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the whitsitt controversy.
PROF. ALBERT H. NEWMAN, D D., LL.D.
NO. 1.
I feel myself highly honored in be
ing requested by the editors of so
old and influential a journal as the
Christian Index to review a contro
versy that has deeply interested my
brethren of the South and that seems
to be threatening the harmony of the
denomination. That the subject-mat
ter of the controversy is a matter of
apparently slight importance, de
tracts nothing from the seriousness of
the actual situation. The president
of one of the noblest Baptist educa
tional institutions in the world, the
glory of the Baptists of the South —
made sacred by the heroic sacrifices
and the splendid services of Boyce
and Broadus anti Manly -has
bo obnoxious to a considerable pro
portion of his brethren that many of
our delegated bodies (associations,
etc.) are insisting upon his removal,
while those who, whether they agree
with the honored president, or not
on the historical questions that under
lie the controversy, are determined
that he shall not be thrust from his
position on such an issue, have doubt
less on some occasions shown more
of impatience than was meet toward
those who regard Dr. Whitsitt’s views
as heretical and feel conscience-bound
to oppose him with all their might.
While the task assigned to me is
honorable, I cannot but feel that it
is ungrateful. I have studied history
enough and have had sufficient experi
ence to know that no dispute on a
historical or a doctrinal question can
stir the life of a great body of Chris
tian people as this has done, if it
have not. two sides to it. It is easy
to attribute the agitation to a few
prejudiced and determined brethren
with selfish and unworthy purposes
to subserve; but it seems impossible
to- me that the personal influence of
a few men, however ill-disposed and
energetic, should make such a com
motion in a great religious body.
There must be an antecedent pre
paredness among the masses of our
people for the work of the agitators.
The alarm that has been so widely
manifested is a genuine alarm, ami
I dare say is shared by many of our
best people. My conviction, which I
feel bound to express, that the piety,
the honesty, and the learning of the
denomination are not all on one side,
will tend to make me obnoxious to
both parties. But to lie of service to
the cause of truth and peace is of
vastly more importance than to lie
popular, amj while I do not hope .<>
influence perceptibly extreme men on
either side and am not over-sanguine
as to any favorable result from my
efforts, J cannot but feel that a large
majority of the great brotherhood will
give a patient hearing to an im
partial review of the situation and
will welcome any honest attempt at
conciliation.
My only qualifications for this un
dertaking are: 1. The fact that I am
a Southern Baptist and feel a deep
Interest in the welfare of the
churches and institutions of the
Southern Baptist Convention. 2.
That years of residence outside of the
limits of the Convention have sup
posedly made me free from local
prejudices and prepossessions. 3.
That I have devoted my life so far
largely to the study of church history
and am somewhat practiced in the in
terpretation of historical documents.
1 am of the opinion that back of
Dr. Whitsitt’s published statements
bearing on the history of doctrine and
practice regarding believers’ baptism
and of the antagonism that has been
aroused thereby, there is a radical
difference of view between Dr. Whit
sitt and his' critics touching our
Lord’s words: "On this rock I will
build my church: and the gates of
hades shall not prevail against it."
DR. WHITSITT’S VIEW OF CHURCH PER
PETUITY.
Now, I have no formulated state
ment of Dr. Whitsitt’s view of the
interpretation of this text. I iiave
reason to believe that he accepts with
all his heart our Lord's promise as
having been made by one who knew
the purport of what he was saying
and is abundantly able to secure its
fulfilment. He no doubt believes
that the promise or prophecy has
been fulfilled and will assuredly be
fulfilled to the end. That he would
agree with his great predecessor in
office in understanding by "church"
as used in this passage, "the spiritual
Israel, never actually assembled,” "all
real Christians * * ♦ conceived of
as an ideal congregation or assembly,"
may be taken for granted. Such be
ing the case, he would consider the
tracing of an unbroken succession of
regular Baptist (apostolic) churches
a matter of far less importance than
that of tracing the continuity ot
evangelical life. From Dr. Whitsitt’s
published writings I feel sure that be
would accept this statement of his
position. If so, he is in accord with
the great majority of the Baptists of
the present and the past and with
the teaching that has from the begin
ning had the support of all the theo
logical seminaries of this continent.
THE OPPOSING VIEW OF CHURCH PER
PETUITY.
Some, if not all, of Dr. Whitsitt’s
opponents have committed themselves
to the theory that the fulfilment of
Christ’s promise involves an unbroken
succession of organized Baptist
churches. "If the gates of hell have
not prevailed against the church.”
w-rites Dr. Jarrell; “if God’s glory (re
ferring to Eph. 3:21) is in the true
church ‘throughout all ages,’ as sprink
ling and pouring make a false church,
to say the question before us is of no
Scriptural or fundamental importance
is, in effect, to say it matters not
whether Christ’s promise is here true
or false. * * * If immersion was
‘lost,’ and unbaptized, non-cuurch
members have, without any commis
sion from heaven, done all this, sure
ly they can do so now. » * * Con
vince me that Dr. Whitsitt’s position
is sustained by the Bible and history,
and, to say the least, I will not hesi
tate to change from one denomination
to another at ray convenience."
It is not likely that many of those
who believe in a perpetuity of Bap
tist churches would go so far as to
stake their ecclesiastical all on a sin
gle set of historical facts. Probably
the great majority, if convinced that
a succession of Baptist churches can
not be proved, would examine anew
Christ’s promise with a view to reach
ing an interpretation of it in accord
ance with the facts of history, and
having reached the conviction that
the promise may involve only a per
petuity of Christian life, would still
see enough advantage in the Baptist
position to command their allegiance.
Christ’s command to baptize and to
be baptized is just as obligatory on
the Christians of to-day as his com ■
mand to evangelize. We are not re
sponsible for the perversions of the
ordinances in the past; but we are
responsible for a right use of them
in the present.
This I believe to be the true posi-
tion and the historical Baptist posi
tion.
The anti-pedobaptlsts of the Refor
mation time had no hesitation about
introducing believers' baptism sinew.
John Smyth and Thomas Helwys in
1(10!) introduced believers’ baptism (or
what they considered baptism) anew.
The latter adhered to the belief that
the restoration of baptism was justi
fiable and was the founder of the
English General Baptists. The for
mer reached the conviction that what
he had done was unjustifiable and
sought membership in a Mennonite
church. The English Particular Bap
tists (1(133 onward) were at first con
tent to introduce believers’ baptism
(or what they supposed to be bap
tism) afresh. John Spilsbury, the
leader of the party, puts the matter
thus: "And because some make it
such an error, and so far from any
rule or example for a man to baptize
others, who is himself unbaptized,
and so think thereby to shut up the
ordinance of God in such a strait, that
none can come by it but through the
authority of the popedom of Rome;
let the reader consider who baptized
John the Baptist, before he baptized
others, and if no man did, then wheth
er he did not baptize others, he him
self being unbaptized. We are taught
by this what to do upon the like oc
casions." He is further quoted as say
ing: "I fear men put more than is
of right due to it (baptism) that so
prefer It above the church, and all
other ordinances besides; for they
(referring no doubt to the English
Separatists of the time) take in and
cast out members, elect and ordain
officers, and administer the Supper,
and all anew, without any looking
after succession, any further than
the Scriptures. But as for baptism,
they must have that successively from
the apostles, though it comes through
the hands of Pope Joan. What is the
cause of this, that men can do all
from the word but only baptism."
(Quoted by Crosby, 1. 103-4.)
Roger Williams at Providence intro
duced baptism anew (1(13!)), but soon
grew dissatisfied with what he had
done and left the church he had
founded. Believing that the ordi
nances had been lost in the mediaeval
apostacy, he denied the right of any
one to restore them without a special
divine commission
So much will suffice regarding the
points of view of the two parties in
the present controversy.
McMaster University, Toronto, Can
ada.
Elder Anselm Anthony.—A Remi
niscence.
BY WM. HENRY STRICKDAND.
Lest I mortally offend the lover of
dates and figures, I will say in pass
ing that the subject of this sketch
first saw the light in Campbell coun
ty, Virginia, June 9, 1778. He was
consequently in the "seventies" when
I began to take notice of him. He
died at about ninety years of age.
He was of uncommon physical
build, standing six feet and two inches
in his boots, kicking the scale beam
at 240 pounds, and yet he carried no
surplus flesh. When young, his locks
were raven, his eye piercing black.
When I knew him his hair, worn long,
was silver gray, his eye had a mellow,
sober look. I do not remember ever
to have seen him laugh.
In 1824 he removed from Wilkes
county, in this State, to Gwinnett
county, locating a large and success
ful farming interest on the “head wa
ters" of tile Mulberry river. Here he
lived, preaching a great deal in Gwin
nett, Hall and Jackson counties. Here
he buried his wives, one after another,
and his children, and here in the
churchyard of "Old Bethabara,” pro
nounced in that day and by the coun
try folk till now “Bethabry” church,
lies his remains beside his two wives
and daughters.
Much more like this the reader can
get from (he "History of Georgia
Baptists,” with which I am not now
concerned.
Two incidents, however, impressed
themselves upon my boy memory
that quite likely have never gone into
print. The one illustrates the man;
the other the times.
1. Baek in the fifties and prior to
that period, for want of railroads that
had not then been built, each section
of our State must needs depend
largely upon its own agricultural re
sources for support. If the wheat
crop failed, which it did sometimes,
the average country folks were obliged
to “scratch their throats with corn
bread” done up in different styles for
a year, or till a new wheat harvest
was obtained. The large planter with
a good many slaves, and some few
other fortunate ones, might have
enough "old wheat, carried over to
give them an occasional oven of flour
bread.” i. e.. biscuit, but these fa
vored ones were not numerous. Many
were the boys and girls, "one of whom
I was which." as Bill Arp says, who
looked forward to the coming of Sun
day with delight for many reasons,
not the least one of which was the
hope of biscuit for breakfast and
chicken pie for dinner, "after coming
home from meetin’."
In 1848 or 1849 the growing wheat
crop was “cut down in the boot" by a
big frost in May.
There was but little old wheat in
the country, it having been generally
shipped to Europe the autumn before,
the price having run up to $2.25 a
bushel, owing to the short harvest in
Europe and the demand being in
creased on account of the Crimean
war.
"Uncle Ansl’um Ant’ny,” as he was
generally called by his neighbors, not
only had a good granary of wheat on
hand when the “killing frost" came,
but he had a “merchant mill” on the
Mulberry river and his tolls wgre con
siderable. Elour jumped to sl2 a
barrel, “gold standard" at that, and
it might have jumped to $1,200 a bar
rel so far as it concerned the poor
people, for with pork at 3 cents a
pound and cotton at 5, sl2 a barrel
was a practical embargo on the
masses.
My father was a merchant dealing
in wares generally in Lawrenceville,
Ga. Elder Anthony brought in to
my father, to be sold on commission.
2,000 pounds of flour. Elder Anthony
knew that he had a practical monop
oly and "put up the price” to $12.50 a
liarrel or $6.25 for a sack weighing 100
pounds. Distinctly do I remember the
negro men bearing those sacks from
the ox cart and piling them up in the
store; also I well remember my fa
ther telling the preacher that sl2 was
quite a long price and he feared the
people would “kick” at the advance,
but expressed himself as willing to
try to sell it at that price.
Only one sack was sold in two
weeks, when Elder Anthony came
bac.. to town to see how matters were
going. My rather told him that one
sack only at $6.25 had been sold and
ventured this remark: “Mr. An
thony, I do not think you can ad
vance the market above $12.” "Well,
then,” replied the old gentleman, “put .
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX : THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1896.
it at sl2, then, and give back to the
man who bought the sack his 25
cents.”
There was honesty of the olden
type. Wasn't it a fine illustration of
the golden rule? How many, or how
few, In this day, can "measure up to
this notch” In a business affair? But
did he do more than was just? Was
he over-righteous?
2. Elder Anthony was a frequent
visitor to the home of my maternal
grandfather, John Sammon, who
lived on the Aicovia river. He was
not a member of the church and had
scant respect for the modern “fash
ionable" preacher who encouraged the
growth of whiskers, patronized tail
ors and wore store clothes, but for the
man of God with smooth shaven face,
with solemn, dignified mein, riding
from church to church on horse
back, with Bible and "Mercer’s Clus
ter” in his saddle bags, who sent on
appointments ahead, preaching "in
the settlement” at schoolhouses, or
private dwellings, dreped "home-made
jeans,” shod in home-tanned shoes
and the like, for ~»m my grandsire
had profound respect and always
greeted such with a generous wel
come. On one occasion Elder An
thony "held forth” at “Old Aicovia”
church at 11 o’clock and had turned in
at my grandfather’s near by for the
night. My grandmother was a Bap
tist. My grandfather's family was
numerous. I was visiting them on
that occasion. There were other
grandchildren present, perhaps. It
was January, and cold weather. The
dwelling was a large hewn log house,
double, with hall connecting the two
main rooms, a long piazza in front,
“shed rooms” on the rear and "up
stairs” or “lofts,” as usually called.
In those cavernous "lofts” had been
stored away divers of apples, walnuts,
scaly-barks, peanuts and pop-corn.
These, with “yellow yams,” were
usually drawn on liberally on Sunday
nights by us youngsters as we gath
ered in “shed-room” to roast pota
toes, pop corn, bake apples, parch pea
nuts, crack and eat walnuts and tell
stories. In the height of this festivity
word came to us. We deemed it as
cruel. “Master say you'uns as kum
into the Idg room ter prayers, right
now.” Alas, for our half told tales
and half cooked and eaten corn, ap
ples, etc. It was the law of the Medes
and Persians, and must be regarded.
We, in no worshipful mood, filed
into me “Idg room,” which, although
the great block-throated fireplace was
blazing and roaring with a big fire of
hickory logs, too hot to approach near,
was cold and the air nipping. I count
ed twenty-five persons, parents, chil
dren, grandchildren, guests, house ser
vants, all seated in straight split-bot
tomed chairs arranged in a semi-circle
across the room. The preacher slow
ly wiped his specks, adjusted them to
his nose, then started out, as it seem
ed on a hunt for the longest chapter
in the Bible. If he didn't find It, he
did find one close kin to it. and read
and read and read. All this time we
youngsters were making mental ex
cursions to the “shed-room,” apples,
et cetera. All things terrestrial have
an end. At last he ended reading
the chapter. We took a long breath.
He picked up the hymn book, open
ed to
“Amazing grace! how sweet the
sound,”
Read the eight stanzas deliberately,
and, turning to the host, said: “Mr.
Sammon, shall 1 ‘pass it out’ the
lines two at a time, or one at a time?”
“One ai a time,” said my grandsire
(to my sorrow), as we have but few
books.”
It was sung to Mear, and I can
hear the strains and echoes in memory,
to this day, as all joined, negroes
singing loudest.
“Amazing grace! how sweet the
sound.”
One line was read and sung.
“That saved « wretch like me,”
Was likewise lined out and sung.
“I once was lost, but now am found,”
And so on for the thirty-two lines of
that grand old hymn, which at that
day had not been mutilated nor abbre
viated and reduced to three stanzas.
In passing I desire to inject this men
tion of Dr. Plummer, of Columbia, S.
C., whom I only heard preach once.
When he hau read out his hymn of
five stanzas he said: "Please sing it
all.” Little patience would our
worthy forefathers have had with
choirs who arrogate the right to
themselves of singing two or possibly
three stanzas of a hymn and shutting
up the books. If it was
"Linked sweetness long drawn out,”
when Elder Anthony read a very
long chapter and sang an eight-stanza
hymn, you may be sure he believed
in the doctrine of due proportions and
sympathy. So to observe the eternal
fitness of things, he made a long, long
prayer. It was rhetorical, didactic,
hortatory, aside from being divided
into confession, adoration, and peti
tion —how comprehensive.
All this time on our knees on the
bare board floor, no carpet ; how hard
that floor seemed. Would he ever get
done, and would those chestnuts,
peanuts, apples, etc., be of any ac
count after waiting so long? And
what are the uses of prayers, any
how? Didn’t our mothers teach us
to say as we jumped into bed and
covered up head and ears,
“Now, I lay me down to sleep”?
Such were our cogitations.
I won't go on, though I might. Such
pictures as this were not uncommon
in those days.
If Hon. William A. Cain, of Buford,
or James Dunlap, of Atlanta (whom
Elder Anthony united in marriage to
Mr. Sammon’s daughter), or Bryan
E. Strickland, of Cartersville, or Dr.
Sam H. Freeman, of Dacula, or M.
L. Sammon, or Dr. J. F. Alexander,
of Atlanta, or Major C. H. Smith (Bill
Arp), should read these lines, they
will thereby have many pleasant and
quaint memories of the long-ago re
vived concerning Elder Anthony and
his times and neighbors. But I am
not prepared to say the former days
were better than these, for I do not
believe it.
A BILL
To be entitled An Act to abolish bar
rooms. to prohibit the manufacture,
sale and keeping for sale of intoxi
cating liquors for beverage pur
poses; and to provide for its manu
facture and sale for other purposes,
to prescribe penalties for the viola
tion of this Act, and for other pur
poses.
Section 1. —Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, that the
manufacture, sale and keeping for
sale of intoxicating liquors, fermented
or distilled, is prohibited in this State,
except in the manner hereinafter pro
vided: provided that nothing in this
Act shall prevent the manufacture of
domestic wine from grapes or other
fruits, grown by the manufacturer,
without admixture of alcohol; nor the
sale of the same by such manufacturer
for other than beverage purposes in
quart or larger packages; and noth
ing herein respecting the manufacture
of liquor shall affect any county In
whidh the same is prohibited by any
existing law; and nothing herein re
specting the sale or keeping for sale
of intoxicating Lquors shall affect or
apply to those counties in which, by
local law, or otherwise, the sale of
such liquors is prohibited, but should
such prohibitions of the manufacture
or sale, or both, of liquors be repealed
or otherwise removed, in any of said
counties, then the same shall become
subject to the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2.—Be it furtner enacted, That
the grand jury of any county subject
tn the provisions of this Act may
appoint a vendor of intoxicating
liquors for other than beverage pur
poses for a term of two years upon
petition of a majority of the legally
qualified voters of the county, and
upon the expiration of said term, or
any subsequent term, a successor
may be appointed in the manner
above prescribed. He shall be a per
son of good moral character, and shall
be ineligible to hold any office for
which any election may be held dur
ing his tenure of such appointment
and for one year thereafter. He shall
give bond to the ordinary or to the
county commissioners in the sum of
five thousand dollars for the observ
ance of all the provisions of this Act
while holding said appointment. Such
vendor be authorized to pur
chase agy intoxicating liquors, which
have been examined and stamped as
pure and unadulterated by the State
chemist, and to sell the same for cash
only, and in pints or quarts singly,
at a price sufficient to reimburse the
cost thereof, and the actual expenses
of conducting the sale as herein pro
vided, including compensation to said
vendor at a rate to be fixed by the
grand jury, but without any profit
over and above such actual cost and
expenses. Said vendor shall lie under
the supervision of the ordinary or
county commissioners, who, once in
every three months, shall carefully
examine his books and records, and
who shall see that the provisions of
this Act are faithfully complied with.
Said vendor shall not sell any liquors
to any minor or to any person wholly
or partially Intoxicated, or any one
whom such vendor knows or has rea
sonable cause to believe, is a person
of intemperate habits, nor any one
whom such vendor knows or has rea
sonable cause to believe, intends to
use or sell such intoxicating liquors,
or to furnish them to others to be
used or sold for beverage purposes.
Said vendor shall keep a record of all
sales made by him, and of the persons
to whom sold, which record shall be
examined by the grand jury at each
term of the superior court, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the
provisions of this Act are faithfully
complied with, and the grand jury
shall order such vendor to desist from
selling to any person who appears
from their investigation, or facts oth
erwise ascertained, to be purchasing
liquors for the purpose of using or
selling, or furnishing same in viola
tion of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 3. The place at which said ven
dor shall conduct said business shall
be set apart and used for said busi
ness only; it shall have no door or
place of entrance or exit except at the
front of the same; it shall have no
connection by side doors or otherwise
with any adjacent room or structure;
it shall be so constructed and located
as to give a full and unobstructed
view of every part of the interior from
the street or sidewalk in front
of the same; and such view
shall ii' be obstructed by
screens, counters, or any other ar
rangement or device; no gaming or
betting c,rVi:v device therefor shall be
permitted therein, and no lewd pic
ture shall be exhibited upon the walls;
it shall be opened only between the
hours of sunrise and sunset, and shall
be designated by a sign bearing the
words, “Public Liquor Store,” and
underneath the same, the words, “No
Liquor Sold for Beverage Purposes.”
In no case shau the liquors sold there
in be drunk on the premises or within
the curtilage. Said store shall not be
kept open nor shall any sales be made
on Sunday or Christmas day, or any
election day.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That
no person shall manufacture any in
toxicating liquors in this State until
he shall have filed with the ordinary,
or county commissioners, the written
consent of a majority of the qualified
voters of the county in which he
proposes to manufacture the same,
and shall have taken an oath before
and given to said ordinary, or county
commissioners, a bond in the sum
of five thousand dollars that he will
not sell the same to any person in this
State except the vendors appointed
under this Act; and no such manu
facturer in this State, or any manu
facturer outside of the State, or any
agent thereof, shall offer for sale or
sell to any such vendors any intoxi
cating liquors, until at his expense
he has caused the same to be examined
by the State chemist, and until they
have been stamped by him as pure
and unadulterated.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
any place at which liquors are manu
factured, kept for sale or sold in vio
lation of the provisions of this Act.
is hereby declared a nuisance; and any
citizen may apply to the judge of
the superior court for an injunction
to restrain the same.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
any person convicted of violating any
of the provisions of this Act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and be pun
ished as prescribed in section 1039
of volume 3 of the Code of 1895; and
for any second offense the punish
ment shall be imprisonment in one
of .he modes provided in that sec
tion.
Sec. 7. —This Act shall take effect,
with respect to all State, county and
municipal licenses for the manufact
ure or sale of intoxicating liquors, in
existence at the time of the passage
of this Act immediately upon their
expiration; but no such license shall
be granted or issued after the pas
sage of this Aet.
Sec. 8. —All laws and parts of laws
in conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed.
David and Homer.
David and Homer were contempora
ries. Both were poets of surpassing
genius; the one the sweet singer of
Israel, the other the epic bard of
Greece. Both flourished in the same
rude era; the former dwelling on the
hills of Judea, the latter wandering
over uie mountains of Thessaly. Both
breathed soul-stirring strains; the
one in Hebrew psalmody, the other in
heroic verse. Both sang in devotion
to the Deity; the one in outgushing
praises of Jehovah, the other in lofty
eulogiums of demigods.
Both alike wrote in elegant diction —
displayed unparalleled versatility of
thought, searched out the fountains of
nature for striking metaphors, exhib
ited the depth of eloquence, and ex
haled the soul of poetry.
Both were religious; but the one
reverenced the thunder of Sinai, and
the other adored the thunder of Olym
pus. David sang of that God who led
the hosts of Israel; Homer praised
the gods who fought with men around
the walls of Troy. David applauded
the deeds of virtuous men; Homer
praised the acts of demons. David’s
God was the source of purity; Ho
mer’s gods were slaves of infamy.
David’s heroes were the good and be
nevolent; Homer’s heroes were the
wicked and despotic. David was a
disciple of the pure religion; Homer
was the slave of superstitious idol
atry.
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work that excels it. The calendars,
cards and books are all such as <an
be commended for purity and good
character. We presume nearly all our
stores will carry full lines of these
Christmas gifts. Be sure and ask for
Rafael Tuck’s publications. The
American Baptist Publication Society
will have a full line. If they cannot
be obtained elsewhere, write to the
above firm for catalogues.
Seed Thoughts for Mothers. Mrs. W.
F. Pauli. 1. Y. Crowell & Co., New
York and Boston.
To those who number young moth
ers among their friends it would do
well to remember, in making selection
of Christmas gift books, Mrs. W. F.
Pauli's "Seed Thoughts for Mothers.”
One might almost call them an "in
spired” collection of thoughts on
child life and training with many that
awaken the highest and best impulses
of the mother.
They are taken from about eighty
different authors, most of whom are
easily recognized as being in under
standing sympathy with their subject.
The book is daintily bound in gilt and
white.
The Mother Church. Henry M. King,
D.D. American Baptist Publication
Society. Price 10c.
Dr. King is the pastor of the First
Baptist church of Providence. He is
solicitous for the honor of his church
in 0.8 claim to be the oldest Baptist
church in America. The substance of
this book is an address delivered to
some young people when passing
through trovidence. This is broken
with added notes defending his posi
tions. Os course he is obliged to as
sail Dr. Whitsitt’s position as to
Roger Williams and immersion. 'I he
little volume is unusually interesting.
We are not yet convinced as to lus
claim of priority. The question is
largely determined by what view is
taken as to which party in a split up
church has a right to the name. The
boon, is interesting.
Probable Sons. By Fleming H. Re
vell Co., Chicago and New York.
Price 50c.
The peculiar nearness of God to
lonely little children is touchingly
shown in "Probable Sons,” the story
of a little girl left an unwelcome
cnarge on a bachelor uncle. Through
her fascinated interest in the Bible
account of the prodigal son, she is
made the instrument in deciding sev
eral of them to arise and go to their
Father.
Making of a Hero. Mrs. W. F. Pauli.
Fleming H. Revell Co., Chicago and
New York. Price 50c.
A healthy, readable children's book
is Mrs. Pauli's "Making of a Hero."
The writer succeeds in causing the
mind to give a welcome reception to
the moral she desires to teach with
out the labored appearance of having
brought it about apparent in so many
books for young readers.
Disciples and Baptists. Rev. F. Ad
kins. American Baptist Publication
Society. Philadelpnia and Atlanta.
Price 10c.
This is a fine presentation of the
differences and resemblances between
the Disciples or Campbellites and the
Baptists. It is written by a man fa
miliar with the tenets of both peoples.
It is fair and in fine spirit. We com
mend it fully.
The Atlantic Monthly. November.
Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Boston.
35c. $4.00 a year.
We always look with interest for
the Atlantic. Everything is good and
the variety is unending. The absence
of pictures demands work of a strong
literary character, and the demand is
fully met. We have in this number
articles on "Causes of Agricultural
Unrest,” “Utah as an Industrial Ob
ject Lesson,” “The German and the
German-American.” Stories, short
and continued, are plentiful. “Marm
Lisa” is of unusual excellence. A new
story is begun by Charles Egbert
Craddock called "The Juggler.” As
usual, it is a story of the Tennessee
mountains. "Out of the Book of Hu
manity" is one of Jacob A. Riis’
sketches of city life at its lowest.
"Cheerful Yesterdays” is the title of a
series of reminiscences by Thomas
Wentworth Higginson. The depart
ments are up to the usual standard.
The Review of Reviews. November.
The Review of Reviews Co., New
York. Price 25c.
Many of the articles in this Review
are of pre-election interest. It is in
teresting to read the anticipations and
see how truly many were realized.
There are articles on “Free Coinage,”
pro and con. George Du Maurier is
given an appreciative sketch. Mr.
Stead writes on the Turkish question,
under the caption "The Eastern Age,
or St. George to the Rescue.” The
progress of the world notes, current
politics in caricature, and reading
articles of the month are as usual.
McClure's Magazine. November. S.
S. McClure Co., New York. Price
10c. $1 a year.
“The Daguerreotype in America" is
an article of unusual merit and in
terest. In the Lincoln papers we
have the story of Lincoln’s nt mination
as President. This was brought about
by his friends. Mrs. Fuelps writes
in her reminiscences of a novelist’s
view of novel writing. It is sensible
and refreshing. “The Battle of the
Snow Plows” gives information and
adventure in a description of the snow
plows on the great railroads of the
far West.
The Youth's Companion. Perry Ma
son &-Co., Boston, Mass. $1.50 per
year.
This weekly for boys and girls has
maintained for years a position un
rivaled. No paper for youths can
with greater safety be introduced
into the home, and will be more appre
ciated when so introduced. Many
things the older people desire the
younger ones to read fail to interest
tnem. Here both go together. We
have found that old people enjoy the
Companion also. For the coming year
it gives brilliant promises. Subscrib
ers now get all the numbers from now
to January free and a calendar as
well.
The Chautauquan. November. Flood
& Vincent, Meadville, Pa. Price, $2.
We find the Chautauquan for No
vember so full of excellencies that it is
hard to particularize. Those inter
ested in the more home-like questions
of the times, will find the articles
"Japan as an Industrial Power" and
"Contamination of Our Municipal
Water Supplies” both instructive and
entertaining. Neither are the women
forgotten at their council table, as the
"Dangers in Your House” and "Pro
gressive Housekeeping” both offer
something of value to ponder over.
"Current History and Opinion” are
treated in the usual concise and clear
manner so pleasing to the busy reader.
A Pen Picture.
A man ran out of a shop up Tre
mont street and hailed a Frank
lin Park car. Behind him came a
young woman with a baby in her
arms, and a two-year-old toddler
dinging to her dress skirt. The
car stopped, the man jumped the
young woman into an end seat,
handed her the toddler, affection
ately kissed each one—the baby
included —and then skipped back
to the sidewalk before the con
ductor could say boo! The young
woman glanced smilingly at the
man to see if he was all right;
then settled baby on her lap and
snuggled toddler close to her
side, the picture of contentment.
It was such an unusual exhibition
of domestic bliss that the prosaic
passengers on the same seat look
ed over the top of their newspa
pers to examine the young wo
man. to see if she could be worth
all the demonstration. She was.
And the cleanly dressed babies
were worth it, too.- —Boston Her
ald.
The following notice was late
ly given in an English pulpit:
"The service on Sunday morning
is at 10:3(1 a. m. The supposition
that it is ten minutes later is a
mistake. Young men are not ex
cluded from the week night ser
vice. The seats in the front por
tion of the church have been
carefully examined. They are
quite sound and may be trusted
not to give way. It is quite le
gitimate to join in the singing.
The object of the choir is to en
courage, not to discourage the
congregation.”
The fact that your neighbor is
not good is no reason why you
should be bad.
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RECEIPTS OF THE MISSION BOARD
BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA.
From July Ist, to July Slat, 1896
Continued from last week.
Orphans' Home —Bethel ch., $2.71;
Wrightsville ch., 20c; Sardis ch., $1;
W. C. Davis, Orange Bluff, Fla,, $5;
Comer S. S., $1.23; White Plains ch.,
$1.70; Carrollton Sunbeams, $3; San
dy Creek ch., $2.80; Carrollton L. A.
S., 90c; Bethabara ch., $4; High
Schoals ch., $10; Mars Hill ch., $4;
Watkinsville ch„ $2.03; previously re
ported, 93.87. Total this month,
$132.44.
Ministerial Education —Wrightsville
ch., 10c; Union ch., $2.61; previously
reported, $21.13. Total this month,
$23.84.
W. D. Powell —First Rome Y. M.
P. C„ $25; First Rome W. M. S„ $25;
previously reported, $125. Total this
month, $175.
Denominational Education —J. G.
Gibson, $12.92; North Georgia Con
vention, $2; reported paid by Lexing
ton church, S. S. and W. M. S., $16.70;
previously reported, 82c; Total this
month, $32.44.
Cuban Missions —Gainesville ch., $1;
Fork Creek ch., $1.20; previously re
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China Missions —Gainesville ch.,
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month, $6.60.
Brazil —Hephzibah W. M. S., $2.75;
Gainesville ch., sl. Total this month,
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India —Gainesville ch., sl.
Burmah —Gainesville ch., sl.
Mexico —Gainesville ch., $1; Flo
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Japan—Gainesville ch., sl.
Africa —Gainesville ch., sl.
Italy—Gainesville ch., sl.
Church Building—West End ch.,
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tal. $43.71.
Total of objects for which nothing
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Grand total, $5,933.78.
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