The Texas Baptist-Herald (Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1900 Page: 2 of 16
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SPUMHK>N*« TAMRNAAIE.
The organization in London known as the Metro-
politan Tabernacle Church, and famous throughout
the world as Charles H. Spurgeon's Church, has been
in existence, under one name or another, for over 200
years. It was founded in 1652, "from one of the most
ancient congregations of Baptists in London." Their
first pastor was William Rider. For a long time they
met in private houses and had great difficulty in elud-
ing the officers, who were anxious to break up j^ieir
congregations. In order not reveal their place of
meeting, there was no singing, and thiB custom,
growing out of necessity, came after awhile to have,
in view of of some of them , binding force. Thus
when the time arrived that they were free to worship
without official interference, and when it was sought
to introduce the song service, the innovation was op-
posed bitterly, and the opposition seceded and set up
another Church, which, by the way, still exists,
though the service of song is no longer banished
from their assemblies. This branch of the old
Church worships now at Maze Pond chapel.
The majority built a large meeting house at Goat's
Yard. The house is said to have had capacity for a
thousand, who stood during service, as there were no
seats. Think of that, ye saints in the upholstered
pews! These continued to sing, though some of the
hymns could hardly take first rank as sacred poetry.
A writer in The Baptist (London), from whom these
facts are gleaned, gives us a sample,# in what was
known as
"THE SALT HYMN."
Thy saints, O Lord, do season all
Amongst whom they do live;
Salt all with grace, both great and small.
They may sweet relish give.
But oh, the want of salt, O Lord!
How few are salted well;
How few are like the salted meat;
Salt thou thine Israel.
Now, see, ye saints who are his salt.
And let all seasoned be.
With your most holy, precious lives;
Great need of it we see.
The earth will grow corrupt and stink;
Oh, salt It well, therefore,
And live to Him who salted you.
Now and forevermore.
Perhaps the seceding saints had had some taste of
this sort of verse. If so, It would seem that their op-
position to singing was not altogether groundless.—
Religious Herald.
THE TEXAS BAPTIST-HERALD.
don't dany the name.
If they would all be as consistent as this good lady
it would end all the confusion about the name.
B. F. STAMPS.
HEART TO HEART TALKS WITH GOD.
By Dr.A. M. Johnson, Dallas, Tex.
NAME THIS CHILD.
I wish the movement inaugurated by Alexander
Campbell would name itself. I have many good
friends of that order. I do not wish to offend them.
In our locality they wish to be called Christians, in
another Disciples, in another the Church of God, and
in still another Campbellites. There are reasons why
they can not agree on either of these names.
1. Church of God. This name has already been
assumed by the Wluebrennarians. Besides, It would
be a bother to find a name for each individual mem-
ber as a derivative of that name.
2. Disciples. This was the name preferred by
Alexander Campbell. It seems that the child should
have borne the name given it by the father. But that
fond parent, while the babe was yet an infant, allowed
his friend, Barton W. Stone, to change its name be-
cause Ms friend Stone took a liking to the child
and gave it a new dress. Thus, it was called by a
new name which the mouth of Barton W. Stone
should name. So, its friends and neighbors became
confused about the name of the child until some
neighborhood gosEips began to circulate the rumor
that the child was of illegitimate birth. Thus con-
fusion became worse confounded.
3. Christians. This was the euphonious appella-
tion given the precocious youngster by friend Stone.
Its father had previously objected to the name, be-
cause .though scriptural, it was a name given In de-
rision. It was too much like the man who, when
his wife wanted their boy to have a scriptural name,
gave him the name of Baalzebub, assigning as a rea-
son, "I wanted to name him for one of the old patri-
archs." But, while we find the name Christian in
the Bible, we fail to find "Christian Church." Then
again, there is a sect of Methodists in the East and
a remnant of B. W. Stone's followers in the West who
have appropriated the name already.
4. Campbellites. West of the Alleghaneys this
name is repudiated, but not so on the Atlantic.
At the Southern Baptist Convention at Norfork I
was assigned to a home where the good lady said
that she was a Campbellite. She said: "I do not
belong to the Christian Church. The Christian
Church in this country sprinkles babies, and I do
not believe in that. I am an old fashion Campbellite.
I believe in the doctrines taught by Alexander Camp-
bell. I belong to the Church that he founded, and I
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER BY THE PROVIDEN-
TIAL CONTROL OF THE MIND.
A lady who had just sat down to breakfast, had
a strong impression on her mind that she must in-
stantly carry a loaf of bread to a poor man who
lived about a half mile from her house. Her husband
wished her to either postpone taking it till after
breakfast, or to send it by a servant; but she chose
to take it immediately herself. As she approached
the house, she heard the poor old man praying.
Among other things, he said: "O Lord, help me; Lord
thou wilt help me; thy promise can not fail; although
my wife and my children have no bread to eat, and
it is now a whole day since we had any, 1 know thou
wilt supply me."
The lady could wait no longer, but opening the
door, "yes," she replied, "God has sent you relief."
Take this bread and be encouraged to cast your care
upon him who careth for the poor; and whenever you
want a loaf of bread, come to my house."'
While I lived in Baltimore, a' young lady member
of the Seventh Baptist Church, was strongly im-
pressed early one morning to call on a poor widow
living but a square or two away. On her arrival at
this widow's home, she was met by a little girl,
who said, "Mammas is down in the basement. I'll
call her." She did so, and the poor woman came up
the steps; her eyes were fountains of tears; she
threw her arms around the young sister's neck and
said, "Flora, Flora, I thank God that hour came;
you arrived just in time to save my life. I was stand-
ing on a stool with a rope round my neck, ready to
commit suicide. Had you been a minute later, you
would have found me dead. I am out of every com-
fort of life, with no money to pay my rent. Myself
and children are starving, and I was notified yecter-
day that an officer would put us out on the street to
day, and 1 resolved on suicide." That widow and
her little children were soon provided for.
History informs us that after Alexander had con-
quered Tyre, burned the city to ashes and murdered
the citizens in cold blood he marched against Jerusa-
lem, intending to mete out to it a like destruction.
The report of the slaughtered Tyrian prisoners
went before him to Jerusalem. Tlwi people trembled.
They felt exposed to his power. They fasted. They
prayed. And as the maddened conqueror approached
the city the high priest in his gorgeous robes, follow-
ed by a long line of priests and people dressed in
white ashes went forth to meet him. It seemed as if
they marched to sudden ■ destruction. Alexander
draws near, but what follows? He bows down be-
fore the high priest and reverently solicits him, add-
ing at the time, "I do this because of that God whose
priest you are." He entered Jerusalem and gave the
people toleration in their religion. Though he con-
quered the world, and entered all other cities by
sword, in answer to the prayers of God's people he
entered Jerusalem on his knees. God turned him
aside from his purpose of vengeance by an impulse
which he could neither resist nor explain.
God does answer prayer. Should the interest of
his people require it, another Joseph will be sold
into Egypt to gain favor with the king and to provide
against the day of famine. Another Daniel will go
a captive to the king's palace to interpret dreams
and become the third ruler In the kingdom. An oth-
er infant Moses will be hid in an ark of bull rushes,
and the heart of another Pharaoh's daughter will
be subdued to God's will by the mute eloquence of
the tear drop upon the infant's cheek.
God is fighting on the side of his people and were
it to become necessary he would marshall the armies
of eternity and utilize every force in nature to answer
the prayer of one of the least of his saints.
TEXAS MATTERS.
By Rev. H. B. Pender, Campbell, Texas.
The Lie Hung Chang of Texas missions has tied up
his whistling tugboat in the Yellow River of journal-
ism long enough to put his "cigar box" of frog eggs
on a foreign market. We desire to notice some "Do-
lorous " things contained in his free ad in- the Flag
of the 16th ult.
1. "The workers in Texas do not make much
noise." The Georgia politician mistakes "suckers"
for "workers." A pig does not squeal or grunt while
sucking. Texas pie-counter pensioners are too busy
eating to make any fuss about the noxious fumes
that come from the filthy kitchen.
The noise an$ turmoil are not with the suckers.
Who ever heard of a sucker doing much else but suck
when not lying in the sunshine.
Dr. G. Says: "It is like a procession of teams
pulling along the road. Baptists of Texas were nev-
er so vigorously and purposely united." My! My!
Thursday, October 26, 1900.
If that be true, why ib he driving for Sen Antonio
again? How the wheels do groan under the weight
of that unconstitutional amendment and a red-nosed,
reeling vice-president.
2. He confesses: "There are some personal mat
ters very disagreeble, but these we are able to han-
dle without detriment to the cause." And while in-
sisting that "soiled linen" should be washed and
hung in the back yard, he violates his own rule
by placing the dirty rags of Cranflll, Hanks, Lamp-
kin, Robinson, et al., on the front porch of the Flag
office. But our Texas Earl Li is not washing much
—merely whitewashing for many, while laboring to
blacken the reputation of some of the best men and
women in the state.
"Personal matters" in deed and truth. He hopes
to be able to handle them by not touching them
at all. There is a little personal matter of veracity,
concerning the reputation of the First Vice President
J. M. (W.) Robertson, in which Bro. D. Q. Murpbree
binds himself to pay Dr. G. $1,000 if Dr. Hayden
should fail to establish his statements before a dis-
interested committee. Dr. S. A. Hayden Has propos-
ed, if convicted by facts, of falsehood In expos ng
this most shameful desecration of high position, that
he will quit his paper and withdraw from public
notice as a Baptist minister. What does Gambrell
do? In the face of appeals from many brethren
to stand up to his word, he takes to cowardly flight
by publishing with the mission money that Dr. Hay-
den "will not stand to his agreement." This proves
how sincere he is in saying, " With all my heart
and mind I believe in free discussion." But what
kind of free? discussion? Why, that kind which
free to distor history by half-statement, and
misrepresenting men by whole mls?statements.
If there is anything that he dreads. It is that
cause can be long sustained by falsehood and dis-
honesty. Politics in mission work is doomed. Again
and again has the hireling of the Brazos Butcher
declared Texas Baptists a unit and the situation
beautiful while every issue of the little "Wrecker"
rings with the cry of war against a foeman armed
with invincible truth and an army that will never
submit to Board Party popery or Individual soverei-
gnty.
There are more than 7,000 who will never bow the
knee to this Baal of unrighteous butchery. The truth
is that years ago, through carelessness on the part
of good men composing the State Board, a perni-
cious nepotism fastened itself upon our mission fund.
One family alone drawing $4,000 in addition to the
office rent, stationery, traveling and^ personal "In-
surance of the corresponding secretary. The contribu-
tors were being kept in ignorance of their wasteful
expenditure, and the field suffering for work and
workers for support. Dr. S. A. Hayden, then a Board
member, made an effort to secure reform, but a storm
of indignation arose and he was most unjustly at-
tacked in the secular papers and in the State Con-
vention. Dr. Gambrell was imported from Georgia
and paid a private subsidy of $7oo above his salary t*
prosecute the war. The wisdom of the ward yali-
tician has been largely in evidence. The state ha8
been sown down with tares. Every pastor who dared
to think aloud or did not line up, has been most
viciously attacked and many either scared or bought
into submission. Some strong self-sustaining Church-
es have been subsidised by supplement to the pas-
tor s salary. Others have been divided and scatter-
ed by the methods of meddlesome political Jesuits.
Some of whom receive $1,500 per annum to do this
mission (?) work.
If Mr. Hayden" is the vile wretch he is painted
to be by Bro. G., why is he sustained by Oak QliC
Church and pastor, and by every Chureh In Dallas
County Association except about three that are dom-
inated by heretical leaders, who love money and place
above priceless principles: Why do the court
records of the state show him to be clear and his
accusers guilty? Dr. Chanfill's own attorney in his
libel suit against S. A. Hayden said to the Jury!
"If you do not convict Hayden of libel what will
you do? You will say over your sworn signatures
that Dr. Cranflll is guilty of embezzling the mis-
sionary, money of Texas Baptists." And yet
Bro. G. attempts to defend Cranflll, and
in that vain attempt has published a tract,
"Evolution of the Texas Situation," In which
he accuses the writer of forging a cTiange in the mis-
sion records of the Farmersvllle Church in 1891. I
have the certificate of-the clerk, Z. A C. Harris, exon-
erating me of the base imputation, and merely men-
tion it to illustrate the beautiful and Christly(?)
ways of our great Superintendent of Supplements.
Unfortunately for the doctor he is a failure at every-
thing except war. The Texas situation affordB him
an opportunity to display his fighting talents, and as
he says he is "happy" and to him things are "beau-
tiful," all peace-loving Baptists will have to cut loose
from him and stop furnishing him the means of
warring against the peace of Zion. To this it will
ultimately come, and the Georgia carpetbagger will
go to his own place. So mote it be.
—AMERICAN BAPTIST FLAX}.
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Hayden, S. A. The Texas Baptist-Herald (Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1900, newspaper, October 25, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth379736/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.