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Editor Mississippi Leader;
The first thing that happened to us
after we got into our home here, was
like this: In the afternoon a wagon
load of almost everything i'll the groc-
cry line was emptied into our store
room. On each package was the name
of the generous donor. Methodists.
Presbyterians, Catholics. Episcopal
ions. Baptists. and those of no denom-
nation. were mixed up very much in
this, to us, new business. 1t was not
one but many 'poundings" combined.
| have often heard of such proceed
ings. but had no idea how good it is to
be assailed after such Il fashion. 1t
would require too much space to name
the receipts of that day. 1t is sufi-
cient to say, from our standpoint, it
was lavishly, handsomely done. | think
if would be worth trip from here to
Brookhaven even over the Georgia
Pacific railroad to see such thing
happen to Scarborough, Boone, Green,
Douglass or Noteworthy, those royal
fellows worthy of the best in the land
They are not appreciated now, by those
for whom they toll and suffer, but they
will be. when they have finished their
course. aud "draw the drapery of their
couch around Them" and ''rest from
their labors."
On that memorable first day in our
Georgia home, as | looked over the list
of unusual names in the storeroOm,
my mind turned to beloved MISSISSIPPI
pts grand pioneer preachers and their
hardships. Some of them, of heroic
faith, remain to this day. Among
them living there is Elijah Douglass,
ST., precious relic of former day and
generation, and then there is that
blessed, sweet-spirited prince in Israel,
W. II. Bailey. What these two lone
SentinelS, who began their watch more
than 30 years ago, have endured, they
themselves could not relate now. What
beautiful thing it would be for the
present generation to take special
pains to make these almost worn out
soldiers comfortable and happy till
their sun goes down! ! wish some
sweet spirited young woman or young
man would start and popularize this
Christly undertaking: The people of
Lincoln, COpiah, Pike, Lawrence, Ma
rion, Franklin and other counties can
never repay these gracious men for
what they have done for them, and
their loved ones gone. Let them pay
a part of the debt, and be in haste
about it, or the opportunity will be
lost forever.
The idea among churches here, as |
gather, is, give the pastor good, com
Portable living, enable him to educate
his children if he has them, and then
expect good preaching. Ia most eases
the churches get what they expect. My
own people are as kind and thoughtful
as | could wish them to be. am max
ing the best return to them | can, and
being unfettered, | am doing better
preaching than / ever did. Those who
used to hear me, in Mississippi, and
who symyathize with the people here,
will be glad to hear of this improve
ment | imagine. | candidly think, how
ever, gave some of those people as
good preaching as they deserved. That
is miserable pauper who complains of
pi churches, about which l know any
thing, is the pdaIer element in them.
Spiritual dead beats" and grumblers,
who want preacher to make his own
living and preach to them for nothing.
1t is no unusual thing here to find
preachers, who have been pastors of
Fitzpatrick, ID. D., President of the
iaptigt State Convention, has been
pastor OF White Plains church, l. miles
from here, about 40 years. He began
his ministry with that church. DR.. Kill
patrick and his brother, who IS also a
d. d., and President of the Board of
Trustees of the great University, are
country pastors and always have been,
Three things go to make this the
str9ng Baptist State it is, viz: IL Long
pastorates. "a ample support of the
ministry, as rule; and i3) many of
the strongest preachers in the State
are pastors of country churches. These
churches will not have any but the
best preachers, and they get them just
like honest people get anything else,
by paying for them. But enough of all
this.
in this immediate section the lands
are red. They Look very poor, but pro
duce cotton, all kinds OF grass, wheat.
rye, oats, barley and corn III good guam
titles, am told. Cotton does not do
as well as other things here. Three