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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, * 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. * 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, “ THE BANNER JOB OFFICE. WE QUOTE YOU PRICES AS FOLLOWS: :o:——r . -■ BILL HEADS per 1,000 from $1.75 to $3.60. O NOTE “ “ “ “ 2.25 “ 3.00. STATEMENTS “ “ “ 1.75 “ 2.25. ENVELOPES “ “ ". 2.00 “ 3.00. 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Dr. H. Sanch E. Dear Sir: We have been using your ‘Oxydonor Victory” m our family with most wonderful results. Have just cured aur sister of a severe case of Bright’a Disease, after the two leading tyjn most eminent physicians of our country pronounced her incurable. We think it one of tne greatest discoveries of the see. »rplv rnniM ? 1 I' 'hi I ' IT Dongola, N. C., April Dr. D. Bartley: - .. 5 Dear Brother:—My mother-in-law, who is 76 years old, and has been afflicted for years with Rheumatism and whose heart was badly affected from the effect of the rheumatism in her chest, was taken down during the night ot the 6th of February with a severe case of pneumonia, at a neigh bor’s house about two miles from home. The doctor bad no hope of her re covery, and only paid her one visit, She was very weak, and required the a°istance of two persons to turn her in bed. On the 12th her daughter sent home for clothes for her to be hur ried in,expecting her death to occur in a short time. I went back with the messenger who came for the clothes, and found her suffering excruciating- * ly, very weak, coughing almost inces santly, and spitting up much blood. I did not think she could live but ’ day or two at best. X daughters, that *n OxYuoNon n