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01d8«iM.VoLIiIX. NASHVILLE, TBNN., JUNE 11, 895. Now SiriM, Vol yn., Ko, 42 I

T h e B i a s Crois .

Some of oar mibeertbeni will flna oo

their papen •gala^thki week a, bine

croea Tbit le Intended m a reminder

to them of tbe fact that their sabeeilp-

tlon b M expired, and • modest reqneet

for renewal. W e that tbegr will

pay prompt and eaimeet beed to tble

reminder and requeet

C U I R E M T T O P I C S .

It la eald that the o U headqoarlere

of the atbelete of Loi^on bas beoome

a Salvation Army barraoke.

Dr. Adam MUler adranoee tbetheory

that tbe sun la a great eleetrio light,

•ometbing like the aro light that U>

Inmee our eltlea, only millions of mtt-

llont timet larger.

Gen. Fltsbugb Lee, our oonenl to

Havana, baa Jnat arrived at hie new

poit and bae b«en extended a warm

welcome. He baa already created a

favorable impreaalon on tbe Span 1th

authorltlM.

Dr. H . H . Sehnman of Chicago bae

attooeaefally applied electridty in den-

ul surgery ao that it acU aa an

aDaeethetio to render painleee what

would otherwite be a very painfol op-

oration, the patient all tbe time ex-

perlenolng nohe of tbe benumbing ef-

feeU auch ae ordinary anaeethetica

produce.

Newfoundland bae lately been die-

covered to be exoeedingly ^ in ooal

and iron depoelU. Immediately upon

thia discovery England announced her

purpose to eeUbUnh at St. John* a

naval aUtlon, Suob a rendesvoui for

England*! warehlpe would give her

tremendoue advantage in time of war

between England and the jUnlted

Statee.

The TMneatee Centennial Exposi-

tion hat iitued 10,000 handaomely en-

graved touvenlr tharea of ttO(dc to be

told at 18 eaob. There hat been a

ttrong demand tor tuch an ittue, and

there it no doubt but thai the entire

lot will be rapidly dltpotedof. The

flrt»4fi numbert will be named for

t h e 4S SUtta and told to t h e higheat

bidder a t publio auction. Several

oontlderable bldt for certain onet

have already been made privately.

a Mr. Ale* H . McOuffeyidled latt week

at tbe age of 80 yeart. Be will be re-

membered by many people ae the au-

thor of what wat called MoGuffey't

EcleoUo Seriet of Beadert and other

tchool literature. Tb«re arft many

thoutandt of people all over thit broad

land themtmory of whote tohool dayt

It atrobgly donneotad with MeOnfirey'i

Readnt; which thsy tludled, and whloh

daaplte many hard words and dlffloult

mtesOM t ^ lesraad to love, Aa

O M of thalsiltntMr, iMfe«l Uks laying

a Ut«S:ti-lbtiti of ajp^Molallon and a^

teOim ttitdta tfashtir^lhs old nan.

worthy of an American. He dwelt at

tome length on the high and retpontl-

ble mlttlon of tbe Spilth tpeaUng

race in impreatlng and oontrollingtbe

olviliiatlon of the future, but added

that at beautiful and lovely ae it

would be for TCngland and America to

dwell together in unity, this could

never be until Engliahmen oome to

honor onr Waahlngton and Yorktown,

our Jefferton and Montlcello, at we

honor their Shaketpeaie and Avon,

their great dead and Weetmlnitter

Abbey.

The Greater New York bll^ haa re-

ceived the tlgnature of Gov. Morton,

and hat beoome * law. By the pro-

vitiont of thb bUl the eltlet of New

York and Brooklyn and other tmaller

onee hear by all become one dty under

the nanie of Greater New York. A

oonunlttion wiU be appointed to ar-

range for the detalle of the contoUda-

tiont. The oontolidatton will give

Gnater New York about 3,000,000 In-

habltante. ThelateeteetimateofOhl-

cago't population put the llguret at

1,700,000. It thonld be remembered

that Chicago had prevloutly taken in

everything la eight herself. W e nay

expect her before the oentua of liKW to

annex the State of Illlnolt, together

perbapt with partt of Indiana, Wiioon-

tin and maybe other Statee In otderto

get ahead of New York.

The Cuban struggle ttUl oontlnuot,

but it can hardly be dignlfled by the

term of war. It hat degenerated into

a guerilla warfare and a butchery on

the part of the Spanlardt of helplett

men and wonpen. Maceo, it It

ttated, hat srotted the trooha or mil-

itary line drawn by Gen. Weyler

acrota the lelantl, and which was

thought to be Impregnable. The fact

It, the Spanldi themtelvet teem to be

gtttlngverytlredofthewar. Tlieralny

teaton hat eet in In Cuba, and that

added to the yellow fever hat eauted

much ticdmeet among the toldlert, and

hat been tadlydtohaaatingthehrranke.

Unable to ilght the Cubant, and omn-

pelled to remain Idle and be ttricken

down by fever or other diaeate the

toldlert are lotlng all heart. The

people of Spain alto teem to have loit

hope of their conquering Cuba, and

there It strong talk of recalling Gen.

Weyler. In thlt connection vwmay

mention that Bev. A . J. Diaa it quoted

in the papers at taying in a termoit

preached In Oihclnnall on latt Sunday

night that he had maintained a hot-

pltal in Havana for Spanlardt, and a

hotpltal on the outtlde of the olty for

InturgenU. B t taid Spanhdi toldlert

oame out and bukihered 800 unarmed

inturgente al hit country hotpital In

oold blood,'and then bulletined It at

an engagemnt In whloh they had won

a great victory. B e taid Spanith tol-

diwt repeatedly want out to planta-

tlont where the rebel a had bees, and,

after they had gone, and In every in-

ttrnoe butohertd ali the unarmed olt*

laent, womea and Ohilftren M n d e d ,

M d than Osti. Vf^Uit fottld bttUativ

• n M ^

T h e Centennial P o s m .

ST MBB. viaoniA ntAaa MVUL

Ska la teashlBK tka her tcadn-UCBd

la ten OS tha kaaria o( h w kBUowed daad.

And aha proodly atMUhi wtera hnr aosa iMva

biaA—

OodBBd TeaBaaaea.

Wkata tha iova of har wmaeB aat the aaal

Of tha wBnrlor'a faith, (or tha eoaatrf'B waal.

With haadOB tha rifla Bad hBBd OB the whacl-

By the altera of TaBsaaaea

Thar have haUdadwaU tor tha Biehe el (ame,

ThraBCh the alaet of waat the hM« ct

Bat tha eoBiBca of k«roae triad tbe iUma.

As theyheOdad Taaaaaeae.

Twaa BP to tha pert M a a aaadowa lathe

dnati , NetOM weight of mlht, bBttke fopoo of nittat-Wtth faith and rilU-hora free fran nut,

Thtiy w e n mUdlBC ToBaaaaael

TwBt BP ia the aaddie aai off to the flght,

W h e N B n e w asd tomahawk ahrlekad la the

Uakt, Bat Uw alaewt of ploBaeni woB for the righv-

Tha bvlwBiIni of TWmeaaeal

Than woke tha alum where the BrlUah aa-

WBtB««al BaOkwBtariTheyBaverhBdqBBiledl HBd'ThetwordcttlM hatA aad of OMeoa"

fBlM, At they battled for Taaawaaa

Klart MovatalB BBd vletory foUowed faM. IV» the mcB weie aieel la thelaadaB biaat, AaddarlBgwaahOTB la eaob hnUel they oaat,

ftor the boBor of Taaaeaaee.

They ware bBUdlBC weU for a race BBbora.

Aa the Brttlab flowed tbraogh tha wavlag

aora,

VortheUrth pBBgoftnedoantaBg that mora,

la the yell of TaBBaaeee.

Aye, varaoa aad warrior fooght the aBme-

T h w were oae la baert aad ware OBO la Bamet

TheyaowedlaflUt,bBttbatdiea eaata

To bloaaoat for TaBneaaee.

Aad the boaae of her eoaa Ua fcleBehlBg far, rram tbe Mesleo O B U to the Bortbera atari

la the baaaty of paaae aad tha valor of war, TbeHfatisTaaBaaeee.

Obl Kuggad tba paat that oBr baarta iBVOkal

Thare tao atardy life of a Oroekatt woke,

Aad the atakrioB toaaa of a PBiaon Owtk,

Waat rlBflBR for Twuaaaea.

OhI "Baart of Old Hlokery." alaevlBt aear-

Ohl OhlVBlioaa aottl o( bar Joha Sevtor-Ohl Shadae of bar uBBaaied heroaa, baar

Tbe leoord of TaBBoaaeei

nMii«.theaaawof her Polk aMrred bla OOBB-trytahlald.

Bare, beneb and M r wlUi bar aigaat have aaaltd—

Thaie, a Cheatham aad Jaokaoa OB tha Setd

Itood proodly for Taaaaaaeai She WM tne wbaa they yraaeadlikeaahadowy

fBte-Bar royal fo«a at tha uabarrad f atet

Aad aa wue whaa wet* BMaaaoed bar rlgbta of

auu-Tha moibar, Taaaaaaae.

Aad aha (BVO of bar Ufe tor the aura aad bart,

Aa ahe gave of bar a w for the aarllar wara

ABd tbobraaatot bar m^arbood waaratho

aeara,

y^r the maahood of T«BBeea«e.

Bvt aba wroBght agala IB Uia atraagth of

la the faee of dataat aad a yielded right,

^ elotb of gold tfom tha loom of Bight.

Tbe maatle of Taaaaaaea.

She b u ilvaa all that aha hoM moat daar.

WtthaipartaaboyeMidaBpartBaraar-

Otwraed la bar atatakood "VolBBtear."

OtoHotte Taaaaaaeai ' She baa raoadad tba eyole-the tala to toldi naalralt la Inm. the elaay M Aad tbe Itavat of a woadarfal paat BUfoid.

Tba gartaadrtTeaaiiirt" Is t

I n A U T h y W a y i .

• YJ .B . M ixBa,n,i>

Few promltee mean non, when

practically Interpreted, than that one

which telle nt to acknowledge the Lord

In all our wayt, and then atiuret ut

that he will dhrect our patht. W e all

need dhreotlon in our life patht. W e

are continually coming to polntt

where we cannot decide what vn ought

to do, whliOi way we ought to. take.

W e turn to onr friend for countd. The

little child pute Ita hand into the.

mother*t. Tbelilind man teekt tome

one with good eyet to lead him. In-

experience lookt to expoienoe. But

humaa guidance it Inadequate. It le

thort tighted, and cannot know cer-

tainly what it beet. It It ignorant,

and may mltlead unwittingly. Wrong

advice, though meant for good, hae

wrecked many a life deetiny. Even

love may guide fatally. Peter, ia hll

Impultlve warm-hewtedneta, would

have turned Jetut away from his

orott. Man/timet human love hae

held back iu dear onee from patht of

tacrifice, hardthlp and low ^ h k h

were the dlvlndy ordained p ^ ' f o r

thote feet. Human gtiidiuide It abl

enongh. W e waat tomething tru«r,

wlter, tafer, tomething infallible.

And that it Jutt what we have attured

to ut in thit promite of divine direc-

tion.

There it a condition,—we mutt ac-

knowledge the Lord in all our wayt if

we would have hit direction. Mott

of ut acknowledge the Lord in tome of

onr wayt. W e turn to hhn in the time of

great.trialt. or In aora danger^^^-Bven

tooflcn and athelett have been known

In the moment of peril, at in a ttprm

at tea, to fall upon their kneet and.

call updn God for help. Tbe mott un-

godly people, when alarming tlcknett

It upon them, or when death ttaree

them in the feoe, want to take hold of

the hand of God. There are none of

ut who do not at oertaln tlmee crave

the divine direction and help. But

the condition of our promite readt,

••In all thy wayt acknowledge him."

Ferhape we acknowledge God in

aplrltnal thlngt. but thut him out of

the other part of our life. W e talk to

him about our toult, but not about

our daily work, our week-day Ufe.

What did you pray for yetterdayf

Did you men ulk to God about your

.bualoeat, your buying and telling,

your farm work, your common taak

work? Did you women pray about

your boutehold affaire, aaklag God to

help you keep tidy hornet, to train

your chlldreii well, to be tweet tem-

pered, gende, patient, tiioughtful?

Did you young people talk with God

about your etudlet, your amutcnentt,

your frlendthlpt, your bookt? W e

make a mlttake when we take God la-

to our oountel In any mere teolioB of

our life. Some one hat taid, •'Sieb

of our llfto may be like a M m o<

praite, and all we do lA tiift home, the

field, tiie counting m>om, may be at

truly to the glory of God^at

elaborate slremohiei ot iKUftoiu"

2 f>i". •

W^V-

B A P T I S T A i n > J U N E 1 1 , 1 8 9 6 . B A P T I S T I A N B B B F L B C T O B , J t T K B 1 1 , 1 8 9 6 .

EV.

,divine torvloe In every wtlliog aot of our life, wo never perform it at all. That i« what la involved in the ooun> •el that in all our ways we aoknow' ledge God.

To aoknowledite Ood it to reoognlM him ai the Lord and. Matter of our lite, and then to look to him in all our way*, (treat and nnall, for guidance. Elisabeth Fry, during her last Ulness, said to her daughter, "I believe that I can truly say that sinoe the ago of 17 I have never waked from sleep, in sickness or in health, by day or by night, without my first waking thought being how I might best serve tho Lord.*' In this continual recognition 6f Christ as her life's guide she fulfill-ed the condition on which wo are promised that be will direct our paths.

It was a prayer of George Herbert's that be might be led wholly to resign the rudder of his life to the sacred will of God, to be moved always "as thy love shall sway." A writer says, referring to this, "How much fretting, how much worry it would spare us all, if we asked our heavenly Father that he would cause us to lean utterly, in perfect faith, in cheerful, unquestion Ing obedience, upon his will and wis' dom, whether in life's trivial concerns, or in these shades of darlcness from which we recoil in fearl"

But here again we must not forget that it is "in all Ihy ways" that leads to peim. We are very wiUlng, most oftas, at least, to acknowledge God in a sort of grateful way, while he directs us in paths in which we incline to go, paths that are pleasant and agreeable. \^ecan easily worship the "sweet will of God," when this will is, indeed, sweet to our natural taste. But how is It when God directs us to go the way we do not want to go, to do the thing that is unpleasant, that will cause pain or require sacrifice or loss? How is it when the voice of God, an-swering to our question, bids us take the path that leads to a cross; bids us turn away from the pleasant thing that we crave; bids us give up the friendship that has grown dear to our heart but is drawing us away from God; bids us give into the father's hand the child or the loved one we so desire to keep with us? "In all thy ways" means the hard ways as well as the easy way*, the thorny path as well as the path of flowers, when it breaks our heart as well as when it gives us gladness.

Yet we are continually coming to points at which we hesiute. "In all but this, dear Lord," we Say, "I can Uke thy way and do thy wUl." 8U11 the answer comes, " In ' a l l thy ways, my child." Tliere must be no reserve, no withholding, no exception. The loved sin must te given up, though it seems only a little one, though giving it up be Uke cutting off a Hght hand or plucking out a right eye. The hard paUi must be taken, though it lead among thorns that pierce the ftot, over sharp stones, through fire and flood. The painful duty must be done,

•though it cost place, ease, posiUon; though it lead to want, suiTering, homelesiness. The bitter grief must be aoceptod, ttiough it seem to take all and leave nothing, and must be ac-cepted sweetly, lovingly, cheerfully,

' with unquestioning faith. "HflSltoMthlspsUirorikM,

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A f«w at«ps mors, sad tbou tbyasJf shalt sm This patb la bcti (or ttos." Here is a little story from an Eng-

lish magaiine which fits in aa illustra-tion. A poor woman in the hospital was told by the matron that she could not reoover, that her complaint was incurable. It is very hard to be told this, that one never can hope to be better, that one's life work is done. However, thin poor suiferer was not overcome by what the kindly matron told her. She did not shrink from pain and death. But there was still one point at which she could not yield to God's will. With tears she said that she gladly and patiently accepted God's will so far as her own pain and death were concerned, but she could not bear the thought of leaving her motherlms children. She declared that no one oould induce her to feel resigned on this matter.

The visitor to whom she said this had no words with which to chide her. She could only say to the poor woman, "Yours is untold sorrow, far beyond my understanding, but God knows all about it; God understands. Will you not tell him Just how you feel? Tell him what you have told me, all your pain, your anxiety abost your little children, your sore dread at the thought of leaving them alone in this world?" Then the visitor went away, promising to pray for the poor w6man in her sore struggle. In_ a day or two Oie came again and found her calm and patient She had told God,—had poured out her vrtiole heart in unrestrained prayer; and she said to her visitor, "I am Just leaving everything with God—not only whether I shall live or die, but each one of my littiechUdren, if lam to be taken from them. Everything is safb with him. I feel it now; I know it."

She had acknowledged God in this hard way, as in all other and easier ways. She had acknowledged him, too, by telling him all about her trouble, by going over her anxieties with him, and now there was no trouble, no anxiety any long«r. There was now no "anything but this" In her submission. To the Master's words, "In aU thy ways," she oould now respond, "Yes, Lord, in all my ways."

Nothing must be withheld from God, whether it be In obedience or in submission. The darling sin must bo given up. The rough path must be walked over. The hard duty must be acoepted. We must acknowlo^ the lArd in all our ways if we would have him direct our paths.

PhiladelphU, Pa.

Or. WhiUltt ' i ReTltlon of Hiftory.

Br W. A. JARML. a.D.

In regard to Dr. Wbitaltt's late won-derful (?) historical revelation, I de-sire to make a few brief statemenu.

1. His statement that English Bap-tists of the Reformation period sprink-led and poured for baptiam Is not only utterly unsnpparted by any reliable evidence, but it is contradicted by an almost unlimited number of writers of that time, both Baptist and l ^obap-tist, also by monumental evidence.

2. As his statement that Roger Wil-liams and John Clark were pouted or sprinkled when they,flrst organised their churches is based on his mere oonjeoture, that too, from the false premise that the English Baptlsta were aifuslottists, and is oontradioted by witnsssee of that time as well as all tradiidons and history, it is utterly unworthy of any one oocupying a chair of history la a BapUst or any ollnr tlMlogioal seminary. In my Baptist IdMry both of these tidio-ulouf^aiata «ni tfaoroufi^y ooafuted

kvliiiia'i ytiUMiiiL.

To it Dr. Whitsiu wUl never attempt a reply.

3. Dr. WhitaiU's strange statement presented the marvelous thing of dobaptists, at that time, being iamer-sionista while Baptlsta were affusion isU.

As Dr. Wall remarks: "The offioss of the liturgies for public baptism did all along so tar as I can learn, enjoin dipping without any mention of pour-ing or sprinkling." Again Wall says: "As for sprinkling properly called, it was in 102S Just then beginning and used by very few. It must have twgun ib the disoMerly times after 1641." For theee staiementa of Dr. Wall, his-tory is moat unanimous. To cite the numerous authorities before me would only be like proving the sun shines. Yet, Dr. Whltaitt has Baptists affu sionifta all thU time.

4. Dr. Whitoia's«trangehUtory(?) has, in less than ten years. Baptists "flopping" over on the Pedohaptist side—on the immersion side—and tbey in a short time, "flopping" over on the BapUst side. Verily, Baptists must have adopted immersion only liecause Psdobaptista departed from it; and Pedobaptitts must havo depart-ed from it only because the Baptists adopted it. Whata pity the onedld not happen to adopt the other's practice before the other left i t Why cannot these denominations in our own time as easily change their posiUone on tho action of baptism? The truth is there Is neither reason nor history on the side of Dr. WhitaiU's statemeote.

5. To say tho least. Dr. Whltsitt will hardly claim there is no room for doubt as to tils statements being true.

6. My fifth-point being true, leaving out the preceding ones, why should Dr. Whitsiu have made these statementa? Surely, he could not have been so short sighted as>not^to have seen that his statementa would be used as clubs all over the country, in pulpits and in press, on BaptisU heads; that unborn generations would not hoar the end of them, that they would keep multitudes out of Baptist Churches, weaken the faith of many BapUsta, let down the Baptist denominational uncompromis-ing standard; give Baptist preachers great annoyanoe and trouble; thus, weakening all our denominational work in church and its educational and mission Boards, and bringing un-told- injury to our iieloved Seminary.

7. In view of the foregoing oonsid-erati6ns, over two y«ars ago 1 wrote Dr. WhiUitt, begging him, when he got ready to publish his history, to leave out these statementa, as being in no way necessary to his work.

8. The attempt now being made to save Dr. Whitaitt from the oonse-queaces of bis statwtent is futile. From what I bave seen of his state-ment it does not read of "certain per-sons claimed as English Baptlsta," it speaks of "EngUsh BapUsta." It not only speaks of English Baptlsta, but it is so worded that itexcepta none of them of the time of which he writes. It utterly denies or Ignores the histbr-ical fact that the BapUsta of Uie time of which he speaks were comparatively numerous in England and were strict immemionista. For the sako of the Doctor, for the sake of truth, and the Seminary, I only wish there were suf-ficient ground for his being ex<tused.

9. To make the matter the more hope-less for Dr. Whitaitt, to all who know his teaching and Ita elTeot. it Is well known Uiat he has for years an& years educated all his studenta who did not invesUgata for tiunoselves to disbe-lieve in church sucoesslon—churah psr-pstullar.

10. Not only ihis, but ftrom reading a eartfolly made short>haad report of Dr. Wliitdll'f^lMtarH I know that, wbalbariot ' a o i ^ so latandad, ^ i r

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11. Dr. Sponoer, one of our most careful, cdnservaUve and wisest men, scholars and histories, who is only waiUag "till Uie shadows are a ^litUe longer grown," in full view of etaraity, In the Sapttft Standard, reporta Dr. Whltsitt sa holding and teaching the foolish an l -many tlmes«r exploded "branch" theory of the ehurch, and that a Baptist woman who has a Pedo-b a ^ t husband does right to Join "the church'* to which her husband belongs. This is in logical result teaching that as "tilings which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other," Baptist and Pedobaptlst churches are equally churches of Chrlst-logically, that all things they reoogniie as their poculiarites, affu-sion, various church govemmenta, etc., are Scriptural. The Doctor may not accept all the particulars in these l o g i ^ eonclusious, but in accept-ing their premises he cannot be ex-cused from being a helper to every particular which is in their logical re-sult To tell any true, well Infonned, clear thinking Baptist, that Dr. Whit-sitt's teaching, therefore, involves a total surrender of the Baptist ground would be a reflection on his informa-tion and thinking.

12. Foryeaiy.and years, from the teaching of Dr./t\rhitaitt, I have seen student after student eater the Semina-ry a sound Baptist and return from it a "wishy-washy," so called "liber-a l" Baptist I now call to mind a noble brother who entered the Semina-ry a sound Baptist and came out of it aeompromising, "popularising" Bap-tist, even to the extent tha t at last acoounta, he was not settied that onr immersion is all right He occupies one of our most prominent pulpits. Like the student who. In deftaceof Dr. Whitaitt, in The JSmtmfoor, said,

our Billy" never errs as to histoi7, tiiese studenta bow to Dr. WhlMlU'si statsmenta with as full confidence at the l>riest does to those of the Pope of Rome. This Is no exaggeration. Of oonrse, tiiank Ood, many students

re so oonstituted that .they thought and investigated for themselves and refused to be Whltaittised.

13. From all the foregoing it is seen that Dr. Wbitaltt's recent statmenu are but a tew samples of his teaching and influence as a whole.. Were theio statementa irreconcilable wltii his teaching as a whole they would not be so utterly intolerable to the great body of Baptista.

14. As the Jounui and Mmmgtr, a great northern paper, well remarks: "Dr. Wbitaltt's running to a cyclope-dia with his statementa, thus giving t h m permanency, -Instead of to ths denominational organs where they could be criticised, correctsd and do far less harm, renders him the more inexcusable."

16. Dr. WhlUitt's waiting till the sainted Boyce, Broadus and Manly were in their graves before he gave his statementa to the press, in such a form as he has given them. Is hardly without a signifloaaoe which is too plain to need oomment

10. As some of the Seminary profes-sors, naturiilly from their relation to Dr. Whitaitt, have kindly come to his relief by apologies—which by the way, seem to read between the lines In fa-vor of Dr. Whitaitt, I, as an unwor-thy, heart grieved and obscure Texas preacher, la love to them and love to the Seminary, beg them to ooatiaer a little advice. No amonnt of apolo-giee from Dr. Whltsltt's oo*profsssors, or any one else, can satisfy tin mass of Southern BapUsta wlUi Whltsitt as a professor in tb* SendlBary. Go Uie contrary, a p o l o i ^ tn>m these pro* fsesors ottl> aadaager UtaHprofesiors bdqg mlsui^hNr^d «• lympattilslog w U h D r . M t i l l t ^ ^

only injure the professors and tim Seminary. From expressions I have I Mi-d, as iMl as my own thinking, tills conclusion and advice seem very sppropriate; BretUrM have watched spologies nortii, and heard Uw cry: ••Don't criticise lest you hinder ^ Caute," while they have seen heresy go on till the Chicago University has gn infidel President and other infidel profeasor* and while several other iwrtiiem Baptist institutions have be-oome tinctur^ with heresy and denom-inational rottenness, till they have learned the lesson to crowd heresy in Ihe Soutii to the wall in Ita beginnings, whether that heresy be In the Seminary or in the pulpit They -believe our beloved Zion infinitely above Semina-ly or any otiier interesta, yes, nOier, tbey see criticism of tiieso institutions but tite watoh dog's alarm against ttie enemy sedclng their destruction. Let our Associations, Stata Conventions, churches and press. In this critical hour, uettr no unoertaln sound.

Let us, moreover. Join in prayer that God may use this Seminary trouble to Ita preservation from error Md to build a solid wall against tiie tide of false liberalism coming Into our beloved Soutti from ttie North.

Dallas, Texas.

Reply to Father l o r r i s on The Inohmrlit.

M it.'tfr-itsj'r-i'.

ST OSO. A. tOROR. D.D.

"Attd aa tiwy wtte aatlu. Jatna took b r ^

-For thla to blood e( ^ »hl«h to abtidTor •tav lor rtna." (lUti Mfliil-*.) Last Sunday night at the Catiiedral

of thlt olty. Father Morris preached a sermon on the Holy Eucharist, which was published in the daUy tfun. Al-though the report is evidwtiy a very Imperfect one, yet we can get at some of Um Father's propositions and at Uie substanoe of what he said.

"There is no CaUiolio dogma in tin Scriptures," he says, "tiiat has a bet-ter foundation than tiie Holy Euchar-i i t " The passage of Scripture in which Christ said to tiie Jews "Ex-cept ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink hU blood, ye have no life In you," the good Father says Is liter-al and not flgurative; and he teaches Uiat the Lord's Supper is the form in which tiie flesh and blood of ChrUt are eaten. The bread and wine of the Eucharist, by the act of priesUy con-secration, Uterally become tiie flesh and blood of Christ and the communi-cant actually eata tills fleeh and drinks Uiis blood under ttie Mmblanoe of bread and wine. "Christ dhangod water into wine," says Uie Fatiier, "why can he not change bread into hU body?" "Ood created all tilings by his word; is it Imposdble for him to feed his chosflta upon his body and blood?"

The report does not show whetiier t'aUier Morris' fully stated and dis-cussed the Cathiolic dogma of the Eu oharist or not, but if he did he de-velop^ tiie doctrine of transubstan-tlaUOn which the Council of Trent thus states:

"This holy council declareih: That by UM consecration of Uw bread a n | wine, Uiere Is e f f e c ^ a ^ n v ^ o n of t u b ^ o e of Uie b i ^ into Uie sub-stanoe of the body of Christ our Lord, and of Uie wine Into the snbstance of his blood; which oonvsrslon^^ it flUy and properlr termed by Uie ^ l y CaUioilo Churth, TransubstanUa-tioh." . "

Oanbnl, dti.thiB subject, reads Uiusi "11 anyona shall dsnyJhr t ln ttie

most holy laoraatattt ofthe Bucha^ istLihiMAW oon ana

Jesus Christ, to-wit: all Uiat is proper to the human body, the bones, the nerves, oontained in the sacrament, but further, Jesus Christ whole and •entire."

Again, On page 0 ofthe Roman Mis-pal, odmpiled by Bishop England, I find tills statement:

"In Uie mass lUie oelebration of ttie^ Eucharist] Christ is Uie victim; he Is produced oy the consecration, which by the power of God, and the instltn-tion of the Redeemer, and the act of the jwiest, places the body and blood of Christ under the appearance of bread and wine upon the altar: then the priest makes an oblation of this victim to the eternal Father on bdialf of the people, and the vlcthn under-goes a disUnwve change, showing forth the death of the Redeemer ana making commemoration thereof by the exhibition of the apparent separa-tion of the body from the blood; the former being under the appearance of bread and the latter under the appear-ance of wine, and by the oonsumption of both by the priest"

The Bishop says that the mass Is a "saoriflot" and tiiat "it is not a dif-ferent saorifloe from that of the cross, for the victim in each is the same." The Cotincil of Trent decrited that "whosoevw shall affirm that a true and proper sacrifice Is not offered to God In the mass," or that it vras "not a propitiatory offering," or that it "ought not to be offered for the living and the dead, for sins, punishmenta, satisfactions and other necessities, let him be accursed."

All this summed up and simplified means:

1. That by the consecrating act of a human priest, Jesus Christ, Ood in the fiesh, is created idiole and entire, without mutilation or extension, iden-tical in heaven and on earth and in a mUUon different places at the time. In a waf6r of bread and a drop of wine.

2 That this priest makes a sacri-fice of Christ as the victim on the altar.

3. That this sacrifice is the same, though bloodless, as that on Calvary and if a propitiatory offering of God's son afresh for the sins of the people.

4. That the priest completee this sacrifloe by the "consumption" or eating of the body and blood of Christ

6. Thai in the act of consecration the bread and vrlmi only retain their appearance, their substanoe being oon-verted into the body and blood o ChrUt

This is transttbstantiation, the con summation of truth in itasubUmest form, or else blasphemy in Ita most stupendous effrontery. A human priest orwtes his God over and over and over again; he immolates him on an altar and eata hhn; he thus offers him afresh as a sacrlfioe for sin, ^ in the act and for the purpose a wafsr ofbrsadand a drop of wine biNiome Jesus Christ whole and entire.

Having stated what F«Uier Morris must have discussed and afflrmsd let me reply:

The Romish Eucharist is an nn-scriptural pervenlloh of the Lord's Supper. "Take, eat; tills Is my body. . . . . Drink ye all of it; For Uiis is my blood."

The monster hereey of Rome oon slsta:

1. In turning a figure Into a fact 2. It then oonslsta in magnifyini

that so-called fact into a series of oUisr facta.

Starting upon the false premise that Jesus said of bread and wine Uiat he was Utenlly giving his body and blood to his disciples, Uie falM oon* elusion of traasuWUntlation wiUi Its priesUy offering t o l t o ^ In Uw oottrwi of y w i . TVi INT snM ttMiluinaBa in : ^ c h ' : a i i f f i l l i f f i M t * ^

defined only in figurative language. "Tkke, eat Uiis bread," "drink ye all of this wine," "do this in remem-brance of me." This constitutes the literal enactment of Christ's law as to the supper, but when he s»ys: "This U my body," "Uiis Is iof blood," ,then Christ uses a figure of speech by which to describe and illuminate his law. Just so of baptism, which is lit-erally enacted Inttw pi'imary use of lan-guage, whoi Christ commands ut to dip or immerte the believer by the Greek bapttxeki', but when baptism is de-scribed as a burial and a resurrection,

birth or oath of regeneration, a washing away or remission of sin, the language is purely figurative.

liOt ns look more critically at the figurative language involved in the literal institution of Uw Lord's »up-per. "This is my body," said Jesus, "broken for you." If this language is literal Uien Christ was guiliy of Uie absurdity of being stUl a complete man and yet holding in his hands his own body broken before it was broken and so giving it to his disciples to eat Bo of tha wine which he called the "fruit of the vine" 'at the same time he called it his "blood," which he hdd in his hands as shed from his own body before it was shed and so given to his disciples to drink, and which be would, himself, drink anew with them some day In his Father's kingdom. More than this. Accord ing to Luke, Christ said of the wine ••Tills cup is the new testament in my blood, whibb is shed for you." The evident meaning of this lang\iage U

offering for sin;" for God^ sayt! ' *Ttu>lr sins and iniquities I will re-

member no more.'^ Paul expressly teaches that there was to be no repeat-ed sacrifice of Christ for sin, for he was not to "offer blnuelf often, at the high priest enteroth the holy place every year, with the blood of others." "Now once in the (md of the world hath he appeared to put away sin;" and who has authoriied the priesta of Rome to offer Christ "often" in order to put away sins alresdy atoned for, once for all and forever?

The priesthood of Rome subverta tho ono and only priesthood of Jesus Christ sot up In the New Testament which abrogated all human priett-bood when it taid: "Christ is a prieit forever after theorder of Melchitodek,'* and who hat "entered into heaven it-telf, now to appear in the prettaoe of God fo ru t . " Aaron and his succes-sors were but his type and riiadow; and their sacrifices were but the t>pe and shadow of his ono offering made once for all. I assert that the New l^tament knows nothing of a human priesthood or sacrifice at his bands, since Christ died on the crott and Ap-peared for ut with hit blood in heaven.

(Cbncluded next week.)

that the "cup" is not a "testament" but the symbol of a testament; and if so, the preceding language of Christ' InsUtation, "This Is my body" makes tiie "bread" a symbol of tiie "body" and not the body itself. Christ often n M language equally as figurative of himself when he said: "I am the true vine;" " I am the vine;" " l a m the way." So of Paul who says of the old Repbldim in the wildemiBss "That rock was Christ" He also calls Christ a '-foundation" other than which no man could lay.

The language of Christ (John vl "The braad that I will give you is my flesh," ho that eateUi me shall live by mi^" is evidenUy another figure and so explained in the same ohapter when Christ said: "The fiesh provld-eth nothing; the words that I speak unto you tiwy are spirit and they are life." Just so, when Paul warns us to "examine" oursdves leet we eat the supper "unworthUy," In not "discern ing" our Lord's body, it is clear that we are not to look for literal flesh and blood, under the semblances of bread and wine, but for the truth which the supper symbolises and which is Msplrit and Ills" to the soul. In vain would any oommunioant by self-examl nation, ever try k> discern,. literal' If , the Lord's body, his flesh and blood. In or under the bread and wine of the Euidiarist It is impossl ble for faitii to conceive a whole Christ in a wafer of bread or a drop oi wine, substantially or bUierwise; and there is nothing in transubstantiaUon which can reveal'Uie fact to Uie senses. NeiUwr Christ nor his apottiet ever dreamed of the Romish dogma of transubstantiaUon.

Worse than all, tiw Eucharist as an "oblation, sacrifice, for the sins of the people," at Uie hhnds of a human priest, is a jubversion of the atone-ment as the "one off^lng," "once for a l l" and forever, made by Jesus Christ, for Uie sins of the world. Paul says of Christ's atonemant: "This after ha had offwad (»a saorifloe for sins fo ' remrM^ down on thi jrlght hMd 61 Qodt" ^ -ha j | i « y i _ f ^

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I see that you are now striving f6r an Increase of 5,000 to your list of subscribers. If I can be of any as-sistance to you in this very commenda-ble undertaking, command me. I am already doing all I can to get Uie pa-per into the homes of the members in my imn^iate charges. I do not see how Tennessee Ba^s ta can get along without it. Those who keep posted in our work do not get along without I t I sometimes find from two to four pa , pers in Baptist fsmUles and no BAP- ; TIST AND Rbflectob. I need it for my dilldren and especially for myself. In the homes where the paper is takea I need to make no pressing appehls for missions and tiie several oausee fostered by the State Board. These families are posted and generally ready with their contributions. My members who are your regular read-ers show me as their pastor much more sympathy, and manifest much more interest in the work of Uw church. But if you suoceed, I feti sure it must be largely through the pastors by personal appeals, for the reason that many who might become readers donH yet know what they are missing. Why, I was asked reontiy, where to forward a certain collection taken. -1 said, "Just look in tiie BAP-t i s t AND REFLEOTOp. You have it in your homo?" "No, we don't take i t " "Well, you must hav« it,", said L This is only an illustration ofthe lack of information where the paper is not read. Good famUies, by person-al appeals, may be induced to sub-; scribe for even Uiree or six months and thus find out ita merlta and be- > come permanent subscribers. Why r love the paper: 1. Because it is clean and free from everyUiing tiiat I would dislike for my children to read. I can oheerfnlly turn it over to my child of 10 summers and feel sure that he will find nothing but wholesome mental and spiritual food. 2. It Is sound through and through. Every position is weU sustained by the Word. 3. It is 'outapoken in ita approval or

.oondemnation of every question, doee-not pander to someone else and ex-presses boldly and fearlessly iteO)^; oonviotions. 4. And last but not iMist, it is wide awake on th» ^umUom of general interwit to the dsnbmiuatioa, •uifli at Missions, OhristllUi ^iioftr lion, aunday!!Mb~ools, tad, in J i ^ , tfriirythliiir te^ tiiidt to Uw amiUor%<») ^ of httit;*^!^^ ^ f c y m .

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I b«Te bad Ibe honor »nd prlrllego ofpreMblny tbo commaiioeoMiat MT-mou btfon two of our East TeaneiiMe denomlnatloDkl MhooU during the month Jaat pMt. The ilr»t WM ddiv' ered »t Chilho«l« InsUtote in Sevier oonnly, nine miles north otMu-yTlUe. This Mhool Is loeftted in » benutiful Motion of eountrj not far weet of Chilowee mountains, mnde famont hy Ohsrlee Egbert Craddook'e "Legend of Chilhowie."

The Mhool property originally be-longed to (he Methoditta, but M the Mhool failed to flonriih they told it to the Chilhowie AttoeiaUon and •ince that event it hat been operated and controlled as a Baptist institution. It is a valuable property. The build-ings are in excel lent condition, tar-nishing ample accmnmodation for prosperous work and growth and is surrounded by a community which ap-preciates what it has donei for the young people of that section OOn the campus stand a number of neat cottages used as dormitories by boarding pnpils. Day board is fur-nished at a very low price, thns offer-ing advantages to many poor girls a ^ boys who conld not pay hlch tiOat even to obtain a much-Ionged-foc education.

Prof. W. 8. Bryan is the president ; and has filled this poiitlon with great acceptibillty for Mverai years. A year ago he resigned and entered the Seninary at Louisville, but before the term expired he was recalled to his former position by the trustees and induced by them to return. Prof. BiTan Is a fine scholar, a wide-awake teacher and a wise leader. He has surrounded himself with an able corps of aMistants and the catalogue for the present year shows over 200 stu-dsots enrolled, many of whom are mem-bers of the higher classM. The com-mencement ezerolses, which I could lu^ reaiain to attend, were very high-ly sptdmo of, and laige and apprecia-tive audiences'filled the house. Chil-howie Institute has a bright future be-fore i t

On Sunday, May 34, I preached the commencement sermon in the col-lege chapel at Sweetwater Siemioary before a large and inspiring audience. As it happened, there were no other Mrviees in the town that day. and so the unltsd congregations of the sen ral churches assembled here, giving me onu of the most interested hearings It has been mjr pleasure to preach before.

The school baa not enjoyed the pros-perity It dcMrved. Yet good work has been done, and the outlook is now hopeful. Dr. OrMc, the efl)olent pas-tor of our charoh at Sweetwater, has now taken tha Mt«r prise in hand and Is making heroic efforts in the management ot the property so that it may not be hamperad by debt a* in the past few year*.

Tho buildings themselves are splin-dld and their location all that could bcdwirdd. I see no reaton, when once the debt U removed, why our school at Sweetwater should not be-come one of the leading Mhooli.

Carson and Newman College has Just closed one of the very best years in all Ui history. Tbo commencement exercises, extending over three days and nights, were of remarhabl* in-terMt and famlshqd dol'ghtful pro-grams to the crowds ot eager listeners who filled the spacious auditorium. Dr. P. S., Benson ot Chicago preached and lecftursd, to tiw intense enjoyment of tho inunense concourse who gathered froiit near and fM to hear tho famous d i i r i i i i i i ^ i i .

missionary sermon, stirring all hearts by his strong and fervent appeal. .

The editor of the B A R U T AND Ba-ruBOTOS was present during the last day or so, and won on every hand golden opinions for his paper as well as for hlmMlf. Indeed, he was kepi busy hsarinV Uw many good things the people said to him In regard to the wonderful improvement he had impart-ed to our State paper by his excellent management since becoming Ito editor. He well deserves UMM compliments, however, and will only be stimulated by them to give his Ufe*woric more en-tjiroly to the cauM he loves.

Sixteen graduates reoeived their diplomas on Fflday evanlng, the largest claw this institution has sent forth in its history. The ontlook tor Carson and Newman was never so bright as today. The president a«d faculty arc full of enthusiasm and ax-pect a large gathering of boys and girls at the opening of the tall term.

MoMy Orec^ Tcmn.

SoathwesMrn Baptlit UnlTenltj.

It was my privUege ty attend the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Sonlhwestem BapOst University during Its late commeocemeat aeason.

t lM sessions of the Board prevented me from swing and hearing all that took place while on hand, but I was preeent at the Apollonian prlM con-test, and I wish to say that It never been my privilege to listen to ablw speeches or more polished ora-tory than upon this occasion. This was the only gUmpM J had at the cultnre of the 8. W. B. U. on this oc-casion; but that gllmpM spoke vol umee between the lines of the splendid work which Is devdoplng the yonng men and women who are attending this institution.

I heard and saw many things undsfr cover, however, which confirmed my impression that the University is upon rising ground and doing a grand work all along the lines of modem education. Tt>we have been matricu-lated during the past scholastic ysar some S0O students, and among the number are 60 or more stndsnts In theology. A large advance has been made in the classic spirit over past years; and In every department of the University curricnlam. The Univer-sity spirit' is snperbly manltssted in the seal, energy and character of both profwsor and student. It was my privilege to be present at two of the morning chapel senrlces, and to ad-dress the students and visitors In at-tendance; land I wish to say emphatic-ally that I never looked into the ftees of a finer body of young men and women. Dr. Savaco and Ms Splendid faculty, under the impulM and methods of modem education, arc bringing the University not only into line with the progress of the age, but up to the highest ttandard of thorovgb»e«s and efficiency.

'llie Board of IVustees, too, are a bod r of earnest, sensible and eincl«nt men who a re consecrated Ui their wi rk. No stone Is left unlurded to foit>>r the eclat and success of the UnlVmslty; and with such a body of men. etpeclal-ly the local cootlngent, no fusrs need be entertained as to the rropsi' care and advancement esMntial to the suc-cess nf the great Institution Under fhelr control. During thO year, and by the munificent gift of Bro. W. H. Adams of Corinth, Miss., a dormitory of two stories and thirty-one rooms with heal-ing facilities has ban meted at an ex-penM of 18,600. The students occupy-ing this dormitory are enabled toll va-and to live better than most people —at an ^pendlture of only 17,, par moitttt, inoludlag: rant ot jim^ieomi

Trastsas decldsd to maka an addition to their hall immedialely, which will accommodate a hundrednorastadents, and to nam*- the whole buUdini' "Adams* Hall." The work will be done during this vacation; and it Is needless to say further that this hall will be filled with students to the ex tent of iU full capacity.

Another ftotnre of importance Is the health of Jackson. With the UM ot artesian water and with the improved sewerage ot the city, the causes ot malarial and typhoid . tsvers have been removed from the vlolnity; and it is a fact that Jackson is now one ot the healthiest cities in tho oountry. Not only so, but Jackson Is a city ot churches and other edocational in-stitutions, a city of culture and re-finement of the highest order, and tho whole atmosphere of the community —physical, mental and moral—is pure and Inspiring to student lila. The people of Jackson are proud ot the 8. W. B. U.; and now that the Univer-sity is taking on new Ufa—lengthening her cords and strengthening her stakes—it is not doubted that Jackson will ftel deeper and do more for our institution than ever before.

It may not be amiss for me to say that Mveral D.Ds. wereconterrsd upon Mveral dlstlngnlshed and worthy brethren, towlt: Rev. Geo. H. Sim-mons of Tennessee, Rev. £. B. Miller of Arinuisas, and Rev. 0 .0 . Williams of Washington, D. C. Besides tbcM honors the title of L.L. D. was,con* ferred npon Rev. Or. Martin, Epis-copal rector at Jackson, Tenn. I did not rsmaln till the closing exercises ot the commencement week, and others will doubtless give larger Information.

OK>. A. Lomnr. Tba Seminary Oommtneament

Two new features were this year added to the pleasures of the com-mencement exercises, an alumni ad-dress on Wednesday morning and a missionary address on Wednesday night. Some years ago the alumni ot the Seminary effe^d an organisation and this year for tha first time took part la the exercises of the commence-ment. Rsfv. D. M. Ramsay of Charles-ton, 8. 0., rspresented them la a fin-ished and thoui^itful address on *'The Religions Pnrposa of In Msmorian." The speaker skatdied the rapid ad-vances which tha age was making In thought and material progress, and argnsd that the fullest pnrpoM ot tho poem was to calm the restless spirit ot the age. He admitted that the the-ology, was not fenlUess, but claimed thatthe poet had bravely faced tha problem of evil in tha world, liad done «1iat ha could to solve It, and for tha rest had cherished the larger hope.

Wednesday night Rsv. A. J. Olaiof Cuba told of his work, and of hi* recent releaM and banishment from the Island, in a most interesting manner, made more enterulnlnghy his English. Every body in the great audience at Walnut ktreet church thoroughly en-J *>e«i it and will henceforth have a more vived conception of some of the missionary's problem* and difflcul-tin.

Thursday morning at 10 o'clock cer-tificates were delivered to the grad-uates in the set a'«t« schools. Atl i n'oloclctbabaccalaureltte address was delivered by President B. L. Whit-man, D.D., of Columbian University. He spnke ot the pessimistic tsndenolw of the age, referring than to oaterl' allst philosophy, dtsappolntmant and indivldaal disposition asthsprinoltHa causes. Ha thsn wpA the adoj^oa ot a wisa O p ^ i ^ ihovijig yuit oid/ opllmi«i cut foMM^BO^. found^Ma iotimm^^mmam

B A I ^ I S T i A N D B J J F I i B G T d B , 1 8 9 6 . y address before tha instltuUOn has been reoeived more favorably In many years.

In the Broadway Baptist Church on Thursday night was the connnenoement proper. Diplpisaeifere conferred upon fiO men in one or another of the four degress. Addressee were made by five ot tha full graduates as follows: p. E. Burroughs ot Texas on **Modem Israel," 0. W. Duke ot Virginia on "Poetry for the Preacher," H. B. Ttsylor of Kentucky on "Esoaplng from self," 0. M. Tmra of Kansas on "Savonarola," W. F. Yarborough ot Mlsslseippi on "Equilibrium In ths Ministry." All acquitted themselves with credit.

The succeis of the commencmnent was afitting erowa to this mostprosper-ous session in the liistory ot the Sem-inary. There was aa increaM ot fio studeate over the attendance ot any previous year. W. J. M.

LouieyUle, Ky.

CommaneemeDt BxareliM or T|ie Brownsrill* Famal* College.

Many visitors from different parts ot this State were present to witness the cloeing exerciees of the B. F. C. from May ao to June 3.

At the Art Reception the large Concert Hall was deoorated with beau-tiful plcturee ehowing arUstlc skill of both taadwr and pnpils. The doou-tion contest for the "Earnest Willie" medal was a rare treat. The verdict of the audience was that the Mlections were the best rendered that they had ever beard. It wae hard for the Judgee to decide to whom thd medal should be awarded, so excellent were all the rMltatloae.

Theoommeao neat sermon by Dr. T. 8. Potts ot Memphis in the College HalloaSuaday May 31, at il a. m., theAlumaaa addrees, Tuesday June S by Or. George H. Simmons ot Jack-soaand thellterary address Wsdnesday June 3 by Or. M. A. Matthews ot Jack-son ware all exceptionally fine, appro-priate and eloquent.

The Jnvoiil* concert of little girls and the aesthstic drill of young ladles of the physical cnltore class Monday night, and the rendition of Sappho on Tuesday night elicited general praise from tha large assemblage for the ex-cellent acting ot their different iMrts.

There were Mvea graduate* who re-oeived diplomas at the hands ot Presi-dent 0. A. Folk on Wednesday, June Srd, towit: Miseee Floy Berson, A. M., Sallle Boyd, M. S., Dora Willie Gauea, A. B., Jimmie L. Hamlett, A. M.,lliaale Haywood, A. B., Maggie Moore, M E L., aad Annie C. Mor-gan. M. 8.

The attendance of spectators during the exercises from day to day was un-usually large and orderly. The high degree of axoellence in all that was said and done coaunanded Interest and at-teotloa throughout. I lie thorough work by President Folk and his asso-ciate teachers in tha education, train-ng and true development ot their pu-pils, was made manifest. It was re-marked tfist there is an atmosphsre of refioement and culture In and about ^ the B. F. C., under ite present man-ageninl, that is elevating, ennobling aad cbannlnff. The reception given by Praeident and Mrs. 0. A. Folk to the grttduaUng olass on Wednesday evening, at the College Home, attend-ed by a large aumber of iavited guests and OH jiatrons ot tha School, was a daligtattni diteouaoeinMt of the Com-metwoent 6i the B. F. 0. tor 18M.

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RMhville. Central—Two good congregations.

PMtor Lofton preached atbolhhonre. 2S0 in 8. 8. The Sunday-school Union of tha city liad a fine session in (be aftemooa.

Flrst-Paetor Hawthorne absmt preaching commencement sermon. Preaching at both honre by Dr. E. E. Folk. 18i la 8. 8.

Immanuel—Pastor Ramsfty prsach-1 ed moralag and evening. Four re-ceived by lettw.

Third—Pastor Golden preached at both houra. Good 8. 8.

North Edgefield—Good week. Oa Friday night the Young Peoples' As-aociation noet with the church. Pastor Barton preached at both hours. In the atteraooa orgaaiied missioaSun-day-scliool at the comer ot First and Hancock atreeto with 06 present. Re-oeived one for baptism at night.

Seventh—Extraordinary day. Large congregations. Pastor Wright preach-ed at both hours. Reoeived 'three for baptism. Baptised one. 828 la 8. 8.

Cent«ialal-Meetlag of days la whkh Paator Clevelaad was ably aid-ed by Pastor Wright of .the Seveath Church, oloeed with 38 additloae. Pas-tor Clevelaad prcached at both hours. 190 In 8. 8.

MULCredt—Pastor Price preached at both hours. One received for bap-tism. 101 la 8. 8.

Howell Memorial-Good congrega-Uons. t*astor Bums enters regularly upon his work. Received one by leir tar and one tor baptism. 96 in 8. 8.

Anson Nelson mlssion-83 ia 8. 8. FlrstEdgefield (colored )-Goodday.

Elder H. H. Harding preached la the morning. Paator Vaadavell lit the atteraooa aad at aighk 188 ia 8. 8.

Bro. S. Fowler (colored) reported work ia Us miesioa as doing well.

Bro. Rutherford Brett ot Carthage reported a good day at Rutlaad; also that tha church at Carthage has re-cently repaired the house, and that at

. Cookevllle the houM has beea recent-ly seated, heated, lighted and ceiled.

to unite with us. He aad his wife, his soa aad his soa's wife work la all departoeats. We prei^ for, pray for, aad expect baptisms every Sunday night.

Johasoa Aveaue—Tills church wae organised oa Jnae 7. Tha following brethren took part: R. O. Craig, W. T. Thuston, N. W. P. Baccm, W. L. Norrie, T. 8. Potts and K. A. Taylor. Dclega^ were present from the lead-ing churches. Tha SO who withdrew from the First church subscribed 11.40 per month per member for expenses. The prospecU are most fiattering. This ohur^ is the result of aa effort Inaugurated by the First Church fiva years ago.

Csntral Avenue—Paetor preached at both hours.

Dexter-Good eervlce. Progress ia being made toward securing a new house ot worship. We feel that ilia assured.

Baptists. ThechurtOiis wide awake and we are praying for and expecting great thlnge ot the Lord, to whom be all the glory forever aad ever.

J. B. lUEftOHB.. Alexandria, Tenn.

Rev. T. J. Davenport, ^ hae Just retomed from Palwrtine, preached and lectutedformethismomlng. Thechurch invited him to assUt me ia a series of meatiags in August. Other churches may also secure his valuable services by writlag him at Kerrrille, Tsui. Our taithfnl Colportsr, Rev. W. J. F. Allen, preached for me at nlghfc. One maa received for baptism. Rev. A. E. Kitcher from Pennsylvania, U loca-ted temporarily at KerrvUle. He is a good preacher, a maa of fiae educa-tloa. HewiUaldlnevaagdlstiowork or accept a pastorate.

J. 0. AMimsoN. MlUlngton, Tenn.

and children all over Tennessee, don't forget the orphans down here. The? can eat.

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KsiexvUle. Flrsi-Pastor preached at both

vices. Two received by letter. One approved for baptism.

Centeanial-Goodday. Pastor Snow pleached the awmorial aermon for the Odd Fellows ia the morning. One ap-proved tor bapttsm. 883 in the 8. 8.

East Rnoxvilla-Good day. Fine prayer msetiag. Four received by let-ter; two haptixed; one reoeived for bap-

lao ia 8. 8. South KnoxviUe-Good day. Bro.

J. M. Cbauncey preached ia the mom-lag and the pastor ataight. 15S ia 8.8.

Rev. C. G. Davis reports a good day aad that he is encouraged by the outlook.

Rev. Robert Ryland wae preeent at the ooafereaee.

Good day at l<cw Bethel last Sun-day. Large and attentive audience. A good collection for adsslons. One reoeived by baptism.

C. C. WlKTEBS.

A most cordUl Invitation is extend-ed the friends ot Snnday-echools thrqughont the State to be vrlth us at the meeting ot the West Tennessee Sunday-school Conveatioa which meeu ia Trenton on June U aad holds over two days. Wo wish aU persons who expect to be at this meeting to notify. R. J. Dew, chairmaa of the committee on entertaiameat, eo that homes may be provided and aay coa* fnsloa oa arrival avoided. Weooall* d e a t t y look for the best meeting this body has ever enjoyed. Visiting brethren are called for.

Trenton, Teaa. J. M. SawntB.

ateapMe. First—Rain lessened the congrega-

tions. Two Jtdned by proteesion— Deacon Tmss' son and niece. Tsxt at night: "Ye believe la CJod; beliave also lane." Two thoughts were ea-Urged: Belief in Christ consistent with belief in God aad belief in Christ necessary to a correct belief ia God.

Central-A good day ia eome re-spects. A movsmeat laaugurated to relieve the church of a bonded debt of 87,000 which It hae been bearing for 80 years. Although the oongr^-tlon wae much dlmlaished by the rain, a contribuUonot 85,810 wae takea to be paid July 1. It ie confidentiy ex-pected that the remainder will be ee-cured and the church relieved of the troubleeome debt.

Triaity-Bro.N.W.P. Bacon, pastor at fiemando, Miss., IM been aldM the paetor ia a eeries ot mesliags which have beea moet graolously blee-sed« E t e ^ addlUons stand approv-ed for baptfam. The meeting oontln-ttie daring thie, week.

Rowan-A wgular Jnbilee on ao-count of Bro. Sharp, inperlnlendent ot tha i. CJi^Jt B. nnltinf with te

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Good oongregatioa momlag and night. Much interest manltssted in the moraing eervlce. Our congregations are Incrsasiag, our work to progress-ing finely. The plaa of "systsmatlc benefioenoe" has been adopted by onr (diurch. J< H. PltROE

Uaa, Teaa.

I preeched at Little Hope, which is without a pastor now, and here this moraing. One reoeived tOr baptism. They eay the congregation wae aever better here thaaitie now. I go to preach at a sdioOl house this atter-aooa and bade here to-night. I am verr much eaoouragedia my work hflTB*

A . F . GORDON. Adam's Station.

Last Sunday was a good day for the Union City Baptist Church; It was the annual s^lce.- During the past year the church hae reoeived 38 mem-bers, having made a gala ot 31 awm-bere. The missionary contributions

I have Inoteased. Our church is ualted aad ready for work. The number of religious papers taken h j the mSmbsrs wae l a i ^ y increaeed. We look for g o o d thlnge from this church during the ootulng year. J. 8. C.

Union Cityi Tsnn.

G c ^ day at Alexandria. Pastor ptaaiM morning and aviaing. Tsxt, morning, Mark iv:H, evcdag, Heb.,

111:0. We taeeived Into tha fellowship of theohtui^ tour, two by experiiitea aadltapttnt a ^ Noontmeadik

I have Jnst closed ameetlngwith Pastor T. G. Alfred ia Lake Charles, La. The work at first started off very slowly, but gradually increaeed in la-tneet untU showers of spiritaal Uess-Inge oame down. Tbe revival seemed to take hold of a clan of profsNloaal and buslncM men before untoudted. •mere were more than 100 inofesslons aad 70 Joined the Baptist Chnroh. The last night seven Joined. The meeting shonld have ooatianed, but I wae completely brokea dowa aad bad to cloee. I am aow down oa the G o l f for KcreatloB and rest. IshaUgoto Weet Lake this week tora tea days m e e t l a g and then I shall periups re* tum to Waco.

J O H N C. F. KYQIK.

I have Just learned with a sad heart of the decease of this noble man of God. He graduated at wakc Forest College in the clan of 1863. ^ d e -voted hlnuelf to tha gospel mliilstry. In which he achieved euceess and dis-tinction and accomplished greM use-fulness. He was piurtor of many of the largest Baptist chnrchee la the South, notably tho First- In Raleigh, N. C.t the Broadway /In Louisville; tbo First in Wilmington, N. 0.; and the First in Charlotte. N. C. He waa elected presldmt ot Wake sWest College on the dem'lM ot Prt)s-Idcnt Wlngate and served several years, but preaching the gospel was more congenial to him and he resign-ed to devote hlauclf to that work. '

Dr. Pritehard was a most lovely and amiable character. He was nn-sdflsh, genUl, polite, kind, courteous, patient, oonsiderate and msgaaal-mons. Tha Baptist denomlnatioa haa lost one of its most useful aad SUCCMS-tulministers and-'gracsful and pleas-ing writers; the State one of iUmost worthy cltlsens aad sodety OM of Its most exemplary members. He was of the salt of the earth and let his God-given light shine tor the lUumlnatloa and.blesslng of all around him. .

"Onea ie tke Wit abeve tkee, VHtnAotayaMlydays.

Ileas kasw thee M to love thae, Naeeaamadtfeaebirttopnlaa." y

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HolstOD Aawelatton.

Bro. E. L. Smith wae on a fiylag trip to Johasoa City to preach for pastor Baraett lAut remained over at Fall Branch for a tew daye after the Snnday-school Convmtlon. On last Monday Bro. Smith and hU aobla wits drove out to Bnow diapel and held a service. Mre. Smith re-organ-Ised the Woman's Missionary Society and Increased ite msmberehip to 84. Miss Rertie Edlns was elected preel-deat. Bro. and Bister Smith are fine workers and well suited to the work In which they are engaged, they being mlssionarlas of the Holston Associa-tion. God blees them, also the BAP-T I S T AND RBTUDOTOR.

R. R BAVutaa, Vlaeland^ Tenn.

Baptlit Orphani* Hoiaa.

The following are the contrlbuttons for May: Magaalnee and paper, Mrs. Weetupltte, Columbia; olothlag valued at 88. Ladles Aid sodety, Murtreee-boro. •

Kaob Cresk Ohuroh had a part la tha oontributlons trom "The diurohee in Xbeaeser Association" for March. The total amount was 88. Wa are s o r r y ihe alma ot the ehurdi did not aoaonpaay the gih. Iwi we are Hxuk-f ^ f^lCaobOredt. Wa pMttisa to do

The Sunday-sdtool Gonventtoa ot HOlston Association met with ihe E ^ Brandi Church, May SO-31. On account of measles in the community tho attendaace wae aot eo large ae nsual.' Bro. J. K. P. Hall being p«ov> ideatlally hladered, to vse a eowmoa expnwslon, U waa like eevnral epokee being out of a wtaed, but all .ieemed to «>Joy the meeting very mnch.

The opealag exardsss were oondad^ ed by Rev. E. L. Smith in a pralw service. The latrodoctery sermon by Rev. P. W. BarmA of Johasoa City fordbly impressed npon ns the Impori-anceot looking after the yonng peo-ple. At 11«>, organliaUontookplaoe. E. H. Bachman of Jonesboro waa-eleoted moderator and A. J. Watklne of Harmony, derk. Ibeteporta ot the Sunday-schools were all good: All the topics were wdl dlMuseed. Friday B i g h t was given to the pur-posee and neccMltlN ot the Suaday-

> Mhool and Colportage work aad m lad by the Colportsr. Tbere werc eev< eral warm and stirring talks on the ; subject. We hope that It U eeed sown In good gronnd. The congrega*-tloae increaeed with each esrvlce.. Bro. Eaton of Johnson City waa preeent endeavoring to get subswlptlons tor the B A P H B T AMD RXVUBOTOK.'

On Sunday morning we had a 8im-dayschool mass msellng. Seve^ biethren made good Ulks. The Col-porter tried to imiwess upon tha del» gates the importance ot using South* ern Baptist Convmtlon literature, ele. At 11 o'clock Rsv. R. M. Murrell nrea^edon "The Prcac^ aadbii Office." He bdd Ihe undivided tima* tlon of the audience and all eeea^ to be sorry when tha sermon was ead^^ ed. Father Keen folloaed, glvii^^a s h o r t bUtory of bis Ufa and after la-tere»tlng us for a short tlnw eaded by singing the old song "Beitsr daye we rolling on." After this — aadtl^iaglteal »fe w<^ld

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While flags and bantlog made Na«h-Tllle a blttse of color, while band* wer« pUrlng and crowds surging to CDJOJ vftried and extraordinary exer-cise* eonneoted with the inaiurur»l of the Centennial Exposition, the central committee, not less diligent about the Master's bnsiness, held Its regular June meeting. The attendance was diminished, to be sure; still lojral bearto were there—Mrs. Jackson, Mr*. Strickland, Mrs. Darden, Mrs. Wheeler, Miss Erie Brown (Tioe-presi-dent for Westc m District Association), Miss Claiborne and Miss Sliankland. "Onward Christian Soldiers" was sung, Paalm Ixxxli road, and prayers ofTer^ especially for more conseera-

. tion on the part of our workers. Miss ' Brown brought a cordial Invitation to

the sisters of the Paris W. M. S. to ' come in numbers to the State Conven*

tion next October, and hold the best of all our State W. M. U. annual gath-erings. Mrs. Jackson urged the Im-portance of soliciting individual sub-scriptions to the Foreign BoaM debt, toward which over 11,600 was pledged by women at Chattanooga. She has herself written a large number of let-ters on the subject, asking special con-tributions, to be paid through the regular church chaanats, but designs^ pi "tor Foreign Board Debt." These gifto niust not be allowed to interfere with the usual monthly collections, else the debt will only be postponed.

H i s s M. M. Claiborne, who had been solicited to devote her tr tents and energies to this greatest of all causes, Ute upbuilding of Christ's kingdom upon earth, expressed her-self as ready to receive Instructions and enter upon her work. She was unanimously and heartily welcomed to the offloe of corresponding seore-retary, and congratulated upon being offered such an opportunity for use-Itttnest.

With a prayer of thanksgiving for continued blMSings, the committee adjourned to meet the first Monday In July

The loss of so consecrated and elOol-ent un officer as Miss Lucia Cunning-ham, who has fuUUled the duties of corresponding secretary of the W. M. U. of Tennessee for more than a year, was deeply regretted. . The cmtral committee could only pray tha!t her health might yet be restored, and years of service granted to one so willing to be used wherever the Mas-ter leads.

Where was a helper to be found irtio should take up the blessed work of assisting our women and their chil-dren to realise the part eiach has In spreading the tidings of salvation? Who should call the needed. laborer except the Lord of the vineyard? In answer to earnest prayer she has come. We are rejolc^ to introduce a new secretary in every way fitted to worthily fill the poslUon.

Welcome her, dear sisters. Write at once of your Interest in her and in the work, hers and yours. Tell of your own society. P l ^ g e yourselves anew to cordial co-operation. Also send orders for literature* addressing Miss M.M. Claiborne, Maxwell House, Nashville, Tenh.

Encouraging letters have been re-ceived from Miss Gussle Newman, of Alpha, and Mrs. LIule Hill of Hur-ricane Grove, whwe W. M. societies have been organised with excellent prospects. Miss Jennie Austin, of Doyle, sends news of a society at Greenwood Church. A l soaW. M. S. is reported at Uiceville. Mrs. Mattie Glvens Is president; Miss Sallie Rice is president of the Rlceville Y. L. M. S.

A sister writes for several copies of "Chips from Many Workshops," say-ing, "MTe wish the people to thoroni^-ly understand the woric; they have been sadly neglected, as it were, in missionary education."

Keep the literature circulating. Do not let missionary leaileU lie idle. If each will cultivate hor own "litUe comer," it will not long be said of our bMutiful garden State—our Ten nessee-that she Is "sadly neglected."*

S. R. 8. 8.

pt tse of the mission work was but tM,887, or an averag« of but 1188 per capita. They thus paid back In money raised for the daominatloa and in* vested In houses of worship about four sevenths of the entira amount ex> pended In their support. If we credit them with the value of the amount raised for houses of worship, (hen they did all the other work of preaching, organising Sunday-schools, bapUxing converts, consolidating churches, etc., a t an average cost of 1138 per mis-siqnary. Such facta should hush for-ever the cry of "expense," which some have been raising.

QERMAN' INTBBBST IN WASBINQTON

In a letter written by Miss Buhl maier to Miss Armstrong in which she reports a visit to Washington, the following statements la regard to German interests occur:

"In the afternoon we gathered again for prayer, and every one seemed anxious to have a German interest started, Inasmuch as there are m u y Germans In the city. One of the old sisters said, ^Hi, I have often wished and prayed that I might only live to see several of the same faith with my-self gathered together, and now it has come to pass.'

"This same sister has a large fam* lly, and no one of them converted. The same Is true of the family BlnU, as I have stated, all their relaUves living In Washington unconverted. At both of our pmyer meetings the mother and sister of Mrs. Hints were present.

" I tried fb encourage the little band to keep on, and they have agreed to tuite in prayer every Friday evening, praying God to use them to the sal-vation of some of our German breth-ren.

HOME MISSION W O T K .

OCB YKAB'B WORK.

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The number of our mlssionariee the past year was 411, of wh<Mn about 400 were preachers, the other were women, chiefly in Cuba, who labored with them in the Gospel.

Thidr average year shovrs for each ao weeks of labor, 4 churches and stations supplied, 141 sermons preach ed. If their congregations equalled GO each, then they preached to about 60,000,000 of people. They baptUed 5,817, an average of 14 eadh, idilla the ordained ministers of the South bap-tU«d but 9 each on an average. T t e total additions to their churches weve 13,205, an a v e n ^ of 32 each, while the total additions to the ohundie* in the South WMO but 16 for each or-dained minister.

Tb«y organised an average of one Sunday-school with 31 pupils, thus bringing over 12,500 children under gospel Instruction. They constituted ^ churches, an averagi) of one church for every two missionaries. They buUt or Improved 238 houses of wor-ship, or nearly three houses to avery five missionaries. They raised for this jturpose 886,200, an average of •377 per house, or of 1215 j/w mis-sionary. ^Theamountexpmded'lnthls work, IncluSlBg all expenses of Boardf in oolleotlng and dltbureing funds, was 8142,887, or an avwvga of 8847 per missionary. The avarag* obst of the additions by baptism was m Utile mors than 825, and of total additions to the diuroh Wis only a llttla o m 110 per

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"The thought Impressed Itself more and more that something ought to be done, since I had paid special atten-tion to find out whether there is a large German population la Wash-ington, the question being answered in the affirmative.

"On the evening of Sunday I met the ladles of the Second Church at the appointed hour. They seemed much Interested. I spok* about the Imml* gratlon work, and In connection point-ed out the necessity of having a Ger-man Baptist Church in Washington, ^vlng the facts as I had found them.

"On Monday a very severe storm, irtiich came up Just at the time of the meeting, preventod a large majority from ooming out, but still about 18 had come, and a W speaking to them about an hour, they pledged them-selves to tell tiie otiiers all tiwy bad beard.

"Thut yon can see how the time was spent during my stay In Washington. Personally, I ftel much encouraged, trusting Ood to watch the seed sown and oauM good to result from It.

" I have written with care in order that you may realise, as I do, the ne-cessllgr of united effort to establish a German Interest In the capital of states. Allow me to call to mind UM tact that Includlag the four young ladles, members of Dr. Matter'* ohuroh, there are now nine In all, anx-ious to work In this dlnMtion.

"That God will bless and encouragd them, as well as any who try to semra HIn, Is my humble prayar."

O 0 K ODDAN WOBK.

The work of our Cuban mltslonarlei In this country presenUi an cncourag. Ing prospect. ^

Brother Dlax has located bis fauiiy in Atlanta, from which point he will under ' the direction of the HOOM Board, respond to varlotta requesU to visit Conventions, Aaaoclallons and churches throughout the South, hav-ing Imniedlate supervision over tbs work amon^ the Cuban population in Florida. He has recently been to Florida end organised the work there. There are at Tampa and Key Wnt thousands of Cubans, many of thsu being refugees, among whom area number of members of our Baptlit churches in Havana.

At Key West Brother O'Halloran li at work. A letter from him publiabsd in this column gives iuteresting iofor-matlon. His report for the month ol May shows that ha has constituted a church and Sunday-school contilgtiog chiefly of members of the churchw in Cuba. The church at Key West start* out with 15 oommunicants. The Son* day-school baa 24 pupils andltcachert. The report shows that Bro. O'Hallo-ran has during the month preached 10 Mrmons, ddivered 10 other publlo ex-horUtions, attended 32 prayer and other religious meetings, made 381«> ' ligious visit* to families and pwtoni and baptised two persons.

At Tampa there are great numhen of Cubans. Brother Cova is dolog faithful work, and Bro. Bueno is la-boring in West Tampa. The fleldn la which these brethren arc laborlog are inviting and important. The work now being done will greatly itroogih-en our caus* on the Island of Cuba when circumstances are fnvorablo for renewing our regular work there.

The following letter has hceo re-ceived by Dr Dlas from ono of the n rabers of bis churcb In Havana:

Havana, May lU. Mg dear I'tutor: On tbo day you loft

' ' hero I wont to see the member* at Nep-tuno street and . found about 25 or 30

.of thom engaged in prayer in your be-half. I then visited some other houses and found the • occupants engaged in the same way. I prayed with thom. We made up our minds not to let the priests break up our work, «o wo have organised a meeting for every night in the week and they aro conducted as follows:

in Noptuno street whcro Mr. O'Hal-loran has a church, Mr. Porta Is the leader; in Buenos Apros we have a meeting conductod by Mr. Vatdcs; at Potra's house Mr. Porta is the loader; in Yndio s t twt Mr. Valdes In tbo prcachor; in Romoy street your moth-er Is in chargo of the ladiei' meeting, and in Cuba street she has another meeting; I have a meeting in my own house.

Do not bo afraid, dear pa8t4)r, «e will keep up the work and wait for you to oomo back. Tbo principle ob-ject of o,ur meetings ts to tbank tbo Lord for all His mercios and to nsk that He will protect you and your fam-ily. Wo have not bad as many Inter-ments In our cemotory as formerly. In the month of April license was If sued fbr 44 adults and 36 childrrn. Give my beet regard* to all tho breth-ren, cepoolally to Dr. Tlchenor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Ptoudlcton and Mr. Adair.

Your brother, •

Highcjt of all in Leavening lYiwer^Late i t U. 6. Gov't Heport.

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BBOTBBR O'BAIXOBAN'S MiWEB.

Key West, May 18. DB. I. T. TIOHBNOU, Dear brother: I have the pleasure to

toll you that our work continues very good. I send you my report (or this month. I have opened tbo day and Sunday-school with 24 chlldtw. I hold my sorvicos in tbo American church on Wednesday night and Sun-day afternoon. Every Saturday I have prayor meeting at my home and the Sunday-school too. If yon can get some Bibles and tracts in Spanish I shall be very much obliged to you. It la Impossible for me to get them bera. Now may tbo blossing of tho

>.Lord bo upon you. Truly your brother, J . B. O ' H A U O B A N .

That 8oel«tj.

Ono thing Is certain, this society Is giving Bro. Oakley some trouble for not a single attempt has he made to explain it away. In Luke t111:2-3, Is found a society according to the definition of the word—a society of women associated together doing a different work from the aposties, dif-fnrent from Jesus KThrist, different from the world. As such they were making their offerings.

Now Bro. Oakley, explain this away, or grant It and all will be over. I plant myself upon the eternal truth of God's Word and defy Bro. Oakley to shake tiie foundation.

If I am to find a Scripture that gives the origin of Sunday-schools, o^ churches, of pulpits, of associations of conventions, of boards, of publish-ing societies and of a doxen other thing* that Baptists are employing to push on the whwls of Zlon and hasten the universal reign of the Messiah, I cannot put my finger upon a single passage directing theee things, and yet shBll I brand them a* human In-stitutions and Inventions of men, and fold my hands and wait for the churches to do all this work without means? A thousand time*, no.

If we want to organize our women Into eocletles to work auxiliary to our ohuroh In supporting our missionaries as these women In Luke TI1I:2-3,'who can have the audacity to say no? Bro. Oakley, a worthy Baptist minister, and one for whom I hav^ the highest regard, must rise up and out the ttiroate of aU tiiese institution* and mean* of *preadlng the gospel. Jesus •aid, "Go teach the gospel to every creature," but He left It to us as to how to go. We ioftay go on horse-back, in a buggy or on a bicycle. Just •o we go.

The organised women aocletle* of the Metiiodlst ohuroh, Soutti, gave to missions last year more than one-fourth of the amount g l v ^ by that great body of Christians. The same with the Presbyterian*. The womon of the Baptist churche* organised Into societies gave a* sutih more than 83,000 to our mlssioa work. And Indeed ono society at ono church gave more to missions than did Bro. Oakley and all bischurohos.

Now, Bro. Oakley, before you cut the ttiroat* of ttiese *ooletle* let them ftoed our poor mUslonarle* till the wont plaoe* are flU«d witii a knowl* edge of tiu) Scriptbres. I t would ba well tor them also to employ a good Uv« missionary *nd send htm among Bro. Oakley's churche* to waka them up and pat the womea to work.

I will now Botloa soma thlagsBro. Oakley aald la hi* last letter. He says: "Bro. Ogl* surreader* tiie whole ques-tion of organising our young psop)e Into aooleUe* by taklog th* sotltion tiiat tiMse women found In Ltike villi j^a^were not Bwmber* of tiie ohuroh." t B»Vw taia tiiat ilMV %ere not mem*

tbi 'dhoMh. I bellava tbiy

time present wUh the Savior acd apostle*, "administering of tholr sub-stance" as church members or repre-sentatives of churches. 'Here are my precise words: "These women are here as a body or company or society. Tliey are not here a* ohuroh member* or representative* of churche*." Bro. Oakley garbled my *tatement to make a point. Heeays that they did thl* work a* church members. I asked Um to prove that they belong to a church at all. He has not made the attempt and If hU life depended on It he could not prove It. All he says about this and Uiat, takes a column, but goes for nothing.

Bro. Oakley, you *ay they wore church member*, but you cannot prove it. %rbree women and many other*

contribution* to the Savior and apo*tle*. They made thl* offer-ing a t a *ocIety and not fbr the churche* of which they were member* I defy you, Bro. Oakley, or any living man, to prove that theae women made thl* a* their offering to the aposties as church members. I have proved that they made their offerings as a socl^y; now you prove that they did It through or for the church or hush. Which will yon do?

Bro. Oakley say* again: " I contend that the company whloh followed our Lord through the cities and villages was composed of at least 12 men, three women and many others." All right Bro. Oakley, a g n ^ . Now do these women and many others follow-ing have any characteristic that dis-tinguishes them from our Lord and the Twelve following? The Lord lays they do not for many followed Him for the loave* and fisbee. "And much people followed Him." The very thing for which I contend distinguishes them from the multitude, from the Twelve, and from all others ^present

Read, will you, "and many others which ministered unto him of their substance." (Luke vlll:3-4.) Bro Oakley, read that six times, please. What distinguishes our human so-cieties from our churches? Their work of giving. What peculiar ^ork did these women have that t h e ^ e l v o d l d not? ThaTwelvodldthepreaohlngand the women did the giving. The Bible says It. DO you see brotiier, do you see? Before you turn 'your electric battery on another time be *ure that there 1* *omebody under It. Bro. Oak-ley say* again: " I t I* by the church and not by human •ooletie* that the manifold kingdom of God-1* to be made known. (Eph. 111:0-10.)

Reader, will you pleaaeturnto Eph. 111:10, and read Bro. Oakley'* ob-jection to *ocietIe*? Here It I*. "To the Intent that now unto the principal Ities and powers In heavenly place* might be known by the diurah the manifold wisdom of Ood.' ' Therefore, eooMlel are unacrlptural. That is a llttio f J U n y , but when a man stand* on a preoiplco, whenever he moves he sUrt* down hill.

The manifold wisdom of God, what-ever that may be, I* not to be .done by a MHsIety of woman but by the church "Manifold wisdom of God'* doet.tiot mean a few women nutUng their offer-ings. The wisdom of God is past finding out. Bro. Oakley, please give tt* a passage of s c r i p t ^ that has a little b w l n g on the subject In hand. Remember Luke 111:2-3, and do not evade the truth that these women made their contributions or offerings dls* Und front any connection with any tiling.

I beilava that the ohuroh Is the ground and pillar of the trutii. I be-Itove, too, tiiat It 1* commltiad to the •vangellsatioa of tiie world and I would not.tor on« inotAiBt •ubstltute

A BlenlDff On Him Who Invmted The Bloyole.

When I wa* a small boy In the long ago, every young man who married a country girl in Old Virginia reoelved a good dowry with his bride. With her he got a carding machine, a spin-ning machine, a weaving machine, a sewing machine, a knitting machine— In fine—he got a cotton and wool fao-toiry combined. In that hale, healthy

BY RSV. A. B. OABAWM.

and rosy c h e e l ^ country bride. ]&re was the secret of bis good for-

tune. When this girl carded her cot-ton or wool rolls, as she did from early youth, she exercised every mus-cle In her arm* and chest thus devel-oping, and strengthening them for all they were worth. When she arose to spin those rolls she continued this ex-ercise of the arms and chest by turn-ing the wheel with the right hand and drawing out and winding up the thread wltii the left. The walking backwards and forwards all the time, while draw-out and winding up the thread, exer-cised and develop^ all the muscle* of the leg*. Thus the whole body was fully developed.

When she took her seat at the loom to weave the cloth she exercised the same muscles of her legs on the tread-les tiiat she did In walking, wltiiout the burden of carrying the body. At the same time the muscles of the arms and chest were duly exercised by throwing the shuttle backward and forward and pulling the batlen to beat the filling close Into the warp. Thus It will be seen she was a fall develop-ed and well rounded woman, physi-cally.

The young man who married such a woman was not only enrldied b y ' a cotton and wool factory but was also greatiy encouraged by a cheerful, healthy help-mate, ever ready to as-sist and stimulate him in his struggles to overcome poverty or any adversity that might befall them. She wa* no pale, expenelve medicine cheat always needing a fresh supply of doctor's nos-trums to recuperate ^ wear and tear of her feoble system.

Now, I hear the impatient. reader say, "But that day has passed, and what has all tills to do witii bicycles?" Be patient and I will show you ^ t it is because that day has passed that the bicycle is a blessing to the women. Machinery has now'taken the plMe of manual labor In the manu-f i g u r e of every kind of cloth former-ly spun and woven by women, therefore they have lost that oooupatlon which developed and made them such strong and healthy mothers of the hardy and vigorous race that preceded the pres-ent generation. Now the bicycle has providentially come Just In time to prevent the deterioration of the race. That a hardy and vigorous r ^ has never descended from weak and feeble mothers, whether of animal* or hu-man beings, 1* a well known fact. A moment'* glance at a woman a* *he steadily and gracefully steers her bl-cyde through tho streets or dashes along the more open highway will disclose the fact that SIM IS exer-cising every limb and muscle of her body just as If she were plying the •pinning wheel or throwing the shuttie In the loom, and pushing down the treadle* with her feet.

A* her occupation ha* tiow changed to a more sedentary life, suuh as teaching •ohool, type-writing, olo-klng In stores, banks and post offices, what a healthy, exhUerating< change, after business hours, to mount her bloyol* and give full exercise to the musclei of the legs, arms and chest in propel* llnf and jruldlntf this tteel h o r n to liMrhoai; two, four or aUmi l i i v n t i

home and back to her buslnosa^ on a bicycle wiUi more benefit to her health tiian she can go throe mile* any other way. In the same time. Then it Is so economical. This steel horse needs no feed nor water, and will stand wherever you stop blm, without being. tied to a post, unless some rogue of a, tramp comes along and rides him off during your absence.

Then what a blessing 1* the bicycle to the imprisoned girls of wealth and luxury In a city who aro enervated by want of the proper exercise to develop aU'their muscles in the open airt I t is a well, known fact that girls and boys will cheeriully perform any amount of labor If It Is on'y done as a pl4y or pasetlme or exciting exer-OIM in tho open air. As bicycle rid-b g is tho fashionable style of locomo-tton it Is Just the work to develop the otherwise weak city girls Into robust women, while tho innocent dears are doing it as a very pleasant daily paso-time, or a charming mode. of enter-taining their beaux by wheeling with them eight or ten mile* into the coun.> try on pleasant- summer evenings, ^ow ooovenlen^ too, to visit their country cousins and strengthen their system at the same time. A daily ride on the bicycle would be much more beneficial to their strength than a visit to the springs or any amount ol doc-tor's nostrums to build up their >ys-tems which have been enervated by want of exercise.

Again, success in life depends very much upon the confidenco you have in your ability to do a thing. The in-troduction of machinsrjL has thrown so many women out of their former employment* that many of them now have to *'paddle their own canoe" across new waters and shoals, where nerve and self confidence are essential to success. Nothing is better calcu-lated to sbrengthen the nerve* and •elf-confidence of a woman than the daily riding and guiding a bicycle. I freely confe**, at my advanced age, I have not tiie nerve to attemnt it, fear-lug I might be thrown and crippled for Ufe, yet I look on witii admiration and delight at the nerve and self-con-fidence with which the misse* and grown ladle* rapidly whed hy my trotting horse, with tiieir tmse* flut-tering In the breeseand their ruddy cheek* the picture of health and hap^

^''ATJuchtime*, lexcUim: "SUCCMS to the bicycle, which ha* evldentir come to *tay, *kce It bring* •© health, a* well as pleasure to the ris-ing gmeration!" If t ^ conttaM tiiustb push along and keep ttoir wheel-a-moving it Is a sure prppbecv of a strong and vigorous race to fol-• M* _ * A. \ OL m •irUIlK •UU VMWWUW WW AV*-low tiie present generation. Y e t s o M timid souls are found to shocks me to see a woman on wheels," That wa* exactiy the case witii my horse, tiie first time he •»« one m wheel^ He stood starlnd, astonished at tiie novel sight, but s l ^ h e ^ ^ come accustomed to it he thinks her no more out of her sphere, thitn when she passes on horse back.

Now, my son. In like mannw you will get over your shock and not be in SB Twst troubled when Uie ladle* wheel by you a* loyou* and free a* birds rftfio air, ff you only ^ w much "horse souse" #s my trotting nag.'

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1. Tko takbol oa yonr ptptr will UU yon WkM your snboerlpUoB tspliM. NoUeoUukt, MUt when yonr Ubo to ovt Msd on yonr ro-••wnl witkont wktiiBf to kMT ftom na.

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T B X WBITSITT M A T T E R AOAIN.

We may be pardoned for sayioflf that we have eeldom written an ed

' itorial which has received lo warm ' commendation aind endoraement as

the one written by tu< upon the Whiteitt matter aeveral weeks ago. Warm words ci commendation for that editorial have oome from all

: over the State, and from other States ' in the South, and from even as far . away as Mexico. We appreciate

these words very much. What we ^.sidd was only what we believed to

be true. Since then, however, there has come a new turn in the matter which malces it proper that we should have something more to say

' upmith^subjMt: 1. We said in our other editorial

that we thought that Dr. Whitaitt WIS mlstalceu in his position that

1 the Eoglish Baptists did not adopt, or, as he uses the word in another placo, "irevive," immersion until

,^1641. Dr. Whitsitt's reasons for Lathis position were based upon some

dliooreiy which he had made, in reading King beorge's pamphlets when in Eflgland someyeara ago. These are a lot of p^phlets on yaHous subjects, covering a period in English history from 1640 to 1661, which were presented to the British Museum by Qe(nrge III. In the FSstem^ JSfoonfer of last week is published an article by Dr. W. H. King of London, who faa4,beenre-

by the editor of the JStoonl-er while he WM in London to exam-ine the pamphlets and publish the results in the i mM er. We have spaoe to give only a few quotations from D/. King. He says: "In oon-nectlon with this controversy, I have carefully examined, the titles of tiie pamphlets in the first three vtAumMi of this cKtalogue, more than ti<iOO in jiutnber, tod have read

yfhich

s.w,

that I can afirm with the most unhesitating confidence that in these volumes Ourt u mo/ a umtrnx or a hUu

Jhm vihiA it em b« it^tmd thai th»

BaptUU gmerall)/, o r a n y teclion qf

Attn, or a m anp individual Bc^ptiit

hdd any other opinion than tAat imnur-

tiott ii the only true and. Sffriplnral

method of baptinn, either be/ore the year

1039 or afler it. It must be remem* bered that these are the earliest pamphlets and cover the period from the year 1640 to 1646. All the evidence that can be gathered frmn them, and the testimony is both full and clear, is most conclusive that from the first the doctrine of be-lievers' baptism by immersion was firmly and intelllgentiy held."

Dr. King says also that "there are some books about the Baptists much earlier than any in the King George series of pamphlets." He mentions one of these published in London in the year 1551, and says of it: "It is mainly an argument In favor of infant baptism, and against the teaching of the Baptists in re-lation to the ministerial (rffice in the church, but all the way through it is assumed that the distinctive tenet of the Baptists was that the only baptism taught in the New Testa-ment is believers' baptism by im-< mersio^." Dr. King c l o ^ with the remark: "In all this early liter-ature there is not to be found a sin-gle sentence from which cim be in-ferred that any English Bapitist had any doubt or hesitation In regard to the right mode of baptism. From the first notice to the last the testi-mony is wholly in proof of the fact that their distinctive tesching snd practice were that only believers should be baptised, and that the only Scriptural mode of baptism is im-l^erslon."

The editor of the Recorder also has an editorial upon ^ e subject, in which he states that he has examined the pamphieta upon the subject so fisr as he had opportunity while he was in London recentiy, and says:

the teidence that we got hold iff

contradiett Dr. Whiteitt't theory."

It seems to us now that the bur-den of proof rests upon Dr. Whit-aitt to produce his testimony and prove his position, which, as we said before, and as seems still truer now, we doubt, if he will be able to do. We think, as we previously re-marked, that he must have taken a part for the whole, and has been misled in that way. Still, we as well as others shall await his proof with much interest. It should be remembered that Dr. Whiteitt is an exceedingly painstaking student of liistory, and he does not usually make mistakes as to any historical Mto. But It looks very much like

Homer has nodded this time. 2. Let us say, also, as pointed out

>y the Journal and Metaenger recent* y, we think Dr. Whiteitt made ft

misUke in the manner of annotano-ng his discovery. Instead of pub-bhing It in Johnson's Oyolopedia,

where It is given a permanent form and Is beyond recsll, It should have first been published In the denomi* national papers, or st least In a Muinphlet, and opportunity given or its discussion and disproof. J% s true the sta^smenta were di

Indtprndmi

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ten t j the editor of the Indtpendent

who is a Fedobaptist, and Baptists paid littie attention to them. . a Let it be said, however, that tiui main question befbre us Is one offset WasDr.Whitslttcorrector notte his sUtementr If he was, let It be shewn. Let the truth oome out, hurt whoever it will; Baptists have always gloried In having and loving the truth. If we have any tiieory which will not stand the light of fscts, so much the worse, not for the fscts, but the theories.

4. In view of some things said it should be stated in justice to Dr Whiteitt, what we learned reoentiy on good authority, that his article in Johnson's Cyclopedia was writ-written in th» year 1892 and pub-lished In 1893, two ii^rs before the death of Dr. Broadus. It was upon the recommendation of Dr, Broadus that Dr. Whitaitt was secured tp write the article In the Cyclopedia.

5. Let us add, as an old atudent of Dr. WhlUltt, that we have no rec-ollection of his tesching some things which he is charged by Dr. Jarrell In the Baphst and Rnruscroa of this week, and by others, with teaching to his students in the Sem-inary, and it was news to us that he held some views which are attribut-ed to him- Certainly, we for one student never adopted theae views, if they wero taught.

T H E NBGBO.

In speaking of the great parade in the inaugural ceremonies of the Tennessee Centennial last week, we did not have spaoe to make mention of each feature of the parade partic-ularly. Nor can we do so no w. We want, however, to mention especial-ly the display made by the negroes In th9 parade, which was certainly quite creditable to them. They aroused almost as much enthusiasm along the route as any other fea-ture of the parade, especially when their bands, of which there were a number, played "Dixie,"as two of them did when passing us. We are glad to know that the negroes pro-pose to take a prominent part in the Centennial Exposition. They will hftve a separate building set apart for them, as was done in Atluta. We hope that they will make a gratifying exhibit

If you ask, as is frequentiy asked, What ahsU be done wltii the negro? we reply that he is going to atay right here In the South. He Is not going to Africa, or Mexico, or the Mississippi delta, or even up North, in any large numbers. He loves his Southern home, with its sunny skies and Its cotton fields and its water-melons and 'possums, and he does not want to le«ve it to go tny where on earth. He Is beginning to learn that the Southern white man Is the best friend that he has In the world, and he Is ooming more and mora to appreciate that ftot At the same time, the Southern white people do not want him to leave them. They are realltlng that the negro miOtes altQgetiier thV best laborer which can be obtained. He migr not be aa e n e r ^ o as he ought to be, but he

m t i A ^ ot

Southern whites and the blacks af-ter the war—which friction was natural, considering the fsot that thoM who had been former alsves were now made the equahi beforo the law and at the polls of their former masters;a friction, too,wJ^h was un-fortunately encouraged by some on the outside-Hiro passing away to a large extent, tuid that in their place aro coming a better underatandlng and a more thorough mutuiU sym-pathy between the whites and the bUicks.

As iUuatrating the kindly feeling of the whites for the colored people, we give the following Instance which occurred tn Memphis recentiy: Ben Abemathy, a colored man who for 50 years ^ been the sexton of the First Methodist CLuroh, and, as stated In the press dispatches, had "so demeaned himself as to merit and receive the warmest esteem and highest confidence of every man, woman and child tn the church," died recentiy. "On the followlDg day," the dispatches say, "hU funeral occurred from the churah which he had so long and faithfully served, and of which he waa a de-vout member. Officers of the churah served aa pallbearers, and in the pulpit, aide by side wltii the white Methodist clergy of the city, sfit colored Methodist ministers. The latter joined in the tributes to the dead negro, and in the singing. The two races, likewise mingled their teara over the departure of a man who bad shed luster upon the black race by a life of integrity, re-ilgious seal, and striking fidelity." All negroes may not be like Uncle Ben, and all Southern whites may not be like the membeit of the First Metiiodlst Churoh of Memphis, but the incident Illustrated, as we said, the kindly feeling which the better class of whites has for the better class (tf negroes, and thia feeling will, we believe, tend to draw the two races^nearer together in mutual bonds of sympathy and of ooK>pera-tion In all induatrial advancements, and, also, we hope. In the Master's work.

TJI£ I N T E R N A T I O N A L 8UN-

DAY-BOBOOL COMMITTEE.

Dr. Warren Bandolph, secreUry of the International Sunday-school Lesson Committee, tells in the Sun-day tAool Timet of recent date about theworkingsofthatCommittee. The Committee was organised in 1872. Biiihop John H. Vincent has from he first been its chainnan, and Dk

Bandolph Its secretary. The Com-mittee haa meetings once a year. Recentiy, however, it has been ap-pointing a sub-oommittee to lay out a course of lessons in advanoe to be submitted to the General Committee. The Committee keeps about two years ahead of the Sunday-schools In the oourse of lessons which it pre-pares, so as to give plenty of time to the publishers for seouring notes and comments upon the lessons. The Committee itself makes no note or commeniuponthe lessOns chosen, but leaves that to the different de-noml&atiob*. The labors of the Oonmltles frequently Involve long J o t ^ y s to ftttend^ ioaetlngs.

mir. and hotel sooommodations are paid iiy the publl«^rs pf the Sunday-school Lesson Helps. Each meeting (d the Committee costs from 1500 to $600. . This amount Is apportioned by the treasurer of the International Sunday-school Convention among the, publishers who are known to use'the Intjornatlonal lessons, some of whom derive large Revenues from the sale of their Lesson Helps. They are asked to contribute according to the ratio of their Sunday-school pub-lications. Tdere is a corresponding committee In London to which a copy of the selectlonsof the Sunday-school lessons made by the Commit-tee In^j^rlca Is seni At the next meeting of the Committee the com-ments and auggestions made by the corresponding committee are laid before It and are carefully consid-ered, and adopted if thought to be improvements. These International Sunday-iBohool Lessons are used by nearly all Sunday-schoOls of all de-nominations In this country and In Englittd. There may be some ob-jections to the uniform lesson kys-teu, «ut It certainly has many ad-vantages. T H E FOREIGN MI68I0N B O A R D

DEBT.

As;'previously stated, we sub-scribed tlOO at the meHing bf the Southern Baptist Convention in Chattanooga fOr the BAirnsT and BxrficTOR ftoslly, to help payoff the debt upon the Foroign Mission Board. This debt amounted at the time io about $30,000, and It was proposed that It should be divided up info shares of $100 each, and that the Baptiets of the South should take one or more shares, and thus relieve the debt We felt sure that^^ readers of the BAPnuT and R K P L I O T O K , many of whom oould not bei>i^ntat the meeting of the Conire^ion, would like to have pert in t^¥onor (rf paying off this debt, and tf) we took the liberty of sub-scribing tor OLe share to be paid by them. They have never failed ua yet in any case of the kind, and we are counting upon them now. Re-member that the money must all bo In hand by July 1 at latest. In Order to meet the obligations of the Board. Sendltdirectiy toUs. We wlU ac-knowledge the amounts In the Baptist and RnrUKrroB. The fol lowl^ have been received so far:

that tboae to whom we do the moat fa* von are the ones who have the noat airaiDat ua.

Mn^. w., Wjp^Skawi'thllaoi'iT^^ ; » i. a Ckaatate. Poator Artoyoriiailco..• i w

PBRSOMAL AMD PBAOTIOAL.

The staff on whloh the flag of U>e United States was hoiated at a part of the inaugural oeremonlea of the Ten< ntaaae Oratannlal Expoattioa atNaah* vUle, June 1, Is 805 feel high.

The'Sunday-aohool teacher* of the ClarksvUle BaptUt Church reoentiy preaented the Buadajr-aohool with a life-like picture of their former diatln-gutihed and beloved paator, Dr. A. D. Soart, who waa for 26 yeara pattor of the oharch, and who died about five jreara ago. The ploturc is to be hung in the Sunday-achool room.

It ia a matter qf much regret to ua that we cannot pleaae everybody. We have long ainoe learned, however, that it ia uieleaa to attempt to do sq, and if we can do irtiat wo believe to be pleaalng to Ood, and what aatiaflea our coDBclenoe, we aro coatented. Wo are aorry to know, though, that there are aome who aeem determined'not to ho pleaaed with anythlog we do. The Lord bleaa them.

The Sunday^ohool Seminary at Jackaon, ot which mention haa been made In these eoluana aeveral time* opened thia wMt with encouraging proapeoka. We hope that It may have a l a i ^ attsndanee and may rtault in the aceohitilliriintent ot muoh good.

'asniaytnif/tm.

Tbere are some people who*e motto aeem* to bo. If yon can *ay nothing had about a peraon, aay nothing at all. We oonfeaa that we think the bet-ter motto ia that, if you can aay noth-ing good abput a peraon, aay nothing stall. In other worda, we would mndi rather be poaltive than n a t i v e , con-•truotivethan deatraetive, optimUtic than pe**iffli*tlc. We never bad muoh UM for the dog in the manner.

We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation'to be present at the mar-riage of Mi** Lula L. Whittaker to Mr. John Oabome Crump on Wedne*-day, June 10, at the home ot the bride in Franklin, Tenn. We extend con-gratulation*, eapeolally to the groom. Ml** Lula i* one of the *taunche«t and mie*t members of the churoh at Frank-lin, and we ooa*ider that anyone i* fortunate trho win* *o noble a bride.

In the abaenoe of Paator Hawthorne laat Sunday preaching a ccunmenoB-ment *ermon in Alabama, we had the privilege of preaching at tho Firat Baptitt Church, thi* city. The churoh ha* Ukon on new llte**iooe Dr. Haw-thorne'* coming, and great Uilng* are expected of it under hi* mlni*try. They are getting ready for a grand cam-paign in the fall, which we truat will roault in the acoompliehmont of much

for the BaptUt cau*e in the olty, and for tho canto of Chri*t in the world.

tt next year. We do not know what other place* wlU invite it, if any, but apeaklng from preaent knowledge, we want to aay that we hope the Oonven-UonwUliMSoepttheUvltaUon. MoMlnn-vUle I* a delightful place to vi*it. e*-peoiaUy In the aununer, andbeeide* the BaptUto there need the help and inapi* ration whloh may come froio •ooh a Bapti*t gathering.

The Bed River Churoh, where we at-tended a Fifth Sunday meeting latt week, i* the oldeat churoh in the Cum-berland A**ooiation, and one of the oldeat In thi* part ot the State. It ha* an unbroken reoord going back a* tar a* 1802. On the wall in the rear ot the pulpit 1* a memorial tablet to the paator* ot the ohurch, On whloh I* the following Inaeription: "In nemo-Ham of paator*, Emanuel Skinner, 1802; Sugg Fort, 181«; Robert WUl-iam*, 1823; Thoma* Felts, 1846; F. O. Pla*tors, 1862: W. S. Adam*, 1882; Jo*iah W. Fort, 1879."

endowed U m with extraordinary abllltle* *o thai th^y naturally adopt the Calvlnlatlo ayatem." Whatever be the explanation ot it, the fact re. malna that our atrbngeat and noble«t typea of manhood are, a* a rule, thoae who have been reared on Calvinlatlo doctrine*.

How muoh ia a bilUonV The JtojUM ot Arkanaaaaayatbatthetomadowhiidi reoentiy swept through Sb Louia laid wa*te a "half billion dollars worth ot property." This would certainly be a tremendous amount if true. If we re-member our arithmetic correctly, how-ever, abillion is one-thouaandmilHouft. Tbl* would make halt a billion Ave-hundred-millions. The highest esti-mate u|xm the property loss whidi we have seen was 160,000,000. Bro. Clark was simply a llt:lo maty in arithmetic, we presume.

We had space last week for only a brief summary ot the Northern Bap* ti»t Anniversary Meetings, and could not mention tho dlfforedt speakers and subjects. Wo want to take this op-portunity to make referanoe, however, to the speech delivered b) Dr. J. J. Taylor of Mobile, Ala., before the American Baptist Publication Booiety,

'which must have made a fine impres-aloBifromaliaeoounta. The fraternal addnstoe alao by Dra. A. E. Dlokln* ton 4tad A. J. 8. Thomaa wero quite itorfialiy wjwivedj;;

By tho way, we are son7 that the East Tennessee sitnday-tchool Con-vention and the Big Eatohle Assooi\ ation are to meet this yoar praotlcaliy at the same time, the Convention meetp ing at Sweetwater On July 21 and the Assodation at Ripley on July 22. There are some of na irtto would like to be at both meetinga, but aa they are almost acroaa the State apart, it would take 24 houra to go from one to tiie other, and ao it will be a matter of phyaloal Imposslbiilty tor any one to be at both meetings, at least for more than<a part ot the time at each.

Remember the three SUnday-echool Convta^on*in Tsnne**ee thi* year. Hie Weet Tennessee Convention meeU at Trenton on Juno U, the Middle Tennessee Convention at Murfreeeboro on July 0, and the East Tennessee Convention at Sweetwater on July 21. We hope that there will be a larse at-tendance at each ot these meeting*. An intereeting program ha* been pre-pared tOr each one, and we are eure that the Sunday-school workers will be greatly beoeflt^ by attendance up-on them. Let each Contention take tor it* motto: "A Sunday-school in every Baptist Ohuroh" in Middle, Westor East Tennessee, as the case maybe.

Dr. T. T. Eaton, editor ot the West-em Reeorder, ha* returned from hi* trip abroad, together with other members of his party. We extend to him a cordial weloome home. His edi-torial correepondenoe ia the Rteorder, giving accounts ot his trip, has been quite intereeting. He write* u* that he ha* *eonred a aerlee ot arUcle* from Rev. Dr. W. H. King of London oa the aubjeot raiaed by Dr. Whitaitt, and whloh haa oooaaioned *o muoh oohtroveray among tt*. Dr. King is going carefully over all the material in the British Museum and will pub-lish the resulta in the Reeordcr. The first article appeared in the Aeoorder of last weak, and. Judging by that, we are aure that the series will be fdH ot intormaUon as well aa ot apeolal in-iereai at this time.

This is the season of Oommenoe-mento, when -the aHeet girl graduate and .tte hopeful young man read their eeaayaor dolivir their orationa and take their dlplomaa and go out Into life to try Its .atern roalitlee. While the closing otiheir school days, it lii the commonoement of reaHMe for them, and for thia reaaon has received ita apparently paradoxical name. We extend to eaoh one our oongratula-tions, and our warmest hope* for their happiness and prosperity on life'* ourney. Some poet wrote:

"I elept and dreamed that Ute wa* beauty;

I woke and found that lite waa dn-ty." ^

Perhaps this life has leaned all ra-diant beauty to tltem heretofore, but now cold duty must ooafront theatu May they be able to'dladiarge this duty as it constantly oomoe before than in the fear of God and in the strength of EUs might.

The (%rif(ian Obmrer is the author-ity for the kUtammt that Presbyter-iana, "though they oompriae only about onc'tenth Of the church membera in the United State*, have fumlsbei neariy one-halt of our presldenU, and alike proportion ot our tUtesmen andjudgee." n * Otwenwr sayi: "It might be diflkmlt to determine whether It U the training on the ahorter caie* ^lioigi, and on the hard dootriaea oL OiaVihiam, which BU^Matiddf^^^

Aa has been previouly sUted in these columns, the arrangement by which it was decided last year to have a consolidated 3B$tbm Jomnal of the Southern Baptist Convention, edited oindy by the Home and Foreign Mis-sion Boards, did not prove satisfac-tory to either Board and apparently not to the people either, a* the drcn-latlon of ^ /ourmU tell oflT ooneidera-bly from l ^ t that ot the FMign W f atonJ<mnial had been prevlouely. So at the laat session ot the ConvenUon it was dedded to allow eadi Board to make arrangementa for publishing it* own Uterature. The Foreign Mission Board ha* revived the Fonign JCMm JmtmaL The first number, juet re-cdved, i* quite interesting and full ot ml**ionary information. The Home Mi**ion Board ha* decided to try and reach the Baptista ot the South through the medium ot the different denominational papers, using a ool--s,-umn or two a month in each paper for that purpose. We publUh the first matter sent by them in tills week'* paper. It will be found, we think, o much interest.

A writer in the Chicago Aondord ot June 6 gives quite an Interesting a c count of the recent MethodUt General Confercnoe at Cleveland. Among other things he says: "Th^ general *uperintendenU,~bl*hop*, tor *hort-*it in a row on the platform and pre-aide, a day a» • time. NO novlcc c« t wield that gavd. Hie aged senior bishop drops into a nap occasionally. Possibly you may fancy that those quiet dlgnlUkrie* exert no pronounoed infiuonoe on the floor perhaps. They have no vote<5 thoy makeno speeohee. But betOM they were dected blshope they leaned all about the bndness. A* past masters ot ecoleslastio poll*. tics, ttiey are tiie mostautooraUobi^y on earth. Theoretically, ttiU confer, enoerevl^the bishops' work, but woo betide the luokless adventurer who dare oollido flth tho ^Iron whed.V •Havemereyon us greenhorns,' ex-dabned a lay ddegate, who been a brave g e n ^ on the field, but is tfo uatdi for machine tiutt run* thia:

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in ttie lead, and will ranaln ao aa long a the people lore^ to alng the goapel aonnd in dootrlne, eadoraed by thona-anda. Lovara of mualo aay it ia the beat of all for all purpoaea. Vooal teachera a ^ the rudlmeata are good. Koa. 1, 2, ani Sarathe threeodmbined with mi appendix of 47 beautiful aonga. Round and Shape notea^ and worda only. ; Send for price liat Booka •hipped from S i Louia, Mo., or Maah> ville, Tian. Addrwia Mra. W. S. Pnin^ Eureka S ] ^ g a , Ark., or Dap-ran JufmlSMrmnok, Naab villa, Ttoi^

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TIWON.

In memory of our dear mother, Ma* rla Tipton, who waa born In Wythe County, Va., Doo., 26, 1811, and died near Ablngton, Va., April 7, 1890, In the 85th year of her ago. She leaToa a husband, one aon and two daughtera.

Yea, God aaw beat to take our mother. She had long fought the bat* tlefiof life, but at last theoonfllotended and her spirit took lia flight from thia earthly hablutlon to dwell through ceaseleaa agea of eternity with that Ood who haa been her guide during her long life.

She waa a model wife, a tender and devoted mother, the Joy of home, the comforter and friend of all in diatreaa. Her home waa always the preacher'a home. Now home is dark, so sad and lonely No joy to mo since mother's gone,

Her work of instruction and^moni* tlon will ever echo In the ears of hoc children. Though hur spirit has been fruc her life lives on, hur Influonco Is folt. SHE hm gono to that home where sorrows never enter. Wm listen for steps thatnever come. Her sweet voice will no longer make muslo in our de> sertcd hQme. The funeral was con-ducted by Rev. H. Butta.

Mary £. Roctb.

Florida Notes.

A few weeks ago the people of Lake county met on the border of one of Florlda'a lovely clear water lakes to celebrate the centennial birth>day of old grandfather Murphy, the oldest cltlien and the oldest man in thecoun* ty. Sixty yeara ago, this old man cultivated the land selected for the pie* nlc ground. It ia npw shaded by fine oaks fringed with long moss and creeping vlnea. In ofe of these lakes yeara ago he was baptised into the fellowship of the Baptist Ohurch. Here he has spent the greater part of his life. Hero he has seen graeratlons rise up and paaa away. On one oooa> slon, while addressing the people, about 300 In number, he aald, '*You all seem to me like my cblldron, 1 have known your fathers, grandfathers and aome of your great-grandfathers. Most of these have paaaed aw»y. I too, aoon aball eroaa over. May Ood bleaa you who ahail tarry a little longer." The people presented the aged man with a suit of clothes, and Senator McLln and pastor Palmer made suita-ble remarks. After donning, the new ault, he looked quite young. He la very astlve, and he haa a alater la Georgia who Is 102 years old.

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From Oklahoma.

Dnrlnr niy oollefe and aeolnary Ufa I have endeavored to trust the Lord at the proper thne to eall me Into a field of labor. One day, while busy at my work In the Seminary, I heard a voloe from the far wesi orylnK, *'Come over and help us." It waa a letter > from the Baptist fihurch of Oklahoma City. I beRan at onoe to make my arrange* menta to go. On May 7, I took the train for the land, to me, unknown. After paaalug through many kinda of oonntry and wltnesalng varloua aeenea of art and nature, I oroaaed the Territorial line, and there loomed up before me the most beauUfttl coun-try myeyeaever beheld. For many mllea there waa absolutely nothing to be seen but rolling pralrlea and wav-ing graas. One might eaally Imagine that ho waa aalllng on a great green aea. After nearly two daya and nlghto of Joy and aorrow, anxiety and all klnda of anticipation, a brakeman called out, "Oklahoma City,*' which waa muale to my eara. I waa much aurprlaed at thIa lltUe city. Knowing that It waa a city only about alx yeara old, I thought It waa only a llule railroad town, and, of oourae, far be-hind In every aenae of the word. But no, It la a place of 10,000 population, and la up-to-date, be aaaured. The olty la laid off In nice atreoU and built up In brick and atone aquarea. The housea here are not built very high, thmatorlea ao far being the limit Thla la because of the danger fromatorma.

On the third day after my arrival a very Intereatlng plwnomenon preaented Itaelf. In the aouthweatem aky the clouda became enraged and went to war. There waa a c l^h of elemenU. Soon one of those dreaded monatera— eyclonea, by name-took front rank and started In our direction. Then every atrcet became a raoe-track, and cavea In the earth became the moat de-alrable place of hablutlon. Juat then the great maater of atorma and wind turned In another direction, much to the delight of us all. Oh, how aelflah we are!

The people hero are very much like the country, aomewhat on the extreme. When It ralna here, people think there la no place like Oklahoma; but when the dry aand-atorma oome, every-body la trying to get away from Okla-homa, to aee no more aatlafactlon un-til they return the next aprlng.

But aurely thla la a oomlng country and city. We have two rallroada and another being aurveyed. If Itcomea there will be ahopa put up here, which wlU greatly Increaae ttia population and enterprlae of the tox m.

Tber« are all klnda of people here, having; oome from all parU of the earth. I think I would bo aafe In aay-Ing there la aa much InteUlgence har« aa In any town of Its population. But my dear brethren of Tenneaaee, Juat between ua, to go no further, this oountry la not overatooked with re-ligion. A worldly aplrit haa Uken poaaeaalon of the bralna and hearta of moat of the people, and thoy aeem to be mora after the Woitern clalma than they are after Ood. However, there are aome noble-hcarted people here. And here la a fine place for a young man who la aceklng opportunity to labor for hla Maater.

The<Baptlat church la the beat In the elty. It haa aome of the most wMlthy aad godly people as ita mem-bera. I have aoovplad the call of Ihia ohuidi 10 be Ita paator. Brath-ran of TfeauMaNe, In ttw providence of Ood I hav« gotttti away fMm you « good waya, bul 1 aak j o v ^ v f 'oif ma, that my labora h«ra may not ba

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WJTAT KOLA IS AND WHAT IT DOES.

KONGO KOLA KURB Ip both a wonder and a wonder worker. • Aa a tonic for mind and body, brain, heart, nervea and muaclea. It Iji IjtjSS and hlgheat triumph of medical and chemical aoiencc. It la tlw GREATEST Tonlo the world haa ever known. It la eadoraed u d nraacrlb^ by ^ noat eminent phyalciana, and the medical Joumala are filled wltti the raporU of the marvelous reaulU of Ita uae.

It la prepared from the African Kola Nut, which tto naUvea prise more than gold on account of the atrength and courage It givw ttw^ Tl»y have used It for ages, but It haa only recwtty bera tati^uoed In »»««•.

It glvea reatful and refreshing aleep at night; bright and fruitful aoUvlty throughout the day. . ... ^ . ,

To teachora, edltora, c l e r g y ^ , Ijtwyera and o t t e brain workera, under any unu

It la Heart Failure menta. Liver Trouble, ache. Aathma. Bronchltla,

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sand annoying worriea of the houaehold thla w o n d e ^ toaip wlU prova a prloeleaa boon. To the Invalid and thoae .a^viuio^Jn yeara, to tijoaa who U n t atrength and courage for the "battle of llto," It prove Invrtuable. .

It la awfully compounded with Celery, the great a ^ l f w . ^ nerve nouriaher and bl ood builder. It wpeoi*"! voua aystems. It feeda the nervea, ewicbea ^ blood,^nUflea the a t o , regulatw the bowela, Increaaea the appetite and drivea out diaeaae b / toning

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Many of them were written expreMh ly fo r th l iwork . Other*were(tieined from widely extended aouroei. Aiwrng them will be found choloeat oolleotloaa from John Wesley. Oharle® 0 . Knney, John B. Gough. G w MtiUe V John Kno*-, M«t tn 0 . H. Spurgeon, T. DeWitt TRlmege asd others.

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H o m .

Th« B«tt«r Way,

A old man «nd a mftiden teir ' Walked togrtbsr M oarly morn; HM thnuhM up In Uwolearooolalr SuKtothelMMrplMitlngbU oorn.

And, Ob, how atnwt was the froah-tamed mould!

And, oh, how fair were budding

For daUy't ailrer and daffodil'* gold Wen ftul of the happy honey>beee.

*'Ah, look! there'! an empty neit,' weeald: ^

••And I wonder while alng the last . year'a blrdt?" - , ^ ^

1 hen the old man quickly ratwd hit

Tho' eoaroely he noted her muting words*

Betoretheneit from the twaying tree. He flung to the windt iu mott and

hay. And aaid: ''When an empty nett you

•ee, . Jte a m that you w it far away."

"But why?" the atked, with a •or-rowing fkee—

"Why may not the pretty home alMe?"

"Beoauie," he antwered, "'twiU be a plaoe •

in wbieh the worm and the tlug wiU hide.

Last year 'twae fair enough in iU • wiy— It wae full of lore, and merry with

tong; But d u t that are gone mutt nottpoil

today, Nordeadjoyt do the living joyt

wrong."^

The maiden heard with a thoughtful faoe~

Bar firtt falte love had gone far away—

And the thought, it my heart become a plaoe

For anger and grief and hate to

Oomf i iear t , with thy t ^ fortaken

Fling far thy telflth and idlepain; The love that u our* it alwayt the

And the went with a tmile to her worii again.

—Harper'* Jtagaiine.

Haman Huqaeradlng.

ST HAtxiB Bnnr.

"Yea, I think ahe i« a nioe lady, and that I should like her if I could only get acquainted with her, but ahe is ao distant."

How frequently do we hear this and similar remarks about persons, some of whom would be surprised to know that they w^re viewed in thia light, and wom» would be proud of the distinction. Are we really doing our full part towards making others happy, aqd aris we ourselves aa happy as it is our priTile^ to be?

We should begin at home J o seek for anawera to theae queriei? First, let us examine tiie influence of our cmduot io our own home circle. Whom does baby choose for a com-forter and Jcyrsharer? That mem-ber of the family who believes that children should be taught their plaoe, and that we cannot with safety to their manners and to our own dig-nlijy bepome even for a time aa one of these little ones, in order to make fhoir childhood more sunny? Mo, never! Although so young, baby exercises judgment creditable to a fttr more matured n ind In choosing for his oonfldential friend the one

^who kaepa youthful his own nature by becoming a child upon occasions, to add for the time to the happiness

the little one. Thia Is no less ' true of the boys and gtrta oi more advancad afj^ wbo would Iw plaaaad Md aao i imn^

for their* future, and say that wo w li not spare money or effort to help ponsummate these plans; yet we often fail to show our love and interest by kindly words and loving acts which cost so little and yet will pay such large dividends in after years.

There are many boys and girls who would begin earnest and laud-able efforts to make something of themselves, i* we would but touch the match of human love and en-couragement to the fuel of no^le am-bition prepared.by tho great Crca-tok This fire, once kindled, would soon consume the evil tendencies and Its light would soon banish tho shadows of unhapplness which now cloud their minds.

It Is sad to know that because of the lack of conQdence and sympathy Iwtween many parents and children tro many fathers and mothers refrain from consulting with their|ahildren, about matters of family Interest and concern. Such children prefer to confide their daily experiences to tlielr youthful friends, rather than impart them to these uninterested parents.

Then in the case of husband and wife, how unnatural It seems that either should confide more In others than In the one they have vowed to love and trust.

I^t us now emerge,from tho ome circle Into the larger circle of friends and acquaintances.

In the home life our good qualities have, as a rule, been fully appreci-ated, and our mistakes and wrong-doings have been forgiven or over-looked; but we cannot expect such considerate tmtment from the out-er world. It is difficult for the most friendly and well-intentioned per-sons to have their words and actions always correctly Interpreted, but how much less correctly understood will be the one |rho wilfully hides his true self under a cold and re-served exterior. The cold greeting of an acquaintance seems like the breath from off Arctic Ice, while the cheery words of a more congenial friend seem more like breezes from the tropics.

Let us now look at the effect of this rigidly frigid conduct upon those whom we meet In social or business contact Our stiff nod to the grocery man at whose store we sometimes make purchases causes him to wonder whether some of the goods delivered were unsatisfaotory, or If at the grocery across the way sugar is quoted one-half cent lower per pound.

Again, after our overworked and careworn washer-woman observes our formal Mlutatlon aa we paas her by, her unexpressed thought, most probably Is that the persons for wb(nn she washes once a week are certainly very unfeeling. Tho street urchins are careful to keep out of the way, tof, although we con-tribute towards the support of mla-slon schools, we suppress the kind and oheery words and looks which would aid far more In making them better than alt our dollars.

At tho church those aocustomod to observing our demeanor do not marvel that we carry our'dlgnltjr to the house of worship with us. Strangers, however, do jDoarvel at

As we have in the above taken the public eye for our mirror, we have seen reflected therefrom images, supposed to be representations of ourselves, but wo know that our true and Inner-splrlt has been hidden aa by a mask.

Dear friends, let us carefully con-sider the unnatural reserve and re-pellant demeanor and view It In all tho various phases peculiar to our individuality. I^ t ua cast off forev-e r this masquerade suit and l>eoomc once for all our own true selves. We will then see that our natures will become enriched and ennobled, and a healthy growth of human kind-ness be promoted by the aid of sun-light reflected from the faces of those whose lives we have brightened.

Housekeeping In Turkey.

HousckcAplng In Turkey is hard for the missionary's wife, because she cannot go to market, be she ever so respected in her work, or be there ever so large a Christian pop-ulation. She would be mobbed, if she tried it, by the hoodlums of the town, as one determlnisd American woman found out. Although mar-keting may not be one the dearest dellghte of the housewife, when she Is entirely cut df from It, Its pleas-ures seem doubled.

As a result, the Amerlc&n house-wife has to depend entirely upon the choice of her native cook for her dally menu. She does not know what is In the nuu-ket, consequently she. cannot sclect. The most that she can do is to suggest this or that, or say: "We haven't had that for a long while."

There Is one good point In favor of the cook's marketing, and Uiat is, the people of the bataars would charge the missionaries excessively, but the native c3ok "knows the ropes.**-It follows that the cook must be a man, as no native woman goes to public places.

The cook weara the native oostume of gay cotton trousers, a ahlrt-llke garment, a jacket voluminous belt, and a rod fez, indoorsand out; but he so far -yields to American taate that he will don the white apron, at leaat to wait on the table.

Hb duties are to prepare the meals, "do" the dishes, and attend the table, market, and buy the wood for fuel. This latter la a long-wind-ed affair, because it take* 800 or more " l o ^s " of wood for a year'a supply. But, although my lord, the oook, will buy the wood, he never brings a stick of it Into the kltehen. That Is menial; a woman dooa that

One of tho hardest things for the housekeeper to adjuat herself to Is the lack of butter. Tha natives do chum by swinging milk back and forth in a goatekin; but aa the haira are In the Inside ofthlsrustlochum, the butter does not attract American buyers. So the mlsslonarlea accus-tom themselves to butterless bread, rolls, and vegetables, and learn to use the fat from sheep'a tails for frying and shortening' purposes. The tails of these Turklah sheep often weigh from 12 to 20 pounds, and are as brpad as the body of the boiMt, and almost aa long as tha sheep is tall.

If-the householdoan Itttanobttttar, In i t t tgMMi

beans, yellow oorn, squashes, and native peaa are plentiful. Walnute, almonda, filbert^ and piatachloniUft are a drug In the marketa.

Cherries, plums, apricote, peach-es, applea, pears, figs, grapea, and oiivea of the moat delicious varieties,, make glad the housewife. She fol-lows in the footeteps ol her country-women,'and preserves them for use in the rainy winter months; but her eyes are never brightened by a basket of strawberries, for Asia. Minor produces none (rf the small frulte.

Raisins are the tutti-frutti gum of the hind. Kvery one is munching them, and native mothers keep them in their pockete and stuff them into their bablea' mouths If they show any sign of crying at prayer meet-ing.

Servants have to be taught every simple thing, and how to handle and care for the various utensils. Break-ing or injuring them is a aerlous matter; for nearly everything haa to come perhapa thousanda of miles, and, once bridcen, there la no one to repair them.

The missionary 'a wife mustbe/orer handed, and plan ahead for six months. Has>she pins, thread, nee-dles, tape, brooms, clothing enough? Does she need a dross? T ^ t must, at tiie least distance, come from En-gland, unleas, perchance, ahe can content herself with a cheap naUve cotton, or wiaher a dainty native allk. Haa the spring of her watch broken? She must wait to send It by some one to America.

She muat be steady and prudent In her desires, for she cannot send capriciously for boxes acrosa the sea. There is the heavy freight bill to oonalder and the Turkish of-ficial, who frequently heipa himself to "tribute" from her most longed-for clothing or materids.

Yet, with all Ita privations, the American woman seldom draws back from this her chosen field of work.— AgittaB. Ormtbtt, TAt (hUtooL

Christ la a guide, a teacher, a Savior. Following hia guidance we can never go a»tray, obeying his teaching we can never be left In the dark, and abandoning ourselves to him we can never be lost

Watohfulnesa and prayer are In-separable. The one discerns dan-gers, the other aims against them. Watohfulnesa keispa ua prayerful, and prayerfulnass keeps ns wateh-fuL _

Where there la no hope theae can be no endeavor.—JOHNSON.

AwartM

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Tbere WM M one ao wreubedly wreteb*! it he.

n u HATOIUXY.

BlafbmwM too nu l l t td bit ttiee too big; Be WM Mlflab u d Uty. and eroet M • ptg; BitWFCEWMTOOEUUR.blteblUmtoonide, ^ And Juat bcenMe he WM nneommonly good. Be a m r bad money esoogb or to apm: Be hnd nothing ni aU at to eat or to wear: Be knew he WM wreuihed M wretebed could

he. There wai no one ao wr«t«bedly wretched M

he. 0lt OU) AOB.

Be flnda ha BM eorrowa aore deep tban bla lean.

Be gmwblN to think that be gmoibted (or year«i *

Be gramblM to think that he'a gmmbted amy

Bla hoBM and hia lortnne, bU We'a lltUe day! Bat. alatt 'tie too Ute-it U no uae to aay That bla eyet are too dim, and bla hair la too

•rayi Be kaowt he la wietcbed M wretched eaa be. There ia no one mora, wretehediy wretched

thanha.

-OnrLltUerolk*.

"Obrlat died tor our alu aeeordlng to the Serlptiirea.»-PAVi:..

Cateohlsm.

If Italon tubject for June, BRAZIL.

1. When and by whom wat tiio iirtt effort made to plant iProteetantltm in Bratil?

2. What denomination liegan work there In 1836?

3. When did Southern Baptittt bo-gin theirwork?

4. How has it prospered? 6. What In now the chief hindrance? 6. Wliat it mott needed? Antwer before Jiue 16.

MOST MADE rm

Toaog Sonth Comtpondenoe.

I, hope you have Vnoi akipped tho motto text and the mittionary ques-tion this time. I want you to learn these verses week by week to thorough-ly that "even down to bid age," they may be yourt. But will you change thit one for a moment? Drop the "our'* and tubttitute "my.** "Chrltt died for ntj tinti*' Thit dear Jetut whose life you have been following from the cradle in your Sunday-tchool study of Uie latt tlx months; whote Uetted words have ttreimthened and eomfittlad you; whote wbnderful works have attonithed you; whote exact foUlilmeat of old propheciet have iUBitted yoa^^ttilt Savior died for your tint. Are yon loving him? Are you trutting him? Are yon giving him your devoted servtoe? Itruttyou will study thit tad, tad chapter in thit hittory reverently, prayerfully, and may Qod bless It to ut idi.

And wan't you bwlp me all you can alwut Braail? We have diffenmt aouroM of information. Lot ut bring them all tefethw. Be ture not to de-lay later than Jiue 16. Atk your paf> lor, your motheri "What do you know about BrasiUaa mlttiont?" Turn the pagat of your State paper, the the JbitrmI, then answer the of last wiMk and this. If

,tlMi g r ^ d ,

for thit wlde-tpreading land beneath the Southern ttart, curted with ignor-ance, tuperttltlon, and idolatrout worthlp. Will you give a part of your vacaUon to this work? Who antwert "Yet?"

By tho way, I nottee that the /ouraa It again tlmply The Fmtgn Mttim Journal, and the price 2S cents per year. It will richly repay yon to sub-tcribe for it, and attiit the Board. Addrett Dr. R. J. Willlngham. Rich-mond, Va.

My pile of lettert it not at tali at I could with diit morning. Thete dit-tracUng commencementt are .not ail over. I hope, though, we thall toon tettlo down te hard tummer work. Thete three montht, June, July and Augutt, ought to be bur harvett Ume. I hope to hear from all quartert of the Young South world before many dajrt. Let ut end up the firtt quarter of our third year grandly.

I am to charmed to toll Harry L Martin of Stanton that Uie duplicate order ha* come to hand at laitl May it be the latt one lott for a long time. We hope to hear toon again from the Stanton Band. ,

Minnie Martin of Mittlttippi writes me for literature, which I have mott gladly tent hqp. Will the write me more of the toolety? I am to glad to help in thit kind of work alwayt.

Here are our faithful friendt at An-tioch once more:

"We are tordy again, but we hope not too late to be welcome. We are greatly interetted in the welfare of Dr. Diaz, and we rejoice that he it free. We read with much Interett Mrt. Maynard'i lettert and find them very inttructive. Long may the be •pared to tho work the haa to willing-ly begun." OOBA HERD.

I dare tay thit home band, alwayt alive to what pertaint to our work, hat read that Dr. Diaz will make hit home in Atlanta for the pretent He haa aet a noble example to all church membert by immediately uniting with the Socond Church in that city, though hehopet to beabtent from hit beloved Cuba only a thort time. I feel ture the Lord will ute him to the further-ance of the Gotpel in the Itland, Uiough he mutt be abtent from It in the lx>dy. He told ut here that hit baby of two yeart hurrahed with a will for "Frm Cuba."

I had inch a treat latt night wlien I rrtumed from a day on th4 mountain. Slipped under the front door wat a letter witli a queer foreign ttamp and many pottmarkt, a long pertonal let-tar from our dear Mrt. Maynard, bear* ing date May 0, and though it wag not intended for publicaUon, I think I mutt thare tome of her tweet thoughti with you. She tayt: .

" I rejoiced with you at the retulta of latt year's work. The beiit thought to me WM, not simply the 1500 it raited,'but that future given in our BapUtt rankt are being trained. It it not only a pr#»ht, : bat a future work the Young Sonth i* doing.

I am to glad to think of that phate alwayt. You will be the leading mem-bers ' df ottr chundist / before many yeart, and the tiny teedt taking root in your hearta now jriU bear much fruit, I humbly trutt And the tayt:

"What a preclo'ut tie this connec-tion with the Young South hat be-come to I believe I promised to give it ttpwhen another mltsionary wit ready to come from Tennettee, and I will ttrive, whenever you kind people lay to, to graoefully withdraw; but letise tell yon it will coat mo a pang. Under pretenl. protpecta II seems far more probable that tome of

\ Jminay be rsealleiS. Ood grant it may ' iabl be thdte lit Japan I What a bur-

d a n hangs ovw our Board I '* you .to aay to t^ t? " ' lo;.

•vi<y

9 9 ^ 0 0 X P U R lyory Soap is white and pure; it is a clean

soap and it washes clean. THI PfMCTU * OM«U Oa, Cam

lupport her? WiU you ttand that? "No, a thoutand timet not". I beSr that antwer from the mountaint and tho valloyt. It oomet floaUng di^ ihd rlvert, it rlngt out from the cltlM, it echoet from the fieldt and meadowt and thady woodland. The Young South mittionary must ttay in Japan. But wordt will not keep her thncis nei-ther will promitet. The Board rep-retenlt us. To tho retcue, every onel

Thit remlndt mo that there it tttll one lovely incident, of the liite Con-vention of which I have not yet told you. I thook the hand of Mrt. May* nard't dear old father. Dr. Willing-ham introduced me to him, and there was only time for a few brief wordt of greeting, but I counted it a rare privi-lege, and teart came to my eyet at I thought wliat it would mean to the dark-eyed daughter acrott the Paciflb to ttand in my place.

Mrt. Mayni^ sayt betidet: "God liat antwered our prayers and

tent ut a fine teacher, one with plant and ideat and methodt, and it it to refrething to ttudy with him. We are both to well thit spring, and are doing all we pottibly can."

Are you xot obliged to me for glv* ing you thete bits of my own letter? The Young South will toon liave an-other letter.

Here's another home band, a new one from Ripley:

"We have formed a band of nine, and we call it "The Daity Chain," be-eaute we all have daitiet in bloom in our liowor bedt. Thit it our flrtt blooming, but we hopei to tend a penny for every p ^ toon, and we are ture then that our mittionary will have the ISO per month. We made our money picking ratpberriei!'*'^ ^•ffl?^ -

MYRA BACOIT.

That't lovely, itn'^ it? Let ut have many more "Daity Chaint." 1%e Ripley band it to welcome.

And Athport tendt in a band otter* ing alto; -

"Pleate find 11 from my Sunday* tchool clatt, to be <ent to the Orphan-age. Thote contributing are Charlie, Emma and Alice Kennedy, Paul and Tucker 'Hipp. Robert Origgt, Wilite Toll, Jamet King, Ella Auttin, Lurlna Origgt and Lucie Kate White."

MBfi. Losox WBTTB.

Mrt. Whlto't lltde folkt ttand by ut nobly. Not many wtekt go by without their pleatant greetingt. We are to glad to know them all. Their; will work like b^vert thit tummer, I'm ture.

That's all. Shall , we not have a better showing tqr the last weekt in June? Don't forget the birthday ofr feringt? So many of you oame with the June rotet and daitiet to your homet. Atk your dear onet, "Have yov done your very bett for Foreign Mittiont?" It may set them to think* ing. Bay to them and to yourtelves every day, "Our mittionary mutt not cone homel" Let it be like the Carthago diltnda Mt ot your Roman hittory. Who will tell utthalttory? Oood'bye. Yourt mott faithfully,

LATMA OAYTON L&ATAN.

Dlaa and the Priflits.

were at the bottom ot the Diss and l^li brother. . thete br^hnn have been to ilii* ifi^'lll^ miulon work on ' Itland, thete Romlth devotees been tedking tomti pretext by whkh their work conld be overthrown Up to thit time the Lord and the mlttion* arlet have been too muetoJoBfUgST and even in this ^ef f t i iTter have

ditappeint^. Thttblo<^yt. 'of Rome hat had its day, a ^ unt the dark agiu can be again upon ut our people will not allow it bloody deviltry to again beeome gea* eral. When our legUlAtures and of* flcert have learned enough i>atriolitm to open the living pritont for there-ieate of helplest i ^ l t who are now itnmu^ in thete dungeons of moral death, we thall tee a bright day over all thit land. Catholicitm is a moral blot, a ledberout canker, on both tha civil and moral interettt of aU na-tlont where it has a footing.—l eiCem BeoordeTt

-'M

Bits of tbiags.

Deedt, not yeart, make up a liib. Thit body it nota home, but an inn;

and thatonlyfor a thort time.—Seneca.

What'youdoitimportant; what your inner lifb it determines your dettiay.

It would take to long to explain tome mittaket that it Is much wiser Jutt to allow them to die out

Baeelpts.

AprttottOTlng itay oSeruig*.........**.. .....a *.... VInit week In Jane...

4 » M

4AJU1I.

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oanuxAoa SMatonBan^ by Banly L. Martla...... i « Mm. LUtle l^ltaCa Olaaa. Aahpoit i .0»

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l l O t I T I f lRTB .

O m rMlroad dorlac tlM Miuon Joat

PMl truwportad 45 oarkNUIs of VIr-

ItUI* ttrftwbMTlat.

' The M W Bftptiit.hoti>lta,l at RbodM

AVfnwi M d l^r-foarth itritt,

CaUosgo, WM dedloaud Jnno i:

. .OneOfonr enduugM U AnthorHy

for tfaa iafonutton ti;»t ttie IVnr. Dr.

J. 8. Kird^ of St. Louis Itpoontobe

iMtfrltd.

Italy Menu to h»v« abftiidoned kll

oUtnu to laflneooelaAbyMlBU. The

iMt reontnt of her wmir hMboen

called home, u d Klnir Menelok IimY*-

leMed all Italian prisoners.

Tha receipt of the FbreiRn Mission

Board from May 1 to May 16,18M.

from all somrces amounted to 12,890.00.

Of this amovnt Ttonnessee gave •188.M.

llMpledcw on tha 130,000 debt had

none of them soarody been received.

One of our adtanges says: W e take

It as an unusual prlTllege to bam the

pnbllshlnf of an account of the pro-

ceedlngs of a Baptist Association in

China. How lUw one of our Associ-

ations it is. Christ's KioRdom Is

marehlnK on.

The Spaniards In Cuba contlnne

tfaslr wdl known Inhuman methods of

warfare. They kill like doffS unof-

tsodlng old men, women and dtlld<

rea, and then report " a serious en

fagansat in which our troops were

•letorious."

Again Louisiana Baptists are be*

reaved. The A v t M CAnmieb of June

4 Bdee thedeath of Ber. Dr. Courtaey

of Orand Cane, La. Dr. Courtnejr,

thou^ a phystoian, was one of the

oldest preadiers ia the State and has

filled some of its first pulpits. .

W e acknowledge the receipt of an

Invitation from our fHand, Mrs. B.

W . Vineyard, principal of the Jessa*

lidae InsUtote. mcholasvlUe, Ky., to

attsad the commencteient exerolses of

that Institute on June S. W e regrel

that duties at hcmie preveoted our at-

tendance.

The Tennessee Qentennial Exposition

enjoys the disUnction of having sIjc of

its aula buildings ready one year be-

fore the opening, Its grounds graded,

i|s wAtar systsm In and its eleotrlo

U|^t systsm la operation wheo needed,

nils is an indication to what propor-

tions the enterprise may go..betore the

opeaing May 1, IflBT.

In a note In the I'Torida JSopMM im-

nsM of recent date, Bar. j r . OUlon,

the former popular pastor of the Milan

cainroh la this Stale, now pastoi' at

Orlando, Fla., sayst '*We have re-

celTed fourtsea nsmbers since I came

here thrse months ago, seTen by bap-

tism and seven by lettHT." The mt-

Mssadds: " W e heargbod reports on

all sides of Bro. OiUoa*s woric. Be

. Is » valuable addition to our State.

W e would be glad to have Iteneesee

sends us mors like him."

• I M N V A S FOIDINQ

trt *

Prof. John B . Bremr has resigned

the presldeocy of the Chowan Vsmale

Inetltute at Murfreeeboro. N, a , with

which he has been oonneoted for a

number of years, and will give hlm-

sdf to his business Intereete In Ral-

eigh Prof. Brewer Is one of the beat

schoolmen we have in the South, and

it seems to us a pity that so g ^ a

teacher u d college preeldent should

not be at the head of a female school,

as he has been so long.

Rev. J. H. Agee of Saundersville,

^nn . , is said to be a young ministsr

of much promise. He has been a stu-

dent the Southweetem Baptist Unl-

verelty at Jackson and deelres to re-

turn there to continue his studlee In

the fall. Be desiree work as mission-

ary evangelist and helper in protract-

ed meetings during the summer

months, and Bro. D. P. Jones of

SauadersvUle recommends him to the

denomination in terms of very high

praise.

D«mflD«H Cannot b« Cored

UOMliu-SwiBfcifflftlrtwr TSm uSub*

, m4 wtoalt to •mini* MomMI^^ nsalt Md' MiMS h«laflMuutlM OM b»

Moaet rMok Ih* .laowyoM .. Jbj ooMUta. «MiiMbyMitai<

£ BIS«CMM OMMIm MTSMIIMd V i r t ^ t o M l UflMB»a ooodlUoa it

w7irlS%T«0M BaadMdIMItoi MM Of dMfMM (MMOS by Mtftffb] •Mb* mnMlbr EWiTOstsrrli Can. oinaUni tn« ± ^ _ _

BaadMd IMIton for SBjr

r. J. CHKNKT a Co.. ToUd*, o. 8<idbyOn»sH»i>,na

Mrs. Lissie Bosell died at her home

In Robertson County on May 16,

1896. She was born Maioh 2, 1846.

She professed religion when quite

young, and had lived a oonilstentand

consecrated Christian life. She was

a member of the Edgefield Baptist

Church, this city! She had been given

her letter for the purpose of joining

the Harmony Church near her home,

but on account of slcknsss bad never

done so. H w death was due to that

dread dlseas3, la grippe^ from which

she suffered much. W e extend our

sympaUiles to the bereaved family.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has

handed down a dMlslon by virtue of

wblch all property in the State hdd

by charitable and educational institu-

tions stands exempt from taxation,

t'rom some points of view this seems

a wise aad Just law, and yet it may

operate to exempt from taxation pure-

ly business enterprises. The Catho-

lics own property, worth about 11,000,-

000 Ml the city of Louisville, mueh of

It owned by a Utile school In a dis-

tant part of the State. The income

from such property Instsad of going

to the support of the school Itsdf, mt^

besatsly supposed to be used as an

instrument of propagandlsm of princi-

ples not only not consonant with our

tfm institutions but In eternal opposi-

tion to them.

1

The OhHdkm Indu of last week well

says: "InTutasthe gospel mission

adhersate have called a oonventlon,

or meeting, as they designate. At this

<mseUag* Rev. O. P. Bostlck, it U

annonnoed by the Itecw JBap^ and

JBmMt will be prseenl. Is not

the InevlUble tendency of this move-

neat to gel a new name to cover the

same old methods which our fathers

fbund necMsary as thsir work extsnd-

edf The Oospd Mlsfton has but one

rsal lasting principle and that is the

desire to arouse ohtirdiis to tbelr re-

sponsibility for Foreign MUilon

work. Time will disintegrate the

BOveneoAor see lt tabsl^ to In

fonaforn

4* S N O D P Y ^ B H O e C H ( M M S P E C I ^ ^ •

I tor It.

Xsnuftujtnnd only l«]r J< H* 8I0DDT> AlexsndrJai Tenn-For sail • sale by druggists.

OrState and County Agents Wanted..j 804t administration embodied In the Con-

veutlon plan of organised missions.

The church responslblll|y idea is as

possible under one plan as another.

In speaking of the storm which swept

over St. Louis last week, we mentioned

the fact that the Lafayette Park Bap-

tlst Church had been destroyed, among

many other houses, the (>n(ralJ3ap-

ltd of last week states that "Hasty es-

timates vary from M,000 to ISlOOO as

the sum necessary to make the house

of worship serviceable, or to restore

It to Ita former condition.*' Tbe Gm-

tni says also: "When It Is known that

this devoted band had onl/ recently

.become self-supporting, and that nsar-

ly all the members have suffered seri-

ously tiie loss of tiieir property, and

that scarcely one that owned his own

home Is not now compelled to rebuild

In whole or In parC It is at once ap-

parent that help must be reodered from

ouulde." It Is stated also tiiat the

Orphans' Home suffered damage to

the amount of nearly, or quite, 83,000.

Fortunately none of tiie children were

Injured by tiie storm. Some one sug-

gesu in tiie Omtnd S a p M tiiat the

people of Missouri come to the rescue

of these llUle ones who are arlthout pa-

rents, and now without home.

Call 1068, Johnson's cold storage meat mariet, for the finest fish, re-ceived dalley. Anything from the small sun perch to the mountain trout.

ROOCHOLBIA CAM BBCUBID.

Burwood, Williamson Co., Tmn., May 30,18U6.—I take ideasure in cer-tlf^g to my fisllow farmers that I have thorongnly teeted the virtue of "SNODDY 'S B O O CHOLERA SPiB-CIFIO" wltii tiie following resulU: About the middle of April, 1 had 40 head of hogs which I turned on a clover field. A short time afterwards I found sevwral of then sick. After e ^ t of them had died and about half of the others had become sick, and eight of tiiam ven bad, I b e m the m o f " SNODDT 'S H O O ( ^ L E R A SPECIFIC." I acknowledge my pred-udice against cholera cures, but much to my surprise and>delight, my hogs be-gan to Improve on the fourth day and all got well but three pigs. Tht^ as hearty and thrifty now as if they had never had cnolera. The ef feot of tills remedy on my hogs was wonderful, and a great snr^se to all that saw the hogs before they were treated. J. W . BoBMvrr.

Manufactured only by J. Et Snod-. tenn., Spurlodc,

Wholesale agents, Nash-dv, Alexandria, Neal St Co., W h i vUle.

F i m TBAB8 A IBBOHAMT.

OOL. THOMAS D. mS STSONQLY BN-OORSSa iHMMIMOB' BO«NB«H ^ OOLUtOB.

Thomas D. Flte, Sr., a' retired mer-chant of Mashvllle and who was iden-tified witii the wholesale trade of the South for half a century, says: "R. W. Jennings, the proprlMor of Jen-nings' Business College, Nashville, was my partner In the wholesale d r y goods trade for six years, h e having exclusive charge of toe ooonting-room, and It Is needless to say that his work was In t h e highest degree satisfactory; in fact, he has been fur a long time considered one of the most solsntiflo book-Miepers this country has ever produced. I sent my two sons to his coUsfe for the reason that I knew the man and knew that he had the entire confidenee of t h e business community for thoroughness and reliability."

KINDEROAR^N-A ^petent young lady deslrse a position a s Kin-dergartener. Can furnish best of re-ftoences. Address Miss J. M. D., Care Baptist and fiBruEdtOR.

—Stop at Johnson's and get t h e finest meats in the city, or t«l«phone 1068 fbr your fish, oystsrs and game.

pT Owe UMratMd. aUBinmwMtoUwm.

010. fTM.

M O f i P MIlMStlMSM. BataMd topi

TUtM.

f*

—Johnson, the neat man, haedles cold storage meats exclusively. Beef, mutton and lamb, t h e finest that Mid-dle Tennessee affortls. Call and see them and you will find them nice, ten-derandjucy. Goods delivered prompt-

THE SHAM BATTLE At 40 Bridge Avenue,

" Y e F A I R . DOWNBY was easily victorious

over all competitors In the sale o(

in the late Nashville meal war. Beit Cream keal 10 cents a peck.

DOWNBY U now aiming to raise an army of 1,000,000 soldiers to make a n Edgefield war In beet

i P A T I i i r r L O U R . Present price is for a 84 pound sack,

4 0 Q E N T « . Same rates by the car load. mtrntrn^m "YM VAIB," « Sridfs An..

two Ooors from Vint Si. Is UM slMSlMtt kom IsNsshvlUo. OomsMIsm.

I I E W A R m C U B A . A P U L L A C C O U N T O P H E R ,

G R E A T S T R U Q Q L C F O R F R E E D O M ! .

' Containing a full record of Spanish tjftinny and oppression] the great lnsurr«o^on of ths "Black l e ; " the revolutions of 1866 and T 8 9 M . A fiill description of the oountry, Ita peopls snd tfaelr ous-

, etc., by 60NZiffi6 M Q D J B ^ ^ kshln^n, snd H E N R Y D A \ ^ N F 0 B T

toms, Its^, description reaourcss, etc.,

of Cubs at Waal . ths wslt-known sutbor.

' I I I i III

This Is ths bast and most 6omplsia book published on tbijs subject snd is sndors64 by the leading Cuban patriots* Th« work is

printed from cisiur, new (grpei on fine calendered papsir snd comprises ime Isroe octsvo volume of over 500-^

perbly Itlusttsted with phototype snd wood of battle wienest oomnuuidehi and objeoW of J

J r A O A H T f W A H T B D

w i j "

BAPTIST AK1> l^BFIiEOTpB, J t T K B 11, ISOd. 18

First Bairtist Ghurch In Amsrica B O O B B W I L I « I A M 8 O B J O H N O L A B K B ?

When and Where was tiie Chnroh Organlied and Who was Ito Pastor?

D B . W . H . W H I T 8 I T T

CrHas Awakened Great Interest..4i OTHsre are tiie Facts^M

pB. J. R. G R A V E S and REV. S. A D L A M ate tiie autiiors.

book. Clotii bound wltii gilt statnp. vrlcs bv

G r a v e s , E r n s t & C o . . M e m p h i s , T e n n e s f e e .

——^No. 282 Sscond Street n 42

BROWNSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE, B R O W N S V I L L E , T E V N B 8 B E E .

BsteblUhed is ISSI by tka BAPnSTS ot WBST nNHBSSBB lOr tiM lUaksr sdoMUoB rt Worn. Sitastsd to e dslKsttai town ot a m ysoylst UtntiM gnrasds: tto pwost of srtMlu wstir. No loMt mom wtatem for stokasM. A tsU tsmlty ot tte sMst coBPMwat tonnutoM. SpoeM sdvuMMCM to MUSIQ safl ABT. LMftUKM sMosUr •todM. LATllf. rSBNCH. OBBMAM, BNOUSH. OBBBK, SPAWSH. ^ ^

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T. B. T A Y L O R a SON.

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BAPTIST PERIODICALS ^ T H E B E S T T E S T O F P O P U L A R m r I S O I R b U L J I T I O I I

The following substantial increase in drcnlation was made in onr Quarterlies for ^ second quarter of this year: Senior, 30,000; Advanced, 70,000; Intermediate, 95,000; Primary, 30,000; Picture Lessons, 47,000. Total increase, i9a,ooo in one quarter.

It is evident that the best is regarded as none too good for Baptists.

The sale of Periodicals helps the Society to send mis-sionaries to establish Sunday-schools.

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Fifth SoBdaj Meetliitf.

The . last Fifth Stuaay UMtlns of

Central Assoolation was held with the

ohnreh at Bells. Followiaf Is air-

port of the neetlnir! There were 19

ohnrohee represented, M ministers

present, 28 Sunday-sehools with a

tnwibershlp of 1800 reportsd and 1100

reported for the dlffenttt objeoteof

nlHlons. While the attendanee was

not large it was repressatatlTe. A

variety of praotloa) snbjeots were die-

onssed In the spirit of brotherly love

and,IbelieTe,wlth«oodreeiilts. Brethr

rea Holt and Qnlseaberry gaTe an in-

spiration to the BoeetlDg. Cam aftftin,

brethren. The Lord says of the fields

ot destitution, to Bis ssrvanU, "eater

Into and oooupy." Consecrated men

aad women say, "Here am I;

send me." The ohorebes by their acts

say, "No. biethien," if yoa love the

Lord you oaanot withhold your means

longer. Hie next meeting will be

with Spring Creek Chnroh, 18 miles

north of Jaokson. J. ILSkntkb, Chairman.

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II B i m i i o . T h « TMtlmonials Bslow

S p o a k for Th«mMlv«s. A«a JrwtMr BiOwtMtle** tlw OMm

Hw tiM •tetlwgslts.

The Fifth Sunday Meeting of Con-

eord Association met with Lascassas

Baptist Chnroh, Rutherford Coua^,

Tenn., on IMday night. May 20. Bro.

L A . Hailey of Murfreeeboro wae

elected ohalrmaa. The delegations

from other efanrdbee were rather small

on acoount of the busy season, conse-

quently some of the sttbjecto on the

program were not discussed as folly

aad ably as was expected, while

others were well oonsldeced.

Brethren Shephard, Ogle, Halley,

Pierce, Beadley, Davidson, Buthlagi

Harwood, Jarmon and Windee wers

the principal speakere. Bro. J. B.

Plcroe delivered an able sermon on

Sunday morning and Bro. O. Shep-

ard Sunday nl^t. The attendance

was very lirge, and the delegates ele*

gantly entertained. Tbediurdils in

a prospsrous condition under the

leadership of Bro. Wlndes.

The msetlng adjouraed to meat with

M t Hermon Oitmh, Rutherford

County, the Filth Sunday in August.

R . O . Jamuoh, Sec'y.

I got an Klectropoise from Mr. Joe FosMr, of Caper's Crssk. Am surs I was beaeflted by Its use.

Mb«. W . H. RoBDnoir. WiUlamsporc, Tten., April 0. 'M.

.The Electrapolse has besa quite a blMsiair In my family.' It has provsa all we expected from It.

L. B. HABwnx . Friendship, Teen., April 7, '90..

We are very well pleased with Bleotropolse aad induosd our dang to buy one. Wereoommead Itto our friends who ars affliotsd.

MBS. J. E. T. LcUlta Knoxvllle, Tsno., April 5, '90.

I chserfuUy reommnend the Zleol poise to all persons suffeiiag with la-aig^n. ' W.ICHo®..

Huntlttgdon, Tenn., Sept., 1, '95.

A book of ootapMs Informatioa, lo-cether irith reduced rental ratea «• t& Pocket Eleciropols^ will be mailed f^ to any addrses.

D u b o i s & w e b b ,

Ohamberof Ooomieroe BuUdtng,

NaahTlUe, Tenn.

This meeting as was announced,

met with Jodsonchurdi. The dmrebes

were not fully repreeeated, but we bad

alargecrowd aU the time, and the

hospitality of the church and commun*

ity mts pralsewortty. The subjects

were ably aad Intscestinglydltcttssed.

The prindpal Intersst of the mestlnir

was the Lexingtoa Baptist CoUege.^

Wewere^uchenoouragedto see the

way the brethren took bold of the col-

lege. W e are going to save it. I

have visited most all the ohurdhes In

the Association, la the Interest of the

oolleg^ I got great encouragement

from moit of them. I will soon have

a sufnolent snbMrlpUon raised to pay

off t h e ladeMadaess for whlidi the col-lege has beea sold.

Brsthrea, pray lor us. To lose tha ooUene sssms to u» to be a da«K etnAa io the BaptlsU la this Assoda-tlon. Thecollegabas besa a grsat help toue, aad my hsart Is to U. We must save ii

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are offered you for the equipment of your Sunday-school. In using them you carry the missionary work of the Convention Into the homes and the hearts of the children, and so help every other work of the Convention.

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01d8wlM,VolLIX. N A S H V I L L E , T E N N . , J U N E 18, 189G. Ntw SwlN, VOL TIL, No. 48

OUBBENT TOPICS.

Dr. A. J. Diss U on a pruaching aud lecture tour through the North, and whurever he gooa hearouwH lympa-thy for the struggling Cubaai.

The Uland of Crete, a Turkish do-pendency off the coast of Oreeoe, has lately been the scene of iniiurrectlon and revolt, so that th , Cretan question promises to take the place of the Ar-monian question. The conflict is be-twtten the Christian population aud the Mohammedan rulers and soldiery. The trouble was precipltaltsd by the displaoement of the Christiua govern-ment by a Moslem.

Gon. Baratierri, who was commander of the Italian forces employed in the campaign against the Abyssinians, and who was in command of the army in March, last, when the Abyssinians inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Italians, was tried before a court-mar-tlal last week and found not guilty of the charges preferred against him. We suppose the Italians went on the Idea that they had lost enough men anyhow, and they could not afford to kill another themselves.

The four reformers, as they were called, at Johannesburg in the Trans-vaal Riipublic, South Africa, who were some wedu ago condemned to death on account of the part they took in the Jamison raid, but whose sentence was commuted by President Kruegor, were last week given their liberty upon the payment of 1125,000 each, making 1600,000 which went into the treasury of the Republic as the result of Dr. Jamison's little adventure. We sus* pect that President Kru^tw would feel like saying to him: "Come again.*'

The National Itepublican Conven-tion is now in session at St. Louis. All Indlcationa point to the nomination of Wm. McKinley, Jr., of Ohio, as the candidate of that party forthepres* idency of the United States. The prob-ability Is also that the Convention will adopt a gold standard platform. The B^ocratic Convention meets at Chicago in July. It is pretty defi-nitely deteftnined that the platform will declare for the fnte and Independent coinage of sliver at the ratio of 10 to 1. Al to the candidate, howbver, it is so far a free for all fight, with no one prominently In the lead.

In the House of. Lords last week, Lord Salisbury, the premier of Eng-land, In reply to a question from Lord Roseberry. the ex-premler, asking if the preinlw wotald oxplaiif the extent and Object of the British<Sgyptlan ex< pedltlon up the vallsy of the Nile Into the Soudan, said that for a long time the Oovemmenl hid been Iware that sooner or later an expedition Into the Soudan wouli be nscestary for the purpose of recovwing the territory which iBnglaad had lost. The expedl> tlon WM tbsa decldsdupon, Thepres* sat obJsdlts pbliiVotttissxpedltlon, lissSiaf%aBboA|rolS| and Ihs eottt

mander of the expedition had been given a perfectly free hand until be should reach and occupy that place. The occupation of Dongola alone, he added, was an advantage, and, fur-thermere, was on the road to Khar-toum.

Much of Mr. Gladstone's power dur-ing the more than half century of his moral supremacy over the minds of the people of England has come of the inspiration and moral support given by the devotion of his noble wife. This devotion has been and still is almost unparalleled for its beauty and strength. He has rarely made a speech in the House of Commons, on the hus-tings, or anywhere, when shs was not near to cheer him by her presence and sympathy. On one occasion, Mr. Gladstone was to make a s p e ^ in Ute open air to a great throng of his bitterest political enemieo—in fact it was a mob of ignorant men. Every-body expected Jeers and hissen and all manner of abuse by words. Mrs. Gladstone took her place by her hus-band's side and during the* long speech shielded with an umbrella his bared head from a burning sun. She won the victory. Instead of hisses, invol-untary applause arose time after time from the great throng of those who bad come to curse, but who remained enUiralled and almost awed by such beauty of devotion and grandeur of character.

Congress adjourned on Friday of last wcdc, and the country breathed 'a sigh of relief. Congress Is dangerous, by whatever party controlled, not so much on account of what it does, or what it leaves undone, as on account of what it may do or threatens to do, thus leaving the country in a state' of uncertainty as to its laws. We believe that it would be better if Congress would meet only every four years, or two years at least. And we are sure that Congress should meet in the De-cember following Its election In No-vember, instead of waiting for over a year from the time of its election. As it Is now, half of the session of the present Congress will be after a new Congress has been elected. It is en-tirely possible that the government of the country, including the executive branch fromthepresldentdown, may be complete changed by that time. Such a thing hat happened time and again.. It is an anomalous condition of af-fairs that a party whose policy has been repudiated at the polls continues to hold offices and to legislate for the people. We call ours a government of the people, fbr the people and by the people, and Speak of the English governmental a monarchical one. And yet the government there Is much more •eniltlve to public opinion than Is ourii An election there results in the Inunedtate aoqulaltlon to power of the triumphant party, whlls with ui It rteani a delay of four monthi with the executive braneh and of abOnt 13 monthi with the legislative branch of the iroiNltnoiieiff Is thers sOt room lot liispi«ifiMMil"itidng t h l s l U ^

The Wonderful Story.

I leaf to MU the voDder tul itory How Jeatis resoued mei

To tell alt tha world of the glory Of a soqI from sin laado free.

Olory, glory, halleluja)!. Jeau* died lor ffl*.

Glory, ilory, baUoloJab, My lODl from ala'a made Area.

O tor Uia tonxne of an aagel My (lad new sobs to alnii

Aad okl that amae michty eTaaRel May to allitUs food saw* brlaf.

Sbont. •bou^ tke wondartnl sutry That a soal eaa saved be.

By tnuUaf la tM blood bouftat f lory or ttae croaa of Calvary.

Mn. numte Tate Ferrli.

Pilgrims In The Holy Land.

BV BIV. H. ALUM XtTFrSB, 4B.| l>.D.

It is estimated that 16,000 visitors land upon the shores of Palestine an nually, the largo majority of whom come on religious pilgrimages. The Holy Sepulcher is visited every year by nearly 12,000 pilgrhns; 6,000 of ttiese are Russian peasante; 4,000 are i^redu from the various ooiintries that fringe the Levant of Armenia; nearly 1,000 are French and Latin; about 200 are Copts from Upper Egypt; and Uie rest are native ChrlsUans.

I have been greatly impressed by the quiet, earnest, serious manner of tbe Russian peasants, men and women, as they come in from the great Rus-sian convent and barraeks that domi* inate the city on the north, and with bared head and taper in hand make the round of the sacred places; or as they trudge along the road from Je-rusalem to Jericho, with great bundles on their backs bound for the Jordan river. Most of these are past middle age; all are carrying out at last the Intentions of a lifS-time, over the con summation of wnich they have long brooded and prayed, and many of them have walked on foot one thousand, or even two thousand miles from their native village in the inter-ior of Russia, beforo they arrived at the port of embarkation on the shores of the Black Sea, and have voluntar-ily undergone much Inevitable suffer* ing and hardship on tbe way.

Eaoh peasant payi for his own pas-sage and all expenses of tbe long Journey out of the earnings carefully stored up from year to year with this intent, and the Russian government requires, before granting permission to any of them to leave Russia at all, a speclflc pledge and contract that they will return, and demands also that each one shall deposit in the hands of tbe authorities enough to defray hi! return fare. Besides this, each hai to contribute his toll and fee to the local fund of the Eastern Chureh, and It Is thli money that fur* nlshes the means for the renovations of older ibulldlsgi and for the erec* tlon of new chapels and shrines that are ipriaglnK up here and thmiand everywhere In Southern Syrta nnder the aesli of tine Bastsrti Ohundi.

Molt of Ihs pilgrims who bdong to

the liStin Communion are French. There exiits in France a benevolent society for helping poor French Cath* olios to make this pilgrimage, and this fund allows about 1,000 of those pilgrims to visit the Holy Sepulchre every year. There are not so many Moslem pilgrims, but the Jews are coming in large numbers, not as trav-elers, but as colonists. The number of tourists who spend from twotoilx weeks in Palestine is increasing every year, but I have been unable to se-cure reliable statistics on this point. Three-quarters of these attempt no more than a sight of Jerusalem and iu environs, perhaps go to Bethleham 6 miles to the South and to the Jor-dan 18 miles to the east and then sail from Belrout after having mn up to Damascni. These do not, apparently, take any real or abiding interest in tha assoclalions of tbm land and seem not desirous of enlarging or giving reality to the impressions they had de-rived by stv^y at home.

It is quite impossible to take more than a superficial glance of the country under a month's time; but during this time the visitor, by a well conceived and well execnted plan, can proceed from the extreme south to the extreme north, about 127 miles, and from the Mediterranean to the Jordan, itudying somewhat carefully the locality asso-ciated with the 'Old and New Testa-ment Many who attempt to "do" Jerusalem on schedule time and dash from one place of interest to another seem not to realise that the modem city ii but the toiwKMt itratum.of lev-eral former citiee; that beneath Its out-ward aspect lie entombed the rem-nanto of thoie who have played their part in what everyone, be he who hi may, must acknowledge to have been the most remarkable drama of history, and where the ruins of the work of at least three distinct Jewish periods as well as those of the Herodlan, the Roman, tbe Bysantlne, the Crusader and the Moslem, lie piled together.

In our study of this wonderful city, If we.do not go beneath the dust of ite present streets and alleys, we are nought but slaves to a bold external materialism. The excavators'pick* axe is yet to unearth stones that have tongues beneath the spoU where the knees of devout pllgriiins now touch, aad a now hlitorlc revelation ihall be brought to light. Those who are in-terested in the "Paleltlne Exploration Fund" are addressing themselves earnestly to thli noble work. I am asiured by the sicretary that the asso-ciation Is greatly encouraged in its work.

The tourist, tt matters not how quickly he must depart after entering the Holy Land, cannot afford to mlsi the wondrous ravine of the Jordia, unlike anything else on the face of tbe globe. Here ho passes the three-fold Interesting site of the prehlitorlc, the Jewlih and the Herodlan Jericho, haunted by the martial memories of Joshua's raid with tbe vanguard of the Ben Iirael, and by thoie of BUtny romantle and plotuhMque epL longing to the schools of Ihs |