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pool man, willow or servant, who gives fif
ty cents, be said to give more than the capi
talist who gives filly, a hundred, or a thou
sand dollars. ■R-nreirrocr, _ im, com
mand is positive, and the limit of our duty
is theability which Godgiveth. How- few
give according to their ability ! Will God
hold delinquents guiltless ?
To render our offerings acceptable to
God, they muslbc presented “ not grudging
ly, or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheer
ful giver.” 2 Gor. ix. 7.—“ Freely ye
have received, Ireely give.” Matt. x. 8.
The recommendation of Evangelos, that
churches should contribute for tire support
of the gospel in destitute regions, through
their respective associations, is a good one,
where associations will encourage contribu
tions for such objects aud undertake to for
ward the amounts contributed'; bnt where
associations do not enter heartily into the
work, the churches, as independent bodies,
should act for themselves. It will not ex
cuse us, or the church with which we are
connected, for neglecting to aid in sending
abroad lire blessings of the gospel, to plead
that the chuiches generally, in our associa
tion, were indisposed to enter upon this
work.
Our churches, we fear, are not awake to
their duty on this subject. Shall we wait,
with folded arms, for them to awake ? No,
brethren, we should fall to wotk upon the
temple, and wake them with the sound of
the saw, the axe and the hammer.
“Remember the words of the Lord Je
sus, how he sail, “It is moke m.essed to
GIVE, THAN’ TO RECEIVE.” Acts XX. 35.
Would it be Haiiisl?
‘Pits editor of Zion’s Advocate, com
menting on remarks made by the editor of
the Alabama Baptist, on Mrs Wade’s con
tributions, to aid runaway slaves in esca
ping from tiicir masters, says,
“If Missionaries, who receive a portion
•of their salaries from slaveholders, must
take care to expend the whole in a way
that will uit conflict with the interests ol
slavery, many of them, we think, will find
themselves under a servitude which they
’cannot long endure.”
We would ask, is it strictly honest, toex
penil funds contributed for the specific pur
pose of enabling litem to preach the Gos
pel to the perjshirrg heathen, on schemes
/'■•reign to that object and subversive of
the interests of the generous donors?
Suppose oneof.yeftr Northern Manufac
turers contributed a land to aid a inechan
reii-t coirs'inii ting some public work, ami the
theclianio were to expend a portioft- T the
•money received in encouraging a mutiny
among the laborers of the manufacturer,
and in aiding the mutineers in destroying
the pioperty of their employer,—would
that lie considered honest or honorable?
lint, again, our Missionaries profess to
ask t’O mor ■ than is absolutely necessary to
support them, while laboring for the sup
port of the h ‘athu.i; and our agents, in ma
king appeals to the public, declare that
that is the object for which money is wan
ted, and that the Missionary is not allow
cj more than is'sufficient for his support.
Now when a Missionary sends hack some
seventy or one hundred dollars, per year,
to he expended on purposes up,connected
with the spread of the Gospel—is there
no deception here? Is not this obtaining
money umlei false pretences? And is that
■honest?
Such things cannot fail to block up the
stream of benevolence, that have liitiiei to
flowed into the treasury of the Foreign
Missionary Hoard from the South? Wbat
security can any Southern slaveholder
have, that a portion of the money which he
contributes for Foreign Missions, will not
be returned to support agents employed
to decoy away his slaves, or to furnish his
slaves with the means of escaping to Can
ada?
This question ought to be seriously con
sidered, and until it is satisfactorily an- j
swered, we are decidedly of opinion,
that we had better expend our funds in
supporting the preaching of the Gospel in
destitute regions in our own section of j
country—in imparling religious inslriec- !
iion to our staves —and in sustaining
Missionaries atnongsl tkc Indians, the
tformer occupants of the soil, which we now
cultivate. Here is an ample field for our
benevolence—a wider field than we shall
be able, with our pieseiu limited means,
properly’ to cultivate.
We will lake the libeity of adding here
and extract from a private letter, received ;
some weeks since from an eminently pious j
ami justly distinguished brother in another !
Stale, bearing somewhat on a subject in
troduced above.
“What is of more immediate impor
tance, is the enquiry whether our three
millions'ofAfricans undtheir descendants,
do not constitute the appropriate Mission
ary field of our Southern Churches: —and ;
whether God is not now teaching us that |
this is the time for our entering upon it.
When the disciples refused to leave Jeru- 1
salem to go every where preaching, the j
Lord sent persecution among them, and j
drove them away. And we are neglecting
our own appropriate pait of evangelizing j
the world, Under the generous notion of e- j
larged, liberal and united action; until, on I
account of the very objects we neglect, we !
are kicked out of company.”
Let us not only reflect on the subject j
here introduced, but pray over it, and in- i
quire the will of God concerning it. We
are taught to submit one to another; but
! submission may Jbe carried too far and be i
rendered sinful. *
If any btolhci entertains different views |
from ourself on this subject, we should be;
- [
wish to mislead our readers, or to be our-!
i self mislead. One thing is certain :-Since
° , I
j the Convention in April, our Northern j
: brethren have assumed a position never be- !
fore taken by them. Just herett thought j
occurs. We will state it, and the reader!
, may receive it for what it is worth.
Would it not b? advisable for Southern i
and South-western brethren to hold a gem j
| eral conference, not with the view of form- j
! iug a new organization, but for the pfii. j
, pose of mutual consultation and counsel ?
If such a conference be deepjed expedient,
i would it not be well to hold it in connec
; tion with the State anniversaries in Geor
gia or Virginia? The Georgia anniversa
jry meetings embrace the 3rd Sabbath in
j May, and a?e to be held at Forsythe, on
| die .Monroe Fail Road, The Virginia an
niversaries embrace the IstSabbalh in June, j
i and are to !>• held, we believe, in Rich-1
moml. Georgia would be the most central,
; and Forsythe is a.s accessible as Richmond. I
i the annual meetings of our National So.;
! pieties are in .-Jpiil.
An Opponent not necessarily an Enemy.
l'iie truth contained in our caption may
! be illustrated by an anecdote lately introdu
ced, by Dr. Capers, ofS. Carolina, in one
of his replies to Dr. Bond of the N. V. Ad
j vacate and Journal, and which, he says, he
•• picked up in Georgia.”
“ A Baptist and a Methodist preacliei
| had stii.lt frequent controversies, and oppo
sed each other with so much earnestness,
that it got to be believed that they were per
; sonal enemies. A lawyer, having a suit
j which lie feared lie might lose by the tesli
nio y of the Baptist on the opposite side,
summoned the Methodist as a witness. lie,
I knowing nothing of the case, demanded to
know w herefore lie had been called to ap
j pear in a trial of which he was so ignorant;
| and was told, that ii was for the purpose of
invalidating the testimony of the Baptist.
He was sworn. Do you know the last
j w itness ?Jte was asked. Yes. W ould you
believe him on his oath? As soon as 1
; would your honor, or any other man, was
| his reply. How! exclaimed the lawyer;
; did you . never dispute his word? Yes,
j about baptism I would dispute him now ;
Ihe is crazy about that; but I never knew
! miv harm of him, except that he was a
! Baptist.”
Wu ate pleased to learn, from the foliow
-1 iirg communication, that brother Campbell
! has it in contemplation to publish biogra
! phii s of.ilte pioneers of our denomination
i in State; —We hope his call for infor
! mation will nice'! with a prompt response
; from all who have a knowledge of facts
! which are calculated to throw light on the
character of deceased Baptist .Ministers, or
on the transactions in which they may have
j had a hand. It would afford us much plea
sure to ai I him, in any way possible, in
his highly commendable undertaking.
I Letters of tire deceased, or other mantt
! scripts of theirs, would doubtless be of assis
tance to brother C., and be gratefully re-
| ceived.
LIVES OF liEOWHA BAPTIST HUUSTEItS.
THE (Subscriber intends to publish ‘the
L’.ys of the Fathers of our Israel in Geor
gia, -somewhat alter the plan of Taylor’s
Lives ol Va. Bap. Ministers, so soon as he
jean collect and arrange the necessary mate
rials. Willi reference to Such a wotk, the
venerable and lamented Mercer, in his
History of the Georgia Association, says;
i “ It would be a real advantage to the cause
j generally : it is said of Abel, that he, being
dead, yet speakelli.” His pious example
| lingers long behind him. So of Dorcas;
j after her decease, the garments she had
! made, during her life, probably for the poor,
| were exhibited as evidence of her charily !
i And why may not the labors of love, of a
| good Minister of Jesus Christ, be preserv
ed in memory, not only for the satisfaction
!of immediate friends, but as a memento of
i the iranscendant excellency of our holy rc
! ligioti.
The light which such men afford, during
their stay upon earth, is certainly pleasant
and profitable at the lime, and ought not, in
our view, to be extinguished in the grave ;
but should be left behind to lure others into
lire paths of piety and virtue.”
l'lie subscriber is aware that it is already
too late to revive tire memory of some ol
those veterans of the cross. To prevent
the memory of others from perishing, and
to held tip their godly examples to the pre
sent generation, the writer calls upon the
friends and acquaintances of our deceased
ministers, to communicate with hint respect
ing them. Facts—facts are what is need
ed—such as may illustrate the characters
and toils of those men of God.
The work may be in readiness for the
| press by next Spring, if the aid how asked
I for is promptly afforded.
J. 11. CAMPBELL.
Clinton, November 20, 1844.
Scriptim Authority for Snudry Usages.
The editor of the Christian Watchman,
j commenting on our inquiries alter the scrip
tural authority, for instituting an inferior
\ order of ministers, (licentiates,) laying cor
ner-stones with masonic honors, and for- 1
j mally installing pastors into office, re
j marks:
i “ l’hesc suggestions are important and
j timely, and we hope our correspondents
| will improve the occasion to throw increas
ed light upon the points referred to: and
; when they have done so, perhaps our broth
er of the Index, as he manifests so com- 1
mendablc a desire to find scripture authority
for every ptaclice, will direct us to the
scripture authority for publishing religious !
newspapers, sustaining Sabbath schools, j
missionary anil education societies, associa-j
lions, conventions, &e. We must either
ileum Cur mbicli no scripture
command or precedent can be found, or
practice some things on die ground of their
usefulness, if not opposed to the letter or
spirit of scripture. How is this, brother
Index ?”
The above remarks appear to us to in
volve two erroneous assumptions. We
express our views with great deference to
the acknowledged ability of our brother of
the Watchman. He appears, to us, to as
sume—l. That there is no more scriptural
authoiity (or religious newspapers, Sabbath
schools, missionary and education societies,
associations, conventions, &e., than for li
censing ministers, laying corner-stones with
masonic rites, and formally inducting a pas
tor elect into office. We think the scrip
tures do afford evidence of th'e existence,
among primitive Christians, of religious
newspapers, (not printed oties, the art of
printing being then unknown,) Sabbath
schools, (for old and young.) missionary !
and education societies, associa'ions and i
conventions. Modifications of such organi
zations existed, though not distinguished
by thesaine names, among those who spoke
the Hebrew, Greek, Roman and Asiatic
languages, as among those who, inourdav,
speak the English language ; but an inspi
red apostle teaches, that we should not
stiive about words to no profit.—2 Tim. ii.
14.
The question should not he, Was such
a tiling recogniz and by the name which it
now beais ? but did such a thing actually
exist ? \\ e know that there were mission
aries in apostolic times, though the}’ were
not designated by the name missionary ;
and these were sent out by an association
ol Christians lorined for promoting tlie
spread of the gospel, though they did not
cail their organization Bn association. That
there were ‘conventions of Christians, for
various religious purposes, is also manifest
——conventions lor teaching, administering
ordinances, consulting on Christian duties,
sending nut preachers, receiving their re
poits, &c. Acts 2, I—o, 2-15, <3-11, 22-
13, 3-14, 27, &o.—Bill we read of nothing
iu scripture similar to the Masonic ceremo
nies performed at the laying of a corner
stone, or the Romish ceremonies performed
at the induction of ministers into the pasto
lal office, or the papal distinction of orders
in the ministry.
But again—the ends for which the insti
tutions, which we defend, are organized,
j are evidently scriptural ones—that is, they
! ate ends which the setiptures leach us we
should labor to promote. The same scrip
tures teach, that il it is our duty to Jabor to
promote an end, it is equally our duty to
use the means that may b • necessary for
the accomplishment of that end, though
they may never have been specifically en
joined. This is evident, from the reproof
given to the man who buried his talent in a
napkin—Luke 19: 23. They also teach
that we are to exercise our inventive pow
ers to devise means for forwarding the be
nevolent objects which we ate taught to
promote —Frov. 14: 23.
Now, what scriptural ends are to be an
swered by the Masonic and Romish practi
ces, to Which we have alluded ? Is a house
rendered more sacred by laying its corner
stone with Masonic honors ? Istlie preach
ing in it rendered more effectual ? Are the
people who worship in it rendered mote pi
ous ? Are not the corner-stones of theatres
generally laid with Masonic honors? Do
these ceremonies produce the same effect
on theatrical and church buildings? If so,
what are these effects ? what is there held
in common by theatrical and religious so
cieties 1
We may make similar inquiries in refer
ence to the installation of pastors. Does
the ceremony of installation increase the
moral power of the pastor, or conduce to the
glory of God ? Does it render the relations
ol a pastor more endearing or enduring ?
If so, tve should like to have its mode of op
eration explained. As the scriptures are
silent on the subject of installation, whence
did u originate ? Wlmt was the main ob
ject of its introduction? Was it not to ele
| vale the person of trie priest?—to clothe
him with an assumed sanctity?—and toex
! cite a superstitious reverence for the man?
To the instituting an prder of licensed
preachers several objections may be urged.
1. It assumes tirat a man is not at liberty
; to discharge his duty to God without the j
! permission of the church. Isa mgn lias the |
; the gift of exhortation, or is ‘knowing’ in
I the scriptures, is it not his dray to exercise j
| his gift and impart the knowiege which lie j
lias, on all suitable occasions? God gives
him a talent and says, “occupy till I come;” (
but some say, he must not put it out at usu- j
ry till the church gives him leave!
2. It appears to us to open a door for the j
most hateful forms of prelacy. If we have j
a right to introduce one order i:i the minis
try, not recognised in the word of God,
have tve not an equal right to introduce otli- j
ers ? And if we have ibis right, have not
others thesame? How can we, then,gainsay
the multiplication of ordnts in the Roman
Church and its brandies ?
3. It also appeals to n*. not only to lack ‘
a divine warrant, but to conflict with what:
the scriptuies tcacli of the equality in the !
ministry. Luke 9: 4fi. 4*.
4. Such an order of ministers cannot be |
necessary to the prosperity of the Church,!
or the promulgation of the Gospel, or it
would have been introduced, wc should
ibijk, by the great Founder of the Church. |
there any real advantages to be deri-’
ved from such an order, the Church, in its |
infancy, must have needed them more than
in its maturity. We cannot think that nr: j
all-wise and benevolent God would have’
withheld them from bis Church, in the’
time ol its greatest ti ed.
o. It appears to us to be injurious to the
Church, in more ways than one. First. >
Il holds out inducements to all who are
gifted tfc speech to aspire to die ministry,
while some such are needed in the Church-!
es,t#o pfrad v+Mv-mua© f ifie widow and the
Fatherless, conduct prayer meetings, aid iu
tli|, councils 6f the Church, maintain the
rights ol church-members, and plead the
cause of the pastor.
Secondly. While a licentiate cannot as
sume the care and government of a Church i
—cannot serve effectually as a minister, lie!
is rendered comparatively useless as a pri
vate member; for he no longer considers
hiiTTself ,-ucli, and, consequently, leaves to j
others the performance of duties which lie
once performed, perhaps, with profit to I
himself and others. We have known the!
usefulness of many a man destroyed by a j
license.
Thirdly. It prepares the way for the in
troduction of incompetent men into the pas- j
toral office. \\ e cannot but consider the
license system as ft most fruitful cause of
the incompetency of our ministry. A man
known to be incompetent to do the full work
ol the gospel ministry, applies for a license
—it is only fora license be asks. Why,
says the Church, he cannot teach, it is true ;
but then he has some gift at exhortation. I
I‘lCiis too ignorant or indiscreet fora pas-1
tor, but il ho can do any good by exhorts-!
ti oif, let him do it. Thu license is given, |
and he straightway begins to figure as a 1
Baptist licensed minister. In process of ,
time, he finds some dark corner, \\ here
there is a weak and destitute Church, or!
where there are one or two good, well-i
meaning brethren, and some half dozen sis
ters, members of a distant Church, who are!
willing to enter into anew constitution, pro
vided the licensed brother, who has been
preaching to them for a season, can be or
dained. The wiles are worked—-applies-1
tion is made to his Church, in due form,forj
his prdination. The pastor looks mi will- <
iug,but dares not say anything, knowing!
his objections would be ascribed to jealou
sy ; an intelligent brother questions the |
propriety of granting the application, but
all his kill, and his more intimate associate*,
I are in favor of it; and old deacon Pliant
j says, “ True, lie wouldn’t altogether do for
such a Church as ours ; but they want him,
and they can't get any one else : and, as
brother licentiate says, half a dozen, or
more, who have been licensed since lie was
—mere striplings, some of them, too—have
been ordained ; and he will think very hard
of it, if, after being licensed so many yeais,
we should now refuse to agree to his ordi
nation. The Inethren, who want him or- 1
daincil, too, will think we are proud, and i
set too much store by human learning,
lie don’t do us any good, and if he can do
them any good, why let’s give him to the .
—its just to preach to them there in that,
dark comer, you know.”
The speech is closed with a motion :
favor of his ordination, which is carried ‘
unanimously, (item, con.) by the “ayes”
of one-twentieth of the members present.
A presbytery is called , its members con
sult what they understand to be the will of
the Church, and not their own judgments,
arid he is ordained accordingly. He serves
j the Church in the “ dark corner” twelve
! months, and leaves it to look for a wider
I field of usefulness, wo hope. All
agtee, that had he not been preaching as a
licensed minister for so many years, he
j would never have been ordained. So works
j the license system, in but too many instan
! ces. I'Ve license wen whom we would not
i think of ordaining, and then ordain them
because wc had previously licensed them! \
The second erroneous principle, which
appears to us to be assumed by our brother !
of the Watchman, is, that we may model j
lire Church by our views of utility, on sub- j
jects on which the scriptures are silent, j
This principle, if followed out, would lead !
him to sanction much in other Churches ,
which he now condemns, ‘l ire Utilitarian [
rifle is dangerous, when applied to religious j
matters.
We have given above the views on the
1 subjects discussed, which have presented j
themselves to our own mind. We cannot;
say that we are fully satisfied on all the sub- j
jects introduced. We should be much j
pleased to see our license system defended
from scripture, and learn the history of it;
and would cheerfully transfer toour columns
a scriptuial nrhistorical account of it, should
any of the correspondents of the Watch
man favor us with one.—The system is one |
to which tve submit, but we cannot feel i
convinced of its propriety.
DEBATE.
The Pastor of the Harmony Church,
Rev. S. G. Jenkins, had, by request of the |
Church, preached on thesubject of Baptism, j
when Elder Bailey, Methodist preacher,!
rose and said he professed to be a Minister j
of the Gospel, and asked Mr. Jenkins if he
| would accept of a debate on the subject—
1. Who are the subjects of Christian
; Baptism ?
2. John's Baptism ?
I 3. Christ’s Baptism ?
4. What is the proper mode of Christian
j Baptism ?
Arrangements for Moderators-, ami time
j of speaking, and place and time to meet,
! being made, Mr. Jenkins accepted.
They met at White Plains, Benton Cos.,
and continued 3 days, which ended in an
interesting debate—and, we believe, in good
to tiie community. A. D.
ESTTIie Ala. Bap. is requested to copy. [
1. Benton Cos., Ala , Nov. Bth-, 1841.
; i
For the Christian Index.
llro. Ruker. —l have read, with into.-
i g' e d emotions of disappointment and sot
row, an account of the late action of the
Executive Committee of our American
llotne Mission Society, with respect to an
application made by the Ex. Commute of
the Georgia Bjplist Convention, for the
appointment of a missionary to’labor in the
| North-western part of our State. Who
j could have thought for one moment, after
the action of the Society at its anniversary
!iu Philadelphia last April, that its Execu
tive Board would feel ally embarrassment
iin the appointment of missionaries, wltal
: ever their situation as to slavery or anti-sla
-1 very. Blit so it is, this Board have dtlsb
; crated, and refused to appoint James E
Reeves, for no other reason than that they
’ were informed he was a'slateholder. Non
! let us look at a few facts.
On Tuesday ilia 30th of April 1844, the
American Baptist Home Mission Society,
on motion of Rev. Air. Fuller of S. C.
passed, by a vote of 123 to 01, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, viz.—"Whetc
as, the question lias been asked—whether
the Board would or would not employ
slaveholders as missionaries of this Society,
and whereas, it is important that this ques
tion should receive a full and unequivocal
answer, therefore,
Resolved, 1 hat as the CohsliWtion of
the Home Mission Society, clearly defines
its object to be the promotion of the Gos
pel in North America, and as it is provided
by such constitution', That any auxiliary
Society may designate the object to which
the funds contributed by it shall be applied,
and may also claim a missionary or mis
sionaries, according to such funds, and -se
lect the field where such missionary or
reside,
subjects of slavery or anti-shivery, into
this body, is in direi t contradiction of the
j whole letter and purpose of tlie said consti
tution, and is, moreover, a most tinner essa-
ry agitation of topics with which tile Socie
ty lias no concern, over which it lias no
control, and as to which its operations should
not be fettered, nor its deliberations dis
turbed.
2. That the Home Mission Society, be
ing only an agency to disburse liie funds
confided lo it, according to the wishes ‘ol
the contribuiots, therefore, uurco-operaiion
in this body does not imply anv sympathy
either with slavery or anti-slavery, as to
which Societies and individuals are left as
free and uncommitted as there weictio
such co-operation.”
These resolutions then, were lo consti
tute the rule by which the Board were to
he governed in the appointment of mission
aries, so far as this particular question is
concerned. They were not to ask ques
tions, individuals proposed as mis
sionaries neld slaves or did not hold them.
Nor were they to he trammelled in their
operations whether they were informed or
not, as to the peculiar relations of the mis
sionaries respectively to the institution ol
slavery. Can we suppose the Board mi
stand these resolutions in any othei point
of light? Were eto do this, we should
1 guilty of an imputation upon the r un
derstanding which intelligent men ought
not to bear.
Nor does the constitution of the Society
! furnish any ground for difficulty in the case
; before us; The second article says, “The
! great object of this Society shall be to pro
| mote the preaching of the gosjiel in North
America.” Is Georgia in that part of the
world called, North America? Are there
not hundreds and thousands of our fellow
beings willing lo hear the gospel, asking
no questions whether the preachers hold
slaves or not? Or have the members of
the Executive Board no sympathies for
poor sinners whose misfortune it is to live
South of the 40th parallel of North lati
| tuile ? Is it so that Southern Baptists have
never paid any tiling into the treasury of
j that Society ? Surely nothing ol this sort
will be pretended. %
But they are informed that Mr, R. is a
j slaveholder—they are told his appointment
| will slop the mouths of gainsayers at the
South. Trulv they are so informed : and
: what a splendid opportunity is furnished to
| show their superiority to sectional preju
dices, and to evince a disposition to cairy
out their instructions, as above exhibited,
to the very letter ! Let us imagine we see
these brethren of the Board in session.—
‘l'lie letter of the venerable Sanders is j
produced and read by the Secretary. Mr. i
B. rises and says, “With our Northern j
missionaries wc have no difficulty upon
this pressing question ; they are ail to a
man anti-slavery. And with respect to
many of our Southern brethren, L should
have nothing to object, for, poor men, they
cannot hold slaves if they would: but in
this case, we are distinctly informed that j
Mr. R. is a slaveholder— it is an unusual
application.” Mr. 1L seated, uprises Mr. |
1). and gravely remarks, “With (lie senti- j
ments of bro. B. I fully concur; to act ac-!
cording to the suggestions of our Georgia i
brethren were to discuss the whole subject
of slavery; I move that the application be
not entertained.” Mr, C. drops a word of
caution as to hasty proceedings, &e. cfcc.
and the whole subject is postponed for fu
ture deliberation and action.
The lime for the next meeting arrives—
a quorum is present—the subject of the
Georgia application is introduced—many
remarks are made, and the motion “not to
entertain” prevails. Now comes an extra
ordinary effort of human ingenuity to weave
a veil to cover up this one-sided proceed
ing, so as to satisfy us poor gullable Geor
gians, that nothing bad is intended. The
subject is mentioned, aud the “tendency”
is, to “ disturb the deliberations of the
Hoard.” Mentioned! Yes, mentioned—
that’s all I And suppose ottr Georgia Com
mittee had concealed the laet, what then?
Is it a want of charity to think .they would
have been denounced for their duplicity and
treachery ?
It is well known here in the South that
we have held on to our Northern brethren,
in the estimation of many good friends,
even beyond ths point of honorable for
bearance. This tve have done for the sake
of union and efficiency in carrying forward
the great work of evangelizing the world.
But the tiijie draws nigh when we must
separate. Union is no longer desirable
when an Executive Board are called upon
j for action, iu their appropriate sphere, and
I they choose to misapprehend the law and
return a negative to their petitioners.—
Who asked these men to discuss—to legis
late ? Our Georgia Board, 1 apprehend,
did not expect any such thing at theirhands.
The discussion closed last April, and the
principle was clearly settled upon which
I South and North were to co-operate. If
j we could think the Board did not so under
! stand the subject, charity would say, let us
| still forbear. But how could they niisun
i (ierstaml iu so plain a case?
lit view then of all the facts before me,
lor one, 1 am prepared to wish the Commit
tee appointed to dissolve the Society good
success in their work. lam prepared also
to co-operate with Southern Baptists in any
scheme to do good, at heme or abroad,
which their united wisdom may devise.—
And it may be, the sooner we go to work
upon this subject the better it will be for
us. Hoping you will excuse thclcngthof
this communication, I remain,
Affectionately yours,
W. 11. STOKES.
Piney Woods, Nov. 15th 1844.
i .Harming a nil Disgraceful. —The Board
: of Education, in this city, have lately inada
| their report, which is so full of important
1 facts, that, il we had room, we should bo
I glad to aitl in circulating it. It istheiesta
■ ted, that there are six wards in the city in
which the Word of God is foibiddeu to be
i read! They are the first, fourth, sixth,
eleventh, twelfth and fourteenth wards. It
is chiefly, if not solely, owing to the objec
tions of rapists, who are permitted, through
the provisions of the odious school law,
though few in number, and paying compara
tively nothing for the support of the schools,
to exclude the book which the large majori
ty of the citizens desire to be used. This
is democracy and equality with a vengeance.
W e have greatly mistaken the American
I spirit, if such outrages are suffered to con
[ limit; long.— N. 1\ Evangelist.
I Eules so) Gentlemen. —Marry not a wo
mail who cannot make asshit,t t, or cook a
j meal’s victuals. Such a woman would
j keep a man poor all the days of his life.
Marry not a woman who is a lady and
I proud ; because she will be continually
| scoldin'* if she does not get every thing she
wants,.,
Marry not a woman who. thinks herself
better than any one else ; because it shows
; a want of sense, and she will have but few
\ friends.
Marry not a ‘.roman who is fond of spin
ning street yarn ; because such a woman
| will not make a good wife, and will never
j be contented at home.
Marry not a woman who is in the daily
| habit of slandering her neighbors, and giv-
I ing ear to all the gossiping she hears. Such
j women make the worst of wives.
Eilveulion. —The fullouing brief and
j beautiful passage is taken from an article in
: Frazier’s Magazine:—Education does not
! commence with the alphabet. It begins
] with a mother’s look—with a father’s nod
! of approbation, or sigh of reproof—with a
| sister’s gentle pressure ol the hand, or a
i brother’s noble act ol forbearance —-with
handfuls of flowers in green daisy meadows
—with birds’ nests admired but not touch
ed—with creeping ants and almost imper
ceptible emmets —with humming bees and
glass behives —with pleasant walks in sha
dy lanes—and with thoughts directed in
j sweet and kindly tones and words, to na
, tore, to beauty, to acts of benevolence, to
I deeds of viitue, and to the source of all
j Good, to God himself.”
‘•I am in favorof immediate annexation,”
I said a lady in .Mississippi to a repudiator.
i “So am 1 !” replied he, “so let’s unite.”—
j “No, no, you repudiated the Union Bonds
. once, and may do it again,” was the sarcas
tic reply.
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
Titos. Paschal, @2 50, Qet.’ls; John
Wright, 82 50, Jan.’46; Tlios. Melton,
82 50, June ’45 ; Rev. Wm. Manning,
810, July ’45 ; Rev. J. M. Chiles, $5, Jau.
’46; D. Mims, 85, Sept. ’45; Bryant Al
liston, 85, ; Jordan Barnes, John
F. Griflin, Richard S. Griffin, and Col.
Bluford F. Griffin, each $2 50, to Dec. ’45.
A teacher who has some experience in
teaching—a graduate of Western Reserve
College, Ohio, a good scholar and a mem
ber of the Baptist Church—wants a situa
tion somewhere in Georgia. Inquire of
Kev. B. M. Sanders, or at this office.
Becith in the midst of a Discussion. —
Rev. John Curtis, of the Reformed Baptist
Church, (Campbeilite, we presume.) died
recently in Virginia, while opening a pub
lic debate with Rev. Jas. B. L. Williams',
of the Methodist Church, Particulate next
week