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it is of him, it will prosper—if not, it will fall
into and dwindle and (fie/ Nurse it
ssELS&juainy. cannot Ajl fr
you must nol be sflrprisedj jT such should be its
fete. Look abroad upon the religious lyorld;
the “signs of the times” indicate some mighty
revolution. The old hierarchy of England is
crippled; it can hardly go upon crutches.—
That of Scotland has found it necessary to be
remoddled. France will soon be swarming
with missionaries, whose hearts will glow with
every sentiment of civil and religious liberty.
And there are some establishments in our own
America, that arc not without their omens up
on this subject. Let us all prepare our hearts
for that “overturning and overtufning,” which
is to usher in the millenial day, when we shall
all see, eye to eye, and speak the same thing-
Affectionately and sincerely, Vonrs,
• W. 11. STOKES.
Washington, Sept. 23,1634.
FOR THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
: T-y §23ifc*) *B3*&&* ’
Trrtfer “Mercer, —I send -gver dt.’-hrs
for the liiptist Foreign Missjgn. This is the
savings of my dear little slaughter, Mary'Mar
tha Oodden. After a lingering illness of more
than four weeks, she died on the first January,
1634, aged 5 years and 8 months. She had, I
during her short life showed a benevolent dis
position, by giving a mite to the mission and
other societies. have I seen her little
heart made glad, that she,.had a trifle to send
•to the “ poor'Burman clnqjfcn who had never
heard of Jesus Christ.” She had been a mem
ber of tiie Temperance Society several jnon’lis,
and was once knotyjvto reprove an aged mem
ber of the Baptistjthnrch, by refusing to taste
the morning illirrf which lit* offered her. He
anid that ho was never more surprised than
when refbsing, she said she had belonged to
the Society a long time.- Tfifs
she did without anjuother restraint, tlian a
consciousness if her obligation; for she was
item home by herself, in a family winch made
use pf Spirit. She read with delight the me
moirs of pious children; and during her illness
listenedjyith pleasure to what her “Uncle
Charlcs”'said>to tier in the Index. I had fond
ly hoped she would have jjyed to he an orna
ment to the Church—hut she is gone!
JShc’s.gone. thgfovely blooming flower,
Biightjtniiling neautv.of an Jjour,
• Bo pi. but to bless us with her love.
We hope, she tuiftsluy harp above.
D. G. CODDEN.
P. S. Please to accept the other inclosed
five dollar note, for the Baptist Foreign Mis
sion. _ 1). G. G.
0£?” We acknowledge with pleasure the rc
iißMwwirlpr i
be faithfully applied as directed.
FOR TIIF. CHRISTIAN INDEX.
Henry Comity, (inn. Sc.pt. 6,1334.
Brother Mercer. —ln reading your valua
ble periodical, I hailed with eefrit the first
communication of Mr. Flemming, in which lie
expressed a wish to discuss, through the medi
um of the Index, the subject of effectual calling,
which, from its intrinsic importance in theolo
gy, lias met with the most cordial reception,
by the strieffy evangelical in every age of the
world; & when I reflected that in addition to the
justice of tiie pausehe advocates, that lie enjoys
the advantage of a high & well cultivated intel
lect, which would have enabled him to wield
the weapons of polemical divinity with such
.xdTirieney as to have failed tiie most obnoxjpus
heretic in Christendom, and to have performed
facts worthy of everlasting renown. 1 can but \
express my sincere regret and mortification to
fmd that Mr. Flemming has declined favoring 1
the public with his written views on that sub- j
ject/ ‘But, says Mr. F., “enough has been!
said, preached and written, in the treatises ex-,
lant, in the religious world, to convince any 1
reasonable man, that there cannot be expected j
in this controversy any thing new under the
sun.” This isa sweeping denunciation against
those who are so unreasonable as to believe
that a regular advancement ill theology is per
fectly attainable. ‘ Mr. F. appears sanguine in
the belief, ‘.hat all the information ever to bo
obtained in relation to divine influences, is to
be sought within tha various theological sys-!
terns extant in the world. But to this senti
ment I cannot respond—for “We have also a
more sure word of prophecy, whereiinto yc do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn
and the day-star arise in your hearts.” I be
lieve that the church militent is destined to
enjoy a cloudless day of uninterrupted prosper
ity, A lien the sun of .righteousness shall ap
pear in gjor.ous majesty, and expel the clouds
of error and superstition, and cause revealed
truth to shine with seven-fold intensity. But
it does not require extraordinary intellect, to
see that Mr. F. is as wise as a serpent and
harmless as a dove. He observes, in liis com
munication, that you, Mr. Editor, know my
sentimentsand Mr. White’s to be “rank heresy,
a heterogeneous jumblement of heterodoxy.”
Mr. Editor, I make no pretensions to infal
libility ; yet I have nothing to conceal in rela
tion to my theologicnl sentiments.
From what I gathered a few days ago, when
travelling in Merriwether county, from a min
ister distinguished for his orthodoxy and untir
ing zeal, for the suppression of heresy, who
stated that had been very much pestered
with unsound doctrine from ministers of the
Western Association, I am inclined to think
that if they have adopted the same constitution
of the Flint, (and I presume they have,) then
their preaching and faith constitute a strange
anomily, —“a heterogeneous jumblement
of heterodoxy.” I would -have Mr. F. to
know that I might have been as orthodox as
air •jjfl-'”' 7 if I could have
acted the part of a deluded Papist, -who never
dreams of his personal responsibility. Mr. F.,
in conclusion, remarks, that “when men be
gin to slide into error, they are comparable to
a stone torn loosedrom a mountain's brow—thfe
further it goes,-the more rapid and dangerous
will it be in itsprogress, and the more-hopeless
the effort to stop it in its dangerous march; but*
let it get into the valley, at the bottom of ffe
mount, and there it may be managed with
ease.” Mr. F. here seems to think,-that when
men begin to slide into error, it would bp butt
ter to let them alone until they beepme asd?x
centric as Swedenborg, that tffpy may the
more easily be rallied again to.the standard of
orthodoxy ! Is this good divinity I—Or would
we not preter the-oid adage— in time
save* nine."’ ‘ t
In- cpwhisioij, I nMtodß ttjjphetmtffwith the
leadingi;;.. :i: r. STTIio OcmiilgrA,Flint Riv* 7
ifijSStfon of the pofritsiiijSlMe f uncPl pledge
myself to tnakeit appear by scripture and good
logic, that their system, as explainelFhy them
selves, is Anypomiamsm. If this propPsitsß
should be afeeoed to, a line directeff*to Rev.
Win. Ryers, Jackson, Butts county, will meet
with prompt attention by him, who is duly au
thorised to make any preliminary arrange
ments that may be thought necessary for such a
meeting. . -
BARNABAS STRICKLAND.
FOR THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
Little Children's Corner.
No. 31
TO MY GLASS. • .
In my last number. fflijjJrgn, I nigdo It my
object.to convey to your minds some idea of
death, and tile cause which brought such sore
punishment upon the human nice. I shall now
take it for granted, that you are, in a greater
or less degree acquainted with, and have a
correct knowledge of, this part of our subject,
and therefore, direct your attention to the all
important and momentous question of being
“also ready,” that when tiio King of terrors
shall approach, you may meet him as a mes
senger of peace, embrace him iii your arms,
afri sing tiie triumphant song, “ O death, where I
is ti y sting! O grave, where is thy victory!”
You have been told, that in consequence of
the disobedience of oho map, (Adam) that all
men became sinners in the sight of God—that
we are born in sin—-indjGod Isis said, “ the:
soul that sinnetli, it shall die.”*” But ‘this- can
not mean that, death which was pronounced
-itgftl s a* i*l i wWßirwf e r- 1 1 11. Hfca bfcMwr
fruit, because, it matters not how holy or reli
gious we may bo, our religion will never save
us from going to the tomb; “dust we are, and
unto ‘dust we must return.”—“All flesh shall
perish together, and man shall turn to (last
again.”—“Then shall the dust return to the
earth as it was; and the spirit shall return un
to God who gave it.” Hence you see, it is
the lot of all—Christian and sinner, monarch and
peasant, rich and poor, to sleep in the grave.
Well, Uncle Charles, what is the meaning
of this passage, “the soul that sinnetli shall
surely die 7”
Ah! Children, you have asked an important
question. We are informed in the good Book,
that sinners —all wicked persons—these who
love not God and keep not ills commandments,
“will be turned into hell with (til the nations
! that forget God.” The thief the drunkard,
| the swearer, the liar, the murderer, will be
! anions those that will “stirelv die.” And the
i °
! place which God has prepared for these char
j actors is call hell ! It is that infernal abode of
i misery and wo, where it burns with fire and
| brimstone forever and ever—there, the worm
! dieth not and the fire is not quenched—there,
; will be weeping, arid wailing, and gnashing of
teeth—there, the screams of the dying and the
damned, are to be heard throughout the end
less ages of eternity, “foreverdying, yet un
confirmed,” —there, they “ curse God, curse
the Lamb, and curse all holy beings,” but not
j one ray of hope or drop of mercy ever enters
j that dark abode of departed ghosts and howl
! ingfiends! This, this, is a faint description of
that place and punishment inflicted upon the
“ soul that sinneth”—it “ shall surely die.”
I lmvc not given this description, to frighten
you, I have done so, that you may know 7 there
is a Ilell; hut, for fear you may not believe
!.Uncle Charles, I will prove it to you from
Scripture, you will believe God.
Deux, xxxii. 22. “For a fire is kindled in
mine anger, which shall burn into the lowest
i hell.”
Job xxvi. 6. “ Hell is naked before Him,
and destruction hath no covering.”
, Psai.m ix. 11. “The wicked shall be turn
ed into hell, and all the nations that forget
. God.”
I might add many more, but those are suffi
, cient; and to escape its gloomy vault, you
1 must seek the ljord while ho may be found,
and call upon him while he is near—you must
live holy and righteous before your God—you
must throw yourselves at Jesus’ feet, and like
the blind man by the way side, cry, “O Lord,
thou son of David, have mercy on us,” and
■ humbly beg him for grace to guide your youth
i ful steps and keep you from falling, for there
is no other name given under heaven whereby
I we can be saved, but through the name of our
: Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Parents,
i friends, nor riches, cannot save you, but Jesus
i can, “though your sins be as scarlet, they
; shall be as white as snow; though they be red
■ iiko crimson, they shall be as wool.” t
THE OHRXSVZAK. X9TC>££.
If riches could have saved a soul, I am per
suaded that the . rich map in the Gospel |rould
have been now in heaven, singing the Mpgagfi
the redeemed; but where is he I ITerp the
conclusion! “ There was a certain riejy’ man,”
which was -clothed in ptlrple and fine jinen, apdjj
fared sumptuously everyday. Anjtherg wire
a certain beggar named Lazarus,* which was
•laid at his gate, full of sores, aruPdesiring to ba
fled .frith the crumbs which felf from the riel
Vmn‘3 table: moreover, the dogs came aill
belied his.sores. .And it camp to pass, tftd
the beggar died, and was carried by the (An
,gls t into. Abraham’s bosom. The rich >man
alsodied, end was hurried; and in helUtf lift
ed pp his eyes, being in torments, aii(|
Abraham afax,j#fljrtfn'(f Lazarus, in his jjosofcfr*
and lie cried, and said, Father Abrahaii hMnj
me:vv.on me, and send Lazarus,
dip the tip in, Niy
taigvtnisil®BTOtnhente(lHn this flame. ,-Suu
Abraham Said, Sen, remembecest, tlfst tfl&ifTra
tbyiifi a time, received ft ihy good -fititignalffcl
Ttlrrnritii r-ri nil i* nTftn'fe , I HPr m'— f
comforted, and thou art tormented.” *#•
•_ Thanksbe to God, children,- there isa place
of rest for the poor—“ blessed is the poor in
spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Gpd looksat the heart, and says, “sonordaugh
ter givd me thy heart;” and though we be poor
and despised among men, yet, when we die,
we shall be carried by angels to Abraham’s
bosom, and safely lodged in thtW iibed?, “ where
the wicked cease from troubling, and thewea*-
ry arc at rest.”
UNCIE CHARLES, Junior.
Washington, 1834. „
FOR THE CHRIST AIN INDEX.
.''FURMAN THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION, )
(September lOr//, 18:14. )
Bro. Mercer.—-The students of this Institu
tion, being deeply sensible of tiie evils result
ingfVprn the use of Tobacco in any shape , (ex
cept as a medicine,) met on the Blh insl. to
form a Society, for the purpose -of opposing it.
The issue of that meeting you have below in
the Preamble aiid Constitution of tiie Society
then formed—and which by a resolution of the
Society, you are requested to publish in the
Index.
We arc happy to see that we are not niono
in our resolution to abandon tiie use of Tobac
co ourselves—and-to employ our influeuco in
discountenancing the use of it in others. Tiie
ministers of Christ in this fjtateund elsewhere,
begin to sec the deleterious effects which it
produces in several respects. Like tiie tem
perance reformation, we must expect opposi
tjqn—but like that, wc hope it will snrmoitnt
.'bejirqmjfcif.of to.QaDqpyy. and lircpi,
means of destroying tins useless practice.
By order of the Society.
JAMES DUPRE, Secretary.
An(i-To!acco Society.
We, tiie undersigned, being deeply impress
ed with tiie evils resulting from the habit of
chewing, smoking ami snuffing Tobacco—
liuvO formed ourselves into a Society, to ena
ble us tiie bettor to oppose it.
CONSTITUTION.
Alt. 1. This Society Shall bo called “The
Anti-Tobacco Society of the Furman Theolog
ical Institution.”
2. Its officers shall consist of a. President
and Secretary—who shall act as Treasurer
ex-officio—to he elected annually.
3. We Resolve, by divine assistance, not to
uso Tobacco ourselves, in any shape, except
as a medicine—and to exert our influence in
discountenancing the use of it in others.
4. Any person subscribing, or causing his
name to be subscribed to these articles, shall
bo considered a member—and any member vi
olating tiie third article of this constitution,
shall forfeit his membership.
5. The Society shall meet at the call of the
President.
0. Any member may withdraw from this
Society, by signifying his desire to the Presi
dent. 11. A. DUNCAN, President.
James Dupre, Secretary.
Baptist GmcralTraci Society.
The-extract below, wc copy from the
minutes of the Hudson River Baptist Asso
ciation. We hope that many, if not all of
ofour Associations, will go and do likewise.
The tracts are excellent and ought to he
circulated amongst all our churches and
1 people. There are depositories in our
Towns and Cities, from which tho church
es may be supplied. —[Ed. Index.
“36. The following report was read and
adopted.
The Committee to whom was refer
red the application ofbrolher IraM. Allen,
Agent of the Ilapt. Tract Society, bg leave
respectfully to report, that they are gratifi
ed to Icaru that the Society is anxious im
mediately to become an efficient auxiliary to
Home and to Foreign Missions, by giving
stiii more enlarged circulation to tracts of
their publication.
Believing the state of tiie American com- j
munity, and of tiie cause of God, imperi
ously require of us, the united, vigorous, &
liberal effort of the Churches to sustain the
Society in its benevolent designs; and as
there are large and destitute portions of our
country, to which that society has peculiar
facilities of access, it would manifestly
constitute a very serious omission of du
ty, not to avail ourselves of their predi
lections, in favor of a particular inode of
distributing gospel truth ; and, whereas,
the Society possesses a large number of
excellent publications, peculiarly adapted
to supply existing and great destitution,
which are ready for sale, and are greatly
°f en l ar ged support (or moreexten-
If l erations :
] Off ‘ solved, that, as the Board of the
General Tract Society are making
jmEcial and enlarged effort to distribute
TOBrpulicalions in the Western States of
■bpitcciiintry, and to aid our Missionaries
r”-iS Urni| h’ * n o, l |er places, in the dis
triilntion of tracts ; we recommend to the
GWfches composing this body, liberally to
a * < y[' Eni in this good and great work.
sj. Resolved, that the churches be also
to form Societies auxiliary to the
J ■ Society 7 , on the principle of con
trjufeone halfoftheir funds, to assist
[Nt parent Society in accomplishing its plan
‘offexlended opperations ; and that tiie re
maining halt, be expended in the purchase
Sid .distribution oftracts. •
9 Ail which is respectfully submitted.
L J. C. MURPIIEY, Chairman .”
Nf’jl* I01! tub CHRISTIAN INDEX.
\ A PIStLIIJIEit.
at, • Baptist Tract Depository. |
rhimjuipbia, Sept. Dili, 1834. (
meeting of tiie Board of Managers of
jjlßPpt'.st General Tract Society, Phiiadel-
MfiOpepteirffier 6lli, 1834, file following Prc
frwjß a,:< l Resolution were introduced, read,
Jj’SoipaPhnously adopted, viz :
■^’ oari l having understood from different
sourep, that a suspicion exists in the minds of
mAf our friends in the South, that this So
ciety|ias interfered with the agitating ques-
PMiK Slavery—Therefore,
P.EEOSVED, That such a suspicion,
with respect to the doings of the Society, or
with ‘respect to its publications, is utterly
groukdli is; and that it is the sense of this
R°aril,\k , !l that question ought never, and so
far es flojsr, who at present control the opera
(Jons [fekio’ Cocjetu. are concerned, shall ne-
VFOt rx> T WAY be ini; rmeddled with by the
,* ml Tract Society.
“By order of the Board.
■ “iii * Gen’l. Agent.
GO-As an individual, the subscriber dis
claiuis bitiliiig any thing, to do with the forego
ing l>ui>jtit, either directly or indirectly. Ile
receivef'DOanti-Slavery papers inlohisoffice—
seldom Bees any of that description, and never
reads !hern, Ho has never sent, nor had any
iigunoy, ai/irtteerr, in sending any anti-Slavery
paper or pjppphlct, to any person in tiie world,
and he knjj-Ws no person, connected in any way
witli the jSjJtist Tract Society, who has had
any agerxji'iin tiie thing.
rj?i\ Wmt ‘ I. M. ALLEN.
3 —**
Troth tha Hartford Secretary.
AuanKss or a ary.
CC AiKdifHljjßS a t>KuialW
of the feelings of Mrs. Vinton, ns express
ed by herself in tiie Baptist Meeting-house
in Norwich, previous to her embarkation
for Burmah. The effect produced upon the
large audience,was thrilling beyond descrip
tion. May its perusal excite some other of
ouryoungsisters“togo & do likewise:”
“ Dear Brethren and Sisters: —You
may imagine what my lootings must be, as
I stand now addressing you. As it is tiie
first time 1 ever met this congregation, so 1
may say, it is the last, till I meet you at the
bar of God. You may judge that I have
poculiajr feelings in leaving tiie scenes of
my childhood, where J have often roved
with my hrothers and sisters, and plucked
tiie \vi|l (lowers, and cropped tiie earlv
fruit. When I think oflliese, a voice seems
to say to me, Stay! again, when 1
think of the hewer of prayer which I con
secrated, when 1 was first brought to love
my Saviour, and hicii, in time of trial and
temptation, has ever proved to me a little
bethel,” a voice seems to say to me, Stay !
Again, when 1 think of my dear parents,
who watched over me in my infancy, and
who have ever ! enas kind to mens any pa
rcntsnowaretothcirchildren.orasany chil
dren <jan have parents ; when I think that
they wiil soon lie laid beneath the clods of
the vqlly; a voice seems to say to me,
comfort them- Again, when I
think of my brothers and sisters, who are
ended red to me by the strongest ties of af
fection; who have ever been, and stiff are,
as kind and affectionate as brothers and
sis'efs can be ; a voice seems to say to me,
Stay! Again, when I think of leaving my
| native America, the land of peace and !ib
| erty,to go to a land of trial, oppression and
degradation a voice seems to say to me,
Stay!
“But, my dear friends, above ail tiffs,
there is a louder voice, a voice that comes
from God, who sits upon the eternal throne,
and who hath so loved me, that he gave his
only begotten son to die for life.; a voice
from him says, Go! A voice from the
Spirit ofGod says, Go! A voice from Cal
vary says to me, Go! And there is an
other voice mingled with that which'comes
from Burmah, from the Karen jungle, and
is wafted across the Atlantic, from our de
graded Karen sisters, which says, Come-,
“come over and help us.” There is also
that great second command, which says, 7
“Love thy neighbor as thyself,”
j “In view of all these considerations, Igo
j to tiie inhospitable climate of Burmah,
where 1 shall probably .sutler persecutions,
and perhaps a martyr’s death ; at least, 1
expert there to find an early grave.
Iffiavo now told you what l fee! at leav
ing mv native country. It is what I have
contemplated between four and five years.
But you will probably wish to know how I
feel at the near prospect of it. I love my
native country ! I love the scenes of mv
childhood. I love my parents, my broth
ers and sisters, and all my friends; and I
loveall thosechristian privileges, tjnv friends
as well as you. but above all these, I love
my Saviour. He says, Go; and I go, in
obedience to that command of his, “Carry
my gospel to every creature.” But my
friends, I go not alone,’ for God will go with
me. I could not stay here, and enjoy
those high privileges and blessings, whilst
my pool, degraded sisters in Burmah, who
are as good by nature as myself, and per
haps much better, are imploring our assis
tance, and imploring almost in vain. And
when I think that 50,000 ofthe heathen die
every day, I can tell you that I wish to go
as soon as possible ■ 1 expect in two or
three weeks to embark upon the ocean, and
to be made the sport of the waves, and the
billows ; and as America recedes from my
view, and I reflect that I shall never again
implant my footsteps upon my native soil,
I shall rejoice at my departure. And as I
toil on the burning sands, and inthesultry
clime of Burmah I shall rejoice that lam
counted worthy io he employed in my Mus
ter’s service ; knowing that isl am faithful,
I shall at the last day receive the crown of
rejoicing. And I hope that in that great
day, I shall meet this congregation at the
bar of God and hear him ity ;o us, V.V 11
done good and faithful servants.”
“ft is not mere complement, therefore,
when I ask my 7 brethren and sisters to pray
for me. Or, I ask you, not to rember me,
if you will remember the Burman sisters,
and pray that my labors may not be in
vain.
“My dear sisters, though you are not
privileged as we are by going to them, yet
you may do much, by your prayers and by
contributing to supply their wants, and re
lieve tlioir necessities. And at the last great
day, when our Saviour shall ba seated on
his throne to judge the world, may it be
said of each one of us, ‘She hath done what
-she could.’ ”
Tram the. Philadelphian.
FkfSli Address to Cbtldrcn.
“ II is ap|K.iiiU'<t unto men uncc to ttio, but.
after this the judgment.”—Ueb. ix, 27.
Dear‘Children—l have endeavored to
show you that “ the wages of sin is death,”
and therefore every human being on the
lace of tho earth, of whatever nation or
language, .must suffer death, because “all
have sinned,” that the body shall repose
lor a season in the grave, be turned to dust,
out of which it was first made, and rise a
gain, either to appear with Christ in glory,
or to suffer endless misery in that place
which is appointed for the “workers of in
iquity.”
The subject now under consideration, is
that of tiie general judgment. I shall not
therefore speak of the judgment which
takes place immediately after the separa
tion of the soul and body, when the immor
tal spirit returns to God who pave it, hut
yi Wjwttmnm- Kl.tiwt
meniotts (L 7 iy,- ‘“ .nil other days’
were made;” when Christ, once desjiised
and crucified, “ shall judge the world: for
to Him, tho Father hath committed -all
judgment.”
The most sublime description of the last
judgment, is that Written by the inspired
apostle John, “ which God gave unto him,
to show unto his servant tilings which must
shortly come to pass.” Says he, “ I saw
the dead, small and great, stand before
God; and l lig books were opened, and
another hook was opened, which is the hook
ol life: and the dead were judged out of
those things which were written in the
books, according to their works. And the
sea gave up the dead which were iu it;
and death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them, and they were judged
every man according to their works.”
-the Scriptures of truth likewise inform
us, that though all must appear before the
judgment scat of Christ, yet the dead in
Christ shall rise first; for “ho shall send
his angels w ith a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect
from ihe four winds, from one end of hea
ven to the other.” None will be forgotten
in that eventful day. Every action of out
lives shall then undergo the strictest scruti
ny 7 , every word be weighed in the balance
by 7 unerring justice, and every thought, tho’
long since blotted from the page of memo
ry, brought to light. The voice of con
science, too often, alas! slighted, will then
be heard, and either till ns w ith remorse,
or whisper words of peace and consolation.
The trembling believer, and the bold blas
phemer, those who loved and served their
Master upon earth, and those who refused
to take the yoke of Christ, will be there—
apostles and martyrs, the persecutor and
the persecuted, will bo there; you and I,
dear children, will also be there. Not one
shall escape the notice of Him who now
sitleth on the judgment throne; for “be
fore Him shall be gathered all nations:
and lie shall separate them one from ano
ther, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
life goats.”
Seeing that these things are so, may you.
dear children, live in the constant expecta
tion of the judgmehFtlay. Waste no(, I
beseech you, the precious season of youth,
in vanity and dissipation. Consider the
shortness of time, and the near approach
of death and eternity! Many a precious
soul has been lost by thinking that the
hour of retribution was afar off. Oh, give
no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your
eyelids, until you have made your peace
w ith Cod, taken Christ as your all in all;
until you cun rejoice in looking forward to
the day of judgment, and say with one of
old, “ Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge, shall givp me at that
day; and not to me only but unto all them
also that love his appearing.”
“This wreck of nature all around—
The angels’ shout, the trumpets’ sound,
Loud the descending judge proclaim,
And echo his tremendous name.
Children of Adam, all appear
With rev’rence round his awful bar;
For, as his lips pronounce,ye go
To endless bliss or endless woe!”
ELIZA.
If God be the Creator of all, he ought to bo
loved and obeyed by 7 all.
X&&RREEI),
On the 4th inst, by the Rev. J. C. Keeney,
Mr. CHARLES THOMPSON, son of Col.
John Thompson, to Miss NANCY, eldest
daughter of Mr. John Mobly, all of Fairfield
District, S. C.
OSITUAHY.
Died, in Monroe county, (Mi.) on the 11th
August, of congestive fever, Rev. ANDREW
SHENE. He gave the strongest evidences
that he was about to make a far better ex
change.—He lias left a wife and many friends
to deplore ills premature death.
Also, on the 13th August, his daughter, a
bout two years of age.
Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.
Mr. Shcne is much lamented as a teacher
and a preacher of the gospel. The neighbor
hood has sustained si great loss—He was in
short an ornament to society 7 . He, with his
wife, emigrated from .Scotland about tw 7 o years
ago, and was known to the writer of this no
tice from his first landing in America. He
was employed as private teacher, by Major
Blewett, last year, in South Carolina, and re
moved with him to Mississippi in January last,
lie had the most flatteriHg prospect of being
useful in tho cause of Christ, and of collecting
fiir himself and family, plenty of the good
things of this world. But God has removed
him to himself.
Departed this life, at home, in Burke coun
ty, Georgia, on Wednesday, the 10th ofSept.,
1634, alter an illness of three weeks, in the
bloom of life, days of usefulness, and in the
31st year of he r age, Airs. CAROLINE JANE
BYNE, consort of Henry Byno. She has left
a disconsolate husband, an only son, a beloved
and floating brother, together with r any
friends, to mourn their irreparable ioss. m....
the relations of a wife, a mother, a sister, a
friend, and a mistress, she stood pre-eminent.
She was naturally a woman of a very lively
disposition, and possessed very kind feelings,
and w 7 as perfectly contented in every situation.
She has had a lively hope in Christ her Sa
viour, ever since the death of her fondest and
sweetest of mothers, Mrs. Jane Hughes, consort
ofCapt. Henry Hughes, which has beenaimn
linnliy inaiiiii -led by her writings left in Jier
aki vVVPfi, i.pr humble and‘dependent depart
ment through life, “and which was proven to
the satisfaction of every one tiiat^w’itiiessediiei 7
last moments. She was rather anxious to de
part than otherwise—her confidence in God
her Saviour seeemed to acquire additional
strength as life waned away, and even when
her spirittvas taking its flight, and disease had
undermined the very citadeloflite —when res
piration had become hurried and interrupted,
and the thread-like pulse was sinking with
indistinct, tremulous motion, into the stillness
of death. In this aw ful, distressing moment,
she would cast her eyes towards lleaven, with
the sweetest and loveliest smiles beaming up
her lips, and ask her Saviour, why tarriest
thou! Oh, sweet Saviour, come—and come
quickly, and take me upon thy wdngs of love,
and bear rue to my Heavenly Father’s mansion,
where my soul shall enjoy everlasting rest.—
Oh, husband, why vveepest thou so—my Sa-
Saviour has come, and weepest thou not, it is
heaven to me. Her life and rejoicing, at the
coming ol her Saviour, were closed with the
soft and distinct good-bye.
Happy soul, thy days are ended,
• All thy mourning days below;
Go, by angel guards attended,
To the arms your Saviour, go.
Pleasant Ridge, (Ala.) Aug. 29,1631.
Devr Brother Mercer, —Whom, having
not seen I love.
Died, of fever, yesterday morning, at the
house ofJubal Carpenter, Green Cos. Alabama,
in the neighborhood of Clinton, EDWARD
PACE, a Baptist preacher.—He was well at
tended by the steam Doctors I understand.
Brother Pace w 7 as an early settler in this
county; had recently removed to the Choctaw
purchase, and at the time he was taken ill, he
had come to visit his church, (Bethlehem,)
which iie had builded in the Lord some years
ago, ami to which he vas greatly endeared.
Brotiier Pace was one who took but little in
terest in the benevolent proceedings of the
day ; but was one of tho few that could preach
Election and Predestination consistently and
plainly. In a word, ho was an exemplary
Christian, and a worthy citizen.
TRISTRAM S. THOMAS.
A PROTRACTED MEETING will beheld
at Rocky River, Abbeville District, So.
Carolina, to commence on Friday before the
third Lord’s day in October next. A1 mister-’
mg Brethren are affectionately invited to at
tend.
Sept. 25tii, 1831.
Rccsipts (or tho Index.
John Evans, of Chesterfield, S. C. paid to
January, 1636. S. Knox, P. AI. nt Aquila.
Ga. paid for A. Stone, to April 1833. S. Griffin
paid (Dr. Turpin) to July 1635. Rev’d. E.
Callaway paid for himself, A. M. Alathews
W. O. Cheney, G. W. Callaway, Dr. J. II
Ragan, Luke Callaway, and Mrs. Adda Mil
ner to September 1835. Francis Colly paid to
January* 1835. Reverend Edward Tal
bot agent at Columbia, Ala. paid for him-
Belt, Abner Ilill and Rev. Joel Sims to Sapt.
1833. ($1 due.)
