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CHRISTIAN INDEX SAMUEL BOYKIN, EDITOR. -.- _ • . ‘ 1 - —: MACON, GEO*, SEP. “re NE w ‘yours ! V ons. For the paper will be sfoppc when the tame is out. - NiMWK . -qßa A cross mark after the name signifies that your time is nearly out, and that you should forward the subscription for another year. Increase of Price. We are compelled by increasing expenses to raise the price of the Index from 4 to 5 Hollars. We must coyer expenses Which we will hard ly do at $5. Pastors who are friends of the Index, are requested to iii'entiOh to ffielrls¥r-’ ches the propriety of taking collections to send the Index to the Soldiers. The money can be remitted by Express. g - NEW TERMS. , ; f One year, - - $5 00 v Six months, ‘ ; - - 300 Three months, - - 1 50 ALWATS IS ADVANCE. Associations. The Editor of this paper expects to attend the Ilepzibah, Rehoboth, Columbus, Georgia and Bethel Associations, and perhaps others. He hereby appoints the Clerk of each Asso ciation, agent of the Index to receive and re ceipt for money, and authorizes and requests them to present the claims of the paper, and ask contributions for sending it to thesoldiers. Such money may be remitted by Express, not to S. Boykin, but so “Christian Index.’’ While the full amount will be expended as instructed, the Clerk acting for us may retain 10 per cent to compensate him for liis trouble. 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. *3 . ?,; .. 31 i.j a..*p - A** 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. ‘ . . f ———• *■ ■ . 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 ’ - ****** ‘ 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. ,