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POETRY.
Death.
Have ye seen, O friends, iliat my eye is
dim t
Have ye marked my failing breath ?
Hark .to the strain of my farewell hymn.
Ere my voice is hushed in death.
When my soul departs to her father's house,
And the faint voice no more ye hear;
Come, rome to the shadowy bed of death,
With the song l love to hear.
Sing to me of Him who has conquered
death,
Who our life on the cioss has won ;
Sung forth with joy, that I sink to sleep
In song, when life is done.
rMowv.s.3
The World without a Bible,
nv f. Buckingham graham.
Without a Bible !
O’er this fated earth
The sound of wo is heard ; each cottage
hearth
Is uncncontpnsscd with a happy group
Oi smiling fav'rites, cheered by love and
hope
Divine ; for here, when one week’s toil
Is past, another must begin—turmoil
Is rife. No Sabbath day of holy rest,
With its reviving influence, greets th’ op
prest.
When Jesus, bleeding hung
Upon the cross, lie spake, and nature flung
Her darksome veil o’er the vast universe
OI sinful mortals; hut our state is worse
Than theirs, for o’er ns hangs the awful
night
Os pagan ignorance, without the light
Os e’en a guiding star. No mid-day sun
Os righteousness, with rays serene, doth
run
11 is heavenly course, and man is seeking
peace
In pride or passion, or the swift increase
Os afHucnec.
What of eternity ?
Can no one leant the joyful minstrelsy
Os Heaven? There angels chant the praise
Os II im who reigns supreme. Those bliss- j
ful lays
Which seraphs have for many ages sung,
Arc still unlearned by us. Our harps are
hung
Upon the willows, tuneless and unstrung.
The sweeping river, and the gurgling rill,
W ith solemn voices praise lit’ Almighty still.
A1 morning’s balmy dawn the little bird
Waibles his song, and then at eve is heard
The matin of tho grateful Nightingale
Resounding sweetly through the fragrant
vale,
While mail alone has no desire to sing
His own Protector’s praise—llo wish to
fling
A grateful incense on the ambient air.
Nor bend the knee itt fervent, heartfelt pray
er.
Without the Bible wc’vo no beacon lieie
To guide* to that celestial world above ;
But with that hook this earth imparls a
cheer,
A ml rest is promised in that blissful sphere
Where sounds the lute-notes of eternal
love.
HOME HUSSION DEPARTMPNT.
Key West, Florida.
Rev. G. C. Tripp has forwarded a very
interesting report of missionary labor, per
formed as pastor of the Baptist Church at
Key West, during the past winter. It
would a fiord us pleasure to give his letter
entire, hut our limits forbid it.
The church lias enjoyed a season of pros
perity ; nineteen persons having been add
ed to it by baptism and several others, pre
viously baptized, by experience. A con
siderable number of others will, probably,
unite with them ere long. There is a line
Sunday School connected with the church,
well supplied with teachers and a library ;
a lot has been purchased sufficiently large
for a house of worship and dwelling house
for the minister, (tho latter is almost indis
pensable) and very encouraging incipient
arrangements have been made for their erec
tion without delay.
The accomplishment of this important j
object will require great exertion on the
part of the church ami aid from theii Iricnds
in other places will, to some extent, lie very
necessary. Their peculiar circumstances,
however, will plead eloquently in their be
half. The importance of the island in a
commercial and military point ol view ; its
genial climate for many who resort to it for!
health during the winter; the business I
(wrecking) of many of us inhabitants, ere-’
a ted by the dangerous navigation in its vi
rmiiv,’ ail tend to collect a great many per- j
sfTTTA iliVrr a pirn ui tuc , c.Ti, auu iu rentier
lire establishment of gospel institutions in
the place very desirable and necessary.—
Our shipwrecked, sick, or dying friends
who may lie providentially thrown upon
its shores, should lie favored with the char
ities which the gospel inspires; the demur- i
nlizing influences iusepcrable from the occu
pation of many of the inhabitants should be ]
counteracted by the free and constant pro- 1
elainations of the word of God; and the
disciples of Jesus Chaist who are ready and 1
willing to go forward in this blessed work
amidst much to dishearten them should be
encouraged by those whom God lias made
able.
~ CUBIVUAN Slur MAS I Mi.
Brother I ripp mentions me rase nr a sfu 1
captain, which we cannot withhold from
our readers, as it is an interesting one, pre
senting a line instance ol consistency and
liberality, and a noble example for the imi
tation of all professors of religion.
The captain commanded an English
B-irquc, which was driven ashore in the vi
cinity. His ship was gotoff without much
damage by the wreckers, but he was de
tained several weeks at the Key. The mer
chant to whom his vessel was consigned,
invited him to attend public worship with
him at the Episcopal Church, but, being a
Baptist, and having learned that there was a
Baptist Church in the place he declined,
stating that while he considered it a privi
lege to worship God in company with any
denomination of Christians when removed
from that to which he belonged, it was a
still greater privilege and higher duly to as
semble with that denomination wherever
Divine Providence introduced him among
them. Accoidingly, lie found the Baptist
place of worship, made himself known to
the brethren; aided them materially and
much to their edification in their meetings
for conference and prayer ; and when it was
decided to attempt to bnikl a house nf u-ny.
ship, fig head?'.'. 5 subscription book
donation of fifty dollars, and obtained
ai hundred more of merchants and others
with whom he had business but were in no
way interested in the affairs of the church.
This was but pait of the pecuniary aid he
rendered them during his stay at tho island.
Would that all Christian professors would
act as consistently as this pious ship mas
ter, especially when absent from home and
among brethren who may need their coun
tenance and support.
Bknj. M. Hill, Cor. Sec.
From the Baptist Advocate.
American anil Foreign Bible Society.
president's address.
Brethren and JhViends !—I address you
under tire influence of recollections peculiar
ly exciting. This is the first place of wor
ship 1 ever entered in the city of Philadel
phia ; and here more than forty years ago,
111 company with my beloved mother. I was
accustomed to listen to the glorious gospel
of the blessed God. How changed the
scene! The house is indeed greatly en
larged and beautified, but the faces of Us
tiek and Rodgers and Staughton and Hol
combe, and a host of others who through
faith obtained a good report, are seen no
more in our midst. They have gone, we
trust, to a belter country ; and may we.
thiough grace, he enabled to follow them,
as far as they followed Christ.
I remember, too, that in 1837, tho great
Bible Convention assembled within these
walls, and it was my lot at that eventful pe
riod, and upon the very ihrcshhold of theii
t deliberations, to submit to that august and
venerable body tbe following resolution,
with,dt, after full discussion, was adopted,
viz :
“ Resolved, That, under existing circum
stances, it is the indispensable duty of the
Baptist denomination in tho United States,
to oigauize a distinct Society, for the pur
pose of aiding in the translation, printing,
and circulation of the Sacred Scriptures.”
The present seems to be a fitting occa
sion briefly to refer, at least, to some of the
circumstances contemplated in the resolu
tion.
The Calcutta, the British and Foreign,
and the American Bible Societies, after co
operating with us for many years in giving
the lively otaclcs to the heathen, changed
their policy, and determined to withhold fu
ture aid Wall versions made by Baptist Mis
sionaries in which Baplizo and its cognates
were translated. It ought to he known by
our fellow Christians, of every name, that
to prevent the American Bible Society from
passing the resolution making the Common
English Version the authoritive standard,
we employed every possible effort; for we
were ardently attached to the Society, and
to bo cut off fioin its labors and benefits
was painful in the extreme.
Wc opposed the resolution as tinscriplu
nil, and identical with the decree of the
Council of Trent, making the Latin Vul
gate the standard of divine truth ; we argu
ed that the mind of God in the original re
cord is the Bible, and consequently that
missionaries should invariably and most
conscientiously strive to make their trans
lations as exact a representation of the mind
of the Holy Spirit as possible. The argu
ment was nevet met —no attempt was made
to refute it—yet our Panlo-baptist brethren
sternly voted it down.
Wo proved, from the original addresses
of tho tbomlors of ibe institution, tlint tho
resolution in question was uneonstitulioned.
They declare that “they are leagued in that
ulomr, which calls up every hallowed, and
puts down every unhallowed, principle—
the dissemination of the Scriptures in the
received Versions where they exist, and in
, the most faithful where they arc required.
They will embrace with thankfulness and
pleasure every opportunity of raying out,
by means of the Bible, according to their
ability, the light of life and immortality, to
such parts of the world as are destitute of
the blessing, and are within their reach.—
In this high vocation their ambition is to be
’ fellow workers with them who are fellow
workers with God.” These sentiments
were by the Baptists cordially reciprocated.
Before this atldtess was published, the Bcn
, Itali N,ow Testament, liail nawil (U
five editions ; it was the received version of
India. The Burmajis required the Bible,
| and our own Jiulson gave them a most
faithful version. Wc could not be mista
ken, then, in pronouncing the resolution un
constitutional, and utterly inconsistent with
1 the principles and avowed designs of its
founders, which withholds the aid of the
American Bible Society from the printing
and distribution of these versions, and to
its uncoustitutiouality we must add, that it
1 certainly is not calculated “to call up every
hallowed, and put down every unhallowed,
principle.”
Wc besought them to reflect upon the
I injustice and ttnkindness of the measure.—
j Are wc by this single resolution, we asked,
j 111 J IHU minis, a iaigi. r —ii oll of which has
accrued train the donations and liberal be
quests of out denomination ? Are Baptist
Missionaries of all others to be singled out
as unworthy to share in the noble enter
prise of supplying the world with the Bi
ble ? Will you eonlinuc to circulate Ro?
•nanist versions, and refuse longer to pal-J
ronise ours, even though millions of thJ
perishing heathen cannot have the word oP
God “in their own tongues wherein they {
were born lor maiiv years to eotnc, tin
less they are supplied by the Baptists ? Is
not this measure unkind and unjukl to us,
and to the Heathen 1 But, alas! the appeal
was made in vain.
Being practically aeqainted wi tint he op
erations of the Bible Society, I labored es
pecially to show the Managers tifit they
were framing a Rule which, while i6 would
inevitably drive us away, they wofld and
could not afterwards work by themselves .-
and such has been the result. The Qtfmese
Scriptures ; the translations of Lutlier and
j others ; are not confotincd to the Bnglish
version, and yet the American BiblcSocie
j *y continues to patronise them, thereby ha
bitually violating their own rule, boll* in its
j letter and spirit, and proving that, nofwith
“landing all the profession and parade phout
its being founded upon a general principle,
it was adapted to effect injuriously offiy the
paiticular case of the Baptists. t
These are some of the facts connected
with the formation of the American and
Foreign Bible Society ; and at this anni
versary I hope they may be embodied In a
Preamble to onr Constitution, that the pub
lic mind may be disabused, and that the in
dcstructablc principle of truth and duty up
on which our action is based, may be known
and read of all men. Under the circum
stances, not to have organized a distinct
Society, we must have been recreant to the
principles which have distinguished ns for
more than eighteen centuries. It is proper
to inform you, that, for want of a chaiter,
wc have lost several thousand dollars, be
queathed by Baptists, and several thousand
more are now in jeopardy ; and it grieves
me to add, that our applications to the Leg
islature for an act of incorporation, have
been defeated, again and again, by tjjc
friends of the American Bible Society.-
What advantage to their own Institution
they hope to obtain by this bittei and per
severing hostility to ours, it is difficult to
imagine; and it is my fervent prayer, llArt
the spirit of intolerant exclusiveness wlii<l
seems to have originated it, may be speeqt
ly overcome by Christian love-
And now, dear brethren and friends, you
sec the strong reasons which urge us to
prompt and united action. Asa denomina-;
lion compelled to work alone, We should alii
work together. Besides, wc have much
to do, and “the time is short”—what we
do, therefore, we intisl do with our might.
Thousands in our own country are
of die word of God ; twenty thousand Top
ics ol Luther's Bible ought to lie annually
distributed among tho German population
alone; and brother Oncken calls for an equal
number for Denmark, Germany, and tho i
legions round about. Fifty thousand Bi
bles and Testaments could be put into cir
culation every year in India, and the sta: 3
lions belonging to our own Foreign Mission
Board will need a large supply : that sup
ply wc must furnish. Unite, therefore, let
me beseech you—unite your means, your I
prayers, and your energies, to aid in the I
wider circulation of the Sacred Scriptures
at home and abroad.
Good Breeding.
Whenever the desire of victory is the
motive of a colloquial combatant, the charms
of easy and agreeable conversation ate at
an end. Wc do not meet with our friends
to fight a battle, but to be pleased and in
structed. Every kind of wrangling ought
to he excluded from the intercourse of
fiiemls, and the entertainer or president of
a company ought to check it, at whatever
expense of chagrin to the aggressors. 1
The best rebuke that 1 ever heard off’
this sort or shall ever hear again, was given
by the late Dr. Barcley, of Edinburg, lie
was a gentleman of great sauvity and mild
ness of disposition, and baled all kind of
wrangling. Ho tlieie was one day lie had
four other professors, five college students
of first rate talents, and myself, to dine with
him. After the Doctor’s wine began to
operate a little, the young men contradicted
their preceptors in almost every thing, al
ways provoking a disnnte ‘*'**-
smiled ,u the young mens’ absurdity, and
dropped the subjects. But at length two
of them fastened an each other, an Eng
lishman and an Irishman, and disputed so
violently, that all social conversation was
completely obstructed. It was about some
point of moral philosophy, the decision of
which did not signify a small pin; so then
several arguments were utter nonsense.—
But at length one of them, after uttering
a most obstreperous sentence, gave a blow
on the table with his fist; on which Dr.
Barclcy’s little terrier, that lay below it, got
up with agreatbow-wow-wow ! bow-wow
wow ! bow-wow-wow ! The Doctor gave
it a gentle spurn, and, with a face of the
utmost good-nature, said, ’llaud your,
tongue ye little stupid beast; I’m sure you
ken as little about it as ony o’ them.
The reproof was successful; the gentle
men’s faces both grew ted, but one of them
joined in the laugh till the tears ran down
liis checks. There was no more disputing
that night.
Lrarned Men.
How can learned men live without pa
tronage ? Can they, while they are engag
ed night and day in laborious studies for the
benefit of the public—can they, like the
camelcon, live on air ! Could Fulton have
lived on air while, in the solitude of his
closet, he invented a machine by which the
powerful agent of steam could be applied
to the purposes of navigation. Could
Christopher Columbus have lived on air
while lie was planning, (investigating, and
maturing his theory of the new world ?
Examine learned men ; handle them. You
perceive they are not mere spirits ; they
have flesh and bones as well as other men.
They ne<jtf to eat, and drink, and sleep, and
t.ovc e.omfottable apparel, and houses to
shelter them, as much as other men. A
way, then, with that doctrine, which pro?
vails to some considerable extent, that
learned men can support themselves with
out patronage; though they spend their
B'e time, and wear out their lives in the
PC ol the public. Away, I sav, with
a doctrine. It is an abominable doc-
I It is cruel as ( the grave. It bears
Jon its front the remorseless and unpitying
s image of Algerine barbarity, and the man
, who would adopt it into his creed must be
I as hard hearted as the hyena. If the ser
vices of students are worth anything, they
- arc worth money—they are worth a liveli
• hood. It a community value education at
all—unless they are willing that schools
I and colleges should crumble into dust, that
I books should be burned up, that the light I
of science should go out in the everlasting I
! darkness of ignorance and barbarism, —
I they will patronize—liberally pationize
learned men. A people that will not do it,
are near to heathenism.— Harbinger.
1 Civil Liberty.
It is worthy of remark that the Bible re
-1 cognizes and maintains the only principle
1 on which it is possible for a nation ever to
1 enjoy thp blessings of civil liberty. That
principle is, that all that is valuable in the
’ institutions of civil liberty rests on the char
acter which the people sustain as citizens.
The fear of God is the foundation of polit-;
1 ical freedom. Bad men cannot make good j
citizens. It is impossible that a nation of
infidels or idolaters should be a nation of 1
freemen. It is when a people forget God,!
that tyrants forge their chains. The prin- i
ciples of liberty and the principles of the j
Bible are most exactly coincident. A vitia-!
ted state of morals, a corrupted public coil-1
science, is incompatible with freedom.—
Nothing abort of the strong influence of
that system of troth which God boo re
vealed from heaven Is competent so to guide,
moderate, and preserve the balance between
the conflicting interests and passions of
men, as to prepare them for the blessings
of free government. — Dr. Hpring.
Extract from Dr. If. M. Pattersons’
Address before the Franklin Institute, Phil
adelphia, delivered Oct. 18-13.—Let me as
sure my hard handed friends, that their en
vy of professional men is unfounded. They
should rather he objects of their pity. Os
1 all the varieties of labor to which man can
| be exposed, the labor of the mind is the
hardest. I will appeal to almost any me
chanic to say, whether, of all the duties of
his business, that of making tip his accounts,
and posting up Iris books, is not the most!
irksome—that which, of all others, lie is j
most apt to postpone, even to his own in
jury. Yet is such a task mere play, in
comparison with the true intellectual tabor
of the mental workman. What College
student would fail in his task of Greek or |
‘Mathematics, if it could be performed by ■
(any bodily exertion. Depend upon it, if
‘learning could be attained by sawing wood
or breaking stone, the world would he filled ‘
with scholars. If now there be but few, it 1
is because few can withstand the pain, the J
fatigue, the wearing down of the conslitu- -
lion, which accompany continued mental •
labor. Why, even the weaving of words
and sentences into such a fabric as may not
be altogether unfit to be presented among
the articles of this exhibition, is harder
work, and requires for execution a longer
apprenticeship, than any labor of the hand
loom.
Good Books. —The Boston Transcript 1
says that Mr- Stephens, author of Incidents
of Travel in Central America, has received 1
from the Harpers, as the profits of the sale
of this work, $20,000; the same firm have 1
paid recently to .Mr. Prescott, for his work, •
entitled the Conquest of Mexico #7500 -
and the demand for the work still contin- I
tjs ; they have also paid to the learned Dr. •
u aides Anlhon, more than SSOOO antially, j *
fur several years, as copy right for his va- i
rious classical and school books.
“What a saving of labor it would be, if
we were all born ready-taught musicians as
birds are, instead of ladies being bound ap
prentices to music for nine good years of
life, that they may learn to play perplex
ing tunes with impossible variations, care
fully acquiring ‘nimble fingers and vacant
Advantangc nf Advert isin*. —A_ttcu-.
tteinan of this city who advertises a medi
al! article, pepared only by himself, men
tioned to us a curious fact the other day,
ilustrative of tlte benefits of advertising.—
I e saul that a stranger called upon him a
fuv days ago lor some of tho medicine,
sating that he had been long alHicted with
a'omplaint which he hoped the medicine
wuikl cure. The gentleman, some time
ag>, sailed from Virginia, and when on the
cast of Africa, look up one of our Salem
pipers, where he read the advertisement,
aid determined upon his return to procure
tie medicine. This he accordingly did
lid will undoubtedly reap the benefit of it,
wiile the advertiser, by the still further cx
teision of the knowledge of his article, and
tie consequent greater demand, will be re-
Uunerated a hundred fold for the small cx-
Jbnse of advertising.— Salem Register.
ONTRIBCTIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF MER
GER UNIVERSITY.
Ibulfeda? Descriptio JEgypti cx Codicte
Parisicnsi Bibliothecae Regia;, presented
by Rev. Nath'!. M. Crawford.
! iblia Hebraica, Genoa.
Actus Testamentum, cx eilitionc llolmcsii
ct Lamberti Bos, 3 vols. Glasgow.
J ovum Testamentum Graccc, Glasgow—
Rev. Dr. Dagg.
B. O. PIERCE,
Librarian.
(FOUR MONTHS atfer date application
ill be made to the Honorable the Inferior
ourt of Oglethorpe county, lor leave to
fll the real Estate of John Edmonds, late
of said County, deceased.
r JOHN G. HOLTZCLAW, Ad’r.
April 18 th, 1841.
JEREMIAH CLARK,
Fuhor and General Commission Mer
chant,
Savannah, Go.
LAW BLANKS,
Printed at short notice, at this Ollier.
Georgia Bap*st Association Book Depository.
The firflowing books belonging to the
Association may be had at the
Drrfg Store of Messrs. J. B. & W. H. Tur
pin, Augusta, at the prices annexed, which
are the retail prices of the publishers. Any
Society, Church, Agent or Pastor taking
$lO worth or more for sale, or distribution
I will be allowed 20 per cent discount, All
sales for cash only.
Ripley’s Notes on Acts, 80 75
Maicom’s Dictionary, 50
Hague’s Guide, vol. 1, 17
“ “ “ 2, 17
Lincoln’s Cl. Book, 12i
tpresrtmw, si
Bible Closet, 31*
Marriage King, 31 j j
Young Communicant, 31j
Daily Manna, 3li
Cypruss Wreath, 31 j
Casket of Jewels, 31j
Church without a Bishop, 1 25
! Great Commission, 1 00
| Mammon, 45
j Union, 50
I Great Teacher, 75
! Maicom’s Travels, 2 50
| Christian Union, 17 j
| Theatre, 25 |
Campbell and Fenelon, 1 12 I
| Church Discipline, 42
| Church member’s Guide, 38
Scripture Nat. History,
Oidsical iSlliUHSPy®®"”
Karen Apostle, 50
My progress in Error 63
Way land’s Coi. System, 50 j
Memoir of Boardinan, 75
“ of Mr. Judson, 85
“ of Carey, 100
Roger Williams, 1 00
Meiancthon, 75
Imitation of Christ, 38
Female Scripture Biography, 83
Baxter’s St’s. Rest, 50
Halls Help, 42
Buck’s Religious Experience, 50
Baptismal Question, 67
Baptism, its own Witness, 12-i
Jewett on Baptism, 25
Psalmist 18mo. sheet, 75
Hinton on Baptism, 75
Howell on Communion, 62 i
Booth’s reign of Grace, 50
Backus’church History, 50
Hall on Modern Infidelity, 25
My Progress in Error. 56
Pengilly on Baptism, 25
Setts Bound Tracts, 50
Pastor and Flock, 15
Memoir of Cloptnn, (*2.j
Spiritual Voyage, 20
Gertrude, 16
Floods, 15
Effie Maurice. 20
John Frink. 20
Winslow on the Spirit, 75
Malcom on the atonement, 31
Memoirs of Brainerd, 31
“ of Parson, 44
Baptism its own Witness, 13
Pendleton 011 Baptism, 50
Chapin on Baptism, 13
Fuller on Communion, 50
Infant Baptist a part and Pillar of
Papery. _ 13
Communicant's Companion, 50
Witnessing chutch, 17
Claims of Jesus, • 34
James’ Anxious Enquirer. 50
Advice to Young Christians, 37)
Doddridge's Rise and Progress, 41
Abbott’s Young Christian, 62.4
Cox’s History of Mission, 2 50
Book of Martyrs, 1 75
Woolsey on Baptism, 02}
Allein's Alarm, 12|
Hinton on the Prophecies, 87*
BOOKS MISSING.
THE following Books have been miss
ing for some time from the Library of.Mer
cer University. It is requested that those
individuals in whose possession they arc
should retain them as soon as possible.
Butler's Analogy.
( !aruxxx <rrr~ f>n|iti^riT.
Cox’s Life of Meiancthon.
History of the Central Association.
Campbell’s Lectures on History.
Channing's Discourses.
Life of William Carey.
Life of Sumnigrfield.
Life of Howard.
Life of Claikc.
Christian Geology.
Wardlaw’s Christian Ethics.
Henry’s Chemistry.
Hervey’s Meditations.
Jones’ Church History.
I.igori.
Pridcaux’ Connexions.
Robinson’s History of Baptism.
Benedict’s History of the Baptists.
Sacred Philosophy.
Travels of True Godliness.
Baptist Triennial Register.
1 Vegetable Materia Medica.
Witsius on the Covenant.
Life ofßogei Williams.
Life of Whitcficld.
Humes England, Vol. Ist.
Rollins’ Ancient History, Vol. 2.
Robertson’s History of Chales V, Vols.
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. Jesse Mercer.
Hannnm’s Pulpit Assistant, Vol. Ist.
Leland’s View of Deistical Writers, Vol.
2nd.
I/mtc Street Lectures, Vol. 2d.
Whitc'field’s Works.
Josephus’ Works, Vols. 2d. 3d,nml -Ith.
Milner’s Church llistpry, Vols. Island
5 th.
Evangelical Family Library, Vol. 14th.
Volumes of Baptist General Tract Soci
ety.
Maicom’s Travels, Vol. Ist.
Cowpcr’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.
15,0. PEIRCE, Librarian.
, NOTICE.
The Baptist Church at Newnan will hold
1 a protracted meeting, commencing on Sat
urday before the second Sabbath in July,
. and continue through the succeeding week.
: Ministering brethren are earnestly reqttest
; ed to attend and aid in the meeting.
ROBT. FLEMING, Pastor.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
The public examination of the Pupils
j connected with this Institution will take
i place on Monday and Tuesday, the 29th
j and 30th of July.
S. P. SANFORD,
, Seely, of the Faculty.
PcnfieTtT, June 7, 1844 __
1 HE Church atTalbotton has agreed to
have a ten days Meeting, commencing Fri
day before the fourth Sabbath in July.
The resolution of the Church is to carry
up all our families and dedicate ourselves
to God entirely for that length of time.—
We invite all our sister Churches to meet
with 11s, and we hope, yea, we desire it
sincerely, that all our Ministering brethren*
both in and out of our association, will come
j and help us. Brethren, will you come ?—-
And we hope the churches will not fail to
I pray for the Lord to come. &c.
JAMES PERRYMAN.
May 27, 1844.
■ —MuLiap, n rnc ' ,lni 'i native of
Maiyranq, ana a ylul.VAio .*. • .y. JSTTTa
College, wishing to devote himself to the
instruction of youth, would respectfully
| proffer his services in the capacity of Teach
ei. Ilis acknowledged skill and experi
ence, and the high testimonials of moral
character and competency that can be pre
sented, justify his application loan cnlight
cd public, for a responsible and well en
dowed Rectorship.
In addition to those branches generally
embraced in a collegiate course lie is fully
competent to teach the German and French
languages.
Applications stating the health of loca
tion, amount of salary and state of morality,
will meet with prompt attention, if address
ed to I). 11. BITTLE,
Boonsboro,
Washington co., Md.
N. B.—llls present engagements, how
ever, arc such as preclude the possibility of
entering upon the discharge of the duties of
any rectorship that he may accept until the
early part of the fall. I). H. B.
SPLENDID PIANOFORTES,
Manufactured by A. 11. Gaiety Cos., New
Fork.
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends that he has undertaken an Agency
ior the above justly celebrated bouse, and
has now on hand an assortment of very
Superior Frenchd rand Ad ion Piano fortes,
of Mahogany and Rosewood, finished in
the latest style and with all the valuable
modern improvements.
He believes that lie can supply an Instru
ment on as favorable terms as the Northern
Dealers, and hereby pledges himself, on tho
part of the Company, to sell lower than has
ever in’ ueorgia.
The instruments of A. 11. Gale <fc Cos.
are unsurpassed in beauty, finish, sweet
ness of tone, durability and economy, and
no instrument will be sold without a war
rant of its perfectness.
Screw Stools, and Chairs to mulch In
struments,
together with the most fashionable Paris
embossed Covers will always be kept on
hand.
Any communication, by letter, will
he promptly attended to and styles and
pieces described, instruments delivered to
order in the county at the Company's risk.
The attention of those wishing to purchase
a truly beautiful Instrument is particularly
invited to this card.
W. C. RICHARDS.
Athens, Ga„ May 15 th, 1814.
Cnmp Meeting.
A Baptist Camp-meeting will commence,
if the Lord permit, on Thursday before the
third Sabbath in September next near Van
wert Paulding Cos., Ga. All friends of the
cause and particularly the ministers of our
denomination arc earnestly and affectionate
ly invited to attend and give us their aid.
The location is pleasant and healthy fur
nished with springs of the best limestone
water. We trust that our friends from the
low county will avail themselves of this op
portunity Doth to enjoy the benefits of our
climate and water for a short time during
the sickly season and to come up to the
help of the Lord in this destitute section of
country.
JOSEPH MORGAN, I)ca.
of Vanwert Church.
20th May, 1814.
NOTICE.
This is to notify any person from trading
fora Due-bill given by me to James M.
Langford for $lB 00, as I am determined
not to pay the same unless compelled by
law, as the consideration for which it was
given has entirely failed. The above due
bill was given in December last. This the
28th May, 1844.
THOMPSON McGUIRE.
Camp Meeting.
A Camp Meeting will be held at Can
non’s M. H., Franklin county, commenc
ing on Thursday before the first Lord’* t-r
in Anguc Mistering orethren generally
are most affectionately invited to attend.
M. VV. VANDIVF.RE, Pastor.
NEW CATECHISM.
“All Improved Chatcchism, intended to
assist in the Religious Instruction of Chil
dren, in families and Sabbath Schools.
Examined and approved by a committee
of the Baptist Convention of the State of
Georgia.”—For sale at this office.
Job I’riiiling,
Promptly Executed at this Office.