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CUBBBNT TOPICS.

—The papers give horrible accounts of the ezocutions which take place every morning in Cabanas Fortress, DOKr Havana. It Is a pity that such butchery should bo allowed to go on anobecked.

—There is to be a National Con-groiB of Mothers in Washington, D. C., February 17th to 10th. This is very much better certainly than a Woman's RlKhts Convention. What this coun-try needs more than any other one thing, except the gospel, is better mothers. A mother's influence Is the moir powerful^ In t ^ lOgM. I j is gratifj^nif to see any movementioi Ing in the drection of intensifying the character of that Influence.

—Knt<rely apart from any political considerations wo want to commend very heartily the action of Prosldent-olect McKlnley In writing a letter re-cently to the Inaugural ball committee objecting politely but earnestly to their action In proposing to expend l.>0,000 towards defraying the expenses of tbe ball. He sucrgestod that the money could bo expended to much bet-ter advantage as follows: 125,000 for the relief of the poor and destitute in America; 116,000 to famine-etricken India, and 110,000 to the suffering Ar-menians. This is a noble and Chris-tian like action. Every true Christian In America will applaud him for it. Wo trust that this may be the begin-ning of the end of that senseless, and worte than senseless, custom, the in-augural ball, both a t the inauguration of our presidents and of the governors In the different States.

—The Spanish government has pro-mulgated a decree offering home rule to Cuba very much according to the arrangement which Canada has with England. The generosity of Spain comes a little too late, however. The Cubans are not disposed now, after fighting for two years and losing so many precious lives, to throw away the substance of freedom which is Just in sight for the shadow which is of-fered them. In an article on Cuba In the Baptist Union of last week, Dlat •»id: "In regard to the issues of the «kr, nothing else but unconditional independenee will be accepted; no autonomy, no home rule>-lt Is Inde-pendenco or death. Tbe Spanish will never orvsh thest brave Iniurreotion-Ikts, who grow itroager every day, while tlie Bpanlsh, notwithstanding ti>e faol that Spain has sent over 800,<

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rapidly diminished In numbers, as, added to the ravages of war, many are perishing from illness, yellow fever, etc." We Imagine that this will be the sentiment of nearly all of the Cuban patriots.

—Local option is dead in Tennessee for at least two years. We make this announcement with regret. A local op-tion bill was introduced in the Senate about ten days ago, recommended for rejection by the liquor trafllc commit-tee, and killed by a vote of seventeen to twelve. This is not the bill in which some of us who have been work-ing to secure local option wore espe-cially interested. In fact we knew nothing about It until after it had been killed. The Wade bill, which had been offered in the House, came before the House committee on liquor traffic, but was recommended for re-jection by a vote of 4 to 3. i t could have been brought befdre the House by a minority report of the committee, and in that event would probably have passed the House if forced to a vote, but it could not have passed the Senate. Besides, there l i a question as to whether It would have been con-

ute which says, if any bill is defeated no bill containing the same thing in subitance can be passed. This fact the liquor men knew, and that was the reason why they were in such a hurry to defeat a bill of the kind in the Senate. The truth of the matter is that the whiskey men, as usual, have been too sharp for the temperance forces. While we were working in an open and honest way, they were work-ing in a secret and underhanded man-ner. While we were doing very little, they were dolng'a great deal. Besides, they began early to fix matters, first at the primary election last summer and afterwards at the polls in Novem-ber, by electing men to the legislature, and espMlally to the Senate, whom they knew would do their bidding. We could give instances of this if neces-sary. But the bill is not dead. It mar be buried, but it will have a resurrec-tion morning. There Is such a thing as conscience, and conscienoe when it is onoe stirred into activity never rests. Certainly it never dies. There are thousands of people all over the State who are oppos^ to these ac-cursed saloons in our incorporated cities and towns, and they will never bo satisfied until these saloons are driven entirely away, or 'at least until the citisens of the towns and cities have the privilege of saying whether they want the saloons or not. All oppo-sition only stirs them to greater activity. Every defeat only rouses their deter-mination more. The liquor men may smile now, but we believe that the clouds of wrath of the people of the State are gathering against them. The cloud may only be the sise of a man's hand now, but it will grow bigger and bigger until the storm shall burst Ih all of Its fury, and. sweep thase sa-loons from our fair cities and towns. God hasten the day when It shall be so.

S T U M J I L I N G B L O C K S ;

Or Dlfflcnlties ef Thonghlful Hinds in Bible History and Doetrlne.

• Series of Sermons By Rev. P. 8. Benson, D.D.

THE STORY OF TUK FLOOD. " And the waters prevailed exooedlngly upon

ttao earth! and all tbe high hllli, that were ai-der tbe whole heaven, were oovored. Flfieen cublu upward did the waters prevail; and tbe mountains were covered. And all nesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and ot eattle, and of beast, and of every oreeplns thing that oreepetb upon tbe earth, and every man: All In whose nostrils was tbe breath of life, ot all tbat was in the dry land, died. And every living tubstanoe was destroyed which was upon the faoe ot the ground, both man, and cattle, and tbe creeping things, and the fowl of tbe heaven; and they were destroyed from tbe eartb: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with bim In the ark." Qen. vU. l« n

Such is the record which we find in that old book that we call the Bible. It Is an extraordinary record, and tiiere are many more things of kindred character in this same book that chal-lenge our faith, or, if you please, tax our credulity.

Are these facts or fables? Are these

e or only a s ^ e a W e d hTstory," whatever that evasive characteriza-tion may mean? Is the Pentateuch to be regarded as only a clevcr piece of "Mosaic work," In the modern accep-tation of those words—a curious com-pilation of myths and legends aud folk-lore, gathered from many lands and welded together by many h a n d s -valuable as representing the evolu-tion of the religious thinking, especi-ally of the Semitic race, and as Incul-cating various useful ethical lessons, but not to be relied upon as literal and veracious history? This last Is (he view which at present is widely prevalent among what are denomi-nated "the foremost scholars," "tbe advanced thinkers," and "the higher critics."

There is a growing Indisposition to accept of any record as historically true which represents an interruption of what is supposed to be the everlast-ing uniformity ef nature's laws. And, as a consequence the supernatural ele-ment oven in the Bible must bo re-duced to a minimum or eliminated al-together. Aforetime, with this object, a concerted and desperate attack was made by Renan, Strauss and others upon the New Testament Scriptures. That undertaking proved disastrous to the undertakers, and for the pres-ent at least has been almost utterly abandoned.

A change of base has been latterly made, and, Inspired by the leadership Of Kuenan and Wellhausen, a multi-tude of scholars of more or less note in England and America have been seeking Insidiously and deterainedly to undermine faith in the Old Testa-ment Sorlptures, especially In the Pen-tateuch, and of all the Puhtateuch the book of Genesis has'been subjected to tbe fl«roest f r e .

And In the prosecution of this oMu-patgn of destructive erltioUmtiie lead*

ers have been emboldened by the cow-ardice of many Christian folks who have scarcely dared to challenge the so called "experts," and by the Indif-ference of many more who are ready to say, "Well, there are many things in the Old Testament that are hard to be understood and dlfQeult to be be-lieved, and if the critics do get away with it wo shall still have the Gospels to fall back upon, and they contain all that is essential to salvation." And yet such easy-going Christian folks do well to remember that the foundations of the whole Scripture fabric are laid in Genesis, and "if the foundations be destroyed, what shall tbe righteous do?" '

The beginnings of all things are to be found in Genesis, and if you out away Genesis you out up the Gospel iUelf by the roots. The story of the Creation, the story of the Fall, the story of the Flood, are as veritable history and as essential as the story of the Incarnation and the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.

Recurring now to the story of the Flood, we are derisively asked wheth-er we W l y believe that onoe upon a time the world was drowned out a« It

. l ^ j M o i M e ^ ^ We iMitBr, I t ii^ not only isb represented here, but In the literature and legends of all na-tions, including not only the classic Greeks and Romans, but such rude barbarians as Columbus found when ho landed on these western shores. Did they learn the story from each other? or Is not the more rational ex-planation to be found In the fact that all existing ^aces are descendants of Noah, and all, therefore, came through tbe door of the ark, and wherever they wandered In the wide, wide world they carrled^the memory of the tremendous tragedy and the gracious deliverance? Not only does tradition thus furnish confirmation of the Scripture narra-tive, but science as well; for scientists are all agreed that our earth was once a glowing molten mass enveloped in vapor; that as the ages rolled the mass was cooled and the Vapor eon-denied, and then the earth was en-swathed In water. But still it had a heart of fire, and ak the result of sub-terranean volcanic forces upheavals of the land occurred, and appeared above the watery waste. Perhaps the elevation was npt great at first. For aught we know there may 'hare been originally only a single far-stretching and low-lying continent.

That there have been subsidences as well as upheavals during the long ge-ologic ages is incontestibly proved. And If the elevation was but slight, then a very slight subsidence, would be quite enough to deluge a continent, while contemporaneous with this sub-sidence and this continent many have emerged on the other side of the globe. CerMln It Is tbst far in the Interior of existing continents may be fouttd mountainous masses ot marine rs ' mains, showlngf tbat oiioe the tea rolled over thom. And possibly what were once vast oontlnents now ooniti|>^ tute the beds of ooeans. When wo eonsider how thin l i the oratii t h a t ^ ' t

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oloM* UiB flary btllowi that lurge Juit a ntUaway Ulow ui, and wh»l ilunlo (OTOM are tuKgIng »» U»»» ««•«•». wonder la, not that thsre was a flood four 'lhoasand ywr t ago. bu» ihal oounlleit olhw floodt h»T« no» iwepi ov«r It, leaTing nothing living upon Itt •urtao6<

But do yott really bellove that the Noaoblan deluge covered all the earth? •ome ikeptloal quoitloner aikt. I an-•wer that It auch geological condltiona exUted a« thoie already Indicated, then even a Klentiit might readily un-derstand how the flood could have been unlver«al. But It the object ot the flood wat to drown Ujo human r»co, there wa» no nccoMlty tor the flood to roll farther than the race had gone. But do not the Scripture, say, one captious critic ask,, that "the wator, prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hill, under the whole heaven wore covered?" Aye. verily. But do not the Scripture, aUo aay that In the time ot John the Baptist "there went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan?" Now doe, any mor-tal man Imagine that this passage was meant to make the Impression that ev-ery man and woman and child In all the region round about went torth to hear John on the banks ot the Jordan? Or when it is said that all countries came up to Egypt to buy corn ot Jo-seph, does that mean Patagonia? When a while ago it was trumpeted abroad that all Chicago bad gone clean daft over Paderowskl, does that neoeMarily mean you and me^ Ixt us be fair to the Scriptures and Interpret things intelligently in the light of common sense. Just like any other ohroniclers, they represented things simply as they appear.

After a snow-fall In the latitude of Chicago, we speak of the whole earth as being wrapt In a shroud of white, and yet at the very same time the flow-ers are blooming in Texas and the or-anges are blushing in California.

In describing a rain storm we may say that all the sky was black with cloud, and yet not five hundred miles away out of a cloudless sky the sun was pouring his radiance down. No-body would find fault with a statement like this, but when the Scriptures use ,lmilar language all the infidel crillcs howl in concert an indignant protest against what they declare to be a most preposterous falsehood.

We are not compelled by any sclen-tiflc dlffloulty to concede that the flood was not universal, but we are not, on the other hand, compelled to maintain that it was universal In order to save the Scriptures from being chargeable with mining an erroneous statement. But infldelity, shitting Its point ot at-tack, Insists upon It that it was simply physically impossible for any craft ot the site of Noah'* ark to contain so many animals. They have calculated ita'oublo capaoity and have made a roster ot all the creatures, little and big, supposed in the days of Noah to have been in existence on the earth, and they gleefully assort that it was not possible to pack into the aric the representatives of all those species. The demonstration Is anything but mathematically coisplels. But It the view we hold be true—that the flood was only partial in its sweep—then the demonstration is worthless and the dllBoulty over which UiBdellty has been gloating vanishes into thin air.

But passing from this point, Uiera are gibbering Idiots who make them-selves merry ovaar the method ot Noah In the "gathering of his menagerie." *'What a cowboy he must Jiave been,** they derlalvely declare, "to have run down and laiaoed auoh a misoellane-GUI aisortmont of beasts I What a hunter! Whai a trapperl What a UoB tamar and uiaka oharmerl'* And •o ttMgr naka aporl of oat of tha IUIH

llmest and most solemnly signltiuant evenU In all the world'a history. "How did Noah bring them?" some simpleton asks. Wo answer. He didn't bring them. He did not need to. God guided theni, as he Is always doing. Who Uught the bee mathematics? Who Uught the ant economics? Who Uught the iplder to spin? Who taught the grub to wear a shroud cf finer tex-ture than over wrapt an Egyptian mummy? Who Uught those wild birds high up In the air to head for a sunny Southern clime when the rigor of winter begins In the North? Do theae creature, learn such thing, from one another? Does the old sllk-worm teach the young sllk-worm to spin? Doe, the old goo»c guide the young geese to E lorlda? Wo »u,pcct that a flock ot young gccso hatched In an In-culMitor and that never know a moth-er's caro would lu tbl, regard bohavo preclicly like all other wild goe«o when autumn came and they had learned to fly. Tho only account that you can give of tho thing called ani-mal Instinct U that It U a wliw and loving inspiration ot tho Almighty.

Tlioy tell us that before an <»rth-quake the bca,t, ot the Bold and tho fowl, ot tho air seem to havo a pre-,entlment ot approaching disaster, and go lowing about tho field and flut-tering afTrlghted to their ne«t«. Such an instinct, or inspiration, It you pleato, guided those mute creatures In the days ot Noah to their God-ap-pointed refuge.

But yet another objector arises—a humane objector—who lift, his hand. In philanthropic horror at ,uoh whole-,ale destruction ot human llfo as that which the flood Is supposed to have brought, as it it were a thing atro-cious and incredible. And yot why any more Incredlblo than solemn facts with which tho whole world Is only too sadly familiar?

Where are all the men that wore alive a hundred and fifty years ago? Dead-dead—all dead. "Thou car-rlest them away a , with a flood." One by one they crossed tho rlvor. Somo wore Ukon away with swift and sud-den stroke, and tome after long and dreadful sufTerlng—but they are all doad. What matters It whether by universal caUstrophe or on toUtary ,lok bed? The fact Is, God bad been testing man with leugth ot days. If from the fir,t hi, span ot llfo had been as brief as now, man would have been disposed to plead that he had not had time to learn to live before he was compelled to die. God gave him near-ly a millennium of years In which to make the experiment, and insteatl of growing better, tho hoary-headed vil-lains waxed worse and worse, and the world was filled with such monster, ot depravity that God ,aw that tho best thing he could do wfth the race was to drown It out, and give to the world a new departure through the only family in who,e bosom there remained a single ipark ot purity.

But how about the Innocent babos? our infidel objcctor Indignantly asks. To which wo answer: It Is no now thing for babes to die. Ten, of thou-aanda every year aro swept away by In'fantllo disordora. Nor la It ao dreadful a thing for a babe to die, for wo have the bait of all reaion, to bo-lleve that thoio dying ]n Infancy are carried by the angel, to the Frtradtso of God, and thoy that go that way are not greatly to be pitied.

•'I aaked tho Lord that he would spare my child," .aald the sainted Cecil, *'and he took It and ao he apared It.**

It the Infanta ot thou antodeluvlan alnnera had be(n apared tiiey would doubtlwa have followed In tho foot-atepa ot tiielr fathera and filled the earth with violenw again. How much better to ba oaught up out ot tha flood

Into tho arm, of Infinite love and Into a realm ot infinite purity!

So much for tho cavilling ot cap-tlou. Infidelity touching one of the mo,t tremendou, ovont. In human bia> tory, an event not only avouched for by tho Soflptures, but atteatod by wurld-wldo tradition, ot tho race and corroborated by tho tacU of aclonoe, which go to show that mighty moun-tain chasm, wore once submerged in the long ago, while tho Imaginary dlt-flcultlcs touching tho ark lUolf and the creatures that It carried are sim-ply puerile and contemptible.

Wo therefore do most thoroughly bellovo and would against all comers most dotermlnodly malnUln that the story of the flood Is to bo received as veritable history, and yot like many another pavsago In tho Old TosUment annals It Is charged with spiritual slg-nlflc.wo far-reaching and sublime. That ark In which Noah and hi, fam-ily were saved was a typo ot Christ. Wo aro saved by Christ by bolng in Christ, and just as Noah In the ark Bwcpt through tho waters of tho flood from that old antodeluvlan world— blood-suluod and tear-soakcd—to a now world-wavo-washed and ralnbow-ftrchcd—to which ho descended from Ararat, ovon so In Christ wo pass from tho old 'life of sorrow and sin to a new llfo of obedlonco and joy; and this Is symbolized by the ordinance ot baptUin, In which, as through a flood, wo pass from tho low-lands whore sin reigus and over which doom hangs, to tho Ararat of justification, there to worship at faith's blood-besprlnklcd altar and gaeo upon the rainbow of hope that spans tho black bosom ot the retiring cloud of wrath and gives assurance tliat never will that wrath be outpoured upon us.

And all men will do well to remem-ber that no mounUln-cUmbor In the days of Noah, however lithe ot limb or floot of foot, could scale a height where bo would not bo overwhelmed; and no boat-builder, however ingen-ious, could fashion a craft that would outride that Hood. Even so no mor-alist, however lofty his atulnmonts, and no religionist, howovor plausible anil twautlhil hU tyi»e of religion, If It bo not Christ's, need over hop) to rcach tho banks of eternal deliver-ancc. Tho ark alono passed through tho flood. We must flee for refuge to tho hopo set before us In tho gospel, tor there Is salvation nowhere In tho universe bealdos.

And we do woll to note that Noah entered voluntarily, for the Lord for-ces not the freedom of the human will. "My pcoplo shall bo a willing people In tho day ot my power." But Noah, bolng once In, "the Lord shut him In." And though the windows of heaven wore opened and tho founUlna ot tho groat deep wore broken up, though deep calUd unto deep at the nolM of God'a water-spouts, Noah and his family were just as safe as though tboy were In heaven.

For mysolf I frankly confess that I never look without a shudder at a picture that many seom to highly prlie, In which a female form Is represented as onoonipasiod by a raging sea, yet ollnglng with desperate clutch to a cross of stone that towers above tho angry waters. And aa you gaio you cannot but feel that tho creature can-not long maintain her hold, and that It Is only a question of time when she will be awallowod up In tho horrible abyss.

Not thus do we perilously cling, for wo are aafo In the ark. Oui lite la hid with Ohrlat In God. And ao we aro kept by the ^ w e r of God through fittth unto aalvation.

Thank God for the loaaons of tho* Flood! Thank God tor tha aholtar of the Arki

Ghloago, III.

The Hellgloiui iBfluanee of Ameri. ean Poet*.

UY lUEV. J taSB B. OILUKRT, A U. From the aarileat agMrellgloua senti-

ment haa voiced itaelf la poetry and aong. This la Mpeolally true of tha Chrlatlaa f*tth, for poetry la the hand-maid of Chrlatlanlty. The muse of poetry haa derived her rarest Inspira-tion from "Stioah's brook thsi Bo««d Fmi by ths unci* ot QoO."

Unbelief does not naturally uke to poetry, or ezpreas Itaelf In song. Burns might apend hia own nights in revelry with boon compaolona. but has given ua an ImmorUl picture ot the ploua Cotter'a Saturday night, and oven the sneering and diasolute Byron sang of the trials and triumphs of God'a ancient people. It la an in-teroatlng queation, what part American poeU havo bad In molding tho rall-gloua lite of the nation. There were tow poeU of any aort In the days ot tho Colonial period ot American litera-ture, and none ot any enduring fame. What little literature existed In that early period assumed the form of heavy sermons and heavy disquisitions upon theology. Some of ^ o early Nsw England divines in the intervals ot sermon-writing composed, as a sort of menUl relaxation, epigrams, elegies and eulogistic versea, but tho widest exeralse of literary charity could not call such writings poetry. There was one poem, however, which reflected It It did not Influence tho early religious lite ot New England. I refer to Michael Wigglesworth'a "Day of Doom," a kind of Inferno In doggerel which went through twenty-nlno editlona. Lowell says of thia crude and wolrd attempt at a religious epic, that It "was the solace of every fireside, the flicker of tho plne-knoU by which It waa conned perhaps adding a livelier relish to lu premonitions ot eternal combustion."

The style ot thIa nompoaltlon is that known as "aing-aong,** the language is "rude and monotonous," and the entire poem reflects all the lurid hor-rors of a material hell. Tho Revolu-tionary period of American literature gavo rise to no |)oets ot lasting tame, and produood nothing in tho way ot poetry that afTocted the religious lite of tho nation. In 1810 appeared Bry-ant's "Thanatopsls," the author be-ing only eighteen years of age. This poem breathes a penal vely religious spirit, and marked tho rising of a new sUr In the literary firmament. Bry-ant Is the poet of nature and sees na-ture as pervaded by the divine pres-ence. It ho has not written many dis-tinctively rallgloua poems, he has taught men to look "through nature up to nature's God," and hla Influonj^ haa boon puro and healthful.

Were wo aaked to namo tho two poets whoao writing a aro most deeply Imbued with moral and religious senti-ment, and who havo most deeply touched tho heart of tho nation, there could bo but one answer. Theso two poeta aro WhlUler and Longfellow-Born in tho aamo year, 1807, and both reared under Now England akies, their Uvea ran nearly parallel.

Longfellow la the poet of the hon>^ and ainga of love, bereavement, com-fort, patlenoe and faith. Hla 'Tsalm of Lite" haa been dcolalmed and quoted until It has booome quite thread-bare, but It haa atlrred many a young heart tu high and noble purpose. Hla "Foot-step of Angela" remloda ua that tha loved one* that have gone from ua to tho great boyond aro not lost, but low ua atlll, and await our comlnf, while "Th i Beleaguored City" tratea the ofBoaoy of faith and prayer. II la not too Bttoh lo aay that many Rachel* vraeplng tor their chl il»« have baas oomtortad by hla "Tb* Reaper and th« Plowwra.'* _

WhltUor'a moral InflutBoa haa

p e a t , especially a* directed against the system of alavery. He.'waa the poet of freedom and nature, but aang ot f i ^ u m becauae Itwa* man'a divine right, and he aaw nature everywhere fllled with the light and life of God. HI, Quaker training reveal, Itaelf In much ot hla poetry, and hla rallgloua faith waa free from all Ulntof bigotry or oarrowneaa. He waa a brave and hopeful optlmlat, and aang of the di-vine goodneaa and the final triumph ot truth and love.

"I know sot whers his UUodii lirt Tbetr tronded palms la air. 1 only know I emnnot dtitt Uejrond bis leva and csra."

If this Is not orfbodox. It Is oerUln-\ j nearer the truth than Michael Wigglesworth'a "Day of Doom." and tho harsh theology ot "ye olden time."

Many of WhlUlor's themes were dl-r«ctly Biblical, and Quaker though he was, tho martial spirit of tho Old Tes-tament breathes all through his wri-tings. When he blew a bugle blast against slavery he stirred the hearU of men with righteous Indignation, yet ho could sing In notes aa aoft and gentle M a aummer breeze. What can be more exquisite In tenderness than theso verses:

"W* may not climb tho hesvenly steep To bring the bord Chrlat down;

ID TBLN we sesrob the lowest deep. For him no depth can drown.

But warm, sweet, t«Bd«r.oTea yei A present help Is he;

And talih haa yet l u Olivet, And Love Its Oalilee.

The healing of the seamlets dress Is by our beds ot pain;

We tottch him In Ufe's throng and press. And we are whole again."

How cheerfully he> sings ot Immor-tality and the future life:

"But lire, though taUIng like our grain. Like that revive* and springs again: And. early caUed. how blessed are they Who wait In heaven their harvest day."

Folmes was too light and airy a singer, too much ot a professional humorist, to produee any deep moral impression, or to touch the religious nature, but his humor was always wholesome and pure, and left no Ulnt or sting behind.

Tho same may be said of Saxe; In tact, a prominent feature even of tho lighter forms of American poetry haa been Ita purity.

As a class our literary men have been clean in life and thought. We have had no Shelly living a lite of ahame, DO pyron ainglng the praises of dis-sipation and lust.

No American poeU have written moredlstinotlvely upon Biblical themes than N. P. Wlllla, whoao Sacred Poema are a beautiful paraphrase of many Scriptural tcenea.

In tenderneaa ot aentlment and boauty of expreaalon It would be hard to exceed hla "Healing ot the Daughter of Jalrua,** or "Widow ot Naln."

Those poema have been widely olrou-lated and extenalvely read; many ot ihom have been Incorporated In aohoql readera, and they havo h i^ no amall Influence in directing the popular mind to the literary beauty ot the Bible.

Poo waa too dlaaoluto In lite, and his poetry too weird and wild to have rouob abiding Influence of any aort. Bis poems havo been aptly called "rootleaa flower*.'* "He took no hold upon the life about him and oared noth-ing for the publlo conoerna of hla country.** He can hardly be oalled an American poet. "Hia poema and talea might have been written In vaouo for anything American In them.**

Ot an emlneatly devout character, bom ID tha latter part ot the laat cen-

Mr*. Slgourney may be mfln-tloned a* one of the le**er light* In our literary flrmament, but iha refleoted a pure and holy llghl,iaiid axsralsed BO small Influenoe upon the generation in which *he Uvad. Mueb Of her poetry wa* dlaUaotlvaly rallglou*, and nany

of her poems found a plaoe In *chool reader*, and book* of aelectlona, and the "Elegant ExtracU" of t|ie daya paau In thIa way her Influence be-came widely extended, and alwaya tended to toater an exalted moral and rallgloua aentlment. She aang of aor-row, bereavement, the oonaolatlon of religion, ot home and the domestic clrele. Over many of her writings la a alight tinge of aadneas, yet she never falls to see shining above the cypress trees of grief the sUrs ot hope and faith.

Emerson, usuallyTegarded as a prose writer, was really a poet-phllosopher, but his poetry Is too subtle, too much like philosophy In verse, to touch the popular heart.

liOwell's "BIglow Papers" put the New Tesumont law of lovo and spirit of peace in ruatic rhyme, and under-neath the homely humor, throbs an In-tense hatred ot fraud and wrong, even when disguised under the name of pa-triotism.

tor war. I call It murder-There you hev U plain an' ttati I don't want to go no turder Than By Testament tor that: Oed has said so plump and fairly. It's long aa It la broad, An' you've got to git up airly er you want to lake In Ood."

"Under the racy humor of the dialect burned that moral enthusiasm and that hatred ot wrong and delflcatlon ot duty, 'stern daughters of the voice ot God'— which in the tough New England stock sUnda Instead ot tho passion in tho blood ot southern races."

As many rllla and streams go to swell the current of tho majestic river, so many singers ot lesser fame, as the Cary sisters, David Bates, lUy Palm-er, and perhaps a score of others, have helped to give volume and moral tone to American poetry.

Ot Walt Whitman but little need be said In this connection. Even the most ardent admirers of the rude rhyme and coarse realism ot "Leave* of Grass," beyond a sort of virile belief lo Im morUllty and the final triumph of the right, will hardly claim any religious Influenoe as emanating from the "Good, gray poet."

As a whole, tho poets of America have touched very closely the religious life of the people. Christian theology Is at the present time breaking away from the cast Iron traditions and forms of the past. Christian living has be-come broader, and Ukon on a richer meaning, reproducing In the world of today the love that walked the earth in those

. . . "blessed feet Which eighteen hundred years agp were nailed For our advanuge ta the bitter eross."

A* the gate* ot the twentieth contury *wlng upon the golden hinges of time, and open a now and bettor era to man-kind, shall there not arhe upon those shore* some *lnger to voice the larger thought and broader life that shall blo**oa upon the topmost bough of the ages?

Spring Valley, N. Y. The World !• Getting Better.

BV MV. T. W. VOUKO. Astronomers, by making observa-

tion* in dIsUnt plaoes, can desorlbe with mathematical accuracy tho orbit of a planet, when and where it can bd seen even hundred* of year* In the future. By Uklng obaervatlona from dlaunt plaooa, and at different tlmea, WQ can determine the courao our world la Uklng In Ita Ute" and doatlny, Chrlat oame into the world to redeem It. Hla mlaalon I* not to bo a *tupen-dou* failure, but amagnlfioent victory.

If our flr*t observation be In the day a ot Paul, the range ot v Ulon would be durk and doubtful. JawUh preju-dlo**, buttra**ed by lltteen eenturlM of tradition*, and malignant paganlnn.

with unmentionable Immoralltle*, were the dismal faoU that confronted Apos-tolic zeal and faith. But those heroes of faith, Uklng their lite In their hands, went forth, doubting nothing, but full.of hope, proclaiming one gos-pel for all the world. They had uni-versal promises, which fllled them with universal hope, but there were tew evidences ot universal suooes*.

In the reign ot ConsUntlne wo lift the telokoopo of faith for another ob-servation. Through fire and amoke, from the camp to the throne, the truth haa apread and triumphed. Heathen temples have given place to Christian cathedrals. Jupiter and Apollo havo been relegated to pagan art and mom^ ory, and Jesus Christ has been en-throned the supreme object of wor-ship. Without missionary organiza-tions, without culture, without patron-age, and without political influoDoe, Christianity haa conquered tho Rom-ish Empire. All roads led to Rome, and so from Rome to all tho world. Along these highways, on asses and on foot, in commerelai caravans, and In soldiery array, journeyed believers, carrying the truth destined to conquer the whole world.

Tides rise and recoil. Thore aro periods of hope and periods of hope-lessness. Night suceeeds tho day. Now after a long night fllled with Ignorant dreams and phanUsmlc night-mares of superstition, when tho bright truth had entered an eclipse by rea-son of a corrupt, avaricious, ambi-tious, politico-religious eccleslastl-clam we rise up to Uke another obser-vation. It Is In the dawn ot the Ref-ormation. The day is breaking, but superstitious priests and cardinals seek to extinguish the light by throw-ing their holy waters upon It. Tarough the ear trumpet we can hear children crying for light and groan ing beneath their intolerable burdens, which priestly Indulgences could never lighten. The mumbling of the purifying storm Is hoard, and finally breaks upon the world to dispel Its spiritual miasma. The fury pastes. Tho oonfllot ends, and now wo see the world bettor and brighter. Truth Is vreloomed. Llbo ty Is sought and found. Tho Word ot God Is unbound. The world Is moving godward. This mighty movement of the awakened conscience and mind and heart is known to all and has blessed all.

Our next observation will be In the days ot Wesloy and Whltofield. The black clouds of atheism hang around the horizon. Delstlo creeds have stupe fied the pulpit and the pew Into Indif-ference. But now we behold all of contlnonUl Europe awakening to an evangelical faith, and experimental knowledge ot saving truth. There la a revival ot affoctlon Infiuonclog con-duct. The tyranny of creed rccolvea a ablvorlng blow. Cold logic begins to be displaced by self-denying love. The world la lott In possession ot a better type ot Christian eharaoter, which en-ters all life, and spreads to all lands, to brighten and bleaa the world.

Once more we look to too the course our world Is Uklng. The signs of tho times Indicate the dawning of a bright-er and better day. Tho faots that greet us are aaaurlng to our faith and hope. In our favored land 21,000,000 of our people every Sunday gather to hear the preaohlng ot the Gospel of our salvation. We have 146 rellgloua denomlnatlona with a memberahlp of 24,640.680, or one third of our popula-tion. While our population Increased during the laat decade £4.80 per cent., the membership ot the ohurohea In creased 42 per cent. Nine ohttroh houaea are built every day, and 3,000 pooplo added to our memberahlp every day In tho year. Who can eatlmato the power for good of our 143 000 Sun day-aohoola with tbelr 14,000,000 *oholar*7 ^ o * e a r a t teaching and

moulding the young life of our nation. To tha e**ential three R'* of aduoatlon, they are adding a fourt^, Righteou*-no,,.

In estimating the force* for good we must not overlook the quantity and quality of education Imparted by our 241,658 schools, ranging from tho pub-lic school* to the Seminary and Uni-versity, with their 16,670,351 studente and 157,0^ teacher*. Education doe* not insure goodness, but It these cent-ers of learning, while religion* dog-mas are not taught, Christian Influ-ence and power are felt In shaping the character of the students. Popular education is a necessity for a letter life and better society. Freedom and Igporance cannot long exist together.

Nor must we 'fall to reoognlr.e.tho helpful power ot our summer OhauUu-quas, instltntea, and oonventlona. These bave Imparted a religious enthu-siasm and llfo to our people never known before. And the mightiest force of our advancement Is the news-paper, from whioh we get our politics, economics, philosophy and theology. The conditions of human lite are im-proving. The band of benevolence has fllled our land with asylums, orphan-ages, homes for tho blind, deaf, dumb, poor, the Magdalen, the Inebriate, and tho Incorrigible. These are the finget * of Christ healing the world'a diaeaaea, or mlnlaterlng to the world'a sick. The Samaritan spirit Is filling the world.

There Is a gleam of hope across the seas. The old civilizations with their hard conditions are passing away. The old pagan and seml-Chrlstlan faiths are dissolving to be replaced by Christian truth with ite joyous hopo and helpful life. At the knock of our 11,000 missionaries the doors ot overy nation have opened, through which light is streaming, and dark-ness is breaking away. The Chris-tian nations are increasing rapidly in intelligence. In numbers, and In power, while the Ignorant and bru-Ul are hastening to dismemberment and death. Geographically three-fifths of the world aro Christian. Of the 62,002,470 square miles of the earth's aurtace, Christian nations con-trol 32,410,016, tho other two-fifths aro under pagan and Mohammedan power. The recent acquisition of territory by Great BrlUin, Franoe and Ger-many on jho continent of Africa la full ot algnlficance to the progreas ot Christianity. Christianity bears ru'e today over 686,430,411 ot the earth's InhablUnts, and 408,609,012 of these are undor>ProteaUnt govornnienta, the rest under the lioman and Greek Catholic governniente. But In what' over direction we look we see Chrla-tlanlty gaining the ascendency in area, In numbers, in Influence, In thought. In power. Christian forees can never be ubulated. They refuse to sub-mit to the multiplication Uble. But they are fllllng tho world aind leaven-ing the e a r t h , and . creating that new heaven and new e'arth wherein dwelU oth rlghtcousneaa. We are following the rider on the whlto^horae, oonqtier-ing and to oooquer, and neither Chlneao prejudice, nor Indian caate, nor Afri-can fevers, nor Turklah inhumanity, nor Engllah opium, nor Boston rum, can Icing wIthsUnd the triumphant mareb of Christianity, nor prevent the kingdoms ot this world^ booomlng tho kingdom of oufr Lord. The truth of Christ has made more progress and gained more power during the present century than during all the combined preceding centuries. While the old faiths are dying, Christianity 1* grow-ing young with age, and the earth 1* about to be filled with the glory ot the Lord. The world 1* getting better.

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COBRESPOHDEIICE Mvmorlal Services In Horton Ball

OA Thurtdsy evoaiug in the dlnlDf;-room of the Seminary, during the do-Ufery of a ipeeob by one of our TIS-Itort (Dr. Plokard), a telegram was handed Dr. Wbltaltt announcing the death, a t Lynchburg, Va., of our be-loved teacher, H. H. Harris.

On Saturday morning memoi ial ter-vices were held in Norton Hall. In tue abienoe of Dr. Whltsiit, who had goneto Richmond toattend the luneral. the meeting was presided over by Dr. Kerfoot. After prayer by Dr. Haton and the reading of Scripture, Dr. Ker-foot spoke brUlly. but with deep feel-log, of the great loss the iuBiitutlon has sustaloed in the death of Dr. Harris, at a time, too, when It seemed to us that the Seminary most urgently needed him.

Dr. A. T. llobertson then spoke of "Prof . Harris and the Seminary." Dr. Harris ' connection with the Semi-nary had not been long—once for about a month during the war as a student in the old Seminary at Greenville, S. C., and during the last year and a halt as professor of PolemliM and Biblical Introduction. Prof. U. was In deepen, trueH sympathy with the ideals of the Seminary. Educated at the University of Virginia, he believed with all hU soul in the advantages of the elective system, the dlstlnguUh-ing feature of our Theological Semi-nary. He caught the spirit of the Seminary at once, and his eonsltive nature was keenly alive to the spirit of its past. And lastly, he gave the Seminary his heart, he loved it—the professors, the students, the work— with h i t whole heart.

Dr. Dargan then spoke of "Prof . Harr is as a Fr iend." Human friend-ship is Indeed sweet; there Is nothing else like it on earth, but much like it in heaven. Those, who knew Dr. Har-ris as a friend bad a priceless treas-ure in their memory. The speaker dwelt upon Dr. Harris ' courage, his fun-loving spirit, his tenderness, his simplicity—"he never got up on stilts to talk to a man"—his wise counsel; and this combinjd with such love and •Inuerity that "ho could rebuke with-out humiliating one, and could encour-age without making one self-conceit-ed ."

Bro. J . H. Franklin, representing the students of the Seminary, spoke of the relations between the "Professor and his Students." In wordseloquent with deepest feeling he told of what Dr. Harr is had boen to his old pupils as teacher, counsellor and friend.

Dr. Carter Helm Jones was then called upon and spoke of "Prof. Har-ris as a Man.*' Ha did not remember the time when he had not known and -loved Prof. Harris. Alluding to the many-sidedness of his character, Dr. Jones said: "He had never known in any man •uch a perfect marriage of the ideal and practical." When Prof. Harris, some thirty years ago, ap-plied for a professorship In Rlohmond College he was somewhat disappointed at receiving the professorship of Greek rather than that of mathematics, which subject he believed to be his fort. Yet Prof. Harris was one of the great Grecians of this country. Dur-ing the abnnceof one of his colleagues Dr. Etarrli was called upon to All his ehalr, and ttien It was that his friends discovered from his wonderfully lumU nons statements and exact deflnlllons that metaphysios was his fort. He seemed to have read everything, and yet withal he was Intensely praotloal. On oae oecaslon al a groat out-door meeting the ladles had their hosplta bla das lgu almoit frustrated by ttie dUDoalty of startlnff thalr stove. Dr. Harris MW the altuatlon, took off bli QMt, and In » few mlnutH the atove

was fixed. Some of the ladles being asked who their helper was, replied that they understood he was Mr. Blank, a stove maker from Richmond, and were more than a little astonished to learn later that it was the groat professor of Greek from Kicbmond College. On another occatlon a farm-er was exprossing his surprise a t that old farmer from that barren country near Richmood, who had boon talk-Ihg to him about farming and tolling him a lot of things ho had never heard of before. He too received an clcctrlc shook when informed that the "old fa rmer" was the professor of Greek at Richmond College.

Ono of Dr. Harr is ' greatest gifts was his power of Illustration. A groat crltlu said recently that Prof. Harr is was one of the threo greatest living masters of the a r t of lllustratlou.

Some years ago at a meeting of tho Southern Baptist Convention a long-mooted question was before the meet-ing which was expected to arouse llorco discussion. Dr. Harris rose just at tho right time and in his speich used an illustration which settled tho whulo question. Afterwards some of hU friends, congratulating blm upon hie spoech, said, "How fortunate that waa: how lucky that you thought of that Illustration just at that tlmo." With a characteristic shrug of hta shoulders Dr. Harris replied, "Um. I 've been working on that Illustration three months."

After a solo from Bro. Cecil Cooke and prayer by Dr. Charles Hemphill, Presldeni. of tho Southern Presbyterian Seminary, the meeting was closed by Dr. Warder.

Three Great Needs.

Tho Lord blesses the people who obey His command to give the Gospel to all nations. Ho is greatly blessing tho work on the Foreign Qelds. For the advancement and strengthening of the work there are threo great needs. Let us consider these.

1. Earnest Prayer. Wo have not prayed for the coming of Uud's King-dom as we should. Souls aro dying and need the Gospel. Wo should pray for laborers to be sent, for those who have been sent. God's plan Is for us to ask of Him, and for Him to gi re In answer to prayer. He Is the same un-changing God who heard and answered Abraham and Jacob and Elijah. IIo will hear and answer us. Let us earn-estly plead with Hlin for tho work. He can and will open the hearts of His people. Wo have tho means; the question Is, Will wo give for the sal-vation of lost men or use on oursol vesV Some are giving cheerfully and liber-ally for the work. Let us pray the Lord to open the hearts of many, very many, of our people to give the Gospel, and of the heathen to receive tho glad t dings.

2. Missionary Pastors. We need for more of our pastors to believe earnestly in missions, and to realize that they aro Gbd-appolnted teachors and leaders. Tho church will give for mlsslont where the pastor yearns for the saHatlon of a lost world, and does his fu 1 duty In teaching and leading his people. A live missionary pastor will make a missionary church. The pastors aro Ood-appolnted leaders. If they are IndilTerent or afraid com-paratively little will bo done. If strong and earnest, much will be aooompllshed. To work up his church in missions, the pastor needs threo things: (1) Odnvlotlonaof God'etruth; (2)Cottrage to apeak the truth; (3) Oonseoratlon to lovingly, earnestly, patiently press the truth until he "brings things to paw."

There aro over ten thousand preach-em (not all pastors) lo the bounds of the Southern Baptist Convention. If they were al l awake on nl is lons, our foroea at the front would loon be great-

iy increased, and angels would rejoice over thousands saved in lands of dark-ness and sin. Lot us pray for our pastors. May God's Spiri t come upon them, moving them to their full duty, loading out their |)00pl0 In this great work, fearing not, forbearing not.

.1 Giving Systematically. Wo put giving first, for many do not give a t all for Foreign Missions. Wha t would Christ say to such, If horo In body to-day? His last command was for For-eign Missions. When Ho appeared to Saul it was to call him to Foreign Mission work. IIo wanu this work done. Ho calls on us to take part. We are outrusted with tho work of giving tho Gospel to a lost world. W e tthould give time and offort and means, the best wo have, for this work. In our ehurohos wo should arrange and plan for all to give regularly. Lot it bo taught that each one who loves God Bhould help Ui advance His Kingdom. Before tho set time for gathering tho gifts of the iMJoplo It U iMJst to Inform them of tho work. Ix;t all know of what U boinu done, and ea^h andovoy ono bo called on to glvo It Is well to remomlH-r that no system or plan will work itself. There must be one o r moro earnest hearts back of any plan. Wo need a plan In every church, but wo need more In each church ono earn-est heart. One person fully conse-crated will make a plan.

God give us, both postors and peo-ple, a ycarninp for tho lost, so that coHHtantly we will bow In prayer be-fore lliui for thU work, and In His name faithfully do our duly In giving the world tho Gospel.

U . J . WILLINOHAM. Ulchmoud, Va.

Now York's Great Revival.

The spiritual awakening In Greater New York attracts considerable atten-tion Men aro deeply Interested, and God la wonderfully blessing this evan-gelistic effort. Five weeks In Novem-ber and December D. L. Moody preach-ed twice a day to InimonKC audtonccs in Coopor Union, and on Sundays In Carnegie Hall, and ho Is still speaking in the latter place to crowded audl-eno's every Sunday. Af t j r the Christ-mas holldayb the Cooper Union meet-ings were resumed ot noon, beginning January 4th, under tho leadership of Ucv. A. C. Dixon. "Tho Lord gavo testimony to the world of Ills grace," and large numbers wore converted.

For the past two weeks Dr. J . Wil-bur Chapman has bcon tho preachcr in thc^o noon gatherings with Increas-ing manifestations of the Spirit 's pow-er, whllo In the evenings he has car-ried on tho warfare against sin in Brooklyn, Hanson Place M. E. Church, Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, Hanson Place Baptist Church, and tho Baptist Temple unit-ing In tho work.

A dally paper of Brooklyn has stated that for the first time in the history of Methodiein tho churches have taken conoertcd action, and revival services aro being lield in various centres by that body. Un'on meetings a re under way in tho Wllllamsburgh district, Qf-teen churchos uniting. The attendance Is largo, interest deepening, and be-Hovers aro being added to tho Lord dally. Drs. Teeodoro L. Cuyler, L. A. Banks, and J . M. F a r r a r have been among the speakers.

Around the Fourteenth streetChurch, New York, whore A. C. Dixon la preaching every night, a house to house visitation Is being made, and U la proposed to attempt this qn a wider loate aa aoon as the foroea aro organ-lnod for thla apeolal work, Ferdinand Sohieverla will join the campaign and work from] another centre a t the be-ginning of February. Large orowdi have alao attended Or, DIxon'a meet-loga In tho Academy of Mualo Sunday afternoona. Rev. Henry T. MoBwen

paator of the Fourteenth St. Presbyte-r ian Church, haa conducted the after-meetlnga, and ntimbera have been con-verted.

The meetinga in Cooper Union have been changed from 12 to 3 p. m., and Bev. A. C. Dixon haa been preaching daily to large audlencea. These Cooper Union ineetlnga will con-tinue until the coming of> F. B. Meyer, of London, who will preach twice a day In Carnegie Mualo Hall for one week, beginning February 8ih. J . H. Burke and I r a D. Bankey have added greatly to the Intereatand power of the meetinga by their exoellent sing-ing. •

Christians everywhere are asked to pray that thla campaign for tho Mas-ter miay bo mightily bleased by God.

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Seminary Hotel .

A deep shadow of sorrow was cast over every hear t by the death of Prof. H. H. Harr is . Although he had been here but a abort time, hia hold upon the Son/lnary life had become wonder-ful. The students looked up to him as ono in whom thoy could rely for accu-rate and wide icholarship, and one to whom they could look for couneol. Many who only knew him in the Semi-nary will count it a great privilege to have come in contact with him, for his impress was always mado upon stu-dents and friends. Hia memory will servo to stimulate his students to real-ize in their own lives tho noble traits of character found In him, and will yearn after a portion of his great faith and humility.

Missionary Day was observed on tho 3rd. Dr. T. P . Bell of the Chris-(ittii Index delivered a clear-cut, com-prehensive address on the Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention. He discussed its history, organization, relation to State work, and its icope of influence. The addreaa will bo pub-lished in the Index by request of the Society.

Rev. John H. Eager of Italy has boen selected to deliver the annual missionary address during commence-ment week. Thla will be a new but permanent feature of our olosiog ex-orcises.

Prof. John R. Sampey loft on the :trd for the li^ast. Ho will spend about threo months in Paleatloe. To show their appreciation of hia work, the senior Hebrew plass presented Dr. Sampoy with a pair of field glasses. Some of us a re looking forward with great interest to next year when he will make the scenes of laaiah vivid to tho Somararlum claaa because of his t r ip abroad. God speed his journey.

"Par l iamentary Law" la the con-ciae, well-written and authoritative book that haa been lasued by Prof. F. H. Kerfoot. Thla flrat edition will be limited to hlaolasaea and old atudents. Lot all old atudenta write to him at once for a copy. BOND.

Home HiMlon Board.

With the opening year tho Home Miaaion Beard dealrea to ask the at-tention of brethren to Ita needs.

Tho contrlbutlona up to this date have been considerably below those of laat yeari Tho falling off of the last two montha haa been painful.

The atrongoat ot our State* have not given ua during these months half their usual amounta.

A great preaaure la thua thrown u ] ^ us at the very season when wo need the largest contributions.

Will not our brethren evorywhew rally to our support, and help us by prompt remlttanoeaP

We i muat have ithem or both oor work and workera will suffer.

, , . I . T. TIOHKHOB. Atlanta, Oa.

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B A T T J U i T AJM1> l i J f i F L E U T O l l , F E B . 1 1 , 5

HEWS HOTES. PASTORS* COMFBRENCB REPORT.

l«asiivl»«* Flrst-Preachlng at both hours by

Rev. F. W. Bamett. 200 In 8 . 8. , and 81 ID Anaon Nelaon Mlaalon. oUowell Memorlal-Paator Burns preached. 102 In 8 . S.

Edgefield—Dr. J. M. Frost preached »t morning hour; pastor Kuat a t night. 160 In 8. 8 .

Third—Pastor preached to a good audience In the morning. Small au-dience a t night. Two baptized and two received for baptiam. 198 in S. S. Fairly good young people's meeting.

Seventh—Dr. A. J. Holt preached at both houra. Pastor Wright was ableto be out In his invalid chair. This was the paator'a fourth anniversary, oae received under watehcare.

Cen t r a l -Pas to r Lofton preached to large audiences. Flno attendance at communion. 376 In S, 8.

Immanuel—Paator Ramsey preach-ed at both services. Itocelved one by etter.

Centennial—Pastor W. C. Cleveland preached morning and evening. Good servieea. 116 in 8. 8. HsiwzTllle*

Centennial—Pastor Snow preached on the Holy Spirit. Fine meetings. :(09 In 8 . 8.

Firat-Paator Aoree preached. Oae received by letter and one for bap-tism. 400 In 8 . 8.

Second—Pastor Jeffries preached. Fine congregations. Three for bap-tism. 295 In 8 . 8 . neasplUa.

Johnson Avenue—Notwithstanding the rain we had aervicea at both houra yeaterday. Eapeoially Interesting ser-vieea. Paator eonducta a memorial service at tl|e Bartlett church on next Sabbath In honor of their late pastor, I.. E. McDonald.

—Good day here yesterday. Fine audiences. Pastor preached at both Borvioes. 92 In 8. S. Organlted a B. V. P. U. yesterday afternoon with flat-tering prospecU. T. G. D.

Athens, Tenn., Feb. 8th.

—I closed my first year's pastorate with the Lexington church yesterday. We have had a prosperous year. Tho church gavo me a hearty call for an Indefinite period. I hope for great blesalnga In the future.

W. I. FEAZBLL. Lexington, Tenn., Feb. 8th.

—Had a good day at Alexandria yesterday, laat night and Saturday. Good congragation yeaterday; good attention. Text, Tltua Hi. 8. Took up a nice collection for mlaalona. The church la doing well. Everything la moving along amoothly. Had about 76 In Snndayacbool.

J. B. FLErrciiKR. Alexandria, Tenn., Feb. 8th.

- W e had a good day at Autioch yeaterday. A large congregation was present. A deep spiritual feeling seemed to pervade tho audience. The church la moving along nicely and wo expect to accompllah great thlnga for the Lord. The Snnday-achool la In a flourlahing condition under the lead-erahlp of our beloved J. W . Herd. Glory be to God. J. H. PmtcR.

Wrencoe, Tenn. —I wiah to say to the churches and

Sunday-schools of Bolston Associa-tion that I hope they will aU adopt Prof. J. T. Henderson's suggestion and observe "Oollege Month," and set apart some Sunday In March for that purpose. We will do what we can here at JotteStmro^^ It Is certain-ly a worthy object and should be es-teemed a privilege by onr people.

\ m - ' 1; 1. N. KoinRocan. Jonesboroi Tenn. i t .

—1 worshiped with the brethren at Rutland on the first Sunday. Had a good congregation and interesting services, although the weather was in-clement and the roads were muddy. Collected 12 82 for missions. Breth-ren, pray for us that we may grow in grace and in tho knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

P . W . CAHNEY. Couchville, Tenn.

—I have just held two good meetings with Oak Hill and Barren Run Church-os, Larue County, Ky. Wo had twen-t y o n e additions at Oak Hill by expo-rlonco and baptism. TLo baptizing was very Impressive. Tho pastor and myself baptized at the same time. At Barron Hun wo bad thirteen additions by experience and baptism. I do not know whether John the Baptist over broke the lee to baptize In tho river Jordan, but I know that I broke tho Ice to baptizo in the creek at Barron H u n . G H. DOUHIB.

HodgorsvUlo, Ky.

—I have labored rocontly In a great revival meeting in the old town of Ellzabethton. The meeting continued 17 days and resulted In 88 conversions and 4.'i renewals, making a total of 133. This meeting has added great strength to tho Baptist cause In Ellza-bethton. There aro now standing ap-proved for baptism some of tho weal-thiest andmost Influential citizens of tho town. They will bo baptized after the completion of the new baptistery the brethren are now building Ellz-abethton Is a very promising field.

JOHN T . HICKMAN. Mossy Creek, Tenn. —Our church In conforonoe yester-

day passed a resolution to petition tho Legislature to refuse to incorpo-rate the Centennial grounds with the permission to keep tho gates open on Sunday and soil intoxicating drinks. We hope that our Exposition will be conducted on a high moral plane, and that It will not encourage anything low and degrading. We send this to you to let you know how we stand on the question, and hope you may use our humble petition so as to help bring about tho desired result.

H. C. GWALTNEY, C. C. Hickman, Tenn., Fob. 7th.

—Saturday and Sunday wero good days at Fall Creek. Saturday was a gloomy and rainy day, yet wo had a very good turnout of tho brethren. I praaohed to them on "Abounding in the work of tho Lo rd . " Sunday wo had an unusually large congregation for this season of the year. I preached on

'Tho unspeakable g i f t . " The service was inspiring and I hope much good may be tho result. It Is always an in-spiration to be surrounded by a largo and attentive audience. Bro, J. M. Knight Is seriously sick with pneu monia. Success to tho BAJTIST AND REFLEOTOK and its hcroio editor. Mayb3th llvo together for agonoratlon y e t t o c o m c . J . T . OAKI KV.

—Wo have undertaken to build us a new church-house at Roaring Springs. Wo are a little band of BaptlsU spir-itually strong but financially weak, and as we will need about ISO In a few days more than we have been able to raise, we thought it best to make a call through the BAPTIST AMD RB-rLECTOR to all the Baptists In Tennes-see for a small donation to help us to complete our new church-houae. Bro. E. T ^ Smith of Oreenevllle, Tenn., Is our pastor. Ho has been doing a no-ble work for the Master. We thank each and every one who haa or who ma) yet favor us with a contribution, and pray the blessings of our Father In heaven upon all. ^

J J. MAHSHALL, 8 . and T . Nowmansvlllo, Tenn.

Jackson Items.

Bro. F. M. Wells commenced a meet-ing at tho Highland Avenue Church Sunday. Bro. Wells is of the class of 93 of the Southweatorn Baptist Uni-versity and has many friends in the city. At present he is a student of tho Seminary.

The Second Church commencea a mcoUng tho second Sunday In March. Pray for these services.

Our hearts are made sad because of the death of Bro. L E. McDonald of the class of 1890. He was a fine boy, and bade fa i r to be a success.

The University is moving along nicoly.

Bro. Magill is visiting his parenU. Bro. Bledsoe preached a t Frayaer

Sunday. Dr. Savage has been ill, but we are

thankful to say he is able to meet hia classes.

Bro. Editor, keep the University chapel fund before your readera.

Everything moving along amoothly at tho First Church. A. B. Y.

—Since the Lord has blessed me in restoring my strength after some weeks of severe aufforlng, I will now try to express my gratitude to tho following churches for their liberality shown their pastor and family by a number of beautiful and valuable Christmas presents, presented during tho happy holidays: Elbethol and North Fork Churchos, Bedford County, and Mt. Lebanon Church, Marshall County. Their gifts amounted to nearly MO in value, which were thankfully received. Among the number of nlcc things was one of the most beauUful Bibles lever •aw, preaentod by the young lad lea of Mt. Lebanon Church. For all that we received we offer our thanka and In-voke tho blesalngsof our Master upon each church and Individual conoornod.

0 . V. Halb . \ Shelbyvllle,Tenn. }

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Those Lecturei.

Wo aro looking forward to tho lec-tures at Carson and Newman March 16th-2tlth with great Jnterest, hoping that many of our ministerial brethren who can will attend, not only for their aakes, but for the sake of the good their presence will yield. We desire a largo and enthusiastic attendance, so that the years to come will find a profit to our Baptist Zion in the State never dreamed of.

Those Bible Institutes aro Ous thing to Inspire and lift up our churches by inspiring and lifting ourselves up aa pastors. From year to year we wish to have as many of our mlnlstera take a part aa possible. We wish to have our brethren from all parts of the State-country, town and pity.

Wo hope to make every year yield greater results—"fellow-helpers to the t r u t h " — b y perionalcontactand discus-sion of the great questiona which con-corn ua as ppaohera and people.

COUiBQE! day . IVosident Henderson haa gotten out

a neat and practical circular ahowlng what our Baptlat hoata can do during the month of March. la It aimply a duty to give tp a great, growing en-terprise like' Carson and Newman? It ought to be conaldered the privilege of a llfe-tlmo to multiply and extend far and wide the Influence of an Insti-tution which haa auch untold posalbll-ities for good.

It la gratifying that frlenda are mul-tiplying every year; endowment Is coming; all debts are being Uquldat-ed. As the circular sets out, about 16,600 will cover the Indebtedness en-tire. Much of this fIs already sub-aorlbed; but all the aubaorlptlon will not be paid. U k every paator and every church In the State rally during the month ot March and wipe the •6,600 out forever.

I wish all our Baptist people oould

be In our recitation rooms and In our ^ halls and chapels, and look on for a few hours. We have a llUle army of young men and women In attendance— nearly 300. But why should we not be so enlarged In appointments as to reach 660, or even 1,000? We hope for liberal things from our brethren, and pray Ood*s blessings upon all their work of faith and labor of love.

8 . E. JONES. Carson and Newman College, Moaay

Creek, T enn.

Carton and Newman CoHege.

We now lack only five of the three hundred, and they are In alght, I think.

The atudenU are manlfeatlng unua-ual intereat In their efforta to enllat their paatora and frlenda at home In "College Day." Every mall thatleavea the College conveya a lot of literature on the aubject We hope to aeeure general obaervance of the day.

Prof. Jonea occupied Dr. Phllllpa' pulpit yesterday and preached a strong sermon on Christian Development.

Dr. Phllllpa preached for Prof. Jonea at Newport

Rev. E. Chute, the returned mlaalon-ary now realdlng In our town, deliv-ered a lecture laat night on hia work among the Telugua. He gave aome in-cidents In hia experience that Indicate ' that God atlll attenda the miaalonary withdemonatrationaof miraculoua pow-er. Hetella a marveloua atory that ought to atlmulate the faith ot those that hoar.

Work will begin thla week on the hall which the Alumni Aaaoclatlon la to fit up by commencement. Contrlbu-tlona have already come from Waah-Ington City, SUte of Waahlngton,

I Georgia, Connecticut, Michigan, Mia-aourl, and Tenneaaee. The lateat (to-day) waa from the attorney-general of thla dlatrlet

At the opening of the hall. May 28th, Dr. Nelson, Macon, Ga., class of '60, and Dr. Cooper, Peru, Ind., are ex-pected to speak.

J . T. HENDERSON.

Prof. H. H. Harris, P.P. , LL P. Our hearta are filled with grief at

the loaa ot onr great teacher, our wlae counaellor, and ou^ aympathetlc and truated friend, Prof. H. H. Harrla. While he lived and walked among ua we loved and honored him, and alnce It haa pleaaed God to remove him from our mldat wo feel more aenalbly the Influence of hia great life and the strong hold he had upon our affec-tlona. Hia ripe acholarahlp, hia calm, aober judgment, hia love for the truth, hia talrmlndedneas toward the opin-ions ot others, his childlike simplicity and his deep humility and piety have been Indelibly Impressed upon our hearts. Though we feel very keenly the loss we have sustained In the death of Prof. Harris, yet we recognise In It the dlapenaation of a wlae and loving providence and bow aubmlaslvely to the will ot the Father, "for of him and through blm and unto him are all thlngr," therefore be It ^

HtmAvtd, That weJAe atudenta of the Southern Baptlat Theological Semi-nary, extend our aympathy to the famify upon whom t&la bereavement haa ao heavily fallen, and commend unto them the word, of God'a grace for consolation.

Bemlved, That we endeavor to ahow by our future life and work that the noble example given ua by ourloving, faithful and earneat teacher baa not been In vain.

Jtetolvtd, That we feel that our loaa It hia eternal gain, and believe that he Is now resting from his labors and his works will follow him. ^

M O M I , That a eopy of t ^ s e resp-lutlons be sent to the h e a v e d family of Prof. Harris and published In r the Seminary Magaslne, and that other

F. B KAV, Kentuokyi f C. C. Poon , A l a l i a . ; %

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6 B A i n i S T A X D H B F L B O T O B , F E B . l l j 1 8 » 7 . B A F T I B T A J U D H B F L i B O T O f t , F E B . 1 1 , 1 8 » 7 .

MISSIONS. niSBION DIHBOTOHV.

V M M n i > a l * M i > - B e v - A . J . H o i a . D . a , lllaaioBkryBMNurr. All oommunlMUou dMlfned lor Wm •houW ha u» hlffl NMbTlUe, Tenn. W. U. Wood-oooK. TroMurer. NMhrUla. Tenn.

•'•relKM IIIU»I»»«.-K«T. R. J. Wiixwo-•AM. D.D., Oorr*poii<Uiif BecrtUrj, Rl»h-moDd, V». B«T. J. H. SHOW, KnoiTlIle. Tenn., Vloe-PrMia«nt ot the rowl«n Board for TennoMee, to mhom kU loqulrlM (or ID-lorm»UoB wMj ba »ddr««ie<l

Heme IIIU«I»m»—B«T. I. T. TIOHIMOB. D. D., OorrMpondlng BoeroUrj. Attantfc. Be*. U. D. JinrwM. Vloe-Proildent of the Homo Bosrd for Tennowee, towhomall tntonuUon or inaulrloa about work in tbe State IB»T b« addroMed.

n iaUter la l Ednc«tlcn.-All rund» lor yonng mtnUtora to tha B. W. B. Onl»ariUj •hottld b« «ent to O. M- Same. U..D., Jaekaon, Tenii. For jouns mlnlatara at Omon aad Newman OoUega. lend to J. T. Henderaon. Moasy Creek. Tenn.

Orpbana* Heme.-SeBdali moplaaio A. J. Wbeeler. Treaaurar. NaabTlUa, >nB. All anppUea ahould be aent to 0. T. Cheek, NaabTllle, Tenn. All iuppUea ahould be prepaid. W«mM«a flllaaloMary VnteB.

PBUiDnr.-Mra. A.O. S. Jaekaon, NaabTllle, Tenn.

OOBKBaronoio S i o b r a b t - -Mlaa H . U Clai-borne, Maxwell Houae, NaahTlUe. Tenn.

RlOOBOno BBOBBIABT.-Mlaa Gertrude Hill. MaahTmo.Tann.

BDtto»-Mra. J. O. Boat. NaabTlUa, Tenn.

Woman's Missionary Union.

The NaahvlUo Indian Mission Asso-ciation was formed In 1846, and fre-quent mention of work among the ab-origines appeared in the columns of the old Tcnneme Baptist. There were women's missionary societies in those days, and many a box of substantial goods was prepared by them and sent to' tbe pioneer missionaries in tbe West. "Marvellous indeed," says Dr. Tlchenor, "has been the success that has attended the 40 years' work ot the Homo Board amon(;tbe Indians. In the five tribes of the Indian Terri-tory there are as many Baptist church-es as in the State of North Carolina."

But there are neglected whites in the Indian Territory, and there are both whites and Indians in all that region only half civilized yet, and for a while longer we must "lend a helping hand."

In the W. M. U. department of the B a p t i s t a n d R e f l e c t o r , O c t . 1890, was published a most interesting account of womanly thoughtfulness and painstaking in the sending of a box filled with things, home-knit and bandspun, and articles bought to fit, "all Just what we would get for our own familieg." Now we have the sec-ond chapter ot this pretty missionary "true atory." The sequel wo cannot give. Only He who knows tbe end from tbe beginning can reckon the real value ot that box to the donors, to the recipient!, and to those who shall be saved through the Word preached by this faithful missicaary. We wish all could see the fine, open handwriting ot the original. Read his letter:

Hackktt , Ark., Oct. 31, '0«.—Mrs. Minnie O. Walker, Proi. W. M. U., Bania Fo., Tenn. My Dear Bister: I have Juil returned from an extensive trip in tbe Indian Territory, and find my llttla wife 'all imiles' and breath-leii with delight, tor 'the dear, good ladles ot Santa Fo, T«nn., have sent suoh a nice box of things. Just oome atdseel* And I did 'oome and see,' and if you bad been where you could have seen and beard, unssen, our Joy and the upresslons, 'Thoy are so nloo,* 'Tba Tsry things I need,'eto„ you would hATe a mueh better Idea of our pltasure and gratitude for your exosllont donation than I can In any-wise axprasl on paper.

MW« iMl that tlw Lord dirtotad you

in preparing your donation, for in-deed If we bad made It up ourselves wo could not have better suited our necos-sltlus. Therefore, upon our knees, wo l ifted up our hearts and voices in earnest thanksgiving and gratitude to our Father in heaven for this precious gift at your hands; and also that lie

would confirm unto you an earnest of His acceptance of your offering, giv-ing to each of you, in great measure, the joys of His blessed salvation, up-holding you by His free Spirit, and blessing tbe sympathies of your dear hearts and the eCTorts of your dear hands to assist Uls f a i t h f u l servanU in this. His own great work. Be as-sured, dear sister, that these articles of clothing will bo worn in tho Mas-ter's work oxolueively, for wo have no other business on band. Hoar old mother and I perhaps enjoy this do-nation to us tho mor<j bccause we arc Indians. Likely you did not know that you were sending things to at least two Indians, " ^ ' e s , I received my Indian blood from my m o t h e r . We arc Cborokccs. 1 am engaged in gen-eral missionary work in tho Indian Territory. I preach and work among both whites and Indians.

"Wbllo it is a source of much pleas-ure to observe the great joy of these poor and, in most cases, ignorant people when the blesecd gospel is car-ried to them, yet It Is a hard life that the missionary livec who is engaged in the work. He is often hungry and cold, with no comfortable place to rest his tired limbs, or parched witb boat, thirst and dust in making long journeys through the sparsely settled regions.

"Tho white people aro nearly all poor. They came bore with nothing, and, as the country is now and they havo to work under a lease system and can't own any land, they are In hard circumstances, and can't build church-houses or pay preachers.

"The Indians, or a groat majority of them, are as poor as the whites. Thoy have, of course, plenty of land, but that is all,-and tboy don't know how to use that. Take even those poor white people away from here and tLe Indians would starve. Some of tbe Indians are wealthy, but they are generally cold and careless of tbe necessities of their less fortunate brethren. Besides all this, this Ter-ritory has for many years been the dumping ground of a sbiftless and improvident class, uneducated, and subject to all sorts of vicious habits; and what is still worse, this has long been tho ren^ezvo us for refugees from justioo in the States. So you see what sort of field we have before us. It must belbrought under gospel Influence. It Is the only remedy, and It can be done by missionary effort, and that is tho only way.

"On my trip Just closed I had tho pleasure of baptizing five happy souls. Our motto Is:

" Content to lire, content to die. Content to Suffer lota: Qod'a grace will all our want] auppl*, II we but bear the oroaa." Again thanking you, dear sister,

we earnestly ask your prayers for our success in the Master's work, and may his choicest blessings bo yours. Your brother In Christ,.

A . O . W A S H B U R N ,

Plant and Power.

It needs no argument to a practical mini that a plan Is necessary to the success of anything, if it be no greater thing than a child's corn-stalk wind-mill. Unleas this same toy be prop-erly cut out It will not turn. A boys' game of marbles must have a ring, a dead-line and aUwmark, That is a plan. But tho plan cannot plsy. A boy must be behind the marble to make it go. Tbe rinir may be exact, the marbles new and fine, but U Uw boy Itateaotskill and rim,he will go dead.

It is even so with a ohurcb. Without some sort of a plan [they will do no work. A church that 'has a rule to meet tho Saturday before a certain Sunday in each month for church meeting, then observes certain leasons for tbe celebration of tbe Lord's Sup-per and other services, has a plan. A plan In missions Is as necessary to success in missions as a plan In otber departments of work Is necessary to the success of that work.

It Is also necessary to- understand one's plan. A mlsundersUndlng of tho day of church meeting confuses and perhaps defoato the mooting on that day. So a misconception of the plan of doing mission work will result in the delay or defeat of that work. But above all thinga, it is ncccssary to work our plans. These plans are not automatic. They can no more push themselves than a wagon can push i u e l f .

Fully a score of our Associations last summer and fall adopted our plan of Systematic Beneficence. Tho plan Is all right. The action of the Associations endorsing tho plan is all right. Now the wagon is bought, a really good wagon. Jot us hitch up the uam and drive on. No wagon «li l haul a load of corn unless there is a loam attached, the corn thrown in, and a man to manage tho team. Tho plan has no power. Lot us put power to it, and it will go.

If our noble pastors will study our plan, and then explain it to their peo-ple, and urge it bofore them, thinga will move right off. How many pas-tors cudgel their brains for something to say, and all the while trying to deal In the deep moUphysical things that are not practically benefiolal, when the missionary subject lies out before them in all its wealth? A few incidents from the mission fields elec-trify tho congregation, and a preson-Utlon of our plans would result In a great awakening on tho part of the church.

A abort wbllo since some of the mem-bers of a ceruln church In Nashville asked their pastor to prcach on finan-ces. He did so, and found It to be such a prolific and engaging subject that he could not get through it at once, but has been preaching on church finances evory Sunday for a month, and his congregations have grown constantly larger all the while.

Baptist people are not niggardly in

their benevolence. They aro wllltng to work, and take great interest Id working when their attention Is turned to this matter. Lot us agitate thU matter until the attention of our people li called to It.

The Baptists of Tennessoe aro abun-dantly ablo to give 1 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 a year to missions, and be ' n o n e the poorer. This statement may be regarded ns extreme. But it is true. If all our people were Infoimed, if each church had a general for a pastor, one who was able to lead his people, we could very soon sot this State on Uro with gospel truth.

A young pastor once approached a brother preacher with the dlflUuUlet of bis pastorate. The elder preacher, with more plainness ot specch than wuh usual or pleasant, remarked, "Well, brother, if you aro general enough to organize this church and lead,her uiu, you will succeed."

Goodness and spirituality are ooccn

sary to tho permanent success of a pastor. But many a good man, many a spiritually minded man, Is m a k l o K a conspicuous failure in tho development of his church from lack of tho power

of leadership. This Is a problem capable ot a glori-

ous solution, but it w i l l riqulro much thought to solve it.

Let us fire up our pastors; not Qre them out. Let our pastors firo us up, and let us put force to our plans, and our whole work will move grandly for-ward. A. J. Holt, Cor. Sec.

Our B Y. P. U. Work.

My Dear Brethren and A'irtcr*.-—As Corresponding Secretary of tho Bap-tist Young People's Union Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, 1 have been slow to rush into print— for reasons too numerous to mention. I wish now to say a few words to you.

1. Oar very existence moans to fos-ter all our denominational entorprises. Our Mission Boards are In debt and need our immodlato help. We urge each young Baptist of tho South to mako ^ n offering to missions between this and the 15th day of April. Make that offering as large as poeslble— give till you feel It—and pray God's blessing upon It. Give through your church or in any way that may seem best, but let It be done for tho Lord In the name of the church. Give to any Mission Board that you may deem

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three bottles 01 inc nj^i^..,".™. -quences were I was only in f ^ f y f " 3les. With mv fir^t boby I suffered » houn. then had to loi.- him. He virs» very delicate i n" lived u ho..rs. Kor two years I suffered untold agony and had «wo miwarriaijr. Thj • Pavorit? prwiption' saved Ixjth my child an< my«lf My bab;| Is not yet^ree we^s old and I do not think t vnt fell better in my life.

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2. "Take hoed to yoursolt." See to It that you aro growing In grace, in knowledge and In po»^r . Road tho Bible and oUior good literature; pray dally; speak evil of no one; attend all the church services you can and do as much personal work as possible. Do not be discouraged. Trust In tho Lord and do the best you can.

3. Take heed to your church and pastor. Magnify the church' 'for which Christ iJled." Honor and help the man whom the Holy Spirit has made overseer, or pastor ot your church. Speak kindly of him, pray for him and co-operate with him.

4. A word as to finance. It was unanimously agreed in a groat mat-ing In CJhattanooga that the Executive Board should call on the churchos, Unions and Individuals for contrlbu-Uons to carry on this work of training and developing our young ^ p l e among Southern Baptlsta. The Board needs your help. Send your wn-trlbutlons to Bro. W. R. PblUlps, Birmingham. Ala. "A hint to the wise Is sutnclent." We iball see whether you be wise, or otherwise.

5. As to an organ, or paper. We have none. We must either adopt some one thai now exists, or create one. Let mo hear from you person-ally, but do not feel hurt If the Board does not adopt your suggestion. Speak your mind freely and allow the Board to act freely. Your letter may decide the whole matter.

6. As to the Board And Secretary. Pray for us. And may the blessing of Ood rest upon you in great measure..

J O H H D . J O H D A N .

Birmingham, Ala.

Througli Blble"Litiidi. J>ear BrofAsr JJdOof.'-Your readers

may he interested In some particulars ' of (he tour to Bible Lands under my

guidance, which has been brought to their notice during the past Un months. Tbe party wUl oonslst of congenial people of both sixes, who for the time wlU he oosmopoWtes as iwhaps n e w

J bftow In thdrhtotory. The tour will

be made under circumstances peculi-arly favorable in many respecU. Tho date of'doparturo Is fixed for March 27. Tbe route will bo direct to Gibraltar and Naples; thence to Egypt for a stay of eight or ton days; then a full monUi in Palestine and Northern Syria; fol-lowed by a visit to important points in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy, tbe entire trip occupying ninety-seven days. The Sut^days, other than those on shipboard, will bo 8|)ont In Cairo, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Damascus, Ath-ens, Florence, and Home, with oppor-tunity for obsorving Christian work In those cities, so far as may be praotica-bio.

It Is anticipated that tbe camp life in Palestine will bo especially onjoya-blb and profitable to both mind and body. It will bo a month like a con-tinuous picnic, but with the usual com-forts of life in a good hotol, for the oxcelient and comploto equipment con-tracted for forms what may bo termed a first-cl ^ss moving hotel, with four good meals per dlom, for the enjoy-ment of which tho dally rides amid oxbllerating sconcs will produce zest and appetite.

In order to bind the Book and tho Land together In mind, a list of places has been carefully prepared, tho order followed being that of thetourUt In B -bio Lands who works northward. Bibli-cal references relating to each place are given by which means any person desiring to do so can Uko the trip in imagination, with tho aid of a Bible and a good Bible Dictionary. A full, illustrated Itinerary of this tour will be sent on receipt of stamp for postage. Requests for these must of course bo sent before the middle of March, and should be addressed to mo at 16:12 Chestnut St., Philadolphia, Pa.

C . R . B l a c k a i x .

Bible Work.

What Baptist is not interested in Bible work? I feci sure tho Baptists of the country aro Bible Baptists and^aro desirous of circulating the Bible, send Ing It Into every nook and corner of this great country. It is estimated that there aro in this groat country alone fully eight millions without tho Bible. We should supply these teem ing millions witb tbe word of God. When we have sent the Bible to China and other foreign countries of tho earth, wo havo made no mistake.

But In getting Bibles for pur own uae and for free distribution, can-not afford to patronize tho American Bible Society of New York. That So clety has dUcrimlnatcd against the Baptists time and again. Tho Amorl can Bible Society Is compelled to do this, I suppose, bocaufo of its largo pedobaptlst constituency. It it wore to give us correct translations, Pedo baptlsU, no doubt, would withdraw their contributions and support. That Society Is directly and Indirectly do-ing what It (ian against Baptist prln clples. Baptist Boards, In doing Bible wdrk, should not, to my mind, patron-ise and encourage suoh a Society.

But where can wo got Bibles? I am glad to say tho American Baptist Pub-lication Socloty can furnish the public with Bibles, i t Is tho only Baptist Bible Socloty In tbe country. It Is ours. It belongs to no section but to the Baptists of the whole country. Dr. J. B. Gambrell, in the Baptift Standard, of Waco, Texas, some months ago said: "This Is the grand-est slrgle BapUst Institution In the. whole world and ought to bechcrlshed by every lover of tho truth." Dr. J . B. HawUiorno, tbe worthy pastor of tho First Church, Nashville, 'ftnn., In a speech delivered a year or two ago, said, " I t Is the one Institution of which every Baptist In tho wide world oan afford to be proud. Into every nook and ooroor of this great country

Its books and periodicals have gone to enlighten and elevate and save tho people.

With lU magnificent facilities, di-rected by many of the brainiest and best men ot the nation, and with the moral and material support of nearly four millions of Baptists, it Is destined to accomplish wonderful transforma-tion in this and In other countries."

This Baptist Bible Society—tbe only one that we have In the country—has given away to tbe poor and destitute, In this country alone, over a half mU-llon Bibles, not taking Into considera-tion the thousands and tens of thou-sands that have been given away on foreign lands. Every sUte and terri-tory in the Union has been assisted. Wherever Baptists do mission work, there the Society has gone with Bibles and Testaments for free distribution.

The Baptists of the whole country should support and stand by this, our only Bible Society. Tho Foreign Board at Uichmond, Va.. has roco'vod several tboufand dollars for lu Bible work on foreign lands. Over a half million dollars havo been given our own Southland in the past thirty yeaxB. Money is greatly needed for our Bible work.

Who will send us a contribution for this spccial work? Every cent raised will be sacred iy used in Bible work and Bible work alone. The church at Calvert, Texas, sends us $50 for the work; Midlothian, Texas, sends over •20; Muscogce, Indian Territory, over ®45; Atoka, Indian Territory, 125; and many other churches smaller amounts. Two good women send us 110 each, four $0 each; three brethren have re-cently sent us t l O each; two who love

the work send us 1 2 5 each; and thus the good work goes on. Many have responded with smaller amounto.

You can givo to no greater work than Bible work. In consideration of what has been done and what Is now being done, can we afford as Baptists to turn our backs on tho Bible work of this great Bible Society? I do not think wo can. I do not believe the Baptists of the country will do it.

Let us mako this BIblo Society a pow-er for great good In this country. We can do it and will wo not? I believe we win. Who will respond?

' W . C L c t i i e r Bible SecreUry, Ame-lcan Baptist

Publication Society. Dallas, Texas.

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PBBMIUM8. We make the following new pre-

mium offers: 1. To any old subscriber who will

send us the name of a new sub-scriber and $2, or t l .60 if a minis-ter, we will send a copy of either of the following books: "The Minis-try ot the Spirit ," by Dr. A. J . Gordon; "How Christ Came to Church," by Dr. A. J . Gordon;

Beautiful Joe ," by Marshall Saun-ders; "Pilgrim's Proifress." by John Bunyan; "What Baptists Believe," by Dr. J . L. Burrows; "Remarkable Answers to Prayer ." The two books by Dr. Gordon have been publlshtid since he died, but have had. a wide sale. They are both exceedingly helpful and stimulatlog. "Beautl-ful Joe" has had quite a run. Two hundred and fifty thousand copies

I'have already been sold. Of "Pil-grim's Progress ," It Is simply nec-essary to aay that it has had the largest sale of any book next to tho Bible. The other bcoka also are well known and hav^ been quite pop' ular. All of those books are neat-ly bound In cloth, well yrlntod, and would mako a ••luable addition to any library. ^ -

2. If tho old ^BUbwrlber wlnhea

Ayer's Cheny Pectoral is the standard family remedy of the world for ooldo, oongliB and long dlstasMS. It is not a palliative, ana 18 not therefore pat np in small oheap bottles. It is pat op in large bottles for the hoosdbiold. They oost more bat cure more.

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one of these books for himself, U he will renew his subscription and pay 12.15, or $1.65 If a minister, wo will give him his choice of either one of them. Or If he will send $2.35 be may have any two, or any three for •2.65, or any four for •2.76. If a minister, takeoff 50oentB fr<m» these prices. These are remarkably low offers. Quite a number have already taken advantage of them.

3. Wo are still offering Bagster 's Comprehensive Teachers' Bible, with flexible backs, gUt edges, and with maps, oonoordanoe,helps etc., together with a year's subscription to the B a p t i s t a w d R w u k j t o b , for |3. Thls'applies either to an oldor a new subscriber. Wo have given away a great many of these Bibles as premiums In the last few months, and so far as we have heard they have given universal satlsfMtlon. We have recently received another large lot which are going rapidly.

4. To any old subscriber who will send us two new subscribers and $4, wo will give a copy of tho Bible, or a oopy of Conybeare and How-son's Life and Epistles of Fsul, or Smith's Bible DlcUohary. All you have to do Is to get the two now sub-scribers, and you seoure either of thes9 books wlthoutany oost toyour-Mlf.

THJi CHAPEL FUND. We havo been surprised that the

Baptists of Middle and West Tennes-. see have not responded more liber-ally to our request (or oontributions to the Chapel Fund. Wo hopeothers will do so soon. We want to urge again the importance of ereotingthis ohapel. I t Is needed—nay, it Is t e c

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e . Wa can send receipts It desired. The la-o«l on yonr paper will serve as a receipt, how-aver. It that is not changed in two weeks after yonr subaerlption has been sent, drup usa card aboatlt T« AdTertlsing rates liberal, and wui be fur-shed on application.

IMMERSION. Dtar liroOicr:—\ Proabytoriftn friend of mine insiBta thai the acholara of the world arc, as a rule, against the Bap-tist position that Immersion alone was the practice for baptism In the days of the apostles. He also claims that the Greek word "baptito" is conceded by the scholars of the world to mean to sprinkle or pour as well as to dip. If you think the subject of sufficient im-porUnce, will you please write an ar-ticle and publish in your paper and (five us the opinion of some of the most prominent scholars of the world, both Baptisto and Pedobaptists,on the subject. BYKON Hxr.L.

Spanish Fort, Texas. Where bos your Presbyterian

friend lived all of ills life? We are surprised that anyone in this en-li^btened a^e should make sticb statements. The facts are just the reverse. On the contrary, there is Is not a single scholar in the world of world-wide reputation, of ony de-nomicatlon, who would risk his scholarship in sayinf? that fxip/ao means to sprinkle or pour. The best Greek lexicon for general use is the 7th edition of Liddeli & Scott, who are learned Episcopalian schol-arsof England. They define kiptuo to mean "to dip in or under water." Their &tb edition gave sprinkle or pour as one of its meanings, bui the scholars of the world wrote to them that If they did not take that defini-tion out of their lexicon It would kill It; and they did. The best New Testament lexicon is Thayer's. It defines laptUo as follows: "Itapdxo, to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge. In the Now Testament It is used particularly of the rito of sacred ablution, first Instituted by John the Baptist, afterward by Christ's command received by Christians and adjusted io the na-ture and contents of their religion,

*vti:an Immersion In water," Uu* der bapti$mn ho says, "a word pe. cullar tothe New TeajUment and eo-olealastlcal writers, Immersion, sub-merslon.",; Dr. J . T. Otart|tlftB, In

his admirable work, "Immersion,* bos (] uotcd the testimony of twenty four Greek lexicons, everyone ol which gives to ^ij>fuothe primary moaning of dipping. Bishop John J. Keane, President of the Catholic University of America, Washington I). C., ^ y s : "The best dictionaries show the classical meaning of the Greek word 'haptUtin' Is primarily to plunge, to dip." Moses Stuart, the late eminent Congregationa scholar of Andovu, said: "Jiapto and Impir.o mean to dtp, to plunge, to iuinierge, into anything liquid A1 lexicographers and critics of any note are agreed in this ." Dr. Chris-tian adds: "The dictionaries are al in favor of dipping as tho primary meaning of the word."

To "give the opinions of some the most prominent scholars of the world, both Baptists and Pedo baptists, on the subject" of im raersion, would require entirely too much space, if we should under-take to do it with any fullness. We i-efer to the work of Dr. Christian, already mentioned, in which these opinionsbave been collated. For con-venience, howe^ er, we will give the opinion of one or two scholars in each Pedobaptlst denomination. Cardi-nal Gibbons, the foremost Catholic in the United States, says: "For several centuries after the estab lishment of Christianity, baptism was usually conferred by Immer-sion; but since the twelfth century tho practice of baptizing by affusion has prevailed in the Catholic Church, as this manner is attended with less inconvenience than baptism by im mersion."

Among the Episcopalians we may mention several: Dean Stonley says: "Baptism wa» not only a bath, but a plunge—an entire submersion in deep water, a leap as into the rolling sea or the rushing river, where for a moment the waves close over the bather's bead, and he emerges again as from a momentary grave; or it was the shock of a shower bath—the rush of water passed over the whole person from capacious vessels, so as to wrap the recipient as within the vail of a splashing cataract. This was the part of the ceremony that the apostles laid so much stress upon. It seemed to them like the burial of the old former self, and tho rising up again of the new self." Bishop Ellcottsays: "Jewish ablu-tions . . . had nothing in com-mon with tho figurative act which portrayed through immersion the complete disappearance of the old nature, and by emerging again, the beginning of a totally new Ih'e." Dr. G. Gelkle saya: " I t was hence impossible to see a convert go down Into a stream, travel-worn and soiled with dust, and after disappearing (oramoment, emerge pureandfresh, without feeling that the symbol suited^ and interpreted a strong craving of the human heart. I t was no formal rite with John." Dean Alford says: ' The baptism was administered in the day time by Immersion of the whole person." Bishop Ai Cleveland Coxe of Buffalo, N. Y., said recently: " I wish that all Ohriatiana would restore tho primitive praotlco."

John Calvin, the father of the Presbyterian Ohuroh, said: "The #ord 'baptlio' signiflea to ImmerM, and it la certain that the r i^ of im-mergion WM obmrvsd by Ihe uolenl

cbnrch." Richard Baxter, the dis-tinguished Presbyterian preacher of England, said: " I t is commonly confessed by us to the Anabaptists, as our commentators declare, that in the apostles' time the baptized were dipped over head In water, and this signifies their profession both of believing the burial and the resurrection of Christ, and of their own renouncing tho world and flesh, or dying to sin and living loChrist, or rising again to newness of life, or being burled and risen again with Christ, as the apostle expound-ed in tho forecited texts of Col. and Rom." Dr. Chalmers, the eloquent Presbyterian preacher of Scotland, said: "The original meaning of the word 'baptism' is immersion."! Phillip SchafT, D.D., L.L.D., Pro-fessor of Church History in tho Union Theologit^l Seminary, New York, says: "The baptism of Christ in the river of Jordan, and the il-lustrations of baptism used In the New Testament, are all in favor of immersion rather than sprinkling, as is freely admitted b^ the best cxegetes. Catholic. Protestant, En giish and German. Nothing can bo gained by unnatural exegesis. The aggressiveness of the Baptists has driven Pedobaptists to the opposite extreme." ^

John Wesley, father of the Method-ists, was tried in Savannah, Ga., on September 1, 1737, found guilty and ordered to leave the country. Among the charges brought against him was "refusing to baptize Mr. Parker's child otherwise than by dipping, except tho parents would certify that it was weak and not able to bear i t ." Think of iti The father of Methodism tried and found guilty by the courts of the land for refusing to sprinkle a baby! In his notes on the New Testament Wesley says: "Weare burled with him (Rom. vi. 4), alluding to tho ancient man-ner of baptizing by immersion." Adam Clarke, the distinguished Methodlstcommentator,in comment-ing on the same passage, says: "Al-luding to the Immersion practiced in the case of adults, wherein the person appeared to be burled under the water, as Christ was buried in the heart of the earth."

We have given the testimony of only a few in each denomination. These testimonials might be multi-plied almost Indefinitely if space permitted. We hardly think it nec^ essary to give tho testimony of Bap-tist scholars, as It Is, of course, well understood what their opinion upon tho subject Is. Besides, it is un-necessary to do so, as the testimonies of Pedohaptist scholars are so nu-merous, and are all the stronger be-cause they are not the opinions of Baptists, but of Pedobaptists.

DB. H. U. HARnm. The sad news fiashed over tho

wires last Thursday night that Dr. I. H. Harris, professor in the Southern Baptist Theological Semi-nary, had died at the home of his son in Lynchburg, Va., on Thurs-day, February 4. Hia death, while not quite unexpected, as he was cnown to be in bad health, was sUlI a great shook, not only to his numer-ous personal friends, but also to ths whole Southern BapUsk brother-liood, among whom he was bold In the very highest esteem. Slnos the dsoth of ths lunented Dr. John A.

Broadus there was perhaps no other one mail who came so near filiinj^ his place in the hearts of the Bup tlsts of the whole South as Dr. liar ris.

He was born In Virginia, Dec. 17, 1837, and was consequently not quite «0 years old. Nearly all of his life was spent In Virginia us student, aS'Soldler for four years, and afterwards as teacher in Rioh inond College from 1866 to ISOft. In 1895 he acceptcd a professorship in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at I^uisvllle, which posi tion ho has hold with much credit to himself, and has gained tho love, not only of the students of the ScrnI nary, but of the Baptists all over the South. It seemed peculiarly appropriate, however, that his last days should be spent, as nearly al of hisprevlous life hud been passed, upon Virginia soil.

Dr. Harris was a conscientious and devoted teacher. One of bis old students told us that he could t;et more out of a pupil than any tcacher he over saw. This he did by mak ingthc pupil think for himself. He wasalso a vigorous and Incisive wri ter, as his contributions to various periodicals, especially the lieligimt Herald and t h e Foreign Mittion Jour-nal will attest. Upon the death of Dr. Jeter, he selected Dr. Harris to bccome his successor aseditor of the Herald. Dr. Harris attempted to fill this position in connection with his duties as teacher, but found it too laborious, and so gave up tho ed-itorial work, and devoted himself to his first love, teaching.

As a speaker, Dr. Harris was pointed and practical and exceed-ingly charming In his manner. Though not especially eloquent, lie was always interesting. Perhaps tho last public address he delivered was tho ono before the Baptist Con gress in this city last November on the subject, "How Far Has Now Testament Precedent the Asthority of DivlneCommand?" Fordlscrim Inating thought, for getting down to basal truths, for clearness of insight, and for vigor of expression, we have seldom known It surpassed.

As a man he was genial, social, affable and courteous, and drow everyone who came within tlic radius of his influence very close to him For our part, we feel as if we have lost a dear, personal friend in his death, but we suppose that wo are only one among thousands who feel the same way.

TUB BALANCE OF NATURE. The Waichnian has a thoughtful

article upon the above subject. It says:

^ h e perfect adjustment of nature for the preservation of balance In animal and vegetable life by meanH of enemies and cheaks which pre-vent overgrowth and overproduc-' tion, are perhaps realized in the dis-astrous results consequent upon a disturbance of this balance by the introduction in any section of for-eign Insects, animals or plants for which nature has there made no provision: In Massachusetts, for example, an entpmologistsome years ago Imported a slumber of gypsy moths. Several of them escaped, •Dd the State has In the last four years spent $460,000 in the valo at-tempt to extenntaate their descend* onts} while It Is estimated that ex-

termination will cost $li675,000, and require an annual appropriation of $200,000 for tho next five years, all because this gypsy moth meets here no iiatural destroyer, and finds this literally a free land. Another in-Btance Is furnished In Florida, where several rivers have become choked by the rapid growth of a kind of hyacinth Imported sOmo years since; so that considerable expenditures will be required to keep the river open for navigation. In California the imported insects known as the black scale threatened to destroy the fruit Industry until a natural enemy, a little beetle which eats the black scale, was Imported fiom .Australia, and gave relief from this pcHt. In the same line Australia has expended millions in rabbit-proof fences and other devices for k illing off the progeny of half a dozen imported English rabbits, that was making serious Inroads upon agr i -cul tural industries. All attempts have only served to keep the rabbits in check. Similar evils have fol-lowed the introduction of the mon-fjoose Into Jamaica. It is a very ser ious matter to disturb in any wise the balance of nature."

To the above instances the Waidt-man might have added the En-Klish sparrow, which in an evil hour was brought over to this country, we bplleve, to destroy some insects, but which has spread all over the land in almost innumerable quanti-ties, and^which oven the small boy with his air gun, his sling shot and his good right arm has not been able to exterminate.

PROF. IF. 8. BRYAN. Uro. W. S. Bryan, the principal

of the Chilhowee Academy, is doing a mighty work, but it is being done as quietly os tho falling of the sun-light, He.wlthhlsfourwellequlpped assistants, have built up within the last few years one of tho best academies in the State. I was sur-prised to find such a bright, vigor-ous body of students—167 In num-ber—outside of the public school. This academy does not claim to be doing college work, but from all I could learn Its work Is much more thorough and complete than what is being done by some of the so-called colleges and normals of Tennessee. The object here Is to lay a thorough foundation for life's duties and the higher college studies. I t s grad uates have always taken a fine stand on enterlngcollege and the business world.

The students are constantly urged to make the beat of themsel ves for God and their country. Many bright boys and girls aro getting a start here who would never get It without some such start as this, A number of substantial farmers have built oott^[es herefdrtheir children, and they are supplied from the farm with provisions, whioh are In some casescodked by theboys themselves and In another by an older sister. In ono case th^re were two sisters and two br^er i i la tiie Mttsge. In yetanotbor Wctp three brlffbt young men and o' llttlo sister who was keeping tboute for ih«m, and it was nicely ani ttdtty done, f These farm-ersoouid hot be induced on,the start to pay down tljle money to send their children off to liobool, and In many cases they have not the cash to do so, U tlTey would. Yet froin this be-

ginning will come some of the bright-est minds. Mark what I say.f 1

I would to God .that every Asso-ciation In Tennessee had just such an academy as has tho Chilhowee, and It could have if such a man j^ W. S. Bryan would only take hold and work at It for a few years. There are many thousandsof students who would thus come into our schools. Tjot these academies bo content to do thorough academic work, and be feeders for our first class colleges and universities, and they will glorify God in their day. And I be-lieve such academies will pay in dollars and cents those fitted for the work, and who will stick to it. I wish the leaders in our Associations would think and pray over this mat-ter. A first class, well equipped Baptist academy in every Associa-tion In Tennessee.

Bro. Bryan is not only doing this work through the school, but he Is the eflicient and justly beloved pas-tor. His united working church have just completed a beautiful, well arranged house of worship. I bad the pleasure of preaching the first sermon In it. God very gra-ciously blessed the meeting. Among those who were converted were fifteen from the students of tho academy. To His grace be all the praise. ' It was a benediction to serve with so spiritual and bumble a brother as Prof. Bryan.

W. Y. Q.

ai assistant pastors, with the differ-•nee, though, that they are'Qot paid any salary to perform their dutlea. But they go through them Just the saiiae, quietly, patlsntly, lovingly. We believe that a bright orown awaits them In the beyond. --Elder T. R. Burnett Tasy* In he

(Jo»ptl Advocate that "The name of 'Christian Church' Is an unscrlptural name, like Baptist Church, and peo-ple who go by the Bible do not try to jQnd either ono." And yet thera aro a good many people who bold the same doctrine as Elder Burnett who aro sticklers tor the name "Christian Church." We are glad to see that Elder Burnett gives It up. It be and his bi-iitbroa would juEt adopt the name now of Campbelllte Church it would come nearer the truth, and would save themselves a good deal of worry. —Ur. H. Allen Tupper has been quite buoy SIDCO his return home from bis trip around the world, Icoturl^g and writing. "Armenia; Its Present Crisis and Past History," has been Issued from tue press; "The Land Where Our Lord Lived," a work on Pales-tine, Is soon to bo published by the American Baptist Publication Society Pniladelphla, and a large work of 5U0 pages, entitled "Girdling tho Globe," Is r e a d y for the press. As our readers know. Dr. Tupper Is qulie a facile writer, and all of these books we aro sure, will bo of much Interest.

PEBSONAL AND PRACTICAL. —We call attention again to our chapel fund. Our readers have never failed us in anything of the kind, and we hope they will not do so now. Are there not a number of brethren and sisters In Middle and West Tennessee who will give anywhere from 81 to 810 in order to erect this chapel? Let us hear from you. —We have never had so many fine articles on hand at one time as now. Our friends have been very generous. Besides these articles, wo also have a number of excellent sermons which we shall publish as soon as practicable We appreciate the kindness of our friends In writing. We hope that they will be patient for a short while, and we will publish everything. -That Isqulteacryof dUtreaswhieb comes to us from our Home Mission Board. This Board is doing a most important work. It will not do to have It crippled for want of suniclent funds. And especially Just now, when there is a strong probability that Cu ba will soon become free and Diaz will want to return to that Island and ear ry to it the greater freedom of the gos pel, tho Board should bo laying up resouroes to meet that emergency. —We are sure that our readers will enjoy another one of Dr. Benson's sermons whioh we publish this week Dr. Henson has a pungent way of say ing things which makes him extremely interesting. We shall nope to publish the remainder of the terlei as fast as praottoable during the year. At the annual meeting of his ohuroh recently, the clerk reported 60 additions during the year, 82 of whom were received by baptism; 110,258 was received daring the year and 12,700 went to benevolent objects. -'••Misi Jennie Aokorman has been

made assistant pastor of the Fourth Ohnrah, Ohleago."—JiTcatuiMl. Thalti all right, we presume, ao she conBoes berielf to pastoral visltlitg and suob duties, and does not undertelm to preaoh. y f e knowi however, of good many ^ u r ^ ^ have

—The Heminary Magazine tor Jwawy Is at hand, and as usual is qulia in-teresting. The following is a table of its contents: The Conversion of the Gentiles, George E. Burllngame; The Seminary »nd the Missionary Prob-lem, T. B. Ray; Baruch the Son of Neriah, J. R. Bradley; The Old Home, Prof. E. C. Dargan; The Educational Advantage of the Capital City as Re-lated to Columbian University, Loe Davis Lodge, Ph.D.; The Home of the Ble»t, G. W. McCall; My Prayer for the Seiplnary, Rev. A. 8. Worrell. The editorial department Is also quite attractive.

—The Revkto of Recieica for January has a very thoughtful and interesting article upon the subject, "A Plea for the Protection of Busy Men." The protection desired is against people who, for the most part thoughtlessly, insist upon taking up the time of their working hours in idle conversation and against soeletles, etc., which com-pel them to prepare lectures and ad-dresses upon subjects which are not specially to their liking, and thas pre-vent them from doing the larger and more Important work of whioh they are capable. Let us suggest to the editor of the Btviao of Review that he organize a society called "A Society for tho PrQteotlon of our Useful Men." —That is an interesting article by Bro. Luther on page seven about "Bible Work." By the way, It may not be generally known that the Bun day-iohool Board "of tho Southern Baptist Convention is doing Bible work also. This work was only re-cently begun and has already grown* to oonsiderable proportions. Only last week the Board directed the secretary to order 6,000 Bibles and 10,000 Testaments. These Bibles and TesUmenU It will be able to sell as cheap at anyone else. It is a noble work, we believe, and we rejoice In every Bible whioh goes Into the homes and hands of tiio people, because we hope then that I t will get into ther hsarti as well. « ...We bad oecaslon the other day to

go into the Senato to speak to a friend. The sergeant-at-arms stopped ui alihe 'door, and asked ui U wo were a Bute ofllotal. We repUed that wo wsre not. He lald, ••Well, you cannot go In then wUhout itieolai permlMlon.** Wetold hun that Die were an e l * "

alllrlght ihen," the said, "walk in." When we got in we, found the head of the whiskey Interests of the State in there lobbying with the members. The question oame to us, How did be get inV We suppose that it was on the ground of bis being a State offlclal. In-deed, he is virtualijr such. There is no Bute offiolal who is seen oftener, or who oxerelses greater influence, around legislative halls, and espe-cially In the Senate, than does he. —Rev. T. J. E^stes of Grant, Tenn., came to the olty last Monday to attend the meeting of the State Mission Board, of which he Is a member. We were all delighted to tee blm. He was the honored guest of the occasion. He gave much Important information and made many valuable suggestions to the Board, which were greatly appre-ciated . We wish that more uf our out-of-town b*«thren would attand the meetings of the State Mission Board. We think that it would tend to bring them more thoroughly into sympathy with the work of the Board, and at the same time would enable the Board to understand the various fle^s over the State better through their'^sonal In-formation. It was quite a pleasure to us to have Bro. Eastes in our home. He is, by the way, one of the best in-formed men upon general topics, and especially upon anything relative to the Bible, that re know of any where. —A book has recently been published called "The Yorfth of Lw XIII." It contains bis letters from his earliest years. In it is bis will, made in the year 1837, as follows: "I bequeath all my property to my beloved brothers, Charles and John Baptist, In equal shares, enjoining them to have fifty masses a year said for five years for the repose of my soul. After that time It will not be binding on them, but Lcommend myself to their charity In order to increase the number of the suffrages which I ask them for my soul. My said heirs will also be bound to distribute at one time twenty crowns among the poor of Carpineto, my native place." This will, we pre-sume, is still in force from the fact of lu publication in this book. It seems a little strange, does it not, that the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the infallible pope himself, is count-ing upon having to spend five years in purgatory after his death? It is possible, however, that the pope has miscalculated the length of bis stay there. —The Oumberlatid Preahylerian last week published a symposium headed, "Why Did You Join the Cumberland Presbyterian Cbureh?" A number of ministers wrote, giving their reasons for leaving other denominations and joining the Cumberland Presbyterians. Most of these wore Presbyterians. Only one of theip was a Missionary Baptist—Rev. A. J. Mann of Snmaoh, Ga. His reasons for Joining the Cumberland Presbyterian Church are stated as follows: "I •come from the Baptist to the Cumberland Presbyte-rian Churab because of the superior government of the latter; because I con-sider the doctHnes and tiieology of Cum-berland PresbytMianism a better ex-position of the word of God. I love the Cumberland Presbyterian Church be-cause of lumedlumtheology and broad mantle of charity." Wehave iimply to say that if Mr. Mann believed these things, he did perfectly right to leave the Baptist Church and Join the Cum-berland < Presbyterians. We do not want anyone among us whO does not believe in Baptist principles. A Bap-tist it one who cannot help being a Baptist. If anybody can be anything elie but a Baptist, let htm go and be It, For our part, however, It would be Impoaslble for ut to do to. By ^ the way I « • mutt confttt that we never baart of Mr. Mann before-

10 B A P T I S T A U D B B F L B O T O B , T B B . 1 1 , I S W . B A P T I S T A N D R B F L E O T O B , F E B . 1 1 , 1 8 9 7 . I I

THE HOME My Motbei'i Handa.

BV LAUKA UUMBTT I WBOW.

Ob! tenderly touch them—my mother's dear handi—

So •till on her cold, pululeii breast, For there's never a day ere the soul

burst its bands, But they labored and soothed and

blessed. Ah! well I remember the dimples that

played, As with needle or splnnet employed,

Or her &D(rers on fair, tan(;lod tresses were laid.

Ere the years their soft beauty de-stroyed.

Can I ever forjjet how in childish de-

All my troubles were poured in her ear?

I can feel yet the touch of her hand on my hair

As she kissed back a smile for a tear.

There was never a wound or a heart-ache so deep

But their soft, tender touch could make ll|;ht,

As my tears wash the Angers Death h( "

! night!

holds In his sleep. Oh! would they could sooth m«> to-

Dear hands! that have guided my tot-tering feet.

That have soothed all my sorrow and care.

Earth held not a balm half so potent or sweet

As their delicate touch on my hair. To the sick and the dying, the poor,

the distressed, Their help without measure she gave;

And their work is not lost—future lives they have blessed—

Although stilled by the cold of the grave.

Then softly and reverently fold them to rest,

As they never have rested in life; For they gave to the world of their

sweetest and best 'Till they passed from the world and

iU strife. And I know when the voyage of life

shall bo o'er. And I stand on the heavenly strand,

That a sweet welcome waits on that beautiful shore—

The touch of my mother's dear hand.

"In Touch With the World."

PAUT I .

BV LCCIB DATTON FUIM-IPS.

Margaret Montgomery and Eula-lia Douglas had been schoolmates for years, and at last graduated with the honors of their class on the same day.

They had been close friends from childhood, and during the twoyears of their pleasant and popular young lady-hood they had seen a great deal of each other.

Both girls had married young and, as It happened, about the same time, and went to live in the same place, a busy, thriving town on the Ohio. And now the current of their lives began to flow in different channels.

Margaret's husband. Dr. Worth, was a struggling young physician, poor, but ambitious; while Eulalia had married the only son of a wealthy capitalist, who had already risen to a high position In his chosen profes-sion, that of a lawyer.

Margaret Worth's new home was a oottage In the heart of the closely-built town; while Eulalia Evemleigh presided over a mansion In the sub-urbs.

The young wives were as great frIendsM ever,despIto the difference In their new environments, and still managed to see eaoh other very ofi« en, busy M they were In their

jf ohuged •pherts.g They treh) both

earnest Christian women, and duty to each was a storn monitor. Life was full of caresand responsibilities, and the wealthy young matron in her elegant home felt their burden as keenly as her friend, the iM)or doctor's wife, struggling and con-triving " to make both ends meet" in her bumble cottage.

Indeed, Kulalia Kversleigh often thought her present life far less free and happy than Margaret's, and came to her for both help and sym-pathy more than onco.

This was her errand now, on a certain stormy afternoon in mid-winter, and as the two sat close to the cheery open Are in Margaret's "own room" up stairs, the richer woman looked about the quiet, dainty little apartment with almost a feci inp of envy.

" Do you know, I tbintc you are u very fortunate person?" she began, as they settled themselves in two easy chairs for one of those "long, good talks" they both enjoyed.

"Well, so I am, dear," smiled back Margaret. " With such a hus-band as Walter, such a darling as Baby, and this dear little home, why of course I—"

" But I was thinking of other things just then," Eulalia broke in; "of the quiet life you lead, and its simple, plain and old-fashioned du-ties. You see there is so little ex-pected of one in your sphere, while there are all sorts of demands upon mi/ time; calls that make my days all rush and hurry until I feel as if I were in a raging fever."

Margaret sighed. "You are right, Eula, in thinking my life of small ac-count in all departments of active Christian work. I feel ray useless-ness as a church member most acutely. And since my marriage I have given up the part I used to take in the church societies; even in the Christian Endeavor. Yet, I brought to this new home a determi-nation to accomplish more for the Master than I had ever done before. I can't understand myself how it has happened, or where the two years have gone; but with the 'home-making,' as Walter calls my house-keeping; with the running in and out of his mother's, next door (she is an invalid, and likes to have me there); with the care of little Guy, the family sewing, church-going and trying to bo a good neighbor, the days seem all too full of work, and yet hardly a thing worth men* tioning has been done."

" I wonder what you would think of my days. If ypur own seem full of work," said Mrs. Eversleigh, musingly. "Why, last week I at-tended four entertainments; presid-ed at our missionary meeting; or-ganised a sewing circle; led our Christian Endeavor; rehearsed for a saored concert; was present at a 'benefit'given for spme orphanage In Louisville, and also at the meet-ings of our clubs, the 'Shakespeare' and the 'Round Table,' besides pay-ing some fashionable calls and re-ceiving my friends on Thursday."

Margaret looked at her wonder-Ingly, admiringly. "Oh, yott we of some real use In the world; while I, with » heart ready for service, a' spirit eager to do sealous work, am but a drone, almost a olpherl And I suppose I f ahall Just plod along In the eame quiet ftahloo, while you areengoged In yourgnwd.for-reaoh-

ing efforts. I must just make the most of my few opportunities, as you do of your many."

She had claspe'd her bunds over her knees and was gazing In the red heart of the glowing cools with an absent air, her eyes dark with re-gret and longing. She felt humbled, ashamed by this comparison of rec-ords.

"Oh, one must 'keep In touch,' as the saying is, with society and the world, if only for their children's sake. I have Aileen's future to consider, you know," wenton young Mrs. Eversleigh, lightly, and barely stifling a yawn. By t i e way. Mar garet, do you remember Prof. Mor-rison's son, Wilfred, that dark-eyed, handsome lad who came here last summer to find work?"

"Certainly! He clerked at Bo-mar's for a while."

" Well, he lost that place, and one or two others, it seems. And lately hp has not been doing like a good boy should by any means. His

imother writes a pitiful appeal to me, as an old friend, to look after 'the poor lad.' B u t ^ "

"Oh, Eula, you </o have such chances for doing good! I can't help envying jfou there," exclaimed Mrs. Worth, eagerly. "I t ' s so de-lightful to be able to reach out a hand to such a boy, and try to lift him up, not only for his own, but for that poor, anxious mother's sake."

" I t ' s a task / don't fancy in the least,"said Eulalia, frowning slight-ly. "You see, I never like to take resi)onsibiiity of that kind on my shoulders. I haven't time, in the first place, to give to wild boys. And they don't thank you for med-dling in their affairs, not a biti But I </iW mean to look him up on yesterday after receiving Mrs. Morrison's pitiful letter, and give him a word or two of advice, but the Shakespeare Club met at three, and after that it was too late. Du-ties so often conflict in a busy life like mine."

Do rral duties ever conflict? Margaret Worth sat pondering

this question long after her old friend had gone. There were other thoughts running riot in that brain of hers, and one of them was this: Which service was most acceptable In the pure eyes of her risen Lord, presiding over societies, committees and circles; the attending of Shake speare and 'Round Table' Clubs, or the reaching out of a helping hand to a friendlese boy, who seepied, In spite of a mother's prayers, to be "going to the bad?"

"One must 'keep in touch' with so-ciety and the world," Eulalia Ever-sleigh had said.

The words haunted her like a troubled dream.

(TobeeotitlnoMI)

Another Duty for Mothers.

When Christian mothers roallxe that they are as much responsible for the missionary education of their children as for the literary, then the Board* will be unburdened of debt, and the world quickly evangellied.

Few mothers there are wfio would not . be mortified over a ohild'afall ure to answer such questions as, "Who discovered Amerloa?" or, "WhowoiiWashtngtonT" Yetthese same mothers will unbloablogly hear ftrflurea to answer, ''Who waa

the (Irsll American missionary?" or, "Who was Judson?" Why are not mothers as much concerned about teaching their children the a-b o of missions as that other a-b c, the flrst step In the ladder of learning?

It Is not diflAcult to Interest chil-dren In the ohlld-llfo of other coun-tries, and when you tell them how the little girl babies are hated,^ how they are sometimes thrown to the crocodiles, how their little feet are bound, their hearts are filled with a desire to help teach them a better way. Then these xealoua fitt/e ones will become isealous men and women after a while, who will make them-selves a power for missions.

The reflt^x influence of this teach-ing upon the mothers themselves would prove a blessing also. Like mercy, it would twice bless—"both him who gives and him who takes." In order to inform the little ones, the mothers themselves would be informed, and with all mothers and children interested, the fathers would necessarily be, and ail heu-thendom would feel the effects.

(MRS.) J . T. PAIU8. Nashville, Tenn.

m —To none of us, If we are living

earnestly, can life be easy. Duties are too largo for our ability. Cir-cumstances are hard. Our condi-tion has its uncongenialities. Our tasks are more than our hands can perform. We are disposed to tret and to -be discontented, and then to be discouraged, and to say we can-not live sweetly and beautifully where our tot is set. But this is never true. Diflioulty never makes Impossibility when we have the powerof Christ from which to draw. No duties then are ever too large. No burdens are ever too heavy. There is no environment In which we cannot live patiently and sweet-ly.—J. Ji. Millet, P P., in Ex.

—Five minutes spent in the com-panionship of Christ every morning —aye, two minutes, if it is face to face and heart to heart—will change the whole day, will make every thought and feeling different, will enable you to do things for his saice that you would not have done for your own sake or for any one's saljc. — Dmmmond,

—When the office starts out to seek the man It always finds plenty of men standing around waiting U> be sought

-^Klnd words and loving deeds are but the reflection of the inner beauty which adorns the soul of their author. _

AWWKM n i i b e a t Hooors-World 'aFalr .

• D R ;

YOUNG SOUTH.

CREAM mm PIWID

filiOST P B O T C r MAM.

l O Y d w I h t S t a i u l a i a .

Kn. LAURA DATtOH BAHI , Editor. DM K»it Beeona Btrsst, OhsttsnoMS, Tsnn..

Mrs. BSSSIS HSV-B,rtf • aSSr Mwhl. Kokurs, JspsB. vfs B>a mwelsoo. 0*1.

•'We ought to obey God rather than inftn."-Luk6 in "AcU of the Apos-tles."

Missionsubjeotfor February—Fron-lier Missions.

Frontier Mlsalons. Nearly half tho missionaries of the

Board are working on the frontier of Texas, In the Indian Territory and In Oklahoma. iioxKS eon ritoNTiEu MIBSIONARIKS.

Tho work of supplying boxes to frontier missionaries has been more euccessfully cultivated during the last Conventional year than ever before. This is an important work and tho ex-tent to which it promotes the success of our frontier mission workcan scarce-ly be estimated.

All such boxes should be reported to .Miss Annie W. Armstrong, 9 West Uxington St., Baltimore, who will (rive the names of needy missionaries and information in regard to their families upon application.

QENERAL STATEMKNT. The labors of our missionaries this

year have been attended by, the influ-ence of the Divine Spirit, so that only once before in all its history has the Board been able to report such results. The number of missionaries has l)een a small decrease from the number re-ported the previous year, but larger than any other year in the Board's history.

The baptisms have been 6,617, only 304 less than last year. The receipU have been $75,927.64, against$76,770.91 latt year.

The estimated value of the Board's property last year was $90,4;J0. The Increase during the present year has b e e n 15,160, making the present total value «H04,680.—IKwnon's Missionary Union.

Young Soutb Correipondenoe. How many of you have read Miss

Heck's pathetic leaflet, "Our Father's House," and Dr. Holt's "Ueminlsoen-cos?" They are the text books from whiehto learn of "Frontier Missions." Send me a 2ct. sUmp and I'll send you both, if you will promise to read them to your society or band this month, or to lend them to all you can reach. If they do not move your hearU and those over whom you have an influ ence, ho words of mine can avail. Here in our peaceful, happy homes we do not realize what those endure who go out among the Indians, and on tho newly seUled borders, to bear tho gos-pel-tidings. Let us think mora of them, pray more earnestly for them, and give more generously to our noble Home Board. Thoy are anxious to make those already on the field more comforUbie and to put more laljorers^ in this whitest of all the white fidds.

We are not quite "snow-bound" this morning. A number have left tho snow-balling and the coasting and sleighUig long enough to greet us pleasantly, I hope the walks to be cleaned have added to the funds of the Young Bonth's sturdy fads, and ws shall h«ar in Ume that the bitter days were not altogether lost.

I an writing on "Oandlemas day," of Whioh the Bootoh are wont to say,

"It OsadlsoM Is telr u a alstf! Wa'U have two wlatsrS ia tM f sar."

But there arevelottds and a,biting wind, and the ground-bog will not 100 his shadow on the banks of the muddy Ttonessee, and let us hope Ibe daffo* dlls and oroousee aad hyaeinths will soon bs blooming. N

Tte flNl one to whom I open Is our

old friend from Martin. I have been wondering what was keeping her away from us, and so doubtless have you. Wo miss the constant ones. She says:

"It has been a long while since I wrote to you. Enclosed please find 25 cents, my birthday offering for Ja-pan, 2i cents for each year of my life. I am going to school and we keep very busy, but we read the Young Soutb page." NELLIE NOWLIN.

And Where's Nilwon, the flrst little friend who wrote t« the Young South after I took charge? She must not forsake UB. Thank you, Nellie! Japan needs all tho birthday offerings. Gather them up, all ye winter children 1

And while I think of it, Nina Ragon> a sweet, fair-haired little pupil of No. 11, First Baptist Sunday-school, Chat-tanooga, sends 11 pennies to help bring the Japanese children to know our Savior. Almost all of the eigh-teen members of this sweet class of mine have a share in Mrs. Maynard's work, and every Sunday we talk about her, and wo pray for her and for God's special blessing on our pennies.

And the next is from one of the faith-ful ones too, our friend at Trczevant:

"Enclosed you will find 40 cenU for Mrs. Maynard. I am going to give all my 'Sunday eggs money' to her support, and my birthday offering to tho Orphanage.

••We had the great pleasure of hear-ing Dr. A. J. Holt preach last Sunday morning, and of having him at our house on Saturday night. We enjoyed both so much. Ho showed us some shells and pebbles he \)rought from the East. I have recently read 'The Hathaway Sisters' by Anne Kendrlek Benedict." FATJSTINA WlNOO.

That's tho right wayl Plan your giving ahead, and devote some certain thing to tho Lord. Thank you, so much, dear little earnest worker. We will follow her sweet example.

Ahl me. Here's one of our "Alpha-bet Corps." Where are tho rest?

This comes from Nashville: " I send you 11, 60 cents for Mrs.

Maynard, 26 cents for the Orphanage, 20 cents for the James C. Warner, Jr., Fund, and 6 cents for Mexico."

"M." She sows beside all waters. She

grows spiritually, as physically, with symmetry In all directions. So would 1 that you all should do. We are most grateful, dear "M," for tho gift, and for the sweet spirit shown In Its distribution. Don't let her be lonely now. See to that, you Initial Band!

And here Is our Tennessee boy, who lives across the Kentucky line, once more: ,, ^

'•I send you t l , the amount realized from the sale of my chickens. I am very sorry I could not sell them before the holidays, but I oould not get as much for thrm as I wanted. I hope, however, my money will do as much good now as then. Divide it between Mrs. Maynard and the Orphanage."

A . B . JONES. Just as much! Perhaps we need It

oven more now, as so many wore send-ing in then. We hope great success for tho poultry trade this year. Come as often as you can.

Hera's Humboldt back again; ••We have been absent a long time

from the Young South cirole, but here we ara at last with our nickels. We send 10 cents each for the Orphanage debt, and 16 cents each for our dear missionary. Brother Glen and our little baby brother send 6 cents each for the Orphanage. I think you wll like to hear how It was earned., We sold our missionary chlclnni for 80 oenta, made 10 oenu by pioklng up the nalli the carpentors dropped about our house. (Papa gave us 6 cents a pound for them ) Uncle Henry gave us the other dime on Cbristmaa. We Intended sending thU during the h o i ' days, but we hate aU had la grippe.

High priced toilet soaps cost more than the Ivory, not because the soap itself is any better, but by reason of the expensive wrappings, boxes and perfume. Then the profit on toilet soaps is much greater. TMI PKootm a (UMM.I CO., OIIRTI.

We will try to do better.^his year." STANLEY AND VELMA HAMILTON. This Is very well done, I am sure.

We used to have a host of good work-ers at Humboldt. Can't you stir some of them up? We are always so glad to hear of the ways of earning what you give to the work of the Lord.

Johnson City comes next: > "I took up a collection at our table

on Now Year's Day for the Orphan-age. Please find enclosed t l . I hope our little workers will do much good this year." HUNTEK GALLOWAY.

This little boy does not say bis of-fering is for the debt, but as It Is a Ubie collcction, I think he means it to go that way, and so I send It to Dr. Holt. It Is still in time. We are so much obliged for his remembrance of our work at New Year. May Its gath-ering be blessed to him for all the days of 1897. And, would you be-lieve it? here's Humboldt again. We are growing to know "The Blue Front Grocery" quite well through this steady little worker who writes:

•'I only promised to send 10 cenU each month for 1896, but I have decided to continue this year, too, and I hope to send more some months when I get well, and the weather Is good enough for me to bring In stove-wood. This is my January offering."

CABMEN K. JAMES. It was for the James C. Warner, Jr.,

Fund, was It not? God send you a speedy recovery I Wo count on you for this year.

And now, take a long breathi Get yourselves ready to stand a great deal. Just listen to these sweet words from Brownsville, and remember that the

capitals are mine. I can see the dear face of the writer beam with smiles as the words fall from her pen. She and her co-workers of the "Big Hatchle" will have their reward. She says:

••You will find enclosed TEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE

CENTS. from the Woman's Missionary Society of Brbinivlllo, Tenn., for the support of Mrs. Maynard in her chosen field. Ours is, I think, the oldest society In Tennessee. We will ev6r thus endeav-or to set a good example to others. We know that Tennessee is honored In having Mrs. Maynard as her mis-sionary. The Big Hatchle Associa-tion, from whioh she went out, feels an especial Interest In her. May the Young South continue to gladden many h e a r u . " MES. H. B. FOLK.

The Young South is greatly honored by this generous action of the Baptist ladies of Brownsville. We feel the deepest gratitude for their using this medium of contributing to the support of Tennessee's own missionary. With such helps as this we would soon pay her whole salary. Will not some of the other soeieties follow tho example of this oldest sister? A few dollars from each would besuoh a welcome ad-dition to our " j apan" Ibie now. Bpeak quickly, for there are only six weeks mors until our year ends. You can see for yourselves how much we Uek ol the IQOO we want to lend Dr. Will-Ingham for Mrs. Maynard'i t«ork. Can you not read between tiis line* o Mrs. Folk's letter how her heart burni with love of mliilonsf Do yott not un-derstand better why Dr. FoUtatlovs

us the use of this valuable page that you may be trained to love missions too, and grow up lovely, earnest. Christians, ever like his mother? Wo cannot express how grateful we are for her sanction, her help, her encour-agement. May we do our best to ever merit her regard!

That's all for this time. Not so bad for a cold,snowy week. Is It? We can't afford to pause fqr even a moment. Shall I not hear from every one of you this remsiining six weeks of our third year? Answer, all ye Tennesse-ans. East. Middle, and Westl Answer me, Idaho, Florida, West Virginia, Texas, Arkansas, Indian Territory, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia! There aremem-bers of our Band in all these States, for in the past they have written to

Let us make a big effort to pull us. altogether the few days that are left Don't delay! If you have only a mite send it In. "As God hath prospered

Where is "Big Boy?" Where you!" - — are "Aunt Mattle^s Boys?" Let no onebelackbig in our great "round up" of this year. Let us prove our right to call Mrs. Maynard tho "Young South Missionary" flrst of all. God keep you all. AffecUonately,

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RECENT EVENTS.

—Ilev. Percy G. EUom hna bad al-most a conttant revival alnce he be-came pastor of the North Danville, Va., BaptUt Church some months affo, and the additions to his church bavo been numerous.

—The Sunday-school Union of Nash-ville met with the North KdRefield Church last Sunday afternoon. Col. W. M. Woodcock led the discussion In quite an Interesting manner. Prof. A. L. Purlnton presided with his usual dignity.

—Dr. J. S. Wharton has been called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Fernandlna, Fla. He was pastor there several years ago. Uccently he held a successful meeting there which resulted in his being called again to the church.

TOBACCO WAS THE RBAL CAUSE. But purenta sre sometimes to blame (or • son's nm of It. Old slsve* can stop tt by taking aURE-qOIT. the popular antidote cbewios cum remedy (or Tobaooo bablt. tSo. a box, nearlr all droKirliits. Booklet and sample free. Enreka Cbemlcal Co.. Dttrolt, MIcb.

—Rev. W. B. Riley of Calvary Bap-tist Church, Chicago, III., has accept-ed a call to the First Church, Minne-apolis, Minn., and expects to begin work in his new field March 1st. He is, we believe, a Kentucky boy who has strayed up North. We are glad to hear of his succees.

—We extend our sympathy to Kev. Thomas Hutchison of Rucker upon the recent de»th of his wife. This great misfortune is made all the more severe because of bis own aflllctlons, and his need of a helping hand. We trust, however, that be may find com-fort in Him to whom he has so often commended others.

Men Who Work Hard Need Hortford's Aoid Phoiptaate.

Taken at bed-time it brings sound, •veet sleep; auieta the nerves and builds up brain tissue. It's good for digestion too—teke a little after meals.

—Dr. W. E. Hatcher of Richmond, Va., recently held a great meeting at Granville, O , which is the seat of Denison University and Shephordson College. Nearly all of the students in both schools were converted under the influence of the meeting, as well as a number of citizens in the place. Dr. Hatcher is a great preacher as well as a genial, witty man.

FOR SALE.—An elegant cabinet Packard Organ. Cost 1160. Will tell for MO on easy terms. Addi pss "Or-gan," caro BAPTIST AND BEKI4BCTOU.

ACIENTB WANTSD-For War In OoDa.by ' M qttMads,Uabu rspnaaiilaUvs «t Waab-tngtoD. Biidoricd by Cuban patriots. Iajr«-

go, ni. Pigs •nd l g g « For gal*.

Fine RStatemd Polaud China pig* and egga ftom bIgh-claM UlaokJLaug-sban fbwla fbrsale. Pin |10 up. E n a tl M t a M. Write fbrTiee clrtulaiSr J e t t j T . I ^ t i , laoo Ilawkloe St. NatthviUe, *rBnn. (MenUon tbki paper)

K O F R L I N E H S ; ? ®

—Dr. n. A. Tupper, Sr., has been made professor of Biblical literature in Richmond College, Va.

—The ChrMian Index has come out in a four column, sixteen page form, on the style of the BAITIBT AND RB-FLECTOII. The /TTDCR has improved greatly under the management of Brethren Bell and Van Ness during the past year, Wo extend our con-gratulations.

—The Baptist Church at Columbus, Oa., has called Rev. K. Pendleton Jones to its pastorate, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. John L. John-son io become editor of the Baptisl Uvjman. Bro. Jones is a son of Dr. J. William Jones and a brother of Dr. Carter Helm Jones, and is himself a man of fine ability. It is presumed that he will acccpt.

The foreman of the BAITIST AND REJUSCTOK, who is a Baptist, has purchased a splendid job printing out-fit and wants a Baptist with from t400 to t500 cash as a partner and to teach him the job printing and newspaper business. This is a fine opportunity for some young man to learn a good trade as well as to engage In a remu-nerative business.

—The Voung People's Union of this city held its monthly meeting in the Edgefield Baptist Church on last Fri-day night. The weather was quite In-clement and there was not a very large attendance present. The principal speech of the evening was made by Rev. A. J. Ramsey and was quite a thoughtful one. President Meek pre-sided with much grace.

—Dr. W. C. Bitting has been pastor of the Mt. Morris Baptist Church, New York, for thirteen years. During that time the church has built a handsome brown front house of worship on Fifth Avenue, and has grown from a small membership to one of nearly 1,100. It has also given 877,000 to benevolent and missionary purposes, and raised over t215,000 for other purposes, mak-ing a grand toUl of t292.000.

—Rev. J. 8. Corpenlng, recently pastor of the church at Union City, Tenn., has accepted a call to the Bur-lingtoi, N. C., Church. The Biblical liecortltr ttija: "At Burlington he has a fine field, rich in possibilities." We commend him very cordially to the Baptists of North Carolina, of which State, however, ho is a native. He is a most excellent young man and a fine preacher, earnest and thoughtful. His wife, too, who was formerly Miss Wil-liams of Eagleville, is a noble help-meet for him.

—On last Monday Pope Leo XIII. attended a requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the late Pope Pius IX., who died, wo believe it was, in 1877. Poor Pius! If his soul is not at repose yet, we feel sorry for him. We doubt also If it will ever be at repose. It it is necessary to pray for the repose of the soul of a pope—an infallible pope, remember, the pope who Invented and emphasized the Idea of papal infalli-bility—twenty years after his death, then what about the souls of poor mor-Uls? Ah, this Catholle dootrlne la terrible!

—Boston has had quite an evangel-Istlc siege lately. It so happened that Messrs. D. L. Moody, Sam Jones, George Stuart, Francis Murphy and Mr. Patterson, who la called the Spur-geon of (Canada, were all there at the same time.. Sam Jones in writing to the yitfainta Journal about the meeting iaya: "Great crowds are ttooklog to all these plaoes, and Ohrlstlau are being •tirred, slnnera oonverled, and drunkards reformed. The orltfoa are orltiolalog, the phUoaopera are phlloa* ophiilng, and thegrumbleraaregrumb-ling, Some of the ohureh membera and preaohera who hatrie been aaleep

Wounded and Paralyzed.

An Old Veterao of the War After Years of Suffering Has a Shock of Paralysis.

(From the Preai. Ullca, N. Y.)

Mr. Itavid 0. Talbot lb a woll-knowii and rvipccleil clilzrn of Omcgo County. New York. rcsUllng at Edinenon, who three years ago bad a itroke of paralynla, which h« atirllmtoa to the effe<U» of a wound re-ceived on the ICth of June. I80f. before Petersburg, Vn.. while aervlng with the New York Heavy Artillery.

The followluK U l»l» own account of hta lllnesB and convalescence, which will be found Interesting:

••Edine«lon. N. Y., Atlg. 31. 1896.—On the nrth day of December, I8»3. I was taken with a paralytic nhock. which affected the whole of the left aide, and I could not apeak for three wetka. I wa» confined to my bed for a long time and conitantly attended by a phyalclon, though little relief was ex-perienced. My atomach and the muscles of my throat were much affected. I waa wounded In June, 1864. at Peteraburg. Va.. having then lout three flngera of iny left band, and that alwaya alTecteil nie In a marked degree, my arm often becoming numb. I should atate that on the day I re-ceived the stroke, I had two distinct ahocka, the flrat In the morning, which waa so light that the doctor waa not at all alarmed, but the second nearly finished me up. Ever since the war I bad aufTered with nervoua debility, and my condition waa very bad when I was attacked. I am now 60 yesra old, and hardly dare look for anything ap-proaching good health after my life of suOcrlnK, but I saw ao much said sbout

Dr. Williams' Pink Pllla for Palo Peopit In the newspapera, and that they were good for iiaralyticc, that I determined to try them. This did Just one year and four montha ago. I strictly followed dlrectloni and felt better within a week. I am not tb« aamo man I waa when I began to take br. Wllllama' medicine. My old comrade Nor-ton, who was In the aame company and regiment with me. and was a grievous sufferer from general nervoua debility, at my recommendation baa taken Dr. Wii-llama' Pink Pllla and they have helped blm WLnderfully.

"I certify on honor that the above state ment Is true in every particular."

(Signed) DAVID C. TAbnOT Witness. JOHN C. L.APPKt'8

Dr. Wllllama- Pink Pilla contain, in « condensed form, all the elementa necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nervea. They are also a speciac for troubles peculiar to fe-males, such aa suppression. Irregularities and all forms of weakneaa. They build up the blood, and reatore the glow of health to pale and aallow cheeka. In men the> effect a radical cure In all caaea arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold In boxes (never In loose bulk) s t 60 cents a box. or six boxes for 12.50. and. may be bad of all drugglats, or direct by mall from Dr. Wllllama' Medicine Company, Scbe-necudy. N.»Y.

for twenty yearp are waking up and growling because their slumbers have been disturbed."

Deafneii Cannot be Cored by local appplieatlons,»«tbey eannot reach the dlatased portion of the ear. There U only one way to curs Deafness, and that Is by constitu-tional remedlea. Oeafness Is caused by an Is-flamed condition of the maoouH lining of the Bostaehian Tub*. When tbU tube geU In-flamed you have a rumbllag a-und or l n n ^ e c t bearlbg, and when It la entirely olosetf Desf-ness Is tbe result, and nnlssa tbe iDflamatlon can be teken oot and tbU tube reatotvd.tolu normal condition, heartng will be desthiyed forever: bine cases out of ten are eansed by caurrb, which Is nothing hut an Inflamned condition of ths mucous snrfaces.

We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that ean-not be cored by Hall's Catarrh Uurs. Send tor circulars, free.

r . 8. CHENEY a CO , Toledo, O. l a rSo ld by DrugglsU, 76c.

—Rev. J. I. Ayrea, recently of Ala-bama, has taken chargeof theGbenezer Church, Ebenezer, Florence County, S.. C. The Dapti»t Courier saya: "Bro. Ayrea comes to us well recoikimended from the State of Tennessee. We wel* come him to South Carolina and hope that he will be a great help to ua In the Lord's work." We are aorry to lose Bro. Ayres from Tennessee. He la a good preacher and a aplendid musician. We commend him very cor-dially to the Baptist brotherhood In South Carolina.

—'IBHOWN'B BRONCHIAL TBOCH-Es" are unrivalled for relieving Coughs, Hoaraeneaa and all Throat Troublea. Sold only In boxea.

—On February 2ad Rev. A. L. Da« •la, tbe popular pastor at Columbia, Tenn., addreaaed a peraonal letter to each member of hia ohuroh at the be-ginning of hie fourth year In that re-lation. During the three yeare of hla paatorate the memberahlp haa Inoreaa-ed from 117 to 100, a net gala of 73. The ohuroh haa eontrlbnted for all purpoaea a little over 18,200. These reaulta are quite gratifying, eopeolally when the prevloua atrugglea of the ohuroh are oonalderad. Bro. Davli laya: "My aim haa bean Io preaeh m pure goaiM- ' ^ r I determined not to

know anything among you, aave Jesus Christ, and Hlmemclfled.' My great-est desire and purpose have been cen-tered upon the proapcrlty of the ohuroh—not aelflahly, I trust, but for the glory of God and the salvation of aouis." This fact will aoeount large-ly, we think, for Oie great success of his work.

HALL'S Vegetable Sicilian HAIR RENEWER

Beautifies and restores Gray Hair to its "riginal color and vitality; prevents baldness; cures itching and dandruff. A fine hair dressing.

PBre'sioiANs l / A P O l l U r PRESCRIBE l \ w r t t l » i n b

George Zlokler * Ck>., iMty for this apace In order to atate that they d^ aira yoa to oall at their Staple and Fancy Orooerj Store.

«When jron deal with the "old relia-ble" GBOROE ZIOKLER A CO., you are alwaya treated Jnatiy and honor-ably^ Call and aee oa.

Hall A Morriaon wUl fill lonr ordm forOoaland Ooke. Telephone IIW. lISN.OlieryBt. Beetalloweatprieos.

KOFSLINE KURBB KOFPS.

-Unlike moat proprleiarf medloiuos the formulae of Dr. J . 0. Ayer's Ba^ aaparllla and other preparaUons are oheerfttUyamttoany " f " appllea f w them. Henoe the special fa»oraooordodtheaewell .ki io«^ ard lemedlee by the World'aFalrcom-mUalonera.

SEEDS

Mew Care for Kldnay and Bladder DUeaMi. Rbaamatism, e t e . -

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our readera will he toknow

bjr Urie aoid In the blood, or by disor-dered action of the Kldneya or urinary organa. It la a won-derful dlaoovery, with a record of 1,200 hospital cures In thirty daya. It

I-, • aota directly upon

..l^ffic, JurtlMrquInlne U in malaria. vlfV have the atrongest testimony of many ministers of the gospel, well known doctors and buslnesa men cured by Alkavia, when all othe rremedies h^faUed. -

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sto^ to Iwalth Mid atreogth. asd is falfllUM

Ins tbe nigbt on aocottnt of we fSMOf tts ^ a waa treated by all his home ph^teuiiswHbSrttiSf^ m S I ^ onrtd tea S L t i i ^ i The tMtlm>ny Is und«ubt«i rwlly dertal. Mrs Jam-s Voung of writes that she had tried six doctnrs n vun, rte found Alkavls and WM " d i M 9 ^ e a a « and r«stor«d to health.

It Came to Pais.

Of course it did. It had boon fore-ordained from the Saturday, before the fifth Sunday In November, 160<i, thatM Hiu»l be. Who could have believed then that the fifth Sunday meeting at Lebanon would fall even if tbe mercury was so very low that there was little promise of It ever being up again? True, the "Home Guards" were con-spicuously scarce. The few that were there looked lonesome. But their scarcity was more than compensa ted by the faithful ••Allies." Tbe hospitality of the Lebanon saints was whole-hearted. Every subject on the pro-gram was fully discussed. The ser-mon on Friday night by Bro. Rust was racy, rich, royal. To save his life he can't beat It, except by the grace of God. It would bo better for your paper, Mr. Editor, than anything you got f ro^the rccent Baptist Con-gress

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W A N T E D . Ladles to Inspect

My modloated Va-por Bath or Facial blemishes. Rheu-matism, etc. One months treatment free. Agenu w a n t e d ,

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The funniest thing of the meeting ^ of Owns. was the discussion of the last two sub- rWi««OiHtho«tp.lnora.t.nUon from Jects on the program, "The Dark Side DeblUtV. f-Sg^USSTMS if Our Work," and "The Bright Side of Our Work." Prom childhood I have 1 dsnoe.Drsadf^eileeuof.^ .Z UMSlndlM. heard of things that were

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"dark atack of black cats." But long before the brethren had finished portraying the "Dark Side of Our Work" I had the "Dark Slfleol our worn i uw. i 6ne;ao«neS5^««»» a very disUnct vision of a whole round world of the blackest of black ^ ^

•luoej u .w-w— — — Many other ladiea also the

wonderful curative powra of Alkavia in the varloua womanhood. So far the Church Kid-ney Cure Company, No. 420 Foui^ Avenue, New York, are the only to-portera of thla New remi^y. and ttey are so anziousto prove Its value toat for the aake of IntroducUon they wUl aend a free treatment of Alkavta lu^ paid by mall to every reader of the SAPTIST AND Sufferer from any form of Kidney or Bladder dUor f i , Bright'. D i ^ , Rheumatiam, D ^ W . Back, Female Complalnta, or o^er. affliction due to Improw a«Uon of the Kldneya or Urinary Organa. We advlae all Sufferera to send their ^ M a n d addreaa to the company, and receive the Alkavia free. It la •rot ^ o u entirely free to prove Ito wonderful ctiratfve powers.

GraniHatiiBf'sBiMeSloriBS

latod in the Bible. The atory of the Creation; Noah and tbe PlMd: Joaeph ^ fiv!^* Mosea and the Children of

lei w i the ffiS^SSi

with about 2 5 0 Fine I l lus t ra t ions . Thla work will fcare an «»J®!

and we feel tiiat we are offering agente ^ e i r M t o h a n o e to make money S t r pSSStodtattleaubacriptionboot bualneaa.

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our liberal terma. We hav^other SS^iutagbSokaand the best TOI ^ ^ • r ^ B1W6. at well aa ttie cheapest on the market.

By land, by river, by sea, I traveled, feeling the very blackness of darkness, hearing nothing, for everything in earth and about the earth was awed into silence by the awful gloom.

So much affected were the brethren who discussed "The Bright Side of Our Work" that they actually talked on both sides and kept us looking at blackness quite as much as brightness.

I dare say, if those dear brethren re-main six weeks in the darknesa they gathered around themselves Saturday night they will be as ttioroughly bleached as cabbage heads that have been under a snow-bank all winter. And they only did what all of ua are too much Inclined to do, that is, look at our work from a human view-point. Thus looking everything about us and in us is darkness. But remember-ing that we are workers together with God the darkness is dispelled.

Our work la a work of love. We love God supremely. Ho haa as-signed us our Usk. It Is enough for as to know that the Lord would have us cry out against sin and unrighteous-ness whether in the churches or out of the churchea. The ranks of the enemy may be clothed in the intense black-ness of sin. But the tender bolts of God'a eternal truth as hurled by his faithful aervanta flood the field of con-test with light divine.

ENOCH WINDES. Lasoaaaaa, Tenn

feMSMS- we:?ne«: dStSr wUl A » n t o e a perfect «» ' •»» • " S ^ a n d a h»altbrro»toratloB of thegenito-

"Ivffli^jXttoubu. oltv. Yoa can be cured at home b» w ^ m n d e n e i Absolute <ecrecv In all pro-SJillntaTand moillolnea aent ^

tmrn atearvatlon. Testimonials of pa-fSS?tM S?n?ver wbllShed. Bank refewBces K » 7 ^SSpSwlblUty cbeertuU* given. •Bclsse stamp. DR. KOLLOCK. 613 Church St.. NASHVILLE. TENN.

BAPTISTS! We sell Groceries. You eat Groceries. GEORGE ZICKLER

1 8

unnron, m County. T^nn. He roust come srell r ^ i ^ n d e d . Addma A-cock. Secretary, or Samuel Deck, dea-con, Llvlngfton. Tmn.

GEORGE ZIOKLER & CO . aell Groceries. Call.

-The fifth Sunday meeUng of-the Tennessee Valley Association waa held at Roddy school-house Jan. 30th, 3ist There waa plenty of anow and mud, but a few faithful onea met Sat-urday and organised by eleoting Prof. I. N. Odom chairman and W. N. Roie secretary and treasurer. In the after-noon the attendance was better and the regular program was taken up. Missions—SUte, Home and Foreign-was discussed by Brethren While and Manis. At night Education waa dis-cussed by Prof. I. N. Odom, principal of the Tennessee Valley Institute, W. N. Rose, Z. T. Manls and othera. Ito-llglon In Our Homes was led by S. Z. Rose, who wan followed by Brethren Mania and White. Sunday-schools was ulked on Sunday morning by W. N. Roie, Manls and White, after which Bro. Mania preached a aermon on Salvation by Grace that did us all good. The weather ponsldered. It was a grand meeting. A collection of 17 was taken for missions and the Or-phans' Home debt. The spiritual In-terest was fine. One brother said he enjoyed it better than the Southern Baptist Convention. Another said he was now a "Missionary" Baptist. The meeting will do good. Big Em-ory deserves a good deal of credit for the success of the meeting.

W. N. Rosii.

WHO'S SHELUBERBER? ^ ^ l a toe best a M

& CO.

cheapest Addreaa

J . R T L O E I D A & CO., Pubs . , NaahTllle, Tenn.

BUUtat Phyalelaoi rallad. MRS. SALUB F. CHAPIN, President

of tbe Woman's Chrialian^nmrmce Union of South Carolina, Charleston, 8. C., writes: "I have friends, who after suffering for years, and whom the most skillful physic ans. North and South, had failed to relieve, have been cured by the Electropolso. It oanaccafor nervousness brain fatigue 2nd general debility, and'•hen I h ^ r the Ulmony of Ho". W. C. SlbW, of Augusta, Ga., and Rev. l . w. MobreV D.D.. of Florida, and others, whom I personally know, and who have been^nefittod, I feel It a duty I owe suffering humanity to say. try the Electropolso. I P ^ t us send you a booklet.

D u b o i s & w e b b . Chamber of Oommerce Building,

N A S H V I L L E T E N N E S S E E

HI)

CaUrrh Cured By a Mew Metbod. To prove the pleasant, beneflolal ef-

foots of our remedy we will mail a sample absolutely free to everyone who will write to us for it, or we will mail one month's treatment for 11. it is smoked in a pipe, contains no to-bacco, Is pleasant to use, soon gives relief, and cures the worst cases. Ad-dress Dr. J. W. Blosser & Son, 11, 12 and 13 Grant Building. Atlanta.Oa.

K OF$(LINE

M S KOFFS.

I ' I F i J V M Y E R ,CHURCH f M c S s S i i ^ f t S

SHOES AND TRUNKS Best custom-made Shoes and a nice

^ n i o n s ^ . iiear Market street. Mud River, Monarch. Jelllco and

Anthracite HaU & Morrison. 2M N. Cherry St. Tele-phone 1190 ^ iCentlos this papw.

K O F S L I N E E I s S

D R . J . P« G R A Y . I ^ I n a u g u r a t i o n of P res iden t -e lec t McKlnley, Washington, D. C . Mai^

DENTIST. 4th, 1897, reduced rates via Southern 1. RaUway. On account of the Inaugu-

NOB. 24 & 2 6 Be r ry B l o o k , , » t i o n of Prealdent^>lect McKlnlcy, at I Washington, D. O-, March 4th, 18OT,

J e Southern Railway will « l l Ind^ vldual tickets from its stations to Washington, D. C., and return, at r a t e o f onefirefor round trip. Tlckete will be sold March 1st. 2nd, and 3rd, good to return until March 8th. For further Information address any agent of ttie Southern Railway.

Comer Church & Cherry Ste.,

iaAaHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

B U S I N E S S college.

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L A D i E S ' i a i i a g a g

HARVEST BELLS. BY MAJOR W. VKMX,

la r e g a r d e d ^ all BapUata, to the

s S S S t ^ M o r BaiwaT AND R«-

Suffer NoLotiserl

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RflioluUoni.

To the Honored Truitees and Be-loved Faculty of the Bouthwestern Baptlit University:—Believing, a i we do, that your noble UnlverBlty was founded and U supported by the Bap-tist ohurob as a Christian denomina-tion for the purpose of glvlnR our young men and women the better op-portunities toacqulrohlRhereduoatton-al and moral attainments, and believ-ing that modern foot-ball as played In trained for and match games may bo classed with trained horse-racing and prize-aghtlng,

Banlvtd, That Center Church does most unanimously and earnestly pro-test against the trustees and faculty of the Southwestern Baptist University allowing the professional training for and playing of matched games of foot-ball on the University grounds or un-der their sanction.

liesolved, That a copy of the«o reso-lutions be spread on our minutes and a copy be sent to the OAI>TIST AND REFLECTOR with a request for Its pub-lication.

By order of the church In confer-ence Dec. 20, 1800.

It . A. KIMURODGH, Mod.

J . M. KOKKMAN, C. C.

Frultland, Tenn.

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DR. COOK. Foraarljrof BeUsvoe Hospitsl, N«w York.

For the MXt ten dari Dr. Cook, the weilkBOKD Special 1st, is order to be-earns quickly nc-Qustnted wltb the slek of NMhTille, Md to Introduce bis tmproTed method! of trest-tiMt »U dlteaee of s etaronic, itDgetlDg orapectflo asture, will untU irvbrar; 10, treat such dU-ewes or u r other oteeure snd obetl-nste nolsdy that k»s reaUted ordina-ry methods of treat-ment at the exceed-Infiy low price of

•3 to 910 a month, medldne Included. All persons t)«flnnlng treatment on or before Feb. lo, will be treated at the abore price until cored.

Although the doctor treats all diseases of • chronic, long standing, or obscure nature, and cures •o-called Incurable casee, be wivhes It dlstlnitly understood that, if after a thorough eianlnatlon your disease Is found Incurable, he will frankly tell you so, and re-aenrea the right to rtject all auch cases

PIRMANENTLY LOCATED.

Dr. Gook has permaoeatl* located in Ven-dome Dalldlng, where all curable cbroolc dlaeaaes will be aklUfull/and succeaafully treated. The Doctor glres bla peraonal atten-tion to all who apply to bim for asslatanco.

SPCOIALTIEI.

8ypbllls."pselflo Blood Polaonlnc, Nerroua Debfllty, Kidney and Urinary dllUoultles, Hy-roeele. Variooele, Stricture, Loat Manhood, aiest, Ulcers, Caurrh and diseases of women.

Mall treatment given hy sending forlBymp-tom Blank No. I for Men, Mo. * for Women, ,

DB. GOOK * €0., rMKS««Mf) RalMlasr. HlMlivtllii. Tran.

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KOFFS. Buy your Staple and Fancy Grocer-

ies from JOHN M. OZAN'NE, Agent, Broad street, near Spruce. Delivery wagons to all parts of the olty. Tele-phone 676.

For Coal and Coke send your orders to Hall & Morrison. Telephone 1190. f215 N. Cherry St. Best at lowest prices.

Mention thia paper.

Buy your Staple and Fancy Grocer-ies from JOHN M. OZANNE, Agent, Broad street, near Spruce. Delivery wagons to all parts of the city. T<3le-phone 676.

Refllllng Inbalsrs.

Send us your Inhaler and 20 cents in stamps and we will refill It and re-turn :t promptly. It will then bo as good as new. We use the best menthol, that which is Imported from Japan. We fill them fuller than the manu-factures do. So, they will be stronger and will last longer. Let them come in by the thousands.

BAPTIST AND REWJICTOR, Nashville, Tnnn.

K0F8LIN •drugglatfor It.

JAMES T. CAMP.

PRINTER & PUBLISHER. IK N. College St,, NasbTllls, Tenn.

OataloffuM, Letterheads, NoubeMbi, BlU b e ^ Envelop, Wedding Invltotlons, sto., in nrst^lm slyle at reasonable prices Al klBda of leml blanks for MamArates and i j o l a ^ P^He Postage paid. WritSforSJr-

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a m B y a o o v g oouos IN TOWN. 4tao aU kinds of BArss novsd anywbsn. Valitpkaaa M l , M. OflM and WMwhanse. » i i » ,

Wert 10 Wtbb. atewmwi. Pbiuipg * oo.

I ^ ' t teU to buy (from Gooris Zlok-l«r * 00., Vyolur 0B00KRDB8. I

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CARPETS, RUGS A N D MATTINGS

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DEAD FINISHED COLLARS AND OUPFS

W I L L N O T

CRACK ON THE EDGES.

Telephone 648. Telephone 648.

SCALES & W A L L E R , Manufacturers of

Carriag^es & Buggies, Spring and Platform Wagons,

219 S. Cherry Street, near Demohbreun, Nashville, Tunn.

Stop and have your tires set In 20 minutes.

Write us before you buy or order any kind of vehicle. Prices and par

tlculars furnished on application.'

— r H E J *

fflorton-Scott-Robertson Co.. -DEALEBS IN-

Furniture, • Carpets, • Mattings, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtains, Etc.

We make a specialty of church furnlsliiDf^s.

Before purchasing write to or call on

The Morton-Seott-Robertson Co., 21S N. Sumrner^Stredt. Nashville. T:

SAMPLES OF SILKS tPtSTTTT AND DRESS GOODS * 'PUBMJSd

O F 2 D E D F 2 F ^ R O M T H E

Timothy Dry Goods and Carpet Co. NASHVILLE, TEKX

DRESS GOODS' Black, All-wool Serges, 29, 60 and OOo per yard. All-wool Black Cheviots, 60, 06 and 76o per yard. French Henriettas, 40 Inches wide, 40 and SO oenta. Finest Henriettas, 46 Inches wide, 65 &, 7&c, formerly 11 & 11.20. Black Mohairs, 60 to 76o. Black Crepona, 60o to I I . Silk warp Bombazines, 76o to tl.25.

We keep a full lino of BLACK DRESS GOODS.

SILK BARGAINS HW All-sllk Black Brocades, 11.25 quality, at 76o. All-silk Extra Heavy Black Brocades, 11.76 quality, at •1.26. All colors In Changeable Taffeta Silk, 60, 76 and 85c. Fancy Silks In light effects, stripes and checks. 30o, were'.76 Fancy Taffeta Silk, for walsU and dresses, SI & •1.26 per yard. Elegant line of Black Satin Duchess from 65 to 11.25 per yard.

We can supply ANY K IND OF SILK ordered.

COLORED DRESS GOODS Fortylneh, All-wool Flannels, 26o. M-Inoh, flno^.60o.c All colors. Flftyfour-lnch Broadcloths, all colon and black. 76o, I I & 11.25. Fancy Dress Goods for wrappers, part cotton, m and 18c. Printed Fabrics, Canton Flannel back, 10c. Elegant line of all-wool Dress Patterns In Fancy Styles 15 each, ^ n c h and German Novelty Dress Patterns, 16 50, 17.60 & 18.60. Trimmings, linings and findings complete for each dress pattern, 12 tot2.r)0 Goods sent on orders can bo returned at our expense If notientirely

satisfactory and money will be refunded. We try to tell you how well we can serve you; and if you tell us what you want and about the price you want to pay, we m n do business pleasantly.' Don't order a "iHill line of samples of Wlntor Dress Goods." la ther say: " I want samples of Fancy Dress Goods. (or black) at about 7fc per yard. I prefer browns and garnets, navy and greens," and you will get them by return mall.

TIMOTHY DRY GOOOf tCARPET CO.

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OBITVAMY.

NoTicB-ObUaarf npUsss net MOssdlntXO •ordi wUl iMlnsMtiklffSSOt ekaqts. bntoas iTnt wlU bs ohaiwsa for saoh sneossSlns word I^abottlSbtpaldlB aivanee.Oountths worS Jna ,oa wlU know exastlf what tts ehaifs will w-

HALL.—With sad hearts we recall the death of our beloved sister, Jul ia A. Hall, widow of John L. Hall. Born D ^ 18th, 1837, died at her home near Eaglevllle, Tenn., Nov. 11th, 1896. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, an unselllsh friend and neigh-bor, always ready to help In every good work. She loved the Eaglevllle Baptist Church, of which she was a faithful member. She leaves four sons and one daughtar to mourn her loss.

W.

thy to the sorrowing sisters, brothers, aged grandmother and foster parents.

I They should sorrow not as thoss who have no hope, for he has gone to the home of the Savior where there's ever-lasting Joy. May this sad bereave-ment cause us that are left to be more diligent about our Father's business, so that when we are called we will be ready.

MRS. MATTIB ALDRIDOB,

MRS. EMMA MORAN,

MRS. S. H. DOWDY,

Committee.

WoLLEN.—Dledon Nov .2,1896, near La Guardo, Tenn., In the 03rd year of her age. Sister Mary Wollen, widow of Rev. Joshua Wollen. Sister Wol-ion has been a member of the church about fifty years. She was an honored member of the LaGuardo Baptist Church at the time of her death. She was aflllcted with a cancer on her face several years before her release came, yet she bore It with Christian resig-nation. Her last work {a few months before her death) was to knit several pairs of socks for the little children of the Orphans' Home. Her long life is ended, and doubtless she rests sweetly In her happy home.

8. G . SUEI'ARD.

Cox.—Again the relentless hand of death has claimed another of our be-loved members. Elizabeth 8. Cox was born May 8, 1825; died Aug. 11, 1896, aged 71 years, 3 months and 3 days. She united with the Round LlCk Bap-tist Church by experience and baptism In April, 1847. She was one of Round Lick's oldest members. Aunt Sallle was a loving mother, a devoted wife, and a true Christian. We believe the church and community In which she lived has sustained a great loss In the death of Aunt Ballle Cox.

ELIAS BASS,

TOM MCAOOO,

W . S. HENDERSON,

Committee.

KELLOoa.—Our Sunday-school has sustained a heavy loss and met a sad bereavement in the recent death of Miss Mary Kellogg, who has for years been a most valuable and exemplary member of this church and Sunday-school. While our hearta are bowed In sorrow, we nevertheless recollect her many Christian charms of charac-ter, life and conduct, which were of the sort to take away the sting of death, rob the grave of iU victory, and make her going away a beautiful entrance into true life. Though out off in the flower of her girlhood, she felt no rebellion against our Heavenly Father's summons. Relying upon the same unfailing love, we hereby extend our sincerest sympathy to all of her sorrowing kindred, and in the name of our common Savior, bid them not to mourn as those who have no hope.

A. L . PDRINTON,

0. E. LrmJC, First Baptist Church, Nashville.

Our stock Is not the larg-

est, but one of the most

desirable.

Wo keep up to date gar-

ments for Men and Boys.

Underwear, Neckwear,

Shirts. Etc.

JK. O F l B ^ A . ' r

\.f/\ REMEDY FOUND

Palmer's Magnotic iDlialer.

MOORB —On the morning of Deo. 23,

1896, Mrs. Florence Allen Moore, an honored member of the Columbia Bap-tist Sunday-school, pissed Into the life of the belter world. At the early age of 13 she joined the church, and devoted her life, with rare consecra-tion, to life's noblest end. She was a very close student of God's Word. One of her sweetest joys was to teach her class in Sunday-school, and the one great object she kept ever In view was to lead her pupils to the Savior whom she found so precious. There-fore be It

Beaolved, That In the removal of Mrs. Moore from our Sunday-school

I we have lost a teacher whose example Is worthy of emulation, and whose record as a Sunday-school worker will linger long and tenderly In our hearts.

Itaolved, Through the merits of Jesus Christ, whom she trusted so Im-plicitly, we believe she has gone from the labors of this life to the glories of eternity.

Retolved, That we extend our sympa-thy to the bereaved mother and hus-band, to whom we commend the all-sufticlent grace of the Lord, whom she loved and faithfully served.

Baolved, That a copy of these reso-lutions be sent to the family, and also to the OWumWo Herald and BAPTIST

AND REPUSCJTOB for publication.

MRS. W . B . HARRISON,

MB. S. T. MAXWELL,

M ISS MARY E. BLACKBURN,

Committee.

CLOTHING

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COLDS CATARRH. LA GRIPPE,

HAV FEVER, HOARSENESS,

HEADACHE, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS

SORE THROAT. AND

ALL DISEASES OP THE HEAD,

NOSE, THROAT & LUNGS.

A SURE PREVENTATIVE

OF ALL CONRAGIOUL

GERM DISEASES. PROMPT:AND SURE RESULTS

tm ' e s ^ One minute's use will convince you

that it is an absolute necessity for every

one in every family.

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things for colds I over tried."

OPW T w WRTtttrr Pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church,

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born March 6th, 1876, and died Au-gust 16ih, 1896, after a tew days illness • ^ _ - - - — at the home of his foster parents, J. |rnF8LINb W. and Valera Cox, who took him as I ^ ^ • " " their own when bat five years old and b.'oni^t blm «p in the nurture and ad-monition of the Lord. He^ professed religion two years ago and Joined Saalshury Baptist Church and lived a consistent mmnber till dMih; he was also a member of the Bundayschool.

iteohwd, That the ehnroh and Sun-day-stihool tender onr slneere syotpa'

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—The pool law ot Alabama haf been repealed by the Legislature now in settion, and an anti-pool law enacted in Itt ttead. Thlt gratifying retult wat brought about mainly through the agitation of the queitlon by pattort of thevarioui ehurchet. throughout the State. In thlt movement Drt. George B. Eager ot Montgomery, B. D. Gray and P., T. Hale ot Birmingham were prominent. When the good peoplo of a State are earnestly united in the ae-oompllthment of w, reform they will bo pretty apt to teeure It. The thing which the average polltiolaa wauu to know It, What do the people want? When they know that, they will bo pretty apt to do it.

, —The war cloud in theEait teemt to be ritlng. The Itland ot Crete it a Turkish dependenoy, having been oon* quered from the Oreekt in 1000. At a matter of faot, however, moat of the 1200,000 Inhabltantt of the Itland ai« Oreekt. Aft leatt they aro Ohrlstiant

. and belong to tho Qreek oburoh. On ' aeoouat ot Turkish opprettion they hava repeatedly rlten in rabelliODi notably in ISai, when Maroo Boiaarit beoame famoUt, and in 1800, and again a faw WMkt ago. The tympatby of

the people of Greece it strongly with them, so much so that the King of Greece wat compelled to yield to pub-lic sentiment, and tend a fleet in charge of hit ton, Prince George, to Crete to assist the Christians there in their struggle. The European powers, how-ever, have occupied Canea and given Greece to understand that they will Interfere. It it not at all impottlble that thlt uprising will be the ttraw which will break Turkey't back, and It may prove the match to light the great magazine of powder which it stored in Constantinople, and which, when ignited, will cause an explosion that will shake the whole of Europe. We will watch the development of thlt affair with much interett.

—Hon. Samuel Smith, M.P.—whieh meant Member of Parliament of En-gland—recently vitlted America, and has published a tractstyled, ''America Revisited," a copy of which we have received. In that tract occdrt the following remarkable passage: "The history books taught in the public tchoolt too often give the ohildren ot America the imprettion that the main •vent* In h u n ^ eaa War of tadepandenee, ^Ofkiladed in 1788, and the war with Great Brit* aln in 181214. It need not be added that Great Britain appeart in thote hlitoriet alwayt in the wrong, and the Americant alwayt right. There it not paint taken to thow that the bett men in England protetted againtt the policy of George III. and Lord North, and that the Britith nation today et teemt George Wathlngton at mu(^ at do the people of America. It it not explained that the England of latt cantury wat governed by the arlttoc raey, and that the England of today repudlatet the fatal policy of the eighteenth century at muoh at do the cltlzent ot the United Statet. Thete trutht gradually become olear to all educated Amerloant, etpeeially to thote who vitlt Europe. But the ohildren of the Ignorant foreign pop-ulation get no correcting education afterwardt. The newtpapert they read perpetuate thete prejadiim, and there it oontequently created i permanent matt of lllrfeeling againtt Great Britein. I tpoke of thlt to tov eral Amerloant, who felt the force o it, and 1 think the tlau hal come when thlt •ubieot might be approached by the b«|at men and women ot the Unitat Statei af they approach the tubjeot o arbitration. It mutt ba apparent to all right-thinking people ttiat it it un> Ohrittian toaowteedt of enmity in the ulndt ot the young againtt other nationt, etpeeially when oloiely al* lied in blood and religlov. And I am In hopet that the churehet In Amarloa wlllbatora long take thii view them* telvet." These remarkt ar« lomewhat unexpeotod, but all tha more gratify Ing ooniog from an BnglithiMn. Wa believa that the tlat of blopd and of oommeroial interait and of common langnaiie ihonld bind ths two English tpeaklng natloni of thaworld togaOia very oloaaly-oartainly too olota foi anything like enmity or wair batwaaa tham.

Quatrains.

BY JSSaia Lll UOBAMN.

I.—rAITB. Like the mnttacr's face at even

To the ekild's upon her breaat, U God's beacon-U(ht from heaven

Uusbing all our (ears to rest. II.-UVB.

I am palnUng a picture, O Father, With touches ot shadow and shine.

When, palette In hand, I fall where I stand, O, (Ive it Thy flntoh divine.

iii.-i.ooEotrr MomrrAiN. Thy grandeur upl'tUng brings to me peaee And from SIn'a gilded bands I Und sudden re-

lease, ' Wblle my soul, so posseased with Inllniteealm, Lifts ItaeU unto Qod In a tbankfglvlng psalm.

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The Holy Placei of the Orient BY WM. KLUOTOBims, n.n.

Author o( "Mikado's Bmp!re," eto.

It the Aryan race tupreme in endoW' ment and privilege? Of the seventribet. with a far off common language and abllitiet—Pertian, Greek, Latin, Cel tic. Sla? and Teutonic i nd Hindoot— «ha I i^ la ^ t e ^ i i r f the Vedat from 2000 U> 1 B.,0. wat that alto pf conquettj when the Aryant cut down the forett, drained the twampt, and filled the once tavage India with brilliant citlet, full of schools, books and learning. No more splendid the ttory ot oonquett of the r ^ "Indiant" and the winning of America, than the more ancient mak ing of India by our fellow-Aryant. ^

The primeval Vedlc religion wat followed by Brahmanitm (1000-300 B. 0 . ) and thlt again by a thoutand yeart of Buddhltm, when the old faith, vastly modified, reatterted Ittelf. j

The holy place ot all three religions and one of the mott ancient citlet on the globe It Benaret. At the amber holdt for critic and mlcrotcope tlie wonderful Intect life of geologic seona, to the prehittorlc Vedlc faith wat here embalmed in bookt. The tplendU altar lervlcet and prietUy ditcipline of Brahmanitm, and the ditcipline o:

^ Buddha and hit monkt and nunt, were elaborated here. For centurlet pll< grlmt from all the Buddhltt worli came hither. The Chinete envoy, Hlouen Thtang, In A. D. 040, lookei upon thirty Buddhltt monasteriet with three thoutand monkt and a hundred templet ot JBUndoo godt. Now there are no Buddhittt in India proper, but only in Ceylon.

Today the mott lmpoti,ng and mott popnloutcity in the northwestern prov incei, almott In the very heart ot great India and Itt mllliont, tho tplen don of Benaret are hardly dlmlnlth' ed. The Mohammedant are alto here. There are no fewer than three hundred moiquet, with tiwlr needle*llke mina* rate thet pierce the blue concavo, am domet that carve Ui air like bubblee on the horlton, lo light and gracefu fire they. The mighty Ganget, fed by tiM melted tnowt from "the roof of the world* And ifhich die* laithe Mlt In 4iiaq ,Ocean, l i here lit mld'Hfe and vigor, deep And wide. Beqaifee l i k i l l IjUte A great •mphlllMaler around

the curve of the river. lie pertpeolive of minarett, domet, pagodat and tall edifleet It a mile in depth. Itt curved I ront it an arc three mllet long.

In the deeply sunken ttreets of the city, narrow and tinuout, through which a rider on borte or In carriage hat diffloulty in moving, are multitudes of rich thopt with arched rowt in front, llch embelllthmenU of verandas, gal*

lerlet, oriel wlndowt and overhanging eavea, adorn the many-ttorled houtes. ••Painting the town red" it a much older cuttom in India than in wettera America, though a mild and peaceful one. The crimson and tcarlet picture on the houte fronts thow fiowert, the human figure, godt and goddetses, and the elephantine and other «nimal lormt to well known in Hindoo my-thology. Decoration it the patsion of the East, both in the temple, on the dwellingt and person, and In art and literature. Thoutandt of beggart, re-puted holy, live on the almt ot the plout. Here are "talntt" with handt clenched yeart ago and never opened tlnce, the finger nailt now coming out through the fleth oh the other tide. tlXritl lege and arint >wUted inipoted dlttoHlbttir they inbitll ibtft the charity of the pitiful; ThOUtanAt of rich Brahmant come here to tpead their latt dayt,

The Chinete holy placet are count-less." All through Chinete Atia, Thi-bet, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, Annam and China proper, rite cotUy monatteriet, Images, monumentt of the Taoist system. Even more numer-out and costly perhapt are the Budd-hltt holy placet, the moit tacred of all, perhape, being on Mount Omei in Sz-C&uen, Ohina'e riohett province. To thlt tpot far above the gorget of Uie Yang-tee-Kiaeg, beyond tbb lower peakt, myrlade of pUgrlmi hie. Out on the' olottdi, at favorable moments, they V tee » Brocken-like specter—the colottal mirage of their own pertont--^hfajli they euppotelo be the manifet* tal^ii^t^the Buddha. Here bronse ImaiiMllWliunnt, votive tablelt and varttpt^tferingt of the faithful, with many^itrange creation ot Buddhiit .•anliltMture, abound.

Of the patriarchal religion, the holy center Is at Peking, within a vast area turrounded by a wall three mllet in 'circumference and fifteen* feet high. bi»ido >,on the various %rracet are groves of locuti, pine and fir trees. Only the emperor can kneel and wor-ship In the center ot theuppef plateau. The holy ot hollM it a round structnre of white marble In three Itagei or i stories, each with a cohioal shttpe^ rooL .

Within the tacmd ehclotnre are slaughter houtet In whleh'Various animals await their hour ot laerlfiee. The greAl furnace Is nine feet high and faced with green porcelain, and Is at*$ cended on three ot lie sides by pores* lain slalrpatot. The chief burnt offer > Ingot A. bollock, entire and wiihotil; blemlsht i s offered to Heaven. Space

idoes not allow tis to deicribe In fall ithiA wonderful center of Ohlni'e pAtrl* Airohal religion, which In lie mala de* tails Is so much like that ot the time