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would wound the feelings of jny own
o om companion ; neither have I intended
.) wound tin feelings of any jhrother differ
ing with me in opinion. I simply .designed
, vindicate, wlmt I did, and do believe to be
lie truth ; and if I have done it too ‘ineati
o'lslv.'and have wounded the feelings of
,v, 1 ani sorry for it, and am willing to
ft'iestly beg pardon,
i ,'-,;r 1 have wearied your patience, and
id ( lose, if you will permit me to correct
few important typographical errors,-which
have noticed in my previous connnunicS
ons. .W o the close of the piece, head
si, “ The Two Way's,” instead of-readifig
die scripture rpiotation “As you have
hetefore teeeivetl Christ Jesus the Lord j
dk ye with him read “walk ye i/i
In.ii,” In the piece headed “ A confcsjinn
of leanness,” lot “ Church man,” read
i iitindi mouse ; and for.twelve (12) o’clock,
read eleven (11) o'clock. The first of these ;
error*-. I consider to diversify the’ Scripture
meaning ; the second to make’the sentence ,
ambiguous, and the third carries with-it an
. ‘isolate falsehood. I have noticed many
.'irors in my iliileient pieces, but at
tribute them more p> the want of plain
ness in mv hand writing than to the care
lessness of your compositor.
Your brothetr in the laird,
KIDRON.
Thomson, Ft It. tit A, lu l l.
(tin Kmsi’onsi:. —We most cheerfully
give place to our correspondent’s explana
tions, corrections,.&c. —and hope that .oth
ers will imbibe his spirjt, whether they ]
embrace his views on the subject pf'cnntrb-1
vi rsv between us or unt. We deem it un
necessary to argue on the main subjeotauv
further. If what we have already writjeiij
ii.-s nut make a convert o| our brother, we
must give him up as a “gone case.” Wei
will, however, add a few remarks on par-I
tie-alar-parts of the above.
1. full rim's corrections. — We stand cor-1
•a-eted in several things, arid are pleased, for!
K.'s sake as well as our own, that the cor- j
rections were made.
The (!rammar question. — Will bro-j
,1 1 .■ r Kidroit read v. !i as though it were cn-j
.■ 1 1 .sed in a parenthesis, and say to whom
ai l what “tli‘)i” and “this” would then re \
ler. I
,'i. .1 polios.*-- Many, who like-A polios a
were “ mighty in -the scriptures,” knew
not that ,1 estis was the C'luist, the .Messiah
that was to come. The weakest of the dis
ciples of Christ would he fully able, with
ih” divine blessing, to convince one who
had been well instructed in the scriptures,
and was at the same time. fervent in spir
it,” (not captious,) that these .scriptures, in
which A polios was “ mighty,” were all ful
liilod lit t’hrisl. Now this Is precisely
what we have always supposed that Atpiil
! \ and Priscilla did in the case of A polios.
I. Our excitement. —You are right, bro
diet Kidroit; we wrote under an excite
ment—v-wc seldom,-if en-r, write otherwise.
We are sometimes excited because we can
not heroine excited. This may appear
(•iiiiliadieloi-y, and yet it is tMie-*-as true as
it is strange. Excitement !—talk to us of
excitement ! We don't want to \\ isli you
ill, lull, Kidroit. friend—brother—ay. bro
ther though yon In-y we will wislt it —We
wish we had you pinned down, for one
day, in our editorial rocker, and, ever and
anon, as votn mind, began to soar on that
“aerial voyage,” (ol which yon read some,
time ago in the Index,) am) souteJiright star
to heave in view, your towering thoughts
should he hurled hack limn their"lofty sta
tion down to perdition?—no, down to
earth, by the tap ! rap! rap! of the prin
ter’s liny, ami the vociferous erv of “copy,
copy sir, copy !—Mr. Brandy, wauls to put
the paper to press ibis evening—will give
you a proof sited to night, sir—-have you
any copy ready !"—Only think of it! to
have to dip your and lieatc lingers m murky
ink, just when you were dreaming of bath
ing them in some crystal fount formed, by
collected drops of heavenly dew ! To he
aroused from your waking visions to learn
that you are not to be refreshed even by
midnight slumbers! kulrou ! do you think
that we arc an oyster, ora stone, ora frozen
cucumber, that we should write, under such
cin-iiinstaiici-s, without excitement ?” ’llo
not believe it— we are bona tide flesh and
blood, arid liable to all the ills that they arc
heir to. We do confess we trere excited,
we are excited, we wilt be excited, just as
lung as yve are compelled toasit on a thorn
cushioned rocker, to-be rocked hurl, by ime,
and forward by another, and twirled around,
by a third, just to make us look as //,- looks,
that is to sav, like a I we will not say
like what. But amid ill our excitements.
Ividrnn, he assured we have had none to
expend on you.
I*. S.—\Vi jsisi add this postscript lo
caption all Talks, Frenchmen, Russians,
Ivnni-whalkans, &e. who may undertake
to translate the above editorial, against sup
posing that dip does tint mean .(tip, but
Mieans to pour, sprinkle, ]wip, stain, dve,
defile, come iir eouttUl, or any thing of' that
kind, merely because, in the e’rse to winch
we apply the term, the fingers are not ac
tually and literally pul under the ink. W'c
admit.that they have-high Pt.edobaptist-.pre
eetjtnt for such a rendering-ot firn term ;,
but tre hope they will dealftfi/hfuf/y and
make’ ‘dip .'to “mean dip notwithstanding,
knowing that the.gieotest errors ate often
committed by the greatest moil. •
For the Christ ion Index.
Domestic Scenes,
Scum: Ist. Time. Sabbath morning.
Mother. —Eliza, is’nt it time that yon \
were gelling ready to go to Sabbath School?
Eliza. — No, Ala, I don’t want to go to
day.
Mother. —Why not, Eliza?
Eliza. —Because ! don’t know my les
son.
Mother. —Why do you. not get it then ? !
Eliza. —Because 1 iinv’-lil got. a Book.
Mother. —-\V here is your Question Book?
Eliza. —licit it at .Sunday School last
Sunday,
The result is the Mother yields to Eli- j
za’s request to stay at home that Sabbath,
j and Eliza soon forgets all- about her qttes- j
firm Book.
Scum: go.— -Time, Sabbath after preach
ing—bell ringing for Sabbath School.
Eliza. — Where is my Question Book,
Jaju- !
.lane. — l don’t know, Eliza, 1 thought
you said you left it at the Sunday School.
Eliza. —Sure enough, 1 did, and I forgot
to send lor it.
The result again is, Eliza again absents
j herself from the Sabbath School. Teach
ers are.discouraged and wonder why Kii
-1 za and several, others are absent.
Sckkk 3d.— Time. Sabbath morning,
licit ringing for School.
Mother. Where is Eliza, Jane ?
Jane. —She is in the dining room, nia’m.
Mother. —ls she getting ready for Sun- 1
day School ! •.
Jane.— No, Ma’m. She is reading a
•Newspaper,
Mother. —Teli her to get ready and go
tb School}
Eliza prepares to comply but rather re-1
| hictaullv, dresses herself, and gets io school j
some half hour alter it has commenced and j
lakes Imr seat in her class. Thu teacher j
j proceeds, with the recitation, and in the
j enurse of it a cpiestion is propounded to
Eliza. She is unable to answer it, and in
a confused inaulicr saysj “She was tint
j het.e.lasi Sunday, and did not know where
the lesson wis.” Eliza retires from the
school mortified, out of humor, badly pre
j pared to “ keep the Sabbath day holy”—
j and secretly wishing timid were no such
j ihiug as a Sabbath school,
j . Inference Ist. —lf Parents would make :
j the Sabbath school profitable to their cliil- j
j dren ami aflhe same time a delightful exer
j eise, let them see to it, that they me pfes
! i-nt even/ Sabbiith. The absence one Sab
bath begets an indisposition fur attending on
the next.
Inference. 2ml. —Would you have the
Sabbath school hour pass pleasantly to your
children, and lit them for.the proper spend
ing of the remainder of the t-lav. See to it,.
| that they prepare their recitations lit home
\ and that they arc always present in season,
j without hurry—“a word to the wise,” fie..
ALPHA.
Pcnlirld, Feb. 1S It.
For the Christian hlclex.
Fonsy rii, Feb. 5, 18-11.
Item Sir, —I have ii in my heart to give
the enclosed ten dollar hill to the cause ol
the China Mission; and 1 know o no bet
j ter channel than through you, believing that
you. will faithfully appropriate it to that
catise. I feel an increasing desire, if I know
; my heart, for the prosperity of the cause of
Christ upon earth; and as 1 wish to do
something for that precious.cause, and as it
is my lot, at present, to he debarred the
privileges ol the church below, 1 wish to
give this public testimony of my attachment
to mv Lord and Master. I hope that oth
ers may he hereby provoked to love and
good works and will go and do likewise. —-
‘Pray for me, that the.grace of God may.a
----■ hound mute and more, not only in mv own
heart, but where sin does siili abound ; in
the dark habitations of cruelty ; and that his
j kingdom may come, and liis will he done
ion earth as it is in heaven., which is my
i daily prayer, lam now sixty years of agt>,
and have been a member of the Baptist
church for nearly forty years, up to last
i September, since which time, although de*
: barrel] the privileges of ehun-h communion,
1 w ish not to he -deprived of the pleasure
j and profit of perusing your valuable paper,
m the subject, matter of which, 1 feel’ the
j same .interest. that 1 did, and even more,
than when 1 first subscribed foi it, seven
teen rears ago. You will also find two
dollars and fifty cents for the Index, which
you will place to my credit.
Yours, I hope, in Christian bond,
JAMES PERDUE.
The money was received. The $lO has
been handed to the Treasurer .of onr Con
vention and will be appropriated to the ad
vancement of the cause of Christ in China,
as directed by the donor. We most sin
cerely’ deplore the situation of our corres
pondent', and. hope that the cause of separa
tum between him and (.loti's people, what
ever it may be and wherever it may exist,
may be speedily removed, and that his
present separation liom the church, which
we doubt* not. is grievous both to himself
aitd the church, may be “ovetruled, in the
wisdom and mercy of. Cod, for bis eternal
“good-and for that of the cause of Clirist.
Man was never intended to be idle. In*
1 activity frustrates .the very design or his
creation , whereas an active life is the best
guardian of virtue, and the greatest preser
vative of health of body and mind. . .
Rogues, clowns, anil blockheads can tear
i (low n a building, but it lakes wise and skill
ful men to design and erect anew one.
A schoolmaster said to himself, “1 am
like a hone, 1 sharpen a numher of blades,
but I w ear myself out in doing it.”
Dens’ Theology.
_ - “
Peter Dens is a voluminous standard
Theological Romanist author, whose worls
i are published and sanctioned by the high
est authority of the papal church; Rev.
Mr. Sparry recently translated a portion,
relating to auricular confession ; and so f tJ ,;|
and demoralizing” was’ it regarded, thlt, ia
Pennsylvania, where he Jiad sold -spine
copies, lie was prosecuted for vending -di
: scene books. And it is an obscene blink ;
bin it is only tlie'queslions put by Romish ;
priests at the confessional, to men, and es-j
pccially women whose consciences tl e
keep—questions, put with that kind o! p.- -
yoking minuteness, and passion-irritaftng.!
progressive gradation,’ that fe w would be j
likely to come away tininflamed by lijriitii-!’
nous fires, even if they should escapi tlu-j
foul embrace of their beastly inquisitors.—
We should judge one confessional to Ire in-!
j comparably- more corrupting than anwsin- 1
i gle brothel in the laud. —Christian Mir or.
Dens’ Tlteology. — Mr. Sparrv’s little
book of extracts from this body of Roman j
| divinity, lias been extensively read. U .
j are giud ol it. Fot, beastly as are the /-on
! tents of Hie hook, and odious as it is in ev
j cry respect, it was necessary to see It br
’ fore the abominations of the Romish l\arh>t
! could be comprehended. Men now uilik r- j
island that much as they detested the pivjsi*
I of tl.iat foul conspiracy against liberty,i re i
gion, and every tiring dear to mum yjfcirl
; detestation had never readied their atrocitv'.l
j Here we have the fact, that the body off
j Romish theology is little else than a refined
and finished system for seducing women.
I This most despicable book which ever hill
! the press, has been all along kept publicly !
j ‘for sale in Catholic bookstores. John
Doyle Inis sold them, and given his bills)
j receipted for the pay, with as little liesi
t nicy as he would for a Douay Bible. Vi e
have one of the receipted hills to show.-il:
| the fact, is denied. For what lecherois!
miscreants were they kept on sale ? Tnj
were not purchased and brought- hen t\
keep, nor to.sell to Protestants, nor to Roy
man Catholic laymen : yet here they are, 1 ”
hi the diocese of Bishop Hughes, for sale
in a .bookstore which he and his clergy fre
quent. They certainly knew the books j’
were , there for sale. Did the Bishop de-‘y
S nounee the abomination ? No—and si irtH
! the book has been brought before the com- j
! immity, he lias been silent, and so have all I
;.the clergy so far as we have heard, and all!
; the Catholic organs, except that they hive!
once or twice, spoken in “palliation of ijmri
hook. It was, they said, a matter of sci
enre, and like a doctor’s hook, to he read
j by'doctors. Yes, it is the science of lust.
Hero is the question in theological, science,
how many seductions a confessor may he’
guilty of per month, and yet not prove him
self deficient in faith. ’The Romish tlieo
logi ms, according to Dens,’were divided in
opinion about this nice point. Soilie said j
| less, and some said more ; but the general
I opinion seemed to ho about three. The
j theological science with which the candiX]
i dates lor the nunnery are examined, is worH
I thy of bacchalaureale professors! For nuns 1
one thing is needful. Here is a science
j suited to black cow led dignitaries of !tiu j
j true Church, without wives. Who, tve
j ask again, were customers for this book in !
I New York? For whose study did Joint ■
Doyle import this system of divinity? And
what must a hierarchy be, lor which tl.i-
I book is-a standard, but a house ot letehers!
What must In; the condition of a hotly ol
j-cleigy who receive this hookas a staiulaul!
j \V hat must they he, that one of their nu n
i her should dare to oiler it for their s’tml’ !
! Why. the foulest beings at the Five Points
would count themselves insulted and wriing
led by such a proposal. What must tie
I Romish Priesthood be, when this is tli n
hook of divinity ! W hat must their dcto
| lees tie, who allow their female relatives to
j go to the stalls of such confers? — Journal
j of Commerce, Jm. 17,
■’
English Dictionaries. —Our Wiscoima -
con respondent, “Gains,” tells us an amu- -
mg story of an inquisitive.lad in a W'eslcni
Sumlay School, which strikingly illustrui s
the influence of religious opinions Open ‘die :
literature of a language. An inquisitive lad
wanted an explanation of these- words,
i “Repent and he baptized every one ofyou.”
! He appeared to understand the first term ,
| tolerably well, but said lie—“what is it to
jhe baptizedF’ As an experiment ho was.;
! referred to Walker’s, Johnsort's, and \Yr:>- .
ster’s dictionaries, hut they only said “to!
baptize” is “to christen:’ ami what does!
that mean again ! “ Find it and sec,” savs
the teacher. The hoy does so, and learns
that to christen is “to baptize, to name.” —
iso the poor boy could gel no other infor
mation from his Bible and dictionary .than
that lie was to repent and be named.
The relation of this circumstance b;’-4,"_-
) dueeil us to look at the dictionaries referred
j to, and we timl that not only these, both
the large and small editions, but also Wor
cester's dictionary, define baptize simply
“to christen,” Perhaps these lexicogtnph
ers thought it would be unsafe to trust the
common people with any more explicit in
telligence on the import of ibis foreign teun.
Otherwise they would have defined it as
the lexicons of Donnegan, Grove, Levcrett
and others define’ baptizo, the same word
in the original Greek—“ to dip, to plunge,
to immerse, to wash.” Our cot respondent
thinks we want an English Bible. If tve’
were to employ the learned authors of these
dictionaries to make us one, they would of
course fell us, the people were christened
(of John-in Jordan, confessing their sins;—
j Repent anil be christened every one of you,
i fco.
This would be small improvement to the
old translation.- Happily for-honest en
quirers, the context and parallel passages
render‘'the meaning of the undefined term
baptize” verv-clear, without the help of
dictionaries. — IhJlcitor. ‘
* m
•1 .
The Voice of Mercy.- —There is one
verse, shining .with pre-eminent splemtqr,
amidst a constelfation of bright promises,
written as with sunbeams in the hook of
the everlasting covenant, which more per
isuasive than ten thousand arguments, re
j bukes every distrustful suspicion, and si
lences every unbelieving fear: “ He that
j spared not his own Son, but delivered him
up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things !” Believer,
is not that verse worth ten thousandworlds
to you ? What unnecessary suffering will
i lie inflict, who to save you from everlasting
; suffering spared not his own Son ? What
| real good will he withhold-who withheld .
j not his own Son ? . What blessing will he
not fieely give, who delivered up his own.
his only, his well-beloved. Son to death,
j even the death of the cress, to purchase sal
vation for you ? Precious, most precious ■
verse! How many.weary pilgrims in Zi
| on has it already refreshed, and it is at this i
‘"moment a spring of consolation, as fresh and
; as. full us ever !— Rev. Hugh I Chile.
From the Christian ICatchman.
The Editor's Duties.
The relation of an Editor who conducts
a weekly religious’ journal to his readers, |
and to the public generally, is of a highly
interesting and important character. He
! puts-Xurlli opinions week alter,week, which ;
are forming the habits of thought and feel
iutr of ail who come within the circle of-j
ilieir influence. The religious newspaper
is read where the religious books are suf
! fared to lie neglected; coining as it does,
with all the charms of novelty, freshness,
land variety. Among the young who are
’ ready to believe whatever they see in print!
j to he true, anil who naturally wish to It now ;
| the latest which has come to light, its in- j
fluenee in forming the taste, the style, the
! i lorn! principles, and the tone of piety, the i
in fluenee of the favorite family paper is
I immense.
I ’ The position of sttcfi an Editor, too, is
peculiar, llis labor, though not preaching,
is vet a part of the ministry of the (Jospel
j—a part of those giave and varied instru
: mentalities by which it is the will of God
to- enlighten and save die world. Yet his 1
position is regarded very differently from
that of the pastor. He speaks not so
H>y his lips as by his. pen, His thoughts
are conveyed not by moans of the living
voice, hut the silent paper—not through
j Ear-Gate, as Banyan would say, hut
J through Eye-Window to the mind, (,'on
isequently as they have none of the advan
j cages of tone, of gesture, of expression, of
I countenance, they pass for their naked, lit.
j tral value. If an Editor is obliged to say
la severe thing he cannot sweeten it with a
. Mvind look, nor can he, like the pastor, if
liis anows, misdirected wound where he
least intended, speedily extract them, and
-in ‘.lie-healing oil. Like all others he
is constantly liable to be misunderstood.—
Ml is words may convey a very different
meaning, or degree of meaning, to others,
front that which lie really intended, yet
there is no help for it. Like l’ilate lie is
j obliged to say, “What 1 have written, I
have written.”
It is important that the relations of a
j Christian Editor to his readers he mutually
No Editor would he respect
! ed, nor deserve to be, who did not exercise
! an independent judgement, and act in Sceor
i dance with the promptings of his own eon
science. The man who will not do this in
all circumstances, is unfit for the place.—
If the trial) is deficient in either of these es
sential requisites—place him at the head of
a bank, of a mercantile house, of civil au
thority, even, —place him any where hut in
die editorial chair, Your Editor works
out of your sight; you can take no account
;of his faithfulness or his unfaithfulness,
von cannot balance his books to see wheth
er In- has dealt truly’with von. lie may
keep back what is profitable, and give only
licit which will please you. lie is.undgr
constant temptation to do so. How strong,
that temptation is, you can judge by asking,
your own heart how much you love the
applause of your fellow men. and how
mueli you love to advance your temporal
i interests,
A The Editor's task- is often a hard one.—
lie must please liis-readers: —certainly!
what an ungrateful wretch he must he not
io please them, since they pay him for do
ing it. Yet he must instruct them,.or he
displeases God ; albeit they are much more
reatlv to he pleased ; perhaps even flattered;
than to he instructed. This is no slander,
it is the plain truth respecting hitman na
ture. Ami many readers at ieast, so un
.jolt'rsland it. If lie displease them they have
an argument which in their estimation is
convincing. Though comprised in three
words, it is a far reaching syllogism, .which
employed in certain circumstances conveys
tnouiiinins of meaning. It appeals both to .an
Editor’s standing and to his understanding,
io his purse and to liis heart. It is, “Stop
i,ipaper !” And moreover, powerful and
; for reaching as this argument is, it can be
J wielded by men of very ordinary capacity,
I so that it is very extensively available.
I'hristianily.
Christianity, like a child, goes wander
ing over the world. Feat less in its inno
; cenee, n is not abashed before, princes, nor
conloun.lcd by the wisdom of synods. Uc
j lore it the blood-stained warrior sheaths his
sword, and plucks the laurel from his brow;
the midnight murderer turns from his pur
pose, a.ml like the heart smitten disciple
goes out and weeps bitterly. It btings
liberty to the captive, joy to the mourner,
freedom to the slave, re|ientaiiee and lor-
Igiveness to the sinner, hope to the faint
hearted, and assurance to the dying. It
enters the hut of the poor man. and sits
down with them ami their children; it
makes them contented, in the midst-of pri- ‘
rations, and leaves behind qn everlasting
blessing. It walks * through ‘great cities
amid all their pomp and splendor, their im
aginable pride and their unutterable misery,
a purifying, ennobling, correcting, and re-; i
deeming angel. It is like the beautiful
companion’ of childhood, and the comforta
ble associate of age. It ennobles the .noble;
gives wisdom to file wise; and new grace
to the lovely. The patriot, the priest, the
poet and the eloquent man, all derive their
j sublime po\yer from.its influence.— Mary
floiritt.
From the Boston Recorder.
“0 Lord, Revive thy Work.”
Christian Brethren, —Is it our humble
and daily petition that, “in the midst of
the years,”.God would revive his work ?
Are we pouring out the whole heart be
: fore God, imploring, in the spirit, and with
the'importnnity arid faith of the Syro-Phce
neciau woman, that every Achan within us,
•and within the bosomwof the,churches, may
be removed, and that the Holy Spirit,
“with all its-quick’ning powers,” may de
scend upon us? Are our closets frequent
ed, and do they wfitness onr confession of
- reiuissness in the performance-of covenant
duties ! Do they also, witness the ferven
! ey of ottr prayers ? When easting our eyes
over the city, do our hearts aclie in perceiv
ing its awful devotion to “ die god of this
world,” its being “ given to idolatry ?”—-
Who that has observed any thing of its
moral slate, but w ill deeply deplore the un
deniable fact, that “lovers of pleasure,”
! more than lovers of God,” abound on every
side ? And is not this the very essence of
idolatry, so pointedly condemned ifnough
j out the Scriptures ? The heart manifestly
! seeking its gratification in lempoiai things,
: father than in spirituid and eternal treas
ures, is guilty oi the sin of idolatry, how
ever much it may seek to ward off the im
putation. Permit trie to’ ask, dear breth
ren, are not we, individually, arid are not
our churches, in a lamentable degree, in
volved in this sill / Dave ive not all, ilia
measure, shut out from the mind that ten
! tier concern for the honor of the dear. S
aviour and promotion of his kingdom and ;
i glory, which alone can furnish evidence
that we are the subjects of a kingdom, “not
of this world;” and that our citizenship is
with the saints, “ the excellent of the earth,
in whum is all our delight.”
We profess to s ek the prosperity of Zi
on above our chief joy. Aie her precious }
interests resting daily upon die heart with j
the weight they demand ? Is it not true, I
that “the tree-that bears no fruit, deserves
„no name ?” Are we distressed, when re
flecting upon the awful speed with which
dear relatives, intimate friends, and others,
alike precious in. their immortal relations to
the heart of infinite benevolence ; are rush-:
ing down to endless perdition, without a )
thought of the slippery place on which they
stand, nor of the certainty- of the inevitable
ruin awaiting them, should they persist in
their present determined hostility to the in
vitations of mercy? Us life nature of our
obligations, dear brethren, the unbelieving
portion of the community are not so igno
rant as w e sometimes apprehend. They
plainly see where is the inoonsistent pro
lessor. They will commend ofttiines,
where thev will not imitate ; approve that
they will not her. We ourselves were
once the children of wrath even as others, i
We obtained'mercy, and they shall be as |
welcome, if penitent to all the blessings of \
j the new covenant as were we. We, who j
were not a people are now the’ people of i
God. Their hearts are not harder than j
were ours. We w ill not then yield to de
spondency, the offspring of-unbelief, in re-]
leronce to their situaliim, hut will pray lor’
an increase of faith that therein we may i
“give glory to God.”
“As tin: eagle that hasted) to the- prey, j
so all a.re passing to the retributions ol eter- ]
nity, and some unprepared. Let ns weep |
over our indifference to their future pros- i
peels; nor let us rest till • the righteous- j
nftss of Xion shall go forth as brightness, j
| and the salvation theieof as a lamp ill’ll !
burnetii.’ Let us ‘thank God and lake
! courage,’ in the heart cheering promise,
that if ever we go forth in divine strength
to the rescue of souls from the grasp of the
advcrsuiy, we “shall, doubtless, return
again, ri juicing, bringing our sheaves with
us.’
May the Lord give us many soills as the
, seals of our fidelity; and may we he per
, “milted to recognize them adorned in white
robes in the new Jerusalem, as so many
gems appended to our immortal crown.
.1 \uhle Example. —The elder John
Adams, while President <>f theUnileil States,
as lie was returning.from the country to his
family in Boston, was interrupted by a
New England snow storm, which effectu
ally blocked up his way. lie was then at
Andover, twenty miles from Boston, where [
Ins family, as lie had learned, were waiting j
his arrival. Sabbath morning the roads be- ‘
came for the fust time passable. On the ‘
question of going to Boston that day, it was
the op ninn of the clergymen of the place,
that the circumstances of his detention, and
the sickness of his amily would justify his
IraveHmg on the Sabbath. 11 is reply was,
that the justifiable occasion in tins case :
would not prevent the lead influence of his
example on those who might see him trav
elling on the Sabbath, without knowing the
cause. lie therefore decided to wait till
Monday. Have we Chief Magistrates now,
who are as scrupulously-careful to shun the i
appearance of evil ! — Ex. paper..
Censoriuusness. —How often do persons
pass heavy sentence oil themselves in judg- \
ing others,and, in taking unrighteous weap
ons to dissect another’s character, get their
own painfully cut in pieces. Few sins are j
so inexcusable as this. Os all men, he,
who is censoiious in judging, others, de-!
serves no favors, and can expect none.—
There is something deeply suspicious, in j
the character of such, ps are engaged in the
mean anti contemptible work, of judicial j
censorship. He, who is guilty of particu
lar sins, will be most likely to suspect their
existence in others. Those,-who judge
others unrighteously, deserve a heavy sen
tence in return. How true! ‘ The sharp
est tongues and foulest hearts generally go j
together. Let Christ’s precept be heeded,!
•judge not,’ Are., and how few would have
to endure the extremity of censure, which,
now by cruel asperity, they are compelled
to undergo ! Personal and moral character
would no.longer lay groaning and bleed
ing. at every pore under the lash of secret
cruelty. — X. 11. Bap. Register.
Life is the time to.serve the Lord.
PENFIELD.
FRIDAY”, FEBRUARY 16, IS4-1.
To Correspondents.
To the query of Kidron we preqime the
correct answer would be , “To us, tbs Ed
itor.”
The communication of our biother Irom
Mississippi, Rev. A. K. has; been received
nd wi II meet with due attention.
Mercer University.
It will doubtless be gratifying to the
friends of this institution to learn, that the
exercises in it Have been resumed with very
encouraging prospects. About 50 students
were in attendance before the close of the
first week. A goodly proportion of these
were new. Several of the students wlirf
were in attendance during the last term and
intend returning, had not arrived when this’
article was penned. We also hear of more’
new ones who are preparing to come on'.-
We feel peculiar pleasure in adding, that
we heard of four oi five young men, during
our recent tour in the huv country, who
have completed their classical education,
and who. propose to go through a theologi
cal course here, as soon as that department
is fully organized. With a permanent fund
of about $60,000 for Theological purposes,
and a still greater amount for the Collegiate
department, we see no good reason why
the Mercer University should not rank
with the best institutions of the kind in our
country. Bielhren, what do tve lack but
your prayers and your patronage ? Hea
ven has smiled and is smiling upon our in
stitution. Who is he that will frown on
that'on which Heaveu smiles propitiously?
T. S.—ln our estimate of the funds of
our institution we include the liberal bequest
of our venerated father Mercer, which is not
yet in hand.
LW” W e are gratified that tve are able
to announce the arrival of l>r, Dagg, since
the above was in tvpe. \Ve are also pleas
ed to discover, from our exchanges, that
bis appointment, by our Board, is consid
ered a very judicious one. bv brethren
abroad. It is perhaps known to our read
ers generally, that the brethren in Philadel
phia were desirous of securing Iris services
as an instructor of a Theological class in
liteir city. Alluding to llicir disappoint
ment, Dr. Jewell, editor ol the I’liihidclphia
department of the Baptist Advocate, says :
“While we regret, on the one hand, this
i unexpected change in the future plans and
j arrangements ol brother Dagg, we cannot
bnt express our belief that the Trustees of
Mercer College have performed a wise act
; in selecting so competent and judicious a
brother to support its interests,and we con
gratulate our brethren at the Ninth, in be
ing able to retain him among them, in the
j event of liis acceptance, though it shall rc
| suit iii our disappointment.”
Bro. Da gg has Accepted the appointment.
\Yc cannot but believe that the present is
the beginning of anew and most auspicious
era in the History of Mercer University.
llrdinulioii.
On Friday, 12th of January'last, brother
Berty Peeler was ordained to the work ol
the gospel Ministry at Beulah, Hancock
; Cos. Rev. I). G. Daniel preached the ser
mon and conducted tire examination of the
candidate , Rev. Edward Bartholomew of
fered the prayer; Rev. I). G. Daniel gave
the chatge ; and. Rev. Benj. Roberts the
right hand of'fellowship, followed by alii
; the presbytery.
.
Sabbath Schools.
We would call the attention of bielliren
to the following extract from the M mules
of the last session of the Georgia Associa
tion. and say to the churches in the third
District, that they may expect the subject
of Sabbath Schools to be presented before
them, during the month of March, by the
i editor or some other ministering brother:
The Ex. Com. of the S. S. Union of the
Georgia \ssuciation, most respectfully re
port: —That in pursuance of the duty de
volved upon them, to consider the best
means of exciting an interest in the subject
of Sabbath Schools, the\ r have thought it
expedient that ali the churches within the
bounds of the Association be visited during
the ensuing winter and spring, and efforts
|be made to arouse them to a proper dis
charge of their duty in this important mat
ter. They have supposed that voluntary
; effort would be the most beneficial mode
: that can be at present adopted. The com
j mitlee are happy to announce that brethren
1). (J. Daniel and O’. M. Irwin have volun
; leered to visit with this object, or cause to
be visited, all the churches of the First Dis
trict, and brother J. S. Baker has assumed
* all the chinches of the Third District in the
: saqje manner. Bifethren W. P. Steed and
J. M. Jackson, will visit in person, or cause
! to be visited, the churches of the Second
! and Fourth Districts. .
■
The Psalmist. —A brother recently’ in
quired whether any of this selection of
hymns could be got here, or whether the
I publisher had an agent in the State. He
thought he could sell several hundred cop
’ ies in his travels if they could be procured.
Will the publishers inform us whether they
have made a deposile in our State? We
| have not, as yet, seen the first copy of this
wprk, of which so many editions have al-
I ready been published. A copy of this, or
| any other work, sent to the care of Mr.
Wm. P. Clark, Savannah, or I)r. W. H.
Turpin, Augusta, would probably reach us.
Our Office is within a few hours ride (on
the Rail Hoad) of the last named place.