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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
C. E. W. DOBBS, D. D.
1. “How long was Noah in build
ing the ark ?
2. Where in the New Testament
is Christ called our ‘Edler Brother ?’
J. S. M.”
According to the ablest chronolo
gists, the order to make the Ark was
given by the Lord to Noah about
2448 B. C., and the Ark was finished
and the people and animals began to
enter it about 2349 B. C., a period of
90 years (see Gen. 6:14 and Gen. 7;
1.) If the words in Gen. 6:3 were
spoken to Noah, as is probable, then
the intention to destroy men was
made known one hundred and twen
ty years before the flood ; but there
is nothing in the record to determine
the exact time, occupied in the act
ual construction of the Ark.
2. Nowhere. Jesus was never call
ed our “Elder Brother” by the sacred
writer. The expression probably
originated in this way, viz: Jesus
calls his followers and his brethren .
(Matt. 12:50 ; Mark 3 :35), and the
apostle calls him “first-born among
many brethren.” (Rom. 8 :29.) The
first-born son would, of course, be
the elder brother of his brethren.
Still, in view of the conduct of the el
der brother in the parable, it doesnot
seem to be a very felicitous designa
tion of our loving Savior.
“If infant baptism is not to be
found in the New Testament, as the
Baptists say, what is the meaning
of such passages aa Mark 10 14, and
Acts 2 :39, and 1 Cor. 7 :14?
A Bible Reader.”
Surely our good friend is not well
named, for “a Bible reader” ought to
know the Baptists are right when
they aflirm that infant baptism is
not in the New Testament. The
ablest commentators, even of the Pe
dobaptist denominations, candidly
admit this. For example, read the
following clear testimony from the
distinguished Pedobaptistscholar, Dr.
George E.Steitz, in the Schaff-Herzog
“Encyclopedia,” article “Baptism ”:
“There is no trace of infant bap
tism in the New Testament. All
attempts to deduce it from the words
of institution (Matt. 28 :18-2O), or
from such passages as 1 Cor. 1:16
must be given up as arbitrary. In
deed 1 Cor. 7 :14 rules out decisively
all such deductions; for, if Pedobap
tism were taught by Paul, he would
have linked the salvation of the
children .with their baptism, and not
with the iaith of their parents.”
' The Lutheran Lange says, “all at
‘te*»pts to make out infant baptism
from the New Testament fail. It is
totally opposed to the spirit of the
apostolic age, and to the fundamen
tal principles of the New Testament.”
As to the texts referred to by
our friend, the last is sufficiently
treated in the extract from Dr. Steitz.
Os that in Mark, “Suffer the little
children to come unto me; forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom
of heaven.” Scott, the Pedobaptist,
says: “Christ did not order these
infants to be baptized.” Another
eminent Pedobaptist commentator,
Olshausen, says, “Os that reference
to infant baptism which it is so com
mon to seek in this narrative, there
is clearly not the slightest trace to
be found.” Peter did say “the
promise is to you and your children,”
but certainly his words have not the
slightest bearing on the qestion. He
simply affirms the perpetuity and
universal spread of the Gospel.
The passage in Joel which Peter
quotes (compare ver. 39 and 17) cer
tainly has this prophetic reference.
So inappropriate is the use made of
this text that Dr. Albert Barnes,
Presbyterian though he was, felt con
strained to say of it:
“It does not refer to children as
children, and should not be adduced
to establish the propriety of infant
baptism, or as applicable particular
ly to infants.”
Only the consciousness of being in
a desperate strait can account for the
readiness with which some ot the de
fenders of infant baptism rush to this
passage for support. Confessedly, it
does not afford the least sanction to
the rite.
“I am referred to Isaiah 61 :1, as
the place which Jesus read in the
synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4 :18-
19.) But on looking in my Bible 1
find that the two places do not read
alike. What is the cause of the dif
ference ? C. S. F.”
The explanation is found partly
in the fact that our English Old Tes
tament is translated out of the origi
nal Hebrew, while most of the quota
tions in the New Testament are from
the “Septuagint.” This is a Greek ver.
eion of the Old Testament made by
Alexandrian Jews about the third
century before Christ. This was
practically the “Scriptures” of Jesus
and the apostles. It is not likely
that the New Testament writers
used the Hebrew text at all. Ex
cept that in chapter 13:4, all the
quotations from the Old Testament
in the Acts of the Apostles are from
the Septuagint. Whether Jesus
used the Hebrew text or not, cer
tainly the sacred writers in record
ing 4lis words quote substantially
from the Greek version. In the par
ticular passage to which C. S. F. re
fers Luke, according to Dr. Toy,
follows the Septuagint word for
word, with two exceptions : his term
for the second “proclaim” is different
(being that.which he and the Sep
tuagint use for the first “proclaim”),
and he omits the clause “to heal the
broken-hearted,” instead of which
he inserts “to release the crushed,”
or as the Revised version renders,
“to set at liberty them that are
bruised,” which is put after instead
of before, the clause relating to the
captives and blind. The inserted
clause is identical with the Septua
gint of Isaiah 58 :6, with change of
imperative into infinitive. In the
synagogue the Septuagint would not
have been used, and the probability
is that Jesus read the Hebrew and
gave a free rendering into the Ara
maic, or common speech of the day.
In recording the circumstance, Luke
draws directly upon the Septuagint.
“Bro. Dobbs :—I .am enjoying
very much the Asked and Answered
column edited by yourself. Please
tell me if there is a “thus saith the
Lord” of authority for the ministerial
title D. D. If not why do Baptists
use it ?
Is there any other title than bish
op, elder and pastor, and do they de
note degrees in the ministry ?
Reader.”
1. According to the Schaff-Hezog
Encyclopedia the degree of “D. D.”
(Divinitatis), Doctor of Divinity, is a
literary title, originally bestowed on
graduates in theology in the Euro
pean Universities. As thus bestow
ed it was the reward of study, as are
the degrees “A. B.” and “A. M.”
given to graduates in our colleges. In
England and America the degree “D.
D.” is an honorary title given without
examination, and implies no more
than that the recipient is favorably
regarded by the college authorities
bestowing it as a scholarly teacher of
divinity. It is not an ecclesiastical
title, and therefore requires no “thus
saith the Lord” for its use, any more
than do the other honorary degrees
“A. M.” and LL. D.” When one has
been honored with any of these de
grees, it seems both courteous and
scriptural to recognize them. (Rom.
13:7.) Certainly it is not seemly to
rail against them.
2. In the New Testament the
terms bishops, elder, pastor, evange
list, (and perhaps teacher, or doctor,
and even deacon), seem to be titles
applied to the ministerial office. As
to the term “deacon,” there can be
no question that it was generically
used of all ministers of the Gospel,
as servants of God or Christ. (See
I Thes. 3:2; 1 Cor. 3:5; 2 Cor. 6:1;
II :23; Col. 1 :7; 4:7 ; 1 Tim. 4 ;5.)
Later it was confined to the second
class of congregational officers
though in most denominations still
denoting subordinate rank in the
ministry, as among the Catholics,
Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists
and others. Bishop (Greek episco
pos) and elder (Greek presbuteros)
refer to the same office. They do
not denote degrees, or “orders,) in
the ministry. In Acts 20:17 we
read of “elders,” who in verse 28 are
called “bishops,” “overseers” (Greek
episcopoi.) A “presbuteros” occu
pied precisely the same position as
an “episcopos.” (Phil. 1:1 ; 1 Tim.
3 :l-8.) Hence the apostles John
and Peter call themselves “presbu
teroi” and “sumpresbuteroi” (fellow
elders.) Compare 2 John 1; 3 John
1, and 1 Pet. 5:1. The New Testa
ment does not contain a trace of any
distinction between bishop and elder,
and the same seems to be true of the
earliest post-apostolic Christian writ
ings, such as Clemens. The Roman
Catholic view is that the distinction
between the offices is primitivc>
though at first the names were not
so sharply defined. The apostles
had a general episcopal supervision
of the congregations, while the el
ders had the local oversight. But as
the number of the congregations in -
creased, the apostles could no lon
ger pretend to supervise districts, so
they ordained certain chosen assist
ants, nhoin they at the same time
named their successors, to be over
seers of each large gathering of
Christians, as that in a tity and
neighborhood. But the New Testa
ment has not a word about any apos
tolic appointment of successors. The
tsuth is that the distinction between
elder and bishop was a growth, and
hence in the latter part of the sec-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1892.
ond century we meet the germs of
what developed into the different
“orders” in the ministry. In the be
ginning it was not so. As to the
term pastor it may be said that it
occurs only once (Eph. 4 :11.) It' is
frequently used of Jesus, though
translated “shepherd,” The verb
form, however, is used to describe
the work of the bishops and elders.
(John 21:16 ; Acts 20 : 28 1 Pet. 5:20.)
.1. W. M. is assured that he has
our hearty sympathy in his fight
against, drunkenness. In our an
swer to the question of W. T. IL we
had no reference to those members
of the church who are habitual and
persistent whiskey-guzzlers and
drunkards. Such give painful evi
dence that they have never been re
generated. Certainly such as they
are wholly unfit for church member
ship. Our answer contemplated one
who had been overtaken in the sin
of drunkenness, and who was sincere
ly penitent. We believe the church
should have no fellowship with dram
drinking. In our opinion total ab
stinence is the onlv safe and Chris
tian rule of temperance.
1. Dr. Broadus has a work titled
“immersion essential to baptism.”
What difference would the sense of
the language have been bad it read:
“immersion essential to Christian im
mersion?
1. Dobbs quotes from the Wes
tern Recorder “that any candid man
who will read the account of Christs
baptism cannot be otherwise impress
ed than that he was immersed. I
ask, Can any well informed man be
otherwise impressed as to any bap
tism?”
3. Which word conveys the best
sense, Baptism by immersion or Im
mersion by immersion?
4. Is there such a thing as Infant
baptism—if not why do Baptists say
there is? Enquirer.
The first and third inquiries of our
friend are practically the same. Dr.
Broadus’s excellent tract is well ti
tled. Baptism as a current English
word has a broader meaning than
Baptists assign to it. Webster de
fines it as follows: “The act of bap
tizing; the application of water to a
person, as a sacrament or religious
ceremony, by which he is iniated in
to the visible church of Christ. This
is usually performed by sprinkling
or immersion.” The verb is defined :
“Tosjulminister the sacrament of bap
tism ; to christen.” However much
we may object to these definitions,
certainly they are the recognized
present meanings of the English
words. Dr. Broadus undertakes to
prove, and he does prove, that im
mersion is essential to the act as
prescribed in the scriptures—that is;
Christian Baptism. As an interest
ing historic fact it may be mention
ed that “baptize” and “baptism”
were English words in common use
and in the English translations of
the New Testament from the year
1237 to 1600. Dr. Howard Osgood,
the staunch and able Baptist of
Rochester, says that “in all these
four hundred years we do not find
‘merge’ or ‘immerge,’ ‘merse’ or ‘im
merse,’ used by any writer of En
glish. The first appearance of any
of these, ‘immerse,’ is in Lord Bacon’s
Natural History, section 114.” So
that when King James translation
was made immersion had not yet be
come an English word.”
2. It does not seem just the thing
to do to sit in judgement on one’s
candor. Unquestionably there are
able and candid men who believe
that sprinkling is valid baptism.
How they reconcile their belief with
their scholarly judgement is another
matter. There can be no doubt that
with almost unanimous consent
scholarly exegetieal commentators
say that all the New Testament bap
tisms were immersions.
4. “Infant baptism” in the begin
ning of the practice was “infant dip
ping.” The act was gradually
changed to pouring and sprinkling.
When Baptists use the phrase, they
do not thereby endorse the act per
formed as valid baptism; they simply
speak in the common language of their
day, and no one misunderstands
them. It may be added that Bap
tists would do well not to use the
phrase “baptize by immersion.” Bet
ter say cither “baptize” or “immerse”
—the former preferable—and never
say “baptize by sprinkling,” Use
the simple form “sprinkle.”
There was a Methodist brother
said to me the other day that the
same sectional feeling existed be
tween the Baptists, North and South,
that did bet ween the M. E. Church,
North and the M. E. Church, South,
before the war. Is this true?
A W.- W.
We do not exactly catch the force
of this question. The same causes
which led to the separation of the
Methodists into the North and South
churches, certainly forced the Bap
tists of the South to organize the
Southern Baptist Convention in 1845.
As to the comparative • “sectional
feeling” moving the two denomina
tions we have no means of judging.
The facts must speak for themselves.
The question of slavery was at the
bottom of the separation among both
the Baptists and the Methodists. It
■was from the beginning of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church a disturbing
element. At the General Confer
ence held in 1844 the agitation
reached a crisis which resulted in
the disruption of the church. After
a long discussion the conference
voted that Bishop Andrew must
not exercise his episcopal duties so
long as he continued to own slaves.
The Southern delegates were great
ly displeased and adopted a vigorous
protest. The Conference adopted a
plan whereby the Southern Confer
ference might withdraw from the
church with an equitable division of
the property, and a formal agree
ment not to interfere with the work
of each other. In .May 1845, dele
gates went to the Southern confer
ences met in Louisville and formally
organized the M. E. Church, South.
Any one who knows anything about
the bitter controversy over slavery
in those years needs not be told there
was much “sectional feeling” in the
separation of the two bodies of
Methodists. But they seem to have
acted wdth Christian consideration
and forbearance for each other as far
as their principle and consciences
would allow.. Just about the same
state of things existed among the
Baptists. For a generation after the
organization of the qld Tri-ennial
Convention, that body made no dis
crimination ,in favor of or against
either section. Its first president was
Dr. Richard Furman, of South Caro-*
lina and Southern Baptists worked
harmoniously with their brethren in
the North. In course of time the
anti-slave-holding sentiment became
so strong that the Board of Foreign
Missions declared that no slave-hol
der should be appointed a missionary.
The Horae Mission Society avowed
practically a similar opinion and de
clared in favor of a separate mission
ary organization at the North and at
the South. Os course Southern Bap
tists had to withdraw' and in May,
4845, just,» t-w days after the Meth
odists ha< mot in Louisville, 310 del
egates from nine Southern States
met in Augusta, Ga., and the “South
ern Baptist Covention” was organ
ized. Property in slaves has now' happi
ly ceased to disturb political and re
ligious assemblages. The separation
among the Baptists wag reluctant
and painful, but certainly God has
brought good out of apparent evil.
“The separate organization has devel
oped the resources and energies of
Southern Baptists, quickened a
sense of responsibility, and trained to
a more active benevolence.” It must
be added that, unlike the Methodists
the Baptists are not divided into
two different “churches” North and
South. We are one denomination in
the entire country though the two
geographical sections work through
different missionary organizations.
There ought to be no bitterness of
feeling in the matter, but we should
all love each other brethren holding
the commonfaith.
Continued from July 14th
THE OHSISTIAN SABBATH.
The reader will remember the
question which closed thet first arti
cle on the above subject. It may lie
well to quote it. “With such plen
ary inspiration, if it had been the
Savior’s will to subject his churches
to the requirements of the Jewish
Sabbath, do we not know that the
Apostles would have done it? But
they, not only would not do it them
selves; but they would not suffer
others to do it. There were judaiz
ing teachers who wanted to circum
cizc the Gentiles and require them
to keep the whole law'.
But the Apostles sternly opposed
this movement. The church at Je
rusalem, under the guidance of Pe
ter, James, and Paul, who were
Apostles, replied to the query sent
up from the church at Antioch thus:
“it seemed good unto the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you,
no greater burden than those neces
sary things: that ye abstain from
meats offered to idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication: from which, if
ye keep yourselves, ye shall do w ell.”
The reader will notice, that in these
words, there is not the slightest allu
sion to the Sabbath day. It is freely
admitted, however, that this omis
sion does not of itself exclude the
fourth commandment from the Chris
tian system. But. when we remem-
ber that Jesus endorsed, and ex
pounded, either in terms, or by im
plication, every precept in the Deca
logue—except the fourth command
ment; and that the apostles, not
where insist upon it as binding upon
the Gentile churches; then the omis
sion of the council at Jerusalem be
comes significant, and fairly raises
the question whether it was not the
design of the Holy Spirit to relieve
the churches of this burden, also a s
well as of circumcision. This ques
tion, being fairly raised, demands a
fair answer. Now the only one of
the Apostles, who touches the sub
ject at all, is the great Apostle of the
Gentiles. Let us try to ascertain
his teachings.
Paul was an Apostle extraordina
ry. He was not one of the original
twelve, nor was he elected to the
Apostleship ty the church; but was
called “by Jesus Christ, and God the
Father.” Gal. 1:1. And it seems to
have been his special function to
preach the Gospel to the Gentiles.
Take notice: he w’as a Jew, circum
cised the Bth day, of the tribe of
Benjamin—the tribe that with Ju
dah, adhered to the house of David—
educated at the feet of Gamaliel, and
and a Pharasee of the Pharasees;
and, as touching the law, blameless.
Yet, it was the very man, who, in
spite of his antecedents, his environ
ment, his veneration for Judaism,
and his deep love for his “kindred
according to the flesh,” stood forth as
the inspired champion of freedom,
under the Gospel, from the bondage
of the Jewish ritual. See Rom. 14:
1-10, Gal. 3; 4-5, Chapters, and Cob
2: 12—and to the end of the chapter
I cannot quote all these scriptures.
I hope one will suffice. Col. 2:18-16
“And you, * * * hath he quickened
together with him, having forgiven
you all trespasses, blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us>
and took it out of the w r ay, nailing it
to his cross; * * * * let no man there
fore judge you in meat, or in drink,
or in respect of a holy day, or of the
new moon, ore of the Sabbath days;
* * * * which things have, indeed, a
show of wisdom in will-worship, and
humility, and neglecting of the body;
not in any honor to the satisfying of
the flesh.” With these words, the
other scriptures, above referred to,
are in perfect harmony. Taking
them altogether, they do certainly
teach, that the people of God, under
the Gospel, are completely emanci
pated from the “handwriting of or
dinances,” of which the “Sabbath
days” were a part. Notice: The
Sabbaths are in the plural be
cause they were many. The Jews
had just a weekly Sabbath, then, a
yearly Sabbath, then the great Jubi
lee Sabbath, and besides all these,
there were occasional sabbaths in
connection with the “holy convoca
tions.” But they were all swept
away by the cross of Christ. And
therefore the fourth commandment
upon which they all depended has
passed away with them. If Jesus
and the Apostles, and the primative
churches had been “seventh day
Baptists,” the above scriptures would
never have been written.
In the light of this discussion,
what becomes of the so-called Chris
tian Sabbath? This question has
never been satisfactorily answer, al
though its discussion has filled vol.
times. No theory has yet been
found which was acceptable to the
Christian public. And practically,
the manner of its observance has
been as diversified as have been the
opinions concerning it.
But in the midst of all this confu
sion of ideas, there is one fact upon
which all Christians have been almost
unanimously agreed—that the Apos
tolic churches did have, with the
sanction of inspired Apostles, the
first day of the week set apart for
their religious services. This is an
important fact, and it must be kept
distinctly in this in this discussion. I
am well aware that many writers have
sought to disparage thd claims of
of our Christian Sunday, by ascrib
ing its origin to the worship which
the Gentiles had been accustomed
to offer, on that day, to their Sun
God; as if the selection of the first
day of the week, instead of the sev
enth, for their religious day, was a
sort of compromise between Chris
tianity and Heathenism. And it is
sad to know, that, in the subsequent
centuries, such compromises were
made, and some of them exist today.
This melancholy fact may seem to
give some color to the above charge
against our Sunday. But we know
that our Sunday was no compromise
with heathenism; for it was estab
lished, if not by the Apostles, at
least with their sanction and approv
al. They, in their deep hatred of
all idolatry, would never have con-
sented thus to honor Rha of the
Egyptians, or Apollo of the Greeks
and Romans. There can be no re
ply to this conclusion. It is a slan
der upon our Sunday to associate it,
in any way, with the practices of the
heathen. It had for Christians a
distinction, that lifted it far above
the Memnon of Thebes, or the Apol
lo Belvedere. It was the day, on
w’hich the Son of God rose from the
dead, a victor over all the powers of
darkness; and on which he poured
out his Spirit upon his people at the
inauguration of his Kingdom on the
earth. In comparison with such
facts as these, all heathen traditions
fade into utter insignificance.
And, in view of these facts, it is not
surprising that the first day of the
week should become, as we know it
did become, the religious day of the
Christians. It has been already said
that it became so, under the sanction
of the Apostles; and this means by
the authority of Christ himself.
Yes, it was Christ who gave to his
people, the first day of the week, to
be the day which should be set apart
for the service and worship of God.
Hence, the first day of the week
stands out, in bold relief, as an es
tablished institution in the primitive
churches. They call it “The Lord’s
day.”
It does not invalidate,in the slight
est degree, the conclusion just
drawn, to admit thht the Jewish
Christians continued to observe also
their own Sabbath day. It was
hardly to be expected, that they
should, all at once, give up all the
institutions of their fathers, to which
they had been so long accustomed.
Hence, we have reason to believe
that many of them kept the Jewish
Sabbath, as w ell as other parts of
their ancient ritual; but they did not
forsake the assembling of themselves
with their Christian brethren also on
the first day of the week, and thus
they gave their endorsement to it, as
tire Christian’s religious day.
There yet remains some import
ant questions to discuss, which will
require one more article, but the sub
ject will be “The Lord’s Day.”
S. G. Hillyeb,
73 Wheat St., Atlanta, Ga.
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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
GAINESVILLE, GA.
A thorough school for the educa
tion of our girls. A healthful cli
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vantages. One of the handsomest
catalogues ever' issued by a Georgia
institution is that of the Georgia Fe
male Seminary, at Gainesville, which
has just reached the Index office. It
is truly an index of the growth of
this school and shows that the Sem
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cational movement that is sweeping j
over the entire South. The cata
logue was published by the Elm
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fortunate in its location, Gainesville
is situated at the foot of the Blue '
Ridge and is known everywhere for
its healthfulness and the effect of its
climate upon many who go there is
wonderful.
THE FACULTY
of the school is an able one. Prof, i
Van Hoose, the president, by his j
work at the seminary has given
abundant proof of his ability to man
age an institution most successfully.
From an attendance of 30 in 1887
he has increased the patronage of ■
the Seminary to 212 during the year
just closed.
Miss Laura Dayton Phillips, a
grand daughter of the author of j
Theodosia Earnest, has the depart
ment of French and Elocution. She
is a consecrated Christian woman
and her influence over the girls is
excellent. Mrs. Irene Tisinger, an
excellent teacher and a graduate of
Mary Sharp College while it was in
its palmiest days, has the department
of English and History. Rev. F. C.
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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
is now being fitted up and will be
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reporter or book-keeper.
The pride of the school, judging
by the catalogue is
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
of which Prof. Chas. J. Wallace is
director. Prof. Wallace is undoubt
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the South and author of a hundred
musical compositions. Besides his
work as teacher of piano, he has
during the past organized and main
tained a full orchestra, said to be the
largest school organization of the
kind in the South. A cut in the
catalogue shows ‘ the orchestra and
instruments; there are flutes, cornets,
trombones, clarionets, bass viol, tri
angles, pianos, etc. The music at
the last commencement is said to
have been very tine containing as it
did, selections from the most classi
cal authors. Prof. Wallace w’ho is
now in Europe for further study
will be ably assisted by Mrs. M. F.
Vanlloose and Mrs Hope Polhill.
The department of voice is in charge
of
MISS BELLE DUBOIS
and from the testimonials in the cat
alogue, we judge that she has no su
perior in this state as a teacher of
vocal music. She graduated first
from the N. E. Conservatory, Bos
ton, and then spent five years at the
famous conservaotry of Milan, Italy.
She was educated for the opera, but.
shortly after she finished her educa
tion, was converted and decided that
her talent should be used for other
purposes than the stage.
A SPLENDID GYMNASIUM
is to be put in the seminary during
the present vacation and correspohd
ence for bars, bells, wands, horse and
other necessary appliances is now
going on.,
WILLIAM H. PATTERSON, D. D.
We are pleased to note that the de
gree of D. D. has been conferred up
on one of our able and good brethren
by an Alabama educational institu
tion. At Tuscaloosa June 29th the
trustees of the University of Ala
bama, conferred the degree of D. D.
on Rev. W. H. Patterson, the be
loved pastor of the Baptist church at
Dawson, Ga. This is an honor prop
erly conferred, and the University of
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Alabama will be profitted also.
Doctor Patterson was born in Do<jjj| ' '
county, Georgia, and reared in Spar
ta. His father was an architect?
Our subject taught 28 years, at Eu
faula, Ala. From 1875 to 1883 he
was president of Union Female Col
lege, Eufaula, Ala. From 1871 to
1884 he was Superintendent of Eu
faula Public Schools. In 1875 he
was ordained to the ministry and w’as
pastor of Alabama churches to 1890.
He was Moderator of Eufaula Asso
ciation from 1875 to 1889, and was
Moderator of the Friendship Associ
ation in 1891. Since 1890 to the
present time he has been pastor of
the Dawson church and the first of
this year was rejoiced at the dedica
tion of their new' building. He was
also honored as Vice President of
the late Georgia State Baptist Con
vention. And lastly he is a reader
of the Index and an active worket
for it, as every minister in Georgia
should be.
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