrel communion with Gud.

Ttils is the fountain frum which flows

the grcatesl Influence over the souls of

the pupils and wins tbom to Christ

I cannot place too much emphasis

on the necessity of depending on the

presence and power of the Holy Spirit

The Indwelling of Hlin. who aids,

guides and comfortB, has been the

fountain of power in all the past, 1«

now, and will be In the future. And

today each ono should say with i'aul,

"Our sulliclency is uf God. " The

power uf the Sunday-school teacher

does not consist In bis aptness to

tcach, but In his vital connection with

tho great Spirit of God. He must

pray In tho Spirit, speak in the Spirit

and live In tho Spirit. That wire yon-

der may be properly arranged: every-

thing adjusted excepting the coonoc-

tion with the battery, ami there would

bo no more power In that wire than

any utber, but lot the electric current

be turned on and there is power

So lot the Sunday-school t<;acbor be

over so well equipped bo thoroughly

etllclent In his leaching, but not In

connection with the great batUTy of

(Jod s love and grace through the

Holy Spirit, and his elTorts will Ijo

futile; but let tho connection bo made

and hearts will be thrilled and wun to

tbe Lord Jesus Christ. He says: "And

I, W 1 be lifted up, will draw all men

unU) me."

Oh I that every Sunday-schoolteachT

could make tho connection now, and

all bccomo soul winners. Tho rewards

will auroly como; you may not soo U

In this life, but tho brightest and high-

est reward la reserved in heaven for

you. "Tlioro you will shine as the

brlghtnoBs of tho firmament," "aud

as the BtarB forever and over." ICvery

soul you win to Christ horo will bo In

that bright world a source of eternal

joy. I'aul 8ayB(lTes8. 11. 10): ' For

what Is our hope, or joy, or crown of

reJolclngV Aro not oven ye In the

proacnco of our Lord Jesus Christ at

Ills comlngV" It has not ontorod Into

the hoart of man to conceive of tho

joy a that aro In regervallon for ovory

faithful Sunday-Bchool teacher who la

really a soul winner for Christ. So

under God's graco and In the strength

uf our adorable Savior let each do-

tannine to bccomo a soul winner from

thla time forth.

State Misi loni.

Mlaslons moro,' that prompts mo to wrlto

Being brought In oloso contaot with

tbo imupfo nf ihoso mission fields, my

soul Is drawn out to thom in the deep-

est sympathy as I hear their stories

of doBilluiion - humee with no Bible,

youths nearly grown that never aaw

Inside the BIblo In their lives, grown

people who have not heard a sermon

for the Inst eight or nine years, young

ladles who novor saw till lu tbe last

few years a white person Immersed,

and thought it was only practiced by

tho negroes Sad, but only too true.

And then thu fact, as alated by Dr.

Holt, that there are one million aoula

unsaved in Tennessee, makes a aad

picture for tho Baptists of Tonnesaoo

to look upon

I was lalklnL' to a gentleman lately

and he said the pooule would nut be-

iiuve some MtatemcntH he had made in

regard lo the flnaneial condition of

some nelghborhuods. and I thought

that might IHJ the reason why so little

Is being done for Slate .Missions. I

rf!m<"m'«;r well when I worked under

[>c Kidd of liusecllvlllo. Ky ., as no-

ble a brother as any one would care

to work under, when I would go to

him and call his attention to some

destliiiU! field ho would say, "The

trouble i» the churches don't believ^

there Is any destitution.''

.Much is said and wrlitt^n tbeae days

about iho condition of our Boards, of

their indebtedness, and ihelr great

anxiety to go lo tbe Southern Baptist

Convention free of debt. There is

only one practlt^al remedy that I can

see, and that is to Increase the givers.

Push Stale .Missions, and carry out

the motto of our worthy Secretary,

Dr. Holt—•'Tennessee for Christ"—

and turn that million of unsaved souls

Into Missionary Bapllats and givers

to the cau.fec of Christ and tbe prob-

lem Is solved so far as Tennessee Is

concerned We are wild that "For-

eign Missions react on the cburchcs In

the home land.' We reply. Give us

Tennesree for Christ and then wo will

exert a dlruci influence on the foreign

Held C A. BAUNES.

Palmyra, Tonn

David Lipscomb on Acts 11 88.

Having devoted a largo part of my

ministerial life to the mission work In

Ilotbel aud Cumberland Assoalationa,

I hope that I will be permitted Ui say

a word to our ohurchos all over the

'state. The time has come when a re-

newed Interest ought to bo stirred up

In relation to State MIsBlOns. Thoy

have been overshadowed by other In-

teresti, and the fields already white to

the harvest are too miioh neglected.

It is not that I love Foralgn and Home

MlssiOM lei*i but that I love State

nii'ssitge which brings more gladness to a true iroitian's bean than tbe sweet •skiiiance that u little one is coul in* to bless ber life and call taeil " Mother." '

lUit in all het loving pre|>«ni. tioim for the expected litirc guest,

. . a niotlier is liable to forget that L \ lier own health and physical w \ condition is the most iinp<'it>

^ ii;it piovUion which can possi. bly be made for tlie baVy'H happlnesH.

If the prospcotiv* taotlicr is weak, uiiv ouo and atixiouii, this conditiun is l»ound to

•T'/react on the Imby'a constitution .N<'dain-tiness of wardroU' will coinpi-naatf for the UiSii

ofthr natural, lirallhy vigor which a niothci Rbotild be stow upon hrr baby.

.\s early n» pr.fsible diu iiiK rc-tatior. the expi-ctaiit

. nwtlnri slmiili! rtrinfoicf hi-f b.iri''v powers with tUe sustaining, lualtb • .tui< inflin nce of Dr Pierce's Favoijie rescription It gives natorsl. healthy vigor and cla«tic

endurai ce to tlir organs >j-,i <'lally cottf<-rm-d in moiherhoot!. It mil.rs tlic cominff oi bahy pcrffctly safe and almo?i naiolcRS. It irivi •< nefve-strvngtl) to the inother and vital iirdlho<»d to the child It IS the onlymcdicinc devised by an edu-

cated physician specially to ovtrcome all weaknesses and disrases of the feminine orRins

Mr4 R'jKoe Vanover. of Robinson Cirtk Pikt o, K\ . wnti-s • I to mvii-ss my lhanki

I > you' tor lh» 7'tyl I Imvt r«tivf<l trdiii y. m Pivorlte Pr«— r T.njo ' I hnvc u.<-<l il al <.nlrr •nl tinjfs for 111. Un l.vf yesri,. and aiw r.y. wnb lir m j f l STall villi; result!. Bu! Hif Rrfnit-* '0f>.l rn.eivcil f^r.i the •Pavotiti' I'rrvnirtion' »4« a'wit four 'iiotitns «|fi. wlicii inv luM b»t>> wa* (>oro 1 »»» affiirtcd with tin; ' txd frver In«lrfl4 of k'li . MC Bn»t»rtor»<.f I ii..c<! the I-f K-ription ' anil v.,. , iirr«l A ladv fru-twl of mim HIS "imtlarlj .liiclf't and af v iht dr»toi and l(»i* hit i"iir>lie« amJ dt'd I «in j; vear old wriifh 147 the mother of fivf chiidrer and am en'oyid* Hie t>Mt of hek h

Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellet* cv.rt const . pat!r"i nronr. Iv and perniancnlly.

Km. Folk-. -In your editorial of

March 4th on Acts II ."W you adopt^as

it!> ffue meaning this rendering: "Re-

l«nt and IH; baptised evory ono uf you,

trusting on the name of Jesus Christ

for the remission of sins."

Did you know that Dr. D. Lipscomb,

senior edluir of tho Gogpel Advocate, has recently been converted to the same

position, and that by a Methodist

preacherMere Is what ho says on the

sentence, "in tho name of Jesus Christ

for tho remission of sins." (Acts 11.

;18):

" i n the name of JOSUB Christ does

not moan by the authority nor into the

namo of Jesus Christ. It is neither

Inlo the namo of Christ nor by tho

authority of Christ, but upon tho name

uf Christ, relying upon or trusting his

namo. Generally a wrong meaning Is

givon this language • It Is only a few

years slnco I learned Its true moaning^

I owo my Indobttidness to Mr. Dltzler

for tho Buggcstion."—D. Lipscomb In

Gmttl Ad^'octtU March 1, 1804.

Again: "But In Acts 11. 38 we have

a wholly dllTorent preposition: It Is

epi. ' This doos not moan Into, or In,

by the authority, of; but tpi means

upon, rest upon, rollance,upon. And

hero it IB, be baptlxed epi the name of

Jesus. My contonllon is, let ihe Holy

Spirit moan Just what it says., Itsayt

nmmuti hcr»—upon—and not into

or In. I yot loarn things from tho

commission and Peter's sermon, new

U) mo, frequently. I bad read that

sentence one hundred times In the

Greek. I have known the difTerenoe

in the meaning of tk, en and tpt tor

^^psH 1

fifty years, but I never noted tbe mean-

ing of this sentence until Mr. Ditzler

called it up. I foudd then Dr. Hack-

ett had so translated it. I learn many

things slowly, but continue to try to

learn "—D Lipscomb In Gosptl Adm-cate March 27, 1894

If you and Lipscomb are cornjct as

to the meaning of epi the following ren-

dering is about correct: "Repent and

be baptized, every one of you, trust-

ing on the name of Jesus for the remis-

sion of sins, and ye shall receive the

gift of the Holy Spirit ."

A question for the editor: Doos the

construction of the language of Acts

li. 38 prohibit the following rendering

of that passage: itepent and ovory one

of you, relying upon tho namo of Jesus

for the remission of sins, be baptized

and ye shall receive the gift of the

Holy Spirit? J T . O A K L E Y .

[Tho other rendering is more nat-

ural, according to the Greek. There

is no material difference, however, be-

tween these two constructions.—ED. ]

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A P L E A F o i l T H E SE.\TI^^E^-TAJ.

Sometime avTO a poetic woman

stood besiiie ber husband lookinj? at

Niajjara Falls. The lady wtt.s pic-

turinj? in her fnind the maj?nif5cence

of all r.<xl s works, and especially

the jflorious >.'ran(leur of Niagara

Her farmer husband waK staudinK

by her .side, and broke in upon her

fnusinj; with the followinK remark

"Wha t a splendid place this is to

wash sheep."

This reminds us Once upon a

time we were in St Aujfustine. F'la.,

the oldest city, it is claimed, In

America. We were walking with

two friends throujfh the oldest part

of the city. One was a preacher.

He is a very excellent preacher, but

is quite practical in his disposition.

The other friend was his dauKbter

We were walkinir along by old Fl.

Marion. This Fort is more than

300 years old. I t was begun in the

year 1565.

The day was remarkably beauti-

ful. The sun shone bright and

clear. There was no cloud in the

sky to mar its brightness. The air

was soft and balmy. IJeforo us

were the broad waters of the river,

pencefully sleeping. Behind us

were the old city gates, said to be

about 300 years old, and relics of

the time when thoy used to build

walls around olties in order to ser

cure protection from enemies. On

our right hand was the old sea wall,

built ot ooquina shells, to break the

force ot the waves as thoy dashed

shoreward, and to prevent, them

from overflowing the city. Every-

thing around UH was extremely ro-

mantio. We almost fnlt' that we

were l iv ing in the past, 300 years

ago. Wo oould not help thinliit/g

about the pant. We thought ot the

time when this old fort j u i t in front

of UB was full ot Boldtera, and on the

rlvar yonder were men-i^-war bom-

barding the fort. We could olmost

hear the boom of the cannon and the

rattle of the musketry, together

with thttshrleksof the wounded and

dying. Wo could hardly restrain

the exuberance of our spirits as wo

walked through the grounds In the

rear of the fort. But what was our

friend thinking about? Mo wolkod

along with his eyes upon tbo ground,

and he broke into our reverie, call-

ing us suddenly back from the past

to the present, us ho remarked very

gravely "This is a fine place for a

cow pa.stiire." He has a good deal

of sense in his head and grace In

his heart, but we are afraid that he

has not much poetry In his soul.

Aijd yet are not those two illus-

trations but expressions of the spirit

of theage? Cm' /«<«<», is still the cry.

What is the use'' people ask about

everything whii-h comcs up. How

much money la there in it? This

practical spirit is carried to such an

extent that oftentime.'< people will

<aUulate in cold dollars and cents

whether an education will pay their

boy or not. If he does not go to col-

lege he can make so much money.

If he does go, he will have to spend

so much, but he will be able to

make so much more than he would

have made had he not gone. They

then strike a balance and st>e on

which side the preponderance lies.

If he can make more money in the

end by going to college, they think

he had better go. If not, he had

better stay at home and go to work.

As if the whole business of life was

to make money! That and only

thatl Moasurinu an education by

dollars and cents! Is there noth-

ing higher in the world than money?

What about the pleasure the educa

tlon brings—the expansion of

thoutfhts. the broadening of one's

existence, the lifting up of his life

to a higher plane, the privilege of

coming in contact with the best

minds of all the ages and of think-

ing their thoughts? Are all these

worth nothing, even if the boy may

not be able to coin them into dollars

and cents?

We shall not charge that there

are any so base and so mean as to

try to make merchandize out of the

religion which they profess—Chris-

tians for revenue only, if we may

use the contradictory expression.

We could hardly believe thatunyoiie

would stoop to such selfish things

in the sacred name of the re-

ligion of Jesus Christ. Bu t aro

there not many of us who do seem to

look at religion only from the stand-

polntofour own individual interests,

eternal, certainly, if not temporal?

What good will it do him? wo ask,

not'what good will it enable him to

do others?

Wo believe in tho practical, yes.

The practical is Important. I t is

necossary. Bu t yre beliove, also, in

the sentimental. I t Is not neces-

sary that wo should display senti-

ment upon every occasion, or that

we should live constantly in tho

realm ot senti;nent. I t la better to

build houses on the ground than

castlea in tho air, as a regular thing,

but, we believe, there is a p lMe for

the sentimental, also Sentiment

has a refining and upl ift ing influ-

ence upon us. I t lifts us up above

the sordid valley of earth with all

tta mire and dirt , and its heavy at-

moaphere and muricy akies, up to

the mountain peaka, where the air

is pure and the breexes blow cool,

and where we can lift up our eyes

straight to heaven with no cloud to

shut off our vision. Ah. yes, lei us

be proctlcal. Wo must be practlcol.

Tho very exigencies of our exist-

ence demand It. But at the sumo

time let us, as often OH opportunity

alTords, escape from this dull rou-

tine of practical duties, ond spend

awhile on tho enohanted ground of

the sentimental.

S O l ' T l l E l t N I t A I ' T I S T C O y V K N TION

As already announced in our

columns, the Southern Buptlbt ('on

vention will meet In Wilmington, N.

C., on Muv "th. Thp&vthern Bap

tist Young People's Union will meet

in the same city on the day previous

It is e*iM>cted that there will be a

largo attendance at both of these

meetings, particularly at the Con-

vention We hope that Tennessee

will befully represented. Wilming

ton is a beautiful city by the sea,

and those who attend the Conven-

tion will have the opportunity, no

doubt, of seeing olJl ocean in all his

majesty, which of itself will be

worth a tr ip to Wilmington, to say

nothing of the great pleasure and

benefit to be received from attend-

ing the Convention Itself.

There are several routes to Wil

mlngton from here. One Is by way

of Atlantaover the Nashville & Chat-

tanooga road, ond from Atlanta,

either over the Southern Itoilrood

or other lines. Another is by woy

of Chottanoogaond Ashevllle. These

are oil excellent routes, ond there

will be a number to go each route.

We have selected the last named

route.

Special schedules hove been ar-

ranged to accommodate delegated

and visitors dur ing the Convention

week so that passengers can leave

Nashville at 11:20 p. m. on May 4lh

or fith, reach Knoxville for break-

fast at H a. m. next morning, Ashe-

ville for dinner, arr iv ing at Greens-

boro about 10:30 p m and at Wil-

mington at 7 o. m. on May 6th or 7th.

Returning, special schedules have

been arranged so wo can leave

Wilmington on May lOlh or 11th at

10:30 p. m., arrive at Greensboro at

5:45 a m., Ashoville at 2:05 p. m.,

Knoxville at 7:40 p m , and Nash-

ville at 6:45 a. m., May 12th. This

schedule will enable all West Ten-

nessoons to leave home by daylight

and make connection with through

trains leaving Nashville at 11:20 p.

m., and arrive at Wilmington tho

second morning following in time

for breakfast. I t also will enable

East Tennesseans to join us at

Knoxville or Morristownand in that

way we can all go together on the

same train to Wilmington. Thisroute

will also give us a daylight ride to-

gether through the beautiful scenery

of East Tennessee and Western

North Carolina, along the French

Broad Blver, over the Blue Ridge

Mountains, and through the Land of

the Sky, as tbo country around Ashe-

vllle has been appropriately named,

and It is said to be the flnest scenery

east of the Rooky Mountains. Of

course everyone has the privilege of

going any way he ohooaes or of not

going at al l If he prefers, but we

hope that a large number wil l go

from Tenneasee, and that all thme

who oan do oo w i l l go with ua over

this route. The rates from points

in TenncBSoe to Wi lmington and re-

turn will be one fare for the round

trip. Tickets will be sold May 3rd

to 7th inclusivo, good to return in

15 days from datn of sale. I f a suf

licient number indicate their pur

poso to go from Tennessee, a special

Baptist train will leave Nashville

at 11 20 p. m., May 4th, arr iv ing at

Wilmington at 7 a. m.. May 6th. Re

turn ing, this train will leave Wil-

mington at 10:30 p. m., May l l t h ,

reaching Ashoville at 2:05 p. m ,

May 12tb, where a stop will be

made for tho purpose of visiting the

various points of Interest around

Ashevllle, including tho Vander

bilt mansion and estate. Iioaving

Ashoville at 12:05 a. m.. May 13th,

this train will reach Chattanooga at

8 ^ m., whore a stop will be made

to visit Ix)okout Mountain, Chicka

mauga National Military Park and

other points of Interest.

The sleeping car fore from Nash

viile to Wilmington will be t5 for a

berth, or #2.50 ooch, if two take a

berth together. Those desiring

berths should address the editor of

this pa))er so that necessary ar

rongcments con bo made for thom.

In this connection wo may call at-

tention to the offers which we are

making on another page to give

round trip tickets to the Conven-

tion for o certain number of new

subscribers to tho paper. Read

this over and see it you cannot se-

cure tho requisite number of sub-

scribers in order to have the privi

lege of taking this delightful trip.

T U A I M X n C H I L D HEN

Tho HiUiail liecortler remarks:

"Tho most remarkoble th ing about

the recent 'Congress of Mothers'

in Washington was that most ot the

delegates were not n u r r l o d . " Bro.

Bolloy evidently forgets the well

known fact that old bachelors and

old maids always know better how

to troln chlldron than those who

have chlldron of their own. The

reason for It is because they go

upon theory. Thoy know how It

ought to be done, but they do not

take into account the very practical

consideration with which they have

not had experience, and yet which

is a very important element in the

solution of tho firoblem, and that it

is the will of the child. No one who

has not had actual experience in the

tra in ing of children can realize the

strength of this factor In the prob-

lem. There Is a law ot mathematics

which is called the resultant ot

forces. If only one force strikes a

body tho body wil l be carried to a

point measured by the amount and

the direction of the force which

strikes It, as well as by Its own re-

sistance, and It wil l be found in a

straight line from the force which

came against It. If, however, two

forces strike a body from different

dlreotlona, then t he ' body will be

foiind at a point measured by the

respeotive direction and atrength

of the two forces as well as by its

resistance. To make the applica-

tion: Old bachelors and old maids

oonslder only their own will in the

tra in ing of children, bu t parents

know that the wi l l of the tihild must

be taken Into consideration, and now

what that ohlld shall become will

depend upon the oharaoter and

strength of the will , both of the

p a r m t and of the ohlld.

B A P T I S T A N D H E F L E C T O l l , M A R C H 2 5 l t » 9 7 .

I N T H E O B J E C T I V E CASE.

The objective caae la quite a use-

ful Institution. We oould not well

get along without it. Whi le the

nominative oiso serves its purpose,

it needs the support of theobjoctivo

case, or else it will become quite

weak and vapid. I t would not do

for us to have nothing but tho nomi-

native case. But at the same time

we do not want the objective cose all

the time. I t would be even worse

t«i have the objective case olwoys

than to have tho nominative case ol

ways. There ore some people who

lire forever in tho objective cose,

and who never seem to get out of it.

They ore always In the negotlve,

never In the positive. Thev ore do

structlvo, not constructive—tearing

down, never bui lding up. They

are pessimists ot the worst type,

looking on the dark side of things

rhey can always see tbo cloud, but

they never see the sliver l ining In

it. They ore regulor dogs In the

manger, unable to eat the hay them-

selves, ond unwil l ing to let anyone

else do so. Such people are not

happy. They are sour, morose.

Happiness is not negative, but posi-

tive. I t is not destructive, but con

structive; not pessimistic, but opti-

mistic. I t comes from doing some-

thing forothers, try ing to help thom,

to build them up, to moke them bet-

ter and happier. I t Is only as wo

live for others thot we really live

ourselves. It we have ever been

disposed to be In the objective case,

let us get out of It. Let us get Into

tho nominative case. A t least let

this be our normal condition. Let

us be positive, constructive, and

thus we will be happy.

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL

— We were sorry lo oiUs the visit ot

Dr E. N DIcken of FrftDkllo, Ky., to

our onico laetwoek. Dr. Dioken in one

of tbo 8troDgo8t proauhera In Kuntucky.

which Ih sayinir a ^roat deal.

—Mr. D, L. Moody hae agreed to

conduct a 8«ric8 of iuuetini;« In Louis-

ville, Ky., from lb« 24th to tho 28th of

tnls month. The met tlnKa will be held

ID tbo Auditorium and Warren's Me-

morial Church.

- Ilov. T. T. Th</iD|<BOU of I'ulaskl,

Tcnn.. I» now in New Orleans aBslnt-

Injr Dr I). I I'lirHer in u mnctin(( at

the Valence-street Church We hope

lo hoar of pood ronults from the meet-

Injf. Hro. Tnomimon In a line gOBitel

preacher

—Thin weather to qulie dprlnji-llke,

with i u warm BUOHhlno and its fre-

quent showers. In Florida, however,

it was like summer time Ladles were

Kolntr around with white dreuses on

and the men wore alpaca coats and

straw hats, and thq |>eoplc carried

umbrellas lo protcol lliein from the

sun 11 wa* pleasanl, but the trouble

about ll Is the summers arc too long

—It wai< quite a pleasure to tee Uov.

<;. H. Crutcher of Shelbyville In our

ottlce last week. He was In the city

having his eyes trcaa-d by our cele-

brated Baptist oculist. Dr. G C.

Savage. Bro. Crutcher graduated

with honors lam year at the Southwest-

ern Baptist ('Diversity. He Is doing

a fine work at Shelbyvllle, where he

is qultfl popular, as he was also in

West Tennessee.

CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS Since tbo days of the old Scotch-

man In tho poem, who tried U) brow-beat the .exton Into trading the sov-erelffn he dropped In the basket for "tbo penny he meant to gle," there have been many involuntary dona-tloni to churobes, though seldom of largo proportions A London judge has recently decided that where a worshiper by mlsUko puts a larger amount than Intended Into the ohuroh collection-box tho money o a n ^ l be refunded on a plea ot error, ^ e de-cision grew out of a suit brought by a woman who attends service in a fash-ionable Episcopal ohuroh against the vicar and ohuroh wardens, her conten-tion being that, during a fit of men

•ati( • ' — - -tlUD UOlUK HUWI --• •-B —

tal aberration, the had placed In the pUte aaoverelgn instead of a shilling. She therefore sought to recover some •4.76. The court held that the mo-ment themoney fell Into the plate It bo-came an aooepted ofTerIng to t hop j rd , and that neither tho church officials nor tho courts are at liberty to author-ize the return to tbo donor.—Sfand-ard.

We doubt the correctness of the

London judge's decision. I t seems

to us that if a person puts too much

in the contribution basket by mis-

take he should be entitled to have

the mistake corrected. Besides, we

doubt whether the Lord would bloss

the money given In that way. "The

Lord loveth a cheerful g iver . "

Bu t we confess that It soems to us

an evidence of infinitesimal small-

ness for a person to br ing suit

against the offlolals of a church on

such grounds. As a matter of fact,

however, the offlolals ought to have

given the money back. Anyhow, the

decision wi l l tend to make every-

body more careful to examine the

money which they pu t li\. If It

shall ha re the efteot of making aome

persons give sti l l smaller amounts

than they do, we shall be very sor-

ry for it .

—On our return from tho meeting of

the Southern Baptist Press Associa-

tion in Tampa wo stopped over In

Atlanta for a few hours. Of course

we called at the office of the Chrigtian Index. Brother Van Neiis was not In,

but we bad a pleasanl chat wlih Dr.

Bell. Ho seems to Uko editorial work

very much. He and Brother Van Ness

have very greatly improved the Index during the year they have had ll In

charge.

—Rev Krnest GaloTownjeiid, pastor

of tho Central Baptist Church, Dallas,

Texas, was married on March l«th

In the First BapiUt Church to Miss

Hollle Harper of Dallas, who has for

some time been editor of the Woman's

Department of the Ttxa» UnptiM Standard, In which position she has

shown much ability. Tho two will

hereafter have charge of tbo chapel

car "Good W i l l " in Texas. Wo ex

tend worm congratulations.

—A strong eommtlleo of the Bar

Association of New York, after a caro-

(ul examination of tho Greater New

York charter, have expressed ll oo

their dollbarate opinion that Us enact

mont in Us present form would cause

serious misnhlet. Dcsplto this opinion,

howevor, tho Loglslailvo Commltteo

has decided to rejiort tho charter with

out any Important changes, and the

Independent says tho prosiwcl is that

U will bo speedily passed.

—The editor of tbo iS'frtMffnn? of

Chicago says ho received a letter ro-

oontly reading somewhat as follows:

"Rov.^ Peter Expounder has boon pas

tor of our ohuroh for tbroo months,

and during that ilmo It has been paint-

ed and roihlnglod." The editor sug

gests that U would bo " a good idea It

we should use the word •oburcb' with

ft little more oare." As a matter of

tact, we use the word "ohuroh" very

oarolessly. Wo UM U, for instanoe,

to refer to the organliatlon which

worships In tho house, to the bouse

In which It worshlpB itnd oftentimes to

the worship.Itielf. The proper slgnifl

cation ot the term Is with reference to

k local assembly or organised body

of beltevsri who have been called out

from the world.

- W o monUonod last weok the fact

that Dr. B. H. Carroll, of Waco,

Texas, had been compelled to decllno

delivering tho Gay Lectures at tbo

Southern Baptist Theological Semi-

nary this year on account of his ill

health. It is said that his friends are

seriously concerned about him and

plans sre liolDg made to allow .him a

long and much needed rest. We hope

they will bo carried Into effect. Wo

suggest that'he be sent to p:urop« for

a year's vscailon, with all of his ex-

penses paid He has ccrtainly earqed

such a rest

—We are glad to state tbU Dr. J.

B. Hawthorne, pastor ot tbo First

Baptist Church ot this city, returned

til the city last week from bis vacation

in Florida, and be says that blsjiealtb

Is as good as ll over was. A largo

congregation greeted him last Sunday

at tho First Baptist Church on his first

appearance In the pulpit after bis three

months vacation We shall resume

the publication of his sermons next

week. Rev. Frank WllUs Barnett.

who has been supplying Dr. Haw-

thorne's pulpit so acceptably daring

his absence, will remain to assist Dr.

Hawthorne In pastoral work and will

preach at night for a while until tbe

diiclor feels fully assured of his health

and strength.

—The-Roman Catholic archbishop

of Manitoba declares that voting upon

tbe school question otherwise than In

accordance with bis views is a " s in , "

and that ll Is a sin for wblcb penitents

are to resort exclusively to himself tor

confession, and for which Impenltents

who die In it are to be refused burial

In consecrated ground This Is only

in accordance with the principles ot

Catholicism in all countries wherever

they bavehad the opportunity U)express

themselves. It is just such claims as

these which led to tbe Inquisition. An

archbishop In this country would not

dare make such a claim now, but let

Catholicism get a little stronger hold

upon tho country and he would not

hesitate to do so.

-Hon . Neal Dow, who Is known as

tho Father of Prohibition. wa« 92

years old on March 20th. His birth-

day was observed as a prohibition

rally day throughout the civilized

world by order of tbe Woman's Chris-

tian Temperance Union. Mr. Dow

has been a pronounced champion of

temperance since 1837. In 1851 the

Maine Law. of which be was author,

was passed by tho Legislature of

Maine, and^lt has been upon the statute

books of that State over since, bring-

ing untold benefits to the citizens of

the State, both In saving them a large

amount of money which would other-

wise have been expended tor drlnic and

In criminal prosecutions, and also in

tho sobriety and peace and happiness

which it has brought to their homos.

' —A member ot tho State legislature

of Kansas has Introduced a bill to

placo tho Ten Commandments on tbo

statute book with proper ponaltles for

their violation. Tho bill was probably

occasioned by tho remark of a distin-

guished Kansas politician several

years ago that the Ton CommandmonU

and the Golden Rule have no place In

politics. As a matter of fact, tho Ten

Commandments aro the underlying

principles ot all law. We doubt, how-

ever, the wisdom of putting them upon

our sUtute books in their direct form,

because that would tend to bring sa-

cred things somewhat Into disrepute.

And ospooiaily we do not believe that

tbe flrstcommandmentshould be placed upon the statute books. Religious

freedom Is one ot the essential prinol*

pies of this country. .

—Dr. Robert Ryland ot Briitol, Va. ,

U now 82 years of age. Through the

BtUgknu Herald of la i t week he swidi

greetingi lo hU relatlOni and frleadi,

in which he sayi: " A t the oloie of my

92nd year, In goo^ health, but gradual-

ly declining in atrength, in a delight-

tul home and blessed with congenial

work, I am exceedingly happy. Every-

body is kind, and the gracious Lord

is full of longsufferlng and mercy to-

ward me. I am simply and earnestly

trusting In bis favor and awaiting his

will. God bless you a l l . " Dr. Ry-

land is a ramarkable spcolman of man-

hood, physical, menUl and spiritual.

In all three particulars bo stands high.

It is beautiful to see one grow old

gracefully as he has done. In fact,

be can hardly be called old at all, but

might more properly bo called 02

years young.

With reference to a recent remark

In tbe BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR, tbe

OospelAdcoaUeotImntweekanyt: " The

scarlet thread ut tho blood of Christ

runs all through tbe Bible from Gen-

esis to Revelation,' to be sure, but

that thread is always reached to the

saving of tbe soul by genuine faith

which obeys God. Faith that will not

be baptized when God's command in

tbe matter ot baptism Is clearly under-

stood talis to connect with the scarlet

thread of tbe blood of Christ." Inoth-

er words, the doctrine of the AdvoeaU Is through the tcater to the blood The

blood is efficacious when you get to It,

but the only way to get to Ills through

water. For our part we believe that

tbe true order is through the blood to

water. "The blood of Jesus Christ

His Sonclesnsetb us from all sin."

The blood cleanses actually and the

water only symbolizes the cleansing

which has already been effected by the

blood.

—Dr. Jno. L. Johnson, editor ot the

Bapfirt Layman, states In tbe last issue

ot tbe Lavman that he and bis wife,

together with Dr. W . A. Hurt, business

manager ot tbe paper, and wHo. started

to the meeting of tbe Southern Bap-

tist Press Association in Tampa and

got as far as Birmingham, Ala., and

found, on account of the change in

the schedule of tbe Southern Railway,

they would be a day late In reaching

Tampa and so concluded to go back

home. We are very sorry that they

did so. While they would bavemlssed

a good part of tho Association by be-

ing a day late, they would still have

bad tbe privllegeot enjoying probably

the best part ot It had they gone on.

There wore several who arrived at tLe

time Dr. Johnson would have come

who seemed to enjoy the Assooiation

very much and who did not seem to

regret their coming. We trust, how-

uTor, that at tho next meeting of the

Association there will be no mlsun-

dersunding and no vexatious delays

on the part of anyone.

—'•Water, water everywhere." This

could appropriately have boon said of

tbe country last week, and especially

of the regions adjacent to our rivers.

The Mississippi river i i about forty

miles wide at Memphis and shows no

signs ot falling. Farms, houses, and

In some cases whole towns, have been

Inundated. A number of lives have

been lost. The citizens ot Memphis

have been working very nobly and he-

roically to relieve suftorers In the sub-

merged district aroutod that city. The

Tennessee river has been so high as

to stop travel both over the Louisville

(C Nashville and tho Nashville, Chat-

tanooga & St. LouU Rai lroad! where

these roadi cross the river In Wei t

Tennessee. Here In NaihvlUe tho

Cumberland river has been very high,

though not at high a t It wenftomo

years ago. A t the raint have ceaeed,

however. It it hoped all these rivers

will begin to recede. It la a great

thing to ftel that you are tafe la a

good home when the floodt and ttormt

are raging around you. The tame

thing It true with the ttormt of IM*.

On what kind ot foundation i t your

hottte built? Are you on the RoeUr

10 B A P T I S T A N D R E F L E C T O K , M A R C H t J 5 , I 8 » 7 B A P T I S T A N D I I E F L E C T O H , M A R C H 2 6 , 1 8 » 7 . 11

i THE HOME

The Days That Are Dead

Thu days thai aru dead, thu days that are dt*ad,

When lovo abided with uu with tcinpt-Injr II pi of red I

The oyee we leariu-d to lovo ihoD, the vulues that we prized,

Thu dreamn our bo8om« ehurlohed, but never realised —

The joys that only now In our reet)l-leetlonH live

They'll over lliij;er with ut. llu- sweot est earth ean );lvo;

For lovlnu hearts were truer and a dearer priory shed

About the fairy valley>. of the days that are dead'

Will T Halt

The Man Who Spoiled the Music. There was no doubt about it, ho

did, and yet 11 was the lust thinjf he was liUely to heliovt; Ho loved musii.'. his voioe was often heard rlnjfln^r out a rollicninj; son>; in the tap room Atul now ii kept eominj,' to him. in at least a score of differ ent ways —he hiinst'lf was the man who spoiled all the music'

He was not in the britrhte.st pos-.sible condition for an arjjuinent, and certainly not in a humor to be convinced of a truth that he did not want to bo lie ve, and yet convinced he was. and .'ViTy minute addeil to the 'x)uviction. Kvery si^ht about him. and the silence, if not the sounds, forced it home upon him, so that there could not jv>ssibly be any mistake

It was SiiDiiav afterruwn about fouro ckK,« Hi' wa.-» ieannnjajfaiost

ithe wall by the diriy rtreplat-e, un-'washed and in his shirt s leeves. The rtxiin l Kiked as wretched as the man himself, and as d ir ty , blackened and broken, with window panes either plastered over with paper or stuffed out with rajfs. The r ickety furniture was there simply because it could fetch nothinj; e lsewhere . Seated on the other side of the fire-place was the white-faced and slat-ternly wife, holdinj,' a tiny bit of mortality at her breast, and breath-ing? a heavy s i f h that told of a bur-den there a ffreat deal heavier than the baby.

One word summed up the whole rea.son of the wretchedness -dr ink. Not a bad sort of a man but for th is one thln^; able to earn jfood w a g e s and to have a comfortable home; y e t no idle miscreant ever dwelt amid greater squalor or kept all about him In greater misery.

80 it was that on this Sunday aft-crDOon Jack stood as c r o s s as c r o s s could bo, ready to let out his luiscry upon the f irst victim he could find, as if anyone were to bo blamed for It sooner than himself. Then it was the do<ir opened suddenly with a bang, and in burst two little maid-ens s i n g i n g merri ly ; o y e s a n d faces, hands and feet, all wore full of music T h e y had come from t h e Mission Sunday-school, and the last hymn was in their ears and came cheeri ly r ing ing from thoir l ips:

" L"!? '"'A'.'"'.""" <""• Pttther In HmvaD Talli o( hl» luva In tho l)ook He bM glvfen."

T h e y had just got to tho l ine of tho ohorus, " I am so g l a d , " and It came in a t the opened door wi th such a bounding g ladness as t h e y lifted the latoh and felt that they wore In tho freedom of tho h o m e — " I am so g l a d " — t h e n suddenly they oame far enough to see their father. Instant ly t h e voloes w e r e Bllenoed,

tho sunshine died out of their e y e s ; with u frightened look lllling their faces they shrank outside tho door again and shut it noiselessly.

Tho si lence that followed was un-broken by a sound. The wife sat mournfully looking at the blackened ashes of the lireplace, with thu lit-tle one asleep in her arms. T h a t abrupt .and sudden silence smote J a c k ' s heart; those changed faces and the little frightened maidens bushed like that—he felt that he had done it all. Ho seemed to hoar af,'afu tiie happy burst , " I am so ^rlad,"and then that dreadful stop-ping. l ie was go ing to ask with an oath why they d idn ' t go on sing-ing, but thoy weren ' t there, and so it was no use to do that; besides, he knew well enough, too well, why they had stopp<>d, so it came about that he lifted himself from the wall and thrust himself fiercely into his jacket, ai>d went slouching t o w a r d s the door. Ho s trode out of tho court and away on, a n y w h e r e , until be got outside the streets and iuto the more quiet and pleasant roads, then he slackened his pace. T h e lierceness had turned to grief , and at last there came the words mut-tered to himself, 'That ' s what I am a l w a y s doing, 1 spoil all the music. "

It was dreadful to think of it, a s he turned it over. How much it meant I He thought of his wife, and of the sweet voice she had long ago, and bow, back in the old times, they bad s u n g togctLer. And LOW to think of her s i t t ing there, so white-faced and silent! She never even sang the baby off to sleep— only kept on s i g h i n g " A n y h o w , not when I am t h e r e , " said Jack " I s()oii all the music ."

If was dreadful to think about it, of the places he had been in as a carpenter and the chances ho had had. and how one after another he had lost them all through the d r i n k , and now the first to get notice to quit, the last to be offered a job, was he who bad prided himself on his work. " O h , dear, I ' v e been spoil-ing ail the music for y e a r s , " s ighed Jack.

So it came about that |)oor J a c k , so burdened and helpless, stopped there and then, and put bis face Into his hands and said, "God help m e ! " He had gone on, never t h i n k i n g where ho was going, until now he found himself outside the long stretch of the houses, and was un-der the green troes and in tho midst of the fields. The lark sang over-head, the thrush and the blackbird rang out their r ichest notes; In the branches above him a crowd of spar-rows met and chirped tho v e r y loudest, merriest music they had e v e r learned. A n d there, in the sunset . Jack leaned on a gate and let h i s soul flow out to God in help-lessness and sorrow and longing.

I t was qui te dark before he passed in at the squal id court whore he lived and turned wi th a s i g h Into his wretched home. Poor J a c k , b i s heart was v e r y sot-e through that night, and, asleep o r awake, again and again the words came sadly to his l ips, " I spoil all tho m u s l o . "

T h e next day he w a s up and off a t daybreak. V e x e d and desperate aa

as he was, he went a t his w o r k w i t h a g r i m fierceness, without a word for a n y b o d y . H i s mates w e r e used to b i s moods, and did not oare to in-ter fere wi th bim at t imes liice t h e s e

" J a c k is out again about s o m e ' a t , " said thoy, with a jork of tho t h u m b in his direction.

They might stop for dinner, but Jack snatched at a bit of broad and worked on; they might pack up at the s t r i k e of tho clock, but so long as tho l ight lasted Jack would s t ick at it.

J a c k ' s lit was on tho next d a y , much to the s u r p r i s e of his m a t e s — the brow knit and the l ips t ight and tho work tlylng on at a tremendous pace.

" W h y , Jack, l a d , " c r i e d one, " a r t thou putt ing a week o ' work into a day, that thou mayst g o on a s p r e e all tho rest of it? "

" N o , " said Jack, so gruffly that nobody had a word for him again , and so it lasted Wednesday, T h u r s -day and Friday. All that was s trange enough, and set his work-mates wondering, but s t rangest of all W08 it when that Saturday after-noon came and Jack took up his wages without a word and just walked right away from them.

" J a c k ' s mad," said they. " N e v knew his tit to last so long as this . '

" N o w , " said Jack, taking a s t r ide just double the usual length, and putt ing his foot down as if he meant to g e t through the other side of the earth, " I ' l l try and get the music back a g a i n , " and Jack meant to smile, but he had to put his mouth tight and to knit his b r o w s to keep back a tear. " B y G o a ' s h e l p , " Jack added, devoutly

When he come home he e v i d e n t l y was not expected, indeed, was scarcely wanted. T h e wife l ifted her face in surpr ise , and went on with her s c r u b b i n g . W h a t e v e r this coming home meant, nothing ever brought her any good.

I^K)r Jack, he seemed to hear it all. "Spoiled her music, too ," ho sighed. Ho hung up bis bag of tools on thoir peg and took off tho apron that was rolled about his waist, and then he caught s i g h t of that very venerable and hair less scrubbing-brush. " I t will help to brit>g back the m u s i c , " said Jack to himself, purposing to buy his wife there and then a new one, but the purpose was somewhat delayed. J u s t then, from some corner of tho room, came the cry of tho baby. Tho wife was r i s ing up to g e t a t it when Jack dived in after the l itt le bundle of r a g s and fetched It out.

" i n hold her a b i t , " said J a c k , rather s h y l y .

J a c k ' s wife would like to have said, " T h a n k y o u , " but she f o l t s h y , too. " N o w , Jack , t r y and mend the m u s i c , " said be to himself, and that time he really did smile, for the baby w a s unused to s t r a n g e r s , and none w a s a g r e a t e r s t r a n g e r to it than i ts own father, so It j u s t cr ied out lust i ly . T h e good wife s c r u b b e d on. T h e r e were t imes when s h e had to let It ory a bit, and t h i s should bo one of them. Jack took It tender ly into his a r m s and chirped to it, and chirped louder, but st i l l It cr ied. Then Jack took it u p in his h a n d s and danced it to and fro and began to s l u g , s o f t and low at first, a s a man who w a s fee l ing his way. B u t sti l l the baby oried, A n d the good wife rose from her sorub-b i n g to take it herself . Jack would t r y onoe more; it rea l ly w a s not pleasant to be beaten Hire this , s o he set h im resolute ly , and then rftng out an old s o n g of long a g o wi th all

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thoforce of h is voice. Tho effect was magical. T h e baby stopped us if ii was charmed; it opened its inoulh in Imitation of tho father 's , it lai<l hold firmly of tho w h i s k e r s with little tangled (Ingers a s if It wouM keep bim at it, and then it lauglied and uruvred with dolight. T h o p(M>i wife looked on and smiled; it wa.s a s t range smile, as If she had got out of tho way of It, but It staid lunge 1 than you might have thought.

" K h , Jack, it is good to hear th s muslo a g a i n , " s h e said, very <|uioi

ly.

Poor Jack, it almost put him out He did stop for a moment, but in stantly the little face puckered and wrinkled Into all sorts of line.s, the nose was squeezed together, and the l ips began to q u i v e r with tho cominj; c r y . Then Jack had to s t r ike oiT again, only to find the effe<-l as magical as before, and to hear the baby laughing and c r o w i n g m u e more. And in tlie midst of it all there came In the two little maidens to tind the father leaning against tin-wall making music like thi.s

" W h y , we couldn't think whoevei it was. father, " said they, woniler ing, and without the merriaieni fading from their e y e s this time.

They sat at tea, silent and s h \ , everyone of them wondering ••.\cept the tjaby , that kept s t retching out its arms U) the father, and found a new delight in pull ing at his whisk ers.

i'oor Jack, he wanted all his thoughts about him to siky wliat lie found it so hard to say, but words wouldn' t come, and the most elo quent would tind it hard to talk wlion a tiny hand was being thrust in one's mouth and another t u g g e d at tho beard. So Jack had to con tent himself with putting his hand into bis ixH^ket, and taking out one sovere ign and one half sovere ign, ho g a v e them to his wife.

" W h a t ' s this. Jack? "she asked, going to tho window, for it was got t ing darkish, and she feared the first glance had deceived hor.

" W a g e s , " said Jack , g e t t i n g It out as best he could.

TheiMXir wife looked at tho money and then she looked at him. She bit each of tho coins, and then looked a s if sho would like to apply her l ips at least to J a c k ' s . Hut sho p u t the money in hor pocket, and folt that if th is t h i n g wont on she would have to-sing, too.

" I ' l l stay and tako caro of tho lit-tle ones if you want to g o out, w i f e , " said Jack. T r u e , It was spoken with some intorruption, and more than one word was bobbed l»ack into the mouth by that litMo hand. Hut It went down into the go<id w i f e ' s heart and btlrrod music she had not heard for many a long day.

" B l o s s thoo, lad I I t is good of t h e e , " said the wife, and then she blushed l ike amaidon thats l ioshould have said so muoh.

" ' T i s ai l thine, wife, so don' t be a fra id , ! ' said J a c k , as the wlfo went Out at tho door.

S h e turned book with a groat stare. S h e had taken the half-s o v e r e i g n and put the other in tho m y s t e r i o u s d e p t h s of her d r e s s .

" A l l t h l s i " said she. " W h y , J a c k , w h a t m u s t I do with i t ? "

" B u y t b y s c l f a new sorubblng-b r u s h , and g e t tho baby a new frock

{Omttnwd lo page 14.)

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y o u h g s o u t h .

^r. 1 . A U J I A D A Y l ' o a BAiU«, iW.lor ii,i»Hi second rtUMi, Oii»ujnci««», Toon..

,, wuom <ommunle»lloii»for ihlii dewtmeni be »«Wrwu«4.-Voun« South Motto

" i h S I i MMbl. K0kur», J»P»n. irU Sikii franolMti. 0»>.

rho Word of God grew and mul-

ii,„„.,| " -Luke In "Acts of tho Apoo-

Mission Hubjocl for March, Japitu.

Th.) Soulhoin lUpVlBt Convonlion

,„«.„,-.1 Its missionB lo Japan In 1880.

11 ,„.w had »ix ininBlonarloii at work,

liy four native ChrlHtiauH.

I „,.rr arc two proachlnu ulfttionB and

„i,n one organized church, with a

„„„.i.orBhlp of forty, l^ast year throe

bapiUod. There aro IM attend

lilt' Sunday Bchooi.

Notes on Japan.

l ii.i «iroolB in ihocitloB are very nar-

I'he houses arc low, tho rooms

piirtliloDod off by paper Bildcs. Tho

Kiu h.Mi U In iho from of tho i.ou»e,

Hi,- i.arlor In tho rear on the garden.

I I,.- |.ooplo are small iu stature. They

»u 1.11 ilie niats «in the floor

H .v»iiion» do not cnanKC in Japan.

In r..Kyoand a few other principle

, 111. . the *oincD are, however, adopt-

,111' (xrelt'n c«)»tuineB.

(,ir;» do i.oi attend school as much

iHOK. owInK to a heathen prcjudlw

.liritiuHi women being oUucated. Tnis

u gradually chan|tlnit for the better

soii.H.ls for «lrlB are bclnKCstablUhed.

(ilrU KKn^rally marry at slxtoen or

x-veutoou.

A Japanese woman of high station

doc» her stiopplnir generally at home

I'no ciork brings a bundle of goods

uiero for hor lospoctlon. At tho store

when a woman has nolsticd purchasluK

Aiiil BtartR 10 loavo, tho salesman bids

.i.iii-ii with loud ehoulB, oxpresslnjr

UuTi-by thanks for her favors.

riiij women of Japan are not ashamed

Ki toll thoir ages.

tiUi women are vory highly respool-

I'li

Tho Japanese from high to low are

inuMieoly patriotic.

V\'hlio Instead of black Is used for

iniiiirnlnif.

lUco, lea and silk are largely pro-

iluced.

.It\pan could toach Spain iesBons of

lamianUy In treatment of prUonere of

war and dofonaoless men, women and olilldron.

Tho Japanese language Is one of tho

inoet dinioull in the world to loarn.

It takoB an American tlve or six years

10 M|K3ak It correctly. One way the

mlHulonarloB got acooBB to the Japa-

neno at Qrst was through those who

uould 8|>oak ChlnoBe.

l.arKo numbers of Japanese are mov-

InR t<» Formosa to go Into buslnesB.

ThlB Island was coded to Japan by tho

( 'hlneBo as a result of the late war.

There Is no law In Japan more rig-

Idly enforced than that against tho

iiHo of opium. It IB B u p p o B o d this law

will work groat changei In Formosa,

now under Japanoso government.

About 30,000 lOBt their UVOB from

tho great tidal wave June 15, 181HI, in

northwoBtorn Japan. It IB isld that as a resuit of that awful dUaBtor tho

iwoplo have lost faith in their old re-ligion and are now looking towards

Chrlatlantty.

In going to Japtin our mlBilonarlOB

go dlrootly aeroBB the continent and

tako thlppittg at San PranolBOO or

Bomo other weitern seaport and oross

tho Paolflo. Our mission stations In

Klushu are about the same latitude as

norOi Georgia, Alabama and Missis-

sippi.

The Nma Twk Svmiiig Poit •ayi' "Tht»wakla( of Japan from that

groat Mluup ID which the Kast has lain

for a thousand years, appears llkuly

to prove tho most serious ovent of re-

cent history."

Young South Correspondence

Have you road thoso dry statistics

about Japan just above'!* If not, tro

back and takothoiu In slowly, thought-

fully. "80 llttlodonelnolKhiyearsI"

Did somobody nay thai'^ Well Watch

tho next olfht yuars. Did you over

notice when the builders be^ln a ^reat

houBO, bow nlowly tho foundation

comes up'!" SonictlmeH for weeks and

weeks we cannot seo the work or the

woukmen at aM. It U all iKsueath the

surface. Then thoy reach the street

level, and little by little tlie ponderous

Htoiieo are put each In HB place, after

Its s|«JClal preparation, cemenUid to

Ilk fellow by tho mortar, and the wall

upon which the teinplo or hall Is to

rest, goes up slowly, a trifle higher

eatrh day, a trlllo lonijer, and IhonI

Like maple tho ijcautlful structure

prowH an wo behold Let us hope that

this lb what Is (foint! on In Japan.

Our busy aiWslon workers are quietly

and hurely laylntt the foundation of

ChrlHl's Church In Japan When this

Id done, God's work will jfrow and

oiulilply Do not fall luio the error

that this l» all tho work that ChrUtlaos

are doing In this land of tho Ulslng

Sun. This U only tho work of South-

ern UapllBts, and tho^e are all sU-

lloned on Kyusher, only one of the

many Islands that make up ihie king-

dom There arc many other mission-

aries, sent out by the .Nortnern Boards

and by KnglUh Christians, and In 18W

about 40.000 Christians wore reported

throughout the Sunrise Kingdom. Bui

glBce then the war with China has

greatly disturbed religious matters

and progress has been slow. Let us

pray that all hlndrani-es may bo over-

come, and Japan be brought u. Christ.

Are you not glad we can kw. used In

this grand laying of the foundation

BtonesV Our dear missionary repre-

xonts us, as she toil, so bravely In

her ll-.iie corner of this mlphiy empire.

I feel grateful for Ihe honor laid

upon u» of assisting In keeping her

in thlH white field. Wo have not done

what we wished, what we hojxja to do,

but thank (jod for what we have been

allowed to 00 and may he help us to,

pay every dollar required for her sup-

port durlnK our fourth year! Do 1 not

hoar a loud, lonn "Ameul " to thatV It

begins here In Tennessee, the center of

our over-wldonlng circle. It echoes

back from the Atlantic Coast to the

Kocky Mountains and reverberates

from tho tar I'acllic. Mexico catches

up the far refrain, and all up and down

the Mississippi Valley the young i>eo-

plo and tho older pooulo with young

hearts shout "Amen and Amen!" Mrs.

Maynard shall bo Indeed and truth

" T H E VOUNU S O U T H M I S S I O N A K V .

We will make her our own.

This Is the last time wo como togeth-

er for this third year. I am just a lltllo bit disappointed that there are

not moro of us today. But I daro Bay there aro over so many who meant to

bo " in at tlie death," and who have

forgotten that our last IBSUO for March

iB on tho 25th, and also what I have

Bo ofton told you, that my "copy" goos

In ton days ahead. You aro just a bit

belated, and we will not weep over It,

because your coming will help u . make

anoncouraglng beirlnnlng to our fourth

year, which comos in with April 1st. I

shall toll you then just what has been

dono with every penny of tho handBomo total you have ralsod during this

yoar, and you will bo fain to say that

we are holding to our motto. We have

gone steadily forward. I sot no limits

to our work next year. Upward and

onward 1

But these last letters are waiting. Bead them with me. Bell 's oomes first!

"i'loaso And onalused 11.75, 11 from

grandma and tho roBt from mo, for

Mrs. Maynard "

MUDA B m i X I K S . Thank you! It Is BO beautiful for

the trrandmothor to work with the

child. WeshallhoiKjtosoethomhand.

In-hand another year.

And Mississippi sends us greeting

through another dear old saint:

"Please find unclosed t l tor Japan,

trusting tho good Master will bless

Mrs. Maynard's overy effort for good.

1 am an old lady, and I can not do

any work myself, but I try to help In

this way as much as I can, God bless

the Young South In Us noble efforts

for the Master's cause." MRS. E . A DOYLE.

I daro say Mrs. Doyle works dally

and hf)urly In the Lord's servlco by

hor life and hor example. We thank

her so much for her offering, and we

know God will bless It abundantly.

Hor prayers strengthen our bands.

Texas brings good tidings:

"1 am a iruo friend lo Uio Youug

South and all It represents. I watch

with anxious Interest the work they

aro doing. My prayers are with ihem

and all who work for the advancement

of our Father's kingdom. My circum-

stances aro so straitened that I am

able to do llltle else but pray. This

mite was thrown unexpectedly In my

way, and I consecrate It to the cause

of our Savior, who was the first mis-

sionary. Send It to Mrs Maynard,

and may the blessing of the Lord go

with It. 1 cannot join your band, but

1 do pray for It." A FIUKND TO MISSIONS.

Ah; we can't agreeU) that. All who

road this page belong to us, and we

are so grateful for your prayerful In-

terest. We cannot let you (to May

there be bright days ahead!

And here's South Carolina. We

are gathering from all quarters this

last time:

• Knclosed tind «1 for our missionary

In Japan. I wish 1 could send 1100.

May success crown the noble effortfl

of the Young South In Its great work!

I pray earnestly that this offering may

do some good In tho wide field of mis-

sion work." K . L PAGE. Wo are deeply Indebted to this friend.

We beg that sho will try to interest

others another year. We would like

so much U. have a "South Carolina

Band. "

Now we como back to Tennessee.

Cranberry brings In an earnest, help-

ful little circle:

" I wish to join tho Young South

Band. I will soon beeleven years old,

and 1 have one little sister and three

llitlo brothers We all want to work

for our missionary this next year.

Mamma says wo must earn tho money

that wo give by helping hor. We each

sond 10 cents for Mrs. Maynard."

A L H K K T B U R H O W B ,

S P U R U K O K B D K H 0 W 8 ,

F H A N K I E B U R R O W S ,

BAHV JAMES BORHOWH, J K 8 9 I K NORA BURROWS.

I am glad wo aro to close with such

a Bweot letter aB that Would there

wore dozens of such home bandsl Can't

you form one? Mamma Is (julto right

about earning your own offerings. I

hope you will come to us ofton next

year. May you all bo blost In your

offortB, oven tho tiny baby. Ho will

have to "earn' ' his iionnles by being

Bweot, won't ho? Let us see how many

h o m e olroles will follow the example

of those dear llltle ones.

Last week 1 overlooked a letter, and

in some unaoouuntablo way It dis-

appeared. I have tho money safe,

however, and If 1 have not credited It

oorreotly. will Ro i a Moore please

write mo Immediately?

Now, we must say "Oood-bje.'VThe third year of our pleasant communings !• dead. Hurrah for the fourth jearl

Who will be first 10 give us glad greet-

ing? I thank you from my heart for

all tho sweet help you have rendered

me. We have made many new friends

In this past twelve months, and I

think we have lost few old ones. I

have enjoyed every week of the whole

fifty-two, and so I hope have you all.

Let UB begin anew with a prayer for

the Holy Spirit's guidance, and a firm

reBolve to do the very best we can in

tho days to come. If you have been

holding back for a "convenient sea-

son," it IB here. Commence with us.

Affectionately and gratefully your

loader, LAURA DAYTON EAKIN.

Recelptt-

First b»lM«»r Third qu»rter Jsouarj oOsnng.. Fenruary aBsrlni . . . First week in Msrch... SeooDd week to Hsrcli. Tbird week Ui Uareb..

.|3t0 M

. 1(6 n » w

.. («la

.. 1UT4 1< W

. a 15

roB iArAW. kodmotber. UBU'S 1 7S

I 00 . Z5

I 00 10

. to 10 10 to

Muds UrtdMs mndcrsndmoU Mn. E. AnJojle, lllssJsslppl A Friend to Missions 'Texas Ross Moor*. West Vlrglnls Alben Barrows. OiMbera Spurceon Burrows, arftstwrrj Frsnkle Burrows, Granberry Jktoes Burrows, Gnuiblrrj JewleN. Burrows, Orsnberr;

Total ® Recelpusince April 1.199«:

:: « • jtmesC. Wsrner, Jr.. Fund ... 81 S7 •• Colportsge w w • HomeBosrd.^ - Orpbkoxe Chrlstmks gifts & SO •• Mexico , » •• Bute Mlsilons I « " PoBtac«

Toul for rear ending Msrcb t»1 ®

A Serious Drawbacic.

The greatest blow to missions In

Japan has been the action of the ttus-

tees of the DoshlBha Unlversliy (Con-

gregational) at Kyoto. It has been

the law In Japan that no foreigner

could own property anywhere In the

Interior; hence when the missions put

up buildings for missloo work, the

property had to bo held by naUve

Christians. (This law will be abro-

gated In 1900.) The American Board

had built some fine buildings, and the

work was about the largest in Japan.

Unfortunately the trustees, or some of

them, cared more for themselves than

for the BuocoBS of Christian mlsBlons.

and Informed the missionaries that

they wore no longer needed, that the

natives could carry on the work. So

tho American missionaries are left

without homes or workshops, and, as

tho property is in tho name of natives,

there is no legal redress. It is feared,

and with reason, that tho trustees will

"swing the Institutions away from the

Christianity of Its founders." This

is anexoeedlngly deplorable condition,

and makes the heart ache. At pres-

ent tho missionaries of this church are

living in other parts of Japan and

carrying on the work as best they can.

-litv. J. minor Wahir.

BABY'S MUW AA Wftnn IMlill Willi ff Ert'i^ttoMofiTtlngs wim Cimo«aA(oU». iiMmr),UWKtMt skin GUI*.

J E T B n ¥ H U H O B " S S l T O IMVS*.

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Macl i tn l i l amp-ch imneys a n

p c i k i t , iR'siiles be i ng n>adt

lit ^^'lass.

Ku i \oii w a n t the o n e that

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u . sc iul N ou tlK- Index ; I'rrt

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RECENT EVENTS

—Hev. H II Schramm has rfcenily

helJ a 8ucce»*(ul mtHitlru at the Souih-

slde Baptist Church, Kufaula. Ala

—Rev W. II Karle has entered

upon hU ministry as pastor of Iho

Baptlbt church at Abbeville. S C

— Rev Robert L. Bowman, of Dan-

ville, Ky . has accepted the call to the

pastorate of the Baptist church at

Versailles. Ky.

-Rev. G \V. Rlloy of Brookhaven,

Miss , has oecn elected to the presiden-

cy of Clinton College, Kentucky, and

has alreaiiy entered upon his duties.

-The white Baptist churches of

Missouri number 1.754 The preachers

1 2"9 The metabfrphlp In thesechurch-

e* 07s. rh<> pain last year was

ovt-r 10.000.

Ta>!rc t« more c«itkrrb In ibla s cHod ot tbe ccuotry »han oltitr <li»e»-e» pul together *A I AN U tbe L.u)t TCW yars suppo^eJ to b« ID-curahl • K"o-» great ir»nj jre«r- iliKtors pro Douncrd ItsliCkIa scua, a ndp r cKc r t oe J looikl rcmeaies. »qJ bt con<.i*ntly 'all'.ur to cure iti b i„c»i tr«?*ta:«?ot. rrcnout(*i1 it Incuranl® Sc".enc« b»!t proTco c»iarrh t > be a coisMtu lion .1 iiUcasf. aoJ bt-riffjr* rniair»« coDsilta tloai. lre»itn<! t, UaU« tatarib cu-». maau Taciureo K J CbeorT * <"o . Tolfdo. Oalo.ls the ••nly coomliutljnal cure on tbf m»-k»t It t» iBttriallF in doip a frotn t'-o arops t" » teasp iOBlu l It »ci» d'rectl> ob tbe HlooJ and muiuis sjrfac • of 'be »y»tem Tbej i Oer onr bU'iired ilolUr^ f.ir anycuS" n fall-t d-f)-Seed li)r circulars and tf» luion oU Addf»«

F J CHE.MKV & lO . Tolwlu. O bj- OrOffgUta. The.

—R?v C P. Ervin has accepted the

call of tho Wellford Church and two

other churches '.n SpartanburirCounty.

S C., and will begin work at Well-

ford the flrtl Sunday ID April.

— Younu People's Association* arc

to be held the Qrst week In April In

Kentucky, South Carolina and Flori-

da Besides these, tbe Geor(;la Bap-

list Convnntlon meets In Gainesville

that w»»ek.

—The Sizteooth laternatlonal ChrlH-

tlao Rndeavor CoBTention wlli bo

held In San FrancUco, Cal., July 7-12,

1897. Tbe railroads hare ^tven very

cheap rates and it is ex(>ectcd that

there will be a larifo attendance.

For Nervous Prostration

Use Horsford's Aold Phosphate.

Dr. C. C. Abernathy, Pulaski, Tenn., says: "1 bave used it in many oases of nervous prostration and atonic dyspepsia, and It tias rarely failed to tone up the weakened nervous system and improve the difrestlon."

—Rev. A. C. Wlllclns, recently of

Beaufort, S. C., has acccptcd a call

to the BatoiburK, S. C., Baptist church

and will lieirin work there about the

middle of April. The Haptul Courier says this is ono of the bestohurchos ID

tbe State.

—Thhoat D i sbabrb coromenco with a Cnuffh, Cold or Sore Throat. "BrowtCa Bronchial Troctun" give im-medlato and sure relief.

—The Citadel Square DaptistChuroh

of Charleston, S. O., l i In the midst

of an Interestlnir revival In which the

pastor, Dr. D. M. Ramsey, Is being

assisted by Dr. Carter Helm Jonos of

Louisville. It Is hoiwd that much pood

will result

—The Southside Baptist Church was

orfcanlfod on March 7th at Richmond

Mills near Columbia, 8. C, It starts

off with twelve members. Rev. A. J.

WIllouKhby, missionary of the State

Mission Board of South Carolina, will

be pastor of It

—The Second Baptist Church of

Amorlcus, UoorKla, was organized on

March 7th. About fifty members went

Into the organization, among them

some of the leading citizens of Amerl-

cus. It Is ox|MH!ted that a building

will be crected at once and Amerlcus

will thus have tvo tlourlshlbg Baptist

churchcs

-Rev. Dr. L. C. Barnes, of Pitts-

burg, PA . has collected evidence to

show that George Waithlngion was

baptized at Valley F'orge. by Rev.

John Gano. then a Baptist chaplain

In the array. Three of Mr Gano s

descendants bear tesllmony to thai

effect. It Is not claimed that Wash-

ington became a Baptist, but simply

that he was Immerstd

— Rov. Archibald Browu, the |K.p-

ular London preacher anil favorite

student of Spu'-geon. is ni>» on his

tirst visit to America. Mr Urnwn re-

cently resigned the pastorate of the

Kdst London Tabernacle, which he

held for thirty years The iiieinl>ership

of that chu.ch is over :j OOO. it being

the largest in Knuland next to Spur-

geon s

— Dr. R S MoArthur in a-, address

at the Jubilee Celebration of the Cal

vary ('hurch. New York City. of which

we made mention last week. »ald that

the cLtire church complpl»-.i cost

t iZ'i IX)0. makinif it the costiieol Bap-

tist cliurch In America. The above

amount Included tKM) 000 paid for the

lot on which the house stands, giving

it a frontage of UK) feet, the widest In

the city.

— At a rally of all the young peo-

ple"* Christian societies of the city of

Memphis held at the First .Methodist

Church on Friday night, the I2ih Intl ,

the chairman was authorized by a

unanimous vole of the meeting to ap-

point a committee of thrcu empowered

to draft and forwad resolutions earn-

estly protesting against the past action

of the managing oRlclals of the Con

tennlal Exposition at Nashville In de-

ciding to permit the sale of Intoxicat-

ing liquors within the F]x|M>sltion

grounds while open to the public. A

copy of the resolutions has been sent

to us for publication. ThecOnclusion

of the resolutions is as follows: "A l l

work on the Christian P^ndeavor build-

ing will cease, even though such action

will cause a large pecuniary loss to

tbe Christian Societies; and all mem-

bers of the various Christian louloties,

herein before pamod, in the city of

Memphis, will decline to aid tho Ex-

position In any way by their patronage

or influence, and will urge all similar

Christian organliatlons throughout

the State and country to do likewise;

thus we feel this to bo our bounded

duty as Christian workers marching

under the banner, 'Loyalty to Christ . '"

BesoluUoM.

Whereas, We, the Baptist Church

of Chrlstlanhurg, granted J . N. Mo-

Donald liberty to exeralse his gifts

and talents In a public capacity, be-

lieving then that It was right to do lo ;

and

Whereas, h Is life for sometime past.

BAILEY & TOB1N, FINE TAILORING. B 2 C H U R C H t T R E E T , N A i H V l L L E , T E N N .

Lost Appetite.

Wa have the most eitratltre ta>ada of any tollorlng MtablUhment.

PrioM right. Ntyiwi niftn.data. wnrkmamhip always the hast.

Could M Eat the Most Tempting Dishes.

Many Days Without any Food at All- Can Eat Four Square

MeaU a Day Now-The Cause of the Change.

f'nn/i the Lemtrr, t'levflniiil, Ohio For tbe restoratlm i>' an ap|H«tlt« which ha«

b«>en Impal ed or lo-l tlirounh •loknei.N. no remt y can compart' tn i rt'CiivoDfsn »Ub l»r Williams' I'iDK I'llls f"r I'al- IVopIo VlIh stiktemenl IK »ub»ta> t'Bird b> Ihr mperlpocr and drclaratloiia <if nim aii-l aonou with wboni thru- pill" b TOIlie a houn' ho d humII Inr Am'<D> the maiywUii can fltrr twitltnory lo thl» particular prop, rtv ••f Or Wt'lUmx' I'lnU IMIis^ OrorKK Marnha I Jr wboll\<» at Nu ISNorwIi h Street t li-M-ia OdIo Mr Mar shall U a m-wo aiteul <ili ih.- I.akc Sh' r.- and .MicblKan . ouiheni U.illr. ail aud Ul» itrrit<>ry pilccda from Clcvulat il to Toudu I.IHf ihou naad!! o( otbi>r" who owe lb -.r bralih and vIku' lo Ur IVlliUtns I'ltili I'l Is. Mr Marshall vi v«|r b<-Kl<aUH to rlut; ti.rlr praln.-i'. In bin caff II war uKPK-arj to unr ooly * f w boirs of Itr plIN torri-t.irp h tn to ths lull poi«n»»lor of tK.dll» bfttlib Ills dlK"»l V" o-iiuin bad l>r c.ime 5lu.o«t ucelwi!. ihrouitti ••» Iokk and serl oun llliii'i>s. but It) a "urprl.ii.pU i.rl.-f pf-rlod tbrouiib ihc aKO'Cvof thin wondrrful ni<nllcltw. ihf> were capable ot jgal" iirrforiliini; their fuQCtloDft in a rrKularaPd parfoctlj -iitlnfai'tory manntr. In Darratii.K ill- expt-rleuce «ltli IhdiiMr MMTKrallraid

"Laiit s'r>ng I aran taken Kick aiib mnatn iii.lorv rh.-uai.t'Hin. fi d mv i> .lire nnt-in • dofted/ To rcilne the -».(! nnti " necfs-«»r» to paint m« with Udliie Afi-r iht«-e montbs <r« atm.ut I r>..»ine con>al«scent, but tbe atuck had napp'd in/ xlnMiitlh anl W-ft me eitremelj wr.k and feei.le I could near™ y llfi an arm era les Tbi* wakue»» p< rmeateJ my entire system, and applied »« wfll to m» »i«.m»cb and dlKe«llve apja'atii* a< to my limb» I wKin dlacover'd ibat 1 had lost u.y appctUr almoft ai cooipl-'ely a' thoui|h i

nev»r had one. i had no desire wbamver to partake of any nuurlHhmrnt aod the uatunti rexult wan that my convalercence was ei treniely rlow and iiijr parnnis feareii thai I wai ifnlnK to sulfur a relaps or fall pr«<» to anutbir alimeni on acccunt of my debllltateii condition

Maiya day I woiilJ not lake any nourish iront and whenever I did the i|uant<lT was ((h> RiKnIllcant to mater ally banlen luy mpron. mem I empt'HK disbm wers nrepared t.>r ine, lii|| I mu d not toiicb iht in I IH'Kat' lo becume Wore or li'H« alarmed as did my parRntn. ami one da« my mo h«r »uir*eHted <he purnba-o of K'lme of Ur A'lUuins' t'ink IMIs f >r m- Thej had been rerummended to ber ny a DelKhb jr who ri'Varded ibem a* nothlnR nbort ot ml rtcu ouH. and dwelt no entbusiaiitlcaliv on Iheir excellent i|uaMil>k that motnor »a'« purHua' etl XI try theiii There lo not much in to to tell now. fi-r I don't look l<ke a itau who cannot

I eat ib'er or four NJ are IBCalu a day do I? I Three >Ki»OB ol Or Wlil am* Pink I'llls itieil me <ip an hound ai a dollar, and tin y will do the Kinix for anyoii'-eUe I am sure liwun not loBE alter 1 tK'cnn to use tbe pllln that I could feci miM>lf troprov'nit My slrentfth ii"i;»u to re • urn ai d ...jrtid my aDpetl'c anu I w »» ou the '«.til again tn a ihiirt fme That Is m» e«|)erl enc, and I am Klad lo »Ive II for the henebt ol oihcru who may have Iwt tbeir appi titth tb'ouKb Klckni m '

l>r. Wiiiiami." I'lnk I'llN conlaln. In a cm den»cd form all ti e • lements >iece»«iry to (lire new life and rlrbnr>>i to the bloixl anj re t• r* shattered i.crvw T^ey arc for wale hyall druit

i »l't» or may l>e bad by in llfrt.mllr WIMIams' Mwllclno Co .Schenectady, N Y . for Wo per

I iwi. or si* boles for f J ftU

a<« wolKilleve. has lun l>»'en bwMimintr

a mini-tf-r of C'iirist, rcndorinjr him

and hl« influcncp for nj,<,d of but little

sorvloo In iho mintstrv: iinii

Whereas. He i« nt.t of cood report

of them without, dt<-m II «>iir duty

as a I'huroh of .le»us Christ and to our

dcnomiDation lo uphold a true minis-

try and dlsoourajie those whinn wo be-

lieve from their fruits arc not such:

thoroforc bo It

tiffohtd. That wo n'«clnd tho action

Ifrantlni; such lHHTiifs and pa|)crs of

Ilcento

Hcmlirii, That demand t»f him the

surrender !o this church or its olllcers

tho said Mconsc.

/(rmlreil That In cafc he falls to do

so within one month, we will imbllsh

him In tho cnutiiy paivri and also In

thu denominational |ia|M!rs

HtKOlved, That theHc resolutions lie

spread on our n"cord<.

Done by order of tho church Jan.

23, 18»7. H. K. I'AnHONS, Mod.

H M. Kav, Ch. Clerk.

|>. 8.—IIo has since bix^n Qxoludod

from SwcotwaU'r church. P.

—The sooner you begin to fight tV'c Are. the moro easily it may bo extin* guishad Tho sooner you liegln taking •Ayer's Sarsaparllla for your blood-diseaie, the easier wlH bo tho cure In both oases, delay in dangerous, if not fatal. Re sure you got Ayer's and no other.

—Silver Spring Among tho most

beautiful objects of Interest In Florida

Is tho famous Silver Spring. Tlie

boats Of the romantic Oeklawaha con-

neet at Silver Spring with the trains

of the Florida Central & Peninsular,

midway between Jacksonville and

Tampa. For special Information write

to W . B. Pennington, General West-

ern Agent, or A. O. MacDonoll, Gen-

eral Passenger Agent, Jacksonville,'*

Fla.

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n ftnv mio vruvi? tfi nuaniB,uii, .nu Is tbs b«si std iihsapwi tsBolnit la nxisianoa

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H A R V E S T B E L L S .

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Entire Wheat Bread. Entire Wheat Flour and

Whcatlott a Specialty.

306 Broad St., - Nashville, Tenn.

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CLOTHING Our stock Is not the larg>

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We keep up to date gar-

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BAPTIST A N D REFLECTOR , MARCH 25, lb»7 . 18

A New Shrub t ha t Cnret Kidney

and RheuQiatIo Dlienaes—A

Free Gift.

A short time ago our readers wore mmlo aware of a valuable now iMitan-u al discovery, that ol tho Kava-Kava Mhrub. or, as bolanlsts call it, pil)er iiullKjKticum, found on tho banks of tho (ianges river in Hast India. From a ni.-illcal standpoint this Is perhaps Iho must Important discovery of the oen-iiiry Tho use of tho Kava-Kava Shrub, like other valuable mcdlcal >.iit>stancBS, opium and quinine, was ilrst observed by Christian mission-a r i e s among the natives as a sovereign niiit'dy for Kidney diseases and other lIlllladle8cau^od by Uric acid In the system. Since Its general introduction AUavU, (tho Kava-Kaya Compound)

bas wrouirbt many remarkable cures of Kidney and i l h o u m a tlu dls eases.

Mr. U. C Wood, a prominent attor ney of Lowell, In-diana, was cured by A l k a v l s o f Ilneumallsui, Kid

iM.K»vrK*vABiiB«i"y Piprr HelhuUieuwn <, r o u b I o of ten

>oiir'8 stauding. Ho writes:

I l isve been t rea led o u r Borne pUj fs lcUn .t.j w i t b o u i «bo lc»8l Ucntrtll My blsOdor i r i .uh l f nt 'cauie so iroul>li»i>ui<> t n » t I n®" »

up f rom n v e to twe l v e t l tncs du r i ng tbe iiiL-hi l o u r l n s t e . . .

I n t ac t I w a s ID m U e r j tUc w h o l e l l i n « »n<l wan beoomlDB very oo»p<mdeni . • • • > U..W UH«1 AlCav ls 4ii«l urn Ijeltcr t h an I b »ve m e n for l ive y<-«rs I k n o w A l saT l s wil l ruio blaoil-r a nd k i d ney t r o u b l e , , , l i l» u woo .iiTful a n d ( r a n d , good ro i rnny . ' '

And even more wonderful Is the testi-mony of Rev. John H Watson, of Sun-si't, Texas, a minister of the gospel in thirty years' service, stricken down at tils post of duly by kidney dleeaso and cured by Alkavls. Mrs. James Voung, of Kent. Ohio, writes that she had tried si* doctors In vain, that she was about to give up In despair, when she found Alkavls. and was promptly ourod of Kidney disease, and other ailments wccullar to woman. Many other ladles give similar testimony

So far tho CJhuroh Kidney Cure Company, of No. 420 Fourth Avenue, New York are its only Importers, and ihey are so anxious to prove Its value that for the sake of introduction they will send a free treatment of Alkavls prepaid by mail Ui every reader of the l U l T I S T A N O U E F l . r . C T o R w h o I s a

-iifTeror from any form of Kidney or madder disorder. Bright's Disease. KheumatUm. Dropsy, Gravel. Pain In Ua.'k. Pemalo Complaints, or other aflllctlon due to Improper action of ilu« Kidneys or Urinary Organs VVc ndvUo all Sufferers to send their namoH and address to the company-, and receive the Alkavls free To prove Its wonderful curative power- H il s<-f't to you onilroly free

Tft Taarhors " ORAitcnoN-s practicai pook-lU IvaullBle KBKriNO ll.l.l)STRATm>," (or

and nthorfi MO»iK»TVnva»«lf'<tu»clnmi-t«r) dnu UUIVIOl K h o o U and business co l l rK» .

SurceMfuIly ute«l in g i t iera l cUu» work by teacl iet . «vl,o IIAVB WOT h a j l b e a d v a m s g e o ( a bu i nr»« «l,icall<in. W i l l not r c i u l t e m u c h o f the <««rl«tf » t.nie. NothliiK l ike II Issued. P i les In reach of all.

Southern Baptl it Convention.

Biionlii rouie u> Wilmington via "The

Land of tho Sky." The time is at hand

when delei;ates and others who will at-

tend the Southern liaptlst Convention

at Vi llmlngUin, N C , In May of this

year will l)0(fln U) look up the rail-

road schedules and maps to soleot

their roul« of travel All Tennoise-

ans and Kentucklans will note by a

glance at the map that the only route

by which they can all bo collectod,

each State on a sptclal train of Its

own. or tho two Stales together. Is for

them to use the .Southern Railway via

Ashovllle, N I' , through "The Land

of tho Sky '

Spcclal schedules have been arrang-

ed to aocommodatfi delegates and vis-

itors during the Convention week who

may uxe the Southern Hallway through ,

Ashevllle for this occasion, and they I

admirably suit tho convenience of the

entire Tennessee and Kentucky terri-

tory. We^t Ten nesM'nns and Kentuck-

lans can leave home during tbe day,

arrive at Nashville In the evening,

leave Nashville at 11:20 p. ro.. arrive

at Knoxville at H a m for breakfast,

leave Kncxvllle at 8:l.'> a. m. via Mor-

rlstwwn, at wbich point they will be

joined by delegates frona Johnson City,

I'rlstol. Jonesboro. Greenevlllo and

Kogersvlll . tbenc the rout® Is on

through Hot Siirlnps. N. C., Ashe-

vllle. N (' , along the French Broad

Klver, over tho Blue Ridge Moun-

tains and through "The Land of the

Sky," the most beautiful scenery east

of the Rockies; thcnce through Ma-

rlon, Statesvllle, Salisbury, Greens-

boro. N. C., arriving at Wilmington

at 7:2.5 a m Returning a special

schedule hat been arranged to leave

Wilmington at IO::iO p. m. after the

Convention is over, also affording a

daylight ride, returning through scenic

Western North Carolina and East Ten-

nessee. Regular schedules now In ef-

fect also afford desirable connect'ons

via this route dally. Delegates from

Middle and Kastorn Kentucky can

oomo South through Harriman Junc-

tion or Jollloo iind join Tennesseans

at l{noxvilleon this same route. W .

H Doll, T. P. A , Chattanooga, Tenn

UooKB Given Away.

Recently a hundred "Crisis of Mis-

sions" wore offered free to the pastors

of our Convention on certain condi-

tions,, t h e pasters wrote us quickly

for them so that not only were the

hundred taken, but another lot, which

were glvon by a different party from

tho llrst, were all readily sent out.

The requests continue to come for the

books, and, as wo have no moro for

frea distribution, arrangements bavo

been made to send tho book to an>one

who will send 2.'> cents. This can be

sent In post-oRIco order or in stamps,

li KNTS W ANTEI>-MKN and WOMEII Jo, ihr (>-.( .nil /af'i«»»»l*wli««

THE STORY OF. i f UFE » / / M f t n / -1 • L i v e n n o r e

kam, .%»«» rawn; AsrnU Wa«l»4-<mlr o"* Aar m>a or

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and will include the postage (seven

cents) on the book. It would be well

for members of many of our churches

to And out if tbeir pastor has this

book, an i , if not, to make him a

present of the same. Every pastor

ought to have a copy. If you wish to

accept this offer, write at once to R.

J . Willingham, Corresponding Secre-

tary, Richmond, Va.

When you deal with the "old relia-

ble" GEORGE ZICKLER & CO., yoo

are always treated justly and honor-

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T I - i E C "

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We make a specialty of church furnishings.

. Before purchasing write to or call on

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P R O M / / | \ \

COLLEGES 30 Days. Sl>eclsl rales to Schools niid Teocliers. Snnipte cnplei sent f o r e*aii i l i i«l loii . W r l l e for i.rk-es ami cIr. u ta r t showl i iKSome o f Im Siwclid AdvmiiftRts, l l l u i t ra t lo«s , t tc . (Me i i l l o i i l h l * imper). Aildress

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night leleKraph operator." C. B. I-BI'I'INUWKLI., Bookkeeper for Oerber ft „ , ,,,

Wholesale Grocers, S. Chk«K».

Buy vour Grncerlos from tho nld re-

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R e O l l l n f f I n b a l e n .

fMtures do. Bo, they will ^ " ' fonig ' and will last longer. Ust them come Jn liy the thousandi.

THE PEOPLE'S CASH GROCERY, BRIDGE AVENUE AND THE S Q U A R E —

21 lbs. bi'sl IKwlon O r a n u l a t e d Sugar 1 00 VI I I . . W l m r CUr l f l r d 8uK«r 1 W Vrt IhK Coarm. O t a n u l a l f d 8UK«r I W 28 IbK crop Now Or lean i . . u g a r . ^

•.HI ll.«, l>.-«l lA-iif Urd I W 10 II,» dry Pa l l Uacon ' ^

Kam-y I1«"«H Strlpn. . • " J IW',<l Sugar-Cured Slmuldi-rs. >»•

•Ir

r.io Country Hog J'>*l8

Country Shoulders.

CiiiiiitVy llatii'^

lUiMoii l l n m s . 3 l o B Iba. , on ly . . " K lour has u dvnnc i d . n> don I bt> d.-,'..|ved by g - l ' l n g l u . t a . Rood for t h r

for nud l a k e no o ther b u t Mal lard »

O b o u l k or A l l l « l a . for thoy are the

iNifD pH l on t a-on l y . . • •• •• • • • • " llont wnlcr-groi ind m e a l , per b u J " IVa r l Menl. p " I'Prk , .i«i„ r „ m . , . h a . l o n . o d o w i i - « K0«m1 art icle. ^^

"a» K n i i e r n coITct k i n g a a rp Waging « « r . .n iong l h . .m . o l v e . o n pr ice . , now iH your l i m e m . l ock up . wh i l e It I "

low

7 Ihs Li'vprinjis' Fninous Pack-

UH(« c( ITi't' for " "

1 lb. uncolored J a p a n Tea. p u t up In a genu ine aouven ir J a p a n e i e b a . k e l at IcM t h a n half pr ice, on l y «

3 cana E a r l y J u n e Peaa f ' \ cana Sugar Co rn »

I cana Deal 3-lb. Tomatoea .1 large c a n . Tab le Peaches ^ 4 c a n . Ca l i f o rn i a Peaches M i cana Ca l i f o rn i a Ap r l eo t a . . W

5 .poo ls best Mach i n e Th read M r I-lb. ba r s Saxon Soap 8 large bars ^ le r raan S o a p . . . . . . . »

10 bars Amer i c an Soap , a b e a u t y . . . . . » 10 bara W h i l e Soap , as good as

Spurloc.k "8 Bluo irlven fn-p with

Kddy 8 New Process Utundry

Starch, botti'r than plastic, only

10 wn t s

I vory , If n o l b e t t e r . . . H lb . , largo L u m p S l a r ch , o n l y

Now Ca r ame l Dr ipa on l y K lne . t S o r g h u m , o n l y . . . . . PUk l l i iB V inegar , per ga l l on . . .

l lesl p ick les , sma l l s l i e , pe r gal 3 boxea Amer i c an Sard lnea f o r . . . . . . . 2 boxea 8-o«. Uru ton ' s or Oar ro t l s

1 m." Famous • iiiiitle Axe" Tobfcco,... S nickel CIgara, lust think of II. for.. Corn, per buahel,

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I J n i cke l loaves o f Bread for >» I Best French Maca ron i , per packagc . ' on l y

1 J lbs. best F u l l C r e a m Cheese » 1 lb . good C r e a m C h e e s e . . . . . . . w

1 6 lbs. New n i c e , c lean a n d w h i l e . . . . . . » i 12 lbs. Ro l led Oa l a , t he m o d e r n break-

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7 lbs. best Ca l i f o r n i a Evapora ted

Pcachea J Iba. best Ca l i f o r n i a Evapora ted

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B A P T I S T A N D K E F L E C T O U , M A l U ^ l l 2 5 .

The Man Who Spoiled the MuHo. (CtoiiMiiMrf/'WH pagf to.)

for Sunday,"and this time Jack did smilo.

The wife came nearer; she couldn't help it She stood for a moment plui'klnx up oouroKo, then she put her hand on bis shoulder and stooped down and kissed the baby, ond took a long time over It, too.

"I should like to g ive thee one, too, " she sjild as shyly as iwssible; and she did it splendidly, ond th.-n hurried away

"1 think the musU'Is coming back again. " said Ja.-k to himself

I^ter that night, after hi?» wife lame back, Jaik went marketing, and a couple of . hairs were se t by the fire. "C.ood kind of musl.al boxes, ' said Jack to himself, as he brought th»nn In at the door and set each in its place. .Vnd, there about the fire, they sat, silent for awhile, the baby asleep and the little maid-ens at her side.

"Come, little ones, you must s ing to mother and me." said he at last. •• l am so glad,' you know."

And they looked at each other with a wonder that soon passed into sunshine and joy. and before they knew it Jack and his wife joined with them Poor Jack broke down before he had gone on long; then the nthers broke down, too, and all was still for awhile, until Jack wiped away his tears and looked up cheerily.

"Eh. but I mustn't spoil the music like this. Sing on, little ones ." And they did sing, and Jack sang, and his wife And then Jack did as he hadn't done for many a day; knelt down with his wife and chil-dren and asked God to help them and bless them, to forgive the past, and to strengthen him for the future. -E.r ^

B U S I N E S S E D U C A T I O N At Home, And Six Months Sub

icrlptlon lo lewllnc p»p«r>-«ll foronlr H 00 ioli'»

8<« ipecral offer (oUowlDgthliartlole. mwle bTProf J. F. Draaibon, Prftldent of Drkusb-on'* PraotlMl Bnsloeu Colleirn. Nk»hTirie, Tenn., Bcd Tezkrksn*, T«s. The reputation of Prot Dr»ii«boD'aCon*(M»DD merluor bis pabllcktJonasre too well u d hvoikbly known For u« to fartber comment. It would alio be uMleM to comment OD tbeadvutaceixf • bu*l-nets education. One mar not bare an oppoiton-Itr of attending a boslneasoollefe, •tlllonemay bare tbe cbance to seoure a falrl* good busi-ness education at borne at but Ifttr* cost, bj aoceptlng tbe special offers made below: '•For a limited time In order to advert se his books Prof. Draugbon makes two special off«ni as etplalned below. Wban ordering SITS name of paper you noticed this offer In, and addreas all orders to J. F. Draugbon, President, Nasb-rllle. Tenn. _

OrriR Mo. I.-One eopjr ot DRAConoiiB PRACTICAL BOOKKURAIO-RIXDBTHANO post-paid, and subsorlpUon to either paper, only I I T h i s book Is MipeolallT adapt;^ to hone study and to class work. Orer «0 different teachers and colleges ordered It In 80 days. A person can by tbe study o( It acquire, without the aid of a teaeher, a much better knowleilge ot bookkeeping than can he Mqulred from many other teii books, even with the assist ance of a teacher. ESTRAOR: "Prof. Draugbon; erstor, I learned bookkeepl nff at hoiDO from *ou^ book, for which I paid onlyM.M 0. B. LI ' - • • - — •

While holding a position as night telegraph op-ned bt " • wblcl . .

Lefflngwell, Uookkeeper for Oerbert * Flcks, Wholesale Orocers, South Obloago, III."

Orran Not —Onecopy of DIIADOAOH'R MAN-UAt. OM DDSIHUR Wnrrnio. postpaid, aod sub-scilptlon to any ot the papers mentioned onl* ll.oJ. Regular prlee of this book alone Is II00. A book of 40 pages prepared for home stud* and for class work, ^evaluenf a good busi-ness hand would bo hard to estimate, iiy the study ot this book at home this accomplish-menl may be acquired.

TAKR Onotoi.—As alMT« ei^ia'nrd, stleot onib Jiberl

terlan, llavnet and Refltotor. Amnrlean Out-look, Beml-Wfokly American, NashvllUi Hols-ton Methodist, Kn.wTtlleiOommerolal-Appeal,

either paper mentioned iMlow pi two they are twelve montns) witn eith-

er book! Qospel Advocate, Cumberland Presby-Dtlst " ~ - - -

llleiOommerolal-Appeal, Mempblsi OourlerJoiirnal, Home and nrm. - hodlsland Wayof tHe.Coult - •

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R. O —For new sabsorlbers nnly. PHY8I0IANB P R 1 8 0 H I B B K 0 F 9 L I N E

I'ltEMlUMS.

We make the following new pre-mium offers:

1. To any old subscriber who will send us the name of a new sub-scriber and $'2, or f l . 5 0 if a minis-ter, we will send a copy of either of the following books: "The Minis-try of the Spirit ." by Dr. A. J. Gordon, "How Christ Came to Church," by Dr. A. J. Gordon; •'Beautiful Joe, " by Marshall Saun-d e r s ; " Pi igrlm s Progres s ." by J oh n Bunyan, ^'What Baptists Bel ieve ," by Dr. J L. Burrows; 'Remarkable Answers to Prayer. ' The two books by Dr. Gordon have been published since he died, but have had a wide sale. They are both exceedingly helpful and stimulating. "Beauti ful Joe" has had quite a run. Two hundred and tlfty thousand copies have already been sold. Of "Pll grlm's Progress, ' it is simply nec essary to say that it has had the largest sale of any book next to the Bible. The other bcoks also are well known and have been quite ptip-ular. All of these books are neat-ly bound in cloth, well printed, and would make a valuable addition to any library.

2. If the old subscriber wishes one of these books for himself, if he will renew his subscription and pay 12.15, or 11.65 if a minister, we will g ive him his choice of either one of them. Or if he will send $2.3f) he may have any two, or any three for $2.55, or any four for 12.75. If a minister, takeoff 50cents from these prices. These are remarkably low offers. Qultea number haveaiready taken advantage of them.

3. We are still offering Bagsujr 's Comprehensive Teachers' Bible, with flexible backs, gilt edges, and with maps, concordance,helps etc., together with a year s subscription to the BAPTIST ANI> REKI-ECTOK. for$H. This-applies either to an old or a new subscriber Wo have given away a great many of these Bibles as premiums in the last few months, and so far as we have heard they have given universal satisfaction. We hove recently received another large lot which are going rapidly.

4 To any old subscriber who will send us two new subscribers and $4, we will g ive a copy of the Bible, or a copy of Conybeare and How-son's Life and Epist les of Paul, or Smith's Bible Dictionary. All you have to do is to ge t the twt) now sub-scribers, and you secure either of these books without any cost to your-self.

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PRINTER & PUBLISHER. m N, College St.. NaabTllte, Tmn.

tiaialogues. Letterheads, NorthojKUi, BUI heads, Knrelofes, Wadding InvlUtlons, eta, In flrst-clau ityle at reasonable prloes. All Kinds of lemi blanks for Macintratrs and Motarles Publlr Postafff tiald. Wr«i> fnriM-•trrst**

8HOE8 A N D T R U N K S Boat oustom-made Shoes and a nice •eleotloD of T R U N K S can be had a lowest priooi. O. B. HORN ft CO., 200 Union atroet, near Market street.

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Shades and Upholstering Goods N A N H [ V I L L . I f i , TIOIMIX 4 7 ' 0 U n i o n N t r o o t .

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rOR WHITE PEOPLE

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SAMPLES OF SILKS AND DRESS GOODS

NANilVILI.K, TK>> Timothy Dry Goods and Carpet Go. DRESS GOODS"

Black, All-wool SorgcM, 21t. M and 00c per yard^ All-wool Black Cheviots, 5(1, Oft and 78c -French Henrlottas. 40 Inches wide. 40 and 60 cents Finest Uenrleitas. 4« incho- wide, & 7f)C, formerly & i-i Black Mohairs, 50 lo TSc Black Crepons. (tOc to SI Silk warp OI^^CK DKK98 GOODS.

wm SILK BARGAINS • i All silk Black Hrwados , •!.25 qual i ty, at 75c. All-sllk Kxtra Heavy BUck Brocaden. •1.75 quall iy, at 91 i ' . All colorn In Changeable Taffeta Silk, <»5, 76 and 85c. Fancy Silks In liKht effects, »irl|Kie and checks. wen-Fancy TalTota Silk, for waists and drossos, 91 & 2.' I" "" var i Klegant line of BUck Satin Diicheas from 05 to • l . a i pcr yard

Wc can supply ANY KIND O F SILK ordered

^ COLORED DRESS GOODS * Forty-Inch, All-wool Flannels, a5c 54-ln.h, flne. ftOc All rolor» Fiftv-four-lnch Broadcloths, all colors and black. 75c. & S") Fancy Dress Goods for wrappers, p a n cotton, 12i and 15c Printed Fabrics, Canton Flannel back, 10c. Kleirant line of all-wool Dress Pat terns In Fancy^Styles $5 eaoh. French and German Novelty Dress Patterns. 10 50, 17.50 & »8 50. Trlramines, llntnfc'o and findings complete for each dress patUsrn. »2u>»2.:.' Oot>.l» ioni on orcJoPB can iK'returned at our expense If not entirely

satisfactory and money will lx< refunded. Wo try to tell you how well W! cai serve you; and if vou Uiil what you want and about the price you want t« •pay, wo can do buslne«» iilcaaantly Don't order a "Full line of naniplni. . f winter Dress Good«." Bather say: "I want samples of Fancy Drcsn (iooil!-(or black) at about 7,'ic per yard 1 prefer browns and ffarnets n a w i»ri (jreens, ' and you will irot them l>> roturn mall.

TIMOTHY DRY GOODS & CARPET GO. I s T j e L S H T V I X j H

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IT AcfW DI Floor 8p«e».

Branch Home or denier in nimott every dty and fnwn. It Ool-mnUu are tiorprotwHy repKianted In jrout vldnlty, l«t ui know.

T. J . MOONBY, Aifont, N M h t l l l e , Tenn.

B A P T I S T A N D R E F L E C T O R , M A R C H 2 6 , I 8 t f 7 . 1 5

Pcr«jn« you meet everyday,

WILL DIE OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE

or some trouble ol the kidneys, urmary >>r lemdie on;ani.

WHAT CAN BE DONE? In such a KHOUS condition you must

4.curc the best remedy you CAii find in the market

AT ONCE riieri; k oidy one .ibsolulely »u i

cure for thev. 'roublt:., and tkit is

I "It has stood the test of time." i

UHITIIAHV. NoTicB—Obituary ootlees not oioeedin* vCO

words will belntertsd free of obanre, biitoa* <»nt will be obarved foreaeb suooMdlnir word Had sbould be paid In ad vanos. Count the word snd rou will know eiaoilr »»i«« th" ebarge • III B*

(JiTTiiniE—Whereas, It has pleased ou r Ulvlne Master to remove by death our brother, I. N. Guthrie, who died a t his home near Gallat in, Teen , on l)co. 20. 180<). a t the ripe old a^e of 80. Uicrefore

Itemlml, Thai the members of this, Ills church, learn of his death with cU-ep reifrct. and by his death, the church lost a valuable member and a irue. firm Christian character.

UmAved, Tha t the sympathy of the . tuireh bo extended to the members of hU family In their (f'oat bereavement.

Utnoh'ed, Tha t a copy of these reso-lutions )M3 Klven U> his family, that ilicy lie spread upon the minutes of ihi! church, and that they bo published In I lie BAITIST A NO UKF'LKCTOB.

Uro. Guthrie wa« born in Franklin » ounty, Kentucky. In 1810; moved to Sumner County. Tennessee, In 1848; was a char ter memher of the Baptist church a t Gal la t in . Tenn.. which was <>rt;anlzod In 18,'>8; was a trustee of the c;hiiroh from its oriranlzatlon until his (loath. W . W . PAKUDK,

J . K. MILLKK, BKN CRAK),

Committee.

I

FAHMKII.—Again wo are called upon to lament the death of another brother. The news comos to us that Bro. D A. Farmer recently passed away. We deeply deplore what seems t'» us his untlmoly ond. Ho was In the full viBor of younsr manhood, and seemed des-tined to preach the Gospel for many years, yet il was the I^ord's will for iilin to qui t the walks of men. Ills eyes not {tormittini; hlro to study eon-ifnually, he was not in school, never-ihelcss ho was doing good wo'k in the ministry, succcedlng such men as hi-(ler T. H. Peti t ; therefore

Urmhad, By this Society that we ex-tend our sympathy to the stricken fam-ily and fr iends, and also hereby ex-press our own sorrow.

Itmlvtd, Also tha t a copy of those rcsolutloinB t)o spread on our minutes, a copy bo sent tho beroavod family, and a c o p y be s e n t tho BAITIBT AND UK-PLROTOR a n d BaptM Heaper f o r p u b Hcatlon.

^ R. IS. PBTTiaRBW, ^ M. M. Bl.aiI)80B,

W. B. HUNTRH, Oommiitee.

LYONB.—Tho doatta angel hafe again vtiitad ou r ohurob and town and iakon away two of on r raosl worthy mombors irom the home ot o\ir Mtaewod broth-er and denoon. J . B. Lvoni . Tho first call was fo r Olamnoo, tne liwond •on, agod 17. And was answerad on JanU' ary aotfi. Tho aooond cal l camo on

February Oth for tbe wlfo and mothe ' of the same home. Both diod in th( full assurance of faith. Words o sympathy and deeds of love were left in such profusion as to leave us no doubt as to their present state of rest. Therefore bo It

JlanAivd, That we yield with sub-missive trust to tho providence of God.

lieMlved, That wo extend to tho be-reaved family our slncerest sympathy, and bid them to realize

Thai tbsir loved ooes sre sone to rest ID the bi sutKul borne siiove,

Froo from sorrow snd slckoess UDd destb. And full of pcace and Joy and love.

llaoU'ed, That these relolutlons bo spread upon our minutes and a copy sent the BAITIST AND UEFLECTOUfor publication.

B. MOORE, C. 8. RU8SEI.L, V H. C. MUKCHIHON,

Committee.

I'liiLUi'H. -Whereas, our Father has seen Ot. by tho grim messenger ot death, to take from pur midst our young sister In Christ and Sunday-school scholar. Miss I ^ m a r Phillips, to that brighter land where no more parting tears shall dim our eyes, there-fore be it

lianlved. That In the life and charact-er of Lamar we recognize a faithful Sunday-school worker and an exemp-lary church memher. In her life we And much tn emulate and nothing to criticize As wo consigned her body to mother earth we commended her spirit to the Go'l who gave i t May we each one strive to live tho life Lamar lived, and bo received a wel-come guef t beneath our Savior ' s throne.

liaolvtd, That we as a church and Sunday-school extend our heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved family and friends, and point them to Him who doeth all things well. Can wo forget departed friends? Ah no!

Within our hearts their memory bur-ied lies;

The thought that whero they are wo, too, shall go

Will cast a light o 'er darkest scenes of wool

For to their own blest dwellings In tho skies,

Tho souls whom Christ sot free ex-ultlngly shall rise.

In behalf of the church and Sunday-school.

MRS.) S W. COFFEY, MRS. ) W. D. HAZELWOOD.

Committee. Consumption Cured.

An old physician, r«lred from pnwtlce. hav-ing bad piBcod In bis hands by an East lad a mlsslona ry tbe formula of a simple veceiable remedy for the speedy and.permanent cure of Consumption. Uronebltls, Catarrh. Asthma, and all throat and L>UDR AB»ctlouSj»lsoa pos-itive and radical cure for Nervous DeblUtyand all Nervous OomolalntH. "'wr hartn« ^ted Its wonderful euistTvs powers In thSisands of cases, has felt It h s outy to make It known to his suffering fellows. Aetuated by this motlee and a deslrS to relieve bunMO suBering. I will s nd free of charge, to who desl re 11, ttis recipe, In Ocrman. French or English, 'ttj" direct'" 'or preparing and using. Bent by mall by* "If with stamp, naming this pa-Ser W A Nofcs. »M) Powers Block, Roches Ur.N V^

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BTBHTnUUT'S 0 0 0 0 8 II« TOWN Also alt kinds ot SAFES moved anywhere

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(Successors to Paul * Doyllns.)

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k O F 8 L I N E ' " " " ? o r F B

' ^ ^ l A S N U G F O R T U N E S HOW NE MADE IT.

Read His L e t t e r — ' ' forward the picture as required. Taking tn consideration books ordered in the name of C. H. Kobbins, General Agent, you oan safely say 10,000 volumes sold in three years steady work, deducting lost time. Of this number there has not l>een one volume sold except by my owti permwd (fforts. Tho amount I have saved from tho above work, considering Increaso In value of real estate, is worth today 110,000 It Is still moro grat ifying to know that four years of my life have been spent in a wav that will add to my Master 's cause. No one can read 'King of Glory ' without feeling nearer our Savior. Certainly there can be nooccup<Uion mtre hommhu than tho in-troduction of such literature. Perhaps no business has been moro abused by incompetent and ofi«n unscrupulous men than that of the canvasser. Vour friend In business and otherwise. W. C. HAURIS."

"King of Glory," A MOST

ChamiingLifeof Christ ' Is the book Mr. Harr i s is selling.

It has Just boon embellished with a largo numlwr of full page, half tone photographs of

Scenes in the Holy Land and of the life of Jesus. Very low price, beautifully bound, ex-ceedingly popular.

T H E O U T F I T will be sent, including full copy of book, with all necestary helps, for only 6 5 c e n t s . (S tamps taken.) Order at once and begin work. Address

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The only Subscription Book Concern South of tbe Mason and Di*on Line owning its own Presses and Bindery.

T ^ R E ^ E T R I P

TO THE

Southern Baptist Convention AtWilmington.N.C, May 6-11,1897.

We take pride In offering free a ROUNH TIUP t i c k e t t o t h e S o u t h e r n

Baptist Convention which meets May 6, 1807, at Wllrolnjjton, N. C. Tho Importance of this great Con-vention cannot be overestimated and every Baptist who can should at-tend.

There are many who will go from T e n n e s s e e , a n d t h o BAITIHT ANI>

KKFMCCTon would like to see a lartfo representation there To secure t h i s i t p r o p o s e s t o K'VO vukv. TUII-«.

It has offered these before and thoy have been «Tcatly appreciated. Wc have arranRcd to KIVO round-trip t ickets from dllTeront points in the State. Those who raise c lubs will bo given t ickets fronn the railroad point nearest them.

For a club of IH new yearly sub Borlbers at 12 each a round trlp t icket will be g iven from Knoxvllle, Mossy Creek, Morrlsiown or Ath-ens.

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CURRENT TOPICS

- T h e high watoreof tho M I D B U B I P P I

lllver Btlll continue. All of lho»niall-,r rlvera, auch aa tbo Cumberland, iho TonnoBBCO, etc., have protty well HubBlded, but thiB only moan, that all iho water which ha* Rono ihrouifh them must also go Into the MUaUslppl I.) nwcll the tremendous Hood there. I lirough a spU'.ndld «>8U;m of levccB Hloutf the banlcB of the lower M I B B I B S -

ippl, built by the government, Iho waters of the rivers are being conllned within its banks for the most part. In some places, however, these levees have broken and the result has been devas-latlon and death. Wo ho|)o that the worst Is over; though we (ear tho re-oent rains may only add to the horrors of the llood. It Is said that AshjK.rt, Tenn.. has been swept away by the flood and Golddust. Toen., has been render-CM! uninhabitable by It. i 'eople along the levees of the Ml.sUslppl are bat-tling heroically for their homes and iholr lives. Irrespecllvoof occupation or of color, U>ey are standing upon the leveos and watching fo r tbo least sign of » b r e a k In them ao a t to repair the damage before It can grow beyond control.

—Tho il tuatlon In the Kast remains practically unchanged. Greece Is stil l determined that Of etc shall be annexed to her as theonly solution of tho piob-1cm. and the Cr t t ans - a t least tho cnr ls t lan portion of tho population, which Is the largo ma jo r i t y - s t i l l con-tinue also anxious for annexation wlUi Grecee and refute to accept tho autonomy offered by the Powers, even with a Grcclan IVlnce as ruler. The blockade of the Cretan ports by the Powem has boon effectual so far as keeping anyone from going out or In. but U has not had the desired elTect of putting an end to tho war, as tho In-surgent forecs on tho Island refuse to surrender, oven with starvation star-ing Ihom In tho face. They say they would rather die lighting for their in dcpendoneo than to be killed by the Turka like tho Armenians. A recent correspondent, wrl t lngfrom the Island, saya: " K v e r y whore enthusiasm, unani-mity and determination wore displayed, and a s the Cretans a re lnl«lllgent, ob-sllnato, fearless and fanatical, It Is dlllloult to understand . by what pro-cess known to admirals , generals or dlplomatlBU autonomy can bo Imposed upon t h e m against their own will.' In the laoo of the dotormlned stand by Q r ^ and Crete, tho concert of tho I'ow-orBicemsgo lng top lccoH. Andespeo l a l -

I j U this t rue In England, Franco and I taly, Ihu people of which countries, » • we •latod tovofa l weeks ago, are disposed to sympalhlzo with the On-Una in Iholr atruggle for liberty. Mr. Glftditono's letter, also, of which wo m a d e mont lonlai t week, ha> had a tro-mendouR .ffeck both In formulating and In lormlng public sentiment In those

^ oounkrlM, part icularly In * W h a t will bo tho roiull of iho whole

mattor nobody now can toll. -C ton . Maximo GomeE, the Cuban

General, aondB an open Uitor to Pre i -Ident MoKlnloy, a copy of which M

says wa8 also sent to President Cleve-land dated February 9th, In which he makes an earnest and heart-rending ap|>eal to President McKlnley to In-iwrfore In Cuban alTalrs In the Interest of humanity. In It he says; " I will not siMjak of tho Cubans In arms. No; 1 raise my volco only In the name of unarjied Americans, victims of a (rlghlful cruelty. I raise It In the name of weakness and of Innocence Bacrltlced with forgetfulness of the elementary prlnclplott of humanity and tho eternal maxim, of Christian mor-ality—sacrlQced brutally in the closing days of the nineteenth century, at the very gate* of the nation which sUnds so high In modern culture; sacrificed there by a decaying European mon-archy which has the sad glory of set-ting forth ths horrors of the middle ages . " Speaking of the conduct of the Spaniards In the war, he says; " i t Is logical that such should be the conduct of the nation that expelled the Jews and the Moors; that Instituted and built up the terrible Inquisition; that established the t r ibunals of blood In the Netherlands; that annihilated the Indians and oxtericlnated the first settlors of Cuba; tha t assassinated thousands of her subjects In the wars of South American Independence, and that niled the cup of Iniquity In the last war In Cuba ." After a long ar-raignment of the Spaniards he adds: "Ought such facts to be tolerated by a clvlll/ed people? Can human powers, forgetting tho fundamental principles of Christian uommiinlty. permit these things to go on? Is It possible that clvlll/ed people will consent to the sacrifice of unarmed and defenseless men? Can the American people view with culpable Indifference the slow, but complete, extermination of thou-sands of innocent Americans? No, you have declared that they cannot; that such acte of barbari ty ought not to bo permitted nor tolerated." Ho closes with these words: "Crown your hon-orable history of statesmanship with a notable act of Christian charity. Say to Spain that murder must stop, that cruelty must coase, and put the stamp of authority on what you say. Thou-sands of hearts will call down eternal benedictions on your memory and God, tho supremely merciful, will see It In the most meritorious work of your entire llfotlmo " Wo publish these extracts from the letter of Gen. Gomez bccauscthey a re more eloquent In their apiwals for sympathy for down trodden Cuba than anything which wo could write. I t does soem to be a disgrace to our clvlll/.atlon that wo should allow such acts of barba-rism periietrated a t our very doors. It Is quite a blow to tho Cuban cause that on March 27th Gen. Ruls Rivera, tho successor to Gen. Antonio Maceo, was capturod In & battle with tho Span-lards after having been wounded throo timoa by Ihom. Tho S p a n i a r d ! aro rojololng groatly ovor bU oapturo. As waatheoaw, howovor, when M ^ was killed, l o wo aro suro It will bo now; •omo one olso will a r l io to talra Don. Rivera 's place. Tho causo U mot* than any man.

HV W, C. MAUTIH

What ttaoucb lay plUrlmaga «)e ov»r Barren deserts day by day.

What tbougb before me seem such trial. A. mlgtat UU witb blank dismay.

Tbe blessed Holy Spirit leads me By the right way.

What though the road be hard and by It Df moos crouch like bea»u of prey;

What though the way be dark and dreary. Skies DO guiding sur dl.play i

1 kDOW mj heavenly rather leadeth By the right way.

O, Father, from the paU thou markest I would never, never stray.

Whatever be thy marchlog order.: I would never dlMbey,

f), God, I trust aod know thou leadest BytheclRht way

Noank. Coon.

Making The Most of ThlngB.

nv PBOr w. OABDES BLAIKIB. D D . LUU. Author ot the "Life of Llviogslone." etc

The ar t of making the most of things has an important bearing on success In life; a p d - w h a t ought to be the same thing, al though In men's Idea it Is often d l f lo ren t -on enabling us to fulfill tho groat purpow o ! life. A wise economy of resources, mental and material; a happy a r t of turning them to the best account; a quick fertility of device to using the materials within reach for the accomplishment of any given object, gives a man extra;ordl-nary value In the world, and, when his energies are directed to worthy ends, makes him great In the sight of God. The best life Is tho life of him who, In the largest sense, has made the most of everything. He who has wasted least of what God has given him, and Improved most; who h a i In-creased his talents by the greatest multiple, and has the largest amount to present to his Lord when he comcs to take account of his stewardship, Is the man who h a t lived to most purposf' and, though ho may havo dlod wlthou a shilling, ho has really accumula - ' tho greatest fortune.

There Is no such thing as waste/ In Nature; Invariably tho most Is made of everything, lavish and prodigal though Nature often seems. There Is no waste, for example. In the human body; of nothing there could It bo said that there Is no more use for It than a oMt has for a third wheel. No one of Us two hundred and fifty-four tones, and of Its still larger number of mus-cles. could bo dlsponiod with without Inconvenience and loss. W h a t a won-derful muUwn in panv Is tho healthy human body. What a variety ol pur-poses aro ofton served by a single contrivance, and these purposes so dlsslmilarl Tho eye, for oxamplo, U a toloscopo and mlorosoOpo In ono; It Is, moreover, ono of tho chlof o rnamenu of tho faoo, a-ad a t the same timo ono ol tho principal organs of Intolloctual and moral expression. It sparkles with Intolllgonoo, fiashos with Indignation, kindles with hopo, melts with grlol, trombles with pity, Ungtilsh-e i with lovf, twinkles with humor, sUr t s with amasement, o r shrinks with horror , acooruing to tho Impulso given

to It from the soul within. It Is a whole alphabet of signs, a complete gamut of tones; each of which It ex-prosses by a modification of Its parts so slight that none but the mo. t skill-ful painters are able to reproduce them on the canvas.

The windpipe, In like manner, Is a strange combination of a chimney and a musical Instrument; and strange to say, It Is while doing the work of the chimney that It creates the beauty of musical sounds. Not only Is the foul a i r from our lungs expelled through the windpipe, like the smoke of a fac-tory through Its long chimney; but It Is In the course, and In the act of Its expulsion, that it gives birth to artlc-ulato speech and to musical sounds. The finest notes of tbe greatest singers or of the veritable nightingale itself, are produced by the discharge of used-up a i r through the chimney of the sys-tem, turned into music by an a r t which mocks the feeble performance of the famous Memnon.

Let UB observe, too, what a wonder-ful thing the human voice is, depend-ent though It be on the byplay of or-gans most of which In their direct ac-Uorf havo another use. If i t be t rue of tbe eye that it can lie adapted to the expression of such a variety of moods and feelings, how much vaster in this rcspect Is the capacity of the voice! What endless diversities of sound, and not of bfoad sounds only, but of delicate shades and varieties of sound, it is capable of expressing! W h a t mysterious blending it under-goes with all varieties of human feel-ing, coming out differently In every case according to the emotion to which for tho moment It Is married! What a triumph It would be If, in regulating the discharge of tho air employed in factories, man should over como to Imitate Nature, and teach his long ijhlmneys to discharge thoir contents amid sounds sweet and silvery as the chimes of ContlnenUl church spires!

In Nature, too, wo constantly find tha t whenever an object turns useless for ono iierson, It becomes useful for another. The-sailor who boasted that In tho course of his adventures ho had on one occasion come to tho end of the world, and on climbing to tbo top of the boundary wall, had looked over it, and ecen a great heap of old moons lying a t tho bottom, would have given a very different turn to his Imlglnatlon If he had known anything of tho econ-omy of Nature. That very substance of which wo have b^en speaking, tho used-up air expelled from our lungs, commonly called carbonic acld-gas, has no sooner become usoless for ani-mals than It becomes useful for vege-tables. It Is as unwilling lo admit Its mission a t an end as tho dovlls In tho Gospel, oxpollod from tbo maniac, when they begged to bo allowed to entor tho herd of swlno; but, unllko thrso omlssarlos ol ovil, Its ambition Is to continue a career of usefulness. Having served Us purpose in tho hu-man frame, the air proceeds to lulfl l a similar ond In tho vegotablo world; having gUen Its oxygon to tho ono, It glvos Its carbon to tho other. And