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For the Christian Index.
To the. Churches of the Ebenezer Asso-\
ciation, and others contiguous.
Beloved Brethren, — At ihe recent U-l
fiion meeting at Wood*# meeting house, it
was agreed hy some of the brethien present, j
that a Missionary meeting should be held i
at the Eveigreen church, in Pulaski comi
ty, to commence on Friday before the sth j
Lord's day in Mui/ next. The design of
this meeting is, to endeavor by prayer, 1
preaching, and friendly Christian consult* ,
non, to awaken in our midst a deeper con
cern for the salvation of a perishing
world. The Moderator of the Association,
with other ministers of the body have prom
ised to attend ; will not all the ministers at
tend, and many of the private members of
the churches ? Will notour brethren at
liawkinsville, and Ifayneville, come ovei
and join ns, and of other churches around,
not connected with the Association?—
They may be assured of n hearty welcome :
front the brethren at Eiergrcen and the;
rninmunily generally. Brethren, you are ;
cordially invited to attend. “Come Id us’
go speedily to pray l> fore the Lord, and
to seek the Lord of Hosts,” that lie would
hasten the glorious day, “when the moun
tain nj the Lord's house shall be establish
e.d in the top of the mountains, anti shall
he exalted above the lulls, and all nations
shall flow unto it.” Vast fields at home
and in heathen lauds, are chile already to
harvest; it is proper that we should use
nil those means, which with Gild’s bless
ing, would leave a tondenry to rouse us, as
the professed followers of Clirisl, to some
lust sense of our obligation to labor diligent
ly, for the advancement of the Redeemer's
kingdom on the earth. Should Clod be
with us at our expected meeting, this re
sult in some good degree will he realized.
Brethren, will yon lift up your hearls in
fervent prayer that the Saviour may favor
us with his gracious presence.
C. n. MALLARY.
April G, 18IG.
Hro. Baker. —From thn above (vvbielv
you are requested to insert two or three
limes in the Index,) you see that we pro
pose to hold a Missionary Meeting at Ever
green. Will it not be in your power to
come down mid join us in the meeting t I
mil just opening a correspondence with
brethren io different parts of the State, for
the purpose, if possible of securing an ar
rangement for holding several such meet
ings duriiii! the summer mouths.* At the
mutual meetings of our Convention, and As
sociations, such is the diversified business
which presses upon many of our brethren
that it is very difficult lor them to concen
trate their minds and hearts properly upon
the missionary cause :—wo need special
missionary meetings, for the purpose of
giving anew impulse to our zeal and of
loits ior the conversion of tho wotld.—
What are the 60,000 Bapt sts of Georgia
doing ’ O, that :ny bend w etc waters mul}
mini! eves a fountain nl tears! We must!
wake up—Florida, Texas, China, a dying !
world, call loudly upon ns for our prayers, |
ournion y,our missionaries. I wish there;
vveiii at least GOO Ba| list in Georgia like j
that little Moravian Band of about GOO at!
Ucinhurt, who commenced their mission-1
ary opetations in 1733, and in ten yunis
sent out many faithful laborers to various
and distant regions of the eatth. Some ;
that went to Gieciihmd were willing, if it
bail been ttcccssur}, to dig a cave in the \
earth and live there ; and others who w cut
to preach lo the West India slaves, declared
their readiness to sell themselves into bond
age, if this might lie needful to enable them
to carry out their benevolent design of do
ing good to the souls of the poor negroes.
Such a spirit aroused in the churches of
Christendom, would (under God) carry the j
gospel iii half a century to every heathen!
dwelling. Such a spirit amongst the Bap- ;
tist churches of Georgia would constrain
them to do more than lias yet been j
done by ti e entire dcitominatiim for the
missionary cause. Yet we would remem-j
her with gratitude that there nre are many I
vvilliiig-heut'led and benevolent brethren j
amongst us who have done much—who
arc icany to do more; and our present oh- j
jeet should lie, in view ol the vast mission- 1
aiy fields which ure opening around us Oto
employ the best possible means for ihlTu
sing amongst the entire mass, the Primi- i
live, .dpostulic missionary sj irit. Large j
missionary meetings have been signally !
blessed to other regions, and no doubt j
they would he useful to our Stale. Here ‘
the saints could unite then fervent suppli-i
cations lot the universal triumph of the i
gospel. Here they could consult together
.is to the best means for increasing our mis
sionary funds, and the number of missiona
ry lahoiers, Interesting, rousing missiona
ry intelligence could he tin ow n upon the
minds of the people. 1 lie reuiptoca! influ
ence of Home and Foieign missions lotdil
be set forth. The important hearing of
Theological instruction upon the missiona
ry cause would he .hi appropiiate topic for
discussion, and by urging it properly, the
interests of our ministrv could he essential
ly promoted,—l have iio doubt that some
eight or ten meetings of tins character in
(Dili rent sections of the State properly at
tended h\ our ministering and lay brethren,
would be the dawning of a now day as to
mission*!}’ zeal and effort in our State. I
hope hro. Baker, if some arrangement!! of
tins eha,actor can be made that you will;
hold youiscl! pledged to attend the meetings.
Plea e urge die matter privately as you j
may have opportunity, and through tho ill- ;
ilex : I hope hio. Keeling will write some
thing on the subject, Pardon haste, l have
many letters to write, and cannot say all
that 1 could nor as 1 would.
Yours in the blessed Rc lepiiict.
D, M A l.f. \ KV-* ’
For the Christian Index.
Icttcri to the Vfiie.— No. 2.
Ecclesiastes 10: 1.
In my last letter 1 alluded to the manner
in which may tnar the charac
ter of him who is had in repuiationjfot win- 1
doth and honor. I propose here to say a
few short words in reference to the effect
of indiscretion in such as those I now ad
dress, upon those who are accustomed to
look up to them as patterns or examples of
holy living.
When wc see a good man, we ran refer
to him as a living evidence that God has a
people on the earth; that there arc some
righteous, and, hy consequence, that true
religion does stilt exist in this wotld. The
writer knew a mini who pretended to take
the ground, “ that all professors ol religion
were alike, if they were only found out.”
Now, although such men are blinded by
prejudice, and might he censured as too far
gone to he reasoned with, (.Mat. 7,0) vet
they have souls, and if there is any clue
by v hicli we can get hold of them, to draw
: them hack to reasou aid common sense.—
j It is as a soul saved pciliaps, and a multi
-1 tude of sins hidden.
j Now, iii reference to the individual uudei
, consideration, I remembered to have lieaid
I dial lie, when a helpless orphan, poor and
j deslilcte, was taken by a good old minister
j ami raised up till lie could take care of him
i s df- 1 immediately appealed to his own
experience to prove that at least of all the
world was bad, that old minister was not
bad. And the argument was fell and its
force admitted. So that he was driven
from his position, and dated not assume it
again.
Now, il there had been one dead 11} in
that old man's ointment, how it would have
marred his whole character; all the sweet
ness of the perfumo would have been utter
ly ruined thereby.
JUNIOR.
For the Christian Index.
The Scriptures a sure guide to Duly-
An aged sistei reeding the Scriptures,
I chanro I lo turn her attention to the hook of
iMalachi, (about the third chapter,) and up
on reading tho solemn and awful charge
j denounced against the Jewish nation,
! (God’s chosen people) for their departure
> from his command*, and especially in hav
ing robbed the Almighty, in withholding
lyihes and olfrrings; and remembering, as
all Bihle-readiug Christians should do, that
something is required at their hands of a
similar nature, for the support us the gos
-1 pel; and the time is (hawing nigh that
I something should he done in this way, lor
| the support of her minister, she became
j uneasy about it. Her mind being dear, as
Ito what was duty in the case, but having
‘no I'uiula in fiaiiil, and living iii the midst of
the last Summer's deaitli, and having,
nothing, but she would ri ally need, for the !
support of her family, she made it a matter I
of prayer, that some person would come
and buy something she had, (she living on
a public road) that she might have some
thing to throw into the treasury of the
Lord, in order to support the minister.
Like one ol old, before she was fairly
‘lone speaking in heart, u traveler called to ;
buy some corn and fodder. She emhiaced !
the opportunity as inattswci to her prayer,!
and lei tlic traveller have to the amount ol I
two dollars. On ore of the coldest days j
during the last winter, she travelled some ;
seven or eight miles to carry the money to
the church for the preacher. In addition
to theextieme inclemency of the weather,
she had other difficulties to encounter, be
ing an entire cripple, and not arriving at
the place of worship until the services were
about drawing to a close, upon which the
aged sister called upon the deacon and min
ister, and disclosed the object of her turning |
out in such weather, anil under such cir- 1
cum stances, when she stated substantially !
the facts, as reported above, her mind ap ■
peered to be freed from anxiety upon the !
subject, and elated at the idea of having dis-’
charged her duty. Reader, lake the i xam - !
pie of this aged and afflicted sister; read ;
for duty, and go thou and do likewise.
Yours in Christian love,
LO DEBAR.
April Bth, 1816.
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For the Christian Index.
Extracts from a MS. Volume of ••One
Hundred Maxims, Illustrated in Minia
ture Sketches and Essays.”
: Maxim IV.—“Vice is its own runislimcnt.”
••This is a very datk, dismal place,”—
said Barns, gazing around the dungeon into
; which he had been trown. llis lieait was
I softened li>r the first time in years, for lie
was no tv sober. “This is a dismal place
indeed, but this heart us mine- is blacker
than this foul dungeon. What a life has j
mine been! A Boyhood of Idleness, a
youth of dissipation, and a manhood of I
crime ! I have done all the evil a man can
do; drank, sworn, quarrelled, and, at last, j
this fatal deed, which ha*placed me here!”
A teat started from hi* eye as he thus look
ed hack upon his past life, ami summed up j
the evil* of his course, his heart sinking
within him when a thought of his last hor-1
rid act ernssen his mind. The Idood ul a
- et cam re was upon his hands, and he j
hod lo suffer the penalty of violated law !
Again and again he life
as lie sal upon Ids bed of damp sHtv, but
he found not a single act upon lie
could meditate with pleasure; a Hukard,
a blasphemer, a gambler, nnd*B last, a
murderer, his prospects wsrfl indeed
gloomy, and he said truly, iliaiiP* heart
was blacker than the dungeon, f
“I have no hope !”—lie nattered—
‘‘none; for such a man as 1 liatl been is
without friends or clintactsi, aiidlmay not
• hinL lo escapo his doom. Blit 1 alone
mu to blame—no one made me i!Vl*k, or
swear, or do any other wrong,
demon in w hose r.iusc I have fpeiifl
miserable life!” JF
Such is the history of who
have bctoinu the victims of Vfice, having
none against whom they couldrfebarge their
evils. I’he world lias old m view
ing the actions and yet no
wisdom is gained men
are still the followers oWieo, still falling iii
her seivice: one is lost, and another, who
saw him f.dl, takes his place and is lost in
| turn. Poverty, disgrace, misery and deal i
. are the rewards which vice pays foi the
services of its votaries. r
For the Christian Indej^^
Columbus, April 3d, 18IG.
Elder J. S. Buker, —Lear Sii, —'J Imik
it not Strang to leceivu this communication
Irons one, that you, in all probability never
saw. ‘1 he object oi il is to open icorres
, pondence with you.
1 am an uld a Scliool Baptist, bill strictly
speaking, 1 believe that 1 un a missionary ,
though not of modern order.
I have thought proper lo publish a pro
spectus, (one ol which I heicwith send
| you,) lor Hie purpose of opening a corns
pondence with religious denominations in
gcncial, lor the discussion ol all religious
subjects, 1 trust, therefore, that all will
leel a freedom lo write on any subject they
may think proper. We shall expect them
to take the liberty lo point out our erro’is,
(though, trust they will do it in a Irieudly
manner.) while we shall claim the l.berty
ol acting the part of a friend in pointing
out theirs, to the utmost of om ability, (but
trust we shall be enabled to do il in the
spirit ol meekness,) that all (may he editied
and God's people comforted.
II you think that the course, as
out, will he calculated to pro.note me ob
ject aimed al, you w ill please publish my
prospectus, together with this communica
tion, and request all who may liel to for
ward the cause of iruili, to lake an interest
in forwarding matter for publication, and
also subscribers Ibr the paper.
A ou will please forward ine the present
vol. f the Index, and if tlm ltecorder
should be published, I w ill se-d you a co
py in return, il not I will pa v over the sub
scription money to your agent m this place.
By acting according to the above request
you will (Order a special favor an,your
Irieml and humble servant.
TIIOS. GL'fCK.
For the Christian /nilex.
CIRCULAR-
To the Church of Christ, called
Du Alt Brethren, the undersigned hav
ing been appointed General Agent of tin:
(Southern Baptist Convention, for the IState
ol Georgia, to collect fund* for the Home
Mission Board of Marion, Alabama; and
as it practicable tor me to visit in person,
every Church in the time allotted to my
agency, and a. there arc immediate and
pressing calls lor aid from various parts ol
! the field, and especially, the new State of
I Texas, already “white unto harvest;” I
I have, tberefote, concluded to address this
I Circular to every Church in the Sate, ear
nestly begging, that luuds he immediately
raised. And as the times are hard, it is on
ly asked ol each Church flic small sum ol
Jive, ten, or twenty dollars, according to
their severs! abilities. If each Chuich in
the Stale will raise one or the other of these
amounts, with what 1 hope to collect from
individuals, a beginning will be made for
the perishing millions of our country. —
‘•This will be beginning at Jerusalem."—
AY lien the money is raised, it can be
by Delegates to the Convention in Macon,
to the Editor of the “Christian Index,”
Benficld, or to the Rev. 11. Posey, Ncwnat),
Coweta county, Ga.
I am, Dear Brthieu, yours, iu the king
dom and patience, Jesus Christ,
JAMES DAVIS, Agent S. B. C.
To the Pastors — Dear Brethren :—I
have now been travelling im sell, about
five weeks, and have learned from personal
observation and experience that our breth
ren are willing to aid the Board when the
subject is properly brought before them
wherever I have gone, and bin n either pre
ceded, or accompanied by the above circu
lar, lairly laid before the church ; they liaie
nobly responded to the call. As however,
1 am ignorant of the post offices of a large
number of brethren and iliun he* to whom
I would send it, ] bare concluded to send il
to all through the Index ; and to those who
may get it in that form, I would say—hietfi
rcii do w hat you can to aid the Board, and
through them the destitute—work iu tie
spirit of the ctietilar, and where you cannot
raise much, raise what you can, where yon
cannot wotk before, work after the Convea
tion. J. D„ Agent, j
County Line, Talbot Cos., Ga. L
For the Christian Index. *
Pknfield, April 20, 1840.
Dear Pro. Keeling, — While looking
over one of the old volumes of the Index, t
met with a letter from that noble woman,
the late sister Shuck. There is something
about it which -s to me peculiarly interest
ing and touching. It breaths such lender
affection and child like faitli in God. Would ‘
it not he well to give it to your readets?—
Now that death has affixed his seal to her
virtues, and canonized her name, it will be
perused with re-doubled interest, and I trust,
profit.
Il is in the 4th vol. of the Index, p. 95.
Yours most atfeclionalely,
’ J. L. R-
Hue is the letlej—and it is what “J. L.
R.” says ol it.
Ship Louvre, Atlantic Oce.n, ?
Oct. Odi, 1835. S
My much beloved Father: —No doubt
’ you are already anxious lo hear from your
i dear, absent child, although il has been so
: short a time since we enjoyed each other's
i company ; and though 1 write so soon al
ter sailing, yet, il may boa long time be
! fore you bear from me. Your very kind
j and affectionate letters were read hy me
! with no ordinaiy kind of feelings. If ever
i I felt disposed to hearken 1 advice, it was
whilst reading the last lines 1 received from
you, and if advice ever appealed to be of the
l right kind, it was contained in your three
letters ; Oil'. that Hie L'ird may assist me
! in eudt-avoiing to profit by it.
Lear Father. I feel now die leality ol
| of some of those feelings which have for
some lime burned within my bosom
Yes, 1 have parted with friends; 1 have
! left lire shores of my own dear native laud;
I am travelling the mighty deep, and soon
1 hope to to enlor a field of labor amongst
die pcrtrliiug heathen. I have also taken
’ upon me the responsible name of a Mis
sionary, t name too honorable lor me, an
unworthy worm of the dust, to bear. 1
have indeed oltett wished that 1 might be
: useful in the cause ol my Heavenly Master
in some humble w ay.
In deciding to live and labor i t heathen
lands, I have (as you very justly intimated)
suhjecled-inysell lo many unkind remarks.
Indeed, many of them have leached my
I eais ; hut when 1 recollect by what class ol
j persons these icmaiks have been made, I
jdo not feel at all distressed —1 believe (un
j wottliy as I am) that 1 have been called by
; God to this responsible office.— Depending
i mi my own Mifliciency, I must undoubted
ly fail; hut I depend” not on self —1 look
to Him w ho lias said lo mu “Go.”—From
him shall 1 receive every necessary qualifi
cation, Imwiv r weak in sell. —Dear Fath
er, w e arc poor ignorant beings, and cannot
I divest ourselves of hitman nature-. — We ate
! sellisli, ate liable to fail into error, and are
, hy lar*loo apt lo mistake our own feelings,
as the impulse of duty. Our hearts are
1 -‘deceitful above all things and desperately
wicked,” especially mine; yet vile and
pointed as 1 am, 1 think I have endeavoied
in examine well tutu my motives, and have
to ue lo this conclusion, that nothing, save
the glorv ufGod and the good ol soul, could
have prompted me to the .-ten w hich 1 have
taken.
You seem to w ish the idea, that I have
unlisted for life, deeply impressed oil my
; mind—the tlmuglu linn 1 am it* get tired if
my dot} amt forsake a field ol iiselidticss, is
one oil which l delight not to dwell; al
though, w lien in} ey es glanced over tile ‘
1 void* of your letter, “}oli ate never to re- 1
Him to America,” my feeling* seemed, lo ‘
fie entirely new : yet il 1 know my own 1
uepraved lie.irt, I feel w illing. \ ea, anxious, ‘
il il be the will of lliavui, to Ine and die, j
without ever again beholding the land nl
my nativity, and the Iricuds of my child
hood.—ll is sufficient to know that I do ill
for Christ —lie will suppoit uu; —He wiit i
be my fiicud, when all earthly •rieutls shall;
fad. To linn can lg” iu ivory time ol
tiouble, and from Him do 1 expect to rt- i
ceive evciy good and pcileel gilt.
It is no a bed tune, A ieu lor the pres- !
cut —
Thursday morning.—l have again been ;
permitted to arise from my but *>t slumber, !
and behold another lovely morning. 1
rested better last night than 1 have lor some 1
time. The Lord is good and protects us
when we are totally uudcservuig but “lie
is not like unto man.” 1 have dieamed ol
my beloved little home, and ol dear parents,
j brothers, sisters, almost every night since
1 left them. My thoughts delight indwell j
’ on past days, when together with my dt ai i
Iriends 1 spent so man} luippv hours. 1 j
find now that in tiller “distance nor lime ‘
can separate my love” Irom you all. It ‘
sceme. that 1 never l-ivrd my Bunds so j
well in all my life, as since 1 lull them, but
dear I v as 1 love you all, dear lather, l lee 1 j
happy to think, that l have forsaken }ou!
for Christ. Yes, dear papa, l ni’.vi r again ■
expect to make one tn your deal lauiilv cir
cle; but it matters not; wc have hot lew
days lo live i,l most, and if these da}* ate
devoted to the service ul the Lord, it will
be of hut little account in another world!
whether we .-pent them logethei or not. —
Oh! let us he faithful to our Muster above, :
and there, alter having done all that w e can
for Hun, we shall meel lit lit* kingdom ot
perlect happiness, to pari no more —to suf
icr no more—to sin no mote.
1 have thought much ol my dear little
sisters and brollicts lately, sister Susan pai- i
ticularly, who is the oldest and still has no 1
hope ol happiness hereafter. Oh! my fath
er, this is an awlu! truth—the thought ol
parting with them in this world is nothing,
hut Ofi ! shall we be separate iu a never end
ing Eternity ? The Lohl f’othiil. I shall
write to sister Susan shortly. You see my
paper is nearly tilled, and 1 must iliaw to a
close. .Vly next letter must lie to mother.
1 am now, my dear father, ami shall for
ever be, } our most atlcftionalf daughter,
HENRIETTA SHUCK.
Mr. Dodd, an cm.item minister being
solicited to piny at cards, rose from his scat
ami uncovered Ins head. Being asked
vvliat lie was going to do, he replied, “To
crave God's blessing.” The company
exclaimed, “We never ask -a blessing on
sin li an occasion.” “Then said he 1 nev- j
er engage iu any thing, but on vvliat I can
beg ol,God to give his blessing.”
“In all thy ways ac know ledge Finn.”
Wurk us grace at Hamilton, .\ Y.
The folllowing letter liotn Rev. Dr.
Maginuis, to one of the ministers of his
city, has just been received- Il contains an
account of an interesting work of grace,
which is in progress in the Hamilton Lite- 1
i rary Institution, which will no doubt give
pleasure to many of ourread rs. Ch. YVulch.
Hamilton, N. Y., April 1, 1816.
; ltev. and dear Sir, —I cannot allow the
: present favorable opportunist to pass, w ith-
Intit sending you a lew line*. You will, 1
i know, rejoice to hear that the Lind is visit
j i"g ii mercy the iusiit..tioji in this place.
Sliorlly after the organization of the chinch
in connexion with the institution, the pray
er and conference meeting on Sabbath even
ings, began lo he character iz and bv a very
mu-restmg statu of religious feeling; and
as deep solemnly seemed to he settled up
on the munis ol several who were not pro
fessors of religion, the officers ol the Insti
tution deemed it desirable to set apart one
hour ill the evenings during the week, fej
the purpose of religious conversation with
those who might desire such an opportuni
ty. Tills it was thought could be done
without interfering with the studies or reci
tations of any of the classes. Accordingly
a meeting was held lor this purpose, from
half past six till hall past seven o cloi k, lor
several evenings in succession. It was
iound, however, that the unconverted were
not the only individuals who desired tins
opportunity; a uumber attended who had
| long been professors of religion, and who
! indicated a deep anxiety as m iheir own re
| lignins slate. The lecilatinu room, in
j which the meetings were first held, could
;no longer contain the numbers that were
I desirous lo attend; the meetings were
! llicielore appointed in ;he chapel, and were
soon attended hy all the members of the
Institution, with very few exceptions.
One hour proved insufficient to allow all
j to he heard who were anxious lo cxpiesa
their feelings, and ,t became necessary to
give up the whole evening to tins purpose.
, A day was set apart for lasting and prayer,
I when the whole body ol the sin dents and
i all the families of the Professors, came to
gether to humble themselves lx fore God.
’ There was much earnest prayer, and many
humble confessions even on the part iii
! those who had been rt garbed by iheir class
j mates as examples ol piety. Many cm
fessed with leais the remiss ess ol iheir
! lives, the low stale of their piety, and their
j negligence as to their religious dulses ; lin y
| asked forgiveness ol iheir teachers and fel
low sluilelt's, in view of the influei.e tlu-v
had exerted. At the close of this dav ol
Idling and prayer, il became evident that
‘another day was needed to allow those who
desired to express their le lings, an oppor
tunity to do so. The exen i.-es ol the In
stitution were therefore suspended lor one
| more day ; hut at the close ol ihts the mini- j
j her seemed only to include those who ap
peared to be heart-broken on account of)
their sin, and desiied to give utterance to ’
their feelings. The result w as, that the
ofli-ers without any pre- ious iul mlnn on!
their pait, hut acting I mil day today under
a sltange kind of neecssit}, which tin t
could neither understand nor resist, mis- i
jx'mU il llit* cxvrcisitm >/ iii** J*ittMJti>ii for 1
live (Ijivs iosme^ion.
I o those wliw are i ouvt rsanl with the
gmcriiineiil of literary lusliliitiinis il will be
difficult to apologue for this mt asore ; bin
il at)} aie disposed to censure it, we cannot
out think that a lull knowledge ol all the
circumst iiice* would iniljga v the severilv
of (licit judgment. Out thing was quite
obvious, none were idle during llu-si: five
dav*! all alle iled the met tings, and a|;
wire intensely iiilorested in du-ohjit t for
which they were appointed. N ally all
who were mil oi leligitii, were
under deep conviction lur sin. Ten or
eleven ol tlicnc have recently cxpiessed the
hope that they liaie obtained forgtiei ess ol
sill through the Idood of Clilisl; leaving
hut three or huir now cniim-cted with the
institution who are not indulging ill s hope.
Dining these live days a rich blessing was
imparted tu those who had long been tile
professed followers ol Christ. Braver*
were nllt rul; confessions w ere made, and
the feelings ol many hearts w ere disclosed;
the word id God was read, null parts of it
expounded, and llieeluistiaii doctrines were
explained as t ircumstances required. The
fSpml ot God seemed to have melted the
hearts ol holli Professors and student* into
one state ol feeling. Boili teacher and pu
pil had lo sii dow ii together ul the lei t of
Christ, a.-.d learn utjVfc. surprising les
sons ol Ins infinite mercy. The Holy
Spirit set ms especially to nave impressed
all minds with a sense ol the deep depravi
ty ol the human heart, the dependence of
all upon the atoning blood of Christ for pai
don, and the absolute necessity of the Spi
rit’s influence to begin, cairy on. and com
plete the work of salvation. Some said
that they now, for the ti.sl lime, knew
what il was to he willing to be saved bv
gtace —to accept salvation as a gilt. Some
said they had long been following after
righteousness, but hail not Attained to it,
and they were now convinced that the tea
son was, they had sought it mu b} faith,
and had overlooked their dependence upon
the Holy Spirit.
\\ e continue our meetings every evening.
1 have been reminded here ol seem s w hiell
1 have been permitted to witne.-s while a
student al Newton, and had the privilege of
sitting under your ministry on the Sabbath.
1 remember to have seen the rooms of your
dwelling crowded wit.i anxious enquirers,
when you invited in pious brethren, and
your venerable deacons, some of whom are
now in heaven, to aid \ on in directing tlieii
minds to Christ as their only hope. 1 re
member when you had to adjourn to your
lecture room, and even that could scared}
contain the numbers that were anxious to
learn the way of life. The recollection of
such scenes is trul refreshing to the soul.
The ministry of Mi. Sheldon, pastor of
the church in this village, is greatly hies l .,
he has been baptizing lor several Sabbaths
in succession. May the Lord continue to
revive his work!
Very sincerely yot rs,
J. S M.mu.'ms.
& uisr t j? jua u> a
FRIDAY. MAY I,lßlth \
Book Agtucy—A Gfnrral Notice Meet
ing with unexpected difficulties in engag
ing agents, and finding that the rnrrespnn
dence in reference to agencies ami the pur
chase of bouks, consumes more time than
we have to spur, we have determined to
do the best we rati wrihcnt them, for th
present at least.
|C7* We would be thankful to ons
friends to obtain all the subsetibers they
can for the Periodical Library, hut would
preier that they would not remit pa} menl
I till we can get our pies* in operation, as
we wish no one to feel uneasy about re
ceiving am equivalent for his money. There
is no need to he uneasy, for were we taken
, away, our volume would be comp'eted ;
but we know that some would far that
} they would sustain a loss,
Illustrated Putany.— Wo
from publisher; J.
; Nassau Sir. et, X. York, mint bn s 1 and ;}
j of this very excellent, beautiful and instinc
tive work, which we purpose noticing
i more” fully in our next number.
Quite Modest, but Cruel-—A writer iu a
. late number of the Christian Observer, nf
; ter telling his readers, -1 am no poet,” in
flicts upon tin iii a coin mil and a half of as
j miserable doggerel as ever j ngled j u a
newspaper. Take a specimen—he is dp.
scribing die sale of pews hy an auctioneer.
-•Five hundred tlullat* for this pew
i Going at live—a bargain too—
’ Its gone—lt is yours Mi. Great
I do vmi, sir, eongratulale.”
Portraits of Jmlstm. Sliutk and Yung Srrti
Sang.—We have just irccivi-d. froi J. If.
I Bigelow & ( 0., No. 1 Spruce Street, New
| \ oik, a supply n| tlm Ivtlmgrapii likrno*
j ol Dr. Judsori—also specimen copies ol the
likenesses ol .Mr. Shuck, our mis-ionary to
. ( I lino, and Yong Seen Sang, a mil ire
I (-hinc.se teacher, who has c.rcompniiii-d
i Mr. Shin klo our country. The engrar-
I ing* arc very handsomely executed,
\Y iiethcr they are good likenesses or not
we cannot say. ncier having seen either of
die individuals above named.
Wc ordered, long since, some ol Dam
re ! s. but guess lie does not mean to send
dn-iii. \\ i- have also ordered some, more
ret end}, from I ulhy ,)|- ( wisliug in
serve ail anil oflt iul m, nor.
Mem. — Me have been two hours pen
ning the above brief notice, having been
I interrupted bv the rail, at didVrcnl tunes,
til five or six indftnliial* since wc vrin irtl.e
! caption. We note this fur die benefit of
those who think wc have time to
every thing, and to do every thing s„ ( | r .
liberalely as never lo err in art or ‘ff-,-,t
in iron/,
R.tivnl Sermons.— ln mu ailvnisirnc nl
'units will he lonu.l a prospe.-ins. hf a vol
ume about to lie a et -
h i-iii'ii ! r<>ni a scries q£gberinou* that har
been blessed l . ih^/aw akening ufs rsraf
limns ind souls i it our roimtiy. Tiu-reare,
lo our ti rtiifti knowledge, man} in the
Baptist cCureli, .s well as in , t!nr chnreh
cs, who'have In en awakened mnlri these
disi’oc .ses. There are others who hranf
thc.ru and left deeply i„t,.rested du
it.g tl.eir delivery, hut who havo never
mtoud with any church. Boil, of these
cLiascs of persons, wc piesxmc, would he
p leased to have an opportunity n, peruse
/lisciursc* to which they once list, nrd with
* ehght. We therefore transfer the p ro .
sju’etus u> our columns and guarantee th
ife,l very ol the volume, when to
.hose who subscribe thri ugb us.
“ Discip!' 1 - .vg e differ from i|„. brothrr
who writes over this signature, i:i
several particulars, hut wc agree with
him iu the belief that evangelist or de
motic missionaries cannot supply the
place of pastors, and that their labors should
lx 1 confined principally to destitute legions.
W u think, however, if the missionary de
votes all his time to missionary labors, the
churches ought to assume the obligation*
of providing for him and his family com
fortable food and Kliment, and also the
mi aus of educating his childicn.
I o ’Paulding’ we would say, our columns
have a Horde' l evidence of car willingness
to let our anti-missionary brethfl-n he heard
tin oiiok them, and ol the unwillingness of
trie “Primitive Baptist” to let our hrelh
run speak through its columns.
published articles rejected by ill r paper.
Southern Pulerairttl Recorder.—^Ve publish
a prospectus fora new semi-n.mldv pe
riodical which uis proposed to vjDish iib
uer the above title; also the Pier of tho
editor, as requested. Wo kmv nothing
of editor, hut presuming tfct he is a
regular Baptist, in good stawiiig with our
anii-missMUiary brethren, Ac commend
both his letter and his prupectvi* to line at
telition of our leaders. A pcriodw-4
ducted upon the prhrp| e s laid down in itJf
prospectus, we .vVnfe would be likely to Z
gre a t good, views, feeling* and mo-
Itvcs of missiomflies awl anti-missionaries
are olten and misrepresen
ted, greath^^^kp rt .j m p IC( . u p ,| )HI brotlier-
Iv love ev *f subsist between
us. \t e w„,fd suggest to our brother,
that it would greatly facilitate the obtaining