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jUndex and ffajrtiist
Bev. D, E. BUTLEB, Managing Editor
Editorial Contributors :
Dr J. 8. LAWTON... Atlanu, Georgia.
Hkv. J. S. BAKKR, D.D Quitman, Georgia.
Brt. 8. G. HILLYER, D.D., Forsyth, Georgia
Brt. T. G. JONES, D.D Nashville, Tennessee.
DISCONTENT.
Bayard Taylor saya there haa been no pe
riod during the century, when the expression
of honest discontent was more needed than
now. He does not tell us why he thinks so,
or what the causes are that inspire an expres
sion of discontent. If he thinks as we do, he
will say that the expression of discontent is
needed, because corruption stalks hideously
rampant in high places, and that the trail of
the serpent of unbelief and folly is alarmingly
visible where, by right and reason, their oppo
sites should be found regnant. This being the
fact, and no one who studies the daily course of
events properly can come to any other conclu
sion, it is not only legitimate, but essential,
that discontent over such an unfortunate con
dition of our social, commercial and political
affairs, should be expressed l)y all to whom in
dividual or national honor is still a sacred
thing, and for whom life would lose itH worth,
and existence its charm, were a reform, in this
respect, impossible.
To the united efforts of honest men, basing
their action upon the imperishable principles
ot truth and Christian duty, all things are pos
sible. Error must capitulate to them, and cor
ruption, public or private, will hide its dimin
ished head, or sink out of view, wherever an
honest public sentiment manifests itself, and
carries its acknowledged theories into para
mount practice,
INEBRIATE ASYI.I'M
The committee appointed at the last
session of our Legislature, to .insider
and report upon the practicability and
utility of establishing an asvlutn for
inebriates, will make their roport to
the Legislature, now in session, at an
early day. It is stated that the report
will be in favor of establishing such
an institution, aud that the old Capitol
buildings at Milledgeville will be re
commended as a suitable locality.
We cannot well see bow the commit
tee could report otherwise than favora
bly upon this subject.
lu Europe, aud in our own country,
notably in New York State, the matter
hits been thoroughly and most success
fully tested, and the necessity for an
asylum of this kind in Georgia is ns
demonstrable as is that for an Insane
or a Deaf and Dumb asylum ; indeed,
the necessity is, morally speaking,
greater, for the habitual drunkard is
not only insane in bis mania for drink,
but also deaf and dumb to the dictum
of reason and responsibility to God,
but blind, also, to bis own and the wel
fare of others, and criminal in bis vio
lations of the laws of God and of man.
No class needs, to a greater extent, the
helping hand of a Christian State ; to
none could reformatory influences be a
greater boon. We siucereiy trust that
Georgia will add this iustitutiou to the
many other philanthropic examples of
her living, active, aud wise benefac
tions.
Centennial Hymn. —ln the Exam
iner and Chronicle, of the 6th inst., is
a “Centennial hymn,” s.iid to be writ
ten January Ist, of which the follow
ing is the last stanza:
"Hail the natal day of freedom !
Monuments we rear;
Children that shall follow after,
So will US revere.”
The large caps in the last line are
ours, not the author’s. Is that stanza
significant of the object bad in view
by our centennial workers? How
would it look attached to the like
nesses of our Theological Professors,
on the receipts they give to those who
contribute to the fund of our Theolog
ical Seminary ? Suppose they have it
printed under, or over, their likenesses
in future issues of their receipts ?
Raising Funds fob Benevolent
Objects—Reform Necessary. —We
commend, to the earnest perusal of the
brethren, the communication in this
issue of The Index, on the above sub
ject. The writer, in a plain, direct and
emphatic mauner, reviews a matter of
vast importance to the interests of the
Denomination, and points out grievan
ces which certainly need reform iu some
way.
The questions considered are grave,
and strongly appeal to our convictions
of duty to the cause of Christ, and the
prosperity of our denominational en
terprises, as well as to the fundamen
tal principles that should govern all
business transactions.
The reform advocated by the writer,
relative to the voluminous publication
of names of donors, and the itemization
of gifts and contributions through the
overburdened columns of The Index,
particularly deserves the attention of
correspondents.
The entire article is commended to
the serious reflection of all.
■ANNA FOR COD’S FEOPLF
•
There is yet another view we may
take of this subject. While our great
Prophet is Leading bis people to the
Heavenly Canaan, He exercises over
them, not only His providential care in
providing for their temporal wants,
but He supplies also the aliment of the
soul.
He said to the Jews, “my Father
giveth you the true bread from Heaven.
For the bread of God is he which com
eth down from Heaven, and giveth life
into the world. * * * # lam the
bread of life; he that coineth to me
shall never Lunger; and he that be
lieveth on rne shall never thirst.” Thus
by faith, the believer appropriates
Christ as the strength and sustenance
of bis soul. But this is not done all
at once, aud to the full extent of his
exalted nature. No ; the Saviour’s dis
pensations of grace to His people fall
upon them like the manna round the
camp of Israel. When faint and weary,
they find strength iu His precious
promises. “ Come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and I will
give you rest.” “ Come learn of me,
for lam meek and lowly iu heart, and
ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
“ Let not your heart be troubled, ye
believe in God, believe also in me. In
my Father’s house are many mansions;
I go to prepare a place for you, and if
I go and prepare a place for you I will
come again, and receive you to myself,
that where I am there ye may be also.”
Oh! how exactly adapte 1 are these prom
ises to feed the soul ! They impart to
the Christian the strength which he
needs. How like manna are these prom
ises dropped along the pathway of our
Christian experience ! But this is not
all.
Jesus imparts Himself to His people
in the cheering influences of His holy
Spirit. The spirit gives repentance
unto life; faith unto justification;
p>'ace with God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ, and joy in hope of His glory.
Then it gives us the spirit of adoption
whereby wc may cry, Abba Father; and,
finally, it gives fellowship with the
Father, and with bis Son, Jesus
Christ. Such are some of the drop
pings of heavenly manna, which
Jesus sheds forth for the comfort of
His people. We cannot enumerate
them all. We have mentioned enough
to discern that the same principle rules
in the dispensation of these spiritual
benefits, as did in the case of the
manna in the wilderness. God does
not intend that we shall be satisfied,
even with our religious joys, in the
present life. He gives us, indeed, a
foretaste of Heaven. Now and then
He lets us climb some Pisgah’s height,
where we may survey the distant land
scape of the better land; or, perhaps,
we may be permitted to ascend some
spiritual Tabor, where we may, by the
eye of faith, heboid the glories of the
Saviour, and where our ravished souls
would delight to dwell. But such sea
sons of grace are few, and transient.
We must “walk by faith, and not by
sight.” “We must see through the
glass darkly.” We must know only
in part. But we see enough, aud
know enough, to make us willing to
labor, and to travel on our heavenly
way, till the time of our change shall
come. After all, this earth is not
Heaven. Here we subsist only upon
manna. But it is sweet to the faithful
pilgrim whose aspirations and affec
tions are fixed on things in Heaven.
Are there any of God’s people now
who are discontented with this heavenly
food ? What shall we say of those
professors of religion whose conduct
shows that they are not content with
the pleasures of piety. They neglect
the Word of God; they find no com
fort iu prayer; they are seldom seen
iu places of social worship, aud they
avoid the house of sorrow, and are
careless about the wants of the desti
tute. But they love the theatre, the
drama, the revel; they tread the ways
of fashionable folly, aud indulge, to
excess, a wordly spirit. Alas! alas !
they might as well express it in words,
for their conduct proclains it for them
—“our souls loathe this light bread.”
They lust after the flesh-pots of
Egypt. Oh, let such remember, “to be
carnally-minded is death; but to be
spiritually-minded is life and peace.”
Let us all beware, lest we fall into the
condemnation of those Israelites who
murmured against Moses, and against
God.
May God of His infinite mercy
shower upon us all His holy manna;
and may we all accept and appropriate
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
it, as the earnest of that immense ful
ness which we hope to enjoy at His
own right hand.
Sebmon —First Baptist Church.—
We had the pleasure of hearing a good,
strong sermon, Sunday last, from the
pastor of this church, Rev. E. W.
Warren, D.D. Text—Hebrews xi: 1.
“Faith is the evidence of things not
seen."
The introduction and the whole dis
course impressed us. It was well con
ceived and well delivered. The speaker
commenced by saying no definition of
faith would be attempted. The re
ligious faith was more an acquisition of
the heart than of mind. He spoke of
the mysteries of faith, but did not at
tempt to explain them, “ because,” said
he, “ I do not understand them my
self.”
He discussed with great force two
characters : One who ignores faith, and
with whom intellect and reason is
everything. He spoke of thirTlass as
the most incredulous and presumptu
ous. Incredulous, because be will be
lieve nothing but the conclusions of
his own reason. Presumptuous, be
cause such a man claims to understand
everything in science and theology, and
who alleges that science and the Word
of God are antagonistic, and believes
science to be everything—he rejects
the Word of God. The Doctor most
conclusively showed that there was ro
conflict between reason and the Word
of God; that the defect wi s iu the
reasoning of poor, sinful, erring man.
Another class, the speaker said, be
lieve and never look at any
subject to examine it, but are so cred
ulous, aud adopt any theory that is
presented. This class are fanatics-
The speaker next proceeded to con
sider the definition of faith as pre
sented in the text, and by most stink
ing and forcible illustrations drawn
from the faith of Moses, impressed his
hearers that faith was the demonstra
tion of things not seen. He next spoke
impressively of faith as the gift of God,
saying :
1. Faith is a principle of mysteri
ous, and wonderful power. Upon this
point the speaker was most happy in
clearly presenting it to the audience by
apt illustrations taken from the historv
of the moving of the children of Is
rael by Moses from Egypt to the land’
of Canaan.
2. This principle of religion is a
great civilizer.
3. It is a great reformer.
The speaker most eloquently said
that he spoke of it as a fact not to be
controverted, that no man could be a
bad man and believe in his heart in the
Lord Jesus.
We were peculiarly impressed with
that part of the discourse iu which the
brother spoke of faith as the cement
that binds the soul to Christ. The
union formed between the believer and
Christ, and the joy that would be ex
pressed when the union would be com
plete in Heaven, and faith would be lost
in the glorious fruition of sight.
Brother Warren closed this most ad
mirable sermon with a short address
to sinners. As he closed, we felt sure
every beli ever in the house was silently
uttering in his or her heart, “ Lord, I
believe; help thou my unbelief.”
A TALE WITH A STING.
While one of the entertainments in
Quitman was in progress-—to which
reference has been made in another
article—one of our most worthy mer
chants said to a step-son of the old
preacher for whose benefit the enter
tainment was given, “I am too moral
to attend a show myself, but feel like
making the old man a present.” He
stepped behind the counter, took down
and presented to the gentleman ad
dressed one of his most fashionable
hats, and requested him to present it
to the old preacher, as a token of his
good will and respect. The aforesaid
merchant, it should be known, is not
a professor of religion. Indeed, he is
reputed to be, whether truly or not
we cannot say, a disciple of Darwin.
That is the “tale” we had to tell. As
to
THE sting.
It will readily be detected, and
keenly felt, by those professors of re
ligion who spend their dollars freely in
patronizing all the shows that pass
through their towns or neighborhoods,
without respect to the class, character,
or moral condition of the crowds that
attend them, but refuse to spend a
dime to the relief of suffering human
ity, or to aid in spreading abroad the
glorious Gospel of the Son of God.
GEORGIA BAPTIST NEWS.
—Bro. “J. R. V.” says: “It is not the du
ty of every member of a church to report ev
ery brother who he knows to be drinking
whisky to the extent of bringing a reproach
upon the cause and a disgrace to himself.
What iB best in such cases? Would it be bet
ter to have a standing committee to investi
gate such cases, and lay them before the
church? I wouid like very much to have
some information on the subject, for when I
Bee a brotner under the influence of whisky
I feel it to be my duty to report such to the
church, not through malice, hut love and pity
and a desire for him lo mend his ways.
“I was in a Baptist church not long since
where they took a vote on a petition as to
whether they would try and stop the sale of
whisky for a distance of three miles around
the church, and you would have been aston
ished to know how many of the members voted
against it.”
Bro. W. C. Wilkes, of Gainesville, writes:
‘‘l have a good prospect of a large school. The
new church edifice is going on to completion,
and the congregations are increasing in num
bers and interest.”
—The Dawson Journd of the 13th inst. says :
On Sunday night last we had the pleasure of
listening to a sermon by Rev. J. H. Corley,
the beloved pastor of the Baptist church. The
sermon belonged to a series of discourses
which the minister has been preaching to his
congregation upon the subject of the “Unpar
donable-Sins.” Mr. Corley handled his sub
ject in an able and interesting manner, made
his reasoning clear by expressing it cogently,
and produced an impression upon his auditors
that will tend to their everlasting good.
—The Jonesboro News of the 13th inst. says :
On last Sunday Rev. A. E. Cloud preached a
most excellent discourse at the Baptist church.
His theme was the evangelical faith, its true
nature and essential inportance in true reli
gion. He treated the subject clearly, forcibly
and impressively, and urged a practical every
day realization of it, as necessary to commu
nion with God. May he long live to preach
such sermons,
—The Greensboro Herald says: On last
Sabbath evening, Rev. C. H. Strickland, pas
tor of the Baptist church, delivered an earnest
and able discourse against the crying evil of
the age—Licentiousness. We were glad to
see that he had so little of that morbid senti
mentality which shrinks from a discharge of
duty, because, forsooth, such subjects are con
sidered out of place in the sacred desk. His
words were fitly spoken, and “like apples of
gold in pictures of silver.”
—The Waynesboro Expositor says; The
Baptists of this town and vicinity propose
erecting a neat, substantial church edifice some
time in the near future. We are glad to
chronicle the fact, for all past experience proves
that the greater number of churches there are,
the greater the number of people who at
tend. Besides, the Baptist church is one of
the necessities of this town. Many of our citi
zens are of that faith, and are now compelled
to ride six or seven miles to attend a service
in one of their churches. The building is to
cost about three thousand five hundred dollars.
—The Dahlonega Signal contains the follow
ing announcement:
All churches within the bounds of the Higl -
tower Association and Che&tatee Association,
who desire to organize anew Baptist Associa
tion,are requested to send delegates to aconven
tion to be held for that purpose at Bethlehem
church, three miles north of Dahlonega, be
ginning on Friday before the first Lord’s day
in May next.
—The Augusta Constnationalist of Sunday,
lGtli inst., says:
A “ recognizing council,’’ composed of dele
gates from the three Baptist churches in this
city, convened in Curtis’ Chapel, on Friday
night. Rev. M. B. Wharton was called to the
chair, and Rev. T. Holmes requested to act as
Secretary. The proceedings of the meeting at
which the church was constituted were read,
and the Articles of Faith adopted by the church
presented. All having been done in accor
dance with the usage of the denomination, a
resolution was introduced and unanimously
carried, recognizing the “Curtis Baptist
church,’’ Broad street, Augusta, Ga., ns a reg
ular Baptist church. The utmost liarmony
and unanimity have characterized this whole
movement, and it bids fair to be a most impor
tant and successful enterprise. Rev. C. H.
Strickland, of Greenshoro, a gifted and elo
quent young minister, will preach for the
church this morning and evening.
—The festival on New Year’s eve, in the
First Baptist church at Conyers, was an ele
gant Sunday-school entertainment. A large
audience was present. The singing by the
children, and the music, was admirable. The
exertises were conducted by Rev. J. M. Brit
tain, and the music was under the direction of
Mrs. F. M. Haygood. Near the close of the ex.
ercises many valuable presents were destribu
ted.
—Brother J. M. Brittain, of the First Bap
tis church in Conyers, in a feeling card pub
lished in the local paper, returns thanks to the
members of his church and congregation, for
many valuable presents received from them at
New Year’s. At the conclusion ot IJs card
Brother Brittain says:
“I know of but one thing that would add to
my joy, and that is, to welcome you into the
great chamber of my Master. To this end I
shall preach and pray. May this be the year
of your Spiritul recovery. I shall ever remem
ber you, and even at a throne of grace.
If any pastor has reason to be proud of his
church and congregation. I am that man ; uni
form kindness has been extended me by
both.
Brethren and friends, a few more days will
end our pilgrimage ; let us so live, that when
we leave this vale of tears, we shall all be
members of the congregation of the redeemed,
] where no parting is known, and no farewell
tear is ever shed.
—Brother H. T. Smith sends us the follow
ing revival news: “During Christmas, and a
few days after, ten souls were added to the
church at Mount Pisgah —eight by baptism
and two returned. Three, also, were baptized
in the settlement of Mount Pisgah, and assist
ed in the constitution of Hopeful church.
THE HUMAN WILL.
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BY A. J, HATTI.E.
NO. VII.
THE DOCTRINE OF MOTIVES.
The motive theory of the Will was propoun
ded by Jonathan Edwards, the most distinguish
ed of American metaphysicians, and one of the
ablest thinkers of modern times. His view
has been accepted by a large class of philoso
phers, and by the great majority of Calvanistic
theologians. The doctrine is this, “ The motive
which, as viewed by the mind , is strongest, is that
■which determines the Will " By motive is meant
whatever moves, or excites to action. With
respect to the Will, motive is simply the cause
of volition. To say that the Will is determin
ed by the stron.est motive, is the same as to
say that it is determined by the strongest cause;
which sounds very much like a truism.
But it is the motive which is strongest, “as
viewed by the mind.” This expression
“strongest, as viewed by the mind” is explain
ed to mean “most agreeable and inviting to the
understanding.” If this conveys any idea at
all, it is that the Will is determined by some
influence which awakens agreeable feeling or
desire in the mind ; and that, unless it does
arouse feeling, it causes no volition, and,
therefore, is not a motive at all. To be a mo
tive it must kindle emotion, and to be the
strongest motive it must excite the strongest
emotion. Thus President Edwards maintains
that the motive operative upon the Will is a
force outside of the soul, and it is operative
only as it arouses feeling.
Our theory is much simpler, and, we think,
more intelligible also. It places the motive in
the sensibility—it makes feeling the motive,
rather than that which awakens feeling. Ed
wards seems to place the motive a degree be
hind the impulse to volition, which he virtual
ly admits to be feeling. The doctrine'of Ed
wards was based upon a defective psychology;
and imperfect analysis of the soul. He recog
nized only two great cardinal powers of the
soul—Understanding and Will. As he regar
ded the understanding as capable of feeling
pleasure, it is evident that he ascribed some
emotional character to that intellectual faculty;
and Will he manifestly considered as a form of
desire. Thus, with a confused psychology, he
naturally fell into confusion of thought. It
should be observed that the present three-fold
classification of the powers of the soul —Intel-
lect, Sensibility and Will —is a comparatively
recent triumph of science, and when Edwards
wrote, more than one hundred years ago, was
entirely unknown.
Another objection to the motive hypothesis
is that it does not clearly characterize the mo
tives, nor define their proper sphere, and,
hence, does not satisfactorily explain the phe
nomena of volition. The spirit of inquiry de
mands, “Where do these motives reside, and
what is their nature? Its their sphere objective
or subjective ? Do they proceed from sources
external to the mind, or original within the soul
itself? If external, are they the powers of intel
ligent agents, the emanations of matter, or the
blind influences of circumstances and events?
Let us inquire whether exterior influences
do ever become motives to volition—do ever
affect the Will without the intervention of in
tellectual or emotional activities. The most
important influences from without the soul, ca
pable of impressing the mind, are those from
the Divine Will or agency, from human ac
tions, and from surrounding circumstances.
1. How does the Divine agency operate to
control the actions of men ? Is it by a power
exerted directly upon the Will? Calvin main
tains that, in the regeneration of the soul, God
“produces the Will.” In another place he
says, “He moves the Will.” But Paul de
clares that “it is God that worketh in you,
(not the Will, hut) to will and to do of His good
pleasure.” He does not produce the Will, but
inspires in us the desire, from which it follows
that we will and do of His good pleasure. He
touches the heart, awakens the right affection
towards Him, and thus Will, following the
law of the mind, executes the pleasure of the
soul. In conversion God dram the sinner to
Christ and His service. Says our Saviour, “No
man can come unto me, except the Father
which hath sent me draw him.” But this
drawing is not a violent dragging o’ constraint
of the Will, but a sweet attractive influence up
on the heart; and the affections thus gracious
ly drawn become impulses to holy action. The
motive to volition, in this case, is not an im
mediate Divine energy upon the Will, but
the Divinely awakened affection of the heart.
2. How do the actions ot our fellow-men
operate to produce action in us ? We are, un
doubtedly, subject to influences from those by
whom we are Burrounded. The voice of mater
nal entreaty turned Coriolanus from the gates
of Rome. The wail of distress prompted Sid
ney to an act of noble self-denial. The exam
ple of Leonidas aroused his three hundred
Spartans to face destruction at Thermopylae.
The eloquence of Patrick Henry persuaded the
colonies to arm in defence of their liberties.
But, in every case, the influence did not ope
rate directly upon the Will, hut through the
medium of the sensibility. Filial love in the
heart of the stern Roman ; pity in the soul of
the noble soldier ; enthusiastic courage in the
hearts of the Spartans, and patriotic ardor in
the bosoms of the American colonists, were the
respective impulses to action. Thus the im
mediate motive to volition is not human in
fluence, but emotion, an affection of the sensi
bility.
3. Do external events and surrounding cir
cumstances contribute motives to action ? They
are sources of feeling, but they exert no imme
diate influence on the Will. A house on fire
may cause a man to leap from a third Btory
window, but it wonld be a remote cause, and
not a motive to volition. If no fear or feeling
of any kind were awakened he wonld make no
effort to save himself. The motive to action is
the feeling. The discovery of a gold mine at
tracts thousands to the scene; but the cmYing
oause is the tore of gold excited in the breast
W ithout this avaricious feeling no volition
would be produced.
The insurance on li e steamer Mosel is as
signed as the cause of' he fiendish crime of the
wretch Thomassen, which so recently rung its
peel of horror throughout the world. It is
confidently stated that this demon in hnman
form, deliberately planned to smuggle a case
of dynamite on boaui the steamer, with the in
tention of exploding it when the vessel should
reach the mid-ocean. But on the eleventh of
December, 1875, by an apparent accident, the
powder exploded on the quay at Bremerha
ven, before it could be transferred to the vessel.
The result was the destruction of more
than sixty lives, and the mutilation of two
hundred persons. The successful execution of
his purpose would have effected the destruction
of the ship, with the lives of all on board.
Now. on the motive theory of President Ed
wards, it was the insurance money that
prompted the crime. On the theory main
tained in this discussion, the immediate im
pulse or motive to volition was the feeling of
cupidity, the greed of gain in the heart of that
debased monster, and the insurance was only a
remote influence to the Will. It waß not
money, but the love of money in the bad
heart, which determined the volition towards
the execution of the monstrous crime. Not
one man in a million would have been influ
enced to do such an act by mere money. Only
one whose heart is fearfully corrupted by ava
rice would be capable of it.
And so every event or circumstance influ
ences action only indiiectly, by awakening the
sensibility. It is the dominant emotion deter
mining the volition.
Thus external influences of whatsoever kind,
whether from God, from man, or from cir
cumstances, operate to produce action only
through the medium of the sensibility, which
thus, in every case, is the seat of the mo
tive.
Thus it is not enough to say, that the Will
is determined by the strongest motive. We
must localize and characterize the motive. We
must know its nature, and where it is to be
found. Thus we have found the controlling
force of volition is not the direct agency of
God, nor the actions of men, nor the influence
of circumstances, nor anything external to the
soul. We have found, also, heretofore, that
there is no motive to volition in mere intellect.
But it is a subjective force that determines the
Will, and that is the power of emotion —a
power residing in the sensibility.
Here is a motive specified and localized, and
thus is philosophy simplified. Here is, we
think, the true psychology ascertained.
And, if our theory enables us to furnish tire
true exposition of conscience and faith, to har
monize psychology with revelation, and, above
all, to show that the ultimate appeal of philos
ophy must be to the inspired Word ot God,
then, in the law of the Will enunciated, we
have not stated simply an abstract principle,
nor proposed merely a juster philosophy of
the soul, but we have established a great
truth, fraught witli the profoundest practical
moment to every thoughtful mind.
We propose, in our next number, to exam
ine the theory of the self-determining power of
the Will. ' _
THE SINNER'S JOY.
Ah, my soul! why so amazed ?
Why so sad, so sore afraid ?
Canst thou think those gracious eyes,
Quenched in tears for thee,
Can disdain such powerful cries,
Such humility ?
Sinners' souls must sorrow keep ;
Man may mourn, when God can weep.
Soul, though thou hast done amiss,
Yet rejoice, for thou art His :
See, His soul was sad to death
In His agony,
Sad to ease thy woful breath
In thy misery.
Be not faithless, but believe ;
Man may sigh, wheu God can grieve.
Do not grudge to lend a tear—
Canst thou doubt, or canst thou fear?
Caust thou see His bleeding heart
And not believe Him ?
Wounded soul that bears a part
Can never grieve Him.
Timely tears are precious seed ;
Man may weep, when God can bleed.
Weep no more, but wipe thine eyes;
See, O see thy Saviour rise—
Happy soul, thy debts are paid,
He is ascended;
Death is not, be not afraid,
All woes are ended.
Grieve no more, believe and live ;
Man may take, when God can give.
One Dollar for oar Seminary—A Bit of In
formation.
Some weeks since, the writer an
nounced in this paper that he would
send a beautiful certificate, with the
faces of Boyce, Brcadus, Manly,
Williams, Toy and Whitsett, engraved
thereon upon receipt of one dollar;
this dollar placing the name of the
sender on Hie endowment dollar roll of
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Now conies the informa
tion : Two dollars was the result. The
Index printed the announcement free,
or the two dollars would have been
absorbed iu advertising. I can still
send these certificates, post-paid, on re
ceipt of one dollar. Our Seminary
only lacks money to make it the lead
ing Baptist Seminary in the United
States. Times are hard, but we had
better go barefooted than that this
Institution should perish. Send in the
dollars. No commissions deducted.
John R. Kendrick,
63 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D., announces that
he will remain in Augusta for sometime yet
as he has accepled a General Agency for the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, to as
sist in raising the half million dollars endow
ment proposed for that Institution. The quota
of Georgia is $30,000, and it is this sum which
Dr. Wharton proposes to collect, beginning the
work in Augusta.