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SOME FLORIDA NOTES.
\V. N. CHAV DOIN’, D. D.
Dear Index: The intention to
write you. that needed an im
pulse, received such impulse last
evening when the mail brought
me a letter from Orange Bluff,
on the St. Mary's River, from
brother Wm. C. Davis, contain
ing a very liberal donation and
these beautiful, touching words:
“Dear Bro. C. I inclose a check
for £ as a thank-offering to
God for his goodness to me in
many ways, and as a memorial
of my dear wife, whom he saw
tit to take home to heaven on the
I~th of October last. I would
like for you to send £5.00 of this
to the Baptist Opiums Home; At
lanta, Ga., as my wife always
felt an interest in that Institu
tion.” Brother Index, please
find the five inclosed, and see
it is conveyed to the Treasurer,
that a receipt may be sent to
brother Davis.
I was recently informed that
Elder B. H. Damon was going
to Georgia to preach, and 1 wish
to assure the brethren that
brother Damon is worthy. He
has reached an age that shelves
a minister, generally, as to the
pastorate, yet he has quite a re
serve of strength, and loves to
preach the gospel, which he can
do effectually. He came here
from New York State several
years ago, and has been under
appointment as missionary one
or two years. 1 bespeak for the
dear old man a kind reception,
as lam sure he deserves, and
will receive it.
You have drawn from us
recently, another minister, a
good man, “ worthy and well
qualified,” in the person of Abra
ham David Cohen, who, but for
what seemed to him the call of
duty, would have liked to remain
in Florida. He is an old young
man, or a young old man, as you
prefer, and he would love to be
doing something for the Master,
if there is “an open door ” to him
around or in Savannah, which
will likely be his headquarters,
till called up higher. His de
parture from Florida was pain
ful to me. He is an Israelite and
I a Gentile, yet we were as
“David and Jonathan.” I bossed
him most of the time he was in
the State, as he was missionary
of our Board. But he was my
pastor for awhile, and bossed
me, but there was never any
“stroking the cat backwards.”
He assisted me, when I needed
help in my work, and oh! how I
miss his aid and society. He has
left a monument to himself in
the erection of a neat and nearly
finished house of worship in
Titusville. He is a true man, a
good, sound, Biblical preacher.
Referring to my having broth
er Cohen to help me, brings to
mind the question of the proprie
ty, or right, or both, of the State
Board of Missions, in some
States, retaining ten percent.,
or some per cent, of the collec
tions for the general Boards, for
expenses. I want to go upon
record, as to my views about that
matter, whether it influences any
one or not, and perhaps no bet
ter channel through which to
speak than in the oldest religi
ous paper in the South, The
Christian Index.
We are allowed to retain ten
per cent, of collections in Flori
da, though we seldom do retain
as much of collections for For
eign Board, and virtually the re
mainder of expenses are paid
equally by our Board in the
State, and the Home Board, as
the work of one, is the work of
the other. Ours is not a ‘ ‘ State
Mission Board,” but a State
Board of Missions, of all mis
sions fostered by the Southern
Baptist Convention.
It is as much a Foreign as a
Home or State Board, and I hope
will continue so, but just as soon
as it is decided that the General
Boards are to pay no part of the
expenses, I will certainly seek to
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have our Board made a “ State
Mission Board," and confine its
work to the State and let the
General Boards do their own
collecting in our State, by their
own agencies.
1 am getting into the evening
of life, and I am growing
stronger in the conviction of
what I tried first as pastor to
teach, and by tongue and pen
have been trying to teach for
twenty-five years, as agent, that
mission work is one.
On a large farm, for conve
nience, the different fields are
named; but it is one farm, or
work. So, for convenience, we
have Associational, State, Home,
Foreign, Church Building work,
but one work, and work done in
one department, not more sacred
than that done in another. I can
see no reason nor justice in a
State Board of Missions doing
the collecting for all Boards, and
yet the funds collected for one
Board pay all the expenses. The
present plan of the States, us in
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and
it may be, others, is equitable,
cheap, fair and educational in its
work and tendency.
For the Index.
A DAMAGING HERESY.
PREST. J. B. GAMBKKLL.
Mrs. Howeis, an English wo
man, in writing up American
family life, uses this language:
“In America the wife is the ac
knowledged head of the house,
the final appeal.” ‘1 am head of
my house of business,’ said a
Baltimore husband in reply to a
feeble joke of mine, ‘but my
wife, of course, is head of my
house.’”
This is a true picture of a
great deal of American life, es
pecially the better to do part of
it. And it will explain a very
large part of our social ills.
They come in just where this
perverted social order disjoints
the divine order. There is a di
vine order established for the
home. What it is may be clearly
known by any one who wishes
to know. The overthrow of this
order is the greatest calamity of
our times. To war on the divine
rule of the family is to commit
treason against the human race.
What is thi.-' di\ ine order? The
family is founded by the mar
riage of one man and one woman.
These two become one, not one
according to the old Eastern
idea, that the personality of the
woman is merged into that of the
man; not according to the idea
of low bad husbands, who think
that the two are one, and the
man is that one, but one in the
sense of identity of spirit and in
terests. The two establish one
institution, the home, the foun
tain of life, and the nesting place
for all the virtues of the race.
This home must have a head,
as every institution must have a
head. These two personalities
must necessarily have establish
ed relations with each other.
Their good, their children’s
good, the world’s good depends
on the proper headship of this
primal government of the race.
And hear it, 0 earth, God him
self, the maker of us all, has
vested the headship of the fami
ly in the man, and not in the wo
man. The man is declared to be
the head of the woman. I am
not going into the argument; no
one can read the scriptures with
one eye half open without seeing
this truth written clear as light.
There are some women, not
many I think, who do not like
this divine order. lam pleased
that recently they have come
out boldly and repudiated the
Bible. That is better than an in
fidelic perversion of the scrip
tures. One thing is certain, wo
men are not the heaven-ordained
heads of the home, but men are.
Good w r omen love the divine
order. That is not a natural wo
man’s heart that yearns for the
rule over the home when there is
a husband in it. And that is a
mighty puny stick of a man that
throws this great burden on his
wfife, when he can hold the place
God has assigned him. There is
a round lot of such men in Amer
ica to-day. Many of them, in
stead of going home and ruling
their own homes, like Christian
men should, spend their time
‘'round the curb stones,’ talking
of the women who are trying to
get the bit in their teeth and rule
the world.
This headship of the man in
the home does not argue the in
feriority of the woman. She has
her office and functions and in
these she is immeasurably supe
rior to man, quite as much as he
is her superior in his office and
functions.
Nor does this headship of one
man over one woman, his wife,
lay any predicate for the assump
tion that all the men in a body
are the heads of all the women.
It is a relationship formed in
marriage and does not exist out
side of that divine institution.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1595.
The Baltimore man struck the
key to the secret of the down
grade in American life. He had
turned his home, children and
all over to his wife, while he
made money.
This explains why, as a rule,
the wealthy families are raising
no sons to honor them. The
burden of family government is
thrown on the wife and mother.
She is. in many cases, weak. If
well, she has many social duties
to perform. A boy scorns to be
like a girl under the constant
control of a woman, ever if that
woman is his mother. The fa
ther feels no responsibility and
has no time from money making
to rule the big boy who natural
ly likes liberty and is proud to
act like the men on the streets.
Before the mother knows it or
the father dreams of it, the boy
is far gone in ruinous vice. The
preaching is nearly all wrong on
this subject. We glorify women
in America, as Mrs. Howeis
says, and in doing it, we put on
them duties which God assigned
to men. Over and over, we hear
it from the pulpit and see it in
our religious papers, this abnor
mal glorifying of the power of
women in the home, while men
go scot free. We Americans can
beat tlie world on slush when we
get started.
If a boy goes wrong, it was the
mot her who failed, and the whole
eternal disaster is blamed on
her. God did not talk to Eli af
ter this modern fashion. We
told this man, excellent in many
respects, that ruin was coming
on his house because his sons did
evil and he, not his wife, did not
restrain them.
What a sensible, good woman
wants in her home is just what
her maiden heart thought it was
going to have; a man, strong,
resolute, tender hearted, upon
whom she can depend, and on
whom she can lean in times of
burden and sorrow.
Out of this disrupting of God’s
order come manifold ills. I can
not even reckon them up in order
in this article, but there is just
one which presses for brief no
tice. There is the wife, the head
of the house, running things af
ter her notion: yonder is the hus
band, running his business. He
knows very little of what she is
doing and sue nothing of his
business. This will explain ma
ny a crash which has ruined
homes. If the two had been one all
along the line expenses could
have been modified and would
have been by a loving wife; her
counsel might have saved busi
ness mistakes and the result
would have been calamity evert
ed and a family raised in reason
able comfort.
I am just touching a great liv
ing, vexing question. Some of
the new women are made up very
poorly indeed, but the new man
in the great roll of home culture
is hardly a decent fragrant of
his noble sires. Men have ab
dicated as heads of their families.
Let pulpit and press join all
good women in crying for a re
formation.
For the Index
LIFE IS YOURS.
1 Cor. 3:22.
Life is a part of the believer’s
possessions. None but the be
leiver really enjoys life. To him,
it is a real thing and not a vain,
meaningless sham. His soul has
been lifted up out of the ruin of
earthly corruption and there is
within him a purpose in living.
We can get nothing out of life
that is worth having but useful
ness. The man or woman, who
is not useful, is living in vain. A
few short years will end all of
his, or her, enjoyments, and
then, what? It is only the true
believer who, looking about him,
sees sin and its awful effects and
longs to relieve it. And it is a
blessed thing when we come to
look on life calmly, patiently and
with resignation to all its ills and
painful experiences and, from
our hearts, mid blinding tears,
say: “Thy will be done.”
But, eternal life is the believ
er’s present possession. “He
that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life.” Mr. Spurgeon
tells of an old preacher, using
this text, and saying: “Breth
ren. h-a-t-h spells got it.” “Very
poor spelling,” remarks Mr.
Spurgeon, “but. most excellent
theology.” Eternal life is ours
as believers. The condemnation
is already removed. “There is
therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Je
sus.” We can no longer be con
demned because xve can no long
er be charged with guilt. Our
sins are washed away in the
blood of Jesus. “Whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God.” Already has
the believer entered upon the
new life through the new birth.
“We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we
love the brethren.” I always
sing that comforting, strength -
oiling chorus in this Scriptural
form: w
«*
**l do believe. I now believe*
Thai Jesus tli«*<l for me—
Ami through lit*blood., his precious blond,
1 iiin from sin st*t free.
My Savior cleanses me from
the guilt and power of sin, and
my deliverance is not a future
but a present blessing an actu
al possession. .“I can do all
things through Christ which
strengtheneth me. ”
O. C. P.
Wart race, Tenn.
For tlie Indkx
WHAT A DOCTRINE IS.
Dlf J. II..HALE.
The writer has. received a ser
mon on “Atonement”. The au
thor discusses the “Commercial",
the “Substitutional,” the “Love"
theories of that doctrine. Os the
“Commercial” theory he says:
“This theory is throughout a
piece of forensic speculation.
Any student of Roman law .can
see at once how the terms of that
fabric of justice were appropri
ated to define the relation of God
to man. Such a representation
of divine government /destroys
effectually and finally the doc
trine of grace. We are saved not
by grace, but by justice. The
debt is cancelled because' it is
paid. We are not forgiven a
debt, but receipted for its liquid
ation. To refuse heaven to a
man thus redeemed, would be
equivalent, to demanding a second
payment for a debt already legal
ly discharged. Nor will it do to
say God manifests his grace by
providing the means for paying
the debt. For in that case, God
is made to play a farce fit the ex
pense of his Son, and roar his in
dignation at. a sinful World as
sweetly as a" sucking dove. It is
gratifying to know that, though
some fragments of this theory
are discoverable commingled
with the' heterogenities of more'
modern systems, the theory as a
whole, has substantial!v passed
away,”
In discussing the “Substitu
tional” theory he _ says: “It
charges Jehovah with both folly
and falsehood. To regard Jesus,
as a sinner is either true or false.
If true he cannot be mi ‘■Gvior.
If'false ii charges Gt . <VrVn un
truth. . . . Now. if he were
punished, being innocent, on ac
count of others who were guilty,
there is no sophistry or dialect
at the command of human intel
ligence that can reconcile the act
with justice. If looking on Jesus
and calling him a sinner be a
solemn falsehood, the punish
ment inflicted on account of the
guilt of others is a hideous in
justice. . . . The substitu
tion of Christ, therefore, does
not mean that he stood in our
place, representing our guilt
and receiving the punishment
due our sins. . . . The doc
trine is not the substitution of
one victim of punishment for an
other, but the substitution of one
economy for another.”
He disposes of the “Love”
theory by saying: “The essen
tial features of it are that God,
in order to show his love for 11s,
sent his Son to manifest it by
the deep humiliation of his life,
and by his suffering on the cross
. . . It more honors the ten
derness than the good judgment
of Jehovah.”
The sermon closes with the
author’s view, which he gets out
of “the deeper and truer mean
ing of Christ.” He says: “God
loved the world. The world was
sinking in sin and suffering. God
would save it because he loved
it. To save it, his wisdom per
ceived the necessity of self-iden
tification with mankind in nature
and experience. ... So
when Jesus came to the rescue
of a perishing world, it was our
rescue that wrought his death,
not necessarily his death alone
that wrought our rescue. It was
not what Jesus became in man,
not what he did for man, that
marks the significance of his po
tency as a Savior. He did not
die that we might escape death,
but that we might enter into fel.
lowship with him in that death.
. . . Atonement is identifi
cation, not substitution. . . .
We are made one in Christ Jesus.
That is AT-ONE-MENT.”
And this was preached in a
Baptist pulpit! While reading
its summary disposition of ven
erated theories, the question was
suggested as to what a doctrine
is. The doctrine for instance,
of Atonement. Is it a notion of
a man’s own—varying indefinite
ly with the different structures,
idiosyncrasies and conceits of
men’s minds? or, is it a uniform
truth taught by an authentica
ted standard? ” We may take
three view-s of a doctrine —may
call it an opinion, or a truth, or
an interpretation. As an opin
ion, it may be merely a man’s
notion; as a truth, it is
taught in the Scriptures; as an
interpretation, it is the sense
given of a text. These three
views should be one the opin
ion formed by the man, the truth
taught by the Scriptures, and the
interpretation by the student
should coincide. But they do
not. The opinion is often formed
from bias or surroundings. In
the Scriptures we have truth
taught of God, and hence they
are the source of doctrine, and
the standard by which all opin
ions and creeds are to be tried.
The religious opinion, to be dig
nified with the name of doctrine
must be a faithful interpretation
of the Scriptures. Therefore, a
doctrine may be defined as a
formulated interpretation of
God’s word. Now what does his
word say in regard to Atonement?
Hear it: “For i delivered unto
you first of all that which 1 also
received, how that Christ died
for our sins according to the
Scriptures.” 1 Cor. 15-51. Again:
‘He hath made him to be sin for
us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness
of God in him.” 2 Cor. 5:21.
Still again: "For Christ hath
also once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust. ” 1 Pet. 8-I*.
Now, what do these inspired dec
larations mean? What does the
Holy Spirit mean in these trans
lated words, that give us his
mind: “Christ died for our sins
-made him to be sin for us—suf
fered for sins”? Let us remem
ber the universal principle of ex
egesis, that, “Words should
be understood in their literal
sense unless such literal inter
pretation involves a contradic
tion or absurdity.” Bearing this
common sense principle in mind,
could any student of these
words, who does not come to
them with his mind preoccupied
by inveterate prejudice, get any
thing out of them out vicarious,
substitutional suffering? “It is
the blood thatmaketh atonement
for the soul.” A judge in his
charge to the jury in a case in
volving the life of the prisoner,
says: “Let your minds dismiss
all opinions and prejudice in re
gard to the accused let, them be
like white paper ready to receive
such impressions as the testimo
ny alone in the case will make.”
If we come to the Scriptures
with minds'thus prepared to be
impressed by “the testimony of
God,” we v.-VII IryLhvFr. *>L
sages as those just quoted, to
give place to the soul-song of
astoi 1 ish I'd gratitude.
“Whs it for crimes that I Imvedone,
He trronind upon tlie live?
Amazing; pity, j;rm*e unknown,
And love beyond degree!*’
For the Index.
MISSISSIPPI CONVENTION.
Our convention has been held
again. Bro. Lomax was re-elect
ed President, and Bro. Bailey re
cording secretary, Bro. Sproles
delining re-election. Bro. A. J.
Miller was elected statistical sec
retary. The convention was not
quite so well attended as usual—
there being only about 200 dele
gates present. Our State Board
of Missions closed the year with
a debt of £1,400 —about £SOO of
which was provided for by a spec
ial collection at the convention.
This debt is due to enlargement
of our work and not to decreased
contributions. Accessions to our
churches, by baptism are greater
than any previous year.
The Secretary’s report showed
that Mississippi gave considera
bly more to the Foreign and
Home Boards, ministerial Educa
tion and the Seminary than ever
before.
The convention assumed the
debt of £12,000 on the unfinished
church at Jackson, taking con
trol of the £9,000 in subscriptions
and arranging for collections to
pay off the debt.
A collection for college repairs
amounting to about one thousand
dollars was taken. Our college
has done one of the best years
work of its existence. The dis
cussion of our paper question,
showed it was much easier to
criticise and find fault with anoth
er’s work, than it was to tell him
how to do better.
Pastor Curry, of Aberdeen,
preached the convention ser
mon. Quite a number of visiting
brethren from Ga., Tenn., Ky.,
La., Texas and Alabama brought
us fraternal greetings in the
name of the Lord. Bro. Bell of
Nashville was the only Secretary
of our general boards present.
The Home Board had an able
substitute in the person of Bro.
J. William Jones who gave us a
fine lecture on the Christian char
acter of Stonewall Jackson. The
hospitality of the Hazlehurst
brethren was ample, free and cor
dial. The convention will be
next year at Starkville.
J. J. W. Mathis.
Cuthbert. —Rev. Z. T. Wea
ver closed a very successful meet
ing at Damascus church near
Cuthbert, Sunday Morning with
an old fashioned John the
Baptist baptizing Twelve were
received Eleven by baptism.
J, W. Stanford.
For ihi' Indkx.
TRADITION AND INFANT BAP
TISM.
B. W. WHILDEN.
No. I.
Presbyterians find themselves
in arguing with Romanist, as
much perplexed as Episcopali
ans. They may, it is true,
Scriptural ly disprove difficult
orders in the ministry, but Ro
manists turn the debate in an
other direction.
Two young men met, accord
ing to appointment, for the pur
pose of discussing the truthful
ness and Scriptural authority of
their peculiar opinions tlie one
a Presbyterian, the other a Ro
manist. After taking their seats,
the Catholic, with Butler’s Cate
chism, his prayer book, and
some traditional documents in
his hand, addressed his friend as
follows:
“Well, friend, before we com
mence our discussion, it will be
necessary tor us to adopt some
standard of appeal, which shall
determine the correctness of our
positions.”
The Presbyterian arose with
his Bible in his hand, and said,
“This is my standard of appeal.
I shall argue according to the
letter and spirit of this book of
.God.”
Catholic. I am, dear sir,
highly gratified that you have
chosen such a guide, and how
ever you may sneer at Catholics
for their want of confidence in
the revelation which *God has
given of himself in his holy
word, I shall endeavor to show —
yea, to prove that we, as Cath
olics, have more confidence, are
move consistent with its teach
ings, than those who so igno
rantly calumniate and slander
our holy religion. Pray, sir,
whence does your church derive
authority for baptizing infants?
Presbyterian. Does not the
church of Rome do likewise? Did
she not originate the ordinance
for its expediency and efficiency?
Does she not still continue to
practice it? If therefore it is
wrong to baptize infants, we are
both placed in the same diletuma;
we stand or fall to gether so far
as this is concerned.
Catholic. Vour arguments are
’ c • 1 ,)<! conpiusive. Opr ••Jmrct
originated and adopted the so
called ordinance for its expedi
ency and efficiency. But, sir,
permit me to ask you for proof
that the ordinance originated
with Jesus Christ, his apostles
or immediate followers: or that
such an ordinance was recog
nized or administered by the
Christian church for the several
centuries after its organization?
The Presbyterians failing to
adduce the evidence, asks: “Does
not the church of Rome derive
her authority from the Script
ures?”
Catholic. No, sir. The Script
ures derive their authority from
her; for she alone can rightly in
terpret their meaning.
Presbyterian. Do you not be
lieve that baptism was adminis
tered to infants in the days of
Christ and the apostles and that
they looked upon it as an essen
tial to true obedience?
Catholic. We do not believe it
was taught, recognized or admin
istered by Jesus Christ, his apos
tles, or their immediate succes
sors, or that in their days it was
considered essential.
Presbyterian. Where, then,
do Catholics derive their author
ity?
Catholic. Not from Scripture,
not from precept, or example,
but from the power and authority
which Jesus Christ left with the
Catholic Church to adopt such
rules and measures as she deem
ed expedient to promote her best
interests and diffuse a knowledge
of her ways to all nations and
kindreds of men. We believe
furthermore that in accordance
with the words and promise of
our Savior, the Holy Spirit was
given to our church, and that by
this agency she will always be
guided aright. The Protestant
church, on the other hand, be
lieves in being guided and gov
erned by the Scriptures—and
after all relies tqion one church,
one tradition, for the justifica
tion of her fundamental princi.
pies. Now, sir, until your church
and yourself become more con
sistent —until you produce
Scriptural testimony for your
faith and practice —never, I be
seech you, never speak of Cath
olic inconsistencies.
Thus the controversy closed.
A writer in the “Catholic
World” speaks of the clergy of
the Presbyterian church in
America as numbering about
five thousand, one-half a million
of communicants, and three or
four times as many members in
a “looser sense.” Romanists
have no members in a loose
sense. All their members
are members in a strict
sense. Romanists understand
how to make use of infant bap-
VOL. 7-NO. :jo.
tism. The infant, a few days
old, according to their theory, is
as much a member of “the
church” as is the man of hoary
hairs. The minds of Romanists
are settled with regard to the
reason (or reasons) for infant
baptism and with regard to the
ecclesiastical position of baptized
infants. Pedobaptists are very
much divided on these matters.
Some obtain their authoriiy for
infant baptism from the Abra
hamic covenant; some from
household baptisms, some from
“suffer little children,” etc.,
some because they think they
can see the germ of it in the New
Testament; and some because
they think it among the things
not recorded. In John xxi:2s,
we read—“ And there are also
many other things which Jesus
did.the which, if they should be
written every one, I suppose that
even the world itself could not
contain the books that should be
written.” One writer supposes
that it might be found in some
writings of Paul that are lost.
(Narrative of the Portsmouth Dis
cussion pp lb-to). Pedobaptists
find a difficulty also in determin
ing the relation of baptized in
fants to thechurch; some regard
ing them as members, some as
not members, and some as oil
their way to membership by vir
tue of their baptism.
Williston, S. C.
For I ho I n Mix.
MISSIONARY DAY IN THE SUNDAY
SCHOOLS.
Missionary Day in the Sunday
schools last year proved to be a
pleasant and profitable occasion.
A great many schools all over
our Southern country had mis
sionary exercises on that day,
and the minds and hearts of
many thousand teachers, schol
ars and parents as well, were
filled with the thought of mis
sions, the sending of the gospel
into destitute regions of our own
and other lands. Many thous
ands on that day thought and
talked and prayed and gave for
this glorious work. We know
certainly of about six thousand
dollars having been raised by tl e
schools that day, and if we could
have had full returns from all
the schools that observed the
day. tLe unt would bav
reached to between seven ai d
eight thousand dollars. A good
ly sum to have been gathered
for missions gathered much of it
in pennies. And it came at a>
time when both the Boards,
Home and Foreign, were greatly
needing money. But beyond and
above the money income, the ex
ercises of that day were valuable
for their educational influence.
It was a day of turning of atten
tion to the Lord’s work among
the destitute, and in some cases
reported to us, it was the begin
ning of missionary effort in
whole schools.
Again this year the Boards of
the Southern Baptist Convention
propose to ask the schools to
consider missions, and to give
something for the furtherance of
the work. As before the pro
grams will be furnished by the
Sunday School Board at Nash
ville, Tenn., but all the money
will go to Home and Foreign
missions. Programs, cards, &c,
will be furnished free to all
schools desiring them. The day
selected for their use is Sept.
29th, though schools can select
their own day. For informa
tion, supplies, &c, address.
T. P. Bell,
Baptist S. S. Board,
Nashville, Tenn.
Blyth. —We have just closed
a splendid m % ting of eight-days
at the Baptist church. The Pas
tor, Rev. W. J. Rodgers,was ably
assisted by Rev. J. 11. Carswell
of Wrens,and Rev. J. L. Ouzts.of
Edgefield,S. C. The preaching
was excellent and soul stirring
Bro. Ouzts, although a stranger
in our midst, won many warm
friends and admirers by his deep
and clear expounding of the sa
cred word. Five united with the
church for baptism. Rev. R. B.
Seals, of Bell Springs, Ga.,
preached for us last Sunday
night. Bro. Seals is a young
rising minister of much promise.
We bespeak for him great
things.
V. J. Murrow.
Hyde. —July Ist the Norwood
Baptist church ordained Bro. J.
D. Rabun to the ministry.
Bro. J. W Ellington preach
ed the sermon. The pres
bytery consisted of J. W. El
lington, G. W. Garner and J. A.
Fortson. After a full examina
tion he was set 'apart to the great
work of the ministry, by the
presbytery. Bro. Rabun and his
excellent wife are teaching
school in Southeast, Ga., and he
has a call to a church which he
Avill serve. J. H. Fortson.
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