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l. w ■sw*, <wntY SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST, Z \ THE CHRIS HAN HERALD, of Alabama. " °* lhN^EbShE - ESTABLISHED I 811. Table of Contents. First Page—Alabama Department; “Getting Out” a Paper; Hobbies : Satan Carrying His Own Mail; Living for Jesus; Letter From Midway ; The Religious Press. Second Page—Correspondence : College Edu cation in Georgia—Free Tuition ; From Dr. Hillyer; Seasons of Refreshing ; Mis sionary Department. Jottings By The Way. Third Page—Children’s Corner: Cross Mak ing and Cross Taking ; The Story that was Told to Meta Rose. The Sunday school: The Body in Subjection —Lesson for Seps fember 25th. Fourth Page—Editorials: Side Lights on Inspiration; Incompetents; Bond Servants; Glimpses and Hints; Georgia Baptist News. Fifth Page—Secular Editorials : A Prosper ous City; Literary Notesand Comments; Notes; Georgia News. Sixth Page—The Household : Consecration Hymn—Rev. Chas A. Stakely ; Boys Go Homa ; Watching and Waiting—poetry ; etc. Obituaries. Seventh Page—The Farmer's Index : Cotton Seed Oil; Dallas Wheat; Oats; Buying Corn; Small Notes. Eighth Page—Florida Department: From the Churches ; From a Young Missionary; From Shady Grove; Scottsville; Revival Meetings ; Orange Creek Union. Alabama Department. HY SAMUEL HENDERSON. ■‘GETTING OUT” A PAPER. Will the reader allow an old “typo” to indulge himself in a little half hu morous, half serious account of the labor and cost of “getting out” a single issue of a newspaper, from a pretty elaborate experience in such matters? Perhaps he has never thought of what it requires to issue a single edition of a paper. Perhaps it will both interest and edify him to know to what he is indebted for the hour’s entertainment he enjoys in scanning its columns. And here let us say that we do not propose to Include the cost of the ma terial, such as presses, type, cases, stands, etc., all the furniture necessary to equip a first-class printing estab lishment, which would amount to thousands and thousands of dollars. We only propose indicating what is fairly embraced in the process of issu ing one edition. To begin at the beginning, let us visit the sanctum of the editor. Af ter deciding upon a topic on which his mind will work, and after rumina ting over it until his conceptions be gin to take something like distinct shape, his pen begins to transfer them to paper, when, just as he gets under headway, he comes to a deadlock. His frisky intellect, like a young mule, be gins to “kick up in the harness,” and he is fain to stop his pen, and pace his room until it has had its frolic. Ad justing the harness and tightening'the rein, he starts off again, and by dint of dogged perseverance, finishes the task ; and after reading it over, discovers it is so disjointed that he must recast and re-write it; something like a milk maid having accomplished her task, the cats get in to her milk basin, and “it is all to strain over.” Then it goes into the hands of the compositor who has to handle every single letter the MS. contains, which is well nigh as te dious a process as to write it out. Then after it is set up in type, the foreman, or some other competent printer, transfers the type from the “galley” to the “composing stone,” tak ing care not to “mix matter,” locks it up in the “chase,” and takes an impres sion for the proof-reader, who is gen erally the editor, who has carefully to read every line of the whole issue, mark the errors, and hand it back to the printers, each one of whom generally corrects his own proof. If the proof is “foul” this process is repeated before the paper goes to press, which altogeth er depends upon the character of the chirography. Hence, reader, if you want a clean proof, write a clear, plain hand, as printers “follow copy.” Then the “form” is transferred from the "im posing stone” to the press, where the pressman has to handle every sheet of paper printed. Then comes the fold ing, then the direction, where each pa per has to be handled twice, then done up in packages and directed to every office where a subscriber resides. We have said nothing of the cost of the paper, unpacking and “wetting it down,” to prepare it for the press, and sundry other little things costing time, money and labor. This, reader, is to be repeated every week as regularly as the days come and go. It is like a blind horse in a “bark mill” who never comes to the end of his journey the year round. We must not forget to mention that not unfrequently communications come before the editor from parties for whom he has a profound respect, which in matter and style fall far below the standard exacted by judicious readers, or if they are faultless in this respect, are written so illegibly that it is difficult to decide between the waste-basket and the columns of the paper. If the lat ter, the labor of preparing them for the typesetter is well nigh as great as to write them. Then only think how much an ed itor is expected to know. He must know where “John Smith” lives — where Cain found his wife—who were the parties married at “Cana of Gal lilee” —what the precise line of duty to be pursued in every church difficul ty in the whole country by simply answering “queries,” etc., etc. The moment he betrays the slightest igno rance, the spell is broken, and he ceas es to speak “ex-cathedra" and be comes plain Bill Jones. Now, reader, is it not something to “get out” a paper? Is it not some thing to be an editor? But we for bear. Swarms of vagaries crowd our fancy demanding expression, but we shall expel the whole brood, and spare you the infliction. HOBBIES. There is nothing that so cripples a good man’s usefulness, as when he jumps as.ride of some hobby, and rides it everywhere and on all occasions. For the time being, no other subject comes within the scope of his vision. It constitutes his whole “stock in trade.” And what makes it still more to be deplored is, that his cherished hobby is likely to be some abstract question of very little use, settled either way, or some impractical object that never can be accomplished. Men sometimes desire U-'i»e , *vise> above what is written. Some theory in regard to the interpre tation of prophecy is adopted, and the whole prophetical books’are studied in view of that theory. The late Dr. Cumming, of London, is rather a sad illustration of what hobbies sometimes do for men. It will be remembered that some twenty-five years ago or more, he published a series of volumes in the form of lectures on the prophe cies, in which he made it appear to a demonstration to his own mind, that Christ was to appear personally on earth about ten years ago, and estab lish his millennial reign. But then the event did not come up to time, where upon the worthy doctor retired from the public gaze, to moralize, per chance, upon the sage maxim of the Widow Bedott, “Can’t calculate!” We once knew a man who took it into his head to unite the whole Christian world into one grand organization, Catholic, Protestant, Greek, etc., etc., and providing himself with iron-bot tomed shoes, started on a tramp to Mexico to convert the Catholic priest hood of that country to his views, and through them to convert the Pope, and so the whole Catholic world. No man ever addressed himself to any task with more seriousness, or gave any better evidence of his faith by his works than he, for when we saw him, he had already walked nearly one thousand miles, and when we last heard of him, he was near the borders of Mexico. How he succeeded in con verting the Mexican priesthood, how they succeeded in converting the Pope, how the Pope succeeded in bringing the whole Catholic world into line up on his platform, are questions on which we have no light. There is something in the nature of hobbies that disqualifies the man that pursues them for any of the great prac tical purposes of life. If we may use the figure, he makes great use of the microscope. He places the little in finitesimal subjects to which he de votes himself under the power of his microscope, and lo! they assume the most prodigious dimensions. They span the whole horizon of his obser vation ; and he devotes himself to the conversion of the world to his views with sublime zeal. We have often' thought that if the energy expended on trifles by such men could be divert ed to proper objects, what a difference it would make in the results of their labors. Life is too short to be frittered away upon Utopian schemes. There is enough to do in this big world of ours that comes fairly within the scope of human effort of vital interest to us all, without chasing rainbows to find AL ANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881. silver spoons, or building air castles to regale our fancy. But then there must needs be hobbies to give employ ment to those who have no capacity for anything else, and to furnish amusement to the world. So they will toil on in their bootless task, and the world will continue to laugh at their folly. SATAN CARRYING HIS OWN | MAIL. Dr. Belcher, in his “Clergy of Amer-1 ica,” reports the following story of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, quite a distin guished colored minister of New Eng land. Some of Mr. Haynes’ students having been slandered very much for their zeal, came to him one day with their complaints, expecting sympathy and protection. After hearing their story, he paused a moment, and an swered : “I knew all this before.” “Why, then,” said one, “did you not inform us?” “Because,” said he, “it was not worth communicating; and I now tell you plainly, once for all, my young friends, it is best to let the devil carry his own mail, and bear his own expenses.” The story may suggest a good lesson to others besides the students of Mr. Haynes. Os all the infamous callings that ever suborned mortal agency, that is the most despicable that carries the devil’s mail. Your professional scan dal-monger is even worse than the original offender in this, that he not only endorses, but spreads and exag gerates the slander. He lives and flour ishes where honest men would droop and die—amid the filth and slime, the very cesspools of moral pollution ; and never is he so vigorous, so active, so happy, as when inflated with the dead ly virus, he goes forth to spread it through society. Let all honest men and women turn a deaf ear to his slan ders, and frown him from all decent circles. Let everyone live so that he will, not'be believed. A diamond is aj diamond still, even though befouled by a coat of pitch ; it will shine as bril liantly as ever when the filth wears off. Who thinks any the less of John Bun yan and John Wesley because some of this ignoble tribe attempted to be smirch their good name? Do the pu rity of their lives and their works of faith and labors of love shine with the less lustre by these spiteful devices? — Reader, take the advice of the old col ored preacher, “let the devil carry his own mail, and pay his own expenses.” “Know ye not that to whomsoever ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are.” You never can rise above the master that you serve. LIVING FOR JESUS. The late Dr. Manly used to relate the following incident that occurred during his first pastorate in Charleston, S. C. At the close of service one Sab bath, an invitation was extended to any that desired to unite with the church, when an old negro man, a na tive African, came forward and offered himself. Dr. M. asked him to relate his experience, which he did in such broken accents that it was difficult to understand him. On consultation, it was thought advisable to defer his re ception until the church could get a more intelligable relation from him. The old negro very meekly rose and started down the aisle, and as he pass ed by a group of brethren, he mutter ed something to himself, hearing which, the pastor called to those breth ren, and asked them what the old Af rican said. “Why, he said,” answer ed one of the brethren, “that if he could not talk for Jems, he could live for Je sus!” “Call him back! call him back!” said Dr. M., with deep emotion—“l dare not refuse to baptize him.” Read er, live for Jesus, and then you will be believed when you talk for Jesus. LETTER FROM MIDWA Y. Since the Alabama Baptist Conven tion, we have conducted three pro tracted meetings and are now engaged in the fourth. On the seventeenth of July we joined Rev. W. H. Patterson, of Eufaula, in a series of meetings at Ramah, Ala., which continued about ten days. The church was graciously revived with fifteen additions. We went from Ramah to Enon, Ga., another one of brother Patterson’s churches. There we labored about ten days. Brother Cooper, of Cuthbert, Ga., was with us part of the time and preached some of the ablest and most “soul-searching” sermons that we have heard during our sojourn in the South. Brother P. is a rising man, and very able for one of his age. No church was ever more thoroughly revived titan Enon. Thirty persons united with the church before the meeting closed and others are expected to join soon. Brother Patterson, their beloved pastor, has the confidence, not only of the members, but of all who know him. He is certainly an able preacher and an efficient pastor. His brethren all love him and rather hear him preach than anyone else. We went from Enon to Cotton Hill, G.i., and labored with Dr. T. W. Tobey, pastor of the church at that place. There was a glorious revival of religion enjoyed by all the members. Twenty nihe joined and still there are more to follow. We closed at Cotton Hill Sunday night and came to Midway, Ala., Monday. We preached our first sermon here Tuesday night, and up to last night quite a number had pro fessed the Savior and three joined t the church. The congregations are very large and attentive. The interest is rapidly increasing and it is the prevail ing opinion that we will have a large ingathering of souls. Brother W. S. Rogers, the pastor, is a faithful and earnest worker and has the confidence of his people. We will give final results at the close. J. C. Poster. Midway, Ala , Aug, 25th, 1881. The Religious Press. Both North and South we observe a can dor and fairness in dealing with the really live issues of the day that is as refreshing as it is unusual. We hope it may survive the next presidential conventions.—Christain Advocate. The candor and fairness are certain ly right. Why should there be any change when a President is to be elect ed? There is no reason except this: that with some, party zeal is stronger than Christian principle. e -v»body likes to say a word against the re work that, wsxso popular a year or two ago, and that Is yet to a certain extent depended on ; but facts in regard to it should neither be denied nor withheld. One of the most earnest men in London is the Rev. Newman Hail. He is also a man ready to take hold of any reasonable method of help ing on the work of the kingdom, and will not be blamed by any one with being re strained by prejudice from acknowledgment of a good cause. He has been repeating re cently what he said sometime since respect ing the resul’s of the work of Messrs. Moody and Sankey in London—that it was not per manently of great value. Thus, speaking of the effect of it in connection with the ad mission of church members he says: “I hailed that visit, took part in it, assisted in the ‘inquiry room’ and occasionally preach ed in connection with it. Some of the ser vices were held in Surrey Chapel, yet out of a membership of one thousand three hun dred we have not three who are the fruits of that mission.”—United Presbyterian. This reminds us of a little anecdote which we happen to know is true. One of the best pastors that ever lived in Georgia and who is still living and well known to some thousands of our read ers, was once asked, “How is your church getting on?” “Oh,” said he, “finely, finely!” “What! have you had a revival?” “No, not what is com monly called a revival; but yesterday we succeeded in excluding the last one who was received into the church du ring the great revival we had seven years ago!” Let no'one suppose that The Index does not favor revivals. ,We merely wish to show that “all is ; not gold that glitters.” There is a j good deal of glittering stuff that looks like gold, but which is worthless. The Boston correspondent of the Zi on’s Advocate, Portland, Maine, makes this pungent reference to the case of Messrs. Stout and Bell: Many good people have been misled by the phrases used into supposing that the Board refused to send Messrs. Bell and Stout abroad because they did not hold to the “ver bal 1 theory of the inspiration of the Scriptures The trouble is they do not hold to the full inspiration of the Bible in any sense according to any theory. If they should go to the heathen as missionaries they could not reccommend the Bible to them on any different grounds than many of the “theistic” reformers of India. Keshub Chunder Sen says the New Testa ment contains the truth, and he claims to have adopted the whole of it in his teach ing. It is hardly worth while for us to trouble ourselves to send missionaries to the heathen who can do nothing more for them than they are doing for themselves. Os course, Mr. Sen is no type of what our brethren Stout and Bell would (or we may say could) become. But there is a wise old saying, that to judge of a man’s teaching we must look to its effects not on him, but on his dis ciples. And if our missionaries should carry loose views of inspiration with them, and sow these views as seeds in the soil of heathen or semi-heathen minds, many a Sen might (and we may say must) rise up among those who learn of them. The unbeliever, however holy his life may seem, is condemned already ; the believer, with all his faults, is saved with an everlast ing salvation, not at all because he has so much more holiness of his own than other people, but because Christ is made unto him wisdom and ’•ighteousness and sanctifica tion and redemption. In short, he has a Savior, and that makes a difference of unut terable importance.—Lutheran Standard. Yes; however imperfect a man’s character may be, if he is united by faith to Jesus Christ he is a saved man ; and on the other hand, however faultless a man may seem to be, if he is not united by faith to Christ, his soul will be lost. There are many ways of abusing this central doctrine of the Christian system. Those who choose to abuse it can do so; but they do it at their peril. A Mistake.—A brother minister recently made this confession, in substance: “When I commenced preaching I fell under wrong influences, and was encouraged by some old ministers to believe that the way to make a successful preacher was to become a contro versialist preach Baptist doctrine and expose the errors of other denominations. 1 made this the theme of my discourses, or in some way brought it into them, held debates and was a Baptist champion generally. The re sult was, I destroyed my usefulness as a min ister. I have found out my mistake, and that the way to build up the Baptist cause is to preach the gospel, seek to convert sin ners and teach them their duty.” Let other young men take warning and not follow the example of those who gain reputation merely’as controvers'alists. —Baptist Reflec tor. Right: the best way, and the only true way to build up the Baptist cause, is to preach the gospel, (which is only another name for Baptist doctrine), to seek to convert sinners, and to teach them their duty. Whatsoever is more or less than this cometh of evil. Christians do not die “in hope of eternal life,” but in its possession, for “he that be lieveth on the Son of God hath everlasting life,” and Jesus said. “He that liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” Eternal life now ! Hallelujah I Our excellent contemporary, the XwitifieU al Wcgicns'-', if Methodist (and therefore an Arminian) paper; and we should like to know how it reconciles the paragraph we have quot ed from it with the doctrine of the fi nal apostasy of any true Christian. How can the “life” which is "everlast ing” come to an end for him who al ready “hath” it—for him who has be gun to live it? Is not his faith part of that life and therefore itself everlast ing? In what way can “eternal life,” a present “possession,” terminate in death eternal? 1 It is a favorite idea with some Christian people, of which they find it hard to disa buse themselves, that an infidel cannot pos sibly die peacefully. There are numerous in stances to the contrary. We might name Franklin, the two Mills, George Eliot and many more. There is no good reason to doubt that Voltaire s name should be add ed. The testimony of the eye-witnesses is unanimous that his end was peaceful. There is nothing wonderful in such a death. A man who has seared his conscience during a long life may reasonably be supposed to remain hardened to the last. To die peace fully is possible to the infidel; to die trium phant is possible only to the Christian.—Ex aminer and Chronicler. Doubtless an infidel may die peace fully ; a genuine infidel could not die any other way. “There are no bands in their death ; but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued as other men.” Ps. 73: 4-5. Doubtless tri umphant death is possible only to a Christian; but triumphant deaths are very rare even among Christians. Most persons are unconscious for some time before they die, or if not, all their powers are so enfeebled, that they are capable of little or no emotion of any kind. Life is the time to serve the Lord. A Pbinct of Demagogues.—One has lately appeared in the person of the Mayor of Chi cago. He seems fully to appreciate the char acter and tastes of the majority of his con stituents, embracing the proprietors and patrons of saloonsand Sunday theatres—the contemners of the Sabbath and all religion. He not only openly champions the rights of liquor sellers and liquor drinkers, and Sabbath desecrators generally but during the summer he has appeared on Sunday picnic grounds several times, courting the favor of Germans and Scandinavians by drinking beer with .them, and assuring them of his official sympathy and protection in all holi day uses of the Sabbath ! He seems to have arisen in the political succession of the late Fernando Wood, forty years ago in New York, claiming that the appetites and pas sions of men, not their consciences and mor al convictions, should determine the charac ter of laws. No laws, sacred traditions, or rights of religion and morality can overrule the appetites, passions, or caprices of any majority, however ignorant, depraved, or misled by selfish and corrupt leaders.— Watch Tower. And this reminds us of another lit tle anecdote. One time a fox as he was trotting along passed by a farm- VOL. 59.— NO. 36. er’s door, and glancing in he saw the farmer and his family at dinner, and they were dining on chicken! “Ah,” said the Fox, “suppose I had done that what an ado would have been made about it!” Suppose some Southern city had such a mayor how much talk there would be about the low state of morals at the South, the barbarism of the ex-rebels, etc., etc., etc.; and what an effect this talk would have on the elections! However we hope that there will be no more of this folly and sin. Chunder Sen, the Brahmo Somaj, has incorporated baptism into his “new dispensation”—his true church which is to supersede Paganism, Mo hammedanism and Christianity. The Lucknow Witness, as quoted by an ex change, thus describes the rite: The ceremony which he is pleased to style, “Immersion in Jordan Water,” was an elab orate one, accompanied by processions, hymns, conch shells, and cymbals, flowers, evergreens, and flags, addresses, prayers, dipping, pouring, and sprinkling. He read the third chapter of Matthew's Gospel, and then, the Mirror says, “He explained the true secret of baptism thus—Why did Jesus plunge into the water of the river? Because He saw the water was of God, and as He dipped into the water He dipped into Di vinity, and straightway He came np out of the water full of new or Divine life.” Mr. Sen then thrice immersed himself, saying, “Glory unto the Father,” Glory unto the Son,” “Glory unto the Holy Ghost” To magnify the Three in One, he dipped once more, saying, “Blessed be Sacahidananda, Truth, Wisdom, and Joy in One.” The Singing Apostle poured water on the minis ter's head, and the minister sprinkled the heads ot the assembled devotees. annual meetings of baptist associa tions IN GEORGIA, 1881. SEPTEMBER. A ppalaohee—Tuesday before 3d Sabbath, Bethabara, Oconee, county. Columbus—Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Bethlehem, Harris county. Flint Rlver-Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Hollonvllle, Pike county. Oostanaula—Friday before Ist Sabbath, Bethel, live miles from Adairsville. Sarepta—Friday before 4th Sabbath, Union, Madison county. Stone Mountain—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Rockdale, Rockdale county. Washington—Friday before 4th Sabbath, BoUrletenij Washlugtou otatoiy. - WeSteiu -Saturday beforr 8d SubLatb, Wee tern, Heard county. Tallapoosa-Saturday before 2d Sabbath, Floyd Creek, Bartow county. Tugalo—Thursday before 3d Sabbath, Zldon, Franklin county. Second Georgia—Friday before 3d Sabbath, Zion church, DeKalb county. Jasper-Friday before Ist Sabbath, Jerusa lem, Pickens county. Middle Cherokee—Friday before 4th Sab bath, Tunnel Hill. OCTOBER. Baptist Union—Saturday before 3d Sabbath, Macedonia, Bullock county. Bowen—Saturday before 2d Sabbath, Mt. Pleasant, Decatur county. Carrollton—Saturday before 4th Sabbath, A berllne, Carroll county. Cave Spring—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Poplar Spring, Chattooga county. Central-Tuesday before let Sabbath, Elam, Jones county. Ebenezer— Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Gordon, Wilkerson county. Fairburn—Saturday before let Sabbath, Be thesda, Campbell county. Friendship—Thursday before Ist Sabbath, Americus. Georgia—Thursday before 2d Sabbath, Shar on, Columbia county. Hephzibah—Friday before 3d Sabbath, Mo- Bean, Burke county. Houston—Wednesday before 2d Sabbath, Drayton, Dooly county. Liberty—Thursday before Ist Sabbath, Too coa, Habersham county. Mercer—Tuesday before 3d Sabbath, Thom asville, Thomas county. Middle—l riday before 2nd Sabbath, Cor inth, Effingham county. Mount Vernon—Friday before Ist Sabbath, TennelL Washington county. New Ebenezer—Saturday before 3d Sabbath, Block House, Telfair. New Sunbury—Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Brunswick, Ga. Piedmont—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Con solation, Appling county. Kehobotb-Friday before 3d Sabbath,Hay ne ville, Houston county. Gillsville- Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Ho mer. Concord—Saturday before 2d Sabbath, Beu lah, Douglas county. Chattahoochee—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Holly Springs, Hall county. Smyrna—Friday before 4th Sabbath, Mt, Zurich, Coffee county. Mulberry—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Mt. Moilab, Gwinnett county. NOVEMBER. Bethel—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Camilla, Mitchell county. Barnesville Gazette : There seems to be almost a general revival going on through this section. For more than a week, a good meeting has been in progress at Sardis Baptist church, un der the direction of Rev. A. J. Battle, pastor, aided by Revs. Moncrief, Mcßride and Medlock. Next Sabbath several will be baptized. But a few days since the Rev. A. L. Moncrief held a revival meeting with the church at Milner, resulting very satisfactorily, with several accessions. Out in the western portion of the coun ty, Rev. E. M. Hooten has recently closed one of the best meetings, we are informed, that was ever held at that church. Quite a number were added to the membership. The pastor of the Baptist church in Zebulon, a few days since closed with one of the best meetings, said to have been there for years. Lev. Dr, Mitchell, of Griffin, and Rev. M. Felts were in attendance and aided the pastor.