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J. J. TOOK, .... Proprietor,
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COBBKBPONDXXQ BDITOM j , „ ■
Rev! J. J. D. RENFROE, TqUadega, Ala.
Rev. S. HENDERSON, D.D., Fayetletitte ', Ala.
ttnmSDAY, februarx, 24, 'wisCr
■W , -„,.i - i. ~l ..uiT"
, Who trill Answer I „,(*
- It is much easier to discover evils than, to'
remedy them;' Any of us can assign almost an
indefinite ntimber of reasons for the’ apathy," the
coldness Os our' churches—their laxity of discip
line—their want of spirituality—their stinted saV 5
to their pastors, Ac. But who can suggest’
the remedy?, When a man’s house is on fire,
and his wire anti children an 4 #U he has is im
periled, it is far more important to tell him bow
he pan save hjs fajpijy and bis property , than to
tell, him how the .house caught onfira. Would it
not be a most acceptable service for some of our.
able brethren to look into this question, and. give
us their best thoughts by way of solving it f-- Is
there a defect in oyr church oEganitarion, so that
on certain emergencies, we come 10 a “dead
lock ?” It seems to us that every gospel cHurteh,
properly so called, must have in, ft all. the essen
tial elements not only of self-perpetuaiicjn, but of
aggression. In our past history we seem, to ha ve
had these elements. Why, then, our present con
dition? hi >«i hi otiil jduiii oJudhitiiJi
We venture a single thought in answer to this
question: Our great need at this time is arWri
ing laity. The members of our churches have'
concluded that they have nothing to do, and are
dying of spiritual ennui ; so that, should a minis
ter be providentially detained from his appoint
ment, as a general rule, no religious service is at
tempted. Now, can such a church claim to be
a spiritual building) a holy priesthood, “offering
up spiritual sacrifices by Jesus Christ ?”, Is tbltf
the structure described by Paul, as “fitly framed
together,” and as “edifying itself in love May
it not be possible that if oar pastors would make
a simultaneous effort to induce every member of
their churches to do • something * n . the line of
Christian activity, a happy change might; be
•footed?. One thing at least, we can do: we can
pray for the return of the blessed-Spirit to refresh
our drooping souls, and- fill our sanctuaries, again
with rejoicing worshippers. Mi it
The Domestic and Indian Mission Board.
This Board of the Southern Baptist Cdnvpptipp,
has new to its employmore than fwty. pnpisters
in important fields in the Soutii and SouthrWest.
This is gratifying ; and yet we Teg*® l ?tl»at it is
not abie’ to do vastly more. We Will noi’dttetaipt
to say hovv many Home Missionaries the Board
ought to superintend. Its obligatfohst-are.necessa- 1
rily mpasured and limited by the liberality o*f its
friends. It.can do.no more than wp enable it to
do. It ha* hitherto doDe that much most faith
fully.
We rejoice to know that its receipts from April
Ist to December 81st, 1869, were $6,500 more
than for the same period of the year before. And
some $20,000 subscribed, yet to be paid; and
nearly a)l, it is believed, will be paid. - v ’ :
3*his is a cheering proof that the spirit of Do
mestic Missions is reviving in o.ur churches. This
gootl news should hut be allowed to .shock up the
sources of our benevolence. Let no one suppose
that the good work can all be easily accomplished
without his assistance ; but let the incnsas|d lib
erality Os others arouse Us to- bestir ourselves and
give the Board a hearty just how, t.Uat it may
meet all its current liabilities, and liquidate what
remains of its old debt.. .
Then we shall see the Board quadruple its ap
pointments, and bring in happy results from fields
now lying waste and crying for help. This Board
has a vast work before it, which can t»hly be ac
complished by, .the uiuted,.cp'Ojjprafion of our
c l' ur 4 es - -.)■ :‘ 1 ■ toifl &
w As Rood as Any;**l *h
The Southern Christian Adeoiati'
respondent who ‘has tried to teach his ten chil
dren, that tlie
And ht fiats \ palled himself a, pjy
than thirty years! He has nevef- been
He hover can be; on that platform, . Id the; natCtre
est things, the Mfillhodtst; churich iß)tof inecessityf
either better or worse than other churches. The:
map whe dbes not believ'e' that Itifi has sic
right,to corihect'hihiselifj'witifif Tficeehttectieh;
under such * circutnstonceS, bin tje_ hqfiilHkf
U c,annot, be intelligent and. ?!
wqpir that-this i
Vigorous, aggressive. Bolicy on; thq pf JPfrfie-,
nomination—a .policy that looks to pr-qgfess f?nd
demands liberalitya should merirparA!witfij
money, and money’s worth, Tor a caVse which, to
tlieW eyes.'ishnei'iDly <(, SB-go<lil iis *n mb
Wo Worider if this pj«ude-Method(st hdsi ahy
parallels among Baptistk? . Ato'theire tfiase who
are willing tt bear oiir namej-but yeho are
destitute of • wise denominationalism as he has
shown himself?—Are-there those who can say “no
more in behalfcof slur ph»ECb«sMhftn<fe®, in their
distinctive principles ;suad] they are £ as
goqd *a «ny ” ethers ? jls this
tmo are.so slawito, take, our papers, to support
ouri ministry,’Uo build up opr; literary and thwv
logical mstitutiods, to maraUin out 1 mission work;
at hotho and abroad, to'help forward 'otit bbneVO*
lent'enterprises? We can uhdersfohdHhtfritedei
tip.n—their refUsal to. labor and to give— ifAljik
be the secret of it. But Vre cantlot
wbftour churches sjiauid by
titfp. of 6upb..metnbers, fcjjjjw
weight which no (iepQfninaUon c*n *ffordi .to -ear*.,
ry. Nor cap. we 'understand 'how thesel persons
can impose thtinoelteb on n people; Whcsefaithand
order they Cannot appreciate; “iirii hbbsei. Weal or
'wbd"st\fs no 'hearty;'
fe'elrsi ft would b‘e a' happj/
tfjis stamp would go out from tis, ' i jVO , Wiai l t ll fid
™ 'V y•• • oit3.nA. .otnejlJ
Baptists hpt .such. j»s ..thtpW. 0iy o better
tjhm others-^better, in Iflpit'
after tho/mode], pfc. wi, where
other churches depart from i.tfftib.ett*fl beCAttSfe.-ih
comparison withotber churches, they most near
ly preserik: the htitfran&keep' tha-iircffhiiA’eel as
to ‘ iWtWvroiily
mould in- Wiiich‘ ‘trui BaptiA&E, ifi. ttUfc, ‘O^&h
V; And now, brethren' do we r«|2fif' > beline.^ai
t-TTP" ' ; • • ..U'llui.o.aiiffl OJ '.SlcitUM
i as i .JpfJtf they.^ro,-
feto wAthp. practices.&py-i#Mirft«Am b&flTrtn
aVeeAuiora Sentptaral—than- others? tXhori, ®hj
are ,w« doing, so little tp keep vthe*,, alive,.t.o-in*.
crbAßO'their strength,- todill the earth) with them ?
Why' haVe W riftt. &' ‘tnOri‘ ardedf > *&?>4bi*
iabbrionk 1 industry, : ar i hW6 ! lkrge-heiittfed;' Open
handed, Überarityr Hv;i.y shbutd.-'we
trptbs, off ap.ost.olil-' loief })oT
the energy, the (ire of the apostolic
the institutions-which were ordained of God, not
invented by hwi*if &tM tshy tt fiwoiuifr* t* td Ats so
Httle-hoi^brbeing- 'Cnirutlfbd ihditifety
arice Os tUeW hid' thd
purity^-will iheif 1
Ifofl rl?i W&jiiouJ^jphruik ir^iy^'iiiq
.kifldPP Rpd.jheat ,®f s day,‘” *&&’
jidk?* w.. .fiWd- pp to
drowsy ease, .»j-, biH , s y)
“Like one that drawa/he drapery of hia oouck
| About him. and lies’dbWfrtbphAiAai&t 'iidSMJs"
THE GIIBISTfAN INDEX : ANB; SOHTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, i»,-THLKSt>AV, FEBRUARY 24, 1870.
P» Ift ti@ ristfto the he|ffit of oto| <||r
obligation aft our opjfortunfty, m blftalrfof ffle
cause to which our father* bore witness with
their blood—which our Saviour hallowed and
glorified with His.
Borne an& 'tbb (5 i /
▼pntion, in, Macon, last Spring, brought out thp
feet that Rev. Di Samson, during his, Eastern
tapr, several years ago, saw at Rptpe thifty AM:*
ewa youths,*wfi° bad- been.; purchased, in Bgypl, to*
be trained as pricsts for their native tribes. The
Dr. also expressed the opinion that tbe number
had been largely increased since—‘that there-were
probably. ttow a hundred,' Os of£r. Drortf this
showing, it wito'h natural infer&hpe that the ft
ipacy will ict pin 1 this pOljqy With 1 regard 4p" thjb;
Freed nien of the South, and. that the advocate* of
ieyange^ical ; truth .have. tp w tfi&
igroqpd, by fjqp training,pjf am,intelligent.cojored!
ministry,.,.,! : . x
We bawe opted with surprisebf-with amusement/
sometHne& —sometimes with
mutations which - this- statementdand' inference’
have undergone, while 5 A u
“ Paradiqg round, and rounds end roun,d,” J
i «*?! '! */ '**<*»« !y * f*.A
through the, secular rag religious, press. Thfy=i
have lost, now ona earmark, then eapther. Here
i«ie feature,^there another) has been changed-.-
They have crossed and re<.croSsed the ocean, and'
stand before us at last in the shape Os the positive
averment, that there aTe, at the present’ time, in
Roine, two hundred freedm.eh from, the South,
preparing for the work of the priesthood in .this
country ! A startjing r.epresuntation, truly—but,
!re*ting, when traced to its rise, on no shadpif, of
props beyond .the facts recited in our first, para
:graphl;ii ,r ; -.-u: ■>.: bim.-v -\\ •?•••>
j Rome is a dangerous eriemy; wd know-, but-w.e
are thoroughly persuaded, from thi* instance, that
she Often tedeives a degree of crddlt for forecast,*
promptness! liberality and zeal greatly beyond
her desert. ” She 'WilVbbsfrUct thp path, doubtless,
of the adherent* of evangelical religion,.in their
laborfr among the..Free.dmen, and see|c;.to witlv,
stand, and defeat them “, with all decfiiyablene*.*,
of ui)r.iglitoousnesßT H | but shall we, by, thf ac^’
ceptaocc of reports; exaggerated through . sheer
or lapse of memory, or fondness for
sensational paragraphs; or the oredulity and’fear
linciddht to the ritalfleg of deriomih'AtfohsV'glVo’
her, in the eyes of the colored people, n prestige
and eclat Which she has not carndd'by her deeds?
.fjo-o-.i'l
vH v>. - •• • • v, X-'-.v-’ :**' -'A\ .17
. ( Bewevoleuco Stud Religtou, , ~ , sVs ,
it was au axiom with Rev;;Dr. Thurstou;
“ There is no more religion in any ehur<h,.:than
there is beiievolence.V’ W* think this; 'primaplo:
worthy of the place he assigns it : he that'
loVeth hot hik biotheh whom he hath'seen; ho^ :
i can he love. God Whoth he h itH pot 860(1'?” Id its
jnot wrjtten, also, that “.Love is, the fulfilling of
;the law ?” Let us apply the principle then,, as *
touchstone, to.ascertain how fan our profession'of.
piety is pure gold, and what measure-of alloy
bases it With thifrview, weask-H-- ~!( vlm>«l
How much benevolence,-and consequently; how
much religion, has your church, or yourself, when
tried by yoiir contributions to the work of mis
sions ip heathen lands ? But you say that this
work is‘ so remote as to lie beyhfid the 6f
the sympathies which find so many objects nigh
jat, hand to kindle them, and that our operations!
jahroad.have been so much crippled hy the wxrgs.
to jpvulv'es the prospect of efficient and successful
j prosecution: !in gnwe doubt. ..Well: ..wd ask
lagafrt-t*> *UiT ** . ->rlj !o uuiJeßiilq/-*
How much benevolence, and how
much refigionVlfas yourchurcH, br yoifeMf, Wheti
tried by yoar contributions to mission WOrk itt
destitute sections.of our oqrn country ? But ypq
say that the ploughshare has gone through South
on Jisflvv * iaimob eul to TDOiJjjjinq
ern finances, leaving not one stone upon another,
impovemhmcpii i|l)4
brethren have beep able only to todh* after th?.ip T .
terests of Zion in your own community.. W&tyr
’uaask once aid *”.si*»d .••'// .b>.o
1 * How much benevolence, and consequently how!
much religion, Has your Chtireh, or r yOurself,
; whc.fi,lTdcd by your contribotiqns to tlie maintfen
ancie of the meahk ofi grace' 'd( hUhie—a*, for h'x-*
ample, to the salary df .lhe p*stor, the erectiofi or
rej^kojfsls! hetuse .of
the. school, efc ?,Bqt yoq say that -yjop,
I have, vhe?n *»ver by suchm, tot 4 YTrefib . jq
temporal things is to place it. otft of your power,
tb do oiore than care for your; own household!
WellrWh «Y'viti. rittd Turn'd -ui.t
1 Hbw much benewofence, and W) n^qu btHly hdYr
rijtitih feiigk)tt,'h,aVe Wheh jftiaPOttit
tributions toward the spiritual welfare of' your
-;,3nrp Haw jrn.'i J n vivrdiir ;>mviy.vn wnsV.'s’J
family—?for instance, by^ v j;urp.i|hmg its member*
WBth.the raetumpf attending the
by, placing; in thWshatola
of .healthful tone and. volumes of evangelical; ljUr
enUurej tie.l eiH
WO have r fevborho to eipfeSs Atiy »J> irtfdn 1 as"
the jileas.oferiiUsbtlddbr'these Aevb&l
They all refer, hiofe Or Tbss, to tlie pbiht df p^*
sonal ability—^a poiiit About Which Ve Caii know!
, i.aK-ftHtnrsjm. .MinaJnoaj>fLc 'itnisk.-siuiigtit
little .or nothing, m thp case of .others, and whicn
every reader must settle -fiir. Ijiuiself,
great;.Task l PAßt?r’*';efo»"i ;Wp grant
| that'where wanting, a spirit
!of bettevolehoemay exist without henevolenco kt
! far; -at deist, -as ■ regards contribution;
! Bdt if iVe possess ability, rthferb is little rdofa : bo
|dyu%t (hAt>oiar«i6ptribtitibnis. 'tO the tobjeCtispfeei-‘
; tied in these enqiiifies, .ahd tb btherii Os jifee sdl^
I supply .a very fair standard by . which t,o
I the jipeasiirn;of our . benevolence «*&.
j Hpyr v (hen,,does -JiMir .prpfession !; of.p[iety.‘ staijd.
; tbey^t,of this, question ?•
i the three Boards of the Southern .tlonvieris
I tied, during, the year, closing: April ;lst, return as
| faV'Siabfe *n iinsfreh *to^lt J iH ! your cate
; shqttidlehhblb'thiitii to'ftfturli 5 WoUld it hot'be'
Wide to plalje
wnm uf? p . m* i , ? ?y^j
neglected!
beokonn-yw: .Oft, fai&t discharge* otlJ oJ boiJflo
odj is A .OciA*liottt*fd lijiv; nauuii
'{tiitgibni —*h —#i**v.b buutlbnO
i‘Oaz Zion—ia Our Exchangdi
»riJ oaolonaciT • *AtyBAWa: ®‘ w b odw
.scniioilus 3<-odJ oJ,^piaiiiJ - ioq oohiv oJinilni
gstprpfthis State writes to us:
“Allow me to express the
by your recent jJls£USSlon of \ the Bight and Duty
of Excpmm,uhica{ion.* i ''¥t*wtit great thiqg if
% < vm wmmkyyt
Script W afu^i f n
hewdll, {ayor.M
ject, iniey^d
from uiaking. *.j jov eu nm ovmi
yiiuiiuonq to eiiOiJiFw(Uoj*w; Jj-.oth ynov obcin
‘The J S«bta -fVe Riwt* Associatrdri,iat -its-last
se^ott 11 iWpdtfed t: Mi
;'i -J .iU'UKiUfniJCiO*: Jo v.\\wsih, mi Viuu>« tfiil
tors and 2 licentiates: baptisms .during the year
‘•W- aVoijf ..iTnidf I sio;Tl Timi
m- *n%o ; b#
inent to any worthy brother who desires by
t* p:fpafo;hin»pelf,bv«(9r,:foi; t^fos
peU m.
day; before the .Fourth Sabbath !iu,Masch, -as a, day
of. fasting and prayer to God fbr Hiableasibg upon
tbe'dtiaAo M uivt « 'b' XihiuJioqqo
amli negd Snwtop 3 ® v - iiau
-moo ,siqooq moq aeartJ id bm;su<.uSJ '^hmvjj
Sugar fiowly,?}
Thirtyrae venpersons * jw,«»\ baptiisd,(week'iwfwie
lost iitvth# Fifth uatroct ueloeedichurehy Leuisville;
«od‘ th*^meetiqg#icontin«e.-iO*taw*>aßtitiott4u*
h« 3(faddittohs, (ff of th4fo Sm the “||amp
bmlites;”)
“ Oampbellites ” and 2 from the Methodists;)
Crab Orchard, 20.
Maryland.
jQfi £>4bbitb|week, fi ev J the’
hand or fofloWship to 60 persons, in the Efrst'
church,Ralttmore JUw.-J.-IL Hawthorn, At
church, to ,34, baptizing 7 more
in,the,.efeniog v —Ftonhlio .Sqiiar# phurch “ has
recently .arranged the departments-of its
workdatteeight divisions; appointinga chairman
over -each,' assigning* eaeft nkember to one or more
oft thesd divisions,*<andYequTring Aja<m<A£y report
:from”each ’chairman! "These divisions are : 1.
iFiHSn'Ufe; 2.’ ThU Sunday s'dhool. ‘' 3: On Stran
gers. 4. Oify MissioHs. S. Home and foreign
Missions. Relief of* the poor. TANARUS! Neighbor
hpud prayer meetings. 8. Music. The finance
to.,thp distribution ofyf/ty4u>o
ench member,, and . see that they are
returned'wftshly with, money in them for the cur
rent expenses and the parsonage. In 1869, the
j total receipts for th«Se' footn all sources,
jamounted to-SS,YOO' not a small sufo for less
than 200 members.”,, .
,r. • Missouri.
Rev. fieorge* Kline accepts pastoral charge of
the Park .Avenue church, St; Louts..—The Bap
tists of Sulphur Springs have been enabled to
purchase.thfe ; Presbyterian house of Worship, by
a loan from the Church.Eciifice Fund. New York. —
The Baptists in Yictoiria, it is tKOitght; will build
a house of'worship.-rrA church has been organ
ized at Fredericktoivn, the county seat of Madi
son.—Rev. Aaron Jones, Jr., has settled as pas
tor of our.tehurch In Trehton. - ”
North Carolina. -
Rev. r . T.,falters, ■ the effiefofit Cor. Sec. of
the State .Mission Board) has been constrained to
resign that position, because the discharge of its
duties would take him too much from hpme, in
the altered condition of his family, through the
death of a faithful ; cbusin ! 6f ’His Wife, who has
been living for several years under his roof.
; .v*.!7 Carolina
' Rev;'J". A.* Broadus, 11.D., Professor in the
Baptist, Theological Seminary, Green-,
viile, has in press “A Treatise oq the Preparation
and Delivery, *9f Sermons.” .It will be published
by Smith, English & Cos., Philadelphia, and will
appear May Ist) in- *a, latge 12mo-, -of between
fottr knd fiite hondred pages, handsomely printed.
Price, $2. The publishers say: “ The work is
beßevdd' to be ah Unusually complete and elabo
rate treatise, and at the same' time thoroughly
I practical. Designed, both as atext-bobk for classes,
;and to meet the wants of ministers who have not
attended a..Tbeolpgi.cal School. . £)so interesting
and suggestive to older ministerslarge portions
of !it usefiil th other public speakers, and several
.chapters to Sunday school teachers;”
! - A I' l •*' • TEN^E*SEii’.
Rev. TV. A/Nelson has been laboring, as mis ;
,j'4 , ;J *. . ■ •
aionajy, .with the enfeebled church at Shelby viile,
dOfing .tfte past. three mqutbs. Its house of wor-
w** destroyed by the war and a tornado, and
itsmembersship lias been much reduced; but pros
pects arp’hopeiiH.—The Baptist Watchman, the
anti-missionary paper now issued at Jasper, Ala.,
Wifi come to Mut-freesboro, at an early day.—Lit
tle’Flat Creek Church, Knox county, has had 14
acceSSipUs 5 ; and a church of 23 has been organ
iged’sft Bowthaatown, 10 6F the.number being the
fi-pit.Qjf * recent meeting, the first Baptist meet
ilig,ever Reid in thecommunity’.—Rev. Dr. Sum-
Ba_ers,editor of. ttie Gh.riatian Adcocate, Nashville,
supplied'the pulpit;pf the First Baptist church,
i during ttie absence■ef IDr. Skinner, Sakbath week
fle'feaßefore sPririorl We stepped into the base
ment-story and found it- with Sunday
kebooi’tochers' atid schfitars; some three or four
hundred jpacked away like heniugs. We insist
tjia.t’CKir, Baptist foiends, if they do not “pull
dp-wn ”, dheir .present hoqse and build a “ greater)”
shall put up in the rear of the church, ahove
ground, .4* commodious building, furnishing room,
and light) and air, to the crowds that attend this
Sunday) isobool. ••,* Mr. Pohlmati) the Superinten
dent's d&vcited tb Bis work, and adopts many
£ijjbd?ehts tO ; prcnOote the ihtei‘e3t of the school.
THb Ikdres’ aTC Very ZCalotrs; they go into the
lanes,, and alleys, and “’compel” the
Children to CO.tne in. so that their “ house ipay be
.h Riled.' .Tfiey furnisß clothing to
many of the poor,’ and seem to spare no pains or
expense\ keep, the school full and
prosperous: Rdv/ ,u* i ! lori si >.id! :! ,W.i ‘To
r.u J til “ : -i and * : ii- i'l
' B*vw.J.iE. Hutson;pastor; of the Byrne street
church,, Petersburg, is; raising money to enlarge
thb’housb oft 'Worship.—Our church, at Culpeper
J. B. Tayfof, Jr., pastor,’is enjojdhg
ii sbSison'fef fofresh’i Hg: ,5 baptism*. *"
odw &)•<(!, UeViievrs 1 and Notieesl'
„ i •*.. r* - .. ; 4 r _ . t . ....
Tus Evlbrscas-or CHBisTiANirt. By Rev. J. L. Dagg,
! '*)©.DmaebßiGi f-J. W. Barke-4 00., Pp. 4l«. -wn
| ! fhe’ W‘di , kk of Gad }h,.the universe aromid US,
j ieh : uir<i no extraneous testimony to their origin :
i ‘‘‘’by‘being whtit are, they deolare whose they
are.!’ |Reasoning froui analogy, we might fairly
exipeqt. pfoly; Scripture sJsp, if jtjb'e a work of Qod,
to possess, intrinsic evidence of divine authorship.
And dertaiuly Scripture iifers us to nothing out*
Side of jitself ift proof of it» claim to reverence and
faithrj Oh the ground of‘its own aeZ/’-evidence, it
chbllengps aci*ptailce'at : thre-hands of every one
ej e Tests' Otf its pigcs. Why shoatd it not
do' “he that hath the witness of God
npft3 Mtjs|ay for the witness of men,, for the Wis
Now, we liave 4oqg thobgbt .tbat many pf thq
ppputervtrwtisefiioy iheErAdOpeca of GhristfAnity
ieiubtoifeihowithe snhjeet\ from this substantial
basik ‘>lEiSo‘ wbirkxof Baleyy iii panticularj ‘has
bebh-OnSktisfaOtbry because he fails to
ittifcd : good s M^lSß : frbtti pbint of view -which
fbV thVoutlvdrks of oiirhioslholy
faith can cafrred ‘by
stress of the controyprsy
op n argqmpptSj kuhsidary and cpk
#%4‘fl»ters.[thc. .iipprcssibh
woirks.Bi’.hich fed defends are. ihe Yety
o&addik¥d tem{3e-.of..'tho,’trUth.*_.-Aq undue iMuy.
ing twwardi tradition matters of Migious be
ifef'dppeafd'tO'iife -the Birtcfral effect of the drscuS-
‘Cfbhdhfctbh t ! ' brhile the TOaCrioh from *H
-WESttuxsTER Review 1 half their plaiisibilii'v,''
.fcjiWTTv'W 903 .si«>h q.nafli nfr- - DjiLJ'ttaiii
aSfiwwisiß m Wm
ifl^peja,U.,qbjectiph3 qf, this character. [.|T’his
siilieitipntipf
.eftußioW, wihwh yvoiqupteifrom JtWeiprgfape,;
Jr I‘ffWisVvoluni* aimaito-eihibiit the .evidences of
iSkiilhtjawiy,-ifta,.clear.-, aqd J view,
aßESKteiis
aebbrV iod'bbtdiris brobf‘6iP : :ts divine origin,
‘ ItnoWti C factt.‘ l and; aftefr
t>< Manynabfi writers onalte ahbject give the-first
iuidc eßiefcplaae. to the ihistorccul evidences, and
»ntani‘thift»ih ft r,ie?wnqesnp^rqiyi.^ibg^jai-j,
SWOT?
.monuments of antiqutty. ,FeW men hate the op
jboVtdh'i’ty -‘aWd s aWn ty ‘to phrfbrodt I‘abor.
‘HrtA;b-’tln«‘i(tode*V( <>f I the' i evTdenCeS'‘feels-coinpeh- !
-4d> to‘receive hi srproofat l s eoo n(d‘ hand,-and to COn-
OehtAunßCif-withJa ‘degree.of Conviction-taferior i
ito that! which-Sr ould.MSubiyrouii perspnaf iny eflfti- j
lgatrqp, u j vboii adJiiJui L-jiuJi •Ji I
r,,|i l) evidences,ha?
been usual tqbe-pu with,establishing the aufhen
(ifcny Sf the Sdriptii'rb hooksi’tfbd 6n lhi i s'tß''li)(ih l d |
%n% argutdenb fdr their crydibifit^- 1 ThiS'.m'trthbd
is liable to a grave objection, on account df r <tba ‘
on the-antteorship bfOsortfe of
boofe. The:! foupdbtion the ®to;un«snt
to be undoubted truth, ih order that the
conclusion may be received with unhesitating and
unwavering faith.
The method adopted in this work, founds the
first arguments on facts of which all men of ordi
nary 'infonnatiorf have .*kneWlec|ge.r It’ begin*
wilh noticing snihe prominent smguliritfes of the
Bible, discoverable by common observation, and
the atd of eommonly received history ', and these*
it notices, not so much for the sake.of argument,,
as of.inducement to enter op the study with earn-,
estness. We judge a man’s character by wh a t he
does ; and the method hb?e adopted begttis' the
inquiry into the character of 'the Bible, by an ex
amination of what it’has done in the world. 'The
first direct argument for: the divinity of its* origin*
is founded on its beneficial effects. .After having
contemplated the streams of blessings w.htc|j flow
from the Bible, our attention is next directed, to.
an examination of tpe source from which
emanate. We open the bolds, itself, and find that
it teaches a perfect rule of morality, illustrated'
by a perfect example ; and also a S}-steni of
trine which cannot be of human origin.) From
these facts the divine Grigiji of the, book is festab-'
lished, by. arguments with, which every reader’s
mind may directly grapple. All these subjects
|are disposed .of before the history contained in the
Bible is considered ; and Mien no higher respect
■is demanded for its histowcal truthfulness, thafi
is due to ether well received Work* of ancient his
tory ; but its right to of confidence-is
established by an amount of testimony which can-'
not be adduced ia favor of any other historical
record of antiquity. To,mAke good so.low a. claim
.to credibility is very far short of WIMM is due to
i the sacred historians ; .yafcjt suffices for theargu
;ment at this poipt of since it folly
! prepares for the next two chapters, which treat
of prophecy and miradei These two chapters
icomplete the entire argument, which 1 is cumula
tive) and consists-of five 01 dependent arguments,
drawn from the effect* ofthe Bible, it* morality,
.its doctrines, its, and its iiiiraqies.
'These five arguments are presented separately . in
chapters If, 111,.1V, Vi and VlI, to which the
.other five chapters are subsidiary. The tenth
'chapter, which shows the Harmony between
lation and-science, is chicly designed to preserve
.the minds of young students from the scepticism
j which an-imperfect knowledge of science is liable
to engender,”
j The intelligent, reader will not need to be re
-1 minded that this process is eminently Baptislic
in spirit he will see, at a glande, that; it boars
the stamp of harmony with the great and vital
principles which underlie the existence of the de
nomination. The execution of the plan is worthy
of Dr. Dagg, for condensed and pregnant state
ment, for poise of, judgment, for chains of argu
mentation with po essential link omitted and no
superfluous Jink interpolated, for inductions shin
ing almost with the light of iutuitiona, and for of
profoundly'evangelical-wue. • .!
We must not neglect to say that the historical
evidences;while relegated to their proper subor
dinate position, are not inadequately treated by
Dr. Dagg. Ono won dels how so large a mass of
testimony and argument un this subject as the
appendix af 150. pages contains, trould. have been
compressed within such fonits.
The Claims of Biblical Istkrpuktatlon os Baptists,
The Inaugurai Address of Ref,C,U. Toy, oh his
Induction into the Professorship dr Ofd Testament
Interpretairon, in the’Southern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary, at Ure«?nviile, S. C R Sept, l»t t J8t39..
Published by the Executive .Committee of the
Boa id of Trustees: -New York: Lange & Hill
man. Pp. 61.
This pamphlet belongs to the class which, jhe
reader lays aside, .with, something of the feeling
; that he has. been wrofggd . because they are not
volumes. But let us Ifope that, in due season, it
will grow into ono—and so,-forgive the author,.
The more especially, l>ecause he gives proof, ol
I eminent fitness for h|s present position—proof,
j that he will not rattjß around in,” bat “ fill ’’dr;
Prof Toy points ouj the two elements of edn
rect exegesis—the intrllcctual and the' spiritual.
“ A " f> ir IVhln ii nnrTr” , ' Vl of feet, tlipught and
sealing, written by n\en for men, it is necessary
to learn the grammatical and logical significance
i of its sentences, and for this wo must have, learning
I; and thought And as it is a revelation by the
: Spirit of Qod, giveti prough men filled with a
divinely engendered loyc for God, it.is necessary
to have the inspiratiofr and guidance Os the Holy
Spirit.” “These two elements will be fotrnd in’
every age of Christianity—first one, theh the
Mother predominating; the history of their con
flicts and union is the history of exegesis,Our
author gives an-mterestingoatline of that history,
; in Jewish, Patristic, Mediaeval arid meth
i ods of iriterpretatioh. The services of our de
nomination in times past, he tells us, JiaVe been
rendered chiefly to the latter element—to tho su
preme authority of §cripture and the necessity.of
the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, to its ex
i positors. This is still needed at our hands. - But
i it is demanded of us also, tor “'bring info requi
sition all the resources Os humiri knowledge, toe
; erase, as guardians of the Sacred Ora&teSy we are
responsible before God for discuvering-arid.spread
ing abroad their true meaning—because, as a de
nomination, it behooves us to have within our
selves the means of testing all theories, q( apcgpE
iqg the good and rejecting the. bad, instead of
taking oup conclusions front others,the
reader must, go to-the Address, itself for a node
quate idea oft its edntenta.' oq o:i -
Th®' Sunday Magazinx. Edited:by Els. Gothrie.
; Philadelphia; J, B. Lippmeott & G?> Terms;
£ >.s3 50 a year; single numbers, 30 cents. _ ,
.Contents for February, Episodes ,tn ( ,ag
Obscure feife, being Experiences in . the ; Tower
Hamlets, by a Curate, XHI —XV. 2. Knowl
edge's Peace, by the Editor. 3. Seed Tirne and
Harvest, by Ada 1 Cahibridge. *‘4. Oh the Mlfaclbs
of Cur Lord, by George Sic Donald, LL.D.'f’Mirai
cles of Healing soHctted by- the Sufferers: 5,
Dealings with the Samaritans, by Rem-.W. Web-
6. Questionsdhat' are always: turning op,
by Rev. Pipf.fiMdUgftri: J1;I, Ifelation of ChrjS
tiaqs to feaw-Processes. 1. The ;Struggle in per
rara, by W. Gilbert, X, Xf. . .B*. How to Study
the Old- Testament,' by W Lindsay- Ale\- ii rider i
Leviticus —Analy&is of the* Book.’ - 9. Tfre’FSlfeh
Leafeby Rev. Jl-MonseJl,'D.D;*-‘JO. N-dfes ffotri
Tubingen, by-Pro£ A. H. **l3iu'fHe
Italians m London, by .Profi Leono Leva. .*;I2.
Companions of Pau&hy J,;S- Ho.wson, ;D-D, s}F;
Titus-; ID-f .The lucartatiop,
jdcmynt—Xutes-for R&deis.put, qft.tho
mu.lt - - . -; - j ii i unoooi
~ Our Cause at J/njoa Springs,,Ala, ■[
On;the ! 16th ‘Jl<;Kiullini.'iof
Glaytoni, .AiEa.j*conducted the; seryjcfes A*r usi
In the morning,; adurge audienoe> listened at
tentively to <a« impressive and/instructive
sermon. At.the.'olose-of.thestnnoniittfie was
received; byylotter, and one. by experience*—
a .young lady- of .superior ; inteileut: and -m-ucb
promise: As
stated the great. facta of. kbr coswersioupthe
whole'-phureh and congregution seemed) to- feel
the fo?ee of lier tbrilliivg sutry:. At S o’clracky
Vi *3.usuial--for appointment wa6
madd for the children, and, by
tber.‘Pau4lirl q>reacbed; tom company.-of; the
little-people -and -.yoaths of -our-id \v ti.. > iTf) ©
sermon was- wel L -adapted .to the hearers -and
a.oompleteikiiccessj.andJit. wasifidt thattnbch
good bug
good-preacher and apexcellent-'Sundfty.schotil
wohkeft -H -tJai: btia «miou»
Sabbath, 28d~Jannary, just ns we opened
Sunday-school, brqjheb'dAlir. Tichenor came
in-' tttrd t?>oki a place in i iiy-,Bible cfhss; and/iad
ded‘greatly the; recitation
by the timely suggestions of- «u»tu»H;d‘ Opin>
idaauw-theodiflcteiit-toxtst il Thai custom'of
the class us .(Arheit-iUie SsehoohdOeß mut hiavp-a
Uft}fo«aaJdsso(|) ito-ieod Over*.the: ieasOwiby’
and then, haginhingiat- the. first/-take
upieach text -ih regular order,‘and clubs -and
teacher interchange- Biews>frfeely.j blujisuqlly
have Riply’s notesdn-hand, whichkretreferrod
to mainly for historical facts*. j. We
are Mtieqealledjper haps-—-all things considered
use of jcliuses during
Wehave tt floarislnng Sunday*sphak>lpaipilit
ispthejiurpose ofathe ;phstor^euperifiUetlc|ents
efficfwnfjr evriVy week, in the bro
ther Tichenor preached to the children. In
deed, many, us alleges wereupresenVand all
were edified and pleased, and considerable
feqling y was manifest;* In tha/moraipg the
Doctdr pieaiiied wit,hf / hii ufcual
deltoht of the audience. At night he lectured
euce t.O Howard 'College.**; The discourse was
characterized by great-breadth, and power.
The-Doctor ifc* travelling interests of
the Gollegey enlisting the feelingi atrd inspire
ing the eonfidenco of our people in the insti-’
tutton } also,-! settling old tJlaitns ilpdn the
moral (equities of e;tch -case. It rihoald cheer
the hearts of all the friends of Howard Gol-*
lege to-knotv that it-is-in a prosperous condi
tion at this time;--Brother Tiehenor will
tainly succeed, Sn a feW* months, in cancelling
the debt of-the institution of about ten thour
sand dollars uidt of the ante betlum claims bf
the arid then alt* the trustees will
have -to Uo u> have-one Os the most succesfi
fulyfitMirishing aud< useful institutions of learn
ing in all the land, will, *bri to let the present
jplau of-operations aldne, /.With sucih work
ing eneigy, praetiehl-judgiHents amiadminis
tr,ativo ability as are at the bead of the Col-:
lege Oo\V y and. the present, corps- of efficient
teachers, or auch as.President Freeman may
select in the future to assist him, the institu
tion will continue to progress till it cuSlniT.
nates irt grand and complete snecass. On the
present plan, at:no very distant time, the con
fidence and sy m[) at h ies great family of
Baptists in the btate, and thousands of others*
in-and out of Alabama, will he drawn to itq
and then, as a natural consequenoe, patronage
will flaw hitodthe;spacious 'Halls of the old
Howard- by the hundreds. Why not a half
thousand 'matriculates there annually, after
tweuty-foar months more work, with the pre
sent success The present term: began last
October, with, five professors, without a dol
lur of salary—-the- faculty depending upon the
moderate tuition fees of thepatroiiagejaud after
some weeks, in the midst of the term, another
professor had to be elected and called’to their
assisianoe! • The endowment that the College
needs tiow, with those; magnificent buildings,,
spk-ndid and surroundings, is.
debt -paid ami the patronage of the Bap-,
ttots of-the State-., -* ■ *;*.** r I*l - .n*<- ■!•.*■
It is well known .that .the surroundings .of
such,institutions have much to do with their,
isuofess,:-.-. Having spent yearaflt.the Howard,
I ean speak advisedly oa that -subject. It is
|doubted if tire sun shines .upon a batter coin
i muiiity. tiian -the beantiful little city pf. Marion
coiuains, Oneol the best evidences ot this,
is the* two flvjutishing female colleges there-—.
one.of ihunyour own Judson, It is beautiful
to sec two-to three hundred young;ladies
stream out of that spacious and magnificent
building every Sunday morning,in good time
iand march in perfect order to the .church and
pour into the Sunday-school and to divine
serviced, where the host, jof instructions are*
given to-alfe. both*in the scliool ;uid from the
pulpiti Board'and tuition.afe as moderate as
oircuinstances will allow, and health as good
as anywhere; and the money it takes to seud
, I boys off a thousand op two tuilcs, will pay
tuition, " fi fi ; V •;->7;>'i*-'OO ii-inm fo.ti*-
bitice. the material interesto of our country
have been destroyed, the more,,considerate
and better part of our .people* are feeling 4b
sorbing interest in the mental and moral cul
ture of tlie youths of our land.; This town
has a spacidiis building now. approaching com
pletion, in Which theJJrUstees propose soon to
establish a ; school ;pf IdgU grade, where boys
and girls will, bfi.fnlly prepared to. enter the
colleges. .Shouldibhto -onfflte under the eye,of
ail ex pel-teaced iteopher, ,>Y;ho desires to man
age such* an he migfitr do w«y ,tp
mttkp.;himanUvkMq:Wn«r,,The te>wo ; pf IJnfoii
iprfnriTnrmtrTthoijwTMrur of tim M. G. and
M. & Railroad*, and haa the (xpurt fipusc
and businesa.pf Bullock county, which is al
lowed t*>, be oncof .the very bestfo, .the State,
it*is,
ing p.l&ce, with surrouuditiga-that will ;a|wa.ys
supporka •idealtfi'is pow
very good, and there is little or no local cause
for sickness, ~ W, Ife Cabhqli,,,-;,
Uninn Springs, Ala,, Feb. loi 183.0;rtu h lo o
A Building: for stu4eat?, Green*
villfi, South Carolina.
It is knowiv , of joul; roa4<>rß that
! Lwa» appointed,;-on tbe heels;of tbe/Conyien
; titm at Oxfurd; tp iqaug-wrate a plan fpp:ae!cuf T
iag tp ert«t a building ib< tliepipgipal
tPi avatl tbemsidvea, of the
ad'yftutages.pf the SpQ,tbprn Baptist.XheuJpg,
i v *al Sfpiinany pt Greenville.,, M..is, proposed
j to make-the builr|iiig,a m«n\imßnttothe- ippm
; ory of Basil Manly,-, D>D.,, deceased..-, JThe
grand isi ; npt u a; monument,
put a much*oeeded dormitory;-, We were
infUrrupd at Oxford tfiai .there werebet twq
rotwtJß,:iu .any epnyeniept pJape, joofe already
occupied, wbile students;-were constantly.
COttipig ia, u Ycnir. readers are aware thi# tbq
messing system is adopted there, and that,
provided, a young get ajpng
W» WOnPfi?;.«Popth,-. liet,; the , friends
inetitntjon. by alf fneaps, pr§v|de rpomsTor,
student?*. jjti would dpa-htjesp be. ; trying to
the],feelings .of the famjty.of Dr..Manly.,to
ring the,changes..upon his name and services
as.an appeal to the ,dfinpminatipn ( audf r .i e l ff ds.
Bet. us spare thepi, while affordiiTg. wjhat ,we
beljeye to ,b@ a, coveted opportunity tp the
many friend«:pf ;tbe deceased tP pay a tribute
to a father in the jminiatrj, whp. was fcsoi of.
eposoiatipn Jto a» many;, op.ppr r
tunity ; such. s*. desire it, canupt be
unaecepitahies to ;atry. w,hp may be rinflueHoed
si mply-ijy'a^vsq-e to further the of
the institution, -
I ha«§ci^aiSiViaidia'ot-is«ilt i sbwffiifg out,
apdjcards.itp.ia gpod -fnapy persons
to feel, an interest ip the, matter.
They Will’ Explain;*futiy:'thb : %ta‘n Os bjfera
tirmpipriip'QSed, ;ahdbut mendi iff, th'«A‘ way' of
Sidfpg Without’ 1 much wdrk; 1 I’d^Siye' that
.BieVe
darefuHy tistd. They are printed and distrtbv
dfed mtoliy’ artitny' pfeffeorial o ekpetisd ’’
they''Be’‘‘nOt'waited.' ' Large
. f6;bbtaiti; -fiftffebf In
Hte 1 bases. 'We Will"gfuipftilfy diioepvdriy
athbutlt s 1 $t ’ dnd' tfpwartlg; '*‘We keppbse
rpany can contribute $5, some, $10; ‘kirdTU/e
trffst, largfei* sbhiS. *Wb ’sb'ulf f&fard
TaitVCdHtribMjrdti,’ #l6'''4 :, .jg^ft6rotib , dflfti
WMoi#fof' feymdfilti’ys afid Hundreds. ‘.We
sha7f u ''h'pt<rbci , ate'‘‘dollar i, ‘ebrit>i i t)!d i tidtiSi , ,‘ffdrit
. 5 !o 1 auur..'
ft hits; bi?bri J si^H!hAfea.‘UKii^‘ l
a’nfbrd de^rhT : ib<wibtr' Vhah * GftbbnVil lb Wo#
it fot'!gi i d‘ti¥ed >: t ! h%t
adhbrs iv]li'w6t. i in(i‘a'ke : fbhr*n ’6'b|^beWtf-, Uu lt
ntyfteH' hdf ' ddf&fc Such ' art r ' iri&lrdfiotf fir
thd t’ bur'dbti'itioriy'fab
pfla'de. iv ‘ nse
•red in 9ww damn ban /-■'.•rrJ.ijoujji's
qiloS ;»i!j p> j vun.irii. .i i,.-; ui'ii- -i.: t li’iw ycuni
-one Ministers and Beacons’ Meeting.
vThd Muii*cers>'ft«d of thd
4th-d,kiUfvet oin che-Bettiei'AssoOiationi awt at
ditbany-iDeiiday l andj
afiar'jyi sermon* ‘by- i M use,* was
odgatiiaedj iby Elder Musb>
>WmJ>Hki Cfeaudoinyi*Sebne'»
taiJyd* El dors dV
(Hooker'dddiiUuiudoui, and Deaoo«« Ingraham,
jihd iVasoa were present,; ,ftrethtfc»
Bui 1 ey, fwgtiilr*ia diidMatiaty-wcii appointed
a committee to arrange business. Adjourned
tbifiatiilfdayiunin-iiiajf.yiife -II ,i>’ifl I .oK cl
r...S.itatpday ti>l iiO' o*’eS i oeltp-m«<i ipursuaptetd
adjladiwneKt, vfiwd, wfeer i Sotria *<k votiolnal
eifclses, tbje Eoinqiittee:ort Business' reported
&it disfcuskoo.itbeioUowing'sutjeon: v/oWhat
are the ebdt:iplb& id the way otfth e saecesc .of pass,
tors l!i< titer rams rbsiby Cfo&«doiMyls*»iey jVat
eotvahd hialiary, Riaalvid, That it i%the
sens# 6fjthiS3ntetHTgpthat) if
we Vpastoral tnff waot tjfaearn
estness ana independence in the pastors them
selves, is the greatest. Adjourned to 3
o-’elock, r. m. Met accorditig.to .adjoummefit,
and brethren Dr. T. C. Teasdale and T. H.
Stout had arri/ed/ ‘’Ddftes of Deacons, and
to whai extent may tire church relieve them
by the appointment of others 11* . was
tion presented, and was discussed by brethren
Ingraham, StPut, Vasori, and Bailey; and was
answered thus: “Resolved, I . That they ca'h
not’ be relieved, though they may request
assistance; buta return to tlie scriptural rule of
weekly contributions, would result In their
needing no assistance.” Adjourned to 8
o'clock, When Dr. Teasdale spoke to the fol
lowing* proposition : “The i rngortaticC of the
Sunday school work, and its relation to the
S. S. Board of the Southern Baptist Convert
tton."' After which; the fill (owing resolutions
were adopted : 1. Resolved, That We Consider
;it "thb duty of all the members of our'
churches; ItreSpCctivfe’ of age, to b’e’ members
of’ the Sunday -school. 2. That we consider
the Sunday*school Board of the S. B. Conven
tion a nio9t’ important' instrumentality to pro
mote the Sunday-achdol Cause, and deserv
ing the earnest riuppott Os every Southern
Baptist.
• Appointed a committee’to report business
for next meeting, which was received, and the
meeting adjourned, altfeeliilg that it had been
pleasant and profitable. 7 ' ■ ! ’
To ,tbe Churches of Bowen Association.
l am now engaged by the Executive Board
of the Association, as missionary and col
porteur, to ’ preach and establish Sunday
schools among the;chuinches, also to visit such
destitute places as may exist in your bounds,
and to furnish books at the lowest possible
prices. I shall have with me Hymn Books,
Testaments, Bibles, Question Books, etc. I
keep on hand such other religious books as
are usually in de.mand among Baptists. I
iwill receive and forward niqii'ey 'for the fol
lowing papers, viz: “'Kind Words—the
Child's Delight “ Tits QtißisriAN Index and
SoutH-Wx-TERN Baptist,” and “The Baptist."
Books for brethren, or lrietids, will be ordered
when desired.
“ I can do nothing against the truth, but For
the trUth,” said Paul. May we, all be deep
ly imbued with his spirit; The Baptist Sun
day School— the Baptist Press—the Bap
tist Pulpit: What mighty instrumentalities
in pulling down the strongholds of Satan’s
kingdom drt earth ! May we all bo laborers
together With God in the active use of these
instrumentalities.’ So prays yours, in every
good word arid work, Robert Fleming.
Ordinations. • o
Let me relate) as denominational news, that
Elders L. Joiner, T. J. Adams and Isaac
Hobby met at Ebenezer, in Dooly county,
'Georgia, the Saturday prior to third Sunday
;in December, 1869, and constituting them
selves a presbytery, proceeded to examine
brother J. G. Polhili upon his Christian expe
rience and call to the ministry ; and the exam
ination proving satisfactory, they ordained
him; to the foil ministry, at the request of
Antioch church, Lee county, which had made
choice of lum as pastor. Since his ordination,
he has been solicited to take charge of the
church at Vienna, which he has done. It will
be a matter of interest to sonic old brethren
yet living to know that brother Polhili is the
oldest son of Elder J. J. Polhili, now de
ceased. !; Wm. N. Ohaudoin.
Cottagt Home, Feb. 14 th, 1870. ."'”.l
At a called meeting of the Friendship Bap-
I tist church, Wilkes county, Georgia,, a .pres
by.tery composed of the following brethren,
namely—Rev. L. W. Stephens, Rev, J, 110-
and Rev. I. A. McLendon—-met the pas
tor, Rev. J,. fF Fortson, for, the purpose of
ordaining brotlxer James E, Bramletfc to the
miuistry. The orfi i nation sermon was preached
by Elder J. Hogan. The, church was ques*-
tioned as to the qualifications of the brother
by.^cy- wfic
| ined the candidate. .^Prity m' was then offered
by Rev. I, A. McLendon. After which, ,jjie
; Chafge was delittefed by’Rdv. John H.'Fort
son,- wheft the presbytery and church' united
in extending the right hand of fellowship.
; vnff .m J. S. C.
u Friendship-, Ga-., Feb. Ith, 1973, ’ ,■ ■-■■■ ■■■‘-'o 1
At the request-of tlte Enoree Baptist church)
j (twelve mises north of Greenville, S. C.y) the
following brethren, namely—A. D. Bowers
; (pastor), A. Atlbn, S, Powell) L. R. Scrugg*r;
and W. T. Thorntom-iassembled Febod3tb,
and forming a prGsbylery, proceeded to feet
apart brother Harrison Fowler, of the Semi
nary, to the work of the gospel ministry.
Sertnon by W.-T. Thornton, Examination
of oaedidate, presentation of the Bible and
delivery of charge by L.R. Scruggs: Ordato
iing prayer by A. Allen. Benediction by the
y Greenville,,9-. C, *. ( 'j-.-'h* q *..<J 11.. v and i/; oil:,
Southern Baptist Colleges, etc.
pKNFIELD, GEORGIA—:
[Foutideti! Ijß3B,]—lnstructors, fi, Students ;
Seniors, Ifi j Juniuirs, 32; Sophomores,
Frcshnien, 18; total, 84. Professors of re
ligion, S8; preparing for the ministry, C\
The daily prayer meeting of the students,
which has beep ip existettce for thirty years,
is not less vigorous than at any previous
period, and is a source of great good to the
entire institution. , President Tucker says fur
ther: “The question of removal is agitated
here, as it was at Hamilton. Those who Favor
removal hold off from the college, because it
is not moved; aud those who oppose removal
hold off, because the college is not permanent.
Still, all parties ace real friends to the college,
and wifi sustain it when the question is set
tied”; ;
j io llow4.nD CpLl*s9E, Marion, AjtAiT7*£lß42.)
: Inrtr#<rtof% t Bwipßs*.4» Juns
|ors, 2 jßophPatpfes, 6j .Freshmen, ; Sub
freshmen, 40 j pursuing ah. irregpUr course,
26; in ' Preparatory Department,. 72!5 botjjl,
172. Professors of .religion, 25: studying
for BdiinisijY,. ' Jlife o‘f'
$40,000; endowment lost by i, th4 war. Mr.
Dill addsV i * cohimen l cbd Under bur pres
ent; organisation last! October, and we hive
already exceeded the number registered, last
yedr Iby sixty.
Batlor University, fNDRPBNDENCtr, Tax as
-n>. ‘ft.vd Students^—Senior
| class, l f‘ J Middle ‘iilass, class, 6;
Acad et»ic, Department {embraci ng. those iUsu -
ally felassed as Freshmen, and.alt preparatory
j pupils), 75j,;total, 89. i Professing
; 2 ,for .the ministry, 2. Tiiere is a
i Ltt,w Department,..having 2 instructors and
j 14 ,students^-:Yttlue, of
; endowment,mostly, in lands which are ihcreas
j ing. value, $13,240. President Crane says i
j MjWo .hrei anticipating State Aid. by u grant of
laodj.And-an agent is.is in the fhld aiming to
complete i Alie, endowment, ioflitive chairs, and
also to itaise iS2O y QQO, to, complete: a very large
edii6Cft.ieQmmfen«ed.'tt>efc»®e/.-tba war.,., The
iiwtituUofli need* .something of
which, aqcdllege, .wantsu.. Dur library, is rew
spactableu i oThclPreMdentfs library isilargeri
Our*apparatus is the best in the.SutCj and
consideiSable additions iwve just, been.o*deredl
BuA> wei need .somei important;;
Wc,;ha,ve suffered from ia
removal. v.Tha Baptist iState.iCon.Yeution has
unanimously resolKednot..to move, ih« iugtii
lutio«,.n*ar even .the Question* The
moral honor, of jthe ctenMmi nation; is bpu nd by
this.decision phence,we-aretexpecting.a grand
rally aruhnd this.the necognixed.BUpti-s.t .State
InsrtitUliomVi ,vni , . t«A iv.uiJ ,ui,.ij U>
b. 4?t .liOMiSl Afcp OoiieU b^Washinbto^, 1 D • O>~H
CoWegiate Depaitmervlj
7; Preparatory, 2; Law, 4; Medical, 8.--Sttt-i
dentidhUotlhgitltaDbpartmentti'-Sefrkws. 13 ;
Juiior*4lj| #;' Frlsh-nen,
27; total, 77. Preparatory Department,
102. Law students, 160; Medical, 72. Eu
-tire number -of students, 417. - In the Pre
paratory and Collegiate Departments, 47
profess religion'; LavD tDeparlijxjn^
many are mCmbeiV or churches. President
yielding,.incopn.e,,.is,, abyut $50,p00 many
other Southern stocks yielding none. The
I Arid 9 to bh •reiited’ for endowment are worth
from $300,000 to $500,000. The buildings
of the, College proper ard ' worth $80.000;
those of the. Law and Medieal Departments,
$7,000. The college, neeyls a iieW building,
and a.small food, to-improve, its.grounds for
rent.” Theological Department—
Instructors, ■■3, v „ r }8 ? , Samson
says: “ This department is designed to meet
a local want. It .ia ..cohducted 4>y Alie Presi
dent and two' College Professors; It hits as
yet no bulTd'ihgs, , hhd itft students are of six
denominations.” ■ .„.. ,»•
Ky.—
[lß3l.] —Instructors, 6; Students in all the
college classes, 65 ; in the Preparatory De
partment, 35. Students for ministry, 18.
Value of- buildings,'• $30,000
SIOO,OOO.
Richmond College, Richmond, Vikotnia—
[lß32.] StUdents'ih the sev
eral collegiate schools, i3l; . Preparatory
Department, 23; total, 154.
Union University;, MußFEtfSspoßijj/TENN.
[IB4B.] —Instructors, 4, -Students: Senior,
1 ; Juniors, 8; Sophomores, 15* Freshmen,
26; total, 50. Preparatory. 60.
Studying for the ministry, O. Value of build
ings, $50,000; endowment," $50,000.
William Jewell College, Lidertt, Mo.
[1849.] —Instructors, 6; Students 1 in hll the
“Schools,” 116,, of whom 34 are studying for
the ministry. Endowment, about. $1(10,000.
Bethel College, Kue§ELtVd?J-is, Kr.—
[IB6O.] — Students! In the Col
legiate Schools, 30; in the Preparatory Depart
ment, 50. Professors of religion, 26; study
ing for the ministry, 15. Value of buildings
ami grounds, sso^ooo;.cASh $70,-
000; real estate pndpyyrpeptj $45 y 000. Pres
ident Davis writes Our Uollege is in excel
lent conditiohf. ' We have no debt
and have reason -tad expect 'considerable addi
tions- to the endowment at an early day. The
number of students is nob large, but all grade#
are well represented by highly promising
young men. The orderly odnduet of the ntu<
dents is perfeet. The disciplinary requisitions
are many and close-.' The course of study is
lull, and rigidly demanded of every one whd
would advance. "Perhaps this, to someextent/
accounts for our small numbers. ' The friends
ot our College are full of bright hopes. At
promising future is openiiig before us. Wd
believe that when better known, our halls
will be filled. We' believe', that ‘the.way t&
secure permanent patronage is to deserve its
We believe that by adhering to out? present;
system, the College will prove, under thh
blessing of God, a strong auxiliary to the
Master’s cause. A full Theologioul Professor!
ship has recently been added to the College*
and the School: of Theology, in cunnectit/tt
with it, may now beconsid'ereJ ns establishedi
The eutiro time of the Professor (Rev. Wjr
W. Gardner) will hereafter be devoted to.this*
School, and students, for the ministry will'
advance regularly through its
grades pari passu as they advance m the*
other schools. A student who has thus com
pleted our ooursp will be well prepared for a«
Theological Seminany-p or if he cannot attend;
one, will be somewhat preparod fur his work.”
SotrfHKRN BArTtsTTfiEbLbdiCiifc SerfistAhr..
Greenville, S. C;—[lßsß.J— lnsthibtobs, 5-,
Students, 60. No permanent buildings yet 1
erected; those purchased for' temporary use.
are worth about $20,000. The endowment
has mostly been lost';-' subsciipt'mns for -Sflp-i
port are made from year to year; the hnidw
are worth about SBO,OOO. : President/
adds* K our school Is pfebuliat*. lit aiims to
give theological education to the highest; and
at tlie same timte to those of moderate sehoN
arship. In this we have succeeded beyond;
our highest hopes. I wish our brethren, Whti
have been agitating this question of a more
abundant ministry and, of various grades,
could see howwe have here AceoirripUshed'
what they are seeking Bapiibt?
imiiioii'j Circular. .! a bum.a ••
The following is issued in further explatla
tlon of the Meeting of.Educator's and Friehds
of Education; to be held in Brooklyn, ; April
19, 20 aud 21, lß7oj> ’.ln part-writWibdWoiis
sioiiS' are expeoted 'to bd foHoWed by.'Oral.-ftnd
in part the-discussions will be oral only,
be opened by assigned speakers/ The topics
in the first division indicate the plan jofHhe
meeting as fhr as definltiely arranged, or m
process of amngdment.- • The second di ylsa<«i‘
contains topiesiwhich hwve been Suggested by
correspondents; and may serve As baseS of
special discussions, ot* as suggesting courses'
of thought likely to be*. e*pressed ’iiv discus
sions artsirig under topics provided Tor In* (he
first division. Educators or friehds
cation of the South at>d West, to Whom parts
have been assigned/have nth
in reply, and; therefore, though thfeir'co-b6c-*
ration is expected, their- names -are hot pub
lished, Such names will bf made 4n«>wn «si
early as possible. .{irmil
rniST tm istON. "
1. The place of Academies in a system, qfWbcr
education—the standards ’to Which th6y sliputd
aspire; andthe ccndittcns'of theit* e'ttßdncy’. 0
S, S. Greene* University,’ -': o
2. The University of the lftth centuryi-wfciu
it is, and what it. will cost. At B. Amktsoa, LL,
; ft.] JJqi^Hyiof.Rochester,.,; f „ , oi
,-3., The duty o^,tbe.chlj);ch ; jta brorW** tha''«aftfdc
advanced investigators and teachers .ip, .die de
partments of science, and, at the same )W fp
conserve the discipline and cUltuWpi' cfasSfcil and
literary studies. J: R.! Loomis,£)q Ufrfver*
sity 6f Lfewßburg. ' vn.li .a *' o.;u I «ui;>
. 4. The.question of. Fellowships as a rewani for
eminent scholarship, and with a view to the.roni>
ing.Pf a specially; learned wWeU Pro-
Vflir.eFW^-.^Ml
5. The adfanceifieht of oiir Laity in tlie hikhef
forms bf education, as affecting th& sbpply rtf dnib
isters,-and tlit character and’extent til rtilnTsteriivf
training. : Alvah U.D., Newtoil-Th«4logi*
cal Institutioni ji;.:, ;».qx-» i v >;,iu .oj
G. Jesuit Collegiate Instruction, as affecting
present questions of education and society. -.G.
W'. Sanisoh, D D. Cbliitpbian Qolleger
'•?; The kitrtfatid 'trXteiit' of “fnin'CUeHkl Caffute
demanded drt* s our * <ime,* Biid espeerally in oiir tlet
nomination; > <|l. G,,Robinsoa,-'D;I)., -‘R<ict4o«ler
Theological Seminary, .-» <... <vh; .v/ )uii
8. .Thp most advance*} luinistoriai.- culture as
illustrated audj vindicated in ;thq actual work of
preacher a , id i .pastor.;,,)fi. jP^
Madison University.. . * . 1 * 1
' ‘‘9. The" necessity fdf‘kn‘’iibi l i'd , g'e(i'('dtirsb'. bf
studied in ottrTlrtological schools, attd the
ods of making ineffective, HowardGs^ood,
Cro»er Theological.Semintuy. .’i. • uud i>l ,iWi» >■■}
,40. The duty A' odueatorsilo.lead tho cuusloi
«toqrtM*Woqflue -;. t,>l;niipi mil mi dapUa butd
im^WipCJwHiiiwp.^Psi
1 tI«S. i . - 1 * v
. t2 l .“Tfee' bf ! elidfoWihebtA for our Tftb^
■ raty aWd‘ thedlbgi i cal :, A BiscusSibK^
! lo be dpenfJd-by lte'v*. Edward Bright,
Yoidl * w« ,*mp m»Y : *id)
| The condition and .prospects of'education*
in,the i?uuf*etn; as afftctiog hoth.^aetts,]
made a specialty and a paramount organized
tdr'dit 1 Ih'Otifdenb'AiifiAtioHkf ilcßvlfleif '
“id; 1 The'hearing of*a general eduCdfiottitl iiibte“
uveot bn .the cbarjicter. (and,prospects
nomination* iiand tfie; bvtty;of .pastorh, • by. .pairhc
and by v a^->WR«Bel r :t9W'
‘P,JiMnfflfrS da Kid ni anjsrb
bubbiiy, but, J,i sbconrhivibiok. ;»xm>n-d
• i-l.’ Thb practical trtlrrfrtg 'of student's of fhfbiogij
eottbetjfed'with'tha off!