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For the Index and Baptist. | god is ill thisgs, eyes ole trial*. Who can see God as He is in person ? Yet we ought to realize God in all things. The Psalmist says: “Surely His goodness and mercy shall follow me,” and now, other words, I think, follow, “Ah! yes, shall follow the Psalmist, bit not me.” But let us come to tl 1 present time, to the church, of w_.ih you, my readers, are paying memb.rs. What says the pas tor, as he lifts his glasses, and, for a moment, thinks not of the Bible be fore him, but of life , as marked out on the tressel board by the Divine band. Hear Him—“ All these things are against me.” My brother, is not God in all these things ? Is not God with you to bless ? If not, how can your soul enjoy a complete rest on Jesus ? Are not souls advancing to Heaven under the works of Jesus delivered from your lips ? You may not reap, yet some must prepare the ground, some sow the seed, and how do you know the results that are slowly but surely accruing? Is not G and in all this ? How is it in your family r Is God in all those severe trials which you are called to bear ? Ah ! you have a son ; years ago you gave him to God ; that son,, in his serious moments, has felt it his duty to preach the gospel; yet, he seems to be bringing his father’s grey hairs to the grave in sorrow. Is Godin this, too? God does not ap prove of his sinful way, nor can his course be the will of God ; but as time rolls on, and the matter reaches you, it becomes God’s will, so far as you are concerned, that you bear the trial, and ought to be accepted a3 direct from His hands for some good. But here :s a trial, and not over drawn, as can be clearly shown. The wife says—“No bread, no meat, and no money to buy with ; what shall toe do !" Will God be in thh, also ? Will God suffer our brethren to act out the anti-mission spirit so perfectly, as to withhold from the pastor his dues ? Will the churches cause the light thus to be removed from them, and there by cause the blessings of God to be withheld, when the Saviour says : “It is more blessed to give than to receive —Acts, 20:85,” Under these circum stances, the pastor being placed on starvation principles, ouyht he to leave ? Let us step in a /notnent to enquire after the pastor’s wife; ah ! see a tear has been brushed away. See, also, she has work on her basket, the minis ter.al black with its long skirts, (apt imitation of Rome,) needs repairs, and still, withal, is hardly presentable. But does she pttend service ? No! pover- Ty tells the secret—nothing to wear—• her suits have been made over and over, till if is useless to try again. Is God in this ? Ah ! hear that wife, as she says to herself, “Surely my hus band has missed his calling, or we would be fed and clothed.” Ah ! true, but may there not be some want of submission somewhere, though not even suspected ? In the pastor, it may be a want of appropriating faith. The Lord says (I. Sam. 2:30) “them that honor me I will honor.” There is a state of growth in grace to the pastor, as well as to his people ; the blood of Jesus not only gives the spiritual pas tor life, but all growth, and all spirit ual fruit; then let us trust in the blood, for it is the only sure wav through our difficulties. But ought we to conclude that we are not called to preach at ail—or even not to remain at a place where such exhaustive drains are iqade on us, when our children are deprived of usual culture, often wanting nourish ing food, and comfortable clothing? Do we see God in these things, so far as only to humble us ? or do we realize that all His dealings are in order, to bring the soul into a state of one ness with Christ (John 17:21) “that they all may be one,” etc. A look at the history of Job might be instruc tive. Job was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, yet it pleased God to allow sore afflictions. Job says, 42:2, “I know that thou canst do every thing ; 6. “Wherefore, I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes;” 10. “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job also, “the Lord gave Job "twice as much as he had before.” Now, we may believe that our apparent disappoint ment and failures often are, in God, our greatest spiritual succeses, and though not free from trials, we should be “more than conquerors through Him that loved us”—Rom. 8:37. He can bring all these trials and lay tbem on Christ, who is the Christian’s altar, and, far better than that, in Ex. 29:3 7, “It shall be an altar most holy; whatso ever toueheth the altar shall be holy.” Then, too, “all things work together for good to them that love God”—Rom. 8:28. But do we believe *his under all circumstances ? Conquerors not through self, for self sinks so low be fore Christ that in every trial, sorrow, or sin, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. Let Christ come in to abide with us and keep us in all our trials in this life, and we shall be safe. Nemo. Gems of English Song.—This is a beau tiful collection of choice songs, duets, etc-, from the celebrated music house of Ditson A Cos., Boston. This work will be especially suited as a holiday present. It contains seventy five songs, and is sold at .s.l.oo—handsomely bound. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTHA T ESTERN BAPTIST. For the Index and Baptist.] A PLEASANT SrRPRISE AT BETBANY, GA. Editors Index —As a faithful chronicler of passing events in this corner of good old Jefferson, I must tell you briefly, what took place at Bethany recently. The friends of Rev. J. M. Cross had determined to give him a surprise and demonstration of their friendship and unshaken confidence, as a contradiction to a report put in circulation highly injurious to his standing and reputa tion, not only as a miuister of the gos pel but as a man. In spite of the rain, about dark, the friends began to pour in with their of ferings, and continued coming in till eight or nine o’clock, till they num bered fifty or more. He was kept in profound ignorance of what was intended until nearly dark, just barely time to doff bis old work ing clothes, and don something a little better. The presents brought and sent in, were too numerous to name, compris ing a long list of the most necessary and essential articles of housekeeping, of every description. And “to crown the scene,” the la dies—God bless them—bad brought in quantum sufjicit of all the good thing* necessary to appease the appetite, even of an epicure. The repast over, Dr. Randall, in a brief address, in behalf of the donors, presented the various contributions, which elicited tears of gratitude from the recipients, and touching words of thanks. Thus passed off one of the pleasant est scenes of the season, to all con cerned. Amicus. From the Minutes, 1875.] The Chattahoochee Association to the Chnrches she Represents. Dear Brethren —As Baptists we should be very particular to read and try to understand the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for while there are many mysterious things brought to view in it, yet for all practical purposes, it is a plain book- And, while we are glad to say that every heaven-born soul belongs to the invisible Church of God, we believe there are no visible Gospel Churches upon the earth, except those composed of persons who make credi ble profession of faith in Christ and are baptized in his name by regular ly baptized, ordained ministers of the Gospel. Each church is an indepen dent organization ; Christ is its law giver, and has given it judicial and ex ecutive authority, in strict accordance with His laws. Preachers and deacons are its. only , officers; in selecting and ordaining these officers she should be much en gaged in prayer for the enligtening in fluence of the Holy Spirit, to enable her to understand and be governed by the Word of God. Strict discipline is indispensable to the well-being ofa church, and should be strictly enforced in the spirit of love. As Baptists we should be guarded against the many inducements held out by others to lead us astray; that this caution is necessary we need only make some quotations from the Baptist Extra, printed in Memphis, Tennessee : It is a fact that a loose, pernicious ‘liberalism,’ a false Christianity, is silently and yet rapidly pervading our churches, and especially our populous cities, large towns and wealthy country churches, and this is fruit opening into communion and into an open church, as the history of Northern Baptists most undoubtedly demon strates.” “It is a fact that more than twenty of the most prominent ministers of the North, and one of the oldest editors, have avowed open-communion senti ments, and the number is steadily in creasing.” “It is a sad and alarming fact that all the Associations, save one retain churches in fellowship as regular, that practice open communion, and retain pastors and members that do so; in fact, these very ministers are more exceedingly honored.” “ Dr. R., the bold advocate for un restricted communion, was, this year, elected to preach the introductory sermon of his Association.” “ C. M. Malcolm, of Newport, whose church Spreads a ‘ free lunch,’ was elected Moderator of the Warren Asso ciation, the oldest in New England, and churches were received into its fellowship that are in favor of receiv ing sprinkling for baptism.” “ In the South the self-sarne causes teat have produced the above results in the North are actively, though more insiduously, at work among some oi our chief ministers, in our cities 'and large towns. * * * * I allude to the public endorsement of Pedo baptist and Campbellite Societies as Evangelical Churches * * * * * the immersions of any and every sect are endorsed as Scriptural, provided the subject is satisfied.” I he momentum given to this spe cious liberalism by the Evangelical Alliance was immense. It was open ly stated in that body that every church in the land that desired to be' recognized as evangelical. must receive the ordinances of each other, as valid, and acknowledge the ministers of each as Scriptural ministers, by exchang ing pulpits and ministerial offices, and that the denominations that refused to affiliate might expect to be * withered and blighted ’ by the public opposi tion and scorn that the Evangelical Alliance would be able to bring down upon them.” Planted as we are, upon the princi ples of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we should make the strongest efforts pos sible to spread these principles to earth’s remotest bounds. Let everything unscriptural be re moved from the Constitutions of our conventions, every unnecessary officer and agent dispensed with, reduce high salaries to what is right, economize in everything, and particularly itemize every account, and thete would be but few that would refuse to unite in the mighty effort to spread the knowledge of the glory of God over the whole earth. We advise every member of all our churches to ask God to show them their duty to their preachers and their families; every preacher to ask God to show them their duty to the churches, members and their families. In conclusion, may the Lord enable us all to know and do our duty. HOME MISSIONARY HYMN. BY “ A LADY OF VIRGINIA.” The story of this hymn is interesting. About seven hundred hymns and poems were submit ted to the Committee, and they were to select the hymn best adapted to the Home Missionary work, and to give the writer of it SIOO. To the writer of the best poem for the same purpose, tlioy were to give SSO. They failed to select a poem, but unanimously agreed upon the hymn below as the best, on the whole, for the object proposed. But the writer of it required, as a condition of accepting the reward, that her name Hhould not he’ given to the public, but that the hymn, if published, should be announced as by a ‘‘lady of Virginia.” The hymn has been accepted, and we have great pleasure in giving it to our readers : I. Saints of God ! the dawn is brightening, Tokens of our coming Lord ; O’er the earth the lield is whitening ; Louder rings the Master’s word, — ‘ ‘Pray for reapers In the harvest of the Lor 1.” ir. Feebly now they toil in sadness, Weeping o’er the waste around. Slowly gathering grains of gladness, While their echoing cries resound, — •Pray that reapers In God’s harvest may abound.” 111. Now, O Lord ! fulfill thy pleasure, Breathe upon thy chosen baud, And, with penteeostai measure, Send forth reapers o'er our land,— Faithful reapers, Gathering sheaves for thy right hand. IV. Ocean calleth unto ocean, Spirits speed from shore to shore, Heralding the world’s commotion; Hear the conflict at our door, — Mighty conflict.— Sat an’a dealn o#y uu our V. Broad the shadow of our nation, Eager millions hither roam ; Lo ! they wait, for thy salvation : Come, Lord J esus ! quickly eome ; By Thy Spirit, Bring thy ransomed people home. VI. Soon shall end the time of weeping, Soon the reaping time will come,— Heaven and earth together keeping God’s eternal Harvest Home : Saints and angels! Shout the world’s great Harvest Home. The Evil Fruits of Weak Digestion, There it? no pathological fact more clearly as certained than that the moist formidable phases of nervous dineane are directly traceable to im perfect * digestion. Inßomnia, with itß train of direful consequence?, proceed* more frequently from weakueßK of the Btornach than from any other cause. Mere sedatives are powerless to cure nervousness, and soon cease to palliate its symptoms. The true way to strengthen the nervous system is to invigorate the digestive and assimilative organs, upon whose unobstruc ted action its equilibrium is absolutely depend ent. The daily use of Hostettcr’s Btomach Bit ters will do more to brace and soothe the weak ened and irritated nerves, and induce sound, refreshing wleep—nature ’s grand catliolicou— than all the so-called nervines to be found in the pharmacopoeia or out of it. A wineglass ful of the Bitters should be taken before eacli meal. CINCINNATI WEEKLY ENQUIRER. It is the only paper exclusively de voted to the Political and Gen eral Welfare of the People. It publishes letters of inquiry direct from the people, and answers them fully without regard to party bias or benefit. It is the advocate of right and justice to all, and the greatest good to the greatest number. It is opposed to the unwise and dishonest class legislation that has benefited the few and op pressed the many, as realized in act of Congress retiring from circulation nearly two-thirds of the peoples’ money. The National Bank Scheme, a device to place the concrol of the currency in the hands of the Money Kings and creating a non-producing aris tocracy. The Salary Oral) Bobbery, increasing the pav of government officials, while the ju ice of labor and its products, real estate, and greenbacks (tlie peoples' money,) have been depreciated. The act changing the original contract with bondholders, and making bonds payable in gold instead of P-ga! tenders, as first agreed upon: a favoritism of 25 per cent, in value to the few at the expense of the many. The Resumption Act. demanding that which is utterly impossible, and placing the object sought for twenty years further otf. For such and other crimes against the people the Enquirer will advocate a change in the ad ministration of government affairs, a fitting Celebration for the Centennial Year. If you would know and understand the issues, merits and effects of past and future legislation rdad the Enquirer during this all important crisis’ and subscribe for the year 1876. Tekms —Single copy, one vear, $2 00; Five copies, $175 each, $8 75; Ten copies, $l6O each, 816 00: Twenty copies, $1 50 each, S3O 00 With most liberal terms to club agents. Send for specimen copies and agents’ outfit. Agents wanted at every post-office. Address all letters to FARAN & McLEAN, Publishers, novl7.tf Cincinnati, O. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary— Centennial Effort. The Board of the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary proposes to use the Centen nial movement to advance and complete the endowment of that Institution, It is believed that the Baptists of *he South will join in one united effort for this purpose. It will be remembered that the proposed re moval to Louisville, Ky., was conditioned upon the raising of $300,000 in Kentucky. With the aid of the Centennial movement in that State, this will have been secured by the Ist of May, 1876. It remains, then, for the other Southern States to fulfill the purposes which have been expressed—that 3100,00(1, in addi tion, shall be raised outside of Kentucky. There should be neither difficulty nor delay in doing this. The two hundred thousand dol lars can be raised at once if one united and general effort be made. The Centennial move ment furnishes, the opportunity of doing so. While the various colleges in the different States are securing larger contributions, as well as that from the dollar roll, it is proposed to try to secure the Seminary endowment entirely upon the latter plan. It is preferred, unless absolutely necessary, not to ask for large con tributions. The Seminary lias ever sought the sympathy and support of the mass of the Bap tist membership. An endowment based upon a universal contribution of small sums would in itself be more valuable than one doubly as large given by one or a dozen persons, or by a small portion of our membership. It is important that the contribution be secured immediately. The Seminary ought to be in Louisville by the Ist of September, 1876. But, according to the terms upon which the removal and endowment are based, it cannot he located there uptil the whole amount of $500,000 has been secured. In it its present location, and with only its present means, it is not doing one tithe the work for the denomi nation which it is believed possible. That it lias been already successful and useful beyond the hopes of its friends only shows that they are not too sanguine in their expectations of its greater usefulness. That there may be no interference by the Seminary Centennial with the dollar roll work of the colleges, it has been thought best to pre pare for it a separate form of certificate from any elsewhere used. The peculiarity which has been adopted is that of an engraved portrait of each of the six professors. Boyce. Broadus, Manly, Toy, Whitsitt and Williams, who have up to this time taught its classes, has been printed upon eacli certificate. These have been prepared by one of the best artists in America. Each contributor of a dollar will receive one of these certificates, worth in itself the amount of his contribution. At the same time he will be aiding in the complete and permanent en dowment of the only Baptist Theological Sem inary in the South, in which equal advantages can lie secured witli those afforded by Baptist and other institutions in the North. Bring this matter at once before each church and Sunday-school. These certificates are issued in volumes of twenty-one, of fifty, of one hundred, of two hundred and fifty, of five hun dred, and of one thousand certificates. Each church and Sunday-school should have its own roll book, so that all those connected with it may be enrolled together. The stub which is retained in the hook when the certifi cate is cut out is to be preserved its a part of the roll of those aiding in this work. It is im portant, therefore, that the church order a book of such size as will probably contain the number if certificates which will Ire taken. The object is to secure one dollar from MKltliEß of the CHURCH, from every member of the congregation and from every child in every such family. It will be well that each church appoint a committee of from three to nine persons to canvass for this work, to the chairman of which the book of certificates can be sent. These are furnished gratuitously, postage paid, by the Treasurer of the Seminary. Full explanations tor the collectors will be forwarded with each book of certificates. Any desired information will be given by the Treasurer. Let the application be made soon, stating the number of certificates which will probably he needed. Don’t forget that each child in the Sunday-school, as well as each member of the church, should have one of these certificates. The Seminary is asking only for a limited amount. Only one-tenth as many certificates will be issued as there are persons under Bap tist influence in the Southern States. For books ot certificates or other informa tion, address James P. Boyce, 17 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky. THE SOUTHER* BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. THE dollar certificates of the Centennial Fund for the endowment of the Seminarvare now ready. Each has an engraved likeness of Pro fessors Boyce, Broadus, Manly. Tov, Vvhitsitt and Williams. Every Baptist have one. A specimen copy has been sent to every minister whose post-office I know. I will send such a specimen to the clerk of any church or the su perintendent of any Sunday-school, who will send me his name and address, with the inten tion of working for the endowment. Let each church anil Sunday-school notify me at once how many certificates will jirobably be needed. I will send a book of twenty-five, fifty, one hun dred, five hundred, and a thousand certificates, as may be be required. JAMES P. BOYCE, 17 West Broadway, Louisville, Kv. oot4-3m r - > i ■vm FOR catalogues’. jan.tf Crozcr Theological Seminar y, Upland. Pa. 14 miles from Philadelphia. Com modious buildings, furnished rooms, choice li brary, full corps of instructors, course of extra lectures. 65 1 ' Tuition, room rsnt and fuel free. Address the President. novlH.lv The Local Board OF CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL, at Dalton. Georgia, wish to secure the services of a Principal and Assistant Teacher to take charge of the School in January, 1876. Correspondence solicited. Address W. H. PRUDEN, Secretary. 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