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■ a pain,
that sleep again?
as I have ben
mmy mother’* breast,
Sweet Nature’s garb of emerald green,
To woo my form to rest:
Lone in the meadow field ami glen,
And in my native wilds again !
The sleep within the fallow field,
The herd upon the green,
The larks that in the thistles shield,
And pipe from morn till e’en,
Oh ! for the pasture field and fen !
When shall I feel such rest again ?
I love the weeds along the fen
More sweet than garden (lowers.
For freedom haunts the humble glen
That blest my happy hours :
Here prisons injutc health and mo—
I love sweet freedom and the (ree !
The crows upon the swelling hills,
The cows upon the lea,
Sheep feeding by the pasture rills,
Are ever dear to me,
Because sweet freedom is tlteii mate—
Whilst I am lorn and desolate,
I loved the winds when I was young,
When life wns dear to me ;
I loved the song which Nature sung—
Enduring liberty ;
I loved the woods, the vales, the streams,
For there my boyhood used to dream.
There toil itself was ever play,
’Twas pleasure e’en to weep ;
’Twas joy to think of dreams by day—
The beautiful of sleep.
When shall I see the wood, the plain,
And dream those happy dreams again ?
081 TUAII Y.
It becomos our painful duty to add an
other shade to the gloom that already per
vades the ranks of the soldiers of the cross
Kev. Andrew A. Conn is no more —ho di
ed at his residence in Floyd county, Ga.,
Oct. Kill, after a protracted and painful ill
ness of thirteen days, which lie bore with
that fortitude am! resignation which is only
manifest in the death of the truly pious
He was born in Pendleton, S, C., 1801,
and was a son of Itev. John Gobi), who
speut a long life of usefulness in the minis
try, and was called from his labors but little
over two years in advance of his son. Itev.
A. A. Cobb united with the baptist church
about 12 years previous to his death, ami
immediately engaged in the work of the
Ministry, in which arduous and highly re
sponsible ollice he acted as became a Faith
ful soldier of the cross. His labors seemed
to be blessed in a wonderful manner, and
in bis early demise the churches and com
munity, where his labors were bestowed,
feel that their loss is irreparable. But while
we sympathise with his dear wife, children
and friends, we cannot forbear congratula
ting our deceased Rrother oil his great and
oterual gain. Ho frequently spoke of his
approaching dissolution, during his sick- j
ness, and always remarked, that he was
not afraid to go, lml wished that the will of
the Lord might he done. Ho spent six
years of his ministe rial career in South Car
olina and six in Georgia, and tlioso who
knew him can well say, *• let me die the
death of the righteous and let my last end
We like his.” W. 11. HURT.
Died, at his Father’s residence, in Mus
cogee co., Ga., Talton Brunson, in his
twentieth year, after an illness of three days.
His disease was conjestive fever; his suf
ferings were great though he bore them
with Christian patience and resignation to
the will of God. As the writer was inform
ed by his father, he said but little about
death. The night before his death he told
his eldest brother that he sh6uld die, and
that he would die like a lamb, which was
the case. He united with the Baptist church
at Harmony, Muscogee county, four years
ago in October last, and was baptized by
the writer. Bro. Talton Brunson lived
from the time he united with thechuich un
til his death, as he died, a calm and firm be
liever in Jesus Christ. He has left ait af
fectionate Father andMolhei, and many re
latives and friends to mourn his loss; but
their loss is his eternal gain, as we hope,
and they sorrow not as others who have no
hope. What a warning comes to us, dear
reader, in the death of this young man that
has been snatched ofT sosuddenly in the vig
or of youth and prime of life. Permit the
writer to exhort the reader to bo also ready,
for where is the man that draws his breath,
safe from disease, secure from death, and
in such au hour as ye think not the son of
mau eometh. Talton U. was the son of
Thomas Brunson, originally from South
Carolina. W,
CIRCULAR.
The Tuskaloosa Baptist Association to the
Churches she represents, sendeth,Greeting.
Beloved Brethren : It is proposed to
expound, scri pin rally, the Third and Sev
enth Articles in our abstract of Principles.
Art. 3. We believe in the doctrine of
/flection i and that God chose his people
<n Christ, before the foundation of the
World.
Tt treat of a subject so profound is agreat
responsibility ; especially when limited to
the brief space of a circular. Election is a
doctrine of the Scriptures to be firmly be
plainly declared, and to berev-
and L
familiar dttquisition. It is tauujr I'gh 1 'gh- a,, and
more frequently than by our.'. y none
;C*ri*t-sn.elK ’ - / Lord Jesus
did you never
WHWruhe Scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the
head of the corner? This is the Lord’s
doing, and it is rnaivellous in our eyes.”—
Matt. xxi. 42.
“All that the Father givetlr me, shall
coine to me; and him tha| eometh tome,
l will in no wise cast out,”— John vi. 37-
“Then shall the King say unto .them on
his right hand. Come ve blessed of my
I Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.”—
Matt. xxv. 34.]
; and in none of his discourses mote fully
j titan in his prayer— [John, xvii,] It is a
I subject familiarly understood between him
{and the Father.
[“'l hou hast given him power over all
| flesh, that he should give eternal life to as
: many as thou hast given him.”— John,
xvii. 2
“I have manifested thy Name unto the
men which thou gavestmeout of the world:
thine they were ; aud thou gavest them me;
and they have kept thy word,”— John.
xvii. 0. r’
“I pray for them, 1 pray not for the world,
but for them which thou hast given me. for
they are thine.”— John, xvii, 9.
“And now I am no more in the wold,
but these are in the world, and I come to
thee. Holy Father, keep through thine
own Name, those whom thou hast given
me, that they may be one, as we are.”
John xvii. 11.
“Father, I will that they also whom thou
hast given inc, be with me where I am,
that they may behold my glory, which thou
hast given me. For thou lovedst me be
fore the foundation of tho world.”— John
xvii, 21.]
As ii is revealed, it is for our edification ;
not, indeed, to be the rule of our conduct,
but to teach us our entire dependence on
God. It relates to a purpose of God, in
eternity,
[“According as he hath chosen us in
him, before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy, and without blame
before him in love.”— Eph. i. 4.
“But we are bound to give thanks, al
ways to God for you, brethren, beloved of
the Lord, because God hath from the be
ginning chosen you to salvation, through
sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the
truth,”—2 Thess. ii, 13.
“Who hath saved us, and called us with
a holy calling, not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began.”—2 Tim. i, 9.]
respecting individual human beings who
are the subjects of it; who were chosen in
Christ before the foundation of the world,
—elect according to the foreknowledge of
God. Yet this electiondid not proceed
on the ground of either faith or wotksybre
seen in them ;
[■•Who hath saved us, and called us with
a holy calling, not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose aud grace,
which was given in Christ Jesus before the
world began.”—2 ‘Tim. i. 9.
“For by grace ye aro saved through
faith ; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God.”— Eph . ii, B.]
it is an election of grace,
[“Even so then at this present tune also
there is a remnant according to the election
of grace.”— Rom. xi. 5.]
and not caused by the moral character of
the subjects ™
["(For the children being not yet born,
neither having done any good or evil, that
the purpose of God according to election
might stand, not of works, but of him that
calleth. )—Rom. ix. 11,
“It was said unto hei, The elder shall
serve the younger.”— Rom. ix, 12
“For he sailh to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and 1
will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion.”— Rom. ix. 15
“So then, it is not of him, that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that]
shuweth mercy."— Rom. ix. 16.
“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he
will have mercy, aud whom he will he har
deneth.”—Rom. ix. ,18.
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that re
plies! against God f Shall the thing form
ed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou
made me thus ?”— Rom. ix. 20.]
It is distinguishing, choosing some and
not others, it fixes on persons, not on states
nor on conditions,
[“And he saith unto them, Yo shall
drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that l am baptized with ;
but to sit on my right hand, and on my left,
is not mine to give; but it shall be given
to them for whom it is prepared of my Fa
ther.—Matt. xx. 23.
“Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord
knoweth them (hat are his. And, Let eve
ry one that nametli the name of Christ de
part from iniquity.”—2 Tim. ii. 19.]
the number of tho elect is, to the mind of
God, necessarily definite and certain ;
[“Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord
knoweth them that are his. And, Let eve
ry one that narneth the name of Christ de
part from iniquity”—2 Tim ii. 19.
i “Known unto God are all his works
! fioin the beginning o’ the wotld.”— Acts
; xv. 18.
i “1 speak not of you all; I know whom
I have chosen : but, that the scripture may
be fulfilled, He that eatelh bread with me
hath lifted up his heel against me.”— John
xiii. 18.]
but, within the gracious putposc, are insep
arably included both the means and the
end.
[“Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jeaus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
places in Christ.”— Eph. i. 13.
■ “According Mhe hath chosen u- 1 I
before the foumlatioii of Hie world, that we
should be holy and without blame;, before
us unto uiu adop
by Jesus Christ to himself, j
according to the good pleasure of his will.”
—Eph. i. 6.] /
Jesus Christ was chosen to be the Head of
the Church, and all his people were chosen
in him ; and this choice of them in him, a
fact transpiring in eternity, is the source of
all the spiritual gilts and graces exercised
by them in time.
[“And we know that all things work to
gether for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to his
purpose.”— Rom. viii. 28.
“For whom he did foreknow, he
predestinate U> be conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might be the first born
among many brethren.”— Rom. viii. 20.
“Moreover, whom he did predestinate,
them he also called ; and whom he called,
them lie also justified ; and whom he justi
fied, them he also glorified.”— Rom.
viii. 30.
“What shall we theu say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us.”- j
Rom. viii. 31.
“He that spared nut his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he !
not with him also freely give us all things?” j
— Rom. viii. 32.
“Who shall charge
—Rom.
“Who is lie
Christ that died, ytairiUtiMfeMvisrisen a
gain, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us.”—
Rom. viii. 34.
“Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or per- j
secution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril,
or sword ?”— Rom. viii. 35.
“(As it is written, For thy sake we are
killed all the day long; we are accounted
as sheep for tlieslauglitcr.”)-/fom. viii. 36.
“Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors, through him that loved j
us ?”— Rom. viii. 37,
“For I am persuaded that neither death, j
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, not things to
come.”— Rom. viii. 38.
“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other’
creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesns
our Lord.”— Rom. viii. 39.]
They are not elected when or because they
believe; they were elected in eternity, and
they believe.and obey because they were
elected.
If the human mind were not unrecoiicil-j
ed to God, nothing more than the bare cita- j
lion of the appropriate portions of scrip-;
tore would be requisite to the universal re
ception ol the doctrine they contain. The
deep derangement ofour nature is such that |
we are opposed to God, and chiefly in 11
those attributes and measmes which imply I
our guilt ami ruin. Election is of this na
ture; and as it is more obviously of grace,
purely and exclusively, than any other
blessing, it is moie violently disliked and
opposed than any oilier, by whatever is nil
renewed and uneanciified in tint human
breast. In regard of this perverseness,
therefore, it is allowable to assist our con
ceptions and belief by reasonings and illus
trations.
The purpose of God in election is to be
viewed in connexion with other attributes,
and with the scheme of grace in saving
men.
His foreknowledge is perfect. The im
mutability of his counsel implies this.—
With him tlietc is nothing new or unfore-j
seen. He knows, from the beginning, who;
will repent and be saved, and who not. — j
Hot their repenting, in its first motions, and !
causes, is not of themselves it is the fruit
of the Holy Spirit, purely of grace. He;
begins the work, and he finishes it.
[“Being confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work in
you, will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ.”— Philippians, i. 6.]
God, then, foresees his own work as done, \
as certain ; could lie thus see it, without
determining to do it, —to make it certain ! |
As all knowledge is before him, at once,
and front the boginning, there can be no ‘
teasons at any period of time for resolving;
to do an act, which were not known to him
from the beginning ; and what ho saw rea
son to will at the beginning, that he willed.
If it be proper for God to perform any act,
it is not improper in him to predetermine
that act. Indeed, what he is now doing is
what he originally purposed to do: the di
vine administration is nothing more nor less
than the divine purpose executed.
If any thing else could be supposed un
known to God, yet not his own works.
[“Known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world,”— .dels, ;
xv. 18.]
If, then, it be truo that those, who are Gt
for Heaven at the Judgment, will be saved;
who imparts this fitness ? It conics Ytom
God, is wrought by him. Does he per
fonn it and impart it, except according to
his design! This design, according to
which he imparls fitness for Heaven, is e
lection. So far as this fitness may be the
result of the use of means, the sovereign
ty and love of election are exercised in the
variety (almost infinite) with which they :
are dispensed ; and not less in the different
efficacy (sometimes opposite) with which
they are attended. His methods of distri
bution in other tilings are on a principle
equally sovereign. God’s sovereignly in
election accounts for these difleremeWkL;
What other satisfactory or sufficient ac
count cait be given ? Who can tell why it
is that some are almost wholly deprived of
any means of knowing God, except on ibis
principle ?
[“Evenso, Father; for soil seemed
good in thy sight.”— Matt. xi. 20.]
Some men, it is allowed, are saved; and
some are not saved : i. e., in other words, |
some are placed under divine influence, so
as to secure station ; some are not so
placed. Did the Almighty act, in case l
the saved, without a purpose ? _r r ‘* ‘ Va s :
° r ,he
eriafc Jt. is, that now consid
to save those who are actually lost; he did
determine to save the others. If it be ask
ed here, whether God does all that is pro
per for the salvation of each person ? The
answer may be, that God does that for eacli
him inexcusable,
[“.For the invisible things of him from
mfwealion of th’e world are clearly seen,
by the things that are
his etejrial power and God
head ;l so that theyflF without excuse.”—
uT perish ; though, certainly,
not for all. Some, it may be,
WOl *^P* ve re P ente( L had they possessed
the aiwanleges bestowed on others. The
graceJwjiich was rejected at Belhsaida,
woqkAhavebeen effectual at Tyre.
[“ffhen began he to upbraid the cities
wherein most of his mighty works were
done, I ecause they repented not.”— Matt.
xi. 20.
“W e unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
thee, I ethsaidu ! for if the mighty works
which vere dene in you had been done in
Tyre ajid Sidon, they would have repented
long ado in sackcloth and ashes.”— Mutt.
xi. 21.
“But I say unto you, ft shall be more
tolerafJle for Tyre and Sidon at the day of
judgmeut than for you.”— Mutt: xi. 22.
“And thou, Capernaum, which art exal
ted tiuto heaven, shall be brought] down to
hell : for if the mighty works, which have j
been done in dice, had been done in Sodom, 1
it would have remained until this day.”—
Matt. xi. 23.
“But Isay uiitoyou, That it shall be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of
judgment, than for thee.”— Mutt. xi. 24.]
Now, this may remain to be accounted for,!
with some; but the fact is indisputable, as !
stated by our Lord. We find no difficulty j
in accounting for it, on the principle of
God’s soveieign elec ing love. It ought
to surprise no one that God does not al
ways give the reasons of Inis conduct; nor
that we cannot always understand them, if
given. Whether the reasons of his diver
sified operations be discerned or not, we
must conclude that he is always governed
by such as are satisfactory to infinite wis
dom and goodness. Site'll reasons always
exist: he is not arbitrary, not capricious,
itl any tiling; but always wise and good.
The spirits of just men made perfect may
aud appreciate those reasons:
when we reach their slate, ii may be oui
privilege to see and appreciate them too.
| “As lot /lie, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when
I awake, with thy likeness.xvii, 15.
“For now we sec through a glass darkly;
hut then face to face : now 1 know in part;
but then shall 1 know even as also I am
known.”—l Cor. xiii. 12.]
(To be Continued.)
Posterity of Milton in India —There !
is reason to believe that the representative i
ol the family of Milton might be found in !
British India. Deoorah, the third and fa
vorite daughter of our great poet, was the \
only one of his children who had a family
that lived. She married Abraham Claike, ;
a weaver in Spitalfields, ami died in Au
gust 1727, aged seventy-six. She had
seven sons, one of whom, Caleb Clarke,
went to Madras, and became parish clerk
there. His children were the latest de
scendants of Milton.
. V
JcwisfrPrcss in Palestine. —Sir Moses
Montctiore has presented his co-religion
ists at Jerusalem with two presses, and the
necessary types, for printing Jewish trade.
The office consists of twenty-two people
ot dint persuasion. A number of works,
as well as an almanac for the year, have al
ready been printed at Jerusalem.
Curious Calculation. —A late
publication, after staling the vast and tapid
succession of new works, with the utter
impossibility of a reader’s keeping pace with
j them, presents the following odd calcula
tion:—“lf twelve men were employed for
twenty-four hours a day, (allowing neither
; for sleep nor meals) in reading, at the rate
of eighty words per minute, they would
barely keep up with the volumes publish
ed in London alone- In this estimate,
Tracts and Sermons are not included. But
if Magazines, Reviews, and Newspapers
were added to the task, it would tequire
upwards o fforty men.”
Outrage. —A colored mail, who gave Ins
name as Joshua Dunbat, was committed
; by the Mayor of Philadelphia in default of
8500 bail, for committing an assault and
; battery upon Miss Lippincoit, on Sunday
! evening, in Arch street near Second, while
she was on her return home from church.
Self Propelling Buggy. — We notice an
advertisement in the Kingston Whig, by-
James Crane, announcing that he “would
exhibit” oil a road in the vicinity ol Kings
ton,fa self propelling buggy. Its power is
gotpn the principle of the motion of a
clotk or watch.” What do you think of a
gentleman walking out and winding up his
veßcle for half a day’s ride? Horse feed
anilhoise flesh must certainly fall about
|jte>e times.
t AGENTS.
* E. Butler, Esq. will act as Agent for
in Washington, anil at the several
(Torts may attend.
E. H. Bacon,\ Esq. will act as agent in
th; Eastern Circuit.
To sillier’ of ihe above gentlemen pay
iiV>nts for the Index may be made.
NOTICE.
] A man calculated to prepare boys for Col
lege, and that is willing to laks a school of
frtnn thirty to forty schollars for his ser-’
rites, can obtain such a situation by mak
ing early application, with suitable teslimo
nidis, lo the TVhmw
eiZv, Walton Cos., Ga.
V THE TRUSTEES.
H, lf^
APPOINTMENTS.
A- T. N. Vandivere, by divine permis-
Dec. at PFfeasam
kinsville; on Friday 2at Mars Hill; at
night at Rehobothville; Saturday and Sab
bath 0 and 7 at Freeman’s Creek; Monday 8
at Social Circle; Tuesday 9 at Union;
night at Madison; Wednesday 10 at Sugar
Creek; at night at Bro. McNeals; Thurs
day 11 Harmony; Friday 12 Friendship,
at night Jacob Akins , Saturday 13 Mount
Zion, at night Sparta ; Sunday 11, at Beth
el; Monday 15 at Horeb ; Tuesday 16 at
Long Creek; Wednesday 17 at Elam;
Thursday 18 New Providence'; Friday 19
Williams Creek ; Saturday 20 at Bethesda.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
On Wednesday, the 18th December will
be a meeting of the Board of the Trustees
of this Institution, at which it is contempla
ted to elect an additional professor in The
ology and to transact other important bu
siness. In consequence of the very un
favorable report of the last Committee on
the manual labor connected with the In
stitution, the Secretary was instructed,
by publie notice, to urge the full attendance
of the Board at said meeting, to take into
consideration the expediency of the aboli
tion of that department of thejnstitution.—
It is also hoped the Board will meet 10Con
tinue its session till the business can be
closed.
Bv order of the Board,
B. M. SANDERS, Sec.
Nov. 8, 1814.
mercer University.
The public examination of Hie Students
of this Institution, will commence on Mon
day the 16th of December and continue three
days.
By order of the Faculty,
S. P. SANFORD, Sec,
Nov. 5, 1814.
Examination of the Pupils of
the Pentield Female Seminary will take
place on Thursday, 12th December, to be
continued two days, iftieccssaiy. Parents
and Guardians and the friends of Education
in general, are invited to attend.
SPLENDID PIANOFOUIES,
Manufactured by A. 11. Gaiety Cos., \ew
l'ork.
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends that lie lias undertaken an Agency
lor ihe above justly celebrated house, aud
has now oil hand an assortment of very
Superior FrcnchG rand Action Riuno fortes,
of Mahogany and Rosewood, finished in
tin* latest style and with all the valuable
modern improvements.
He believes that lie can supply an Instill
ment on as favorable terms as the Northern
Dealers, and hereby pledges himself, on the
part of the Company, to sell lower than has
ever been known in Georgia.
The instruments of A. 11. (lala &l Cos.
are unsurpassed in beauty, finish, sweet
! ness of tone, durability and economy, and
no instrument trill be sold without a war
rant of its perfectness.
Screw Stools, and Chairs to match 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 particulaily
. invited to this card.
W. C. RICHARDS.
Athens, Ga.. May 15?/t, 1814.
FOUR MONTHS afterdate application !
will be made to the Inferior Court ofGreene j
county, when sitting as a Court of Ordina- i
ry, for leave to sell all the land belonging to
John Hall, lying and being 011 Richland ;
Creek in said County, joining Askew anil
others, being that portion given tho said
John Hall by his mother, Nancy Hall—
now Nancy Fuller.
DOCTOR IT MALONE, Guar.
FOUR MONTHS after date application
will he made to the Inferior Court of Green
county, when silting for Ordinary Purposes,
for leave to sell one third of Lot No. 29, 24th ;
District, and Lot 30, 24th District; original- j
ly Lee county, but now Stewart.
Also Lot No. 152, 29th District, origin
ally Lee, but now Sumpter county-. Sold
for the benefit of John Clements, minor.
LEMUEL GREENE, Guardian.
September 3, 1844.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL.be sold, at the residence of Jesse
! Craddock, dec’ll in Greene Cos., on Friday
the 13th of Decembei next, all the perisha
ble property belonging to the Estate of said
deceased—consisting of horses, cattle,
hogs, corn and fodder, oats household and
kitchen furniture ; on* riding carriage, far
ming utensils, and other articles too numer
ous to mention. Sale to rontinue from
day to day, till all is sold. Terms on the
dav of sale.
WM. EDMONDSON, Adin’r.
Oct. 9th 1844. (it.
By Virtue of an order of the honorable
Inferior Com t, of Oglethorpe county, when
sitting for Ordinary Pinposes, will be sold
at the Comt House door of DeKalb coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in November next,
between the lawful hours of Sale, Lot of;
Land number (14) fourteen, in the (14th)
district, of originally Fayette, now DeKalb
county, containing two bundled two and a
half acres, sold as the property of the late
John Edmonds, of said county, for the pur
poses of the creditors, and distributees of
said deceased.
JOHN G. HOLTZCLAW, Adm.
Sept. Ist, 1844.
JL in. ITA iI~CL ARK,
Factor and General Commission Mer
chant,
Savannah, Ga. 1
BORDERS <St BRUCE,
Attorneys at Law.
Hamilton, Harris Cos., Ga.
reu. i*. a. l. borders.
RABUN & FULTON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Savannah, Ga,
}. W. RABUN,
R. L. FULTON.
McCANTS & SPENCER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Monticello, Floruit.
Nov. 8, 1844,
A NEW BOOK.
Just published and for sale, wholesale
ami retail, by the publisher, at the Index of
fice, a work entitled,
“SIMPLE RHYMES
AND
FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONS;
FOR CHILDREN,
BY UNCLE CHARLES,”
The publisher of this work, designs t
say but little in regard to its claims to the
patronage of the public. He has given two
or three friends an opportunity of inspect
ing it, ami their opinions, with that of the
Editor ot the Index, will be found below;
The two following paragraphs are ex l
traded from the Preface, and will give some
idea of the characterand design of the work:
“Some of the pieces ate written in this
simplest style, suited to the capacity of very
young children ; others in a little more ele
vated strain, yet not so much so but what
they can be well understood by most chil
dren, with the aid of a few simple explan
ations from the older members of the familyi
The little Book is divided into two parts:
the first made up of pieces that are some
what tinged with humor and pleasantry,
though still interspersed with religious sen
timent; tlie other composed entirely of
such as are of a grave, solemn and religious
character.”
The work is illustrated with four hand
somely executed wood cuts. The first rep ;
resents a mother, with three little boys near
her, one six years of age, another eight,
another ten—the largest One handing his
mother a little Book open, for her to in
spect.
2nd. A minister With a young person (a
girl 12 years of age) standing w aist deep iti
the Water, about to he baptized (immersed)
and several persons, male aud female, and
various ages, standing on the shore.
3rd. Three liula children, (a boy and his
two sisters) standing in a grave yard l.v tha
graves of their parents, weeping.
4th. A little boy, wrapped In a winding
sheet, his little sister not knowing that ha
is dead, presenting him with a flower, and
trying to make him take it; the mother sil
ling by weeping.
Recommendations.
Extract from an Editorial article in the
Christian Index :
“ Simple Rhymes and Familiar Conver
sations for Children. — liy ifncleCharles. ’•
—This is the title of anew publication that
has just passed through the press in this
place, and is now in the hands of the book
binder. It is neatly printed, and is illus
trated and embellished with wood-cuts hand
somely executed. It is designed principal-*
ly for children | is equally interesting willl
l’eler Parley's works ; is fat more salutary
! in its tendency, and is liy one of the exooi-
I lent ones of our own State.
Extract from tlie Rev. B. M- Sanders;
President of the Baptist Convention of
Georgia:
“Simple Bhymes and Familiar Conver
sations, fur Children—By I’ncle Charles,
—Pen field, Ga., printed by Benj. Brant
ly, 1841.”—'This is a neat little hook ofß4
pages, Duodecimo, by a very eminent ami
worthy Minister of tiie Gospel, a citizen of
our own State, and author of the Alphabeti
cal Dinner. Its design is to impress npon
the minds of youth, inotal instruction. Its
selection of subjects, manner of illustration,
and peculiarity of style, are all well calcu j
lalcd to interest the vouthful mind.
B. M. SANDERS,
Oet. in, 1844.
From Rev. Dr. Dagg, President of Mer-*
ccr University.
Octobkr 9, 1844.
Bear Brother —l have examined the lit
tle book which you left with me. Uncle
Charles is an interesting character, with
whom I should be glad to be better acquain
ted. Our young children, for whose bene
fit he has written, will find his •* Simple
Rhymes and Familiar Conversations” both
engaging and instructive : and you, 1 hope,
be amply rewarded for publishing them.
Yours,
J. L. DAGG.
Mr. Benj. Brantly.
EST” The above work may also be had
tc Dunham Bleakley’s, and the Baptist
Book Depository, (Turpin’s Drug Store,)
Augusta.—Price 37i cts. fora single copy.-
BENJ. BRANTLY.
WHEREAS, Rebecca Hill, who was a
member of this Church, obtained a letter of
dismission, in Oclobet last, for the purpose
of joining another church in Russell coun
ty, Ala., whither she contemplated to re
move; but prior to her removal was guilty
of improprieties, derogatory, alike to gos
pel order, and Christian character:
Itesolved, That this Church caution any
Sister Church against receiving a letter
from the above named individual, as she
was requested to make acknowledgments
to the church or return the letter, to each
of which requests she refused to comply;
thereby driving the church to the painful
alternative of giving publicity to these pro
ceedings, through the columns of the Chris
tian Index.
By order of Conference,
C. COLLINS, Mod.
J. T. S. Park, Clk.
Abilene Church, Columbia county, Ga.