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CHRISTIAN INDEX
SAMUEL BOYKIN, EDITOR.
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Sept. 4—ts.
“A Great National Sin.”
A. C. D., in the ‘Banner,’ mentions Sab
bath breaking and ealls it our “great nation
al sin;” but we differ from him on that sub
ject. Sabbath desecration is a fearfml evil
in the sight of the Lord, and one that in
vokes the outpourings of hia anger, and
which is peculiarly offensive to Him; but
we question if, among all the nations, of
earth, (with, perhaps, the exception of Eng
land,) the Sabbath is and
honored than in our Confederacy. And
while, as a people, we do profane God’s ho
ly day, yet we are not prepared to assert,
that because our Government in a measure
disregards this day, that die ref ore it is a na
tional sin. We are not prepared to admit
that the sins of the Government are nation
al sins. While this peculiar sin may provoke
the Almighty to punish us as a people, yet
even that does- not make the sin a national
one. The nation , in general, reprehends
this sin : time and again have the people
who love God and honor his commandments
sought governmental aid in abating Sabbath
desecration in the mail department and in
running Sabbath trains ; and all this shows
that corporations , which are soulless bod
ies, (and the Government is . a corpora
tion,) and not the people generally, are guil
ty of these public acts of Sabbath profana
tion. Great is the number of those who will
not participate in this sin—-who will not
travel on Sunday, who will not send to the
post office on Sabbath, and who continually
protest against these practices by tbe sinful
and hard hearted. And, because those in pow
er oblige a few men to dishonor the day,
God has blessed and set apart for his own
use, shall we call that “our national sin Jf
And that, too, when it notoriously stands
out as a great fact that the South, as far as
external observance goes, honors God’s day
more than any nation on earth ?
No!
But what is a nalionai sin ? It must be a
sin of which we, as a nat ion —a mass of peo
ple are generally and individually guilty—
a sin of which we are guilty at heart, in a
most heaven-daring manner.
And of what sin are we thus guilty ?
We are tempted to exclaim avarice—
“greed of gain.” Heaven knows, this is a
general and a particular sin of 6ur people—
a sin the strength of whose hold upon‘ the
people’s heart has but been manifested) not
developed, by this war. O how we gloried
in the negro, the source of our wealth !
And oh, how we enthroned Cotton, the sym
bol of our monetary power, as King, and
vainly thought that all nations and peoples
must bow down and worship him ! Why ?
Because cotton was money ; and money was
a God who swayed hearts, The average
wealth of our people surpassed that of afl
others; and we gloried in displaying our op
ulence in expensive journies, costly furni
ture and equipages, and in pampering our
pride in every conceivable Way.” The one
great thought of the nation was to own “land
and negroes” and “raise cotton.” Far too
forgetful of God, we tanged ourselves under
the Vinner of Mammon, forgetful that we
“cannot serve God and mammon.” The pur
suitof wealth through one great channel—
Cotton —became the all-absorbing idea of
the South; and when circumstances—name
ly, war and hard times—brought out the!
strength of this passion in our hearts and
showed its true color, lo l the nation stands
aghast at the moral turpitude of the “specu
lator” and the “extortioner.” And when
we endeavor to discover who the “specula
tors and extortioners” arc, we are still more
astounded to find that all are— that our very
best men are so classed. The merchant ac.
coses the fanner and the farmer accuses the
merchant, of so being: the tradesman, the
jnwketmjpn, the woodgeller, the artisan, the
sutler, the broker, all, all are accused of
extortion, thus showing how strong a hold
the desire for gain had obtained upon every
heart. Even ministers dabble in specula
tion to the neglect of Zion. Our whole na
tion has apparently*gone crazy over one idea
—the desire to amass gain. Is not this cov
etousness-—the “love of money,” which “is
the root of all evil ?” And what evils have
followed ?
Why, great and foremost beyond all oth
ers, lest the value of our “peculiar institu
turn diminish, we negleet our moral duties
to our slaves.
Short-sighted man ! Vainly will he ever
contend against the will of Deity !
God, doubtless, placed the black in
our midst for some grand special purpose,
and we have sought to turn him solely to our
own selfish advantage, regardless, in a great
degree, of his moral rights and the inscru
table decrees of Providence.
What Christian slaveholder ean lay his
hand on his heart and say he has done his
whole duty to his slaves ? Have we not
slighted their moral and religious education ?
Have we not, by penal statutes, deprived
them of God-given rights ? Have we not
failed, by legislation, to protect them in their
marriage relation ? Have we not inflicted
untold distress in separating families ? We
rightly claim divine sanction for the insti
tution ; but have we not, in the sight of hea
ven, abused that institution ? And may it
not be that, ia the sight of God these heav
en-reaching sins, growing primarily out of
avarice or covetousness, are the cause of our
present sufferings ? Can we, as a sensible
people, shut our eyes to the great fact that
slavery is the cause of this war, and that
God, whether as a retribution for dereliction
or not, seems to be depriving us of those
very beings, whom we so conscientiously be
ljgye He has placed here in accordance with
the righteousness of his own moral govern
ment ? Because of conviction or prejudice,
shall we, after all, and notwithstanding all,
blindly shut our eyes to what may be “our
great national sin ?” Does not the finger
of Providence seem unmistakably to be poin
ting at this dependent race, and indicating
that in some way or other, in our duty to
wards that race, we are guilty of a sin for
which He is afflicting us, and seeking to
bring us into the line of march of his own
grand Providences?
Southerners may talk of Sabbath break
ing, and they may talk of right and justice:
they may proudly vaunt their bravery and
determination : they may fast and pray, and
the extortioner ; bat itwmyfe
m neither nor in all of these is to be found
the cause or cure of our national troubles. —
There are still other evils that may offend
the eyes of Him who reigns in heaven ; and
it may he —who dare affirm that they do not
—grow out of our abuse of the divine insti
tution of slavery ! Let us ealmly and solemn
ly examine this matter; and if we ran dis
cover the gangrenous exercsence, let us ap
ply the knife, at any cost, and remove that
whose offensive odors Ago reeking up to hea
ven.”
Sabbath Desecration: A Misun
derstanding. * 5
Going down to Egypt for Help
Oar respected brother of the Baptist Ban
ner appeals to his editorial brethren for aid
in Ms efforts to secure Confederate legisla
tion for the better observance of the Sabbath.
We regret to say that we ean proffer him no
support, in such an enterprise. We are op
posed to all attempts to sustain the institu
tions of religion, by secular power. All we
ask of Caesar is to let us alone. This is the
ground occupied by Baptiste, from time im
memorial, and all the persecutions, which
they have suffered, have, sprung from the
erroneous opinion that Caesar may em ploy
his sword for the maintenance of the things
which are God’s. We would advise our
brother to reset that old landmark, and
the Gospel and its institutions stand upon
the primitive foundation.
The concession of the right of govern
ment to interfere for the support of sacred
days, surrenders the cardinal principle of soul
liberty. If it has tbe right to enforce the
observance of the Sabbath, it also has the
right to regulate the administration of bap
tism; and, if we abandon our religious lib
erty, the time may come when armed offi
cials may come to our houses, as the gem d’
armes in Prussia do now, and mareh us off
with our infants, to “the sacred font.”
Tbe above is taken from the Confederate
Baptist, and did we not believe that Dr. Rey
nolds was laboring under a misapprehension
of the meaning and intention of the Banner,
we should feel inclined to take him somewhat
to task.
Elder Dayton is simply desirous to induce
the Government to cease its official profana
tion of the Sabbath; and he would bring such
influence to bear as will promote this reforma
tion. ~ - -\. “-*J yy -;/ •.%:
What right has the Government to dese
crate God’s holy day ? From whence has it
obtained that privilege ? Doe* not the Bible
prohibit such profanation ? And shall we be
hold our public servants thus easting contempt
upon this institution of Jehovah and bringing
the judgments of God upon our land, afld not
seek amendment on their part, because, for
sooth, “soul-liberty” would be in danger?
Laws are passed prohibiting tbe public and
general desecration of God’s day by the ordi
nary pursuits of secular life; and can it be
.wrong to obtain the passage of a law toforbid
government keeping one of its depart
ments in operation during the Sabbath?
If a conscientious public is scandalized and
horrified at the systematic pollution of God’s
Sabbath, by its servant, the Government, has
not the public a right to require a respect for
its principles and conscientious scruples from
that public servant? If running the cars on
Sabbath and distributing the mail, and en
forcing labor from man and beast, is an abom
ination in ttye sight of the Almighty, as doubt
less it all is, must we neglect to procure, il
possible, a governmental recognition of God
apd'Hte sovereignty, and a respect for his laws,
because we must not interfere with “soul-lib
ertyJV.
. . “Soul-liberty,” indeed ! Much connexion
has soul-liberty with reform in our Post office
department, and army reviews, and Sabbath
transportation, and the thousand and one ways
in which the government deseerates the Sab
bath, thus threatening us with the chastise
ment of a jealous God, and, perhaps, procur
ing a continuance of our present calamities!
Who that has read the history ot Israel does
not know that all her troubles were brought
about by this very contempt of Jehovah’s
statutes concerning hia Sabbaths ? W hat says
the Bible ? “I would not bring them into the
land, which I had given them, because they
walked not in my statutes, but polluted my
Sabbaths.” Ezekiel 20: 15, 16. “1 lifted up
my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I
would scatter them among the heathen and dis
perse them through the countries, because they
had despised my statutes and polluted my Sab
baths. ” Ezekiel 20 : 23, 24.
* “Thou hast profaned my Sabbaths. * *
Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be
strong in the days that I will deal with thee?”
cfisekiel 22: 8, 14. “Her priests have hid
their eyes from ray Sabbaths, and I am pro
faned among them. * * Therefore hate I
poured out mine indignation upon them, I
have Consumed them with the fire of my
wrath—their own ways have I recompensed
upon their heads, saith the Lord.” Verses 26,
31. “They have defiled my sanctuary and
have profaned my Sabbaths * * thus saith
the Lord, I will give them to be removed and
spoiled.” Ezekiel 23: 38,46.
Are these not national judgments inflicted
because of the very sin against which we now
inveigh ? And shall we be indifferent to the
acts of our government which # may procure
for us similar chastisements ?
The Sabbath is profaned enough —and a
thousand times more than enough—by pri
vate individuals; but the sins of a Govern
ment are peculiarly aggravating in the sight
of God, because they exhibit a nation consent
ing to and conniving at those sins—a nation
that lifts up no protecting voice—that seeks no
abandonment of contemptuous treatment of
the Almighty. And, therefore, it does become
a people, by Legislative enactment, if possi
ble, to forbid their publie servants from incur
ring the just displeasure of the God of heaven
and earth. #
protest would go up ’Rom the people wnrcl
would compel an entire cessation of Post office
labors during Sabbath, and prevent all mail
carrying, railroad travel. Sabbath reviews, and
even army movements on God’s holy day ! We
doubt not that the immediate, effect would be
the blessing of the Almighty upon our nation,
spiritually and temporally, and a speedy re
pulse of our unscrupulous foe.
No Ordinary War.
The war in which we have been engaged
for move than two years, is no ordinary one.
It has taxed us to the utmost in men and
means. Most extraordinary exertions have
to be Used, and extraordinary self-denial has
to be practiced in order to obtain success.—
And with all this, we have again and again
failed to accomplish what we desired.
In a war of such magnitude, it will not do
to fold our hands, and wait for the Lord to
help ns. We must strain every nerve and
make use of every means, God has given us.
And what are the means ? Guns, powder,
men, horses, food, brains and bayonets.—
Doubtless these are among the means that
have to be used in extraordinary measure
for this no ordinary war. But are these the
only means to be used ? Is not prayer just
as much a means of success as shot and shell ?
Now if shot and shell have to be used abun
dantly, should not prayer be used in the
same way ? Can we expect to succeed with
out the use of extraordinary means ? Should
we use ordinary praying in this extraordi
nary warfare ? Does not this war as much
demand extraordinary praying, as extraordi
nary shelling ? We think there can be no :
difference of opinion upon suoh a point. And
therefore we take the liberty of asking out
readers, are you engaged in more than an
ordinary way, in praying for your country ?.
We do not ask whether you pray for your
country; this we take for granted. “But
this is no war for common fightiug: and this
not the war. fofgmere common praying.—
What we need now, is more than ordinary
prayer. We pray for our country; but do
we pray for it with earnestness proportionate
to the importance of the war ? This is our
point. Such a war as this, taxing all oar
resources, should tax also our energies in
prayer. Not ordinary praying now: this
will not do for the emergency: extraordi
nary prayer must be the rule of our lives jf
we want success. We therefore suggest to
our readers, that they go by themselves once
in every day and plead with God for then
country ; and plead earnestly ; that God,
for his dear Son Jesus Christ's sake, would
vouchsafe us deliverance from our enemies. |
With all our other praying, in the family,
in church, and in private, let there also be
some extraordinary praying. We will’ not
succeed God be on our side. He will
be on our side’ if we ask him—if we ask him
aright—-both as to spirit and to zeal. This
is no ordinary war and no ordinary means
will carry us tlfrough it. Our Soldiers have
to exercise no ordinary self-denial. Should
we not be willing to do the same, in praying
for our country ?— S. Churchman.
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LaGrange.
We learn that EM, E, B{ Teague,for some
years the efficient pastor of the Baptist
church in Lap range, on Saturday last, top
dered his resignation to the church assem
bled in conference. No action was taken by
the church, but it is thought an effort will
be made to induce brother TA NARUS.; to withdraw
ms resignation.
We learn, also, that the Government has
seized the Southern Female College, the
principal hotel, and Sterling’s Hull for hos
pitals ; and that six hundred of our sick and
wounded soldiers are daily expected.
Many citizens of Mississippi and Louisia
na liave sought refuge in this beautiful town,
and th/placo wears a lively and brisk as
pect, T nder these influences property of
every description has advanced to high fig
ure. — Banner.
Mere Mention.
Mr. 11. W. R. Jackson has contributed
$475,50, from the proceeds of the sale of
his book, recently noticed by us, to assist in
the establishment, ia Augusta, of a free
school for soldiers’ orphans.
Rev. J. Tovell, who was imprisoned in
Nashville by the Federal authorities, for no
other offence thin rebuking, in a funeral
sermon, the murder of a respectable citizen
by the lawless soldiery of the enemy, is seek
ing to oblain funds to reach England and lay
his case before the government. lie is an
Englishman.
The Central Presbyterian has received
late Northern papers, and a report of the
state of religion in Kentucky, says, “The
narrative of the state of religion present few
cheering facte.” .
The late Dr. Schuman, of Salem, N. C.,
bequeathed about SBO,OOO to the Foreign
Missions of the Moravian church.
Within two months not less than six hun
dred soldiers have professed conveisiori, in
connection with the labors of the brethren
sent out and supported by the Va. S. S. and
Pub. Board.
Late from Liberia.— Treaties with the
Italy, and the Netherlands,
have been ratified by the Senate, and trans
mitted to London for exchange cf ratifica
tion.
Fifty-seven Protestant missionaries are
now laboring in South America; and mis
sionary effort in South America is every
where abundantly blessed.
It is supposed that within a few 1 years
twenty-five thousand Testaments have been
sold in Peru, and an agent of the British and
Foreign Bible Society lately disposed of sev
en thousand Bibles at Calloa in a few weeks.
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Personal.
Rev. Joe. Walker is Chaplain at Howard’*
Grove Hospital, Va.
Rev. J. E. ®vans, (Methodist) General Mis
sionary to Ewell's corps, has been obliged to
return home by ill health, and Leonidas Ros
ser, D. D., has been appointed imhis place.
Gen. Breckinridge lately bought a costly
plantation wfcar Tuskegec, Ala., and his wife
is residing on the place. Gen. B. evidently
does not fear subjugation.
J. M. Trotter, M. D., of Miss., proposes es
tablishing a medical infirmary atEllaville,
Ga., in the name of Eureka Medical Infirmary.
Rev. C. I>. Mallary preached in Macon last
Sabbath. He has just returned from the In
dian Springs in recuperated health, and has
gone to his home in Albany.
Rev. E. W. W arren has ju*t returned from
the Ilephzibali Association and reports an ex
cellent meeting and most pleasant times. The
association did very well for the Index for
which our thanks are due. Several hundred
dollars were brought us by bro. Warren, who
will give some account of liis trip next week.
We arc glad to learn from a letter just re
ceived from W. B. llaygood, (brother to Itey.
F. M. llaygood,) who was wounded at Gettys
burg, that lie is in a Federal hospital at Ha
gerstown and doing well, and is very well
treated. He speaks id the highest terms of the
treatment of our soldiers by the enemy, and
especially by the ladies. He ha* had hi* left
fore-arm amputated.
Au interesting letter from him will be pub
lished next week, having come to hand top late
for this issue.
ygpdf a half sheet appears next week it
will be owing to our moving into our new
printing hoswe. . V
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Marshall’* letter came after foe
s 4sion of the Association, but we thought it
should-be published.— Editor.
For the Christian Index.
Confer* |nce Meetings.
Reasons why members of Baptist churches
should be punctual in their attendance at tkeit
conference meetings:
‘lst.—On uniting with the church they be
come Subject to its rules and regulations, one
of which requires their punctual attendance
on Conference days; consequently they are un- j
der an implied, if not expressed, promise to ‘
attend, and should not violate a promise sol
emnly made to God as well as to the oharchi
2d.—The members of tbe Baptist church
jointly agree to keep an orderly house for God;
and how ean a member a?sist in this impor-
tant matter and he not present.
3d.—Another reason why we should always
be present is, we know not at what time im
portant business may come before the confer
ence, and perhaps business that would require
the assistance of all the members to manege
it properly. On such occasions it certainly is
the duty of every member to be present and
lend his aid in the management of the busi
ness, rather than stay away, and perhaps find
foult with the action of the church afterwards.
4lb. —Our presence shows our respect for
the cause of Christ, our love for him and the
brethren ; our absence shows our coldness, our
carelessness and indifference.
sth. - Our presence is encouraging to the
pastor of the chnrch, and to the brethren, and
shows oar respect for him and them, and also
shows to the world that our profession of reli
gion and of our love for Christ and his eause
is not merely a profession without any reali
ty-
Gtlp—lt is always expected that every faith
ful pastor will preach on conference days more
directly to the members of the church, to in
struct them more perfectly their duty to their
God, to the church, to their brethren individu
ally, and to tlieir dyiug fellow-mortals. By
being absent, we, consequently, will lose ma.
ny a valuable lesson.
~ th, —When one neglects his conference
meetings he is very apt to become careless
about attending on the Sabbath, and conse
quently becomes, cold, careless, world-minded
and indifferent about religious matters—takes
little or no interest in the prosperity of the
cause of Christ, and very soon becomes a re
proach instead of an ornament to the church.
L. F.
Pen and Scissors.
Fart Day —At the headquarters of Lt.
Gen. It. 8. Ewell, 2d Corps A. N. Va., the
Rev. B. 1\ Lacy preached to an audience of
fifteen hundred, Gen. Lee, Gen. Ewell,
Gens. Rhodes, Early, Johnston, Ramseur,
Hoke, &e., indeed nearly all the general
officers of the 2d-Corps were present.
lUifopiATiON.—Tbe ‘Anti-Slavery Stan
dar I,’ the Boston organ of the ultra Abolit
ionists, contains, an official repudiation by
the American Anti-Slavery Society, of Mr.
Conway's action iu proposing to the Confed
erate Agent at London, Hon. J. M. Mason,
to put an end to the war if tbe South would
put an end to slavery. It states that Con
way went to England entirely of his own”
motion, and was in no sense the agent of that
Society. Even Abolitionists, then, would
not lie satisfied with freeing our slaves with
out subjugating us !
Heltuion i.v the Army.—Rev. L. J.
Irialey, in a private note, says:
“There is a great religious interest and
revival in the army. It has been my pleas
ure recently to spend a week w.th Sxaith’s
brigade, Early’s division. I preached every
day while I was with them, and was greatly
delighted with my trip. There are relig
ious revivals all over tne army. Many,
many are turning to God, and the good work
is largely on the increase. The army is un
doubtedly the great field for successful la
bor.”
Army of Tennessee.— The C'hi&plain
of the first Ga. regiment writes to the Evan
gelical Tract Society:
“There is a radical reformation in the Ar
my of Tennessee. Profanity and gambling
are but little practiced- Our soldiers .are
fond of religious reading and attentive W she
word of life. The field is white unto the
harvest.”
To the same Society, the chaplain of Ter
ry’s Texas Bangers writes: “For the first
time in the Army of Tennessee, God is pour
ing out his Spirit on the Cavalry.” In a
meeting in that regiment 20 backsliders had
been reclaimed,‘inore than 25 persons had
asked tlie prayers of Christians, and several
had found peace in believing.
Hasty Telegrams.
II C Your paper ig sent regularly.
W B “Wiggins. We have not yet got Sher
wood’s Notes. Tho $4 is subject to your order.
F. M. H.
Miss Julia Morgan. Your name is correct
on our books.
Rev. L€ Tebeau. Your $lO came and the
books. All correct. F. M. 11.
Mrs 0 S A 11am. You are paid to May 27,
% I •
Q A Baymn-cl. We cannot furnish Dr. Sher
wood’s Notes. Your $5 i subject to your or
der. V* M. 11.
Rev J H Kilpatrick. We cannot send the
Bible. What shall we do with the $5,00 ?
f. m.h.
Rev. J W Ellington. The “Young Maroon
ers” is the only book ordered that we can send. 1
What shall we do ? IM H j
For the Index.
Rev. James Huckins.
“He died fit his post,” is the commenda
,ti.on whieh is often bestowed upon the mem
ory of sOtae gallant soldier, or martyr mis
sionary. Never was it more truly applica
ble tha*to our lamented brother. After an
arduous day of labor, among the hospitals,
j with a frame enfeebled to the very limit of
endurance by long continued similar toil, he
laid him down to rest,- and slept the sleep
that knows no waking on earth. The head
ache, ot which he conipjaii.ed, was probably
the effect of sun-stroke and was the precur-
sor of death, ‘ „
He was one thafe had no idea Os rusting
out —no.other ambition than to wear out |n
the cause of the Redeemer. Impulsive, ar
dent, deeply moved by scenes of suffering,
deeply-imbued with the Spirit of his Mas
ter, he was ready to spend and be spent for
Jesus. And thesoldiers, who sojourned on
the coast of S. C., will long remember this
self-denying, devoted servant of God, and
mourn for him. He will be missed, for his
place will be empty.
I became acquainted with Bro. Iluc-kins ma
ny ago ; but my first intimacy with him
arose hi the year 1851. He had been assist
ing tire Rev. R. Fuller in a protracted meet
ing in Baltimore, in which many precious
souls were added to the church. His business
at the time was au agency for Baylor Univer
sity, Texas; but he did not for a moment sink
the preacher of the gospel in the mere collect
or of money. liis errand was to bear the news
of salvation to a world of sinners; and while
he was an indefatigable and successful agent,
he sou gilt and found opportunities for labor
ing directly to win souls, while engaged in
this (as gome think it) hardening and secular
izing avocation. All along his route, his la
bors were abundant, and from Maryland to
Texas many will rise up in tho last day to call
him blesSod.
At that time I had not long been pastor of
the First Baptist church in Richmond. Some
interest springing up in the congregation
seemed to promise fruit: and I obtained Bro.
Huckins’ consent to remain a few days to as
sist me. The meeting progressed with such
results as to compel him to continue longer
than he had designed, and ere it closed moro
than seventy were added to God’s people. My
eye rests now on the list. Some have gone
home to glery< But those who remain will
long remember tbe faithful pleadings and af
fectionate counsels of that pious man of God.
It was the firt extensive revival 1 had ever
known since I joined the church. My minis
try up to that time had been barren of appa
rent results to such a degree as to distress me.
That season was one of indescribable relief
and joy. Thus it happened that my earliest
and most delightful recollections of ministeri
al success are associated with this dear broth
er, who is now removed from us.
Pai*<lon me for obtruding on your columns
with these reminiscences, and expressions of
personal feeling. But I desired to say at least
a tew words of what I feel iu contemplating
his loss, and such a man ought not to pass
away without more than a casual notice. Os
his labors in Texas, I liave only heard. They
were widely extended and highly appreciated.
Os his work in Charleston, J know that, going
there a stranger, and succeeding Rev. B. Man
ly, of Ala., in the charge of the Wentworth St.
church, he gained the affection and confidence
of the people, and grow upon their regard to
the last day of his life, He rests from his la
bors. IHs works do follow him.
f'* ’ B. MANLY, Jr.
Greenville, S. C.
Tribute of Respect.
God in his providence has been pleased to
remove from the cares and troubles of a trans
sifory existence to a state of eternal duration
our muck esteemed companion D. H. Zach
ery, a companion in good standing, beloved
and respected for his integrity. Bro. Zach
ery was a good- citizen, a consistent member
of the ohurch, an affectionate husband, a
kind father and a faithful friend. By his
death a heavy bereavement has come upon
his family, upon the church, upon the com
munity and upon thq . Chapter that now
mourns his death. 3lay the mantle of his
goodness dcscepj to many, upon whom in
future time, will devolve the duties and the
labors from whieh he now resteth forever.
Uesohtd 1. That in the death of this our
much esteemed brother, the fraternity has
lost a worthy.raid beloved companion.
2. That we, as men and Masons, deeply
sympathize with the family and relatives of
the deceased in their sore affliction.
3. That this Chapter be draped in mour
ning 30 days; that this preamble and reso
lutions be spread upon the minutes of the
Chapter, and a copy of the same be present
ed to the family of the deceased.
Done in open Chapter on the 4th Friday
in July, 1803.
W. W. Goodman, 4
A. F. Jo 11 x sto n,- > Com .
G. W. Mullins, )
The Florida Baptist Association
Will hold its twenty-first annual session,
with the church at Indian Springs, Leon Cos.,
Fla., commencing on Friday before the 3rd
Sabbath in October, 1863.
T. J. WOMBWELL, Clerk.
An edition of, the New Testament is an
nounced from the celebrated Sinaitic Bible
—the only very ancient MS. extant whieh
contains that portion of the Holy Scriptures
entire. The work will be edited by Dr. Tis
eheudorf. ,