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Many good and strong things were said ” u ballot MISSIONS During the Session of the Southern Baptist Convention. Subscribe to and read the Christian Index, if you would keep informed. ESTABLISHED 1821. ©he ffihriatian QnAeie Published Every Thursday at 57Vi 8. Broad Street. Atlanta. Ga. j. c. McMichael, proprietor. Organ of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. Subscription Price : One copy, one year • ?'J!P One copy, six months *•«> One copy, three months do Obituaries.—One hundred words free of charge. For each extra word, one cent per word; cash with copy. To Correspondents.—Do not use abrevia tions: be extracareful in writingproper names; write with ink, on one side of paper; Do not write copy intended for the editor and busi ness items on same sheet. Leave off personal ities; condense. , „ Business.—Write all names, and post offices distinctly. In ordering a change give the old as well as the new address. The date of label indicates the time your subscription expires. If you do not wish it continued, order it stop ped a week before. We consider each sub scriber permanent, until he orders his paper discontinued. When you order it stopped pay upto date. Remittances by check preferred; or regis tered letter, money order, postal note. Another bouse has been discover ed at Pompeii in good state of pres ervation, and remarkable for the style of construction. The Church at Mayfield, Ky., has raised SSOO, its full quota of mission ary money for the year. Besides this the Church has spent $3,500 for a parsonage. “In England students called to supply pulpits receive one pound for their Sabbath day’s labor. This is a universal and an unwritten law among the churches.—Chas. An drew. The Woman’s Missionary Union, Auxiliary to S. B. Con., has secured collections, or promises of collec tions from 9,977 Sunday Schools. Up to October 6, $24,000 has been secured from Chapel Cards. Three missionaries, Messrs. Guern sey and Staunton, who go to the Te lugu mission, and Mr. S. A. Perrine, who goes to Assam, are soon to sail from Boston. They go under the auspices of the Missionary Union. Rev. C. A. Stakely, D. D., of Washington, D. C., the Watchman jays, has lately been preaching great acceptance to the First church, Pierrepont St., Boston. There are intimations that that church may ex tend to him a call. It is estimated that about $1,250,- 000 have been expended in evangel izing Hawaii by Christians in Amer ica, while $200,000,000 have been re turned through commerce. Viewed merely from a material standpoint missions pay well. Prof. Barnard, of the Lick Observ atory, has discovered another satel lite to Jupeter. That makes five, the four known heretofore were dis covered by Galileo in 1610, with small telescope made by himself, and not much, if any, better than a com mon field glass. On July 3, 1879, 2,222 were bap tized at Ongole, India, and since 1877, 50,000 converts have been won in the Telegoo field. The above increase was more than four times greater than all the for eign contributions by all American Christians during the entire century. Dr. Daremberg, in his treatise on cholera just published in Paris, says that baccilla can not withstand a temperature of 212 degrees F., or live in an acid medium. Six grains of citric acid in a pint of water used as an ordinary drink destroys baccilli Ki the water and fortifies the stom ach against their attacks. It seems that the uncertainty of the relation of Rev. A. T. Pierson, D- D., to the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, has been settled, for the present, by his acceptance of the temporary pastorate. Those mem bers who have been opposed to Dr. Pierson's permanent pastorate have acquiesced in the pro. tem. arrange ment. Here is a nut which the Mid-Con tinent gives the Higher Critics to crack : “In these “higher critical” times the fact should not be over looked that two hundred and forty nine times is the Pentateuch quoted in the New Testament, and a con siderable proportion of these quota tations W’ere made by the lips of Christ himself. He generally pref aced the quotation by ascribing the authorship to Moses. The German critics and their obsequious follow ers in this country assume to know more than Christ himself. They are a wise set—in their own estimation. Qt fljristian 3iii>cr. . .fej r ——- The University of Chicago opened to students Oct. 1, 1892. About 600 were enrolled. Its assets amount to $5,000,000, and its professors number 110. It is regarded as a great Baptist event. If the hand of the Lord guides those in authori ty and if the spirit of Christ per vades their minds and hearts it will prove to be so. It is said that Harvard College has established a permanent astro nomical observatory near Arequipa, Peru. The site chosen has an eleva tion of 8,000 feet above the level of the sea, while the atmospheric condi tions are superior to those afforded by any locality in this country. It is 16 degrees south of the equator where all the Southern stars are vis ible. It is, therefore, a point peculiar ly well adapted to astronomical in vestigations in the Southern hemis phere. At the recent Oriental Congress in London, Rev. Prof. Hechler describ ed the papyrus manuscript of the Septuagint version of the Old Testa ment, lately discovered in Egypt. Its antiquity is attested by the Uncial characters in which it is written, and by the absence of space between the words. It is probably the most an cient manuscript of the Septuagint we have. Prof. Hechler urges that the British government should insti tute an organized and scientific search for papyri in Egypt. The Watchman, Boston, suggests that there never was a better time than now since the power of the British government is supreme in the valley of the Nile. Dr. Henson, returning from his recent visit to Alabama, had this to say : “After reading the blood curd ling accounts that appear in the pub lic prints of the reign of terror that prevails in the South, one is surpris ed to see how serenely the people dwell under their vines and fig-trees, no one daring to molest them or n}ake them afraid. No doubt, there an'-atn'ooitios in the South, ard so there are in Chicago, if one be mind ed to serve them up with all the em bellishments of lurid rhetoric.” To our friends in the North who would know the South, we commend Dr. Henson as a specimen of Southern men, though we must admit that he is a good deal above the average.— Western Recorder. NORTHEAST GEORGIA. This article from Bro. McConnel, should have appeared in last week’s issue, but was over-looked. He brings out some facts, and makes some suggestions, in his peculiar way, that should awaken the interest, and secure the help of the Boards and of Georgia Baptists gener ally.—Ed. This section of Georgia, embrac ing about sixteen counties with a population of at least one hundred and twenty-five thousand, lying along and across the Blue Ridge,and Cur rahee ranges of mountains, has vast resources and immeasurable possi bilities. The products are varied, lying upon, below and above the edge of the cotton producing por tion of the State. There is compar ative safety from every blight, all epidemics and even from any se rious drought. No people under the sun dwell more securely at home under their own vine and apple tree. Os the one hundred and twenty five thousand population there are at least thirty thousand Baptists. Three hundred and fifty churches compose fifteen Associations, ten of which compose the North Georgia* Convention. There was contribu ted, through the treasurer of this Convention, last year, thirteen hun dred dollars. There are churches sufficient in number and convenient ly enough located to accommodate the entire population. We have two hundred and seventy-five or dained preachers. If all were en gaged each church with a small ex ception, might have its separate pastor. About two thirds of the churches have Sunday Schools. There is one Association, the Hia wassee, every church of which, has a Sunday School. Under Baptist con trol there are five High Schools and one Female College. There is but one church which has preaching every Sunday. The average salary paid by each church to its pastor is about twenty-five dollars. In ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1892 many instances they prefer that it shall not be called, “salary.” This is, in brief statement, our condition. We need 1. Weekly preaching. Our en thusiasm dies away between services. Our plans fall through while they are inoperative. Our wheels rust on the axles. We could have semi monthly services and that would be half a loaf which is better. 2. We need all-year-round Sun day Schools in place of excursion summer schools. 3. We need better houses of worship. In some instances larger ones, in others more comfortable ones, heated and ventilated. 4. We need a system by which small contributions may be collect ed regularly. Not many in this section have large menns, fewer are willing to give large sums. The many giving often, though the gifts are small, will amount to much in the aggregate. 5. We need that pastors shall co operate in plans for general denomi national development. Like people, like priest. One pastor may be unable to resist the cold, dead formalism into which many of our churches have fallen. If pastors would coop erate they would support each other and might much more easily effect reformation. 6. We need help. A kind of help that might be furnished by the Boards but not the kind that is sometimes offered. We all know we are behind in point of develop ment but we do not like to be told that we are ignorant. We readily confess it among ourselves but we do not like to have a stranger say it. There are some things about which, in some localities, there is a lack of moral conscience but it does no good to parade our want of church discip line and publish to the world that we are in league with Satan. The State Board can find a man and sus tain him who can go among all these churches and correct in large measure the irregularities, setting on foot measure*' that will finally bring' out the great Baptist strength of these thousands. But lie must be a wise man full of the Holy Spirit. A man whom the brethren will recog nize at once as one sent of God. There is constant danger of in tended help proving injurious. Those people while not wealthy are yet able to take care of themselves and contribute a reasonable sum every year to the advancement of the cause. They only need to learn how to do it. Any help afforded, most of them, toward sustaining a pastor, would tend to weaken rather than strengthen. The only profita ablc way that help can reach us, is as above indicated.’ Give us the right kind of teachers, who will show us how to do, what we are able to do, and what we really want to do if we could get at it as we should. The children of Israel had a Moses. The children of God’s Israel in North East Georgia need a Moses several times multiplied. And cer tainly a Moses. He will need the courage of Moses, and if he accom plish the most possible, must have the meekness and faithfulness of that honored man of God. There is throughout this section a ministry that excites the admiration of every thinking man. They have done more, suffered more, and com plained less than any class of men living. There are many things they should have done. Some of them they did not know how to do, and others were not popular things to do. For the most part, these men of God are anxious to learn all they can, qualifying them the better to preach the Gospel and care for the flocks over which the Holy Spirit has made them overseers. These mon can be lead the right way, by the right kind of man without much trouble, but they have an instinct not to go astray. As one of them once explained it, “They are lucky to go right.” Inability to decide upon the right way has, in no small measure brought about inactivity and stagnation. Many of the younger brethren who have becu called to preach, are availing them selves of educational advantages and expect to make the most of every opportunity to show themselves ap proved. Let no one vainly hope that the needed work through thiq country will be accomplished in a short time and yet let every one be encour aged that it is being accomplished. Not as rapidly as it might be done if more effort could be put into it but slowly and surely the work is going forward. The advancement is not seen at a glance, but the comparison between things as they now are, with things as they were ten years ago will convince the most hopeless. L\ the one item of contributions to denominational en terprises there has been an increase of five hundred per cent. Educa tion, Sunday Schools and many oth er things have made similar prog ress. If the good Lord would raise up a man for Hiawassee like young S. Harris is to the school conducted by our Methodist friends, I think I should be happy the rest of my life. It wouldn’t cost him but twelve hun dred dollars a year to make his name immortal. With an abiding faith in the Om nipotent arm, and a constant and un dying love of North East Georgia I am Yours affectionately, F. C. McConnell. THAT SUPREME NEED AGAIN. Some time ago reference was made to the necessity of a return to the old doctrines of the gospel, to an emphasis, in our pulpit utterances, of the great doctrines of repentence, regeneration and justification by faith. In the present paper I call attention to the need of a higher type of Christian life. This is the need of the period. We are all like spoiled children, we think we need a great many things that we do not need. Better preaching, better Shiging and more thoroughly adjusted church machi nery. Better preaching, in the main, pos sibly, would be an advantage. The same might be said of singing. But, observe, I say, “possibly.” We have just the kind of prenchers that God has called into this work. He has not called all the great among the sons of men to be he aids of sab a tion. 'Herr tiis rr. , tjkr. laer might take glory to themselves and forget the necessity for spiritual power. It is not true, however, on tne other hand, that God has called dolts and semi-idots into this sacred work. For the ministry of the this country to-day, from the standpoint of men tal power an culture, will not suffer, by comparison with .any of the pro fessions. And while in many instances, a more thorough equipment for the work of the ministry is desirable ye t in the main, the preaching is all that is needed. The same thing is true, nine cases out of ten, as to the sing ing. These things arc not among the greatest needs. The supremo noed of the churches to-day is holy living. By this Ido not mean that Gods children are to begin chasing the phantom of sinless perfection. That is an attainment never reached in this life. Sin is all that holds men to earth. And as the smoke and vapor ascend because they are lighter than the atmosphere even thus the soul entirely freed from the guilt -pnd dross of sin, rises to God aqd its native skies. But while this is true, it yet re mains a fact, in the light both of the scripture and of the glad rich ex perience of some of God’s saints, that there is a life possible and re quired by God’s w'ork, away beyond that which is attained by the average disciple of Christ. The Savior, him self says of the disciples that they are not of the world even as ho is not of the world. As the vessel, proudly riding the waves of the great sea, is in the ocean yet not of it, as Christ was in the world yet not of it, as he mingled freely with men publican and sinners, yet never either sanctioned or partook of their evil deeds, even thus should it ever bo with the disciple of Christ. Peter, speaking by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says : “Ye arc a chosen gen eration, a royal priesthood, a pecu liar people.” We are builded up an spiritual house, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jes us Christ. Wo arc the temple of God and God dwelloth in us. Under the law, God dwelt in the temple made with hands. Being the scat and center of his glory and his grace, it was a sacred place. To have pro faned that temple by converting it to secular uses would have been sacrilege. This is the interpretation of the Savior’s own act in driving out with his scourge the guilty and panic-stricken money changers. The temple was not to bo secularized. Much more should not these bodies of ours be profaned by worldly influences and practices. In these degenerate times, a halt needs to be called along the line. God’s children need to separate themselves from the world. , We do not want to put on long faces, as though religion took the light of our lives. We do not want to sigh and groan, as though our reli gion didn’t agree with us. But, with glad hearts, joyous faces and praiseful lip, address ourselves to the Lord’s work. “Ten men that were lepers,” with sad hearts, weary feet, yet hopeful spirit, came to the Savior and received cleansing. One returned to give glory to God for the healing. How tender the semi reproachful words of the Master. “Were there not. ten cleansed, but where are the nine?” And to-day, as we look abroad over the churches, wrapped in slum ber, arms folded in lazy lock, with here and there a devout soul earnest ly engaged in striving to help strug gling ones, we are impelled to ask, “Where are the nine?” Where are they when the church, prayer meet ing occurs; at the Sunday-school, or at the time of regular sanctuary service? We find them at home, in many instances, reading the Sunday daily, entertaining callers, or resting on downy beds of ease. During the week we find them at the theatre, the ball room, the social card party, or the race track, known by the sig nificantly modified name of “fair.” These things are the source of our weakness. I know that for one to speak thus is to be set down, at once, as an old fogy. But, if the fathers as they followed Christ and Paul, constitutes an old fogy, most gladly will I be enrolled in that company. jn, lovet*p 'of .Testis, Jet usr quit our half-hca. ted service. Let? us quit the impossible thing of try ing to serve God and Mammon. Let us take hold of our work heartily,joy ously, earnestly and speedily the earth will resound with glad song and be girdled with glory. J. C. Burkholder, Elizabethstown, Ky. Written for the Christian Index. FROM MISSISSIPPI. Tho Chickasahay Baptist Associa tion was organized in 1876, with nine churches. It is now a large body. Its sixteenth session was held at Shubuta, in this state, last week. There are now thirty-six churches ; vs w inci. twenty-five re port Sunday-schools, thirteen, La dies Aid Societies and five Sunbeams. A missionary was employed for all his time last year. Missions, Sunday-schools, colpor tage and temperance received due attention, strong reports and earnest speeches. It was decided to raise $2,500 this year for the various ob jects of the association. The matter of the removal of Mississippi College was discussed and the course of cer tain dissatisfied parties at the action of the convention was disapprov ed. There have been misstatements made, honestly believed by the par ties, no doubt, but nevertheless mis takes. The writer was in atten dance upon the convention when it met at Jackson, 1850. It was at that session a tender of the Clinton property was made; tho acceptance of which cost the denomination of the state $ 10,000. A few years la ter buildings and improvements were added for say $30,000, and af ter the war a mortgage of SB,OOO to SIO,OOO was paid off, also by the de nomination. Clinton is a small village about ten miles from Jackson, with a sin gle lino of railroad running through, and about thirty miles from the Western border of the state. Tho college buildings are antiquated and greatly out of repair. Removal seemed necessary and Meridian made a liberal proposition which was accepted. It is an error to in timate that a “large local vote” con trolled the location; leaving out tho Chicasahay, there was a fair majori ty in favor of Meridian. Meridian is a railroad center, and a growing city of about 15,000 in habitants. It is only about twelve miles nearer the eastern line of the state than Clinton is the western. And then Meridian has five white Baptist churches within its corpo rate limits and others within two miles, not to mention as many color ed. No other town in the state, save one on the southern border, claims as many as two. Notwithstanding the financial stringency of the times and the low price of cotton, Secretary Christian of the State Board is receiving much encouragement. Associations are now meeting weekly, and late in October the General Association is to meet at Hickory, Newton county. This latter occupies the field west ward and south of here and has con trol of the work among the resident Indians of whom there are about 2,000. We have five or six churches among them and several Indian preachers and pastors. Politics run high in this region; but there is no distinct Republican ticket. The Third Party is quite active and the Prohibitionists are not without strength. Democracy is, of course, in the lead. Just now we are stirred up on the liquor traf fic. Several applications have been made for “wholesale” license, which we hope to defeat, only sixteen names of the 2300 church (white) members in the city being on the license side. Efforts for “saloons” proved a total failure, and we have cause for thankfulness to God that, with his blessing, we shall soon see the evil entirely banished from our midst. Our state laws are almost prohibitory. On Lord’s day next, Rev. R. Y. Pearson the Evangelist, is to begin a series of meetings here. The whole Christian community have been look ing forward to that season and sys tematic visitation has been matje to prepare the way. Special prayer meetings have been held, too, and a great blessing is expected. In the 41st Avenue Baptist church, West End, Pastor J. W. Lee has been prqaohing cvcmi night for a week more, with encouraging results. Congregations have been large and. much interest has been manifested. Last evening six joined by letter and two for baptism. It is hoped that this is but the beginning. L. A. Duncan. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 28, 1892. THE CENTENNIAL MEETING IN LOUISVILLE. These meetings were marked by a high grade of spirituality. The ven erable Dr. Robert Ryland, now in his nintieth year was elected moder ator. All the Centennial Committee, consisting of Drs. T. T. Eaton, 11. 11. Harris, I. T. Tichcnor, F. M. El lis, T. 11. Pritchard were present. Prof. 11. 11. Harris opened the meeting with a masterly discussion of “The results of a century of mis sions.” lie showed how missionshad influenced the study of languages, geography, and gradually abated mutual jealousy and knit all - the na tions together. He then spoke of three direct results, increased sympa thy at home, conversion of a million souls on foreign soil, and the great increase in the number of translations of Scripture. Nearly every vernac ular has a Bible. Dr. F. M. Ellis preached Sunday morning on “Moral basis of Mis sions.” lie found the basis to be in the benevolent nature of God, for “God is love.” In the active minis try of Christ, the incarnation was a necessity. And lastly, in the com mission. Under this head he show ed how the basis of, reason for, and hope of Christian work were found ed on the commission. Four Georgians present, Dr. Tichcnor, J. Wm. Jones, Dr. Haw thorne and R. H. Harris of Colum bus, were present. In Dr. Harris’ dis cussion of “The state and fate of the unevangclizcd,” he showed that two classes held that the heathen were saved, viz : those who in the goodness of their hearts hoped there may be some unrcvealed way for their salvation ; and those who are too mean and stingy to favor any doctrine that would compcll them to give. Tho Dr. then showed that there was nothing in the Bible that even indicated salvation to the hea then while many passages con denied them. Dr. Tichenor in discussing “Needs of tho homo field,” brought out some note-worthy facts. Two bundled Brother Minister, Working Layman, Zealous Sister, We are striving to make Tlie Index the best of its kind. Help us by securing a new subscriber. VOL. 69—NO. 42. and fifty thousand people in Louisi ana without any religious knowledge The Home Board desires to spend ten thousand dollars on this field. Eight hundred thousand Germans in Missouri are looking to this Board for help. Arkansas, Indian Terri, tory, Okalahoma and many sections in Texas, are large mission fields. He spoke of our duty to the seven million negroes in our midst, and concluded with a masterly effort to show the future of onr country and what it should do in the evangeliza tion of the heathen. Dr. Hawthorne preached an able, interesting sermon on “Beginnings of Missions.” At the conclusion of the meeting, Dr. Eaton made some general an nouncements. Ten thousand Sun day Schools have baen provided with chapel cards. Twenty-four thousand dollars collected on these cards have already been sent in. The Centennial Committee will make an effort to get in correspond ence with every church. Some hopes of success. Dr. W. D. Pow ell of Mexico has been secured to take the field. His headquarters ■will be in Louisville. The State Committee will get him to help them reach the moneyed people. Dr. Powell announced that he had left his work for several months, when it seemed impossible to leave it for a week, that he might help secure the two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. All the churches in Louisville will take up a Centennial collection next Sunday. The next Centennial meeting will be held in March, at Richmond, Va., to celebrate the sailing of the first modern mission aries. McG. DUFFY STREET CHURCH. SA VANNAH. On Sunday night, October the 9th, Rev. Ealos Pendleton Jones, preached his last sermon and closed his labors as pastor of the Duffy Street Baptist Cb’rch, Savannah. Having accepted. by our Foreign Mission Beard, as missionary u> Brazil, and the Board having de cided that it would be best for him to wait until next spring before sail ing, Bro. Jones was determined to return to the Seminary at Louis ville, and take a special course there, during the interim. Few churches and pastors have been more devoted to each other, and at the farewell sermon, from the text, “Mizpeh,” there was scarce ly a dry eye in the large crowd present. Mr Jones went to Savannah in November 1890, to take charge of the Duffy Street Mission. In April 1891, it was organized into the Duffy Street Church, the lamented Dr. J. E. L. Holmes, presiding at the meeting which (ef fected the organization, and Dr. J. Wm. Jones (the father of the pastor) taking part in the services. The Church organized with fifty five members. Since then it has re ceived ninety-one members by letter and thirty-four by baptism, has dis missed nine by letter, and three have died, leaving a present mem bership of 169. Although there is not a rich man in the church and most of the members are poor, the church has raised, for all purposes, about SSOOO. During its first year it contribu ted for missions $430, and during the seven months of the current year its contributions to missions oot up $601.00, with every prospect of a steady increase. This is cer tainly a very gratifying exhibit, and reflects credit, alike on the mission ary pastor, and the efficient church. This young church was also a Mission Sunday School of about 75 which they are conducting with great zeal and efficiency. In losing Bro. Jones, to whom the church seemed so devoted, it has been very fortunate in securing as their pastor, Rev. Thomas J. Ship man, formerly of Virginia, now of Midway, Ky. A graduate of Roanoke College, and sonic of the “schools of Rich mond College, ami a Full Graduate of the Southern Tocological Semi nary. Bro. Shipman is a good preacher, and a very efficient pastor, and the church may be congratulated on se curing him as pastor to carry on the work so well begun. Qbskrvkb,