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For the Index.
Dear Bro. Martin: I copy from a periodical
published in Scotland in 1821, a poetical version
of an old fable, which I would be pleased to see
in your columns. As it was written by a Pedo
baptist, and appeared originally in a Pedcbaptiat’s
religious publication, I presume the oppoeers of
‘‘Old Landmarks” will not take umbrage at it;
end I am sure it will prove acceptable to all whn
concur in the sentiments expressed in father Mer
cer’s Circular Letter of 1813. I give it merely as
a curious relie of a past age. J. S
An Old Story Versified
BY RBY. JOHN GRAHAM, A. M.
A careful shepherd bad a dock
Os thriving sheep—hie only stock,
Their pasture he with walls surrounded.
As wolves throughout the land abounded.
Great were his pains, his labor long,
To make the hairier high and strong;
Yet often as he went to sleep,
The wolf broke in and slew the sheep.
At last he finds his work complete,
No entrance led but at the gate;
His flock protected and at peace,
Began to flourish and increase;
Til! full of y ears, and honest pride
At his success —the shepherd died.
A son succeeded, mild and kind,
Os liberal and gentle mind,
Who wish’d indeed to save the sheep,
And yet the wolves 1n humour keep.
Him the brutes petition.
To pity thei forlorn condition ;
Os their primeval rights denuded,
And from the pasturage excluded.
They vowed—they swore—their altered mind
To sheep had long become so kind,
They would not put a tooth or foot on
The choicest, fattest leg of mutton.
Their ancestors they all confess’d,
Os harsher notions were possess’d;
Had often broke the shepherd’s wall,
And made the sheep in thousands fail;
Spread death and desolation round,
And 6t>iin’d with blood the blushing ground.
But they—kind souls—had other kidneys,
As noble a* Sir Philip Sidney’s.
Mind as Melancthon—they would keep,
And help to feed this flock of sheep.
The shepherd fearing suJi a trial.
Was resolute in his denial;
Till by false friends extremely puzzled.
He let the wolves in strongly muzzled.
Pared from each foot was every claw,
And twenty straps bound up each jaw ;
Each wolf was forc’d an oath to pass,
He would eat nothing there but grass.
The wall leveli’d and the meeting,
*Twixt wolves and sheep was graced with greeting;
One would suppost through all the plain,
The golden age was cotne again ;
Sheep join’d with wolf, hard names to call
The builders of the level’d wall.
A few bold watchmen dared to cry
Against this frightful novelty ;
And said it soon would come to pass.
That wolves would think all flesh is grass;
And in their plenitude of power,
The silly, feeble sheep devour—
These warnings all are given in vain,
Within the fold the wolves remain.
The watchmen mee! contempt and hate.
As born “two hundred years too lata!
Y :, a bigot* -bo for private cade,
Would disunite the new made friends.
Meantime the claw which had been cut,
Grew strong and sharp on every foot;
Some of the straps are old and worn,
And others from the muzzle tern ; i
Slender and few those that remain
Give tenfold discontent and pain,
Till as a useless galling l 'brand
They're all drawn orF with gentle hand.
Then starts the shepherd as from sleep.
Resolv'd to save the trembling sheep ;
■Suspicion shows, and late takes care
New straps and muzzles to prepare ;
But vain is all precaution now,
The grim wolf knits his horrid brow,
The muzzle he rejects with scorn—
And that melancholy morn,
Destruction rages through the fold.
The sheep are slaughtered young and old ;
In vain for helf the shepherd cries ;
Amidst his butchered flock he dies.
And curses in his hapless fall,
The day he moved lie father’s wall.
For the Inlex.
We are indebted to a highly esteemed friend
for the following description of the Protestant
burying ground, at Bog..ta, South America; also,
for the h.- tu r u’ lins of poetry copied by him
fr m lie “ver the front gt©. Although the
1 nes oi ce at peirel in the Temperance Banner
svn- time *g >. we believe they will bear re-j übli
c n. a*l we -sk* great pleaaure in laying them
bes -re . ur >e and rs:
Protean* Cenetery at Bogota.
Th>s i urvn g gr. uel is situ .led -b ut a half
mik from the city on tin* A atneda road leading
out of the plaza desan Victorioo. It is the bury
ing ground for all Protestants who die there.—
Tin* remains of Mr. Bi flack, charge d’Affairs of
the I'in'ed Stn'es, to the Republic of New Gren
d i. also those of Mr. Stuart the Brish Charge, are
there interred. This ground is enclosed by a brick
wall abnt five fe t high, covered wi b tile, and
cnt:.in two acres. The road hading to it (the
A lamed) ) is one of the finest in Chtisten lom, be
ing sixty feet in width, mackadamized and ditched
on eith- r side, and ornaro-t ted with ihe most eo
chat t ->g tbrul be y. Os an evening, when the
wet.i.hrr is fine, crowds © -a.ioi and gectonea
may be seen on horseback and on foot, taking their
evening passes. The Catholic burying-ground is
newly and roost beautifully laid •*’
The following lines of poetry wore copied from
a piece of native stone over the front gate to the
entrance into the Protestant cemetery.
The rich, the poor, the sorrowing and the gay,
Lie here embedded, in one common day,
Far from their homee, they rest in foreign ground.
But Heaven’s dear road from every land is found.
Here learn ye proud, the nothingness of birth,
I Os fond wealth, be an tv, fleeting gifts of earth;
I The richest treasures on the bed of death,
The succored widow’s wail and orphan’s tear.
! Are the best passports men can carry here,
j Hope in the atoning blood that Jesus gave,
Who iived to teach and who died to save.
* For the Indei.
Practical Duties- Esaay 2d.
Secret Pkavkr.— If we wish to find an eimn
• pie for secret prayer wo have but to turn to the
history of the saints of old, and we shall see that
they were strict in performing this duty or privi
lege. In Gen. 24: 12, we see that Eliezer knew
that the success of his errand depended much on
his asking the Lord to prosper his journey, conse
quently we hear him addressing the Lord in the
following language: “O Lord God of my master
Abraham, I pray thee send roe good spewed this
day and shew kindness unto my master Abra
ham.” This is only one of the many examples
wnich are left on record of secret prayer. For we
; find that Lot, Jacob, Hannah, Isaiah. Jeremiah,
\ Ezra, Noheiuiah and others attended to this duty,
j Daniel and David prayed three times a day; Anna
| prayed night and day; Paul and Silas prayed at
! the hour of midnight. And Peter went upon the
I housetop te pray. And Christ has left us bis
: own example for secret prayer. In Mat. 14: 23,
we see him alone on a mountain praying. Again,
we read of bis rising up a great while before day,
and departing into a solitary place to pray. And
just before that hour of darkness we see him in
the garden in great agony praying to his Father.
! Thus we have the example as well as the precept.
| of our blessed Leader, who has taught us to enter
! into the closet, to shut the door and pray to our
I Father who Booth in secret and wbo will reward us
| openly.
But why do we examine the history of the
I Saints of old, and of Christ. And why are they
i left on record; Is it not that we may follow in
! their footsteps; surely there can be ho better reason
j for it than this. But before we proceed any fur
i ther with this subject, we will notice some of the
j reasons why secret prayer should not bo neglected.
First, because we feel more freedom in secret, than
i in public, to lay before God all the wants and de
j sires of our hearts. The most ignorant or diffi
j dent is not ashamed to express all bis wishes to
! God in secret. And many who feel that in
public they would not find words to express to
God their wants, in secret have no such diffi
culties, but can ask for ail the blessings they
wish God to give and scarcely over think of the
particular form of expression they use. Again,
there are many who never pray in public, who if
| they neglect secret devotion, do not commune
; with their Lord in any wav. And hero let us re
! mark that secret prayer is so connected with the
, growth of Christian grace that we know not how
i they can be separated. We may habitually pray
in public, yet if we neglect our secret devotions
we may be sure that our soula are not in a pros
perous condition. And we have cause to doubt
the sincerity of our worship in public. A pms
! perous soul will delight in secret communion with
i God; and be who loves to perform this doty, and
! does haarriiv and regularly pray'in secret, is sure
| to be in a prosjierou* condition. Christian reader,
have you once l>een in the habit of frequenting
the silent grove, or “thy closet.” to worship God,
and are you now a stranger to that place. If so,
let me urge you to seriously examine your spirit
ual state and compare it with wbst H was when
you were in the habit of performing this duty.—
Do your not remember that then your heart whs
tender; that under the sound of the gospel tear-)
would flow from your ©ye*. that then your pres
peot of heaven was clear, and the worship ot God
was a pleasant thiug. But now that tenderness
of heart, and delight in the worship of God is
gone. O where is the heart that has been dis
solved in thankfulness to God. O, who or what
has dried the tsars that once has fallen in yonder
grove. Has uncertain riches or vain companions,
or anything beer, permitted to allure your affec
tions away from the bleeding Ravior. 0 return
and seek some sofiinde for prayer. It is a folly
to disregard the commands of God, and to per
mit our souls to become lean and famish*?*! when
| God stands with blessings in bis hands and says,
“Ask and ye shall receive.”
And now dear reader we have called your at
tention to this neglected duty with an humble
hope that you will examine this matter. O shall
our labor be for naught, or will you after reading
thw put up the paper and retire to some secret
place where you can worship God. 0 will you
regard our humble admonitions. May you bo
enabled to begin from this very hour to serve
your God anew.
For the index.
Bro. Editor .-—I find from a letter received
from bro. J* H. Campbell, ft few days since, that
ho is charged with the authorship of my little
article on the subject of “/ai/A,”.whicn was print
ed in the Index some two or three weeks ago.—
This mistake grew out of the fact that oar initials
are the same, (J. H. C.j I rather think that I
gave in that instance, nrv full name to the printer,
but it was not so printed, and bro. H. H. Tucker
has written to bro. Campbell as be would have
done had he known bro. Campbell to be the au
tb ft.
I tke this method of acknowledging, both to
t'tese brethren, and to Dr. Hi wo L, th it I wrote
the art He. I did not do it, however, with any
wddw-igj; my sole o>jet Mag to t iff tfe? fttwn-
THE CHS IS T I A N INDEX.
j tion of these, and other-brethren, to the-* subject,
; and to do it jo a way that would probably cause
’ them to examine mote, closely,
i Strike from the English Scriptures the name of
! Jesus , and to my'mind the most important word
| left therein is “/’./ffA” of Belief. The believer has
| the promise by faith, and only by faith. Should
! we not then be very careful to know what faith
is? The dying Christian with his eye fixed steadi
Iy on the cross of Christ, we tfiink, would answer,
. yes! yee 1 yes! TrtiijLyoujs,
” J. H. CORLEY.
L?l it t
if us For Hie Indi.
I— JCo Christian Masters
tn our last article, under the general head, how
servants are to be instructed, the first.point to
which we invited attention*was, household instruc
tion. Opr article was mainly occupied in answer
ing some of the most prominent objections which
are frequently urged against tbie mode of instruc
tion. We might have given some positive direc
tions, relative to family religion, but we forbear
any further directions under this head; only per
mit ue to suggest the great propriety of reading
some portion of Divine Writ, statedly to opr ser
vants. This method, with the blessing of God,
may do great good—“ How can thev believe on
him of whom they have not heard,” Ac. There
can be no time more appropriate for this noble
work, than the hour of family devotion. L>o hot
condemn this method until you have given it a
thorough trial. We have known it tried, and it
worked admirably. We recollect to bv* called
at a friend’s (a M. E. Bio’s.) to tary the night;
and at the hour of prayer, a signal was given,
when all the family were soon at their place*.—
Whilst the bymn was being 9Ung, 1! (it appeared
from the melody) were engaged in praising God
by singing the bymn as repeated. This hymr.
was sung by the servant* with an air of cheerful
ness, rarely witnessed. Our poor heart leaped
for joy to see what might be accomplished in the
family circle ! But enough upon this point.
In the second place, our servants may b taught
by the churches, or the different organizations of
Christ’s visible church. We do not intend to con
vey the idea, that the building erected for worship
constitutes a church, but rather all the living
members wbo are associated together to keep
hours for God.
1. Our first remark is, that there must, be suit
able churches, in which the mass can meet to
worship. Is it a fact that such is the case? Mv
observation is, that there are not a sufficient num
ber of active churc-bee spread over all the country
to meet the demand. Two reasons may account
for the present deficiency of suitable places, in
which to worship God Ist. The old places of
worship are forsaken in many instances. And in
the 2d place, there are many fields of labor that
have never been occupied 1 Now this is true, and
to whom are we to look for relief? To the living
and active member of Christ’s church. Then let
each child of grace be up and doing. .
2di That there must be teachers, who arc to
oocupy the great harvest fields. But how true it
is that the harvest is great, and ihe laborers few.
It 19 found to be true, that there ere not a suffi
cient number of ministers to occupy the fields al
ready brought into cultivation, to say nothing of
the many which are “white to the harvest.” Why
ibis great destitution? Is the Great Head of the
church i? default? To say so would be infidelity.
? No. the reason is especially attributable to two
particulars. Ist, a want of devout prayer to the
Almighty for more laborers. Then we must look
to the church to supply this deficiency. Christ
has commanded his disciple* to prav “the Lord
of the harveat that he will send forth laborers into
the harvest.” Again, a-second cause of the few
new* of those who labor in Christ’s fields is attributa
ble to the sparseners of ministerial support. And
this may ha, in many instances an apology for the
many who are oocupying Academies. Ac. To the
church we must go for help : let it discharge its
duty. . •
3d. GnOe more, we mention a third method of
instruction by the church. Teachers mufc teach.
We have said we must have churches, in which
to worship, and preachers to instruct; and now we
say, those preacher* must preach. We have al
ready surmised this part of qur epistle; so you are
prepared for what is coming. The reason whv
ministers do not preach, is or is not, their fault.
(I mean ministers.) If the fault be found to exist
amongst ministers, we apprehend they may have
been mistaken in their call to. this work. The
Apostles felt that there was a wo pronounced
against them if they preached not the gospel. If
the fault is not to he found in true evangelical
ministers, it must exist in the church. If this be
true, the wo that awaits ministers for not preach
ing Christ, recoils back upon the church ! If I. as
a minister tender my services, or say, “here am I,
send me,” and the church fails to do so, who is to
blame? If then the minister be supported, it is
his indispensable duty to give all hie time and en
ergies to teaching the erring. If on the contrary,
he be not supported, he can only devote such of
his time as he can spare from his secular business!
But we are told that our churches are not able
to support a pastor, say to supply two churches.
Now this is, or it is not true. We are willing to ad
roit that there are many churches, in some com
munities that are quite poor; but we are pleading
at present for the black man; and hence, our re
marks will apply to those churches that are loca
ted in slaveholding communities. We contend
that su. h churches are able to support their pas
tors. But here we meet other difficulties. Many
wbo are slaveholders, have left the country and
have m. ved into the adjacent town. But we
woo’d respectfully remit and our good brethren that
they have not moved out of the reach of respons
ibilities. You, dear brethren, who have moved
to some village, or healthy location, and have left
your servat te upon your farnw, are bourd to see
that they have the goq e! preached to them. But
say ro ne ft will not say alt) who have thn* left
their farm.-’, we have <nr pastor t> pay ‘o h >-
vkas. True i ? must be * aid, aud i. e y„©r duty
to pay, each one, bi* proportional part. But we
contend (if justice is asked) that you are only
bound to aid in the support of your pastor, or
pastors, in proportion to services rendered. Then
if the larger part of your family are instructed in
the count ry, it would be just that you should pay
in the same ratio. If then, your farms are out of
the reach of the church to which your member
ship belongs, you are morally bound to see that
your servants have the gospel. Nay. more; you
are bound to aid in the erection of suitable houses
of worship, and to aid in tho procuring of suitable
teachers.
If there could be a general co-operation, upon
the part of those who should feel interested in the
dissemination of Biblical truth, and such would
say to their pastor, “go preach Ohrist to our peo
ple and you shall be sustained,” what encourage
ment to an humble minister of Christ 1 What,
give all our time to this good work !! If so we
Tnay go from house to house, and therebv tell the
; moral wants of such as are in our lands. Yes.
we might read the Scriptures to your servants at
their Quarters, at suitable times, Ac. Brethren do
not censure us! y. \{. S.
For th*: Index.
Blind Zeal-
We are liable to fall into a blind zeal which is
| not according to knowledge, nor without sin.--
The Jews had fallen into such a zeal when tbev were
found contending vehemently for their own tradi
tions, and some of the ceremonies of the law <o
the neglect of weighty matter*, -uoh faith, judg
ment *nd love. And when they wore found ui>-
posing Jesus Christ ip his preaching, miracles, and
works of benevolence; and when they being igno
rant of God’s righteousness were going about to
establish their own right ousness w hich was of the
law, and not of faith, that it might bo by grace.
The Gentiles had fallen into a blind zeal, when
found making great efforts for the promotion of
the interests of their idols, to the rejection of the
glorious gospel of the ever blessed God, as pro
claimed to them by those whom God had called,
qualified and sent forth to show them the wav to
life, to holiness and to heaven. How blind was
that zeal of those gentiles that could reject the
Lord Jesus Christ aa preached to them by these
qualified men, as the only name given under
heaven and amongst men whereby, if saved at a!!,
they must be saved.
Those persons, who are now contending for false
religions, and for the many traditions which have
been handed down to this generation, by those
who have preceded us upon the stage of action,
may be looked upon as being characterized bv a
blind zeal. Os these classes there are not merely
a few but many. There is hut one pure religion
in all the world. It comes from the true God; and
its doctrines, ordinances, requirements Ac., are all
found in the word of God.
Those also are not. free from biitu! zeal, who are
striving for the wealth, honors and pleasures of this
world, to the neglect of the claims of this religion
or of godliness which alone is profitable unto all
tilings, having promise of the life that now is, and
also of that which is to come. Lastly, those, per
haps, may be considered more or less under the
influence of a blind zeal, who profess to be Chris
tians, and who have such inconsistencies alrout
them, as to make meagre contributions for th*
support of preachers that go to the heathen, and
at the same time neglect their pastors at bora* al
together. They forget the sayings, that “cfisrity
begins at home” and that “honesty is the best
policy.” Also it is to be feared that they lose sight
of God’s word. They should read the following
portions of this word ; “G.i to now, ye rich men,
weep and h'>w! for your miseries that shall come
upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your
garments are moth eaten. Your gold and silver
is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a wit
ness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it
were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for
the last ‘lays. Behold the hire of the laborers who
have reaped down your fields, (or the hire of vour
pastors if you please, who in God’s word are to
be counted worthy of the r hire) which is of you
kept buck by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them
which have reaped have entered into the oars of
the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure
on the earth and been wanton;ye have nourished
your hearts as in a day of slaughter; ye have con
demned and killed the just, and he doth not resist
you.”—James, chap. 5: verses 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6.
Here we see that it is a fearful thing to keep back
the dues of those who labor for our good and the
good of our families or of our cburchjind congre
gation, if you please. And those who thus with
hold evidently have the eyes of their zeal blinded
by prejudice or something eh*. PENN \.
EU*ert county, Ga.
For the Index.
“What dying Creatures we Are!”
There was a sick lady in a small mountainous
town, a dozen years ago. he was evidently in
the Inst stages, of consumption. Her daugh
ter, a lonely and interisting young lady, had fallen
a few months Wore a victim to the same insidious
disease.
A physician was called in. He was the family
doctor and had an extensive practice iu the place.
He was a wordly man ; had never made any pro
fession of religion, aud nobody knew that be ever
thought of death only from a professional point of
view. He soon left the house witbot prescribing
medicine. The watcher that night found nothing
to administer. “Mrs. C.” she said, taking the
lamps from the table and going towards the bed
of the patient, ** I find no medicine here. Has
Doctor E. been to see you to-day ?”
“Yes, he was here this afternoon.”
“Well, didn’t he prescribe something ?”
“No, said the invalid family, “he only walked
the floor and said “ what dying creatures we are P’
The w itcher, went s >ft!y luck and placed the
lamp tip* n the tab’e. Bbe.a guv and thoughtless j
creature, but those words had taken a powerful
hold upon h r hear, “ what dying creatures we
art!”
The clock upon the mantle pieee seemed to
tick the phrase—it was written, she thought upon
the wall, where the paie light foil tremblingly—
she heard it in the oough of the consumptive —all
through the hours of that weary, apparently end
less night, it was ringing in her ears: “ What ■
dying creatures we a re!
A dozen years only have passed away, Ihe
lady is dead—th* doctor fell speechless to the
ground while on his way to visit a patient not long
after the consumptive’s demise, and in half an hour
afterward* passed into eternity—more than a
third of the inhabitant*, among whom he then
moved and practiced the healing art, have one
after another, followed him “to tho bourn, from
which no traveler returns.” “ What dying crea
tures we are !
Y es, Eternity 1 Eternity ! we are are all press
ing towards it. Heaven is receiving, through its
pearly gates, constantly, “those who have washed,
and made white in the blood of the Lamb.” Hell
is receiving its members too. G. W. B.
Subscriptions to Dora, and Indian Missions.
Richland Church, Stewart co.
J. G. Mathews .® 1 00
N. Prothro f* 00
J. W. Gnin 1 00
Nelson Clements. 1 00
M. E, Sneliing 2 00
J. F. Trippe 2 00
Miss Mary Walker 1 00
Mrs. Nanm L. Rtone 5 00
T. 11. Harris. 1 00
Lumpkin Church.
O. H. Gaulden. o 00
James Clark 5 00
J. M. Clark 5 00
C. W. Hardwick 00
Cash.... 1 00
Esley Sharpe 50
D. W. Buries 1 00
Sam’l Baxley I 00
Mrs. Root 1 00
J. R. Branham 2 00
Mrs. M. A. Holloman 1 00
John West o 00
Shady Grove Church.
Benj. Brown 2 00
Silas Ramey - 00
Sam’l Waiton 2 00
By public collection H 05
Union Church, Stewart co.
Joseph Hardy 2 00
Win. R. Hart 2 00
J. H Armstrong....... i 00
Franklin Cowan 2 00
Thos. GiHvert 1 00
Summer Hill Church.
Jamer Fitzgerald 3 00
Thos Martin 1 00
Wm. Spence I 00
Stewart co.
A. W. Hill 5 00
Hugh Lile 2 00
John Talbot 5 00
Wm. E. Wimberly 1 00
Miss Rowena Latimer 1 45
Georgetown, Randolph co.
James Harrison 5 00
E. C. Ellington 5 00
L. J Corbett 2 00
R. R. Murphy 2 00
Shiloh Church.
John Hunt. 4 00
Mrs. E. Hunt. 2 00
Benj. F. Adam* 2 00
J. W. Orr I 00
N. F. Colledge 1 00
John H. Gilbert. 6 00
Mt. Gilead Church.
By public collection 10 77
Fort Gaines Church.
Wiilian Toney 5 00
B. IX Burnet 2 50
Lewis Paul ion 2 00
Cash 5 00
Cash 1 00
Mrs. Sarah Thompson 5 00
R. J. F. Grist 2 00
Fleming Law 1 00
Cash 2 00
(’ash 1 00
John Thompson 2 00
A. T. Holmes 1 00
R. R. Weaver 2 00
New Hope Church.
Richard Thornton 1 00
Mrs. E. B. Thornton 1 00
Cosh 1 00
Mr*. M B. Odom 1 00
Seaborn Eisy 1 00
B. H. Thornton 1 50
J. T. McLendon 1 00
Cash 1 00
Outhberi Baptist Church.
W. M. J anes 5 00
M. G. Stamper 1 00
Mrs. Stamper 50
W. H. Turner 1 00
J. Thomas 50
S. N. Hurd 50
j John Hendrick ... 50
| John W. Jane* I 00
George Barton 1 00
Patrick Savage 1 00
| Wm. Tucker 2 00
EL H. Martin 1 00
Mrs. S. D. Gunn 1 00
Tbos. Muse 1 00
James Sharman 1 00
J. B. Smith 1 00
Cash 1 00
Brooksville Church, Randolph co.
Mrs. M. A. Holman. 2 00
Mrs. E. Sanford 1 00
B. F. Brooks 2 00
L. C. Sale 1 00
O. Pierce 1 00
James M. Shiver* 1 00
Macedonia Church , Kinchafoonee co,
John Boyd 1 00
John Brigbtweil 1 00
Wm. L. Clarke 2 00
J. G. Peel 150
G. C. Powel 2 00
R y collection 0 25
M. P. C. Powel 20
Mclntosh Chureh
John D. Stapleton 2 00
S. H. Stapleton 50
S. B. Hawkins 2 00
S. Clark 1 00
E. B. Swinnie 1 00
A. G. V. Slonev 50
Beni. Griffin..’. 1 00
Cash from two friends l 25
W.H. Allen l 00
Cash from two friends 1 50
Bar collection. 1 70
WyKe Carter 2 00
James 2 00
Stephen G. Smith 2 00
Mrs. Nancy C-_>ttie 2 00
| L. C. Barret 1 00
| Mrs. Eliza Meils 50
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20.
rgTAll arrearage* arc charged at ?2 60 per annum,
or 6 cento per number. For all payment* in advance
the paper is furnished at. $2 00 per annum or 4 cent?
per number
To Printers.
A good Compositor is wanted immediately at this
office, to whom a permanent situation will be given.
None others need apply.
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Brother Martin : I will thank you to announce
that tho Central Rail Road, the Macon dr West
ern, the Western dr Atlantic or State Road,
and th* Muscogee Rail Road will pass delegates
to and from the Convention in Savannah for one
fare. The delegate* will pay going down and
will return froe on presenting certificates from the
President of the Convention. I expect P. hear bv
next week from ail the Road*.
Very truly, N. M. CRAWFORD,
Colleges.
It l* a fact worthy of remark, that most of the
Colleges in the world owe their existence to the
influence of religious men, who saw the immense
good that could be done by those whose mind?
were trained to habits of study. Nor have their
anticipations been disappointed. The general of
foci of literary institutions has been favorable to
tbo people who have sustained them. We do not
intend to say by this that increase in more Intel tec
tual culture has always been for good. A people,
may become refined, the mind may be ruitiv at**d to
any extent —knowledge, and skill in it* use can all
exist, and be connected with gross immorality.—
Our Fathers in founding what are now the most
efficient and beet regulated Institutions knew this,
and aimed at a proper cultivation of the heart.—
They incorporated religion with all their systems o!
education; it is, therefore, no great wonder that
mauy of the best preachers, hv whose labor* the
church h* been increased, have been connected
with College*. God ha* favored these efforts of
bis servants, by those religious revival* that we so
frequently bear of among young men connected
with our different institutions. Many a! such
time* have been brought into the ministry, and
from this source the church ha* been supplied with
many of her devoted servant*. As Baptist*, we
have no reason to regret that a Mercer lived to give
the influence of. hi* great and good name to tho
cause of education. For upwards of twenty years
we have noticed, and otheis have chronicled tho
many blessings that God has poured out upon
his people here. It is easy to call to mind the
names of some who were here converted, and are
preaching the gospel with good effect among the
churches. Could tho denomination be once
brought to see ihe immense good that could be
doo* for the cause of religion, and that would fol
low a united effort to sustain a College, whose
foundation was laid, amid the prayers of tin
sainted ‘dead, they would resolve at all hazard* to
keep in constant efficiency an instrumentality of
such power.
Southern Baptist Publication Bociety.
Below will be found resolution* adopted at r,
late meeting of the Southern publication Society
in Charleston, and also a letter from its Press-lent.
This Society properly organized and furnished with
the means of issuing it* publications is <l< stined to do
much for the cause of truth. It ought to be the great
channel through which the sentiments of the great
and good of our land should reach every family in
j the Southern State*. The good already done ha*
been effected by a wise use of the material placed
under its control. Who among Georgia Baptist*
will respond to this urgent call ? Who is willing
to invest his spare capital, or at least a part of it,
in promoting the cause of truth. By a private
letter from Bro. J. P.Tustin we learn that Charles
ton will come in for 7orß of these shares. Can
not our cities, Savannah, Augusta and others, do
as much ? try Brethern and let us hear at th-
Convention in April that Geargia is ta t behind in
this movement.
At a regular monthly meeting of the Board of
the Southern Baptist Publication Society, on
March 4th, 1856, the following preamble and reso
lutions were unanimously adopted:
| Whereas, Brother LDMCxn King, vs Monte
vailo, Ala., ha* made a proposal agreeing on hi*
part to be one of forty or fifty, if necessary, who
will give the Southern Baptist Publication Society
five hundred dollars each, to be paid, the one half
by the first of June, 1856, and the other half by
the first of June, 1857, on condition of the parties
having twenty day* notice that the amount is
made up by reliable pledgee, and the pledg sto
b© made by the first of June, 1856 ; therefore,
Restored, That this Board have learned with
Kvely interest and gratification that the alcove
named proposal has been made; and that they
highly approve the measure, as calculated to place
this Society or. a bai* for progressive and useful
action.
Resohwd, That the members of this Board will
personally interest themselves in endeavoring to
present this pro>[*o*al to such brethren throughout
the South as may be judged likely to take their
share in consumating this plan.
Resolved, That this Board are convinced, that
the sum of twenty five thousand dollars of addi
tional capital is the least that can be depended „
-upon, for enabling this Society to carry out its sev
eral departments of publishing, and of the gener
al distribution of proper denominational and reli
gious books and that by someone plan or another,
this amount is indispensable to be secured in the
current year.
Charleston. March sth, 1656.
Dear Brother: The foregoing proposal of the
venerable Edmund Kino, of Ala., was made pub
lic, under date of Feb. 3d, 1859, and was offered