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Brother J. C. McMichael gave
the best years of his life to build
ing up the Index, and in collat
eral lines of work for the church
and humanity. In the prime of
his life, the Master caUed him up
higher just when he was about
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be a timely act.
According to our time honored
custom we will issue no paper
during Christmas week. This
issue will therefore be the last
paper during 1895 During the
year we have seen many changes
and many of those who were
with us at the beginning of the
yeir are with us uo more, hav
ing gone to there eternal reward.
We feel assured that the week
ly visits of the Index the thous
ands of homes all over Georgia
and the south are hailed with de
light and gladness by all. Its
.S.eJx 1 of usefulness is ajarge one
and its many silent messages of
love and instruction, have be
come an important factor in
shaping and direct ng our de
nominational interest.
Our next issue will bear date
Jan. 2nd, 1896 and with thejnew
year we hope to begin with the
blessings of God resting upon us.
Many have asked that we give
our readers our picture in the In
dex that all may know us better
but we must modestly decline for
the present. Perhaps in some
future issue we will comply.
We wish all our readers and
friends the compliments of the
season and send forth a prayer
that the blessings of CGod
will rest upon each and every
one.
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For the Index.
A Campaign of Education for Educa
tion.
No one who has carefully read
the Scriptures has fai 'ed to note
the time element in the plan of
divine providences. Christ was
the Lamb slain before the foun
dation of the world; but it was
not till the due time that he died
for the ungodly.
The time element is eq tally
well marked in all history. Ne
poleon could not have done his
mighty d-ieds,except at that par
ticular time. The slow decay of
the old order was necessary to
the new order. All history is a
succession of evolutions, each ef
fect having its cause back of it
in an order just past away.
One who has studied the
growth of Mercer University
from its first planting to the
present, will be able to trace the
unfolding of a series of provi
dences, which bring us to an au
spicious hour and into the pres
ence of great opportunities.
Mercer was founded against
great opposition. The rank and
file of the denomination did not
believe in it and had small toler
ation for it.
The beginnings were tentative
and timid. A few’ and compara
tively very few brethren took a
broad view of the situation and
amid misconceptions and severe
criticisms went forward. Their
wisdom has been abundantly jus
tified by results.
But it has been slow work to
open all the State to the influ
ences of Mercer, which has stood
foremost for higher education
among Georgia Baptists. Every
advance has been attended with
pain. This is according to the
common law of human progress.
At the end of three score years,
through all mistakes, such as at
tend human effort, through all
opposition and lethargy, the
rounded results are such as ought
to make all of our hearts glad.
More than 700 men have gradu
ated from Mercer and these will
rank with the Alumni of any in
stitution in the South. Thou-
Till' CHRISTIAN INDEX.
sands of others have been taught
and have been greatly helped,
who have come short of gradua
tion. To day, through all these
and others, who know and ap
preciate the work done, Mercer
is strong in the State.
We are entering on a new era
in Georgia and in the whole
South. Not less than a thousand
millions of dollars, represented
ia railroads and commercial bod
ies of various sorts are in use
now to develop© the South. Be
fore me are two letters, one from
Cincinnati, the other from Chi
cago, each from a paper seeking
means of spreading information
about the South. We could not
stop all this if we would. The
people are coming by the tens
and the hundreds of thousands.
Growth, development, progress
are words of honor. There is no
longer the slightest question as
to the vast material development
of the South.
At such an hour as this, the
Baptists of the State need to lay
some obvious truths to heart.
Let me mention some of them.
We have a great Baptist popu
lation. We are rich in material
for the greatest Baptist force the
w orld has ever known. But it is
evident that this material is
largely untaught. We are poor
ly prepared in this respect to
meet the conflicts that are inevi
table in the near future as I be
lieve, as good as can be found,
but they have not had as good
opportunities as many others.
They are to-day at a great disad
vantage as they enter upon the
new era. I take it that no
thoughtful man will question
this.
There is in Georgia now a ris
ing spirit of education. It has
reached almost every neighbor
hood, and it cannot be stayed. It
should not be. It is true that
much of the thinking is chaotic;
but it is taking form and will in
the next score of years round out
into a form that will be fixed.
Two things strongly charac
terize the dominant spirit of the
times.
First, there is the gross mate
rialism, which reasons every
thing by It has invaded
its realm of education, and hence
the talk’ of practical education,
the education that makes a man
ar instrument for making money.
And then there is the spirit of
economy, which seeks by com
pact organization to make the
most of every force. This is ra
tional and right. Waste of force
is as sinful as burning bread in
the presence ofchildren crying of
hunger.
Now, the danger that threat
ens our civilization is a gross
materialism, enthroned and made
supreme by compact organiza
tion. There never was a time
when there was a greater need
for the spirit and the principles
of the New Testament to become
dominant in the life of the peo
ple. Baptists have led the civil
ization of the world. This gov
ernment is the product of their
doctrines. A thorough Baptist
is the highest possible evolution
of the race. Baptist principles
teach the only formula of civili
zation. Liberty limited by law.
The y underlie our civil liberties
and are a sure guarantee of hu
man happiness and progress
wherever they are uppermost
among a people.
These things being true, there
is laid on the Baptists of Geor
gia a heavy responsibility as to
the future of this State. And if
the State shall be right, then to
a great extent the South will be
right, for such is the position
and strength of Georgia that she
cannot fail to greatly influence
the whole country.
What is our need and our
duty ?
The answer is clear: a State
wide educational campaign for
education. The whole doctrine
of denominational education
needs to be discussed from the
great centers out to the remotest
back districts. Our own people
need this discussion and the
State meds it. The Baptist lines
of thought need to be relaid, and
laid to suit our present condition.
The younger generation needs
the instruction and young and
old need zeal for Christian edu
cation kindled. We need to get
back, all of us, to the high think
ing and heroic doing of Jesse
Mercer and the noble men and
w’omen who, with him, laid the
foundations of our success in
Mercer. Nothing but a great
uplift will save us from going to
the rear when all the new forces
coming among us get fairly a
field.
This campaign ought to be
well organized, and wisely di
rected. Sporadic moves in these
days of organized forces amount
to but little. Time and thought
should be given to the organiza
tion of the campaign. The mat
ters to be put into the campaign
ought to be well considered and
fully agreed upon. And they
ought to be true things and
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things that concern our prosper
ity as a denomination.
The move ought o be entered
upon in a spirit of large liberal
ity. And this- spirit should
characterize our thinking and
our giving. The brother who is
intolerant of all opinions as to
the scope and details, the plans
and purposes of any part of the
work in which Baptists are en
gaged, if these opinions do not
harmonize with his own. cannot
be useful in Georgia. Castiron
men must give place to men of
sympathy and adjustability.
And in this great campaign
the apostles rule must be our rule
of action. Forgetting the things
that are behind, we must press
forward to the things in the fu
ture. No matter what has oc
cured in the past, it is gone, and
it is for us, in the love and fear
of God to unitedly strive to make
the future glorious.
For the success of such a cam
paign, happily many things fa
vor us. There is to-day no se
rious division among us. Let
God be praised for that. The
State is prosperous, thanks to
the giver of all .good. Every
part of the State is open and ac
cessible to the missionaries of
Christian culture, and Mercer
University is in favor with the
people.
We have at least 100 men, yes,
200, who can do efficient work in
such a campaign. The move has
been initiated in our chief city,
the most enterprising city in the
South and this is fortunate.
Our people are able to give in
the aggregate SIOO,OOO to estab
lish their chief educational insti
tution on a basis of power and
usefulness equal to the enlarged
demauds on us.
Such a campaign carried
through to a success would be
an unspeakable blessing to us.
It would enlarge our thinking
and our Christian giving. It
would revivify the whole denom
ination. It would unify us and
make us conscious of our great
power. Every pastor and every
church would receive a new im
pulse. It would iu its momen
tum bring into activity many who
are now doing nothing It would
give to our people of thrift and
money a higher opinion of Bap
tist enterprise and thus tie them
on to us. It would enable us to
devise plans to make our educa
tional work and spirit felt in
practically every neighborhood
in Georgia. And all these re
sults can be achieved, if we en
ter upon the undertaking with
prayer and faith and zeal and
love of the people. In view of
such possibilities, who is willing
this day to consecrate himself to
God. J. B. Gambrell.
For the Index.
That Regulation Schedule.
During the session of the
Georgia Baptist Convention at
Waycross in April last, a sched
ule or plan of service looking to
the interests of all our enterpris
es that we hold in common was
discussed and recommended to
the churches generally for
adoption. Very many churches
have made the adoption and we
hear good reports of work done
in a systematic and orderly way.
The truth is, it is difficult to esti
mate the value of concert of ac
tion in our work. The children
of this world are wiser in this
matter than the children of light.
When an army moves with a
definite end in view, they—the
individual soldiers—keep step,
march in line. A great trunk
line of railway with its branches
conducts business under one
general head, and regulation
methods prevail thoughout. This
secures the happiest results.
Yes, but it is said: Baptists are
only organized into churches,
they know nothing beyond—
nothing higher. They are not
an army. Nor a railway system.
All very true; and yet individual
churches may unite in associa
tional or conventional capacity
for prosecution of work in which
all are interested. And in all
this, concert of action may and
does find a place without destruc
tion of the sovereignty of church
or the principle of religious
liberty.
Moreover the Scriptures give
great support to Regulation
Methods. In the creation the
Holy Spirit brooded over the
whole and wrought all chaos into
order. Nothing more orderly
and systematic than the Jewish
service has ever been seen by
man. God gave the Jews
the form and arrangement
of service. And whatever may
have been abolished as to laws
and ordinances and letters, we
are all sure that the great princi
ple securing concert of action in
the work of his people abides.
Paul declares that God is not the
author of confusion; and he says
furthermore, that he would have
all things done decently and in
order. The new year 1896 will
soon be upon us. Can not all
our churches, by common con-
sent, adopt the sch< d lie recom
mended by the convention? Sup
pose this were done: the month
of January would bring some
help from every part of the
State for some one of the objects
of benevolence which Baptists
are trying to foster. And so it
would be in February and so on
to the close of the year. And in
that event, everybody would
have helped everything, and
there would be no lack. Do you
think as good results can be ob
tained if the schedule is not uni
versally adopted? The schedule
is not iron-clad. It can be amend
ed and altered, and no doubt in
many instances this may be done
to advantage though we do not
think it would be wise in doing
so to destroy or cancel any regu
lation feature, we mean this: If it
is your month by the schedule to
help the Orphans’ Home, and for
any reason you wish to help
something else, do so, but help
the orphans, too, and then help
them again in some other month
if you choose, only let there be
some help from you on appoint
ed times for certain named ob
jects. This insures a continuous
stream of aid to all enterprises
throughout the year.
Oh! but says one, my church
has a plan or schedule of its own
that fits splendidly. It can not
be bettered. Granted. But do
you not see that when you take
that position you fall out of ranks
and destroy that continuity of
help that we so much need? It
is not only help that we need, it
is uniform help, continuous help.
Helping by the schedule will
soon regulate affairs so that our
agents and. boards will know
what to count on, when to look
for it, and where. Some sort of
action is good, but concert of ac
tion is better. We feel sure that
the ideas of uniform work for
the churches and concert of ac
tion as embodied in the schedule
“have come to stay,”and we are
sure that we ought not to retard
by failure or neglect that which
promises, nay insures the high
est good.
Baptists are a 1 ; ‘Nrty-loving
people. They hav< J j.’ays stood
for church sovert Wo are
■glad of ? *idd are p7%.d wi t/ui
history in this connection. But
you have heard of the Indian’s
tree—very upright. So upright
that it leaned over. Perhaps
there is no danger of our leaning
over as to these great doctrines.
And yet there is such a thing as
making a hobby of a truth, and
that to our injury. Possibly
some may think that the sched
ule could not be adopted without
yielding something to the heresy
as expressed in the phrase:
“ lordingitover God’s heritage.”
We are very much opposed to
Popery. Very jealous of our in
dependency. Just so. But did
it ever occur to you that while
you are getting rid of one pope—
the one in Rome, you may find
very many in the Baptist denoin
ination? One of which you may
be. How far removed from
Rome is the man who stlyes him
self on his independency and
rights, and therefore can never
co operate with brethren, nor
even receive a suggestion from
one or many of them? We think
it a great pity that so many
recommendations made by our
conventions and associations to
the churches should be so light
ly passed by.
H. R. Bernard.
Ashburn, Ga., i
Nov , 2nd, 1895. i
Christian Index.—Allow me
space to give a bit of news from
Ashburn Baptist church. At
our meeting in September Bro.
J. J. Hyman tendered his resig
nation which was accepted by
the church. The reason for Bro.
Hyman’s resignation was, he
said, that he felt that the Lordhad
opened up a new field and he felt
that the Lord needed him in the
other field of labor. Bro. Hy
man served this church for near
ly two years and our prayer is
that the Lord will greatly bless
him in his new field of labor. At
an adjourned conference in Sep
tember, Bro. Eliam Culpepper
was elected to the pastorate of
this church, by acclamation, for
the text associational year. On
the morning of the 4th. Sunday
Bro. Culpepper was at his post
and accepted our call as pastor
for the ensuing year. His sub
ject was “A Pastor’s duty. ” He
handled the subject as one that
has to give an account. One sis
ter received under watch care of
the church. Re elected the offi
cer by acclamation as follows:
W. A. Murray, Sunday-school
superintendent. R. V. Ayers
assistant superintendent and
church clerk. Bro. Culpepper’s
sermon Sunday night was per
fectly grand, his subject being
obedience and fidelity. We ex
pect to see many precious souls
buried with Christ into the church
through his instrumentality dur
ing this year.
Yours in Christ,
L. K. Beal.
For the Index.
Dr. Gambrell on Co education; Con
sidering Objections.
It appears, from Dr. Gambrell’s
last note in the Index, that he is
not going to demonstrate the ad
vantages of co-education as he
led us to hope that he would do
when he brought on this discus
sion for wnich he holds himself
responsible; but as a suitable
finish to the discussion upon his
part, he will now consider objec
tions. I have no idea what to
expect, but 1 wish briefly to pre
sent some objections to co edu
cation in Mercer University and
in schools of like grade. Before
doing so, however, I wish to
thank Dr. Gambrell for the favor
he has conferred upon the oppo
nents of co-education in demon
strating so clearly that co-educa
tion is not the thing for Mercer.
Hi started out to do one thing,
and has done the very opposite.
I believe that his articles with
the light thrown upon them are
calculated to confirm the views
of those who are opposed to co
education, and that they will set
tle any who have been wavering.
Indeed, I will venture the asser
tion tjiat if Dr. Gambrell will
study his own deliverances, with
care, he himself will come out
and confess that he was wrong.
Stranger things than this have
happened! Dr. Gambrell is evi
dently a strong man, and a skill
ed debater, but his position is
such a weak one that it has put
him at great disadvantage. But
1 know not what is in the future.
He may yet rally, warm up to
his subject, fulfill his promises
and convince us all that the
greatest need of Mercer Univer
sity to-day is the admission of
women. If he does not do this,
I think that he ought to come out
like a man, confess his mistake
and join the ranks of those who
are convinced that whatever else
Mercer may need most she cer
tainly does not need co educa
tion.
But now’ for some objections:
I regard co-education inconsist
ent wii h the purposes for w’hich
Mercer University was founded.
It was never the intention of the
orulJv men who saw; the great
need for an institution of high
grade where Baptist young men,
and all others who chose to come
might have opportunities not
only for intellectful culture, but
for moral and religions develop
ment as well. They saw’the need
of the hour, grasped it, and
builded wisely and well. I dare
say that, by the very terms of
the charter, Mercer University
was incorporated as an institu
tion for the education of men,
and that to admit wcinen would
render the charter null and void,
unless forsooth there should be
some future legislation upon the
subject. It might do more than
this. The very ground upon
which the institution stands may
have been donated or purchased
with the terms specified that it
was to be used for the purposes
of establishing an institution for
the education of young men, and
that when it ceased to be so used,
it was to revert to the original
owner 1 understand that the
city of Macon gave our denomin
ation inducements to locate the
University there, and I dare say
that this was done, with the dis
tinct understanding, that it was
to be a male school. Now 1 sub
mit that to make it a mixed
school, as Dr. Gamorell propos
es doing, if I am correct in my
supposition, would violate the
terms of this agreement. There
is a female college m Macon be
longing to another denomination,
and doubtless the city gave these
people inducements to locate in
Macon a school of high grade for
the education of women. Would
not Mercer University and this
College both violate the terms
upon which they accepted their
inducements if the one is opened
to women and the other to men,
and more than this they would
be acting inconsistent with the
purposes of the founders. And
still more, I think they would
have just grounds for complaint
against their benefactor, the city
of Macon, and that they would
do right tocryout the oneagainst
the other. Dr. Gambrell’s posi
tion is too radical and revolution
ary. Carried to its legitimate
end, it would overthrow every
male and female school in the
State of Georgia. Are we pre
pared for such results? Are we?
I object to cb-education in Mer
cer University again for the rea
son that it does violence to the
purposes of those w’ho contrib
uted funds for the buildings and
endowment. They gave with the
distinct understanding that Mer
cer University was an institution
founded and to be perpetuated
for the education of men. Now
to change the character of the
institution, and make it a mixed
school is to violate the terms of
this agreement, and furnishes
just grounds for every donor to
demand that his contributions be
refunded. justly claim
that his funds had been misap
propriated by those into whose
hands they had been committed
as a sacred trust. Ido not know
a great deal about law, but 1
venture the opinion, as a lay
man, that the courts would sus
tain such a cause, and instead of
building up Mercer University
we would find ourselves pulling
it down. And who could blame
the donors for making such a
demand?
But another objection is to be
found in the fact that those who
oppose co education will become
indifferent to the best interests
of the institution or they may be
come alienated. Now I submit
that it is not wise at any time to
do an unpopular thing when no
principle is involved. Can the
Baptists of Georgia afford to risk
doing what Dr. Gambrell wants
done in this instance? I am sure
they can not, and I do not believe
that they have so far lost the’r
heads as to be willing to do it.
He has, in two or three instances,
referred to the fact that Furman
University was coeducational
Furman is my Alma Muter, and I
have forborne mentioning her
name in this discussion; for no
loyal son ever loved his cherish
ing mother with more intense de
votion than I loved her, and I
have proven my love again and
again since I left her sacred
walls, but the day she became a
mixed school my interest declin
ed, and so long as she remains
one I must continue to feel as 1
do. I hoped to educate my boy
there, but feeling as I do about
the matter, had I a thousand sons
I would prefer sending every one
of them to some other college I
am not the only graduate of this
college who feels this way. We
are told at the recent session of
the Baptist State Convention of
South Carolina that it was decid
ed unanimously to continue co
education in this school. I am
informed that the report came
up late at night and was adopted.
But that does not prevent the
feelings to which I refer. The
Ha/dist Courier, which strongly
favors co-education, and which
took advantage of the very first
opportunity to shut off discus
sion, and Would' not allow a
brother to reply to an article by
the President which was as open
to criticism as any Dr. Gambrell
ever wrote, recognizes this state
of feeling or its recent editorial
comments mean nothing. It
say-, “We are glad that the mat
ter of co education in Furman
University came before the Con
vention was discussed and pass
ed upon. That there are breth
ren who do not believe that this
is the wisest thing for the Uni
versity, we all know. Their
opinions we respect and it is a
matter of regret perhaps that we
can not see this thing alike. But
it is the purpose of the trustees
and faculty to so control this
matter of co-cducation that we
hope and trust the fears and ob
jections of those brethren who
do not believe in it will vanish
away.” And yet for one year all
objections were shut out of the
Courier, and persons favoring it
were allowed to say things in its
favor in their communications,
and from time to time paragraphs
favorable to co-education slipped
into its columns. I do not charge
the paper with intended unfair
ness. I suppose the editor re
garded this course the best one
to pursue in order to make all of
one mind and to allay all objec
tions. The excuse given was
that the whole matter was to be
settled at the next Convention,
and so discussion was cut off.
We are to settle this matter at
our next Convention, and I con
gratulate the Index upon the
fact that its columns stand open
for free and full discussion. As
I see it, co-education in Furman
University is not in such a hap
py state as to be commended to
Georgia Baptists as a pattern
for them to follow. I here and
now ask pardon, in advance, for
my seeming criticisms of the
course pursued by our brethren
across the line. I make this re
ference simply as a warning and
with the hope that at the close
of our next Convention the In
dex may have no grounds for
expressing any such fears as
seem to haunt the good Baptist
Courier of South Carolina.
Again, I object to co-education
for the reason that the tenden
cies are to put women out of her
scriptural sphere. Just so sure
as God created male and female
just so sure has he assigned each
sex the sphere in which he de
signed that it should move. Any
system which tends to do away
with the purposes of God in this
or any other respect is fraught
w’ith evil, and must result in the
most direful consequences to the
human family. Co-education in
stead of recognizing -woman as
the companion and help mate of
man makes her his competitor,
and instead of exalting it de
grades her. The late Dr. Bran
ham said in the Index last year:
VOL. 75-NO. 50
“The training which is suited to
man must in its efforts make a
man of her, as far as it can be
done, prepare her for the work
and duties of a man, and leave
her unprepared for the work and
duties of a woman. Having suc
ceeded in moving abreast with
men in college or university
course she is inspired with man
ly aspirat ions. She looks to the
bar, to the pulpit, the h eture
platform or to the political
arena, or to the rougher business
of life. She has little fondness
lor home, for the high and holy
offices and relationships of wife,
mother or sister. Having been
trained in conflicts with men in
the schools, she is averse to re
linquishing these conflicts in af
ter life, or to abandon the idea
of becoming a man
in other words, she has been
trained out of her sphere, for
which nature by her sex and pe
culiar constitution designed her.”
Though dead, may the voice of
Dr. Branham reach our hearts
and may he continue to speak!
Dr. Gambrell being an ardent
believer in woman suffrage, an
advocate of women speaking be
fore mixed assemblies in the
churches, going so far as to say.
he drew the line only at the pul
pit, by which I understand he
means that he objects to the or
dination of women only, will not
be moved by the last objection
which I have made to co-educa
tion, but I have faith enough m
the loyalty of Georgia Baptists
to God’s word to feel that they
will not move one iota beyond
w’hat they conceive to be the
teaching of the Scriptures upon
this or any other subject.
In conclusion, let me say to
my friend and brother that while
I can not accept his views of the
advanced woman, nor of co-edu
cation, lam with him for every
thing that tends to the building
up of the great Baptist Colegv
over which he has the honor to»
preside. I congratulate him upom
having said, in a former article,
that if the brotherhood disagyew’
with him about co-education in
Mercer University ho had no
pride of opinion to make him
unhappy. I believe they do dis
agree-with him about educa
tion, but I believe they are a
unit for raising that hundred
thousand dollars referred to by
Dr. McDonald in a recent issue of
the Index, Come, now Doctor,
let us shake hands, putour heads
and hearts close together, and
never rest until it is done. I
wint to see you the leader in
this enterprise, and no man will
rejoice more in your success
than I will. And now let me say
I am yours to count on in this
matter, and in all that I have
written I have had but one ob
ject in view 7 , and that has been
the good of the cause. God bless
Mercer University and all our
schools.
G. W. Gardner- ,
Jackson, Ga.
Mercer Notes.
Prof. Mell of Auburn, Aik.
sends his life of his illustrious
father for our library and some'
pamphlets with a promise of
other additions We want a
picture of Chancellor Mell for
our chapel. The purpose of'the
Faculty is to secure a picture of
all the illustrious men who £ave
ever been in any way competed
w’ith Mercer and make the- beau
tiful chape] a picture gallery -
Will not soi contvibv.te nhe.
picture of
Brother G B. x>ush, of Greens
Cut, planted a cotton patsks Sr '
the Lord and Mercer gods' one
third of a bale of cottoffi. This
is a noble example for otters.
Pastor Smith, of Colrratbus,
writes: “you brethren may etunt
on me for anything I can do !.
am with you.” This he saidl
concerning the educational move ■
inaugurated by the Atlanta Pas
tor’s conference which is to be
carried on next year. I recent
ly spent a Lord’s day with the
saints at Cordele. Pastor Ses
soms is on the ground and get
ting a hold on the reins. There
is a choice band of Baptists in
Cordele, and a fine field for the
pastor they have. Nearly SIOO
cheerfully given to the Current
Expense fund of Mercer. The
woman’s society is especially ex
cellent. They gave $25 to Mer
cer. Cordele is in a very grow ■
ing condition.
Dt. McDonalds idea of making
1896 an educational year in Geor
gia meets the views of almost
every progressive brother heard
from or seen. Pastor Waller, of
Montezuma, with whom, and his
people, I spent a day and night,
is ready for it and for all there
is in him and that is something
to count on.
Eld. E. R. Carswell, of Texas,
contributes three w’orks to the
library and says he will have a
son for Mercer before long.
Let all the earth sing, “Glory to Go<&
in the highest,” and peace on earth wilA
follow.