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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. K. W. DOBBS.
I have long thought that in pub
lic prrayer our preachers are too
stilted in the terms they apply to
God. For example, my pastor last
Sunday commenced his prayer thus :
“Almighty and Glorious God. ’ AN hy
should we not follow the Savior’s
custom and say simply, “Our Fath
ery” * DAYMAN.
Perhaps our brother’s pastor may
be too “stilted,” but the reverent ad
dress adduced does not prove him to
be so. It strikes us that that prayer
was most appropriately begun, what
ever may have been true of the rest
of it. Then is Layman quite sure
that he has informed himself as to
our Lord’s custom in prayer ? Cer
tainly the gospel narratives do no 1
inform us that Jesus was accustomed
to begin his prayers with the alleged
address. In Matt. 11:25, we read:
“At that season Jesus answered and
said, I thanic thee, O Falher, Lord
of heaven and earth,” etc. How im
pressievly appropriate was this rec
ognition of God as the Sovereign of
the universe. Certainly Jesus here
“sets us the example of employing
in prayer such names of God, and
phrases descriptive of him, as arc
appropriate to the special subject of
the prayer, or of each particular por
tion of it.” We do not overlook the
instances in which Jesus addressed
God simply as Father, as in Luke
23:85; John 11 :41 ; 12:28; 17 :2,
but the foregoing example shows
that it was not his invariable manner.
Nor do the recorded prayers of the
apostles sustain Layman’s criticism-
When a successor to Judas was to
be selected, they prayed and said,
“Thou Lord, who knowest the hearts
of all men, show,” etc. When Peter
and John returned to their own com.
paiiy from the council, they knelt
among the gathered elect and pray
ed, saying, “Lord, thou art God, who
hast made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and all that in them is >
who by the mouth of thy servant
David,” etc. (Acts 1:24; 4:24.)
These examples authorize similar
reverent and appropriate terms in
our approaches to the throne of
grace. There are some phrases
which should be avoided in prayer,
such as “dear Lord,” “precious Je
sus,” “indulgent Father,” and simi
lar expressions, which ’are strongly
suggestive of cant. We should
avoid, too, the constant repetition of
the divine name in prayer.
What should bo done with a mem
ber who gives more of his influence
to the Methodist Church than to the
Baptist and acts as chairman of a
Committee to build a Methodist par
sonage but docs biit little to encour
age his own church to build? He
says ho does not believe all the doc
trines of our church and says that
he has a goocLmind to join the Meth
odists. J. c. M.
Such a member is clearly out of
sympathy with his church, nnd ho
should be kindly admonished by ju.
dicious brethren. There may be
something more the matter than ap
pears upon the surface, and a kind
and fraternal inquiry by those in
whom the brother has entire confi
dence may bring it to light.
It is possible he is aggrieved with
his pastor or some of the members
and is taking this method of airing
his grievance. Os course it is a
very unlovely way of doing, but
there is.no accounting for one’s ac
tion when he gets that special “dem
on” in his heart. As to his not be
lieving “all the doctrines of our
church”’ it may bo said that some
generally recognized “Baptist doc
trines” are essential to the integrity
of the denomination, while others
are not fundamental. For example,
believer’s baptism (immersion) can
not l>e denied and one consistently
remain in a Baptist Church. The
same may be said of the doctrine of
a “regenerate membership.” But
one may not believe in tho “final
penseverance of the saints,” and still
be a Baptist. So of so-called “close
communion.” While wo believe
that restricted communion is clearly
demanded by the Scriptures, the
evidence is not so positive, nor is the
subject of such a nature, as to make
it a fundament'll doctrine. Spur
geon was a Baptist, notwithstanding
his inconsistent loose communion.
In all probability the brother referr
ed to has Methodist affiliations or as
sociations which are influencing him.
Certainly bis conduct, as given in
the inquiry, is inconsistent with a
loyal devotion to the church of which
he is a member. If he persists in
his conduct, the church should with
draw fellowship.
What is the “American Commen
tary” you so frequently refer to ?
BAPTIST.
It is a complete commentary on
the New Testament written by emi
nent Baptist scholars, the whole un
der the general editorship of the dis.
tinguished Prof. Alvah Hovey, D. D.,
of Newton Theological Seminary.
Os course all the work is not of
equal merit or value, but every part
shows careful and conscientious
scholarship. The incomparable John
A. Broadus is easily first among the
writers, his “Matthew” of over 600
pages having become a standard on
both sides of the Atlantic. Dr. W-
N. Clarke’s Mark, Dr. Hovey’s John,
Dr. Hackett’s Acts, are all first class
expositions. 'The same may be said
of Dr. E. C. Dargan’s Colossians and
Dr. E. T. Winkler’s James. Indeed
the whole is good. The Commenta
tary is published by the American
Baptist Publication Society, in seven
large volumes at sl6. We regard it
as decidedly the best complete com
mentary on the New Testament pub
lished. It would make an excellent
Christmas gift for your pastor—for
any pastor. We venture to suggest
that some good brother or sister in
every church go to work at once and
secure enough to furnish the Ameri
can Commentary to its pastor. What
a boon it would prove to many. We
presume for such a purpose the en
tire work could be had for about
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WHAT IS CULTURE.
BY REV. RUDOLPH GROSSNAM.
What is culture? Probaly no word
is so fluent on our lips and yet so
frequently misunderstood and mis
applied. Whereas there exists a
unanimity of opinion that to be wor
thy of the respect of society, culture
is unessential re quirement,no two in
dividuals will upon first thought
agree in their conception as to what
culture signifies. Question any three
men of your acquaintance and you
will receive three distinct replies-
The first regards culture as syn
onymous with intellectual and artis
tic pursuits. To bo cultured, he
will say, is to have sounded the
depths of knowledge, to bo able to
express some criticism on the latest
book, to speak learnedly on litera
ture and science ami pass for a con
noisour of modern and antique art.
It is this conception of culture that
has given birth to all that affectation
and shanr that is bane of our modern
society.
The second whom you question as
to what is culture, will reply, culture
is refinement of manners, To be
cultursd, he will say, is to observe
all the rules of formality and etique
te that society has laid down to be
scrupulously careful of your external
appearance and outward demeanor,
to bo graceful in your movements
and gracious in your behavior.
While a third will formulate quite
differently his conception of culture.
To bo deemed cultured,this one will
say, is to display taste in the ap
pointments of your homes, harmony
and beauty in your surroundings, an
earnest regard for die ever tluctua—
ing demand of fashion, gorgeousness
of equipment and a lavish display of
hospitality.
Under the stimulus of this view,
many, alas! too many, regard a
loathsome shoddyism as the sine qua
non of culture.
Not in the profundity of knowl
edge alone, though you bo familiar
with the devious paths of literature,
and science,not in the external grace
of behavior, though you have mas
tered every petty rule of formality
not in the luxuriance of a palace,lies
culture. These are aids to, but not
the essence of culture. All these
may be yours and yet they may en
title their possessor in no regard to
the honored appellation of a cultur
ed man or woman.
Culture is a flower that blooms in the
soil of the heart and not in the brain-
Culture is not dependent on circum
stances and surroundings.lt triumphs
over the gloomiest conditions. It is
within reach of the poorest and
weakest, no less than of the mighty
and prosperous. In the lowliest
hovel where grinding poverty in
vites despair and gnawing hunger
consumes all energy, may often be
seen the noblest evidences of true
culture.
He that chooses the right with in
vincible resolution, ho that resists
the sorest temptation from without,
from within, he that is calmest in
storms aed morst fearless under me
nance and danger, he whose reliance
on virtue, on truth,on God, is most
unfaltering, he is the truly cultured
man.
There where affections and sym
pathy shed their sunshine, where
chastity nnd honor are the guiding
stars, whore the love of truth and
fidelity to duty are nurtured, where
confidence in God’s helpfulness,where
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1892.
are the celestial bonds of union,there
is true culture.
Growth is the law of human life.
The plant grows unsconsciously,
driven upward by a force it knows
I not of. Man alone is gifted with
. the power of selfimprovement. He
I alone can by effort and will, refine
I and ennoble his nature, unfold his
faculties, strengthen his character.
Animals can be trained by man, but
they are powerless to train themsel
ves. The savage under the impulse of
circumstances,reaches a certain stage
of development and then his growth
' is checked. The civilized man has be
fore him an unlimitted scope for de
velopment. High asthe loftiest
mountain, deep as the sea, broad as
the heaven, is the domain for his
progress.
Gifted with powers and faculties,
St is the eternal law written in his
very nature, that man must use and
strengthen these faculties and pow
ers or they die of neglect. Use and
improve your muscles, your percep
tions, your understanding or they
will gradually fail. Use your con
science or it is weakened. Use and
improve the powers of the soul, that
yearn for infinite truth, goodness
and love, and they lift you toward
them. Let them sleep, and all as
pirations for the lofty are suffocated
by neglet.
So intimately is growth interwoven
with every fibre of our being, that
without progress in some form,life
itself becomes a burden and a curse.
Like a man crossing a turbulent
stream over a narrow log, we must
go onward or die. The deadly poi
son of life’s weariness smites all who
strive for no goal, who go not on
ward, upward. This effort to be
ever advancing, this yearning to be
come ever more and more, this is
culture.
To grow ever higher, wider deep
er, as the years pass by, to overcome
difficulties and acquire more and
more power, to feel all one’s facul
ties unfolding and truth shining in
the heart, this stamps the worth of
life, constitutes the essence ot cult
ure.
But circumstances* you say, cir
cumstances, grave and forbidding,
prevent self-culture. We are the
slaves to our toil. The bitter strife
for the necessities of life robs us of
the opprtunity and the leisure fo r
the cultivation of our faculties.'
Thus will the craven coward ar
gue! Look,you of little courage, at
the great toilers of the world. Was
ever any noble action done, with no
difficulties to overcome, with no ’ob
stacles to conquer? Survey the ranks
of earth’s illustrious heroes, and
were they not all pillowed on hard
ship, taught by poverty, crowned
oven amid direst distress. A determ
ined will tramples over every oppo
sition. A resolute purpose levels all
hindrances, though they be piled
mountain high athwart our pathway.
Milton steeped in want and smit
ten with blindness, wrote his “Para
dise Lost.” Mendelesson and Spin
oza felt the scorching flame of pov
erty and yet did they become lumi
nous centres of thought. What fa
vorable circumstances helped the
peasant girl of Arc and made her
victorious, where kings and generals
had failed? Luther as a child sang
in the streets for bread; as a man, he
awoke enslaved humanity to new
life.
But you exclaim’ “We have not
all the capacities of a Milton or
Spinoza. We cannot all be heroes
and geniuses.” True, were an army
composed of naught but generals, no
victory conld ever be achieved.
There must be soldiers in the ranks
of humanity, as well as leaders. But
each one of us,according to the pow
ers at our command, can make of
ourselves what God intended we
should be. Each of our souls, by
obedience to the gifts we have, can
unfold into something that shall bo as
beautiful and as useful to this world,
as were the souls of saints and heroes.
God has assigned to each of us a sta
tion in this life. We each have a
work to fulfill in this world'—a task
we alone can do and no one for us.
As within the tiny seed nestle the
latent powers of the tree, so within
our bosoms slumbers the germ that
may be unfolded into ideal beauty.
Culture signifies to bring to light
all that is unborn in man. As no two
individuals, like no two plants, are
exactly alike, it is the practical part
of wisdom for each of us to learn
what capabilities wo possess, and
then so to mould circumstances and
daily dutieb that they shall help, un
fold those faculties with which we
are endowed’
In this, the highest of all educa
tion, nothing is too insignificien
that it may not become the source of
instruction. Heaven und earth, day
and night, work and rest, success
and failure, sickness and bereave
ment, all that constitues human life
stands at our side as heavenly teach
ers. Even the shocks and strains of
adversity, the ever-darking shadows
of the grim valley of despair and
death through which we all at some
time must painfully grope, these are
often the highest and best instructors
of true culture. The strongest trees
are those that have felt most keenly
the lash of the storm. The blows of
misfortune’s hammer fashion the no
blest virtues. In disaster and desti
tution lies often the truest discipline
of manhood. The iron is not of
much value, unless it be beaten on
the anvil. Life only then becomes
true, when it is purged in the fires
of affliction.
We often hear men lament that
their occupations of necessity so en
gross their attention that they lacks
both the energy aud the leisure for
study, for the enriching of the
mind with those treasures of thought
wjth which each good teems. Books
it is true as divine messengers of
culture—books are treasure houses of
truth. But yet book knowledge is
not culture. Many a learned man
has been branded with the Cain
mark of disgrace and infamy, and
been entombed in a criminal cell.
While many an unlettered man ignor
rant so far as books are concerned!
has been crowned with a halo of good
ness and purity, of that high nobility
of soul that is the eternal patent of
true culture. There are means for
education in the lowest occupation.
To draw manhood from every toil,
irradiate every duty with holy aspi
rations, to make every task however
humble subserve a lofty purpose,
this is the highest means of culture
is an education far more efficient
than that which bookscan offer.
Bewail not forever your weakness
es and limitations.
Rejoice rather in your infinite ca
pabilities. Fold not your hands in
listless indolence. Around you are
ten thousand opportunities for
growth, for development. Use them!
Chain them to your chariot that
each day’s setting sun may leave
you richer and nobler in the growth
of your soul’s ambitions.
And have you wealth! What nu
merous doors for culture, fly then
open at your command. Wealth is
a leaden weight that drags us down
if it is sought but for pomp and dis
play. Wealth is a golden wing that
lifts us up, if it is sought for
the good it can accomplish, for the
blessings it can shower upon its pos
sessor and upon humanity.
The North American Indians have
a legend that primeval men lived in
a subterranean cave. They beheld
long fibres hanging down to them
from above. .Seizing these trailing
roots, they crept up and up and so
at length lifted themselves to the
surface.
Each day is such a thread let from
the regions of infihito light and
truth. Each hour teems with golden
opportunities for growth. Utilizing
them wo may lift ourselves higher
and higher, unfold heart and soul
ever more and more, mount ever up
ward to the light. This is true life.
This is man’s real mission. This is
culture.—American Hebrew.
An advertisement in an English
paper of a Church of England living,
describes the picturesque scenery,
the spacious vicarage, the salmon
pool and the almost total absence of
Dissenters, and states as the last and
chief recommendation the fact that
there are very few inhabitants in the
parish. Most ministers would not
regard this as a recommendation.—
St. Louis Christian Advocate.
The oldest church in the United
States is the church of San Miguel,
erected at Santa Fo, N. M., seventy
seven years before the lauding of
the pilgrims on Plymouth Rock,
twenty years before the founding of
St. Augustine, Fla., and fifty-three
years after the landing of Colum
bus.—Ex.
The Presbyterian Church of this
country has four institutions for tho
education of colored girls, “Scotia
Seminary, at Concord, N. C.; Mary
Allen Seminary, at Crockett, Texas >
Ingleside Seminary, at Burkeville
Va., opened this fall; and Mary
Holmes Seminary, in Jackson,
Miss.”—The Presbyterian.
J. D. Watkins,Blakely, Ga., writes
“Old sores covered my entire person
and itched intensely night ami day.
For severM months I could not
work at all. I commenced tho use
of the Botanic Blood Bahn and be
gan to grow better tho first week,
and am now sound and well free
from sores and itching and at work
gai n.
A REVIEW.
Lesson for Sunday December 18th.
The lessons|for this quarter have
covered only seven chapters, Acts
9-15. But in these few chapters
there is a greater fulness of meaning
than in a whole library of uninspired
writings. .Some of the events may
seem commonplace, but in them are
involved principles and results that
only eternity shall fully reveal. The
time embraced by these lessons is
about fourteen years, from A. D. 37
to 50.
While in less than a dozen pages
is narrated the events of scarcely
more than a dozen years, it is not an
easy matter to get a comprehensive
view or to a make a thorough review
of the whole. Only by diligent
effort shall we so fasten these lessons
in our mind as to make them of per
manent help and instruction. .Some
plan for grouping what we have
learned in systematic order is of
great importance. If a map is at
hand, and every school should have
one, an effective grouping may be
made about
THE PLACES
mentioned in our lessons. Get before
your mind the situation at Jerusalem
just before pentecost when the whole
number of disciples is about one
hundred and twenty, and they are
gathered in one room. While these
are met and before Pentecost is yet
come, imagine yourself falling into a
Rip Van Winkle sleep of twenty
years. Then you will wake up about
the time the council is assembled at
Jerusalem, of which we studied last
Sunday. Strange will sound the dis
cussions you will hear in that meet
ing. But little will be said about
Jerusalem and Judea, which you will
bear frequent and repeated mention
tion of Antioch in Syria, Antioch in
Pisidia, Cesarea, Cilicia, Cypnis, Gy
rene, Damascus, Derbe, Iconium
Joppa, Lycaonia, Lydda, Lystra,
Pamphylia, Paphos, Perga, Phonic,
Pisidia, Selencia, Tarsus,etc. A more
vivid conception of the progress
made by the gospel can scarcely be
given than by the proper relation
and distances of these places shown
carefully on a map. The attention
given to each place will vary accord
ing to the work done there, and ac
cording to its previous relation to
the Gospel.
Perhaps keenest interest will at
tach to such grouping of the lessons
as may be made about the persons
who have been actors in the drama.
Nothing has for us the interest of
living characters. They will be
found of such number and character
as to give rich variety to the pass
ing scenes. Our difficulty here is to
find such a wealth of thought and
suggestion as there shall be no time
to consider properly. Some of the
faithful ones known before pass out
of sight, and new acquaintances
come to greet us. But the 'work
will go on, whether in the hands of
the older and more experienced ones,
or falling upon shoulders all unused
to the burdens. Old foes may lay
down their armor, but while breath
ing the first sigh of relief others are
seen to buckle on shield and helmet-
In all the ages workers are
seen to die but God carries on the
work. Enemies are vanquished, but
Satan is prompt with his re-enforce
ments.
Some of the persons here are seen
standing out in bold relief as leaders
upon the one side or the other. Some
come to bo partakers of benefits
offered. The relation of others to the
events narrated is only casual and
indifferent No special attention
need be called to such prominen t
ones as Paul and Barnabas and
Peter. The lessons of their lives
stand forth in living characters,
Much may be learned from the lives
more obscure, and these lessons are
in danger of being neglected
As several plans of grouping are
suggested it is not expected that
more than one will be employed.
To employ more than one would in
volve cenfnsion and lack of time.
Then whatever,point is taken for
the centre all tho necessary thoughts
may bo made to cluster about that.
Another plan of grouping may be to
consider
THE EVENTS
as more worthy of having tho high
est honor. This plan has many ad
vantages. Study tho events as to
tho causes behind them, tho influen
ces leading up to them, the general
conditions, tho results growing out
of them. This will involve real
study or no good will come of it.
In every vision, every conversion
every miracle, every persecution,
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Another very interesting view to
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THE DIFFICULTIES
encountered in the work. Get them
clearly before your mind, as to their
character, force, meaning, number,
and variety, and you will be thorough
ly amazed. In those obstacles en
countered by the early church, we
believe is to be found the principles
of every difficulty known to succeed
ing generations. The foes of indi
viduals and of churches now are of
infinite variety as to their form, but
as to their real character and inner
spirit they are the same as gave con
flict to Paul and Barnabas and the
early Church.
Wo should get a view of these les
sons that is comprehensive, that is
symmetrical, that shall make itself
permanent. It needs to be such a view
as will mould our thoughts and our
spirits, tilling ns more with benovo
lence and missionary zeal. Such
shall be the power of this truth if
the Holy Spirit apply it. May the
Holy Spirit be given to us all.
"THEWEAVER.”
TOUCHING RECITAL OF AX ANOYMOVS
POEM OVER THE COFFIN OF
A FRIEND.
The following beautiful poem was
sent to me by a friend with the re
quest to reproduce it in the Index.
It is well worth the space it occupies.
The remarks proceeding the poem,
giving the occasion of its recital, ap
peared in Tho Times,Brunswick, Ga.
The sender, after requesting its
its republication in The Index, adds,
“Ask mother to paste it in her
Bible.”
Perhaps others who may read it
will do likewise. i. it. b.
On the occasion ofjthe funeral of
of Col. W. N. Cowden, that most
brilliant lawyer who died in Lewis
burg last June, James W. Brents
was asked to say a few words. Col.
Cowden was a kinsman of Mr. Brents
ami an exceedingly dear friend be
sides. It will be remembered that
at a bar meeting held in’ memory of
the deceased, Mr. Brents delivered
an oration thdt has few equals in
point of literary excellence. An ex
tract from that speech was published
in The Times, and attracted wide
notice by reason of its thrilling peri
ods. But when asked to say some
thing over the coffin of his friend, he
replied:
“I can do no more in response to
this call than to recite that beautiful
poem which Col. Cowden so dearly
loved in his life and the author of
which has never been known. The
subject of it is
, “tub weaver.”
Yes. I am a weaver, and cacti day
The threads of life 1 spin.
And pe the odors what they may.
I still must weave them in,
With morning lightthere comestho thought
As Imy task begin-- ...
My God to me new threads lias brought
And bids nib weave them in.
Sometimes he brings mo threads of gold
To brighten up the day;
Then sombre tints, so ble*k and cold.
That turn the gold to gray.
His love, alas! I oft forget.
As these dark threads I spin.
That cause me grief and pain, but yet
1 still must weave them in.
And so my shuttle swiftly flies
With threads both gold and gra»
And on I toil till daylight dies
And fades in night away.
Oh, when my day of toll is o’er
And I shall cease to spin,
He’ll open wide my father’s door
And bid me rest within.
There, safe at home in heavenly light,
How dearly 1 shall see
That every thread, the dark, tho bright,
Each one bad need tv bo.
A lottery bill has been introduced
into the Hawaiian legislature. Tho
promoters of the scheme propose to
pay five hunched thousand
for the privileges asked. The Haw
aiian Friend says: “The proposal i<
felt by all thinking and honorable
men to be insulting and indecent.
Hawaii is not going to swallow what
America has just spewed out, not
even if all our debts and all our takes
were to be paid thereby.”
The famous old Castle church in
the city of Whittenburg was on Re
formation Day rededicated in tho
presence of the German Emperor
and the Protestant Princes from al
over Germany. The whole church
has been remodeled at a cost of 900,-
000 marks.
Bishop Granberry who lately un
derwent a surgical operation at tho
Johns Hopkins tjniversity, has so
far recovered as to undertake to hold
the Miss., and North Miss., Confer
ences, soon to convene.
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SHERWOOD’S MEMOIRS.
Tn Baptists this is an invaluable book.
It gives tnoro Bistorical details of Georgia
Baptist History, from 1818 to isi.l. than any
other work in existence. Pteyared by
loving hands of lit. Sherwood s wife an 4
daughter, it enchains the attention from the
first to the last page, a fbw only left. Setfuro
a copy. Price $1,215. For sale at 8. P. Rich
ards &• Son’s Bookstore, and at Atn. Bap .PuK
Society agency. Whitehall St.. Atlanta. Ga. It
depicts a pious and useful lifft, intimately
connected with Baptist History. Ideclt
Ga. Soulhern & Florida R. R.
Suwanee River Route.
To Florida, via Atlanta.
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SHORT LINE TO WORLD’S
Sleeping Car on Night Trains Between
Macon ana Palatka.
Double Daily Pullman Sleeping Car
Service Between Jacksonville,
Fla., Nashville and St.
Louis, Without
Change.
Connections In Union Depot nt Macon with
M. fc N., Ga. R. R., C. R. R., and Southwestern
R. It., north and southland in Union Depot
at J ake City and Palatka with all trains from
Print’ in Florida, east, west and south.
11. BURNS. A. C. KNAPP,
Tray. Pass. Agt., ’I rattle Man’gr,
I Malon, Ga. Macox, Ga.