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FRIDAY. JULY 31. 1846. j
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
The Board of Trustees of this Institution j
at their late meeting at Penfield, called jAW ‘
service the Professors glecied,
last year. Kev. N. M. Crawford, Prof,
in the department of Theology is expected !
toe'hter upon the duties of his office, early ‘
in the next term. Rev. S. G. Hillyer, I
rProfvel Belles Lettres, will come into the
Institution the first of next year. Rev A.
TANARUS Holmes of Hayneville and James
Thomas, Esq., of Sparta were elected to
fill the vacancies in the Board of Trustees,
caused by the resignation of Rev. N. M.
Crawford a|id Rev. S. G. Hillyer. Ar
rang'ments were also made to separate the
Academic department from the Collegiate
after the present year; with the exception j
of one class immediately preparatory to .
entrance into college, which will he taught
by the Faculty of flte College, and will he
governed by the college regulations. The :
advantages to be derived by the student j
e j
from this arrangement are abundantly nbvi-;
tWVn*nu.i6'ldilional labor experienced
Ity tire Faculty will he compensated by the
the improvement of their classes.
Domestic Missions. — Bro. Davis requests
that his suggestion be born in remembrance
by the brethren in every part of the State;
that they obtain subscriptions and receive |
pledges for any amount, fifty, twenty-five,
twenty, ten, five dollars ; any sums accord
ing to the ability of brethren, anil as they
have it in their hearts to further the good 1
cause, to be handed over to him at their
respective Associations.
The Compnraiirr Importance of our various
olijcrts. —We should be sorry to see any j
one object, receive an over proportion of 1
attention, compared with other objects also |
important, whether more or less so. And |
there is danger, that when excited to cx- j
Inordinary effort in one direction, other
tilings nf eq lal value lie neglected. It is ‘
not to be denied that there is at this time an !
unusual demand upon the energies and
liberality of the churches. But, we are
doing lutlc. compari'd with wli.it we are
able to do. There is no daugi rof doing J
too much in any cause; the danger is, that
some things will he ball done, ami others
entirely overlooked. Our own opinion is,
that one the first objects to be attended to—
fir-t in importance, anil in order of time—
is to liberate the bauds of ministers who!
desire to be devoted to their work. There
are probably some half secular ministers,
who are quite willing to be half employed
tit the ministry. Such men ought not to
be supported. But every matt who has
ability for ihe work, whose heart is in it,
w bo in a word is worthy of being support
ed, ought, instantly to be relieved from
secular care and encouraged to enlei the
fi. bl. •* No man goi tli on a warfare at his
own eliaiges. * Die men on the Rio Grande
do not support themselves. Gen. Taylor,
could not devote himself to his profession,
tl he apprehended that his wife and chil
dren were without bread. While onr min
istry is secular as it is. the cruise cannot
prosper. God has ordained otherwise.—
There nicy be some instances, but they are
exceptions, not the laev ; as a man may
throw himself from a piecipice of 100 feet
on rocks and not he injured. Bill that is !
not lire general law. God requires the |
whole lime of eveiv minister —that he
make the ministry his grralbusiness —and
that in order to do this, lie he support- 1
ed. Until this is the case, Sabbath schools, !
—missions, Foreign and Domestic, —Bible j
distribution—ministerial education —every -
thing must dragon heavily. The ministe
rial office, with its duties faithfully and ful- j
ly discharged—these are in so far as human
instrumentality is concerned, the main
spring of the watch. IF. K.
Remarks of II K. Suggested bv Hie Commit- j
“—“—'nttfetion of “Obsouritas.”
1. Monthly, and Bi-monthly Preach-\
ing. It is no wonder that our churches,
even after precious revivals, suffer dearth,
under the operation of such a system. The j
wonder is, that they exist. Apply this
system to other things, than religiotr, and
see how it would Send your chil
dren to school four days in a month. Eat
heartily one day in seven, and starve, the
remainder. Cultivate your mind, assidu
ously, two weeks in a year ; and during
the rest, read little, and think less. And
what necessity is there for this? A church
is a church, in the absence as well as in
the preserice of a Preacher; and to every
church is the trust committed of “ holding
forth the word of life.” Arfd the first day
of the week, God claims, to be spent in sa
cred worship. If but one member cart
read, pray publicly, %nd raise a tune, we
say, let weekly worship be sustained by
every church.
2. Brethren and Sisters too. —ln pub
firaJfieetings. and in the Sunday school—
must he present. There may be a
bible class for boys or young men—or
youth of the other sex ; and so there may
be a separate prayer meeting, under special
cireumslances: but public worship and
Sunday shools, aie social interviews in
which God intended, the presence of wives,
mothers, daughters, sisters,—and they
V ir.ust be there. Our personal, domestic,
’ and other relative wants absolutely demand
it. The little boy behaves the belter, by
f being with his sister. The husband is en
couraged by feeing his daughter and his
! wilerhete. Asa general thing, meetings al
| leatia|£%nly by men, are semi barbarian.-
are the best teachers for
girls arid For small boys. Tluy arc by
j nature,.constituted teachers ; and no man
[ can engage the heart of a pupil, as a lady
ican. Ina meeting ora Sunday school,
where there are no ladies’ we have no hope.
We neve> saw one (loutish without them,
and never shall.
3. Colporleurage. —This is assuredly
an inviting field of labor, especially in the
West and South. There is a demand for
books; but not that degree of demand.that
makes people pul themselves to great trou
ble to obtain them: It requires such a
man as old Secretary Thompson, of the
j fust American Congress, to walk sixty
\ mil l s, to buy a copy of the Spectator.—
i But the mass of the people will buy books
lil placed near them. Oilier things are
I placed near litem. And other books than
j religious books are bought, loaned, read,
j devoured: and then devour the devourers.
j Now we asset! that every Colporteur in
Georgia, and there might be twenty em
ployed at this moment, would not only
support himself, but make money. His
sales of books wpuld bedr his expenses.—
And be could obtain thiee subscriptions
daily, on an average for some valuable pe
riodical. In a word lie might be very nse
lul, and earn for himself from SIOO to
S6OO a year; and if a manof ability, SIOOO.
We shall never believe otherwise until (lie
experiment be fully tried and’ h# found to
L*il. Let any rliuroh, or’ self-appointed
rommittee, or benevolent individual make
trial. Select a suitable man—furnish him
with capital—and send him nut. Success
is ceitain.
4. Mites in sup port of Missions. —This
is a splendid schf me for collecting money,
tl it i* only general. Otherwise it amounts
to little. 1 lie great evil at the South, in
contributions for benevolent objects, has
been that, whatever lias been done, even,
for the suppoit of any one church, has been
done by a far members. In a church of
4(H) members, several thousand dollars are
collected (or these objects—anti ten men
give it all. This is not the English fash
ion ; nor the Y ankee fashion; nor a'good
lushioir Let /very one give: and contin
ue to give. A life member is one who is
plcdgi dto give during bis life. It is pre
cisely this system dint enables our English
brethren with halt our wealth, and one
third our number, to treble our enntribu
; lions. Very few persons really believe
’ and fully understand that one cent a wetk
is fifty cents a year, and that five hundred
! contributions of filly cents each, will a
! mount to two hundred and fifty dollars.--
| The enquiries of “Obsenritas” suggest a
1 great many thoughts. But if we write
them, our readers u ii! not read them. We
j therefore submit no more at piesent.
John Rantluipli's Negroes- —The executor
of the lute John Randolph of Roanoke,
Virginia, Judge Leigh, had made prrange
menis according lo the provisions of the
will, to secure the protection and comfort
of these manumitted slaves, bv purchasing
lands for them in the State of Ohio. They
arrived safely, three hundred and eighty
five in number, in the county of Mercer,
theit tn*w abode. They were immediate
ly surrounded by armed men, who took
the Agent, (the manager of Mr. Randolph’s
affairs in his life time) into custody ; and
were despatched under the escort of armed
citizens, in chartered boats. Mr. Cardwell
could not obtain a residuncc for them during
even a few days until the arrival of Judge
Leigh—neither by the payment of a thou
sand dollars as indemnity for their good
| behavior; nor Ity the voluntary imprison
ment of himself during that period, in
jail, ‘i bc St. Mary’s Sentinel, an Ohio j
paper, says:
“ Every reflecting man must see that the
establishment of an extensive colony of
blacks in our country must be destructive
! of the dearest interests and withering lo the
[ brig Ii test hopes of an honest ami iudustri
our people, uho have endured the priva
tions anil hardships of opening farms and
establishing for themselves homes in an
unbroken wilderr.ess. Such men will not
quietly submit to have their farms anil fiard
earnings of the best portion of their lives to
be rendered worthless by the settling down
amongst them of a colony of manumitted
slaves, thus blighting their interests as thor
oughly as the settling of a cloud of locusts
j upon the fair field* of Egypt.”
! By the last accounts of them, they were
! encamped in the woods. Humanity must
sympathize with those unfortunate quondam
: liappv slaves, now miserable, free negroes.
! Mr. Randolph bail done them greater
! kindness had be suffered them to remain
slaves on the plantations on which they
were bred and born. Anri the best thing
they could now do, would he to return to
Virginia and be sold again as slaves, ac
cording to the provisions of the laws of that
Slate.
We do not blame the good people of
Ohio, or any other free State, not to per
mit manumitted slaves to settle within their
territory. But we do blame them for the
unrelenting cruelty with which they perse
cute the Southern States. If Ohio, with
her million of inhabitants cannot allow a
few hundred of them to infest her domain,
by wlmt law of humanity or justice, shall
the South be crushed with three millions of
them? Yet this i what the free States
wish, for they not only deny them citizen
ship, but even a temporary residence.
H- K.
For the Christian Index. A
ADDRESS M
To litc Baptist Ministers in the Slate of Geo™
Beloved Brfthrcn ,—lt is to me molten
of sincere regret that, the season of-the
year, and the limited time of my sojourn
in the Uni'ed Slates, render it necessary
for me to pass through your State leaving
unseen and unvisited such a large number
of you and the members of your churches,
and denying myself the privilege of ming
ling in your devotions. Gladly, if such a
thing were possible, wohld I visit you all
anil speak to you face to face of some of
those scenes, and events, which have fallen
under my personal observation in the great
Empire of China. But I atn desirous that
the dawning of the first day of January
1847, shall find me on my way across the
wide waste nf waters, toward the land ol J
my adoption ami the chosen field of my la
bors ; and few are the places I can visit, i
anil small the number of the brethren I can j
see while making this flying lour through j
the Southern and South-western States.——
Those brethren I have been permitted to
meet in this .State have shown themselves
” arm friends.nf the cause of our common
Master among the heathen ; and after eon
stilting with a number of them 1 have con
cluded. thus publicly, to make a request of
every Baptist .Minister in the Slate of Geor
gia. The request is this; That every
ministering brother agree to preach one ser
mon on the subject of Foreign missions j
between the present time and the fust of
October 1810, and at the same time and
place take up a public collection in aid f
the Canton Chapel. Sec the statement
herewith appended on that subject.
Dear brethren, who of you, without any
reference to what others may do, will indi
vidually and affirmatively respond to this
request? No matter how small the sum.
it will reach me in Richmond, Va.. care of
A. Thomas, Esq. And kindly bear in
mind that the cause I plead for, is your
cause.as.well as mv cause—yea, it is the
cause of your Saviour as well as my Sa
viour. 1 solicit your sympathies, your
prayers, and at least one special effort in
behalf of China’s three hundred and thirty
millions who have not the gospel, who are
estranged from the true God, Know nothing
of Jesus Christ, are crowding the broad
way of death anil hell—literally perishing
for lack of vision. In the great city of
Canton, we have begun to witness the faint
breakings rs the morning light upon the
gross darkness which for so long a lapse of
ages has spread its pall of moral death over
the one million nf inhabitants who swarm
the streets and the thorougJilares of that
mighty city wholly given to idolatry. We
wish to see at least one Christian Chapel
raising its peaceful front in Canton city
among the lour or five hundred edifices, all
more pr less connected with vile supersti
tion and abominable idolatry. Will yon
individually make one effort to aid this ob
ject? Some of your number have already
promised to do so. I leave the ease with
i you. The Master’s richest blessing rest
i upon you. your souls, yotti labors, and your
churches.
Believe me vour brethren, faithfully ami
affectionate.
J. LEWIS SHUCK,
Pastor Ist Bap. Ch„ Canton China.
Forsyth, Ga., July 21, 1810.
Statement—the Convention Chapel.
The Chinese arc. specially prejudiced in
favor of public, buildings. In the city of
Canton alone, there are one hundred and j
eighty heathen temples; some of them
constructed at great cost, and with tlteir ap
pendages covering several acres of ground.
Besides these, there are pagodas, city edi
fices, and ancestral halls, and eighty five
commercial exchanges. No religion is re
spectable in ‘.he eyes of the Chinese, unless
connected with a public building. The
Mission in Canton has made a successful
beginning, but our operations in that city
have been almost brought to stand still
far the want of a pinper Chapel in which
to preach, The narrowness of the streets,
(twelve feet is a wide street in Canton,)
the uproar of a heathen rabble, the impro
priety ol blocking up a public street with a
crowd, and the lack of good results, have,
among other reasons, caused ns to abandon
street preaching in Canton, Our native
Chinese preachers ran now be mainly ten
dered efficient only by having a prop
er chapel in which to preach. No
Ch inese females have vet joined the church
es—the gospel has not yet been brought to
hear upon them, principally her a use we
have no Chapel into which they might he
induced to enters A Chapel, therefore, is
an instrumentality which we, at this mo
ment, stand in greater need of than an addi
tional number of missionaries. We have
men, foreign and native, ready to preach
the gospel to the Chinese in their own
language, hut throe-men heve no Chapel
in Canton in which .to exercise their min
istry. •
The city of Cantata’ contains One Mill
ion of souls; among this vast population
heathenism has its Temples, the names of
departed ancestors have their Halls, and
commerce has its Exchanges, hut not one
Christian Chapel lifts its its peaceful front
in that mighty city. As brick buildings
can he erected there cheaper than in this
country, the sum of ten thousand dollars
will put up and complete an edifice evety
way suited to die present exigency. The
work of subscription being commenced, the
object is submitted to the friendly consider
ation of all who may feel it a privilege to
give it their support.
Family Prayer. —fn binding a family
together in peace and love, there is no hit-
I man influence like that of domestic priver.
them in a common object, it unites
1 ;Rj r sympathies anil desires. Raising
lear,S 10 heaven il brings them alto
llijher in the presence of God. The fami
is an asylum to which they repair
ca res and toils of life; reminding
■Mp. of.rest reserved i„ heaven, i; unites
U* 111 e fit*trts of faith and obedience for its
gßnment. Earth lias no holier a spot
|gjla house thus sanctified by prayer
gif® of supplication and thanks-
Mfcates every day ; where the
fefy 3 devoutly read, and young
birth all His praise,
gpro. but it if holy.— Poverty
VflHHHHprid sorrow—but its inmate’s
m (joyous in tlic Hoiy
J. • t *PßS|P'%Len ter
1-7 ‘ll* StckiiOASPpß p jMprt, but it comes
of peace and mercy.
/ From the Mississippi Baptist.
I Ordination.
Ai council was called by 1 the Baptist
Clnich of Clinton, La., on the 19th April,
1844, lot the purpose of examining brother
Whfeelock H. Parmly, with a view to his
ordination to the work of the ministry.
Alter hearing a relation of Itis Christian ex
perience, call to the ministry, views of doc
trine; &c., and being fully satisfied there
with, tire council propertied to his ordina-j
lion. The exercises were as follows :
Reading the Scriptures, hymn anil play
er, by Rev. David Pipes, ol the Methodist
Episcopal Church; Sermon by Kov. I. T.
Hinton, of New Orleans; ordaining pray-j
it by Rev. A. W. Poole, Woodland ;|
charge by Rev. J. B. Smith, Clinton ; hand j.
of fellowship by the council ; and benedic-j
tion by the candidate.
Brother Parmly is a graduate of Coluin-I
bia College, New York city, and of the I
Hamilton’rheological Institution. He en
ters upon Itis work as assistant pastor of the !
Clinton Baptist Church. A large field of!
usefulness is opened for him in the village i
and surrounding country, ami evety pros
pect betokens success.
I. T HINTON, Moderator.
A. W, Poole, Clerk.
Diligence in Reading the Scriptures.
“ Read and revere Ihe saered page ; a page
W hieli not the whole creation could produce;
Which not the conflagration shall destroy.”
Y'ouxo. .
•Erasmus, speaking of Jerome, says,
“Whoever leaned ly heart the whole
Scri|iure, or imbibed, or meditated upon it
as hisdid ? Tenulliau, after bis conversion,
was engaged night and day in reading the
Scriptures, anil got much of them by
beat .
The Emperor Theodosius wrote out the
who e New Testament with his own band,
and read some part of it every day. Theo
dosius the Second, dedicated a great part of
the night to the study of the Scriptures-
George, Prince of Transylvania, read over
the Btble twenty-seven times. Alpbonsus,
king of Arragon, read the Scriptures over,
together with a large commentary, fourteen
times.
The venerable Bede is said to have been
a great reader of die Bible, and that with
such affection, that he often wept over it.
Bonaventure wrote out the Scriptures
twice, and learned most oftliem by heart.
Zuinglius wrote out St. Paul’s epistles and j
committed them to memory.
Cromwell, Earl of Essex, in his journey |
to and fioni Rome, learned all the New I
Testament by heart. Bishop Ridley thus
attests his own practice, and the happy
fruits of it: “The wall and trees of my
orchard, could they speak, would bear wit
ness that dtere 1 learned by heart almost ail
the epistles ; of which study*, although in
time a greater part was lost, yet the sweet
savor thereof I trust I shall carry with me
to heaven.”
It is thought wot thy ol attention, as in
dicating the tendencies of the age, that tire
j three ruling ministers of Europe are tle
j scended from the common people. These
tire Peel, Guizot and Mctteinich 1 ‘The
first of these, the son of a manufacturer, is
confessedly the ruling spirit of the lending
nation of Europe. He has astonished the
world by the boldness which be lias exhibi
ted in grappling with abuses of government,
| which have for generations affected the
rights of the laboring classes. In manfully
battling for justice, he lias not hesitated to
t neoimter whatever opposition aristocrat y,
l or Wealth, or hoary custom, could array
1 against him, and has gloriously triumphed
I over all.
Guizot, another of nature’s nrblemen,
■ without wealth or noble blood, simply by
the force of bis own intellect, lias raised
\ bintself to a position nr France second only
! in imporjance to that .occupied by the King
jon his throne. And there lie maintains
: himself, in spite of all the talents and learn
nng, and energy and eloquence, of'Theirs,
| De Toqueville, and a host of others who
1 arc striving to depose him.
‘The third of the triumvirate is die wily
diplomatist and veteran statesman, Mtlter
-jtH-h, die prime minister ol.Austria for pro
bably a quarter of a centuiy past. . He, too,
is of low birth, and scarcely any man now
livingfhas exercised such an influence upon
the a flairs of Europe. ‘Thus wo see, so
great is the force of real talent, that it ele
vates to] the highest stations its possessor,
even jn,governments most hostile to the
influence of the lower orders. In our own
■ countri, when united with integrity, cor
rect principles, and uprightness, and often
when separated ftom these, it inevitably
exercises an influence circumscribed by no
nairow limits.— Southern Journal.
Thft following important information
conies to us from a source entitled to credit,
arid we give it as we gel it. Our attentive
correspondent, independent, has not com
municated it in bis despatches and we there
fore he. ilate to give it the sanction of au
thority.
“ Gen. Taylot has ‘conquered pence* in
earnest. The states west of the Kio Grande
—or some of them—are disposed to make
common cause with the American, and
under their guarantee form themselves into
anew and distinct Republic, on the Anirlo-
American,basis of free toleration in religion,
supremacy of the civil law, universal'edu
cation, and the uniform administration of!
justice.
“A proposition has been made at Wash-1
ntgton in behalf of a number of the leading!
inhabitants of Tamaulipas. Chihuahua and
Zacatecas, entreating a cessation oflioslili-
Ites on our part, on the ground that beimr
equally aggrieved by the Supreme Govern-!
meat of Mexico, weshntilti.be the friends
and allies rather than the iletssitt torfC.g- ti,
country north of the
. (including
priests) are in lavorof coming
nntier the Government of the United States
as a provisional territory.”
It is farther said, that the mass ol the
people are sick of bloodshed and misrule
under the Mexican Government, and ear
nestly solicit the protecting arm of the
United States.— Philo. American:
Anew Stale is about to be admitted into
the Union. A bill has been reported - to
admit Wisconsin as a State. lowa lias al-|
ready been authorized to form a State I
Constitution. So we shall probably have
thirty States represented in the thirtieth
Congress. After that period, it is probable
i that we shall add a Slate every two years
I to the Federal Galaxy; so that the number
! of the States of Ihe Union will agree exact
ly with the number of the Congress. The
j fiftieth Congress, which we shall’ see
! twenty-one years hence, will represent I
j fifty independent States.
SECULAR SUMMARY.
By official reports it appears that, the
whole number ol immigrants arriving in the
United Slates, during 12 months, ending
S pt. 1845, was 119,884, chiefly in Maine,
Massachusetts, New York, Maryland ami
Louisiana.
The survey of the route to connect the
Wilmington and Raleigh rail road wi’h the
South Carolina railroad, was commenced
on the 13tli inst.
“There is (says the Savannah Republi
can.) a connected line of communication
from Savannah, n distance of three hundred
and seventy-two miles, stieiching diagonal
ly across tin; Slate to the Oustanatila nvcr,
within 40 miles of the’Tennessee line.— j
This road passes through many of the most
populous and wealthy counties of the State.
It will secure (or ratltei ought to secures,
to Savannah, the trade of nearly all Middle
and Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama,
and will enable our merchants to compete
for that ofjho north western counties, as
well as of East and Middle Tennessee and
North Alabama.”
The brig Columbia, on its way from
New Orleans to Savannah, was destroyed
by lightning on the 4th inst., by tvliicn all
the crew was lost overboard, rite vessel set
on fire, and burned down to the water’s
edge.
The Frar.ce-Atnericane, of yesterday,
says that its correspondent at War hington
affirms that he had been informed by high
authority, that the Cabinet on the 7th of
July, determined to order an attack on the
fortress of St. Juan D’Ulloa by the Ameri
can fleet now blockading Vera Cruz. The
j letter adds “that this is precisely what the
young men of the Navy desire, but on the
contrary, the older heads do not appiove oi
it. But if the thing is to be done, the soon
ci it is done the better. ‘The Washington
correspondence nf another morning paper,
yesterday, says the same substantially.
Gen. Taylor has received from the Mex
ican government $1,200 to he appropriated
to tbe sick and wounded Mexican soldiers
: in Itis camp.
The New Orleans correspondent of the
I Charleston Currier, under dale of I lib inst.
jP. M., after mentioning the arrival of the
I Revenue Cutter McLean from Havana,
Isays—“From some of Iter officers 1 learn
| that Cert. Santa Ana and Almonte, were to
sail on the 10th inst. for Vera Cruz in the
English mail packet.”
No less than 37 inquests were held in
New York on Saturday and Sunday, (11th j
and 12th instant) incases of death produced’
by excessive heat anil the imprudent use of
colt) water.
!
The distance from San Antonio, ('Texas.)
|to the city of Mexico, is estimated 1130
| miles. From Matan oras io the city oi
Mexico, the distance is not far from 700
! miles.
■
j The quantity of laud owned by the Uni-1
ted States, exclusive of unsold ‘Texas and
Oregon lands, is two hundred and fifty i
millions of acres. ‘There is in addition
to this, an immense tract of lantly to which j
the Indian title is not extinguished. The
average sale of the public lands is somelhiiig!
loss than two millions ol acres annually.—
The amount of the sales for the past year,
has been over iwafmiMinus of dollats.
3®’“ WILL he sold oh the first ‘Tues
day in October next, before the Court
house door in Greene Cos., Ga., agreeably
to mi order of the Honorable tbe Court of
Ordinary of said county, between the usual
hours of sale, a Tract of land in said enmi
ty, lying on the waters of Sandy Creek,
adjoining lauds of Elisha Wheelers, Mrs.
Hall and others, containing one hundred
and twenty-five acres more or less. Sold
as the property of I’olly T. Jackson’s
heirs. Terms made known on the day.
ZACHARIAII FAMBROUGII.
Fj'j'. Guardian.
July 31. 31
‘j a Hi n 9
Neatly Executed,
A T THIS OF FIO K .
BfgT'LAW BLANKS printed. t short
1 m>tir, in fine ;-vvle.
| WEEKLY Rt&EIPTS. Win Hall
! lo May 46, 5 00; lev T C Armstrong
j P !l 'd for Wm Price lo\ulv 44, 3 00; Benj
| Moscly to July 46. Il 50; Robt Render
! paid for himself to Jutia47, 2 50, for .fast
Rentier to June 47, 2 ai); B P Bussy to
! May’ 47.2 50; Martin Andrews’ to March
47, 2 50; anil for Wily p Burkes to June
47, 2 50, in all 12 50.
rXbun~& - fulton,
‘C OM MISSION M ftCHAKTS
Savannah, Ga.
Will till Planters’ orders for Bagging,’
Family Supplies. &e., at the lowest prices,
and will give strict attention to the sale of
Cotton anil other Produce consigned lo
them.
July 23, 1846. [til! jatt 1 ’47
TH E GEO R G l A P TTTTp IT,
Or Ministers’ Yearly Offering;
Containing Sermons and Essays from
Georgia Baptists:
1. Funeral Sermon of Gov. Rabun, by
Mercer.
2. The Excellency of the Knowledge of
Christ,-by Mercer.
3. Essay on the Lout's Supper, b) Mercer.’
4. Ministerial Education, bv Merrcr.
5. Ministerial Union, by Mercer.
V. Ministerial Piety, by Mallary.,,
7. ’I he. Poctrme of Election, by Maliary.
8. “The Iron did Swim,” by Marshall.
9. The Careful Minister, by Sherwood.
10. Education Necessary ami Desirable, by
Sherwood.
11: Sermon on tbs Covenant, by Sher
wood,
12. Sermon.- at Dedication of Augusta
Church, by Dr. Brandy.
13. ‘Trinitarians Rational, by Dr. Brandy.
14 Education Important for Ministers, by
J. Lumpkin.
15. God’s Willingness to Save Sinners, by
Kilpatrick.
16. ‘The Commission, by Kilpatrick.
17. Feet Washing, by Dr. Dagg.
18. The Gospel Banner Displayed, by*
Fleming.
19. Instruction of Servants, by Law.
20. Christian Union or Evils of Divisions,
by Fleming.
21- Church Organization, by Fleming.
22. Infant 13 1 pti rn not a Bible Doctrine,
by Fleming.
23. Essay on John’s Baptism, by Flem
ig-
---24. The Temper, by .Mallary.
25. Funeral Sermon of Dr. Anthony of
Augusta, by W. J. Hard.
20. Funeral Setmon of Major Crawford of
Harris, by O. Cranberry.
27. Sermon before the Central Association,
by J. F. Hillyer.
28. The Reasonableness of Faith, by S.
G. Hillyer.
29. God’s Special Piovidence, by C. F.
Siurges.
30. Sermon at Commencement at Franklin
College, by W. T. Brandy.
31. Qualifications, Duties, &c., of Dea
] cons, by Fleming.
I 32. Sermon, (subject not yet known.) by
A. Williams.
CONDITIONS.
“ Tiie Georgia Pulpit” will contain
thirty-two Sermons and Essays, making
over 500 large octavo pages. The type
will ho of a size suitable for the rged. The
price $2 00 in muslin, trimmed, labeled
and filleted—in gilt leather S2 50. The
styled the woik will not permit any lower
price. It is proposed, however, to add a
shoit sketch of the life of the late Dr. Brant
ly, accompanied with a fine Lithographic
Likeness, provided the patronage will Justi
fy the expense. This will be a valuable
acquisition to the volume, and will doubt
less be interesting to all, but especially to
the numerous friends and acquaintances of
Dr. B. To satisfy every one, wonlti be
impossible; yet the publisher designs to do
all he can to make the book creditable to all
concerned, and hopes, by the aid of an able
Committee, to produce a volume that ma
ny Baptists in Georgia would like to own.
The names and residence of all the sub
scribers will he published at the end of the
book , and al! names forwarded by the first
of November will be in time lor insertion in’
the volume. One thousand copies onlv
will be published, unless more than a thou
sand are subscribed for. Should the pa
j ironage authorize it, the work will be con
tinued yearly. Thus the valuable sermons
| of our brethren, published from time to’
time, in our State, will he gathered togeth
er, “that nothing be lost.” The list of
| sermons for the present volume has been
published in former Ciicnlars and in the
: index. The names of these ministers ate
a sufficient recommendation to die work'.
HTTIte Publisher lias determined to
leave out some of his “ own sermons” to
insert better; and to publish the Constitu
tion of the Southern Baptist Convention,
with the names o( the different Boards, and
their location and officers ; also the table
of a'l tlie Associations in Georgia, as pre
| pared by Professor Mell, of Mercer Ifni’
versily. May not the Georgia Pulpit take
j the name of “ Ministers’ Yearly Offering,”
and in this sober chess find a welcome re
ception in the families of our brethren ?
Address the Publisher,
ROBERT FLEMING, Newnan, Ga.
NOTICE.
There will he a Camp meeting held with'’
the New Providence church in Sugar Val
j ley, near the line of Cass and Murray
| counties, commencing Thursday before the
third Lord's day in October; to which we
| invite the attention of all persons, and es
i pecially those who minister in Holy
j Things. This is a beautiful valley, thick -
jly settled and well watered. Ample pro
vision will fie made to accommodate exten
jsively. We desire the help of the clliis
jin tins work. Done by order of the rhnreh
in ronfcreiire.
ROWLAND COBB.J
KLIUS KING, icom'.
A. F. THOMPSON, J
j N. B. The chinch stands on ihe fdad*
j leading from Cassville to *T.a Fayette,- it*
i Walker, about midway.