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Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1860.
Tc otir Subscribers.
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. think yon will find this an interes
ting number. We announce that other
“interesting articles are waiting to make
their appearance ; indeed it is impossible
for us to publish all that comes, so that if
some communications never appear,breth
ren, pity us for not having a larger sheet
and do not blame us. This reminds us of
our proposed enlargement, and we wish to
say a few words on the subject. It can
easily be done if the friends ot the Index
w T ill work for it. Brethren, will you not
do so ? Will not those ministers who
send us the number of so many converts
also send their names as new subscribers,
with the money ?
Do this, brethren, and w r e can enlarge
and send you out a fine sheet, especially
if the many who owe us small sums will
but say to themselves, perhaps tiie In
dex NEEDS MV SUBSCRIPTION MONEY, and
send it on. This is true ; the Index does
need that which so many are negligent
about remitting. Come, brethren, send
in the funds and let this be the last time
that we shall have to allude to money
this year.
Missionary Organizations.
Number 9.
OTH E a SCHEM ES —ASSOCI ATI ONS.
We have shown the utter hopelessness
of prosecuting the w r ork of missions by
independent and separate church action ;
and we shall proceed to notice other
schemes which have been suggested for
carrying on the work. It has been pro
posed to employ district associations or
State Conventions in the place of the So.
Baptist Convention to do this work. We
readily ajirnit that this is a legitimate
manner of doing it. They would, how
ever, be under the invincible necessity of
constituting Committees or Boards to at
tend to the details of the business. The
‘Schemes would be obnoxious to the very
objections so earnestly urged against the
S. B. Convention. If these objections are
of any validity in the one case, they are in
the other. Associations and State Con
ventions, r.o less than the S. B. Conven
tions, are unscriptural and centralizing.
Their Boards would be quite as likely to
exercise undue power and to prove expen
sive and inefficient as are the Boards of
the Convention. In short, we do not
comprehend how any one who urges the
popular objections against the Convention
and its Boards eqn, with any show of con*
sistency, advocate this newcheme of mis
mr
’ We write, not for vie*
Wm, but truth. Our aim is, not to con
found the objectors to our missionary or
ganisms, but to enlist them in the hearty
support of these institutions. We inquire,
will the cause of missions gain anything
by committing it to our State Conventions
and District Associations ?
To the prosecution of this great work
by District Associations, many and weigh
ty objections present themselves to our
mind.
1. They were constituted,without scrip
tural precept or example, for a widely
different purpose; and it would be diffi
cult, and, in some cases, impossible, to di
vert them from their settled routine of
business, and render them efficient in the
mission work. The scheme contemplates
a radical change in the aims, powers and
efforts of our associations; or, at least, of
many of them, and we all know how dif
ferent it is in most cases to effect such a
change.
2. Many associations are composed of
few and feeble churches, and with the va
rious local demands on their liberality, are
fcunabl to furnish the means of supporting
r a foreign missionary ; and a a iill greater
plumber of associations, with their existing
benevolence, tail to do so. They
IHre able and willing, and even desirous to
contribute something to the foreign mis
sion cause ; and shall we have no general
channel of benevolence into which they
may pour their tiny rivulets,to refresh and
bless the heathen world ? Or if the poor
associations unite for prosecuting the mis
sion work, shall the strong associations
stand aloof from them, saying, “We will
do our own work, in our own way
3. We have already stated what must
be admitted, that associations can carry
on the wQrk of foreign missions only thro’-
Boards, or some agency of equivalent
power. Now, in many associations there
are no central and accessible points at
w hich competent Boards can be collected.
The members of associational Boards are
generally from necessity, cemposed of
members residing in different parts of the
district. They cannot assemble without
inconvenience and sacrifice. One meet
ing may be prevented by inclement wea
ther ; and the next meeting may fail be
cause its time and place are not well
known. Meanwhile, business presses, and
must be attended to; and from its urgen
cy the Treasurer, or Secretary, or some
other member of the Board, assumes the
resposibility of acting; and soon the
Boards become defunct. We must say,
that, so far as our observation goes, asso
ciational boards or committees, for all
purposes, have, with rare exceptions, been
eminently inefficient; and this inefficiency
ha 9 sprung not from the lack of intelli
gence, piety or zeal, on the part of the
constituent members; but simply from
their dispersed situations, and the difficul
ty of convening for business.
4. All the objections urged in our last
jnu pi be church efforts In the Be
c£S£u^*lwOjk are equally weighty against
thtfiSolated exertions of associations. —
The scheme makes no provisions for com
bined and perpetuated labors. At best,
it proposes a mere guerilla warfare, while
the exigences of the conflict call for a well
concerted campaign, and a well disciplin
ed cohort.
Lastly—the scheme has one recommen
dation to those who are adverse to the
pecuniary basis of our missie ll societies. —
It is as free as possible from this evil. —
Onr associations are generally’ constituted
of delegates from churches without regard
to the number of their members, and uni
versally without respect to their pecunia
ry contributions. The churches that give
nothing, or are opposed to missions, will
have equal influence in controlling the
mission w*ork, as the churches that con
tribute most generously to the object. —
Nay, as the inefficient churches, in many
associations, from the majority, they will
have the mission funds and mission work
entirely in their own hands. We do not
account this an advantage, but if it is one
it is the solitary one, so far as we can dis
cern, in the independent associational
scheme for promoting missions.
Os all the schemes by which it is pro
posed to dispense with the agency of the
Southern Baptist Convention that of sub
stituting for it the agency of the several
State Conventions, is the most feasible;
and it is the most feasible because the sub
stitute makes the closest approximation to
the scheme proposed to be abolished. —
The State Conventions and S. B. Conven
tion are essentially the same in their aim
and organization. It is a question, not of
principle, but of expediency, whether our
foreign missions shall be committed to
one Board, deriving its support and pat
ronage from the whole of the Southern
and South western States, or to the sever
al State Conventions, acting independent
ly of one another. The current objections
urged against the former may, with equal
plausibility, be urged against the other
plan. One consideration, however, must
greatly commend the former above the
latter scheme. It is cheaper. State Con
ventions cannot conduct foreign missions,
as we have already shown,without Boards.
These Boards, to be efficient, must have
officers devoting their time to their busi
ness. For a little while, and upon a limi
ted scale,the officers, as well as the Boards,
might do the work gratuitously'"; but the
increase of business would render it indis
pensable to have paid officers. Instead of
the expense of one mission room, and two
Secretaries, sufficient for she necessities of
all the Southern and South western Bap
tists, we should have a mission room and
at least one paid Secretary in every State
—that is, ten or a dozen missionary es
tablishments, with all their attendant ex
penses. And what would be gained by
this vast accumulation of costs, and the
diversion of so many valuable men from
other important pursuits? Nothing!—
Absolutely nothing, but the prevention of
harmony and concentration of effort in
our missionary labors. Sectional jealous
ies might find gratification, and aspiring
leaders might rise to higher distinction,
by the plan ; but, in our view, the true
interests of foreign missions would be
grievously sacrificed.
Central Association.
We had the pleasure of attending this
association and enjoyed it much, for we
found the brethren composing it, a warm
hearted, united band of missionary Bap
tists ; and their acts and words drew us
towards them with cords of love.
The introductory sermon we did not
hear. It was preached by Bro. C. Ma
lone, from Ist John : 4th chap. 11th’ verse.
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought
to love one another.’’
Rev. Adiel Sherwood was elected Mod
erator, and H. J. G. Williams, Clerk.
The business proceeded most harmo
niously, and was closed by 2 o’clock on
Monday. The most important matter
determined upon was the resolution to
support a missionary either foreign or
among the Indians, and pay him quarter
!y-
Twenty churches were represented, and
four not represented—there being 43 del
egates in all. One new church joined the
association, namely, Brownwood, Morgan
County.
The amount sent up by the
churches, was $323,15
Collection on Sabbath, 60,00
$383,15
Bro. A. Sherwood preached at 10
o’clock Sabbath day, from Ist Corinth
ians, 15 chapter, and part of the 11th
verse. “So we preach, and so ye be
believed.”
llis sermon was worthy of his younger
days, and took strong Baptistic ground,
lie shown what Baptists generally re
quire their church members to believe. —
Though lasting an hour, his sermon ap
peared only 20 minutes long.
Bro. Jewell preached the Missionary
Sermon 11 o’clock Sabbath from 2d Cor
rinthians, Bth chap, and part of the 9th
verse. “Though he was rich, yet for our
sakes he became poor.’’
This was a feeling discourse. Bro. J.
is an excellent preacher, with a good de
livery, and seems full of love to soul’s
and to the Master of souls. We doubt
not that he is destined to accomplish
much good in the Lord’s vineyard.
Bro. Jesse H. Campbell preached 3
o’clock Sabbath, from sth chap. Isaiah :
4th verse. “What could have been done
more to my vineyard, that I have not
done in it.”
Bro. C. was more than himself. He
aroused .a remarkable state of feeling in
the congregation; and scores fiocked to
him and pressed his hand, thus evincing a
desire to obtain an interest in the pray
ers of God’s people.
On Monday morning brethren Cloud
and George Y. Browne preached. The
former we did not hear, except in the
closing remarks, but concluded the Brn,
was a fervent, sealous servant of God and
minister. Bro. Browne’s sermon was ex
cellent. It was all about Grace —the
grace of God—telling how much sinners
and all of us are indebted to grace. Bro.
Sherwood closed with a few glowing re
marks, and many pressed forward as an
indication ot a desire for prayer in their
behalf.
The neighbors were most hospitable. —
We were especially indebted to brethren
Cox and Bivins, whom may God prosper.
[Note. —We expect to attend the Rehoboth and
Washington Associations, and others also.]
ADDITIONAL.
We gather from the minutes,which the
promptness of Bro. Williams has already
laid on our table, that there are *26 church
es in this Association, 21 Pastors, and
2175 members—lso were received by
baptism in the last year, and 29 excluded.
The Executive Committe was instruc
ted to call four missionary mass meetings
during the ensuing year—the first on the
st’n Lord’s day in this month, September,
at Eatonton. [We hope due notice will
be taken of this. We shall be in atten
dance.]
The next anniversary will be held with
the Bethel church Jasper Cos., on Satur
day before the 4th Lord’s day in August.
We commend the association highly for
the following resolutions, and in tender
ing it our thanks, suggest a similar set of
resolutions to the other associations.
Resolved, That we recommend the
Christian Index to the careful reading of
every member of the Association.
30. Resolved further, That the Pastors
of the Churches he requested to act as
agents in procuring more subscribers for
this paper, and in kindly prompting the
brethren to prompt payment for the
same, and that these Pastors report to our
next Association the number of copies
taken by their Churches.
We notice that Pastors are urged to
present the claim of missions more fre
quently to the churches. The following
brethren were elected delegates to the
State Convention: Joseph E. Brown,
Adiel Sherwood, J. L. Warren, E. Jewell,
J. B. Walker, C. Malone, T J Burney and
A E Cloud.
Queries in reference to Discip-
LINE ANSWERED.
1. “What kind of a charge ought to be
preferred against an orderly member of a
Missionary Baptist Church that joins an
anti-Mission Church and is rebaptized ?”
Answer. The charge comes under the
general head of heresy. The term heresy
implies a departure in some essential par
ticular, either from the doctrine of Christ
or from the practice he has enjoined.—
When a member departs in either of these
respects, w*e must withdraw our Church
fellowship from him. We must distin
guish between Christian and Church fel
lowship. We are bound to have Christian
fellowship for all who give evidence of
regeneration, and at the same time, w r e
are bound to withhold Church fellowship
from them while they depart from the
doctrine of Christ, or from the practice
which he has enjoined. It is on this
ground that we exclude pious members
w r ho unite with Pedobaptists.
The case mentioned in the query is a
departure from the doctrine and practice
enjoined by Christ. Let the charge then,
be in accordance with the facts, viz:—
That brother A. B. be excluded from the
membership of this church for uniting
with an anti Mission Church, and submit
ting to rebaptism for the purpose of do
ing so.
2. “And what charge against one who
unites with the Free Will Baptists with
out a letter from the Church to which he
belongs ?’’
Answer. The case isnot altered wheth
er he joins with, or without a letter. The
Free Will Baptists are open Communion
ists in the widest seuse ; and are generally
unsound as regards our views of doctrine.
The answer, therefore, to the first query
is a sufficient answer to this: let him be
excluded for heresy, in uniting with a
Free Will Baptist Church.
Sunday School Books.
Doubtless many Sabbath Schools con
template enlarging their libraries this fall
and procuring other books for the use of
the scholars: we would simply remind
them that at the Depository at Macon,
Ga., (J. D. Cubbedge, Agent,) can be ob
tained any Sunday School books or Hymn
books desired.
Several new libraries have been pub
lished lately—the S. S. S. Union have en
larged theirs and the S. B. P. Society are
offering a library.
At the Depository can be ‘ found very
many books very valuable to Baptists,
such as Mary Bunyan, Ford’s origin of
the Baptists, Tears of Jesus and many
others. Let those desiring good read
ing send for a catalogue or examine the
advertisements in the Index.
[Note. The Society, it should be re
membered, will be enabled to make fre
quent and judicious donations of soul-sa
ving books, if money is sent up to the as
sociations for that end. Let this not be
forgotten, by those yet to send contribu
tions to their associations.]
We find the following letter in the An
nual Report of the Society for 1860 :
To wach member of the Bible and Colporteur So
ciety :
Dear Brother —I am requested by the Board of
Managers of our Society, to call your special at
tention to the Baptist Book establishment in Ma
con. It belongs to the Baptists of Georgia ; for
it was established for their benefit and it seeks to
be advantageous to them. It has in store now, a
large stock of Books and is constantly receiving
all the new issues of the day. Please therefore
notice its advertisements in the Index, and order
what you desire. But I am requested to state,
that there are very many calls upon the Deposito
ry for Books to be bestowed gratuitously: our
Missionaries in the West, the indigent Sabbath
Schools of our State, young Ministers not blessed
with much of this world’s goods, all appeal to us
for donations; and, in addition, very many of the
Ministers of oar own State desire to distribute I
“tracts, Bibles aad good Books among theit* nsiglu
bors, but are Unable to do so to any great extent.
Now if each of you will, out of your abundance,
but contribute a small sum annually for this pur
pose, your Agent will, by thus being enabled to
grant many books, be the means of accomplish
ing for you untold good. Let me beg you to con
sider this as the voice of God addressing you and
to give heed to its admonitions. I would have
you remember that the gratuitous dissemination
of Gospel Truth is one of the prime objects of this
Society; it therefore asks your assistance.
Os Ministers I would especially request ’ the fa
vor that they present this subject to their church
es. To Sabbath School Superintendents I would
say that I will supply all they need for their Sab
bath Schools, on the cheapest terms. And to those
Ministers who will make out a bill of Books to sell
again among their congregations, I will make a
discount if they forward the cash. To each and
all I offer to procure any religious Book if it is not
in the store.
Let me hope, in conclusion, that each one of
you will present the claims of our Society to oth
ers ; for it is a thoroughly Baptist institution, en
gaged in a great work, even the distribution of
God’s Word; and it has received the endorsement
of all the prominent men of our denomination in
the State. Very Respectfully,
J. D. CUBBEDGE, Agent.
Hard Times.
Some of our subscribers are complain
ing of hard times and some are stopping
their paper for fear that the loss of $2,00
will seriously injure them. How singular
it is that retrenchment begins first with
a man’s religious newspaper ! And yet
so it is. But we say to all, if the money
is not in hand just now hold on till win
ter —perhaps the times will brighten and
—then you w*ill rejoice at not having
stopped the familiar old Index.
Great attractions will be presented
hereafter. An interesting discussion be
tween Dr. Mell and Dr. Baker and arti
cles from first-class writers will appear
regularly.
The friends of the Index are urged to
work for it. Our thanks are due to them
for being able to send out the Index to
35 new subscribers this week. Work on,
brethren.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Letter from Philadelphia.
Number 4.
Beware of pouring—letter writing—a start
ling hoax —Good news from Georgia —
Church discipline — What's the matter in
Tennessee.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3rd, 1860.
At the regular time for writing my
semi-monthly on the last occasion, I w r as
in bed suffering from a painful rheuma
tism, which for the time being utterly dis
abled my right shoulder. The attack was
brought on by a Pedobaptist use of cold
water. I was induced by a medical friend
to stand under a douche bath where the
stream was large, the fall some fifteen or
twenty feet, and the temperature 54 deg.
Compliance with the prescription cost me
an attack which kept me in bed for a
week. Thanks to a merciful Providence
lam better. Since the affair I have a
greater aversion than ever to pouring
whether recommended by M. D. or D.D.
The next time I have occasion to take a
bath, I shall use water in the orthodox
way.
You ask for “news-letters” from your
correspondents; but the religious journals
and secular prints keep you so promptly
supplied in these respects that very little
remains to be written. Then too, if
there should be anything very marvellous
to communicate, the telegraphic wires
put you in possession of the facts some
days in advance of the tardy rail road, by
which letters or papers are conveyed.—
Under these circumstances, if I write any
thing in the way of “news” it must be a
recent coinage from the cerebral mint, or
to change the figure, the letter must be
made as the spider makes his web, evolv
ing it Irom his own person. It is literally
true that we have persons engaged in
manufacturing “items of news” for the
daily presses. A case in point occurs to
me. A few days ago it was announced in
the New York papers, that a wealthy
planter from Mississippi, who was sojour
ning at Long Branch, N. J., and who w T as
cultivating the acquaintance of one of the
negro waiters of the establishment had
mysteriously disappeared. About the
same time it was said that a portion of a
skull covered with hair which was the col
or of the missing man, had also been
found. A club besmeared with brains
was also picked up near the beach. As
the negro was also among the missing,
the inference was drawn that he had mur
dered the white man and decamped.—
The story created intense excitement.—
Some of my worthy southern friends were
very much exercised on the subject. It
was thought to be unsaf ’ to remain north
of the Potomac. Otheis thought that
such acts must inevitably lead to the
“dissolution of the union.” And it was
not until they learned that the whole sto
ry was an unmitigated hoax, no such dis
appearance having occurred, and no such
skull having been seen, that the public
mind was tranquillized. Iu this way we
often have startling incidents paraded in
the news columns followed by flat contra
dictions.
The most interesting recent news to me
comes in a letter from the Pastor of the
Baptist Church in Albany, in your State,
in which he mentions the addition of some
40 person to the church in that place, in
cluding seven interesting young men
among the number. lam glad that the
brethren in Albany have so faithful a Pas
tor as bro. Daniel, aud that God is bless*
ing his labors. When brother D. was
the pastor of the church in Milledgeville,
the present Secretary of the Treasury,
who wasat the time Governor of the State,
was a member of his congregation. On
one occasion he remarked to the writer,
“Mr. Daniel is one of your best preachers,
I always hear him with pleasure. I have
heard him repeatedly and I never heard
from him an inferior sermon.”
I was invited a few days ago to partiei*
pate In a Council called by some ten of
twelve persons* who had been, as they
considered, unjustly excommunicated
from a Baptist Church in this vicinity.—
Other duties prevented my attendance,
but a brother who was present, informed
me that the council, after a full investiga
tion of the case, advised the church to re
store the parties who had been cut off. —
It transpired before the counsellors that
the excluded members had manifested
some opposition to the Pastor, and that
the latter persuaded a majority of the
church to deal with them in a summary
way. Were the council right in their ad
vice ? I cannot *but think that they were.
But what if the church should refuse on
any terms to restore them? Must they
remain without church privileges? Must
they live through months or years, if the
caprice of the majority so determine, un
der the odium of exclusion for an offence
which impartial persons deemed altogeth
er inadequate to warrant so severe a pun
ishment? Far better, it seems to me,
would it be for them to seek admission in
to some other church where they might
enjoy gospel privileges without deducting
from the happiness of the body from
whom they had been separated. I know
that some worthy brethren would deem
such procedure uncriptural and irregular.
But it will be very difficult to prove from
the Xew Testament that it is always im
proper for a church to receive persons who
have been excommunicated from a sister
church. There are many circumstances
which in my view would render such a re
ception altogether justifiable. But I have
no wish to enter on the discussion of a
topic which has already been pursued, ad
nauseam, in some sections of the country.
A, B, C, D and others of the alphabet are
writing on this subject, and though they
are all Baptists, learned and pious, some
of them professors and doctors of divini
ty, yet no two of them can exactly agree
on all points. Whatever theory may be
held by our doctors on this subject, Bap
tist churches will still claim the privilege
of deciding upon the applications for
membership which they receive; and
though their judgment may be influenced
by the antecedents of the parties, it will
not be surrendered to the decisions of sis
ter churches though they be free and in-
dependent.
Opening the “Episcopal Recorder’’ last
week, I saw it stated that “Mr. Josiah P.
Cannon for 17 years a Baptist minister in
Tennessee, and a Mr. Guilford, for many
years a preacher among the Baptists in
the same state, have within a short time
connected themselves with the Episcopal
Church.” More than this, I see a very
gloomy picture of the condition and pros
pects of our denomination in certain por
tions of Tennessee copied from the Bap
tist Standard, circulating thro’ our Bap
tist papers. What is the matter in that
State ? Such things must occasion pro
found anxiety in the heart of every sincere
Baptist, and prompt the most diligent in
quiry into the cause of the mischief.
Thbophilus.
Letter from C. D. Mallary.
West Poultney, Vermont, Aug. 26, 1860.
Dear Brother Boykin :
About 60 years ago in the quiet little village
where lam now writing, I commenced life’s pil
grimage. Thirty-eight years ago, I united with
the Baptist Church in this town, and shortly after,
a feeble, emaciated youth, started off for my South
ern home not knowing that I should livelong, or
if my days should be somewhat lengthened out,
that I should have strength for any useful service.
God has lengthened my span beyond my early
hopes; but alas! how little have I done for his
cause and his glory. And yet if I have done a lit
tle, a very little, (or rather if God has done it thro’
me,) I ought to be thankful: it is all grace, infinite
grace that I am yet alive and out of perdition ;
all grace that I should be enabled to attempt and
accomplish a single thing calculated in any degree
to promote God’s cause and benefit my fellow
men.
What do you think! Yesterday I preached to
the Baptists in my native town—the church above
referred to. ft has; so happened that for many
years they have Dot'Teft at liberty to welcome a
Southern preacher to their pulpit. They have had
pastors among them who, I fear, have not done
much to help them out of this difficulty. Five
years ago I was here, and the pastor took occa
sion, in the first sermon I heard him preach, to
put slave-holders in a box with very bad people.
I suppose it did not occur to him at the time that
Abraham, the father of the v*;as a slave
holder; and that the Centurion, whose faith'Was
so highly commended by the Saviofir, was a slave
holder; and that Philemon, styles,
“our dearly beloved and fellow-laborer,” was a
slave-holder ; and that Paul, under the influence
of the fugitive slave law of love, justice, and inspi
ration, sent back to Philemon his run-away bond
man. And it may not have occurred to him, and
others of like faith, that Paul had somewhere said
as follows: “Let as many servants as are under
the yoke count their own masters worthy of all
honor, that the name of God, and his doctrine be
not blasphemed; and they that have believing
masters, let them not despise them because they
are brethren; but rather do them service, because
they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the ben
efit. These things teach and exhort. If any man
teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to the doctrine which is according to godli
less, he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting a
bout questions, and styles of words, whereof com
eth envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse
disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute
of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:—
from such withdraw thyself.”
The present pastor, however, (a young brother
of much promise, educated at the Hamilton Insti
tution,) takes a more liberal view of things, and
cordially invited me to preach ; believing that my
acceptance of the invitation would be generally
agreeable, and the occasion of no disturbance in
the church, I consented to preach. How many
changes had taken place since 1822, the year in
which I was buried with Christ in baptism, and
welcomed into this band of disciples. The fathers
—they had passed away : my own beloved par
ents had gone to the tomb. The excellent pastor,
(Elder Clark Kendrick,) who led me down into
Jordan’s waves, had long, long ago entered into
his rest. Venerated man ! one of the ablest and
wisest of New England’s Baptist ministers. He was
the first pastor of the church, and served it faith
fully and usefully for about 20 years. Under his
labors it grew up to much respectability and
strength. But he was not there, nor many of the
flock that he fed. And yet it was pleasant to know
that others had come in to fill up in a measure the
void which death had made, and perpetuate a
church which in time past had been useful, and it
is to be hoped will live and flourish for generations
to come, And who should I see In the congrega
tion ? Tfro cf the worthy sons of the bclofed Ken
drick from Americas, Ga., who now happen to be
on a visit (one of them with his family also,) to
their native town. Another of the sons (from A
mcricus) has been here and passed aloDg. Anoth
er, Prof. Kendrick, of Rochester, is daily expec
ted. And this brings up to mind another of the
noble sons of that noble sire, J. R. K., of Charles
ton. I wish he were here to join us in our walks
about our native town. And the name reminds
me of another thing, (see how I wander—well,
this is a traveller’s right,) I have just perused in
part the excellent Memoir of Rev. Nathaniel Ken
drick, a relative of the above named, who was
for many years a Professor in the Hamilton Theo
logical Seminary. It has been recently published
by the Am. Bap. Pub. Society, Philadelphia, and
is worthy of extensive circulation. He was one of
the great men of our denomination —great iD pie
ty—great in native intellect—great in practical
wisdom. You might do well, brother 8., to order a
few copies of the work.
And by association of ideas another thing comes
up. I mentioned Hamilton. The other day I went
into the Library of the young pa tor of the Baptist
church, here, and as I was looking over his books,
I exclaimed with much delight, “What! have you
Dagg’s Manual of Theology here ?” “Yes, that is
one of the Text Books at Hamilton.” This is fur
ther evidence of the just estimation in which that
invaluable work is held by solid, thinking Baptists.
It is destined to do much good. Will the North do
equal justice to Dagg’s Moral Science ? I fear not ;
and yet its general circulation here could not fail of
producing a happy effect.
I was greatly delighted the other day to learn
through brother Lott Warren, that there was in
progress in Albany a good religious meeting. May
the work spread through all the Churches around.
The heart of our beloved pastor, brother Daniel,
must be greatly cheered.
You seem to be successful in drawing to your
paper the contributions of many able writers. I
have been much pleased with the Nos. from the
pen of Prof. Hillyer, and might name others also-
May the Lord abundantly bless you in your ardu
ous and useful labors.
I have not heard yet of the result of the labors
of the Miss. Delegation at Nashville. I feel, as all
must, great anxiety about the affair I hope an
adjustment has been effected—fair and Scriptural
—one that will give peace to our troubled Zion.
Yours in the blessed Redeemer,
C. D. MALLARY.
I had hoped before this to have finished a No.
or two for the Index, but my thinking powers
seem sadly upset, and my nerves, poor things,
scowl terribly at newspaper work.
The following is the part of a very in
teresting letter received some time since
from brother Daniell:
Noonday and Hightower Asso-
ciations.
The Noonday Association came off near
Marietta, embracing the first Sabbath. I
met many familiar faces here and enjoyed
the meeting. The session was harmoni
ous and pleasant. But one single act of
the Body made me tremble for it then,
and each remembrance of it brings sadness
to the heart. It is hoped that time and
sober second thought, and the influence
of brethren who regretted it at the time,
will revoke that action.
Hightower Association came off the
Sabbath after. Rain, greatly needed at
the time, interrupted the exercises every
day of the meeting except Friday ; but
the delegates were prompt in their atten
dance and harmonious in their action. —
The closing scene was tender and melting.
This Body acknowledges the claims of
Christ for the whole world, and does
something, but not as much by far as they
ought. Many of the brethren acknowl
edge this with sadness. But it should be
stated that this Association has had, for
years past, serious troubles with ungodly
ministers which have seriously embarras
sed all their efforts. But these troubles
are chiefly, if not entirely removed, and
“a better day is coming,” and they will
improve. The Hightower will be an ef
ficient Association in time. Its Moderator
ought to be much the best man in the
Body ; and he ought not only to be sure
he is right, but be certainly right before
he says anything for or against any meas
ure, for he is responsible to God for an
unusual degree of influence among his
brethren. D. G. Daniell.
UPPER CANADA IN AN UPROAR.
The triumphal progress of the Prince Royal
has encountered an unpleasant and threatening
impediment. Canada, as the readers know, ever
since its annexation to Great Britain, lias been
the theatre of bitter strife between the Catholic
and Protestant population, and since the union
of the two provinces, Upper Canada (protestant)
has been obliged to succumb to the dominant
Catholic influence of the lower section.
This lias given rise to an intense partisan
bitterness. The Protestant population of Up
per Canada are organized into political clubs,
under the name of Orangemen, and early made
arrangements to receive the Prince with all the
insignia of their clubs. This was protested
against by the Catholic population as insulting
to them, and an appeal being made to the Duke
of Newcastle, he decided that all badges of
partisan distinction must be laid aside. Upon
this the Orangemen held meetings and swore
in their wrath that the Prince should march
under their banners or not march at all.
The first issue took place at Kingston, on
Lake Ontario, the 4th and sth, where the Prince
waited nearly two days for an accommodation,
but was obliged to leave for Toronto without
landing. “While lying off shore at Kingston, he
was insulted by the population coming down to
the water’s edge and playing Y ankee Doodle and
the Marsellaise, and is said to have shed tears.
Further fuss was anticipated.
[Daily Telegraph.
THE CHOICE CASE.
Atlanta, Sept. B. —This case which was so
ably argued a few days sinc<? before the Su
preme Court has been decided, The opinion of
the Judges was delivered yesterday evening.—
The Court has refused to grant anew trial to
the unfortunate young, man.
COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Chicago, Sept. B. —The steamer Lady Elgin
was run into by an unknown vessel, and sunk
this morning. There were upwards of three
hundred and fifty passengers on board, of
whom only seventeen were saved, as far as
known. F. A. Lumsden, one of the editors of
the New Orleans Picayune , and his family, are
supposed to be amongst the lost.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE COL
LISION.
Chicago, Sept. 10.—The estimated number
of passengers on board the steamer Lady Elgin,
which was run into and sunk by an unknown
vessel on the'Sth inst., is three hundred and
eighty-five, of which only ninety-eight were
saved. One hundred almost the shore but were
drowned by the breakers. Only twenty-one
bodies have been recovered.
Foreign.
AFFAIRS IX ITALY.
Front Italy we learn, that while the an
nouncement by last week’s advices of the
landing of Garibaldi in Calabria, was then
premature, it has since been accomplished.
On the night of the Bth of August, a par
ty of 350 picked men of Garibaldi’s army,
under Major Misson, w r ere embarked in
fishing boats,and notwithstanding that the
opposite coast was bristling with guns and
the strait swarming with Neapolitan crui
sers, they crossed the Straits of Massena
and effected a landing. Missori afterward
encountered the enemy, and then inarch
ed on to Aspromonte, where lie was join
ed by large parties ot Calabrian insui-
gents, and by reinforcements which had
been sent over from the Sicilian coast,
swelling his force to about two thousand
men. Whether or no Garibaldi himselt
crossed to Calabria is a matter of doubt.
His exact w’hereabouts do not appeal to
be known. There was a report confirmed
bv the correspondent of the Faris Debats,
that Garibaldi had been to Naples to con
fer with the revolutionary leaders there,
lie states that not only was the Neapoli
tan Home Secretary cognizant of Garibal
di’s presence, but that be nad actually en
tered into agreement with him to act as
Provisional Governor of Naples for Victor
Emanuel as soon as the revolution broke
out. The authority of the King is wholly
disregarded in Naples, and his reign is
only nominally prolonged until a change
of government can be quietly and blood
lessly effected. According to all appear
ances the revolution on the mainland will
be accomplished almost as tranquilly as
that which freed the Duchies from their
petty tyrants. It requires only the pres
ence of a strong controlling authority to
serve as a substitute for that of the court
to induce the upper classes to throw oft
the mask of hypocrisy which they have
w T orn so long.
The correspondent of the Morning Post
says:
“The friends of Italy w ill be glad to
learn that Garidaldi’s plans for occupying
Naples are proceeding with the utmost
success. Towards the end of next w’eek
the public may expect important new T s.—
Not less than eight thousand men of Gar
ibaldi’s national army are now in the con
tinental dominions.’’
It is reasserted, on the authority of a
letter from Vienna,that a threatning note
from Austria, on the subject of the Gari
baldi expedition, would shortly be forwar
ded to the Court of Turin.
The skies of Europe are very threaten
ing. A general conflict amougthe Euro
pean powers is seriously apprehended.
The Liverpool Times, in an article
headed, “The coming struggle,” sayH: —
“War is inevitable. There will be no
permanent peace in Europe until we have
had another great continental strife of
arms. Events now approach so rapidly
to a climax that we may awake any morn-
Hig to read the news of a struggle which
may involve all the Great Powers before
its termination.”
The Times’ Paris correspondept writes
that he learns from semi official sources
that Russia is concentrating fresh troops
in Bessarabia, and increasing her naval
forces in the Mediterranean.
Four Russian frigates, under the com
mand of the Grand Duke Constantine, are
about to proceed to Syria.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord Palmerston, in reply to inquiries,
has stated that the Government would do
all in its power to prevent the King of
Dahomey from carrying out his contem
plated sacrifice of human life. Lord Pal
merston has also stated that the British
Commission to Syria had received instruc
tions to demand the restoration of the
Christian woman carried oft'and sold to
the Druses. Captain Styles, an agent of
Garibaldi in London, recently, in the
company of a large number of gentlemen,
said that in three days he had collected
500 volunteers, many of them of the high
est respectability, some of independent
means. His object was to raise a battalion
of at least 800 men.
THE CHINESE REBELLION.
We have accounts of the progress of
the rebellion in the interior of China. The
important city of Suchan is in the hands
of the rebels, and the Imperial array
—which was relied upon for its defence —
is practically annihilated. Suchan is the
first city of the Empire, with a population
of two millions, and is the capital of the
richest of the provinces. Hangchan, too,
another important city has been in posses
sion of the rebels. During their occupa
tion, the most horrible scenes of carnage
took place, which transcends anything to
be found in the annals of warfare. It is
estimated that from 50,000 to 80,000 lives
w ere sacrificed, and the city was left in a
state of desolation almost impossible to
conceive.
Advices from China to June 29th are
received. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros
had arrived at Shanghai, which was pro
tected by the Allies, in view of the expec
ted descent of the rebels. Trade with
the interior was entirely suspended. Hos
tilities had not yet commenced at the
Pei-ho.
Garibaldi had obtained additional successes
in Calabria, and had been proclaimed Dictator.
It was rumored that the King of Naples had
left in a frigate.
Parliament was prorogued on the 28th Aug.
The Queen says in her speech that her relations
with other powers are friendly and satisfactory.
She says she believes the Italians can settle their
own difficulties, and the independence of Switz
erland be maintained.
GARIBALDI TRIUMPHANT IN NAPLES!
The City of Washington, (see telegraphic des
patches) hrings news of the continued success
of Garibaldi, his proclamation as Dictator, and
the reported flight of the young King of Naples.
If the rumor is premature, it will not long lead
the event. Young Bomba, is a gone King—ltal
ian unity and independence is certain, and the
intervention of Austria to maintain her oppres
sive denomation in Venetia, will only end in her
own humiliation and defeat.