Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1879 Page: 4 of 8
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CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
THE MESSENGER.
T. E. BURNETT,
Editor,
ASSOCIATE EDITORS :
CnAS C ^rlton, C. Kendrick,
J M. BrARD, R. C. Horn,
G. W. Williams.
WEDNESDAY, MAT 7, 1870.
In the Field.
The railroad from Bonham to
Hallville is by way of Texar-
kana. The train arrives at
Bonham at 10 o’clock at night,
and reaches Texarkana at 7
o’clock in the morning. Hence
we had a night ride. Sleep on'
the cars is not alwaysthe most
refreshing,but it beats no sleep.
With a car seat for a bed and
a valise full of books for a pil-
low, we generally manage to
get a pretty good night’s rest.
Texarkana is a town of per-
haps two thousand inhabitants.
It was once only an old pine
stump. The railroads did it.
Railroad switches and poor ho-
tels are the principal struct-
ures. Pine lumber is the ex-
port. It grows abundantly
on the poor hills about here.
There are two or three churches
in the place—Methodist, Bap-
tist and Catholic, we believe.
There are no disciples here—
none visible. The Messenger
has one subscriber, but
an hour’s search failed to re-
veal him. From Texarkana to
Marshall, it is said, that every
alternate house is a saw-mill.
This is the poorest part of
Texas. Immigrants coming in-
to the state generally get up a
pretty huge disgust before they
pass over a hundred miles of
this country. But there is some-
thing good in all parts of God’s
creation. None of it is “totally
depraved.” These huge pines
are beautiful to look upon, and
they are of vast benefit to the
prairie portion of Texas.
Our journey from Texarkana
to Jefferson was enlivened by
the social chat of a.presiding
elder of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, Rev. L. B. Ellis.
Preachers are always good
company, when they are not
afraid that a few “apostolic
blows and knocks ” will bang
their theological edifice all to
pieces. We like them, and al-
ways seek their company when
possible. There are many
Methodist preachers that are
not afraid of controversy ; and
they seem to care less for dis-
comfiture in argument than any
people we ever met. It is, we
presume, because the proof of
their doctrine does not lie in the
hotel here—the best on the
Texas & Pacific railroad. Sev-
enty-five cents will get a hun-
gry preacher or editor a whole-
some dinner. This is the head-
quarters of the T. & P. railway,
and Col. Noble lives here. It
is a town of several thousand
going to start a colony. He
sells all the first settlers land
at cost — about seventy-five
cents per acre. He is going to
set apart a certain portion of
the survey for a manual labor
school, and one block for a
church and preacher’s home,
inhabitants, and a good deal of j and invites all disciples of
business. Hallville is the next j Christ who wish to emigrate to
town west—fourteen miles.
Bro. Hall met ns at the de-
pot. Owing to rains, and ir-
regularities in the railroads, it
was hardly expected we would
arrive. Only about twenty
persons came out to meeting
Friday night. Saturday the
audience was larger, and Sat-
day night and Lord’s day there
was a good attendance. Two
Baptist preachers and one Pres-
byterian were among the hear-
ers. Preaching was announced
for Sunday night, but a heavy
rain put a stop to the proceed-
ings, and virtually broke up
the meeting. The members live
principally in the country. Bro.
Cain (Uncle Johnny, as they
call him,) lives four miles west.
He is the only preacher in this
part of Texas, and is now in
liis seventy-second year. He
is on the frontier—east. There
is no church east of this until
the Arkansas or Louisiana line
is passed. The Hallville breth-
ren worship in their own house.
It stands upon a hill, and has
been blown away once. The
Masonic hall has been blown
away twice on the same hill.
Old Sister Whitehorn, a sister
of Bro. Cain, is seventy-nine
years of age, and comes to
meeting regularly. Bro. W. Y.
Taylor was located at Hallville
two years, as teacher and
preacher, and Bro.Fulgham re-
mained there awhile. Bro. Cain
is the. only dependence for
preaching in that section now.
Any of our brethren, passing
there, will do well to stop and
labor a few days. The Hall-
ville brethren will not let you
go away empty. Bro. John
Hall lives in town, and keeps a
a new country, where land is
cheap, and where school and
church privileges will not be
wanting, to come and go with
him to his new home. Corres-
pond with him.
We preached Monday night
for the Longview brethren—
made a number of new ac-
quaintances—added four names
to the Messenger’s list—and
at one o’clock in the night took
the eastern train for Texark
and the “ boys ” kept the Mes-
senger “ booming ” in our ab-
sence.
“Prince of this World.”
stroyed him who had the pow-
er of death, viz., the devil, and
(as Paul says) delivered them
who “through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.” In view of this
last great contest, when Satan
wa| advancing to the battle,
the Savior said, “Hereafter I
will not talk much with you,
for the prince of this world
cometh.” And in speaking
further of his going away out
of the wtfrld, and sending the
Comforter, he says: “When
he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, of righteousness
and of judgment; of sin, be-
cause they believe not on me ;
of righteousness, because I go
to my Father, and ye see me no
more; of judgment, because
the prince of this world is
To the Holy Land.
ana, and home. Bro. Carlton juc(ged.” In Acts 2d, the Spir-
This personage is receiv-
ing a good deal of attention
from the Bible classes of La-
mar county. Bro. Boone, in
his reply to the position taken
by the Messenger, presents
Caiaphas as the prince of the
world. Another brother (a
preacher of considerable celeb
rity) says Ponting Pilate is the
prince. We are very sure-
both these positions are incor-
rect. Caiaphas never was prince
of the world, or any consider-
able portion of the world. Her'
was to some extent ruler of the
religions matters of the Jews,
but was not even prince of Ju-
dea—he was not a worldly
prince in any sense. Herod
was king of the Jews; Pontius
Pilate was the Roman govern-
or. Herod was prince of Ju-
dea, and Pilate was in some
sense a ruler; but neither one
of them was prince of the
world. It would be far more
consistent to say that Cesar
was prince of the world at the
it, speaking through Peter, de-
clares the triumph of Christ
over death, and says in view of
the fact that God “hath made
that same Jesus both Lord and
Christ.” Jesus is the prince of
life, and having brought life to
this world of death and dark-
ness, and driven out Satan and
his works,he became the prince
of this world.
This question aeems to be a
very plain one. We wonder
our brethren have any trouble
with it whatever.
time onr Savior was crucified,
preacher’s hotel. The memory But then he was neither judged
of Bro. Elgan is dear to the
Hallville people. He visited
them twice, and did valiant
service. The disciples meet
every Lord’s day to break the
loaf. We promised to return
in the summer and hold a pro-
tracted meeting.
On Monday morning we went
to Longview, ten miles from
Hallville. This is a town of
several thousand inhabitants,
the junction of the T. & P. and
International railroads. It has
fine stores, and four or five
nor cast out by Christ. The
personage said to be cast out
at the coming of Christ’s king-
dom must have had some rela-
tion to that kingdom—must
have been a spiritual prince.
When Christ was crowned
king, the king that then ruled
was dethroned. Satan ruled
over man—over the world—
from the day he triumphed
over our first parents in Eden
nntil death was conquered and
life and immortality brought
to light through the gospel.
In anticipation of this tri-
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copy.
Bishop Ames, of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, died at
his home in Baltimore on the
26th nit., in the 75th year of
his age.
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Bro. Delaunay reports, as' the
result of his first year’s labor
in Paris, France, thirty-two
baptisms, and growing indica-
tions of increased success.
faith, but knowledge. One
thing is queer with Methodist
preachers—how they all with
.churches. Our brethren have;
Scriptures. When driven oat | a neat little house ol worship, umph was that statement of
of the Book, they say they anq meet in it weekly. Bros, our Savior, “I beheld Satan as
have better evidence. Heart- Holloway and Phillips labor in! lightning fall from heaven.”
felt religion is certainly the worq anq doctrine, but are j He saw Satan subject to his
best of all religion, for it is not Hardly willing to bo called i power—he saw him fall (not
preachers. They are too mod-
est in word and work. They
should preach in all the sur-
Dr. Hopson baptized twenty-
five persons at his Tennessee
meeting.
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Paris, Tex., April 24.
Bro. Burnett:
Who is the “ prince of this
world ” mentioned in John xii.
31? Jesus. Who is the prince
spoken of in Matt, ix.34, xii.24,
and Mark iii.22 ? I say, Satan.
Also, in John xiv.30, xvi.ll;
Acts iii.15 ? In John xiv.30, I
say that the Holy Ghost is the
prince ; in xvi.ll, Christ is the
prince. In Acts iii.15, Christ,
again. In Acts v.31, Christ is
from heaven but) from his high | the prince< In Eph. n.2, Satan
elevation as prince of the world the prince. In Rev. i.5,Christ
as lightning falls from heaven. | is the prince. Where are the
Christ had three contests with | scribeSj the critics ? Come one
Satan. 1. When he resisted;come ajp There is room for
one consent begin to go back rounding country. There is a
on Mr. Wesiey, Dr. Clark, the|wide field. Bro. Barnes, the s
Doctrinal Tracts and the Dis-|Eittle Man, held a protracted! his temptations. 2. When he j Fraternally,
cipline. It is refreshing how j raeeting here last year, and did j overcame the demons and ;cast} * E C.Brummett.
soon they discover the fallibil- jmucb to indoctrinate the pub-! them out. 3. When he wrest-
ity of poor, feeble man. and the iEc mind, but baptized only two | led with death and hades and
infallibility of the Bible as a ,or tbree persons. There is some j conquered them. It was *'u:~
Bro. Burnett Within the
this'bounds of my regular work
cr-eeri, when you begin to quote jg00i material among the Long-! last triumph that placed him and of my monthly appoiut-
Lorn these old authorities, j ^qgry brethren, and sotni? ofjon the throne, as prince of the
What they say on baptism is [them are in goo J circum* * world, and gave him all author-
not “wholesome doctrine and
very full of edmfort.”
“Marshall, twenty minutes
for dinner j” There is a good
stances,. Bro. Foster has just|Hj iu heaven and in earth. It
purchased seventeen thousand was this that broke the power
acres of land, in Baylor and!°f Satan, and cast him out. It
Throckmorton counties, and is was Christ’s defttlj that de-
ments, thirteen have been ad
ded to the “one body”fin this
month.
Yours in hope,
W. H. Wright.
Birdville, Tex., April 23, ’79.
From the Christian.
On the eve of our departure
from England our party was
increased by the addition of
Bro. H. S. Earl. One of the
letters which was delivered to
me on the arrival of our ship
at Liverpool, was from him,
and it informed me that he had
made all the arrangements neo-
essary for joining onr party. I
communicated with him by
telegraph, and he joined us in
London. I have know him
intimately for many years ; he
is an experienced traveler; and
we are delighted to have his
company. He leaves his work
at Southampton in the hands
of Bro. Meadows.
There are three routes from
London to Paris between which
the preferences of travelers are
divided. The most northern,
with the shortest sea ^passage,
is via Dover and Calais ; the
most southern, with the longest
sea passage is via New Haven
and Dieppe ; between these is
that via Folkestone and Bou-
logne. We chose the last; and
we had a smooth passage of
two hours across the channel.
Our first experience of hotel
life in France was at Boulogne,
and we were both surprised
and delighted at the contrast
between French and English
waiters, illustrative of the dif-
ference between the two na-
tions. Instead of moving with
slow and stately step, the
French waiters fairly flew
aronnd the room, and we could
hardly eat for laughing at them.
We were equally amnsed,
though not a little perplexed,
at their ludicrous efforts to-
make ns understand them, and
our still more ludicrous efforts
to make them understand
They took it all in pe
humor, seeming neither
ecf nor vexed by onr
So it has been all
France and Italy, excep.
some of the Italians have
peared as much amused at ns
as we at them.
We reached Paris at half
past 4 o’clock on a pleasant
afternoon, and drove at once to
the residence of Bro! Delaunay
iftiomwe had requested by tel-
egraph to procure rooms for us
near his own. The drive -led
us through the heart of the
city, at once introducing us to
its most noted localities. We
found the people also in their
gayest mood, and in holiday
dress. The streets were
swarming with men, women
and children; vehicles filled
with well dressed people were
moving leisurely about in every
direction ; every body wore a
smile, and nobody seemed in a
hurry. We began to think it
must be a fete day; and we
soon saw figures in masks and
grotesque regalia walking and
riding about for the amusement
of the crowd. It was a kind of
carnival which the Parisians
celebrate in the middle of
Lent.
W ith the guidance of Bro.
Delaunay, we next day saw all
the principal streets and
squares, and many of the pub-
lic buildings of Paris; and al-
though I have read of this city
much, and conversed • much
with those who had seen it, I
was forced to realise, UKe tU.Q
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