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BLANCHARD.—Resolutions of
the Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home
Association on the death of Mi’s. M.
C. Blanchard.
It having pleased an all-wise
Providence to remove from our
midst, after an illness of many weeks,
our sister and co-laborer Mrs. M. C.
Blanchard ; in bowing to the will of
Him who makes no mistakes, we
mourn the loss of our esteemed
friend who was wout to go in and
out in our midst, though frail in body,
strong in purpose to serve the Lord
in her day and generation; therefore
be it
Resolved, that in the removal of
our sister, this Association has lost a
cherished member, a valued counsel
lor, a devoted friend.
That this Association tender to the
devoted sister, Mrs. J. Norcross, her
husband and son, their deepest sym
pathy and esteem, with the prayer
that in a brighter world they will be
reunited to sing praises forevermore.
That a page of the minutes of this
Association be spread with this
record and a copy be sent to the
family of the deceased.
Mrs. J. D. Wing,
Secretary.
BARTON.—Died at his home
near Folsom, Ga., Feb. 19th 1892,
Bro. James Barton aged 84 years.
He was born the 11th of August
1888 in Pickens District, S. C., and
joined the church in the year 1828,
and was ordained a deacon in 1837
at Bluff Springs Baptist church, now
Cedar Creek.
For over 65 years he was a living
witness of the truth, by his child
like faith and upright walk he im
pressed all that he came in contact
with. Devoted to his church, kind
and helpful to his pastor, ever ready
to help and sympathize with those in
distress truly a good man in Israel
has fallen. Therefore be it resolv
ed:
Ist. That in Bro. Barton’s death
the church at Cedar Creek has lost
one of its best members whose life
was a bright example to all.
2nd. That we humbly bow in sub
mission to God who doeth all things
well.
3rd. That we extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved family
and pray that they may ail meet
again on the other shore.
4th. That these resolutions be
spread on the church minutes and a
copy sent to the bereaved family and
the Christian Index.
A. J. Buford,
B. F. Hosteller,
J. W. Adams,
I. 11. Elrod,
Thos. Stephens,
Samuel Burns,
Committee.
SEAGRAVES.—Died at her resi
dence in Fayette county, Ga., of
pneumonia. Sister Nanie Seagraves
born June 14th, 1814, died October
30th 1891, aged seventy-seven years.
In early life she joined the Bap
tist church at Sandy Creek, Morgan
county, Ga. She united with the
church at Antioch Fayette county,
Ga., by letter, June 7th 1845 and
remained a member of that church
till her death. Sister Seagraves was
a devout Christian, devoted to her
church and her example was such as
to win most of her children to Christ
before her death. She was a devo
ted, mother,a kind and obliging neigh
bor, a faithful companion, and proved
herself true in all the relations of
life and her death was in the full as
surance of faith in her Redeemer.
The church tender to her children,
relatives and friends their warmest
sympathies and earnest prayers.
“When the spark of life is waning.
Weep not for me;
When the languid eye is streaming
Weep not for me;
When the feeble pulse is ceasing,
Start not at its swift decreasing,
’Tis the fettered souls releasing,
Weep not for me.
"When the pangs of death assail me,
Weep not for me.
Christ is mine, he will not fail me
Weep not for me.
Yes, though sin and death endeavor,
From liis love, my soul to sever,
Jesus is my strength forever.
Weep not for me.
C. R. Woolsey,
G. W. Rerun,
8. T. Whitaker,
Committee.
SPRATLIN. —Resolutions adopt
ed by the Sardis Sunday-school in
memory of John Webster Sprat
lin. •
It having pleased God to take
from us by sudden and tragic death,
our loved and honored assistant su
perintendant and teacher, John W.
Spratlin. Be it resolved :
Ist That in the death we lose one
of the strong arms of our school, on
whom our success in the work was
greatly dependent.
2nd. That in view of his connec
tion with the school for the vast
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1892.
twenty-five years, together with his
earnest and faithful labors, and his
Christian example in the work for the
Master, we feel that his loss is to us
irreparable.
3rd. That while we are deeply
grieved both as a Sunday-school and
individuals, we do not mourn as
those who have no hope, but submit
to the will of our Heavenly Father,
firmly believing that onr dear, de
parted friend, teacher and Superin
tendent, is in the enjoyment of that
rest which remaineth to the people
of God.
4th. That we tender our sympa
thies to his bereaved family, that a
copy of these resolutions be furnished
them; also, that they be spread up
on our minutes, and that a copy be
sent to the Christian Index and
to the Washington Gazette, with a
request that they be published.
W. C. Wooten,
W. Callaway,
E. A. Callaway,
Committee.
Enquiry.—ls it our own C. E. W
D., of Cartersville, that the Russell
ville, Ky., saints are seeking to allure
from us ?
. Dr. Tupper of Denver, —Has
had a number of ministers represen
tative of various denominations, to
preach to his people on alternate
Sunday evenings. These ministers
were expected to expound with the
utmost freedom, but in kindliness,
their own denominational convictions
and opinions. On each preceding
Sunday evening, Dr. Tupper deliver
ed a lecture on some prominent char
acter in the denomination whose
views and beliefs would be presented
the following Sunday.
This is the order: Luther, Cran
mer, Knox, Wesley, Edwards, Camp
bell, Spurgeon. Cranston & Stowe
of Cincinnati, Ohio, desire, unsolicted,
to publish these lectures, guarantee
ing a sale of 1,500 copies, and SIOO
and 300 volumes as a gift to the au
thor.
From the Baptist Year Book
for 1892.—1 n the U. S., there are
23,800 ordained Baptist ministers;
35,890 churches, and 18,929 Sunday
schools.
The baptisms reported were 160,-
247 ; the total membership 3,269,806
—again of 105,579 over the previ
ous year. In the Sunday-schools are
1,307,628 pupils and 136,053 officers
and teachers.
The church property is valued at
$67,664,596. The contributions for
all objects aggregate $11,886,559.
Dr. Lansing Burrows.—The
Standard of Chicago, pays him this
merited compliment: The indebted
ness of American Baptists, North
and South, to Dr. Lansing Burrows,
for his service in preparing the Bap
tist Year-Book, should be emphatic
ally recognized. His distinguished
ability in other directions should not
hide the fact that he is, by all odds,
the ablest statistician in the denomi
nation, while the careful attention
and the phenomenal industry be
stowed by him upon the Year-Book
as a whole, entitle him to a rising
vote of thanks continental in extent
The Pope’s Finances.—lt is said
that Pope Pius IX left to his succes
sor $9,000,000. Fully one-third of
this nine millions, has been sunk, so
it is said, in real estate speculations.
The Pope, however, is still the rich
est, as well as the mightiest man In
Rome. He does not trust his pos
sessions to other hands, but keeps his
private safe in his own apartments
and carries the key of it himself.
S.
URIC ACID.
WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT FORMS.
A Clear Description of This Most Sub
tle Enemy of Modern American Life
••What a Prominent Professor Says.
A well-known professor connected
with a leading medical college, in
conversation, recently made the fol
lowing wonderful assertions?
“There is probably nothing which
has ever been known in the history
of the world that has caused more
real misery to men and women than
that simple and yet dangerous ele
ment called uric acid. This danger
ous substance gets into the blood of
men and women, and even children,
oven before they suspect it, and the
havoc that it works is simply appall
ing. It causes rheumatism, neural
gia, gout and pneumonia. It is the
causo of most colds and the actual
source of nearly every case of grip.
You ask how this dangerous acid
gets into the blood? Very easily.
The principal duty of the kidneys and
bladder are to expel uric acid from
the system. They fail to work very
frequently, and, instead of being
driven from the system, the poison
ous uric acid goes into the blood.
When once in the blood it ferments,
it poisons, it causes unnumbered dis
eases and too often occasions death.
“It must be plain, even to a novice,
that the only way in which to keep
this acid out of the blood is to keep
the kidneys and the bladder in a
strong, a healthy and a vigorous con
dition. This is the whole problem
in a nutshell, and the man or woman
who does this is invariably free from
uric acid and the infinite troubles
which it causes. I have never known
of but one thing that will in every
case drive uric acid from the system,
and that is Warner’s Safe Cure. It
has been found by the medical pro
fession to be possessed of properties
unknown to any discovery of ancient
or modern times. I have known of
women who have been weak, sallow,
run down, of men who have been de
bilitated and wholly unnerved, who
are to-day pictures of health and
strength, and they know as well as I
do that the result is due to but one
thing—the great cure of which I
have spoken.”
The great truths above stated are
as certain as existence, and they re
veal the real cause of most physical
misery of the present day, and they
clearly reveal the way of escaping
from such misery. N o man or wo
man at the present day should be
the victim of uric acid poison. That
it is very prevalent is most true, but
to penhit it to get into the system,
or having gotten there to remain, is
simply folly.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY.
BY WM. 11. WHITSITT.
Who that passed through them
can ever forget the horrors of the
sad yeilrs of reconstruction ? In some
respects they were almost as trying
as the years of civil strife. Values
shrunk up prosperity withered from
the land. Privation and discourage
ment reigned in every quarter.
The fortunes of the Theological
Seminary were involved along with
the rest. The number of students
was increased from year to year, and
yet the institution led a languishing
existence. Its finances were under
strain, and- there were constant pre
monitions of disaster. prospect
began to brighten a little, however,
at the close of the reconstruction pe
riod in the spring of 1877. With
the autumn of that year came the re
moval to Kentucky.
The beneficial results of that
change, however, did not immediate
ly appear. In the closing months of
1879 it began to be seen that the dis
aster was imminent. The situation
was hardly ever so critical as at the
moment when Governor Brown in
tervened in February 1880 with his
donation of fifty thousand dollars.
The condition imposed by him was
that two hundred thousand dollars
shoukTbe procured within a period
of two years. The issue was still
uncertain; but he had turned the
scale in favor of success. The con
dition was duly fulfilled, and on the
opening day of the session in Sep
tember 1882 it first became possible
publicly to announce that the amount
was made up and that the existence
of the Seminary was assured.
The changes that have been ac
complished in these ten years have
been marvelous in many directions.
Not even the most sanguine could
have predicted that these results
would have fallen out within so brief
a space of time. We cannot suffi
ciently rejoice in the merciful provi
dence by which Dr. Boyce was
spared until the year 1887. To all
human appearance it seems evident
that if he had been called away six
years earlier the institution would
have gone to pieces. ,
While we cringe and shudder to
recall the dangers through which it
has passed and the narrow escapes
it has made, it is still comforting to
reflect that the enterprise was con
stantly under the care of a higher
wisdom than our own. That there
should be such a school somewhere
in the Southern country was an ab
solute necessity: it belonged to the
march of events; it was a foregone
conclusion the moment the Southern
Baptist Convention was organized at
Augusta. If those who had its in
terests in charge did not bring it to
completion it was perfectly evident
that other hands would build the ed
ifice. The time was ripe: the path
of duty was plain before us. But
surely there was no lack of tribula
tions in the path of duty.
The friends who stood by our
school through all those days of
darkness are our pride and treasure.
Many of them have passed away:
but their names and sacrifices and
consolations still survive. They are
set down upon many pages of our
account books, and hidden in our
hearts. The Lord has shown his fa
vor more signally in no other direc
tion than in the friends he has be
stowed. We strive to be grateful
for every one and for the help they’
rendered.
May the blessing of God rest
upon each one, and render fruit
ful the sacrifices they have made on
our behalf. May He also grant us
many more who shall stand in the
place of those w r ho have been called
away, and push forward the work.
During the past session death has
once more entered the faculty and
the best beloved of its members has
been carried to the grave. It is
thirty three years since the Seminary
first opened its door, and only a
single one of the original teaching
force is left behind. Men and breth
ren, the time is short: the night
cometh when no man can work.
The attendance this year has been
much larger than ever before. In no
previous year was it possible to ma
triculate more than 166 students:
This year 236 names were inscribed.
The dormitory building was tilled
to its utmost capacity for a portion
of the time.. The Library Building,
the gift of Mrs. J. Lawrence Smith,
was completed a year ago, and is an
ornament to the grounds and to the
city. Workmen are now laying the
foundation of Norton Hall, a splen
did structure facing on the Broad
way front, which will be occupied
about the close of the year. The
mercies of the Lord are more than
we can number.
Wc would not forget that these
great mercies impose additional re
sponsibilities, and fervently to en
treat the blessing of the Lord upon
our labors. It is God who giveth
the increase. Will not every friend
of our institution and every friend of
the interests of piety often pray for
the Seminary, its teachers and stu
dents.
RECEIPTS OF THEMISSION BOARD
Baptist Convention of the State of
Georgia.
From March Ist to March 22nd, 1892,
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Mar. 1. Previous report $7035.24
Hawkinsville Collection, E. N.
Jelks 15.00
2 Waynesboro, W. M. S. Mrs. W. L.
Mims 3.80
4 Mount Tabor ch,J. W. Ellington-... 70
Elim ch,J. W Ellington 80
Norwood ch, J. W. Ellington 6.00
Poplar Head ch, G. W. Smith 5.00
8 Hephzibah eh, J. A. Carswell 1.10
9 Lithonia ch, B. D Ragsdale 2.71
11 Double Branches ch, W M Verdery. 1,07
Mt Zion ch, AV M Verdery 1.12
Dnharts ch, WM Verdery 70
Grove ch, ” 1.76
Norwood ch, J w Ellington 2.00
12 Summer Hill ch, Mrs J D Alexan-
(l(*r 3 30
13 Woodstock ch, W H Dean 10.00
16 Maysville ch, I A Madden 3,01
17 Covington ch, T J Swanson 3.65
Jones Creek WMB Miss I Chapman 6.25
2nd ch Atlanta, W M 8 Mrs A J
Moore 4.00
17 Reported in Foreign Journal as col
lected at Richmond,A a, up to Feb
15th •’ 1266.78
19 WMS & Bands of Ga. Mrs S Wil-
son 21.37
Total $8,395,39
HOME MISSIONS.
Mar 1 Previous report $4863.16
Little Horse AV M S Mrs S C Parker 1.70
4 Norwood ch, J w Ellington 1.11
8 Hephzibah ch, J A Carswell 11l
9 Lithonia ch, B D Ragsdale 2,71
11 Elim ch, JAV Ellington 76
Norwood ch. J AV Ellington 2.00
13 Woodstock ch, AV H Dean 50.00
17 Covington ch, T.l Swanson 4.00
Jones Creek AV M S Miss I Chap-
man 0.25
2nd ch, Atlanta AV M S Mrs A J
Moore 4.00
19 AV MS & Bands oi Ga Mrs Stain-
back Wilson 10.68
22 Social Circle WM S Mrs J A Val-
lace 7.00
Bethany ch, AV B Crawford 3.00
Total $4,961.37
STATE MISSIONS.
Mar 1 Previous report $8654.28
BrOwnwood cn, S A Burney (for
Tifton ch) 5.00
Antioch ch. S A Burney , 1.22
wM S Oak Hill ch. Mrs S C Parker 5.00
G M Irwin col of Tifton ch 30.00
2 JL R Barret per Adair Bro’s 50 00
w M King col on field 1 35
3 Pendergrass Juvenile class Mrs E
A white 2 00
4 warrenton ch, A L Cumming 25 03
Norwood ch, J w Ellington 3 26
T C Boykin col on field 44 45
Ist ch Macon, E Y Mallary 15.50
M A Grace col on field 34 4o
Poplar Head ch, G tv Smith 6 28
5 w L Geiger col on field 29 oo
6 Crawfordville ch.R E L Harris 20 38
Mildrajon S S 8 E Gunn 3 51
Crawfordville ch, R E L Harris ... 6 08
Salem warren ch, R E LHarris.. ■ ■ 3 200
7 Long Branch ch,Gw Stephenson.. 200
8 F Aikiu col on field 9 00
A Corn col on field 275
8 Elberton ch, G L Almond 19 00
“ E J Barber col on field 19 00
Ist ch Macon, E Y Mallery 2500
9 Rockdale ch, B C Granade 240
Hillsboro ch, J C Burton 2 00
11 Norwood ch, J w Ellington 200
12 woodstock ch, w H Dean 500
J G McCall Quitman 1005
Fort Gaines 8 S J E Paullin 4 750
Blacksheer ch. Dr, Estea 11 48
waycross ch, w J Carswell 15 62
C II Edwards Crawford ch 1 oo
Mrs M Edwards 1 oo
Mrs L McWhorter Macedonia lo
Falling Creek ch, J w Martin 2 76
14 J w Pitts Summerville 10 00
Bethesda ch, L w Parrott 15 oo
16 Jefferson 8S J C Bonnett 387
Jefferson ch. JC Bennett ;i.n;
Stellaville ch, w.I Rogers 155
17 Covington ch, T J Swans on S(H)
Eliin ch. J B Adams 3 70
18 Mrs S F Stakely Cedartown 275
19 Ailey ch. G B Webster 100
w m 8 & Bands of Ga Mrs S wilson 360
22 Salem warren ch, RE L Harris ... 500
Vineyards Creek ch, J A Shank... 231
J A Shanks family 1 oo
Total $9 126 69
INDIGENT MINISTERS.
Mar 1 Previous report $115,3 25
Gainesville ch FC McConnell 20 00
17 2nd ch, Atlanta, w m 8 Mrs A J
Moore 20 00
Total $1 193 25
MINSTEHIAL EDUCATION.
Mar 1 previous report •’ $lO5lO
3 Ist ch Athens, H A lx>wrance (for
Hudson) 2 00
Total $17216
INDIAN MISSION.
Mar 1 previous report ■................... $l5B 03
6 Crawfordville 8 8 Miss Gattie
Farmer 3 05
Total $lOl6B
CHURCH BUILDING.
Mar 1 previous report ■ ■ • • $995 80
5 w J Sullivan. 1 hunderlng Springs 30000
T B windham col on field 4 00
22 J G Gibson 1000
Total $1350 89
CUBAN GIRL SCHOOL
Mar 1 previous report 9650
17 Jones Creek w m 8 Miss I Chapman 200
Note!
CUBAN MISSIONS.
Mrr 1 previous report • nr 19
16 Doves Creek ch, G w Doadwyler... 144
Total 25
NORTH CHINA MISSION.
Mar I previous report 217 70
5 wM S Bands of Ga Mrs 8 Wilson •. 192 s
17 2ud ch Atlanta wm 8 Mrs A J Moore 200
Total $238 98
HAVANA CHURCH.
Mar 1 previous report $13192
5 wm S & Bands of Ga MrsS wilson. 200
Total $133J)2
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOREIGN MISSIONARY.
Mar 1 previous report $23 35
Madison ch. S A Burney 2 35
9 Hillsboro, wM S Mrs IJ Burton . SIOO
Total $26 70
RUSSIAN SUFFERERS.
Mar 2 Haralson ch, T S Powell $4 36
BRLZIL MISSIONS.
Mar 1 previous report $6 00
8 Hephzibah wM S Mrs U B Frost... 281
22 Waynesboro wM 8 Mrs C w Mims.. 125
Elberton w M 8 Mrs A E Deadwy
ler-..,....c 600
T0ta1..... 1606
Grand total $26 028 49
Report of balance of receipts for the Conven
tional year will appaar next week.
J. G. Gibson, Cor. Sec.
HOPE, A BLESSED BALM.
BY WILLIE D. UPSHAW,— (lnvalid)
(written as he dictated, by his sister.)
There is a word I can't explain,
It thrills me o’er and o’er.
And were it not for its effect
My bliss would be no more.
Its inspiration long I’ve felt;
Os it I’ve often thought;
Its prospects I have oft divulged,
And thisfewoet word is Hope.
Its very sound seems to impart
Its meaning—oh, how great I
Yet to explain would useless be,
Could we not of it partake,
How dull would be this life of ours
when adverse clouds do come.
To know r that they would last always—
No sunshine ever dawn!
How sore when tossed on life’s rough sea
By billows fierce and wild,
To have no hope for a better time,
A season calm and mild 1
How hard when weary hearts and hands
roil with a task undone,
To know always one harder far
Awaits to be begun !
But how sweet to feel, when we almost
faint,
And the way seems dark and long,
That by and by we’ll reach the end
And join in the gladsome song !
To hope is natural to human kind;
It begins in childhood years,
And leads us, captives, towards some goal.
Through mirth and gloom and tears.
It is a sweet and blessed balm
That makes life’s burdens light,
And sheds about our faltering steps,
Beams that disperse the night.
But best of all, is the Christian’s hope,
For its possessor—not ashamed—
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