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An exchange says that “a South
Carolina Baptist latitudinarian now
discovers himself in the Unitarian
fold.” As the Unitarians have but
one church in the State and as that
church is a small one, we argue that
Baptists of thin style have been rare
birds there as in Georgia. If our geo
graphies have Points-no-Points, why
not call our latitudinarian brethren
Baptists-no-Baptists ?
King Alexander Jannaeus, on his
deathbed, said to his wife: “Fear
neither the Pharisees nor the Sad.
ducees, but fear the hypocrites—the
dyed ones who look like Pharisees.”
Half the power of evil men to harm
men better than themselves passes
from them when they are known as
evil; for this knowledge forewarns
and forearms those whom they would
corrupt or betray. The greater part
of the moral mischief in society is
wrought by undetected hypocrites,
whether they be the hypocrites of
the church or the more numerous
hypocrites of the world.
This is a good time to mix some
religion with our politics. Only
good, honorable and competent men
are entitled to the suffrages of
Christian voters. If political party
conventions overlook or scorn this
truth and nominate men for oflice
whose characters are bad, then a
lesson ought to be taught them.
Self-respecting Christian voters
should positively refuse to vote for a
drunkard or for one who is known
as a whiskey advocate. Let us
compel the nomination of sober and
teinperence candidates by declining
to vote for any others, even if nomi
nated.
“The death of ex-Gov. Hardin, of
Missouri, recalls an instance of his
official life. The grasshoppers had
laid Eastern Kansas waste and man
was powerless against them. Gov.
Hardin appointed a day of fasting and
prayer to God. A paper in St.
Louis sneered at the efficacy of
prayer and the power of God. The
next day after the fasting and prayer
the grasshoppers died and Missouri
was saved. God sent a little parasite
upon the grasshoppers which killed
them. And thus one of his smallest
creatures did what all human effort
had failed to do.”
We quote thia paragraph from a re
cent issue of the Western Recorder,
fora very simple purpose. Here are
certain facts which do not admit of
dispute: (1) the approach of the
grasshopper plague, (2) the day of
fasting and prayer to arrest it, and
(3) its arrest. Now, who can
prove that there was not and could
not have been any Providence
that controlled the plague, that
answered the prayer, that in pursu
ance; of the prayer turned the plague
away ? And we want only to say
that until this is done, until it is
shown that nothing of the sort could
by possibility have been, the humble
believer may rest in tho comfort of
the doctrine of Providence and of the
grace of prayer. Let tho sneercr
take the oar of disproof into his
hands, and “put up, or shut up.”
I have just read very carefully the
“Catechism of Bible Doctrine,” pre
pared by Dr. John A. Broadus.
What an admirable statement of doc
trine and duty! It is issued jointly
by the American Baptist Publication
Society and the S. S. Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention. What
a blessing this catechism would be if
every Baptist family should study it.
Every Sunday School ought to intro
duce it in its classes. There is scarce
ly a single statement as to Bible doc
trine against which a reasonable ob
jection can be urged. I notice a bad
•lip in the last of the advanced ques-
<£ Ijviotian SnOrr.
tion answers in lesson 4. It should be
“death through sin,” instead of “sin
through death.” C. E. W. Dobbs.
OFFICERS OF A SCRIPTURAL
CHURCH AND THEIR
DUTIES.
BY J. M ,C. BREAKER, D.MARSHALL,
TEXAS.
NO. 111. (CONCLUDED.)
THEIR DUTIES.
The leading obligations or duties
of the pastor are well indicated in
the passage just considered, as well
as in the titles “bishop” and “pastor”
applied to the office; bishop meaning
one who exercises an oversight over
the interests and conduct of the
church membership, and pastor
meaning one who does a shepherd’s
part towards them, in leading them
into the green pastures, and beside
the still waters of gospel instruction
and guarding them against wolfish
foes, in errors of faith and prac
tice.
1. Ruling or presiding is made
one of the duties of a pastor, which
implies the exercise of authority in
the government of tho church. This
is seen in the apostles direction to
Timothy, (1 Tim. 3 :4, 5) in which
the same word, proistemi, to rule, is
used in other connections, “One
that ruleth well his own house, leav
ing his children in subjection
with all gravity; for if a man
know not bow to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the house
of God?” This ruling or presiding,
as the word is rendered in the ex
cellent Bible Union. Revised ver
sion, involves no legislative power or
right, but is ministerial and execu
tive. While the pastor is not to
“lord it over God’s heritage,” it is
his duty to study, understand and
interpret the laws of Christ, the only
law-giver and head of the church,
and see to it as far as be can that
those laws are carried out by the
church, as a whole and as individ
uals. In this respect he acts the
part of a judge in a court of justice,
and of a presiding officer in a popu
lar assembly, whose rulings must be
obeyed, unless set aside by an
appeal sustained by the decision of
the body.
2. Another duty of the pastor is
to “labor in word and doctrine,” or
more properly, teaching; to feed or
tend the flock of Christ, by the
preaching of the gospel, the truth as
it is in Jesus, the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. He
must not shun to declare all the
counsel of God, as it is revealed in
his inspired word; like a watchman
on the walls of Zion, warning of any
threatening danger to the spiritual
interests of the flock, whether from
the world, the flesh or the devil, and
like the good Samaritan,when neces
sary binding up the wounded in spirit
and pouring in the oil and wine of
gospel consolation and encourege
ment.
It is an important part of this work
of pastoral instruction, to point out
the fields of Christian activity and
usefulness, and how the church as a
whole and as individuals,
may as good stewards or trustees of
God’s gifts, use them for his glory,
in the extension of Christ’s kingdom
in the world.
3. As the presiding officer and ex
ecutive head of the church, it is the
right and duty of the pastor to pre
side at all its meetings and also to
administer its ordinances, baptism
and the Lord’s supper. He has no
right to administer these except by
authority of the church, unless it be
as a missionary, (as in the case of
Philip and the eunuch (where there
is no church by whom the candidate
can be received and his baptism au
thorized.
4. I mention last, but not as the
least duty of the pastor, his obliga
tion to be “an ensample to the flock,”
that he exemplify all the virtues ho
inculcates in bis daily and constant
deportment, that he thus preach by
example as well as precept. No
gifts or attainments, however bril
liant or attractive can, for a mo
ment, supersede sound piety in
heart and life, or atone for the want
of it. In vain both for himself and
others, will be the attempt to culti
vate the plants of virtue and piety
in other characters, while his own is
overgrown with the weeds and
briars of a loose and unsanotifiod
life. The testimony which his elo
quent words bear for Christ and his
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1892.
truth is contradicted and rendered
wholly worthless by that of his con
duct. “Be ye clean that bear the
vessels of the Lord,” is the divine
command. Is. 52 :11.
DEACONS.
The only other permanent officers
of a church are the deacons. The
term diakonas, deacon, means “one
who serves or ministers,” and is so
rendered in several passages of scrip
ture, but it came to be applied speci
fically to a class of officers, just as
the word angel, which means a mes
senger, was used to designate “min
istering spirits,” a particular class of
messengers.
The institution of the office we
find in the sixth chapter of Acts, in
which it is stated, that the number
of the disciples was so multiplied
that it became necessary to relieve
the apostles of the care of distribut
ing the charities of the church to the
needy members, by appointing suita
ble persons to do this- The reason
they assign for it was, “It is not rea
son that we should leave the word
of God [the preaching of the gospel]
and serve tables.” A separation
was thus made between the spiritual
and the temporal affairs of the
church, and henceforth the supervis
ion of the latter was entrusted to a
body of officers denominated “dea
cons.”
THEIR DUTIES.
In toe expression, “to serve ta
, bles,” we have not only the general
idea of the work of the deacons, that
is, as the words mean, to attend to
the temporal affairs of the church,
but that word “serve,” which in the
original is diakoncin, indicated the
name afterwards applied to the office.
They were to deaconiz.o tables, the
table of the pastor, the table of the
poor, and the table of the Lord.
While the distribution of the
bread and wine in the Lord’s supper
naturally falls into their hands, it is
not made a part of the duties of their
office and hence oould be performed
by others in the absence of the dea
cons. Deacons were required to bo
men of sound piety, of good report,,
prudent and sound in the faith. This
last has seemed to some to argue
that they were to be an order of
preachers, or to have spiritual rather
than temporal duties to attend to.
Against this supposition we have the
terms “serving tables,” attending to
temporal matters, as decisive of their
leading duties, and the fact, confirm
atory of this, that their work is con
trasted with the spiritual and distinc
tive work of the ministry, which is
“prayer and the ministry of the
word.”
In order that the pastor may give
himself continually to prayer and
the ministry of the word, the deacons
should see to it that all temporal
matters in the church, including pas
toral support and all other expenses
are properly attended to. It is their
duty to see that every member of the
church, according to ability, contrib
utes to its necessary support; and
if any persistently refuse to render
such aid, when manifestly able to do
so, they are in duty bound to report
them to the church, as chargeable
with the sin of “covetousness, which
is idolatry,” and to be dealt with ac
cordingly. Nothing, perhaps, would
contribute so much to the prosperity
of the churches, and to the spread of
pure Christianity generally, as the
faithful discharge of these duties on
tho part of deacons. Unpleasant,
trying as they may be, God and his
glory and the welfare of immortal
souls demand it, and no one is quali
fied for the deaconship who lacks
the piety and moral courage neces
sary to their performance.
The wisdom and piety required in
the deacons fit them to bo the advis
ers and 00-workers with the pastors
in any plans and measures he may
suggest for the purity and prosperity
of the church. For the same reason
it devolves on them, more than on
on any other members of the church
to look after cases of disorderly con
duct on tho part of members, and to
correct them if possible, or if other
wise to report them to the church for
its action.
If the peculiar customs of the ear
ly ages required the services of fe
male deacotis in the churches, such
necessity has ceased and the tempo
rary office with it. But the services
of woman untitled though she lie
will never cease to be one of Heav
en’s richest blessings to the church
and to the world.
THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST; AN AD
VERTISEMENT.
"Learn of me.” Matt. 11 :29.
This may be called the advertising
age. There are advertisements of
all sorts, and of all sorts of things >
advertisements long, advertisements
short, advertisements comic, adver
tisements serious, advertisements in
newspapers, iu circulars, in pam
phlets, ad infinitum, et ad nauseam.
Prominent among these adver
tisements at this season of tho year
are advertisements of schools—
schools of all sorts; universities, col.
leges, high schools, male schools, fe
male schools, et hoc genus omne.
These school advertisements give
long lists of learned professors, with
all manner of combinations of capi
tal letters following their names,
There are the D. D.’s, the L.L. D.’s
the Ph. D.’s, the M. A.’s the B. A.’s
the B. S.’s, and many more, and
these often doubled and tripled, and
even quadrupled, sotting forth tho
learned ability of these professors.
And what extensive curriculums
they present, covering the whole
range of human knowledge !
Perhaps some of my readers are
now investigating these school ad
vertisements with a view of patron
izing some school.
By Divine commission I come to
you as an agent of the “School of
Christ,” and ask to be permitted to
lay before you tho peculiar advanta
ges and exclusive privileges of this
school, with the frankly avowed
purpose of inducing you to patron
ize it.
I. CONSIDER THE SCHOOL ITSELF.
1. Think of its great ago. “Now
in the fifteenth year of Tiberias Caa
sar, Pontius Pilate being governor
of Judea, Jesus returned in the
power of the Spirit into Galileo,
and he taught in their synagogues,
being glorified of all.” Luke 3:1
and Luke 4:14-15. Chronologists
tell us this was in A. D. 27, or 1865
years ago. This school antedates,
i therefore, all being
older by many hundred/ years than
the oldest universities* of tho otd
world. We might go "further and
say that a preparatory school was in
session for 4000 years before this.
This school has tho precedence in
whatever advantages attach to age,
2. Its free tuition. “110, every one
that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.”
Isa. 55 :1. It is absolutely free, and
is open to the rich and tho poor
alike.
3. Its continuous session. “I
am with you alway, even unto
tho end of the world.” Matt. 28 :20 •
It is not a day nor a night school,
but day and night. There are
neither vacations nor holidays,
nor even recesses. It is open every
hour in the day, every day in the
year and every year in every centu
ry from the founding to the end of
time. The applicant may enter
whenever he will.
4. Its wholesome discipline.
“As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten.” Rev. 3:19. “Now no
chastening for the present seeineth
to be joyous, but grievous : never
theless afterward it yieldcth tho
peaceable fruits of righteousness un
to them which are exercised there
by.” ITeb. 12:11.
5. Its special course of instruction.
“The Son of man is come to seek
and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19 :10.
Salvation is its theme. While>
practically, its range of studies is un
restricted, yet, technically, the curri
culum has to do with man in his re
lation to God and to his fellowman.
It teaches man where he camo from,
where he is going to, what his du
ties are, and how the performance or
neglect of these duties will affect
him in time and eternity. It teaches
him that he is a sinner, that he needs
a Savior’ and that Savior has beon
provided, while, for the government
of man, in his conduct towards his
fellowman, its motto is: “As ye
would that men should do to you, do
ye also to them likewise.” Luke
6 :81.
6. Its three text books.
(1.) Nature. “The heavens de
clare the glory of God ; and the fir
mament showeth his handiwork.”
Psa. 19 :1. “The invisible things of
him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made.” Rom.
1 :20.
(2.) Providence. “For we know
that all things work together for
good to them that love God.”
(3.) Revelation. “All Scripture
is given by inspiration of God.” 2
Tim. 3 :16. “Search the Scriptures.”
John 5 :39.
These books are without error or
contradictions in themselves because
the God of truth, who cannot lie, is
their common Author ; but errors
and contradictions may be found in
them by those who put them there,
just ns children in school find errors
in their text books.
I wish to tell you something also
of the school’s
DIVINE FOUNDER AND CONTIN
UOUS PRINCIPAL.
“Learn of Me.” It is the divine
Son who speaks. “Those things
which are most surely believed
among us,” “at the first began to be
spoken by the Lord.” Notice,
1. His divine appointment. “My
Father hath sent me.” John 20 :21-
“Whatsoever I speak, therefore,
even as the Father said unto me, so
I speak.” John 12:50. “This is
my beloved Son : hear him.” Mark
9 :7.
2. Ilis supreme authority. “All
power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth.” Matt. 28 :18. “The
Father hath committed all judg
ment unto the Son.” John 5 :22.
3. His superior ability. “In
whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.” Col. 2 :3.
4. His significant titles. “Thou
shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall
save his people from their sins.”
Matt. 1:21.
“They shall call his name Eman
uel, which being interpreted is God
with us.!’ Matt 1 :23. “Jesus, who
is called Christ.” Matt. 1 :16. “We
have found Mkssias.” John 1 :41.
“Ilis name shall be called Wonder
ful, Counselor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.” Isa. 9.:6. “Ye call me
Master and Lord : and ye say well;
for so I urn.” John 13:13
5. His actuating motive. “Christ
also hath loved us, and hath given
I'hhubi If for Uj.” Eph. 5
• 6. His absorbing enthusiasm,
*‘My meat is to do the will of him
I that sent me.” John 4 :34.
7. Ilis benevolent activity. “Who
went about doing good.” Acts 10 :
38.
8. Ilis tireless energy. “They
(Jesus and his apostles) had no
leisure so much as to eat.” Mark 6:
31.
9. Ilis devout spirituality. “Je
sus being full of the Holy Ghost.”
Luke 4 :1. “He went out into a
mountain to pray, and continued all
night in prayer to God.” Luke 6 ;12.
10. His astonishing positiveness.
“The people were astonished at his
doctrine : for he taught them as one
having authority,” Matt. 7 :28-29.
11. His gracious condescension.
‘•Gone to be guest with a man that is
a sinner.” Luke 19 :7. “As Jesus
sat at meat in the house, behold,
many publicans and sinners came
and sat down with him.” Matt. 9 :10.
12. His captivating humility. “I
am meek and lowly of heart.” Matt.
II :29.
13. His charming simplicity.
“The common people heard him
gladly.” Mark 12 :BT.
14. His matchless eloquence.
“Never man spake like this man.’’
John 7 : 46. “All wondered as the
gracious words that proceeded out of
his mouth.” Luke 4 :22.
15. Ilis incomparable honor.
“God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which above
every name.” Phil. 2 :9.
16. His numerous, commissioned
assistants. “These twelve Jesus
sent forth, and commanded them,
saying, as ye go, preach.” Matt.
10 ;5-7.
“After these things tho Lord ap
pointed other seventy also, and sent
them.” Luke 10:1.
“When he ascended up on high
he gave gifts unto men. And he
gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets ; and some, evangelists ;
and some, pastors and teachers ; for
the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edify
ing of the body of Christ.” Eph. 4 :
8, 11, 12.
To all these he gives tho com
mand : “Go ye into all the world»
and preach the gospel to every
creature.” Matt. 16:15.
in. THE PUPILS.
1. They enter through spiritual
regeneration. “Except •aJ man be
born again, he cannot see the king
dom of God.” John 3 :3.
2. They are called disciples,
meaning a learner. “His disciples
came unto him and he opened his
mouth and taught them.” Matt. 5 .
1, 2.
“He expounded all things to his
disciples.” Mark 4 :34.
8. They are callled Christians
from Christ, tho official title of the
Principal, meaning a follower of
Christ, as Platonist means a follower
of Plato. “The disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.” Acts
11:26.
4. They are docile. “Many sat
at Jesus feet, and heard his word.”
Luke 10 :3ff. “He that is of God
heareth God’s words.” John 8 :47*
5. The prize offered is a crown
of life. “Be thou faithful unto
death and I will give thee a crown of
life.” Rev. 2 ;10.
6. They are wise above the wis
dom of this world. “I have more
understanding than all my teachers :
for their testimonies are my medita
tion.” Psa. 119 :99
“The fear of the Lord is tho be
ginning of wisdom.” Psa. 11l :10.
7. They are promised a fuller
revelation hereafter. “What I do
thou knowest not now ; but thou
shalt know hereafter.” John 13 :7,
“We know in part, and we proph
esy in part. But when that which
is perfect is come, then that which is
in part shall be done away with.” 1
Cor. 13 : 9, 10.
Unique School! Glorious Teach
er 1 Happy Pupils I
Are you a pupil ? Persevere.
Aim at advancement. Seek high
attainments. “Grow in grace, and
in the knowledge of our Lord and Sa
vior Jesus Christ.”
If you are not a pupil, enter now.
Tho door is open. Here is to be
learned heavenly wisdom, which is
“able to make thee wise unto salva
tion through faith which is in Christ
Jesus.”
Columbia, Ala.
THE PROTRACTED MEETING.
Lately I Lave heard, morb than
commonly, expressions derogatory to
1 the protracted meeting. This grows
out of the abuse of such meetings
and should not influence us too far
in the other direction. I have no plea
to make for many of the meetings
carried on now-a-days. It had been
better for tho churches and the cause
of Christ if such schemes had never
been heard of. Very lately I hap
pened at a protracted meeting where
the “mourner’s bench was employed
for all that has ever been in it. Take
just one of the many who come for
ward to mourn (?) There was a
young man who seemed deeply af
fected came forward and fell on his
face on the floor, put his handker
chief over his face and sobbed and
prayed in a half audible voice during
all the remainder of the exercises. I
told some one to lift him up and let
him sit on the bench, but an elderly
sister said she did not think it best to
move them when they were that
way. This is not mentioned for the
purpose of ridiculing anybody, but in
the name of Him who died to save
men ought not such a notion of seek
tho Savior to be corrected. That
sister’s answer showed me that she,
at least, had an abiding superstition
that If you disturbed any of the re
volution of that mill it might fail to
grind out its grist.
Others who do not abuse Chris
tianity with the mourners bench em
ploy the protracted meeting in other
hurtful ways. But after all that can
be said on the abuse of such meetings
let mo make an earnest plea for the
old time Bible protracted meeting.
You may not have noticed that I do
not use the word “revival.” I do not
think wo can calculate on a re
vival. Sometimes we do have revivals,
great revivals and they nearly always
occur in connection with protracted
meetings, but not always. Some
times there comes a real revival in
tho church in no way connected with
a continued meeting. Revivals are
the result of tho manifest presence
of the Spirit. Sometimes Ilis migh
ty presence is realized in the conver
sion of sinners.
It is here that He so often employs
the protracted meeting. At other
times the Spirit manifests Himself in
the church arousing the members to
discipline, to mission work, or even
to church building who shall say
these are not revivals. Remember
ing therefore that the Sovereign
Spirit may make a revival of our
protracted meeting or not as seeineth
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good to Him, still we shoujd not ig
nore one of the great means of ad
vancing tho cause of Christ in tho
world. The great good that the pro
tracted meeting does as any one
must know is tho result of constant
preaching for several days together
with the long continued seasons of
prayer that center the minds of the
community oh great Gospel themes
and advance them iu religious know
ledge much more rapidly, proportion-,
ately, than can bo done in the occa
sional meeting.
If we are agreed that the Spirit
uses the Gospel iu the salvation of
men we can easily see how it may
be his pleasure to hasten the acquisi
tion of tho knowledge of tho word
by continued teaching.
There is one other element in tho
protracted meeting that others may
not agree legitimately belongs to it
and that is real genuine Christian
enthusiasm. I do not believe that
all of the worked up feeling is worth
less and harmful.
I am quite sure there is an increase
of zeal and holy determination that
has its birth in hours of deep religious
excitement which lasts many times
to the end of life, and is henceforth
a prime factor in tho usefulness of
the Christians life thus wrought
upon.
S unday-schools, prayer-meetings,
and other such results grow out of
the protected meeting as a result of
this enthusiasm. *
I am truly sorry ever to find a
Church waiting for the protracted
meeting season before they • expect
conversions. This is wrong and should
be guarded against with great care.
The protracted meeting should be a
season of extra labor, extra preach
ing and consequently of extra ingath
ering, but not the only time to gath
er. The Gospel will bear fruit when
ever it is preached and in protracted
meetings more fruit because it is
preached more.
While I write these lines there are
meetings of great power in progress'
near me. The harvest time of souls
for whom pastor and people have
worked and prayed during the year.
In these churches where they only
preach once a month the protracted
meeting is an absolute neces
sity that the Gospel may be
preached with sufficient fre
quency to fasten attention and lead
to decision. This is the Spirits
means ot saving. Then why not
employ it with all diligence? How
many whose eyes fall on these lines
will remember the protracted meet
ing at which they' gave their hearts
to God?
Let there bo conversions all along
through the year. There is some
thing wrong when we depend wholly
on the protracted meeting for con
versions.
There is worse than wrong when
we misuse the protracted meeting
and turn it into the occasion of
false feeling and false profes
sions.
If the Gospel is preached, Christian
people pray and engage in sensible,
earnest, private conversation with
the unconverted there will no bad
results follow tho protracted effort,
F. C. McConnell.
Written for the Index.
AN OLDER INDEX.
Your editorial in a recent issue>
inspired by a copy of tho Index of
1863, was interesting reading to
your humble correspondent. I have
a copy somewhat older than that of
‘63, and I prize it very highly as a
relic of the long ago.
It is the tenth number of the first
volume of “The Columbian (Star and
and Christian Index,” and is dated
Sept. sth, 1829. It is, therefore,
nearly sixty-three yours old.
Tho Senior Dr. Win. T. Brantly,
born in North Carolina and educated
in South Carolina, was tho occupant
of the editorial chair. Philadelphia
was the place of publication.
Among the interesting articles ap
pears a long extract from Wilson’s
“Evidence* of Christianity,” a new
and valuable English book that re
ceived strong editorial commenda
tion from Dr. Brantly.
A letter to the editor from War
renton, Ga., conveys the pleasing in
telligence of a great moral change
that community had recently under
gone,—"a community,” says Dr. B. t
“not previously distinguished for so
briety and religion.” “It is not
four years,” he continues, “since the
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