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or, -i I am, I found hut little rest. I
ihongtit o) rriy quiet New England home,
from which l hail been absent but a few!
months. I thought of iny mother, and her
anxiety about her sailor boy in this his first!
troy age. The scene was indeed a novel one
tome. The swelling wiuds of the tempes
tuous night, the wild scenes of man and na
ture all around us, the vivid image of the
bloody conflict, with the remembrance its !
hideous and fiend-like outcries, all tinned so j
to oppress my spirit that l found but little re- j
p,ie. My companions, however, perhaps i
more accustomed to danger, and perhaps
le-.i addicted to thought, were soundly a
sleep.
I hilly in the morning a party ol warriors!
came to the missionary’s lint in search of j
us, having some-how ascertained that aj
boat’ cre.v w ere on the shore. The mis-1
airman’and his wile, both in countenance |
and manner, manifested the deepest anxiety 1
lor our safety. The savages were imperious j
•hd rude, and it seemed to me then, that
nothing but the restraining power of Clod ;
preserved this family uninjured in the midst j
of such cruel and treacherous men. While .
ihey had been somewhat subdued in spirit,;
by the kindness, the meekness, and ihu ut
ter helplessness of the missionary’s family,
they considered us sailors fair game for!
plundei and abuse. Lly the mosi earnest j
‘■.'ilii'i’.limns on the part ol the missionary,,
lionary accompanied us to our boat and we
had, for our retinue, a troop of rioting and
carousing savages, brandishing their bloody
war clubs over our heads, to convince us j
that wo were in their power. A walk of]
two miles conducted us to the beach. It 1
was a fearful walk, and the watchful anxic J
tv of 0.. r friend proved that he considered j
our danger to be gieat. When \vc arrived!
at the beach, some of the natives munifes-1
ied great reluctance to let us go. Some
took hold of the boat to draw it f'urthei up- 1
on the land, while they seemed to he earn- ]
its lly arguing with the rest upon the folly of
permitting our escape. At length, howev
er, they yielded to the remonstrances ol’the
missionaiy, and aided us in launching our
boat, through the now subsiding surf*
As we rowed from the shore, and I look-!
id hack upon that devoted man, standing
upon the beach in the midst of these rude ‘
savages, and thought of his return to his
solitary home, and of the days, weeks, and
months he must there pass in thankless la
bors, I though his lot was, in a worldly
point of view, one of the hardest 1 had ever
known; and l wondered that any man could
he bo hard-hearted as to speak in terms ol
repioach, and point the finger of scorn to
wards the Christian missionary.
In my last voyage, abuut two years ago,
1 again entered this same liurbui. It is
now called the Hay of Islands, and is one
of the most beautiful places in natural scen
ery on the surface of the globe. I could
hardly credit my eyes as I looked out up
on a handsome and thrifty town, with ma
ny dwellings indicative of wealth and ele
gance. There were churches of tasteful
urc)nlocturi' f unti scluutl chiltlrttn their
slates and books. Anti there were to be
seen New Zealand families dwelling in
cheerful parlors, sanctified by morning
prayers and evening hymns. The untiring
labors of the missionary had through (soil's
blessing created anew world. And the
emotions of deep compassion wills which
I regarded him, when we left him on the
beach alone with the savages, wcie trans
formed into sentiments ol admiration anil
almost envy in view ol Ins aeltic veil cuts.
All other labors seemed trivial competed
with his. And I then felt, and still feel,
that if any man can lie down with joy up
on a dying bed, it is he who can look back
upon a life successfully devoted to raising
a savage people to the comforts, refine
mints and virtues of a C’lnistian life,
Mount Sinai.
['resident Durbin, after lie krul visited
this renowned and Indy mountain, and had
leit his mind lilted with the vast associa
tions of the spot, bloke forth into the Ibl
lowing beautiiu! train of thought when con
templating the scene anew, with his pen in
hand to record the sentiment:
••I have stood upon the Alps in the mid
dle o! June, and looked around upon their
enow empire— 1 nave stood upon the Ap
, 0111111.. , and looked abroad upon the plains
of beautiful, eventful Italy—l have stood
upon the Albian mount, and beheld the 1
scene of the JEneid from the Cireenn
promontory, over the Cutnpagne, to the j
eternal city and the mountains of Tivoli—l ■
have sat upon the pyramids of Egypt, and
east my eyes over the sacred city of Helio
polis, the land of (loslten, the fields of Jew-1
ish bondage, and the ancient .Memphis :
where Moses and Aaron on the part of Clod
and his people, contended with Fhaiauh
and his servants, the death of whose ••first-1
horn of man and beast in one night” filled |
the land with wailing; but l have never |
set my foot on any spot, from whence was ,
visible so much stern, gloomy gtamleur,
heightened by the silence and solitude that
reigns around, but infinitely more heighten-j
ed by the awful and sacred associations of!
the first great revelation from Clod to man.
I feel oppressed with the spirit that breathes
around and seems to inhabit this holy
place. I shall never sit down on the sum
mit of Sinai again and look upon the silent
ami empty plains at its feet; but I shall go
down a better man, and aim so to live as to
escape the thunders at the last day, which
once icverberated through these mountains,
but have long since given way to the Cl. >
pel of Peace. 1 can scarcely tear myself
away from the hallowed summit, and 1
wish I too could linger forty years in con
verse with the Lord.
The celebrated Dr- Rush makes the fol
lowing comparison: “ The effects of w ine,
l.ko those of tyranny in u well formed gov
ernment, are first tell in the extremities;
w hile spirits, like a bold invader, seize at
once upon the vitals of the constitution.”
Water is the cheapest, purest, health*
■•’st- and to those who habitually use it,
i n most agreeable of all beverages.
For the Christian Index.
Oglethorpe Suuday School Association.
Lf.xinoton, September 3d, ‘45.
litc. J. .S’. Raker,— We have formed io j
the county of Oglethorpe on Association,!
(composed of all the Sabbath Schools in the
county, being some seven or eight in nurn- 1
bpr,) culled the “Oglethorpe Sunday School ;
Association.” The object of this Society is I
to disseminate light, and books on the sub- i
joct of Sunday Schools, form new schools,
gatfTPr up the lambs of the flock, &c. 1
win requested to write out the proceedings
of our meeting, and forward to your paper
and the S. C. A. of Charleston ; but I have
determined to send you simply the names
of the officers of the Association, and re
quest you to add any remarks you may
deem proper.
Yours in chri lino bonds,
J. H. ECHOLS. |
OrncEßa of O. S. S. A.
Col. J. 11. Lumpkin, President.
Rev. John Keid, )
Kev. f. P. Butler, ‘ y
Dr. James S. Simms,
.Yiaj. \V. P. Rembcrt, J
Rev. J. Vandivcrc,
Win. M. Blanton,
(files Young, ‘t
’ fcrffisftfc'U argrove, VHHHp
VVilljH/n Lumpkin,
John Baughn, tg-Com.
Henry Jordon,
John Uillin,
J. U. Thornton,
Augustus Dozier,
Z. Clark,
P. W. Hutchinson, jr., Cor. Sec'y. !
George Poster, Recording Secretary.
Daniel Jenkins, Treasurer.
In no department of Christian enterprise
do we feel a deeper in’crest than in that of
Sunday Schools. Every revival through
which we have passed, (and tve have pass
ed through many,) lias served to deepen
our conviction of tho importance of this in
strumentality. Avery large proportion of
those who ure untumlly brought into the
church, have been connected with Subbatli
.Schools, either as pupils or teachers; und
the most active, cxemplury and useful mem
bers of tho church, will be found, very gen.
erully, to be those who have received reli
gious instruction in their youth. Wo have !
known many an instance in which church- ■
es have been built up, in destitute parts,!
through the blessing of heaven on Sunday j
Schools; but never Imve we known aj
church to become extinct, that was careful ;
to keep up a well-conducted Sunday School. !
Such an occurrence we consider a morat j
impossibility.
We commend to the friends of the Sab- j
bath .School cauntr, in Ollier parts, tho ex
ample of its friends anil promoters in Ogle
thorpe. Union of effort is desirable in eve
ry good cause, and in many instances it is
absolutely necessary to insure success. W e
shall be pleased to receive, from time to
time, reports from the Oglethorpe S. S. As
sociation for our columns. We also in
vite its members to furnish coimnunicuii isttn.
as often us practicable, fur our Sabbath!
School Department. Our duties will not !
allow us to write elaborate essays on unv ;
subject.
For the Christian Index.
I
Convention of Churches.
The undernamed churches, by delega- !
lion, met in Convention at Ebcuezcr, Ran-!
ilolplt county, Ala.:
CiicttcHiiH. Delegates.
E.mtckfaw, \ ™m. P Thompson,
C Win. Hood,
f Euelidus Longshore, ]
High Fine, s Tilmour Traylor,
C Elijah Alunciict.
Antioch, ) } V ‘ ’ M - McClendon,
/ J. It. Lipp.
State Line, < Jackson Allen.
Concord, Wm. Philips.
Bethel, ( Samue!.Moore,
l Hezekiah Hears!.
Mount Aiarat, S James Foreman,
f A. Leierett,
(■rooked Creek, < John Dooly,
[.I. Collins.
Hephzibah, i Robert Whitfield. i
| It. Kinard,
, Ebenczer, -j Thomas Ashcraft,
(_ tl. Robinson.
I After the Convention was formed, the!
! subject of lot tiling anew Association was j
; presented be foie the body ; and after delib-1
! oration thereon, brethren W. M. M’Clen-1
I don, Samuel Moore, 11. Robertson, 11. Ki
nard, Win. P. Thompson, Abram Leverett, j
and Gibson Joiner, were appointed a com-1
uiittee to draw up resolutions agreeable to !
the sentiments ofthn Convention, who re j
ported as follows ;
Whereas, it was unknown to Ebcnezer
j Church, which sent out circulars to her sis
! ter churches, that our sister churches in the
lower end of the Liberty Association had
made arraugemeiits for forming anew As
sociation ; but now being in possession of
; the same, therefore, he it unanimously
/ solved, By this Convention, that we
1 decline any further attempt to form anew
Association, but cheerfully give way to our
| sister churches below, believing that there
! ought not to be more than one new Asso
-Ination fonned in the bounds of the Liberty.
! Further,
* lictolved, i hat the above proceedings
1 be signed by the Moderator and Clink, and
I a copy sent to the Christian Index for publi
cation,
SAMUEL MOORE, Mod.
Richard Nolen, Clerk.
For the Christian Index.
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lira.Maker. —lr appears to Oe a pretty j
general opinion, so far as is known to my
self, that very considerable, (not to say
1 great,) injustice, has been dune to the
j tiephzibah Association, in a cotnmunjca- ,
I lion which appeared in a late number ofthe
I Index, ovei die signature of “Squib.”
Ii is true, we havs failed in “some of our
: most fondly cherished hopes, in tegaitl to
j the future ; but not so as to subject us, as a ;
! body, to b e justly held up, as the object of
scorn and derision, before the religious
world, as appears to havs been the object
ol .Mr, ••Squib.”
There were palliations accompanying
our failures, which our brethren uOroad,
and the world ought to know. For/.m- j
stance —In regard io our second failure* of |
] which *Squib’ makes mention, “for !
mg a destitute region'oicountry, contiguous :
jto us. with the gospelthe Hephzilfii j
; Association, did not have the honor of i d- j
: ginating that noble plan, but stood as he 1
willing coadjutoi, ready to assist the in gt
nal projector, w hen called on; blit the | in
jector, (the Washington Association,) t :v
----er called on us ; nor has moved lieraell no j
far as is known to lin.”
i Much more might, in great justicj, Jie
j said to shew, that “old HepliZlbali,’ i!as i
! nut been so criminally delinquent, as Mr.
“Squib,” would make out, but it is Jutted
j that the above is sufficient,
i May Clod lead us all in the way evcrlast
; ing, and give us mine brotherly live, and
i more of that charily which “thinketh km
j evil,” is the prayer of yours, i:i the gospel j
bonds,.
J. 11. T. KILFATIIiCK. j
! ‘She has taken action on the subject,
jat her late session, as will he seen by the ,
resolutions published in another part of Cur j
paper.—Ed. !
Remarks.— We willingly publish the a- j
hove; but our brethren of the llvplizibah
will paidon us, if, in the absence of brother
Baker, we feel unwilling to lake any l.irtli
er steps in the matter. In the meanwhile,
dear brethren, wc doubt not, that you will
temeinber, how sweet u thing it u for
brethren to dwell together in unity, and that ]
tiie better as weil as tho nobler way ol an-1
swering a censure is by letting our Christian 1
actions disprove it. E. T. W.
For the Christian Index.
Salem, Russell Cos., Ala. J
August 12th, 1815. 5 j
1 he scattered brethren and sisters of the !
j Baptist order, living in Salem and vicinity,
j believing it would he to the glory and honor
! ol Hod, and to the advancement of the Re !
j deeiner’s kingdom on earth, to constitute a
I church in tins town—having first obtumtd j
j the consent of sister churches—a j
tery was called, consisting of Elders Frau- j
! cis Callaway, Thomas Cranberry and Da- k
v/i/fclMus.
After mi appropriate seruiou by brother [
Callaway, the meeting was organized:’
brother Callaway chosen Moderator, and !
Clarke Aldridge requested to act as Secrets- ‘
ry.
Letters of dismission to brethren and sir-1
lets from different chinches weie read. 1
Articles of Faith were presented, and,
alter reading the same, were adopted.
A church covenant was presented, which I
! aUu met their concurrence.
] After a sirfei examination of the brethten,;
] and being found orthodox and orderly, the ■
; right hand of fellowship was extended in to
ken nf their reception.
At a subseqt cut meeting, (30ih August,)
j after divine service l>y brother R. Tltorn
-1 ton, the Church met in Conference. Bro.
i Thornton waschostu Moderator, and D.
] W. Floyd Clerk; and it was unanimously
] adopted, that this Church be called the Ihip
! list Church of Christ at Salem.
After attending to other business, Con-j
j It fence adjourned.
R. THORNTON, Mod. i
! D- \V. Floyd, Clerk.
I Alabama Baptist will please copy, j
Fur the Christian Indi jt.
——
Wlifu There is it Will There Is a Way- j
Dear Jiroilier linker , — I can inform
1 you that 1 became acquainted with the
Christian Index some eight years ago,niul
I have been wanting to lake it ever since, 1
I but always thought that l was too poor to
; pay for it. I have often thought, if Idiank j
1 spirits, I would quit and give the money 1 !
; paid for it for the Index; but i did not ’
I drink, so I could not do that. Thinkiug
1 how I should save sumo unnecessary cx- !
! pensc, and give the money for the Index, 1
I resolved to quit chewing tobacco, and stib
i scribe for it. 1 paid about eight dollais a
i > cai for tobacco, and all the time thought I
J was too pout to take the Index; so I have
.quit chewing tobacco, and now I expect to
| be a constant subscriber sot the Christian!
I Index as long as the Lord lets me live. ,
The more l read it the more I like it ; and j
I would advise all who think that they arc j
■ too poor to pay for it, and at the same iL-ne 1
! pav three times as much money for tobac-;
i co, to quit chewing, and subscribe.
Y'otirs in brother I v bonds,
W.M. PRITCHETT.
We hope the above will set others to
thinking, who plead their inability to pay
tor the Index. If they neither di ink spirits j
; nor use tobacco, we have no doubt they ex-!
I pend more than five cents a week for things j
; which profit them nothing. It is to be re
j gretted that many, who have been aubseri
j bers, have commenced their retrenchments,
not w ith tobacco or spirits, or other super-
I llumes, but with the Index. •• l like your
paper, hut have got behind hand, ami am
compelled to order it stopped. When 1
get able I will take it again.” Such is the
purport of many a letter received. It is
poor policy to starve the immortal mind to
j pamper a perishing body. What will it
profit one in a living hour ?
FEN FIELD. ,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1645.
To Correspondents.— We have credited 1
brother J. W. Williams as he has desired—
-94 59 to the Index, and 60 cents to the
Periodical Library. Thomas Cameron •
credited to Bent. ‘4B.
If “A FrietTiiui the Preacher” de- .
sires his communication no;m*d ia any
way, either privately or publ.cly, he most .
give his name. W’e are not in the habit of
paying any attention to the communications
of til. ae who are either ashamed or afraid to J
affix their true name to their favors.
We have sent the Periodical Library as
directed by brother T. A. Sullivan.
Encouraging, —One brother in Virginia
has sent us the names of 25 subscribers fur
the Periodical Library ; one in Mississippi
30; one in Alabama and one in Florida, I
each over 20.
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Baptist Essayist-—We publish, iu anullt- !
er column, a prospectus for anew publica-1
lion, Ur be issued at Caivinuum. Ky , .nulsr !
the editorial supervision of our old friend (
and biother, Rev. Wm. F. Ntison. Wc
have no doubt, if the work is undertaken,
that Professor Nelson will make it a very
valuable and inteieating one. lie is fully
competent for the task. We wish him
much success, and shall ever he ready to
extend hi u any aid in our power. For
Pioaj ictus see last page.
_
Inudmissible. —We have received a long ‘
communication from Columbus, Ha., on j
the subject of “ baptism fur the remission 1
of sms,” which we must decline admitting, 1
for the following, amongst other reasons : j
1. If w-e allow otic denomination of cliris- ■
tiuns to publish long articles iu defence ol 1
their peculiar tenets, we must allow others
to do the same; and weie we to do this \
generally, our paper would soon cease to !
be—what it was originally designed it 1
should be—one of the organs of the Baptist 1
denomination iu the South. Our columns
would soou be tilled, to the exclusion of in- 1
telligeiice and other important matter, with |
the piebald theories of the thousand and ,
one sects and fractions of sects with which !
we are sin rounded, and exhibit a greater ‘
and inrsity m iliaiactii, than did the coat of!
our namesake,of old, in culms.
2. If a u published long articles, in de
fence of wliut is contrary alike to reason
and revelation, we should feel outsell’ in
duly bound to write and publish long re
plies, exhibiting the errors into which out :
coricspnodonls had f.Jlen. For this nr
nave neither time, space, not no filiation.
3. Wc think ti very unreasonable, in any
one, to ask or expect the assistance of an
editor, in propagating among his readers
wht lie conceives to he a p minions error,
and do not think ive should euconiago one ‘
in that which is unreasonable. Wc are !
equally indisposed to make or grant such I
an unreasonable demand. If, howevei,
our correspondent can convince us that titu
common phrase, “Accept my thanks for
your kindness,” means •• accept my thanks
that I may receive your kindness,” our
principal objection to the publication nf his
article will be removed; but until we are j
convinced that the little preposition “for” ,
means •• in order that ice may receive, ” j
oi r objections will remain in full force.
Biiptist Almanac uud Register for Isit>. —
I’liia work contains much valuable statist!-
cal information, relative to our own and olio :
cr denominations, and should be in the
family of every Baptist. Every one wants
|an Almanac. Ihe one named above may
! be obtained at the price at which Almanacs
. usually sell ; so that the purchaser will gel
I the statistics of the Christian world (prepa
red at the expense of much time and labor,)
lor nothing. The statistics arc not wholly
correct. We have discovered, and pointed
j out to tho editor, several errors in the
! table of Associations in Georgia, Mississip
j pi, and in those of some other Blates. He
i gives us credit for only 44 Associations,
! while there arc 40 in our State ; and lie re
! ports the baptisms at only 4661, while they
j exceed 5,666. The nett gain in 37 A*so
j ciations is 3,551.n0t 1790.
We expect soon to be able to sup
ply orders for this annual.
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oE?'“Christian Review, Mother's Jour
nal, and other publications received, which
j we have not time to notice more purlieu
| larly at present.
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What Am I Duillg ‘■ —Let every Ilaptist, j
j ami indeed cveiy friend of Missions m the |
| South, propound this query to himself.
! Now is the time lor every one, who ap
proves of the organization of the Southern
Uap'.ist Convention, to pul forth Ins strength.
Now is the tune to entwine this organiza
tion in the allections of the people. Now
j is the lime to shew that we have been st in- ;
j dered, basely slandered, by fanatics at the
I North. No tv is the time to turn the current
| ol public feeling into a useful channel, and
, to augment the streams that make glad the
j city ol our God. Now is the time to ex- 1
j tract sweets from the flowers thatareblooin-’
|mg around us in rich profusion. Another
| year may be too late—those llotvers may
j cease to bloom. Friends and brethren,
! what are you doing to promote the objects
of our Southern H.iptisiConvcntion f Un*
futl your sail.', while gentle breezes are
t abroad. To-morrow a tempest may come
and shiver your sails, or there may be a .
cslm ; and in vain—you know it well—iu
| vaiu is the canvass spread in a calm. ** Now j
j is the atcepted time,” the most lavored sea-;
son lor operating with effect. If you as-j
i pire to honor and usefulness—if you value ;
; the souls of perishing millions—if you love j
i your Saviour—suffer not present opportu-.
nines so pa s away nuiiiiproved,
Coulirroaliou—Editorial Not Epiwopal.— j
We slated that brother Furman misaopre- j
hended the position of Alabama, iu refer
! ence to the A. B. P. S. and A. F. B. S.
: We know he will be gratified to find uur
statements confirmed by the editor of the
; Alabama Baptist. Brother Hoskins copies
brother Furman’s article, and adds the fol
lowing remarks :
| “ Brother Furman need not be concern- j
i ed about his Alabama brethren, for he will t
i find them prepared, ut any und at all times,!
’ to unite wnfi their Bouthem brethieu in dc
j stroymg every vestigeo 1 u connection with i
| Abolitionists, and t maintain aiiyorgam-!
; zation, which will increase our strength,
■ :ind. tani• - 1 * l awo *i *cmiK and
j religion. This is our opinion, and we be
lieve the opinion of four-filths of tf.e Bap
tists of Alabama.”
T|i| action oft he Bible Board in Marion, t
we think, was well calculated to mislead ‘
i
persons at a distance, who have little direct ,
intercourse with the chinches in Alabama. ■
Aliolhcr Cuilfiruißlitfll.— Wo published 111 !
our last number mi extract Irom Zion’s Ad- ‘
j vocuta, and indirectly cj&Gmuned the cor-;
i rcctr.ess of the editur’s leprcscntatioo, that!
“ other Southern pupefe” made reports, i
! relative to slavery, ul yarianvo with nurs-I
The editor of jic Alabama Baptist publishes]
the same extract, und adJs :
“ We confess we have seen no eueh sen-1
: tiinent as that w hich the Advocu'e attributes |
Ito other Southern papers. Snutlieru Kdi-|
! tors are not so blind to the inter, sts of th> j
i South, and so ignorant of the truth, ns to
I give utterance to such a sentiment The I
| Advocate may believe that nine-tenths ol i
I the people tit the South would prefer w tlal
■ ever evils may grow out of she institution ol !
.slavery, to tho direful evils of Abolition!
j with its tnisemb e disorganizing sun it.”
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j ■ . . .
Washington Association.—This body vh>-
; si and a deligliiluily liartuuntmis session on
| Monday’ last. It possesses the tiue uits
stonary spirit, and bids lair, with the bless
ing ol heaven, to accomplish much, iu pro
cess of time, tor the cause of the Redeemer, j
The Clerk has kindly furnished us with a
copy of some ol the resolutions jv-sed da-j
i ring its session, which we shall append to
I ibis notice. A resolution was passed,
j commending Mercer University to the pnt
. ronagd ul the denomination, and utlolbir as
ciibing the low stale ot religion in their
j bounds Io the (mcc-a-;:nulh m stem ol
! pleaching, and the neglect rfsocial and pri
j vale prayer. (Jopics of these have not
j been furnished us. They w ill app’ ar when
! the .Minutes are received.
l/esulvcd, That the Executive (.'omu.it
ttu ol tins Associaiiou become auxiii.it v to
the Executive (Joinmittci! of the Georgia
Baptist l onvention ; and that said Coinmil
tec be requested to report, as soon ns prac
ticable, to tho Executive ('oininiitee of the
Baptist Cun’ eniion. in accord,iiicti with the
I suggestions ol tli o Chairman .of san! Coin
| tmiice, published i.r the Index of the lib ul
j July last.
Resolved further. That rve recommend
; to said Committee our beloved brother Da
; vid (!. Daniel, as a suitable missionary to
labor iu the lower section ufuuruwii State,
i as contemplated at the last session of litis
] body.
Resolved, That we pledge onrseive in
j aid the said Committee in supporting him,
or some other suitable missionary, in the
field alluded to.
Resolved, I hat this Association heattilv
approve of tin proceedings of the Conven
tion held iu Augusta, in May lasi, for the
purpose ul forming a Southern Baptist or
ganization for missionary and oilier benevo
lent operations.
Resolved, Thar we approve of tho reso
lution of the Executive Cminnitiee of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, published in
the Index of September 12th, •• that public
, ! sentiment requires the formation ol Boutli
j ern Boards lot Publication and Bible opera
tions.”
Resolved, That we ricommend to the
Southern Baptist Convention, at its next
meeting, to appoint such Uoaids.
Resolved, That ive redouble our etfurts
i to raise funds to carry forward the objects
• iu which the said Southern
i I Baptist Convention is engaged.
Matrimonial Exhibition.
It seems, from the following notice, that
[ one ol these exhibitions came off lately in
the Marion female Seminary, (not the
Jlidson F. I.) lor the special benefit, we
| suppose, of the young ladies in that SSemi
, nary. Such exhibitions must have a very
, salutary effect, not only by means of the
. knowledge they’ commnnicutu of the sub
| lime science of matrimony ; but by their
tendency to overcome coyness in little girls
and young ladies, and to predispose them
to receive the addresses of the sterner sex.
If an v of our readers have daughters ofa
, coy, phlegmatic, misanthropic disposition,
j we would recommend that they be sent
: forthwith to the “Marion Female Semina
i ry.” If their hearts be not made ol steel,
such exhibitions, we should think, will
j not fail to excite within them the desire
matrimonial, and the passion that is of all
others (lie most itifiainmalorv. Old maids,
too, wlki are sutleiing from the vis iiiertias
. of a long protracted state of celibacy, would
do well to try the effects of au attendance
jon the exhibitions in the M. F. S. It may
; prove a useful incitant.
, What an age of improvement is ours!—
i Our fathers never dreamt of teaching the
j science of matrimony in a college, much
; less in a Female Academy. Wo do re
i member that a chum of outs, (poor fellow !
!he lived some 29 or 30 years too soon,)
’ was dismissed from College, lor no other
! reason than that lie presumed toentei upon
the study of matrimony, before he had com
pleted fiis collegiate course—and that, too,
notwithstanding lit', was a candidate sot the
gospel ministry, and‘carried on his demons
sirutions beyond die college precincts.—
Hence “to marry” and io “take the Fullo
j nian degree,” were over afterwards used 7
! as synnnimoos terms in—College.
| Who ran set bounds to the progress of
j human improvement! Let the intelligence
spread throughout the land, that at Mai inn,
’ in the State of Alabama, little girls—it is of
; no consequence whether they have learned
!io tie their apron strings or not—ate taught,
by exemplification, in Academic halls, the
most sublime and beatific of science*— the
sciatic of mutrimony.
MARRIED,
On Thursday morning the 21l iusl. a(
the Marion Female Seminary, by the Rev.
S. Lindslcy, Mr. A Jefferson Pool, to
Miss Sarah Rluf.cca Wright, all of this
county. -j Jllo. Haptist .j]
Baron Collrgr, HarroUsbnrg, Sy.
We have received a copy of one nf ilia
Circulars of this Institution, from which we
learn that President Shannon, who had re
cently resigned his nlfice, iu Consequence
ol the embarrassed condition of its finances,
has consented to remain. His services
have been secured for lire term of five
years, by the congregation of his order lo
cated at the place, and au appeal is iuad
to the people ol Kentucky to comic forward
and secure his permanent location, by air
adequate endow incut.
President Shannon is a man of eonsider
able ability and vcrsaliility of mind, and lul
lv eowpel,-i>l firesrje iirri all Ins'.notion
ol learning like that at llnrrodsuurg,—
\\ hde we deplore the pievalenee in dm
West, of what we consider the emus ul Ins
ecclesiustieal kith, arid feel regret that they
should be sanctioned fry President Shan
non, tve cannot Imt tv isli him health, happi
ness and prosperity in things temporal and
spiritnsh
President Shannon, n.ii outsell were con
verted from the euor of Fedub.ip ism, at
‘l’iJ-erehl pe-iiw’s, by the same I'rushvierv,
and through the instrumentality nfthe same
individual, i! we have been eorivi tfy ui
lonnetl, relative to the mo sea which oper
ated todispel the mists of that tun from
his mind.
Millie numbered among, t the followers
of Mr. A. Campbell, President S. has
steeied clear ol many ol die grosser absur
dities, into which others of It is sect have
fallen. ILs errors, appear to us m result
Irom his metaphysical speculations, rather
than from any moral peiversity of mind,
or inherent iawliu-itimj. (or that wliieli is
heretical.
As our paper k+ read hy very few (if any)
of thosu m ho appropriate to tliem-i I’ es ibe
exclusive use of theappellalion “Christian,”
am’ who are called hv others “Campbell
i ites,” ive cannot conceive that wc should
j advance the inleiests ol Bacon College by
publishing its Circular tn uur cnlutmts..
Crime iit New York.
When w ill it be that our Anti-slavery
; brethren w ill open their eyes to the vice
! ami poverty and crime, existing iit their
i it.idst? They subject us to repeat! and. nay
I assiduous attacks and examine all our itn
: perfections w iih a microscopic eye, while
Iso much that calls for reform, and patient
I Christian eirort, exists among their own
| people. Surely they can do more for
j those who aie immediately under their in
j tluence, and the nature and the necessities
| of whose cases they may become acquaint
led w ith. than for those, whose condition
they aie profoundly ignorant of, and over
j whom their influence no longer extends.—
We at?, them to look at this , and then ask
• them, vvliat portion of sciipture, or what
; view of duly authorizes them to neglct the
rcul vice and crime existing in their midst,.
. and to spend all their lime and strength in
[opposing an institution, whose evil is only
[problematical. Verily we need the pen of
; another Cervantes to portray the maJ Don
; Quixotism of this nineteenth century.
E. T.’ W.
••The number of persons brought before
| one Justice of the Peace in the city of New
1 York. Justice Taylor, for the last six months
! amounts to 1492. There are other Justi
| ces of the Peace and 17 Aldermen, having
.jurisdiction in criminal cases, and if the
i number brought before Justice Taylor, be
’ anything like an average of those brought
\ before other Magistrates, the whole number
| accused of crimes in the city, amounts to
50.000 ! Two-thirds of all those brought
| before Taylor, were olToreign birth! 1073
j were males and 419 females. 225 com
plaints were for assaults and batteries—of
which 98 were committed by citizens, in
cluding 28 negroes, 102 by Irishmen, and
i39 by Germans. 681 ,‘weie brought in for
| intoxication and disorderly conduct, of
which 93 were while citizens, 31 black
! citizens, 480 Irish, and 49 Germans.—
(Im'tte.