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OUR MISSISSIPPI LETTER.
BY B. It. WOMACK.
Rev. P. I. Lipsey has resigned the
care of the church at V icksburg.
His successor has not yet been se
cured. Rev. A. J. Miller of Abhor
deen, has been called to.the care of
the church at Greenville, I learn.
Rev. R. W. Merril, of Valence
Street Church, New Orleans, has
been called to the care of the church
at Carrollton, this state, and has en
tered upon bis labors there. Rev*
H. F. Sproles is working heroically
to get his house at Jackson under
cover before cold weather sets in.
Ho gets aid from the churches
throughout the state. The J' irst
Church, Meridian, J. W. Bozeman
pastor, will soon enter its new house.
They lost their old house by lire
last June. Rev. L. N. Brock has re
signed the care of the churches at
Sardis and Batesville, and will prob
ably accept the work at Kosciusko,
this state. Clinton is the site of two
great colleges, viz: Mississippi Col
lege, male, and Hillman College, fe
male. Dr. Hillman is a Brown Uni
versity man. Ho came South after
graduation, located at Clinton, this
state, began his life work of teaching
forty years Ago, and has not lost a
year of time, nor changed his loca
tion. He has been a tower of
strength and wall of defence for
Baptist education in Mississippi for
forty years. He saved Mississippi
College twice, was President of it
for a long time, and has built up a
fine female college, erected good
buildings, ornamented the grounds,
educated hundreds of Southern girls’
and. aims to give his school, Hillman
College clear of debt, in good work
ing order to the Baptist State Con
vention. Dr. Walter Ilillmitn is a
strong and wise man. His wife,
Mbs. Adofia Hillman, is truly a
woman. Thsy have given their
busy and industrious lives, and riOtv
propose to givfc the results of thbir
labors, to the Baptists of Mississippi,
They have no Children; they have
prospered ; tbqy have been diligent
in business ; they have economized,
forty years, all for the Baptiste of
Mississippi. Sirs. Hillman is Presi
dent of tho Woman's Central Com
mittee for •Mississippi, and came
near being chosen President of the
Woman’s Missionary iJnion for rill
the Southern Stites, She Would
have tilled' the office with dignity
and grace, rttid would have discharg
ed the duticri of thO office with effi
oietrey and dispatch. shc was bohn
to work and lead. Near two hun
dred students have matriculated at
Mississippi College, about forty of
these are young ministers.
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othox ftien, in bis way. He mnst se
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The matter -which ly? selects, must
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ces, the editor must be proof-reader.
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Few people Can spall well. It is
amazing. How is it, and why is it,
that men who have lioen through
tho schools can not, or will not learn
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guage is so difficult, or because our
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ceived from a popular D. D., which
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ed to do a certain thing. Then,
why does not every ofte who writes
anything learn the difference be
tween lose and loose? Legion istho
name of the words that are misspell
ed, and legion is the name of those
Who misspell them. But, no matter
who writes for the paper, nor how
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the blame for poor paragraphing,
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The great work of the editor, of
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what not to wrjte. He must know
nearly everything, and answer all
questions. iv>me editors write mqre
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some write much, some little. Some
write little, but edit well; others
write much and do not edit so well.
In some papers, the arrangement of
the departments and of the matter
for each department, is faultless.
This latter is the mechanics of the
editor’s work, unless he has a Fore
man who knows how it ought to be.
But, see what I have done, Mr.
Editor.* All 1 intended, when I be
gan this about editing, was to com
pliment you and congratulate your
many readers on the great amount
and the groat variety of editorial
matter you manage to get into the
dear old Index every issue. Fortu
nate snbscibors 1
REPEATING SERMONS.
In a recent issue, you say the
Homiletic Review knows a few min
isters who refuse to repeat a sermon
on any occasion, even in a strange
pulpit. You think those ministers
aro making a mistake, and suggest
that no sermon is as good as it ought
to be, until it has been repeated sev
eral times. Why, sir, may qne not
read a good book but once? If he
may, then, may not one hear a good
seripon twice ? Then, is a good
book written just for one man, or
just for one community, must nobody
else read it ? Why is a sermon that
is good for one congregation, not
good for another similar congrega
tion? Why, sir, must we have a
new gospel for every community ?
A minister ought to make the
Very best sermons he can ; he ought
to do his best on every sermon. No
matter what the congregation be, do
yous best, do your best. Many an
old Sermon ought to bo re-written >
re-built. On examination, it may be
found*that the interpretation of the
text wkis erroneous, the analysis in
accurate, the skeleton faulty, the dis
cussififi hot good. Work it over;
do the best you can with it, and it
becomes practically a new sermon,
and, doubtless, it is stronger and bet
ter every way. Spurgeon did not
have tithe to repeat or reconstruct
his discourse; but few of us hate
time not to reconstruct a number of
our discourses. If a sermon is good,
then it may bo preached again and
again; if it is not good, it ought to
bo retvrought and made good. A
good brother, some time ago, com
mitted all his sermons to the flames,
and said lie could make better ones.
Would it not have been better to
use the work of former years with
the view to improve upon it ? Al
bert Barnes, the great commentator,
burned his discourses; but not till
he was beyond his three score years
and ten, and had retired fiom all
active work. His life was at an end;
ho could make no more sermons; he
was soon to leave the world, and
thought his sermons would do no
good after he was gone. For that
reason ho destroyed them; but I
look upon it us a mistake for a
minister in mid life to destroy his
sermons, unless there be some
special reason for such act
ROOTS AND FRUITS.
William Arnot says:—Doctrine
and good works aro roots and fruits.”
In this great Centennial movement
this trite expression may be wisely
remembered, and that worker will
do most for the cause of missions
who is careful to indoctrinate the
people as he goes. The doctrine of
missions is not well understood
among the masses. Constantly one
can hear men who ought to know
more, talking about the probability
of the success of missions in this or
that difficult field. Os the literature
that I have been able to procure
there is much of the history of mis
sions and much also of the history of
missionary bodies together with
some very splendid exhortations to
mission work. But there is evidently
a lack in presenting the fundamen
tal doctrine that gives rise to mis
; sions. In Dr. Ellis’ magnificat
speech “the moral basis of missions,’’
there is excellent matter on this line.
Lot there be more of it. Put mis
sions in the light of every revealed
truth in the whole of God’s sacred
■word and you will find a harmony.
That host of peoplp who tAlk as if
they regird missions as a latter day
development of enthusiasm must
be lead back into the light of the
cross as it interprets every step of
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX s THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1892.
the Son of God toward the lost of
all the earth. It is quite true that
the basis of missions is the love of
God; but not an impulse that many
of us call love. While we appeal
to our fellow Christians to save the
world for their love of the world we
are losing time from a more needed
work in forming in them a love for
the world. Christians ordinarily
have not yet learned to love the
world. While you speak to them in
burning zeal about the fetters of
jdolatry and sin, they are quickened
into a little flash of kindly feeling
that vanishes when they reach the
open air. Let the mission literature
and Centennial speeches go down
into the deeper elements of Christian
life. And if these are wanting cre
ate them so that when we arc done
this centennial year a conscience will
have been formed on the subject of
missions that shall be transmitted to
coming generations.
There are hundreds of baptists
that do not believe that' missions are
compatible with the doctrine of elec
tion. Why might not there be a
complete and powerful campaign
document that would place the eter
nal certainty of successful mission
work on the unbounded faith we
have in the truth of that grand old
doctrine ? What is true of this doc
trine is true of every fundamental
principle held by baptists. The
sovereign purpose of God, the Atone
ment, the effectual calling, the pres
ervation of the saints, and indeed all
of them point unerringly to missions
as the only sublime purpose of Chris
tianity. As also do the ordinances.
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are
next to meaningless if you deprive
them of world wide significance.
I do not begin to believe that the
Centennial will be a failure but one
thing cannot be mis-read and that,
that our people are doing the work
of Christ from impulse and not from
principle, else, why should the Cen
tennial affect the regular work of
the Boards. Some of us understood
that every Centennial gift was to be
a separate offering from our regular
work and extra of that which we
were already doing. Now it turns
out that we are going wild over the
Centennial and running the Board’s
into Bank to meet the present needs.
This comes from our lack of edu
cation keeping pace with enthusiasm.
Frujts without roots, One might
think this is all right, we get the
fruit. But it will always be found
Mint fruits without roots are untrust
worthy. The roots will remain and
bring forth fruit again while the
fruits without roots will perish.
There is a hopeful reflection, that
the Centennial campaign however
conducted will bo in a greater or
less degree educative and thus will
grow roots for future hope. Bap
tists generally *laiow more about
missions, by far, than they have over
known before and many of them
connect the jnission work with the
doctrine of God’s word as thjey have
never before done. And when God’s
word and missions stand before the
baptist heart in their true relation
there will be an awakening that will
astonish the world. Baptists would
dig down every bank of every river
in the world before they would give
pp baptism, they will take the Lord’s
Supper as they believe they should
under the frown and contumely of
mankind; and when missions come
upon them as these other things
have done they will knock at the door
of nations with a vehemence akin
to violence. They will lay seigo at
etery man’s heart on the face of the
earth. The Son of God alone will
stop them, at His Comiqg.
F. C. McConnell.
INFANT BAPTISM.
A worthy Pcdobaptist minister
had the following pathetic experience
as related in his own words: “One
day I was walking in the country. As
I was passing a neat farm house, the
door opened and a woman came
out and hailed mo. She was the
fanner’s wife,a tidy German whom I
had met at a country wedding. Com
ing toward the gate, she said, ‘Pees
you dor minister?’ I confessed that I
was. Then she anxiously nsked
‘Does yon paptize p.apies? I aeknowl.
edged that I was in the habit of
doing so. Then she came to business
at once, ‘Veil, den, I vants you to
come right in and paptize my dreo
lectio vuns.’ I told her how glad I
would be to comply with her request
were it proper to do so. I then care
fully explained the nature of the
ceremony, that it was a covenant be
tween the parents of tho child and
the church, in which they together
gave the children to Godgmd agreed
to train them up ip Aio nurture and
admonition of the Lord;whero it was
, necessary tlmt the ordinance should
be observed in the presence of the
church, and that at least one of the
parents should be a member of the
church.l invited her to bring her chil
dren to our meeting in the village, to
unite with the church and have her
little ones baptized.
“Ah, no!” she cried, “it pees along
vay to der town,und ve got no team;
it pees along dime before ve can
come to der town, und may pe der
poor leetle tings die rait no paptism,
und den dey berish shoost like der
peast of der field; day got no soul,
no immordality, no edernal life,
’cause dey not paptized!”
It was a cry of anguish. All her
mother heart seemed compressed in
to her poor broken words. Iler voice
was tremulous with emotion, and ev
ery syllable drenched in tears. She
was terribly in earnest, and regard
ed the baptism of her children as a
matter of the highest moment, in
volving their eternal destiny.
I had read about such distorted
views of baptism,but they had seemed
so exaggerated and impossible that I
had regarded them rather as the wild
vagaries of theorists than as the act
ual conviction of men and women in
real life. But here was an earnest
mother pleading for baptism to save
her own dear babes from death eter
nal! I was amazed, shocked. Was
ever any Pagan superstition worse
than that!
I tried to convince her that she
greatly overestimated baptism; that
it had no saving virtue,that her chil
dren would not bo lost, even if they
should die without it. But the train
ing and prejudices of a lifetime were
not to be overcome in an hour. At
length in very desperation I cried
out, Do you really think I can give
your children immortality and
eternal life by putting a little water
on them? Her answer came swift
and strong and utterly confounding,
‘To pe sure yon can; and if you can’t
vot’s der good of it?”
Y ears after when that preacher had
come into a holier peace with his
own heart he confessed: “Her bold,
incisive and rigidly logical question
‘Vot’s der good of it?—would pop
up everywhere, like some irrepressi-,’
bio imp, meeting me at every turn
grinning at me from every nook and
cranny, mocking at mo in all possible
ways, ever growing more urgent,
more imperious.
“Vot’s dor jood of it?’sure enough
Who can ten? What of blessing has
it ever conferred on the church, the
world or the family? How has it ever
benefited one of its unconscious sub
jects? It has done evil enough, and
the evil is evident enough; but what
good has infant baptism over done?
Ask history; and she will point to the
darkest of many bloodstained pages
and toll you that those are the records
of its deeds. It brought the worl d
into the church unregenerate,godless
impenitent. It introduced into the
church men who invented the Papa
cy, contrived its machinery, fostered
its corruptions and developed its
fearful power. It is the mother and
conservator of every state church.
Infant baptism and persecution were
inseparable for more than thirteen
hundred years. The evil it has done
is written in letters of blood on al
most every page of the history of
christendom, and on myriads of
wronged human hearts; but the good
it has done is written—where? who
can tell? Go through the world and
search it out. Find it, if you can,
and then publish it totho ends of
the earth.”
J. J. Taylok-
Mobile, Ala.
What a t heological seminary was
in the the plains and mountains of
Arabia! And what marvelous preach
ers it has sent out-Moses" Ellijah
Paul! “For to this end have I
appeared unto thee, to appoint thee
a minister and a witness, both of the
things wherein thou hast seen me
and of things wherein I will appear
unto thee.” (Acts xxvi. 17) Yes, a
minister and|a witness of those things
seen and heard and felt by himself,
not those things learned from his
.teachers, or dug out of his library,
It is just for such ministers as this
that the world is calling to-day, and
will always call.—J. F. Clyße ih
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Sweden, by staistical exhibit, is
shewn to bo throughly Protestant.
Out of a population of 4,774,409 on
ly 810 arc Roman Catholics, or 10
out of every 100,000; and next to it
in this respect is Norway, which is
under the same sovereign, and has
only 612 Roman Catholics out of 1-
818,853 inhabitants, or 3 7 but of
every 100,000. In both of those
countries the mass of tho population
adhere to the Lutheran Church.—
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THE APOSTOLIO COUNCIL.
Lesson for Sunday Dec. 11th, 1892.
Scripture Lesson: ActsJs: 12-29.
Motto Text.—“ Through tho
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we
shall be saved, even as they.” V. 11.
INTRODUCTION.!
At the close of their first Missiona
ry journey Paul and Barnabas re
turned to Antioch. “And when
they were come, and had gathered
the church together, they rehearsed
all that God had done with them,
and how he ho had opened the door
of faith unto the Gentiles. And
there they abode long time with the
disciples.” Chapter 14, Vs. 27, 28.
While they are here a now difficul
ty arises which threatens great evil
to the cause. It is not so much an
entirely new difficulty as a new out
break of forces that have existed all
along. It concerns the admission of
tho Gentiles to the privileges of the
Gospel. Tho prejudice of the Jews
against the Gentiles is deep-seated
and obstinate. It was not an easy
matter for them to apprehend at all
that a Gentile might become a Chris
tian, and to admit to them without
their first becoming Jews was more
than they could stahd. The lessons
from tho conversion of Cornelius
were some how aside. This case
was considered exceptional. Tho
question now comes squarely to tho
front as a leading issue. It was the
question of the hour and involved
principles of the utmost importance
to all ages.
A council is called with the church
at Jerusalem. The matter is ear
nestly considered. Our lesson re
lates that momentous occasion. Be
careful to note how tho matter was
was brought up and related in the
first part of tht chapter.
There were evidently some
speeches made in the discussion to
which no distinct reference is made.
Some account is given of what was
said by Peter, Barnabas, Paul and
James. There is a fitness in our
having tho words of these brethren
reported, as seen from their general
relation to the wy>rk that had been
done, as also from the fact that they
were under the guidance and inspira
tion of the Holy Spirit. Peter was
associated with thp conversion of
dornclius. Paul and Barnabas had
been on a mission to tho Gentiles,
James, who was a “brother es our
Lord” seems to have boon of the
Jerusalem church.
EXPOSITION.
The question before the council is,
Shall Gentles be admitted as Chris
tians without first being circumcised
becoming Jews? Then had been a
general discussion. Vs. 7. Then
Peter gives his testimony and argu
ment. Vs. 7-11. Our lesson begins
with
I. Some furtherTestimonx and
Argument. Vs. 12-18.—The testi
mony of Barnabas and Paul is based
upon God’s providential workings
with them. They had been sent out
upon their work under tho direction
of the Holy Spirit. As they preach
ed miracle's and wonders were
wrought upon some who heard them.
These miracles wore confessedly by
tho power of God, none could deny
it, nnd tho only meaning of thiA
must be that God approved the work
they had done. This was strong
testimony. Tho reality of the
miracles was apparent. That they
were of God could not bo dcnjpd.
The meaning of them is not to be
misunderstood.
Thon follows the closing speech
by James. Peter’s testimony had
boon based on special revelations,
that of Barnabas and Paul on God's
providential workings, and now
'James bases hrs mainly on prophecy.
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Simeon is but the Jewish form of
Simon, tho original name of Peter,
and the one by which he was best
known at Jerusalem. So James first
endorses tho speech of Peter. In
support of his position he quotes
from Amos 9: 11,12, wherein he sees
a prediction of certain judgments
'coming.upon Isreal, and afterward
restoration and prosperity. Then it
shall be that Gentles shall seek and
find blessing. So it is the conclusion
of James that tho salvation of the
Gentiles was one of the purposes
which was with God from the begin
ning. So at tho conclusion of his
speech there is from James,
11. A Solution of the Qoestion
Proposed and Adopted. Vs. 19-29.
The first and main point of the de
cision is that no cerertionial restric
tidns shall be laid upon the Jews.
Without circumcision or any Jewish
rite they enter upon all the privileges
of the Gospel. But while for the
Gentiles all ceremonial qualifications
are set aside, certain moral qualifica
tions are speedily emphasized. These
letter are of Cqual and perpetual
obligation upon all as taught in the
law of Moses. The moral offences
pointed out arc common among the
Gentiles and especially ofi'ensive to
the Jewish Christians. So in the in
terest of harmony these things must
be strongly condemned.
The solution proposed by James
is approved by all tho council and
church, and is embodied in a letter to
be sent by certain messengers to the
churcbs at Antioch, in Syria and
Cilicia. In connection with tho de
decision they communicate, they gra
ciously asknowledge Paul and Bar’
bas as “beloved brethren,” and ex
press appreciation of the labors that
have been performed with such
hazardous risks. Tliese two faithful
missionaries must have greatly en
joyed the results of this conference
with the assurances of|sympathy from
their brethren. long like songs
in the night after so much bitter con
flict.
SUGGESTIONS.
There is one principal, one lesson
here which is of the utmost import
ance, which should by no means be
obscured. What is the real basis of
salvation ? Be circumcised and be
saved? No. Observe rites and cere
monies and be saved? No. Be bap
tized and bo saved? No. Do the
the works of the law and be saved ?
No. Circumcisjon and faith, or Bap
tism and faith, or do the best you
can and believe? None of these.
Faith in ChAist. This is all. “By
grace ate ye saved through faith;
and that not yourselves; it is
the Gift of God” Eph. 2: 8. “Know
ing that a man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even wo have
believed in Jesus Christ,that we might
be justified by the faith of Christ,
afid .not by the works of tho law: for
by the works of the law shall no
tlofch bo justified.” Gal. 2:16. See
also Gal. 3:11 ; Rom. 8:20; 11: 6.
Tit. 8: 5 ; 2 Tim. 1: 9, etc.
This principle id at the basis of all
true religion in the world. Te- its
establishment and maintenance Paul
gave the strength of his life. 1 It Was
the vital principle with Luther in
the Reformation. ’Tis the principle
of the age. Let us grasp it strong
ly and hold it fast unto the end.
LETTER IN REPLY TO ONE ASKING
ABOUT THE POISE.
Lost Creek, Ala.
Your latter of December Bth ter
hand. Thanks to the Poise, I am
now able to do work as a traveling
, Methodist preacher. It gives|me
pleasure to be able to say that but
for the Poise I have every reason to
believe that I should havadoeena dead
man today. 1 know mCfa advertise
all kinds of nostrums and hudMg
everybody that deals with thenq'Shd
Ido not wonder at your being a
“Doubting Thomas.” I was one of
the band until a fair trial of the Pois
converted me.
My brother used it in his family,
and would not be without it for any
consideration. Last summer I cured
with it, in three months, a case of
neuralgia of the stomach of ten yeafa
standing. lam fully satisfied that
a fair trial will convine you of
the worth of the Poise.
A short time ago my brother used
it in a case of scarlet fever on one of
his children, soon relieving her, and
by using it on the others kept them
from having it. lam a well and a
strong man today after three doctoos
failed to give me relief.
Any other information I can give
I will gladly do so, und if you get a
Poise would like to know the results
after a fair trial.
Yours, most respectfully,
W. K. Simpson,
Former Sec. Y. M. C. A., Birming
ham Ala.
—J ■
The Maryland Union Association
which cotrdßponds to State Conven
tions, held its 57th session last week
with the 7th church, Baltimore. The
announcement was made that of the
825,000 expected of Md., 820,000
was in sight.
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