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The Spirit and Mission of the
Church.
Extrnrt from a Discourse delivered at tbe
opening of tbe Loyd Street Methodist Epis
copal Church, Atlanta, 6a., April 23d, 1871,
by the Pastor, Bev. J. H. Knowles, A.M.
1 , It is her mission to foster amity and
good will between man and man.
The work committed to the Church of
our times cannot be opposed to the Mas
ter. This will be the decision of even
unsanctified minds. Wherever this duty
is unfulfilled, sad results follow. Infidel
ity is supplied with the most plausible
topics of invective; the consciences of
the irreligious are hardened; the efficacy
of prayer is impeded, and a powerful ob
struction is reared to the ample effusion
of the Holy Spirit upon the community.
Ous Lord prayed for a unity among men,
which the incomprehensible union of
Father and Son symbolized, and which
would convince the world that he was sent
of God. In the bonds of such unity, we
are taught by Christ, —“Who is our
brother V” Our charity is not limited by
social clan, or religious sect, or distinc
tions of nationality. We are, in the
broadest sense, our brother’s keeper, and
are taught to offer the helping hand—to
sympathize with human distresses—to re
move by Clirist-like methods, blinding
misconceptions of one another, often in
nocently entertained —and by our gener
ous demeanor to break the force of that
sectionalism, in Church or State, which
would lift impassable barriers to brotherly
intercourse. Our mission cannot be of
strife, but it is of good will. If Christ
be with us, our hand is extended; Our
greeting is full, frank, cordial; our bless
ing is invoked upon the whole world,
without regard to social or ecclesiastical
limits. To be this is to be like God.
My brethren, we seek to build on this
foundation. The life-long convictions of
your pastor have been in harmony with this
sublime mission of the Church. He
learned this lesson at the fireside of a
Christian home; it was enforced in the
solemn vows of his ordination; it has been
the rightful boast of our connectional
Methodism, and is this day the unuttera
ble desire of that Episcopal Board under
whose direction we now sustain the rela
tion of pastor and flock. We rear these
new altars not to intensify sectional dis
cord; not to contribute fuel to a flame
that must consume, unless arrested, the
Church of the Lord Jesus. We are here
to behold in others whatever is good and
noble; to show to others whatever grace
may have been wrought in us; to strive
with others to win souls, and to extirpate
the evils of human society. We have
Srofound faith in our call to this mission.
fay this Church be that positive, sancti
fied force which shall hasten on the
auspicious day of “ good will among men.”
All this is accordant with truth and
principle. The spirit of charity in which
this discourse is conceived upholds us in
what we humbly believe to be the truth.
Charity toward all compels us to stand
here, and to protest, on all proper occa
sions, against evils wherever found, or of
whatever form. Charity is no longer
charitable when it ceases to be just.—
Charity is not distrust of truth; it is
truth itself, uttered with a yearning de
sire to bless all, friend or foe. “Charity
rejoiceth in the truth.”
Not -less is all that we have said in
harmony with divergence of sentiment
upon minor details and methods. Differ
ences of opinion are leading the world,
under Divine guidance, toward the blessed
noon-day of spiritual unity. Who will
say that the contrary judgment of Paul
and Barnabas was not an episode in the
Church of that day—significant, closely
connected with the future progress of the
cause, and necessary, in the Divine
thought, to the more perfect enlargement
and internal growth of Zion ? The wis
dom of the world is not the exclusive
birth-right of any particular individual,
class, or section. Truth is to be won by
tedious processes; only in the harmless
collisions of thought may we reach the
golden mean, and equip ourselves for the
all-conquering activities of existence. —
How limited is our view of this subject.
What may seem unnecessary expenditures
in erecting churches, or an erroneous
judgment in organizing societies where
affiliating branches already exist, may be
the Divine method to quicken the foot
steps of His Church on her way toward
a perfect, spiritual oneness in Christ Jesus. (
Here, then, confident of the integrity
or our purpose, seeking the true Tight
which we would ask for all, we accept
the mission of “good will to men.” In
the imperfection of judgment, we may
fail to reach the perfect mark before us;
but in this, as in all other weaknesses of
the flesh, the blood of Christ will be suf
ficient for pardon.
A Church such as is here proposed,
having a broad catholicity of aim, will
become a channel of blessing to any
community. Guizot, the world-renowned
French philosopher, unexpectedly entered
the American chapel in Paris on the oc
casion of its dedication to Protestant
worship. Moved by the magnitude of the
design, he arose and addressed the assem
bly in these thrilling words:
I came here without intending to address
you, but you will bear with me while I express
the feelings of deep emotion which I expe
rienced on entering this building. We are as
sembled here to bear witness to the greatest, to
the noblest conquest of mankind —religious
unity and liberty. No doubt we owe thanks to
the authorities, but that to which we are chiefly
Indebted is, that work accomplished by the hu
man mind which for the last three or four cen
turies has been marching on to this conquest —to
a treasure far more precious than all these that
surround us. Religious unity and liberty are
won. For this reason my emotion was deep on
beholding this humble structure standing
where it stands, wherein you invite all to join
who believe in Christ.
Had such lofty sentiments permeated
the French nation, her plains would not
now be deluged in blood, nor her cities
convulsed with intestine strife. We are
taught a solemn lesson. Welcome, the
Christianity that fosters‘the heaven-born
spirit of peace! Hail, as a messenger of
light, all who thus live and labor! Trans
porting ourselves, j n thought, to that final
seat of observation, where we may be ad
mitted to the secrets of the Divine plans,
and may measure the results of Church
work as'we cannot now, what shall we
then behold? In that morning, what a
multitude ! The influence of this Church
may not be seen to-day or to-morrow;
but in the grand summing up of the
present economy, when the godly counsels
of this Zion have wrought out their full
results, they will be found as far-reaching
as eternity. Should misapprehensions in
the judgment of others occur, we will
never despond, nor become impatient.
Wait!! God, to human thought, advances
slowly; but God advances! The dawn of
the morning is at hand. That day is
coming—be it ours to hasten it—when
“the wolf shall lie down with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid, and the calf and the young lion and
the fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them.”
2. The mission of the Church is, to give
her powerful support to popular education,
without regard to race or color.
No more important subject engages the
public mind. It is above mere partisanship
or sect; it is at this moment, in the South,
the grand question of virtue, morality and
national safety. Indeed, we believe it is
far more—the very life of an intelligent,
holy, vigorous Church for the future de
pends upon the education of the masses.
How, then, can the' Church of the present
answer to her God, and be silent? Her
voice must be heard; it must not be the
voice of timidity or apology. Every
evangelical pulpit must give the distinct
word. Where every interest of material
wealth, of social’ comfort, of stability in
government, of morality and religion, is
at stake it is impiety to yield to prejudice
or ignorance. Better, far better, that the
minister of Christ abandon the sacred
profession, than to degrade it by observ
ing a time-serving policy. Millions per
ish for lack of knowledge; not for their
lack of ability to learn—not for want of
an unquenchable thirst of soul—but for
those sacred privileges of education
which it is the imperative duty of every
State to give. The awakened desire for
knowledge, especially among the colored
population of the South, will fill one of
the brilliant pages of American history.
In Georgia alone, more than forty thou
sand of this population have learned to
read within a few years. Has this noth
ing to do with American citizenship? We
have seen, on the streets and lawns of the
South, the young and old perusing to
gether the Sacred Word—an achievement
won by their own perseverance, under
singular embarrassments. As they read
the story of redemption, and accept it in
the beautiful simplicity of their faith, can
any one be unmoved? Would not the
Master himself, if upon earth, exclaim,
“Blessed are your eyes, for they see, and
your ears, for they hear. For verily I
say unto you, that many prophets and
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1871.
righteous men have desired to see (with
such clearness) the things which ye see,
and have not seen them, and to hear those
things which ye hear (in the depths of
your souls), and have not heard them.”
Sublime mission before the Church!
‘May she not be unfaithful, and lose her
crown? Fearful is her responsibility,
though the grandeur of her opportunity
fill the angels with admiration. Timidity,
servitude to prejudice —whatever imposes
silence upon her—should be overcome.
One united voice from the evangelical
churches of the South would secure uni
versal education to every community.
Who can doubt it ?
We take pleasure, in this connection,
in referring to a recent report of Rev.
Dr. Sears, of Virginia, Agent of the
“Peabody Fund.” “Nothing,” he says,
“ can be more grateful than such evidence
of the progress of public opinion on the
subject of education, and of a just appre
ciation of our aims by those whom we
seek to benefit. Whatever differences of
opinion there may be on other points,
there is a general agreement on this,that
the safety and prosperity of a State
depend largely upon the means of in
struction enjoyed by the people. Conflict
ing views may be entertained in respect
to the expediency of a particular system
of public schools; but none are found to
exist, in any respectable body of men, in
regard to the necessity of some effective
system. Persistent efforts have been
made from, year to year, by the State
Teacher’s Association of Georgia, a
highly intelligent body of men, and other
friends of education, to prepare the way
for the passage of a school law adapted
to the circumstances of that State. The
Legislature has at length been induced to
take action upon the subject. The law
thus passed was approved October 13th,
1870. It makes it the duty of the State
Board of Education to determine the
amount which, in addition to the income
of the school fund, it will be necessary to
raise by general tax in order to support
a school three months in every district in
the State.”
The education thus furnished is for
both white and colored, though they are
taught separately, according to the law.
This work, so auspiciously commenced in
Georgia, is now prosecuted energetically,
under the direction of Col. J. R. Lewis,
the able State School Commissioner.
Whatever modifications in the present
plan may be needed hereafter, one thing
is clear— the Christian Church in Georgia
should come forward immediately, and
give to the cause of popular education a
combined, moral support.
8. The Church pursuing her mission un
der the direction of Christ , will he powerful
in arresting social evils, such as intemper
ance, prof anity, corrupting entertainments
and the insecurity of human life. —
Drunkenness, with all its polluting attend
ants, is ravaging our whole land. Our
country is beneath the iron rule of Alcohol.
The poison enters every vein and artery
of social life; it controls capital; it per
petuates animosities', it defiles the public
conscience; it is the source of innumera
ble woes among helpless orphans and
widows. Down, down, the steps of drunk
enness. thousands are daily rushing. The
yawning gulf is open wide to receive the
victims; an awful retribution awaits them.
We blush with shame. The Church is,
for reasons incomprehensible to us, well
nigh asleep. How tardy in her protesta
tions ! How weak in her efforts to extir
pate the vice, is she everywhere! Why
cannot the Church hear Christ’s voice:
“Up! up! Oh Zion—pining, fainting
away in spiritual poverty. t Cast the net
on this side.” Here, in these caverns of
despair, the wretched multitude wait for a
helping hand. Nor are the venders of
alcohol to perpetuate this infamy without
the rebuke of the Church. The two hun
dred and sixty-four liquor dealers in
Savannah, Ga., paying into the treasury
of that corporation annually over one
dollar for each individual of the entire
city population, should hear the warning
voice of every pulpit in that city. But
can any one affirm that Atlanta suffers
less? The awful pestilence sweeps
through every street and sits upon almost
every hearthstone, like a spectral form of
Death.' Shall we be silent? How then
are we innocent of this guilt? How then
do we mock God with our religious pro
fession, and pray for the descent of His
reviving Spirit?
Our atmosphere is tainted with foul
profanity. Paternal love trembles to lead
children along crowded thoroughfares,
lest innocent nature catch the infection.
Barbarism has returned upon society in
this boasted nineteenth century, in this
cherished day of Christian civilization.
Shameful sights of blood, of brutal in
stincts unchecked—the mere mention of
which chills the frame—have recently dis
graced our own city.*
Dramatic license, that feeds a vitiated
public taste, that tears away the lines of
moral distinction and paralyzes the form
*Tbe r*oent cock-fight in Atlanta, continuing three dare.
mg conscience of our youth, is openly
patronized and defended, f
Alas, that we are obliged to confess it.
Where is the profound sense of the Value
of human life? Human society cannot
long subsist in peace, where the conscience
is benumbed in regard to this subject.
The blood of thousands calls unto God
for vengeance. Alarming as the fact may
be, of blood shed by man and unexpiated
under the majesty of law—the low estim
ate of human life which is so widely
prevalent, is even more terrible ; it is the
fearful pTOphecy of social tuiu. Our only
hope is in a reversal of public sentiment
through the Christian Ghurch.
What, now, is Christ’s word? No
longer standing by the sea of Galilee, but
watching His Church from His Throne,
He issues the command—“ Stand forth,”
“be true to me,” “Cast in the net,”
“rescue souls from these depths.”
4. Lastly , The mission of the Church is
comprehended in this one grand design —
Salvation for guiltv men.
In this word is included all else. Less
than a present, full, and free salvation, is
a Gospel unworthy its divine Author, im
potent to arrest the evils of the age, in
sufficient to meet the yearning desires of
immortal mind. We go forth, my breth
ren, in this faith. We will proclaim in
this pulpit, the depravity of our nature —
its helplessness—the guilt of neglecting
Christ—the terms on which forgiveness
may be found. Standing at the cross, we
will bid the penitent cast one believing
look toward the crucified.
The voice of our Master fills this tem
ple. “ Cast the net on the right side.”
We will give heed. In the solemnity of
this hour we obey. Oh ye who live in
conscious guilt, who sigh oftimes for a cer
tain hope that will anchor you in the quiet
waters of peace, come near ! Ye who are
fainting beneath the burden of this life,
come! Ye who must soon appear before
God, come! Ye who now rejoice in life’s
spring-time come!
Come while the morning of thy life is glowing,
Ere the dim shadows thou art chasing die.
Ere the gay spell this earth is round thee throwing
Fades like the crimson from the sun-set skj!
Life is but shadows save a promise given,
That lights the future with a fadeless ray;
Come I come to Jesus, win a hope of Heaven,
Come 1 turn thy spirit from this earth away.
t The late drama so largely attended.
Sunday-School Agent’s Report.
To the Board of Managers of the Sunday-
School Union of the Methodist Episcopal
Church:
Brethren —ln presenting my annual
report I desire to refer first to my recent
labors among the Southern Conferences,
undertaken by the request of your Execu
tive Committee, and as embodied in a reso
lution of your last quarterly meeting.
Upon the 23d of February last I entered
upon my labors in the South. En route
I met the Superintendents of Washington,
D. C., also a large meeting of our Sunday
school workers in the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal Church. I attended the
Virginia Conference, in session at Alex
andria, where I had a most favorable op.-
portunity for consultation with the breth
ren in regard to future work in their midst.
The Committee on Sunday-schools pre
sented a series of resolutions to the Con
ference commendatory of the action of the
Board, and assuring the Agent of their
hearty co-operation in his work. Vir
ginia Conference is a promising field of
labor, and should receive a large share of
attention at an early day. By invitation
the sermon before the Conference on Sab
bath evening was preached by the Agent.
At Richmond I found a well-organized so
ciety and a growing Sunday-school under
the pastoral care of brother Hemenway.
Previous to my trip southward I corre
sponded with the presiding elders and oth
ers throughout the field, suggesting the
time to be spent and number of meetings
to be held. To my letters I received the
most prompt responses, assuring me of
their assistance, and naming the localities
where these meetings should be held. I
held Sunday-school meetings of an insti
tute character, gathering the pastors,
preachers, parents, and teachers; also
children’s meetings, as follows: In North
Carolina, at Greensboro, Summerfield, and
Thomasville. Brother W. G. Matton, pre
siding elder, accompanied me through the
State, rendering me great assistance. In
South Carolina, joined by Rev. Dr. Web
ster, President of Claflin University, I held
meetings at Columbia, Cheraw, Darling
ton, Florence, Sumterville, Orangeburg,
and Charleston. These gatherings fur
nished a series of successes, increasing in
interest and numbers, culminating in our
Charleston Institute,where I met audiences
of twelve and fifteen hundred persons.
At several points in this State I met a
number of our preachers from distant
parts of the work. The Sumterville meet
ing was made unusually interesting by
the presence of a procession of Sunday
school scholars with banners and mottoes,
in waiting at the depot and escorting us
to the church.
Turning our attention next to Georgia,
I held large and quite enthusiastic meet
ings at Augusta, Oxford, Atlanta, New
nan, and Rome. This State is full of
promise to faithful labor. At Augusta
our Sunday-school workers have been
very much encouraged by the fraternal
expressions tendered to them from St.
John’s Sunday-school of New York, pre
senting them with a beautiful banner and
other helps, thus establishing the pleasant
relation of patron to the Augusta school.
We found here great interest manifested
in our meetings, which grew in numbers
Till the church could not contain them.
Brother Spilman, presiding elder of the
district, gave us much help, arranging for
the meetings and assisting in all the ses
sions. Atlanta is beautiful for situation
and a stirring place. Here we have two
churches and a fine colored seminary.
Rev. J. H. Knowles, lately stationed with
the society here, [Loyd-Street Church,]
is accomplishing a grand work. Being
an earnest Sabbath-school man, and as
sisted by brother J. C. Kimball, an ener
getic Superintendent, they have a well
organized school. My meetings held in
their new church, which nears completion,
and will soon be dedicated, as well as the
meetings held at Clark Chapel, were of
marked interest, and awakened anew
zeal among the teachers in this locality.
At the solicitations of the brethren I con
tinued the sessions one day longer, and
devoted them entirely to methods of study
and teaching in the Sunday-school. The
gatherings at all points in Georgia were
encouraging, and cannot fail to furnish a
rich harvest to all who attended them.
The Sunday-school Institutes which we
conducted at Chattanooga, Shelbyville,
Nashville, and Cleveland, Tenn., were at
tended by considerable numbers of preach
ers, teachers, and children of the white
population. At Nashville I held meet
ings in the chapel of the Central Tennes
see College, at the request of Professor J.
Braden, President of the institution, for
the benefit of the students, many of
whom are preparing for the ministry and
to teach. On Sabbath evening I ad
dressed a union meeting of the students
of three educational institutions the
Baptist College, Fisk University, and
our own, named above, in the chapel of
the latter. In this city we constituted an
institute of teachers on the quarterly oc
casion of the Davidson County Teachers’
Association. Here we met all of our
own laborers, as also many of other de
nominations. Great and lasting good
must be the results of these efforts to our
Church. •
Our next point of interest, New Or
leans, was reached after two days of con
tinual travel. We commenced the insti
tutes at Ames Church on Friday, and
continued them at four localities of the
city, among our thirteen Churches, for
seven days and evenings, consisting of
sixteen sessions. We shall not forget
these occasions very soon. Drs. L. C.
Matlack, Wm. M. Daily, Rev. J. C. Hart
zell, and others afforded much aid in all
these services. We shall not attempt to
describe the scenes of pleasure, of devo
tion, and great spiritual power which
these occasions afforded. Nor do I at
tempt to make a detailed report, but have
confined myself to an outline of my tour
and labors. The many notices of these
meetings which have appeared in the
columns of the press, religious and secu
lar, will suffice. In submitting the report,
it may be important to give in brief my
observations and impressions. My views
accord with the observations and recom
mendations of the Secretary, Dr. J. H.
Vincent, communicated to your body in
his recent report. Further allow me to
say that the whole country is impover
ished, in some localities to an extent be
yond description. Whatever, therefore,
our brethren might desire to do is much
embarrassed by the lack of funds. There
fore, for the present the benevolence of
our Church cannot be more wisely applied
than in behalf of these destitute portions
of our work. Should the plan of patron
age recommended by your resolution be
generally adopted by our wealthier schools
in the North and West, it would accom
plish wonders in a short space of time.
Again, there prevails among all classes
much ignorance concerning Sunday
schools. The work to be accomplished,
therefore, at present is the qualification
of superintendents and teachers for their
positions. We would recommend to this
end the furnishing of our teachers’ helps,
as “Sunday-School Organization,” “Help
ful Hints,” and other small tracts on Bi
ble study and methods of teaching.
We were glad to find so much interest
taken by our brethren in the establishing
of suitable institutions of learning among
them. At Summerfield, N. C., we are to
have a normal school in connection with the
work. At Orangeburg, S. C., wo have the
Claflin University, Clark Seminary at At
lanta, Ga., Universities at Shelbyville,
Nashville, Athens, and other points in
Tennessee, all of which seem to be well
directed. Throughout our route the meet
ings were characterized by great enthu
siasm, increasing in numbers at every
E. Q. FULLER, D. D., Editor.
succeeding session. Much interest was
displayed by the preachers and teachers,
some of whom walked ten and, in one
case, fifty miles to be present. Every
where and by all was manifested quick
ness in memorizing, promptness in an
swering, delight in illustrative teaching,
devotion to our Church, and many ex
pressions of gratitude to the Sunday-
School Union for the privilege enjoyed.
We feel ourselves under many obligations
to the brethren, all of whom gave us a
hearty welcome, and who assisted us in
our work. Wc report for the year end
ing with this meeting of your Board our
labors as follows: Attended 8 Sunday
school conventions, 4 conferences, 47 vis
itations, 42 institutes, 7 ministerial meet
ings, 45 sermons, 252 addresses, written
1,245 circulars and letters, 8,617 speci
mens distributed, sold 1,702 copies of
Sunday-school helps, visited 19 States,
traveled 13,834 miles.
James S. Ostrander,
General Agent Sunday-School Union.
The Two Reports.
The best way we know of to give a full
understanding of the facts on Jacksboro’
Circuit, East Tennessee, in relation to the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
Church South, is to give the reports of
both preachers, and allow the people to
judge for themselves of the merits of the
case.
Chnrcb South Report.
BY REV. D. H. CARR.
Jacksboro’ Circuit, Holston Cons.,
April 11.—I have been thinking of giv
ing for publication a few items in connec
tion with this work, stretching out in al
most a direct line from Caryville, the ter
minus of the Knoxville and Kentucky
Railroad to Cumberland Gap, which is
known as Powel’s Valley—a,healthy, pro
ductive, and beautiful valley, the grand
old Cumberland mountain overlooking the
valley all the way. We have here a few
Presbyterians, some Baptists, and North
ern and Southern Methodists. Here we
are not troubled with Campbelliteß, and
hope we never shall be. We are at peace
with our Presbyterian and Baptist breth
ren. We have had, and in fact still have, a
good deal of trouble here with the North
ern branch of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The greater portion of the best
people here are becoming satisfied that
the original Church South, is sufficient
here; and were it not for one man here,
the strife would be over; and I cannot
think any thing else than that he is a
good meaning man, but honestly mistaken.
Owing to old acquaintance here, our peo
ple hold him up; whereas, if a stranger
were here, he would receive but little no
tice ; and by being thus sustained he still
keeps up the show of an organization,
and while there are two Churches here
strife will continue, and while strife con
tinues souls will stumble and go to hell.
A few days since one of our own churches
(Cawood’s Chapel) was locked against me.
Somebody is responsible, and must give
an account in judgment. Will it not be
those who keeg up these organizations?
Some who are ignorant of the workings
of the Church have got to believe that a
union of the Churches is to take place in
a few months. I wish you, or some of
your correspondents, would set this forth
in its true light, through the Advocate. I
am aware of the fact that this has been
done, but the Advocate is now taken and
read where it has not been heretofore.—
Nashville Advocate.
Methodist Episcopal Church Report.
BY BEV. J. B. LITTLE.
I see in the Nashville Christian Advo
cate, of April 29th, an article from D. H.
Carr, pastor of the Jacksboro circuit,
Church, South, which (justice to myself,
and the Church I represent) requires a
statement of facts from me. It is well
known that I have been conservative in
my course on the Church question, doing
all that I could to promote peace and
quietness between the two branches of
Methodism; nor would I say any thing
now, in regard to the article referred to
if the writer had not implicated me as the
cause of strife, and of souls stumbling and
going to hell. Now lam willing (if the
writer has reference to me) that the good
people of Campbell county, irrespective
of denominations, shall say whether the
above statement is true or false.
He represents the Church, South, on
this circuit as having a great deal of trouble
from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Now so far as the Methodist Episcopal
Church is concerned, he is having no
trouble from it, so far as I am informed;
no church doors locked, none bolted or
barred against him, no unkind words or
strife to encounter; but on the contrary,
according to his own showing, he is living
in pleasure, and faring sumptuously.
He says that “the greater portion of the
best people here are becoming satisfied
that the original Church, South, is suffi-
NO. 21.