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property living measured only by them to fulfill them now. I did
not hear any of them preach. I
their respect for the grand jury.
The meetings I attended gave me learned that some of the speakers
Letter from Bro. T. F. Campbell.
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a sad impression and melancholy manifest fair attainments in Biblical
R aymond , M iss .,
forebodings for the future. The knowledge.^ But they love excite­
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Feb. 5, 1883. *
tendency to a barbaric superstition ment and indulge in the emotional
Bro. D. Stump:
style which alone is acceptable to
was painfully eviden
t in every
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■j'he jtîïêfr' jjèôpîë. The lU MWTUf th e m is
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Ark., I had a good opportunity of
exceedingly superstitious, believ­
observing the style of religion singing, accompanied, on the part
ing in witchcraft;
is said, on
found amongst the plantation of the women by moving the body
some plantations, they are even
‘negroes. Not'brought into im­ to and fro, with an occasional
now worshipping toads, lizzards
mediate contact with the white shuttling step backward and for­
and snakes.
people, as were those of Missouri, ward, was strange, wild and wierd
beyend description. It was notj. In. view of the progress of civil-
Kentucky and Nortfiem Tennessee,
ization and the permanency of our
they are more rude and less in­ wholly unpleasant, and yet it pro­
government it is a matter- of
telligent. In the days of slavery, duced some such feeling as might
gravest importance to say what can
the overseer, not always the most come upon one who imagined he
be done to enlighten and elevate a
““
Yankee. saw a ghost. From’ the following
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race, was the only w’hite man with verses youmayTSSHI" WI0 NiylU Of
irf work for those who believe that
whom the plantation Negro came songs they sang i
“ God hath made of one blood all
* There were ten Virgins,
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in contact; while the few on the
nations to dwell on the face of all
When the bridegroom came,
... smaller farms were in more inti­
There were ten virgins,
the earth.”
mate daily association with the
When he came.
Your brother as ever,
family of the- proprietor. TheSe
2. Fire of them were wise,
T. F. C ampbell .
had, therefore, the very best school­
When the bridegroom came,
ing for a class of people possessing
Five of them were wise,
Letter from Bro. Franklin.
When he came.
the docile and tractable disposition
O retown , O r .,
of the colored race. They had ad
3. Five of tbem were foolish,_______
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Feb. 19, 1883.
J““7Wmced“Tn eh41ii»tionf -«ndftr^lhat
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Fire
of
them
were
foolish,
Bro.
J.
FfFloyd:
system, more rapidly from a state
t
When he came.
I received yoürs of the 8th inst.,
of barbarism in which they were
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4. The old ship of Zion was sailing
and also the H erald , which brought
found in their own country, than
c
When
the
bridegroom
came,
the good things that giveth light
«
any other people ever did. Whether
The old ship of Zion was sailing
a
from the great lighthflpse of truth
it will lie possible, under the pre­
When he came.
ami
knowledge, which imparts its
sent system, to hold them up to the
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5. With what was she loaded,
light to every man that comes into
point attained, and cause them to
th
Etc., etc.
the world. I hereby send my
advance, or whether they will re­
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6. She was loaded with bright angels, thanks to you and the many able
lapseintoinore than semi-barbar­
ab
Eto., etc. ...........
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workers scattered here and there
ism in the midst of the highest
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7. Her captain is king Jesns,
throughout the kingdom and
civilization of the white race is a
for
Etc., etc.
patience of our Lord Jesus Christ,
doubtfid problem which time alone
inc
8. She is running mighty steady,
for the many fine pearls of thought
can solve. What I saw in Chiot
dir»
Etc., etc.
that come to us in your invaluable
county gave no promise of a satis­
whi
9. She has nearly reached the landing, C hristian H erald , teaching, ex­
factory solution. Slavery seems
eleg
Etc., etc.
horting and planting the precious
to have been changed in form, not
or d
Thus
they
continue
as
long
as
truths of the Bible, the whole
in fact. It was formerly servitude
it lu
the
leafier
chooses
to
multiply
Bible and nothing but the Bible, in
constrained by law, it is now no
otlm
verses.
the hearts of all who will hear the
less constrained by necessity. The
Paul
You
have
another
specimen
in
precious words of Jesus in Oregon
main difference in practice is that
our I •
the
following
:
ami everywhere on this green
the latter gives the Negro license
of ou
.
CHOBU3.
earth.
to be both impudent and idle, and
and ,9
Oh
!
Run
along
home
to
Jesns
;
relieves the master from the trouble
I am highly pleased with all
show)
Children, run along home to God ;
and expense of caring for the
your articles, especially your article
posi to
Oh ! Run along home to Jesus ;
young,
the
superannuated
and
the
on the infallibility of the Pope.
God m
And get your sure reward.
worthless.
A
gentleman
who
has
It is good and sound to t^e core,
sation
1. Some say that John the Baptist
more than two hundred on his
and rings out like the true metal
world,
Was nothing but a Jew ;
% plantation and who has been deeply
of heaven. Give them (the Senti­
But the Holy Bible tells us
ward.”
interested in bettering the condi­
He was a preacher too.
nel) another broadside.
4. W
tion of his people that he might
CHORUS.
I am here within one mile and a
tion to
Oh
!
Run
along,
etc.,
etc.
have a better class of laborers, in­
half of the Pacific ocean. Bro. T.
attcntii
The
prayers,
both
of
men
and
formed m£ that every man would
M. Morgan tried to induce me to
church
women,
were
full
of
zeal
and
were
come
out,
at
the
end
of
the
year,
in
go with my family east of the
itual lif
not
wanting
in
volume
or
stress
of
debt
notwithstanding
his
efforts
to
Cascade mountains, but I believed
by sonu
voice.
But
their
want
of
reverence
limit
their
supplies
to
their
income.
in a providential dispensation of
of life n
was
most
shockingly
apparent
in
At
this
rate
there
is
no
hope
of
some
things ; not exactly that God
fashiona
their ever rising above their pre­ an assumed familiarity with God is keeping the “ man of sin ” from
sent condition. Their moral stafua, and Christ in which they reminded erring, (2 Thés. 2: 3. For Paul
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like those of Kentucky, is very them of their promises, and in a declares of the “ man of sin.”
low, their respect for the right of dictatorial manner commanded « Even him, whose coming is after
Correspondence.
the working of Satan .with all
power and signs and lying won­
ders,” etc.; read to the 13th verse,)
but that Christians are loved and
remembered by him. “ Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man the
things which Gotl hath prepared
for them that love him." 1 Cor.
2:9.
I often think of Bro. T. M. Mor­
gan and family, and all the people
of God, and ask their prayers and
labor far the goodness and mercy
of God towards us all. The people
here are in a new country, and I
will do all I can to induce them to
love Jesus and walk in his com-
to labor; Who will unloose them,
that I might labor in the cause of
Christ ? Ah, my dear brother
that is the question. “ Now unto
him who is able to keep you (us)
from falling, and to present you
(us) faithless before the presence
of his glory w'ith exceeding joy,”
etc. Fraternally in the Lord,
J erome B. F raxkun .
A Recipe For a Popular .<
Preacher.
To “ An inquiring and Anxious
Theologue” who desires our ad­
vice as to how he may attain his
ambition and become a popular
preacher, we would observe in the
first place that he has come to the
right quarter'for counsel. The old-
fashioned clergyman was the pro­
duct of the seminaries, and of
theological training, but the popular
preacher is made by the news­
papers ; and an editor can give an
aspirant ¡mints which are over­
looked by the theological pro­
fessors. The formula for making
a popular preacher involves these
ingredients: One-third voice and
personal “presence,’
one-third
sensational selection of topics and
one-third heresy. The proportion
of ingredients varies somewhat in
special eases, a little extra allow­
ance of heresy, for example, serving
to offset triHing deficiencies in per­
sonal appearance; but in general,
the properties should be blended
about as we have indicated.
The first point which we have
mentioned requires little to be said,
except that the aspirant must
cultivate assiduously such gifts in
that direction as nature may have
favored him with. As to the
selection of topics, he will under­
stand that the first consideration
to be regarded is, *' what will
draw F There remain some types