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BAPTIS T MESSENG E

A WOMAN'S APPEAL

USEFUL HAUL IN BELGIUM.

JTo all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,

whether muscular or of the joints, sciat-

ica, lumbagos, backache, pains in the

kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to

her for a home treatment which has re-

peatedly cured all of those tortures. She

reels it her dut yto send it to aU suf-

. ferers FR7SR You cure yourself at home

is thousands will testify—no change of

climate being necessary. .This simple

discovery banishes uric acid from the

blood, loosens the stiffened Joints, purl*

fies the blood, and brightens the eyes,

giving elasticity and tone to the whole

system. If the above Interests you, for

proof address Mrs. &£. Summers, Box 942,

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Baptist Messenger:—Our meeting

continues with deep interest. Seven

professions Saturday night. Five ad-

ditions yesterday. Meeting will go on

all this week. . Yesterday I took of-

fering for Home and Foreign Missions

the people gladly gave $10.00. En-

closed find draft to pay for my Mes-

sengeiV'so move up my figures for

another twelve months.

I can't get along without the Mes-

senger. Also notice enclosed order

for a book. It sure is helpful that the

Associational Colportors can get books

from, a book concern in Oklahoma,

Brethren let's buy our books at home.

The church here will likely call Rev.

Frank F. Bock for pastor here for half

time. Bro. Bock is one of our best

young pastors. Our work is hopeful

and our brethren are preaching a

whole gospel. Bro. T. P. Haskins took

offering for Home and Foreign Mis-

sions yesterday in Pawnee. Bro. Bock

will take offering in Yale next Sun-

day. God bless the Messenger.—E. J.

Blanton, Colportor Missionary.

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The letters "dwt," found in the

table of weights and measures,.stand

for a pennyweight:

Denarius-weight.

GUARANTEED

Tough as Whit-Leather

ONT let the small price^-

lOc—prejudice you against

Whit-Leather Hosiery. It buys the

biggest money s worth that has ever

been given in quality and durability

with an extra guarantee that 6 pairs

wffl show no holes in four months, or we

replace them free, or your money back.

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; Ins name. Give size, color, (all solid

colors), also whether men's, women's or

children's hose are wanted*

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Germans in Belgium get a bit of

sport now and then and at the.same

ftime a welcome addition to the larder

| by hunting rabbits. Here is one of

.them bringing down a flne brace for

'the mess.

Temperamental Hen.

About three weeks ago one of Miv

J. H. Dickson's roosters got Into, a

. fight and came home all bloody and

eyes closed and one of the hens be-!

came despondent and jumped on the

paling fence and hung herself, but

her sister broke her neck and I doc-

tored the rooster and got him all

right, and the next week, the day be-

fore George Washington's birthday,

he got into a fight again and came

home all done up, and so the same-

hen saw him and went to the same!

place and hung herself again, but this;

time we failed to see her in time,

blood poisoning, and here it was that

science came to the front. He had de-

vised a little phial of iodine, which

every man could carry in addition to

the field dressing supplied by the war

office. A wounded man .had only to

break off the end, pour a little iodine

in and about the wound and on the pad

of lint, get it bound closely, and what-

ever else he died of he would not die oi

blood poisoning.

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Origin of Silk Industry

Silk was first made by Si-Ling,

of Hoan-Ti, emperor of China!' 26

B. C. Among the-Greeks, Atlstotlp

(384-322 B. C.) 'is the

first*™"*

tion it. It was not until A. D 530

however, that it began to be cultivated

in Europe, the first eggs being then

brought from India by some monks.

It Ne'er Runs Smooth

It was at the conclusion of the

lover's quarrel. "And now/' he re-

marked, "I suppose we must meet as

strangers." "Not at all/' she replied

coldly. "If .we should meet as strang-

ers, we should probably fall in love

with each other again/'—Judge.

Bathed in Tears

Little Mother of the Slums—I wish

ye'd quit yer cryin', Violet Yer face

is gettin' all muddy.—Life.

GOSPEL FOR THE EYE.

(By Love and Gambrell.)

This is a little booklet that will

greatly interest every Baptist, and

should be of interest to others. The

discussion of the ordinances will in-

terest and; instruct. The chapter cm

"Twelve Stones in a. Pile," with les-

sons by Dr. Gambrell, is well worth

many times the price of the book.

Regular price,of the book, paper 25c,

cloth binding, 50c. We have, bought a

large stock and will send as long as

they last, !the paper binding for 15c,

the cloth binding for 25c. Order to-

day.

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VOL III.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, AFRIL 28,

NO. 47

We are in receipt of messages from the Home

Mission Board, of Atlanta, and the Foreign Mis-

sion Board, of Richmond, stating that upon request

of Texas the books will be kept open until the even-

ing- of May 5th giving one more Sunday for Home

and Foreign Missions. This request was made

because of the unprecedented rain storms that have

swept the western section of the territory of the

Convention, making it impossible to have anything

like a normal attendance on these last Sundays of

the conventional year when most of the money is

given, for these two objects. What is true of Texas

is also true of Oklahoma. More than half of the

money should have been. raised last Sunday, but

with an average of less than a fourth of the normal

attendance we fear that but litle was done. No\v

with these five extra days, Aye can win if we will,

whatever the weather may be, for it gives time.for

the hot-hearted missionary pastors and others to

One of the most important questions that will be

considered by the coming session of the Southern

Baptist Convention at Houston will be that of the

report of the Efficiency Commission. What that re-

port will be we have no intimation, and however wise

it may be it willliardly meet with unanimous approval.

If it .should recommend the continuance of the various

boards as now operating, we believe, judging from the

spirit manifested at Nashville last year, that the ma-

jority will disapprove. If it shall recommend a reor-

ganization and consolidation it would in all likelihood

be carried by a good majority, but the question would

arise, could we afford to press for immediate ^action

with so' larg, respectable and reasonable minority

against it, tlioiagl^some wise plan which looks.to grad-

ual rearrangement riiight be accepted with practical

unanmity. One thing is quite certain that the Con-

vention meeting Awher^;; it does will be largely con-

trolled by messengers from the western section, of its

territory, and> it is .probably true that men who are

making the West,'in-the Vvei7 nature of the case, are

hampered jess ;by traditions, and more ready -thatijthe

older sekrtions:w6uld;be',to accept a change if it prom-

ises increased? efficiency.: /Therefore, we should be

careful not td'press-what may be reasonably taken for

granted, our po\ver:.tQ dominate the action of the Con-

vention. We would not imply that there, is any essen-

tial^ differenc^betw^n ^Baptists of the East^and of

get the money by personal work. We shpuld;\vin

and win gloriously by ey'eryone doing his. duty, and

if next Sunday is a fair day, we can go away beyond

the apportionment.

Brethren^ do not dismiss the matter. Lay hold

of it with intense irresistible vigor and glorious i

victory will crown our efforts and close the year

with obligations met. Again we say the crisis is

upon us. The testing hour is here. Will AVC be

found pure gold or dross? God has opened the;

windows of heaven in advance of our gifts and

poured out blessings.

Shall we not respond

hilariously ? Make the next seven days count as

the biggest days in your life j>y helping us to win

the battle even after it seemecl lost. If your heart

is cold, get it close to the fire and then go but'with

a hot heart which will bring victory. Send money

to Secretary Stalcup as^soon as you get it; don't

delay

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once.

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the West, but there are many special reasons why ouc

beloved brethren of the East will be slower to adopt

a change, though no one portion of the territory is;

unanimous in its, opinion as to what -is best -^.i ;

The Christian index, of Atlanta, suggests "that if

the matter was left-to it, the result would be a coni-:

bining of the Home and Foreign Mission Boards under

the name of The Mission Board of the S. B;:G., with

a secretary, a foreign secretary, a:home secretary,^^an

educational secretary, an office manner and treasurer,

combining the Home Field and Foreign ^jisstoh Jour-

nal, and would have one office arid;one set^^tf bboks. It

would have each state send the general board a given

sum each month and each state would •distribute

ature among its own pastors and churches, arid^ in

every case the State Mission Board/would approach

the .pastors and churches direct and place thevrespon^

sibility of the collection oi:- mission monejr^ on^^tfi^tn

through their respective State Mission Bor"'1" ''*tw "*«-

era! board making appropriations, to /the

and these state boards responsible !;for -

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confusionand conflict on the.,,.,. _ _

difficulty, and it not irisurmduritable/ woiild^be a^Iegal

one of transf erring /property iff6m the: present ™^

porations, to a new one,; >.;

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'--• MORE OR LESS PERSONAL.

Make the next seven days count as never be-

fore for Home and Foreign Missions.

Only one more Sunday for home and foreign

missions. Make it the biggest Sunday of the year.

The Sumner Church has called Pastor Hurt, of

Morrison, and he is now preaching on the first and

third Sundays.

"Scottie," Central .District Missionary, is now

in a tent meeting- at Piedmont where he held a

great meeting a year or so ago.

Are you a worker or a shirker in the vineyard

of the Lord? All the workers are busy in the home

and foreign mission campaign.

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Oklahoma must not fail in this hour of crisis.

It is her opportunity to take her place with the

forces that-win victories.

Let us hope for a fair Sunday, but not wait for

it. We should have learned^the lesson of not put-

ting off until tomorrow what we should do today.

Brother B. S. Ross, one of our field men, read

the appeal for help written by Mrs. Cowling in

last week's messenger and has gone to see if he can

help them in a meeting.

Rev. P. C. Schilling, who recently closed his

work at Bristow, Oklahoma, has accepted the cal.

to the pastorate of the Ficst Baptist Church, Wynne-

wood, Oklahoma, and is now on the field.

. We are in receipt of communications from Broth-

er Saxon, of Sallisaw, Brother Rector, of Chickasha,

Brother tjolcomb, of Purcell, and others, that we will

have to hold until next week.

Rev. J. B. Pyatt, of Waurika, began a meeting

Monday night with Pastor J. M. Jones, of Anadarko.

Brother Pyatt recently closed a good meeting with

Pastor Whaley, of Mt.-View, where there were more

than fifty conversions.

Pastor C. M. Curb, of Capitol Hill Church, h

been helping Pastor VanBibber at Hopew

Church, some miles west of Edmond. We hear tljat

they have had a great meeting, about forty convl^r-

sions, thirty-five additions.

The greatest work in the world is threatened

; with a tremendous handicap because we waited^un-

til last Sunday to take our offerings for homp and

'foreign missions, but this time we have a chance

to; redeem ourselves. Let us make it good. /

Brother W, A.. Smith, writing from Gracemont,

says: "Our little band of Christians, just a few in

number, were greatly strengthened by a visit of our

county missionary, Brother Harmon. There was a

great ingathering of the lost .We have Sunday School

every Sunday, present last Sunday fifty-nine. We

are praying that God will richly bless this church. We

are out in the country, but we have some faithful

workers."

Rev. W. E. Guy, pastor at Norman, would be

glad to hold three or four meetings this spring and

summer. Brother Guy hals had considerable ex-

perience in evangelistic wcjrk and can lead his on

singing. Use him.

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Brother, have you fallen down on home and

foreign missions? If-so,'-pull yourself together be-

fore next Sunday, for this is the very heart of our

work. If we fail here"Ave fail utterly.

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The church will die of "dry rot" that does not

do its best for home and foreign missions, and the

member is already in that condition who does not

do something. There can be no excuse for not giv-

ing. IT IS OUR BUSINESS.

Brother J. M. Lanford, of Ardmore, writing of

the new pastor of Broadway Baptist Church, says:

''Brother'David H. Cooper, our new pastor, is great

and is taking hold of the situation with a vim. I

believe he will bring things to pass. He ranks among

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thingSouth/'s don'

t forget The Mes-

senger. This is the hard time'of the year for us.

Those in arrears can help us mightily by paying, and

many friends can boost our list by securing new sub-

scribers on the special offers which hold good until

May 5th. Many have been intending to send in lists

of subscribers. Please do it now.

Rev. S. X. Bulkeley, writing from Bridgeport,

says: "I closed my work as pastor at Carnegie and

Alfalfa and am here in a meeting. Had a fine day

at Alflfa third Sunday. Offering for home and for-

ieign missions amounted to $23.25. Expect to serve

Gracemont church as pastor half-time, provided I can

get other work in reach of them."

Gospel singer, T. Carson Taylor, writing front

Meridian; Texas, says: "Pastor B. F. Moon, like

others, has seen from afar and also by a visit or two

,the great opportunity in Oklahoma and would consider

*i full time or two half-time churches. He has a wife

md five children and would require about twelve him-

'drecl dollars per year. I go from here to Wichita Falls

Church to continue until Sunday before the Conven-

tion."

We are glad to see the following statement from

Dr. Len G. Broughton as reported in the Christian

Inde^

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said that he ha"d been "cured of an

independent church." He"said-that he believed in car-

rying on Christian work along the regular organized

channels. "And I believe that 'independentism' Has

seen its day. If there ever was a place where a

church could prosper and be independent, it is in

London—a city of 8,000,000 people. But I believe the

independent church has seen its day there."

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Remember we tarnish any song book you wish,

particularly the "World Evangel," "Immanuel's

Praise," and the "New Evangel." They cost you no

more to order from us.

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Undesignated funds will be divided in the ratio

of $12.00 for Home and $7.00 for Foreign, Missions.

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THE QUESTION pFEFFiqENCY.

Continued from page one

Rev. M. Ashby Jones; of Augusta, Georgia, has

sent an article to the various newspapers within the

Convention suggesting a plan of reorganization, which

has in it many strong points and is worthy of serious

consideration. The suggestions in substance are as

follows: ist. The Home and Foreign Mission Boards

to disburse, but not collect funds. 2nd. The creation

of a new board composed of the secretaries of the

mission boards of all the states composing the Con-

vention, together with a representative from the

Home, Foreign and Sunday School Boards. To this

board shall be committed the duty of raising the funds

necessary for both home and foreign mission work.

The Home and Foreign Board shall make their pro-

paganda under the direction and through the office

of this ndw board which 'should be called the Board

of Enlistment.

This plan seems to us to eliminate opportunity

for conflict and confusion and promises increased;

efficiency. Dr. Jones does not try to work out the

details. * They could be committed to wise brethren,

but the principal suggestion strikes us favorably upon

first consideration. This plan also would not raise the

technical question of changing title to real estate in

foreign countries to "a new board.

ON THE . WING IN OKLAHOMA.

(J. D. Harling.)

The church at Durant continues to be quite pros-

perous under the leadership of Bro. Edwards. He

has some of the best people of earth to workvwith.

Among these is Bro. Claude Hatchett. Everybody we

met in Durant spoke well of Hatchett. They say he

lives a good consistent Christian life seven days out of

every week. He is quite a successful lawyer, and

makes money rapidly; but the best of it all he, he

knows how to spend it for the Lord's glory when he

makes it Sad to say, some people have never learned

how to do this. They have not understood that it is

God who gives them powef to make money and con-

sequently He expects thenj to use it rightly when

they.do make it.

And of the finest men of Oklahoma is Bro. Jerry

Crane, pastor of the church at Caddo. He and his

good family always greet us with unbounded cor-

diality every time we go their way. Bro. Crane is

held in high .esteem by all of his members. They

say he is not afraid to preach the plain old Bible

truths nt all times and under all circumstances. All

of which is mighty good. If we Baptists ever expect

to make any considerable impression on this old sinful

world we will have to do it by using simply the sword

God has given its, without fear or favor. Let us try

to use anything else and we will go down in defeat

sooner or later, as surely as God is on His throne.

There is another Crane who is pastor of the

church at Atoka. He is a brother of the one at Caddo

and is just as good a preacher and man as he. The

truth is, we have met during the past few years about

four of these Crane men who are,brothers and\as yet

we have never heard a bad thing\about one of them.

They are all true, loyal soldiers of the Master, doing

much^goocl wherever they go.

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cently secured. They say lie is one of the best.that

can be had. His name is Cooper (the "po"in his name

being pronounced like the "oo" in boot). He came

from a.northern state and is not altogether just like

the Baptists of the South. But he says he is not here

to be contentious with fois brethren, but to do all.the '

good he can, in as many ways as he can, to as many

people as he can. They say of him that he is a great ;

pastor as well as a great preacher. May God < richly

bless him as he labors with that noble bunch at Ard-

more.

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Brother Chancellor, of McAlester, says that one

of the best of the smaller churches of the state is the

one at Marietta. He judges it by the condition it was; v

in while he was pastor there some years ago; But he

should understand that is in a much better condition

now than it .was then, for it has been growing better

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tutes one of the finest bands of Christian people we

have met anywhere. Of course, Bro. Hamilton, the

pastor, and his good wife, have had much to ;do in

making conditions what they are there. They ha^e-

been on the field now for about seven years and all

this time the work has progressed most nobly.

We found Brother Long engaged in a revival ~

meeting with his people at Davis. Brother Stewart,-a

gospel singer, of Pittsburg, Texas, was assisting him.;

Brother Long prevailed on our speaking to his peopled

at a night service during our stay there. .It was a great

joy, to do so—we are never so happy as when trying i

to expound God's word to poor, weak humanity as we

all are. Brother Long has been on the field at Davis

only a few months but he has his work well in hand

and his people lovejiim dearly for his work's sake.

The saints at Wynnewood were still without a;;

pastor when we were there, but they had about made

up their minds to extend a call right) away. Brother

Trippe, who lives on that field, is a preachier of no

little power. It afforded us much pleasure to be in

his home while there and partake of its hospitality.

He also kindly assisted us in our work for The Mes-

senger, just as the preachers do everywhere we go.

God bless them all! They all realize tiie great im-:;

portance of our having a: strong denominational paper

in Oklahoma, and are willing to leave no stone un--

turned to help bring this about. V ;

Before concluding these notes' we desire to relate

a little experience that we have had recently. We

do it with the hope that it may be a blessing to others.;

We were assisting in a revival meeting in a certain

little city. One day during its progress we stepped into

a barber shop to have some work done. On entering^

saw one of the most influential; business"

:ommunity occupying one :of the chairs^

We^knew him to be a lost -man and^r! ,r.-.^^,^^

»i« ,»,r~._ was to -speak; to: him'; about his ;;spirituy^|§^^^

condition, despite the 'luiproprietibusne^

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Walker, pastor of .the church; at Kiowa, during our =-, ^^ftS" consider my talking to ihim, about

v».t there. .He^wa^ away do,n^ someAvork for the ^f^^1^^ as a joke. "Whe was,more serf-

Baptist Orphanage at Oklahoma City. We heard good

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ous:befbre,:we left him./ * The next morning .he. was

at the church'services* and the day following ,this:he

surrendered.to:the:Savior and:was gloriously saved:

But imagine;how,great was our joy when he came to

US; with tears in his eyes and told us how/thankful

he was that we had -spoken to him as we did .in the

barber shop.; He said it w'as.the first time anyone had

spoken to him about his need, of the Savior in a num-

ber of years, and then-said, the talk we gave him just

wouldn't leave him, it was continually on his mind until

he gave up to Christ: The night following his conver-

sion and uniting with the. church his wife and two fine

sons also came into the fold from another organiza-

tion. What a glorious 'Sight they all presented when

they all went down into the bapistery together, 'to fol-

low their Savior in baptism. But this isn't all the

story. The father-in-law and mother-in-law of this

man, two of the most influential people of. the little

city, by means of their wealth and social position, had

for a number of years been living in a back-slidden

state, but the conversion of their son-in-law and his

uniting \yith .the church with his family helped them

to be reclaimed and to get back into the harness again

in serving the Lord. May God help us all to preach

as we go, as the Savior has commanded us., Not only

in the meeting houses, but anywhere that we come in

touch with the lost. We fear that too many of us

are just merely playing at Christianity. Hbw much

more we could do if we would only mean business and

do "business for our Master as we should.

FLASHES FROM THE FIELD.

R. JV Tyler has been elected full time pastor at

Nash. Good.

J. Netherton is bringing in a new day at Alva.

How refreshing was our visit in the home of good

Sister Miller. It is so pleasant to become better

acquainted \vith(^Brothers Dawson, Hudson and

many others at Alva. •' . • -

Avard has done what seems good and very

good by calling Brother Kretzinger.

Moreland is taking a steady, good pull with

Pastor McCreary at the helm.

Three are awaiting baptisnf at Woodward. It

tvas a-profitable trip with Brother Gore and about

twenty ,ol his members to South Persimmon to as-

sist in the ordination of Willis: James to the ministry

and C. C. Mote as deacon. It was an old-fashioned

dinner on the ground meeting. Brother Gore

preached the ordination sermon. J. L. Odell, pas-

tor, was moderator, W. P. Botts admonished the

church and G. W. McClain delivered the charge to

the candidates and M. D. Grover offered ordination

prayer.

• : Ludy wants a pastor for half time. Write to

A; A,3utlerJ

. A. Gray

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: ^new-pasto- - ; • •• :

r at Hammon, is hold-

ing* a good meeting. Members of other denomina-

tions are working faithfully.-

••--• JV M; Wileman has been §ent to the kingdom

in Mills association for such *a time as this. There

will be a-crown of rejoicing "for him for the work

he is doing now to lift up the churches. Anson

Campbell, pastor at Lindsay, is assisting Brother

iWiIemari in a meeting at Cheyenne. It begins with

pleasing prospects. ' -:*

J. P. Crisjris very fine so the members at But-

ler gladly say.r Butler is shouting ground for the

Baptists.

SENGE R

The. new pastor^. G, Butler, at Clinton, is ex-

actly in the right place. ",V

Dr. G. W. Possvhas accepted missionery work

in Beckham county. L-.r.; .

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R, J. Morgan has been invited to preach at

Texola.

Erick has done very valuable improvements on

the church during the short time H. B. Strickland

has been with them.

J. E. Gwatkins is reviving his prayer meeting

at Sayre. It was soul food to hear him speak so

appropriately to the doctrine, of the office :work

of the Holy Spirit.

Pastor Forrest Maddox was away from home

at Elk City delivering his popular lecture at various

points.

This was a good trip for the Messenger. Will

finish up better in the northwest in May when I

will make an itinerancy of Woodward association

helping and being helped in a dozen mission rallies.

JV E. ROSS.

ONE MORE SUNDAY FOR HOME AND FOR-

EJGN MISSIONS.

The following telegram was received from Dallas,

Texas, Friday afternoon:

"All Texas drowned in rain. Can't you

close books a week later?

J. B. GAMBRELL,

F. M. McCoNNELL,

B. A. COPASS/'

The Home Mission Board in response to this tel-

egram, met at it a. m., April 24th, and passed the fol-

lowing resolution:

"BE IT RESOLVED, That in response to the

urgent request from Texas, the books of the Home

Mission Board be held open until the night of Wednes-

day, May sth, provided that this change be extended to

all the states and that the.Foreign Mission Board co-

operate in this action, and that the Corresponding Sec-

retary and President be instructed to communicate

with the Foreign Mission Board."

By telephone with Richmond we learn that the

Foreign Mission Board has taken similar action. So

the books will remain open until Wednesday night,

May sth. .

Let all the forces make use of the extra fire days.

Let us turn the Texas calamity into a glorious victory

for Home and Foreign Missions. Let us meet every

obligation of the Boards and go to Houston with songs

of, victory. May the Lord of Hosts be with us.

HOME MISSION ROOMS,

April 24, 1915.

Atlanta, Georgia.

PROPHECY.

A book of special interest to the Bible student for

these days is "The Prophet, Daniel, a Key to the Vis-

ions .in the Prophecies of Hhe Book of Daniel/' by

Gaebelein; 6oc postpaid. Order from The Mes-

senger.

Send us $5 and the names of ten people to

whom we will send The Messenger the balance

of the year; good only where one person pays for

others. We must have five thousand by May 1st

Help us .

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SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

(Conducted1 by W. P. M9orerv D- D'> ,

Lesson 5.

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Motto Text: "Whoso putteth his trust in Jeho-

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Lesson Text: r Samuel 19; Entire chapter.;

Lesson Connection: David had been invited to

the court of Saul, has played on his harp for Saul and

soothed his troubled mind and spirit, had become a

great favorite with the people because of his victories

over the Philistines, the. inveterate enemies of Israel.

He had become a captain in the army and had also

married Saul't daughter. However, the gloomy spirit,

and guilty conscience of Saul saw only an enemy in

David and in his heart ,he hated him and sought to

have Jonathan, his son, and his servants to kill David.

This is hardly a story of hate and enmity, but

rather of love and friendship.

Lesson Outline:

I. Daind Threatened by Saul.

i. The cause of the enmity of Saul for David.

(1) The knowledge of his own rejection as king

by God.

(2) The knowledge of the fact that God wa?

with David. He evidently knew that God had another

man in preparation for King and possibly a suspicion

that Davicl was thk man. It is hardly possible that the

annointing at Bethlehem had remained entirely secret.

(3) Jealousy on account of David's growing

popularity.

(4) Saul's own increasingly evil heart.

Notice how similar all this is to the enmity of

the rulers to Jesus, David's greater son. This may

account for the fact that the.great heart cries of the

Christ were in the words of the heart cries of David.

2. The Occasion of the enmity.

While the cause was deep-rooted in Saul's heart,

the occasion was the victories of David in Battle. How

often the success of one man's work arouses the enmity

of another,respecially if it be in a field of service where

the latter has failed.

3. The Expression of the enmity.

His enmity expressed itself in the unreasoning

mania to kill, to destroy. Sin's real enmity is against

God and strikes at God in the person of God's people.

It is ever so; It was so in the case of Jesus and so

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Jonathan's conduct toward David is explained in

one word—Love. But love itself is unexplained and

cannot be explained. "Love stands opposed to selfish-

ness. You can explain all of Saul's conduct by that

one word and all of Jonathan's by the other. But you

can't explain why Jonathan loved David. You can't

explain love.

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i. Jonathan's defense of David was altogether

unreasonable from the viewpoint of the world; but, so

was also his love unreasonable.- Love may not be un-

reasonable, but-it-is unreasoning, it is of the. very

nature of love to.do as*. Jonathan did. Given hi$ love

for David and I;can explain hjaconduct toward David

but I can't explain -why he: loved. I can push iU?acR

a little further and say the love of God m his heart,

but love;for God? We'aris\ver,iGod'^love^forlhim^^^

But c&n,we explain even God^s love for-him other than

to say it is God's nature to .love and Ibve.'begs love?K-v

(!i) -David stood bet\yeen-. Jonathan's father 'the

hearts of the people.

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(2) David stood betweien: Jonathan and the king-

ship of Israel according to the natural'order of things.

2, Therefore, Jonathan's -defense oi David was

altogether unselfish. He was working against his.own

interests from the world's viewpoint;^; ^v-/ ;

' 3» Jonathan defended-at the risk of his ownJife

because he loved and self-sacrifice is-of-the very^es-

sence:of "love.-..

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Saul, to reject, still lived'and he was to David God's

annointed and he would avoid an open break with

him.

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Every child of God has his or her Saul, but,-thank

God, we also have our Jonathan, who is ready unsel-

fishly to defend and save. Let the teacher bring out

clearly those points in the character of both David;and

Jonathan which they want their pupils to imitate.

Make love and self-sacrifice strong and manly in the

eyes of the boys. To be true to a comrade means first

to be true to God.

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TWO WEEKS IN NORMAN.

This writer has just returned from a series of

meetings with Pastor W. E. Guy and his church at

Norman. I regard the field at Norman as perhaps

the most important in Oklahoma, from the standpoint

of its task. Being in immediate touch with the State

University, its opportunity of wide influence is most

desirable, and Pastor Guy is a man well fitted for the

place. Trained at Richmond College and the South-

western Seminary, he is able to fill the bill,' All in

all, the meeting was very significant for the church,

, the several departments of'which seem to have; re-

ceived new energy. There were quite a nurnber of addi-

tions, with several yet to come in. One of the best

re'sults of the meeting was the sentiment created for a

larger and modern church building. They see they

are bound to build, or fail utterly to hold the good

place in which the Lord has placed them, and I think

they will not be long about it This was my first opr

portunity of meeting and working with the people of

that growing state, and I enjoyed it much.

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ALVIN SWINDELL. ;-;

Frost, Texas.

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DAVIS, OKLA. \

Our revival meeting closed Wednesday evening,

April 2ist. The meeting w.as attended by large con-

gregations all the way through.'f:-Prof, ,W. A. Stewart,

pf Pittsburg, Texas, led 4he; song: ;senrice. Gocl ;has

never called many better;singers :than;Ste\yart.'iand

no better men. In the main the pastor did the preach-

ing.

Brother Holcomb,<:of Euixelli; was called down

for two services to give my throat a rest, and Brethren

Chandler and Duke were with us ..three.services; in

their campaign; struck .us ^at-'Vhit^.heaV'; and their

messages will do lasting,gooi Results, qf the meeting;:

seventeen conversions, nineteen additipns, twelve l)y

experience and baptism, a general Revival and an in-

crease

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BAPTIS T

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MESSENGE R

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT.

(Conducted by J.?B._ Rounds, Oklahoma City.)

TOPICS FOR SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1915.

E. Y. P. U. 'QUARTERLY TOPIC.

"Devotional Meeting—Blameless and Harmless"

Blameless—this refers to our standing before

others. Blame is the accusation heaped upon us by

others. Blameless is to live the kind of a life that

will not allow of blame because of its transparent

nobility of purpose. Harmless—this refers to the acts

of our lives and their relative influence for good or

lack of good on others.

1. Reputation. What others think and say of

you. We should be careful of the way we live as it

relates TO what we will impress others with. "Even

so let your light shine before men, that they may

see our good works, and glorify your father who is in

heaven."

2. Action. What you do. This deals with help-;

ing or hurting a person. Live the altruistic life—the

unselfish life that helps others.

Be both blameless and harmless.

JUNIOR QUARTERLY TOPIC.

Paid Sent to Rome.'

Where was Paul imprisoned before going to

Rome? In Caesarea.

What rulers did he apear before 4ier? Felix,

Festus and Agrippa. "

How did Paul go to Rome, by land or sea? By

sea.

What was the name "of the centuriaru-that took

Paul to-Rome? Acts 27: 3.

Where did they change ships? Acts 27: 5-6.

Where do we find the story of the shipwreck?

Acts 27: 9-26. Tell it

The story of*the rescue? Acts 2712744. Tell it

See Paul in Rome. Acts 28.

SUNBEAM TOPIC

Lessons from the Springtime.—Preparing for

Summer"

Have you seen the wheat fields? How beautiful

they look. When will we cut the wheat? Some time

in June. Why? .Because springtime came before the

/summer. It gets things ready for the summer. So

in your life and mine we get ready in our springtime

of life for great and good deeds that we must do in the

summer of our lives. If we have no springtime we

® Will have no summer. The sun and the rain in the

springtime cause the summer fruitage to ripen. Is

i Jesus the Sun in our life and does He send you show-

; ers of blessings that will ripen in your life in the sum-

mer of His love into a great spiritual harvest that will

give the world many good and Ghristlike things in your

life? Remember tHe summer follows the spring.

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NOTES AND ^SUGGESTIONS.

The following Unions have reported A-i since

April i: Af ton, Red Oak and Vinita. Are there not

i others that are in this class this quarter? Will you

not report ?

Remember 'the Washington Ave. Junior Union is

the only Junior in the state up to date that has re-

ported A-1. This is splendid for Washington Ave"

They have a splendid Junior and they are getting

ready to take the State Bannef for Juniors at the State

Convention in Edmond.

Remember the BY. P. U. State Conventional

Edmond, June 8-10. This is to be a great gathering

Some new features are to be put into'this program

that will make its influence, more far-reaching than it

has ever been before. Be sure that your Unions are

represented.

The Sunday School Convention at Frederick was

a success. It met April 18-19. Mangum and Altus

had large delegations at this meeting. About 200 in

attendance. There were many good things on the

program. A movement was set on foot to organize

the counties in the district for more efficient work. The

officers elected were: President, J. D. Carruthers,

Mangum; Vice-President, D. S. Wolfinger, Hobart;

Secretary, M. L. Hankins, Altus. The work in this

district is in its infancy. Watch it grow.

Several parties have asked us for quotations

on individual communion sets and we have quoted

the forty glass tray at $5.75. The price has recent-

ly been redued to $5.50 per tray of forty glasses.

The base now costs $2 and the cover $2 instead of

$2.25 each as heretofore. The bread plates have

been reduced from $1.45 to $1-25. We trust the

friends to whom we quoted prices will take note

of this and let us furnish what you need

Remember that we have on hand a good supply

of "The Child in the Midst," the study book for this

year. Remember also that the price has been in-

creased by the publishers. We will send the paper

bound, postpaid, at 40c, cloth bound, at 60c, post-

paid. Every dollar spent in the Book Shop gives

a little of the much needed help in publishing The

Messenger.

WHERE AND HOW TO SEND HOME AND

FOREIGN MISSION MONEY.

^ On account of the added .burden placed upon

the home board, brought about by single alignment,

it was agreed by *the co-operating boards for this

year,^ that money given for Home and Foreign

Mission (undesignated) should be divided in the

ratio of $12.00 for Home and $7.00 for Foreign Mis-

sions.

Designated funds (if any), will be sent as di-

rected: Do not send direct to the Home or For-

eign Boards for then it cannot be credited on your

apportionment, and it will not appear in the An-

™a\_ Money given for woman's distinctive work

should be sent to their secretary, Miss Howell, of

this city.

•' When sending money to this office be sure

and give name of church,: the association as well

as your name and postoffice, in order that you may

receive proper credit and receipt mailed accord-

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BAPT I STl MES^ENG

SE^EN

WOMAN'S WORK IN OKtAHOMA.

(Miss Sue O. Howell, Cor. Sec.)

Our brief stay in the office between the Dis-

trict meetings is crowded full of many and various

duties pertaining to the office work, so we find that

neither time nor space will admit of a lengthy re-

oort of the metings at McAlester and Okmulgee

Because of water-bound trains, the^Secretary found

it necessary to travel all night byway of Tulsa and

Muskogee to reach the McAlester meeting on time,

found the women of the,local society, together

with their pastor Bro. Chancellor, with everything

in readiness hoping they might welcome a large

number of visitors. In this, we were all somewhat

disappointed, about 50 being registered when plans

had been made for about 100, Those who came,

however, were not disappointed and many were the

testimonies that the meeting was much enjoyed.

Some who were expected on the program, did not

appear, but others were willing and-able to supply

the deficiency so that many very helpful things were

discussed in all the conferences.

In this meeting and ^Iso at Okmulgee, we

had with us, our President Mrs. W. A. McBride,

whose ability in presiding, added much to the meet-

ing.

In answer to roll call, eight associations and

fourteen societies were represented. Pontotoc and

Pottawatomie associations, each had a representa-

tive, but they belpng properly in the South Central

District. In this meeting report was made that Dur-

ant, McAlester, Poteau and Choate Prairie would

furnish a room in the dormitory.

\Vith the.ir usual loyalty Shawnee reports they,

will furnish three; rooms.

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The entertainment, special music and every lo-

cal arrangement was all that could be asked and

McAlester's only complaint was that more-did not

come.

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From here we made our way to Okmulgee, ar-

arriving at night and were met at the train by 'Broth-

er and Sister McAdoo. Here again we shall have

to record disappointment in numbers but hasten to

add that what we lacked in numbers was made up

in the quality of those present. There was a keen

and appreciative interest in all the sessions. A pa-

per on "The Child in the Midst" by Mrs. Campbell,

president of the First Church Society at Tulsa, and

the rendering of "Condita" by Mrs. Herbert Cal-

hous of Big Cabin were especially good. A short

address by Bro. Chambers, the pastor, on the sub-

ject of "Tithing" created much interest.

In all our meeting, the plan-of many confer-

ences has been commended, those present saying

the meetings hadi been unusually helpful because

so many had taken part. About 25 registered here.

Three associations and fourteen societies only being

represented.

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Claremore, Sapulpa, Muskogee, Central and

Henryetta, will furnish rooms in dormitory.

Rain interfered with the local attendance at

Okmulgee but several brethren with their cars, over-

came all discomfort and hospitality was abounding

on every hand..

In spite of the rain, about 25 boys and girls

responded to the inyitatioa to come to, the church

at 4 o'clock and a very profitable hour was had in

the children's meeting.

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; The bfferings Will be reported in full liter;.

it is ^requested that all societies, \ not reported

meetings, will send your offering to the -^-^

soon as possible.

NOTES ON THE CHILD IN THE MIDST.

(Chapter Five.)

We are reaching the climax in our book study.

Our hearts have been touched by the pictures given

in .each chapter. The child in its helplessness; the;

suffering and 'sorrow of neglect in home life, the

agonies of child wives and \yidows, the yearning

cry for teachers and books, but now in this chapter

we can see the sweetest, holiest and best of the child

heart defiled and polluted in the name of religion.;

If after we have studied this chapter, our hearts are

touched, not to the breaking point; but to the acting

point, then we can help .some of theserhorroirs to

cease and the children will be taught to worship

Christ aright. Some one has said "should we teach

our little children to worship Christ?" When we

see thousands of children in the far off countries

praying, morning, noon and night to their heathen

gods, some most loathsome form of torture in ordei-

to appease the wrath of their gods, some made to

look so long at the sun that he faints, some to wor-

ship .the dead skull of his father. Compare this

with our happy privileges of taking our children

to their little beds and teaching them to say: r ^

"Now I lay me down to sleep, {'

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I pray the Lord my soul t okeep, .

If I should die before I wake,

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I pray the Lord my soul to take;

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This I ask for Jesus' sake, Amen!"

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Then what joy it should be to us to see,that

our. children are in their places, at Sunday School,

Church, J. B. Y. P. U. and Sunbeam, to;take ad-

vantage of the blessed open way we have, that

they may learn to worship our Savior.

"The Child for Christ" should be the watch-

word of our "Organized motherhood for the child-;

ren of the world." The Bible is the only sacred

book that gives the child a place of importance.

Christ was the only founder of a religion who raised

childhood into a type of those Ayho Ayere fit to enter

His Kingdom. As E. G. Romanes says, "Tender-;

ness toward child life, appreciation of the simplicity

and the helplessness of children, affection pjf pctrt

ents for their children and children for their parents;

All these are features of the Bible whict the most

superficial reader cannot fail to observe."

^"^

In some places we have visited, we find the

women fail to use the leaflets sent but in ^ State

program packages. I am sure;you donjt>reali2e^

what you are missing. Please do not fail to use the

one on this chapter entitled, "The; religiousv condi-

tion of \the children of the United States/' Then

add to that a talk on the religious condition

own community and see: if it could be h

on by having a Sunbeam society or J. B. Y;

or both.

Let us give our mother hearts to the

these poor children we have studied about, but also:

let us see the work that is ripeunto harvest iivpur

own churches and communities,:;;';^:'^^;£J^^{^

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HUNTE&

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Some time ago Dr. James' book on ''Reasons for

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It is a great book which everyone interested in this

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The book that received the second prize, offered

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ON TO THE CONVENTION.

For the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con-

vention at Houston, the special round trip rates are

announced over the Rock Island from the follow-

ing points: Ardmore, $14.40; Chickasha, $18.00;

pinto*!,,$19.70; Elk City, $20.45; El Reno, $18.70;

Enid; $21.501 Geary, $19.65; Hobart, $16.20; Hold-

enville/$18.15; Howe, $17.75; Lawton, $17.10; Me-'

Alester, $17-30; Mangum,, $18.80; Medford, $23.15;

Oklahoma City, $18:76; Shawnee, $18.20. If we.

can get twenty or more \vhor will .agree to go to-

gether, we, can get & through Isleeper which will

leave Oklahoma City, at 11 a. m. Tuesday, the llth

-day ^of May, and arrive at Houston Wednesday the

x2thVat 7:05 a. m. We hope that at least twenty

will agree to go together. It "will make the trip

more;pleasant, and by having a-special car it will

be miich more convenient- The price of a lower

berth is $3.00, an upper berth $2.40, each way.

Write early for-reservation and credentials. See

your agent early about the rate from your point,

but you can travel anywhere in Oklahoma on the

2c rate you will lose nothing 'by* just buying to

Oklahoma City where you catch the special car and

then buy a round trip tiket.

SEND YOUR PASTOR,

Many churches in Oklahoma could and ought to

send their pastor to the Southern Baptist Convention

which meets in Houston, Texas, May I2th to i/th.

The Convention will probably not be so near us again

for many^years and we should take advantage of this

opportunity. Your pastor, no doubt, longs to go, but in

many cases unless the church shows her appreciation

of him he will have to take it out in longing. Make

your pastor happy and increase his Usefulness by giv-

ing him this trip. It will not be hard on several of

you, but it may be impossible for him to bear the ex-

pense alone. Someone start a subscription today and

present your pastor with from twenty-five to fifty

dpllars for-the trip. It will work a benefit all the way

around.

^ The Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, has written the

Moody Bible Institute of Chicago to cancel all liis

engagements this summer at the various Bible confer-

ences and conventions in this country, partly on ac-

count of his return to his former pastorate of Christ

Church, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Len

G; Broughton, but chiefly because of the war. Dr..

Meyer was one of those who thought the war would

,be brought to an end in June of this year, but he now

beheves that the prospect is darker and that there is

little hope of any1 cessation of the conflict before

autumn, and perhaps not until 1916. He thinks that if

the war grows more severe the necessity for min-

istering to the bereaved and suffering will demand the

best service of all in the front-rank of the church,

while if peace comes, they should all stand together for

terms of settlement that shall be Christian as well as

strong.

THE FACULTY.

It is now definitely determined that the Oklahoma

Baptist University at Shawnee will open next fall.

1 his is the decision of the Board of Directors of the

Convention, after having cafefuly considered the

financial results of the last Educational Campaign and

after having weighed well the promises of the pastors

and churches to-redeem their pledges: made at the

Convention during the next campaign.

' • ?! trustees of the University have many and

varied duties to perform between now and the time

tor opening that everything may.be ready, but the

mostresponsible task of all is &e selection and election

ot a faculty.

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. .The heart and life of any institution of learning

J!v

u y* Around the men and women who con-

stitute the teaching revolves .everything else. Neither

brick nor laboratories, however important these may

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be caii take the place of the right kind of faculty./ /

Buildings are mere: shells -of the school, but its life is, .-•

in the men and women who teach; There are several

facts which should control us/in the building of av .

faculty.

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(1) The faculty should not be too large to start

with. The burden for the rfirst year or two will of

necessitwomen

y falThere'will heavily

uponot n

ba e

few-well-chosen

much room for

mespecialn and

]

izing at first. The teachers will have to spread out and

help take care of the situation. This will mean hard

work and a great deal of it. The faculty should be

large enough to insure efficiency and thorough work,

but not an unnecessary teacher should be added.

(2) The faculty should be thoroughly qualified

as to scholarship and experience. Unless we have a

qualified faculty we need not expect to command the

respect of our constituency. It will require more than

high school graduates to meet the demands. Ripe

scholarship, ability to teach, and commanding person-

ality are qualifications which cannot be overlooked in

electing a faculty.

(3) The faculty should also be made up of

Christian men and women. They should know Jesus

Christ as their Savior, love E^im and be loyal to His

cause. We cannot hope to have a Christian school

unless every member of the faculty know God and

believe His Word. If the Oklahoma Baptist Univer-

sity is to be a great evangelizing agency, the spirit of

evangelism and soul-saving must be in the faculty.

(4) Then every member of the faculty should

be' a member of a Baptist Church in full fellowship

and in good standing. -. We are accustomed to speak

of our denomination schools being the conserving

agencies of our peculiar doctrines. How can they be

such agencies except the entire teaching force in our

schools be loyal Baptists and believe the doctrines of

the Baptists. There should be no compromise on this

point. This should apply to the teachers in the fine

arts department as well as in the liberal arts.

Let us endeavor, then, to secure a scholarly fac-

ulty—competent to do the work in the class room; a

Christian faculty—experience in the things of God;

and a Baptist faculty—loyal to the faith once delivered

to the Saints.

F. M. MASTERS,

Shawnee.

PROGRAM FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY MEET-

ING OF THE LITTLE RIVER ASSOCIA-

TION TO BE HELD WITH THE FIRST

BAPTIST CHURCH AT NOBLE,

OKLAHOMA.

8:00

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iicqovar^m. .Sermon/ Rev| E.^M. ^Jiteljcpck

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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915.

p. m. Sermon. (Introductory). .Rev. S. W.

Wilkerson, Lexington.

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FRIDAY; MAY 28,- 1915.

Devotion. • Led by Bro. Long, Lexing-

.*.ton. ; •.;

What Is An Ideal Pastor? General dis-

cussion, led by Bro. J. P. Corbet,

Lexington, R. 4.

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The- Duty of Pastor to Church. Dis-

cussion led by: Rev. S. W. Wilker-

son.

10:30 a. m. The Best Method to Enlist Every Mem-

ber to "Contribute to All Phases of

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: Our ^Organized Work. " General dis-

, ^cussion led by.Rev. J. L. Dilbeck.

:oo a. m

9:30 a. m.

io:op a. m.

2:30 p. m. State Missions and^WhyT^Rev.-'WV.E.f'^

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' Guy^Nb^an/'-H^-^J-^ .'.- :•• ;..,_•; -;:;:.

3:00 p m; ; Home Missions; Rev^tl;, M, Price..

j:3O p. m. Foreign Missions, General discus'sion,

led by Rev; '!Cdok> Mbbfe- • ;

4 :oo jx m. An Ideat~ Deacon.—-Discussion led. by

Bro.T.FiHay.v^ ;;; ^: •/, ;, . ;

Duties and Responsibilities of a Deason.

"SenriojTRev

MRevr^VErGiiyT"-

. L. Schheerer? "

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9:00 a." m. Devotions. Bro; E—M;r-Vance/

The Keys of the Kingdom. Rev. J.M.

WhDeano Shal

, Lexingtonl

Carry th

Gospe4-

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l and;Why?

Discussion led by Rev. E. M. Hitch-

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SermonRev

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. M. Corn

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, Norman

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Devotions. M. A. Ward.

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Board Meeting. :

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Woman's Work. Sister Corn, Norman.

Sermon. Rev. J. M. Dean.

SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1915.

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Devotions. TI F. Hay.

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Sunday School Rally. Led by Rev. J.

M. Dean!

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Sermon^ Preacher^to be supplied.

B. Y. P. U. Rally. Led by Rev. S. -W/v

Wilkerson.

Sermon. Preacher supplied.

NOTE : We certainly expect every Church of this

Association to be well represented, and especially urge

that every Pastor be present from the first hour till

the last. Please inform your people that you must re-

main at Noble for the Fifth Sunday. We will enter-*

tain you in many ways, especially by good thingi. to

eat, both temperal and spiritual. Come expecting

great blessings.

Respectfully,

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LARGE STOCK OF BIBLES, • :

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Bibles and are prepared to furnish most any thing-you

want. Colpbrters can be supplied at prices that will

be satisfactory. We know we can sell them as cheaply '

as anybody for we buy them that way. Let us all pull

together for the sake of Oklahoma.

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apportionment

April 30f

Home and Foreign Mission'

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time only. Order today. The offer may be with-

drawn tomorrow.

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profitable book on Travel by Dr. Hamlet, published

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70c.

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The Life of Dwight L. Moody, by his son, pub-

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The Life of L. L. Smith of Oklahoma, pub-

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Mabel Clement, a Baptist story, published at

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OKLAHOMA BAPTIST HOSPITAL.

May is assigned by the Baptist General Con-

vention of Oklahoma to offerings for the Oklahoma

Baptist Hospital, -located ,at Muskogee. I was in

the hospital a few days ago, and found everything

in excellent condition. The earnings of the hos-

pital have kept up repairs, paid interest on the

$5,000 debt for the building, besides doing about

$1,000 ol charity work. This/does not include the

doctor's treatment, which is" worth another $1,000

or more, and is donated also. The rent of the

nurse's home, $240 a year is another charge on the

earnings of the hospital. So the hospital is prov-

ing worthy of support by the denomination, which

is doing from $2,000 to $3,000 of charity a year for

which the denomination in the State gets credit.

This too under the serious lack of room. Patients

have been turned away for lack of room.

: : Eleven nurses are taking training, and making

an excellent record, Mrs. Carleton was with me,

andj\ve were delighted with the atmosphere and

genejal .management of the hospital. Miss Cheek,

the superintendent and Miss Wood, superintend-

ent of nurses, deserve great credit, as do the faculty

and "hospital board. The Baptists of the whole

State ought to be proud of this institution. ^ .

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ains

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price on large quantities. Do not ask us if other":

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overstocked on these arid need tlie money.

Gist of the Lesson,! by Torrey, 25c, sent post-

paid, 20c.

Tarbell's Teacher's Guide, $1.00, sent post-

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The Twentieth Century Sunday School 50c,

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Pastoral Leadership of the Sunday School

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Following the Sunrise 40c, sent postpaid SOc.

In Royal Service 40c, sent postpaid 30c.

The Study of Child Nature, Harrison, $1.00.

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History of Baptist Young People's Union of

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The Messages and Papers of the Presidents,

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30 N. Robinson.

Oklahoma City, Okla.

fine opportunity to do "good Samaritan" work.

Many of our churches have been "going by on" the

other side." The $5,000 ;debt ought to be paid, that

the earnings of the hospital might go into repairs

and improvements.

Besides the nurse's i home projected last year,

is a necessity. They; have about $1,000 and need

$4,000 more. A permanent home on their lot will

be a splendid investment. Many churches and pas-

tors thought it not practical to make offerings last

year during our campaign, but promised to "take

it up later." Now brethren, is the accepted time.

Don't fail this year. Some churches claimed to

have met all their apportionments that gave noth-

ing to the hospital. Let us" all be whole Oklahoma

Baptists by standing for and contributing to all ot

our denominational causes.

There will be no representative in the field this

year. The Hospital Board is trusting the pastors

and churches to look after this matter. Be sure to

take an offering during; May, the earlier the bet-

ter, and mail checks to The .Oklahoma Baptist Hos-

pital, Muskogee, Okla., 6th and Fon DuLac Sts.

The First Church, Muskogee, has given $400 to this

fund and gave $500 last yearh

! T. C: CARLETON.

MESSE N

BAPTISE

LEXINGTON/OKLAHOMA

Dear Editor: I am sending you an

article to be placed; among ; the other

good things of your paper."On the

20th of this month Rev. W. R. Chand-

ler and H. Z. Duke of Dallas Texas

met with us at New Hope Baptist

Church, we had dinner at the Church.

Bro. Chandler introduced Bro. Duke

and his subject and made some

speeches himself.

Their speeches

made the mission blood run hot in our

church. We had only collected $7.80

of our $20.00 apportionment, and our

hearts .were aching for the suffering

cause of our Lord. After the speeches

our people forgot self, our tears ran,

together our hearts were melted with

fervent zeal our hands touched hand

in covenant with God and his promises.

Most of our people present said that

they were going to tithe for one year

and when the zeal of God's house was

eating us up, your unwohlhy servant

without a nickle, started the collection

at $5.00 expecting to have it to borrow

when I got home. But; our visiting

brethren and church paid it for me and

our collection ran up to $24.80, making

$32.80 in all for home and foreign

missions.

I thank God for these Godly men-t

coming our way and for the gift of the

church to missions I think our church

reached its penticost that day. Well

Bro. Editor didn't you feel like some

how on that day you were missing

something. Well the truth of it all is

the pastor shouted and Bro. Duke said

he had to bite his tongue to keep from

going with me and not us only but all

were happy in the Lord. After a few

minutes Bro. Chandler whispered: How

about a meeting this summer? We

said come over and help us. At night

we were at Lexington and they spoke

again to a large crowd and their

speeches took well with all who heard

them. Our Sunday School superin-

tendent, a young man, said that he was

going to tithe/Wednesday we went

out to Corbett and had services morn-

ing and evening.

Only those who

were present can tell the story; every

body happy again, several promised to

tithe, Corbett raised over $50.00 for

1 home and foreign missions, after ser-

vice we gave the parting hand and

returned home. The churches that

entertaind these brethren have been

fully paid." Come again brethren.

S. B. Wilkersoni

Two Turkish torpedo boat destroy-

ers were blown up, says a Saloniki dis-

patch, while passings through a mine

belt which Russian ships had suc-

ceeded in laying across the entrance

to the Bosphorus while the Turkish

fleet was cruising in the Black Sea.

To ensure wireless communication

between Germany and the United

States under all kinds of static condi-

tions, the power of the wireless sta-

tion at Sayville, L. I., has been al-

most trebled.

Fern Was Peeved

According to an eminent botanist,

plants are so sensitive that they re-

sent neglect and are susceptibe to

kind treatment, showing their grati-

tude in charning ways. We are there-

fore the more ready €6 believe a story

told us a day or two ago by a lover

of nature. He was watering a fern

on a cold morning. He forgot to tem-

per the Vater.; The fern, incensed by

the shock, leaped from the pot and bit

him savagely in the leg.—Philip Hale,

in Boston Herald. •

Proposals for a tunnel between

Great .Britain and Ireland, underneath

the Irish channel,-have ^ been revived

by the difficulties of navigation since

the new German submarine warfare

came into effect

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CADDO, OKLAHOMA

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The work-in Bryan Association is in

very good cpndition; -1 have been ;on

this field two years' Our membership

here and at Bokchito has'increased

over .one hundred. .Our Sunday. School

here is progressing .nicely, .We. have

Brother.!. N. Edwardsjn.our associa-

tion and we all love;hini.' I seef a little

criticism of bur" Brother-Stalcup quot-

ed in the Messenger from another

paper.- I am; sorry :to- hear of such

things., God knows Brother/Stalcup

has enough to -bear ""without someone

that is not enlisted-ifrthe^&reat -work

of evangelizing this great state of Okla-

homa.- throwing stones =athim. The

workers of Oklahoma, have the utmost

confidence in Brother Stalcup as a

safe, consecrated, faithful,-loving

leader. I have been in this state as a

pastor more than- twelve years, and

have done my work in a quiet way. but

I have kept in*" close touch with all of

our denominational Interests. I had

the pleasure* of being present at Dun-

can and helping to elect Brother Stal-

cup as our leader (or our servant) and

ever since been glad to co-operate with

him in all these years in building up

the cause of otir Baptist faith. Not

one of the working' force of our great

Baptist host in Oklahoma doubt him

in any way. I feel like our people

ought to pray more for him in these

day of awful financial depression, with

our great mission interest upon his

heart at this time.

J. HAMILTON GRAIN.

Son

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Nelson Founds Art Gallery.

Kansas City.—A perpetual monu-

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son, late editor owner of The Kansas

City Star, consfsting of a collection of

fine arts works to he purchased by a

board of trustees composed of the

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souri, Kansas and Oklahoma, is pro-

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vision is .that a" farin'.of'1,750 .acres in

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"THE SINGING" CONVENTION."

County Singing convex

Uon will meet with the Second Baptist

church,: ChickasliaJ7 Okla;, Saturday

evening, May;22nd;:and will continue

until- Sunday afternoon.

We have been asked if the Baptists

were the only ones-who would be al-

lowed to take a £art in the conven-

tion. I will say this Is undenomina-

tional, Just the Grady County Singing

convention. : Everybody is welcome

come prepared with your xhoir or quar-

tettes, duets ;or solos.

;";,'.; .HOSEA A. HALEY,

1018 Choctaw Ave, ';-

OBITUARY.

Resolution resolved whereas it has

pleased God to call our beloved teach-

er, Nannie Hyden, from our midst

Whereas the Sunday School has lost

a loving teacher. AS It has pleased

our Father to call her home let us rise

up and fill the rank that has been left

vacant by her, so when God calls us we

may hear the welcome applause, "well

done thou good and faithful sen-ant

enter thou into the rest prepared for

you." Mrs. W. T, Hardy, Jessie Powell,

Carrie Nelson, Mary Powell, Maudie

Mills, :Alice Palmer, Sailie Sprague,

Martha J: Wells, Lue Mills, Emma Len-

sam, Rosalie Wells.

F. V. Murray, Mexia, Texas: 'I am a

reader of the Messanger and think it

a fine poper for Christian people. 1

like to read the letters from the chur-

ches over the state. We have a nice

church here with about six hundred

members. Our B. Y. P. U. is doing

well. We want to reach the A-l class

in the near future. I, came here from

Caddo, Oklahoma, last October. My

membership was at Rock Springs,

which is in a good community. The

Baptists of Oklahoma are doing a great

work; Wish you success in the book

work."

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EXERCISE; AND GRECiAN BEAUTY.

IT MEANS.

The So-Called "Scientific?, tF«edi ng.

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In this 20th century pf advancement,

people are too apt. to listen to,,new;

theories and put Jntp'practice1 new-

fangled notions of.feeding; Not .only

do adults follow.'so-called, "scientific

systems/* but they "cram* down the

mouths of their children such scien-

tific soft foods that require no exer-

cise of the digestive organs, and the

children are apt to become fragile and

their stomachs too weak' .to take in

strength-giving food and be 'able to

assimilate it. This is a hothouse con-

dition that no man. woman or child

should permit The muscles of the

stomach require exercise just as any

other muscles of the "body; neglect

them with too much ease and inaction

and you raise a dyspeptic. Use a toniQ

made of medicinal herbs which will

stimulate the stomach into greater ac-

tivity—a remedy which will do this is

one which has stood the test of public

approval for over forty years, contain-

ing no alcohol or narcotic. We refer

to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis-

covery.

It arouses the little muscular fibres

into activity and causes the gastric

juices to thoroughly mix with the food

you eat, simply because It supplies

the stomach with pure, rich blood.

It's weak, impure blood that causes

stomach weakness. Get good blood

through the use of Dr. Pierce's Gol-

den Medical Discovery, and you will

have no more indigestion.

Sick people are invited to consult

Dr. Pierce by letter, free. All cor-

respondence is held as strictly private

and sacredly confidential.

Know Thyself.

Read alt about yourself, your sys-

tem, the physiology of life, anatomy,

hygiene, simple home cures, etc., in

the "Common Sense Medical Adviser,"

a book of 1008 pages. Send to Dr.

Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., 3 dimes, (or

stamps), for a cloth-botand copy.—

Adv.

Many thousands of women axe now-

adays paying 'attention to^physical

culture and; thei proper '- exercise of

their body' muscles, where, thirty

years ago of fifty years ago there was

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—fine for Revivals, Sunday Schools, etc.

Worda and mtisic in both books pleasing,

inspiring, devotional;. >i:Carefully ; edited;

Both notations., Price, .each, 25c, dozen

$2.50. Sample/of either r book 15c; both

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which is quite necessary to physical CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH,^ MUS-

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men .and women, excelled ill beautiful

and symetrical forms was because of

the attention they paid to the proper

exercise. Then, too, they were un-

trameled by corsets, shoes and the in-

conveniences of clothing.

To the

minds of some women the idea of

physical exercise conveys only the

Idea of hard fatiguing work. Mild ex-

ercise continued.day after day is best

for the body and spirits and health.

Without proper exercise there can be

no health, and without health there

can be no real beauty.

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we are, still -: gaining\. -ground. Just

closed a very good meeting in which

we had ten additions, nine by baptism,

one by letter, all grown uf> people.;

The pastor did; the preaching. The

Sunday School is doing excellent work

under the -leadership of H. Lyon. He

is the best superintendent in Musko-

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gee, W. S. Wiley, J. B. Rounds; and

There is no stronger proof of the W. DL Moorer, the Sunday School arid

sound remedial value of Dr. Pierce's B. Y. P. U. workers, held a .training

Favorite Prescription than that it re- school with this church.: Several took

stores the wasted form to its wonted the work, but the bad feather greatly

roundness.

hindered. Sunday AprtjL 18th,; was a

The mighty restorative power of Dr. good day, one hundred .eighty one to

Pierce's Favorite Prescription speedily Sunday School; the largest attendance

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causes all womanly troubles to disap- *e have had at the preaching service

pear—compels the organs to properly this year. Dr. Houghton,-, assistmiti

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perform their natural functions, cor-

rects displacements, overcomes irregu-

larities, removes pain and misery at

certain times and brings back health

and strength to nervous, irritable and

exhausted women.

It is a wonderful prescription pre-

pared only from Nature's roots with

glycerine, with no alcohol to falsely

stimulate. It banishes pain, headache,

backache, low spirits, hot flashes,

dragging-down sensations, worry and

sleeplessness .surely and without loss

of time.

Sick women are invited to consult

Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. Address Dr.

Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.

Roland Garros, the famous French

aviator, has been caught by the Ger-

mans.

FRECKLE S

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Utfy Spots

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feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the

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strength—Jrom imy^dni^&t'and apply

a little of^ it jaight^and^morning and

you should soon>see:that even the worst

freckles have^ begwtoi ^sappea^i Trhile

the lighter ones hpjB vanished entirely.

It is seldom^ tbat- more^thaii^ai^'ounce

i a needed-to completely /cleiar7"tne skin

and gain a beautiful.;clear^cpmplexion.

Be sure to ask for tfie double strength

othine as this is sold under, guarantee pf

money backjfiUails to remova freckles.

Phesphorus

The discovery of phosphorus by

Brandt in 1668 was first applied com-

mercially as a means of obtaining fire

by Gorfey Haulwitz of London, who

in 1860, under the direction of Robert

Boyle, prepared and sold large quan-

tities. It was used for procuring fire

by robbing small particles between

the folds of brown paper, and a sul-

phur match was ignited from the_re-

sulting flame; but as phosphorus was

both costly and dangerous this inven-

was not long employed

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PENOMINATIONAL TREE.

We have had;one or ;two inquiries

for a chart'showing th.e origin and

development ' of denominationalism.

Mr. J.L. Francis has prepared a very

interesting map showing at one view

the origin, date, descent and by whom

• the Christipn

denominations were

founded.. ;You may not agree with his

arrangement of the tree, but if you

are interested in this line, you will be

gla4 to haverthis chart 'Size of chart

is about'18x26' Price $1.00 .postpaid.

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evangelist of Dr, Craybill, preached for •

us at the Sunday evening service. The

B. Y. P. TJ. Is doing excellent-work.

It now has about forty active members.

The union is striving for sixty. Ws

are compelled to build a larger build-

or else our work will be greatly

We are hoping that the con-

«*MW-W —ancially will get,better so

the church can begin to arrange for the-

building. * Next Thursday evening; we

will ordain two deacons, W. A. 'Dunbac

and James Obsion. Rev. M. Craybill;

of Mont Rouse; Ind.f will begin"a :Unio&

Revival Meeting May 2nd. The taberf

nacel is nearly compeled. It will seat,

five thousand people. We arepraytag

that this .will be a great meetirigiand

that hundreds' may be converted and

that the churches of Muskogee wiUrbe

built up! and strengthened. ;,We are

planning for a great revival,for pur

own church next September, when our

church will-be second to none in Mus-

kogee "numerically and" in^ spiritual

power. We are only one year and a

half old and have had one hundred and

; fifty additions. The general average of

attendance at Sunday; School is; one

hundred and fifty. We haVe,:thus far

taken all of our apportibinnents rfor

.missions. To God be all-the glory. -

"^ F. \\TISDpM, Pastor.

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THE NORMAN MEIET(NG

Just a---"word please about our meet-

ing which closed on the 18th. We had

the great joy of having Dr. .Alyin

Swindell, of Frost, Texas, with us for

two weeks. Dr.-Swindellled our meet-

ing and whaa feasts were given the

people! Brother Swindell is a great

preacher, at all times quiet, gentle,

;tender, persuasive, yet very earnest.

He is refined, elegant and clear cut in

his utterance, a man whose heart is

warm and eympathic. He is great in

expounding the gospel. His preaching

is almost altogether of the expositary

kind. His simplicity is very noticeable.

The most illiterate can grasp and un-

derstand every word, yet he commands

and holds the attention of *he scholar.

He is a profound thinker, one of the

best reasoners I ever heard. In his

preaching he hues ciose to the line.

Christ and Him crucified for the sins

of the world, furnishes the theme for

all his preaching. He loves/ his Lord

and tells of his Lordrs love for the lost

SPRING ISSUES!

Life and Influence of the Rev-

Benjamin Randall

Founder of Free Baptist Denomination

I By Rev. FREDERICK L. WILEY

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Ephesiaos

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THE PEOPLE'S PRAYERS *

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By GEORGE W. GOLEMAN

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In Social Service Series

Women in American

Industry

By SCOTT NEARING, Ph. D.

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THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

By SAMUEL ZANE BATTEN

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THE CHURCH AS A SOCIAL

CENTER

By CHRISTIAN F. HEISNER, D. Df

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American Baptist Publication

Society

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ST. LOUIS, MO.

•with telling effect He is a man with a

message. His stay with us will have

far reaching results.

As to the results of the meeting it

is impossible at this early hour to

indicate them. His method was so

sane and sound, his preaching so large-

ly a matter of ground work and seed

sowing that one .cannot make any

estimate of the work done. There

were quite-a ".number or conversions

and additions by baptism, three await-

ing baptism now. Some came in by

letter and others to follow. Viewed

simply from the visible results the

meeting was decidedly worth while.

The church was greatly revived and

quickened, a new impulse given and a

new vision. There isn't any telling

what .this church will be and do when

we get the vision of our possibilities,

and the vision is coming; has already

come to some. Brother Swindell help-

ed to bring it He set our hearts on

fire time after time when he would

point the .way to the great future be-

fore us. We are coming to our own.

You will hear from us some of these

days. Some of God's best folk are here

in his church. We have a great future,

a great task, some great men, but

above a great god to help. We thank

the Lord for the work of Brother

Swindell. We most heartily recom-

mend him to churchs or pastors who

want an evangelist It was a great joy

to the' pastor and family to have him

in their home. It was sweet to go over

again the days of yore. For three

years we were classmates in our great

seminary at Ft Worth. It was good to

have him with us.

W. S. GUY.

RHEUMATISM

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reasonable relief year money will b« refunded.

also an excellent family Liniment. By mall

$1. a bottle. Bank reference and testimonia

Wanted to! Be Hospitable

When I went to Paris, said Gen.

Horace Porter, 1 told my friends that

any of them who got within a mile

of the embassy must come to see me.

The latchstring, I told them, was out;

there was always a spare seat in my

pew at church. The latchstring was

often pulled; the seat in cburch re-

mained vacant One of my friends

who visited me stopped his subscrip-

tion to the Christian Observer. He

said he didn't want any observers

while he was in Paris.

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Charleston, W. Va., charged with burg-

lary and also with violation of the

prohibitory law of that state.

Varying Wind Pressures

The wind .pressure on wires strung

on poles is estimated at half of that on

fiat plates of equal area.

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A DROP OF BLOQD.

Taken from a person "who has lor

a few months used Vernal Palmettona

(formerly known as Vernal Saw Palm--

etto Berry Wine) is pure and free from

taint.

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We say a few months, because it

takes time to overcome the 'effect of

years of careless living in the matter

of diet, sleep an<l dissipation.1 This

great one dose a" day remedy gives

quick relief from indigestion, consti-

pation, dyspepsia, headache and all

.kinds of liver, kidney and stomach

troubles, but as the impurities entered

the system slowly, so they must he

got rid of slowly.

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Poisons and disease germs creep in-

to the blood through the retention of

impure waste matter in, the stomach

and bowels and through Inactive kid-

neys and lazy liver. Vernal Palmet-

tona gives gentle "aid to the weakened

organs. Gradually they gain strength

and are finally able to perforni their

natural functions without any help.

When this stage is reached, use.d little

judgment in what you eat and'drink

and you will have.no more trouble.

You will be able to do twice as much

as before, whether it is done with your

hands or with your brain.

Perhaps you have read' this kind

of talk before and have found the

remedy talked about a flat failure in

your case. It so, you are prejudiced.

Knowing that such a prejudice often

exists, we give everyone a chance to

try Vernal Palmettona before they

buy. It is on sale at all leading drug

stores, but you can try it free of ex-

pense. Write us for a free sample

bottle today. It will be cheerfully and

promptly sent "free and postpaid* If

it does you good," it is easy to stop into

a drug store and get a full size bottle.

The druggist will not try to sell you

something else. If he does, he is an

exception, for druggists know that

Vernal Palmettona is the best remedy

of its kind in existence. Why hesi-

tate

Write Immediately for sample

bottle. Vernal Remedy Company, Buf-

falo, N. Y.

OBITUARY.

Cyrus Thornton Dye was born Sep-

tember 27th, 1881, at Vandalia, Mo.

Married to Miss Pearl'Thompson Jan-

uary 12th, 1902. Departed this life at

Jones, Okla., April 12th, 1915. Besides

the wife there is left two lovely chil-

dren, a daughter, Romola, aged eleven

years, and a son, Earl, aged nine years,

together with father and mother and

brothers and sisters, i Brother Dye

united with the Baptist church in 1900

and was during his life a most faith-

ful and active worker In the church.

He was a song leader of ability and

his greatest pleasure was to help to

sing the unsaved into the^kingaom.

The last time the writer "saw Brother

Dye alive he led the song service in

the little church; at Brittbh, while the

writer brought the message* -Brother

Dye was conscious to the very last and

called his friends and loved ones about

him and bid them:good-bye saying he

was not afraid to die but was ready

BRANCH MANAQERS

--—. — — for my World-Wide nill-order bgd*

nan. Operate from roar home. Bp»re time. You

— ahou]dm»k6 CO vaekly. Bxpextanoo anneoeMarr.

0- A, BUTLER, 400 I*«terlw. TOI-KDO,,'**™*

to go home to Jesus. He asked that

I come and preach the funeral, which

I did the 15th inst A large concourse

of friends and neighbors gathered in

the church he loved so well at Britton

to pay the last measure of respect to

him. The Odd Fellows Lodge aided

in the services, he having been a faith-

ful member of this order for some time.

Brother Dye said, "tell all my friends

I will be waiting and watching over

-there forthenriand to meet in^; In-

heaven." -v We sang "Some Day5 We

Will Understand" and lovingly; aad

tenderly laid him to rest /'Blessed

are the dead which die in the Lord

from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit,

that they may rest from their labours;

and their works do follow them." What

a blessed privilege to know that we

shall meet him there and shall know

him as he is known.—Will H. Chappell.

CHRISTAIN UNION

RELATIVE TO BAPTIST CHURCHES

A New Book of Articles Previously Published. Edited by

J. M. Frost 12 Mo.f 144 Page. Cloth, 40 cents.

Page

1. Decline of Early Christian

Churches . .....

W. J. McGlothlln.

2, "What We Believe"

3* Center of Christian Onion ..

J. M. Frost.

4. The Deity of Jesus Christ..

U N. Slrrell.

5. Faith and Knowledge

6. Faith and the Faith

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7. Are Baptists Calvlnfsts?

2. T. Cody.

8. Christian Union — A Deliverance by

the Baptist General Convention

of Texas ...« ........... ....... 35

9. Pronouncement of Christian . Union

and

Denominational

Efficiency

by the Southern Baptist Conven-

tion

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10. Uses and Abuses of Creedal State-

ments

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J. B. GambreH.

11. The Commission in Creedal Form. 55

J. M. Frost.

12. Baptism and Christian Union ..... 61

E. T. Mullins.

13. Christian Union and Infant Bap-

tism

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14. Modern Scholarship on Immersion 68

A. T. Robertson.

*Titles without names of writers are

Page

15. Baptism—Light From All Sources 71

A. T. .Robertson.

16..The Spiritual Meaning of Bap-

tism .

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E. T. Mullins.

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17. The Baptist Position as to Re-

stricted Communion ..........i.-.90 =:

E. T. Mullins.

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18. Dr. Campbell Morgan on Baptism 98

19. A Methodist View of Baptism..... 99

20. Judson'a Change of View..........102

21. "Baptism by Immersion".,.,.,....106

22. Larger Use of the Ordinances.,...107

J. M. Frost.

23. The Values of Baptism

....113

J. S. Kirtley.

24. Thturee Greatess

t of All .Eas.ter Pic...11-

Howard Lee Jones.

25. The Problem of Christian Union..12t

J. F. Love.

26. "The Art of Thinking Things To-

gether" .

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J. M. Frost.;

27. The Doctrine of Education.;...... 132

O. 1^ Powers.

28. Christian Fundamentals In Educa-

tion

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E. M. Poteat.

"Editorials^ as shown in proper place. r

BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

MAKES YOU SICKAND SALIVATES

uDodson's Uver Tone" Is Harmless To

Clean Your Sluggish Uver

and Bowels,

Ugh! Calomel makes you aick. It?a

horrible! Take a dose of the dangerous

drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose

a day's work.

Calomel is mercury or quicksilver

which causes necrosis of the bones.

Calomel, when it comes into contact

with sour bile-crashes into it, breaking

it up.; This is when you feel that awful

nausea and cramping. If you are slug-

gish and; "all knocked out," if your

liver is torpid afcd bowels constipated

or you have headache, dizziness, coated

tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour,

just, try a spoonful of harmless Dodsoa's

laer Tone tonight on my guarantee.

Here's my guarantee-—^ to any drug

store and get a: 60 cent t>6ttle of Dod-

son's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and

if it doesn't straighten you right up

and make you feel fine and vigorous I

want you to go back: to the store and

get your, money. Dodson's; Liver Tone

is destroying the sale of calomel tecaiise

it is real liver medicine; entirely vege-

table, therefore it can not salivate or

make you sick.

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I guarantee that ;one spoonful of I)od-

son's Liver Tone will putVyour sluggish

liver to work and clean your bowela Of

that sour bile .and. constipatejd; waste

which is clogging your system:;aiid mak-

ing you feel miserable, I guarantee that

a bottle of Dodsoirt Liver ;l^ne-&witl

keep your entire family; feeling fine; ::fot

months. Give it to your cWldren. ;It ie

hannlesfl;; doesn't gripe and ttey' lie -its

pleasant

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