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who had heard the gospel ? What
would we have thought of Carey
and Judson should they have gone
to the same little towns where others
had preached, and built second
churches instead of going further on
and giving the gospel to people who
were strangers to it? What would
we think if wo should send out one
hundred new missionaries, and they>
instead of going, as Paul did, to re
gions beyond, should center them
selves by preaching to people who
for years had heard the gospel from
others ? Would we not disapprove
of their cCarse ? Is not all Chris
tendom doing this very riling?
Wc have a thousand ministers in our
State half of which arc idle, and yet
we are ordaining others, and then we
set to work to have them sandwiched
between two homo churchee, which
could do the work of the three. W e
are so absorbed in making home
fields for them, and so selfishly en
gaged about our own little world,
that we have forgotten to call their
attention to the vast and populous
regions over yonder, whose hopeless
ness and destitution beggars discrip.
tion. It seems as if we dare not
urge them to go over there and carve
out for themselves place in which to
labor, as did Paul and Carey and Jud
son and Graves and Crawford, but we
should have to support them. May
God show us our duty in the
premises,and give us the r.pirit to do
>t.
THE GROUND AND PILLAR OF THE
TRUTH-
REV. 1.. N. BROCK.
Paul gave Timothy instructions
by which he might know how to
behave himself in the house of God
which, said he, ‘‘is the church of God>
the ground and pillar of the truth.”
The figure is taken from architect
ure and is used to show the relation
of the church to the truth. It is that
of the ground-work and pillars of a
building to the building. This is
obvious to all. The pillars bear up
and support the building. In like
manner must the churches of Christ
hold up and support the truth of
God. Baptists arc a great people to
boast that they have tl.e truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, and in this faith they some
times rest with groat ease believing
that the truth will take care of itself.
This is a great mistake. The church
es of Christ are the custodians of the
truth and should firmly hold to it
and hold ft up to a lost world. Each
church should mold the sentiment of
the community in which it exists*
As a rule it does. If error dominates
and erratic opinions are held by the
people, if wrongs are perpetrated re
peatedly, and public sentiment is
weak against the evils of the day, the
church is responsible for it. It is
either duo to church ineflicien’ey or
church complicity. The church
that stands firmly for the right and
against the wrong, ever maintaining
the truth of God, soon becoms the
standard for everybod yon all ques
tions involving human interests here
and hereafter; and constantly manu
factures the sentiment of the entire
community, and commands the re
spect of everybody. For example’
the people of any community will
engage in horse races, theatres, balls
card parties and such things to the
extent that the church tolerates it*
The church is the great moral and
religious educator. What responsi
bility rests upon the church.
A few suggestions as to how the
church should maintain the truth.
1 In the pulpit. The pulpit be
longs to the church and not to the
preacher. Every church should see
to it that the truth and the whole
truth is taught from the pulpit. The
trumpet should give no uncertain
sound. The doctrines of Christ as
taught in the Bible and held sacred
by Baptists should be plainly and
emphatically taught. The preacher
who seeks popularity at the expense
of truth, is not worthy of the name.
«‘Woe be unto you where all men
shall speak well of you, for so did
their fathers the false prophets.”
Baptists must be aggressive. If
our doctrines are not taught and ad
vocated, they will not be believed.
The policy which is the very life of
Pedo-Baptists, is suicidal to Baptists.
2. In the Sunday-school. Proba
bly no Baptist can longer gainsay
the Sunday-school work, no one say
it is not of God. The church should
maintain the truth, in, and by the
Sunday-school work. The church
should make herself the ground and
pillar of the truth taught in Sunday
school. The Sunday-school should
not be simply a factory of practical
suggestions, but work of teaching
fundamental truths.
3. In the life of the membership
The church should maihtain the
truth through an exemplary life of
its members. Jesus said, “He that
believeth in me hath everlasting life.”
This truth should be exemplified by
his followers. All truth should
shine out and glitter in their lives in
a manner that would verify the
words of him who said, “I am the
truth.” The Christ-life should shine
in ours. The church should demand
it, and if necessary, exercise strict
discipline that she may be the
’‘ground and pillar of the truth.”
Shubuta, Miss.
SWARMS OF ERRORS.
REV. O. 11. CARTER.
It is common for us to hear much
of the power of the religious press,
and all those who read religious pa
pers are not disposed to question its
potency. But it is well for us to
consider that the religious press may
exert an influence in two directions.
It may be wielded for good on the
one hand, or for evil on the other.
But the very name, religious press,
implies that the editors of all relig
ious journals are using this means
for the promotion of truth, the glory
of God and the strengthening of
confidence in the inspiration of the
Bible. Any expression, whether in
tended or not, that has a tendency
to defeat this object, will only end
in harm and not good.
Looking at the matter, as indica
ted, it would appear that any true
lover of the religious press, as a
means of doing good, would feel
a certain degree of pain on reading
an editorial paragraph in the Exam
iner of June 8. Allusion is made in
the above named paragraph, to the
Briggs trial and some other trouble
related to Presbyterian deliverances.
About this the editor takes occasion
to say : “The trouble is that ‘the
Bible as we now have it, swarms
with errors, as every competent
scholar admits.”
In reading this sentence one feels
like saying, “Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of
Askelon, etc.,” that the staid old
Examiner, noted through all the
years of the past for its orthodoxy,
should allow such a sentence as the
above, to find its way into the edi
torial columns. The tendency of
such teaching is toward Rome
which teaches that the common peo
ple cannot read the Bible for them
selves but receive their religions
knowledge from the priest.
It comes to pass now, according
to the Examiner, that when an il
literate man takes up his Bible to
read, he cannot tell whether what
he is reading belongs to a “swarm
of errors” or is a part of inspired
truth. But such an unfortunate
man as this is reduced to the neces
sity of calling in a “competent”
scholar to decide the matter for
him.
It is true that the higher New
Testament Greek criticism has as
certained the fact that a few inter
polations have crept into the texts,
but these have been carefully
marked so that all common readers
may know that their inspiration is
questioned. In the Revised Ver
sion these passages have all been
inclosed in brackets, or left out al
together. But a careful examina
tion of all these spurious passages
will reveal the fact that not one of
them touches on any vital doctrine
of divine truth, and that the Bible
would suffer, in no way, if all these
passages were left out.
Wo want to know the truth about
the inspiration of the Bible, and if
there are any passages which are
spurious they should be pointed out,
for as lovers of the scriptures we
should not be afraid to have the
whole truth known.
A true reverence for God’s word
would cause one to rise up and with
all the earnestness of his soul, pro
test against such assertions as the
one made above. If this is to be
the fashion of dealing with the Bi
ble then we should sit down and cry,
“they have taken away my Lord and
I know not where they have laid
him.”
Jackson, Ga.,
THE OF~PRAYEK.
Enter into thy closet, and when
thou hast shut the door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thv
Father which seeih in secret, shal|
reward thee openly. Math. 6. 6.
Secret prayer is especially enjoyed
in this Scripture, The place i<
specified as the most retired, most
separate, most apart from others.
Shut in from all outside influence,
and attractions that the soul may be
alone with God.
No altar is necessary, no temple,
no shrine; it u audience with God,
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX THURSDAY JUNE 22. 1893.
under circumstances favorable.
Augustine has beautifully said,
Wouldst thou have a high and holy
place ? Consecrate thyself inwardly
a temple of God; for the temple of
God is holy, which temple ye are.
Wouldst thou pray in a temple pray
in thyself—but first become in thy
self a temple of God, for He hears
him who calls to him out of his
temple.
The Bible gives many instances of
public prayer. In the early days of
the church, the disciples congrega
ted together and prayed together
and God s blessing was showered
upon them. In fact the Lord’s
prayer is not an individual prayer.
It is our Father—forgive us—lead
us; conveying the idea of a petition
for more than one and by more than
one.
The earth is God’s footstool; the
Heavens his throne, and it is meet
that prayer, thanksgiving and praise
ascend to Heaven from earth.
There is no place on earth from
which prayer may not go. It may
be a place of joy, it may be a place
of sorrow, of suffering, of death.
There is no place in which it is in
appropriate to pray to God. No
place too good too beautiful too ex
alted. No place too sinful, too de
based, too low. All earth is a
place of prayer.
The heathen and idolatrous must
have a temple made with hands.
The Mahommedan has his Mecca to
which be must travel with weary
steps, but God’s children have a
temple near at hand—even in their
own hearts. God’s plan so far ex
ceeds all other plans that no human
devices can compare in simplicity or
in grandeur. When we contem
plate, we are lost in wonder and ad
miration and love at the great wis
dom and goodness of God in so ar.
ranging our worship of Him that we
can approach Him any time, any
where, without inconvenience, ex
pense, or preparation. Why should
not Christians pray often? Why
not “pray •without ceasing ?” Is it
“a hard saying ?”
Mrs. L. Richards.
Canton, Ga.,
A TIMELY PAPER.
BY REV. XV. M. HOWELL,
In the Index of April 27th, and
the second article on the editoria;
page‘is a “Review of Reviews” wor.
thy of every reader’s attention. It
is in reply to an article in the
■‘Southern Methodist Quarterly Re
view.” If that periodical Is as unre
liable as that paper of Mr. George
G. Smith, in all of its teachings, it
certainly is not a safe guide to its
readers.
In line with said article there has
just fallen into my hands a little of
the doings of 1776, reproduced in a
paper advocating the cause of Relig
ious Liberty. The paper referred to
seems to be undenominational and
simply deals with facts as history has
left them.
Speaking of an “appeal and re
monstrance” sent up to the Legisla
ture in the date above, the paper
says: “The Declaration of Independ
ence had no sooner been published
abroad, than the Presbytery of Han
over, in Virginia, at its very first
meeting, openly took its stand in the
recognition of the new and inde
pendent nation, and addressed to the
Virginia house of Assembly the fol
lowing memorial, &c.
Having given the memorial in
full, the editor goes on to say further,
that “the Presbytery of Hanover
was immediately joined in the good
work by the Baptists and Quakers,
* * * The Episcopalians and the
Methodists sent up counter memori
als, pleading for a continuance of
the system of established religion.”
Thus it seems that Mr. George G.
Smith's regiment did not do much in
“winning the fight.” We hope it will
do more in the fight that is uow com
ing on.
The Independent, June Bth, has a
very interesting article by general
C. H. Howard, entitled “Revising
History at Gettysburg.”
There were present, at the recent
meeting of Corps commanders on
that memorable battle-field two of
three surviving Major Generals of
the Federal army, Generals Sickles
and O. O. Howard. General Long
street, his Chief of staff Col. Latrobe
and Genl. E. Porter Alexander, of
8. C., who had been Longstreet’s
Chief of Artillery,of the Confederate
Army were also present.
It is refreshing to read the conver
sations of these veterans on both
sides, who were participants in that
fearful conflict and to notice the
friendliness and genuine cordiality
and candor that pervaded their con
duct towards each other.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. XV. DOBBS.
Dear Bro. Dobbs :—Please give
comment on the following Scriptures
through the Index.
1. What is meant in Gen. 4: 17
xvhere it says that Cain knew his
wife ? Who was his wife ?
2. What is meant in Heb. 7: 3
where it says, m alluding to Mel
chizedec, that he was without father
and mother? Was he not human as
we are, having a body of flesh and
blood?
3. What does Peter mean by
Christ preaching to the spirits in
prison? Who are the prisoners re
ferred to?
4. I am troubled about xvhat Paul
says in Rom. 9; 18, compared with
verses 11 and 16. There is some
thing I don’t understand in saying
that it was “not of him that xvilleth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God
that sheweth mercy.” How do you
understand it, if it don’t make God
partial toward some ? Please ans
these inquiries by one xvho is an hum
ble searcher for the truth as it is in
Jesus Fraternally yours,
J. n. s.
This dear brother has evidently
been hunting up the hard places,
but as he appears to be no caviler,
we will try to give him some light
on the passages which perplex him,
though it xvould be better if he xvould
purchase some good commentary in
which he could study these and
other passages more intelligently
and satisfactorily than they can be
presented in the space at the dis
posal of this department of The In
dex
1. The very phraseology of the
text should be enough to show J. II-
S., the sense of the word “knew.”
See also Gen. 4: 25. Cain’s wife
was almost certainly his sister
Adam and Eve had many more child
ren than are mentioned in this brief
narrative, principally intended to re
cord a few important particulars, and
to trace the history from the begin
ning. If everything had been re
corded no library could have con
tained the volumes of Scripture!
(John 21: 25). If, as is generally
thought, Abel was murdered but a
short time before the birth of Seth
the human race might have been
in the space of 130
years. 'Dr. Adam Clark says: “If
at the age of 130, Adam had one
hundred and thirty children, which
is quite possible, and each of these a
child at sixty-five years of age, and
one in eAch successive year,the whole
in the 130th year the world would
amount to 1,219 persons.” The
Mahomedan Koran has a note to this
effect:—Cain and Abel were each
born xvith a twin sister. When they
were grown, Adam, by God’s direc
tion, ordered Cain to marry Abel’s
twin sister, and that Abel should
marry Cam s. Cain refused because
his own sister was the handsomest.
Adam then ordered them to make
their offerings to God, thereby refer
ing the dispute to the divine deter
mination. This was the occasion of
the quarrel between the brothers I
That the sacred writer does not go
into details and tell us all about the
wedding of Cain and his sister,
should not be any bar to the recep
tion of what he does tell us.
2. And here is dear old Melchiz
edek again ! All xve knoxv of him is
that which is found in Gen. 14:18-20.
The other references to him are
Psalms 110: 4 and the passage in
Hebrews. Very many worse than
idle conjectures have been put forth
concerning him. Some have said he
was Shein; others Christ himself;
others still the Holy Spirit in human
form 1 All such opinions may be
dismissed as simply idle trifling.
The record shows him as a mere
man, reigning as the priest-king of
his people in Salem. This is all we
know, but as Scott says, we may well
conceive of him as an aged person,
venerable for sanctity, who ruled
over his subjects in righteousness-
He worshiped the true God, and,
though king, officiated as his preist.
It was in his priestly character that
he was recognized by Abraham, re
ceiving his benediction. Melchiz- j
edek is the only person expressly
mentioned as the priest of the true
God before the institution of the
Aaronic preisthood. In his priest
hood he had no predecessor, or suc
cessor, but was appointed for such
special service by God himself. Os
the race to which he belonged, his
parentage, his birth and death, noth*
ing is known. Hence the statement
in Hebrews. So far as the histori
cal record is concerned, he was
“without” these. Here, then, is a
Royal Priesthood, anterior to and ,
independent of the Levitical order
of priests, and recognized by Abra
ham himself, the ancestral head of
that order. In no ways, says Conant
on Genesis, could the temporary and
subordinate relating the Levitical
priesthood to the primary and eter
nal priesthood of the Missiah be so
clearly shoxvn, as by the use made
of this historical incident in the epis
tle to the Hebrews. Dr. A. C. Kend
rick (in the American Commentary)
has a very interesting and satisfacto
ry exposition of the whole passage in
Hebrews.
3. Perhaps the most bWffißßrory
interpretation of I Pet. 3:18-20, is
that which understands the statement
as referring to the preaching of Noah,
who had the Spirit of Christ, or the
Holy Spirit. These antediluvian
wicked spirits were “in prison” at
the time Peter wrote. The Roman,
ist and some Protestant interpreters
say the reference is to a descent into
Hades, (hell), made by the spirit (or
human soul) of Jesus, during the in
terval between the death on the
cross and the resurrection on the
third day. In that period Christ
preached the gospel of redemption
to the antediluvian spirits in the
prison of hell! Upon the whole, it
must be confessed that Peter’s mean
ing is not very clear. Nor is it es_
sential to our salvation that xve eve r
understand it!
4, In this inquiry we are face to
face with the grandly solemn, and yet
glorious, doctrine of the divine sov
ereignty in grace. God is “sovereign
and self-moved in the distribution of
his favors ; his mercy is pure mercy,
and his compassion pure compassion;
he owes no apology to any man for
the manner in which he exercises his
benevolence.” No soul has any
claim on God’s grace; if so it would
no longer be grace, but debt. Thus
Bengel: “No man may deal with
God as if he were his creditor.’
The grace of God works in the soul
both the will and the power to serve
him (Phil. 2:12), “His gracious and
sovereign will is before, and behind
and beneath all human willing and
running. To will and to run in our
own strength is vain, nor' can any
human willing or working lay God un
der obligations, or furnish a ground
of justification.” As Dr. Ripley well
puts it: “Not to man’s desert, but to
God’s wilLand immortal mercy, must
blessings be traced.” The apostle
indignantly repels the suggestion
that God is unjust in his method of
grace (verse 14); or that it destroys
human responsibility (verse 19). He
shows that all such objections are ir
reverent, and affirms that the reject
ed are treated only as they justly de
serve (verses 20-24). If our poor
reason fails to see the justice of God’s
method—if our weak faith somewhat
staggers in view of the awful revela
tions of this sublime chapter—let us
take refuge in what Peter said con
cerning Paul’s epistles. 2 Pet.3:l4-16*
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Pine Grove eh. K a Williams li;6
Mt Zion ch. J M M<>on . 6'o
12 Jones Creek XV XI s Miss Inez Chap-
man , 321
13 Little Briar Creek eh. Mrs-C XV Mat
thews . 6si
Lithonia Faithful XVorkers. B D
Ragsdale 15 no
15 Friendship ch, G T West is;
Center Hill ch,J M Bradley sno
18 Smyrnaß S,G RGunn 200
Smyrna XV M S. G R Gunn 1 00
Kenio-sawfi h. A .1 Morgan 3 70
Mrs Cora Me" hotter per J L Young 115 >
Bowman ch, J I) Brown 81
19 ”ak Grove ch. W If Lumpkin 100 (
K -edy Greek eh, Napoleon Purvis 166
20 Vienna XV M S and Benev. S, J E
Howell . 15on
Dublin S 8, J B Daniel -.-00
25 Monticello eh, Monroe Phillips 125
Norwood eh. J XX' Ellington 4 60
Abbeville ch. J J Hyman 150
26 Decatur eh. B D Ragsdale 675
Sardis ch. J M Cross 1 00
Lexington ch. R E L Harris . 512
young peoples' Soe. R E L
Harris goo
27 Bethabara eh. H R Bernard 200
Vidalia eh, XV I. Geiger 1 00
28 Bethel eh. J D Simms 2'o
Beulali " illing Workers,H M Adams 200 .
29 Franklin eh. R G Cain 101 |
Covington XV MS. MissC B Lee ••• 200 I
Lithonia S S. B D Ragsdale 2 00 I
Falling Creek ch. T JHerndon 200
Glade eh BH Witcher ■ 500 ’
May 1 Joel F Thornton.Greensboro.Ga. 300
Henry* <h. G J Christian .... 10) |
Bio cn. G J Christian 49
3 Maysville ch. I A Madden s<t)
5 Gen. Moot. Ist Dist Middle ass'n.H
X* Baretield Soo
2nd Atlanta XX* MB. Mrs A.l Moore «50
s XVC Johnson I’o
9 Damascus ch. XV H Green ] c,>
" ells Creek ch, W H Green 61
10 Bethany ch, 8 R Cornett 25
" ayuesboro ch. XV L Mims 9 75
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Mill Creek ch, A.J Lazenby 1 91
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Elim eh "' M 8, .1 w Ellington 90
15 Cassville ch, GH Headden 200
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Sliiloch, A M Marshall 1 on
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28 Little Buckhead ch. MI: Little 24H
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3i Bethany ch. S A Burney 2no
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Larenders Creek ch. w F Burk 2 so
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Att-’way ................ 1M
11 Pinn Grove ch. R A williams lor
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12 Jones Creek w MS, Miss Inez Chap
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warren Chapel 8 S, L H wood,
(Macon) 6 75
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Ty Ty ch, S M Cottle 60
18 Smyrna 88, G R Gunn 2 <>o
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V Barfield 5 01
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8 Mrs O £ Smith. Oaky, Ga 100
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Corinth S S, Mrs S A wilson 1 O'
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Gordon ch. D Dewell 525
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