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FRUITS OF KELIQIOI. But what arc the real fruits of • piety ? the reader may ask. The apostle has giv en the catalogue. They are characteris tics ot the heart, not ol the external conduct. They arc those. Love. —The heart that is renewed, ex periences an entire change in respect to its rul.ng principles of action. Instead of be ing s-.ayed by tire impulses of selfishness and passion its atfectious go for hand rest upon God, as their supreme object, and link themselves also, by indissoluble bonds, with every other being who is joined in heart to him. These new emotions have henceforth the control. .Icy.—The prevalence of universal love will go very far towards producing univer sal enjoyment. Love is it brings happiness in every form; and true piety will tind sources of pleasure which sin never knows. Where there is morose ness or melancholy, there must he some thing wrong. It mnv he moral or physical disease, but it must be one or the other. Peace.—Peace within itself, and peace in respect to others. Selfishness is keenly niivo to its own rights, and keenly sensi live to injuries, and where each seeks main ly his own, there must he collision. Piety , quiets animosities and strifes, hy destrop-j ing the value of the objects of contention. ‘ It points men to new sources of hapiuess :; and they are such as can be enjoyed most | perfectly, >vhon others share them. The | heart that is renewed, is at peace, too, within itself. Its irritating passions, and! corroding cares are all allayed, and the j soul is like a summer's sea, serene and j placid; the storms of passion hushed, and the golden beams of the Sun of righteous ness, reposing tranquilly upon it. liOXti suffering.—The true Christian feels that lie is himself forgiven, and he consequently bears long, and is kind. Ho looks upon sin with compassion for the of fender, and remembers the burning from which lie was saved. The heartless pre tender can, in public assume this language, but when otr his guard at home, or in his counting room, or field, his hasty words, and impatient looks, betray the spirit which reigns in his heart. Geisti.enkss.—The cliridinn feels that his great bossiness in lift* is to lead hearts to the Saviour: and hearts, if led at all, must lie led gently’. Tli 1 hollow-hearted preten der will try to drive. Harsh, repulsive and tyrannical, lie shows that he has not experienced the grace of God, which til wrtys “oftons asperities, and smooths tie* roughness with which selfishness is so often clothed. Goodne33—The renewed heart feel* “i'VPry fSertpenr bfeaT”"!; dosh-cs ueiu'i- a! hnppines, and springs with an ever ready rusticity, to produce it, whenever Provi dence shall present the opportunity. The Brent public effort, the generous donntion, the open deed of charity* may be the re sult of pride, or ostentation, or party spir .it, t>nt real christnn benignity shows itself in all the thousand nameless eeonsiohh, where n wbr.T, or a trifling Mion may give pleasure. It shows itself in great eflbrts too; but the highest proof of its existence and ifs power, is continued and universal and spontaneous action. F aTth.—True piety believes what God says and trurts to it. It secs heavenly re alities, and feels their influence continual ly. It trusts in God’s care realizing that every mercy is his gift, and bowing sub missively to affliction and trial. Hypoc risy is sound in its theoretical views, hut it repines at lossess—or stands restless and uneasy over the eradlo ofn sic!; child, or proves by the manner in which it pursues this world, that it has no filith in God’s promises about the happiness of another. Mf.eknf.ss.— The sincere Christian is humble in respect to himself and indulgent and mild towards others. Having some conceptions of die deceitful wickedness of his own heart, lie looks upon the worst of men as brother sinners. Tim hypocrite cannot see his polufion and guilt, and is consequently haughty, censed ms, and un charitable in respect to the failings of his fellow men. Temperance.—The worldly enjoy ments of the sincere disciple, nre in nil respects regulated by Christian princioles. The regulator, existing in the heart, nets always, and with steady consistency. Hy. poerisy restrains those indulgenoies which men would see and condemn, hut she re wards herself for her venal virtue,by the freedom of hot secret sins. Such are the fruits of piety ; as enumer ated by an inspired apostle, p was such fruits as these that Pur Saviour had in view! He charred his disciples again and twain, to look for th-seas the nnlv evidences that human professions of love to him were really sincere. -•la Express'™ Figurr. —A Minister in Nashville, speaking last Sabbath ofthe in fluence for good or evil which a command ing intellect exerted on the surrounding community said:—lf such a man fall will he fall alone ? I tell you, no! You have seen the tornado come roaring down from the bosom of the mountains; it fell ! upon the majestic oak, which ft r a time’ braced its iron arms against the ‘bree and -groaned out in its struggling agony; but, : at length, lifted from the earth as with n 1 giant hand, it is dashed along the shudder- j ing ground in thunder, cutting a pathway I of ruin through the smaller trees, and mar king its own overthrow by a wide spread I devastation. So whether the man ofiuflu- ! rneennd in*e||ecttm|.powcr fall downward ! ■envard, he shall have many sharers in 1 h:s lute.— TVca/trn UTetHodht. Bnantifal Extract. I have seen an infant with a fair brow, and a frame like polished ivory. Its limbs were pliant in its sports; it rejoices and again it wept; but whether its glowiryj cheek dimpled with smiles, or its blue eye was brilliant with team, still I said to my self, it is beautiful! it was like the pure bjossom which a cherished plant had shot forth, whose cup is filled with the dew drop, and whose head reclined upon a pa rent stem. I again saw this child when the lamp of reason wns first dawning in its mind. Its eye sparkled w ith joy, as it looked round upon this good and pleasant world. It iron swiftly in the way's of know ledge; it stood likti a lamp before its teachers. It was not proud nor envious, or stubborn—and itltad never heard of the vanities or the vices oi l the world. And u!)Pn I looked upon it, 1 remember'd that the Saviour had said, “Except ye liecorno as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.” But the scene v.as changed—and 1 saw ja man whom the world culled honorable, j and many waited for his smile. They j pointed out the fields that were his, arid talked of the silver and gold that he had I gathered ; they admired the stateliness of j his domes and extolled the honor of his | family. And his heart answered silently, j “by my wisdom have I gotten this,” so he returned no thunks to God, neither did he j fear or serve him. And as I passed along | I heard the complaints of the laborers who j had reaped down the fields, and the cries of the poor whose covering lie had taken I away; but there was the sound of feasting ] and revelry iri his apartments, and the tin led beggar came ‘ottering from bis door.— Bnt lie considered not that the cries of the oppressed were continually entering in the ears of the Most High. And when I knew that this man was once the teachable child that I had loved, the beautiful infant 1 had once gazed upon with delight, I said in my bitterness, “ I have seen the end of all per fection,” and 1 laid my mouth in the dust.” From the Chrirtian Secretary. A plain man, who would willingly be in structed in regard to some important sub jects, connected with the faith and practice ol evangelical professors of religion, hum bly asks permission to put a few qu< stions to his brethren through the medium of your Journal. 1. It bang one of the cardinal points of our belief, that a final and eternal seen ra tion is to take place between the righteous and the wicked ; and that the wicked who dib impenitent, will suffer increasing and n ver ending punishment—why do profes sors of religion live nnd act as though thev did no* believe /Ids solemn truth, or nt itniul as though they felt indifferent to it? Why do they daily see hundreds and thousands, travelling on the precipice of inconceivable ruin, and neglect even to’ warn them of their danger f Arc such professors sincere, or consistent? ,2. The fashions of the world, the inor dinate love of wealth, and the splendour and ’parade of worldly pride, are, as all admit, not proper objects of the Christian’s affec tion and concern—he being clothed with humility and his treasure being in heaven. W hy then do wo see professors enter the list of competition, in dress, luxury, equip age. extravagance, and all the pompous vanities wealth can purchase, in direct vio lation of the word of God ? Do they shew their faith by their works 7 Where is the evidence oftheir piety ? ft. Christians are commanded, that, “if a men he overtaken in a fault” to restore such an one “in the spirit of meekness.” W hv then do we see professors, either “‘holly neglecting to admonish and re claim a wandering brother, or pursue him as the victim of unhallowed passions?*— Why are t hi* vindictive feelings of person al resentment allowed to usurp the place ol that ehtritv mid forbearance inculcated hy the great Head o‘’the church? “How dwelleth the love of God” in such profess ors ? Let these questions receive the consid eration to which their importance entitles them. Querist. BOUL. ****** San I! rebuild t hine house of clay! Immortality thy wails, And Eternity thy day. Montgomery. J ho air, without, being more wholesome or vital than in the corrupt caverns of the dead body, and yet there being n continua- I tion thereof with that without; it ts easy to- I understand how the soul will naturally i glide out of the body into the free air, ns ; I* 0 "’ tl |C fir® wall ascend upwards or a I stone fall downwards. And being recto i vered into this vast ocean of life and sen | siblc spirit of tho world, so full of enliven i ing balsam, it will lx* n-y*onder if the sou! suddenly regain the use of her perceptive I faculty, being as it were in a moment re i generate into a natural power of life and motion by so happy a course of rightly prepared matter f-r Iter to unite withal. Dr. More. Sin. — As in an eclipse of the sun, the moon doth not.darken the sun, but only darkens us, nnd hinders the light which stiil is the same in itsell Irotn breaking out upon the lower world. So wicked men bv their sins, though they cannot deprive God of his brightness or bis glory, yet they im pede th emanations and outflowing* of his glory, and hinder others from admiring adoring it as they ought. ~ prayer; Words are the garments of Prayer. Modi tion is the body of Prayer. A flection is the Life of Prayer. T2£E Z27DEX. Suffering —“Behold I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Hosts.”—To engrave is to and cut. When-Christ bjeamoife sorrows, then was thia. scripture fulfilled. As there is no engraving without wound ing, so to engrave is to embellish and beautify.—And Christ was made perfect thro’ suffering.” And as is the heaven!y, such are they also that ore heavenly. To a person unacquainted with the proems, the pruning of the tree, the cleaving of fee ground with the ploughshare, the opeti tirn oTthe chisscl on the stone, would lorfe like an effort to injure or destroy. -I>ti look at the thing afterwards. Behold tha vine adorned with purpleclusters; ‘survey! the field, yielding the blade, the (Sir, thel full corn in the ear.’ Examine the earv-1 led work when the sculptor has achieved) his design, mid fixed it in the proper place. Christians are sometimes perplexed and discouraged, because of their trials—But, “they ore his workmanship.” He (pre paring them for their destination in , the temple of his grace.— Jay. Christ the Tree of Life —M. Vrnard describing Syene and the GataraeWspoaks of a sensitive tree in Abyssinia, which bends down its branchcs-to thoso who a;j roach it. Now Jesus is the sensitive tnq of im mortal life to all who approach him, and with how much eagerness and lovadocs he bend his branches down to them aid offer them his blessed fruit, “of which] whoso ever cateth shall live forever.” TVs “lie is more ready to hear than we t J prav,” and like the prodigal’s father, while his people are returning “a great wai off”— he runs and falls on their necks ind em braces them.” j G. Truth. —Truth in its native ijst re and excellence is not and cannot be contem plated by man in Ids present imperfect state, for it is beheld through so many corrupt and uncertain media, that the mind is unable to perceive her in nil her native hrvuity, and on account of the im perfection of human nature it rnav ho wise ly thus permitted to see her through n glass but darkly.—Enough of truth is be held as adapted to ourernbecile state, for too much ol her lusturc would blind and intoxicate us, as too little would sink us in despair.—The exhibition of truth is like ‘he reflection of the sou’s light through glasses of various densities, which though they irradiate what they shine upon, yet transmit numerous deformities and shades by reason of the blemishes nnd spots inhe rent in the transparent body. It is the light, indeed, which we see, but imper fect and distorted. Now the modes bv which truth is exhibited and illuutralcd, are so many media of various densities nnd reflexibilities, which, Though they (level ed her as clearly ns she is capable of be ing seen hy mortal vision; vet depicted her imperfectly and faintly; n’H by reason of her own imperfection, ns by the inade quacy of the mirrors which refect her. Now, “though wc see through a glass but darkly”—y et in heaven “ife shall see face to face,” ‘ That is, we sl*ll no more understand by means of media, but we shall discern the very ohieetslthemselves in all the grandeur nnd snblimfy of truth, for the windows of the senses a4ll be open, cdto the soul, and the light olfirurh shall illumine her with its pure and| unclouded beams. \ C. Light the shadow of Truth “Truth,” says Plato, “is the body of G and; nnd light is his shadow.” I had rather sw that mor al light is the shadow nfdiviu* ’tfuth, as it emeuates from it like light from the lumin ous body. Natural light mnv be the shad ow of the presence of God, dark to an angel’s vision, nndonly adapted to the gross conception of mortals—and perhaps mnv Ixi n veil for concealing his glorV from the view of worms and moths of a moment like ourselves. Hence snvs David —“He cor n's himself with light as with a gat went.” Meekness.— Euclid, the disciple of So crates, having ajfended a brother of his, the brother cried out in a transport of rage, “Let me die, if 1 am not avenged upon you one time or other.” To this Euclid replied, with a sweetness aimost Christian, “ And let me die if I do not soften you by kindness, nnd make you love J mc as well as ever. x b jagg safe A Kfc aC ’ I rom the American Quartcr’y Observer. tint EE STAGES OF I.VTEMPItRAXCR. In tlti* first of tin-si* stnu'cs Hu* understanding j oi judgment, [or n Itatcver i on ;>iaasc to cud tbe H-asmiinp faculty,) is eijfct-tilvd or dethroned; tlia i ill a-i!ia tio u. that must and a nacrous power of the mind, is >vrouglit ~to unnatural action, and ! c-1-ts Its deceptive s;u|| over tin-whole’soul—l l inter such cii cuhim iners no man is In tie trusted : —no man can art discreetly. This is Hie stage I nt til- intoxicating process that once gave char actrr in our Fourth of July dinners, and convivial patties; nn.v. not unfnqnt-mlv to our very or.ii iintio.is. This is the hour of indecent jest and uumooest snugs, and foolish masts. it „d uhald story. idiot laughter; when hiccoughing pa motisin exults in the freedom of licentiousness, .uni ct'MiiMte* ihr. lib* ity of f,*S!v. Atyaich time lile mind of Hie intemperate is in tho right frame to make bad bargains, or commit any oilier net of fully to be ivp.-n:rd of at lei sure. I hey will buy or sell at ruinous pi ices, o: throw ayvay their most precious prop# -tv, or, obey like slaves the bidding 0 f coo! and clear headed knavery. Did you never see a jug of brandy, or a decanter of gin. placed conspicuous • f '’ l l,l ,l ’ 1 ’ gratuitous use at ait auction ? If not, your eyes have missed a very com won’spectacle: Under the* .inspiration of this spiiit ‘-..1d things pass no ay, and ali things become new.” llie pmrhaser s eyes are n idcly openedTo discover m the commodities offend for side, beauties and excellencies which a sober min cannot even con ceive 01. nnd which, alas, have vanished with the n nn o of sobriety on the following morning. Oi now ‘ iilur, umtar Midi circumstances, is the strongest intellect that over boldly grap pled, or nobly overcame difficulty. But (be second stage of intempera nee is insrn sibitiiy; the total suspension of ail itie uienfat and hJai :st idi the buddy functions) when the inebriate liea, in tile semblance of dentil, beneath the cun. vivial (utile, nr in tlm gutter by the roadside, or perhaps upon Ins own floor, surrounded by iris weephtg wife nnd affrighted children : when v.as, that immortal being, uho.-ie destiny flu eternity is derided in litis world; that lationa! being, whose intellect, after l aving conquered to its own purposes of jttnflt or of pleasure, every element of the world around him, hint ianged through the universe of matter and of mind, studied in alt mysteries, and learned nit Unowied ;e,—max, created in the very image of Cod Ahniglitv— presents to our view such n picture ofdehasenii nt and brutal degradation as is never exhibited In the meanest animal, or the vilest reptile that walks or crawls upon the fnteofthe earth ! I As well, for alt the purposes nflife, might such tan one tie trodden into his grave* nnv, far beltci Iwoptd it he that his body were mingled with its lunitrcd dust, than that it should thus remain, a •a use of loss, noil a curse to society; and so far is liis lonl is concerned, it would l/c well “ were’ t mill stone hanged about his neck, and lie cast nto the depths of (lie sew!’’ I lie third stage u! intemperance shows us the nisernhle victim of this habit tecovered frotn his Insensibility. nutl rubbed us his strong excitement, his mind as well as his hotly unstrung, anti his spirits depressed, so dial he id,liars till forms of labor, and can scarcely endure the weight of mete existence. Discontent and restlessness haiitil bint like spectres; he is goaded on hy an impatient thirst after the poisoned howl; his pow ers us resistance are destroyed, and though lie may he conscious that indulgence will prove fatal, he returns again and again to the fountain of ruin. I five believe, therefore, that in every department ot human labor, the free and healthful movement of the mind is necessary to nuv considerable degree of success, we must infer’from wltnl has now been said, that the intemperate, as a class, can never attain success in the accumulation ol wealth I lie truth of this inference, and tin* real effect of intemperate liahit, -cannot lie more forcibly illustrated than hy ihe contrast afforded by a couple oi farms, the one of which lias lung been wider the care of a sober, intelligent, well informed husbandman, w hose heart is in bis la l-qr, who reads the papers, and keeps even pace with all the improvement,! of thedav ; while the other is conducted by n man whose daily toil is commenced by a libation to the god of wine, nnd Whose composing iltoiight at eventide is ardent spit it; whose body is so lint in summer that he must cool it with alcohol, and whose blood is in I winter so frosty, that he must warm it with the same gnot! creature. In the one picture you behold a smiling land j scape—in the centre a nrnt nnd substantia! (arm house, echoing, perhaps, to the mercy music of a tribe of rosy children; flanked by numerous anil w ell painted barns, nnd grnnaiies, am! nuthouses; surrounded by every i riicntion of plenty : in the ilistaner, fair folds under perfect culture extend* ing in every direction.with here nnd there a gretip nt healthy anil hardy w oik melt. whose implements of lahorare ol the most approved construction ; and Ihe sbnle sreiie bounded hv nn inrlosure of fences, w hose good order bespeaks the master spiiit that reigns over this who!, display of rustic beauty. This is the abode of temperance ! Approach now the other picture, and behold the l roki it inrlosttrrs. inviting he trespass nt ev.rv rambling intruder; the once Comfortable bouse now shattered and weather wort. its clapboards brotvn willing.* ami moss, and clatter ing at every gust; its windows eramnied with eld hats,or patched with hits of shingle; the root nt tin, ham broken iu and gup,lug to llie elements; fragments of carls, and ploughs, nnd otliei tools Str.ewi g the yard like the relics of shipwreck, east upon tho bench by H storm; the pastures afford a meagre sustenance to a few starved amt shabby looking cattle; Ihe fields that should lie cultivate,l. nay the vefy garden, overgrown will, weeds, and giving promise rather of famine than or harvest; the red faced laborers listlessly lonhging in the shade, or stretched mi Hie sunny side of a wall close hy their bosom friend—the tin (tie while from tin* neighboring styes, Ihe one firr taped, the other tor quadruped swine, ascend the sympathetic wailings of human and beastly hunger. J his is the home of Hie intemperate I | , | TTT >nTll ~l f Tw\ l_ ■ I S THE CHRISTIAN Titt anut, deimier 7, |n34. Our readers will httvo notice*! that our assistant, Rev. \V. 11. Stokes, has ro'nri mcnei and a review of Rev. S. J. Cassei’s Ifeo tur.s on I’redo-B.lptisni, it large work jflst thrown.into circulation in this community; I w ith the intention of continuing, in tt scries i ol numbers tiil the whole book is reviewed. This week we publish a reply from the Reverend author, not because we consider it strictly proper, or parliamentary, hut at his request, tor the reasons he slates, and for whom we entertain a very high person al respect; nnd more especially because we arc willing the whole argument may be fully nnd lairlv laid before the people, that all may sec the foundation on which it rests on each side. We request all to read with the Bible in hand, the great um pire which must settle tire question at issue lx*tween the Brethren, and ns (hr as passi ble without prejudice, with a pure desire to receive the truth, in tin’s respect, as it is in Jesus. \\ e think it time this controversy had been brought ton righteous close ; and surely an enlightened and pious people cn/6 determine it according to the lively oraclfV; ror if they speak not according to thesefit is hfransr there is no light in them. /It is hoped these controversialists will continue, : jas they have begun, in that conciliatory J spirit of brotherly love, both towards each I other and the denominations to which they respectively belong, so indispensable to usefulness in such undertakings. Any thing w hiclt impugns the motives, or assails the persons of each other, or their associ ates, will be regarded as beneath their tig-; uity, and the honor and gravity of the! cause they advocate. Let them thrust each j oilmt’s nrgu met) Is with all the‘force of truth ! and reason, while at the same time they i treat one another ns brethren beloved. j Aside from the main point at issue, Bap-1 tism or I cedo-Lnptism, we are of opinion ! the Lectures, and Reviews, and Rejoinders, may do much good in stirring up and pro voking parents to the education, and moral, and religious training of their children: an obligation too little feif, and less practiced among most Christian professors. W e are informed from the setaion of the ] Association just passed, by a brother yvho yvas present, that it yy as a pleasant one. That instead of heated con tentions about faith, they manifested* their faith by tiieir works. Considerable addi tions bad been made to some of the church es by bapt—m within the associational year. Sever? .-solutions were passed encourag ing ufiipetaiice Societies, and a'more strict attention to the sabbath day. Do mestic missions are increasingly encourag ed in that body, and yve are glad to be in formed that they have appointed messen gers to meet the Convention at its next ses sion. It is to he desired that either tiie Association itself,, or the old Missionary Society, in its bounds, auxiliary to the Convention, should be resuscitated &• unit- ed with it anew. Seme good seasons have been had at several meetings in the neighborhood of the late session of the Saluda Association. A brother in that section says “I have hud much reason to believe that God has bless ed my labours in his Vineyard.” The communication from brother Fleming will give pleasure to many of cur readers, and dispose them to thank God and take cour age. A brother in Alabama requests ns to write our vieyvs on the passage in 1 Tint. 1: 19, and thinks it would he rendering a i valuable service to the cause ; and closes I his letter by requesting a discontinuance of! his paper. This reminds us of what a \ brother minister stated in our presence, of! a ntan who pressed him to come and preach ! a funeral sermon for a deceased member ol his family, and who prepared well for the congregation to be comfortably seated, but he, himself, went into the field and would not hear the sermon. \Y e hog leave to decline the exposition, since the querist turns oil’ and refuses to read! A brother iri South Carolina writes thus, “I have always considered the end to be desired in dealing with brethren, yvas the glory of God, a*ui the benefit of the parties. I have thought that in the first step, motives ought to he presented, and we ought to go to work, as it that teas the last step or as if there was no other to be pursued. Qur motives may be urged in too weak a man ner; it wo fail we are to take one or two more,-that l-,y them the motives mav he urged more forcibly (or every word estab lished.) 1 may be wrong in my exposi tion: but in the Index, August in answer to query 9, you say, “when these accompanying brethren’,’ &c., a dkEculty occurs to uiy mind, how they can be wit nesses ot facts which they can know only •- hearsay.” To our brother's sentiment, as to what should he the proper end always ‘•> hv held in view, in dealing with breth ren, \vc accord most fuflv, and that the mo tives in the case‘should be lookerfinto'’ and j tested ; but facts are principally to lt sen quired into and adjusted hy the word of .God. lit answer to query Btb, in the paper refered to, the duty of those called in to aid the offended brother, in settling his difficul ty with It is ires pairing broii.or, is taie.l. Noyv we understand that these brethren are not to be witnesses for the offended against the offender, for then the difficulty <>f the brother above, would occur, they ! could he witnesses of facts they knew only I by hearsay, but before the church they cart he witnesses for the accusing brother of all those things, which had transpired before them in the interview, yvhiclt they had had with the parties face to face. This would not be hearsay witness. And we can’t conceive, of what they can bo witnesses, except it Le of what was presented satis factorily before them, when in labour with the two brethren. It seems to us that there are two objects held in view, in calling these helps in. The first is, to make a j third effort to settle the difficulty ; but if this fail, the second is, to have the case properly prepared to conte before the church, so that she may act at once on it. If this course was always pursued it would prevent contention and delay. / Religious Instructiou to Site Blacks Tho Reports, built of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, and of tho missionary’, Rev. Mr. Jones, in relation to the religious in struction of the black people, are now before j us * These documents contain much that is! interesting, and much that is encouraging to j the hearts ot those who labor and pray flit- the i moral improvement of their fellow creatures. ! 1 erhaps toe relation between master and ser- j vant has not been studied by many of our breth ren to (hat extent it ehotild, and consequently the duties growing out of this relation have not been discharged. Another difficulty connec ted with this subset is, the course our North ern brethren have pursued in relation to it, T hey have of late, said and written so much, \ that there is a peculiar sensitiveness, as might be expected, existing among our whole South ern population upon the subject. From this fact, it would not at all be surprising if soaie masters should question the motives even of a Christian minister, who should attempt to in struct their servants. There are, however, many masters who feel differently; who are anxious that their servants should have the gospel preached to them. And there are ma ny Christians amongst us, of our run South cm people, yvho, not like Northern philanthro pists, with more zqal than knowledge, are willing to impart sucli religious instructions to our colored population as their peculiar ..situa tion will allow. We give from the Report of Rev. Mr. Jones, the following extracts: J-AECUR I-ERFOR.MED. “The labours of your Agent, may bo divided into those of the fc'abbath and those of the week. Os Ihe Sabbath. —l have preached in the County forty Sabbaths, to the negroes exclusively. But once, anil then but one sermon to the negroes in Sunburv; at.d my reason fi r not visiting that station of tener was, that it lay remote from me, and I knew that the Baptist brethren located there, were in the habit of holding meet ings ‘or them. The services at the other statu ns have been held as nearly in rota- tion tis they’ possibly could be, without in terfering with the white congregations on their regular Sabbaths, with the exception ol Walthqurville, which never has been oc cupied as a Sabbath station, nor can it ever well lie. Os the week. —l have held, when the season permitted it, sixteen or seventeen Plantation meetings. The number of these meetings, is not ns large as it should be, owing to the fact, that your Agent was not in a situation to attend more: but hopes, during the present winter, God willing, to enlarge these labours. Near fifty planta j tions have been returned by members of | the Association, as open for religious in struction; v. hich shows how extensive is I the field, and it may lie further enlarged. | Wc deem plantation meetings highly im . portant, and, in some respects, more effica | cious than those held on the Sabath. The plantation meetings have been suspended during the summer and fall months, from motives of prudence in regard to health—it being the advice of physicians nnd the in junction of friends, which could not be re sisted, however much your Agent may have had a desire to continue (Item. During the summer and fall months, a regular Lecture has been maintained on the Sand Hills, on Thursday evening, for servants in the families that resort there for health, and also for the negroes on the plantations in the immediate vicinity. In addition to the public preaching of the Gospel on the Sabbath and during the wee k, some effort has been made, ns oppor lurjjfy offered, of holding personal ccnver* 1 sr.lton with the negroes on the subject o's religion. Many of those conversations have been by she wtv, and in the house, and it live led me to a better acquaintance with the moral and religious-condition of this people, ikgpgL optild otherwise have sn - v 10 As igniwpjiee i.. pn y ; ,\ i,t in a vfersalions have boon pleasant and profit;;- We; and your Agent has, at lin.ts, Lorat agrcrahljifdisnppoinfed iu ’receiving instruc lion, when he hoped to have the privilege of imparting if. Cr rjcspondrnae has been conducted with persons in different parts of our country, J.onTTic’snbject of the religions instruction of ! the negroes, nnd a little effort made through the press to awaken public* attention to it. I think it necessary to make this statement for tlre? satisfaction of the Association, as ST)rue may suppose, that preaching consti tutes all necessary labour. SUCCESS. “The Association may properly inquire, What success has attended the labours of ihe Missionary ? Our success may le viewed in two points of fight. 1. In relation to the people whom you hope by Ditine blessing to benefit. ‘The. attendance on meetings at the differ ent stations in t l.ecommcnccment of the year as it may be well known to many who. hear mo, was full, if not large, it was my own impression, as well as that of oth ers, that the novelty of the benevolent work, drew out many, who would, after a little while, decline, and finally discon tinue their attendance, and the meetings suffer diminution in number. But with the exception of a few meetings, the at tendance has every where been as full as nt the beginning, and no decrease of num bers has appeared, but in some stations an increase. J lio few meetings which have been thinly Attended, were such as arose irotn the inclemency of the weather, or from the shortness o'’the notice. I perceiu ;■ > defect of interest in the congregations. They have been appar ently animated by’ their progress in know ledge, and agree in sa_\ ingf that they nc \ct have bad so much before. They seem now to understand more fully the ‘design which you have in view, in sending them ; a Missionary, and the nature of his°wOrk. I hey are gradually acquiring a knowl ! , ( % e of-the plan of Redemption, nnd what I constitutes true conversion and Christitn j character. 1 hey are to some extent, I hope, giving over their more prominent su perstitions. I have endeavored, with all plainness, to communicate to them the truths of Christianity; and the effect in several in stances has been singular and gratifying, j • have used no efforts to produce excite ment, that I know of. 1 have resorted to no means but the common means ofGraec, as seen in our Churches from Sabbath to Sabbath. Flic children who have been taken tin der a course f instruction, are, thus far, ns mitch interested anti ns apt in receiving knowledge, as children ofany color under similar circumstances, and of the same age. No doubt rests on my mind, that if God spares our lives to continue our labours, we shall see a moral elevation in the cha racter of servants, which we have never