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BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO.
MONOGRAPHS.
A monograph, according to Web
ster, the prince of lexicographers, is,
“ A written account %fa siugle thing.”
With a view to prese' ve a due variety
in our paper, we shall intersperse,
among the articles in our columns, a
series of brief monographs, into each of
which we shall seek to introduce parti
cles of truth that shall possess all the
ductility, purity, incorruptibility and
preciousness of pure gold, and leave it
to our readers to display their good
sense and artistic ski,l in their appli
cation of those particles of truth to the
various practicable purposes to which
they may be adapted. In our first
monograph we propose to give a brief
account of
A MONOCULE.
Man has been designated by a dis
tinguished poet, as “an insect of an
hour.” Among this (man’s) insectiv
orous race, ire have frequently met with
specimens of the monocule, or “ insect
with one eye only.” They can see only
one side of a thing and subject, or object
at a time ; as, for instance, the bright
sidein the character of their friends, and
the dark side in that of their foes, in
the discussion of subjects, thoy can dis
cern only what is favorable to their
own views, and adverse to those of
their opponents. In regard to the du
ties of life they can discover no duty
in anything that is at variance with
their tastes, feelings and natural pro
pensities.
Some naturalists deny the actual ex
istence of any such beings as mono
cules among men. They affirm that
they who are reported as such have two
eyes as well as others, and are reput
ed to possess but one, merely because
they choose to keep one eye ever closed,
and to act with an eye single to their
I’wn interests and inclination, at all
—And in ali tu .ig*. A sin and a
shame must be the inheritance of some
men, if the theory of these naturalists
be true. That is all we have to say
about.it, at present.
MONOGRAPH NO. 2.
Soaked in Sin. —Some persons there
are who have indulged so long and so
fully in sin, that they have become
thoroughly saturated with it. It ex
udes from them wherever they go—
even when they repair to the holy sanc
tuary. To expel it from them requires
the imposition of very heavy loads of
affliction, and even the heaviest afflic
tions will not suffice to free them from
it, unless they are applied with all the
skill and power of the Holy Spirit,
under the direction of the great Physi
cian of Souls.
We close this brief monograph by
simply reminding the reader that the
longer one continues in soak in sin, the
heavier will be the weight of affliction
that will be required to restore him to
the compact and healthful stature of a
perfect man in Christ Jesus.
EVILS OF INFANT BAPTISM.
The late Dr. Howell, in his ad
mirable work on the “ Evils of In
fant Baptism,” has noted one and
twenty evils that result from its prac
tice. There are three evils, not specifi
cally named by him, that underlie all
the evils to which he has referred. To
these we would now direct the particu
lar attention of our readers.
1. Infant baptism is an evil, because
it sanctions rules of interpretation which
if admitted, would prove subversive of
all true religion.
2. It requires for its justification a
violation of well established rules of logic,
which would leave the mind, line a
barque at sea, without a compass by
which to steer its course.
3. It requires for its support appeals
to the passions and prejudices of the
carnal mind.
To secure one against the errors of
infant baptism, store up in his mind
the fundamental principles of the Gos
pel, and fill his soul to overflowing with
the love of Jesus. This is a sure, and
the only sure safe-guuard against the
evils m question.
Sunday-school Programme. — We
regret that owing to some failure in
the mails, the programme for the Bos
ton Sunday-school Institute, for April
30th, reached this office too late for
publication.
BAPTIST FEMALE SEMINARY.
The committee appointed by the
Georgia Baptist Convention at the
sessioi in Milledgoville, to select a site
for the proposed Baptist Female Semi
nary, met in Thomasvillo on the even
ing of April 19th. There were present:
Rev. S. G. Hillyer, D. E. Butler, Ivey
W. Duggan, I. R. Branham, W. H.
Davis, J. S. Lawton, T. H. Willing
ham, A. R. Callaway, G. A. Nunnally,
G. R. McCall. The meeting was open
ed with prayer by Rev. W. H. Davis.
After a lengthy discussion of the
subject, the Committee took up the
propositions made by various com
munities as follows:
Milledgeville—Rev. D. E. Butler said that
Milledgeville was out of the race.
Dahlonega—Tendered a site of several acres
and what aid they could give in building the
edifice.
Marietta—Tendered college buildings val
ued at SIO,OOO.
Penfield—Tendered the buildings there.
Upon enquiry it was ascertained that the
Board of Trustees of Mercer University still
held the title and had never made a tender,
therefore the bid was ruled out.
Gainesville —Tendered through D. G. Can
dler, Mayor, from 4 to 6 acres of ground and 1
$25,000 in bonds.
Dalton—Tenders from 10 to 20 acres, val
ued at $2,000.
Griffin —Tenders Griffin Female College,
valued at SB,OOO, and land valued at $5,000.
Stone Mountain—Tendered buildings valued
at $30,000, and 4 acres of land.
Forsyth—Tendered college building and 10
acres valued at $30,000, and $20,000 in bonds.
The citizens of Forsyth were .ibly
represented because all her leading
men were there before the committee.
The committee then ballotted with
the following result: Gainesville, 4 ;
Forsyth, 5 ; Marietta, 4.
The committee then reconsidered its
action to select a location and resolved
to present the names of Gainesville and
Forsyth, and let the Convention decide.
The Convention tabled the matter for
several reasons, chief among which was
the stringency in money matters —“the
hard times.” . ,
For the Index and Barnet., 1
DEALING WITH ERRORISTS.
Dear Index —Will you please give
the churches in this wiregrass country,
through The Index, a letter of infor
mation upon the subject of commun
ion, by answering the following:
What is the proper course for a Bap
tist towards one of her deacons who
persistently holds to the doctrine of
open communion, and says : “ For the
future, while I am discharging the
duty of presenting the elements for
communion, I shall present it to all
who have claimed an interest in His
blood, and have made a profession of
the same, be they called what they
may.” A Member.
The above does not require an argu
ment. There is just one way in which
to deal properly with such cases. That
course is: Follow the New Testament
rule, and, at the proper time, turn
him out. Discipline is necessary in
our churches at all times, and when
nothing else will avail to correct this
error, sharp and Christian severity, as
with all departures from the faith,
ought to be exercised.
Whenever a churc’ l is maintaining
a wholesome discipline, divisions can
not occur on this question, because
the offender is cut off before he can
bring about disorder.
In all such matters, decisive action
should at once be taken.
Day of Prayer. At the recent gen
eral meeting of the Hephzibah Asso
ciation, it was resolved to invite all the
churches in the Association to observe
the first Saturday in June, as a day of
prayer for “ more laborers in the vine
yard.”
Atlanta and West Point Rail
road. — We desire to explain, that
through an oversight, the list of our
subscribers on this route, obtained by
brother Haygood, on or about April
Ist, failed to reach our mailing clerk.
No blame, however, attaches to any
one.
We regret the omission, but the
matter is now perfectly adjusted, and
the names and the credits are entered
in due form.
The American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety has commissioned Major G. W. Ingalls
to care for all the Indians within their fields,
embracing those East and West. He will
promote the interest of .education, and Sab
bath-schools among them. Major Ingalls
has spent four years in Utah and Nevada as
Indian Agendas a representative of the Baptist
denomination.
Literature Secular Editorials Current Notes and News.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1876.
GEMS RESET.
And as feeble babes that suffer,
Toss and cry and will not rest,
Are the ones the tender mother
Holds the closest, loves the best—
So, when we are weak and wretched,
By our sins weighed down, distressed,
Then it is that God’s great patience
Holds us closest, loves us best.
—“ Read anything continuously,”
says Dr. Johnson, “and you will be
learned.”
—Smiles are smiles only when the
heart pulls the wires.
—On the outside of things s°ek for
differences; on the inside for likenesses.
—The true Christian is ever ready to
receive on himself the blow aimed at
the cause of Christ.
—God chooses that men should be
tried, but let a man beware of tempting
his neighbor. God knows how and how
much,.and where and when. Map is his
brother’s keeper, and must keep him
according to his knowledge.
—Heaven will be a world of peace
and rest—for the “ weary and heavy
laden” will be there. “He giveth His
beloved sleep.” They shall rest at last
in the beautiful and tranquil world
they thirsted for so long, where the
spirit shall be always willing and the
flesh never weak.
—There are pauses amidst study,
and even pauses of seeming idleness, in
which a process goes on which may be
likened to the digestion of food. In
those seasons of repose, the powers are
gathering their strength for new efforts;
as land which lies fallow, and recovers
itself for tillage.
DEDICATION SERMON.
“J. A, W.” furnishes the Barnesville
Gazette with the following very deeply
interesting description of the recent
sermon preached by brother E. N.
Hooten, in the Baptist church at Hol
lonville:
The day; the audience, and sermon
were fine. The reverend gentleman in
troduced service by reading the 26th
chapter of Isaiah; the 7th and Bth
verses, were used as a text. In expla
nation, the preacher said : “God had in
all ages, met with His people and en
couraged them to build churches,
temples, etc., which was always done
by voluntary contribution, as the Hol
lonville folks had done, a house thus
built and set apart for the worship of
God was acceptable and becoming,
spoke well for the people of western
Pike, and remarked, that twenty years
ago he passed through the place and
found a doggery near where now is
erected a ehurch edifice, in which God
gives audience to His people and spreads
His baquetting table, receives and re
veals His glory, displays His grace and
mercy; manifests Himself in the riches
of His word, ordinances, song, praise
and prayer. The religious world is di
vided in sentiment, but all agree in
prayer, praise and song. All should
love the the house of God, and every
thing connected with it. First, because
it is the place of our spiritual birth.
Secondly, the privileges enjoyed. Third
ly, it is the place the saints open for
eternal glory, and mingle with the
good, for it is better to be a doorkeeper
in the house of the Lord, than to dwell
in the tents of wickedness. Here let
us meet, preach, hear, sing and praise.
The house of God is the gate of Heaven.
We will soon leave this house to our
children—if we serve God aright, we
shall have a home in the mansion above,
where there is no parting, no death, no
tears —to remain throughout eternal
ages.” Let me close by saying that the
hymn selected, the text, and the ad
dress, were all appropriate to the oc
casion, and everybody pleased.
Rev F. M. Haygood. Brother
Haygood, who is our regularly author
ized agent, will, this week, visit the
towns and villages on the line of the
Georgia Railroad, and contiguous
thereto. Brother Haygood’s work
will not interfere with that of our
local agents. He designs to reach
many brethren who are beyond the
sphere of local agents.
We commend brother H. and The
Index, in whose behalf he is laboring,
to the kindness and patronage of all
the brethren.
God has vouchsafed to the Amer
ican Baptists, during the past one hun
dred years, a degree of temporal and
spiritual prosperity, demanding the
most profound gratitude and thanks,
giving; such as should call forth, not
only lip-service, but a munificent dona
tion of money to His treasury.
INDEX AND BAPTIST.
Publication Rooms—27 and 29 South-Broad Street
Editorials,
BOOK NOTICES.
My Boot-maker and I on Modes
of Baptism—By an Old Student.—
Such is the quaint title of one of the
books advertised by the American Ex
change Company. It excites our curi
osity. Can auy one of our exchanges,
or readers, enlighten us as to its char
acter ? If our worldly circumstances
did not forbid our expending, for other
articles than those of prime necessity,
the pennies that come into our hands,
we would gratify our curiosity by or
dering a copy of the book for ourself.
The price is only 25 cents.
Christian Paradoxes, by Rev. N.
M. Crawtord, D.D. — This is a most
valuable work, worthy of a place in
every Christian .library, and to be read
and studied, in connection with the
Bible, through succeeding generations,
to the end of time. If thore be,
among our readers, one who has not —
but desires to have—a copy of this
work, he will thank us for notifying
him that a copy may be obtained by
sending 40 cents to The American
Book Exchange, No. 109 Fulton street,
New York, P. O. Box 4,540.
We doubt whether the Company has
more than ono copy for sale. We have
no private interest to subserve in giving
this notice.
Maud Mansfield.— Messrs J. W.
Burke & Cos., Macon, Ga., have just
issued anew work with tho above title.
It is fully equal to any similar work
published in America. Copies of it
will be sent by mail, post paid, on re
receipt of $1 00 paper copy, and $1 50
bound in English muslin. Speaking
of this'' the Memphis Appeal
says:
Maud Mansfield, by Mrs. Frances Hamilton
Hood, of Rome, Georgia, is the title of anew
work just given to the public. It is a highly
interesting story. The characters are well
drawn and life-like. The book abounds with
pure, elevated moral sentiments, and must and
will attract great attention. Most readers will
feel, as Hon. Alexander H. Stephens says he
did, that he could not put it down from the
time he commenced the first page until he got
through with the last. We welcome it as a
contribution to Southern literature by a refined
and cultivated lady of high literary attain
ments.
Publisher's Weekly, New York City,
says:
Maud Mansfield, by Mrs. Frances Hamilton
Hood. This novel, written by a Southern
lady, well known in society for her fine literary
taste and graceful conversational powerH, takes
for its scene of action the South just at the be
ginning of the war. It contains some very
striking character sketches, and displays con
siderable talent on the part of the writer.
For sale by all booksellers.
“Esther, the Beautiful Queen.”
—the Cantata, as above named, was
rendered at Gordon Institute, in pres
ence of an appreciative audience. The
affair, as we learn, was gotten up and
managed by Miss Fanny Hillyer, the
music teacher, and Mrs. B. M. Turner,
assisted by the other members of the
Faculty, and well did they all contrib
ute to the entertainment.
The hall was brilliantly and beauti
fully lighted, and the entire outfit for
the performance was well-arranged and
in good taste. The performance itself
was impressive and comparatively fault
less. This is note-worthy, when it is
considered that the training had to be
done at catch hours, which did not
conflict with the arduous regular duties
of the professors and pupils.
There was no apparent failure in the
rendering, from beginning to ending.
Nor was there anything to offend good
taste, nor suggestive of impure morals,
as is too often the case in public exhi
bitions. To say that the audience was
entertained, would be too tame an ex
pression-delighted is the better word.
The proceeds go to purchase books for
the Institute library—for the use of
pupils and patrons.
We felt like making a speech with a
SIOO greenback or two, but “green
backs” were absent. There are a hun
dred or two dollars in that Cantata, for
the library, if the managers will con
sent to repeat it some time in the fu
ture. The people who were absent,
missed a real treat.
Our readors will appreciate the fact
that we attempt no description of the
parties in the performance, as to de
scribe all would make a notice too
lengthy, aud to designate a few and
leave the balance out in the cold would
be in bad taste, and justly offensive.—
Barnesville Gazette.
GEORGIA NEWS.
—The Sandersville Herald says :
Experienced farmers inform us that there
is at least one-third more corn Dlauted this
year than for several years past,’ and a cor
responding diminution in the cotton crop.
—The Meriwether Vindicator says :
We often hear it said that a large crop of
corn has been planted this year in Meri
wether, but in a ride last week from Green
ville to LaGrauge we saw only about half a
dozen cornfields, the balance being cotton.
From our observation during that ride we
should imagine our people have again con
cluded to plant for a large crop of cotton,
and have their corn cribs and smoke-houses
somewhere in the great West. Good old
Ben Franklin said that experience keeps a
dear school, and a certain class are hard to
instruct even in that school.
—Columbus had an SIB,OOO fire a
few days ago. Two stores were burned.
—The State Asylum for the Insane
is so full that the management are
compelled to turn off applicants for
admission. The sheriff of Coweta
county has just returned from Mil
ledgeville with a patient.
—The Citizen states that rust has
appeared in the wheat fields around
Dalton. This is several weeks earlier
than it was ever discovered before,
and damage to the wheat, which prom
ised such an abundant yield up to a
few days ago, is feared from this en
emy.
—The crops in Mitchell are fine.
Mrs. Wisenhunt, of Pickens coun
ty, during a fit of insanity, killed her
oldest child, a girl of eleven years, and
attempted to kill hei other children,
who managed, however, to escape from
the house.
—The Cherokee Georgian says :
Corn hns not been so cheap in this county
as it is at present in ten years before. The
cause is attributed to the scarcity of money,
hogs and whisky.
—The wheat crop in Cherokee is
very promising.
—Col. T. J. Heard, one of the old
est and most popular citizens of Elbert
county, is dangerously ill. His recov
ery is considered impossible.
—There is not a single bar room or
place for retailing spirituous liquors
in Lincolnton.
—The Elberton Gazette says : v
There’s nothing that gives us more pleas
ure than to hear that our farmers are realizing
the damaging effect of making so much cot
ton. We believe there is a material differ
ence in this and last year’s planting.
—The Gwinnett Herald says :
A bald eagle was killed by Mr. Joseph
Harris, near Davis’ mill, on last Thursday.
It measured five feet seven inches from the
tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
—The Sandersville Herald, speak
ing of the crop prospects in the coun
ty, says :
The wheat and oat crop are both good—
oats never more promising. There is a lar
ger area of small grain sown than has been,
in Washington, in any given year within the
recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The
young corn appears healthy, and is growing
finely. There is a larger acreage devotid to
the corn crop than has been any year since
the late war. The cotton is generally up.
There is an evident falling off in amount
planted. It would, however, be better for
the country if one-half the lands planted in
cotton were plowed up and planted in corn.
—Hon. Alexander H. Stephens is
slowly, but surely, regaining his health.
—Messrs. T. J. Smith, H. N. Holli
field, J. T. Youngblood, S. J. Smith,
Thos. Warthen, T. E. Bro/n and T.
O. Wicker, of Washington county,
have issued the following circular:
The Washington County Agricultural So
ciety is desirous of holding a lair this year,
that shall exceed all others of previous years;
in order to do this, it is proposed to make it
a District and not a County Fair, and our
friends in Middle Georgia are most earnestly
and cordially invited to assist us in our un
dertaking, and we assure them that we will
meet them on equal terms, aud do all in our
power to make it a decided success. The
State Society will hold no fair this year,
therefore we feel confident that if we unite
the whole of Middle Georgia in the further
qjice of our object, and obtain for our dis
trict fair the undivided support of the friends
of agriculture, then success is certain. The
premium list shall be a liberal one, and our
Society will transfer all articles for exhibi
tion from the Central railroad depot at the
close of the exhibition at its own expense.
We respectfully ask the friends of agricul
ture in Middle Georgia to respond to this
call, and meet us in convention in Sanders
ville on the third Tuesday in May to prepare
a premium list, appoint committees, and
make such arrangements as will insure the
success of our undertaking.
—The Grand Council of Masons has
presented Col. George W. Adams, of
Forsyth, with a superb jewel.
—The Oothcaloga cotton lactory at
Adairsville, is commencing work, and
will shortly be turning out a large
amount of its products.
—The Georgia Supreme Court de
cision that a debtor may make an effec
tual waiver of homestead exemption,
has been followed by another, which
holds that usury in the contract under
which the deed was executed renders
$3 A YEAH IN ADVANCE
it void, and the homestead right is not
taken away.
—Three negroes and a white man
escaped the other day ,from the jail at
Crawfordville.
—Moody, the evangelist, and Mr.
Whittle are continuing their highly
appreciated labors in Augusta. Very
large audiences are attracted every
day.
—Mr. T. J. Jennings, of Augusta,
lately tried the experiment of sending
two Savannah river shad, frozen in ice,
to a friend in Liverpool. The fish
arrived there still embedded in the
ice and in a perfect state of preserva
tion.
—Mr. S. S. Kendrick, father of Rev
C. A. Kendrick, now in jail in Colum
bus, on the charge of seduction, has
tendered the required bond of $3,000
to secure the release of his son from
jail. The validity of the bond will be
determined upon on the 9th inst.
—The Ellijay Courier has been
bought by a stock company and Mr.
H. A. Lumsden retires.
—Monday night, says the Barnes
ville Gazette, some scape gallows en
tered the Baptist church of this place
and stole the pulpit Bible, organ and
table cloths, and a large lamp. Tues
day morning he was trying to sell the
Bible, in the suburbs of the city, to
Clark Gilmore, a colored preacher.
Gilmore says he was an Irishman,
about medium height, with rather short
moustache. He had on a white hat,
light brown coat, and black and white
speckled pants. He had a satchel
made of an old rug or quilt—had the
Bible wrapped in a piece of wagon
sheet. He will doubtless make his
way to other towns as a regular tramp.
If any one has purchased the articles,
if they will return them to J. M. Wood
or C. W. Brown, they can get cost for
them.
—T. B. Cabaniss, Esq., will proba
bly be a candidate for the Senate in
the Macon district.
—Rust has appeared in the wheat
crop of Meriwether county.
—Barnesville is prospering.
—Brown, the wonderful mind reader
is in Savannah.
Personal. —Rev. C. H. Strickland,
one of our best and most zealous min
isters, left our city on Monday last,
for Richmond, to attend the Southern
Baptist Convention.
On Tuesday, Rev. A. J. Beck, one of
the ablest and most energetic of our
young ministerial brethren, left Atlan
ta for Richmond. He will attend the
Convention as correspondent for The
Index.
Personal. —Our friend, Col. G. W.
Hinkle, of the Homeward Star, has just
returned to Atlanta, after a trip of
seven months in Texas. We are glad
to see him looking so well. He is in
fine spirits, and speaks in glowing terms
of the magnificent country over which
he has been traveling. During his ab
sence he has visited every portion of
the great Empire State of Texas, and
also a portion of Mexico. His letters
from Western Texas, have been exten
sively copied in all the papers of this
State, and have been read with avidity
by those who are looking to Texas for a
new home.
The Col.’s paper is now nearly two
years old, and in its management has
shown a degree of energy and skill,
rarely exhibited by newspaper men. It
is now on a permanent basis, and fail
ure is rot to be found in Col. Hinkle’s
vocabulary.
Another Humbug. —An esteemed
brother informs us that the “ Nation
al Art Company,” of Cincinnati, Ohio,
is a humbug. He speaks positively,
from sad experience. Our readers,
therefore, had better beware of the con
cern.
The Southern Christian Advo
cate. —The Southern Christian Advocate,
Macon, Ga., has don tied a beautiful
new dress, aud has embellished itself
with other valuable attractions. We
congratulate our able contemporary
upon these evidences of high and con
tinued prospeiity.