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VoL 3.--No. 14. PROPRIETORS J. A. SCARBORO ,t PUBLISHERS. & CO.,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
With this number the Re¬
porter becomes an eight page,
weekly paper, it is sent forth
for inspection and patronage, by
1 he publishers, who believe that it
is not destitute of merit as a reli¬
gious journal. Like all things be¬
low the skies, it is imperfect, and
the critic will find something that
will afford him an opportunity to
be charitable. It lias been, and
shall be, our purpose to make the
paper representative in character;
a paper for all Die people, useful
rather than beautiful, a practical
exponent of principles, useful to
man and honoring to (loci, We
make no attempts to please every¬
body. If our labors are approved
of God and good men, we are sat¬
isfied. It is better to fail in a
good cause than to succeed in a
bad one, and where principles of
truth and right are involved, good
men forsake policy.
In conducting this work rve
will always he found in line with
the denomination, whose name
can always ho found in large let¬
ters at the top of this page.
They are right, their doctrines are
precious to us, and with them Ave
stand or fall. • There is room,
work and succes for all who have
a heart to work, and we have no
time, ink or words to waste with
♦hose who may desire us to quit
the field. When our Lord gets
ready He will make an end of our
work.
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from the college president to the
sun-browned toilers for bread, and
all shall be fairly treated. We
solicit correspondence. It shall
be our pleasure to carry the ap¬
peals of all the mission hoards,
missionaries, educators, societies,
churches, temperance workers,
etc., to the people, free of charge,
and if they do not use our col¬
umns the reader may rest assur¬
ed it is not our fault.
Tlie price of the Reporter is
$1.00 per annum. We have been
urged by many good brethren to
raise the subscription to $1.50
$2.00, but Ave think best to put
I he price AA'here all. can pay it.
We want to reach the masses, and
to do this Ave put the paper with-
in reach of the poorest. Price to
pastors is 50 cents. If any one
desires to give us more for the pa-
per we do not object, oi course;
but our price is $1.00. We hope
1 hat the brethren will appreciate
our ofiorts to give them a good
paper at a popular price, and
fiake an earnest effort at once, to
greatly increase our circulation,
Pastors are authorized to act as
agents for the paper.
Our location and facilities are
very good. We have ample, mail
and shipping facilities, telegraph
and express offices, and the paper
will reach all points as quickly
from here as from the larger cities.
Our material is all neAV, presses,
1ype, machinery, etc., and the pa¬
per will he printed on good paper,
in the best manner. We guaran-
tee good print. Our type is large
and the print is very easy to read.
Many avIio use glasses to read the
ordinary paper can read this pa¬
per Avithout them.
Our Job Printing department
is ready for work and we can fill
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.PATRICK 1IUEB MELL, I). I).. L. L 1).
Pastor axd Educator.
orders promptly, and as cheap as i
a ny house doing the same grade of j
work. \J r e print anything from a
visiting card to a circus poster,
and guarantee good work. We
are specially prepared to print
Associational Minutes, pamphlets,
etc., and we hope rhat clerks of
associations will not forget us.
We want the work and will do it
as cheaply and neatly as any reli¬
able printer. Send us the manu¬
script of your minutes and we will
tell you what the work is worth.
If you are not willing to give what
we ask we will return the manu¬
script, or mail wherever you may
direct. We will send minutes di¬
rectly to churches, when money is
sent to pay postage. When prices
and work are equal, we trust our ; !
biptlwen will aid.us by giving u
their work. We give our business
our personal attention and
strive to please. Minutes are
Avorth about $1.75 per printed
page, for 1000 copies; for 500 cop¬
ies 20 per cent. off. Send us your
work.
It is our purpose to make the
Baptist Reporter a welcome Avis-
itor to every Baptist fireside, and
to do this Ave Avill give our time
and labors. There are over 100,-
000 white Baptists in Georgia
that never read a Baptist paper!
We cannot hope to reach the
masses except through the pulpit
and press,nor can Ave expect uni-
ty of purpose and Avork in the de
nomination until the people are
instructed. With so much desti
tution around us it is not necessa-
ry to say that more literature is
needed. If one preacher or pa¬
per cannot do the work, send two,
or ten, or enough to do the Avork.
Much could be said as to our
purpose and plans and t he needs
of our cause, but without,consum-
ing space suffice it to say that we
offer you a good, sound Baptist
paper, of eight pages, every week
in the year, for $1.00, or less than
2 cents a copy. You have a sam¬
ple copy; please examine it care¬
fully, and if you feel that 52 such
papers are worth $1.00, send us
$1.00 by registered letter, money
order, check or draft and you will
get the paper one year. Show t he
paper to your neighbors and
friends and sav a good word for it.
and help us to put it in ten thous-
and Baptist homes by Christmas,
Send us your subscription to-day.
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handsome paper ? Good enough
and cheap enough. Take it and
help us to keep it good.
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YD0N1RAM JUDSON,D. D., L. L. D.
Missionary a.XI) Author.
Two Pictures.
Through the kindness if Dr. !
Burrows, of Augusta, and Dr.
Judson, of New York, we have!
the pleasure of giving our readers j
very good pictures of Drs. Mell j
and Judson.
Dr. Mell was born in Liberty
county, Ga., July 10, 1814; died
in Athens, Ga.. Jan. 26, 1888. He
was one of the most gifted Pas¬
tors, Parliamentarians and Educa¬
tors of this age. His memory is
precious.
Dr. Judson Avas born in Malden,
Mass., Aug 9, 1788, and died on
board the French ship, Aristide
Marie, afloat on the Indian Ocean, j
on Apvil 12, 1 850. and his body 1
was . commited to the sMiing
wave's at; 8 ./dock m Bur .evening 1
of the same day. He was the first
American Foreign Missionary,
and S ave over 37. years of his use¬
ful life to mission work-in India,
ten years in Rangoon, two in Ava
and tAventy-three in Maulmain.
He baptized over 7000 converts,
translated the whole Bible into
the Burmese language, and nearly
completed an English-Burmese
Dictionary. ••He being dead yet
speaketh."
Ten Thousand Copies.
We have printed and mailed
10,000 Reporters to the pastors
and brethren for distribution in
the churches, and elsewhere. May
AA'e not beg the brethren Avho re¬
ceive them to put them in 1 he
hands of the members of the
churches? Please do Ibis much
for us, as soon as possible. We
want every body to know that
they can get a splendid Baptist pa¬
per for $1.00 a year. We feel just
like those who receive these spec¬
imen copies are going to like them
so Avell that they will subscribe.
Now, don’t you believ.e that this
paper is worth $1.00 a year? It is
large, it is neat, the paper is good,
the print is good, the matter is
good, there is no trash in it, and
it will come to see you every
week in the year. Send us a dol-
mr.
Somebody may suppose that
our object in sending out so many
sample copies is to get new sub¬
scribers. That’s it exactly, We
are glad you thought of that; Ave
want you. We can sustain, secu¬
lar papers; Avhy not sustain relig¬
ious papers? Try the Reporter a
year; you will like it.
The Reporter ought to have at
least ten thousand readers.
J. a. SCAU15GRO, Editor.
W. L. (xKICiEK, Associate Editor.
OUR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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•‘Seven Baptist Pillars.”
Our readers Avill be pleased to
learn, and A\'e are delighted to
Mate, that l\.-e\. M . L. Geigei has
become Associate Editor of the
Reporter. He lias bad many
years experience in the pulpit,
mission field and newspaper work.
The tripod is not new to him. lie
published the first religious paper
in South Georgia, and is
sivelv knoAvn as a preacher, teach-
er and writer. He is a regular
Baptist pioneer, a stalwart preach-
of Bible doctrine, a ■faithful
missionary of the cross, and knows
more about the destitutions of
South Georgia and the needs of
hour in the .destitutions than
any minister of our acquaint a nice.
He brings Ids varied
his ripe and rich experience to
the work assigned him in this
journal, and our leaders Avill bind
much pleasure in reading his de-
partment. He will edit our Doc-
trinal and Historical departments,
and give us notes from the field.
In addition to this, lie will repre-
sent the Reporter wherever he
goes, take subscriptions, contract
for printing, etc., and preach the
gospel every time lie has a chance.
He will visit several associations
(the Miller, Yew Ebenezer, Old
Ebenezer, Mell and possibly oth-
ers) as a representative of the Re-
porter, and we bespeak for him a
cordial reception, a long list of
subscribers and plenty of chicken,
He is engaged in evangelistic
work, and Avill visit churches
communities that may desire his
services. He has recently pub-
lished his new hook, “Seven Bap-
tist Pillars," consisting of
sermons on the distinctive princi-
pies of the Baptist denomination,
with one on “Baptist History”
and one on “Feet-washing.” The
sermons are among the best AA r e
have seen, and better adapted to
the needs of this section of Geor-
gia than any Ave have seen. They
are straight-forward declarations
of sacred truth that leave no room
for gainsaying. They must he
read to he appreciated. The book
contains 183 pages, is nicely print-
ed, the author’s picture as a fronts-
piece, price in paper covers 50
cents. Send for it. Address, Rev.
W. L. Geiger, Beulah, Laurens
Co., Ga., or call on him for a copy.
The Reporter has been endors-
ed by the Georgia Baptist State
Convention, and by associations,
the Baptist press and the ablest
brethren in all sections. Take it.
Sl.OG A Year.
What do You Think?
Bro. Scarboro:
Zeke Johnson, in his experience,
has found a great many things to
say abut the deacons and other
members of Ihe Baptist churches,
but lias never found one who act¬
ually discontinued his Baptist pa¬
per because the editor was a pro¬
hibitionist and advocated the
same in his paper. Yet . such is
the fact. What- do you think
about such a member Bro. Scar-
boro? Your Christian opinion
will oblige your friend,
A. S. Oanukt.
j We do not know what Zeke
Johnson will say about this ques-
editor's opinion is that
the deacon refered to is an anti-
prohibitionist. We do not want
to say hard or unkind things about
his action, hut we simply think
the brother acted hastily or un-
thoughtcdly. Or he may like to
drink whisky or chew tobacco,
or feels that the easiest way to
get rid of Ihe said editor's argue-
ments and ease his own conscience
is to stop the paper. You know
how it hurts to scratch an old sore.,
In old times they had a machine
called a guillot ine Avith which they
chopped people's heads- off ’ and
they found a man whose ar-
guements they could not answer
or bribe into silence, they took
him to the guillotine And chopped
his head off. This Baptist deacon
seems to desire to chop the said
Baptist paper’s head off. The ed-
it or of this paper opposes whisk v
drinking and whisky selling sim-
ply because .hoy aiv wrong.
the same reasons 11
other evils; and if we are expected
to endorse these evils in order to
get that Baptist deacon's patron-
age, those who expect it Aviil be
disappointed. Convince us by
sound argilements that prohibi-
tion is wrong and Ave Avill aban-
don it, but until this is done Ave
hold our position. We believe
with all our heart, that Ave are
right, and we cannot violate our
concience or stultify ourselves be-
fore God for any mail’s dollar.
But it was easier to stone Stephen
than to disprove his doctrine, so
they stoned him. We do hope
that the said deacon, ivherever he
may be, av i 11 prayerfully consider
his act and decide the question in
the light of divine truth.
We desire to state here that Ave
are aware that we are abused and
hated by rum sellers and corrup-
tionists because Ave oppose them;
the Reporter has been destroyed
at more than one postotlice in
Georgia because the postmaster
was opposed to it, but the thing
that pains us more than all ibis is
to learn that a Baptist deacon
should practically join hands Avith
our foes. May the Lord open his
eyes.
The Master’s eye is upon us and
Ave must give account for every
line in this paper. God help us
to Avrite the simple truth, and pre-
sent a clean paper to the Judge.—
Editor.]
You will find something in ev¬
ery page, every column and every
paragraph to interest you. Read
the articles on the 2nd page. Then
read the Temperance page, and
be sure to see Avhat our editor and
Dr. Warren have to say about
ministerial education on 4th page,
Of course you Avill read the letters
on the inside pages.