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6, 1848.]
tain class of doctrines and duties are either entirely omitted;,
or touched upon in the most guarded manner. Hence there*,
is greatly needed amongst us a class of boohs which will pre-i’
sent a more full and perfect view of gospel truth, that thus’
the rising generation may be guarded against the pernicidu-s
error that there are some jmrtions of revealed truth which arc :
of but little importance, and that they may grow up more j
thoroughly taught in all those tlmigs which are “profitable!
for doctrine, for reproof, for convction, for instruction in
righteousness.” The book of Brother Chambliss is a Baptist ‘
hook —that is, it presents distinctly the sentiments which
distinguish us as a denomination, and whicli We believe to
be ill accordance with the oracles of kod. It makes pro-’
niinent the distinguishing doctrineS of gfhue—speaks clearly
and emphatically of originalUin—the total depravity of fallen
man, election, justification by the righteousness of Christ, the
perseverance of amLotlteriiifilreil themes.
1 wish tim,book aq extensive, circulation,,and the author
great success inwall* his pious labors for the advancement of
thb Redeemer’s kingdom” ff CADy MALLAKY.
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[ For the OHristitffl Inibrr.~\
ELDER TRYON BEATON YEAZEY.
Ecfaula, Dec. 15, 1847.
Dear Brother Baker. —The has removed some choice ‘
spirits lately—“let us watch n§d be sobw\” The names of
■folW Venkov, sen., of Hancock and Win. M.
Tryoti, of Houston, Texas, deserve to he held in perpetual
remembrance by all who n;uno®the name of Christ. The
one a very old man, theolherin of life, about 36
or 37 years old. Both having fought a good fight, are now,
no doubt, in glory with the .'jfeiour whom they served so
faithfully in these low j^jonn Father Veazey
was, 1 think, take hint iilrroiinrf’ aljpiit the best man I ever
saw— mul I knew him pretty well, brother Tryon, when he
left Pen field, came over to Etjfauia first. iuul m pur beloved.
Baitof fit 2 or 3 VohfS ugibroJ^'w7?Bri^Vel^i(j?“i7‘wlic‘i : e T
he remained but a short time, before’ho went to Texas. Our
church prospered while Brother Tryon was with ns, us much 1
or more than any time since.’ I suppose he must Wive bap-i
listed for us, some forty or fifty. Prawns respected and be-j
loved by everybody m and out of 1 thejphurch. *ln fact he
was a lovely man—but he is gone, lie will he held in
grateful remembrance here.
I could not feel satisfied to say nothing about the above
two brethren, and so I hope Brother Baker will give this a
place in the Index.
Yours in the bonds of the Gospel, C.-BATTLE
RE V IV A LS.
Rev. Alfred Webb, Moderator of the Hightower Associ
ation, writes,
“Since l saw you, we have had some of the most melting
seasons 1 have witnessed since I have lived in ibis State.—
■ pirn things fbr many in fin's see
tionof bis moral vineyard, and it seems the work is but just
ljoguii. I hqve baptized some fifteen or twenty recently, and
at some other meetings 1 have attended, there have been,
altout the same number baptized, at and since tho time of the
meetings.”
Brother T. 11. Wilkes writes,
1 have been favored with a pleasant season in most of my:
churches this Fall. Received by experience 24 at Rnmoth; j
11 at Little River, and as many more by letter; (5 at Provi
dence; and a few at tny other churches. Brother Jesse!
M. Carter has been with me most of the time, and labored’
faithfully and successfully. Brother Byars pnrtof the time.t
The circumstances of the Little River meeting were pecu
liar. Mepziha had been dissolved; Little River had come
well nigh it; but at the earnest solicitation of tho little bund, i
I undertook to serve them as a fifth church, chonging the;
place of,meeting. In connection with the fifth Sabbath ini
Oct. we held a protracted meeting at old flepziba meeting
house, which resulted gloriously. The Hepziba brethren
joined the Little River church. 11 good members by experi
once, leaving a number more who will join both by letter and
experience. The church is now located at old Hepziba, with
Battering prospects. To God belongs the “Kingdom, Pow
er and Glory forever.” “Amen.”
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[ For the Chris'ion Index. ]
LaFavettk, Ga., Dec. 1!>, 1847.
Dear Brother Baker, —As revival news is cheering to
the friends of Zion I have concluded to send you for puhficn-i
tfon an account of several interesting meetings which have
been hold iu Walker and adjoining counties. The first was’
held with the Wood’s statiou church in August, at which
there was 23 baptized. The next was held at McLemoTe's
Guvi—s baptized. At Lafayette, Ist Sabbath in Sept. I
buptizi and 6. First Sabbath in October, into the Lafayette
Church, 1 baptized 33 in eleven minutes and 52 seconds,
having lost 45 seconds in waiting on the candidates while
changing cloaks. A Presbyterian brother having notified
me before hand that he would time me, I told several of our
Pedohaptist brethren (atter the ordinance was administered)
that if any of them concluded that twelve men could not bap
tize three thousand in a day, and even undertook to try the;
experiment, that they had better not have me as one of the 1
administrators, if they did not want to get beat- At Novcm
l>er meeting Lafayette 5. At a protracted meeting held with j
the Waterville church, including the 3d Sabbath in Sept., 1
there were baptized 36. At Dogwood valley church 23. At
Macedonia 18. At Ring Gold 5. In Chattanooga valley
some ten, if I have been correctly informed. At Chattooga
7. All the above in Walker county since the 4th Sabbath
in last August. At Grove Level, Chattooga county, about 20]
have been baptized. At Mount Harmony 25 or 30, eight of
f(|f fintutp.
j whom were baptized during tho session of our Association
j with that Church. There have been 25 baptized in the Su
gar Valley Church, Murray countv. At Rome 8. At Cave
Spring 26. At tho Church where'brother Elijah Lumpkin
is a member, 25 have been baptized, 16 or 18 of whom isl mis- j
italic not, brother L. told me, were young men. In all 275.
| As there have been several meetings with most of the churches
.mentioned above since the accounts given, others may have
Ibccn baptized since. Other interesting revivals have oc
•curred in the bounds of the Cou&tyAssociation which have al
ready been noticed in the Index and sumo of which I have
seen no notice, an account of which I am not able to give.
The Lord he praised for all Ili.ifeoodiirss.
EDWIN DYER.
0 R D I N A*pVo N.
At the request of the Baptist jSjiirch of Milledgcville, a
:Presbytery, consisting of severafjMiinistering brethren, as
sembled at that place oil Saturdayt'fore the first Lord’s day
in December, for the purpose of ordaining to the gospel roin-j
istrv brother John F. Dagg, who had been previously invited
| by the church to become its pastor. The Presbytery was’
organized bv appointing Rev. J. E. Dagg Chairman, and
.Rev. S. G. Hillyer, Clerk. Rev. C. D. Mallary, at the re
quest of the Chairman, conducted the examination of the
candidate, w hich was considered satisfactory. Other pre
jliminary arrangements having Ixjcn made, the Presbytery
adjourned to meet again at half past ten o’clock next day, at
which time, in the presence of a large congregation, the or
dination proceeded in tho following order:
j Sermon by Rev. P. 11. Mell; Ordaining Prayer by Rev.
C. D. Mallary ; right hand of fellowship by Rev. J. L.
Dagg ; charge to the candidate by Rev. N. M. Crawford,
and charge to the church by Rev. S. G. Hillyer.
At the same time and place/Brother Stetson, of the Mil
,luduj4*viU“ olmrch, w-n* rrnlnin t . ( ] to the office of Deacon.
] The services were finally closed with the Benediction by
brother J. P. Dagg; for whom, together with the church
!lover which ho is appointed to preside, we would humbly im
i plore the blessing of the Great I lead of the Church.
0 II D 1 N A TI O N.
The Rev. John C. Gunn, late a graduate of Mercer Uni
versity', was set apart to the work of the gospel ministry at
Elim, Warren county, Ga., on Friday, tho 17th instant.
‘Order of exercises as follows:—Sermon by the llcv. W. 11.
Stokes; examination conducted by the Rev. W.J. Harley;
prayer hv the Rev. T. J. Beck ; charge by the Rev. W. I[.
Stokes; presentation of the Bible by the Rev. T. R. Mor
gan. The Rev. R. Gunn, the father of the young brother,
was present as a member of the Presbytery, and was deeply
| affected during the exercises. In conclusion, the right hand
1 of fellowship was given by all the ministers in attendance,
‘and by the deacons of the church. Benediction by the can
didate. One of tiie PiiESbyTEry.
ORDINA T I O N.
At Ramoth Church, Putnam co., Ga., brother J. 11. Clark
was ordained on the 2nd Sabbath in November, as follows:
j Elder Win. Byars preached the sermon ; T. U. Wilkes con-j
| ducted, tfic examination ; Rev. J. M. Carter, the ordination
ji prayer; Elder J. 11. Campbell delivered the charge to the
| .candidate and church ; Elder Wm. Byars presented the IJi-i
Ijble; Rev. Jones K. Sharp, followed by Presbytery, church
and congregation, gave the right hand of fellowship.
I [From the Minutes of the Western Baptist Association .]
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE DEATH
OF REV. HUMPHREY POSEY.
’ Win reas, in the dispensation of an All-wise and inscruta-l
jhlc Providence, it seemed good to remove from this event- 1
jftil life, our beloved brother and father in Israel, the Rev.
Humphrey Posey, who died on the 28th of December, 1846.1
jat bis late residence in Nownan, Coweta Cos. Ga., surround
jed by his family and friends, aged three score and five years.
.; Having lived a Baptist, forty-six years, during most of which
time he spent actively engaged in preaching the Gospel of
the Son of God, in most of the old States of tin’s Union, ami
• during all this time ho maintained an unspotted character
for piety, punctuality, and general uniformity and consisten
;cy in conduct, faith and discipline, making the Bible Ids
text hook, in the discharge of all the various duties of hisj
high and holy office.
j Asa preacher It a studied lo show himself approved unto!
WGod. in giving attention to reading, exhortation and doctrine!
jby the acquisition of such a knowledge of men and books, as*
his limited opportunity afforded.
He was appointed by the Baptist Board of Foreign Mis
sions, tho first Missionary to the Cherokee Indians. He es-i
jtablished the Valley Town Missions, which was carried into*
successful operation, and made a great blessing to that peo
ple; he was truly the friend of the red man, as well as the
‘common friend of tho human race, and in his death it may!
I truly he said, that a great and good man has (alien in Israel.’
Therefore resolved, That in itis death we are deeply affect
jed with tho truth of Revelation, —that we arc strangers and
sojourners cm tho earth as all our fathers were, and that we
have here no abiding city, and that our less is his eternal
gain.
2. Resolved further, That wo deeply deplore his loss to
his bereaved family and Churches, and hereby tender to
them our heartfelt sympathies.
3. liesohed further, That this Association request our
Brother, tho Rev. Robert Fleming, to prepare a tract, a
short memoir of our deceased Brother, and request its pub
lication by the Southern Publication Board, and that we com
pensate him for his services.
4. Resolved further, That we request Brother J. E. Daw,!
sen to preach a sermon sacred to his memory, before the
’ Association, at 1 o’clock on Tuesday, 21st September, 1S !7.
Resolved further, That we request a publication of this
Report iu the Christian Index.
JAMES DAVIS, Chairman.
imi-rc- ,-i --rr-r i tm-riTin-iivMi -n-mtr nwi
Hi 1 S C C l l a 11 C (U!5.
i Bray rof Mary, Queen of Scots. —The subjoined transla
tion ofilicse well-known verses is by Fenton. It is at once
literal and beautiful:
‘O Domino Deus speravi in to,
Carissime Jestt, nunc libera me !
hi dura catena, in miscra poena, desidcrato,
Lauguendo, gemendo, et genullectendo,
Adorn, imploro, lit libcrcs me.’
i‘O Lord (led of Hosts, I have trusted in Thee,
O Jesus of love, now liberate me!
hi fetters so gal ling, in tortures so appalling, I long after Thee;
In mourning, in groaning, on bent knee atoning,
1 adore Thee, implore Thee, to liberate me.’
Missionaries to Southern India The Rev. Charles Little
and wile, destined to the Madura Mission, under ihedirec-
I! tion of the American Board, sailed from Boston on lit” morn
|iingof the 4tli nit., in tho barque Mary Adams, Madras.—
: j The Rev. C. E. ileycr goes in the same vessel, on his re
jturn to a mission among the Tclugu people, a short distance
(rout Madras, under the direction of the Foreign Missionary
(Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United
(States.
j -Mourn, Israel, Mourn!' —The Portland Argus, speaking
of Mr. Judd, the Unitarian clergyman at Augusta, snygtliat
on Thanksgiving day, ‘when he came to deliver his sermon,
without explaining himself to his people at all, or making
any apologies for his course, he opened the Bible and read
the whole ol’tlic Book of Lamentations instead!—even- chap
ter of its wailings.’
Catholicism. —The St. Albans (Yt.) Republican states that
several influential families, membersol’iho Episcopal Church,
i Itavo recently joined the Roman Catholic Church tit that
place, audit is understood that nearly one-half of the St. Al
ban’s Union Church is inclined to the same faith. The Cath
olics out-number every other denomination in the plhce, and
contemplate, in the spring, building a splendid edifice for
public worship.
A Beautiful Sentiment. —The late eminent judge, >Sir Al
len Park, said once at a public meeting in London :
“We live in the midst of blessings till we are utterlv in
sensible of their greatness, and of the sources from wtiieii
They flow. We jsueak of uur civilization. <uu- ai ts, our Ike.
iilom, our laws, and forget itow large a share is due toCiiris
jtiunity. Blot Christianity out of the pages of man’s history
I and what would his laws have been—what his civilization i
jChristiauity is mixed with our very being and our daily life:
there is not a familiar object around which does not wear
ji a different aspect because of the light of Christian hope;
* 1 not a law which does not owe its truth and gentleness to
|! Christianity; not a custom which cannot be traced in all its
j j holy healthful parts, to the Gospel.”
Interesting to Wine Drinkers. —GaligimnFs Messenger
(states that 103 hogsheads of adulterated wine were brought
‘out at the entrepot at Paris, and 1 heir contents spilt into
t lie Seine. Immediately after this operation, the surface was
covered, to the extent of two hundred yards, with an im
mense quantity of fishes, poisoned by the deleterious liquor.
Wretchedness in Plii/u<le/phin.--\t is stilled that during the
j month of November the coroner held forty-four inquests and
ttwenty-two views—in all sixty-six, and being an average of
ijovertwo a day ! Most of those were in the wretched hovels
jof Moyamensirig, occupied by the degraded blacks, who
have died of disease generated by their squalid mode of |jfi-,
from the want of medical intention and proper nourishment,
land from intemperance, exposure and neglect.
A Thought U> ha thought, of. — It is the suggestion ofphilo.- •.
pity, according to some, that any ideas that ever gets into a
man’s mind, become, as it were, a part of it, and ho will
’ never lose them. What a thing it is to think that then
! arc minds in hell that will carry with them throughout alt
eternity a complete accurate knowledge of the system of
! mercy, and the way of redemption; that there are im;,: r
lal spirits that have in them all the ideas neeessan to a Inil
ji correct comprehension of the way of salvation; that there
j are minds in hell that have far more knowledge of tho word
ijof God, and the way of mercy, and far more accurate no.
; quaintunee with tho whole theory of theology, than v\h: t
served numbers in getting to heaven; that there an t. in is
, that have got to heaven with less knowledge than what many
carry with them to hell! Now do not let that startle you.—
1 think the ideas necessary for a man to get to heave n are
very, few and simple —a knowledge of his danger, a knowl
edge of his Redeemer. And many a learned man—and
many a man with the learning of follies in his memory, ; ml
j| with at; actual knowledge of all the principles and all to •
doctrines of the gospel, yet, because his heart has not hi, a
touched, and his mind has not been given to Christ, all Lis
! knowledge will not avail him; he will go to hell—bis
knowledge will go with him throughout all eternity, lint
•it is a fearful thing that a human spirit should he thus suf
fering under the condemnation of impenitence, guilt, diso
bedience, and yet within it, tho mind and tho memory, the
knowledge of the way by whicli it might have been saved.—
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