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For the Christian Index.
Nellie Norton.
BY A GEORGIAN.
CHAPTER I.
Anxißty to see a Slave —The Welcome Ivind
-1 y Greetings— Family Prayer—Tbe Higher
Law —Discu ssi on.
“Mother, do show me a slave as soon as
Ae steamer gets near enough.”
This request was made by a beautiful
young lady, as she stood on the deck of a
large steamer that was nearing the port of
Savannah. It was her first trip South. The
fulfilment of a promise of long standing,
made to a dear uncle, that when her educa
tion was completed she would pay him a vis
it. He had left New England when quite
young, and having married a Southern lady,
seldom returned except on business, or to
spend a few weeks with his aged parents.
In contemplating this visit there was but
one thing that marred the anticipated pleas
ure of the mother and daughter, that was
the idea of seeing the poor slave in chains,
of listening to his groans of anguish, while
they were powerless to free him from his
bondage.
They had been led to regard as real, all
the tales of woe, all the horrible tragedies
of which they had so often read in speeches,
•ermons, books or newspapers. They were
sincere in believing slavery to be the “sum
of all villainies j” and they had mutually a
greed to give their influence to the cause of
“human liberty and equal rights,” in other
words, to abolitionism.
Fully expecting to see the negroes chain
ed together and bearing heavy iron weights,
the curiosity of Miss Nellie Norton was ful
ly awake to catch the first glimpse of a slave.
The steamer having reached the wharf,
the passengers came thronging to the
shore, some after long absence eager to re
ceive the affectionate greeting of their friends,
some in search of pleasure, while others,
with pallid cheeks and wasted forms, have
come to seek new life and strength from the
balmy breezes of a more Southern clime.
“And sure enough you’ve come,.sister;
welcome to our Southern sail and home. I
am so happy to see you.” Mrs. Norton
threw her arms around the neck of her bro
ther, and for a moment both shed tears of
joy at meeting again after so long an ab
sence. “And Nellie, dear Nellie, is this you!
Surely this is not my little Nellie whom I
last saw eight years ago in New England !
Why how you have grown ! No, this is my
niece, Miss Norton. Come let me seat you
in my carriage, then I will see to your bag
gage.”
As Mr. Thompson led the way to the car
riage, Nellie, still on the qui vive to see a
slave, could not longer restrain her curiosi
ty-
“ Uncle, do show me a slave if there is one
here.”
“Jack, come here,” cried Mr. T. The
carriage driver promptly obeyed his mas
ter’s call, advancing with hat in hand. Jack
was a fine looking mulatto, neatly dressed
in a suit of broad cloth, liis hat being tidily
bound with crape. “Hero is a slave, Nel
lie,” said Mr. T.
“Oh no, uncle, you jest, do you not?—
That cannot, be * a slave. I thought you
.Southerners kept your slaves chained lest
they should run away from you.”
“Pshaw, Nellie, you have certainly been
to Brooklyn and heard that villainous hyp
ocrite Henry Ward Beecher. . But here we
are at the carriage. Jack remain here un
til Igo and have the baggage put in the
wagon.”
“Yes, sir,” said Jack with a quick and*
emphatic voice.
The ladies being seated, concluded that
while they were waiting they would begin
to acquaint themselves with slavery by ob
taining information from one of the suffer
ers. Nellie, who felt her superiority as au
educated young lady, over the ignorant peo
ple of the Soat'a, as she imaginod them to
be, began the conversation with Jack, the
negro carriage driver.
Hesitating for a moment as to whether
she should address him as Mr. or Sir, as a
free man or as a servant, she finally began
without either. “Are you in my Uncle’s
service ?”
“Yes’m, I b’longs to mas. George.”
“How do you like him ?”
“I liks him fust rale; “he’s mighty good
to us, feeds us well, gives of clo’se
and is good all do time.”
“But would you not rather bo free, as we
are, so that you could go where you please,
and when you please ?”
“Don’t know, Missus, color’d folks han’t
. got white folks’ ways, no how; wc wouldn’t
know how to ’haveourselves; we too ignunt.”
“Suppose I were to buy you and carry
you home with me, and set you free so that
you could work for yourself and have every
thing you made, would you like that?”
“Es you’d carry mas George and miss
Penny and the childens wid you, and let me
stay with dem ; not ’thout.”
“Why would you rather live with Uncle
ad be a slave than to go with me and he
free?”
“I could’t quit mas George, no how; he’s
good man, and den Miss Renny she’s
monstous kind, and when wo gets sick she
tends to us and nusses us so good, and gives
us such nicefixinsto eat, ani has us tended
ti mighty kind.”
“What a stupid dolt,” said Nellie, softly
to her mother. “Poor fellow he loves his
chains.”
Mr. Thompson having arranged the bag
gage, came and took his seat in the carriage
with his sister and niece. Jack was ordered
to drive forward, and while they were going
to Mr. T’s residence they conversed on fam
ily matters, Southern scenery, society, &c.
After a ride of several hours, they ap
preached the elegant home of their relative.
The house stood on a slight elevation, sur
rounded by exquisite shrubbery, tastefully
arranged and trimmed, while at the distance
of a few hundred yards could be seen two
rows of neatly painted negro cabins.
Mrs. Thompson meeting them at the gate
with the true grace and cordial affection of a
cultivated Southern lady, extended to them
a most hearty welcome. The childven, too,
of whom there were five, were all eager to
see cousin Nellie and aunt Julia, of whose
coming they had heard so much. They were
each embraced in turn, and seemed highly
delighted to see their Northern relatives.
They entered the richly furnished dwel
ling just as the sun sank to his evening re
pose, charming the visitors with his gorge
ous coloring of the Western sky. After ar
ranging their toilet, the ladies were invited
in to tea. Having spent some time in social
conversation around the table, all were assem
bled for family prayer. At the sound of a
bell the house servants came in and seated
themselves near the door. One of them
hapded Mr. Thompson a Testament from
which he read a chapter, occasionally stop
ping to make explanations. When the chap
ter was finished, they all knelt and he pray
ed, while an occasional response in the way
of an audible groan proceeded from some of
his colored auditors. This was an unusual
scene to the new comers, wliq were totally
ignorant of Southern life and negro charac
ter, no remarks, however, were made, for
they feared to speak, lest they might wound
the feelings of their deluded relatives, who
ignorantly imagined it was right lo hold hu
man beings in slavery.
“Well, Nellie, you have now seen several
of my slaves, what do you think cf them and
slavery?” said Mr. Thompson, after they
were all seated in the parlor.
“Do you ask me for the truth , uncle?”
“Certainly I do, my dear, I would not
have you speak an untruth.”
“I think well of your slaves, as you are
pleased to term them, but I abominate the
laws and public sentiment which doom them
to a life of servitude.”
Then, my dear niece, you abominate the
law of God, and the sentiments inculcated
by his holy prophets and apostles. Ido not
feel reproached by your remark, but"l would
kindly suggest the propriety of an investiga
tion from the Bible, of the origin and per
petuity of slavery, at some convenient time
while you are here.” \
“Uncle, slavery shocks humanity, how could
it then he taught by the Divine Being? I
cannot believe it, and if I did, I do not think
I could confide in the justice and goodness of
such a Being.”
“Why, Nellie, you shock mo. If God is not
such a one as you would have Him to be, you
will not worship Ilim. If lie does not'eome up
to your standard of what He ought to he; if
He dares to teach what does not accord with
your views, then you reject Him. Con jider,
my dear niece, of what presumption you are
guilty.”
“But, uncle, there is a law of the human
mind higher than all other laws, having its
own intuitive perceptions of what is right and
wrong : this law. of the mind is above all other
laws, and is at liberty to accept or reject any
proposition, as it may accord with or differ
from this intuitive moral consciousness. Sla :
very comes in direct antagonism with this
law of my mind, and hence I reject either the
interpretation or the authority of any and ev
ery standard which favors slavery.”
“These ‘laws of the human mind,’ these ‘in
tuitive perceptions,’ this ‘moral conscious
ness,’ were given you by your gracious Crea
tor. Then they are creatures of His. Now
shall the Creator become subordinate to the
creature ? ‘Shall the thing formed, say to
Him who formed it, Why hast thou made me
thus ?’ But from what did you learn your
ethics, or metaphysics, or rather infidelity, I
ought to call it, for it is really worse than the
system either of Pain or Hume? lam more
and more astonished at you. I was not aware
that abolitionism had resorted to such desper
ate ends to sustain itself. I knew that Theo
dore Parker had rejected the Bible because it
was a pro-slavery book, but I did not know
that the sentiment had taken possession of the
pulpit, the press and the schools, so thorough
ly that a girl just from lier alma mater
should be so well versed in the whole argu
ment. But I did know that tins would be the
last and only successful point from which ab
olitionism could be defended. The North
must give up the Bible and religion, or adi.pt
our views of slavery.”
“Not so fast, uncle, I have not admitted that
the Bible is a pro-slavery book, nor do I believd
it. Upon the contrary, I have been taught to
believe in its Divine origin, to reverence its
holy truths, and to obey its heavenly precepts.
I only said what would be the case in the e
vent it did teach slavery.”
“I am glad, dear Nellie, you have been “so
piously taught; I only regret that this relig
ious education has taken such slight hold up
on your reverence; for with your firm belief
in the Divine origin of the Bible, you rever
ence the higher law more than you do its
heavenly instructions. You will believe the
Bible is.from God, a holy hook, worthy of the
heart obedience of all, unless it tenches slave
ry, in which event it is ‘'sans Dieu.” Well, I
see you are afraid of the Bible, the only reve
lation from heaven, the only sure unerring
source of information. So you must be left to
“the law in your members which wars against
the law of your mind, and brings you into cap
tivity to the law of sin.”
“No, uncle, I am not afraid of the Bible,
nor do I fear to investigate the subject of slave- i
ry as revealed in it. I am only surprised that I
you should have been so deluded as to believe
the institution can find any favor with a holy
God. lam willing at any time to begin the
investigation with you.”
“Very well, then, the arrangement is un
derstood. When you have had sufficient time
to rest, and look at slavery a little in its prac
tical workings, say one week from the present
time, our investigation shall begin.”
To be Continued.
For the Cbiistian Index.
Dialogue between a Baptist and
Pedo-Baptist.
Pedo—Why do you Baptists exclude pe
do-Baptists from communion at tbe Lord’s
table ?
Bap—Because wc do not think you are
baptized.
Pedo—But how do you know we are not
baptized ?
Bap—Because after a thorough investiga
tion, we think the word means only to im
merse.
Pedo—That is a very slender basis.
Bap—Then what we conscientiously be
lieve to be a positive command of God, you
would have us regard as a slender basis.
Pedo —But you may be wrong.
Bap. —And we may be right.
Pedo—But we don’t think so.
Bap —And yet we do. -
Pedo—But you don’t know it.
• Bap—Nor do you know to the contrary.
Pedo—But why do you risk so much when
there is a doubt ?
Bap—We do not think that there is any
doubt, and even if there was, we are bound
to act in accordance with what we conscien
tiously believe, or else reject it, and substi
tute what we do not believe.
Pedo —But you acknowledge us to be
Christians.
Bap—And you acknowledge us to be the
same.
Pedo—Then how can you innocently ex
clude those whom you believe Christ has re
ceived ?
Bap—l appreciate tbe importance of your
enquiry as it is a subject which has given
me deep and painful thought; but if you
will only bear with me a little I will try and
reconcile our apparent inconsistency. You
are ready to admit that if Christ receives
both Baptists and pedo-Baptists, he evident
ly receives one or the other, (through the
abundance of his mercy,) in great error ?
Pedo---I am willing to admit that.
Bap—You will also admit that if either of
us should at any time discover that the er
ror is on £he part of the other, it would be
hts duty as a Christian to make it known,
and that the other, as a Christian, should
not only receive it kindly, but also immedi
ately renounce the error.
Pedo—l will if he proved itLeyond doubt.
Bap—Very well. Then I am prepared to
prove now, beyond doubt, that we do not ex
clude you, but that you exclude yourselves,
and therefore, that the error is on your part
and not ours.
Pedo—l am glad you have made the dis
covery. How do you prove it.
Bap. Do you all believe that our baptism,
immersion, is a valid baptism ?
Pedo—We do.
Bap.—Then all you have to do is to. adopt
and practice what you believe and you shall
never have cause again to complain that
Baptists do not invite you to the Lord’s ta
ble.
Pedo—But you have not yet proved that
the error is ours; why not as well the Bap
tists come over to us ?
Bap—Because in doing so vre would be
compelled to renounce our faith, and prac
tice what we do not believe, whereas, if you
come to us you will not have to do either.—
Now which is most reasonable ?
Pedo—But we are not responsible for Bap
tist faith.
Bap—Very true, but Baptists are. And
will not God hold you responsible if you do
not make this matter right, when you can do
it without renouncing your faith, and Bap
tists cannot, even if they do renounce theirs ?
Ped—l am not convinced!!
Bap—lf this does not convince you we
are compelled to believe that there is a worse
difficulty in the way than a mere error of the
judgment, and that yfe aie not really as so
licitous about this matter as you pretend to
be; are you quite sure that pedo-Baptist de
nominations really desire to commune with
the Baptists?
Pedo—l am. And we consider it a mat
ter of such vast importance that we believe
Baptists would be justifiably in renouncing
their faith, relative to baptism, in order that
we may commune.
Bap—Very well. Do not pedo-Baptist
churches invite all protestant denominations
to commune with them ?
Pedo—They do.
Bap —-And do pedo-Baptists accept each
others invitation ?
Pedo —Some individual members do sorne
m
times.
Bap—But do you as denominations at all
times when an opportunity is granted ?
Ped—We do not,
Bap—Now I discover your error in all its
naked deformity. Disrobe yourselves of all
| your selfish denominational pride and scc’ta
i rian bigotry, and practice wliatyou believe;
then you will find no riiore dificulty in the
wjy. If you refuse to do this, you refuse to
discharge your known duty, and lemcmber,
if you persist in your course, the conse
quences will fall upon your own beads in
eternity. J. H. A.
’ For the Christian Index.
Moneyracknowledged.
Brq Boykin— Permit me to acknowl
edge the following sums received for army
eolportage;
Ga. Association collection, - $4-27 17
Rev JII Stockton, for self, - 100 00
Ladies Aid Society, Athens, -40 00
Ways Church collection, - 272 8 !
Per Mrs Dr. Garvin, for same, 240 00
Per Miss Sallie E Hudson “ - 49 00
Bairdstown church collection, - 181 95
Per Misses Sarah M. Geer and Mary
E Cheney, for same, - -70 00
Miss Julia CNeeson, for same, - 04 00
Per Miss Gussie Kinnebrew, for same, 50 00
Per Miss Eliza Wilson, for-satne, 45 00
Rocky Creek Church per Mrs Henry
Schley, for same, - - 88 15
Per Mrs A M Rogers, for same, 111 25
Per Mrs M V Attaway, for same, 145 00
Bark Camp Church collection, 505 00
Per Mrs V L Jones, for same, 210 50
Per Miss S V Burton, for same, 40 00
Per MrsF A Jones, for same, 155 00
Per Mrs Dr. Battle, ior same, 50 00
Louisville church collection, 57 50
Per Mrs M S Cain, for same, 22 00
Providence church, colored, 181 00
By Rev M P Cain, for same, 22 00
Sardis church, by pastor L F Powell, 131 75
Bottsford church, by Miss Evic- F
Powell, - - 70 00
By Miss C J Harman, Louisville, 80 25
By Miss A A Stevenson, “ 80 50
By Miss Sarah R Jewell, Oglethorpe
county, - G 5 00
Antioch church, collection, 127 00
By Mrs Ava Inrum, - 25 00
Rev F H Ivey, - - 5 00
My thanks are doe and are hereby ten
dered to pastors and brethren for their cor
dial co-operation and aid rendered me in my
work, and especially to the ladies fur their
cheerful, active and efficient service. May
the Lord ever bless them.
Their letters evince a deep interest in the
welfare of our Soldiers. I hope I will be
excused fqr making a few extracts from
them:
“We have cheerfully done wliat we could,
and hope the Lord will bless a “means de
signed to advance His kingdom. The army
presents a ripe harvest. Oh that there were
more laborers to enter in and reap . the rich
fruits ! When we read with what eagerness
our noble soldiers receive the message of sal
vation, when presented to them, we feel wil
ling to do for them to the extent of Durabil
ity.”
Another says. “I regret that I have not
a larger amount to send ; but I shall contin
ue to collect (I am pleased to hear that) and
hope ere long to have much more to send
you. We hear the cry of our soldiers for
Bibles and religious reading; let us heed it.
With God on our side and an army of Chris
tian soldiers, we may confidently hope for
the triumph of Southern arms and the ulti
mate expulsion of Lincoln hiielings from
Southern soil. We will do what we can to
help our soldiers “on to God,” and our con
stant prayer is that they may enlist under
the banner of the lowly Prince.”
Another, who sent two hundred and for
ty-nine dollars, says, “1 fervently pray that
this little mite may be the means of making
many now fighting only for our liberty, sol
diers of the cross, and that when this war
closes we may not have a host of demoralized
men ushered upon our country; but a host
of Christians.”
Several agents have not yet sent the result
of their labors. When they do I will ac
knowledge through the Index. *
There are many thjngs I should like to
say concerning brethren and their fields of
labor; but the length of my acknowlege
ments and the reduced size of your paper
will not permit me to do so at present.
I am now at Columbus receiving money
from brother De\ otie’s people. I here are
at least a thousand soldiers here; hut no
chaplain, no missionary. We must have
one here.
Who will make a “Christmasgift” to this
cause ? Send it to Rev. F. M. Ilaygood.
W. HUFF.
Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumer
abla streams; but it is extremely difficult to
trace it to its source.
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Lebanon Association.
Bro. Boykin —As I have seen nothing
said about the Lebanou Jjijjfariet Baptist As
sociation which conveaMPFits lsth annual j
session on Thursday the 17th day of Sept.,!
1863, in the new Baptist church at Lewis j
Creek, Russel county, Va., Elder J. O. j
Speer preached the introductory sermon. —
r l he Association was called to order by Eld. i
W. Huff; letters from the various churches
were presented and read; then the Associa
tion proceeded to the election of officers in
which Eld. W. Huff was elected Moderator 1
and bro. J. O. Speer, Clerk and Treasurer. ;
The association is composed of some twenty
churches. We had a small delegation in
consequence of being so near the lines of the
enemys, but a very interesting and harmo
nious session. We had a few visitors and
they were good brethren. The brethren and
citizens showed great respect and gave pub
lic invitations for entertainraeut. Sabbath
morning we had a large congregation which
seemed very attentive. Bro. W. Iluffpreach
ed first, after which he made a short and
interesting speech in which he callecj on the
church and people generally, to give liber
al of their Confederate money to pay for
printing Testaments and tracts for our sol-
diers, for lie said it would take the soldiers
to make our money good and us free, and in
a few minutes after he was done speaking ;
they gave him some SBOO for that purpose.
All seemed to respond to the call very cheer
fully except some es our brother Hard Shell
Baptists, as they sometimes call themselves,
seemed to hold off as they alwaysseem to be
very fearful of missionary effotts, supporting
ministers and encouraging Sabbath Schools,
&c., after which we had some fifteen minu
tes intermission, and brother J. O. Speer
was to preach but about that time there came
a dispatch that the Yankees were advancing
on Abingdon, which flustrated the congre
gation and was the means ofhaving tobring
our association to a close. I hope before the
times rols around for our next association
that these Confederate States will be a free
and independent nation.
I must be short as I am not accustomed to
writing for newspapers, buts thought I
would write this time as better and wishr
men had neglected it lam sorry the In
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great delight is to read religious news, to
hear of revivals and to know the work of
the Lord is going on if it is war times; these
are times of much trouble but God lias said
all things shall work together for good to
them that love him.
Yours truly, W. M. L.
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Tri-Weekly. ‘ 10.00
in advance.
Atlanta Register.
Daily one month $3.00
Weekly for three months 3,00
Weekly for one month ‘.. 1.00
Daily Dispatch, Richmond, Va.,
Daily per annum $24 00
“ six months 12 00
a three months G 00
“ one month 2 00
Semi-weekly 12 00
Weekly, per annum, 0 00
Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy.
Daily, one month, $3.00
Weekly, three months 3 00
“ one moo h. 1 00
always in advance.
The Daily Columbus Enquirer.
Daily, G months SIO,OO
“ 3 months 5,00
“ “ 1 month 2 00
Weekly Enquirer, 6 months 4,00
Columbus Times.
Daily, six months .$lO 00
“ three months 5 00
“ one month 2 00
Weekly six months 3 00
The Montgomery Mail.
Weekly paper per annum $5 00
“ “ single copy 20
Daily paper, one month 2 00
“ “ three months 500
“ “ single copy, whole sheet.... 15
“ “ half shoot 10
fi&”A liberal discount to Nows Dealers.
The Sentinel.
Daily 1 year $306,00
“ G months 15,00
“ 3 months 7,50
“ 1 month 2,50
Semi-Weekly 1 year 20,00
“ 0 months 10,00
“ 3 “ 5,00
Weekly 1 year 10,00
“ G months 5,00
“33 months 2,50
The Daily Rebel.
Daily 1 month $3,00
“ 2 months 2,<>o
IfERCEIt UNIVERSITY PENFIELD
IVL GREENE COUNTY, GA.
F ICDLTY.
President —N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D.
Professors —S. P. SANFORD, A. M.,
J. E. WILLET, A. M.,
U. W. WISE, A. M.
G. W. WOODFIN, A. M.
I Theological Seminary—Professor—N. M. CR AW
; FORD, D. D.
DEPARTMENTS.
1. A College course offour years, equal to that of
i the best Colleges in the country.
2. A Theological course of three years designed for
i those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry.
3. A Scientific course of four years, including,with
some additions, all the studies of the collegiate
course, oxcept the Ancient Languages.
4. An academical department embracing all who
are not prepared to enter College.
comi;exce::sxt and vacations.
The Commencement is held on the second tVed
nesdayin July.
There are-two vaoations, dividing the year into
two terms. f
FallT*rm begins on the first Wedncgdayln Sop- .
tember, and closes OP the 16 th of December,
Spuing Tsrsi begins on the fbarth Wedpescftiy i
January, and closes on Commsnsemtnt day.
S. LANDRUM, Sec. Board Trustees,
May 6,1862. Savannah, Qa.