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the church.” The church of Christ
has never looked to modern Sun
day Schools for h?lp, but. to the
Lord. The Lopt said to Israel.
In me (tho Lord), is thy help.’*
“Vain is the help of man,” says
David. Hence our friend is de-'
pending upon a vain thing for his
help; for the Sunday School of man
Man originated it. It grew out of a
gketieaJ idea in man that God w&4 ,
not able k> teach us.
A? he sail: “All thy children
be taught of the Lord: hence
invented the Sunday School to”
help him. The Lord said, “My
grace is sufficient for thee.*' Hence
all the auxilliarv,that the church
needs, is grae? and that will be
sufficient.
Our friend claims the Sunday
School “prepares the mind, leads
to soul-culture and to soul saving.
We are anxious to know what be
come of all who died from Abel (
till the advent of out blessed Sa
vior: they had no Sunday School,
and hence their mind was not pre
pared, their souls were not cultured. 1
and their souls were not saved, if
the Sunday School does this gra- 1
cious work; for Paul says, “There
is one faith,” Hence the faith that
saves one must save all, and if our (
cc j '
minds are prepared today, our :
souls cultured and saved by the f
Sunday School. Abel must be saved )
by the same faith; and as there j
was no Sunday School for Able (
and the couhtless millions before :
christ, and even after christ, for J
the apostles and faithful disciples ’
had no Sunday School, and the f
church fled into the wilderness c
twelve hundred and sixty days c
(years), and endured severe per*f
4 . J
aecution and. the beast Was in
POWb aud the second beast arose >{]
e ami- t
tqplied into quite a number, till t
Robert Raises started the Sunday J
School in 1781, is all this done '
without any minds being prepared ;
souls cultured and saved? Mr H.’s
argument would damn all perior
to the advent of this Savior? the ;
modern Sunday School. Are not £
those people who are filled with
ecstahc joy over this “New discov- «
ery” glonfiingit as the god that
prepares the mind, cultures and
saves souls, defying the Sunday (
School, and making it a god
save their souls? Is not this heath
enism? How couled poor infants, • '
idiots, the deaf, dum and blind and
the sevenrtenths in heathen lands
who die without this new” god,
without their minds prepared;souls
cultued and saved ever reach heav
en? Many dear children of God are
there among these people,and We
regret to see them denying the
plain teaching of the Bible which
positively says: “As many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God.” Hence the
Spirit of God prepares the mind
leads to soul-culture and soul Sav
ing and not the Sunday School.
Baptists should not allow their
children to go and be taught in
such doctrines as are taught in
those Schools.
“Neither is their salvation in any
other: for there is hone other name
under heaven given among men
whereby We must be saved Acts
4; 12. Paul says “By grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves etc.”
Dear Christian, your experience
teaches you that your salvation ■ is.
'not based (ipon anything outside
of Christ ahd his
If yor are in babylon come out of
her and touch not, taste not, ban
die not, which all arp to ppyish with
their using alter the command'
inents and doctrines of men.”
“Thou shall have no gods before
me” His own brought Salvation
“When he had by himselj purged
our sins, sat down on the right
hand of the majesty on high .”
Jesus does all this work and does
it by himself.” so that tho scales
of eror could be removed from the
eyes of the dear saints who are
blinded by the gods of this wolrd
and that they could come to the
knowledge of the truth—ll.
APOLOGY.
Our absence from home and be
ing unable to read and correct
the proof of the first and las*:
pages of this issue is our apology
for so many mistakes and blun
ders appearing therein. We hop?
Elders Blanton, Barwick and
others whose articles appear in
that part of the paper will not be
hard on us. We hope up such
thing will ever occur again.—S.
GOOD MEETINGS.
At our annual meeting at Anti
och church last Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, we had Elders Thom
as of Ala., C. W. Stallings, I. A,
>Ve the rington, Aaron Parrish and
R. M. Gilbert, all of whom came
richly laden with the gospel of
Christ, and preached with great
ability,reviving our poor drooping
hearts. One was baptized Sunday
aud too precious ones joined by
letter, and a poor heart broken
one joined by experience in the
close of the meeting.l never enjoy
ed a meeting better and the whole
family of grace were filled so over
flowing and were loth tn leave the
place. Elders Stallings and Tom
as preacjhed to an attentive an
re rxc<r at my an !
ton Sunday night and many said
tho “best wme way kept till the
last,” I heard many say that they
never saw more love abounding
than among our dear little band.
There were many dear ones who
left with burdened hearts be
cause of a failure to do their duty.
. May the Lord enable them to soon
come home and live with' us, for
we love them, and our prayers
go up to Almighty God in their
behalf. Their sorrows are our
sorrows and we would help them
if we could, but no rest is found
only in obedience. Pray for us
at Antioch and visit us for we
love to hate the saints vis’t our
precious little band.—H.
Eider Barwick, baptized twelve
at Pleasant Grove last meeting.
Elder Harden baptised nine at
Ramah in Pike county Ala, last
4th Sunday; we learn that six’
joined at Hebron,six at long creek
and several at other churches at
their last meeting in the Upper
Cannoochee Association.
Praise the Lord for his mercies.
—H.
We had the sweet priviledge of
visiting our precious sister Fannie
Shuman recently. We are glad to
state that though she is quite fee
ble,she is much improved. Her afflic
tions have been intense for years,
but she, like her blessed Savior,
patiently endures her sufferings
without a murmer. May the Lord
continue tc bless her.—H.
We taveled much this year and
. the churches seem to be in a health
ful condition and many accessions
to the Lord’s people in every di
rection. We can praise the Lord
for the pleasant summer and;faith-'
* ful harvest, but winter 'will come
* again. Let us not sleep as others
s do but awake and be sober—H.
EXPERIENCE.
Blays, Ga.. July 21st, 1895.
Elder Lee Hanks.
Dear Brother:—as 1 have felt
impressed for several years to
write what I hope has been tho
dealings of the Lord with me.
When I was small 1 would have
serious thoughts about death, and
uly future destiny. I thought
(hat when I became a man I would
quit my bad babbits and get relig
ion, and God would save me for
my good works.
When I would hear any one
£ay that they were not saved by
works, I did not believe them, and
'.aid if God did not give us a
chance that there was no justice
in Him. I went on with this be
lief, till I was about twenty-one.
Early in the spring of 1878, while
riding along the road, thinking
about some worldly disappoint
ment, all at once, it appeared to
me that 1 was a lost sinner, an I
that I had sinned away the day ot
grace and there was no chance for
me to be saved. It seemed that
there had been a time there was
a chance for me, but it was too
late then. Oh! I can’t tell the
trouble I was in! I could not pray,
but I was made to grieve. I could
not help crying. All I could say
was, “O Lord, 0 God.” 1 felt that
God could not be just and save me,
1 was so great a sinner. I went
lionie, and could not help crying
though I did not want any one to
see me. I hid myself ti could
be more composed. That night
:he dear old aunt where I staid
asked me what was the matter,
1 told her nothing much. When
I would go to bed I was afrai 1 to
go to sleep for fear I should die
C knew if I died that hell was my
doom. I went on in this way till
some time in the summer of the
same year, when one night I
dreamed that it was said to me that
tis bound in heaven as itig on
earth. I don’t know Why it was,
but this scripture gave me some .
ifijief/but could not claim it as a
hope. When I attended church,
after this, and an opportunity was
extended for members, I could
hardly stay away,l went on in this
condition for about one year, try
;ng to pray for the Lord to save
me and give me a little hope. One
morning, about day, I had a vision,
I thought I was at Rosemary
church and there was a large
crowd and Christ was in the midst,
and there was a man that the Sa
vior Was to take his life with the
sword. I thought I followed the
Savior begging him to h ive mer
cy on me; and brother Thomas La
nier asked me in what way I want
ed him to have mercy on me, and
he said he would have mercy in
any way that I wanted him and
isked him if he would not and he
said he would. I told him I wan
ted Him to save my soul. We
went to where the Savior was to
take the man’s life and He was
above us with the man in his arms
and he died without a struggle.
There was a stand in front of the
church which Ithought was to show
me I ought to join the church. I
then awoke could praise
( God with all my heart. I felt
then that I could praise God
with all my heart. I felt like I
would have no more doubts and
fears, and that I would go to the
Primitive Baptist and offer myself
to them; but it soon came to me
that I was mistaken and that it
was only a dream, then I would
look back and see the relief I
found and I would not take this
world for it. I put off joining
from time to time for a better ev
idence, but felt that I was doing
wrong and feared that some ca
lamity would befall me for my
disobedience.
One joined and told my wife
( if she would carry my cloths that
I would be baptized and she did
so, but I failed*
I ever got a whipping for mj'
disobedience I got it then. I think
I joined tjhe next opportunity and
1 there Ityfa hurdeji that had giv
en me so inuch trouble. I would
say to who have' - .a HRle hope
that thefcooner they go, the better
for thdiu. You can publish this
m the Banner if you think it wor
thy. ‘ ?
A. A. Tvrn.br.
TRIBULATION.
‘.‘ln the world ye shall have tribula
tion : but be of good cheer, 1 have over
come the world.’’—John xvi. 33.
These were among tho last words
of the dear Spn of God, before his
suffering and death, to his sorrow
ing disciples. Ho had been with
, them, to cheef and comfort them;
but now he was about to go to the
Father, and leave them yet awhile
in the world. Just after speaking
these words to them, Jesus prayed
for them, and said, “I pray not
that thou shouldest take them out
of the word, butthat thoushould
est keep them from the evil. They
are not of the world, even as I am
not of the world.”—John xvii. 15
16. This will apply to all who
are Christ’s, fi’he Father gave
: them to him, that he might be glo
rified in them, and they in him.
But they must be as he was in
this world, and through much
tribulation enter with him into
his Father’s king. “In the world
ye shall have tribulation.” And
.this is because they are not of the
world, do not belong to it, and are
not at hjime in it. Therefore the
world hates them, because he
chose them out of the world, and
does not know them. As
tfio sons of God, the world know
eth therfi not, because it knew him
not. For they are made partakers
of Christ, and his Spirit dwells in
them. And as the Father sent his
into the world, even so has he also
sent them into the world.John —
xvii. 18 Therefore they are pil
grims and strangers on earth, and
heaven is their home; for God is
their Father, and the Mau of sor
rows fe their Brother. And as '
the Son of God he said, “I came
heaven.”—John vi. 38.
TbflHßEo true of them as the
children of God; for their spirit
ual and eternal life is in the Son
of God, and it is their Father’s
gift to them. He blessed them
with all spiritual blessings in
Christ. So they are truly his breth
ren, and he is not ashamed to call
them brethen, Therefore they are
of God, and belong to Christ. Yet
they are in the world, as men and
women, and are partakers of flesh
aijd blood. As such they are the
people of God, and he is not asham
ed to be calted their God. This
brings them into very peculiar
complex and two-fold relationship.
A relationship to heaven and to
the world—to the flesh and to the
Spirit. For they are both tbe
children of men and the children
of God. So our Lord is both the
the Son of God and the Son of man.
Therefore while he was in the flesh
and dwelt upon earth, he was also
in heaven, and lived in the Spirit.
So it is with his brethren. Hence
both he and they are in antagonism
with the world, the flesh and the
devil. The doctrine of the world
arc opposed to the doctrine of God
our Savior, and the men of the
world cannot receive a word of
Jesus our Lord. On the other
hand, the disciples of Christ can
not join in and agree with the
world in the doctrine and com
mandments of men; for God has
called them out of the world, and
separated them unto the gospel of
his Sod. Thus the children of the
the kingdom and made to feel that
the world knows them not, and
they have not where to lay their
heads. For while the whole world
lieth in wickedness, and is warring
against God and his truth, they
are made the righteousness ot God
in Christ,and are reconciled toGod
and love his truth asr it is in Jesus.
And not only sc. but these oppo
sing heavenly and worldly nature
and principles enter into the very
being of every disciple of the Lord
Jesus,therefore they not only fight
ings withoutjbut also fears within,
• Yea they are troubled on every
side.- They are strangers to thi
world,and a mystery to themselves.
They often wonder whetace
came, and whether th6y are going.
. The children of men, and in the
world, yet emotions and deep log
ings possess their souls which
carry them far above and be
yond tho world and which
the world canjiot satisfy or
fill. Deeply concious though
they are of their owninborn fleshly
depravity, corruptions and sinful
ness, yet they see tho beauty ot
holiness,and long for that which is
perfect. Therefore they sorrow and
morn, not only for the good which
they find not, but also over the
plague of our hearts,and the evil
state which they are in. So truly
they are “an afflicted and poor peo
ple. The poor of this world,and the
poor in spirit. The Lord has
chosen them out of the world, to
be a peculiar people unto himself,
and that they should show forth
his praise and glorify him. There
fore he is cutting them off and re
moving them from the world, and
bringing them nearer to himself,
and thus is he making them meet
to be partakers of the inheritance
of the saints in light, and prepar
ing them for the kingdom which
he lias prepared for them. The
effect in them of this work of the
Holy Spirit is, they that are made
to feel and say, “Woe is me! for I
am undone.,’ “0 wretched man
that I am! who shall deliver me
from the body of this death?”
Each one would say, O is there
any one like me? Surely I am
alone, and there is no sorrow like
my sorrow. And often the cry is
extorted from the tried child of
of God. “Mv God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?” How
truly, then, the words of Jesus are
fulfilled. “In the world ye shall
have tribulation.” Others may es
cape tribulation in the world, but
not so the disciples of Jesus. Then,
ye heirs of tribulation, who groan,
being burdened, know that these
great tribulations are appointed
unto you, because you are the '
children of God, and are de- :
signed to refine and purify yo u,
that you may be conformed to
the image of the Son of God. He
has chosen you in the furnace of
affliction, that you may be puri
fied and made white, and offer un
to the Lord an offering in right
eousness. “Beloved, think it
not strange concerning the fiery
trial irhich is to try you, as
though’some strange thing happen
ed unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch
as ye are partakers of Christ’s
sufferings; that when his glory
is revealed, ye may be glad also
with exceeding joy.”—l Pet. iv.ll,
13. “But be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.” This, no
less than the first part of the text
is to the diciples of Jesus, and for 1
them. His victory over the world
is theirs in him. And in all these
tribulations and fiery trials in the
world, they are more than conquer
ors through him that loved them,
Jesus the great Shepherd of the
sheep laid down his life for them
that by means of his death, and ■
by the power of his resurrection
unto justification and life, they
might have life more abundantly
and a triumphant victory' over
the world and sin and death, and
a glorious immortality beyond the ;
the grave. For sin and death are
in the world, and are connected
with tribulation; but these are .
overcome with the world. For Jesus
made an end of sin, and swallowed
up death in victory. This putting '
away sin, and victory over deatn
was accomplished in relationship
with his people, and for them. He
died, he rose he overcome the
world, he ascended up to God and
heaven, for them. Therefore by
him they shall overcome the world
arise above all its tribulations,and
follow him unto glory. O then
“be of good cheer I” Ihe battle is •
fought,the enemy is destroyed, the
world is overcome, the victory is
is yours. “Fear not, little flock
for it is your Father’s good pleas
ure to give you the kingdom.” —
Luke xii. 32.
“Though afflicted, tempest-toss’d,
Comfortless awhile thou art,
Do not think thou canst be lost;
Thou art graven on my heart.
“Al.l thy wastes I will repair,
Thou shall be rebuilt anew;
And in thee it shall appear
What the God of love can do.”
Dear brethren, editors the above
is submitted to you. From a deep
sense of the tribulation, and a
great need of the good cheer, it
was written with tbe desire that it
may be a word in season to some
faint and sorrowful one.
Your brother in tribulations,
D. Bartley.
Crawfordsville, Ind.
—Signs of The Times.
Four were baptized at Concord
last Sunday and five at Sardis on
14th Sunday in July.
(Continued from Ist page
desire, to do so for the sake o.
th'it may there abound. 21
all that can be said ofi the sub
ject Ibejtevea minister ought to
follow tho e’xamfle of Paul’in labor
ing that he might not be dhargable
to any, 1-Thess 2;j9.2 Theas 3.8 9)
Because the churches may owe
certain duties to their
pastor is no reason why
he should demand them, and I
am sure there is a better reward
in a faithful discharge of minis
terial duties than is ever found in
temporal things. Paul says “what
is my reward then”? Verily that
when I have preached the Gos
pel I may make the gospel without
charge that I abuse not my liberty
or power in the gospel.”
Now I ask the indulgence of the
reader. I know there exists every
shape of opinion on this subject,
and if I fail to understand it
rightly it is no more than many
others do. I began to write this
months ago, and have written
many pages which I have distroy
ed. I have at last decided'to offer
it for publication in the present
form. If any, one finds fault,
they may communicate it to me
privately. If it be kindly received
this will be my reward.
J, E. Blanton.
Lee, Fla. July, 1895.
Blitch, Ga., Aug.lst 1895.
Elders Simms and Banks.
Dear brethren in Christ:
I have received two coppies of the
Pilgrim’s Banner and I must say
that your paper is bright and newsy
and I trust it will infuse energy
into the Primitive Baptist every
where. While we are divided
and subdivided and like sheep
gone astray every one to his own
way, I am made to cry “Oh that
my head were as waters and mine
eyes a fountain of tears, that I
might weep day and night over
the slain of the daughter of my
people.” I do hope and pray
that God may bless you in so no
ble a work in publishing the Ban
xer for the truth sake.
Xoarsto serve
Andrew J. Brown*.
Manassas, Ga., May Ist 1895.
Elders Simms and Hanks Dear
and much Esteemed Brethren: I
am glad to state to you that the
Lower connoochee Association
has nearly united again. Seven of
these churches which were stand
ing out, have returned and we are
looking for two more by the asso
ciation, and there is new life man
ifested among the brethren, and
they seem to be working for the
things that make for peace. While
I was with the ones that went off
I know it was a carnal fleshy spir
it that divided us and while we
had the sympathy of brethren our
stubborness drove them from us.
1 fear our love had grown cold.
Yours faternally,
J. R. Calloway.
We are glad to learn that the
good brethren are returning. The
Lord’s people ought not to be di
viding in such a manner. The
flesh divides, the Spirit unites us.
—H.
Brackin, Ala., July 5.1895.
Eld Lee Hanks,
Boston Ga.
Dear Brother: The Lord willing’
I will be with 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
Antioch, Wednesday „ 24th
Pisgah Thursday „ 25th
Ramah, Friday and Saturday
27th and 28th.
Phenix City at night, 29th
Mt. Gillead (Lee Co.)3otht
Mt. Olive „ „August Is.
Mt. Pisgah (Chambers Co. 23 and
24 th.
Mt. Zion. Ala. Monday August sth.
Mt Hickory,,, 6th
Emmeaus, ~ 7th
Macedonia „ 9th 10th and 11th
From there Eld T. J. Bazemore
will arrange through the Primitive
Western in Ga. And Eld J. G.
Murray in 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 all the dear lit
tle ones who love the Lord in
Ituth. Your little unworthy Bro
ther in affliction.
Lewis H. Stuckey*