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Sanbury Association.
The following resolutions were passed \
by the Sunbury Association at its late ses
sion in Darien :
Missions—Stale Convention.
Resolved, That the Treasurer be in
structed to hold the amounts contributed for |
Foreign Missions, subject to the order of
the Treasurer of the Georgia baptist Con
vention.
Resolved, That wo deem it highly im
portant and desirable, that our Churches
and Associations aid, by their counsels and
money, the Georgia Baptist Convention, in
forming and carrying out some general j
plans for the promotion of Domestic Mis- 1
sions, and that the Executive Committee of
the Association be requested to open a cor
respondence with the board of the Conven
tion on this subject.
Rev. Wilson Conner.
Whereas, This Association has received
the afflicting intelligence of the death ot our
beloved brother, Rev. Wilson Conner, for
many years a faithful servant of Christ,
be it, therefore,
Resolved, That we cherish the memory
of our departed brother, and hold in high es
teem the virtues that adorned his life.
Resolved, That wo sincerely sympathize
with his family in their bereavement, and
that the Clerk be directed to forward a copy
of our Minutes, containing these resolutions,
to the family of biolhcr Conner.
Mercer University.
Resolved, That the present prospects of
the Mercer University are such as to give
us every confidence in its permanency and
usefulness.
Christian Index.
Resolved, That we recommend to each
of our Churches to make strenuous efforts
to increase the patronage of the only baptist
Paper published in Georgia, the Christian
index.
THE SABBATH-CIRCULAR OF THE
SUNbUKY ASSOCIA TION.
To the Churches, comprising the Sunbury
Assosiation, and its Correspondents.
Dear brethren—ls we look into the ar
rangements of God, both physical and mo
ral, we find them marked with infinite wis
dom, blended with infinite love. As we
•urvey the works which “day unto day ut
ter speech of Him,” and “ night unto night
•show the knowledge and wisdom of God,”
us we trace the order and design of nature,
they tell us not only of the glory, but also
of the goodness of God. The unwearied
return of day and night, bringing alternately
ly the hours of labor and of rest—the un
ceasing round of the seasons, each dispen
sing its own peculiar benefits to the world,
in harmonious concert speak llis praise
who makes His “ Sun to rise upon the evil
and the good, and llis rain to descend upon
the just and the unjust.” but when, in
His word, we read that “like as a Father
pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them
that fear Him,” then all nature, as well as
all revelation, seems glowing with the im
pression “ God is love.” Among the rich
blessings which the latter confers upon the
‘world, is the Subbath.
I. Physically—Experience has taught
ihe world that regarded simply as a day of
rest the Sabbath, is a wise provision of Di
vine Providence. Ihe physical constitu
tion of man. as well as die behst that he
employs, demands certain and regular
hours of tepose. The powers of neither
one nor the other can long endure incessant
toil. Asa man will in a given time accom
plish less who labors without iiierrupf on
day and night, than lie who regularly sicks
the repose which the night affords, so it
has been clearly demonstrated where the
experiment has been tried, that equal dili
gence observed, he will accomplish less
who labors for a series of weeks without
interruption, than ho who labors six days
and rests the seventh , sot it is not only
rcs< that all requre but just that rest which
the Sabbath brings. God has wisely or- 1
dained not only that man and beast should
rest, but he has appointed a time when their :
labor shall cease, and the degree of the
rest which they shall enjoy, so that there
need he no diversity of opinion in the mat
ter. Thus, the regular periodical return of
the Sabbath, affords to the exhausted frame
time to renew its energy, and with recov
ered strength and elasticity to commence
anew its active duties. The man of busi
ness, wore by the effort of mental applica
tion, is reminded by its approach that now
lie must suspend his earnest calculations,
and with them, lay aside the anxieties that
oppress his mind, and enjoy the tranquil
rest of the sacred day—that he may cease
to speculate, and be no loser thereby. In
llis calm repose the shattered nerves are
strung again, and when in the coming
week he repairs to his post, lie “rejoices
as a strong man to run the race” which his j
ambition or his interest has selected. To
the hardy laborer who earns his daily bread
by the sweat of his brow, unmindful though i
he often is of the God who gave it, tire i
rest of the Sabbath is precious—for once i
when the light of day appears, lie is not J
summoned to the field or tire workshop—
to-day iiis burden is unborne, and his ;
strained and aching limbs testify that “rest
to the laboring mail is sweet.” What com
pensation would be an equivalent if you de
prive hint of this rest ? Money may pur
chase food and raiment, but it cannot rest
the weary laborer. He has just been able |
to struggle through the hard duties of the j
week, and when its last setting sun frees i
him from the work that has pressed him !
sorely, the Sabbath meets him like an old
familiar friend, just where he most needed i
his kind olliees—like the good Samaritan,
it brings its healing and refreshing influ- j
ences lo the exhausted system, and having ;
invigorated it, sends him forth cheerful and \
strong to the task of another week. The
patient beast that drags the plough is not
unblest by the Sabbath. It brings to him
the rest that his chafed and stretched mus
cles demand, and had lie a heart to feel.
speak j'OT] would j ’
We shall always he pleased to hem ’,
| master’s crib.” It is the rest, of nature,
-and (except to the idle and indolent to whom
’ all days are alike) there is no ennui in it.
It finds man irritated by the disappoint
j meets and worn down by the labors of the
| week and leaves him soothed, and afresh
i ed, and encouraged.
2. Morally. Great as are the blessings
of the Sabbath physically, they are sur
passed by those of a moral nature just in j
proportion as the immortal spirit exceeds j
in value the flesh and blood of man, and is .
susceplible of higher and nobler enjoy-j
meins. While it affords a happy ccssaiion
I non the ever-wearing labors and cares of;
j life, it is far from fostering a spiiit of idle- j
j ness. From the law of the Sabbath we j
| learn it was to be observed as “an holy con- i
vocation,” an assembling of the people for!
the worship of God. It was numbered a-1
mong the solemnities of Israel, and the |
greatest of them all. In the decalogue,
the injunction “Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy,” is associated with that
“Thou shall have no other Gods before
me.” The plainest and most positive di
rections were given for its observance, no
; portion of its sacred hours being allowed
j f'or secular purposes. At.its approach, the
I ordinary affairs of life were io he suspend*
5 ed, and its moments spent in devotion to
j God. The manna, which on common oc
| oasions, was gathered day by day, as it was
needed, was miraculously preserved
throughout the Sabbath, that the demands
of nature should not load to its violation.
• In this arrangement, there was an acknowi
j edgoment of God, (externally at least.) —
j The moral effect of this external (acknowl
edgement of God could not fail to be a re
cognition of his authority—of his right to
control and their duty to submit. Beneath
this institution lies, as its bioad and deep
foundation, the principles of God’s govern
ment—the Sabbath is the Jdevelopement of
it; and what so likely to keep man in per
petual remembrance of God, as the regular
return of this day ? lie may have no ear
to heat the voice of nature as she sings her
Maker’s praise, ami blind he may he, to
- see in the works of creation, the ever-living
monuments of Omnipotence, or long ac
customed to behold these objects, he may
forget that they are the handy-work of God,
but the Sabbath is neither so frequent in its
returns as by familiarity to lose its effect,
nor so far between as to he forgotten, lie
cannot banish the Sabbath from his pre
sence. It comes unbidden, and goes only
when its hours arc numbered, it may be
despised, but for every violation it leaves
in the bosom a troubled conscience. It si
lently, hut sternly rebukes man’s infidelity.
Its quiet dawn reminds him that it is a ho
ly day—that its appointment is divine. Ii
takes him back to the beginning of lime
and points him to ils birth place in Eden;
when “God ended his woik which he had
made.” It brings him down through cen
turies, when guilt, like a pestilence, “walk
ed in darkness,” and “wasted at noon-day,”
and points him to ils healthful influence
upon the people who remembered the Sab
bath. The heavenly calm with which it
opens upon him is calculated well to trail
quilize the unquiet spirit of man, and pre
pare him to wait upon God. Let him but
yield to the hallowed influences it brings
around him, and the result will be a temper
subdued, and n heart overflowing with gra
titude to God for so tieli a boon. The
Sabbath stops man in his eager pursuit of
earthly good and reminds him of the “king- ’
dom of God anti His righteousness.” h
affords him the opportunity lo rest, not oil-!
ly Ids wearied body, but also his wearied
mind—to rally his powers, physical ami
mental, dial have strained and stretched to
fulfil their task. Tie a man down to his
counting house or his ofliee, exclude from
him the halm which the Sabbath brings, let
there he no interruption to his labors, and
mental and physical imbecility will sturdy
lie the result. Constituted as he is, he
ucoils respite and relax ition, both for the
body and for the mind, that each may re
cover ils tone. As food to the hotly is es
sential to ils health, so the mind requires
something to feed upon and stimulate it,
without this, the absence of occupation
creates weariness. In the contemplation
ol heavenly’ tilings his soul may least upon
that living bread that came down from hea
ven, and from the wells of salvation, he re
freshed with the waters of life. The Sab
bath is peculiarly ‘fitted to private prayer
and meditation, —as we stand upon ils
thresh hold, we seem for a while to he en
tering anew world—the perplexing affairs
ol this life are left behind, and as it gives
man time to survey the gionnd upon which
he stands, and consider whither he is going,
he may in anticipation of that Sabbath that |
shall never end, enjoy a heaven on earth.
In the secrecy ol the closet you are free (or
ought lo be) from the intrusion of the world
which is allowed too oltenupon other days
i lo interfere with the soul’s communion with
God. Upon the domestic altar is laid the
1 sacrifice ol contrite hearts. The prayer
jf the righteous comes up before God,
; “like iue use, and the lifting up of the!
j hands as the (morning) sacrifice.” The j
Sabbath opens to man the doors of the 1
’ Sanctuary, and invites him to meet his Ma
ker. I here ihechaiucter ol God is exhib
: ited in all the majesty of justice, and holi
ness, and truth, and in all the attractions of
his love. There the “Son of man is lifted
:up as Moses 1i 1 ted up the serpent in the
wilderness, that whosoever believelh on
j Hi .i might not perish-, but have eternal
j life.” Them the Holy Spirit pleads, and
warns, and expostulates. The day itself,
j die Christian Sabbath ! commemorates the
triumph of the Lord of life, each return, j
brings vividly before the world the suffer-1
mgs that he endured for man, and his glo- j
rious victory over death, hell and the grave, I
comes Iriimpci-tongued to ptoclaim “peace!
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Now, can a man live through such influ
ences and not in any way be reached and
benefited by them ? We do not say that
they cannot be resisted, for if man can re
sist the appeals of the Spirit of God, he
can so lar break loose from the restraints
which the Sabbath throws around him, as
despise its sanctity—but is he free from
the hallowed influences that have gone untj
from the Sabbath, and in his infancy wound I
themselves around his heart ? Is lie a son, j
and has lie a parent whom he delights Uo
honor ? Is lie a husband, fathei, friend,’
and faithful to all these relations? How
much his just appreciation of iiis duties is
the result of the Sabbath’s influences in
early life, is he, is any one prepared to tell?
Withdraw the influences of the Sabbath,;
j and many a uian who with it, is reckless •
j and depraved, without it, would have been I
! a monster in iniquity.
The impression of the Sabbath upon the j
; youthful heart, though blurred by. the ]
| crimes of later years, can never be effaced I
! —the recollection of it is Associated with !
i the familiar and loved objects of his child-;
! hood, and side by side with liie image of
I his faithful Mother, the Sabbath is eitgrtv
!ed upon the tablet of his memory. He
j may disregard the early lessons tlrat that
j mother taught him, and plunge head-long
j in iniquity; the Sabbalh maybe hi’3 chosen
; Hay for crimes that dare the vengeance of
1 Heaven, but as her cherished form will ol
i ten come before him, and the look of re-
I proof that once told of her displeasure,
will agonize his heart, when her own will
be as cold as the marble upon her giave, so
also the violated Sabbath will speak in the
ear of conscience, truths that he would but
cannot bury in forgetfulness. Look at the
number and amount of moral influences
flowing from the Sabbalh-it is a im/f
set apart for God, Besides the instructions
of home, the Sabbath School brings tcaeh
, er and scholar to the contemplation ol God,
and the lhing.7 that are of God.
Man hears to-day the truths that make
for Ins eternal peace, conscience is wake
ful at her post, and the Holy Spirit is busy
with the souls of men—all the moral influ
ence that heaven and earth puls forth for
man’s salvation, is concentrated in the sab- i
hath. Who can estimate its blessings to
the woilil ? Would to God we riglidv ap
preciated a gift which is sent to ma r bur- :
delicti with blessings. Alas, for us, broth- ’
ren, that the sin ol the Sabbath's profuna- j
lion lies at our door. Individuals trample
on its sacredness—the family circle is’
stained with ils violation—eomwuniiiessee
and wink at its desecration, mild through
out the length and breadth of the laud, the !
pollution of the Sabbath dies lo God for I
vengeance, nor will its cry he always un |
heeded ; lik<* the voice of Ahtd’s bhjod, ii |
will he answered hv punishment greater!
than we can bear. Ils desecration is a sin I
that God will not overlook—it strikes ai ‘
his authority, and man may not provoke I
lliiii ami live.
National ruin follows fast in tlm foot
steps of national transgression, so true is it
that “righteousness exaltelh a nation, dial
sin is a reproach lo any people.” If we j
would throw around our institutions’ a bul
wark that the artillery of combined nations
could not shake, let us “remember the j
Sabbath day to keep it holy.” ‘I hen shall s
we sigh for the heavenly Sabbath, of which j
ibis is the type, and long to be heed from
the incutnhram-e.s of the flesh, that we may
dwell in that house “not made with hands j
eternal in the heavens, 1 ’ where. assem
bly ne’er breaks up, tire Sabbalh ne'er
shall end,
JOS!AII 8. I.AW,’Mod.
Wm. 11. Mclntosh. Clerk.
The Mullin’ of the Siamese Twills.
‘The December number of the Missiona
ary Herald, contains the Journal of Mr.;
Heinenway, (a Missionary of the Ameri-j
can Board,) in Siam, and among other mat
ters of interest, furnishes the following ac
count of an interview he had with the Moth-;
er ol the Siamese’Twins, who are at pre
sent married h> two sisters, and residing in
Wilkes co., South Carolina.
“ Maklong, (at the junction ol Maklong
Kivei and Makloitg Canal, about two miles
and a half from the mouth of the former, is
a city which is called by the samu name.
Its population is supposed to be aboiH eight i
thousand.)
“ Alter breakfast, we went out among the ’
people, who live on the left side of the Ca I
mil, lor the purpose of making known to ;
them the truths of the Gospel.—ln the
course ol our morning walk, we met a very I
respectable looking man, who informed us
that ho was the individual who conducted
the Siamese 1 wins Irani this place to Bang-!
kok, and delivered them tothe captain, who
took them out of the country, lie also;
told us, that the mother of the tains was
still living on the opposite side of the Canal.
We del rmined, therefore, to pay her a vis
it before leaving the place.
” Early in the afternoon, we went in i
search of the Mother of the Siamese Twins, j
and were so lormnate as to find a mail who t
conducted us directly to her house. On
learning that we had brought intelligence
respecting her absent children, u hoist she !
supposed lo Ire dead, she gave us a hearty
welcome. We assured her that they were 1
living when we last heard from America,
and that they had recently married sisters I
in one of the Southern Slates, With this;
intelligence she was much gratified, and ex
pressed much affection for them. As Mr. !
Buel’s relatives live in the vicinity of her;
children, he offered to communicate, through !
them, any messages site wished to send to!
the twins. She is of lighter complexion :
than most Siamese women, and has every
appearance of having once had great ener-!
gy of character. It seems that b lit her
husbands were Chinamen, and that she her- j
self had a Chinese father; so that the twins j
are in no sense Siamese, except as they j
were born in Siam.”
Major Noah’s Lecture on the Jews-
This is our Destiny.
” Every attempt to colonize the Jews in
other countries has failed—their eye has
steadily rested on their beloved Jerusalem, i
and they have said, * the time will come— j
the promise will be fulfilled !’
Capabilities of Palestine.
“The Jews are in a most favorable po-!
sition to re-possess themselves of the Pro-1
mised Land, and organize a free and liberal i
government; In Poland, Mahlavia, Wal
flachia, on the Rhine and Danube, and wher
ever the liberality of the government have
j not interposed obstacles, they aie practical
farmers. Agriculture was once their only
’ natural employment. The land is now
desolate, according to the prediction of the
prophets, but it is full of hope and promise.
The soil is rich, loamy, and everywhere in
: dicates fruitfulness; and the magnificent cc
i dars of Lebanon show the strength of the
soil on the highest elevations. The cli
i mate is mild and salubrious, and double
| crops in the lowlands may be annually anti
! cipated. Every thing is prod treed in the
j greatest variety—wheat, barley, rye, corn,
| oats, and the cotton plant, in great abun
| dance. The sugar canc is cultivated with
; success; tobacco grows plentifully on the
| mountains; indigo is produced in abun
| dance on the banks of the Jordan ; olives
| and olive oil are everywhere found ; the
j mulberry almost grows wild, out of which
the most beautiful silk is made; grapes of
• the largest kind flourish everywhere ; cochi
i neal is produced in abundance on the coast,
| and can be most profitably cultivated ; the
! coffee tree grows almost spontaneously,
and oranges, figs, dales, pomegranates,
i peaches, apples, plums, nectarines, pine ap
| pies. Several ports in ihe Mediterranean,
| which formerly carried on a most valuable
j commerce, can be advantageously re-occu
i pied. Manufactures of wool, cotton and
j silk, could furnish all the Levant and the
Islands of the Mediterranean with useful
fabrics. In a circumference, within twen
ty days travel of the Holy City, two mil
lions of Jews reside. Os the two and a
half tribes which removed east of the trans
| Jordanic cities, Judah and Benjamin, and
; half Manassah, 1 compute the number in
j every part of the world as exceeding six
millions. Os the missing nine and a half
: tribes, part of which are in Turkey, China,
| Hiitdostan, I’ersia, and on this continent, it
i is impossible to ascertain their numerical
! force.” _
•
After thus undertaking to show that Pal
! estine was still abundantly capable of sus
! taming the race of Isiael, when gathered to
the hind of their fathers, Mr. Noah proceed
| ed lo express his opinion that the funds now j
| employed in efforts for their conversion lo
| Christianity, should be employed in aiding
! their return to Palestine, and closed by an ;
appeal for
Christian aid in their Restoration
| to the land of their fathers, and a statement
of ibe steps, in his opinion, necessary to be ;
taken for the accomplishment of (lie result
ho expected and desired. “ I propose,
! therefore,” said lie, “ sot ail the Christian
Societies, who take an interest in the fate i
.ol Israel, to assist in their restoration, by i
; aiding lo colonize the Jews in Judea ; the |
progress may be slow, but the result will!
j lie certain. The tree must be planted, and j
it will not want liberal and pious hands to j
water il, and in time it may flourish and!
produce fruit of hope and blessing.
” The liist step is to solicit from the Sul- j
j tan of Turkey permission for the Jews to j
purchase and hold land, to build houses, j
and to follow any occupation they may de- j
sire. The moment the Sultan issues his !
Hutte Scfierif, allowing the Jews to pur-!
chase and to hold kind in Syria, subject to
the same laws and limitations which govern
Mussulmeii, the whole territoiy surround
! ing Jerusalem, including the villages of He
bron, Lalal, T\ re, also Bey root, Jaffa, and
other ports ol die Mediterianean, will be
occupied by enterprising Jews. ‘The val
leys ol the Jordan will be filled bv agrieul
: tuialists from the north of Germany, l’o-
I laud and Russia. Merchants will occupy !
; the sea-ports, and the commanding positions j
; \vi titiu the walls of Jerusalem will be pur- j
l chased by the wealthy ami pious of our!
; brethren. ’Those who desire to reside in
the Holy Lund, and have not means, may j
; be aided by these Societies to reach their
j destined haven of repose.
“ Christians can thus give impetus to
tliis important movement, and emigrants
flowing in, and actively engaged in every
laudable pursuit, will soon become consoli
dated, and lay the foundation for the ele
ments of Government and the triumph ol
Restoration. ’' — C7i. Hatchman.
——
The Changes in China. —-The Rev. Dr.
Abeel says, “ ihe China J knew a few
years ago is not the China in which I am
now residing. We can noionger sav lot.be
churches at home, *ye are straightened in
us.’ The fields, the villages, tile junks,
the shops, the crowded streets, the numer
ous temples are all open lo us. Hundreds
and thousands are accessible. We can
with difficult} escape them. If we have no
leisure time to visit them they come to us.
Many a time have I retired vveaiy and ex
hausted, but their voices have rung in my
ears, and I have found little or no relief.”
And yet he fears the hearts of the churches
are not prepared to send the men and means
necessary.
The best Plank. —Mr. M’Larcnaiid Mr.
Gustard, were both Ministers of the Tol
booth Church, Edinburg. When Mr. Mc-
Laren was dying, Mr. G. paid him a visit,
and put the question lo him, “ What are
you doing, brother?” fits answer was,
“i’ll tell you what I am doing, brother; 1
am gathering together all my prayers, all
my sermons, all my good deeds, all my ill
deeds—and I am going to throw them all
overboard, and swim to glory on the plank
of free grace.”
Sermons, prayers, and good works, are
all well in the place which God intended
they should occupy, but they are worse
than useless, they are actually ruinous, as j
the foundation lo rest our hopes upon. It
is one of the most important doctrines of;
the Bible, that *■ bv grace we are saved.” j
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APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. James Perryman, will preach, the
Lord willing, on Monday night, February
the 3rd, at Knoxville, Crawford co.; Tues
day night, the 4th, in Clinton, Jones co.;
Wednesday night the sth, at Sister Dever
eanx, Hancock co.; Thursday night the6th,
; in Warrenton; Friday theTth, at Little Bri
: er creek, Warren co.; Saturday and Sun
day the Bth and 9th, at Sweetwater, do.;
I Wednesday the 12th, at Union, do.; Thurs
: day Ihe 13lh, at Sharon, Columbia co.; Fri
| day the 14th, in Aplington, do.; Saturday
; and Sunday the 15th and Kith, at Kiokee,
do.; Monday the 17th, at the Grove, do.;
1 Tuesday the 18th, at Silver Run, do.
The Rev. E. Perryman can arrange the
j balance to suit himself. Brother Perry
i man hopes to meet all his brethren and sis
j ters at the above appointments.
TALBOTTON MALE SCHOOL.
‘The exercises of this Institution will be
! resumed the Second Monday in January
i next, under the tuition of Rev. John W.
j Attaway, aided by competent assistants.
‘This Institution is organised with refer
ence to a Systematic and thorough course
of instruction in alt the branches of Eng
lish, Mathematical and Classical Education.
The Scholastic year will be divided into
four quarters,eachenibiaci.ng eleven weeks.
No Student will be admitted for less time
than one quarter, and no deduction will he
made for loss of time by the Student, unless
providentially hindered. The course of In
struction will embrace first, Orthography,
Reading, Writing and primary Arithmetic,
:$5 per qr. Second. Natural Philosophy,
J History, Ancient and Modern Geography,
| Grammar and Arithmetic, $0 50 per qr.—
Third. Moral and Mental Philosophy, Rhet
oric, Logic, Chemistry, Ancient Languages,
Astronomy, Malhemalcis, including Alge
bra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensura
tion, Navigation and Surveying, 810 perqr.
Elocution ami Composition will be taught
in all the Classes.
Board may he had in Talbotton as rea
sonable as can possibly be afforded,
‘Talbotton, Dec. 2d, 1814.
LIVES OE GEORGIA BAPTIST MINISTERS.
THE Subscriber intends to publish the
i Lives of the Fathers of our Israel in Geor
gia, somewhat after the plan of Taylor's
] Lives of Va. Bap. Ministers, so soon as he
j ean collect and arrange the necessary mate-
I rials. With reference to such a work, the
venerable and lamented Mercer, in liis
j History of the Georgia Association, says:
| “It would be a real advantage to the cause
| generally : il is said of Abel, that he, being
dead,yet speaketh.” His pious example ;
lingers long behind him. So of Dorcas; at-
I ter her decease, the garments site had made,;
] during her life, probably for die poor, were ;
i exhibited as evidence of her charity ! And ;
| why may not the labels of love, of a good j
) Minister of Jesus Christ, he preserved in j
| memory, riot only for die satisfaction of!
j immediate friends, but as a memento ol j
I the transcendent excellency of our holy re-!
J ligjon.
‘The litrlit which such men afford,during
their stay upon earth, is certainly pleasant j
and profitable at the time, ami ought not, |
ill our view, to be extinguished in dm grave; j
but should be left behind to lute others id- i
to the paths of piety and virtue.”
The Sub-Giber is aware that it is already j
too late to revive the memory of some oft
j those veteratls of the cross. To prevent!
j the memory of others froln perishing, and !
! to hold up their godly examples to the pre
j sent generation, the writer calls upon the i
| friends and acquaintances of our deceased j
j ministers, to communicate with him res-j
| peeling them. Facts—-Jacts are what is
| needed—-such as may illustrate the chatuc
! ters and toils of those men of God.
‘The work may be in readiness for .the
press by next Spring, if the aid now asked
for is promptly afforded.
J. 11. CAMPBELL.
Clinton. November 20, 1841.
BY virtue of an order of the Honorable
the Inferior Court of Greene county, when
i silting as a Court of Ordinary, will be sold,
before the Court House door, in the ’Town j
of Greensboro’, on the first Tuesday mi
March next, all the land belonging to John i
llail, minor—which was given him by
Nancy Hall, now Nancy Fuller—lying on
i:';e waters of Richland Creek, joining lands
of As'hew', Ilall, and others. Sold the
benefit of the minor.
D. R. MALONE, Guardian.
Jan. Ist, 1815.
To Colporteurs and Travelling Rook !
Agents.
Campbell’s Original Cheap EdiiJon J
of D’AUBIGNE’S HISTORY OF TIIE j
GREAT REFORMATION in Germany
and Switzerland, complete in one volume
octavo, with all the Notes, and without any |
omissions or alterations.
‘The subscriber oilers his edition of the
aboVe valuable work to colporteurs and
travelling book agents, at forty per cent,
less than the wholesale price ol the Ameri
can Tract Society’s issue in three volumes.
The advantages of the edition in one vol
ume are. that, being comprised in about
half the size and weight of the other, it can
be transported at half the cost. Travel
lers, with limited facilities for carriage, may
take with them a double supply, sell at 25
per cent, less, and make a living profit.
It is well known that this edition was
originally published at its extremely low I
price, with the avowed object of spreading j
the work broad.cast through the land. It
has already been instrumental in circnlat- :
iug some 75.000 copies ! by causing are-!
dnetion in the price of the edition at pre-;
sent issued by the American ’Tract Society, i >
of two dollars and a half per copy, and is |
now offered to colporteurs. &c, at a late,; 1
which, it is hoped, will secuie their aid in | <
scattering “D’Aubigne’s Reformation” un-1
lil il shall be found in every hamlet of the i
land.
JAMES 3VI. CAMPBELL.
98 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Nov. 29.
LAGRANGE FEMALE SEMINARY.
This Institution will be opened the ensu
ing year under the tuition of four Instruc
tors. The Principal has associated wal
him none but those possessing ample quith
i ifications in their respective departments.
; He is gratified also to state that no change
j is contemplated in their situation ; for the
j want of uniformity in modes of discipline
j and instruction, arising from a change of
teachers, is of incalculable advantage.
ORGANIZATION’
; The Institution will be divided into Four
;; Classes, besides the Preparatory IJepart
! ment. For admission into the Fourth
, Class, a general knowledge ol Geography,
. and of the fundamental rules of Arithmetic.
. will be required; and to enter any of the
higher Classes, a proportional advancement.
! In the Preparatory Department, pupils can
: be qualified for any of the Classes. A term
. of one scholastic year is necessary to com
! plete the studies of each Class ; at the ex-‘
! amiuation of which time, ail who pass an
j Approved examination, will be admitted to
■ the next higher. ... •
Studies of the 4rn Class —Spellin'*
Reading, Writing, Geography, Mental A
, rithinetic, English Giammai, Exercises in
\ Composition, Historical Reading.
Os the 3rd Class—Spelling, Reading,
. j Writing; Grammar, Arithmetic concluded.
Algebra commenced, Ancient and Modern
j Geography, use of the Globe, History,
Composition.
Junior Class— Reading, Speliing, Wri
ting, Algebra concluded, Geometry, C'hem
istry, Botany, History, Rhetoric, Natural
Philosophy, Parsing in the Poets, Compo
sition.
Senior Class —Evidences of Christian
ity, moral and mental Philosophy, Astron
omy, Mineralogy, Geology, Logic, Com
position.
Ancient and Modern Languages will be
j ‘aught to any who desire to pursue them,
ami will rank as studies of the Junior and
; Senior Class.
A certificate oi graduation will be given
! at the expiration of the Senior year.
terms.
‘The Scholastic year consists of a term of
! tun months. No deduction is made forab
j scare, unless from Providential causes.
, Literary Derailment, Junior and
_ Senior Classes, SSO oi)
j Thin! and Fourth Classes, 35 ou
; Preparatory Deportment, 20 00
| Instrumental Music, so 00
; Vocal Music, 5 00
| Drawing, Embroidery, Fancy
Work, &e, ‘ ‘ 20 Of*
Contingent expenses,Bl—Library
lee, 81, 2 00
Board and Washing, (lights excepted,J
i $lO per mouth.
; ‘The importance of a systematic course
jof study, must he ton obvious to any one
| acquainted with the work of education, to
j require argument. Kucha system sessen
; tial to progressive strength and maturity of
j mind.
We canliol !t>o strongly urge the impor
| lance ot punctuality and regularity in the
| attendance of pupils. Many have but little
j idea of the evils consequent upon occasion
!al absente from si hooi. We hope that Pa
| rents and Guardians will give due weight
i to this matter.
The exercises of this Institution will
! hereafter be resumed on the First Monday
:in February. This arrangement is made
! lor the accTiuiuiodalion of persons from a
’ distance, as the mouth of January is a bu
! siness season, ami generally the most un
-1 pleasant.
It is and sirabie that all should be present
jat the beginning of the term. Taiiltmss in
this is productive of much injury to the jm
pil. It also disorganizes and r Sards the
classes, and greatly increases the labors of
the Instructors.
We feel assured thatagenera! attendance
upon parties, and other places of amuse
ment, is inconsistent with a successful pros
ecution of our proposed system of study.
We do not hold ourselves responsible lor
the education of those who indulge in these
pleasures. Patrons from a distance may
feel satisfied that such gratifications will be
brought under judicious restrictions.
‘The expenses of Pupils from abroad, will
|be regulated to any degree which the par
ent may desire. We recommend that par
ents ami guardians will forbid the contract
ing of debts by their children or wards, as
il leads to much unnecessary expenditure,
and the formation of extravagant habits.
An extensive and well-selected Library
has recently been procured, containing
works adapted to every capacity. The
j importance of cultivating a taste for Read
! ing, need not be urged. Yet none but the
‘ Teacher is acquainted with the radical de
[ ficiency in this respect, which generally
prevails in the education of our youth.—
The large mass, unsupplied with the facil
ities, either acquire an aversion to reading,
oi (left to their own choice) form a vitiated
taste. By providing them with appropri
ate wotks, we hope to give direction to
their reading, and thus, in some measure,
remedy this evil. No efforts will be want
ing on the part of the Instructors so render
the Library interesting and instructive id
every pupil. The Readingrootn will bss
supplied with select Periodicals of the dajv .
The annual fee will be appropriated to the:
increase of the Library
An excellent Apparatus has also beeiii
purchased, illustialivc of all the branche*
of science, The public may feel assured
that neither pains nor expense will be spar
ed in furthering the education, moral and
intellectual, ofall connected with the School,
The annual examination of the pupils of;
this Institution will take place on the last
three days of the Scholastic year. Kissn
established regulation that no pupil is per
mitted to leave until the exercises of th#
last evening of the examination are concln
ded.”
INSTRUCTORS :
Milton E. Bacon, A. M., Principal.
Mrs. M. L. Bacon, } .
Mrs. A. T. Deering, $ Assoc,ates ’
Mr. Charles D. Weedsn. Instructoi of
Vocal and Instrumental Music.