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HUNKY H. TUCKKR, Kditor
PRAYER FOR GUITEAU.
Among the millions of the human
race, there is no one man who is the
object of such universal execration as
Charles J. Guiteau. In point of con
spicuousness, he stands at the apex ; in
point of infamy, he is below the basest.
The whole world gazes upon him with
horror and detestation. If we say of
those who bear his name that they feel
ashamed of him, and disgraced by him,
we express with wretched tameness the
abhorrence, disgust and loathing which
must be felt more deeply by these than
by any others. It may be said that he
has not a friend upon the earth. Was
there ever a man more completely
isolated —more utterly forsaken—more
wholly cut off from sympathy! He
has committed a crime so capital that,
to most men, sympathy seems like sin,
and all men shudder away from him
as from the Evil One. Hang him!
Hang him! Hang him! is on every
one’s lips; and millions are so impa
tient for his execution that they can
scarcely wait on the forms of law ; and
if the real wish of the American people
had been carried out, he would long
ago have been thrust out of the world,
amid hisses and curses, like a human
mad-dog.
We have simply stated the facts.
Brethren! let us pray for him! What!
Pray for that miserable wretch, before
whose crime the whole world stands
aghast! Yes, pray for him, even for
him.. His crime is surely not greater
than that of those who murdered the
Lord of glory and the Prince of life,
and these were prayed for—prayed for
by him who, being the chief sufferer,
was also "the effulgence of the Father’s
glory, and the very image of his sub
stance.” At the hands of man he may
justly suffer death ; at the hands of
God it may be that he, even he, may
receive eternal life. Who dares to put
limits to the possibilities of grace?
Who can set bounds to the mercy of
God? Shall we attempt to circumscribe
the Infinite, and say to the Almighty,
“Hitherto shall thy goodness extend,
and no further? ” The domain of
prayer is coextensive with that of the
beneficence of God. Whatever is
proper for him to do for fallen man, it
is proper for us to ask for. Why
should we hesitate to pray for Guiteau?
Is he beyond the reach of the everlast
ing arms? Is it impossible for God to
save him? With God all things are
possible. Perhaps it is not our faith
that fails, for none would deny the
power of God to save; it is the love of
souls that fails us. Hot indignation
against the assassin has dried up the
streams of love that ought to flow from
every Christian heart. Horror struck
at the sin, we forget the soul of the
sinner, or, if we remember, it is only
with the spirit of vengeance. Is this
right? God sees a whole world of sin,
of which the crime of Guiteau is only
an infinitesimal part, and yet “God so
loved the world that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
on him should not perish, but have
eternal life.” If the all-holy One,
against whose Person and whose
Throne all sin is directed, can look on
sinners with forbearance, and forgive
ness, and love, ought not we, who are
fellow-sinners, to pity and pray for a
companion in guilt? In the sight of
God there may not be that difference
in sinners which appears to us. ‘‘For
whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet stumble in one point, he is
become guilty of all.” Even in our
own sight, when we look within, dis
tinctions begin to disappear, or to turn
against us. When a man, whose con
science is enlightened by the word of
God, looks into his own heart, he sees
that if he has not committed the crime
of Guiteau, he has sinned against light
and knowledge, and violated his own
conscience, and broken through the
barriers that the providence of God has
thrown around him, and the loving
restraints with which the Holy Spirit
has encompassed him, and that he is
the chief of sinners. Has not every
saint said to himself, “If there is mercy
for me, there may be mercy for any?”
Guiteau is one who, like us, is made in
the image of God; it is for such as he
that Christ died ; his nature, vile as it
is, is the same as ours; he is our
brother. Shall he pass from the gal
lows into eternity unpitied and un
prayed for? Shall the poor, friendless,
forsaken, forlorn creature be spurned
out of the world without the uprising
of a solitary heart in behalf of his im
mortal soul? He is a man, and the
eyes of mankind are upon him ; shall
no eye moisten for him? Countless
prayers have been offered for the
President, as was proper; far more does
Guiteau need them. The President,
we hope, is accepted of God; certainly
he is cherished by man, and certainly
if he should die he will die in esteem
and honor. But what an appalling
horror is the prospect of Guiteau! Was
there ever a man more in need of
prayer? How many thousands of our
people have profanely called on God to
destroy his soul! And to this wicked
prayer human nature responds Amen!
But renewed nature, regenerate of the
Holy Ghost, and imbued with the spirit
of Jesus, should be at the opposite pole J
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1881.
and exclaim, "God be merciful.” The
supplications of the saints in behalf of
his soul should be as wide-spread as
i their horror for his crime. Shall it be
said that not one has remembered him
iat the throne of grace? Oh, how
much more honorable to Christian
faith, and hope, and love, for it to be
said that not one had forgotten him.
In the kingdom of heaven God’s elect
will surely meet with the spirit of the
robber who was crucified by the side of
our Lord, and, doubtless, with some
whose hands were stained with the
very bl xxl of the Redeemer; and it is
wholly within the grasp of our faith
that the assassin of the President, even
if he should expire on the gallows, will
be among the trophies of grace. Let
not our faith outrun either our hope
or our love, and let the people of God,
with one accord, lay their hearts to
gether, and in all earnestness, and in
all sincerity, and in all tender love for
a human soul, pray for the most con
spicuous malefactor of earth.
The cry of the Multitude: “Cru
cify him! Crucify him! His blood be
upon us and upon our children.”
The Prayer of the Savior : “Fa
ther forgive them, for they know not
what they do! ”
IFE ’UNS AND YOU ’UNS.
When Northern writers attempt io
reproduce in print the provincialisms
of Southern dialect, they almost al
ways represent the expressions we ’tins
and you ’uns, and they 'uns, as being
in very common use. We have al
ways wondered at this, for having
spent most of our life in this our na
tive region, and being quite familiar
with most varieties of dialect in use
among all kinds of people,from highest
to lowest, and over a large extent of
territory, we never heard but one man
say, we ’uns or you ’uns, and that was
only two or three years ago ; and when
we heard it, the sound was as strange
to us, as it would be to a Philadelphian,
or Bostonian, or Londoner. We feel
sure too, that not one in a hundred of
our readers ever heard this form of
speech. We have recently discovered
(or think we have) that the usage is
confined entirely to the inhabitants of
the Alleghany range, reaching from
Pennsy vania to Alabama. The moun
tain population, without regard to
latitude, seems to be largely homogene
ous, as if descended, chiefly at least,
from a common stock. They have!
mingled but little with the people of
the lower country, and being thus
isolated, have preserved some of the
peculiarities brought from the mother
country, which elsewhere among us
have disappeared.
IFe ’uns is not a usage peculiar to
the South, as has been supposed; it is
peculiar (in this country) to the
mountains, whether North or South,
Nor is it an Americanism ; it is com
mon to this day in Scotland, and it
was doubtless imported thence to our
mountains, by the hardy Scotch immi
grants, whose descendants to this day j
bear the marks of their ancestry. Nor
is the usage a modern one. This very
day, in reading Tyndale’s New Testa
ment, we found in Mat. 3 : 9. the fol
lowing : “And se that ye ons thinke not
to saye in yourselves we have Abraham
to oure father." This was printed in
1526, more than three hundred and
fifty years ago. So this form of ex
pression has the prestige of antiquity ;
it was the language of our ancestors,
and had its origin in the genius of our
people. The only difference between
the mountaineersand ourselves is,that
they are of purer stock, and have kept
the traditions of our fathers which we
have forgotten. Still, we rhust think
that our language is improved by the
disuse of this mode of speech, no less
perhaps than by the change of orthog
raphy.
Rev. T. J. Swanson writes to us: “I
greatly enjoy The Index. If I were
able pecuniarily, I would furnish it for
one year to every family that does not
take it, in the churches to which I
preach, if they would promise to read
it.” There would be pastoral wisdom
in such an expenditure of money; the
growth of the church in enlightenment
and liberality would be more than
overpayment for the cost. Os course,we
do not ask or desire any such line of
action on the part of pastors ; but may
us not ask them, for the sake of their
flocks and for their own sake, to do
what they can, byway of instruction
and persuasion, to induce every Bap
tist family to take the paper? We will
try to make it more and more worthy
of this general circulation.
The President.—Oa Friday and
Saturday of last week the President
was supposed to be at the point of
death, and on Sunday we were expec
ting every hour to hear the news of his
decease; but on that day he rallied
and is now a great deal better. The
change was unlocked for and aston
ishing. It is now hoped that he will
recover, but his recovery would be al
most a miracle. The telegrams now
received are very encouraging, and
most persons are quite sanguine, but
in our opinion the case is still in a
extremely critical. This is written on
Tuesday morning, August 30th.
Moderi: progress in Bible lands is evinced
by a new town going up near Jerusalem, a
railway over the Jordan valley, a telegraph
to Jaffa, a Jewish Agricultural College at
Sharon and the hum of manufacturing in
dustry at Bethlehem. j
INCONSIDERATE CRITICISM.
Innumerable criticisms are passed
on the New Version, on the ground
that there is not enough difference in
the meaning of the changed expres
sions, to justify the change. Many of
these criticisms are based not on a
careful investigation of the reasons for
the change, but simply on the fact
that the old expressions are familiar to
the ear, while the new ones appear as
strangers and intruders. Our partiali
ties are all for the old ; our prejudices
are all against the new; and thus we
areapt to decide hastily, judging mere--
ly by the sound without carefully
scrutinizing the sense. But such de
cisions are what the lawyers call snap
judgments—judgments rendered as it
were inpromptu, and with insufficient
investigation, or none or all, of the
evidence and of the law.
Three cases of this kind, mentioned
by a correspondent of The Presbyterian
are now before us.
1. “Be not conformed to this world,”
Rom. 12:2. The New Version has
it, “Be not fashioned according to this
world,” and the Presbyterian writer
objects; we approve. So far as the
meaning of the Greek is concerned,
one rendering in perhaps as good as
the other. But in English, the words
conformed aad transformed occurring
in cluse proximity,suggest by the sound,
that there is a peculiar relationship
between them, and also, that a similar
relationship exists between the Greek
words which are thus translated. But,
such, as to the Greek, is not the fact;
and it is well not to suggest, even by
mere coincidence of sound, that which
is not true.
Again, the Revisers, by using the
won! fashioned, put themselves in
harmony with Tyndale, and with all
the earlier English Versions. The
use of the word conformed was an af
ter-thought and a fancy-thought of
King James’ translators. Further
more, in 1. Pet. 1:14, the same Greek
word occurs, and in all the Versions
except one, it is translated fashioned;
so almost all the weight of authority
favors this rendering ; and there is no
reason why the word should be trans
lated conformed in one place and fash
ioned in the other. King James’ men
avow that they sought variety; our
late Revisers have sought uniformi
ty, and this is better.
2. “Lest at any time we let them
slip,” Heb. 2:1. The New Version
has it, “Lest we * * * drift away from
them.” The first expression conveys
the idea of forgetting ; the second con
veys the idea of neglecting ; and this
harmonizes with the context, which
says, “How shall we escape if we neg
lect so great salvation.” Moreover,near
ly all the best scholarship ancient and
modern, prefers the rendering adopted
by the revisers. Every change which
brings the English into more exact ac
cordance with the Greek, is for the
better. The original text cannot be
improved upon.
3. “Sin is the transgression of the
law.” I Jno. 3: 4. The New Version
has it, “Sin is lawlessness.” The old
form is more agreeable to the ear be
cause we are accustomed to it, but the
new form is an exact translation of the
Greek, which the old is not. More
over, a very important doctrinal differ
ence is involved. Our common ver
sion would seem to teach, that noth
ing is sin but actual transgression;
that is, that sin is always an act; the
New Version teaches, that sin is a
state or condition; one refers to the
overt act, the other to native charac
ter, and harmonizes with the words of
David, when he said, “Behold I was
shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my
mother conceive me,” Ps. 51; 5. The
word lawlessness describes fallen man,
whose disregard of God’s law is inborn,
C' institutional and chronic; the words
transgression of the law describe a sin
gle unrighteous deed, and thus cover
only a spot. As the Apostle used the
strong word which means lawlessness,
and thus covers the whole ground, let
us have it in English. Give us not only
the truth, but the whole truth, and let
the English be as all-embracing as the
Greek. The difference in the meaning
of the two expressions, which we have
compared with each other, is like the
difference between a speck and a con
tinent or a world. Give us the huge
volume of Apostolic thought, and not
the diminutive little conception of
King James’ translators.
The Revisers were right in each of
the three cases mentioned by our Pres
byterian friend, and we must think
that his criticisms were not the result
of careful study.
A correspondent of the United Pres
byterian says of the New Version:
“It is safe to say that .the American
Committee’s work is what has mainly
created the American interest, and if the
committee had been confined to the
Church of England, their revised Testa
ment would have created no more inter
est on this side of the ocean than one of
Beaconsfield’s novels.”
As matter of fact the New Version
has been received with very little favor
in England, and hence the work of
the Americans is all that has given the
New Version any great currency any
where ; and yet,when an edition of the
book is about to be published by the
American Baptist Publication Society
with the American suggestions incor
porated in the text, The Christain at
Work says that the publication is “en
tirely uncalled for, unwise, and entire
ly at the suggestion, and in the inter
terest, of private belief.” “Such an edi-
tion,” says the C. at W. “could have
no real value, for it would be after all.
nothing more than a Baptist opinion.”
Verily the American Revisers have
struck the Christian at Work a stun
ning blow.
If our weekly visits to the brethren
were as pleasant to them as their occa
i sional visits to the Index office are to
us, we might well be satisfied. We
have been cheered recently by the pres
ence of brethren, J. 8. Dodd, H. F.
Buchanan, C. H. Strickland, I. T.
Tichenor, J. H. Kilpatrick, G. A. Nun
nally, S. A. Goodwin, G. R. McCall, D.
E. Butler, G. F. 11 >ward H. W. Battle
and others.
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GLIMPSES AND HINTS.
—The American and English Baptists
have three centres of missionary work in
Italy—R ime, Genoa and Naples, and occupy
eleven cities and towns. The three English
missionaries have ten Italian evangelists
laboring with them, and claim a church
membership of 266.
—ln the sphere of moral and religious
work, the man best fitted for a place is, in
no small degree, least likely to hold it.
Satan, scheming against the true and the
r'ght, will do his utmost to prevent that man
from getting the place, or t j prevent him
from retaining it.
—A brother inonires as to the truth of a
statement that “King James’ translators
coined the words, ’baptism’ and 'baptize', to
avoid the use of ‘immersion’ and ‘immerse.”
The statement is absurdly false. These
» ords were transferred from Greek to Latin,
perhaps in the Old Italic version of the
second century, certainly in the revision of
that version by Jerome in the fourth. They
passed from that language into all later
European languages—into the English, of
course; and we find them in Wycliff's ver
sion, A, D 1380, and in Tyndale’s, A. D.
1525. In King Janies’ time they belonged to
‘ the old ecclesiastical words" which be re
quired the translators to preserve in their
version.
—We notice in an exchange the statement
that outside of Baltimore, (which has 6,000
Baptists, half of them colored,) there is not
a single self sustaining Baptist church in
Maryland.
—We tender sympathy to our brethren of
the Baptist Sun, R nue, Ga., on the burning
of the types and books of their office, entail
ing a loss of some SBOO, and congratulate
them on their prompt resumption of publi
cation.
—The Baptist church at Berlin, Prussia,
received nineteen members, June s;h, by
baptism.
—Of the sacred writers, Dr Dagg says:
“Their peculiarities of thought, feeling and
style, have no more effect to prevent what
they spoke and wrote from being the word
of God, than their peculiarities of voice or
of chirography.”
—Rev. T. L. McLeod, of Kentucky, during
a recent visit to bis friends in Middle Geor
gia, baptized his half-brother.
—Dr. Samuel H. Cox once said : “The
millennium will never come till we have a
new translation.’’ We may venture, at
least, to say that we will have a new trans
lation before the millennium comes. Mean
while. let us accept the recent revision of the
New Testament and every other revision,—
each for what it is worfh;—thankful for every
approach they make toward the fidelity and
accuracy of an out and out translation.
—The Macon Telegraph states that Dr. M.
if* Wharton has resigned his position as
United States Consul at Sonneberg, because
'hat "small manufacturing town” furnishes
"little or no society,” and lacks the educa
tional facilities the hope of which was one
of t ie Ductor's chief reasons for going to
Europe.
—Deaths and removals among the mem
bers, and the church debt, have constrained
Rsv- J- O’B Lowry to resign the pastorate
of the Coliseum Place Baptist church. New
Orleans.
—Rev. R-üben Jones, DD„ has been
elected pastor of Shoulder's Hill Baptist
church, Va., thirty-three times. The first
election was scriptural, and held good
through all the thirty-three years: the sub
sequent elections were mere forms, neither
warranted nor helpful. By the way. Rev.
G R McCall of our State has beeu annually
elected pastor of the same church for twenty
seven years, without a single vote against
him.
—There are 2,230 members in the 22 Bap
list churches in Denmark.
—The Baptist church at Yokohama, Ja
pan, has hud an accession of twenty-seven
members, the present year.
—lt is the happy thought of a Texas Bap
list, that “the children should assemble in
Convention, and discuss the best means of
getting the parents into the Sunday school ”
The true ideal of the Sunday-school includes
the attendance both of the old and of the
young for Bible study. Without the old, as
scholars and as teachers, there can be but a
half-school.
—At the Louisiana Baptist State Conven
tion, $1,048 50 were secured for ministerial
education and SI2OO were pledged for the
support of Prof. E M. Shaddock as Sunday
school evangelist.
—Many persons object to the revised New
Testament on the ground that “it is not ele
gant English,” and argue that it should not
come into general recognition and use for
this reason. They are precisely as wise as if
they had been Greek-speaking Christians of
the first century, and bad withstood the
general recognition and use of the original
New Testament, because (as everybody
knows) that original was not elegant Greek.
—A church, in Stewart county, Ga., is
represented by the Christian Weekly as pay
ing its pastor a salary of twelve pairs of
woolen socks a year—a pair for each monthly
visit!
—American Seventh-Day Biptists, num
bering 8 548, raised last year $4,000 for for
eign missions.—an average of nearly 50 cents
each,—and support a missionary at Shang
hai, who reports nineteen converts.
—A nephew of the king of the Camaroons
has been converted, and applies to English
Baptists for permission to labor as their miss
sionary in that region.
—Spurgeon’s Pastoi’s College has had 355
students in the course of twenty-five years,
who, in that time, have baptized 43,336
persons.
—The stated ministers of all denomina
tions in Great Britain number 36,000, and
the Sabbath congregations average 10,000,-
000.
—Two hundred foreign missionaries have
gone out from the Congregationalists of
Vermont—a fact highly creditable to that
people, and worth pondering, perhaps, in
connection with the decline of infant bap
tism among them.
—The end was before the beginning,—the
end caused the beginning. What we call
“the consummation of all things”—that
far-away epoch in “the ages of the ages”—
was a thought in the mind of God ; and for
the sake of that thought He wrought the
work of creation.
—There are six Baptist house* of worship
in Philadelphia, which cost from $60,000 to
SIBO,OOO each. We question whether it was
right to draw such sums from the Lord's
treasury for this purpose.
GEORGIA BAPTIST NEWS.
Eastman Times : The foundation for
"the new Baptist church building is
about completed. It is of concrete
work, and appears to be very substan
tial.
Franklin News : The Baptist breth
ren at Franklin have just closed a
meeting, during which there was a
marked revival of brotherly love and
devotion to the cause of Jesus. The
meeting continued a week and closed
without any abatement of interest.
There were eight accessions to the
church by experience.
Sixth District correspondent New
nan Herald: The meeting at Ebenezer
closed last Friday with four added
to the church by baptism. It was in
deed a glorious, good revival and the
able, earnest sermons of the pastor
made a good impression and will long
be remembered by both saint and sin
ner.
The work on Ebenezer church for
good reasons has beeu but
will commence Wednesday, the 24th,
and the committee hope to finish this
week. It is one of the oldest churches
in the county, having been constituted
June 10th, 1828. This is the fourth
house they have worshiped in and
during the time, over fifty-three
years, it has had fourteen pastors and
received by baptism or letter from
other churches nearly six hundred
white members. In its list of pastors,
who are all dead but four, are the
names of some of the best in the de
nomination for piety and zeal in the
cause, and many of Coweta’s truest
and most honored and respected citi
zens were once members of this church.
The male members at present are few
in number and not blessed with an
abundance of this world's goods, but
they feel profoundly greatful to their
outside friends for the liberal assist
ance rendered in repairing the house.
We are under special obligations to
the colored Baptists of the neighbor
hood for valuable assistance in repair
ing the church.
Turin correspondent Newnan Her
ald : When my last article was
penciled I was then in the vicinity of
Whitewater church, Fayette countv.
I also promised to give the result of
the meeting then in progress. Six
were added to the membership of the
church, and the church was greatly
revived. Rev. James Spurlin, Bishop
Boykin and Dr. Phelps assisted the
pastor during the progress of the
meeting. On my return home I find
Dr. Woolsey under good headway
with his meeting at the burg. Dr.
Hall, of Newnan, and Bishop Austin,
of Canada, are assisting in the meet
ing. The Bishop demonstrates well,
and none are better prepared to attest
the force of his demonstration than
Dr. Woolsey himself. The meeting is
largely attended, and the prospect is
flattering for a good meeting. The
church at its last conference licensed
Mr. John Farmer to preach. Mr. F.
is a young man of promise, being
blessed with an easy address and a
liberal education.
Fourth District correspondent New
nan Herald : The church at Elim
held a nine day’s meeting, conducted
by its able pastor, R. H. Jackson, as
sisted by Rev. B. F. Amis. The
meeting closed on Sunday, the 14th of
August, with the following result:
Received by letter, three; and ex
perience and baptism ten. In short,
it was a good meeting.
Eastman letter in Hawkinsville
Dispatch: Work on the new Baptist
church has commenced in good earnest,
much to the gratification of the mem
bers and friends of that denomination.
It bids fair to be a beautiful and com
modious structure, and will add greatly
to the appearance of the street on
which it is located. Mr. Jesup, and a
few other devoted Baptists, have been
untiring in their efforts to build their
denomination a house of worship, and
they are doubly entitled to the thanks
of those for whose especial benefit
they have labored with unabating en
ergy and zeal. Let the house be
built, and God speed them in their
worthy efforts.
Warrenton Clipper: “Uncle Shad”
(Rev, W. N. Chaudoin) made us a
pleasant call last Tuesday. He
preached an effectual sermon at the
Baptist church Wednesday night. He
is in better health since he moved to
Florida. He is corresponding secre
tary of the Florida State Board.and is
traveling a short time in Georgia in
the interest of that State’s Baptist
building interests.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The Rev. L. A.
Pattillo informs us that he has re
cently attended several good meetings
where much good was done in reviving
the churches, and adding new mem
bers to the same. His first meeting
was at Smyrna, were he assisted Rev.
J. H. Hall, the pastor in charge, in
conducting a meeting of several diy’s
duration. Here were five accessions
to the church, and the membership
greatly revived. He next visited An
tioch and assisted Rev. A. J. Hard
wick in a six day’s glorious meeting.
Twenty-four were added to the church,
and the membership greatly revived.
The next was at Friendship, where he
assisted Rev. A. M. Epps for several
days, and accomplished much good,
as seventeen new names were added
to the church roll.
Union Point department Greens
boro Herald: Dr. Landrum preached
an old fashioned sermon in Union
Point Baptist church last Sunday
night, taking for his subject, “Salva
vation by Grace,” emphasizing the
utter inability of man to do anything
meritorious or that can help him
to salvation ;that grace is the beginning
and the end, free, unmeritorious, but
at the same time complete and full.
Dr. Landrum is among our best
preachers, and always has full congre
gations.
The Third Baptist church, Atlanta,
at a cost of some S4OO, has added to
its house of worship a baptistery with
robing room, a pastor’s study and a
room for a library. On Sabbath night
week, three females and one male
were baptized—the first use of the
baptistery’. We note with pleasure
these signs of progress under the la
bors of that indefatigable worker, Rev.
H.C. Hornady.
There was a great revival in the
Baptist courch at Auraria a few days
ago, and a large number of converts
were baptized on Sunday.
Handsome improvements are being
made in the Bowdon church-building.
Hartwell Sun: The Milltown Baptist
church has just closed one of the best
meetings experienced in quite a num
ber of years. The meeting commenced
on Saturday 13th instant, and closed
Wednesday 24th. Preaching conduct
ed by Revs. Earle, Vernon, andMcLes
ky. Great good has been accomplished
—nineteen additions made to the
church. But this is not all— the church
has been reunited, and brotherly love
and friendship has been restored be
tween former members of this church.
Pages might be written upon the
amount of good accomplished by’ this
meeting, but suffice it to say : Milltown
is in unity. Behold how good and
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to
gether in unity!
Brother James Barrow w’rites from
Bowdon, August 26th : We closed to
day a precious revival meeting. Our
pastor being absent, brother T. J. Beck
preached every day and night. He
made his mark in Bowdon as a sound
Baptist. Two are to be baptized this
morning, husband and wife, both con
verted during our meeting.
Great and blessed results have fol
lowed the revival meeting at Rutledge.
The church -has been thoroughly re
vived ; twenty persons have been added
to the membership. In the absence of
the pastor, ten converts were baptized
by Rev. J. T. Reeves, who has been
laboring faithfully and successfully for
the church during this revival. Others
are awaiting baptism.
Bro. C. M. Irwin writes from Mt. Airy :
“I have just returned from Rabun
county, where the Mountain Associa
tion met. Very much of the coin on
the uplands of that county is burned
up. No rain since April. It was sad,
oh, so sad, to see the prospect of that
poor people for bread, to say nothing
about food for stock.”
DEATH Oh A RIGHTEOUS MAN
IN THE HOUSE OF PR A YER.
In the providence of God, our dear
brother James W. Churchill found a
good place to die. Could there be a
better one on earth than the house of
God? There is the gate to heaven.
There are assembled the members of
the Kingdom of Heaven on earth,
there the saints meet, sing praises and
speak of the hopes and juys which are
promised to those that love the Lord
in simplicity and truth.
Last Friday night, the brethren who
are members of the young men’s prayer
meeting of the Third Baptist church,
in this city, with a number of ladies,
met as usual for service.
The Scriptures had been read, pray
ers had been opened for a blessing upon
the meeting, for the church, for the
conversion of sinners, and for the
spread of the gospel in the whole earth.
The preacher was commenting upon,
and enforcing the truths contained in
the sermon of the apostle Paul in the
13 th chapter of Acts, when the atten
tion of a brother was attracted by the
appearance of something quite unusual
in the conduct of brother James W,
Churchill. He hastened to him. called
brother H. C. Hornady, the pastor,
and a few others, and such appliances
as could be had for his relief were us
ed, but all in vain. Brother Churchill
was speechless, without pulse, and with
a single gasp, no struggle, or apparent
suffering, had in those few moments
breathed his life away. His counten
ance was composed, and all about him
indicated apeaceful and a happy death,
amid the services of God in the place
appointed for worship, prayer and
praise.
The audience sat spell-bound. Death
was there, and the spirit of a saint, re
deemed by the blood of Christ, and
justified by His resurrection from the
dead, had just left the house of God
on earth, for that “house not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
So died a Christian pilgrim of sixty
seven years. Thus passed away brother
James W. Churchill, a member of the
First Baptist church of this city.
In the absence of brother Gwin,
brother H. C. Hornady preached one
of the best funeral sermons we have
heard, last Sunday afternoon. The text
was, “A good man, and full of the
Holy Ghost and of faith.” The text
and sermon were well suited to the char
acter and life of the dear departed
brother. D. E. B.