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PENFIELD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1844.
The friends and correspondents of Rev.
Jonathan Davis are heieby requested to di
reel all their communications designed for j
him to Indian Springs in this State, until j
the 15th of October next.
The Talbollon Meeting. —Those inter-1
csted in this meeting, by recurring to the 1
notice of it in our advertising columns, will
observe that the time has been changed so
as to embrace the fourth Sabbath in July
instead of the first in August, Weighty :
reasons have been assigned for this change, j
Minutes of our Convention. —Our pa
trons abroad, who may desire a copy of
these Minutes, will be supplied as long as
we have any on hand, if they will commu
nicate their desire to us in due season.
Extractfiom the Letter of a Correspondent.
Necessity of Religious Information.
Bro. R. J. Mays, of Florida, concludes a
short note, in which he ordered our paper
sent to two new subscribers, with the fol- j
Lowing remarks :
■ - r.,i | j i I, ■
fort to have the Index taken, paid for and
read'by those claiming to be liberal Baptists,
in this part of the vineyard. In my short
experience as a minister of the gospel, I
find a great difference between those who
read, and those who do not. The mind re
quires a knowledge of the state of religion
in the world, its wants, its claims, along j
with the leaven of grace in the heart, to j
make us alive to our duties and responsibil- j
ities.”
A brother who thinks and reasons so cor
rectly might greatly increase his usefulness,
we should think, by occasionally preaching
through our columns to our congregation of
readers.
Queries ami Thoughts.
We would inquire of our much respect
ed brother of the Baptist Record, why is it
supposed that a hymn book ejited by j
a IVestern brother, would not sell in the
Middle and Northern States, even though )
it should be adopted by our Publication So-.
•cietv, while it is confidently expected that, j
a hymn bonk edited by Northern brethren,!
who denounce our Southern Institutions]
from the pulpit, will find a ready sale “ in
tihe South and West ?” Is it conceded that’
we of the South ami West are mote liberal !
rand less influenced by sectional prejudices j
than you of the Middle and Northern States?
We ask for information, because we arc at
a loss to know the reason of some things
affirmed in one of your late editorials. The
editor of the Record is one of the last edi
tors with whom we would be willing to en
gage in a'stnnror wot its, -md- riic-y'ubHca
lion Society is one of the last Societies
whose interests we would be willing to op
pose; but the members of its Board of .Man
agers are human, and therefore liable to err
in judgment. To question the expediency
of one of their acts is not to question the
purity of their motives, or their general abil
ity ; and we- hope they do not look upon
every man as an enemy, who happens to
dissent from them in any particular case.—
We have thought that the Society ought to
have brought out a hymn hook of its own
and not played into the hands of any pub
lisher, North or South, East or West.
While speaking of our thoughts, we will
tell another thought or two we have had.—
We have thought that a hymn hook design
ed to be a “ Stanr/arJ Hymn Hook” for the
whole denomination in our country, ought
to be subjected to the most rigid criticism,
and we have thought that the publishers
ought to note these criticisms and profit by
such of them as are just; and we have
thought it very possible, that were the So
ciety to bring out one of its own, even now,
it would be more likely to be universally
adopted and to prove a source of profit to
their establishment, than the Psalmist.
These are our thoughts honestly enter
tained. Are they heretical or schismatical?
Resignation of a Bishop. —Rt. Rev. 11.
U. Onderdonk has, by reason of physical
infirmity, resigned his dnlies as Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania.— Columbus En
quirer.
We were somewhat surprised to see the
above version of Bishop Onderdonk’s res
ignation in the Columbus Enquirer, after
the detailed account given in Northern pa
pers, both political and religious, of the
causes of his resignation. Were a poor
Baptist Preacher, or an itinerant Methodist
Preacher to be guilty of the immoralities
with which he is charged and were
some sixty or seventy members of his So
ciety to waitupon him and notify him that
he must resign his credentials or they would
lodge complaints against him before au ec
clesiastical tribunal, and were he thereupon
to resign t.u -ow. his resignation might
indeed be ascribed to “physical mftrmrty-,”
but would our friends of the Enquirer find
no harder name for the cause of the resigna
tion ? Would they be willing to aid in pro
ducing the impression, that the resignation
was induced, not on account of any moral
obliquity, but merely on account of a bodi
ly) infirmity? In a case like that supposed
we trow not. How true the remark of!
Shakespeare, “Reverence, that angel of the 1
world doth make distinction between high
and low;” and again, “Plate sin with gold
and the strorig lance of justice harmless f
breaks: clothe it with rags—a Rgmy’s
straw doth pierce it.”
The State of Religion.
W e have received doleful accounts of the
state of religion in several sections of our j
own State, and we fear that worldliness and ]
vanity have taken possession of the hearts ‘
ol many also out of our State. One broth
er tells us, that he finds it difficult to obtain
subscribers lor our paper in his region, in
consequence of the spiritual apathy that
prevails. Many refuse to subscribe for
any religious paper, while they subscribe
for, and read with eagerness, violent parti
zau political papers. Do not such evince
that they feel a deeper interest in politics
than in the progress of the cause of Christ?
Another brother gives the following graph
ic description of the stale of things in his
region :
“The churches, so far as I have seen and j
heard from them, are unusually cold and
lifeless, prayer meetings thinly attended,
and members slack in attending their con
ferences. They meet at places of worship,
i and instead of being engaged in prayer and
i singing praises to God, they stand out of
I thejiouse until the preaching commences,
rvrly . UuL relt- j
j gion, and when seated seein more disposed
| to gaze at everything that occurs than at
; tend to what the preacher says, and when
] they leave the house of God, they can tell
: mote about the appatel, and strangers, and
I conversations that look place, than any por
’ tion of the Ministers labors.”
Brethren', the fraternal affection which
j we fee! for you, though many of you are to
I us personally unknown, induces ns to offer
j you a word of caution. In seasons of de
| clension every Christian is in great danger.
j Sin is contagious ; and as religions zcnlde
; dines in a church the contagious ptinci
i pie accumulates—it thickens amt spreads
| from house to house and from heart to heart.
| At such seasons, too, we are less able to
j resist the evil influences with which vveare
j surrounded. Wc yield easily to templa
| lions, to which, in our seasons of spiritual
! enjoyment, we would not for a moment
j have thought of yielding. Beware therc
\fore how you suffer yourselves to be con-
I soled by the thought that others art as cold
|as you are. Such a thought should rather
] alarm than console you. It should awaken
i you to a sense of your danger, and lead you
] to feel the importance of being mote vigi
i laid and active yourself. Were you iti a
j trail bark, with others, on a tempestuous
] ocean and in danger of immediate ship
j wreck, would it afford you any consolation
Ito discover that your companions had
| thrown down their oars and refused to ply
j them any longer? Would it not rather ex
cite alarm ? Would it not impiess you
with the imperious necessity of exerting all
VOUr remaining onorgioc to tout (ti|
hark from the impending ruin? If you
never had pulled an oar before would you
not seize one tiie moment your companions
threw down theirs ? Most assuredly you
would Jfpw much more important i? jt,
when the church is tossed high on the bro
ken wave by the furious winds of sensual
passion, and its members refuse to make an
effort to save it, that you arise from your
lethargy, put your hand to the oar, and ex
ert all your energies to save it! Brethren,
listen to the voice of God, to the voice of.
reason, to the voice of conscience. They
all speak the same language—they all pro
claim, it is “high time to awake out of
sleep,” it is folly to be idle, it is death to
yourselves and others to yield to the blight
ing influtnoo of wo.Uly , jilitt”
One more word of caution. Beware how
you form your plans for the future, be cau
tious how you engage in any new under
lakings, or prosecute those in which you
have already engaged, or enlist in the polit
ical contests of the day, or embark in pecu
niary speculations, or judge of the correct
ness of principles, or of the propriety of
your own acts, u-hile your hearts are emp
tied of Christ and are. filled with the love
of the world. You are as incompetent to
judge correctly or act discreetly, undersuch
circumstances, as is the inebriate, while un
der the influence of his intoxicating draughts.
The course of safety, in such seasons, is
to sit still—as relates to the world at least
—until your heart is again lighted up with
the glory of God and made to thrill with
the joys of salvation. Look back upon
your past errors—(who has not past errors
to deplore?)—and say, when were they
committed ? Not while you sat at the feet
of Jesus ; not while bowing before the mer
cy seal, not while gazing, with enraptur
ed vision, on the glories of the eternal world.
It was when you were in a cold and lifeless
state, like that of which some of you now
complain ; it was when the world interven
ed and hid your God and his glory from
view. Before ever you take a step in life,
then, look first to God, and let the language
of your heart be, “If thy presence go not
with me, carry us not up hence.” / las !
of how many t it true, that the language of
their hearts is, Let thy presence abide here,
while I go yonder and do my will, and let
my ways be hid front thy view till I return
to worship thee here.
Bombast and Sycophancy—the Head and
Tail of Abolitionism.
The editor of the Christian Secretary, j
published at Hartford, Conn., represents I
the editor of the Reflector ‘not His paper) as
the “organ of the Baptist abolitionists of j
New England.” Now an organ has no ;
sound in itself but gives out notes only i
when played upon by others, and is entire
ly dependent upon the will of the player for
• tlje combination of its sounds. Does this
] figure portray the true character of the edi- j
] tor of the Reflector ? So do we understand ;
j the editoi of the Secretary to represent, and j
as he is a Christian man we will not presume
to question liis veracity. But anon this fig-!
ure, this inanimate organ is converted, in de- j
fiance of all the titles of logic, into a living, j
potent sentient being, to whom the editor of]
the Secretary deems it no sacrilege to apply
language that we should certainly consider
to be characteristic of Deity. “The Lord
hath his way in the whirlwind anti in the |
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his
feet,” Nali. I: 3. “ And he rode upon a
cherub and did fly ; yea he did fly upon the j
wings of the wind.” Ps. 18: 10. Theed
j ilorof the Reflector is represented by him
of the Secretary as “The man who can not
only ride a whirlwind, but ride with a firm
seat and a steady hand.” What more is
needed to place him on a parallel with dei
ty ? Again it is said “ Without a doubt
the conductor of the Christian Reflector
I himself (himself a host and moire than a
host if w tint tUe Secretary says be true)
might have rent that Convention (the Tri
ennial) in twain, (Deo volente aut non vo
lente—God willing or not ?) and b<ought
disaster and ruin upon our cause !!” “See
now that 1, even 1 am lie, and there is no
God with me; I kill and I make alive; I
wound and I heal ; neither is there any that
can deliver out of my hand.” Deut. 32: 39.
Bow down, ye inhabitants of New England
and worship this god of the Secretary, lest
he “turn again and rend you.” But—con
soling thought I . —the “our cause” over
which the editor of the Reflector exercises
supreme control is not the cause which the
Convention was formed to promote. That
is the cause of missions—the cause of God
—the cause against which Omnipotence de
clares “the gates of hell shall not prevail.”
[lad we no other source of information
before us but the Secietary we should
be apt to conclude—not exactly that the ed
itor of the Reflector is a god, but that lie is
the iiead of the foul-breathed monster, abo
litionism, and ho of the Secretary but its
tail. As the tail follows the head whither
soever it goes, so follows the Secretary—
and so let him follow—the Reflector. We ;
will never waste our shot by shooting hi
the tail while the head, a fairer mark, is be
fore us.
The whole front o( our offending agaifft
the Secretary consists in this, that in aedbr
dance with Gal. 6. 1. we endeavored to re-,
store to an upright position his acknowl
edged ‘head,’ which had unfortunately been
twisted by the rude hand of passion or pre
judice to the sinister side of the truth. The
editor of the Reflector had represented that
the South had cowered to the North and
yielded up all the rights for which wc hath
contended, and that Northern Baptists hatj
I the magtisnimilv lo place their foot on otc
j prostrate necks am! decapitate us, as citrine
tians. We denied the facts and asked s6!T)O
questions, which we had Imped would have,
led the editor to discover the incorrectness
and impropriety of his representations.—
11 is satellite of Hartford, perceiving his
leader mortified and fretted because we had
asked questions a little too hard to he an
swered by him, probably in order to con
sole him and allay his mortification, or to
evince to Ins sonlhe'** t/roitucu wnui ihait
ner of spirit he is of, wrote a philippic, in
which he places us on a level with a cer
tain infidel class, cites—for the hundredth
time for aught we know, and applies tool r
selfand others, a trite and stale quotatii i,
about some of his canine cotemporari s,
‘Sweetheart, Tray and all,’ we cannot qu to
the passage—our memory never could e
tain such a currish scrap.
AVe have stooped somewhat below he
dignity of our station, to reach the edito ot
the Secretary, in the ‘deeps below’ to wliVh
he had descended, in order to hurl a sllft
at us. We do sincerely wish he wouldls
cend the mount of holiness sufficiently l|gh
to discover the importance to the canslof,
Christ of uniting, not only “the Baptist: ok
New England,” but the whole fumilt ofi
Baptists throughout the world. The hi i-l
er he ascends the belter will it lie for us is
well as for himself and the cause oliri i.,
We can assure him, it would afford us nn h j
more pleasure to have occasion to look p,
to him than to have to look down upon 1 n j
as we now do.
If the money and the time and the tale ts
which have been expended in w rang I j
about slavery, and gening up abolition e;- j |
cilements, hail been expended in labor! g m
to promote the spiritual welfare of the slaves I
at the South and the poor outcasts at fie ; 1
North, how much better would it have j
for the good of souls and the eauseof Cliiln! ,
With our brethren at the North we are *!-
ling to reason calmly on slavery, or on Ay \ (
other subject, but the moment they biafd-],
ish theit dagger before our eyes, and abuse
us, wo too draw our swords, put our bapk t
to the wall and throw defiance in their fie. (
Do Northern Anti-slavery men sup; jise
that southern slaveholders are more gentle:’
in spirit than they <ire ? They wifi •oi I
suffer themselves to he driven’ from tlteirl ]
options, or into any prescribed measures ;
—neither will slaveholders. All partake, 11
to a greater or less degree, of the same tin :
li.-h nature, , t
Baptist Preacher. —The June number
of this valuable periodical has been receiv
ed. If contains a Sermon by Rev. Stephen
| P. Hill, of Baltimore—Subject, “The Re-:
! voted JPijjfelor;” also Notes by the editor.
! The reader will find, from the report on
| the Committee of Publications, on our first
: puge v lhat this work is highly recommend-:
jed byHhe Convention. In the volume for
I tins year two sermons from our Slate, by ;
I brother R. Fleming, have been published,:
I and we are.informed by the editor, that he i
I has roc-dtred another from our State, from !
! brother Snares, a converted Jew, and pas- ;
i tor of a church in the Sunbury
] —of whom, as he has but recently retnov
ed fruirr-S. Carolina to our State, we may -
j lie permitted to say, we hope without im
j propriety, that he is highly esteemed both ]
j fbr f.is piety and talents.
Price $1 per year in advance. We will
insure its being sent tegulatly to all who
order a.id pay for it through us. The back
mi Others of the current volume will be fur
nished to new subscribers.
V:3T Jro.'Lott Warren and 11. Daven
port sent between them S3 for the present
year. We hold in our hand SI subject to
their order.
. t, Sabbath School Treasury. —This is a j
monthly publication, designed for S. S.:
Scholars. Each number is embellished j
\yitli cuts. Price 50 cents per volume.— ‘
henry S. IVashburn, Agent, 79 Corn/iill, j
Ihston.
The Baptist Memorial for June has been j
received. A great portion of this number ]
is filled up with an account of ihc'annivcr-1
suries in Philadelphia. The price is 8100 ;
per year. It may be obtained either front
J. R. Bigelow, publisher No. 100 Nassau I
Street N. York, or from B. R. Loxley No. I
31 North Sixth Street Philadelphia.
, Campbell's Foreign Semi-Monthly Magazine.
We have received No. 19 of this iuter
icsting literary work. The engraving, The |
Village Festival, recalls vividly to memory t
many a gathering we have witnessed in our]
OWn cnnn’iy Ipiyjia ami .villages. Wo are
I ; indebted to this publication for the extracts
from Foreign periodicals which are found
, in the present number of our paper and for
1 some short articles perhaps that are not
credited. The Review of the Memoirs of]
I Be.rtrn.ad Burefe was to us intensely inter-1
csting. James M. Campbell, 98 Cliesnutj
; Street Philadelphia Publisher. Price 85 I
per annum in advance.
The Sabbath Recorder is the title of a
new religious periodical, published weekly
in the city of New York. It is to be the or
; gan of the Seventh Day Baptists. The
: Register, formerly published at De Ruyter,
. 1 gives place to this new publication. The
,| first number, which has been received, has
.ja reapeclablo appearance. It is well print
.j ed and bids fair to be well edited. We an- ]
t ttcipate both plcastne and profit from the j
I petusal of its pages.
j> Lectures on Bible Episcopacy and.
t .Church Government. Dr. Curtis, of’
(formerly of this place,) we]
, have learned, through the public prints, has ]
] been delivering a scries of lectures on these ]
subjects. They appear to have given very
! general satisfaction. We are therefore
much gratified to learn that tie proposes to)
send them to press, provided he meets with
suitable encouragement. They will make
a volume of about 250 pages 12mo. (about ]
the size of Howell on Communion,) and t
. , v m vrc BDij. rt ®i per volume. We would I
suggest to those of our brethren who np- •
piovc of our brother’s proposal, to acquaint ‘
him-at as early a period u priMn„l,|o ~i
the number of.copies for which they are j
willing to become responsible; or at least!
the number which they think could be sold j
iin their vicinity. We are willing to serve !
as a medium of communication between
them and the author, if desired, and if we I
are not subjected to the expense of postage.
The Treasurer of the Baptist Con
vention for the State us Georgia, acknowl
edges the teccipt of (S2O) twenty dollars
from the Macedonia Church, Early county, j
I for missionary purposes, by Bro. W, L.
I Crawford.
Foreign Items.
From Wilmer Smith's European
Times, of the 4th insf f
Imprisonment of O'Connell. —The long
( protracted, arid all but interminable proceed
ings arising out ol the Ii ish trials have at
length been brought to a close by the im
pdsoninent of O’Connell and the other tra
versers, This event occurred on the even
ing of Thursday last, and although public:
patience lias been exhausted by the diffuse-,
ness, tire wire-drawn harangues of the law
yers, and theit endless hair-splitting, yet!
the event which every one foresaw would
come, now that it has at length arrived, ap
pears—paradoxical as it may seem—to have ]
taken the world by surprise.
Sentence on the Traversers. — DANlEL !
O’CONNELL. —To be imprisoned for j
twelve calendar months; to pit? a fine of
£2,000, and to enter into securities m
the peace for seven years —himsell in £5,-
000, and two securities of £2,500 each.
JOHN O’CONNELL JOHN GRAY,!
T. STEELE, R. BARRETT. C. G.
DUFFY, and T. M. RAY.—To he im-j
prisoned for nine calendar months; j
a fine of £SO, and to enter into securities
to keep the peace for seven years—t 7
selves respectively tn £I,OOO, and two su-1
reties of £SOO errcti ‘
A pamphlet, entitled “Notts on the |
’ State of the French Navy,” published by
: the Prince tie Joinvillc, has created gteat
sensation in France, and also in Great Bri
tain. From the latter it has rereived severe’
and well-merited castigation for its belliger- j
; ent tone in time of peace ; and even by
some of the war party journals on the con
j tinent, it is pronounced to be at least ill
timed. .
| The King, it is stated, is greatly nnnoy
led by the publication of the work ; and a
j scene of considerable violence is said to
I have occurred between the father and son,
! w hen the Prince refused to suppress his
| labors.
The vtlluir is said to he arranged, and the
j royal family are again on good terms with
1 each other.
T..e Pari#’- banking-house of Messrs,
i Caccia and Cos. has declared its insolvency. I
! The debts are said to amount to several j
! millions of francs, Several members of
both chambers, wlib had deposits in if, will
sustain considerable loss. M. Caccia was
banker to the Pope.
Commercial. —The Cotton market con
tinues in a very depressed state. During |
the last four weeks prices have receded I jd.
per lb. ; in that which terminated on Satur
day, the retrogression amounted to more
than A'. The continued prevalence of eas
terly winds lieeps the vessels laden with
i die staple front arriving in gieat numbers,
l but occasionally vessels do drop in. In
j this state of tilings, all speculation is sus
pended—all export has disappeared. Ilold
j ers are anxious to impress buyers with the
j belief, that when the stock is increased by
that now on its way to this country, prices
will rise; but the manufacturers hold the
; logic to be bad, and fight shy accordingly,
j Low cottons, at the present moment, are
j cheaper in the Liverpool titan in the Amer- 1
lean market by l, and the better kinds by i
! about a half penny—a profitable trade, tru- j
]ly ! The cry about the short crop was sad- j
ly overdone, and the present revulsion is
] the consequence. In the meantime, trade
j in the manufacturingdistriets wears a healthy
appearance, the best proof of which is that i
the price of goods lias not at all declined !
! corresponding with the price of cotton,
j Royal Visitors in England. —OnTues-l
] day, the 28th ultimo, his Majesty the King
I of Saxony arrived with his suite at Dover,
in tba Princess Alice steamer, from .Ostend,
and proceeded to I’enshurst, on a visit to
Earl Delawar. Next day he visited Earl
Amhurstat Knowle, and returned to Pen
sliurst. On Thursday, he visited Brighton,
Chichester, and Portsmouth, and proceetl-
J ed to the Isle of Wight, after sailing round
| which, he started for London, where he ar-
I rived on Saturday. He was met at the
! Nine Elms station by Prince Albert, who
i attended him to Buckingham Palace. The
Emperor of Russia arrived in one of the
j royal steamers at Woolwich on Saturday
! night, the Ist inst., with his suite, and pro
ceeded to town, which lie reached about
: | half-past eleven o’clock. He drove to one
, I of the hotels at the west end, where apart
, j tnents had been prepared for himself and
! extensive suite.
we"ekT.'Y'"RECE! PTS. ~
j Wli Gignilliat $5 to Jan 45; NP. Gigli- j
1 nlliat $5 June 40 ; Jno M Hatcher $5 Arm I
1 43 ; II Ruff 2 50 Oct 41: Robert Ilnrnes
i berger 2 50 Titos Florence 2 50 Mat
i 45: K L Haralson #lO Jan 45; Mrs C M
; Bat'le 2 50 Jan 45; James Culberson $5 |
l Jan 45 ; Mrs Ann P Fanning $3 Mar 45 .; ]
j Rev .las Perryman $1 for Baptist Pteaclter,!
| and tor Sami Katie #6 .1.10 45, Lovilt Me !
Donald $3 Feb 44, Chas W Smith 2 50
| Jan 45, Benson Maxwell 2 50 Aug 44. Ja.’
] Vezey 2 50 Api 45, and Rev. If. Hardison I
| 2 50 Mar 45 ; R L Render $5 Jan 46, W |
P Burks 2 50 June 45; Jno Everett $5 Mar
j 44; Rev J Davis for W P Thomas $5 June
:43 ; Alex A wiry 2 50 Jan 45; Rev C C
Willis for Mrs P Ramsey 2 50 June 44.
1 and J I, Steely 2 50 Mar 45; Dr W II Tur
pin as agent 2 50, credit given in No. 23 ;
Jedediah Richards 2 50, Win Bickers 2 50
;JuhU4.
M A U~H I E 1), ;
At tlie residence of Gen. E. C. Turner, j
on 2 0111 tilt., by C. 11. Jones, Esq., Mr. j
James 11. Black, Esq., of Thomas ton, to !
Miss Sarah Ann Perdue.
CAMP MEETING.
A Baptist Campmeeting will commence,
•he Lord willing, on Thursday before the
third Sabbath in August next, three miles
North-east of the Roswell Factory, Cobh
County, Ga., right on the Marlin’s ferry
road, leading from Decatur to Canton, at
, the Camp Ground where the Hightower
Association convened the last year. We
| cordially invite all friends favorable to the
cause, and earnestly .solicit the Ministering I
Brethren of our denomination to attend and j
i
lain, and well watered ueUTuuvoi country, m
| the midst of a dense population, well culeu
| luted to entertain as many as will favor its
; with a visit at that time.
This Campmeeting is to be held in the
] bounds of Lebanon Church, whete the
Lord is at work. We think we have late
ly witnessedsomeof the most pleasing meet
ings here that we have ever seen in our (
lives . There have been 28 baptized recent- ‘
ly, while numbers, we hope, are earnestly ‘
seeking the salvation of their souls. The
work is progiessing, and we hope the Lord
will carry it on until there shall stand ttpli
an exceeding great army to praise his name, j (
What a field for labor, where poor sinners I j
are weeping and panting for salvation ! Ye !
heralds of the cross, will you come ?
T!iu f u—- - o an.coarton,
HENRY COLLINS, Pastor.
June 12. 1814.
Randolph Cos., June 12th, 1814.
The Ministers and Deacons’ Meeting of ,
the Bethel Association will commence ns
;.annual session at the Baptist Church in
.Amertctis, Bompter county, on Friday be-
Hbre the fourth Sabbath in July next. Min
isters and Deacons generally are invited to
attend, as there are some very important
and interesting subjects eowtinuer! from the j
last meeting to be discussed at that lime, it
is hoped there will be a goodly number pre
sent. THOMAS MUSE. Sec.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
5 The Church at Antioch, Talbot county,
: lias resolved to sacrifice a week in devotion
j to the service of God, in acknowledgement
]of his mercies toward its, commencing on
Saturday before the third Lord’s day ill Ju
ly next. AVe coidially invite our minister
ing brethren to attend our meeting ; we al
so invite cur sister chuichedgfo unite with
us in this meeting. This invitation is not
formal, but from the deepest anxiety for
vour attendance.
By order of the church,
S. W. DURHAM?
PROTRACTED MEETING,
i A meeting will be commenced at the
Baptist Church, Hayneyifle, Houston Cos.
on Friday night before the first Lords day
in August next, to be continued as circum
stances may seem to justify. The minis
: ters of the Rehobolh Association, and oth
ers who may feel inclined to visit us, are
; affectionately invited to do so; and breth
j ten and friends in the neighborhood and at
a distance, are informed that arrangements
will be made for their accommodation.
A. T. HOLMES.
Pastor of the Church.
In consequence of a mistake with regard
to a filth Sabbath, in July, the Church at
Shoulderbone, Hancricfc county, resolved
at her regular Conference to invite, and
give notice through the Index to the church
es composing the first district of die'Wash
ington Association, to hold its session in
connexion with her regular meeting, com
mencing Friday before the second Sabbath
I in July next. Churches interested will notice
and send up their messengers accordingly
—lriends and brethren generally, and es
pecially in the Ministry, are earnestly so
licited to be with us on that occasion.
J. B. REEVES,
By request of the Church.
June 10, 1844.
The churches com posing the Itock Moun
tain Association, and those bodies with
whom she corresponds, will remember that
the next annual meeting of that body will
be held with the church at Zion, (Newton
Comity.) on the road to McDonough, com
mencing Saturday before the second Sab
bath in September next.
ELISHA HENDERSON, Clk.
June 22, 1814.
A. R. KELLUM,
attorney and counsellor at law.
llawkinsville, Pulaski Cos., Ga.
Will give prompt and undivided attention
I to all business confided to his charge in the
I I following counties :
Lawrence Dublin.
Macon, l.unicr,
Dooly, Vienna.
Sumpter, Americus.
Kee, Starkesville.
Randolph, Culhbert.
Baker, Newton.
Early, Btadclcy.
j Decatur. Bainbridgr.
Pulaski, llawkinsville.
j He will also visit, personally, debtors re
’ siding in any of the above Counties for the
! purpose of obtaining security, effecting set
tlements, &c., whenever so requested and
| when the amount of the claim will justify
■ him in so doing,
R A B U N & F L’ 1. T O N\
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Savannah, Ga.
J. \V. RACIN',
R L. FULTON.
TO MECHANICS.
The Trustees of Mercer University, Pen
field, Ga., design to erect with as little de
lay as possible, a handsome and substantial
building for a Chapel; ami invite proposals,
either lor parts, or for the whole oi the
work. The dimensions of the building,
j with a brief outline of the plan, will be
found below. It is required that each Me
chanic who oilers proposals, shall specify
in minute detail, the quantity and kind ol
materials which he will use, and the, man
) tier and style in which the work shall be
] executed ; just as if his specifications were
designed to he the basis of a contract with
] another wotkman. From the skill which
each applicant may thus evince, in filling
up the outlines of the plan, as well as from
the prices which he may affix, and the tes
timonials which he may present, the Trus
tees will judge of the expediency of enter
ing into contract with hint. The proposals
should be sent, sealed, to B. M. Sanders.
Secretary B. Trustees, Penlicld, before the
25th day of July next.
OUTLINES OV PLAN.
A brick edifice with stone foundation, 72
! feet by 50, with a basement, II It. a in.
i ■■ I .. —i 1.. i it 11 ii M. i , i li. .... ILJ Mll .
together, 25 ft. 0 in. high. Two ascents
within the walls from the lower floor to the
gallery, by stairs in each end of vestibules
of 9 feet in breadth, taken from one end of
the basement and of the principal storv.—
At each corner of the basement, a room 18
ft. 3 in. by 15 7. “leaving passages and a
Lecture room between them. From one
of these rooms a private stairway to the pul
pit in the story above. Tiie pulpit to be
merely a movable table or desk on au ele
vated platform at one end of the building:
and the seats to he pews without doors.—
The gallery to be in front and on each side,
sloping and furnished with seats like those
below. The walls and the ceiling to lie
ninsp-rptl. atuLtlm f,. ■ ■ —TT* - 7 ,
me woodwork within and without to be
painted.
Stone for the foundation and a quantity
of brick for inside work, will be furnished,
and a fair deduction in the pi ice will be re
quired, according to the value of these ma
terials.
B. M. SANDERS, Sec.
Board Trustees Mercer University.
P. S.—Athens Bannet, Millcdgcville
Recorder, Chronicle, & Sentinel, and Con
stitutionalist. Augusta, are requested to pub
lish thi’ twice in this month.