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‘exchange.], and returning, he gave it to him saying, “Now you buy some tilings for your wife children,” for tie had u wife and children w hich lie loved ns we do ours. nut lie replied, with great feeling, “<> me money—Jesus Christ's money.—Build house — school.—wife teach.” lie hnd seriously contemplated the sub ject, and as he. would be sustained hv the j friends of missions on bis return while j preaching the (Jospel to Ids own nation, lie had been thinking bow bis wife inight be employed to do good, and promote the cause of ('ln ist, and the result was, she 5 b •b’ .itli’ i; a ;•! iinnrnnt Ka ren children in school, lienee in the spir it of holv, sell-consecration, he resolved to devote the few dollars, given for the per sonal comfort of himself and family, to build a school house for his wife to teach in. Hence the expression “No me money Jesus Christ's money.” O, that \vr might all leal in view of oaf responsibility and property, to ay under every circum stance, “No me money, .lesus Christ’s mo ney.” “All is yours, and ye are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.” TUB: EIBSIVfi'I.V\ I.\i)K\. Tuesday, I>c't‘iiln*r w, ISttft. To ('orn'xpniiileiilii. W ehaxc several long communications which do not appear this wOek, tor want ot room. Indeed, we have so labored to send out the pieces of our friends, that we have withheld our own editorials. Our readers must excuse us. l’oii in i: i’iii:isci in i niiiix. Till: CLOSING YEAR. ‘fliceternity and uncliungeablcuess ol I icily, and the frailty and uncertainty of liu nmn life, arc frequently contrasted in the sacred Scriptures. Thus the Psalmist v;-• ry piously expresses himself in jjic. 90th. Psalm. “Lord, thou hast been our dwell ing place ii/nll generations, before the mountains Avero brought forth, or over thou liadst formed tiro earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Thou imncst miin'jo destruction; and sayesl, return, yc children of men.— For n thousand years in thv sight are but as yesterday w lien i: is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou earnest them away as with a Hood : they are as a sh ip ; in the morning they are like grass w hich growetli up. Inthc morning it llourishelh, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut and withetteth.” is this i tHonScnwldch the above passago otforas us of the ex istence of God. lie, “from everlasting to everlasting” is man lading and perish ing like the grass of the field under the scorching rays of n summer's sun I There is a disposition in the human heart to for, iLfrajt.tho meanness of our nature, we are till h i a A too me tw'ir time and talents in various speculations about earthly happiness—ill pursuits which alibi'd us employment for the time, but, when accomplished, leave us “unsatisfied, unblessed.” Now it i ■ evident that persons of this description la bor under mistakes respecting the value of life—the character of the world and the groat moral purposes for w hich wo are pla ced here. Many place no other estimate upon human life than as mi opportunity ■afforded them of indulging and gratifying their animal propensities. Hence, the pleasures and amusements of the world claim their nflections and absorb their at tention—and hence their days are consum ed w ithout any thing hi mg done towards the attainment of happiness in a future state. Strange indeed is the blindness and ignorance of men! They must he sensi ble of the fact that they are mortal, that they eomo under ib-o universal sentence pronounced against us l>y our common Creator—dust thou art and unto dust thou ; shall return.” \ml sun I v the gonsidoru tion ot this solemn truth, in connection with another not less so, that they will he re-, quire and to answer at the tribunal ofheaven, j should teach them the value ,of time, and : the necessity of so improving it as to be able to review their past career with pleas ing satisfaction. The prayer oftlie Jewish legislator is as wise as it is pious—"So teacii us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto w isdom.” Few, how* i vei are disposed to adopt tins petition, ot to employ themselves in numbering their days. The stream of time is last bearing them onward upon its bosom, they never once reli ct where they ace going ! Year ! after year rolls silently over their heads, and brings them nearer to the tomb, and j still no concern about their future destiny seines their minds, no and sire or resolution to improve their few r e. :ni;i.. days pos sesses their hearts —“(> that they were wise, that tliex would c.-nsidcr their latter end !” Another portion of time is about to con:ratio, another ‘'jr of mercy and long-suffering towards the impenitent will soon have counted its hist second, and borne on its wing tlic testimony of God’s good ness, of the sinner’s impendence. How loud is the admonition of every closing year to those who have spent it in the service of .Satan and the world! The term of their probation is that much shortened, and the period of their own death brought nearer at hand. Such a consideration should impress the mind oftlie impenitent and careless, and induce them solemnly to pause and impartially review the past, sed ulously prepare for the future. Hut this they will not do. l’loascd with their past sinful career, they sec no reason why they should alter it; their relish for the world and its vain pursuits become more confir med, a loose reign is given to their sensu al propensities, every desire, however inju rious, is willingly gratified; till, at length, they become satisfied with the world as their portion, and their precious moments are consumed in nought but vanity. How a Heeling to see an immortal soul thus grov eling in the dust, unmindful ofits divine or igin, careless about its best and eternal in terests ! O let such he persuaded of the supreme folly of their course. Let them pause for a moment upon the verge of a closing \ oar, review their past conduct,and recount the mercies ofGod, and reflect that His patience may have reached its bound, that before the close of another year they may be numbered with the dead, and re ceive at the hands of their righteous Judge the desert of their doing. J. I). FOR Tin: CHRISTIAN INDEX. The Central Association—its for mation. No. 1. Brother Editor: —The origin and cause of formation of this body arc exciting con siderable interest in various parts ol’ the .State. A committee, of which ! am one, you recollect, at the last session of our As sociation, the Georgia, was raised to an swer the inquiry of the Ebene/.er, which had in a very kind and Christian manner, asked our reasons for corresponding with the Central. Since reaching home i have received a letter from a ministering brother on the stating how much inquiry is awake west of the F. Kivcr, and how de.sir ous many syAmtb ascertain whether the ‘(Jen iiivolx yd itself into a dTlli •eu rrriH Jjueclwn with it. As it will i be sonic months before the Report of our Committee can be prepared, I beg leave to insert in yourtnper, a few statements on this matter, leisure, in order to gratify those dtjiitwr-oi'ififonimlioii. , ‘Die Central Association was formed at r_l nidiun Creek, Morgan, in February 1831, of seven cliu relies which had seceded * from the Ocnmlgee, Flint and Yellow River As sociations, because they conceived those ■ bodies had violated their constitutions, and infringed upon the internal rights of the churches. The original constitutions on which the churches were formed and on which they had been considered orthodox by the older bodies, were presented and carefully read over and acknowledged:— the faith oftlie Georgia -was adopted, and its decorum, except a lew alterations, with an article approving Missions, Education -.Ye. an Executive Committee t>* manage its pecuniary concerns. This Committee has ■ sustained two or three missionaries preach ing most oftlie time in-rlestiiute neighbor hoods, and to the blacks. The number of churches is now eleven, in which, during the hist association;!! year, wore bapti zed—they are in ti peaceable -A flourishing condition A: seem to remember the observa tion oftlie Apostle, “Ye are not your own, !ye are bought w ith a price; therefore glo | rily God in your bodies and spirits which | are Gods.” I The Central differs in some respects , from other Associations, not in faith as we j have seen, but in practice. Its sessions , 1K ‘ held to consult about the means and ■ ineasinC s, ° do good, not split hairs about nbst ruse doci’, r ' nGS- l‘ l does not meet to dis cipline the churi.. l|cs o' l ' l measure tilts de fects by a human standard; hut to urge to duty and the practice of gC°d works. As j their faith has Keen unquestioned lorn long J series of years, the sessions arc not fasted | in discussing useless quotes mid quarre. ■ | ling about “old women's, fables.” The ! messengers bring tip what has bee a -laid m store” ttvj benevolent objects—plans are : devised nion ic.f next year Ac, and all go ; to the stand to preach to sinners and prav ■ the spirit to convert them. I attended the ; session in August ISS-iand was delighted with their spirit and labors. All their bu ] siness was performed in a lew hours, then i all seemed intent on persuading sinners to | * One of Hie number, Katonton, had been w itlidrawn (torn thrnut restoring t'crsons whom she had excluded. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. seek the Saviour—the meeting lasted ten or twelve days and abouiJeO tized. Members from the churches in the older bodies are flocking to them because they are at peace and seem to he doing the appropriate work for Christians. 1 have conceived that idleness one cause of difference and quarreling in some As sociations; let us feel our obligations to la bor for God as well as pray, and the devil will not have so much room to incite us to mischief: we shall not have so much time to dispute and backbite. In my next number I shall notice the reasons for the churches seceding. One of Tin: Geo. Committee. FOR THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. lath Oct. I*3-3. TEMPERANCE MEETING. The Jack Creek Temperance Society of Morgan County, met this ficinw their annual meeting,and altersingvit and pray er was called to order by tint President, and after having got through lift business oftlie Society, the following wa* unanim-’ ously adopted. • I laving been accused by our-fcnemies ol being colleagued with the abolitionists, we adopt this inode to say that no pamphlet or paper of an incendiary cast, hasfever been sent to any member of this Soil *y, and we disclaim any connection with the abolition ists w hatever, as we consider there is no connexion between the objects of our asso ciations. And w e avow that tliuonly object we have in view, is to put down the use of ardent spirits by example and public opin ion. And wesay to those of our accusers who deal in slander, beware lest that come up on you, that is written in the prophets Heboid ye despisers ami wonder and perish, (I ('hap. 1 lab.) And to those who occu py neuter ground, we also say beware 1> st that curse fall on you that fell on the in habitants of Moroz liecause they would not come up to the help of the Lord against tho mighty. Judges o. And to those professing godliness of every denomination ; for it is those that throw the greatest difficulties in our way,we say as Gamaliel did to the rulers of the Jews, refrain from your opposition, for if this work be of men it will come to nought, but if it be of God ye cannot over throw it, lest ye bo found fighting against the Lord. <;r.< >. STRKKTE, President. (•.Smith, Recreiurji. FOR THU CHRISTIAN INDEX ’* IlivoiTC.” Its legitimate origin, and saint: ofits con st queuet:s considered. In bestowing our utlention upon this sub ject, we hope the “ fear of God” will occu py our thoughts, and the w isdom from a bove direct our inquiries; lest wo be found among those who, instead of trembling at the word, handle it deceitfully. And while we strive to “prove all things” by the unerring standard of i!i\ ino truth, hope to bo ena bled, through grace, to “hold fast that which ;s good,” •4 AS e premise at the very threshold of our inquiry, that divorce, or (ratting away, if these terms tire synonimoiis, is complete ly, unequivocally a provision of the New Testament dispensation. This assumption nitty require sonic proof; in default of which, a host ol sceptics may array them selves against it—charge us with indiscre tion, and carry us hack to the olden times. Our proofs however, are tit hand, and we proceed to show that such is the fact. ; Our Savior, in discoursing to the inulti | tildes that followed him, hut more particu larly w ith his disciples who were nigh, knew that the period was auspicious, and highly favorable for the purpose of instruction; especially in reference to those things per taining to the kingdom which he was about establishing; and by contrasting its spirit uality, with the burdens and rites of the Mo siac dispensation, showed the superiority of the one, to that ot the other; embracing present, future, and eternal results. Hence the inimitable sermon on the mount; hence, among other matters presented to the con sideration of his followers in this spiritually moulded discourse, divorce formed a promi nent feature. On this occasion our Lord, for the first time, and perhaps the only time, divinely sanctioned the putting away, or saparation; Abut. 5: 32. —Moreover, our Lord adds, “ that it was not so from Hi,’ beginning;” intimating that .Moses Imd no diviv.’ 1 ’ authority for establishing such a ! precedent, apd that the principle of expe diency alone gufnpil the great law-giver on the occasion. “HectiP*‘e ot the hardness of your hearts Moses sultbPed >’ u ,0 P ul aw ay your wives.” Matt. 19: S. AA e gave plainly shown according to our Safair s exposition oftlie Alosiac law on the subject; and withal, his own plain am} explicit dec laration, that the legitimate origin, or sanc tion of divorce, proceeded from himself, and amounted only to a sanction. In the next place we proceed to point glut what ought to he the consequences, or the results of such a sanction in the church es of Chriit; among the saints of the liv- ! ing God; in the ranks of those, who hav ing come out from the world, have identi fied themselves with the purity and holiness of the gospel. What then is the fact? On what state of things is this sanction predicated? lias such a disruption occurred as to interrupt the harmony of conjugal ties? Does a sc- j paration necessarily follow ? For argu-J men! sake, we say they arc again twain, in liodv only. What alternative has the in jured party in this case? She is liotc.t a loss. Turning over the sacred pages, and asking counsel oftlie Lord, she reads, “And unto the married 1 command, yet nnt f, hat the. Lord, let not the wife depart from ; her husband; hut, and if she depart, let her! remain unmarried, or he reconciled.” 1 j Cor. 10, 11. AVe clearly see from the di vine testimony, that a life of chaste celiba cy; or in the language oftlie Bible, becom ing an eunocli for the kingdom of heaven’s sake should ever be the result ol a separa tion. This is a hard case, say many. The disciples of the Lord viewed it as such. Hear them saying to him, “ if the case of man lie so with his wife, it is not good to marry.” Why not good to marry ? AY e need no argument here, for the subject is full of light. Is it not evident that had our Lord permitted marriage after divorce, a second divorce, and a second marriage, nay, a third, and a fourth; and all these contracts and disanntillings being free from moral obloquy? AVe never should have heard of that sentiment, “if the cost of the man hr. so with his wife, it is not goad to marry.” Matt. 19: 10. It must be remem bered also, that our Lord discountenanced marriage with the party divorced, making such an act, or connection, an adulterous one. Luke 16:18. The declaration of our Lord, to ’whit'll allusion is just made in Luke, comes w ith irresistable force in con firmation of the views we have just taken, viz: the guilty, or the party put away, held in durance-vile; yet, under the mercy of heaven, tho grace of repentance may he experienced, and a happy reunion, or re conciliation the consequences. The guilt less, or injured party, appreciating the principles of a virtuous life, and alive to the command of God’s word, (“AA liosocvcr (Hiltetli away', and marrietli another com iniicth adultery.” Luke Hit IS.) is found in the humble posture ol faith, hope, and charitv. “ Bearing till things, believing all tilings, hoping nil things, and things.” In it necessary to say more? Here we might safely terminate this part of our essay, conscious of using the holy AA ord as our counccllor, n.nd independent of all adventitious, or eccentric matter, sought instruction of llim who said, “Learn of me.” AA’e propose embodying our Scriptural, and other evidences against the odious, and heterodox act of divorce, in our conclusion. AA’e are so circumstanced however, as to make necessary a few more remarks. Let us briefly state them. There are those who would justify marriage (I am noW specking of colored members oftlie church ol Christ) after a separation, if by this unhappy sep aration, circumstances preclude the hope of the parties coming together again ; or, in any reasonable time. Others attach an importance to distance; the distance how - ever, undefined, and unequivocal; never taking into consideration the providence, the grace, or the purpose of God ; and that cross-hearing is the peculiar characteristic of Christians. Surh views as these, would scarcely challenge a serious consideration. They are suggested by humane feelings ; encouraged upon principles of expediency, and made up of that wisdom which assumes to he “wise above what is written.” “ There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither bund nor free; there is neither male nor female, for ye arc all one in Christ Jesus.” Gal. 3: 28. Remove tins beauti ful, this God-like equiformity ; temporize with the word of God, and give it a Shan dyan handle, and you make it the rule in your practice if not in your faith. AA’liat a door would he opened for sin and licenti ousness. A candidate might find admit tance into the church, having at the same time a wife in Beaufort, another in Phila delphia, and a third, or a fourth in some other distant place. The evil dont stop here; for alas! alas! there are some pro fessors, as well ns non-professors, who en tertain and encourage the x iews we have just stated; for while the owners of the peo ple thus separated, feel no scruple in part ing the endeared connection, because the church to which they belong, permits a se cond connection (1 cant say marriage); there are professors who sanction such a course, from the strange and loose construc tion they attach to the following passages: “It is better to many than to burn” —“a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases.” A strange exegesis is this, if ; not a wicked one? Let tis pass upon tiicse ! (scriptures a short analysis, in hopes of re ceiving instnictibn, and admiring their har mony. The term “Bible,” is made as h i metaphor, &;d in a metaphorical sense, it ; means to be troubled, vexed, or made un j easv. So in 2 for- * ’ ‘• —“ AA’ ho is of fended, and I hum Dot;” or, “and l am not troubled.” This decent sense oftlie word burn, is the meaning of the Apostle. “A brother, or a sister not being in bondage, iVc.” is a part of a verse pointing to the legitimacy of children, the circumstances of whose births either made them so, or o therwise. The term bondage, however, will be better understood by attending to ! the four verses, lt?tli to loth inclusive, 1 ('or. 7tli chapter. AVe would premise here, that “bondage,” in the 15th verse, is lobe understood truly in its literal and worst sense. AVe say in its “worst sense,” in or der, if we possibly can, to disabuse the sa cred pages of Holy AA’ril on the subject un der consideration. To speak of bondage in tiiat state; the union of which is com pared to the union of Christ with his bride, the church. Epli.s: 22, to the end. Strange indeed! Let us understand the Apostles. He introduces the case of an unhappy match; a pair “unequally yoked.” A sis ter in the gospel married to an unbeliever. ■ From the hands of her companion, she re- j ceivcs harsh, if not cruel treatment, removes to this, or that, or the other place; or threatens so to do, and every principle j of unbelief braces up bis opposing course, j The wife, pious soul, endeavors no doubt, to bring about a better state of things, hut ; completely fails. He whom she once lov- j ed, and still loves; on whom she once j leaned, and looked lip to, and would still j cherish those passions and tho.-e hopes; | leaves her, and her homo, penni less and I heart-broken. W hat is she \) do? The Apostle .ays, let him de is , i; a i tnii-t o/our Gfinstian bretlTen, the foih^nigevi dences as were proposed. From first, to the, 1 last hook in the Old Testament, God declares his displeasure at and nay, he declared! by his faithful servant and prophet, Malachi, that He hateth “put ting'away.” Gen. 2: 23, 24—Mai. 2: 14, 16. For Christian ordinances however, we must get our knowledge from Christian history. Here they abound; here they shine with beams from the Sun of righte ousness ;~here they are perfect, because Ciirist, or Master ol the house; wits perfect, aud because as a son he instituted and sat in order all tiling pertaining to the liappi ki"gdon£MWTt*™JSSisiskstolT —Mark 10: 11, 12—Luke 16: 18—1 Cor. it 16, 11—Eph. 5: 2->. On the pass'age, Matt. 19: 5 to 12, we can say a great deal.’ AAc can reason on its peculiarity of grace, and faith, as long as v.c can understand and use our language. Here we have the in stitution ol marriage; here divorce urges her ploa, and here her authority is thrown in tho shade. To meet tbo prejudices of his disciples, and to enlighten them in the nature of the kingdom he was establishing, oug Lord condescends to reason after the manner of men. He presents the major and nniior propositions; urges the argu ments, aud by the soundest rules of syllo gism spreads before his sccjitkal followers, u ■ yfy enjoin, (c.mon who bad put away his wife, should marry another in the former wile’s life time. Human authorities, we have none; but with human opinion, opposed to divorce and marriage, we abound. The more pi ous and holy men among the Popes, in their decretal epistles proscribes these mur ! riages as adulterous. The Latin churches always taught that the bond of marriage | subsists notwithstanding divorce. AVick ■ liffe, thagreat reformer, and AV iiitlex - were quite evangelical. C'nlmet, of great erudi- I tion, says, though these things (speaking of I). and M.) were occasionally practised, they have been edmost always condemned. That holy man of God, Henry, (by Pal mer, p. 404.) writes, “Marriage is not an invention of men, but a divine institution, therefore, is to be religiously observed; and the more, because it is a figure of the mys tical insuperable union between Christ and his church.” And again, p. 589, “ Christ will not allow divorce.” And again, p. 404, “God hath appointed them, who are thus joined together, to live together in love, till death part them.” AA e conclude w ith the judgment and opi nions ot that great linguist and expositor, Dr. Clark : p. 171, “ Our Lord declares j that they could not he remarried, while the | divorced person was alive; anu that those who did marry, during the life of the di | voiced person, were adulterous.” AA e hope w e have stated matters agree able to tho divine oracles oftnitb, and made that use ot them w hich our Divine Master intended ; if so, give God the praise. “TIMON.” Beaufort, S. C., Nor. 1835. Great persons have need to borrow oth | er men's opinions to think themselves hap- I pv, lor if they judge by tlfeir own feelings ! they cannot find it, Lord Bacon, TOR TIIE CHRISTIAN INDEX. - Richland, Twjg-gs ce. Ga. Nov. 9, 1835. I'atheT Mercer: —l have often made lheVt-~~ tempt to set before the public, and my brethren oftlie Georgia and Washington Associations, the inconsistent acts of oure, to-wit: The Ebe nezer Association—but have as often failed. At the last meeting of this body, she received your Messengers with all apparent kindness ; and so soon as their backs w'ero turned, a mes sage was sent, after them, saying, “ AA'e will have nothing to do with the Georgia and AVashington Associations, because they cor respentl with the Central Association. And the Central Association was made up of exclu ded Churches, and Churches in disorder.”— Here is such a paradoxical jargon, that the world must see jt. For if I have been cor rectly informed, but a few years since, a Church was constituted partly out'ot excluded members, from McDonough church, and now has a name and a place amongst our Flint: River brethren. No fellowship lost, on the part of our Ebcnezer brethren, because her, sister, the Flint, has been reaching alter the I keys of Buint Peter. , Again, nine excluded members from Sharon. | Church have been received into tho Flint As sociation. No fellowship broken, no message -out to the Flint, “ that we cannot correspond with her because she holds those in tier fel lowship which are excluded members.” No, not a word of this. And front the few hints given, it will not take a Solomon to discover tiiat it was from some other cause. And may I not say, it is because our sister, the Georgia, | so far outstrips us, in talents and every good work of the Izsrd; that we are trying to cover i iicr with reproach. It so, we have imbibed in a great measure, the spirit of our brother Cain, who slew his brother because lie was more righteous than himself. Many of our brethren for tbo Georgia, bacausc she o>’ the ‘uir.Ttll I t ~ “ Wfii SFmr ffll . acb. hjiE| ■ Ms ■■ J | 1 ri >ll . . ‘• ■ , i of tiie s . not far • o.til'd and a it engag^B \ i ..... nl i'r A\’ n„ ivater eerily in w hat he professes, than ■ : tatigable to infuse those principled® Idc s.'iai Lord, tar and wide. And there greater cv;.. we that a man is a imssionai® than to see him constantly engaged in Hie spread ol the Gospel—inquiring, Lord what wi;t thou have ine to do. And, Father; Mercer, I do feci anxujGs for the world to know, that notwithstanding the Lnenezer Association dropped her corresrond ence with the Georgia and AVashington sociations, it was only by a majority of ond^ — Four of our Missionary brethren failed to at tend, no person came in case of failure. Two Missionary Cliurefes cmwhicli ’.. lid I('avt9t|.s ten or tne* tlmt every C lmrcli Church, will s. M:~ to our next Association.— There is no doubt but there is a mnjoritv in fovor of corresponding with our two sister As sociations. AA’e have many’ good brethren whose sods appear to ho engaged inthc work, J and 1 feel hopeful the time is not distant, when 1 wc •■'E'b u°t be t ir behind in the good work of I ’b e J.ord. If we were to take as deep an in- I terest in tho circulation of the Index, as our | brethren do in “ The Signs of the Times,” J soon, very soon, .should we see ignorance and superstition give way.—Brethren would cease ; their hostility to the best of causes, and as a mighty host would come up to the help oftlie !.<r,l against the mighty. And being fully persuaded of t!il call upon the good breth ; roti ot Georgia, and every other State, to be j lI P !ill| l doing. And if we cannot get our | brethren to take the Index, let us form socie i -ieo through the State, or States, each brother | paying tor five or ten Indexes, to bo sent to | those who will read them. I have named this : to several ot my brethren who feel willing to go into it. One thing I would not forget to mention; at our last Association our beloved brother R. Pace was there, and preached a Sermon tiiat will stand when the worlds are no more. It. was thought tiiat no discourse ever delivered before the Ebenczer Association had a more happy effect in pulling down the strong holds of error, destroying the opposition to Missions and the establishing of the cause if our Re deemer on the ruins thereof. I heard of some that come there with as much prejudice a gainst Missions, as the Apostle Paul before his conversion, Imd against Christ or his followers. Gut during that sermon, they become the de cided friends of Missions and went on their way rejoicing. Another brother told me re joicing, that lie had become a Missionary. I now close ray remarks by exhorting my ministering brethren to follow brother Pace's example ; visit us, preach for tis, and it may be that many’ in the morning of eternity will praise God, that you ever came amongst U 6. In the strongest ties of Christian love, I re main your unworthy brother-—farewell. J. R. HAND.