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INDEX AND 11 APT IST.
REV. D. E. BUTLER Managing Editor.
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS:
Bf.v 8. G. Hillykb., I) D Forayth, Georgia.
Rev. J. 8. Bakeb, D.b Quitman, Georgia.
Db J. 8. Lawton Atlanta. Georgia.
Rev. T. O. Jones, D.D... .NashviUe, Tenneaaeo.
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS:
Rev G. A. Nunnallv Monroe, Georgia.
Rev' W T. llbantlv, D.l) Baltimore, Md
Rev.’ A. .1. Battle, D.D Macon, Georgia.
Rev. 11. W. Puller Atlanta, Georgia.
Bkv. T. B. Cooper Ogeechee, Georgia.
Rev J 11. Kilpatrick. .. White Plains, Georgia.
Xev. Marion Hamb Decatur, Georgia.
Rev. Wm C. Wilkes Gainesville, Georgia.
“ Do you feel that you love Christ ?”
was asked of an aged and dying Chris
tian. “ Better than that.,’’ was the
rej ly, “ Christ loves me.” Rest in
Christ’s love to you, rather than in your
love to Him.
We most earnestly commend this to
the prayerful attention of the pastor of
eviry church: “The pastor who does
not aid the circulation of a religious
paper among his people, fails to employ
one of the most potential powers of the
day, in the strengthening of Zion.”
Are you doing your whole duty in
this respect, our brother ?
Quickly one may pass from despair
to assurance. The history of the tran
iition is short but expressive. Christ
seeks, the soul is saved, joy is given ;
first life, second faith, third hallelujah j
first consecration, second acceptance,
third sanctification; first repentance,
second trust, third rest.
My principal method of defeating
error and heresy, says John Newton, is
by cstablisl ing the truth. One pro
poses to fill a bushel with tares, but if
I can till it first with wheat, I may
defy his attempts.
—
Tub greatest man is he who chases
right with the most invincible resolu
tion; who resists the sorest tempta
tions from within and without; who
hears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ;
who is calmest in storms and most
fearless under menaces and frowns;
whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and
on God, is most unfaltering.
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Prayer requires more of the heart
than of the tongue, of signs than of
words, of faith than of discourse. The
eloquence of prayer consists in the
fervency of the desire, in the simplicity
of faith, and in the earnestness and
perseverance of charity. Our trust and
confidence ought to proceed from that
which God is able to do in us, not tjjat
which we can sav to God.
In our next issue wo will publish tin
address to the Baptist ladies of Giorgio,
in aid of the Foreign Mission cause. The
address is from the pen of that zealous
and devoted sister, Mrs. N. A. Bailey,
of Quitman. Her whole heart is in
the noble work of rousing our churches
to the proper sustaining of our Foreign
Missions, especially the cause of Christ
in China, to which four devoted female
missionaries from Georgia have conse
crated themselves. The address is
beund to do good, and will arouse our
sisters in the State to renewed energy,
and the organization in every church
of a ‘ Woman’s Mission to Woman ”
society.
In a note from the Indian Territory,
dated “in camp,” August 19th, we lesrn
that the Maskoke (Creek) Baptist As
sociation was then in session near Eu
faula. Bro. H. F. Buckner was elected
Moderator; L. G. Yore, Clerk ;C. Col
bert, Treasurer. The number in at
tendance were about the same as usual.
Ministers present from abroad were,
brethren Ross, of Texas; Blaekall, of
Chicago; Morrell, of St. Louis, and
Major Ingalls.
Brother Buckner has started on a
three weeks tour to the Seminoles
Accident to Dr. DeVotie. —We
deeply regret to learn that our dear
brother, Dr. J. H. DeVotie, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Griffin,
met with a very painful accident last
week. While visiting some friends in
Meriwether county, and in attempting
to cross a fence, he fell, breaking his
left shoulder.
We earnestly hope that brother Do-
Votie’s injury is not serious, and that
he will soon be restored to his former
vigor. We extend to him our heart
felt sympathy in his affliction.
Middle Cherokee Association.
This Association will meet on Friday
before thus fourth Sabbath in this
month. Delegates coming on the cars
to Cartersville, can go out at 2 o’clock
on the Cherokee Railroad to Stilesboro,
from which point they will be carried to
Eubarlee by private conveyance, reach
'g Euliarlee by half-past 3 o’clock p.m.
CHRIST A WITS ESS.
Have our writers on the Evidences of
Christianity, given due prominence to
the testimony of Christ, himself?
True, we receive His testimony at
second hand, through the writings of
the Evangelists. But having subjected
those writings to severe criticism, and
having found them to be fairly entitled
to belief, as truthful narratives, we are
certainly authorized to accept their re
port of what the Saviour said, as well
as we are to accept their account, of
what He did. Indeed, this fact is fully
recognized by religious writers. Hence
we find the “ sayings of Christ,” as re
ported by the Evangelists, constantly
referred to as embodying the substance
of all wisdom. Nay, some, who were
not Christians, have borne witness to
their transcendant worth. Thomas
Jefferson admired them so much that
he actually copied from the Gospels, in
a connected form, the “ sayings of
Jfsus,” for his own use. The proof of
this fact is found in one of Jefferson’s
published letters. He was writing to a
particular friend. Among other things
he said : “ I have this day completed
the task of copying from the New
Testament all the ‘ sayings of Jesus ’ ”
The quotation may not he accurate, hut
such is its meaning, and it shows how
much that wonderful man appreciated
these sayings. But is it not true, that
when our preachers and writers speak
of the sayings of Christ, they have
almost exclusive reference to His words
of instruction—to such words as He
spoke in His Sermon on the Mount,
and on various occasions when His
aim was to i xpound to His hearers the
spirituality of the law, and to explain
the obligations which it imposes upon
men in all the relations which they
sustain to God, and to one another ?
Absorbed with the sublime wisdom
which we find in these instructions, we
may fail to be impressed, as we ought
to be, with some other words which He
uttered, viz , His words of testimony.
Jesus was in the highest sense of the
word, a witness. Paul so speaks of
Him, when he says, “ He witnessed a
good confession before Pontius Pilate.”
John in Revelations, iii: 14, says:
“These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness." And His
own solemn words on His last tiial
avow the same things : “To this end
was I born, and for this cause came I
into the world that I might bear witness
unto the truth.
Seeing, then, that Christ is a witness,
let us notice some of His testimony,
and the circumstances in which a part
of it was given :
1. He claimed for himself eternity
of being. He said : “ Before Abraham
was I am.” In these words He appro
priates to himself the title which
Jehovah revealed to Moses, as His own
incommunicable name. Again, He
prays to His Father, “ Glorify thou
me with the glory which I had with
thee, before the world was.” Here He
claims to bo coeval with the “Ancient
of days.”
2. He claimed, on various occasions,
to bo the “ Sent of God,” to have come
from the “ bosom of the Father.’
Also, that He was the “ Sou of God
which His hearers understood to mean
that Ho " made himself equal with
God.” The passages which show that
He made these claims are so familiar,
we need not quote them.
3. He claimed to bo the Saviour of
sinners. As such Ho called sinners to
repentance. He “came to seek and to
save them that are lost.” As such He
avows himself to be the “Good Shep
lieed who giveth His life for the
sheep,” thus testifying to the doctrine
of expiation, and that through His
own blood.
4. He claimed to be the one of whom
“Moses and the piophets did write,”
for he said: “Search the Scriptures,
for in them ye think ye have eternal
life, and they arc they which testify of
Me.”
These utterances He gave forth
from time to time, during His minis
try, to His disciples, and the multi
tudes who heard Him. But we would
notice somo testimony which He gave
under more solemn circumstances. He
was finally arrested, and first, was car
ried before the Court of the High
Priest. That high officer conducted
the examination. Here the great wit
ness was put upon His oath; aud He
testified,
5. Of his Messianic character.
The High Priest said unto Him, “I
adjure thee by the liviug God that thou
tell us, whether thou be the Christ, the
Son of God.” And Jesus saith unto
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
him, “Thou hast said-, nevertheless, I say
unto you, hereafter shall ye see -the
Son of Man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds ol
Heaven.” ,
Note the circumstances attending
this testimony. Jesus was before the
tribunal of the High He stood
alone. One disciple ha<£’jj 0 ,; and Him ;
the othe>s had fled, iav-j John and
Peter; and even Peter overwhelmed Ijy
the dangers of the hour, presently de
nied him ! Yet the Holy Witness fal
tered not, hut, upon His oath, calmly
uttered the words winch He knew
would seal His fate before that tribu
nal. He was immediately condemned.
But His testimony was not yet closed.
Owing to the political condition of the
Jews, they could not inflict the death
penalty. Hence Jesus must appear
before the Roman Governor. And
there He undergoes another examina
tion, in which He boldly claims in the
face of Csesar’s minion, the rank and
dignity of a king. “Pilate, therefore,
said unto Him: Art thou a king
then ? Jesus answered, Thou sayest
that lam a kiny. To this end was I
horn, and for this cause came I into
the world, that I should hear witness
unto the truth.” Hero, again, He
knew His words would corroborate, in
the mind of Pilate, the accusation of
the Jews, that His claim to be a king
was treason to Cmsar. Yet He gave
His testimony with the Roman cross
distinctly in view !
We confess to a feeling of intense
satisfaction in contemplating this tes
timony. If Jesus hail been a mere
man, He could not have acted thus,
unless lie had been wildly insane. But
such He could not be. Every word
and action of His life was indicative of
sublime intelligence, and goodness and
truth. Hence His conduct on His last
trial must have been governed by an
intelligent, deliberate purpose to do
jusi what He did do, with a perfect
knowledge of all the consequences to
Himself. When this testimony of
Jesus is viewed in connection with the
well attested account of His miracles,
and of His resurrection, we find an
array of proof upon which the soul of
the believer may rest with confidence.
We intended to notice other passa
ges, hut want of space compels us to
close.
Urmarkablr Cases of Conviction and Conversion.
Case I. —“Two young men on their way to a
Baptist meeting on Bel lisle Bay, in 1810, call
ed at an inn, and took each half a pint of ar
dent spirit--, observing that they intended to
ra’se the devil at the meeting. The reli
gious exercises had commenced before they
arrived, but the young men were overcome
with drowsiness ami tell asleep. They were
aroused from their slumbers only in time to
hear a sentence or two in the close of the dis
course. But what they heard was sufficient to
rivet conviction in their minds. They had no
more rest until they found peace in believing.”
The foregoing article was taken from Baptist
Miss. Mag., vol. 3, p. 37. It should leach us
never to despair. God can overrule the ma
lignity of the human heart, bring good out of
evil, and make the wrath of man to praise
Him. It should lead us to desire that men
would attend upon the appointed means of
grace, even though they may be under the in
fluence of impure motives, and never to dis
courage any from attending meetings for reli
gious purposes.
Case II. —Mrs. Peak, who united with the
Baptist church in Claremont, in March, 1786,
had been educated in the Episcopal form of
worship. About a year previous to her union
with the church, she was brought under deep
conviction. She continued in a distressed
state of mind for about six months, and was
relieved in the following remarkable manner:
She was riding on the eastern bank of the
Connecticut river in the first month of autumn.
“The atmosphere was severe, the sun was de
scending in the horizon, shrouded with clouds,
which were penetrated by his piercing beams,
and gave the Western hemisphere a deep
crimson color to a great extent. With a sur
face as smooth as glass, this majestic river re
flected the same color, and, to a contemplative
mind, had an appearance not altogether dis
similar to a vast body of blood. While viewing
this grand and impressive appearance of the
scenery of nature, her meditations turned upon
the fountain of a Saviour’s blood, which He
“shed for the remission of sins.” While fol
lowing out the reflections induced by the scene,
she found deliverance from the burden of her
sins and fears, and was made partaker of the
sweet hope which Jesus’ grace has given.
(Bap. Miss. Mag., vol. 1, pp. 52-3.)
Case 111. —John Bunyan was to preach on
a week day in a village in Camhridgshire. A
large conciurse of people was assembled when
a Cambridge scholar of the jolly sort came
riding up. lie inquired the cause of the meet
ing, and was informed that “one Bunyan, a
tinker, was to preach.” His curiosity was
excited, and he thought that a favorable op
portunity was afforded of providing matter for
future merriment; so lie gave a boy two pence
to hold his horse, saying, “he was resolved to
hear the tinker prate.” He went in and the
Lord applied the truth to his heart. He
ceased not to attend his ministry thereafter
until he was converted and had become hirusell
a minister of the Gospel. (Miss. Mag., vol.
1, p. 380, and Irving’s Life of Bunyan.)
Case IV. —A number of friends being at
dinner on the Lord’s day, one, to prevent idle
conversation, said “It is a question whether
we shail all go to Heaven or not.” It caused
seriousness, and one said “if any go to hell, it
must be myself.” (Burke a Miscel., vol. 2, p.
146.)
Case V. —Mr. Thos. Tregross dated his
conviction to a sermon of his own on Lukexii:
47. (Burke’s Miscel., vol. 2, p. 151.)
Case VI. —Lady H. speaking to a work
man on one side of a wall, another on the op
posite side, heard it and was convicted, (vol.
2, p. 152.)
Case VII. —A young man in Cromwell’s
army had his Bible pierced by a ball. Cur
ious to see how deep it had pierced, turned the
leaves and found the ball rested on Eccl. xi :9
—“Rejoice, O young man,” etc., and was con
victed. (Burke’s Miscel., vol. 2, pp. 152-3.)
Case VIII.—A universalist, in the vicinity of
Baybrook, in 1803, being asked why he did
not attend a meeting which was held by the
Baptists, in his neighborhood, replied that “no
preaching would do him any good.” A reli
gious man proposed to him to attend, and en
gaged, if he received no benefit, to pay him
75 cents a day for every day’s attend ince.
He swore he would go ; did so, and on the first
day of his attendance was pierced to the heart,
went home in great distress, and was the
means of awakening his wi eto a sense of her
lost condition. In the course of a week he
was enabled to rejoice in that Saviour whom
he had reviled and rejected. (Baptist Miss.
Mag., vol. 1, p. 38.)
Case IX. —The Rev. Isaac Cox of the Bap
tist chur.h, while traveling, in 1783, in a part
of New England in which he had never before
traveled, saluted a house into which he enter
ed with the salutation, “Peace be to this
house.” There was in that family a little girl
about eight years of age, upon whose ears the
salutation of the good man fell like a voice
from Heaven. It excited in her youthful
boHorn an earnest desire to obtain peace with
God. She immediately began to seek it
through the Saviour of sinners, nor was she
permitted to seek in vain. She soon obtained
comfort. Subsequently she lost much of the
feivor of religion, but did not make ship
wreck of her faith. About twenty years after,
her hopes were revived, and the same messen
ger being again on a tour through that region
ot country, had the satisfaction of hearing lur
relate what the Lord had accomplished for
her through his instrumentality. With a holy
joy he led her down into the liquid stream,
and buried her with her Saviour in baptism.
(Baptist Miss. Mag., vol. 1, p. 10.)
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
COMUCriOY
A notice of anew weekly paper,
called the Sunday Morninj Herald,
published in 'his city, appeared on the
secular page of The Index, of August
24th. The managing editor being un
avoidedly absent at the time, the notice
was not revised as it otherwise would
have been, and it was iuserted by its
writer, as written, in our news columns.
We regret the oversight. The Index
is unalterably opposed to anything
whatever that could, in the most re
mote degree, serve to make the bless- and
Sabbath less holy, either in sjiritor in
deed, than the Scriptures design it
shall be. All worldly thoughts
should be held in abeyance on that
day, and the mind should consecrate
itself to the contemplation of spiritual
things, and commune with immortal
interests more thoroughly than on any
other day. This frame of mind can
not be consistently established if the
thoughts are diverted by the reading
of news, secular affairs, stories, etc.
No matter if the work on these papers
be done during the week days, and no
direct violation is done to the Sabbath
by manual labor j still the Sunday
paper is inconsistent with the spirit
of the Bible which should always
govern us j we must shun even the
appearance of evil.
We, therefore, disapprove the read
ing of secu’ar papers on Sunday, and,
consequently, authoritatively disclaim
every endeavor to encourage secular
publications intended for Sunday read
ing, no matter how meritorious they
may be in a literary point of view.
This general principle is inviolable, and
we zealously endeavor to maintain it,
deeply regretting any occasion, no
matter how rare its occurrence may be,
which necessitates an acknowledg
ment that the rule has been trespassed
upon, as in this instance.
We hope this correction and expla
nation will satisfy all as to our purposes
and views.
From the Hightower we have
“glad tidings” The churches have
done much good work, and are gener
ally healthy and vigorous. Facts
come to us from deacon A. J. Logan,
the worthy and efficient Clerk of this
noble Baptist Brotherhood, who is in
The Index office mailing the minutes
of this year to the various points of des
tination within the boundary of his
Association. The first minutes printed
and distributed this season. We are
now ready for others. Who next ?
GEORGIA BAPTIST .NEWS.
Our agreeable occasional correspondent,
“Ola,” alluding to the meeiing of the Coosa
Association, at Pleasant Grove church, near
Ringgold, an account of which appears in The
Index (or August 31st, praises our indefatiga
ble Sabbath-school worker, Rev. T. C. Boykin,
in the highest terms for his eloquence. She
says he has the rare quality of at once attrac
ting the attention of his audience and retaining
it all through the discourse. Writing under
date of August 26th she says that the meeting
at Pleasant Grove is still continued. On the
preceling Sabbath five were led down into
the yielding wave and buried with Christ by
baptism. The writer’s residence is a good dis
tance from Ringgold, and the churches in her
neighborhood are all in a prosperous condition;
the Sunday-schools also, whose membership is
increasing rapidly.
—Brother J. M. Britain writes from Con
yers, August 29th: “1 have just closed an in
teresting meeting at Salem, Rockdale county.
The church is much revived. The people are
rnigl tily wrought upon by the Holy Spirit,
and many are anxiously inquiring the way to
salvation. There were eleven additions to the
church during the meeting.
—Brother John T. Kimbeli writes under
date of August 20th: “We have just closed a
meeting of interest at Shiloh Church, in Mon
roe county. The meeting lasted ten days, re
suiting in twelve accessions to the church.
The pastor was assisted in the latter part of
the meeting by brethren Wood, Amos and
McMichael. This is the twenty-third year
that I have worked with this church as pastor,
and, all things considered, the most successful
one.” In a note In addition to the above glad
tidings, brothei Kimbeli says: “My brother,
Jas. G. Kimbeli, has just closed a meeting of
seven days with Indian Creek church, resulting
in twenty-one accessions to the church. This
is the sixteenth yearef his pastorate with this
church.”
—A revival meeting of great interest closed
last Sabbath at the Peachtree Baptist church,
DeKalb county. Fourteen joined the church
by experience, and two added by letter. Brother
Bush, of the Bell wood (Atlauta) church, is the
pastor. He was assisted during the last two
days of the meeting by Rev. VV. 11. Stroud.
—The next session -d the Western Baptist
Association will be held at Whi'esville, Harris
county, ten miles below West Point, on Satur
day before the third Sunday in this month.
—The Jonesboro New of August 31st, says:
A few days meeting at the 8.-ptist church at
Liberty Hill was a season of refreshing to
many, the good influence of which, it is be
lieved, will be fruitful for many days to come.
—The colored Baptists of Crawford and
vicinity have recently had erected a very
neat church, in that village, at a cost of S6OO.
—The P rry Home Journal, in its Marshall
ville department, says:
Avery g- od meeting is going on at the
Baptist church. It commenced a week ago
last Sunday, and was conducted through last
week by Kev. Dr. Ross, the pastor, with the
assistance of liev. W. 11. Kice. This week
Rev. J. B. Olievis is here assisting, and his
aid is timely, as it not only affords rest and re
bel to the much worn pastor, but gives a fresh
impetus to the meeting by reason of Mr.
Chevis’ popularity with bis church here. It
will he remembered that he was the predeces
sor of the present incumbent, and under his
ministry many of the young members were
taken in the church.
—A fine revival meeting is in progress at
Poplar Springs Baptist church, Franklin
county.
—We clip the following glad tidings from
the Franklin county Register of Septem
ber 2d :
A glorious revival of religion has been in
progress at Zion Baptist church during the
past week. The minister in charge, Bev.
Thomas Crymes, assisted by Rev. J. R. Ivie,
have been laboring faithfully in the cause of
their Master. Twelve were baptized, upon a
profession of faith on Thursday morning last,
while numbers are inquiring the way to eter
nal life. The membership has been greatly
revived and strengthened, and naught but
harmouy and love are known among them.
—Brother B. F. Kelly, writing from Madi
son county, says: “Our religious prospects are
in a hopi-lul condition; most of the Baptist
churches have been, and are now, enjoying pre
cious meetings, and while there has not been as
yet any very large accessions to the churches,
nearly all of them have had some additions.”
—A fine meeting is in progress at Log Wall
Baptist church, Monroe county. It is attended
by large crowds.
—Dr. M. B. Wharton and family will
locate permanently in Forsyth.
—An interesting revival of religion is in
progress in the Baptist church at Groovervil'e*
—Rev. C. H. Strickland, pastor at Greens
boro, is at Warrenton assisting Rev. L. R. L.
Jennings in a very interesting revival meet
ing.
—Rev. Dr. Wharton preached at the Bap
tist church in Washington last Sabbath.
—Brother C. N. Simpson writes from
Cuthbert September Ist:
As the result of a recent leeting held in the
Baptist church at this place eight were added
to our number, six by baptism, one by letter,
one by restoration We regret to announce
that it was necessary to close the meeting when
circumstances indicated overwhelming success.
Brother Uheves has been instrumental in the
hands of the Lord of doing a great work in
our community. May the Lord bless him 1
—The Carnesville (Franklin county) Regis
ter of August 26th, says :
There were fourteen persons baptized into
the fellowship of Clarke’s Creek Baptist
church, on Sunday last, the result of the late
protracted meeting, and the grace ol God.
—The Tugalo Baptist Association will meet
at Liberty Hill church on Friday before the
third Sabbath in this month.
—ln the Union Point department of the
Greensboro Herald we find the following rela
tive to Bethesda church :
“We were pleased to meet the Rev. C. H.
Strickland, the popular pastor and preacher of
Greensboro Baptist church, and to hear him
preach, on Sunday, a characteristic sermon.
His subject was Paradise. The doctrine put
' forward will no doubt put all who heard him
to thinking. There was a fine congregation
and some interest manifested at the close of the
alternoon service. The pastor and deacon
C. N. Daniel, promised to continue the meet
ing, and invited the church and congregation
to join him,”
—Our brethren in Hollonville are reaping
the benefits ol an excellent revival meeting
Rev. E. H, Hooten is conducting the meeting.
Up to the last accounts the church had received
eighteen additions to its membership.
—A very fruitful meeting was recently held
at Duharls church, Jefferson county. The
meeting was conducted by Rev. W. L. Kil
pairick, assisted by brother Holmes. Rev.
Wm. Davis also preached several excellent
seimons. Earnest and attentive congregations
were present, and much good was accom
plished.
MISS LILA WHILDEX.
Miss Whilden, who is one of the
most devoted and zealous of our mis
sionaries, went to China about four
and a half years ago to labor for the
salvation of the heathen. The bless
ings of the Lord have rested on her
work. Eternity alone can unfold
all the good she has been instru
mental in accomplishing, even during
the short time she has been there.
Prom the extracts of a letter, from her
to Mrs. Bailey, published in The Index
of August 10th, it will be seen she, at
one time, had charge of two schools for
girls, but had been obliged to give up
one on account of the indebtedness of
our Foreign Mission Board. Rathfr
than give up the other, she is endeav
oring to support it from her own salary.
Will the Biptists ladies of Georgia
allow her to bear the burden of carry
ing on this school? Surely they will
not, when we tell them that she has
already relinquished §2OO of her
little salary for this year. Last fall,
when the financial condition of the
Board was made known to our mission
aries, Miss Wilden was among the
first to say, “ I will give up part of my
salary.” What Baptist in Georgia has
practiced so much self-denial for the
cause of Cnrist this year as has this
devoted lady ? We presume there is
not even one.
There are between twenty and twen
ty-five missionary societies among the
ladies of our churches; will not each
of these contribute something towards
sustaining Miss Whilden’s school?
and will not the societies which may
be formed, and individual members of
the churches, give for this object?
About S2OO is the amount necessary to
carry on the school for one year. Bro.
G. M. Irwin will gladly receive and
forward all amounts contributed.
The New York Observer sends forth this
ringin appeal to the Christian people of
England in regard to the atrocities now being
perpetrated by the Turks upon the Christian
insurgents:
The 1 Christian population of Turkey are en
titled to the sympathies of the Christian world,
not merely because they are subjected to out
rages at which all humanity should revolt and
protest. England and other powers of Europe
in years past have interfered with their armies
in I urkish affairs on comparatively insignifi
cant grounds. Unless the present state of
things in the Turkish provinces should be im
mediately brought to an end, they have not
only an occasion but an imperative call to in
lerlere, at least with moral force to stop these
outrages on humanity. If Oliver Cromwell
were now Protector ol England, he would show
himself, as in the case ol the persecuted Wal
densians, the Protector of Christians in Turkey.
England never had a nobler opportunity to
stand forth the defender and friend of the
oppressed.
Rev. T. 0. Boykin. —This most zealous
and indefatigable worker in the Lord’s vine
yard has worked this summer with remarkable
energy and most gratifying success. He is
completely prostrated by his excessive labors.
During his last month’s trip in upper Georgia
he visited twenty-four churches, and held
meetings every day and almost every nigl t,
Mary Sunday-echools were organized, and
great good was done in many ways.
Our denomination is greatly indebted to
brother Boykin for his 'aithful and devoted
services. The brethren should sustain him
liberally, and promote the cause he is laboring
for by their contributions.
Personal. —We had the pleasure of
a call from Rev. J. O. B. Lowry, pastor
of the First Baptist church of Mobile.
We were exceedingly glad to meet with
brother Lowry. He is one of the most
popular and useful pastors in Alabama,
full of energy and zeal in the Master’s
••ause. We regret that his stay with
us was necessarily so brief.
The New York Tablet quotes with approval
an article in The Crusader upon toleration
in Spain. We give samples: “The only true
toleration is in protecting the Catholic from in
sult.” Said insult is the presence of Protes
tants. “They have as much right to keep
them (Protestants) out of their land as to
keep out the plague or cholera.” The sug
gestion that a persecuting Catholic ought not
to complain of Protestant persecution is de
clared to be “completely without reasonfor
“it is a very diflerent thing when the Catholic
church persecutes and when any of the sects
presume to do so.” “Protestant persecution
means sectarian tyranny—it is the highest im
pudence of vanity and conceit; but Catholic
‘persecution’— to use the word popularly—is
the legislating for what God reveals.”