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[Jesus is called the Second Adam, Advocate,
Alpha and Omega, Blessed and Only Potentate,
Captain of Salvation, Chief Cornerstone, Chief
Shepherd, Dayspring, Desire of all Nations,
Emmanuel, Everlasting Father, Faithful Witness,
First and Last, God, Good Shepherd, Great High
Priest, Head of the Church, Holy One, and many
other names.] • ' . * * • ¦ ••- -
And he began to say unto them, This day is
this scripture fulfilled in your ears.—Luke
4:21.
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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities; the.'chastisement of
our peace was .upon him; and-with- his-Btripes ..
we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have
turned every one to his own way ; and the Lord
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth ; he is brought as a lamb
to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shear-
ers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his generation ? for he was
cut off out of the land of thejiving : for the trans-
gression of my people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and
with the rich in his death ; because he had done
nn violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath
put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul
an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in his hand. —-
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many; for he shall bear their
iniquities.—Isaiah 53:4-11.
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And when they were come unto a place called
Golgotha , that Is to say, a place of a skull, .
They gave him. vinegar to drink mingled with
gall: and when he had tasted thereof , he would
not drink.
And they crucified -him, and parted his gar-
ments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet, They parted
my garments among them, and upon my vesture
did they cast lots.
And sitting down they watched him there;
And set up over his head his accusation writ-
ten,THTSTSTESTrS
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TH^naNG:
T)FTHE JEWS.
—Matthew 27:33-37.
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness
over all the land unto the ninth hour.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lamasabachthani?
that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?
Some of them that stood there, when they
heard that, said, This man calleth for Ellas.
And straightway one of them ran, and took a
spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a
reed, and gave him td drink.
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias
will come to save him;
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud
voice, yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent
In twain from the top to the bottom; and the
earth did quake, and the rocks rent ;
And thegraves vvere ^>penedr and manybodies
of the saints which slept arose,
-And came''Mt-6r'tirtf'gfaTes*after his resurrec-
tion, and went into the holy city, and appeared
onto many. *-j •
Now whelOhe centurion,"and they that were
with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake,
and those things that were done, they feared
greatly, sayingjJh^ly^JJiis-JEas-the-
Son
of God.
-——Mattttew~27: 45-64.
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In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn
ward the first day of the week, came Mary
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And, behold, there was a great earthquake:
for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven,
and came and rolled back the stone from the
door, and sat upon it.
His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white -as snow : And for fear of him the
keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
And the angel answered and said unto the
women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek
Jesus, which was crucified.
._He is not Jiere : for he is risen, as he said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that ne
is risen'"jfrom the dead; and, oehold, he goeth
before '"
yoVinto Galilee; there shall ye see him;
lo, I have told you.
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre
with fear and- great joyi -and did run to bring
bis disciples word. '• ••¦¦!,;,..
And as they went to tell his disciples, ben*>l.d,i
Jesus met them, saying, AH hail. And they came
and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Then said Jesus unto them
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-tell-my—brethren-that-they-go^into-Gaiileer-and—
there shall they see me.—-Matthew 28:1-10.
FROM THE WORD OF GOD
Fairest Lord Jesus! . , _...
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Ruler of all nature!
O Thou of God and man the Son !
Thee will I cherish,
Thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown!
Fair are the meadows,
Fairer still the woodlands,
Robed In the blooming garb of spring.;
Jesus Is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful beart to sing!
Fair is the sunshine,
Fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines"brighter ,
Jesus shines purer,
TAan all the angels heav'n can boast!—Cru-
t> saders' Hymn.
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My Jesus, I love Thee,
I know Thou art mine,
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign ;
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou ;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 't is now.
—Anonymous.
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Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave, and follow Thee;
Desfrituter-despisedr-foFsakenT— —
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be:
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought, and hoped,^ and known ;
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and Heav'n are still my own.—Henry F.
Lyte.
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Jesus! the name that charms our feara,
That bld.g._pur BjjrxQWiLceasej ,
'T Is music in the sinner's ears,
'T is life, and health, and peace.
He breaks the pow'r of cancelled sin,
He sets the pris'ner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.—Charles Wesley.
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All the way my Saviour leads me;
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who thro' life has been my Guide?
"Heav'nty-peacer dfvfnest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate'er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.—Fannie J. Crosby.
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Tell me the Old, Old Story,
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory,
Of Jesus and His love.—Kate Hankey.
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I will sing the wondrous story
Of the Christ who died for me,
How He left His home in glory
For the cross of Calvary.—F. H. Rowley.
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I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My, breast."
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
The living water ; thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live!"
—Horatius Bonar.
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
, "DoesTiis 'successive journeys run;
His kingdom spread from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
—Isaac Watts.
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AH hall the pow'r. of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall ;
Bring-forthrtfte-rpyal-diadem;— -— r
And crown Him Lord of all.—Oliver Holden.
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FROM LITERATURE
Thou Shalt Call His Name
JESUS
For He shall save His p eople from
their sins.
And the Word was made flesh; and dwelt
among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory-
as of the only begotten of the Father), full
of grace and truth.-^-^rohn 1:14.
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HOW God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Ghost and with power: who went
about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with
him.—Acts 10:38.
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.—John 14:6.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believ-
eth in him" should not perish, but have ever-
lasting Ufe.^-John 8:16.
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Think—net-that--I—am-come-to—destroy-the-- -
law, or the prophets: I am not come to de-
stroy, but to fulfill.—Matthew 5:17.
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Even as the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.—Matthew 20:28.
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The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and
to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they
might have life, and that they might have it
more abundantly.—John 10:10.
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I Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I
am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shaH
find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.—Matthew 11:28-30.
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Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same
Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and .
Christ,.—Acts 2:38.
And when all things shall be subdued unto
him, then shall the Son also himself be sub-
ject unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in all. ¦— I Corinthians
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.. . . The reader will note that the
first page and the editorials in this
issue are devoted to the Lord Jesus.
He is the hope of this generation , as
of all generations , and we confidently
believe That when our people have
given Him His ri ghtful place our dif-
ficulties , Religious and otherwise, will
be largely settled.
.. . . Mr . A. C. Lovelace , who for
a number of years has been engaged
in school and associational Sunday
school work, is now giving his full
time to religious work as pastor 's as-
sistant and educational director at
Lnray Baptist Church in Gastonia. He
would be interested in full time work
¦as pastor ,
. . . . The Registrar at Mars Hill
College reports 605 students. They
come from eighty-four counties in
North Carolina , twenty-two states ,
and three foreign countries. There
j_re forty students for the ministry.
For want of room , trie college had.
to turn many worthy students away
from Mars Hill.
. . . . Pastor R. J. Rasberry re-
cently closed a fruitful meeting at
his Friendship Church in the Bruns-
wick Association. Dr. A. J. Barton ,
of Wilmington , did the preaching.
Dr. Barton greatly endeared himself
to the people of the Friendship
Church. Pastor Rasberry, who has
charge of the Hallsboro field , is
happy in his work.
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Fev4-v.aL..sexvicfia...
held' at Dawson 's Church in Roanoke
Association for ten nights came to a
close Friday, October '2. Rev. David
Bobbitt , of Cherryville , assisted the
pastor , Rev . J. T. Kirk. Brother
Bobbitt was reared in this com-
munity; so it was an unusual privi-
lege and pleasure to have him with
us. Many rededlcated their lives to
—&hristlw»-êwea-lhjuiugh_ the splen-
did messages he brought each night ,
and we feel his coming was a special
blessing bestowed upon us. — Mrs.
J. B. Partin , Scotland Neck.
. . . . Pastor J. A. Snow , of Win-
gate , was recently aided in a meeting
by Pastor M. L. Barnes, of Mount
Holly. One who has lived at Win-
gate for fi fteen years said that the
meeting was the best that he hed
known. Referring to the meeting, he
said : "Mr. Barnes is an excellent
speaker. His sermons are thought-
provoking, yet simple ; even the chil-
dren could understand and enjoy
ther.i. It is estimated that over 1,000
people attended the last service.
Then' were many conversions and re-
dedications , and a number of addi-
tions to the church." This is indeed
good news.
. . . . A r c h i e Macmillan , writes:
"Dr. Hubert M. Potea t, Latin profes-
sor at Wake Forest College for the
past twenty-four years, addressed the
students of the college on interpreta-
tions of the Bible. 'When the He-
brews were in their national infancy,
they conceived of God as a tyrant
ruling over a limited territory,' he
declared , going on to state that early
Biblical writers pictured God as chat-
ting with Abraham about Sodom's de-
struction, reveling in sacrlflceBr hard-
ening Pharoah's heart, and drawing
up blueprints of the tabernacle. 'The
Jews craved figurative pictures of
God, just as children long for 11-
lustrat'rons
,
in their .books to-relieve
the monotony o
_I serried lines of let-
ters that march relently across the
pages.' Dr. Poteat then ridiculed
such books as Ingersoll's 'The Mis-
takes of Moses' or Lewis's 'The Bible
Unmasked' that try to tear down re-
spect for Old Testament teachings.
-tBothâtnelats._aM_fjindamentall8ts
fail to realize that the BibleTi^pro^
gresslve revelation of God. -From
mMi&M MU ¦
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these early childish conceptions, Jew-
ish pictures of God increased in ma-
jesty: Jonah showed His power was
not confined to localities, Job told
of His mercy, and psalmists wrote of
Him as Shepherd and Father. This
revelation reached its climax on the
night when Jesus was born into the
world to give people a complete con-
ception of God.' " „.
. . . . Mrs. Octavia Norwood , who
spent several week* in the Baptist
Hospital, Winston-Salem, is now at
home with her niece, Mrs. R. P. Har-
ris, at Gibson, N. C. Mrs. Norwood,
"Son," would like to answer all the
communications she received while
at the hospita l, but she is too feeble
to do so. She wishes to thank her
friends through the Recorder.
.... We cordially commend the
"movement to establish religious ac-
tivity on the Wake Forest campus,
as indicated in an article on the next
page by brethren Roy M. LUes and
Douglas Branch. This movement, we
believe, wiU enlist the sympathy and
financial help of many of our peo-
ple. We should be glad to have ex-
pressions from the readers of the Re-
corder on- this movement.
. . . . The Cherokee Association met
with the WrighUs Creek Baptist
Church near Cherokee. There are ten
churches in this association, and all
of them sent messengers to the meet-
ing. Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Fitzgerald
are our missionaries among these In-
dians , and they are doing a conse-
crated and constructive work. It is
a real inspiration to see these Indians
transactin g business , and to hear
them sing, preach , and pray in their
-O.WIL..langua ge- .and in English. —
H. M. Hocutt. .:.
. . . . The West Liberty Association
met with the Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church about twenty-five miles west
of Murph y and just a short distance
from the TennesseeJine. The meet-
ing , was well attended with mes-
sengers from the churches and by
visiting brethren from other associa-
-trotts-and—from-Georgia-and—Tennes-
see. A fine thing about the meeting
was the number of men present. The
spirit of the meeting was good. The
speakers talked freely and encour-
agingly of our work. The sermon
Friday morning was by a visiting
brother from Tennessee. He brought
a good, constructive message on "The
New Testament Church and Its Pro-
gram. "—H . M. Hocutt.
. . . . Rev. J. T. Riddlck, president
of the Baptist Ministers' Conference
of the Mount Zion Association, re-
ported a visit from Dr. Zeno Wall,
who was aiding Pastor A. D. Klnnett
in a meeting at Burlington. Dr. Wall
brought a brief address to the confer-
ence which stirred the hearts of the
brethren. He is one of our great
preachers and a good presiding of-
ficer. He is genial and fair, and these
qualifications make him a beloved
and appreciated leader. The Baptist
ministers of Durham and the Mount
Zion Association were delighted to
have Dr. Wall present,. Tba confer-
ence, which meets at the First Bap-
tist Church, Durham, on Monday
after each third Sunday, renders un-
usual service to the Baptists of the
Mount Zion Association.
. . . . Dr. Hardy L. winburn, pastor
of the First Baptist Churchy Arka-
delphia, Ark., died on September 2.
While his health has not been good
for some time, his death was unex-
pected. For many years Dr. Wlnbnrn
has been an outstanding leader
among Southern Baptists. He was a
preacher of unusual ability and pos-
sessed executive ability to a rare de-
gree. Ha has been a member bYthe
Executive Committee of the Southern
Baptist Convention since: its organiza-
tion nine years aô, :'and lor. some
time he has been its vice president,
^'dlfferen^^^
âî^^^pfigÎTâo^^^î^^îa
•Seminary, Baptist Bible Institute,
Ouachita College, and a member of
the Executive Board of the Arkansas
Baptist State Convention since 1919.
Dr. Winburn was born at Bells,
Tenn., April 16, 1877, and was edu-
cated at' Union University, Jackson,
Tenn., receiving the degrees of B.S.,
D.D., and LL.D. He served as pastor
of churches in Tennessee, Illinois,
Kentucky, and Arkansas. He is sur-
vived by his wife and seven children.
Out of eight billion dollars
which the Uquor trEfftcrhas-taken-out
of the people's pockets, too many
millions of them lured from meager
bare living Income of thousands of
homes, the United States government
has received in liquor taxes, during
the forty months ending July 30,
1936 , an equivalent of a little less
than 17% cents out of every dollar
spent for booze. All the state and
local tax income from the liquor
traffic amounts to approximately five
cents more out of each dollar spent
for beverage alcohol.
. . . . Superintendent Louis J. Bris-
tow reports a pathetic case of a wom-
an thirty-eight years of age- whose
husband abandoned her because she
was ill. Her condition was such that
the doctors felt that her case was
hopeless, but she was sent to the Bap-
tist Hospital and is now Improving to
the extent that the restoration of her
health seems sure. This woman had
no money, and the hospital had to
put up all necessary funds to take
care of her. Any person interested
in sending a word of good cheer will
do well to write a letter to this wom-
an, addressed "The Woman Thirty-
Eight Years Old ," Baptist Hospital,
New Orleans,-La^
. . . . Churches placing the Biblical
Recorder in their budgets through
the club plan since our last report
are as follows: Thomasville First,
Liberty Association, Rev W. K. Mc-
Gee, pastor; Scott's Creek, Tucka-
selgee Association, Rev. T. F. Deitz ,
pastor, Miss Ruby Fisher, Recorder
j ^presentative; Mount Moriah , Tpan-
sylvania AssocTadon, ~Ttev; MT L.
Lewis, pastor , J. F'
. Morgan, Recorder
representative; Bunn , Tar River As-
sociation, Rev. C. E. Crawford, pas-
tor, J. N. Perry, Recorder representa-
tive ; Waco, Kings Mountain Associa-
tion , Mrs. Stough Miller, Recorder
representative; Mount Pleasant, Yan-
1 cey Association, Monroe- Mcintosh,
Recorder representative. We thank
each person contributing to the suc-
cess of this plan of placing the Re-
corder , in the .homes of our Baptist
people.
. . . . Dr. 3. W. Lynch, religion pro-
fessor at Wake Forest College for
fourteen years, spoke in chapel re-
cently on the importance of making
wise choices, telling the story of the
rich young man who came to Jesus
with the question of how he might
have eternal life. "There are many
men who would give five years of
their lives to live over five minutes in
the past.when there came a tide
which it taken at the flood would
have led on to fortune*," said Dr.
Lynch. He referred to the incident
of the rich young man as one of the
saddest in thVJMe_of Christ. Oppor-
tunity brought this young man near
the kingdom of God. He had four
distinct advantages—wealth, youth,
social position, and good manners. He
had been7~trafiiea well"firhfar home,
"the power house of our lives." His
method of approaching Jesus was ex-
cellent. He was reverent, he came
kneeling; his address was fitting,
"Good Master"; and his question was
a great one, concerning eternal life.
"Jesus saw, the young man and loved
him," continued Dr. Lynch. ""He
reached put His hand to draw him in-
to the kingdom, but the young man,
looking down at his golden shoes and
• thinking of his tender feet having to
"fread^th^ôi^h
path;
turned-
away
Borrowing."* ,;
. The Raleigh Associationyheets
at Good Hope (not New Hope, $
|'for.;
merly printed) three miles south; of;
Morrisville, October 28 and 29. ''Those
interested in attending the Raleigh
Association for 1936 will please note,
this change from the printed list.
.... Brother Gordon Keller, a
graduate ot Wake Forest College, re-
cently ordained to the Gospel mhv
istry, has gone to Louisville, Ky., to
enter the Southern Seminary, His
sister, Miss Ruth Keller, also, goes to
Lojiiflrtlig,.Jfi _ thgJW
^
M U. Training
School, In preparation for missionary
service.
. . . . Mrs. H a 11i e Jackson, of
Greensboro, writes: "The Recorder
has been in our family s
'ince I was a
child , and it grows dearer with the
years." It Is just such subscribers as
Mrs. Jackson that make it possible to
continue the publication of the Bib-_
Heal Recorder.
. . . . On September 2 Brother A. H.
Mooneyham, of Raleigh, renewed his
subscription to the Recorder for the
fiftieth time. That's loyalty.
' No won-
der that class of Meredith girls at
the Tabernacle Church look to.Broth-
er Mooneyham for instruction in Sun-
day school from generation to genera-
tion.
. . . . Miss Elsie K. Hunter, who has
been quite 111 for the past four weeks,
wishes to thank the many friends who
have remembered her by fruit , flow-
ers, cards, calls, and messages. Miss
Hunter was able to be moved from
the hospital to her home 606 Sasser
Street, Raleigh , N. C, the past week.
. . . . T h e Woman's Missionary
Union of Charlotte Division will meet
October . 20 with Concord First
Church. Mrs. E. S7~Summers7~3T"
North Street, is chairman of hospital-
ity, and those to be there on night o£
19th or staying for the night service
on the 20th will please notify Mrs.
Summers.
. . . . Brother J. J. Adams, of
Southport , reports the death of Jane
Elmore Burris , ninety-one, who pass-
ed away alter years gf suffering. She—
was a faithful member of the South-
port Baptist Church. For a long time
she had wished to go home—to the
place Jesus "has prepared for those
who love Him.
... . Rev. C. E. Edwards changes
his address from Wake Forest, where
he has lived for two years, to Chris-
tiansburg, "Va. Christlansburg is in
the mountain section not far from
Roanoke. Brother Edwards, in mov-
ing to Christlansburg,.is-iollawing his
children , two of whom live there.
He also held pastorates in Virginia
near Christiansburg for eleven years.
Doubtless Brother Edwards Is mak-
ing a wise move.
. . . . The citizens of five whole
states and those of individual towns
and districts in many others, are
voting on the liquor question this
fall. Maine came first, on September
14, with three questions up to the
voters, regarding the sale of liquor
in every town and city in the state.
California votes on a local option
amendment to the Constitution placed
upon the ballot as a result of 190 ,000
signatures to the referendum peti-
tion. In North Dakota the wets for
the seventh time in four years are
attempting to secure a favorable vote
-on- the-liquorL.aelling proposal. The
last one was defeated in June by a
dry majority of 27,495.- -Local elec-
tions throughout New Hampshire aftd
Massachusetts occur on November 3.
Other local option elections-are to be
held at various points in New York,
Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Oregon,
Conn^cticTrtT-MaTylandrand-WashinE-
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ton.
Remember the Lord thy God ; tor
-it is he-that giveth-thee-powar.tp
-gii
wealth'
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, ITEMS OF INTEREST |

The Baptist Courier of October l
carries the announcement of the
resignation of Rev. Edward Long, for
twenty years pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Clinton , S. C. Brother
Long becomes treasurer of Furman
University .and...Greenville..Woman's
College , our Baptist colleges of South
Carolina.
Brother Long is a native of Union
County/ and has many friends in
North Carolina; for though he has
been in South Carolina for a long
time, he has always kept up his con-
nection with the Baptists of North
Carolina. We congratulate Furman
and Woman 's College upon his ac-
ceptance of the position of treasurer
with these institutions. We under-
stand that he is to begin his work
_ with-Uiem-abaut-November—1,
Before going to Clinton , Brother
Long was for five and 'a half years at
Marion , S. C. In 1914 he returned
to his native State and was pastor of
the First Baptist Church of North
Wilkesboro , where he remained for
three and a half years. Brother Long
has had a successful pastorate at
Clinton. At the time of his resigna-
—rion—he-was—in-point-of—service—fehe-
oldest pastor , not only In Clinton but
in the county, and was dean of the
Clinton Ministerial Association.
Mrs. Long is as popular as her hus-
band , having the faculty of making
and holding friends. The two to-
gether have rendered distinguished
service through the years. Brother
Long 's popularity may be gathered
trom the fact that he has married
185 couples and conducted 172 fun-
erals at Clinton. "
We had hoped To "have" Brother
Long back in North Carolina, but this
more does not increase our hope for
such return.
Editor McConnell of the Texas
Baptist Standard says: "The deacons
in all of our churches ought to take
this matter of Service Annuity (Age
Security) up with their pastors and
churches at once and get it going.
It does not cost much and it will
sorely provide against poverty when
old age comes to the pastor. A
-deacon in Bonham would mot let me
rest until he and Mrs. McConnell got
me to take a certificate in the An-
nuity Fund when I was pastor there.
Ihe result is that now she and X can
face old age with calm confidence
that we will not be in want. I appeal
_ wtth_aILmy heart to deacons and to
preachers
' wives and to the friends
of. preachers and-their wives^to'get
this matter properly attended to at
once. Don't neglect nor delay it.
-Doa'
-Het another week pass without
doing something about this very im-
portant and, it might be, vital mat-
v*'!L~-Address—rSonwa-J—Wattsr
Executlve Secretary, Belief and An-
["dty Board, 2003 Tower Petroleum
Building, Dallas, Texas.
_ _5kRtedr^A horse-to-do-the work-
~°« a.country minister.—-Ex.
REV. EDWARD LONG
J. B. Lawrence. Executive Secretary-Treasurer
a Joe Burton, Publicity Secretary
Home Mission Board
GOSPEL CARRIED INTO HOMES
BY CUBAN BAPTISTS
Members of the Baptist church in
Cruces, Cuba, under the leadership of
their pastor,- Rev. Ismael Negrin, a
missionary of the Home Mission
Board, organized Into teams to carry
the Gospel Into non-Christian homes
on the day that Catholics on the
island were holding special celebra-
tions in honor of their patron saint.
Workers met at the church at five
o'clock in the morning, joined in a
brief service of spiritual preparation,
and then went out in groups to
preach the Gospel in every corner of
the city.
From one home to another they
went all day long, preaching, sing-
ing, testifying, distributing tracts.
Through the morning, the entire long
afternoon, and even until after dark-
ness had closed the day, these earnest
workers conducted services in non-
Christian homes in Cruces.
The first group did not return to
makes its report at the church until
ten-thirty. Fifteen hours had been
spent in the "highways and hedges,",
in the homes of the.people who, al-
though not interested enough in
Christianity to attend services, would
hear those who had such a passion
for souls as to bring the Gospel to
' their doors.
Soon other groups returned , until
the church was filled with those who
had given the day to Kingdom serv-
ice. Tabulation showed the follow-
ing records to have been made in one
—day-
^y-the-memhers-of—o-ne-ehureh-h-
Services held—615.
Tracts distributed—-3,243.
Number hearing the Gospel—5,214.
As the Catholic church bell tolled
the midnight hour , the happy group
of tired workers left the church with
joy in their hearts and a song on
—their-Hps;
BORDER WORKERS HOLD
WEEK'S CONFERENCE
A week's conference of mission-
aries of the Home Mission Board on
Mexican fields, the first such meeting
ever sponsored by the Board, was
held in Bastrop, Texas, September
14-18, with Dr. J. W. Beagle, field
secretary, presiding.
Dr. M. N. McCall, superintendent
of missions in Cuba
^
delivered two
addresses each day on "HowTo Pre-
pare and Deliver Sermons." Dr.
Beagle made three addresses on the
work of the preacher. t
Dr. J. B. Lawrence, also present
for the conference, brought four mes-
sages on "The Holy Spirit in Mis-
sion's."
On the program were twenty-three
missionaries who are leading the at-
tack on sin in Mexican Catholic com-
munities on an unbroken gospel front
from Bryan on the northeast to
Brownesville on the south , and thence
to EI Paso far to the southwest.
This wedge of living evangels, who
with their helpers occupy every sali-
ent post for gospel conquest on the
border, are piercing deep with the
two-edged sword of God's Word as
they win converts to Christ daily. The
Word is truly two-edged as it- is
wielded by these missionaries, for
it cuts two ways into the heart of
blighted Catholicism. Directly, the
preached Word is winning many to
Christ on the-border; indirectly, the
influence and testimony of these who
have been won, as they go back to
Mexico, win many others.
As a source of reenforcement, two
fortresses at either prong of this
wedge on the border send forth fresh
troops continually to strengthen the
hands of-the veteranJflghters, Onejt
El Pasp, Anglo-Amerigan Institute,
Prof. A. Velez, principal, takes young
Mexican children from their homes
on both sides of the Rio Grande,
gives them the Gospel while teaching
them to read and write, and sends
them out to win others -to Christ.
At Bastrop, end of the other prong,
is Mexican Baptist Institute, where
-.the—conference—was-
JieldV—Pauf-&—
Bell, director, and his faculty, train
those who are called to special serv-
ice for these tasks.
The conference was planned , Dr.
Beagle stated before leaving Atlanta
for—Bastrop,-^to-set-4he missionaries
on Are to win souls." It was with
this obj ect in view that the addresses
by Dr. Lawrence, Dr. McCall, and Dr.
Beagle were prepared.
"Winning souls," Dr. Beagle con-
tinued, "is what we employ mission-
aries to do. We expect them to win
the lost, and we expect Our mission-
aries on the border to come out of
this conference with their hearts
~ "aflame to win"souls to Christ.""
MANY HEAR GOSPEL FIRST TIME
IN LOUISIANA REVIVAL
Missionaries L. C. Smith and A. D.
Martin preached in a revival meeting
in a community In the extreme south-
ern end of Louisiana in September
which resulted in one hundred pro-
fessions and the establishment of a
mission.
Dr. J. W. Beagle, field secretary of
the Home Mission Board , who was In
the services the last two days of the
revival , states that many of the con-
¦—verts-had-never beard-the GosT/el"be~-
fore the two home missionaries came
for the meeting.
People came up the bayou in their
boats for the services, which were
held in one of the homes of the com-
munity. The missionaries report
that there have been no regular re-
ligious services in the community,
and that there is not even a school
-—for-the-trtrrrcrreni ~ ~
Before the meeting closed, the man
in whose home services were held ,
gave an acre of his twelve-acre farm
for a church and school, and Dr.
Beagle said that he would be respon-
sible for the erection of a building.
Rev. Perkins Wayne , graduate of
Louisiana College and of Baptist
Bible Institute, who had been in the
services, felt the call of this needy
field and agreed to accept the work
on faith. - The Home Mission Board
'
will ' likely' make some provisions for
his needs.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS SOUGHT
FOR DEAF SERVICES
Missionary J. W. Michaels states
that in his work among deaf-mutes
he is especially anxious to get volun-
teer hearing workers to sponsor re-
ligious services for those who cannot
hear. "The deaf everywhere," he
says, "look up to hearing people' for
things spiritual as well as secular."
As an example of notable service
rendered by a hearing person , he cites
the record of Mrs. R. L. White, one
of the leaders in the Sunday school
of the First Baptist Church, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Mrs. White has been in -charge of
work with the deaf for a number of
years. The church has now built an
addition which includes four rooms
to be used by the deaf. In the de-
partment for the deaf are three class
rooms and an assembly room.
Brother Michaels is hopeful that
other hearing workers will enlist to
help in this work, until in every com-
munity where there are deaf-mutes
there will be a Baptist volunteer-
worker leading religious services for .
the deaf.
Liberty consists not in doing what
one wishes, but in doing what one
ought.—Author Unknown.
NEWS AND TRUTHS ABOUT OTIS HOME MISSION WORK
Feeling the need for a keener
spiritual fellowship and a more close-
ly coordinated religious program
among the students, the various re-
ligious organizations at Wake For-
est are working on a project which
they hope will result In the erection
of a building on some convenient spot
on the campus which may be dedi-
cated wholly to the various religious
activities of the students.
Expenses of the building, if erect-
ed, will be defrayed by gifts from the
students and other friends who are
interested in a movement of this
kind.
It is proposed that .the architecture .
of the building"-
cbTncIde"wTfh the
period already in vogue on the cam-
pus. The Interior will combine sim-
plicity and quiet dignity with useful-
ness.
The proposal grows out of an ap-
parent need for a central base of
operations for all the religious activi-
ties on the campus and the need for
a closer connecting link between the
Student, life ,and .the- church.
This project is as yet but a hope.
The students are expecting the Bap-
tists of the State to assist financially
in this religions project which they
feel will advance the spiritual life
of the student body to a point which
has not been reached heretofore.
ROY M. LILES,
President B. S. U.,
DOUGLAS BRANCH,
President Ministerial Class.
MISLEADING QUOTATION
You often hear the quotation, "Ye
shall know _the truth and the truth
"sha"lT"make"you"free. '' " Frequently It
is used in connection with Institutions
of learning. For instance,' on the
front of the Academic Building at the
University of Virginia one may read
this quotation in Greek.
Probably no other familiar quota-
tion is repeated so often without its
true meaning, rendered so incom-
pletely. For this promise follows a
definite condition precedent, and
without that condition, its signifi-
cance is lost.
The words, as you remember, are
taken from the Gospels. They are
the words of Jesus. As they are
usually quoted, the assumption seems
. to be that the promise is uncondi-
tional, that the knowledge of the lib-
erating truth may be had, regard-
less. Nothing could be farther from
the meaning of Jesus' great words.
It is probably assumed in the
quotation as recited by academicians
that search for truth is necessary for
the promise to be fulfilled—a con-
ning of ancient lore, perhaps, or a
study of new science. But the con-
dition which Jesus set forth was
neither of these. He did not say nor
intimate that If you studied the
classics, or if you learned the
sciences, natural or "social," you
would consequently know the truth.
What He did say was: "If ye continue
in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed , and ye shall know the truth
and the truth shall make you free."
Knowledge of the truth, He said, is
dependent upon the continuance.
Here was the Person who knew
what it was all about; who expressed
the truth In His teachings and in His
life. He promised knowledge of it on
one condition—and on one condition
only. To quote His promise without
quoting His condition is misleading
and false. — Nell Battle Lewis, in
The News and Observer, October 4,
1936.
"This learned I from the shadow of
— —« -tree— -
As to and fro it swayed upon a
wall;
Our . shadow selves, our influences
may fall
Where we can,never be "
—Clipped.
I ' " , ' . ¦BBSS ,
"
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"
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MOVEMENT TQ ESTABLISH RE-
LIGIOU8 ACTIVITY ON WAKE
FOREST COLLEGE CAMPUS

This subject stirs our thought today . It im-
plies that the church is functioning, but thrusts
before us the query whether it is doing its work
properly or not. In view of the question thus
presented , let us consider first what we conceive
the function of the church to be. This statement,
with slight revision to suit our present purpose,
is taken from "Baptists at Work Together" by
M . A. Huggins.—A. W. Fleischmann.
1. The Church's Function
It has been said , "(1) That the church exists
to enrich the lives of its members , because
spiritual growth is impossible apart from com-
munion with God and contact with other like-
minded and like-spirited human beings. (2) The
church exists to win those unattached to CHRIST,
which suggests a deeper and fuller relationship
with Christ than mere membership in an organi-
zation. (3) As the "social incarnation" of Christ
in the world , the1 church MUST stand for certain
principles and against certain practices.
It must stand for (a) the idea that only
spiritual values are permanent , and as such
constitute our ultimate wealth. (b) The
idea that human personality is priceless,,the—
most valuable possession in the universe,
(c) The idea that freedom , religious , po-
litical , and economic, are God-given rights
and must be secured and preserved, (d) The
idea that God desires a "new earth" and that
under the guidance, and through the power
of His Spirit , it will - be accomplished in
harmony with His Kingdom purposes. .
The church must therefore stand against
(a) all those agencies in society which would
exploit the poor and th» weak for selfish
ends, and must seek actively to help them , as
Christ did. (b) All those agencies and prac-
tice*- which tend to prevent man 's full de-
_Y_e]pjraentt_.j3Uch as the liquor traffic, gam-
bling in varied forms , indecent movies, etc.
(c) It must take its stand against war as
being wholly at variance with the mind and
spirit of Christ, (d) It must stand against
irreligion and all of its moral implications.
And (e) finally, the church must stand
against hypocrisy and injustice , wherever it
shows itself.
(4 ) The church exists for the purpose of letting
the light committed to it shine to the ends of
the earth. It must be actively missionary.
In order properly to function and fulfill its
purpose in the earth while her Lord is absent , let
us see two important facts, stated by Dr. J. B.
Lawrence as follows : (a) "The primary unit of
force in the Kingdom of God is the saved indi-
vidual ," and (b) "the primary unit of organiza-
tion and cooperation in Kingdom undertakings is
the individual church. "
II. The Church Is Functioning Today to the
Following Extent :
In an analysis of the church at work today, I
believe the following evidences may be found of
activities resulting from dedicated service in
Christ' s name.
1. The church, today, does seek to enrich, the
lives of her members by several means, namely :
(a) its program of worship where by means of
music , the reverent and meaningful reading of
the Scriptures, prayer together , the assembled
congregations are led to shut out the world and
to draw near to God , while through the agency
of thoughtfully prepared messages from His word
the lives of the worshippers are challenged to
pursue a manner of conduct that is more fully
conformed to the purposes of Christ. Further
enrichment is secured by means of varied forms
of devotional exercise, e.g., the development of
the habits of dally prayer and reading of the
Scriptures , and by placing into the Christian's
hands devotional literature, tracts, pamphlets,
magazines, books. Another means of enriching
the lives of her members is offered in the oppor-
tunities presented by the' church, through which
they may actively serve in Christ's name and by
His power.
(2) The chnrch today does seek to win the
. unattached or unsaved to Christ..
. .Changed,
methods are in operation in this phase of her
task, but the central emphasisi Is alwaysi upon "
the individual presentation of the claims of the
Lord Jesus to another. Some types of "mass
evangelism" are still in operation, and we also
use, most successfully, the Sunday school as an
important evangelizing agency. .
.
.3. The voice of the church Is lifted today in
- the midst of the-present social order.- She seeks-
to point to the permanency of spiritual values
d amid the crash of material things, and to point
the way out of the spiritual and moral depres-
sion from which men have not come forth , as
they have ascended from the depths Into which
they had sunk in relation to material things. ~Bhe
is placing emphasis upon the pricelessness of
human personality as men wander about dazed,
discouraged, and bewildered, and she throws a
beacon light on the pathway of conduct, telling
men thereby that the way to become like God
Is through Christ, casting one's-self upbn Him in
view of His completed work at Calvary , and grow-
ing lnta His likeness, who went about "doing
good." The church cries out against the ex-
ploitation of the poor and the weak for selfish
ends. However, the exploiter often shuts his
ears to her charge against him or defies her to
do anything about it, while the exploited, still
more often, cannot hear her wooing voice, when
he lies crushed and broken in the present eco-
nomic order , built upon a pagan foundation and
sustained by pagan economic principles. Through
such men as Kagawa of Japan , we get an illustra-
tion, of all active seeking to help the poor and
weak, even as Christ did.
She speaks again against the ruthlessness of a
"totalitarian state" through the unterrifled, em-
battled pastors in the evangelical pulpits in Ger-
many. In reply, however, the announcement
from the government comes of plans for the more
complete organization of all youth, from ten
years up, In societies which are to dominate their
training in every particular, to the exclusion of
all. religious organization , whether Protestant or
Catholic. These are two aspects of the technique
of the totalitarian state in its effort to secure
complete solidarity : first , coerce and restrain the
behavior of adults ; second, mold the minds of
youth into the official pattern.
4. Surely the church has, with varied degrees
of diligence, sought to let her light shine "unto
the Uttermost parts of the earth." Intrepid, in-
spired souls, like Carey, Judson, Livingstone, Rice,
and others, have lifted the torch high, and multi-
tudes have been born into the Kingdom, yea, they
have been "added-unto the-chureh-
-by—the-Lord-
As her handmaidens in declaring the unsearch-
able riches of Christ, the church has brought to
the world her educational processes leading to the
production of rich, full Christian character, and
her benevolent, healing touch in the Master 's
Name, in the establishment of schools and hos-
pitals. Marvelous have been the "doings of the
Lord" before our eyes.
—JULJto-What Wayjs^hj^hurch Failing to
Function Today? -
We hear voices of criticism, and voices express-
ing a deep sense of need that the church might
fill , if she would catch the vision and respond to
her responsibilities. Let us hear a few of these
voices.
Governor Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, ad-
dressing the convention of the National Federa-
tion of Men's Bible Classes at Kansas City, Mo.,
in May, 1936, said: "A revival of moral con-
science Is America's need. This intangible yet
very real thing we call the spirit of America may
be found In the Bible. It Is the grouping of
human thought toward the value of human per-
sonality and toward the one God in whose sight
all men are equal. If we put into practice our
religious training and maintain the constitutional
quarantee of religious freedom , we can build a
finer civilization than the world yet has known.
If we disregard these principles, history will add
America to its long list of nations that have
failed."
Dr. Charles B. Jefferson, honorary minister of
the Broadway Tabernacle, , New York City, said :
"The church is curing a few headaches, reducing
several fevers, and healing some lameness; it is
serving coffee and sandwiches to the poor and
suffering; but it is doing NO mighty work.
Thinking of God as a glorified Rotarian will never
create a disturbance in the human conscience.
Until a man has come to an evangelical experi-
ence of the conviction of SIN, all other doctrines
are tinkling brass and sounding cymbals,"
Mr. Roger ,W. Babson, addressing the Conven-
tion of the Congregatlon-ChrWiljSBpn^'The"Effec-
tive Church," said : "Declining interest In church
work is largely due to laymen who 'pretend to
run the churches,' and to a declining birth rate.
A grilUnKneRRj a^fla
criflce to have more cbilflrep
and to give them .home Christian / training
"
? it
fundamental^cran en1cIeWn3hUTCteTr7Tr-We
~old
fellows can go to hell without affecting, posterity,
but the habits of our children are of the utmost
importance. A parent begins- to take .his child
to the movies, when the youngster-is four yean
old and then wonders why the child is. queet
wb<nr reaching the age of sixteen; . .. . We must
-encourage-our~membew
^
i ualljti plryBlcaUyV?
"and^ men^ly^îTnia reoîrei
taking a Arm stand against lio.
uor, gambling, laU
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parties, questionable movies, and bther^tliittgs
that are sapping the life of our churches;>-:We
must expect to he different , from the world,vjf ,we
are to lead the world. We must .again hb; will-
ing to be laughed at and called queer/' V.
Dr. Frederick Sydney Fleming, rector of •Man-
hattan's rich Trinity parish, bluntly •dfec/ared
recently : "There is no part of the Church' of
Christ that has not failed lamentably in its '.WlT-
NESS and ministry in these recent years;:The
impotence of thd Church is the worst failure."
In a recent copy of the "Wall Street Journal"
of New York Gity,-appears this-paragraph:
^
i!What
America needs more than railway^'
tenslon, west-
ern irrigation , a low tariff , a bigger cotton crop,
and a larger wheat crop, is a revival of religion,
the kind that father and mother, used . to'- have.
A religion that counted it good business to take
time for family worship each mprnlng right In
the middle of^ wheat harvest. A -i^gioir-that
prompted them to .quit work half an hour earlier
on Wednesday so; that the whole family could get
ready to go to prayer meeting.!
'
So we hear one call for a revival of "moral
conscience." Another voice bids for "conviction
of Sin."' One more says, "We must expect to be
different from the world , if we are to lead the
world." Another asserts that "spiritual power
is lacking." One unexpected voice pleads for
."that religious experience-which -Madfr-the-<-family
into a unit, and expresses itself in church affilia-
tion and faithful adherence to the church's pro-
gram of service through her varied agencies."
"The world economic crisis of recent years has
presented a challenge to the Christian chUrch and
the Christian religion. The church faces heavy
obligations which it is unable to meet. In conse-
quence there are 'critics who insist that the church
has been so unethical In its dealings that thou-
sands of people have lost confidence In It; it is
insisted that it will be a generation before the
church can recover its standing in the business
community. The relief of human need, the fur-
nishing of food and shelter to distressed families,
has been-too-gr-eat-aâsk-lor.
-the_cliuxcJi
_Qr_eyfin.
local charity organizations. How much it would
have added to the influence of the church if it
had been able to meet these needs of those who
look to it for help! There was a constant expec-
tation on the part of religious leaders that men
and women would turn to the church £or help and
Inspiration.
More serious than other problems Is the appar-
ejit_helplessnesB_of _the church before the great
problem of unemployment^ Again", what has hap-
pened to the souls of people is of far greater mo-
ment than what has happened - to their bodies.
The church's ministry is to human souls, and it
has had to stand by helplessly before soul trag-
edies. It has rendered a great service and it has
helped thousands of people, but there are thous-
ands of others whom it has not been able to
reach. How difficult is the position of the minis-
ter who has seep his church program curtailed
for lack of funds, who needs money so much to
carry on hia work and to help some unfortunates,
and who .at the same time looks out on this vast
army of the unemployed, begging him to do some-
thing, to , put them to work or to prevent any
future calamity like this!" So writes Dr. Ivan
Lee Holt in "The Search for a New Strategy In
Protestantism."
One also hears a generalization that the church
is failing to function in her opportunity and task
of reaching and molding the, lives of our children
and young people for God.
IV. What Are Some of the Probable Causes for
.the Failure That Is Charged and What
Is the Possible Cure?
It may be well to ask for a definition of the
true church at this point. The true church is a
distinct people, (a) because each individual 1"
that company, being born again, enters the King-
dom of God (John 3:5) and is destined to be
conformed to the image of Christ < Romans 8: Ml-
(b) They are no longer In Adam, partaking of
the ruin of the old creation (H. Corinthians 5:1').
but they are "in 'tJhrist" partaking, in the New.-
Creation of all that Christ is in His resurrection
life and glory (Epheslans 1:.3, Co'lossians 2:10)-
(c) In. the sight of God they have, come upon a
new ground where Jhere is neither Jew nor Gen-
tile, but Christ'
is all in all—and, they are breth-
ren. : (d) Thejr rare now , citizens of Heaven-
(Philippians 3:20,. pplossiatis 3:5), and all their
promises, their nossessipnsr-and—their_posjtioBi_
are heavenly (II Corinthians ,6:17, , 18). By s0
much this pepple is distinguished from a1!°
*
er
people of the earth. We may"also couple wi»
this fact a conception of the present divine Pur-
pose in the world. -^lihree^maJor characterM^
mentioned by our Lord,, in. this age of grace,.on8
|
r-the gathering out of the children of the Kin^g
IS THE CHURCH FUNCTIONING PROPERLY
TODAY?

dom—constitutes the supreme purpose of -God.
Hence" the practical bearing of this fact is that,
In this present age,, never is ^he individual be-
liever (much less the church), appointed of God
t0 a world-improvement program solely; .
but the
believer is called to be a witness in all the world
to Christ and His saving grace, and through this
ministry of Gospel preaching the Spirit of God
wiU accomplish the supreme divine purpose in
this age. The child of God is commissioned to
be instant in season and out of season in his
efforts to win the lost. This ministry rests upon
gvery believer alike and may be exercised in three
different ways-: <1> The Gospel may be presented
to the unsaved through the sacrificial gifts of In-
dividu al Christians; ^2)
it may also be
presented
in answer to prayer; and (3) the Gospel may
especially be brought to the attention of the un-
saved by word of mouth.
Some of the probable causes of the failures
that are charged against the church may be due
to the fact that the church has within her mem-
bership the "unregenerate." This fact produces
a condition comparable to the experience of Israel
when on her journey from Egypt to the promised
land she was plagued by the "mixed multitude,"
who were with them, but not of them. The heart
allegiance of this "excess human baggage" was
still in Egypt and' they looked to the pagan gods
they had left behind. Such influence in the midst
of God's people, was deeidedly_detrimental, and
caused many a failure to remain true to the Lord,
their deliverer.
Another probable cause of failure is the lack
of dedicated lives in the midst of the church, i.e.,
Christians who" have "separated Christ, as Lord"
in their hearts. It is a lack of undivided allegi-
ance to the .Mastership of Jesus in their lives.
Again we see a blight upon the church in lives
of her members who are "carnal" Instead of being
such a character as those of whom Paul writes to
aid the weaker brothers, and Is able to describe
them as "ye which are spiritual." These people
produce a lack of power with men and with God.
Some possible curves that will materially aid
the church to function in the world today In a
manneTmore completely In harmony wftHTfie "wilt
of the Lord , the head of the Body may be con-
sidered.
First among possible cures Is "A new consecra-
tion to God." This is the cure pre-eminent" that
is voiced on all sides, and appears to be the key-
stone to every suggested arch that could be con-
structed.
Another cure is a "renewed vision of our world
task. " Before us stretches unlimited opportune
ties to send the message of "the Saviour of the
World ," the only one capable of meeting the
world' s heartaches and healing the bruised and
broken in spirit.
Still another cure might be found in a stronger
emphasis upon discipleship and consequent stew-
ardship in the, thinking aria, living of the Indi-
vidual members^of the church.
Yet another cure is to be found in that the
world needs "prophets of God," prophets of re-
ligion. It needs men who can stand forth and
declare Christ's .tenth at any cost, even unto
death. ~"' —-
If the people will not come to the church.,the
church must go to the people, and go in a per-
sonal heart-to-heart way. If people have mis-
conceptions or no conceptions at all of the "church
and its work, it Is up to the church people to
correct the misconception. It must be done
through gradual , thoughtful, personal methods of
approach. The Gospel is always new and adap-
tive. Men can never be Gospel-hardened, al-
though they may be, and often are, method-
r-ardened. The church must keep the Gospel new
and fresh in the minds of men.
Today challenges the church to dare to pioneer
in new methods of approach to the people, and
to offer to them her treasure, the blessed Gospel
of Christ, which is the power of God unto salva-
tion to every one that believeth. She may have
to experiment, but even along the path of trial
and error , she . must dare to find ways by which
Jesus Christ may be introduced to men and to
influence the-society of which she. is a .part for
righteousness, and- to lead men to God. ^That is
°er distinctive missipn, .
. Looking Unto Jesus, in faith I eame,
" Seeking sins forgiv'n thro' His holy name;
testing in His love, leaving all to Him,
Ffa fling Joy In service no cloud can dim. '
.
—Harry Dixon Loes.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to
the house of David and to the inhabitants of
iSM8alem.Jor.-sin-and. ibr-Jincteanri.
ej3s,.
—Z«ck
<«ten 13:1.. '
LMPORTANT FEATURES OF ANNUAL
MEETTNO
In the Foreign Mission Board Rooms, 601 East
Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia , at 9:30
o'clock, October 21, the annual session of the
Board will open, with L. Howard Jenkins pre-
siding.
This will be Dr. Charles E. Maddry 's first ap-
pearance before the Board since his return from
four months' surveying Southern Baptists' inter-
ests in South America. The executive secretary
will bring his report and recommendations to the
Board on the first day.
Another important feature will be the appear-
ance of twelve new prospective missionaries before
the Board for examination and consideration for
appointment. Of those who may prove to be
eligible for appointment, the Board will send this
year only those whose salaries and travelling
expenses have been taken care of by-special gifts
so designated when the. cash was sent in to the
Board.
The public is invited to the First Baptist
Church for the special Wednesday afternoon serv-
ice introducing these new appointees. Miss
Blanche Sydnor White, Woman 's Missionary Union
Corresponding Secretary of Virginia , will , have
charge of this hour.
At 9:30 Thursday morning, October 22 , the
second day's docket of business will be considered
by the Board. The budget and plans for erasing
the debt will claim the emphasis.
The local members of the Board- are ; Mrs.
Simeon Atkinson, Rev*. S. T. Matthews, Mrs. Car-
rie W. Moore, Dr. W. A. Harris, Dr. R. a Gaines,
Dr. S. B. Cousins, Dr. R. A. Williams, Mrs. J. J.
Wicker, Jr., Dr. J. L. Slaughter, Dr. J. G. Loving,
Miss Alta Foster, Mrs. Julian P. Thomas, Dr. T. F.
Adams, Hon. Hill Montague, Mr. Basil M. Gwath-
mey, Dr. Wade H. Bryant, Dr. C. C. Coleman , Mr.
L. Howard Jenkins.
State members expected for this autumn meet-
ing are : Mr.-J^ H. Anderson , Tennessee ; Rev.
J. Howard Williams, Texas; Rev. C. R. Barrick ,
ttew Mexico ; Rev. John E. Briggs, District of
Columbia; Dr. George H. Crutcher, Florida ; Mr.
Francis A. Davis, Maryland; Dr. O. P. Estes,
Louisiana ; Dr. F. G. Feezor, North Carolina; Dr.
H. M. Fugate, Virginia ; Dr. F. F. Gibson, Ken-
tucky; Rev. Lemuel Hall, Illinois ; Mrs. W. C.
Henderson, Arizona ; Rev. W. E. Holcomb, Missis-
sippi ; Dr. Ryland Knight , Georgia; Rev. T. W.
Medearis, Oklahoma; Dr. W. R. Pettigrew, South
Carolina ; Rev. Otto Whitington, Arkansas; Dr.
W. P. Wilks, Alabama ; Rev. Edward B. Willlng-
hamy-Missdur-lT- - _
THE NORTH CAROLINA MISSIONARY
QUARTET
By R. T. Bryan
Who were they? D. W. Herring, R. T. Bryan,
E. F. Tatum, and T. C. Britton. We are not at
this time writing about their good .wives.
Herring and Bryan landed in Shanghai to be
welcomed by Dr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Yates on
January 1
0, 1886. Tatum and Britton arrived on
December 31, 1888.
The quartet then was born December 31, 1888,
and died on July 27 , 1936, when Brother Britton
left us for heaven. The quartet was nearly forty-
eight years old. Three of us are still living,, but
three are not a quartet.
Only one, Brother Tatum, could sing well, but
music is harmony, and we four came to preach
the gospel of harmony, and to put music into
lives, to be manifested by love for God and man.
In this short article let us give the birthdays
and two special characteristics about each one.
Brother Herring was born July 13, 1858 , and
last month reached his seventy-eighth birthday.
He lived in China, where age is honorable, long
enough not to mind our telling how old he is now.
He is a great preacher, one who knows how to
put on the "rousements."' When be graduated
from the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville
he .was chosen by our class to be one of the few
special speakers, arid we all were pleased with Our
representative. He loves to preach and gave his
China life wholly to preaching the Gospel with
power and effect.
He was asked years ago to hold a meeting in
our Yangchow Station. Among the many baptisms
there were two, one a young Chinese gentleman
who was a college graduate and a Presbyterian,
the other his educated and gifted wife, the daugh-
ter of the pastor of the Presbyterian church in
Shanghai. They were then employed by the
Chinese government to conduct the modern post .
office in Yangchow. They later returned to
Shanghai for a better position in China's greatest
publishing house. Efforts were made to persuade
thenrto return to the-presbyterianr-chuTcirr
^They--
are still leading members in our Grace Baptist
Church in Shanghai, which they joined by letters
when they returned to Shanghai. The -.great
preacher had done a permanent work.
We congratulate Brother Herring on being a
great father. All of his nine children are God 's
children. Three of them are in heaven. Four
were missionaries in China, one of whom went to
heaven-from-Gh-inan—Qne-now-
takes his place as a
preacher In China and another has Just recently
been called to Dr. Brown's great church In Win-
ston-Salem. Two are beloved wives. "Baby Mary"
is now grown and is taking care of father.
Brother Herring, we pass you as a preacher in
China and a father in your home. Rest and enjoy
your enforced retirement.
Brother Tatum , the beloved peace-maker, was
born April 26 , 185 9, now seventy-seven years old.
It was our privilege to have him as colaborer in
Shanghai for many years and he was and still Is
our friend as well as brother. We two by nature
are qulte dlfferent. We have needed-each other.
We have talked and prayed together over our
many mission problems. We owe much of what
we are and have done to our beloved Friend—
Brother Tatum.
Some people greatly emphasize what they them-
selves do and sometimes hinder others. Brother
Tatum has tried never to hinder anyone. Many
would join us in calling him a great helper. When
he moved to Yangchow, where he now lives, we
greatly missed him.
Brother Britton- was- born—August-25, 1862 ,
nearly seventy-four years old when on July 27 ,
he moved up to heaven. He was the youngest of
our quartet, which died with him. It is natural
to wonder why our loving Father took the young-
est of us four first. Was It because he graduated
first in this school below, got his diploma in
heaven-readiness, and arrived at his commence-
ment of the happy eternal life beyond the river
Jordan? "it takes a longer time for some of us
to prepare for heaven's service.
Brother Britton was a preacher and Bible
teacher. He believed and loved the Gospel, and
his delight was to live it and teach it. He was
also a great personal worker. He prepared his
sermons and Bible lessons very carefully and
thoroughly, prayed them into his own hearl and
then they just easily and naturally flowed out of
him and into his hearers. We remember hearing
him preach a great sermon at one of our annual
associations. Never have we since that day seen
an audience more deeply stirred and moved.
He made a brave flght for life during eight
years of sickness
".""He" was fiot afrald to die, but-
he wanted to get well that he might preach and
teach some more. ¦; K
When one was asked to speak at his funeral,
the verse which came to mind at onca was Revela-;
flops 14;13:. "And I heard, a yqice
^from heaven
saying, Write, blessed 'are the dead who die in the
Lord. From henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit, they
rest from their labors ; for . their works follow
with them." The man fitted the text and the text
fitted the man. It was easy to preach under such
circumstances.
Brother Bryan was born October 14, 1855, and
will soon be eighty-one, the oldest one of the .,
quafteirTWhat CWt^ngscalrWsay aboUTTtfiriT"
First, we can say that he is tough. We might
say, the survival of the toughest; the oldest, but
seemingly the strongest physically.
We leave others to say how useful he has been.
His daughter , Miss F. Catherine Bryan, has
j ust finished writing the story of his life and has
given it to the Foreign Mission^Roard-;to use-in
any way they choose to help the cause so dear to
his heart, and for which he has labored fifty-one
years. Let us say a second thing.about him ! Of
his eighty-one years, each succeeding year has
been his happiest. He is old, tough , and happy.
The quartet for nearly forty-eight years worked
with other missionaries and with the Chinese
Christians and with God to accomplish the fol-
lowing growth in our Central China Mission.
When the-quartet began work, January. l^.lM9a
the mission had one acre of land. Now there are
one hundred acres with an equal increase in the
number of needed houses. There were then seven
missionaries; now there are sixty-three. Then
four churches, now forty. Then one hundred
members, now five thousand. Then no Sunday
school, now forty-three with three thousand three
hundred and sixty students. Then no women's
societies, now twenty-one, with five hundred and
fourteen members. Then no young people's so-
cieties, now thirty-five with eight hundred and
four members. Then no schools, now twenty-one
with five thousand students.
Have they failed ?
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PROM BAGSTER'S BIBLE
Consider Him : He was Obedient , Phi. 2.8;
Meek , Lowly, Mat. 11.29; Guileless, 1 Pe. 2.22;
tempted . He. 4.15; Oppressed , Is, 53.7; Despised ,
Is. 53.3; Rejected , Is. 53.3; Betrayed , Mat. 27.3;
Condemned. Mar. 14.64; Reviled, 1 Pe. 2.23 ;
Scourged , Jno. 19.1; Mocked, Mat. 27.29 ;
Wounded , Is. 53.5; Bruised , Is. 53.5; Stricken ,
Is. 53.4; Smitten , Is. 53.4; Crucified , Mat. 27.35 ;
Forsaken, Ps. 22.1.
He is Merciful , He . 2.17; Faithfu l , He. 2.17;
Holy, Harmless, He. 7.26; Undented , He . 7. 26;
Separate , He. 7.26; Perfect , He. 5.9 ; Glorious ,
Is. 49.5; Mighty, Is. 63.1; Justified , I Ti. 3.16;
Exalted , Ac. 2.23; Risen , Lu. 24.6; Glorified- Ac.
3.1ft. -
The boitl Is My Portion: my Maker , Husband ,
Is. 54.5; my Well Beloved , Ca. 1.13; my Saviour ,
2 Pe. 3.18; my Hope, I Ti. 1.1; my Brother , Mar.
3.35; my Portion , Je. 10.16; my Helper , He. 13.6;
my Physician , Je. 8.22; my Healer, Lu. 9.11; my
Refiner , Mai. 3.3; my Purifier , Mai. 3.3; my Lord ,
Master , Jno. 13.13; my Servant, Lu: 12.37; my
Example , Jno. 13.15; ,my Teacher , Jno. 3.2; my
Shepherd , Ps. 23.1; my Keeper , Jno. 17.12; my
Feeder , Eze. 34.23; my Leader , Is. 40.11; my
Restorer,. -I^^3^7-nry-
-frest4B-g—Place,~Je. 5(K6^
my Meat (His flesh), Jno. 6.55; my Drink (His
blood ), Jno. 6.55; my Passover , I Co. 5.7 ; my
Peace , Ep. 2.12; .my Wisdom, I Co. 1.30; my
Righteousness, I -6©r-K30; my Sanctiftcation , I Co.
1.30; my Redemption , I "Co. 1.30; my All and in
All , Col. 3.11.
For unto us a Child is born , unto us a Son is
given , and the government shall be upon His
shoulders , and His name shall be called Wonder-
ful . Counsellor , The Mighty God , The1
Everlasting
Father , the Prince of Peace.—Is. 9.6.
That all should Honour the SON, even as they
Honour the Father. He that Honoureth not the
SON, Honoureth not the Father which hath sent
Him.—Jno. 5.23.
"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a
believer's ear." It is with rapture that the Chris-
tian thinks of Jesus. Day and night he finds his
chief pleasure in meditating on Him and all that
concerns Him. How every noble affection of his '
soul is warmed and quickened as he reads in
Luke: "And the virgin's name was Mary. . . .
And the angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow thee ; therefore
also. thaiJipiy_
thlng which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God." With such
contemplation our hearts rise with something of
Mary's ecstasy as she sings the rapturous verses
of the Magnificat,* "My soul doth magnify the
Lord."
And so it is with the stories of the birth of
our Lord. _How we like to dwell on them all: the
babe In the manger; the shepherds and the angels "
who came bringing the good tidings ol great Joy ;
the adoration of the Magi; the offering in the
Temple and the burst of gratitude of those aged
servants ol the Lord, Simeon and Anna ; the flight
into Egypt; and twelve years later the search of
the anxious parents which ends in finding the
young Jesus in the temple to their amazement
sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing
them and asking them questions. It is only nat-
ural that the world's greatest painters have dwelt
on these, scenes and . found them both subjects and
inspiration for masterpieces; it is no wonder that
these stories have furnished to the world's great-
est poets, such as Milton , themes for rhapsodic
outbursts of song.
It is in contemplating Jesus In His public min-
istry, however , that the Christian finds -his high-
est joy; the baptism, with the Spirit descending
as dove and abiding m>on him ; the triumph at
the Temptation and the angels ministering unto
Him; the Sermon on the Mount; the parables ;
the talk with the woman of Samaria at Sychar 's
well; the restoring of her son to the widow of
Nain; the feeding of the five thousand on the
mountain side; the Triumphal Entry, the Last
Supper ; the trial before Pilate; the way to Cal-
vary ; the last hours on the cross; the burial and
the resurrection; the final appearances to His
disciples ; the great commission , Jesus speaking,
healing, dying, rising again.
Behold and see if there be any joy like to the
Christian's joy in his Saviour.- Has he not heard
His gracious words ? "The Son of man Is come
to seek and to save that which was lost," and
"Tae Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister , and to give Hfs life a ransom for
many." All Christians are privileged to sing with
Anne Steele," "Tlrotr lovely-source-of true delight."
JESUS
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THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
Two or three years ago Dv , Harry Emerson
Fosdick made the statement that Christ was not
(o be worshipped , the implication being that He
was not divine in the fullest sense. That state-
ment was promptly challenged and refuted by
Dr. A. T. Robertson. There was nothing new in
"Drrôsdick's statement; it was implied in the
words of Jesus' fellow townsmen of Nazareth
when, even though they wondered at the gracious
words which proceeded out of His mouth , began
to say, "Is not this Joseph's son?" It is a peren-
nial error , this denying that Christ was divine ,
the Son of God. There have been critics in all
ages who have said that Christ was not divine,
that the world owes the idea that He was the Son
of God to Paul, and that Jesus never intended to
claim divinity for himself. Even an unlearned
reader who knows his Gospels could show that
such a theory is false; it has often been refuted
by scholars, one of the most recent refutations
being that of Rev . James S. Stewart in a volume
called "A Man in Christ," of which one paragraph
is sufficient to show that Jesus claimed to be the
Son of God. It reads:
Lake has recently revived the notion that
the Jeans of the Gospels never Intended to
claim for Himself Messianic rights or divine
Sonship, and that it was the error of His too
enthusiastic followers and apostles which
clothed Him with that dignity. All that can
be said about this theory is that every page
of the Gospels discredits It. Our certainty
that. Jesus believed Himself to have cdrne
forth from the very bosom of God is based
on something more fundamental than isolated
passages. Such passages Indeed abound and
their cumulative effect is great. There is the
—famou*Mieclaration, "All things are delivered
unto Me of my father: and no man knoweth
the Son, but the Father" (Matt. 11:27).
There IS the prophetic manifesto at the open-
ing of the ministry, clinched by the words,
"This day is this scripture fulfilled in your
ears" (Luke .4:21). There is assumption of
power to forgive sins (Mark 2:5ff.). There
jjLthe -'rejily to the baptist's question about
TÔne tn^"~
shourdôme
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~<Malt: liJSffTy.
There Is the demand for men's implicit trust
and obedience (Mark 8:34). There is -the '%-
claim to be "greater than the temple,"
"greater than Solomon" (Matt. 12:6, 42). ..
There is the story—most autobiographical of
all the parables—about the rebel husband-
men, with Its central words, "I will fiend My
beloved Son" (Luke 20:9ff.). "Surely, says
Professor J. A. Robertson, "In Him who thus
dares to put upon the lips of God such words
about Himself the confidence in His own
consciousness of Sonship is complete." But
over and above these specific references, the
Gospels set before us One whose conscious —
authority is unparalled, whose moral perfec-
tion is dimmed by no faintest shadow of sin,
whose will Is God's will, whose very presence
is salvation . This is Jesus' own tremendous
claim.
With Jesus making such claim.- oJLJHis_..Qwn_
divinity, Paul in all his letters teaches that Jesus
is the Son of God, that "In Him dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9) . The
preacher of today will make no mistake in being
as ready as Paul to proclaim the divinity of Jesus;
if the preacher does this he will have a message
that, like Paul's, is vital and powerful .
THE LIFE OF JESUS"
"Because I live, ye shall live also," says Jesus
(John 14:19). And Paul says (Rom. 5:10), "For
if , when we were enemies, we were reconciled, we
shall be saved by his life." These two verses
teach a great truth which is implicit in the Gos-
pels. This truth is that the life, pf, Jesus, in the
likeness of sinful flesh , was as essential to our
salvation as His death on the cross, that both are
indispensable. The death of Jesus does indeed
introduce us to the Christian life by reconciling
us to God, but-we need the life of Jesus-with-Ris-
words and example to save us from our sinful
selves and bring us to the full stature of men and
women in Christ Jesus.
"We shall be saved by His life. " What do
these words mean ? Do they not mean that with
reconciliation and regeneration the life of the
"Christian, has Just begun? Without the life of
Jesus after which to pattern our lives, we should
inevitably go astray. But Jesus has lived and
shown how those with the blessed hope may live
close to their heavenly Father . The reconcilia-
tion saves' us from eternal banishment from God's
presence, but we need to be saved from our sins,
and it is from these that we are sa*ed by the life
of Christ, "the only life of pure, unselfish, cleans-
ing, everlasting love the world has ever seen,"
We need to be built up in our most holy faith ,
and the one way for this is to follow the example
of Jesus and to obey His words in sermon and
parable and admonition. The preacher • arid
teacher who would preach and teach the full Gos-
pel must indeed , like his Master , call men to
repentance and newness of life, but he must also
not neglect to preach all things that He com-
manded and constantly bring to the contempla-
tion of his hearers that beautiful and perfect life
of the Master. Because He lived the sinless life ,
we also are encouraged to aspire-to-such a life,
to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect,
to be saved from the sins which our flesh has
inherited. "We shall be saved by His life." Yes,
but only if we dwell "In His redeeming love, and
strive His works to do."
THE DEATH OF JESUS
For our reconciliation to God, the death of
Jesus was necessary. If the New Testament
teaches anything it teaches that. Let theologians
explain it as they may; the Son of man, to use
His own words, came to give His life a ransom
for many, and He did it. Our Good Shepherd
laid down His life for his sheep. The entrance
to the way of salvation for every one of us is bj
the cross. Accordingly, Paul, preaching in a
pagan world, determined to know nothing among
those pagan people
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Pagans ancient and modern, in both so-called
Christian and~~itt pagan countries, need to be
taught that "God vtfommendeth His love towards
us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us," that "He was delivered for our offences."
Paul taught and believed this with all his soul,
and he said some things which have been the
undoing of cavilers through all the ages, such as,
• Being justified freely by his grace, through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God
hath set forth, to be a propitiation through faith
in his blood , to declare his -righteousness for .the
remission of sins that are past, through the for-
bearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time
his righteousness: that he might be Just and the
justifle r of him which belleveth In Jesus." Of
course , in this great declaration Paul was only
speaking in accord with the tenor of the whole
New Testament. It is in vain that men try to
hold to the teachings of the inspired Word and
yet deny the truth so plainly taught in it. Those
critics who do so only befuddle themselves and
their readers and make the New Testament an
enigmatical book. But His Word becomes a
light for our feet indeed If we follow its obvious
-teaciringsv- -With reference —to—this, Hastings,
"Great Texts of the Bible," xx. 167, has said:
"There are some today to whom the New Testa-
ment is a sealed book. Read the Gospels and
Epistles in the light of that death to
f sin, and
every word and deed is translated. . . . All the
riches of grace in sermon and parable and miracle
stand out as the life story that leads to the Cross.
It is the Lamb that was slain that unfolds, inter-
prets , and expounds the New Testament."
In an article above we recognized that the
teacher and preacher must not neglect the life
of Christ. The danger of the present day is that
our preachers and teachers will neglect to preach
and teach about the death of Christ. Many of
them avoid the way of the Cross. In their ser-
mons at least they never survey the wondrous
Cross on which the Prince of Glory died. A few
years ago there was talk about the purpose of a
great denomination to-take out of their hymn!':
books hymns that mentioned the blood of Christ.
To the glory of the preachers of that denomina-
tion who had been calling men to salvation, they
revolted , and that .purpose was given up. But in
these days when many cannot endure sound doc-
trine it is said that there are preachers who
accommodate their messages to them, never men-
tioning "redemption through His blood," nor
"propitiation through faith in His blood ," nor
preaching the crucified Christ, nor pointing the
lost to the only. entrance to the way of Christian
life. How far they have departed from Paul!
Like Paul , the true herald erf salvation glories in
the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ; he is not
ashamed of the full Gospel of Christ.
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
See Paul's declaration about the resurrection
of Jesus:
If Christ be not risen then is our preaching
vain , and your faith is also vain. Yea, and
we are found false witnesses of God; because
we have testified of God that he raised up
Christ. . . . And if Christ be not risen? your
' faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins. Then
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ
are perished. If in this life only we have
hope in Christ, we are of all men the most
miserable. But now is.Christ risen from the
dead, and become the first-fruits of them that
slept.
Paul is thus emphatic, not because he was
doubtful or that he considered thoseOo.whom he
was writing doubtful of the resurrection. His
main purpose in hjs argument Just here was to
assure those-early-Gorihthlan.Christians that_they
were as certain of being resurrected from the
dead as they were certain that Jesus had been so
resurrected . As for Paul, he had no doubts; had
he-not seen-thr'tiord-on-hls way to-Damascus,
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the risen Lord? For Paul and for the other New
Testament Christians, Christ only began? to .live
after His resurrection. He was their living Lord ;
though many of them had not seen Him with
their eyes, they had .the evidence of the Apostles
and others and those five hundred who at one
time had seen Him, after he had risen. Those
who want a good but brief statement of the way
modern Biblical scholars view the matter should
consult Broadus's "Commentary on Matthew,"
p. 588f., from which is quoted the following
words of Westcott, one of- the world's great-New
Testament scholars: "Taking all the evidence to-
gether, it is not too much to say that there is no
single hlstpric incident better or more variously
supported than, the Resurrection of Christ."
As for us, as for Paul and the Corinithian
Christians, the fact of the Resurrection Is beyonof
argument. We rejoice In it. We know not the
gloom of life of those who cry : "Now he is dead.
Far hence he lies in that lorn Syrian town."
Sunday after Sunday for nearly two thousand
years we have celebrated the day He left the
tomb empty. And we have another way of pro-
claiming His resurrection to the world, that which
Paul tells of* even- our-baptism.—"Know--ye-nofc,-''
says Paul, "that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus. Christ were baptized into his death.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
unto death; that lite as Christ was raised up from
the dead by the glory of the Father, iven so we
should walk in newness of life. For if we have
been planted together in the likeness of His death,
we shall be also In the likeness of His resurrec-
tion." At times as we think of our risen Lord
there rises in our heart joy like unto that of the
women to whom as they looked into the empty
tomb the angel said : "He Is not here; for He is
risen as He said. Come see the place where the
Lord lay."
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Justice to Fanners and Home-Owners — Dr.
Clarence Poe is to be commended for the zeal
with which he is pressing the adoption of the new
constitutional amendment to make it possible for
the Legislature to give owners of homes both in
the cities and on our farms a partial exemption
from taxes. The amendment- provides for an ex-
emption of as much as $1,000 , but leaves it In
(he power of the Legislature to make much small-
er exemption, say $250 , the same of course for
homes of all values. This amendment is Dr. Poe's
own creation, and it was one of the few good
things about the proposed constitution Which was
opposed with such vigor by our people. We should
like to see this amendment adopted ; It will bene-
fit just a class of people we should like to see
benefited, small farmers and young people who
are trying to have a home. And it is only just.
Under our present law exemptions may be made
on personal property and many tax-payers make
other exemptions on It for themselves by failing
to list many xrf their personal effects; but in the
case of real estate, there is no escape ; a set of
appraisers fixes Its tax value, and on that the
owner has to pay. We recommend this amend-
ment to our readers as well worthy of their sup-
port and votes on election day.
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The World Series — The World Series, that
greatest of all annual athletic events In the United
States, has come and gone. It was the New York
Giants against the New York Yanks; and as both
teams were from the same town, all of us on the
outside had expected to be entirely neutral and
just enjoy the games. But It was not so; an in-
tense partisanship developed all over the coun-
try and In North Carolina no less than in other
sections, as the radio announcements of the games
came in. What fools we mortals be, we American
mortals, nearly every one among us. Many lost
sleep on account of the games, leaving off their
afternoon nap.
_ W.elL.It. wasja_faix_serles,_ but_the JBlayJng.was
different and less interesting than In the games of
the last three or four world series. The reason
we think for this Inferior Interest is that this last
series was mostly the business of the batters, the
pitchers and-catcheiBr and. the outfield. The in-
field, except tor a very few brilliant plays and a
few very bad errors, had1Httlejto1
do. The game
was won 6y the strongest team a'fthe bat break-
ing its way through. There were very few thrills
in the games, and thrills are what the American
people like. They did get a few of these—a home
run with the bases loaded, a remarkable fine catcb
or two in the outfield, a pitcher coming out of
the hole with the big end of the string against
him and the bases full.
But at any rate the people listened in and the
fans went to the games in unprecedented numbers.
The total attendance-onthe six games played was
-3M,&£4^piLJ|u^jaay^
tJMre^
ance for one g&vae, 66 ,669. This Is to the shame
of our American people. The total receipts were
$1,2,04 ,399, including $100,000 for radio rights,
which we suppose our Uncle Henry Ford paid,
since the announcers did not forget to tell us
that it was his presentation. For the players, to
each and every man of the Giants, those who sat
on the bench as well as the others, $4 ,655.40; to
the Yanks $6,440.03 each.
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Catholics Plan Revision of New Testament —
Report comes that the Catholics of America are
planning a revision of their translation of the New
Testament. This Is known as the Douai-Rheims
edition of the New Testament In English. It was
first published in 1582 and was revised in 1749.
The revision has been entrusted to a committee of
—twenty Catholic theologians. The purpose is To
rid the present texts of obsolete forms, but care
will be taken "to repeat as accurately as possible
the sense, of the original text."
One announcement in connection with the pro-
posed revision will show how utterly different
Catholics are from Protestants in this matter of
giving the Bible to the world: it is said that in
making the revision the committee will use only
the Latin Vulgate from which the original Rheims
Testament was translated. The Vulgate Was made
by Jerome about the year 400 , A.D. Jerome made
his translation from Greek manuscripts. It was
a good translation, but no better than the Greek
manuscripts that the translator used. Since his
time through the studies of scholars great im-
provement has been made in improving the text
of the Greek manuscripts and many new manu-
scripts have been discovered. But the Catholics
refuse to profit by them. They still use the
Vulgate even though they know that in many cases
its readings are wrong.
The really distressing thing about the Rheims
New Testament, however, is that the Catholic
hierarchy has discouraged rather than encour-
aged their adherents in reading it. It is still true
that the Catholics even in this land of religious
liberty do not generally read the Bible , often
being led to believe that to do so would be sin.
Certainly it is sin, so Catholics are taught to be-
lieve, to read any version but their own , with the
many annotations to keep the reader from depart-
ing from Catholic doctrine. What the Rheims
version is like may be seen in,the following verses
from it:
Then began he to upbraid the cities, where-
in were done most of his miracles, for that
they had not done penancei. Wo be to thee
Corazian, wo be to thee . Bethsaida: for if
in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the
miracles that have been wrought in "you , they
had done penance in hair-cloth and ashes
long ago.
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Jailing a Candidate For Presidency—Here in
North Carolina we do not know much about Com-
munists; we do not like them, but we hardly know
the reason why, but we do know we do not like
them. Yet, we are peffectly content that the
Communists should have their candidate for Presi-
dent of these United States and that that candidate
should speak as often as he can get a hearing, so
long as he does not advise the cutting of our
throats or otherwise breaking the peace. Accord-
ingly, we shared the general indignation of the
country when the chief of police in Terre Haute,
Indiana, arrested and put in jail Earl Browder,
the Communist candidate for President. The pur-
pose of the arrest according to the officer was to
"thwart Communism.'.' He disregarded the fact
that Browder, as Communist candidate, had com-
plied with the requirements of the law to the same
extent as the candidates of the Democratic and
Republican parties, and the further fact that in
two-thirds of the states the names of electors for
him have been put on the official ballots. The
officer vested with a little brief authority, and,
If "is said, with the consent of the mayor of Terre
Haute, put Mr. Browder in jail and kept him
there, and thus prevented ,his meeting his appoint-
ment to speak. With reference to this action, so
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"TOBY CEASED NOT TO TEACH AND PBEACH JESUS CHBI8T"
"NETTHEB IS THESE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER"
"For God M loved the world, that he save hb only begotten Son, that who-
soever belleveth in him should not perish, bat have everlasting lite."
L. L. MORGAN, Secretary MO Biblical Beeorder BIdg., Raleigh
HISS BESSIE MORGAN , Office See. . . 800 Biblical Beeorder Bide., Boleigh
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NORTH {"AROLINA LEADER IN
EXTENSION DEPARTMENTS
With 186 Extension Departments ,
North Carolina leads the South , while
Texas follows closely with 183. Kings
Mountain Association has more Ex-
tension Departments than any "rural"
association. J. W. Costner, the aaso-
ciational superintendent , reports vig-
orous activity in th^ phase
of
the
work.
North Carolina also excels in the
number of associational Extension
Department superintendents , totalling
now 44. With these workers well ,
scattered over the State and with
Mrs. M. D. Herndon , Gastonia , the
State Approved Worker , to promote
this division of the Sunday school ,
marked progress should be noted dur-
ing the year. Rapidly pastors, gen-
eral superintendents , and other Sun-
day school leaders are coming to see
the important place this department
may have in building a Sunday school
that shall teach , the Word to all the
people , and more and more Sunday ¦
schools are addressing themselves to
the task of organizing this depart-
ment adequately.
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A PASTOR'S TESTIMONY
A pastor who has thoroughly
studied Sunday school work , who has
had a phenomenal success in his own
school , and who has given himself
generously to aiding neighboring
Sunday schools in improving their
work recently made this statement:
"The study of the Extension Depart-
ment has given me a completely new
vision of the Sunday school and its
nmOTtirtrrtie8T---^-hajve-waftted .t o he
a
missionary, but now that for me the
foreign field is closed , 1 want to be
more missionary in my work here at
home. 1 find that the field of oper-
ation of the Extension Department
offers me just that opportunity . 1
see as never before how the Exten-
sion Department broadens the mis-
sionary, and evangelistic opportunity
of the church and of the pastor. We
can ill afford longer to be without
this potentially great department in
our Sunday schools."
This same decision will come to
many if the new textbook , "The Ex-
tension Department of the Sunday
School ." by Joseph T. Watts, exten-
sively revised' this summer and soon
to be released from the press, is in-
cluded in the fall training schools in
all the churches, whether such a de-
partment is in existence or not. Those
In charge of training plans for the
school will find it attractive, stimu-
lating, and chaHeagiag,
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NEW LITERATURE NOW
AVAILABLE
New free literature on the Exten-
sion Department is ready -for distri-
bution upon request from the state
office. The list follows: "Extending
"the Sunday School to Reach All,"
"Organizing the Extension Depart-
ment," "The Ministry of the Exten-
sion Department," "Promoting the
Extension Department," "Extension
Department Records and Reports,"
"Family Worship,".. .
'IRinging-JDoox.
Bells," "Here's How," and "It's All
Free."
HAVE YOU READ
1
. "The Next Step for Young Peo-
ple and Adult Bible Classes",by SecT
rotary J. L. Corzlne, in the Young
People and Adult Magazine? The
discussion has appeared in several
s«h» „ .kMitfffei! .H - WaM!
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issues of the magazine, but the entire
article can be secured in pamphlet
form if you will write our office' in
Raleigh.
2. The articles on the life and
work of Mr. Arthur FJakein the Oc-
tober issue of the Sunday School
Builder? Whether you know Mr.
Flake or not , "Arthur Flake As I
Knew Him ," by William P. Phillips ,
"A Speech That Influenced the
South ," by Mr . and Mrs. Davis
Cooper , Jr., "Arthur Flake—Pio-
neer " by Mr. Harold E. Ingraham ,
"A Philosophy and Science of Sun-
day School Work ," by J. N. Bar'nette,
and "Arthur Flake's Enduring In-
vestment in Baptist Youth ," will
challenge you to give the' best you
have to rKingdom work.
As we think of the pioneers of the -
-last fifty years Mr. Flake is in a class
by himself. His spirit has challenged
men all over the South to give their
best in Christian service. The other
day I followed a rural superintendent
over his church building and found
that he had good records, that -he
was using every available space in
his building, and that everything
pointed to progress. When I pressed
the superintendent for an answer as
to the secret of bis good work , he
said: "I came in touch with.Arthur
Flake twenty years ago and I have
never gotten over it. " Isn't it fine to
come to the sweet period of life and
have people feel like that about you.
Mr. Flake is now at his home at 1505
Linden Avenue , Memphis , Tennessee.
I hope the superintendents in North
Carolina that know Mr. Flake will
write him and tell him what he has
"
meant to therrr —
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HAVE BREAKFAST WITH US
On Thursday morning, November
12, at the Baptist State Convention
in Durham we have arranged for a
Baptist Training Union and Sunday
school breakfast between 7:15 and
8:45 o'clock at the Washington Duke
Hotel. We hope to have associa-
tional Baptist Training Union offi-
cers, associational Sunday school
officers , pastors, Sunday school super-
intendents, Baptist Training Union,
directors, and all who are interested
in our five-year program , with us
o
hear Dr. J. O. Williams, of the Sun-
day School Board , speak. Tickets
will be on sale during the Conven-
tion , and we hone you will plan now
to eat with us. ^--.
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ASSOCIATIONAL ELEMENTARY
SUGGESTIONS
October — The subject may be
"Teachers ana reaching.'^ DlttcuBs-
ing: Ways of helping teachers to
see the pupil, his abilities and needs.
November — The subject may be
"Giving." Discussing: The prepara-
tion for Christmas ; best ways of ob-
serving the season in the class and
the -department ; helping the pupils
to find worship experiences In the
regular offering and in the special
seasonal offerings.
' BLANCHE LDNTHICUM,
From the Elementary Messenger.
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^Jhere
Is any
luck in carrying a rabbifsTJoolf?"
Jim: "I'll say I do. My wife
started to'go through my pockets the
—other night and thought she had
touched a mouse."—Ex,
You don't have to; institute,a iaw-
suit to collect the wages 6t sin.—
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THE SPOKEN AND THE WRITTEN
WORD
Acts 17.
-1-15; 1Thessalonians 2.1-12
Leaving Luke at Philippi , Paul,
with Silas and Timothy, proceeded
westward Over the great Roman
highway known as Via Egnatia. A
)curacy of thirty-three miles brought
them to the city of Amphipolis, situ-
ated on the Strymon River near its
mouth. Traveling thirty, miles far-
ther they reached the city of Apol-
lonia through which they passed, and
went on thirty-seven miles beyond to
their objective point, Thessalonica ,
the metropolis of Macedonia , situated
at the head of the Thermaic Gulf ,
and a hundred miles overland from
Philippi. ' ' '
Study the Bible
(1) The Book for Study. "The
Scriptures—the wor.
d." The Bible is
the Word of God, revealing;"hts-hbiy "
will and pointing out the way to the
Better Land. The Scriptures are the ¦
sacred writings penned by holy men
of old as they were moved by the
Holy Spirit. The Book of God is
the Book for men. I
(2) The Time for Study. "Sab-
bath days-—dally." The ministry at
Thessalonica emphasized the study of
the Lord's Book on the Lord's Day.
The scrutiny of the Scriptures.by the
devout Bereans illustrates and em-
phasizes the study of the Bible day
by day. These two examples ought
to be followed~by every church and
every Christian. We ought to allow
plenty of time and the best time for
the study of the Word of God.
(3) The Place for Study. "A
synagogue of the Jews—house of
Jason." The synagogue was the !
house of instruction with the Old
Testament as the textbook . Paul be- |
-gan his work in the^synagogne. Our ,
churches today ought to make large
place and room for Bible study. But
also we ought to study the Bible in
our homes. No doubt the house of
Jason afforded opportunity for Paul
and his associates to teach the truth
as it is in Jesus. Today, the church
and the home are the primal agencies
for Bible study.
(4) The Theme of Study. "It be-
hooved the Christ to suffer—this
Jesus . . . is the Christ." Every
fingerboard of prophecy pointed di-
rectly to him. And he was foreseen
as the great sufferer for the sins of
men. That alone brought him down
from above. The Word has become
flesh in the person of Jesus of Naza-
reth. And Paul affirms that Jesus is
the Christ. That message embodied
the message Of his ministry. That is
the theme of the Bible.
(5) The Verification by Study.
"Examining the scriptures daily,
- whether these things were su." Paut-
commended the Bereans for testing
his doctrine by diligent search ot the
Scriptures. Thai is the only way to
ascertain the truth and to guard
against error. We ought mot to ac-
cept the teaching of the pulpit, how-
ever eloquent and popular, unless It
is based upon the "Vyord of God. By
that Word we ought to verify or
, falsify the doctrines proclaimed in
the world today.-
Love Is the motive of the sharing
Jife.
-;âodns.
hares because He loves.
"God so loved,the,world that he gave"
his only begotten.Son < . ." God did
not Just love — He did something-
about It—He.shared. He shared that
which was dearest to Him with a
• world He loved
^The .only kind of
sharing that is acceptable to .God is
that which is. motivated by love —
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Cardui, for women, is composed
of the extracts of some of Nature's
most useful plants. Medical authori-
ties acknowledge their great value in
the treatment of conditions which
Cardui is intended to benefit." Where
there has been functional monthly
pain, from the early 'teens, through
the years of mature womanhood and
Into the late forties, Cardui has help-
ed to make women more coTUfOTtabier
Because Cardui helps to strengthen
the entire system, there is less ten-
dency to severe recurring attacks.
Women who need Cardui should get
a bottle at the drug store and take it
a& directed. Thousands of women
testify Cardui benefited them. If it
does not benefit you, consult a physi-
cian.
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Dr. Hudson , of the B. T. U. De-
partment , Baptist Sunday School
Board , Nashville," Tennessee, con-
-ducterUast week a model church en-
largement campaign at Western Ave-
nue Church , Statesville. He was as-
sisted by Miss Flora Cavenaugh, of
Wallace , and Miss Mabel Starnes, of
Raleigh.
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MY PRAYER
- "Give unto~me-a--greater-viBion~ar"'-
my responsibility In service. Help
me to see clearly and to utilize con-
scientiously every power that Is mine.
Open my eyes to opportunity and my
leart to understanding. Give me in
a greater measure the power to
sympathize. Help me to understand
at all times, and help me to heal
and not to hurt. Give me patience
with the slovenly, tne rude, the in- "
different , and give me a greater love
for all—even, the unloving and un-
lovable. Make me a mirror of my
highest ideals so that those I lead
may learn by sight. Give me joy
and gladness of manner, so that I
may be their sunsfiine' and not their
shadow , and help me to learn each
day more than I teach.
. "Teach me, my teacher, for I
would learn from thee-. Amen."—
Selected.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE B. A. U.
IN BUILDING THE TRAINING
UNION
The following are excerpts taken
from an address given in Birming-
ham at the Southwlde B. T. U. Con-
ference by E. S. McSwain, of Spart-
anburg, South Carolina. Mr. Mc-
Swain recently taught in a City-wide
Training School in Durham.
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^he-uTst-Training-
^rJn4oBT-wh41e--
Probably not so called, was a Baptist
Training Union , and was formed and
operated for the purpose of training
into the organization of the church,
which was organized about the
middle of Christ's,ministry.
"Did Jesus select juniors or inter-
mediates for this first Training
union? Hardly; His union was made
"P of twelve men, besides Himself,
wery one of whom was twenty-one
Wars old , or older, and most of them
âr His own age of
thirty years.
M^they were-adults,—He=iadâ
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* for them, a program of traln-
B« them that they might be able to
."•aJlLftthers^-He-dld not''select the
"""nature, or thi^ndeveloped
, but
""°ae with mature judgment, experi-
. ™»> and ability to lead. The
jnniors and Intermediates have their
iSi^^JSEortanl piace,_hLthe„
1Mtf« -Program, but the adults
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must of necessity fill a more Im-
portant place.
"Even though our Training Union
Is the fastest growing organization in
our great Southern Baptist denomi-
nation, or any other denomination
for that matter, we really started at
this work at the wrong end, In my
opinion. We started with the young
people, and, in doing so, we allowed
ourselves to get rooted and grounded
In the erroneous j dea thai it is only
"for the" young people, isven so, TT
possessed so many splendid ideas and
helps that it did wonders, even be-
fore we discovered less than ten years
ago that It Is a program in which the
adults should take the' lead. How-
ever, since the advent of the adults
into this program of training, that
progress has been pushed forward at
a much more rapid pace, and with
- greater—effectiveness—than—ever be-
fore. Yes, the adults are coming to
-T"ealize^hartHBy~must:traint"not only"
ror tneir own usefulness, hut In order
that they may train and lead in the
training of the young people.
"We would like to take up each
of the members of that first Train-
ing Union and say something about
each of them, and what this training
In their adult age mean to them and
the kingdom work, but we will con-
fine our remarks to a few of them.
"Peter, who was about thirty
years old when he enlisted in that
-Training Union, had something to
say about training along towards the
end of his wonderful life of useful-
ness in training others. Yes, at the
age of seventy-three, the chronol-
ogists tell us, he wrote II Peter : 1:
1-4:11, after he had been an active
member of a Training Union ror over
' forty years, and could speak with au-
thority, about one. Did he say that
—it-wan for the young people ONLY?-
Or did he say that we should secure
that faith , and then sit down and
'rust out'?
"Hardly. He agreed with the Mas-
ter Trainer, Jesus, as given by in-
spiration, through Paul, that 'study
to show thyself approved' was in-
tended for all believers—not for just
the young folks. —
"We might think for one brief
moment about one other of the
earlier members of the Training
Union, Paul. Yes, Paul was, they
say, about forty-five years old when
he took the first step of grace—faith.
Although Paul was one of the best
educated men of his day, he was not
ready to go to work for the Master
until he had spent three yearsxj aklng
a training course, over in the Arabian
Desert near Mt,,..Sinai.
"Paul was a brilliant man, as we
must all agree, but I. challenge you
—to-flnd-one-wwth-wMle~thing-heîd-
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during the first thirty-five years of
his life.
"Sometimes you, like myself , no
doubt, marvel at that viewpoint of
some of our pastors, and other so-
called leaders, who seem to think
that we should expect juniors and
intermediates not only to train them-
selves, but actually to lead others of
their age in the training work, while
the adults stand back and refuse to
become leaders or sponsors. They
think, it would seem , that instead of
-Paul training timothy, that Timothy
should have trained Paul.
"The training of the young people
should not be neglecte
_dJ_ hui_ wJho
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should do the training? Well, I
think that Paul did a much better,
job of training Timothy than Timothy »
would have done In training Paul.
VThi.fact That more than sixty-
eight per cent of all ouf more ttonr
- foxt v£
M«Uon Baptists.in the Sonth_
are doing nothing towards carrying
on, In finances or otherwise, our great
program is sufficient to show us that
we need training and Informing, and
there is no agency that is doing, as
much as our Training Union in these
two things, on which !
think all will;
agree. We should place our empha-
sis where it belongs—on the adults,
for these reasons :
"
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. Our foundation and our lead-
.ers are the adults. Let us make the
foundation solid and firm by build-
ing with mature men and women, by
training them. This is the founda-
tion of all our work—the leaders.
The strength of our Training Union
can be measured by our adults. Can
they lead If they are not informed
--and_irainad2-^_If j>ur_Jeaders_danot_
have a vision, we perish.
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2. If we enlist our leaders—our
adults—we do many things. We,
through them, set the right example.
They influence the young people, who
are to follow In their footsteps.
"3. We forever destroy, as our
great Christian leaders tell us, that
old adage, 'You can't teach an old
dog new tricks.'
"I. ItT brings "the entire farnllyTo-
-,Kethe.r to the church, for the Traln-
ing Union hour, and keeps them for
the evening preaching service, for
where the father and mother go, the
children usually follow. This is es-
pecially true when they have only
one car in the family.
"5. We Invariably find that those
who are members and regularly at-
tend the B. A. U. are more sympa-
thetic and understanding of the
young people and their work than Is
the case' with those that are not In-
terested in the B. A. U. In turn , the
young people attach more-importance
and significance to activities in which*?
the adults are sufficiently interested
to give of their time and efforts, so
their own work takes on a new Im-
portance in their eyes, making the
B. A. U. a mutually helpful organiza-
tion in that respect."
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VARIETY IN PROGRAMS
From time to time I shall run sug-
gestions for variety in program plan-
ning. The following were taken from
"Fifty-two Varieties of Programs,"
. by Gardner:
1. In the Shadow of the Cross
This, plan was used for an inter-
mediate program of a devotional
nature. A light wooden cross about
four feet high was nailed on a wooden
base and placed In the B. Y. P. U.
room. Behind the cross was a strong
light which cast the shadows of the
cross on the floor. All the lights in
the room were turned out. Those on
the program stood in the shadow of
the cross as the parts were given.
2. Magic Lantern
One leader uses a tiny magic lan-
tern to display maps and pictures of
mission fields. An ordinary sheet Is
placed on the wall and the pictures
thrown upon this improvised screen
by the magic lantern. Maps and pic-
tures_cut from Home and Foreign
Fields and other sources may be used
to add interest to the missionary pro-
grams.
3. Campnre Meeting
This Is good for a missionary or
devotional meeting. In the center of
the meeting room, arrange a minia-
ture campflre. The fire is made by
an electric light or an oil lantern,
covered with yellow and red paper,
and surrounded by sticks of wood.
. When the meeting begins, turn out
all other lights. Have the whole pro-
gram from memory—songs, scripture
readings, and parts on the program.
4. Conversational Program.
Instead of having the group cap-
~taTfannFunce
~tm3"parts In the usual
way, let those on the program sit
around a table as it they were just
visiting each other. Some of the
members may ask questions. In re-
sponse to the questions the parts on
lhe„ program,are givenjFustâs
if
the
boys and girls were talking tne mat-"
ter over among themselves. If one :
or two easy chairs and a reading
lamp are brought to the meeting, it
gives the atmosphere of a home and
adds to the naturalness of the con-
versation.
5. Candle-light Meeting
This is especially good for juniors
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Each junior on -the program Is given
a candle. As soon as he has rendered
his part .on the program, he lights
his candle and takes tils seat. As soon
as enough,candles are lighted to fur-
nish sufficient light for the room, the
electric lights are turned out. In the
candle-light the leader gives his talk.
The atmosphere in a candle-light
meeting may be made very sacred if
the leader is-tactfuL
6. Sealed Orders
Instead of assigning parts to the
members of a group as usual, ask
the whole group to learn every part.
The captain writes the titles of the
various parts on separate slips of
paper and seals each one In an en- ,
velope. At the meeting, each mem- '
ber of the group is given one of these
sealed envelopes. When the time for
The program"arrives;"each~bnef opens
his envelope and gives the part wrlt-
ten on his slip.
JEAN AND THE GOLDEN RULE
Four little girls were walking -
down the road. It was Saturday after-
noon, and they were going to Jean's
house to play. Bessie walked with a
limp, for she had been very sick when
she was a baby, and It left her
slightly lame.
"Come on," cried Laura. "I'll race
you all to Jean 's gate."
"You and Evelyn race," said Jean
quickly. "Bessie -and- -I--will- come
along after you. Jean remembered
that Bessie could not run a race, and
she did not want to leave her alone. .
When they reached Jean's house
Evelyn said, Let s play hide-and-
seek. I'll be It."
Jean thought of Bessie again.
"Wouldn 't you rather play keep-
house?" she asked. "I'm sure mother
-will givo ua—seme—jelly-sandwiches
and milk , and We can have a party."
The girls played happily until it
was time to go home, but it was Jean
who always remembered to play
games in which they did not need to
run , so that Bessie could play too.
She did not think of it, but she
was practicing the Golden Rule all
afternoon) for she was doing as she
would like others to do to her.—Pri-
mary Class.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF GREAT
FAITH
When Hudson Taylor was planning
to go to China as a missionary he was
asked by a minister how he proposed
to go there. The young man replied:
"It seems to me probable that I shall
need to go as the Twelve and the
Seventy did, without purse or script,
relying on Him who sends me to sup-
ply all my needs." "Ah, my boy,"
the minister said, "as you grow older
you-will become-wÎser-thftB-tharU-Such
an idea would do very well in the
days when Christ Himself was on
earth, but not now." "I have grown
older since then, but not wiser,"
wrote the great missionary. "I am
more and more convinced that if we
ware to take the directions of our
Master and the assurance He gave to
His first disciples, more fully as our
guide, we should find them just as
well suited to our times as to those
in which they were originally given."
—Ex.
A noble and attractive every-day
bearing comes of goodness, unselfish-
ness, sincerity,. and_ refinement, and
these are bred in years, not in mo-
ments.—Clipped.
It is well to remember, In this day
of. rapid transit, that right .direction
is more important than speed.—Ex.
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THE BAPTIST PRESS
By G. W. Paschal
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Dr. Matthew T. Andrews, who Is now with
President Sampey on a tour of the Baptist eastern
mission fields , has collected some interesting testi-
mony on the reliability of the book, "Rethinking
Missions ," in its account of missions in China ,
some of which he gives in a short article In the
Westecn Recorder of October I. On board the
ship on which his party went to the Orient, he
found about forty foreign missionaries, many of
them returning from furloughs in America. Some
of them had been forty years in China and had
done most successful work as preachers, teachers,
and physicians, but not one of them had been
consulted by the commission that collected infor-
mation for "Rethinking Missions." One of them ,
a distinguished Northern Presbyterian missionary,
declared that he was well acquainted with the
book and that many things in it were "absolutely
untrue ," and that the commissioners got their
informatio n "largely from ship captains , govern-
ment officials , and others such like, who if not
out of sympathy with foreign missions were in no
position to give first-hand information on the sub-
ject. " Similar statements were made by a woman,
who is a teacher in a Methodist mission and by a
woman physician , a Northern Baptist , who has
developed amid circumstances most adverse a"'
great hospital in China. One of these says that
so far from helpin g, "Rethinking Missions" is-
being used by the enemies of missions against *the
missionanes.
II
Editor Taylor of the Baptists and Reflector
writes against what he calls "Religious Vege-
tarianism." While he is willing that one may be
a vegetarian if he wants to, the editor maintains
that he has no right to impose abstinence from
meat as a rule on others , and certainly not as a
religious obligation. He quotes much from Paul's
writings in support of his' statement. One of his
arguments is as follows:
Paul very definitely says that the vege-
tarian on religious grounds is "weak"
(Romans 14:1, 2) . "Another that is weak
eateth herbs." Such a man has a "weak
conscience," Paul says (I Corinthians 8:8-
12). This means not a conscience that is
morally weak , hut one that is weak in
growth , maturity, and discernment , a ctuialHn
affair. The man who thinks that the eating
of meat or not eating it is invested with a
moral or spiritual quality is not well rounded
and well balanced in spiritual maturity. All
these cults, therefore, which propose or im-
pose vegetarianism as having a religious sig-
nificance are hereby classified. They are
"weak."
In closing Dr . Taylor warns his readers that
when one comes teaching vegetarianism as a re-
ligious tenet that they may know at once that
"his system of doctrine is a departure from the
faith and is projected by Satanic inspiration."
Ill
Our own beloved Rev. J. T. Riddick has an
article in the Western Recorder on "The Man
Who Took His Troubles to the Lord." That man
was Hezekiah , and his trouble was that letter
from the king of Assyria; Hezekiah took it up
into the House of the Lord and laid it before
Him." Brother Riddick has had experience with
letters and he commends Hezekiah's example. In
the year o7 the famous "SmItli-TIooTel
r"l!a^npaign
for the presidency, Riddick wrote a conciliatory
letter, as he supposed and intended, for the daily
paper of his city ; this letter was generally well
received. But , says Brother Riddick;
"There was one brother minister who lived In
another state who chanced to see my article and
who had himself been quite hot and bitter during
that never-to-be-forgotten political campaign.
After reading my letter he sat down and wrote to
me the most sarcastic and condemnatory letter I
have ever received. He accused me of almost
everything that a coward and a scapegrace could
be accused of , things that I and those who know
me best knew r was not guilty of."
Brother Riddick was away from home holding
•- a meeting, but on reading that letter his blood
boiled, and he wrote an.answer
,_in Ikind, using
language that would make "the fur fly." It was
night and he could not mail it, but he left it In
the envelope until morning. Then ~h& kindled the
fire with that letter he had written. Following
the example of Hezekiah, lie had laid it before
.—the-LoroV-Brother--Rlddick-CQijclu
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Hastily spoken words and hastily written
letters have left many bleeding wounds in the
hearts of loved ones and society, wounds that will
never be healed.
Take your bad letters from your enemies to the
Lord and leave them there for His answer, and
you will never go wrong. Always cool off and
you will not burn other folks, and suffer burning
regrets in your own heart in after years.
By I. J. Van Ness
It was a great privilege last summer to be able
to attend the World Sunday School Convention at
Oslo, Norway. I pass over any attempt to write
about the country, though these Northern coun-
tries of Europe are well worth writing about.
The people in them are our kind of people—
steady "Protestant people. Instead, I am venturing
to offer a few comments on the World Sunday
School Convention , for it is a great conception ,
this setting forth of the Sunday school—with the
open Bible—as one of the forces of religion , the
world over.
Let it be said at once that this organization is
one of the great forces, world forces, for evangeli-
cal religion. Its name is attractive, and tells at
once of the peculiar place the Sunday school has
4fl evangelical.jreJigifln_. I shall offer later some
contrasts which will distinguish the Southern Bap-
tist conception of the Sunday school , but no one
can help being interested in so great an ally as
this World Sunday School Convention, for the
meeting, and the forces expressing themselveajn
^
it , stand outspokenly, for evangelical Bible re-
ligion , though the great underlying conception of
the Sunday school is as an agency for "Peaching
"little children "; yet the emphasis always was on
conversion , the Lordship of Christ, and the Bible.
One can find himself in good company where these
truths are being promulgated. '
I came away, however, impressed with far-
reaching contrasts which have come to prevail in
our Southern Baptist methods 'and organization.
Doctor AUdredge had advised ate est the fact that
• Southern- Baptists had now come to the place of
pre-eminence in that its registered church mem-
bership had reached 4,200 ,000 , making us the
largest denomination in America, and aside from
"state churches," the largest group of free evan-
gelicals in the world. Alongside of this, natur-
ally, is the fact that our Sunday school enrolment
is the greatest among the evangelical free
"CttuTctres"crf-the-woFid—-
One of the interesting features of the meeting
was the presence of a vice president—and as the
presiding officer of the closing session—Dr. Henry
Allen Boyd , of Nashville , leader of the Negro
Baptists who work with the National Baptist
Convention (unincorporated). There are two Na-
tional Conventions representing the Negro Bap-
tists of America, both having their headquarters
in Nashville. Together they represent an immense
constituency. It was my privilege, with Dr. Frost,
to help Dr. Boyd, the father, begin his work as a
publisher. The younger Boyd carried himself
with dignity and self-respect, and in a modest and
helpful way.
One of the great pleasures of this meeting was
the traveling companions it Introduced us to. On
the steamer going over and returning, we had a
fine fellowship with Sunday school people from
many sections.
The next meeting of this Convention, four years
from now, is to be in South Africa. A great many
of our people should begin to lay by in store for a
unique journey to a far away country. It will be
easy and cheap to travel, with good people as
^companions, -making- a journey pleasant and use-
ful.
I have stood in many denominational relation-
ships for direct, denominational leadership; but
looking forward to this meeting In 1940 , I can
see in it an opportunity, not only for a visit to a
strange far-off country under most favorable con-
ditions, but an opportunity to carry with us help,
not only In fellowship, but In'helping to keep to
the forefront -the great Bible simplicities.
As one travels, through England and these
Northern ,countries, he cannot fail to be Impressed
with several things. One is the relation of re-
ligion to the state. In these Northern countries
the Lutherans are.the Matejchurc^jrheretu sla
Ejiglandjt is the Episcopalians: In alf these
oount^?es,Ticêvefrthe
- effthus|asm~of religion
finds expression in some form of Methodism or
Wesleyism, while the desire for freedom in local
work, and for^the authority of the Bible* develops
some form of Baptist life—our Baptist people,
without Btate aid, which they everywhere decline
must depend on conviction and individual faith-
fulness, aêy-honor-ûsby-theirfaitb
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ftliness^
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There is one aspect of these woflp:conventions
worth emphasizing—one who attends finds him-
self in new and congenial company, and this is n0
small factor. Travel depends In a large measure
on what kind of people' you travel with. The
development of modern "Tourist Class" accommo-
dations serves to group congenial and educated
people, such as most of us live among at home,
as traveling companions. This not only reduces
the cost of travel, but lets the average person,
such as you and I, find a company that will be
congenial and .agreeable.
Another of the interesting features of modern
travel Is to find out its safety and convenience.
Xo women traveling in small groups it otters
safety, and with courtesy and helpfulness every-
where. Such groups no longer are unusual. The
world is a better place because,of the groups of
school teachers and other women, who by two's,
or in small groups, now travel the world around.
A WORLD VIEW OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
General Garibaldi one evening met a Sardinian
shepherd lamenting the loss of a Iamb out of his
flock. The great-souled Garibaldi at once turned
to his staff and announced his intention of scour-
ing the mountain in search of the lamb. A grand
expedition was organized. The lanterns were
brought, and old officers of many campaigns
started oft-full oJLzeal._tp.hunt the fugitive. But
no lamb was found and the soldiers were ordereT
to their beds. The next morning Garibaldi's ser-
vant found him in bed fast asleep. When he was
awakened, theTgeneral rtthbed his eyes; and so
did the servant, when he saw the old warrior take
from under the covering the lost lamb, and direct
him to carry it back to the shepherd. The gen-
eral had kept up the search through the night
until he had found it.—Selected.
To be what we are, and to become what we are
capable of becoming, is the only end of life.—
R. L. Stevenson.
However things may seem, no evil thing is suc-
cess, and no good thing Is failure.—Samuel Long-
fellow.
CURRENT TOPICS
(Continued from page 7)
contrary to the spirit of our people, the New York
Times has this to say: "We have laws amply suf-
ficient to protect the public against seditions or
violent proceedings. We ought to have enough
"common "sense and spirit of fair play~noT~tb con^
demn and penalize peaceful methods of political
agitation, even if they aim at setting up a system
of government abhorrent to nine-tenths of the
American people. It is to be hoped that few of
us are ready to submit meekly to the haughty rule
of even so majestic an official as the Chief of
Police of Terre Haute, Ind."
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No Dictator Here—Sinclair Lewis is quoted in
the New York Times as saying that a dictatorship
cannot happen In the United States ; we shall
have no Communist dictator and no Fascist dicta-
tor. We are a more or less hysterical people and
have periodically to go through foolish scar es, but
in a short time we come back to our senses. A
year or more ago we heard much of Townsend,
and Coughlin , but in the serious. business of a
major political campaign both are fast losing their
influence. No would-be dictator has made any
progress during the last year." The country re-
mains democratic. Mr, Lewis does, not see much
to choose between Communists and Fascists. A
dictator from one group would be as bad as a dic-
tator from the other. He says:
"While the Communists loathe the Fas-
cists, their methods are the same. There are
the same spies, the same sudden arrests and
killings, the same third degrees under one
system as under the other. Russia has dem-
onstrated that the mass strength of com-
munism provides no escape from dictatorship.
Moreover, all dictators follow the same rou-
tine of torture. They must all be graduates
of the same sadistic school. I am opposed to
machine-gun rule irrespective of whether it
is carried out by a worthy workman, or a
glided general."
B_ut If tne country canjtree Itself from the threat
of economic royalists and sucli organizations as
the.Liberty League,.and if "the government re-
members that men and women are human beings
with rights to be preserved and privileges to b«
enjoyed,"; It cannot happen here—we shall W
no dictator. Most of the talk" of dictatorship I"
the past few months is pure political buncombe.
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NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST STATE
CONVENTION
First Baptist Church. Durham, N. C.
November 10-12, 1
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General Theme: The Local Church In Our
World Today
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Zeno.Wall, President, Presiding
Tuesday Afternoon,. November 1
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The Church In Its Service of Worship
2; oo—Praise and Prayer—C. R. Hinton, Tabor
City.
2:15—Enrollment and Organization.
2:30—Appointment of Committees.
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-35—Presentation of New Pastors.
2:45—Presentation of''Reports.
3:30—Biblical Recorder.
4:00—Worship and Convention Sermon— Chas.
H. Durham, Lumberton. Alternate,
J. A. Easley, Wake Forest.
Tuesday'Evening
The Church In Service to Its Membership
and Community
7:30—Praise and Prayer-^John R. Link, Wind-
sor.
7:45—Christian Education and Training.
(1) Sunday Schools. '
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(2)- Baptist Training Union.
(3) Baptist Student Union.
(4) Baptist Men, Report of Special Com-
mittee.
8:30—Woman's Missionary Union .
9:00—Business.
(1) Announcement of Committees.
(2) Report of Trustees of Convention.
9:10—Address ; The Church In Service to the
Community, Arch C. Cree, Salisbury.
9:45—Adjournment.
Wednesday Morning, November 1
1
The Church In Service to the People
of the State
9:00—Praise and Prayer—Nane Starnes, Ashe-
ville.
9:15—Business.
(1) Report of Historical Commission.
(2) Miscellaneous.
_..».;30—The_Bap.tist_Fo.undation
10:00—State Missions.
(1) Missionary Pastoral Assistance.
(2) Church Building.
(3)' For the Negroes.
(4) "For the Indians.
(5) For the Prison Population, Report
of Special Committee.
10:40—Music and Miscellaneous.
10:50—State Mission Opportunities.
(1) In Eastern North Carolina—B. W.
Spilman, Klnston.
(2) In Piedmont North Carolina—B. E.
Morris, Durham.
(3) In Western North Carolina—Wayne
Williams, Oteen.
11:55—Worship and Sermon: The Church .at .
Worship—O. T. Binkley, Chapel Hill.
Wednesday Afternoon
The Church In Service to Those In Need
2:30—Praise and Prayer—E. H. Potts, Eliza-
beth City.
2:45—Business.
(1) Report of Committee on Biblical Re-
"~corder. "*"
(2) Report of Committee on Time of An-
nual Meeting.
3:00—The Qrphan Child.
3:40—The Stok.
*••10—Music.
4: If—The Aged Minister.
4.46—-Miscellaneous and Adjournment.
Wednesday Evening
The Church In Service to the People of
America .
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v:30—Praise and Prayer—C.
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E. Baucom, Con-
cord.
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~Soc,laI Service and.Civic Righteousness.
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•30—Adjournment.
Thursday Morning, November 12
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Church " Training Christian Leaders
s.oo—Praise and Prayer—C. E. Ruffln, Ellerbe.
*-io--Bustness.
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/% . (2) Report of Committee on Aged and
I , MS$f c Infirm.
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9:30—Sunday School Board.
10:00—-Seminaries. , _ J _ „
(1) Baptist Bible Institute!
(2) Southwestern Theological Seminary.
(3) Southern Baptist Theological "Semi-
nary.
10:50—Reports of the Colleges,
11:20—Address — Christian Education and the
. World Situation—Sankey L, Blanton,
Wilmington.
11:55—Worship and Sermon — The Home, the
Source of Christian .Leaders—Ralph A.
Herrmg, Winston^Salem.
Thursday Afternoon
The Church Enlisted In World Wide
Service
2:15—Praise and Prayer—A. Lincoln Fulk, High
Point.
2:30—Business.
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(1) tteport "of Committee to Nominate
Trustees, etc.
(2) Election of Officers.
3:00—A Worthy Financial Program for the
Local Church—C . J. Allen, Statesville.
3:30—The Cooperative Program of Southern
Baptists.
(1) Report of Promotion and Enlistment
Committee.
(2) Reports from the Field.
(3) Address^ Why I Believe In the Co-
operative Program — J. E. Dlllard ,
Nashville, Tenn.
4:45—Miscellaneous and Adjournment.
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Thursday Evening
The Church In Service Beyond the Seas
7:30—Praise and Prayer—G. T. Mills, Apex.
7:45—Report of Committee on Memorial.
7:50—Address : Luther Rice—W. H. Williams,
Charlotte.
8:20 —Foreign Missions.
9:30—Final Adjournment.
JOHN ALLEN EASLEY ,
Chairman,
G. N. Cowan ,
T. L. SASSER,
B. W. SPILMAN,
MRS. J. S. FARMER ,
CHARLES H. STEVENS,
Committee.
PROGRAM
ONE HUNDRED* FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL
SESSION
By Hight C. Moore
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Like Noah in a cynic world he built his ark so
to survive the flood and to renew the race by the
altar overarched by the radiant bow of divine
promise;
Like Abraham at the call of God he went Out
"not knowing whither he went," but a sojourner
in a land not his own he kindled altar fires that
lighted the way for future generations exceeding
the stars and sands for multitude;
Like Moses he led his people through a wide
wilderness, their intercessor with God, their In-
spirer in distress, their guide to the land of larger
opportunity, their interpreter of the will of God
respecting their duty and destiny ;
Like Gideon he rallied around him a handful
of helpers and with no other equipment than
lamps and pitchers and the sword of the Lord he
routed the foes of missions and made a powerful
impact upon the pagan world ;
Like Samuel whose maj or service was teaching
"the good and the right way " he was a founder
and forerunner of schools that developed kings
and trained prophets 'and produced literature and
enlightened the j»eople;
Like David he faced and felled the giant that
defied the armies of God ; the rage and jealousy
heaped upon him he endured without revenge or
resistance, cherishing hope without hate; and he
built up our denominational Israel by organizing
our forces, training our leaders, and charting our
course;
Like the Preacher he did with his might what
his hands found to do, devoting to his work every
cent of his money, every tie of his family, every
strand of his strength, and every moment of his
time;
Like the Sons of Issachar he had "understand-
ing of the times, to know what Israel ought to
do"; ;--'¦
Like John the Baptist he made ready the way
for the coming of the Lord in India, and America,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth ;
Like the Master he went about doing good;
preaching with power to the crowds ; talking per-
sonally now wfith a Sandhedrlst and now with a
Samaritan ; spending whole nights in prayer ;
blessing little children ; leading the lost into the
light ; training the twelve and the sevehty to carry ;
—onafter his departure^ ';
Like Apollos he was an eloquent man and ;
mighty in the Scriptures and fervent In spirit as •
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"he spoke and taught accurately the things con- ¦
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cerning Jesus"; ......... ' S
Like John In the Apocalypse he heard the com-
mission, "What thou seest write and send unto
the churches"; and he responded by projecting •'«
our denominational paperaand planning our great
publication plants; . ' .- ...
Like Barnabas he was a good man, full, of faith
and of the Holy Spirit ; In speech a son of consq-
IStlonThi appearance a Tuplter ; H^hlianSbToipy,
a giver of all he had ; In fellowship, the discoverer
and developer of Sauls who surpassed him in
recognition ;
Like Paul in labors abundant he was "In jour-
neyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of rob-
bers, in perils In the city, in perils in the wllder-
nessv-lnTrerils in theTsea7Tn
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"perfls among false ~~
brethren ; in labor and travail, in watchings often ,
in hunger and thirst, in tastings often, in cold.and.,
nakedness"; and so he fought the good fight and
kept the faith and finished his course ;
And when in Edgefield District he fell on the
fighting front , they said of him as David said of
Abner , "Know ye not that a prince and great man
hath fallen this day in Israel?"
Born in the North and buried in the South ;
missionary to the Orient, and minister to the Oc-
cident; aristocrat in birth , and slave In service;
father of schools, and friend of the unschooled ;
torch-bearer in the night, and prophet of the
dawn ; organizer and builder; seer and statesman ;
for a while citizen of the world , and for aye citi-
zen of the Kingdom of God—Luther Rice!
A WISE MASTER-BUILDER
By William Louis Poteat
Vin. Aloof
In a time of unexampled intercourse of persons
and of groups, of cooperation and widening fellow-
ships; in a time when the total and unanimous
strength of the Christian powers of the world can
be none too confident as they confront the massed
evils they are commissioned to suppress, some
Christians Insist upon isolation and glory In it as
- a mark of fidelity. All the rest, know not the
truth or ignore it. They are the divinely ap-
pointed depositaries of the truth and sole agents
to spread it. To associate themselves in the com-
mon Christian task with Christians who hold other
views and are called by other names would take
the edge off their distinctive witness and embar-
rass their protest against error; possibly condone
error. An important Southern Baptist official ,
asked if he had seen a great exhibit of books and
apparatus in his field a few blocks away, replied
complacently, "I don 't trot very well in double
harness." Last year the State Convention through
its General Board declined off-hand any participa-
tion in a movement of North Carolina denomina-
tions to attack unitedly liquor , gambling, im- -
¦
morality, and other evils which impede and
thwart the progress of the Kingdom of Christ. The
Southern Baptist Convention suspects the ortho-
doxy of the Northern Baptist Convention and is
slow to cooperate with it in any common enter-
prise. Of course, when the Federal Council of
Churches is mentioned it knots up in a haughty
isolation. It looks as if we are acquiring anew
the designation Separatists.
Such an attitude is the result of thinking too
highly of precedent and opinion , of giving the
primacy of Christian interest to intellectual con-
ceptions, whereas Jesus put it elsewhere. He did
not stagnate the mind by discouraging Its native
activity or freeze opinion in a prescribed body ot
beliefs. He did not proclaim a new philosophy;
He Inspired a new life. His first representatives
sought to make the will of God prevail In all
human relations; their successors of 150 years
later and onward sought to make a view of God
prevail In all human minds. Hence multiplied de-
nominations and their debates and bitterness,
their aloofness and positive antagonisms.
But manifestly we do not have to agree in our
views before we cooperate in promoting our com-
mon aims. Otherwise, there would be no pSrther-
' ship or cooperation in any field. Jew and Catholic
and Baptist soldiers forget their theology when
the common enemy appears. They forget it"he-
- cause it is in no way involved. Ah! but when they
sift back Into civilian life, they draw apart and
divide their strength before the foes of human
life they are all called to fight, actually not so
long ago and here and there still fighting one an-
other .
instead of together fighting the devil.
And Jesus wanted them to be one, not in formal
, .union, but in brotherhood of spirit and fellowship
of service.
MIDSUMMER MUSINGS

Edited by Mrs. Edna R. Harris
Corresponding Secretary
W. M. V. STATU OFFICBB8
Mr* J. Clyde Turner, President, 1801 ¦
W. Market St.. Qfeensboro. N. G.
Mrs W N. Jones. PresldenVEmerttus.
tin N. Person St.. Raleigh. K. C.
Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Corresponding
Secretary and Mission Study Super-
intendent, til Recorder BMtf.. Ra-
leigh. N. C.
Mis. Mary Currln, Toung People's
Secretary, IH Recorder Building.
Raleigh, N. C.
Mis. Elsie K. Hunter, Treasurer, >15
Recorder Building, Raleigh. N. C.
Miss Ora Alford. Office Secretary, U6
Recorder Building, Raleigh. N. C.
Mrs T M. PlUman, Margaret Fund
Chairman. 214 W. Edenton St., Ra-
leigh, N. C.
I
Mrs. W. D. Brlggs. Recording Secre-
tary W06 Hillsboro St.. Raleigh.
N. C
Mrs. Forrest C. Feasor. Training
School Trustee. 315 B. Peace St..
Raleigh. N. C.
Mrs. Charles L. Greaves, Personal
Service Chairman, »61J Clark Aye-
Raleigh. N. C.
Mrs. Z M Caveness, White Cross
Chairman,
' 1»<U Hillsboro Street. Ra-
leigh. N. C.
Mrs. J G. Boorrihour. Stewardship
Chairman, Meredith College, Ra-
leigh, N. C.
NOTES
We are glad to have reports from
a few societies that are striving to
have a contribution from every resi-
dent woman_mejnber in 1936. We
wish the "few " might be changed
"many " by the close of the year.
• « *
So many fine mission study books
are out for fall study that each or-
ganization, from W. M. S. to Sun-
beams should enjoy a study.
* * *
Be checking up on the year s work
so that you may not fail on a point
you could have made.
• * •
"TROPHIES FOR THE KING" -
We are indebted to Woman's Mis-
sionary Union of Virginia for a
complimentary copy of "Trophies for
the King, " by W. Thorburn Clark,
author of "Handmaidens of the
King" and ."Outriders for King."
This book gives briefly the account
of five notable Africans won to Christ
and transformed by the Power of the
Holy Spirit.
W. M. S., Y. W. A.'B , and inter-
mediates will enjoy using this book
in their study of Africa this fall.
KINGS MOUNTAIN W. M. U.
The opening session of the Kings
Mountain W. M. U, began Thursday
at 10:00 a. m., with the Zion Bap-
tist Church. Mrs. John Wacaster,
superintendent, presided. Devotional
was conducted by Mrs. Everett Spur-
ling. The Watchword was given by
congregation. Mrs. M. W. Martin of
Zion, in a few well chosen words,
welcomed the association to Zion.
Mrs. John Wasaster responded. The
association went into .business with
the roll call of churches and reports
of officers . Five hundred delegates
registered during the meeting. -"
Mrs. Wacaster, in her usual charm-
ing manner, made a marvelous talk
on "Looking Backward." A most in-
spirational dramatization, "A Spirit-
ual -Tonic," was given by First
Church, Kings Mountain. This"was
followed by an address on "Kingdom
Work," by Mrs. J. Clyde Turner,
State President o! N. C. Woman's
Missionary Union. The closing
,prayer was by Dr. J. C. Powell.
A bountiful lunch wasjhen served
by the ladies of the church,
The afternoon session opened with
a songT^'Seml-
the—fcight^' Devo--
Jtonai was by Mtat John Jtfauney,
This was followed by a wonderful
address by Dr. J. C. Powell, of Shaki,
Nigeria, Africa, his subject Deing,
"The Little Man." A very interest-
ing playlet entitled, "The Heart of ,
Henrietta," was given by Boiling
Springs Church. Miss Mary Currin ,
State W. M. U., 'Young People's
Leader , talked on "The Work of Our
Young People."
The association voted to give
scholarships to two girls this year,
Miss Margaret Lee Liles and Miss
Mozelle Costner.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year : Mrs. John Wa-
caster, Waco, superintendent; Mrs.
J. A. Hies, Shelby, assistant superin-
tendent ; Mrs. Griffin P. Smith ,
Shelby, secretary; Mrs. J. A. Liles,
Shelby, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
J. O. Long, - Shelby, treasurer ; Mrs .
W. L. Angel , Shelby, mission study
chairman; Mrs. Heywood Moss,
Waco, personal service leader ; Miss
Mildred Miller , Lawndale, young
people's leader. Divisional leaders
are: (1) Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Boiling
Springs ; (2) "Mrs. Lawrence Roberts ,
Shelby; (3) Mrs. H. H. Gold, Latti-
more ; (4) Mrs. James Ware, Oak
Grove; (5) Mrs. W. F. Hamrick ,
Fallston.
Resolutions, expressing thanks to
Zion for their gracious hospitality
and to all those who took part on
program , were given by Mrs. Robert
Cllne. Prayer was offered by Mrs.
Wacaster.
The night session was opened by
sonp. "Jesus Shall Reign." Devo-
tional was by Mrs. Ben Suttle;
prayer , Mrs. J. O. Long ; solo, "The
Light of the World Is Jesus," by
Miss Ruby Hamrick , Shelby. A beau-
tiful pageant , "The Light Dawns,"
given by Zion Church , was very in-
spirational. Here special music was
rendered by Misses Liles, Grice, Ted-
der, and Wilson, of Shelby. The
closing thought, "As the Father has
sent me, even so send I you ," was
presented by Mrs. Wacaster.
The next meeting will be held with
First Church of Kings Mountain , the
last Thursday in August, 1937.
MRS. JOHN WACASTE R,
Superintendent.
MRS. GRIFFIN P. SMITH ,
Secretary.
• * *
CAPE FEAR-COLUMBUS W. M. V.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
the Cape Fear-Columbus Association
held its annual meeting at Cerro
Gordo on Wednesday, September 3,
Mrs. J. T. McKenzle, superintendent,
presiding.
The meeting was opened with the
congregation singing, "Lead On, O
King Eternal." Mrs. John Rowl , of
Cerro Gordo, gave the address of
welcome, and Mrs B. T. Watson , of
Western Prong, responded. The de-
votional was given by Mrs. W. L.
Hobbs, of Delco. Rev. I. T. Newton
led in prayer. Mrs. Glenn Strole
gave a report and talk on serving
through personal service. Mrs. J. E.
Elkins talked on serving through
Mission Studfc
Our superintendent gave a most
splendid yearly report, after which
the visitors were recognized and the
minutes of 1935 read and approved.
The"roll call of the societies showed
that nine were well represented,
eight of which made reports.
After appointment oi committees,
Mrs. Harris, State Secretary, of Ra-
leigh, delivered a splendid address.
Special music was rendered by Rev.
S, N. Lamb, of Whiteville, and the
mBetingadjburh^-ôr
^lunsh^—irr-z-r
The afternoon session was opened
with song, "The Kingdom is Com-
ing." Mrs. Hubert;Rogers, of Fair
Bluff, -gave the devotional and 'Mrs.
J. E. Elkins led In prayer. The Rev.
S. N. Lamb talked on Foreign Mis-
sions and Lottie Moon'offering
1, after
•which special music was1
rendered by
the-local-church,- ' Y -- - --—. '._ '-.
'-'- The Sunbeams.ofi.Cerro Gordo en-
tertained with a splendid short pro-
gram. Rev. I. T. Newton gave a
strong tylk on ''Faith;" , <f;,
The following officers were elected:
Superintendent,- Mrs. B. T. Watson,
Whiteville; assistant superintendent,"
Mrs. Hubert Rogers; secretary, Mrs.
H. G. Walters, Whiteville; personal
service chairman, Mrs. Glenn Strole,
Clarkton ; stewardship chairman,
Miss Ollle Tart, Whiteville; young
people's leader, Mrs. F. M. Freyer,
Chadbourn ; mission study chairman,
Mrs. Leslie Pierce, Hallsboro ; Mar-
garet Fund, Mrs. S. N. Lamb, White-
ville.
The association voted to hold the
annual meeting next year two weeks
later In September.
The meeting will be held with the
Western Prong Baptist Church in
1937.
• * *
HARD TIMES
"Times are certainly hard!" The
streets are so thronged with auto-
mobiles that one is lucky to reach his
home without being run over. Many
girls are so poor that they walk the
streets without silk stockings. That
is not all—to furnish warmth, the
consumption of cigarettes increased
by several millions. Yes, the times
are hard! You may even have to
wait from twenty to thirty minutes
to secure a seat at the movies.—
Watchman Examiner.
W. M. UNION
T.W.A.. Q.A., R.A., 8.B.
* *
I am sure that Royal Ambassadors,
G. A.'s, and Y. W_-AZft-are reading
with interest choice articles about
Luther Rice, "the ambassador who
never turned back ," in World Com-
rades and The Window of Y. W. A.
R. A. Chapters not named for some
great missionary personality might
well call their chapter the Luther
Rice chapter.
Study his great life and try to
make your chapter worthy to bear
his name.
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R. A. CONCLAVE
October will soon pass by and No-
vember will greet us with our State
R. A. Conclave followed by R. A.
Focus week observance In all our
churches. Royal Ambassadors, every-
thing is being made ready for you.
Will you be at Dunn , November 6-7 ?
We are expecting you.
« » «
ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS
Have you diligently tried to gather
more children into Sunbeam Bands
this year? Only a few more weeks
are left to attain your goal. Let's do
our best !
* * *
ENLISTING YOUNG PEOPLE
The youth of our churches should
know missions, love missions, and
give to missions. Young people's di-
rectors and counselors, enlist every
young person In one of our mission-
ary organizations. There is a place
for every one!
* +
Young People
Everything you do to elevate the
moral and religious tone of the com-
munity adds dollars to your city and
value to your property and power to
your commercial interests; and every-
thing yon ,do in a political way that
lowers the, moral tone of your peo-
ple or. casts a. reflection upon the
moral lifeT of 7 your "
city, depreciates
your values and brings financial dis-
aster. You cannot serve God and
mammon.—M. A. Matthews.
Pat : "That was a fotne slntiment
Casey got off at the banquet fast
night."
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Mike;_1What was It?"
JP&tL. :*He said that, the swatest
mimories in loife are the ricolllctions
of things forgotten!"—Home Journal
and Shopper'
a Monthly.
Unless ahd "until' churches are con-
vinced that their* ministers
* are' as
much entitled to an old age income
as the employees of Industrial or-
ganizations, they wiH hold themselves
aloof tram assuming any part ot the
cost of such old age provision. Surely
our churches, after teaching big busi-
ness the "principles of social justice,
will not now repudiate their own
teachings by refusing to put them
into practice among themselves. —
The Relief and Annuity Board, Dal-
las, Texas.
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A lady; 'who is a d«|voêd. Baptist
and faithful memfoejr vol her;;cnurcn,
on witnessing a bapflBinV ol several
youths of both seiel, s
'^ld .tjci - her
pastor that she did no'
t eftjoy the
baptism because of its crudities. Her
pastor , yrho ..greatly"'. admired and
loved he»; asked ' for5 n'^l. bf par-
ticulars which she gave. Here it Is:
1. The arrangements as related to
the .candidates were not carefully
plannejf with reference to solemnity
and dignity. She would avoid call-
ing publicly :for the "boys" to take
ftits room and the "ladies and girls"
the other.- She.would have had tais
arranged quietly beforehand py,;the
pastor or a camrnitteei " She was
right, bulifche AQmmltte^
was in
con-
fusion ias:
mIts, fupction' in ^spar-
ticular. So the candidates marched
into the rooms before, the congrega-
tion.
2. The pastor had a towel on his
shouldfer .when he came out tq read
the Scripture and.to pray. Th&towel
did nqt - cljntJrtbute
' £o dignity or
solemnityy -'ifr&^be ,'she:Vas .'right in
this; also.?-- s„ v : y •{ ' '.- ...
3,. The .ba$ti8try:>aB
. soârifanged
thai candidates'
1 and pastor tfere too
conspicuous both in going' in' and
coming out-
.V [Question: * Could not
that be a.vpidqd.r.hy the ; use ' of cur-
tains?] Should;,entry jnfothebaptis-
try ever be in sight?
,4. The general effect w£a so crude
tha'C the ;
Jdea!ind effect,op ,the audi-
ence were obscured. It appeared to
be more of a; plunging than a burial
in water. There was nervdusness
rather than-repose-by the-pastom—
5. The use of a handkerchief over
the nose of the candidate was un-
necessary and displeasing. There is
no possibility of strangling If the
candidate simply keeps the mouth
closed. It Is not even necessary to
"take a long breath" just, before the
act. This sometimes defeats the ob-
ject. Let the candidate be natural
and relaxed after simple instructions
by the pastor.
6. Emergence from the water
should be dignified , not hurried.
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, who was a
preacher as well as an educator and
statesman , once safd : "Much of the
aversion of pedo-Baptists to immer-
sion would turn Into admiration if
the ordinance was properly adminis-
tered , always keeping in mind that
the Lord Jesus was immersed." .
The lady was surprised to learn
that these matters were seldom dis-
cussed in ministprs'.cpnferences. Her
pastor told her that he had never
heard them mentioned in pastors'
conferences. Was the lady right in
jh'er observations? Should, not- pas-
tors discuss these matters when they
feet toget^r ini conference?,' '•'
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CRUDITIES <^>|£Uraj%Sra.i..
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Probably there is no stranger, and
certainly no more harmless, way of
fighting than to be found amongst
the Eskimo population of eastern
Greenland. Eskimos are great re-
specters of law and order, and the
rule that any kind- of physical vio-
lence is prohibited is strictly ob1
served.
When a native thinks someone has
wronged him, he resorts to a very
curious method of giving vent to his
feelings. He composes a aeries of
songs in which he ridicules his op-
ponent. It is'a rule that, beforehand,
he must give notice to his antagonist
of what he is going to do. This gives
the other man a Chance to prepare
songs of^rsimilar nature which,hold
up his rival to ridicule. Often some
weeks are passed in preparing for
this duel of ridicule, and finally a
day Is appointed for the singing of
the songs.
All the friends of both parties are
asked to assemble and there is great
eagerness to attend. The aggrieved
man starts away with his batch of
songs. ' As he does so, he makes all
kinds of faces and gestures, which
are supposed to suggest his opinion
of the man who, he feels, has Injured
him. When he has finished, the de-
fendant in the case tries to outdo the
first man. Finally a popular vote is
taken to decide who is the winner of
the novel contest.
As may be imagined, the occasion
almost invariably causes a great deal
of merriment, and In the end every-
one Is happy and ' good-tempered, In-
cluding the one-time opponents.—
The Girl's World.
A DUEL OP RIDICULE
;: A series of revival meetings began
in the HtUiard, Memorial Baptist
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jChurch , High Point, Sunday mor-
|fling,iSeipt^mbef;16l,,-andfC|o
'ssr];' Suij-
M night, Beptembfr 20; lTfor sey-
jeral weeks the pastor'had been'iead-
^ng,.the .congregatio'h' in'preijaration,
(emphasizing the .power andJmpori-
;ance of prayer. :?On Monday night
loetore the date set for thfe beginning
$t these meetings ah informal 'serv-
ice contesting''.'of sbrigfe arid* prayer
Continued-lbr.
-aa^toy^ôurr^hBrB
•j]?«8 each a consciousness of the:preS-
pce of the.Holjr Spir.it that it was
jWdent the,revival was assured. For
jeeveral nights' ' these '' preparatioh
Services continued .iwtth :increasing
SWjBers and deepening spiritually.
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Paatcr,r:R*v^
m the preaching. There were a
number of professions of faith wh»
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Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
was organized some ten yearaiago by
the'late Rev, Samuel T. fiensley, who
served as pastor untj i hls.deatn., $he
church- bears'the name-pf ti|t';saiht-
ly young veteran, Rev,;;J.M.;Hftliard;
who' often visits Its-' congregation.
Brother Miller began his nijnjstry
with Hilllard Memorial a litUe^mbre
than six years ago when its menjner-
shlp numbered ninety-eight. During
his 8jx.
years,as pastor the church
has^goiie-ârwardT^^pTftTngTîSch
and every object fostered by our Bap-:
tist State Convention. The member-
ship how numbers more than three
hundred. This church serves a sec-
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CHURCH
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James says: "The effectual fer-
vent prayer of a righteous man avall-
eth much."
President John R. Sampey, who
with Mrs. Sampey Is representing
Southern Baptists in the Far East,
writes : "Ask the brethren every-
where to pray for our meetings in
Japan and China. We long to en-
courage our missionaries and native
workers and to win many to a defi-
nite acceptance of Christ Jesus as
Saviour and Lord."
WbhTyou also remember all our
Work and workers daily when you
kneel, asking that great wisdom and
grace may be given in order that the
work may prosper ' everywhere and
thaL.His
_JClngdgm may come more
fully In our own hearts and to the
ends of the earth 1?
And won't you pray that our peo-
ple will remember their obligations
and pay their pledges promptly and
regularly to both the Cooperative
Prograna and the Baptist Hundred
Thousand Club In order that our
creditors may not grow impatient or
our causes languish?
"All our people In all our work. "
J. E. DILLARD.
JtJST A MOMENT, PLEASE!
Not In unbelief.—Voltaire was an
Infidel of the most pronounced type.
He wrote : "I wish I had never been
born."
Not. in pleasure.—Lord Byron lived
a life of pleasure, if any one did. He
wrote: "The worm, the canker , and
the grief are mine alone."
Not in money.—Jay Gould, the
American millionaire, had plenty of
that. When dying, he said : "I sup-
pose I am the most miserable man on
earth."
Not In position and fame.—Lord
Beaconsfleld enjoyed more than his
share of both. He wrote: "Youth is
a mistake, manhood a struggle; old
age a regret."
Not In military glory.—Alexander
the Great conquered the known
world In his day. Having done so,
he wept In his tent, because, he said,
"There are no more worlds to con-
quer."
Where, then, is happiness found?
The answer is simple: "In Christ
alone." He said, "I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice ,
and your Joy no man taketh from
you." (John 16:22.)
—Clarence Edward Macartney.
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8HAPPINESS?
Far out on the horizon the sails
gleam snowy white In the sunlight.
When the vessel lies at the wharf
those same sails show themselves
stained and dingy. The lure of the
far-off is strong, It is easy to do
worthy things in days that have not
yet Cqine. No man has ever failed
In his.Ideal so long as,it was merely
^n^dyll^tôniMoniaKffiW
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— -The^pinch comes_ when it is no
longer remote in time or distant in
space, but has become~ the next thing
to be done. The next thing becomes
a -touch-stone to discover o£< what
me^;:<^jry ;;in^ his
opportunity , and > hls; challenge to
sameikio^t^QTîa'nd^bett^beyond.
.For'^ttHyVo
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blocked and barred by duties slighted
and itasks-undone. » , ; ,
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next^ltep,
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we had has become a'chain' to bind
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Where obligation is vacated; oppor-
tunity^frôid. Browpibg puts the
tmtbiforcihly.ln his lines:;.
. I see my duty, and I. do it not,
And therefore see no farther.
—Henry Ward Beecher expresses the
same thought when he says: "He
who Is false to present duty breaks a
thread in the loom and will find the
flaw when he may have forgotten its
cause." There is nothing arbitrary
or unreasonable about this. It is
simply the natural and to-be-expected
operation of inexorable law. Duty is
asset or liability. He who will not
when he can, cannot when he would.
Incapacity and inability are progres-
sive and cumulative, as are capacity
and ability. The coin used brings
interest and increase; unused, it is
not only not increased, but lost.—
Clipped, .._ 1_
FALSE TO DUTY
Tears for sin are good, but praise
for" the pardon of sin is better,—It is
good to fall at His feet, daring no
more than to touch His garment's
hem ; but it is better to go up higher
and lean upon His arm. It is good
to take the lowest place and be as
the dogs that gather the falling
crumbs ; but better far to sic at my"
Father's table, as in my
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• ''Inspirational.'" is the word that
fits heat the impressions left by the
first meeting of the Cabarrus Associ-
ation held at McGill Street Church in
Concord on October 1 and 2. It was
an inspiration to sit and look around
nt the high walls and memorial win-
d< wa . and listen to the notes of the
organ played by Mrs. Sarah Devault ,
the organist , arcl 'o think of what
Cod hath wrought through His peo-
ple at McGill Street Church. The
pastor. Rev. C. E. Baucom , and his
rarriticing members have erected this
beautiful and useful house of wor-
ship and instru ction at a cost of
about fift y thousand dollars , every
dollar of which had been paid at the
time of its dedication last spring.
This achievement is the more inspir-
ing because the interest in evangelism
and missions nevfr waned but waxed
strong during the period of the bui ld-
ing- program. The chart exhibited
before the association showing the
record of baptisms and gifts by the
churches indicated that McGill Street
Last year had an increase by baptism
of 106 and gave over a thousand dol-
lars to missions. The members of
McGill Street are as gracious as they
are generous. Most churches enter-
taining the association think they
have done well to provide a midday
lunch for their guests, but McGill
Street not only furnished dinner each
day but also supper for those remain-
ing over for the night session , and
gave every assurance of their delight
at having us meet with them.
Every church in the association
sent letters and all but one sent mes-
sengers. In the "one minute " re-
ports made by messengers, and from
the records exhibited on a large
chart , the Cabarrus Association has
made phenomenal progress along
some lines the past year. ., It has had
an increase of over a thousand in
Sunday school enrollment the past
year, which was a 35% increase over
the former years. In B. T. U. work
there has been an increase of 4(K 'r
in membership. The First Church of
Concord led the churches in its gifts
for all purposes , and its gifts to mis-
sions totalled around $1,800.00. ' The
Centerview Church at Kannapolis
had an increase by baptism to its
membership of sixty-two. While the
record of some of the smaller
churches was small by comparison
with the larger ones, yet in propor-
tion to ability their gains have been
quite as significant and their pastors
and members jusj t as faithful and
loyal as those of larger churches.
The record of achievement in both ',
the large and small churches inspired
us with hope for the future.
The night session of the Cabarrus
Association was devoted to young
people 's work and temperance. The
moderator , Rev. E. S. Summers, pre-
sented a young man by the name of
Oscar Watts, a member of Kerr Street
Church , Concord. He read the re-
port on B. T. U. work and then p.ut
on a demonstration of what the
B. T. U. can do by calling to the
rostrum members of the different
unions who gave a personal testimony
of what the organization had done
for them. Prom the junior to the
adult their testimony was one of
grateful acknowledgment of the
benefit derived from this training re-
ceived at B. T. U. meetings. Special
music gave the program a flne touch,
especially the duets by Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Chambers of the Centerview
Church and by Mrs. Woodrow Mill-
saps and Miss Sarah Tucker. Speak-
ing as a B. T. U. enthusiast, Rev.
Perry Crouch, the new secretary of
Christian education , said that coordi-
nation was needed to prevent over-
lapping and eliminate conflicts in the
present operation of our-ehureh-pro-
grams;--- He suggested-^hat-t&e-Ca-
barrus Association try the experiment
of adopting a program which would
unify tn« work, -aa, a w^otewithout
Grave of Luther Rice, Pine Pleasant Church, near Saluda, S. C.
the loss of identity of the organiza-
tion. The object of the plan is to
conserve the time of the pastor and
other leaders by having to attend
fewer meetings. No radical changes
in the present operation of organiza-
tions was advocated hut a better cor-
relation of their work. Seeing the
need of eliminating duplication and
overlap ping of activity in the average
church the Cabarrus Associated voted
unanimousl y to try out the plan of
the new secretary.
Space forbids a detailed account of
the. happenings at this the -fi rst -meet-
ing of the Cabarrus Association since
the dissolution of the Mecklenberg-
Cabarrus and- the formation of the
Mecklenberg and the Cabarrus. Rev.
E. S. Summers was reelected as mod-
erator and Mr. S. M. Presler was
elected clerk. Brother Summers has
been moderator of the old Mecklen-
berg-Cabarrus for several years, and
from remarks heard he will be mod-
erator of the Cabarrus for some years
to come.
Dr. Charles E. Brewer , president
of Meredith College , Raleigh , was
among the distinguished visitors in-
troduced at the morning hour. In
the afternoon he was given the oppor-
tunity to speak on Christian educa-
tion , which he did with characteristic
soul-emphasis.
Rev. J. B. Little, president of Win-
gate, presented the aim and achieve-
ments of that college and introduced
a quartet of students who sang in
their native tongue the national
anthem " of Cuba. A resolution was
introduced asking that the churches
open their doors to visitors from
Wingate .and take up collection in
their churches for the support of the
institution. It was unanimously fa-
vored. Some of the churches In this
association include this college in
their budget.
The sermon by Rev. J. S. Tyson , of
Kannapolis, was based on Isaiah 51:9,
"Awake! awake ! O Zion, and put on
thy strength." It was a clarion call
to the churches of, the Cabarrus Asso-
ciation to combat the forces against
the truth and love of God in Christ.
THE CABARR1 8 ASSOCIATION
' As one who, has-followed the work
of the Baptist Home Mission of New
Orleans, I have come to believe that
our great Baptist host has failed to
lend support In any way to this most
needy and worthy cause. The reason
I am uhablo«te give, unless it is a
fact that our people do not have the
work of the mission presented to
them.'
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Some weeks ago when It was my
privilege to speak to the men" of the
mlBaton^^Pr^Newbroukh. tp_niJ
v_jiez
Ught._secured some Information. We
found men from almost, half of our
states and a great percentage of them
were college men. Now, suppose there
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is one man converted each month
from each of these states and he re-
turns to his native state or some
other and begins to tell the story of
Jesus and His love for men who are
down financially, socially, morally,
etc. What would this mean within
a few years? God loves the lost man,
whether he is in broadcloth or In
rags. The power of God can traris:
form a life. Many men who have
broken away from home have found
Jesus in this Mission and have re-
ceived help materially and returned .
home-to a heart-broken.wife and ChJJL.
dren. God alone knows the value of
such a work. The Home Mission
Board has recently secured a beau-
tiful building for the Woman's Emer-
gency Home. This comes in direct
answer to prayer. Dr. Newbrough's
story of how God led them would
bring joy to your heart. They are
now able to care for as many as
thirty-six women at fine time, but
neither men nor women can be prop-
erly cared for until God through
human instrumentality gives the
funds.
Permit me to give you some glow-
ing statistics. Dr. Newbrough has re-
cently given the following report of
the year ending March 31, 1936. Pro-
fessions of faith—490; total attend-
ance—28 ,259; beds and lodgings—
27 ,260; meals—22,801; new men—
4,180; requests for prayer—1,815.
Many professed Christians have come
back to God and returned to broken
homes. Surely our Baptist churches,
our Missionary Societies and any
other organization that cares to sup-
port such a far reaching work will
be glad to boost, pray, and give free-
ly. It is a God given opportunity and
a real privilege offered to Southern
Baptists. Will we accept the chal-
lenge? Send all mail to Dr. J. W.
Newbrough , c/o Baptist Rescue Mis-
sion, 740 Esplanade Avenue, New Or-
leans, Louisiana.
A. L. KIB.KWOOD,
New Orleans, La.
One deed may mar a life,
And one can make it;
Hold firm thy will for strife.
Lest a quick blow break it!
Even now from far on viewless wing
Hither speeds the nameless thing '
Shall put thy spirit to the test.
Haply or ere yon sinking sun •
Shall drop behind the purple West
All will be lost—or won!
—Richard Watson Gilder.
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This bright novel centers around
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First of the Wrotham women Is
Sabrina, who, before she is twenty
loses her husband at Waterloo. She
develops into a wise, vigorous,
and richly experienced woman, the
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three-quarters of a century. Next is
Clare , the daughter of Sabrina's twin
brother , who grows up into a rather
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a capable wife and mother. Then
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Our Little Mongolian Cousin
By Phyllis Ayer Sowers. Illustrated-
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Our little Mongolian cousin, Batu,
and his sister, Serin, take their places
with other .beloved boys and girls of
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with his horse, Se Kang, herding
sheep and galloping over the plains
of Mongolia; and Serin , with her less
exciting home duties,
A vivid picture of nomadic life ia
presented; and, as Mrs. Sowers has
travelled extensively in Mongolia and
has lived for many years in the
Orient , we feel that the picture is
true. The author gives a convincing
account of what Mongolian life at Its
best must be, summer and winter, as
the felt tents and all possessions are
packed on camels for the oft-recur-
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Billy Butter
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school, to church,' to the roundhouse
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into everything and out of every-
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time he was caught on a steep cliff
and had to be rescued by firemen ,
-could-dampen-hls-ehthuitfa*m^-Tfie-
mbst exciting of all his adventures
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cross old goat that ruled the hill.
Tho Giovannlr-^children crown him,
and take his picture, which appears
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many full-page sketches, and other
illustrations. The .
..pictures and the
story are delightful, and younger boys
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Any book reviewed in the Bibli-
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BOOK NOTICES
Rev. J. A. Brock , the moderator ,
called the Sandy Run Association to
order at 10 a. m. on October 7, and
kept it in order until final adjourn-
ment. After reorganizing itself , the
messengers to the association listened
to the reading of seven objectives set
up by the moderator, Rev. J. A.
Brock.
^Special, consideration was
given Boiling Springs College, asso-
ciational organization for cooperation,
and the Biblical Recorder in these
objectives. The present moderator
and all other officers were reelected.
The-cleric Re-Vr
-T, H. Pawls, r-eported-
the number of messengers present to
be 216. . .
Rev. T. M. Hester preached the
annual sermon using as a thought
basis the king's invitation to the
prophet Elijah to "Come down."
•" Worldly amusements received a
"broad-side," and the preaohers were
challenged to be like the prophet
Elijah. Questionable amusements
were catalogued and church members
—wer^_WArn.edJ.esl
_theyJpêJhejr
_Jn-_
fluence by frequenting pool parlors,
ball parks, and places where beer and
wine are served.
Upon motion of Dr. W. A. Ayers,
the new president of Boiling Springs
College was asked to address for
thirty minutes the association. The
president, Dr. George Burnett , before
speaking presented four ministerial
students from Boiling Springs. In
his address the new president asked
the association for $3,000.00 to help
the institution realize the ideal of
the board of trustees and friends of
the school. He concluded his force-
ful message by calling on Mr. G. V.
"Governor" Hawkins of Shelby .
Brother Hawkins is a friend of the
college at Boiling Springs—and of
everything else owned by Baptists.
He announced a barbecue and picnic
would be given by some friends of
the school to all Baptist preachers
and their wives, to all Sunday school
officers' and their wives, and to.all
B. T. U. officers and their sweethearts
on the campus of the college in the
near future.
The association was entertained by
Mt. Harmony Church, Rev. W. K.
Wyatt, pastor. On driving on the
church grounds, lined off for the
parking ..of cars, one might have
thought he was at a city instead of
a country church. But at the noon
hour he would have been convinced
that he was eating at a country table,
for one in the city never was so long
""and-laden—with -so nvuch_tQ_ eat_as_
this one. The people of the com-
munity gave the association a rous-
ing welcome and threw their homes
as well as their church open for the
entertaiirarent-of visitors and messen^_
gers. Pastor Wyatt says that . the
people of Mt. Harmony go whole-
heartedly into whatever the church
undertakes. > Recently tbe church
" '"•"^ -" 'l''iL
!
'''-,'*''*j''**
undertook to—bnild a~TiaTSOTago—on-
the.church grounds and in less than
a month money was raised and the
building had been erected and a well _
dug from which came cool, refresh-
ing water for messengers and visitors
to the association. The next achieve-
mentjof. Mt. Harmony will be the se-
—cnrîhg
ôTên-percent-nf-its members
as subscribers to the Biblical Re-,
corder. This has been accomplished
by five churches in the Sandy Run
Association-—Caroleen» --James H&,
Jones, pastor ; Florence, L. .N, Epley,
-T»astotT-Green-Creek,
-^.
—A—Meltonj
pastor; Henrietta, T. H. Parris, pas-
tor; and Spencer , J. A. Brock, pastor.
SANDY RUN ASSOCIATION
- Saturday,- October It), Mars Hill
College celebrated the eightieth an-
niversary of the founding of the col-
lege with an all-day program and a
special home-coming of alumni.
The Founder's Day program began
at 10:30 o'clock with exercises in
the college auditorium, at which time
the Rev. Sankey L. Blanton , pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Wil-
mington, was the principal speaker.
Other speakers on the morning pro-
gram included E. F. Watson, chair-"
man of the Board of Trustees ; Hoyt
Blackwell, director of the enlarge-
ment and endowment program; Gil-
bert H. Morris, chairman of the ad*
visory committee ; Rev. Broadus E.
Wall, pastor. of the First Baptist
Church of Hendergpnville. Music was
provided by the college glee club and
members of the music department.
At twelve o'clock dinner was serv-
ed on tne campus: At TTT5~ a~nre-
~
union of former students was held
with Dr. Cecil Pleas, vice president of
the Alumni Association, presiding. At
2:15 a pageant depicting significant
events in the history of the college
was given in the new amphitheatre
under the direction of Miss Bonnie
Wengert.
Mars Hill was founded in 186 6 as
the French Broad Baptist Academy
and was chartered in 1859 as Mars
Hill (Inllege with the "power of con-
ferrfng all such degrees and marks
of literary distinction as are usually
conferred in colleges and seminaries
or learning." The college still has
this power, although it does not ex-
ercise it. In 1921 Mars Hill organ-
ized as a junior college, becoming a
pioneer in; the junior college move-
ment in North Carolina. The college
is now the oldest institution of higher
learning in North Carolina west of
the Blue Ridge.
This year also marks the fortieth
year of Dr. R. L. Moore's services as
president of the college.
J. A. McLEOD.
The skeptic asks us, "Where is God?"
As if He is in but one spot;
Look , up, look anywhere, reflect
And then tell us where He Is not.
—Clipped.
Editor McC'
onnell of the Texas
Baptist Standard says
^
"The best
plan I know is the Service Annuity
plan of our Relief and Annuity Board
by Which the pastor pays'into a fund
3 per cent of his salary each year
until he is 65 years old and the
church (or churches) ho serves pays
Into that fund an equal- amount.
This money is invested and increases
year by year. The best financial cal-
culations prove that this simple,
easily understood plan will provide
for those who go Into it and they will
never have to depend upon charity
^r upon very small reilefcteekSTrtien
they grow old or break .down.'
.'
— Editor -JMcConnell Is here referring
to a modified form of ServiceÂnnuity
_caHed "Age Security." The Relief
«and.AimufiyrBoSSlînviteji; taguiry.
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THERE-IS A FOUNTAIN
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel' s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that
flood ,
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
Dear dyin g Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow 'r,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved , to sin no more.
/..
E'er since, by faith , I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme ,
And shall be till I die.
Then in a nobler , seeter song,
IJl sing Thy pow 'r to save,_
—Wlten , this ^nnor-llaDiiig, stamm 'ring _
tongue
Lies silent in the grave.
—William Cowper.
BEST OF ALL
I think we'll like the lesson next
Sunday," said Ed. "We are each to
bring something which will help us
understand the people of the Near
East. I can hardly wait."
"That is where the Arabs live ,"
Joe chimed in ,
"My father traveled in Syria ,"
cried Dick. "I know he 'll let me
bring his pictures and curios."
Every one seemed to have some-
thing to bring except James. He did
not have even a book about the Near
East. He wished his father had
traveled across the sea.
"Oh, well,'" James thought un-
happily, "I can 't help it. I must go
over to see the new boy on our block.
Maybe 'he is lonely In a new—town~-
The new boy proved to be such a
good companion that James stayed
all afternoon .
"Aram , do you go to church?"
James asked him.
Aram 's eyes lit up. "At home in
Armenia we go to church. Oh , it is
beautiful, the singing, the church
bells early in the morning!" Then
his face grew sad. "But here, it is
all strange. My father and mother
g-rrno more to church. I am sad."
James leaned forward eagerly.
"Would you go with me next Sun-
day? We have a class of boys. I
know you 'd like our teacher."
Aram nodded. "I'll ask mother ,"
he shouted .
¦ The next Sunday found ah excited
group of boys gathered outside the
church.
"Look what Dick has!" cried Joe.
"Real beads from Syria. "
"~uAnd here Is a tiny wooden camel
with pack on his back!" exclaimed
Ed.
At last James arrived and with
him a very neat, very clean Aram.
"Fellows, this is Aram ," said
James proudly. "I hope he will like
our class."
Ed and Joe and Dick stared at
Aram's dark hair and laughing, dark
eyes.
"Why^ said Dick,^'he looks just
like the ArmenlaiTboy In this pic-
ture."
"Of course," smiled James. "He
and his family came from Armenia."
• "Did you, really?" cried Ed and
|Joe.
——After t,hal_ the wooden camnlgjanr^
^pictures were forgotten as the boys
clustered around Aram, asking ques-
tional abrjut the conpfry bvezJUhelsea.
Aram answered them, as fast as he
COUld. ' . '-$4/-.
"What do Armenian %oys play?"
; they wanted to know.
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"Games of spin the top, tug of
war, and marbles."
"Just like our games'
." said Joe.
"Do they go to school?"
"Oh, yes. We study hard. Some
days in the spring all the boys and
their teacher leave the school to go
swimming or to take a long walk
into the woods."
"What fun!" every one exclaimed.
"The most fun is Christmas Eve,"
Aram explained . "Groups of boys,
carrying little lanterns, go from
house to house, singing carols. And ,
oh, the goodies the neighbors give
us, sweets, and pennies, too."
"Are Armenian boys like the boys
you have met in America?" the
teacher asked.
"Yes—"• Aram grew shy, "Ar-
menian boys are—how shall I say?—
more respectful to their elders."
"You mean, they are more respect-
ful to their mothers and fathers?"
"They are respectful to their par-
ents and their teachers, too. An
Armenian boy obeys his parents and
teachers. He is always polite and
helpful to them."
"That's a good idea for our class,"
said Ed seriously. "Maybe Aram can
show us" n^w~trrH»e-««aoFe-4ieJpluJ
^Jtp__
our parents."
Before the class knew it the time
was goiie.
"This is the best lesson we've ever
had, " said Joe, smiling at Aram.
'"It is my first time," said Aram ,
smiling back , "but you all have been
so kind , I intend to come every Sun-
day. " „
James felt so happy that he could
only smile at Aram and say, "I'm
Kiad. "— Sara Sloane McCarty, in
Storytime.
« * *
THE NINETY AND NINE
The little log building that was
used on week days for school and for
church on Sundays was chilly that
Sunday evening. The little congre-
gation of students in the mission
school and the handful of older folks
of that Tennessee mountain creek
vaiiRv sat ûd^led
clo
se to
the
old-
fashioned heating stove" in the center—
of the room. In the hope of keeping
themselves warm by singing, every
one was singing lustily, every one,
that is, but little Woodrow JVilson
Strong. Poor Woodrow Wilson,
nearly ten years of age, sitting un-
comfortably on the next-to-the-last
row of cold benches, couldn't sing,
but sat there , cold and stiff , his eyes
staring straight ahead. He seemed
to be listening to the preacher, but
really he was seeing a different scene.
For Woodrow Wilson was homesick,
homesick for—Pine Greek and the
little store and one room there that
he called home.
He had been down at the mission
boarding school for almost three
months now , and Just tnat anernoun
he had had his first visit from his
father who was all the family he
had. The visit had been satisfying,
hut the going away was heartbreak-
ing-and leftJilnrjesolate. So while
the others sang, meaning it as~they
sang, "I have the joy, joy , joy, down
in my heart," Woodrow Wilson was
filled with such loneliness and long-
ing as seemed almost more than one
nine-year-old heart could hold.
As he sat" there he pictured his
father, even now getting in at Pine
Creek, dressed in his stiff suit that
felt so strange after his overalls. His
father would be ' climbing down off
the old mule that had made the long
trip of fifteen ; miles down to the
school. Then his lather would come
Into the atore—^nis BtorânrEgreet
the group of idle men loafing around
on kegs and sacks of feed in the clut-
tered store, HIS lather would auk
old Zeph-beaton.,, whom he had left
:in chargeof the store ln^hls absence
—for Sunday, too, was trade day"
there—how things had gone. And
IZBpJjr wouldjiBtowlyHgive
':-the,i report
and any ne^"
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Then the others would ask his father
about him, how Woodrow Wilson was
getting along, and his father, trying
to hide his pride in his boy, would
say, "Oh, I reckon tol'r'ble well. It
sure is some school down there.
Reckon you all won't know that
young 'un when he comes back. He's
grown nigh to an inch since he left
us."
Woodrow Wilson remembered how
glad his father had been to see him,
and how he had brought him a new
pair of overalls, knowing that his
two old pairs were patched and faded
and reached not much below his
knees. Remembering the happy
things about his father, he had put
out of his mind his unpleasant
memories of hame»_oI_h_ow
, for in-
stance, he had hated Saturday nights
at home. On Saturday nights the
store filled up with a drinking, smok-
ing, card-playing crowd. His father.
If luck went against him, would lock
up the store, late at night, in an ugly
mood, snarling at Woodrow Wilson,
and sometimes cursing or even strik-
ing him. At those times Woodrow
Wilson was afraid of that man who
was his father. He dreaded almost
.^s
jmnîJJkDje
^
Jim^s^t
had won and in a boisterous, drunken
mood would call him in and show
him the winnings of the game while
those men who had had worse luck
would leave, sullenly. _ . ^_
But Woodrow Wilson wasn't think-
ing of those times, on that Sunday
evening in the church. He remem-
bered only the times when his father
gave him candy from the store, and
when hisTaThWTeTfrimntfrooTthe big
shotgun, and the time when his
father had let the traveling mission
worker persuade him to send Wood-
row Wilson to the mission .school.
That was nearly three months ago.
In that time he had learned to like
school. He had learned to take
fairly cheerfully the teasing of the
big boys who, liking to make fun of
his name, called him George Wash-
ington or Abraham Lincoln. He took
to the school work and was learning
fast. He liked the Bible stories, all
so new and thrilling and very real
to him.
At this stage in his thoughts he
realized that the church people were
singing one of his favorite songs. He
couldn't read enough yet to sing it
from the book, but he knew most of
it by heart and joined in with the
rest, singing, "There were ninety and
nine that safely lay in the shelter of
the fold ; but one was out on the hills
away . . ." Singing with the others,
Woodrow Wilson forgot his troubles
and was thinking of that one lost
sheep, of how that scared and lonely
sheep must have felt to be lost, just
as he had felt on his first night at
school, and of how glad that sheep
must have been to be found. But
did the shepherd really think enough
of that one sheep to take that much
trouble for it? Surely the shepherd
must have loved that sheep to spend
AlLnigMt_at the end of a long day,
looking for it.
Then the song was ended and the
preacher read his text : "I am the
good shepherd: the good shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep," His
life ? That was even more than the
shepherd in the song had done. Why
would the shepherd, do—that?—The-
preacher seemed to be talking right
-to Woodrow.Wilson .there,.' and. he
listened eageriy~td the slbry^fTnat"
shepherd who loved his sheep—even
one Sheep—so much that he died' for
them, to save them. Suddenly a new
idea came to Woodrow Wilson; "and
he knew that he was that one lost
sheep, and that Jesus had gone out
arter him, even giving his Hfe for
him. At first he was thrilled to
think that
"Jesus!ha
'd .done tjJatHEbr7
hlmvand then great peace and happi-
ness came over him as he realized
that Jesus had _Jqund him and
TûghTJhlm;sate Into the
"
t
eST
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At the close of the sermon the mjn.
ister gave an Invitation Jto anyone
who might want to accept Christ as
his Saviour to come forward, and he
announced a hymn. The others were <
singing "Rock of Ages," but a«
Woodrow Wilson left his seat and '
-
walked forward the song in his heart
was, "There y?ere ninety-arid nine "
that safely layi" -
That night as the matron made her
rounds of the little boys' dormitory
she found the rest asleep, but Wood-
row Wilson was lying with, his eyes
wide open. She went over to him
and asked if anything was the mat-
ter. "No," he replied, "I was just
happy thinking that I'm not the one
lost sheep any more ; I belong to the
fold , and I'm one of the ninety and
nine."—Jane Buchanan, ~in Sunday"
School Times.
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The case had been turned over to
the jury, which was composed of
eleven, men and one woman. The
men voted for acquiTtal and the '
woman voted against it. After much
• explanation the vote was taken again,
with [the same results. More expla-
nsitiO^s
'; more voting, butrthe same
result followed.
After many ballots the foreman of
the jury said to the woman:' "Will
you please tell me how it is that God
made Women so beautiful and yet so
-dumb?"
Quick as a flash the woman
answered : "He made us beautiful BO
that the men would love us, and
dumb so that we would love the
men."
• « *
A gentleman farmer tells of a city
lad who once worked for him.
The lad was called one winter
morning before dawn and told to
barness the mule to the dearborn.
_The lad was too lazy to light the
~~
lantern, and in The dark he dlthrt-
notice that one of the cows was in
the stable with the mule. The far-
mer, impatient -at the long delay,
shouted from the bouse :
"Btllyj! Billy! What are you
doing?"
"I can't get the collar over the
mule's head ," he yelled back. "His
ears are frozen. "—Collier's.
* * •
A gentleman on horseback asked a
lad If the pond was deep':
"No, sir," answered the lad, but on
going In the horse went up to his
neck in the water. Struggling out,
the rider said to the hoy, "What
made you say this pond wasn't
deep?"
"Well, I've seen mother's ducks
walk over it," replied the lad.—J8l
* * .*
A city chap was crossing a pasture.
"Say there," he shouted to a far-
mer, "is this bull-safe^'
"Well," said the farmer, "I reckon ¦
he's a lot safer than you are Just
now."—Ex.
* * *
Mother : "Well, how would you
prefer to take your castor^
oll?"
Willie: "Wid a fork."-4Ex.
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' Little boy: "Phew! It's awful hot j
for spring.^— ]
Little girl: "Yon ought to b~
e1
thankful it's no .Worse. S'pqse *
e )
lived in Arkansas. Wouldn't that be ;
awful?" '"'
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Little boy: "Arkansas? Why?"
Little girl : "You'd .better study
-*outêogriiphyJ [iBWn^_lt
sayfi&
kansas is famous for its hot springs-
J=dfa, _v__l " ' ,'
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"WeiC-Pat, do th"e::twins m&H
much noise nights?" 1
"Noise!- Shure,:each wan cries ?
0;;
loud ye? can't hear the other."—^J
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