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Our Missouri Letter.
This is the first time I have at
tempted to write anything to the
Index since the death of the la
mented McMichael. I well re
member his letter to me asking
that I contribute an occasional
letter from Missouri. I also
noted the energy and ability
with which he conducted the pa
per, the growing wealth of which
continues on even after the mas
ter hand is stilled in death.
The sharp discussions con
ducted by B. 11. Carroll, G. W.
Gardner and' J. B. Gambrell are
very interesting though they be
tinged-with acid, I suppose that
the truth needs to be stated in
all of its bearings even il its prop
agators be charged with acrimo
ny.
In Missouri we are about as
we have been—making progress
slowly. Our schools are all in a
flourishing condition; were it not
for the financial depression 1 am
sure in most, if not all, large ad
ditional rooms would have to be
furnished, as it is, Harden Col
lege has made room for more
young ladies, Stephens has ex
pended a few thousands in new
buildings. Web City is a new
college with Dr. Joshua Cook
called from LaGrange where he
had presided for thirty years.
Grand River College has built
lerge dormitories foi girls, and
expecting to make extensive
preparations for boys on or near
the campus.
Our missionary enterprises
are somewhat retarded on ac
count of money affairs, but with
such men as Tutt, Boyer and
Campbell at the head of affairs
commendable progress is
reached. All our work in this
State is carried on under the
“ Missouri plan,” which plan has
so entrenched itself in the hearts
of our people that they are loath
to try any other plan.
OUR MEN.
Some of them are growing old,
but better. A man said at the
State meeting at St. Joseph that
Dr. S- H. Ford was a “ stronger
man than he ever was.” Dr. Yeu
man still presides at our Gener
al Association with all the dig
nity of his young manhood.
The young men are great
W. L. R Smiih, J.C. Armstrong
and heart-strong he is, S. F.
Taylor, R. P. Johnson, D. T.
Denman, G. W. Hatcher, Dr.
Vassar, somewhbt advanced in
years, but ever young in heart.
Lowery—all—all—all.
We have had a great ingather
ing among our people so far. Our
pastors prove the best evangel
ists. I hope to commence next
Sunday with Dr. Green, of Wm.
Jerrell at the helm to be fol
lowed by Dr. D. T. Denman, of
Hanibal. T. M. S Kenny.
Trinton, Mo.
For the Index.
Editor Christian Index. —
We doubt the Alum ii of Rich
mond College scattered through
out Georgia will be glad to hear
something of the movement for
the spread of information on
missionary theories recently in
augurated by their Al ma Mater.
All Baptists have marked with
enthusiasm the awakened inter
est manifested by institutions of
learning in this most vital sub
ject, and the success of the first
formal course of lectures on mis
sions in a Southern college ar
gues well for the future of this
movement.
Rev. E. Y. Mullens, our asso
ciate secretary, so well and fa
vorably known throughout the
South, has recently delivered at
the college three lectures on the
Missionary Interpretation of
Christianity, treating his theme
under the following heads: (1)
As reflected in the Life of the
First Great Missionary; (2) As
revived in the beginning of Mod
ern Missions; (3) As embodied in
the Triumphs of Modern Mis
sions.
The interest awakened in the
minds of his hearers was worthy
Ill< CHRISTIAN INDEX.
of note, and at the conclusion of
the third lecture Professor S. C.
Mitchell offered resolutions
strongly indorsing the series of
lectures and thanking the lectur
er for his magnificent services,
and then resolutions were unani
mously endorsed by an enthusi
astic audience. Every Southern
college which claims and obtains
the privilege of hearing these
lectures is to be congratulated.
, The lectures were in no sense
sermons, but discourses on mis
sions broad, thorough. Catholic,
treating missions not asadenom
inational or church movements
but as a vital element in the
pr ogress aud elevation of man
kind.
Mr. Mullens exhibits in his
treatment of his subject a
breadth of view, an historical
spirit a poetic faculty for tracing
the thread of connection in event,
seemingly disparate, which ar
gue th it in time he will develop
into a speaker and writer who
will be well qualified to present
to Christian people the problem
of missions in its scientific and
historical aspects. And we may
hope that the active duties of his
position will not take too much
of the time which he would fain
devote to the study. Os such a
man we have great need at this
day when the popular demand
requires Christianity to make its
appeal for missions not merely
to man's notions but primarily to
man's intellect.
The college has enrolled 212
students up to date. Six new
students, two of them from
Georgia, have entered since Jan
Ist. Mitchell Carroll.
Richmond college, Va , Jan. 7,
1896.
For the Index
HELL.
BY A. C. WARD.
Much more is said about heav
en, in th’e preaching and conver
sation of to day, than is said
about hell. This is as it should
be and yet it is right that we
get proper conceptions of the
meaning and purpose of hell.
Time and space will tot admit
a discussion, or even a statement
of the condition of things, which
makes hell necessary. Our con
sciences, besides oftentimes in
flicting severe punishment, con
stantly hold -up before us fu
ture retribution and punishment
for sin. True, conscience may
drop off to sleep, or become hard
ened, but even then there will
still be a “fearful looking foi”
that punishment which it teaches
is certain to follow all wrong do
ing.
As regards the kind of suffer
ing, or torture, of hell, we are
not able to declare. This much
we can say. There will be noth
ing of enjoyment or pleasure.
Undoubtedly hell is a place of
torment. “ I am tormented,”
said the rich man to Abraham.
Its very torments will induce
“weeping, wailing and gnashing
of teeth.” It is not for me so say
just what kind of malignant pas
sions will be turned loose in hell.
Certain it is that those passions
which breed hatred, strife and
pain will all be relegated to the
confines of hell and the abode of
the lost. Os the amount of suf
fering in hell, no mortal tongue
can tell. No mind can grasp it.
No painter can depict it.
“These shall go away into ever
lasting punishment.”
The effort to make the word
“everlasting” have a different
meaning when applied to hell
from that which it has when ap
plied to heaven is very danger
ous and rash. The Greek, from
which both are translated, uses
the same word. The punish
ment will undoubtedly be etern
al.
The theory has been advanced
that this punishment will be of
a purifying character. In other
words, that the wicked will ulti
mately be rescued from hell. We
cannot find it so taught in God’s
Holy Book. This theory would
make the words eternal and ever
lasting to mean neither eternal
or everlasting. The “door v ill
be shut.” The great “gulf fix
ed.” “He that is filthy let him
be filthy still.” If earth cannot
prepare human beings for heav
en , hell will certainly be no bet
ter place. As well teach that
the proper place, for a child to
learn good morals and purity of
character, is among cut throats,
thieves, and the vilest of the
earth.
In order that all may escape
the doom of hell, together with
its eternity of woe and despair,
God has graciously given us
through Christ away of life.
Hell is to be the position of sin
ners. Faith in Jesus Christ
cleanses us from all sin. Thus
the believer in Christ is no long
er a sinner, in that the blood of
Christ applied to his soul cleans
es from “all sin”. Hell to the
redeemed, becomes a proper
place for the reception of all the
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wicked and as such a protection
for the just.
Fortlie Index.
Our Favored Land.
BY REV. W. O. DARSEY.
The most popular country of
all the earth is this country.
Thank God that you live here
and now. While there are out
rageous evils in all the country
that need to be thundered down,
do not let us ignore the privi
leges we possess, but try to live
worthy of them. We are too
apt to take our privileges as a
matter of course. Do you real
ize what a great advantage we
have in worshipping God as we
please and where we please? If
the Norwegian boasts of his
rocks, and the Siberian is pleased
with the land of perpetual snow,
if the Romans thought that the
muddy Tiber was the favored
river in the sight of heaven; if
the Laplander shivers at his
eulogy of his native clime, shall
not we, born under these fair
skies and standing amid these
glorious civil and religious liber
ties, be public-spirited?
For such a grand country you
can afford to vote and speak and
pray and rejoice that who ever
is President of these States, the
heritage of national blessing
which we received from our
fathers will be the inheritance
of our children, and the patriot
ic cry of David, which we often
now make in regard to our coun
try, may be made a century after
we are gone to our long home by
those who come after us: “Go
around about her; tell the towers
thereof; mark ye well her bul
warks; consider her palaces that
ye may tell it to the generation
following; for this God is our
God forever and ever. He will
be our guide even unto death.”
But there is one good thought
that keeps me very calm about
this great nation. It has
been set apart as no other
nation ever was for religious
uses, and from the moment that
on one October morning in 1492,
Columbus looked over the side
of the ship and saw the staff
which made him think he was
near an inhabited country and
also saw a thorn and cluster of
berries—type oi our history ever
since; the piercing sorrows and
the cluster of national joys—
until this happy day, our country
has been bounded on the north
and south and east and west by
the goodness of the Lord.
The Huguenots took posses
sion of the Carolinas, the Hol
landers took possession of New
York, the Pilgrim fathers settled
New England. Preceding the
first gun of Bunker Hill, at the
voice of prayer all heads uncov
ered. Prayer at Vallej Forge.
Prayer at Monmouth. Prayer
at Savannah. Prayer at South
Mountain. Prayer at Gettys
burg. Prayer at Richmond. So
this is particularly God’s land.
He has certainly very merciful
ly guided it thrc ugh all the per
plexities of the past and he will
guide it through all the perplex
ities of the future. To most of
us this country was the cradle
and to the most of us it will be
the grave. We want the same
privileges which we enjoy to go
down to our children We can
not sleep well the last sleep un
til we are assured that the God
of our American institutions
heretofore will be the God of our
American institutions forever.
When all the rivers which empty
into the Atlantic and Pacific
seas shall pull at factory hands,
when all the great mines of sil
ver and gold shall be laid bare
for the nation, and when the last
swamp shall be reclaimed and
the last jungle cleared and the
last American desert edenized,
and from sea to sea the continent
shall be occupied by more than
twelve hundred million souls,
may it be found that moral and
religious influences were multi
plied in more rapid ratio than
the population.
As our work mainly belongs
to the 19th century, our chil
dren's work will altogether be
long to the 20th. Next century
will'decide questions which this
century has propounded. It will
decide for all the world as be
tween monarchy and republic
It will decide whether the Bible
will go under, or infidelity go
under. That century will see
Christianity triumphant or ex
tinct, This 19th century has
been a mighty century. It has
been the first place of the tele
phone of telegraphy, and the
phonograph, and stenography,
and the sewing machine and the
reaper. But these things will
do a greater work in the next
century than the 19th century.
The bands have just been put
upon the wheels. The Chemist’s
laboratory has just begun its
work, and the wonders of com
munication yet to be revealed
as compared with the wonders al
ready unrolled, will be as the
vestibuled Chicago lightning ex
press compared with an Erie
canal boat. Our children are
going into scenes that will eclipse
in interest and power all that our
eyes have ever witnessed.
' Brethren, who have any (p
--portunity of rightly impressing
the young, be sure to get them
well equipped. Yes, sisters, let
me say to you too, what you do
for the children you will do in
five years or be for all time and
all eternity too late. They do
not seem to be of much impor
tance in the eyes of many breth
ren. “Itis only a child,” they
cry out. The children might
better cry out, “It is only a
man; it is only a woman.” They
have a lifetime yet before
them, a large portion of ours is
already 7 gone. They are to be
the achievers. My prayer is
that this rising generation may
be all consecrated to Christ, and
that the poor woi k we have
done may be somewhat atoned
for by the mightier moral and
religious achievements of those
who make the earth and the
heavens ring with their music.
My prayer is that of the patri
arch: “The angel which redeem
eth us from all evil, bless the
children.”
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF DR.
JETER.
BY REV. HARVEY HATCHER.
Dr. Jeter was a great man with
the Baptists of Virginia. They
esteemed him for his gifts, his
sincerity, his transparency, his
purity of life, his wisdom and
zeal in the affairs of the king
dom of Christ and for his work’s
sake. His influence was im
mense. I was present once in
Richmond when there was a
large Sunday school gathering
of the Baptist clans, when a cer
tain policy was suggested and
urged by quite a number and op
posed by others, when Dr. Jeter
arose and merely indicated on
which side he was, and shook
his head and the discussion
closed.
Some years before his death
he had several attacks of the
disease that finally carried him
to his reward. One of these
came when he was in attend
ance upon the Middle District
association. Dr. Lx'Vi. WTnfree,
one of the strong men of the as
sociation and the denomination,
told me afterward that the
brethren of that body never did
such praying in their lives as
they did that day that God would
spare the life of Dr. Jeter, and
his recovery was attributed to
the fact that God heard and ans
wered the cries of the people. A
few years before his death I was
in the city on Thanksgiving Day
and attended services at the First
church. Dr. Jeter spoke feel
ingly and told of the things for
which we should be grateful.
After the benediction Dr. J. L.
M. Curry remarked to some of
us that he thought that we
ought to be most thankful for
the gift of Dr. Jeter. These
only feebly indicate how the
brethren loved him. With mark
ed individuality it was very nat
ural that he should have some
ways of his own and say and do
some things peculiar to himself.
It was also quite natural that
some things should have been
said of him that were without
foundation. It is of these I wish
to write.
Dr. Jeter’s father was a very
successful squirrel hunter and
doubtless Jerry often “turned”
the squirrels for him. After
awhile he tried his own hand at
the business, but he did not in
herit the skill of his father Late
in life while on a visit to Bed
ford county, he was passing a
certain point in the road with
cousin Robert E. Hather, when
he halted and said: “ Cousin
Robert, right here I came squir
rel hunting when a boy, and was
alone and walking quietly and
came very near to a squirrel eat
ing a nut on the gronnd, but I
supposed that one could only be
killed up a tree, so I ran at him
and cried, shoo! shoo! and the
squirrel ran up the tree and I
saw him no more, and after it
was too late it came to me that I
could have shot him just as well
on the grornd.”
Deacon Josiah Rylani,of Rich
mond, told me that he heard Dr.
Jeter f- ay that this really occur
ed while he was pastor of the
First church in that city. He
w’as walking across a vacant lot
one day and came to some boys
engaged in a game of marbles.
He sought to avoid treading on
and removing the marbles that
were spread about in his path
way. His foot struck and dis
displaced a marble despite his
caution. The owner of the mar
ble became very angry and
straightening himself up and in
his strongest tones, he cried
aloud: “J. B. Jeter! A long-leg
ged creeter! A tin-pan beater! A
pancake eater!” Dr. Jeter looked
at him a moment and said to him:
“My friend you may yet become
a poet,” and passed on. While
I was a student at Richmond col
lege (1854 58) I was a pretty reg
ular attendant on the ministry of
Dr. Jeter, then pastor of Grace
St. church. The custom of the
church at the time was to meet
monthly in the afternoon for the
administration of the Lord’s Sup
per. Several hundred of the
members would come together
and ample time was taken for the
ordinance which always closed
with a basket collection for the
poor of the church. I was pre
sent one afternoon when Dr. A.
M. Poindexeter, then assistant
corresponding secretary of for
eign mission board, was present.
They were both able, earnest ,
godly men and both made very
tender remarks on the ordinance
and a deap solemnity fell on the
audience At the close Dr
Jeter requested the male mem
bers to remain after the benedic
tion, as they had need of select
ing a deacon. And as the dea
cons started with the baskets
he opened the Bible and said
that he would read what Paul
said of the qualifications of dea
cons. And while he was adjust
ing his glasses and finding the
chapter, he remarked that in
apostolic times they had deacon
esses, that is female deacons.
Just then his eye fell on the pas
sage (1 Tim. 3:12) and he began:
“Let the deacons,” that is men
or women, “be the husbands of
of one wife,” and and at that
point he exclaimed: “No that is
not right!” and went on with his
reading. But there was an audi
ble smile among the people that
played havoc with solmenity.
He used to say that when he
grew up there were many anec
dotes floating over the country
that were told on “some man” or
“some fellow,” but he went to
St. Louis in 1849 and remained
several yeaisand on his return he
found that all these anecdotes had
been fixed on him. The result
was that many false stories were
told of him. He admitted that a
man preferred to hear him preach
above all others because he had
“the most mournfullest voice
of any man” that he had ever
heard. But he denied most in
dignantly the story of the woman
crying under his preaching lie
Cause his voice reminded her lef
the voice of her favorite but de
parted mule. There was a very
unsavory one floating in his old
neighborhood in Bedford county
and on one of his trips among us
my father and James M. Rucker,
a cousin of his, ventured to ask
him of it and he was indignant
and denied it with an earnest
ness that made them wish that it
had not been mentioned. These
only show how unreliable are
some stories told on him.
I never heard till I came to Geor
gia the story of his forgetting
his name at the postoflice when
he called for his nail. He left
and soon met a friend who call
ed him Brother Jeter and he then
he remembered that such was
his name and secured his mail.
Thus the story runs and it may
be true; and I arfd I cannot deny
it. But I knew him from my
youth till his death, was his as
sistant pastor from the spring
of 1866 to the spring of 1867 and
it seemed to me that I heard all
that was ever said of him and
yet I never heard this story of
him. I do not believe it. He
was married four times and this
fact gave rise to many wild stor
ies that had their origin in the
fertile brains of the jesters. It
was told of him that he was once
paying attention to a woman
while pastor of First Baptist
church in Richmond and some
one said; “Brother Jeter, do you
think that the First church will
be satisfied if you marry that wo
man?” His reply was: “1 do
not know nor care; if the First
church wants a wife let it go and
get one to suit itself. I propose
to marry to suit myself.” I can
not affirm nor deny that having
never asked him about it. And
from his independent spirit one
might suspect that itwas said by
him. But still it bears the marks
of very doubtful parentage.
And it was told and often re
peated that he made haste to
marry after the death of his wife
and some friend said to him:
“Why Brother Jeter, are you
thinking of getting married so
soon and your wife scarcely
dead?” And he answered: “I
reckon she is as dead as she will
ever be.” This was surely false,
for it was unlike him in every
possible [aspect. And then his
record denies it. Here it is: he
was married the first time to
Miss Margarett T. Waddy, Oct.
5, 1826. The date of her -death
is not given, but the record says:
“Alas! his new joy speedily
perished. The lady of his choice
was of slender frame and frail
constitution, and in a few months
fell suddenly sick and soon after
sank to her grave.” -This oc-
curred while he lived in Camp
bell county and he says he set
tled in the Northern Neck “ in
the autumn of 1827” and she was
then dead. He married his si c
ond wife, Miss Sarah Ann Gas
kins, Dec. 9, 1828. There were
more than twenty-six months
from his first to his second mar
riage and his first wife only lived
a “few months.” I know that
there was a whole year between
her death and his second mar
riage, and perhaps as much as
eighteen to twenty months. His
second wife died Oct. 29, 1847,
and he married Miss Charlotte
E Wharton, of Bedford county,
in January, 1849, making about
fifteen months. His third wife
died Aug. 19, 1861, and he mar
ried Mrs. Mary C. Dobbs, May
5, 1863. Here more than twenty
months passed between the death
of his wife and his subsequent
marriage. Few men had a more
exalted conception of the mar
riage relation than did Dr Jeter.
Dr. Jeter died Feb. 18, 1880,
aged 78 years and 7 months, and
bis death was a great shock to
his friends far and wide. He
died on Wednesday morning and
the next Saturday night I came
into Ashville, N. C., from a
meeting in the country and a
postal card from my wife stated:
“ The papers announce the death
of Dr. Jeter.” The depth of my
sorrow surprised me He was
far advanced, was ready for the
change, yet it seemed so hard to
realize that he was gone and I
should see him no more on earth.
The next day I went to the Bap
tist church in Ashville where
A C. Dixon was pastor and was
in the midst of a great revival.
With several others I sat upon
the large platform and during
the sermon the thought came to
me: “ To-day is Jeter's first day
in heaven,” and I was never
more overcome with emotion in
my life. The scene of Jeter be
fore the throne in company with
Wm. Harris, W. F. Broadus, C.
George,Spencer Cone, R. Fuller,
A M. Poindexter, J B, Taylor,
Daniel Witt and a host of his co
laborers, came so vividly before
my mind that heaven never
seemed so near. It seemed to
me that I could almost hear the
sweet strains of heavenly music
and see them in their raptures
and glory. God grant that when
life’s work is finished I may see
them.
Atlanta, < fa.
For the Index.
Friendship.
MISS ALICE LAWHON.
Abraham was called the friend
of God because of his faith in
the Lord and his implicit obedi
ence unto Him The friend of
God! What condescension on
the part of omnipotence, what
exaltation on the part of human
ity. Man and God friends! The
attachment between Jonathan
and David is the most striking
human friendship that is record
ed in sacred history. It was a
friendship that shadowed the
lasting tie between Christ and
His disciples. We read of no
costly presents exchanged be
tween these young men as to
kens of devotion to each other,
there were vows of fidelity pass
ed between them—words from
the depth of manly, sincere
hearts corroborating their undy
ing friendship. This was a
friendship nourished under ad
verse circumstances, under pe
culiar trials still their fidelity to
each other never wavered.
The big hearted, clear sighted
young man Jonathan must have
loved his father, the king, but
he knew of Davids innocercy,
and he was also aware that it
was jealousy growing in the
heart of Saul that prompted him
to destroy David. How morti
fied and hurt Jonathan must have
been by his father’s conduct and
if he could have honestly done
so, how gladly he would have
shielded Saul's acts. But his
was a lofty nature that could rise
above all stringent surroundings
and do what was right because it
was right. This noble man as a
friend to David could generous
ly ignore his position as the son
of a King, his relation to Saul,
his inheritance to the throne
were David annulled, and be loy
al and true to the man for whom
he had vowed lasting friendship.
His character was striking in
sincerity and true aspiration
a just and compassionate man, a
loyal friend, he was a symbolic
of that grander man, Christ Je
sus; the “Friend that sticketh
closer than a brother.”
Christ said to his disciples:
“Ye are my friend if you do
whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not ser
vants; for the servant knoweth
not what his Lord doe th; but I
have called you friends, for all
things that I have heard of my
Father I have made known unto
you.” Then there must abide a
loyal friendship between us and
Christ if we would know the
VOL. 76-NO. 4
whole will of God and so live a
life of truth and contentment.
SIOO,OOO for Mercer,
The Trustees of Mercer Uni
versity, pursuant to a call of the
secretary, held a meeting in Ma
con on the 14th of this month.
The question of raising £loo,ooo>
endowment for the University
w as considered, weighed, and the
compaign launched. There was
no difference of opinion as to the
need of such an endowment. The
resolution to begin the work was
heartily endorsed. The thing
was recognized as the Lord’s
work and must be accomplished
for his glory. A warm appreci
ation was manifest that the mat
ter was precipitated just now by
a resolution introduced into the
Pastor’s conference of Atlanta
by a prominent Atlanta pas-tor.
This will naturally put Atlanta in
the lead in this great work. At
lanta when she begins does noth
ing by halves. Her pastors have
the heart and the brains, her
people have money for the
Lord’s w’ork, and these two
forces combined in the direction
of this endowment will arouse
the force all over the state as
perhaps they have never been.
The Baptists of Macon have the
Institution located in their midst
and they have all the benefits
that accrue therefrom, yet in the
annual support of this school
they have done nearly as much,
if not quite, as all the rest of the
state combined. It would be hard
to find a more loyal, more conse
crated, or more self sacrificing
people for anything than Macon
Baptists are for Mercer. They
give their thousands every year
and any deficit always fails on
them to bear. The work pm
posed now is for endowment.
Macon has never failed to bear
her part; she will not now. This
work, however, belongs as much
to one part of the state as anoth
er. Baptist principles are worth
as much now as when our people
suffered banishment, ostracism
and death for them. A great.
University is one of the most po
tent agencies for the propagation
of these principles Our Uni
versity is as much the property
of the northern and southern sec
tion of the state as of the cen
tral. Bro. Bernard's people,
near Athens, work and pray and
give in proportion to abili
ty, as much as the people in and
around Macon. What we need
is for our people to feel and act
as these noble bands of Christian
workers.
In the mass meeting held at
night, held in the First Baptist
church, attended by a number of
prominent pastors, and friends
in Macon, the proposition was
endorsed -with cordiality, if not
with enthusiam. All the friends
present pledged their support.
There will be a central commit
tee with President Gambrell as
the head w-ho will have the matter
in charge, and will plan and
prosecute the work. It -was
thought wisest to extend the
time to three years. Bit this
does not mean that we shall do
less work but that we shall do
well what is done.
Now for the work. Let every
pastor get the conviction into his
heart, like a coal of fire, Uhafc
this is God’s work and nrosJ be
done and the conviction will vswlc
into a reality Let us not
invite Dr. Gambrell to ©os
churches but work with hi-stiaadl
strengthen his hands. The- work:
must be done. May the- Jfloly/
Spirit lead and mightily fil'l wsr
President or that he shaO iwgiin
and continue in the power of Je
sus Christ.
J. D. Chapmavn.
Phenix City, Ala., Jan. h 5.
We are moving up all al'wig
the line at West Side
The new year has come and %
good many of our people atro
taking hold of church work with
renewed energy. The church is
still increasing in membership.
Our Sunday-school has diminish
ed for the present on account of
measles. Prayer meetings very
well attended. The young men’s
prayer meeting is doing great
good. Its influence is being felt
throughout the city, both in
church and social circles. We
hope to do greater things for
the Lord this year than ever.
This servant has his hands full.
We are serving this church for
full time but Ladania church
said we must preach for them
once a month, so we preach:
every 2nd Sunday evening. We
hope by the help of the Lord to>
dothem good. On ward and up
ward to the prize of the higla
calling in Christ Jesus should be
the Christian motto for T 96.
E. S. Moncrief.
The Telfair Enterprise says;
“Rev. W. J. Barton filled his
regular appointment at the Bap
tist church Sunday. His subject
was the “Light of God,” and the
sermon one of the best we
heard in a long while.”