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Preaching Tour
Editors PilgiuM’s Banner
Dear Brethren:
According to promise I will give
the readers of the Banner a short
sketch of my preseat tour. I
gan at Ocala Fla. last week in De
cember last. We (wife and self)ar
rivod at Ocala on the 20th of De
cember and stopped with our high
ly esteemed brother Z. C. Cham
bliss, and enjoyed the hospitality
of his elegant home for several
days. I had an appointment also
at Stanton some twenty miles
south of Ocala, where w e had the
pleasure of stopping with brother
McKinney, old partner in business
once with brother Chambliss. We
have no church at Ocala or Stan
ton, and these brethren with their
wives are Georgians and their
membership is still in that State.
We had the use of the Missionary
Baptist house of worship at Ocala
and of the Presbyterians, I believe
it is at Stanton. A small but atten
tive audience met me at each place
As we arrived in Fla. before the
first freeze that did such great in
jury to the orange groves and veg
etable farms, we saw every thing
in beauty and prosperity. An
orange grove loaded down with
ripe oranges is a lovely sight.
I have seen ladies clap their
hands with delight as they wit
nessed it for the first time, and ex
claim with rapture “Lovely lovely’
We were made to feel too, and that
with a feeling of relief and satis
faction, that for once we were
where the cry of hard times would
not be beard. But the freeze came.
We witnessed both of them, and
sure enough real hard times
took the plabe of loveliness, ease
and prosperity. If money was
my object in traveling
preaching, I would have left Fla.
immediately after the first freeze.
I had three months appointments
already out in South Fla. so I told
the brethren I would stay and suf
fer with them. If they had only
bread and water to live on I could
live on it too. Very lew had any
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provision on hand. Many had not
«old an orange, waiting for better
prices, usually offered after
Christmas and later on. And but
few vegetables were ready to ship.
Hard as the times were I heard but
•little complaint. The people stood
the shock of their great niisibr
tune with comendable fortitude
and composure. They learned
by it that they cannot depend ou
oranges and vegetables alone for
money or a living and they seemed
determined in the future to raise
more corn and meat. So necessity
theie, as in the cotton states,
is compelling the people to raise
more corn and meat. I attended
the Clay Bank Association last fall
Covington County Ala. which is
looked upon as one of the poorest
Counties in the state, an audience
of about two thousand people at
tended it. The brethren with a
basket-dinner fed that crowd, and
then there were provisions left un
touched. I never saw the like of
home raised pork, mutton and beef
and then chicken-pies. The flour
that was used for that occasion was
the only thing of note that
they had to buy. Necessity is
competing our people to a solid
foundation for the success and
prosperity of coming generations,
if not for their own prosperity in
temporal things. I filled all my
appointments in Florida. I met
With a hearty welcome among
the brethren, and they were more
liberal with me than I thought
they could be in their crippled
condition. Cheerfully and willingly
they divided the little they had
with me. Were I to go into detail I
could fill several columns of the
Banner with personal mention of
kindness, hospitality and liberali
ty shown by the Baptists of Flori
da, where my appointments
brought me in direct contact
with them. I greatly loved then:
before, as that was not my firsi
tour among them, but t|ieir greal
kindness to us in their poverty-
stricken condition has made them
dearer and more precious to me
than ever. With loving romem
berence I delight to think of them,
and pfay God to bless them
both spiritually and temporally.
After leaving Florida I filled ap
pointments next in Georgia on my
way to Alabama, I did not have
many appointments in either
state, but had a very pleasant
time with the brethren all along.
Had many good meetings, and
saw some join the church and heard
them tell the groat things the Lord
had done for them. At Bulah
church, (Troy,) three were received
for Baptism. I have been ijn
Misissippi a month, filling ap
pointments, and will be here a
month longer, the Lord willing.
I began in the bounds of the Zion’s
Rest and will end in the bounds of
the Bethany Association. This
is my second tour among them.
They have had very few preachers
from a distance to visit them,
which is not their fault as they
are glad to have them come. They
are noble and precious brethren,
sound in the faith, kind and hos
pitable. Zions Rest Association
is composed of about nine
churches, Elders John Brown, N.
L. Pace and Joel C. Williams are
the oldest of their ministry. Eld.
Brown once lived in Monroe
County Ala. and is quite old and
feeble. He is about eighty-three
years old. Sister Brown is a help
less invalid and has been confined
to her bed for a year or more. The
Bethany is composed of twenty two
churches, west of Zions Restand is
located in the counties of New
ton, Scott, Clarke, Rankin, Leake,
Neshona, Winston, YoZoo and At
tala, Misissippi, and has twenty
ordained preachers. Their names
are as follows:
J. G. Cerecelius, W. J. McGee, J.
A. Bates J. R.Willis J .S. McCaulley
A. J. Craig W. 8. Ferguson T. F.
Gardener, A. Hollingsworth, S. E.
Pennington, F. J, Stamper, J. L:
Joiner, H.R.Talbert, W.C. Roberts
J. C. Walton’ F. M. Meadow R. A.
Smith S. J. Holingsworth J. B.
Langston andA. W. Woods. Old
Liitini JjlL T..rjLiL, ~
of Elder H. R. Talbert came from
Munroe County Ala. many years
ago, and though quite old is full of
energy and activity. He came six
teen miles to be at my appoint
ment last Saturday and Sunday.
The smallest membership of any
of her churches is nine, and the
largest is sixty-one. It is a good,
strong body of old Baptists. The
Lord willing I will extend the tour
on to La. Arkansas and Texas.
Brethren and friends who wish to
write me privately, will please di
rect to me at Freetrade Leake Co.
Misissippi, to June the 12th, Hop
ersville Scott Co. Mississippi to
June 15th. Newton Newton Co.
Mississippi to June 21st. Marton
Scott Co. Mississippi to June 27th
But all letters directed to me at
Selma Ala. my home office, will
reach me without much delay, as
I send instructions there from time
to time where to forward them. I
make it a rule to answer all com
munication from brethren and
friends, but I cannot always reply
promptly for lack of time and
opportunity. Sometimes brethren
write me and desire an answer but
fail to give me their Postoffice ad
dress. Some give their county,
and state but fail to give the name
of their Postoffice. In such cases
of course it is imposible to get an
answer to them. Every writer
should head or end his letter with,
his erher Postoffice address m full
and write plainly and spelled cor
rectly Every postmaster has a pos
tal guide that has the correct
1 spelling of all of our Postoffices.
J. H. PUREFOY.
Edinburgh Mississippi June 3rd 95
Barwick, Ga., March 19,1895.
Dear Mr. Hanks—l feel bad
about my sins and I feel like I
wanted to tell you because I want
ed to ask you to pray for me. I
dreamed that I was going to die
. and I was at Antioch picking out
to be hurried' at, and 1
51 woke up and saw something white
by my bed side, and I felt like it
was the Savior and it stayed about
— -
one hour, the next morning I got
up and felt better but before
night I began to feel sick and 1
told mama, She told me to go on
nnd ask me what was the matter
I will close for this time your little
friend Lois Rountree.
Remarks
This little girl is only ten years
old. We rejoice that the satoe
God that made John the B iptist
leap for joy before he was born
regenerated Jeremiah and Sam
uel so young, has 'taught this lit
tle girl to love Jesus and to have
a sweet hope in her k Savior.
I talked to this little girl’s mo
ther and she told me more than
she has written.
I feel sure that she is a Christian
may the Lord bless her and make
her a bright jewel in the church of
Christ.—H.
EXPERIENCE.
Bellville, Ga., March 1, 1895.
Elder Lee Hanks:
Dear Brother in Christ:—l will
now try to write you a few lines,
though I feel unworthy and so
near nothing, that I perhaps,
should not trouble you with my
scnbling, I feel unworthy of the
notice of God’s people, yet I love
them.
When I first began to be
troubled in mind I felt that
I wanted to be alone where
no one could see me; and then
to get on my knees and pray to
God for relief; but when there I
could say nothing but ‘‘Lord have
mercy on me a poor lost sinner.”
I felt that no one cared for me;
and that if I was to die I would
be lost, and never.be remembered
by any one. I remained thus for
some time. When brother Simms
and Stallings came through here
on a preaching tour, I was in my
worst state of trouble. 1 tried to
bear every word they said as I sat
with flowing tears, I thought they
preached the best I ever heard. I
wanted* to join the church then,
but could not on account of my
feeling of unworthiness; I felt so
near nothing, I was afraid they
would not receive such a poor sin
ful one as I felt to be. I did not
think one could join the Primi
tive Baptist until they were old,
and I was young. But, when so
the cross and follow Jesus, I be
gan to feel like I could,.and I
wanted to do so too, but this same
feeling of unworthiness and un
fitness prevented me. I felt 1
should be more dutiful and obe
dient to the Lord. Yet it seems
to me I get worse; the more I try
to do and live right, the worse I
seem to get. J cannot have a good
thought without the Lord gives it.
I made up my mind that if you
did n_>t open the door of the
church, I would offer myself the
next Saturday, I heard you were
coming and I asked papa to let
me go to ninet you so that you
would come here to spend the
night. lam glad I did so, for I
enjoyed your talk more than I
ever did. Brother Hanks, the
next day is one never to be for
gotten by me, as well as other dear
ones present. We all want you to
come and preach again. There are
those here whom I hope will soon
take up the cross.
As you asked, I can say I have
been getting along very well since
I joined- the church. I would not
be back in the world for anything
on earth; though I cannot say I
thought I would never more have
trouble, like some say; but I did
think my troubles would not be so
great. Yet, sometimes I am afraid
my sins are not pardoned because
I get in the dark; and when I read
the Bible for relief and light I
find none, nor can I understand
what I read.
There were five joined on Satur
day, but only four were baptised,
including the one that joined when
you were here; the reason the
other man and woman defered was
the sickness of her husband who
has since passed away to that rest,
where I hope we all will rest when
we also must pass from the earth.'
It was a very sad and trying time
for the dear little wife to part from
him. She took his death hard; and
it will be harder for her when
she arrives at her sweet little home
without him. I had thought I
loved her as well as any cousin,
could another, but now in her hour
of trial and trouble I feel that my
lovejhas increased for her a hun
dred fold.
Brother Hanks, read this "if you
can, if not throw it into the waste
box and I shall not be-, hurt.
I want you and Elder Simms to
come again and preach for us.
Remember me in your prayers.
lour Little Sister, I Hope,
Emily Danol.
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delays this issue. We hope our
readerswill have patience with us.
We hope to get out on time with
■ the next. —$•
Singing Conventions.
In another column will be seen
a communication from brother A.
W. Hanks of Apnie, Ala., desiring
my views of Singing Conventions;
especially the manner in which
they are conducted in his State.
I have always thought it good ot
encourage singing; especially a
mong the young people. It is la
mentable that such little attention
is pkid to the cultivation of the
voice, and the learning of the ru
dimtais of music by the young and
rising generation. It is painful to
visit churches where the old breth
ren and sisters with their shattered
voices furnish all the music, while
their sons ard daughters sit by and
manifest no interest devo
tional exeicises.
Yoiiijg people should know that
their education is never complete
until they have acquired a thor
ough knowledge of vocal and in
strumental music. And those of
them whose parents have been good
enough to give them a musical ed
ucation should show their appre
ciation of it by joining in the sing
ing and helping what they can,
wheirthey attend church meetings.
And this the most of them would
do, if they had proper encourage
ment’from their fathers and moth-’
ers.
But like brother Hanks the man
ner in which they are conducted
in Ala Ja is somwhat objectionable
with me. Baptist shonrd remem
ber that God, by his loving mer
cy hath seperated them from the
world,and so far as religion is con
cerned, all relationship have been
disolved; and to continue to claim
a relationship by the use of the
word “Brother” or “Sister” is to
practicably deny the work of grace
in the inown hearts.
Evert Society of whatever kind,
th-.-, t ; i# '
togetheiy the church and the world,
the saint and the sinner—■ Christ
and Belai], cannot be of God. It
cost the son of God his life to break
the tie and dissolve the relation--
his people and the
w'orld,and his redeemed ones should
recognize the distinction his blood
has made and be separate from
the world.
It is imprudent, to say the least
of it forthose conventions to meet
at churches on preaching days
and take uptime that does not be
long tothem by continuing over
during preaching hours. Let all
things be done decently and in or
der.—S.
Scraps.
The envious deny the charge, and
loudly condemn to fault, but their
works testify in a louder voice to
condemn them.
Though it hath a full reward,
what a nice thing it is to walk and
live a Christian life? It is to watch
and pray continually.
I had rather suffer with’ the
people of God than enjoy the pleas
ures of the world. I had rather
hungerfor richteousness than feast
on the good things of the flesh.
“ He that rebuketh a man after
wards shall find more power than
he that flattereth with his tongue”
Therefore let uh highly prize faith
ful rebuke and fully distrust
flattery.
Do not go headlong, nor walk
deliberately into temptation, for
ft is a sin to bring pain and pun-'
ishment; but count it all joy when
ye fall as it were, by unseen chance
■or accident into divers temptation
knowitoS this that toe -trying of
your faith worketh patience” And
I patience brings to a perfection en
j tire, wanting nothing.
“To do- justice and judgment is
mure acceptable to the Lord than
sacrifice.”Then,since sacrifices put
away all sic under the law, how
pleasing to God and profitable to
ourselves is it to deal justly in all
things with men?
*
Wrath is cruel and anger is out
ragous; but who is able to stand
before envy? Then how more than
cruel and worse than anger4s envy.
I pity its victim, but I had rather
suffer as such than have envy dwell
in my heart.
“The rod and reproof giveth
wisdom, but a child left
to himself bringeth his
mother to shame.” I have seen
many natural mothers ashamed;
but God forbid that my'mother,
the church should < ever suffer
shame for me,the rather let me kiss
the rod and welcome reproof
to
“Keep thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God; and be more
ready to hear than to give the
sacrifice of fools; for they consider
not they do evil ” Then where the
feet and what the consideration
of church members who go to the
house of God and talk of worldly
things, to say nothing of smutty
tails and anecdotes?
The regular meeting at Unity
church (Lowndes County) is
changed from the fourth to
the fifth Sunday in this month
Elders T. W. and C. W. Stallings
are expected to be present. I hope
also to be there. 8.
Sister R. Anna.Pinllips of Butler
Ga., who is so well and favorably
known to the Baptist all over the
country is now stopping at our
humble home. She will likely
spend the summer with us, and
visit all our churches in reach of
her S.
Elder Bazil Jones of Manassas,
Ga., (Tatnal County) writes us the
Baptist of their section are enjoy
ing a sweet revival. Many are be
ing added to the 1 -* churches. S.
t >
.
’in Bullock Emanuel and Tatnd-11
Counties, baptized 12 members,
and enjoyed his visit over there.
Since his return home he has been
called back to baptize a sister by
her request and while there,
received and bapti zed two more.
The Ochlockonee Association
will convene with Antioch church,
Thomas County, on the fourth
Sunday in October. The church
is situated three miles from Bos
ton, but for the convenience of
those who may visit them from a
distance,’ the meeting will be held
in Boston. J
The Annuel Meeting at Forrest
Grove Church convenes on the
second Sunday in July. The little
Church is anxious for the brethren
in the ministry to visit them.
Elder Hanks is now in the
bounds of the Upper Canoochee
Association on a preaching tour.
We hope he, like Elder Barwick,
will return in due season with an
olive leaf in his mouth.
—
The Union Aassociation convenes
on Saturday before the third Sun
day in October with Olive Leaf
Church, five miles south of Dbpont
S, F,j& W.R. R. We hope the
preachers will make a note of this
and come to see us.
Two w r ere received and bap
tized at Cat Creek Church on the
first Sunday.
Wonder if the brethren around
us would help to build an Old
Baptist Meeting house in Valdosta
Look out brethren, we may call
on you later.
We attended the regular meet
ing at Bethlehem on the second
Sunday and Saturday before, and
greatly enjoyed our visit there.
The church seemed to.be alive,
and much interest was manifested
by the congregation. One , dear
brother related a good experience
to the church on Saturday, and
we baptized him the next day.—S-
&Appoiqtments.
Elder E. D, Ivy oLDotlian Ala . wil
preach D. V, as followers:-
At Harmony church Brooks Co. Ga.
at their regular meeting,the fth Sat
and Sun. in June: at Bethel Monday
Sardins Tuesday, and Pleasant Grove
Wed. From there he will go down
to the District meeting at Little Floek
Friday Saturday and Sunday the fiith
Sunday in June.
Bethlehem Monday Betheny Tues
day, Lebonan Wednesday.
He will need conveyance.
R. H. Barwick.
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, “ 16
Bay Branch, “ 17
Love’s Chapel, ‘ 18
Beard’s Creek, 19
Bethel, “ 20
Corrith, “ 21
Bellknap, “ 22
Deloaches, “ L 3
Upper Black Creek “ 24
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 14 th.
A. R. Strickland.
In the Upper Cannoochee Associa
tion.
Oak Grove, Tuesday June 11,
New Hope Wednesday “ 12
Mt. Zion Thurs. “ 13
Antioch Sat. and Sun. “15 &16
Bythynia Mon. “ 17
Long Creek Tues. “ 18
Hebron Wed. “ 19
Conoochee Thurs. “ 20
Uppet Lotts Creek Sat.& Sun. “ 22& 23
Upper Mill Creek Mon. “ 24
Bethlehem Tues. “ 25
Lanes Wed. “ 26
Little Flock, 9 miles
south of Boston Fri;
Sat. and gun. “ 28 29 30
Cat Creek Fri. Sat. & Sun July 5 6 & 7
Ozark Ala Tnes. “ 16
Pilgrims Rest Wed. “ 17
Corinth Fri. “ 19
Bethel Thurs. “ 18
Corinth Fri*. “ 19
PisgAfi Sat. and Sun, “ 20 &21
Baptist Rest Mon. “ 22
Mt Zion Tues. “
Canaan WedJ “ •
Ramah Sat. and Sun. “ 27 and 28
have agreed if Uie Lord
above appoinnmenls. pray
dear children of God that I may have
grace to sustain —H.
OniTUAEIIEL
MRS SARAH HAGAN.
Daughter of David and Maryare
Williams who have both passed away,
was borned Sept 29’th 1831 and de
parted this life Feb 6 1895. :
She was married twice first to J. J.
Miller March 2nd 1848;second toJanes
Hagan June 12th 1865. She joined
the Primitive Baptist church Sept., 14,
1873 and was baptized by Eld. Coon.
Her home was ever open to her breth
ren and friends and seat in church
was never vacant when she was able
to fill it. She was a great sufferer for
may years with swimming or sick
headache but bore it with Christian
fortitude. She leaves a husband, nine
children four brothers and three sis
ters besides many relatives and friends
tQ mourn her loos but we feel that our
loss is her eternal gain.
May God bless the bereaved husband
and children is the the prayer of her
sister.
Julia Banks.
Crawfordsville, Ind, April 6,1895
Dr. H. Sanche,
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Doctor: —It is now almost a
year since I first used your Oxydonor;
and having knowledge of its curativn
virtues in many cases, besides my own,
it gives me pleasure to recon mend it to
the afflicted public as a mest superior
Healing Panacea, as well as the most
pleasant. And it is as safe as it is
prompt and pleasant in its currtive
Since I have known this truly won
derful little instrument I have used no
medicine in my family, because this
has proved better—yea, “better
than gold.” A minister’s wife of this
city said to me the other day that, she
would not take SIOO for her Oxydonor.
It cured both her and myself recently
of LaGnppe. Others, not a few,, have
likewise informed me of its happy
effects. As a sympathising friend to
the afflicted, I sincerely wish that all
owned your Oxydonor, and would
rely on it, instead of using deadly
pqisons, under the alluring name of .
medicine.
Sincerely and truly yours,
D. Baktley.
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