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and humanity of Christ, and pantheism
to the worship of His Lordship; not in
the significance of baptism?for this has
Varied from a mere declaration of faith
to "baptism represents regeneration and
forgiveness"; not in the mode of baptism?for
this has varied from "affusion"
to ' thrice immersion of the head," and
immersion of the whole body; not in the
character of the ministry?for this has
vanea irom Hostility lo an educated and
salaried ministry to boastfulness ot their
educational institutions, and their learned
and high salaried ministers; (see Dr.
Newman's Hist. p. 387) not in their advocacy
of missions?for they varied
from opposition of the rudest type, to a
most zealous advocacy* there is but one
thing in which the identity of the
movement as a whole can be traced, that
is their antlpedobapti8m, their opposition
to infant baptism.
Troupe, Texas. S. M. Tenney.
P. S.?I beg to call attention here to a
little book.I own which was published in
1823 and has the following title page:
A Confession of Faith Put Forrh.
By the Elders and.Brethren of Many
Congregations. (Baptized upon
Profession of their Faith.)
In London and the Country. Adopted By
* The Baptist Association, Met at
Philadelphia, Sept. 25, 1T42.
With two additional articles, viz.: Of
imposition of hands and singing of
Psalms in Public Worship. The Tenth
Edition.
The table of contents of this Confession
is exactly the same as that we now
own, with the following exceptions,
viz.: It omits chapters 30, and 31 of our
Confession, and adds three chapters:
"20 of the Gospel, and of the Extent of the
Grace thereof," "23 of singing of Psalms
in Public Worship," "31 of the laying
on of hands." This last chapter begins,
"We believe that laying on of hands
(with prayer) upon baptized believers, as
such, is an ordinance of Christ, and
ought to be submitted unto by all such
persons that are admitted to partake of
the Lord's Supper."
This particular edition of "The Confession
of Faith" was issued under the
' direction of the "Fifenklin Baptist Association"
and published at Frankfort.
9. M. T.
FOREIGN MISSION DEBT FUND.
Previously reported 115,517.28
Grace A.'Smythe, Blacksburg, Va., |5;
Mrs. W. E. Black, Pacolet, S. C.t $2; F.
M. S. Central Presb. ch., Beaumont, Tex.,
I $10.37; Ladies Mis. Circle, Presb. ch.,
Lexington, Mo., $5; Ladies Soc. Presb.
ch., Paris, Ky., (addi.) $1; L. Benev. Soc.
New Providence ch., Lexington Presby.,
Va., (addi.) $58.89; Miss N. W. Millard,
Pleasant Grove ch., Bluff City, Tenn., $1;
Mrs. Joe Thomas, 50c. For Mis. Soc.
xiiuiun, w. Tit.. Airs, p, r. rct'K,
Mrs. DotBon, 50c; Mrs. Hayes, $1; Mrs.
Green, $1; Mrs. Heflin, 91; Mrs. Stark,
$1; Mrs. J. D. Humphries, |1; Mrs. C.
B. Mahon, $1; Mrs. R. P. Dunlap, $1;
Miss Maggie Lang, |1. Total, 915,611.04.
,, Mamie D. Smith, Treas.
Petersburg, Va? July 15, 1909.
E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU'
OUR CHURCH'S DEBT.
By Rev. Henry H. Sweets, Secretary.
The month of July which has been set
apart by the General Assembly for offerings
for the cause of Ministerial Relief
is in some respects a very unfavorable
time. The weather is hot, the people have
begun to scatter, the congregations are
usually reduced in numbers.
We make an earnest appeal to pastors
and sessions of churches where the offering
has not been taken, and to those
who were prevented by absence from the
house of God, from participating in the
privilege of ministering to the enfeebled
ministeis and the needy widows and orphans
of deceased ministers of the Southern
Presbyterian Church.
Someone has w^Jl said: "None could
be more worthy or deserving than the enfeebled
ministers of the Gospel. They
are not in need because they nave been
improvident or indolent. Nor because
they might not have achieved financial
success in other spheres of life. But they
deliberately chose a field of service
which they knew would yield very small
financial returns. They chose it for the
good of their fellows, in obedience to
what they regarded as the call of God.
Tneir very love for their Master and
those whom He came to redeem, inspired
their hearts and gave alacrity to their
feet. No thought of self-denial or insufficient
renumeration disturbed them.
Gladly they gave themselves, their
lives, to the glorious work of serving the
Lord Christ through ministry to those
who were the objects of His love. They
sought them out in the neglected places,
gathered together scattered groups in
sparsely settled regions, from lonely
farms and struggling villages, from mountain
towns and seaside hamlets. Miners,
lumbermen, herdsmen, - fishermen,
were encouraeed. tanehi nna mmfnrtoH
An urgent necessity exists in our
Church for a more suitable provision for
those who, in such toil, have become worn
out in her service and for their dependent
families. We are doing far more
than at any previous period of our history
and soon we hope to measure up to
the full extent of our duty in thts regard.
Facts of the most painfully interesting
nature, which are constantly coming under
the notice of those who are immediately
concerned with this matter; facts
which speak in simple but eloquent language,
telling the sad story of disease,
privation, poverty and helplessness, might
be collected in volumes. Could some of
these sad pictures from real life be
spread before our people, no eye could
look upon them without a tear; no heart
could contemplate them without deep
OU1U11VI1.
We will not divulge the names of those
on our rolls. This is not an appeal to
charity. It is a clarion call to the discharge
of a solemn duty, the payment Of a
just debt, rendered more urgent by reason
of the sorrow and suffering which our
neglect entails".
The case of one of these saints, mentioned
in an article "Ministering to the
Saints" in the Presbyterian of the South
rH. 17 vof
June 30, 1909, is not an isolated one.
The need is urgent. The command is
plain, for the Lord hath ordained that
"they that preach the gospel shall live of
the gospel.'* The reward will be inexpressibly
great, for the Master will say
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of these, ye have done it unto me."
If the offerinE has not h????n tni*?n in
your church, please see that it is taken.
If you have not contributed to this work,
please deposit an offering in the church
collection or forward to Mr. John Stites,
110 Fifth street, Louisville, Ky.
ROMAN CATHOLIC INVASION.
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the distinguished
American evangelist, who is now making
an evangelistic campaign tour of the
world, spoke against the Catholic invasion
of public school methods in Melbourne,
Australia, the other day.
In one of his great mid-day meetings
in Melbourne, at the close of his address,
Dr. Chapman said: "I wish to make a
statement entirely upon my own responsibility.
I never allow myself to speak
publicly on controversial religious matters,
and I never proselytize among Catholic
Christians or try to make a poor
Protestant out of a good Catholic. I have
however, as is but natural, been studying
conditions in Australia, and I find
them very similar to American conditions."
"I think that the Roman Catholic
Church shows an infinite amount of arrogance
to have its own parochial schools
and to conduct them as it wills, and then
to come into schools where my children
are being educated and tell them that
they can not have the Bible."
The speech was greeted with unprecedented
enthusiasm. People stood on
their chairs and waved hymn hooks,
shouting "Say it over again. Dr. Chapman.
Let us have more of this. Speak
your whole mind." The audience cheered
continuously for five minutes.
When the cheering ceased Dr. Chapman
continued: "I know what would happen
to me if I were to intrude myself into
a Catholic School and present my form of
Christianity. The Priest would have the
right to take me by the nape of the neck
and kick me out into the street, and I
should thoroughly deserve what I got.
Hear me, men, if either Australia or
America attempts to raise her boys and
girls without the Bible, there is danger
ahead."
Another outburst of cheering greeted
Dr. Chapman as he sat down. The Chapman-Alexander
party will close its simultaneous
campa'gn of Australia on August
11. They .go from there to tne Philip
pine Islands and thence to China and Japan.
M. A. Martin.
The work of the most distinguished of
Indian women, Pandita Ramabai, for
orphans and child widows, has beea
largely sustained by an American committee
of which President Charles Cuthbert
Hall was head. Since the latter's
death, Professor Harlan P. Beach, of
Yale, has been chosen president of the
American Ramabai Association.