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CURBBNT TOPICS.

V i i K i i N i A owna 204,000 acre* of nat-ural oyater bed whoae value could icarcely be eatlinated.

The Univeralty of Walea U to have a chancellor from the royal family of England. The Prince of Walea will bo iosUlled ip that onioe during the coming summer.

H e n k y W a t t e r s o n of Courier-Jour-nal fame, aailed with his family for Kurope on April lat. It la underatood that Mr. Watteraon will write a life of Abraham Lincoln while he is abroad.

The celebration of the lOOdth anni-varsary of the admiaalon of Tenneaaee Into the Union and the inauguration of the Tenneasee Centennial Expoaition at N a s ^ l e , June 1 and 2, will be a natloni^vent. Many Governera have signified their intention of being prea« ent, and it ia probable that the Prea Ident of the United Statea and hiaCab Inet will alao attend.

C o n s u l W a l u b r who waa United Statea Conaui to Madagaacar, and who waa arreated and thrown Into prlaon by Uie French on account of alleged t»nspiracy agalnat the French when the latter captured Madagaacar abveral months ago, and who baa aince been languishing In a French dungeon, baa been roleaae* and allowed to return homo. He tella dreadful Ulce of his ireatownt by the French.

By theproviaionaofa^ii which haa recently paaaed the New York Legia-lature, New York and Brooklyn will be conaolidated two yeara hence. Tbia will make Greater New York the largest city in the world, except Lon-don. giving her about 3,000,000 Inhabi-Unta. Many of tbe beat people of Brooklyn oppoaed tbe conaolidation acheme, believing It to be in the in-terest of political "boaaiam" and cor-ruption.

Tub North Chim DaUy Naoa baa printed what it clalma to be the text of A lecret alliance between RuaaUt and China. By the terms of thia Uvaty Russia la to be allowed to buy coal •uppliea or make any needed prepara-tlona for war In Chlneae territory. She ii to have Port Arthur for a winter harbor, and in caae of war with any other power, ahe la to have the uae of other porta at pleaaure. Ruaaia will »lao be allowed to build a branch of the Siberian railway through Man-churia. In return for'theae prlvllegea she agraea to defend China agalnat other powera and to fumlah offlcera for drilling the Chlneae army.

I t la atated that aoon after her ar-rival in thia country, whllber ahe came' Mveral weeka ago sa an embaaaador of h«r fatbar to try to win her brother, Balllngton Booth, back to the Salva-tion Army, Mrt. Booth-Tuokor ra* celved a cablegram announcing the dMth of her Infant aon in England, ^ow we ballava In peace-makara and honor Mm. Booth-Tuckar for bar at-forta in thai diraoUon, but tlUl wa ai* old-faahionaa inouffh to ballora that a

mother'a first duty is with her child and not elsewhere; that there is nowhere else in the world where ahe can do more good than right there, and we believe when Mrs. Booth-Tucker left her child at home to suffer for lack of a mother's care and crossed the ocean to accomplish what she conceived was a greater work, she was false to her God-given mission as the mother of her child and belled her very nature as a woman.

B i s m a r c k , the ex-Chancellor of the German Empire, waa 82 yeara old on the firat of April. The day waa cel-ebrated in Germany with conaiderable entbuaiaam, eapecially in the neigh borbood of hia homeat Friedricharuhe. Though evidently growing more feeble conatantly, it is said that the old Chao-oellor, the man of blood and Iron, the creator of the German Empire, takes as much Interest aa ever in the affaira of the Empire, though, of courae, Uk-ing no active part In them. HIa age and Inflrmitiea have tended to aoften tbe hatred of his enemies toward him, while at the same time they have drawn out the love of his friends to a atlll greater degree.

The Uouae of Representatlvea on laat Monday paaaed the concurrent res-olutiona recognizing the beiligereney of the Cubana by a vote of 245 to 27. Those reaolutlona had prevloualy been paaaed by the Senate. They are now in the handa of the Preaident, and It ia left for him to take action upon them. Their paasage by the Senate and House does not bind him to act upon them, but It ia believed that he will do ao in the face of ao overwhelming a public aentlment upon the aubject Tbe trouble U, however, that as aoon aa the Preaidrat laauea a proclamation recogniaing the Cubana aa belliger-enta, the Spanlarda may proclahn war agalnat the United Statea. While there could bo only one reault of the war, atUl It would occaaion conaider-able deatruction to property and life, and might involve ua in conflicta with other natlona. For theae reaaona the Preaident will probably exenstae a good deal of caution before determin-ing what be will do. Meanwhile ato-rlea continue to come from Cuba tbat the Spanlah prlaona are full to over-flowing, with Cubana who have been arreated upon bare auapicion, a good many of whom are being ahot without the leaat formality of a trial. While there are no great vlotoriea on either aide, it would appear from the general tenor of tbe dlapatobea that tbe Cuban armlea are oonatantly Improving tbalr condition, eapeelaliy in tbe matter of ammunition and artillery, In wbiob they bave been ao aadly lacking. Our own prediction of tbe courae of eventa ia about aa followa: Preaident Cleve-land will Uaue tbe proclamation recog-nlilng tba Oubana aa belligerenta. Spain will not dare to go to war, though ahe may bluater around for a rblle. Tba Oubana wlU wln their in*

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The thirteen hundred milea from the Maylay Archipelago to Ceylon were covered in due time, and on the morn-ing of the fifth day, as our anchor chain rattled through the hawser-hole, the busy city of Columbo lay spread out before ua; scores of native boata aurrounded our ateamer; the cuatom-house officers passed our luggage with a few gestures and winks, and we were aoon nicely roomed In the Grand Ori-ental, one of the best-appointed hotels in the East.

The Singhalese canoe that brought ua aahore ia the moat peculiar litUe craft tbaf I have ever aeen. I t l a c a l M a catamaram, and conaiata of the trumt of a tree hollowed out, about twenty feet in length, having planka faatened lengtbwiae ao aa to form the gunwalea of the boat, which ia only about two feet and a biailf deep and two feet wide. The odd contrivance of the boat la an outrigger made of a log of wood one-third the aixe of tbe canoe, which la faatened alongaide at a diatance of alx or eight feet by two arched polaa of atout bamboo, and thia outrigger pre-venta any poaaiblllty of upaetting the boat, and enables the nativea to face the worat weather.

Aa the ateamer entera the Columbo harbor the firat object of Intereat that attracta attention la the great break-water, which required nine years and a half for ita construction. The firat block waa laid with great ceremony by the Prince of Walea in December, 1875; ita length la 4,212 feet, or nearly four-fiftha of a mile, and it la built of con-crete blocka Weighing from alxteen to thirty-two tona each, founded upon a mound of granite rubble, ita center be-ing twelve feet above low water. Tbe atatement that an area of 500 acrea la aheltered from the aouthweat monaoon by thia atructure, and that it waa built at a coat of over 93.000,000, will give an idea of ita magnificence.

On leaving the landing jetty you paaa immediately Into York street, a apacioua boulevard with Its entrance flanked on eitheralde by maaalve piiea of buildlnga, bordered by the mriya or umbrella tree, forty or fifty feet high, with a denae head of foliage; and In tbe background are the military bar-racka.

The peddlera and-vendora of the pre-cioua atonaa for which Oeylon ia fa-moua watch tbe arrival of tbe ateann era, and before youean paaatbrough tbe verandah of the hotel you are beaet by reglmenta ot theae noble-hearted na-tivea who are pining to preaent you with a fortune in glittering gema for a few rupeea. One informed ma that ba waa Tiffany'a confidential buyer; an-other declared that be waa lha favorite jawal broker of tba Prlnoa of Walaa; a poor, dilapidated wretob, with a alngle atrip of clotb about bia lolna, gravely announced that Gen. Grant, In hIa tour of the world, bought only of blm; and another kindly dlapoaad gantieman, of tba Tamil typa, wboia ooatumawaa noaUyoompoaad of long,

brilliant aar-ringa, 'whiapered to my confiding ear that he waa Mpeelally commlaaioned to buy gema VanderbilU. Mark Twain, who some days at my hotel, was watched by me the other day while One of theae famoua salesmen waa conferring upon him the honor of hia gracioua atten-tion, and aa tbia meek-looking "Inno-cent Abroad" blandly liatened I won-dered what were the amualng thoughts that were taking ahape under tbe white, buahy locka of the bumorlat. But the finding and cutting of gema conatitute an Important trade in Ceylon; and both in Columbo and Kandy, cuttera are aeen in their ahopa working a caat-lron cylinder with a bow like a drill, on which they grind the lucut aappbire or ruby, which are tbe atonea moat frequentiy found on the laland. The sircon, a amolqr-colored diamond, the amethyat, the cat'a-eye, gameta, apinel rublea, tourmalinea and moon-atonea are aent in large numbera from Ceylon to<the London market, and fine pearta, gathered from oyater or mua-ael banka on the northvteaV coaat, are famoua the world over. Nearly all of theae atonea are imluted ao perfectiy that the amateur la in danger of bear-ing off trlumphantiy "a marveloualy beautiful atone," which he haa aecured for a great bargain, and afterwarda find that he holda in bia poaaeaaion a pretty piece of colored glaaa.

To me the jxUah or native market-place waa the moat intereating apot in Columbo. Here the acene of buay life, full of varletiea of coatume, race and color, preeented an tmtirlng atudy. The tradera on the laland are Moor-men and Slnghaleae; tbe laborera are moatiy Tamlla from Southern India. The Moormen wear cotton trouaera and Jacketa, and curioua bee-bive-ahaped hata of plaited glaaa, dyed in varioua colora; the Slnghaleae wear a aheet of brightiy colored calico twlat-ed round tbe hipa and reaching to the feet like a petticoat, and their hair la twiated up into a cblgnoui combed back and aurmounted by a great tor-toiae-abell comb, which they wear aa a aaered duty; and tbe Tamlla dreaa In aa little aa tbe Engllab law allowa, tiie children wearing nothing at all except a bit of atrlng round the walat or neck, from which la auapended a charm to watdoff theattackaof thedavll. The Slnghaleae men and women reaamble each other ao cloaely in their dalioate featurea and dreaa ao much allka that it ia often difllouU to tell wbieh ia wbloh, unleaa you remember that tba men wear comba and the women hair plna. The boy who atteoda to my room looka like a pretty brown-faced maldan; and If it were not for ttie wonderful tor-toiae-abell tbatorowna bia baad I oould not tall tiiat ba ia a member of ttie mora fortunate aex.

The nativaa a raa rice-aating people, and for a few eenta a day tbay can aaally supply tiiemaelvaa with rice, co-coanuu, Jaek-fruita, plantain, and a little dried fiah, which form tiie ordi-nary diet

Tha Tablcular trafllc ot tiie oountry la nearly antiraly drawn by bullocka of tha aabu breed of India; the bit la a

A A ^ T L S T A N D K B F L E O T O R , A ^ L 9, 1896.

pt«M of rope p«iMd Uirough s hole iii their nottrlli; Md m pretty little vari ety about the sUe of «imftll pony, that It UMd In f ig i and otbor oarrlaflies can trot thirty or forty milce a day

Theenbjugatodappearanco orUie low' er olaaMi ln>Geylon li very noticeable; and they Invariably address all white persons by the name of "master*'— "yes, master;" "no, master;" "will master Uke this seatV" "does mas ter want his tea?" are expressions fall ing frequently upon your ears about the hotel; and oven the shopkeepers address you by this term.

From the piazza of the Oriental Ho-tel the out-dqor scenes present a mov-ing, brilliant panorama that is ex-tremely interesting. Representatives of eight distinct nationalities are seen upon the wide street. Just in front of your chair are groups of women with silver and brass Jewelry stuck through the tops and bottoms of their ears, through their nostrils and lips, their toea being covered with small silver coins attached to rings, and their an-kles, fingers and wrists similarly cov-ered. Yonder, across the street, are a number of men having their arms, legs and bodies tattooed with red and blue ink, representing strange deviccs and grotesque figures. Near the sidewalk a snake-charmer, with flaming red sash about his hips and yellow handker-chief around his head, is playing on his bamboo flute, while two deadly cobras are shooting forth their heads and twisting in every conceivable shape. Streams of street merchants, some with trays of flashing gems, some with canes, skins, ivory elephants and fancy boxes, and others with baskcu of fruit, pass up and down the pave-ments. The dignified Mohammedan, the olean-shaved Buddhist, the beard ed Hindu and the Christian mission-ary walk side by side. Native boys and girls, with skins shining like sat-in and brown as hazel-nuts, plead for coins; and the graceful flower-girl, with her shoulders, head and arms wreathed with many varieties of trop-ical flowers, add new beauty to the at-tractive picture.

I have Uken special note of the art work in Ceylon. The art worker be-longs to a distinct and low caste; and it matters -not whether bo works in gold, silver or brass, or paints temple walls or carves Ivory, he cannot rise in the social scale, but must always remain under the disadvantage of what is known as a low caste man. The ex-ceeding simplicity of the tools used, and the workman's remarkable mem-ory for deUll without any design be-fore him, are polnto about their hand-icraft that attract attention Immedi-ately. I have seen some exquisite work In silver or brass; and their carvings in Ivory and designs In tor-tolstf-ahell are frequently very unique.

The pottery-ware Is a disappoint-ment The olay Is fragile, the colors are not burnt In, but simply laid on and covered with a kind of varnish made from the milky juice of the Jack-fruit.

The dry dlstrlcU of Ceylon, which comprise nearly four-fifths of the area of the Island, are forest country; and in these forests many valuable cabl-netwoods are found. Theoalamander, one of the most valuable of those, Is of very slow growth, and Is said to be very soaroe. The lower part of the timber of the famous tamarind tree produces a variegated ornamental wood, and Is one of the most useful and abundant of the fancy woods of Oeylon. Tha satlnwood It found chief-ly In the northwMtem provinces, and

'Is used axtenslvalj* in ornamental fur-niture. Another cabinet wood that Is peculiar to tba Ulandi and Is Men in the fnmUura ihopt of Oeylon, Is the aandoon^ but tha ebony U tba most tenotti wood ttutl U takw from thaee fomte, Md Iha wtrvaddMlfu from II

aregreatly admired and not very eostly. ^ i s week I have arranged tor an

extensive trip through the Interior of the country, where I am to try my gun on larger game than has yet crossed my path, and where I shall have the oecasion to study the Jlmt and faum of the island more satisfactorily than nearer the coast. Already I can un-derstand why Ceylon Is

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PV Z. aRllfKI.1., P I> "He tried to do everything." It

was said by way of explaining the sig-nal lack of success that attended a certain pastorate. The young man started well, there was a good deal of enthusiasm engendered over his be-ginning, he was devoted, blameless in character and conduct. Industrious, well-furnished, possessed of glfu of speech, but' 'betried to do everything.'' Instead of concentrating his energies upon the few things that lay at the heart of his legitimate work, he dif-fused himself In many and diverse lines of effort, and so be flattened out and failed. The obvious moral is, let the pastor focalize Instead of radiate.

"He could do everything." This waft said by way of explaining the marked success of a certain pastor. He made a place for himself and gathered power in the community by his ability to pursue many different lines of work and do all well. In the pulpit and in the parlor. In the prayer meeting and on the platform, in the Inquiry room and In the columns of the press, in the after-dinner speech and in the scientlflc convention, In leading the singing and in making pictures on the blackboard, In all he was apt, ready, proficient. "He could do everything." He was a host In himself—a dozen men rolled into one. And so he succeeded. The obvi-ous moral is, let the pastor radiate rather than concentrate.

What shall we say to these things? Is versatility good, or otherwise? As respects the two men referred to above it Is easy to see that they are not in the same category. It Is not that ver-satility failed In the one case and suc-ceeded in the other; but that ^ e first tried to be versKtile and the second was versatile. The failure of the first w^s the failure of the one who at-tempted to do that for which he was not fitted; the success of the second was the success of one who did what he waf able to do.

That is to say, versatility is a g i f t -like other gifts. Inborn but subJcct to modification by culture or disu^se—like other gifts, an endowment to be prized, developed and put to service. Like other gifts. It may be added, versa-tility Is more widely conferred than men are accustomed to think. They are few who. are shut up by nature to one form of efflcient activity, few who' cannot turn themselves with a fair degree of ease and faellity In more than one direction of effort. On the other hand, they are few who possess a groat many gifts of diverse sort*. B^ween these two extremes wo all have place.

Versatility Is in some respects a dangerous gif t It fumlshea special temptations to fitfulness that works by transient moods, to diflTuseness that makes for ar«a of work rather than depth of work, to conoelt that over-estimates, the reach and value of ona'a power. The versatile man la apt to, overlook the faot Uiat It is wall-nlgh Impossible fof one to exoel In many things, and so be omits the cultivation of Uie specialty for which he haa planned. Even Mlohael Angelo, that Noarkable man who was •upereml* aanlM Mulptor, painter, arohileot, ea> flMer, uiAtMdit And avUior, made

sculpture his specialty, and treated his other arts as IncldenUls. It Is a say-ing as true as it Is familiar, "A jack of all trades Is master of none.'' Still, as already said, versatllitjr is a good thing. To be ambidextrous is better than to be pronouncedly left-handed or right-handed. The carpenter who can drive nails with both hands some-times has his particular and profitable u«o. It Is believed that paralysls.of this side and of that side would bo loss frequent If men learned to use the muscles on both sides of tho body in some such ways as would tend to keep the body In balance. There are anal-ogous mental conditions, which is simply saying that intellectual versa tllity, like physical versatility, is worth cultivating.

There are many men who, with com-mendable industry and excellent re-sults, confine their efforts to one or two lines ofascortainedefllclency, who might with largo advantage awakon and exerclso other powers slumbering In thorn. Instead of assuming that they can do this or that only, thoy are warranted In assuming that thoy could do more If they would with reasonable prudence venture upon new forms of activity. Sametlmes a delightful sur-prise is thus received. A young man who through business changes lost his position of salesman In a country store, was advised by a friend who had notlccd the quality of his voice to put in his unoccupied time in the study of music. Protesting that he could never bccomo a singer, he novertholoss followed tho advice, and to-day ho Is one of the notable tenor soloists of the middle west, with profitable engage-ments fllllng the most of his time.

Tho advantage of a cultivated ver-satiUty, cultivated but held subordi-nate to special and proven lines of work, are many. For one thing, it enrlchcs one's own life, making it worth more to the possessor and to all others. For another thing, it supplies outlets for surplus energy. Again it offers the relief of temporary and restful change of occupation. Yet again, it multiplies points of sympathetic contact with oth-er minds and many interests.

In all this wo do not overlook tho excellent word of tho great apostle, "This one thing I do." Itather, we emphasize and Insist upon i t For It is to be observed that while Paul did the one thing he did it in mftny ways— by preaching, by writing, by disput-iDffi by praying, by singing, through Journeys, through tent-making,through healing, in synagogues, in market-places, In lecture halls. In prisons, on shipboard, as Jew, as Roman, as free-man, as prisoner, as philosopher, as apostle. When you look his methods over you see In this Paul, who did but one thing, a marvelous facility of adaptation, a manifold versatility that enveloped tiie one purpose. The one thing for the Christian minister is the preaching of the Gospel, but by a ju-dicious cultivation of versatility he may multiply the tongues with which he speaks.

Chicago, III.

CoBtumei.

Bv nav. A, B. oABAmss.

Numobr XlV. In a former number I showed how

Latimer pf Bngland preached against the women's small bonnets of hta day that did not cover their ho(Uls and oon-ceai their faces from the gate of Uie meni ae was the custom among the heathen women in Paul'a day, but not the custom In a Christian land like oura. I will now show that Charles Spurgeon of London, at a later date, took a much more eensibleand correct view of this small head covering than did Latliiiw^ho MUed a umalX velvet boanel, of l^rkiih Mttem, "i n a e e d*tU,'*

I rementber when it was the faihioa for the ladles to wear a little bonnti on the back of the head about tho lii, of a dove'a nest At that time iodm of the old sainto in Bpurgeon's con-gregaUon, who were very tealous for orthodoxy In ftaiale attire, asked him to preaoh against the sin of these amsli bonnele that did not cover the head u thoy ought to do. When Mr Spurgeot next arose to address his people fron the pulpit, the ladles' faces were all upturned to catch every word. Be then spoke as follows; "I have beea requested to preach against tho bos-net the ladles are now wearing; but the fact is, I do not see any bonneti In Uiis congregation. Hence I bare nothing to preach against ' ' Tho bon-nets wore hidden by the ladies' hosdi and upturned faces. Spurgeon n-allzed tho fact that the fashiono had changed since the introductioD of Christianity and that women's pletj and godliness were not to be judged b; the sizo of their head covtring.

The old preachers in old England not only preached against the miall size of the women's head coverln;, but t£by thundered their dcnunciatloni against the ovenue of the men's bead covering. For a man to wear loof hair was a great sin in the OBtimatioD of many.

In the reign of Queen Mary, Artb-bishop Tliiotson thus spoke: "I caa remember, speaking of the mon, wbeo the wearing of hair below thoearawu looked upon as a sin of the first ma|-nltude, and when ministers, whatoTer their text was, did cither find or make occasion t o ^ p r o v e the great sin of long hair. If they found any one ia the congregation guilty In that kind, thoy would point him out particularlj, and let fiy at him with great zeal."

Here is a specimen of preacher's zeal against long hair in those days. Tb* historian says it occurred when H0017 was in Normandy: "A preacher LO eloquently declaimed against the aia and wickedness of wearing long hair that the Monarch and his attcndanti actually wept Delighted with the la-presslon his eloquence had made upoa the King and his subjects, tho prelate determined to follow up his advantafte and not lose the golden opportunity. He therefore took from the fold of hit sleeve a pair of shears and cropped the whole congregation." Tbo whole affair was so electrical and unexpected that they had not time to think wbat they were doing. The historian telli that they afterwards repented the lou of their hair, fell from grace, and let their hair grow long again-juat be-cause it was Uie fashion and these mes had not Uie courage to resist the faab-Ion of long hair and powdered wlKt. We sometimes speak of the boldnsH and courage of Sam Jones in denouM-ing Uie follies and vices of mon, eves in high life, and telling them to qui' their meanness. But this ancleot preacher was evldenUy ahead of Saa Jones, when he made Uils practletl application of his subject at Uio cloM of his sermon by pulling out bis shean and cropping Uie hair of Uie King aad all Uie mon present before Uiey lofttto house.

At Uiat time some of Uie clergy con-sidered it as great* sin to wear lonf boards as to wear long h»lr, and tiM Roman Catholics denounced loDf beards vehemently. If Sam JODM were U> preach before President Clew land and his cabinet, and even UiougW and denounced wearing long beards i •in, I very much doubt wheUier would have Um courage to atep dow out of Uie pulpit, pull out his sheen and d ip Uielr beards M Uie close ^ his lermon. If he should do !»• " would create ft greater sensatid Uuwughoul America Uien even Prsi-ideal Olaveland'a meaMtge lo OongrM aboni John Ball, Veneaula Md tM Mouoe dootriae.

BAPTIST AND B E F L E O T O B , AT»KLL D, 1896. Diamondi Amid Raga.

BV HSV. W. U PIOKAKD, n.l*.

The other day was balmy—Uio glori-ous with heaven's sunlight for one to sUy indoors unless compelled. I felt Impelled to go out and enjoy the health-giving rays, and to see some-body and'talk about God's goodness. I soon came to a palace—a brown-atone front, marble finish. People lived In it—friends, good people, good friends. Out, somehow, I passed on.

The stroll continued until I was away from the brownstone district—evon away from the common-looking houses —on to tho poorest quarter In tho city. Here I came to a number associated with the "living place," or "staying place" of some of our members. Through a dark, dingy passage throe feet wide I made my way to the rear, turned to the left into a hallway, knocked on the door to my right and was admitted. Thore I was in tho room whore three persons live, or stay, or exist. It was a room about filxteen feet square. There was one little win-dow to lot In God's light Some of the panes were broken out and ratfs were stuffed into the boles to keep tho air out The walls were mostly bare and dingy, for this room wan kltchcn, wash room, dining room, work room, and bed room, as well as reception room and parlor. Overhead was par-tially plastered and partially not, for it bad broken in spots and fallen off through tho twenty, forty, sixty, eighty years of time and storm. There was In the room a little stove with a littio lire in It, and a kettle on the stove In which there was somo morsel being cooked. Tho floor had for Its carpet a few pieces of worn-out carpotlng and and a few old sacks cut and spread. A bed stood in ono corner, almost necessarily soiled—for it is not always easy to keep things spotless, oven In lino houses. Thore were present a few chairs—chairs that had boon pres-ent for many years. These either stood alone, or, because of thoir great ago, leaned against the wall, as many of us may lean when we grow old. A few pieces of tin, a few pieces of crockory, and an old wooden chest over behind the table, and you have seen the outfit It was poverty's picture—poverty it-self—as great poverty as you ever saw, much greater than many persons ever dreamed could be In existence. It was the very essence of the last analy-sis of poverty. There were three per-sons in that room, three generations rep-resented—grandmother, daughter and granddaughter—old age, very old age, one growing old and the youngest al-ready old in want and struggling with life's trials.

We were soon engaged In conversa-tion, and as is my wont I let them do the talking. I listened to learn. The writer did only enough talking to lead the others to talk. The aged one of the three did most of the talking. She said: "God has been mighty precious to me. I'm very old, and have been through about all ono can suffer in this world; have lost my husband, all my children but ono; have been sick a great deal, am now most blind, and have for a long time been mighty poor; but He has always be^n pre-cious to me, and soon I'm going home whore I'll be rich in life and all Uutt's good. Oht how happy I'll be when He ealle me to go." She turned, and from Ita place on tho lltUe table she took a book. You know what book it was. It was an old, soiled, thumb-worn, leather-oovered book. She con-tinned: "Brother, read some of the great promisee, eay Romans 8th, and pray with us." When the prayer was finished UM UmUy all kald "Amen," and we arose. I left wlUi Uielr bless-ings on me and with Ood's bleesing In njr eoul.

Ia ttiat roon of rage and poverly

is a brilliant diamond—God's Holy Book-filled wlUi many diamonds of saving truUi. They have flashed Uielr rays of saving light Into Uioso hearta, and formed In them the most beautiful of all diamonds-"Christ, the hope of glory." How poorly furnished is Uie palace wiUiout Christ! How richly furnished Is Uio hovel wiUi Him! Wealth is not tho best thing nor pov-erty the worst. Christ is the best pos-session, Christleesnoss the worst. Get Christ! get Christ! for "he that hath the Son hath llfo"-etcrnal life.

Ix)ul8vlllo, Ky.

The Bread of Life for the Perlihlng.

KOTM or A BCKMON BV BZV B. W. KBV

"Qlreyetbemtoeat." fLukeli. IS). Jesus had withdrawn in company

with his disclplos to a place of rest. Work thrust upon them.

1. Divine compassion overcoming human selfishnoas. Selfish Indiffer-ence said: "Send them away." Di-vine compasBlon replied: "Give ye them to e a t " The improvidence of the multitude is partly accounted for in their eager haate to hear Jesus and to see his miracles. The hungry mul-titude excited tho pity of Jesus. Na-tions are without bread to-day. "Give ye them to oat" Is tho voice of divine compaasion sounding throuarh tiie ages. It dissolves tho heart of selfish-ness.

2. Divine power co-operative with human agency. The command to feed the multitude was a challenge to faith. To foed so many would coat a great deal. The supply would have to be bought. The dlaclples put mystery Into tho words of Jesus. Too often the dlfHcuUles of obedicnoe are trans-ferred to. dilflcultles of understanding. There was a frugal repast for the Mas-ter and the disciples. The five loaves and the two fishes were laid hdld of by divine power. The unseen greater than the ^ n . Ellsha and bis servant at Dothan, surrounded by heavenly hosts. Omnipotence flowing in human channels. Bread and fishes used, not ignored. With other food or without food of any kind, the hunger of the people might have been appeased. We are co-workers with God. Power from above, not used to crush, but to en-able and supplement; not to appall, but to inspire activity. A small sup-ply Is sufficient, backed by thercsources of God.

3. Divine increasn with human dis-tribution. Five thousand men besides women and children to be fed with five loaves and two fishes." "What are they among so many?" "Give and It shall be given to you again." Expend and expand. Distribution does not always mean decrease. The sown grain brings the. harvest The invested, not the hoarded, dollar yields Incomo. Ho that imparts knowledge gains knowledge. The heart, from which flows liberal streams of love. Is fullest of lovo. "There is that soat-tereth and yet increasoth." "God gave ono son and gains many." In word and deed he is still saying, "Give, give." Bread not supplied be-fore the distribution begins, but as the giving goes on. An unwastlng supply. There was enough and to spare. Twelve baskeU measured the surplus. .They had gained by giving. Every disciple might now carry a full basket on his arm.

4. Divine sufflclenoy satisfying hu-man need. They were all filled. Yet would they hunger again. Over all the waving barveste of earth's fairest fields write: "Eat, and ye shall hunger again." Over all the flowing foun-tains write: "Drink and ye shall thirst again." Worldly things can-not satisfy the longings of Ihe Inunor-titi iplrll. Wa spend our money for Uial which la aol bread. Hareia la a mark of maa'a diviaaoriflB, thalba

can thirst after God. Man ia rich in bis wants. Human emptiness ia a re-ceptacle for divine gifts. Christ satis-fies. "He that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never th i r s t "

Bread for the perishing everywhere. Who counts the cost? Send the broad I •25,000 appropriated by Congress for the rescue of Greely and his party starving and freezing In the Ice-bound zone. Did anybody ever say that the sum was too large .to pay for the res-cue of a handful of men? 160,000 or more placed at the disposal of Henry M. Stanley by James Gordon Bennett for the rescue of Livingston In the heart of Africa. Did not the world applaud with irrepressible gratifica-tion when these lost men were foupd? Dwellers in far-off lands are lost in worse than interminable foreste and trackless snows. Lost, and hungry for the truth of God. "Give ye thein to oat"

Greenville, 8. C.

t h e Baptlat Young People'a Union of the South.

it is only a little while now until the Southern Baptist Convention meets at Chattanooga, May 10, 1800. I>e Bap-tist young people's organization for the South adjourned at the Atianta meeting to assemble at Chattanooga on the day preceeding the Southern Baptist Convention. In view of this fact, I want to call the attention of Ten-nesaee Baptist Churches to the meet-ing and urge the attendance of dele-gates at Chattanooga. Let us turn out In full force In May and give our full endorsement to this Southern movement In behalf of the rising gen-eration of Baptists for the following reasons:

1. Thereis now no gToundupon which tho Baptist young people of the South can unite wiUi Uie B. Y. P. U. A., however much we may fraternize with that organization In a general way. Tho Board of Managers of this inter-national society makes proclamation that they will have no distinction be-tween male and female, white and col-ored, in their membership or public proceedings. Women will bo put upon the programme and will speak publicly from the platform, and negroes will be delegates to their Conventions—and take part also, I presume, on the pro-grammes of their Conventions. This comes In conflict with the sentiment of ninety per cent of Southern Baptists, whose judgment Is (1) that women should not speak before mixed assem-blies, and (2) that it Is the best policy for the colored people to maintain their organizations separate from tho whites In religion. The colored peo-ple have so decided themselves af-ter many experiments at organic union and co-operation with thelrwhite breth-ren; and this step at organic union and co-operation with the negroes upon the part of Uie B. Y. P. U. A. demon-strates the wisdom of Southern Bap-tists in organlalng their oilm Young People'a Union, as at Atianta. It la often said: "What God hath joined together let no man put asunder;" but It is equally true: What God hath put asunder lot no man join together. The only way now to be at peace with the B. Y. P. U. A., so far as Uie Baptist young people of the South are con-cerned, ia for ua to keep out of an or-ganisation the prlnclplea and practlcea of which would aurely bring ua In con-flict with each other.

2. I think that our Baptiat young pwple in the South ahould be organ-ised and taught along all the linee of our Southern Baptiat Convention work and along all the'llnee of BouUiem Baptiat faith and praetlce aa being the moal atrioUy Scriptural and eran-l^ioal, ao far aa Baptiat hlalory ahowa. AU flory to Ito laaflhiaf aad

work of the B. Y. P. U. A. apoording to ita promises to adhere to Baptiat prlnclplea; but In aplteof ita promiaea and .prospects it comes out at varl ance with SouUiem Baptista upon the woman and tho negro queationa; and when we come to reflect upon the lib-eralUing tendenclea of onr northern brethren, we know not with what other now dlfflcultiea we ahould be confront-ed If we were organically united with them. I believe the Southern Baptiat Convention ought to be; and believing Uila, I further believe Uiat our SouUi-em Baptiat young people ought to be Organized and inatructed along South-em Baptiat Convention llnea.

3. I believe that, in the very nature of existing conditions and aurround-inga, our Baptiat young people ahould be organized for the general work of the denomination, auzUlary to the Southern Baptiat Convention. The Chrlatian Endeavor, the Preabyterian League, the Epworth League, the Brotherhood of S t Andrewa, the B. Y. P. U. A. and other organlsationa of the young people are among the facto of our day and one of the algna of the timea. Theae organlsationa in the main are marching forth upon evangelical llnea and wielding the power of a mighty abaorption. Our Southem Baptiat young people ate confronted with their forcee and oper-ationa; and in aplte of all onr efforta to hold our own, the tendency ia to loae our young people when we are not at work, aa oUiera, ouraelvea. Brerthren may ory "wild fire," "torn- ' foolery," "nine daya wonder" and what not; but ao they have cried against woman's work, ao they have cried agalnat Sunday-achool worit, ao they have cried against Foreign Mis-sion work, and so many of them are crying still against all our crganiud efforto to aave the world for which Christ died. They aak us for a "thus salth the Lord" for every method of work, even to the tlelng of your shoe-strings, when ito oomes to giving and going under Christ's oommlaaion. Thia haa been the ory of the moaaback through all the oenturlea—the hard-abell—who thlnka the toc^ of doing a thing Is as Important as the reasott for doing I t

Mossbacklsm means the same oon-. servatlsm in method as in principle, but no denomination can live long upon such a theory. Paulwaa "all things to all men" in order to "aave apme." He waa ooruehattoe in doc-trine, Ubtral in aplrlt, radieal inmethod. He waa not a moaaback. John played the mossback once when hla conaerva-tism wanted to stop a man from cast-ing out devlla, becauae he did not fol-low apoatollc tnelhtd. Chrlat cured John; and ao may he cure all upon the aublime theory of oonaervatiam in the fixed prlnclplea and practicea of the goapel, Uberallam in the aplrlt and pocMbook of the goapel, and radl-callam in themethoda of the goapel. Goapel meUioda of work are flexible and variant, according to oondltiona and emergenciea; and the great move-menta originating along the oenturlea in miaalona, benevolenee u d educa-tion—the Sunday-aebool, rallgloua liberty, foreign evangellaaUon, the woman'a work, and now the young people'a work—all have had to oon-form to new and practical methoda of organlied effort within the limita of the fixed prlnclplea aad praotieea of the goapel; and, brethren, Baptiato will never take the world for Chrlal upob the Bkoaaback platform of eon-aenrative in method a i in principle.

Gn>. A. Lorroif. Naahvllle, T n n .

—In experimantinr to find tha elTeol of Bttollght on diaeaae genu , II baa beea dlaooverad thai awdi aporee are killed by tha bin* aad vlolelraya of •naUthl la a few hoiiM.

BAPTIST AND SEFLBCTOB, APIUL 9, 1895. BAPTIST AND BEFL» OTOE, APEIL 1896.

COBBESPONDENCE.

DelegaMs to the Convention.

-A

The State ^ a n l root Monday U i t

at their regular quarterly moctliifr,

and appointed the follnwin}; hretbron

a i delegate* to the Boutheru Haptliit

ConvenUon: U. 1(. Acree, A. J . Bar-

ton, M. M. UledMOe, A. U. Uoonc,

Kutherford Brett, John Bryan. J . W .

C'armlohael, W . C. Clereland, J . 8.

CorpenlndT, K. K. Folk, P. T. G laa i ,

W . C. Grace, I.- A. Hailey, J . T. Hen-

derion, A. J . Holt, W . Q. Inman, M.

D. Jeflfrlei, G. A . I ^ f t on , K. U Mot-

ley, G. A. Ogle, M. B. Pilcher, T. 8.

PotU, J . Pike Powerc, A. J . Ramsey,

J . O. Rust, G. M. Savage, G. H. Slm-

moni , J . H. Snow, £ . A. Taylor, G.

B. Thraaher and H. £ . Truex.

A itatemont was published In this pa-

per some weeks ago that all thoso

churches whose contributions to Home

and Foreign Missions had reached

1250 or more would be entitled to a

representative for every such (SoO, and

they were requested to indicate to the

Corresponding Secretary whom they

desired to be appointed. The appoint-

ments above named are in response to

these notifications. If any of the breth-

ren in this list see that tLey cannot

attend, will they kindly notify the Cor-

responding Secretary at once, that

their places may bo supplied by oth-

ers. Be it remembered that none but

delegates will be entitled to seats or

free entertainment. It is to bo hoped

that fully 2,000 of our Tennessee Bap-

tists will be there to reap all possible

benefit from the inspiring occasion;

but they must pay their own board,

which wUl be about t l a day. Rail-

roads will carry al l at the same price,

vix: One fare for the round trip,

whether they be delegates or visitors.

To make sure, notify your railroad

j ^ t r a t ttiat you are going, and have

to bo supplied with round tr ip

tickets. Of course there are thousands

who would like to go, and feel poorly

able to do so and pay their board; but

let us remember that this will cost our

Baptist people at Chattanooga thou-

sands of dollars, and let as many of

us as can do so go and pay our own

way.

As to the appointments alreadymade,

let it be borne in mind that the ex-

pressed wishes of the contributing

churches was with the Board their

guide. I f any contributing church has

failed to manifest her preference, let

su<^ church do so now, as some who

are appointed may fail to go, and

their places will have to be supplied

by others.

ABSSOCIATIONB.

Each Association Is ratitled to one

delega'te, provided such delegate was

regularly appointed by the Associa-

tion In regular session, and his elec-

tion certified to by the clerk. If this

was omitted, the Executive Board of

the Association cannot supply such

omission. The following brethren were

elected by their Associations: T. F .

Hale, J . W . H. Coker, W . M. Vines,

S. W . TIndell, J . G. Hal l , J . P. Par-

ker, J . Janeway, J . H . Wr igh t , P. H .

0 . Hale, W i l l Bray, W . C. Golden.

I n response to the published request

that tttch appointees notify the Secre-

tory of their appointment, and after

an examination of all the minutes In

the offlee of the Beoretory, the above

l i l t oontains al l the names that have

come to the knowledge of the Corre-

•ponding Secretary, as having been

elected by their Aisoolatlons as dele-

gate!. AH the names In the two fore-

going lIsU have been forwarded to the

Oommittoe on Entertainment a t Chat-

tanooga. I f any delegate fails to have

proper provision made for him the

OonrMponding Seerotary is not blam-

able.

S t w a t t h l i late data thaCorraipond-

Ing Secretary will take pleasure In

forwardlnganyaddlt lonat nameswhlch

have been regularly elected by tlielr

Associations on receipt of satisfactory

Information that such hab been the

ease. Do not send mo your i-crtiflcate

nf olfi-tlon; rcoerve I hat for Dr. I .an

King Burruwff, the Swretary of tho

Convention. Vou will not lie enrolled

aH a delegate unless you present to him

a ccrllficatu of your election. I^ut us

make no mistakes. I>et us crowd Cliat-

Unooga full of Baptists for once. Tho

Epwortli Ixiagne had over IO,UOO prud-

ent In that city last year. Let us have

no loss; and let us leave with that fair

city such an aroma of spirituality Uiat

will bo a benediction of blessing to

them for years Ut conic.

A . J . HOI .T , C o r . Sec .

Nashville, Tcnn.

The Bich Man's Oin.

The cause of tho r.ord in Foreign

Missions needs some large gi(U from

those who have means. Wh i le we call

to every church and every member to

help as they are able, yea oven at a

sacrifice, we ask, Has not the L^rdsomo

to whom ho has entrusted wealth who

will make a large gift now Uiat his

cause so greatly needs help? We moan

mako a gift of hundreds or cveg thous-

ands of dollars. We need lietwcen sixty

and seventy thousand in tho next four

-weeks, by April :»ih. W c can, wo

ought to pay all. W i l l you let God's

cause sulTer when you, brother, so

richly blessed of God, have a plenty

and to spare? There Is no better In-

vestment than tiiat made to give the

Gospel of Christ to lost nations. It

will u k c {nvat faith and love, but

how richly God will reward you. I t

will be turning your money Into better

Investment than bricks and mortar,

stocks and bonds. It will be putting

It into God's hand. The dividends

will be eertoln to comc in blessings.

Just in tho fonn most needed and when

most needed. It looks like sending It

far to China, Africa and the Isles of

the Ocean, but God is very near to

those who trust and servo hiro. Vou

send your money far for him. He

will draw very nigh to you.

Some brethren of large means and

with largo hearts have recently sent

glorious gifts. May the spirit of God

open wide the Tiearts of many? with

means who can do gre.it things so that

they will give cheerfully and liberally

to this great work.

R . J . WlUJNtl l lAM.

Richmond, Va.

Humboldt Happenings.

We have just closed a two wecKi»

meeting In our church. In which the

Ixird has graciously blessed us. Bro.

W . J . Couch of IVnibroke, Ky. , did

the prcaching, to tho satisfaction of

pastor and people. Twelve made pro-

fessions of faith during the meeting

and there wore eleven additions to the

church—six by letter and five by ex-

perience and baptism. Bro. Couch

was here about three years ago and

made many friends who were glad to

have him back; and many a hearty

"God blest y o u ! " followed him as he

left yesterday for his home. After

hearing him preach and working with

him for two weeks I can heartily en-

dorse h l i methods and recommend him

to any pastor who may need ministe-

rial help in a roTival meeting. The

work here is constantly growing, and

the pastor feeli greatly encourag^ .

Bro. W . G . Inman, tho former paa-

tor of the ehuroh in Humboldt , and

the fruita of v»hoM labors still abide,

has his home here and preaches to

some strong country ehurohes near

hero. Dur ing tho past f ^ months

one of his ehurehos has bnl l t a very

handsooM honse of worship, and an-

othar has aTsrythliiff raady to bsffin aa

elegant new house which is to be com-

pleted by midsummer.

I see that Qulsenberry Is still work

Ing away at Sunday-school and Col-

portage, and If there Is one man In the

State that can make It go " Q u l s " Is

that man. But Is It not a bad imllpy

to say nothing of the principle, to call

such men as Holt and Qulsenberry

fntm other and more pleasant fields of

lalrar, put them In charge of the great

mission work of Uie State, and then

leave them to "make the work g o " as

best they can?

Tlie Foreign and Home Mission

iUiards have lioen cal l ing for help all

Uirough tho winter months, twgging

pastors and churches to come to their

rescue iKsfore tho meeting of the Con-

vention In May. In consequence of

this the State work has suffered and

our State Boards are hampered by the

lack of means to carry on tho work.

Now, Mr. I-Ulltor, I move you, sir,

that from now until the meeting of tho

StateConvcntion InOctoberwering the

changcs on State Missions and Sun

day-schools and Col portage. The Ba|>-

UsU of Tennessee, I believe, will give

If tho pastors will preach on giving

and then ask their people to give; and

as the pastors arc tlie leaders. It Is a

mighty good Idea for them to lead in

the matter of ginmi as well as other

things. Teaching by word is good,

but teaching by u n m p k Is better.

R . 1'. M A I I O N .

Humboldt, Tenn.

The Covington Meeting.

Itev. George H. Simmons of Jack-

son came to see us on the 10th ult. and

conducted a meeting of eight days, and

notwIthsUnding the continuous rain

his prca<-hlng drew crowds equal to the

capacity of our house, and soon began

Ui roach a class of citbens who rarely

go to church.

There are many worthy young men

here who were wrought up to resolu

tlons of reformation under the high

pressure methods of Evangelist Fife

about fifteen months ago, and were

persuaded that they had a genuine

experience of grace In their hearts,

and like hundreds who can be found

where he has been, they did not unite

with any church and soon wont back

to old habits, became discouraged and

more difficult to reach than before.

This evangelist did some good work

here, and I would not disparage the

good by condemning the evil. I give

him credit for It, but there Is a most

pernicious evil that follows the work

of men who depend more upon mthadt

and manijtuJation than the plain preach-

ing of the gospel.

Bro. Simmons preached with his

usual power, and with such simplicity

as to make the plan of salvation un-

derstood by a i l , and bad he continued

another week we believe there would

have been a great revolution in our

town; but clrcumstanees forced us to

close. W e had 27 professions of faith,

and so far we have had 10 additions—

2 by letter and 8 for baptism. Among

the latter are flveadulta wh(rwlll make

valuable additions to our church. The

harvest Is not yet completed. There

are others who will yet unite with us.

Bro. Simmons endeared hhnself to a l l ,

regardless of denominational ties, and

he will always find a warm reception

at the bands of tho people of Coving-

ton.

I ha re just completed my sixth month

In my pastorate here. W e arc few in

number, but I have never found a more

liberal and conseeratod band than we

have here. They are ready for every

good word and work, fu l l of the spirit

of missions, and I bellave tb«y would

not suffer In comparison with any

church la the State whan we come to

tho question of g iv ing to the various

causes of benevolence.

W . H . B n m m . Oovlngton, Tsnn.

From Tezu.

Slnoe coming to Texas two years

a g o I h a v e we l c omed t h o B A R N S T ANI>

RRTUCCTOR each week as a dear old

friend from home. Wh i l e I may nev-

er ilvo In Tennessee again . It will nl-

ways be " h o m e " to me. I feel as If 1

cannot do without tho BAPTIST AND

REHJIXITOK, for I thlhk It decldodly

the best Baptist paper I know, and I

am familiar with quite a number.

Our little city Is very much exercised

just now over the actions of someof tho

Chriktlan(y) ladles of our adjoining

town, lAdon la , last Friday afternoon.

Previous to that they had waited on a

"cold storage" man and entreated him

to quit keeping the "abominab le stuff"

that Is ruining their fathers, husbands,

a rd sons, and held eight prayers In his

place of business. He agreed to quit

If the doctors would quit writing pro-

scriptions for the druggista to fill.

Friday afternoon just as the train was

ready to leave I j i don ta for Honey

Grove six of these ladies attacked Or.

Hancock at the dapot In « n Immense

crowd, and with cowhides and a

"b iacksnake" whipped him most un-

mercifully. The doctor boarded the

train and came over here. One oar

was nearly severed from his head, so

I am informed. W i t h tiiat spirit in

them their prayers could avai l them

but lltUe, don't you think, Bro. I<M-

Itor? I t Is supposed that by the time

those women have learned the error of

It they wil l think twice before<they act

so rashly again.

W e have <had very cold weather for

tho last week. Farmers are greatly

behind with their crops.

ELVA B R Y A N T H I U J A R I I .

Honey Grove,Texas.

B. y. P. U. Convention.

Tho Convention of the Baptist Young

People's Union, auxi l iary to the

Southern Baptist Convention, will

meet at 11 a. m. May 7th, in the First

Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tenn.

A l l delegates who are also delegates

to the Southern Baptist Convention

will be entertained froe, and board at

reduced rates will be secured fo^ others

if notice Is at once given to Houston

R . Harper, Secretary of the Entertain-

ment Committee.

A i l local unions are entitled to one

delegate for every twenty members, or

major fraction thereof, and ehurehos

hav ing no unions are entitled to one

delegate for every fifty members, or

major fraction thereof. Delegates are

to be duly accredited by their church-

es or unions. »

I ^ the churches and unions elect

Uielr (delegates.^ A . superb program

has been prepared and will be published

next week. A grand meeting is ex-

pected. Al l friends of the union are

hearUIy invited to attend. Tlcketa will

on sale from May 6th to 8th at one

fare for rouad trip, good for fifteen

days from date of sale.

I n behalf of the committee of ten.

B . D . G R A V , C h ' m .

Seminary Notei.

Dr. Dargan is In attendance upon

the Georgia State Convention.

W e extend our sympathy to Bro. C.

E . Stanton of I nd iana in his grief at

the death of his mother.

Bro. J . H. J o nM has been called to

a church in Pennsjrivania, and has

^eft for the field. <

Bro. H . E. Tral le read a paper on

" T h o W o r k of tho Boards*' at the mis-

sionary meeting Monday night.

A t the regular monthly missionary

meeting Bro. R . J . Kendriek read a

paper on " T h e Is land of Formosa.*'

D r . Rolisrtoon's wife Is Ul, and his

Utile eoa has been eielK dur ing the

paetweek. BOin>>

HEWSHOTES.

PASTORS' COMFBBKMCB BBPOBT.

Nasl ivl l le .

First Church—Dr. J . It. Sampey of

Liouisvllle, Ky. , preached at both ser-

vices. 220 In 8 . 8 .

Central—Pastor Lofton preached at

both hours to splendid congregations.

F^dgefieid—Pastor Rust preached at

both hours to good congregations.

Itoceived two by letter. Nearly 275

church members took part in tho ob-

servance of tho Ijord's Supper.

Immanuel—Pastor Ramsey proachod

at both hours. Observed tho Lord's

Supper. Good congregations.

Third—Pastor Golden preached at

both hours. Good congregations. Re-

ceived one by letter. Splendid meet-

ing of the Young People's Union on

last Friday night.

N. Edgefield-I'astor Barton preach-

ed at both hours. Received two by

letter. Contributions given to For-

eign Missions by the Sunday-school

and church. Good day.

Seventh—Bro. Hoadley reported that

I'astor Wr igh t preached at toth hours.

lArge attendance at tho liord's Sup-

per. iteccived one by letter; An In-

teresting meeting of the S. S. Union

In the afternoon. 220 In S. S. Pas-

tor Wright assisting in a meeting In

Chattanooga this week.

Centennial—Preaching at both hours

by Pastor Cleveland. Observed tho

lx>rd's Supper. I l l in S . S.

Howell Memorial—Preaching at tho

morning hour by Pastor Burns and at

night by Dr. A . J . Ho l t Observed the

Ixinl's Supper. Good S . S.

Mill Creek-I'astor l»rloe preachcd.

Good day. Observed the lx>rd's Sup-

|ior. 7:) in 8. B.; 72 In Usa Mission.

Anson Nelson Mission—84 In S. S.

I'astor A. J . Ramsey of the Imman-

uel Church was oloctod a momhorof

tho Conforenoe.

lirothren Hol t and guisonborry were

prcsnnt and made Interesting talks.

(^ha i iK i iMga .

Central Church—Very good morning

congregation. Ixird's Uupitor admin-

istered. Subjcct, "Qualif ications for

the Lord's Supper . " Evening subjcot,

" I tesurrectlon."

Second-Good services. Subject In

the morning, " A True Messenger."

Bro. Brooks proachod at night. Sub-

ject, " F o r Jesus' Sake . " p:xpoctlng

Hro. Wr igh t to-night. Baptist Union

met with us. Good deal of enthusiasm

about the Convention.

Beech Street—Good congregations.

Morning subject, "The ltosurrectlon."

Observed tho Lord 's Supper. Great

Interest manifested. Meeting contin-

ues with interest. One conversion and

twenty requeste for prayer. Organ-

ized a mission Sunday-school at

RIdgedale with 38 enrolled.

Hi l l City—Usual day. Bro. Brooks

preached in Uie morning. Subject,

"B r i n g i ng Sinners to Jesus . " Bro.

S. H. Johnson preached a t night. Our

meeting closed with two oonvorslons.

Tho weather was very bad, which hin-

dered tho work. Bro. Motley did ex-

oellont preaching.

K n e x v l l l c .

Ointonntal Church—Meeting al l the

week, with a number of professions,

Bro. R . M . Murrel l preaehlng. Four-

teen received for baptism, one by re-

lation, and six baptised, 'llie meet-

ing continues. 890 in 8 . B.

Third—Pastor McPherson prcaehed

a t botii hours. Ifll In 8. 8 .

Bceond—Pastor Jeffries preached at

bolh hours. Received one (or bap-

tism. 338 In 8 . 8 . Services every

night this week.

East Knoxv l l l e-Pf teoh ing by Pas-

tor Powers at both hours. Two re-

stored and two approved fbr baptism.

m ( B B . . 8 .

First-Pastor Aoreo proaehod at both hours to large congregations. 442 In S. S.

HeMpk i s .

Rowan Churoh—No servleos. Pas-

tor Norris and members are anxious-

ly praying for the recovery of Bro.

Norris' wife, who is lying at the point

of death and has been at death's door

for a week. Her left side has boon

paralyzed over slnco last Saturday

week. Oh! brethren, you who know

tho sta-ength, beauty and value of a

good wifo's lovo and tenderness, pray

earnestly for my wife.

Mill lngton—Preaching morning and

evening to largo congregations by

Pastor Anderson. Two rooolvod by

letter, one of whom was Dcacon J . B.

Moody, who In former years did a

groat work at Pleasant Hi l l , Miss.

— W o had a good day in Santa Fe

Church last Sunday. Four joined—

two by letter and two by oxporlence.

W e feel to thank God and press on.

God bless tho dear old UAITIST AND

RERLECTOK. GEO . W . SHEKMAN.

Santa i''e, Tenn.

—A good day at Valley Grove. I

had the joy to baptize two happy con-

verts last Sunday; one addition by

letter; Sunday-school good. I hope to

send in some new subbcribors to our

munh-lovod paper soon.

B . L . S T A N K U X .

Pcdlgo, Tenn., Apri l .'Jrd.

—A good day at Christiana. One

addition by experience. Collected 143

for colportaga work. Bro. Qulsen-

berry closed a week's meeting with

this church to-day. Ho won tho hearts

of the people and they romcmbcr him

with much kindness. W o are on a

boom at Christiana, and oxpcct to do

much for the Master this year.

( i . A. OULR. M ilton, Tenn.

—To al l |)crsouB of the Central Coni-

mlttoo, W . M. U., who have written or

Lave boon ox|)octlng communications

from tho Secretary, .Miss Lucy Cun-

ningham, lot mu nay, as her jiastor,

that she has been very III for two woeks;

much of tho time her life was dospairod

of. She Is now slowly i-ocovorlug.

This will account for her fllencc for

tho past two weeks. W . ir. GOI .OKN.

Nashville, Tenn.

—It Is a lamentable fact that a ma-

jority of our people can hardly IHS

))ersuaded to take our church paper,

though they waste ten times as much

on tobacco and other trash as tho pa-

per would cost them. They can take

their political papers, but when you

mention a religious paper tlioy will

say, " I t ' s too h i gh , " or, "Times are

h a r d , " or some othor exouse. I pity

them. .They do not know what thoy

m i s s . A . O . MONTAUUK.

Sorby, Tcnn.

—Dear liro. J^'ottv-1 am rejoiocd to

see that you are to publish tho series

of sermons to be delivered by Dr.

Henson of Chicago. This ought to

help very materially toward Increas-

ing tho number of your subscribers.

The paper rlohly deserves the 5,000 ad-

dit ional ones you seek. Bro. J . W.Por-

terof Peewee Valley, Ky. , a Tennessee

man. Is a id ing me in a meeting. Tho

Interest and attendance are Increasing

with each service. This churoh has

received a gift of $.1,000 slnoe I came.

I . P . TROTTKN.

Maysvil le, Ky.

—Good days at Alexandria Satur-

day and Sunday. G lad to report the

church on the up grade spiritually.

Good congregations Saturday, Sun-

d a y an<l Sunday night. I am now on

my third year as pastor of this church.

God Is blessing us. To h im be a l l ttie

praise. Text Saturday, 1 Tim. Iv. 8;

Btmday, John v. M ; Sunday night,

L u k e XV. 11-23. T h e BAPT IST A N D

REIRLKOTOR continues to grow better

and better a l l the time. Plokwlok last

week was just simply Immonse. Long

ilvo Pickwick, whoever ho or sbo may

bo. J . B . FLBTCHKA

—iiro. foUr;—Ploaso find space In

t ho BAPTIST A N D RETLEUTOH f o r m o

to express my gratitude to tho breth-

ren and sisters and friunds who have

been so kind to mo and my family late-

ly. Not long ago I rocolvod through

tho hands of Bro. McNatt a box of

good things from Wartraco. I t was a

surprise to us and our hearts wore

made very glad. My prayier Is that

God may bless In both temporal and

spiritual things everyone who had a

part In this expression of brotherly

love. May God bless Uro. McNatt

In a l l his labors.

THUS. HUTCHIHON.

itucker, Tenn.

—The fifth Sunday meeting at Shop

Spring Church has just closed. It was

tho roost profitable and best ono in the

history of New Salem Association.

The discussions were harmonious and

expressed thoughtful consideration of

tho various subjccte. Our beloved

Secretary, Bro. Holt, was presotitand

plainly presented facts concerning our

State work, which Is the basis of al l

our mission work. His sermon on

Sunday morning was grand and in-

spiring. Bro. Brett of Carthac^o de-

livered on Saturday evening a most

iNsautlful and comforting sermon.

A FR IEND .

Watertown, Tenn., March Slst.

—Central Association held its fifth

Sunday meeting with Trenton Church.

Churcbos reported, 2:1; ministers pres-

ent, 12; cash sent to meeting for mis-

sions, t275—scntby about TiOO persons;

families holding family worship, 54.

I t was ono of our bdst meetings; good

audiencoH all tho time. Our list of

subjects were the most practical wo

could find. The loading effort in theso

meetings is to see who can g i t the

nu*»t peri>onal good out of them. This

if) the wi«k of spocial prayer by the

ladles of our church for missions. The

next mooting is to convene with Bells

the fifth Sunday in May next.

J , M . SKNTKK , C h ' m .

Trcntou, Tonn.

— W o had good scrvlccs at Fall

Ci-eek Saturday and Sunday. Bro.

W . F.. Kalkos of Kentucky, who is now

In this section on a visit, preached

Saturday to a congregation of between

10(1 and 200. I t is a glorious sight to

sec good congregations present at tho

Saturday meetings. Fall Crook is an

exception a long this lino. She stands

far ahead of many of her sister church-

es In turning out to Saturday mcut-

Ings. Bro. Clai-k prcachod Sunday

to a good audience and took a collec-

tion for tho cliuroh at Barton's Crook.

He proachod a good sormon. Bro.

Ralkos preached again at ;i p, m. Sun-

day afternoon. At our next mooting

on Saturday this church will have a

Sunday*soh6ol mlobratlon, at which

quite a number of visiting preachcrs

are exiKWted. Joii.N T. OAKLEY.

—Jkarltn. Fblk:—I havo goiMl news

for you and your readers from the

church at Dandridge. Tho last six-

teen days have boon spent In a glori-

ous revival, with thirty-four profes-

sions and nineteen additions to date,

besides a general religious awakening

In tho town and community. Those

havo been a few of tho most Joyful

days of my life. Bro. J . T. Hickman

did nearly ail uf the preaching. This

is my first association wlUi him In re-

vival work, and I havo never had more

satisfactory help. Ho Is clear and

forcible, earnest and ful^ uf faith, and

preaches on the persuasive rather than

on the abusive style. My people cer-

tainly apprcolato his work, irtiloh they

' -.f

manifested by a cash contribution of

•50. Tho sweet singer, Bro. Comer ,

from Fountain City, was with us a fbw

services. S. 8 . HAU: .

Mossy Creek, Tenn.

—I wish to announce that my c h a r g ^

have a l l paid their pledges to the

Foreign Mission Board for 1800. And

now for State and Home Missions

until October, 1806. W e takocollee-

tlons monthly, and wo also contribute

monthly. BrO. A. J . Hol t has written

mo two or three private letters, and

said In ono letter that if I could see

him 1 would bo a better missionary.

Wel l , I can say that wo are quite

anxious to see him. My opinion Is,

If my people could see him and hear

him beg awhile thoy would be moved

to do more for State Missions. One

great trouble Is, ^ur people need in-

formation ou the State Mission ques-

tion. I f Bro. Holt will allow me, we

will fix a list of appolntmente, taking

in my four charges, with at least five

other churches where he has never

been. I am doing al l In my power to

stimulate my people to give, and they

are giving, but not enough. Now for

a full account by Bro. A . J . Holt of

our entire State Mission work.

D . P . M A N L V .

Dumplin, Tonn.

Carson and Newman College.

Tho meeting In the college resulted

in tho conversion of twelve young men,

some of whom jolnod the church and

wore baptized by Dr. I ^ I l l l p s last

night.

Mrs. Brown died the30th ult. a t4 p.

m. Itesolutions expressing high

gard for her character and work were

passed by the faculty and four literary

societies. The funeral services In the

college auditorium last Tuesday at 11

a. m., conductcd by Dr . Phil l ips, were

very Impressive. A fitting obituary

will appear later.

I visited tho iiimestono Churoh, In

Washington County, Sunday at 11 a.

m., and tho Philadelphia Church in

the afternoon at 3 p. m. They gave

mu an enthusiastic hearing and con-

tributed 1221 In cash and pledges to

tho college. I havo never received

more hearty support than Pastor D.

J . Hunt gave mo. He is ono of our

students, and it was a joy to me to

find his churches so thoroughly organ-

ized. Those churches are in his own

community, proving an exception to

tho rule that " a prophet is not with-

honorsave In his own country ."

J . T . HBNURRSON.

The Poor Woman'i Gift.

Bless God that he asks for this and

accopU it. The widow's mite is well

pleasing to him. He needs it. This

glorifies him. I t opens tho heart and

pocket-books of the wealthy. I t Is

tho small seed that mulUpiies a thous-

and fbld. Then the poor man or

woman needs to give to God. W h y ?

Because God always gives back to us

more than we give and the poor need

these multiplied blessings. I t is a

p r l v i l ( ^ to bo a co-worker with God.

Then know that God looks at our

hearte whluh give and blesses as the

heart is l iberal.

A man with a dime may be as liberal

(or stingy4 as a man with a dol lar ,

with a mito as with a mi l l ion.

God's cause needs the gifta of a l l ,

rich and poor. I^et no ono withhold.

W o all neod to give; God calls on us

to give; God will bios* us In glvleg.

Yes, as surely as He will bless the

heathen to whom wc send the Gospel.

Brother, sister, poor or rich in this

world's g<Mds, may you bo rich In tho

grace of liberality and In God's smile

resting on you.

R . J . WlLUNQBAM.

Riclunond. Va ,

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IrphaHB* fl*ai«.—Bead all monlM to A. J. Wheeler, Traaaurer, NaahTlUe, Teao. All •uppllea ihould be aeat to 0. T. Cheek, NathTUle, Tana. All inppllee ehould be prepaid. W«aa»n*a niaalMMrir linUii

fMMDiw.—Mra. A. a 8. Jaekaon, Naahrllle, Teaa.

OOBUBPoniDia SBOBiTABr- -Ulaa Luole CUB-nlBgham, llli N. Bpniee, NaahTlUe, Teaa.

RaoOBOnto SKBitAMT.—Mre. 0. B. Siriek-laad, Jr.. NaahrUle, Teaa.

Bono»-lfr8. J. O. Boat, NaahTlUe, Teaa.

log to do toiiiA work Among the woman •oon, enoourftKod by their InorMilng knowledge of the language."

V —Some one auggesta aa an on*

oouragement in our work, the larger ChriatmaiolTerlng, 1230.07, reported up to March 9. I know nothing of former flgures, but they aay thii is oontlder-ably larger than any previous offer-ing. The largest heretofore being probablythe offeringof 1804 ,which was about •100.

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—Much labor Is being expended upon preparations for the annual meeting. How important that the re-sults of this effort be as widespread as possible. The attendance should be large; especially should the right ones be there. An excellent suggestion comes from Miss Heck: we may yray the right people to attend. Work fol-lows prayer rery surely; listen, and s«e if a prompting does not lead you to plan to go' to Chattanooga your-self. Cannot afford it? One worker makes the annual meeting her summer outing, and then studies to render her city home endurable during the hot weather. Perhaps the answer to your prayer will come through your person-al solleitation.

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—Where is the one whom we cach promised to enlist in the mission cause this year? It Is not too late to secure her yet. You know a woman who has means to lavish on worldly display. Have you given her an opportunity to share with you. in higher Interesto? Once attending an enthusiastic W. M. U. meeting has, in more than a few instances, roused a deathless longing for service. Let us have a large del-egation from our own State, of earn-est and capable women. All cannot enjoy the privileges of delegates, but the expense will not be great, and the beneflt will be incalculable.

S. E. S. 8. %•

—Miss E. B. Sale arrived safely in China, having escaped seasickness. She writes with obaracterlstio cheerful-ness of the work to which she has given herself so joyfully.

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—A sister who accepted with great hesitancy the office of President of her loeal society, is now rejoicing to see the work prospering in her hands. Feeling the need of asslstanoe, she has interested every member, to that each bears a share of rMponsibllity.

V —Those who had the pleasure of

meeting Miss Ijottle Price at the an-nual meeting in Nashville, October, 1804, will be glad to hoar through Mrs. Tatum, that "Mliswi Prioe and Kelly are busy with ttaeir study and day* •ohool work, and are thinking of t r y

—Of oourso it is suiwrlluous and I . repeat An iteip that has already ap-poared in the BAPTIST ANUIIKFLECTOR: Mrs. Eakln's success with the Young South. 1541.27. But 1 do it to call at-tention to the fact that this sutu was made up entirely of small amounU. If each one would but do the little, how much WO could accomplish. It is a trite saying, but a powerful ono, that the servant girls' pennies built the magnificent cathedral of Europe. I et usnot beunuiindful of the little things, for in the end they make up life. • •

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—Mrs. McCullom states in one of her letters that they have two Sunday-schools in Fukuoka, the place where she is located, cach with an attendance of about 35 pupils. One is not formed into classes at all, the other has two classes. On Sunday morning after Sunday-school there is always a ser-vice hold for the Christians. On Sun-day night they have preaching at Hakata, a town about 50,000 inhab-itants. The people there are very bitter against Christianity, and they have to work very cautiously. On Wednesday and Thursday nighu they also have preaching. She spends her mornings and nights in the study of the language and two afternoons In visiting. She and Mrs. Walne are very anxious to form a Bible class for the Japanese Christian women and any others who may attend.

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—More remarkable than the ferocity of the Turks in the Armenian massa-cres is the constancy of the Armenians in their faith. It is said that not any one of the fifty thousand that have been slain but jould have saved their lives by denying Christianity and be-coming Mohammedans.

Hear! Tennessee Baptists! Help!

WHOM? WHY? WHEN? WliomT Your Board of Foreign

Missions. We ask for your prayers In our work. We never needed them more earnestly. What the motor is to the machine the home churches are to the foreign field. The vigor of the heart's boat determines the pulse beat at the extremities. Carrying on For-eign Missions without the prayers of the church at home is trying to keep the body vigorous with heart failure. Themlstooles delayed the naval en-gagement at Salamis until the land breeze blew which swept his vessels toward the foe, and left overy oars-man free to use tho bow and the spear. We want the breath of the Holy Spirit to provide the Impulse and momentum we vainly seek to supply by our en-ergy and endeavor. This is granted to prayer. Pray for us. We are your servants. The work is not of our ehoioe. You gave it to ui. It bur-dens us. Wo would gladly lay it down. Yet wo bear it for you. Leave us not alone.

Whyf We are soriously embarrass-ed by debt. " The old ory,' * some one says. Yes. But who la to blame for tho necessity of repeating it? Plainly, tenderly, you in your, measure. Your promise to pay is not made good. The Board has to borrow the monoy to make up the deflolenoy. Theohurohes do not say withdraw, recall the mis-sionaries, Md close up the missions.

They still regard the great commis-sion as binding. But missionaries cannot go on a debt. Debts cannot tvangelizo the world. Will,you let the Board suffer for your defloionoy?

Wunf During April. Our Conven-tion and fiscal year doses on the last day of that month. It is our month of hope. Shall weIbedisappointed? What it moans to us we cannot toll you. We cannot depend on tho larger gifts of the rich. Many of them do not possess tho money; the money possesses them. We look to tho larger number, whoso moderate weans allow immedlato gifts. May prosperity come to our rich brethren and sisturs. But if our larg-er constituency of people with moderate substancu will hear our call and re-spond as they can now, our burden will bo lightened. April, the month during which the winds grow soft and the trees burst into a wealth of bios-soms-^may it be for us the mOntli of fruitage from the vineyard of tho Lord.

GEO. Ctx)I'F.R. lUchmond, Va.

Six Years' Work in a Mission Church.

Tho State Mission Board upcnt up the Howell Memorial Baptiet Church, West Nashville, Tcnn., tl,l<(2.50 dur-ing the six years of my pastorate. Tbe following figures show what the church did ID a financial way during that period: Contributed for State Missions, I3:>7.38; Foreign Missions, tl30.15; Home Missions, tl'>fl.64; Bap-tist Orphanage, 1287.(1(1; Ministerial Education, «20 50; Ministerial Itelief, 8£1.25; Sunday-schools and Colpor-tage, tll.UO; pastor's salary, $3,089.33; all other purposes, $704.71, making a total of 94,088 51.

The church roll at the beginning showetl 21 names: at the close of the six years there were 180 names on the church book, in all there wore 102 re-ceived by baptism and 73 by letter. The field being "virgin soil," much pioneer work was nccessary. Tho members aro of the lord's |)oor, large-ly, but a liberal class of |)cople. The closeness of tho times had very much to do with keeping tho church on the Board.

There are choice spirits there who will nobly follow the man who is HO-iectsd to lead tho flock. I greatly re-joice to learn that a worthy brother in the person of H. F. Burns has been called to the pastorate, and that he has accepted. There is a future bo-fore the church, and with reasonable success and better times the work will, in a year or two, bo self-sustaining. Tho members already know how to honor tho Lord with their substance.

The Orphanage is situated on this field. Several of the children aro members of the church. For once the Baptists were in time in securing a footing in a new and growing commu-nity. Tho Baptist Churohes in and around Nashville built a neat frame buUding upon a suitable lot donated by tho West Nashville Land Improve-ment Company and a few saints were organized into a ohuroh about seven years ago. Tho Father's blessings have attended the work.

How oame the Baptists to start this work? Shall not the grateful sing the praises of the worthy? If so, I want to have a part In rendering such hon-ors, to Mrs. J. Matt. Williams, who was the first one to put her heart on

having a Baptist mission In West Nashville. As long as necessity re-quired, faithful men.and women from the oity ohuroties wont through all kinds of weather to the mission on Sunday afternoons. For tho first and second years I preauhod at the mis-sion only of ovonings on Sundays, but at the beginning of the third yoar such members as J. H. Anderscte, W. H. Pohlman, W. B. Paul, F. O. Wal-lace, P. S. and H. C. Stump and oth-ers resolved to have all of my time. 1 feel sure that the work is of God, and in n few more years ail will bo able to SCO It.

During the six years I spent with this church many changes took place In Baptist circles about Nashville. Changes in pastors camo to all except the Central Church, where Dr. Lofton Is destined to remain till tho Master calls him home. The Sunday-school Board found its first home here, and It has had much to do toward advanc-ing Baptist Interests in the State and its capital. Tho Centennial Church has come into existence and is doing a splendid work. Tho Anson Nelson Mission has been built and a noblo band of the Ix>rd's hosts is engaged in gospeTVork at this place. The Im-manuol Church was worshipping in a rented house, but now It has a very fine lot with a noat llule brick build-ing upon it. In a few years this cer-tainly will Iw among the strongest churches. No ono should despair of our work In this great city. I.<etevery ono rally'to tho front. Pay off tho debt on tho Orphanage. Keep the Mission Board and churches out of debt, and walk together in love.

Henceforth I am across the State line, but I shall watch with keenest Interest the progress of Tennessee Baptists. I. N. STROTHEK.

Cadiz, Ky.

Church Finances, and How to Man-age Them.

This question Is, In my judgment, the most difficult one that moots the pastor. Mark it, I did not say the most im|K)rtAnt question, but the most difficult, and not the least in impor-Ucco either. Brother, cast about you and SCO if tho finance question is not at tho bottom of our short pastorates, and also back of most of tho church troubles. Why all this? It is due to the fact that thoro aro so many wrong notions about it, so lot us notice this question first as to the diflloulties.

1. There is a popular notion that mr pastor must not say much about numeji. It is the fioeco they want, and not the good of the flock. The reason they spoak this way is because they havo not been properly taught, and who must teaeh them but the pastor?

2. The notion some pastors have. Some pastors aot and so speak, if they speak at all, as to make it ap-pear that if I say much about monoy I will not be popular; my peoplo do not like for me to say much about money. Poor simpleton is ho to say nothing but what they like. If be tries to simply please in this one particular case of money, let him know he Is low-ering hlmsolf and hurting his peoplo, besides dishonoring God. Then tome pastors Mtas though, and say as much, they think, I may not get my salary^if I press money matters. Suoh pastors rarely ever got their salary, and when tiiey do they should not have received

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it. iot they have been unfaithful, and Jtorefore undeserving. Is pitiful to ^ k child of God, a minister of the l ^ r covenant, an ambassador for cairlit, so penurious and little that he li afraid to press the money question boloro his people for ftar they will

a nickel that he will not get. It, brethren, for the glory of

God and the spread of the gospel. If the pastor will look after God's cause God will look aftor the pastor, and I would rather have God to manage my flosnoes than to try it myself. " Htm that honors me, will I honor."

Second, how to overcome the difli-oulUes. Tho question must bo grap-pled with snd conquered by tho pas-toK But few, if any, churches are luttlclently manned to manage the ansnces to the glory of God without the pastoi leading. We lead in other things, why falter at this point? My lufgestlons are these:

1. Take hold of the finances of your church quietly and gently, but firmly. If you can avoid it, do not let the church know that you have hold of the floances, but hold them all the Mune-ncver, never have to say, if Mkod about the finances of your pas-torate, I do not know.

2. Make definite arrangements with the church about your salary, and then do not say anything more about It publicly. Lot your deacons know, if necessary, that you expect what was tgroed upon, and that they must see to It

3. For the mission funds have some kind of a system. I know of no bet-ter one than the ono prepared by Bro. Holt, our Secretary. Do not expect the plan to work of itself. Usually it Is best for tho pastor to manage it. Announce it publicly once, twice, and then over and over again until all the people can say, Onoe, twice, three tlmos havo I heard this, that we must all give to missions. ^Then talk and pviwh about inissions and giving our money until your people get so they will not dodge when you refer to theso things. Never take a high pressure uolloctlon unless you are hungry and out of money. Strive to get all to KIVO a little something to missions every month. Make those fool good who do trivo and make those ashamed who do not give, for all can give a liUle. •3. As for incidentals, I know of noth-ing better than the envelope system. Gather the pastor's salary in the en-velopes publioly, and use tho loose change given by visitors for inciden-tals.

4. Have a quarterly report of all the llnanoes of the church, and keep the public and Uie ohuroh informed aa to how matters stand.

In short, in the question of finances the pastor must be a ubiquitous, ever present, ever absent, In-overythlng-in-nothing sort of a fellow who keeps up sll the comers, doing nothing but •wiping and seeing that everything Is done to the credit of the church and the glory of Him who loved us and lave Himself for us. God help us so to be. GBO. W . SHERMAN.

Santa Fe, Tenn.

Piokwlok Papers.

"BAPTISM BY IMMBR8I0K." This Is a favorite expression of

I^obaptlstewhenreferringtb baptism. It Is not remarkable that they should

H, seeing that they regard any ap-pUoation of water as baptism,, and Im-^ l o n as only one Its modes. But lor Baptists to use this expression Is ^ g e l y Ineonststenk. In a prominent oAptlst magaalne this expression oo-^ In an edllorlal oolumn. Uwonld <» Inlersstlng reading If the editor of that magaslne would tell his rMdcm" BOW baptism nuty he administered any

way than bjr Immersion. BkpUsto hnvahwquenttyheenohaived

with being great sticklers for the "mode of baptism." This Is not cor-rect. Baptista do not contend for any particular "mode." There are some, it is true, who prefer that baptism

^ o u l d be administered in a running stream, as our Savior was baptized in the River Jordan. Yet these do not believe that baptism in a lake, pool, or baptistery is null and void.

There are those, too, who contend that great pains should bo taken to baptize the candidate with the most solemn and impressive decorum. Yet even these do not regard the ordinance as vitiatod if performed with undue haste and less improssiveness. Bap-tists are willing for the candidate to select his ehoioe of the "mode of bap-tism." Ho may select a pond, pool, lake, baptistery or river. He may prefer to be baptized kneeling, sitting or standing. He may choose to be baptized up stream or down stream, backwards, forwards, or sideways; any way, in fact, just so in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, he is baptized.

But ^ 0 Baptists have never onoe called sprlnklinir or pouring "modes" of baptism. In the light Of God's Word, and in the fear of the Lord, these acts are not and cannot bo bap-tism. Wemightjustaswellcallsprink-ling a mode of Immersion as a mode of baptism.

If "baptism by immersion" Is cor-rect, then there may be baptism by something else than immersion, pre-sumably sprinkling or pouring. If the expression "baptism by Immersion" means anything, it simply means "im-mersion by immersion," and Baptists should not practice such tautological expressions. PICKWICK.

A Good Meeting.

The first night of March I began a meeting at the Jonesboro Baptist Chapel which lasted fifteen days and nighto. We had a very Interesting meeting from the beginning. From Sunday night, the 1st, until Sunday night, the 8th, there were just twenty-two professions. There were about forty professions and restorations during the whole meeting. Your|corre-spondont did all tho preaching. The pastor, I. N. Kimbrough, just lately from Texas, was with us and assisted greatly in the mooting. Bro. Kim-brough is a fine preacher and stands more than six feet above his shoes, with a very commanding appearance. One only has to know him to love him. He and his kind Christian lady are fast gaining the oonfidonoo of all those who love loyalty to God and true Christianity. We bospoak for Bro. Kimbrough a successful pastorate in his new field of labor in Jonesboro. He proposes holding a series of meet-ings with his ohuroh proper in tho near future.

Profs. Ellis and Uymer desorvo a passing notice. They aided us very much In the meetidgs. Prof. Rymer is a sweet singor and led the choir finely. Prof. Ellis aided vory much in working In tho congregation among thoso who were unconverted, and speaking words of cheer to those who were truly penitent Prof. Ellis Is the kind and dutiful Superintendent of the Sunday-sohool at the Chapel, which meetsovery Sunday evening at Soolock. Prof. Rymer Is one of the teachers in tho Chapel Sunday-sohool. They will prove quite an acquisition as co-help-ers with their pastor.

Our meeting closed the 15th. As tho night was quite rainy there were only Ave baptised out of eleven that joined by experience. Quite a number told us they were going to Join in tho near future. "God forbid that I should glory, save In the Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Ohrlst." The Lord has abundantly blAssedmy labors

this year, for which I feel like exclaim* Ing as David of old, "To see thy pow-er and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in tho sanctuary. Because thy lovingklndness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live." In like man-ner let us all praise the Lord.

My field has been from Ellzabethton to Moshelm this winter, in which I have labored all my time. My stay of two weeks In Ellzabethton was quite ploasant and enjoyable. My meeting at Ebenezer, south of Jonesboro, was quite a success and enjoyable, too.

The meeting at Jonesboro was a marked success, considering the disad-vantages we had to undergo. The cotton factory being near the ohapel, of course wo oould not have such largo congregations only at night. Thoso that labor in the factory had to be at their places early and late, therefore they were deprived of the privilege of attending in the day time, but came out every night

The majority of tho converts in the meeting'were from those who are tho regular laborors in the faetory.

Bro. Kimbrough and I will be In close touch in our pastoral relations this year, he shepherding the fiook at old Jonesboro and I at old Cherokeo, five miles south. I held four revival meetings within a radius of four miles from the church proper last year. In which there were over 100 conversions. I think every pastor should endeavor to utilize every available place con-tiguous to the church of which he is pastor. Moreover, brother pastors should jointly unite in taking their re-spective fields for Jesus. We can, we must!

I am truly thankful to my dear Mas-ter, whom I delight to serve, that I have the Christian privilege of ex-tending the right hand of brotherly love to Pastor Kimbrough and bid him Godspeed in his labors of lovo. May the benedictions of heaven rest on those who havo just recently be-lieved in Jesus as their Savior, and upon the brotherhood of Baptists in old Tennessee forever and ever. Amen!

S . H . HAROLD. Moshelm, Tenn., March 20th.

A Timely Letter. Dear Hro. Folk:—I wish to reflect

through the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR somo important faets upon tho minds and hearta of the BaptlsU of Tennes-see, and more especially those of tho Holston Assoeiation, as my work le confined to this field. My heart has had causo to ache and my soul to burn within mo on aocount of the great destitution. I find some that have no Bibles or good books; but they have trashy novels. I havo been in many homes where none are Christians, and some of whom never attend preaching anywhere. I cannot undertake to give the full particulars. I would like to, so that all oould seethe Importance of this work, but spacc will not permit

I do wish, though, to Impress upon the minds of the Baptists that we have the Biblo for our only faith and prac-tice. In Greene County, the weakelit Baptist county In East Tennessee, I find that tho majority of the professors aro Baptista in principle,.and yet they are not Identified with us. While we who hold tho truth In righteousness have been asleep, others who teach for com-mandmento tho doctrines of men have been alert

I And Bibles with the picture of John pouring water upon the head of Jesus; and a great many are foolish enough to iMlleve that some photographer was present and took their picture, and that this Is really a part of the Bible, Of course theso things, with the teach-ing of father and mother, go far In blinding people against the truth. Some may think this of little Impor-tance, but our work Is not complete

when we have dlsdpled a persoiu Je* sus said, "Teaoh them to observe all thing* whatooever I have commanded you." How can we most effectually do this? By placing la the homes of tho people sound and wholesome books and Bibles. It takes money to do this. Are we going to still sleep on this line, and withhold that from God which. He has entrusted to us for His own glory, and let His cause' thus suffer? I hope not; because the night Is far spent and the day is at hand; let us therefore awake to our duty.

Rev. E. Leo Smith and wife are ac-oompllshlng good work. They have resurrected' two churohes, and are now conducting a successful meeting at an abandoned Baptist Church. We have found many Baptista, and hope to re establish a ohuroh. The work here re minds one of Ezekiel's valley of dry bones; but they are beginning to rise from the dead. Let every church In Tennessee remember the Sunday-schoo and Colportage work in their contri-butions and prayers.

C. H. YEAKBV, Colporter. Greoneville, Tenn. .

The Chattanooga B. Y. P. U. By request I beg to call attention to

the Baptist Young People's Union of Chattanooga and suburbs. It Is com-posed of the local unions of the First, Central and Beech Street Baptist Churches, and will in all probability include also the Second Baptist and Hill City Churches very shortly, as they are arranging to organize soon. The offloers of the City Union are G. W. Chamlee, Jr., President; Chas. S. MoNulty, Recording Secretary; E. H. Rolston, Corresponding Secretary, and Miss Lillie Morris, Treasurer (Vice-president to be elected later). Three meetings have been held, and the or-ganization seems now to have bright prospects of success. A very Interest-ing and enthusiastic meeting was held on Tuesday night the 17th Inst, at the Central Baptist£lhuroh. Several com-mittees were appointed to take hold of different parta of the work, and they are already accomplishing much good. We expect to make a good showing in May when the Southern Baptist Con-vention meeta here, with distinctive badges, etc. We are also already laying our plans to do our part in on-tertaining the Tennessee B. Y. P. U., which is to organise with us in Sep-tember next In this plan we ask the co-operation of all the young Bap-tista throughout the State, who, we hope, will prepare to visit us at that time In large numbers. Let's hear from the Tennessee Baptist young peo-ple . E . S . ROLSTON, C o r . Seo .

Chattanooga, ^i^n.

—Dr. Bohr has gone to the Faroe Islands to study the breathing appara-tus of the diver birds. In the same ship went the Ehlers expedition that Is to investigato leprosy In Iceland.

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fl. The Ubel on your paper will tell you wtten your •ubeerlptioa eiptree. Notice that, tad when your time U out lend on your re-newal without waltlnf to bear from u«.

J . If you wljb a ohanfe of poctofflee ad-dreu , alwaye give the poatoffloe from which aa well M the poetofflee to which yon wlab the chance made. Always Kl*e in full and plainly written erery name and poatofflce you write about.

4 . Make all checks, money orders, etc., pay able to the l U r n i r A m RcnjccroB.

ft. Address all letters on business and all coneepondence, tocether with all moneys In tended for the paper, to the Baptist avo Rb-ruoTOR, NashTille. Tenn. Address only per sonal letters to the editor IndlTidoally.

tt. We can send receipu if desired. The la-oel on your paper will serre as a receipt how ever. It that is not chabged in two weeks after your subscription has been sent, drup us a card about It. 7. AdTertisinf rates liberal, and will be fur-nished on application.

THE CARE OF INEDUIATES. In its issue of February 25tb, the

AiiYy Sun of this city bad a very thoughtful editorial- upon the above subject which is so timely that we copy it in full:

The SUte baa law* prori^ioir for tbo care of Iniaoe pertoni at'public cz-penoo, butllmaltes no provision for tho care of Inebriates. It ia opt often that thecareof tbo State for the Insane person restorea the mind and fflvea to the State a useful citizen. Perhaps the rea-son of the leffialature Ilea in a differnt direction,and the inaanearo cared for by the State to prevent them from Injuring others. Be that aa it may, the State ought either to provide aoms reforma-tory inatitution for those who have be-come confirmed inebriates, or it ought to atop llcenaing the buaineaa of aell-inir whiaker. Kvcry licenaed aaloon ia a lioenaed Inebriato manufactory, and while many will patronir^ the aaloon and eacape, there are unfottunatea who are too weak to reaiat the cravlnga of a depraved appetite, and they goon un-til they loaeall aelf-control and all uaefulneHa. There ought tp be a law to authorize theconflnementand treatment of men who have loat the power of aelf-control, and have become a curae to their famillea, a nuiaanee to the public, and a peat on tho atreeU. Scarcely a day paaaea that we do not aee aome of thia claaa, and aome of them are men of good impulaea, capable buaineaa men, when aober, but they are powerleaa to reaiat tho appetite for alcohol, and they are breaking the hearts of good women, bllffhtlng the Uvea of aweet children, bringing ahame and diagraoo on their famillea and burning out their braina with alcohol. There ia every reaaon why the State ahould undertake to reatore the Inebriates beeauae their inaanity la aa dangeroua aa Inaanlty proceeding from other cauaea, and it ia curable; and the State ia in some meaaure reaponaible for it beeauae it plaeea the temptation eonatantiy before thm n lioenalng the liquor traffle. State derives a large revenue from the lloenao tax on the aale of whiakey, and a large part of that eomoa from tto ruined homea of unfortunate in-ebrlatea. Hence It would seem to be in-cumbent upon the State to uae aome of thia money in repairing to aome extent the injury for which I t li in a large meaaure roaponilbie. It would not be "•"•••ry te orect large and ozpenalve bulldlnga, but aa Inebriety la a form of inaanlty, there ought to be attaehad to the luMwe asylum a department forthe oare and troatmont of Inebrlatoa, Tho man who is under the dominion of bq ungoveraableap^teforwhlskay Isin-auo. One-halflha murdan and iul-oldw proceed from the InsanltyoauMd

by exceaalvo drink, and when It be-comea apparent that a man baa loat aelf-oontrol, and Is no longer a rational being, aomebody ought to bo author-ized to take charge of him without waiting for him to commit a crime. We havo several things to f»y sug-

gested by tbo al)ovo editorial from tho Sun:

1. Wo fully agree with tho A«h that "tho Stoto ought «ithor to pro vide some reformatory institution for those who havo become contirmod inebriates, or it ought to stop li-censing the businossof selling whis-key." Tho question would come however, whi</t one of these nltorna-ti ves ought to bo resorted to? Shall tho State coutinuo licensing tho sale of whiskey to nuike Inebriates, and then go to tho expense of providing some reformatory Institution in which they may be cared for? Would It not bo cheaper, and certainly would it not bo more consistent with just-ice and humanity, to "stop licens-ing the business of selling whiskey," and thus stop nuikiny inebriates, and consequently save the necessity of providing reformatory institutions for them? Tho difference between the two plans is simply the dilTer-enco between trying to puriify a stream at its mouth, and trying to purify it at its source. It is the dif-ference between curing the disease after it has boon contracted and pre-venting its contraction. Does not tho old adage say: "An ounce of prevention is worth u pound of cure?" Is not that eminently ap-propriate here, especially when It is remembered, as stated so plainly by tho Sun, that "nrrp licriitrd ttifiMiii it <1 licniMul Inrbriate nutimfartory.'" If, then, you will stop licensing the sa-loons, you will stop licensing the inebriate manufactories, and iu that case there will be no need for re-formatory institutions.

2. We agree thoroughly with the Sun also in saying that, "there Is every reason why the State should undertake to restore the Inebriato." We agree with it also that "the Stato is in some measure responsi-ble for it (the making of inebriates), because it places temptation con-stantly before them In licensing tho liquor traffic." Only wo should say, instead of "some measure," that the Stato is in a targe measure ru-sponsible for It. It seems to us, however, that the right thing to do would bo not to hold tho State ro-siionslble for making tho Inebriates and require It to take care of them af-ter they are mado, but to demand that tho Stato shall ceoso placing tempta-tion constantly before these i>eoplo by licensing the liquor tranio. It may bo true, as stated by tho Snn, that "many will patronize tho sa-loon and osr^po." but It is true at tho same timo that tho temptation is constantly before them, and that they are very liable to succumb to It, and that as a matter of fact there aro many, very many, "unfortunates who arc too weak to resist tho crav-ings of a depraved appetite, anijl thoy goon until they lose all self-control and all usefulness." The proper thing to do, it seems to us, is to re-move the temptation from their path-way.

8. The Sun gives tho reason why the Stato oontlnues to license those saloons, whloh it soys are simply "lloensed Inebriate manuAtotories," when it asyu that "the State doriToa • iBrge reTenue from the llotaie Uat

on the sale of whiskey." But it very properly adds Immediately af-terwards that "a large part of that comes from tho ruined homes of the unfortunate Inebriates." Now wo want to usk, shall these ruined homes be put In tho balance and weighed against the revenue de-rived from tho license tax on the sale of whiskey? Are ruined homes and ruined souls to bo inoosured by dollars and cents?

4. The •Vim says: "It would seem to be incumbent uiwn the Stato to use some of this money in roimirlng to some extent tho Injury for which It is in a largo measure responsible." That is true, but is It not tnorr in-cumbent upon tho state to remove tho <tni$e of the lujury by stopping the licensing of tho business of sell-ing whiskey, rather than to use "some of the money" thus acquired in trying to repair the injury? And this brings us to a dircct constitu-tional question: Has tbo State any right to iiconsc a business which will ruin homes and blast lives and damn souls? We contend that it has not. We contend that it has no right to do anything which will af-fect tho Interests of its citizens in such a disastrous way, and that in doing so it Is recreant to tho trust which has been imposed iu it by those citizens.

5. The SHU concludes by saying that "one-half of the murders and suicides procccd from the insanity causcd by excessive drink, and when it becomes apparent that a man bos lost self-control, and Is nn longer u rational being, somebody ought to be authorized to take charge of h'fm without- waiting for him to commit u criinc." Again we want to ask, If it is true, as stated by the Sun, that one half of the murders and suicidoH proceed from the insanity caused by excessive drink—and wo believe that the Snn has understated rather than over-stated the facts—then ought wc to continue "licensing the businossof selling whiskey" which leads to these murders and suicides, and simply spend a |>art of the money derived from tho licenses in trying to prevent the poor unfortunate who has been cursed by this whiskey fromcommittingmurderand suicide? Shall we not rather go back of the f «»»«f which loads to insanity and suicide, and cut off the sourccs by stopping the "licensing of tho busi-ness of selling whiskey?"

Hero is tho iKmition which the Sun seems to occupy: The Stato says to the saloon-keeper, "If you will give ine a certain amount of money you may set up an Inebriate manufactory. You may temptmon to come into it in every way you can. You may ruin their homes, blast their lives, and damn their souls. You may mako them a ounie to their families, and a nuisanoo to the pub-lic, and a post on tlie streets. You may lead them to blight the Uvea of sweet children, bring shame and disgrace to their {amllies, and burn out their bialns with alcohol. - You may make them eraxy to suoh an ex-tent that they will try to take the lives of their fellow-men, or even their own. You may have tho per-fect liberty to do all these, and the State on its part will use some of the money which you have paid it in trying to repair ^Mine of tho injui^ whloh you have done, byeatehllBh-

ing a home for these inebriates which you have made, and by trying to prevent them from committing mur-der and suicide." We must con-fess our surprise that so able and so high-toned a Christian gentleman as the editor of the SUH should oc-cupy any suoh position. It seeuu to us that the only pcaltlon for him, or for any other Christian gentle-man In this land, to occupy is simp-ly to say that tho State shall not for any amount of money liconso these ac-cursed saloons, those inebriate man-ufactories, but that these sourcoa, these very headwaters, of corrup-tion, of crime, of insanity, of murder and of suicide, shall be cut ofT and shall be forever stamped'out of ex-Istonco. Will not tho editor of tho Sim join us in advocating this posi-tion? Then instead of "The Care of Inebriates," he could write, "The Cure of Inebriates." And the best way after all to cure inebriates is not to make them.

SOSTJIENE.i. Aro you quite aure that tbo Chi-uOnn Heraldtaakoa a palpable error in re-gard to Soathenea, aa you aay in your issue of the 12tb ult? You aay "Soi-thenoa waa beaten beeauae ho bvlieved Paul; ho waa not agalnat Paul, but for him." That ia certainly not Um view that ia uaualiy taken of tho cue; but rather tho oppoaite—in aubstantial agreement with that of the ChrUtiax Herald. Suppose you give us an ei< planation of tho whole paragraph, Acta 18.12-17. Several questions pre-sent themsolvea in It that are worthjr of clear discuaaion.

CilAS. Ma.\-|.v, Grocnevillo, S. C. The iwssugo reads as follows: "And when Galllo was the dep

uty of Achaia, the Jews made inNur-rectlon with one accord against PftuI, and brought him to the judgment, seat, saying, This follow |)ersuadcth men to worship God contrary to the law. And when I'Uul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O yc Jews, reason would t la t I should bear with you; but if it be a q uestioo of words and names, and of your law, look yc to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. And be drave them from tho judgment scat. Then ail the Greeks took Sosthones, tho chief ruler of tho synagogue, and beat him before tho judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things."

Thore arc two points involved: I. The VhrtMtian ffemU stated that

SoMthenrM beat Paul before Gallio's judgment seat, and that Gallio cared naughtfor It. This was tho "palpablo error," to which we called attention, supposing that It was simply an in-advertence on tbo part of the NenM We do not suppose that Dr. Manly means to endorse this statement of tho Jlrrald.

2. The question raised by Dr. Manly is whether Sosthones was for Paul or against him. This question, wo admit, is a little obscure. There are some commentators who take one side and some another, though wo icnow that the majority take the position that Sosthencs was against Paul and was one of the party of Jews which brought Paul before tbo judgment seat of Gallio. They say that when the Greeks saw the indif-ference of Gftilio they Belted tho op-portunity to expresB their contempt of tho Jews, and of tho constant trouble which they were causing the gOYernment through thtir tumults,

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by beating the chief ruler of their synagogue in Gallio's presence.

The arguments, however, in favor of the position that Sosthones was a con verted" Jew and a friend of Paul, are as follows:

(1) Let it be noted timt In the ex-pression, "Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, etc.," the words "tho Greeks" do not appear In the best manuscripts, and are evidently In-terpolations. Some manusorlpta sub-stitute "the Jews," making It read "all the Jews took Sosthenes," thus Implyioft that tho Jews wore eta-raged at Sosthenes because be was afrlondof Paul. This reading, how-ever Is quite questionable. Tho best reading probably is that given by Westcott & Hort: "Then thoy all y,HiHle*) took Sosthenes;" that Is, the crowd did so, leaving it uncer-tain as to whether it was the crowd of Jews or of Greeks, with the prob-ability, however, that it was the Greeks, inasmuch as the Jews had been driven out.

(2) Accepting this as true, then it is probable that Sosthenes would have been drUdn oUt also if he had been one of the unbelieving Jews.

(.3) In I Cdr. 1.1 l*aul speaks of "Sos-thenes our brother," which Would indicate that Sosthenes was a Chris-tian. Of course, however, it may have been a different Sosthenes, as the name was a common one; or, if the same Sosthenes, he may havo been converted after Paul was In Corinth. Mut iu the abitence of any evidence to the contrary, the Infer-ence is that It was4he same Sosthe-nes, and that he was converted dur-ing Paul's visit to Corinth.

(4) In Acta xvili. 8 we are told: "And Crlspus.the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the tjord with all his house; and many of the Cor-inthians hearing believed, and were baptized." In the I Ith verse it Is said that Paul "continued there a year and sik months, teaching the word of God among them." From these verses wo know that one chief ruler of the synagogue had been convert-ed; that many of the Corinthians be-lieved, and that Paul remained thore eighteen months preaching to them. Is Improbable that Orlspus may have boon removed from the chief rulershlp of the synagogue on ac-count of his conversion toChristbn-ity, and that Sosthenes may have be-oome his successor, and may after-wards himself have been converted by Paul? All of this would seem very, natural.

However, while it seems to us probable from the above considera-tions that Sosthenes was a Christian and the friend of Paul, we admit that the fact is not established be-yond doubt, and if Or. Manly has anything to say upon the other side of tiio question, we shall be very glad to bear from him.

BTATE mBBlONB. The quarterly report of SecreUry Holt at the meeting of the State Mission Board on lost Monday was quite gratifying. It showed a hirge amount of work do^e by the mission-aries under the employment the Board over the State, and also indi-cated that thero will be plenty of ft|ind8 In the hands of the Treasurer on next pay day to meet the sidaries of aU the misslonariea, with proba-

bly Bomsthing left over. This is qitltt jcifttt^ng under tiie oiroum*

stances, considering the hard times and tho fact that both the Home and Foreign Boards are now making strenuous efforta to come to the Convention at Chattanooga out of debt. This result Is duo largely, we believe, both to tbo indefatigable zeal of Secretary Holt, and also to the fact that he has been pushing the plmi of systematic beneficence adopt-ed by the Stato Convention, and is now feeling Ita effecta in many di-rections. In this connection it may bo interesting to state that while others are falling off in their con-tributions to Home and Foreign Mis-sions. Tennesseans have given more for those causes this year than ever before. We are sure tiiat our readers will be glad to know these facta. We have not the figures at band for our Sunday - school and ColportOge Board and our other benevolent work, but from all we can hear they are getting along well, except the Orphanage.

DR. HSNSOirs 8BRM0m. A numtier of subscribers have

written to Us, Or spoken to us, ex-pressing their gratification at our having secured the series of ser-tnons by t>r. Hensota, which they ex-pect to enjoy very much. Have you told your friends about them and asked them to subscribe for the paper? If not. will you not do so at once? We should be glad to have the pastors make announcement in their pulpits of the fsct that these sermons are to be* published in the Baptist and REri,ECT0R, a n d to a s k their pilembers to take the paper. They could not do a better service to their members than that, perhaps.

Do you asti if we still propose to give premiums to those who will subscribe for tho paper? Well, it would seet^ that D r . Hepson's Mr-mons themselvesVould be a suffi-nlent premium. Still, however, in addition to them, wo make you the same premium offers which we have been making. In this way the sub-scriber has tho opportunity of get-ting a religious Ipaper, a book, and a volume of sermons by one of our most distinguished preachers, all for the pride of tho paper. What more could you ask?

Tiie 1100 priM for a poem on TTON-neaaee, of leaa than 100 Ibiea, to bo read at the Centenntal eelebration June lat, baa attracted attention in many parte of the eountry, and tho certainty of a aplendld piece of work la aaaured. All manusorlpta muat be aubmltted by May 7th at noon. • THEChrittian fkcrttary of Conneotieut baa recently auapended publication and turned over Its aubacrlptlon Hat to the

Examiner of New York. The HecreUtry waa an old paper, having boon eatab-llahed in 1822. The tendency now ia, not te more and ainaller papora, but to fewer and better onea.

PSSSOMAL AND PRACTICAL. JOHlt UbSKllf, the prince among English oisaylate and perhapa tho greatest living maater of English proae, baa Just oelebrated hla aeventy-nfth birthday. F R A N C E baa honored tho memory of Benjamin Franklin by placing a me-morial tablet over the houae he occu-pied while be was repreaentaUvoof the Amerioan Revolutionary government. Wb are glad to know that Dr. J. H. Eager, our miaalonary to Italy* will be at tbo Southern BapUat Convention In Chattanooga. Ho will supply tho pul pit of Eutaw Baptiat Church In Bal tlmore this i u m m e r .

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Plbabb examine the labd'ON your paper, and If you see from that that your time is out. we hope that you will renew without watting to bear from us. WedonotllkBto "dun" persona. We do so only when neoeaaary. WB loam that Itov. W. H- Brltooo, formerly partor of the Baptist Ohuroh at Dayton, in thia State, but more re-outlyof Qeorgta, is now alTullahoma for his wife's health. We should be glad If he oonld te seourad for work hi hlsBtala He is a fOOd brother.

Wb atated recently that Mr. John Rockefeller ia a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptiat Cbureb, New York City, and that thlt ehureh 1 perhapa the rloheat Baptiat Chureh i the world. One of our Baptiat ex-ehangea aaya that we are in error, that •he may be a truatee of that church, and he attenda ita meetinga with great falthfulneaa, aa doea hla family when n the city, but be la a member of the Euclid Avenue Baptiat Church, Cleve-land, Ohio, la auperlntendent of Ite Sunday-aobool, whloh oflBoe he fllla about flvo montha In tho year."

Rev. a. J. Ramsey, the new paator of the Immanuel Baptiat Church, thia city, came here from Paria, Ky., laat week and preached hla flrataermona on laat Sunday. On Tueaday night of thia week ho waa given a welcome aer-vlce In which a number of brethren participated, extending to him a very cordial welcome to the city and to the church. TUE Slamtard of Chicago aaya of Southern Baptlato preachera: "In whatever other graco our Southern brethren excel in their pulpit miniatra-tiona, they never fail In fervency, aplrltuality and loyalty to evangelical faith. Hereslea And poor aoll in the hearU and theology of our Baptiat brethren South." And are not theae good qualities for a preacher of the goapel to have? ^ The Biblical ifcrordfr announcea that the churchea of Wilmington, N. C., will Invito the Southern Baptiat Con-vention to meet with them in 1S97. That ia good. We ahould be glad to go to Wilmington, which la a beautiful city by the aca. It ia not atated whether the invitation includoi free entertain-ment or not, but in ao hoapltable a city aa Wilmington we preaume that, of courae, it does. Akk you getting up aubacrlbera for

the Baitist and Reflector in or-der to enable you to pay your way to the Southern Baptiat Convention? We know aome who are. We ahould be giad to have a largo number do ao, tiie larger the better. If you will tell people about Dr. Henaon'a aermona wo Uilnk that that will help you very ibuch In gettUig them to aubacribe. Of course, however, we cannot give you ticket to the Convention and the aubacrlber a premium at tho aame time.

We acknowledge the receipt of the following invitation: "Mr. and Mra. Henry M. Jones Invite yj6M Ut be proaont at the marriage of their daughter, Klla, to Mr. Jamea Deto Lauderdale, Wedneaday, April 22,1896, at 10 o'clock a. m., Baptiat Church, Alexandria, Tenn." We extend con-gratulatlona to the happy couple. Mr. Lauderdale la worthy of apecial con-gratulatlona In aecuring ao noble a ladji for hla bride aa we know Mlaa Ellatobe. Mayboaven'arlcheatbleaa Inga reat upon them.

We want to bog the pardon of ,Bro A. F. Gordon and of the membora of the Itod River Church. In speaking of hla call to that church rocontly wo aald that it waa one of our beat country ehurebea. Aa a matter of fact, while the ohuroh la compoaed largely of members from the country, we1>eliove, it is looatod at Adam'a Station, which is a town of about 400 Inbabitanta, the aeoond iargeat town in Robertson County., Still wo do not oonaider 11 any diagraoo to aay that a person l i paator of a country ohuroh. In fact, it ia about the higheat honor, for thero you will find the puroat doctrine and aome of the boat old-time religion to te found anywhere in the world. Be-aldea, the paatorate of a country ehnreh offers great poaalbiiltias for usefulnesa.

WiixiAM Booth, Commander-in-Chief of the Salvatton Army, haa a lengthy cable letter in the Indepmdettt of April 2nd. He concludea hla com-mentary on the recent diaaflfeetlon In the ranka of the American army by aaying: "Meanwhile I go forward. All I aak ia to te allowed to raise up, by the power of God and bla eternal glory, out of the lower deptha of telp-leaaneaa, ahame and deapalr, a people who were not a people, to unite them In tenda of loving dlaelplbie and aelf-abnegation, and to lead them forward In aeeking and aaving thia poor, loat world. That, by God's grace, I be-lieve to te my deatlny; and I do not think that any true friend of Jeaua Chriat and of America will aeek to turn me aaide from ita accompliah-ment." A letter in tte aame paper over the aignaturea of Ballington and Maud Booth,, after explaining that tbey occupy no ground of antagonlam to the International Organization, but that the irony of clrcumatancea rulea them out of ito brotterhood, aaya: "Should we atart in our new move-ment with but a handful of workera, while the old organization r ^ l n a ite thousands, we attall not feel diaoour-aged, for our plan and dealre ia, by the telp of God, to make a people of thoae who are not a people, to ralae a force io fight aln and lethargy among those who aro careleaa and dead to the influence of God and hla king-dom." The emblem of the Volunteera will te a blue atar and white croaa.

A brothbb writes to ua and objeeta to having advertiaemente In the Bap-tist AND RfcTLECTOB, and threatena to atop hia paper if we continue them. Aa ho did not aign his name to t te letter ao that we cannot anawer him privately, and as what we wiah to aay to him may te a matter of intereat to othora of our aubacritera, we will take Uie liberty of anawering hbn pub-licly. Wo have aeveral Oilnga to aay: t. Like thia brother, we ahould prefer that thero ahould te no advertiaemente in the paper. 2. Advertiaemente are neoeaaary, however, in order to pay the running expenaea of the paper. 3. It ia aimply a queatlon of a paper with advertiaemente or no paper with-out them. 4. The Baptist and Rb-njcoTOB haa no more advertlaementa proportionately than other papera, and not aa many aa aome, we are aorry to aay. 6. We oonaider that the reading matter in the paper outeide of any advertiaemente U far more than worth the price of tho paper for a year. 0. Tho advertiaemente theaaelvea are in-tereating reading to many people. Thoy are aourcos of information along buainess lines, telling them where cer-tain things whloh they want can te procured. 7. If every BapUat family tn ItonatMe. wlU take the Baptist AND Rnftaw^B-and pay for i t -we will agree t o ^ p out aU advertiae-mente from it, and mi it from begin-ning to end wlUi nothing but pore read-big matter, to which not even the moat erlUeal can find the leaat objaotion. 8. Tte tmtii of the matter la that the people themaelvea are reaponaible for advertiaemente in papers. They eom-pel papers to take them la order to maintain ttelr very exlatsnoe.

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T H S H O H E .

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ur*wlMc oi«.

Softly, ob. •oftly, the yekra b»ve crept Touoblog t&ee lightly with t«Dderett

o«re; Sorrow and death they have often

brought nlgb theo, Yet they bare left theo but beauty to

wear; Growinjr old gracefully, Oraoefully fair.

Far from the •tormi that are lathing the ocean,

Nearer each day to Uie ploasantbomo

Far from the waves that are big with commotion.

Under full lail and the harbor in tight;

Growing old cheerfully, Cheerful and bright.

I'att all the winds that were adverse and chilling,

Past all the iilands that lured thee to real;

Fast all the currents that lured tbec unwilling,

Far from thy course to the land of the blest;

Growinff old peacefully, Peaceful and blest.

Never a feeling of envy or sorrow, When the bright faces of children

were seen: Never a year from the young thou

wouldst borrow— Tbou dost remember what lieth be-

tween; Growing old willingly, Thankful, serene.

Rich in experience that angels might coret.

Rich in a faith that has grown with thy years:

Rich in a love that grew from and above it,

Soothing thy sorrows and bushing thy fears;

Growing old wealthily, Lovlns and dear.

Hearts at the sound of thy coming are lightened,

Ready and willing thy hand to re-lieve;

Many a face at thy kind word has brightened—

"It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Growing old happily. Ceasing to grieve.

Eyes that grow dim on earth and its glory.

Have a sweet recompense youth can-not know;

Ears that grow dull to the earth and its story,

Drink in the songs that from para-dise flow;

Growing old graciously, l*urcr u a n snow.

—Christiaii JnttUUjenecr.

A Bed Apple. I t was a beautiful apple. It looked

as it it bad been dipped into the sun ' rise. And a tree full of red apples— whata sight! So Amy Davis thou;;bt when she went to visit her grand-parents. Alas, the tree was not in their garden, but stood plump and ruddy on Squire Blake's grounds.

How, then, did Amy get the apple? Listen:

"There, Amy," said her grand-mother the forenoon of the day she came,"isanice great rod apple. Our neighbor, old Squire Drake, brought it in this morning tosbow what kind of fruit the tree was growing. He was hero before you came, I saved it for you."

"Youareeversokind*, but, grand* ma, hadn't you better keep it, please?"

"No, I saved it for you, dear. You will not get nnother. I would like to see Squire Drake give a basket of ap-ples right out for once, but be does not throw him apples around."

Squire Drake throw bis apples aroundl >

The Idea! He did not do any throwing, espeolally In a neighbor's

lap, but laid every apple carefully away in a big barrel. Then he filled another barrel, all for himself.

Amy went out intothe garden, bold-ing very carefully In her band this fine lump of red Hunsbinb.

There were twoor three opple trees in her grandmother's garden. Amy filled her apron with Rhode Island greenings. Butthey were bard win-ter apples. There was not one eat-able apple among them. And Squire Drake's red apple looked too pretty to eot! She stood and gazed over the fence at the bright tree, bearing a hundred such rod apples.

Then she walked along, and was about to put her teeth into the apple —when what was that she saw?

Somebody asleep as ho leaned against the roadftlde under theold oak tree at the corner. How tired he looked, his head bowed, but having Bucha restful nap, the tired traveler!

"He has no home; h« has been walk-ing n long way; ho is hungry," thought Amy. ' i lad I not better give hhnmy app'.e?"

But she wanted it so much for Amy Davis! Finolly, she thought she would not be. like Squire Drake, but would give her treasure.

She went back to the house, found a piece of white paper and a lead pen-cil, wrote on the paper, "For a Poor Old Man,'* and carefully wrapping the red apple in the white paper, timidly, gently, laid her gift in the old man's lap. Then she tripped softly awoy.

About an hour later, after a pleas-ant walk, she was going into the bouse when she heard a strange voice in the kitchen, and stopped.

Somebody was speaking toGrand-motber Davis. "You see, Mrs. Da-vis, I was asleep—having dropped down here by the fence, to en-joy the fall sunshine. I found this apple and piece of paper, when I awoke, in my lap. It surprised me very much. It touched me, too. You say it is your little granddaughter's hand writing. Are you sure that It is, and that It Is the apple I brought in here this morning?"

"Yes," said Mrs. Davis, "it Is Amy's writing, and the apple that I gave her. I tell the apple by a whit-ish circle round the stem.

That night, at the tea-table, by little Amy's plate, stood a basket of red apples. A slip of paper lay on top.

On the slip was written, "From a Poor Old Man," and below this, "Neighbor Brake."—Edwnnl A. Band, in lAttle Men and Womrn.

The Children Who Saved Hamburg.

Hamburg was besieged. WolfT,the merchant, returned slowly to his home one morning. Along with the other merohwts of the olty he bad been' bqlplng to defend the walls against the enemy; and g0-«0DBtant was the fighting that for a whole week ho bad worn bis armor day and night. And now he thought bitterly that all his fighting was useless; for on the morrow want of food wotfld force them to opfin the gates.

As he passed through h i a ^ r d e n ho noticed that his cherry trees were covered with ripe fruit, so large and juloy that the very sight was refresh* ing. AttbatmomentB{thougbfcstruok him. He knew how much the enemy were lufTerlng frmn thirst: What would they not give for the fruit that

bung unheeded on the trees of bis orchard? Might be not, by meansof his cherries, secure salety for bis

a moment's delay be put his plan Into practice; for be knew there was no time to be lost if the city was to be saved. He gathered to-gether 300 children of the city, ail dressed in white, and loaded them with fruit from his orchard. Then the gates were thrown open, and they set out on their strange errand

TThen the leader of the army saw the gates of the city open, and the band of little whlterobed children marching out, many of them nearly hidden by the branches which they carried, be ot once thought It was some trick by which the townspeople were trying to deceive him while preparing for an attack on his camp As the children came nearer he re-membered his cruel vow, and was on the point of giving orders that tbey should all be put to death.

But when he saw the little ones so close at hand, so pale and then from want of food, be thought of bis own child ren at home, and he could hard ly keep bai k his tears. Then, as his thirsty, wounded soldiers tasted the cool refreshing fruit which the cbll dren brought them, a cheer went up from the camp, and the general knew that he was conquered—not by force of arms, but by the power of kindness and pity.

^yhcn the children returned, the general sent along with them wagons laden with food for the starving people of the city, and the next day signed a treaty of peace with those whom he had vowed to destroy.

For many years afterward, as the day came round on which this event took place, it was kept as a holiday, and called "The Feast of the Cher-ries." Large numbers of children in white robes marched through the streets, each one Sie^ring a branch with cherries on it. But the old writer who tells the story is careful to say that the children kept the cherries for themselves.

Every age of the world's history has its tales of war, and bloodshed, and cruelty, of wild struggles and of great victories, but somehow among them all do we find the story of a more beautiful victory than that which was won by the little children who saved Hamburg?—^oj/a/ 6V«tt« Header,

Looking llpwafd. The following advice, given to a

young married woman who was visit-ed by another older and more ex-perienced one, may be helpful to some of our readers:

When the visitor rose to go, the hostess came with her to the door, and out upon ibe pleasant piaoa, which, however, looked a little dusty in the corners.

"Oh, dear!" said the young wife, "how provoking servants are! I told Mary to sweep the plazia thorough-ly, and now look bow dusty it is ."

"Grace," Sldd the older woman, looking i n ^ the disturbed young face with kindly, humorous eyes, " I am an old housekeeper. Let me give you a bit of advice: Never di. reet people's attention to defeota. Unless you do so they will rarely see them. Now, If I bad been in your place and noticed the dirt, I should have n i d : 'How blue th t •ky is!' or 'How beautiful the clouds ar t l ' or 'How braolng the air b l '

Then I should have looked up at that as I spoke, and should ^ v e gotten you s^ely down the steps and out of sight, without your seeing the duaV—JfouMthold.

t o u h g s o u t h .

Kind Acts.

President Lincoln, walking- one day with his secretary, stopped at a little shrub, and looked into it; then stooped, and put his hand down through the twigs and leaves, as if to take something ou t His secre-tary said to him, "What do you find there, Mr. Lincoln?"

"Why," said be, "here Is a little bird fallen from Its nest, and I am going to put it back again."

Wasn't that kind of Mi. Lincoln? How much more tender-hearted than if he had done like some boys do, when they rob the poor birds' nests and carry off their eggs or young ones! I read of a little sailor-boy who took with him a pet kitten. His ship was wrecked off the Azore Is-lands. He was about to jump Into one of the lifeboats, when he thought of his kitten, and ran after It. Re-turning with it, the first boat was gone, but another was reaj^y, into which be jumped. Of all the boats that started from the wreck, this only was saved. Had the boy for-saken his kitten, be must have per-ished with the first boat's compaey. I t pays to bo kind!

A Unique Ring.

During Queen Elizabeth's reign she was presented with a very unique ring. It was a plain gold^ circle, with a silver penny used for an ornament In the place of a pre-cious stone. The wonderful part about this penny was Inscribed on its surface in writing, probably unparalled In its minuteness; for there, in an exquisite minhtture hand, were executed the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Decalog, with two short prayers In Latin, a name, motto, day of the month, year of the Lord, and reign of the queen (ElU-abeth). It was covered with a fine crystal, set in borders ot gold. The writing was so plain as to be easily legible to the naked eye. Peter Bales, one ot the first to invent and introduce methods of short-hand writing, In the year 1575 ex-ecuted the work on this penny, and presented it to the queen at Hampton Court.— Jfarper'i Young Ptopk.

—The mills and factories estab-lished in this country by the Salva-tion Army give employment to 10,-700 persons.—JGbc.

Awarded Higheftt Honorm—Worid'« Fair ,

•DR; ivm R4IAN6 P F M L B

MOST PERFECT MADE. A puft Grip* Oram of Tirtsr Pawdti. ftnnt Ammonia, Alum or any niher adullsrsn^

40 YIAU THR STJNnARO.

gn. LAUSA DATTOI EAXIV, Editor.

SSto VesUiHslUirorsiua. Our mlMloMry's sddrsM: Mrs. BsMte Msy.

J^ . « sISsr HMbl. Kokurs, Jspsn, vis S^Pnncisoa, 0*L

• Come; tor all lhln«s are now ready."-t'ar-,l)le of iboUrest Supper.

Missionary Cateebism. I. Uow many people live in CubaV i. Why are the Cubana flghting? 3. now long since Diaz began his

work? 1 Huw many ilaptlsta are tboro in

tbe island y Answer by April 21, I»«l.

Toung South Correspondence. 1 think I have never bad such a tail

pile of letters as f have to-day. I know, though, that the pleasure Mrs. Msynard's sweet meaaage brought to jou ISDt week more than componsates for the delay you have experienced in •eelog yours. To get them all in our Ifmtted space will make It neoessary to condensc, and to avoid all repetition. You will Dot mind, then, if I cut you off In (bort order. I am ao thankful that fou start our third year off so grand-ly Note the "RecelpU" carefully, and let mo know immediately if tboro ii liie slightest mistake.

Our first letter for this year Is from two boys. I take that as a good omen. Ooys make men, and tbe men ot this day are so lamentably ignorant in rc-(fsrd to missions. I am so anxious Uiat Uie men of the near future shall be better trained. Read the first, then, from Memphis:

"Mamma gave us ail the Sunday egi{«. We are two brothers, and we live in the country,"

AsiniEw AND Lewis KIU>ATIU('K. I give their offering to Japan. Dr.

Williagham says the Foreign Board sorely needs our help Just now. Thank you very much. Come again soon.

The next is from Kentucky: "Ai I am five years old to-day,

mamma says I may Join tbe Young South. My father was a member fl(-teon years ago. He knows Bro. May-oard and is creatly Interested In Ja-pan, having written a book on the sub-joct, called, "In the Land of the Sun-•"'•c." Bi»su: BARKCTT.

1 wish wo could all read that book. Will tkssle tell ua where to send for it, and tbe price? It Is pleasant. Indeed, to think of two generations in the Young South.

Next comes Shop Spring: "Twice only have I written to the

Young South, and that was a long tisx) ago, when 'Aunt Nora' conducted the work. Dear Aunt Nora! Why do "e never hear from her? I am auro •he has not forgotten the little band tiiat worked ao long under her guid-uoc. Mamma gave our little Blater a (old dollar on her ninth birthday. She has decided not to let It lie idle; Many years ago, when papa was a lit-tle boy, he sold provlalona to the lol* diers and received a dollar, wbieh he (•»e to my mother whoa they were first '•'Arrlod. They regret that It baa not bwn doing g o ^ before."

WiBT BRYAK. Who elae has some of Ood's colna

laid away? Let us bring them out and Mart them off In hli servloe. Thank 70U, Wirk This is a happy thought. "Aunt Nora" Is happily living In Fort Smith, Ark. I heard only a few days ainoe that ^ reads theYiittng South regularly, and with great in* ••wt- 1 wlah the would write to us.

Hero's a very sweet letter from Cleve-land!

"1 am not quite three years old, but Hope you will write me down a man-bar of the Young South. When I grow

older, and can earn money tor myaelf, I hope to make larger contributlona. My mother, father, and grandmother are anxloua for me to help in your good work."

ROUKUT L V U ! MOTUCV, JU. Ahl if we alwaya had the aympathy

of the older folk. I think we can safe-ly predict a happy future for thia Uny lad, if It pleasea Ood to let him grow up to manhood under these bleaaed in-fluences. May he realixe their fondeat hopes.

Listec now to Bull's Gap: "I'Lease place this olTering where it

may help to enlighton some darkened soul, and bring peace and hope."

C. E . G, 1 send it to Japan. May it be bleaaed.

l.>et ua hear again. Fannie McDowell of Union City sent

us II that never came. I am so sorry for its loss. I believe stamps, or a chock, or a money-order are better than those cards with the coins insert-ed. Try the other ways, won't you? I am so glad you are not discouraged.

Tbe next letter had more money in it than the writer thought she was send-ing. She says:

"I enclose 80 cents in stamps for Mrs. Maynard—one-tcnthof the money I have received since I wrote you last. My liule baby boy, whom I so much desire to iw a minister, Is well and growing fast. I'ray that VI may Imj able to educate him so that he may do much good."

YOUR UNKNOWN FBIENU. There were 45 stamps. So we are a

dime ahead. I do pray earnestly tbat God will give the mother this great de-aire of her heart. Who will join mej^

Dyeraburg corrcota a mistake: i "My uncle failed to put in the 50

centa laat week, so I send II now from brother and me."

JUUA D. WALKER. Bo that mistake paid, didn't it?

Thank you very much. Work hard this year.

I have written Clifton Tribbie's mamma privately. I hope tbat letter will come back to her.

Here'a good news from Mossy Creek: "I send 110 which the 'Busy Bees

have earned. They wish it equally divided, and hope it may bo the means of doing much good."

^ MARUARET C . PEAK. Isn't that grand? Ten big, round

dollars earned by those earnest, busy little beea! May God bleaa them, every one! I saw them laat fall, and I knew there waa wonderful power there. Miss Margaret Is a rare leader. Our hearta run over wltli gratitude to her and her band.

Let me introduce a new member from Virginia:

"Hero ia a little girl who wiahea to join your band. We take the BAP-TIST AND REFUCCTOR, a n d I e n j o y o u r page ao much, papeeially Mra. May-nard'a lettora." ORA BELLAMY.

You ahall have the pyramid. Cir-culate tbe literature and work your best for ua. We are ao glad to wel-come this little Virginian.

Here's Memphia and our type-writ-ing baby once again:

"I am glad to get in one more eon-tributlon before the year onda. I am named for tbe 'Miriam Band' that Miaa filla Itobinaon wrote you about My mamma is a member of it."

MIRIAM MARTIN. That's a noble band. I.iittle Miriam

will do it honor, I am aure. She did' not notloe that our year cloaed on the 17tb. But the money ia needed juat as much in April aa in March. Come often iUs year.

Miaa Lucie Cunningham aaya: " I think tbe Young South baa done

magnifleently." The boys' hata will come off, and

the girls will amlle their sweetest "Thank you!" for sueb a compliment as that.

F l o a t a Plenty of sleep, fresh air, careful diet and the daily

use of a good soap like the Ivory will purify the com-plexion as no cosmetic can.

Tm PoCTin 4. CUuuit Cv.. Cin'ti.

From Colliervllle we have this re-port:

I am the Secretary of Mra. Willi-ford's Mission Band. We have nine-teen members, and meet twice a month. I heard Mra. Maynard talk to the children at our Aaaoclation, and I en-joyed it very much."

BIRDETU FLEHINU. I am sure tbat band will do good

work thia year. Keep ua poated. I am ao glad of this encouraging re-

port from Del Rio: "It rained all the day of our meet-

ing, and ao all the little ones could not come, but we had a good time nevertheless. Our Iwloved pastor, itev. Charles Brown, gave ua a good talk, Thechildrenearned theirmoney. Some of them put freight in the depot, aome churned, aome aold the Sunday eggs, aome denied themselves, and one three-year-old boy sang for bis pastor. They will aend aome carda to Japan thia week. They are anxloua to learn all they can about our mlaaionary and her work."

SDSIE E. HDiT, SecreUry. I count much on the Del Rio Band

for thia year. They liave made a aplendid beginning.

Here'a our Miasiaaippi baby: "I hope you haven't forgotten mo.

It haa been four montba aince I wrote, and I've grown a good deal. When I make aome more money, I'll be aure to aend it. Mother made thia for mo by doing aome sewing. Instead of having i t d o n e . " IRMA FLVNN.

This "Baby Brigade" of our's is growing in many ways. Let us hear from more of them.

You remember our Germantown Band. They are never long absent. Mrs. Brooks sends in a noble offering of 15 from them.

No. 1 aaya: "I aend you II to help the Orphan-

a g e . " AGNES KIRBV. No. 2: "You will find 11.26 from alster and

myself, made from our miaaion egga. Give this to the Orphanage, and the next time we will aend to our mlaaion-a r y . " VERA AND LESLIE CABEV.

That waa worth waiting for. Do all you can for Japan.

I am so pleased to have this note from Shorter College, Rome, pa.:

"I aend 12 dollars to help the Bap-tist Orphanage in Naabviiie."

SARA A . MATTOCK. It will be greatly appreciated at the

Orphanage. Thanka. I thought it waa time we were hear-

ing from our little Watertown friends: "We have lieen some thne tending

in our offering, but we are helping in other missionary work. Mamma hopes to attend the Convration."

RcoY AND FRED WATERS. Answer the queatlons earlier nest

time, won't you? I give the dollar to Japan,«s the Board is in such straits.

I am sure you will greet thia old friend from Clarksvlllo most gladly:

"Here I am again after so long a time. I belong to our Sunbeam Baud, and some of my nickels go that war* We meet twice a month on Sunday af-tnrnoons." FSRUUB F . POX, J R .

Wo always expect the Young South workers to work all the better in their oburohes, and we do not wish to leasen ^lelr eontributlons, but we are very

grateful for what falls to us. Come again soon.

Pattie Powell, Kurekaton, says she moans to send an offering every month this year. Who else will do that? Shall I add your name to the "Month-ly Givers?"

The next brings a fine oentribution from Granberry:

"Mrs. Bettie Barrows sends 13.35, the increase of a missionary hen, which now has thirteen more little chicks. The Young South and Or-phanage will both be sad to hear of the death of

MRS. EOUONIA HARRELL. She has been an invalid for more than, thirteen years, unable to walk, but patient and slibmisslve to tbe last. She was a great friend to this work, and always ready to help."

JOHN BARROWS. How sweet heaven must be to her!

May God comfort thoae who loved her beat.

And the bell atill cbimea: "Pleaae find II out of my bell for -

the Orphanage." MRS. J . W . MENSES.

Thia ia from one of the tried and trua. I wlah there were a hundred more.

Trenton sends greeting: "I aend my birthday offering and

20 cente grandpa gave me for reading the Bible to the orphana."

BENNETT FREEMAN. That'a well done. Y'ou are most

welcome to our band. >< Here are more frienda from Dyera-burg:

"Foir the firat time we write you. de-airing to join the souag workers, whose page we always read first in the BAPTIST AND REFIXCTOR."

L123UE AND BEATRICE C o c K R o r r . We are so much obliged for the offw-

ing. Come often, and let us know you better.

Make your beat bownow to another tiny baby:

" I am little Marguerite Harris' baby sister, and because I am juat four montha old mamma thought I was too little to have anything to say, but grandpa says I am to send this dime, and I am to be a member, and I hope to do more than just laugh and cry af-t e r a w h i l e . " MARY T . HABRIS.

And the "dime" was not In the letter, but her papa has sent- it tinee, and I

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CUTICURI REMEDIES OtMl OlHW|« la riva nara aM T*<4«y Is

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Kive it to the orphan babiei. I am so glad ihe would not be left out.

Mri. Dina Putnam' greets UH from MoNalry, and we are mOHt grateful fur the lubBtantlal help.

Alabama !• waiting to bo heard: " I oomo with another small oontrl*

bu t loD for the - orphanage. I have taken off my missionary hen with six chicks, and hope to send you more • o o n . " LOLA MORRIH.

Always welcome. Come soon again. Mrs. Inman's Uand is always ready,

and this member. Just seven years old, writes for himself on his papa's type-writer:

" I waul to muko'lsome more muntsy for our missionary when strawlicrrlos g e l r l p e . " LODIS IIOLX.KM A N .

I have been cKlling these noxl little people .Kentucklans, but though their postonice.is In the blue grass State, they are residents of our own T o n n e s -

s e e :

"Brother Find ley wrote you thollrst etter. Now It Is ray time to send you the Sunday egg money. I hope this will go for the building."

EUZAHCTII I'"RYI'A. So It shall. Mr. Golden will bo su

glad to gel it, for although out pledge Is met, the debt Is not yet lifted.

Here's another of the same kind, a Tennessee boy with his address in Kentucky:

" I am a little boy of eight, and I love to read the Young South very m m - h . " AKTHCR B. JO.VES.

And the end Is not -yet! There are fourteen more letters that 1 cannot even mention until next week. The editor has been so kind of late as to let us run over our page, but 1 cannot tax .him with any more, as our "lie-celpu" are so gratlf>ing. Will you be patient until next week?

I bad some very Interesting matters to bring before you myself, but they must wait, too. Is not this a grand be-ginning? Press on! Yours gratefully,

LAURA DAYTON EAKIN.

Receipts.

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BBCBNT EVENTS.

HI 10 03

A JURY In a certain murder ease in one of the courts of Virginia hat been the lubjeot of much newspaper com-ment reoentljr becaute a t a body It did the unuiual. , thlng>t going to prayer before'Nnderlng.a verdict.

TBBBB are ithree Oaptltt Churohes In MlDDeapolit,vMlnn,, without pat-tort.i;.Tho>> P in t , the Central and Emanuel. Tha P i n t Ohuroh It the old ehargo ofxDr.i^Wajrland Hoyt, and it one of the- wealthlett ohurohet in the oltjr. Ita hottteiof worthlp It a mag> nIfloMt atruoture,

HBNRY KOBMAN of England, wri t ing In JSeHbner'i April number of tome of

Blood Poverty. Pule and palid fuces show u lack

of proper richness of the blood. A tonic relief is alTorded liy

D r . D c a n c ' s

Dyspepsia Pills, lliL-y cute (lysfKiisiii, inillgfsiinn, uml slik liLMilaclie, \V« will »cnJ yoij firr ».iiii]ilc.

UK. J. A. DKANK C O , KliiK ti>ii, Nfw Yolk. At Ptu,; lkt. . Jit.

ourchlef National dangers, says: "The growth of the lloman Catholic power in the United States, with its immov-able hatred of the undenomlnatlnal school, seems to roe one of the iinist alarming signs of the limes."

TIIK crank, Schrader, who created sucha senHatlon with his faith euros, as they were called, in Denver, is now in Cincinnati. The JoiinuU and Mamenijei-says of him: "We have been asked by a letter what we think of the man Schrader, who Is now professing to work euros In Cincinnati. Our re-sponse Is that we think htm a wicked fake, unworthy of ihoconlidonceotany-body. Wo hope that none of our readers will give any attention to him."

HYPOLITK, president of theltepubllc of Haytl, Is dead. Ho was a negro of pure blood and was a magnlflccnl speolman of physical manhood. No ruler In this little West Indian ite-publlj has shown a more progressive spirit than Hypolit<>. Ele was active In promoting public Improvements, In the advancement of the cause of ed-ucation, and although the national religion Is Catholic, he encouraged the missionary enterprises of all other re-ligious denominations.

THE OaptlHl Temple of Philadelphia has a record of marvelous growth. Thirteen years ago Grace Church, as it was then called, had ninety members and worshl|)ed In a plain wuoden structure with canvas roof and gables. Now the attendance Is as many as fi.OOO every Sunday, and of thes«i about :t,000 arc nieinbers of the church. The Tem-ple Itself Is valued att200,0()0. Itowns and controls a college worth $10.1.000 and a hosplul valued at 92l,«iOO. Be-sides, It has a gymnasium and read-ing rooms.

TMR worthy Diaz has lately been In our country raising money for his missionary hospital in Havana. In a letter from New York to Dr. Tlchenor he says: " I came here with the purpose to see if I can raise six hundred dollars for our hospital because I have not a cent in hand. So I took my magic lantern and some views from Cuba and maku up my mind to spend a month or two in this country, If it was necessary, to raise that amount." The preseht war in Cuba hat break all my plans for the support of the hospital."

THE National Baptist Anniversaries win bo held at Atbury Park, N. J . , from May 17lh to 2eih. Every ar-rangement has been made for the com-fort and convenience of the vliitors who will attend theto great meotlngi," Atbury Park It becoming a world-ro-nowned health retort and hat had a wonderful growth during the lat t decade or two. Twenty live yeart ago there wat only one aolltary houte on the tpot where now there are hundredt of beautiful homet and where are to be found aoeonunodatlont for &0,000 guettt. For information a t to ratot or programt addrott Wm. M. Paw-ley, Chairman Exeoutlve Oommlttoe, Atbury Park, N.. J .

DR. OBonaiB D. DOWKOUST, head of the Intomational Medloal Mlttionary iDttltute in New York City, ha t Jua» tueoeeded in bringing about the or* ganiaalion of a new inedioal oollege

for mltslonarlet. Thlt college, the trust of twenty-teven repretentatlvet from eight different I 'roteitant denom-inations, has for Its aim the education of medical missionaries who will have a knowledge of tpeelfle diseases of spociflo countries; who will bo drilled In dentistry, phaithiicy, pharmacog-nosy, botany, nursing, building, etc.; who will have the advantage of In-structors with personal exiwrlonce In mission llelds; and who, while study-ing, shall bo engaged In practical city mission work.

Six great buildings arc nearlng com-pletion on the grounds of the Tennessee Centennial KxiMjsillon, nolwltlistand-Ing the fact that the Kxposltlon docs not o|K>n for one year from May 1 noxl. But on Juno I of this year, thoCunton-nial Anniversary of the State will be oolobraled at Ibis place and the big Kx-position that Is to follow will bo foriii-ally Inaugurated. The engineers at the park are now devoting thoir attention to the "Midway," and the grading has begun. The walks throughout the 200 acres have been laid otr and for the most pari inacadaniliiod. A splendid water supply and sewerage has been planned and Is under construction. At Ibnie |>olntsthe lakes will bespanned by bridges, one of which, Immediately In front of the Parthenon and tho tall statue of Pallas, will bo a reproduction of tho lUalto at Venice.

WE recently (juoted an Item from iho Jiultpendtnt of New York saying that Rev. Koberl McDonald, pastor of the Warren Avenue Baptist Church, Boston, had given a broad welcome lu all who bcllevo In Christ to come to the Lord's table whether they were members of.the Baptist Church or not; or whether they wore baptized or not The /mJfpcntfottr sa ld jba t " a few years ago suob an utterance would have driven a paster out of the Baptist de-nomination;" and we added that such an utterance now ought to drive a pat-tor out of the Baptist denomination, with other remarks. The Tez<u Jinptist 8tnn(ii»nl quotes tho same article from the IrvhiMndent and comments as foW lows: "Tho Imltpendent should l* wise enough to know that there Is no place in Baptist ranks for such practices as the Boston pastor has Inaugurated. The act Itself of which he Is guilty placet him outside of the Baptist de-nominatlen, and If he has the slight-est Integrity ho will walk on out with-out giving the BapllsU any further trouble." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9100 Reward flOO. The readers of tbts paper will be ploaiod lo

earn t ta l there Is at loant one dreaded disease that sotence has been able in onrv in all Its sta-sua, •n4tbal Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cu7o Is the only poMlttro euro knowu to the modtral tratornlty. Caurrh betn* a conmltutlonal dis-Vf^J 'K?.''"®^^'' eon'thullonal treatment Hall's CSUrrh Cure Is taken Internally, actlns directly upon the blood and mucous suFtew o1

nature I so muoL.. oSerOnel falls to euiv. oviiu lur iiBi oi lesiimoniais. *2a£21"'., J^-,'- OHBNEY * OO.'^liSo o.

BT-aold by Uruurlsis. 7»0. "J™"."-

B A F l T b T A I 4 D K E F L E O T O K . A P f i l L 9 , i t f t f O . 18

I ^ n i p - c h i m i u y s e l l e r s can't g i v e y o u t h e . shape for your l :unp , \vithf)iit t h e I n d e x . T h e y h a v e i t ; I n i l so in t : d o n ' t care. L e t lis s e n d y o u o n e ; f ree .

" i V s u ' i t o p " a n d " pc-jirl j r l a s s " a r e t r a d e - m a r k n a m e s f o r touj^jh ^d. iss j i iKl f ine work ,

( j e o A Ma(;l)eth C o I'iiutuigh I'a

All uutliorlty on cluthlng ostiiimtos tlint every man, woman and child in tills country has a t loast $10 worth of clothes. This would make tho vuUio of our natiinial garinentH oxcood •«o,(io,o(*M)oo.

' l o r Vvor^liidiiliietiie ' r n k c l l a r k f a r d f a A r i d P l t e« | iha i e .

It preserves and renews the vitality, I strongthena the nerves and stimulates

the stomach to healthy action.

A Net III Kn<<yflo|>ediii UrIUiinlrit tiUen Away.

11. ii. Woodward Company, Hal-limore, Md., are giving a set of Kn-cyclopedia Britannica in addition to regular commission to anyone who sells and pays for 115 of either of tholr books, "Talks toCblldrenaboutJesus" or "(Joms of Itellgiout Thought." These are tho most popular books. Agents often sell from 10 to I'l copies a day. Freight paid and credit given. Write them Immediately. They have other fwpular books and Bibles, and olTer most lllicral terms and premium*.

Mlicellaneoui. NEWS FHOM YOKOHAMA, J A P A N -

Japan lea has of lato become a great favorite with the tea-drlnklng |)oo|)ie of this country. An opportunity Is now offered you of getting one pound put up In a genuine souvenir Japaooto basket at less than half price, onljrSSc. a l S . LEAHY & SONS, Bridge Avenue and Public Square.

-.Many people, wlih the notion that nature ought to lake carc of herself, allow a cough to plague them fur weeks and months. Whereas, if na-ture wore assisted with a doso or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, tho cure might b« effectud In a very few dayn-

FOR SALE.~A Mason Uamlln or-gan, suitable for church or parlor. Boon used verv little, and a splendid Instrument, wil l tell at a bargain. Address C. T. Cheek, Nashville, Tcnn.

—Wo want live, actlvo agents all through Tennessee to sell Palmer's Magnetic Inhalers for us. Wo havn tcicurod tho oxcluslvo right for the whole Stato. Liberal terms to agents on application. Prloe 60 oenU. Easily handled and easily told, a most valu-able remedy for headache and pulmon-ary troubles. Addrett BAPTIST ANU LLBVLKOTOR.

—In onsworhiK udverlisoraenta plooso niontlon tho BAPTIHT AND RB-rLIOTOR.

Agents Wanted Everywhere. A r m e n i a n M a s s a c r e s ^ r " ' " ' .

« « • • w m MohauiiiMMl. B Y P B B D B B i C K D A V I B G B B B N , M . A .

• e e r e l a r r e t R«IIM M e l e t r IM ABierles • ""MleMwrr »• llimt C e i i a i n '

b y R e v . J o B l a h s t r o n g , o f N a t i o n ® h S J i ' w m • 'p '^SLH^iyr C o u n t r y , " a l s o c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m T l i e

" G r a n d O l d M a n . " T o -I S S M ^ M l a s l o n a r l ® " - -a n d E y a - W l t -

led a n d v o u o h a d U . , a n d

„ S o o l a t y , Ian C a u s e .

opporttwlty to agento to mako mon-S J ' H n K l ISyl 'L iS Amerloia wanta.» oopy of thl t f ^ t w r k . Prot lout oi-perlonoe i t not neoettary. Tho book teil t itaelf. x

DO MOT DELAY-Str lke wliUs t h e Iron l i h o t S l i n ) 9B O I N T S For the Complete OaaTstiinff Outfllby return mail and se-

cure your territory at onoe. Addraat Q R A V E f e I R N t T * 0 0 . . . . . . M « m p h l « , T « n i i .

Sarsaparilla Sense.

A n y H i i r K a p a i i l i i i i » s . - i r s . i p a -

l i l i a . ' I ' r u c . .So a n y t i M i s t c i i .

S o a l l ) ' i l i i i i r i s l i i n i r . ISiil g r . n k ' K

( i i l l f i . \ o n w i i n t t i l l" h i - t l . II 'H

s i i w i i l i h a r K . i p a i i i l a . ' I ' l iL-rc a r c

; ; l . l i l i - s . \ (Ml u a i i t l l i c l ic . s l . If

u i i i K ' i s t i i i i i l s . t i h . i j i . - i i i l l a a s

Wi i l a.-4 \ " U <l<i l i ' a a n d ( l o u r i l

wii t i l i l l i t ' f.-vsy I n < K - l e i i n i i i r .

i'.iil y i u i l n i i ' t . I l c i u s l i o n l i l

v o i i . ' W l i c n \ i i i . ; u e ; ; i ' i n ; ; i n

l i i iy .1 l o m i n o d i l y \ » l m s o x . i l i i c

NKii iliin'l l,!»n\, \"it jiiil, mil

1 cstalilislii'.l lioiiM- t I

tiailo uilli, ami tinsl llii ii •

|.i'rit'n(I' anil rfjiutation. Dn MI

ulitn I.iiyin; s.ll^apalill.l. Aver's Saisajiaiill.i lias lioen

iia liie nv.ukit 33 jc.ir.H. \ i iur

j;ramlfatlifr Usui .Aycr'.s. It is

a njjul.ihlc medicine. There

are many SarHaparillufi — hut only one Ayer's. It cures.

Why not bo your own Middlo-man?

Psytjutonoproflt between maker and nsur und t liat n smsU just ooo. Uur Big TOO Pane CsUiloRue end Buytrs OsMs proves that it's ponlt le . IVolehit tK pounds. 12,OOOl'.luiitratlons, describes a^t«llsthoono-profltpri(^of ovei 40 OW •rtlcles.evcr3rtblog]rouuke. Wo send 11 for Mcontai that's not for the bonk, but to pay part of the po!it«Ro or ospressage, and hoop off Idlers. You c a n t get It too qalek.

MONTOOMERY WARD ft CO., ' ^ T h . S lws of All the Psopto

Iii*ti6 Michigan Ave., Chicago.

LnGJEUMIITIIiMi Suffefed the Most Excruciat-

ing Pain for Many Years.

Takes PIsasnra In Itseoiiimsiiilluir tlia IT«o of tha KIartra|ioUa<to (l lham.

I rented an Klectropoite for four montht about the flrtt of September last: and I wat very much beneflttcd by lu ute, and paid the balance on It In January. I will tay that for many Teart I have tulTerod with rheumatltm n many different formt, and for. tev-f.

eral yeart pa t t I wat tubleot to the moit Intente paint, which for want of » better name I will call "lightning rheumatltm." Itcontlnued to get worse and tho tpellt came on me very fre-quently; etpeolally when I would bethe least exposed and Uke a alight cold. I am glad to tay that I have not felt any trouble nor had the tllghted tpell of thete paint tinoe I l lr t t uted tho KlMtronoiae.

Notblng Brer gavo mo tuoh rollef, and I Mn attribute my improvement to no other oaute than the ute of the Eleo-tropolte. I take pieaturo In reoom-mondlng it to othora from my own per-•onal oxporlenoo. Yourt truly,

L l W I S MOORR, Brittoi, Tenn., March 26, 1800. A book of oomplete Informaltlon and

alto reduced rental ratea for pocket BlMtropolte wUl be mailed free to any Mdret t .

DUBOIS & WEBB. OhunbsrirfOoauDeroe Bui ld ing,

Nsahr iUs , Tsnn .

Rev. I. N. Strother.

At a butlnett meeting of the Howell Memorial Baptist Church, West Nath-ville, Wednesday night, April lit , the following was unanimously adopted and requested to be published in tho BAITIBT AN» UEFI.ROTOR:

Our beloved pastor, Rev. I. N. Stroth-ur, having been called lo another neld of labor whore he thinks he can be more uteful in the vineyard of the L.ord, and having severed the pleat-ant relations which have long bound us together as a pastor and a church, we desire to express our appreciation of tho labors of our pa8U>r, that he may bear from us a written as well a t an actual proof of our affection for him.

It has become customary for compll-montary resolutions to bo passoed on a retiring pastor, and we have some hesitation in following tho custom lost it may be supposed that wo are merely doing so In conformity lo the general rule. But were wo to omit to express our appreciation of tho labors of ono of tho noblest men we have over known, our tllenco would be liable to more se-rious mlsconsltucllon than our speech. Tho deep piety of hit life, the clear Judgment and wise management of hit work and the eminently sound doc-trlno and practical helpfulness of his preaching all commend themselves to us in tho highest degree.

Neither would we omit to mention tho modesty and worth of his amiable companion, who In all his labors for the Master has proven herself a true and valuable helpmate, t o that they have Indeed been "laborers together with God" In our midst.

Wherever, in the providence of God, Bro. and Sister Strother may becallwl upon to labor in tho sorvlce of the Ix>rd, th6y will over be remembered prayfully and afTectlonately by every member of this church, lo whom their life and labor have been a blessing and a boned iction.

W . B . PAUL, .1. P . WEAVER, P . O. WALLACE,

Committoo.

The Confederate Reunion.

The Confederate Itounlon at Rich-mond, Va., will take place Juno 30th, July Ist and 2nd. Great preparation is being made to entertain all who may attend. The route via Bristol and the Norfolk & Western Railroad Is the short line, consequently the rate-mak-er. This road It now compoted of the following old roadt, whlchare all well known to old veterant: Virginia & .Tcnnettoe Railroad, South Side Rail-road, Norfolk & Plttoburg Railroad.

Every attention will be paid the veterant on tholr trip to Richmond, and their comfort will bo well looked after. Tho Norfolk A Wcttem Rail-road It the only line that goet by Appomattox. Do not be affrald to a tk quettlont. All Information will bo cheerfully furnlthed.

Tho Shenandoah Valley Railroad It tho scenic line otf America. The ihort line and quick tervloe to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Now York. Purohato tleketa via Brittoi and the Norfolk fc Wettern. Other Information cheerfully furnlthed ijipon application to Warren L. Rohc, Wett-ern Pattenger Agent, 110 W. 0th Street, Chattanooga, Tenn., or W. B. BevlU, 0 . P . A., Roanoke, Va.

MORPI BDOMM^by physiaiimi mtBlstsrs and othsrs. Book of partlmilan, tstitinonlals, sw. free.

> Oplttsi, Oosalns, J Wlilsliey HahlU

, Onrt auaratsM. Inlstsrs and otnsrs.

Ttxat.

—If the hair i t t falling out, or turn-ing gnty, requirinf a atimulenl with nnrithing and coloring food, Haii 'a Negetohle SioUian iBfatr Renewer i t JutI tin tpeoiHo.

—The fifth Sunday meeting of the Tennettee Attoclatlon met with Beech Spring Ohuroh,. In ' Sevier County. There wat a large congregation In attendance throughout the meeting. All of tho tubjectt on the program wore thoroughly dltcutted, to the ed-ifying of the audience; and the tpirit of loveandChrlttlan courtesy pervaded tho entire congregation, making It one of the most sweetly spiritual meetings we have over attended, and so declared by all whom wo hoard express them-selves. The church got a liberal thank-offering on Sunday for missions. The BAPTIST AND RKRLECROR w a t a b l y pretenled before the mooting. The next meeting of this division meets with Piedmont Baptist Church, Jeffer-son County. T . L. GATE.

Newport, Tenn , March 31st.

—Easter was a good day with us. We had no decorations nor lentallon-al program for ditplay. A simple ser-mon al the morning serviceon "Growth In Grace" to new converts. At night every available inch of epaoe from the vestibule to the pool was occupied by people representing every shade of re-ligious belief In the town to witness tho baptism of nine happy believers. I took advantage of tho occation by reading those Sorlpturea bearing on the mode and object of baptltm from Matt. 111. to Col. 11. 12, and made run-ning comments and suggesllont that were new to many who a re not aoout-tomed to hearing the tubject ditcussed from their pulpits. Among Ihote bap-tized was ono from tho Campbellitet and ono who had been immersed by the Methoditti. Many who witnessed the baptltm are nowditoutslng the re-pudlatlQn o f thoie Immerslont, and ask why, if there Is " o n e Lord, one faith and one baptism," that one re-ceived before would not answer. While our church Is growing in nurotjers, thero is also a marked growth in spir-ituality and activity.

W . H . BRCTON. Covington, Tenn.

—The fifth Sunday meeting of New Salem Association convened with the Shop Spring Church March 27, 1800. At night tho Pastors' Conferonco met, Bro. T. J . Eastes moderator. The re-port of the pastors showed hopeful prospects before them. On Saturday morning Bro. J . W. Balloy w&s elect-ed moderator and Bro. A. E. Johnson sesretary. Bro. Eastes opened tho dis-outslon, and was followed by Brethren Rushing, Holt, Russell and Bast. The dinner, spread on the ground, was bountiful. Brethren J , B. Fletcher and A. E. Johnson opened the dlscus-tlon after dinner, followed by Breth-ren R. Brett, T. J . Eastes, R. W. Rushing, A. J . Holt and M. W. Rus-sell. The third tubject wat introduced by Bro. Brett, followed by Brethren Johnson, Kattet and Ruttell . Breth-ren Rustell and J . W. Bryan Intro-duced the fourth tubject, which was patted without dltcutslon. Bro. R. Brett preached at night. Dr. A. J. Holt filled tho pulpit Sunday. Thus closed a delightful tervloe. Bro. J . P. Ollllam It pastor hero, and did

much to make the meeting what.it wat. iHy God' t blettlng be with you all till wo meet again.

A. E. JOIIMBOW, Seo'y. OOMVUMPTIOM OOaKD.

An old pbyslelan. retired from praotloe. hav* loR bad plaond In ills bands by an Bast India miMlonary tbs formula of a simple Tcceuble remedy for tbe speedy and permaosnt cure ot CoDsumptlop, Ilronobltls. Oatarrb, AsUima, and all throat and Lung ASeotlons, also aposltlvs and radical cure for Nf rvous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, aftir bavins tested Its wonderful curative powers In thousands o( oaKM, has felt It bis duty to make ft known to his suBerIng fellows. Aetnatsd by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will

• - It, this send tree ot charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, In Oerman, French or English, wttn full directions tor preparing and using. Bent by mrll by addresilDg wHbstamp, nasBlng ^ r W. A. Noras, 8M> Powers' niook, ig this pa

Boehes

—The Southern Baptist Convention will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 8-14 1800, For this occation all ticket agontt of the Mobile & Ohio Rallroadt at coupon t u t l o n t will tell round tr ip tickets at one ilrst c last fare for the round tr ip on May 6th, Oih, 7th, and 8th limited for return pat tage fifteen days after dato ot tale. Ex-tension of fifteen days longer allowed by depositing tickets with joint agents terminal lines at Chattanooga on or before May 14, 1800.

FOR C o n o i i s , ASTHMA ANOTHBOAT DISORDERS, use "Urmpn't Bronchial Trocha." Sold only In boxes. Avoid Imitations.

• ISO IN G O I . D O I V C N VorSalllat ••Story of Spain and OUINI.*' The International Newt & Book Co.,

Baltimore, Md., offer tlGO to anyone selling In three montht 175 copiet of their new book, "Story of Spain and Cuba." Premiumt and liberal com-mission given for any quantity told. This Is one of tho greatest telling books out. Mauy agont t make from •A to 910 a day. A graphic account of tho pretent war and the ttruggle for liberty is given, 100 beautiful illuttra-tlons, 500 pages. Freight paid and credit given; TiOct.-outfit free if 10 cents is sent for postage. Write them im-mediately.

For Exchange . FOR EXCHANGE—Farmers, we want

your trade and your produce. We can tell your butter, eggt, chlckent, com, hay, dried fruit, etc., and to Induce you to come to tee ut we make you wholesale prices- on your groceries: 10 pounds best granulated sugar, t l ; 20 pounds clarifled sugar, II; 6 poundt clean, new rice, 26c; 0 poundt f re th soda crackers, 26c; 12 lbs. new oat-llaket, only 2.'>o; 1 barrel Allltta flour, M.IO. S. LEAHY & SONS. Leaders of Popular prices. Old China Palace, Bridge Avenue and Square.

die OUi OMMIV m «rtlff. riMW fM Ml rARWKLL a MNliSl

B o o k A f t c n t s W a n t e d Any manor womsncanesmllOOamonth with

intrtdiKiloa Hff ttetuJAman AobiU. MlnUttnnty " ( M .peMI It" R

BO hindimiiw. fof n rw f'HtU, 0

t i Story of Turkey and Armenia" OrNlMtirlllntbaokonl. lOO iMwnllliil lllunlmllont. Kullnrt and Istnl luvonnl nf tli* mMMcim of theArmrnUiMslvvn. Metiiirintrniiillonal r*|iuiatlan ItavvwrlUeii arllplni (kir ttiln BIHIK.' Asrnia wanted rvurywlierr. Prrlglil |«l<l.<'rf<1llslvrn. Oiilllt St n>nw. "OiK-ain-nlMildtrbnaliiiltiSiliij'a. AfifrthtrMlnnnewMk. AnaltiprnlKmkiitlii-tlratil^. ManynlmlUrrttMrmnuitM>Rlv«ii."

$200.00 in Gold Oiven fbrMlllngWrbMkilalmnnthii. Aloooilirrlllipral l«rm« and premlnnu. As*nla wrnilnl IIM (tor •<Talka la nhlldKM abaal JraMn," IM.IXIN raplni bsve liwo whl, «nd •'(leiae mt Kellaleaa Tbsaabl,*' by 1Wmii«f>, S nllllan* liavn lin>n wild In Sn day*, (mim prrmlamK aa nn "mnr)-of Turkey and Armenia."

Of Interest to Students and Teachers Weai* making apecUt om>is to atudenia and l«Mh«ra torsummer wmk. tjMt aummera hirsenumlwr ofatndnila and Isachen tank hoUl «f llioiworfc. Among lb» IM Ibm wen H who made over •lOO.sti irwbawanlbsfl0a00pi«mlnm,BfHlTtwliomadsoverfil0,«li Addissa

R . H . W O O D W A R D C O M P A N Y , • • I t l m o r a , MH.

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14 B A P T I S T A N D K E F L E O T O B . A P R I L . 9, i m .

Oak Lawn Ponlt iy Yards,

The home of tho Li«bt Brahmn, Brown Leghorn. Bronse Turkey and Pekin

Qoality Hcond to none. I'ricea Brahmft. 11.50

Dnok. low. P®R . „ . . per 18; Daok, 11 per 18. Circular MM. 8. B.Wiuoir. MOUM Creek, Tenn.

r. E m for aale. Bra • 18; Leghorn, t l per 18; • 18; Daok, 11 per 18. Ci

Turkey, 18 Tree.

M I S C E L L A N E O U S . DONT FAIL TO BEAD THIS-

Then eone rlxht to the old Ctalu PkUtoe MM Mrry borne with you

!• IIM boM crsDntatod auor It 00 MIlMwhItaelariaeilinsar I 00 MIIM New OrlMMSncar > Ibe (nil Oream Obeaee only... I Ibagoodobeee*

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W powide AllliU (you know It la tbe best). M Ibe Oven Litter, • aweet Hour, only Beat waterjirottod meal, per peek H Ibabeat fiirf Urd 18 Iba Falrbank'a oompound lard Obolea augar-eured hama only Obotee Cottotiy bams .. Country Jowls, brown and sweet OooBtry sbooldsn Oountry lard In stands It Iba rolled oata (tbe modem breakfast

food) only fl Iba new rlee, clean and wblte. only.'. 1 doian rib tomatoes, tbe best money can

b » Hatu Tomato Cbtsup, per fallon I doien t-n> snnr com, Orst quality 4 eana (JalifonQa apricots, only 4 oaaa California peacbea, only U lbs New England minoe meat ao-lb bucket beat preserves, only I OD • llw (^llfornla eraporated peacbea, large

and doe W nponndseoantrydrledapples t 00 a pounds eoantry dried peacbes i 00 Bomlny, per peck, only 90 Orlts, per peck, only " Nortbem navy beans, per gallon Black-eyed peas, per gallon only Beed Poutoea—Seeond crop Early Rose,

per peek Seed Potatoea—Early Triumph U tbe best Seed Oata—Nortbern Wblte. special low

price; Rustproof, special low price. Northern Irish potatoes, per busbel Cueumber pickles, per gallon, only Arbuekle'a popular brand. "Arloao" roast-

ing coffee Try 1 lb. of our famous Ajax Coffee, only.. LeTerlng'atamona l-lb package coffee I lb uncolored Japan tea in a genuine Mu-

•enlr Japanese basket, at less than half price, only

7 lar^e^m Bason aoap (you know lu tbe

10 eakea Wbite' tath Soajk M'good' M iTory, If not better, only

• large bars German aoap UgoM alie bar* Oerman soap !• bars Handy aoap 7 lbs largeiampatareb.only I lb famous Battle Am tobaoeo, only . • boxeag-ozBmton or Garrett's snuff I bushel waterground meal, tbe best I bag bran, the very best I laiia bale German millet, only I bale nralrie hay. sound and aweet Bhelledeom, per bushel, only Shelled oats, per bushel, only Headlight oil, the best Three nlekel loaves of bread, think of It,

only ; A aoe oan of pork and beans in tomato

aauoe a substantial meal (or a family of sU, only

A dime ean of pork and beans only

80 »

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O M T V A M V .

Our stock U larfe and well assorted and our store U erowded from morning until nisbt iHU Intelligent buyers, purchasing goods Tow down for cash.

8. LEAHY*SONS. Old China Palace,

Bridge avenue and Publle Square, Leaders in pfq nlaf j^cea.

Nashville's Wide-Awake"^

. Wholesale EGGHbUSE Highest market pri<w paid for ship-

menta. r r Beturna made tame day goods are re-

ceived. Let 'em come.

O D I L & C O . WAlso headquarters for oases and

coops.

PATRONIZE

The R. Green Co., T h e L e a d i n g

Practical Tailors. • 07 VALCM RMI IW I I I * , T«MN.

I A M P R O U D

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Aonos-Oblttiary nottoMnot exoeadingSOO words wUl b« Inserted tn* of chargs, but ons eent will )>f obawed (or etch sacoeeding word andsbouldbepaldlo advanoo.Oonnttha words and you will know naoUy wtat the ehsrga will ba.

OCPTON.-Howoll Memorial Baptist Church, West Nashville, Tenn., would pay a loving tribulp to tbe memory of one of Its depart^ members. Uro. Alexander Gupton fell aalocp Sun-day morning, March 1, 180(1, aged 57 years. Bro. Gupton was horn Sep-tember 22,1838, in Greene County, Ky., and moved to Louisville, Ky., in 18JI, whore hi« father, Alexander Guptun, Sr., was made pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, aud he re-mained as its pastor for about twenty-five years. Ue Joined the church when about seventeen years of age. He wont to Bowling Green, Ky., in lbo8, and was married to Miss Florence D. Mc-Neal of that place December 20, ]8(M). He came to Nashville November I S , 1874, most of which time since he was a deacon in tbe Central Church. For the past two years he had boen in the fellowship of the Howell Memorial Church. His brethren held him in hitth Christian regard. They recog-nized in him an intelligent student and toacber of tbe Bible. He possessed a clcan Christian character. His life was a living epistle. Those who came In touch with him took knowlcdsre of him that he had been with Jesus. Like the well-beloved Gaius, of whom John wrote so tenderly, he had for years borne an afllicted body. Uis brethren could have prayed for him: "That thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospercth." While his aflllction was of long standing, he had the Coinforter to abide with him, who enabled him to realize Paul's exclama-tion, "For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.'' His church could rely upon him as a capable and instructive tescher in the Sunday-school, and as an intelligent and spiritual leader of devotional meetings. As a deacon he well understood the duties of his office, and as far as his ciroumstances would allow he magnified his ofllce. The church has lost a valued member; heaven has welcomed a redeemed soul. His beloved wife, the bride of his young manhood, was permitted to work with him along the winding path of life till his feet touchcd the cy brink of death's cold stream. Two sons and one daughter are left to mourn his de-parture and to console their sorely be-reaved mother, l l ie church meekly bows to tho decree of l u Great Head, and lovingly tenders its sympathy and condoienco to the afllicted wife, chil-dren and other loved ones.

I . N . STBOTHER,

W . B . PAUL,

P. O. WALLACE,

Committee.

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BooTU.-Our HeaTenly FaUier has seen lit In his great wisdom to call from our class one of our most faith-ful workers, Bro. R. E. Booth, who up to the time of his death was an earnest and deroted Christian man and we bolleTe him to be called home to God. And we bow In submission to our Heavenly Fathers will; therefore

Jietolvtd, That we tender to his fam-ily our heartfelt sympathy In their bereavement.

JUaolixd, That the Bible class of tho ^ I r d Baptist Church Sunday-school feel that they have lost an efflclent member and that his work among us will be greatly missed

Ruohtd, That a copy of these res-olutions be sent to the family and also to tho BAPTIST AND HEFLECTOB for

publication. By order of the Third Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn., March 21, 1890.

8 . K . M. SHUCKLV,

It . T. MONABB,

R . M . TURNER,

Committee.

Southern Baptlit Convention. The forty-flrst session, flfty-flrst year,

of tbe Southern Baptist Convention, will, at the Invitation of tbe Baptist Churchcs of CbatUoooga, Tenn., be hold In the meeting house of the First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, begin-nlDg Friday May, 8tb, 1890, at 10 a.m. The annual sermon will be preached by Rev. Charles A. Stakeiy, D.D., of District of Columbia.

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LANSINO BURROWS, ) OUVER F . GRBOORY, F Secretaries.

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CURRENT TOPICS.

NICOLA TRSLA, who bids fair to

rival l- isoD in tho flold of applied oloctrlolty, declaroa that ho has Invent-ed a means of transmUalon through tho air without the aid of wiroa.

IN tho IIouso of ConiiiionB on last Monday night Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chlof Socrotary for Ireland, introduced an Irish land bill. Tho bill Is exceed-ingiy coinplioated, and it la not likely that It will give satisfaction either to tho Kngliah or the Irish.

tlx-I'RBBlUKNT HAiutiRGN was mar-ried Monday, April (ith, in Now York City, to Mrs. DImmick, who waa a relative of hia former wife. It was/t matter of rogrot that none of hia chil-dren were preaont at Uio marriage, or woro at home to reoolve htm and his bride upon Uioir return. It is aaid ihat they woro bitterly opposed to the inarrlaKO.

• iNCRKAHKi) Icviea of troopa in Italy

for the prosecution of the war in Ab-yssinia has caused a great tide of im-(uigration to our country. Thou-sanda have sold their household ef-fw!t8 in order to reallKO barely enough to pay thuir passage to America. Week boforo iaat 2,000 Italians landed In Now York, hut of these one-llfth were returned to tho country whence they came bocauao thoy wore found without means of one month's support, as tiio law requires.

THK celebrated Olympic games WQJ revived at Athens last week. Tliore were games and contests by noted athletes from all over tho world, in-cluding two toams from America, one from Yale and another from Boston. H is a source of gratification to our American pride that the Americans were victorious In a largo number of the oontosU. The revival of those irames after so many centurios Is a notod event As a matter of fact, how-evor, it Is not tho old Olympic games which wore revived. In the flrst place, the place of contestwas not at Olympla, as were the original games, but at Athens. In tho second place, the games wore dllToront from the old Olympic games, many of them being quite mod orn In their charactcr.

In sympathy with Spain Into the Cuban ranks. Several expeditions with arms and ammunition have recently landed upon tho Island, thus furnishing much needed supplies to tho Cubans.

UNITED STATKH MINISTER DENUV,

at l>ekin, In a circular letter to con suis, announces that an order has boon issued by tho Chinese government "directing tho local authorities in all provinces of the empire to expunge from tho various editions and com pilations of tlio code all clauses plac-ing restrictions upon the propagation of the Christian religion." He states in addition, tliat tho minister of Franco Is entitled to tho gratitude of the Chris tian world for his action in this Im portant matter. This Is certainly very important action upon the part of China, and shows tho influence of the Japanese war in lireakiog down hor pride and at the samo time her prejudices hgainst foreigners. Verily tho Chincso wall is crumbling.

MR. R . O . WILLIAMS , who for a

number of years has boon Consul-Qonoral of the United States at Hav-ana, Cuba, has roaigned to give his time to private business, and Gen. l*'ltahugb Leo, ox*Oovernor of Vlrgl' nla, has been appointed in his place. I'resldent Cleveland has not yet do-uided to recognise tho belligerency of tho Cubans. It is stated that ho Is In corrospondenco with Spain, trying to HUle the dinioulty by diplomacy in* "toad of having an open break with that country, as wduld be llKely to follow a KcognlUon of the Cubans as bolllgerenta. Meanwhile, tho Cuban dsuse settni to be iprsspering oven beyond expectaUona. It IB sUted that the harsh methoda of Gen. Weyler have had the effect of driving many who were previously either neutral or

ENQLANU has certainly been having her hands full of late. First there was the Armenian trouble. Then before that waa aettled there came the dis pule with tho United States over Ven cxueia. Thon while that was still pond ing she became involved with Germany on account of Dr. Jameson's raid. More recently she took up the quarrel of Italy In Africa and is now advanc-ing up the Nile to meet tho Dervishes, hor old-time enemies, who are again active slnco the defeat of the Italians at Adowa, and by conquering them try ing to regain tiie Kuropean prestige in North Africa. Aimoat coincident witli tho campaign In North Africa there came another outbreak of the Matabolos in South Africa. WIUi all of thoBo complications on her hands, England certainly will bo kept pretty busy during the summer. We «ay with all of them on her liands, for while tho Armenian and Vonezueian questions have subsided, they have by no moans.been settled as yet. The Dervishes, by tho way, aro among the most fanatical Mohammedans. So ex-treme aro they that they do not regard the Mohammedans of Turkey as or-thodox. This fanaticism makes them all tho more dangerous, especially when they arc led by so wily a general as Osman DIgma, who has shown his metal In previous contests with the English. Still, with their superior arms and skill. It Is hoped that the English will bo victorious.

Bv Invitation Mr. Robert G. Inger*. soli addressed whatlsoallodthe Church Militant in Chicago on last Sunday morning. It le said that on the stage were 400 or more representative cit-iions, including every member of tho appellate and superior Judiciary, and several county oflkjials) delegations from every medical and law college and Institute of leambig in the city and suburbs, and a number of retired divines. We imagine that these dl* vines must have been wry •'rsilred." Oortalnly they were in bad busbieas lending their presence and sympathy upon such an ooeaslon. The fact that

so many "representative citizens" of Chicago could have bran present only shows what kind of citizens are repre-sentative of that city. Mr. Ingersoll's text was Uken froitt Shakespeare, whom he callod "the greatost of human beings." Tho text was, "There Is no darkness but Ignorance." He spoko for two hours upon the necessity of arbitration as a substitute for war, tho need for new methods for the treat-ment of criminals, the desirability of the occupancy of the prairlos of the West for homes, as a panacea for ten-ement systems, tho question of divorce, the relations of capital and labor and the need of reform In the education of children. This Is all very fine, and no doubt we should have agroed with him In about everything he said, but what has all this to do with the salva-tion of the soul? How does It /edeem man from sin? You may reform evils In this world as much as you' choosc, but as long as you leave the e\ I dis-position in the heart, other evils will be continnally cropping out and de-manding reformation. What Is needed is to lay the axe not at the shooto, but at the roots of the tree. In other words, what we need Is not the refor-mation of society so much as the re-generation of the Individual, and the reformation will follow In Its place. This regeneration can bo produced only by, contact with the I^rd Jeans Christ, through faith In Him.

The Pope's Temporal Power—A Cor-rection.

BY JOnN H. SAtiSH, D.l>

Ikar lirolher Editor:—Sotae time ago iny attention was attracted by some remarks you mado on the temporal power of the pope. If I remember correctly, an acquaintance of yours claimed that the authorltlos of tho Church of Rome no longer Insist on Uie rcstoratfon of the temporal power. This is a very great mistake. Since 1870 this matter has been constanlly kept before the people of this aountry. Several books have been published, the chlof design of which Is the reato-ratlon of the temporal power. Hun-dreds of newspaper articles have been written and sermons have been preach* ed, all having In view this one end, the restoration of the temporal power. A few years ago I listened to a ser-mon by an Irish priest In Rome, and his language on this subject was so vehement that It verged on treason to the Italian government

Last year, tho twenty-fifth anniver-sary of,tho fall of papal Rome, while all Italy waa rejoicing over the auspl-olous event, the papal party were bit-ter and uncompromising, and protests were coming In from all parts of the world, even from America. Tho ian* guago of the clerical papers of this oountry was unpatriotic In tha ex-fa«me, as wall as unchristian. Tho key-note of everything waa tho resto* ration of the traporal power.

But la spite of aU this I think very fSw in this oountry have any fear tlwt the temporal power will aver be re-Btored. Italians eannotpoaslbly agree

to such a thing, for It would mean Uie abandonment of Rome and tho dis-memberment of United Italy. Very many In Italy would now like to go a step farther and take from pope his tpirUtutl power, which is as unrea-sonable and unscrlptural In Its pre-tensions as his temporal power, and far more Insidious and dangerous. Without the papacy the unity of the Catholic Church Is destroyed, and the disintegration that would of neoesalty follow might result In a, |eneral re-form. But while the papacy continues reform Is Impossible.

An Italian journal lies before me contalnhig-an article on ''Country and Itellglon," and I venture to give you the ti-anslatlon of a few of the au-thor's sentences: "The history of the papacy Is a history of wars, of strug-gles, of Intrigues, of uaurpations, of scandals without number, . . . It was and Is still tho enemy of all lib-erty, the instigator of every kind of persecution, tiie father of every tyr-anny. . . . However, he who sup-poses that the fall of the temporal power is sufficient to satisfy those who love tbelr country and religion, Is mistaken. . . . We must remem-ber that In the fall of the temporal power the pope Is by no means dis-armed, but rather he has gained Influ-ence and prestige. The next step is to take from the pope another prerog-ative which docs not belong to him, viz., his spiritual power—that Is, that sacerdotal religious power which weighs like a fatal Incubus on the conscience, which is a continued men-ace to the rights of the Individual and of collective Christianity, and which Impedes the full development of the religious sentiment . . . That which all faithful Italian Catholics need to understand once for all is that the pretensions of the pope both concern-ing temporal and spiritual power aro absurd, by no means legitimate; that the Roman pontiff Is the enemy of tho gospel. Inasmuch as he does not walk In tho fooUteps of Jesus Christ; that he Is the head ot a church which Is far away from tho principles of tho gos-pel, and which has falslflod the max-ims and doctrines of the Word of God. . . . Our statesmen have boon too timid, not to say pusillanimous. They have given us tiio famous guar-atUte laws, which do not moot tho needs of the case and satisfy neither tho pope nor new Italy. The papal question will be solved—also for tho popo-^ when we shall have brought about the separation of Church and State, grant-ing to all churches the, same rights and privileges."

It may bo a long time, but wo know that also the spiritual power of the pope must cease and booome like the temporal power, a thing of tho past Tho one moans for tho accomplish-ment of this desirable result Is the proachlng of the pure gospel.

Florenoe, Italy. m It

Bv order of Bishop Limerick of Iro-land( all Roman Catholic parents of his diooese must remove their ohUdran from the model schools on pain of aavsre punishment in the oonfesilonal.

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