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THE SLAIN.
In the great battle with sin, which
has be to fought by every member of the
human race, many will come off con
querors, and each one of these will be
rewarded with all the joys and glories
promised in the word of God, “to him
that overcometh.” But there are
many for whom these joys and glories
are not in store. These are overcome
of evil, these belong to the great army
of the slain; the horrors of the second
death will be their portion.
Speaking of none who are now alive
upon the earth, but only of those
whose earthly conflict isover, and who
have gone to their own place, let us
see what were some of the means used
by the evil one for their destruction.
Some of them were possessed of a
choleric temper and they gave way to
it, and were overpowered by it. A
portion of these having grown up
without the restraints of Christian in
fluence, or having thrown off those re
straints, became outrageous. Acute
attacks of anger frequently recurring
became resolved into chronic malice.
They became aggressive; some of
them committed murder with their
hands; all of them committed it in
their hearts. And so they fell. Oth
ers were of less outbreaking type.
They were simply ill-natured and
peevish; habitual fault-finders and
trouble-breeders, always fermenting
and soured, they made all around them
unhappy, and their own lives were
wretched. They were always turbu
lent and always quarrelsome; and so
they died.
Another class were possessed with
the spirit of uncleanness, and became
the victims of lust. Some of these
yielded wholly to their passions, and
became utterly debauched in body and
mind. Others of them kept them
selves technically pure, but at heart
were as corrupt as those who fell into
open transgression. And so these all
died.
Others again, were overcome by the
spirit of greed. The extreme class of
these became highway robbers and
thieves. Those of a somewhat milder
type became cheats and swindlers.
Others again were hard task-masters
and keen bargain-drivers. Others kept
themselves outwardly correct, but their;
ruling passion was avarice. With
some the deadly sin took the form of
mere stinginess; they stinted their
families, they stinted themselves; if
asked to send a charity abroad they
replied “charity begins at home;” if
asked for a charity at home, “they con
tributed a shake of the head;” they
were ingenious in finding reasons for
not giving; sometimes they would say
“You must be just before you are
generous,” but their work of justice
seems never to have been completed,
for it is certain that they were never
generous. They got from the world
all they could, and gave as little in re
turn as possible. Some of those sel
fish ones, eaten up with cupidity, were
members of Christian churches; but
if their religion was worth no more
than it cost them, it was not worth
much. They often said, “God looks at
the heart and is not moved by dollars
and cents ;” their own hearts however,
were moved by nothing else, and thus
they were at very opposites with infi
nite goodness. “A man cannot buy
his way into • heaven,” was a favorite
expression with them. Believing this
they tried to sponge their way into it.
So the money-lovers, covetous and
penurious and parsimonious all died ;
pirates, robbers, thieves, swindlers and
church-members, all together.
Others were slain with stimulants.
Some took them in the form of strong
drink, some in the form of opium, or
other drugs of like character. A num
ber of these became wholly besotted,
and lived and died in filth, wretched
ness and blasphemy. In their frenzy
some of them committed frightful
crimes, which led to the penitentiary or
to the gallows. Other escaped the prison
bars and the haler, but were involved
in moral turpitude, unseen by men
but visible to God, quite as great as
that of those who did not escape. Os
these too, there were milder types, just
as with the other classes. These avoi
ded the extreme, but were nevertheless
victims. Their reason was beclouded ;
they lost their self-control; all the
moral tone of their character was let
down ; their self-respect was weakened
if not destroyed. They became weak
in body and mind, and drivelled
through the world half imbecile. Most
of these were deceived into transgres
sion. Bodily ailment, or poverty, or
distress of mind, suggested the use of
strong drink or of opium. They had
no evil intent, but Satan caught them
with a snare. Many of these professed
Christ, but they all died, drunkards
and murderers, weaklings and all, to
gether.
Others fell before ambition. The
great thought of their lives was self
aggrandisement. Some of these were
preachers of the gospel, their gifts be
ing of a kind which would gain them
more distinction in that way than in
any other. The apostles themselves
received some wounds in this way, but
as to eleven of them, their wounds
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1881.
were all healed; the twelfth One has
had bis successors in all ages. But
the greater part of the victims of am
bition were men of the world. They
worked hard to accomplish their ends;
they received their reward ; and they
all died, warriors, politicians, preach
ers and all the rest, all together.
Some were killed by mere pleasure
seeking. Life was nothing to them
without its gaieties.. They declared
that nature demands amusement, and
that it is not only lawful but necessary,
and that without it the world would
stagnate and become irksome. This
was conceded by the wise, and this
just concession was abused by those
who were “lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God," to their own de
struction. To them life presented
no serious aspect, and they frolicked
through it into eternity; and there
they found themselves in company
with the various classes of the victims
of Satan above described.
Some died of envy. These were not
covetous. They desired no great things
for themselves; they only desired that
others should not have thegreat things.
It pained them to see others prosper.
They were not ambitious, but they
could not bear to see others attain to
distinction. They looked with an evil
eye on any success achieved by others.
The sight of Mordecai at the king’s gate
was too much for them. While not
malicious towards men generally they
would plot for the downfall of all in
high places; they desired to see “all
on a level” as they said. When noth
ing more could be done, they would
make derogatory remarks. If this was
found to be inexpedient they would in
dulge in sly inuendoes, or if too cow
ardly for this, they would ingeniously
find opportunities for suggestive sil
ence. Alas I poor men, their eyes turn
ed green, and they died; a ghastly
death it was.
Some died from mere indolence.
They did no great harm perhaps, but
they did no good. The world was none
the better for their being in it. They
instructed none, they comforted none ;
their sins were sins of omission, and if
their whole lives had been omitted, the
world would have been none the worse
for it. A vast multitude of these were
members of churches, but no church
was ever benefitted by their member
ship. Some of them were chronic ab
sentees ; others were not absentees, but
were mere do-nothings. In a
negative way they did much harm,
they were an encumbrance to the
workers, they were a stumbling block
to outsiders. They had no force but
the force of inertia, but their force in
this way was a great power, and it was
directed against the cause of God and
of truth, and of human advancement.
They died, and the Judge of all the
earth condemned them not for what
they had done, but for what they had
failed to do. The sentence passed up
on them was preceded by a series of
negations. “I was hungry and ye gave
me no meat, I was thirsty and ye gave
me no drink, naked and ye clothed me
not; sick and in prison and ye visited
me not.” They attempted to deny all
this by asking “when” it happened ;
but the curse fell on them, and they
sank under the word Depart!
In these, and in other ways innum
merable, Satan has slain his millions.
All of these died in unbelief. But why
in unbelief? They could not get their
consent to give up their cherished sin.
If they could have let go their hold on
that, they could have taken hold on
Christ. But they could not serve two
masters; they had to choose between
Christ and the adversary, and they
preferred the latter. Very few of them,
perhaps, made this choice deliberately.
They elided into it unawares, and
found themselves committed to a bad
master unexpectedly. In forming
their habit, they had an eye to a bet
ter choice in the future; but when the
habit was formed, they were incapable
of making another choice, and so they
died.
Is it not enough so strike terror into
any man’s heart to view these instru
ments of death by which so many have
been slain? These same shafts that
have pierced so many millions are fly
ing thick around us now. Perhaps
some of them are quivering in our
own hearts at this very moment. Give
that heart to God, and he will extract
the shaft and heal the wound.
A Little Anecdote. —A good Pres
byterian brother once said to a Baptist
minister, “Tell me now candidly, Bro.
C., don’t you think that the subject of
baptism is one of the most difficult that
a minister ever has to deal with?”
“Well ye-e-s,” said the Baptist, “candid
ly, I think that the subject of infant
baptism is difficult, very difficult, dis
tressingly so; but I don’t think there is
any difficulty about believers’ baptism.”
Just so; common people have not
ingenuity enough to find infant bap
tism in the New Testament. It requires
great talent, and great learning, and
great plausibility of speech, to make
out the semblance of a case. But the
commonest man in the world, if he is
able to read, can show that the baptism
of believers whether men or women, is
taught in the New Testament. We
think that we are familiar with all the
arguments used in favor of infant bap
tism ; and there is so much ingenuity
n them that we-have no use for ‘ hem.
Then shall I not be ashamed when I
have respect unto all thy command
ments.
CHINA IN THE PULPIT.
An eminent minister, we will not
say of what denomination, but a man
greatly admired and justly beloved,
desiring to strengthen the ties that
bound his people to their church, is
reported to have spoken in substance
as follows:
“You ought to love your church be
cause it is yours, and for the same
reason you should love its doctrines
and its ordinances, and all that per
tains to it. It is of no use to argue
about those points on which we differ
with other denominations. They love
their churches; let us love ours. They
are not to be blamed. We love our
fathers and our mothers because they
are ours, and that is a natural and a
sufficient reason. The same principle
applies to churches, ordinances, and
views of doctrine. Let each retain his
attachment to his own. This is your
church; it was the church of your
fathers, and of all your ancestors for
generations back. Let natural affec
tion cause you to adhere to it; let
others do the same, and thus there
will be no strife and no debate, and
love will be the ruling principle of all.”
We have I irly reported the above
as it was reported to us; but whether
the minister spoken of, intended to
convey the idea which his hearers re
ceived, we do not know. There may
have been some misunderstanding. Be
that as it may, the doctrine inculcated
is not without its influence on many
minds. The friend who reported the
above to us, applauded the sentiment,
and was greatly delighted with the
wise and charitable counsels of the
speaker.
Now, we have to say, that if this ar
gument justifies an Episcopalian in
being an Episcopalian, or a Methodist
in being a Methodist, or a Presbyterian
in being a Presbyterian, or a Baptist in
being a Baptist, it also justifies a Pap
ist in being a Papist, or a Unitarian,
in being a Unitarian, or a Jew
in being a Jew, or a Pagan in
being a Pagan. The same argument
justifies the Jews of eighteen hundred
years ago in rejecting Jesus Christ.
Their religion was theirs, and they
loved it; it had been the hope of
their fathers for many centuries. Why
should they abandon their own?
The argument is not original with
the minister who offered it, if indeed he
is correctly reported as having offered
it at all. The heathen have often said
the same thing to our missionaries.
“Your religion is very good for you,”
say they, “and ours is good for us.
You love yours fwe love ours, and we
love ours because it is ours; let each
adhere to his own.”
Is it not surprising, that this argu
ment imported from China, should
have the least weight with any intelli
gent Christian mind in the United
States? We speak advisedly in say
ing, that we know that it, and it alone,
binds many to the “church of their
fathers.” It substitutes human feeling
for the spirit of Christian obedience ;
it makes the traditions of men supe
rior to the commandments of God; it
discards evidence at the foundation of
our faith; it teaches a blind following
of human customs and earth-born ob
servances ; it ignores the revealed
word of truth ; it justifies anybody in
anything, and everybody in every
thing, so long as each holds to his own;
it is utterly subversive of all truth and
■of all righteousness, and is a declara
tion of war against him who said,
Search the Scriptures.
BAPTIST LOSS RY FIRE
During our sojourn of several weeks
in Philadelphia last summer we at
tended divine service in what is known
as Beth Eden Baptist church at the
corner of Broad and Spruce Streets, and
there we heard a thoughtful and in
structive discourse from our brother
H. L. Wayland, with whom we sat in
the pulpit and by whose invitation we
closed the services. A few moments
i ago we were greatly pained to read the
following article from Bro. Wayland’s
pen in the National Baptist of which
he is the editor:
It is our painful duty to announce the
total destruction of the beautiful edifice
of the Beth Eden Baptist Church on the
corner of Broad and Spruce Streets. The
house was occupied as usual on Sunday
last; Pres. Weston preached in the mor
, ning; in the evening, Rev. Clarence A.
Adams addressed the Sunday-school and
the young people. The Bible-school was
held in the afternoon as usual. At about
half past fouro’clock on Monday morning
a fire broke out in the flue on the west
| side of the house. The fire had, no
doubt, been smouldering all night. It
soon enveloped the whole building, and
spread to Horticultural Hall, which is on
I the north side of the church, separated
from it by a narrow lane (Lardner Str.).
In the course of two or three hours, both
the buildings were destroyed.
The Beth Eden Church was erected in
1870, and was opened and occupied by
the new church, (largely a colony from
the Spruce Street Church) on April 10.
The lot cost $38,000. Tne house cost
about $120,000 in addition. In 1872, a
new organ and a tabernacle covering the
baptistery were placed in the church,
at a cost of about slo,oo'\ making the
entire cost of church and furnishing not
far from $175,000.
In 1873, the floating debt of $20,000
was removed. In May and June 1880
the ground reut of $30,000, and about
$2,000 interest was subscribed, and up
to this date had been so far paid in, that
oniv about $7,090 remained unpaid.
The insurance on ths house and organ
amounted to about $40,000.
i Our readers hardly need to be remind
ed of the leading events in the history
iof the church. Dr. J. Wheaton Smith
was pastor from the organisation of the
church until his resignation in December
1879. Kev. William Leggett Kol'» was
Associate Psstor from May L, '79 to
March 1., 'BO. Since the last named date,
the church had been without a pastor,
though Dr. Smith has been Pastor Em
efThe church thus suddenly left home
less has the profound sympathy of all the
members of the Brptist brotherhood,
and of the Christian communiiy. Before
the flames were quite extinguished, the
church received from the Tabernacle
Church offers of courteous hospitality ;
and the Publication Society offered the
church the use of Assembly Hull. Up to
the time of going to press, we have no
knowledge of the purpose of the church
for the future. We unite with many
Christian hearts in asking the Lord to
overrule this trying event to the good of
his cause and of his people.
A correspondent of our valued ex
change, The Baptist Reflector, speaking
of an editorial article, which recently
appeared in The Index, uses the fol
lowing expressions:
“Never in my life have I read such
a conglomeration of contradictory dog
mas.”
“Dear reader, don’t you think this is
a sweet mess that you are asked to
swallow? Has your knowledge of
God’s word and your experience with
his natural and spiritual laws, impress
ed you with such a feeling of uncer
tainty as to what he requires at your
hands? If so, may the Lord have mer
cy upon you! You must be living out
a miserable, unhapyy life, haunted by
day and by night,” etc.
Finally, the writer says of our edito
rial, that it is “looser than the loosest
ever advocated by the paper I once
thought to be the loosest in the
South.’’
Now whatever else we may be forced
to give up, on one point we shall stand
firm. We are not “leading a miserable
and unhappy life,” and we are not
“haunted” either “by day” or “by
night.” Those who know us, will bear
us witness that we are about as effer
vescent in spirits, well, to say the least,
as most men. This shows that our
Iriend who writes in the Reflector is
mistaken in one of his most important
inferences; and if he has made one
mistake, it is at least conceivable that
he may have made others. We are
glad that he does not think our case
entirely hopeless, for he prays the
Lord to have mercy on all who enter
tain our opinions. This gratifies us,
for it shows a good spirit in him, and
also gives us an interest in his pray
ers.
It is easy enough to make sharp
thrusts against religion, but what do the
critics, the unbelievers, the deniers offer
instead of the truths which have been
the comfort and solace, the strength and
inspiration, the biead and water of life
to the noblest and best minds of the race,
and to miltions of believing hearts ? It
is only necessary to consider the sub
atitutes proposed for religion to see its
vast superiority to them all, and to cling
to it with assured confidence and hope.
If any substitute for the Christian re
ligion is offered to us by infidels, we
are not aware of it. As we understand
them, they do not ask us to exchange
the old Ship of Zion for another craft;
they merely suggest that it would be
wise for us to jump over board.
This reminds us of a little anecdote.
A man once embarked from New York
for Liverpool on the Russia—one of I
the very best of the Cunard Steamers
—in fact one of the best ships in the
world. When five or six days at sea
a dreadful storm arose while our hero
was asleep in his cabin. His room
mate came to him in great terror and
shaking the sleeper exclaimed, “Wake
up! there is an awful storm going on!”
“Well,” said the half-awake man, “what
of it?” “Why,” said the other, “you
had better get up and see about it.”
“No,” said his friend, “it’s no use; if ;
the Russia can’t swim I know I can’t;
it’s no use for me to try.” So he turn
ed over and went to sleep.
So we shall rest in peace; infidels
cannot scare us; if the old gospel ship
cannot take us home we shall never
get there; it will do no good to jump
overboard and try to swim frog-fashion
to eternity.
There is a bill before the New York
Legislature to legalize church lotteries,
such as are often held at fairs and
other exhibitions for religious pur
poses. The mere legalizing of lotteries
is not enough. If The Index were a
member of that Legislature, it would
propose to amend the bill by adding
another section, legalizing all other
kinds of gambling as well as lotteries ;
and also by adding another section
making it lawful to steal for religious
purposes; and still another section,
making it lawful to do anything what
ever for religious purposes. The In
dex would in good faith vote for
all these amendments; this, in order
to carry out the principles of the bill
to their results ; and when these amend
ments had been adopted and the bill
thus perfected, The Insex would
vote against the bill. Such a bill ought
not to be allowed to die an honorable
death by a mere negative vote ; it ought
to be exposed and branded before it
receives its quietus.
Rev. Mat. Hillsman, D.D., has be
come associate editor of the Baptist
Reflector, at Nashville, Tenn., —a valu
able accession to its present corps of
editors. The Reflector is destined to
become a pow er in the land, and we
are glad of
THE JEWS IN NEW YORK CITY.
BY REV. R. PECK.
All nations of the world are more or
less localized, with the sole exception
of the Jews. They are to be found in
almost every civilized country of the
world, and yet the Jew born at New
York, and the one born at Jerusalem,
look upon one another and are looked
upon as members of one and the same
nation.
The Jewish population of New York
city is about 80,000, the largest number
of whom came from Russia, Poland,
Austria and Germany. Owing to this
immigration,trade and industryare con
siderably developed.
The principal occupation of the Jews
is trade and traffic. Having no Jew
ish government to protect them, they
have endeavored to secure that which
forms a very good substitute, viz money.
Not alone do they claim pre eminence
in the science of Theology, but also in
the Arts of Poesy, Music, Philosophy,
Medicine, Jurisprudence, and last but
not least, Commerce in New York has
received its greatest impulse through
Jewish talent and Jewish energy.
Here we find three main classes of
Jews:
1. Polish, Russian, English, Spanish,
French, Austrian, and German Jews,
who accept orthodox Judaism, hence
we call them Rabbinical Jews.
In the 12th article of their creed we
read thus: “I believe in the coming of
the Messiah ; though he tarrieth, yet
will I wait for his coming daily.”
2. There are thousands of Jews who
believe in Reform or Puritanism, hence
they style themselves, Modern or “Re
formed Jews.” Concerning the Mes
siah, they believe that none will ever
come because none has been promised,
and that the progress of Reformed
Judaism is the only true Messiah.
3. This class consists of Infidels or
Rationalists.
In New York city there are about 35
synagogues and places of worship. In
these synagogues the different phases
of Judaism are represented. Each
congregation has a preacher or Hazan
(reader). Choir singing is introduced
into a large number of both Reform
and Orthodox synagogues.
We find also several schools for
children and a Young Men’s Hebrew
Association. The Hebrew press is well
represented by men of learning and
culture.
But now the question arises, “what
will become of them religiously?”
Either they will be swept away en
tirely by the huge wave of unbelief, or
they will arise, break the iron chains
of self-righteousness and materialism,
and accept the Lord Jesus Christ their
true Messiah.
There are missionary efforts among
the Jew’s in New York city carried on
by men of learning who are converts
from Judaism.
The number of converts from Juda
ism cannot be given with approximate
certainity, there may be some 400 to
500. We are personally acquainted
with over fifty converts who seek to
adorn their Christian profession amid
an ungodly and sneering world. Among
them we find professors in colleges,
bankers, merchants, mechanics, minis
ters, and missionaries, and many of
them have proved that nothing can
separate them from the love of God in
Christ Jesus.
There are some peculiarities of the |
Jews in New York. They are generally j
more under the influence of the Rab- ■
bis than in many parts of Europe.
This results from the fact, that they
are more ignorant. Being generally
engaged in trade, they have little time
or disposition for study of the Bible,
and generally lose the little learning
they may have obtained at school. With
one consent, therefore, they leave re
ligious questions with the Rabbis,
among whom there is but a moderate
share of learning, though a warm con
troversy between their sectfe, the old
and the new synagogues, the latter of
which are generally Rationalists, reject
ing the inspiration of the Old Testa
ment. Thus it will be seen, that the
plan for carrying the gospel to the Jews
around us is well-timed; and God
grant that those missionaries who labor
and toil in this direction shall find the
necessary cooperation from Christians,
Our Lord’s commission was, “Preach
the gospel to every creature.” The duty
to be discharged is not a question of
expediency; it depends neither upon
failure nor upon success; it is not of
temporary obligation ; it is the duty of
the whole church of Christ to help with
its resources and prayers to send the
gospel to every Jewish house.
We are fully warranted to believe,
that up to the time when the whole
nation of the Jews shall be converted,
during the whole of that period called
“the times of the Gentiles,” there will
always be found a certain number of
Jews who w’ill receive and accept the
gospel—not a large number, perhaps,
but always some. The good seed sown
will always produce some fruit. Look
at the Apostles’ success in the Greek
, cities. In spite of the opposition to
their message at Corinth, two rulers of
the synagogues seem to have been
'on their side. One was rich enough
and large hearted enough to be called
I the host of the whole church.
Our Saviour, according to the flesh,
i was a Jew, and it was he who said,
’ “Go ye rather to the lost sheep of the
house Israel.”
Illustrated Christian Weekly.
Rev. H. H. Rhees, Baptist Mission
ary to Japan, (the H. H. stands for
Henry Holcombe—a name familiar to
the readers of The Index) has sent to
a friend in the United States, a copy
of “Wayland’s Moral Science,” and of
“Wayland’s Political Economy,’’ trans
lated into the Japanese language un
der the orders of the Japanese Govern
ment. How little the author antici
pated such a result! We differed with
our distinguished brother on some
points, but we are proud of him and of
his works, and are glad that he, under
whose teaching scores of thousands
have sat in this country, has now be
come a teacher of the Japanese. He
being dead, yet speaketh.
The Observer is utterly unfair, and knows
that it falsitiss in its misrepresentations of
The Independent.
So speaks the New York Independ
ent of that venerable Christian journal,
the New York Observer. The Index
rises to a point of order, and asks
whether such language on the part of
a religious journalist is becoming. The
question seems to be decided in the
negative by that part of the code
which says, “Be courteous.” 1. Pet.
3:8.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Editor of The Christian Index:
Please publish for the information of
all concerned, the following extract
from the Constitution of the Southern
Baptist Convention, and oblige,
Yours truly,
Wm. H. Mclntosh, Cor. Sec.
Art. 111. The Convention shall con
sist of members who contribute funds,
or are delegated by religious bodies
contributing funds, on the basis of one
delegate for every hundred dollars con
tributed to our funds at any time
within the twelve months preceding
the meeting of the body; and of rep
resentatives, on the terms hereinafter
specified, from any of the following
bodies, viz: the Maryland Union Bap
tist Association, the Baptist General
Association of Virginia, the Baptist
General Association of West Virginia,
the North Carolina Baptist State Con
vention, the Baptist Convention of
Western North Carolina, the fltate
Convention of the Baptist Denomina
tion in South Carolina, the Baptist
Convention of the State of Georgia,
the Florida Baptist State Convention,
the Alabama Baptist State Convention,
the Mississippi Baptist State Conven
tion, the Baptist General Association
of Southeastern Mississippi, the Louis
iana Baptist State Convention, the
Baptist State Convention of Texas, the
Baptist Convention of Eastern Texas,
the Arkansas Baptist State Conven
tion, the Baptist General Association
of Western Arkansas and Indian Ter
ritory, the Tennessee Baptist State
Convention, the Baptist General Asso
ciation of Kentucky, the Missouri Bap
tist General Association, the Southwest
Missouri Baptist Convention, which
bodies shall be allowed one represen
tative in this Convention for every
five hundred dollars which, during the
twelve months ending December 31,
previous to the session of this Conven
tion, may have be<n expended
by them for objects similar to
those in the prosecution of which
this Convention may be actively
engaged, which objects are at
present those of Foreign Missions,
. Home Missions, Indian Missions and
! Sunday school work— Provided, that
i the official organs of such State Con
■ vention or General Association shall,
by the Ist day of March preceding the
annual session of this Convention,
communicates to the Home Mission
Board of this Convention the amount
expended by the body in question as
above indicated; Provided, also, that
representatives of those bodies shall
be formally appointed by the organs
thereof in the manner which may by
the said bodies be hereafter directed,
and that their appointment shall be
duly certified to this Convention.
The following appeal to the Chris
tian people of Augusta, appeared in the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: What
can be compared to the salvation of a
human soul? What accomplishment
is there in Heaven, on earth, or in hell,
like unto it? By the side of the grand
work of saving souls all worldly attain
ments, and activities, and ambitions,
dwindle into naught. Since these
things are true, should not all Chris
tians labor mightily for the salvation
of the world? That there may be
abundant opportunity for Christian
exertion and for the ingathering of
souls into the gospel fold, the meetings
at Curtis Baptist church will be pro
tracted from to-day’s service as long as
the Spirit of God, by its moving among
the people, shall direct.
All who love the Lord our Saviour,
and who look for his second appearing,
are earnestly requested to attend these
meetings, and to pray that by the “fool
ishness of preaching” many may be
saved.
All who know not our Lord Jesus
Christ are entreated to be present with
us that they may find Him precious to
their souls. Come one, come all, that
the name of God may be greatly mag
nified.
We take pleasure in calling the at
tention of our readers to the admirable
address of our brother S. P. Callaway,
delivered at one of the meetings recent
ly held in Atlanta under the auspides
of our Home Mission Board. The ad
dress may be found on our second page.
