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- A lovely weUdiuR wa» wil»-nin>zed iuthe parlor «.fTrliiliy Baptl«t Church paiiMnniKe la«-t Tliiiiedtty eveiiiuR Ht 8 oVIoik Itv the j>a»li.r, Hev. K Lee 8nilili. The coiilnH-iliiK partiw "ere .Ml-w Habiella H. Yarl.rouKh ami Mr. W J Chiwan. The wedtlmK ninrih wa« ueauiiruily reu«tfi«l »•> .Mi-r ( ole-Uian, ami diirinn t!)«< lIIl >rfs lvt> ofre-uiony "I'lill Me Thliu- O.vii" wat. chluird «..fily Tlu-l>rt«le un ex. el-ieiit ChrUtinn, with mniiy ii.il.le vlr-liirf., Biitl lhe»:r.:..m l^..ne..f ihe lead-ItiK wotkiTt. of ilie. liuri li 111 «l liaibteu iroHNurfrof ilirSuiulav i-i Imk.-I for wuue ve»r» hIm) 11 if jilnis moiUit In Ihe B. V I' r ir»-»|ietik for Iheiu a Imfil.y ami j uri.ey thr-ilsU

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Poor f(dks don't have no Chrliitnias, an' all they (to to do

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SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

Oil Serto, Tol. LU. NASHVILLE, TBNN., JANUARY 11, 1«00. InSartss. Tol. 11.. Ho. 21

Love the Conqueror .

Tbore'H a story told In-Kaatcrn teat*, when au tumn nlghl» grow cold, And round tbo (Ire the MODKOI RhopherdH ill With s rave rcaponmi llHtenlng unto It; Oaco on the orraadiiot biH insrcy bent, Uuddha. the holy und heaovoleat, Met a foil moHHter, huRe and norcc of look, WhOBo a«rul voice the hlllH and foreiita ahook. " O aon of peace," the giant cried, " thy ftite Is acalod a t laat, aud love aball yield to tiate." Tho unarmed Uuddha looklnK, with no trace o r fear or nnRor. In tho inontter'a face. In pity «ald; " Kven tbeo 1 love." IJO. Bg be Bptke the aky-tall terror sunk To baud breadth site, the buBo abhorrence flhrank Into tbo rorni aad (kutblon of a dove; And where tho thunder of Its rage wan heard, Circling above bim HWoeUy aang the bird; •• Hate liath no harm for love," no rang the song, " A n d peace unweaponcd conquemevery wrong "

—J. U. Whlttlor'B "Umarma inoa t "

THE BAPTISM 6F JESUS. HY DAVIU JAMK8 UURRELIi, D.D.

The Carpenter of Nazareth was ready but In no haste to b^ ln His great work. In His shop, with chips and shavings about His feet and the Implements of His trade before Him, He addressed Himself, as a faitbfkil handicraftsman, to His simple tasks. A farm-er brougnt in a wooden plough or a village dame her deoieplt fbmlture and Jesns mended it. But all the whUe He was thinking of Hto greater work-the sal-vation of the world. ' "

Up and driwn the country went the prophet of the wilderness, crying, Repent ye, for the Ktagdom of heaven Is at hand!" He was ever speaking of One, mIghUer than himself, who was about to appear for the world's salvation. " The Woodman cometh," he cried, "with an axe In His hand, and He will lay It at the root of the tree, and every barren tree shall be out down and cast Into the Are." "The Winnower cometh," he cried, •< with a fan In band, aud He shall surely purge the lloor aud the chafT shall be cast Into unquenchable Are." [

A strange gospel this, a strange beraldlufj; of the Prince of Peace-the axe, tho fan, and always tfie un-quenchable fire I "Repent ye I repent f e ! for He comes whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to loose."

At length the fulness of time was come: and the Man of Naeaietb passed out of His shop, closing the door behind Him. No more would He devote Him-self to the mending of plows and harrows. The thresh-old of His shop was the Rubicon crosslag which He entered on His predesUned woik as the Savior of men.

Down at the fords of Bethabara the prophet of the wilderness was bapthsiug, and the people thronged about him.' I t was toward eventide when Goe, de-taoiiing Himself from the multitude, approached the waten' edge; and John, beholding Him, bowed in levezcnce, uyiug. "Behold, the Lamb 9f God that taketh aw*y the sin of the world I" I t was'not strange that he should hesitate to baptise this Man, being sensible of»lUs own unworthiness; but Jesus said, " Buffer it to be so now; for thus it becpmeth.us to fui-tlll all rlghteousnees." And, as th« rite was performed, theBpliitofGod descended, in form like a brooding dove, and a voice out of heaven was heard: " This Is

. My beloved Bon in whom I am well pleaie<l; hear ye Himl'^i I"

Tlie baptlHB of Jesus was the initiatory rite which marked tbe beglimlng of His mlnlstiy. It separated Him fhtm His finmer life of pieparatlon. Tbenoeforth He WM to devote HimMlf to the pieachlngof the great veiltiM of tlM Klnidom, supported by many wonder-fka wuiks or iMallng; and His pathway was to lead stmliht onward to the cross. ^ -.mi' irr.

In; • ( this time and thiough this ordhiance He entarad with in Into the sympathy and Mtowahip of Duly. The Old Beonomy wae still In eonUnaanoe and asKloyalJew He mnst "ftaillll aU fighteowmMs." Ha netded nottlM baptlui«f x^entanoe, hetiw with-out am, nevnthetaM Bhi nvold ocmply with the »

(julrements. We shall do well to imitate His scrupu-lous adherence to duty; for " to obey Is better than sacrlflce." It our Lord thus respected the humblest prescript, surely a like regard for duty Is becoming in us.

II. In this He also entered with us Into the fellow-ship of Eepcntance. Of all the mulUtude lining tho banks of Jordan that day, He was the only one who, by reason of personal slnlessness, could say, " I need no repentance." Let It be remembered, however, that He was to take our place before the offended law. He was to stand as our Daysman and substitute, assum-ing the burden of our sins.

This goes deeper than we think. Though Christ Himself was without sin, In assuming our place He became In His own consoiousness the bearer of the world's sin. In order to do this He must lose Him-self in us. He Ukes our sin as If it were His very own in order that He may suffer vicariously in our behalf aud thus fully expiate it.

I think the agony of Getbsemane can be explained only by assuming that Christ, in exchanging places with us, lost, for the time being, the consciousness of His own Innocency and felt Himself the great Sinner groaning under the world's awful guilt. In other words, He apjlroprlated our guilt; and the agony with which He put away the purple cup from His lips was the cumulative angubh of the world's conviction of

Hit be objected that this is pushing the doctrine of Christ's vicarious suffering too far, I reply, the danger iu tbrae times lies in the opposite direction. We take Inadequate views of the atonement. W e stop short of the Scriptures which always and everywhere set forth the vioariousuesH of our Lord's suffering. He, to all intents aud purposes, exchanged personalities with us. All that we suffer by reason of spiritual guilt. He suffered In our stead. He " descended into hell" for us. For what Is hell but to be exiled, from God? Did He not cry. In the extremity of His anguish, " My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me ?"

But if H6 was to exchange places with us In our re-lation to the offended law, He must, while personally sinless, enter into a sense of conviction of sin as if It were His own. It was meet therefore that He should suffer Himself to be bapUzed by John with " the bap-tism of repentance."

A strange thing happened recently In one of our courts of Justice. A young mail was asked If he had aught to say why the extreme penalty should not be passed upon blm. At that moment a gray-haired man, his fkce furrowed with sorrow, stepped Into the prisoner's box unhindered, placed his hand affecUpn-atelyupon the culprit's shoulder and said: "Your honor, we have notWng to say. The verdict which has been found against us is Just We have only to ask for mercy." " We!" There wa« nothmg against this old father. Yet in that moment he lost hhnself. He IdenUiled his very being with that of his way w ^ boy.

Bo Christ in this baptism pushes hla way to a place beside us, lays his hand upon the sinner's shoulder and bears the shame and sorrow with him. He will

. again take Hla,place beside us In the Judgment as out advocate and friend. We shall be sUent and shamefaced, but He wUl spesk: Thou Judge of all the earth, Uueand righteous altogether, the sentence

,r has gone forth JusUy against this man. but I have borne his penal ty .My heart broke on Calvary under the buideu of his sin. For My sake let him go free.

j> So it is written: His was numbered with the tiani^ fgressors. He han^ba shM ofmaiiy. The Lord hath t laid on Him the Iniquitar of us all." %

III . In His baptism He also entered with uainto t the Mlowihip of Divine SoMhip. " Thou," said the «

•i voloeitamabove, " a r t l l y bdovadBon." Wewere alienated from the Heavenly Father, but in Uw Bm- ^ ship ofJssus the WW ofMrtowtlontaopensd unto » ^ He bewnnM the t int bom amoBg many bMihno. In Hhn we'Mflelfa the spirit of adoption, irheieby we cry "Abba, FWh«I" . '

O blessed fellowship with Christ! The grace of the luQuite God comes down to earth as Pharaoh's daughter came to the riverside, and finds us helpless and.famlshlng. It takes us to the King's Uble " by the spklt of adopUon" and makes us co-heirs to the royal inheritance. We are sons and daughters of the living God. Not like Jesus indeed. Ob! there is a brldgeless gulf between His afllliaUon with God and ours. He is the " Only Begotten;" aud vet we are acknowledged in tLe Beloved as children of God. The time will come when the full significance of this will be revealed to us. M'eanwbile, we rt-jUce In the fellowship of our elder Brother. Now are we sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we sUll be; but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He La.

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•!• Tito rw , -1' • , —FidilUty in triflee and ap eameet seeking to please ^

God in ; little matters Is a lest of na l devptlim and ^ love. Let your aim be to plww our dear Wid p ^ , , ftotlylnlitUe things, and to attain a spirit of ^ d - ^ UkesUnliUolty and dependence.---/«a«

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ANNO DOMINI 1900. BY BEV. J. M. PHILLIPS, D.D.

"The year of our Lord 1900." That 1» the English ol the words which stand at the head of this writing. But what do we mean by it? Primarily we m e « that It baa been 1899 years since the Lord Jtsiu Christ was bom In Bethlehem of Judea. Whenever wf write these figures at the head of a letter or ptiut1t¥i^ a line of a newspaper, we recognize the f ^ t tliat Jesus -of Nasarsth ta ow JiAid JMxd -tbfiJUpjd^ The iii fldel may deny it, the atheist may ridicule it, but wherever these figures meet him , t^y. , him with the fact Like Banquo's ghost in Macbieth, they will not down at his bidding. He cannot ex-plain how sixty generations of men have obnsph«d tp honor the name of One of such bumble birth, and bow.Hls birth has t>een commemorated as the great-est event in the annals of time, If He was nothing but a mere man. Deep down in their hearts there Is Mth Ui that wonderful birth in the stable In Beth leh^ . Were It not so, the advanced Intelligence of this age would discard the superstition and insist on making the creation, the deluge, or some other great event of the . world, as the starUng point lit numbering its years. But the fact that no protest Is heard against It shows bow deeply the story of Christ is hiterwoven with the civilization of the world. But it "hould^ V mean much mure to CbrisUan people. When we write A. D. 1900, it should signify the recognition by us that time does not belong to us, but lo Him. I t is outs only as we are Hls-ourt to be used.' euJoyed and Improved according to His will. We have no right to say, "This day I will appropriate to pleasute,br self-seekhig, or worldly employment."^ ^Every diyr and year is His and His wlU should be consulted as to its employment. I t was in view of ttiis that Jmom , wrote: " Go to now, ye that say, To-day ot^o-mbr-row we wUl go into such a city. . , . ^ r that ye ought to say. If the Lord wlU, we shaU live, and do this, or t h a t " « wa :, f..

Let every inscripUon of the date in the present year reiuind us of the stewardship of our Umes, and'let . each day begin with the prayer from our Hps, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" Time with its mul-Uplled opportunltlee for doUtg good is one of the tal-;^ ents for which the Lord wiU hold us to account when ^ we stand before Hun in Judgment. I imagine He WiU B*y, I have charged you In the year 1900 with 866 days. What did you do with them?^ How many ^ acU of mittoy did you perform? How many n e ^ ^ ones did yon help? How many 41d you vls^t^ and naked clothe? OhI the good we »a can do du*.^, lug the year 1900 if we did but only naUie that It !• ^ His, and that for every day Md h«ir w mutt g l w ^ an amount to Him. • ttalt 'S.il)'* .

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BAPTIST AND BBFLBOTOK, J A N . 11. 1900. BAPTIST A N D BBFLECTOB, JAN. 11, 1800. 8

A G R E A T CORPORATION. At a receut soclftj bauquet lu Nashville, John W.

Thomas, Jr., tien^l Manager of the Nashville, Chat-tanooga & St. Louto lUilroad, In responfe to the sub-ject, " Uailioada," Mid in conclusion: " 1 am proud to be connected with one, which, though not a trunk line, has a place among the B>»temB of the country. Fourteen million paiwengerfl Iibh it Iwudled without it low of life or limb, aud seven liuudred thouBand train ordeto have passed over its wires with but one mis-carried, aud thai without fatal rcAlts. Kvery time I see a locomotive ou llB wuy, 1 ftel«llke throwing iny hat into tiie air aud ishuuUiis'. il" on, civlli/.er of liie world! "

These thrliliug wordw exprcbseil lit» uatiiral but par-donable pride at tlie recoid of u rttllrottil whicli lias

< transported so many million luiiiinn lives iu safety I over its lines, aud lu its fiel»rl>t department has done ' mote than all otiier corpoiailoiis in Tennessee to de-

velop tiieagrlciiliural, mineral, and timber resources of this grtat State aud thereby has Increased the pub-lie wealth many times more than the railroad cost its

( stockholders. Such extraordinary results are a com-pliment to the management and a proof of the scieu-tiflc manipulation of passenger trains aud the most progressive methods In the freight department This road was projected before the^^day of great trunk lines for the purpute of developing the resources ofTenu-esFee, but as its name Implies, it is an important link between the West and the Bouth, Aud conducts an immense busit;ess between these two sections. It tout'heQ the great Mississippi Uiver, the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee, aud crosses or con-nects at Its terminal points with all the great railroad systems of the West and Bouth.

When our beueflcient Creator tilled the mouutaius with coal aud mineral ores, and covered the surface of the earth with waving forests, he must have kuown that these natural resources could never be geucrmly utilized by mankind without such transport ation as railroads afford. Recognizing this fact, the manage-ment of this road has wisely constructed mauy later-al lines which run out on either side of the main line as feeders like the tributaries of a great river, tiiereby bringing into market immense supplies of coal, ore, timber, and subsistence from sections where they would liMTe been oomparotlvoly valuaUas. A elance at the railroad map of Tenneseee will convince any in-telligent nian that this road occupies a unique loca-tion from which it can never be driven by any trunk line or any amount of local competition. As well at-tempt to dam up the rivets of Tennessee as to obliter-ate the Nashville, Chattauooga & St. Louis Railroad from Its map.

The following cotaparative figures will give some idea of its rapidly expanding business during the last twenty years. In 1880 It operated 453 miles of track; now it operates 035 miles. Then it owned 77 locomo-tive engines; now it owns 100. Then it had 47 passen-ger cars; now it has 177. Then it used 1,187 freight can; now it uses 5,800. Then the earnings per mile, per annum, were (1,628 78, and now tG,504 u(i. Then the groaa earnings per annum were 12,090,166 07; now they mn 16,081,706.05. Such statistics, taken from cer-tified offlclal reports, should be very encouraging to its atockbolders and itoudholders.

While this great development of business baa fur-nished remunerative employment to thousands of people, and afforded to mauy others a profitable mar-ket for their commodities, and increased the public wealth by larger tax valuatiohs, other benefits aud bleaaingB wlilch cannot be measured by dollars and cents have come to the Inbabltauts who live upon the lines of this road. In the address of the General Maaager, quoted in the beginning of this article, he referred to the steam engine as the *' oivllizer of the world." This was IJlustrated in Middle Tennessee. Many of the early settlers of ttils country were heroic men and women, who in many places had all the^ could do to maintain courts of Justice and prevent disorder among pioneer population. Without the advent of rallroada bow long would Middle Tennessee have been in emerging from thete early conditions? Tbeir influence in this respect is fandamental. With them come law and order and ia respect for Individual rights. Following them come tbe teacher with his books and sobool, then the preacher with his Bible, and Bund^y-scbools and chnrches were es-tabllihed. Social bonds and family pride, and an, raligbteued public aentlment crystallise out of the new conditions, aud theiw is good goTernment and tha blssaings of dYiUsaUon.

Bnocwrul enterpri^ no matter how large, nor bow man J a n intensted, "i^erally have one person wiio la tha nillug spltit and rocogniied leader of the move-mant. Llka an, aibhltect who sees tbe building be-Iton It la anctad, be conceives bis pliinv, and bends all ttaaaoaiiloB of bis mind and body to their acoom-pUahmaot. For the laat twenty years, durlnig Which

there has been so much progress and devetopmeut, Hon. John W. Tliomas, Sr., father of the Ueneral Manager, lias been at tbe head of this great corpora-tion. He entered its service when a boy, aud has filled nearly every position from a clerkship to the presidency. Having grown up with it, be is familiar with every fact and feature of its history aud con-struction, knows all about ^its tracks and grades aud curves, its bridges and tunnels and connections. He is no figurehead or sluet'ure, but keeps himself thor-oughly informed of lis details in all departments. With such an c<iuipment of iuformation aud experi-euce, it Is not surprising that bis able Board of Di-rectors look to him fur plaus and suggestions, aud give him tiielr eonfideuce and authority to carry them out. The busiuess of the road Is organized under various departments, at the heads of which he has placed olllcers selected on account of their com-petency and integrity. He impresses them with the rMponsibility of their positions, and gives them his confidence and support in the discharge of their du-ties. His employees, from the heads of departments to the humblest laborer, are Intensely loyal to him, Hud feel free to approach him as their personal frleud und adviser, lu manner lie is quiet aud aflable, and can accomplish more business with lees noise than any man I know. He Is widely known and highly respected by tbe ofllclals of other lines as an up to date and fair and square railroad man. Amoug the citizens of Nashville he easily sUnds as premier, aud cheeifuily throws the weight of his infiuence and character in favor of every good enterprise. In his private as well as iu his public life, and as a devout member of a leading church, he is a worthy model before his fellow citizeus, and especially for the young men of our country.

As we enter tbe closing year of the uiueteenth cen-tury it is well to consider the growth aud prospects of great corporations. What will they do iu the next huudred years ? They are indispensable to the projection and management of great enterprises, re-(juiriug large capital. Uuder the direction of such men as the Thomases, they will prove a blessing to the public, as well as enrich their stockholders.

L. D. PALHEK. Nashville, Tenn.

AN I N T E R E S T I N G I N T E R V I E W .

I am just back from the Baldwyn, Miss., church. My home this time was for Saturday night three miles out at Bro. McDonald's He has a farm, store and rei air shops. It seems to be a village; but It is all his. He has but one child, a son, now over twenty years old. It was his son with whom the following luterview occuried early last spring, on one of my vis-its to Baldwyn. That time my home wa? at Dr. Cox's. It was a rainy Saturday fotenoon. I had gone to my room, when I heard the door bell ring and some one ask if I was there. After a moment's hesitation, I o|)ened my door. Just in time to see him enter the parlor, conducted by the landlady, who had answered the call. But at my invitation he came into my room, and when tbe door closed he and I, both strangers to each other, were alone. My Bible was still iu my hand; it was only two hours till time to preach. Before taking his seat he noticed the Bi-ble and commenced weeping. He said, "There Is Just where my trouble is." I soon discovered that he was almost deaf. The conversation bad to be carried on in writing. The original papers are still in my possession. He drew from bis pocket a leaf and wrote:

"I write because I cannot speak, I have been seeking Ciirist. I fear I have committed the unpar-donable sin. Will yon tell me what It la to be a Christian?"

Ans.—Any one who trusts Christ for salvation is saved.

Ques.—How shall I know when I am truatlng? Is there any feeling in this tbhig ? ^

Ans.—Do not trust your feelings, but take Christ at his word. He promisee to save ail who will be satis-fied with bis promise. Do not trouble about your feelings.

HcD.—I did something like that, aud even wrote to: Mr. Burress, who was my teacher, that I was'saved. Then I read in the Book that he who trusted Uod was not ashamed to confess him. But I found that I would not own him.

B.—Why W3uld you not own him? Why not con-fess him? '

McD.—I cannot tell. I iMve been praying and reading for weeks, and I am as I was when I began.

B.—The matter of trusting Christ is Just as the trust-ing the promise of any good man. You cannot save yourstftf, but Christ can; and he alone can. Are you afraid or aibamed for the people to know that yon leave the matter of your sal ration to the merayand falthftaineaa of Ohrist? ^

^McD.—I cannot answer that now. Will you tel me what it is to sin against the Holy Ghost, that 1 may know if I am already lost?

S.—No one who believes the record of Jesus Christ baa sinned against the Holy Ghost. Do you believe ?

McD.—This effort to be saved, this seeking tbe way, is believing, is it not?

B.—This effort to be saved through Christ, this seek-ing of liim as thr way, la believing. Do you believe lu Jesub? It Is uot a question of how you feel, but do

Nyou believe in Jesus? McI). —I believed before I came here, the same as I

do now. Why is it that I am yet ashamed to say that I aiu saved? I even fear to say so.

B.—It seems to me that you are too much guided by your feelings and fears. (3an you do more than to trust His promise? Is it because you have no faith in His promise that you feat?

McD.—How can I have this faith? I thought ouce that I had faith and was thereby saved, and would not wish to siu. But I found that evil thoughts would come the same as of old. I tried prayer, went to my closet, read the Word, aud prayed for an un-derstanding of it. But still I was ashamed to confess Uod.—Now If I am intruding on your time I will go, asking your prayers.

B.—It is yours to ttelleve In Jesus aud his to save you. Are you willing to leave the matter of your sal-vation lu the great day lu his hands aud publicly to say so?

McD.—Still I fear. What is it to worship Him? B.—Read His word in the New Testoment and find

out wiiat He wills that we all do, and then do His commandments. First, confess Him before men. Are you willing to do whatever He wants you to do?

McD.—That is the trouble. I am still ashamed to confess Him before men. I came to you privately, but do uot think I would have done this lu public.

S.—Why are you ashamed? McD.—I cannot tell. On any other subject I would

say what I t>elieved. How about this: The Bible says believing is loving Him? And Christ says'. If ye love me ye will keep my commandments. Aud I fiud that I cannot keep his commandments.

S. —But do you not;purpose to keep His command-ments? This is His commandment that you believe on Him. You say you have ovll thougUts, and thoM trouble you. It is not the question whether you have evil tlioughts. Da you iiave evil purposes?

McD.—Well, 1 am unkind even tq my parents. I am sorry afterwards, but still I repeat the unkind-nesses. [I found out afterwards that he was one of the most dutiful aud affectionate sous ever known in the neighborhood.] I thank you for the time you have given me, aud perhaps others will ueed you. I will go.

S.—Pray every day to God to help you do right. But you must trust Christ for salvation. I will often pray for you.

While he would be writing his <|uef>tlou8 I was ask-ing the Holy Spirit's guidance and selecting passages of Scripture for him to lie reading while I was writ-ing. He came into church the next day with a bright and Joyous face. He soon joiued the Mt. Olive Bap-tist Church, aud is an earnest worker in the Sunday-school and choir, as well as in the regular assembly. Strange to say, though so very deaf be handles a sil-ver born iu beautiful harmony with tbe other instru-ments and singers. G. M. Bavaqk.

Jackson, Tenn.

SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES. Oue of Tennessee's sons. Rev. A. T. Jamison, for

some time past the popular pastor of tbe Camden Baptist Church, has accepted the position to which he was chosen by the recent State Convention,, the superintendeiioy of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage. He held the matter under consideration for a short time before he decided. His acceptance meets with general approval. Tbe present incumbent. Rev. J. L. Vass, will retire at some time in the fliiture that may be acceptable to Bro. Jamison, having rendered valu-able services firom tbe founding of tbe Orphanage eight years ago. iJuder bis administration the Insti-tution has made remarkable growth and Is left in mobt excellent condition. Bro. Jamison Is believed to be well prepariid fbr the woik, having been fbr ten years In cha^e of Y. M. O. A. work In Charleaton, durhig which time he secured the erection of a large building, and oondueted thebusinesa wlthnnnsnal tact and success. It may be said of him, as Is gooer-ally said of the discipline of women's ooUegea, that he Is "mild, but Arm." It la ow confidently predicted

' that what has been called the *'Orphanaga tianble" will soon be a thing of Um past, If, hi fact, It may not already be so considered.^

Hereafter tbe business of oar annual meeting! will be conducted acoordlogtu an order pobllsbed In ad-vance by a standing ounmlttee. In thia w a j It la

hoped that missions, education, orphanage and l>e* nevolent work generally may be so partitioned as to secure fair aud full consideration. The visiting brother, our secretaries, of the various • boards, will know just whev) the.partlcular work iu which tiiey are chietly interested will be discussed. It renaains to be seeu whether In practical operation thisplau will prove more satisfactory than the one now suitably characterized as one of "spontaneous generation." The odium of "cut and dried" need nut fallow aud hinder the woikings of the new plan. Tlie Btate Con-vention will hereafter iiold its annual meeting oue week later than our receut past custom, thus allowing the pastors to remain at home during thauksgiviug time iu November. The custom of holding thauks-giviug Mcrylces iias grown rapidly iu this Btate during the last teu years aud promises to yield great spiritual beuefit aud large contributions within the next few years. The prevailing custom now is to give tlie cou-tributlous on that day to the Orphanage. Tiie Con-vention will meet iu tlie future on I<Vtday and con-tinue until tlio next Tuesday, following the gouii ex-ample of the Boutiiern Baptist Couventlou. Another important feature of the changes wrougiit iu our methods at our last meeting is that of luiving one, committee to nomiuute all boards aud standing com-mittees, thus avoldiug the frequent repetitious of names usually occurrmg uuder our former plan of iiaving a committee of nominatiou for each board.

South Carolina has long been noted for the progres-slvenesB ot Its country churches, lu one of our Asso-ciations seveial years ago the churches were so well cultivated that services were held every Sunday, the ilfth Sunday meetiugs, styled "uuiun meethigs," were outgrown, and almost every commuulty had its par-sonage a,nd pastor. This aggressiventHn iias tieeu re-tarded wltbiu the lust few years by tlie stringency of tlie times on accuuut uf the low price of our staple product, cotton, but there are some new evidences that our country churches are on the alert. It is per-haps singular that a staid old country church, com-posed iu former years of wealthy planters, should take the iuitiative in this Btate lu adopting the "in-dividual cup" at the Lord's supper. I saw yesterday one of the little cups, trumpet-shaped and goldeu-lipped, from which communicants of Bpringtown, whosu pastor IS buary wUh ngo, and proaidniit of the Couventlou, drink wine w a«u the Loid's supi)«r is observed, witliout fear of toucbiug a cup poisoned by the lips of bis pious but diseased neighbor. Theoreti-cally I most heartily endorse the "individual cup;" practically I most heartily object to it. Unfortunately for me. this Is uot the nuly instance lu which tuy practice lags fur behind my creed. In the thcoiugieal Held I am not entirely favorable to "rapid trauslt."

We still have several important pastoratci vacant. Rev. W. K. Thayer goes from Ridge Spring to Rock Hill, where Is located Wliithrop Industrial College, the State school for young women. He is a growing young man and will ably follow the latuented John D Rotiertson.

Camden Is now In ({uest of a pastor to succecd Pas-tor Jamison as soou as he enters u|)on his work at the Orphanage.

Rev. T. M. Galphin, after having been recalled three limes, returns to Orangeburg, where he was pa'stor several yearit ago. There Is no fear in this cose that he will prove a misfit. Ho Is very popular In Augusta as pastor of Curtis Church.

The Sumter Church holds Its "quarto-centenuial and semi Jubilee" of Dr. Brown's pastorate the last days of the year. He has doue a great work at Sum-ter. He is indefatigable, unjoalous, generous, vera i-tile, methodical, humorous aud surprising. Some-times he seems to go off at a tangent to some wise brother's beautiful sphere of truth, but he is always going. At other times he liecumes temporarily er-ratic iu some sciieme, but he never becomes inert. He pursues his schemes sometimes to defeat, but no one ever saw him discouraged because forced to reliu-(|ulBh s ^ e pn>ject. He is ao good-natured that he la one of tbe best enemies I ever aaw. His church is to be congratulated on this occasion. He is one of our moat successful pastors aud his study witnesses hia labors early and late.

Of Btate Missions In the Palmetto territory there seems.to be no end. The new cotton mills have wrought new social coudltlons and created new fields for evangelistic work. Not a few Baptists In "good standing and full fellowship" in the remote country church where no missionary of the State Board has ever labored, become morally metamorphosed hi the new social life of a cotton mill. Doubtless their spir-itual atrophy had taken place before tbe cotton mill was established, though their gathering iu a new commnnlty presents a strong appeal for enlargement of m ' — w o r k within our borders. Some might think that an old State, without any n i M l y inowlug cities'or Influx of foreign population, would have fln-

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ished the work of Slate Missions lu three score years and ten. On the contrary, tbe field seems to be more pressing than it was years ago. Next week our State Board will meet In this city to map out an enlarged work for tbe coming year. Our veteran Btate Secre-tary, Dr. T. M. Bailey, seems to possess a ripening with increasing years.

Some special features in our educational work are on tlie nib of my pen,, but I hasten to wish a "happy New Year" to the Baptist family of Tenneasee.

D. W. KKV. Greenville, B. C., Dec. 28, 1800.

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IVIORMONISM.

As a Religious System.—Apostles, Proplicts, Etc . BY EDUAK E. FOLK, D.D.

The sixth article of faith in the Mormon creed reads:

We believe in the same organization that existed 111 the primitive church, namely: apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc.

As to this I have to say: 1. The apostle in the literal meaning of the word, one

iicnf, is still continued In the missionary, which is the ijatin word corresponding to the Greek word apostle. But lu the technical and ofllcial sense of the term the office of apostle was special and temporary, and was discontinued at the closeof what we call tbe apostolic age- that is, the first century. Smith's Bible Dictl^-ary says ou this point:

As regards the apostolic ojfflce, It seems to have l)een |ir«-emlnently that of fouuduig the churches, and up-loidiug them by supernatural power specially be-

stowed for that purpose. I t ceastd, as a matter of coureo, with Its first holders-all continuation of it, from the very coudltlons of Ito existence (cf. 1 Cor. ix. I), beiug impossible. The episcopoa of the ancient cUurchvs coexisted with, and did uot In any sense succeed, the Apostles; aud when it is claimed for bishops or any church ofllcera that they ate their suc-c e ^ r s . It cau be understood only chronologically, and uot oilluially.

Iu discussing who should be chosen as a successor to Judas, Peter said: " Wherefore of these men which have ccmpauied with us all the time that the Lord Jevus went In and out among ua, beginning from the baptism of John, uuto thai same day that he was, taken up from us, must oue be ordained to be a irliuoeo w l tb uo of bio icooCTSotlon." < Aoie i . fll,aB.) The Savior deecribes bis apostles as " they that have continued with me in my temptations." (I.ukexxll. 28.) Paul said that oue special qualification of an a|Histle was that he had " seen Jesus Christ our l.K)rd " (1 Ccr. ix. 1), aud claimed thnt he himself had seen him aiid so had a right to be an apostle. In the nature of the oiUce, therefore, the apostles could have no successors.

2 The word prophet means one who speaks/or God and also oue who Is Inspired of God to speak b^orc of coming events, lu the Urstbeuse there are still proph-ets. Every prcacher is a propliet. But in tbe second sense, the prophet, like the apostle, left no successor. Joireph Smith, it is true, claimed to be a prophet in this tense. He made some shrewd guesces which bis credulous followers try to twist into predictions. For insuuce, take the most noted of his " prophecies." He claimed to have had the following revelation given to hiui Dec. 25,1882:

Verily thus salth the Lord, concerning tbe wars that will vbortly come to pass, beginning at the rebel-lion of South Carolina, which will eventually termi-nate In the death aud misery of many souls. The days will come tnat war will be poured out upon all natioua, begluuing at that place; for behold tbe Southeru States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southeru States will call ou other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, at it la called, aud they ahall also call upon other nations In order to de-fend themselves agaiiist Other nations; and thus war shall be poured out upon all nations. And It shall come to pass, after mauy days, slaves shall rise up agaiuat their masters, who shall be marshalled^and disciplined for war. And It shall come to pass, also, that tbe remiiauts who are left of the laud will mar-shall themselves, and shall become exceeding angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexaUon; and thus with the sword, and by bloodshed, tbe Inhabi-tants of tbe earth sbali mourn; and with famine aud plague and earthquakes, aud the thunder t>f beaven aud the fierce ana vivid ligbtuhig also, shall tbe hi-habltants of the earth be made to feel tbe wrath and indignation and chastening hand of an Aimigbty God, until the consummation decreed bath noade a full end of all naUons; that tbe ory of tbe Balnts, and of the blood of the Bahits, shall cease to come up Into the ears of the Lord of Babaoth, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies. Wherefore stand ye In holy places, and be not moved, until tbe day of theLoid rame; for behold it cometh quickly, salth the Lord. Amen. ' f

At a conference held lu Nanvoo April, 1848, the year precedliig hla death, Bmlth repeated the pre-diction: y,

I propbeoy In the name of the Lord God, that the commenoemeut of the diflicultiss which wlU OMiae much bloodshed, previous to the coming of tbaBmof Man, will be hi Bouth UaroUna (It probably may ailaa

through the slave question); this a voice declared to me, while I was praylog earnestly on the subject, Dec. 25,18S2.

At tbe outbreak of tbe war between the States, the Mormons claimed, and have since continued to claim, that that event was in fulfilhuent of this prophecy. But several facts Should be borne in mindy (1) The revelation claimed to have been given Deo. 28,1882, was uot published In the Book of Doctrine and Covenants compiled in 1835. It was first published sometime In the fifties, In England. It was not until after tbe war of 1881-65 that It was published In this country. (2) Bat admit that the revelation was given Deo. 25, 1832. During that year, as history shows. South Caro-lina bad rel>elled. Bays a recent writer:

In November, tbe Anti-Tariff Convention Issued the Nullification Ordinance. It was as a simrk of powder all over the United States, Influencing lorand against. Five days later the Unionists eren In Bouth Carolina met and entered a red-hot protest against the ordi-nance.

Andrew Jackson was at tbe nation's heim. Old Hickory promptly issued bis proclamation against the rebels. He backed up bis words by garrisoning forts, and s^nt vessels of war into Charleston Harbor. On December 20, Governor Hayne, of Bouth Carolina, defied tbe President, and bis army and navy. In a c.iunter proclamation.

An Indian war, known as tbe BUck Hawk war, bad raged. Cholera had scourged, breaking up General Scott's army on Its way to meet Black Hawk. It was easy on Deo. 25,1832, to predict these things. (8) But the prophecy said wars will ahortly come, i gin-ning with the rebellion of South Carolina. Only one war resulted and that was sometimftoff.

Again " tbe prophecy" says: The Southern States shall be divided against the

Northein States, aud the Southern States wUl call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, and they shall call upon other natioua, etc., and thus war "s/iall be poured out upon aU nations."

The South did not call on other nations. War was not " poured out on ail nations." Nor did the pre-diction come true that the "remnant" [Indhms] "who are left of tbe land will marshal tbemselvea and become exceMlng angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation." Nor did the shivM " rise up against their masters, . . . marshalled and discipliued for war."

Aud thua Uita«in linw In hl««uj«t f«mon» proptl-ecy Joseph Smith, if he was a prophet at all, was a "falee prophet"— such as was predicted hy Christ. (Matt. xxlv. 11. 24.)

One prediction attributed to him, bowevw, seems to have come true. H- reported to have said some time before bis death: " If Brlgham Young ever be-comes President of tbe Church be will lead It to hell."

As to Brigbam himself, he never ventured to put dates to his predictions but twice, and both times he came to grief. Tbe second time was when on the Sunday preceding tbe surrender of Gen. Lee he pre-dicted that there would be four more yean of war!

8. But tbe Mormons do not stop with ajKMlIes, prophets, pastors, tea(;hers, evangelists. They add " etc.," and that " etc." includes a good deal. It in-cludes tbe Melcblsedec and Aaronlc prieatboods; the First Presidency, with the President of the church and bis two Counsellors; the Quorums of Seventies; th^ Patriarchs; *the Presidents of Stakes; PriMto, Bishops, etc., etc,, making a curious and awkward conglomeration of the officials of the old and the new dlspensaUons, with prophet aud apostle, priest and bishop, patriarch and pastor side by side. They propose to take the Bible literally and claim to get these offices out of tbe Bible. But I should like to ask. Where does the Bible speak of a First Pr«fidency 7 Where does It speak of two CounaellonTxto the First President? Where of the President of a Stake 7

—The good people of Brwln certainly know the art of making a pastor and his family happy. Last win-ter they gave us a tremeudous pounding, then remem-bered us In a substantial way on Thanksgiving, and now at Christmas tbeir liberality In the way of prea-ents has overleaped all teunds. The church, town anJ community, regardless of denomination, pre-sented the pastor a floe suit of cloths worth 927.50, and vartous other praamtoof considerable worth too numeroua to mention. The other members of the family were the recipients of various articles of cloth-ing and other valuable gUts such as a preacher's family needs and appreolatea. We Indulge In the be-lief that this chnrohand town have done tbenloest thing fbr their i»stor of any church In the Btata In proportion to their ability. Buch ezpresalons of ap-^ preclatlon aa this take many thorns from tte prsach-er'a path and strews hla way wlUi rosea. A kinder hearted, more appredatlve people It has nerfr been ^ my lot to know. J. T. Popb, Pastor.

Brwln. Tsnn.F "Hot forsi^ng the assembling of oaiwslvestogatber,.

as the custom of some Is." I'-'j

BAPTIST A N D BBTLEOTOK, J A N . 11, 1900.

WASHINGTON CITY. The largo iucrease of studeuts at C'areou and New-

mau College Bluce the holidays is very gratifylug. With our uew dormitory for girls finished and fur-nished and 105,000 additional endowment, I can see a great future for our College. After a year's rest from urgent calls for the College and with the improved Unanclal condition of the people, what say East Ten-neetiee Baptists In regard to raising the endowment suggested between June, 1900, and June, 1901? The American Haptlut Education Society proposes to give $16,000 of the amount. If our home ftillcB will take hold with a will, I think we may be able to get some other outDlde help. This need ia imperative. The College can't advance much without it. Brethren, both of the ministry and of the laity, how do you feel about this suggestion? Let us hear In a few words from a great many. Your uentimeut on thla vital (luestion is to me, juHt oow, a matter of the deepest concern. If j/ou aie ready to begin such a campaign in earnest the ilrst of June, I am ready to Join you, with strong hope of success. See, will you, what our thrifty Methodist brethren among us are doing. Let their zeal, in connection with many higher motives. Inspire us. I know the Bentiment of the trustees. They are already committed to this movement. Who will speak first? Let not one wait for another. Agi-tation flrst, then must follow something more efl'ec-tive.

For the first time in several Sundays I was not called away, and had the opportunity of attending both the Sunday'-schooj and church services at Cal-vary to-day. There were 1,083 present at Sunday-school, and the auditorium was packed to hear a soul-sdrring sermon by Dr. Gieeue from the te*t, " Be of good cheer; I ha^e overcome the world." At the close of the sermon the hand of fellowship was ex-tended by the pastor to ten new members. About that number unite with the church each mouth, and on the first Sunday immediately preening the o'o-servance of the Lord's supper the hand of fellowship is given. Two of these are by baptism and the rest come from widely scattered sections—Maine, Vir-ginia, Georgia, Nebraska, liilnois. North Carolina aud Kansas.

The church Literary Union is to be addressed to-moiTow avAiiintr hy nnr KiieHNli prnfAHHor. W. A. Wlibur. He speaks on Hawthorne's " Marble Faun."

President Whitman, whose resignation is in the hands of the trustees, goes to the Fifth Church, Phila-delphia. Great regrat is felt here over his resignation. J have not learned Dr. Pollard's plans. Ue Is a very scholarly man, and fitted for valuable service either in the profesaor|s chair or ill the pulpit.

Dr. Talmage preached at the First Baptist Church t o d a y . J . T . HENDERSON.

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS AND COLPORTAGE. Those who are interested in this great department

of our work will be pleased to learn that, so far as the efflciency of our colporters is concerned, we have a noble band of earnest men who are succeeding admi-rably ID dlstributiug the Word of the Lord In the waste places of our State. The wisdom of our plan of work la also seen in that it calls for and secures the largest measure of co-operation in those AssociatiouH where such work is performed.

Tb« work is also frlctiouiess. There la no conflict between the colportera themselvea, as each has his own field of labor and attends strlotly to it. Neither do the colportera confiiot in their work with misslou-arlee, aa each has his separate aud distinct work. Nor yet do the colportera have any conflict with the paa-toia, .as each works' with the other for the mutual benefit of both. I t would be Burprishig for any one who has not thought of thla department o* work to know the magnitude to which it has grown. A study of the colportage department of the report of the State Board, «a puhllBhed In the mlnutea of the SUte Con-vention, will reveal the Cact that this colportage work la a huBlnew of no amall magnitude. Hundreds of

^ boxes of books are received and sent out, and great dr«y loada are piled up in the ofHoe of the State Board.

A good brother at • late*gatherlng of our brethren oompUined that there wa* auoh an ahr of buainen about that BUta Board office. Well, the work of our Loid la • bnalnew, and • mokt Important bualnesa at tliat, And U ahoold be conducted on buaineea prlnoiplea.

Bnt yat foi aU^Uiia aaooeM and these buaineaa m«th< oda, U Ia» aad flact that oonttibuUona to otu Biinday-•obool u d colportage department have fallen ofTdla-titMiingly. Tboae wbo were Menda of tb« Band«y-aoliool' and Colportage Board m eapacUlly Invited to 5w.wrf.iT the clalma at thla work under the manage-^ m f u t of UM State Bpud . The work la Cir m o n effeo-tlT* n n t e the pieaent management than erer iMfore. ThlJ ia eald without Intendixig any diaparagemeot to either the fbnner Oormpondlng Beotetarlaa of thla wefk otthefaroQlporten. The work haa grown from th« aacoeUeot hnpetiu It lecelTed at their handa. But

along with its growth, both in the number of colpo^ ten employed and the amount of work done by them, there has not been a corresponding increase in contri-butions, but otherwise. It is sad to note that many of those who were foremost as contributon to this work have seemingly ceased altogether to contribute.

A moment's reflection should convince any one that where more books are bought and more colportera em-ployed there is need for more money now than for-merly. The Impieesion seems to obtain that, inas-much as the work lias been merged into that of the State Beard, there exists no more need for special colportage contributions. This would all be very well If there was a uorrespondlug Increase in tiie coutribu-tlouH to State Mlsaions to cover this need. But there IH no corresponding increase of contributions to State Migflions, but contrawise, there is a failing off in con-tributions to State Missions.

What shall we do? Shall wo go on buying books on time and employing colporters, trusting for a hoped-for Increase In contributions? It is distressing to see the necessary accumulation of book bills that must be paid and yet there Is no money in the col-portage department. It would be bo easy to give a little every mouth to this great oiiject. It would taks iiut a small eflVirt and a small contribution each mouth from eacii Sundoy-school to lead the Board out of all tills embarrassment. We should certainly fall upon Hume uuifurm plan and not permit thisefll-i-leut arm of our cervlce to bceome paralyzed through neglect. ThrougSi great elFort we have won distinc-tion as a colportage department In misiiious. We shall not IJC able to maintain this prestige without a more generouH co-operation than we have hitherto re-ceived from llic churches. Think on these things.

Naahville, Tenn. A. J . H O L T , Cor. Sec. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.

I wonder how many of God's children are willing to sign their names to the following reeolutious for i'JOO:

This year I will be a toviny Christian, showing my love for God by my love for His people.

1 his year I will be a gUit^ (Christian, giving time, money aud service as divinely directed.

This year I wUl be a growiny Christian, for lives may develop even as the flowers unfold, brought to peifcvituu V/J ilic auuBlllue ailU lUe dCflr ur Chnl'H love and His care.

This year I will be a cticerful Christian, doing what I conscientiouBly believe to be His will wltliout com-plaint.

This year I will be a willing Christian, walking gladly wherever the Matiter shall lead.

This year I will be a working Christian, shirking no duty; trying each day to do something for Christ.

This year I will be a faithful Ciirlstlan. Knowing in whom I have trusted, I will take hold of His prom-ises that I may lay up golden stores of faith against that time when storms shall trouble and shadows draw near.

Thla year I will be a stronger Christian, for if my trust is in God my strength will surely increase as the days go by.

This year I will be a helpful Christian, living so that other lives may be made brighter and stronger by my influence.

This year I will be a hapjty ChriBtlan, for if I love and serve and trust Him I will abide " in the secret of His presence." Bo will peace and Joy be my portion and the days of the uew year be glad and fruitful.

These reflolutionB can be kept with the help of God. I want to be a better Cbri«tian this year than I

have ever been before. God wants me to be a better Christian than I have ever been before.

Am I willing to be what He would have me to be 7 JESSIE L E E M O H A N N .

Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1. 1900.

A GOOD MEETING, t t was a great pleasure to me to spend two weeks

recently In a revival with Pastor J . M. Anderson and hlB faithful people at Bearden, Tenn. Thla church iB one worthy of note among our Eaat TenneBaee cburcheB for what It has done lu Its short history for the cause of Christ. Blx years ago there was no such thing aa a Baptlat churtih at this place. Fresbjrterl* ana aud Campbeilitea held the field prior to that time. The organization consisted of eleven members, Bro. B. H . Bdlogton acting aa " reorultlng officer," and he atUl fulfllla his duty well. Boon aftor the or-ganisation, plana were put on foot to build • house of worship. Bev. T. 0 . Davhi, then a student at Mossy Creek, was first pastor. He served the church about three years imd did a good work. Bev. J. M. Ander. son was the next pastor and is still with the chnrch, doing • good work. He is a good man, 'an eunest, warm-hearted, sgrmpethetlc preacher, • fMthtal pas-

'tor and • close irtudtat. The Lord has graelonsly blessed the pastor end

people in their labors together. The church is in a progressive condition, and will soon have to enlarge her wails to accommodate the people. The Baptists are now in the lead at this place. They have prop-erty valued at |3,000, the best in town. In the recent meeting held with the church tiiere were 25 profes-sions and 84 additions to the church. Members came from Presbyterian, Campbelllte and Method-ist homes, the*6c«< of homes, too.

The Tennessee Association meete with this church next year. Come, one and all; you will flnd eome of tiie best people hOre that are in the world. I HUBII not forget my stay among them soon. They showed their appreciation of my labors among them In many ways, one was by giving me flO.

The Lord will bless any church that has a pastor like J . M. Andsrson and laymen like B. H. Edlng-ton and M. O. Currier, with many others by their side. T. A. P A Y N E .

Mossy Creek, Tenn.

8. W. B. UNIVERSITY. Receipts of Ministerial Board for November and

Decemiier: Cash—Mis« M. Newsom, fiS; Maple Bprings, f 1 05;

Meridian Creek, .50; Maleaus, f2.50; M. V. Exum, f5 50; J. S. Pate, 56; W. H. Ryals, f6; Mrs, Dr. Webb, .50; G. G. Montgomery, .50; White Haven, f-i; Os-burn t.!reek, $4 70; Cooper's Chapel, $2; Beech Grovo, $1; Gibson, r i ; Hall's Church, |5; Fellowship, $1; Wal. nut Hill, .50; Woodland, f}l.79; Hannah's Gap, f6 5l: Memphis, First Church, $116 75; Mnrfreesboro, $10 25; Collierville, $4; James Vann, $5; Mlddleburg, $1.80; Total cash, $100.

Provisions—Maple Springs, $5.45; Spring Creek, $2 50; Merldin Creek, $5.50; Malesus, $.'t; Liberty Grove, $3 50; Harmony, .85; Osburn Creek, $5 20; M. R. Cooper, $2 20; Piuson, $7 25; Pleasant Plains, $15; Ararat, $1; J . R. Lovelace, $2; J. B. Moody, .60; Gib-son, $11; Mlddleburg, $8.15; Woodland, $13.40; J. W. Walker, .40; Ebenezer, .25; collected by W. C. Sale, $23.50; W, H. Petty, $1; R. E. Pettlgrew, $2.15. Total in provisiouH, $113.90.

The average cost 5f boarding our young ministers for November was $6.50; and for December $6 40. The number of beneficiariee for November was 20; for D e c e m i i e r lo. Y o u may see that we were able to meet current expenses and apply $51.10 to back in-debtedness. Hut, brethren, this is paying a big debt very slowly, only $51.20 for November and December. We have a young brother with a wagon collecting provisions. You see how hard we are trying to keep these preaclier boys from having to stop their prepara-tion for the work of preaching. We ehaii expect help next week. G. M 8.

BAPTIST AND BBFLBCTOB, J A N . 11, 1800.

^ J V E W S N O T E S . turned since the holidays except Dr. David Heagle, who is lecturing in the North.

A VERY UNIQUE BAPTISM. I t Is seldom, if ever, that a more unique baptism

has been witnessed than that which was administered at the First Church last night. At the morning ser-vice Mrs. Katherlue Owens, who was a member of the Methodist Church, and is the wife of Bro. B. A. Owens, late pastor at Richmond, Ky., aud Mrs. Florence Owens of the Disoiples, and wife of Bev. C. L. O.wens, pastor of several churches adjacent to Memphis, presented themselves aa candldatea for baptism and membership in the First Church. Upon a relation of their Christian experience and their de-Hire to follow their Lord in baptism, in His appointed way, they were duly received. At the evening service, the ordinance was administered by their respective husbands in the presence of the usual iarge congrega-tion of the church. No more beautiful or impressive aduvlnistration of this beautiful ordinance was ever witnessed In our church, and following, as It did, the impreeslve sermon of Pastor Boone on the subject of baptiBm,.madeamoBt profound aud, no doubt, last-ng Impression upon all wbo witness^ It.

At the morning hour It was our privilege to have with us our good brother, Dr. A. J . Holt, our Btate Corresponding Btcretary, who preached a grand ser-mon on the subject of " Wltueeslng for Christ," None of us will have any excuse, If any existed before, for claiming not to be posted as to the irork of the Btate Convention, or Its boards, nor of Its necessities. I t Is always a great pleasure fur us to have Dr. Holt with us, the only regret being thct he cannot come bftener.

H. It. MoV. Memphis, Tenn., January 8 th.

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—Fleaae have the BAPmrr AMO RKFtiBoroB annt to me at fihuskviUe, B.O., Instewlof GaUaUn.Tsnn. I need not say that It Is palnftil to me to make tola request, finr It Is with rsgreto that I leave the people of GUtethi and the brotherhood of Tennessee. I wish In this oonnectton to express to you m y apjpreclatlon of7«nrpetaonal friendship while In TennsHee M d the generous support given me thnragh your p«per.

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PASTORS' CONPBRENCB. N A S M V I U C I C .

F i r s t Church—Dr. Frost preached at both hours. Partor Burrows was called to Augusta, Ga., by tele-gram.

Third—Pastor Golden preached at both hours. Fu-neral in the afternoon. Good meeting of the Buuday-school Union. One profession at night and one re-ceived for baptism.

Edgefield-Pastor Rust preached. Good services. Two professions and two received for baptism.

North Edgefleid—Pastor Sherman preached. Good services at both hours. Three requests for prayer.

Seventh-No preaching in the morulng, but a gen-eral conference meeting. Bro. Hailey preached at night. Good services, 117 in B. B.

Centennial-Pastor Stewart preached at both houis to good congregationB. One received by letter, i l l in S. S.

Immanuel—Fine day. Large congregations. An-nual roll call. Five received by letter.

Howell Memorial—Pastor Howse preaclied both morning and evening. Good congregations. 109 in S S

Line-street Mieslon—Bro. Dortch began his work here, preaching in tiie morning. Preached at Rains Avenue MIBBIOU at night. Work encouraging.

Mill Creek—Hro. Trice preached. Church called him as supply.

Mt. Olivet MIBSIOU—Bro. Baker preached at night. Good eervicea,

Tabernacle Church—Three additlouB and one con-version. Several requests for prayer. Work progresa-ing nicely.

Murfreesboro-Bro. VauNess preached at both iiours. Good services. Bro. VauNess waa elected a member of the Conference.

Mt. ZIon (col).—Preaching in the morulng by Pas-tor Mason, at 8 p. m. by Rev. Jas. Wells, and at night by Rev. Smith of Roger Williams Uulversity. Good services. 92 in 8. S.

Bro. Hailey was present, reporting good time wor-Biilplng at Edgefleid Church.

Dr. Folk was pitjscnt at th« CoatBTMiOPi. ReV. J . H. Moore of AlieuBVllle, Ky„ was also present.

Dr. Holt reports a good time at Memphis, preach-ing at the First Church in the morning. Two re-ceived for baptism and two baptized. Preached at Central Church at night. •viein/II^HIS.

Rowan Church—Pastor l.ioveJoy preached to good congrega i ioHs . One conversion and one received for baptism-

Johnson Avenne-Rev. F. A. Owen of Richmond, Ky., preaclied to a good congregation in the morn-ing. Good 8. S.

Central-Pastor Potts preached In the morning. Seven add i t iouB by letter. Pastor gave the hand of fellowship to 15 new members. Preaching at night by Dr. A. J . Holt. Good B. Y. P. U. meeting. Fine S B

Trinity—Pastor Smith preached to good congrega-tions. One received for iwptism. Good B. Y. P. U. Good 8. B. Bro. Smith preached at Frazer Station at ^ FlMt-Dr. A. J . Holt preached in the morning and the pastor at night. A very fine congregation. Two baptized. . ' .

Brethren Charles 0«en , F. M. WellB and Hudson were prenent. K N O X V I U U E .

First Church-Pastor Egerton preached at both hours. Three received by letter. 851 in 8. B.

Centennial-Pastor Snow preached at night. Cele-brated the Lord's Bupper in the morning. One ap-proved for baptism. 420inB.B.

Thlrd-Paator Murrell preached at both hours. 158

'"orove City-Pastor Moore preached. 100 in S. B. Becond-Paator JefTries preached at both hourB.

One received by relation and one approved for bap-tism. 299 in B. B.

Bmlthwood-Bro. B. E. Joues preached. Good B. B.

Bell Ave.—Pastor Thomas preached at both hours. IfiO In B. B. U A C K » O N .

First Church-Pastor H»ywood preached to packed oongngaUons. 260lnB.B. Goodd«y.

Becond—Paator Inman had a fine day. Large con-gxegattonaandalxaddlUans.

Highland Avenue—The retiring pastor, Bev. G. A. Grammar, worshiped with the First Church.

The teMhhig fonm of the Unlvenlty have all re-

—The Baptist Church at Urich, where I give half of my time as pa*tor, has a new house of wonhip about completed, which will lie dedicated this month.

E. A. L. —I have Just closed six months of my pantorate

here. We began the year with bright prospects. Re-ceived flve members yesterday, making 43 in all since I came here. 212 in S. 8. Closed a meeting at Mouse Creek recently with 11 additions. Some of tlie best people in this section are in the Mouro Creek Church.

Sweetwater, Tenn. WM. A. MoFifrr .

—One and a half acres uf land Iiave been f<ecured on which to build a parsonage for Friendship Church. One acre was given by Bister Ann Bhaw. The pillars are up, lumber Is being placed on the ground and the greater amount of money necessary has been raised. We hope to have It ready by the first of March for our new pastor, whoever he may be. Bro. H—, how would you like to be the first to occupy our new house'

Culleoka, Tenn. J. H. REUDINA.

—Saturday and Sunday I was at Prosperity. Splen-did audiences, especially on Saturday. This is tlie beginning of my twelfth year with this church. On Sunday afternoon I was called to attend the funeral of Sister John Sadler at Sycamore Fork. A good woman 21 years of age and a little babe are at rest. Uncle Jeff Sueed, our oldest deacon, is at the cross-ing. My present visit has been amqng the living, the sick, the dying and the dead. J . T. OAKUBV.

—We had a good day at Springfield lost Sunday. Good congregations. Took collection in Sunday-school for Orphans' Home amountiug to $28 30. There were 115 in 8. 8. Our faithful superintendent, A. Winn, is hopeful and energetic. He made a speech for the Foreign MUnion Journal aud received a list of 24 subscribers to the same. The church'paid the pas-tor every dollar due for 1899; now wo start out on the New Year clear of debt, aud striving to do acceptable service for the Lord. J . P. G I L L I A M .

Springfield, Tenn.

—Last Sunday was a good day for the church at Dyer. I began my relationship with this church as pastor by the reception or i i memtieis. Tnere are more to follow. Encouraged thus, the saints at this place are determined to do more for their blessed Mas-ter this year than ever before. There was n complete reorganization of the Sunday-school, resulting in tlie re election of that big-hearted Baptist of Dyer, J. H. Dement, as superintendent. This is an important field for work. The town has doubled its population in two years, now having about 1,600 Inhabitants. The college, under the direction of Mr. Tate, is hav-ing remarkable succeps. There are more than 850 stu-dents in attendance. Pray for us that we may do our whole duty. ^ W . A. JOKDAN.

—Our Christmas eve service at Darden was of more than usual Interest. The Christmas ofTering to China was $8.18; Home JIlBsions, $5.85; OrphanB' Home, $4 52; total, $18. The Darden Church seems to be greatly encouraged since tiie complete victory' won over Campbelllte heresy last July in the debate be-tween Prof. E. C. L. Denton and myself, which re-sulted in a complete elimination of Campbelllsm in that community, which was very annoying before. The ladles, to show their appreciation for the victory, presented the pastor with a very flne suit of clothes We have not words to express our thanks. I earneet-]y pray that God may make me worthy of the confl-deuce and love of such noble people. Darden is a very young church, only about six years old, but It has already made great progrees aud bids fairer now than ever before. A. N U N N E R Y .

Lexington, Tenn.

—Revs. A. J. Watkins aud J . H. Moore held a series of meetings with the Lovelace Church recently which resulted In much good to church and commu-nity. Lovelace Is one of our best churches. I t was our pleasure to attend some. These brethren antici-pate holding a revival with the FaU Branch Church at an early date. The Baptist Sunday-school recently placed an excellent new organ lu the cburcb. The good accompllabed by the articles on Mor-monism will be reallaed only In eternity -The faU term of the FaU Branch Graded School closed Decem-ber 22nd with an appropriate entertainment at night, given by the literary and mualc students. The sprUig term began Jan. 2, J900. We anUclpate an encout-aghig opening. We are prepared to do high school work efficlenUy; also to give training In vocal and Instrumental music., We Invite oorrwpondenoe.

C. B. W A L L B B , Principal. Fall Branch, TenOi tev

—The Btate Board at Its January meetUig, recog-nizing the eminent ability of Dr. W. O. Bailey aqd considering bis recent success along evangelistic lUies an indication of providence that he should give more of his time to this department of the work of the Mas-ter, appointed him as missionary evangelist, to labor wheresoever lu the BUte that his services might be demanded. While this Is a new departure. It is not desired that it shall be precedental, aa the churches where Bro. Bailey shall Ubor are to become entirely responsible for his salary. The object of the Bute Board was to Introduce Dr. Bailey to our people as a minister of JesuB Christ of eminent ability, and to commend him to those flelds which may need such especial services as be has already been giving to some of our churches. The state of his health ren-dered longer residence in Texas, where he has labored for many years, dangerous to his life. But the cli-mate of Tennessee seema to have had a healing eObct upon him, so that he has seemingly regained his health. He may be addressed at Nashville, In care of his brother. Prof. J . E. Bailey.

Nashville, Ten n^ A. J . Hoi;r, Oor. Bee.

—It will be remembered by some, perhaps, that last September I ofl'ered my resignation of the pasto-ral care of David's Chapel Church, to take eflbct in . the following December. The eflfect that "took" In December was the refusal of the church to accept the resignation, a' unanimous call for the next year and a handsome quilt of pretty design, as aCbris tmaagif t -given by the noble sister members of the church,aided by other sisters of the community. Now, "what was 1 tluit I could withstand" such good treatment? 1 gracefully yielded, and will begin my fifth yearns ser-vices for these grateful aud appreciative people. May the good Lord abuudantiy bieiMi their work In his viueyard. I shall probably serve Bethel Church, near Troy, Tenn., this year. I will vieit the field ere this is in print. It will be an entirely new field, yet I hope under the guidance of the Spirit to be InstrU; mental lu doing something for the Master's cause among thoc-e people. The church, I am told, is already In good spiritual condition, which makes the work much easier for the new pastor. I trust my work among them will be honored by the Master.

Crystal, Tenn. J . L . ADAMS.

- L a s t summer Dr. G. M. Savage visited me and naw Buuietinng or our ASBOciaiion (inoJattXSeek), es-pecially the churches of which I am pastor. He ex-presBed h i m s e l f to me an being pleased to find Buch "Landmark Baptist." We want to be Just such Bap tists as were John, Peter, Paul and the Master himself. I claim no honor in that these my brethren are sound Baptists, for 1 found them such when I came, but I think the S. W. B. University IB the schopl for young preachers if they wish to grow in the faith once deliv-ered to the saints. I can speak from experience. I was there flve years and we were "contending" all the time. I thank the Lord for lending t^e among these people. I have been here four yeare, which is all my ministerial life, and every year I learn to love my people more and mora. How can I help it, since they are so good to me and my family? This winter the Philadelphia Church, by the eflbrts of Mrs. A. Q. Montague, presented us with two nice feather beds with pillows, and Indian Creek Church, by theeflbrts of Mrs. John Young, one nice feather bed, together with $5. My salary is unknown and unbounded. My people are mindful of my buslneBS and I of the Lord's. Our church-house at Waynesboro" is going •up. Pray for. UB. R. J . WOOD.

—Big Emory Aosociatioq is divided into four sec-tions and a leader appointed for each sectlon^to hold fifth Sunday meetings,' work up an Interest In the churches, etc. The division in charge of Rev. C. L . Ledfoid held its meeting with the Baptist, Church at Bockwood. Bro. W. T. West preached the introduc-tory sermon. "Following Christ" was his theme, and he earnestly plead for a deeper consecraUon. At 9U)0 o'clock Saturday momhig the regular program was takpn up after a warm devoUoual service con-'"ucted by Bro. Rose, The dlBcnssiouB were deeply spiritual and very helpful. There were Just a few pres-ent, but what we lacked In quantity was about made up In quality. At night Bro. Tom Carter conducted the queBtion box. This was a flne service. Bunday-achool ma«H-meetIng at 10 o'clock Sunday mqmhig Brethren Bowman, Baldwin, Carter, Ledford, Bose and perhaps others, made Bhort, spicy Bunday-school talks. Bro. Ledford preached an able sermon from the text, •• Will a man rob God?" After the aermon a oollectiou was taken for State Missions which amounted to $7. T to weather waa about aero, but the meeting was warm and apUltuaL I believe good was done. Bro. Ledford waa choeeu Chahman We mean for our division to beat the othen by flu What say you, good brethrsn? ' jg:

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M i l H O N D I R K C T O R V . STATB ni88ION8.-BBV. A. J. HOVt. O.U.. Correapondlnc Beoretary. All oommanlea-tions dwIgiiMl for iitm anonld b« addreued to him at Naahvllle, Tenn. W. H. WOOD-oooxi Treainrer, NaabTllle, Tenn. The Bute Board alio reprewnta Home and KorelKn MiMlona, witboat obarge tothem Boards. PORBION MI88IONd.-R«v. K. J. Wiuawo-BAM, D.D., OorrespondlDg Secretary, RICH-mond, Va. Bsv. J. U. Bifow, KnozTlIle, Tenn., VIoe-Preiildent or the Foreign iioard for Tenneewe, lo wbom all InqnlrleM for In-formation may be addreaaed. HOME rU8»IONS.-B«V. K. H. KnaroOT. I). D., Correapondlng Beoretary, AtlanU. Oa. RBV. U. D. JwrBiES, Vloe-Prealdent of tbe Home Board for Tenneaaee. to whom all In-formation or Inqnlrlea abont work In tbe State may be addreased niNISTBRIAL EDUCATION.-All funda for roang mlnlatera to tbe H. W. a Ontveralty abould be aent to U . M . BAVAOB, L L . U . , Jaok-aon, l^nn. For yonng mlnlatera at Caraon and Newman College, aend to J . T. Ukmobb-•OM, Uoaay Creek. Tenn. ORPHAN5- MOMB.-BeY. W. C Golden. Prea. Ident, Nashville. Write blm how to get a oblld In or ont of tbe Home. Bend all monlea to A. J. Holt, Treaaarer, NaabTllle Tenn. Al anppllea abonld be aent to O . T. CHBKK, NaabvUle, Tenn. All auppllee abonld be aent prepaid. S. 8. AND COLPORTAaE.-A. J. Holt. Cor. Beo., NaabTllle, Tenn., of whom all Informa-tion may be aaked and to whom all fanda may be aent. For any of the itbove objecta money may be aafely aent to W. M. Wood-cook. Treasurer. NaabTllle. Tenn. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.-Preeldent. Mrs. A. C. B. Jaokaon, NaabTllle, Tenn. Correapondlng Beoretary-Mrs W. C. Qoldon

709 Monroe Street. NaabvUle, Tenn. Recording SeoreUry-Hlaa Qertrnde Hill,

NaabTllle, Tenn. Sdltor-Hlaa B. B. B. Bhankland W N. Vina

Street, NaabvUle, t 'enn.

A Missionary Baptist.

IB there nny barm In tbe enquiry as to wliat b Miastoumry Baptlat

The writer of this confewies to be somewhat confuaed over the matter. There are BO many kinds of people claiming to be Missionary Baptists that this queryi^eems not out of place. But to wbom should such a query be addressed? And who has the right to determine tbe correct reply? We may not appeal tbe case to " t h e Baptist Congrewl" That august body has shown Its utter Incapacity to settle anything. There is now some taliiof ft "Pan-Baptist Council," whatever that may be. But be it what it may, the smallest Baptist In the world will defy it to aettle anything for blm. And BO we seem to be at sea.

A story is told of two old-time ne-groes who met, and °one asked the other:

"Bam, whut church Is dat? " point-ing out a bouse of worship.

"Dat? Why, it is a Baptls' Church." " Whut sort of Baptls' is it? " " Jee a Baptls', dat's all." "Bu t whut Bort uv a Baptls'—a

Hardshell Baptls', ur a Mlshomary \ Baptls', ur a Seven Day Baptls', ur a

" Freewill Baptls', ur a 'Ticklur Baptls', nr wha t?"

"Bay dem er gin, Bob." " Well, la It a Uardsbeil Baptls', a

HlBbomary Baptls', a Seven Day Bap-tls', a Freewill Baptls' or a 'Ticklur Baptto'?"

"Dem ain't no 'Ticklur Baptls'. Derna Self-wUl Baptls', I guess."

The negro was nearer right than he knew. Not many of oar Baptists are " partlonlar," but most of us are " self-wlU" Baptlita.

The writer knows of a Baptist Church elalnUng to be and tAlllng thmselves MlMlonary Baptists that la » fair aam-

" > pie of bnndfedi of othen In tliti State, •nd other eitatWH to th»t. Tbe mem-benhip nnmbera aomethlng over 100. Tbqr bBTe no Bnntfay-eobool, and no p i a ^ m e e t l n f f . Tbey have pieaob-Ing once • montb, If tbe weatberia good. Ttuy pejr tbtir preettber notb-

ing. They never give to missions, nor indeed to anything else. A collection has never been taken in tbe church. Their dellnltiou of a Missionary Bap-tist is one who believes in baptism, and who is neither a Methodist nor a Hardshell Baptist. How they came to lie called missionary they could not possibly explain. Yet these fwople are well-to-do. They are honest, and would t« liberal and up-to-date If they had a chance. But " Like priest, like people," and they never hear a mis-sionary sermon, never. Tliey never take a religious paper, not oue uf tliem. There you are.

We have fully 40,000 Baptists of that type in TenuesBee. If these were all they should be, and all they would be If they had a chance, what a treuieud-ous power for good would they exert on tbe world.

Many others there are who hold that to be a Mlsalonary Baptist is to believe In free silver—no, beg pardon, not that by any means, but free salvation. They repudiate with vigor that view of election held by the "Hardshell Baptists" which would deprive any one of salvation through the foreknowl-edge or predestination of the Lord. Yet they do not believe in fr«:e giving in order that free salvation may be proclaimed to all nations and to every creature. Not tbey. Hut they are Missionary Baptists with a big H and a little m.

Others still are Missionary BaptiHts in tiiat they have attached themselves to a church of that " persuasion." Othe.r members may give to missions. That'Is all right. In fact, they believe that some people ought to give to mis-sions, but as for them that is (|uite an-other thing. Many of this class-and this, it may be said, is the most nu-merous clasM of Missionary Baptists In Tennessee—think that this matter of Bivtne u nn one's busiuess but theirs. They resent, In their hearts, any per-sonal, direct appeal to them to give. They might be Induced to give, if they felt like it. The Idea of giving to mis-sions as a principle, regularly, propor-tionately, liberally and wiiliugiy, has uev»r once entered their minds. More-over, such a view of giving Is contra-dictory to their Ideas, and they stub-bornly resent any eflurt to Induce them BO to do. Yet they are glad to hear about the spread uf the gospel, and be-lieve that through missionary elt'ort the world must be brought to Chrhit.

But be It said to our credit that there is an increasing number of Missionary Baptists in Tennessee who are such from a real and an intelligent convic-tion of duty, who are at any time able to give a reason for the hope that la in them, who are honest in busiuess, cor-rect in life, clean in conversation, up-right in character, devout in piety, cheerful In disposition, unseiflsh In conduct, syBtematic and generous iu their support of the gospel at home and abroad. These, the Joy of earth and tbe delight of heaven, rescue the name Mlsalonary Baptist from the opprobri-um that would attach to it were it not for their Bhining example.

Will any one anywhere deny that this latter class are without question entitled to the name we bear 7

A. J . Hoi/r, Cor. Sec. Nashville, Tenn.

Contributions to the Orphans* Home.

cuml>etHome as to the space occupied. The practice was discontinued by tlie Treasurer. Only such contributions as are sent by the children to Mrs. Eakin's Young South are published, unless It be boxes and eupplies of clothing sent to the Matron, Mrs. K. C. Saunders. But the money sent to the Treasurer Is published In the mlnute« of tlio State Convention. TheTreasurer frequently receives tuoiiey with the request that its receipt be acknowledged in the B A I T I S T A N U ILKKL-KCTOB. B u t U n -less all monies were thus reported it would be unwise to treat the contribu-tion of one person dinereiilly from that of others. The Treasurer invaria-bly sends hts r<>celpt to the sender of money. This should assure the donors that the money is safe, and will lie used for the purposes for which it lias been contributed, and a correct list of all monies will appear printed In the minutes of the Slate Conveiitlou.

We still occasionally have trouble In acknowledging tlie receipt of boxeM. A letter will be sent to the Treanurer saying a bi>x will be or bus been suut. Tbe boxes nil go to the wholeBttle gro-cery house of Cheek, Neal A Co., and are taken out to tlie Orphans' Home by the Homo delivery wagon. The Treasun-r never sees tlieni. Frequent-ly the lioXtH have no murk ou either Inside or uutside by whieii it can bo determined who seut the boxeti or wiiere they were sent from. It will be seen at once tliat In such fases no re-ceipt for the boxes can be sent by the matron. In a short while after tlie box Is sent the wortliy lady who has geuerouHiy gotten it up. not hearing anything about it, wrllet*. enquiring if It lias iieen receiveti. Perhaps half a do/.en boxes all come to the Home In one load, and half of them iiave no mark by which It can be lold where they came from or who sent tiiein. So tho Hnin« Ik rpn«iir.»rt. and wo m».v lose friends, w h n really we are not to blamd.

Help us, dear brethren and sisters, to carry on Ibis work to the glory of Ucd and the uiiiirtiug of unfortunate orphan children. Pray for us and help us. A. J . HOI/F, Treus.

Nashville, Tenii.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

I t IB pleasant to be able to report that tbe OrphauB' Home baa been blemed by many generoaa contrihutlona dur-ing the TbankBglvIng and UbrlatmaB •ewon. Our larder and waidfobeare qalte Veil aupplled at present, and our t reuory U not empty. There aeema to be quite • wldeapread deaire tbat all contrtbatlona aball be noknowledged tbrongb tbe B A P T I S T A M D R I F L B O T O R . Aforetime tbla was done until It be-came bnidenaome to tbe paper and

with money for postage, else her will-ingness and lier efllcienoy will be ham-pered and lost to the cause which needs her eObrts so sorely.

Two excellent papers ou Foreign and Home Missions, prepared for the W. M. U. of Cumberland Association, by Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Moon, were read by Mrs. Murkin and Miss Cun-ningham.

Mrs. W. H. Biuton, Union City, was elected vice-president for beulah Asso-ciation, to succeed Mrs. T. H. Farmer, resigned. 8. E 8. 8.

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The Central Committee held its llrst (|uarterly open meeting for LLTOO at the North Kdgelleld Church, making a New Year's call upon tbe sUters who have so bravely aided In paying oil'the church's Indebtedness and are now looking beyond to the needier ones, to those who have no church home,

. no gospel. Since the Central Commit-tee began, a decade ago, its work of arousing a warmer love for the mission cause, this little histor,' has been often repeated. Happy for the strug-gling band striving to keep alive its own church organization, If the real spirit of missions Is theirs, they may be counted upon for world-wide help in years to come. But if only pride iu "our" church, "out" members, "our" carpet, "our" organ, is the actuating motive, local wants will continue to cousume all gifts, and It Is a question whether such a church is a church ex-cept iu name.

Pastor Sherman gave tbe vlsltiug la-dles a royal welcome, commending the object nud the labors of the Woman's Missionary Union, and leading our thoughts to the blesnlug received by Mary Magdalene, who went to the sep-ulchre, timidly hoping to be allowed a glimpse of her Savior's lifeless form, but beholding instead the Glorlfled One, and bearing his first words after .the reBurrcotion.

Mm. Golden'a report for December ahowed a l a m amount of work; but the small balance in tbe treaaury will remlud -oo-workers everywhere that our twioved Beoretary must be nippHed

Report of Corresponding Secretary f»r mouth ending Jt.n. 2, 1000: lA-tlcrN iind poKlitlH received Lulters unil |H>HtalH u-rlllnii

Literature distributed as follows: Clirlstiiiiui eiiveloiwit ClirlHliiiiiH prui;runiN ' WwU or prayer prournms l,eallc'tK HaiiiplVN Korolmi .MlHslon .luiiriial .. .. H'4iiipli'ii. Iloiiic l'"lelil Sainpli-H K i n d W o r l s Btar «'anl« Miiuli.>rri!lH ; oilier leaflelH, etc

Frontier boxes sent as follows: Nashville KIrst t liureli . Nanlivllle Iiiiinaniiel WeMi .Naiilivllle Howell .Memorial . . Ill ploy (•hirUsMlle .loiieHliiiro Haiila Ke MetiiplilN l-'lrHl rlitireh • .N'aslivllle Soreiuli Church Stti'utwaler (a>l'<ll>(»>al>

rotal SJ77 111 New Hoi-ieties were formed as follows: December 7th, band Iu Sweetwater

Church, Sweetwater Association, Mrs. M. C. Ijowry, leader.

December Ttli, band in Union City (.'hurch, Heulah Assofiation, Miss Liz-zie Oieer, leader.

Decern tier .-lib, Helpiiig Hands, Nash-ville First Church, Cumberland Asso-ciation, Mrs. li. L. Itoth, leader.

Decc-uiliei Mth, W. AI. 8., lloberts-v)||e Church, Clinton Association, Mrs. S. A Foster.

Expense Fund: 'In linnil lleeeiiilMT r.lh .. . a llocelveil rroiii ("uiitral chure.li W. M. H ,

Nu.Hhvllle 110 Ii i ininii t iel Cliiiroh 10 ('vntciinlaU'liureli W K.lKellel.lCliiirch . « 00 Ueipliij'lliiiidH, Klrm i liiircli 10 lleiiiiliit; Cliiircli K> Ticiildii I'liiireli 1 TiO Ceiilral I'liuri-li \V. M S, riialtiiiiouita . W)

Total K 7>< K\pende(l for prliitliiu iiiul p<iHtrKe 7 4<i llalaiii-e Oil hand fur e\|<enH<'N .. SI

The fund fcr purchasing a mimeo-graph, whlc'>i will greatly facilitate the secretary's work, has reached lO-^-j, about two-thirds of tlie amount neces-sary.

While I cannot say that to-day's re-port shows the best results we have ever had, yet I can say in ell truthful-ness that we are steadily advancing. W. M. y.- work is gaining friends and advocates from ths brethren and Help-ers among the women.

A postal recently recleved from a preachet says: " Pleafee send me a re-port of your miaslouary work in tnis State. I want to know what your work has been, what you are giving and what you are accomplishing through your work." I t gave me great pleasure to send bim a copy of the State Convention minutes, and re-fer him to the detailed report of our work found there for the past year.

Two other pastors wrote to me for literature and suggestiona for organiz-ing their women members. They or-ganized and reported these Booleties themselves, expressing at the same time their pleasure and hopefuluess for the future.

Annlber pastor, stimulated by the discuBsion of Woman's Work at Cum-berland Association, went home, quickly organized a society »ud then hastened to report to me.

In Mplie of the broad-minded mls-fionary spirit of' both tbe pastor and wife of oue of our village oburcbes, there baa been prevalent s spirit of hostility to woman's meetings. For a longtime tbe women in tblsobnrob were not even sllowed to meet together for prayer. Now tbey bsTes regnbki

pisyer-meeting, UBlng once a montb tbe W. M. U. BUbJeot and Uterature, contribute to mlsBlons and bave made application for a frontier letter.

In many places where no society now exists, are to be found loyal Christian women whose hearts are full of love for their Bavlor and zeal for bis cause. Many such contribute regularly through the W. M. U., making tbe speoiai ofTeringB at Christmas and In March, and using their influence as best they can for the advancement of missions. None have my sympathy more or my prayers ofteuer than those who write: " Our church hi two miles in tlie country, and the roads in the winter are Impassable. We could not get the'women together for a society, but I bave made up my mind to do more and to give more of my Income for the cause of Christ than I have ever done, and I will do what I can to Influence the others. Pray for us."

The time for our Week of Prayer and OUering for China is at hand, and al-though not as many envelopes by 8,000 have been sent out as last year,

V owing to the low state of our expense fund, I believe the resulU will not be less. There is apparent a greater in-terest. Many whose names were un-known to me have written, asking for literature. Some have asked for a sec-ond package that the whole church might be supplied. Last year our Christmas oflering was 1133 20. Let us eacli do all we can to make this tbe best olTerlng on record. Not much has been said of intentions regarding the Week of Prayer, but I trust It will be widely observed.

Our contributions are gratify ing. Re-ports for two quarters of tiie year (those ending with June and September) our gifts to Foreign Missions were $052.92, to Home Missions, |2,»48 86. These oouBlderahly exceed the amounts for the same period last year, but our ap-pointment for Forelgm Missions (|1,-600) is not half raised. The Christmas oiTerlng Is included In this suggested amount. More work has been under-taken by our Boards this year. Let us strengthen their hands, as tbey lengthen the cords.'

M K 8 W . C . G O L D E N .

B. V. P. U. DEPARTMENT.

BY R B V . w . 0 . A O I J ) K N .

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Daily Bible Readings. January 15-21,1000.

-The field. Matt. xxiv. 8, H. -Gcd's kingdom to come. Ps. 10, 18. - W a y s and means. Bom. x. 18,

-Need of haste. Joel ill. 18,17. -ConBeontion of the puree. Prov. ; Eco. xi. 1,10. Heroes of the frontier. Heb. xi.

not always appear BO to us, but It sbitli prove so In the light to oome.

I I I . God wants an answer from man. If we ever do anything for God it

must be by volunteering our service. Grace is not only our belp.but our only hope. GOd can do without our ser-vice, but how are we ever to get along witiiout the companiouahip of the Lord and the blessings of lila pervioe?

IV. What isour answer to the Lord's call?

There was faith and courage and heroism iu the prophet's answer, "Heie am I, send me." It was a rebellious, godless people. It was a hard tesk to be done. Are we after an easy task? There are nono only the do-notbing tasks. " Whom shall 1 send, and who will go foi UO?" WUI you answei?

S U G Q E S T I O N B .

1. humbleness ia a preparation for honor.

2. The fittest for service are freest from selflshness.

5. God's purifying power is all that will pacify men.

4. God B t i l i wants volunteers iu his vineyard.

6. I t Ukes courage as well as concern for souls to go.

6. God owns only those whom he sends on duty.

7. Wbeu God calls It should be our delight to answer.'

8. God's plans meau either pardon or punislimeut.

0. What is our answer to the Lord's call to ub?

Subject for Sunday, Jan. ai, igoo, " S E N D M B . "

Isa. vi. 1,10. Here is a woMerful vision. God sits

upon a tbrone high and lifted up, and above stood the aerapbim. Tbey cried " Holy, boiy, boly is tbe Lord," and tbe door posts moved and the house was filled with smoke. Tben comts tbe question, *'* Wbom shall I send, and wbo will goforuB?" Isalab an-swered, ** Send me."

I . God makes messengers out of men. He oould speak bis will with tbe

•oioe of tbundeis, or, write i t upon tbe ^ sky or send U by tbe voli:e of angels, ^ but be bM obosen to send It by men.

I L God's qnesUon to," Whom «ta«II I s e n d r ' "

He seons to oonnt beavsn n d earth In wbm b» said, •• Wbom aliall I SMid,

iandwhowlUiof t i rnsf* ' BlaMmdiiic la m t artllab. I t It alwaanilbr aHUi's good i n tbe anumnunatfaHnu ^ I t m i ^

Thanksgiving in Brazil.

This Is "Thanksgiving Day," aud are you tbaukful? You should be thankful not. only to-day, but every day. If abilUy to do good i^ a reason for thankfulness.

If one should be thankful for being able to render others nappy, to mBtnict, reprove, praise, inspire to higher planeb of usefulness, teach sweet-BpiritedueoB, cause deep searcbingsof heart aud many other such useful ex-ercises, then, Bro. Reflector (how ap-propriate the name!) you should clap your bauds for very joy. You even hunt till you find such poor fellows as I am, till you reach my door, wbeu, Noah like, I put forth my hand and take you in.

This is the night for one of our mid-week services. I t is my time to preach, aud I want to preach a thanksgiving sermon. What shall I say to these people in the way of reasons for them to be thankful?

1. Shall I speak of the material pros-perity of the country 7 Yes, so far as God's part is concerned there is no lack of elements that go to make suc-cess when used aright. Here, a coun-try unsurpafsed for fertility—no cold to ohill, not too much heat to burn, rain and dews, perpetual spring; plant any time of the year, produce any and every cereal, every fruit; iu short, everything producible on earth. Yet " Poverty " is written across the face of the government, across thresholds of the cities, of the bouBBs-every-where; all for want of a proper use of God's natural gifts.

2. Shall I refer to the peace and bap-pineBS from poilUcal conslderatious ? Then I would be calling a people peaceful and bappy wbo dwell above

' ibe ashes of a amold«lng volcano, rfady to buret fortb and destroy.

I t seams tbat. tbe poUtioa partie^ monarpbiats and npublloans are per-forming tbe "Kilkennjr-atafL' act. Bevaial monarohist Journals are daily pradlotlnt tbe almost Immedlat* re-turn of tbelmrairoby. WbUa the npob-lioan Joomala am equally atnniR In tbe oondemnation M snob an Idea.

first have done everything bi thslr power to binder ths ptopaM of the B^abUo, and now tbat tbqraM UM

government almost swamped tbey sUnd off and say, " We told you so." The monarchists, the Jesuit party, have never let go for oue moment in tbehr efTorts to overthrow.

8. Shall I refer to the prosperous '•oodition of schools and colleges and tho general progress of education among tbe people? Then I would mock them in their misery aud deg-radation. Eighty per cent of the peo-ple grope in iUiteracy aud in conse-quent superstition, knowing nothing and caring for nothing; neither fear-ing God nor regarding man; without knowledge, without ambition, with-out Incentive. Poor, down-trodden beaatByOf burden, tbe ready tools of Jesuitism.

4. Suppose I introduce the glorious accepUtlon of the gospel by the peo-ple as a theme for thankful contem-plation. For this insult I ought to get a shower of stones. Religion! They have none nor want any. Apart from the few thousands who have embraced tbe gospel, the people are atheists. They confound Romauism with Chris-tianity, supposing that iu discovering the " inferuahiees" of the one, they discover CbrisUanity tu be the same. They know that Romanism is rotten, aud " this being Chrlstianily " they want nothing to do with any religion.

Well, then, I am narrowed down to about tbe following tboughUi (aud speaking principally from personal ex-perience).

1. Let us thank God for what he M in all his divine attributes.

2. Let us thank him for what he has done for all vicn, and especially for those who obey him.

3. Thank bim above all things for Jesus the Savior, and the Holy Spirit, the comforter aud teacher.

4. Thank him for tbe Bible (a book despised here).

6. Thank bim for aaaoclaUna with him thoee who became bis disciples for the evangelization of the world.

0. Thank him for the promised rest awalUng the workers, and the " Well done, good aud faithful servant, . . . enter Into the Joy of thy Lord.", J. J . TAVI-OB.

San Paulo, BrazU.

Rev. T . A. Waggoner.

unite In wlshhig tbat our blessed Bav. lor and Blaster, in bis most Infinite mercy and love, would grant unto Bre. Waggoner Heaven's rlobest blessbigs, and that success, peaoe, bappinea and love may crown bis every effort tbrongb life. And when be shall bave spent bis allotted time here upon earth, tbat he may receive ids p r o o ^ d reward as an ever-faithful pastor and spend eternity with bis blcsaed Lonl and Bavlor and witb the loved dlsciplee who BhaU Inherit the Ungdom of heaven.

Reitolved, That we recommend Bro. Waggoner as being a true, Cbriatian man aud worthy of tbe respect of God's children wherever be meets them.

Resolved, That a copy of these reso-iulions be presented to Bro. Waggoner, that a copy be sent to tbe B A P T I S T A N D REruKTOB of Nasbville, Tenn., and also to the American Baptist Flagot St. Louis, MO., for publication, and also tbat a copy be filed wltb tbe church book.

Done In conference assembled this 10th day of December, 1899.

W. B, Haliburton, G. W. Potter. J . H. Dement, A. H. Anderson, W. K Rhegness, Committee.

Rev. C. L. Owen.

At tbe church conference of the Dyer Baptist Church, which convened ou Saturday evening, Nov. 18, 1899, a committee of five brethren, namely, W. B. Haliburton, G. W. Potter, J. H. Dement, A. H. Anderson and W. E. Rhegness, were appointed to draft suitable reiolutlons commendatory of t h e pas tora l Bervicea of Bro. T . A. Waggoner during bis six years services as pastor of the Dyer Baptist Church, your committee respec.tfully submits the following report:

Whereas, The time has now come when Bro. Waggoner will cease his ministerial services as pastor of our church; therefore be It

ResolviHi, That with Bro. Waggoner's severance from our church as pastor, we asmembersof theDyer Baptist Church believe tbat it is our Imperative doty (and yet we esteem it a pleasure to be allowed the privilage) to give an ex-presslon of our love, esteem, and broth-e r l y kindness as to the pure, consecra-ted and God-iike services of Bro. Wag-goner during bis ministerial Bervices while pastor of our church.

Resolved, That In Bro. Waggoner's services as paator, we have always found bbn to be a kind, loving, faith-ful and coniecrated pastor and advisor; and we. aa a cburcb, unite in prtssnt-

i ing to Bro. Waggoner our most earnest, sinotfe and beart-felt thanks for bis ikltblblnSMi, bis brotherly love and bis gna t aid and mintoteriai oounsels In IHMoUng tbe Boblime tratbs of tbe gospel, as ba found tbem la the Holjr fleilpletes. And wa, as a ebon^i

After a pastorate of nearly two years Rev. C. L. Owen tendered bis reelgna-Uon, which has been accepted witb much sorrow by the people of Beaver Creek, Baptist Church at Galiaway. The church greatly regrete to loee Bro. Owen, who has been to them a faithful and efllclent pastor. Tbe longer his stay, the more he endeared himself to UB on account of bis deep piety, con-secrated walk, good goepel sermons, which are plain, practical, but power-ful.

His uprightness of character, kind heart aud cheerful disposition bave won Turium m«uy wanu, true mends, who will greatly miss him; therefora be It

Resolved, That the memory of bis teaching in the pulpit and association in our homes will ever be a pleaaant thought to us.

Resolved, That we heartUy commend him to the brotherhood in the new Held bo may enter, praylug tbat rich-est blessings may attend bis labors wherever his lot may be cast.

Resolved, That a copy of these reso-lutious be furnished the B A P T I S T A N D llEFi-BCTa^t for publication.

M I E S M A T T I B L A Y T O M , M I S S L O I S U O O Q E S , C . L . H A B B I S ,

Committee.

FABI83.—Died, Dec. 15, 1899, a t h i s home, Macou, Tenn., W. H. FarWi, from hitemal injuries produced by tbe kicking of a horse. Bro. Farias has, for many yeaw, been a faithful and ex-emplary member of the Macon BapUst Church. He was noted for unbounded hospitality, love aod devotion to bis family, church and friends. Four children preceded blm to tbe spirit life aud four remain on earth; two daughterB, happily married, live in Little Rock, Ark.; a married son, Wor-B h a m , a successful merchant. In Jaok-aon, Tenn., witb whom tbe mother and half grown son wUi reside. Bister FarlBs was greatly devoted to her hus-band and nothing but tbe grace of God and the UbrisUan hope suaUin her now, in feebleness and age. She is sister of the well known J . J . and J . O. Tbarp and a woman of deep piety. Bro. Farias's remains w e » oairled to Jackson, Tenn., for interobent. wb»B be resided several years, and wbers three of hta ohlidren sleep In their quiet graves. J . D. A K D B B S O K , Pastor.

B A P T I S T A N D B B M i B O T O B , J A N . l i , 1 « 0 0 B A P T I S T A N D B B F L B C r T O B , J A N . 1 1 , 1 9 0 0 . 9

BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR.

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"Salt lAke city. All out for Salt Lake City." Here I am at laat In the city of which I have read so much, especially In recent months, and which la the objective point of my trip West. I must con-fess that I was considerably disappointed in It at first HlKlit. I hoU ox|>ootod to ooo a olty of from 100,000 to 200,000 Inhabitants, and one of the pretti-est cities lu the country. Instead, it has only about 60,000 Inhabitants. These are nearly evenly divided lx?tween the Mormons and the Gentiles. In the city election which occurred just before I reached there, the city was carrletl by the Oentlles by a few hun-dreil majority. They had the assistance, however, it should be said, of the " Jack Mormons," as they are called, which means either those who have apostatl2«d from the Mormon faith, or who do not cling to it very closely.

The first thing that attracted my attention as I got off the train and started up town in the bus was the muddy streets. There seemed to lie mud, mud everywhere—very appropriate, I thought, for the city of the Mormons. Some of the streets, however, are nicely paved with aflphaltum, but 1 was told that when the Liberals, as they are caUed, or the GenUleB, got control of the city in 185)0 there were no pavements at all. And yet the Mormons boast of whfit they have done In Salt Lake City, and how they have made the desert blossom as a rose. The streets are broad. They were laid off by Brlgham Young, and aa a rule are 132 feet wide from wall to waU. They are lined on either aide with rows of Lombardy poplar trees. I presume that in the sum-mer they must be quite pretty, but on the 18th of November the leaves were dead, and the streets had rather a desolate appearance. The telegraph and telephone and street railway polea are all placeil in the middle of thestreetH, which mar their beauty considerably.

I spent nearly two weeks In Salt Lake City, and of course had a good many obaervatlonB and ex. perlencea while there, ' ^ i n e of the most interesting of these 1 shall tell the r i d e r s of the BAITIUT AND

V REFLECTOR but I could not undertake to give a deUUed account of my stay there. The heart of the d t y , and the place to which vlaltom natu-raUy first make tbelr way, Is the

TUMPLE ENCIXMUBK. Bhls embraces ten acres of ground in the heart of the dty, beantlfolly laid off with lawns, walks, treeis Bhniba and floweni. There la a high stone waU annuid theencIotarethr^Bh which there are sev-et«l gates. On the Inside are the Temple, the Taber-

nacle and the Assembly Hall. The Temple la the main building. This is the center of the city, and in fact many of the Mormons regard It as the cen. ter of the earth. All the streets in the city take their names from their location with reference to the Temple. They are known, for Instance, aa East Temple Street, West Temple, South Temple, North Temple, First Soi}th Street, Second South Street, Third East, Fourth North, Fifth West, etc., which means that they are the First or Second or Third streets North or Eftst or Weat or South of the Tem-ple. At ftrat it «8 a little confualng to a stranger, but after he gets used to It, It becomes easier for him to find his way about In the city than where the streets are given names, such aa Walnut an«I Ch^nut and Broad and Market and College and Cherry, etc.

The foundation of the Temple was laid on April 6, 1853 by Brlgham Young, and its dedication oc-curred April C, 1898. So that it was over forty years in building. It is 180 feet long and '.»» feet wide. The foundation wall is 10 feet thick. But the walla get thinner from story to story until they are only live feet wide at the top. There are three towers on each end, the center ono of which is higher than the others. The East central one, which is 220 feet high, is surmounted by the figure of the angel Moroni, twelve and one-half feet In height, made of hammered copper, glided. Moroni la the angel who, as the^Mormons believe, announced to Joseph Smith the exUtence and location of the gol-den plates. He Is represente*! on the Temple with a trumpet in his mouth, as if in the act of deliver-ing his message of "glad tidings" to all the nations of the earth. It la eatlmatal that the Temple cost from three to four million dollars. A goml deal of this, however, was given not In money but In labor or in produce. No one but a Mormon Is allowed within the Temple, and he must be a pretty good Mormon. In the series of articles on Mormonism, however, I shall tell the readers of the BAITIHT AND REFLECTOU about the secrets of the Temple as I obtalne«l them from ex-Mormons. Mormonism is a curioua mixture of various things, among which Is a kind of bastard Masonry, with ita mystic rites.

church music. Tliere la more of melody than of spir-ituality about I t The members of the choir are seated on a large raised platform which runs back on both sides of the organ. Juat In front of the organ are four rows of seats occupied at the Sunday ser-vices by the dignatarles and officials of the Mor-mon church. The highest and principal scat Is re-served for the first presidency of the church, the next for the twelve apostles, the third for the presi-dency of the stake, hiscouncellors and others, while the fourth and lowest Is reserved Ibr the lesser or Aaronlc priesthood.

The audiences In attendance upon the Sunday afternoon services usually number about throe or four thousand people. This includes not only the Monnona themaelves, but a good manj\visitors who go out of curiosity. The sjieaklng—It could hardly be called preaching—is not, as a rule, of a very high order. The speeches which I heard—and they were by some of the best speakers In the Mormon Church, auch as Brlgham Young, Jr., Dr. J. E. Talmage and others—were taken up with dis-cussing the alleged growth of Mormonism, and pre-dicting the time when all nations ahonid adopt It and ahould " gather to Zlon." There was very little in the speechea to eilify or inspire a man to a higher life, and nothing to fill the aoul. There was an utter absence of spirituality and emotion. I doubt If n tear was evpr shed in the Tabernacle. And this is characteristic of all Mormon meetings.

EIKIAR E . F O I . K .

But while none except Mormons are admitted to the Temple, In the same enclosure la the Tabernacle, where religious services are held each Sabbath afternoon, to which the public Is Invited. Thia Is a very much less costly structure than the Temple. The first stone In the building was laid April 6, 18(;6, and It was dedicated Oct. 18(57, The coat was about $800,000. The dimensions of the audi-torium are 150 feet wide by 250 feet long and 80 feet In height. Its seating capacity is about 7,000. It is ciaimcd that it la the largest house for religious worship in the world. I am not sure about that. I doubt, however, if there is a finer auditorium any-where. I t is built on the plan of the elHiise. ITie speakers stand In one focus of the ellipse, and aa there are no pillars and no arches to break the air wp.vea set In motion by the speaker, his voice is easily carried to every part of the building. I at-tended two services In the tabernacle, both times sitting a little way back, and had no trouble in hearing the speakers, except one young misaionary who spoke too low. Visiting the tabernacle during the week, I requested permission to stand at the desk and try V»e acoustic properties of the building, and found that it required very little elTort ip speak. I also stood at the back end of the building in the gallery and distinctly heard a pin drop at the other end. This la a famous and favorite method which the guide has of impressing upon you the wonder-ful acoustic qualities of tlie Tabernacle. I could also distinguish the words which he npoke In a wh{H|>er. The construction of I the building is very peculiar. The roof bas no pillar to support it, but has Im-mense arches which rest upon stone piers. I t Is constructed very much like the bottom of a boat. On the outside the building looks strikingly like a huge turtle.

The organ Is said to bo the second largest In America, the largest being in Trinity church, New York. Its dimensions are SO by S3 feet, and 48 feet In height. It has 67 stops aud :I ,648 pipes. The choir numbers (kom 600 to 600 persons. The sing* Ing, as might be rapposed, is very fine. It sounds, however, more like a grand opera than It does like

M O R M O N I S M A N D R E L I G I O U S L I B E R T Y .

In his message to the legislature of Mississippi last week, Governor Mcljaurln said:

Theifl l« no threatening danger to the State more baneful than the lecherous teachlug of the Mormon apoBlleof polygamy. It is more dangerous twcauae it is taught under the guise of th« mlnlBtiy of the gos-pel. The Mormons disclaim the opeu teachings of Mlygamy In the pulpit, but they teach It In the comer smd the mlnlsler's cloak gives potency to their speech.

The Governor referred to the growth of Mormon-ism In Mississippi and recommended the adoption of laws that will prevent the teachings of the doctrine lu the Htate.

Thia Is cortalnly a radical recommendation and It will bo apt to provoke considerable discussion and probably a good deal of opposition. There are two sides to the question. On one hand the legis. latlon proiKised would seem to be contrary to the amendment to the Constitution of the United States which guarantees religious liberty to every cltl7.en. This amendment was adopted by the direct efforts of Baptists. It expresses the principles of Baptists in ail ages. And so Baptists of all people muat be true to It, not only when It affects them, but also when it alTecta others.

On the other hand, there are aeveral considera-tions.

1. There la no doubt of the fact that the Mor-mons still believe In polygamy. The Mormon mis-sionaries may deny this for thesakeof policy. But no good Mormon In Utah will deny it. Over and over again they admitted to us while there that they believed in it, and that It was a part of their religion, (lulte a number of them are practicing it, as we shall show later.

2. But polygamy, while a part. Is only an IncL dental part of their religion. The whole system h materlalisUc, sensuallstlc, demorplizlng, degrading and most abominable.

8. In granting religious liberty the Constitution of the United States never contemplated that any one should teach for religion such a debasing system as that.

•i. lleligion Is understood to be a matter of doc. trine, of belief as to the teachings of the Bible.

As long as it remains In that realm the State has no right to interfere wlto It. But when it leaves the realm of doctrine and comes to the realm of morals then the State has the right to interfere for the protection of Ita citizens. For instance, some years ago a man by the name of Freeman up in Maine killed his child and claimed that he was com-mandefi by God to do so, Just as God commanded Abraham to kill W c ; In other words, that he had a revelation from the Lord which o ^ e the matder of his child a part of hi" religlonT What did the. -State do with Freeman? Did it accept his plea and acquit him, on the ground that murder was a part of his religion and that the Shite had no light to

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interfere with his religion, as it would be a viola-tion of the principles of religious liberty for it to do so? Did the State take this view of the matter? M a y b e s o . B u t a t a n y r a t e i t hanf/ed Freeman.

Suppose a band of men should organize and claim that it was a part of their religion tu practice high-way robbery and then ask the protection, or at least the non-interference, of the State on the ground of re-ligious liberty, do you suppose It would be granted? We imagine not. Why not? Because of the prin-c i p l e t h a t one pemon's right eniln where another j>er-

right ber/int.

On that same principle the State would Interfere with a band of men who should organize to com-mit murder and claim that it was a part of their religion. And so, on that same principle, why ahould not the State Interfere with a band of men organized to commit adultery under the name of religion?

5. It may be said, however, the State has the right to interfere with practice, but not with teach-ing. But suppme a school ahould be organized to teach robbery or nmrder, would the State have no right to break It up? It could not, perhaps, punish the teachers, but it could break up the school and forbid the teaching of those doctrlne«. ilemember " an ounce of prevention la worth a pound of cure." In other words, the State is almply a Hoclety organ. Ized for the protection of Its members. Whatever will prove injurious to the physical or moral welfare of the people the State haa the right to prevent it.

We should state that this la not our argument. It la essentially that of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Keynolda vs. the Unlte<i Statea. The opinion was rendpred l)y Chief Justice Walte in 1878.

6. We may add that the Mormons are certainly the laat people in the world to complain of any lack of religious liberty. In their 11th article of faith they say:

We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of our coiiHclence, aud allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where or what they may.

But despite thia they are the most doopotlt*, tlie moat bigoted, the moat intolerant people on the face of the glolM!, not even excepting the Catholics. They have frequently carried their Intolerance to the extent of murder, and they would do so again If not reatralnetl by public sentiitient. Their princl. pies remain unchangwl. That those things are true we shall prove abundantly when we come to this point In our regular aeries of articles on Mormonism.

T H E T W O O B J E C T S O F T H E C H U R C H . The two objects of the church are to save the un-

aaved aud to develop Ita membera. Both objects ahould be borne in mind by the paator. The chureh muat be fed and other aheep must be added to the flock. To preach to the unconverted only la to neg-lect the one object; to preach to the members ex. cluslvely Is to neglect the other.

And yet these two objects are InsejMjrably con. nccted. The more develoiKjU are the members, the more they show forth the fruits of righteousness, the more they add to tliemijelves faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, broth, eriy kindness, charity, the more easily, nay, the more Inevitably, are converts won. And the more the interest taken In saving the unsaved, the great-er the efforts put forth to win them, and the more circumspect the life l«st it prove a stumbling-block In their way, the more are the members developed. In fact the development of the members depends on their Interest In the unsaved. If they are solicitous for their own welfare only, they pay the penalty of selfl jhness, which Is stagnation and retrogression. If they are solicitous for the welfare of others they reap the reward 6t unselfishness, development and growth.

—The Nashville Bunday-school Union met with the Third Baptist Church Ust Sunday afternoon. In the absence of President Golden, who was attending a funeral, MaJ. John D. Anderaon was called on to pre-side. The following offlcem were elected for next year: B«v. W. O. Goldsn President, Rev. J . O. Rust Vloe-piwldent: J . W. Blair Secretary, and Elijah Fold Aalstant Secretary. The theme " Divine •nee" was dlscassed by Revs. J. O. Rust. 1. A. Hilley, J tM. Frost and E. K. Folk. The n n t meeting will be held at Howdl Memorial Church.

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL. —That iB B line tribute on another page to the N. C.

& St. L. R. R., and to its splendid Baptist presf. dent, Msj. John W. Thomas. Both be and his road deserve all the praise bestowed upon them. There ia no iMtter railroad aud no better railroad president In all the laud.

—The Baptist of MisBisslppi has adopted the three column, unruled style aud looka quite neat—none the less so, perhapu, because It looks a good deal like the BAFTIST AND RKKLEOTOR, which, aa was freely stated, was adopted aa Its model. We are glad to know that the BapiiM is eucceedlnR m well.

j l j l j l —Rev. E. E. Bomar of Aiken, 8. C., has been

elected by the Foreign MIBBIOU Board at Richmond, to BiHceed Dr. A. J. Barton as Aselitant Correspond-ing Secretary. Ue 1B one of the brightest men In the Southern Baptlut ministry, and will make a splendid BUCcesBor to the capable A. J. Barton. He bas been pastor at Aiken eight yearB.

JtJtjt —The ChrUtian Index Htates that there 1H a series

of paintings which adorn the walls of John L. Sulli-van's baloon in New York City reprcHentlng scenes in Dante's Inferno. The editor of the Index does not Btate how he got his information. We presume, how-ever, that he knows what he Is talking about. At any rate we agree with him that nothing could be more appropriate for such a place.

—The American Jiaptin/ Fluff has changed Its form back from eight to sixteen pages. This Is the form now adopted by nearly every religious paper In the country. The BnptlM, we believe, was the first Bap-tist paper to adopt It, aud It wan oontlnn«d hy the BAITIST AND REFLEcrroR after the conaolldatiou of the two papera. For a while this was the only paper ucing it. But now about all the Baptist papers over the country are UBlng it.

—Hon. John Wesley Gaines of the Nashville Dis-trict hau Introduced In Congress a bill to exempt newspaper and paper used in printing from tariff du-ties. Thi« IH a good bill, aud certainly very timely, when we are In the grawp of the paper trust. We hope that it will pass epeedily and unanimously. Every newspaper in the country ia in favor of it, aud we presume every man, woman and child who readH bookB or papers, except those connected witli the pa-per trust.

—In accord with the expressed desire of the late Dwlght L. Moody, his biography Is to be prepared by hlH elder Bon, William Revell Moody. For someyearhc, pnHt material for thiB purpose has been gathered, but the Bon requests that friends having correspondence or other items-'of special Interest will communicate with him at East Northfield, Mass. I t Is understood the work will appear as promptly as is oouslsteut with the careful editing of the vast amouut of material lu hand.

—Tlte Southern Baptist Press Association will meet at Hot Springs, Ark., on Feb. 20-22. At the last meet-ing of the Association In New Orleans It was practi-cally decided that the next session would be held in Hot Springs. This was before the Couveutlou decided to go there. As February Is n much more delightful time to visit Hot Springs than in May, aud as theclt. izens of Hot Springs ofTer mauy attractions to the members of the Aesoclatlon, It is expected that there will be a large attendance.

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—Two Texas juries have given life sentences lu the penitentiary to two prominent citizens of that State for participating In a lynching last May. There are two others also to be tried for the same ofreuBe. This is a good sign. When men see the penitentiary loom-ing before them they will not be apt to engage lu mob law. We are glad to see such growth of public Bentlment on the subject as could lead to the sen. fences indicated above, and it is gratifying to know that the first sentencn of tke kind was given In the South.

—We mentioned the shooting of Dr. D. B. Cheney and wife of Racine, Wis., by a burglar. After they were shot Dr. Cheney dragged himself out to the porch In front of the houie, and began calling for help. A woman, a Ghrlstian Scientist, passing by, heard bis cries and hastened toward him. Dr. Cheney said to her: "My wife bas been shot and I have been shot; plfiase tideFhone for a doctor." The Christian Hclen-tist, true to bar doctrine even at such a thne, replied: " I i ' sa l l e ; It's a He; God Almighty relgus." Dr. Che-ney simply said very eamesUy, '"Pleaee stop Ulklng your nonsense and attend to my wife.'!. But the wo.

man refused to do BO, and Dr. Cheney and his wife remained unaided, desperately woi^nded as they were, until some one else brouglit assistance. Noth-ing could better lliastrate the utter folly of the prin-ciples of Christian Science. There Is only one word which describes the foiiowers of such a creed, and that is the old-fashioned Anglo-aftxon word fool.

J»J*J» —Dts. P. H. Kerfoot, Secretary of the Home Mis-

slon Board, and W. W. Laudrum, pastor of the Fhvt Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., left last week for Cuba. Dr. Kerfoot will look after the eetabllshment of Bap-tist missions on that part of the Island allotted to the Saathem Baptists in the division of the Island between Northern and Southern Baptists, Dr. Landrum will preach for a week or more at the Gethsemaue BaptlHt Church, with a view to the organization of an English speaking Baptist Church in Havana. Both mlsaions certainly are very praiseworthy, anilnp two better men could have been selected to perform them. We wish them the most abundant success.

j f c j t j l —Do not forget the suggestion of Bro. J. H. Burnett

in last week's BAPTIST AND RKFLECRROR, that every pastor in tlie State should send us ten new subscrlb. ers. Why can they not do so? They could easily do it if they were to try. In order to help them we make the following proposition: If they will get up a club of fen new subscribers In their church or churches they may put the paper to them at 11.60. This of course is wholesale rote. The regular price of the paper is $2. This ia the lowest offer we have ever made on the paper. We hope that all the pastors in the State will take advantage of it. Let us hear from you soon.

- D r . J. W, Brougher, pastor Of the First Baptist Cbnrch, Chattanooga, haa been having rather a lively controversy with Mr. Ben. E. Utcb, president of the propaganda of the Mdrmon (Miurch in the Sou th -perhaps a better way to spell it would be proper gan dcr. Dr. Brougher preached a sermon ou Mormon* Ism a few weeks ago, a part of which was published iu a dally paper. Mr. R l ^ took occasion to air hhn> Belf before the public thfough Bome four or five col-umns of the paper. Iu the article he admitted everything Dr. Brougher had charged upon the Mor-mons, Including their belief In polygamy, which he attempted to jiutify from tl>« Bible. Dr. Brougher answered him in a strong, digulfled sermon, and Mr. Rich again came back at him In a very severe article, covering a full page In the paper, a part of which, if not all, was paid for as au adverliseuient, and was dlBliiicfly no marked by thd paper. We may have Homethlng mora to say with reference to this Mf. Rich later ou.

J»J»J» - O n December 28lh the will of the late Daniel S.

Fold, the proprietor.of the Youth'n Citnipanlon, was filed at tlie Probate Court In Cambridge, Mass. The following is a summary of Its provisions: The Bap. tiBt Social Union will recleve (360,000, upou coudltion that it become a corporation within two years. The money Is to be used for the erection of a building as near the center of business as practicable, which Is to be used for gatherings of the Union and various other purposes. The Vottth'n Companion building and real estate ou Ruggles street Is to be held in trust and the net Income for rents Is to go to the Baptist Social Union. The testator's daughter, Mrs. Sarah Harts, horn, gets the use of the Ford house on the Fenway for life, and then It goes to the Massachusetts Bap. tist Convention. Mrs. Hartshorn Is also to have the income of $160,000 for her own use, and that of 8125-OOO to use for religious purposes. These public be-({uests are made: Museum of Fine Arts, |6,000; Boston Public Library,$0,000; Y. M. 0 . A.,|7,000; Maesachu-setts General Hospital, «7,000; Boston City Hospital, $6,000; Children's Aid Society, f6,000; ChUdren's Hospital, $6,000. The residue is divided as follows: One-sixth to the American Baptist Home Mlssiou Society, oiie sixth to the American Baptist Missionary Union, one-ninth to the Massachusetts Baptist Con-vention for feeble Baptist churches, one ninth to the MaBsachusetls Baptist Charitable Society, one-ninth to the Conference of Baptist Ministers in Masaachu-setts, one nlnth to the Main Bapthit Missionary Con-vention, one-ninth to the New Hampshire BapUst Convention, oue-ninth to the Vermont BapUst Con-vention. Mr. Ford expressed It aa his deihw that acor-poratlon shall be formed toconthoue the publication of the Ymtth'g Companion, and that those who have been associated with him as bis partners shall have an op-portanity to buy stock. Thus Mr Foid not only gave l a r g e l y of his means to charitable objects daring life, but at hli death has practically given all of bis large fortune for the upbuilding of the cause of Christ. Mora and more it is coming to be true that our rich men are laying their fortanes upon the altar of the Master. J, .. .

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o heart of mine, we shouldu't Worry so. . .

What we'vemlBsed of calm we couldu't Have, you know.

What we've met of stormy palu, And of Borrow'B driving rain, We can better meet again,

If it blow. We have erred iu that dark hour

We have known; Wlien the tears fell with the Hhower;

All alone.

Were iiot shine and shower blent As th(> gracious Master meanl? Let us temper our content

With Uisown. For we know not every morrow

Can be sad; So, forgetting all the sorrow

We have bad. Let us fold away our fears. And put by your foollBii tears, And through all the coming years

Just be glad. —Jamea Whilcomb Itilcy.

The Unbridled Tongue.

" I always say exactly what 1 think at any time and in any place."

Oh, indeed, do you? Then you are absolutely certain to get your-self into trouble and to make your-self deserve<lly unpopular. You have not learned the intrinsic value of " golden silence," and until you have ieacned it by some mort i fying exjieri-ence you will probably go on in your foolish career of talking too much, and most unwisely saying things that were better left unsaid.

Young i)eople of a certain age are prone to think that It implies a cer-tain courage and smartness for them to aay " jus t what they th ink . " Later in life they will discover that it re-ally implies a lack of tact, of cour-tesy, of kindness and of common sense.

The wl.-iest men and women of all the ages have been men and women who have been very careful not to say all that they thought . They have kept a great deal in reserve, because they knew that it was wise for them to do so. There are young people who seem to think that the world has a certain admiration for the " g r e a t t a lker , " whereas the world knows very well that the great talker Is rarely, If ever, a great th inker . Do you recall tha t couplet of Dryden ' s? But fat too numerouB was the herd of

HUCh, Who think too little, and who talk too

much. Then it fe true, a s another wise

man has said, tha t he who In-dolgea In liberty of speech will hear things in return tha t he will not l ike ."

The person who always says " e x -actly wha t he or she t h inks , " will be sure to hur t the feelings of others, a n d no one has a r igh t to do this. " M y tongue is my own, and I will say what I please wi th i t , " I heard a young girl say not long ago. Let us see about t h a t Your a r m Is your own, but does the iiossesslon of It g i v e ' you the r ight to s t r ike anyone wi th I t ? N o w It is possible for you to hur t one more wi th yoa r tongue than with yoar flat Indeed, you m a y go to such length of dar ing wi th yonr tongue tha t t h e law may step h i and you may pay the penalty of hav ing slandered some one. So there are, af ter all, legal llmltaUona yon mOBi reapeot in t h e t ue of your tongue. B a t the movements of your

tongue should be guided by a higher and better law—the law of iovlng-klndness.

This law should pu t such limita-tions on your utterances that you will guard your speech carefully, and feel tha t tiiere are many things that you could not and would not say, even though your tongue be your own.

I happen to know a young girl of about seventeen years of ago who always says all that she thinks with a degree of frankness amounting to ojwn discourtesy. Intleed, she some-times descends almost to brutality In what she regards us her frank-ness. One day I heard another young girl say to this girl of tlie unbrldletl tongue:

" How do you like my hat, Car-rie? I made It myself. Don't you think it looks very well ? "

" No, I don ' t , " was the reply. " It Is horribly unbecomihg to you ."

" Why, C a r r i e ! " Well, you asked me what I

thought about it, and you know that I always say just what 1 think, and I do not think tliat it is a bit pret ty ."

Now here was an exhibition of a total lack of both tact and courtesy. It was not to be expected that Carrie should say that the hat was pretty if she did not think so; but a klnd-hearteil and womanly girl would have said something that would not have hurt the feelings of her friend, and that would at the same time have been entirely t ruthful .

It Is never necessary to tell a He in order to be k l c J . One can readily keep within the limits of t ruth, and yet not reveal one's exact thoughts and feeling.^. It is t>etter to tell the truth When one must give a direct " y e s " or " n o " as a reply to a ques-tion, but thfire are many times when the question can be ignored.

" O h , did y o u ? " sftld another young girl to whom Helen had shown her hat with the remark that she had made It herself. "Wel l , now, I make a complete failure of It every time I try to t r im a hat. What a pretty shade this ribbon is ! And you have made a very neat bow of It ."

No falsehood had been told, and yet the hat had not been praised nor condemned. Here was an exhibition of both tact and kindness. When the two go hand in hand, that un-ruly member, the tongue, can always be held In check. Some wise man has said:

" T h o u g h we have two eyes we have but one tongue. Draw your own moral."—Selected.

" Mamma"

t l M I « i « > f t i l l I I I I • ' •

© H R I S W A S wUi Boon be here, and you should by all means have music in your homes on t i a t glad day. Make your daughter a preaenl of a fine PIANO or parlor ofeaAN. Get the veiy best you can afford, as It is cheirrM In the end.

STYLES and PRICES to SUIT aU TASTES and PURSES. STEIN W A Y uprights $ ^ t o | l , 0 0 0 KNABE 625 to 760 S l ^ R R " 400 to 600 J E S 8 E P R E N C H " 860 to 400 RICHMOND " 800 to m REMINGTON " Cheaper Grades 150 to ^ ORGANS, new W to 160

We sell the very best and prices g u a r a n ^ as low as It is Ppsslblo to sell the same grade of goods, b o n ' t get the " Just as good " kind. Get the original.

JSTdshv l l lo , T o n n . Blanches In all Important cities. Agents and repreeentatives

everywhere. CATALOGS F R E E , if yon mention this paper.

2 4 0 A 2 4 2 JV. S u m m o p S l

Writ ing to the Woman ' s Home Companion, Charlotte W. Eas tman touches upon the name " M a m m a " in the following way:

• 'One thing Is cer ta in ," an afll-anced maid announced, with decision, on the eve of her wedding, " m y husband shall never call me ' m a m -ma . ' H e may call m e Clara, or Mrs. Richards, or even ' Bay,' but I shall never Iw called * m a m m a . ' I t is a horrid, impersonal name ."

W e mammas who heard her only smiled, and answered nothing a t all, for each of us remembered tha t she was young, and tha t there were many, many things tha t she did not know. She did not know tha t when the sweetheart had. changed to the

wife, and the wife to the mother, there comes a wondrous first t ime.

That first timn tha t she feels the downy head nestling under her chin; that first t ime that she feels the rest-less |)at, pat of little feet as she vain-ly tries to prison them in her hand; that firot time she feels the dain ty touch of velvet fingers, she does not know tha t then her life bursts Into a new and- wonderful fulness. In her heart there Is kmdled the fire of love, and the incense that arises from It glorifies the whole atma^phere, and the warmth envelops her and her baby In an everlasting mantle.

Then in the dim light she sees bending over her the one tha t she loves best of all, and she reaches out her hand to him to d raw h im near, that he, too, may come within the enchanted circle; tha t he, too, may breathe the sacred incense, and be warmed by the Heavenly fire. Lay-ing his hand in hers they look to-gether into the new little face, but no word comes to express the s t range sweet feelings that are surging through them both until, bending close to her, he softly whispers, " M a m m a . "

I t is a baptism. All the sweet, in-tangible things that have been fill-ing her being have been caught and held In that word. The world may teem with mammas, but the name to hor has a now and sacred meaning. Other names have been given her; other promises have been made In the giving and in the taking, but nothing so tender, so strong, so sweet as this, and her whole being goes out In a silent promise to live u p to the sacrednees of that name.

Years go by. The name grows to be the commonest household word. I t Is the last word a t night and the first in the morning to greet her ears. Every hour of the day, and some-times every hour of the night, she hears it , calling for sympathy, for help, for encouragement; calling In love. In baby passion, and calling in fear; calling, calling for everything tha t goes to make life for them. Sometimes it is shouted in delight; sometimes It is sobbed in pain; sume-times it slips out l ike the breath of their nostrils, without other meaning than tha t it In life to the UtUe body. She hears i t when she responds with delight to i ts call; she hears i t when she is wea iy to exhaustion.

No word in the household is used in Ju£t 4he way tha t word " M a m m a " la used; but never for her does It en-tirely lose tha t accent of tender sweet-ness with which i t first came to her ears. And when those voices are no

longer childish, when they take on the tone of womanhood and nianhooi^ and the childish " m a m m a " slips In-to the more dignified " m o t h e r " , there is a sadness creeps Into tier heart that she alone knows Is there, for she smiles above It with brave sweetness. She hears t h e name again, perhaiK), when sorrow wrings the heart of her grown-up baby, and the arms are thrown around her neck again with the old assurance that there comfort will surely be found.

After all this can t he name ever be the horrid, Impersonal thing that it appeared to the br ide? W e do not blame her. She did uot know. . Hhe proveil so clearly tha t she was among the unanolnted. She knew no other love of man for woman but hla love for his sweetheart. She did not know thn t it. WM but the bvgiuning of a larger love tha t grows stronger and purer each year, and tha t Uie |K3t names of the sweetheart a re swal-lowed up In tha t more precious name of " m a m m a . "

Time will surely teach her this, for if the baby comes wi th Its baptism of love she will know It; and If It never comes she will know It, too, as the priceless gift that she has not.

— " Let a man tell you his story every morning and even ing , " said a famous Englishman In characteriz-ing the newspaper, *' and a t the end of a twelvemonth he will have be-come your mas te r . " Wha t If the man Is brazen-faced; a chronic liar; one who rejoices In Iniquity; and Is utterly reckless In principle, who Is thus welcomed dally to the home circle? Ought not a newspaper tha t Is IndliTerent to t ruth, is self-seeking, and has no regard for Individual rights or for public morals, to bo treated as you would deal with a scoundrel who seeks admission to your room and company? Let an unprincipled Journal tell you Its daily story, and by an inexorable moral law you will in due t ime have an "ev i l s p i r i t " for your master.— YouWs Oompanldn.

How's ThU? We ofl«r One Hnndred DolUtra Ilvward for

•ny oMeofCatarrb ttwt cannot be euredby Unll'a Catarrh Core.

r.J.CHBNBydtCO.Toledo,0. We, the underalgned, Have known F. J .

Cheney ft>r ibe Uut U yean, and boUave him perftaolly honorable In aU bnalnew traniao-Uonsand nnanolaUy able to oarryoutany

/'IM.WboleMaeDraitlaU Toledo, a HaU'a OaUrrh d u e tm taken iMternally.

acUng dlrwiUr npon the blood an* miMWiii RnrtaoH of the ayMtam. TTMtlmaalala M»t ftea. Price 710. F«r bottle. BoldbyaUUnir glsta. •

BaU'aFaiBUyPUl* a n the bwit. ^

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Mr*. Laara Oivtoa BaUa, BditM. KM BmI BeooDd HtrMt, UbattanooKa, Tenn. to whom oommuDloatlona for thla depart-moni ahould be addrewied—Yoang Month Motto: NnlU Veatlgla Ketronnm.

Onr mlMionary'B adOieaii; Ura. Beaale May-oard, tti Hakal Maotal, Kokurn, Japan, via daa Franolaoo, Cal.

MlBHlonary subject for January, CuuA.

" Watch, therefore, for ye kno\V n ^ what hoiir your Lord doth come."

The Southern BaptlHt Convention ban 18 mlsBlonarlex in Cuba. Lant year there were H03 baptismH. " T h e har-vest Is white; the reapen* welcome."

YOUNG S O U T H CORRESPONDENCE.

Wiiatever elite is "frozen ap ," the Young South Is not. Twenty-eight letterH In a week Is not a bad record for thlH bitter weather, Is it? I hope my thoughU will uot be as cold as my liauds are this morning, in spite of the fact that my table IH drawn up In front of a lila/.ing tire. I hope you iiave re-membered tiie poor thsHe chilly days. They Kufler BO for want of fuel and warm clothes. Heek them out, and let ihem know you feel fur them. Help tiiem in the Bavlor's name. Above all things, where It IH poBHible, g've them work to do.

But I must stop preaching this little xermon and pas^ totheawect mesHageH.

No. 1 comet) from the ciipllal city: " I am HIX years old to-day. EU-

cloRed Mud my iilrthday oHering and •(t centB more, to bo used as you think

best. I wish tlie Young South a iiap-py and aucceesful year!"

JAMTS DAVIS. I give it to Japan. 1 am sure you

will like to tiiink of your pennies bring-ing tlie little " J a p s " to kuow of your dear Savior. Thank you!

No. 2 Is from Murfreesboro: " We wrote you sometime ago for

one of the star cards. We think you must have forgotten ourH, with tlie many you have to send oul. We have our dollar ready. Please send ouecard to our coueln. Miss Mildred Jordan. Our brother, Leland, is in school at Louisville, Ky., but he sendH his |ien-nles home " LIZ/.IG TAYIA)R,

MIL.DBE» TAV LIOB, FANNIKTAVLOK.

No, I did not forget. I remember peifec'iy well addrewlng the card to all three of you, and my books show that It was mailed on August 23rU, but I sendi it again with great pleasure. If you have uot received il before you read this let me know.

No. 8 comes from Buena Vista: " Euclosed please find 76 cents for

me and ^ cents for little Charlie, to be divided between Japan and the Orphanage. Also a stamp for star card. We p » y that this may be a glorious year for our mlMlouarieH and the Young Soutb. We hope to send more next t ime." ^

MRS. JOHN SPBLLINQS. We thank you both so much. The

card will go at once. No. 4 is from Shelbyvilie: " EncloHed find 11.15 from my Sun-

day-BOhool ciass. Please use It for Mrs. Maynard."

MRS. F . THOLIHOBR. We ate ao much obliged to every

one. Have you had any of the star cards In tha t Suuday-sohooi ? Send stamp for a sample and see how our dear Mrs. Maynard lucks, won't you ? I don' t know of any Buuday<iobool mote faithful to pur work than this one In m y old church where I taught BO many yean . ^

Onr faithful ficlend a t Blpley sends No. 6:

" J t glvee me great Joy to enolote

to you II collected on qtar card by Mattie Usteen, one of our little Sunday-school girls, who has given her heart to the Lord and Is now trying to work for h i m . " MRS. LIZZIB WHITK.

Ood blesB all the little onee wiio be-long to Jesus and help them to serve him more earnestly this New Year. We are very grateful for the aid.

Fruitland sends No G: " Euclosed find $i.r>u. Our grand-

mother gave UB of It for the Orphan-age. Mary and Clittou Trlbble send the rest for the little orphans. We all wish you a happy New Year."

REESE HOKNSUY, MAITIE L. HORNSBY.

Thank you very muoh! We always expect good work from Fruitland.

Iu No. 7, Pearl King of Brighton asks why her star card has not been sent. The iMoks show that it was mailed December 2ud, but I have Bent it again. I suppose they are careleoB with what is marked " primed mat-ter." We cannot wonder, when we remember how much trash llooda the mails. I am so sorry you have had to wait so long for the picture of our mis-sionary

No. 8 Is from Dunlap: " I enclose a stamp for a certificate of

membership In our ' Babies' Branch. ' Also 10 cents to pay for lirsto mouths."

EMMA EWIN. We fend it with pleasure. Cau you

not gather in all the babies? 1 put in an "enrollment book." Uive us the names of the tiny ones as they pay.

While we are on this subject, let me give you the names of several I secured for our "Bablts ' Branch" at the De-cember meeting of our Missionary So-ciety. Marguerite Sauls, Corlnna Brougher, Julian Bryan, Harriet Eliz-abeth Hood, all of Chattanooga. Fiud credits in " Receipts." Bo you see our " B . B." Is growing!

Now, No. 0 from Pordtown: " Please find enclosed 25 cents for

Mrs. Maynard. I wish you a happy New Year and great success in your w o r k . " MA.MIE E. IRWIN.

ThiinkH! Won't you send for a star card ? I am sure you could soon get the 100 pennies.

Now hear from Dexter in Xo. 10: " Enclosed find $1, the first star

dollar collected by tlie primary class of Dexter Sunday-sciiool. All the chil-dren wauled the caid, so we had to draw for it. We hope to llll another soon." Lucn B J USTICB, Teacher.

ThankB to each one who helped pierce the stars. In my class the card is given to the one contributing the most penuies. Two have already been awarded, and we are piercing the thlid rapidly.

No. 11 is from Whlleville: " Enclosed find | 1 for the Orphans'

Home, a new year's oflering from ray Suuday-Hchool claBs. We wieh the Young South much success."

MRS. C. M. ROBERTS. That was a very sweet way to begin

1000. Thank you so much! No. 12 is from Hillsdale: •• Aunt Ijucie gave me a star card

and I have filled It for Mrs. Maynard." PAULINE JOHNSON.

Thank you! Won't you stay by UB all this yeai?

No. ID Is most encouraging and comes from Jackson:

" Enclosed please find 14, collected on cards sent the Infant Clam of High-land Avenue Sunday-school. Wehope to fill the others soon. We wish you a happy New Year and the greatest suc-cess In yonr great work."

LINNIB E . BILLS. I sn ' t that well done? We are deeply

Indebted to these four little glrle. Find namea and credits In " Beoelpta." Yoa must luve grand little worken, MIw Blllst ^

No. 14 brings oa some very welcome new wotken firom Beln:

" I t Is true we are s t t ango i and it is

W o m a n ^ B e s l F W e n d D I r t i s W o r s t E n e m y

late for a Christmas present, but we want to Join your circle and we send you 25 cents for the Orphanage. We are 12 and « years old. May God's richest blessings rest upon the Home, the Matron and the Board of Mana-gers . " BOYO LOVELACE.

WALTEB LOVELACE. I am sure we apprechite both money

and prayers, and we all cry "Amen!" We greet you most cordially. Won't you order a " star card" and work for Japan this yeai?

No. 15 bears date Flemiken: " Here am I with my atar dollar. I

never fail to read the Young South page. I was so proud of Mrs. May-nard'a picture that I would not pierce the stars. I hope she is getting along' all right in her new home. I will come again as soon as I can."

NELLIE C. PICKENS. Thanks for the quick returns! We

sbail look for you. l a No. la M n . Baitlettof Cleveland

orden BIX more B. B. cerUflcatee, when I had Just sent her 12. That must be a fine town fur babies with good mothers! We will give the names as Mrs. Bart-lett seudsin their offerings. We are so much encouraged about the U. B. de-partment, since the Inman-street Church is so interested. Who comes next to volunteer to enroll the tiniest ones to give to missions?

In No. 17, our Texas friend, Mrs. M. A. Callaway, sends in her " s t a r dol-lar." She hopes it "may be bread cast upon the waters." She prays that " the everlasting arms may ever shield and protect Brother and Slater May-nard in theh: far-cffhome," and that Mrs. Maynard may soon be well. We are glad to hear of her pleasant tour, and BO grateful that sheremembersour work, even In the distraction of travel.

In No. 18, Mrs. C. E Doyle of Fay-ette Corner, orders a card for her chil-dren She is one of " Aunt Nora's" old baud, and wishes we had a " Tract Club." I do not recall that branch of the work. Will she kindly explain what it was and how it was managed? We will be greatly obliged. The card will go at once.

Casper sends us No. 19: " I enclose 40 cents for Japan, earned

by picking berries. I hope it may do much good. I suggest as one of our •New Year's Beaoiutions,' that -we will live closer to Jesus and give more liberally to His cause."

MAOAIB DOUOHBRTV. That 's an excellent resolution!'The

ofibring will be blessed. Tiiauk you. I t is not often we go so long without

hearing from our McKenzle friend, but here she la In No. 20:

" I send you to-day my sUr dollar. You know ' t^e flnt shaU be last. ' I t seems to me I 've done m y ' level' b«et I Dhaii try to leOIl as •oon as poselbte. We have not bntlt oar ehuieh y«rt. W e aieatllleDUeottng for I t I wUdi the Yoong Sonth a happy New Year." "

LLLLIA* BtJBDwrnc.

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We knew you would not fail us! Ood Bend you another happy year of work for Him! Thank yo|i for all your past offerings as well as this one.

Josiab sends us No. 21: " My mother and I send you f l GO,

to l>e equally divided between Japan and the Orphanage."

M a s . VIROIB HARRELL. We are much obliged. Have you

had a card? Won't you order one? We hope you have come to stay with us.

Buxter next in No. 22: " Enclosed find 40 cents for the Or-

phanage. tiod blew the little ones there and help us to make them happy this New Year."

FRANK OILLARO, KICUARD GILLARU. ANNIE GILLARD.

Thank you very much! I fiud Annie Lou credited with 10 cents. I wish I had time to write Mrs. Gillard a letter, but I am very busy Just now. If she will write to M n . A. C. 8 Jackson, 120 N. Cherry Street, Nashville, Tenn., she will gladly give her all needed in-formatlou and send her literature, etc. All things come in time to those who work and pray! God give her grace and wisdom, and make her an iuatru-ment for doing good iu His hands?

No. 2:) is from Fall Branch: " We come again with $1. My clsss

gives it as a Christmas offering to Japan. We want to put one of the star cards on the wall next to our seat In Sunday-school, so we can see the dear face of her, who is our substitute, obeying the command to go into all the world and pieach the gospel to every creature. When I read her precious letter a few weeks ago, my heurt was filled with love and sympa-thy, and 1 have tried harder to work for her than ever before. I try in my imagination to change places with her, and thinking of her as my substitute, to obey the Golden Rule. May God bless and austaln hei! I also eucloee 20 cents from the Primary Class to the Orphanage. Also 14 cents for postage for 7 cards and boxes."

RACHEL W i i r r B . Thank you very much! Will you say

- to the classes how grateful we feel to each one? The 7 cards will torn be on their way. That 1B a good way to look at our dear.misaionary. She Is our " substitute" and we all should do for her as we would haveotbeni do for us were we In her place. We would want love, sympathy, prayers! Let ns give them to her In unstinted measure, and tell her bow cheerfully we give to her support. Thank you for your sweet suggestions!

No. 24 is from Chattanooga: " I send you a sUr dollar from Pri-

mary Class No. 1 of Oertral Baptist S. B. I t would have come m n e r if I had not been aick for two montha. Use It on t h e ' Home' fund."

MBB. E . F . H . BOBBBTB. W e are 80 glad to Itoow Mia. Bob.

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ertB la able to be out again. She Is greatly mlBseil la the Central Church. Thauks for the aid. All over the sularj-will go to the Home.

lu No. S5 from Eurekatoii. Pattle Powell eeadB 50 cents collected nt hcf breakfast Uble on Christmas morn-iug, " a thank oflerluB." Hlm!l wc give It to Mrs. Mayiiaril? " Thank j ou eo much! God wud you many uiort Buch happy ChrlBtiuan day^:

No. iti was handed lue in i-liuuli last Buuday niorulug, and if 'lul'i^ UidRedale, a suburb of our citi':

" Enclosed you will tli.d one to Mrs. Majuard from me. Tlie other is by little Craig iiooue, 1'.' juoulbs old, to the OrpiiauHge. Ou July 21'. luile Craig's motiier, my own lovely daugliter. fell anleep in Je. u , and her iH.dy rext:- in the shadow of Lookout Moiiutaii'. Please remember the motherless l)al«; lu your prayers, that he may be reared lu the fear of the Lord aud make the man his tainted mother would have him be."

i^AUY J. PuiLLll'S.

.M.iy tiod's tender care be ever about the orphaued little oue! We are deeplyi grateful for your oU'erlngB. Our hearts go out lu sympathy to you lu the loss of the daughter, but we know that you are grateful [for the compan-ionship of the lovely jewel atlll left to you.

It Is uot often that we get help fiom as far north as Massachusetts, but here i» the largest otTerlng of the week from Sprlngtleld. in No. 27:

" It iB with pleasure that we enclose our Christmas offering for Mrs. May-nard's work. My brother, who Is at-tending school lu Audover, Is spend-ing Christmas with me here at the Elms, and we send our gift together."

I D A V I K Q I M A C O X .

Eveiy year about this time, some-times from TeuuesBee, sometimes from Georgia, and this time from the " Old

iBay State," comes this generous olTer-Fing from thla dear sister and brother. We thank them from our hearts. May God reward them ! The letter enclosed

F I V E D O L L A R S .

1 think this Is the sixth time It lias

come to us eince I took up this work.

Would we had many such thoughtful

young people I No. 28 closes the week's record, and

comes from the Orphanage: " I come with a budget of good

news from the Orphans' Home. First, we bad a bountiful dinner provided by kind frlende, aud Clarksville sent us glasB and china and new napkins, aud PariB, new table cloths. This of course added to the atlractlvcuesB of our tables, and we did full justice to the ChriBtmas bill of fare, 1 can tell you. Old "BantaClaua" did uot forget ua either, but gave us a beautiful tree with a present for every oue In the Home, including "Mamma Saunders." PreeentB for the children aud the mation from the Clarksvllle Sunbeams also adorned our tree. Dr. Holt, Dr. Golden, our jiaBtor and wife, and several young ladiex from the First Cbuich wltueeBcd out joy. Thechll-dien Bang Chrlstmaa SOURB and re-cited ChrlBtmas plecee, and then Bro. Howse banded out the Christmas glfta. Happlneas beamed from every face. [How I wish I could have been there.—ED.] We have organized a "Miflslon Board" here among our-aeWea. We call it "The LltUe Work-en . " Wil l you Uke UB Into the Yootig Boatb 7 Tbey have earned 11, which tbey want to give to OhUia. They u e BO aorry for the UIiineM giila, wboM ftot are bound. They gave me a pntty pnacoit too. We all Bead the Young Booth oiu beat wbdua for the New Ymt . Imua l nJt forget to teU von that we u e leatning tbe vetiea ftam tbe 8<3lptiu« BoU Itttle Pearl PhiUw of KnozvUle gaW^ vu. We

B A P T I S T A N D B B T L B O T O B , J A N . 11, 1 9 0 0 ,

eay them at breakfast every morning," .Mits. E U O E N I A C . S A U N D E R S .

I know you are emillug now. We are ST glad "Mamma Saunders" told us all this. Of course we are delighted to weliionie the "Litt le Workers." our good matron is a " missionary" In the truest seuee, aud trains her charges to do their full duty. Many children would feel like spending the little that fallb to them personally for candy and ^neh things, but they are taught to give what is their own to the dear I..ord'8 work. All honor to them. Hurriedly yours,

L A U R A D A Y T O S E A K I N .

Chattanooga, Tenn.

P. 8.—I have a very intercBtlng "communication" from MemphisBet-tling " the end of the century' equab-ble conclusively. 1 regret It must He over for a week. L . D. E.

Receipts.

llHlaii. e from 5tli year on ctmpcl fund. Slid 7 lUilam-e from ttftli year jf rirm liull year l® Kin.; liimrler Klrxt week In Jiinuary, liWO

rOB JAFAU (SALAUV ). JnmcH Davis. SnshvllK' Mrs. Joliu WpeltlUBs, Beunn \ l«tu cimrllc hpelllnsB ••••••,••, Mrs. K. t . IroltlnKiT ii 8 -S. cliutit, Slicl-

•Maltle OHlvcn, lllplcy, 1>> Mrn. \Vlili«. Blar

.Mnmle E. trvfln. Koriltown •• Prlmnrj clasx, De.\ter H. b.v Liu lc Juit-

tli-e, sU»r . fauhi e Johuson. HlllBilalc. Kliir Kriiia Uo.-c, .Iiu kRon. by Mlii> liniK, -tar llutllc Ito.itli Lt'unii (trail Kmlr lillW XellleC. t'lrkcUH, Kk'Hilken Mrh. M. A. faUaway, Tc.tnn, nt«r .Maiccte Doiisliorly, Casper I.llliaii lUirdelte, McKcn/.le, "tar .Mr«. Vlrjrlc Harrcll anil tiiollnT, .loslali. Ml!-* Uai'liel Wlilies ciaM, Kali Bnmeli

H. s. star I'attle I'owell, Eureka'ou .... .Mrs. H K. 11 Kolicrl-H' I-liuvs Central Ilain

tl«i s. s. Clinltanoog* .. .Mrn. M. J. I'Dlllip". Rldsetlalc lilii ( ox «n<l brollier, MaK»aflm»ett«

FOBOBI- I IAJ IAOE (SUPrOBT).

Mrs. John SpelUnRS (. til rile S|M!mii«» .•,•••,••• KfctM! una MaUlo HornBl.y, I' ruUlapil .. ^ ary au(\ ClIHon TrlW)le. i'raUinnrt .. »,r». C. M. KoberU' clo»» Whttevlilu . . H. auil W. Lovelace, Rein MrM VlrKlo Harrell and mother K. R. and A. liUhird, Ituxler I'rUnarv i lii».s Kali Uraneh S. H CraiB lioone, by Mrs. I'litlllpx, Rld«c-

FOK IIAIIIIU ilKA.VCII. Mrn, K.miiia Kwln. Kunlap Maritnerite Haul". Chattanooga Julliin IJryan Harriet KPr.iilwlb Iloo<l Corlunii Urouahcr

Total Received Hlnce April 1, IKUU:

For Jat>an " Orphanage (--,, " Kor Home lloanf " State Hoard (t:olportjij?c) " Itablc.H UiuncU " Clilna ...

foHtune .. Halance from oth year for Japan

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RECENT EVENTS.

—Rev. E. R. Carswell has resigned

tbe pastorate of tbe church at Bain-

brldge, Ga.

—Gov. A. H. Lionglno, tbe popular Baptist Governor of Mississippi, has started ofl well in the gubernatorial of-fice.

—The BaplM Argm statea that Bev. G. \V. UlJey has been elected preeldent of Bturgls, Ky., Col l ie . He is a good man for tbe place.

—Bev. J . U. Butler haB resigned tbe care of tbe cburcb at Alexandria, Va., after a Bucceuful partorate of nine years. We do not ktiow vbere be In-tends to locate. He iB a fine man.

—Dr. Fred D. Hale says in tbe A'cn-htckn K<nd<cafor tbattbeapproaohlog Prohibition Convention should adopt tbe Blngle planlt in iU platform, and, tbut irit does It will caat 1,000.000 votes tlila year and 2,000.000 two years lience. He thinks tliat the monqr qncstlon, expansion, woman' suffiragt, «to., shoold te eliminated.

I —We have received a catalogue of tbe Graded Bohool of Fall Branch, Tenn. Rev. C. B. Waller IB tbeac-compliBbed principal of tbe school. I t 'has a large number of pupils, ond evl-'dently iu doing a fine work.

} —Bro. R. G. Craig of Memphis off-ers a medal to anyone in the Memphis Awioclatlon who will give tbe teacb-tugs of the Sunday-school leeBune for the past three months, viz., the twelve lefrsons, topic, teachings and resultB.

—Rev. J. J. I'arsouB closed bis work as pastor in Jacksonville, Fla., on tbe last Sunday in December, and has gone to hiB new field in Brooklyn, N. Y. He has done good work in Jack-sonville. We are sorry to lose bim from tbe South.

—The Baptist Herald, publisbed at Milligan, Fla., Vol. 1, No.l, of wblcb Rev. J . T. Mapoles is editor, comes to our desk. The first page is taken up with an article on Mormonlsm copied from tbe B A I - T I S T A N D R E K L E C T O R ,

with proper credit.

—It is ofllcially announced that tlie biography of Mr. D. L. Moody will be prepared by Ms son, Wm. R. Moody. This, of course, will be the only author-ized and authentic biography of blm. The public will await Its appearance with much Interest.

—It Is announced that Revs. Sam Jones aud George Stewart and L. G. Broughtou will begin a meeting In this city sometime lu February to continue through several weeks. It Is expected that there will be a general revival in every part of the city. We trust that it may be so.

—And now the Sunday School Times

claims that the 20tb century began Jan. 1, lOOO. Wtiat Is the matter with our intelligeut people, such as tbe Pope of Rome, the Emperor of Germany, Brother J. O. Rust, and the editor of the Sunday gc.hool Tlmc«'i Are they

unable to count a hundred?

—Tbe Florida BapliM Witness h&^h

of Dr. J. B. Moody: " He liua done excellent work in Tampa, iiavlng re-ceived OS new members into tbe church during bis pastorate of little over a year." It Is gratifying to the friends of Dr. Moody In Teunesuee to hear of his flue success In Tampa.

—The 2olb anniversary of Dr. C. C. Brown'spastorateof tbe Baptist Church atSumter.S. 0., was celebrated recently. In these times of instability in tbe pas-torate, it is gratifying to record the fact that a man has been pastor of one

oburoh so long. Dr. Brown Is oue of onr most original tblnkera and most vigorous writers and speakers.

—We regret very deeply to learn of tbe recent death of Dr. A. G. McMan-away, of Arkansas. He died at May-field Sanitarium In 8t. Louis at tbe age of 48. For several years be bad been professor of Latin and Greek aud Theology In Ouachita College. He was a genial, lovable man, a strong preacher, aud a popular teacher. We extend our deep sympathy both to tbe Baptists of Arkansas aud lu bis brother, Rev. J . M. McMauaway, of Fayette, Mo., as well ns to other members of his family.

—Rev. J. C. Porter of the Florida Baptist Witncsa in speaking of a recent visit to Tallahassee says: "We were glad to see that tbe old building is being remodeled and fitted up in a comfortable and attractive manner. Pastor Provence showed us through the iiouse and explained tbe work. He said that tbe carpet, pews and win-dows bad been ordered and that tbe money was lu bauk to pay for them." Tbe many l^nnessee friends of Bro. Provence are glad to know of bis good work lu Tallahassee.

—We were glad to see Dr. A. W. Lamar in our ofllce last Tuesday. As our re<-.ders know, perhaps, be broke down with nervous prostration while pastor in Galveston, where be was doing noble work. Being advised titat it would be dangerous for bim to contiuue lu tbe active work of the ministry, he accepted a position about two years ago with a Life lusurance Compauy at Norristown, Pa. Recent-ly he has been appointed general agent of a compauy, with headquarters here at Nashville, aud be expects to move here in a short while to make this his bome. We bUuU t>e glad to have tilm with us. He is a highly cultured and consecrated Christian man. While he Is unable to do active pastoral work, he couki, however, preach and lecture occasloually, and he would be glad to perform auy service of the kind.

- S a y s the Arkansas Baptist: " Dr.

E. E. Folk has returned from his western trip, much refreshed and with arms full of good things for bis read-ers. By the way, we should like to seethe B A P T I S T A N D R E F L E C T O R have a large reading In Arkansas. Its pol-icy would not allow It to weaken tbe Arkansas Baptiat if it could. W e bad

a good deal to do with tbe BAiTiar AND BEFLEcroK, oDce being a half

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owner and Joint editor. Dr. Folk has made splendid use of tbe start and training we gave him. And we natur-ally take great pleasure In bis splendid success. Even a hone may sharpen a dull razor." Thanks, Dr. HaUey. We hope tlwt the dull razor was made some sharper by the honing which you gave it. You are right, the policy of tbe B A I ' T I S T A N D RBF I IETN-OK would never allow It to weaken tbe Arkansas Bap-tist If It could. We have a number of subscribers in Arkansas, and should l>eglad to have more. Every oue of them, however. Is or should be a sub scriber to tbe Arkansas Baptist. W e

wish you tbe greatest success in your work.

AMONG THE BRETHREN.

Rev. W. A. Turnageof luka, Miss , has become tbe missionary for the Col-bert Association of Alabama. Bro. Turuage Is a capable man for the field.

Tbe First Baptist Church, Pasadena, Cal., received as a Christmas gift a lot valued at (8,000, upon which It will erect a meeting bouse which will cost $20,000.

The church at Florence, Ala., Is prospering under the care of Rev. Richard Hall, wiio took charge some months ago. A neat and commodious pastorlum is being constructed.

A Rev. J. J. Axtell of Royal Oak, Mich., proposes to give a public boxing oxbibillon for the benefit of a local "charity." We would not consider that fighting the good fight of faith.

Revs. H. M. and M. B. Wharton have each retired from the care of tbe Brantly Memorial Church, Baltimore, Md. The resignation of Dr. H. M. Wbartou has not been accepted yet.

Last Sunday Broadway Baptist Churob, liouisvllie, Ky., Inaugurated the use of tbe Individual communion cups. It is said that all were pleased with the new arrangement.

Rev. F. M. Blalnck of Jonesboro, Ga., has located at Halls, Tenn., and Is a minister of considerable ability. We would be glad to see blm employed by some of our West Tennessee church-es.

Rev. J. H. Boyett of Louisville, Ky., has Just assisted Rev. T. J . 11810110* lu a revival at Whitesvllle, Ky., which resulted in 41 additions, 31 for baptism. We rejoice In the prosperity of Zion.

Rev. W. W . Hamilton of Bluefield, West Va., has beeu called to tbe care of tbe McFerran Memorial Church, Louisville, Ky., and has accepted. This is the pastorate made vacant by the resignation of Dr. John H. Eager.

Bev. D. C. Gray of Whitlock, Tenn., will t)e ordained to tbe full work of the ministry on Wednesday, Jan. Slst at

Bird's Creek Church. Bev. Fleetwood Ball of Paris, Tenn., will preach the sermon.

His hosts of friends tbruogbont the State seriously regret to learn of the critical illness of Dr. R. B. Garrett, pastor of Court-street Church, Ports-mouth, Va. May tbe Lord graciously grant bis recovery.

Rev. W. P. Price has become editor of the B. Y. P. U. department in the Baptist of MlsslBBlppi. This means that that department will be thorough-ly up to the vigorous editorial policy of that moiit excellent paper.

Fayetteville, Ark., Is to be favored with the strong preaching of Rev. Har-vey Beauchamp, who has beeu called to tbe care of tbe First Baptist Church lu that city. Fayetteville Is an im-portant pastorate.

The brilliant Rev. B. P. Robertson of GaCney, B. C., has been elected edi-tor of tbe Young Peoples' Department of The Baptist Courier, Greenville, S.

C., in place of Rev. A. T. Jamison, who takes charge of tbe Orphanage In that State.

Rev. B. F. Whitteu, the popular pas-tor at Dyersburg, Tenn., Is publishing a semi-monthly Aesoclational paper that Is calculated to do great good. It Is called the Searchliyht and Gleaner.

Bro. Whitteu Is a wide awake, aggres-sive pastor.

Rev. G. A. Miller of Immanuel Cburcb, Eureka Springs, Ark., tbe sweet singer who charmed the Arkan-sas Convention, was oidalfiSd to the full work of tbe ministry recently. Dr. W. A. Clark of Little Rock preached the sermon.

The annual Convention of the Bap-tist Youug Peoples' Union of Virginia will be held at Roanoke February 'ilst aud 22ud. This is an event of no lit-tle importance among Virginia Bap-tists. Tbe key-word of the Conven-tion will be " saved to serve."

Bev. R. C. Medarls, who has former-ly been located at Moody, Texas, pro-poses in the near future to change bis field of labor and become a resident of Jonesboro, Ark. He desires to do evangelistic work lu Arkansas, for which be is emlneutly qualified.

Bev. Q. B. Bogers of Texas, who has been doing successful evangelistic work in Arkansas, has been called to the care of tbe church at Conway in that State and will probably accept. Bro. Bogera will prove a valuable addition to the Arkansas ministry.

His many frUnds among our sub-scribers will be delighted to learn that Bev. L . B. Burress of Geeville, Miss., is greatly Improving in health. Bro. Burresa baa been bed-ridden for some

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What the bowel-cleauer does Is to throw out the poisons coufiued In your bowels ready for absorption into your blood, liut the poisons which are al-ready In your blood, uausiug your present sickness, U leaves there.

There Is no other way of purifying your blood except by means of your kidneys.

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Rev. William Wollace Homer, well known in West Tennessee, has ac-cepted tbe care of the church at Clirts-tlanburg, Ky. Bro. Homer wlll con-tinue his studies in tbe Seminary. We anxiously await tbe time when he wlll return to labor In the State of bis nativity.

We are glad to know that a number of the younger West Teunessee pastors have decided to avail themselves of the splendid prlvillges for literary and theological Instruction at the South-western Baptist University, Jockson, Tenn. Among them are Revs. D. T. Spaulding and W . C. Greer of Paris, Tenn.

Bev. G. L. Morrill, the efilclent pas-•tor(f the First Church, Oweusboro, Ky., resigned tbe care of thai church to go on an extended trip to Europe. However, the cburcb refused to'grint hlB resignation and voted to give blm the trip. This Is a token of tbe exalted «steem In which this excellent brother la held.

Hobert J . Bardelte, the brilliant bumorlst and Baptist preacher,«has _ resumed liia pulpit minlstratlouB to -

the First Presbyterian Church of Pasa-dena, Cal., after an absence of two mouths on a leclure tour. He will be the stated supply for this church until Juue 1st, 1900, at which tlme^be lu-teuds to go abroad.

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OBITDABT.

PuiLLii'S.-Poweirs Chapel Church has sustained the loss of another wor-thy member In the person of Bister Settle Phillips, wife of Brother J. R. Phillips, who died July la, 18W). Sister Phillips leaves behind a tender, loving husband, six sons, and one Utile daughter, besides an aged father and mother, to mourn their loss. Two daughters were already "waiting and watching" for her "on theother shore."

Resolved, That we extend to our Sunday-school superintendent aud his children our deepest sympathy In this great sorrow.

Resolved, That a copy of this obitu-ary be sent to the Bai>tist and Kk-FLHtTOK for publication.

R. H. Hknuekson, " N. C. Robektson,

J r 1,1 us SnoKT, Committee.

Pavne.—Deacon Bolivar Payne died at his home, four miles east of Orllnda, Tenn., Aug. 10, 189U. He was born in Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn., March U, 1820. He married Miss Ly-dia Ooodall 58 years ago last Decem-ber. For more than a half century these two traveled the journey of life together and whose Christian home was a pleasant one, not only for the three children reared there, but for rel-atives and friends as well. Th6 IIv(h of such are a rich legacy to any church and community. The widow of Bro. Payne sorrows not as those who have no hope. She, too, has followed the ••vior many years, and we direct her to the comforting influence of divine guidance.

Wm. McNeely, J.A.Crocker, J . C . House, G. L. Pinson, T, D. Berry, Committee.

Haun.—Elders. M. Haun, probably the oldest ordained minister in the Sweetwater Afsoclatlon, after a pro-tracted suflering of about two years, fell asleep in Jesus, Tuesday, Nov. 21st, 18!}9. The funeral services were con-ducted by the writer in the presence of a large congregation of friends at the Notchey Creek Church, of which he bad served as pastor 46 years in suc-cession. "His rest shall be glorious" (Isa. xl. 10), was our text on the occa-sion, after which his remalDs were laid to rest In the church cemetery to wait the glorious resurrection mom.

Waglve a few statements concerning Father Haun which afford grounds for the best tribute we were able to render:

S. M. Haun was bom Nov. 20,1820. Age at death, 79 years aud 1 day.

Was married to Mary A. Wolfon July 4,1844, of which union there were 0 children born, 4 of whom are still living.

Profeesed faith in Christ about the year 1847, Joined the Bethlehem Bap-tist Church and was ordained to the mlnistty about the year 1850.

He was in the ministry 40 years, baptized, probably, nearly 2,000 candi-dates during his ministry, organized several churches, and assisted in the ordination of quite a number of minis-ters, of wbowi your scribe is one.

He labored 8 yean as State Mission-ary, and took great Interest In the progress and unlin of his Association, especially when the crisis was on in 1870.

We realize that "a strong man In Israel has fallen." We feel that to no other man in our oountiy can the words of the text be more approprl-ately applied than to Blder B. M. Hann:

"And bis'nst nhall be glorious." Ob, happy rest, aweet bappy tmt

That awaila the labonr in Om Lord Whan th« storm of llfto la

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—The fifth Sunday meethig of the Big Hatchle ABSOclaUon met with Ara-rat Church, ulue miles west of Jacknon. Bro. A . J . Hall, the zealous pastor and moderator, was there with B hearty handshake aud a pleasant smile for everyone present. The writer conducted the devotional exercises and was after-ward elected SecreUry of the meeting. The weather being very cold, there was not a large delegation, though the pn>-gram was taken up lu the usual order and discussed with good IntercBt. We congratulate Bro. Hall upou havlug such a willing people to take an active part lu every way possible to create an Interest In the service. Bro. Hall was re-elected as Chairman aud Dr. H. P. Hudson as Secretary. Sunday morn-ing Brethren Splght, Hall, Adams and the writer led the discussion on Sun-day-school work. The visitors were never received with more hospitality anywhere than among the homes of Bro. Hall s people. May God's richest blessings be upon this noble »>and of brethren. The next meeting will be held with Woodland Church in April.

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The Story of Christ's temptation has a peculiar sanc-tity. It deals with an Interior experience of our Lord. No oue would ever have known it had He not chosen to tell it of His own accord.

He told It. Evidently He desired all the world to know it. The sui>Ject of temptation is one about which men ordinarily do not care to speak. Our secret con-flicts with tbe evil one we do not disclose. Any con-fession on this subject brings with it a sense of shame. We a n willing to say that we are tempted, but in what shape the tempter comes, we do not care to tell.

The story of Christ's temptation is a piece of auto-biography. The thought aud language are His own. It is a revelaUonof His franknoM and His i^mpathy with men. It was His desire that humanity should know that He was In all points tempted like as we are in order that we might believe that He Is able to succor them that are tempted. ¥

But precious as is this page of New Testament his-tory few other pages have received such shabby treat-ment at the hands of Bible students.

There are those who have read the story in sueh a way as to drop all tha meaning out of I t The idea that the Son of Okid ationid flsel the stsaln of avU has seemed to thsee j^ersons iwepoalerous and abhorsent.

Ry dexterous manipulation tbe concrete Btatemeuts of Scripture bave been emptied of tbeir meaulug, and in a foolish eflurt to guard tbe character of Jesus meu bave given tbe lie to tlie men wbo wrote the gospelH. If it behooved Him in all things to bo Itke uuto His brethren, we may rest assured that His temptation was not a sliam, and that we do h im no disiionor when we say tbat He was templed eveu as we are.

others have spoiled the story by reading it witb eyes grossly realistic. Incapable of compiebeudtug tbe language of the imagination, they bave reduced tbe glowing piciures of the gospels to the dull prose of a book of mathematics, aud bave attempted to crown each figure and symbol into a meaulug narrow and literal. To see meu looking for a mountain bigb enough to give oue a bird's eye view of all tbe king-dom's of tbe world or to bear them discussing grave-ly Just wbicb pinnacle of tbe Temple is designated by tbe gospel writers, is euougb to stir the heart to pity.

Many an artist has attempted to paint the temp-tatlou, but uot one of tbem has yet succeeded, or ever can succeed in doing it. Buch things are spiritual and must be spiritually discerned.

Btill others bave robbed tbe temptation of all slg-nlilcauce by making tbe appeals ofBaUu so gross and caruai as to force the heart to rebel against thesuppo-sitiou that tbe Bon of God could be so tempted. If tbe first temptation was simply tbe appeasing of nat-ural appetite, and tbe second was a display of vanity, aud tbe third a hankering after material glory, tbe

. -yhols sta^ytilwiiM— BontampUhia and Jeauaof Naz-areth seems sometbhig less than He ^Cas. That tbe Bon of tiod could ever have been tempted after tbe fasLlnn of a vain ecbool-glrl to tickle men's fancy by gorgeous display, or tbat He should ever have strug-gled even for a second with such a bideous-lookiug creature as tbe painters bave represented tbe Evil One to be, passes beyond tbe limits of tbe credible. Tbe temptation loses all Its comfort and Its Inspiration if we make it ridiculous or grotesque.

Let us settle once for all that Jesus was genuinely tempted. Temptation was as teal to Him as it Is to us. HIS heart, like ours, was subjected to a great strain. His choi(», like ours, was made ouly after coullict. Life to Ulm, as to us, was a continuous bat-tle. Like us. He learned obedience. He, like u«, was made perfect through tbe things whicb He sufl'ered. We ought to beware of any speculation whicb runs couuter to tbe explicit statements of tbe Scriptures.

The story of Christ's temptation is told to us in symbolic language just as tbe story of Adam's temp tation is. If such a story as tbat of Eden, or of Christ in the wilderness, were to meet our eye in an ordinary book, we should know at once tbat tiie language was tbat of the Imagination, and we should read it with discriminating common tense.

Alas! that so many persons should ou coming to the Bible seem to lose poseesslon of many of their faculties. Tbey do ail sorts of absurd things, aud get themselves into inilnlte trouble because they fail to use their common sense.

Temptation is a spiritual thing, aud takes place in tbe arena of tbe soul. Jesus throughout this great temptation was In the desert. The Temple was not Insight. Tbe kingdoms of tbe world were far away.

Tliere was no mountahi from whose summit He could cast His eyes ou men. He was in tbe midst of the rocks aiyl the beasts. Biit a man In the desert still carries in his noul the kingdoms of the world, and tbe glory of them. I t is not necessary to be near men to be tempted by them. The spirit of man roams up and down tbe earth, no matter where his body may chance to be. In the wilderntss a man's soul can stand on plunacln, and amid the rock and sand' t hia eyes can see the panorama of human glory. Jeans*. temptaUon was real, and, likeaU spiritnai experience, 11 must be told hi the language of metaphor and sym-hoi.

And what waa hia temptaUon? Disobedience to God. It a s s u m e s three forma, but In every case ITA

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conscious of new powers. His baptism marked a cri-sis in His life. In this hour of spiritual exaltation He saw more clearly tbe nature of His mission and the magnitude of His work. Along witb this wider vision came an agitation of spirit, a stirring of tbe deeper pulses of the soul. I t was witb Him as it is with us, we never come Into tbe consciousuess of new powers that these powers do uot bring us new oppottuuiUes of wrong doing. It is the constaut temptation of our life to use our powers contrary to the will of Qod. Jesus, conscious of a unique power, was tempted to use it for the malutenauce of physical sttength, but such usti of power would bave lifted Him above the lot of man. He would uot do It. Here at the very beginning He bumbled Himself and became obedient, aud tlie obedieuce continued even to tbe death of the croMs.

But if He couuot use His power to save Himself, why uot ute it to save His country-men 7 They are looking for a Messiah, aud a certain ideal has fixed itself uumovably in their minds. The Messiah, so meu think, will be a wonder worker. He wUi startle tbe nation. His life will abound in prodigies. He ;Wlll do what no other man can do. Why not satisfy these expectations? What will be gained by disappoint-ing these fond and foolish dreams? Why uot use this marvelous power to win an eutrauce to tbe hearts of men, and thus bring tbe nation back to God?

The temptation is all the more seductive because a PsalmUt has said, " He shall give his angels chargS oxer thee to keep^thfeii».,fkU,thy waya. They sbaU bear thee up in their bands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." But Jesus knows lawgiver as well as poet, aud on the heels of the word of tiie poet comes tbe great word of Mosej, "Tbou sbalt uot tempt the Lord thy God."

But If power caunot be used for tbe winning of bis countrymen, why uot use it for tbe diaoomflting of God's foes? The kingdoms of the world belong to God and why should not opposition be crushed aud rebellion be broken dowu by a swift and overwhelm-ing manlfestalion of |M)wer? Is not tbe Messiah to be a conqueror? Is He not girt with a sword, aud does He uot trample nations into the dust? Such He is in many a Hebrew apocilypse, and such Ho Is In the dream of mauy a Hebrew orator aud saint. But Just at this point another verse of Scripture begins to sound in Jesus' ear: " Thou sbalt worship the Lord thy God, aud Him oqly sbalt thou serve." I t is at this point that Matthew says the Devil left Him. But Luke reminds us that he laft Htm ouly for a season. Like the rest of us, Jesus was tempted throughout His earthly life.

In all this He is our example and our Savior. In tbe garden Adam fell, in the desert Jesus stood: And by His standing He has caused the desert to blossom as tbe rose. I t Is because He Is touched with the feel-ing of our infirmities that He says urgently and pa-thetically, " Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter Into temptation."

New York City. —Charles Dudley Warner, In The Outlook, tells the.

story of his encounter with a bear last summer. Brought Into close quarters, some very serious thoughts quite overwhelmed him. "As I was cock-ing my gun, I made a hasty and untallsfactory re-v<ew of my whole life. The sins came out uncom-monly strong. I recollected a newspaper subscrip-tion I had delayed paying, years and years ago, until both editor and newspaper we^dead, and which now ' never could be paid to all eternity!" This waa a warn-ing that ought not to be neglected. I t may set some people to thinking of bean and unpaid subacrlptlona. We shall be awfully, aorry if a bear shall come out of the monnialna and devour any of our friends this summer.—Cfenfra/ Prcabj/tcrian.

—Blahop MOTyeIre of tbe M. E. Ghnrch, Bonth, says that be spent the flfat twelve of his Ufa oontend-Ing for oholn and tho aaoond iwanty yearn oontmd-ing with cboltB,