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From the East.
On leaving Athens our next
objective point is Salonica, or
the New Testament Thessalon
ica. We take ship at the port oi
Athens, Pirens, which is five
miles away. After going aboard
as you look back toward the
clasiccity, you will be greatly
impressed with the view. The
transparency of the atmosphere
is wonderful, and things at a
great distance appear to be very
near. But soon after leaving,
your attention is called to the
bay of Salamis. where was
fought the great naval battle be
tween Phemystocles and Xerx
es, in which battle the latter
was defeated and his army de
stroyed. But in less than 24
hours the ship anchors and you
are told that yon are in the bay
of Salonica.
In the palmy days of Rome
this was made the chief city of a
Roman province, and was for
merly known as Therma, but
was changed to Thessalonica by
Cassander, in honor of his wife,
who was the sister of Alexander
the great. It is a pleasing pros
pect to view the city from the
bay, as it lies in crescent like
shape, and rises from the plains
far up the steep mountain sides.
But there is a striking contrast
between the appearance of the
city and what it really is, as you
see it in its narrow and filthy
streets.
I counted 25 mosques from the
deck of our boat. This is proof
of the fact that we are in the
land of the Turks, and among the
followers of Mahomet You can
also see the walls, about live
miles long, that reach around the
city.
All are anxious to get ashore
and in this we are socn gratified.
We find ourselves walking the
principle street and looking on
things strange to our eyes. We
soon make a halt, ami inquiry
is made as to where we are go
ing. It is soon settled that we
shall go to the tr ulitional church
of the apostle Paul. We go
through some filthy streets, pass
through a ga e that opens to a
mosque, and are told that it
stands on the ground where
Paul’s church stood. We found
the door open and guarded, but
we were offered admission on
condition that we pull off our
shoes. I have neveryet been asked
to pull off my shoes as a condi
tion of entering any building in
our own land, and did not exact
ly feel l ike pulling them off to go
into this temple of Mahomet.
But many of the party did not
feel as I did about it, and so off
came their shoes, and in they
went, just to be where Paul had
been, you know. Our ladies
talked about whether they would
comply with the conditions and
go in. One declared that while
her stockings were in good re
pair, she would not take her
shoes off to go in there; while
another decided differently, and
said she would takeoff her shoes
to go any where Paul had stood.
Her attention was called to the
fact that possibly there might be
a good deal of sentiment in that
and one rnigh: be unconsciously
guilty of hero worship. To this
she replied that she believed in
Paul. It would be good if all
women in every land should so
honor Paul, and believe that
what he wrote was inspired, and
never alude to him as a selfish old
bachelor. The tradition is that
this mosque stands on the ground
where there was once a Christian
church which nad been built on
the very ground where stood the
house in which Paul had
preached. But we cannot tell
whether there is any truth in
this.
J ust outside the door of this
building, a little to the right as
you pass in, is a large rock, four
or five feet square and about
seven or eight feet high. Steps
have been cut into it, up which
you may pass to the top. On
the sides have been carved stat-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
uary, the design of which I did
not learn. But it was told to us
as a solemn truth that this was
Paul's pulpit and he stood on it
and preached the gospel to the
Thessalonians, to whom he after
ward wrote two letter, both of
which have been presented to us
in the New Testament. But, be
cause of my incredulity, I could
not feel solemn in the presence
of that rock.
As I stood in the vestibule of
the mosque, not being allowed to
go in because I would not pull
off my shoes, the guard, in an
excited way, called attention to
something outside. As I turned
1 saw a large company of men,
and at once learned that it was a
Turkish funeral procession. I
noted closely all t heir movements
that I might know what they
did. The pall bearers were six
in number. The coffin rested on
the cross-bars and these rested
on the shoulders of the men.
The coffin was square and the
top sloping like that of a gable
roof. The corps was laid on a
large stone that rested on two
low pillars. The company scat
tered and many of the num took
their shoes off and washed their
feet. Having done this they
passed through the mosque.
Many of them did not do this.
After standing here for five min
utes or more, the Ulemas, or
preacher, said something, when
all fell into line. There were
five or six lines of them and
about twenty men in each row.
This made about 120 men in the
procession. There were no wo
men at all. When all were in line,
the Ulem as said something, when
all looked to the right. After a
minute or more he said some
thing else, and Hum all looked
to the left. After a time he
spoke again and all put the right
hand to their right ear. After a
long time he spoke again and
both hands of all went up to
their ears. The pall bearers now
took up the coffin and went out
at another gate.
This particular mosque is a
circular building, about sixty
five feet in diameter, and has its
dome. Outside is the minaret or
tower, which is sixty or seventy
feet high. Near the top is a
lookout, and into this the Muz
zin comes three times a day, and,
in a loud voice, calls the people
to worship. G. H. Carter.
Sept. 1895.
For the 1 ndex.
Texas Notes.
It has been my privilege to at
tend the Baptist General Con
vention of Texas, which corre
sponds to our State Convention
in Georgia.
The meeting was at Belton in
central Texas, a beautiful and
productive section. Belton has
about six thousand population
and only eight miles away lies
Temple, a city only fifteen years
old with eight thousand inhabi
tants, and is st ill growing. Rev.
W. R. Maxwell, a Georgia man,
is pastor at Temple. A noble
man is he, greatly beloved by
his people. He has been in
Temple eight years, and will
soon have the pleasure of rnov
inginto a beautiful new church.
I had the pleasure of preaching
for him on Sabbath morning of
ihe convention. Texas has a
number of strong men in our Bap
tist ranks, and several of these
from Georgia.
I cannot now mention all of
these noble brethren. Bro Gil
bert, who went from Rome to
McGregon, has a strong hold
upon his people. Mitchell, of
Austin, is growing in influence.
1 need not tell you Georgians
that he knows how to preach.
a . ('. Luther is a very useful
and consecrated man. I regret
not seeing the beloved Boykin
at the convention.
Geo. W. Truitt, also of Geor
gia, is a young man of great
usefulness and a high order of
ability. I might worry you if 1
should prolong the list. I re
ceived a cordial welcome all
around and that went a long
ways toward making me fee F-at
home.
Owing to the fact that many
thousand foreigners of half
dozen different nationalities
have settled in Texas, there is
much for the State Mission
Board to do. There is a section
on the plains five hundred miles
west of Fort Worth as large as
Georgia with only two Baptist
churches. The Home Board has
been a great blessing to Texas.
This State is taking consider
able interest in denominational
education. The University at
Waco, where co - education is
practiced with success, numbers
over four hundred pupils. And
Baylor Female College at Belton
is in every respect magnificently
equipped for work, owning prop
erty worth one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and having two
hundred and thirty girls in it.
They gave the convention a con
cert, which was pronounced by
all excellent.
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31,1895.
The Buckner Orphan's Home
has grown to large proportions.
Martinism has been troubling
Texas for six years. The broth
ren waited patiently for the de
lectable heresy to cool down.
But it went on, until this last
convention, sat squarely down
on it by adopting resolutions
that compelled delegates coming
from those churches to withdraw
from the body. Now they can
no longer post' as regular Bap
lists. They are on the other
side of the fence, and those who
are caught in that net will go
with eyes open.
You will remember a certain
man tried to plant these poison
ous seeds in Georgia a few years
ago. But that was not a con
genial climate for such shrubs.
50 he and his confederates pack
ed their satchels and went West.
It is much easier for a crank
to get a following in a new State
than in an old one.
We hate to see these brethren
switch off. But he who makes a
hard bed must lie on it. Enough
for this time. G. S. Tvmlin.
Brenham, Texas.
For-the Index
NO TIME.
BY A. C. WARD.
A busy man recently approach
ed upon the subject of religion
said “1 really have no time to
spare from my business for re
ligion. I wish 1 could get time
and hope do so in a few years
from now’.’’ This very same an
swer is so often given by the
careless and LI e indifferent that
we must tell the following story
picked up from some forgotten
source. It carries its own moral
and will bear repeating.
A pious farmer was busy clear
ing his lands. He had a number
of hands employed, and was anx
ious to accomplish a large
amount of work while the weath
er was favorable. He called
them early and went out with
them before breakfast was ready.
A horn was blown, and they
came and ate, and returned to
their work.
The farmer had been accus
tomed to have prayers every
morning in his family. But to
keep so many men from chop
ping and log rolling while he
read and prayed was more than
he could afford; so Satan sugges
ted. and the good man yielded.
His pious wife saw with grief
that the family altar was neglec
ted, and her husband,inhis haste
to get rich, was departing from
God. She talked with him, she
pleaded with him,but in vain. At
last, she determined to try anoth
er experiment.
The next morning the farmer
and his men went out, as usual,
to their work. The sun began
to climb up the sky,but no break
fast horn was heard. They grew
hungry, and looked anxiously to
ward the house; they listened,but
still the expected summons did
not come. After waiting an hour
or two beyond the usual time,
they went into the house. No
table was set, no coffee was boil
ing on the fire, no cook over or
before it. The good wife was
knitting quietly with the Bible
on her lap.
“What does this mean?” cried
the husband. “Why isn't our
breakfast ready?”
“I thought you were in such a
hurry about your work that
you hadn't time to eat,”
‘Haven't time to eat! Do you
think we can live without eat
ing?"
“You can live without eating
as well as you can live without
praying. The spirit needs the
bread of heaven as much as the
body needs the bread of earth.”
“Well, well,” said the farmer,
“get us some breakfast, and we
will have prayers every morning,
no matter how busy we are, or
how many workmen I have."
She got the breakfast and ho
kept his word. The lesson was
a good one, and n -ver forgotten.
We learn with deep regret of
the death at his home in Atlanta,
Ga., of Bro. J. C. McMichael,
editor and proprietor of the
Christian Index. Bro. Mc-
Michael was a noble man, and he
was proving quite successful as
editor of the Index. He had
greatly increased the circulation
of the paper since taking charge
four years ago. He was about
51 years of age and apparently
had the promise of many other
years of usefluness. We tender
to the Baptists of Georgia, and
especially to his immediate fam
ily, our profound sympathy.—
Baptist and Reflector.
Warrenton. —The ladies of
the Baptist church here have
just sent a large box to a front
ier missionary of the Home Board.
The box at the lowest estimate
was valued at 8100.00.
These sevants of God greatly
enjoyed>this enterprise which will
gladden the heart of the mission
ary and his family. “It is more
blessed to give than to receive.”
A Pastor’s Tribute.
Substance of the address de
livered at the funeral of brother
J. C. McMichael, by his pastor,
Dr. McDonald, of the Second
Baptist church:
Many have asked, how do yon
stand to attend so many funerals,
how does your heart keep up?
Well might this question be
asked, if it were not for the sal
vation, sure and glorious, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It is this which throws its light
upon every coffin and grave.
This gives consolation to every
sore-stricken home. So that
while we weep with those that
weep, we can rejoice through
our tears as we read the long
ago written but ever present
truth “blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord.”
With the coffined form of our
honored and beloved brother be
fore us, what furnishes the hope
that shines above the quiet, si
lent sleeper?
First. The souls of believers
on the departure from the body
are immediately with Christ.
“ I have a desire to depart and
be with Christ which is far bet
ter" said Paul. It surely leach
es that the proposition we have
stated was believed by him.
No sleep of the soul stretched
its unconscious years between
death and the resurrection. “Ab
sent from the body present with
the Lord,” was his statement and
faith, so that no dreary doubt
lingers in our mind with regard
to the immediate introduction of
the believing spirit to the pres
ence and glory of Christ. It is
the joy of the homecoming.
How bright and glorious it is,
and in such marked contrast to
the heart breaking anguish which
tills the hearts of the loved ones
which are left to make life's pil
grimage alone.
Second. There is the glorious
resurrection of the bod v at the
coming of our Lord. Earth has
no drearier spot than a grave
which holds our beloved dead,
the future has no more certain
glory than these graves emptied
of t heir occupants and they that
slept clothed in the immortal
bodies of the full redemption.
Christ the first-fruits and they
that sleep at his coming. What
a peerless hope is found in this
glorious truth “lam , l resur
rection and th» life. -'vC .nd so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
The travail of sin and sorrow
ended and the state and place
reached where “there is no
death, nor sorrow, nor crying;
nor any more pain, for the for
mer tilings are passed away. "
Glory, glory dwelleth in Im
manuel’s land. Wherefore com
fort your hearts with these
words.
Brother McMichael impressed
these as traits of his character. I
think you who were for so many
years his neighbors and friends
will regard them as true.
1. He teas ambitious. I will
not discuss, as some moralists
do whether ambition is ever a
worthy element of character.
Ambition is not simply or chiefly
the desire to excel others, but
rather the desire to make the
most of ourselves. To pursue
noble ends from pure motives is
surely a legitimate exercise of
our faculties and opportunities.
Our brother was a high-spirited
man, full of energy and will and
sought to be and do that which
was worthy of himself, as a man
and as a child of God. He was
ambitious a bout a wort hy success.
He was ambitious about his boys,
he longed to help them and pre
pare them for a high and useful
living. He was ambitious about
his home to make it a bright and
happy one, ambitious about his
loved ones that they might.share
his success. A right, noble trait
in his brave, manly life.
2. He had high ideals as an in
spiration in his tvorli. Engaged
in the newspaj er business, he
ever sought to make it fair, pure
and clean so that the freedom of
the press should minister in
lifting up the community, rather
than pandering to the ignoble
and vicious.
He never worked for malice to
accomplish private grudges nor
blacken the pages of a newspa
per with the impure and degrad
ing.
When he took the Christian
Index, the oldest denomination
al paper in the South, ,t was ever
his aim to make it better, and
how often have I heard him
speak of his purpose to keep on
for its improvement. But few
can know of his earnest desire to
add to its value in every way.
May we remember all this and
seek in every way to carry on
this purpose by extending its cir
culation and thereby adding to
its value and securing its success.
3- He was courageous. When
a very boy in years he heard the
appeal and rushed forward with
youthful ardor to the call for his
country’s defence. He was
among the first at Sumter,
and no truer soldier followed
the fortunes <f his country.
With characteristic prompt
itude after the war he en
tered the University of Geor
gia to prepare himself for the
life that lay before him. He had
convictions and dare maintain
them.
I. He loved his home. Full of
business and bringing his energy
into earnest exercise in every
field of enterprise which he un
dertiok, like every true man he
turned toward home as a haven
of res'. The comfort and wel
fare and well being of his family
was everything to him. Sadly
indeed will the devoted and lime
wife and the bright young boys
miss his tender love and
care.
5. Above all, audits the source of
these i .ralted traits he was a Chris
tian. He was a believer in the
Lord Jesus. He rested upon
the all sufficient merits of his di
vine Savior. He confessed his
name. He worked for the exten
sionof Christ's grace and know!
edge in the world.
You who gather around his re
mains know what he did for this
church, how worthily and gener
ously he worked for the building
of this house of worship. His
former, honored pastor, Dr. Wil
lingham, stated to me that he
was the most liberal man he ever
knew,'giving more, he sometimes
thought than he ought to give.
Quick and courageous to con
demn wrong, he was one of tho
tenderest of men. to the poor he
was always considerate. The
child or the young man that
needed help always appealed to
his warm and responsive heart.
Our hearts grow tender as we
t hink we shall meet him no more
on earth. After having fought
life’s battle well, we bring him
here t> Barnesville where
among hisold friends ami neigh
bors who loved him and whom
he loved, to put his quiet resting
body bes-i le the dust of I is father
and mother. 'There it rests un
til He comes, who shall raise
and glorify our friend and
brother.
Peace honored brother, fare
well till we meet again.
Affection’s Tribute to Brother J. C.
McMichael by his Friend J C.
Solomon.
J. C. McMichael is dead. I
can hardly realize that he has
gone out from among us. Surely
a mighty man in Israel has
fallen. When shall we ever see
his like again? Who will take
his place? Who can take his
place in the work and in the
hearts of his people? Our dear
brother filled a very unique place
among Georgia Baptist. Yes,
and among the Baptists of the
South. With the finest business
sense, with the amiability of the
sweetest Christian character,
with consecrated service, with
an iron will, under God he has
brought the dear old Index up
to its present excellent standard.
He has literally created a thirst
in the minds of God's pet pie.
He has made our paper so mighty
and so good, that to-day it
goes into 10,000 homes
and ranks among the very first
religious journals in the world.
Brothei - McMichael was a typ
ical Southern gentleman, al (Bind
ing in deeds of mercy and lavish
in hospitality. He was broad
minded and cultured and gentle.
He was a true man, and hence 1 e
was great. He had a great spirit.
He could not. stoop to a mean
thing. He was eminently unsel
fish. He lived for others. He
was golden-hearted and Christ
like I loved him. He was my
friend. Gone, but not dead. 1
know thou hast been counted
worthy to walk in white.
A Token ot Sorrow from Florida.
Florida mourns with Georgia
in the great calamity that has
overtaken the great Index fam
ily. Hundreds of homes, yea
likely thousands, down here
knew Bro. McMichael through
the weekly visits of his valuable
paper —we are all bereaved we
do pray < sod to raise up and
equip a worthy successor. I
have been reading the Index
since 1 SG(I and I think I neverknew
it to be better in every way than
just now when its faithful toiling
editor and proprietor lays down
his multifarious work and>'ans
wers the summons of his Lord
and Master. The workers fall,
but the work goes on. Many
prayers ascend for the
bereaved widow and noble, prom
ising boys.
Florida baptists, especially the
older ones, feel an indissoluble
attachment for the Index, be
cause a good many years ago it
was our baptist organ we had
a regular “Florida department,”
and moreover so many of us first
saw the light in Georgia, any
how and have never ceased to be
loyal.
Life is not always measured
by years, men in a half century
have lived much longer lives
than Methuselah, tis our deeds,
our successors that measure our
lives; this being true, Bro. Mc-
Michael in 51 years has rounded
out a great life, a grand success;
as 1 read of what he has done in
a half century I tun amazed.
God stiw that his work was
done and said “It is enough,
come up higher.”
• I dfe’s I ill mh’n done, hr sinks (he cliiy.
Liirht fro i its lohd tlie Knlrit HI s;
While en mid eiirtn combine to say:
I low blest t he righteous when he dies.”
He was a friend to many in
time of need and to me also. —I
am bereaved and impoverished
in my friendships by his depart
ure.
Wm. Henry Strickland,
Live Oak, Fla.
Dr. Gambrell and Co-education in
Mercer University.
I am, indeed, glad to know
that Dr. Gambrell is so enthusi
astic over the present, and the
future of Mercer University; but
1 am exceedingly sorry to see
that he proposes agitating the
matter of co-education again
with reference to the University.
However, he proposes bearing
the responsibility, and I presume
that it will be placed where it
belongs and 1 have no doubt
about his being abundantly able
to bear it.
He feels that as president of
the institution it is iiis duty to
bring on the discussion, and
bring to the notice of the trus
tecs such things as appear to be
for the good of Mercer. Right
here I beg to dissent. I do not
believe that co-education is for
the good of Mercer, and I am
very decidedly of the opinion
that Dr. Gambrell’s position as
president of the University is a
strong reason why he should
have just as little to say about
co education as possible, and it
appears to me that any conserve
five man ought to take this view
of it. Dr. Gambrell knows that
there is a very wide difference of
opinion upon this subject; then
why bring it up again? Why
keep before the brotherhood a
question which may not only di
vert the attention of our people
from other and more important
matters, but which may alienate
the affections of some from the
University. I am sure that he
has done his full duty in the way
of keeping the attention of the
trustees directed to the subject of
co education. In their report to
our convention at Waycross they
stated that they had been urged
by the president to open the
doors of the University to wo
men, but were unwilling to do
so, and so referred the matter to
the convention for its decision.
The convention treated it very
coldly, and when it became evi
dent to Dr. Gambrell that it was
doomed he moved to postpone
its consideration for one year.
In the meantime at the commence
ment of the University a few
months later he again urged the
trustees to open the classes of
the institution to women; but
they refused to do so. The sym
posium in the Index to which
he refers was overwhelmingly
against co-education; but the
question will not down, and so
we must hear Dr. Gambrell's
abundance of good reading
which he has upon the subject
“which has passed,” he tells us.
“from the theoretical stage into
the clear light of demonstration.”
A pretty strong statement. He
gives us the views of a few
brethren who favor his side, ai d
the good reading, and demon
stration I presume is to follow.
I have some good reading on
the other side, but cannot say
as to my ability to put it “into
the clear light of demonstra
tion. " The University of Vir
ginia, the leading institution in
the South if not in America, ad
mitted women a few years ago
so far as allowing one or two to
stand the examinations in some
of the classes. But after care
ful study of the subject the fac
ulty revised this decision, and
utterly refused to admit women
in any shape or form. I give the
resolution of the faculty to the
board of visitors which was
adopted by the visitors with
only one dissenting vote,
“Whereas the Board of visitors
have desired the Faculty to
formulate the regulations under
which they would propose to ad
mit women to the Academical
schools of the University and,
whereas, after further consider
ation, the faculty have come to
the conclusion that upon the
whole the admission of women
would be unwise, and injurious
to the best interests of the Uni
versity, therefore, “ Resolved
that the Faculty recommend
that women shall not be permit
ted to enter the University as
students." Again the following
was adopted without dissent as
a part of the Faculty report,
“Whereas, the existing provis
ions for registration and exam
ination of women are altogeth
' er unsatisfactory, therefore
VOL. 75--NO. 43
“Resolved, That the Faculty
recommend that said provisions
be rescinded from and after Sep
tember 15. 1«95 ”
Annual Report of the Faculty
of the University of Virginia to
the Rectors and Visitors, page
15. It seems to me that while
not demonstrative this is pretty
strong evidence. The Universi
| ty of Virginia tried co-education
as an experiment and abandoned
it, In the above report from
which I have quoted on page 16
occur these words, “The admis
sion of women to the University
on any terms is not merely unde
sirable, but dangerous; being
likely to prove highly injurious
to them and to the University.”
I am persuaded that the same
would be true of Mercer Univer
sity. I recommend this report
to Dr. Gambrell and all who de
sire to give this question a lair
and impartial study.
To meet Dr. G m rell on his
own grounds I addressed a num
ber as letters to men of solid
thought and broad culture, men
who have given their lives to the
cause of education. 1 herewith
give the reply of Prof. Noah K-
Davis, L. L. D., who is a Geor
gian and an alumnus of Mercer.
Everybody knows that he is a
professor in the University of
Virginia and one of our greatest
men.
“University of Vivginia, j
Charlottesville, Va.,
Oct. 21. 1875. ’
Rev. G. W. Gardner;
Dear Sir and Bro.:—-In com
pliance with your request for in
formation respecting the attitude
of this University relative to the
co education of the sexes, I here
with mail to you the Report of
the Faculty to the Visitors
(Trustees) on the subject on page
15 ff. The provisions of the Re
port on the matter were adopted
by the Visitors with but one dis
senting voice. There can be no
doubt that the public sentiment
of Virginia.approves the action
wit h rare exceptions.
I should profoundly regret see
ing Mercer University, My Alma
Mater, adopt so unwise a meas
ure as to admit women.
“Always yours,
“Noah K. Davis.”
The next letter I have is from
President Chas. E. Taylor, ;>os
sibly the best college president
in Am.-r! a. ANifdfi UUry ftnrr- -
that he writes for newspapersis
either directly or indirectly in
the interest of Wake Forest Col
lege. He literally lives and
moves in Wake Forest and for
Wake Forest. But hear Dr.
Taylor:
“President's Office, |
Wake Forest. N. C.. -
Oct. 21, 1595. I
Dear Bro. Gardner:
I have only a minute in which
to write. Os course, I cannot
now discuss the question. But
I have given a great deal of
thought toco-education, ft may
be well enough in academies,
and in true universities, though
I question in the hitter case. But
lam opposed to it in colleges. I
sbouid deplore the adoption of
the system by the trustees of
Wake Forest College. An annex
is quite a different thing, and I
am rather favorably disposed
toward it as a system which af
fords the advantages (most of
them any how) claimed for co
education without the disadvan
tages and dangers.”
Hastily yours,
Chas. E. Taylor.
In a postscript he refers me to
a pamphlet by Dr. W. H. Parker,
of Richmond, Va., on “Woman's
Places, etc " I dare say it too
would do advocates of the ad
vanced woman and co-education
good to read it. At any rate I
hope to give them'an opportuni
ty to read some extracts from
its pages.
Dr. Gambrell refers to Dr.
Broadus' position and to the fact
that he sent his son to a co-edu
cational school. This is to be
taken eum t/rano sails as I pro
pose showing in a future article.
It needs an explanation which
will make it not serve Dr. Gam
brell's purpose. I am sorry he
did not give it himself. Dr.
Gambrell calls attention to Dr.
B. H. Carrol's views on co-edu
cation as to its advantages in
Baylor University. Some years
since a professor, who had been
closely identified with education
al interests in Texas, told me
that co education was a hobby of
Dr. R. C Burleson, and a disad
vantage to the general educa
tional interests of Texas. And
so I think it would be in Geor
gia. But to know the views of
one who was competent to inform
me I wrote Pfof. P. H. Eager,
who was long a professor in
Baylor Female College, and
sometime its president. He was
also professor in the State Uni
versity at Oxford which is c<
educational, while I was pas
tor there. I was his pastor, an
I had often talked with him upo
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