DIED-At her home, near Falls of Guyand river, West Virginia, April 10th, 1906, Mrs." Nancy Adkins, eldest daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Tooley. She was born in eastern Virginia in 1824, and remained there until ten years of age. Her stay on earth was 82 years, lacking 20 days. Mother raised a large family, and taught them to get their living by honest labor, being very industrious and economizing herself. She lived to see all her children grown and married, also to see two daughters die and leave their families. She belonged to the Primitive Baptist Church sixty-one years. She was conscious until the last, and said, "Lord, have mercy on my children;" then said, "Have mercy on me, and take me," then calmly passed away as an infant going to sleep, resting her head on her hand. She often spoke of poor, unworthy me, and would say, "I do not know what will become of you when I am gone." None miss her as I do, but I hope soon to be with her in the heaven of rest. ALSO, Va., Oct. DIED-At her home near Salt Rock, W. 5th, 1906, Millie Ann Boothe. She was born April 20th, 1834. She leaves an aged husband and several children to mourn, but not as those without hope, for she said, "I have no hope of getting well, but I do have hope that when done suffering here I shall be better off." She was my mother's only sister in this country, and I shall miss her sadly, for I enjoyed being in her company. I was with her the last week of her life. I visited her in July last, and found her failing fast, both in mind and body. While it is very painful to record the death of such near and dear friends and relatives, I do ardently desire that I, too, could be absent from this body of mine and be present with the Lord. O that he would send for me, and call my Spirit home. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. BY JOHN D. MCCABE. 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DEVOTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CAUSE. VOL. 74. "THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON." MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., DECEMBER 1, 1906. NO. 23. CORRESPONDENCE. FRAGMENTS. "WHO then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man ?"-1 Cor. iii. 5. had experienced them, and had in his own soul the substance of those things hoped for, the evidence of those things not seen by mortal eye. As soon as he heard those good tidings of salvation by grace through Jesus Christ he believed them at once; he needed no argument, no proof to the natural understanding; he knew the truth, which he had never heard until Peter told it to him, because he had the witness within. The preacher does not cause one to believe. Paul prayed that the saints might know that it is the same mighty power of God which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead that caused them to believe. (Eph. i. 19, 20.) No one If the preaching of the gospel caused can believe a thing without evidence, or the belief, then all who heard it would what he thinks is evidence. Now faith believe; but only those believe to whom is the evidence of things not seen, and the Lord has given the substance of what that is given to every subject of grace. is preached in their own experience. It is the fruit of the Spirit, and "if any Now faith is that substance, and thereman have not the Spirit of Christ, he is fore it is the evidence upon which belief none of his." Now when Paul or any is founded. As soon as the truth which other minister comes preaching the gos- has been experienced is heard it is bepel of God's grace, proclaiming the un-lieved at once. Some errors are so much searchable riches of Christ, those who like truth in appearance that the hearer have been born again, who are subjects will be in a quandary, and will study and grace, believe that truth which they argue and consider whether what he never heard before, because they have hears is truth, but when the true and faith, which is the evidence, within them. certain sound is heard he does not stop "He that believeth on the Son of God to question, but feels at once assured in hath the witness in himself."-1 John v. his soul. It is like listening for the sound 10. Cornelius believed those things which of one's own bell; he will hear one and Peter preached and testified, because he another with an, Is that it? but when his of THE 66 " SIGNS OF THE TIMES, '' (ESTABLISHED 1832.) DEVOTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CAUSE, AT TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. BY J. E. BEEBE & COMPANY MIDDLETOWN, ORANGE CO., NEW YORK, To Whom all letters should be addressed, and money orders made payable. EDITORS: Elder F. A. Chick, Hopewell, N. J. CRUDEN'S COMPLETE (STUDENT'S EDITION) CONCORDANCE TO THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, (Which enables any one to readily find any passage of Scripture of which they can call to mind two or three words.) With a complete table of Proper Names, with their meanings in the Original Languages, a Concordance to the Proper Names of the Old and New Testaments, a Concordance to the Apocrypha, and a Compendium of the Holy Scriptures, &c. The above described book of 719 pages, 64x94 inches, we will mail postage paid for one dollar and fifty cents; or FOR ONE DOLLAR we will mail, postage paid, the same book without the Compendium, &c. HYMN BOOKS. (BEEBE'S COLLECTION.) These books contain 800 pages and 1311 hymns carefully selected by the late Elder Gilbert Beebe, especially for use in the Old School or Primitive Baptist churches of America. Also an alphabetical index of the first line of each hymn. Our assortment of the small books embraces : Cloth Binding, per copy, 75 cents; per dozen, $6.00. LARGE TYPE EDITION. We also have an enlarged fac-similie of the small Although the cheaper book is just as good for refer-books, being about twice the size, in two kinds of ence, we would recommend the one dollar and fifty cent book to those who feel that they can afford to pay the extra fifty cents. Both these books are in good substantial cloth bind- Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y. binding at the following prices, viz: Cloth Binding Blue, Marbled Edge.... $1 00 1 50 At the above prices we will mail the books, postage SIGNS OF THE TIMES. DEVOTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CAUSE. VOL. 74. "THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON." MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., DECEMBER 1, 1906. NO. 23. CORRESPONDENCE. FRAGMENTS. “WHO then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"-1 Cor. iii. 5. had experienced them, and had in his The preacher does not cause one to believe. Paul prayed that the saints might know that it is the same mighty power of God which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead that caused them to believe. (Eph. i. 19, 20.) No one If the preaching of the gospel caused can believe a thing without evidence, or the belief, then all who heard it would what he thinks is evidence. Now faith believe; but only those believe to whom is the evidence of things not seen, and the Lord has given the substance of what that is given to every subject of grace. is preached in their own experience. It is the fruit of the Spirit, and "if any Now faith is that substance, and thereman have not the Spirit of Christ, he is fore it is the evidence upon which belief none of his." Now when Paul or any is founded. As soon as the truth which other minister comes preaching the gos- has been experienced is heard it is bepel of God's grace, proclaiming the un-lieved at once. Some errors are so much searchable riches of Christ, those who like truth in appearance that the hearer have been born again, who are subjects will be in a quandary, and will study and of grace, believe that truth which they argue and consider whether what he never heard before, because they have hears is truth, but when the true and faith, which is the evidence, within them. certain sound is heard he does not stop to question, but feels at once assured in his soul. It is like listening for the sound of one's own bell; he will hear one and another with an, Is that it? but when his 66 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself."-1 John v. 10. Cornelius believed those things which Peter preached and testified, because he |