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LOYAL BAPTISTS.
BY KEV. J. L. WHITE
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE B Y.
P. U. OF GEORGIA AT GRIFFIN.
The pledge of the Baptist Young
People's Union in part is this: "Relying
upon divine help. 1 hereby promise to
be loyal to Christ in all things, and at
all times; to seek the New Testament
standard of Christian experience and
life.”
There lived in the wilderness of Judah
about Jordan a strange and remarkable
man. His raiment was made of camel's
hair bound about him with a leathern
girdle. His meat was locusts and wild
honey. He was a preacher, and re
proved and exhorted and baptized in
the Jordan upon a profession of repent
ance. John the Baptist was a great
man—great "in the sight of the Lord ”
One day while he stood preaching, there
came upon the scene a new man. When
John saw him he cried out, "Behold the
Lamb of God. He is mightier than I.
He must increase; I must decrease.”
"Then cometh Jesus unto John to be
baptized of him. But John forbade
him, saying, I have need to be baptized
of thee, ana earnest thou to me! Jesus
answering said unto him, Suffer it to be
so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill
all righteousness. Then he suffered
him.” Jesus soon drew to himself
twelve men whom he ordained, through
whom he spoke to the world once for
all. Jesus Christ and the apostles in
stituted the first Christian church. And
the Baptists to-day claim to most near
ly conform to that original churcb.
Whether out succession has come in an
unbroken chain, mattersnot. Whether
we cane over land by Holland, or over
sea by England, matters not. IFe
started and toe are here. Cyrus Field
had the cable nearly completed across
the Atlantic ocean—and it broke. Still
Field kept on at it. Going back to his
starting point he began again to lay the
cable. He succeeded and now the con
tinents are joined by the cable. Christ
and his apostles begun the promulga
tion of those great truths for which
Baptists stand. A link here and there
in the course of human events may have
been dropped. But the doctrines are
here, fully identified, and their glory
and power are encircling the earth.
An intelligent understanding of dis
tinctive Baptist doctrines is the founda
tion of all true devotion to our denomi
nation. I cannot conceive of a down
right, upright, outright Baptist who
cannot give an intelligent reason for his
doctrinal belief. It is not enough to
proudly say, "I am a Baptist, ’ and have no
better reason than that grandfather and
grandmother, father and mother, were
Baptists. Such, however, is the an
ewer given by a large majority among
us. The ignorance of the principles ana
the history of our own denomination is
deplorable. Have you heard this story
of an old lady in a certain State in the
Union? A Presbyterian missionary
stopped at her house. He was looking
up scattered Presbyterians and he
inquired of this good woman if there
Were any of that faith in her communi
ty. “Well, now, sar,” replied she, ‘my
husband is not at home to-day. He is
a mighty hunter, though, and so you
just go out to the smoke-house yonder
when he hangs his hui.j« to dry, and if
there is one of the kind of creters you
are asking about, you will find its skin
out thar You’ll know it, I don’t ”
That good woman did not know the
difference between a Presbyterian and
an o’possum. I suppose you have
heard of the young lady who was court
ed, and just before the date of marriage
arrived, the prospective bridegroom
said, “Now, dear, there is something I
haven’t told you. but I must. “What
is that?” said she. He said, “Well, I
am a somnambulist.” “Well,” replied
she,-“I am an Episcopalian, but I will
go with you once a Sunday anyhow.”
We need to know who we are and what
we are.
No denomination has a right to exist
which does not stand for well defined
distinctive principles based upon Holy
Scrip are. What do Baptists stand for?
Have we distinctive principles? Do we
know them? The fact that there are
great doctrines which differentiate us
from all other Protestant denomina
tions, and the further fact that these
principles are not too well known, is my
reason for stating them briefly.
DISTINCTIVE PRINCIPLES.
1. Baptists stand for a regenerate
membership. Dr. H M. Wharton, at
the B. Y. P. U. A. Convention held in
Toronto, said: “One may be born a
Roman Catholic, a Methodist, or a
Presbyterian, but he must be born
again to be a Baptist. ” Spiritual life
is the basis of our organization. We
contend that repentance and faith are
pre-requisites to baptism. Is this belief
Scriptural?
Cnrist declared that he came to set
up a spiritual kingdom, and his wonder
ful words to N icodemus announce the
terms of admission: ‘Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God. Marvel not
that I said unto thee, ye must be born
again.” When our Lord gave the great
commission he stated the order. "He
that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved”—placing faith before baptism.
On the day of Pentecost they that glad
ly received the Word were baptized.
When the eunuch saw water, he said:
"See, here is water; what doth hinder
me to be baptized? Philip said, If thou
believest with all thine heart thou
inayest.” In Acts 5:14 we read, “And
believers were the more added to the
Lord, multitudes both of men and wo
men.”
All denominations do not follow this
teaching of the Bible. Infant sprink
ling is a violation, for it reverses the
order. One great denomination teach
es through some of its leaders, if not
all, that the church is a hospital, insti
tuted to help a penitent sinner to- Jesus
Christ, making sprinkling or pouring
and church membership a means to) a
salvable state —an evident perversion
of the teachings of Jesus Christ, for
Christ said, Believe and be baptized:
these brethren say, Be baptized and be
lieve.
Baptists hold that no one has a right
to become a member of a visible church
until he has entered into the invisible
kingdom by the blood of Jesus Christ.
2. Baptists hold sacredly to two or
dinances, baptism and the Lord’s Sup
per, as given by our Master. Baptism
is the immersion in water of a believer
into the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit. This bap
tism, after an intelligent confession of
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is pre-re-
S’ ”e to the Lord's Supper. These or
ces are not sacraments and do not
help one into a salvable state. If sac
ramental and meritorious, the doctrine
of justification by faith, of sah ation by
the blood, is torn up by the roots.
It is charged that Baptists make too
much of baptism. Just what the Bible
does, no more, no less. It is the act of
obedience on the part of a regenerate
soul, giving the answer of a good con
science toward God, not putting away
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the filth of the flesh Our emphasis is
laid upon the mode and its place and its
meaning. Dr. Vedder in “A Short His
tory of the Baptists" says: "Noohurch
historian whose name is recognized as
that of an anthority of the first rank has
put his name to any other statement
than that in apostolic times baptism was
always the immersion of an adult be
liever. There is no voice to the contra
ry except from men of scant scholar
ship, and the question is no longer dis
puted by anybody who is worth the at
tention of a serious person. ”
It is charged that Baptists are narrow
and bigoted because tney practice so
called "close” communi m. The Bap
tistposition in respect to the Lord’s
Supper is not peculiar. "There is not.
there never has been, a Christian body
whose standards authorized its clergy
to administer the communion to the
unbaptized.” Whenever an individual
minister invites all who love the Lord
he violates the canons of his denomina
tion. The rubric of the Episcopal
church says, “And there shall be none
admitted to the Holy Communion until
such time as he be confirmed or be ready
and desirous to oe confirmed.”
This is true of the Methodist. Presby
terian and Congregational churches,
that none are to be invited to the Lord's
table other than baptized Christians.
These denominations accept any mode
of baptism. Baptists accept only im
mersion properly administered, and are
strictly consistent in their practice
Should we hold open communion then
there would be none to teach the ordi
nances as given by Christ and his apos
ties. Loyalty to the truth and to Christ
demands that we contend for the
immersion of a believer as baptism and
that such baptism is a necessary qualifi
cation for the Lord’s Supper ; and only
the ignorant and unscrupulous can re
proach Baptists because of their "close”
communion.
3. The independence of the local
church There is no such thing as the
Baptist Church, referring to the great
host of Baptists as a body Baptist
church always means a chuich spelled
with a small “c,” a local church,
whether it has three or three thousand
members. Each church is a sovereign
body, a complete democracy within
itself. Therefore we can never be har
assed and dogged by a great heresy
trial. The heretic is tried by the local
church of which he is a member and ac
quitted or condemned, and there is no
higher court of appeal. There are no
bishopr.es, no hierarchies among us.
In the New Testament each church is
complete in itself, competent to manage
its own affairs. We read of the church
or churches at Jerusalem, at Antioch,
at Ephesus. It is never the church of
As:a, of Judea, or of Italy. Baptists
nave accepted this teaching of the New
Testament a: their model. Each church
is independent and yet all wonderfully
harmonious and hearty in co-operation.
Wonderful? No, for the common bond
is the'word of God.
This great principle of independence
has revolutionized the world. America
has been and is the door of hope to the
oppressed nations of the earth. Amer
ica is the world’s light-house. A little
Baptist church in Virginia was Amer
ica s light-house, for it was in its con
ference that Jefferson conceived the
form of the constitution which is justly
a world’s pride. It is therefore true
that the world owes its regeneration
politically to this distinctive Baptist
principle.
4 Religious liberty, and I mean by
this, the entire separation of church and
State From the days of Peter and
Paul to this hour, no Baptist church, no
Baptist historian, can be found who ad
vocates the interference of the civil
government with matters religious.
And Baptists alone of all denominations
100 years old, except the Quakers, pre
sent an unbroken record in advocacy of
this principle of soul-liberty. Our his
tory is filled with examples of the
grandest heroism shown in defense of
this principle. There are many spots
in our Southland, sacred, because they
mark where our fathers were impris
oned and beaten with many stripes for
believing and teaching the New Testa
ment
Baptists should value and jealously
guard this precious legacy. Every en
croachment upon this soul-freedom and
separation of church and State should
still be unrelentingly opposed. The in
sidious efforts of the Romanists to se
cure aid for their schools, either in the
halls of representatives or in our cities
and towns and villages, are malicious
attempts to violate one of the great
fundamental articles in the constitution
of our commonwealth.
5. Another corner-stone in our belief
is, the word of God the only rule of
faith and practice. The Bible is * ‘fin
ished authority.” The constitution of
a Baptist church is the New Testament.
Our by laws are the positive and nega
tive commands given in the word.
When Diaz had gathered together in
Cuba a few believers he wanted to or
ganize a church. So he wrote to Dr. C.
C. Bitting, of the American Baptist
Publication Society, for the Baptist dis
cipline, or a form by which to constitute
a Baptist church. Dr. Bitting s reply
was a copy of the New Testament.
Bro. Diaz, following the teachings of
Christ and his' apostles, founded a
model Baptist church.
One answer to every question as to,
our faith and practice is, the word of
the Lord. When twitted for our posi
tion on baptism we reply, “Thus saith
the Lord." When we are told that the
quantity of water is immaterial, we
say, “Thus it becometh us to fulfill all
righteousness.” When we are called
narrow and bigoted close communion
ists, we answer, “Obedience is better
than sacrifice.” No man, no assemblage
of men, has the authority to change the
word of God to suit so-called changed
conditions. The doctrines were deliv
ered unto the saints once for all.
In our loyalty to the Bible we should
be loyal to truth-seeking. Believing as
we do the whole Bible, we are the last
people to fear the turning ofn of the light.
This howl all over the South for Dr. W.
H. Whitsitt’s scalp is ridiculous. Dr.
Whitsitt has not attacked a single ut
terance of inspired truth. He has
called into question the accuracy of cer
tain statements in Baptist history. He
does not question the scripturalness of
our doctrines. He is a Baptist to the
core, as loyal as any among us. This
ado some are making would seem that
they at least believe in the infallibility
of profane history,in the divine inspira
tion of all Baptist historians. If history
is wrong, let it be revised. Turn
on the light. Turn on the
lightl Welcome the truth. Ido not
say Dr. Whitsitt is correct in his state
ments. But since he believes them, he
has the right to state them and to estab
lish them if he can. Should each posi
tion Dr. Whitsitt has taken be proven,
he has not weakened the Bible. And
since our doctrines are biblical and not
merely historical, we cannot be affected
in the least. The Bible stands. That
old book is our finished authority, and
our doctrines stand, not on the acts of
Roger Williams but on the Acts of the
Apostles.
These five distinctive principles dif
ferentiate Baptists from all other de
nominations, and we are called upon to
be loyal to these great fundamental
doctrines and to teach them in pulpit and
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1896.
through the press and in our homes.
These principles are held in full by no
other denomination and so, the high and
holy obligation rests upon Baptists to
give these to the world, otherwise
the whole Bible will never be taught to
mankind.
CHARITY AND LIBERALITY.
In maintaining these peculiar articles
of faith let us be charitable, but never
liberal. Liberality accepts a mixture
of truth with error, charity rejects all
error and accepts only the truth. Bap
tists love their peao baptist friends.
All hold in common many of the great
cardinal doctrines of salvation by grace.
But whenever the practice and faith
fail to be scriptural, the error must be
pointed out and condemned.
That sickly, silly, sentimental liberal
ism which says it does not matter what
one believes just so he is sincere, is con
temptible bosh. Dr. P 8. Henson uses
the figure of a tree to illustrate Chris
tianity. "Faith,” says he, “is the root,
and doctrine is the trunk, and love is
the sap, and practical charity is the
fruit. Some people say that the sap is
the life of the tree, ana of course it is,
and they do not believe in anything but
sap—-and they have all gone to sap; and
yet if you cut down the stalwart trunk
of doctrine, the sap will all go into the
ground, and where is your tree and
where is your fruit ?
This pitiable liberalism which is
abroad has opened the door of our
churches to all kind of heresies, and in
almost any church there are to be found
persons who believe much every way.
Really the doctrines of Christ and the
fathers have become dogmas and he who
preaches them is denominated an old
Close akin to this kind of liberalism is
the growing sentiment that it does not
differ what denomination one belongs
to—all lead to heaven and. that is
enough. You might as well say that it
doesn't matter whom one marries just
so he is married. Well, there are some
people in the world with whom I would
very much dislike to live always. De
nominational liberalism might end in
denominational obliteration. Denomi
nations stand for great beliefs, princi
ples. If one be a Presbyterian, let
him be one out and out; if a
Methodist, be one through and through,
if a Baptist, be one without apology
and with all charity towards all others.
Away with the cant that it makes no
difference what church one joins. Such
talk is born of ignorance of the Bible, or
shows a lack of the very valuable fac
ulty to entertain an opinion A pastor
asked a good sister if she wanted him to
read any particular portion of the
Scriptures. “Yes,” she replied, “read
that place where it represents Moses
speaking to Dtvid out of the whale’s
belly, saying, ' Almost thou persuadest
me to be a Christian.’ ” Men who read
and think have a denominational pref
erence.
A BRIGHTER DAY DAWNING.
This is a revival of Bible study and
of religious history. And the B. Y. P.
U. has brought about the change.
Prior to its organization our young peo
ple were in the Christian Endeavor,
where no distinctive doctrines are
taught. So our young people were
drifting, becoming very liberal and fall
ing in love with everything called
Christian, really forgetting what they
stood for as Baptists. Just at the right
time God put it into the hearts of a few
noble brethren in the North to organize
a distinct society for Baptist young
people, wherelßaptist faith could be
taught. The birth of the B. Y. P. U.
marked a new era in Baptist history.
iThere took place at once a
Inaissance of Baptist principle<M
history, and, blessed be God, the Wiar
wave is sweeping over all the land
Now we are the Baptist Young People
United and contending for the suprem
acy of the glorious principles of the
New Testament. For this purpose God
raised up our Union, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. Esther
from among a great number of notable
women, was chosen queen. She was
crowned for a purpose, namely, to de
liver Israel. So this organization of
our young people, the faire. t of all the
daughters in our churches, is crowned
queen, who shall inspire the great Bap
tist host of young people in America and
the world with loyalty to Baptist prin
ciples.
THREE NEEDS.
1. Backbone. There are three ele
ments in moral backbone : Grace, Grit
and Gumption. We believe in grace.
Grit is stick-to-it iveness. Gumption is
hard common sense. A good vertebral
column.
We have been indifferent to our posi
tion too long. In the little communi
ties where there was once a union meet
ing house, by and by. when it was dedi
cated, it was called by some other
name than Baptist. If some overzeal
ons a partisans begun to press a little
Baptist institution, rather than stand
up for our own, we have too often
yielded and our schools have been
closed or drifted into ot he r hands. lam
reliably informed that the historic and
famous Wesleyan Female College might
have been a Baptist institution, for it
originated in a Baptist brain and was
started by a Baptist hand. I am not
blaming our brethren of other denomi
nations. I do not intimate that they
have dealt unfairly with us, but Bap
tists have slept and permitted the pro
cession to move on. The only way for
us to increase as we ought is to hold
what we have and add all that we can.
Let Baptists stand by Baptist institu
tions and enterprises.
2. Enthusiasm. John the Baptist
was “a burning and shining light ” He
was all aglow with enthusiasm. En
thusiasm is certainly a result of the
baptism of the Holy Ghost which Christ
gave. And if we are indifferent and
sluggish and lukewarm it is a question
whether we have as yet received the
Holy Spirit. We hear much about “the
blessings of moderation,” “ the glory of
conservatism,” “ the dangers of fanati
cism.” Surely the last thing in the
world that the moral consciousness of
Georgia Baptists wants to day is a re
frigerator, and that of all things it de
sires just now is that all our great
host should come face to face with the
fact that religion possesses ‘‘a spirit of
burning," a holy zeal for truth and
goodness. We need, if you please, a
healthy Baptist boom. Just now we
need to "talk up" and not down, Bap
tist institutions and principles. We
need to talk up and to lift up Mercer
University. Put under her the lever
age power of an additional endowment
of one hundred thousand dollars. Then
we need to drum up students and as
loyal Baptists send our sons to her his
toric, classic halls.
3. We need a fresh vision of Jesus
Christ. We should stand beside the
Baptist and hear him say, “ Behold the
Lamb of God which taketh away the
sin of the world,” and with it ours.
Let the thought of what Jesus has done
and what he is doing for us and what he
is, bow us in unfeigned submission.
This vision of our Savior will call us to
deeper consecration and thought but
“ the voice,” that is all we are, will cry,
“ Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” and
nothing shall hush the voice until it is
silenced behind some -dungeon door like
Machaerns, or in death.
“Consecrate me now to thy service,
Lord,
By the power of grace divine;
Let my faith look up with a steadfast
hope,
And my will be lost in thine.”
A vision of Christ as conqueror as
well as Savior is helpful. The streams
of ancient history converged at Calvary
and there the river of modern history
took its rise. The triumphs of Chris
tianity compose modern history. Christ
is establishing a kingdom which hath
no end. The civilization of Greece,
unparalleled in its day, fostered by the
majestic Athenian naval force, met an
irreparable reverse at Syracuse; in obe
dience to the voice of Cato, shouting.
“ Delenda eat Carthago," Hannibal,
great and heroic and resourceful, was
utterly vanquished at Zama; Rome’s
mighty legions were mown down in
Germany by Arminiu*, and thereafter
the proud Roman eagle found no place
among the Anglo-Saxon race; Napoleon
the great, the brilliant, the moat mag
nificent military genius of the world,
was stopped in his marvelous career at
Waterloo. But the kingdom of Christ
outrivals Roman conquests, the mighty
growth of English power, and is gradu
ally changing the face of the whole
earth. He shall be crowned with many
crowns Behold him, he is our Leader.
The devotion of the French soldiers
to the Emperor Napoleon, was the se
cret of his great strength. On the
memorable field of -Waterloo, writes
McCready, where so many brave men
fell, one soldier in the French ranks was
seen, when his arm was shattered by a
cannon ball, to wrench it off with the
other and throwing it in‘o theair. he ex
claimed to his comrades, " Vive I’em
peruer jusqu’a’ la mort.” Such were
the men who won many a battle Such
suffering was gladly endured because
of devotion to their beloved leader
Shall not those who are redeemed from
sin and hell be more loyal to their
Savior and King ?
“ Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
Ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high your royal banner,
It must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory his army
he shall lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,
And Christ is Lord indeed.”
What It Involves.
BY C. H. WETHERBE.
Every young Christian should
be taught what is involved in
loving Christ It is very easy to
say, “I love Christ.” Many
young people are told that if
they can truly say that they love
Christ they are Christians. But
it is quite possible for one to
have a certain degree of a com
mon sort of love for the bare per
sonality of Christ, and yet not
love him as he demands that one
should. One may love abstract
loveliness toa certain extent, and
yet not love the concrete de
mandsand requirements of the
subject of that loveliness. Now,
the real test of loving Christ, the
actual proof of.itg is to be seen in
loving to Christ de-
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for Christ is in word only. And
very many people fail to meet
this test. They are quite ready
to arise in prayer meeting, or in
the Endeavor Society meeting,
and say, “I love Jesus;” this they
call “testifying for Christ,” but
it is a very superficial testimony,
if not a false one, if it go no fur
ther; and, alas, in many cases it
does go no further.
Genuine heart-love for Christ
does not fall shot t of loving to do
what Christ's love requires the
professed lover of him to do.
And Christ is sure to specifically
test the profession of one’s love
to him. Very soon after one
publically avows his love for
Christ, he asks him to come out
before the world and be baptized.
But suppose that the professed
lover shall say, “I can be a
Christian without being baptized
and uniting with any church,”
what then? Why, his love for
Christ, if he has any at all, is
very thin and of poor quality.
Christ puts the test of one’s love
in this clear, fairway: “If ye
love me, ye will keep my com
mandments.” Christ said that
he loved*.his Father, and as a
proof of it he said, “I do always
those things which please hipa.”
And some of the things which
Christ did were very exacting,
requiring great sacrifice, stren
uous deprivation and deep humil
iation. Christ exhibited his love
for the Father more in deeds than
he did in words, and this we
should do.
One of the customs of the Chi
nese might well be imitated by
other nations. On New Year’s
morning every man and boy in
the Celestial empire, from the
emperor to the lowest peasant,
pays a visit to his mother. He
carries her a present, and thanks
her for all she has done for him.
This visit, however, is partly in
fluenced by superstition, as the
Chinese believe that their moth
ers have an influence over their
entire lives.
“It is with narrow-souled peo
ple, as with narrow-necked bot
tles ; the less they have in them
the more noise they make in
pouring out. — Pope.
“There are but three steps to
heaven—out of self, into Christ,
into glory.”
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Ezekiah .Gilman Robinson. An
autobiography* with various critical
statements. Edited by E. H. John
eon. Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston.
New York.
The subject of this biography was an
honored and useful Baptist preacher,
teacher and leader. Born in 1815, he
lived until 1894. It* will at once be seen
that this covers a period of remarkable
interest. Born in New England, his ac
tive life was passed in the South, the
West, and again in New England. Dr
Robinson’s youth was subject to many
vicissitudes educationally, he being the
son of a widow and the schools about
him not of the best. Once under the
teaching of men like Dr. Wayland in
Brown University,his mind was aroused
to activity and its activity never ceased
until he died. His first ministry
was in the South, at Norfolk, Va,
whence he removed to Cambridge,
Mass From Cambridge he went to the
new Seminary at Covington, Ky. This
institution did not live long but gave
great promise, not a little of which cen
tered about the professorship of Dr
Robinson. After the breaking up of
this school by the war, he was for a abort
time pastor of the Ninth Street church,
Cincinnati, from which place he went
to Rochester to become president of the
Theological Seminary. Nineteen years
were spent here and they were the best
of his lite. In 1872 he undertook the
S residency of Brown University. Here
e labored until 1889. He was now sev
enty-four years of age, but he did not
stop his work. Lecturing occupied him
until at the opening of the Chicago Uni
versity he became a professor there, and
at the age of eighty-one he died while
still actively engaged in his educational
work.
This is the outline of a most useful
career. What Boyce, Broadus and
others were doing among us this man
was doing in the middle West, first at
Covington and then at Rochester. The
game task of making bricks without
straw was his. It was a period of tran
sition in education and in theology. He
carried to completion his work at both
Rochester and Brown. Great obstacles
had to be overcome and they were over
come. Both institutions must reckon
him among their founders.
Like Boyce and Broadus, he also
wrought out amid such details of admin';
istration and anxieties of mind a ripe
and full scholarship. Like them also
this scholarship was always touched
with heart traits born of such experi
ences in the details of business and
mmey transactions and worries. In
theology Dr. Robinson was a pioneer.
He wrought for aims If. He early became
a student of world wide contributions to
thought and was conversant with what
others were believing.
Withall this he was a preacher.. He
would walk many miles to preach on
and at times wore him-
kind. At
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writer re
to him with pleasure
when a boy. He was also a friend to
his students. Contact with him was
easy and he was loved by all. In the
class room he was keen and cutting at
times. His personality was most en
joying. The man) -sidedness of his
powers is seen in the critical estimates
of him as given. Among these Dr.
Strong's “As a Theologian,” and Mr.
Langley’s "As a Teacher of Philoso
phy”—are of great value, while many
oth- r.< are of surpassing interest.
The study of such a life is peculiarly
helpful to those of us who are now la
boring in the midst of construction. It
shows what men can do and the charac
ters they can win in circumstances of
great difficulty. One takes heart after
such a biography and with a renewed
purpose takes hold of his duty.
Jones’ School History of the
United States.
I have read with some care “advance
sheets” of a “School History of the
United States,” by our beloved and dis
tinguished brother, Dr. John William
Jones. Let me first state frankly what
fault I have to find with it.
It is one sided. In matter and method
it is too evidently a piece of special
pleading to be ever regarded as a good,
all-round, comprehensive history. But
as an off-set to some others many of us
have seen, which present certain facts
and events of our national story with
prejudice and emphasis opposed to our
author’s, the book is a wholesome anti
dote. The treatment of special points
in favor of the South, ana contrary to
the current misrepresentations in histo
ries written by Northern authors,is well
and worthily made. But it is done at
the expense of matters quite as impor
tant in the history of the whole coun
try and without sufficient consideration
to the Northern point of view. In this
respect the book does not compare favora
bly with that,for instance,of Fiske, who,
while he looks out mostly from the New
England observatory, yet sees at least the
Southern side. As a work of art and as
a practical text-book of history the book
is not well-proportioned. But the facts
brought out are worth remembering and
studying, and the reader can readily for
give a man who makes him think by
giving him something to think of, even
though the presentation of the facts be
a bit one sided.
I may also be allowed to express sur
prise that the work of so practised a
writer should be marred with a number
of blemishes in style; and this is the
more surprising since we are told that
the manuscript passed under the eye of
a well-known and accomplished critic.
Pet words and phrases abound. “Hand
somely repulsed, is one,” "splendidly
equipped” is another. On p. 352 (prin
ter’s fault) we are told of “straightened
circumstances.” Would that these
crooked things might oftener be so rec
tified, but alas! they are too often
straightened and so remain. The spelling
of Eskimo is not consistent—sometimes
Eskemo, sometimes Esquimaux. We
are not allowed to forget that old Vir
ginia, .with “princely” or “imperial” or
“lavish” generosity gave to the Union
the Northweit Territory, out of which
several great States were “carved,” be
ing told so in almost the same language
on pp. 99, 116, 136. On p. 838 I notice a
singular inadvertence, in one so well-in
formed as Dr. Jones is, in all, even the
minutest, details of things pertaining to
the war. He speaks of the Confederate
flag (1865) ae. the “Stars and Bars.” If
I do not greatly mistake, that design was
abandoned long before this, because of
its resejnblance to the Union flag. Other
faults of detail could easily be pointed
out; and there is much that careful re-
vision and more accurate proof-reading
will doubtless correct.
On the other hand, the book has great
value as a contribution to the history of
our country. It gives a strong presen
tation of vital facts which are, unhap
pily, too often either omitted or misrep
resented. The use of the book in our
Southern schools would do great good
in teaching the young Southerners that
their fathers ana grandfathers had vast
ly more reason for acting as they did in
1861-‘65 than this or the next generation
is ever likely to find out from the com
mon run of school histories. Later read
ing and reflection would easily and nat
urally and healthily correct the one
sidedness of the impression received
from a study of this work at school, but
meantime very important facts would
have been lodged in the mind of youth
—facta that are not likely to be learned
or treasured later in life.
Moreover, the book is a pleasant and
interesting one to read The very things
in which it differs from others of its
kind give it a peculiar charm, and the
author's hearty and loyal soul shines
through and through it. It is a brave
and honest book—as was to have been
expected—and I hope it will have the
wide nse and attentive reading that it
richly deserves. E. C. Dargan.
The Arena July. Arena Publishing
Co., Boston, Mass. Price, 25c., $3 a
year
The Arena is a free forum for all
questions. No doubt any one can read
through a number and not agree with
half of what is given. It will be equally
impossible to not like the other half. In
this issue, "Shall we have a National
Sanitarium for Consumptives,” “The
Keely Cure,” “Woman in Society To
day,” and “Are we to Become a Home
less Nation” are articles of great worth.
Much attention is given to the silver
question, while the usual quality of
theosophical nonsense is to be found
both in essay and story.
The wonderful remedy for Catirrb,
Bronchitis. Asthma. &c., discovered by
Dr J. W. Blosser, the celebrated evan
gelist and catarrh specialist, is meeting
with phenomenal success. Many of the
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july 9,4 t.
Wisely Directed Ambition.
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew tells
the story of his visit to the me
chanical department of Cornell
University. He found at the
head of it Professor Morris, who
claimed him as a superior officer,
giving as a reason that he was
an old time worker of the New
York Central railroad. “How
did you get here?” asked Depew.
ST. VITUS’DANCE
A Nervoys Disease Characterized
by Involuntary and Pur
poseless Spasms.
It Occurs Most often in Girls; is Often Hereditary,
but Articular Rheumatism and Scarlet
Fever Predispose to it.
From the Chronicle, Chicago, JU.
Notwithstanding the poor are always with
us, Thanksgiving is none the less a day of
rejoicing. Many charities have been dis
pensed and through numerous instrument
alities the necessities and sufferings of many
a worthy person have been relieved. Absent
members of households reunite at the old
homestead and gathered around the festal
board recount the incidents that have taken
place and the various blessings that have
been vouchsafed them,since they assembled at
the last annual meeting by the same fireside.
It is a time for memory and for joy. Among
the countless families of Chicago there is
perhaps, not one to-day that feels a deeper
sense of gratitude to the Giver of all good
and perfect gifts than Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Collier, of 4904 Armour Avenue.
Mr. Collier, who is the electrician at the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad shops in
this city came here from Hamilton, Canada,
a little more than nine years ago accom
.panied by his wife and little daughter, their
only child Etta, then aged four. Little Etta
was a bright and beautiful girl, but not a
very robust one.
For the last few years she had been some
what ailing, but her condition was not such
as to create any uneasiness in the minds of
her parents, who almost idolized her. In
the school she was regarded as one of the
brightest scholars of her class and was the
envy of her class-mates. Although but a
little over twelve years of age, her intellect
was phenomenal. She was possessed, how
ever, of a very nervous temperament which
is frequently the case with children of her
advanced intelligence. Early in the month
of June last, owing to a sudde* fright, she
was thrown into violent spasms, to recover
only to be afflicted with St. Vitus’ dance in
the worst form. The consternation of her
parents may well be imagined.
Os course the best physicians were sum
moned at once but their efforts to restore her
to her normal condition were devoid of re
sults. She continued to grow worse, her
appetite wholly failed and commencing with
her right arm her whole right side and lower
limb became limp, numb, and useless and
what little nourishment she was aide to take
had to be administered by others. To add
to the seriousness of the case she was unable
to obtain any sleep whatever.
It was while in this deplorable condition
hovering between life and death with all
the prospects of a premature grave before
her, that one day on returning home from
his duties Mr. Collier found awaiting him a
newspaper, which an old acquaintance in
Hamilton, his former place of residence, had
sent to him by mail.
In the local columns he read of the case
of a certain person he had known years be
fore having been permanently cured of the
complaint of which his own daughter was
now suffering, by the use of Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People. He had often
heard and read before marvellous accounts
of the efficacy of this remedy but as no
names with which he was personally familiar
appeared, he not only doubted but positively
disbelieved the statements. But here before
his eyes was apparent evidence from one he
knew. He therefore lost no time in mak
ing assurance doubly sure and as soon as he
learned that the story was absolutely true,
he lost no time in procuring the Pink Pills
for his suffering daughter. This was on the
15th of September. Prior to this date and
after consulting doctors of different schools
of medicine, he had taken her to the Home
opathic Dispensary where her case was dis
cussed by all the members of the faculty |
who unanimously declared in the presence
The Woman,
The Man,
Andjhe Pill*
She was a good woman. He
loved her. She was his wife.
The pie was good; his wife
made it; he ate it. But the
pie disagreed with him, and
he disagreed with his wife.
Now he takes a pill after pie
and is happy. So is his, wife.
The pill he takes is Ayer’s.
Moral: Avoid dyspepsia
by using
Ayer’s
Cathartic Pills.
“I fired on the New York Cen
tral. I stood on the footboard as
an engineer on the Central.
While a locomotive engineer I
made up my mind to get an edu
cation. I studied at night, and
fitted myself for Union College,
running all the time with my lo
comotive. I procured books, and
attended, as far as possible, th©
lectures and recitations. I kept
up with my class, and on the day
of graduation I left my locomo
tive, washed up, put on the gown
and cap, delivered my thesis, and
received my diplomas, put th©
gown and cap in the closet, put
on my working shirt, got on my
engine, and made my usual run
thatdiy.” “Then,” said Depew,
“I knew how he became Profes
sor Morris.” That spirit will
cause a man to rise anywhere
and in any calling. It is ambi
tion, but it is ambition wisely
directed, aiming not at the goal
—for such an ambition produces
envy, scheming, discontent, and
weakness—but bravely and cheer
ily aiming at one’s self, seeking"
to make one’s self fitted for high
er work. When this is accom
plished the opportunity for high
er work is sure to come.— Times
of Refreshing.
No troubles are so great that
they cannot be built into th©
steps of the staircase by which
souls mount up to heaven.—Can
on Liddon
j of the class that there was no longer any
hope to be held out as it was a malady which
in this instance at least was incurable. It
was therefore with a feeling of utter despair
that Mrs. Collier first began to administer
the Pink Pills.
She says a perceptible change came over
the little one before even the second box had
been emptied and how after having us*d six
boxes her health is entirely restored. In the
early part of her illness her intellect was
very much clouded. She had become ex
tremely dull of comprehension hardly real
izing the meaning of words when addressed.
Seen to-day in the cheerful home of‘he Col
lier’s on Armour Avenue, she is the .person
ification of health. Her nervousness has en
tirely disappeared, her intellect is bright,
keen and active, her strength has returnea
and the roses in her cheeks attest to the com
plete recovery of her bodily health.
She is now ready to resume her music les
sons and as soon as the schools open after
the holidays she will again take up the
studies which she so suddenly left off on that
eventful June day. The sister-in-law of
Mrs. Collier, Mrs. Lewis, who was present,
at the interview emphatically confirmed all
that Mrs Collier has said regarding the past
and present condition of little Etta, adding*
that a famous physician in Hamilton in
variably recommends Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills in such cases as this and many others.
Mrs. Collier herself has for a number of
years been a constant sufferer from a female
complaint which so far has baffled the skill
of the doctors, and during a period of less,
than six months her husband has expended
over two hundred dollars in fees for medi
cines. She has now begun the use of Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills and wlfile it is as yet
too early to announce a cure in her case she
feels so much improved as to express the be
lief that her physical troubles will shortly
be of the past. These are some of the rea
sons why the Collier family return thanks
on this our national day of praise and
festivity.
The above is a correct statement of facta
concerning my little daughter and myself.
Mrs. A. Collier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thia
2nd day of December, 1895.
Dan Greene,
-Notary Public.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all druggists. Thousands
of boxes have been disposed of. This
was one of the few remedies which was not
cut in price during the recent druggists war.
This fact shows that the price is within the
reach of all. Their cures are positive and*
permanent. They are an unfailing specifier
tor such'diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, palpi
tation of the heart, pale and sallow complex
ions, nervous prostration and “that tired
feeling,” which is a result of the latter. It
also is a permanent cure for all diseases re
sulting from vitiated humors of the blood r
such as scrofula, erysipelas and like diseases;
diseases peculiar to women, such as suppres
sions, irregularities and all forms of weak
ness. The pills build up the general health,
thicken the blood ana send it coursing
through the veins with renewed life. And
one very peculiar thing about this remedy is
that there are no unpleasant after effects.
Thousands of former sufferers are now re
joicing to know that they are cured. Child
ren may take them with perfect safety.
These pills are manufactured by Dr. Wil
liams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.
Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing the
firm’s trade-mark and wrapper, at 50 cents
a box, or six boxes for $2.50, and are never
sold in bulk. The public should beware of
fraudulent imitations, as many unscrupu
lous medicine companies have been making:
far interior imitations.