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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. August 12 32