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Retrospect of Religion for 1841.
In regard to this, the most remniknble
feature is that extended spiritual dearth
which has been suffered'to come over the;
churches of the land, or the absence of
those influences which have heretofore
been known as Revivals of Religion. Wliaij
lias made this peculiarly remarkable, has
been, that it has extended to all denomina- 1
tions of Christians, and in an unwonted 1
degree to every part of the land, There j
is, probably, not k a single denomination
that has been visited with the same meas
ure of success, in accessions to their aum. |
hers, as in former years ; and there is no I
denomination, or partolour country, which ;
has been favored above others. The fact |
is one ovei which good men have looked I
with increasing apprehension, and which !
should lead alt who love “Zion” to inquire!
into the cause. The History of the year j
1841 is not yet written) and it is quite
probable that when its events conic to be j
chronicled by those who shall write our
history, this fact will not be adverted to,
being lost sight of amidst what may seem
to be more momentous events ; but it may
go more deeply into the character of future
years than all those things which will be
deemed worthy of the notice of the histo-1
rian.
Yet, in noticing the religious aspect of
l!'c (last year, it is important to observe that
the tact now adverted to has nut been origi
nated by open infidelity, nor has it as yet
contributed outwardly to the growth of infi
delity. Asa people, we are settling down j
more and more into the speculative beliefl
of the truth of Christianity. We are a na
tion of nominal Christians. We are not j
Deists, Mussulmcn, or Pagans. There I
are no altars erected here to an idol God—!
there is no bloody sacrifice presented be*
fore a Heathen Divinity. With our per
fect freedom in this respect, and with our
great ui.ixini before the world, that all reli
gious will be loleialed here which do noil
disturb the public peace, it would be impos-1
siblc that a Mosque could be established I
here, or that the smoke of suer.lice could
long ascend from a Pagan altar. It may I
he laid down as equally incontrovertible,
that a community ul acknowledged Infidels
or Atheists could not long subsist in nura't
mosplieie. livery attempt to organize,
snob a community, hitherto, lias failed, ami
they who have attempted il have found so
little permanent encouragement, that it
seems now to be a scaled point, Chat ts rirli-,
dels exist among us, it must be us isolated j
or sporadic eases, and not as communities. |
No man would suppose that he would coin-1
mend himself to the Aineiieati people as a j
candidate for office by an open avowal of
inli lelity—and, it may be added, as little
would he expect to commend himself by a
hypocritical profession of religion. It is al-1
so true, that a hook avowetliy in defence of
iiifi lelity would be received with less and)
less favor by the American people, and that |
■lonian tvlio w islied a permanent reputa
tion here as an author, whatever lie miglii j
secretly believe, would venture to risk an
avowal that lie did not believe io the divine )
origin of’ the Christian religion, ft is mat
ter of devout thankfulness, that in this
country there has been no attack made oil \
Christianity, which lias had any degree of
permanence or a wide influence, wiitlen
ly a native-born American citizen.—The
only work of this kind that has been among
us to corrupt our youth, was written by a
man horn in England, and nurtured under
the auspices of the French Revolution—
and even this has had its elTeel and popu
larity, not from any intrinsic power, hut
because, in another department, he render
ed important services to this country. It
may he regarded as a settled point, unless
(here shall be some change which man can
not foresee, that the Christian religion is to
he the teligion of this land. •
Amidst even the melancholy dearth of!
spiiitual influences of the last year, there!
have been, indeed, indications of the in
creased outward respect for Christianity ;
and there are some things of this kind which
deserve particular attention. It is observa
ble over the land, that amid the dearth of
decidedly spiritual influences manifested in
the conversion of sinners, from some cause,
an increasing number have been disposed
regularly to attend on die services “of the
sanctuary. There lias been a tlccitled ad
vance, also, in the public respect shown lor
the Bible. The great question whether it
shall bo allowed to be used in public schools*
has undergone a discussion which it has
novel had before, and has resulted in a re
sponse from tho public mind which cannot
he mistaken, that no power, foreign or do
mestic, shall he permuted to exclude tlie
youth of the land from access, as one of the j
acknowledged books of moral insiruciiou,
to the oracles of God. The quite unusual
and remarkable laet has also occurred, that
that denomination which has been suppos
ed to he hostile to the free use of the Bible
by the people at large, and particularly op-1
posed to its use in schools, has itself pub-
Imbed more than one edition of the llible
in the English language, and that in the 1
cheapest and most atuartivc form of publi
cation. it is scanned far and wide over the
land. Their own people purchase the Si-j
ered Scriptures, and read them with avidi
ty ; and though they receive them in a form
not free fromjerror, yet it is in a form where;
the great truths of the plan of salvation are
expressed. There has been, too, during
the last yeat, a public movement in favorol
the Sabbath, such as has never been wit
nessed in this nation befoie. This move
ment is remarkable, not only for the num
ber of intelligent minds that have been en
listed in it, but for what may not impro
perly be regarded as its origin. As little
as any action of the public mind which has
ever occurred, can it he charged to priest
craft. or to any effoit of the clergy as such;
but is a demand which has come up at once
from the great mass of those employed on
t.vials and railroads, and otherwise in the
service of the public, that they mav have,
in common with their fellow citizens, a day
of public test. With remarkable unanimi
ty also, has this demand been responded to
Kv those who have thp management of our
jpiMic woiks, and they who derive their
| gams from investments in those works, and 1
from labor performed o i them. At the
same time there is in the nation a growing
sentiment in favor of the enterprise of
Christian benevolence. The efforts for the
diffusion of the llible, and of religious ;
tracts, and for the establishment of Sabbath
schools, and for sending the gospel to the
j benighted of our own, and of other lands,
; meet with almost no obstruction, except
arises from .the apathy of Chris
tians themselves. The voice ‘of opposi
; lion, for the present, at least, lias died a
i way. It seems to be felt that il is proper
| for the most free and most prosperous peo
ple on earth to diffuse abroad, as far as pos-
I siblc, ihe knowledge of those things which
) have conferred so rich blessings on their)
| own country ; and that if there are those
| who tlo not feel an interest in these things,
I they should, at least, not hinder those who
) do.— Rev. Jl. Hurries.
American imlitin Mission Association,
Held ai Louisville, Ky., Oct. ’44. This is
; a copious pamphlet of 60 pages. Receipts
iduiitig the past year between 8,000 and
89,000. We extract from the Annual Re
, port two items, one on Schools, and the
! other on the Condition of the Aborigines,
; &c.
Schools. —lt has been designed that Rev.
i David Lykins should have a school in
i charge among the Wens as soon as circum
stances would justify. The Indians and
the United States’ Agent for them were
consulted in Council and approved of the
design. More recently the United States’
Superintendent of Indian Affaiis in that
quaiter, \V. 11. Harvey, Esq., obtained
permission of the government, to apply to
the purposes of a school, buildings, and a
farm of twenty oi thirty acres of cultivated
land, which had recently been occupied as
the agency for tribes in the vicinity. Urn.
I). Lykins lias taken possession of the
premises, anti it is Imped that he will be
able to open a school soon. The Chiefs
have recently sent him a message, urging
j him to proceed in Ins work without delay.
Among the Choctaws, opportunities more
favorable still, for the establishment of
schools, have presented themselves. In
correspondence with a certain settlement of
Choctaws, the latter intimated a desire that
tile Hoard would endeavor to cslablisii a
school, ami suggested (lie probability that
some aiil in its suf.port could lie obtained
Irotn the Choctaw nation. Aceonlingly,
Rev. .*B. Dyer was informed that it was the
desire of the Board that a school of high or
der should be established there, and that his
mission was esteemed a preliminary lo that
end. .Subsequently the Hoard were inform-!
ed that a few years ago the Choctaw nation
appropriated a yearly allowance of SIB,OOO
lor purposes of education in their own
country, which it was proposed should be
applied in support of three schools. Two
ol those arc already ill operation. One un
der the management of tho Presbyterians,
and the other that of the Methodists. The
remaining SO,OOO annuity, it was imder
si.iml, would probably be eiiher applied, as
originally designed, in support of one school
upon an enlarged scale, or in support of
three lesser schools. A disposition to al
low the Baptist denomination to he con
nected with the school, or schools to he
originated with these funds, being manifest
ed, this Board requested Rev. Ram-ay I).
Potts and Rev. IS. Dyer to inform the gene
ral Council ol'tliu Clmctaw nation, that they
would cheerfully undertake to carry out the
designs ol the nation in reference to this
mslter. I'he Choctaw Council was also
addressed on the subject. Theeonncil met
hi the forepart of the present month (Octo
ber.)
Brother Dyer, by the severe indisposition
of Ins family, was unable to allend the Na
tional Council. Brother Potts attended)
and we are happy to say that the result has
been very gratify ing. A law was passed in
our favor, from which the following sections
are extracted:
“ See. Ist. Be it enacted , s•<;., That the j
sum ol $2,900 lie set apart, and annually i
appropriated, to bo expended under ihe di
rection of the American Imlinii Mission As-1
soeialiim, in support of an Academy, in i
Poshe-ma-ta-ha District, to he called .inn- j
strong Academy ; provided said American j
Indian Mission Association will contribute ;
ami turnish SIO9O, annually, to tile support *
of said Institution.
*’ Sec. ‘Jd. That the site of Armstrong
Academy be selected at as early a time as )
practicable, by a Committee composed ol)
l e following persons, viz : Rev. R. D.
Polls, <fce.
“Sec. Till. That there be paid to R. D.
Polls, lor Armstrong Academy, up to the
Ist of January, 1845, $2,900.””
I’he Committee, of wlnah broil,or Polls >
is a member, appointed to select the site of
the Academy, were to meet lor that pur-!
pose on the 22ml instant, and the lnsiitu-!
l*i>ti “ill. it is hoped, go into operation ear-)
ly die next spring t endowed, it will be j
perceived, with an annuity from the Choc-!
taw nation, of $2,900, besides the sum of)
SI,OOO a year, lo be furnished by the Asso- j
eiation. This is not all—the Board have!
appointed brother Potts to superintend the j
aiiairsol this Institution, availing himselfof
the counsel ol neighboring missionaries of!
tlie Board, so tar as the responsibilities in !
the case oi this Association are concerned, j
and the Choctaws desire anti expect him to :
>do so ; and he supports himself out of’ a j
salary he receives from the government of
. the United States.
Il will be perceived that both the opening
fin an important school establishment among
the U'eas, and that among th < Choctaws I
j tipp-atr 10 be providential. By the one we )
j have acquired buildings and a large farm,
! without cos', to the Board, ami in the other
case, an appropriation for buildings, &c.,
amounting to $2,900, and subsequently the
’ same amount yearly is piovided. But nei
| tlier of theso institutions can be carried lor
, ward without considerable cost to the Asso
, eiation.
Miss Osgood and Miss McCoy, who
have been recently appointed, arc expected
each to teach a school ; ami the Board have
also entered on the preliminaries ofimpart- j
ing instruction more systematically,than it
has ever bpen done before, among the Puts
watomies in th ir own languages, in which
Matthew and Acts, just out of ptesrf; are de
signed to be used as school books, or it!
will piobably be the only book.
Condition fyc. of the Aborigines.—
With the exceptions which occur within j
the Indiag Territory west of the States of j
Missouri and Arkansas, and in the imme
diate vicinity ol a few missionary stations
elsewhere, the condition of the Aboriginal ,
tribes of America, is truly deplorable. ;
They are now, every wheie, a subdued :
people, White men enter their country ;
j where and when they please, and for any )
| purpose that may prompt them, excepting
that ol forming, in certain places, agricultu-1
ral settlements. The consequence is, that)
the tribes are perishing faster than when
(larger or actual war has kept the ;Wo races j
somewhat asunder, The Indian life, with)
all its hardships, admits of increase of pop- j
ulation ; but the ingress of white men
brings with il blighting influences, which t
diminish their numbers by increasing their
woes, ‘i'lie intercourse of the traders di- 1
verts the time and attention of tjitfnatives j
from those pursuits which had* rendered j
their original condition
are introduced which slay their HTusands,
and intoxicating drinks which spy their
lens ol thousands. Os diseases, the small
pox, of the fearful ravages of which’ all have
heard, is not the most destructive. Ardent
spirits, the introduction ol which is furhid- j
den by our laws are, neveillieless, trails- ’
ported into their country on horses and !
mules, In carts and waggons, and in steam- !
; boats—usually in the lorm of Alcohol, for
; convenience in transportation, because die i
amount of spirit is greater iu proportion
1 weight, and it is diluted iu the Indian coun
try.
Tiace on the map the coast from the en
, trance of die Gulf of California Northwest
ward through Bherring’s Straights, thence
North and East along die shore of die Arc
l tic ocean, and around lo the settlements in
Lower Canada, and a region is described,
: lying beyond the bounds of civilization, so
| vast that imagination seems lost in contem
plating il. Over all this immense country,
from tlie suliry soudi to the frozen north,
and as wide as the Continent, the Abori
gines arc scattered. Their number, though
piobably not one-fourdi of what it was
when we firsl came to their country, yel
amounts lo millions ; all siqkipg bene.nil
increasing desolations both moral and piiy si
cal, and accumulating They
are perishing, but not from causes natural
to llieui; but because of ilieir acquaintance
ami intercourse with while men.
In South America devastation has proba
bly been earned to even a more fearful ex
tent. Nevertheless die rein Haul is still nu
merous ■, and in a moral point of view their
condition is equally as deplorable as that of
the Nortli Americans, and in other respects
little superior lo it.
Il is about three hundred and fifty years j
since men, denominated chritltun, came to
the red man’s countiy. The latter were
then not powerful, but very numerous. :
But, comparatively speaking, whatare they j
now ? Why have we looked with indiffer
mice on ilieir sufferings and decline ? Whv i
have we forborne to give thcni the Bibl
i and its attendant blessings, which, with the ;
grace ol God, would have presented their;
destruction, and have elevated them to
prosperity and piety ? Or—o, shall we
say it ! Conscience feels it, whether we
speak or not—O, why, with the Bible in j
our hands, have we destroyed them ! tSuil )
worse—Why do we continue lo destroy!
them ? He are destroying them now.
We have said it, and we repeal it—we are
destroying them al this time faster than
when wars have raged between them and j
us, excepting the early wars with Span-;
tarils. Must ilieir sufferings not end until
the last of the race ceases to breathe ? Help
oilier nations if you can | but where is con
sistency, if, while von are relieving nations 1
abroad, you continue to trample into de
struction the heathen at lioutu ? How
i would we answer the interrogatories of a
heathen in a foreign land ? “ What have
you done lot the heathen at your doors,
many of whom were poshed back to make ;
room for you? Why so much regard
; for me as to eoine so far, at great expense
and risk, and so little regard lor the heath
ien in your own land, that you cAn neglect
them, though they are dying uiiler evil?
emanating from you
The heart sickens in sight of the past,
ami even in sight of the present* with the
exception of some redeeming leitures in
their affairs, which have recently our
eyes, anil ears, ami gladdened our hearts.
These, though forming but a speck in their \
dark Uoriami, over which a long gight has
brooded, wo interpret to be the sighs of ap
proaching blessings—signs which j\ve trust
will prove as tme as the twilight of the
morning which precedes the bright and
wide-spreading beams of the sun, | Ameri
can i-hrislians will have an opportunity of
i making some atonement for the plsti and
to the down-cast ted people we think we
I may venture to say, “ hold up ymj- heads,
j lor yum deliverance draws nigh.’ 1 ‘
(.toil seems to have chosen onr Country,
j unworthy as we are of the honor, lor the
| nursery of blessedness to the worltl. We
! P ass over the influence of our institutions
i upon nations remote, because our business
‘is with jhose at home.—The work of In
dian retorm has, at htst, been commenced
j upon a feasible plan. The government of
j ‘he United States has given to ninety thou
sand a home of their own, where they mav
enjoy among themselves the advantages of
Jail die institutions, domestic, civil and felt
gious, that make us, their neighbors, pros
perous. The exnerimemt, tlnis far, highly
j commends itself by its success, Civiliza
tion is rapidly advancing ; and, set the
Lord be praised t the mlltfencevof Ibe gos
[pel are proportionable in advance of every
| thing else.
This plan of Indian reform is designed,
with lbs blessing of (.fod, to be carried for
i ward, in the organization of oilier Teriito
ries, and the supply iftg ol thnflferith the
isite helps, until, to the vast circle de-|
scribed from California to Quebec, the j
! “ Pray ing-house” spire shall be seen, and j
the “ Book home” bell be heard.
In this work of justice and mercy—this ;
■ good and great work—this Association has
embarked. Could the world furnish an en
terprise of more thrilling or one
better calculated to enlist the best feelings
of the Christian's heart, and the strongest
energies of his soul and his hands? Other
nations, and other objects of benevolence,
’ have claims upon us ; but die claims of the
Aborigines of America upon the citizens of)
America, are paramount to all others.
This day the Association is two years
old ; but ils actual operations have only till
ed the brief period of about a year and a
I half. Though few and feeble at the begin
j ning, and few and feeble still, you have ac
j quifed a permanent character as a body
; dorpofttte and known in law. You have
fifteen missionaries within die Indian Ter*
j rilory, and others have presented them
selves as candidates fur that service.—Four
! churches embracing uendy two hundred
members.—ln one place, buildings ofcon
! siderable value, and a farm lor the nocoin*
; modaiioitof a large school | and in another
j pari, the prospect of still greater facilities j
‘for school; purposes.—Portions of the |
scriptures, to wit: Matthew ami Acts, liav'e
f been primed, and are ready for distribution |
and Ihe Putawatoinies tire readv to receive 1
it. •
In view of these things, we Cannot witli
j hold the grateful exclamation, “ IVhut
| hath God wroughtJjm Yes, He has done j
I il; and to Him praise. And “ if)
! God be for us, who can he against us ?*’
We perceive that the Association has
I obtained a charter Irom die Legislature ol
Kentucky, but not without a little trouble,
including diree visits of the Corresponding
Secretary of the Association lo the seal ol
| Government, that he might remote from
die minds oi legislators the impression that
the word “ Baptist” ought to be included
j in the name—a difficulty which our brellt
i ren iu New York have not as yet been able
) to remove from the minds of the members
! of the Legislature of that State, in reference
i to the name of “The Anieric'.ti and For-
etgn Bible Society.” They Mill contend
that the word Baptist must be included in
the name of our Society. In the name of
reason and common sense, what have legis
latures to do with the homes of our Socie
ties ? Just nothing at all: and but fur the
kind interference iff suiuc such gentlemen
as the Seeretaiy of “ ‘l'he American Bible
Society,” they would never have thought
of such a thing. With precisely as good
reason, might the American Bible Society
be required to include die word “ l’eilo
Baptist,” as the “ American anil Foreign
Bible Society” the word “Baptist.” We
are not more justly liable to the charge >ee
'.arian than they: as regards ‘.lie propriety ol
the use, oi not, ol any denominational epi
thet, in any of our names, we hold ourselves
lo be the only competent judges. 11. K.
Anecdote ol John Wesley.
11l the course of a voyage to America,
Wesley hearing an unusual noise in the
cabin by General Oglethorpe, (die Govern
or of Georgia, with whom lie sailed.) stepp.
cd in to enquire the cause of it, oil which
the General immediately addressed him—
“Mr. Wesley, you must excuse uie, 1 have
met with a provocation too great for man
to bear. You know the only wine 1 drink
is Gyp us wine, as it agrees with me the
best of any. I therefore piovided mvsell
with several dozens of it, and this vilian,
Giimalili (Ins foreign servant; who was
present, and almost dead with fear) has
drank up tlie whole of it j but l wiil be re
venged of him. I have ordered him tied
hand anil foot, and caraied to the man of
war, which sails with us. ‘l’he rascal
should have taken care how lig used me so,
for / never forgive
“Then l hope, sir,” sail! Mr. Weslev,
looking calmly at him, “you never sin."—
I'he General was quite conloutuled at the
reptoof j and putting his hand into his
pocket, took out a bunch of keys, which he
threw at Grimaldi) saying,
••There) villian, take my keys and be*
have better for the future.”
The Will of tlie laic John Parker
Noticing the death of the late John Par
ker, Esq., the Boston Atlas savs:—“.Mr.
Parker has bequeathed $94,000 to the fol
lowing public institions, viz : $50,000 lo
Harvard University—the income to be ex
pended for the support of talented and poor
I students, under the direction ol’ihe Govern
or of the Blate. the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and the President£of Har
vard University for the time being—lo,ooo
to the Massachusetts General Hospital, for
the support of free beds, in addition to the
number in the institution on the day of his
death. These two legacies are payable at
the death of his widow. Mr. Parket has
also given $4,000 to the Farm St liool, 84,*
jOOOto'tlie Howard Benevolent Society,
$4,000 to the Massachusetts Temperance
Society, $5,000 to the Widow’s Society,
$5,000 to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, $5,-
000 to the Blind Asylum, $2,000 to the
Boston Dispensary, $2,000 to the Natural
History Society, and $3,000 to the Sea
man’s Aid Society.
Besides these, there are many legacies
lo private individual, whose names it would
be neither delicate nur proper to publish—
but there is one, partaking so nearly of a
; public character, and which will give so
I much public satisfaction, that we do not
) feel ourselves bound to forbear the mention
,of it. The legacy to which we allude is
that which Mr. Parker has given to his
Cictgyman, the Rev. George Putnam, the
1 highly liberal, intelligent, and eloquent
pastor of the Unitarian Church in Roxbury.
The legacy to >lr. Putnam is SIO,OOO,
The Total amount of the bequests in
the Will is $311,500 ; and there is still a
large residuary property to go the heirs at
law.”
PENFIELD. )
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1840.
Agencies.
Rev. J. H. B. Shackelford is duly autho
rized to act as a special agent for the Chris
tian Index, and Baptist Preachet^
JSF* We renew the oiler of a premium
of five dollars for every ten nfw sub-;
sciibers, for whom payment is made
within six months from the lime of sub
scribing.
’
To Correspondents.
We think we answered bro. J. R Golding’s
inquities, through the Index, relative lo the
Baptist Catechism. The edition, we be- i
lieve, is exhausted. They cannot be sent
by mail without a cost greater than the j
price. We are sorry bro. K. became dis- j
pleased with us;’ and that the subscribers,
whose names he sent us, are stopping their j
papers, but we cannot help it. We never
beg one to take our paper, for we know it
is worth more to one who will read it eare
• fully than the money they pay for it. If
they stop our paper, and do not take anotli
er in its place, they u ill be the losers, not
1 we.
We shall continue to send our paper to
our young btother, John C, R. L., hoping
| that he will be able to pay some time or
jollier, if not iu money, in the names of Mew
! subscribers. Five new subscribers, paying
for their paper in advance, will entitle him
to the sixth copy giatis, We remembet
I him affectionately.
Indian Mission Association.
Our Kxi( mice Committee, we are in
formed, hat e determined to invite this As
sociation to bold a semi-annual meeting at
the place and time til the next meeting ol
our State Convention.
Changes.
Brethren J. Davis, C. F. Sturgis, nrnlS.
Rowe, have recently changed their resi
dence, and request their correspondents to
notice their present address, which is as
follows :
Rev. James Davis. Newiiau, Heard ro.,
Ga.
Rev. (’. F. Sturgis, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Rev. Stephen Rowe, I’atanlii, Randolph
county, Ga.
Rtv. S. S. liiirtlcltf.
We learn from the flarrv of the West,
published at Grenada, Mi., fiat the brother,
whose name is at the head of this article,
has accepted the unanimous call of the
church at Cat rollon in the same Htnlt*.
Booh for Georgia.
It affords us much pleasure to acknow
ledge, iu behalf of I*. S. Milner and Win.
C. Barnes, Superintendents of Sardis S.
School, Bike county, and Sunday
School, Meriwether eo. the valuable Libra
ries sent lo those Schools, respectively, bv
the Agent of the American Sunday School
Union. We are requested to state that the}
arrived in good tifder, and were gratefully
reel ived. May the pray er.* of many ascend
to heaven for a blessing on the head of the
liberal donor of the “ Boon for Georgia.”
Mrrrcr iuilmit).
A distinguished brother til the West,
who has observed attentively the elTorts
made of late years to rear up tlieoh gcal
schools in several of our Southern State?)
and whose individual interests enn itl no
Way be affected by the failure or sue ess
of any of these efforts, thus writes to us, in
a private letter recently received s
•* I have thought much lately of vour
University. A strong effort ought) forma
lly reasons, to be instantly ihadd !u place
its Theological Department Upon high
ground, and to put il into full operation.
Wemust have a Southern Inhibition, whose
faculty ami course of studies are not inferior
to Newton or Hamilton, and where the ad
vantages offered to young incii shall beam
pie. Your means are, at present, superior
to those of any other school, mid it appears
ht me that tliC duty is peculiarly Volirs.—
I should be glad to do all in inv power to
make your Theological School, instantly,
equal to Princeton. Can it not be done 1
Will it be done ?”
tfttrmltii Institu'r, S, C.
j Our colleague informs us, that lie hits
| seen ill our columns no notice of the ap*
pointment of onr esteemed anil justly ills*
i tinguisheil brother, liev- J, C, Furman, to
the presidency in this institution. We cer
tainly marked for insertion in our paper a
. notice of his appointment, which appeared
iin Otle of Our exchanges. The omission,
therefore, was wholly unintentional on our
pait. This institution has our good wishes
I and our prayeis for its prosperity- .So have
| its professors. The father of one of the
I professors is an old and particular friend,
of whose hospitality tve have been more
than once made a partaker, and the prineb
pal is one of the few brethren in S, O who
continue to patronize the Index.
Bevilal In HarioK Ala.
The remaks made relative to Fuunati
J Institute, may be made in reference to a no
\ lice of a revival in Marion. The notice
< was marked in a Aor them paper for inser-
J lion. The Ala. Ifaptist conics to .is veiy
! irregularly. For the papers containing tile
| editor's auimadveisions on us. we were in
debted to a friend. We were peculiarly
gratified to learn that fitter Jewett was one
of those to whom the ordinance of baptism
was recently administered in Marion.
Indian Mission Association.
We publish, this week, a Circular of
! this Associations which came to hand just
as our last paper was going to press, and,
consequently, after our editorial on the sub
ject of a semi-annual meeting was written.
XVe also publish the letter from the Corres
ponding Secretary, which accompanied it.
We will checrfliliy give extracts from their
Monthly Reports, if sent us in slips, or pub
: lish them entire when not too long. Our
paper is smifll—the Secretary will please
remember that.
Alabama Baptist.
We have a rod in soak for the editor of
this paper. We have been waiting, these
j two or three weeks, for sufficent space in
our columns, to lake a good sweep, when
we do lay on. So, brother, you had bet
ter prepare for it. Put on your padded
vest. We do not wish to kill you quite, or
even to cut so deep as to leave a scar b£-
j hind,—but we mean to make you smart a
j little, if we can, for your uncalled for at
tack on us and Mercer University.
South Carolina-
The Baptist State Convention of South
j Carolina, at its last session, resolved to
adopt the Biblical Recorder of North Caro
lina. published at Raleigh, and edited by
bro. Meredith) as their organ.
#
Take Notice—Bethel Association.
‘l'he (Berk of this Association Rev. Ste
phen Rowe requests llu.se churches which
may fail to receive their minutes, to inform
him of the fact by letter, addressed to him
at Patanlu, Randolph Cos.
Baptist I'irtorlnl.
j We will publish the prospectus of this
publication in our next number if iVP call
find one. The e.rtru sent us was not ir
e'etved.—We have banded the letter of lifoi
Hill to Rev. Wm. Richards P. M. of this
town, who will at*: as a travelling agent, if
desired ; and have handed him our uainer.i
a subscriber lor a copies iff the Pictorial)
i wliirli is the best recoiiimt'tidution we can
! at present give it.
Injuslirr— Uiblirnl Rrrorilff.
Our woithy brotl.fr of the Ke-onlct ha*
| been led, by the stratagem of another, to tin
us great injustice. In an editorial, tratis
! ferret! from the Alabama Baptist to his pa
i we ate represented as .tflirmirg, in ti:.-
j qualified terms, til Fuiman Inslitn e, that
“ it cannot attain to eminence as a theolo
gical institution.' ’ Mow be it ki own that
wc nittile no mil'll a- Si'rlinn. \V bat vve did
say was this : •’ II /,//<■ u a temp s to in
j struct in both literary unit tlm logical .’ tit
■ dies, it caititol, were i Ist yrtsint fends
j tjuai!ru| I ,-d, ai'ltin to eiiiinenee as a theolo
gical instittition.”—ln the preceding sen
tence IVe spoke ol the brother, who was itt
Mint time at the I.tt.nl ol the institution, as
i “one ol ll,e most talented professors lit the
I South.” i bis was prediatilv one thing that
| Influenced (life Principal of the JudsOn Fe
| male Institute, editor of the Alabama Bap
tist, Aic. &c., to issue bis injurious htisrep
resenlation. It stir li a/ipiiy ntly wilful
i misrepresentation does not do the editor < I
j the Baptist mote injury titan it can do us,
wc have wl.o'ly mistaken the character of
\labartt.i Baptists,
We appeal to brother Meredith for jus
tice—with a lull confidence that ottr appeal
ttill not be In vain—that he w ill correct the
misrepresentation which found its way into
itis columns, e hope lie w ill hefeafter
be rittitiotis how be Copies from the Alaba
ma Ba[ list j any tiling having tcferenee to
j it*** as this is Hot the first or second iire
stance, in which the editor of that paper
has grossly misrepresented our stacmenfs,
I
Sort hr fit Influence in Virginia,
We cat! assure our esteemed brother of
the Religions Herald, that in our remtiks
on the above named subject we had no de
sign to express distrust of our Baptist
brethren in Virginia, or to reflect on the
course which he in particular has pursued.
So far from this, we have the utmost Coiifre
dence that our Virginia brethren Will con
tend manfully for their tights, and as to tie
editor of the Herald, we may say witliot t
flattery he has cv, r been open, consistent
and firm in his opposition to Abolitionism.
He does not, like sortie others we could
j name, strike a blow and then run,- or fawn
at the feet of the one he struck, but ever
i maintains his ground, fearless of the con
sequences to himself. That Northern in
fluence is insensibly strengthening itself in
Virginia is evident (rom the late decision of
the Virginia portion of tl.e Baltitnoie
.Methodist Conference. We do beliete
; that it is increasing tiittcli more rapidlv
than our brethren genetaliy are aware of—
that is all wc designed to say.
Saluki'll Cultivator,
’i bis paper comes to us improved in ev
ery respect. Its mechanical execution is
‘of the first order, and the editorial depart-,
j ment is placed under the direction of James
Cantak, Esq. of Athens, who is Well known
to be a scientific agriculturist
The impottaiice of correct agricultural
knowledge to the community, we fear, is
not duly estimated. Agriculture consti
tutes tite base of every tiling that is lionoia
jWe or useful in society. “The tali, the
wise, tite reverend head,” cannot devise
means of subsisting w ithout the products
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