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kingdom
Come.”
Sir Edwin Arnold and others are
constantly seeking to clothe the hor
rid corpse of heathenism with beauti
ful garments, that by their beauty
would lead us to forget that that which
they cover is only a corpse—a some
thing dead through trespasses and
sins. But every now and then some
new revelation of the corruption that
holds the corpse is made, and we shud
der to behold how rotten it is. The
famous Pundilta Ramabai, who is do
ing so much for the spiritual and so
cial enfranchisement of the women of
India, speaking of what she saw at
Azra, the site of the beautiful Taj
Mahal, the incomparably lovely tomb
erected to one of the Mogul emperors
to his favorable wife, says:
"One day we went into the fort to
see the grand palaces of the Mogul em
perors. There we saw the great Khas
Mahal, or the emperor’s private pal
ace, where he used to keep hundreds of
of beautiful women shut up for life.
The guide showed us the Rani's pri
vate rooms, the gardens and grand
marble buildings once occupied by the
kings and queens. ... I was not satis
fied with seeing the outside beauty of
those ‘poems in marble,’ but wished
to see the dungeons and the place
where the unfortunate women used to
be confined and -hanged at the pleas
ure of the king. The guide at first de
nied the existence of such places in
the palace; but finally, on obtaining
a promise to get a little more money
for his trouble, he consented to show
the dungeons. He opened a trapdoor
on one side of the palace, let us in,
and guided us about, showing us the
many small and large underground
rooms where the queens who had in
curred the king’s displeasure used to
be shut up, tortured, and starved, un
til it pleased his majesty to set them
free. The guide then lighted a big
torch and took us to the farthest end
of the prison into a room underneath
the Saman Burj, or Jasmine Tower.
The room was very dark, an octagonal,
wth a deep, dark pit in the center,
and a big beam placed on the walls
right over that pit. This beam, beau
tifully carved, served for hanging the
unfortunate women -who once occupied
the throne of the king as his queens,
but had, by some unknown cause, fal
len under his displeasure and had to
suffer such a cruel and ignoble death,
rheir lifeless bodies were let down
into that dark pit whence a stream
carried them to the waters of the Jum
na, to be eaten by crocodiles. Thus
the poor, miserable wives of the Mogul
emperors suffered torture and death in
that dark hell-pit under the pleasure
gallery, while their cruel masters and
rivals sang songs, enjoyed life, and
made merry over the grave in the
beautifully decorated grand Saman
Burj. I think but little of those lovely
palaces, but always remember seeing
that dark room and compare it with
similar places of torture which exist
in many sacred towers of India. If
the walls of that horrible room had
power of speech, oh what stories of
human cruelty and misery would they
tell to-day!”
Living Like Hie Natives.
Many people advocate the idea that
missionaries should live like the na
tives without knowing what it in
volves or what would be its effect
upon the natives themselves. One
practical test like that of Rev. J. N.
Forman is worth all the theories ever
advanced on the subject. Mr. Forman
was one of the originators of the Stu
dent Volunteer movement, and after
laboring in that enterprise for several
years went out to India under the
Presbyterian Board of New York City.
Mr. Forman’s father was a mission
ary, and he was acquainted with the
Indian people. His trial of cheap liv
ing may be regarded as a decisive
proof of its uselssness. If any one
could make it succeed he could. In
the minds of all reasonable people
Mr. Forman’s experiment settles the
question of “cheap missionaries.” They
are the most costly kind of mission
aries, from the fact that they are in
efficient. Mr. Forman writes:
“I began work in an unoccupied
city of Bundelkhand, a place of 28,-
*OOO inhabitants. As the inns were un
commonly bad, the rooms not having
any doors whatever, I rented a shop,
the other half of the building being
occupied by shoemakers. The room
measured about fourteen feet by eight,
and there was a veranda in front
about the same size. I had one ser
vant, a Christian boy. Shortly after a
young Englishman came, and he was
•with us some two weeks. He had not
yet mastered the language, and so
could not do much preaching. We cer
tainly were thoroughly uncomfortable
and succeeded in abasing ourselves in
the eyes of the people, and did a great
deal of preaching also. But what I
had longed for was to get near the
people, to convince them that I really
was working only for their salvation,
that I was denying myself for them,
and not doing missionary work as a
service, for I had felt we were looked
on very much as government servants,
taking up this work as a means of
livelihood. I was never more thor
oughly earnest about anything I un
dertook, and I entered upon it with
great hopefulness and confidence, and
never 'have I felt that I made a more
dismal failure. Everything turned out
just as I had expected. I was taken
for a shopkeeper, and asked if I had
knives for sale, for .the people were
accustomed to low-down English-folk
of that kind! They seemed to regard
me as nothing but poor white trash!
The idea that I had voluntarily given
up anything, or was denying myself,
never occurred to them. I was still
the same government official, only had
not succeeded in getting a very re
munerative position. I did not object
to enduring hardness, or to being
looked upon as ever so small and base,
provided I could accomplish my end,
and get hold of the people, and lead
them to Christ. The self-abasement
was a means to an end, but, alas! the
end seemed further off than ever! It
seemed to me I had less influence in
stead of more, a vast amount of ridi
cule, and had no end of yelling, hoot
ing and hand-clapping from the small
boys, but my success seemed to end
right there.
“Still it did not seem right to give
up the experiment so soon, and I tried
it again in two other places, staying
in a city of 24,000 about a fortnight,
and in a town of 8,000 over three
weeks. The result was practically the
same in all three places. One thing
I was struck with was the difficulty of
living low enough to convince the
people that I was really denying my
self at all —consequently it all made
no impression for good on them. As-
ter I had lived very, very poorly, ac
cording to my own ideas, yet to them
I seemed to be in luxury. One Sun
day a number of Aryas had gathered
for an argument. By-and-by the ser
vant began to cook my dinner, where
upon one politely suggested they had
better now leave. But another re
plied, ’No; the sahib's dinner is al
ways cooking.’ I was rather discour
aged in my effort. Naturally, when
you have your dinner cooked on your
front veranda —and I had no other
place—it attracts more attention than
when cooked in the back kitchen.
“If one could get down low enough
to be a genuine fakir, live on a little
popcorn and water, wear a few
clothes,, supplemented with ashes,
perform his devotions in public places,
and carry himself with an air of sanc
tity, then possibly an impression
might be made. But my effort was a
sad failure. I had a four-rupee ser
vant, a two-rupee house, an entire
suit of warm clothes, and three meals
a day. They looked upon me as a
worldling. I came out of the experi
ment a richer man, for my salary had
been accumulating; but I was a wiser
man, too. If others feel unsettled,
my advice to them is simply, ‘Give the
new method a few months’ trial, only
let it be in the cool weather!” —Bap-
tist Missionary Magazine.
Froni Prison to I’nlpit.
We do not wonder that the brethren
at Mardin, in Eastern Turkey, think
that the age of miracles is not past.
The pastor of their church and two of
his companions were arrested on
wholly false charges, some nine
months since, and later on they were
sentenced to imprisonment for five
years. Appeal was taken to Constan
tinople, and hopes were entertained
that the injustice of the sentence
would be seen and acquittal would fol
low, But instead of this, in July last,
an official order confirmed the sen
tence. The church soon appointed a
day. of fasting and prayer, and a letter
from their imprisoned pastor was read,
which while indicating his keen disap
pointment yet breathed a most beauti
ful spirit of submission to the divine
will. But later a request, the grant
ing of which seemed almost hopeless,
was presented to the governor, that
the jailer be allowed to let the pastor
go out each Sunday morning with the
guard and return at night. Strange to
say, the request was granted, and on
Sunday, August 2, the guard took the
pastor to his home and left him for
the rest of the day. No wonder that
during the public services the pastor’s
voice was tremulous with emotion as
he led his people in prayer and
preached to them of glorifying God
amid the vicissitudes of life. He at
tributed the favor of being allowed
to come forth and preach to his people
on Sundays to the prayers which had
been offered by his people.—Mission
ary Herald.
The majority of Christians speak
leniently of Romanism and its adher
ents. They may like to know the kind
of church history that is being taught
in Peru and other papal countries.
The following is translated from a
book written by a Jesuit priest., which
is circulated in Italian and Spanish
speaking countries to guard their peo
ple against Bible agents, missionaries,
and evangelists. It is called a “Cate
chism of Protestantism, for the Use
of the People”:
“The words Protestant and Protes
tantism are used to signify . . . the
rebellion of certain proud men against
Jesus Christ, the founder of the
Church. . . .
“The worst of it is, their doctrine is
absurd in theory and immoral in prac
tice —a doctrine that highly offends
the divine honor, degrades man, is
highly dangerous to society, and con
trary to right feeling and shame.
“As these (doctrines) flatter the
passions of man, especially pride, the
lust of the flesh, and the love of
money, they immediately had for dis
ciples all those who wished to gratify
their lusts; and even those who be
come Protestants now and abandon
Catholicism are far from being any
thing good.
“The majority of them were lovers
of women, of rapine, and anxious for
employments in the new sect. Nearly
all had a bad end, as did their mas
ters; some of remorse, others of des
peration, and others committed sui
cide, after a life more or less misera
ble.
“Luther’s end was the most disas
trous of the enemies of God and the
church. After having passed the last
day of his life in the midst of splen
did orgie, between buffoonery and
laughter, was atacked at night by
apoplexy and died impenitent.
"Calvin died in despair of a shame
ful disease, eaten up by worms, blas
pheming God and calling on the devil.
“As regards morality, the Protes
tants are, speaking generally, given up
to dissoluteness, to thieving, to mur
der, and to suicide, as may be seen by
their statistics
“Altho’ they try to hide their per
verse maxims, from their lips escape
sufficient blasphemies to identify them
—they are always blaspheming God,
Jesus Christ, the Holy Virgin, and the
saints. . . .
“It is the most convenient religion
in the world, because the Protestants
have no fixed belief, no command
ments, nor sacraments, nor absti
nences, nor fasts. Protestantism has
been invented to the taste or the pas
sions and the corruption of the heart.”
Such statements reveal clearly the
character of the priests and the ideas
which many Romanists have of Pro
testantism. By defaming another
church, they seek to overlook their
own corruption.
“Money talks.” Yes, in more ways
than one. The money that you have
given to missions is talking for Christ.
In India and in Egypt and in Washing
ton and Alabama, it is telling to men,
white and red and black, the story of
Jesus and his salvation. And it will
continue to tell the same story for
ages to come. Have you any regret
for having sent so much money to be
a voice in the wilderness for Christ? —
Exchange.
A missionary writes: "Every Bud
dhist school is itself a pleasure to me.
‘Let them go on,’ said Bishop Cople
ston to me one day; ‘either they must
teach that the world is round, and then
they are bad Buddhists, or that the
world is flat, and then they lose their
government grant!’ And every gov
ernment school is in a sense a center
of light. In one, a Christian teacher
has allowed my catechist to speak to
the schoolboys after school hours, and
distribute tracts.”
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THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. JANUARY 21 W
department
Prayer Meeting Topics.
Jan. 24.—Missions Among Colored
People.
Jan. 31. —The New Commandment.
John 13:34.
Holding; On to the End.
The months between September and
January are the months of greatest
church activity. One-half of this pe
riod has gone by. We suppose the
first interest with which the Union
began has begun to subside. Some of
us are getting weary of the weekly
monotony and complain of the same
ness of the meetings. Well, what of
it? We surely did not enlist for lively
times only. The truth is, the human
nature has a tendency to get tired just
about half through things. It is the
most dangerous period for us. We
need to set ourselves to work with
new vigor and hold on to the end.
No people deserve more credit than
those who hold on when everything is
cold and slow. Such people prepare
the way for better days. To merely
hold our ground is sometimes to do a
great deal. We suggest that all our
young people put themselves at work
again and make up their minds to
hold on to the end, no matter what
shall come. If it does not benefit the
Union it will you. Perhaps it will
be the very thing that preserves your
Union also. See to it that it is not
your fault if any hindrance comes to
your Union. Be thou faithful. It is
very significant that the Bible rewards
for work finished and not proportion
ately for the part attempted and then
deserved because of being tired.
v.-*
The Southern Union Topic-Jan 24
Work Among the Colored People.
No subject could be of more interest
to us than this. It is a most tangible
feature of home missions. We see all
around us the needs of this work. For
many years our Home Mission Board
has been conducting institute work
among the negroes. This work was in
organizing schools for preachers and
deacons, running for a week or so.
Meantime the Home Mission Society
at the North was maintaining schools
and colleges for the colored people
and various district missionaries. In
1894 an agreement was entered into
between the above bodies to work in
co-operation. This plan is now in
operation. By it the Home Mission
Board, South, the Home Mission So
ciety, North, the white State Conven
tions and the colored State Conven
tions all agree to divide expenses and
keep in the field a force of general
missionaries. These missionaries have
a definitely assigned territory. Their
work is to hold these institute schools,
to aid weak churches, to help settle
church troubles, to encourage schools
and urge better education on young
men. In addition they preach and
assist in the associations and conven
tions.
This plan of co-operation has been
adopted in Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina and South Carolina. It is
working well. The relation of the
white and colored conventions has
thus been made cordial and hearty.
It has served to unify the work and so
bring many advantages. The result
is a great advance in intelligent super
vision and direction.
The plan of co-operation further in
volved an interest in the educational
work among the negroes. The South
ern Baptists have no schools directly
controlled by them. The Home Mis
sion Society, on the other hand, has a
large number of fully equipped schools
and colleges. It was a part of the plan
that there should be an Advisory Com
mittee appointed by the Southern
Board in each locality where there was
a school. This Committee should have
the freest access to the school and its
affairs, and was to report back to the
Home Mission Board of Atlanta. This
part of the plan has been but imper
fectly carried out.
These schools are doing untold good.
Men and women, mostly white, of
great ability, wisdom and fine char
acter, are teaching in them. These
teachers are, with rare exceptions,
wisely teaching the negroes to devel
op themselves for honest service in
the world, and to a right living among
their white neighbors. In Atlanta
there are two of these schools. One is
for young men, the Atlanta Baptist
Seminary, and one for young women,
the Spelman Seminary. These rank
among the best of the schools for ne
groes in the South.
In addition to the above, the Wom
an’s Missionary Union, in Baltimore
and other places, conducts meetings
for training and influencing mothers.
These mothers are taught the practical
duties of the home, and led to see their
obligations as the home makers. Not
only instruction in sewing, cooking,
and such things, but right ideas of
what it is to be a mother, a wife, and
a woman, are given them. The great
need among the negroes Is right here.
The reformation is slow, but every
little helps.
Around about us are further oppor
tunities to help the colored people.
They work with us and are in our
houses. The way to get at the prob
lem of the negro is to take hold of it
at home. We can often help the
churches near us to better ways of
working. We can influence the young
people. We ought not to make fun of
them, but give better ideas to them.
Then we can assist them in reading
the Bible, and counsel them as to their
religious life. Let us encourage this
broader work and at the same time do
more at home ourselves.
It would be a good plan to appoint
some member of the Union to get all
the facts as to the negro churches of
the immediate neighborhood and re
port to the meeting. We may in this
way get some ideas as to what is
needed and what we can do.
v.ws
The press department of the New
Jersey Union made its second annual
report at the recent State convention
at Plainfield. The object of the de
partment is to secure the publication,
in the newspapers of the State, of
news of interest to Christian Endeav
orers.
The first aim has been to secure the
appointment of press committees in
the forty-nine local unions, whose
duty it shall be to gather up news and
prepare it for publication in the local
secular papers. In unions where no
press committees have been appoint
ed, the corresponding secretary has
been invited to act in this capacity.
The utmost care is required in the se
lection of these committees, inasmuch
as there are comparatively few of the
young people who have a taste for
this work. It is often the case that
the press committee exists only on
paper.
By the way, while it may seem to
many that there is a good deal of
drudgery about this work, yet on the
other hand it is a splendid means of
self-improvement. Facility of ex
pression is an accomplishment to be
envied, and press-committee work is a
good school in which to learn it, for
composing notices, making abstracts
of addresses, and reporting meetings,
give one an invaluable discipline in the
use of the Enlish language.
The secular papers, as a rule, gladly
open their columns to religious news.
Sometimes it is supposed that they
care more for reports of baseball
games and horse races. The ordinary
reporter finds the religious meeting
the very hardest to report, for various
reasons; and therefore it is not an un
common thing for reporters to hunt
for news in fields that are to them
more promising, because more easily
gleaned. But when religious news is
brought into the newspaper office
carefully prepared, this department
has yet to see the paper that will not
accept it gladly. The writer has had
some experience in this matter, and
at times has made heavy demands for
space; therefore he knows whereof he
speaks.
The local-union press committees
are requested to make at least month
ly reports to the State department, of
such items as may have more than a
local interest, such as annual local
union meetings, election of union offi
cers, or new departures in committee
work.
Programs, newspaper reports, as
well as specially prepared reports, are
gladly received by the department.
Once in two weeks, from the mate
rial so collected, a sifting is made of
about seven or eight hundred words,
two-thirds of an ordinary newspaper
column, for the department bulletin.
One hundred typewritten copies are
made on the mimeograph, and sent out
through the State.
The first year, for the most part,
the bulletin was sent directly to the
papers, but it was found that the news
it contained had not sufficient local
interest to secure publication as a
whole in many of thertjYpers. So dur
ing the past year has been
sent to the chairm the press com
mittees of the to be
worked over by be
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no doubt. sys-
tematic and press com
mittees can be in unions. At
the present time Wenty-one unions
have press committees in correspond
ence with the department.
This year the department is keep
ing a record of the news budgets sent
in from the local unions, and quarter
ly reports are to be submitted to the
presidents of the unions, that they
may have some idea of the amount of
matter furnished by their unions for
making up the State bulletins. —The
Golden Rule.
THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND
JOHN.
Lesson for Sunday, Jan. 31, 1897
Scripture Lesson.--Acts. 4:1 14.
Motto Text.—“ There Is none other
name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.” —v. 12.
Clashing with the Authorities.—Suc
cess has its penalties. Under the zeal
ous leadership of Peter and John the
new movement is going forward with
startling momentum. But their easy
sailing soon brings them among the
breakers. An opposition develops that
kindles into violence, and the leaders
find themselves behind prison bars.
The growing popularity of the apos
tles seems to have been the real occa
sion of their offending. A cause that,
to its one hundred and twenty, can add
three thousand steadfastly zealous ad
vocates in a single day, and in a short
time further grow to include five thou
sand men, besides women and children
may well excite anxious .apprehension.
Jealousy is a bitter root that nourishes
many a poisonous flower. It lurks dis
guised in many a fair spot where least
suspected.
It is no part of the Lord’s plan or
pleasure to secure his disciples from all
danger or conflict. He is full willing
that his cause shall have fair testing. If
this rapidly upspringing plant is root
ing itself deeply in proper soil, no real
loss will be sustained by having sharp
winds pass over it. To Peter and John
their chastening may have seemed less
joyous than grievous, but precious
fruits are come unto us thereby. The
mighty influence of the great Sanhedrin
was thrown against the very founda
tion the apostles laid. After that
severe testing we may for all time be
assured that the foundation of the New
Testament church stands sure.
The Stately Court—lt is an august
and solemn assembly before which
Peter and John are summoned to ap
pear. The highest dignitaries of the
Jewish nation are met for counsel.
There are the rulers, the elders, the
scribes. Annas and Caiaphas and John
and Alexander and as many as are of
the kindred of the high priest are seen
in the assembly. Only a matter of the
gravest concern would bring out such
an array. They are evidently aroused
as by the fear of some hurt to their
reputation or authority. If prestige
and dignity of position count for much
the odds are heavily against the Galilee
fishermen before this great council.
The Accusation.—The adversaries of
the apostles are hard put to it in the
matter of bringing specific charges.
Rather than undertake it they set
aside the common rules and principles
of a trial of justice, and invite the of
fenders to make a statement, and in
jected to. It doubtless seemed to the
rabbis that it was the grossest pre
sumption for such untrained men to
attempt to teach at all. To the Sad
ducees the teaching became particu
larly offensive as the resurrection was
so strongly set forth. The prosecution
is clearly seen to be weak in its fail
ure to bring definite accusation.
The Defense. —The apostles have
fulfilled to them in the hour of their
need the promise of their Master, and
the Holy Spirit directs them what to
speak. Peter sees plainly the weak
point of his adversaries. He had been
asked about the miracle. "Is this the
offense,” he asked, "a good deed done
to an impotent man?” Is this the
court to pass by the deeds of darkness
and arraign men for doing works of
mercy to the distressed? What a re
verse of the situation. The accused
one turns prosecutor, and the judges
themselves must face a bold
accusation. Peter puts it into
their teeth that they are mur
derers, that in their blind
zeal for God they had crucified God’s
well-beloved Son. The stone which
they had rejected has become the head
of the corner. Theirs is a high-handed,
capital offense. After Peter has driven
home the burning words of their guilt
and condemnation he then points them
to away of escape. In the very name
of him whom they crucified they may
find away of escape. There is for
them salvation in no other. The only
true royalty is the royalty of right. The
only sceptre of true authority is truth.
With Peter’s devotion to a clearly per
ceived righteousness, and with sharp
words of truth, he easily became mas
ter of that assembly in the midst of
which he had been led as a disturber
of the peace and violator of law.
The Release. —Peter’s words filled the
council with surprise, and made them
ill at ease. More eager than ever do
they become to check and thwart this
new enterprise. More puzzled than
ever they are as to proper grounds of
accusation or plans of prosecution.
Peter told them more than they wanted
to know, and gave them new concep
tions of Jesus’ power and of his rela
tions to his disciples. The apostles
had indeed been with Jesus. They had
not only learned his words and seen
his miracles, but had caught his spirit
and been imbued with his power.
Would that disciples of Jesus might
ever live as to show forth a Savior’s
wondrous power.
RECEIPTS OF THE MISSION BOARD
BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA.
From Sept, let, to Sept. 31s*', 1896
Foreign Missions.—Macedonia ch.
$1.60; Gen. Meeting Powers ch., $2.50;
Wades ch., 69c; Sardis ch., 75c; Betha
bara ch., $2.86; High Shoals ch., $5.76;
Mars Hill ch., $2.50; Watkinsville ch.,
$2.96; Vineville ch., $1.25; Millen W.
M. S. $1; Conyers ch., $5.00; Cuthbert
ch., $1.50; J. C. Tatum, Tison, Ga.,
$1.00; W. J. Carlton, Monroe, Ga.,
$10.00; Doves Creek ch., 50c; Winter
ville S S., 60; Resaca ch., 50; Ar
muchee ch., 50c; Cedar Creek ch., 50c;
Pisgah ch., 75; Notley River Associa
tion, $1.88; Shiloh eh., 43c; Wright
ville ch., 33c; N. Newington ch., 50c;
Jasper Association, $9.70; Columbus
Association, $28.95; G. B. Webster,
$1.00; Union Meeting 3rd dist., Heph
zibah Association, $1.50; Hillsboro ch.,
50c; Marshall ch., 63c; Amos, $1.00;
Providence ch., 58c; Cartersville ch.,
W. M. S., $6.00; Monticello ch., $1.00;
Park Camp ch., $2.60; N. Ga., Associa
tion, $18.00; New Providence ch.,
$4.00; New Providence S. S., $3.00; Mt.
Zion ch., $1.00; Bethel W. M. S„ $1.00;
Dewy Rose cd., $1.00; Appalachee As
sociation, $35.49; Public Collection
Appalachee Association, $2.40; Fishing
Creek ch., $7.10; Beulah ch., $4.76;
Social Circle W. M. S„ $7.00; Penfield
ch., 66c; McDonough ch., $1.66; Tu
galo Association, $38.49; Maysville ch.,
$1.70; Salem ch., 93c; Cash, $1.00;
Oconee ch., $1.00; West Point L. A. S.,
$8.00; Bethesda ch., 83c; Duharts
ch., $1.51; Amos, $1.00; Floyd Co. As
sociation, $53.01; Stillmore S. S.,
$3.67; Hephzibah ch., $1.82; Fork
Creek ch., $6.07; Sarepta Association,
$133.23; Friendship ch., $1.90; Coal
Mountain ch., $1.60; Zion Hill ch., 30;
Providence ch., $5.25; Middle Chero
kee Association, $87.83; Middle Chero
kee Association, $4.89; Ist Athens ch.,
$37.37; Watkinsville W. M. S., $2.00;
Mars Hill ch., $1.00; Alcova Mt. eh.,
$1.34; Stone Mt. Association; $27.96;
Winterville ch., $1.11; Madison ch.,
31c; Sandy Creek ch., $1.08; Heph
zibah W. M. S., $2.50; Zebulon W. M.
S., 45c; New Providence ch., $5.00;
Providence ch., 46c; Sardis ch., $1.88;
Sardis W. M. S., 66c; A little helper,
40c; previously reported, $1,702.62;
Total this month, $622.95.
Home Missions —Macedonia ch.,
$1.28; General Meeting Powers ch.,
$2.50; Wades ch, 60c; Sardis ch., 75c;
Millen W. M. S., $1.00; Conyers ch.,
$2.00; Cuthbert ch., $1.50; J. C. Tatum,
Tison, Ga., $1.00; Doves Creek ch., 50c;
Winterville S. S., 60c; Sarepta ch., 50;
Armuchee ch., 50c; Cedar Creek ch., 50;
Pisgah ch., 75c; Notley River Associa
tion, $1.88; Shiloh ch, 43c; Wrights
ville ch., 33c; Lavonia W. M. S.,
$2.20; North Newington ch., 50c; Mar
ble Hill ch., $1.30; Columbus Associa
tion, $49.30; Oak Grove ch., $1.00;
Union Meeting 3d dist., $1.50; Hills
boro ch., 50c; Amos, 77c; Providence
ch., 58c; Cartersville ch., $5.00; Monti
cello ch., $1.00; Bark Camp ch., $2.60;
Decatur ch., $8.25; North Ga. Associa
tion, $18.00; New Providence ch.,
$4.00; New Providence S. S., $3.00;
Mt. Zion ch., $1.00; Bethel W. M. S.,
50c; Dew Rose ch., $1.00; Appalachee
Association, $13.24; Public collection
Appalachee Association, $2.30; Lavo
nia ch., $10.75; Oconee ch., 75c; Pen
field oh., 67c; McDonough ch., $1.67;
Tugalo Association, $6.95; Maysville
ch., $1,71; Salem ch., 93; Cash, $1.00;
West Point ch., $4.00; Bethesda ch.,
83c; Stapleton ch., 60c; Duharts ch.,
Union meeting, $1.51; Amos, 85c;
Douglas Branch ch., $2.46; Floyd Co.
Association, $62.05; Hephzibah ch.,
$1.83; Fork Creek ch., $6.08; Sarepta
Association, $91.81; Miss M. Dykes,
$5.00; Chattahoochee ch., $3.30; Mid
dle Cherokee Association, $73.26; xst
Athens ch., $28.04; Lyerly ch., 91c;
Alcova Mt. ch., $1.34; Winterville ch.,
$1.10; Madison S. S., 31c; Sandy Creek
ch., $1.08; Hephzibah W. M. S., $2.50;
sth Atlanta ch., W. M. S., $8.60; Tat
nall Square W. M. S., 40c; Zebulon W.
M. S., $1.00; La Grange Sunbeams,
$2.50; Providence ch., 46c; Sardis ch.,
$1.88; Sardis W. M. S„ 67c; A little
helper, 40c; previously reported,
Millen W. M. S., SI.OO Conyers ch.,
$5.00; Cuthbert ch., $1.50; J. C. Tatum,
Tison, Ga., $1.50; Doves Creek ch.,
$1.00; Winterville ch., $1.10; Resaca
ch., $1.17; Armuchee ch., 51c; Cedar
Creek ch., 50c; Pisgah ch., 60c; Notley
River Association, $1.89; Shiloh ch.,
44c; Long Creek W. M. S., $2.50;
Wrightsville ch„ 34c; North Newing
ton ch., $1.00; DeVotie Chap., $3.00;
Columbus Association, $57.70; Union
Meeting 3rd dist., Hephzibah Associa
tion, $1.50; Hillsboro ch., 50c; Provi-
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New Sanitarium corner Jackson and Pine Sts.
dence ch., 59c; Cartersville W. M. S.,
$5.05; Fitzgerald ch., $2.40; Monticel
lo ch., $1.00; Moxley ch., $3.00; Deca
tur ch, $13.70; Association,
$18.00; New Providence ch., $5.00;
New Providence S. S., $3.00; Mt. Zion
ch., $1.00; Bethel W. M. S., 50c; New
Hope W. M. S., $1.00; Dewy Rose ch.,
$1.00; Appalachee Association, $9.61;
Public collection Appalachee Associa
tion, $2.30; Penfleld ch., 67c; McDon
ough ch., $1.67; Greensboro ch.,
$17.95; Tugalo Association, $5.56; But
ler ch., (colored), 55c; Maysville ch.,
$1.71; Salem ch., 94c; Cash, $1.00;
West Point eh., $4.00; West Point L.
A. S., $4.00; Bethesda ch., 84c; Mt. Ho
reb ch., $1.63; Grove ch., $1.92; Du
harts (Union meeting), $1.51; Floyd
Co. Association, $58.21; Bowman ch.,
$6.92; Hephzibah ch, $1.83; Center ch.,
$1.50; Vineyards Creek ch., $3.00; G.
M. Faust, $3.00; Mrs. A. A. Rayle,
$3.00; Sarepta Association, $125.83;
Millstone ch., $5.00; Miss Mary Dykes,
$5.00; Oconee ch., $1.25; Albany W. M.
S., $4.60; Lebanon ch., $6.35; Middle
Cherokee Association, $64.70; Mid
dle Cherokee Association, $2.54; Ist
Athens ch., $26.98; Lyerly ch., 92c;
Alcova Mt. ch., $1.35; Stone Mt. Asso
ciation, $28.72; Smyrna ch., $5.00; Win
terville ch., $1.11; Madison S. S., 32c;
Sandy Creek ch., $1.09; Jackson Hill
W. M. S., $2.75; Jackson Hill Busy
Bees, $1.75; Carrollton W. M. S., $4.10;
Tatnall Square ch., $10.00; Zebulon
W. M. S., $1.00; La Grange Sunbeams,
$2.50; Subscribers to Mission Messen
ger, $3.00; Providence ch., 47c; Sardis
ch., $1.89; Sardis W. M. S., 67c; A little
helper, 40c; Eatonton ch., $15.50; An
tioch ch., $22.50 (for S. S. Board); pre
viously reported, $3,253.70. Total this
month, $656.88.
Indigent Ministers. —Powers ch.,
General Meeting, 78c; Sardis ch., 25c;
Millen W. M. S„ 85c; West End L. A.
S., $11.75; Cuthbert ch., 50c; J. C. Ta
tum, Tison, Ga., 50c; Ist Rome W. M.
S. $2.00; Doves Creek ch., $1.00; Win
tersville ch., $1.00; Cedar Creek ch.,
25c; Pisgah ch, 60c; Dividend on Ga.
R. R. Stock (DeVotie Fund), $27.50;
Lavonia ch., $3.28; Wrightsville ch.,
35c; North Newington ch., 35c; Co
lumbus Association, $12.65; Monticel
lo ch., 25c; North Ga. Association,
$3.55; New Providence ch., $1.00; Mt.
Zion ch., 50c; Bethel W. M. S., 50c;
New Hope ch., $5.00; Dewy Rose ch.,
42c; Appalachee Association, $8.38;
Appalachee Association, $1.30; Sum
merville ch., $2.81; Ist Rome W. M. S.,
$2.00; Vineyards Creek ch., $1.00; M.
J. Pass, 50c; Mrs. A. A. Rayle, $2.00;
Sarepta Association, $57.81; L. W. Col
lier, $2.00; T. U. Martin, $1.00; Dr. J. J.
Green and wife, $2.00; Middle
Cherokee Association, $33.42; Haw
kinsville ch., $28.00; Stone Mt. Asso
ciation, $3.25; Smyrna ch., $2.35; Lex
ington ch., $5.48; Lexington W. M. S.,
$2.10; Lexington Juvenile Society,
$4.30; Zebulon W. M. S„ $1.00; A little
helper, 40c; previously reported,
$519.43. Total this month, $235.93.
Mercer University.—W. J. Carlton,
Monroe, Ga., $5.00; Wrightsville ch.,
$1.00; Columbus Association, $6.50;
New Hope W. M. S„ $1.00; Appalachee
Association, $6.40; Sarepta Associa
tion, $1.00; previously reported,
$85.12. Total this month, $21.30.
Orphans’ Home. —-W. J. Carlton,
Monroe, Ga., $5.00; Unadilla Sun
beams, $3.35; Wrightsville ch., 60c;
New Hope W. M. S., $2.00; Appalachee
Association, $1.08; A Sister, 25c; Sum
merville ch., $7.19; Salem ch., $1.00;
Stillmore S. S„ $3.67; M. J. Pass. 50c;
Watkinsville ch., $2.00; Middle Chero
kee Association, $2.46; Madison S. S.,
$3.33; Antioch W. M. S., $2.50; Mrs.
T. W. Fortson, $5.00; Little Helper,
40c; previously reported, $154.54. To
tal this month, $40.33.
Ministerial Education.—Wrights
ville ch., 35c; Brownwood ch., $3.77;
Madison ch., $21.75; Ist Athens ch.,
$4.00; Madison ch. (Busy Bee So
ciety), $3.86; Antioch ch. (reported),
$5.82; previously reported, $24.84. To
tal this month, $39.45.
W. D. Powell. —First Rome W. M.
S„ $25.00; Ist Rome Y. M. P. C„ $25.00;
Ist Rome W. M. S., $25.00; previously
reported, $175.00. Total this month,
$75.00.
Indian Missions. —A Little Helper,
40c; previously reported, $3.65. Total
this month, 40c.
Cuban Missions.—Sarepta Associa
tion, $1.00; A Little Helper, 40c; pre
viously reported, $9.57. Total this
month, $1.40.
DeVotie Fund.—A Little Helper,
40c; previously reported, $777.45. To
tal this month, 40c.
China Missions.—Cartersville W. M.
S„ (for Miss L. Moon), $12.75; Madi
son Willing Workers (for Peyton
Stephens), $1.10; previously reported,
$6.60. Total this month, $13.85.
Mexican Missions. —Sarepta Associa
tion, $2.00; A Little Helper, 40c; pre
viously reported, $5.08. Total this
month, $2.40.
Japan Missions.—Madison W. M. S.
(for Mrs. McCollum), $11.50; previous
ly reported, SI.OO. Total this month,
$11.50.
Total for objects for which nothing
has been received this month,
$282.42. Grand total, $11,085.34.
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Application to Amen
STATE Oh GEORGIA—Ft:i COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of sa. inty:—The
petition of the Atlanta Bap ; Lemlnary,
situated In the city of Atlanta, . u.ton coun
ty. State of Georgia, respectfully showeth:
That your petitioners as Incorporated and
made a body corporate and politic under the
name and stvle of Atlanta Baptist Semina
ry by the Superior Com tot said county on
the twenty sixth day of May. A. D., one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
and. whereas your petitioner inorder to pro
mote to better advantage the objects for
which It was made a body corporate, viz:
the -• Education of the colored people of the
South, especially the training of preachers
and teachers of the colored ra ie” desire cer
tain amendments to the charter by which
It was made a body corporate and politic,
to-wlt:
(1) That In the corporate name, “Atlanta
Baptist Seminary,” the word "Corege” t>e
substituted for the word “Seminary.”
(2) Tint In substituting the word College
for the word Seminary In the corporate
name of the Corporation the corporate pow
ers heretofore possessed by the said Corpo
ration are not In any way changed or affect
ed, and that the said Corporation shall have
the power to hold In trust, as heretofore, air
tndowment and other fundsand property,
real and personal, which lias been procured,
given or left by gift, bequest, or devised to
the sa <1 Institution under the name of "At
lanta Baptist Seminary” or which shall be
given to it by gilt, bequest or devise under
Its new name of “Atlanta Baptist College”
and to administer the same for the main
tenance of said Atlanta Baptist College as
the donors have designated or may desig
nate.
(3) That the said Corporation shall have
Ihe power to prescribe and maintain such
courses of instruction, Academic, Profes
sional, and Techlncal as by them may be
found necetsary to carry out the purposes
for which It has been made a body corporate;
and that It shall also have power on the
recommendation of the faculty < f said At
lanta Baptist College to confer such degre.s
or marks of literary or piofesslonal distinc
tion as are usually conferred by Institutions
In the United States possessing University
powers.
(4) That the affairs ct said Corporation
shall be managed by a Board of Trustees
who shall have power toappolnt and re move
the President of said Atlanta Baptist Col
iege, and such . rofesso s, Instructors, teach
ers and other officers,agents or servants, as
It may find necessary to employ in carrying
on the work of said College, and to deter
mine the compensation for service of all its
employes. The Board shall have the power
to make and estsbllshfrom time to time such
rules and regulations as It may deem neces
sa-y to regulate the management of every
department of said Atlanta Baptist College.
( ■ ) That the Board of Trustees shall here
after always consist of not more than eleven
and not less than seven members, of whom
the Corresponding Secretary of the Ameri
can Baptist Home Mission Society for the
time being, shall be, ex-officio, one of the
number. The majority of the members of
the Board shall cons Itute a quorum for
the transaction of business.
(6) Hint the said Board of Trustees at its
first meeting after the granting of this pe
tition shall divide itself as nearlyas possible
Into three equal classes; the first class shall
serve for one year, the second class for two
years, and the third clas< for three years.
l'he term of office of the successors of each
of ■ hes« three c asses shall be three years, or
until their successors are appointed, All
vacancies on the -oard, whether caused by
the expiration of the term of office, resigna
tion, removal or death shall be tilled by the
Board itself. Appointments to fill vacan
cies caused by resignation, removal,or death
shall be made only for the unexpired term
of office.
(7) That no religious test shall be made for
admission to any department of the College,
but that two thirds of the Board of Trustees
and the Presldentof the College shall at all
times be members In good standing in regu
lar Baptist Cnurc Qt s; and so long as the Col
lege receives pecuniary help from the Amer
ican Baptist Home Mission Soc ety It shall
be subject to visitation by the Superintend
ent of Education of the Society, and the
teachers selected and appointed by said
Board of Trustees shall be subject to ap
proval by the Executive Board of Society.
(8) That the said Board of I’rnstees shall
have power t appoint of Its own number an
Executive Commltiee which shall have
authority du Ing the Intervals between the
meetings of the Board to transact all of the
business of the Corporation, except the pur
chasing, conveying or mortgaging of real
estate, the In. estment of fut ds, the appoint
mem and removal of officers and teachers,
and fixing 'heir salaries.
(9) That the term of years for which said
Ailanta Baptist Seminary hat been Incor
porated by order of said Superior Court,
made May twenty-eight A. D, one thousand
efght hundred and seventy-nine, be extend
ed twenty years from the date hereof.
Your petitioner therefore prays that the
Court declare the foregoing amendments
granted, and direct that the, shall be made
apart of the original charter grai ted by
said Court and recorded as such by the Clerk
of said ;ourt, and published according to
the laws of the etate of Georgia, and your
petitioner will ever pray.
ABBOTT A CON,
Petitioner's Attorneys.
Filed In Office January sth, 1887,
G. H. TANNER, Clerk.
ST ATE OF GEORGIA—FuIton County.
I, G. H. Tanner, Clerk of the Superior
Court of said County, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Is a true copy, from the files of
said Court, of the application for amend
ments to the original Charter of the
ATLANTA BAPTIST SEMINARY.
Wltn-ss my hand and the Seal of said
Court, this the sth day January, 1897.
G. H. TANNER,
Clerk Superior Court, Fulton Countv, Geor
gia.
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