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SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

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SATISFIED. I oannot say,

lleneath tbe presence of llffa's I Joy In tbeae; Uut I can aay

I rather walk tbe

cares to-<U>-,

That I would ratber walk tbe rugged way If l l lm It please.

I cannot Itol That all I* well wlien darkening clouds coni-eal

Tbesblnlngsun; Ilut tbeii 1 know

(lod lives and loves—can say, since It U so, •^hy wlllbeifone."

I do not see WbyOod should e'er permit some things to be

When be Is love; Hut I can see.

Though onen dimmed through mystery, IIU band above.

1 cannot speak In happy tones—the teardro|ia on my cheek

Hbow 1 am sad; Ilut I can speak

o r grace to sullbr wlih submission meek Until made glad.

I do not look ITpon the present, nor In nature's book,

To read my Ikte; Uut I do look

For promised blesalngs In Uod's holy hook. And I can wait.

I may not try To keep the hot tears back, bat hnsh tlie sigh.

It might have been; And try lo still

All rlalng murmurs, arid lo aod'a sweef will lleapond, "AmenI"

"THE PREACHER AND HIS HEARER." BY RKV. D. W . KKY, D.D.

Difficult as It Is to preach well, perhaps It Is still more difficult to hear well. For the sake of the preacher as well as for tbe sake of himself, be who sits In the pew should try to obey the words of Jesus, "Take heed how ye hear."

Dr, Pattisou, professor In Rochester Theological Seminary and author of the " History of tbe English Bible " and other works, In his recent book, The Mak-ing of a Sermon, devotes a chapter to " The Preacher and His Hearer." Some things are so well said In hia sententious way and others so felicitously quoted that I feel Justified In glvlug a few samples to the BAPTiarr A M P RKFLBCTOR audience.

John Foster Is spoken of as one who " caught a habit of looking too much on tbe right baud side of the meeting because half a dozen fellows sit together there." Beecher said: "An audience puts me in pos-session of eveiything I have got. I t wakes up the power of thinking and imagination In me." While poor preaching admittedly has hltle eflRwt, it may be made efficacious by good listening. Bpurgeon said onoe: " I have listened to many sermons from preach-ers called poor, In all comers of the countiy, and I never heard one which did not teach me something if I was In tbe spirit to profit by it."

There are three classes of preachers—the pieacher you oannot listen to, the preacher you can listen to, tba preacher you cannot help listening to.

Bat while the preacher mustwhi attention, there la a certain natural inattention which every speaker oboarveaand fisels. It la common to audiences tbe world ovar. The wonderftil Chrysostom onoe chided hla congregation: " l a m expounding tbe Scriptures, and you all turn your eyea to tba lamp, and to hhn who Is lighting them. What negligence Is this to for-aakama,and fix your mlndaon blmt" The axpe-rlenoe of many a preacher vatiOea the witty utterance of Blydnoy Smitbi "A sparrow fluttering about tbe churob la an antagonist which tba most profound preacher In Burope la wholly unable to overcome." Dr.Dala allowed blmaalf fifteen years to get a new Idea Into tba minds of bla congregation; and yet hia people were flir above tba average In their ability to recaiva Inatmotlon. No preacher ought to be held reOpdnalbla tor tbe physical oondltkin of tbe bearsr or

his msntal attitude, such as Is produced by a heavy meal, tbe hurried walk due to tardiness, the morning newspaper, bad ventilation and a thermometer regis-tering in the eighties. A noted scientist wrote: "An ineradicable tendency to think of aometbln^ else makes me an excellent test-object for orators."

Di. Pattlson tells bow to secura good attention. He does It In a way that Is esslly understood, but difficult of fulflllment. His method will be readily endorsed as suited to awaken and hold tbe Interest of congrega-tions. If tbe preacher will do four things, interest, instruct, convince and inspire bis bearers, be will have little trouble on account of Inattention in the pew. These things may be done by attention to the preparation and delivery of the sermon. Of course he does not mean to say that every preacher can secura the same degree of Interest on the part of the hearer, since preachers a n unequally endowed by nature. One good listener In a congregation la a great help to a preacher, and the more of them tbe better. If every church-goer would cultivate the habit of atten-tive listening and conscientiously try to be an inter-ested auditor, the power of tbe pulpit would be Im-mensely Kinforced.

Greenville, 8. C.

PIONEER PREACHERS. {lUuMtrated SkeUshea.)

BV BEV. J . J . BURNBTT. ' ICopyrlgW applied for.] Elder Jesee P. Reddy.

Jeese Preston Roddy was bom August 10, 1828. When eighteen years old he was convicted and con-verted under the ministry of Elders Charles and Rich-ard Taliaferro In a school-house meeting, Itoane County, near whero Hopewell Church now stands. He united with Bethel Church In December, 1841, and was baptized by Richard Tslhiferro.

About the close of the civil war he began to exercise his gifts In a public way, and soon afterwards, at the call of Bethel Churob, was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry, Elden J. B. McCallon, Asa Newport and R. T. Howard constituting the presby-tery. In bis early ministry he was asimclated with Elder McCallon as missionary of the old Hlwassee Association.

Elder Roddy waa a leader, together with Y. lUwe, Allen King, W. A. Selv-Idge, Horace Sturges and others, In tbe organi-zation (September, 1876), of the Big Emory Associ-ation, and became the first missionary of that body. He was employed by the Executive Board as Asso-clatlonal missionary for a

[ number of years, laboring mostly'ln" the~mottntaln districts of Roane and Cumberhmd Counties. He was a great lover of tbe " bill country," when be waa greatly beloved by tbe

{Cut contrlbntod by Big Km- - n J w h e r e b e w a s ory AMwoiation.] people, a n a w n e r e n e w a s

suocesaflul In planUngnew churches and building up strugglhig Interests. He was • good oiganbrn, an untiring worker, a succees-fill lOTlvallft, "He waa at aU thnes fkilly in tbe gos-pel harness, and no man would brook more dlfficul* tlea to fill hia appobitmenta. He rode ovar moun-tahiaasnootbarman, vlidUng tba poorest bovalsto toll of Jesus and his love. Ha attraotad crowds to hear bim, and by bla aamiattieas and oympaUiy bald them as no other man. Ha faiboted sucocssfhlly and buUt up a good Intmst bi tba destltutton of our mountain countiy." (Wm, Wbitlock), /

Leaving hia native Bast Tnaeesee In ISOSI, be located In Dallas County, Taxaa, where ha aarvad tha Lord

p . RODDY.

and the Baptists as the efficient missionary of the Dallas County AssocUtlon. He was also pastor of the Prairie Valley Churob until physical disahlllties compelled him to reelgn. The clerk of the churob bears testimony to the high esteem in which the churob held this beloved pastor.

This servant of the Lord wound up hla life's work and died at his Iwme, near Lancaster, Texas, Janu-ary 18, 1806, In his 75th year. Friends and loved ones prayed earnestly for bis recovery, but It was the blaster's will for him to rest from bis labors.

At the recunt session of tbe Big Emoiy Associatton beautiful and tender words of testimony weie spoken by Elder Joseph Wilson, Bro. 8. J. Martin and others In regard to tbe character and life of Bro. Roddy as a " pioneer of tbe mountains " and a bringer of gUwl tidings to the poor.

The committee appointed by the Association to memorialize Elder Roddy in a "biographical obitu-ary" for the Minutes (see Minutes for 1896, p. 8) pay worthy tribute to him as a "citizen, fkthar, friend and faithful servant of tbe Lord; now gone to bis reward, and rejoicing that bis record Is on high, while It is ours to nijolce that his influence abides with us in b|s works that follow.

•HeTvant of Ood. well done! It«it ft«m thy loved employ 1"'

CampbelUan and " For " In Acto II. 38. BY RBV, W. H. f ^ i T H .

Campbellltes always Interpret ' 'for," in Acts ii. 88, "In order to." Indeed, there could hardly beany Campbelllsm without that interpretatton. Iliabr whole theory rests on that Interpretation. If "for" does not mean "hi order to," theUr whole structun must fall. Still, the united scholarship of the world is against them. It Is tme that the older diction-ariea did give "in order to" as a remote definition of "for," but all the latest and best of them leave out the definition "In order to"entiraly, except when "to," tbe Sign of the Infinitive, is added, aa "tbe man went for to see." Hen they correctly ^ve "in order to" as a definition. But they never give that mean-ing except where the sign "to" of the Infinitive Is added to "for."

Should the reader doubt tbe above statement, please refer to Webster's Intematkinal, Tbe Standard, Worcester or tbe Enoyclopedia DIctlonaiy. These, all of them recognized standards, unanimously agree as I have Indicated above. Yet Campbelitee, In tbe fkce of all this ponderous and overwhelming weight of authority, still stoutly maintain that "foi" means "in order to." But, as a strong evidence of their un-easiness about tbe matter, they soon, when hard pressed with these stubborn fticts, flee to tbe Greek word ei«, from which "for" In Acts U. 88 la tranalated, avowUig with all possible empha^ that If the English word "for" does not mean "in order to," the' Greek word eif, from which It Is transhited, does mean "In order to." But In thiii they a n left wone olT, If possible, than they a n by tbe English. King James' translators, than whom riper scholars have not been found, translated this littia Greek word, e/<, about 1,700 tbnea, and forty-sevta difltaent ways, but never translated It "In order to." Tbe same can be sold of tba English and American revisers of 1881, also of Sharp, Sawyer, Wesley, Hawion and Noyes. If tU means "In order to," Is it not remarkably strange that none of these notad and scbobiriy translaton so trans-lated ItT Add to the above LIddell and Boott's Graek-Bngllsb Lexicon, Thayer's New Testament Greek Lexicon, and all other unabridged, standard Greek antborities, and the Campbelllla intirpratation ap-paan mora and mon absurd. And then, If fbr argu-matit'a sake, ibeir deflnlllon wen admitted, still

^ their poaltion la hot sustained. ' I Tha aet phraaaoiogy, "baptism Itor (In order to) tbe Iremlaskm of sine," cannot ha sustained. If you say ."baptism Is In order to the ramlsalon of ains," no one

n know Just what you mean. Do yon mean "In or-t " r

B A l ^ t l S T A N D E K F L B C T O n , i > E C . 1 6 , 1 8 » 8 .

der to c/co/are the reniiMlouof a lu i?" or wb»t word would you place limtead of the woid "dtclure t" Not on'« of them can ponaibly t>e luduced to afllnn that "baptlam is lu order to procurc the mniiwioii of alUB, neither will they afllrm uaiog any of the kyuonyma of procure. Hence, they thna confena tb« lameneaa of their poalllou. Ilut, aa remarked In the b^lnnlng of this article, tliey must have "for" to mean "in order to," or their whole fabric muat crumble to dunt. Thin error la a aerious and grave uue, invoIvinR the Ralvation of nouia, aud hence ilo fallacy need* to be ex-poitd. Once attention lus Iteen callt^ to the weight of evidence against their poHitiun, people will no longer be led away by this modern halluciuatlon, aud having often been called upon to mcaeure arms with them in face to face combat on tbU queation, I felt that I owed it to the readers of the HAITIST ANI> RK-VLRCTUK to thus call attention to it.

Cave CHy, Ky.

Rev. J. N. Hall Napping. My Dear Bro. //a//;—In your//«;>««//V0/7 of Oc-

tober 27lh 1 And the following among your editorials: "Our worthy brother, D. K. Pryor, ol Creal Bprings,

III., gets ofl* the following excerpt an hia severe Judg-ment on the gospel mhwion people:'I have watched with a good deal of interest the merciless attacks the so-called Gospel Missioners are making on all mission Boards and their ofHcers. Their chief aim seems to be to destroy all confidence in our noble brethren who have the direction of all our mission work by whole, aale, aud dark hints at dishonest dealings with the churches by misappropriating funds contributed for mission work. '"

You then go on to defend the Gospel Missioners from these charges by saying:

"I t may be that Bro. Prror has seen fome state-ment from some one who pretended to be a Gospel Mlsaioner that justifies the above strong language. But we have not seen any such statements, and we ask our brottier to please quote the langruage that will Justify these charges. I t Is very unfortunate to have a spirit of misrepresentation abroad in the land "

When I read that I said, Bro. Hall is such A bury man he has ccrtalnly tiot had time to read Dr. Hay-den's paper of Texas for the last twelve months. But wlien I looked further into the contents of the same Ftag from which I clip the editorial above, I

Now I know how to account for his being ught napping when the Gospel Mlasioners are mak-

ing their merciless attacks on our mission Boards." Tills number of the shows that he does not liave time to keep posted as to what goea into hU own 7)a/>er, along with his editoilals. He writes his edi-torials hastily, bands them to his oillce editor, who makes up the balance of the paper, while Hall has. tens to his appointment at bis church, or goes to to hold a delwte with some Campbeliiteor Pedobap-tist or Hardshell opponent. As proof that I am cor-rect in this supposition, read the following, which I clip from the same number of his paper that contains hia editorial denying that Gospel Misslonent try to injure the Boards by bringing charges that will de-stroy confidence In the Boarda and their agents. The Urst quotation I will make is from a paper read at the Enon Aasociation (Tezaa) on Foreign Missions, aud publbbed in this number of the Flag by Bio. J. J . Thomaa, whoae paper proves him to be an enthusias-tic Gospel Miaoloner. I have space only fur a short ex-tract an a specimen of the animus of the writer. He repeats:

"Yes, corruption, favoritism and fraud In the ma-nipulation and management of these Conventionaand Boards have ever been a great hindrance to our mia-sion work. You have had a mild object lesson of how somewhat, brethren, mild attempt to suppress free speech among Baptists this morning. Yes, thla cor-ruption has been particularly apparent lu this AMIO-olatlon, with Its two ably edited religious papers, the organs of organlxatlons, supplemental to our two great Northorn and Southern Convention Boards."

If that Is not a merciless attack on Conventiona and Boarda, then I do not know what Bro. Hall would call merollesa. I t proves Bro. Pryor'a assertion to be oorreot, and that Bro. Hall was mistaken.

Here Is an exiraot from an article lu the same pa-per, written by a mlaslonary of the Gospel Missioners, one J . T. Moore, who tells us he once worked with the Boards, but is now going to Mexico on the Gospel Miasiou plan, as he la convinced the Board plan Is all wrong. Here ia what ho says of our Boulheni Baptist Conveuilou work:

" I am couslralncd to believe that the work fostered by the Home Mission Convention in Weatem Ar-kanaas and Indian Teirltory la the moat contemptible piece of buslncffs ever practiced under the guise of fiaptlst MUalon work."

Here la what another Gospel Mlislouer says lu the a u n t paper, Bro. W. J . Plnkertoui

" I worked under the Board of thu Geiicml AHHOCIM-tion of West Arkansas and Indian Territory two yearn, and I know whereof I afilrm. I nm u GoKjiel MIh-sioner, and the corruptions aud imiMwitionB of tlie Board caused mo to investigate tiie New Testament on the plan of missions, and tlie Inevitable result was, I became a Gosiiel Mixsloner."

Now here are three ditlbrent Gospel MlHsloiicrs in the same paper accusing the Boards of corruption, fraud, im|K)Hitiou, favorilism and manipulatiun. Vet Bro. Hall tells us lu the same paper, " I t may be that Bro. Pryor has seen some statement front some one, who pretended to be a Gospel Misslouer, that JuHtincH the above strong language. Ilut wo liuvo not Hcen auy such statenientH."

Now, Bro. iiall, if you nro corrcct tliv«e three preachera are not genuine Govpol MiiwiunorH, but only prctemtcm, and, of courw, uro iiyitocrUcH. Hut If they are rial Goi»j>el MliJsionerM, as tliey fay lliey arc, then your oMMrtlon slandem them uh niueli ai« their assertions slander the Boards aud agents. Yourde-nUl of Pryor's oBwrtlons i-onceming the Oowpel Mis-sioners shows you have l)cen too buny 10 keep posted as to what they are writing In your own paper. Hence this truth fullowN: If such a wide-awake edi-tor and critic as J. X. Hall can IH* SO much mistaken as to what Gosi)el MiHrloii Hnptiitts are teaching lu his own day and time, and, even in his own paper, we ought not to be niui-h stir|iri«ed that Dr. Wiillsitl should be mistaken no to what ItaptUls tauKht in 1041. Bro. Hall, you and Dr. WlillHitt have been very unfortunate In yournrtiertIonsconccrning Bnpllst historj' and teachhig.

When I first read Dr. Whltsltt's ai^crtlon that, in IG4I, "hnmerslon wan a lost art," I said, how could he assert that, when in every KpiMCupal praycr liook in England the following dlre<-tlon8 W4>ro printed: "Tlie child shall be dippnl, iinleN< it t>o certified tiint It is weakly," or words to thut dlect. 1 liave not the Englbh prayer-t>ook by me. He nilght have said, with some plausibility, they had rtaiud to pra<-tfcc immertion, but it certainly wan not a lout art when the manner of performing It wan hmghl in rnri/ prayer-book that iran rant in ( trri/ J'phcojml Chiirt fi, every Sunday, in England. If I mUtakc not, the same Is tsught in those Knglinh prayer-b<K>ksdown to the present day.

The only way I could account fur Dr. WiiitsUfH mistake was to say: Weil, I suppose Dr. Whitsitt has been two buHy reading church history io pay any at-tention to tlie old English prayer-bfMks. But then, when I read Bro. J . N. Hall's Isle paper and found he made assertions that were contradictcd by the writ-ings of three Gospel Mission liaptists In hlN own pa-per, of the samedi^ , I said: Who would have thought It? Hero Is our"staunch Bapliot, J. N. Hall, making a less excusable mistake than Dr. WhltHltt. It Is not so surprising that Dr. Whitsitt, DH a Ilaptlitt, wUh no taste for Episcopacy, should lie ignorant of what is taught in ah old Episcopal prayer-book 0/ inn, as that the wide-awake J . N. Hall should Ignorant of what Is'taught In his own weekly paper 0/ tsos.

Brother Hall, we are all poor, fallible crcittureH, lia-ble to err and make mistakes, and the UIMIVO fuclH prove that you, as well as Dr. Whitsitt, arc no excep-tion to the rule. With love for all who love the truth,

Vocn MISHIO.N'AKV Hito-NIKN. L E T U S P R E S S ON TO P E R F E C T I O N .

HKRHON I'HKACIIEI) JIV JDli. J U. IIAWTIIOKNK AT TliK DROICATION OK JAC'KHON tlll.I. CIIUKCII,

ATtASTA, (lA., NOVKMHKIL aTTII, Text," Lienving the prlncliilfK of the ilni lrliic'ii »r Chrlxl, U<1 UN prem on to perfection."

(C'omludcd.) 8. These sacred Bcriptures set bofuro us an ideal

world. I t Is neither the world of the past nor the present, but of the future. The inspired prophets foresaw It and outlined It. In that world, there shall be uo m o n war. The Hon and the lamb shall He down together, the golden chain of love shall bind man to man, tribe to tribo and nation to nation throughout the whole earth. In that world no ono will say to another:/'Kuowest thou the Lord?" but all ahall know him, from the least to the greatest. Tiiat perfect world will be an extension of heaven. John, who saw U lu a holy vision, says: "I saw a new heaven aud « new Mrtb: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away." Iti that perfect world there shall be uo more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor pain. There shall be no night tliera. In It men Hhall need neither candle, nor the light of the sun, for Ood shall be their everlasting light.

You nasd not to be told how little the present world la like that perfKt world of the future. To-day we a n In Uie midst of wan aud rumom of war; nation Is rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom. Everywhere we hear the cry of the sIcJi and sufl^rlng. Everywhere the air vlbratea with the lamentations of

tlie beruaved and sorrowfhi. i^verywhere we see the emblems of death. Everywhere we see men In rebel-lion agalust God, and sinking deeper and deeper Into moral degradation aud wretchednoas. Alas, alasl for us If we shall never see a better world thun this.

4. Brethren, In view of all these fkcta, what shall we do? If there Is this great distance between the best churches of our time and the perfect churoh of tlio Bible; If the i>onduct of the foremost Christian in tlio world IH but a little belter than a trftvesty upon tho iierfect Christian life set before us in the Word of G(MI: and if the world of to-day is immeasurably dis-tant from the world of holy prophecy, wluit does It iwluMive UH to du? Hhall we repudiate the divine idcuiN UH tiK> lufty and ethereal to be reallxed? No. Let UH liuld on to tliem. Let us pursue them with ever incrcaxliig energy and zeal. If we surrender tlicm wot>hull l-jse all tiiat we have gained, and de-gciicratv into a state In contparlwni with which our present condlll«»n is sui»ernal purity, goodness and liupplncHH.

LcHt you h<>uId be dlk-ouraged by what I luive HMid i><incernlng past and present Imperfection, I wish you to consider some things from which you may de-rive niucli com fort ,'lio|)e and strength.

1. Though ('hristianlty has been so Imperfectly illuHtrated by its friends, it Is not a failure. Its imwer IH great and Its achievements are glorious. It has l>eon tho teacher of the Ignorant, the protector of tho (ipprcMoetl, and the deliverer of nations.

Before the advent of Messiah, knowledge was the |)ru|H!rty only of the favored few. Christianity has throu-n opc-n the temple of learning to all the world. There IH no Christian country which has not made Houie provision for the lntellei*tual training of every clasH of her {leople. Voltaire said: "We have never cared to enlighten cobblers and maid-servants; that is the work of the prfachers." In these satlrliral w-ords, he unwittingly uttered a truth which fills every true. Christian heart with joy. To enlighten cobblers and maid-servants, and all the poor, obscure and desplseil tif this world IM the work of preachers, liccause it Is the work of their God and His Chrbt.

The churches of the I^ord Jesus have fallen far short of what they might have been aud ought to have l>cen; but with alt their serious imperfections and siiort comings, they ha%'e contributed to the world's cIviliKatiun about all that Is worth preserving. Chris-tianity, as represented by these churches, has been freedom's truest and strongest friend. It has been tlic great denio<'ratl/.er. It has iilierallxed every ex-iMting political government. It Isdestlned to demolish every throne, and erect upon its ruins "a government of the i>eople, by the iieople and for the ]>eople."

What would this country be with Us seventy mil-lions of mixed population, representing every nation-allly and race of earth, without the regenerating, con-serving and uplifting infiuenccs of Christian princi-ples and Christian institutions? Close up the Chris-tian sanctuaries, silence the voice of the living minis-try, and rammit every copy of the Bible to the flames, and wo would he a nation of barbarians.

2. Another encoiirageng consideration is that our |HH*Hil)lllliesare numerous and great. We can grow and grow rapidly into an Incomparably better state.

There Is no fate or arbitrary iwwer which compels y«»u to lie the |K»or, Joundlced, cadaverous aud misera-ble spiritual weaklings that you are. I t Is your di-vine birthright to have blood In your veins, flesh on your iM)nes, muscle on your limbs and fire In your eyes.

The w»)cs of Calvary purchased for you the privilege to grow in grace and the knowledge aud likeness of God. You need not crawl In the dust. You can stand erect If you will. There Is no power on the earth or elsewhere which compels you to be a spirit-ual pigmy. You can be God's Hercules If you will.

There Is no foreordlnatlon which dooms you to feed with tlie swine. You can banquet with princes If you

You are not predestinated to live with the owls and iiats. You can cleave the upper air and fly Into the very fountain of light If you will.

"Now are we the sons of God." The children of Heaven's King were not bom to be paupen «nd beg-gars. Men and women who claim to be heirs of Ood and joint heirs with Jesus Christ are not so poor that they need to drink the cup of devils and court the favor of the sou* of Bsllal.

I t Is our prerogative to grow into something better, nobler and grander than we are. By the use of means which a gracious God has committed to tur hands, we may build ourselves, the churehwi to which we belong, aud the great world lu which we live, Into something Incomparably better.

Hhall we do this? Shall we make o u m l v n men In Jesus Christ, or shall we remald lu m state of aplritual babyhoodT Hhall we build our ohurabas Into magtilfl-cent proportions, and make them "fkir aa the moon, clearasthesun,and terrible as an army wlthbannem,"^

l l A F T I j S I ^ A K D R f i l F L B O T O B , B f i O . 1 8 » 8 . r shall weletthemuoutlnueto be weak, imperfect aud

(wmpantlvely unattractlveand Inefficient Institutions which they have been and are to-day? Shall we let this old worid remain In bondage to Satan and the prey of moral vultures, or shall we emancipate It from Sa-tanic domlnton, free it from the curse of ignorance, unbelief, aensuallty and crime, and make It as pure and beautiful again as It was when Ood looked out from the heavens and pronounced it good?

8. The final and most comforting consideration is, that if we are Christians indeed, death will soon bring us to the fwrfection for which we sigh and hope. "When that which is perfect Is come then that which Is in part shall be done away. When I was a child I spake as a child, t understood as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things." And the apostle Is here speaking of knowl-edge, but his words are Just as applicable to every other element of IJbrlsilan character.

This world is the Christian's training school. In resfiect to knowledge, goodness, UKfulness, happiness and likeness to God, this life Is the childhood period. Our thoughts and words and ways aud pleasures are chlldlth. In comparison with what they shall be when that which hi perfect Is come. When we see face to face and know even as we are known, we shall put away all chlldbh things and rise Into the dignity, majesty and glory of perfect manhood.

T h b blessed transition Is one of the absolute cer-tainties of the future. I t Is beyond all peradveuture. I t is fixed by the flat of the Almighty.

Christ has gone to prepare a perfect place for his people, aud we have his immutable promise that he will come again and receive us unto himself, that where he Is we shall be also. The fulfillment of that promise will be the realization of the Ideals set before us in the sacred Scriptures. Then our long cherished dreams of purity, wisdom, uobUlty aud bliss will come to pass. When we are with Chrhtt and see Christ and are like Christ, we shall be satisfied. Then we shall for the first time see the church of the living God in a stateof sinless perfection. Thechurch without apot or wrinkle b not on thb sublunary sphere, but up yonder in that nightless, sinless, sor-rowless realm—the home of the angels aud the dwell-ing place of Just men made perfect.

When Chrbt comes back to earth he will bring with him that glorified company. The day approaches when the church above shall descend to Join the church below. That radiant throng will "comedown from God out of heaven as a bride adorued for her husiwud." Then we slull see for the firat time per-fection—sinlem men, a sinless church and a sinless worid. Then every nationality of earth will be a kingdom of God. Then every human law will be a law of God. Then every human occupation will be a service of God. Then every human tongue will be a voice of God, aud every human thought a thought of Cfod. O Time, roll on thy chariot wheels and bring round tho day which shall witness this glorious con-summation.

F A R E W E L L . CIX)8IKU BRItMON OK RKV. A. U. HOUNK A8 KASTOIt OK

TIIK BAITIBT CllfHCII AT t'l.ARKSVIM.H, TKNN., IMiRACIIKD ON DBCRUHKR 4,. 1808.

My text Is In 2 Cor. xili. 14; and when I read thb text some of you may naturally Iw inclined to leave the house. This language Is seldom used except at the close of a service; and then It Is associated with a reaching out for hats and overcoats aud overshoes, etc. "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with you all. Amen."

This form of language, In theological parlance. Is knowu as "the apostolic benediction." It was used In apostolic times, and It has beeu banded down through the ages. I t comes at the close of epbtle and of service; and It b an expression of the best wish, the brightest hope and the most earnest prayer for the people.

I come to-day to conclude seven yean of delightful association. I have looked my Bible through; I have ransacked the Ibt of subjects; I have Uken a bird's-eye view of tho whole realm of theological thought; And I can And no more appropriate expres-sion thau this with which to close t h b work.

I t , touches upon ono of the great fundamental and distinctive doctriuea of Christianity, the doctrine of tho Trinity. And while t h b b not a Bibb word, and while uo ono can explain bow It b that Ood can be ono In tbice, and tbreo In one, at the same time, t h b doctrine, by whatsoever name wo call It, b absolutely necessary to tho power aud perpetuity of our flillh. I t b a fundamental dooUlue of Christianity. Some peo-ple luvo boon grmtiy troublod and perplexed oonoom-iag tills dootrino; and truly It b ono of the great mys-teries of lovolatlon. ; !,

I t la not my purpose or privllego, to-day, to unravel

that mystery. I am iterfectly satblled that If God had Intended that we should thoroughly understand everything In connection with t h b doctrine, he would have BO revealed. But we muat remember that this Is not the only mystery. There Is a mysteiy lu the eephyr that fans our brows: "We hear the sound thereof; but we cannot tell whence it cometh; nor whence it goeth," There is a mystery In the snow-flakes; there is a mystery In the dew-drop; there b a mystery In the cloud. There b a mystery in the flower of tho garden,Mn the tree of tho forest, In the beast of the fleld. In the fish of the rea. These things live and move, and have their being. They grow; but how, b the mystery. There Is a mystery In the mountain, in the earthquake, in the rippling brook. In the great river. In the moaning sea. There b a mys-tery In the stars. In the rolling suns, in everything; and when we come to t hb life of ours, your life and mine, we have the mystery of mysteries. And yet, we know tiiat it would be the wildest absurdity to say that life Is a fable and existence a myth, because we cannot understand everything In connection with these things.

And so, while the doctrine of the Trinity is a mys-tery, It Is a truth; It is a fact; It Is revealed. My text declares It true. It speaks of the grace of Jesus, the love of the Father and the communion of the Holy Hpirit.

A little latter, near the close of our Savior's life, ho said: " I will pray the Father, aud he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for-ever; even tlie Spirit of Truth."

In the baptismal formula which we use we are com-manded to baptize bellevera "In the name of the Father, aud of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." The three persons of the Trinity were all present at the baptbm of Jesus: The Savior was baptized: the Spirit appeared In the form of a dove, and the Father spake from tho battlements of heaven, and said: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

There are other Scriptural evidences of the fact and truth that God b ono and God b three. We also have the statements, from relbble sources, that t h b has been the belief of the chureh In all ages. The Apostles' Creed, one of the oldest documents in existence, de-clares a belief in tho Father, in bis Son, Jesus Chrbt, and In the Holy Spirit. Twice every Sunday, we sing:

••I'rslae (io<l, from whom nil blenliiKH flow. I'nilKe lllin, nil crenturm here below. I'rnlio lllni nliove, ye henvenly liodt; I'rnluc Father, Hon aiid Holy «ho<it. And as a companion for that we sing also the

"Gloria In Excelsb:" wjlory lie to the Knther And to the Hon, And to the Holy Olioal, A* 11 WUH In the beKlnnliitc, IH now, and ever Himll IK-, World without end. Ami-n."

I have said that this Is a mystery, and It Is; but I have found one or two Illustrations which, I think, will throw some Ught upon the subject and help us to understand it. For Instance, we will take man. A man Is one being, and yet he Is a trinity. He has a physical, an Intellectual, and a spiritual nature. I am one, aud yet I am three.. This docs not satisfy us. Thb does not clear away all the smoke and mist and confusion, but helps us.

Another Illustration, found by some oiie, Is lu the triangle. T h b Is one geometrical figure. I t Is not a rectangle; It is not a circle; it Is not a hexagon; His Just one thing, but has three sides; and from these three lines some one has found this lesson. The downward lino represents the love of God in bis con-descending greatness and goodness, reaching down from heaven to earth to bless and lift up man. Tho base of the triangle represents tho work of the Lord Jesus Cbrist as he walked and talked and mhigled wUh men. The upward line of the triangle represents the Holy Spirit as he draws men toward heaven, toward eternal life imd glory.

I do not say that thb b at all satisfactory, yet that illustntlon has been helpful to me, and I believe It will be helpful to you In the study of t hb very dlfll-cult subject.

Now the value of the doctrine of the trinity, that there b one God mealed to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Do you realise that thb Is one of I he most Important and vital doctrines of Chrtstbulty? That It b pcculbr to Christbnlty and fraught with the greatest comfort and hope to Christian people? lifject the doctrine of the Trinity, and wo have Uo lufklllblo Bible. We are taught that tho Holy Hpirit moved upon tho minds of holy men, .tud they wrote God*s will; but without the doctriuo of tho Triully we would not have any Holy Spirit.

Itijsct the doctrine of tho Trinity aud we havo uo knowledge of God at all. John says: "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Bon, which b In the bonm of the Father, he bath declared him."

He tells us who aud wliut God b . He reveals to us tho love and merey and grace and the glory of God.

Ilrject the doctrine of the Trinity aud we have no hope. How could we live without our Prophet to teach us the wsy of righteousness? How could we hope without our High Priest to oflbr himself for tho. sins of men in h b death, and to make continual ln> terceesiou for the saints In hb risen life? How could we trust him unless we believed him to bo the King? Now these are tho ofllceH of Chrbt; and yet these truths depend upon the doctrine of the Trinity for their power and eflVsctiveness.

How could we pray without the Holy Spirit to help us? How could we get through thb worid wUhout the Holy Spirit to guide uk? How could we know anything about God wlthcut Jesus Christ to tell us?

While the doctrine of tho Trinity b one of the mys-teries of revelation, It b one of the most Important things that we can and do belbvo.

Just as we cUng to t h b strange life of oun, which I do not uiidentand and cannot comprehend; Just as we hold fondly to t hb existence, which seems to us, sometimes, liut a great dream, so let us cling to this tmth, that God b one, and yet God Is revealed to us as three-the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Well, now suppose we take ahother view of the sub-ject, leaviUig this more profound position. The text means thb: I t is the hope, tho wish, the heart's do-sire and the prayer of the apostle that these people may receive ail that there Is in God-all of h b fUllness aud immensity and power. Suppose for a moment that you forget these difficult questions; and know tiiat the prayer b simply thb, that all of the blessings of heaven may be showered richly upon you. That Is the prayer the apostle makes. I t b h b heart's desire. I t b h b prayer to God, that "Tlie grace of tho Lord Jesus Chrbt, and the love of God, and the conamunion of the Holy Spirit be with you all, Amen"- tha t it may abide with you forever.

Ob, the grace of the Ixird Jesus Chrbt! I was thinking some time ago about this matter of sal vatloh by grace and salvation by works; and I thought that we might grant that, even if salvation were by works. It would be a very poor kind of salvation. The kind that I would merit, the kind that I could deserve by my works, I thought that would be a very poor, mis-erable sort of salvation at best; but the grace of tho Lord Jesus Chrbt comes to me without works, It reaches me without auy of my own merits; It brings tomefUU and free salvation, exactly what I need, exactly what I want, the religion of grace.

"The love of God!" This is something so great that we cannot grasp it. There is something ethereal about the love of God; and yet It expresses to us the Idea of aflectlon;the Idea that God loves me, that God loves you; not only that I am legally saved, but that I am also adopted Into his family. "Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God." And that t h b love may abide, and that t hb love may he Immutable, and that t hb love may have Us power over your lives, was the prayer of the apostle and Is the benediction of the pastor.

"The communion of tho Holy Spirit!" That ex-presses God on the giviug hand, coinmuulcallng to us t h b grace, t h b love, makhig us partaken of hb di-vine nature. By him, and through him, wo are ena-bled to take hold of the promises of God, and to en-Joy h b blessings for time and eternity. Oh, the sweet-ness of t h b commuulon, th is fellowship with God! It was tho prayer of tho apostle that all the people might enjoy i t I t Is tho prayer of the pastor that all tho people may enjoy It.

I look Into your faces, brethren, possibly for tho last time. What shall I wish for you? What Is the best thing? What b tho supreme gift? I might wbh you long life; but some things iu life are woiso than death. I might wbh you riches; but some things are worse than poverty. I might wbh you honor and fkme; but some things are worse than obscurity. I deslifo not iu t hb solemn and sacred hour to pionounoe a beuedlctlou that would call for these things. The best thing that I can Miy to-day Is expressed In the language of my text. No matter what comes, no matter where you may be, no matter what your trial or trouble, no matter what your success or fhllure, the very best wish of my heart to-day, the very best prayer 1 can ofl^r (br you Is thb:

"Tho grace of our Lord Jesus Chrbt, and the love of God, and the communlou of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen."

I know there are good things In life.'- I l iuow there are pleasures iu long life, pleasures In living comfort-ably, pleasured In frioudshlps, pleasures In tho honora you may enjoy; but let mo toll you, these things do not constitute the chief blessings.

I love my little children. I love them better than Ilfit Itself. I would do anything In the world to make them happy or to make them good. I expect gntat thlngsof them. I expect to nee them useful. l ex -

B A P T I S T A N D B B F L B C T O B , ' D B O . 1 5 , 1 8 t f 8 .

peot to Me tbem proflperoui. But I would rather Uk« tbem to-day and lay them away iu our own beautiful Greenwood, under the snow, and let tbem sleep untn the reciunrectiou morning, than to see tbem go through life reaping all the pleaaurea, all the hon-ora, and at last go down to the grave without God and without hope la the world.

I tell you, religion, religion Is the chief ooncorn ot mortaU here below. Karnently, humbly, prayerfully, I Bay, oni-e more: "The grace of our Ijord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy (jhost, be with you all. Amen I"

Arkansas Letter—The Recent Convention. I owe you and my muny friends In Tennessee an

apology for my tardiness iu reporting one of the moHt interesting Convcntiouii iu the hbtory of the Blatv. 11 was our "Jubilee" meeting. Aud all things were combined to make it a great Convention. We met at Little Uoek, the ciipital of the Htate, and were enter-tained by. the noble Hecond Church aud her sister cburchcs, toother with the frieudsof thecity. When you are told that Dr. J. S. Kiriley and Ben Cox were the two most prominent pastors aud that J. J. Taylor, Gov. J. P. Eagle and all their associates were In charge, you do not need to be told that things went Just right. To be well entertained contributes largely to the success of any public meeting.

The key note of the Conveutiou was Htruvk iu the very spiritual aud delightfully fraternal devotional exercises, led by Dr. A. 0 . McManaway, while the committee on enrollment were making up their re-port It was a spiritual feast that refreshed and uu-dergirded us for the whole meeting. Aud from that time to the final tieuedictiou, the meeting was one of floe spirit and enlarged activity. Arkansas is not as well developed as some of the older States, but we do not shun comparison. We were about three himdred and fifty strong, and I have rarely seen a fluer body of men, whether reckoned by their ability, or devo-tion, or whole-souled consecration. And we are united. Aud in that lies a prophecy aud promise of glorious results.

Of course we re-elected J. P. lilagle our President, and he manages the Convention with such a gentle hand that he makes us feel that we must have him there to see that we do everything right. Hon. W. Theo. Smith was elected Hecrelary, J. B. Wood aud

W. Conger, Vice-Presidents, and Dr. Kitchens, surer. This was all done in the most agreeable

iner. Then we were on the way. Our reports were encouraging, no debts on our boards and splen-did showing for the money expended. We had one Bute evangelist, Itev. C. F. J. Tate, who had been sent to the weak and destitute places in the Bute. And bis work was encouraging in the highest degree. Our Sunday-school and Colportage Board, located at Fort Smith, with Rev. J. G. Doyle as Corresponding BecreUry, brought in a flue report. More than a hun-dred new schoohi organiawd and ruuning, seveu asso-cUtloual colporters assisted, six new churches couhtl-tuted, a number of institutes organUed, aud large quantltiea of Bibles, TesUmeuts, aud good books aud literature distributed, and a nice balance in the treas-ury to iMgIn the next year on. The Slate Mission Board had a similar excellent report and a clean field for the coming year, and much successful work doue. Our oollegM were away ahead of previous years, aud enlargement Is necessary. The Convention helped every worthy thing thit was presented, If we exitept the Theological Bemluar>'. All told the ofFerlngs amounted to some 112,000.

As to the Seminary we heard Dr. Kerfoot In a very fine address on the fundamenUl principles of IU founding, and then preferred to wait some develop-menU before we assist any further in Its work. We were not captious In our oblectlons to the thing done at the Seminary. We have always luteuded to be clear and positive and conscieutlous In our position. And when we said that we would not give any more suppbrt to It until the erron were corrected we meant it—meant It like brethren, and we still mean it so. But we aald by former resolution and unanimous vote that a« soon as the way Is open, we will return to our ftllegUnce aud support. And we long for the day to oome, for this thing was not of our seeking nor to our liking.

We had • number of visitors who delighted us. Dr. Seymour of Philadelphia was there and addressed the body. Bowaa Dr. Frost. AudsowaaBro.A. J. Barton of Binhmond, but we hardly knew whether he was a visitor or homa-itolks. When the npeaklng was to ' ba doue ba did his part admirably, and when the giv-ing waa going ou J ^ t o n waa alwaya In the midst of tlui blggeat crowd. We Ilka Barton over In Arkansas. Bev. B. L. MoUay waa there in tha intereat of Home Mlaalona. And w« did -001 know be was ao good a •pMkar till W0 got hhn fired up before tha natlvaa o m at Littla Bock. If his church could have heard

him, I think thev would be lucllued to lucrease his salary, arid hold him for years to come. Dr. Kerfoot, who Is a master of the platform, waa at high water mark. Uls addrew on the Seminary was strong, fUll aud kind; and, although we could not ofTer hhu auy money at that lime, he may feel assured that we were delighted with him, and shall hope to have hini come again.

Hut w)mt I shall say of W. D. Powell I icarcely know. To repeat what was so . often said while he caught that Convention In hia arms and hugged It into ciieerful submission, aud ran away with It, "He Is a live wire, with overhead connection." But Ar-kansas will wuit till Tennessee does more than she has before she undertakes to place auy man In the Southwestern Haptist University.

We have soiue liome talent that can make BI)eeches on occasions, tou. liut to enter upon that Ibit were to dlscrlmliiute where so many deserve pratoe. But every man will approve it wiien I tell the readers In Tennessee (Iwt J. W. Conger has won a place In the hearts uf tbln |MH)ple which no other man holds. His work at Ouachita College Is a marvel of indomitable will, wiM) aud ta<;trul achievement and patient and persistent work, i'leuse everybody leave hhu alone, where he Is making history to the glory of God and the upbuilding of this great State.

Perhaps 1 liud tietter not continue this letter be-yond this point. Greet all my friends from Bristol to Memplils, aud wish them a happy Christnuu, and above all a gotnl conscience before the Lord.

O. L . HAII.KV. Fori Bmith, Ark.

The South Carolina Convention. Our State Couvention, which has just closed IU ses-

sions at Darlington, was an epoch-making assembly. Sounds of many changes were in the air aa the hoeU began to gather, and some changes were made in the wake-up of Boords aud the like. But upon the whole It was a brotherly meeting, marked by pronounced courtesy aud conslderateness of each for the other's feelings. It was characterized by peace and prayer.

The Convention organized by electing the venera-ble Dr. W. D. Hlce as President. It was a fitting honor conferred on this faithful country preacher. All the ofHcers of last year were re-elected. The Con-vention sermon was preached by Rev. E. E. Bo-mar, D.D., of Aiken, from 2 Peter I. 2-6, on the sub-ject: "God's grant and Its realkation." It was sim-ple, inspiring, sph-itual, appropriate, and excited most favorable encomiums of approbation.

Among the visitors were Drs. Dickinson and Pitt of the Retigiou* Herald, Dr. Bell of the Chrittlan Index, who also represented the Home Board, Dr. Willing-ham, Rufus W. Weaver of Louhrvllle, representing the Baptiit Argm and Seminary Magazine', and Dr. E. C. Dargan of the Seminary, who aslced for (800 for the studenU' fund and received more than $900, a good deal of it in cash.

The Bute Mission report was full of encouragement. Eighty mlssionatles have latiored In twenty-nine As-sociations, aud 1,200 have been l>aptlzed by them. Dr. T. M. Bailey, our judicous and princely Correa-pondlng BecreUry, has done nobly, aud never waa he more loVed than now. ' He Is wise and great In plan and execution.

Furmau University received a large degree of atten-tion. After a presenUtlon of IU needs by President Montague, in a speech marked by genuine eloquence, some f4,000 were secured in pledges towards building Alumni Hall. This amount guarantees the proposed building and work will be begun before the opening of Spring. Furman raporU an Increase of studenU, and from every quarter there are signs of aggtemive movement towards a larger future.

The all-absorbing topic among the brethren, both previous to and during the Convention, was that of the Orphanage management. AfUr prolonged dis-cussion, which waf surprisingly temperate and dis-passionate In tone—due very largely to the good aeuse and calm spirit of Drs. C. S. Gardner, D. M. lUmsey and others who pitehed the key—it was voted that the election of a Superintendent be Uken from the Board of Trustees and be held by ballot on the floor of the Convention. Rev. J. L. Vasswas then nomi-nated for re-eleotlon to the olTlce of Superintendent. 180 votes were cast, 80 for Bro. Vass and 47 against him. It Is evident that the minority has been greatly growing, and that It hi of such a character aa cannot be well Ignored. It Is generally understood that Bro. Vass' frienda are advising him to resign, now that the Convention has for the third time atood by him. I have not heard that Bro. Vass baa indicated whether he will or will not resign.

The Woman's Booletlaa were well rapteaanted at their meeting, aud It hi aald that all their aeaahms were of • moat lutereatlug oharuter. Tha Woman's Mhadonary Union la now ona of tha tegular Boaids of thb OoDventkm and aubmlU an annual report.

The Mluistani' Coufereuee mM one day before the Convention. The discuaatona were remarkably well conducted. One paper waa eztraordluary, and far above the usual In ability and lo Ita practlclal bearing on a burning auhiect* It was that upbu Mormouhuii, prepared and read by Itev. A. C. Osborn, D.O., Pres-ident of Benedict College (colored) of Columbbi. By specUl resolution of the conference, and afterwards of the BUto Convention, the Suuday-achool Board at Nashville will be requested to publish It aa • tract for general use within the bounds of the Southern Bai>-thit Convention.

The Board of Trustees of Furmau University^ meet-ing during the sessions of this Conveutiou, conferred uiM>u Wm. T. Derleux, for fourteen yean pastor of the First Church at SparUnburg, the degree of Doctor of Divinity. A. T. J.

Mlllington Notea. Closing a pastorate of nine years I preached my last

sermon here yesterday, aud at night Rev. J. L. Bproles preached his first sermon as my successor. During this time I have had the most faithful, ear-nest and united support and co-operation of one of the best churches any man ever served. They were kind enough to want me to continue, but having moved into another Bute and having prepared so well for locating a pastor, I could not consent to do so. The work ban been small, and yet It will stand as a monument of God's goodness and the liberality of his people. I found the church with a small membership worship-ping In a school-house. I leave them In a commodi-ous church edifice worth 11,600, and a pastorium of modern style valued at ( l , ' ^ They have during the time given about 91,000 to mlsssons, MlnlsterUI Edu-catton and the Orphanage, which puU them perhaix* as giving more per capita than any other church In the Memphis AssocUtlon. I have Iwptized about fifty Into the church and received alwut twenty by letter, but after losses by death, letter and exclusion, the meml>ershlp hi only seventy-five. A good Sun-day-school and Ladica' Aid aud Mission Society have t)een mainUined and accomplUhed great good. Some of the most choice characters, as CbristUns, I have ever known are members of thfai church—a few have gone to their heavenly reward. I have given only oue-fourth of my time to this work, now the advaucc Is made to one-half time, and the pastor located in the town.

Bro. Bproles sen'ed the church one year while In school at Jackson, and has held several revival meet-ings there since. He Is deservedly popular and with this wide-awake church co-operating with him, he will do a fine work at this point aud surroundiuK churches. I rti|oice with the churchea and congratu-late them In securing his services. He Is a young man of Intelligence and deep piety, and consecrated to the Lord's work. May he and his work be greatly prospered. J. D. ANORIWON.

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Seminary Notca. Thursday was mhwlonary day again. Much Inter-

est was taken by the studenU aa waa shown by their general attendance. About eleven or twelve hundred StudenU were enrolled In the mlsalona during Novem-ber, counting the prison. Some sixty dollars were Uken as collection In them.

After the general business of the meeting. Dr. G. W. Green of South China gav« a "common sense" address on the missionary work In that aectlon. First and foremost of all, our work la the preaching of the gospel, yet he in strongly In favor of native preachern aud mental enlightenment. Hla Ulk will cerUlnly do much good.

Bro. A. J . Barton, "the mlaalonary orator," made a most earnest and eflbotlve addreaaon misalona-State, Home and Foreign. Hla subject was, "A Church aud Misalons." Among other good tblnga hesaid: "Each Individual church must reoognlce the oneness of mlMBiou work-one Christ, one worid, one mission for the world. Don't be a mlaalonary kt one point and not at another. Unless a church Ui mUilonary It had better dbiband. The work of giving the ^ p e l to the world is the one primary ftinotion and greatest work of the ohuroh. The first principle of life resides In activity-giving out."

A great number of the studenU attended Dr. Haw-thorne's lecture at Broadway Baptlat Oburch Friday evening. Hla aulijeot, "The Worid'a Giwt Orators," waa ao well handled aa to create an oratorical aspira-tion in many of Ua audience.

Bro. McCarter haa accepted a call to an Indiana church. "January la the month of flsaatlug—flxaml• natlolM."-.Bampey. J . n . JoltKSON.

—Last Baturday waa a good day at Bldad Church. Ona addiUoD. Tha church agreed to alaot aome addi-tional deacons at her hast meaUlig. E v e r y meeting •howa fhilt of our lummar mlva l . We were (inowed under on Bundajr. j . w^ MotrKT.

! NEWS NOTES. m g H t f T T T ^ ^ T M ^ T T f T T t t t i m H H H

PASTORS' CONI^ReNCB. N A S H V I U I . K .

Central Churcb-Paator Lofton preached to two KCKMI congregatlona. Flue aervioee.

^>lgefiMd—Paator Bust preached to two good audi-ences.

North Fklgefield—Pastor Sherman preached. Good iiiidlences. Two received by letter and two by expe-rience. Good 8. S. 68 at Barton Mission.

Third-Paator Golden preached to two good audi-ences. One reatored. 180 In B. B. Good young peo-ple's meeting.

OnteunUl—Paator Stewart preached to very good .••.ngregatlons. 91 In 8. 8,

Immanuel—Paator itay preached to good congrega-iiutis. Received one by letter. 108 In B. B. Paator addressed the young ladles of Ward'a Seminary In the nfleruoon.

Heventh—Pastor Bums preached. Two good ser-vices. Good 8. 8.

Howell Memorial—Paator Howse preached to good congregations. One received by letter. Good B. S.

Sadlersville—Paator Cleveland preached to a good i-ongregatlon In the morning.' Iteceived one by letter und one by experience. Good S. B.

Hprlugfield—Paator Brengle preached In the morn-ing to a fine congregation. Iteoelved three members. Hm. W. F. Shannon preached at night. »4 hi S. B. Chuich called Bro. R. Brett.

First (col.)—Paator Ito« preached. Two membere received. Will worship in the new auditorium next .Sunday.

Mt. ZIon (col.)—Pastor Mason preached to large au-diences. One addition. 104 In B. B. Good young |)eople's meeting.

Dr. Holt was preaent and made some encouraging Htatements In regard to bis work.

Dr. Folk preached for Pastor Baldy at itowllng (trecn, Ky. C t-l ATTAIM O O O A .

Bt. Elmo Church—Pastor Mofiltt preached at both houra. ('ongregations good. Morning subject," Mis-Hions." Good impression. Meeting closed. The bad weather interfered. Bro. Fristoe preached excellent wrmons. Three additions, two by baptism and one tiy letter.

Hecond—Pastor Gable preached at both hours. Two additions. Good interest in the mh«ion at Rossvilie.

Beech-street—Paator Maitin is much encouraged over his work. Good congregations and good Bun-day-school.

Fitst—Pastor Garrett preached at both hours. One hundred new achoUrs in Sunday-school. Best con-gregation in a year. One baptised.

Central- Paator Fristoe preached. Four additions, titree by letter and one by bapttom. One profession.

- M r . E. G. Elliott, deacon in the Bapttot Churoh aud a man very prominent in the aflklts of bis county and BUte, died of catarrhal congestion at hhi home in Wlncbeater, Tenn., December 4th, aged forty years. Funeral servloea by RdV. J. W. Terrlll, assisted by Dr. Z. C, Gravea. ^ G . BLAUOHTKB.

—On the evening of December let we had a Very pleasant aurprUe. The door bell rang about 8 o'clock and when my wife opened the dooi she found quite a number of our members with their arms full of good things for their pastor. We scarcely knew what to do, there were ao many people and ao many bundles. HuchexpresolotttofappreoUtlou flrom his people are very encouraging to a paator. H. F . BI/IINB.

Nashville, Tenn.

—Notwltbatanding the anow, wind, rain and cold, I filled my appointment at OhrlsUana yesterday. Nine in the aervice Sunday and seven Sunday night. A bad beginning fbr B A F T I R AND RsFLBcrroB work. Huttheendhig ahailbegood. I preached Baturday night at Bearfield, Bro. I. A. Halley'a evening charge, » new chunh five milea south of Murflreesboro. Bro. Hailey ia doing a good work ail around. Indeed, he is an all-round man. Cl« A . OOL&

- T h e work at Lenoir City ia moving on grandly. We aent on Thanksgiving day a bo* valued at |82 to Rev. T. H. Feagln, our home mlaalonary at Liberty, Texas. Theladlea were very much enthuaed In the enterpriae. We have purchaaed a 460 pound steel al-loy bell, which tang out iU flnt inviUtlon on fast Sunday. We have a large Bunday-^jhool and au ac-tive ohutch. Our Sunday-achool givea the oollecUou of tha flrat Sunday in each month to mlsslona.

J. A. BowmaoBt, Mi«donary. Lenoir City, I t a o .

—Dear Bro. Folk. —l read with luterest your notice ol our Florida Convention recently, and thank you for it and for vhdtlug us. We are always glad to aee you at our Convention personally or as editor or Sunday-•ohool Board man. Your figures were Off slightly, giving us 18,000 collected when it waa (6,600, audit waa not the Convention that was organlted eighteen yearn ago, but the Mission Boaid. The Convention met hi iU 44lh seauion at Madhwn. Try to be with us next year in Deliand and see wiut we have there In our Stetson Univenity.

W. N. CitAunoiN, Cor. Sec.

—Our churoh Is getting along about as usual. Oue addition by baptism on Sunday night last. We elected Bro. Davis to servo us as pastor the first of last month. He will preach for us the second aud fourth Sundays and every Sunday night. He is also preactiing one Sunday at Riceville as a supply for Dr. Goforth, who ia seriously sick, and it is not thought he will recover. Tiiat would leave ouly two of the old ministenof the EasUnallee Assooiatlou, Brethren Hoyt and HIgdon. Bro. Davis has just come out of a good meeting at Nice school-house Iu which there were about tea conversions. This Is a mission station of our ohuroh. We will receive some additions from thhi meeting. Hope the editor may live long and continue to give us a good paper. W. C. DOUSON.

Athens, Tenn.

—The Humboldt Bapthit Churoh U no longer with-out a paator. By inviutlon, Itev. .L T. Wilson of Paducab, Ky., preached two sermons last Sunday, and the congregation was so well pleased with the services that they, at the close of the last sermon, ex-tended Bro. Wilson a unanimous call to fill the pulpit made vacant on account of the resignation of beloved Bro. Mahon. Bro. Wilson remained over aud preached Wednesday n|ght, when he accepted the call. Our new pastor U an eloquent and earnest preacher, and possesseaall the other necessary qualities to make a succeesfUi paator. The churoh sought the man and not the man the churoh, as is so often the case. We have reason to believe that the Holy Spirit has guided us in calling thia brother to be our shepherd.

JoitN T. CRBWB. Humboldt, Tenn.

—Exchanged yesterday with Bro. Baker and waa at Fairfield at 11 a. m. with the mercury quite low, and with a small congregation. But I received some help for our ohuroh. ,Was at Bell Buckle at 0:80 p. m. wherathe mercury waa atlll in a dying condition. But I received more help. I am under speoUl obll-gatlona to Bro. Bvana, who put himself to much in-convenience to get me out to Flalrfield and back to Bell Buckle. Bister Electra Lee made tbe torgest caah contribution ot the day. Thank the Lord for the women. Let the brethren and aisten makeup

their minds how much they are going to spend for Christmas aud then seud ua only liair of it and we will thank them moat heartily and God wUl bless them. Bro. Folk may get tired of my begging through the paper. If he doea, I am coming, bratiueo, any-how. ENOCH WINDKB.

—On the 12th of November I appealed to a few large manufactories that I buy of to help us on tbe "Powell Chapel." The following firms liave very kindly remitted: Christian Peper, St. Louis, Mo., $26; Swift & Co., Chicago, 111., |10; C. W. Goyer & Co., Memphis, Tenn., tlO; Wm. Fait & Co., Balti-more, Md., $5; J. C. Grant Chemical Co., Chicago, III., 16; George A. Clark & Brother, New York, 16. Their names have been enrolled by Prof. H. C. Jami-son as public benefactors of our chapel building.

J . C. EDBNTON. Jackson, Tenn.

—Owing to the fact tliat many studenU were kept away from their classea this fall term by the quaran-tine restricUona, classea beginning Latin, and Greek, aud Hebrew, and Algebra will be formed at the open-ing of the spring term, Jan. 10th. An extra amount of work will be done by these classes to enable them to enter the second year classes In these studies next Sep-tember. By entering promptly at the opening of tbe spring term, Jan. 10th, and by cloae application, a year may be saved in theaestudlea. ThUia a departure from eeUblished regulations, a conceoaion granted ouly on account of the anomalous conditions of September and October, aud must not be regarded aa a precedent for the future. Expenaea for spring term for board, heat, light, lodging and college feea need not exceed (06. G. M. SAVAQK.

—Pursuant to the action of Cumberland Associa-tion abolishing the regular fifth Sunday meetings and substituting therefor Workers' Conventions to be held at churches asking for such meetings, we there-fore, In behalf of the Executive Committee, ask that oue or more churches make known to oue of us a de-sire to have such meeting Ip January, IBM), so we can present the matter to the committee at IU meeting ou December 2Brd, or to tbe chairman of the same. We urge that tbe churches do not neglect this matter, as we consider it of great importance. J. J. Garrott, I. G. Murray, Hervey Whitfield, W. 1). Tuniley.

—I am the guest of Mr. Ira D. Saukey. I have ar-ranged with Dr. A. C. Dixon to be in Jackson next spring at our Ministers' Institute. I am sure that the brethren of Tennessee will hear him with greatest pleasure. I have secured among other things some new apparatus for the University. Our studenU de-serve the l>est. If any friends wish to accompany us to Mexico City, leaving Memphis ou the night of December aoth, they will please notify me at Jackson, Tenn. Tbe price, |40 for the round trip, is uunsually low. Any one wlstUng to go to any polut iu Texas can do so for one fare. The tickets will be good for twenty-oue days. W . D. POWELL.

—We are expecting Dr. J. J. Porter, pastor of tbe First Baptist Churoh of Jerseyville, 111., to aid ua in a meeting at Carthage lieglnning Jan. 8tb, and con-tinuing two weeks. Dr. Porter Is well-known all over Middle and West Tennessee, both as pastor and evangelist. He held one of tbe most remarlwble meetings in Carthage aome sixteen yean ago that our people ever witnessed. Many of our leading cltlxena were converted In ttuit meeting aud are looking with pleasure to bis coming again. It was my pleasure to assist Bro. G. W. Sherman in a meeting at the North Edgefield Chuch, Nashville, which reaulted in about thirty-seven conversions. Bro. Sherman ia do-ing a fine work for his church, and luu a most noble and self-sacrificing people. I don't know of a churoh in the State with greater posNlbiiitiee nor of a man in the State better calcuUted to develop and bring to pass those possibilities. God has wonderfully blessed tbeU: work as pastor and people, and atlll t h ^ con-tinue to grow. RUTIIEKFOBI) BHEIT.

Cartb^e, Tenn.

A Tribute to Dr. Hawthome'a Qreateat Lecture. Louisville haa recently had a rare treat in Uie priv-

ilege of hearing Dr. J. B. Hawthorne's lecture on "The Worid's Great Orators." This lecture U, in my judgment, the greatest thing that even Dr. Hawthorne has ever done in tbe way of oratory. From first to last he held hU audience with a master hand, except when he swept them ofl* their feet, and even tlien he held tbem. There were times when the tenshm of iistenbig was almost painful, it waa ao delightful. There were pwMMges in the lecture fUily aa good aa anything in the speeches of those of whom he spoke. This lecture alone U enough. If there were nothhig else, to put Dr. Hawthorne high up among '<The Worid'a Great Orators." I have long known that he was an orator. But I never heard him do it on thU wise before. He simply swept things before hUn. I would rather hear that lecture again than see NUgara.

F. H. KKBtrOOT. Louisville, Ky.

Notea on the Wing. I bad the pleasure of spending a Sunday recently

in Memphbi. Bishop Potts was anticipating a fine meeting, with

Dr. C. H. Jonea to do the preaching. Bro. Boone will find a royal welcome awaiting him

at the First Churoh. Bro. Moore feels encouraged at Johnson Avenue.

On my next vUlt I will be with the brethren at Cen-tral Avenue.

Last Sunday I preached for Dr. Hatcher in Grace Churoh, Richmond. Next Sunday they will enter the liasement of the new house. I aaw him rahw 98,000 oti the debt. I apoke to the Bunday-acbool of tbe Second Churoh. On Monday I spoke a word to theatudenU of Richmond College and dined with Prealdent Boatwright. t

Next Sunday I hope to be with Bro. Crutoher at Bhelbyville.

I leave Memphis on the night of Dec. 20th, over the Iron Mountain, with a party of frienda for Mexico City. Fare 940 for the round trip. ThU hi a tmirvel of cheapness. We stop at Monterey, SaltiUo, Toluca and Mexico City. Returning I wiU bring studenU to the Southwestern Baptist Univeraity.

We shall be glad to have any one Join ua. Any oue wishing to visit any point in Taxaa can go with ua that flir at one (kre plus $2 for the round trip, tiek-aU to be good for twenty-one days.

W. D. PoWMLIi. Jackaon, Tenn.'

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M I S S I O N O I R K C T o n V . TTATB ni8SI0NS.-llBV. A. J. UoLT, U.I)., lllMiOMry Stfcratary. All eoiniiittoloutlonii dMiffned Iter talm aliould be addreaaed to klin •I Maabvllie, TEUN. W. M. Woodcock TfMunicr, Nasbvine, Teno. PORBIUN MISSI0N5.-RBV. a J. W i l l i k o -RAM. D.I)., CorreiipondluK Hecrctnry, Rich-mond, ,Va. Kmv. J. U. Hnow, Kuoxvllle, Tenn., VIce-ITwIdenl of tlie Foreign Iloard for TenncMM, to wbora all lnii«lr>e> 'or In-formation may »>• addrewed. HOME rU8SI0NS.-RBV. I. T. Tichkhor, I). 1)., Corrwponding He<rreUry, Atlanta. U«. KKV. M. D. jRirruiBM, VIce-l'rcKltlcnt of the flora* Hoard for Tentieiwee, to whom all In-formatlon or Inqiilrleii aliout work Iti tlio HUte may be addreRsed. niNI5TERIAL EDUCATiON.-AII ftindii for young mlnlHtem to the H. W. It. Unlvemlty •hoiild be lent toU. M.Havaok, I.UU.. Jack-nan, Tenn. For young mlnlnlfre at C'arnon and Newman College, wud to J. T. Hkxdbr-SOK, Moavy Creek. Tenn. ORPHANS' HOME.-Hend all monle* to A. J. WUBKLBK, Treasurer, N'tuibvllle Teun. All •uppllea ehould be iient to C. T. Ciikbk, Naabvllle, Tenn. All Kuiiplle* ihoiilU be <wnt prepaid. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UMON—i'realdenf Mrs. A. C. H. Jaeknon, Xajahvllle, Tenn. Correaponding 8ecraUry—Mr«i W. C. llolden

7m Monroe Htreet. Naahvllle, Tenn. Reeording Secretary—Mlaa aertrude Hill,

Naabvllle. Tenn. Kdltor-MlaaH.E.8.!4baokland SB N. Vine

Street. Naahvll.e, Tenn.

U A I T I S T A N D B K F L B O T O n , D E O . 1 5 , 1 8 » 8 .

3 A IWayor s Act, AN EFFORT IN THE CAUSE OF SUFFERINB

HUMANITY. Th3 S u e o t t t f u l Mtthod of Mayor Woltntr In Aoeompl i th inc • Pra l io-

worthy Undi r tak ing—Miny Poopio will b e B inof l t id .

from the OpHe-yeut, HtlUvUU, Uo.

Orphans' Home Items.

The ThankpglvlDK offering »tni con-tiuues to come Id. We have beard of the bldwlDK that wait ko abundaut that it was pre««ed down, shaken together snd ruDDing over. Well, that is the kind of a bleiwiDg we received at the >rpbans' Home. There is scarcely |room enough to receive i t ." So we

our friends to hold up. Do not send us any more provlsJousat present. If any have provisions in sacks on hand, have a sale and sell them for the Home. We want money now. We have plenty to eat, for which we dc< voutly thank the Ix>rd, and everybody else that had any hand in this most generous and timely offering. Itut we need money now, and we need It bad-ly. We owe a debt in bank fur provis-ions bought last spring. We ought to pay that foOO off and stop the iuterent.

CIIBIBTMAH UIFT. That is Just It. That merry old phiase

tells It. We want a Christmas gift. The bogs are yet in our yard. We have no fence. We have about two and one-aerea to fence in. We have lately painted the roof, papered about twenty rooms and painted the chapel and din-ing-room. Now we want an iron fence. If the Bapllsts of Tennessee will Just do as well in the Chilstiuas offering of money aslhey havedonein the Thanks-giving oflVrlug of provisions, we will rejoice greatly. I^et us all try it. Tiie plan is for every Baptist family In the entire State to take up a collection at the Christmas dinner tabli's for the Or-

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•DR; nm ^ CREAM nyoNf pmm

Awarded HIghut l1onor«. World's Pair Gold Medal. Midwinter Fair

Tlie Hon. C. li. Wclliirr, mayor ofWrlli-villf. Mil., linn Intoly ao<'»iiip1iiilit'<l noiiirlhiiiK iif uliifli lie nilKlit JiiKlly I>p pruiiil. Il in nii rflbrt hi the riiiiite or millrrhi); liuiiiiiiilty and one u'liirh, fur nvuriy Irii .unir*, h<- Imt l>«eii qiilftly ir.vinc to oiirry uiii.

i'.voryoiK' ill kikI iiioimhI WrIUville knows Miiyor WI'llinT, luiil of liN pruKrriwivi' IMIP.J. IM-N< iiliillly.n iiich hii» iiiikIc liiiii ii jiailrr in variiitiN FIIK-rhriiicN. Il in ihi* fin-l uliich iiixpirt'i >i>iili(loncp mill the licHrty iiii|i|N>rt ol (•iliz<'ii« in lii> iiiKlcriakiiipi.

AImiiiI Irn yrnrit n;>ii lii> apiH>ali'<l to th<< Ix'kt liKiil pli}>ii'iiiii«. nN ni'll im to n niinilirr of >tHfliili«l«. for rrlit-r Ironi llii< ilrriiil ili>-t'«w—I'niurili. I'Ut lii« .ipiM-al* «rrt> in vain; llic docbini' fHi.riii «fri' rriiillt-»i. Tlif ilin-eiue, ull llie Mhile, whii fiintfiiini; ilii rliilrlio lirii.fr ii|M>ii hiiti uikI hv wii* itboni lo ili>ii|Miir of rrrr olitaininu' rclifr ulK-n i^r. William.' Pink I'illaror Pule IVopIr wore rroonimi'mlcl and nt n limt rexurt lie iH'pnn tlirir nor, liic hnppy M'ifucI of uliicli iit tliat lie now fcelii iikp a new nmn.

" I IxTBme awaro aliont ten renm aeo," he nyd, "oftlir fart (hat aimK- flionue prey, inir niKin nie. Tli<> pliynirinn whom I con-•iilictl flintrnixuvi tny t-nM* ua ' pliiiryiig«ul ciil»rrh' ami prewrilx-*! for il.

"IiikU'ikI of uettinK reliff the diseaje had a<lr<-|*er hold npon my vynlrni.

" I minglit otli.T pliy>ii-iiin«, l>iit tlifir treat-ni< nt wnn uniivailihfr. I (rini a numlier of calnrrh reninliM. bill nitlioiit obtaining any rHiff to upcak of, nnil liiul oune to the con-elngion that iiiv itKu* wrd liicnrahlr. Dr. Wilhami* I'iiik I'ilN f..r I'ale I'eoplc were n-<-oiiiinrtiOt-tl to nip, ami I cunrludrU to give •!i<'ni a Irift!.

" When I hail lakon hnlf n luix of Ihrni I lH>ean to feel that they were lirin.u'ini; iiiu the rellfl' fiir whirh i had liecii iH'rIilnK.

" i t lina l ^ n almut two year* kiik-p I rem-inencpti lukiiiK llirni. I hove nml oiKlit Im>zm and mil w> mui'h liem-til*Ml ihiit I nin rlirer-fiillv rn-oiiinieu(l tlieao |>ilU u* n nondertUl nKidciiip.

•' I winild earni'^lly inniit thai ull who ara Kiniilnrly iinilt lnl civellieM'pillaa irini, fiillv liflievini; tliiit thev will olitaiii ri-i>nltx aurh aiican lieolitnlnrtl trornnuotluTiuiiirfr. IMir-inK *lie viKlit yeiim I «ni Iroiihltil with the (li.4'n»e prior to Inking Or. Witliaiiia' i'ink i'illii for I'nle i'eoplp, I »prnt lines huiiilrn: dollHrit for nirdinti aid wliii-li wss tlip »niiie 01 thrown iiway, ai no lieorOt wm diriv^l.

" .Now, the arrrel oftheao pilli, n, that tliey purify (lie Idood, nnd, ofcmrM', tlint will help 111 liny dinrasf. They are tlie lietl blood port-lifr I ever umhI."

The hrM onilioritir*Miite thai i-ntarrh i t a MixmI iliM-i<M'ii('linK upon thi-innfommurfaMs of the ayMeni. Ii dora not alwtiyi romnieties in the now, hut frrauently atnrt* In the •toninoh or ImiwpU with »yniploinii like dya. iwiwia, wliirh nianr iniktake for that diaesse. TliiH i* iKcaiiHe the hlooil ia in fuch a eon dltiiin an lo irritate theftoroarli. Il ia a watte or timr and nii>nrv lienldnt harmful to nra -knntr.." Dr. Wiilinmii' I'ink I'illa for Pale People lirp poniiMVMtl of vr|;etiih|p liigrrdienta, forntiii)! an intrrnnl rmirdy whipli arta di-rrrlly on tlip IdiHiil nnd innititiiiaurfarra of tlio syMi'tn, rlrannini; it from Impuniipa and pnntiiii; tlip diieaMHl niattrr to pnaa Ihroush tlip proper ehannch. Tlip niMliral pmfeeaion rppommrmli thi'»p pilla nml every dmgglu aflln llipni.

phans' Home. Brother pantor, will you plense to mention and commend the plan from your pulpit next ap-pointment? This one thing we liave ail noticed: Tiie churches that are most deeply interested in this work are those whose pastors are mo<it deeply Inter-ested in the work and publicly and pri-vately commend It. Will the sisters interest liiemHelves in i t? Encourage every child on the place to contribute. Keiiiember this: Every cent thus given in the Hlate will be duplicated by a brother outof the State as a free gift.

Don't forget our Chrlr^mas gift for tiie orphanoge. Send the money to

A. J . H o i . t , Cor. Sec. Nashville, Tenn.

Woman's Missionary Union.

. \ t the December meeting of theCen-trsi (.'ommittee, the proposal to raise in Tennessee to build a suitable Sun-day-school room for Mra. Bessie May-nnrd, at (Jhofu, Japan, was very cor-dially endorsed. If only iM more socie-ties should follow the lead of Morris-town and give $10 each the New Year's present would be assured. Or, if each of our KM W. M. U. societies and bands sliould give t i each, t h e n would re-main less than (100 as the "Young Houth's" share. But wes i^ l l not waste (luie on apportionmeuts. Wo are all to go to work, over// one, and secure as much as we vau for our W. M. H. or Band to send to Mrs. L . D. Kakin, (.'liattanooga, before IRON Is gone., The uinounts will t>e credited to Foreign Missions, and wesliall tlierefore proud-ly report an increase of t'MI, at least, over last year's contributions.

Nashville, 'Sic.; Centennial Church, W. M. H.. Nashville, OUc.; Third Church. W. M. S.. Nashville. 25c.: Edgefield Church, W. M. S., Nashville, »l TiO; Centennial Church. W. M. S , Knox-ville, Total, rt.JSO.

Expended for stationery, t i 75: ex-pended for posUge, $.*> (IS. Total, |H.4.3.

Ftontier boxes reported : I^enoir City Sunshine Band, |».H.(Mt; Shelbyville W. M. 8.,»40.00;Chattonooga First Church W. M. 8., t<l:;.15.

New societies: Whiteville W, M. 8 . .Memphis Association, Mrs. West Har-ris, Vice-President: Erwin W, M. S., also Children's Band. Holston Associa-tion, Mrs, E. Smith, Vice-Presi-dent.

Fourteen boxes are in preparation, the First Church W. M. 8. being en-gaged on Its second box of the season, while the Third Church W. M. 8. is about to send its third box of the year.

The Sunday-school classes of Miscea Olive Upchurch and Florence Boyd Henning, have been Jingling their cun-ning llttlemltebarrels forseveral weeks already; they will not be found wait-ing when the Christmas Offering Is callcd for.

Our new Corresponding Secretary mode an excellent report of work doiio during November t

Lettera and fioetnli received,40; writ-ten, 114. Literature distributed, ^ — ; Ciiristmas envelopes, 7,UU1; programs, 1,004; imlUls, i2.0u0; tuiaslon cards, fia; Missionary Day Pmitraras, 14; Manuals, m ••Cblps," 4; lulte barrels, 00; fronti«r letters, M, Itceetved for Kxpause Fuudi

From Immanuel Church, W. M. M.,

Some will incline to one object, some to another, while some wllldividetbeir gifts between all. The plea of our China missionaries, and the earnest ef-fort of the W. M. U. to heed and help, must not pass neglected. Distribute the Chrlstmos envelopes cheerily and hopefully, with a word of explanation totliedoubtfuloruiiknowlng; and tUeii bediligent to gather them in, and to forward and report the cuntents.

Money for the Christmas Offering for China is to be sent to W. M. Woodcock, Trwwurer liapllst SUte Convention, Nashville. A roiwrt of the amountsent should be mailed to Mrs. W. C. Qoldeti, Corresponding Secretary Tennessee W. M. U., 709 Monroe St., Nashville.

A fewmontbsaga aalster whose beau-Urul lift) of aelf^Morinoe is Itself a glfi, detarmlned to twvo a aprnjiai share la the foreign work. Bhe selected Mlsa

C. J . Wblte 'aplau of " village sohools," as described on page 4A of the minutes of the Bouthern Baptist Convention, as her choice for the investment of 12-5. She will m i with oatiaractlon the foi-lowing letter, telling of the rich prom-ise of returns:

M// Voar Mi$» JItwk:—YoutB in-clofllng the kind words from the Wom-an's Missionary Union was received so ne tima ago. We missionaries have a way of leaving what we cannot get written from week to week during the year, and bringing our letters to Macao where we do up our correspondence in a month, if we can. I am atill In Mai'ao and following the traditional rule, but oh! the number of unanswered letters I must take back to Canton.

I do thank you all for the kind and encouraging wordi. We enjoy every word that comes from the home land. I sometimes wish we thougiitof heaven as we do of America. Many of u« have a i many loved ones there as at homo in the United State*. Pdrliaps it is bj-cause we cannot get the messages from theui that tuakos heaven socm further away, yet hnw much nearer it is than America! One breath too little and w« are there, but a month to go to America.

I t has been a matter of special Joy to hear the giwd news of theConven-tion, and we praise the Lord with you. We follow with much interest all the news as the mails come to us every ten days.

Our mission now is sadly in need of workers, the Greenes and Miss McMinn being in the United States, Mr. and Mrs. Chambers in Japan in search of healtli, Miss Sale in Hong Kong, not yet able to begin work. Dr. Graves lias not been very well during the sum-mer, but has been hard at work. Only Mrs. Graves and Miss Wbilden are at work in Canton City. Miss North and I spend most of the time In the coun-try. The villai^e work Is increasing so that I am flndUig it very hard to get around to all the places that need a visit, and wish I had a companion. In the last few years our village schools have been productive of much good, and the women ate coming in a i we scarcely dared hope for them. The chapels In the market towns are well attended by the men, but the women and girls cannot hear the gospel there. We must go to them In their homes, a n i the school with a faithful teacher a Id a good Bible woman can reach both women and girls. They are our women's chapels and are open niglit and day, many not wanting to leave even when the teacher is worn out so that she cannot teach or talk any more. The life of the women and girls In the villages Is very monotonous, broken only by weddings and deaths, and a theater which takes place once a year usually. They cannot read nor write, so gossip holds high court in country villages. When a school is opened new Interests are created, and a teacher actjuires great Influence over the people. We need consecrated, wise, educated, capable teacher*. Mine ate all grown girts from the boarding school, and they are proving them-selves worthy. Some of our gkls are lovely and we llwiik God for them.

When we speak of the country, of coiirae you know there Is no real coun-try In China. All are gatbered Into the yillagea and cities. No house is set in a field by Itoelf as a t home. Bo wo can meet many more In the coun-try than we can In Caiitoo, for we are better received and tbei« in less preju-dloa to labor against.

I oould talk on forever about the vil-lage work, but must force myself to "tlip. j . a W M W K .

Oanlon, Ublna, Bept. 20,1808.

(Jure Btomaob Troublw, Cold Feet and Hands, Bxccaalva Menstrua) Flow, w^ th Blmmonn Btiuaw Vino Wine or

^ A l > T I S T A N D K B F L B O T O B , D E O . 1 5 , 1 8 9 8 .

i t i ppcd In •head of him.

Thoncandsof sick and aufler-inir people are like the poor cripple In ihe nible, who had no one In hrlp hint down to llic lifeglvln); pool before 8«)ine one tin.-

shea I So munv Mif.

feretn feel thiil If tJiey j-oulil onlygi-talitili' help to oy< r-cutne their ex-t reuu ' weak-ne*H t h e y would IlKIl 1).-

able to regain their cnvcled lunllh nnd Htrititfth.

It lit JuM thei* people llinl Dr. I'i' rn 'n Colden Medicul Dincovery i» lUhiuurd lo aid. It ia the Htning, helpiliK hand fur tliii*e who nre in Ihe cxtiomc of iMidily wcuknciiM and nervous enhnui'liiin. It l>roinpllv toni-H, tiiiuiixhcit nnd linild'< np till- entile ayntrm. It gives kmi atiiif iiti', K'xxl diKcation, pure bliHMl. mn-rulai niri'iiKlh, nerve-force and renewed lulivisy

Wlirn I firkt wrote von I waa roni|i1(l?ly ,'ii«-loiirMol." •«y» Mm \V M. SatKrIv. liviiin at Ktrliloril. Tl»|rn Co.. N V (T. <». Iln* 4 -1 In 11 Irtirr lo llr. I'irrcc. " I whr In (Kiin all the liiiir. ciHild nut lie In Iml on arrtMiiil of ivvpri'. t.:inn> riittlnK unlnit in my Uick an<l Hulil hip II.-..! (Mill all ihrcMiHli till: tuucr part uf invlio'ly ni'il iiiv cIImwii hurt nip mi imicli I ronlil n-nn-rlv liA my batiy. My akin wa» dr>', linr.li nn l M-nlv anil hnnv like aackii on my nriitii. My liiitlKinil calleillhe doctor, and he »:iii| U w.h wraknnw, and lay ase. Ilia mollcinr iliil ine III, K"o<l. 1 kept KeltuiK worne anil weaker. It •criued I ahotiliTKo craxy. One lUiy I w riup ymi and received advice. I have takrn Pr. I'ictee'ii Uulden Mnlinl IHicux-prv. lii» ' I'a-vorlte Prencrintlou ' and ' lleaMiil I't-lliln.' nml now I can lie In lied with •ante ctimrurt and c<ii ilu a sood day'a work."

The ittoM valiulde liook for both nirn and women i(« Dr Pierce'h Com-mon Hcn»c Medical AdviM t. A anletidid luuK patte volume, witli engravitifCi* and colored ptatea. A copy, paper-ruv-ered, will Ix.- iient to anyone aendinir twenty-one centa in one-cent atampa, to piiy the coat of nmllintr onh\ to Dr. R. V. Pierre, Bnnalo, N. Y. Clnth-bonnd, alampa.

Rev. A. U. Boone.

Rider Henry Bass.

To the Clarksville Baptist Church. Dear Bretliren and Sisters: Your com-mittee appointed to draft suitable reso-lutions expressive of tlie regret of the church at the departure of her former pastor, Hev. A. U. Bmme, and of the high esteem in which he is held by this church, would respectfully report as follows:

Our brother came to this church at a time when It required a man and a pu to ro f the highest standard. For more than a ({Uarter of a rciitury she had been watched and cared for by ii Hliepherd who was well nigh inatcli-Icss. Iteallzing Ihe conditions and re-<iuirements, he met them like the true and tried man of God that he is. He has won the love and esteem of lite members of his congregation ns well as the people of tbia commnnlty. Ho has been wise and conservative in counsel. He haa been deliberate and consecrated ill thought and in deed. He has been at all times and In all placcs truly de-voted to the cause of the Master. For more than seven yeors he has scr>'ed thhi church most acceptably. During that period the church lias prosiiorcd iNtth temporally and spiritually. His departure creates among the members of the cburob profound sorrow and re-gret, but placing the interest and ad-vancement of God's cause above our own ties of Bfrsctlon and selllsh de-sires, we bow submissively to the prov-idence of God, and commend most heartily our brother to the people among whom be goes to lalrar. h i the losaof our pastor we h n w also lost one who Is dear to the ohuroh and commu-nity as be himself. W« refer to his faithful co-worker and companion,who by bar godly walk and convsrsallon lias <>xemplUled the highest type of Chriatlan womanhood. We commend her also to the people among whom "be goM to llv». May God's richest bItMlnga go wi th them lo their new Held and crown lUelr emirts with snts pws, H . K. BKAfit, (ih'iii.

F . N. BMITII, UANcnn' F o n t .

When it woH announced Jicpleniber 2-', 1808, tliat " Uncle Henry" was dead, all hearts In the Wutertown commu-nity stood still to recount the deeds of a long and eventful life.

This venerable brotlier (ItHl saw the light of day April 8,18l:». j^jt us call back more than four-score years when this section of country stood in all of Us lirlstlne beauty, before tiie works of nature had been deformed iiy the liund of man, and wc will dimiver the HgenclesMhlch contributed ho niucli lo the greatncsM of thlH fallen liem.

In the latter part of the IHih century three brothcrH, nsnietl rt'M|)ectlvely J'>.ekiel, John and Dreil HacH, left llie old North Slute nnd pliinKe<l into Ihe Wilde of the great WcHltoseek llieir homes and fortiiiieH in wiiut wdm liieii Weslern North Curolliiu, Imt now Mid-dle TcniieHwe. Ah u mode of convey-unceeach fiiinily i)owefHe<l u tar-wheel curt drawn by one lion-e. In tliefe ••rude conveyunccH were |ila«'«l liielr families, together wltii ilieir kinhIh nnd chattels, und they turned Iheir fai-es toward tlieHettiiiK kuii. l-'or many long and weary weeks they wended their way throuKh foreNls, froshing moun-tains nnd fording Htrciuns amid wild iieasts and ravage Indians.

The iieareHt residence t<i Watertown Ht that date was near Grant, i;9inith County, wnie ten miles north. From this point Ezekiel (father of the sub-ject of our Hketcli) rode in the Lied of Bound Lick Creek to tiie site of his future home, just north of Watertown, und made arraiiReincuts to construct Ihe llrst hou»e ever built in this com-inunity. Joined by his two brothers, tliey settled a valley contiguous toeach other and tx^gan anew tlie battle of life. It was in this humiile pioneer home that Fatlier Bass was born, while the deer were yet wont toKamiMil u|)on the hillsides, und ilnh and smaller game were in great abutidani-e.

The surroundings of his youth gave him a somewhat rustic air. He ban carried witii him through life that stern, unfaltering, unassuming dispo-sition which would naturally be born of such surroundings. His education was very limited so far as letters were conccrued, yet ho had an education which was pa/uinouiit to any acqulrrd from text books. Ho studied nature's iKMik and received Instructions from nnture's U<kI.

When nineteen years of age he was mightily convicted of sin. For twelve months he struggled with those im^ pressions, attending preaching far and near for a radius tif twenty-live miles. But it was not tiiilil May, IKI!!, that he found iieace. While plowing in the Held one day, in great agony, the W d H|H(ko |)eiice to his troubled soul. But feeling lilsuiiwortlilness ho delayed at-taching lilniscif to the church till Sep-teinbor, IKII, witen, during a great re-vlvol, ho united with the Bound Lick (.'iuirch and was baptlxed by Klder John WiHcnmii. He entered at once actively Into the work of tlio chunth. He was eleiUed a deacon in Juno, 1D4II ,

which |)UHltion he hold, und did not only hold, hut ex«fuled, till Septeui-Ijer, IS-'ii, when ho was licensed to preach. He o|ieratc<I nn a licensed minister two .years, when he wnsor-dulnetl by « presiiytcry wiiit-lslliig of lOldorM E. B. Hnynle, John Bond, John I'hllll|Hi and John Wiseman. His min-istry was pushed with the some energy which had churacterUed hlin through life. Most all of his mlnlslry was in destitute sections. Ho was never pas-tor of a church ho did not constllute. Tho following churchrs were mainly coiistltutcd through his ministry, vlr., Provldmire, Becch Grove, Bycamoret Mount PlcttHOtlt and Poplar Hill. He preached'for most df them yeahi after they wworgan l l ed . Heiewlved very

little for hia mhilstiy, working with his own bands to make • support while he preached to the poor. Yet b« bad his rewaid. These were bbi crown of rejoicing.

The following taken from the min-utes of Salem AssocUtlon for 1800 will give some estinuite of the work of this brother, and the esteem In which be was bold.

"We, the brethren composing Balem AssoMatlon, now In session with Syca-more Baptist Church, Cannon County, Tennessee, with the brethren and sis^ lers iit attendance. To Elder Henfy Bass, Greeting: I t Is with profound gratitude to God that we extend this greeting. I t makes it all the more be-ilttiiig, because that twenty-five years ago this church with which, we are as-sembled, was organized under your ministry. In a quarter of a century thiM church has grown from the Utile nucleus gatbered by you under God to be the strongest church in the Associa-tion. I t stands to-day as a mighty army, battllrg for God and truth and worshiping in a largo, new house, while many of thotse you gathered at the be-ginning have fought their battles, con-(luerlng the last enemy, and gone home to glory. Well do we remember, as an Association, when you and your fellows, Elders Cate, Martin, Bethel, Bowen, Barnett, Brien, McNabb, Jarred, Suit, H u n t and Dhis, held the helm and guided the work of this Association. But they have been gatbered to the Fatherland, while you alone remain till the shadows are a little longer grown. I t would have been a profound pleasure to have greeted you at this sjtting of this body, but the touchcs of time remind us that many of us shall see your face no more till we shall greet you in that sainted throng in the Fa-ther's Home."

Besides the work done in these desti-tute sections, he did a vast amount of preaching for his home church (Round Lick). A'careful study of the records of tills church would, perhaps, show that he has done more preaching for this church and been instrumental In more accessions to the church than any other one man. He was Indeeda great man, yet not what the world would call great.

He was u successful buslnem man, gathering al>out him abundance of this world's goods for comfort. While nearly half of his long life was given lb actual t^en'ice for the Ix)rd, yet probably fifty dollars would have c o v e r t all he ever received for same. His hospitality was unbounded. "His house waseveropen 10 Jesus and his friends."

Ho was one of the great moral factois in the community in which be lived, leaving bis impress upon thesoclalllfe. In this section he will be quoted for years to come. His hatred toward the whiskey traflc was undying; and lo the teni|)orance reform movement in Salem Association from the time be united with the church to the day of his death he threw himself into the breach and fought beside its staunchost advocates. Elders U. W. January, J . M. D. Cate and J . W. Bowen, till he saw them all lay their armor by, and now ho leaves 11 under God in the Invincible haadeof Elder T. J . Eastcs. He was t i n t mar-ried to Miss SInah Phllll|M, Nov. 4, 18B0. Tills union was blessed with six children, three of whom still live, one died in infancy, one preceded him to the lietter laud only a few weeks and one fell In batllo In the old NoHh State and his ashes sleep In (ho land of his fathers.

The wife of his youth went home Ouf. Ul, liifMI. He was again marilcd, to Mrs. Adallne Greer, March 20, 1880, Who still lingers lo mourn her loos. Hia friends and relalived are counted by (ho thousnnds. There is perhaps a.progony tlvtni^ and dead of three thousand souls rt om the ttirMBasspalrhirahiiwboltiHt

s e e a S D o w starnhi smniier? We never did; but we have

•een Ibe clothing at ibis time of the year so covcred with dandruff that It looked as if It had been out in a regular snow-atorm. No need of this anowstorm. As the summer sun would

melt the falling anow so will

Agcrs Hiir vigor melt these flakes of dandruff In the scalp. It goes further than this: itprevents their formation.

It has still other properties: it will restore color to gray hair in iust ten times out of every ten cases.

And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes the roots of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and short hair be-comes long hair.

We have a book on the Hair and Scalp. It Is yours, for the asking.

If ran <lo not obUIn all the lienettti Tou expeetcd from Hie of IM Vi«or, writ* tlie Ilnctiir •Imul II. frobablf thera l» ANMA dtOealtr with TRNARCEII-•ral ^itim which may »<• aatlly ra-• ^ B R . J. T^ATEIT, I.OW.II, Maw.

settled in this community. H e had a brother (Archie) and a cousin (Bk>n Bass) who were ministers. H e la a father^ln-law of Elden J . T. Oakley and William Bheltou. H e lived lo be al-most 87 y e a n of age and peacefully breathed his last at his home, near Watertown, Tenn., In one mile of where he was born and reared. His type of men are fast passing away, O, that God would give us mora such. He was one of the few who dared to do right regardless of the smiles of friends or frowns of foes. Peace to hhi ashes. He rests from hhi labore while his works fol OW. DK. T. O. BRATTliN,

Bit. W . U. S k a t , W. W. PATT.*!*.

Mre. S a n h R. Lowrey, wife of the lato Gen. M. P, I<owrey died at her home in Blue Mountain, Mlsa., Friday December it, aged 70 yean . Sister Lowrey was the mother of Dr. W. T. Lowrey, prealdenl of Mississippi Col-lege, Cliuton, Mlwf, ;Pror. B. G. I.K)wrey, president of Blue Mountain Female College. Prof. Booth Lowrey, elocution-ist In the Houthwniteni liaptlst Unl-venily, Jackson, 1>nn., anil M n . II. H. Graves, misalonary to China., We tender sympathy lo the sorrowing children. Bister Lowrey lives in Ibe noble and useful lives of her children.

HOOK A»KNTH WANTKll (M Mly 0««l*l aa4 •»»«Ujr tllartnlMI Mil

OUAW«RWITH ITIt CAI.'NR* IMCID tMmk

8 B A P T I S I * A N D B J A F U f i t T T U B , D S C . 1 6 , 181 )8 .

BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR. Tb« BaptUt, KiUb. IBM Tb« BtplUl Bcfloetor, BtUb. U7I.

VonM>U(l*l«d AugiMt M, UMi

• NASHVILLE. TBNNBSSeB, DEC. i s . 1898.

K M AH & TOT* J KDITOB. J. J. BURNKTT 1 8 W. TIWUKIX VCOBMHROXDIMO EDITOM. M.and K BALL . i A R. OA HAN IMS I W. J. cGuOU.^.V." ; KNITOM Alio OBMBMAI. AOBHTC.

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JUST A WORD. We hope that each one of our readers who is in

nrrcare will remit by January l«t, aa we have largo obligttionH to meet then. I)o not neglect thl«, please. The amounts are small to each subscriber, but in the end they become large to us.

A CHRISTMAS GIFT. I>o yuu want a nice Chrlstnuiii gift for your

friend—one which will be at the mme time Ixiautl-ful, useful, appropriate and cheap? Well, we have it for you. It in our new combination Tcacher's Bible, self-pronouncing, large type, flexible beck, gilt edged, silk sewed, linen lined, with concord-ance, maps and helps of N'arioux kIndM. The price of the Bible is 14.25, or $5.26 with the index, and It is cheap at that. We offer the BAI>TIMT Axn Rk-FI.ECTOH and the Bible both fur iid.OO, or <3.50 with the index. You can keep the paper and give your friend the Bible. Or you might give hlni both. You could not, perhaps, give him a more appre-ciated present, or one which would dn more good. Try It. Order now to be sure you get the Bible in time for Christma/t.

THE PHILIPPINES.

The great c|uestion which is before tlie American lieopio to-day Is what to do with the Philippine Isl-ands. By our treaty of peace with Si>ain they come into our iHMsession in consideration of the payment ol 120,000,000 for them. But it is by no means cer-tain that this treaty will bo ratifled by Congress, as there is considerable opposition, es{(ecially in the Henate, to its ratiflcation on account of this clau*>o in It.

This is not a party question. As a rule the Ite-publicanaare in favor of retaining the Islands and the Democrats are opiiosed to it. But when there are siich oonapicuous exceptions to the rule as Senator Hoar of Massachusetts on one side and Senator Morgan of Alabama on the other, it is manifest that It cannot be made a party (luestlon, but as-sumes the broader scope of a question in American Iiollqr, In which eveiy cltieen of this countiy has more or less interest, and as such we feel at liberty to diSCUM It.

There are two sides to the question. Let us Rtate lioth sides as Ailly and Atlrly as possible. |

I . Against our retention of the Islands i t is u i ^ i (1) I t Is contraiy to the tradltioual policy of our

government as embodied In the Ihretreli address of Washington and the Ihmous Monroe Doctrine, which was mode io promlnrat a flaw y e a n ago by Prosi-

dent Cleveland in his controversy with England over the Venezuelan affiiir. Are we so soon to for-get the emphasis then placed upon that doctrine and reverse our position so stoutly maintained then, together with the policy of 100 years—the policy by which we look after the interests of this Western Continent and leave the nations of tlie old world to look after the Eastern Continent? Or Is the Monroe Doctrine to be evoked only When some nation of the old world wishes to interfere in the aflhirs of this Continent, but to bo suspended when we desire to interfere in their aflbirs? Can we play fast and loose that way? Can we put the boot on either foot at pleasure If we are to come out of our Western shell and cross over Into the Ba«tem hemisphere, and enter actively into its aflhirs as a "world nation," must we not accept the in-evitable result that other nations will then claim the right to enter actively into the aflbirs of this heniispherf? Then what becomcs of the Monroe Doctrine? Wliat becomes of our freedom from en-tangling alliances? What becomes of our peace, when we arc liable to be mixed up in the constant broils of the nations of the East, both European and AsiaUc?

(2) These Islands arc on the other side of the globe, 7,000 miles away from our shores. Shall we take the whole world into our embrace?

(3) The inhabitants arc a lot of semi-savages, un-clvillziHl, uncducated, unchrlstianlised. If they be-come part of our body politic they are likely to give us no end of trouble, with their constant broils and insurrections. It would take a long time for them to become assimihitcd to our American syxtem.

(4) The climate is inhoipltable and unsuited to the constitution of Americans.

(6) From a commercial point of view there is comparatively little trade which can be carried on between this country and the Islands, as neither of us has many products tliat the other would want.

(«) If we were going to take po««(ssion of the Islands, we should have done so only with the free consent of Spain instead of forcing her to give them up at the point of the bayonet.

We should have let Spain tlx her own price upon them. On the other hand some Insist that we should not pay as much as 120,000 for them, or Indeed any-thing at all, as they pro[ierly belong to us by right of conciuest, and it is unheard of for the victor In a war to pay an indemnity to the vaniiulshed.

I I These are the arguments against the actjuisl. tlon of these Islands. The arguments for their ac-<luisition are about as follows:

(1) Tlie first may. be summed up In one word, Dewey. Dewey conquered the Islands. It would lie ui\|ust to the name and fame of Dewey if we should now refuse to keep them, thus throwing away the fruits of his victory.

(2) "The very worst u<5e to which the stars and stripes can possibly be put is td haul them down at any place wherever tliey have o'nco floated."

(8) Wo need the Islands as trading iHists fur the growing commerce of our cf«untry. If there is not much trade between the two people now, It can lie developed and expanded. We suppfjsc that In this argument is to be found the reason why, us a rule, the people of the Western States are in favor of the accjuisition of tlie Islands while those of the East-em States are generally against i t The Islands are nearer the West than the East, and the principal commerce /larried on between the two countrim would bo between our Western States and the Islands, while any trade from thn East would go through the West, thu<i tending to draw the bal* ance of tr. de ftom the East to the West. The strongest motive of the average American is monny. Find out on what side his financial interests are and you will find out on what side ho is.

(4) By taking possession of Uie Islands we can give to them a stable government, such us tliey have never had before, and also a pure religion. For these reasons It Is our duty which wo owe to the Inhabitants of the Islands and to humanity to ac-quire them. God has opened the door of a graat opportunity to us. Wo should bo Ihise to our trust If we should Ihll to take advantage of It.

(6) If wo do not keep the Inlands what will we do With them? Give them back to Spain. That Is impossible. I t would mean continued oppression and cdntlnued Insurrection and bloodshed. Who-ever else nuqr acquire the Isfauids thqr a n lost t o f

ever to Simin, Turn them over to Agulnaldo and Ilia fellow FillppinoK? Tliat would mean unrest, instability and revolution. They are not prepared fur self-government They would* MOn become the prey to some stronger government and we might OS well give them to that otherj'govemment a t once. But what? Ilussia, Germany, England, Japan would all lie glad to have them. To give them to one government would be to arouse the Jealousies of the others and might lead to war.

We have got the Islands, and It looks as If w« will have to keep tliem becauose we can't turn them l(XMO, If fur no other reason. We trust, however, that with our expansion in territory and In trade resulting from the ac<|uisitlon of the Ishinds will come also an expansion In religion, that thn mis-sionary may go hand in hand with the merchant and the Umnor of the cross may float side by side with the stara and strliies.

REaENERATION AND FAITH.

In last week's Issue the following question and answer mvurred:

(iucH.—"If a man believe, that is the f h i i t o f a new life. I think life must first be given before one can rc|ient."

Ans.—"lU>j)entanco and faith are the fruit of re-generation. But they follow instantly upon It, so cloaely that thcv may be called concurrent or con-comitant with i t They are simply obverse sides of the same shield of salvation."

I am awan> of the fact that this Is the orthodox view among Itoptlsts, but wishing to be right rather than orthodox, I want you to assist me by answering some questions and by giving an exegesis of some passage.

Ques. 1.—Is not salvation conditioned on repent-ance and lH>llof? See Isa. 1. 20; Luke xUi. 3, 5: Acts ill. 10; vlli. 22.

2. If a gift Is conditional, must not the condition be fulfilled before the gift can bo made?

3. If regeneration is first and rqientanoe and faith "follow instantly," and hence are Inevitable, why exhort men to reifcnt, as the whole Christian world does and as the Bible does, " that their sins may be blotted out?"

4. Please explain tlie following iwssages In the light of the answer to last week's question (Jno. ill. 18) (1) Is not the belief necessary in order not to be condemned? Can a man be regenerated and at the same time be under condemnation, which the pre-wience of regeneration to repentance and mlth would seem to Inciicate when applied to this pas-sage? Again, Acts xvl. 20-31. (1) When the trem-bling Jailer asked what he mutt do to be saved, why did they tell him something that was not a necen-sary prere<|ulHltc to salvation, but the fruit of sal-vation? (2) Was he not already iienltent, and If so, did not Ills refjentance premie his salvation? See also Eph. II. H.

5. Will you give conclusive Scripture proofs of the precedence of n>generatlon to repentance and f a i t h ? L . E . BABTON,

Louisville, Ky. Ans.—Instead of answering these questions In

detail. It will perhaiw be sufficient answer to them when we call attention to the fkct that Bro. Barton has misapprehended our meaning. We were not 8|H»king of salvation, but of regeneration They ore not identical, as Bre. Barton seems to under-stand them. True, when a person is regenerated he is saved. So also when he repents ami believes he is saved. Ilegcneration should not be confound-ed with salvation any more than repentance and faith should be. They are, as we said, simply ob-verse sides of the shield of mlvatlon, difiTerent pro-cesses of the plan of ml vution. Itegeneratlon Is the divine side, reiientanco and ihlth are the human side. Salvation is the product of regeneration and faith—using faith to Include repentance. I t Is the resultant of these two forces. l i b e r a t i o n Is God's act; faith is man's. Regeneration Is God's action uiion the soul; fiiith Is the soul's i ^ponse to that action. IU?geueratioii Is a chango In the disposi-tions of the soul. This change must be anterior to moral action, such as repentance and Aillh. With-out the influence of regeneration no one would want to repent and believe. God, not man, lieglns salva-tion. So wo say regeneration proceeds IHIth logi-cally. To put flilth before rageneraUon Is to make mon begin solvaUon. This Armlnlans do. But Ooivlnlsts always put regeneration flrat. They give the honor and the glory to God tor the salva-uon of a soul, not to man. Baptists are Cklvlnlsts, or Paulinisis.

I t WM In this sense we meant that repentance Md flilth are the fhil t of regeneration. They tol-low logically alter It and a r . I h noliiml nonwquent.

B A P T I S T A N D R B F L S C T O B . D M ) . 1 5 . 1 8 t f 8 . 9

But, as we said, they follow closely uimn It, and the two are simply the obverse sides of the same shield of salvation. The process of regeneration is not com-plete until It expresses Itself In repentance and faith. Gud bfiglns the salvation of man by leading him, through the influence of the Holy Spirit in ro-gunenillon, to repentance and flilth. The man must respond to God's loving overtures before he can be saved. With regeneration, however, man hos nothing to do. That Is God's part. But with n'lientance and folth he has a great deal to do. That Is his p a r t And so wo exhort him to repent and believe, but his regeneration we leave to God, except to tell him that he must be bom again.

Bro. Barton Is correct In saying that this is the Orthodox view. This is the position of Boycv, Strong, and ofthcPhlhidolphlaandNcw Uampshlre Cuiifessions of Faith, one of which Is adopted by lunrly every ^ p t l s t church.

As for Scripture proofs, the following are u few that might be given. Psa. Ixxxv. 4; Hong of Holo-iiion, 1.4; Jer . xxxi. 18; liBin, v. 21; Psa. 11. 10; Ksek. xl. 10; xxxvl. 20; Jno. vl. 44. With these (•xplanations It seems to us that Bro. Barton's ques-tions answer themselves.

THE MEDAL CONTEST. As we announced some time ago, a iiii-dul was

ufTerrd to the clerk of any Asswlatlon In the State getting out the best minutes. It was Intended that this medal should be given at the Htate ronvrntlon, but several clerks who wislicd to i*nm|K.>tc for It did not have their minutes rtwdy. We presume that all who wish to enter the contest liave nowcrnt In their minutes. If there are any who have not done so they will pleaeesend them to the editor. Thecontcst will be dcfidetl in a short while. ('«iii|tt'lcnt unci Inqiartial Judges will be selected for the |iurpo«K>.

QUESTION BOX.

(lues. 1.—I wont to know If the JalltT was Justi-fied liefore he sprang In and came trembling and full down before Paul and Hilas, and said, "What must I do to be saved ? " Was he imsMti from death unto life or not?

(juiM, 2.—If a man lielleve, that Is the fruit of a new life. I think life must flrst Ik> civon U'foro (»ne can repent. H. !•'. Kwii--r.

Ans. 1.—We think not. KIco thon> would have been no need for asking. What imint I do to IK; saved? I t was only when he lunrd nn«l hml td the gracious answer to that question, "Ik'Heve on the liord Jesus Qirlst and thou shnlt IK; Mivcd," that he inssed from death unto life, l i e WHS convlctcd but not yet converted.

Ahs. Ueiientance and fulth a re the fruit of regeneration. But they follow instantly uiKtn it, so closely that they may lie caiiinl concurrent or concomitant with it. I hey are simply obvorw sides of the same shield of salvation.

Bro. Folk, the above answers to tlie (|Ut»tloiii ap-pear contradictory to me. Tiie first answer Is Scriptural and right. I tsaj ' s ! " I t was only when he hea rd a n d heeded t h e gracious answer to that j juer t lo^ ' etc., " tha t he iHwmi from death unto

Ion "Repcntan

regenemUon." Dr. J . M. Pendleton In Vhrirtim

ond question other side.

flir, (» good, but the answer to the see-ls when our editor gets over on the

itance and faith are the fnilt of

Doctrbne$myii "llegeneratlon Is the change which makes him the child of God," the sinner of course, ho means, Is mado a child of God In regeneration.

How can rcpentanco and faith be the fruit of r ^ generatlop when one must "hear" and "lieetl faith before he can pass from death unto life?

T. K. M(M)HK.. We might answer this question by asking, How

can regeneration be the fhilt of rei»entanct* and faith when one must be bom again l>efore he can IMISS from death unto Ufc? If ho Is savetl at faith, what need Is therefor regeneration? Should you retort, if he Is saved a t regeneration, what need is tiiere for repentance and fUth, then wo answer again: Me-generaUon and repentance and Aillh arc simply obverM sides of the same shield of salvation, regcn-eratlmi being the divine side, repentance and fnlth the human side. The divine comcs licfore the human. But we have answered this question more Ailly in our reply to Bro. Barton above.

~ W a shall sxpeot Banta Glaus to send us a good Ohrlstmas praMut In the shaps of a larg* numlwr of •ubMriptfcioi, both leuswals and nsw mibwribew. HelaosuaUy v n y k l n d to us that way.

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAU - D r . John William Jones will soon begin the pub-

lication 111 tbe liellaiom Herald of a series of articles on "Reooliectlons of Men and Things in the Southeru Baptist Convention." We are sure that the arUclea will be dei-pIy Interesting. There Is no one, perhaps, In the Uiuiids of tbe Convention better prepared to write on that subject tbnn Dr. Jones.

-Tl ia t Is certainly a very admirable farewell sermon which wo publish from Bro. lioone this week. After leaving Clarksvllle be went to his old bomein Elkton, Ky., to rest awhile. He will b^ ln work In Memphis next Sunday. We wish for him and tbe church there the most ttbundant pronperity, both tnuporal and spiritual. May the bl'sslngs of the I»rd rest upon them.

—We call s|)«clal attention to tbe advertisements of Nashville llrmN In tbe paper this week. These are all good, reliable firms. We hope oui readers will patron-ize tbem as far as they can In buying their holiday goods.. In doing so whether In person or by corre-Npoiidence we should be glad to have you mention that you saw the advertisement In the BAI-TISTAKD HKK1.KCTOK. It will probably help you as well as us If you will.

—Tbe Western North CaroUna SaptM has been sold to the DllAka! Recorder. Brethren Jenkins and Itooue have been making a good paper, but It was dinieult to run It In their limited territory; and es-pc lally after the dissolution of tbe Westein North Carolina Convention, of which tbeir paper was the organ, it wemed uselefs to continue it longer. Tbe cousfant tendency is to have fewer and larger and conwquently better papers.

—The lidiffiouB Iftrald pubiishes an Interesting article on Ellas Dodron, by Rev. Jas. B. Taylor, D.D. Bro. Dodson spent sometime In this State along In tlie early seventies, and there are many in Tennessee who remember him with much pleasure. In fact, tboHe who once raw bim could never forget him. Dr. Taylor states that Bro. Dodson died In Wilming-ton In 1882 while Dr. Taylor was pastor there, and be Is now burled lu Oakland Cemetery near Wilmington.

J»J»J» —Tbt treaty of peace twtween the United States

and Spain was signed In Paris on last Saturday at 8:4.') p. m. by all of the commlMloners on both sldrs. The Americans were dressed in evening attire, ready to attend a banquet to be given Immediately after the signing of tbe treaty, but the Spaniards wore black frock coats. "To tbe Ameilcans it was a happy ending of the epilogue of war; for tbe Spaniards it was plainly a bitter tragedy, none the less painful because long forewen."

- l iencral Callxto Garcia, tbe distiugulshcHl Cuban soldier, died In Washington on last Monday morning. He was at the head of the Commisslou elected by tbe Cuban Asrembly to visit this country and arrived In Waablngton last week, but tbe change from the warm climate of Cuba to the cold weather of New York and Washington was too great for him. He contracted a cold which resulted in pneumonia and Anally In bib death. Thus in the hour of her victory Cuba sufTers a great lots. Her smiles are mingled with tears, her pcans of victory with funeral dlrnos.

J » J » J » —We ai« glad to answer any questions we can In

our »|ueBtlon box. We wish, however, that brethren would not ask us any questions Involving itersonal or church difflcultles, unless both sides will agree upon a statement of the case. Such questions usual ly have two sides to them, but we can of course only know the case as presented to us, and consequently are l i a b l e to appear to take sides, though quite uninten-tlonally. Besides, if we knew both sides our answer might be very dlflbrent. Keally, however, we prefer not to answer such questions at all.

- W e leam with much regret of the death ou Deo. 4lh of Mrs. Ellia Warren Landrum, the widow of Dr. B. lisndrum, of fMlnted memory, tbe mother of Dr, W. W, Landrum, the distinguished pastor of the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., and the mother of Mra. B. W. Bussey of Columbus, Ga , at whose home she died. Bhe hss many warm friends lu Mempbis aa well as In New Orleans, Savannah, Macon, Atlanta and elsewhere who will be deeply grieved tohiarof bcrdcath. Hlie wasa noble, qusenly woman, cultured, conwwrated and self-sacrifloUig, a model pastor's wita. We sxteud ourdssp qrmpathy to bar bersavsd flunlly.

—We are very sony to leam of the misfortune which befell Itov. D. B. Vance of Woodbury hut week in the destruction of his home by flie. We are glad to know that be had It pretty well insured. W* hope be may soon be able to recuperate entirely ftom tbe loss. He la one of the truest, noblest, most gen-erous men in our ranks. Whatever hurts hhn hurts the cause.

—Dr. W. D, Powell dropped In on us last Monday on his return from New York. He speut Sunday In Shelbyvllle. As stated by hhn In the paper. Dr. Powell is arranging for an excursion to leave Mem-phis on December aoth for Mexico City. The round trip will coet f40. Persons going over into Texas can get to any point for one fare plus |2. Dr. Powell is going to Mexico to bring students for tbe Southwest-em Baptist University, and proposes to take some friends along with him to see the sighta. I t will, we are sure, be a deiightftii^trip.

—Dr. A. J . Diaz has for some time been In tbe em-ploy of the American Baptist Publication Society. We are glad to know, however, that he again be-comes a missionary of the Home Misskm Board in charge of our work at Havana. This is proper. The church there, while a mission of tbe Home Mission Board, and while tbe property belongs to tbe Board, was built up very largely by bis instrumentality, and it seems right that he should have charge of i t We hope that with tbe restoration of peace be will again be able to accomplbb a great work there.

—The Wetiem Recorder has entered upon ita seven-ty-fourth year. I t is one of our staunchest and strongest Baptist papers. Tbe Recorder will begin tbe publication in a short while of a series of artlelss by Dr. J . T. Chrlstuo, giving an account of what be found in the BritlBb Museum while in England last summer. These articles will afterwards be pub-lished in book form. We are niie that they wUI be intervsting. It is understood that Dr. Lofton has given his book to the printer, and it will be published in a short while. Tbe two books should be read to- < gether.

—Tbe Vice-President of the Senate laid before tbe Senate last week a communication from tbe Bishops of the M. E. Church, South, proposing to return tbe money received iVom the government. If the Senate would say by direct vote that they were deceived and misled In making tbe appropriation. The Senators, It Is said, seemed disposed to regard tbe document as ingeniously worded. It Is thought that th«y will simp y pass a resolution requesting tbe return of the money. As we have raid before, it seems to us It would have been much better if the money bad been returned voluntarily.

J»J»J» —Wo recently sent one of our premium watches to

Mn. Lucy Dayton Pbillips. She writes us an enthu-slastio letter with rvfereuce to It, In which she ss)-s: •• I t is far handsomer than the cut given in the BAI>-TIST AND Rkplkctor, and our Jeweler says that the case will wear from twenty to twenty-flve years, and the works are simply fine." Remember that we offer one of these watches for seven new yearly subscrib-ers, or twenty-two fou^montbs subscribers at M cento each. A number of persons are already working for it. I t will make a beautlftil and valuable Christmas present either for yourself or for some fHend to whom you wish to give i t

—Married at Antloch Baptist Church on December 7th by the pastor, Mr. Edward A, Bandera and Miss Lucy A. Johnson, in the presence of a large number of friends and lelatives. The church was beautifully decorated for tbe occasion. After the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the home of the groom's father, (3apt Bandera, and partook of an elegant supper. Mr. Sanden is a promising young business man of this city. He is a consistent member of tbe Autioch Church. His bride is a , lovely Cbristtan cbaraoter,* member of the Contoord Baptist Church. We wish for them the greatest happiness and useful-ness in life,

—In oompilance with a long-standing promiie, we speiat last Bunday in Bowling Green, Ky., fllliog tor Baldy's pulpit for him morning and night. He basoflbred his resignation to the c h u r e h , but It has not yet been accepted. He Is a noble man and a splendid pastor. He has done a fine work In Bowl-ing Green. We commend him cordially to some of our vacant cburabea on the lookout for a pastor. The church at Bowling Green has a membenhlp of fivs or six hundt«d, among tbem some of tbs best people of tbe city. We snjoyod v«y much being with t l ^ . Tbe oongregations were good and we have seldom had so attsntlve listeners.

10 BAPTIST A N D REFLECTOR, DEO. 15, 18tfB. b a p t i s t AND BEFLECrrOB, DEO. 16, 1898. 11 i M M t i i i i i m w w t

T H e H O j u e . f t f t T T t " * ^ * * * ^ * * * * * * * *

[Anteollonately dc<llM»lod lo tlie ••Youiik Houtli" ri>ttilent.1

HOW JEAN WON.

i

IIV l.rCIK l»AYTO!« I'll I I.I.I l-X

Paht IV.

For tho lowti'llwl wiiln-wt-ottwl

rtHiiii wns full of thii'k

yet Jwiu otmUl « « ii m l t«>ngiK' <»f

llnine erifpliiK uIoiib tho lilph mrviil

iiuintfl-plm'.

8l ie hu<l no t i m e to t h i n k h o w thiH

h iu l hfti»iM iu'<l—it AjirMnipiK'iMHl, tha t

\vtt» enouKh.

Tlie C«larn wuh lui tire!

I'oor Jtun wrun^ her hands In

l»rlef and terror, hut only fur an in-

stant. She knew hIu- n)ust try to

plan to act.

There \ven< no nwir neijihlxirs. The

honieiitead on the hil l side was a

lonely place.

Neither was there a blR liell to rlnu

out the alarm of tire un»I er>' ftirhelp.

As for a fire engine, there was noiu-

nearer than the city, full twenty

inlleM diotant.

Yet, help they must have, help

from gome quarter, and at once, or

the house would (fol

Her friKhtoned rail brought Kliz-

ubeth from the ganlen.

"The houst' is on tire, little Ik'ttle,"

she trte<l to -My «|uietly, though her

white lips were quivering. "And

there is no one to save It hut u-. We

must try to do srnnethliig. Uun for

^your life to Dr. Moore's and Mr.

nndlfer's, and tell anylnnly you

^nwt on the way."

"Why, how—where!" U-gan the

child.

"Don't stop toaskquesitlons, Bettie

dear," pleadeilJean, "hut run—

She was otr like a lia-sh now.

Many a mce the little fi-et had run

with Jean In the old garden and or.

chard, but she ran to-day as she ha»l

never done before.

The Oedare on Hre!

Jean, left alone, »eiml the water,

bucket and began to fight tho«e cruel

flames with heroic courage.

Again and again she fille<l the

bucket to the brim from the moss-

grown well In the yanl, not once feel.

Ing the big sweep heavy.

She threw the water higher and

higher, for the flames were gaining

Hteodily, making her way Uick and

forth through the smoke that chokeil

and blinde<l her, and working with a

strange, self-forgetting strcngOi.

Hut her task grew more difticult,

an well as dangerous, every moment.

Twlcv the child fell In the hot,

black smoke, hut stuggennl up, and

was at it again.

She HUMt nut let tho.se destroying

flames get higher than she could

throw tho water, yet—they were

gaining fast.

Hoon they would rea^li the celling,

with It0 quaint frcrnHNSs, Its pi(lnte<l

ehunihs and roses.

Hho drugged out a tabU) and st xMi

un that to throw up the wator now;

then put u elmlr on that.

She hod Indeed fliught dusiwrnlely,

iind yot Jean felt that stia had (lone

littio moro than to keep the lire firom

Hprcadlng.

Tho child could hardly l>ear to

think of it swwpliiK »»vor Uio »lciir

oicl^r»)om-tln' "holy nf ImllcH" «(

. Tlie clwlnrH.

g m i m n t H m c y t c a i i s .

livery year Tiiic Companion invites contrihn-

ttons from the most distint^uished men iii

public li(e — in j;overnnienl. in education, in

sciciice, ill litinitiuv, in llic woiUI ol action.

To the yimii}; and iiiuliitious they afford in-

spiration anil i)i>iul the way to true success in

life, wliilf llu- mature anti c.-cpcricnccd find

them lull ol vahiaMe inloiillation. The arti-

cles wiiose titles .Ippear Inflow are hut a

haiulfui out 111 iiioie than two hundred special

contrilintioiis Ik the iSijy vulnmc of

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For, on its walls hung the family

|M>rtraits in ma.ssive gilt framw, jwr-

traits of the handsome dead husband,

the gallant soldier-sons, and one of

Klizalieth's fair young mother, wIiom-eyes of haunting sw'eetness liad often

sceimsl to follow Jean as she swept

and duste<l this room .sacred to tho

relics of iR'tter and happier days in

the Stuart household.

And at this moment everything

siH-me*! at stake.

"it 's all they've got left," she told

herself, tears on her grimy cheek*;

" I hoard them say so—no longer

than yesterday. And they won't

get any money for It either, i-ause

she's let her lasurance run out. Oh,

«le«r! I don't see how I cim see It

burn down! If only wmielKHly would

coniel"

It had in reality l)een but a little

while since Kllzalieth dashed down

the lane to bring back h(>lp. Hut

minutes wem iiours at a time like

this, anil Jean i-ould w>e a desiM'ratP

need of haste.

"It'l l Iw tiK) late when they do

come," she sobbed. "And I can't

do another thing myself. Tho old

house they love m well must go, yes,

and the garden, t«K>!"

It did ap|H>ar most likely, this last

fear, for straight from tho burning

HMim toward the stately HhnilH nnd

ralnliow IhmIs of the flower garden, a

swift high wind was blowing.

When the men eamo at last, shi; sllontly yielded her placu t4) one of thorn, nnd Itegan to -l)rlng out for their UM! huckuts niiil tults, hut when mimolxKly cidlwl "tluU'k, n laddurl" sho fairly flow to bring It also.

It was n heavy l«td fltr her lo lift,

she had never dreamed of d<)ing so

iH'foro—hut now It secimed a light

alTiilr—It mere hit of elilld's play to

run nnd carry It to tlio men.

In this Rupnnno moment Jcnn hnd

simply forgotten herself, that was all.

I ler one thought—the one hope of

her kind young heart, was to save

The Cedars—t<i save for little Bettie

and her grandmother this home they

lovisl so dearly.

It was not long before she he.»rd a

chi>erful shout go up fniiii the niof,

and then one of the men sang out:

"Well, she's about safe now, lM)ys!

The' tire's all out, and not so much

harm done either."

"But for you, Jean, the hou.s4*

would liave buriRHl to the ground,"

said the minister, when he found

iiow she had kept down the Are befon;

the men <tuiie. "< >nly your presence

of mind, and your heroic elforts to

check the flames, made It {losslble for

us to save the plam I shall tell

Mrs. Htuart to whom she owes the

safety of her old home."

He s|K)ke with much feeling, and

dignity as well (happily unconscious

of a lilackened eye and grimy nose

his work on the roof had given him).

Tlmy were all gathere<l now nlwut

the drenched |»arlor where Jwn had

fought the flre so bravely nnd alone.

It was easy to set* Imw hard she

had worke<l—how gidlantly tha ehUd

had cont(>nded agidnst those fierce,

Invading flames. Tho rmim Itself

was a silent wltnassof her heroism.

"That's so, iHirson," said one of

the men with a kind glaiicu nt Jean's

smoke.blackenitd face and blistered

hands, "and I say here go<«'three

cheers for tho pluckiest little girl In

the Hhito of 'i'ennesMi>c!'" '

The rast t<H)k uj) tho shoul with n will, nnd n hearty eheer was given, hut Jean honnl It as something 11 lung ways off. Hho felt strangely weak nnd faint.

"L i t t l e l lettlo huliHMl, Uio," sho

said, trying to sniilo her thanks. ••Him did all «ho wuld, mn for thn men, and—" ,

Hen> something seemed to give

way, and the ne.xt moment Jean was

lying a limp, mlsemble heap on the

ground at their feet.

< H(I Mrs. Htuart seemed strangely

moved when she was told the history

«)f the flre, and what Jean had done.

" I deserved nothing at her hands,"

shi- confes8e<r to the minister, ••for,

the truth Is, I had detennlned to

send Jean away to-morrow. The

I'lilld Is honest, Indu^rlous and trust,

worthy, and yet I did not wish to

see any stranger here. I had even

persuaded myself that It was for

Kllzabcth's sake, for her happiness

and well-l)elng that I ought to get

rid of Jean. But I see now that it

was only my own solllshncas that

prompted the thought; yes, I see

that |)lainly, and confess It with

shame."

Tears—the slow, dlfllcult tears of

old ago, shono In the proud dark eyes.

And nflor a long llfo of morbid self-

ishness and repining, a vision of

lietter things broke through the

clouded sky of her troubled llfo—a

vision to loul tho soul away from sin

and sorrow, and guide it toward a

more lieautiful heavenly home, safe

and happy through all eternity.

•'We'll never forgot how Jean

worked to save our door old home,

will we, grandmoUiot^" quostioned

Kllxabeth, ono day not lung nftor;

"Jcnn will Hnd I fbrgot nothing," returned Mrs. Htuart, nnd taking tho orphan child In lior nnns with mucli tendornesH, sho klsirad hor (tar tho llrst timo.

Then Inch-cd was Joan happyl

Hhe hnd won what hor lonoly yourtg

heart so !ottgo«l fur—Invc.

Hho hud won moro, 08 she found

out Inter on, ftir Tho Codnrs hecamo

her homo, too, and flir Itfh.

TUB KNII.

Blind Japanese Children.

By tbokindneflBofDr. Polk I am enabled to give you this picture of two blind children In the Japanese Orphanage at Chofu, from n photograph furnished by Mrs. Maynnrd. They are treading out the day's por-tion of rice for their own une, singing checrfully as they perform the tiresome task. I am sure you wHI be grateful both to our editor-ln-chlef and lo our mis-slonary for allowing ua to look upon a i>cene upon which her eyes have often icsled. Pray for her and these little blind creaturcs. May our God tie light in their darkness! L. D. E.

1 yOUJSTQ S O U T H .

Mr«. Lanra Daytoa Eakln. Edltar,

SOI ICnat Hecond HtrMt, ClwttaDoom, Tenn., lo whom eotnmunlMtlon* for tblii dep«rt> ment ahould be addreaaed—Young Houth Motto: Null* Veatlglit Itotroraum.

Uur mlaalonary'a nddrcMi: Mr*, lieaale Masr-nard. 02 Hakal Macbl, Kokura, JapaOi via Hnn Kranclaco, Cal.

Mission subject fur December, Ccha.

Young South Correspondence.

I must not waste time nor space In preliminaries this moraing. Such a big lot of beautiful letters await you. I atn sure you will say, "What a grand weik!" when you have finished them, and noted the addition they make to our receipts. I am so grateful to all who have so promptly responded, and I hope the week to come will be a repetition of the good work. Jjetus send 1808 out with a fine closing rec-ord. What do you say?

The first ofFerlng was brought in per-son by such a manly little fellow, who introduced bimself as Cleveland I ^ u Is, Treasurer of the Juulor Union of the Central Baptist Church, Chattanooga. His society had marked the appeal for a tietter school-room for Mra. Maynard, and they immediately appropriated (.1 to that work. Let mo commend this example. If all the "Sunbeams," "Bands," ••Unions," etc., of our dear young people nnd our ladles' societies would take up this work, Mrs. May-nard would soon rejoice In enough room to teach her little "Japs''^ on Hunday and during the week also. Oht won't you help, and help rljiht uway? We are so grateful to this Junior Union for so prompt and gen-erous au ofl'riiig. Let me hear from ever so many moro before this week goes by.

The second comes from Cottage Home:

••Will you please admit two little strangers into your Band? We send you 60 cents, the proceeds of our mis-sionary tihlukens, to tie given to Mrs. Maynard's work In Japan. Wo wish success to the Young South."

Toliv FiTK, OOBIA B'ITK.

We give you greeting most cordially. May you stay long with usi Thauk you so much tor the help..

The third comes fh>m Oklahoma: •'KncloNd find fiO cents for our tnls-

(•lonaty. My mother givoa 80 cents and I the rest. I would Ihnuk the memben of the Young South who have pretty picture catds to span, If they would send me some. May God

bless the work. Addrass meatPutman, O.T."

Basina Elmson. We are so much obliged.

Won't you tell us about your home? Have you a church near you? The Young South will note the re<iuest and allow their cards to do work for borne mhalons as well as foreign

The fourth brings good news from Watertown:

"Enclosed find 11.23 for the matting on the chapel, floor of the Orphanage. I do hope we shall have a large Christmas ofl'erlng. We all think the Young South is doing a grand and noble work. I enjoy Mrs. Maynard's letters so much and wish she could write oftener. May God bless the Young South."

Kunv Watkbs. We knew we should

hear from this stronghold, and It would not surprise me at all to hear again be-

fore Christmas in regard to our room in Kokura. These little worken never faU us. Stir them up, Ruby! We o n most grateful for this assistance, and •'Mamma Saunders" shall have it by the next mail. How I wish the oi^ phans could hold their Chrlatmas thanksgiving in a warm, comfortable room. Don't you? Will Mrs. Saun-ders tell us how much is still lacking to put that cocoa matting down?

The fifth is a touchlog message from Oakland:

"Enclosed find «1.G0 for Mra. May-nard. It Is • thank oflferlng taken up in our family. I feel so thankful I did not take dlphtherhi, although I was ex-posed to it. My little playmate and claasmate In Sunday-school, little Ben-nie Fllppin, died from thi* dreadful disease, and I played with him the very afternoon he was taken sick. God ill His Providence saw fit to take him from earth and transplant him to His own garden above. I miss him so much. He and I were the only two hi the claas, and it makes me so sad to see his vacant seat. I want to give my heart to God, and live so that I may meet little Ben In heaven."

Makv Jones. God grant you may spend a long

eternity with the little friend takeu so early from eart h's storms.

•'He Is not dead, this child of your af-fect ion.

But gone unto that school, Where he will never need our poor

protection, Aud Christ himself doth rule."

We are so glad to have you uome to us in your sorrow. May you find com-fort In the work done In the dear Lord's name! We thanlc you so mnqh, aud we hope you can Interest othera. May God be very near to all who loved the little lad!

The sixth comes from Columbia aud says •'private." I am sorry for that, because It Is a very nice letter and I should like to share it witli you. It brings 12 from •'The Helping Hands," a girls' society In Rev. J. H. Thomp-son's church, to be given to our ml4. slonsry. We are deeply gratefkil, and we beg their interest In the new room we are going to build for her. I re-member with much pleasure their pastor and his vlfs, and I hoped to m«>et Mr. Thompson at Athens. He was a great worker In those old days when he was my pastor in Bhslbyvllle, snd I daresay his varied experiences in the West have made him stronger and moro devoted to hi* Master. I am glad he is sustained by such ••Ilelphig Hands."

The seventh oomas fltom our staunch and true little worken at Hadlenivlllc:

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they may be used entire for general purposes, or

divided with a stout thread into two perfectly

formed cakes for toilet use. For any use put to,

Ivory Soap is a quick cleanser, absolutely safe

and pure.

A WORD OF WARNING -Th«n arc auny while soapt. cacii ftprtttnlad la ba " Ju$t ai good a* Ih* 'Ivory';" thty ARE NOT. but lika all counterfeits, lack tha pacullar and remarkable gualltlci of the cenulna. Aik for " Ivoiy " Soap and Insist upon jettlae It

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••We encloss f 1 for Mn. Maynard. Forty-nine cents came from our pyra-mid, and we send the rest. We hope to t>e more prompt about writing here-after. We enjoyed our missionary's letter so much and we send her some cards today."

Finulev Fuqda, Elizabeth Fcqua.

Thanks! Fill up that pyramid agahi for Mrs. Maynard's little Buoday' school room, won't you? Ask mamma to help by Intemting the ladles of lier church. We always depend on you, you have stood so nobly by us oo lonjr*

The eighth message comes from Lovelace. Don't jrou hear the "Busy Bees" humming? The leader says:

••Here are the 'Bu^y Bees' with their •Thanksgiving oflferlngs amounting In all to

BIX DOLIiARS for Japan and the Orphanage. They earned these amounts mainly by imls-Ing and selling missionary chickens. One of these given Is a little man of seven and a half months, and he Is named Edgar Dayton White, for Mrs. ' Laura Dayton Eakln and Bro. Bdgar Folk, and he comes to bring his first oirering to the Young South. Our chickens are not all sold yet, and we will continue to send as we make sales. May our Father graciously bless our Band, the orphans, and our mission-ary!"

B. D. WiirrK, Lewler. Now isn't that a grand report? I

am very proud of my share In the lit-tle name sake. Bo I f)»el sure Dr. Folk will be. Receive our thanks Ibr the honor done us. Bee "Re«^ipls" for names and credits. We are so thank« (Ul to each one who helped make up such a big lift to our work. Won't you remember tlie tiny elwpel in Japan next time? May you never tire of gathering lumqr, dear little "Busy Bewl" Who says it does not jmj to gather up the/Mfe gifts? We are very

much indebted to the leader of this Band. He has given much time and care to this work. May God rrwaid His servant!

We were looking confidently for the ninth from AnUoch:

••We are late again, but we hope this ofTering will reach you in time for November. Divide it equally between Japan and the Orphanage debt. We ore sorry to see so little interest manl-feeted In Cuban missions. We hope soon to see the United States Baptists hard at work In that Island. By all means let us have the pictures firom Japan, and fintof all our mlaskmaty and her school. We hope for « glad surprise ftom the Young South for November."

Amtiocii Bom Bakd. u

This l«ttsr must have been delayed someway. I t oame Just too late for last week, but It fits In nicely for this. Our Home Board is already doing valiant service In Cuba. Several mis-sionaries are reporting baptisms, and both the Northern and Boutiiem Boards are preparing to do battle with Roman (kthbllcism and skeptloiam and super-stition. The Young South will not long stay out of the fray. The ••plo* tures" are oomlng. We are so much obliged for the long continued Interest of ttUs Band in all our Hues. God bless

fianisbes FUtigae

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Packed In alr-Ught cans and alwarafreahanattrong. For mie D/ grocers everywhere.

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tbam! They will take atock In our new work for Japen, I am auie.

I tbouRht of loet nrden as I read tbe tenth from Stanton. I f«el w grateftil our letter* come safely though these days. Since that postman was caught up with our losses have amounted to 80 cents, and I think In both cases the two senders forgot to enclose the Ifi cents. But you want to hear from Stanton:

"Please find encloted BIX DOLIJk^RS A N D FIKTY CENTS.

Give 18 to the Orphanage and ts M to Mrs. Haynard. It is contributed by the Misitonary Society and Mrs. Truss, Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Hicks and Mrs. Gilliam. The Young South has my beat wishes."

H a r k y L . M a r t i n . Thank you so much! See "Receipts"

for names and credits. This is well done. May the example be closely foltowed in every church and com-manlty! We count you a pillar In the Young South temple, Hanyl Work for the little Japanese chapel now. ' Qyersburg sends the eleventh:

"Enclosed you will find 11.60 for Mrs. Maynard's new Sunday-school room. ItlsaOhriBtmssoinnring. May God abundantly bless the Young South and our missionary."

I v i E L e b P i c k l e We are very gntefbl for this ad-

dition to this, our latest Aind. Who wUl follow in this friend's footsteps? We want to send it forward with a great ruth. Put it at tbe top of every list you make for Christmas giving. Won't you do that?

Now, has it not been a "feast of fat things" today? Let us ring the doxol-ogy and be diamissed! Most gratefully

^yours, L a u r a D a y t o n E U k i n .

BAPTIST AND BUarLBOTOB, DEO. 15, 1898. b a p t i s t a k d O K l r t l ^ ^ b i J b . l i , isiik l a

Receipts.

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Bralnerd While Antloob Home Hand, by Mnk Herd Mlaslmjii ^Soclety, BUnton, by U. L Mrs. H. W. Troei,'8uii'ton\V.V.V.V.V'.'.''.'."

poa oaraAiTAas SUPPORT. JeMM Armitrong, Boey Beee, liOTelace.. ^bert Armitroog. .„••••..., Karl Devanlt Willie OtinpaD MyrtM I^tkereon Ora n keraoa., Benils lall.................. ..«..«. ,, guau lUneiey aoMsB Moore ; Bdgar While Herman While uraoto White nn#iee««i sseeseee

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R B C E N T . I E V E N T S .

—The BaptM Anjut of laitt week published handsome pleturee ;of Prof. W. O. Carver, Kev. A. V. Boone and Rev. E. V. Baldy.

—Turbulent scenm occurred In the FriBuch Chamtter of DeputlM la(»t Mon-day over the Dreyfus vase. Fisti flghts were Indulged in on'.thelfloor.* Tbln in the French style.

—The Board of IruslecM of Furnian University conferred D.D. upon Rev. O. T. Derleux of Siwrtauburg, 8. C., at their recent meetiuR.in Darlington. Congratulations.

—In mentioning the fact that Rev. a . W. Buasey had accepted a call to Pelzer, 8. C.. we spoke of lilm an a brother-in-law of Dr. W. W. Landrum. This was a mIsUke. It was Rev. B. W. Buasey of Columbus, (la., whom we bad In mind.

—Thecommunication which we pub-lished from Rev. N. Futreli of Natchez, Miss., a week or two ago, was Intended to lie a private letter, and was pub-lished by mistake. Bro. Futreli wants to get to a more northern climate on the ground of health.

—Dr. S. k'. Jamison has been pastor of tbe West End Church, Atlanta, Ua., for eleven years. Tbe church has never had any other pastor, and tbe Indtx cays, "One Is inclined, after talking with tbe West End people, to believe they never want any other."

—We acknowledge receipt of an In-vitation from Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith of Oak Grove, Tenn., to attend the marriage of their niece, Miss Ola Moore, to Mr. John L. Huggins on December SOth at Oak Grove. We ex-tend cordial congratulations to the young couple.

—Gen. Wheeler lately proposed that each of the American oolleges of^r free education to two Cuban young men. Dr. Yager has written in behalf of Georgetown College, Ky,, oflbrlngto. educate two Cubans fkee. He suggests that each of our Baptist oolleges in tbe South do the same.

- M r . A. J . Parker and Miss Mattie Estes were noarried at Brownsville on Deo. 7th, the pastor, Rev. C. L. Ander-son, offlciating. Mr. Parker Is aster-ling business man of Brownsville and bis bride is a lady of lovely character and line culture. May the blessings of the Lord ever abide upon them.

—Rev. U. S. Thomas is engaged in a meeting at Cbokevllle, Tenn., which promises to tie a great meeting. Bro. Thomas is one of the best revivalists in the State. We are glad that he has come across the mountains Into Middle Tennessee, and we take pleasure in in-troducing him to tbe Baptists of Mid-dle Tsnni

The Excel Restaurant - F O B -

Ladies and Qentlemen.

C . S . P E T E R S , P r o p . "Vtlsphdna tMB.

air U n i o n mt., N a s H v i l l w .

r Dissolution Sale. Stock Must Be Closed Out

The firm of H. METZ A Co. will bo dissolvod Jan. 1, 1899. OThe sliort timo left ub compels m to make nuch prices as were never before made in Nashville. Our last week's btisiiiess was very witisfacitory, but 8to< k is still large, and must be sold.

The following prict s will give you an idea of how we are di»i)OHing of thiHexcellent stock of FINE CLOTHING.

Suits that were 18.50. Now $5.25-Suits that weR> $10.00, i?12.00 and $13.00, Now $7-50,

and $8 50-Suits that Avere $14.00, $15.00 and $10.00, Now

$10.00. Suit« that were $18.00 and $20.t)0, Now $12-50 and

$13.75. Suits that were from $22.00 to $28.00, N(»w $16.50 to

$19.50. Nothing will be nservetl. OVERCOATS, BOYS' and CHILDREN'S HUIT8 ami KXTIlA

PANTS cut In same proportion.

XERIVia O F 8 A 1 . C . - C A S M .

H . J ^ G t z ( S . © o . , CLOTB'SBS, HATTESS ANS FUBNISHSRS.

307 NORTH COLLEGE STREET. |

—Rev. Rutherford Brett of Carthage, Tenn., has been called to the pastorate of the church at Springfield, Tbnn. We do not know whether he will ac-cept or not, but presume that he will. He is one of our best preachers. He has a delightfiil field where he is, but the church at Springfleld will give him larger opportunities for usefulness.

—We acknowledge receipt of an in-vitation flrom Mr. and Mrs. J . A. Moore to attend the marrisge of their daughter, Miss Ivah Rosalind, to Rev. W. A. Jordan, on December 18lh, in the Baptist Church at WhitevUle, Tenn. Our warmest benedictions on the couple. May they be each for the other and both for God.

—The new building Just completed by the First Baptist Church, colored, of this city will be dedicated next Sun-day. The sermon will be preached by Rev. M. W. Gilbert, former pastor. The installation of the pastor. Rev. J. G. Itoss, will take place in the after-noon, Dr. J. B. Hawthorne preaohing the sermon. At night there will be a mass meeting.

—To the Members of the Ezeeutive Committee of Cumberhind AswMiiation. Greetinj(: We the undenJgned mem-

aiory—Glory to God.

Dr. D. M. Bye, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dear friend and brother.—I write to

thank you for saving my life. I am now seventy-six years old; have bad cancer for over twenty years. For th® last six years It has been very bad, U was on my nose and under my right eye. Many physidans treated me. I was treated last by an old doclor who claimed to euro cancer, but I w t worse. My nose was eaten neariy oiT. I wa» afhiid to wim my nnoe (tor fear I would wipe tbe end of it olT My noee and flMe had swollen so that I could not see. My sufhrings were so Intense that I was compelled to go to bed, as I thought, to die in despair. Some friend sent me the Relinfout Herald uubllshed in Riohmond, Va. Rev H. H. Butler, who lives near me and who had visited me and given me much spiritual somfbrt durlMmysuflkrings, save me your book. "Tt le Meai««e of Hope," saying while there was life

ters living in and near to lavilie. Tenn., hereby request the remaining ten memberaof said committee to meet with us In Clarksvllle December SB, IBD6. at 11 a. m., fbr the purpose of electing a chairman in room of Rev. A. tJ. Boone, who has recently re-moved ftom the bounds of our AswMda-tlon, and to transact mch other busi-n M aa may properly oome before us. If any cannot attmd this meatluf they arereqaested to writ* their wlaliMito mmeonewho exppotai to be prssnit. Ngned: W. D. Ti7iuiunr, Hanvav WnrCTiBU), I . 0._^Mu«aAT, J . J . GABBOTT, W r W . D . T . '

there was llope. He wrote to you for me. You sent the oils and I used them and began to Improve immediately, and it V as not long before my nose be-fcan to heal nicely. The great aore un-der my ciye healed up, and I am now well. Glory-gloiy to GodI I am now living and those terrible sores are gone. I can't find lanniage to npress my natltude to you, dear Dr. Bye, for what you have done for me. 1 wish everybody suflMng knew of your oil cure. God bless you. Yours, In grate-ful remembrance,

JaHsBAiitiARO, Suflblk, Va. SuQblk, Va.,May8. 1805.

Dear Dr. Bye—You have made one of the most wonderful cures In the csw of Bro. Jesse Ballard I ever knew.. Be was at death'a door; now he is wall.

Bav. H. H. BuTiiBit. Pttiwns amioted wlU do irall to'send

for dree book, giving partioulafs Md

CeofoUs. AddnwOr.B.M.Bye, S8, IndlanapolUi. Ttid.

Yoowfllgeta neir notioii ofwliat m topdiiiiiiiey can be when yon use alfadbeth; and of what it can doL v i m you oiMX

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AMONG THE BRBTHRBN.

Rev. G. H. Butler of McMlnnviile, Tenn., lias moved toTexas. He would like to have churcli work in that State.

Dr. E. B. Millerof Arkadelphhi,Ark., In Iteing awisted In a gracious revival by Rev. C. W. Daniel of PineBluir. Much good is being aooomplished.

Rev. W . H . Williams succeeds Rev. Geo. E. Rurilngame in the pastoral i-are of tbe church at Clinton, Ky. He will devote his entire time to the work of this church.

Rev. H. Clay Roberts of AtoyOeld, Ky., has recently closed a delightful meeting with the Gilead Church near Ellxabethtown, Ky. Twelve happy converts united with the churoh.

Rev. B. F. Hyde of Bardwell, Ky., will succeed Itev. W. H. WUIIams of Clinton, Ky., as pastor of the church at Arlington, Ky. Bro. Hyde is a worthy successor to Bro. Williams.

Itev. A. S. Hall of Trenton, Tenn., has been called to tlie care of the church at Greenfield, Tenn., to succeed Itev. W. H. Williams of Clinton, Ky. Bro. Hall Is an admirable preacher.

If troubled with Dlrjclness, Furred Tunvue, Bitter Taste in Mouth, Bloated Feeling after eating, Constipation or Sick Headache, use Dr. M. A. Sim-mons Liver Medkine.

A prodlable meeUng in the Imnum-uel Churoh, LItUe Rock, Ark., has Just closed. Pastor Taylor was ably amlHted by Rev. Robert D. Wilson, formerly pastor at Fordyce, Ark.

Prohibition lost by a miOoHty of I,.n03 in the recent fight at Macon, Gs., although its defeat only mskcs its ad-vocates all the mora determined. Rev. J. L. White of tbe Baptist Church

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was one of the most vlgoroua of the fighters for this noble cause. Tlie good women of the town engaged jw-sonally in the campaign.

Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine searches out all Impurities in the Sys-t m , and expels them harmlessly by tbe natnral channels

Dr.M. B. Broaddusof the Firat Bap-tist Church, Bristol, Va., has again taken the field In behalf of the South-west Viiglnia Institute, his church work being committed to the caie of Rev. M. D Early. Dr. Broaddus in-tends to secure enough money to liquidate the indebtedness on the In-stitute before he finishes canvaselng.

Simmons S(|uaw Vine Wine or Tkb-lets Prevent and cure Paljillatton of Heart, Diuiness, Sick Hea&cbe, Chil-ly Sensations.

Dr. W. A. Jairell of Dallas, Texas, who has been one of the leaders In the opposition to the organized work in Texas published a strung caid in the Texat BaplM Standard of Dallas last week in which he took occasion to lay down all of bis bitter warfare against the methods and policies of the l ^ a s Baptist Convention. This isgratifying Intelligence. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that

Contain Mercury, aa mercury will iurely dmlroy the mum of •mell anc com piety dorans« the whole nii. lein when enterlns It Ibrougb (be niueoue aurfkoea Huoli ertlclea •faoiild never be used except on prewrlptlonerrom repauble phyilobina,M tiMF dHni>(« tbey will do I* ten fold to tbe Kood you can poaalblyderive from them. IlaU a Catarrh t'ur«, manuAictured by K. J. Cheney * Vm., Toledo, Ohio, contain* no mercury, and fai taken Internally, artlnK directly upon tbe blood and muooua aurlkcea of the ayatem. In buying Ilall'a Catarrh Cure be aore you get tbe gennlne. It ta taken Internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney A Co. Teatlmonlala free.

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I Stiefs Christmas Display Comprises the most desirable articles of value and beauty «v«r seen in Nashville at prices fkr beleow what flrat class goods have ever been ofliired belbre. If unable to nay us a visit write fbr our illustrated caUlogue. Mail orden receive prompt and careful at-tention. Satisfaction ftiliy guaranteed.

Diamonds. W«itchies, Jewelry* Silver. Cut Glrnm, Fancy Gooda, Spac-taolaa. Eto.

fi. H. STIEF JEWELRY CO., lishTllle, Tenn. I B. W ltta|«r.

F o p © h p i s t m a s . Silver Penolls, Fomi(«ln OoJd IVm^ ^ Illumhmtod Moiiogrniu ftiptsc |tt»4 ^ otK38, Eiigravod Cardg, C ^ Ptireea aro foimd.iii tlie oliofcjBit shown in tlie Soutli'l^ the

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I have a iiandHoiner line of goodo than ever for the O0ining

HolidayB, and prices, as always, the most reasonable.

E. llliCEliii, Iwilw, not UllM a.

TiiooiyDryMs&Garpet C O M P A N Y .

Ladles' Tailor-Hade Salts at $8.50.

A good all-wool, tailor-made suit in brown, blue, or black, handsomely finished, will be sold at $8.50.

At $12ii0 we are selling a splendid serge suit with Spanish flounce skirt in black, brown, navy blue.

No such line of suits can be seen anywhere else for the money.

Plosh and Ootli Capes.

We will offer twenty-five very nice Plush Gapes, richly trimmed in black Thibet fur, ornamented with fine mohair braid and Jet, at $5, worth $8.50.

Fur Collarettes. Fur Collarettes. Electric Seal from ...$1.50 to $ao Seal and Astrachan from 3.50 to 15 Persian Lamb and Seal with Tabs 18 to 45 Imitation Stone flartin Collarettes 4.50 to 6 Imitation Stone Neck Scarfs from 1.50 to 5

Send us your ordera. Tell ns yonr wants in Dry Goods, Cnrijets, Window Shades, Ready-made Suits, Velvet or Cloth Jackets, or if you want samples of Silks or Dress Goods, we will bo glad to send them. Money refunded if any article is not satisfactory.

Timothy Dry Goods and Carpet Co., NaaHvilla. Tann.

Itev. Martin Bail of Paris informs us that the plans for his missionary rally are materlalixing admirably. Tbe meeting will be held two days, begin-ning Tuesday night after the third Sunday In Januaiy 1899. Suchdenom-inattonai leaden as Drs. J M. Frost, J . O. Rust, Geo. A. Loflon, B. E. Folk and A. J. Holt of Naahvllle; W. H. Ryals of Trenton; 0. L. Anderson of Rrewnsville; I. N. Peniok of Martin; W. D. IViwell and Oscar Hi^wood of Jackson, as well as a number of others, Will be present and take part in tbe exemlses.

G ^ E R , ad ntM^ihsr rallaUNu^

the elty presMted him with an eH-nnt.oane, and his church gare hhn a handaome water est. He received a nugnlflcent reception at Jackson.

R U P W I U E ^ ^ E ^ e^^No aaniwr or iletsntipn iroin*froriL'''%o Uurli' orRapinrsorntrttasriuNiMrTraasis. Aeon-plele, rsdieal core to all (old or yonnt) eanr

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Typewriter, one eauk witli the ill-fated Itettleeblp "Maiue" in Havana Hartior, Feb. 16,1808, and was itcovered. Thia machine wan in uae for over two yean, remained in the water of the Harbor for over one week and la atUl In work-ing order. Brandon PrintinR Co., Kaahvilie, are the General Houtheru Agenta. D P . J . P . G r a y . JH. ID.. D . D . 8 .

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THE LAW STUDENT WltoU ttiwble to set »wmy from hom« lor the llrM ywtra work may bave proper direo-tlon In r«tullnK by rorrespoDdenc* underrrg-uUrArulty of InmructlouB. One who doea mtUfaotory work by tbJii ptan, Ibrouib the texU BiMlicncd In Junior r««r,^wlU bp ad-mltl«d regularly <o H«nlor ciaaa for rwidenoe X r k in N'ollTfllCIlN INDIANA LAW CH)U LKUiS a* a candidate for dcxree of L U a NlnetMntb y«ar: Uraduate prat-tlslng every-wbere: write for 11*1 from your cUte. I^wlii U. Hampaon, Ulrector, Valparaiao, Ind., V. 8. A.

Are~Yon the Man We Want Energetic men wanted to organise Ruling* of tiM

Fraternal Mystic Circle, an up-to^tate beneflolal order. In Middle and iCaat Teiinewiee and In U eat-ern and i^ntral Nortb Carolina. Com-penaatlon Qrnt-clMiti. KdltorofttiU paper a memtwr. PartK-uIara,

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muuttyand i have f • Iduee L,. _ deicrtption of your trouble, name and P. O. •ddrcsi at once; or, write for Qiirdlon DUnk and prompt attention will lie K'vcn you free. Addrc«*Oa. U BRATY, Prin'l. Nalloimf UUiwn-year, will to ad- Addre** Da. V BRATY, Ptfn I. Nailoiml UUiwn-laaa forrwldenoe u ry , Dcp't T 47. >25 \V I2lh HI CindiKiati O

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R. BORaNIS~A~COr, naaafactarera ol

UmbfcUai a n d C a n c i Recovering and Repairing.

Historical Cane«. •m N Hummer St.. Naabvllle, Tenn.

F O R S A L . E : . i.aoo acres beautiful Blue Onus Farm. Enormous bartain. Compelled to sell. TbU Airm i( level, very rich, deep aoll; no rocka; ibape, nearly Miuare; WO acrca In cul-tivation; 400 acres In blue grass and timber; ean ose machinery on nearly every acre; mag-nOcent claterns; aeveral floe aprlngsand large crystal creck runs through tbia place; this fkrm Isln the fbr itemed blue grass beltofMld-dleTenn.; modern Improvements In very beat repair; iQirooms, 3K story brick re«ldenc«. a Mnement bouses, 8 barns, I ginbouse; rock fenw around large part of (knn, and cross faneea IDO yards to trunk line railroad. No prettier, better Improved, or more productive rarm In tbe Boutb. Very healthy, no yellow fetrer, malaria, or Uke complainu; pretll-eai cUmat* In tbe irorld, blgb class, rich neighborhood; near good schools and eharebes. Considering the. many merits of tbis ftirm. It Is no doubt tbe cheapest and beat fkrm In tbe South. You pay for value of tbe Improvements and get the land free, or pay for tbe value of tbe land and get the im-provements free. A prospective buyer to see tbisfaiBlmostequaltoapurcbaser. Improve-menta alone eost over Kesooo, will sell for t»i,-000, ona4blrd cash and tbe balance from one to five years.

• i page term eatalogtw free, describing and pricing • large nnmber of floutbern terms, botb large and small. Reflvrences: Kourtb National Bank, City Havings Uank. W H. CRAWFORD ft CO.

Bontbern Colonlsem, real estete, rental, and loan brokers, auH l^nlon street, Nashville, Tenn. . Tlmbtr t llnenl Undi, firm ft Cili Property,

W a n t e d Wel ls to Drill

For Cash or on Easy PaymentsJ P u n q p * I | i » p a l P o d P p o m p t l u

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W. J4 BOYliN & SONS, P R I N T E R S Sc P U B L I S H E R S . They can save you money on Book, Newspaper, Magatiue, CataJiwue, Tract or any kind of oommercial pnnt-Ing. LOW futlmatm on AmoQlaUonai Mlnutts. New t g ^ new ipttwe. L O W P r l a o * . and flivt olak work. A d d n i i 3 a 7 J < l / n l o n e t M M H .

^iiKLTON.—At his home four mllea Southwest of Jackson, Tenn., Bro. L. A. Bhelton died Nov. 18,1898. Ho wan bom Jan. 2, 1858. aged 40 yean 10 mouths and lU days. For yearn he has been a member of Cane Creek Bap-tist Church. Was baptized into the fttllowship of tiiat church by Itro. Reuben Day, one of the old pioneer preachers of We*t Tennettsee. Bro. Hbelton leaves a devoted wife, who^e home is made lonely and sad, because her loving companion is gone. He leaves one brother and two sistera who sorrow fur the ioes of their brother and his cheering words. Cane Creek has lost one of her best members and one who helped to bear the burdens of his church. We shall miss his counseling voice and his strong arm in the church. We commend his dear wife to Ood who is able to bind up the broken-hearted and give peace to tbe troubled breast. May our Heavenly Father watch over and care for her in this trying ordeal, is tbe earnest prayer of her pastor.

W . E . Hf.VTKR. Jackton, Tenn. If you feel Dull, Languid, Broken-down, Debilitated, bave VVeak Btomach nr InOiKCstion, use Dr. M. A. Himmons Liver Medicine. Haktman.—Mabyo L., daughter of

J . C. and Mary U. Hartman, born Nov. 1802, breathed her last on the morn-

ing of Oct. 10, 1SU3. Bbe was a beau-tiful, loving and attractive little child, ever leady to do what was right. Bbe was only a little flower transplanted on earth for a short time and plucked by tbe One who said suflTer little chil-dren to come unto me. Bhe was al-ways ready to go to Bunday-school, and never forgot to aak papa and mamma for her pennieN to give. The little darling, although so sick, never foigot her manners when called. Bhe Wds tbe idol and pet with all her rel-atives, to know her was to love her. A few brief hours before she passed away she smiled BO sweetly. No doubt, but she saw little brother and sister who had gone before, beckoning her to her beautiful home on high. Mow sad for papa to have no little pet to greet him at the door with a kiss, so sad for mama to bave nO little darling to say take me in the bed, mamma. May the blessed Lord help them to realise that she is safe In tbe arms of Jesus. Bhe will never know lh« trials and troubles of this life. Bhe was too pure and sweet to stay here, and they will some bweet day see her. Grieve not. pspa,mamma, brothersdear Aitbouiib r i u absent fhim thy fold} Auiit Willie knows we'll meet again At the beautiful galea of gold. j« AUMT WlIiLIR.'

Or. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has sluce 1840 tteadlly risen In public Ikvur, and tb« d«niand for It far ex-ceeds that of any othar Liver Medloine.

No Premiums Go with Eagle Coffee. We put in better CoUbe Instead. The lotel l innt buyer of CpOfco wants the value Instead, and not a poor drink with some cheap S M E . Ask for o„r KAQLE B i I a N D , ^ d get the cleanesf, freshest and best drinking Package ColRie on the market, Boasted and packed here at home by

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fbii"Montii8 KTreatnent Free! To Introduce tbe Saas-Cers Csrs In every com-iltyand prove that It cure* when sll others ; fsiled. I will for a limited time tend mrd-es for a 8 months treatment free. Bend s

© hristmas Books, Fine Stationery, New Games. We have Gibson's, Smith's, Johnson's, and Thulstrup's DRAWINUH —the elegant thing for ChrltttmaH. We have Johnson's •• Prisoners of Hope," t W o d e n ' s •• When KniKhtliood Was in Flower." Parker's "The Battle of the Strong," Page's Utxl Rock," and ALL of the

DESIRABLE NEW BOOKS. IN aAMICd-Bealistic Uolf, Carrums, Croklnole, the new Arcliarena Combination Board, and other games. Maud Humphrey's Beautiful Illus-tration in Books for the Little Folk, and tiieover popular Books of Henty, for Boys; and Mrs. Alcottand Mrs, Kwlng's, for (llrls. Large stock of Bibles and Prayer Books. Our new store is replete with a better slock of " lJp-to-l>ate Books" this season than ever before. Call to see us and get suggestions for your presents.

Mail Ordera Receive Prompt Attention, ao Per Cent. DIscouht On All New Books.

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Tbe Teitober . Advanced Ijunrlorly Intermediate Qmirlerly I'riniary t^uarterly Tbe l>esHM>n l.enr . . . . ; Tiie I'rlnmry I#af. Kind Words (weekly) Kind Word* (wiiil-nionthly) Kind Word* (iiiontblyi t.'blld'sueni Illble l.e*son Tlctures. I'Ifture l.«>*«on Cards Couventlon Alnmiiao (per year) CARDS AND CATECHISMS.

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TBE Story of yates the missionary Written by Ciiahi.kh K.TAVlx>lt, I). I>. Cloth, l2ino. pp. . m IVlTO, tl.U) |HHit-imld.

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W. K Iliitclier; A book whose elmrtn I* ronlHKloii* und resistless. A story wblpJi opens simply and beaulinilly, and «row* In dlxnlty, serloiisness.and powereven unto Us last iwge. W I L L M A K E MISSIONARIES.

I , It. Van Iieventer: It movod my bean, It thrilled iny soul. I could not s«c the lines for tcnrs. I rouid not keep from lauRblnK. The iKtok will make missionaries under Uod.

W w I Ul lOU A Great Trio: POLLER, JETER. YATES

Three I^ctnres Itefore Houthern Ibiptlst Theological Hemlnary. Ily Ilov, W. H. I.. Hmitii, I>, 1). Taper, iaino,pp. im I'rice, postimld, 3S«. Henry Mnlionnid: A Suporbsettlnffbrtb of three great men. 1 want a supply on linnd all the llino, so as to put n copy In the hand* of young men. It mny murk tlio turning 'point In their lives.

' ' " "Tte {?• ..Wirlslinn Index: HInce tbe days of John A. Hiebblhs. nno tJ«o. t . |iron,i,M wo havo not soin liner Kngllsh. K-Dorlnb. Itoundor _

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On account of the popular deinamd for tlK-'se waiclios last yjMir, wo have diKjlded to offer them again so as to enable those wlio did not secure one to do so. These Watclics nra (JlJAllAN'i'JIED to us and we GUAIIANTEE them to you. Do not get an idea that they are cheap, shoddy goods, for they are not. You will bo surpristKl when you see them. We are able to mSce this liberal offer because wo have made aiTangements with the manufactnrei's dh-ect, and at first cost, thus saving the profit of the middle man. HOW TO GfCT IT.—Simd us SEVEN NEW HubHcrilxjrs at 82.00 eiK h, or 22 four months trial suljscribers at 50c. each, and the WATCH will be sent you prepaid. Do not delay. Write us if you intend to work for a watch and we will send you sample copi(% free.

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0\VK.V.—Br». Moutgoinery Owen died at his home In WIIboii Oouuty on Oct. 17, 1898. He wan Iwm Jan. 2», 1880, and entered the Master'ii eervloo while young. He uulted with tbe Fall <'reek Baptlat Church mud remained until moving In the heighborhood of the Qladeville ItaptlMt Church aud lio moved hie inembenhlp there. It waH a fortunate thing for this young church to receive him aa a member. He was ordained a deacon aud alMo appointed Huperlntendent of theBuuday-Hehoo), III which capacity he faithfully servetl hla church and Maater until releaHcd from hla labom. llrn. Owen wuh married May 2)1, 18o(t, to Mliw Hyreiin li . Derklna, with whom he lived hap-pily until her death which ocrcurrcd aeveral yean before hla. He left live Mona and thred daughters, and a hoat of ftlenda to mourn hla dt'parture. He aiilTered greatly In hla laat alckneait, but bore It with Chrlatlan patience, and at laat when the auuaet of life came he bad nothlug to do but to croea over to hU beautiful home that had been awaiting him so many yeant.

J. W. LANNOM, T. A. Maiiti.n, Committee.

C. O. Hollowav, Walton, 'I^iin., writea: Have uaed Dr. M. A. BiuimouH Liver Medicine ten yean in my family. I t curea Cbronio OblllH, Ckiuatipatluu and Indlgeatlon. I believe ItaHlrength »nd witlou at least ten to one mure efltoient than Dlaok Draught.

the Huvior, aiil wu* for uiuny yean* a devoted member of Uepubllcttn Grave Kaptlat Church, but iit theorgani/.atiuii of Lam;»wta8 Church iMH-anie and rc> malued a member of thiH cliurch until (Jod called him above. He wa» one of tboae quiet,unaasumingchuractera that we meet with occasionally. Hla laat lllncaa waa ot a few daya when he fell aaleep in tho arma of the Havlorlic hud truated ho long.

Iteaolved, That our church loat iu Dro. Owen a gtxMl and worthy mem-ber, the bereaved fumlly a kind niid liidulgent luiaband and father, the country a good citixeii.

Iteaolved, That we bow in humble aubmiaaioii to the will of our Heavenly Father in our aad bereavement, know-ing that He doeth uii things well.

Iteaolvetl, Thnt we extend our aln-cere aympathy to the bereaved com-panion and daughtera and all rclatlvea and frlendaof liro. Owen, aud that We will try to be ready when the aum-monaahall come, aa he waa, to dcitart and be at rent in the Havior'a preaence.

Ileaolvetl, That thia preamble aud reaolutioii be apread on our nilnutc book, a copy aent to tito Hai>tibt ami llRKiiHin'oK for publication and a (r<ipy furuiahed tlio family of thedeceaaeii.

i W. A. Joxi-a, C . 8 . D I M I U N , J . T. 8AUNDI-:U8,

Coinmltteo. Uei|d and approved by the LaaeaHaua

llaptlat Church Nov. SMI, 1808..

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OwKN.—JDcaih baa again Invaded our mnka, taking our beloved brother, Htepben Owen. He waa born In Hail-fax County, Vn, Jnli. 20,1817, died in Uutherford Obunty, Tenn., Oct. Ill, IR08, aged 81 yean 8 montha and 2(t days. He came to thia county in the wurlyiBttlementortheBiAte. Married Mlas/udlth H. RobcrtKin Oot, 1», 1847; thrw boys und Ave girls was tbe reault of this untou. The boys went to their reward in advauos of tbelr father and no doubt were waiting and wstohing to woloomo lilm home to glory. Bro. O w n in wiriy Ufa gave hla heart to

Pains in Hssd, Nsak, Bhpuldsn, Bsok, Front, Hidss, Hips snTLlmba •rsnwlliy oursdby BimmonB Bquaw Vine WlneorTkbMs.

To wttle the atonmch and Oveicuuie tlie Nauaea of I'roa|>ective Mothera, take Bllnmoua Btiuaw Vhiu Wine or Tabieta. A SCHOOL OP JOURNALISM.

our courwD In Jouroallaiu by eorrcNiiun. (lenoa eitibrm-o pruutlual wurk In ii«w* giiili-erin (, eJitorlnl wrlllniti a aludy of iidveriUc. menui. lllamr}' iiietlioda generally, nnd prHc tlMl Uelp for boKlnnlUK writara mhiI llleriiry workera. Kntlre akpeuea leaa t iMn tO ceuta 11 weok. I^iwl* I). Hanipion, J j i w i o r Bcliool of Journnllam, Valimralao, Ini i , D. M. A.

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N. M. It will bo to your lutoroat to examino theso in-Btnimeiiis boforo pitrohaahig. Sold on monthly pay. inontB if doflirod. Church and School Organs a" specialty.

P. D. CARR, 210 N. Summer St., Koshvllle, Tomi.

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1 6 B A P T I S T A O T ) B E F L B O T O B , D E O . 1 5 , 1 8 9 8 .

D o n ' t F a l l to Come a t Oiico a n d Seoui-e S o m e of t h o Gi-eat B a r g a i n s in Grocorles a n d Pi-oduco T h a t a r e O f f e r e d a t t h e

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Don't Forget the Boys. And carry along with You

10 |wcka Are cracken only 1 doi. 8 ball Itotnan candlea ouly. I doz. 10 ball roman candles ouly. 4 10c ukgs to date" salutes... 4 10c Boxes Tbrpedoes tf I<arge Boxes Ibrpedoes 1 doe.:: ox sky rockets 1 doz. 4 oz sky rockets

We have all sizes of the orlKlua! "up todate" Canuou Crac^em. The best cracker made.

5)11011 tiO to the box, 2 boxeo for.. Large Tyi inch 20 lu a box, per box

IWo UK-1.V iUK K()c 'ITm: lOc 2.->f

40c

L.OW Prlc< on

N U T S , C A N D I E S ,

KloriiUOraufo*, pcrdOMD., | n KiiraH«c«lOraaK«t,>*«ii]rtlM"p«rdoi... I ftDor l^iu .n«, p«r cloiea to lial»K*(jraprf.p«rlb W llaoti-maiteSaratoica Uandjr: flMit mad. i puiup<DraDo]rl-li>. bostti per lb . ... I'Dt up lu &-IU. Iwxra IpouadomUedCaadx < pound* HI lly FlllierU « p<iund» larffo I'eoao* 1 pflUDd* TaroKOoa Almondi. 4 poundtliTrce mU•bell WalnuU 9 poiindi Mlied NuU t coouanuta raoe Noriiiern Apple*, per peek

u 1 00 w tl u

to M u tt n

J U S T 1^E©EIVED. Our Supplies for Fruit Cakea. lowest Pricea Ever Heard Of.

4 lb». New Loudon Layer Italalus 85c 4 lbs. New Smyrua Layer Figs... fiOc I lb. Crygtalized Orange or Leniou

Peel aOtr 8 1 -lb. package Halloween Dates.. 25o

4 lbs. New Raisins 3 lbs. New (Currants 2 lbs. New Leghorn Citron.... U MM. Heedless lUislns Heeded Kaliilnit 1 lb packages.

250 250 250 lOo

Chocolat-Menier, for Cakes, per lb., 40c.

Wheu you bur Miller A Uart'a llerk-•blre Uamii you'll pwltlvelT Ret the bi>(t I Nonw tobuytouKb, aalty MMn belllea, wben you ran nt from u* Miller A llart'a i b l e ooM We have Miller A Hart'a Boitoo Haini We alio bnve their I'lc , I NIC lUnia Miller A lUrt'a Ilacon prod-; ucM are the very bent 118 Iba. Ikiaton Qtanulated Burar { o n l y • t 0 0

B e e t B o e t o n Q r a n u l a t e d H i i g a r I n 100-lb aacka ... 6 «) , 90 lb* wblte Clarined Hiitrar I 00 «Mb boeketallver leaf Urd, only .. 1 ao MMb bucket allver leaf tard. only .. Tttr 31 Iba ralrbank'a Compound only 1 UO iMb bDCket Falrbank'a Compound only 1 00 16 Iba. Bent Leaf Lard. I uo lO-bucket Cottolene for W Fancy Boaton Hsma only ««• Fancy Plcnlo Ham* only ... Te Fancy Hugar Curwl Hboulder* only. 61-2" Fancy Hunr Cured Btrlpa on W e a t e r n C l e a r H i d e * , p e r l b o n l y . . m

i C a r a m e l U r i p , p e r g a n o n , o n l y ' ju N e w O r l e a n a M o U a a e a , t b e b e f i t p e r fallon.only.,.. w New Borgbnm only 20c Boisbum purchased In 5,10 and

20 gallon kegs only i Oc 10 lbs. Grlawold's Famous 4A

Colfte, only i oo Mocha and Java, best money

can buy, fit for a king, per pound only

Are jroo fbnd of atronir rolfc-ef If you are, buy our Ajax; Ifa a tower or*trencth;2 Iba for. New York Haod-plcked Navy

Bean, per bush New York Hand-picked Navy

Beans, 2 gallons, ouly

30 lbs. New Grits, only Lady Peas, per gal., only 0 Iba new Oat Meal, for Heat l>e«rl »lcal, peck Ju« rcMlved new Itolled Oata treah from tlie mill II Iba for.. 4 KMscnt package* llurkeye Oat* only.... I^nto package premium OaU only Flour l» tumbllnK down; bread U tumbUng the mme way; 4 large loaves only 6 lbs. Xew Rice, clean and

white, only

25c .20c

15

a-) 25 &

5

2.50

80

10c 20 0

80

25c

3& 1 2,5

85c

Miscellaneous Goods. Plokled PIga' Feet, per doa 2 pounda beat fiill (.Wm Che««e for A .NKW THING-I'icnic cbeeae, weight about 4 pound*, extra fine quHTIIy, only Cttpe Co<l cranberrle*, per gallon only French Macaroni, per package

only 4 II)* fre*h Oyater oraeker* 411*1 freah Hoda cracker* for 4 lbs. fresh Ginger Snaps for.. 5 gallon can, worth $1. We (III

it with the best Olltboth for 8 s|)ools best Machine Thread.. Best pickles, small sbte, pergal. 1 dozen American Bardlnes for 6 nickel Clgara,Ju8tthlnkoflt,

for 2 boxes 2-oz. Garrett's or Bru-

tou'sHnufffof.:

iii 80

fic sr. 25

25

85 25 20 85

05

16

1 lb. Famous Battle Axe To-bacco

S-yeaiM>ld Cider Vinegar per gal., only

Rifle Powder, per lb., only.... Hhot, all sizes, per lb., only A 5-1 b. box New Cud Fish, put

in I-lb. bricks, per box Remember, when you buy your

canned goods from us you can select from a new stock of great variety of over 8,000 cases, contracted for early in the season, when they were much lower than they are now. Following are Just a few: 4 cans Polk's Best Sugar Com. 25 4 cans Blackberries 25 4 large cans Grated Pineapple. 25 4 large cans Polk's Toniatoes.. 80 4 cans early June Peas 80 4 large cans Table Peaches 45 You lovers of floe Hugar Corn, buy

Louis McMurray's Gold Medal Mountain Pack. It's the best money can buy, per doz. only 95 i

Polk's best Tomatoes, 8-lb cans per doz 85

Polk's best Corn, per dOz 76 New California Evaporated Fruits Just received from Los Angeles, Cal. 25 bags Golden Apricots 12K 100 bags and boxes large fancy

Perthes 12^

250 boxes choice Prunes, 0 lbs. for

Michigan Evaporated Apples, 6 lbs. for

H lbs. extra fancy country dried apples for

4 lbs. Country Dried Peaches.. Royal Baking Powder j^lbcan 50 lbs. New Graham Flour for.. 50 lbs. New Rye Flour for Bweet Potatoes, per bu., only.. Irish Potatoes, large Northern,

per bushel IrlHh Potatoes, home grown,

second crop, per bushel.... Water Ground Meal, per bu.. .

Soapi, WMhIng Powder. 20 bars good Kitchen Hoap.,.. 8 bars mottled German Soap.. 7 packages Gold Dust for 7 packages Pearllne for 7 packages nine o'clock wash-

Ins tea for 8 Mb. BarsHaxon (the genuine)

only . . . . 0 Bars Clairette Soap 10 bars White Itose, as good as c .. ' 'not Mt«r, onlv.. 8 lbs. large lump starch, only..

60c

60c

OOc

SI^EAKINQ THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

Old 8«r(ei, Tot. LXl. N A S H V I L L E , T E N K . , D E C E M B E R 2 2 , 1 8 9 8 . Inr Stflii, f«l. L, I t . tt.

2Sc

IcCann's Luory Floor Per Bbl. $3.70. B

Se LEAHY & SONS, B Hard's Obelisk Floor Per Barrel, $4.00.

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Bfldee Avenue and Public Square. TeUphone 435. All Gooda Boxed and Dellvoretl to Rallwoy Statloiu Free of CharKo.-Out-of-T\,wn Onlo™ Given Prompt AttenUon

KEEP Y D U R M O N e v ' A M O N G Y O U R S E L V E S " BUY GOODS MADE AT HOME.

- . in l iU ' i 'BAKING cimorniTBCscTnn THOMAS'J™ •m Prepared at ThomnB' New Tea and Coffee Hbuse.

After Jan. iBt Market Street, facing Union.

Lowest Prices. Honest Goods. TBLBPHONB 660.

C.W.PateSCo. F U B N i n m E . aio N. CollH* S t , NaiUvlll*.

W o w i l l 611V0 Vot i j t o n o u *

p Dreafi\ of Ql?rl5tn\a8 Be l l s .

BY U/III T- ME-

Yearolng wUttui tbrough the distimce. long-lost comrades of the Past. As the Chrlatmaa neara I ball yon in a love that'a sUll ateadtaat For laat night I drwamed my tooUtefii had agafn atncr*d iMek tot yon. And you met me with your amilea as ever yon were wont to do. Out abov«» tbe brooding hills I saw the red streaks of the mom. Like rose-brolder'd paths to Heaven from a wildemeaa fOrlom; In tho village streets I lingered where aa children we had play'd. When we thought the hilltops bounded all the world that Ood had made; And we grasped and clasped a moment as before there came farewells,

Wbllf we heard Tbe bolls a-rlnging—

Heard the gladsome Christmas bells.

Ix>ng-buib'd voices, dear old comrades, that within my dream would rise. Sounded as thongh bom of music drifting down from Paradise; Thorghts of early sweeth'earta' greetings in the glad old-fashlon'd way Drough*. some tears for dreams tliat perish'd In oar youthhood's nower'd May: Friends who'd suffer'd seem'd dralm closer unto me than they had been.— For the hearts that have their sorrows temper Judgment on all men: As about zone days we chatted and among changed ways we trod. Earth seemed really drawn up somehow Juat a little nearer Ood. . . . And" I'd like to be In person where each oId>tlme comrade dwells

While the Lord's Good will's a-riaglng

In t|i»^ladsome Christmaa bails! —Oumbertand Pretbt/feHan.

ALL THINGS COMMON.' BV WtV. B. WAMPB.

, W» M« too apt to go to tba Bible Vlth a piacon-oelvad theory lostMui of forming our theories from a oanfUL ptayatftil atady of Ood'a woid. Tb» Camp-ballte^ In Older to estabUah bla thwiry of the Pmt-ooatal origin of the uhuroh, eeeks to Invalidate tbe ao-tlon df tlie ehuwh In eelecUng Matthlae to fill the plaoebf JudM, A oertain olasaof theologlana, who ate wise pibove what la written, delight to oritlolae tbe •llifed iSitalteor the Jenimlem phuwhln lbm what i«idiheolc«lana u * p l e ^ to oaU » mamnnt,

HbMi eifoli waa not the oaM la attested by the optokma oi c^r beat eoholaie. The verba to the orlghial are nea i^ ^ lo the hnperflNt teoa^ which denoteea wn-tiomwoeof the aotlou or evento deefsribed, pethape i h i ^ » period br least eeven leaie.

^ ^ the best lulbfmatlon we can get, a eomewhat

wanted to appear Uboeal, but who knew nothing of the true spiiit of giving as it waa manifested by Bar-nabas. 31m sequel tells Ita own tale of tbe nsult. The words of Peter to Ananlaa ahow that the disci-pica were not bound to aell thefar property and put tbe pioeeedatotoaoommon ftand: "While |t remained was It not thine own?" He oould have kept It. He dklnothavetoeeUlL "After It waa aold, waa It not In thlneown powof"—L e., to nae it aa be pleeaed.

I conceive that this fint ohuroh waa actUig under the direct guidance of the Holy Bphrit, and instead of critldaing Ita aetkma we aboald emulate its example, especially In CMitributiona. I t seems to me that this nanatlve Aunlahee ua the dlvbw model on this point.

1. A great neoeast^ had arisen. Tbe poor salnta in Jetttsaleni needed help, which called for huge <oontri-butlona. Jamea totlmates that the love of God does not dwell In that man who can shut up the bowels of his ccmpeselon to tbe flue of the cries of his fellow-men. Have we not a great neoeeslty on us? Do not our moontato regtons, our ftontierB, our cltkea and our foraign popalatk>n at home, aa well aa onr newly ac-quired possessions and the open doora to Chhia, and even to tbe uttermost parU of the eartta, call for en-larged contribution*?

2. No mian claimed that hia property waa hie own. Surely all that we have and are bekmgs to Qod.

8. Tbey held their property for tbe common good. When we become memboa of the church, to which Is committed the Ifaster^ work on earth, we enter toto covenant rdatlim with the membcaahip of that church, and ahoald strive to balld up tbeimetuber-ahiphy all the nMana in oar power. If each esteems othen better than htanaelf. nothtogwlU be wltttheld Atom contributtog to the good of the membenhlp, and thua advancing tbe common caose of the Master. There is not enough ftateraal lUlowshlp among ua.

4. Ihaor gave cheerfkiUy of tbeii means, withhold-tog nothtog, evm to their housee and lands. I fear that the reason we are too eager to omidemn these eariy diadplee ie because we ate not willing to follow their example. Jesus aays for ua not to lay up treas-urca on earth where moth and rust corrupt and thtovee break through and steal, but to lay up treas-urea to heaven. We are too qukdi to oondnnn those who foltow this oommand of the Savtor.

I ehaU not urge the brethren to sell out their homes and contribute their all to the cause, but aome of us can makeconsMeiable progiesa along this line with-out any danger whatever. Too nwny follow tha ex-ample of Ananlaa without meeting his Immediate domn. Bnt Ok>d la not moo|ied, and whatsoever a man sows, that shall be also reap.

fkee llt««l tianeUtlon would be eomethtog like this: "And the mnlUtode of them that believed were of one heart and of one aoul. Neither eald any one that aught of the things which he puisissnd was hie own; but they held aU thlnga for the eommon good (of aU.) And with gTMt power gave'the apoetlea wltneaeof thereenrteotlonof the Lord Jeans, and gnat grace waa upon them all. Ndther waa there any atbong them that hudted, for aa many aa wen poeeieeonof landa or of hotiaee wwlld sell them and would bring the price of the thtoge that were aold and lay It at the apoetlea' IWt, and dletrihutlon wonld. he made'to every minaoooidlngia he had aeedi'" ^ ^ '

Luke then proceeds to tell of Setofchea, Who of hie gnat liberality f>ld land and brought the m o n ^ u d laid It at the apoetlee' tmi In oidn to ito^ply the wants of hia poor bretbrso and sisters. Luke then piooeeda to teU ua of one Annanlae, a hypoeHte, Who

Bchoee P roa the Prahlbtthm Campaign to Hacon. In neponae to your note Tequeetlng me to give your

readmahlstoryofonrgreat prohibition contest, len-ckiseour official letter which deala with theieeulta, and the methoda employed by the whiskey men. I t is a sad atoiy, but I prey that It may at least arouse t lie Ang1o49axon Ohriatlan to tealiae his duty In politkv. Too long we have eurrendered the leadership to men without conviction, hence Irreeponslble.

J . L. WlllTK. Macon, Ga.

TIIK ADDnitse. Hie Antl-Baloon Leegue of Bibb County having de-

cided not to eonteat the prohibition election on ac-oount of the deKMtlve provlrkms for such conteets In the local option law, have Instructed tlie committee of one hundred named below to laeue the following addieat. <

Thi lheta heteln Mated are known to hundreds as ere-#liu««eea In Bibb County, who watched the p i ^ i ^ of the riitstmUou. and Who remaltted at the voting fttMlneta on the clecUon day, and to thou-eiuide who attended euoh preotncta during a portlou of that day. It would, therefore, be unneceseary to publish them ae Informatkm to the people of this oMinty, but we believe that theee Husta am of giMt H. I