Newspaper Page Text
2
that would illustrate and verify
what I have sa d. Christians did
seem to me, in my boyhood days
—and long afterward —to love
one another. I tell you, reader,
there was much to admire and to
imitate in those churches of your
fathers and your mothers.
I know they had some queer
notions and some amusing ways,
at which, from our standpoint,
we may smile. 1 will give you a
case in point.
When Bro. Frank Callawaj’
was called to ordination, away
bac< in the twenties, one of the
council that had met to perform
the service, was an old man. He
had not yet adopted suspen
ders as a part of his toi
let. He clung to the sash
ions that were in vogue
when he was a young man, and
therefore supported his pants by
a band buttoned tight above his
hips. He no doubt regarded sus
penders as indicating a sinful
conformity to the world. Well,
the ceremony proceeded. Bro.
C. stood his examination sue
cessfully, and the council were
ready to ordain him. But there
was one dissenting voice the
old brother above mentioned.
He had somehow found out that
the candidate was wearing a pair
of suspenders. (They were call
ed “gallowses” in that early day )
So he arose and said with great
solemnity:
‘ Brethren, I can t lay my
hands upon them gallowses. And
the other members of the coun
cil had to proceed without him
Bro. Callaway was ordained in
spite of his suspenders, and lived
for many years an humble, but
earnest worker in the Lord’s
vineyard. And it affords me
pleasure to add that he was one
of the council which ordained to
the gospel ministry my own be
loved brother, Rev. John F. Hil
lyer, late of Texas.
Yes, we may smile at the se
vere conservatism of the old
brother who would not lay hands
on a pair of suspenders. But,
after all, let us not forget that
conservatism is often a virtue.
There is such a thing as conform
ity to the world among our
church members. Nay, it may,
if not watched, creep into the
firms of our own church services.
More anon.
Baptist Position Stated and Contrast
ed—The Purely Spiritual Idea.
BY G. A. LOFTON, 1). D.
11.
There are three specific forms
of Christianity, embraced under
the head of the Spiritualistic, the
Ritualistic, the Rationalistic. By
far the larger portion of the
Christian world is Ritualistic; by
far the smaller portion is Ration
alistic;and between these two ex
tremes lies that less and larger
portion that may be termed the
the purely Spiritualistic. Let me
state these position among the
various sects of Christianity and
then draw the contrast in which
Baptists stand out in bold relief
as purely representative of the
Spiritualistic ideal.
1. Ritualism embraces all
those sects which claim that sal
vation by grace, through faith in
Jesus Christ, is mediated through
the rites of the church at the
hands of a priest, minister or
other person. This is Roman
Catholicism pure, which holds
that salvation is impossible ex
cept through the sacraments at
the hands of the priest in the
bosom of the church. An ana
thema is pronounced by the Coun
cil of Trent upon all who claim
that God's grace, directly through
faith in Christ, is transmitted to
the soul either to regenerate or
justify; or who deny that that
grace, ex operate, is not trans
mitted through the sacraments,
and through baptism first of all.
Baptismal regeneration is the
foundation stone of sacramental
ism, or ritualism—the inven
tion of Rome; and in pure or
modified forms, other denomina
tions have copied the damnable
heresy from the old mother of
harlots and abominations. In
fant baptism grew out of this
heresy about 150A. D., in North
ern Africa; and most of the in
quisitorial horrors of persecution
at the hands of so-called Christi
anity which have cursed and
blackened the Christian ages,
grew out of this dogma. The
Episcopalians (High Church)hold
to this dogma of the second cen
tury; and Campbellism, though
rejecting the heresy as to the in
fant rite, maintains it in adult
baptism as an act of physical obe
dience in connection with faith
and repentance. Other ard all de
nominations which hold to infant
Baptism maintain a relic of the
old heresy; and while salvation
by grace, through faith, is main
tained as to the adult, yet the in
fant is regarded as in a safer
covenant relation with God by
means of baptism—“the root and
pillar of popery”—when that is
applied to the infant under the
conception of ritual regeneration,
or even of safer covenant rela
tions after the manner of cir
cumcision.
2. Rationalism is that form of
Christianity in which reason not
only takes the place of rites, but
also the place of any super-
natural operation of the Holy
Spirit It is the ext reme opposite
of ritualism; and ritualism ard
rationalism, while absolutely
opposed to each other, are like
the blades of a common pair of
shears combining not only to cut
against each other, but to cut to
getheragainst a spiritual Christi
anity Ritualism is the mother
of superstition; rationalism is
the mother of infidelity. Ritual
ism claims the orthodoxy of sal
vation by grace through the effi
cacy of Christ’s atonement by
blood, but mediates it through a
system of sacramentation, priest
ism and churchism; ra ionalism
rejects the orthodoxy of salva
tion by grace, through the blood,
and makes salvation a mere re
demption through the moral ex
ample and teaching of Christ,
without the necessity of ritual
mediation or spiritual regenera
tion. Ethical culture, based upon
the preceptive doctrines and the
per ft ct character of Christ, is the
reformatory and salvatory
ground upon which the rational
ist bases his hope; and the doc
trines o* inspiration, substitu
tion, miracles, spiritual opera
tion and the like,are relegated to
the realm of exploded orthodoxy!
Churches and ordinances are
used as means of symbolism and
culture; but they are neither the
media of grace nor are they
necessary to the intelligent obe
dience and development of the
candidate for eternal life and hon
ors. The sufferings of Christ
were not an expiatory or sacri
ficial atonement for sin—but only
a great moral example; and the
resurrection, even if true, was
but a divine appointment with no
vindicatory significance as to an
atoning sacrifice,or pledge of our
literal resurrection from the
dead. The Spirit of God has no
more to do with the inspiration
or illumination of truth in Christ
than truth in any other form;
and man by nature is capable of
belief and obedience without the
supernatural aid of God's Spirit,
even if there were such a person.
The fact is that the Trinity is de
nied altogether, and Father, Son
and Spirit imply nothing more
than that God the Father is the
Spirit, and that Jesus Christ was
a perfect being originating in the
divine evolution of a rational
plan to redeem the race through
the highest form of “ethical cul
ture.”
Now the Spiritual theory,
purely and solely held by Bap
tists, differs from ritualism and
rationalism in this :
1. That salvation is alone by
grace, directly applied through
faith in Christ and operated by
the Holy Spirit in the belief of
the truth, without any reference
to rite, priest or church, and in
the subordination of reason to
the will and teaching of God. All
that is necessary to salvation, so
far as man is concerned, is to be
lieve; and all that is necessary
to believing is hearing the truth,
so far as man is concerned. He
needs a Bible or a preacher, or
both ; but beyond this, so far as
human help is concerned, he
needs no mediator between him
and Jesus Christ. He needs his
reason, to be sure, in compre
hending the ichat of revelation
necessary to be understood in
order to his salvation; but there
is a point where reason endsand
faith begins in what is to be be
lieved and don<' > , upon credible
testimony and under spiritual
operation. There is no medium
of approach to the soul except
faith; and the moment faith is
consummated salvation is es
fected, because Christ enters the
heart and is formed within as the
hope of glory. This is regener
ation which results in conversion,
and which is accompanied by
justification; and hence salvation
is purely and solely a spiritual or
psychological process. While sal
vation is all of grace, and alto
gether through the medium of
faith, and not of work or water,
it leads to work and water, be
cause we are "created in Christ
Jesus”, through spiritual pro
cesses, "unto good works.”
While salvation is above
reason both in its gra
cious conception and application,
yet it is not contrary to reason
from the standpoint of its neces
sity as planned and executed.
2. Baptists believe in rites,
churches, ministers, good works
and in every form of obedience
and submission to the will of God;
but we put all these things in
their proper place on the other
side of salvation by grace, faith
in Christ, regeneration through
God’s Spirit and truth. There
can be no physical obedience to
God until spiritual relationship
to God is established, because
there can be no spiritual action
until we have spiritual life. We
must be “born again” before we
can think, feel or act in Christ
and for Christ. We never ‘ ‘ work”
towards the cross, but only from
the cross. To be sure faith’ is
called a work,but it is the spirit
ual “work of God” on the inside,
not a physical work of man
which follows life on the outside.
Philosophically as well as scrip
turally, therefore, Baptists put
the blood of Christ on the soul
before putting the water of bap
tism on the body—the outward
act declaring, as well as spring
ing from,the inward fact. So we
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. AUGUST 13. 1896.
put Christ in the soul before we
put the man into the church,
recognizing the scriptural truth
that a church is the spiritual
body of Christ,into which only a
scriptural member can be grafted.
We never graft a dead limb into
a living tree to make the grafting
alive either; but we always graft
the living limb into the living
tree, or body, by the baptismal
process of grafting or introduc
tion. No man ever put a rough
stone into a building to polish it,
or make it a “lively stone;” but,
on the contrary, you polish and
make the stone “lively” in order
to put it into the polished or liv
ing building. God’s building, like
the temple of Solomon, is made
up of polished and living stones;
but the stones arejpolished and
made living before being put
into the temple; and they are so
nicely polished and exactly chis
elled as to befitted into the build
ing without the use of a ritual
istic saw or the sound of a ritu
alistic hammer.
3. Baptists do not ignore
reason in the salvation of the
soul; but while the “natural man”
may have much intellectual ap
prehension of truth, he “re
ceiveth not the things of the
Spirit because they are foolish
ness to him; and he cannot know
them because they are spiritually
discerned.” “No man can say
that Jesus Christ is Lord but by
the Holy Spirit;” and no man can
“come” to Christ except the
“Father draw him.” Not only is
“Che carnal mind enmity against
God, not subject to his law and
neither can be,” not only are we
“dead in trespasses and in sins”,
and “by nature the children of
wrath,” but we are spiritually
“blind and cannot see” the way
of salvation so as to take it, with
out the illuminating as well as
quickening power of the Holy
Spirit. We have reason-, but we
only know spiritual things as a
blind man conceives of colors or
as a deaf man conceives of music
Our spiritual eyes and ears must
be opened of God to spiritually
understand the things of God;
and so when Lydia was converted,
the Lord opened her heart that
she might attend unto things
spoken by Paul.
Baptists are ritual without be
ing ritualists, rational without
being rationalists, and they ex
clusively put thespiritual always
bafore the ritual and the rational.
We use our reason only as en
lightened and guided by God’s
Spirit in the understanding of
God’s word; and we never use re
ligious rites, or symbols, or ve
hides, until we have the grace
and the truth to be symbolized,
declared or carried. We never
put the fruit before the tree, and
we plant the tree of life in the
garden of the soul, first of all,
in order to bear and gather the
fruit of grace. This is a great
and fundamental Baptist pecu
liarity, and while some partia’ly
hold to the same peculiarity,
none have ever exclusively and
solely held to it,as a rule, except
Baptists,unless it be the Quakers
and some other minor sects, who
ignore the ritual and the rational
in religion altogether, and who
have, in fact, no distinct recog
nition as an orthodox religious
sect, or as an ecclesiastical body.
The Unity and Diversity of Chris
tianlty.
BY J. H. HALL, D.D.
UNITY IN FAITH.
The faith of Christianity is one.
That is, its truth, its teachings.
Not our opinions. They may be
many. But the doctrines of
Christianity are one. Objective
faith may undergo radical
changes in becoming subjective
faith. The truth of God revealed
to us may suffer serious distor
tions in its passage into our de
praved minds. Truth in God’s
word is to be distinguished from
conceptions of it in our interpre
tations.- Then the unity is in ob
jective faith —the Word of God,
“the Scriptures of truth.”
What a wonderful book is the
Bible! Wonderful in its homo
geneity. Written in periods
standing centuries apart, under
changing conditions that revolu
tionize opinions and institutions,
by men widely different in mind
and habits, and yet what har
mony, coherence, unity inallthe
Scriptures! They must proceed
from one supreme mind. Their
unity proves that “all Scripture
was given by inspiration of God.”
And this unity is not only in the
Scriptures as a whole, but is
in every single doctrine. That
is, there is no difference in the
same truth. Truth is one. There
are not two Christs—not two jus
tifications—not two baptisms.
Justification by faith and justi
fication by works are contradic
tory, and cannot both be true.
The unity of faith is in the one
ness of Scripture truth.
The faith of .Christianity is
presented in Christ and the
Scriptures. Creeds are neces
sary, but human, and subject to
error. We must hold to the di
vine expressions of faith—Christ
and the Scriptures. In Christ
we have truth in the concrete, in
the Scriptures, truth in the ab
stract. Christ is the synthesis,
the Scriptures the analysis of
truth.
Truth in Christ is one. Hence,
“there is none other name under
heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.”
Again, “other foundations can
no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.” There
is but one Christ, and to have
him is to have all truth. In
Christ believers have a perfect
theology; and as it is the same
Christ, it is the same theology,
and in it they are one. Hence it
is said: “There is neither Jew
nor Greek, there is neither bond
nor free, there is neither male
nor female; for ye are all one in
Christ Jesus.” Though this
unity of believers in Christ is
spiritual, and has but an imper
fect correspondence in actual
unity, yet there are marked evi
dences of an underlying unity in
the people of God. In them all
we have a more or less Christ
like mind. The mind that laid
aside the glory of heaven, and
came down to serve men, can be
seen in the humility and con
descending service of the saints.
They ought to,and have,a Christ
like spirit. He felt and wept.
Their sympathy and tears show
their high kinship—show that
they “have the spirit of Christ,”
and are his. And see their unity
in the Christlike purpose of their
lives. He came “to seek and to
save the lost.” The same gra
cious purpose in them comes out
in labors, sacrifices and suffer
ings for the salvation of men.
There is unity in the faith of
the Scriptures. This makes the
Scriptures the standard by which
varying religious opinions are to
be tried. “To the law and to the
testimony; if they speak not ac
cording to this word, it is be
cause there is no light in them.”
All the writers of the Scriptures,
as inspired, may say with John:
“We are of God; he that knoweth
God heareth us; he that is not of
God heareth not us; hereby know
we the spirit of truth and the
spirit of error.”
Whatever the Scriptures teach
on any given subj ;ct is definite,
certain, final truth. Their de
liverance, upon any question, is
an end of controversy. Their
teachings as a whole have a
unity in their source —the mind
of the spirit. Each doctrine has
a unity in itself, in its exact and
unchangeable correspondence to
the divine mind. Each must be
received without question, reser
vation, or modification. “Ye
shall not add unto the word I
command you, neither shall you
diminish aught from it ” All
Christians should accept and
revere the faith taught in the
Scriptures, because it is God
given truth. -A-las, that they
should fail to do this. But while
the unity in the truth of the
Scriptures does not have its
counterpart in a united creed of
Christendom, yet it has begotten
the universal confession that
“the word of God is the infalli
ble standard by which all human
conduct, creeds and opinions are
to be tried.” This is great gain.
It establishes the supremacy of
the Holy Scriptures. And it
shows that the differences in re
ligious creeds are from differ
ences in fallible men, not from
differences in the truth of God.
While we must admit that there
are sad and lamentable divisions
among Christians as to the details
of truth, there is, at least, unity
of faith in the one acknowledged
Bible of Christendom.
UNITY IN ORDER.
Christianity has its organic
form—its visible working ecclesia.
Is its organization prescribed, or
left optional? Is it determined
by law, or left to the discretion
of taste and preference? Divine
law definitely predetermines or
ganic Christianity. This appears
from the great commission which
reads: “Go ye therefore and
teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;
teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have com
manded you.” (Matt. 28:19 20)
This law requires faith and b«/>-
tism in the formation of churches.
Inspired example, in holy men
acting under the law of the com
missicn, corroborates this order.
“Then they that gladly received
his word were baptized; and the
same day there were added unto
them about three thousand souls.”
(Acts 2:41.) Thus by divine pre
cept and inspired example or
ganic Christianity is shaped.
A brief analysis will show
what a New Testament church is.
The composition of a church.
It is formed of believers, of the
saved. Regeneration and faith
are invariable prerequisites to
church membership. John re
quired them of those he baptized.
Peter made the same require
ment of those received into the
church at Jerusalem. The
church at Rome is addressed as
“saints.” The church at Corinth
is addressed as the “sanctified in
Christ, called to be saints.” All
New Testament churches are one
in their composition, their con
verted membership.
The initiatory rite of a church.
It is bapttsm. • ‘He that believeth
and is baptized,” is the order.
Baptism is an act. That act is
immersion. The meaning of the
word settles that. But, besides,
we have examples of the act
which put it beyond question
The converts under John “were
all baptized of him in the river
Jordan.” Philip’s baptism of
the Ethiopian is decisive as to the
act. “And they went down both
into the water, both Philip and the
eunuch, and he baptized him.”
Immersion is baptism. This rite
uniformily preceded admission
into New Testament churches.
The independency of a church.
Every church is a local, distinct
organization. Our Lord swept
away the centralizations of the
past in Judean and Samarian re
ligion, when he said: “Woman,
believe me, the hour cometh
when ye shall neither in this
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father.” In John’s
symbolic vision of the churches
he saw “seven golden candle
sticks.” The imagery, here, con
trasts “the organic unity of Jew
ish polity with the organic multi
plicity of the Christian. The
seven distinct light-holders in
John’s vision represent the indi
viduality and multiplicity of gos
pel churches.” The provincial,
national idea of “church” is with
out warrant in the Scriptures.
The polity of a church. It is a
government by the people. It is
a pure democracy. All cf its
members are upon a perfect
equality. Our Lord, the head of
the church, said: “One is your
master, even Christ; and all ye
are brethren.” His law of dis
cipline, making it the final duty
of the aggrieved to “tell it unto
the church,” shows that a church
governs itself. The hierarchic
idea is not from the New Testa
ment.
In these essential respects —in
composition, baptism, independ
ency, government—there is per
feet uniformity in the order of
New Testament churches.
the
Any publication mentioned in this de
partment may be obtained of the
American Baptist Publication So
ciety, 93 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga
When prices are named they include
postage.
The Editors of the Christian Index
desire to make this column of service
to their readers. They will gladly
ans ver, or have answered, any ques
tions regarding books. If you desire
books for certain lines of reading, or
desire to find out the worth or pub
lisher of any book, write to them.
The Monetary and Banking Prob
lem Logan G. McPherson. D.
Appleton & Co., New York. Price
fl 00.
This is a most readable volume on
the money question It is the extension
of a series of articles published in the
Popular Science Monthly. Money is de
fined as that through which the results
of human efforts are exchanged. This
definition is what money ought to be
in an ideal world. The author recog
nizes.however, that this is in the minds
of the people expressed in certain val
ues assigned to gold and silver, yet con
tends Jhat the greater part of our trans
actions are simply to facilitate the ex
change of the results of our efforts. In
this he is right. Most of us. however,
are anxious to get more than our share
of results from our own efforts and we
prefer working for something that will
not suggest such a disparagement of
our motives Mr. McPnerson believes
in the gold standard and argues quietly
for it because of the necessity of main
taining relations with other nations A
use of simple illustrations makes the
book most readable. It will be of ser
vice in the days of financial discussion
and thought. We hope such books will
be read. Coming from disinterested
sources they are our best instructors.
The Arena. August. The Arena Pub.
Co., Boston, Mass. Price 25ets. or
|3 00 a year.
If any one desires to keep up with all
the notions and currents of modern
thinking, he must read the Arena. The
only cause not given comprehensive and
fair treatment is orthodox Christianity.
In this number are treatments of pol
itics, economics, religion, spiritism and
social life. The best are The Telegraph
Monopoly, Club Life versus Home Life,
and Associated Effort and its Influence
on Human Progress. There are many
suggestions on the Silver Question, of
which this magazine is a strong advo
cate.
McClure’s Magazine. August S.
S. McClure Co.. New York. Price
lOcts. or $1 00 a year.
This mid-summer number contains a
liberal supply of fiction. This is varied
and runs from thrilling war stories to
delicate love tales. Mr. W. T Stead
gives a finely illustrated and keenly dis
criminating article on Gladstone. The
Lincoln papers continue dealing with
Lincoln's success as a lawyer, and his
first meeting with Stanton. A Century
of Painting, by W H. Low, which is
beautifully illustrated, and the Remi
niscences of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
complete a charming and interesting
number.
North American Review. August.
North American Review. Price 50cts.
or $5.00 a year.
The future of the Anglo-Saxon Race,
by Walter Besant. and The Issues and
Prospects of the Campaign, take the
leading place. In the last, Senator
Chandler speaks of the Republican side
and Hon. Josiah Quincy, of Massachu
setts, for the Democrats. Each proposes
to win, but readers can weigh their
reasons for themselves Is Japanese
Competition a Myth, Some Ante-Bel
lum Politics, Can the Criminal be Re
claimed, and Natural Bi-metallism are
some of the other articles. The whole
conttn’s are timely and of interest to
those who try to think along varied
lines.
Review of Reviews. August. Re
view of Reviews Co., New York'
Price 25 cts. $2 50 a year.
The special features of this month’s
Review are a character sketch of Wil
liam J. Bryan, an account of the Homes
of the Homeless Children, conducted by
Dr. Barnardo, of London It includes
‘Harriet Beecher Stowe.” “the Prog
gress of Australian Federation,” and
Francis A. Walker on “International
Bimetallism. In the Progress of the
World the editor reviews very compre
hensively the Chicago Convention. The
usual summaries and quotations from
periodicals are given
The Forum. August. The Forum
Publishing Co., New York. Price
25 cts. $3 00 a year.
The leading subjects are “The West
and the East " treated by two Western
men. and "Imperative Reasons for Re
publican Control,” which is subdivided
into Th« Free Coinage Epidemic by-
Senator Morrill: Blunders of the Demo
cratic Administration, by Senator Cul
lom, and "What the Republican Party-
Stands For," by Gen. Horace Porter.
Other articles deal with bicycle,
education, archieokgy and affairs.
The Matrimonial Market, by Edward
Carv. is quaintly put but extremely
valuable.
Reverence For the Bible.—There
is a sin prevalent in onr households of
which we take little note, which, in
fact, we encourage either by an indif
ference to it. or by an active partieipa
tion in its folly and wickedness: the use
of the Word of God for the purpose of
making riddles, conundrums, puzzling
questions, anagrams, etc., etc., out of
it. If we really believe in the divine
origin of the Bible, can it be right to
give it to children that they may con
strue its words into odd .connections
and make sport and laughter and men
tal legerdemain from its pages? Is it
likely they will reveience on other oc
casions what has previously been food
for their amusement? It is not, and
we need not be astonished if the boys
and girls who have been permitted to
turn the leaves of their Bibles for pas
time and entertainment, turn them in
after years to find pretext for their in
fidelity—. Amelia Is Barr, in April La
dies' Home Journal.
A Chance to Make Money.
I have berries, grapes and peaches, a
year old, fresh as when picked. 1 use
the California Cold process, do not heat
or seal the fruit, just put it up cold,
keeps perfectly fresh, and costs almost
nothing; can put np a bushel in ten
minutes Last week I sold directions
to over 120 families; anyone will pay a
dollar for directions, when they see the
beautiful samples of fruit. As there
are many poor people like myself, I con
sider it my duty to give my experience
to such, and feel confident any one can
make one or two hundred dollars around
home in a few dayj. I will mail sample
of fruit and complete directions, to any
of your readers, for eighteen two cent
stamps, which is only the actual cost of
the samples, postage, etc., to me.
FRANCIS CASEY,
St. Louis, Mo.
Times and Places of Meet’ngs of Asso
elutions, 1896.
AUGUST.
Mountain, Amy’s (’reek ch., 7 miles N. W.
Cl irksvilie, Thursday before 3rd Munday.
Not la Ki ver, Harmony Grove ch., inion
Co., Thursday before 3rd Sunday.
Lawrenceville, Lawrenceville, 6ft.. Thurs
day before 4th Sunday.
Clarksvdie.Clarksville, Ga., Thursday be
ore 4th Sunuay.
f Ellijay. Mount Vernon ch., Thursday be
ore 4- h Sunday.
Central. Madison, Ga., Tuesday before sth
Sunday.
SEPTEMBER.
Floyd County, Fellowship ch., Floyd Co.,
Thursday before Ist Sunday.
Mountaintown, New Salem, 6 miles N.Elli
jay. Friday before Ist Munday,
Jasper, Jasper Ga., Friday before Ist Sun
day.
Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Ga.,
Tuesday be ore 2d Sunday.
Columbus, Bethesda ch., Ellerslie, Ga., on
G. M. A G. R. R., fueaday before 2d Sunday.
Noi th Georgia Grove Lev el,6milts from
Dalton. Thursday before 2d Sunday.
Tallapoosa, Pumpkinville, Pauloing coun
ty, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Appalachee, Bethabara. Oconee county,
Tuesday before 3rd Sunday.
Tugalo, Nalls Creek, 10 miles N. E. Harmo
ny, luesday before 3rd Sunday.
Second Georgia, Zion, DeKalb county, Fri
day before 3rd Sunday. /
Summerhill,Pleasant Grove, 8 miles Union
Station, G. A A Ry., Tuesday before 4th Sun
day.
Sarepta, Glade, 4 miles S. Carlton on G. C.
A N. Ry.. Tuesday before 4th Sunday.
eouth River, Conyers, Ga., Wednesday be
fore 4th Sunday.
Middle Cherokee, Cartersville, Ga.,Thurs
day before 4th Sunday. •
Flint River. Tlrzah ch.. Sunny Side, Ga.,
Saturday before 4th Sunday.
New Hope. Hills Ureek. 4 milts from Rock
mart, Ga., Saturday before 4th Sunday.
OCTOBER.
Friendshir. County I ine. near Ellaville*
Ga.. Tuesday before Ist Sunday.
Meli, Staunton, on G. H. A F. R. R., Berrien
county. Tuesday before Ist Sunday.
Washington, Island Creek ch., near Carr's
Station, Hancock county. Tuesday before Ist
Sunday.
Pine Mountain, Bethany. Harris county,
Wednesday before Ist Sunday.
New Union. Dahlonega, Thursday before
Ist Sunday.
('oosawattee, Cort nth, Gordon county, Fri
el ny before Ist Sunday.
Piedmont, Union ch., Friday before Ist
Sunday.
Harmony, Tallapoosa, Friday before Ist
Sunday.
Liberty, Carnes Creek. 4 miles S. E. Toccoa,
Friday before Ist Sunday.
Southwestern, Salem, D?caturcounty, Fri
day before Ist Sunday.
Fairburn, Line Creek, Fayette county, Sat
urday before Ist Sunday.
Mulberry, Auburn,Ga., Saturday before Ist
Sunday.
Centennial, Fellowship church, Upson
county, M. A B. R. R., Tuesday before 2d Sun
day.
Miller, Emmet Grove, Bullock county,
Tuesday before 2 ; Sunday.
Houston, Vienna. Dooly county, Wednes
day before 2d Sunday.
Middle, Union ch., Screven Co.. Wednes
day before 2d Sunday.
Chattah >ochee, Dewberry No. 1, 10 miles
N. W. Dahlonega, Thursday before 2d Sun
day.
Bowen, Providence, Decatur county, 4
miles S. Whigham, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Chattooga. Ebenezer, 12 miles E. Summe:-
ville, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Roswell, Cross Plains, Forsyth county,
Friday before 2d Sunday.
Concord, Concord, Cobb county, Saturday
before 2d Sunday.
Bethlehem, Pleasant Hope ch., Floyd Co.,
Saturday before 2d Sunday.
Georgia. Warrenton, Tuesday before 3rd
Sunday.
Mt. Vernon, New’ Home ch., Tuesday be
fore 3rd Sunday.
Hebron, Bowman ch., Tuesday before 3rd
Sunday.
Little River, Blue Strings ch.. Pulaski
county. Wednesday before 3rd Sunday.
New Ebenezer. Bethlehem.s miles E East
man, Wednesday before 3rd Sunday.
Mercer Ihomasville, Wednesday before
3rd Sunday
Western. LaGrange,Wednesday before 3rd
Sunday
Ohesratee, Mt. Zion. Lumpkin county. 10
mil-8 N. W. Dahlonega, Friday before 3rd
Sunday.
Miliary. M . Enon ch. 3 miles N. E. Ba
conton. S. F. A W. Ry., Friday before 3rd
Sunday.
Polk County. Friend hip, Polk county,
Saturday before 3rd Sunday.
Hephzibah. Davisboro, on Central Ry.,
Tuesday before 4th Sunday.
Bap ist Union, Mr. Jazar ch, Tatnall Co.,
Wednesday before 4th Sunday.
Carrollton. New’ Lebanon ch. 9 miles 8.
Carrollton. Wednesday before 4th Bunday. 3
Daniels, Harmony, Montgomery county,
Wednesday before 4th Sunday.
Ebenezer.Oconee. Laurens county, Wed
nesday before 4th Sunday.
Tucker. Mt. Zion. Mitchell county. Smiles
E. Camilla. Wednesday before 4th Sunday.
New Sunberry. Jones Creek c\. Liberty
county. Thursday before 4th Sudday.
Smyrna. Flizabeth ch.. 6 miles S. Hazle
hursr, Thursday before 4th Sunday.
Rshobotb, Elko ch. G. S. A F. Ry., Tuesday
before sth Sunday.
NOVEMBER.
Bethel. Arlington ch.. Calhoun Co., Tues
day before Ist Sunday.
Consolation. Oak Grove ch., near Hazle
hurst. Saturday before Ist Sunday.
Homerville, Millwood, Ware county, Fri
day before Ist Sunday.
Central Western, Ephesus ch., Heard Co.,
Saturday before Ist Sunday.
I have no minutes or the Morganton, Sa
lem and Pleasant Grove Associations con
sequently I cannot give time and place of
meetings, &ny error In the above will be
promptly corrected when my attention is
called to it. The brethren of »ach Associa
tion will please inform me as to the nearest
railroad point to their place of meeting.
J. G. Gibson, Cor. Sec., S. M. Bd.
CHURCH ORGAN FOR SALE.
Our Make. Cost 82,100. Price, $1,200.
Hook & Hastings Co., Boston.
The
Bane
wyW of
MU® Beauty.
Beauty’s bane is® vsj?
the fading or falling of
the hair. Luxuriant
tresses are far more to the
matron than to the maid whose casket
of charms is yet unrifled by time.
Beautiful women will be glad to be
reminded that falling or fading hair
is unknown to those who use
Ayer’s Hair Vigor.
A New Thing in Education -
In establishing a correlated system of
schools and colleges the Randolph-Ma
con Board of Trustees have shewn wise
foresight and given an example worthy
of attention. The fonr institutions of
the Board, banded together with com
bined resources approximating three
quarters of a million dollars, offer unique
advantages for education both to
young men and women nnder guaran
tees of permanence, especially valuable
in these times when so many schools are
failing. The newest and possibly the
best of these institutions is the Ran
dolph Macon Woman's College, adver
tised elsewhere. The purpose of the
Board is to establish a college where onr
young women may obtain an education
equal t»• that given in our best colleges
for young men, and under environments
in harmony with Southern ideas of wo
manhood; where the dignity and
strength of fully developed faculties
and the charm or the highest literary
culture may be acquired by onr daugh
ters without the k*s of woman s crown
ing glory, her gentleness and grace. The
most significant feature is an endow
ment already exceeding fIOO.OOO Send
your name for a catalogue to Win. W.
Smith, A. M., L L D., President Lynch
burg, Va
EDUCATIONAL.
Ml I CIP ILLINOIS CONSERVATORY,
111 Uvl V Jae-kw title, 111.
FEMALE ACADEMY
icai School for voung women. Elective c<>ur?es.
MR', W.J. BRYA.V*. Almu Muttr.Jut k«oin IIIrJIL
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Chr*pn.t. HiKhe-l Honored. Situation*,
i/edai awarded Prof Smith at World eFair.
It keeping. Buaioess, Short-band. Typ
e✓ • and Telegraphy taught. University
Diploma to graduatea. 10.000 Graduates in Business. Begin now.
Addreaaunly, WILUCK K. SMITH, Lexington, Ky.
Classical School at Rome, Ga.
On the first Monday of September. 1896 the under
signed will opeg a school for the prep - ration of boys
for the University. The Fall term will centmuefour
months. The Spring term will begin on the first
Monday of January, 1897 a> d continue six months.
Tuition in Classics and Higher Mathematics. $6 per
month. English studies |4 per month. Number of
pupils limited to twenty. For other information,
address
PALEMON J. KING, Prin.
MARY BALDWIN SEMINARY
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
Term begins Sept. 2d, IW. Located in Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia. Unsurpassed climate, grounds
and appointments. Board, etc., with full English
course, MSBU. Music, Languages, Elocution, Art, Book
keeping, and Physical Culture, extra. Pupils enter
any time. Write for Catalog. M. J. Baldwin, Prim
Hrs Prathers Hom School,
232-238 West Peachtree Street,
aTLAI\’Ta, ....
This school offers Instruction from trained
American and European teachers in prima
ry, Intermediate and collegiate studies,mus
ic, art and elocution; a systematic study of
the Biole; a location that gives all of the ad
vantages and none of the disadvantages of
city Hie: patronage from the best familksof
Georgia and five other states. Tne school
year begins September I, 1*96. Students of
specialties are received every summer. Send
for catalogue. 28july8t
Richmond College,
BICHMOND, VA.
Situated in the historic city of the South.
Handsome buildings located In a park of
thirteen acres. Free Library of 12,500 vol
umes. All the latest and best books. Fifteen
professors and instructors. Full courses
leading to the degrees of M. A., B. A., B. S. T
and Bachelor of Law. Facilities for the
study of Law unexcelled in the South. Chris
tian influences are strong and numerous.
The professors are deeply interested In the
spiritual welfare of their students. Tuition
In Academic Department, >7O; in Law, HO,
for session of nine months. Session begins
Sept. 24th. The catalogue for 1896 contains
complete list of graduates and proficients
1849-1896. Copies free. For full Information
address F-W BOATWRIGHT,
23july9t President.
Union Female College, EU A* a ULA ’
Charming location; delightful climate;
wonderful health record. This is a chartered
college of highest grade. Literary Faculty
unsurpassed in the South. Art, Elocution,
Physical Culture, etc., under the finest in
structors. Conservatory of Music (Piano, Or
gan, Voice, Violin. Harp, etc.) unquestiona
bly the best. School select. Faye excellent.
Terras very reasonable. Session opens Sept.
17th. Please write for catalogue.
28july8t T.J SIMMONS, A. M., Pres’t.
Woman’s Medical College, m
McCulloh <fc Hoffman Streets. Established
1882. Four years graded course, eight
months sessions. 36 instructors and assist
ants. Reduced fees for missionaries. Send for
Catalogue. 28juiy4t
Shorter College forYoung Ladies,
ROME, GEORGIA.
Next Session Opens Sept. 18th, 1896.
High and healthful situation, grand scen
ery,every material comfort ana conven
ience. High standard of scholarship. Ac
3ompllshea specialists as teacheis. Hand
tome endowment. Kindly and home-like
Influences. Free literary tuition to minis
ters* daugters. Board and College tuition
reduced to *IOO per term of 4% months. Ap
ply to A. J BATTLE.
18j u nel3t
EDUCATIONAL The School Agency,
Birmingham, Ala., recommends suit-
Me teachers free of cost to schools,
jolleges and families. Write and state
particulars. 2aprtf
Notice to Teachers!
WE WANT the name and address o
W everv enterprising teacher In the
South, Send stamp tor Teacher's
land BookT
CHARLES J. PARKER, Manager,
Teachers’ Aid Association,
«Bapr«m Raleigh, N. C.
D.wiwwm Ledgers,
I UllTTllTll Journals, Cash Books,
fl 1111 l 1 binding, FJeetTorvping
etc., etc., of
The Franklin Printing & Publishing Co.,
GEO. W. HARKISO.V, Manager
(sial. I'rtnt.r), Atlanta, Ga,
ASg-Consutt them before placing your