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THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.
A Sermon preached hy Rev. D. Shaves. D.D.,
Sunday, July 16th. 1876, in the First Ward Bap
tist church, Augusta. Georgia, at the ordination
of Bev. Thomas J. Holmes.
[Furnished for publication by request.]
Bom. xi: 13—1 magnify mine office.
What is it that invests this scene with inter
est and these exercises with solemnity ? It is
the testimony borne by them to the dignity
and responsibility of the Christian ministry.
The passage of Scripture which I have read
breathes the same language. The apostle
means, in brief, (as examination will assure
you,) “I do honor to the ministry. I account
aDd declare it glorious. In thought, I make it
great to myself; in word, I make it great to
others.”
The text, then, is the interpreter of the oc
casion. The occasion is the commentary on
the text. It is mv hope and my petition, at
this time, that both may speak through me—
and God speak in us all. With these feelings
—for many of you share them, lam sure —let
ns cEter on our subject without delay.
I. We magnify our office, first, in view ofits
Holy origin.
The ministry is not a human institution. It
received existence in the counsels of Heaven ;
and Heaven reserves to itself the decision of
the question, who shall be inducted into this
office —who clothed with its high, divine
right to serve ? “No man taketh this honor to
himself, but he that is called of God.” Paul
exclaims: “Unto me, who am less than the
least of all saints, is this grace given, that 1
should preach among the Gentiles the un
searchable riches of Christ.” 1 thank Christ
Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that
be conn ted me faithful, putting me into the min
istry”—(Eph. iii: 8; I. Tim. i: 12.) Said
Mr. Newton, “None but He who made the
world can make a minister of the Gospel.”
We are only stewards, only messengers; but
we are the messengers and stewards of a divine
Being—of the ore, living, loving God. Our
credential, in the last resort, in the highest
analysis, is no succession through ancient
“lines of priesthood” to “primitive ordersno
parchment, with venerable ecclesiastical sig
natures and seals; no imposition of the hands
of presbyters; no vote of a congregation of
faithful men, or a body of “visible saints.”
Our licensure is written within, on the heart, by
the finger of God. It is the excellency of di
vine power in frail earthen vessels. It is an
annotating with the oil of the Spirit. It is an
ecgiftment with holiness, to leaven the entire
sphere of influence. It is a touching of the
lips with living fire from off Heaven’s pure
aitar. It is truth committed to us for publica
tion to others ; the Gospel in trußt for man
kind. It is “Cbiist in us”—not only “the
hope of glory,” as He is to all believers, bnt
‘ the Great Teacher,” speaking through in
struments of clay, using our voice instead of
His own !
These are high claims, but they are true
ocee. The ministry is this, or it is an illusion.
The ministry is all this, or it is nothing. Bui
that institution cannot be nothing, which,
through the ages, has proved itself
“The moet important and effectual guard.
Support and ornament of virtue's cause.’'
‘•Then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech by us."—(ll. Cor.
v : 20.)
11. We magnify our office, secondly in view
of its Sublime Functions.
The ministry is not a temporal institution.
Like the kingdom of Christ, for to that king
dom it belong*, it “ig not of this world.” It
pays no tribute to the sovereigns of the earth,
whether they wield the sceptre or the sword.
To ambition, and empire, and revolution, and
conquest, it yields neither homage nor service.
These, with all their array, now of blandish
ments, now of terrors, are aside from it—are
beneath it. Its labors are spiritual labors,
and labors for eternity. The priests in Zion
are clothed with salvation, that saints may re
joice in goodness—(ll. Chron. vi: 41.)‘‘Those
who have the rule over you, watch for vour
scuts, as they that must give account.”—(Heb.
xiii: 17.) They warn every man and teach
every man in all wisdom, that, amid the
awards of the last day, they may present every
man perlect in Christ Jesus—(Col. i: 28.) To
this end they strive. The power of God works
in them mightily to this end.
Those who rightly hold the office, recognize
the whole series of their ministration as a con
tribution toward the moral perfection of man
kind,: toward the establishment of a holy
kingdom among the nations and above the
nations ; toward that halo of purity and hap
piness which shall sit on our race in the era of
universal righteousness. Not only so: but for
the fruit of their labor they look further, yea,
and higher, even to that Presence in which are
fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore.
“The soul! the soul!
That is our province—that mysterious thing
Which hath no limit from the'walls of sense,
No chill from hoary time, with pale decay
No fellowship, but shall stand forth unchanged,
Unscathed, amid the resurrection-fires,
To bear its boundless lot of good or ill.
Oh 1 we do hold authority to aid
This pilgrim essence to a throne in Heaven,
Among the glorious harpers, and the ranks
Of radiant cherubim and seraphim.”
The declaration of Aiehbiehop Williams, in
tne close of his life, therefore, only gives ex
pression to the foundation idea, the essential
spirit of the Gospel Ministry. Said he: “I
have passed through many places of honor
and trust, both in church and State, more than
any of my order in England these seventy
years, let, were I assured that by my preach
ing I-had converted but one 90ul to God, I
sitould take therein more true joy and comfort
that, in all the distinction which has been be
stowed on me.” Oh, to deliver souls out of
the darkness of sin, to break from them the
yoke ol Satan, to blot away the sentence of
death written against them, to bring them,
through the gate of repentance and faith, to
Christ—to His teet here, and to His bo.-om
cereafter—surely, this is work noble, heaven
ly enough to warrant the words of Paul: “The
Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying
that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none
of these things move, neither count I my life
dear unto myself, so that I might ficish my
Course with joy, and the miniatiy which I have
received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gos
pel of the grace of God”—(Acts xx : 23, 24.)
111. We magnify our office, thirdly, in view
of its Absorbing Labors.
The ministry imposes an obligation of con
stant (may we not say, of exclusive?) devotion
to it. We have seen already its holy origin in
the counsels of the divine will and the riches
of the divine love, and its sublime functions as
conducive to the spiritual renewal and eternal
life of men. These great truths instruct us
why,, in the primitive church, the apostles
said : “It is not reason that we should leave
the word of God, and serve tables. We will
give ourselves continually to prayer and to the
ministry of the W T ord”—(Acts vi; 2,4;) These
truths 'Open to us the propriety of Paul’s ex
hortation to his son in the faith: “Meditate
upon these things; give thyself aho.it/ to them,
that thy profiling may appear to a ; l” men, or
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND WESTERN BAPTIST.
“in all” things—(l Tim. iv : 15.) These truths
prepare us to hear Phillip_ Henry, on his or
dination, say: “I did this day receive as
much honor and work as ever I shall be able to
know what to do with.” These truths force us
to Dr. Coke’s opinion concerning those who
preach the Gospel; “They cease to be minis
ters the moment they cease to be laborers.”
He who teaches men the mysteries and mer
cies of God—teaches them the things which
make for their peace—niUßt “wait on” his
teaching; “instant” alike in season and out of
season.” In this warfare against the ignor
ance which forgets God and the error that
denies Him, he is a soldier for life. To its
battles he devotes every day. He expects no
dismission from active service. He asks no
furlough even for a season. He will war
“until the hand of death strikes off his armor”
—until the hand of God gathers him to the
exchange of that armor for the palm of victory
and the crown of rejoicing.
If it please the Father of spirits, who is also
the Father of mercies, by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe, how can
the true minister restrain the course of the
spirit within him, and sufier men to perish by
reason of his silence ? How can he forbear
efiort, or stifle interest, in this labor ot love,
which might “fill an angel’s heart,” which
has “filled a Saviour’s?” When, for the space
of two years, the apostle to the Gentiles, the
author of our text, wore a chain; when day
and night a soldier was with Him, armed to
shed His blood at the dictate of duty, or the
impulse of panic; who shall say to Him that
He must not “proclaim the kingdom of God?”
Who shall seal his lips from the declaration
of “the things which concern the name of
Jesus?” It may not, cannot be. That soldier
must hear this Gospel, if no one else ; that
soldier, through the love that speaks it,dies for
speaking!
“Still in thy work would we abound—
Still prune the vine, or plough the grouud j
Tliy sheep with wholesome pasture feed,
And watch them with unwearied heed.”
This is the spirit, if not the language, with
which all who hare imbibed the hallowed
order of the ministry press onward to the
presence of the Chief Shepherd, in hope that
when He appears they also shall receive a
crown of glory which fades not away.
IV. We magnify our office, fourthly, in
view of its Illustrious Triumphs.
The ministry derives it hope of success from
the Divine blessing. There is no hope with
out it; with it, there is all hope. Here, wis
dom. even excellency of wisdom, by itself can
avail nothing. By demonstration of the spirit
and of power, by that alone, does our speech
and our preaching become effectual. The ser
vant of the church is strong only through the
Head of the church. Fruitless is the planting
of a Paul; fruitless the watering of an Apollos;
the increase is the gift of God It demands
a power greater than resides in man to cause
the desert to blossom as the rose, with words ;
with words to compel water from the bosom
of the hard and flinty rock ; to re-kindle the
flame of life with words, when it has not only
been dimmed, but quenched utterly by the
damps of death. Yet, these things are hut as
the sports of infancy in comparison with the
work of conversion—the most difficult even of
the works of Jehovah—for it ib a holy crea
tion, not out of nothing merely, hut out of
sin! To Him, therefore, ascend our daily
supplications. Hope languishes and droops
when she does not behold Hie arm in opera
tion. He must work fry us, as well as in as,
of His own good pleasure, or that pleasure
will never prosper m our hands.
It was the conviction of this absolute de
pendence which induced one minister to en
grave on hie episcopal seal the memorable
words of Paul—“ Who is sufficient for these
things ?" Under this conviction, also, a sec
ond set apart day* of special intercession for
his church, on which, in his petitions, he
made particular and separate mantirw sf the
case of each individual in a membership of
four hundred. By this conviction, too, a third
was moved often in the coldest nights to rise
for prayer, weeping prostrate on the floor,
wrestling with the Lord on account of his peo
ple, and saying to his wife, when she enquired
the cause of his tears, “I have souls to answer
for, while I know not how it is with many of
them.”
Let the church learn this lesson. Let her
regard us aB mere instruments in the hands of
God ; as vessels which must remain empty,
unless He fill us wi'h blessing for her; as
lamps that lack the oil and the flame, until
supplied by Him for her illumination; as
stewards who can furnish spiritual food to men
only as bread is given to us from Heaven for
distribution.
Now, God, the one only Harvest-Giver to
husbandmen in the vineyard, bas made the
Gospel His power unto salvation. And this
power of God, inhering in the Gospel, goes
before the herald of the cross into every field
of effort, as the assurance with which Paul
was strengthened to his labors in Corinth
prior to the copversion of the saints in that
city. Through it, God says to us everywhere:
“Speak; and hold not thy i>eace, for I am with
thee: 1 have much people” here. (Acts xviii;
9, 10.) “The field is .the world ;” that field
shall be cultivated throughout; and through
out it shall bear fruit "to the praise of the
glory of Divine grace.” All evil spirits that
have ruled the nations shall be cast forth from
their usurped supremacy, as faithful men
preach the Gospel, and shall cry everywhere,
like the spirit of divination in Philippi of old,
“These men are the servants of the most high
God, which show unto us the way of salva
tion.” (Acts xvi: 17.) Yes. The Ministry
means the awakening and renewal of sinners.
The Ministry means the sanctification and
comfort of believers, their usefulness in life
and their triumph in death. The Ministry
means the subjugation of the world to the
crow, and the glory of the Millennial Age.
The Ministry means the purity, the peace and
the approval of the hosts who stand on the right
hand of the J udge in the last day. The Min
istry means tie rest, reward and rapture of the
blood-washed throngs around the Throne in
Heaven. For these things are its fruits.
Brethren in the ministry (if I Liav make
bold to join myself with you,) the holy origin,
the sublime functions, the absorbing labors, and
the illustrious triumphs of our office, strike us
with awe and transport If we are called to
it, we have occasion for eternal gratitude. We
feel it. Ye hights of glory, reserved for us
in the world to come! standing amid your
splendors and joys, this shall be the theme
with which we “wake the echoes” of Heaven.
This, that in the wilderness of earth, among a
wandering, perishing race, we were privileged
to hold up the cress of Christ, as a pillar of
cloud by day and a pillar of fire by niaht, to
guide their footsteps to the Canaan of eternal
lest.
We have a difficult task, but not an irksome
one. Our toils are pleasure to us—our duries
a delight. Desire, its well as conviction,
would lead uk Id this work. Our heart is iii
our vocation. W$ love the Ministry. Let ua
remember the solemnity of tIK domffitMtOn
which calk u* to stand between the living and.
& e rM’fJ°f fltiWb
its fearful desolations. Let ns ponder the re
sponsibility of the vow irbhsh demands Hhht
not to be ashamed, rightly divining the word
of truth. Let us cultivate a uniferm anxiety
to meet our fellow mortals, in the pulpit, by
the fireside, on the thoroughfare, not only face
to face, but heart to heart, “for Jesus’ fake.”
Let us guard against despondency, and be
quickened rather to untiring activity, under a
sense of the high and arduous duties required
at our hands by the Church of God, and th ■
Word of God, and the Spirit of God. Let it
be our prayer that we may be able to say, with
Brown: “ I think I would rather beg my
bread all the laboring days of the week for an
opportunity of publishing the Gospel on the
Sabbath, than without such a privilege to enjoy
the richest possessions on earth.” Let it he
our prayer that, with Henry Martyu, we may
be able to say: “I do not wish for any heaven
on earth besides that of preaching the precious
Gospel of Jesus Christ to immortal souls.”
Let it be our prayer that to our hearers we
may be able to say, with Paul: “Being af
fectionately desirous of you, we are willing to
impart unto you not the Gospel of Gpd only,
hut also our own souls, because ye are dear
unto us.” (I Thes: ii S.) Let it be our prayer
that, with Kutherford, we may be able to say
to them: “My witness is above, that your
heaven would be as two heavens to me, and
the salvation of you all as two salvations to
me.” Let us charge ourselves even as we are
charged by Him who calls us, that by consci
entiousness, by zeal, by consecration to God,
by love for souls, by diligence, by persever
ance, by humility, by heavenly-mindedness, by
Christ in the heart and Christ in the life, we
“magnify our office” to the glory of God and
the salvation of souls. And may grace abound
in him who enters the ministry to-day above
all the measures of our experience, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom “be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and
ever. Amen.”
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Judson Female Institute,
MARION- ALABAMA.
The Thirty-ninth Animal Session will begin the
2d of October, with fifteen officers of instruction
and government.
The Course of Study is extensive: the instruc
tion thorough; the discipline firm but kind ; the
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Worcester Academy,
WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS.
ESTABIjISHED 1834. £s*“’ Day and Boarding
school for both sexes, and one of New Eng
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Deserving students aided bv scholarships and
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Virginia Female Institute,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
Rev. B. H. Phillips, A. M., Rector, assisted by
a large corps of experienced officer*. Thirty!
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Patronage represents nineteen States. Build
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moderate. Churches of seven denominations
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Albemarle Female Institute,
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The Twentieth Annual Session opens on the
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teachers. For catalogue, giving details, address
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New College Building.
Baptist Collf.ge,
Mossy Creek Tennessee.
Thirty miles East of Knoxville.
NEXT SESSION begins August 21, 1876. Tui
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Board $7 to $lO per mouth.
Faculty of four instructors. For catalogues
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Mary Sharp College,
WINCHESTER TENNESSEE.
“ The Female University of the South*
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thoroughness and cheapness of education; its
location for healthfulnesH, salubrity of climate,
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T I.P the wen-k ef giving to WOMAN A TRULY
LIBERAL EDUCATION, combining thorough
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College claims precedence.
Presided over by Z. C. GRAVES LL.D., the
first and only President.
For Catalogues apply to the President or
Treasurer. G. S. WAMSLEY,
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Southern Female College,
Lagrange . ,ga.
mHE collegiate' year opens the last Wednesday
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Carolina Central Academy
AND
liUSIIN EKS COLLEGE,
ANBONVILLE, N. C.
The fall session will begin August 7th. 1876.
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! Send for Catalogue to
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Augusta Female Seminary,
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The academic ttnn lof ithle institution begins
•This is the largest first-class institution in Vir
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. MARY J. BALDWIN, PhiNcipal.
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Hollins’ Institute,
BOTETOURT SPBINGS, VIRGINIA
Will open its next eession on the fifteenth dav
of September. Faculty, fifteen ladies and gen
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sing to enter will please announce the fact at
once. Charges raDge from 4230 to 4310. No
extras. No outside expenses. References to
patrons in twenty States given on application as
above. C. L. COCKE, Supt.
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Western Female Seminary.
THE twenty-second year of this well kuown
institution will open Wednesday. September
6th, 1876. Expeuee for tuition, board, room,
warming and gas. oulv $165 per vear. For cata
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Roanoke College,
SALEM. VIRGINIA.
Next session begins September 6. Collegiate
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Wesleyan Female College,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Thirty-ninth annual B<>6&ion begins Sep
■JL tember 20th, 1876. Tliit it the oldest Fe
male’College in the world. The location is un
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extended. There is a full corps of experienced
teachers, in every department. For catalogue
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or REV. C. W. SMITH. D.D.. Secretary.
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Richmond College,
RICHMOND, VA.
THE next session opens Sept. 21et. 1876.
and closes June 21st, 1877. The College em
braces eight separate schools, viz: Latin, Greek,
Modern Language. English, Mathematics. Phys
ics, Chemistry and Philosophy, supplied by n
corps of seven Professors. Tne oast session
was eminently successful, and leaves the institu
tion in excellent working order. Its situation,
buildings, apparatus and interest-hearing endow
ment enable it to dispense liberal education on
terms unusually moderate.
EXPENSES FOB SESSION OF NINE MONTHS.
Matriculation and Tuition in anv three
schoole S9O oo
Fuel, Light, Washing, and Board in Mess
Clubs (about) 113 00
„ t Total. £203 00
Or bj Boarding at College Hotel instead
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Georgetown Female Seminary.
Next Session Opens First Monday in
September.
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Farmers' College,
CawjtOE J3jll Hamilton Cos., O.
term opens SEPTEMBER 6, 1876. Ladies
a*<2 g -ntleiuen admitted to all classes, and may
take all or any part of the course. 'Tuition, per
year, S2O. (ST Free to owners of scholarships.
Boarding in private families, $4 per week. Club
boarding provided for Seven dailv railroad trains
between Cincinnati and College Hill. Catalogues
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Medical College of Alabama,
AT MOBILE.
THE regular Course of Lectures will begin on
Tuesday, November 14, l$?o,
and olose about the 20th of March following.
The Preliminary Course will commence about
the middle of October, at which time the Dis
secting Rooms will be open.
The City Dispensary has been removed to the
College Building. In the course of the year sev
eral thousand patients are examined and pre
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of the students.
FACULTY.
F. A. Ross, M. D, Emeritus Professor of Materia
Medica and Therapeutics.
George A. Ketchum, M. D., Professor of the
Science and Art of Mtdioine.
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Medica and Therapeutics.
Wm. H. Anderson, M. D., Professor of Physi
ology.
J. F. Heustis, M. D., Professor of Surgery.
James F. Harrison, Jr., M. D., Professor of
Chemistry.
Jerome Cochran, M. D., Professor of Public
Hygiene and Medical jurisprudence.
E. P. Gaines, M. D., Professor of Clinical Medi
cine.
Gorokwy Owen, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics
and the Diseases of Women and Children.
Caler Toxey, M. D., Professor of Anatomv.
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Medical College of the State of South
Carolina.
CHARLESTON ...POUTH CAROLINA.
FOBTY-EIGTH course of Lectures, Session
of 1876-77 beginning October 16th. termina
ting early in March.
FACULTY.
If. A. IviM-oi ii, M.D., Professor of the Princi
ples and Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgerv.
J. P. Chazal. M.P . Professor of Pathology
and Practice of Mediciue.
Middleton Michel. M.D., Professor of Phvs
iologv.
C. U. Shepabd, Jb.. M.D., Professor of Chem
istry.
F. L. Parkee, M.D., Professor of Anatomy.
J. Fobd Pjriolbau, M.D., Professor of Obstet
rics and Gymecology.
F.Peyke Pouches, M.D., ProfessorofHateria
Medina and Therapeutics, and of Clinical Medi
cine.
Manning Simons, M.D., Demonstrator of An
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J. P. CHAZAL, D*ak,
70 Hasal street... i.. j; .Charleston, S. C.
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, . obtained.
of
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SCHOOLS AMD COLLEGES.
BRISTOL FEMALE (BAPTIST) COLLEGE.
EAST TENNESSEE.
‘ PHE next session of this Institution opens on
L the last Thursday in August, 1876, with a
full corps of competent teachers.
Bristol City is accessible both by railroad and
telegraph, and is, beyond a doubt,’ unsurpassed
as to the health of its inhabitants.
The cheapness and abundance of the products
of our section, enable ns to offer first class
board to young ladies at the low price of 411.00
per month, including fuel, lights and washing.
Other expenses in proportion.
For further information, address.
D. C. WESTER, A. M.,
jy2o.tf Bristol. East Tennessee.
FURMAN UNIVERSITY.
FREE TUITION.
THE next session will begin September 14th.
with tuition free in all schoole. Board, in
cluding fuel and washing, will cost about 415.00
per month.
For full information, apply for catalogue to
BEV. J. C. FURMAN. D.D.,
jv2o.4t President.
CULPEPPER FEMALE INSTITUTE
VIRGINIA.
The next session will begin Wednesday the
,13th of September, 1876. and continue 40 weeks.
Instruction given in schools of
Natural Sciences, Moral Sciences,
Mathematics, English Composition
and Literature, Ancient, and Mod
ern Languages, History, Music,
Drawing and Painting, and
Physiology and Hygiene.
Board, fuel and lights, (exclusive of washing,)
and instruction in English and music from 4215
to 4225; less than this charged when two or
or more enter from same famiiv.
The Institute is locatedin one of the health
iest and most attractive sections of Virginia,
near the Blue Bidge mountains, on the great
Southern line of railroad, and having telegraphic
communication with all the cities of the couutry.
Send for circulars. Address
DR. WM. R. VAUGHN, Principal.
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Croaer Theological Seminary,
Upland, Pa. 14 miles from Philadelphia. Com
modious buildings, furnished rooms, choice li
brary,.full corps of instructors, course of extra
lectures, (a*" Tuition, room rent and fuel free.
Address the President. novlß.lv
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THE OFFER
The American Baptist Publication Society
wish to mark the Centennial Year
by an offer of
Unparalleled Attraction!
The Churches thak will introduce, during the
first half of the Centennial year, our new and
universally popular
Baptist Hymn Book,
WE WILL FURNISH
100 HYMN BOOKS FOR SSO.
This offer includes the most popular editions,
as follows:
30 Hymn and Tune Books price, $1 OC
25 Hymn Books, (Pew Edition.).. *• j 25
30 Hymn Books, (Pocket Edition.). “ 75
14 Hymn Books, (Cheap Edition ; “ 5C
1 Pulpit u 4 00 .
100
These Books, at regular prices, amount to
$94 75.
*3“ To small churches we will supply
80 tOOKS FOR *2B.
15 Hymn and Tune Books.
15 Hymn Books, (Pocket Edition.)
12 Hymn Books; (Pew Edition.)
8 Hvmu Books, (Cheap Edition.)
In these offers no modification whatever
will be make.
(S3“ All other quantities will be sold at regular
iritroductory prices.
CST This offer is limited only to the first half
of the Centennial Year, from January 1 to June
30,1876.
Churches ordering must btate positively
that they have not got the Baptist Hvmn Book
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The Baptist Hymn Book has already been
adopted by over two thousand ohurcheb. Send
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