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_ [Concluded from Ist page.] ingly; and it had great iron teeth, ’ll devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beast that were before it, and it had ten horns.” We are told;, in 24th verse that the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise. Here is the political power of the beast cen tralized in the emperor of Rome. Verse 8,“I considered the horns,and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots, and be hold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.” Then this little horn represents the Ecclesi astical power that was givea to the emperor of Rome, which made him pope, then as a matter of fact, he had but two horns, the political and Ecclesiastical, yet the politi cal had ten horns or kings to sup port it. The time of the little horn coming into power was when Constantine united church and state, and the union of these two powers constituted the beast that John saw rise up out of the sea, which I am now trying to find the image of, for it certainly exists :n the religious world to-day. Re member the most striking feature of the beast is the union of civil or political and Ecclesiastical power in one head “the man of si#?' “And the Dragon (papal Rome) • gave him his power, and his seat and great authority.” And this if what I have been representing by the anti-christian woman, who if represented as being the mother of harlots, and now let us hunt up some of her daughters, and see if they are not the very jpaage of their mother, “and the kings of the earth have committed fornica tion with her.” When Henry WHiking of Eng land was refused divorce from the queen by the pope, he then com mitted fornication (spiritually) with the old mother, and begot a daughter the church of profflinQfMtfeatu re "*^** aaßa *Bmking image ortho Least of Rome, is the union of church and state, uniting civil ahd Ecclesias tical power, the two horn?, in one head. There are other daughters I will not take time to mention, but there is many granddaughters and great-granddaughters, etc., a numerous progeny of late. Some think the number of the family will increase to six hundred and sixty-six. There is none of the granddaughters has the image per fected yet, but they are making growth. They have the bead, cen talized power, it matters not w’hether in one man dr in a numbei of men, as a congress, a synod or a conference, and in this head is ont horn,that is the Ecclesiastical, and any of them is ready to flirt with the kings of the earth, in any way to get the other horn of civil power and unite church and state. “And it spake as a Dragon,” that the voice that rang out clear at the parliament of the religions of the world at Chicago September, 1893. It will require a union of church and state to give life to the image of the beast, that the image should both speak, and caused that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be kill ed. And he caused both small, and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their forehead. And that no man nought buy of sell, save he that had the mark or the name of the beast, or the num ber of his name. This part of the image is getting pretty well per , fected, for it seems almost impos sible to do business without be longing to, or at least catering to some of the religious denomina tions. The mark in the right hand is the church work and church support, and the mark in the forehead show’s the educated intellect, giving directions to all their right hand work. Ido not wish to be an alarmist, or to cry out danger, where there is co danger, but judging from the histoty of the past, has not the religious world always been ready whenever it was possible to grasp the arm of the law, to secure pow er to enforce their dogmas? There is a voice of warning in history, for whenever church and state has been united, somebody has to suf fer God has his faithful witnesses, who, like Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego, will not fall down and worship the imago which the king set up. May the Lord enable all his children to stand aloof from all the religious abominations and images of the present day. John Downey, Wenona, 111., March 25, 1895. Okapilco, Ga., April 1895. Dear Brother:—ln my first let ter I wrote mainly upon the re lation of pastor and church; and the duties consequent upon that relation, though highly important, are only a few of all the duties of the child of God. They are mani fold and varied, and we cannot write and talk about them too much. They are just as necessa ry to the health and growth of Zion as the doctrine of election and predestination, because they are just as plainly recorded in the Bible. There is nothing hjft on record simply to fill blank space. It is all written for us to study and practice, that we may be thououghly furnished unto all good works. That preacher who fails to faith fully proclaim ail these good works to the church shuns to declare the whole council of God; and there is an awful curse pronounced a gainst the preacher who neglects to exhort, rebuke and warn us. I want every one who should become interested in this humble letter of mine to carefully read the 3rd chapter of Ezekeiel,where it is plain that there is a positive uncondi tional comand to the minister of God to exhort the church to obedi ence and warn them of the curses of disobedience; and he who fails to do it brings down upon his shoul ; bMfodjhf those wlfts die in fconsequemS^ereof. ' Israel was a type of the Gospel church today ; and nothing can be plainer than the fact that she was blessed when she obeyed the laws of God and cursed when she broke them etc, Therefore it follows jhat we of the Gospel church today, the prototype of Israel will be blessed when we walk humbly in the footsteps of Jesus, and cursed when we rebel against Him. The preacher is sometimes a savior in one sense. “He that converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins.” — James 5 20. This sinner is a disobe lient child of God, and it is spir itual death the preacher saves him from. The multitude of sins which he thereby hides is the appalling amount of transgression which the spiritually dead child of God can _;o into. We do not have enough such preaclisng as this. The blood of how many spiritual ly dead children of God, is resting upon the shoulders of many of our preachers,God only knows. The fact that many bretheren and sisters do not like to hear such preaching, is only an evidence that it ought to be preached because Israel often treated the warning words of their' prophets with contempt. The Scriptures everywhere abound with exhortations to good works, and they are all for the child of God,for him to learn and profit -by. We , should study the scriptures more, and implant them into our daily life. “Godliness is profitaple unto all things, having promise ot the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” 1 Tim.4—B. The preachers should also be a perfect example of good works, for unless . he practices what he preaches, his preaching will have no good effect. Paul comand?d Timothy to be an example of the believers in all things. Also,“Take heed unto thy self jandunto the doctrine [continue in them, for In doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hoar thee."' lW*w»that tin; word doctrine embraces the whole teaching of scriptures not simply election nnd predestina tion. May God help us to live at (he foot of the cross. W. 8. Smith. . One joined at Bethel Brooks county at their last meeting. We are glad to note that Bi- Zion church, in Thomas county, that was dropped from the Och lockonee association for following disorderly men, has returned and confessed her sins.—H. Parents should encourage their children to read the Bible, good books and papers, and not allow them to read trashy novels which have a tendency to demoralize the mind. They* should take their children to meeting with them and not allow them to run at large hunting, fishing, etc., on Sundays. - E - _• Danville, Ind, Feb 27th 1895. Eld. A. V. Simms, Valdosta, Ga., Esteemed Brother in Christ:— Find enclosed one dollar ($1.00) for which please send me tht Pil grim’s Banner one year. Ara sorry that 1 conld not send sooner. I had hoped to be able so send some buAwing to the hard times, many do mot feel able to takeut at present.! very old win ter which makes it hard on the people as crops were short last year. We have had the coldest weather this winter thatlfc have have had for ten or twelve years. Elder R. A. thompson is now making a tour through here. Ht will be at Danville to-morrow, and Elder Geo. A. Bretz, will visitus next wee|?. They are boih very itble ministers andjwe dq ate their iatJufs. come all who come preaching the TRUTH. ’ . / May the heavenly Eather strengten and sustain you through life, and in death own and crown you heir to immortal glory. M Unworthily, Cora A. Thompson. “But the path of the just is as the shinning light that ahineth more and more unto the, day.” Jesus is that just and holy one, and his path or way is life and peace, and how glorious is the city of light and of day to which it leads. It leads to eterrfal day. The souls that travel his highway do no harm, guile is not in their mouths, nor crookedness in their step. No ravenous beast, nor lion’s whelp shall walk there; it is for the ransomed of the Lcrd. They shall not destroy in all this holy mountain. O happy people! O gl >rious city! A Church Constitute!. A presbytery consisting of Elders L. Register, William Luke, A. A. Knight and C. W. Stillings, met at the new meeting bouie near the Lenox bridge in Berried cbun ty, Georgia, March 30th, 18®, for the purpose of constituting a Primative Baptist churchj The presbytery organized by jng C. W. Stallings, moderator, and William Luke, clerk, •/ t After usual for and read letters presented by brethren and sisters, (fourteen in all) after due examination by •Eld. A. A. Knight, prayer ly Eld. Register and charge by Eld, Inigo t .the presbytery pronounced <them a church of Christ by extfiding to them the right - hand of fellow ship, visiting brethren and listers participating. j By a vote of the they named themselves Pleasant * after which they sat in conferance and 'adopted covenant and de corum, corresponding with that of other Primitive Baptist Churches. Then called Elder A. A. Knight to serve them as pastor the re maineder of this year, and settled upon the forth Sunday and Satur day before, for the holding of their regular meetings, and the forth Sunday in July for their com munion meeting. This little church is quite young composed of young, mem bers and has a young man for a preacher, but still I hope the lit tle church is the Lords planting. The)’ have an able minister to serve them. May tho angel of the Lord go before him and may he have grace to sustain him and keep him humble. They have an humble deacon in the person of John Cornelius. There was many there whose duty it is to unite with the church and people of God. May God bless and protect them. C. W. Stallings. qhituahy. DEACON JOHN STUDSTILL. Deacon John Studstill, died at his home near Milltown, Ga., on the even ing of the 9th of April. He was struck with something like paralysis while at the'breakfast table that morn ing, and lived only about twelve hours. Dear Brethren and sisters, to you that were acquaihted with him it is useless for me to speak of his many noble traits of character, for as a neighbor.,we all know he was unex celled, and a husband and father I have never known his equal. He has reared to man and woman hood seven sons and four daughters I have been a member of his family for the last twelve years, and I never have heard of his speaking a cross, or harsh word to any of his family. As a Christian, I hope we may all fondly cherish in our memory for years to come his orderly walk, and godly con versation. He was a menber of Old Union church forty-four years, and for many years served the church as deacon. I believe he came as near having of his calling as any man I ever knew. He has told me he felt the weight of these duties long be fore he was ordained, but never felt able, nor worthy to fill such a high position in the church. His prayers and desires were always to be to His remains was hurried at Union Church, on yesterday, rounded by many relatives and friends. Funeral services was conducted by- Elder William Tomlinson in a short, but edifying manner. Hoping that the prayers of the Lord’s people may go out in behalf ot the bereaved fami ly, I will say no more. •. . D. A. Sandsks. Vatdosi, Ga., April, 12th, 1895. “Uncle Jack” will be sadly .missed. Surely he has “used the office of deacon well and purchased to himself a good degree and great boldness in the faith.”—Ed. Lenox, Ga., April 13th 1895, Dear Brother Simms: Pleased publish for Elder L. H. Stuckey the following appointments and not publish the first I sent you : Pleasant Grove, May 1 New Hope, “ 2 Pleasant, “ 3 Cat Creek, “ 4 and 5 Empire, “ 6 Union, “ 7 Naylor, “ 8 Way fare, “ 9 Unity, “ 10 Antioch, “ 11 and 12 There is a change made in his ap pointments, by Eld. P. G. McDonald. C. W. Stallings. Dr- H. Sanche. Dear Sir: We have been using your “Oxydonor Victory” in our family with most wonderful results Have just cured our sister of a ee verO case of Bright’s Disease, after the two leading and most eminent physicians of onr country pro nounced her incurable. 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