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[.For the Christian Index.]
WAR! WAR!! WAR!!!
DC? Prepare fora new Campaign, jpj]
The war is not ended. If any in time past imagin
ed that a few bold strikes would bring the enemy to
terms, the delusion we should suppose is with them at!
on end. It certainly does not admit of a doubt that!
there is yet much hard fighting to be done. It is true!!
the forces have fought some noble battles, victory has!
perched upon their uplifted standards, much territory!!
ln.n..M i.liiwtui linen ■■■ 1 11 i Wgl 1
....• <uiu desperate struggle yet heloie us. A
new year has opened, and our people must prepare for
anew campaign. More soldiers must he enlisted,j
more amunition gathered, more money collected, and;!
new energy infused into the coniiict. There is a sin-'!
ful flagging some where, I will not now stop tossy !
where the fault lies. Nothing is plainer than that oiirij
enemies must be com/uered not coaxed into a peace.—!j
Their spirit is. up, they are united in their opposition j
to us, our |iast successes have greatly exasperated!
them—and depend upon it, they will not tamely sub-jl
init. W e must strike blow alter blow, and each lastH
blow must be the heaviest. We have in time past
been too lenient to our enemies; iam more than ever' 1
convinced that too great humanity shown them during!
the war is in the long run no humanity at all. And !
more, we must press right on into the very heart of the !j
country, and strike at every stronghold. To pause!!
and stretch a cordon of posts across —“the Mexican ter
ritory'’—does the reader add ?—I say to stretch a cor-:
don of posts across tiie country, and then bring our le
gions to a halt, and just hold onto what we have al-j
ready conquered,—l have no faith in any such policy.[j
Our enemies will laugh at us. We can never secure!
an honorable and lasting peace by such a military oper
ation, no never. We shall entirely fail of accomplish-ij
ing the great result for which we have undertaken the j
war. lam for a thorough work. lam lor a vigorous,!!
decisive,energetic, onward policy. Onward ye generals !
ye regulars, ye volunteers,onward; nor stop till ye have j
nailed your (lag to the highest spire of-—“the city of!
Mexico,” do you say?—the very highest of the ene-1
my's last strong hold—till the echo of your victorious j
army, and exulting voices resound—through the halls j
ofthe —“ Montezumas,” does the reader add? Friend,
I cannot be interrupted in this way ; please let me de
fine my policy and my object in my own way—l am !
not talking about the Mexican war, I wish you to un- i
derstand ; no, my brother, far from it. What! are!!
your head and your heart so full of the Mexican war, that!
.ve cannot talk about battles fought and won, and
about more fighting, and the necessity of more soldiers,
and money and ammunition, and of the onward policy,}
without your taking it for granted that we refer to
earthly, carnal warfare ? Air, my brother, we are en
gaged in a more important, a more honorable, and I
will add, a more desperate war than that which our!
brave soldiers are waging against our Southern neigh
bors—a war against error, superstition, sin—against
heii and all its mustered principalities and powers—aj[
war to rescue captive, immortal souls from everlasting'!
peril—a war to carry forward the victories of truth,;
and to bring into obedience to the “Prince of Peace, ail,;
TII E TRU TII I N L> VE .
PEXETELD, U.\, FEUIUjA p: o 18Vl
jnations, kindred and tongues. Now i It not evident
[that there are many hard battles yet • > light, much[
I territory to be’subdued, many new recruits to be mar-,
jslnilled for the encountered, new ene#gr*Ho be infused!
| into the contest, and that the onward p licy is the true
jone. “Go yc into all the world”—this defines the pol
icy ot the great captain of our salvatio * and this must
Ibe the policy of all his people.
! Anew year has opened upon us ant n becomes the
ministry and the churches to make so .table prepara
tions for an efficient campaign upon the Missionary
field. Baptists ot Georgia, feilow-soli nrs in the war
ot faith and holiness, against the prince of the power
ot the air, allow me to suggest a few things which are
important at once to be (lone, and urge upon your!
minds a few motives that should imp#v* to vigorous
action.
And first, a few things which should, he done.
}• fbe work before us calls upon ps lo renew our
j efforts at the Throne of Grace with e.’r'nented faith!
jund earnestness. All prayer and snpk'H cation, is one!
;of the implements that is to be wield. ,i in this great
contest. Botsfoud once remarked,ini: ir peculiar arid!
jquaint manner, “ that same All-prayer ’ . devil hates.”
And it he hates it, it is because luunaft ;i loves it, and
i because it is so effectual in the pulli down of the
j strong holds of darkness. An increase engagedness
iu our closet, families, and public supp rations for the
spread of the Redeemer’s kingdom \v< aid be a most
encouraging omen of a successful yc-!rs campaign.
I The churches need those reviving n . .ences which
j God grants in answer to prayer; our n sionaries up-:
on the field entreat us to remember k Jfc tthe Mercy.
!Meat, the God of Israel savs, Gy-a-gw tCc and give
new interest to the monthly concert of ■p.J.cr where it:
jis observed, and to introduce it into tiro many churches’
where it has never been established ? God has greatly
| honored this monthly prayer-meeting. It was the!
j morning star ot the great missionary movement of
[modern times, and it has done much to keep alive from
year to year the missionary zeal of the churches, and
to bring down the blessings of Heaven upon benight
ed Pagan lands.
.. 0
-• Let our Ministers endeavor to prepare the church
es for the new campaign by heart-stirring discourses;!
Upon the subject of missions. There are some 600 j!
Missionary Baptist churches in Georgia, or perhaps i
should sav, 600 that are not professedly anti-missionary.
Why might not the subject of the world’s conversion
be presented and urged in each of these churches, sav!
during the month of March and April. Six hundred'!
fervent, affectionate and faithful sermons from the text, [
go ye into all the world, or the prayer, thy Kingdom
come, or the memorable prediction, the mountain of the.
Lord's house shall be established in the top of the moun
tains, or from any of the ten thousand similar declara
tions of the word of God, would be a. battle signal that!
would be heard and felt by multitudes. Facts should
be presented, motives urged, arguments multiplied : if;
our ministering brethren will not be forward and ac
tive in this matter, who will ?—if the captains will not
move forward, will the companies rush on to battle ? ;
3. Early arrangements should be made for gathering 1
up the bounty of the churches. The campaign cannot,
be sustained without money. The expenses are nu
merous. Our missionaries must not he allowed to!
starve and go naked: bibles and tracts are to lie print
ed and circulated. The unceasing necessities of the
cause demand our unceasing benevolence. The con
tributions of last year, will not relieve us from the ob
ligations of doing something to meet the exigencies of
this. Preparatory arrangements should not therefore
he delayed too long. Where Missionary Societies’
have been organized, they would do well to have early
meetings, and enter upon their duties with spirit and
energy. Where the churches manage their missiona
ry -collections without the agency of societies, they
should endeavor to get their machinery into speedy and||
effective operation. Brethren, appoint your commit-!
tees, get your subscription papers into circulation, and!
see that every member of the churches, and of the’
communities around have an opportunity of contribut
ing to the blessed cause of missions. Our Baptist
State Convention meets in May, will you not make an
effort to send up a larger contribution to that body than
you have hitherto done ! “ ;j
iNEAV SEMES—VOIi.XY.-X0.9-
j . And now, in the second place, allow me to urge a
few motives which should excite us to action.
1. God has spared us to commence the labors of an
other year, and his goodness demands a practical, a
substantial expression of our gratitude and love. In
what better way can we manifest our gratitude than
by consecrating ourselves anew to the glorious work
ot advancing his kingdom, and promoting'his glory
amongst men. God has not spared us to rust. but to
wear. There is no honor to us in rusting, and no hon
or to the Great Preserver of our lives and of our mer
cies. In wearing out our days in holy, pious service,
our joys and our graces are” brightened, and in that
brightness we reflect abroad the image and the ‘do
ry of God.
2. Much will be done this year in the advancement
of the Redeemer’s kingdom. God has upon the field
many honored, zealous instruments ; many praying
hearts, and laboring hands. The march of truth is on
ward. Battles will be fought, victories will be won.
From Christian and heathen lands the news will go up
to Heaven that sinners have repented. Perhaps it
may be announced that a nation lias betMt bom in a day.
Now then my brethren, are we to have no part in this
glorious work ? Shall the car of Immanuel roll on. and
our hands not be seen in pushing it forward. Shall
others receive through grace a brighter crown in Hea
ven for the toils and successes of this year, and car
immortal crowns receive no added lustre ? Alas for
the piety and zeal of that professed disciple who-is wil
ling to forego tho glory of such a service, and such a
1 recompense.
J 3. This may be your last year of pious labor on
Thousands that toiled for the Saviour last vear,
I, ‘ - •. XVC ■t.V .’ ‘.TV X V.-v-o Ww . ‘W^
idone.their prayers an- .-nded. T< r thousands ’hV
[will be the closing year of their wm-k of lhith mid Ja
il bor of love. Some of you whose eves trace these
;! lines may he amongst that number—die hand that
[writes them may he cold in death. My Christian bro
ther, what would you be willing to undertake and to
[ do, were you assured that all your plans and eflbrts
flay within the narrow circuit of this present year ‘
‘How much would you pray ? how much would vou
[contribute ? Flow many sacrifices would you make
dor the perishing heathen, and for the destitute and
[benighted of our own land ? Make the estimate as
[well as you can, and then do the work, if you live
longer, you will never feel that you have done too
much; if the sword comes it will strike you down
with a blessed, honorable blow—you fall like a trood
;soldier at the post of duty.
4. We have Missionaries upon the field that, must be
cared for. Our Domestic Board have an interesting
I company of active pious laborers in their employ ;
[our Foreign Board have sent, and are sending forth
j their laborers. Roberts is on the field in Canton, and
Gloftov and Peaiicy with their wives have no doubt
joined him ere this. Shuck, and Tobey and Yates
and James and Johnson with others are about to em
bark for the celestial Empire. These brethren, under
God, depend upon our prayers and our bounty. They
have gone down into the well, and we have promised
[to hold the rope. We have sanctioned the formation
of the Southern Convention. We are pledged to sus
tain its laborers. If fidelity is a duty, if Christian bon
iest y, I may say, is required at our hands, then arc we
pressed with a powerful, constraining motive to con
tinue and multiply our efforts for the advancement of
[Christ’s kingdom.
| 5. One more motive—the one that should ever he de
cisive with the child of God. We are not our own, wd
‘.are bought with a price. How much, my brother,
lowest thou thy Lord ? Thou owest him every thing —l
time, talents, money, life. His heart’s blood has rescu-l
ed you [from perdition —he has bought you off fronji
sin, and Satan and hell, he bids you iiope though hii
[rnerev for a glorious immortality—and now lie says—
\go work in my vineyard. The field is the world—it
must be, it will be cultivated, and you, as one of the
ransomed of the Lord, have your part to do. Let. the
love of Christ constrain—let the sight of his blood-stain
ed cross rebuke your loitering, consume your covetous
ness, rouse you to prayer, and awaken in your bosoms
i soul-ravishing desires to imitate his blessed example
.in the work ot doing good to perishing immortals.
A GEORG J A VOLUNTEER.