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In Galilee.
Perhaps there is no place on
earth, more full of interest, to
the readers of the Bible, than
Galilee, the country where our
Savior was reared and where he
spent most of his ministerial
life. The sea of Galilee has been
regarded as almost sacred, be
cause about it cluster so many oi
the scenes connected with the
teachings of our Loid and his
miracles. As you come from the
north, after passing lake Huleh
on your left, you come to rising
ground. But the water shed is
soon reached, and about 5 miles
away, down between the high
mountains, you get a view of the
lake, lying like a mirror, on the
great depression between moun
tains on the east and west. Its
beauty, as a lake, is. perhaps,
unsurpassed. As you approach
its waters you will think of the
great cities that once decorated
its Northern shore, and will feel
inclined to visit their site. A
few miles from the lake, if yon
will turn to the left you will fol
low a bricked way that leads
down to what is called Caperna
um. But how disappointing, for
there is no Capernaum here, and
the only habitation that is tit to
be called one, is a monastery, in
habited by a priest or t wo. This
priest is honest- enough to tell
you that the site of the syna
gogue is not now known. Neith
er is there any Chorazin nor
Bethsaida. Nor do you see any
thing of the fishing boats that
once lined theshores. It isconi
plete desolation and death, and
now you are reminded of the
saying of our Lord, as recorded
in Matt. 11:20-24. Notonlyhave
these cities been cast down, but
no one can be certain of the ex
act locality where they stood. It
is true the ruins are abundant,
and you know that cities stood
here and there, but it is now im
possible to say what city. You
will be told that this is Caperni
um, but when you consult a stan
dard map. or some authority,
you will be surprised to find that
you are not at all sure of your
place. However, there are two
things of which we may now be
certain —the'one is that in the
past there were many towns
along this part of the lake, and
the other is, that whatever falls
under the withering blast, of the
Almighty must perish. But the
country to-day is capable of
furnishing provisions for the
supply of a multitude as great
as that which lived here in the
days of our Lord. The fertility
of the soil is great, even now.
But the government is such that
enterprising people cannot dwell
here in safety. The plain of
Genessaret is beautiful, but alto
gether uncultivated, while Mag
dala, ou the northwest side of
the lake, is about the only town
of whose site you can be sure.
But this, at the present time, is
one of the most miserable vil
lages you could find. It is here
I saw two women at the mill, the
one grinding and the other sit
ting by. About half way down
the lake, on the west side, is Ti
berius, the only town of any con
sequence to be found any where
on the shores of the lake of Gal
ilee. It appears strange that in
the history of our Lord it is not
said that he ever went to Tiberi
us. The reason is, perhaps,
TH® CHRISTIAN L N DEX.
that this was a Grecian city, and
our Lorn never went among the
Gentiles very much. Some of
us, at this point, want to the
shore of the lake, sat down by
its sweet waters, took our Bibles
and read from them of some
things that took place here on its
bosom, in connection with the
life of our Savior. We could see
across to the opposite shore, but
by taking a glass we could bring
the land close to us and see ev
erything clearly. We tried- to
locate the places of the swine
running into the sea and of the
multitudes. We found points
where the conditions could be
easily met. Several of us,
through mere sentiment, went
into the lake and bathed in its
clear waters.
It is about 18 miles from this
place to Nazareth, and the road
is over historic ground. When
you reach the top of the moun
tains, to the west, you will pause
for a view, and an interesting
prospect is before you Behind
you lies the lovely lake, to which
you now bid good-bye while to
your left is to be seen Mt. Tabor,
one of the traditional sites of the
transfiguration of our Lord. Be
fore you stands the Horns of
Hat tin. the Mt. of Beatitudes,
in the place where our Lord de
livered his sermon as recorded
in Matt. Some brethren, who
are fond of sentiment, pushed
forward, going much out of the
way, and went to this mountain
and there read the Lord's ser
mon. On the plain, to the left
of this mountain, was fought the
great battle between the Crusad
ers and Salaliro, in which the
former was defeated, and the
world shown that the kingdom
of God was not to be established
by the use of the sword. On
coming to Nazareth, a short dis
tance to the east you come to the
little village of Cana, where our
Ijord turned the water into wine.
A little to the northwest is Gath
hepher. the home of Jonah. As
you ascend the hill, below which
Nazareth lies, you turn to the
right, pass round a stone fence,
ascend a very steep hill, and now
you have Nazareth at you feet,
around you the grandest pano
rama the eyes of mortal man
ever rested on. Now take your
Bibles and sit down to read and
meditate. Head the story of
Elijah in his with pie
priests of Baal, and then look -to
ihe southwest, amrthere in full
view is the point on Mt. Carmell,
where the conflict took place.
Read the story of Saul's visit to
the witch at Endor and then
look to the northern part of lit
tie Hermon, and Endor is in full
view. Read of Saul s battle at
Gilboa, oi Josiah's, at Megidols,
or that of Borak and Sisero and
the places where all these took
place are in full view. On com
ing down, you find yourself in
Nazareth, a little city of 600 i)
souls. Many of the residences
here are very good, and it is a
much nicer town than many oth
ers you will meet with in Pal
elstine. But even here, not
many Americans could be in
duced to live, for the filth is un
bearable. The Creek and Latin
churches are both represented
here, and alike want to take
charge of all things made sacred
by its connection with the his
tory of our Lord. The Greek
church, however, has had the
advantage as it was on the
ground first They show you,
in their church, the fountain
where the Holy family got its wa
ter. We went into the church,and
as we were thirsty drank freely
from this spring. As there is no
other fountain here, which has
any claim, as a competitor with
this, it may be supposed that
Mary got water from this place
for family use. The site of the
workshop of Joseph, is still pre
served and pointed out. There
is no claim that the present
house is the one in which Jo
seph worked, but that it is built
in the same place. Trap doors
are in the floor, and when they
are raised there is exposed to
view some old foundations which
it is claimed have been preserv
ed from the time of Christ. A
little synagogue is pointed out us
the one in which the Lord taught.
G. H. Carter.
For the Index.
Many of the readers of the In
dex will hear with much sorrow
of the sad death of Mrs. Wm. D.
King, better known perhaps as
Miss Fannie S. Knight. She
died May 30th, after ten days of
intense suffering. On her return
from Shanghai whither she and
Mr. King had gone in April, it is
supposed she was exposed to
small pox somewhere on the
road, and never having been
properly vaccinated,took the dis
ease in its most malignant form.
She was laid to rest at the foot
of Tai San, one of China’s sacred
mountains, and those of us who
are left, feel keenly the loss we
have sustained.
She was without exception the
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895.
most loving, efficient missionary
of any young missionary I have
yet seen, and many older ones
might have sat at her feet and
learned wisdom. Her burning
desire to save souls seemed to
enable her to get closer to these
people than most missionaries
do. She was always loving and
patient with even the most pro
voking and unreasonable people.
I have seen her many times, on
some Chinese feast day, receiv
ing crowds from early morning
till late evening, barely snatch
ing time to eat and patiently tell
ing them of Jesus and replying
to their numerous questions un
til she was ready to drop with
fatigue.
It is six years since she left
the homeland. Many who have
learned to love her through her
published letters will remember
with much sympathy her parents
to whom she was much attached
and who have only just heard of
her death. May God be with
them as they realize their dear
one is no more.
Those of us who have the
Christian's hope in the resurrec
tion have much to be thankful
for. Our hearts cannot but bleed
when earthly ties are severed,
but how it should comfort us to
know our sorrow is not “without
hope.”
The sympathy and prayers of
perhaps the whole Christian
world will be with the relatives
of those recently killed in the
awful massacre near Foochow.
These deliberate riots may in
volve China in another war and
with a far more formidable ene
my than Japan. The whole
government is so corrupt it
would seem there is no hope ex
cept in the complete overthrow
of the present system. At the
coast the recent war seems to
have softened the hearts of the
people towards missionaries, but
the same hatred, perhaps, inten
sified by the war, still exists
throughout the great interior.
By far the majority of the peo
ple hardly know that China has
been at war, and those who do.
willingly believe the official’s
story that China has been suc
cessful in quelling an uprising
in one of their dependencies.
The average Chinaman in the in
terior finds it impossible to grasp
the thought, much less believe
it, that there may possibly be a
more powerful independent coun
try than their own. On their
maps, China—the “Middle King
dom”—is represented as sur
rounded by water, with all other
countries as islands clustering
around the “ mother country”
and, of course, dependent on
her. Near the coast the people
are slowly finding out their mis
take, and resent it of course. In
the interior they are still igno
rant enough of the true state of
affairs as to kill with impunity
whenever their superstitious ig
norance may be offended. Every
movement of the foreigner is
watched and interpreted by one
more evilly disposed than the rest
and only too quickly believed by
the superstitious populace. Cod
can only tell the future of this
poor country. I fear there are
sad days in store for the poor
people. The officials richly de
serve any fate which may come
to them- Very few are honest
even from a Chinese standpoint,
and most of them become rich
by oppressing the poor. One
man may steal another’s land and
if asked why he doesn’t go to
the official, replies: “It would
cost more than the land is
worth." Everyman has to watch
his own possessions, even the
growing crops, if he docs not
care to lose all he has. This
seems to be more apparent in the
interior than nearer the coast .
It is a significant fact that all
over the Empire, a Chinaman
will trust a foreigner—a perfect
stranger—sooner than one of his
own countrymen if he be a stran
ger too. So, some impression
has been made on their hearts.
Cod grant it may grow until they
learn of Him.
Florence Nightingale League. _
P. O. Shanghai, Shui Pei,
Chinn, Sep. 23, 1895.
The Jackson Argus says: Mr.
Willie D. Upshaw, more famil
iarly known as‘‘Earnest Willie,”
delighted a large audience who
had assembled at Jackson Insti
tute chapel on Wednesday night
of this week to hear his lecture.
Mr Upshaw is known the
State over as a natural orator of
superior powers, and the strict
attention paid him by the large
audience here is sufficient to
warrant that he has lost none of
his magnetism as a fluent and
gifted entertainer of the most
refined and intellectual type.
The audience at his lecture
Wednesday evening comprised
the elite and intellectual circles
of our city and was indeed a rep
resentative gathering of our best
people. As a lecturer, “ Earnest
Willie” has scored a hit in Jack
son.
For the Index.
TRAMP PREAHERS.
BY .1. H. SPENCER, D. D.
The churches of Christ are
very fully instructed, by both
precept and the example of t heir
Lord, to guard carefully the
purity, dignity and spiritual and
intellectual fitness of their min
istry. The qualifications neces
sary for the sacred office are min
utely described, and the church
es, which have the exclusive
right and responsibility, under
God, to select, and induct men
into the holy calling, are warned
against negligence and undue
haste, in discharging this solemn
duty. Only tried and approved
men must be put into the gospel
ministry. A specific instruction
is: Lay hands hastily on no
man! 1 Tim. 5:2. No matter how
zealous an aspirant to the sacred
office may appear, however bril
liant his genius or fluent his
speech, let him wait till he es
tablishes a reputation for wis
dom, prudence and integrity,
among them that are without, as
well as those who are within the
churches. In this cautious de
lay, the Savior gave his church
es an example. Preparatory to
sending out his first preachers:
He appointed twelve', that they
might be with him, and that he
might send them forth to preach
Mark 3:14. He would not send
them out in haste, but kept them
“with him,” under his observa
tion and instruction, until they
were sufficiently proved and
taught. Afterwards, when they
were established and instructed:
He began to send them forth by
two and two. Mark 6:7. This
precaution was not necessary on
his part; for he knew what was
in men. But the e imple was
needful to his
However important a liberal
education, it was not made a
prerequiste to preaching the
gospel. It is probable that all
the preachers sent out by the
Savior were comparatively illit
erate —it is certain that the most
prominent among them were
“unlearned and ignorant men "
But they w|ere grave, earnest,
dignified men, of unswerving
principle and integrity. Save
the betrayer, there was not a lit
tle, cheap man among them
not a clown, a buffoon, a moun
tebank, a *kr..g • 21'' -i- com
ic actor. They were,’ all per
haps, from the lower walks of
life; but they were men of true
greatness, because they were en
dowed with high moral courage,
lofty aspirations, and exalted
aims and purposes. They were
the moral heroes of their gener
ation, and lil. patterns for the
true ministers of Christ, wheth
er learned or unlearned, in all
succeeding ages. Nor do I be
lieve that the true ministry of
Jesus has, in any degree, de
teriorated. There may be more
“sons of perdition, more false
teachers, more vain talkers, who
have intruded into the holy call
ing. But, apart from these, the
churches of God probably never
hud a purer, or more manly,
dignified, courageous and conse
crated ministry, than to-day.
These men of God still comprise
the great moral force of this
world, or, rather, give it expres
sion; for all power of good is
from Cod, whohasselectedthe.se
men as the chief instruments
through whom to exert his ben
eficience on our fallen race. It is
not the civil magistracy, how
ever beneficial, but the gospel
ministry, that is most efficient in
holding vice in check, and en
couraging the exercise of virtue.
But there is ar other class of
aspirants to the honors or emol
uments of sacred office, so num
erous that therearefew churches
which are not afflicted by one or
more of them. They are the
type ( ’f men against which the
Holy Ghost warned the apostolic
churches - men desiring to be
teachers, though they under
s'and neither what they say, nor
whereof they affirm. 1 Tim. 1:7.
Most Baptist churches attempt
to stop the mouths of these vain
talkers. But a sufficient number
of them get into the ministry to
bring much reproach on the
cause of Christ. They are the
tramps, buffoons, charlatons and
comic actors of the ministry.
That they not only consent to
hear, but glory in, such names
as “Wild Bill,” “the Boy Preach
er," “the Reformed Drunkard,”
“the Converted Cow Boy,” “the
Wild Irishman,” “the Girl Eva
ngelist,” “the Reformed Gamb
ler,” and other vulgar nora de
plums, shows an utter want of
appreciation of the sacred office
they bring into contempt, as well
as of common self-respect. Yet
many people, chiefly, but not ex
clusively, of the ignorant and
inmoral classes, and the thought
less youth classes that most
need a corn et knowledge of the
gospel —attend their convoca
tions, not for the purpose of re
ceiving spiritual instruction, but
with the hope of being enter-
tained by a variety show. Ono
of the saddest features ir the
case, is that the ignorant, and
especially the untaught and in
experienced young people, get
their impressions of the gospel
from these low, rude exhibitions,
and learn to despise its claim or
their obedience.
Some of these clowns of the
pulpit, though the force of a cer
tain kind of genius, mid a popu
lar gift of speech, make their
way into some of our best city
and village churches. Here they
hold union meetings, and stir up
no little blind enthusiasm. For
the time, they carry the popu
lace with them, and make the im
pression that they are very great
preachers. They usually report
a large number of conversions:
for this is their chief means of
maintaining their popularity, and
gaining access to other popular,
influential and wealthy church
es. Doubtless some of the pro
fessions they elicit, especially
of those who have been previ
ously instructed by faithful pas
tors, are genuine; for God is able
to bring good out of evil. But it
is to be feared that a large ma
jority of the conversions they
report are spurious, and, in the
end, much more harm than good
results. Their policy is topreach
only such sentiments as they
suppose will meet the approval
of all denominations represented
in their congregations. “The
gospel of obedience" is ignored.
Strange and corrupt doctrines
are preached. The reverence
and dignity of worship are low
ered. The churches are tilled
up with unconverted members
who speedily become practical
apostates. The influence of the
true, substantial ministry is cur
tailed by the creation, among the
people, of a taste for a cheap
shallow sensationalism, instead
of a reverential respect for the
gospel of God.
But a much larger number of
these loose preachers, who have
run before they were called, are
little better than mere tramps
and vagabonds. Comparatively
few of them —I regret that I can
not say none are Baptists. But
they are among our churches,
and bring reproach on the cause
of Christ and his true ministry,
nevertheless. They go around,
simply, in pairs, or in compan
ies, among our weak, illiterate
churches, sometimes taking with
them females, who take a con
spicuous part in their exercises.
If denied access to our meeting
houses, they go into school
houses, or other unoccupied
buildings, or wooded groves, or
tents which they carry with
them. Curiosity, and perhaps
other, and less worthy, motives,
induce the young ami the
thoughtless to attend their meet
ings, and afford them opportuni
ty to impose on the credulity,
hospitality and liberality of un
suspecting Christians, as well as
other kind, generous, illiterate
people. They usually have some
special hobby such as “full as
surance,” perfect sanctification,
seventh day Sabbath, soul sleep
ing, the speedy coming of Christ,
or other fond delusion. But
sometimes they profess a rigid
orthodox, of which they have no
remote knowledge, or a strict
denominationalism, of which
they are equally ignorant. In
general, they adopt the policy,
and profess the sentiments, they
deem most expedient. They
claim the respect and encour
agement of ('hristians, on the
ground that they do good in
making converts. It may be
possible that some sinners,
through the sovereign grace of
God, who worketh when, and
how. and by what moans he will,
are converted under their min
istry But more weak Chris
tians are perverted, and even
their professed converts ofte.ner
become reckless apostates than
orderly church members.
But whether, through God's,
grace, in bringing good out. of
evil, they do some good, or not,
this whole class of disorderly
preachers, whether brilliant or
dull, learned or unlearned, pop
ular or unpopular, are the bane
of the churches, the orderly min
istry, and the cause of Christi
anity. Their own lives, even
when they profess sanctification,
are illy regulated, they are igno
rant of the Bible, and their teach
ing is always defective, and of
tener false than true. Their
ministrations are oftener course,
vulgar entertainments, than sol
emn, earnest religious worship.
In every way, they cheapen and
bring into disrepute, in the pop
ular mind, both Christianity and
its Author. It would be unchar
itable to conclude that they are
all consciously bad. It may be
that many of them are as sincere
as men and women of their char
acter are capable of being. The
chief blame rests upon the
churches that have authorized
them to preach a gospel, neither
the spirit nor letter of which
they are capable of understand-
ing. The remedy is for all church
es and individual Christians to
withhold from them all encour
agement and support, to sustain
better the men who give evi
dence' that they have been called
of God to gravely and reverent
ly minister his word; and for the
churches to observe more dili
gently in future the restrictions
which the holy scriptures throw
around the sacred office of the
gospel ministry.
Eminence, Ky., Nov., '95.
For the Index
Did Judas Partake of the Lord’s
Supper?
Can it be clearly ascertained
from the Scriptures, whether he
did or not? Like a great many
other questions as to what the
Scriptures do teach, this ques
tion cannot be satisfactorily di
vided without a very diligent and
searching study of all the Scrip
tures on the subjects. Many
conclusions, which are erroneous
and many probably false, have
been t aken up and held by thous
ands of people, who feel sure
these same errors and false
hoods are plainly taught in the
Scriptures, while, if these same
persons could bo induced to give
sufficient, earnest, searching,
study to the Scriptures, they
would be convinced that the
oppos t■ of what they hold is the
truth.
It is not the purpose of this
article to assume or to decide
whether Judas Hid ordid not par
take of the Lord's supper. lam
led to make this study of this
subject by hearing a minister
last Sunday, declare most un
qualifiedly, that Judas was pres
ent at the institution and did
partake of the Lord's supper.
He emphasized the statement
that Christ, knowing Judas to bo
a devil, did give him the ele
ments of his broken body and
shed blood. “That He did not
sit in judgment on Judas.
To me this was singular teach
ing, when Christ positively pass
ed the most awful sentence on
Judas, by saying “woe unto the
man. It would have been better
for him if he had nev< r been
born." But let us lay aside all
prejudice either for or against
the statement that he did par
take of it, and let us carefully
and prayerfully study all the
passages in all their various bear
ings, and in the light of the con
texts.
No one can properly or fully
understand enough about this
matter to be able to declare dog
matically for or against .it, with
out a most studious, intelligent
and exhaustive study of all the
four accounts. Each of the four
evangelists tells us something
about it. But no two accounts
are exactly alike, all the way
through.
These differences must be care
fully compared, also the agree
incuts, etc. A most critical and
careful comparison of all the ac
counts develop the following
facts, or at least they appear to
an impartial inquirer toshowthe
following fact-.
Fact Ist. Judas was present
at and partook of the Passover
supper. Matt. 26:2<>. Mark 14:-
17-18. Luke 22:11. John 13:1 s .
Fact 2nd. The Lord's supper was
different from and administered
after the Passover supper was
taken. Malt. 26:23-26. Mark
14.20 22. Luke 22:16. The cup
of the Passover supper. Luke
22:19-20. The bread and cup of
the Lord's supper.
Fact 3rd. There is still anoth
er supper besides the Passover,
and the Eucharist, or Lord's sup
per. John 13:2. “And supper
being ended,” etc., John pro
ceeds in the next verses to the
11 th. verse, to tell about feet
washing and the conversation
about who were clean, and men
tions that he knew who should
betray him, etc. In the 12th.
verse then it says, so after he
had washed their feet, and had
taken his garments and was set
down again, “he began to dis
course with them about several
matters and at the 21 and 22 ver
ses it is quite (dear that they are
at the table partaking of the
Passover supper. In the 26
verse we see that Christ gives
the sop to Judas.
So we see that instead of the
Lord's supper being ended be
fore the feet washing, as is
generally supposed, we learn by
close study of this whole chap
ter that this supper that was
ended before the Passover sup
per was taken and before the
feet washing and the discourses
connected therewith, it must
have been some other supper,
doubtless the ordinary evening
meal.
Fact 4th. As there was some
time between that ordinary sup
per that was ended before the
feet washing, verse 2nd., and
the Passover supper. It is not
unlikely that some short time
elapsed before the Lord’s supper
was instituted. But whether
that be so or not, it is a fair in-
VOL. 75-NO. 17
ference, if not an inevitable con
clusion that unless Judas went
out after the Passover supper
and before the Lord’s supper was
ended, he did partake of the
Lord's supper. But fact sth. is
that Judas did go out ‘ immedi
ately after he had taken the
sop.” Christ told him when he
gave him the sop to do what he
was going to do, quickly. He
was commanded to go “quic kly”
and he went “immediately.”
John 13:27-30.
Now look at the facts. All the
four Evangelists tell us that Ju
das did take the sop part of the
Passover supper. All agree
that that Passover supper was
before the Lord’s supper was in
stituted. None of them say Ju
das did partake of the Lord’s
supper. Then it was whi?e they
were eating the Passover that
Christ gave Judas the sop and
told him “what thou does! do
quick” and “having taken the
sop he went away immediately.”
Now. it seems to me, if I had
intended to prove that Judas did
partake of the Lord's supper, I
should consider my cause com
pletely lost, it seems. But I
leave each careful reader to see
for himsell what the Scriptures
do teachon this subject. “Search
the Scriptures before declaring
to the public that Judas did not
partake of the Lord's supper, or
that Christ was crucified on this
that or the other day.
A. C. Turner,
Myrtle. Ga., Nov. 18th, 1895.
P. S.—ls any one can show
these to be erroneous conclusions
let them do so.
Editor Index; It is not
those who live on tlowery beds of
ease; not those who live forthem
selves alone; not those whose
hearts are dumb to the love of
God that can suffer with those
who suffer, smile with those who
smile, and live for those who
need their services. It is only
those who have suffered that can
appreciate the suffering of
others; It is only those whose
hearts have been mellowed by
the milk of human kindness who
can suffer with those who suffer;
It is only that sympathy which
comes from the ripe Uhristian
grace and lovliness which makes
its impress upon the sorrow
stricken heart. Those who have
suffered as we, those who < now
what it is to give up a devouju
friend and brother can bow their
hearts in sorrow with us,for last
Tuesday week we consigned to
the cold grave all that was mor
tal of our beloved brother, Dr.
Milton Pope Deadwyler. Our
hearts are tilled with sadness -—a
sadness which knows no balm.
He was loved by all of us .or his
spotless Hie and blameless char
acter. He lived what lie profess
ed, loved his church and did
good to his I'ellowman.
His fruitful life places him
high in the upper and better
world. Like the wave which
ripples forth from the summer
forest in imitation of the songs
ters note, mellowing the zephyr
winds with its sweetness hath his
soul loosed itself from its moor
ings ami sought shadier groves
beyond that region o.f the stars.
He is gone but not forgotten.
His memory will remain with us,
fresh as the perennial blossoms
of the Heavenly morning glory,
and as sweet as the perfume of
the roses left in the hot house
after the flowers are gone. The
whiteness of his life reminds us
of the purity of the one to which
his soul hath taken its (light.
Surely Heaven was made for just
such men.
Our unit is broken, but we
hope the fraction will appear
soon in a garb like unto his. We
suffer loss but it is gain for him.
He took an especial interest in
young men, and his means ena
bled him to do good where others
might not. Hearts all over our
country are saddened by his
death for he had been their friend
and can a better eulogy be pass
ed upon him than to say he was
their friend ? At his request his
chair has been draped in mourn
ing and will always be kept its
accustomed place, tit recognition
of so pure devoted and blessed
life as did on the morning of the
fifth of November take wingsun
j to the other shore,there to await
i the coming of loved ones singing
: his Redeemers, praises. No
! sweeter requiem could Natures,
songsters who ever hover near
to mellow his memory by their
sweetest serenades,bestow than
to sing in accents low and sooth
ing “Asleep in Jesus, Blessed
sleep.”
Z. B. Rogers.
Elberton, Ga., Nov. 15th, 1895.
Dear Index:—Will youplease
state in your next issue that,
some good preacher who is also
a good worker can learn of a very
good field of labor by addressing
meat Jesup, Ga., Preacher must
furnish good reference.
Yours,
G. B. Webster