Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1887 Page: 1 of 8
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[In Advance.
BONHAM, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY,; AUG. 17,-1887.
No. 28
ibt: CbristiHTl ^Hessen gcr. Bro. Perkins says if there were few
Is published weekly by
THOS. R. BURNETT,
BONHAM, - - - t - - TEXAS
T*BMB-pper annum, ------- S2.00
six months, - - - “ ' w**®V
Obituaries exceeding ten lines in length will be
charged for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
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N. B:—Entered at the Post-Office at Bonham, Tex-
as, as second class matter. Office of publication
North Timber Street.
The religion of Christ, without addi-
tion or subtraction, is what we advo-
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cate. ' ' ’ '
er dudes in the pulpit, and more gos-
pel men, there would be more people
saved.
The anabaptists have not yet told us; “We immerse, but it is on other peo-
where the Church of Christ was before1 P\e 8 conscience. Arhansaaw Metlto-
the days of A. Campbell.
Missionary zeal, and nqt missionary
plans, is what we need in Texas. The
old plan is good enough, if we had the
zeal to operate it.
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Bro. Poe recently baptized thirteen
persons at Field’s scoool-house, Kauf-
man county, Texas.
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The only way to have peace and har-
mony in our churches is to be satisfied
with the teaching of the Bible.
The senior editor of the Messenger
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has been called on to debate wit|i Rev.
J. C. Weaver, presiding elder, in Red
River county, Texas.
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
It is as unscriptural to contend for two
baptisms as for two faiths'. Hence, the
re-baptism doctrine is unscriptural.
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The senior editor returned front Bed-
ford, Texas, on Monday evening, re-
mained at home two days, and started
this evening for Prairie Grovef Ark.,
where he will preachgtwo weeks.
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Let all our friends work for this pa-
per. The progressives are doing all in
their power to circumvent the circula-
tion and influence of the paper, and onr
friends will have to maifest neW^zeal.
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We ask brethren to hand this paper
to their friends and neighbors, and let
them see what it advocates. Let them
know that there is one paper that has
not bowed the knee to Baal, but con-
tends boldly for the faith once deliver-
ed to the saints.
A sister in Hill county, Texas; has
ordered the Messenger discontinued,
“because it advocates prohibition and
Baptist succession.” This sister has
the right to stop reading tlieMESSENGER,
but she has no right to misrepresent it.
Any one who has read the paper with
half an eye knows that it has never ad-
vocated Baptist succession, but just the
opposite.
Then you should not hold up your
Louis Leopold' a Hebrew of Waco, hand and sa^ “Ia the name of th«Pa-
Texas, recently renounced Judaism and; ^er and ^e ®on al)d of the oy
f (jrhost.” » An ahATim Aon • “Tti tnn noma
joined the Episcopal church.
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Here is a cutting argument. A Bap-
tist preAcher named Hilliard ran three
apostles of Mormonism out of Buncombe
county, North Carolina, with an ax.
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You should say: “In the name
of this man’s conscience I baptize
him!”
L. B. Wilkes, now of California, says
the Christian people have grown won-
derfully since he was a young man.
They have grown in some things to
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Sam’Jones says he likes a man who7.
like the old fellow’s horse, will stand >od ^ose’ and 80me thinSs not
without being hitched. A great many aTe grown in numbers, in
wealth, in pride, and m worldly-mind-
ed ness. He thinks they are not nigh
so sound as they were w hen he was
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Let the friends of Bible Christianity
rally to the paper that has stood for the
truth amid all the departures and inno-
vations. Yon know the good it has
done and is doing. Help to increase its
circulation. If this paper were in every
church and community, the additions
and subtractions could not prevail.
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There are many evangelists in the
field in Texas, preaching the gospel,
and receiving support from the breth-
ren for their labor. This should con-
vince the. doubters and skeptics that
the Lord’s plan is operative in this
state. A few plain facts outweigh a
great deal of state-meeting theory.
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Prof. McGarvey has not replied to
the last article of the Messenger on
missionary societies. We presume he
will not reply. Dr. C. Kendrick wrote
all the way from California, urging that
the debate be continned some time, as
he thought good would grow out of it.
And we sincerely desired that Prof.
McGarvey should defend missionary
societies, and show us the scriptural au-
thority for them, if there be such au-
thority. %
Who in these degenerate times will
be found among the faithful few, the
remnant, who will not bow the knee to
Baal ? When so many of onr preach-
ers are accepting the teaching of men,
and trying to improve upon the Lord’s
matters, it is comforting to find a broth-
er who loves the old paths better than
the new paths. We desire to know the
name of every brother in the state who
is loyal to the truth. In fact we want
his name on our books.
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The Texas Christian has been re-
duced to half size, and Uncle Joe is
calling upon the newspaper committee
of the state meeting to do something,
and'the state evangelist is calling upon
the brethren throughout the state to do
something for Uncle Joe, and it begins
to look like the Tlqw of publishing a
newspaper is not revealed in the Scrip-
tures, When the brethren get tired of
experimenting in new things and new
papers, they can come back to the Old
Reliable.
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Here is the key to the troubles that
are now agitating the churches in Tex-
as. Do not under any circumstances
attend, endorse or support anything
inaugurated by the state meeting or it3
agents. When the state evangelist or dis-
trict evangelist, or any of their agents or
drummers, come into your vicinity, give
them a wide berth, and have nothing to
do with their inventions, additions and
subtractions. By this means you will
discourage the wrong, and preserve the
liberties of the churches.
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Here it is.- Baptism is fur the remis
sion of sins, provided a man believes
before he is baptized that baptism is
for the remission of sins. Repentance
changes the life, provided a man be-
lieves before he repents that repent-
ance changes the life. Faith changes
the heart, provided a man believes be-
fore he (what?) believes that faith
changes the heart! If this looks a lit-
tle foolish, remember it is in accord-
ance with the new gospel preached by
the new reformers at Austin, Texas,
and founded on the Neio Foundation.
The logic of it is, that a man can per-
form no act of gospel obedience until
he knows the design of the act. Hence,
a man must believe in the design of
faith, before he can believe in Christ!! I
men will not stand without being hitch-
ed.
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A negro exhorter in Geoigia has stir-
red up the people of his race until they
are wild. They are hunting in wells
and cellars, and behind logs, for relig-
ion.
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The Octographic Review speaks out
boldly in condemnation of the new her-
esy of rebaptism. Bro. Treat and Bro.
Sommer stand squarely on the old
landmarks.
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Prof. McGarvey’s residence in Lex-
ington, Ky., with nearly all of his books
and furniture, was totally destroyed by
fire on Sunday July 31st. This is a sad
loss to him.
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“If ever there was a time when doc-
trinal preaching was necessary, that
time has passed.—F. II. Rains.
“Give heed to the doctrine.”—Paul.
There is a slight discrepancy between
these two writers. One of them is an
old man who lived in Judea a long
while ago, before the days of progres-
sion, and wrote as he was moved by
the Holy Spirit The other is the state
meeting auctioneer, who recently cried
money at Dallas, Texas. If we knew
which one is right, we would heed
to what he says.
Beecher’s church in Brooklyn has at
last secured a pastor. His name is
Charles Stowe, and he is a son of Hariet
Beecher Stowe^ the - author of Uncle
Tom’s Cabin, and is a nephew of Henry
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Rev. W. A. Smith is the Methodist
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preacher in charge of Etowah circuit.
His salary is $200. He has no horse,
and he walks his circuit. A little patch
of ground, which he cultivates between
sermons supplements his salary.
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The Tennessee Baptist tells about a
Baptist church in Alabama that set the
Lord’s table with twoloaves of baker’s
bread and a bottle of raisin water!
How much worse is that than calling
the church of Christ the Baptist church ?
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Rev. D. Seymour, pastor of tbfc Meth-
odist church at Janesville, Wis., has
created a great sensation in that city
by eloping with Mrs. Fanny J. Henry,
wife of theeditor of the Janesville Argus.
The lady was the organist of the church.
The third Mormon ruler, John Tay-
lor, is dead. When Brigham Young
died, he received the presidency, and
has since ruled the church, though for
for some time he has been on the
dodge from the U. S. law against poly-
gamy.
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Dr. J. R. Graves says he has heard
only one Campbellite sermon in thirty-
five years. It were no serious loss if
Dr. G. had never heard a Campbellite
sermon, but if he has heard but one
Christian sermon in thirty-five years,
he is in a bad way. - What a pity the
doctor deprives himself of Christian
preaching, when it is abundant in this
country.
A tramp came into onr office recently,
claiming alms on the ground of mem-
bership in an Iowa Christian church.
In the course of a little cross-question-
ing we asked him whether he was
sprinkled or poured, when he came in-
to the church. He said he was sprink-
led. We gave him no alms. We call
the attention of the editors of the
Christian Quarterly Review and
Christian Messenger to this new case
of heresy. It should be investigated
and that right early.— Christian
Evangelist.
We can not see why you- wish the
tramp investigated. What matters it
if he was sprinkled into the church,
afid not dipped as the ancient Chris-
tians were' Have you not already
abandoned the ancient model ? The
wonder is that you did not give the
tramp alms, and invite him to take
membership in one of the St. Louis
churches, or step over to Boston !
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Heretofore it has been the boast of the
disciples of Christ, that they had chapter
and verse for all their doctrine and
practice. And it has been a pleasure
to see with what alacrity they would go
to the Sacred Volume for the proof,
when put to the test. But now, when
we call on the digressives for
the authority for their state confer-
ence and missionary machinery,
they respond, “The how of the work is
not revealed, but is left to our sanctified #
common sense!” Has it come to this ?
Is sanctified common sense the best au
thority that can be furnished by the
great Bible people of the nineteenth
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century for the most important work
they have to do! How are the mighty
fallen! Would you not like to hear a
digressive call npon a Methodist to
“come and unite with ns upon the”—
sanctified common sense!! That would *
be refreshing, this hot weather.
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Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M. Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1887, newspaper, August 17, 1887; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913201/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.