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Experience.
Sylvester, Ga., March 31, 1895.
Elder Lee Hanks,
Boston Ga.
My Dear Sir:
You will doubtless be surprised
to receive this letter from me. But
often have I thought of you since
Ifirstmetyou. You will remem
ber that when you were at Ty Ty
last I did not get to hear you preach
as my work necessitated my stay
ing at home.
But as you talked of little
experiences around the fireside at
the home of Mr. W. W. Williams.
I could not repress my tears. My
heart was full to overflowing in
thankfulness to God that there
were little experences. I felt
that if Isaih’s record of a preachers
mission were true, you were preach
ing that night. “The Lord hath
anointed me to preach good tidings
unto the meek; he hath sent me to
bind up the broken hearted to pro
' claim liberty to the captive and the
opening of the prison to them that
are bound; to proclaim the accept
able year of the Lord and the <Uy
of vengence of our God, to corfiTurt
all that mourn ; to appoint unto
them that mourn in Zion; to give
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil
of joy for mourning the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaveness
that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the
Lord, that he might be glory
fied.”
If I have one at all,my hope is very
little, so little that I cant call it
one. I doubt and fear that I am not
known of God. I concluded that my
impressions are fancies, delusions
of my own, and that my prayers
fall 1
concern. I can reason 1 Way '
belief that I have a hope but there
are some things that I cannot rea
son away. I cannot rid myself of
that inward craving I have to bg
a partaker of eternal life. I cannot
rid myself of a love I have for those
whom I believe to be the saints
ofGod,nor can I nd myself of a de
sire to live uprightly; leant help
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but believe that the Primitive
Baptists are right; thcugh once I
dispised and scorned them; good
preaching is a feast to me, and I
crave to hear it oftener than I
have the opportunity. There are
many times when I can silently
rejoice in tears for some good feel
ing I have but whether it is that
Christ died for me, I know not
I realize that if ever saved it will
be through his redemption, and
not my works tor I have tried the
latter as far as I can go.
I also have much darkness and
clouds to hide the little evidence
I can sometimes have.
There is one great trouble that
I have,others can date their experi
ence to a certain day. I cannot,
I sometimes therefore conclude
that mine is simply of human cul
tivation.
Sometime since in meditating
upon the goodness of God to poor
sinnersi penned thefollowing lines.
In them you can get some of my
feelings:
Poor mourning sinners here be
low,
In darkness, struggling on
Where stormy winds cease not to
blow,
And foes are never gone.
Poor sinners, mourning Christ to
view,
With hearts sinsick and sore,
Yet looking not to Christ so true,
Who stands cn Canaan’s shore.
0, yes, ye mourning sinners look
Unto the Saviors arm,
Your cates and’ fears on self He
took, »
To save you from all harm.
Ohl sinners mourn ye not nor
wedp,
For Christ your Savior saith
That mourning souls shall never
reap
, The fruits of sin and death,
Therefore, dear paints, though sin
assails
Thee with its deadly sting;
Fear not; yoor Savior’s blood
avails,
No harm to you ’twill bring.
And though you cry, and weak you
feel,
And poor in spirit be,
The Savior is your strength and
shield,
With love He’ll honor thee.
Then sinner dear, be not down
cast,
But look to Christ your Lord,
He'll drive away the tempest’s
> blast,
, And make you love His Word,
Look up, your Lord and Savior
1 i •
king,
' Sits on His throne above
• And intercedes, that he may bring
You to that home of love.
Christ came to save poor sinners
here,
' And if you feel you’re one,
1 You need not faint, you need not
' fear,
j Your cross and crown are won.
Oh I happy thought is this, to
feel
That Christ is our own Love,
And that he will His grace reveal,
r And carry us to Heaven above.
i
. It melts our humble hearts to
tears,
And fills our souls with joy,
1 To know that through eternal
1 years,
: No foes can us annoy.
AiloneWin His?strong power,
The darts ot Satan can nqthniove, <
Our hearts from that bower. .4
1
The**world is dismal, dark and
dead
To sinners sick with sin,
And hell appears to be the bed
To which they’re sinking down,
But when the Lord who reigns
above,
Has led them into light,
The world seems full of sparkling
love,
And very, very bright.
Then let us sing redeeming grace
To Him who reigns above, —
To Him who shows his tmiling
face,
In token of his love.
Please write to mo when con
venient, and remember me in
prayer,
Yours Unworthily,
W. W. Harden.
ON DANCING.
In 1 Peter iv. 3, wo read, “For the
time past of our life may suffice us
to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles,whqn we walked in lasciv
iousness, lusts, excess of wine, re
vellings, banquetings, and abom
inable idolatries. “Revelling” in
this text, is from a Greek word
which is used in the Greek Testa
ment but three times, as I now
remember; in this text, in Gal v.
21 translated in both these places
“Revel ling”and Romans, xiii. 13 it
is rendered “Rioting” One of
the definitions of this word as
given by Liddle & Scott, is “To
make merriment bv music and
dancing.”
Rom. xiii 13. reads: Let us walk
honestly as in the day, not in riot
ing and drunkenness, not in cham
bering and wantonness, not in
strife and envying”and in Ga1.v.21. (
reads: “Envyings, murders drunk
enness, revellings. andsuih like: ; j
the which I tell you before as I ;
have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of
God.” Verses 19. 20. the
works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these; Adultery, forni
cation, uncleanness, lasciviousness
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, vari
ance,emulation, wrath, strife, sedi
tion, heresies. Note the fact that
“revelling” is put by the apostle i'i
connection with a group of sins,
anl the brethren are urged to avoid
them. For the sake of the reader
I will put down the whole list as
put by the scripture. Revelling is
associating with rioting, adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lascivi
ousness, idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance, emulation,wrath,,
strife, sedition, heresies, envying,
murdering, drunkenness, lusts,
excess of wine, banqueting, and
abominable idolatries,drunkenness,
chambering,wantonness, strife and
envying.
I would not for a moment think
that those who delight in the dance
are guilty of all these sips,yet danc
ing is groupedin God's word with ’
all these. It occurs tome that the
design is to show that the vain,
worldly mind, is manifested in all
these ways. Some persons are gu.il ty
of one offence named, some of
another; and perhaps some of
many of the offences named.
Reveling and drunkenness,revel ling
and excess of wine are put together.’
Persons who seem most to enjoy
the dance are often persons jvho
frequent the dram shop and if
they are not in excess of wine at
the time of the dance they are per
haps so at other times, so that
the temper and spirit that loves
the dance, is like the temper and ,
spirit that loves the
of strife.' It is not unfreqThW
that strife’ (fjghtning) is cairied
on at such plfwgs. In my Wide - »
» have frequen- .
ly heard of fighting and druken- :
ness and other sins above ,
named in connection with danc
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iri£.
The heart that loves the dance
is as evil as the heart that loves
the saloon, adultery, envying,
strife, etc., although not guilty
of these offences. From my ac
quaintance with human nature I
am not suprised to find those who
love the vain whirl of the dance in
dulging in any or all the sins
named in this list. God’s word
puts them together and I shall
not find fault with the arange
ment.
The spirit that presides and
rules in one of the above sins does
in all. The prize fight seers are
actuated by the same spirit, and
horse race, all are akin to each
other.
Young people are apt to think
that parents are too rigid and strict•
and break over
and restraint and conform to Lie
advice and wishes of who
are not concerned for their welfare,
and when parental restraints are ;
overleaped, it becomes easier to
yield to further, and other tempta
tions.
When satan came to Eve to bring
her into sin, he came with a claim
that her Master was too sever»«aud
strict, that to eat the forbidden
fruit would make her wise and lift
her above the present state and so
I have herd the argument that daii
cing is harmless.
“The most refined and cultivated
practice it.” “Parents oppose it be
cause they are ignorant and fogy.”
“It will start me in the best ao-
ciety etc.” And when we find out
who attend the dance, it is not a
coming together of the best spirit
and the tending is bad of the whole
thing. How a true lady or gentle -
man can in disobedience to a good
father and mother, take this step,
I can not see, nor am I sure they
can.
Nothing is more proper in a
child than to obey parents. This
God commands.
Where children conclude that
parents are too strict, it is usually
because they want more liberty
than it is proper for them to have.
Few parents indeed, are too
severe on their children. Most of
them are too indulgent.
I regard it as a shame to an Old
Baptist neighborhood to become
famous for dancing, and I think
that children who love their pa
rents as they should, ought not,
fortheir parent’s sake, to indulge
in this habit.
I hold that the duty of parents
is to keep their children from such
habits, if it be possible. So far as
Baptists attending dances is con
cerned, I regard it as the duty of
all our churches to exclude mem
bers who attend these places. This
is the feeling of our people, gener
ally, and I would gladly encour
age it. Elder Wilson Thompson
said he “regarded it as a sin equal
to drunkenness.” I could give
the names of many who took the
same view, and if I am not de
ceived, our people generally take
this view.
Think of a Baptist face at a
dance to-night, all aglow with the
vain display of carnality, and next
Sabbath that sama face at the
house of God singing “I Love Thy
Kingdom, Lord,” and partaking
of the bread and wine in commem
oration of the scenes of Calvary!
Even the average wicked man will
and miserable sight.
Tne world generally admires
thepnan who lives out his profes
sion ; and despises the professed
follower of Jesus who lays by all
obligation to duty.
The sensible young man or
woman who wants a companion
for life would much prefer that one
who listens to the advice of pa
rents.
I am writing perhaps strong but
am writing just what to
be true. I desire our churches all
to deal with members who attend
these meetings.
Your brother with a desire to
be faithful. J. H. Oliphant.
REMARKS.
We are certainly opposed to mem
bers of the church attending, or
participating in dancing. When we
have heard ot such things we have
sometimes thought of the midnight
reveling of Belshazzar, the king of
Babylon, and the handwriting on
the wall. We often fear, at least
that in many cases if they were
weighed in the balance they might
be found wanting. We feel to en
dorse Brother Oliphant that church :
members should* not be endulged
in dancing by the church for one
moment. We have never known
Old School Baptists to allow their
members to dance, and we do feel
like it would be very discouraging
to a faithful minister to have to
preach to a set of members who
are in the habit of attending the
bait room. We do hope that all
our readers will heed the remarks
of Brother Oliphant in the above
article. We however, do not have
any fears that our chufches will
tolerate such things but all our
churches will do well to take warn
ing.—Ed.
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