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Southern Publications- —The necessity
for Southern organizations, for getting tip
and circulating such books as are used in
the South, is felt more and more every day,
A brother in the country informed us, a day
or two since, iliat his little son, on return
ing from school one evening, inquired of
him, “Father, isn’t it wrong to have
slaves?” He replied, “No, my son—
whatinakes you ask thequestion ?” “ lo
calise mv book savs it is wrong.” was the
reply. On examining his book, it was ;
found to contain a familiar family dialogue
on the sin cf slavery ! !
We may he’ wrong, hut it does appear to
us that the people of the South are but half’
awake to this vital subject, and that Chris
tian editors are afraid to make the needful 1
effort to awake them fully, lest tbeslumber
trs should abuse them for “ disturbing their j
peace,” brand them as “ alarmist*,” turn
oil their pillows and fall lo sleep again.
We know that we have ariayed brethren
of influence against ti> for the stand we
have taken, atul have also lust a few sub
scribers \Yc led that, in refer- j
dice lo this matter, we stand in the midst j
of the editori 1 fiaternily alone.* No oth
er editor in the South, within our know
ledge, lias urged the importance of prompt
and decisive action on this subject, mid the ;
opponents of the measure arc using their el- j
forts, in a variety of ways, either to silence
us, by suppressing or supplanting the In
dex, or ’o destroy our little influence, by
branding ns as a rash, indisi reel nltraisl.
Hut we are not dismayed, for “ The Lord \
of Hosts is with us—the God of Jacob is ;
our refuge.”
We urge the adoption of measures toes
tablisb a literature of our own, not that vej
may pull down the institutions of vl/icrs, j
but that we may bvih! Up our own. We,
are not for war, but for peace, and for the
adoption of measures to render peace dura- \
blc. It certainly would be paying our
Northern brethren a poor compliment, to
argue that the formation of a Publication j
Society or Board in the South would alien-,
ate them from us. and lead to a renewal of
hostilities. We are required in have soil l
in ourselves, as well as “ peace one with I
another.”
If Southern editors will not br.nglhcj
in alter,! airly before their readers, it appears
to n an organization should for rued for
diffusing mlnrniaiinn on the subject, by
means of sweats anti tracts prepared for the
purpose. The people only want light, i
Give them light, and they will do what is .
right, whether their ‘•'halers” approve oft
their aetioit or not. We know of a num
ber who stand ready (some with iheir pen
and some with their money in Injnd.j lo en
tot into such art’ organization-, whenever
events shall demonstrate the necessity of
the measure. Omnipotence it is that hath
said. “ Let there be light,” and light will I
he. Vain will bo the dibits of innn to
suppress it—as vain as the effort to raise
the ocean from its bed and roll it up the I
mountains’ heights. All the counsels of
the Lord shall stand.
*h is but due to the Editor of the iiibti
cal Recorder to s.iv, that lie lias contended,
very correctly, that the principles which i
led us to separate from the Foreign and
Home Mission Society, if acted out, would
lead to a separation from other National
Societies —but he yields to what he consid
ers the decision of the denomination in the
South. Brother M. errs if lie thinks tire
sentiments of the Arc!ii-Epi#copal order of
Baptists (there is such an order among us, j
if not nominally, de facto,) are the senti
metits of the denomination at large.
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Tlic Western Prcdcxliaarian Unplixt.—
“This is an anti-mission publication, pub
lished in Charlestown, 111. We are indebted
for a number of it (No. 17, vol. 2,) to a
brother in Louisiana. In the number be
fore us, a writer gives us imicli information
aboil t himself, his ailments, <fcc., for which,
doubtless, bis renders will be duly thankful.
Among other things, he stales that he has
been troubled with “tile si/atir or rheuma
tic pains.” “Silatic!”—These brethren
decry human learning, but they seem to
have too much of it for us ! We cannot
understand the word silatic, here used, un
less it be derived from the Latin saiio, to
leap, &c. But as rheumatic-affections are
generally fixed, and not leaping, we doubt
whether such is its origin. As wc have
no medical professor in out College, to
whom we may apply for information, we
would be thankful to any one who would
enlighten our ignorance, and inform us
what kind of pain is a si/atic pain. We
have heard physicians talk ofa disease they
call sciatica, and of a region which they
term sciatic, but of a silatic pain wc never
before heard.
The editor appears lo he fully as learned
as his correspondent. He publishes an
improved edition of the hymn, “Why do
we mourn departing frimrd?,” and evinces
his taste and refinement, by substituting
the word “ grumble ” for ‘•tremble,” in the
line, “Why should we tremble lo convey.”
We notice these things, not with a view
to disparage the superior erudition of out
Anti-mission brethien, but to stimulate onr
readers to more active endeavors to obtain
and diffuse kno Wedge, that they may lie
enabled the better to appreciate the lore of
their superiors. While we deem it no sin
to be ignorant, where ignorance is not wil
ful, “fe should derm jt exceedingly sinful
to decry the.superior learning of others.— j I
And if, while we did this, we labored to’ i
appear learned ourself, we should consider I
that we had made ourself as ridiculous'm i
the eves of onr fellow-men, as we had-made t
ourself sinful in the sight of God. Our
anti-mission brethren attest the value of i
learning, when they assay to counterfeit it; i
for men do not counterfeit that which is of i
no value.
In the Primitive Baptist for July, we ji
have other rare specimens of teligious liter- j i
nture. Oneßenj. May of Macon, Ga„ji
sends for publication, as original, “A Dis
mission Hymn,” which is nothing more’
than a mutilation of one of Watts’ if we mis
take not. The second stanza reads thus, j
“Jesus our Lord has surely died,
And in die grave was laid ;
As such we now are justified.
And sinners heirs are made.”
1 o what or whom the winds “as such” j
refer, we have not lore enough to discover,
I he first two of the above lines afford ovi- >
deuce that tlic writer does not subscribe to ;
j the rule in Murray, which teaches that ]
j “Copulative conjunctions conned the same :
moods and lenses of verbs,” &c-f
Smvannec River Association.— The Min-j
utejf for 1814 have been received, It is;
-composed of 18 churches of which 12 j
hi Georgia, report II ministers, 14bnptized, i
17 received by letter, 25 dismissed, 5 ex
eluded, 2 dead, 410 in fellowship. In Flor- i
- ida there are 0 churches which” report 1;
ordained minister, 20baptized, 33 received !
by letter. 19 dismissed,3 excluded,3 dead,!
303 in fellowship.—Total in Ga. and Flor. j
18 churches, 4 ordained ministers, 34 bap-!
tized. 50 received by fetter, 44 dismissed, •
1 8 excluded, none restored, 4 dead, 773
; (n0t783 as in minutes) in fellowship—4®
| the average of churches to each minister.
This is an Anti-miSsinnnrv body.
Journal of Insanity, Idiocy and Epilepsy.—
- Wc have received, through the P. a
■ prospectus of this journal, and paid the
postage on it. If we have to pay postage
oh every prospectus sent to u->, it will
, amount t-> no small sum ill the end of the
yeat. Asa Stale Institution is endeavor
ing to deprive us even of the use of anoth j
‘*;•’* properly kindly granted us, in order to j
; pay debts that we never contracted, and of
i the existence of which we had not the least j
knowledge until sued for the same, we i
| hope State officers will not subject ns to ad
ditional tv: ong liv making us pay postage
ion commnnicatiims made for their own
benefit exclusively.
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The following enrnmiitiicnlion, with two i
notices of meetings, was mislaid and over- j
looked, until within a day or two past..l
I his circumstance we exceedingly regret;,
hut the past cannot he recalled, nor can we
| undo what has been done. It is not, we!
; hope, too late to chronicle the constitution
j of a church :
Dear Jfrothci linker —No doubt many :
: of our friends would be glad to learn that a
presbytery met in the town l Walkins
vills, Clark county, on Tlmrsdav before
the fifth Sabbath in March last, and const:-’
j luted a Baptist church, consisting of 14 ;
; members: one joined since by baptism,!
: ami more are looked for soon by letter and ]
] baptism. The prospect is quite fla-.tcring. !
j They called, forthwith, the Rev. M. W.!
1 Vamjivere to the pastoral charge of the in- !
I fant i luirch. We do most affectionately !
| ask of our ministering brethren to come over
I into Watkinsville, and help us.
Yours truly,
ALFRED G. B. VAN DIVE UK,
Church Clerk.
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School for ihc Blind.
riie editor of the Index says that lie j
highly approves of the object of this Insti- j
union, but bfifore lie can commend contri
butions for it, he must know what assur
ance can be given that the object will be
! secured. lie very much questions wheth
er any dependence can be placed upon pe
’ cnniaiy aid Irom the Alabama Legislatme,
but he will take pleasure in reflecting any
light that his brother of the Alabama Bap
i list may siied upon the subject,
j We confess that we have not much light
l on the subject, but what little we have we
1 will shed, for we are always happy in
! sheditig light upon a dark place. The In
stitution, we believe, went into operation
on the Ist of July instant; there are mo: e
than a hundred persons in this State who
1 need the advantages of such an institution,
(and we presume Georgia has her share ;)
1 ; the Stale which aids the cause shall have j
the benefit of the school, whether the Leg- j
islaiuce of Ala. aids it or not; it is not a
1 State institution, but is intended for the
[ South-west and South, and therefore no
i one should throw himself behind the bar
rier of State pride ; the cause is one which j
sympathy (or human distress should prompt
us to maintain.— . Ha. Hup.
We supposed, from the allusion to the
next session of the Legislature, that there
was some uncertainty whether the institu
tion would go into operation. We think
; ihe public ought lo know something more
about it than is communicated in the notice,
which we are publishing gratuitously, or
than lias been communicated through the
Alabama Baptist, before they arc called on
for contributions. We ought to know
■ something of the character and responsibil
ity of those engaged in getting it up. The
: 1 needful information may have been com
r nuinicateil though the secular papers in
i Alabama. As these we do not sec, wc are
■ still in the dark on the subject.’ More light
L brother Hoskins—given* more light be
fore the agent comes into our region. Let ;
us be assured that the institution will go in
to successful operaiion, and be under the
control ofjadicious and responsible men.
and we are confident Georgians will not
withhold their pecuniatv aid, inerelv*be
cause the institution is to be located in a
notber State. Georgia Baptists have con
tributed more for benevolent objects abroad,
within th? last twenty years, than the Bap
tists in any-other Southern or South-wes
tern State, as the reports of different be-j
nevolcnt Societies,Colleges* fcc. will shew.;
Look at home, brother, before you fre
proacli us for “State pride.” W'e deemed
i! necessary to cull for information, because j
we Know that some Baptists in Alabama
have had their fingers “pretty considerably”
burnt, in helping to build up public institu
tions in that State; and indeed in he I pint!!
to build up one not fifty miles from Marion,
which has now, we believe, become de
funct.
Life, of Godfrey K'il/iam Von Leibnitz,
on the I lasts of the German ll’ork of
Hr. G. E. Guhrauer. Jly John M.
Mtnkic. Jlus'in .- Gould, Kendall Hr
Lineohi. — lß4*.
This is a very valuable contribution to
the literature of our country. It is calcu
lated not only to impart information inter
esting and useful to the general scholar,
but lo stimulate to efforts, and encourage
in those those who sigh to win lion
ors in the fields of science. Leibnitz arose
t from obsenritv to the highest pinnacle of
fame, and surmounted difficulties which,
to a less ardent and dauntless mind, would
probably have proved insuperable. lie
shares, with Newton, the honor of discove
ries, which effected, in die scientific world,
one of the most remarkable and salutary
revolutions dpi l has ever been effected by
men. The history of this philosopher
proclaims to every one embarking in litera
ry pursuits, “ Dare to be wise.” .
We have seldom read a work, purely
literary, that has suggested to our minds so
many useful moral reflections. While we
observe in the life of the author the rapid
and continuous development of intellectual]
greatness, we arc led, involuntarily, to ren
j ilcr homage to Him who made man after his
| own image, and endowed him with those
! intellectual features which assimilate him
!to the loftiest intelligences of heaven. But
i when we turn to survey the infirmities of
\ the philosopher and his competitor* for fame,
jwe cannot but feel deeply bumbled.• We
| arc constrained to admit that man, at bis
| best estate, is but vanity ; and ate led lo I
| adore die goodness anil forbearance of God |
; —ll is goodness in bestowing blessings so
| great an mail so lufion—and His forbear
j mice in bearing with the infirmities of those
] whom lie has so signally blessed.
We commend this work alike to die
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1 Christian and the man of literary attain- \
infills, as one well worthy of a place in j
their libraries. . •
I The Family Circle—lts Affections and
Pleasures. Edited by 11. A. Graves.
Boston: Gould, Kendall ty Lincoln. —
| 1844.
This is a neat liitin volume, composed of
! short articles in prose and poetry, wldr.lt
! are well written, and are moral or religious
in their tendency. It is neatly printed anil
j neatly bound, with gilded embellishments.
| All the topics introduced have some con
nection with the family circle. It is, tliere
i fore, well suited to lie picsented as a keep
j sake to one with whom we have mingled
in the dear delights of “Home.”
| The Family Altar ; or the Duty, Bene
fits, and Mode of conducting Family
Worship : with Hemarks on the various
’ parts of Prayer. Boston: Gould,
Kendall Sy Lincoln. —lß44.
The title page ol this little volume is suf
ficient to commend it to the serious atten-!
tion of the Christian. We will only say, |
that no one who will buy the book and read
it carefully) will be likely ever In regret ei- ’
tlier the money nr the time bestowed upon
it. It is like the ptecediug, a small but
well printed and well bound volume, that;
may conveniently be carried mone’s waist
coat pocket into his field or his closet.
Messrs. Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, of I
Boston, too well known to our leaders to •
require a commendation from us, are the j
; publishers and proprietors of the above ■
works. The last two works noticed form
a part of their “ Christian Miniature Libra- ’
I ry.”
Female Examination.— The examination
of the fair pupils of the Female Academy,
of this place, occurred oil Thursday, the
24tli instant. We present to cur readers
an account of it, regarding it not merely as
! a matter of interest and importance to the
j inhabitants of Penfield and its vicinity, but
also as a subject which merits the attention
j of the members and friends of the Baptist
| denomination thtougiiout our State,
i At ail early hour, on entering the loom
in which the examination was held, we
: found it nearly filled by the pupils, and an
! attentive and respectable audience. The
! studies, upon which the pupils were exam
ined, were the great branches ofa solid En
] glish education. They were such studies
| as are calculated rather to enlarge tliart to
polish liie mind!—to prepare the fair stu
: students for the practical duties of life.
: We were gratified in finding that even Al
gebra had its place ainotttj then* studii *;
and our pleasure equalled our surprise, I
when we found dial our old and valued
friend, Euclid of Mcgara, held an honored
place in this intellectual assemblage.
Owing to the entrances of the pupils, not
having been the same* time, and to va
rious domestic afflictions—which, during j
the past term, have befallen the instructor
of the Academy, pre-oecupying and iiis- j
trading, as they must have done, his atten- j
tion, and interrupting temporarily bis la- j
bors—the visitors were prepared to pardon :
the imperfections which, under such ■ ir-1
.cumstanees, wpuld naturally be expected
to exist. But flie well-directed efforts ofan i
accomplished scholar, and judicious disci-j
plitiarian, went fifnnd to have reduced and
suimonntetl t)iofc difficulties ; and we, who
came to pardon, were compelled to admire.
Tint inquiries of the teacher were pertinent ;
and perspicuous, atul the answers of the
pupils, in the main, ready and correct.
They will, liov ever, pardon us, who were
in tlic farther nrt of the room, if, fur the ;
first time in our lives, we were inclined to ,
doubt the poet's declaration, that “a low,]
sweet voire,, isbui excellent thing in wo
man.” --‘■At tin- vlosO'.nf the day’s perform- .
ances, wme the leading of Essays, compo
sed by the pupjls of the Academy. With
these perfnrmtyces we, with the resl of the
audience, were highly gratified. They
were all on r'elrFifius subjects ; and, as tb ?
teacher informed us, were, with the excep
tion of a few unimportant corrections, the
same ns whetl received i\-om the hands of
their author*;] ■ We are truly gratified in
being able tbWv that they alike did honor
to the headsMd the hearts whirl) produced
them. J
In the intelrnls between the recitations,
the perfdwiurjes tVere agreeably varied by
Music, conducted bv the teacher and some j
of her pupils. In the evening of the exami
nation day, wp had a still better opportuni
ty of being made acquainted with the at
tainments and proficiency of the pupils in
this elegant npcomplifhment. The rooms
were filled with matrons of this place, a
fair array of beauty from various sections of
j onr country',- j gentlemen of all si?'” and
! ages, among whom we should not forget
particularly Uf-.iotiee certain young gentle
men, in geiuiJT, ornamented with the ap
pendages of h ng straight hail and cudgels
—the latter pinhahly indicative of the mag
nanimity of that valor which pilfers In
alarm its enetmes by the size rather Ilian
the use of its weapon, and delicately sug
gestive of the lvalue of that body, however
j diminutive its size, which needs such an
instrument in ils defence. The performan
ces, on this itiicasion, were highly gratify
ing, correct hlik tasteful. They bore equal
testimony to the skill of the preeeptiess
and the diligence of pupils : and had it not
been that some of the ladies (strangers we
’ trust) forget, in die excitement of conversa
tion, the respect due to the performers—anil
had not the aforesaid young gentlemen, in
the extaey of their gratification, confused
them bf their noisy and unappreciated ap
plause—we would have bad nothing to la
ment or censure in the occurrences of the
day. We trust that these annoyances will,
on no future occasion, be renewed, *
In conclusion, wc sincerely cougiatnlate
Mr. Hillyer, aid the friends and patrons of
the Academy, upon the success of this ex
amination, and cannot refrain from express
ing the hope tint ail Institution, presenting
| such claims to incouragemenl and support,
j will not be neglected. E. T. W.
, Oncsiir.u:;.
Wc sec from (what has been before ob
served, no absurdity —no paradox in the
conclusion, that’ Onesitnus was sent back
to occupy the double relation of slave and
Christian brothe to bis master and. fellow*
! Christian— Phil inon.
The reason \by the expressions of af
fection—“Son’ —-“brother beloved &c,”
are applied to tie returning fugitive, is pre
’ sented clearly finite Epistle. Paul was in
imprisonment a* Rome, vs. IC. We are
informed by Like,—Acts xxviii. 30, 31.
; that bis confintment was not strict—that
I all who desired jt had access lo him in “his
1 hired house,” aid,that “lie preached the
] kingdom of Got, and taught those things,
; which concern pe Lord Jesus Christ, with
I all confidence, it man forbidding him.”—
‘ A convert to Clristianity, the slave Onesi
] rnus ministered |> the necessities of him,
; who liad pteser ed foi liis acceptance, the
i piivileges and ! leasings and glorious hopes
iof the Gospel. And on the other hand it is
| not surprising j that the Apostle's heart
should have bet I full of gratitude and love
to his faithful s want, to the son whom he
had begotten in lis bonds—to the convert,
who, in the mi it of the licentiousness and
idolatry of the iperial city, had embraced
1 the religion of. ‘sus.
Under these ircuinstances, why did the
i Apostle sever ll: lies of so near and tender
i a relation? In rnswering this question,
; we cannot with old our pity from the sub-
I terfuges, and ev sions and possibilties with
which our com cutator lias clothed liis re-
I marks upon it. All the hypotheses of our
author may It. r.evcr, be reduced to this,
that perhaps oLsimns was himself dig
; posed to returnj Relying upon-the liislo
1 ry of that day, l-f>! the general tenor of the
’ Epunlc, we proifc'.ince such a supposition
1 j in the lil’ice improbable. Onesi
’ unis could not jurve been ignorant of the
, condition of slAe* in hi* day. Purchased
j for a trifle. :mi: ; issesyed in g: .. min rs. )
i even by those in moderate eircumstanc s’
thirpersons anil livps were but lightly re
garded. “They had no day of rest—no
legal protection. They were subject to the I
cruel caprice of their masters, whose abso- 1
lute property they were, and at whose mer
cy their lives every’moment lay.” “For]
J the slightest and most trivial offences, they :
| even cruelly scourged and condemned to;
j hard labor ; and the petty iy rant ofa farm
I iy ■ “ hen exasperated bv any real or appre- 1
I bended injury, could na;i them lo a cross, |
land make them die in a lingering ::::d most 1
I miserable manner.
; Again, bad the proposition to return, j
j come from Onesiinus, ibis fact would have j
recommended him to the mercy of his mas- j
j ter. Paul would naturally have dwelt up-i
jonit, and urged it upon Philemon asaj
: ground of pardon. But we look into the’
epistle in vain to find any such plea for ]
pardon advanced, or any such desire to re-;
| turn ascribed to Onesimus. The desires]
10l Onesiinus are no where repiesented .as*
I the ground of his return. Onesimus was j
| sent back by the Apostle. It is obviously !
| implied throughout the Epistle, that the]
I right,s ol Philemon wete the grounds ofthisj
proceeding. Paul would ha ;.r-vrri: inm
; have retained the services of Onesimu.', see i
j vs. 13 ; but lus inclinations were subjected j
110 his sense of duty. Mm , .r !:•> mated !
] that lie was about to send bad; a laithful
! servant, and a beloved son in the gospel, to
endure deserved .mil severe punishment.—
It is only on this supposition, ihat we can
account for those earnest, solemn injunc
tions, and those melting entreaties with
which the Epistle abounds. In writing
this letter, the Apostle must have known
that the one who bore it—his beloved O- ;
I nesiiiius, was about to be in danger of suf- j
j sering a shameful punishment—perhaps j
the lingering death of crucifixion—perhaps j
|me more a’.vftil doom of banishment, to ]
] those servile mines, from which our 8a
: viour is believed to have drawn many of
I those terrific images, by which iie piu
] tured lire abode and the torments of the |
j damned: “where there i* weeping and;
! wailing and .gnashing of teeth.” What I
; earthly object could so strong] v agitate [the ]
’ mind of the Apostle? What other could
! have caiied forth such passionate pleadings
[as these: “Yet for love's sake I rather be
i seech thee, being such an one as Paul tlic
j aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus
’ Christ —/ beseech thee lor my son Onesi
! mus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
—Tlmu therefore receive him, that is, my
own bowels —not now as a servant but a
bove a servant, a brother beloved .especial
ly to (He but now much more unto (lire,
I both in the flesh and in the I .old— receive
him us rny<,etf —yea brother let me have
joy of thee in the Lord, ”
These are the considerations, which
compel us to dissent Irom the conclusions
of Dr. Barnes. To us they are strong and
conclusive, and they lead us irresistibly lo
tlti! belief, that Onesimus, a slave, was
sent back by the Apostle Paul to his mas
: TER. v
It needs not the sagacity of a Statesman
or philosopher to discover, what purpose*
, these comments of our author were design
ed to subserve. The constitutional rights
ol Southern men have been too often viola
ted by the assistance and encouragements
afforded to our fugitive slaves, and by im
pediments and difficulties thrown in the
way of pursuit and capture, in the anti-sla
very sections of our country, to allow us to
be blind in ibis mattei. This is nneofthat
] series of efforts by which the constitution
i ol’our country and the institute# of our reli-
Jgion have been distorted to afford support
|to abolition sentiments: and we pity the
: futility of such attrinpts as much as wo de
ride the absurdities which they originate
and support.
The Apostle Paul sent a man “bound so
; service” ( dou/os literally translated) back
|to his master. It is a remarkable coinci
dence that the constitution ol the United
; Slates sanctions the tights of masters over
; this vftry class of men, “ those bound to
service,” when fugitives in other Stales’—
When therefore, we urge our Northern
brethren to follow the directions of scrip
ture, and imitate the example of the Apos
| tie Paul, we urge them to a compliance
! with the spirit and the letter of our mttion
;al law. Send us back as convened men
I and benefactors, those who have
j sinfully fled from v.s ; and send us by them,
the Epistle to Philemon as expressive of i
’ your desires, and tl.eir claims to pardon,!
] and wo will strive to fulfil its injections and j
reqensts as faithfully as Philemon did.
j In conclusion we merely refer to two ]
j other argument? in order that we may not ]
]be charged f ilh having unfairly omitted i
1 any points which give weight to the oilier;
; side of the question. The first is, that in !
i the Epistle to the Collossians, iv. 19., i
Paul designates Onesimtisas “one of you.” i
Not seeming that this lias any bearing up- i
oil thequestion, \te past it by. It any (Li
fer in opinion Irom, us they w*ij find its t
answer in the last No. of the Soutrisin We
i t
j * Plutarch informs us that ific price of a ]
slave in the camp of Lucullus was 3 shill- i
tngs; and Atb”"’ mr from personalobser
] vnlion, that there were in the possession of
very many of the Romans slaves to the
! number of ten anil even twenty thousand.
view . i l.e second argument ir, that miller
th old dispensation the Jews were not al
lowed to give e;> a slave who had escaped
from in* master: See Dent, xxiit. 15. IC.
We do not know whether this argument
emanated front Dr. !?. nr from the mini! of
the Sapient Editor of the Reflector. If
ftoin the former, we respectfully submit
the inquiry—Whether ’bese fugitives not
;e I•surrendered vveie Hebrew slavt*. or
he laves of trie idolatrous nations sur
rounding the country of .be jews? If it
originated with the latter, we affectionately
urge him to devote a few hours of bis edi
torial leisure, to the study of the Logic of
I Archbishop Whately, and to the investiga
tion of the principles of the Mosaic Kisnttn
rny. E. T. \V.
Clinton, Jones County, )
July 19, 1845.’ $
Mr. Editor. — Please publish in your
paper the following preamble and resolu
tion.
Whereas there appears in the “Christian
Index” of the 11th inst., a communication
from the Rev. J. li. Campbell of this place,
] from which it mav be inferred that our
j preacher in charge, Rev. Geo. Bright, has
j not been acceptable to us ns a minister ;
: and to prevent any wrong impression from
! rob;-- abroad I'm. Bright’s relations to
I us as a minister ;
; Resolved. By the second quarterly oon-
I ference of the Clinton circuit, that Bro.
! Bright’s ministerial course has been such
as to secure the approbation of the Metho
dist portion of this community.
Resolved, That this resolution bp pub
lished in the “Christian Index” and
Southern Christian Advocate.”
GILES 11. GRISWOLD, Sec.
■
The Rev. Dr. Manly linn resigned liis
j appointment in the Home Mission Board
i“f die Southern Convention; his at'en
dance on the meetings being utterly’ pre
cluded by iiis official engagements. — Ala.
Baptist.
Hot Weather. —ln New York and Phil
adelphia. the weather on the 1 lih, 12tlC
Us and 14th nit.., has been oppressively
hot—the thermometer ranging from 90° to
I2° !
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
Rev C D Mai! .ry for John Fleming and
I B B Dykes. s*2 50 each, Aug 46 ; and H
A Veazey &1 50 ; T J Burney for Uugli A
Lawrence, 82 50 ; I>r W II Turpin for
Rev W P Reid ©2 50, to Aug 46 ; Rev D
G. Daniel for John Parish 2 50, July 40.
Periodical Library. Vol. Rev C D
M.diary paid for Joint Burke, Rev W R
Steele, Rev John Dupree, Geo W Daniel,
James I) Hampton, Rev J M Hampton,
Witt L Hrmp’.on, A Y Hampton, Ilardy
Giiffln, Chas W Horne, David Howard,
Robert Higslim, Jus Barlow, Jcsnph Phil
ip*, ii J Young, J T Wright, S M Cars
well, Win Hughes, and 8 others credited in
Index for July 4tl>; P A Lawson lot Gil
ber’ Gav, Maj John J Whitaker, Thomas
Bridges, Sanford Adams, Edwin Drury,
Edwin Evans, Rev li P Allen, Robert C
] Bridges. Rev J W Wilson, Rev T J Thirk
j cid, anti John Williams; F Jorddh, Esq.,
; for seif, Michael Bozeman and F J Brown
ing; TJ Burney; Win Boroitm for vol.
I and 2; Dr W II (I’tirjiin for Rev W P
] Reid 25 copi;
Bro. Baker, — Please publish for me the
] following appointments:—At Fleming’s
j Pond, 35 miles South of Neinvansville, 10
j “:;.i 17th of August 1845; 19 and 1 Dili at
; the new Meeting House, 4 miles L> t of
j No. 2 Station, both in Marion Cos.; 20th
| Ride; 21 and 22 at Lake Lindsay; 23 and
|24 at Buddy’s Lake. These two last ap
i pointments in Benton Cos.; 25 and 2Gi!t at
I Ecliopocksogoa in Hillsborough Cos.; 27,
j 28 .tad 29 Ride and Rest; 30 and 31 at
I the School House near the Warm Springs;
] Sept. Ist Ride; 2 and 3 at Long Swamp;
| 4ih at Fort King; sth Ride; (H[j at Martin's
! (near Raiiiilfs Springs;) 7th at Liiiio Or
ange Creek, where Bro. Barber shall ap
point—then Ride and Rest until Saturday
and Sunday; 13 snd 14th Fort Clarke.—
Dear brethren in tue ministry come over
and help at these appointments. Six of
them are desiring to be constituted into
j chprches. Brethren W. C. Couper, Elias
; Knight and Ryon Fryer are specially re
quested to attend, with church authority to
i aid in constituting churches and ordaining
| Deacons. And any other brethren who
, may see these appointments and ran do so,
! come and you will learn much of the max
] ims, manners and customs i.fou: country,
as well as ol its Geography, &e.
; JOHN TUCKER.
fSg?” THERE will commence a pro
tracted meeting, at Bethel, Meriwether
: County, on Friday before the first Sunday
tin September next. Ministers arc cordial
; lv and respectfully invited, and most earn
| estly solicited to attend.
NOTICE.
THE Baptist Church of Christ at Nale’s
i Creek, Fianklin Cos., would again notify
all persons, that if any have any charge a
gainst any of her members, they are rc
] quested to present them in gospel order lo
the Church, on Thursday before the scc-
I omi Sunday in September next.
Done in Conference, anti signed by or
id°r of the churrh, July 12th, 1845.)
11. VIANGUM, O. Cl’k.
A4)VDNLSTR.\TOR'S SALE?
Under an order of the Honorable Inferior
Court of the County of Oglethorpe, when
, sitting for ordinary purpose* in the town
of Lexington, on the first Tuesday in Oc
tethrr next. tiler hrgrnt hnf\r OfFafe,
261 acres of land more or less; it being the
real estate of John Barker, deceased, ad
-1 joining land of Samuel I'ramcr, Jan s Bar
’ ket ami others, on Ihe water's of Little
j River, Tern,a on 6
. WAL LUMPKIN, Adin'r.
Avg. 1,1815. • 31. td.
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