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POETRY.
For the Christian Index.
Away, Away!
BY L. T. DOYAL.
Ye whom ihc God of Jacob,
Hath bidden to prpclaim
To every Tongue and nation,
To every Land and Name; •
That far on higlt Elysian-fields,
With purest joys abound,
For all who seek and all who hear,
The gospel’s joyful sound.
Stay not within your mansion
Another passing day ;
Gird on your shield and buckler,
Away ! away ! ! away !!! .
To tell to all creation round, •
How on the fatal tree,
The Saviour luing that man might range
Thoso fields of ecstasy,
Cos telhthe wandering pilgrim,
O’er earth's dark thorney way,
’ That in you world awaits him
A brighter, happier day ;
That when he drops this shroud of death
His spirit shall ascend,
Where love, perrennial youth and joy,
Eternity shall blend. ‘
Q ! haste away ! ye heralds,
Thebiokcn hearted tell,
How Jesus died to save them,
From an eternal Hell ;
O! tell them, though dejected now,
Forsaken and oppressed,
They soon shall walk those llowery fields
Os everlasting resf.
m From Sinia’s smoking mountains,
Thrice tenfold thunders hurl,
At those who will not quickly,
ApolvoiFt; Manner furl;
Remind them of that fearful hour,
When rebels shall receive,
A just tewaid for all their deeds
Whilst on tlio earth they lived.
Away! away!! ye chosen,
Your Captain's voice obey,
• Sue! sinners sinking, dying,
0 ! why will you delay ;
0! seo them s'aud on ruin’s brink,
Whilst crumbling sands below,
Are swiftly hearing them away,
• To everlasting wo.
Culloden, 20//t March, 1811.
Tlie Price of Fame.
Ijfhatia the “price of fame?”
The price that Genius pays,
To shed around on humble name
The halo of its rays?
Ye, who have trod its path proclaim, j
To stranger feet, “The Price of Fame!” j
Ye dare not thus unveil
The proudly guarded truth;
’TwotilU make tlio maiden's spirit quail,
And blanch the cheek of youth:
No! like the heatt-torn Spartan, shame
Bids ye conceal “The Price of Fame!”
’Ti written in the eye,
Burning with lustrous light
(n the world'sctowd, when nunc nre nigh;
Colrl ;is the stars of night,
Watching those vigils that proclaim
How toilsome is “ I'lye Price of Fame!”
“Pis traced upon the hair,
Whose scanty looks are groyy
Not with the frost of time, but earo
And premature‘decay;
In the wreck’d form, and sinking frame,!
Go learn, unask’d, “Tits Price of Fame!” j
Tis stamped upon his brow,
Where furrows deep arc laid;
On the cheek worn and wrinkled now.
Where sunny smiles once played;
Ah! these too fearfully proclaim
How costly is “The Price of Fame!”
The sleep that brings no rest, —
Or the unclosing eye •
And fevered brow, that hath not pressed
.Its couch till dawn is nigh, .
Is (while .pale Study’s wasting flame
Lights up Death's torch) “The Piiee of
Fame!”
The malice of the crowd.
Haling, it knows not why; .
The power to which the knee hath bow
ed;
The envenomed shaft hurled by
The hand once grasped with friendship's
claim—
Such is the fearful “Prieo of Fame!”
Hopes, born of idle dreams,
And, as a dream, to fade;
Feelings, oive pure as gushing streams
From fountain torrents, made
Subservient to sonic evil aim,—
This is too oft “The Prieo of Fame.”
Thoughts—aspirations high,—
That soar above the ctuih,
And droop like flowers beneath a sky
Eugenia! to their birth;
Joys, hopes, that no communion claim
With the world, —pav, “The Price of
Fame!”
But yet. the mighty mind
Os Genius cannot rest;
It pants to have itself enshrined
In many a kindred breast;
The wise may scoff, the cold may
blame, —
This pearl outweighs “The Price of
Fame!” •
To die, —yet still to live
lit some remembering heart,
“That can the mortal’s faults forgive
For what diviner part,
Lighted by heaven’s ethereal flame,— j
This, this is worth “The Price of Fame!”
The Beggar
IKOM THE FRENCH. *
Many years since, when I was a young
man about twenty years of age, I used very j
frequently to spend Sunday with my moth- 1
er who resided at Versailles, this being the 1
only day of the week on which • 1 could j
leave Paris.. I generally’ walked as far as
the barriet, and thence 1 took a seat in one I
of the public carriages, to my mother’s;
house. When I happened to be too early j
for the diligence I used to stop and con- j
: verse with a beggar, whose name was An-!
J thony. and who regularly took his station j
at the Barrier de Passy,. where in a loud
I voice, he.solicited alms from every one
j who passed, with a degreef perseverence
j that was really astonishing. ‘ I generally
jgave him a trifle without inquiring Wheth
er lie deserved it or not, partly because I
had got into the habit of doing so, and
partly to get rid of bis importunities. One
Ulay in summer, as I waited for the dili
j genee, I found Anthony at his usual post,
I exerting fiis accustomed form of petition.—
i “For the love of heaven, bestow your aims
j on a poor man—Messieurs, Mesilames, the
; smallest trifle will be gratefully receded.”
While Anthony was in this manner pour*
ing his exclamation iudcscriminntely into
j the ears of every one who cum a within the
reach of his voice, a middle aged man, of
respectable appearance joined us. He had
| a pleasant expression-of countenance, was
j very well dressed, and it might he seen at a
j glance that he was a man in good circum
stances. 11 ere was a lit subject lor a beg- j
i fp<r. who quickly made his advances, prd*
| claiming in a loud voice his poverty, ami
soliciting relipf.
‘"You need not be a beggar unless you
I please,’ replied the gentleman, ‘when you ;
have an income often thousand crowns.’ i
‘You are pleased to jest, sir,’ said An-’
; thony'.
‘By no means,’ said the. gentleman, ‘I j
; never was mors serious in my lire. Listen |
.tome my friend. You perceive -that I ami
welt dressed—and I tell you, that I have !
; everything that a reasonable man need de- j
1 sire.’
■ ‘All, sir, you arc a fortunate man.’
‘Well my friend, I would not have been I
|so it I Imd sat„and begged, as you are do-;
l ing.’
| ‘1 have no other means, of obtainin'’ my
living.’
‘Are you lame?’
‘No sir.”
‘You arc not blind, nor deaf, and you
certainly arc not dumb, as every passer-by
can testify. Listen: I shall tell you mv
history in a few words, Some fifteen, or
twenty years ago 1 was a beggar, like your
| self; at length l began to see that it was
; very disgraceful to live on life bounty’ of!
others, and I resolved to abandon this |
shameful way of life as soon as I possibly
could. I quitted Paris, and went into the j
j provinces—begging for old rags. The!
j people were very kind to me, and in a short
j time, I returned to Paris with a tolerable
! large bundle of rags of every desorption. ]
! I carried them to a paper maker, who
bought them at a fair price. I went on col- j
lecling, until to my great joy, my finances
enabled mo to purchase rags, so that I was i
no longer forced to beg for them. At
length, by diligence and industry, l became |
rich enough lo biiv an ass With two pan
niers, and they saved me both time and la
bor, My btisinesss increased; the paper
makers fmuul-tliat I dealt honestly; I uev- j
er palmed oIV had. rags lor good ones; 1
prospered, and see the result. In • place of
being a poor, despised beggar,. I have ten’
thousand crowns a year, and two houses,
in one of the best streets in Paris. If, then,
my friend, you can do no belter,* begin as a
rag merchant. And here, ‘he coniinned,
is a crown, to set you up in your new trade;
it is more than 1 had; ami, in addition,
please take notice, that if 1 find you here
another Sunday, l shall report you to the
people. ■’ * *
On saying this, the old gentleman walk
ed off, leaving Anthony and myself in a
state of great surprise Indeed, the beg
gar had been so much interested in the his
tory lie had heard, that he stood with open
mouth, and eyes, in mule astonishment,
nor had he evel#power to solicit alms from
two well-dressed ladies who passed at that
moment.
1 could not help being struck with the
story, hut I had no time to Comment upon
it, as the diligence had arrived, in which 1
seated myself, and pursued my way. From
that period Host sight of the beggar;
whether the fear of the police, or he hopes
| of gaining ten thousand crowns a year had
f wro’t the change, I was not aware; jt is
; sufficient to say. that from day forward, he
| was never seen at the Barrier.
Many years alierw.iuls, it happened that
business called me lo Tours. In strolling
through the city, l stepped into a booksel
lers shop to purchase anew work that had
made some noies. I found there four
young men, all busily employed, while a
stout, good-looking man was giving thfm
orders, as ho walked tip and down, with
an air of importance. I thought I had seen
the face of the bookseller before, but where,
l could not for a moment tell, until lie
spoke, and then 1 discovered-him to be
my old friend Anthony. The recognition
was mutual; lie grasped my hand and led
me through his shop, into a well furnished
parlor; he lavisltcd cvety kindness on me,
and finally gave mo his history from the
time wo parted at the Barrier. With the
crown of the stranger, he begun, as he had
been advised, to collect rags. He made
j money; became the partner of a paper
| manufacturer; mariied his daughter: in
i short his hopes wero fulfilled; his ambition
gratified, and he could now count his in
come at ten thousand crowns. He prayed
every day for blessings on his benefactor,
who had been the means of raising him
from the degraded condition of a common
beggar. Anthony is so convinced of the
evil and sin of idleness, and of subsisting
on the charity of others, that, while liber
al and kind to those who arc willing to
work, no entreaties, no supplication ever
j prevailed on him to single sous on
i those who would not help themselves.
The Soul’s Vows.
THE VOJVS OF UANOEK;
Can you look back on some hour Os im
; pending-danger, perhaps amidst the terrors
hi a thunder storm, when the voice of ail
angry God seemed to threaten in every
i thunder peal, and his vengeance flashed
, terrible brightness out of heaven, and
j y°?i knew not but thirl the next flash might
■ he commissioned to call your guilty soul
i ‘'Ho fiis presence ? or have you witnessed
! the more appalling horrors of a storm alsea,
| when death seemed ready to rush on you
in evfry lushing wave, and all within Was
dark, and wild, and tempestuous, as all
without;. when the dreadful Whispers of
conscience were heard above the lowest
roarings of the tempest; and the thought
was forced upon you that in a few moments
you must stand before an Unknown ofliml
ed God, and phrtige inloan unknown dqad
lul eternity ? Have you amidstsceiiesjike
• these vowed a vow unto God, that ifjres
: cued Irom the thieatened destruction, jyon
j would repent, and forsake your ains.piml
devote to the service of God the life which
j.his mercy spared ?
THE VOWS OF DEATH.
. Can you remember a time when vou
: were stretched in pain ami languishing on
the bed of sickness, which you then feared
would, prove the bed of death ? when, with
keenly scrutinizing glance*, you watchei! the
physician’s countenance, as if to read your
sentence written there ; and there did rail,
with shuddering soul, the sentence his lips
would not pronounce—“no hope ,” u<l
trembled as you saw that sentence conlijm
ed by the anguished looks of those around,
.which they vainly strove to hide, ami the
l traces of the recent tears which all- their of.
j forts could not restrain. When you fell
i these outward announcements of your ap
i proaching dissolution, fearfully confirmed
! by the sinking of all within ; in that (Irautl
jfiil hour, while you almost fancied that you
| saw tlio burning eye of God fixed on you,
; and fell tlio crushing hand of God pressing
I you down, ;iqd a dark mini dreadful eterni
ty appeared unveiled, did you then vo.v a
| vowunlo God, that if he would spare tour:
j life and restore your strength, you would |
consecrate to his glory tlio life he spared. 1
and spend in his service the strength he. to-j
stored ?
•>
THE FORGOTTEN VOWS.
Have you kept ti e vows which in the
hour of danger, or prospect of death, you
| vow (I unto God I Has your rescued life
] been consecrated to his glory ? Has your
restored strength been spent in his service?
i or is the guilt of broken vows upon your
;soul f Lookback! When God silenced
j tlio thunder, or settled the tempest, tell me. j
j did your purposes or promises of repentance i
! and amendment follow the footstep* of the |
j retiring storm ? As the voice of the thun
der, or the tempest when departing, waged 1
fainter, did your repentant fears and resoiu- f
lions wax fainter also, till the last trace of
them had disappeared with the disappear
ance of the storm ? And when the isky
was once more clear, and the sea calm, Was
your soul once more sunk into its for tier
state of guilty security, the fearful caln of
spiritual deuducss, the precursor of eternal
death? Recovered from sickness, have ,-ou
once more plunged, with the same infa na
tion as before, into the world’s pursuits and
pleasures, and, amidst their ahsmbing or in
toxicating influence,, forgotten til together
the terrors you fell on your bed of sickness,
and the vows which you there vowed to
J your God 7
Tilt". RECORDED VOWS.
Y r (nt may have forgotten those cows,
and every day, every hour, may witness
your shameful violation of them, bat re
member, 1 conjure you, that Gml has not
forgotten them. In the day you vowed
them, God heard them, and registered them
in the book, where -all your thoughts, and
words, and actions, are written down, and
out ol which you will he judged in that day
when the books shall bo opened. From
the moment you pledged those solemn
promises, up to the present, that God to
whom you pledged them has been the con
stant witness of every movement of your
heart and life, and has seen, •• violation of J
your own,” stmnpted upon them all.’ He
has watched you silencing the pleadings ol
conscience, and stifling the convictions of
his Spirit, when reminding you of those
solemn vows. He has seen with what sclf
satjslied complacency you have grntukrled
! yourself, or received the, congratulations of
mhers, on yont having shaken oil'the feats
] that terrified you, when death and eternity
were staring you in the face. And yet he
has watched over you and kept you in safe
ty, and blessed you day by day, while von
have.continued to insult his majesty- and
despise his love*! Why is this ! Because
lie is God —the merciful God—gracious
and long suffering, slow-to anger, and de
lighting in mercy.— ltev. Hugh Unite.
Remedy for Excessive Sorrow.
I am now, in the last place, lo point out
ihe remedy of immoderate sorrow. Much,
indeed. has been said already to dissuade
from this evil. Yet it may he of addition
al advantage to suggest, the followine rules:
Rule I. If you would not excessively la
ment the loss of created comforts, guard a
gninst loving them inordinately while in
your possession. The Apostle unites tem
perance and patiemce in the precept, 2 Peter
1: 6. The affection of Jacob for Joseph
was doubtless excessive. The consequence
was, that when the tavpritc was supposed
to be dead, the fond father refused to be
comforted, and resolved to go down to the
grave to his son mourning. Behold, Chris
tians, the consrqircnco of inordinate affec
tion, and, as yon would aviod the sad effect,
beware of the cause.
Rule 2. Faithfully perform your dtitiqs
to your relatives while you have them.—
The consciousness of this will do much to
allay your sorrows when they are yours
no longer. But conscious guilt adds a
; sting to. affliction. How terrible to look on.
’ a deceased friend, to whom', while living,
we have been unfaithful, perhaps unkind?
I As you would part comfortably with friends
at death, and meet them comfortably at
judgment, be faithful in the discharge of all
relative duties.
Rule 3. Pour out your sorrows into the
bosom of God. What a privilege is piay
er to the Christian at all times, but especial
ly in seasons of-distress ! It is a relief to
deposite our sorrows, in the bosom of a
wife or a friend. How much more to leave
our complaints .with a compassionate and
i faithful God ! Go then, Christian,-in the
; cloudy and dark day, retire from all crea
tures, and pour out your heart to your hea
venly Father. Confess your sins, justify
God in his severest chastisements, entreat
the support ofiliis everlasting arms, emplore
his smiles to cheer your drooping spirit.—
Thus you may hope to find the best relief,
the sweetest consolation.
Rtiie 4. In your affliction, eye God!
more, and secondary causes less. “I was I
dumb,” says David, “I opened not mv
mouth, because thou ‘didst it.” In your
affliction, and in all its circumstances, con
sider the hand of God. 1. Asa sorer
. eign hand. He has a perfect right to dis
i pose of you, and of all your comforts, and
i this without explaining the reasons of his
conduct; Job 33 : 13, —2. Asa Father’s
hand. Correcting in 10-e and faiilifulnes.
P-rov. 3 : 12. If the affliction draws youi
heart to God, and divorces it from the world,
surely it is a k ; nd affliction, If it issues in
your love to God, doubt not it proceeds
from God’s love to .you. 3. Asa righte
ous hand. Surely God has done you no
wrong. Must you not confess that all you
suffer is the fruit of sin? Asa tender,
merciful hand, inflicting less than your ini
quities deserve. Hu has cast you into-the
furnace of affliction; and might he not just
-1 ly have cast you into the pit of despair'?—
It is of she-Lord’s mercies that you are not
consumed. Why should a living man com
plain?
Rule 5. Compare your afflictions with
•those of others. Say not there is no sor
row like yotu sorrow.’ You have lost one
child, but Aaion lost two, and Job all; and
lost them by an immediate, instantaneous
stroke of Gml. The children of some pi
ous parents have (lied victims to public jus-
I lice. Others have lived to sin so grievously,
i that thrir broken-hearted parents were rea
|dy t wish they had died from the womb.
A third class have experienced such pro
tracted and intolerable sufferings on a sick
hod, that even a fond mother has wished
and prayed for the closing moment. O
think of jlicsu things, and acknowledge
that your Tot has been comparatively mer
ciful.
Rule 0. Avoid whatever tends to renew
your grief and eieite your impatience.—
Do not increase your sorrow by the sight
ol melancholy objects, or by conversing a
bout them. Thus yon will nvoitl some of ’
the principal means hv which the adversary |
excites tiie corruptions of tlio heart.— i-
VVhero tlicro is so much of tbn inAnlnmi
ble, you cannot too solicitously shun the
approach of every spark.
Rule 7. Rotncmbei that you will soon,
very soon, follow the friend you have lost.
“I shall go to him,” says David jji refer
ence to his deceased child. When we feel
that “time is short,” we learn to “weep as
tltougli-we wept not.” When we look in-!
to out own graves, we can look with com
posure into the graves of our friends. *
And now, may the Father of mercies,
tlie God who - coinfortetli the mourners,
write these truths in your heart, to your
present consolation and your everlasting
joy. Amen.
Worldly Amusements.
Resolutions nfthe Presbytery of Troy,
adopted at their meeting, held at Lansing
burgh, Tib. ‘io. 1844.
Whereas it is known there exists differ
ence of opinion among members of our
Churches as to the extent to which profes
sors of religion may consistently mingle in
parties of pleasure, and participate in what
are commonly called vain or worldly a
nmsemeiils; and with a view to secure unity
of sentiment, as well as consistency of pro
fession among the members of our Church
es : therefore,
Resolved, That in the judgment of this j
Presbytery, for ptolessing Christians to at
tend social panics, or parties of pleasure
where dancing or caul placing is practiced,
is entirely inconsistent with a consistent
Christian profession; that it is a worldly
conformity thatttolonly wouyds and grieves
the hearts of the more devoted and consci
entious members of our Churches, ami
brings religion into disrepute in the eyes of
the world ; but is at variance with those
numerous at* I imperative -exhortations of
the Word of God which call upon us to
“come out from the “so let our
light shine,” as to lead others to love and
embrace the religion of out blessed Lord
and Master.
Resolved, Thai we believe it to be the
imperative duty of all the members of our
churches to abstain entirely from all partic
ipation in such amusements.
Resolved, Thatthe foregoing resolutions
be published in the Presbyterian and New
York Observer.
E. D. Maltßif., Stated Clerk.
Reason. —Reason never walks a path so
safe, nor is ever elevated to a degree of
honor so eminent, as when [ceasing to see
with Its Own eyes.it sees only with the
eyes of die infallible God.
The .jurisdiction o( reason in matters of
faith and of divine revelation, does not ex
tend so far, as that a doctrine should be re
jected merely because it may be attended
with difficulties which reason cannot solve.
Reason never shows itself more reasona
ble, than when it ceases to reason about
those things which are above reason.
Miss La Forrest, is now lying danger
ously ill at Philadelphia, in consequence of
having been magnetized. She is not ex
pected lo live.
Georgia Baptist Assoeiattpn Book Depository.
I acknowledge the receipt of S2O from
the Kiokee church, 5 from Aberieen, 5 from
bro. W. P. Steed, 5 from bro. John- Bur
son, 5 from bro. Shanklm, 5 from bro.
S. Dupree, 12 50 from the .Washington
church, 7 50 from bro. D. E. Bullet, 10
from Alt. Zion church, 10 75 from Wil
liams Creek church, 0 95 from lioreb/20
from Powelion, 20 from Augusta, 10 from
Giove church, all for the above lund.
While at the Triennial Convention in
Philadelphia, I purchased from the Baptist
Publication Society, and from Gould, Ken
dall, & Lincoln, of Boston, all their must
valuable religious publications, which will,
very shortly be found in deposite at J. B.
& W. H. Turpin’s Drug Store in Augusta,
and can*be obtained, for cash, at the retail
pi ices of the publishers. Will not the
ministers ol all the churches aqi as Agents |
for heir churches, and congregations, and j
supply them with these valuable woiks.—
As arrangements are made vv ill) the publish
| ers to advance the cash with every order to
replenish the depository—they can be had
for cash only. By this means the prices
a.'e reduced and the Depository will be kept
with a constant supply. Anew supply ol
Bibles ami Testaments have also been or
dered by the Ex. Coin, of the Bap. Con
vention, and will continue to be found in
deposite at the same Shore ai the lowest
prices Tor cash only. Fine fadiily Bibles
are found among them, for one dollar. Bi
ble Agents—Sunday Schools—churches
and families will there find constant sup
plies. ‘ b. ai. Sanders.
From the Haimer and Planter.
Baptist Church. >
Granada, Miss. Mur. 26 th, 18-14. $
The undersigned have been appointed a
committee to procure a pastor lor the above
church. .
The church is in a tolerably flourishing
condition, and have neatly completed a two
-story brick building. Grenada is a hand
some and healthy village, situated on the
I'allabusha river, and contains a population
of about 800 or 1000 inhabitants.
A talented Baptist minister, could do
great good here, and would he well sup
ported by the church. Communications
on the subject, will meet with prompt at
tention.
E C. EAGER. T
WM. DUNCAN. ‘ Commit
-11. N. EDMONDS, f lce .
JNO. 11. AIcROE, J
BIBLE AGENC Y.
The Executive Committee of the Bap
tist Convention of the Stale of (Georgia have
engaged the services ol Rev..S. E? Gardi
ner as Bible Agent under the patronage ol
the Convention. The Committee hope
that all the friends of the Bib.e cause in the
j circle ol Ins Agency, will give him their aid
j in lfirming societies and’ collecting funds
•Jirst lor the wants of their own county, and i
afterwards of the destitute in other counties j
in the The Committee have already
ordered and received a supply ol Bibles and !
Testaments Irom the American and Foreign
Bible Society, which will lie furnished to
societies and agents, only fur cash, at cost.
JLM.SANDt.RS,
Ch. Ex. Com. Geo. Bap. Con.
BOOKS''MISSING. j
I HE following Books have been iniss- i
ing lor some time front the Library ol Mer-j
cer University, li is requested that those
individuals in whuse possession ihey are !
should return them as soon as possible.
Butler's Analogy.
ami Cox on Baptism.
Cox’s Life of Mela^-ilimi,
History of the C mral Association.
Campbell’* Lectures on History.
Channmg’s Discourses.
Life of William v arev.
Life of SuinmerfieJd.
Life of Howard.
Life of Cla* ke.
Christian Geology.
Wardiaw’s Christian Ethics.
Henry’s Chemistry,
llervey’s Meditations.
Jones’ Church History. ■
Ligori.
Frideaus’ Connexions.
Robinson’s History of Baptism.
Benedict’s jnisioiy of the Bautista.
Sacred Philosophy.
Travels ot ‘1 rue GudimesKjH
Baptist i ricmiiu!
Vegetable Materia MedicwßJ
Witsius on the Covenant.
Lite of liogei Williains.
Life of Wlutttlield. •
Humes England, Vol. Ist.
Rollins’ Ancient History, Vol. 2.
Robertson’s History ol Chules V, Vols. .
I Ist and 2nd.
Barton’s N. A- Flora.
Fuller’s Works, Vol. Bth.
Information also is desired concerning
the books below mentioned belonging to
the late Rev. J.t-sse Mercer.
Hannam’s Pulpit Assistant, Vol. Ist.
Leland’s View of Deistical Writers, Vol.
I 2nd.
Lime Street Lectures, Vol. 2d.
W'liitefield’s Works.
Fuller’s'Works
Josephus’ Works,Tols. 2d, 3d, and 4th.
Milners Church History, Yols. Ist,and j
I sth.
Evangelical Family Library, Vol. ‘l4th.
Volumes of Baptist General Tract Soci- j
i e ‘y-
Malcom’s Travels, Vol. Ist.
Cowper’s Poems, Vols. 2d and 3d.
Cowper’s Life, Vol. Ist.
Independent Whig, Vol. Ist.
Rollin’s Ancient History, Vol. 2d.
Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2d.
U. O. PEIR JE, Librarian.
FOUR MONTHS atfer date application
will be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Oglethorpe county, for leave to
sell tho real Estate of John Edmonds, late
of said County, deceased.
JOHN G. HOLTZCLAW, Ad’r.
April 18th, 1844.
APPOINTMENTS ‘
Rev. M. W. Vandivere, Providence per
mitting, Will preach as follows : At Eiber
ton, Saturday night June Ist; at Falling
Creek, Lord’s day’ 2: Dove’s Creek, mbn
day 3 ; Fork of Broad River, tuesday'4 ;
Cloud’s Creek, wenesday 5 ; Mill Stone,
lliursday 6 ; Clarke’s Siation, friday 7 ;
Friendship, Saturday 8; New Ford, Lord’s
day9;Sardis,.monday 10; Beaverdam, tues
day 1J; Washington at night; Fishing Creek
Wednesday 12; itehobotli, thursday 13; Eb
enezer, friday 14; Greenwood, Saturday 15;
Hephziba, Lord’s day 16; Goshen, monday
17 ; Lincolmon, tuesday and at night, 18*;
Salem, Wednesday 19; New Hope, tliurs
day 20; Double Branches, friday-21; Beth
el, Saturday 22; Damascus, Lord’s day 23;
Kiokee, monday 24r Aberieen, tuesday, 25;
Wednesday 26th, rest; The Grove, ihurs
day 27; Briai Creek, friday 28; Sweet Wa
ter, Saturday 39 ; Union, Lord’s day 30 ;
Providence, monday July 1; Elam, itiesdav
2; Long Greek, Wednesday 3; Horeb.thuri
day 4 ; Bethel, Hancock, Inday 5; Sparta.
Saturday and at nighi 6; All. Ziun, Lora’s
day 7; Shoulder Bone, lyuimay 8; W bile
Plains, tuesday 9; Sm'yna, Wednesday 10;
Bethesday, lliursday 11; Beards, iiiday 12;
Penfleld, satuiday 13; Antioch, Lord’s day.
14;’ Salem, monday 15; Bethany, tuesday
16; Lexington, Wednesday 17; Pleasant
Grove, thursday 18.
NOTICE.
THE Executive Committee ol the Ebe
irezcr Association having made several ef
forts to procure, the services of some regu
larly ordained Baptist minister as our Mis
sionary to travel and preach in the destitute
| parts of our Association, hut Ini'ing failed
to obtain such services, take this method of
| informing Baptist Ministers of good stand
ing that they, the Committee, viz : Rev. C.
A. Tharp, Rev. 1,. Solomon, R v. Austin
Ellis, D. W. Shine,and James Williamson,
are still anxious to employ a missionary for
said mission. Any brother dsiting to ad
vance the cause of Christ by his ministerial
labors in the desljiuie parts of the Ebem-zur
Association can have bis desire granted and
his services rewarded by applying to any
j of the Committee.
REV. C. A. THARP, T
UEV. L. SOLOMON, 1
REV. A. ELLIS, }>Ex. Com.
D. W. SHINE, I
J. WILLIAMSON, J
James Williamson, Sec. ol Ex. Com.
7'iciggs County, Gu ,
■ • \ Catnp Retting.
i Aleetiug will bo Irehi at l an
i noti’s'Ai. 11-., Franklin county, commenc
ing on Thursday before the first Lord’s dav
in August. Almistering brethren generally
are luostafleciioiiatclv invited to intend.
AI. W. VANDIVERE, Pastor.
NOTICE.
THE Managers of the Book Depository
jof the Columbus Association have ordered
| on a considerable quantity of Sabbath school
! Al|tlT?irrg :Yercimfr.mar rn*TT fitr lur
! nished by applying to brother Estis of C
■ lumbttstoi brother Adams.
J A AILS PERRYMAN.
BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS.
THE Executive Committe of the G-or
; gi.i Baptist Slate Convention have'rereived
I Irom the American and Foreign Bible Soci
ety, tu o hundred and fifty Bibles and live
hundred 1 es'anit-nts. which are deposited
j at Dr. \V. 11. Tnrpm’s Drug Store in An
| gustn, to be disposed of at Cost to Bible So
j ciotics,Sunday School agents, or other be
-1 ncvolent associations for the disiiibntion of
| religion's books. Bibles are at 41 cts. to
iB2 33 cis., and Testaments at 11 cts. to 69
; cts. a picre. The agents of all benevolent
’ Societies can obtain them at those prices
1 for rush, by exhibiting a suitable certificate
of their agency. B. M. SANDERS.
Cli. Ex. Com.
P- S.—Orders from School Agents with
the money will ifceive prompt attention.
T. J. Burney, of JVfadison, Morgan
county, die present Treasurer of Mercer
| University, has taken charge of ail the
notes and other funds of the Institution, and
all persons having settlements to make with
the Treasurer, will please direct their com
munications tciliim.
IJ. M. SANDERS.
NEW CATECHISM.
“An Improved Chatechism, intended to
assist in the Religious Instruction of Chil
dren. in lumilies and Sabbath Schools.
Examined and approved by a committee
of the Baptist Convention of the Slate of
Georgia.”—For sale at this office.
A P P 0 IN T fl E N T S
John If arris will preach, ifthe Lord will,
at Sandy Creek, Morgan county, Monday
after the third Sunday in June next; at
night at Social Circle ; Tuesday at Sharon,
at night at S. Oliver’s ; Wednesday at Bay
Creek ; at night at Lawrencevillc ; Thurs
day night and Friday at Gainesville; Sat
urday and Sunday at Kandler's Creek;
Monday at Crooked Creek; Tuesday at
Marshill, and Wednesday at Freeman’s
Creek.
May the 13th, 1844.
JEREMIAH CLARK, ‘
Factor and General Commission Mek
• CHANT,
Savannah, Get.
Rev. J. Mclwr’s Occasional Publications.
Rev. J. Mercer’s Lelierson the Atonement
addressed to Rev. Cyrus White.
Rev. J. Mercer’s Sermon on Ministeiial
Union,
“ “ Essay on the Lord's Sup
per.
“ •• Discourse on Ministeiial
* Education.
Sladen’s Sermons on Particular Election.
Letters of Wieklrffe, on Baptism.
Howell's Sermons on Baptism,
For Sale bv
wilburn & McWhorter.