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Female Communion-
females are as specifically invited to the
table as are males , for in the pas
sage, 1 (tor. xi. 28, ‘Hut let a mail exam
ine himself, and so let him eat ot that bread
and drink of that cup,’ the word rendered
man is anlhropos, which is ol the common
gender—both masculine and feminine —
and not the word after, which is masculine
only. The word anlhropos was evidently
designed to include all of whom the apostle
was writing, and those to whom iiis epistle
was addressed. Now by reference to the
preceding part of the chapter, we shall dis
cover that the apostle was prescribing the
duties o| both males and females. When
he referred to duties devolving exclusively
on inales, lie uses, in every instance, the
word uner and not anlhropos. See vs- 3,
•1, 7-8, 0, IJ, 12, If; in each of which
the former is invariably used. Hut as soon
as lie discourses of things appertaining alike
to male and female, his language,
and uses words that are equally applicable
to both. Thus in v. 18, ‘But if any man
scent to be- contentious,’ the relative Its,
(din/ onr ,) which is both ni iscnline and
tcimiiine, is used ; and in v. 28, anlhropos.
as altestily staled.
Again, the epistle was addressed to the
t lunch sit Coriul.il- and what i* said to the
church at large, is to be considered as ad
dressed to each individual in it, unless there
Ire soinefliing in the language used, whicli
necessarily limits the application to a part
only ; but the word used to designate the
persons, to whom is given the direction,
‘Let a man examine himself,’ fyc. being of
the common gender, f,annul be limited in
its application, in this instance, to a part
only, without violating a plain, long estab
lished and universally recognized principle
of inteiprctalion. The injunction in the
passage therefore is addressed as much In
lemal. s as to males.
Uni ngnin, in ilio 1 Tim. ii. 5,
*l'or there is one God and one mediator
between God and men, the man Ghiist Jo
mis,’ the same word, unlhropos, in its plu
ral lotm, is used. If, therefore, it he ad
mitted, that lemaies are ini'lnded in the
mediation id our land and Saviour, it must
he admitted that they arc included in the
term anthropni, used in this passage ; and
if they are included in the term hero, they
must he included in the term in 1 Cor. xi.
‘2B, unless there he something in the con
text, which excludes the idea that the in
.juclion was designed for females as well as
males’ Hut there is nothing of this char
acter in the context; the injection, there
fore, is addressed as much to females as to
males A number of other passages might
he adduced in which the term in question
is used in such it manner, as to evince, evi
dently, that it includes females as well as
males; but enough has been said to con
vince every honest inquirer alter truth, and
with the wilfully captious, no additional
testimony would be likely to avail anything.
Note it, then, that we have scriptural pre
cept lor female communion.
Hut it remains to be shown, that we i
hate apostolicprecedent. \V e /earn from i
the earliest record of the Christian church,
that the church at Jerusalem, the first regu
larly constituted church of Christ, was
composed ol both males and lemaies, Ads
i. I I, and that they conlincd steadfastly in
the ‘breaking of bread,’ as well as in ‘the
apostle's doctrine,’ and ‘in prayers,’ Acts
ii. 4‘2. (Uov. Air, Haynes, in the Oaroli
na Baptist, Mo. 1, has also advened to
these passages in proof of the same thing )
We are moreover tangly, in Acts viii. I*2, j
anti elsewhere, that the practice ol admit- j
ting females to dtsciplcship, was not con-1
lined to the church at Jerusalem* but pie-1
vailed generally. Rome of these female j
disciples appear to have been very promt-1
item, laborious and useful members of the !
chinch, who participated with the apostles, |
alike in their labors and in the privileges !
i.ltlie gospel. At Thessalouica, ‘of the I
i Itief women, not a few’— consorted with
I’attl and Sila*. Acts xvii. 4. At Philippi,
they labored with tlie apostles in the go**!
pel. Phil. iv. ;t. Plit'be of Oeuchrea, was |
especially empmended to the .Christians at j
Home, lor the efficient services she had ten- j
doted the cause of Christ, Rom. xvi. I. ,
Hut in Acts xx. 7, we are told that on aj
certain ‘first day of the week,’at Troas,!
‘the. disciples came together to break
bread.’ Now, as it would lie doing vio
lence to all the rules of liberal interpretn- j
tion, to limit the generic term ‘disciples,’l
which occurs in this passage, to a purlieu-j
lar class of disciples, (e. g. to males,) it is j
Hist as evident that females partook ol the
Lord’s Supper, as it is that they were
made disciples. We have, therefore, both!
precept aid precedent for female commit- j
nion, but neither for infant baptism. What
then are we to think of those, who, with j
the Scriptures in their hands, affirm that
there is as much authority in the btblc for
inlant baptism as for female Communion? j
We cannot but question, painful as it may !
be to our feelings to do it, either their!
knowledge ol the biblo or their reverence 1
for the truth. Oh that tho children of men
would search the scriptures wills unbiased I
minds!
Levity in the Pulpit.
In all your preaching be deeply serious.
Wlmt can be mote entirely otif of place,
wliat call he more disgusting, more irrever
ent, than levity in the pulpit? Terribly,
but most deservedly, has the great Chris
tian poet rebuked tliis glaring impropriety.
Familiar ns the passage must be to every
body, I cannot retrain Irom quoting it.
“lie that negotiates between God and man,
As God s ambassador, tho grand concerns.
Os judgment and of mercy, should beware
Os lightness in his speech. “Pis pitiful
To court a grin, when you would woo a
soul;
To break a jest when pity would inspire
Pathetic exhortation ; and” to address
The skittish fancy with facetious tales,
When sent with God’s commission to the
heart!
So did not Paul Direct me to a quirk
Or merry turntti all lie ever wrote,
And 1 consent yon take it for your text,
Your only one, till sides and benches fail.” -
But still I grieve to say, that the Chris- i
tian heart is not seldom pained by levity of
this sort iri the sacred desk. The tempta
tion to be witty and sarcastic easily besets ,
some of the most popular preachers of al- j
most every religious denomination. I have
observed it, (very rarely, to be sure,) but 1 !
have noticed it in men whom 1 greatly re
vere and admire. Hut wiiat can they be ,
thinking of? Is there a solitary example ;
in the Bible to justify it? The greatest’
and holiest of all preachers often excited j
the admiration of his friends and the hatred
ol his enemies, by his pointed and power
ful discourses; but did he ever make his j
disciples, or the Scribes and Pharisees, I
laugh? It shocks one’s feelings merely:
to ask the question. And is not Christ our j
great example in the pulpit as well as out
of it?
If now we turn to the prophets and the
apostles, which of them ever delivered a
witty message, or preached a witty sermon?
Did any of them make either the rulers, or j
the people, the Jews ot the Gentiles, laugh !
under their preaching ? D-d Isaiah, (ltd
Jeremiah, did Paul, or Peter, or John?—
Never — nkvur. They lell that their coin
mission wrs.a serious commission, that the
Bible wae a serious book. They know,that
God was serious, that hell was serious;
and how could they cherish any but the
most serious feelings, or utter any hut the
most serious sentiments in their proper vo
cation of “praying sinners in Christ’s stead
to lie reconciled to God.”
I know the apology which is sometimes
offered, that it is as natural for some men to
bn sharp and witty, as it is to breathe. Ve
ry well—then let them keep out of the sa
cred profession. If they cannot restrain
themselves in the pulpit, it is no place for
them, whatever may be their talents, oreven
their piety. What would a patent think,
if at the I .literal of Ins only son, his pastor
should intentionally use some expression
to make the people smile ? Hut how much
more reprehensible would it he, than if
while that sou was on trial for eternity the
preceding Sabbath and hundreds of others
with him, the same pastor had made them
all smile at some extravagant expression, or
witty remark, in the course of his sermon ?
To avoid every appearance of levity in
your preaching, and every incentive to it,
you will often be obliged to change the
wmid or phrase which would most exactly
express the idea you intend, for some oth
er, not quite so appropriate, blit far belter
befitting the lime anti place. The man that
cannot do this, and do it cheerfully, should
betake himself to some oilier profession. It
would no doubt be pushing ibis point to an
unreasonable extreme, to say, that in no
possible case can a preacher excite a smile
over bis congregation, without himself be
ing to blame lor it. A word or a sentence
may have a very different effect from what
he intends, and ho may be grieved and mor
tified to witness it. Hut such eases will
very rarely occur, and when they do, they
will serve to put him more effectually on
his guard in future, l Imre no objection to
a sjnile, to a hearty laugh, in its ptoper
place. Man was made to laugh as well as
to weep, but not in the house of God ; not
under the dispensation of truth, not in “the
gate of heaven.” f Holiness becomcl/i I/line ‘
house, <) Lortl,forever.'-/)r, Humphreys’ :
Letters,
Church llel/s. — An English writer, in
an article on the subject of bells, says that
they were formerly baptized, anointed, ex
orcised and blessed by the Bishop of the
Diocese. Tito favorite appellation of Tom,
applied to several huge bells, arose proba
j lily from their having been named in honoi
of Thomas A’Beckett. The practice of
! consecrating bells was introduced by Hope
| John XIV., A. I). 1)08, and their supposed
i uses ate described in the old Monkish
I lines:
Funera plango, fnlgura frango, Sabbata
pango,
i Excito lentns, tlissipo ventos, paco amentos.
| Thus translated by Fuller :
T ANARUS, , Men’s death I tell
funera plango. Hy llo |eful kne „.
Fnlgura frango. *’ i B l,t, J in * : " 1 ; 1 ,humlcr i
° l break asunder.
..it, On Sabbath, all
Sabbata pango , , ~
1 ° I o church I call.
Excito lentos, , i riie s,ee P.v <*
I raise Irom bed,
Dissipo ventos. ‘ r, ' e ‘ viluls 80 lierco
1 do disperse.
Paco amentos. ; V, , en ’ cruel ™S C
I do assuage.
Lattdo ileum vermn, plebetn vocO, con
grego clcrum, defnnetos ploro, pestetn ftt
go, I'esta decoro—that is, 1 praise the true
God, call the people, convene the clergy, la
ment the dead, dispel pestilence, and grace
festivals.
j |C7* The following notice of Dr. Jiul- 1
son’s meeting with the congregation in the
I 2nd Baptist church in Richmond, is from i
i the Watchman and Observer, a Presbytc-’
rian paper.
Hcv. l)r. Jitdson. —Avery largo Mis
sionary meeting was held in the second !
Baptist church in this city, on Sabbath
night, at which l)r. Jndson, who has spent
many years in Burntah as a missionary,!
| was present; and though unable to speak !
so as lobe beard by the audience, his biiel'i
| reply, was repeated bv Dr. Hyland, to the
| address of Mr. Jeter, welcoming him in the !
j name of the Baptists in Richmond, and at
the South to their fraternal affection, was
listened to with the deepest interest. Me
congratulated the Baptists of the South for
their zeal in the cause of Missions, and in
stead of regretting that they lmd formed a
separate .Missionary organization it was to
him a subject of joy; arid then referred to .
the motives which should prompt to the
missionary work. Dr. J. looked younger
and better than \ve|!iad expected to see him, i
considering how long he has been in the
field, and Uic toils and tiials, to which lie
has been, -objected. I’liis meeting will no
doubt tend to the advancement ol the cause, i
Thoughts on Missions.— The following is
an exttact from a communication to
Father Mercer in 1836. We think tfeas;
‘published at the time in the
the subject is always important, jjA,as!
misapprehensions in reference to it stil#ex-;
: ist. and we do not know that we can ite :
! anything better lor the present numbejfuc
1 transfer it to our pages from an old n#tu
; script found among our loose papers :
j “The first missionaries weie sent ov by
; the parent society in heaven. . Angels4 ere
sometimes cotftmissioaed. The
John, the forerunner of the
Christ himself, received their commi** 01 *
j directly front heaven. M.
The second class of infcsiona/iea-fTt*
sent out by the ISaviot as his sub-aJpts.
Thus the twelve apostles were *ent cWnto
j the cities and towns of Judea, by tfifKtte
vior, before his crucifixion. After bit're
surrection, he gave his disciples a moreien
eral commission. They were inslncted
to preach the gospel to every creature, k-
Thc third class of missionaries sere
j those appointed by the church for a paricu
jiar station, ’I lie “first missionary thus-ap
pointed was Barnabas, lie was appoiited
by the church al Jerusalem. Antioch was
the field of labor assigned him. Actsll
-22. On his arrival, ho immediately te
cutod the object >)f his mission, antirffla
bors were abundantly blessed. “ Much
people was added unto the Lord.” v. 24.
l’he blessing which attended his labors ren
dered the assistance of a colleague necessa
ry. lie therefore associated win him, as
an assistant missionaiy, Saul of Tarsus, v.
25-26. These brethren subsequently call-‘
I ed in the aid of another missionary from Je
rusalem, “John, whose surname was]
| Mark.” chap. 12, v. 25.
The fourth class of missionaries were it
; inerants. A prosperous church had been
j built up at Antioch, under the labors of the
j missionaries who had been located there ;
j and the Lord soon gave them to understand
i that the blessings which he had communi
cated to them they were to labor to commu
nicate to others. Consequently, at ti e in
stigation of the Holy .Spirit, Barnabas and
j Saul were set apart as itinerant missiona-
I ries, with lasting and prayer, and the im
-1 position of hands. Acts 13: 2-3 ; and 11 :
20. They visited numerous places, and
I preached the gospel both to Jews and Gen
-1 tiles. An account of their labors, and of
I the places visited, is given in the i.’ttli a:id
1 lilt chaplets. Alter a period, they re
| turned to Antioch, assembled the church
| which had sent them out, and made a for
mal report of their labors.
We add a few additional instances in
whicli chutches aided in sustaining those
who were engaged in preaching the gospel
in more destitute regions.
1. The church at Macedonia, with the
aid of other churches, sustained Paul, while
laboring at Corinth. 2 Cor. 11:8, 9.
2. The church at Philippi paid Paul’s
outfit from .Macedonia, and contributed to
him while piosecoting hi* wotk in Thessa
-1 lottica. Phil. 4 : 15, 10.
j 3. The same chinch coiuributsd to him
while at Rome. Phil. 4: 18. (The apos
tle, it will be remembered, w.ts at Rout'! j
while writing this epistle.)
4. The church at Thessalouica sent the
gospel into Macedonia and Actinia. 1 Thes.
1 : 8.
The contributing to all who needed was
considered as necessary to afford evidence
of “subjection unto the gospel of Christ.”
2 Cor. 9: 13.
There are numerous instances in which
one church manifested a sympathy with
other chinches, by administering to them
pecuniary relief. Acts 11: 29, 30—1 Cor.
16: 3—Rom 15: 26, &c.
One cannot read the history of the church |
in the apostolic age, without being forcibly
struck with the truth that God designed, in ;
organizing a church on earth, to affect there- ‘
by two important objects, each of them in
timately connected with the advancement
ol his glory, viz : the edification of his
saints, and the conversion of the world, j
He that confines his labors, therefore, to j
the church, leaves half the work assigned
him undone and unattempted. But the du-!
i ty to labor for the conversion of the world ;
involves the duty ol using all necessary
means. The preaching ol the gospel is i
rendered a necessary means by God's own
appointment. Rom. 10: 14-17.
In order that the gospel be preached
, there must be preachers. These arc re
j quired to give themselves wholly to the
ministry. In order to do this, they must,
|be supported by the church. Had we, j
therefore, no certain precedent in the word |
of God lot sending forth and sustaining j
missionaries, tire duty might be plainly tie-!
iliiced from the general principles of the gOe- j
pel. But, blessed be God, we have preee-!
dent upon precedent, that the most ignorant;
may be able to learn his duty.
The simple fact that the terms missiona-
rij and missionary society are not to be |
found in our translation of tl\p sacred Scrip
tures, will never keep a warm-hearted j
Christian from espousing tho cause of mis j
sions. He will contend for the substance \
and not for the shadow, for the sense and :
not for the sound. The churches in the 1
days of the apostles were, in fact, mission- j
ary societies. They were bodies of cluis- i
I tians united for the purpose of spreading 1
; the blessings of the gospel. Most cheer
; fully would we give up the names, if our i
opposing brethren would unite with us in
support of the thing. We love them for
their Redeemer’s sake, and long to have
j them partake with us of theblessings promi
sed to those who give their heart and hand,
theii soul and substance, to the Lord.”
lXames. —Emma is from the German,
and signifies a nurse; Caroline, from the
I Latin, Noble Minded; George from Greek,
j a Farmer; Martha from Hebrew, Bitter
ness; the beautiful though common name
; Mary, is Hebrew, and means a Drop of
Salt Water—a Tear; Sophia from Greek,
Wisdom; Susan from Hebrew, a Lily;
Thomas from Hebrew, a Twin ; Hubert
I from German, Fatuous in Council.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1846.
The individual who made us pay
postage on a forged article, deposited in the
! P. 0., is informed that we have a Peniten
tiary in Milledgeville, and that there are
cells in it for forgers. Take heed to thy
ways, young man, or you may graduate in
that institution—may lake a degree of infu
may, instead of an honorary one.
Healih 0/ Colleges. —lt Is a remarkable
fact that fewer deaths occur among the
thousands and tens of thousands of young
men engaged in collegiate studies, than
among any other class of young men in our
country, or in the world. Their exemp
4ign from exposure to morbific causes may
havthwjjnflueuce ; but this, of itself, is not
sufficient diffidence no-
Jed. We must ascribe thepheiminejio,u..Ja
pan, to the salutary influence of intcliectu
al culture oil the physical fiame.
In point of health, no institution has
been more highly favored than Mercer
University. Since we have been located
in Penfield, we have noted records of the
dsath of students in (we believe) evety Bap
tist College in our country, and in almost
every other College that is known to fame.
Not only has no death occurred in onr Uni
versity within that period—there has been,
i within our knowledge, no case even of se
i vere or protracted illness.
I he health of our students may he as
jeribed, in part, to the peculiar location of
our Institution, and the salubi ity of our cli
: mate; but we cannot but indulge the plea
sing belief (superstition some may call it,)
i that we ate indebted to the special interpo
! silion of a merciful God, who has seen pro
p r, in this wav, to afford evidence that
the prayers and labors of the pious fotimleis
and supporters of our Institutions have been
acceptable in his sight, and to encourage us
to persevete in the commendable underta
king in w hich we ;ne engaged.
Our reflections on this suhjccthave been
induced by reading, in the Christian Intelli
gencer, a repoit of the proceedings of the
.Students of Georgetown College, Ky., oc
casioned by the death of one of their fellow
students, George H. Norfleet, of Alt. Roy
al, Tenn.
“The Vexed Qnestioii.” —The agitation of
the subject of our relations with the North
is exceedingly repulsive to our feelings, but
as the piriod foraction upon this subject is
rapidly approaching, we—and the friends
ol a separate organization generally—deem
I t> important that the subject should be krpt
| before the minds of the people. Our posi
tion is a most unenviable one. Could we
have foreseen, at the beginning of our edito
rial career, a tithe of what we have bad to
endure, we should, in all probability, have
shrunk from the undertaking. It has
brought us into collision with some of our
best friends, and alienated the affections of
a portion ol them. It has subjected us io
the malignant whisperings of secret aboli
tionists, and the virulent abuse of the more
daring. An abolition editor at the North
i calls us “a pious ruffian—a godly vagabond
|— a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’’ charges us
j with “glaring and ghastly hypocrisy,” and
I having exhausted his scanty vocabulary
, concludes with representing us as worse
than “a decent Devil.” He italicizes the
last word.
It is true however that we have gained
many more friends than we have lost, but
we have paid dearly for them, in the lacera
tion of our feelings to which we have been
subjected.
As Northern editors have exulted over
every statement we have made of displeas
ure excited by our course, we think proper
to add, that we receive every week encotir*
j agement from brethren in’ Alabama, Missis
sippi, Aikansas and Florida, as well as
from brethren in Georgia, to continue faith
ful to Southern interests.
’ A prominent brother in Alabama, in rc
{ mining payment some two years in advance,
j writes,
“I like the independent tone of die edi
■ lorials of the Index, and the watchful vigil
-1 ance it exercises over the rights of the
| South, It is well for us, we have some
I veteran soldiers who will contend lor the
| Faith once delivered to the Saints, and when
! needful bring to light the hidden things of
1 dishonesty.”
An active and highly intelligent minister
j in Mississippi very recently gave us tangi
ble evidence of/m approbation, and com*
i pared our paper to old brass that became
i brighter the more it was rubbed.’ We
| might make numerous extracts Irom the
letters of our correspondents, of the same
! pinport, but forbear, as our object is not to
boast of our friends, but on'y to check the
exultation of our enemies.
Madame Feller.—The Grand Liguc Mission.—
The secret out. —Madame Feller has gained
some notoriety as a Baptist Missionary,
connected with the Grand Ligne Mission
in Canada, which has been, until recently,
under the direction of the Foteign Evangel
ical Society—a society formed a few years
since, for the avowed purpose of propaga
ting Christianity in Catholic countries. The
agents of this society, in visiting towns and
sections of country in which Baptists are
numerous, have ever harped much upon
the fact that Madame Feller is a Baptist.—
We thought it railier strange that a society,
composed principally of Pedo-baptisls,
I should take such a live!}- interest iu the la
’bors of this lady; but wc cease to wonder;
’ for we have recently seen it heralded forth,
in a Pedo-baptist paper, that Madame Feller
is a “ free communion Baptist”—that is,
an advocate for promiscuous communion,
contrary to the gospel plan. The secret
is out. It has ever been the policy of our
opponents to foster schism in our deuomi
| nation. “ Divide and conquer” is the max
im of too many professing Christians in the
present day. For our part, we would soon
er aid in sustaining a Pedo-baptist mission
ary, than a mixed commnnion Baptist.—
The more truth theie is blended with enor,
the more likely is the error to be swallow
ed.
Wentworth Street Baptist Cliureli, Charles
ton.—We are. gratified to learn, through a
private source, that Dr. Fuller, of Beaufort,
S. C. has at length consented to accept the
call to the pastoral care ol the church above
named. We trust bis labors will be abun
dantly blessed.
Aposlaty-—Rev. Joseph Harris,'formerly
a Missionary in the Island of Ceylon, in
the employment of the English Baptist
Missionary Society, has apostatized from
the faith and joined the Congregaiioualisls.
Cause. —A vole of censure passed on hint
for baptizing poisons prematurely.
—.
Junes’Church History. -VI r. Yancey of We-1
tuinpka Ala. has published an edition ol tins
popular and important work, It lias been
referred to, as proof that we cannot get up
books as cheap in the South as they can at
the North. It proves no such thing. The
work which the Publication Society offers
for sale at $1 50, is in one volume. Mr.
Yancey’s edition, if we mistake not, is
published iu two volumes, consequently,
w e suppose in larger type, and less crowd
ed. The difference in the price, probably,
would not more than pay for the extra pa
per required, extra press work, and the
binding ol an extra volume. It Mr. Yan
cey can, under existing circumstances, with
the wide spread influence of a national So
ciety arrayed against him, afford to publish
at his present puce, is it not evident, that
were he protected by the patronage of a
Southern Board from Northern influences,
he could afford to publish much lower ! II
any one will insure to Mi. Yancey, that ev
ery one in the South who buys a copy of
Jones’ Church History will buy of him,
we have no doubt that be could allbid to
sell as low as the A B P S., adding to their
price only the actual cost of the extia paper,
binding, <fcc. Is it not most iinr, asouable
to expect a Southern man to sell us two
Southern books at the price of one North
ern one ?
Associations. —Since our last issue, we
have met with some of our mislaid minutes,
i and found the following :
In Georgia, minutes of the Columbus,
Coosa, Hightower, Itcimbolh, and Salem ‘
; [U. B-3 Associations. Please look in anoth
ler column for those that nre still wanted. ;
We have also the following minutes, in j
! addition to those before named :— Che.ro- 1
I Are, Salem, V'allasschalchy, Union, and
Liberty, (./1a.,) Charleston and Eilg
j field, S. Sulphur Fork, Aj/., A’ennc- !
bee. Mr. —all of which have been uothe 1
in our columns, with the exception of Lib-1
erty, a notice of which we hereto append.
Liberty dissociation. Eastern .‘ha.,
belt! its 10111 annual session with Antioch
chinch. Chambers Cos. Churches 50, ord.
ministers ‘25, licensed do. 14, baptized 355,
received by letter 300, testored 11, dis
missed by letter 361, excommunicated 81, 1
died 2*2 —total 3,164.
This is a body whose influence and es-j
ficiency is increasing every year. It is, as it;
should be, a constituent par*, of the Alabama :
State Convention, and it is, at the same j
time, engaged in active endeavors to supply 1
the destitution existing within its own
bouuds. It passed resolutions in favor ol i
1 Indian Missions, the Periodical Library,
Jones’ Church History, the instruction of ,
! our colored population, and the education j
‘of ministers. Some of the most respected J
and uselul ministers in this association are!
what the world calls uneducated men ; yeti
they decidedly advocate the education of 1
the young and rising ministry, as ability and |
opportunity arc afforded. This evinces I
that they seek not theit own, but die things j
which ate Christ’s. May those who are
j growing up around them imbibe the same !
I spirit. In the prayeis of such brethren xvc !
evci desire to possess an interest.
Alabama Baptist State Couvcution.— We
have received a copy of the minutes of its
proceedings at its last session. As we co
pied from the Alabama Baptist an account
of these proceedings somewhat in detail, we
deem it unnecessary to repeat that account
now. Siuee the session of that body, its
Executive officers have been actively en
gaged in laudable endeavois to promote the
gteat objects of their organization. Ala
bama Baptists have not done as much foi
the vatious benevolent objects which are
engaging the attention of our denomination,
as have the Baptists in some of the older
States—this was not to be expected—but
j they are now up and at work, and arc gain
[ ingun us last. If Carolina and Georgia
| Baptists do not bestir themselves, they
will be left behind. In the Home Mission
enterprize our Alabama brethren have al
ready got ahead of us. Several of them
have pledged themselves for SIOO each. We
have not heard of one in any other South
ern Slate who has done the same. We
grieve to say it. We feel afflicted, truly
and deeply afllicled, at the spiritual lethar
gy with which our chinches in Georgia ap
pear to be visited. Awake, brethren, and
exercise yourselves in deeds of charity.—
To sleep is eeriaitt death to the ice-bound
traveller, and to indulge in spiiitual slum
bers, is ever dangerous to the Christian.
Periodical Library—We have ascertained
that, in mailing the second number of our
P. Library, we unintentionally overlooked
the names of about twenty subscribers.
The causes ol this oversight, eottld we ex
plain them, we are confident would prove
satisfactory. The copies of No. 2 ate ex
hattsled. We are daily expecting a fieslt
supply. As soon as they are received, we
will mail to the 20 omitted, and to others
who may notify us of their having failed to
receive the copies sent. Owing to the de
rangement of the mail, we expect many
failures, but will supply all losses on that
account.
The Hebrew Messenger. —The second num
ber of this valuable periodical has been re
ceived. This work merits an extensive
circulation on account of its own intrinsic
merits, as well as on account of its bear
ing on the conversion of the Jews. We
I commend it to the favorable attention of ottr
leaders. Rev. C. F. Frey, 169 Bleecher
Street, N. Yotk, is its editor, lie is too
well known to require any commendation
- from us.
Mothers’ Journal and Family Visitant—
This Petiodical continues to be as useful
and interesting as ever. The February
number has ben received. We commend
the wotk specially to parents and generally
to all the fiit-nds of youth. It is publish and
monthly at $1 00 per year, in advance ; at and
lis edited by Mis. Eliza C. Alleli. L.C’ot
i by, 22 Nassau Street, N. Yotk, is agent
! lor the work.
Southern Botanic Jourmil. —We ha-e ro
i reived the first number of this Journal, ami
would commend it to the attention of our
Botanim-Medical friends. It is edited by
Prof. Win. Henry Fonerden with great a
bility. It is lerlaiuly one ol the best jur
-1 mils ol the new School order that we have
seen. Every believer in the doctrines of
that school ought by all means, 10 become
1 .1 subscriber fur it. It is to be published
j semi-monthly, in a huge pamphlet of Hi —
pages each, with double columns, at $2,00
I per annum. The editor, Prof. Fonerden,
: is also engaged to edit the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, a weekly Family Miscellany
which is to be neutral in religion and poli
ties. Our agents, aro- John A. Oliver and
Rev. Win Richards, are authorized to re
ceive the names of subscribers for die later,
It will be issued as soon as we can obtain
the names of 500 std scribers. In this lat
ter publication we expect to have an inter
feres!, and would therefore thankfully re.
reive the names of any of our friends who
may desite a newspaper alike free from the
strife of religious and political controversy
and devoted to all the uselul ai ls of life.
Circumstances Alter Cases,— The definite
article ‘the’ being prefixed in the follow
ing item to the word Jlaplis', instead of
Methodist, we presume it will loudly give
offence to any one, even though it may con
vince our children that all preachers are not
angels. We saw this article, some time
since, first in the Mobile Herald and Tri
bune. We waited to see whether other re
-1 liginus papers would copy it, and find that
it is circulating freely through the religious
i periodicals, especially through those of Pc
| dobaptisls. By the way, we have seen al
so in the Christian Watchman, of Boston,
and in several Pedobaptist papers, an ac
! count of the defection of another Methodist
minister, but we dare not copy that. We
marvel that our brother editors are not
! afraid ol dispelling the delusion, tinder
I which the children of their readers are
growing up, relative to the sanctity of min
isters. Here follows the item to which we
have referred above :
Murder will out. —The Rev, Daniel
Simmons, of the Baptist Church, was ar
; rested yesteiday and brought before Robert
D. Wiggins, Esq., upon complaint ofMr.
: Archibald Lewis, as being a fugitive from
justice, charged with having committed
homicide, by killing H. Davis, in the year
1822 or ’23, in the county of Tattnall,
State of Georgia. The Reverend prisoner
was discharged from custody, owing to the
informality in the requisition. The Sta
tute of this State requites that a copy of the
in-lictment shall be forwarded with the re
quisition from the State in which the deed
is charged to have been committed, which
was omitted. The testimony as to identity
was amply sufficient.
Missing a Crown —An exchange pa
per says, that when the present King of the
French was teaching in Philadelphia, he
fell in love with Miss P., the daughter of a
highly respectable citizen of that city. The
lady was favorable to his advances, but was
compelled to yield to the authority of her
father, tvho declared that “ no daughter of
his should demean herself by marrying a
schoolmaster.”