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We don’t require subscription to all our
articles ot faijh by all our membeis; for we
believe many Christians are babes, and can
not receive the strong meat of the Gospel,
and that the church is the best place to have
theni taught; indoctrinated. But while we
gladly receive such, as members of the
church, we would not sulfer any one to
teach any thing contrary to what webelieve
to be the fundamental truths of the bible.
While we are perhaps not more particular
in receiving members than our missionary
brethren, we are more so than they are in
what they shall be taught. I believe a few
more general revivals, under the present
course of preaching in the Miss, churches,
would have the effect to silence any man
who should attempt to preach the old fash
ioned doctrine.
Do you think, my dear brother, that
Arminianism would be more tolerant, if in
the majority in the Baptist churches, than
it is iu the Methodist Society ?
I had no thought when I sat down, of
running here, and I will desist. Excuse
my forwaidness. I did not intend to have
written more than a dozen lines, and them
upon a single subject, and here I am, run- 1
ing on about nearly every thing, anti to
you, instead of setting down at your feet to j
be taught.
May we ever have the spirit which will |
‘SeaiTtis to pity and pray for those whose j
errors we feel constrained to condemn.
Yours in Gospel bonds,
______ ______ ’ ’
Amen, say we, most heartily, to the clos
prayer of our brother. Iu reply to the
inquiry relative to Arminianism, we would
•say, that its spirit would be die same in
Baptist Churches as in Methodist, but its
power would be less. There has appeared
in our columns an article or two that has
evinced, we have thought, pretty clearly,
the intolerant character of Arminianism;
and we have had otherevideuce of it in com
munications which we have declined pub
lishing.
Our columns are always open to those
who write with a spirit like that which dic
tated the above letter, even though we may
•differ in sentiment ftoni the writers. Evi
dence of this fact will lie afforded iu our
next number, if the Lord does not interpose,
bv his providence, to prevent it.
Traitors iu the So*tlh,
Were we at war with a neighboring na
tion, and were we to receive intelligence
that there were spies in our camp and trai
tors in our army, would it not be our duty
to make the fact known ! We think it
would. Now the Abolitionists are carry
ing on an incessant warfare against the
South. They have their emissaties or al
lies among us, and having the evidence of
the fact in our possession, we deem it an
imperious duty to lay it bafore our readers,
tliat they may be on their guard.
The following extracts ate from a long
article in the N. H. Baptist Register.
views or a southern pastor.
The extract below is from a letter receiv
ed by a brother in this State, from a pastor
■ofa church in the South, who was a native
of New England. The brother who lias
kindly furnished the extract for our col
umns, received the letter, iu answer to sev
eral inquiries he made respecting Slavery,
to which allusion is made :
“ But to your letter, from which my
throbbing heart lias torn ine, iu tliriling re
collections of home, of earliest struggles and j
bolieirt loves. Having alluded to my juve
nile indignation towards oppression, iu gen
eral, and the zeal once so freely fu'nviiiatod
against slavery iu mar own country in par
ticular, you ask, “ What do you think of
Slavery now?” Think of it!—why I think
that it is a damning curse, withering the
soil where it rests, the bodies it oppresses
and the souls it blinds. I would not,volun
teer to originate it as a seheme or perpetu
ate it as a sin for millions of worlds.
You ask three questions. Tbe first is,
“Why is it that you would not be a slave
holder?” My answer is already given ; 1
conscientiously believe it to be wrong. Nei
ther by hereditary possession nor social re
lations ain I as yet involved in its compli
cated and crushing folds, and by the bless
ing of God I never will be. Your second
•inquiry is stated thus :
“If you regard siavekolding a sin, what
is the duty of Southern ministers and pro
fessed Christians in reference to it?” Abo
lish it with all its evils as soon as possible
1 reply, now and always, here and every
where. It would seem that no one who
loves God supremely, and loves man as God
•lias required, can Conclude otherwise.—
Some may declare that they find divine
sanctions for perpetual servitude, and quote
the holy Scriptures to sustaiu their cruel
■Creed. But lam not of that number, and
without unkinduess towards any I will add
that I sincerely pity such.”
Further on, this “Northern pastor in the
South” says,
“ Your question is well wotded “ What!
is the duty of Southern ministers?” Sic.’
Plainly it is their duty to remove existing
evils, abolish local sins, and avert prospec
tive revenge. Every man should be vigi-!
Sant here ; the interference of the free States
may not be so much a matter of duty as the
means of success. This leads to yotir third j
question;
“Why does not the South sanction a ju- j
diciousanddireclernancipationofthcslave?” j
That the south will not at present go for
“4)l mediate” emancipation is obvious from
reasons often stated. Valid or invalid, I j
havi neither room nor time to recapitulate
them. That the South is nearly or quite
ready bra “judicious” emancipation I ve
rily beVi-H Safely I may assert that there
are thok an( ] 8< hundreds I know, who are
ready to-\ay for the adoption of any feasi-,
ble scheniy It jg the mo6t common thing
lor me to with ministers and laymen on
this subject, v j| )C ] always where there is an
enlightened the’ voice of conscience
proclaims the right. How to escape in a
judicious manner is a* problem which open
ly and fervently I pray God Almighty to
solve.”
From the above, it appears, that the vvii
ter left New England in his youth. That
he was wont, before he came South, to
vent his “juvenile indignation” and fulmi
nate his zeal against slavery. That he
views slavery as “a damning curse—with
ering the soil—and the souls it blinds.”—
(Yet he administers the tokens of a Sa
viour’s love to those whom he believes to
be lying under this “ damning curse!”) —
That he approves of foreign interference
with our domestic institutions, not as “ j
matter of duty,” but as “ the means of suc
cess.” He represents that he expresses
his sentiments on this subject freely. This
may be believed at the North, but we of the
South know it to be false, for the South j
would as soon tolerate the poisoning of our
streams and fountains as the expression, in
our midst, ol such sentiments as those a
vowed above.
The l’salmist.
Our reply to Mr. Peck, (Concluded.)
Bro. I*. says, “We have a word to say
before closing, in defence of the Commit
tee of Revision. It is unkind and unjust
to impute to those excellent brethren over
sight, detticiency, or neglect in their ardu
ous task.” Sic.
We reply, it is exceedingly “unkind
and unjust” to intimate that we have done
this. Bro. P. might have know, that we
did not do what lie intimates that we have
done; for there was our atticle before him,
in which we declared, unequivocally, that
“we attach no biame to the Committee
of revision,” and slated that “The ardu
ous nature of their daily diuies precluded
the possibility examining each j
hymn critically, in the short period allowed
for a revision of the proof sheets.” Now
bro. P himself says, “It was not to be ex
pected that every one could devote the same
amount of tune, amt examine as carefully
and critically the proof sheets of every
hymn as some have done.”
We leave it to the reader to decide who
is chargeable with “unkindness and injus
tice” and what confidence is to be reposed
in the representations of one, who lias so I
manifestly misrepresented ns, in represent
ing that tve had imputed to the Committee
“oversight, deficiency, or neglect in their
ardffbus duties.” Was it the design of
bro. P. to arouse and enlist the prejudices
of those brethren against us ? We are too
well acquainted with a majority of that
Committee to apprehend that lie would
succeed, if such were his object; for they
are men who hold their passions subject to
their judgments. Such insinuations, from
such a source, we did not expect —from
one who expresses his indignation against
what he stigmatizes as “the unrighteous
insinuations'” of another! How blind,
alas! are tnen to their own errors !
But is ifiitdeed coine to this ? Is it con
sidered by the Society, which bro. P. rep
resents, an ac< of “unkindness and injus
tice” for one to point out any defects in the
Psalmist that he may chance to discover,
or Imagine he discovers? Is the recom
menclation-of the Committee suspended in
front of the Psalmist to prevent a critical
investigation of its merit—to deter us from
exercising our own judgment in reference
to it ? It would so seem, from the refer
ences that have been made to it. But if the
recommendation is to be so used, away
with the Psalmist say^vc —Away too with
the Society, dearly as tve have loved it, and
highly as we have prized it, and away
with all its agencies and dependencies, if
it tesort to such means to sway the judg
ment and enslave the public mind. To
whatever state of subjection our brethren
North of the Potomac may yield them
selves, we can assure all whom it inay con
cern, that Baptists in the South and South
west will never surrender to any Commit
tee, or set ol men, the right to think speak
and act for them. But we hope better
“tilings of brother P. and believe’ better
things of the Society, though we thus
wrire, And exceedingly do we regret that
brother P. by bis injurious intimation,
should impose upon us the necessity of
writing what we have in self vindication.
There is evidently a disposition manifest
ed to crush those who may conscientious
ly oppose the introduction of the Psalmist,-
and to impugn their motives. Bro. Buck’s
motives have been impugned, and so have
outs. Our opposition lias been ascribed
by some, in an adjoining State, to our in
terest in Mercer’s Cluster; and by others,
in our own State we believe, to a desire to
get tip a hymn book of our own. Now
be it known that the Baptists of Georgia
have no pecuniary interest in the Cluster.
Father Mercer sold the copyright many
years ago to a publishing house iu Phila
delphia. We have never used it in any
church which we have served, nor is it
used by many of the churches with
which we have become acquainted. Watts
and Rip pun's selection is used, we believe,
in most of our towns and villages, and in
many of our country churches. Dr. Bab
cock's edition of the Church Psalmody is \
used by some; the Kentucky Harmony!
and Dossey’s Choice by others. As to the
getting up of anew hymn book, wo will
say, vie do not believe that anyone has such
a thing in contemplation, though many
would be glad if some suitable person were
to undertake such a work, and A. B.a
P. S. or its agents, persist in defending all
the defects of the Psalmist, we hope some !
one will, under the sanction and patronage ‘
of our Convention, undertake the compila.
tion of a hymn book adapted to the wants
of our denomination in the South, or at
least in Georgia. The Convention, at its
recent session at Cave Spring, refused,
with, we believe, but one dissenting voice,
to recommend the Psalmist to th e attention
of our churches.
In our criticism, into which we were
drawn by an editorial in the columns of the
Baptist Record, we did not transcend the
bounds of legitimate criticism. We dealt
honestly ; we admitted that the Psalmist
had “ many excellences,” that “its object
is one that commends itself to every Bap
tist,” and expressed a hope—which we are
now constrained to abandon—that its de-!
sects would be corrected in subsequent ed-j
itions. But all this availed nothing. WeJ
bowed not the knee to Hainan, and lhere-|
fore must be hung—we refused to sprinkled
incense on heathen altars, and therefore#
must be bound to the stake. Already ares
the faggots heaped around us and the fires
of indignation kindled. Well, if wc are to
be immolated, we are resolved to shed some
light around us before we expire. If any
are scorched thereby, it will be by flames
of their own kindling.
Be it known then, that we object to the
Psalmist, 1. On account of the influences on
which our Notlhern brethren rely for its
introduction iu our churches in the South.
A northern pastor in Virginia wrote—and it j
was published in Boston—that the Psalm- |
ist would be introduced into his congrega
tion by “ every Northern pastor in the ,
South.” Southern pastors are, we sup
pose, considered incapable of discovering
the rare merits of this paragon of sacred po
etry, or the work is to be palmed upon the ,
churches iu despite of their views or wish
es by a foreign influence; and the church- I
es, too, are to have no voice in the matter.
They must submit implicitly to the dicta
tion of “Northern pastors iu the South.”—
Such arrogance we should “rebuke before
all, that others may fear” (so says the bible
1 Tim. 5 : 20.) and the existence of such a
combination among us, to control our
churches. Should he known to all, that
they may he on their guard. We rejoice
that there are many worthy brethren front
the North settled as pastors with our church
es, but it does appear to us that they ought
to pay some deference to the sentiments of
the denomination at large, in the several
Stales iu which they reside. We protest
against all foreign inletfereuce with the
rights of our churches. If any church or
churches choose to adopt the Psalmist, let
them do it, say we, with all our heart; but
let them do it in acnordance with the dic
tates of their own judgments, and not to
gratify those, who, in the course of a few
years, may return to llie North and unite j
in the hue and the cry of Abolitionists a-J
gainst what they ignorantly denominate the i
“sin of slavery.” It is a fact, that many of |
these brethren do not feel identified with
us. They cannot say to us, as Ruth said
to Naomi, “where thoudiest will I die and
there will Ibo buried,” Sic. but they are
looking lot ward to the period when, having
acquired a little capital amongst us, they
may return to their native land and spend
j the evening of life in their ancestral domes,
perhaps in reviling those who enriched
them.
2. We object to the Psalmist now on ac
count of the spirit with which it is defended
against criticism. It is defended, not only
with an unbending spirit that will not ac
knowledge the existence of any defects that
require correction, but with a bitter spirit,
that seems to seek the destruction of those
who may presume to point out any of its
defects. The Psalmist is evidently placed
above criticism. Bro P. virtually assumes,
I that to question the merits of any hymn, is
to be guilty of‘unkindness and injustice’ to
j the Committee of revision. If the Psalm
: ist is so perfect as not to admit of improve
ment, it ran hardly be adapted to the state
|of imperfect men. If it needs improvement,
| but we cannot say so without being guilty
|of injustice, keep it liom us; for its pres
| eiice would daily tempt us to sin—“ Lead
us not into temptation.”
3. We object, further, that the Psalmist
was adopted contrary to the indications of
the will of the denomination generally, as
appears from orother P.’s own shewing.
(See the resolution beginning with the last
line on our first page—last number.) That
resolution recommended the getting up a
publication of its own, and not tho adopting
the bantling of another.
4. We object, in the fourth place, that
the adoption of the Psalmist indicated an
entire disregard sot the feelings of brethren
in slaveholding Slates. The Board well
knew that Mr. Stow, one of the editors of
the Psalmist, had rendered himself obnox
ious to the South, by bis favoring the agita
tion of the Slavery question. By consent-,
ing therefore to adopt a hymn book, which
was to be compiled principally by him, or
under his supervision, they evinced that :
they bad little or no tespect for the feelings |
of their brethren in the South and South
west. Whether the prejudices against Mr. j
Stow were well founded or not, they should ,
have been respected by a Society in which !
the South have an Interest in common with
*he North.
5. We object to the Psalmist that, its cir
culation in the slaveholding states, is calcu
lated to increase the influence of Abolition
ists, and, consequently, their power to in
jure us. Who that has been accustomed to
the use of Watts’ Psalms and Hymns, or
any other selection, that does not feel a rev
erence for the author, and that would not
read with avidity, and with a prepossession
•in its favor, whatever was issued with die
impress of his name? Now let the Psalm
,ist be circulated, let it be placed in the hands
•of your children, and their attachment for it
will grow vvitli their growth and strengthen
with their stiength. The names of Stow
and Tappan, and other abolitionists, will be
held in as much reverence by them as are,
by you, the names of the authors whose
hymns were the favorites of your youthful
days. They will be predisposed, not only to
read, but to judge favorably of all that may
come from their hands. Thus the Psalm
ist will serve as ail entering wedge for all
p that they may think proper to write on the
of abolitionism. Mr. Stow has
written, and still writes bitter things against
slavery. He is a patron of, and contribu
tor to, an abolition print, that has gained an
infamous notoriety in the South. A week
or two before our last Triennial Convention
he preached a sermon in which he denounc
ed, in unqualified terms, what lie terms the
sin ot slavery. This is the man for whom
you will excite reverence in the breasts of
your children if you place the Psalmist in
their hands. We have told you the truth
J-—now, brethren, go and do as you please,
gs you wish to favor abolition, circulate the
Psalmist, scatter it in your family ami iu
j he families of neighboring slaveholders
IVe are clear of the consequences.
(J. We object to the Psalmist, as her'eto
ore, that several of its hymns, are not a
fPapted to lie sung in the worship of God.
‘Bro. Peck’s reference to Jas. v. 13. can
•lave no bearing on the. subject, unless he
qan show that the burial of a dead brother
is an occasion of merritneul, “is any mer
ry ? Let him sing psalms.” If instead
of feeling merry he feels afflicted the pas
sage teaches him not to sing, but to pray.
ht even admitting that the occasion was a
erry one, and that, therefore, the passage
sanctioned singing—it would not follow
that it sanctioned singing to the dead. If
bro. P. will turn to Col. 3: 10, lie will find
that vve are tliete taught both how to sing
and to whom to sing—“singing with grace
in your hearts to the LORD”—mark you,
not to a dead brother.
In conclusion, allow us to say, all that vve
said above to the contrary notwith
standing, that we have no doubt whatever
that the Board acted from the purest mo
tives and that they thought the arrangement
with Messrs. Gould, Kendall and Lincoln
the best that could be made, under the cir
cumstances of the case. Neither do vve
blame brother P. for his defence of the
i Psalmist. It was his duty to defend it as
| vital I as he could. He is paid Jor it fully
•vve 11 as bro. Buck is lor defending its
competitor in the West, and it would be as
ungenerous iu brother Buck to ascribe bro
ther Pick’s zeal in behalf of the Psalmist
to mercenary motives as it would be in bro.
P. to ascribe bro. 13.’s zeal iu behalf of the
Western hymn book to his pecuniary in
terests. We hope he does not mean to do
so. We only regret, as far as bro. P.’s
course affects us, that he mistook, and con
sequently misrepresented, unintentionally
vi(e presume, the position vve took towards
the Committee of revision. These conces
sions are made, not vvitli the view of avert
ing the vengeance of any. We are sensi
ble that we have passed the rubicon, in the
opinion of some; but vve were driven across
it by bro. P. We expect no forgiveness
for this from our brethren—vve ask none.
Wc can do as well without it as vvitli it.—
While vve preserve, as vve shall ever endeav
or to do, the “ mens conscia recti,” men
mortal cannot harm us.
Notes of a Tourist. —No. 1.
VALLEY’ OF THE ROANOKE.
This Valley, interesting at all times, and
‘td all admirers of the handy work of God,
must henceforth, to Baptists, be rendered
particularly so; (or within it, iu the county
o r lsoteloiirt, is situated Johnson’s oi Dagg’s
.Spring, which has been recently purchased
ly the Baptists of Virginia, and converted
iato a Seminary of Learning. The recent
announcement of this fact in the public pa
ptrs, has served to revive the pleasing re
cillection of a tour through this Valley,
which wc performed iu 1834. From the
notes taken during that tour, vve shall make
npa few articles descriptive of incidents,
sclnery, productions, curiosities, Sic. in
ths valley,presuming that the circumstance
of our denomination having obtained a lo
caleducational interest in it, to which we
lia’e but just alluded, will render a series
of tuch articles acceptable to most of our
readers.
Phis valley combines, in an eminent de
gre;, the beautiful with the sublime. We
hao often beard Bottelourt extolled for the
fertility of itsscenery, anil tbe majesty of its
jmomtairis; but when the beautiful valley,
j watered by the tributary streams of the Roa
noke, presented itself to our view, vve were
j constrained to confess that the half had not
: been told us. It. lar exceeded our most
j sanguine expectations.
The pleasurable sensation inspired by a
vievv of this valley, was, however, proba
bly heightened by a contrast with she cheer
lessness of the scenery vvitli which vve had
been surrounded for the last six or eight
miles. The Blue Ridge, over which vve
had passed, on the route from Lynchburg,
was at no point sufficiently elevated to af
ford a picturesque vievv of the surrounding
country. While the traveler is momently
expecting to begin some more lofty ascent,
this blooming and fertile vale bursts unex
pectedly upon his view. The agreeable
surprize produced, contributes not a little to
the pleasure lie experiences, while he gazes
on the waving fields of giain, and the ver
dant meadows which lie extended before
him. The towering poplar, which disap
pears from vievv, while winding your way
amid the rugged mountains, is again seen,
in different directions, waving over the tas-!
ty domes of the “lords of riclt domain.”— i
On either side, lofty mountains rear their!
cloud-capped summits, the several ranges
of which seemingly converge, until in the
distance they are intersected by the blue
horizon ; leaving apparently a small gap,
or gateway into another world. While de
scending into this valley, these mountains
appear continuous ; but on proceeding fur
ther, they are found to be lofty mounds,
mostly conical, or slightly oblong, detached
from each other, and seperated by pvirling
rivulets, or babbling brooks. Some of them
are clothed with a rich robe of verdure to j
their very summits, while others arc array
ed in tattered robes, through the rents of
which, the naked rocks, like clustering
nodes, look forth. The contrast is well
calculated to impress one with exalted ideas
of the diversified powers of the great Arch
itect of the Universe. Some of these
mounds abound with iron ore, while others
are formed principally of limestone. Tay
loe’s Iron Works are situated in this valley,
and are an object of no inconsiderable curi
osity to many a “down easier,” as well as
a source of profit to the proprietor.
A part of the valley which is now thick
ly overgrown vvitli the sturdy oak and hick
ory, the older inhabitants inform us, was
fifty years ago a barren, which yielded on
ly grass, strawberries, and occasional clus
ters of a stinted shrubbery ; and instead of
affording a habitation to civilized man, was
a place of general rendevous for the beasts
of the desert—particularly for the deer, and
the buffalo- Our attention was directed to
a luxuriant field of Indian corn, by a gentle
man, who informed us, that within that
field, during our last war with England, a
kinsman of his, while digging for salt, came
across the skeleton ofa Mammoth,fifty feet
below the surface of the earth. The bones
of the foie legs, and the teeth, were in a
state of perfect preservation.
flZj™ We hope the agents of the A. 13. P.
S. will not reduce us to the necessity of
chosing betvven the Psalmist and the hostil
ity of the Society, for while vve are oppos
ed to the Psalmist, vve are decidedly favor
able to the Society, and ever have been,
since vve have been a Baptist, as the books
of the Society and the records of at least
three associations will shew. But if vve
must choose between the two, vve shall
not hesitate a moment. We have been un
willing to oppose the Psalmist through our
columns; and indeed, had resolved that
vve would not do it, though others had said
to us, they thought it a duty due to our rea
ders to slate our objections—blit vve have
been forced toebange our purpose and come
out in full against it in self defence, as vve
have been charged with impugning the mo
tives of brethren, Sic. If the Baptists of
Georgia wish an editor who will advocate
the Psalmist, AS IT IS, they must look lor
another—vve will not do it, come what will
of it. We expect to encounter a strong
under current, in consequence of the posi
tion we have taken in reference to the
Psalmist and foreign influences, but vve
have calculated its force and feel prepared
to meet it.
We feel truly pained at heatt, at having
to write vvliat vve know will create unplea
ant feeling in the breasts of brethren whom
vve respect and love. Our only consolation
is derived from the reflection, that Clod
knows our heart, and knows that we do not
write in bitterness—that vve truly love and
esteem, far belter than ourself many of
those who will feel wounded at some of
out remarks. On the painful subjects, on
which wc have said so much, in our reply
to brother Peck, vve expect to say no more,
through the Index, unless these subjects are
there introduced by others, and introduced
in such a manner as to render it necessary
to reply in order to ward off’ unjust impu
tations.
Walthourville, Gtli July 1844.
lira. Editor ; —1 clip the following from
a Northern paper. Though the style he
not very chaste it conveys some hints
which perhaps some of your readers would
do ‘.veil to ponder on. There is certainly
nothing so useless as to spend time in Vain
regrets (or the past. The past is gone. —
The present only can vve call our own.—
Let us be up and doing* B.
Bedr tip. —Never cry for spilt inilk. If
you have done wrong or made a miscalcu
lation, be more careful in future. You
have taken a leap in the dark, and plunged
in the middle of the ditch. Fool that you
are to remain. Out vvitli you like a man.
To lament that you were inconsiderate and
hasty will not help you out, or make your
situation more comfortable. Call for hetyk
and people will laugh at you as they pas# 1 *
on. The only course for you is to get out
of your situation the best way you can, and
when you are out say as little about theij
matter as possible. The reason why'thou
sands perish on the threshold of life, is be
cause they ate not philosophers enough to
bear with magnanimity the little trials and
perplexities which, by carelessness, and in
discretion. they have brought upon them
selves. They go about from one to anoth
er, ami relate their mishaps, when they
should Wear"a bright face, and keep up good
spirits, and expect better luck in futiiie.—
There never lived a man who never saw a
dark day, and whose path was not at all
times filled with thorns. Look about you,
ye men of little faith, and resolve come
what may, to rise from your despondency.
Up—out of the ditch—and tax your pow
ers to the utmost of your ability, Never
lag—never remain where you are—but
push forward—rise higher—and you will
yet bs something tn the world* You can
j win honors—make your fortunes and die
in peace with the world.
ORDINATION.
In the Church at Island Creek, Han
cock Cos., Lewis Parker was set apart to
the work of the Ministry, on Monday the
first July, 1844. The ordination sermon
by the Rev. David G. Daniel ; examina
tion of the candidate by* the Rev. Benj.
Roberts, aided by others of the Presbytery:
prayer by the Rev. Asa Duggin ; charge
by the Rev. Jesse 13. Battle, and right hand
of fellowship by the same.
Household Baptism. —From the Recor
der vve learn that the Seventh-day Baptist
church, at Independence. N. Y., has been
blessed with a revival, in which 20 persons
have been added to the church by baptism,
amongst them one household of eight per
sons.
An Incident. —The New York Repub
lican says, that at tho time the litc was ra
ging vv itli fearful violence in the row of
buildings opposite the Market House, Phil
adelphia, whence the attack commenced,
Jas. Monroe, a Native American, having
learned that an Irish Catholic had been ly
ing ill for a week previous in one of the
buildings then on fire, left his house, rush
ed to the rescue of the invalid, and at the
risk ol his own life, bore him off'to a place
of safety, where he is slowly recovering,
and may yet live to bless his benefactor.
The [Pciiobaptistj Home Mission So
ciety lias expended something more than
SIOO,OOO during the year, and is still in
arrears to missionaries, several thousand
dollars.
They have in limit service 907 minis
ters, who supply 1215 districts, and whose
aggregate labors have amounted to 005
years,—added to their churches, 4312.
Methodist Book Concern. —The assets
and liabilities, as reported at the General
i Conference are as follows : Assets, $650,-
208 71. Liabilities, $3,033 13. Nett
assets, $640,585 58. The profit on four
years was $44,727 94.
Lord Bacon beautifully said—“lf a man
bo gracious to strangers it shows he is a cit
izen of the world, and that his heart is no
island cut off from other lands, but a conti
nent that joins them.”
M A II R I E 1),
By the Rev. Thomas J. Miles, on tho
10th of July Maj. William G. Walker.
to Miss Missouri A. Candler, both of
Harras Cos.
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WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
Jas Fitzpatrick paid $2 50 to Oct 44 ;
Rev A Williams for Tlios N Hamilton $5
Nov 45; S 13 Strane for Wm N Cano $5
Jan 43 ; Rev F Callaway for Clias Grego
ry 2 50 Jan 45; Dr Callaway for J T
Irvine $5 Aug 46; Dr W 13 Stevens 2 50
May 45; Rev DG Daniel for Nathan
Barnes $3 Jan 45 ; J 11 Fielder 2 50 Aug
45.
BAPTIST BOOK STORE,
In New York, No. 122 Nassau si.
The subscriber has just taken the Storo
lately occupied by Barker & Thompson,
j and lias opened a great variety of
Books and Stationary.
Comprising a general assortment of Theo
logical and Miscellaneous works, such as
are adapted to die libraries of Ministers of
the Gospel and ofSabbath Schools. Among
them are all the publications of the Baptist
Publication Society at Philadelphia, and
those of the N. England Sab. School Union,
and, generally, the denominational literature
of private publishers.
All the hymn books used by tho denom
ination are kept at this establishment. The
Psalmist, anew hymn book, can be fur
! nishe.d in any quantities at the publishing
prices.
Also Common School Books, ami Blank
Books for the country trade.
Orders from tho country will bo prompt
ly and faithfully executed. Sabbath Schools
; can lie furnistfed with books lor their libra
ries by sending a list of the books they now
1 have, ami specifying how thev shall be
; sent. ‘ LEWIS COLLEY,
No. 122 Nassau st.
The .yphabelieal Uitsiier;
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WHICH MAY NOT, BE EATEN / ,
By A Lover of Wholesome Dinners. /
Price ofa single copy, 18$ cents—dpht
I copies for one dollar. Orders tpnk
’ fully received by the undersigned, pjplish
! or of the Index. jf
BENJ. BRANfLY