Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-11-14
North Carolina Baptist state Com
vcntion.
LFro1n our Own Reporterf

North Carolina Baptist state Cor
ycntion.
from our Own Reporter.l
This body convened in the Baptis
Church in Warren, n. c., this morn
ing, Nov. 5th, at II 80 o'clock Pres
dent Brooks reads and comments upo
the 9th Psalm. After the singing {
the hymn,
'.Am Il schiller of the Cross?''
the Convention is led in prayer b
Elder Il. r. OVERLY, OF Camde
| elected Secretary pro tenn.
Rev. DR.. Brooks is reelected Fresl
! dent. He makes some remarks upo
! the duties and responsibilities inciden
to this session, and urges the member
! to be faithful to their work, remem
bering that they are to give an accoun
of their stewardship. He makes
! pleasant allusion to the warm-hearte,
hospitality Of the Warren people; ant
calls upon the delegates to exercise
valuable Christian influence upon th
| members Of the families with whom
we are sOjourning.
a Committee is appointed to noni
! nate other officers of the Convention
Three Vice-Presidents are elected
viz Elder r. r. OVERLY, Dr.. t. j
Pitchford and Rev. c. w. Purefoy
d. d. Rev. n. B. Cobb is reelected
Secretary. John G. Williams, Esq.
of Raleigh, is made Treasurer.
The Committee on Order of Busi
ness reports the order of last wear
which is adopted.
Adjourned to 3 o'clock z. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
President Brooks in the Chair.
The hymn, "Behold the Sure Foun
dation Stone" is sung, and Elder E.
L. Davis leads in prayer.
Elder A. E. Owen, OF Virginia, is
invited to seat.
Mr.. Charles Cooke, of Louishurg,
is elected Assistant Secretary.
Adjourned with singing, 80, for 8
Closer Walk with God" and prayer by
Elder Haynes Lennon.
NIGHT SESSION
The Church is densely packed with
a fine audience to hear the Introduc-
tory Sermon, by Elder r. Fl. Marsh,
of Oxford.
After a hymn by the choir, Eide.
Marsh reals the second chapter OF
Hebrews. He reads plainly, articr!a-
ting clearly. A little more animation.
would improve his reading. Elder
Durham of Goldsboro offers prayer
What magnificent voice tits a good,
sensible prayer. Now we have an an
them by the choir and organ and
(wonderful to telD we can tell the
words that they are singing, though
we have no book We hardly ever
heard it on this fashion. It is good
music, and the singing is we'll done
The preacher is young man, with
light hair, and fair complexion. HIS
text is Isaiah tx. g. The serm On is
written and read but it is we'll writ
ten and honestly read. There isno at
tempt to hide the manuscript. The
person of Christ is first discussed. The
thoughts are carefully elaborated the
sentences are well formed the words
are good the articulation is clear and
accurate the enunciation is excellent.
There is not much gesture, and there
should not be, for he is rrading-not
speaking. The voice is clear, strong,
and not harsh. though not specially
musical. 1t rather lacks variety. how
ever.
The life and character OF Christ are
now presented. His love is especially
dwelt upon, and His sufferings rs IL
lustrating that love The events of
Christ's personal history during His
life on earth are reviewed: and His
wonderful character as set forth by
those events. The description of the
raising of the widows son in Main
shows considerable power of 4 certain
sort; but it is too elahorately drawn,
and too wortIy. There is no pathos in
it. Turho does it better. There is
originality and force in the treatment
of the scene between Christ and the
thieves at the cruciixion. 1t is short,
pithy, pointed, admirably expressed.
and unusually suggestive. In the de-
scription of the cruciiixion itself--the
darkness, the language and conduct of
the characters-there is q trifle too
much of IfCadiyisn1; but many people
I'VE are sorry for them) like Headlev.
The discourse concludes with an ap-
peal to the audience to treat Christ
Alright. What Will you do with
Christ = asks the preacher. The
preacher must preach him. The phi
vatc Christian must work for linn The
sinner must receive him, or.clsc re-
spect him. He cannot determine to
do nothing III the case. Piia.e tried
to escape the responsibility of dong
anything; but he failed, and so will
you. n decision is n necessity, and
cannot be escaped.
We cannot agree with the preacher
i'll saying that the llneodiy are "cruci-
flying Christ atresh, and plttirg him
to an open siia,ne;" for tie connection
i'll which the iaiis, ,uaGo is used shows
that it was Intended to apply to those
who had been oalighted, and had after
wards apostatizcd. Butsthc language
IS SO commonly misapplicd i'll our
pulpits that lis meaning in its proper
connection has been well nigh lost
sight of. Upon the whole, the sermon
is an unusual" god one. We only
wish it had been preached. Elder A.
E. Owen, of Virginia, offers a short
prayer.
Jesus, love thy charsnins name, -
is sweetly sung to the accompaniment
of the organ, and we are dismissed
with the bonediction. H.
SECOND DAY.
WARRENToN, n. c.,
Thursday, November 9th, 1871
The Convention met ut $50 \. NJ
the first half hour to be devoted to re-
ligiOus exercises, conducted by Rev.
DR.. Wingate, President Of Wake
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