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BABIE BELL.
Poem of a little Life that was but three Aprils
long.
BY T. B. ALDRICH.
Have you not heard the Poet tell
How came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours ?
The gates of Heaven were left ajar;
With folded hands and dreamy eyes
She wandered out of Paradise !
She saw this planet like a star,
• Hung in the depths of purple even —
Its bridges running to and fro,
O’er which the white winged Seraphs go,
Bearing the holy Dead to Heaven!
She touched a bridge of flowers—those feet,
So light they did not bend the bells
Os the celestial asphodels!
They fell like dew upon the flowers!
And all the air grew strongly sweet!
And thus came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours!
She came and brought delicious May!
The swallows built beneath the eaves;
Like sunbeams in and out the leaves,
The robins went, the live-long day;
The lily swung its noiseless bell,
And o’er the porch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with its veins of wine;
O, earth was full of pleasant smell,
When came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours!
O, babie, dainty babie Bell!
How fair she grew from day to day?
What woman nature filled her eyes,
What poetry within them lay!
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
So full of meaning pure and bright
As if she yet stood in the light
T't those oped gates of Paradise !
And we loved bfthie “mre and move;
O. never in our hearts before
Such holv is horn;
We f.-b e had a lb. between
Tb's real v\ rid arid unseen
.•*’ • - morn;
v ‘ the-, dear eyes,
’•* ‘:*r v. a- (rmi led forth—
being ceased on earth
<A ■ h e-.rr.p from Paradise!
I- > .f Sun who smote our lives,
A betui chords of joy and pain,
W • sv.i-.-t. Christ! our hearts bent down
Like violets after rain.
And now the orchards which were once
All white and rosy in t heir bloom—
Filling the crystal heart of air
With gentle pulses of perfume,
Were thick with yellow, juicy fruit;
The plums were globes of honey rare,
And soft-cheeked peaches blushed and fell!
Tho grapes were purpling in the grange;
And time wrought just as rich a change
In little babie Bell!
Her petit form more perfect grew,
And in her features we could trace,
In softened curves, her mother’s face;
Her angel nature ripened, too.
We thought her lovely when she came,
But she was holy, saintly now,
Around her pale and lofty brow
We thought we saw a ring of flame!
, Sometimes she said a few strange words
•*- ‘ W hose moaning lay beyond our reach;
God’s hand had ta’en away the seal
Which held the portals of her speech!
She never was a child to us;
We never held her being’s key!
We could not teach her lioly things;
She was Christ-like in purity !
It came upon us by degrees;
We saw its shadow ere it fell;
The knowledge that our God had sent
His messenger for babie Bell!
And all our thoughts ran into tears!
And all our hopes were changed to fears —
Tho sunshine into dismal rain.
Aloud we cried, in our belief;
“O, smite us gentiy, gentle God!
Teach us to bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow thro’ grief !”
Ah! how we loved her, God can tell;
Her little heart encased in ours—
They’re broken caskets—babie Bel !
At last he came the messenger,
The messenger from unseen lands;
And what did dainty babie Bell!
She only crossed her little hands!
She only looked meek and fair!
We parted back her silken hair;
We laid some buds upon her brow—
Death’s bride arrayed in flowers!
And thus went babie Bell
Out of this world of ours !
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Original Lotter from Georgo Wash
ington.
Among tho Massachusetts archives, now
being arranged and indexed, the following
letter was found from George Washing
ton, in response to a complimentary ad
dress to him by the Senators and Repre
sentatives of Massachusetts upon his first
election as President:
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the State of Massachusetts:
Gentlemen : —Your address, with which
I have been honored, has made a most
sensible impression upon me. That my
acceptance of the Presidency of these
United States should have given joy to
he people of Massachusetts, and that my
coy-duct, through the late arduous struggle
for Mi . rr.y and independence hath met tho
approbation of the citizens of that Com
moxjw-alt.h, will be considered by me as
an the most. oteftßing . it- ..instances of
TT I
T-‘ v ■ ’ “f my present
,v’ • • . I nothing but
..r. ing these
. : “” . If these,
• r ■ .-intending
■** • • 1 me tne ap
’ -n 1 n • v fellow-Clti
*•>* ’li* •• • • ’t wi 1 a- the Highest
txtion, o. i the m*-t ample reward
tiurtnuji *;• * -ii >.-rn uny -in option of
in ties Lfe.
TV A’opta :. f t|>. present govern
ment by !arg x majority of the States
sod theif citiz- tis, and the growing dispo
sitions that are discoverable among all de
scriptions of men to give support and en
ergy to it, are indications of its merit—
auspicious of the future greatness and wel
fare of the empire which will grow under
it—a&d is the foundation on wliich I built
my hopes of public felicity; the best efforts
of mine towards the accomplishment of
these groat and glorious objects can only
be secondary.
For the benedictions which you have
been pleased to implore the Parent of tho
universe on my person and family, I have
a grateful heart, ami the most ardent
wishes that we may all, by rectitude of
conduct, and a perfect reliance on his ben
eficence, draw the smiles of Heaven on
ourselves and posterity’ to the latest gen
eration.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
New York, July 9, 1784.
Tho Liquor Dealer.
For some time I had felt a strong im
pression upon my mind that it was a duty
I owed to a certain man faithfully to rca
son with him in reference to his business,
which was the liquor traffic. I had but
a slight acquaintance with him, still I
knew something of the state of his mind
from others and was aware that he had of
ten been the subject of deep religious con
victions, and had often attended inquiry
meetings. 1 called at his store; and, after
some little conversation, asked him if he
felt satisfied with his business.
‘Yes,’ said he, ‘I don’t know but that I
do.’
‘Not perfectly satisfied, arc you?’
‘I think 1 am.’
T think you are not; indeed, I know
you are not.’
‘How do you?’
‘From the very way in which you
speak.’
‘I do not see why 1 should not be satisfi
ed; it is an honest business.’
‘I cannot agree with you there, neither
can I think you believe so in your heart.’
‘As long as the law allows the liquor
traffic, it is as honest a business as your’s
or any other.’
‘Do yon really in your soul believe that?’
‘Why should I say so if I do not ?’ [smi
lins-3 * .
‘Because your conscience is ill at ease,
and you think of many things to quiet it,.’
‘Allowing that it is not so desirable a bu
siness as some other kinds, somebody will
engage in it; and if I do not others will,
and there will be no less spirits used.’
‘Would you steal a horse because if yon
did not some body else would?’
‘No,’ [laughing;] ‘but that is not a par
allel case,’
‘Why not?’
‘Because, in the one case, I should he
committing a sin, and not in the other.’
‘ls it no sin then, to make a man drunk
and send him home to abuse his wife and
children?’
‘I don’t make men drunk; they do ii,
themselves.’
‘But you furnish the means. Yon give
a man that which, you know, will take
away his reason, fire his passions, and load
him to deeds of violence and blood.’
‘Yon are going too far.’ [Very soberly.]
‘No, I think not. What 1 say is true, is
it not ?’
‘People view these things differently.’
[Abstractedly.]
‘I know that; but Ido not believe you
and 1 view thorn very differently.’
‘Why, what do you mean?’ [Nervously.]
‘I moan simply this, we both know that
rum selling is wrong, and ought to be a
bandoned.’
‘You are not certain that 1 think so?’
[With a very faint smile.]
‘I am —I know you do. And moreover
1 believe, if it were not for your business
you would now be a Christian. Your traf
fic is keeping you out of the kingdom of
heaven.’
‘Why, sir, 1 dont’t understand you.’
[Looking amazed.]
‘Perhaps you will soon. Have you not
had serious impressions at different times?’
‘Yes sir; but what then?’ [Anxiously]
‘How many times lias your attention
been directed to the subject, of religion,
| since you commenced soiling ardent, spir
! its?’ ‘
‘Three times.’
‘And three times your convictions have
passed away.’
‘I suppose I must answer in the affima
ti ve.’
‘Why did yon nor, at either time give
your heart to God, and become a < liris
tian V
‘1 canuot tell.’
‘[think I can; your business was in your
way.*
‘Do you think so V [Almost solemnly.]
‘I certainly do. Did you not think your
self, if I were in some other business, per
haps, I should not find it so hard to become
a Christian ?’
‘I must acknowledge such thoughts have,
i passed through my mind.’
| ‘Ah! there is the trouble, you may de
! peml upon it. This continuance in liquor
! selling will destroy your soul.’
‘I hope not —don't say so.’ [With an im
| ploring accent.]
‘I arn afraid it will. Do you have seri
j ous thoughts and feelings at the present
time? Have you been at the inquiry
; meeting lately?’
He made an involuntary start at the last
j question, and, looking at me wonderingly,
i said, ‘I have been troubled about religi
j ous matters very much lately, and last,
| week went to an inquiry meeting; but how
I did you know anything about it?’
‘Now, let me, good friend, be perfectly
| plain with yon, for we must meet each
other at the judgment, and I must then
| give an account of my fidelity to you on
I this occasion.’
j ‘Certainly* do so.’
‘I believe, then, that there is nothing
that keeps you from being a Christian this
day but your liquor business. God by bis
Spirit, has arrested your attention three
times, and three timeß have you grieved
that Spirit from your heart, because you
would not give up this accursed traffic. He
is now calling you again; and the question
is, will you now fight against ypur convic
tions, and drive that Holy Spirit from your
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
heart again, or give up your business ami |
secure your salvation.’
•Do yon realty think that is the alt. rm
tive?’ [Much moved ]
‘Ido; and this muv bo your hist, edl?’
‘Yes, that is true.’ [Weeping ] ‘lf Ii
know my business was in my way, 1 would
sacrifice it for my salvation.’
‘lt is in your way, and you will never
find peace in Christ till yon give if. up.’
I was right. A week had not passed
away before that man was convinced that
he must give up his business or heaven.
After aßomewhat protracted and painful
struggle, he yielded the point and said,
‘I give up the business, and all things elec,
and consecrate myself to thee, O Christ,
the Saviour for time and eternity.’
Light at once broke into his mind, and
from that day he has rejoiced in tho Chris
tian’s hope, and lias been doing efficient
service in the cause of his gracious Re
deemer.—Guide to Holiness.
The Philosophy of Rain.
To understand the philosophy of this
beautiful and often sublime phenomenon,
so often witnessed since the creation of the
world, and so essential to the very exist
ence of plants and animals, a few facts de
rived from observation and a long train of
experiments must be remembered:
1. Were the atmosphere every where at
all times of a uniform temperature, we
should never have rain, or hail, or snow. —
The water absorbed by it in evaporation
from the sea and the earth’s surface, would
descend in an imperceptible vapor; or cease
to be absorbed by the air when it was
once fully saturated.
2. The absorbing power of the atmos
phere, and consequently its capacity to re
tain humidity is proportionally greater in
warm than cold air.
3. The air near the surface of the earth
is wanner than it is in the region of
the clouds. The higher we ascend from
the earth the colder do we find the atmos
phere. Hence the perpetual snow on the
very high mountains in the hottest cli
mate.
Now, when from continued evaporation,
the air is highly saturated with vapor,
though it be invisihleand the sky cloudless,
its temperature is suddenly reduced by cold
currents descending from above, or rush
ing from a higher to a lower latitude, or,
by tho motion of saturated air, to a cooler
latitude, its capacity to retain moisture
is diminished, clouds are formed, and the
result is rain. Air condeses as it cools,
and, like a sponge filled with water and
compressed, pours out the water which its
diminished capacity cannot hold. How
singular yot how simple, the philosophy of
rain ! VViiat hut Omniscience could have
devisod such an admirable arrangement
for watering the earth.— N. T- Observer.
Plymouth Anecdote.
When has a man got enough? Never,
till he gets a little more. Avery g*k>d
story of old embargo times and the war of
1812, was told us the other day. Underthc
impulse of the removal of embargo, there
was a sudden rise in the value of property,
and such a demand for it that merchandise
• was sometimes carried off from vessels be
fore the owners arrived at their place of
business; and the parties taking it came
in afterwards to say that they were at the
owners’ mercy, and must pay wlmt they
chose to ask. A brig was lying at Boston
harbor, which had come up from Ply
mouth just before the embargo was laid,
fit for sea. Tho Plymouth owner thought
it was a good time to sell the brig, and
sent up his son for tho purpose, telling
him to demand eight thousand dollars for
her, arid not take less than six. John
went to Boston, found how things stood,
sold the brig in a moment, and hurried
home, elated with his bargain. As he
neared tho house, he saw the old man
marching up and down the piazza, and
presently he rushed out to meet his son
and hear tho result of the sale.
“Have you sold tho brig, John ?”
“Yes, father.”
“For how much, John?”
“For ten thousand dollars!”
“Ten thousand dollars!” cried the old
man, with staring eyes, at hearing a price
more than double what, the vessel cost. —
“Ten thousand dollars! I’ll bet you’ve
soh! her to some-swindler, who don’t care
what the price is, and never means to pay
his notes.”
“Notes, did you say, father? Why,
there are no notes in the case. I got the
money and put it in the hank. Draw, and
you will get it.”
The old gentleman’s excitement was
suddenly cooled, and as the ruling passion
rose in its place, he said :•
“Isay, John, couldn’t you have got a
heile more V’
A New use of the. Magnet. —lt lias been
said that “truth lies at the bottom of the
well.’ How it can be ‘fished up’ wo are not
told. Probably not with the magnet. But
with its aid some things can he brought up
even from the bottom of the well, as prov
ed recently by my own experience. In
looking into a tank containing ten feet of
water, an iron key, three inches long, and
weighing nearly an onuee, slid from my
pocket to the bottom. How to get it with
out, emptying the tank was a poser. It
finally occurred to me that it might be
done with a horse shoe magnet. I accor
dingly fastened one to the end of a line,
and after patiently fishing for half an hour
—not longer than I have sometimes done
in a trout hole without even an encoura
ging nibble—l succeeded in attaching the
key to the magnet and in bringing it safe
to mv hand. The knowledge of the result
of this experiment may afford a useful hint
to others in a like dilemma.— Cor. Hart.
Cour.
fjgjP What is the character of your pfe
sent trial ? Perhaps it is one of Jleftven’s
officers come to search for idols: ‘‘l the
Lord search the heart.” I
A Cariosity. —We saw recently, with a !
gn at deal of wonder, at the store of M<\
Cannon, a couple of bottles, each of which i
would hold over a quart, and in one. of
which was a sawmill in operation, and in
the other a flourmill also in operation. Both
mills were moved by a crank in the
neck of each bottle. The bottles and ma
chinery are in possession ofMr. A. H. Par
kingham, who is in the employ of Mr. Can
non. Mr. Parkingham says the machine
ry was built with their covering thirty-five
years ftgo, by a resident of New York, but
now deceased. Ho did it on a wager of
SSOOO, which lie won in less than three
years; the time allowed for the work. It
has been suggested that the glass must
have been blown over the machinery, hut
it isako said it was impossible with such
kind of bottles. They are tilled full of ma
chinery 7, which was braced and pinned and
otherwise made strong. The neck of each
bottle is filled with a plug, which is keyed
close to the neck. The mystery of myste
ry of getting in the key when there is
hardly room between the plug and the
neck of the bottle to get in a tool as big as a
shingle nail is as great as any other mys
tery about tho ingenious affair.— New Ha
ven Patriot.
The Heavenly Crown. —The eldest son
in a noble family, the heir to a dukedom,
lay dying. When death approached, he
addressed his brother in these remarkable
words: “And now, Douglass, farewell. In
a little time you will be a duke, but I shall
be a king!”
Who among our little readers would like
to he a king? A kingdom more glorious
than any of the kingdoms of earth; a crown
not a fading crown, or one which can be
taken away, but a crown of life, enduring
forever, is promised by God to his child
ren. God is an Almighty King ; King of
kings, and Lord of lords, and his children
are kings too, for the Bible says, “If child
ren, then heirs, heirs to God, and joint
heirs with Christ.” Oh lose no time in
trying to discover whether you have any
title to the promised kingdom!
Noisy Religion. —The following saying
of Josiah Gregory, quoted with great ap
proval by Dr. Adam Clarko, the celebra
ted Methodist, has for this reason no little
significance, and might bo useful to many
in our day and generation :
“People of little religion are always
noisy / he who has not the love ot God and
man filling his heart, is like an empty
wagon, running violently down hill; it
makes a great noise, because there is noth
ing in it.”
A Long Introduction. —An old woman
who was accustomed to complain that
her minister preached very long sormons,
wasting a considerable portion of the time
in the introduction, said “ho was so long
in spreading tho cloth that it. seemed as if
they should never have the dinner.”
The remark would not he misapplied to
tho way some Sunday-school teachers have
in introducing a lesson.— Eds. S. S.
A Reason for Rambling. — Mr. Whit
field was accused of rambling in his discour
ses, by one of his hearers, to which he re
plied—“lfjmu will wander to the devil, I
must ramble after you.”
Southern Baptist Review for 1856.
EDITORS:
J. R. GRAVES, Nashville, Tenn.
J. M. PENDLETON, Bowling Green, Ky.
N. M. CRAWFORD, Penfield, Ga.
Terras $2 00 per annum in advance.
Graves Marks A Cos., Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee.
The i'oilo.ving Articles, Reviews and Exegeses will
appear in the forthcoming numbers of the Review:
Review of Dr. Summer’s Strictures on Howell’s
“Evils of infant Baptism.”—Review of Hibbard on
Baptism—Ethnology against Moses, a Review of Mor
ton Nott and Gliddons work; The Philosophy- of Re
ligion (continued) touching man’s relation to the Me
diatorial Government of. .Christ, the Holy Spirit; Faith,
Evangelical by Justification. The Importance of
American Freedom to Christianity—its foe the Papacy.
The Great West, its importance and wants. German
Theology, its character and influence; Principles, Pol
ity and History of Jesuitism. The Scriptural doc
trine of the Resurrection against Modern Theories—
a Review of Bush’s Anastasia. What Language did
Christ and his Apostles speak and write? The Change
of the Sabbath from the 7th to the Ist day of the week.
Examination Barnes’ Notes on Texts relating to Bap
tism. From the London Baptist Magazine (a series.)
The Covenants of Circumcision no ground for Infant
Baptism, because still in force. The literal Restora
tion of the Jews. A review of “the Covenants.” by
Howell.
Faith; Evangelical; Justification by Faith. The
Atonement, nature and extent. Imputation, Impu
ted Righteousness. The Agency of the Holy Spirit
in the Conviction and Regeneration of the Sinner.
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Agency Scriptu
rally Reconcilable. The Seal of the New Covenant.
The Grounds and Evils of the Dogma of Believer*
Apostaey; The Laws for the Interpretation of tiie
Prophecies. The Synoptical Interpretation of the
Book of Revelations —Chiliasm in the Nineteenth
Century. The Scriptural Definition of Ecolesia, or
the Christian Church; Protestants Societies not Chris
tian Churches nor brauohes of Christ’s Church; The
Design of Baptism [a subject far too little understood
or insisted upon.] Baptism for the Remission of Sins,
by Elder W. C. Buck. The Polity of Episcopal Meth
odism Examined by S. Henderson, Ala. John’s Bap
tism, was it Christian?—Rebaptism. The Concessions
of Papists, Greeks and Protestants for 1600 years in
favor of Baptist Principles, [a series.) Reviews of
Drs. Coleman’s History and Robinson’s Greek Lexicon.
Dowling on Romanism, involving a discussion of the
Temporal power of the Pope. Scarff’s Church Ilisto
ry. American Slavery, is it of Divine Institution and
Sanctioned by the New Testament? Geologists against
the Mosaic Account of a Universal Deluge Reviewed.
The Bix days of Creation, by Prof. Taylor, Reviewed;
A synoptical view of the various religious denomina
tions of the United States.
EXEGESES.
John iii: 4, 6. “Born of water and Spirit.”
Hebrews vi: 6th and 10th chapters If they shall
fall away, Ac.
Acts xix: 1, 6 “And when they heard this they
were baptized ” Who were baptized?
John xii: 14 “Ye also ought to wash one another’s
feet.” Is feet washing a church ordinance?
1 Peter iii: 18, 40 By which also he went and
preached unto the Spirits in prison.
1 Corinthians ix: 26. “I therefore so run,” Ac.
Matthew iii: 11. Tho baptism in the Holy Spirit—
The baptism in fire.
Matthew xxiv. When shall these things be, and
what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of
the world?
The Editors are making ai rangements to reoeive the
earliest copies of all the Religious and Theological
works issued by the American press, to notice in the
Review; we shall be prepared to announce them some
I time before their publication.
Feb 21 8
MERC Eli UNIVERSITY. I
r-PN •■•! D. ciiFl'iNf (UNTY.
I'he Atmtus a. ! his ( ’ni'ni Tsii v •' ri-.
.1 Vhriihitjira> Corns, of three years, designed to
those who are prepneiue for t.h- Gospel Ministry;
A <loUcgiate Count of four years, equal to that of
other Colleges in the eount.ry;
.4 Scientific Course of three years, including, with
some additions, all the studies of the Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course, including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.,
A l>iYl fSSION.
The regular time for the admission of Students, is at
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiate Coursf
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Cscsar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select- Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Reader; and must be at least fourteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations in
Algebra; and two books in Geometry; and must be at
least, sixteen years of age.
Course of Study
IN THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT.
FRESHMAN CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM
Livy, Livy, continued,
Sree’lTanci il&man'Anftqu tus, Otli cii a.
(Smith’s Dictionary,; Algebra, completed.
Andrews’ Latin Exercises, Geometry, (Loomis’. :
Arnold’s Grpek Prone Cnmpo Rhetoric cmithaitA
sition,
Algebra, (Day’s,)
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,;
Andrews and Stoddard’s Liutn Grammar it* osco
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SEOONIi TERM.
Horace, Satires and Epistles, Horace, Art of Poetry A t Mee .
Demosthenes on the Crown, Cicero Dc Oratnrc,
Geometry, completed, i Homer’s Iliad, !
Plane.Solid,and Spherical. ( ;Plane& SphericaPPrigiitiom
etry, (Loomis’,)
Surveying, (Davies’,)
Conic Sections, l Bridge\<
JUNIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.
Cicero De Oratorc, continued, Andrian ofTcrencc,
Xenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus of dtZschyluo ,
Differentia! and Integral Cal-Natural Theology, (Paley’s,
cuius, Nat. Philosophy,confirmed
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’s,) Chemistry, (SillimanV
Rhetoric, (Blair’s,) iLogic,(Whately’s.■
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM
Astronomy .(Olmsted’s,; Botany, Physiology AcGeology
Intellectual Philosophy, ‘Up- Moral Philosophy (Wavland’n)
ham’s,) Butler’s Analogy,
Evid. ofChristianity,( Paley’s) Polit’l.Economy.(Waylaud’s)
Elem’ts of Criticism. ((Carnes’) American Constitution
Gorgias of Piste. or
Juvenal International Lav.
r,Y PEWSES.
Tuition Pees. Spring Term. Pall Term,
In Theological Seminary, Nothing Nothing.
In College, $26 00 sl6 00
Scientific. Course, 25 00 16 00
In Academy—
Preparatory Glass, 26 00 15 00
Second “ - 20 00 12 00
Third “ 15 00 9 00
Elementary ’’ 10 00 600
Room Rent, ... 6 00 1 00
Contingent Expenses, 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will be received aa full payment for the
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses of the
year.
The price of Board in the village is $lO per month
of washing, room rent, and fuel, SS.
Commencement and Vacations.
The Ootnmeneement is hold on tho last Wednesday
in July.
There are two Vacations, dividing the year into two
terms, as follows:
First. Term —from last Wednesday in August to De
cember 16 th.
Winter Vacation —from * December 15t.h to February
Ist.
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation —from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. O. L. BATTLE,
Sec’y. of the Board of Trustees.
August 21 84
missionary Wanted!
Tiie rehobotii foreion mission com
mittee, desires to procure a brother and his
companion, who will go on the Mission to Central Af
rica, to fill the place occupied by the late Brother
Dennard and his wife, and make our report at the next,
session of the Rehoboth Association.
Brother Dennard and his wife, were sent out and
supported by this body; and now that they are no
more, we desire to find others who will fill their pla
ces, and carry forward this work. Our plan is to pro
vide well for our missionaries while laboring, and for
their return at the end of three or four years, to im
prove their health, and to foster a missionary spirit in
the Churches.
The one hundred millions and more, of Africa, must
have the Gospel. They are included in the number
of those to whom the Savior said, “Go preach the
Gospel.” Tle field of labor in Central Africa is a
promising one. The Kings in the interior desire mis
sionaries, and offer them every inducement to settle
among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
The climate in the interior , is not so unhealthy as
has been generally supposed ; and missionaries may
go there with the prospect of ordinary length of life.
Besides this, the people, unlike those on the coast, are
partly civilized, and have some of the common comforts
of life.
But were the climate ever so insalubrious, the foun
dations for our missionary opperations most be laid,
and the supporting of this stupendous building—this
temple, which we intend to errect, to the name of the
Most High— must be erected by the labor of our white
brethren. The language must be reduced to writing,
dictionaries must be made, grammars constructed, and
a plan of general operations fixed, before we can dis
pense with their aid. When this is accomplished, then
it may be practicable to carry forward the work by
the labor of colored men, who are better fitted by na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may, it
must be done! Africa is a part of the world, and these
sable sons, are a part of her “early creation.”
Let our young men and maidens, who have given
themselves to God, in solemn covenant, and are anxious
to do something for the Savior, ask themselves, wheth
er this be not the field in which God will have them
work—let them hear the voice of their Lord while he
says “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” The morning
of youth will soon pass, and the night will come.”—
“Go work to-day in my vine) ard.”
The Committee will take occasion in this communi
cation also to call the attention of the Rehoboth Asso
ciation to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grave
stones, over the remains of our fallen M issionaries. Let
all the churches, individuals, or friends, who favor this
object, send up their contributions to the next meeting
of our body at Perry. We prayed for and sustained’
our beloved Dennard and wife, while they lived ; we
cherish their memory now that they are no more, and
we will erect some monumeutal stones, to tell t heir
names, their virtues, and their work.
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