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PREACHING-TOtfß.
KnfrOHS PttGßiß’a Bannbb J
Dear Brethren
lam dow at my last appoint
ment in the state of Mississippi.—
Nsw Hope churoh five miles south
of Pelahatchine, Bakin County.
* It is a newly constituted church.
I visited two other churches in the
Bethany that have
been constituted since I was here
four years ago. The indications
are good for organising many
more Primitive Baptist churches in
Mississippi from what I have seen
and heard. The field is white al
ready to the harvest, but we have
' not laborers enough to occupy it.
The home preachers can not get
far away from home, and but few
of our traveling preachers have
come here yet. I have preached
in several places where we have no
churches, and have pressing invita
tions to go to other such pl aces,and
jn every instance I have been
most cordially received and wel
comed. Many Christians of other
orders gave me their hand after
hearing me preach and said *‘l' do
not belong to your church but 1
love the doctrine you preach/’ re-'
minding me of what Jesus said,
namely :‘*He that receiveth whom
soever I send, receiveth And
the Apostle John said: “He that
knoweth God heareth us; he that
is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know me the spirit of truth,
and the spirit of error.” Large con
gregations of people attended my
appointments as busy as they are
now with their crops, which need
* attention badly in places on ac
count of the abundance of grass
following wet weather, which does
not seem io be over with yet. 1
have not missed a single appoint
ment on account of rain yet in the
two months 1 have been in the
state. I hear fears expressed
sometimes ih&t tomorrow the
weather will be so bad and rainy
.that there can be no meeting,
when some one will answer and
say “have no fear of that, for to
morrow is hard-shell day and their,
meetings are not often prevented
bv rain.” While I had not thought ’
of it still it accords
well with my experience and ob
seYvation. My audiences are not
only large, but very attentive, and
seem deeply entereeted in spiritual
things. So I feel to believe and
say that the Loid has much peo
ple in the state of Mississipppj
where I have most earnestly labor
ed am«)ng them in the ministry.
1 Our own people, and others, espe
cially the Missionary Baptist,
Methodist and Presbyterians, have
been so kind to me that I reluc
tantly leave them to goon to Lou
sianna where my appointments be
gin on the 2nd of July.l find many
young people among the mem
bership of our churches here, the
youngest a bright little eleven
girl. Her name is My.
rette Oden, daughter of brother
W, M. A. Oden of Edinburge,
Leake County,and grand-daughter
of Eld. J. R. Willis. I noticed
particularly how greatly she enjoy
ed the preaching.
Ip Leake County near Free-trade
I heard of a new sect that had
sprung up called “The Flying
Roll.” The outward peculiarly of
the men of that prderas the wear
ing x>f long hair. I saw one, a
youth of seventeen, whose hair
spread out and long down loose
over and below his shoulders. It
seemed so out of place and gave
the youth such a strange appear
ence that it recalled to my mind
• that the Apostle Paul said it was
a shame for a man to wear long
hair. He said; “Doth not even
nature itself teach you, that, if a
man Save long hair, it is a shame
unto him.” That long haired
beardless youth doult’ess begs
leave to differ with the great apos
tle Paul. In that same region
are a good many who pall them
selves Ssctifiedor Holiness people,
who claim that they have attained
- to sinless perfection in the flesh by
their obedience to God.l had a tilt*
with them four, years ago. One;
man who was nearly captured by
them at that time met me on this
tour and toM me that my exposure
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of the nnscriptual position held
to by the holiness heople knocked
the error c impletely out cf him.
Another man said to me, after
heating itfe expose that error on
this tour, “I am a poor man, but
if you will go to a certain place
and expose it there as you have
done here I will give you five dol
lars." He was so mtwh pleased
with my preaching that he went
with me to several of my apoint
merits. But lest I appear egotist
ical to some, 1 will not run oh that
line any further.
I met with many who came
from Alabama and Georgia to
tnjtke Mi&sisippi their home. While
the Ipnd in places is rich.and pro
ductive, in others it is poor and in
some places very broken. The flat
wood regions are looked upon a’s
almost worthless, much bt it is
post oak prairie witn a close stiff,
sticky clay ou the Surface or very
near it. In wet weather the roads
become impassable in such places
if there is much travel. The crons
pn Spect on up lands is fine. The
low land crops are much damaged
by the wet weather. The area in
cotton isutoitthe same as last
year. People who are in debt,
.many of them at least, and see no
nope of ever getting' out of debt
with five cent cotton, are now,
wanting the country flooded; with
silver; and though they know it
will produce such a money panic
as has never been seen before, per
haps, they believe that it will
run up the price of every- thin^,.ex
cept their debts, and thus enable
them to get out of debt once more.
It looks to me like a dangerous ex
periment, should it be tried; but
I fear it will ba tried, for public
sentiment in that direction seems
to be on" the increase every where,
epecially in the South and West.
But the Lord God Omnipotent
ruleth. His hand is with the
powers that be. Let every soul, be
subject thereto.
I find here that some of the
brethren are somewhat exercised
•about the Baptism of the Holy
Ghost. The question of what it is,
■started among the Missionary Bap<;
jiisi Ji
"ingiCXith regeneration shying that
regeneration is the Baptism of the
Holy Ghost. Were that so the
Apostles were a long time in the
exercise of apostolic gifts before
they were regenerated, tor just be
fore Jesus ascended to heaven He
told them that they should be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not
many days hence, which literally
took place on the day of Pentecost.
This enable them to speak the
. language of the Parthians, Medes
, etc., to the assembled multitudes,
, which they had never claimed and
by which they worked miracles
, and imparted the gift to believers
by laying on of thek haqds, as
Peter and John did in Samaria.see
Acts 8,-14t-17 for an instance of
the power of the apostles to im
part the gift of the Holy Ghost to
believers by the laying on of their
hands. Baptism of the Holy (ahost
enabled the apostles to east out de
vils,take up serpents, drink deadl y
poison without hurt and heal the
.sick by the laying on of their hands.
No man has had such power since
the days of the apostles, therefore
regeneration is not baptism of* the
Holy Ghost. Regeneration does
not. and never has given the be
liever power to work miracles nor
of drink deadly poison etc., with
out hurt. It is the work of the
Holy Ghost to regenerate sinners,
and unite them to Christ and the
great spiritual body, the church
and kingdom of God, m the world,
and in one place is called a bap
tism. “<oxby one Spirit we are
all baptized into one body, wheth
er we be Jews or Gentiles, wheth
we be bond or free; and have
been all made to drink unto one
Spirit; For the body i 8 not one
member, but many.”lst Cor. Is,
This is doubtless regener
ation. but is not thpairacle work
ing power that Jesffg alluded to in
Acts 1,5, where he said; “For John
truly baptized with water; but ye
the apostles) shall fee baptized'
with the Holy Ghost not many
daya hence ”Tfaey had by
one spirit, been baptized into one
body and made to drink into one
Spirit, were thus regenerated- and
dh the day of Pentecost the mira
cle working power of the Holy
spirit was- given, then?, which
Jesus called the Baptism of the
Holy Ghost. , I hope brethren
therefore will ever be able to un
derstand an 1 ever bea’r in mind
the difference. <
J. H.Purefoy.
Pelahatchie Miss. June 26th 1895
Baptist Trumpet please copy.
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“Jn the Lord will I put my trust.”
Psalms, xi. 1.
'Elder A. V. Simms.
* Dear Brother in Christ. By
divine permision, and trusting
that the good Lord will give me
a spiritual mind, I attempt to*
offer a few thoughts Upon the
scripture quoted above.
In* this brief expression of the
Psalmist he gives utterance to
his faith, in God’s ability to
preserve him in all his troubles.
Let his enemies persecute him as
they might, and the storms of ad
versity assail, yet God was equal
to all his needs. Hehad no doubt
learned by experience as every child
of God has learned, that the Lord
of earth aud heaven was the only
power that he could safely trust
in, or that could give life and sal
vation. To trust in any thing is
but' to express faith in it. When
the people of God get to where
they are afraid to trust him, it
manifests a weakness of their
faith in him—that they are carnal
minded and are trusting in an
arm of- flesh. i
I remember that the children of
Israel, the chosen people of God,
after their delivetence from the
power of Egypt they become un
faithful and distrustful, and were
not willing to obey, nor trust in
the Lord who had delivered: them.
These Israelites when they trusta|
in their own strength and did not
obey God were overcome by their
enemies and their carcasses feel
in the wilderness. /But when they
trusted in God, amt walked in His
commandments as’ they had been
diluted, they coutt then trust in
mrlUjJl their battles
Tor"them. AlltijsiWs ft “TnigKFr
far-reaching, spiritual significance
for the spiritual Israelites of this
present time. It is no less a truth
to-day, though thousands of years
have elapsed, that when God’s
children become carnal, disobedi
ent and complaining that they
forget to trust hidi who has so
ciously delivered them from the
bondage of sin 4 and death. And
hew many now are fallen—in a
sense, and have bToiight destruc
tion upon themselves?
I desirJnn conclusion to speak
a word of comfort to all, whether
in the church pr’out of it, who
have received a hope inChrist, that
in obedience to Gpd’s law written
in the heart and printed in the
mind, there is peace, rest, joy and
salvation. While on the other
hand we can Jas certainly bring
destruction to all spiritual peace
and joy through disobedience.
May God give us all grace to
trust only in Him. In hope of
Eternal Life.
4 J. {L Kinguy.
Lawton, Ga. j L
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MRS. FAN Nl® D. NICfiOLS.
Mrs. Fannie D.. Nichols, consort
of Dr. D. N. Niotfpls was born De
cember 9th 1873, and departed this
life at her homeinßulloch County Ga.,
May 16th 1895,aftef an illness of about
eight days.
“Sister Fannie” as she was lovingly
called by all the baptists of her ac
quaintance, the Primitive
Baptists at Bethel Church, Hamilton
County, Fls-, on the fourth Sunday in
October 1892, and baptized by <he
writer with another dear sister the
following day. shewas also married
August 12th 1894;by the writer.
Her many womanly virtues and her
meek, humble, patient life endeared
her to all whose fortune it was to know
her. She greatly enjoyed her Chris
tian life, and delighted in hearing the
glorious doctrine of salvation by grace
preached,! visited her home twice
rafter her taarriage and her now brbken*
hearted husband children and neigh-.
,bors not only loved, hut almost wor
shiped her. While there, I could but
wonder what «f sbouM die?and now
that it is a grevious reality my heart
goes oat in prayer and sympathy for
dear brother Nichols and his twice
.motherless children.
The following private note from'
brother Nichols tells how he is suffer
ing:
“Dear Brother Simms:—lt is with a
bleeding heart that I attempt to write
you. The good Lord has again seen
flt to take from me my all—my joy
and comfort, dearer to me than all this
world. But I must not complain, for
I feW that she was too good to stay in
this world of wickedness. But I must
say that the time we were permitted to
»live together was the most pleasant
part of my lite. While I had enjoyed a
married life before with one who was
everyway her equal; yet I did not
know how to appreciate it. I had gone
day and night, heart .broken—feelin g
that>tbere was no more rest for me on
this side of the grave; then for the
►good Lord to give me aioompanion so
much my superior—one I did Hove so
dearly—Ofife that was so kind to me
and my little motherless children
One who never failed to <o her whole
duty both as a wife and mother, I feel
that I was unworthy of her. her love
ly countenance and comforting words
to me will never be forgotten while my
memory remains. And lam sure
my children will ever hold her in
greatful rememberance. There never
was a hard word passed us
and I do not believe there ever was a
hard feeling. I aft sure theft never
was with ma. But oh the good Lord
seen fit to call her to himseff, and left
■ me here to mourn with a broken heart
the balance of-my days,be th y man",
or few. But brother Simms 1 ought
not, I know I ought not to complain;
for from my chilefcood I have tried
to ask the Lord to let me have all my
troubles in this .world, that an
might be well with me when I was
called to leave it. If I could only
know that this little cup was in an
swer to my prayer I could bear it, I
think, with more fortitude.
“Brother Simms, before Fannie and
I were married she said you had pap-,
tized her and she wanted you to per
forqi the marriage ceremony for her
and preach her funeral when ahe died.
But as I could not get you he® wjhen
she died, I will ask yop to write her
obituary and publish in the Bamneb”
May he whose ears are always open
to the cries of his poor, suffering
people, comfort the bereaved husband
and children, and enable them toss say
in truth “Not toy will, bot thine oh
God be done.”—S. * .
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(Continued from Istpige)
urris of sin for a season; esteeming
the reproach of Christ greater
Eygpt. Though a small beginning,
yet this little meeting insured me
with the hope and : belief while*
Standing at the’waterj that it was
.a beginning of a church in Savan
nah. I long and hope and believe
I ehall see the day, and that not
far distant when we shall have a
house of worship here. We have
had only one appointment
filled since I have been here. The
trouble has been we coulif not get
.a house for worship. We fiave
asked f for some of the church
houses, but they have no room for
us, and have manifested about as
mtich sympathy for us as did
for the Babe of Bethleheni“-Heav
en’a darling—while m the “mah
ger.”
Out hope ami desire now, k/ to
soon have the church organized.
Then the nest step .w’ill be to
get a place of worship. It will
cost large money to buy a lot and
huild a house in this city, and
what fsw there are of us here are
very poor in this world’s goods.
But I believe*the Lord, is in it
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and if He is, He us what
we need. He who could soften the'
heart of Pharoh’s daughter to
ward* the little crying helpless
Moses, can he not open even the
hearts of our enemies and make
room for and plant his name here?
I hope and pray tfiat all who read
this will give influence in
helping us to secure a house of
worship here. Pray to Zion’s God
that He may .open the way for us
It’s bitter to*be compelled to wor
ship little rented hall.
Again let me ask the praters of]
all the Lord’s people in behalf of
His poor despised, and rejected
people in this place. Lord thou
can’st it thou wilt?
Your Little Sister I Hope.
• Emma Cowart,
60. Bolton St. Savannah, Ga.
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GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILROAD,
TO TAKE AND AFTER, JAN, 27,1895/ /
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Train Train Twin jMiles.
No. 3. No. 5, No. 1. 4# STATIONS.
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12 25 pm. 2 45pm 525 am J7.'.*'. ..... Spangler
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* Luke Station, 10 11 10 a m 1002 an.
“ tSpftngler, 16 11 00 a & HMM
“ Phoebe, 32 10 50 a rfif 942
» « Barwick, 38 *IO4O anJ
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Leave ) .t.
Arrive <McDonald,» 60 10 15 and 015 a mT’jfiHafc
•' osier, 64 10 07 a S3l 907 a
‘ Alderman’s JBaction, 70 10 00 aml 900 a
Crosby, 84 | 8 ■
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£ ‘ Martins,
“ Cooper,■' n ’’ s ”:
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APPOINTMENTS.
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Bracks.., July 5.1895.
Eld Lee Hanks.
Boston Ga. j
Dear Brother: The Lord willing
I will be wita you At Ramah the
4th Saturday and Sunday in July,
and you will please publish the fol
lowing appointments for me.
Bethel Barbour Co. Ala. Monday
July 22nd. ‘ -
Mt Enon Tuesday, „ .23rd
Wednesday „ 24th
Pisgah Thursday ; 25th
Ramah, Friday and Saturday
2.7th and 28th. «
Phenix City at night, 29th
Mt. Gillead (Lee Co.)3oth.
Mt Olive „ „August Ist
Mt. Pisgah (Chambers Co.) 23 and
S4th.
Mt. Zion. Ala. Monday August sth.
Mt Hickoiy,,, 6th »
Emmeaus, „ 7th
Macedonia „ 9th 10thand 11th
Fr6m there Eld T. J. Bazemore
will arrange through the Primitive
Western in Ga. And Eld J. G.
Murray m the Upatoi embracing
the Upatoi in sesion. Dear Bro
ther remember me in your prayers
that I may have grace in the hour
of temptation, for I feel weak and
helpless. May the Lord bless you
Dear brother, and alt the dear lit-.
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