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POETRY.
From the Mountaineer.
Mr. Editor,—tty giving the following on
insertion in your paper, you will confer a fa
vor on ■** ‘ •
The faithless world promiscuous flows,
Enwrapt in fancy’s vision;
Allur’d by sounds, beguil’d by show
And empty dreams, nor scarcely know
There is a brighter Heaven.
Fine gold will change, and diamonds fude,
Swift wings to wealth are given ;
All-varying time our forms invade—
The seasons roll—light sinks in shade—
There is nothing lasts but Heaven.
Creation's mighty fabric, all,
Will be to atoms riven;
The sky consume, the planets tall,
Convulsions rock this earthly ball—
There is nothing firm but Heaven.
Empires decay and nations die,
Our hopes to winds arc given;
TKc vernal Wtwm in ruin liP—
Death reigns o’er earth, and sea, and sky— j
There is nothing lives but Heaven.
The world is poor, from shore to shore,
And like a baseless vision ;
Its lofty domes and brilliant ore,
And gems, and crowns are vain mid poor—
There is nothing rich but Heaven
A stranger lonely hero I roam,
From place to place I'm driven;
My friends are gone and J'm in gloom —
This earth is ull a lonely tomb—
I have no home but Heaven.
The clouds disperse, the light appears,
My sins are all forgiven ;
Triumphant grace has quell’d my fears—
Shine on ye suns, fly swift ye years—
I'm on my way to Heaven.
Adieu to all below—adieu,
Let life’s dull chain be riven—
Thetnnrmu offlhristhavn oaugkt my view ;
The world of light 1 will pursue—
To live with Him in lleaven.
mis CSil il W” S3 6 U -
The following extract is from the lust
Report submitted to the Hudson River l!np
tist Association :
“ Having conducted to a close Ibis ana
lytical view of the state ol the Churches
composing this Association, as gathered
from their respective letters, we would now
present one condensed, tabular view ol all
that has been done duringtho past year. —
It will bd observed that it is termed upon
the excellent model contained in your last
annual report, while at the same lime it
presents a more minute synopsis ol the past
doings and present position of ouch body.
Were it not that this document lias al
ready and necessarily expanded to an unu
sual length, vour committee would present
some reflections which have suggested
themselves in the course of their laborious,
yet delightful task. They cannot, howe
ver, sutler this report to pass from their
hands, without an expression of feeling,
the sentiments ofwhieh they trust will meet
with a ready and a cordial response.
Unfeigned and devout gratitude to God,
is the’ first practical duty suggested by our
annual retrospect. Upon all our ( ’bundles,
during the past year, with hut low excep
tions, the Holy Spirit has distilled like the
dew, while some have advanced to a state
of great fruitfulness beneath its more plen
tiful shower. In some parts of the field ol
our labor, certainty and system lmve taken
the place of dlffulence, ditficulty nod doubt:
while in other parts an extended and still
widening space is courting the culture of
our industry, and crying to the sincerity of
our professions to remove from them the
“ reproach of barrenness.” It is most
gratifying to your Committee to report that
the cattso of Subbath School s, those pow
erful and efficient auxiliaries to the preach
ing of the Gospel, has„ during the past
vear, greatly advanced. More than otic
Church has borne its pleasing testimony to
the crowning blessing of God, upon their
humble yet extensive labors. Wo cannot
but urge the Churches, that to this import
ant, but off neglected portion of the field,
they bring greater exertion and more ur
gent prayer.
Biblical Instruction, although necessa
rily included in the foregoing, demands yet
a separate and distinct notice. To this
branch of Christian effort, we hail with
gratitude a growing attention. If we would
close the floodgates of error, if wo would
block up the avenues of ignorance, il wo
would aim to make our Churches spiritual,
stable and active, we must he more scrip
tural. The experience of the whole Church
of Christ, for eighteen centuries, loudly
proclaims that all essential error, leading to
the ruin of the souls of men, and subver
sion of the prosperity and even the exist
ence ofChristian communities, has had its
origin in the ignorance and neglect of the
Holy Scriptures. It was here the rclbrin
e-s took so noble and so derided a stand.
Rejecting alt human authority, the com
mandments of men, ami the dictates of
fallible tradition, they boldly and fearlessly
avowed that the scriptures contained all
things necessary to eternal salvation. The
I>ook of God was ever in their hands. If
was their only chart. Their submission to
It was unconditional. They read it by
day, and in the faint glimmerings of the
vigil lamp, illumined by a ray from the
throne of God, they studied it bv night.—
And while their Romish opponents ground
ed their arguments upon the authority ol
Tertullian, Augustine, Jeromeand Bernard,
they repaired to the armory of revelation,
where buckling on the breastplale of right
eousness, and covering their head with the
helmet of salvation, in one hand they held
the shield of faith, and in the other grasped
the sword of the Spirit, the sallied forth ;
and a single Augnstinian monk, thus arm
ed, hurled the first blow at the towers of
superstition, from which we trust and be
lieve it can never recover.
As Bible Christians, let us then sanction
and bring into practical hearing, those well
attested plans, w hose object and tendency
arc: to diffuse throughout our Churches and
people, more scriptural knowledge.
Tire Cause of Missions, so intimately
identified with the eternal purpose of Jeho
vah, has advanced with growing energy
and effect. The taunting question, so of
ten put with apparent triumph by the ene
mies of the gospel, why that system whose
object is to proclaim “ peace upon earth,
and good will to men,” should as yet have
found its way to so small a portion of the
oMrlh ; and why It ehould hitherto have
been published for the acceptance or refu
sal, of so inferior n part of the dwellers on
the globe, is receiving a prompt and satis
factory reply in the increased amount of
1 aoal, uuil contributions, brought by the
j Churches to the help of the Lord.
It is pleasing to your Committee-to oh
i serve that the American Baptist Home Mis
! sion Society, by the wisdom of its plans
and its growing usefulness is attracting to
itself the confidence, the prayers and the
contributions of the Churches. It is hoped,
however, that the coming year they will
redouble their efforts to sustain and give
efficiency to so important an institution.
The Tract, Temperance, Maternal, and
Education Societies, worthy of a niorcex
tonded notice had wo room, are all on the
increase, and continue to enjoy the smiles
of the great head of the Church.
It will he observed that wc have receiv
ed during our present session, an addition
to our number of four recently constituted
Churches, Snugertks, Matteawnn, Kindcr
hook, and 1 st. Bap! ist Church, 1 hillipstown.
We trust that t'm ir union’ with this body
will augment its strength, and increase its
picly.
While thus wo breathe to heaven our
prayer of thankfulness, wo see much in
the review of the path wc have trod, to
humble us in the dust.
The desolating pestilence which once
swept over our continent, thinning our
flocks, closing up our sanctuaries, and dis
persing our Ministers, has not been permit
ted to revisit us. Yet with this returning
goodness, has there been an increased de
gree of devotedness? Have the Ministers
preached more as,- “ dying men to dying
men ?” Have our Churches been more
spiritual, more humble? Have our tem
ples been more thronged ! Have our con
tributions to the treasury of the Lord flow
ed in more qhccrfiilty, more freely ! H<w
the number increased of those w ho, with a
mark upon their forehead, sigh and cry for
all the abominations that are done? Wc
tremble to think that to these interrogato
ries the reply must be in the negative!—
Away with flattery ! —Away with self-adu
lation ! —Away with boasting of the extent
of our exertions, or the value of our con
tributions! O, that God might enable us
rightly to judge of ourselves, “ that ire may
remember and be confounded, and never
open our mouths any more, because of our
shame, when He is pacified towards us,
for all that ire hare done.'’ Another
cause for humiliation may be found in the
circumstance, that six of our Churches are
now, and have been for a lengthened peri
od without a staled Ministry. Brethren,
to what shall we attribute this ? Why this
removal of so many lights out of their pla
ces? Have tho Ministers become dilatory
and unfaithful ? Or have the Churches by
a dereliction of duty and pledge, forgotten,
that il’ they feed not the lamp, it will emit
but a dim and a sickl v vapour, which must
eventually go out ? Ministers l the most
high • Churches of the living God ! Ex
amine yourselves ; is there not a cause?
In conclusion, wc affectionately, yet ear
nestly press upon the Churches, that in ad
dition to an increase in prayerfiffhess, ho
liness and unwearied exertion, they forget
not the exorcise of unshaken faith in a
promising God. By faith we would he
understood to mean, not tho mere acquies
cence in the utility of nn associate body
like this: not the mere annual meeting to
hear its history,and rejoice in its progress:
but that anxious wish for the fulfilment of
those gracious promises of Jehovah, which,
showed ns they are iu rich luxuriance
through the pages of the sacaed volume,
invite and win the mind to an active opera
tive confidence, that God would deign to
work w ith us, quickening our zeal, inspir
ing our love, disciplining our motives, and
that this Association may in sonic degree
he made useful in levelling the interrup
tions, removing the stumbling blocks, and
casting up a highway for the free course of
that “ knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
which shall one day fill the earth as the
waters cover the sea.”
Oh ! could this faith, this sanctifying,
this operative principle, which grasps the
“ substance of things hoped for,” and em
bodies the “ evidence of things not seen,”
could this faith be brought into a real, heal
thy, vigorous existence, what might not be
undertaken ; w hat might not he attained !
Another year of labor and toil, and for
aught wo know, of trial, is before us.—
While standing yet upon his threshold, it
may be well for us to pause, and inquire,
what is the state of feeling with which we
assume its responsibilities. The history of
the past, with its varied backslidings, its
broken resolutions, its opportunities of use
fulness suffered to pass away unimproved,
is still fresh incur memory. What then
is our state of mind in reference to our
prospective duties ? - Do we enter upon
them in “ weakness, and in- fear, and in
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
much trembling?” Are we truly bffmb §d?
Are we willing to be nothing ? And can
we honestly adopt the language (Q tfiaft it
might be with the Spirit!) of our Divine
Master, who though he was “ God over
all,” yet in His subordinate office as ser
vant of the everlasting covenant, said, I
SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY.” lfsO, theq
the blessing of God will be upon us: thiJ,
shall be a year of rich and abundant vin
tage, and at its close we shnll meet, and
together rejoice, and “shout the harvest
home.”
Brethren, we arc about a great work !
wc need great grace to make and keep us
humble and holy. Satan, whose territories
vve are invading, and his emissaries, against
whom we arc marshalled, present at this
moment a fearful and a growing phalanx.
Popery, Infidelity and God-denving blns
pbemv, arc waxing stronger and stronger
against the Lord and his anointed. O let
him, who is the object of their enmity, be
the centre of our union—let His name be
the watchword, and His truth the weapon,
and his Spirit the strength ‘of our hoW
warfare ; let the remembrance of His cross
constrain our love, and the hope of His
kingdom cheer our spirits, and soon we
shall sit down under Hisshadow withgreat
delight, and “ rejoice in His rest which
shall he glorious.”
From Abbott's Young Christian.
PUBLIC WORSHIP.
“ Take heal how you hear.”
It is perfectly astonishing what n tendency
there is among mankind, &even Christians,
to throwoirthe whole resposibillty of public
worship upon the minister. The disposition
is almost universal. Como me into
this church, and observe the congregation
assembled. Tho minister reads a hymn,
and while he is reading it how great a
proportion of the hearers are entirely re
gardless of its contents ? he rises Jo offer a
prayer, and if we could see the n TiTts ol
those present, how many we should find
who are really making no effort at all to
accompany him to the throne of grace!
At Inst he names his text, and the eyes of
almost all the assembly are turned upon
him. As he looks over the congregation,
he sees an expression of interest upon the
countenance of his hearers, and perhaps
expects they are going to listen to what ho
had to say. He begins the delivery of his
message, and endeavoring to explain to
them the principles of duty, or to present
the considerations u hicli should urge them
to do it. Now let me ask, while this ex
ercise is going forward, upon whom does
the responsibility of it chiefly come? Is
it the duty of a minister to interest the
people, or that of the people to be interest
ertt >v their own efforts ill (he inessirgo the
minister brings? Are you in receiving a
message from above, to reject it, or listen
to it carelessly and with an inattentive and
listless air, because it is not presented in.
such a manner as to compel yon, by the
novelty of its illustrations or the licauty of
its diction, to give it your regard H
A farmer sends his hoys itito.Jhrtfßeld to
spend the day in Work. lie tells them
what to do for an hour, oil J says, that af
ter that time he shall send a limn to ex
plain to them how they are to proceed
through the day. Tho boys go on with
their work, until at length tho expected
messenger appears.. He begins to toll
them how the land is to be ploughed, or
iu what way the father wishes the seed to
he put in the ground. The boys listen to
him a minute or two, until one perceiving
some oddity in the man’s manner,* bursts
into n laugh; another sits down upon a
green bank under a tree, and gradually
falls into a state of drowsy insensibility ; a
third looks away with a vacant counten
ance upon the hills and mountains around,
utterly regardless of the message. The
boys consequent I v do not learn what their
father wishes them to do, and do not do
it; and when night comes, and they arc
called to account lor the labors ofthe day,
thev trv to justify themselves wi !i this
preposterous excuse: “Why,” they say
to their father, “the man you sent us was
not an interesting man, and so we did not
pay any attention to his message lie had
no talent at making his mode of explana
tion novel or striking, and so we did not
listen to it.” “I could not possibly lix my
attention,” says one. “Ho was a very
sleepy talker,” says another: ‘1 could
not keep awake.” “He was dressed so,”
says a third, “and lie had such a tone,
that l could not help laughing at him.”—
Such are the excuses which many per
sons give lot not giving heed to religious
instruction on the sabbath. They try to
throw oir responsibility upon the minister;
and if he docs not awaken, by the power
of his genius, an interest in their minds,
they consider themselves entirely excused
from feeling any. They sax in substance
to themselves, “We know that we have
disobeyed God, and he is sending us mes
sengers to communicate to us the offers of
forgiveness for the past and direction for
tho future, but unless lie sends us agreea
ble, and ingenious, and eloquent men, we
will pay no attention to any of them.
Who can stand in the judgment with
such an excuse ? And yet it is the actual
feelings of thousands. But, my reader, I
do urge you to abandon altogether this plan
ol throwing oft’ upon the minister, whom
Providence has sent to you, the responsi
bility of the interest you take in public in
struction. It is his duty to deliver the
message plainly and intelligibly, but it is
your duty most unquestionably, to be in
terested in it. Goto meeting, feeling that
you have something to do there. You
must he interested in what you hear, if it
is a plain exhibition of religious truth; and
you must apply it to your own conscience
and heart by real active effort, or you must
incur the guilt of rejecting the message
from heaven. The less interesting the
preacher then is, the more active and ar
duous the duty of his hearers. They
should look him steadily in the face, and
listen in silence and in deep attention to
what he has to say; and feel at all times
that while it is the ministers duty to be
faithful in delivering his message, it is
their most imperious duty to take care how
iley hear.
From the Journal of the Institute at Flushing.
The Call to the Ministry.
Alnong serious Christians, the opinion
has been always very definitely maintained,
that ministers of the Gospel, in order to be
qualified for their work, must he called to
it by the spirit of God; and moreover, that
this call is something more than a general
desire to do good, native benevolence, or
any thing belonging to us by nature, or ac
quired by education —in a word, that it is a
special gift of divine grace. And ! Ins opin
ion, I believe it will lie found, tins always
prevailed, in proportion to the religious
zeal of a community. Where Christians
are lukewarm and indifferent to the distin
guishing doctrines of the gospel, they re
gard a little more than ordinary serious
ness of character, as a sufficient qualifica
tion for the sacred office; while among a
people of ardent piety and evangelical
views, those who undertake to become their
spiritual guides and instructors, are re
quired to profess a firm persuasion that
God himself has appointed them to the
work. The former think they have only
to educate their clergy, while the latter
have no faith in what they call, men-made
ministers. In the history of sects, we find
that in their earlier and purer days, they
insist more upon a divine commission lor
their preachers, and that in proportion as
they degenerate, the ministry becomes one
of the ordinary occupations of society.—
In the present state of things in the religious
world, I believe there is peculiar reason for
attending to this subject. Extremes meet.
When there is indifference to training up
youth for the Church, almost any one will
be thought fit for it, and when there is nn
excess, or rather a misdirection of zeal iu
tho matter, almost any one of any religious
sensibility, it is thought, may be made fit.
Now in the different churches, there is a
degree of zeal hitherto unparalleled, to ed
ucate ministers. The destitute regions ol
our country, the vast unconquered domin
ions of heathenism, besides the .increasing
wants of the church at home, demand ull
the supply that can be afforded of gospel
teachers of every description. Christians
are awaking to their duty in this respect,
and bonce the rapid increase of students in
our theological seminaries. Hence, the
education societies, scholarships, and the
various foundations for beneficiaries which
. arc springing up in every quarter. Such
a systerri is in operation, that the child who
shows any dawnings of piety and intellect,
whatever its obscurity, may find a way to
the church. The youth who longs to be
n herald of the glad tidings, has no longer
to struggle against fortune. The school,
the college, the seminary, kindly beckon
him to their doors. And who will not re
joice in this? Who dots not see it in the
answer of prayers, “that the Lord would
send forth laborers into Ins harvest ?” But
all good may be perverted, and all the pro
jects of Christian zeal, however excellent in
themselves, have their concomitant evils.
Such is the subtility of tho old serpent, that
when lie cannot thwart a good work by
direct opposition, he contrives to allure it
in some of its operations into error or ex
cess which shall favor him. Now the
danger to which those who are so indefati
gable in these labors of love are exposed,
is that of relying 100 much upon Ihe in
strumentality which they employ. They
are apt to think that they have only to pro
vide the means of education, and that as
fast as these are multiplied ministers will
multiply also. Nay, they sometimes for
get themselves so much as to insinuate that
nothing but money is wanted to insure the
conversion of the world. So much money
they say will found so many scholarships.
These scholarships will all be filled with
candidates for the ministry, and therefore
there will be so many more ministers. As
last as the ministers go forth, sinners will ■
be converted. Hence they call upon Chris
tians for their wealth, often more earnestly
than lor their prayers, and money comes
to ho considered the “sinews of war,” as
much in the hosts of Jehovah as in the ar
mies of the world. The agency of the Ho
ly Spirit is left, not theoretically, indeed,
but practically, out of the question. Men
take the work too much into their own j
hands. They forget that neither they nor
any of their machinery can make minis
ters of Jesus Christ. lam the earnest
friend of the charities referred to. I con
sider them the distinguishing glory of the
present age of the church. My object in
alluding to them as 1 have done, is that I
think they afford a special reason for re
membering, in the work of preparing for
the ministry, either in ourselves, or others,
the supremacy of the Holy Spirit.
Another reason for urging attention to
this point, is the erroneous belief, now a
dopted by some, ofthe unfailing efficacy of
religious education. We hear it taught by
masters in Israel, that a parent who faith
fully discharges his duty, may calculate
with certainty upon the conversion of his
child. I will yield to no one in exalting
the importance of a right education, but 1
think I know its province-. I have had
some experience in it, and the more exten
sive my experience, the deeper has been
my conviction, that the best concerted plans
and the most unwearied diligence in educa-
tion, may sometimes fail. When Solomon t
says “ Train up a child in the way he i
should go, and when he is old, he will not <
depart from it, 1 ’ he is to be understood as i
declaring the ordinary course of things, i
rather than as affirming a necessary and :
inviolable consequence. In the prohabili- i
ty of success, and the duty enjoined by i
God, there is sufficient reason for earnest- i
ness and perseverance on the part oi pa- ■
rents, but it would destroy all feeling of
their dependence upon heaven; it would
turn their faith into science, if their labors
and the piety of their children, operated
necessarily in the way of cause and effect-
None indeed, would assert an operation;
but they dwell so exclusively upon the
means, and speak so confidently of the end,
that they are unconsciously betrayed into
a forgetfulness ofthe great and sole author
of conversion. Now the tendency of such
views, is to cherish the flattering belief,
that the proper education of a son, must
result in his fitness for the ministry—for if
personal sanctification bo the uniform con
sequence of religious culture, why not also
ministerial qualifications? Fhe true me
dium of duty on this subject, it may be dif
ficult to state. I have adverted to these
illusions of the efficiency of education, on
ly as another reason peculiar to the exist
ing state of things, why the need of a divine
call to the ministry, should be carefully
kept in view.
Let then, those who propose giving
themselves to the service of Christ, ask
themselves seriously whether the master
has called them. Let them he aware too,
ofthe possibility of their being deceived in
this matter. Let them remember that they
mav be commissioned by the bishop, arid
yet not be commissioned by God. They
may come into the church by the avenue
of valid ordination, and yet he the strati
ger “that entered] not by the door into
the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other
way.” They may have the care of a flock,
and vet be no more than the “ hireling that
fleeth when the wolf cometh.” Let them
seek life from above that they may decide
aright. On the one hand, let them not in
the spirit of enthusiasm, look for proofs of
their call in phantasies ofthe imagination,
or in strange and peculiar impressions on
the mind; or on the other, in any thing
less than a consciousness of love to God,
and the souls of men, which constrains
them to proclaim the Gospel. In a future
communication, I may attempt to shew the
evidences of a call to the ministry, or at
least those evidences which may be the
most safely relied on. At present, I only
add that the candidate for the ministry
should, above all, and first of all, endeavor
to determine me question of his own con
version. Let him look fiir the sea! of the
Spirit to his commission to the ministry.
He must be a child of God, before he can
he a minister of God. He must be a sub
ject b- fore lie can be an ambassador, of the
kingdom of Christ.
From the Methodist Protestant.
Dear Brethren, —For some time past
there has existed much dissatisfaction a
mong the members ofthe Methodist Episco
pal church in this city, in consequence of
the arbitrary and unjustifiable conduct of
the ministry. Affairs at length reached a
crisis’ Eight respectable men of good
standing, all of whom had been class-lead
ers—someoftheni for a number of years—
were expelled from the church for a differ
ence of opinion with regard to discipline.
In consequence of this high handed pro
ceeding, one hundred and fifty other mem
bers withdrew from the communion and
formed themselves into a separate church.
The soceders now began to look around
to see whether there did not exist a church
whose doctrines, forms, and moans of
grace were similar to those to which they
had been so long accustomed, and lor
which they feel a strong partiality ; and
which, at the same time, was conducted
upon republican principles and mutual
rights. Thev naturally turned their eyes
j toward the Methodist Protestant church,
i and as soon ns practicable obtained and
examined the discipline, and, much to their
gratification, ascertained that it was exact
ly u hat they wanted. A general meeting
ofthe members was called, and the consti
tution, rules, and discipline read; and so
well suited was it considered lo our wants,
j that it was unanimously adopted ; and we
j are now one of the associated Methodist
churches. A building committee has been
appointed to raise funds for the purchase of
a lot, and theereetion of a house of worship,
as speedily as possible. In the meantime
our Baptist brethren have kindly granted
us the use of their commodious lecture
room where we have divine service regu
jlarly three times on the Sabbath, and
twice in the week ; we are without a Min
ister, but are occasional!v favored with the
services of clergymen of other denomina
tions and at other times some ofthe official
brethren conduct a prayer-meeting or read
a sermon, &c. Our congregations are
large and respectable; on the Sabbath par
ticularly, our place of worship, which is
not a very small one, is crowded. We
have also organized a Sunday school of
fifty scholars.
Perhaps there never was a better begin
ning for a church in any place. Our mem
bers are active, zealous and persevering,
consisting mostly of young members; tho’
there are among us some aged pilgrims,
who for more than fostv years have been
exemplary members of the Methodist Epis
copal church ; and we have good reason to
believe that many of our brethren who re
mained behind, arc only waiting for us to
be properly organized, and to have a church
of our own, and a regular minister of the
gospel, when they will join with us. Indeed
it is only necessary for men to get rid of
their deeply rooted prejudices in favor of
the Methodist Episcopal church, when they
cannot but see the great advantages of being
attached to a church where the rights of
the members are respected, and they have
a voice in the legislative department ofthe
church, and not subject to the domination
of the ministry, in whose hands are lodged
exclusive power, legislative, executive, and
judicial.
Having abandoned all our claims upon
the houses of worship ofthe Methodist Epis
copal church we are obliged to hegits de
novo, although we and our fathers have
contributed no little toward the establish
ment and support of that church. We an
ticipate some difficulty in procuring funds
sufficient lor the supply of our wants, but
intend to go perseveringly forward, trust
ing in the God of our salvation, and look
ing to our brethren elsewhere to give us
what help they can.
Yours in the bonds of gospel liberty.
JOHN H. HONOUR.
Charleston, S. C. Aug. 19,1831.
A SITUATION WANTED.—A youns.
gentleman late of the University ofN
Carolina,who comes well recommended by the
Faculty of that Institution, ofsome experience
in teaching, and at present engaged in one of
our most flourishing institutions, is desirous of
obtaining a situation in some of our Southern
Schools or Academies. Communications on
this subject, containing an account of the situ
ation, character, and probable’ salary ofthe pro
posed school, may lie addressed (post paid) to
“ L. S. N.” Raleigh, N. C.
[We are Informed that the young gentleman
seeking a situation in some Southern School,
is a member, ofcreditablestanding, in the Bap
tist Church.] — Ed. Ch. Index.
sty-All Editors in the State are requested
to give the above a few insertions.
rriHE TRACT DEPOSITORY, in Macon.
JL is now supplied with a complete assort
ment of the publications of the Baptist General
Tract Society, to wit:—All the volumes com
plete, in single Tracts, from No. 1 to No. 7,
inclusive; also, bound volumes and half vo
lumes of Tracts ; quarto Biography of Rev. D.
Merrill; Hinton’s Active Christian, and Wis
dom’s Voice to the rising generation on Iritem
perancer* Applications to the Agent, at the
Depository, corner of Cherry and Fifth streets,
will meet with prompt attention. Christians
are earnestly entreated to spend a little money,
and give circulation to these silent preachers
of Gospel truth. Here are to be found in
struction and consolation for all, from the babe
in Christ, to the father in.lsrael, and here too
are forcible and affecting appeals to all, who
are without God and without hope in the
World. A. T. HOLMES,
Agent Bap. Gen. Tract So., Macon.
August 26,1834.
UNITED EFFORT COMPANY.
“ There be four things which ore little upon
the earth ; but they are exceeding wise
they forth all of theiti by bands." —Prov.
30, 27.
WE, the undersigned Ministers, have uni
tedly agreed to devote tho year 1835,
together, iu the way of Protracted Meet
ings, in the following manner, viz: to spend at
least six days in each month in tho year, in
those meetings scattered in different directions
in Georgia, and perhaps some in So. Carolina.
We add no more, onlv beg the prayers of all
Saints. JAMES DAVIS,
OBADIAH ECHOLS,
TFIOS J. THRELKELL,
PETER P. BUTLER,
PHILIP MATHEWS,
C. W. PARKS.
P. S.—We have selected Brother James
Davis, of Elberton, Ga. to appoint the times
and places: therefore any desirous Ministers,
Churches, Villages, or Settlements, are invi
ted to open immediate correspondence with
him, (post paid,) so that the different meetings
may he arranged, and published in the several
friendly newspapers in due time.—Further,
we are encouraged to believe that Brother J.
P. Leverett, from the Washington, and sev
eral other ministering brethren, from several
other of'llie Associations in Georgia, will at
tend with us, whenever they can do so.
August 26, IS3I.
rjlWO PROURACTKD MEETINGS.—
JL The one is to commence at Friendship,
Green county, on Friday preceding the first
Lord’s day in October, to continue six or seven
days. The other to commence on Thursday
before the fourth Lord's day in October, at
Sandersvili.e, Washington county. Minis
ters ofthe Gospel are affectionately invited to
a'tend. Ample provision will be made for
their accommodation, as well as for all who
mav favor us with their presence.
J. P. LEVERETT.
Sept. IC, 1834.
A PROTRACTED MEETING will be held
at Sugar Creek Church, near Madison,’
Morgan county, to commence on Friday before
the first Lord’s day in October next. Minis
tering and other brethren are affectionately
and earnestly invited to attend the meeting.
Brethren, the Macedonian cry is heard in Mor
gan. Come over and help us.
WM. S. STOKES,
In behalf of the Church.
Sept. 16th, 1834.
A PROTRACTED MEETING will com
mence on Friday, before the second Sab
bath in October next, at ChambersvilJe, Ala.
27 miles West of Lagrange, Geo, to continue
as long as circumstances may justify. Minis
tering brethren are affectionately invited, and
we have na assurances as yet.
August 12 32
BY the request of the brethren of Concord
Baptist Church, Jasper county, a pro
tracted meeting will commence on Wednes
day, before the 4th Lord's day in September,
to be attended by James Davis, and perhaps
Philip Matthews (if the I,ord will.) Minis
ters generally, are invited to attend. The
meeting will continue as the Lord may direct.
August 12 32
BAPTIST CAMP MEETING will be
held at Big Creek Meeting House, Pick
ens county, Ala., to commence on Friday,
before the second Lord's day in September
next. Ministering brethren are invited to
attend. CHARLES STEWART,
In behalf of the Church.
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