Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1879 Page: 1 of 8
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% Christian Htcsstnger
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
Thos. B. Barnett,
BONHAM, - - - TEXAS
Febms—per annum, * * ■ $2 25
six months, - - - 1 25
Isaac Errett is sixty years
)ld.
Bro. Treat is also afraid the
>rgan will divide the church.
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Out in Yankton they call the
>eroration of a sermon the
‘ home stretch.”
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Old Bro. John House,of Kan-
sas, has gone to his reward.
Ee died with the gospel armor
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A colored brother in Virginia
is a believer in prayer, but he
says prayer alone will not sup-
port the negro. He prayed
three years for freedom and
success, but it never came until
his religion got down into his
legs and arms and ‘set him to
work.
At Madras there is a curious
relic—a hair from the head of
Mahomet. It is kept in a case,
and carefully guarded by a
sentinel, who is paid by the
government. Six fanatical Mus-
selmen are disputing for the
possession of the sacred relic,
and there is tremendous excite-
ment.
The Review estimates that
since Alex. Campbell started
the Christian Baptist, as many
a£ fifty publications have been
Bro. John S. Sweeney has
)een incapacitated for preach- —----* *-
ng, by throat trouble, for sev- started in the advocacy of the
to
;ral months.
Bro. J. O. Beardslee, former-
y our missionary in Jamaica,
ecentlyHied in California, of
ysis of the brain.
e last words of Amos Dor*
recently hung in Georgia,
: “ For God’s sake keep
y from whisky I ”
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Henry Ward Beecher’s Sun-
lay morning prayers are taken
town by a reporter, and pub-
ished in the Christian Union.
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Bro. John B. Jones, who has
>een in Texas several months,
•ecuperating his health, has
•eturned to Carlisle, Ky.,great-
y improved.
A successful preacher, some
me says, must needs have
dentity. Many a man has
been ruined by trying to imi-
tate others.
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A church atBrenham, Texas,
discharged its preacher be-
cause his prayers for rain were
not answered. So the papers
say.
The house of the Court Street
church at Bowling Green, Ky.,
has been sold for debt, and
bought by the-what fehail
we call them, Bro. Burnett ?—
Texas Baptist Herald.
Call them Baptists, if you
can find the name in the Bible.
If not, call them by some name
that you can find there.
"We have had so much writ-
ten and printed of late about
“ out errors,” “our failures,”
“our departures,” etc., we are
almost tempted to advertise
for a contributor that will give
a series of articles-on “oar
merits,” “our successes,” etc.
Who will do it? We are tired
of Jeremiads and sadness. Let
us have a little rejoicing. Who
will come to the front and wipe
away the tears from our eyes ?
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Bro. Dupree recently baptiz-
ed eighty persons in twenty
minutes, in a Kentucky river.
Pedobaptists should make a
aote of this.
ancient gospel. Some of them
have lived for a week and some
for a few months. The “sur-
vival of the fittest” is presumed
to be the law governing the
case.
The brethren in Collin coun-
ty, Texas, consider the debate
between Bro. Horn and Dr.
Kimbrough a great victory for
the causer of truth. Bro. Horn
had to debate with Kimbrough,
Link, Curry. Rogers, Hobbs
and Moore. They were all pres-
ent, aiding and abetting their
champioD.
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Bro. Rowe, of the Review,
says all that is necessary to
ordain elders is to “ solemly
set them apart to their work by
prayer and supplication, and
that some proper person com-
mend to them the word of God
as their guide in the govern-
ment of the church.” He does
not tell us in what chapter he
finds this process.
Some would-be wise one has
suggested that a law be passed
in Texas charging a license of
$10 for carrying a pistol. If
pistol carrying is wrong, it
At Plymouth, Mass., recent-
y the women were allowed to
;ote on the question of selling
ought to be suppressed ; if it
is right, no license should be
required. Texas has already
paid too much revenue for pis-
tol carrying.
We have received quite a
ager beer, and they carried! vigorously ^written pamplidet
he election for temperance by j from Bro. Rowe, of the Review,
i two-thirds majority. |011 the types of the Old Testa-
t--» - meat. It contains 105 pages,
Bro. Pope, of the Texas and is a valuable acquisition to
daptist Herald, says it takes jour literature. It shows the
mine brains, much pluck, and connection between the old and
‘ barrels of money ” to run a new institutions, and that they
tdigions newspaper. Even so. j are but parts of one great
Pass aroun4 the barrvls,please.! whole, Price 10c.
The Christian Review con-
demns the practice ’of some of
our preachers, in receiving a
stipulated price for preaching.
The Record & Evangelist says
the editor of the Review is
himself guilty of the practice—
he receives $25 a trip for preach-
ing at Petersburg, Ky. That
looks a little like the Old Re-
liable is getting on both sides
of the fence. We fear there
will be a Rowe raised over the
question.
A thoughtful person suggests
that somebody write a second
“ Fox’s Book of Martyrs,” as a
final “end of the organ contro
versy.” There are several
classes of martyrs. 1. Those
who have been driven out of
the church by the organ.
2. Those who have wept
themselves to death in
long Jeremiads to the papers
in consequence of the matter.
3. The editors of those papers
that have printed the Jeremi-
ad?. 4. The readers who have
rend them. Let us have the
book.
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Mr. Pope knows full well that
Chris t’s people were called
Christians and disciples by in-
spired writers.—Christian Mes-
senger.
Give the chapter and verse
where Christ's people are call-
ed Christians by any New Tes-
tament writer.—Texas Baptist
Herald.
“ And the disciples were call-!
ed Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26. “If any man;
suffer as a Christian, let bimj
not be ashamed.” 1 Pet. 4:16. j
We presume Bro. Pope hasj
read thotBible through ? Now
please favor us with the chap-
ter and verse where Christ’s
people are called Baptists by
any New Testament writer.
Bro. Jones says that if a man
wants to be considered “sound”
in the faith, all he has to do.is
to get into the objective case
and stay there. He must ob-
ject to everything and every-
body, talk dolofully of “plans”
and “departures,” and keep
his porcupine quills pointed in
every direction. The world
will be go busy looking at the
“ departures ” and “ unsound ”
things, that it will never see
tl>e man who is raising the
noise. A good muscular dys
pepsia and sour stomach will
render valuable aid.
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Battle-Flag Ray has been de-
bating with the Presbyterians,
in Dent county, Missouri, on
the “ mode,” and seems to have
got the better of them. On
the second day of the debate,
the pedo champion, Dr. Brown,
sprang upon a Baptist minister
in the congiegation and tried
to tear him down by muscular
argument, striking vigorously
with his fist. The Baptist man
closed with him, and held him
until the sheriff came to the
rescue and arrested Dr. Brown.
The Presbyterians have cer-
tainly abandoned tht»apostolic
“ mode ” of argument.
Eld. Boyet, of Dodd City,
Texas, will preach at the Bap-
If the Herald will raise its
lock and key, it will gratify ns
to give its readers a few articles
on the names of Christ’s church
and people. The Messenger
will reciprocate.—Christian
Messenger.
If you take the position that
any New Testament writer used
the word ‘Christian’ to desig-
nate the church, we will hear
from you through the Herald,
but if you propose to engage
in a ‘running fire,’ and take no
definite position, we will not
raise the lock and key.—Texas
Baptist Herald.
We do not take the position
that any New Testament wri-
ter used the word Christian to
designate the church, for that
is not our position. Yon are
very liberal to raise the lock
and key to have us affirm some-
thing we do not believe. Will
you be as liberal to have ns af-
firm our real position ? Will
you let us tell the readers of
the Herald that Christ’s people
are called Christians and disci-
ples in the New Testament,
and never called Baptists, and
that Christ’s church is never
called the Baptist church ? If
so, you will “hear from us.” If
not, we will conclude that you
like the “running fire” best—
i. e., to fire and run!
Battle Flag Ray is down in
Arkansas, debating with the
Quakers.
:ist church in Bonham on
Wednesday night before the 3d
Lord’s day in May. Subject:
The Resurrection.
It is with deep regret we hear
of the death of Bro. Ben. A.
O’Brien, of Collin county, Tex-
as. He was a zealous proclaim-
er of the gospel of Christ, and
died in the faith he had preach-
ed to others.
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Bro. L. B. Wilkes’ disease is
too much blood in the brain,
caused by too arduous mental
labor—reading, writing, and
thinking. His physicians re-
commend rest- and outdoor ex-
ercise.
The wife of Mr. Watterson,
editor of the Courier-Journal,
is a member of the church ot
Christ. Mr. Watterson him-
self is in full fellowship with
the world.
Some of the contributions
sent to a newspaper are about
like the production a young
author read to President Lin-
coln, and asked him how it
would do. He answered: “Well,
for people who like that kind
of a thing, I think it is just
about the kind of a thing they’d
like.”
There is a Baptist preacher
named Hobbs, who is reporting
the Horn-Kimbrough debate for
the Texas Baptist Herald. If
Mr. Kimbrough aigued as Mr.
Hobbs says he did, and made
the points attributed to him,
we do not wonder he got a ter-
rible Horn ing. For instance,
in answer to the argument
drawn from the vine and branch-
es, he took the position that all
branches that bear fruit have
connection with the heart ot
th6 vine, while the barren
branches only stic^i to the bark
and outer sap! Baptist doc-
tors are making discoveries in
natural history, surely. In re-
gard to the sow that returned
to her wallowing, Mr. Kim-
brough said she was a sow all
the time—if she had been con-
verted she would have been a
sheep ! From which it must be
inferred chat, according to Bap-
tist theology, to really cleanse
a swine is to change it into a
sheep! and to pardon, justify,
wash and cleanse a sinful man
is to change liis nature and
make him ail angel, or some
higher order of being, so that
he will no longer be a man !
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Burnett, Thomas R. Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1879, newspaper, May 7, 1879; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914121/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.