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EVERY WORD OF EVERY PRAYER IS
ANSWERED.
It is often said that the good Lord
is wiser than we and if wo ask for
something that we should not have,
he will give us something better or
will wisely withhold tho desired ol>
jeet. This does not seem to me to
be true. Tho Saviour tells us to ask
and wo shall receive, “Whatsoever
ye ask in my name I will give it.’’
<‘lf any two of you shall agree on
earth as touching any thing it shall
be done unto you.” And, of course,
a multitude of such positive state
ments as these, have forced mo to
believe that every word of every
prayer will be answered. Especial
ly does it seem true when the Sav
iour made such statements as he did
about prayer in faith removing moun
tains and plucking trees up by the
roots, etc. These statements cannot
have a hidden reserved meaning that
mountains will be removed if it is
best and trees will be plucked up or
something better will be done. Neith
er do they have that other favorite
allegorical, spiritual meaning that
mountains of sin or mountains of
difficulty will be removed by prayer.
It means that if a child of God
should pray for the removal, to an
other place, of the dirt, trees, rocks
and streams, it would immediately
be done. There is yet another ex
planation of unanswered prayers,
that does not seem to me tenable,
viz., that God will answer some other
time. Me will answer at the time
tho petitioner sets, not a mqpient
sooner or later.
Having thus set down in positive
terms the conditions of prayer, it is
well to look into the nature of prayer-
Culling from the different statements
made in tho Word of God, you will
find that not all the pious talk with
upturned face is prayer. Not even
as is so beautifully expressed by the
hymnist who said, “Prayer is the
soul’s sincere desirp, un uttered or ex
pressed,” unless there is a scriptural
meaning given to the word “sincere.”
Prayer must contain certain funda.
mental principles before it is worthy
the name.
It must be in the name of Jesus
Christ, for the sake of Jesus Christ,
in faith, and in perfect accord with
the will of God. This means, if 1
correctly interpret, that the petition
er must consciously recognize that
he is asking as one who is entitled
to use the name of Jesus at the
throne of God. That he must have
no object in his mind, prefered be
foro'the honor tind pleasure of the
Lord Jesus, i. e., he must concede to
Jesus, all the glory of all that he asks
that the petitioner must believe that
he has what he asks, and lastly,that he
does not ask it if it is not in the
Divine purpose to give it.
James says: “Ye ask and receive
not because ye ask amiss.” And that
is the point of all herein said. Every
petition that is a prayer will be
answered. McClaren says: “Tho
Saviour waits to bo commanded by
tho Christian.” It is a glorious pri
vilege to look up to him and say,
“Lord we do believe, help thou our
unbelief.”
For the CnmsTiAN Index.
FROM MISSOURI,
Our State work is progressing
splendidly under Cor. Secy. Camp
bell - He has coupled with the busi
ness of his office evangelistic labors
which has proven eminently success
ful.
Our Home, and Foreign Mission
Board is doing a great work, chiefly
through their Secretaries Rev. B. G.
Tutt, D. D., and Rev. W. L. Boyer,
Tho Foreign Mission collections for
January will exceed tho contribu
tions of the corresponding year for
1892. by one-half. As many of our
brethren m other States already
know, our plans for Home and For
eign Missions is purely a Missouri
effort as is answering the designs of
its promoters in a great degree.
Tho Baptist outlook in Missouri
is encouraging. We still lead all
other denominations in point of mem
bers, and a converted or regenerated
membership being a distinctive doc
trine.
A line Church houso was dedica
ted in Sedalia on Feb. 12th. Dr. J.
I’. Green preaching tho sermon.
A house dedicated recently in
Larkio Dr. W. Pope Yeainan, D. I),
preaching the sermon,
Some very desirable pastorates
aro yet to be filled in this State.
First church, St. Joseph, Stanber
ry, Trenton, Gallatin, Montgomery
City, aad country churches, a num
ber. T. M. S. Kenney,
Boonville, Mo.
In cases where dandruff, scalp dis
eases falling and grayness of the hair
appear, do not neglect them, but ap
ply a proper remedy and tonic like
Hall’s Hair ilenewor.
HOPE OF CHRIST.
Everywhere you go you meet'peo
ple who have hope of acceptance
with Jesus who have not joined any
church. Why is this ?
It may result with some and in
some measure with many from the
great variety of denominations.
I have often heard it stated that
this variety was helpful to Christian
ity affording a system of belief suit
ed to all, but Ido not believe it. I
believe that the diversity of faiths is
a weakness. I think that in some
real sense tho lack of oneness in be
lief has kept pious people in many
instances from joining any church.
I see no way to correct this evil ex
cept the honest forceful denuncia
tion of error and a candid loving
presentation of truth. It certainly
will grow no better by fawning with
untruth and covering up disunion
with fained fellowship.
Others say they have not sought
membership in the churches because
they have seen too much of the mem
bers that is unchristian. This is sad •
What a pity! There is difficulty
enough in tho world and tho unre
generate heart without finding it
in the ranks of them to whom you
wish to win tho world. May the
awful fear of being tho stumbling
blocks of lost souls arouse church
members to a sense of obligation.
But after all is this any reason that a
child of God should remain out of
the church. Is it not a tremendous
reason that every one of them should
join as quickly as possible. That
trusting sold that is drawing back
►from the church on account of some
of the members ought to see that he
is exerting bis influence in exactly
the same direction as those whose
course he is condemning.
He is dishonoring the church of
the Lord Jesus Christ in one way
they are doing the same thing in an
other way but they both are accom
plishing the same result.
Besides the effect such a course
lias on the world it is destructive to
piety and hurtful to the little hope
there is in the heart. Jesus knows
how sorely wo should need all the
strength we might gain from asso
ciation with brethren and so provid
ed tho fellowship of saints.
Some one has written: “The
Devil never wastes any ammunition
on the man who thinks he can boa
Christian without joining tho church.”
There may be many who are real
[ly saved by grace and who
day” will hear tho blessed plAidit,
“well done” who have never come
out on the Lord’s sido.But one thing
is sure they aro counted on tho
world’s side and so far as we can
now see their weight of influence is
against the church and that far
against Christ.
F. C. McConnell.
Bezoars.—Tho concretions called
bezoars have been found in tho in
testines of various animals, and were
formerly given almost fabulous val
ue on account of thoir supposed heal
ing properties. Eliza Brightwen,
in Science, states that these stones
were introduced as medicines in the
East by the Arabian physicians of
the tenth century, their use gradual
ly spreading into Europe, and con
tinuing in England as late as 1716.
The known kinds of intestinal con
cretions may be roughly divided in
to si:: classes, viz.: 1. Balls com
posed of animal hairs. One of those
taken from an ox at Buonos Ayres
and now in a London museum, mea
sures forty inches in circumference;
and one from a peccary oval in shape
is six by four inches in diameter.
2. Balls composed of vegetable
hairs. These are usually formed
around a nucleus, such as a horse
nail, a plum-stone, or a piece of flint.
3. The true Oriental bezoars. These
are found in the wild goat of Per
sia, are black and hard, oval in shape,
with a smooth, shiny surface. They
consist entirely of insoluble ellagic
acid, derived from the food of tho
goat.
Tavernier has mentioned one of
these stones weighing four ounces
that sold for a price equal to #750
and the presents of the Shah of Per
sia to Napoleon included three be
zoars valued at nearly SI,OOO. 4-
Tho Occidental bezoars. These aro
from the goat of Peru and India,
consist of resin and bezoardic acid,
and lack tho luster and value of the
Oriental stones. 5. Concretions of
phosphates of magnesia and ainmon
ia, and earthy calculi. 6. Amber
gris. This is found in the Spermace
ti whale, is very light, ash colored
with black veins and spots, and is
supposed to result fr<un disease. The
cocoanut of the Malfty Peninsula
furnishes a vegetable bezoar, a stony
concretion that is worn by natives as
an amulet of great value.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX THURSDAY MARCH 2. 1893.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. W. DOBBS.
Do you not think that slang is out
of place in the pulpit? I felt last
Sunday that Dr.—let himself down
when he said, “A living dog is better
than a dead lion.” I think such ex
pressions very unbecoming in a ser
mon. st. l. c.
We agree with our sensitive sister
that “slang” should be barred from
the pulpit. The vulgarity of which
a certain notorious so-called “evan
gelist” and his imitators are guilty,
is wholly indefensible; and yet every
thing must not be classed as “slang”
which may have a slangy sound.
Probably Dr.—had been aecently
reading Eccl. 9: 4, which passage we
advise our sister to consult.
It is usual to condemn Pharisees
and Pharisaism. To call one a Phar
isee is to accuse him of hypocrisy in
the estimation of the masses. How
then, could Paul say, “I am a Phar
isee?” Was his cenduct on that oc
casion ingenuous and justifiable?
L. 8. F.
The occasion referred to is the ap
pearance of Paul before the Jewish
Sanhedrin. Acts 23.1-9. Theterm
Pharisee is not always descriptive of
the bad. The Jews were divided
into two general parties—Sadducees
and Pharisees. As a matter of fact
the latter were the othordox party,
and correctly interpreted tho anci
ent Scriptures on tho particular points
about which they differed with tho
Sadducees. It was on those special
points of doctrine that Paul declared
himself to be a Pharisee. So was
Jesus himself and all the believers
in him. Josephus says of the Sad
ducees. “They reject the perma
nence or existence of tho soul after
death, and the rewards and punish
ments of an invisible world.” Os the
Pharisees he says; “They believe
that souls have an immortal vigor,
ami are destined to be rewarded or
punished in another state according
to the life here.” So they saw noth
ing incredible in the idea of a res
urrection of one from the dead, and
of intercourse between such an one
and the living. Neauder, in com
menting on the passage in tho Acts,
says:
“In order to secure the voice of
the majority among his judges, Paul
availed himself of a measure for pro
moting the triumph Os tho trutli
which has been oftener employed a
gainst it—the ‘dividesettimpera’ in
good seuso. In order to produce u
division in tho assembly, ho address
ed himself to the interest for tho
truth which a great part of his jud
ges acknowledged, and by which thoy
really approached nearer to him than
the smaller number of those who de
nied it. He could say in truth that
ho stood there on trial because ho
had testified of the hope of Israel
and of tho resurrection of tho dead,
for ho had proached Jesus as tho
Ono through whom this hope was to
be fulfilled. This declaration had tho
effect of uniting the Pharisees pres
ent in bis favor, and of involving
them in a violent dispute with the
Sadducees.”
On this very point raisd by L. S.
F., we find tho following in Dr; J.M.
Slider’s recently issued “Introduc
tions to the Book of Acts," page 2-
27:
“But he fails again. Tho othordox
party will stand by him as a cham
pion of their side, but they will not
follow - him to the logical limits of
that side. His bold declaration that
he is a Pharisee leads to nothing but
a squabble. * * * * * * For
two days Paul has seen nothing but
strife and turmoil. God comes to
cheer him (V. 11.) Tho divine voice
endorses what he has done. ‘Thou
hast testified of me in Jerusalem.’
Then tho apostle’s calling tho high
priest a ‘whited wall’ was not in hu
man passion, it was not a sin, and his
cry in the council, ‘I am a Pharisee,’
was not a piece of worldly cunning.
Heaven approves the whole of his
two days utterances, and assures him
that tho good for which ho longed
shall be reached.”
In spite of this favorable view of
tho apostle’s conduct, many see in it
o nly a manifestation of his shrewd
tact, and feel that he was for the mo
ment guilty of suppression of truth
jn calling himself a Pharisee. Was
he at that time really a Pharisee as
his hearers understood the term? In
reply it may truly be said that on the
one special point he urges Paul was
indeed a Pharisee. Thus Dr. E. 11.
Plumptre (in Ellicott):
“It was as though he said: ‘I am
one with you in all that is truest in
your creed. I invite you to listen
and see whether what I now pro
claim to you is not the crown and
completion of all your hopes and
yearnings. Is not the resurrection
of Jesus the one thing needed for a
proof of that hope of the resurrection
of tho dead of which you and your
fathers have been witnesses?”
It may be added that when Jesus
and the apostles condemned Phari
saism, it was not doctrinal, but prac
tical, Pharisaism which merited the
censure, bee Math. 5: 20; 23: 3; and
also verses 13-15. Math. 16: 12 is
no exception, for “doctrine” there re
fers not simply to their dogmas, but
to their teaching in general—the
whole spirit and tendency of their
teaching, whereby they set at naught
the weightier matters of theii - own
divine law. So now when Pharisa
ism is used as a term of opprobrium
reference is had to the hypocritical
phase so severely denounced by our
Lord. The “Pharisee” in this sense
is the type of all self-righteous hypo
crisy and spiritual fraud.
Is there any publication specially
intended for superintendents? If so
where can I get it? Murray.
In this particular instance, we
would say that Murray will derive
much benefit from the regular study
of the Baptist Teacher, published
by the American Baptist Publication
Society or the Convention Teacher,
of the Baptist S. S. Board, Nashville,
neither of which periodicals he ap
pears to read. He would also find
much to interesit and enlighten him
in The Baptist Superintendent, a
monthly published by the Publication
Society, at 25cts ayear. Every sup
erintendent ought to subscribe for
this excellent-httle periodical -
A Missionary Tea.—lt is pro
posed in our society to have a series
of missinary “teas” during the win
ter. Each lady takes her thimble,
and needle, five cents and three
sanwiches. We do a great deal of
sewing, and serve tea or coffee with
our sandwiches. We meet at 2 p. m
and remain till 10 oclock. If any
of the brethren wish to drop in for a
chat, or to suporoise the work, thoy
are furnisned with a sandwich and
cup of tea or coffee for ten cents
While we sew, missionary leaflets
are read’ At the last meeting “Ouj
Erontior Missionaries” and “Our
Missionary Box” were the selections
In addition we have vocal and in
rumental music.—Fannie E. Bagby.
West Point, Va.
J. IX CJ correspondent
of Thjfr York,Examiner >(peak-
a, R aiten, saytft
“Dr. Warren is doing some of his
bestservico at Tatnall square church.
His Sunday school has already
grown to bo the largest in town. His
church is a beehive of workers. They
have grown in little more than a
year from sixty-eight to 178. At
present they use tho chapel of Mer
cer University for their meeting
house, but they contemplate at an
early date the building of a house of
worship.”
Rev. G. R. Gunn has a nice school
at Siloam and also preaches for the
brethren.
Tho London Freeman in it trien
nial “Summary of Statistics of Bap
tist Churches throughout the World,
gives the following totals: Churches,
44,558; pastors and missionaries, 28
876; member 5,4,913,686; scholars in
Sunday schools, 2,002,877; baptisms
216,349. Since 1889 the increase
has been: Churches, 1,908; pastors
and missionaries, 1,018 members,
227,086.
Mr. T. J. King, Louisburg, N. C.
advertises in this issue the seed of
King’s Improved Cotton. Mr. King
is highly recommended to us and be
longs to a most excellent family. He
is reliable and trustworthy and his
cotton Is said to be very fine indeed.
From what we know of them wo do
not hesitate to commend Mr. King
and his seed to our readers: Seo
the advertisement.
“On the other hand, Pond’s Ex
tract recommended, indorsed pre
scribed by the most eminent member
of the medical faculty, has grown
into public favor ever on
ward; its reputation world wide and
well established: its virtues indisputa
ble. The verdict of tho people, the
experience of every household, have
awarded it tho highest rank in the
list of curative agencies, because o f
its inherent worth, and that it does
all it proposes to do.”—Now York
Graphic.
With very small children the leader
inay have them join her in prayer. A
few moments of sileut prayer, and then,
In short, simple sentences, let the lead
er pray, pausing after each sentence,
that the children may softly repent it in
concert after her. Use only such words
as the children can understand, and ask
for the mission fields and missionaries
by name if you would have the children
join not only with voice, but understand
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SALOON—PROHIBITION—DISPEN
SARY.
Rev. W. P. Lovejoy, D. D., has
written an article for the Southern
Christian Advocate, Columbia, S. C.,
in which he gives a history of the
Dispensary System as operated in
Athens, Ga., including a comparative
statement of the results of the bar
room system from 1876 to 1885, and
of prohibition from 1885 to 1891.
He also gives the results of the Dis
pensary system from 1891, to 1893.
It is noteworthy that under the
Dispensary system as managed at
Athens, there is more liquor sold,
more liquor drank, and more money
made, but that there is less disorder,
and less crime than under the reign
of the Saloons, or of prohibition.
Mr. Lovejoy concludes that “there
is practically no advantage in favor
of the present system.” However,
it would appear that less disorder,
and less crime were items decidedly
in its favor.
“These are the salient points in the
dispensary system as it is operated
in Athens. It has been running
since Oct. 1, 1892. What are the
results ?
In the above tabulated statement
it will be seen that, as compared with
the latter years of prohibition, there
is practically no advantage in favor
of the present system. The Mayor
stated to me (the ex-Chief of Police
corroborates the statement) that
there is more drinking under the dis
pensary system than there was dur
ing the reign of prohibition, but there
is less crime. Both give as the cause
this: The liquor obtained now is
purchased at the dispensary, and it
is pure. Under prohibition the wprst
classes ran the “blind tigers” in the
darkest corners, and sold the mean
est whiskey; the worst classes fre
quented those places, and the result
was much drinking, many difficulties
and many arrests. As compared
with the bar-room reign, the Chief
of Police stated that under prohibi
tion there was a decrease of nine
tenths of disorder, and the order is
as good now as it was under prohi
bition. He is a strong prohibition
ist.
Receipts from the dispen
sary for twelve months,
from October 1,1891, to
October 1, 1892 853,985 00
Disbursements for same
period 44,960 25
Amount in bands of Trea
surer, January, 1, 1892 .. l(j£i)36 10
Stock on hand valued at. . 5,000 00
Net profits for 15 months
operations 15,0.36 10
A word in conclusion as to my own
observations of the working of the
dispensary system as it is operated
here- I reached Athens just before
the last Christmas holidays. I have
never seen a quieter Christmas week
anywhere. I have not seen a half
dozen drunk men since I have been
here.
One other comparison should have
been made in the proper place. The
table shows that the largest sura re
ceived in any year during the bar
room period was 86,472.30. The net
profits realized from tho first year’s
operation of the dispensary was
$9,024 74, to say nothing of the value
of the stock on hand at the end of
the year, thus making a showing of
not less than $6,000 in favor of tho
dispensary over tho bar-rooms. Thisi
the prohibitionists claim, completely
answers the arguments of the antis
that the city needs the bar-rooms for
purposes of revenue.”
Athens, Ga.
Three Boards or Onk.—Almost
all our exchanges in the South, deci,
dedly disapprove the scheme pro
posed by Dr. Ellis for the consolida
tion of our three Boards into one.
The plan of Dr. E. seems to have
embraced such details as to expose
its impracticability, and to make us
better satisfied with the present
plan.
It is comparatively easy to put
aside one plan, but not so easy to
devise a better. Let us correct tho
imperfections of existing methods, if
there are any and let well enough
alone.
Convenient Adaptability.—A
curious power of tho vermilion-spot
ted newt, according to Mr. Simon H.
Gage, is that of changing from the
aquatic to the terrestrial life, its
breathing organs being more or
less completely modified, and then
changing to the aquatic. It seems
to be necessary for the individuals
that settle upon land to turn to wa
ter during preparation for reproduc
tion. The tree-toad and the yellow,
spotted salamander also are able to
return partially to aquatic respira
tion, mid the gills of the siren are
reacquired after being absorbed to
mere stubs.
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UNCONSCIOUS SINS-
There is quite a largo number of Chris
tians who sincerely maintain that sin
consists in wilful wrong-doing. They
tell us that if one does not give his con
sent to anything that is wicked or wrong
ho is not quilty of sin. It, is said that
sin resides in the intention. The moral
philosophy of this position is. that if a
person intends to do a certain wrong
thing, and good instead of evil, comes
from it, he is not deserving of any cred
it for the good, but is chargeable with
the evil which he intended. This is
good philosophy; and yet it does not do
away with the fact that men do no sin un
consciously. Now, see what trod says in
Lev, V:l7, as follows: “If a soul sin and
commit any of these which are forbid
den to be done by the commandments
of tho Lord; though he wist it not, yet
he is guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.”
And then, in the next verse, we are told
what is required in behalf of such a
person. “ The priest shall make an atone
ment for him, concerning his ignorance
wherein he erred and wist it not, ami it
shall be forgiven him. “Here the truth
is plainly stated that there is such a
thing as sinning and not knowing it, —
certainly not at tho time of committing
the sin. It is atiiirmed that people may
sin ignorantly: that is, they may be ig
norant, at tho time, of the fact that they
are sinning. This shows that not all sin
resides in the intention. It also shows
that a person may sin, while not intend
ing to. We thus get a hint of the ex
ceeding subtlety of sin, ami of its decep
tive character. It is quite possible for
us to sin, even when we think that wo
are quite free from it, and while we are
trying our best tojdo all the good we
can. The great lesson is hereby taught
us that we are very short-sighted crea
tures and are not capable of seeing our
selves as God sees us. Some of our acts
which we may believe are very good—
indeed perfect—may be tainted witli sin.
There may be sin in our most fervent
prayers, and yet w e may be unconscious
of it. There may be some degree of siu
in our most impassioned testimonies
for Christ and yet we may be quite un
aware of it. Oh, what humility this
should produce in ns! How much need
have we to pray God to cleanse our
prayers and prasies! All that we say
and do, needs to pass through the blood
of Christjand be washed, that it may be
acceptable to God. C. 11. Wetiiekbe.
Tho miracle of the Bed Sea cross
ing geologically explained.
Here is about the best take off of the
higher criticism that we have heard
recently. We do not know where the
Christian Evangelist found it, but it
worth reproducing.—A negro prea
cher, touched with the “higher criti
cism,” once elaborated a new theory
of tho Exodus—towit, that the Red
Sea was frozen over, and so afford
ed tho Israelites as afe passage, but
when Pharaoh and his heavy iron
chariots attempted to cross he broke
through and was drowned. A bro
ther arose and asked for an explana
tion to that “p’int.” Said ho “I's
been studyin’ g’ography,and the g’og
raphy says that am de place where
de tropics am, and de tropics am too
hot for freezin’; do p’int to be
’splnined is ’bout breakin, frough de
ice.” The preacher straightened
himself up, and said, “Bruddor, glad
you axed dat question, for it gives
me casion to ’splain it. You see
dat war a great while ago, befo’ dev
had any geographies and befo' dore
was any tropics.”—Cent. Bap.
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THIS CONTEST NOW OPEN, CLOSE*
FEBRUARY 281'H.
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