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The Christian Index.
Vol. 57-— No 30.
Table of Contents.
First Page—Alabama Department: State
Missions; Born of Water; Impressions
Formed of the Alabama Baptist Conven
tion; Religious Press.
Second Page—Correspondence: Rehobotb
Mission —J S Murrow ; Old Ministers—W
M Howell; Pen-Droppings—L L V; What
is our greatest work?—W M Howell; Dr.
Landrum; A Letter from South Carolina —
Saluda; Mission Department: Receipts of
Mission Board Georgia Baptist Convention
to July 31st, 1879.
Third Page—Sunday-school Lessons.
Fourth Page —Editorials : The True Bap
tist; Jews Excluded; Symmetrical The
ology; The Hebrew Leader; Georgia Bap
tist News.
Fifth Page—Secular Editorials: News Para
graphs; Legislative Summary; Swindlers;
Glances at Our Exchanges; Secular News;
Position of Baptism in the Curistian Sys
tem.
Sixth Page—Obituaries, etc.
Seventh Page—Prayer Meetings; Times of
meeting of Baptist Associations, 1879.
Eighth Page —Florida Department: Week
ly News and Laconics; Deep Regret;
Noonday Association; Special Notices;
New Advertisements.
Alabama Department.
BY SAMUEL HENDERSON.
STATE MISSIONS.
The Annual Report of the Corres
ponding Secretary, in behalf of the
Board of State Missions at the late
session of the Alabama Baptist State
Convention, indicates a marked ad
vance in that work over the State.
Including the Secretary, we had eleven
missionaries in the field, most of them
all the time. Two or three items will
show how the work is advancing. One
thousand dollars more has been raised
and expended the last year than was
raised the previous year. Ten new
churches have been constituted by the
missionaries—one hundred and seven
ty new Sunday-schools have been or
ganized—about three hundred baptisms
have occurred under their ministry—to
say nothing of other labors. Six or seven
years ago we had one hundred Sabbath
schools in the Stale, now we have sev
en hundred. Is not this progress? Per
haps no plan could be adopted by the
Board to meet the demands of the State,
that would answer the views of all
good, sensible men. The Board can
only say, that in discharging the trust
committed to it, it has to do the best
thing that, under all the embarrass
ments that surrounded it at the time,
could have been done. Two or three
objections to our plan of operations
have been urged with more or less of
earnestness. Those objections we pro
pose to answer as best we can.
Ist. It is objected that we have taken
good pastors from their churches, and
put them in the field to do missionary
work.
2d. That, by instructing our mission
aries to visit churches in good parts, we
have not paid sufficient attention to
destitute places.
3d. That our missionaries are au
thorized, where it is necessary, to col
lect, to some extent, their own sala
ries.
These objections have, in some local
ities, crippled the operations of the
Board. But a candid statement of
facts will, we believe, satisfy all reason
ble men, that at the time, on no other
plan than the one we adopted, could
we have reached the results already
achieved.
The first objection, viz: That we
have taken some of our best preachers
from their churches, and put them in
the field, constitutes, we think, the
most triumphant vindication of our
plan that could be urged. When the
Board was first organized, it was unan
imously resolved to appoint the best
ministers to the service that could be
found in the field we sought to occupy.
We wanted the men that could not be
spared from their churches : we did not
want those whose capacities ha'l failed
to secure any thing like useful posi
tions—we did not want those whom
the churches had failed to employ.
And it is precisely to this considera
tion that the Board is indebted for its
present commanding position before
the denomination. We are sorry to
make discriminations among our
preaching brethren in this way; but
the objections urged against our plan
leave us no alternative. Surely, then,
we may be pardoned for pursuing a
policy that gives to this service the
very best preaching talent that can be
employed. If the work is necessary at
all, it ought to be committed to the
ablest hands. Os course there are
many as good preachers in the State
as those whom we have appointed.
We only chose our missionaries from
the best in the State. We repeat,
therefore, that the very objection furn
ishes our highest vindication.
•As to the second objection, viz:
That our missionaries are instructed to
visit .churches which have pastors as
well as destitute places—we have this
to say, that we believe this necessity
SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
of Alabama.
was laid upon us. When the Board
entered upon the work assigned it, we
had to begin de novo— at the beginipg.
The impoverishment and desolation of
our country left us no alternative but
to send our missionaries, in part at
least, where all that they were to re
ceive on their salaries was to be sup
plied. It was that or nothing. All
that we could say, in justice to them
was, to visit as many destitute places
as they could consistently with the stern
demands of their subsistence. This
they have done, and done it nobly, as
their reports show. We had no other
means of establishing such relations
between the Board anil the denomina
tion at large as would justify the ap
pointment of any missionaries at all,
than through them. We are anxious
ly awaiting the time when we can
change this policy so as to sustain our
appointees. But until that time comes,
we must continue, to some extent, this
course, or abandon the field.
A few words as to the third objection,
to wit: That our missionaries are au
thorized, where it is necessary, to col
lect their own salaries, at least in part.
To this we answer, that up to this time
they had it to do, or it would not have
been done at all. Their salaries have
been pledged, as a general rule, at their
several Associations, and all they have
done, up to this time, is to receive from
the churches making these pledges,
the amounts subscribed) and receipt
for them. The pastors could do this
work if they would. They could collect
these pledges, forward the amount to
our corresponding Secretary, and let
iiim settle with the missionaries. But
they have not, and it is feared, will not
do so, for some time yet. No brother
in the State will rejoice more sincere
ly than our Board, whenever this deli
cate service can be transferred from
our missionaries to the churche and pas
tors. But we submit that before any
brother can urge this objection, he
ought to have a clean record on this
subject. We only wish that the objec
tion could become so general, so imper
ative, in the estimation of every
church and pastor in the State, as to
force them to do that which subjects
our line of policy to the criticism we
are considering. To attain this result
—to induce our brethren to perform
tjiis delicate wrico of collecting and
forwarding the salaries of our mission
aries, and thus relieve them of the duty,
is the grand objective point at which
the Board is aiming. But until this is
reached, we must do as we can.
One thing we can say, in which all
will agree, that what the Board has
accomplished in the past is enough to
entitle it to the sympathies, the prayers,
the earnest co-operation of every Bap
tist in the State. Brethren! throw
your objections in brackets, and come
up to our help. We assure you that
we are animated by no other motive
than to do all we can to supply the
service demanded in the State. Help us
to abate the objections urged against
our plans, and you shall share our pro
foundest gratitude. But we cannot
“make brick without straw.” We can
not expend means you do not supply.
He have to create our own resources by
. our own agencies, or do nothing. If
you will excuse the pleasantry, we
are in the predicament of the little
school boy, to which a brother referred
at the Convention. He was told by
his schoolmates when he entered the
school, that he must do this, that and
the other. He must not do thus and
so. The catalogue of commands and
prohibitions became so formidable that
the little fellow desparingly exclaimed,
“It is onpossible, and can't be did!”
Do not expect impossibilities. Realize
it, that you, brother, have just as much
interest in this matter as we have—no
more, no less. It is a common service,
and the Master expects every man to
do his duty,
The Crippled Praying Child.—Mr.
says: “I once knew a little crip
ple who had given herself to God, and
was distressed because she could not
labor for him actively among the lost.
Her pastor visited her,and, hearing her
complaint, told her that from her sick
bed she could offer prayers for those
whom she wished to see turning to God.
He advised her to write the names
down, and then pray earnestly; and
then he went away, and thought of the
subject no more. Soon a feeling of
great religious interest sprang up in the
village, and the churches were crowded
nightly. The little cripple heard of the
progress of the revival, and inquired
anxiously for the saved. A few weeks
later she died, and among the roll of
papers that was found under her little
pillow was one bearing the names of
fifty-six persons, every one of whom
hod in the revival been converted. By
each name was a cross, by which the
crippled saint had checked off the con
verts as they had been reported.”
There is no readier way for a man |
to bring his own worth into question ;
than by endeavoring to detract from
the worth of other men.
Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, August 7, 1879.
“BORN OF WATER.”
exegesis of john 3: 3-12.
1. To arrive at the true meaning of
the perplexing phrase, “Born of
water,” the whole passage (3-12 verses)
must be considered in its exegetical re
lations, since it cannot be considered as
strictly a question of translation, as the
conjunction (chai) must be translated
according to its relation to the context,
before and after; and as there is noth
ing in the word “water,” as here used,
to restrict it to a symbolic or figurative
use, we are left to understand the pas
sage by some other method of interpre
tation.
2. The proposition to be discussed
by the “Great Teacher come from
God,” is distinctly stated in verse 3,
viz-,, the new birth, spiritual regenera
tion. “Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
A second birth is introduced and en
forced.
3. (a) If the phrase, “Kingdom of
God,” be made to mean the ‘Spiritual
kingdom,” and “born of water” to
mean baptism, then it must follow, as
a logical necessity, that baptism is in
dissoluble with regeneration!
(b) If, on the other hand, the “king
dom is made to mean the visible king
dom—the church—then it follows as
inevitably that spiritual regeneration is
essential to introduction into that king
dom. Thus forming a dilemma, from
which extrication would seem to be
difficult.
4. “How can a man be born
(again) when he is old?” inquired the
astonished ruler. This question at
once reveals the profound ignorance of
Nicodemus of the great subject being
expounded—the new birth. Nor need
we be surprised at this manifestation of
his ignorance, for ( 1) it w’as a new
doctrine being introduced; (2) the
"preaching of the cross is to the Jews
foolishness;” (3) and, in general
terms, the “natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God; for
they are foolishness unto him ; neither
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.” (Ist Cor. 2 :14.)
As a necessary result of this igno
rance, Nicodemus failed to compre
hend the nature of the proposition
,stated in verse 3, that a man shnqld.itfc,
j ‘bohi again” a second time. Hence
his question (verse 4), “How can a
man be born when he is old!” No one
will suppose for a moment that he who
taught as one having authority would
tamper with his distinguished hearer—
a representative man of the Jewish
nation—upon a subject upon which
hung, in fearful suspension, a clear
exposition of the fundamental question
of eternal life! No; but would pro
ceed with the greater care (if possi
ble) to disentangle the original propo
sition of its enshrouded mystery ; and
thus removing the difficulty, would
proceed to expound and illustrate the
subject in exegetical detail.
5. That “born of water” (v. 5) is
intended to remove such difficulty, and
also as a reply to the question of Nico
demus in v. 4, indicating natural gene
ration, in contradistinction from spirit
ual regeneration, would seem to be
clear, for the following reasons :
(1.) It is strictly in accordance with
natural generation.
(2.) Distinguishes between man’s
two natures; showing that as the nat
ural man receives his existence through
natural generation, so also the “spirit
ual man” receives its new life through
spiritual regeneration—“born again,”
■‘born of the Spirit.” And that as the
one is necessary to this life, so the
other is necessary to the kingdom of
God.
(3.) To make “born of water” mean
baptism would be too abrupt a transi
tion from a fundamental doctrine to an
external rite.
(4.) It would be in conflict with the
inspired order which these doctrines
(regeneration and baptism) sustain to
each other in the New Testament, re
generation being antecedent and bap
tism consequent. And, in the opinion
of the writer, it would be just as scien
tifically inconsistent to reverse the
order of antecedent and consequent as
it would be scripturally absurd to re
verse the order of regeneration and
baptism.
(5.) To say that “born of water”
means baptism, is an assumption with
out proof.
(6.) Wherever baptism is referred to
in the Scriptures, there is some specific
word so to designate it.
6. This (6th verse) is exegetical of
verse 5. “Born of the flesh” being
exegetical of “born of water;” while
“born of the Spirit,” in verses 5. 6 and
8, is exegetical of the original proposi
tion, “Ye must be born again,” stated
in verse 8; thus clearly defining the
distinction between the two natures of
man, keeping distinct and illustrating
separately the two facts, that the natu
ral man—that which is ‘‘born of
water," “born of the flesh,” enters into
this world and “sees,” enjoys its light,
blessings and privileges by and through
natural generation; and that in like
manner, also, the spiritual nature of
man “enters into the kingdom of God,”
and “sees,” enjoys its light, blessings
and privileges by and through spirit
ual regeneration.
And after giving this complete exe
getical analysis of the whole subject,
he refers back in the 7th verse, with
out any reference to the intervening
exposition, to the original proposition
stateij in verse 3, and repeats it with
intensified emphasis—“ Marvel not that
I said unto thee, ye must be born” —
not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but “of
God>” “again," “of the Spirit.”
Tile remaining verses (8-12) being
illustrative of the mysterious nature of
regeneration by the Holy Spirit, I shall
pass that by, and conclude with the
following synopsis of the argument;
(J.) True method of interpretation
suggested.
(2.) Proposition stated- —“Born
again.”
(8.) A dilemma.
(4.) Difficulty suggested and igno
rance exposed.
(5.) True meaning of “born of
water”— natural birth—reasons.
(6.) Exegesis of the subject.
Ernternally and respectfully,
I. U. Wilkes.
Montevallo, Ala., July 23, 1879.
IMPRESSIONS FORMED OF THE
ALABAMA BAPTISI CONVEN
TION.
Taking the train at Troy, on the
morning of the 16th, inst., I sped away
for Birmingham, the place of meeting
of the above body. At Union Springs,
Rev. T. W. Toby, D. D., joined us en
route for the same place. The party
was largely increased at Montgomery.
By mid-night we had reached the
mountain-begirt city, our destination.
We were met at the depot by the
committee on hospitality, and they were
truly a hospitable committee. Some
times committees charged with this
duty, forget, or neglect, or refuse
to be at their place, if the hour of arri
val be an unseasonable one. Not so
with these dear brethren; they had
been appointed to meet delegates on
an< l ( l* BC h f,r K e d their
\lGvy, though it required' considerable
inconvenience and self-denial. Here
we found impression No. 1. as follows :
The Baptist church of Birmingham
is a genuinely hospitable, whole-souled,
open-hearted brotherhood. By a de
lightful experience of several days, we
had this impression corroborated and
strengthened, and also extended so as
to include all denominations in the
city. All seemed to vie with each
other in their efforts to make the stay
of their visitors delightful and home
like.
At 10 o’clock, on Thursday morning,
July 17th, the convention assembled
in the audience hall of the court-honse,
which is one of the finest in Alabama.
Your correspondent was being im
pressed with the fact of being a stranger
among the brethren ; and a feeling of
loneliness—an emotion very strange to
him—was stealing on, when the genial
and well known face of Rev. Jos. Shack
elford, D. D., struck his eye. Imme
diately his loneliness departed, for the
dear good man had been a room-mate
of ours twenty-five years ago, when
together we drank at the classic fount
of Mercer, then located at Penfield, now
at Macon.
The body was called to order by Hon.
John Haralson, of Selma, the former
president.
The Introductory Sermon, as is their
custom, had been appointed for the first
night of the session.
The Convention organized by elect
ing Hon. John Haralson, Pres.; Rev.
J. J. D. Renfroe, D. D., and Hon. J. G.
Harris, Vice-Presidents; and Bro. B.
B. Davis, Sec’y; and, on motion, Rev.
J. S. Paulain was requested to act as
Assistant Secretary.
The work of the session then began
in good earnest.
Impression No. 2. was that Brother
Haralson is an excellent presiding of
ficer. Firm, dignified, pleasant, cour
teous, independent and always ready,
he dispatches business as rapidly as
any presiding officer I have ever seen.
He is a big-hearted Christian gentle
man ; though, unlike Bro. Boyce, he
carries his big heart in a small body.
Bro. Davis makes one of the best of
clerks; quick in business and obliging
to his brethren.
Impression No. 8. Associating with
the brethren four or five days, I found
them to be exceedingly kind, social,
genial, easy to become acquainted with,
and very affectionate. Mingling
among them one is constantly remind
ed of that beautiful picture, “Behold
how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!"
These Alabama brethren are a noble
band. I was never treated more kind
ly. The truth is, Bro. Editor, I
fell in love with them all—please say
to my dear Georgia brethreh, I do not
love them any the less for that.
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD,
of Tennessee.
Impression No. 4. This is a work
ing body for it is made up largely of|
workers. Friday morning was princi
pally given to the consideration of the
report of the State Mission Board. |
Able addresses were delivered by !
brethren Bishop and Tichenor. About
two thousand dollars were raised in
cash subscriptions, to pay the salary of
the Corresponding Sec’y, and to pay
the current expenses of the Board.
State Missions, Home and Foreign
Missions, Sabbath-schools, Education,
and support of aged and infirmed min
isters, all received a forward impetus.
Foremost among the workers in the
convention are brethren I. T. Tichenor,
of Auburn ; S. Henderson, of Alpine ;
J. J. D. Renfroe,of Taledega; J. W. Haw
thorne, of Montgomery ; W. C. Cleve
land, Selma; W. H. Mclntosh, Marion ;
T. W. Tobey, Union Springs; Jos.
Shackelford, Trinity; B. H. Crumpton,
Greenville; W. D. Roby, Tuskegee;
O. F. Gregory, Tuscaloosa; T. M. Bai
ly, Marion; J. G. Harris, Livingston ;
J. 8. Paulain, Clayton; W. Rogers,
Midway; G. D. Benton, Uchee ; L. W-
Lawler, Talledega; W. Wilkes, Talla
dega ; E. F. Barber, Bethany, Lowndes
co., and E. T. Smythe, Oxford.
Dr. E. T. Winkler was detained at
home by family affliction. I was
somewhat disappointed in not meeting
my dear brother, E. B. Teague.
The next session convenes on Wed
nesday before the 3d Sabbath in July,
1880, at Greenville.
Thank God for the last session of the
Alabama Baptist Convention, so har
monious, so earnest, so pleasant, so
fruitful.
T. H. STOUT;
Troy, Ala., July, 25, 1879.
The Religious Press.
—The New Orleans Christian Advo
cate wisely speaks:
The perverseness of the carnal mind is no
where more forcibly exhibited than in the
disposition to pitch upon the things hard to
be understood, and io make them stumbling
blocks to the soul. There are plain things
enough in Scripture appertaining to our du
ty, to the conditions of salvation, and to the
future destiny. What men need to know
for their guidance in virtue and piety, and
for their salvation, can be easily ascertained.
But these are passed by for things that may
be .wrapped in mystery, and for doctrines
that at present are above our comprehension.
The time and thought that should be given
to the practical and easily-understood doc
trines and precepts, are wasted in bewilder
ing and vain speculations. The things which,
if honest y and prayerfully studied, minister
to faith and righteosness, are warped and
turned [to the soul’s undoing. The word
of God is a sword that may be wielded in de
fense if assaulted, or we may so handle it as to
pierce and destroy ourselves. It is a light
to illuminate and purify the heait, and to
shine upon our | ath, but may be so wres
ted from its gracious purpose as to become a
consuming fire.
—We clip the following scraps from
the “Brief Item” column of The Pres
byterian.
Occasionally the Episcopalian Bishops
woo the Methodists with many blandish
ments, but with little success. At times the
Methodists grow conscious ot their greatness
and the smallness of those who are inviting
“You take us in 1” said an indignant Metho
dist, years ago to this proposition. “ You
might as well ask a little bayou to take in
the Mississippi.
Mohammedanism wanes slowly, but surely.
It mutters and mumbles, but is powerless.
An instance is given of this which is quite
remarkable. “After waiting for years for
permission from the Turkish Government to
erect buildings r or the Theological Seminary
at Mara-h, in Turkey, in charge of the Amer
ican Board, they have now been erected
without permission.
Dr. Bellows said, wisely and warningly,
not long ago :—“ I never knew one man or
woman who steadily evaded the house of
prayer and public worship on the Lord’s day
--who habitually neglected it, and had a
theory on which it was neglected—that did
not come to grief and bring other people to 1
grief.”
Dr. Stuart Robinson makes a point surely
when he says that “ the great need is a great
ethical revival in the church itself, which
will restore the tone of Christian life and
morals, and separate Christians from a‘world
lying in wickedness.’ "
Take care how you deal with the distract
ing questions between science ami religion,
lest by your sermon against infidel science
you set some minds wandering after the dan
gerous speculations. “Where did you get
that infiuel book ?” said a surprised pastor to
a parishioner, as he lifted it from the parlor
table. “I heard you speak of it in the pul
pit and I had a curiosity to see it,” was the
stunning reply.
—Some of the secular pajters are making
a great ado over the fact, that a colored wo
man a short time ago made application for
membership in a Southern Presbyterian
church, was examined and received and par
took of the Lord’s Supper, as if this was
something new. Even in the days of slavery
a great many Presbyterian churches in the
South had colored members; one at least had
two hundred and fifty members of this class.
At the meeting of the General Assembly in
Rochester, N. Y., in 1860, we saw a South
Carolina slave-holder give a donation of one
hundred dollars, a thank-offering, as hetaid,
for the recent conversion of one of his ser
vants (slaves).
And almost every Baptist minister
in the Southern States has adminis
tered the lord’s Supper habitually to
churches in the rural dirtricts com
posed partly of whites and partly of
negroes. The latter, it is true, always
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occupied seats by themselves, but all
partook of the communion together.
In the cities the whites and blacks
have usually had separate churches.
The editor of The Index has baptized
many negroes and has administered
the Lord’s Supper to them sometimes
in conjunction with the whites, and
sometimes in their own churches, times
without number.
—And now comes The N. Y. Ob
server with wise words as usual:
“ If you can divest your minds of prejudice,
you can have no evidence upon which, before
your God you can strangle this man on the
scaffold.”
This remark is taken from the plea to the
jury by the counsel of Cox, who was tried
last week and convicted of one of the most
atrocious murde s ever committed in this
city. It is of a piece with much the talk of
those who advocate the abolition of the death
penalty. To save one man from the just
punishment of a capital cr-me they would
have twelve men commit the crime of perju
ry by bringing in a verdict of acquittal or
for a minor offense, when they have sworn to
render a verdict according to Jaw and the
testimony. The plea is made on an utterly
false basis. The jury have nothing to do
with the “ strangling’’ or hanging of a mur
derer. All thev have to do is to sit in judg
ment on the tesamony and to declare upon
their oaths whether it sustains the charge.
i The Judge who sentences the prisoner has
' nothing to do with the hanging. All be has
to do is to pronounce the sentence whicb the
■ law has already imposed. For either Judge
or jury to do otherwise would be to violate
an oath.
A double murder was recently com
mitted near Atlanta ; an aged man and
his wife were found lying in bed with
their throats cut. If the perpetrator
of the dreadful deed can be found he
will probably be put through the form
of a trial; he may be acquitted by some
jury too conscientious to find him guilty
but not too conscientious to violate
their oaths; or he may be found guilty
of manslaughter only, or possibly he
may be found guilty of murder and
“ recommended to mercy,” as the coup
le were old and had not much longer
to live anyhow; and he may be senten
ced to the penitentiary for life—with,
the expectation that he will soon be
turned loose. The administration of
law in this country is getting to be a
farce.
—The Southern Christian Advocate
(Methodist) in an article headed “ Lib
eralism run mad ” commenting on Dr.
Boyds exploit with the Jews, proceeds
to say:
But is it any of our business to be med
dling about this second alleged offense? We
think so. Though we are no Baptist, we
yet c’aim to be a Christian, and as such to be
justly offended and greatly scandalized by
the course of conduct of Dr. Boyd and his
congregation.
And The .Index is glad to see that
Christian editors generally, whether
Baptists or not, take the same view,
j Strange to say, however, one of otw
Baptist exchanges, and one that we
| held in high esteem, speaks in the
mildest possible terms of Dr. Boyd’s
conduct.
—The railroad riots that occurred a few
years since at Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania,
involved the destruction of private property
to the amount of three million dollars. The
j owners have been asking for indemnity ; and
the question has been pendingin the courts
whether the indemnity should be paid by the
State, or by the county in which the riots
occurred. The Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania has recently decided that the State is
■ not responsible; but that the county must
foot the bill of these damages. This is to be
done by taxation, and the larger part of the
burden must fall on the city of Pittsburgh.
Wa receive a great deal of advice
| from the latitudes North of us, as to
1 how we should manage to get along
with our laboring classes; but as mat
i ter of fact we doubt not that there is
I far more disorder in the State of Penn
j sylvania alone, than there is in all the
Southern States put together.
Then see the following from Massa.
; chusetts:
The Fall River (Mass.) spinners have
continued on strike, and as their case has
| grown desperate they have naturally resort
ed to intimidations of those who took their
places. Many facts are related which prove
1 clearly that the striking spinners have in
many ways annoyed and bulldozed other
workmen. On Sunday there was something
like a riot, shots were fired by the police and
one striker was wounded. Unless great cau
| tion is exercised by the authorities, this
strike will culminate in bloody scenes. The
strikers have a right to stop work but not to
deter others from working.
Just suppose that anything like this
had occurred in any one of the Southern
States what an ado would have been
raised! Wo have no trouble with our
laboring people, notwithstanding the
fact that constant efforts are made to
make them discontented and restless.
—The general or union meeting of
the Third District of the Western As
sociation meets with Bethel church,
Heard county, near St. Cloud, on Fri
day before the second Sunday instant,
at 11 o’clock a. m. The introductory
sermon will be preached by Rev. J. 8.
B. Davis, of Newnan, Ga. The church
and community extend a cordial invi
tation to ministers and people to come
and unite with them in enjoying this
occasion. The meeting will continue
several days.