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196 Mm tkt MMUxm. " Doing It for Jesus. “I fn going to carry these flowers to Jesus.” oo softly, whispered little Clara S., to herself, one day in the garden, as she culled the choi cest of her flowers. And she added, “ When the fruit Is ripe, I’ll carry Him some of that, too,” She spoke the last words in a louder tone, Dot being aware that any one was near enough to hear her, or she would not have spoken aloud. Her cousin Agnes, a young lady of eighteen, had come over to her aunt\ a short time previous, and was now engaged in picking currants, being hidden from Clara by the bushes. Cut as the little girl spoke the last words, Agnes had approached near enough t$ hear her. Then, coining out of her hiding- F place, she asked—“To whom are you going to carry the fruit, Clara ?” SpShe little one replied, “ Oh, l didn’t know tllftt you were there, Cousin Agnes. I’m go ing to carry it to poor, sick Rachel.” “ But you said him,” rejoined her cousin. The child blushed. Not that she was ashamed of Jesus, but she had never talked with her cousin on these subjects, because Agnes did not seem to care for such things. She was gay and thoughtless, having been brought up by a worldly mother. But al though Clara was timid, and felt a little em barrassed at being overheard, she was not ashamed of her best Friend, anl she soon replied with great composure, “ Yes, Cousin Aggie, I did say him, and I meant our dear Saviour. Jesus.” “ But He is not here, child,” replied Agnes, -with a light laugh, which might have discon certed a more self-conscious child. But the little one’s heart was full of love, aud she said, with great earnestness, “ Yes he is, Cousin Aggie. Though we do not see Hirn, yet he sees us, and is waiting for me in poor; sick Rachel’s room ; and oh, this is such happiness,” she added, with deep feeling; so -much so, that a tear rose to her eye—a tear of joy at the thought. Agnes was much siruck by her manner and by her words. It was so strange to hear a child speak thus, and these things were so new to the young Jady, that—partly from love of novelty and partly from being touched by the sweet simplicity and confidence of the little girl—she said, “ You dear little thing. Where did you learn all this? Tell me more.” So, in the same artless manner, Clara told her cousin what she had learned in the Sab bath school, ana in her Bible, about the dear Redeemer—how he gives us these little things to do for him, watching us and helping us in every day dutiss. “ And,” added she, “ we can please him by doing these things ; and oh, Agnes, he loves me just as if I was his little girl. This is why 1 want to carry him things ; for 1 cannot help loving him, too; because he is so good.” . And there, under the current bushes, listen ing to a child, 'Agnes had her first Gospel sermon, made more forcible to her, by being exemplified in a child’s life. And while she listened the Holy Spirit opened her under standing and softened her heart, so that the ■good seed took root in her bosom. When she rose, Clara saw a tear in her cousin’s eye, though she turned away to hide it. For many months after, Agnes might be 'seen in the same Sabbath school which her Cousin Clara attended, surrounded by a class 'of little girls, to whom she taught the same sweet story of the love of Jesus and his con stant presence with those who love and serve him. She continued to be a teacher many years, and had the satisfaction to sec a great num ber of her scholars publicly profess their love to •Garret and -sit down with her at Ilis table. The first Bible-verse which she ever learned was taught her by her little cousin, and influ enced her whole life. It was these words of Jesus: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it ur.to me.” Matt, xxv: 40. Accidents. There are some causes of accidents, or a' least some helps to their happening, over which we have at present no control what ever. Nor can we see our way to having control over them. I have heard of a phre nologist who said he would rather his child had a large organ of cautiousness than a body guard of a thousand nurses—indeed, he did not say “ nurses,” he used another word which I will not put in print here. What he meant was that the best of all protectors was a natu ral disposition to take care. We know’ that all the teaohing in the world will not make a boy into a poet, or a painter, or a great engineer—he must haye what we call genius to be either. And there is a genius for taking care, and an immense natural difference be tween the degrees in which different people have this genius, or gift of circumspection. But there is such a thing as education, and 1 have always thonght that we might be trained to know a great deal more than w T e usually know of the risks of life; especially such of them as arise.with respect to mechanical and chemical contrivances and what are called the laws of matter and motion. How frequently you will see a man—and you w ill more fre quently see a woman—stand on the step of an omnibus to ask a question or to pay the fare; when a very little instruction would have taught him that a slight motion of the carriage forward by such a trifle as a jerk from the horses—will pitch him down. 1 once saw a poor man “ thrown” in this exact way, and he had to be borne off to.the hos pital. fie was quite senseless from concus sion of the brain. Take, again, the trick of leaning against the door of a carriage in motion. This is a thing which children, eager to look about them constantly do But surely you have read more than once of hor rible cases of the door giving way from the sliding of the latch, while the child—it is usually a child—falls out, and is either seri ously hurt, or killed at once. 1 remember two cases within eighteen months, in which children were killed on railways in this way. There is another waiter of the same kind which more concerns girls than boys, for the girls carry parasols as well as umbrellas. It is a general rule that when you are carrying anything pointed in your hand! you should carry the point downward, or turned in such a direction that it will be least likely to hurt either yourself or any one else. Yet this is a rule which you may constantly see neglected, even where it is most important, namely, in public vehicles of different kinds. If you get into a railway carriage or an omnibus, or any place of the kind, with an umbrella, a stick, or a parasol in your hand, mind you carry it poinUdownwards. There is another rule, not so easy to apply' in every case where it is wanted, bat it is a rule, which deserves much study. It is this: Where there is a possi bility of doing harm, take nothing for granted; and there V another ruic of precaution which is of equal value—is indeed the same rule in another shape—always leave a margin. Ap ply this to the common case of crossing a road. There is rarely any reason for the astounding hurry*people are iu to cross a road, and usually half a minute would give them what 1 call the margin. As thus: An opening occurs in the chain of carriages. You are about to dart across. Well, all will be well, supposing nothing fresh happens. But something fresh is very likely indeed to hap pen, and then where are you ? One cart may move quicker, all of a sudden; or you inay slip; or another cart may come to a dead THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERNjBAPTIST: -ATLANTA, DA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,1871. stop ; orany one of a thousand .incalculable things. Leave' then, a ihargtn'for'possible matters that you cannot foresee. There is another “turn” of the same rule which I must not omit— l -Never, unless duty clearly calls, d6 Very lrnportaht things when you are ill, if they are things as to which your health affects your powers, and things which can be done at another time. We ail know how many small accidents occur in a household from our doing, when not well, things which required full at tention and a very steady hand, and I am quite sure that some of the awful mishaps that I hear of in shooting, boating, and crick eting, arise in a similar way.— Good Words for the Young. Heaven. flow sweetly strange will be the day When we shall no more kneel aud pray For daily bread; but, wondering, say, “ We hunger now no morel’’ When we shall hear the cooling rill, And feel the fountain’s freshness fill The vital, balmy air, and still Thirst not forevermore 1 When we shall fly on errands vast, And pore o'er secret wonders past, While heaven’s revolving ages last, Yet we no older grow ! When we shall plan for endless years. And joy in God and know our fears Lie in the sole tomb that appears, The tomb of all our woe! When service shall be wrought aright, Forever banishiug the night, Love the sole motive. 0 thou Light! Thou shatt make ail things new ! There, beckoning to some shining throne, Our suffering darlings, crowned our own, Shall fold us in a bliss unknown ; The patient, tried and true! And if, obeying love’s command, ‘ Among those ransomed ones shall stand Some soul uplifted by our hand, What praises will be due! And 0, to see our Saviour smile, We being certain all the while The sin that did our souls defile, And make us cry “ Unclean,,'' Is blotted out; as from the sky, When the great sun goes shining by, Aio the dark clouds that threatening lie As if they bad not been. \ So that He whom our souls adore' Cau look us through, and o’er and o’er, Nor find one stain forevermore ; And we can look on Him, Nor shrink, nor strive to hide, nor sigh, But find it heaven’s joy to lie Full in the light of His pure eye, Made pure like Him by Him / And now, though words may fail to tell The whole of heaven, yet is it well That Hope within the veil should dwell And sing of the unseen. Evangelist. The Wet Grist. “1 have a story for your Guiding Hand page,” said a long-known and beloved brother in the Christian ministry, the other day. “Let us have it, then,” was our reply. “I suppose,’’ said he, “ l owe my life to the providence of God; and I will write out the story for you.” He did so, and it was as fol lows ; “ My father was a man of prayer, and in our home the family altar was never permit ted to fall down, nor its fires to expire or grow dim. Around that altar our depen dence on God was constantly acknowledged, ana the divine blessing continually invoked. Nor was that blessing sought in vain, but mercies new and fresh from day to day were granted in answer to a father’s prayers. y One bright morning in the spring of 1850, after commending us to the Divine protec tion, my father put two bushels of rye into hi» wagon, and stasted for the grist-mill at Rockland, R. 1., a few miles distant from our home. When more than half way there he had to cross a bridge called ‘The Wharf,’ along the sides of which there were no rail ings, but only some logs laid upon the end of the planks. “ When on the middle of this bridge the horse stopped and began to back. My lather leaped from the wagon, and the horse con tinned backing till the hind wheels went over the logs and off the edge of the bridge, and the wagon-seat and grain-bag tumbled out and fell into the stream. At this moment the horse stopped, the forward wheels caught c>n the log, and the hinder part of the- wagon hung over the edge of the bridge, being held by the horse and by the forward wheels. “ Four or five men soon came to the rescue, the wagon was lifted back, the gristfrehed up from the water, and in half am hour Hoy Father was on his way back home to dry His grist and get it ready for grinding again. “There was a mystery about this whole transaction. We could not imagine what had made the horse back when upon the bridge. He showed ho signs of fright, and had never acted so before. My father was troubled, lie had earnestly prayed that morning that the angel of the Lord might encamp around about us that day, and now to be subjected to such an accident and so much inconvenience, was something of a trial to his faith, though it did not shako his confidence in God. “ He returned home, and we went to work to dry our grain and prepare it for grinding; but when we spread out the rye upon a cloth in the sun to dry. wo noticed scattered all throught it, fragments of a fine glittering sub stance, which, on examination, proved to be glass! Thousands and thousands of little fragments and splinters of broken glass were mingled with those two bushels of rye— enough to have caused the death of all our family and a hundred others if the grain bad been ground and baked and eaten. “ We were amazed at this revelation, and with what grateful hearts we knelt around the family altar and thanked God fur His won derful providence w hich had so strangely pre served our lives. “ But bow came the glass thus mingled with the grain? It was all explained very soon. The rye had been kept in an open barrel, and over this barrel our neighbors had smoothed axe-handles, using pieces of glass to scrape and polish them. These pieces of glass were thus broken and splintered, and the fragments dropped unnoticed into the grain, and were measured up and placed in the bag to be carried to the mill. “No one suspected the danger, and if that grist had been ground, no human power could have averted the calamity, or saved our family from the terrible influence of a poison so deadly as powdered glass. God in His providence interposed and preserved our lives; truly it is but right that they should be consecrated to His service.” Tea Rules not to be Observed at Church. 1. Never open ybur pew-door to a stranger wanting a seat. He may have designs on your purse. 2. If jthe sexton brings a stranger to your door, look daggers at him, and make him just as u comfortable as you can. 3. Take out your Watch several times dur ing the sermon, and if it has a hunting case, shut it up with a sharp snap. It may hurry the preacher. 4. When you return your, hymp-book to the rack, let it go down with e en livens the service. 5 y.v * *'-? 5. Wear the most dress you have. It showryou don’t care (or the proprieties. 6. Rush to the pew-doOr on the instant of the last amen." You are glad it’s over. 7. Stop in the aisle to salute all your friends and turn about, if possible, in the crowd. It makes you conspicuous. 8. Tread on as many dresses of the ladies as you can, and make them look around. 9. In the door, stand still, and have a chat, so as to hinder all behind you from getting out. 10. Light a cigar on the walk, and puff the smoke so as to annoy everybody near you.— Observer. ‘ 'i-.. Buried Cities—A Pleasant Game for the Family Circle. j A city is said to be buried when the letters that compose it occur in their proper order in a sentence, but concealed either as a part of some longer word, or better, as portions of different words. Thus, in the sentence, “The best themseives err often,” we have buried the city of Thebes and the German city Ems. Avery pleasant game is played by each of a party, in turn, either writing or speaking a short sentence containing one or more buried cities; then all try to solve it, and the first one who succeeds counts one o ( n his score. The player who first w ins ten, or any other number agreed upon, wins the game. Another way is for each to set to work at bury ing cities on his own account. Let the group about the centre table take a list of towns in any given country or State, and see which can bury the most, and the most suc cessfully. A great deal of the art in burying cities consists in having them come in liatu rally, and in a sort of connected narrative. If they are lugged in the work will have an awkward appearance, and will be easily dis covered. The cities should be generally well known, though it will do to have in one now and then more obscure. We have observed also that occasionally some province or island will slip in among them. Os course, any other names may be substituted instead of those of cities, as, for instance, rivers, islands, authors, generals, or even the names of the persons present. In the following passage there are buried more than forty cities, and in one place there are to be found not less than seven within the space of eight words : * Others may write in sombre lines or to a humorous strain, may say their say or keep it to themseives; may write for sale merely, or vie to make their wares the best they can. To nobler missions are we called ; a worthier we remember never. We search for buried cities, owning posthaste the debt our sense historic owes thereto. Oyer dune raised yes ternight, and over heath old as time, lo ! we go to the land august of the far Coliseum ; or, angels have pity ! to where war’s awful rage, oh art for devils! culminates in death. Not by steamer, with crowds that jam her stjngy cabins. The wrath untempered of winds or waves we do not brave. Nicely all on donkeys are we mounted. To cheer us in the morning music, or in the evening, when we quit our work. So, from out of the deep arise the buried cities—whereto be found we give to each a guess.— Hearth and Home. * Berlin, Oahu, York, Ems, Salem, Orvieto, Ware, Thebes, Canton, Nob, Sion, Worth, Berne, Ningpo, Tours, Cowes, Verdun, Dun, Ai, Terni, Andover, Dover, Athol, Asti, Owego, Landau, Arcoli, Orange, Warsaw, Hartford, Uim, Si ode, Araburst, Thun, Tetnpe, Windsor, Venice, Nice, London, Corinth, Quito, Paris, Hague. A Word in Season. Some years ago a clergyman was riding through South Carolina, on his way to the yearly meeting or Synod. Public houses were not plenty, and wealthy private gentle men opened their homes for the entertain ment cf strangers. The clergyman rested at the house of a planter who prided himself upon his fine garden and early vegetables. On the night of the arrival there had been a late frost. The plants felt the effect and were drooping in the garden. The proprietor was in bad humor. As the cleigyman came down the stairs, he overheard the planter say, “ I wish the devil had the. garden.” Tapping him upon the shoulder, the remark was quietly made, “ Probably he would prefer the owner.” The planter, abashed, made no reply. Before leaving, the clergyman asked for his bill. “ Nothing, sir.” “ But I hare had sup per, lodging, breakfast, and horse feed.” “ 1 will take nothing Do you frequently pass this way?” “Quite often.” “Make my house your home. I will never a-k you a bill.” A year after a call was made upon the planter. A cordial welcome was extended. A Bible was handed to the clergyman. Family prayers were had together. “ I hope,” says the p'lamer, “ « am a true Christian. Your remark never left me. 1 think it was the means of my conversion.” Father will Never Know It. “Father will never know it!” thought lit tle John Edson, as he drank a glass of cider, given to him by Henry Carlton, in'whose home he was spending the afternoon. It was an act of disobedience, as John well knew ; for Mr. Edson was very careful to teach his son the principles of total abstinence. He never al lowed cider to be brought into his cellar, or anything else that contained alcohol. He early taught his boy the evils of intemperance and thedanger of even drinking beeraud cider. But John was a thoughtless boy, one who did not always remember the counsels and teachings of a kind father ; for he very often disobeyed his parents when he thought that he. would not befoundhut. •Father will never know it!” said John again a year or two la ter, as he smoked a cigar which he obtained of Henry Carlton. It made him vesy sick, yet he did not mind it much ; for he thought it a manly practice to smoke, and so he “ took a cigar” every time he had an opportunity. “Father will never know it!” he said, as he drank a glass of beer in the village bar room. It was the fust time he had ever en tered the wicked place where liquor was given to men to rob them of their money. Henry Carlton had persuaded him to visit the bat room, and then treat him to a glass of beer. In a night or two, it was John's turn to treat, which he did, with the thought that it would never be known, only to the few bar room loungers, who sav him pay for the beer. Months passed away and John Edson be come a regular visitor to the village bar-room, and, what was worse, a good customer at the bar, as the landlord termed it. And John began to grow hardened in sin also ; for he then did not care whether his father knew of his misdeed or not. “ I do not care for the old man now ; for I have got out from un der his thumb,” he would frequently say, while spending his money, and wasting his time with his vile associates. And, so poor John had fallen to such a sad position as to cease to care for the opinion of his aged father. He went on from bad to worse, until he erased to care for the opinion of any one, and became a poor, fallen, wretch ed drunkard, destitute of shame, truth, and nobleness, Henry Carllon was a base, sinful man, also, who spent much of his time in enticing others to sin and leading them away from right. A long term in State’s prison, he served at last, while John Edson filled a drunkard’s grave. We do not know his father’s feelings as John went down the dark pathway of intem perance, but we are sure that they were any thing but pleasant. We know that he shed bitter tears, and moaned sadly tflntc* standing by his dying boy, and. so we judged that his sorrow was deep and bitter.- “ Father will never know it.!”" Did poor John think-aright when he said these words ? Every act of disobedience might notljave b*;en known to the kind old father; yet he knew enough to make him broken-hearted, and bear him in sorrow to the grave. Boys, never do an act that you-would 3 be ashamed to have your father know. Pity and respect him in his declining years, and heed his counsels and commands. He will trot stay with you long, so do not break his heart by becoming a drunkard, or by disobeying him in any manner. Rememeber always that, however you may attempt to hide your sins, your Father above knows all—even the secret motives of your heart.— 'Mrs. Holt, in Ybtilh'i Temp. Banner. Ik' The Uniform Series of Bible Jtws Avtee His Ascsssion. Hate. Topic. Text. Jan. 7—The Exalted Saviour Acts ii: 82-41. Jan. 14—Thf>lfftrr«t Mediator Heb. ix: 23-23. Jac. 21—The £J/-r>uffieient Lord.. .2 Cor, xii: 1-10. Jan. 28—The Glorified Son of Man.Rov. i: 12-20. Feb. 4—To the Church of Ephesus. Rev. ii: 1-7. Feb. 11 —Smyrna aud Pergamos Churches Rev ii: 8-17. Feb. 18—To the church of Sardis . .Rev. iii: 1-6. Feb. 2a—To theJChurch of Philadel phia Rev. iii: 7-13. Mar. 3—To the Church of Laodicea. Rev. iii: 14-22. Mar. 10 —The Sealed Book ..Rev. v: 1-14. Mar. 17—The Lamb on the Throne .Rev. vii: 0-17. Mar. 24-Alpbajand Omega ReV. xxii' 10-17. Mar. 31—Review Elisha and Israel. Apr. 7—The Mantle of Elijah 2 Kgs. ii: 9-15. Apr. 14 —Tile Waters Healed 2 Kgs. ii: 19-25. Apr. 21—The Widow’s Oil Increas’d.2 Kgs. iv : 1-7. Apr. 23—Is it well With the Child.. 2 Kgs. iv : 13-26. May s—The Boy Restored to Life. 2 Kgs. iv : 29-37. May 12 —The Little Captive 2 Kgs. v: 1-7. May 19 —The Leper Healed ..2 Kgs. v: b-14. May 20—Gehazi’s Sin 2 Ks:s. v : 20-27. Juu. 2—Elisha’s Defenders 2 Kgs. vi: 8-18. Jun. 9 —God’s Bfctiverance 2 Kgs. vii: 1-11. Jun. 16 Ilezekiah’s Prayer 2 Kgs. xx: 1-11. Jun. 23 —Judah Carried Captive.. ..2 Kgs. xxiv: 10-16. Jun. 80 —Review Studies in the Epistles. July 7 Peace wiih God Rom.v: 1-10. July 14 —The Contrast Rom. viii: 6-18. July 21 Faith agd Works., Rom. x: 4-13. July 23—A Living Sacrifice Rom. xii: 1-8. Aug. 4—Christian Living Rom. xii: 9-21. Aug. 11 —I.ove Fulfilling the Law.. Rum, xiii: 8-14. Aug. 18—Accountability to God.. .Rom. xiv : 7-13. Aug. 25—Help One Another Rom. xv : 1-7. Sep. I—The Cross. 1 Cor. i: 18-23. Sep. B—HusbunAHien and Builders.! Cor. iii: 6-15. Sep. 15—Tho Temple of God 1 Cor. iii: 16-28. Sep. 22—Charity ;he Greatest 1 Cor. xiii: 1-15. Sep. 29—Review... Daniel and His Times. Oct. 6—The C-.gHras in Babylon. .Psa. cxxxvii: 1-9. Oct. IS—Daniel’s temperance" Soci ety. ..ife.l. . Dan. i: 8-17. Oct. 20—The FurrauS King.... Dan. ii: 10-19. Oct. 27—The Irtespreter.; Dan. ii: 27-35. NoV 3—The Brave Young Men ... .Dan. iii: 13-18. Nov 10—The \ Sen iu the Fire. Dan. iii: 19 26. Nov 17 —The Outcast King Dac. iv : 26 33. Nov 24—The Handwriting on the WalL Dan. v: 22-31. Dec. I—The Conspiracy Dan. vi: 410. Dec. B—ln the Den of Lions Dan. vi: 14-23. Dec. 15—Prayer and Answer Dan. ix : 16-23. Dec. 22—The Glorious Resurrection.L>an. xii: 1-12. Dec. 29—Review Union Point Sunday; School. Sometime 1 spring the assistant Super intendent of our Sabbath school, a working, zealous Christina being possessed of so much missionary spirit, and wishing to inculcate the same in our children, conceived the idea and put into practice that which has resulted iu so much of pleasure, and, we trust, lasting profit as a school an! community in general that we withhold the endeavor to ac quaint you with the plan and its entire suc cess. On a beautiful Sabbath morning he came into the school, aud, during tho exer cises, the object being clearly stated to the children, twenty-four grains of corn were given to each little one with instructions to plant, work, and carefully harvest their mis sionary corn, not forgetting to ask God’s blessing upon thier little efforts. The children at once entered.into the spirit of the thing,and their enthusiasm was heightened by a propo sition from two worthy teachers present, ever ready to respond to worthy objects, begging permission to plant an equivalent amount of corn with the children, pledging themselves to make good to them as many bushels as the school shou!J4«Mse. It being granted, alt went to work. At the proper time the corn was put away, until Wednes day, November 22d, when we were called together. Judge one of the ex pected speakers, was prevented from attend ing by official duties at Morgan county court, much to the regret of all present: but from .tluige. .Cfaji6tiai|iffifaflmfen. Me. Yarbrough and Mr. LaneothgVpther speakers, we surely had a tread ium)- words of theirs, so earn estly uttered, wifi; we feel sure, be like seed sown in good ground that will bear fruit abundantly .many days hence. Just proceeding the tableaux, each little one, with his <q- sack,- stood before the au dience, and from 50 cts. to $1.25 was readily bidden. The sale being over, the expert Sec retary imported yHjjjtiunt of- total sales $30.20 from about 10 bg&hels, and realizing SI.OO per bushel from each of the pledging brethren, making $50.20; but this is not ail. In this connection, please read the Secretary’s re port, which is ordered‘to be published.— This little circumstance has aroused some of us, in some sense, to our duty. We Bap tist need a church h|re. We have over forty members here, the majority are employed by the Railroad Cos. and its connection—hence are without direct church facilities of their own denomination/ 1 are unable to build a church, but believe that an effort on their part, and .with the aid of sister churches and friends generally, the amount necessary to build a neat littleichurcb, can soon be ob tained. Subscriptidprj>aper3 have been sent out in several direcuopa, and several hundred dollars have already been subscribed. Will you not join us in the call for help? At an ear ly day, we will haves** meeting of the brethren here, and such committees will be appointed as are needed to act j«vith authority. ' - As to the funds raised by our Jubilee, the division leaves in nSy hands, as Committee, $20.00 to be sent to Treasurer of missions. Will you be kind enifugh to furnish his name and address, that I qijty send the amount for ward, and take his receipt ? * REPORT OF %IZ TREASURER Appointed by the Committee of Arrange ments, in the •'‘Missionary Corn Sale,” was read and accepted^as^joHows: No. ofSacßSs-sekl 49 Total proceeds . S3O 20 Amount received qt Edgar Nave... 25 This scholar belongs directly to the Union Point Mission school, but preferred to dispose of his little rack of corn and divide the proceeds between: .this and his own Sab bath school. Anotji£r incident, worthy of special mention, is—seme of the undelivered parcels of corn lyiugjia the store of Messrs. J. B. Hart <fc Son, on Friday last, attracted the attention of a gentleman from New York city, Mr. N. A.'Bass, passing on the cars. The object and succeSsfof our present efforts being explained to him, he remarked, “ Well, gentlemen, I came in to buy a quarter’s worth of segars, but I feel iiketho amount should go with yours, here it is,”-and before the words, thank you, were fairly ! *hered, he said, “ here, I’ll make it. half,” gnd was gone, Thus, making the total proceeds, to date, S3O 95! Signed, J. F. Hart. Mr. J. B. Hart then stated to the school, that the statement he made to the school at the time of the giving out of the corn, was that he would take the same number of grains that the school should plant, and he would give the aggregate amount raised, but if the school understood him to say he would dupli cate the amount of money raised, he was willing to do so. Mr. P. YV. Printup stated that he made the statement at the same time above mentioned, that he would give- the same number of bushels of corn that the school raised, or its equi-velant in money. The motion that the Teacners above men tioned should only be required to pay $lO, was carried. A collection was then taken up among the scholars, to be added to the fund already raised, and amounted to $3 50. Making the total umount. $54 50. The motion that amount should be divided into three parts; go to the Methodist, one third to trm Baptist, and the remainder to the P-re-tby bijrian, denominations for missionary purposes, to be used as their -respective Committees on .Missions may deem best, was carried. After which we had some highly interest ing remarks from our Assistant Superinten dent, Capt. R. B. Smith. The motion that the Secretary be required to furnish qach committee of the several de fistitfti rations with the full proceedings and in cidents connected with the same, was carried. The rftotion that the minutes of this meet ing aud the report of the Treasurer be pub lished in three papers, viz : Southern Pres byterian. Southern Christian Advocate, and the. South-western Baptist, was carried. There being no more business, the meeting adjourned. After the close of the meeting, in a very quiet manner, the amount was increas ed to S6O, through the kindness and liberality of Mrs. P. W. Printup. Thus making S2O to each denomination for missions. J. F. Hart, Secretary. Union Point, Oa., Nov. 21th, 1871. . To the Baptist Sunday Schools of America. NORTH STAR MISSION MEMORIAL FUND. Among the losses by the Chicago fire that will be widely mourned, was that which be fell the North Star Mission. It lost church building and parsonage—in all twenty thou sand dollars—leaving its central and valuable lot encumbered by a mortgage of five thou sand dollars above the small receipt for in surance. As its success for the past ten years has been mainly as a Sabbath school, ranking in this respect among the very first schools of the country, having at times an average at tendance of nearly a thousand scholars, in cluding a German department, numbering about two hundred, it appeals directly to the Baptist Sabbath schools of America. Will they not replace its Chapel, making it a Memorial of the Christian sympathy awakened by our great disaster ? This church restored will be a base upon which to raise our fallen cause on the North Side, and Ger man and Scandinavian as well as American worship and Sunday schools will be provided for by the restoration of its buildings. Unless this is done, we see not how our spiritual foundations, with the crippled condition of our churches and public institutions, can be restored for many years. The rebuilding of Chicago is about as won derful in its incipient progress as its burning. Nearly six thousand temporary houses are be ing completed on the North Side alone, fur nishing homes for about thirty thousand peo ple. Hundreds of these are grouping them selves near and at moderate distances around the North Star. May its restored worship be the first light to beam from the House of God in the new city rising from the ruins of the old ! Will the Baptist papers generally oopy and commend this appeal? Will Sunday schools and churches respond to it ? We will receive and account for all moneys forwarded to us, and see that they are faithfully applied to the restoration of this noble mission. Remittances may bo sent to Rev. W. W. Everts, Chairman Relief Committee of the First Baptist Church, Chicago. The enterprise is heartily endorsed by the following brethren, whose churches or Sab bath schools (in some instances both) have already responded to the call: J. D. Fulton, D. D., Tremont Temple, Boston; G. C. Loriiner, D. D., Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church, Boston ; A. J. Gor don, Clarendon Street Raptist Church, Bos ton ; T. D. Anderson, D. D.-, First Baptist Church, New York; Thus. Armitage, D. D., Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York; Jos. F. Elder, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York; Wayiand Hoyt, Strong Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn; Geo. D. Beardman, D. D., First Baptist Church, Philadelphia; C. D. W. Bridgman, 1). D. ; Emanuel Baptist Church, Albany. The First Qualification. When a scholar is brought to my class, it is not that he may become thoroughly proficient in tho Gospel of Maltherw, or the four Gos pels, or any other given amount or course of study, but that he may become a child of God and an heir of heaven. Let me fix it in my mind that this is my errand and business , with eVery child committed to my care. I urn to seek his regeneration and conversion to God. I am to feel that my work falls short of its appointed and expected end, un til this result is gained. Has the teacher who reads these lines any feeling like this in regard to his scholars? Is there the burden of a great, inexpressible, in extinguishable desire?—a longing that will not be satisfied by anything short of the con version of each unconverted soul in his class ? If not, give no rest to your soul until this desire is awakened. That is your first duty as a Sunday school teacher. That is your first qualification. Have an unquenchable desire to bring the children of your charge to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Inefficiency. The Bishop of Manchester, who cannot be got to believe that a prelate ought not to speak English and play to the man, has been dealing a, "Well deserved blow at abuses in our Sunday schools. He has pointed out how their annual treats and trips amount to just nothing better than bribes, mere rivalries be tween schools, and are the immediate causes of actual immorality. There must be some defect in a system which, although wide spread and popular, fails to effect permanent good ex cept on a very small proportion of thescholars, and leaves it a fact that the majority of pris oners, of habitual nonattendants on public worship, and even it is to be feared, of fallen women, have, at one time or another, sat on the school benches. The curb is to be found in a return to a purely religious teaching, and a total abstinence from the beggarly compe tition and the unworthy craving after sensa tionalism which digrace our school system at present in a vast number of instances.— Eng. Cor. Baptist Union. Tua Scholar at Work.—ls you have a boy in your, class who loves the Savior, set hirn to work. He will do for a wild compan ion more than you can do. The class expect you to “ talk good” and be good, because you are a Sunday school teacher ; but when one who has been as wild as themselves goes to them and says, “ Boy's, I have found a new friend and want you to find him too,” this is unexpected, and it will make them think even when they do not want to think. Get your Christian scholar to join with you in prayer and effort for one and then another. Urge him to ask others intb the Sunday school and prayeisrneeting. Give him papers and cards to give away to others. He may do great good. H° will be a better Christian for the work, and you will bo better for help ing him.— S. S. Times. "The Subject, not Treatment, Uniform,— By the Uniform Lesson is not meant a uni form treatment of lesson in every class, but only a uniform subject. The passage of Scrip ture may be the same, while no two classes study it in the same way. Uniformity of treat ment is highly undesirable; more than that, it is impossible; uniformity of subject is in every way desirable. A Good Idea. —The Petersburg (Va.) /»- dex says: “ Some time early last spring, Rev. Dr. C. J. Gibson, pastor of Grace church, in troduced into the Sabbath school six grains of corn to each of the 250 children in attendance on the school. They were directed to plant it, and to send the proceeds—the same to be appropriated to the cause of foreign missions. The eorn was recently delivered, and was found to amount to about five barrels, worth about S2O. This idea, which commends itself as eminently worthy, was derived from the Williamsburg Sabbath- school. It may b«- again adopted with like good results.” 7 siH-j MISCELLANEOUS. SINGER STILL TRIUMPHANT! FIRST PREMIUM AT ATLANTA FAIR, OCTOBER 1, 1871, FOE BEST FAMILY MACHINE. FIRST PREMIUM AT THOMASmLE, NOVEMBER 2, 1871, FOR BEST FAMILY MACHINE. PREMIUM AT THE MACON FAIR, OCTOBER, 1871, FAMILY MACHINE, With Best and Most Useful Attachments. O-OLtD HyCED-A-L, AND Three Silver Medals, AWARDED THE SINGER AT THUS AUGUSTA FAIR, NOVEMBER, 1871. Examine Our Machine. 11. D. HAWLEY, General Agent for Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. R T. SMILLIE, Local Agent, corner Broad and Alabama Streets, At lanta, Georgia. 2541-50 t QMITH, CHEATHAM & 00., (Sdockssobs to ELON G. SMITH & C 0.,) PORK PACKERS, PROVISION AND COMMISSION Merchants, Corner Third and Spruce Streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. Solicit orders from the Trade for goods in our line. 2562-86-6 t START In life for our Boys, Young Men, and Men of Middle Age, That assures a STJCGESSFJTL FUTURE. EASTMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, An Institution of Learning—devoted to the Practi cal Education of Young Men, Boys, and Men of mid dle age. The A. R. 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Correspondence, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial Caw, Partnership Settlements, Detecting Counterleit Money, and Business Biography. Its Location.— lt is located in Atlanta, the Capital of the State—the Chicago of the South—famous for its health and climate, its building enterprises, its rail roads and its schools. It is centrally located and is easy of access from all the surrounding States. Time of Entering. —There are no terms or divisions Students can enter any week day during the year with equal advantage. There are no examinations at time of eommencing. For further particulars, address A. R. EASTMAN, Principal, 2530-8 m Atlanta, Georgia. The rural accountant, a simple and Piactical, yet Complete System of Plantation and Farm Accounts.—Contents: A Plan oT the Farm, Inventory of Farm Investment, Time Rolls tor each month, Gestatiou Account, Cash Account, General Ac counts, Crop Aocounts, Memoranda; prefaced by a full and complete explanation of the book. 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The Stewart Stove, which has been in use for more thau a quarter of a.century, and by its economy and complete adaptation to the wants of the kitchen,Jhtta maintained an acknowledged superiority over all other stoves, is now introduced to the public with all the modern conveniences of Front Draft, Ash Drawer and Dumping Grate. The Flues have also been enlarged and improved, so as to ensure an excellent Draft at all times, and still to retain in the Stove its unrivalled economicai features. No stove litis ever yet been made to do as much work with as little fuel us tho Stewart. The following briel summary is tho result of One Day’s Work, recently accomplished tit Glo versvdle, N- Y., with tine Stewart Stove: Baked 415 pounds of bread, half a bushel of po tatoes, 5 apple pies Boasted 73 pounds of beel, Boiled 1 barrel of water; also, 17 gallons heated to 150 degrees. All this With one coal Jin, not a particU, of coal being put into the stove alter the tire was start, ed in the morning. Those in wautof Cook Stoves will secure the most economy bv procuring tho best. Tbe Stewart Stoves are for sale in nearly every town aud city throughout the United States. FULLER, WARREN & CO., Exohuive Manufacturers, Troy, N. Y. . I 53 State St., Chicago, 111. Branca Houses . [ g 0 Elver at<> Cleveland, 0. The Warren Double Oven Cooking Range the most perfect operating Range in the market, and the Lawson Ilot Air Fiiriiaces, the very best for heating Churches, Public Buildings, and Private Resi dences, are also manufactured and for sale by FULLER, WARREN A CO. J 35?" Descriptive Pamphlet# furnished on application. For sa.e in Atlanta by J. WARLICK, 24S0— Peachtree Street. IMPORTANT NOTICE -L TO GO N S U MEII S O F I) E Y GO O DS. All Retail Orders amounting to S2O and Over Delivered in any Part of the Country, Free of Express Charges. HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS, OF BALTIMORE, MD., n order the better to meet tbe wants ol their Retail ustomers at a distance, have established u SAMPLE BTTF^EA-U, aud will, upon application, promptly sntd by mail full lines of Samples of tin Newest anil most Fashionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MAN UFACTURE, guaranteeing at all times to sell as loti l , il not at lesspri os, than any house in the comply. Buying our Goods from the largest and most celebra ted manufacturers in different parts of Europe, importing tbe same by Steamers direct to Baltimore, our stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties of the London and I’m is markets. As we buy and sell onlyjor ca h, and make no bad debts, we are able and willing to sell our goods at from Ten to Fifteen Pmt Cunt. Litas Pkofit than if we gave credit. Intending for Sampler, specify the kind of goods de sired. We keep the best grudes of every duos if goods, from the lowest to the most costly. 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Leave Chattanooga 5.D0 P.M Arrive at Atlanta 1-42 A.M Day Passenger Train — lnward. Leave Chattanooga.. 5 30 A.M Arrive at Atlanta 2.20 P.M Accommodation Train— Inward. Leave Dalton 2.25 A.M Arrive at Atlanta. 'J.LO A.M GEORGIA RAILROAD. S. K. Johnson, Superintendent , Augusta. Day Passnger Train. Leave Augusta 8.00 A.M Leave Atlanta 7 10 A.M Arrive at Augusta. • • • • 5/40 P.M Arrive at Atlanta., 020 P.M Night Passenger and Mail Train. Leave Augti.-ia 8.15 P.M Leave Atlanta 5 30 P.M Arrive at Augusta 3.45 A.M Arrive at Atlanta 0.40 A.M Athens Branch Train leaves Union Point daily, Sunday excepted, at 1.15 P.M., arriving at Athens at 4.35 P.M. Leave Athens at 9,15 A.M., arriving at Union Point J 2.50 P.M. On Monday and Tuesday nights, a train leaves Union Point at 220 A.M , arrives at Athens 5.15 A.M.; leaves Athene, 8 P.M., arriving at Union Point, 11 l’.M. Washington Branch.— Train W.ishinglcr; at 10 A.M , arrives at Barnett. 11.30 A.M.; leaves Barnett 2.15 P.M., arriving at Washington at 4.10 P.M. On Monday and Tuesday nights, leaves Wash ington at 10.20 P.M., arriving at Barnett, li at night. Leaves Harnett, 1.50 A.M., arrives at Washington, 3.30 A.M. Macon and Augusta Railroad.— Train leaves Cauiak. 12.40 P.M., arriving at Milledgeville Junction 4.20 P.M.; leaves Junction at 0.15 A.M, arriving at* Caraak, 9.25 A.M. Connects Augusta with .South Carolina, Charlotte, Colombia ntul Auyti-ta, nud Augusta with Savannah Railroad. ATLANTA AND WEsT POINT RAILROAD. L. P. Grant, Superintendent, Atlanta. Day Passenger Train— On Hearth Leave Atlanta 7 10 A.M Arrive at West Point 11.40 A.M Day Passenger Train —h ward. Leave West Point 12 45 P.M Arrive at Atlanta 5,00 P.M Night Freight and Passenger — Outward. » Leave Atlanta —’ 7.00 P.M Arrive at West Point ..1u45 P.M Night Freight and Fasti nger —lt.ward. Leave West Point 3.00 A.M Arrive at Atlanta 10.07 A.M NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD J. W. Tho.mas, Superintendent, Nas/n itte. Day Passenger drain. Leave Nashville.... 9.30 A.M Arrive at Chattanooga. 4.20 P M Leave Chattanooga 3.45 A '.J Arrive at Nashville 1.30 P.M MjfJti Passenger Trait. Leave Nashville 0 15 P.M Arrive at Chattanooga 4.30 A. Vs Leave Chattanooga 8 00 P.,M Arrive at Nashville 5 00 A M Night trains run daily; day trains run daily, Sun days cxcepied. Both trains connect at Chattanooga for Rome, At lanta, and all principal Southern cities. Salma, Rome anil Dalton Railroad. bay fabsskukh train—tioniu. Leave Seiran 1 . 10.0.' a.m Arrive at Rome pan Arrive at Dalton 11:25 p.m KIOUT PASiLNOIK TRAIN—BCITU. Leave Dalton S:tn p.m Arrive at Rome 11:28 p m ,' Arrive at Selma 10:80 «.n. ACOOIIMOBATION TRAIN. Leave Romo l;j,y Arilveat Rome i;4t> The accommodation tmin runs from Rome to JuckfuuMng t dally, Sundays excepted. The through MMocyor t a.,uutfh will he run on Sunday.