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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.