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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 1 111 I -•U II I.T 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. _ j “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 ■ 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. * . f : (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 • • 7 I 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. - ~~~ Say not, I will do so to him as* he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. Proverbs xxiv. 29. ■ We Want Your * * Printing! + People in Interior Cities and Towns Want to know’ , « WHERE to send and get a job of printing. WHERtC to send and have it done in first-class shape. WHERE they will have a job done when promised, WHERE they can get what they wish at < reasonable price. WHERE?—why, at •* * * .. ,• ■ • „ : . Jimittr' 1 The Banner Job Printing Office, Patterson Street, over Citizens’ Bank, * Valdosta, We are looking For just such people. 1 COMMON SENSE Teaches us that everyone is lookiw for the pollars and Cents (great things to have hand/ Ain’t it? Well, we’ve got to haveW, to run our Business./ We think we can savWou some, and get Some ourselves if we can get a trM order Now to give you the reason why ybu should Patronize us. It is BECAUSE . ■ < * ‘ . Everything in our Establishment is New. We have an up-to-date outfit. Our workmen know their business, and we believe if au older ia Worth taking, it is worth doing well. When we figure on a job we figure on first-class stock, firsi-elast Ink, first-claws workmanship, and satisfaction to. the oustotner. » gMF'Send your orders for the Job Department to SIMMS & CHAMBERS, * ; VALDOSTA, GA. H.' ' '/ > - l ime Table IJ, ‘i < - GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILROAD, TO TAKE AND AFTER, JAN, 27,1895/ / C W. PIDCOCK, Supt MDCOCKGEOKGIA. . «, READDOWW . ’ S Train Train Twin jMiles. No. 3. No. 5, No. 1. 4# STATIONS. Log&frt. Passngr. Log&frt. ■" - —•— o *" "* "? 12 00pm 2 30 pm 500 am 2 1-2 Leave * HF 3 12 10 p m 2 35 p m 510 a m 4 77 Lake Statib&A 12 25 pm. 2 45pm 525 am J7.'.*'. ..... Spangler -12 35 p m 3w p m 535 am u ' PhW - " 12 45 p m 310 pm 545a m . * • « / '"*/ *'xliilrWiftK'' 12 52 pm 3 T 5 p m 550 am 12-2-3 "* '"~w. ' HpHP’’ 3 25 p m 100 p m 340 p m 600a m 54 j.g Leave 7 >’ ////I 1 Ife. . 2I S-3 “ * 4 35pm ’ «< 2-8 5 10pm 7 ■ - „—— MBH STATIONS, \ Fare. No. 2. Loss &, fi ——' —— pt Arrive.. Pidcocfc, 0 *n 15 a m 1 0 W amM * 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 “ , ...ißliis 52 10 30 anJ 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 ■ • s ...'Aut»e\ville, - £ ‘ Martins, “ Cooper,■' n ’’ s ”: 1 ‘ ' Moultrie, 1 24 ißooa*»|i| APPOINTMENTS. i *r 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-. . 4 * tie ones who 1 tuth. ther in * t ’ n su ; * ■ IVII iw w 1 Ho« We are prepared to urtnt tioqal Minutes neatly and ' will forward*mlnL?-■ and we will Give us a trial. Stress VALDOSTA. * J V ei! . ee da r. Dejxjt. ~JH