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Confederate Relics and Reminiscences ■ •
of the War of 1861 and 1865. ::
personal observations of the old Con
federate soldiers who participated in the
great struggle which for four long years
•'shook the continent and made the world
stand aghast” are generally read with in
terest. I have heard many expressions of
gratitude from them on behalf of the At
lanta Journal In opening up its columns
to our use. These articles often call back
to the minds of many scenes that are fa
miliar. bringing with them happiness ana
joy or sorrow and mourning. These old
men who have all passed the fiftieth mile
post—the men who followed Lee, Jackson,
Stuart, Hampton and Wheeler. While at
tending -.e Confederate bazar in Athens
a short while ago. which was gotten up
and presided over by those patriotic wom
en of our city who ever keep alive the
memories of those days, I was much in
terested in examining the large display of
Confederate relics. The trouble was that
each relic had a small card attached, giv
ing only a brief history. If hereafter our
"close call” corespondents would rt-t mem
ber this point and would be willing to give
an account of such relics as they may
have treasured away, and I find but few
old soldiers who cannot produce some
thing he preserved. I am sure that their
letters would be read with increased in
terest. By request from the ladies I sent
them the following: My sabre and qan
teen, my parole, an autograph of Jefferson
Davis. Fitzhugh Lee, Robert E. Lee and
James L. Kember, a Yankee passport,
coat, pictures of Lee. Jackson and John
son and one of my old commander. Gen
eral J. E. B. Stuart. WLen I first joined
the army I was furnished with an inferior
common looking sabre and belt made
somewhere in the Confederacy, with C. S.
on the brass buckle of the belt. It was
the best we had. The soldier was envied
who had met his foe. overwhelmed him
and armed himself with a fine sabre and
a brace of Colt’s army revqlvers. It was
but a few months after my enlistment
when the battle of Kelley s Ford was
fought. March 17. 1863. and I secured the
arms I have now in my possession. I was
then acting as courier of Major Morgan,
who afterwards became colonel of the
Second Virginia cavalry. The pass was is
sued to me near Petersburg, Va., and
reads as follows:
“Headquarters Army of Northern Va.
“August 4. 1864.
“The following named member. Corporal
W. B. Conway, of Company C, Fourth
Regiment Virginian Cavalry. Wickham’s
Brigade. Fltxhugh Lee’s division, having
given satisfactory evidence of his willing
ness and ability to procure a horse in
the place of one killed or lost or renuered
unserviceable in the service, will proceed,
without delay, to his place of residence for
that object, returning to his regiment
within fifteen days without fail.
(Signed.) ‘‘J. KEITH. Adjutant.
H. B. M’CLEI.LAN, Maj. and A. A. J.
“By command of Robert E. Lee.”
The pass was projured in the following
way: We were camped in a dense pine
forest and suffered Intensely from the
heat and want of good, pure water. I oe
came sick from dysentery and my sur
geon wanted to send me to the hospital
at Richmond. I had never been in a hos
pital as a patient during the war, nor
did I Intend to go if I could prevent it.
The idea struck nr.e that I could secure a
pass in order to get a fresh horse, but
mine was in fair Condition and I knew
that if I took him before Captain Billy
Hill that he would not condemn him,
hence I offered to exchange horses with
one of my company, John Haws. He
agreed to do so and I gave him 3500 and
my horse. The next day I appeared before
the examining board and without any diffi
culty secured a pass of fifteen days. In
two days thereafter I was again at home.
Now about my parole: 1 was on oetach
ed service In connectloh with conveying
dispatches to Colonel Mosely, and, there
fore, was not at Appomattox on the 9th
of April. So I secured my parole while
on a visit to my relative. Colonel Josiah
[ Ware, of Clarke county, Virginia A di
vision of Yankees was encamped near his
house. They were raw recruits, I under
stood who had not seen service. They
treated me kindly and after waiting a
short time I was handed the following pa
per to sign:
“Headquarters Third Pro. Division.
“SUMMIT POINT, Va.. May 1, 1865.
”1, W. B. Conway, of Madison county,
Virginia, corporal Company C, Fourth
Regiment. Virginia Cavalry, C. S. army,
do hereby give this my parole of honor,
that I will not take up arms against the
United States government until I am .reg
ularly exchanged; and that if I am per
mitted to remain at my home I will con
duct myself as a good and peaceable citi
zen. and will respect the laws in force
where I reside, and will do nothing to
the detriment of or in opposition to the
United States government.
(Signed.) “W. B. CONWAY.”
Description—Age 20 years, height s.feet
4 inches, hair light, eyes gray. Sworn to
and subscribed before me this first day of
May. 1865. P. L. RUNYAN, JRI,
Provost Marshal."
Whten I was about to leave the tent one
of the officers offered me a drink of whis
key from his canteen. I declined and in
formed him that that was something I
had not touched during my three years'
army life. He then offered me a position
under him in some business which I in
dignantly declined. The next comes a
pass I took from the pocket of a Yankee
I killed in a hand-to-hand fight near Spott
sylvania Court House, 9th May, 1864. It
reads as follows:
"Camp 6th Ohio Cavalry,
Warrenton, Va.. April 19. 1864.
"Guards and patrons—Pass the bearer
to and from camp until further orders.
B. H. BLACK.
J. N. ROBERTS.
Comp. D. 6th Ohio Cavalry.”
The next is a handsome picture of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, from the celebrated paint
ing by Cornelius Hankins, with his fare
well address to his army. I reproduce it,
many of our people never tire of reading
the thoughts of this grand patriot and
soldier.
“Headquarters Army of Northern Vir
ginia, April 10, 1866.—After four years of
arduous service, marked by unsurpassed
courage and fortitude, the Army of North
ern Virginia has been compelled to yield
to overwhelming numbers and resources.
I need not tell the survivors of so many
hard-fought battles, who have remained
steadfast to the last, that I have con
sented to this result from no distrust of
them, but, feeling that valor and devotion
could accomplish nothing that could com
pensate for the loss that would have at
tended the continuation of the contest. I
have determined to avoid the useless sac
rifice of those whose past services have
endeared them to their countrymen. By
the terms of the agreement, officers and
men can return to their homes and remain
there until exchanged. You will take with
you the satisfaction that proceeds from
the consciousness of duty faithfully per
formed. And I earnestly pray that a mer
ciful God will extend to you his blessing
and protection. With an increasing ad
miration of your constancy and devotion
to your country, and a grateful remem
brance of your kind and generous consid
eration of myself, I bld you an affection
ate farewell. R. E. LEE, General.”
General Grant did not demand General
Lee's sword, nor did Lee offer it to him at
Appomattox.
In response to my letter to President
Jefferson Davis for his autograph, I have
the following:
“Fraternally, Jefferson Davis,
10th Meh., 1888.”
Must we continue to be called Rebels?
Three days after the election of Mr. Lin
coln, Horace Greefey, in the New York
Tribune, said:
"The right to secede may be a revolu
tionary one, but it exists nevertheless;
we hope never to live in a republic where
of one section is pinned to another by
bayonets.”
Some of our Southern states had already
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902.
seceded on these grounds. When Mr. Lin
coln called for • 75,000 troops from the
Southern states to make war on brethren,
kinsmen and fellow-citisens, what was
the reply from the governors of these
states? Virginia’s reply was as follows:
"Executive Department,
Richmond, Va.. April 15. 1861.
"Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War:
"In reply to your communication, I have
only to say that the militia of Virginia
will not be furnished to the powers at
Washington for any such purpose as they
have in view, etc. Respectfully,
. JOHN LETCHER.”
Governor Hicks assured the people of
Maryland that no troops should be sent,
unless it was to defend the national cap
ital. _
Governor Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee,
replied to President Lincoln’s call for
2.000 troops in the following words:
"Not a man for coercion, but 50,000 for
defense of our rights and those of our
Southern brothers.”
The governor of North Carolina replied
tartly*
“I can be no party to this -wicked viola
tion of the laws of the country and to this
war upon the liberties of a wee people.”
Governor Jackson, of Missouri, in a su-
SAM JONES TALKS POLITICS.
1 E HEAR but little in the
last few days from the can
didates themselves for the
governorship, but the three
w
or four columns a day of the Joint
debate in The Atlanta Journal is
giving the public a fair deal and
making the race interesting. Any
thing will beat a dull time. My pri
vate correspondence from over the
state would make Interesting read
ing; many letters urging me to tajee
the stump, when I am physically
able to do so. Other correspondents
say write more and write oftener
for The Journal. Others commend
ing all I have said; others condemn
ing all I have said.
I see in this afternoon’s Journal
a letter from Decatur, Ga., signed
by J. D. Pllkatrlck. What office does
he hold? What Is his pedigree?
Where is he from, what was his
name before he was married, or is
he a married man or a dog? He
bristles up like he wants to fight.
Wonder if he would fight? I have
got a little grandson named for
me, just three years old, If he don’t
mind I will find him a match In
that little boy. I suppose they are
about the same sixe. I suppose he
has taken up the cudgel for Terrell
and proposes to kill or mortally
wound anybody that believes that
Terrell is the candidate of the li
quor ring, or doubts Terrell’s prohi
bition proclivities. Good bye, Mr.
Pilkatrick, till we meet again.
Many of the little editors of the
state are Jumping on me with both
feet, so to speak, or, to change the
figure, they are biting and snarl
ing and snapping at me all the time,
but I Just push out my wooden leg
and let them' bite. Somfr-.of them
have got no teeth, but I let them
gum my wooden leg and that seems
to please them. I tell you when a
little editor gets in his sanctum
anil, begins to write he can feel his
mettle Jingling and his power trick
ling off of his pen point, and he pic
tures the dead and wounded lying
all around, because the pen Is
mightier than the sword.
And then brother Warner Hill has
gone to Dallas, Tex. I am sorry
Warner left, he is a first-class
shooter, but the goose falls at the
wrong end of the gun. Wonder
where Warner got that circular he
published about that liquor gang
in Macon? Wonder who wrote that
circular? Tapp says he never saw
it. I never saw a man that did see
it, except as it appeared in The
Journal and Constitution. Maybe
Potts could explain it.
I see one of the correspondents
says Estill is a better man than
either one of the others, and com
pares Guerry to a mule kicking and
braying. So it goes. But In my
opinion Estill is a negative charac
ter, Joe Terrell Is passive and Guer
ry Is positive. The Savannah Morn
ing News in its editorial columns is
but an expression of Mr. Estill’s
character. That paper has never
taken a position on anything that
they thought would cost them a
dollar or rob them of a subscriber,
or beat them out of a so-called
friend. And Savannah with its mu
nlcipallifeand Chatham county with
Its dirty politics is the natural out
come and outgrowth of such a state
of things maintained by that news
paper. If Mr. Ektill shall have as
little to say about whatever goes
wrong in Georgia as he has to say
about what goes wrong in Savannah
and Chatham county, we would as
soon have his corpse in the execu
tive chair as to have him well and
hearty and shaking hands.
Mr. Terrell, as I said, is passive.
Not that he passes anything, for he
reminds me of the old darky riding
along on his lazy old mule, and
every other step he lambasted the
mule. A man caught up with him
and said: "Uncle, have you passed
a man going down the road on a
white horse?” "Well, now,” he said,
"Boss. I’ll tell you, I reckon I meets
as many folks as any man who ever
traveled, but I haln’t never passed
nobody yit on dis mule.” A man
who says Terrell is not the candi
date of the liquor rings and cliques
of this state is either a plain, simple
fool, or he is Just lying on purpose,
but Mr. Guerry announces his plat
form and sticks to It. His platform,
like the Ten Commandments,‘is for
some things tremendously and
against some things tremendously.
I don’t know anything against Mr.
Terrell In his personal life, but the
gang he is running with mean to
ride him after the saddle and bridle
are on him, and if they patted and
petted the candidate and stood by
him while he was a candidate and
he don’t let them ride him after
he becomes an official, he will re
verse the natural order of things in
politics. Personally I feel very kind
ly toward Mr. Terrell, and the same
toward Mr. Estill personally.
Some fellows Jump on me and ask
what am I sticking mouth in
this thing for and I am no Demo
crat. Now isn’t that a nice come-off.
I am something so much better than
a Democrat (for I was once a
Democrat and I hp.d a mighty sad
home and a mighty ruined life
while I was one); I am a prohibi
tionist, pure and simple, believing
with aJI my soul that whisky is
BY DR. W. B. CONWAY,
Corporal Co. C, 4th Regiment, Virginia
Cavalry, Athens, Ga.
perflux of adjectives, denounced it as,
“illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary,
inhuman and diabolical.”
Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, called
it the wicked purpose of subduing sister
southern states. A few more years and
the Confederate soldier will be known
only In history. Would that those who
are yet alive could receive-more substan
tial aid from the New South. They de
serve it.
“Wearing the gray, wearing the gray—
Struggling alone in the world of today.
Battling for bread in the battle of life
With courage as grand as they rode to the
strife;
Walting for taps when the light shall go
out.
Yet hopir g to wake with a reveille shout!"
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and get all the news.
God’s worst enemy and the devil’s
best friend. I am against its man
ufacture, its sale, or use. I have not
touched a drop of alcoholic or malt
liquors in medicines or in any way
for 30 years or more, and a man
who says It is essential to health
ought to look well to the color of
his nose, be he M.D., D.D., F.R.S.,
or ASS.
I think the Democratic executive
committee of this county are going
to put in the words “for dispensary
or against dispensary In Bartow
county,” to be voted on in the white
primary June sth. We have had no
liquor sold in this county legally for
18 years. It will be a sad day to
Bartow county If the good Citizens
in a white primary shall deliberate
ly bring Into our midst a drunkard
making shop to wreck our boys,
debauch our negroes and bring all
manner of evil in Its train. Whisky
is whisky, and whisky will make a
man a fool and make him drunk,
whether it is bought out of dirty sa
loons or comes fresh from the still
house, or paid for in a dispensary.
Like Dupont Guerry, I am against
the whole business and traffic from
A to Z. I know Mr. Estill is not.
Before God I don’t believe Joe Ter
rell is against it much. If he is It is
a little tincy much. Os course we
have no law against the sale of li
quor in Bartow county now, all any
man needs Is a license. But that will
be pretty hard to get, so hard that
they can’t get them for the present,
and I warn every good citizen of
Bartow county who loves law and
order, sobriety and right, be not
deceived but stand by your colors,
vote your convictions, and when
you vote In the interest of your
wife, your home, your boys, and
your girls, and If they do that no
dispensary or salotfn will ever come
to this county agkln.
With best wishes for DuPont
Guerry’s success, I-am yours some
what improved in constitution and
by-laws. SAM P. JONES.
P. S.—The News-Herald, which
seems to be the officious organ of
Gwinnett county, and whose editor,
Mr. Morcock, announces himself
lessee and editor, Jumps on me ter
ribly. The little fellow has nearly
got hydrophobia. He ought to be
tied up a few days; really he ought
not to run around loose. The aver
age little editor slings ink, but he
seems to be slinging slobs. He or
any other man that calls me a Re
publican is lying like a dog a trot
ting. Yours. S. P. J.
Cartersville, Ga.
Why suffer pain and severe sickness
from Bowel Complaints, when AR
NOLD’S BALSAM stops one and cures
the other. It has been successfully used
for 50 years. Warranted to give satisfac
tion or money refunded by Brannen &
Anthony, Atlanta, Ga.
AN OLD VETERAN WANTS TO
FIND SOME OF HIS COMRADES
To the Editor of The Journal:
An old comrade wants to find some of
his company, which was Company D, 4th
regiment of the United States volunteers.
Some of them are James I. Arthur, T. J.
Wells, John W. Webb, Philip Arwood and
others. I would be glad to hear from any
of the above comrades. Any information
from or about any of the above company
or their postoffice address will be greatly
appreciated by an old soldier and com
rade. '
william l. mckinney.
R. F. D. No. 1, Gainesville, Ga.
A young doctor who lias open eyes for
events as they transpire, and who is a student
of matters psychologic, said to a friend re
cently: "How strange it is that so few
mothers have any conception of the true
method of training and rearing young chil
dren !”
The friend saw that he had a tale to tell,
and so listened, and learned: which is better
sometimes than to Utter words.
He said: “I was sitting at the table at
my hotel reading the paper, and eating my
breakfast rather lastly. At the next table a
young mother was sitting with her boy of
three, or thereabouts. The little chap was
restless and wilful, the mother sweet and
patient, but the lad was bent upon strife,
possessed by ’A superiority of naughtiness.’
After some delay,, matters came to a crisis;
the mother aroee and led the small culprit
from the room; the child seemed to anticipate
no evil except of his own making, the mother
seemed restful, almost content. I awaited
with interest the result.
"After about five minutes both returned
and continued the meal; the child behaved
charmingly, and seemed to enjoy it almost
as much as he had misbehaving. After the
meal was over I ventured to ask how the
result was accomplished so quickly, and so
quietly.
“The wise mother said. ‘I told him mother
was very unhappy because her little boy would
not obey. He looked at first surprised, then
grieved, and placing his arms about my neck
said: "I will be a good boy." You saw the
result.’
"The great lesson taught, and learned, was:
The highest result in training cannot be ob
tained If we neglect or fail to use the highest
means; to appeal to the love of the child for
its mother, rather than to the motive of
fear."
The doctor has none of his own to train,
but when he has his wife will have an etrl
clent helper in the direction of good govern
ment.
’Tired, weak, nervous” means impure,
impoverished blood. The nerves must be
fed by pure blood, which may be had by
taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the best blood
purifier. •••
A RCA DY.
Where Is Arcady? Where
Is that lovely land? you say;
You have footed a weary track and dreary
Day upon every day;
Yet never a pilgrim found
Who has glimpsed its hills afar.
But met many dreaming of the beaming
Cast by Us gleaming star.
Where is Arcady? Where
Is that wondrous clime? you cry;
Where unfolden is the olden ,
Charm of its golden sky?
'Tie given to every soul
To gaze on it once, forsooth!
With the eyes of—in the guise of—
Under the skies of—Youth!
—Clinton Scollard la tba The Chautauquan.
Journal's
Saturday
Sermon
Pilate said "What is truth?” Solomon
said “Buy the truth and sell it not.” To
every honest seeker Christ says "Ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall make
you free.” Man, pendulum like, swings
from one extreme to another. This ten
dency is seen In the Individual with his
hobbies, and his varying opinions. The
same thing Is seen In the rise and fall of
religious bodies, in their onward sweep
across the centuries. We are apt to over
look points of agreement in our effort to
discover differences. Most of the cardinal
points of Christianity are held in common
by the various religious bodies. In this
sermon it will be my aim to state briefly
what we believe and stand for as a relig
ious people.
The following are some of our distinc
tive features
Division of the Bible.
We believe that the Old and the New
Testaments are both the Inspired word of
God; but that the New Testament is the
exclusive book of authority. Everything
that is necessary for the unconverted to
do in order to become a Christian, and
everything that is necessary for the Chris
tian to do in order to go to heaven, is
found in the New Testament. The Jews
were governed by the law; we by the Gos
pel. There is no command binding upon
us that is not found jn the New Testa
ment.
The old law was nailed to the cross.
(Col. 2:14) Our country was once govern
ed by the articles of federation, but the
constitution, supersedes these articles, and
they now possess no binding force. There
are laws now on the statute books of Illi
nois that are similar to some of the Colo
nial laws of Pennsylvania; but these laws
are binding, not because they are found In
the dead law of Pennsylvania, but because
they are re-enacted into the new law of Il
linois. •
Some commandments found in the Old
Testament are now found in the New; but
they are binding upon us, not because
they are found in the Old, but because
they are re-enacted in the New Covenant.
« Jesus the Christ.
We teach that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; that he is the Savior of the
world. That to Him all authority is given.
He is our Lord, King, Savior, Advocate,
Good Shepherd, the Light, the Truth, the
Way. “Christ is all, and In all.”( Col. 3:11)
The only test of Christian fellowship is
faith in Jesus. He is our personal Savior.
No Human Creed.
We believe that all human creeds and
confessions of faith are wrong and en
gender strife. All creeds have come out
of controversy. We claim that the Bible
alone is sufficient for our rule of faith and
practice, li the creed contains more than
Is In the Bible it contains too much; if it
contains less than is in the Bible it does
not contain enough; if it contains just
what is in the Bible, it is entirely unne
cessary. We go to the Bible for our au
thority in church government, as well as
to learn the plan of salvation. Whatever
the Bible commands us to do, those things
we dojwhat the Bible forbids,’ from those
things we refrain; where the Bible is si
lent, freedom of opinion. To make a creed
is to belittle the Bible. Hundreds of per
sons have subscribed their names to creeds
which they never believed. We rejoice
today to see human creeds falling. May
God help us to take the Bible as our only
guide.
The Confession.
The divine confession is: “Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God.” This is the one
confession accepted by all Christendom.
We do not ask an inquirer if he believes in
the thirty-nine articles, or the five points
of Galvanism. It is enough to subscribe
to this divinely Inspired statement, which
Christ said should be the foundation of
the church.
The Name.
We maintain that the children of God
should be known simply as Christians, and
that the church should be called the
Church of Christ. “Upon this rock I will
build my church,” said Christ In response
to Peter’s confession. The founder claimed'
the right of putting upon the Institution
his own name, hence it ir the Church of
Christ. When we use the phrase “of
Christ,” we have used a second class ele
ment. We can change that second class
element to a first class element and say;
“Christian;” hence the “Church of
Christ" and "Christian Church” are syn
onymous, as Is recognized by all leading
church historians.
There is only one true church, and that
Is the Church of Christ. It Is his church,
and should be called the Church of Christ.
The followers of Christ should be called
Christians. Luke says: “The disciples were
first called Christians at Antioch.” Peter
says: “If any man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed, but let him glori
fy God on this behalf.” (1 Pet. 4:16). The
new version renders It “in this name.”
That is, glorify God In the name of Chris
tian. By obeying Christ one becomes sim
ply a Christian. Mr. Talmage Immersed a
man In the River Jordan. No denomina
tion was responsible for it, and hence the
man did not belong to any denomination.
He was simply a Christian. Peter makes
salvation depend upon a name (Acts, 4:12).
When men say there is nothing in a name,
they do not mean It. Should a preacher
baptize a candidate in the name of Paul.
Luther or Calvin, it would not be valid
baptism. Names are sacred. What would
we think of a preacher who would baptize
in the name of Beelzebub? There Is some
thing in a name. Christ Is ’the bridegroom.
The church Is the bride. The bride should
wear the name of the bridegroom.
A lady has no right to wear the name of
her betrothed until the marriage ceremony
is performed. For her to attempt to live
with him or wear his name before mar
riage would be wrong. But for her to re
fuse to wear his name after marriage
would be an insult. No one has the right
to wear the name of Christian until he Is
married to Christ by complying with the
forms of the law. Equally certain it is
that it is an Insult to Christ for us to
wear any party name after we have com
piled with the terms of the gospel. Ac
cording to Paul in I. Corinthians and Ist
chapter, all party names are sinful. Lu
ther said: “Do not call yourselves Luther
ans, but Christians.” So plead Wesley and
other great leaders. We positively reject
all party names, and deelre to be called
simply Christians—not the only Christians,
but Christians only.
Baptism.
We believe that a penitent believer is
the only proper subject of baptism; that
baptism Is not an empty form, but that
coupled with faith and repentance It pro
cures the forgiveness of sins and brings
one Into the church of Christ; “For as
many of you as have been baptized Into
Christ have put on Christ.” As to the ac
tion of baptism, we believe that the im
mersion of a penitent believer in water in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit is Christian baptism, and that noth
ing else Is. Jesus was baptized In Jordan
(Mark 8:9). After the baptism he came up
out of the water (Mat. 3:16). John baptized
In Enon because there was much water
(John 3:32). Baptism represents a birth
(John 3:15), and also a burial (Rom. 6:4).
Philip and the eunuch both went down
Into the water, and both came up out of
the water (Acts 8:38).
Lord’s Supper.
We meet on the first day of every week
to break bread. In so doing we are follow
ing the example of the early Christians
(Acts 20:7). This communion was Institut
ed by Christ, and Is an individual matter.
All Christians have a right to come to the
Lord’s table (I. Cor. 10, 16-21; 11, 22-29). We
are therefore opposed to dose communion.
We dare not Judge others.
Conversion.
' We believe in a rational plan of salva
tion. Do what Jesus and his apostles com-
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The Vantage Ground of Truth.
SERMON BY DR. J. V. COOMBS, EVANGELIST IN THE CHRISTIAN
$ CHURCH, OF INDIANAPOLIS, WHO IS CONDUCTING UNION GOS
%: PEL MEETINGS UNDER A TENT AT IVY STREET AND AUBURN
AVENUE.
<••a••a••• • w ■ • P « n • •
manded, and you are sure of salvation. We
are often asked. “Do you believe In heart
felt religion?” Certainly. If a man’s relig
ion is not of the heart. It Is not of Christ.
Yet we do not believe In mysticism. We
believe in what the Bible calls heart re
ligion. The Bible says we think and rea
son within our hearts, by which the Intel
lect is meant. The Bible says we love and
hate within our hearts, and here the ref
erence is to the affections. It also says we
purpose within our heart. The reference
here is to the will. So when a man is con
verted he is completely changed, in intel
lect, affections and will.
laith changes his way of thinking: re
pentance his will, and baptism his state,
and all combined change his relation to
ward God, and make him a Christian. To
many conversion is sonfe mystery that
no one can understand. Conversion is
simply a change. In grammar we speak
of converting the subject and predicate,
which means that we change their posi
tion. In logic we convert the terms and
premises. If we say a man has been con
verted to prohibition, all understand us.
But when we sky he has been converted to
Christ, many connect with that act the
miraculous.
He who has honestly believed upon the
Lord, repented of his sins, confessed
Christ publicly, and been baptized, has
put on Christ, and hence has been con
verted. No one needs wait for a voice
from heaven, or a divine call. Jesus said,
"Come unto me.” That is a divine call.
It is just as divine as if Jesus stood here
today, or as if an angel spoke out of
heaven. A son quarreled with his father,
and went away from his father's house.
Years passed, when the old father wrote:.
“My son, come home. I .will give you the
old mansion on the hill. Mother wants
you to come. Inclosed find my check for
>l5O. I will make it possible for you to
come.” The son. who bad become a
drunken wretch, was sitting in the shadow
of a western hotel when the letter reach
ed him. As he read the letter tears cours
ed down his checks. Said he: "Oh, I
want to go home. I would like to see my
father, whom I love, but I do not know
that he wants me to come. True, here
is the money. He asks me to come, he
has made it possible, and says come, but
I cannot trust his word. If I was sure
he wanted me I would go. I will go and
get my friends to petition to father to let
me come, then I will write him a prayer,
asking him to let me come home.” He
goes to five men, who write long petitions;
then the son writes: “Father, I received
your letter. You told me to come home,
but I pray you to let me come.” In a
few days the letter reaches the father. Hla.
hand trembles as he breaks the seal. The
first petition is from a stranger, the sec
ond and on to the fifth. Then he reads the
letter from his son, and says: "Mother,
our son is either insane or else he mocks
our word. We told him to come, and
now he writes that he does not know that
we want him to come. He does not be
lieve our word.” Today many persons
instead of taking Jesus at his word and
coming at once, are praying God to let
them come. Others about and agonize
and quarrel with God because he does
3t send convicting power, when Jesus
id, "Come, for all things are now
ready.” If you believe him accept him at
once. '
The Holy Spirit.
We believe in the personality of the
Holy Spirit. He is not an emotion, or a
sentiment, but a thinking intelligence.
He can be grieved# rejected or resisted.
In conversation the spirit operates
through the word. He has told us what
to do to be saved. God has ordained that
ONE OF HARTE’S MOST FAMOUS
POEMS.
(Copyright M7O and 1892 by Bret Harte.)
Printed by permission of Houghton, Mifflin A
Co., authorized publishers ot all Harte's writ
ings. - .
Plain Language from Truthful James.
Which 1 wish to remark—
And my language is plain.
That for ways that are dark.
And for tricks that are vain.
The heathen Chinee is peculiar—
Which the same I would rise to explain.
Ah Sin was his name,
And I shall not deny
In regard to the same
What that name might imply:
But his smile It was pensive and childlike.
As I frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
It was August the third;
And quite soft was the sides;
Which it might be inferred
That Ah Sin was likewise;
Yet he played It that day upon William
And me In away I despise.
Which we had a small game,
And Ah Sin took a hand:
It was euchre. The same
He did not understand;
But he smiled as he sat by the table,
With the smile that was childlike and bland.
Yet the cards they were stocked
In away that I grieve.
And my feehngs were shocked
At the state of Nye'a sleeve:
Which was stuffed full of acts and bowers.
And the same with intent to deceive.
But the hands that were played
By that heathen Chinee.
And the points that he made.
Were quite frightful to see—
Till at last he put down a right bower.
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Then I looked up at Nye,
And he gazed upon me;
And he rose with a sigh.
And said, "Can this be?
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor;”
And he went for that heathen Chinee.
In the scene that ensued
I did not take a hand;
But the floor it was strewed
Like the leaves on the strand
With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding
In the game that "he did not understand.”
In his sleeves, which were long.
He had twenty-four packs—
Which was coming it strong.
Yet I state but the facts;
And we found on his nails, which were taper,
What is frequent in tapers—that's wax.
Which is why I remark.
And my language is plain.
That for ways that are dark.
And for tricks that are vain.
The heathen Chinee is peculiar—
Which the same I am free to maintain.
Table Mountain, 1870.
LADY SPRIGHTLY.
I.
You can never, never, rule her.
And no mortal born can fool her.
For she's up to all the latest trick of trade;
She is strictly up-to-date, sir;
Goes society's full gait, sir;
And she drinks—appolinarls lemonade?
11.
She's as jolly as a sailor;
Energetic as old Weyler;
And she plays a game of poker with her friends;
Dances 'till her knees go jerky; •
Hits the harem pipe of Turkey;
And her fund of risque stories never ends.
111. •
She will let you press her fingers;
Even give a kiss that lingers;
And she'll take your gift of roses with a smile;
She will sup with you at midnight;
On he golf links play at daylight;
Later on, she'll play the ponies for awhile.
IV.
You will find my Lady Sprightly,
Playing well her part, and brightly.
'Till her blooming charms at length begin to
fade;
Then she'll single out some chappie;
Make him either sad or happy;
Just according to the settlement he's made!
—LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE.
Irrevocable.
' The Future like a scaled book is.
However we may yearn;
The Past is like a borrowed one—
It never will return.
—New York Timas.
the gospel is the power of God unto sal
vation.
Right Cannot Be Wrong.
The denominations may be right, or
tljey may be wrong; we ar® right and
can not be wrong. It may be right or It
may be wrong to have a human creed.
We are right in taking the bible as our
rule of faith ana practice. The creed
says “the btble is the last appeal.” W#
say it is the first and only appeal. Wheth
er .right or wrong to wear a party name
we are Infallibly right in wearing the
name Christian. If we say to a Methodist
brother, “You are not a Baptist, you are
not an Adventist, yoii are not?a Congre
gationalist,” he will pleasantly answer,
“no” in each case. But if we say, “You
are not a Christian,” he will quickly re
sent it. The name Christian is not in
dispute; ail admit it to be the proper
name for Christ’s followers.
If you have a doubt you, and not God,
are responsible for that doubt. Sprinkling
may be right (for argument’s sake), or it
may be wrong. All admit immersion is
valid baptism. We are right and cannot
be wrong in practicing only Immersion.
If you doubt your baptism, you cap re
move that doubt by being immersed, for
all accept immersion. Not long ago,
while In California, an old lady demanded
immersion. She had even been sprinkled
thirty years before. When sue came up
out of the water she said, “Now I know
I am right.” If you were baptized when
you were an infant, your spirit does not
testify to this act. You have only one
witness, hence, the case is against you.
Be on the safe side.
Our whole plea may be summed up in
two sentences:
1. The union of all God's people upon
the Bible.
2. A rational plan of salvation.
Our Strength.
Some one may say: "Your theory is
very pretty, but will it work?” Yesi it
will work; it is working gloriously, tin
1827 our people assumed organic form, and
today the people who call themselves
simply Christians and plea for the union
or all of Christ's followers number about
1,300,000. No religious movement has ever
gone forward by such leaps and bounds as
has this current reformation or union
movement. The New York Independent
recently gave statistics covering four
years. During that time the Unlversalists
had decreasea considerably. The Unitari
ans had increased at the rate of one per
cent; Baptists (18 kinds), two per cent;
Lutherans (18 kinds), six per cent; Meth
odists (17 kinds), seven per cent; Episco
palians, eleven per cent; Presbyterians (12
kinds), eleven per cent; uongregational
ists, thirteen per cent; Catholics G kinds),
nineteen per cent; whereas those calling
themselves C’lristians, or desciples of
Christ, had according to Dr. Carroll, In
creased 35 per cent.
Fifty years after Wesley started his
movement he had 80,000 followers. In the
same length of time we numbered 800.000
communicants. In other words we have
Increased ten times faster than the Meth
odists. At the same rate of increase,
by the time we are as old as the Meth
odist brethren, we will number 40,000.000
people. We firmly believe that within fifty
years 40,000.000 people will wear no name
but Christians and have no rule of faith
and practice except the Bible. Creeds and
confessions are falling and the Bible Is
rapidly becoming the book of authority.
Christ prayed that all who should be
lieve on him might be one even as he and
the father are one. It is for this that w«
pray and labor, but the light is breaking
along every hilltop and through every val
ley. The future is big with promlee; for
the Lord God omnipotent relgneth. “and
there shall be one fold and one shepherd.”
SftBBRTH OF JEWS
15 NO LONGER
MMSGH
COMMERCE HAS MADE IT IMPOSSL
ELE TO OBSERVE SATUR-
• DAY AS A HOLY
DAY.
CHICAGO. May 17.—" The Sabbath of the
Jews is dead. Let us bury it. God never
ordained the Sabbath day. It is an insti
tution of man. Only millionaires and
peddlers can observe the Jewish Sabbath
in these days of activity. Sunday to all
intents and purposes already has become
our day of rest. The inspiration of the
Sabbath can be restored only by partic
ipating in the flood of life about us and
recognizing as our day of rest the day
set apart by the nations in which we
live.”
These declarations were made last even
ing by Dr. Emil G. Hlrsch in the course
of a sermon at Israel temple, in which he
urged the substitution by the Jews of
Sunday for the Sabbath of the decalogue.
Rest for the Weary.
The following occurred in one of the public
schools:
A teacher was giving a lesson in vocal music
and had given, as she thought, a very clear
explanation of the rest.
• Now children,” she asked, "can you tell
me what a rest is?”
After a slight pause, in which the silence
was painful, little Amy raised her hand.
"Oo on. dear; we are all listening.”
”A res' ” said the little tot, "is the place
where we all get tired.” —Little Chronicle.
The United States district court of Mas
sachusetts has decided that it is a crime
for a husband to open letters addressed
to his wife. It didn’t take a court decision
to make the fact known to us.
A child can beat a drum at the coffin of its
father and then weep over seeing a bird with a
lame wing.
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