The news & observer., 1905-12-12

Board of Missions.
The Board of Missions and Sunday
Schools met yesterday morning in
Faircloth Hall at the Baptist Uniyer>
sity with the principal purpose OF
making appropriations to the various
mission fields in the State.
This was the first meeting of the
new Board appointed last week. After
prayer by DR. Gwaltney the following
officers were elected: John r. Ray,
president; John S. Pullen. vice-presi-
dent; and Hight c.. Moore, recording
secretary.
The Executive Committee. before
whom all questions will come between
sessions of the full Board. was elected
as follows: c. j. Hunter, j. w. Bailey
N. B. Broughton, w. A. Cooper, John
E. Ray.
The following members of the Board
were named as the Sunday School
Committee, having i'm charge the Bap-
tist Sunday school work of the State.
n. B. Broughton, T. Neil Johnson, W.
| c. Tyree c. j. Hunter G. II. Poe, r. ~
Simms, and j. w. Bailey.
The appropriations were then made
! for 900 on tho basis of thirty thous,
and dollars as instructed by the Con-
vention. The Executive Committee
| having gone carefully over all the APP
plications, arranged them according
| to Associations, noted the names of ali
churches and pastors asking aid, the
salaries raised on the fields and the
amounts asked for to supplement
them, and thereto appended thei1
recommendations the work of the
Board ran smoothly, harmOniously,
and expeditiously.
The amount appropriated direct to
churches was nearly $4,000; to the AS
sociations for distribution in THEN
! bounds, $4,000: to the Sunday School
Department, $1,500; to colportage,
| $500: and estimated expenses, $2,250;
making a grand total of nearly $4,000.
The Advisory Committee of five
brethren from Western North Carolina
was appointed to arrange the appro>
priations for that section.
| A most beautiful and APPROPRIATE ac-
| ton of the Board in concluding its
| work was TO add $500 to the salary Of
| Corresponding Secretary Livingston
Johnson. making it now $4,000 a year.
| Mr.. Johnson has done magnificent
work and is held in the highest esteem
| by his brethren all over the State.
| 1t was good meeting of a harmon
| ious. aggressive Board, planning yet
| larger things for the Masters service.
Powerful Sermon at the Tabernacle
| Church Sunday Morning.
| To tho Tabernacle Baptist church
| Sunday morning people went expect
| ing a sermon of unusual power-and
| they were not disappointed when DR.,
E. ID. Gray Secretary of the Home
! Mission Board of the Luthern Baptist
Convention concluded his effort. TAX
| ing as his text / John. 80 And truly
we do know that we know Him if we
keep His commandments" Or. Gray
| then took as his theme. Knowing
God"
1--WE must know Cod" he said, mot
! merely know about Him. as we might
know about any historical figure-but
we must know Him as we would know
| q friend OF course however this
also implies knowing about Him-just
as the greater includes the lesser So
we must encourage all efforts to know
about Him. But the young ruler knew
all the theological doctrine. knew all
the law and kept it; and yet his soul
| cried out for the vital touch that he
| knew he lacked in spite of all his
| formal knowledge. Napoleon recog-
nized Jesus as God. and SO do many
men today who yet do not know Him.
| And to know Him and to make others
| know Him is the supreme privilege of
our lives.
But we must not only know Him,
we must have assurance through obe-
dance, and this is the central thought
of what l have to say.
Assurance does not always imply
! ecstacy as it does conviction. Goo
| ldoes not need to work with miracles,
with outward display, as once He did;
| but we must know His peace in our
hearts.
"And this peace. this knowing that
we know. comes from obedience, not
from obedience merely to the letter of
| the law but to its sDirit-just as a
| child is guided by the spirit of his
| father without waiting always for eX-
pressed command"
For an assurance then we have first
the internal tdence-that is between
US and God, Z then the external evil
| dence that world must see when
we keep His Commandments
In conclusion DR.. Gray referred elo-
uuently to the final triumph OF those
who know God, and knowing Him have
| kept His law. when in the last day
| they shall hear the words: We'll done,
| good and faithful servant; thou hast
been faithful over a few things; enter
into the joy of thy Lord"
DR.. II. j. WfIIingham.
At the evening service in the Bap-
tist Tabernacle DR.. r. J. Willingham
read as the Scripture lesson the Gath
I
counted by Israers judge before the
people the many things God had done
for them. He laid special emphasis
upon the words of Joshua: And if
| it seem evil unto you to serve the
Lord, choose you this day whom ye
will serve; but as for me
and my house, we will serve the Lord.
DR.. Willingham spoke of God and
! fidelity to Him. and brought it to the
| hearts of the congregation Old Josua.
| he said soldier, statesman, and
prophet had stood for many years be-
| fore Israel as leader, but now he was
| before them the last time, having
gathered them together from all parts
of tn land. Josue told the neople how
good the Lord had been to them. and
! told them that as prosperity had
some, now there would be tempta-
| ton to turn away from the true God.
HE told Them" continued DR.. Will
| lingham, that the question before
them was. whether they would serve
the Lord ~ sincerity and truth, for
God is a jeauous God.
1.-The question is: is it worth while
for a man to serve God? Is it the
thing for a man to serve Cod The in
tense individuality of what we call re-
IieiOn is the thing / want to bring be-