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THE PR! VOL. I. ==This I " The Prayer Meeting Louisiana and the Sal< Paul as a Preacher Horatius Bonar and His H Nothing But a School. Keeping the Class The Effectual Prayer Our Brightside Letter. Some Lessons frorr Through the D( Editori How times do chang* autobiography tells of ; French war of 1754 to r ers. The chaplain com not come. Franklin re daily rations of the trooj gested that if the chap out this gill of rum, "an men would all be prese and had no more trouble At the present day, wou It was on the occasi France that a fast day w in Pennsylvania. In vie of the Colony Franklin p Otirl Prvn r?r??1 orvrv??/\t?A/1 4 wuvi vuuiivii appiuvtu I retary, being ignorant 01 ability to write the ] Franklin, who had liv< write the paper for hir English and in German, on the Delaware river. Nine-tenths of one's c of habit, as much a habii the way of carrying one grows as rapidly as the; of them, it has a moral s deterioration of the spiri decreased influence, loss tion, increased disconter piness and murmuring, < nest cure tor it is to nip heal the spot where the ii There is wisdom in m some Calvinists so far i the work of salvation as other hand last week's (a Methodist journal) s nnirnrl xirlipflipr in flip r\ 1 the doctrines of unconc 'SBYTERI ATLANTA, OA., , Week? Page. 4 >ons 4 4 ymns 5 7 Interested 8 9 16 l History 17 esert of the Exodus 21 al Notes j! Benjamin Franklin in his in expedient used during the nake the soldiers attend praymlained that thp men wnn 1 rl minded him that one of the ps was a gill of rum, and suglain would undertake to deal d only just after prayers," the nt. He undertook the office, about absenteeism. But . Id a chaplain dispense rum? on of this war of 1754 with as, for the first time, observed w of the defenseless condition roposed a fast. The Governor he suggestion. But the Sec1 this matter, confessed his inproclamation; and Benjamin :d in Massachusetts, had to n Tt was rirnila tfrl hntli in and marked the first fast day omplaining is simply a matter t as coughing, or "sniffing," or self or sitting or speaking. It se other habits. Unlike many ,ide, however. It causes rapid tual powers, lessened activity, of inward peace, and satisfacit and gloom, growing unhapmd alienation of friends. The it in the bud and ask Christ to rinp hlpH anrl tn Ifppn if Vioolo/1 oderation. In years gone by, gnored the human element in to hinder the sinner. On the Wesley an Christian Advocate" ays: "Alter all, it may be inpposition of the Methodists to litional election and the final AN OF THE AUGUST 25, 1909. perseverance, they have not fai properly estimate the great woi the great service to the truth ixru:i? *1? Ilctd UU11C LUV: WU11U. VV line II1C vin have made much of the divi man salvation?more, perhaps, God warrants?it is well for us teachings of the Calvinists to as not we have not made too mucl The accident to Dr. \V. P. Jac last week, will limit, for some t in behalf of the Thornwell Oi season when receipts are usual ruption in the contributions w effects on the Orphanage. We ers of this emergency and we k get the fatherless ones. It is suj illness of Dr. Jacobs, checks m; Mr. J. A. Bailey, Treasurer, at The statistics of the Americ; before us, furnish some interej of our calculations is the total set down as five millions (5,115 of the denomination was 145,6 cent of the total membership. 48,302: the net growth *is there bcrs to each church. The baptisms during the yeai were a little under three hundr or about six per cent of "the "exclusions and erasures" durin Tt mnv Ka tllQf try fliA PrAcKtrfnri to have been exclusions not a 1 of the Baptist churches that tl worthy. But when the exclus one-third of the members recen whether there have been many 1 Church. Do these hasty admissions welfare? In our own Church, such, and we vyould use the oc our own people. The effect o to be evil. If a man be recei and then finds that his professi< him no comfort he i? ant tr? fam out power. And that hurts hii Hasty admissions to the com ituality of the churches. Mei gauge their own conduct not b lives of their fellow members, members depress the general s Is it wise to receive any who do of a change of heart? Is it wi mediately after they experience SOUTH NO. 34. led in some measure to k John Calvin did, and his system of doctrine followers of John Calne in the matter of huthan the plain word of who have resisted the >k ourselves whether or h of the human." obs, of which we spoke ime to come, his labors phanage. This is the ly light and any interrould be serious in its would remind our read :now they will not for^gested that during the ay be made payable to Clinton, S. C. an Baptists, which are >ting facts. The basis membership which is ,177). The net growth 53, or about three per They report churches fore about three mem* in the Baptist Church ed thousand (294.383), memnersmp. mit tne g the year were 90,677. an Church, there ought [ew: it is to the credit tey do exclude the unions amount to nearly *ed, the question arises hasty admissions to the promote the Church's there have been many casion for a caution to n the individual is apt ved to the communion on of faith has brought cy that religion is withn. munion injure the ?pirnbers are very apt to y the Bible but by the Unregenerate church tandard of church life, not give clear evidence ise to receive them im?* their first desire?