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.M>re space is given to the fourth
commandment than to any other in the
Decalogue It really appears to be
more (han one single commandment.
«>ne tiling is certain. if we interpret it
■as do*.’ing only with rest and worship,
welwi-at least halt id its import and
beauty for does it not as clearly set
forth the Divine purpose of six days of
holi activity as it does a seventh day of
holi inactivity
i hetteve that a greater wrong is done
the religion of the Bdde in the misin
terpr.t ition that divine sanction and
approval is given only to matters relig
ions than in almost any other way
There is a strong tendency to sever God
from every day in the week but one.and
to associate him only with things spir
ttunlaud devotional li is against this
teuderssy that 1 lift my voice this morn
ing and declare to von that the religion
wha-h we preach has to do with the
common, ordinary things of life Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
Work is as much the word of God as
•• Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy " Gods interest in this world is
not confined to any one day. place or
class ol people, therefore, tlu* plough,
the plane, the sewing machine, and the
counter may be as much instruments of
divine service as the robe, the candle or
the alt ir. and the God of our religion
may be served as truly in the field and
factory as in thechappel or great cathe
dra'., xt.d the life of the engineer at the
Lnrottle may be as di me as that of the
minister in the pulpit
I trust that I shall not be misunder
s.io >d. or appear to overlook God s great
purpose to have one day in seven set
a|«rt for rest and special devotion 1
believe in the sanctity of the Sabbath,
:*nd. itsdesecrations are not only pain ,
fill to me. but alarming Any human .
cm hti uis that prevent men from using '
it iss Go 1 intended are a curse and those
responsible for such conditions are sure
tosttfivr. It is not a seventh day of rest
however. that I am discussing, but the
divine purpose of a six days of toil
work activity And we must not for
iget tl’-il he who said in it the s< v< nth
day thou shall do no work said also
Si.x»lavs shalt thou labor and do all
thy work He is the God of human
file in irn many sidcdm-i-s and the re
ligsiu of the Bible is as much tor men
wjrilr living and working as when rest
i ng er dying
X'ln let ns briefly notice the univer
iiwf hw of labor. Tor six thousand
ytarstnei) have sought but tailed to find
any way to develop, sustain or enable
huium life but by horn st labor. < Mu
text is the one supreme, inexorable law
for ail men. The whole economy of
humrn existence is based upon the de
cree «t'the Almighty In the sweat
of tlsy faccshalt thou eat bread ' It'
a man will not work neithi r shall he
s*at " is an inviolable principle. Nothing
v-onjes to faithfulness in human lite
without labor. Nature ministers to
imauonly as man seeks to minister to
Himt-self. The labor of each individual
effectS the general good of humanity,
awl therefore every n an should have
isoate useful employment cf either hand,
tuwrt orbrain This suggests at once
mot only divisions, but degrees and di
versifies of labor, and to this part of the
subject we next invite your attention.
first, of all there is that class of labor
performed by those who a’e unfortun
ately called," • Working men: provid
ing and distributing l ie resources of
our world. This class of laoor includes
farming, mining, manufacturing and
general domestic service and is
termed “ bodily labor But there is
another class of labor equally important,
work even moreintense to be performed
before the organization and progress of
society can be effected. There 1s no ex
erci-e of body which produces any
lasting good to the community that is
n a the resuit of the hard and toilsome
exercise of the mind. The geologist
must first find the ore. and the engin
eer directs the course of digging Ihe
inventor must first think out the ma
chine or implement, and the house is
first erected in the mind of the archi
tect. Those that labor with hand are
absolutely dependent upon those who
labor with tneir brain In fact, either
class is totally helpless without the
other, therefore the geologist, engineer
inventor architect, the banker, the law
yer, the physician and the literary man
are as much a part of the laboring class,
as much " Working men as the miner,
machinist, carpenter, brick byer end
scavenger. Who will say that the
great work of collecting, ascertaining
and interpreting for mtn the grand re
sources of the world we live in i* not as
truly labor as the distribution of those
resources. Our vast complex system of
civilization is to be maintained and car
ried forward only by the united strug
tries of men who labor in the field and
factory with those of mtn who as truly
labor in the study and in the store
This leads me’to speak next of the
wmetity of honest toil. All such is sa
<• ed because it is of divine appointment
"Six days shall ttion labor and do all
thy work " A great deal is being said
about the hard lot of the "working
man. mid the degriiilntion of toil
Such talk is ffi.nsense; no toil isof itself
dishonorable anil a producer of hard
ship God has so constructed, organ
ized and environed us that without la
bor we are iniserable iii life. Not only the
honorable, but the happy man is he
who by honest exertion of hand or
bruin contributes to the common weal;
because he is in harmony with the di
vine plan, and keeps open the streams
that tend to happiness. The most de
graded mortal is the lounger at bar
rooms, clubs and theatres, doing noth
ing but to stare the world in the face
and suck the sweetness out of It He
may be well cultured, he may fairly
sparkle with rich bodily adornments,
yet la'cause he contributes nothing to
the common law of life be is a thousand
times more a degraded man than the
hod < arri. r or scavenger who cleansour
streets. He is a failure, a negation of
the divine purpose, a blot on our civili
zation.
Along this same line, there is another
way in which men often, no doubt un
intentionally, put themselves very close
at h ast to this degraded class of which
we have just spoken. Sometimes a man
in the very vigor of manhood, by some
favor of fortune becomes possessed of
sufficient means to have the nec.ssities,
even the luxuries of life without work
ing at all He then goes intowhat In
is pleased to call, "retired lite. He
fulfills no purpose, produces nothing,
spends his days in idleness, eating the
honey that other toilers gather. I do
not envy such men. thev are rather to
be pitied 1 believe that every man
should strive to lay up something
against a " iiiiny <1 y ami for old age.
Ido not believe that an old man ought
to have to work as hard as when he
wasxoung. but so long as a man lives
ami is able, no matter how rich he
may be. he ought to contribute some
thing of heart, brain or hand to the
common good. It is the only way to
rest, it is tin'only way to be happy; be
cause (lo<l says. "Six days shall thou
labor ami do all thy work
The general impression in this world
as to what constitutes a gentleman is
very erroneous, ami is hugely responsi
ble for a great deal of our labor trouble.
The conimen idea is that a gentleman
is a man who has sufficient means to
live without working. Nothing was
ever more misleading. Some of the
most vulgar, low minded, worthless
animals that live - a-loiig to this class;
in fact, few of them if any. are gentle
men The great ami important fact
that weneed to learn is that it is a ease
of character, attainment, soul qualities
ami notof possession or inheritance. A
gentleman is he who does bis
dntv in his place or station; hon
estlv. devotedly and in the fear of
God Therefore, the imu-hinest. the
plumber, the bricklayer may be as
much a gentleman as the minister,
statesman or capitalist ami very often
the coaclnnan is much more a gentle
in in than the idle, lecherous, bloated
nabob that rides behind him A rich
man may. ought to be n gentleman
There is less excuse for him not being
one because he has the advantages; but
1 thank God that gentility is no uionop
oly of the rich, ami the brightest
jeweled crown of earth is the sweat of
honest toil upon the brow of the toiler
Formally centuries there have been
questions arising eonceining labor that
have more or less agitated the public
mind, but at iw time ami in mi country
in the history of the world have the
problems of labor been more grave than
those which confront us to-day. To
discuss them all would require hours,
even days: hence I shall speak of but
two, anil will not attempt a thorough
discussion of them in the time which 1
have this morning. The twe labor
problems which I shall mention. I think
are tlie most serious two. and a soln
tion of them will go very far toward
the settling of all labor trouble.
The greatest unrest is among those who
do manual labor, that class commonly
termed working men." There are
hundreds of questions to keep this class
m constant turmoil that are not known
in law, medicine, art and science. You
never hear of strikes and lockouts
among lawyers doctors ami statesmen.
Not that these are better men or their
work more dignified and honorable, but
because of its being a class of labor
that fortunately as yet is not so vexed
and circumscribed. The ranks of
' working men." especially farmers, are
being seriously depleted, and our towns
aud cities are overflowing with clerks,
stenographers, book keepers, doctors,
lawyers and politicians. Hviw to rem
edy this and prevent its continuance is
the greatest problem before us. To
solve it we must first find the cause.
What is it? It is <he imaginary stigma
attached to r< ugh lalwr. What is the
remedy? The rising generation must
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1890
not only be told but made to feel that a
knowledge of the multiplication table,
proportion and fractions, does not dis
qualify them from being farmers, shoe
makers, smiths and carpenters. The
boy must understand that it is no better
to be a clerk at ten dollars a week than
a plough boy at five hundred a year;
that a twenty dollar suit of clay worsted
is not a more gentlemanly attire than
the jeans worked by a mothers hand,
and that a narrow chested, bony handed,
sickly looking qnill driver is not neces
sarily a more handsome man than the
ruddy farms r or smutty faced machin
ist. We must impress the truth that
there is necessarily no disqualification
for society in any occupation that tends
to benefit the w< rid A rough, greasy
hand may be the sign of toil but it is
not always and necessarily a sign of
vulgarity or coarseness. Th st the in
carnate God was the son of a carpenter
was no accident, and his work-hop at
Nazareth is a standing witness to the
world that labor is divine. The gos
pel of Christ is that character, not
clothes makes men gentlemen. That
tlitre is no stigma attached to honest
toil, anti that an honest man is the
noblest work of God, whether he be a
scavenger or an arch bit hop
I would not be understood as failing
fora moment to fully appreciate the
value and hard lot of the great multi
tude of clerks, correspondents, book
keepers, lawyers and s-atesmen inci
dent to a gre.t nation like ours. Eter
nity alone will reveal their heroism and
immense service to humanity ami hence
to God My heart aches at the thought
of so many of our best young people
being detained from the Sunday service
because of the terrible exhaustion of
the week up to Saturday night 12
o'clock in some store or little dingy,
poorly ventilated office. Verily their
reward shall be given them
(The custom in this city of keeping
open stores till midnight and after is an
outrage and a sin, and no gain to the
merchants themselves, and I stand
ready to day to champion a crusade
against this one of our greatest evils )
But what I want to make clear and
impress, and what I want you to re
member and teach to your children is
that a clerk's life, a banker's life, a
minister's life is not necessarily more
gentlemanly than that of a cobbler or
filacksmith, and the most humble du
ties of life are not inconsistant with
nobility of character.
The other problem of which we wish
to speak is concerning the hours of
labor. How long should men work
each day, and who should determine?
These questions are just now greatly
agitating the mind of both the philan
thropist and the working man, and
there is a popular clamor for an eight
hours a day law I am sure you will
not all agree with me m my brief dis
mission of this problem, but 1 ask that
you will not be harsh in your criticisms
'till you have carefully studied the
qmstion. 1 bel eve that a man ought
to be able to work enough in eight
hours to support his family twenty
tour hours 1 agree that eight hours at
one time is long enough for a man to be
shut up in the bowels of the earth or to
stand before a red hot furnace. 1 think
to compel a girl to stand behind tfie
counter and try to please unpleasant
and cranky customers sixteen hours out
of twenty four, is barbarou-, inhuman
and nothing is more trying < .. me brain
and religion of a young man than to be
cooped in a little dingy office poring
over column after column of tiguies
from early morn till ten o'clock at night
I believe that in this way slavery of the
most diabolical kind may be found as
well in the American workshop, office
and store as in the African jungle. How
is this to lie remedied? The popular an
swer is by legislation and here we shall
disagree. Man is a free agent and any
law that interferes with his freedom to
labor to the extent of his ability and
desire for six days in the week, or coni
pels him to go beyond his ability is a
curse. Legislation implies equality of
man's capabilities for labor, of which 'is
a matter of tact, nothing is more tin
equal. Besides, thine are the many
classes of labor, and where will legisla
tion end? If you legislate for one. yon
must legislate for all. Will you give
an eight hours a day to clergymen?
Will you forbid the doctor to visit his
patients tor more than eight hours a
day? Will you make the literary man
stop his labors when the iron worker at
the furnace stops his. or will you com
pel the iron worker to continue till the
literary man feels like stopping? By
studying these questions you v ill see
the impracticability if not the impossi
bility of congress or the legislature say
ing how long men should labor at a
time. To suit, the weak would be to in
jure the strong, and to suit the strong
would be to work an unbearable hard
ship upon the weak; therefore it is not
within the province of the legislature to
remedy t his-wrong, and our only place to
look for a solution of this problem is in
a fair combination and honest co opera
lion upon the part of the employees and
a just and equitable temper upon the
part of the employers.
Do not interfere with a man's freedom
to rest and to work in accordance with
God’s purpose. The laboring man
should l>e t night to have a home and to
beautify it. Open to him all society for
which he is morally and mentally qua!
itied. Let him try to find happiness in
labor, and make it a source ot mental
and spiritual education. Have rigid
and well enforced laws against va
grancy. Let laboring men of every
class recognize the dignity of labor, and
grasp the truth that all useful laisir is
divine service. Let all this be done and
the twentieth century will know little
of the labor troubles that vex ns to
day. „
A Noteworthy Change.
In some quarters where infidelity held
sway a few years ago a marked react ion
has set in and now there is a very differ
eat state of things there. The London
correspondent of the H'm/rus CirMiin
in a letter dated June 12. 189,5,
says; "The death of Professor Huxley,
which took placeon the 29th of June,
was made an occasion in many pulpits
to review the changes that have taken
place in the attitude towards Chr stiau
ity. Dr. R. S. Horton. A. M.. of Hamp
ton, Lon lon. in the monthly lecture to
working men bi-t Sunday, said that
fifteen years ago the acknowledged lead
ers of working men we e atheists and
secularists, men who, on platform and
in their publications, denounced Chris
tian churches and Christian ministers
and ridiculed the Bible, quoting Proses
sor Tyndall and Professor Huxley, the
leading names in the scientific world at
that time, as their authority for the re
pudiation of the Christian faith Now
a change has taken place. The leaders
of workingmen are practically none of
them atheists, the balls of science are
chiefly closed, the secularists platforms
are silent. In all parts of England to
day. pleasant Sunday afternoon meet
iugs are crowded with working men.
showing that the gospel of Jesus Christ
has lost none of its ancient power."
This is indeed a noteworthy change,
and it indicates the fact that sensible
people soon g-*t tired of empty negations
and husky unbelief.
C. H. Wetherbe.
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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. W. DOBBS, D.D.
Do the Baptists believe in consecra
tion’ Our pastor refused to announce
a "consecration service” which was to
be held in the Methodist church. He
gives as his reason that he did not be
lieve in such meetings. M. IL
We are informed that the meeting re
ferred to was held under the direction
of a rather noted so called "holiness
preacher. In our opinion the Baptist
pastor did just right in declining to
countenance it. We have known only
evil to come of the "holiness" agitation
Our experience with those who are fore
most in the advocacy of it has not tin
pressed us with either their superior
wisdom or piety. On the contrary they
have manifested an ignorance of Bible
teaching, and an 'arrogant Phaisaism
wholly incompatible with that teach
ing. We believe Baptists should give
no encouragement to the thing.
But to the question of our correspon
dent Certainly Baptists believe in
consecration. But what is consecration?
Some talk of consecration as if it were
some gieat act of devotion done after
conversion some peculiar and unusual
act of Christian duty, making one the
recipient of a special "second blessing'
entering the higher life' some ex
alted experience not shared by a ! l of
God's children Os course there are ex
periences of exalted communion with
God which the Christian may and does
have who earnestly and prayerfully
waits on his Lord, faithfully striving to
walk with him. which careless Chris
tians do not enjoy. And this fact is a
key which will unlock mm-h ofthemys
tery thrown around this question. But
all believers are "consecrated” given
to God and his service though many
of them very imperfectly recognize the
fact in their lives. Consecration is not
a New Testament word, and it is not a
Bible word at all in the spiritual sense
in which it is usually heard. We have
in our common version the verb "con
serrate” in Heb 7:28, where the Re
vised Version has "perfected" the
same Greek word (te/eio) found in Heb.
5:9 and throughout the epistle it
means that (Jhrist was made a perfect
complete—Savior and high priest. In
Heb 10:20 a different Greek word is
used, which the Revised Version ren
ders "dedicated,” as also in Heb. 9:18.
Turning to the Old Testament we
find the words "consecrate” and "con
secration" confined wholly to ceremo
nial service Aaron and others were
"consecrated" as priests that is, cere
monially set apart to their office. Con
cerning the spoils of Jericho Joshua de
dared that the vessels of gold, brass,
andiron were to be “consecrated" to
the Lord that is. devoted to his ser
vice; and elsewhere we read that the
consecrated things wereoxen and sheep.
See Joshua 6:18; Chrotl. 29.33; 31 Ji, and
other places. Whatever was given to
God, or placet! on his altars in sacrifice,
was "consecrated." This shows what
Bible consecration is. It is the act of
the soul by which it surrenders itself to
God The believer is consecrated when
he yields his heart to Jesus in faith
when he penitently bows before the
cross and says
“Here, Lord. I give myself to thee
Tis all that I can do.”
Hence every Christian is a consecra
ted soul. Alas, that so many seem to
withdraw the offering thev once made
The fact tliat we do not fulfill the vows
we made yhen we solemnly consecra
ted our Lord, calls for our
renewed pvnhence and ttie renewal of
our covenant But to use
use the word consecration" as so fre
quently it is used, is to miss itsscriptur
al usage, and fosters a mistaken con
ception of the believer s relation to his
Savior, we have dwelt on the ques
tion because our correspondent asked
for a "full explanation.” and also be
cause we think its importance justifies
the prominence we give it.
What is meant by Pentecost? I' N S.
It was one of the three great annual
feasts of the Jews, and marked the con
elusion of the harvest commenced with
the Passover, fifty days before. Eor
reasons assigned in Lev. 23:15. and fol
lowing, it was called the "feast of
weeks. Compare Dent. 10:10. Accor
ding to Maimonides Pentecost was re
garded as the memorial festival of the
giving of the law on Sinai. This opin
ion is based on Ex 19:1. When Chris
tians speak of the "day of Pentecost
reference is usually made to the great
day mentioned in Act* 2. the day ou
which the Holy Spirit was given by the
ascended Lotd Jesus Christ. Our eor
respondent asks if it is proper for us to
pray for a "peutecoetal blessing" now
That depends on what is meant by the
phrase. Very many good meaning
Christians are very incorrect in their
use of such phrases in prayer. Quite
recently we heard a minister pray that
God would "come down as on Pentecost
and baptize us with thy Holy Spirit "
The dear brother evidently had an ut
terly incorrect idea of that marvellous
experience of the dis 'iples. the record
of which we find in the second chapter
of Acts It is perfectly clear that Pen
tecost cannot be repeated. The Holy
Spirit has come once for all to take the
place of Jesus The promised Comfort
er is here, and will not c epart, His
dispensation has been set up and is go
ing on. From that day the Holy Spirit
has been ever present with Christs
people. If there is a sense in which the
word ‘..entecostal" is applicable to a
meeting now. it is to a meeting where
men are repenting of their sins and re
reiving the remission thereof. That is
every person's private pentecost in these
modern times. And it cannot be right,
as is so commonly done, to give the
word an application which practically
restricts it to a so called second bless
ing. " The result must be to confuse
the minds of the people and to pervert
the plain meaning of Scripture. When
we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Sa
vior we receive the Holy Spirit as our
indwelling sanctifier. That gracious
work of sanct fication is complimentary
of the Spirit's regenerating grace. But
neither regeneration nor sanctification,
in the New Testament, is called "bap
tism of the Holy Spirit," and we should
n ?ver so confound the language. We
should rejoice in the strong and com
sorting assurances of the word of God
That word gives us enough to evoke
our profouudest gratitude without
claiming things never intended for us.
and never promised us But some per
sons seem to think they are peculiarly
pious and spiritually minded if they
can claim to have been "baptized with
the Spirit," We have need to re read
some of the strong, explicit declara
tions of the Apostle, as applicable to all
true believers now as they were to the
believers whom he addressed. A few
such words are the following: "Ye are
the temple of the living God, and the
Spirit of God dwel'.eth in you." "Ye
received the Spirit of adoption." "In
whom having also believed ye were
sealed with tile Holy Spirit of promise."
"Ye have an anointing from the Holy
One." "The anointing which ye re
ceived of him abideth in you." "Who
also gave us the earnest of the Spirit in
our hearts." That gracious Spirit is
Gad's gift to all his children- not the
peculiar heritage of a favored few.
Gal. 4:0.
Dear Dr. Dobbs; Will you kindly
answer through the Asked and Answer
ed column of the Index the following
question: “Whom did Paul have ref
erence to in 2 Cor. 6:14? What is meant
by being unequally yoked together with
unbelievers? I have been told that it
had n ference to Christians belonging
to secret societies, such as Odd Fellows
and Free Masons. Please give your
opinion on the above verse.
The reference could not have been to
such secret societies as those yon men
tion, for they were unknown in the
days of Paul’ "Unbelievers” referred
to the heathen idolaters of Corinth. The
apostle does not forbid all association
of Christians with heathen, but only
such association with them as would
involve complicity in their sin, or the
imitation and continuation of their
evil ways. The term used is general,
and does not denote marriages with the
heathen. ( American Commentary.)
Tin Portable Commentary, however,
thinks the apostle s reference is primal
ily to such marriages, and refers to
Dent. 73, though too close intereouse
with heathen in other relations also is
included. Elliott also thinks the apos
tie's prohibition referred to marriage
between Christians and heathen Only
one Greek word is used for "unqually
yoked together," and it is not found
elsewhere, being probably coined by
Paul to express his thought. The sim
pie word for "yoke" is not elsewhere
used of marriage in the New Testa
merit Adam Clarke says “Some ap
ply this exhortation to pious persons
marrying with those who are not de
cidedly religious and converted to God.
That the exhortation may be thus ap
plied, I grant; but it certainly is not the
meaning of the apostle in this place."
Wethink the weight of authority is with
this latter view.
Dear Bro. Dobbs Will you please
tell me in Asked and Answered if it is
right for first cousins to marry, and if
they are married, is such a union mar
riage in the sight of God? Where in
the New Testament can I find any
thing about it? I enjoy reading Asked
and Answered very much R. S.
There is nothing in the Bible con
cerning the marriage of cousins Lev.
18 contains the Jewish law concerning
the degrees of kin, within which mar
riage is prohibited As to whether
cousins should marry we can express
no opinion worth anything, as we are
not familiar enough with the physiol
ogical results of such marriages to be
any authority on the subject You can
find nothing in the New Testament
concerning it. We believe some of the
States prohibit such marriages, though
we are not sure of this.
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Florida Happenings.
We are called to mourn the loss of
two excellent, valuable lives since I
wrote last
Rev. S. M Hughes, late pastor at Or
lando, previous to that, assistant pas
tor to Dr. T. T. Eaton, in Louisville,
entered into rest in Chester county, S.
C., whither he had retired when his
mortal malady, consumption, made it
impracticable for him longer to work
His pastorate in Orlando was happy
and successful and the people there hold
his name in tender rememberance.
His d'pa> t ire to ti e better land was
most peac -till, happy and triumphant.
Heselectel the hymns, scriptures and
texts to be used on the occasion of his
burial. lie was a young man. a grad
nate of Furman Univers ty, and the
Louisville Seminary and with his love
ly, Christian address bid promise ot a
long useful life. He leaves a lovely
young widow
At about the same time, the present
pastor of Orlando, Bro. J W Bolin, a
Kentuckian, was called to give up his
young wife and the mother of his two
little children: two homes le t in dark
ness. two communities left to mourn
Gods ways are not as our ways and He
knows best
All interest is centering now in our
State convention, to meet so soon in
Pensacola, rates on the railways are
made unusually low Can t Georgia
send a rousing list of correspondents?
The rates published from Atlanta to
Pensacola and return are only $8 75.
what an opportunity for Georgians to
see west Florida and the gulf, etc
The sentiment down here is one of
sympathy for the A P As. and we re
juice to see some straight out organized
efforts to check the onward progressive
march of Romanist *, who. if left alone
would destroy our free religious insti
tutions. as we believe. Our Baptist
H'lLe’ss' takes high ground for the A P.
As. ranking them along with anti lot
tery. pr hibition and other great moral
reformatory movements.
lin the B. Y. P. U we are divided
some in favor of a Southern union and
heartily endorse your late meeting in
At lanta, while others think the nation
al organization quite sufficient to cover
all the ground.
This question will doubtless be thor
oughly ventilated at the convention and
so far a* this scribe* opinion is concern
ed the Atlanta movement is a good
and timely one.
More and appreciated improvements
are going on at Stetson University The
patron saint, M. Stetson, who has done
so much, in fact almost all that has
ever been done, is now adding an ath
letic court for the students, which in
cludes a circular bicycle track of one
quarter of a mile, together with tennis
courts, baseball field and so on: the
work of grading and paving with shell
is being rapidly pushed and soon the
students of this institution will have,
as sai I, in the linptist H'itncs.s, the best
grounds in tne South connected with
any educational institution. "Special
hours are given students in which too
exercise bodily, and the athletic ground
is but an addition to excellent facilities
already possessed by the Universities to
create a strong body along with a sound
mind."
A second gift, the two sons of M.
Stetson. John and Henry Stetson have
showed a disposition to walk in the
steps of their honored father and have
bought stereopticans together with
views of all scenes visited by them in
Europe and the East: thus continually
are valuable and appropriate gifts ad
ded to-our University, which is already
without a peer in our Southern wintry.
O. if other wealthy men could be moved
by the lofty spirit of M. Stetson and
help the poor Baptists of Florida and
other Southern states to prepare schools
of high grade for education of our ear
nest and worthy young men and wo
men. we do believe that their num
bers will increase with coming years
Rev J. C. Porter, the energetic edi
tor and proprietor of our Baptist paper
has inaugurated a series of lectures to
be delivered iu his ll'itne-sx Hull from
time to time; these lectures will be giv
en by representative men and will cover
a wide extent of subjects.
One serious draw back to our pros
perity now is the closing of most of our
phosphate mines They gave employ-
ment to large numbers of men and con
sequently scattered “lots” ot' money
over the land. Pax.
December 13, 1895.
For tlie INUKX.
The “One Thing Needful.”
BY ELLA PHILLIPS HAINES.
Open your watch and look at the in
side of tne case. In a certain light it
appears perfectly bright, without a
blemish.
But a little turn will disclose count
less marks, scratches and disfiguring
lines caused by contact with some sub
stance too rough for the fine gold which
is so easily scarred
The first time I noticed this in mine I
thought sorrowfully (for I tore my lit
tle watch.
" What a pity it could not have been
kept always dear and bright, how
beautiful it appears when turned so as
to look flawless:"
1 felt an almost childish regret over
the flaws and tried to rub them oft but
could not
Then 1 thought, “ It is thus with our
souls!"
No matter how pure and perfect a
Christian life appeais to the world, no
matter how noble and consecrated to
our eyes the light of God s righteous
ness reveals countless Haws and scars,
made by contact with sin winch has de
faced tfie original brightness wherever
it touched.
That light reveals how far we have
fallen short ot the glory of God
And again 1 thought, "what a pity
the scar* are there, tor truly the most
admirable thing on earth is a beautiful
Christian lite! 1 mean a true, bright,
cheery, helpful, happy Christian lite
One which is so full ot the light and
sweetness of God's love that it warms
and brightens all with whom it conies
in contact.
All must almire and reverence it,
even the most carele.-s and worldly
minded.
I know a man. a thoughtful, intelli
gent, business man, who lias wandered
far from the "straight and narrow
way" and makes no pretentions to be
ing a Christian, yet his dearest wish is
that his children may "remember their
Creator in the days ot their youth.
It is touching to see him at home in
the evening when his fair haired little
ones are ready for bed. gathering them
around him and teaching them to lisp
"Now I lay me down to sleep
The same little prayer his mother
taught him long ago wnen his sou! was
pure and bright before the sorrows and
sins ot tins weary world had scralcned
and scarred it.
We know the great Shepherd is look
ing for his lost sheep and lie can bring
him back and forgive all the wander
ing. " neal all the backshdmgs" and re
store unto him the joy ot salvation.
But the scars? Yes, the sears are
there for all time On the pity of it'
How beautiful, how perfectly lovely a
flawless t bristian life would be!
But we cannot expect perfection in
this world, only believe on "the Lamb
of God that taKeth away the sm of the
world," and in the beautiful Beyond,
when we shall have "washed our robes
and made them while in the blood of
the Lamb." we shall then be without a
blemish
"1 know now that my Redeemer
liveth. and some day "when I awake
in his likeness 1 shall be satisfied."
Wadley, Ga.. Dec. 12th. 1895.
The Knife Not Needed.
A MASSACHUSETTS TOWN
HEARS AND WONDERS.
What a Miracle was There! Twirtad
Limbi and a Crooked Neck
Straightened.
(From the Taunton, Mass., Gasette.)
Over in the town of Wrentham, Mass.,
everyone is agog with excitement. A child
who had been [inysically deformed for four
years, and who was the object of the pity of
t.ie entire town, has had her limbs straight
ened out, her head again made erect by the
straightening of her neck, and is runnitar
about town now with the freedom aud
abandon of any child.
Mary S. Fuller ia the name of the little
ripple. Many of our readers will remem
tier her. She is but a child of 8 years, and
lias spent the past four years in be 1, hope
lessly crippled. Rheumatic fever fouryeara
i’o attacked the nerves and corda of her
'ower limbs and neck, eo that the former
were drawn all out of siiapeand twisted and
bent backward? in a pitiable manner; and
i.'ie ords of tne latter were so tightened on
>na side as to draw her head down on her
ihoulder. Her arms, too, were helpless,
ind neighbors’ hearts ble<l at the little one's
differing. The progress of the disease re
lueed her to a skeleton, and the poor mother
ias almost given her own life forthat of the
■hiid, in her untiring watching at the little
ine's bedside. Four years of watching! four
years of waiting! and at last the child be
jan to mend, her cords relaxed, her nervous
iys:em gathered strength and power, and
10-day, as stated above, she is running about
the town a vigorous and happy child. Wren
tham rejoices, physicians applaud, and new
methods in nerve treatments have been suc
cessfully vindicated. Formerly the surgeon
would have been called on in this case to
straighten the limbs. Now the idea is to
war < in harmony with nature so far as pos
sible. and to this end remedies are employed
which assist nature, supplying to tile weak
ened parts the chomieal properties thev
need. For instance, in the above case,Dr. Wil
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The mother of the child said : “ She had
been given up by four doctors, who wer*
certain that they could not cure her. Why.
she cwuldn’t open her mouth, and I actually
had to force the food into it. Her mouth
was all sores, and, oh dear, what a looking
chil I she was, and such a care! Nobody
but myself knows what a trial we both have
b >en through, for she was too young to rea
lize it. If my statement will do anybody
any good I shall be glad to have it pub
lished, and if those who read it will only
come to me. if they are skeptical, I can con
vince them in very little time that I know
what I am talkingabout. People around here
say it was a miracle, and I believe it was.”
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