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KXrERIENCE.
Laston, Ga., Narch, 21? 1895.
kllder Lee Hanks:
Dear Friendj-r-I hu»ve, fol Rome'
•|Rhe, thoughtl would write some
titling for the Banner? but for fear
that I would deceive the dear
people of God, I have failed to do
so. My parents were Primitive
Baptists! Some years ago I be
came deeply’interested about my
eternal welfare. Why it was that
I became interested I cannot tell.
Oh what a sinner I felt to be? 1
went on in this way for some
time, and it seemed like every
thing that I had done was wrong,
and all that I could say was:
“Lord, have mercy on me a poor
sinner. Save me for I can do
nothing of myself.” But O blessed
Redeemer! One evening, when
my last sun was about to set, and
I could not live in that condition
any longer, it seemed that all my
sins were gone, and I found my
-self praising my blessed Savior,
and it seemed that everything
was praising God. The singing of
the little birds seemed sweeter
than ever before, and since this
time I have had no love nor de
sire for sin, but I have had a great
Ipve for the Primitive Baptists.
Sometime ago, I had a dream
that I have never forgotten. I
dreamed that the end of time was
at hand, and I was standing with
my hands folded across my breast,
and the Virgin Mary was standing
on my right, and she had on a
purple robe. I looked to the
North and saw Jesus with a white
robe and crown on his head com
ing, between the heavens and
earth; and when I awoke I thought
of my dream and have thought a
great deal of it since.
. I have had an impression to join
the Church, and live with the
Lord’s people, but I fear I am not
worthy. Oh, is three anyone like
.me? My life thus far has been
and disappointments,
I think sometimes, I have more
trouble than flny one aa earth,
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near my soul has always stood,
Bis loving, kindness, O how good.”
•Mr Hanks pray for me while
crossing this stormy sea.
Your Unworthy Friend,
B. A. Kimball.
Remarks.
We are all unworthy to perform
«ny duty, but Christ isour worthi
ness. Do not sow to the flesh and
leap cerruption, but arise and be
baptized, immediately and you
will enter the Canaan land, flow
ing with milk and honey, where
your soul will find a sweet home,
precious friends and a delightful
rest from the heavy burden you
are carrying. May the Lord bless
you, and every poor burdened
soul with the spirit of self-denial
and consecration to His services.
The Lord has given you enough.
Come home.—H.
Quitman, Ga., April 25,1895.
Blder W. C. Cleveland:
Dear Brother in Christ:-—The
remembrance of your face and
conversation is yet. very comfort
ing and profitable to me.
I am at present serving two
two churches, one of which is
three miles distant and one about
twenty-five. They both have been
doing wdil and the Lord grant that
they may continue to do well.
Though in one of them there has
sprang a question of discipline
which I fear will result badly and
I write specially to explain.the
matter to you, and ask you to give
us such council as you deem “Gos
pel” m the premises.
Some three years ago there was
a dear sister,a member of Bethany
Church, upon hearing that a cer
tain brother had made use of some
unbecoming and uncouth remarks
about her and family, sent a note
to the Church denouncing and de-,
daring nonfellowship for him.
Her husband prohibited her going
in person, hence the note. She
also expected the Church to wait,
on her by committee when she
was intending to explain more
fully.
The ChKch received the note
and there being no ordained minis
ter present, and the Church being
very weak they had no ministerial
council to advise them what to do
consequently they were left almost
entirely to the advice of the
brother aforementioned who ad
vised them to either turn her out
or turn him out, and so they
turned her out on the same day
that they received the note.
The question is: Was it Gos
pel order to deal with the sister
without labour to reclaim her in
her absence, her husband being
the cause of her absence?
Aaron Parrish.
Culloden, Ga., May 3,1895.
Dear Bro. Simms— \
Enclosed you will find a letter
from Bro. Aaron Parrish, with re
quest of my views in this matter.
It_ was certainly wrong for the
church to exclude the sister with
out labour as is given in 18th chap.
Matt. Hers was not a public, but
a private wrong, and as such she
should have had the privilege of
a hearing before exclusion. She
may or may not have had just
complaint against the bretner, and
whether she did or not, this un
warranted step that she took in
bringing the matter before the
church, yet, this wrong act of hers
is no excuse for the church’s wrong!
in setting the Lord’s law aside.
Our law is not to condemn a man
without a hearing, and the rule of
this law is given in the chapter
referred to. and should in all cases
of trespass as this was, be adhered
to. ' .
While I freely discard the
thought that the church is a light’
to the literal world, yet,* I, as
readily admit that the church can
not afford to do less for her mem
bers than the world does for its
citizens. Well do I remember that
society was stabbed to its heart a
few years ago, by two unparalelled
crimes—the. one in Georgia and
fbe other in Alabama; yet the ver-,
diet of g»i|ty by the Superior
Court of * this state, was set aside
by the Court, the present
Chief Justice, a man whom my
father baptized, rendering the de
cision, on account of some indiffer
ent irregularities pending trial,
not of courtandjury, but some by
standers, and gave to the poor
culprit a fair trial according to the
laws of his country. Had the
Supreme Court done less it Would
have forfeited, instead of gained
the respect of all decent people.
For one I would not live in a
church no more than I would in R
state that would refuse its mem
bers or citizens the God-given boon
of a hearing before its peers. Ido
not mean to condemn the church
in this act, as but simply
unthoughted, and my advice is
for it not to rescind the act, but
to confess its wrong and restore
the sister, and then proceed as laid
down in 18th chap, of Matthew.
By so doing it may save her, and
that is what discipline is for, that
is to save and not to kill, But af
ter solemnly complying with the
rule in 18th chap. Matthew, if she
will not hear, of course she must
take the consequences of that law,
but it.is to .be hoped that she will
hear. Now why I have said not to
rescind, but to confess, is because
that in some localities this false
rule is resorted to. How it’ ever
got among us or who brought it,
I do not know, but one thing I do
know, God did not give it. He
told us to confess our sins, not to
rescind them, and all transgres
sion of His law is sin, whether by
church or member.
I will admit that we can rescind
our own laws and our acts and
purposes based on them, such as
whether we have three day’s meet
ing at our church, carry dinner to
the ground, and things of this
kind, but there is no rule given to
rescind our sins against God’s
Os course, I have written upon,
information as given by brother
Parrish in the foregoing letter.
Wilde C. Cleveland
OBITUARY.
Barwick Brooks Go. Ga. April 13 95.
Deax Brother Hanks
I thil fnorning feel Lke trying to
comply with you* request, yet
feeling my weakness, to write you
some of the workings of the Lord
with my daughter, hoping*that it
will do some at God’s humble poor
good.
Her life together with he? death
has been rather some what<trange
She was concerned aboutfher life
beyond the grave quite early, yet
she would go with the young and
participate in some of their amuse
nients.
'’Some little time before she was
married two different voices Called
her. She was very much affected
by it and called her Mamma and
when she got to her she w|s weep
ing and told her that the voice of
one was her little brother and the
other was little Huge Vann, who
was very much attached to her.
He died a little afterwards. Her
brother was then dead. B
She told her that it would not
be long before she would have to
die and where God and these little
children were she could not go for
she was too vile a sinner;
Sbe was married and hier health
became very bad. She was taken
very sick and we all gave her up
to die.
She called me to her apd ask me
to pray for her, and I tried to ask
the good Lord in her behalf to
spare her, and from that time she
'improved and got up; but never
was well any more; but prior to
her sickness she had became so a
larmed about her future that she,
one day, after several attempts to
pray, went into her room and lay
down on a couch to die, but thought
she would try to pray bpe more
time. While lying there with her
eyes shut, imploring God’s mefey,
it seemed that a voice Called her
and said; “Come home” and when
she opened her eyes every thing
looked bright and her troubles were
all-'gone. She kept this to herself
except she told her manafe .
1 Two more years wentjmand sbe
was jr-oki:
She sent fer her- andtold
her she would have to go to a beau
tiful, bright home and for over a
week she eould talk of that “happy
home” as though it was open to her
view. She had two little Boys, one
two years old and the other ten days
old. She told her Mama she would
have to take them 'and that they
would feel like they were her child
ren. That caused her mama to
weep and she told her not to weep
for her, and she told her that she
i
could not give her up bub she said:
“Oh yes, Mama you remember
that God is good and wfll not put
any more on .us than we are able to
bear and if you could se< the beau
tiful home “over there/ and the
gate standing open and sweet Jesus
standing to welcome me home.
‘ This, and a great deal more was
her talk from the fittn |unday in
March untill first SundajMftJlmil
when she called her poor an worths?
father and told me she wanted UM
talk with me and comenced saying
“Oh papa I am and have peen such
a vile sinner and haveoften wanted
to talk with you, but I f4t so un
worthy that.it seemed aa though I
could not, but now I hafe got to
go and it seems that it w® do me
good. Oh, what a friend I have
in Jesus. I have asked him to
spare me to raise my little
children but, he has not Answered
me,l asked Him to let mo,get well
when I was sick before and I would
go and do what I felt to be my du
ty,and Lfelt he answerd iie, but I
had failed to keep my pretaise and
it seems like some great hdavy load
bearing medown. Oh can’t I join
the church now and be baptized?
Let me follow Jesus?” It being the
regular meeting time at Little
Flock church and several of the
members having to pass.near the
house they stopped,for by this time
we all thought she was dying.
Yet it pleased God that she shoul
rally once more; then she would ’»
for some one to preach for her,-
would beg them to sing; bu
seemed as though no one could
for tears, and was
we could do, but woul
“dont weep, bat it seems that you
all ought to be rejoiceing,” and
when no oue could Bing, she oor»-
menc-s in the sweetest tofts of voi/je
to me that I ever heard and sang :
“Jesus lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly.”
with part of one other piece.
were looking for her to die while
einigng, but she railied again and
still asked for some one to sing.
When finally the breathren sang
two pieces for her when there
seemed to be a brightness come
over her and she would try to slap
her handsbut was too weak. After
this the members of Little Flock
church at her request met and held
conference and she wad received
and wanted to be baptized. The
Church being near by the brethren
went and had preaching, I was by
her.bedside when she said:“Oh pa
pa you do not know how good I
feel. It seems almost like I was
floating in the air. “All that even
ing while it was very dark and
cloudy she would remark that
thing looked so bright. She seem
ed so much better we were in hopes
she would get well, and continued
on that way Sunday nigh. Monday
morning she told me she had slept
so sweetly. She remarked to her
husband how sweetly the little
birds did sing. The doctor came and
was well pleased with her appear
ance. With all that, she told them
that she would have to go. It
seemed that every tie that bound
her was severed and that she could
look beyond thia vale of tears and
see the home that God and His wis
dom has prepared for those that
love Him—those that are called
according to His purpose. Some
of her brothers and sisters were
not with her but she rememberd
them and left a sweet admonition
for them. I am confident that
there was not one that met her
and heard her talk n her last days,
but will be glad that they were
there.
Your unworthy Bro ~if ons at all
J. F. McCann.
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Elder P. G. McDonald and I. P.
Porter will fill the following ap
pointments in the Lower Canoo
chee Association, the Lord will-
, ing:
Little Flock, June 15
Anderson's, u .. 16
Bay Branch, •* 17
Love’s Chapel, * 18
’Bethel, §O.
Corrith, * SM
Bell knap, “ 22
Deloaches, “ £3
, U pper Black Creek “ £4
Fellowship, “ 25
Lane’s, •* 27*
Statesboro at nigbt“ “
Bethelehem, “ 28
Lake, “ 29 and 30
Sunlight, July 1
Cedar Creek, “ 2
These brethren will be met
at Collins, on the S. A. M. R. R.
June 14th.
A. R. Strickland.
APPOINTMENTS.
Ozark, Ala., May sth, 1895.
Dear Brother Hanks:
Elder I. P. Bradley will preach
as follows:
Piney Grove, May, 25 and 26 1
New Prospect, “ 27
Mount Zion, “ 28 '
New Bethsaida, “ 29 ,
County Line, “ . 30 '
Mount Enon, ° 31 •'
Corinth, June, 1 and 2 '
Bethel, “
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