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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.)