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4 ‘ •. ' ~*r '—~V r ‘ “ | The Gnat and the OuineJ. Culloden./Ga, Feb. 12, 1895. Dear Brother~Simms : ‘ ' Some times ’in otfr lives there are those whom we dearly - embark upon a dangeroaa and un known voyage. At is we wait with bated breath to . hear that they have reached their bjjjjwu with safety. At any time daring their voyage wo would ever bo ready and willing to give „them bur aid and comfort b&t s,o ut terly helpless, we can but wait and hope and giva thrni #ar bVildMirus were my towards when .VflQ JtQgk ® laudable, v^vpcrijpasunder >. taking of gi/in , aiiotho? periodic cal to our beloved people. .Closer • ly and hopefully have I .• your effort in sd..doing-, and now. f oe .; that the* bhaven is reached To encourage you at the beginning S ray love for you prevented. I know the many trials already upon you as a minister of Jesus. While I firmly-bslieve ours are the best jfeople on earth, yet I full well know that a painful lethargy in the things of God have overtaken, by far the larger number of them. If. ip soma localities a gospel re has teen given to the mini- 3 " | dhjs is but the exception and < . IQ rule. Blit this Tule • with-the brotherhood, ~< < Wnd a direct one of the ministry. "tm<is the ministry t’.iro'jgha vain- spirit hare inculcated tM 3 among our people. Ah I : 1 through the same spirit they ,^mvestimulated it; thereby reaping z & carnalaiMl not a spiritual praise. t And in the *face of this Carnality I» your noble undertaking bogfcm 6k But far I believe the Lord has WhiimM Batken root among us, Wgiv£s zest to my text. * ThWs other ■ evils arc likewise abnormal in their Fl effects and may. ba compared to i vultures that are seated upon, the bosom outlie ch urch tearing ; away a its vitals: such as drinking saloons ■ .and the distilatioh ofpfdent splits, ■ -and shat visiting and. drinking ■ ftt'anch places. I know the advp* r cates [though happily few; ip num ber, but enough to leave their ban . u*M>n the body of th'ese iniquities,] Retort with a of reference A our fathers did; forgets tg the fact that we are socially A politically living in a different ne to our -fathers. And I here 7 wore that noble band of- fa- who broke launce with their ' Ungodly brethren living in this day, that from Dan to Bersheba they would raise one solemn voice against these evils. Keigher Would they tolerate such . rpiqui ties in their church. They were a noble band of moral, as well as'spiritual I wa« raised by one of and,, never *saw but one drunken man* tijl i jfcjwrs old. Forty years ago I knew Mr. man to cornu to the church where I now belong and ’..though, hi,6 ex penance was said to be a good one those fathers not jeceiye him till he,.agreed to his busi ness, that of selling whisky. The • • *"*' * community in which I was raised was principiy made up of Primi tflHß6)tist. and I know through ■** tlHHßluence that no dram-shop j in it, neither has God forgotten their honor to bis cause, for until this day their children in • the main, if filling humble places, * are honorable ones in this life. Neither has it ever come under my as I now remember wbeiea Primitive' Racist father Sttengaged in these iniquities but God poured out the yials of l(i; wrath upon Him or his• children. Again le'-» me probe the awkwardness ,ot our present tolerance in such thing?. Suppose Brother B. should convert his house, int. 6 a dabbing room 1 , what.church of ours would toler ate such conduct?, I answer not onet ’ Wall,‘does it pot. look like theg.iatand the camel to break fellowship will!- hi m for s i doing I and then hold btother C in com munion who runs a saloon or dis tills whisky -at or pear his bouse? We ail know that the immortality of the ball room is nothing equal to that of these places'. ’ Ohd that gnat and that darnel.’ what association would correspond with yout-s, s, wero your association tak ing into its fellowship members who belonged to secret societies whether political QF social? I an swer not one in Georgia. And yet every association in the state is ill the fellowship of tolerance, at least with those who are. engaged in these immQHl evils, and not one tford said in regard to ;t ? offpiall/, Oan >e expect :t mpoh grpytl) ift spirit or numbers in this straining gnats and swallowing of cameis. In th is day our pres 3 and pulpit are in the midst of seas and com mutionej bqt the greater commo tion the greater tip for a right bearing. In thie dark hour of sin, the pulpit and press have a high duty to perform. The day is fbrevergone in this country when immortality, can lay..fiardby to spiritual advance; both pulpit and press must join hands in persuad ing our dear brethren from every immoytality. And may the good Lord grant unto theq|, both the spirit of so doing. Theulthe epith en of.gqat.and camel wall be re- mdst lodge learnaHtjt “ot mdifferen^a&vfuTlTWt v abandoned by us, we need not go beynnd onr own camp to find its applicability,. ' Brbtherly Wilde (J, Cleveland, • ■■ ‘ . \,, , —. ‘ Cecil, Ga., Feb. 10, 1895. Elder A. V. and all the readersvof the Pilgrim’s Banner: I (Jesire to have it generally known that-1 hftvp suffered so much dur ing tiie presbnt winter that I will be compelled to stop traveling. If I am absent when any of the chrirbhes I have agreed to serve hpld their regular meetings, I hbpe they will un4 er3 tand that it is my afflictions that is keeping ipe away. I have not been entirely free from pain in a 16ng time, and sometimes my sufferings seems more th in I can bear. I have also discovered that my afflictions and sufferings are weakening my mind. No one could ever be more despondent than I have been of late. I do not now hope for relief on this side of the grave, My dear brethren have been to see me in n?y trials, and sdme of them say they have not the time to Hear all the preaching they aye having from time to time; and’sb I have concluded that my services aie not as badly needed as formerly. T'o-day.ds the segnnd Sunday [ have stayed at bpme qud- I a feeKirg sad. and. comfortless., Bu I feel that the good Lord will do right, and all my suffering is right. AH I want is tp he resigned to the 'Will of God in all things, and await His ow Appointed time for me to be discharged from the sore and bitter trials of this life. I-some times get. impatieht in waiting for the time to come for my final dis charge. I must close. 9 Your afflicted Brother, T. W. Stallings. There is the difference between happiness apd wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so, but he that, thinks hims elf the wisest is generaly the greatest fool. Ga., Feb. 5, 1895. Eldeil A. V. StMMI . , Bolove.l Brother, 1 enclose the experience of Sister Baueum r which you will please make room for in the Banner. It has been a great comfort to me, and perhaps it will be of some comfort oth ers. She is a true and faithful Sister, and rain or shine she al ways tills her seat on meeting days.- I would to God that all the Baptists were altogether such as she is, and would guard against evil speaking, and telling the world of the churches’ troubles. We should not tell our church troubles.to the world; but it is our duty to hide our brother’s faults, and by doing this we prove that we love him; otherwise we prove that we hate him., “He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness, 1 John 2-9. Let us prove, not in word only, but indeed and in truth that we love each other with a pure heart fer yentiy. I dearly love to visit among the brethren and sisters vyhen they are alive, -and have spiritual minds—speaking well of each other. Your brother in trials, Q. iy. Elder 0. W. Stallings : Dear Brother in Christ, 1 will now try to comply with your re quest, and try to tell you some thing of what I hope the Lord has done for me; but I have never been able to talk or write of this subject as I would desire. In the year 1876 I had a dream that impressed me very much. I thought I saw Satan, and he was reaching out trying te catch me, and it was all I could do to stay out of his reach. The next morn ing, and for several days thereafter it seemed that everywhere I went he was there. u Un to this time I had trie>«*Mß a good girl, and thought I? Jfl never done anything good/ and that I must die and torment, was my portion. Not many days after this there was to be preaching at Unity church, and I thought 1 would go and see if I equid not forget my troubles but when the day came I was so distressed I could not go. My father and mother were to be baptized that day, and when they began to fix off for the meeting, they asked me to go, but I told them I could not; so I remained at home, and Oh, what a sad day it was to me. It seemed to me my butden was more than my poor heart could bear. I would try to work but could not. I would go shut myself up in my room and try to pray, but when I did it seemed that the same image that 1 saw in my dream was presented before me. I turned and walked out, for I felt that my prayers would not be heard. I felt to be the most wretched being on earth. I went on iivthis way about one month, ■feeling that I could not live much longer. I had another dream and thought I went to tho prettiest lake of water I ever beheld, and was baptized. It seemed as I was raised out of the water my burden Was all gone, and I felt so light and easy I wondered where my burden was. As I was led out of the water I looked back and saw the water going in a wave behind me, and I thought my burden was in that wave. The next morning I wanted to talk with some one and tell them my feelings, but I feared to do so, believing they could not believe me. The Old Baptist were all I cared to talk to on this subject, and they were the very ones I dreaded the most. 1 felt like they would not listen to mo. and so T made up my mind that I would not tell anyone. Primitive Baptists were all the people whose company I could en joy, I felt so unworthy I could not believe they could enjoy mine I went on in this way for several years, and would gb to meeting and it looked like everybody could enjoy themselves but une. I did not feel that I could give the church satisfaction should I undertake to join them, so I. made up my mind to live and die out of the church, but this resolu tion gave.my troubled heart no ease. I was so badly troubled over it until I cou 'd not conceal my tears, I thought several times 1 would tell some one and see if they thought the church would receive me, but when I had the opportunity I could not talk. I managed to keep it all concealed for Seventeen years; but Brother Charley, the Lord I hope, made me willing to tell it. The first time me about it, you re member, I told you I could not tell you anything; and I wondered many times how you knew I had any.fcope at.dl. But the time I went home with you, and told you whdrt did, I did not feel any more woxUiy of church-membership aft el you had spoken so many words of encouragement to me. After I came home 1 promised thplLord I would not let another odpultunity pass; but in this I failed again; I felt so unworthy J. thought they could not receive me. I went home from the Brushy Creek meeting feeling like I would not live to have another chance. I retired that night thinking could I offer next morning at the water. 1 did,not sleep anj until near (put o’clock in the morning. When I awoke these words rushed through my mind: more can he say Than to you he hath said.” I thought then I would go- pre-- pare 4 fqr baptism, bqt when the time came to go I thought of the many times I had failed before, and was afraid it would be so agaimjjg' 1 made no preparations, to mdetjqg with all I could carry. When Bhinty i- l h’’ y; h.d .^e^g-I yyent Up and tmutnems dm dfhingoF' my*llit Ge* hope, aa?d to my surprise was re-f ceived, and two weelA later I was baptized. Since theaTl have had many sore trials and cOlicts, and I often feap I a m 4 buWkt to the church instead of a blessing. • I ask an interest in your pray ers. s ■ Malissa Baucum, Sparks, Ga. OoLq., F«b. 3rd 1895.—Elder Lee Hanks, very dear brother a postal card is just receiv ed from you. Please accept thanks for the postoffice address of your brother A. W. Hanks. Dear Bro* Hanks, you again ask me tc write lor your paper, I would gladly do so if I knew I could write anything that would he of any interest to your readers} or could speak a word of comfort to but one of the dear saints of God. I would do so willingly, but my brother I do not feel that I could comfort any one, I feel that I am the one who needs comfort ing at this present moment, for I am very much cast down on ac count of my own sin and iniquity. I have during my life heard others say that they could live fur days, yes for weeks without committing a ein, or think an evil thought. 0, how very different I am from such characters. Why, my brother, it seems I can not live even one hour, much less for a day, without Bill ing. If I do not compiitan out. wfcrd sin, Vile and evil thoughts will come into my mind, and I can not help it, when left to self. James says “resist, the devil and he will flee from you.” Oh, how often hape I besought the Lord to grant me strength to resist the adversary, and instead of big fleeing from me it seems to me that he is ever lurking around mo. I have some- ? I • ■ ' ■■ f’’ " ' - i'' '’ ' - - ' 1 " l ime Table No. 11. GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILROAD, TO TAKE EFFECT ON AND AFTER, JAN, 27, 1895, C. W. PIDCOCK, Supt. PIDCOCK, GEORGIA. BEAD DOWN. ' ■ j A____ Train Train Ti?ain '' 7". ? No. 3. No. 5, No. 1. Miles, ; STATIONS. Log&frt. Passngr. Log & frt. .. —... ——r-. ——— ' ’ ‘ ~ ' 12 00 p m 2.30 p 111 500 a in 0 LeavePidcock, 12 10 pm 285 p m 610 a tn 2 1-2 v Lake Station, 12 25 p m 245 p m 525 a ro 4 “ . .Spangler, 12 35 n m 3 00pm 535 a m 7 2-3 “ Phobe, 12 45 pm 3 10pm 545 am 91-3 “ Barwick, 12 52 p ra 315 pro 550a ml 2 2-3 1 “ Hollis, 3 25 p in I Arrive /; 1 OCX p m 3 40 p m 600 a ml 4 1-2 Leave i McDonald, 108 pm 3 47 pm 610 a. roil 6 “ .....Rosier, 115 p m 3 55 p m 615 a m!8 “ Alderman’s Junction, 4 05 pm 21 “ < rosby, 425 p m 22 2-3 “ Autreyvilie, 4 35 pm 25 “ Martins, 450 p m 26 2-3 ” Cooper, 5 10 p m 31 “ Moultrie. -r- .tv; READ UP. STATION, Arrive i.. Pidfcock. “ Lvke Station, • “ Spangler, “ Phoebe, “ r .Barwick, “ Holl ip Leave ) Arrive y.McDonald, “ osier, “ Judetion, “ Crosby, Autreyvilie, “ *!....'Martins, “ Cooper,: “ ..:-.Moultrie,: times thought, when he wduld fail to lead me astray, and he could annoy me no other way v he ipould actually tell me a great deal of truth with a little, lie covered up somewhere in it. I tell you brother Hanks, the adversary, the devil is a very impudent fellow. See h?m when “Tfta sema of God came to Present themselves before the Lord and satan came also arayjigthem” Job 1-6. I have thought that satan must be very ignorant oj the wis dqifl qpd knowledge on the Al imighty, if he thought io deceive 4116 Lord in presentinamihWij?elf be fore him. The same' plank.qf knowledge in satan, pearant again,j Savior “all the kingdoms world .and the glory of them” and promised to give them unto Jesus if he would fall down and worship him, when he (satan) possessed none of them. It is writteh 'that Jesus “was led by the spirit in the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, being forty days tempt* ed of |,he devil-’’ What need I, a poor,' ignorant, man that I am, ex pect, who am so contaminated and defiled by sin, that in and of my self I cannot even think a good thought, mqoh legs cease from sin ing, when I have such an adver sary as this following me while I live in this world of sin and sor row. Sometimes when I am sorely tried apj tempted by my adver sary, the devil, lam comforted to know that the Lord has promised his dear and believing children, (whether I am one or not) that He will not suffer them to be tempted above that they ary able to bear, and will, with every temptation make away of escape. And not only does this comfort me, but it is declared that Jegtis our Savior was tempted in afi points as we are, yet without sin, and “being tempted he knows how to succor those thataTe tempted.” Oh what great comfort this is to the poor children of God when they are be ing tempted by their adversary; the deyik who as a roaring lion go eth to and frow up and down the earth “seeking whom he may de vour.” David said: “Like as a father pittieth his children -so the Lord pittieth' them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame, He remem bereth that we are dust.” And the apostle Paul in speaking of Jesus as our great High Priest as “can be touched with the feeling of all Train Train Train Fare. No. 2. ‘ No. 6. No. 4, Log & frt. Passngr. Log & frt, 0 11 15 a m lo 10 a m 600 p m 10 11 10 a m 10 02 a m 555 p m 16 11 00 a m 952a in 545 p m 32 10 50 a- m 942a in 535 p m 38 10 40 a m 930 a m 520 p in 52 10 30 am 923 am 5 :opm 00 IO 15 a m 915 a m 500 p m 64 10 07 a m 907 a m 452 p m 70 10 00 a m 900 a m 445 p m 84 8 48 a m 90 8 40 a m 1 00 8 25 a m 1 05 8 15 a in 1 24 J 8 00 a m —" '■---X.INWW - . ■kmb our infirmities.” He knows we are but dust; knows all our weakness; knows that without Him* we do is it not great to the poor tempest-tossed child of ; God to know that when he astray through the manifold temp tations''which daily surround them that t their blessed Savior, Jesus looketh upon them in love and pity, as an earthly father wouJd , ( pity his children when in low them for their good, he chastens them for their disobedience. When ea roc h a s ■when 3 ,we are.-passing though “firey trials” that it is needful for the 1 refining of the pure metal that we be tried; as gold tried in the re finers fire. Sometimes when I feel I have d manifestation of the love of God toward me, a poor sinful creature as.l am, id, that he gave me to hope Jind trust in ‘ the only begotten Son of God, as a* full and complete Savior of sinners, I am made to rejoice with a joy that this world cafi not give nor take away. These seasons of rejoicings with me come and go, as the seasons of seed time and harvest in the earth. Brother Hanks I am, I suppose, one of the moat peculiar creatures you ever knew, I have been hinder ed m writing, and had to quit writing, still my mind ran on many things that camefo me after I oegan to write, so that how I feel I have nothing left to write, as my mind seems a perfect blank I can compare myself to an bld clock which if in good running order, will run, if wound up, until it runs ■ down. . • >. -■ It’ what I have written will be of any use to you, it is yours to use as you fit. ' ." ; -v* j. I see by the P. B. that you have changed your place of residence, I will enter that down so I will not lose your address, as I may trouble you agaip. Hoping you are recovered to' your usual health, and that you will pray for unworthy me. I am yours in Ifßpe.of eternal Ijfe, which God alone can give to sinners of Adam’s race. Farewell. J. H. Yeoman. Sin is of a hardening nature; like the rubbing of my hand, it is" at first tender, but if continued, be comes caUpuj <