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For the ChrisliaJt Index. i f I Dear lira. Baker —l saw, from ihe In- ( dex of the Ist instant, that tlie Circular Let ter, for the Tuscaloosa Association, was written by Dr. Manly, and is on the sub ject of Election, and was gratified to learn that you propose transferring it to the col umns of th” Index. I indulge the pleasing j hope, that the Doctor has succeeded in ac- i coimnodattng this most difficult point of!’ doctrine to the capacities of plain men. There is, to toy mind, a degree of mystery in this Bible Doctrine, that makes it dan gerous for those unskilled in the Word of Life, to temper with it. Some, fond of talking of the Covenant, Election, and Per neveiance, as all arranged in the Councils of Eternity, are much disposed to overlook, and pass by, the other doctrines connected with them —as, also, works of charity and deeds of love, which God hath before or dained that we should walk in them. I hope, however, as the article by I)r.! -Manly is from one who stands prominently h'orlli as talented and pious, and is addressed to Churches composed of plain men, that its character will be such as all must ap- \ ptove, its contents such as all will he able 1 to understand, lly the way, permit me to say that, as a Baptist, 1 do not admire the practice of putting tails to the names ol Baptist Ministers, in the shape of D. 1).: to my mind, (being a plain man,) it docs not correspond with the simplicity of the Gospel. 1 have noLyet found a 1). D. he JJ <>. *. m. refill, IXr. Peter, and Dr. John, I think, sound badly. Besides, we arc all alike in one respect—we have proud hearts that are easily puffed up ; and 1 guess, if I bad a D. D. attached to my name, I should feel a good deal larger than my brethren who had not, and soon become like the good brother who was elected Moderator. Afiurwards, he always signed his name with his title added, and supposed, of course, he was to act his part in that (ra pacity wherever Ire went. It sufficed) that the servant he as his master—the Disciple as his Lord. I like the old-fashioned style of Elder, best of all. Rev. and I). 1)., when connected with a Minister’s name, I regard as twin brothers; • when combined, I should think they would sink a common man. How wise the peti tion taught us, ‘Lead us not into tempta tion.’ Tho meeting of tire Florida Association took place at the time and place appointed. The session was harmonious, and we were more than pleased to have the company and labors of several of the Ministers from Georgia. We hope long to remember them, and often to meet with and hail them us messengers of the Gospel of Peace. We call ourselves Missionaries ; and although, by comparison with other bodies, we be not fast asleep, we certainly are not fully awake. Who, of us nil, can render an ac count of our stewardship ? As soon as we get our Minutes, 1 will send you a copy, that you may know ol otir slate ; and hope, at the same lime, to send you some new names, with the pay I'm some already sent—till which time, I sub-! scribe myself, Yours, in the Gospel, A LOOKER ON. Madison co., Fla., Nov. 15th, 1844. For the Christian Index. liro, Baker. —l should have introduced myself to you sooner, but 1 have been ex ceedingly busy this year. 1 was acquaint ed with your predecessor while editor of the Index, acted as an agent for the paper, and have been a constant reader of it since its first publication, but ns we are strangers will give you a brief sketch of my history, and that of the Baptists in this country. — 1 was baptized by bro. Jacob King, at Tliotnaston, Ga., removed to Florida in 1832. and was ordained to “tho ministry in 1833. There was them but one Baptist church tn all East Florida. I commenced preach- \ iog, and with the aid of bro. Bates, (then : almost wornout,) the only baptist preacher! in E. hlotida, wc received and constituted several churches. In the winter of 1835, the Indian war came on and broke up our 1 chutches, burned our dwelling and meeting! houses and scattered our people. In a short time the old bro. died, and every preacher of every denomination (except tnyselQjleft E. Florida. 1 remained, preach ed many funerals in Forts, Block houses and in the woods Ac. of those killed by the savage. When the war abated, 1 com menced rebuilding Zion, and had consider able success, and again with the aid of some brethren 1 , (especially llro. Jas. McDonal, a ! minister employed by the Baptist Home! Mission Society) wo constituted several j churches. In 1843 an act of Congress en titled an ael for the armed occupation of Florida, induced many of the people to a vail themselves of its benefits which amt in scattered our people and in some degree crippled our churches. 1 again commenced itinerant preaching, and in last month re ceived a commission hour the Bap. H. M. S. to continue my work. In the new set tlements we had many difficulties to sur mount, but our watchword was, onward. I found 81 baptists scattered over avast scope of country, and succeeded in pntting them under the watch cane of each other. In the first yaar I baptized only two. sec ond year, 0 : third year, 10, and since the first of this month have received 8 more. So you will see we aregainingand perhaps doing much good in reclaiming and keep ing in order our old scatteied members. Perhaps you will hear from me again. Pray for us, a war worn people. Yours in Lore. JOHN TLOJvER. We shall always Ire pleased to hear from brother Tucker. In the progress of the cause of Christ in Florida, wc feel a peculiarly deep interest. 15. For the Christian Index. Some months ago, before Polk was elec ted. and while the extent of the cotton crop was undetermined, on Lord’s day I attend ed public worship at a certain Meeting: House, Now whether that M. 11. was in j Greene, Oglethorpe, or Taliaferro, Pshall { not say, for 1 do not intend to be personal. Yet I shall he so far personal, that I have very little doubt, that the statement of what I saw there, may with little alteration, Ire assumed as true of some meeting house in j either of the eounties designated, or per-1 I haps in almost any one of the remaining j ; ninety counties in the State. As the day was disagreeably hot, and the j | hour of meeting somewhat uncertain, to! 1 avoid the heat and to make sure of being ’ jin time, I went early, As I approached , ! the grove, I perceived a number of horses ] I tied to the trees, and quite a collection of! | men grouped about, in sqtiods, of three, | four or half a dozen. For the purpose of i refreshing myself by the cool shade before : preaching, I seated myself a little apart yet : near enough to be obliged to hear what if • u+Mupj uit ;oj muff my u**ghhrrrrr. In one group was a venerable-looking old brother descanting to several younger men | upon the severity of the drought upon the cotton crop. In another part of the yard, ; another old brother, a deacon of the church | was lamenting a short crop of corn. Up ! j on the horse-blocks, were a set pajtly com ’ j posed of church members, discussing the ’ | probabilities of the election. On the church steps were a number bemoaning the liard ! ness ol the times, and the low profits of i agriculture! labor. Several proups of young • men were gaily conversing obout the bCau ’ ly and ngrccableuess of the girls ; while j there were several lete a tele’s going on in which I suspected tire parties of being in . the act of driving a bargain. Grieved and alllicted hy these observa tions, I turned my eyes to the inside of tho church; and there I saw a considerable col lection ol sisters who seemed to be for the ( most part, quietly u liisperiug with one a notlier 1 heard nothing that was said, atul i the “charily that liopeth all things” led me ; to suppose that they were saying no harm. . j But upon the back benches I noticed some 1 young ladies, whose constant tittering and frequent glances towards the knots ofyoung men in the yard, made me fear that their thoughts were not such as become the house j of God! j As 1 noticed these things, some painful! j thoughts forced themselves into my mind. Is this the way, 1 asked myself, in which j the disciples of our Master keep holy the j day on which he rose “the first fruits from the dead?” Would it not he more seemly for that venerable brother to point out to hearers the unprofitable nature of sin ? Might not that worthy deacon be better employed in shewing the riches of that • bread “which if a man cat, ho shall never hunger !” Might not those brethren moro profitably lie: discussing the slate of the Redeemer’s kingdom ? And would it not be more honorable employment for the : voices of those young men to sing the praises of God ? While these thoughts concerning others, were revolving in my ; mind, my reflections turned upon my own employment. Might not l 100 be better employed in attempting to warn ray Allow creatures, than merely observing them ? Should I not even then, cry aloud end call them at once to the worship of God? | What might have been my duty 1 knew | not. but I send you, bro. editor, these lines : that if you appiove, may warn, not merclv i the few brethren 1 then saw, but the many i who read your paper, that in waiting (or ! the public worship of God, they dishonor not 11 is name and desecrate not His Holy ; day. Oil nty brethren, while we wait lor j the service of God, let us attempt to wait j in the Spirit; especially if it he on tho l Lord's day. MATIIETES. For the Christian Index. minutes of it Ministers’ mid Deacons’ Meeting of the Coosa Baptist Association. I /Ida td/ etui s Creek Church, Cass county , \ i commenting on Frida i/, A’ov. 15, IS 14. Ist. Brother Lewis, and his alternate, both failing t 0 attend, the lntrodac/orij was ; delivered hy Elder Win. Woods, from li tus 1 and 7. 2d. The following then came forward, and enrolled their names as members, i. e.: J- IF B. Shackelford, of Cassville, and W in. \\ end, late ol Gave Spring, ordained i Ministers; and M. Wright, from the Eden; ((•lunch; A. M. Hamilton, and Pendleton lsbal, Deacons, from Petal’s Creek. lid. Called to older, by electing J. H. ii, j j Shackelford Moderator, and Win. Wood : Sect clary. flit. On motion, appointed brethren | Shackelford, Hamilton and Wood, a com -1 mitice on business; then adjourned, with j prayer, till to-morrow, 10 o’clock. Saturday, Kith—met pursuant toadjouni i men!. Brethren A. 11. Spruce, and Chas. Dodson, Deacons, of Petal’s Creek, came, forward, and enrolled their names as mem- j I hers. ; sth. Brother Lewis tailing to appear and discharge the trust heretofore committed to ; him, brother Shackelford was appointed to j supply, who preached from John 14 and 14. 6th. After an intermission for the Church to hold its Confidence, the meeting was I called to order hy the Moderator. The committee presented its reports as follows, • which was received : Ist. Itr what does the office of a Minister consist? what are his duties; and how ought they to be discharged? 2nd. In what does the office of a Deacon consist? what are his duties; and how ought thet” to be discharged ? 3d. Wlrat are the duties of Church mem bers, in relation tobotii Ministeis and Dea- j cons ? 4th. What is the true interpolation of j Luke 17—3 and 4 ? Osh. Is it according to Gospel order, for! j members of the Church to sue for divorce ? i j II they may be divorced, may either of the j : patties marry again ? i Gilt. Is it according to Gospel order, f r ! members of the Church to collect debts from ! each other by law \ i 7th. the Ist and 2d queries were deferred i for future consideration, and the following adopted instead of the third: Is it in accord- j ancc with the genius of New Testainen. Church order, that there should he definite stipulations in pecuniary i finetors and Churches ? Answered nuani : mous, we believe it is. Bth. Took up the 4th query, i. c-.: What; is the true interpretation of Lule 17, and i 3-4 ? Answer—The duty in Christians to cherish a spirit of forgiveness of injuries, j as far as consistent with the cliatictcr the Church ought to sustain, ofmoraljiur.tv. Dili. The sth and 6lh queries dijTerred for j future consideration. Adjourned, with prayer, to tUs place, i ! Friday before the 3d Lord’s Dai. in July i next, when, we trust, we shall inject more j of our brethren. J. 11. B. SHACKELFORI, Mod. Wji, Wood, See. For the Christian Index.. ( Revival Intelligent)!;. State of Louisiana, ) Parish of Claiborne, Nov. 5, 1844. Dear Bro. linker —Having a little lei sure, 1 sit down to give to you anil yottrmr-! morons readers some account of In; grow-; ing prosperity of our Lord’s Vineyard, in this western country. About eighteen months ago, I paid my 1 first visit to this parish, in which I nfnv re side—and found, indeed, in soot - parts, many Baptists, and three Churches. The j one at Mount Lebanon, numbered about | seventy members, hut had no pastor, and | were in a very cold slate: added to this, ; they had been in an almost unparalleled dis-; 1 family, which had originated principally about tin ii former pastor. AtlCrWm bor and passionate discussion, under lire 1 excitement of the most unpleasant party feeling, the matter resulted in the exclusion of seventeen members, and the censure of I several more. Many of the excluded mem- I hers being persons of high standing in the community, and having been long members | of the Church, thought the discipline of the Church too hard, and complained nmeh of the treatment they had received; and the ; community, generally, participator! in the ; unpleasant parly strife, and it was kept up, i with little abatement, for about three years. I In this condition 1 found the community, i when I canto here; and many of the mem-1 bers of the Rchobulh Church under the in fluence of much hard feeling. I agreed to move to this country, hut was providentially prevented until last st’mmer. i 1 arrived here about the last of July, of this year, and commenced my ministerial labors 1 the first Sabbath in August, at which time !we had a meeting of some inietest; and; from that time, a gradual change has been going on—hardness and coldness gave way , as the Christians became awake to their du-! I tics and responsibilities. On conversing j | with the Church, I found that they believed j | most of the members, that had been exclud ed, to be hue believers, though they were ’ out of [lie Church—and I soon found stilii cient cvidui.ee to convince me that they were my Father’s Children, and therefore I wanted them in the foi.J. To effect a reconciliation, i first labored to bring the Church to a diligence ;h her duty, and, consequently, to a proper state of religious feeling, in the exercise and on- j joyment of all the Christian graces. I care-1 fully avoided becoming a purtizan', and, | therefore, suspended lire expression of an I opinion as to lire correctness of the course I pursued by the Church itr cutting off those j members; and, by teaching them all as; though 1 taught them not, confidence was inspired in both Church and excluded per-j sons—and all agreed, so far as I heard, to I submit the matter of difference to myself; but, learitrg to lake so great a responsibili ty upon myself alone, and expecting some valuable ministering brethren to visit us, we appointed a protracted meeting to commence on Friday before the first Sabbath in Nov. j last. Previous to that meeting, the Lord 1 granted to His children an unusual mea- j sure of prayerful nfixiety :• the brethren and sisters all seemed to be deeply solicitous j that the Lord would revive his wort;, and restore the joys of His salvation. A few days before the meeting, brethren ! Perkins and Wallace, from Arkansas, i inn* with me from the Salim Association, and j • the meeting commenced with unusual in terest —evident symptoms of a revival ap peared. Many of the excluded persons, mentioned above, became anxious for a re ! conciliation—but honestly differing with | the Chuich as to the correctness of the dis ciplrne, by which they had been excluded, they were unwilling to subrnitto it. They agreed to submit the matter to the above named brethren and myself, and to do as we might direct. This done, we directed them first to remove all personal and indi ! vidual dissatisfaction, and then present j themselves before the Church, ami ask to | be restored, and we would direct the Church jto such a course as would satisfy them, ! which was to erase their names from the 1 excluded list, so dial their names should ; not stand on the record as excluded. To litis tiie Church agreed, and all, ex cept two or three, were thus restored—and I such a scene, perhaps, has never been wil ; tressed west of the Mississippi River. I j may give you abetter conception of it, 1 when I tell you that the Church was com posed, principally, of relations and acquain tances, from tire same part of South Caro : lina. Many brothers, sisters, cousins, ; nephews, nieces, and some parents and children, had been for years separated from - each othfcr, but now forgetting their differ ences, they were united in the love and lel i lowship of our common Saviour ; and so I imposing was the scene, and so powerful ; the influence of the Spirit of God upon the ! hearts ol the unregenerale, that very many j were deeply convicted, and about twenty | converted in a few hours. We protracted the meeting until Thurs | day. by which time fifty-seven had been : added to the Church. We then formed a - procession to go to the water, and marched j in the following order: —The ministers in ! (rout, a choir of 12 singers next, the candi dates next, letnales in front, and males in the rear, tho relatives o! lire candidates next, and the rest of tire congregation in the rear; all marched, in columns of four deep, \ about three hundred paces to the waters’ | brink. I then baptized thirty-seven, and 1 we marched hack to the house in the same j order. The newly baptized converts were | then formed into a straight litre, and the | Church proceeded to give the right hand of i fellowship to them all. The hills resound i ed with the voices of praise from the sweet | singers of Israel—many hearts rejoiced— i many tears flowed, and many stood with aching hearts, and breathless astonishment, !at the imposing scene. We then took an affectionate leave of tiie congregation, ami j each returned home after being together lot ; seven days ami ti ghts. Brethren Wallace and Perkins then went, with many others of the brethren, the next day, to a Church, about twenty pve miles south, lately constituted, where ■ we had equally as interesting a meeting for two days only, when I baptized fifteen ; and, having other appointments, we were compelled to dismiss tire in eting with great reluctance. Tim work seems to be going on. The j voice of the Turtle Dove is heard in our laud—the ties its and solitary places are i made glad—the wilderness is blossoming like the rose-—and the glorious Sun of \ Righteousness has arisen with healing in | his wings. Yours, in Christ, GEO. W. BARNES. Letter Bora Mr. Tryon, Through the kindness of brother Sati | ders, we are permitted to make tire follow ing extracts from a letter received from bio. Tryon. Both Mr. Tryon and Mr. Heard, whose death is noticed, were known to ma | ny ol ottr readers : Washington, Texas, Nov. 13,’l l. Dear Bro. Sanders: —l received your friendly letter some months since, and with it the Christian Index, the nuiiibeas of which have come duly to hand up to this time. Upon the reception of your favor, 1 felt gratified that, notwithstanding the mul tiplicity o! business which 1 know must press upon you, have taken time to address me. By sending my old acquaintance, the Index, you have placed me under renewed obligations. “ Whosoever giveth a cup of ; cold water to a discipie, in the name of a disciple, shed/ not lose his reward.” During the past summer and fail, I have travelled, and preached extensively, in dil- ; icrent parts of the Republic. The people Universally manifest great anxiety to hear j the Woi'.d- In many places, the blessing of the Lord has attended the ministration of! truth ; and numbers, >ve trust, have been hopefully converted to Christ. Tae Meth odists are doing much in this Republic, j They have preachers in almost every conn- | ty ; and, in many places. Baptists are unit ing with them, because they cannot hear : Baptist preaching, and there are no Baptist Churches! 1 recently visited Harrison county. East- | era Texas, where 1 attended, as a delegate from the Western, the Sabine Baptist Asso- i ciation.—This body was constituted in Oc- : tober, 1813 : it was composed, at that time, of six Churches, connected with which, were one hundred and forty-two eommuni eauts ; it at present comprises nine Church es, which embrace two hundred and fifty- j eight members—the increase, as shown by i letters, being almost exclusively by baptism j The meeting eommeuced oil the Friday ! before the first Lord’s Day in October, and i continued until the ensuing Wednesday, j Elder Lemuel Herring was re-elected Mod- I erator—the business of the Association was I [transacted with much harmony—the con | gtegations at the stand were large, respec i table in appearance, and orderly in beha | viour. We have also reason to believe that j the ministration of the Word was attended with the Spirit’s power, as very many manifested deep seriousness—and fourteen, ere the meeting closed, put on Christ hy ; baptism. During the time of my attend-; ance upon the Association, I was hospitably j entertained at the residence of Mr. Web-; ster, formerly of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. J Mr. W- is the father-in-law of the late Geo. j F. Heard. Mrs Heard, his daughter, and I her infant son, reside with him. With j brother Heard, 1 first became acquainted in Georgia. Our intimacy was renewed in ; Alabama: we were together at a protracted j meeting in Montgomery, in the year ’39,1 at which time many were added to the i Church : we served as members of the Ala. Baptist Convention in the same year, atid j subsequently met frequently, both in pub lic anilin private circles.—.ludge, then, tire delight with which l learned, last fall, that brother Heard had settled in Eastern Tex as ! By a member of Congress, from Har riso.i county, on his return home from Washington, I sent him a letter, in which, among other tilings, I suggested a plan of co-operations for the advancement of the cause of Christ throughout the Republic. But, alas ! ere the letter reached its desti nation, his spirit had taken us everlasting 1 flight—it had gone to its long sought home ! Ours was the loss, but his the gam. Proceeding to Mr. Webster’s, alter en tering Harrison county, 1 had jimmied to 1 within a mile of his residence, when, as I passed over a small elevation which once had been the cite of at: Indian village, to my right, shaded by a few trees, L discov ; ered two graves. One of these graves con tained the remains of George F. Heard! Often, during my stay in the neighborhood, did 1 seek that lonely spot to meditate— ; to A’ecp ! “ ’Tis hard to lay into tire ear h. ;A countenance so benign! a form that walked, : But yesterday so stately o'er the earth !” Brother Heard was universally esteemed ! in Harrison county, and he manifested, du ring Iris short residence in Texas, a deep | anxiety lor tiie prosp ritv of Mion. By Ins ! death, the Republic lias lost one of her best citizens, and the Baptist cause a wan who j promised fair to stand foremost in its sup : port. Fir the Christian Index. To the Minister- and Beacons of the liinl litter. Both Mountain, and Centra! j Associations, — G a extinct ; Dear Brethren.— At a general meeting iof the Central association, (28ih lust.) it j was unanimously agreed to appoint a Miti ! ister sand Deacon’s meeting at Sharon, 0 nines east of McDonoueh, to commence on Friday Li fiua lire ii fill Sabbath in March 1 next. i’he church ol Sharon was in con- I tcrenee with the meeting, and it was unaui ; mnusly resolved that tiie appointment he ! published in the index, and the brethren ! he earnestly solicited to attend. Will you come brethren? Do! The ] Lord has blessed Sharon \t ith a gracious re | ‘ival of religion, and also added the neces j series and coinfoits of this life in . : inula ice. Tiie objects of the meeting arc, Union among ourselves—Mutuni ediileat: n -Thc advancement of the Redeemer’s kingdom, and the glory of (I ■ 4 ! In behalf of the church and delegates. W. BRYANT, Sec’y, N. 15. J. S. Callaway is appointed to preach, on Friday, to the deacons ; and ’]’. 1 I '. VV ilkes on Saturday, to the ministeis. W. 15. For the Christian Index. A Suggestion. lira. Baker. — We now understand, ; without a doubt, timl it will he utterly im | possible for us ever to give onr slaves an i opportunity of reading for themselves the word oi God, without incurring the danger ol their pocket being filled with incendiary , publications; and, feeling desirous to do what we can ior them, I now propose tile following Query to the brethren, which I would be glad you would Irstneaud propose io them, provid: and von believe good could come irom it. As we are starting atul cou dm ling Sabbath Schools itr many ol our churches, could not one or two of the breth ren of each chuich be induced to spend a couple of hours, in reading the Testament and explaining the same to the slaves, at a e’ertain hour, after the close of the sabbath school on each sabbath ? If thought advi-; sable, 1 would propose the reading of so many chapters each day, commencing the ! next sabbath, where it was left oil” the pro ceeding onm so ns to read the whole scrip- j ture before them This is my method be-; fore my family. By these means our ser-1 vatris could, in a few read, become, from I memory, both acquainted v/'tli the scrip-1 lures, than many whiles are now, and :;i possible injury could result from it. Yours respectfully, A. E*. WHITTEN. Persecution in Madeira. By a letter from Dr. Robert R. Kuliev, : dated Madeira, Sept. 27, which we find in j the London Times, it appears that the work ! of persecution is still going on-there. Du- i ring the summer many readers of the Bible ! had been beaten, some by day on the pub- > lie roads, and others by night after their! their houses had been broken open- On I the 24th of September, an officer with sis-! ty soldiers surrounded several houses, stripped them of whatever was valuable, j and took twenty seven prisoners. These i are confined at Funchal, denied ail commu- 1 mention with their friends, and not allowed! lb have even food given them. Besides i those in prison, there is a large number in ! hidings, in caves and dens of the earth.— The letter says, “AI! this is perpetrated without a cause, without a shadow of ex cuse. The only reason why they are trial-1 treated, in point of fact, is because tjiey read God’s word, aud seek to follow its dictates, notwithstanding the opposition of men.” PENFIELD. ‘ FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1545. To Correspondents. Tire brother, who says, “I would write more and oftener, were it not for the tax of postage, and my fear of doing harm,” is i informed that we are willing to pay the postage on his communications; but, as I our paper is small, we must condense or i epitomise long communications. Brother J. M. Chiles’directions, through I D. E. Butler, Esq., have been followed, j Robert Jones is credited only to Jan. ’4l ; | his estate is consequently indebted for j four years’ subscription. Bro. J. G. Milner’s acc’t, (State Right,) [ and sister A. Sharp’s, are corrected, a3 di ’ reeled by our esteemed brother and agent, J. M. J. There are two J. G. Milners, : who are subscribers for onr paper. We j send the Index to three Dr. Terrells : one [of them was returned nearly a year a^o, | with the request to stop it. Which of die ! tl liee V - ;1S to he stopped, we have never | been able to ascertain. | f A min.her of communications, queries, I &e. are unavoidably crowded out of this : number. We shall be compelled to con dense the articles of our correspondents, j unless they curtail them. Our Credits. We hope our subscribers will note them carefully end inform us of any omissions oi errors they may discover. At this sea son of tiie year wo are peculiarly liable to j commit emus from the variety and ninlti ; tuile of the orders received. The credits of the two, liro. G. W. Milners are I now duly corrected. We gave credit to one of them which wc should have given to die other. Nat at Hour. We do not expect to leave Pcnfirld slroit ; ly, hut we design to be “ Not at Home,” !nt ihe polite acceptation of the phrase, for a few weeks to come. We shall leave our j colleague to perform the honors of our table | editorial. j Ao/rt Bom. —Those wishing to pay up ; arrearages are informed that wc will always he in place to receive ‘ funds, give credits and acquittances. Also, new subscribers ar- assured that we will take particular cate to ho “at home.,'’ when they call, or send us their names, as we are much in want hot It of money and pa'rons. ‘A e hir e paid over four dollars to Rev. r. L. Brooks us directed by Rev. W. L. Tucker. Mr. Robcil Junes’Estate is due the of lie, iron) J in. 11-313. I’iiis s’atiment is made by request. We have received 8i i from the I\ M- Lawiencrviile, on account ol A. E. Whit ten. W i!l bro. W. direct us how to ap propriate it ? IvC\, Jos. rodiill requests his correspon dents heteafter to direct allcontmunications intenoed for him, to Waynesboro’, instead of Augusta. Hyraa Book. A brother writes, “I atn much plessed to’ sec a proposition for a Southern hymm hook. I will he one of one hundred, or a iny number over that, who will take and iay for 20 copies.” If a competent man | will undertake the compilation of one we • will insure him a handsome profit. Wc are | satisfied with Matts and Rippon, or Dos i fi(, y's choice ; but many desire anew livmn j hook. Who will undertake the work? Klrjticlnnsnt .M tny feel t!ic importance of retrenching | i!ieir expenses during these “ everlasting | hard times.” We once were voung, but | :irc now in tire wane of life, yet soft times. or times that die extravagant and avarieious would admit to lie prosperous, have we never seen.—“ The timas are hml—stop my paper,” has been sounded in the ear of editors annually from time immemorial. We h ive received a number of orders to discontinue our paper, from brethren who assure us that they are well pleased with it, ami regret Id have to order it stopped. What is to become ofourpaper, thechurch, tire cause of Christ at large,*il ::'l b’gin, as too many do, their retrenchment with titeir religious papers? We know some that think they cannot possibly give- 82 50 for a re ligious paper, that give that amount or more for political papers, and for other tilings wholly unnecessary, if not hurtful.—ReU gious papers should be the last item in our list of retrenchments. For our part, we would give up two msa!s a day, before we would give up our religious paper. We would retrench in butter, sugar, coffee, tea, and even in bread, the staff of life, before wc would deprive ourself of the opportuni tunity of becoming acquainted with the pro gress of the cause of Christ, the fulfilment of prophecy, &e. Brethren, you who may be thinking of stopping your paper, consider, before you decide to do so, whether you cannot, by the practice o.fa little self-denial, sava fivqcents