Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1882 Page: 2 of 8
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CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
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SSE^GER BOX HAM SEMIXARY.
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'NESDAY, JULY 26, 1882.
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ARD MEETING.
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Wo loft home on Friday, July
■ to attend the camp-meeting at
Leonard. In company with Bro.
Armstrong, we struck out from
Bonham, south-wast, inquiring
for’Leonard. Notwithstanding the
day was hot and the R>ad dusty,
we went our way rejoicing, to bear
glad tidings to Leonard. We soon
fell in bompany with Bro. Gran-
ville Moore and family, of Dodd
City, who were on their way to
the meeting and to visit relatives
near Leonard: About live o’clock
in the evening we drew neai the
city, but could not see any tent,
camp, or prospect for meeting. So
we pulled up into the heart of the
city and inquired for one preach-
er whose surname is Thurman.
We were told that he was gone
after the evangelist's tent and had
. not yet returned. Now, brethren,
appreciative local patreaage and Ghost is for remission of tins,
a wide spread reputation as an ef- Hence the stress that ia laid on
Schools conducted in the inter- ficient edusator, he is capable of the fact that Cornelius received
est of the church are df two kinds doing us no little help in the mat-! the baptism of the Holy Spirit be-
ter of building up the church in f©re he was baptized “in the name
this part o? the state. We would of the Lord.” Just admit it, then
not be unmindful of his claims what? Why, any Bible reader
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T v; draw on your imaginations, and
you preachers who have been
coojftd off in this way, just think
of it; true, we had access to the
hotel, and thffc would have been
sufficient for the writer, or even
to*have lariated, my ponies on the
grass and slept on my blanket.
But not so with Bro. Armstrong.
And now, brethren, for conscience’
a a a a ■ e
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imber that he is aged
il of many winters
j fatigue oi many summers, he
is way-worn* and needs more rare
and attention than a Texas ranger
or a Confederate soldier. Just
think of it, brethren, what obli-
ligatiorrs and burdens we have
placed upon him; under obliga-
tions te leave his family and go
, through heat and rain, through
dirt and mad, and. notwithstand-
‘goes cheerfully with all bis
hr; he does
. „ The Savior would
As ye do it unto him, so do
ye ufcto me. But we have wan.-
' dered; let u$ return to the streets
of Leonard. Bro. Stovall lives in
town, and when he heard of our
arrivall came and invited Bro. A.
to his house. Arrangements were
made for preaching that night at
the school-house in town, end
Bro. Moore and I went over into
Hunt county. Had a small, at-
tentive audience that night. Next
morning we reared the tent,
about ene-half mile from town,
because there was much water
there. That day Bros. Boyles
pitched their tent, and some other
brethren Qpmped with covered
wagons, and a camp-meeting was
.very apparent. Had preaching at
three o'clock and at night. Sun-
day we had a large concourse of
people, and Bro. A. Preached his
master covenant sermon. Had
dinner on the ground, and a love-
ly social of ypany brethren.
Preaching at three o’clock. At
night the rail* came mp and about
forty souls remained under the
tent until the rain ceased, when
Brother Armstrong and I followed
Bro. Moore about two miles
through the black mud. Monday
morning .1 was very forcibly
struck with the idea that about
eight miles north of Bonham
would be a good place for me to
retire, so I waded out and hitched
up my team, and in my leather
boots and m*d moccasins I started
home. But Bro. A. was not so
if we have respect for their owner-
ship and management. (1) Church
property * managed by those
whom the church sets apart to that
work. Of this kind we may men-
tion Burtitt College, Kentucky
University, &c. Schools of this
kind are most desirable when the
church is willing and able to es-
tablish and support them ; be-
cause they can be liberally en-
dowed and continued in their
work from generation to genera-
tion. (2) Private property man-
aged by the individual owner who
is heart, mind and body consecra-
ted to church. This- second class
are very numerous and need not
that l should mention any exam-
ples.
Bonham Seminary, according
to my understanding, is a school
of this latter sense. The school
belongs to Bro.* Carlton, and Bro.
Carlton belongs to the church.
And to those who know this ven-
erable man of God, it would be a
waste of time to say that he is
the last man to forget-his religion
in the hurry of other matters.
He is a Christian man, as true to
the principles of thi^ great Res-
toration in the class-room as in
the pulpit. But one has only to
know what Bro. Carlton has ac-
complished at Bonham to appre-
ciate the value of this school to
the church in this section.
Bro. Carlton eame to Bonham
in 1867. When the question of
inviting him to take charge of
the school was first agitated, a far-
sighted religionist, by no means
favorable to our people, said:
“But heis a Cambpellite pieach-
er!” An unsuspecting brother
in the faith that was not delivered
to the saints made answer: “That
can not be of any consequence,
for there are none of that kind
here.” They never supposed
Charles Carlton would jeopardize
his school by preaching a doc-
trine so unpopular in a place
where there were “none of that
kind” even to give him an invita-
tion 1 But in this they showed
their ignorance ef the man. And
now, after these years of toil, and
patience and prayer, Bonham is,
in the language of Dr. Hay, pro-
verbial as “the Campbellite Jeru-
salem north Texas.”
The school has maintained &
steady growth from the first, not-
withstanding the bitter religious
prejudice that has been arrayed
against it. For the reader hiust
know that Sister Carlton, as it
turned out, spoke prophetically
when she said to tk$ committee
first sen tio invite them to Bon-
hams “You will be as anxious to
get us away in two years as you
now are to get us there.” She is
one of those practical women who
know the inconstancy of human
nature and the bitterness of re-
ligious prejudice. But Charles
Carlton is the lost man to yield a
purpose to the mere dictum of
blind fanatics. He labored on
till he has measurably lived down,
and preached down, and taught
down all formidable opposition.
He is now master of the situa-
tion, and so far as human observa-
tion can reveal the fature, he will
have smooth waters and pleasant
sailing to the end of life. May
God grant it !
Touching Bro. Carlton’s quali-
fications, 1 need only say that] he
upon us as well as bis ability to
help us.
must admit it was given first on
pentecost, mid therefore none were
Bro. Carlton has sufficient help saved till that day. Then if the
of his own training for ths sehool j kingdom* of Christ was ©atablish-
He lias two daughters j ed before pentecost, it was mads
room.
who assist him, and these have
had liberal advantages above what
he has taught them at home. One
of them has made special prepa-
ration under the best teachers our
country affords, for the depart-
ment of music, and judging from
the way the Bonham papers speak
of her performance and work in
the class-room, sue is every way
equal te the task required of her.
The buildings are all new; and
capable of accommodating 350
pupils. There were 275 matricu-
lates—quite a number from a dis-
tance— last session, and we hope
tlie school will be crowded to its
utmost capacity the next term.
Pupils can obtain board at reason-
able terms either with the princi-
pal or in private Christian fami-
lies.—Tex. Dep. Old-Path Guide.
1 JfOTHING INA NAME-
free. He had to finish his task.
I left him in the mud, and some [is a graduate of Bethany College,
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brother will regret the sequel of
the meeting, in which we hope to
hear better ithings.
J. Clevenger.
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in the palmiest days ef its im-
mortal founder. And now j^iat
he has the confidence and Bup^brt
of a strong chureh, as well as an
Religions people sometimes tell
us there is nothing in a name,
and some of my brethren seem to
Believe it. God said to Moses,
“My name is Jehovah.” Loobs
reasoners say that as. the hea-
then moan God when they say Ju-
piter, they are all right. This ,is
almost blasphemy. The names
God uses have a meaning which
no other words will express. Pe-
ter says, “There is none other
name under heaven whereby we
must be saved but the name of
Jesus Christ.” The name John
means the grace of God; Jacob
means supplanter. My own name,
James, means the same. Is there
nothing in the name of James A.
Garfield ? He is the fifth J ames
elected president. Not one can-
didate bearing th&t name has
ever been beaten. This, os some
claim, is only accident. But as
all God-given names express char-
acter, are not all such important ?
Jesus, the same as Joshua, .means
deliverer. Lord means master or
teacher, and lawgiver. Christ, or
Christos, means auointed. It sets
forth Christ as prophet, priest
and king. Paul in Eph. 3, uses
the name Christ seven times, and
says, “I bow my knee unto the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
of whom the whole family iu
heaven and earth is named.” I
ask brethren if that family name
is your sect name, Disciple, which
some of you use ? sect is from
‘seco,’ a part cut off, and a sect
name, is the exponent of a part.
Disciple means a learner, and
does not imply repentance or bap-
tism. Disciple first, then faith,
then repentance, then baptism.
That mpkes a Christian. Chris-
tians are still disciples as they
continue to learn. When breth-
ren use the term disciple, they
should state what school of learn-
ers they mean. There are disci-
ples among Catholics, protestants
and Mormons. Christian is my
name, not disciple, though I am a
disciple. It is wrong to sectize
disciple, as it is saint, and we do
this when we use them as the
name of Christ's people, and spelf
them with capital letters. Show
me my error crethren, as 1 have
yeurs, and I will abandon it.
Japes L. Thornberri.
up of unsaved, unregenerated
persons! By this argument, I
broke Bro. Mayes back two years
ago, when lie was» affirming the
Baptist position on the kingdom
question. For two days he had
been fighting me on baptism for
remission ef past sins. Kis great
hobby was, “The baptism of the
Holy Ghost is for remission of
sins; but Cornelius received it
before he was baptized in water;
therefore water baptism is not
necessary to salvation.” I gave
him a sufficient answer to that
time and again; but I told him
that, for the sake of,the argument,
I would adinit it when he got to
affirming his pre-pentecostal king-
dom, and that I would make him
sick of it. When he got to his
affirmation, I proceeded ^gainst
him thus: Bro. Mayes says the
baptism of the Holy Ghost is nec-
essary to salvation. He admits
the % first baptism of the Holy
Ghost came on the day ©f pente-
cosk Therefore, he must admit
n6 one was saved .till pentecost.
Hence, according to his argument,
if the kingdom was established
before pentecost, it was composed
of nnsaved persons! ! Heece, if
his argument is worth anything
against me on the “design of bap-
tism,” it kills him on this propo-
sition! That broke his backhand
I don't suppose it is well yet, as I
have never got a word in answer.
I now submit this argument to
the Baptists, and call for an an-
swer. W. L. Thurman.
Leonard, Jaly.ll, 1882.
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this act. I know
•eive Thy eternal
Jews of old for
my Savior. The
that Case came quick
and I know Thy
retribution will strike
tion and my murderers
same way. The diabolical
of the nation, its govern]
its newspapers toward
justify The m cursing
know that Thy divine law
nbution is inexorable. I
fore predict that this natic
go down in blood, and
murderers, from the e
the hangman, will go to
laws are inexorable,!
preme Judge ! Woe to
that violate Thy laws,
weeping and gnashing-
awaits them. The
press has a large bill to
with Thee, ri^hteoun Fi
their vindictiveness is
ter. Nothing but blood
isfy them, and now my
on them and this nation
officials. Arthur, the
is a coward and an ingrate,
ingratitude to the rmpa that
him and saved his
from-overthrow, has
in history, but Thou, rij
Father, will judge him.
Thou knowest me, but
hath nqt known
go to Thee and the
the slightest ill-will
man being. Farew
earth.”
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practical and
connecfion with
fight: “Leaving
merality of the
an instance in
at New Orleans
surdity ef the
as a settlement <
gentleman holds
ed by comments
upon his oi
Meeting at Valley Creek.—
We intend holding a meeting at not seen the
Valley Creek, beginning on Sat-
urday night before the first Lord’s
day in August. ' Brethren, we cap
have a good meeting, if we will.
W. L. Thurman.
Leonard, July 17,1882.
In the Saddle*-Nacagdoches
Co., Texas, July 7,1882.
-I immersed one near Melrose
last Lord’s day. Expect to begin
a meeting at another point to-day.
James L. Thornberry.
It is assumed by those who op-
pose baptism for remission of
sins, that the baptism of the Holy government and this nation by
Do yon wish your muscular sys-
tem strengthened? Do yon need
a stimulant that is kind and
friendly to the brain?* Do yon
desire good flesh and healthy
blood? Then use Brown’s Iron
Bitters. It will suit your case ex-
actly.
Guiteau’s Prayer.—We do not
care; to say much about the exe-
cution of Guiteaa, but it will be
a matter of curiosity to our read-
ers to Bee his last prayer, read
from manuscript on the scaffold :
“Father, now 1 go to Thee and
the Savior. 1 have finished the
work Thou hast sent me te do,
and I am only to© happy to go to
Thee. The world does net yet ap-
preciated my , mission, but Thou
knowest, aye, Thom knowest Thou
didst inspire Garfield's removal,
and only good has come from it.
This is the best evidence that the
inspiration came from Thee, end
I have set it forth in my book,
that all men may read and under-
stand that Thou, Father, didst in-
spire the act for which I am new
murdered. Father, I tremble for
the fate of my murderers, this
r
know what is the
Ieged insulting
if Mr. Burke was
langu«g» of-Ifr.
he remedied the
shot through the
age may be vi
unnecessary, as there
imputation on hi9
imputation was upon
conduct, and that has ’
way vindicated by the <
law has been violated,
have placed their wives-1
dren in danger ef 1<
tectors. Two families
been ptunged in mom
all, for what? . Sii
illogical, reckless,
public opinion mam
street corners by thoi
wicked vagabonds. The
New Orleans owe it toi
to correct such a
as this which elevates the
and the vendetta above^
ty of the law. There is n© j
sity for the resort te the duel,
such brave and enlight
as Englishmen can
private quarrels in an<
stlraly we of the Scute
can honorably imitate their quiet,
orderly and peaceful methods.” ‘
ASK YOURSELF,
Does your system need
ing and strengthening?
recovering from some
Do you suffer from
dyspepsia? Are you
any urinary
her, Brown’s Iron
surely cure yon.
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Burnett, Thomas R. Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1882, newspaper, July 26, 1882; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913078/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.