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XAIS.Nt, If MIS FOR BEVKVOLEYT OBJECTS.
It is alwajs unpleasant to oppose
established views and plans, and doub
ly so when we know that they have
been adopted by wise and good men.
lienee, it is with great reluctance, and <
feelings even akin to pain, that I give
expression to thoughts which follow.
My attention has been called to the
subject by the failure which has at
tended nearly all of our efforts to raise
funds for benevolent purposes during
the last few years. We have had some
of our best men in the field as agents,
and though they have labored with en
thusiastic zeal and untiring energy,
but little has been accomplished. Most
of us attribute our failures to the ein
bai rassed condition of our finances.
Tb is is, doubtless, one cause; but, to
my mind, not the only one It seems
to me that the very nature of our ef
forts have had great influence in caus
ing our defeat. We have been trying
to do too much at once. We have had
a number of objects presented to us,
and have been trying to accomplish all
of them in the short space of a few
years. It may have beeu unwise to
begin, almost at the same time, the es
tablishment of so many institutions
requiring large outlays of money.
Whether this be true or not, it certainly
has been a mistake to undertake the
completion of them in so short a time.
Since the war, we have begun the en
dowment of Mercer University, the es
tablishment of an Orphans’ Home, the
raising of a fund for aged ministers,
to suy nothing of unusual expenditures
in building churches for new missionary
fields ; and now we undertake another
burden, the establishment and endow
ment of a Baptist Female University.
These objects are all certainly worthy of
our earnest labor; whetherwe have uct ed
wisely in assuming such burdens at
the same time remains a question.
But we have not only them, we
have tried to liuish them in so short a
time that, to some, the burden has
been almost unbearable. It is ex
tremely doubtful if any one of these
objects jjould Lave been accomplished
alone, without the others to rival its
claims, since the effort made has been
upon a plan contrary to all the teach
ings of nature and history. In nature
we see gradual developments; if we
read the history of events, we find
them controlled by the same law. The
■endowment of a University is the work
of a century, not of a decade; and the
same may bo said of any other insti
tution which depends for its establish
ment upon the contributions of the
people, and not upon the bequests of
millionaires.
Dr. Tucker, in bis admirable paper
on tins subject, very clearly and forci
bly points out the error of spasmodic
efforts to raise funds. When wo beard
his lecture in Auiericus, all commended
it, and all, perhaps, endeavored to fol
low its teachings; but wo could not.
We bad too much to do in too short a
time. Our attention was directed to
wards getting “small contributions
from the many.” In order to do this,
it was first necessary to educate “the
many ; ” but this requires time.— a long
time. The shortness of the time has
pressed us. All looked upon these ob
jects as something to bo accomplished
right away ; and hence our efforts fell
back on the very same plan so much
condemned. We have not taken the
time to do what is necessary before we
can extend the number jof contributors
The sentiment of the denomination
must bo so moulded as to induce a
proper appreciation of Mercer Univer
sity, and all the other benevolent ob
jects. Our efforts for the last two
years, notwithstanding Dr. Tucker’s
wise instructions, have reached only
those who needed no education—those
from whom we were already receiving
aid, and nothing has beeu gained. On
the contrary, the continued appeals
have placed burdens upon the few who
feel it a duty to give, until some are
unable to stand beneath the weight.
We can never have a steady and relia
ble source of means for missionary
work, and a healthy growth to the en
dowment of Mercer, and our other in
stitutions, until the denomination
rises to a proper appreciation of their
merits ; and this work is rot to be ac
complished by an occasional sovmou
from an agent, and an eloquent appeal
for money at the close of the service.
Another error seems to lie in our
plan of collecting funds by the direct
efforts of agents. It is the duty of
the church to raise all funds through
its own machinery. It would be wise
to Lave the same noble brethren now in
the field to retain their connection with
the Boards and other institutions ; but
their efforts should be directed towards
keeping the people posted in regard to
their several objects—spreading infor
mation and instruction, thereby excit
iug interest and affection among the
people, rather than to the work of solic
iting contributions. Paul wrote to the
churches to lay by every week, so there
would be no gathering when he should
conic. This is our guide. We have
been teaching the people one of the
ideas contained in Paul’s instruction;
but. have neglected the other. We
have insisted upon stated times and
regular intervals for collecting, hut wo
have not insisted so strongly upon this
being done by the church. It was my
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
lot to belong to one church which took
upon itself the collecting of all funds.
No agent even made an appeal, and
yet during the first year after this was
undertaken, the income of tne church
for all purposes was nearly doubled.
Paul’s rule was for the churches to do
the collecting. He so instructed
them. Our agents should do the work
of Paul—not the work of the churches.
Again have our agents not done wrong
iin the plan of insisting upon note
subscriptions ? We have gained really.
little by it, and this may show that itf
was unwise. But is it not morally
wrong to insist upon a man’s binding
himself to pay in the future when he
does not know that hejwill be so pros
pered by the Lord ? We are instruct
ed to “lay by in store as the Lord hath
prospered us; ” not told to promise
to pay whether the Lord pros
pers us or not. Hence it seems
wrong in the man who gives the note,
and, of course, wrong in the agent who
induces the gift. Besides this, the
note plan appeals to one of the weak
points of human nature —takes advan
tage of the hope, ever springing up in
the heart, which makes us look for
ward to more properous times when it
will be easy to pay. In asking for
funds for benevolent objects, the ap
peal should be to the Christian’s sense
of duty, and to nothing else. A gift
coming from one who gives because it
is right, is an acceptable sacrifice, and
we should strive to obtain no other.
To conclude this letter of complaints,
let me ask the brethren to cease pub
lishing in The Index the names of
contributors. The Lord says our left
hand should not know what our right
does. If we do a good deed, it should be
enough for us to know that our Father
has seen it. If our friends act worthily
it should be sufficient for us to know
that a heavenly reward awaits them.
But wo puplish far more widely the
righteous deeds of our brethren than
did the Pharisees their own good ac
tions. It is an appeal to pride—almost
the greatest enemy of the soul. If
agents dtsiro to acknowledge the re
ceipt of funds, let them use a postal
card; the cost is little, and a few
printed lines will avoid the labor of
much writing. To publish the names
of donors does not increase the gifts,
except such as comefrom those who de
sire to see their names in print, which
makes the offering unacceptable. Those
who give because it is [right, and wish
to give in secret that they may receive
the reward openly, will rather be de
terred from duty by knowing that
their names are to be thus paraded be
fore the public. Tertius.
OBITUARIES.
Obituary notices, to the oxtent of ten linen aro
published free ofeharoo In Till-: Inuicx and Baptist ;
nil matter in tix. ww of ten linen is charged for, at the
rale of ton cents per line, and tiro neees-ary order to
publish the obituary must accompany each manu
script sent in.
We aro compelled to adhere to these long establish
ed rules, and no deviations can be made. We trust
our brethren will remember the rules, and govern
themselves iu accordance with them.
DURHAM.—Aftor many years of painful ill
110HB, borne with Christian fortitude, Mrs. Martha
Walker Durham, consort of the late Dr. L. Dur
ham, of Clarke county, Ga. died fifteen minutes
before one o’clock, a' m„ on the 17th day of De
cember, 1875, at the residence of her hoh, Lind
sey Durham, Jr., of Rocky Branch. She was
born on the Kith of December, 1800, and con
sequently was 75 yoars and one day old at the
time of her death. Asa wife and mother she
waß perfect. Next to God, Jesus Christ and her
husband, stood her children in her affections.
May her children bless and honor her name,
She was an exemplary member of the Baptist
church (Missionary) for more than 53 years.
LANDRUM.—Died, at Antioch depot, Ogle
thorpe county, Georgia, November 18, 1875,
Mrs. Sarah E. Landrum, wife of F. M. Landrum,
and grand-danghter of Rev. Geo. Lumpkin, de
ceased, in the forty-third year of her age. Du
ring a married life of nearly 20 years, she faith
fully discharged all the duties of wife and moth
er. She possessed in a remarkable degree the
qualities of gentleness and pationco -ever that
ornament of a moeli and quiot spirit which is iu
the sight of God of great price. Baptized at
Antioch church in August, 1852, she retained
her membership t lore to the end, maintaining
always an unblemished Christian reputation
Though, to her friends, her death was sudden,
she had been long anticipating it, and it was her
privilege to testify in her last, moments that all
was well with her.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death
of His saints.” M.
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SSOO Bernard is offered liy tho Proprietor to
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Wo have received from J. R. Root, Seed Grow
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Catalogue, and tako pleasure iu calling attention
to a work of so much value t . every owner of a
garden and every lover of flowers. It is filled
with practical liintß and instructions derived
from a largo experience as a market gardener
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as $1 60 works on the subject. It iB sent to ap
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on the flrst order for seods. See advertisement
iu another oolumn.
It is not the quantity eaten, that givos
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or little. Therefore, do not stimulate up the
stomach to crave food, but rather assist diges
tion after eating, by taking Simmons’ Liver Reg
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The Human Hair.—To give it strength and
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There is a stimulating property in this prepara
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me nd 1876.
What changes have taken place in that period ?
In none have they been more radical than in the
treatment of diseases. In the olden time, na
ture, prostrate with pain and suffering, was at
tacked with the lancet, calomel, blisters, star
vation and thirst. AU this was done with hon
est intentions but with terrible results. It iB a
pleasing fact that the enlightened public of the
present day, have discarded such medication.
The disorders that sap the powers of life are
now expelled by remedial agents that brace up
the vital strength, while running its oatiße. The
qualities are found iu an eminent degree in Dr.
Tijtt’s Vegetable Liver Pills. They have be
oome celebrated over a wide extent of the globe
as tho safest and gentlest remedial agent ever
offered to suffering humanity, and it is not the
result of newspaper puffing, but by the great
merit of the medicine itself.
For Throat Diseases and Affections of the
chest. “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are of val
ue. For Coughs, Irritation of the Throat caused
by cold, or Unusual Exertion of tho vocal organs,
in speaking in public, or singing, they produce
beneficial results.
Yesterday's Mall
Bronght three more certificates in favor of “Can
aliis ludica,” the great East India remeoy for
consumption, bronchitis and asthma :
— : Bend me one dozen Ointment and
one of Canabis Indica. When Mr. J. W. Fisher
brought his wife to me for examination I found
her in the incipient stage of tuberculous con
sumption. Then it was that I concluded to make
a fair trial of Indian Hemp, and now thore is a
general demand for those remedies. The oint
ment excels everything of its kind I ever saw or
tried. Fraternally yours.
P. A. Siffoed, 31. D.
China Grove, Rowan, N. C,
N- B.—This remedy speaks for itself. One
bottle will satisfy the most, skeptical. Ask your
Druggist to get. it. $2 50 per bottle, or three
bottles for $6 50. Pills and Ointment $1 25
each.
As these are imported remedies we do not
commission them, but will make cash agents ev
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Craddock & Cos.,
1032 Race Street, Philadelphia.
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which an all-wise Providence has placed in coun
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Himmons’ Li verfßegulator, or Medicine, is emi
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It is the Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medi
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Root’s Garden Manual
IS filled with topics of interest to every owner
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aiul thorough, and contains ono-half as
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Hollins Institute, Virginia.
YOUNG ladies preparing to enter this school
for the ensuing half-session should be
present on the 20th February. The charge for
Iloard and Tuition, exclusive of ornamentals, is
8112.50.
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janlS.St CHAB. L. COOKE, Supt.
Gainesville College.
For 3lai.es and Females.
BOABD OF TEACHERS FOR 1876—Rev. W.
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address, an heretofore,
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