Georgia Historic Newspapers

    stamp.
which were
by their teachers,
into the hat. Thus a
of limited means, has been
give more even than the church, as a
New Year’s present to the good Lord. Be
sides this, contributions are made every month
to the State Sunday School Convention, and
to other objects. So that not a Sabbath
passes but we gather up the little mites and
«ast them into the treasury of the Lord.
During the year we report quite a large
amount of money raised.
I suppose almost all the Sunday schools of
the State had something nice and interesting
during Christmas. Some q£ the schools in
Montgomery had Christmas trees, but the
Baptist schools did not. The First Church
their occasion of enjoyment to the
of May. Avery fine supper was given
I school of the Second Church, and they
festive time. The supper was
agencies, yeC, the National Hotel,
ciples of its origin and W Mr.
lhe design of this Kingdom was the noblest
that could inspire the mind of infinite Benev
olence. It may be regarded as triune, having
reference to three objects, each of which may
be separately contemplated, and yet the three
bearing such an intimate mutual relation, that
they may be denominated One. These ob.
jects are,
1. The recovery of individual men from
depravity and perdition.
2. The restoration of purity and happiness
to our globe.
3. The conspicuous illustration of the Divine
glory.
1. lhe sin of the first man entailed a cor
rupt nature upon every individual of his pos
terity. This transmission of moral character
and habitudes from parent to child, was in ac
cordance with an immutable law of our con
stitution. This is a fact that none can denv.
The consequence was, that every man began
his career in life with an inherent proclivity
to evil. This native moral appetency, second
ed by the seductive influences of depraved so
ciety, and stimulated by the artful Satanic {
appliances which none can escape, was devel- j
oped into habits of gigantic strength. The |
fruits were inevitable—a harvest of vice, I
crime, misery and death. But the terrible j
progress of this moral gravitation did not
stop with the cessation of physical life. The
soul entering its eternal state, with all its
habits of evil irrevocably fixed, continued its
downward career, plunging deeper and-sleeper
into abysses of sin, despair and wretchedness,
an ever-accelerated descent beneath ever in
creasing accumulations of guilt.
Certainly this was the most fearful state, in
which it is possible to conceive a rational
sentient being to be placed. His present “a
horror of great darkness,” his future a bot
tomless gulf of hopeless perdition ! To leave
him to his fate—allowing his responsibility
might have been nothing less than the decree
of infinite Justice; to rescue him from his
deplorable state was worthy the highest in
stincts of Divine Benevolence. To reconcile
the conflicting claims of God’s holy attributes
for the redemption of man, was the great
problem, humanly speaking, before the mind
of Deity. The device of Messiah’s Kingdom
was its glorious solution. An economy was
designed, adapted to the nature and condition
of depraved human intelligences, so consti
tuted as not only to satisfy the claims of God
against man, but to win the wanderer back to
his allegiance, purge him of his defilement,
and restore him to happiness. This is not the’
place, in this investigation, to unfold this con
stitution. Suffice it now to say, that it was
the design of infinite Wisdom from eternal
ages, and to those who have cordially exam
ined it, the scheme appears strikingly adapted
to the object in view ; the recovery of indi
viduals of the human race, from depravity
and ruin, and their elevation to supreme
felicity?
From the contemplation of this feature of
the great design, it is obvious that this King
dom is something more than a school of ethics
something infinitely higher than a scheme
of social reformation.' How lofty the plane
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Win
Salima,; 1
SfPrrLhi- fu! me of
lake the
Pril ha: no Habbath school,
church,also in the Law-
Association, was constituted in the
monly largo congregations, lut has not had
much increase in the last five jears. It is in
a lukewarm condition. I have been serving
as pastor, but have resigned and the church
has chosen brother J. J. Webb. What has
been said of the four churches named, would
apply to the most of the churches in the
country, in relation to their revival influence.
I do not know of but two subscribers to the
Index and Baptist, in Gwinnett county. Out
of perhaps one thousand Baptists, only two
or three that take their own
a bad picture, but very near JphS^truth.
TANARUS, Kenerly.
Lawrenceville, (Ag.., Jfck21,..1867.
Ow. Shrill-mag Tree.
I do not suppose i|should have written a
line about “ Our Christmas Tree,” had 1 not
seen a communication from-11. C. IL, telling
what a “ wonderful tree ” his people^had, and
how Mr. Santa Claus remembered him. Mr.
Santa Claus, or some of his emissaries, did
not forget the writer of this article at our
Christmas tree; but I believe he did a little
W,oiu- brother H. C, floM
“ lhe whole creation groaned and travailed
in pain together.” And but for the temper
ing and mitigating influences of that great
provisional arrangement for the cure of these
evils, the antecedent and type of the King
dom of Christ, a dispensation which began to
operate soon after the fall, earth would have
become a hell, and society a pandemonium—
every plain an Aceldama, reeking with hu
man gore, and every valley a Golgotha, heaped
with human skulls. Even now, after four
thousands years of provisional influence, and
nineteen centuries of direct Christian benedic
tion, how much “mourning and lamentation
and woe” are written upon the scroll of pas
sing history ! How much has the world yet
to learn of the principles of peace! What
malice, injustice and oppression mark the con
duct of individuals, and disgrace the records
of nations ! How many moral evils yet stain
and disfigure the face of society ! And what
blights of physical calamities follow in their
train !
These evils may be mitigated by human
I schemes of benevolence and advancing civili
! 2at,OD - For these influences even the world
lis indebted to Christianity. They are inci
dental benefits of the Kingdom. But the full
and complete reformation of the world, and
the perfect redemption of earth from the
curse, are reserved for the final triumph of
this glorious Kingdom. Its work on individ
uals will accomplish the former—will purify
and beautify the society of the realm, and with
their perfect regeneration, the earth itself will
be rehabilitated with more than Eden’s glory.
Yet for this blessed renovation aud this new
investiture, we await the opening of another
cycle in the Messiah’s Kingdom. That glori
ous jubilee, we believe, will never dawn on
our mortal vision. Eyes now mortal, and
those on whose lustre the curtain of death has
never fallen, but then beaming with revived
and • imperishable radiance, will look upon a
rejuvenated earth, purified from its baptism
of fire, and blooming with beauty Eden never
knew, and rejoicing with a society pure
and happy as angels of God. These are they
who have “part in the first resurrection ; on
such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years.” Here will
appear the triumphant Monarch, whose power
has prevailed, until he has made his enemies
his footstool. The last enemy Death here
will appear, not only discrowned, but destroy
ed, the last remnant of his power abolished
forever. And then will come to pass the say-
ing, “Death is swallowed up in victory.” And
in the glory and happiness of his Kingdom,
all his subjects will participate, from the first
penitent before the angel guarded gate of Par
adise to the last Christian who shall be chang
ed at the second coming of the King. Then
shall be realized those* splendid visions of
prophecy, which forecast the millenium of
righteousness, in “ the new earth” over cano
pied by the “ new heavens.”
To this subject we shall again recur in
another part of our discussion, and proceed
now to to notice, as the third special object of
this Kingdom, J*- J
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Campbell. Elder
HTportion of his time
Hfelist, to be confined
Hmds of the Sarepta As-
BKcss department
System Modified—Open to All.
In view of the stringency of the times, the
decline in cotton and other products, and with
a desire to do good by placing the paper
within the ability of all Baptists, old subscri
bers a$ well as new, we offer the following
inducements to form clubs, that brethren and
friends may be mutual helpers:
Single subscriber, one year $4 00
Five subscribers, and under 8, one year
(club) 350 each.
Eight subscribers, and under 12, one year
(club) 325 each.
Twelve subscribers, and under 16, oneyear 3 each.
Fifteen or 0ver.....'. 300 each.
To avail themselves of these rates, clubs
must forward the full amount tor the year at
one time, and pay Express charges or other
expenses on remittances.
Those who do not feel themselves able to
renew at 84 a year can, by a little eff >rt, form
a combination with others,and secure the paper
at club rates. We trust that general activity,
on the part of old friends as well as new ones,
will not only keep our list at what it is, but
'iVi-i’ qi new names will be speedily added.
Address J. 3>Toon, Atlanta, Ga.
Signs The receipt of letters for
the pnper during tin 1 past week, has largely in
creased upon previous weeks. The renewal spirit
is reviv--- very perceptibly. Every until brings
us fre.^T’evidences of a hearty co-operabon upon
the part of many fast friends. Their zeal in the
past, net less active than at present. StnHgttr
la%t acknowledgement the following brethren and
friends have placed us under obligation for materi.
al aid and words of encouragement. Rev. L. R.
L. tfennings, Crawfordville; Rev. W. N. Chaudoin,
Albany ; Rev. J. 11. DeVotie, Columbus; Rev. E.
W. Warren, Macon : Rev. F. 11. Moss, Dadeville,
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displayed. When He came do7n fn
and overwhelmed the guilty world in the de
luge, His Justice gleamed with terrible lustre.
When Sodom perished beneath the blaze
of offended Holiness, thatawful attribute shone
with conspicuous effulgence. When he gave
forth the Law amid thunders, lightnings and
earthquakes, how terribly did the Majesty of
Royal Authority display itself! And when
He manifested himself to his people in their
emancipation from bondage, their escape from
their tyrants through lhe parted seas, their
guidance and support in the wilderness, and
their safe arrival in the promised land, his
Mercy appeared in rich and glowing radiance?
But how do all the attributes of perfection
glow and burn in immortal dazzling splendor,
as they cluster around the brow of Him, who
is “the brightness of the Father’s glory,” the I
Mediator of the new cbvenant,” the glorious
1 Kin * "P on thqholy hill of Zion !”
How sublime this object—the glory of God!
How do all other objects sink, in the compar
ison ! How do the enterprises of men how
ever noble, whether national, or moral, or In
dus rial, pale and grow dim before it! How
will even the present beauty of Zion be
shamed by the superior glory of “ the per
fection of beauty,”
“ another morn
Risen on mid-uuuu.”
And how striking and beautiful the propri
ety of this great end of Divine Wisdom!
How necessary that Tlis glory should be dis
played, not for malicious exultation or vain
osteutation, but to shame his enemies and to
convince all intelligences of the wickedness
and madness of rebellion; to form a firm
basis for the love and confidence of his crea
tures ; and to bless the universe with a knowl
edge of his perfections, that all may know
and feel “ how awful goodness is,” and see
“ \ irtue in her shape how lovely.”
These are the three special objects proposed
m the institution of Christ’s Kingdom. In
this trinity of purpose there is involved a
unity of design, by reason of their intimate
mutual relation. We may trace this unitv,
by regarding fche great design of infinite good
ness to be, “an immense and beautifully adjust
ed Kingdom of holy and happy creatures,” re
joicing in the perfections of their acknowl
edged Head, who while shedding his blessed i
influence upon them, finds a part of his
glory to consist in the beatitude of his sub-
JeCtS - Varro.
Asleep.
As I sat in the silence of twilight this eve
ning, my little sister came, and poking two
wee fingers into her eyes, signified that she
was sleepy. Taking her in arms, I began
singing a low, sweet song, that soon lulled
the wearied little one to slumber. As I
slowly swayed back and forth in the old rock
ing-chair, keeping time to the sad strains ot
my song with its vibrations, I watched the
white lids as they dropped over the merry
blue eyes, and the smile fade from her rosy
lips, till every feature reposed in the placid
beauty of sleep. Silver threads of moonlight
trickled through the vines and fell on the fair
upturned face, and as I watched the varying- ’
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office. The Press is a “ Single Large
Hr Printing Machine," manufactured by
Ht Cos., and is equal, if not superior to any
machine, and is now as good as when first
Hnade. The Press is No. s—size5 —size inside of bearers
31x4G inches, and complete. Price at the manu
factory is now $3,550 00, from Which a liberal dis
count w ill be made. Address J. J. Toon,Atlanta,
Georgia.
This splendid printing machine is large enough
to print the largest size newspaper, book-form,
poster, etc.
The Latest News.
Washington, Jan. 11.— Mr. Sumner pre
sented a petition from the negroes of Fulton
county, Ga., setting forth their miserable con
dition, and asking relief.
The Agricultural Department
the following:
The returns relative to cotton indicate fully
twenty per cent, aggregate, increase over the
crop of last year. The actual crop of 1866,
as sold and shipped—making due allowance
for the receipts of the previous crop and
amount not sent forward—on the I»t> of Sep
tember, 1867, was very nearly i,900.000
bales, while the estimate of this Department
in October, 1866, was 1,835,000 bales. The
total estimates made in view of all the De
partment data, as well as outside infojjaafSon,
is placed at 2,340,000 bales.
The House Committee on Reconstruction
this afternoon agreed upoti a bill, to be re
ported on Monday, declaring that these are no
civil governments in the lately rebellious
States, and that the provisional governments
shall not be recognized as valid or legal, eith
er by the Executive or the Judicial authority
of the United States. In order to carry out
the speedy enforcement of the several recon
struction laws, the General of the a my is
authorized to relieve all officers now employ
ed, and appoint others for the performance of
al! acts required by this status, to the end
that the people of the said several States
may speedily organize civil governments, re
publican in form, and be restored to their po
litical power in the Union. The General of
the army is also empowered to remove all
civil officers and appoint others in their places.
So much of the Reconstruction Acts as au
thorize'the President to detail the military
commanders, or remove others, is repealed.
The bill declares it unlawful for the presi
dent to order any part of the army or navy
to assist, by force of arms, thfe military of
those provisional governments to approve or
obstruct the authority of .the- United St ites.
The bill further declares that-the interfeiojgee
by any person with intent to preweurAy
force, Ui»*exeeution of 'Alt'
army shaft TjHnejcr to be
'Biisdelfefnar, atra that party gfiilty tmfe
of, on conviction, sjialj fce finevd not exceeding
five thousand and imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years,' The bi! l all parts
of the Reconstruction Acts inconsistent with
the above provisions. Stqvens vqt§d-ag§inst
the bill iff ths- adored a fit companion for its un
anger T VTI^ in ° flight • How much do we suffer, or
enjoy, in one short moment of sleep when we
lose all.idea of time or space 1 ‘ Os how much
deeper feeling, then, will our souls be suscep
tible in the endless ages of eternity ?
How much of the terrible aspect of death
melts into loveliness, when, instead of the
harsh torturing word “dead” we substitute
the sweetly sounding phrase, “Asleep in Je
sus?” It was said of many patriarchs and
prophets, “ they gave up the ghost,” but it
remained to be said of him, who was the first
to yield up his life for Jesus, “ he fell asleep.”
We sleep to find a respite from pain, to wake
to anew existence on the morrow. How
well will it be with us if, when we sleep the
last sleep, we may awake to find one ever
lasting morrow of joy ?
But my reverie is ended, and the moon
beams floating down almost from meridian
altitude, bathe the earth in silvery beauty, and
resting like a Father’s blessing on a wearied
world, seem to invite to repose.
o x r Lizzie May.
September, 1867. .
Waymarks in the Wilderness.
ELIM.
Elim! beautiful Elim! surely it was not
unmeet that above thy stately palms and bub
bling fountains the cloudy, fiery pillar should
first rest after its removal from Marah !
that beneath thy luxuriant shades the travel
stained, toil-worn pilgrims should next find
refreshment, and shelter, and repose ! Hap-
py, thrice happy people, to whom the stream
bitter and sweet by turns, is but the prelude
to the more abundant fruition of Elim’s
twelve wells of water, and palm trees three
score and ten !
It cannot be without significance, that in
the Mosaic account of Israeli wanderings
these singular antitheses should succeed each
other. One must indeed be a careless reader
of the Bible if, throughout the Divine Re
cord, he is not impressed by a recurrence of
them too frequent to be the result of acci
dent. It is first Marah, then Elim; first the
murmurings at Rephidim, then the smitten
rock in Horeb; and even when their journey
was accomplished, beyond Jordan, Ebal and
Gemini testified of a curse and a blessing.
A-similar contrast sometimes obtains under
j the New Dispensation, and w e find the Cove
nant of Works from . Sinai, and the Covenant
of Grace from Calvary, the subject of one of
the most masterly epistles of the great Apos
tle of (he Gentiles,
Amid the .manifold temptations and trials
of the wilderness, we read of but one Marah,
but one Elim, and these in the early stages of
the journey; but when we reflect that life is
a state of probation, we need not marvel that
the spiritual seed of Abraham should encoun
ter them not only in the incipiency of their
pilgrimage, but until, like' Moses from'the
summit of Nebo, they behold’ beyond the
chill river of Death, the goodly heritage
stretching away in supernal beauty.
As at tlie waters <?f strife the blissful vis
ion of Elim's sou; tains faded from the mem
ory of the Hebrews, so, amid the Massahs
and Mepib'ahs of the past few years have van
ished the recollections of the spreading palms
ST: ATLANTA, GA., THU RSDAY, JANUARY 16, Sfe.
porary Cmiirman. The day was consumed in the
examination of credentials of delegates. A per
manent organization will probably be effected to
morrow. The choice for a permanent President
lies between Collector A. G. Mackey, of Charles
ton, and B. F. WhiUernore, of Massachusetts, a
mail hailing from Darlington District. The pro
ceedings to-day were quiet and orderly.
Raleigh, J.m, 14.—The State Convention met
agreeably to Gen. Canbv’s order to-day. Eighty
five delegates answered to their names.
Richmond, Jan. 14.— 1n Convention an article
was adopted in the Constitution declaring that
Virginia shall forever remain in the Union, and
pledging her to resist all efforts to break it up.
Also, an article that slavery in the State is for
ever abolished.
Washington, Jan. 15.—This morning’s Intel
ligencer says it is understood that within a few
hours after the reception of the dispatch announ
cing the removal by General Meade of Governor
Jenkins, of Georgia, on account of his refusal to
sanction the payment of the Georgia Negro Con
vention out of the State funds, General Grant ex
pressed the opinion that General Meade had acted
hastily, and should not have removed Governor
Jenkins, and that the Convention had no right to
be paid out of the State Treasury.
In the Connecticut Republican Convention,
Marshal was nominated for Governor.
Two hours’ extra Cabinet session to-day.
Sherman and Grant had a long interview with
the President.
It is officially denied that Stanton drew a salary
during his suspension.
In the House, the Committee on Public Lands
reported adversely on the bill giving public lands
to negroes under the Homestead laws.
A bill amending the Homestead laws, allowing
settlers to make necessary affidavits before Clerks
of County Courts, was passed.
A bill providing for the coinage of five cents
nickels at New Orleans was referred.
Reconstruction was resumed, and Wood having
the floor, he characterized the bill a monstrosity,
and the most infamous of all the infamous acts of
this infamous Congress.
Bingham called Wood to order.
Ross suggested that Wood modify by saying
so-called infamous Congress.
The Speaker decided Wood out of order.
Wood refused to modify them, and the House,
by a party vote, refused to hear Wood further.
Davis offered resolution of censure, which was
passed by a party vote, when Mr. Wood ap
proached the bar of the House and was censured.
Butler gave notice of amendment declaring all
offices vacant, and authorizing the Conventions to
fill them, and making it the duty of the District
Commanders to confirm and install the Conven
tion’s appointees.
In the Senate, the Chair presented a memorial
from the Mississippi Board of Registration, set
ting forth general destitution. The memorialists
say if something is not done soon, the Govern
ment must provide large burying grounds.
Morton presented a petition from four thousand
negroes of the District, asking for labor on the
Public Works, stating that they were excluded
from competition, and white men refused to work
with them.
A joint resolution, paying Spain $20,000 far the
steamer seized by Sherman at Port Royal, was
passed.
Anti-contraction bill resumed and passed with
a verbal amendment by a vote of 23 to 4.
Amendment forbidding expansion failed.
Headquarters Third Military District, )
(Georgia, Alabama and Florida,) V
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13, 1868. )
General Order No. 8.
I. Charles J. Jenkins, Provisional Governor,
and John Jones, Provisional Treasurer, of the
State of Georgia, having declined to respect the
instructions of, and failed to co-operate with the
Major General Commanding the Third Military
District, are hereby removed from office.
11. By virtue of the authority granted by the
Supplementary Reconstruction Act of Congress,
passed July' 19th, 1807, the following named offi
cers are detailed for duty in the District of Geor
gia.
Brevet Brigadier General Thomas 11. Roger,
Colonel 9«fd Infantry, to be Governor of the State
of Georgia.
Brevet Captain Charles F. Rockwell, Ordinance
Army, to be Treasurer of the State
of Georgia.
111. The aboye named officers will proceed with
out delay to Milledgeville, Georgia, and enter up
on the discharge of the duties devolving upor
them, subject to instructions from these headau*' ous see d,
ters. - » o. •iiging your
By order of Major Go*-the garner of the Lord be
* longer faithless, but believing! Recall
your vows of renewed devotion to Christ,
when, in that glad hour, ye “joyed over Him
with singing.” How have those vows been
performed? “Come, and let us return unto |
the Lord : for He hath torn, and He will
heal us: He hath smitten, and He will bind
us up.” We may have tarried long at Ma
rah, but let us gird us anew for the struggle,
and “go in the strength of the Lord God” to
the Elims beyond us, “making mention of
His righteousness, even of His only.” Per
haps, even now the cloud of Divine Mercy
may be hovering over the desolate gates of
Zion, awaiting only the prayer of faith to de
scend in copious showers, fertilizing the
parched and thirsty garden of the Lord I
Let us approach, with weeping, supplication,
and humble confession, unto Him who has
said, “I will heal their backsliding I will
love them freely,” adopting the language of
the Psalmist: “Restore unto us the joy of
thy salvation; and uphold us with thy free
spirit, them will we teach transgressors Thy
ways, and sinners shall be converted unto
Thee.”
(The following Address was submitted to
the Alabama Baptist State Convention, by a
special Committee on Howard College and
[adopted by that body. We commend its
eminently wise suggestions to our brethren
in that State. As they deal by Howard Col- I
lege now, they determine their own future for
the next generation.)
To the Baptists of Alabama :
Brethren : If there ever was a time when
the highest interests of our people, the honor
and efficiency for good of our denomination
and the glory of our blessed Master, demanded
of you extraordinary exertion in promoting
our educational interest, now is the time.
About thirty years since, the Baptists of the
State resolved to build Howard College.
They did build it. They provided a hand
some endowment for it. Hundreds of youn<r
men who have been educated there, many of
whom are pious, able and eloquent ministers
of the gospel, attest the wisdom of its found
ers, and the necessity for its continuance.
Ihe ravages of war have stricken down its
endowment, and left it, as also most of its
supporters, in an impoverished condition.
[ Ihe Trustees are determined, by your timely
aid, to make'it one of the best and most
thorough institutions of learning in the whole
country. It will need the coming year at least
four thousand dollars t 9> .sustain an able and
experienced faculty. Will you help it? Shall
it live or die ? Will the Baptists in the State
of Alabama suffer it to go-down, when even
a contribution by each of twenty-five cents
! P er y ear would sustain it? Will you have it
scornfully said of you, that you began to
build but v ere not able to finish ? This must
not be. Considerations of a social character,
which will readily occur to you, growing out
of our political condition, strongly appeal to
you to preserve this Institution. Brethren,
we beseech you do not let it go down. We
know you are poor. We fully realize how
hard it is to raise means under the circum
stances of distress and gloom that surround
us; but let us not despair. Our blessed Re-
Howard College.
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Obituaries containing one hundred words will be publish
ed in the Inkdx & Baptist gratis; after that a charge will be
made at two cents psr word. Thus persons may know tn
advance exactly what the expense will be, and oanfoncard
the cash with the obituary.
MINE. —Died at his residence, in Floyd county,
Ga., on the 31st Dec., 1867, Mr James Hine, aged
68 years, formerly of Savannah.
McGARITY. —Departed this life, in Henry county,
Ga., on the 13th day of December, 1867, after an illness
of eight days, Sarah E. McGarity, and infant son, one
month old, who died the 25th December, 1867.
The' subject of this uotice was baptized in her 14th
year. She was a bright ornament in tne circle in which
she moved, and a sweet singer in church. She was
married in her 10th vear. She has left a kind and af
fectionate father and mother, James 11. and Mary A.
Bledsoe, and a devoted husband to mourn her loss.
She has left a large circle of relatives and friends, leav
ing abundant and satisfactory evidence to her pastor
and friends, exhorting them to meet her in heaven, and
leaving a lasting impression on the minds of all who
witnessed her death, while angels bore her invisible
spirit to mansions above. A Relative.
EVERETT.—Mrs. Durelia Everett, wife of S. D. Ev
erett, and daughter of John and Margaret Barksdale,
was born in Twiggs county, Ga, February Bth, 1847,
made profession of religion in Aug. 185 y, and was bap
tized by the writer into the fellowship of Pine Bluff
church, Dougherty county, was married Nov. 22d, 1866,
to S. D. Everett, nephew of Rev. I). P. Everett, and
died Nov. Bth, 1867, preceded by her babe a few days
onlv.
The subject of this notice was pleasant and Agreeable
in all the relations of life; a good wife, affectionate
sister, dutiful child, and generally beloved as a friend.
Wm. N. Chaddoin.
BARKSDALE.—Mrs. Margaret Barksdale, widow ot
John Ilarksda’e, deceased, was born August sth, 1824,
married August Btb, 1846, and died at her residence in
Henry county, Alabama, Nov. 16th, 1867, just eight
days after her daughter.
Sister Barksdale was for many years a consistent
member of the Baptist church. The writer was once
her pastor, and a member of her family, and remembers
her a meek and quiet Christian, devoted mother and
faithful wife. How sad the condition of her five orphan
chjjdren, left without father or mother, and the oldest
sister gone. In a few days Death takes from one family
the babe, its mother, and the grand-mother. God bless
he bereaved husbaud, the orphan children.
Wm. N. Chaddoin.
Educational.
jpURMAN UNIVERSITY,
GREENVILLE , S. G. 1868.
The Spring Term of this institution will open the
15th of February, and close the 80th of Juue.
EXPENSES.
Collegiate Courses, $25 to SSB, (cur.) 1 T .
Preparatory Courses, S2O to $32, (cur.) j uvance.
Boarding in private families permonth, sls to $lB (cur.)
For Catalogue address
jan9-4w JNO. F. LANNEAU, Sec. of Faculty.
J^A GRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE,
LaGRANGE , GEORGIA.
The Spring Term ot this Institution, consisting of
6ve and a half months, will commence the last Wednes
day in January inst.
Tlie Faculty is composed of eight first class Teachers.
Board for Spring Term, SIOO. Lights and washing
extra. Tuition, S6O per annum. Iu Music, S6O. Use
of Piano, per annum, $7.
For Catalogues c< ntaiuing particulars, address
janlMSw* I. F. COX, President.
-JJNIVERSiTY OF GEORGIA.
FACULTY.
A. A. Lipscomb, D.D., Chancellor and Professor of
Rhetoric and Oratory.
P. If. Mki.l, D.D., Vice Chancellor and Professor of
Mental and Moral Philosophy.
Wm. Kutheiiford, A.M , Professor of Mathematics.
Wm. Henry Waddell, A.M., Professor of Ancient
Languages.
Wm. L. Jones, M.D., Professor of Natural Sciences
and Agriculture. *
Wm. Leroy Brown, A.M., Professor of Natural Phi
losophy and Astronomy.
L. 11. Charbonnier, A.M., Professor of Civil Engin
eering.
Wm. li. Mitchell, A.M., Professor of Law.
Bknj. T. Hdnter, A.M., President of University High
School.
The Annual Session comprises about ten months of
instruction. It is divided into two terms, viz: First
Term from first Wednesday in September to 15th of
December, and Second Term from 15th January to first
Wednesday in August, winch is Commencement Day.
Besides the established College curriculum of four
years, ther-' i« u “Cqj.LSOF- qv F.ahilisb - UrmseqTffilic creed :
fe,'.‘»b S er": JteJ-r** upon the author.
* iuth draw thoir htith
rH/ave nom the Bible as its common source: both
cotuuder the Bible as containing the only rule
of and furmshmg the only unerring guide to
a true faith ; each, with God’s assistance, and
the subordinate and pious aid of human in
struction, interprets as well as man’s infirmi
ty will permit; both coincide in the same
interpretat'on; that interpretation regulates
their faith ; and all who thus coincide become
members of the same religion. And thirdly
we do not nooroa , ... V»
"7 coerce our neighbor by calling for
faith Hßn w Ur l l ° T P™ fession or articles of
faith. We leave him free to adopt or repu
diate that faith, according as his reason his
conscence and the grace of God may direct I
J" We but to him, If you agree with
us, affix your signature to certain articles, or
not 7 y° ur recognition of their
truth, or if you disagree, withhold such sig
nature or declaration. And we say of him
m the former case, that he is, and in the latter
case, he is not, of our religion. We do not
compel him to hold our faith: we but ask
him to inform us, by certain acts, whether he
does hold it or does not; and we ask this
only it he claim to be enrolled as one of our
| body and to be in religious communion with
us In the absence of such a test, our estab
l.shment wouki not be a rock cemented into
solidity by harmonious uniformity of opinion •
it would be a mere incongruous heap of, as it
were, grains of sand thrown together, without
being united; each of these intellectual and J
isolated grains differing from every other
and the whole forming but a nominally uni
ted wh,lst rea ly unconnected mass, fraught
with nothing but internal dissimilitude, a°nd
reciprocal contradiction and dissension v:.
, -- „ IIU ui&sension. Uic
aextrorsum abit; Hie sinistrorsum. This in
deed, I should hold to be, in the language of
a late prelate, ‘a Church without a religion.’”
I alse Teaching.— Spurgeon, in a Sabbath
school address,jUßt!y criticises a styleof speak
mg to children which, we fear, is not confined
to Scotland. “I have heard, with both sur
prise and sorrow, from some Sunday school
teachers, addresses which seemed to me to
be this: ‘Dear children, be good boys and
girls; remember the Sabbath day, obey your
parents, and so on, and you will get to hea- i
ven. INow, I venture to say, if such teach
mg wa? to be pronounced in the pulpit, it
would be regarded as atrociously le<ml and
utterly unscriptural; and why should such
talk be given to children ? The same gospel
that will save the adults will save the child
ren ; but to dilute the gospel and keep down I
its doctrines seems to render the Sunday
school a mere name and farce, and indeed to
educate children in a false system of faith
If a child be saved, it is not bv ohedinn™
~ , .0 .iuv uy ooeaience to
parents—excellent and necessary as this is
but by faith in the Lord Jesus Chrii& Why
not give the child, though in different lan
guage, the same truth you give to the pa
rent ? I noticed on a door, as I came along,
Mangling done here.’ lam afraid it is often
done in Sunday school classes. That is to
say, the whole truth is not brought forth. It
really should not be so. You would not like
to have your children fed on the refuse of
what has been given -to another; why, then
should the refuse doctrine be left to the child
ren ?
Church Music.—A young man in Boston
said to a friend that he attended church twice
on the Sabbath, *t a Catholic church, attract
ed by h.s love of music, which was so exqui
sitely gratified. When his friend expressed
astonishment at the remark, he asked, with a
tone of surprise, “ W by, was that not right ?”
0 y.es, the friend replied,Charles, you
were quite right in choosing your church for
such a cogent reason, if the design of our Di
vine Lord in instituting a church on earth was
the artistic cultivation of music. Was it so ?’*
Christian Liberality.— Adam Clarke said
1 great many good things. He never said a
better thing than when he said, “Thebeine
converted all but the purse, is no conversion
at all. Ihe conversion of the pocket, or the
purse, is the best evidence of the conversion
of the heart. If it is not converted the heart
is not converted.
Educational.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
SPRING TERN, 1868.
The next Term of this Institution will dpeu on th«
4th Wednesday in January, 1868, and Will close on the
second Wednesday in July. Tuition for the Term, SBS,
Board, including washing, lodging, fuel, and lights,
about $25 per month. For further particulars, apply to
Rev. H. H. Tucker,,D.D., President, or to
JOSEPH E. WILLET,
Secretary of the Faculty,
Pen-field, Ga., Dec. 16, 1867. decl9-12w
Q.EORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
In view of the financ ! al condition of the country, the
rates of tuition contained in the Circular lately issued,
will Be modified, as follows:
Preparatory Department, per quarter. $ 8 00
College Department, per quarter 15 00
Languages, each, per quarter 8 00
Music, per quarter 12 56
Incidentals, per quarter „ 1 Qy
Use of Piano, per quarter. 1 00
Where two or more pupils are entered from the same
family, a further reduction of ten per cent will be made
in the literary department. Exercises resumed January
27th, 1868. I. R. BRANHAM, President.
Madison, Ga., Dec. 19, 1867. dccl9-7w
"OAPT IST FEMALE COLLEGE
* —o»—
SOUTH- WESTERN GEORGIA, CUTHBERT.
faculty:
Rev. T. H. Stout, Rev. J. L. Underwood, Miss Hattie
Platt; Prof. B. F. Clark, Yocal and Instrumental Music.
The Spring Term will commence on Monday, January
13th, 1868, and close on Wednesday, July Ist. The
Fall Term will commence Monday, August 21st, 1868,
and close Friday, Dec. 18th. Tuition, S3O, SSO, S6O,
per scholastic year. Music, S6O; Use of Instrument,
$5; Incidental Expenses, $5; French or German, each,
S3O; Drawing and Painting, S4O; Board, $lB per
month, exclusive of washing. Expenses, half payable
in advance.
For further particulars, see circular, or address
T. H. STOUT, President,
decl 9-6 w Cuthbert, Georgia. j
■DOWDON COLLEGIATE INSTITU
-• TION.
BOWDON, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Maj. JNO. M. RICHARDSON, President.
The next term of this Institution will begin on
Wednesday, 15th January, 1868, and continue six
months.
The departments of instruction are English, Mathe
matical, Engineering, Commercial or Book-Keeping,
and that of Languages. The course is thorough and
extensive, and yenng men can here acquire a good busi
ness and practical education, at less cost, perhaps, than
elsewhere in the State.
This Institution has been selected by the State as one .
of the five schools at which to educate disabled soldiers
for teachers. Those entitled to the benefits of this act,
and who wish to avail themselves of its provisions,
should make immediate application, bringing certicates
from a physician and some county officer.
Bowdon is remarkable for its good health, pure at
mosphere, and delightful water. No temptations to
extravagance are found. No liquor is retailed in
the place; and. by an act of the Legislature, any
person who furnishes a student with intoxicating drinks
may be indicted in the Superior Court and fined one
hundred dollars. Bowdon offers superior advantages
to those seeking a home with n view to educational fa
cilities. It is situated near the lice of the Savannah,
Griffin, and North Alabama Railroad, now in course of
construction ; in a region containing fine mineral re
sources ; where lands are cheap, water-power and tim
ber abundant; provisions usually plentiful and at
moderate prices ; aud in the midat of a white popula
tion, moral, frugal, and industrious.
TUITION FOB SPRING TERM, 1868. SIX MONTHS.
Collegiate Department, in advance SBO 00
Engineering Department, in advance 86 00
Commercial Department, in advance 86 00
Board, in private families, at sl2 to sls per month.
Damages and incidental expenses charged to students.
Hacks leave Newnan (the Dourest railroad station) for
Bowdon, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
A Professor in the Department of Languages and
Belles Lettres is needed. Address Maj. Richardson-at
Fort Valley, Ga., until January, 1868; alterwarda, at
Bowdon. W. T. COLQUITT,
decs-8t Secretary B. T.
ESON MALE ACADEMY,
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA.
The exercises of this
be resumed generic life, acted an.
4n Adam and, therefore, that his sin ’ . *
act, with its demerit and consequences
sr '"oZ"™ ,h “«—•w i.
dualized. ° thers > accepting neither of these
solutmns, assert that the fact of original sin
at hir hY r ln r aud °° nd «ranationof uian
eral Tlw 'f ac . In the gen
eral Jaw of propagation. Like begets like
Uv a are b h ecamesinfu,,and hencea,] poster-
b Tlthm* hT ° f *■"’ ° r with a sinful
nature. Although these views are not equal
/ senptural, nevertheless, they leav? the
doctrine intact, and do not work a rejection
-it! Hodge WhiCh h a0 eßSential Part
A Change of Doctrine Only a few
years since, those who believed in the final
salvation of aH me " ar « ued as Christ had
TL\VT ment , fOT u 8,,, U fo,,owed
fW ? d b S 7 ed ’ otherwiße efforts of
Christ to save the world would be a failure
fn vain Tte be at ,east
hart T s ey . a 80 reaßoned that as Christ
had suffered the penalty of the law for the
sinner, it would be useless for n,. • ?
suffer it again. the Smner
Now, those who advocate the final holiness
and happiness of all men, we believe, almost
without exception, teach that man is not de
fns foJ hu* d ° eS Si* n ed sacri ficial offer
fuf and H j that G ° d “ kiDd and merei
ful, and demands no sacrifice to make a vica
rious atonement; that neither Christ n“
m"e*nt T r hevt ng l** T* 0 a Vicarious a ‘one-
Christ hJ H y u“ 8 that the on, y salvation
Christ has wrought for men is on this wise:
that he, being an excellent man and a great
reformer, by h.s example and teaching, point
m- hi V to "7" th e way to live, that they
might be saved from sin and temporal disas
ter.—Morning Star. *
Ministerial SuPFORT.-Dr. Guthrie, in a
late speech, said: “I think all ministers are
underpaid. lam not one now, and am free
karnY-t 8 ?' 1 that doctrine > and have
learnt it from bitter experience—all under
[ p.»'d, eve r y one of them. I was stating this
to a tree Churchman, who said, ‘O, but min
isters should not be rich men.’ ‘My good
nend, said I, ‘no more should any other
r°;{* , 1 do ,. not want ministers to be rich,
but 0 be delivered from the curse and the
nightmare, and the distress of "poverty. I
want a man to be able to walk the streets of
the town in which he lives, and not to becom
peHed to jerk round a corner when he sees
the butcher or the baker whose account is
not paid. I asked my friend, ‘Do you think
'J® Pr 7 er of was only for minis
ters Give me neither riches nor poverty?’
I tell you, it was made for all; and I tell you
1 ‘“'live monej, would bo os
other p^,|. h ‘” dS ° f m ' n,Btera ‘•“"of-me
.. Union.— “Tougue unity,” says Flavel
springs from heart unity; heart *unity, in a
great measure, from head unity; and all three
“ Union"' 0 ' 1 W ? the L ° rd Je9US Christ.”
Union, says the same writer, “ with Christ
I w fundamental to all union among the sainte!
Perfect union would flow from this, their com
mon union with Christ, their head; wcle they
not here m an imperfect state, where their
corruptions disturb and hinder it; and a 8
soon as they shall attain unto comp ete sane
t,fiction, they shall also attain unto peS t
F A Money.— A pastor of
East Baltimore Conference says his mode of
“ irr!» m,S K resulted in
crease beyond all expectation.” This is
his mode: “ tor several ,ear, in m y ’
collections, I have inclosed a card and printed
circular in an envelope, addressing on e P to ev
ery member ot my church, and any friend I
may know favorable to the cause* On the
evening of the missionary Sabbath, I receive
envelopes and money result.” 1 ®
Wine.— Mr. Beecher, in a recent sermon
appealed to the ladies of his congregation io*
on NewT > e T ing *° un S
J New ,Y ear ’* Day, using the following kn- |
0 1 g6 ‘ f WOU and ru .‘ t > for my life, turn loaigl
f i°f *l dderS in ,n y PaU<>r.. But-#*ftSr
1 should do it, and themtfay Ur 'fli'osT who
called upon, me: ‘You sfould hav* i
out v ” r.: • ha * ,ooked
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