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Rev. S. Y. JAMESON, - - Editor.
(West End, Atlanta. Ga.)
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We are very much gratified indeed
to be able to announce to our feeders
that we have secured through the
recommendation of the State Board
Rev. S. Y. Jameson, as editor of
the mission department in the Index
He is a most vigorous thinker, a
terse writer and forcible speaker,
lie is also broad and enterprising in
his methods. The State Board feel
ing the need of educating our people
upon the subject of missions and of
having this feature of our denomina
tional work go forward as it should
do, requested Brother Jameson to
conduct this department in the In
dex. When the Southern Baptist
Convention is over, and we can settle
down to work, he will call upon va
rious brethren throughout the State
to aid him. We hope that every
Baptist in Georgia will feel that they
have something to do in the mission
field. If you have suggestions to
make or write upon this subject send
the same to him. Anything done
for him will be appreciated by the
Index.
The editor of this department has
just returned from a visit to Mont
gomery, Ala., where he did some
good work in the way of preaching
for Brother Harris. The Alabama
Baptist, of last week says;
Georgia has a strong, talented,
whole-souled, eloquent young minis
ter in the person of Rev. S. Y. Jame
son, of the West End Baptist church,
Atlanta. For nearly two weeks he
preached warm, spiritual sermons at
the Adams street church. Coming
just at the time he did, when the
city was full of conventions, be it
said to his credit and the power of
his loving messages, that good con
gregations assembled and heard him
gladly. Though there have been
only some twelve or fifteen additions
to the church up to the present, yet
many are impressed and are inquir
ing the way of life. The church was
revived and we are sure better work
will be done in the future. For case
in the pulpit, grace in movement and
fluency of speech, coupled with an
easy delivery and eloquent periods
and striking illustrations, one seldom
sees a young man who excels him
Then the beauty of it all was, the
deep piety which pervades the soul
of the young soldier. He preaches
none but “the old, the story” of Jesus
and his love. God’s blessings be
with him.
A PLEA FOE THE CENTENNIAL
YEAR.
At the Convention in LaGrange,
Rev. George B. Taylor gave an in
teresting account of a week of self
denial in his church in Macon. His
talk recalled an incident w hich oc
curred a year before in another city,
when several gentlemen decided to
give up the use of tobacco for a year
and devote the money, thus expend
ed, to the support of a missionary
from their church. With this as a
nucleus the necessary amount was
soon secured and the missionary sent
to the foreign field. This suggested
very forcibly the thought that if the
Baptist men of Georgia would give
up tobacco for one year, devoting
the money saved to missions, what
an impetus would be given to the
work and instead of this injurious
luxury, this noxious weed would
spring up the “tree of life whose
leaves are for the healing of the na
tions.”
As Mr. Taylor concluded his talk,
it seemed as if some one must rise
and urge upon that body of Georgia
Baptists more self-denial for missions
and especially self-denial in the use
of tobacco. But no such appeal
came and perhaps the true reason
was apparent afterward. Speaking
of it to one of the members of the
Convention, he said, “why did you
not suggest it to some one and ask
for a talk ?” but we could not think of
one in the meeting that night who
could make such an appeal without
first pledging himself to this form of
self-denial.
We would not argue against to-
bacco from the standpoint of health,
we all admit its pernicious tendency,
for we have seen boys its slaves be
fore entering their teens, we have
seen the life and energy sapped from
young manhood and old age, wreck
ed mind and body, all because of the
overcoming power of a handful of
smoke and ashes. Nor is it necessa
ry to recall to Christian men what
Paul says about the “body temples
of the Holy Ghost,” or keeping un
der the body and bringing it into
subjection,” or “presenting the body
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable un
to God which is youi - reasonable ser
vice.”
Not from any standpoint but the
gain to the mission treasury and to
the individual soul would we view it.
Can we put the indulgence in a
known evil over against the eternal
life of one soul won for Christ? Can
we feel justified in such needless ex
penditure when the boards are be
seeching us for increased gifts.
Let each one look upon this matter
in the light which the life of the Son
of Man sheds upon every detail of
daily life and then perhaps we shall
have greatly increased giving because
some earnest ones are seeking to fol
low in this as in all things the exam
ple of Him “who came not to be
ministered unto but to minister and
to give His life a ransom for many.
M. E. W. *
Rev. J. P. Osborn who has been
attending the Seminary at Louisville
has returned home and receives his
mail at Gainesville, Ga.
Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor at Dah
lonega, has been visiting in South
Georgia, and preached with great ac
ceptance in the Baptist church at
Bainbridge, on a recent Sabbath.
Mr. Benjamin Gibson died April
21st, in Dawson, Ga., aged eighty
years. For long years he had been a
member of the Baptist church and
was a good citizen. His sufferings
at the last were protracted, but he
bore them with fortitude.
The brethren at Milner have
changed the time of the General
Meeting for the western district of
the Centennial Association, from
the fifth Sabbath in May to the fifth
Sabbath in July. The churches con
cerned will notice the change.
The Carlton Correspondent of the
Oglethorpe Echo says; “ Rev. J. A.
Shank, of Danielsville, has been
called to the pastorate of Fork church
to fill the place of Rev. Mr. Cheney,
who recently resigned. We cannot
say whether he will accept the call
or not.”
The Cuthbert Leader of the 28th
ult. says: The protracted services
at the Baptist church still continues.
Rev. E. V. Baldy, the beloved pastor
and Rev. W. 11. Smith, of Anniston,
Ala., have been doing the preaching.
Several have been to the church and
the outlook is very encouraging.
The Barnsville Gazette says: Rev.
T. M. Calloway of Forsyth, preached
two beautiful sermons at the Baptist
church last Sunday at the morning
and evening services, with Which his
audience was delighted. He is a
young man with a life of usefulness
before him.
We sympathize with Bro. James
T. Bothwell and wife, of Augusta,
Ga., in the loss of their son, Marion
Bothwell. He was a bright, promis
ing boy and a general favorite with
all who knew him. May the grace
of the Saviour comfort the bereaved.
The series of meetings at the East
Macon church have proven a great
success. Rev. E. J. Coates, pastor
has been assisted by Dr. J. C. Solo
mon, of Flovilla. Many conversions
have occured during the meeting,
and the church members are thor
oughly enthused over their work.
David Thompson, who died at his
home in Flovilla, Ga., April 10th,
was seventy years of age. When
three or four years of age his father
moved to Georgia and he was raised
in Butts County. He had been a
member of the Baptist church for
fifty years, was a man of quiet de
portment and true in all the relations
of life.
Rev. E. L. Sisk, formerly pastor of
the Seventh Church, of this city, has
entered upon his pastoral work at
the Sixth. This church has been
without a Shepherd for several
months, and the members now feel
encouraged to go forward in active
church work. They hope at no dis
tant day to build a new house of
worship that will be aq honor to the
denomination in that part of the
city.
Dr. J. I. Robinson diedin Monroe,
Walton county, April 23rd. Four
months before his death his wife pre-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1892.
ceded him to the tomb, and since her
demise, his health had rapidly de
clined. He was 59 years of age, was
a member of the Baptist church, and
his pastor, Rev. W. 8. McCarty de
livered a very fitting tribute to his
memory. He was an ideal physician
and nurse, tenderly devoted to his
family, a faithful churchman, an ad
mirable and worthy man in all the
walks of life.
Mrs. Jane Colbert, of Richland,
died suddenly at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. C. S. Majors last Fri
day week. She started into her gar
den and dropped to the ground near
the gate. She did not live but a few
minutes after being carried into the
house. The deceased was a good
woman, sixty-six years of age, and
was a member of the Baptist church.
Mr. S. F. Horne, of Unadilla, son
of the late Rev. Jesse Horne, died
recently in Sanford, Fla. His body
was brought to Unadilla for burial.
His life was indeed an example ; he
was kind, obliging, affectionate and
withall a consecrated Christian —a
deacon of the Baptist church. Doo
ly county has lost one of her most
excellent citizens,Unadilla one of her
principal factors, his church a usefu
member, and his family the light of
home. He leaves a young wife and
child to mourn his death.
Our esteemed brother 11. H. Hick
man, of Augusta, Ga., upon noticing
that w’e were to commence the erect
tion of a house of worship in a few
days, sent to the pastor, J. M. Brit
tain, a handsome donation for the
building fund of the Central Baptist
church, Atlanta. We are very grate
ful to our beloved brother for his
gift, and we want him to be present
at the dedicatory services when our
house is finished, that he may rejoice
W'ith us in the beautiful offering we
propose to present to our Heavenly
Father.
The Jackson Baptist church en
joyed a most gracious revival last
week. The Middle Georgia Argus
of the 29th said that eleven persons
had been received, nine by experience
and two by letter. The ordinance of
baptism was to be administered on
Sunday night. This w’riter was kind
ly invited by the pastor, Rev. E. M.
Hooten, to assist in the meeting, but
was unable to do so. In the early
future he will be glad to comply
with such a request.
Bro. J. W. Watson writes the fol
lowing from Watkinsville, Ga. “The
Baptist church at this place, in the
absence of our beloved pastor, Rev.
H. R. Bernard, had Rev. James F.
Edens of Atlanta, to fill his appoint
ment Sunday and Sunday night.
He had a very attentive congrega
tion and did good service for the
Master. We have a Sunday-school
of which any church might be proud,
though 45 regular attendants, yet, all
workers. We have prayer meeting
every Thursday night which is well
attended. Our church is small and
not as live as we think it ought to
be.”
Mr. William Sheppard died at his
home near Stone Mountain; Ga.,
April 24, 1892, 88 years of age. He
joined the Baptist church at the age
of 20. He was a marked and nota
ble character in DeKalb county for
about 45 years. He was good-na
tured and forgiving, just and honor
able to all men, an industrious and
successful farmer. We enjoyed the
kind hospitality of himself and wife
not long ago, and we do cheerfully
testify that the best chair and the
best of everything was tendered his
guests at his home. He was our
friend—he helped us. We extend
sympathy to the wife and children.
Professor Wm. H. Whitsitt in the
Western Recorder, thus speaks con
cerning the admirable sermon preach
ed at LaGrange before the Baptist
State Convention by Rev. E. B. Car
roll: “The introductory sermen by
Rev. E. B. Carroll, of Albany, was a
delightful surprise. The Convention
was not sure of him; scarcely any
body knew what to anticipate. But
in the future there will be no doubt;
his position is now established among
the foremost. The sermon was re
markable for substance, arrangement,
unction, polish ; it will not easily bo
forgotten by any who heard it.”
The Evening News of Augusta
says, large and interested audiences
attend both the afternoon and night
services at the First Baptist church.
Dr. Burrows, the pastor, is still being
assisted by Dr. Nelson, whose cogent
reasonings and powerful arguments
have wrought a most enthusiastic
feeling on the public heart. More
than twenty converts have been re
ceived and quite as many others are
anxiously inquiring the right way.
Dr. Burrows feels that the spiritual
revival in his church is most refresh
ing, and that the labors and prayers
of the good people are being heard.
The Dawson News of April 27th,
gives the following account of the
revival services in that place: The
meeting at the Baptist church has
continued with increasing interest.
It is fortunate that the church and
their beloved pastor have had the as
sistance of Dr. W. C. Bledsoe, who
has very materially aided in the suc
cess of the services. Yesterday Dr.
Bledsoe left for his home in Alabama,
to the regret of all, but in his ab
sence he will he remembered with
love and esteem. There have been
twelve or more accessions to the
church, and last night the impressive
and beautiful ordinance of baptism
was administered to the new mem
bers.
Rev. M. F. Morgan, a minister
who has given twenty years of faith
ful service in the cause of Christ, in
the destitute sections of South Geor
gia, is now confined at his home in
Vienna, Ga. He has been in ill
health for a year. Bro. Morgan has
done faithful work in organizing and
rebuilding churches, and his illness
causes deep regret, as he is a minis
ter of great devotion and usefulness.
Being a firm theologian he has laid
the foundations of the building good
and strong in a large area of coun
try. We hope this good brother will
soon be able to resume his ministeri
al duties, and met his brethren as
formerly in our Conventions. He
counts no sacrifice too great for the
Master. The sleepless eye of the
Saviour watches his suffering saint,
and sends his grace to cheer and
comfort.
A good brother at Cuthbert writes
the following: “The meeting that
has been in progress at the Cuthbert
Baptist church for nearly three weeks,
closed last night. The pastor, Rev. E.
V. Baldy, was assisted by Rev. R.
W. Smith, of Anniston, Ala. There
were sixteen additions to the church,
andseveral others that may join later.
The altar was crowded on the last
night, and large numbers arose for
prayer in the audience. Besides the
regular services in the church twice
a day, they held five prayermeetings
each day, at the homes in different
parts of the city, which was largely
attended and much enjoyed. Their
motto was Christ in every heart and
home, and they labored faithfully to
accomplish this end. Our church
and community are all in love with
Brother Smith, and he carried with
him to his home in Anniston, our best
wishes and prayers for his continued
usefulness in the Master’s cause,
which he represents so tenderly and
earnestly.
The Baptist Missionary Centennial,
a celebration of 100 year of success
ful missionary work was held last
week in Waycross, Ga. It was a
meeting of much interest for the
Baptists of South Georgia. The first
two sessions of two hours each for
three days consisted of Bible study,
and was conducted by Rev. J. A.
Scarboro, general evangelist of
the South Georgia Convention, Rev.
J. G. Gibson, D. D., Corresponding
Secretary of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, Rev. P. A. Jessup, Cor
responding Secretary of the South
Georgia Convention and Rev. T. C.
Boykin, Sabbath-school Evangelist
of the State Mission Board. Many
able addresses were delivered on the
various features of mission work,
and the progress of Christianity in
foreign fields. It is believed that the
meeting accomplished great good
that will tell in increased zeal and
consecration in the cause of the Re
deemer.
The Houston Home Journal has
the following notice of a fine teacher
and a good school: “ Our day school
is a gem, presided over by Prof. D.
G. Lee, assisted by Miss Hartsfield.
Prof. Lee is certainly the right man
in the right place; a native Georgian,
and graduate of Mercer Univercity.
He is a thorough classical scholar,
and has been teaching for years. He
is the highest type of a Christian
gentleman. His government in school
is kind, though firm. He has no
superior as a teacher, and but few
equals. Miss Hartsfield is also a
native Georgian, and is thoroughly
proficient and efficient. There arc
between eighty and ninety pupils in
attendance, who are orderly in and
out of school, and manifest great at
tachment to their teachers. I know
of no better equipped school any
where. Parente and guardians can
not do better than to send their
children there; board is cheap, and
location is high and healthy, with
good water.”
Dublin, Ga., April 25,1892.
It was my happy privilege to visit
my old mother church (Blue Water)
on yesterday, it being the day sot
apart for the ordination of three
deacons. Dr. J. T. Chappell, Bro.
W. S. Ramsay and myself constituted
the presbytery. After a pleasant
drive of six miles, we arrived at the
church. As we drove up our ears
were greeted with the sound of de
lightful music, the sound of which re
called happy days of the past. Bro.
Ramsay, in his earnest, impressive
and eloquent style, preached the Or
dination sermon. Pastor J. H. Oli
ver offered the prayer and Bro. G.
W. Culbreth pronounced the bene
diction. The services throughout
were indeed impressive and I trust
much good will result from them.
Bro. J. 11. Oliver is now, and has
been pastor of this church three
years, and is pastor in the full sense
of the term. W. E. D.
The State Mission Board of the
Georgia Baptist Convention met in
Atlanta Monday the 25th ult. Our
efficient Secretary, Dr. J. G. Gibson
placed before the members, the pres
ent status of the missionary opera
tions of the Board, and also recom
mended a most vigorous plan for or
ganizing the work in every county
in Georgia. Appropriations were
made for the present year, and many
special features having reference to
future development and enlargement
were discussed. The meeting was
one of enthusiasm, and we enter
upon the work of the new year with
bounding hope, and prayerful expec
tation of a good harvest. Let our peo
ple everywhere co-operate with the
Secretary and the Board, systematize
their efforts, send their contributions
regularly, and a grand work will be
accomplished this year.
General Clement A. Evans in wri
ting up “Church News” for the Con
stitution speaks very complimentary
of our beloved Corresponding Secre
tary : Georgia was well worked last
year for many benevolent results, but
chiefly for missions by the indefati
gable and intelligent agency of Rev.
J. G. Gibson, of Crawford, specially
appointed for that purpose. It seems
to be understood that his equal for
the work committed to his charge
cannot be found and therefore the
Convention has again set him for
ward upon an itinerancy of the State.
His surprising report of labor and
liberality proves that his denomina
tion has not succumed to the depres
sion in finances and has not been
suffocated by the dissent to foreign
missions. He, himself, is girded with
new enthusiasm, if judgment may be
rendered on the avowals of his pres
ent purpose and the plans he now
proposes. Like a good farmer, such
as he is, he intends to intensify by
cultivating every Baptist field thor
oughly and, like a wise statesman, he
considers broadly the power of his
populous and spirited denomination
when united in the common cause.
All Christians wish him well.
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SOUTHERN AND FEMALE COLLEGE.
As the Lagrange papers were full
of the discussion about the removal
of the college, when the Conven
tion was in session in that city, the
following statements will be of inter
est to the delegates who were pres
ent as well as to our general readers.
It shows the work of one of our
prominent Baptist institutions. We
congratulate all concerned upon the
satisfactory arrangement reached.
CARD FROM BOARD OF ADVISERS.
“Upon careful investigation of
files of the Western Baptist Associa
tion, catalogues of the Southern Fe
male College, files of newspapers and
other matter, we are fully convinced
that the Messrs. Cox have shown the
utmost fairness and generosity in all
of the transactions of the Southern
Female College with LaGrange, the
Western Baptist Association and the
public.—Signed—C. B. Willingham,
Henry McDonald, Clem P. Steed, 8.
A. Burney, Robert H. Harris, Alvan
D. Freeman, J. J. Farmer, Z. T.
Weaver, J. G. Ryals, A. B. Campbell,
E. W. Warren, Lansing Burrows, E.
Z. F. Golden, J. B. Hawthorne, O.E.
W. Dobbs.
HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE—A
STATEMENT FROM PROF. COX.
Extract from LaGrange reporter:
Now that the discussion of the
question of removal of the college is
settled, I trust that the institution
may rest in peace. Concluding the
matter, I should like to set forth
pleasantly certain facts in answer to
various questions that have been rais
ed. I may be permitted to speak
this once, as I have not hitherto
spoken in the case, through the
press.
Concerning the trust funds raised
prior to the war, the minutes of
the Western Baptist Association in
the possession of Capt. A. B. Cates,
of Newnan, the clerk, give a full ac
count, Milton, E. Bacon founded the
College as a private enterprise in
1843. Several years afterward he
offered to sell the Association a one
half interest. The Association rais
ed $6,250.00, and in minutes of 1857
Mr. Bacon presented to it $1,250.00 ;
thus the Association obtained one
half interest in the College.
In 1855, Mr. Bacon sold his half
to Messrs. Foster and Books, and, in
1857, they sold it to I. F. Cox, but
the last payments made by Mr. Cox
were to Mr. Bacon. So the institu
tion has virtually been undei - the con
trol of the family for fifty years, and
nearly all of the time, as I shall
show, it has been in their possession.
(Four children of Mr. Cox and three
of Mr, Bacon are interested and en
gaged in the college.)
Near the close of the war, 1863,
the buildings were accidentally burn
ed while used as a Confederate hos
pital. Before the government could
make recompense, it dissolved, and
not a cent was paid. Some money
was paid by an insurance com
pany, however, and one-half the
amount was turned over to the treas
urer representing the Association,
for which sum the minutes of the as
sociation show an acknowledgement.
The association authorized Mr. Cox
to sell the college and, which he did’
for $1,450.00, of which $725.00 rep
resented their share. Meanwhile
Mr. Cox had purchased with his
own means and in his own name the
present site of the College, and had
begun to erect the school huilding on
the north side of the lot. The Asso
ciation voted to contribute their
$725.00 to go into this building* At
the next meeting of the Association,
when some members of the body
complained that the gift was to a
private enterprise, Mr. Cox offered
to give three scholarships in consid
eration of the donation, and this was
accepted. These and other scholar
ships were continued antil the Asso
ciation was paid many times over,
and it seemed satisfied. Subsequent
ly, the Association not only disclaim
ed any interest in the College, but
refused it when offered, and recom
mended the establishment of another
institution. In this form the matter
has been left.
The foregoing facts, and others in
this direction, are recorded in the
minutes of the association.
Concerning the fund contributed
toward the erection of the chapel, I
first quote from the LaGrange Re
porter June 4th, 1877:
“The recent urgent and flattering
call of President I. F. Cox to the
presidency of Judson Female Col
lege, at Marion, Ala., has awakened
his friends and the people generally
to the fact that there is danger of
losing him. And with the possibili
ty of losing him came a higher ap
preciation of his value as a citizen
and educator. Moreover, the Col
lege has been built by Mr. Cox, is his
private property, and hence its desti
ny, in case of his removal, is uncer
tain.
“Mr. President Cox is too valua
ble a citizen to be allowed to leave;
he has been identified with LaGrange
too long, and done too much good
for us to spare him. The Southern
Female College must be enlarged
and built upon a scale proportionate
to the demands of the Baptist public.
Every citizen and every property
holder is interested in the success of
this movement, and we most earnest
ly hope that no one will refuse to
subscribe when the paper is present
ed.”
The sum raised for the chapel by
individual subscriptions of the citi
zens was $2,500, so Major Abraham
informs me, but not one-half the cost
of the building, and my father agreed
that the chapel should be kept per
manently for educational purposes.
For this generous gift we have made
grateful acknowledgement in cata
logue, souvenir, papers, as well as
by word and mouth. This donation,
together with private help in the
erection of the school building, has
enabled us to give the town, since
1878, the year the chapel was erect
ed, over thirteen thousand dollars of
free tuition, besides scholarships over
the State. This estimate does not
include uncollected tuition, charged
vpon the books, but pure donations.
These deductions were in no case
made to secure pupils, but when a
scholar applied never has she been
turned away from the literary de
partment for lack of means. Before
the discussion arose over our remov
al, and before there was an intima
tion that there would be a claim or
demand made upon any of the prop
erty, I volunteered, in case of re
moval of the College, and we were
unable to dispose of the property for
educational purposes, as we had been
advertising—l volunteered to return
the chapel funds as well as contribu
tions to the library and museum.
President I. F. Cox and the com
munity evidently regarded the college
private , property, because he be
quathed it as such, and the will was
so probated.
When wc offered to sell the prop
erty to the town at a heavy discount,
and besides return any contributions,
I was told: “We do not want the
property; we wish to keep you.”
I scarcely need add that no articles
through the press have influenced in
the least, one way or the other, our
decision about the future home of the
College. Our conclusion to await
the privileged five years for removal
we reached by our own choice and
judgment, assisted by the advice of
friends from various parts of the
State during the late Baptist Con
vention.
The agreement with the Manches
ter Company was mutually and pleas-
antly dissolved. Our relation with
the gentlemen continue cordial.
The agitation of the removal of
the college has not interfered with
its patronage and work. There are
in attendance 163 boarders.
Respectfully,
Charles C. Cox.
LaGrange, Ga., April 25, 1892.
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