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FROM ALABAMA.
Alabama, like most of the States
of the Convention, has a large num
ber of Baptists, and if they were all
doing what could be easily done by
them, most gracious results would
follow, both at home and in the
white harvest fields of the world.
But alas! the laborers and givers
are comparatively few.
The real scarcity of money fur
nishes a plausible excuse to those
who have not learned by experience
that it is blessed to give, to not be
gin now, so it is not probable there
will be added many new givers, (or
payers,) to mission work. And it
may be that those who have been
giving half heartedly may avail
themselees of the same excuse to fall
behind or drop out of line. But
there are some who will never forget
that they owe all to the Lord, and
will not cease to return to Him a
part of that which is His own.
Bro. Crumpton is still holding oc
casionally his “Baptist Rallies,” and
thus stirring up fresh interest in
church work. He gets good help
from ministers in the sections where
they are held.
The brethren of the Central As
sociation held a very interesting sth
Sunday meeting at Electic. Thir
teen preachers attended, one, Bro.
Hardee, from Texas. Bro. Upshaw,
the pastor, was much cheered, for in
the discussion of subjects something
was accomplished in the way of
breaking down anti-mission preju
dices from which he had some trou
ble ; and an inspiration was given in
other directions. The topics dis
cussed were, church organization
church discipline, and different
phases of mission moiL. Brethren
Crumbie, Whatley, Martin, Culpep
per and Brewer did the most of the
talking, with help thrown in occa
sion ly by others.
The Sunday School Convention of
the Liberty Association, held at
Dadeville, was not a success, and
there was a feeling to give it up.
Most of our strong churches in
centres of influence are manned by
good and strong brethren. But
there are some with vacant pulpits.
Anniston allowed Montgomery to
capture her good and gifted Eager
and is yet unsupplied. The church
at Auburn is without a pastor, as
Bro. Loyd has resigned, after long
years of faithful service. This is a
point too important to be in this
shape. Here is the seat of our A.
and M. College, where more than
two hundred of the young men of
Alabama and Georgia are annually
at school. Many of these are Bap
tists. Others might be if all was as
it should be. The Baptists of both
states are interested in having a
strong man at this point.
Dothan, a thrifty growing town
on the Alabama Midland Ry., is
without a pastor. Bro. Burr of Col
umbia, preaches to them once a
month to hold them together until
they can be better manned. This
is in the finest agricultural district
of Alabama, or will soon be.
Livingston has just finished up a
pretty house of worship, and dedi
cated it. Bro. Hale of the South
side, Birmingham, is pushing ahead
finely with his noble structure. He
has entered the basement. The
church at Alexandria City has just
finished a pretty and comfortable
pastorium. It is a credit to the lib
erality of a church of no more
strength.
We have some able preachers
whose time is only partly occupied,
such as Roly, Lloyd, and Shaffer.
I have heard within a few days that
Bro.Herren, of Opelika, has resigned.
Me fpfetian
If so, this is another important pul
pit vacant.
This is quite a time of College
Commencements. Both the How
ard and Judson have ended their
year’s work, and from their halls
have gone forth those who are now
to take rank among the leaders of
the people, and who will doubtless
prove blessings in the home and in
public life. May God’s blessings be
upon the young men and women,
and his spirit guide them in paths
of usefulness.
This has teen a week of deep in
terest in Alabama as to the shape
her politics would take. That
which was feared has come to pass.
Kolb’s friends held a Convention to
themselves and put him in the field
for governor. The regular Conven
tion of course, nominated for re-elec
tion the present governor, Jones.
This means not only two State
tickets, but in many of the counties
two local tickets. Bitterness and
rancour will be part of the harvest
reaped. Religious interests will be
largely relegated into retirement,
with all their momentous and eter
nal destinies, for the sake of a little
petty office holding, whose pleasures,
profits, or pains expire in two years-
Why will so-called Christian men
allow themselves to become parties to
such things ? And yet preachers are
helping it on. Geo. E. Bbewer.
Alexander City, Ala.
FROM MISSOURI.
THE DEVOTIONAL ELEMENT IN THE
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
In the preparation of a paper on
the devotional services in the Sab
bath-school, the writer is conscious
of the difficult task assigned him.
To define clearly, the legitimate
sphere of this part of the service, is
a question about which, many of our
ablest and most spiritually minded
brethren widely differ. That the de
votional element, however, is sadly
neglected ia the average Sabbath
school, is apparent to the most, cas
ual observer. A visit to many of
our schools, would reveal the almost
entire absence of any real spirituali
ty ; hence but little time is given to
that part of the service, which tends
most to a high degree of piety.
Many of them have the form of god
liness, but of its power to hasten the
kingdom of our Lord, they are
strangers. In some places the opin
ion prevails, that God does not dwell
well with and among men, but that
he is blind to their thoughts and
works. Men seem to think and act
as though the world were governed
by chance, or by a God who cares
not how his people worship him.
The doctrine upon which the devo
tional is founded, that God sees and
knows the state of our hearts, and
that he is a rewarder of them that
seek him, is but little thought about
in many places. The cause for this
indifference and neglect of the de
votional part of the services is not
far to seek, and may therefore be
traceable to two or three sources.
In the first place, many of our
schools, unfortunately, are officered
by worldly minded professors of re
ligion, who care not for the prosper
ity of the Lord’s cause; and some of
them by persons who make no pre
tentions to religion whatever. Now
so long as this is the case, we can
scarcely hope for substantial im
provement in the devotional. The
school will not often rise in deep
heartfelt piety, above those who lead
the forces. As the stream will not
rise above the fountain which pro
duces it, and the army in discipline
above their commanding officer. So
the school will cease to rise when
they strike the level of their leader.
In the second place, there is but
little preparation on the part of
many, for the Sabbath-school. They
do not take the time to make prayer
ful preparation, but come to the
Lord’s house ladened with the cares
of the week. They who would be
highly devotional in the Lord’s
house, must have his presence before
hand. A short time since, 1 chanced
on Saturday, to be at the house of a
Sabbath-school superintendent in
this Association. He was making
preparations for the following day.
There was thrown open on his lap,
the old family Bible. On the top of
the Bible lay the Advanced Quarter
ly, and overshadowing the Bible and
Quarterly was one of our political
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 1892.
papers, in which the brother was
deeply immersed. Now if we use
our political papers as spectacles,
certainly our views of God’s word
will be distorted, and our spirituality
will be at a low ebb. How often the
pastor is urged by some teacher, to
take charge of his or her class, simply
because they have not made the
needed preparation to meet their
class. Can people like this feel like
praising God with all their soul?
Can they say “bless the Lord oh my
soul and all that is within me bless
his holy name ?”
Again, there are those that seem
to think the school not the place for
deep manifestations of God’s pres
ence ; lienee they do not seek inti
mate communion with him. They
claim this more properly belongs to
the preaching service, and are only
too glad to get as much of the devo
tional ak possible, eliminated from
the work in which they are directly
engaged.
Having noticed briefly, the causes
which lead to the neglect of the de
votional. We will now notice what
the devotional implies, or its legiti
mate sphere in the school. In the
first place, I believe that it embraces
the music. This should be of such
a character both as to thought and
melody as to call forth all that is the
noblest in man and glorify God. We
have all felt how graciously near, at
times, God has been to his people,
when they were engaged in singing
some soul-stiring song, founded on
the eternal rock of the Holy Scrip
tures. .On the other hand, we have
felt the chilling effects, of an inap
propriate or meaningless hymn. Os
the making of books there is no end,
and many of them are like Spur
geon’s grantham gruel. Two gritts
to nine gallons of water. It is clear
that if we glorify God in song, that
the song in itself must be glorifying.
There is often more of the devotion
al element in one verse of some vs
our old hymns, than in many whole
volumes of new ones. I would earn
estly plead therefore for a reform in
our himes as an aid to the devotion
al in our schools. They ought to
embody the deepest desire of our
Spiritual being, and those Mho lead
the music, ought to be those who are
perfectly at home at a throne of
grace. In the second place, the de
votional would include the Scriptural
reading. This is, perhaps, the most
difficult part of the service, in which
to maintain a highly devotional
spirit, and yet it is by no means the
least important one. The reading
of the scriptures is sometimes gone
through with in a parrot kind of
M-ay, that leads one to think that it
is of little importance, and only
thrown in to kill time. Two thoughts
should be constantly in our minds
during this part of the service. To
read in such away as to give the
meaning, and to solcmly impress all,
that it is God’s word being read in
his presence. During the ministry
of Johnathan Edwards, hundreds are
said to have been led to Christ
through his reading and commenting
on the word of God. On one occa
sion, in a New England town, ere
he had finished reading the congre
gation were weeping bitterly. We
need the unction of the spirit in our
reading, that God may open the
hearts of the people to the truth.
One of the very best M-.iys of preach,
ing, is to read the scriptures rever
ently, and in a high spiritual frame
of mind.
The devotional in the last place
includes the praying. The prayers
should bo short but besieging. They
should state in a clear and simple
M-ay the M-ants of the school. We
should not ask for things wo neither
desire nor expect to get. It would
be far hotter, if the praying held a
more prominent place in the schools.
Instead of one prayer by the super
intendent. I M ould recommend, at
times, many short ones by the most
devout scholars in the school. These
should be interspersed throughout
the entire service. “Prayer is the
noblest form of speech that in fan t
lips can try.”
I M ould say a word in regard to
the nature of the devotional element.
We are taught that God is a spirit,
and seeks spiritually minded persons
to worship him in a spiritual way.
No other kind of service will be ac-
ceptable to him. I think that some
such feeling should prevail, as that
in the house of Cornelius, when
Peter at his request, came to teach
him the way of the Lord. Cornelius
said: “We are all here present be
fore God to hear all things that are
commanded thee of God.” We
ought to feel that God is present,
and that he sees all M’e do, and that
in a pure service he is M ell pleased.
• • -
One element in the devotional, is
gratitude to God fc> his mercies and
blessings to us. Ard in this the sin
ner ought to share with the Chris
tian. Surely when we recount his
me/cies to us, it will call forth deep
gratitude, which will find expression
in the devotional services. What
Christian is there that can be the
daily recipient of God’s grace and
not give him thltTglory ? Hard as the
nether mill stone must be that heart
that would continue to receive with
out giving expressions of gratitude.
When Jesus cast the demons out of
the poor Gadarenej he desired to be
with him, and sit at his feet, as an
express of the deep gratitude he felt
for his benefactor. When Jesus bid
him return and show his family what
God had M’rought, he went farther,
and published the good news through
out the entirp country. The poor
Leper also would return to give God
the glory.
Another element is reverence for
God’s house and God’s service. We
should regard the Lord’s temple as
an holy place, because he has chosen
to set his name there. In these
days of slang and irreverence, the
house of the Lord, has not entirely
escaped. It has been made the
theater for all kinds of gymnastics
from the pie-tin supper to the open
ball or dance. In some places, the
church is fast becoming in practice if
not in name, a club house where
people cater to the Rists of the flesh.
Is it strange jf catch
this moral taint jeT ( Jbeil- rev
erence *or holy j ; nia by
ministers continue to Speak of the
most sacred and holy things, in
slang terms, and with an irreverence
that makes the devotional heart
tremble. I have been continually
impressed, that in many of our
sohools, the profound reverence for
sacred things is almost wholly absent.
We might well learn a lesson from
the devout Hebrew, who when read
ing his bible, does not pronounce the
word Elohem because it is the name
of his God. When Moses turned
aside to see the burning bush, God
commanded him to put off his shoes,
for the ground M’here he stood Mas
holy ground. When Paul wrote to
Timothy, he told him to “behave
himself in the church of the living
God, which was the pillar and ground
of the truth” were he on the earth
to-day, Me might expect to receive
letters more plainly instructing us,
than this one to the youthful timo
thy. Jesus drove the people from
the temple because they perverted
its services through their irrever
ence. When we come to the Lord’s
house, let us stand with uncovered
head and say speak Lord for thy
servant heareth.
A third element is adoration.
David desired to dwell in the house
of the Lord, to behold the beauty of
the Lord. He also declares that
God’s house is amiable. This of
course comes from God’s presence
with his people.
I have sometimes thought, M-hat
must have been the feeling of Moses,
when in response to his request, the
Lordjpermitted him to see a portion of
his glory; or of Peter and James and
John,when Jesus was transfigured be
fore them. We are not permitted to
witness such scenes as these, but we
have a privilege, second only to
these, in honor and holy joy. We
may behold the crucified one reveal
ed in his people, and as thus disclos
ed to us admire him. Perhaps no
where do we see so much of the
Christ life as in his people, where
they are engaged in leading the lit
tle ones to him.
The last element that I shall men
tion, as requisite to the devotional, is
deep and unfeigned humility. Hu
mility carries with it the idea of the
confession or acknowledgement of
our sins, and supplication for God’s
sustaining and directing grace. We
are taught “that if M'e confess our
sins, God is just and faithful to for-
give us our sins.” This spirit should
prevail in reading and song as well
as in prayer. A study of the life of
Mary Magdalene in the gospels, re
veals a person in v-hom contrition
was clearly manifest at every turn
in life. Again nothing is more clear
ly set forth in the Bible, than the
rich reward of those M’ho entreat
God for his presence and blessings.
Then whether we read or sing or
pray, let us be clothed with the gar
ments of humility.
The importance of the devotional
can scarcely be over estimated.
Upon this depends, in a large meas
ure, the success of the school, and
the objects for which it M'as organiz
ed. The rest of the machinery may
bg ever so perfect, and yet if we fail
at this point, the whole enterprise
ends in a failure. The school would
be like one of our ponderous engines,
without fire or water, powerless' to
do its work because of lack of mo
tive power. Here the force is gen
erated that drives ou the work to
sure results. Without this spirit
dominent in our lives, and finding
public expression in suitable devo
tional servicee. We Mould not un
derstand God’s M’ord, his people
M-ould not be edified, nor sinners .led
to Christ.
These three great primary objects
can only be secured by giving a
prominent place to the devotional
and maintaining a high spiritual
standard.
The question naturally arises how
may the devotional element be in
creased ? I M-ould urge that first of
all, the teachers and officers be per
sons of unquestioned piety. Per
sons whose reliance on the Lord has
prepared them for their work. I
think they should deeply feel the
responsibility of the trust committed
to them. The M'riter has sometimes
seen the teachers of a class of young
ladies pass rapidly over the lesson.
So they could spend the balance of
the time talking about the latest
fashions in dress. So long as the
leadership is intrusted to the careless
and worldly minded, the school will
be little more than a place of recita
tions. It should be constantly kept
in mind that the school is not only a
place of religious instruction, but
that it is a place M’here souls are to
be born, and that the spiritual at
mosphere must be favorable to this
condition of young life. In the sec
ond place the devotional service will
be aided, if there be earnest and
prayerful preparation at home. Only
those who believe in and know the
power of prayer, can appreciate the
aid for public worship, received at a
throne of Grace. The writer, a few
years ago, in conversation with the
General Missionary of Oregon, on
this same subject, heard from his om’ii
lips an incident, which M’ell and beau
tifully illustrates the point under
consideration. On one of his jour
neys through the State, he called
one day at the house of a lady M-ith
whom he was well acquainted, and
M’ho was a teacher in a Sabbath
school. He rang the bell and wait
ed for a response, but no one ans
wered to the call. He rang a second
and third time and then turned to
leave the house. The lady then ap
peared at the door to M-elcomo him
and as ho looked into her face saw
tear marks ou her cheeks. On enter
ing the room he saw her bible lying
open on a chair. She then asked
him to excuse the long delay, for
she Mas a teacher and M-as praying
over her lesson. She farther re
marked that she could not teach
M’ell unless she studied her lesson on
her knees. Martin Luther was wont
to say on one occasion, that be had
such a largo day’s work before him,
that ho would spend three hours in
prayer or ho M’ould not be able to ac
complish the work. Spurgeon tolls
us that he who would reap in the
pulpit must plow in the closet This
same rule will hold true in the devo
tional of the Sabbath-school. Thon
Jesus tells us to enter into our closet
and shut the door, and pray to our
Father in secret, and our Father
which sees in secret will reward us
openly. Now one of the rewards of
this secret service will to a deep
spiritual frame of mind, aiul a pure
and holy joy in the public service.
"In vsin wo tune our formal song.
In vain wont rive to rise ;
Hooanas languiah on our tongue.
And our devotion dies."
"Dear T/ird and shall wo ever live,
At this poor dying rate ?
Our love so faint, so cold to thoe,
Aud th lue to us so great”
After all has been done, that is
suggested in this paper, the success
of the devotional will in a large
measure depend on the superintend
ent. The key note will be struck by
him, and then caught up by the
school, until the very place will be
come sweet with God’s presence.
As face answereth to face in water,
so will the school respond to the
highly devotional spirit of the super
intendent, and God’s name wilj be
glorified in the school. ’
F. P. Davidson.
West Plains, Mo., June 8, 1892.
FROM NEW YORK.
STRENGTHENED BY WORDS.
Very often we hear it said that
mere words are of but little M’orth.
We say to a person in deep affliction,
that any words M’hich M'e may say,
cannot afford him relief, cannot heal
his heart-M’ound. But it should be
remembered that words of the sort
that have true character in them are
M'orth a good deal. Right M'ords
are often very strengthening to the
weak and fearful. Is it not a fact that
certain words’ uttered by certain
men, send fear in the hearts of oth
ers? Yes, verily, many a man has
quaked with fear and fled with al
arm at the words of another. But
notice how the prophet Daniel M'as
strengthened by the words of an an
gel. Here is the interesting record:
“0 man, greatly beloved, fear not:
peace be unto thee; be strong, yea
be strong. And when he had spok
en unto me, I was strengthened and
said, Let my Lord speak, for thou
hast strengthened me.” (Dan. 10 :
19.) Those M r ere but a few words
but they were spoken just at a time
when Daniel needed
he Mas weak and faint-hearted. It
would seem that he had felt neglect
ed of God and that God did not care
much for him; but that an angel as
sured him that he M’as “greatly be
loved,” M'hich meant that God loved
him greatly. And such a message,
directly from the throne of God, at
the hands of a special messeger, M as
enough to strengthen any man. All
of us like to be told that we are
greatly loved by worthy and sincere
friends, and we are strengthened in
the fresh assurance of this truth.
How much more so when told that
God himself greatly loves us! And
then to hear the M’ords, “Peace be
unto thee: be strong, yea be strong,”
why should not Daniel be strength
ened? Now, to be practical, let me
say, go to your pastor and strength
en him by words of encouragement.
Tell him that his sermons help you
and that his influence moves you to
better living. Go to the poor and
sick and strengthen them by your
words. C. H. Wetherbe.
FROM TENNESSEE.
DISORDER IN THE CONTENTION.
Let me add a word to your timely
“points of order,” published in your
editorial department, May 19th. At
one stage of the proceedings of the
late Southern Baptist Conven
tion “the habit of applause” M'as
not only fixed but seemed fnll grown.
Dr. J. C. Iliden and I had agreed to
organize a hissing society, and when
ever anything took place which we
did not like, to hiss it down, hoping
in that way to call the applauding
members to a sense of order, but we
did not have time to get a band of
hissers together before my patience
M-as exhausted, and M’hile Brother
Brown of Missouri was speaking and
being applauded, I arose to the point
of order that “the right to applaud
carries with it the right to hiss, and
both M ere out of order in a religious
body,” and the applause subsided in
the main.
Our President said: “I know that,
and if you can tell mo how to stop
it, you are the man I have been
looking for. It did not seem to be so
bad under my honored predecessor.
He knew how to control it. Now
brethren, let’s have no more of itl”
I arose to tell him how to control it,
but ho did not recognize me again,
and so the information asked for
was not given. I intended to say;
“Your predecessor dicl not ask
for order, but he commanded order.
If a man dared to begin applause
while Dr. Mell was in the chair, it
was vigorously interrupted in its in
ception, and he would declare
that there must not be a repetition of
it. So set M-as he in this determina
tion to preserve order, that he would
have adjourned the Convention as
in disorder, if applause had .been
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persisted in. It will not do to knock
mildly with your gavel after the ap
plause is over, and say, ‘let there be
no applause,’ but the chair must be
on his guard, and suppress the dis
order in its very inception, at its first
disposition to break out.”
The difference brtween a presid
ing officer and one M’ho cannot pre
side is hard to describe, but easy ta
see. No one could object to the
last president of the Convention on
the score of agreeableness, but it
would hardly be possible to find a
man M’ho could not preside as well
as he. Next year at Nashville some
man of known ability as a presiding
officer and as a parlimentarian, ought
to be nominated for the position of
president of the Convention, and ev
ery delegate in favor of returning to
our old methods of order should be
urged to vote for him. If he should
be a preacher, all the better, for in
that case he M’ould not be timid
about commanding order upon the
part of disorderly preachers.
I hope it is not necessary for me
to say that I have nothing but good
will towards our last president, and
have -written in no other desire than
to see the Convention return to its
old time order. Another article
might be written upon the evils
which will follow our present drift
into gross disorder, but I forbear for
the present. R. T. Hawks.
Abilene, Texas.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
C. E. W. DOBBS, D. D.
“lias the church any scriptural
right to forgive (or retain) a mem
ber for getting drunk, if that mem
ber should get up before the church
and acknoM’ledge that he was guilty,
and at the same time state that he
feels God has forgiven him.”
W. T. H.
Drunkenness is a sin—one of the
works of the flesh, and drunkards
have no part in the kingdom of God.
(Ga1.5:£0,21 ; 1 ’Cor. 5:9-11). but
it is certainly not «n ’.r.pard'.iiable
sin, for the Corinthian drunkards had
been justified, sanctified and M’ashed
by the Spirit of God. The discipline
of the church is not intended to pun
ish the offending member, but to
save him. (Gal. 6:1) Its object
should be to “assure the harmony
and edification of the church, and
the more perfect conformity of the
character and conduct of the mem
bers to the spirit and teachings of
Christ.” Os course churches should
have a holy zeal for its purity, yet
the greatest care and prayerful de
liberation should characterize its dis
cipline. Hasty or harsh action is
always to be deplored. In the case
adduced by W. T. H., they only can
properly judge M’ho are familiar with
the offending brother and the cir
cumstances of the offence. If the
sin was public and notorious, public
confession should be made, and if
the church has reason to believe the
expressed repentance is sincere, and
that the brother is truly striving to
serve the Lord, mo see no reason
why he should not be forgiven heart
ily. (James 5:16; IJohn 1:9 ‘ Luke
17;3 ; 2 Cor. 2:7).
“What truth is there is in the
statement that the Wesleys were
never Methodists ? I heard a Bap
tist minister make the statement in a
recent meeting? l. e, c.”
You probably misunderstood the
brother. John and Charles Wesley
certainly were “Methodists,” though
it is true they never were members
of M'hat is known as the “Methodist
Episcopal church.” Methodism as a
system of religious thought and prac
tice originated with the two brothers
M’hile they were students at Oxford,
England, and there is no doubt ths
organization of the Methodist Epis
copal church was agreeable to his
wishes. In December, 1784, the
“Methodist” preachers assembled ia
conference in Baltimore. A letter
was read from John Wesley recoin
mending the organization of a church, *
with Thomas Coke and Francis As
bury as “superintendents,” for Mr.
Wesley was too good an Episcopa
lian to call them “bishops.” The
church M as accordingly organized,ao
cording to Mr. Wesleys instructions.
But it must be added that he and
his brother never left the priesthood
of the “Church of England.” John
Wesley was very averse to his fol
lower ssetting up in England an inde
pendent “church,” though from