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The Christian Index.
BY JAS. P. HARRISON & CO.
Word was preached with earnestness and zeal
by our beloved pastor M. V. B. Lankford, and
the good Lord thoroughly demonstrated the
power of the Gospel unto salvation.
Twenty were baptized and four joined by
letter. Most of the converts were young men.
Truly, the Lord hath done great tilings for us!
We have a flourishing Sabbath-school.
Tell brother Boykin to come around and see
us again.
The M. C. A. meets with our church (Mt.
Parson) on Friday before the fourth Sabbath
in September. We expect a large attendance.
Mt. Parson church is some two miles from
the Stilesboro depot on the Cherokee Railroad.
—The new Baptist church in Carrollton was
dedicated Sunday July 30th. The sermon
was preached by Rev. H. C. Hornady, the pas
tor of the church, from Mathew 18th and 18th,
“And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.” The sermon was listened to with marked
attention oy the large concourse of people who
filled the spacious building, and was delivered
with characteristic power and pathos. The
new house of worship is large and commodi
ous, sufficient to seat five hundred people. It
is situated upon an eminence, about two-hun
dred yards from the public square, and over
looks the town.
The meeting was continued for ten days af
ter the dedication. The church was greatly
revived, and ten new converts were added to
the church by baptism, and two by letter. The
people manifested great interest in the meeting
up to the close.
—Brother G. W. Smith, writing from Ten
nille says :
1 have just returned from Swainsboro and
Hawhammock churches, Emanuel county,
with whom 1 have been holding Divine Ser
vice for the past two weeks. The churches
are greatly revived, eleven added to Swains
boro, and one to Hawhammock, and a great
many came lorward during the meetings, ear
nestly crying out “pray for us.” The meetings
were attended with a great deal of interest.
The churches are in good condition, Swains
boro was constituted February 1874, with
eleven members; she now numbers thirty-two
and is in the midst of a population of some
two hundred. I was assisted by other breth
ren in the services. In behalf of these church
es I request that the brotherhood pray for us,
that God might continue to visit us with the
outpouring o‘ ' ' spirit, and that the cause of
Christ may to grow.
—Brother Wm. Amos, writing from Cedar
Grove, August Bth, speaking of the depressed
condition of the people says:
“Our lands are worn out, and we are hard
pressed to make a living, and I am fearful we
are not at the bottom yet.
I attended the General Meeting, thirty miles
below, ill the midst of what was once a wealthy
people, but who are now poor and in debt. 1
thought of the condition of the Israelites in
Nehemiah’s time, raising the walls of Jerusa
lem. Yet lam looking for better days. May
the Lord bless you in your labors. Remember
He says: “Be not wearied in well-doing, for
you shall reap in due season, if you faint not.”
—Brother T. Muse, writes from Cuthbert,
August Bth:
“I have just closed a good nine day’s meet
ing with Enon Church, in Quitman county.
Brother Patterson of Eufaula, and Mr. Page,
were with me part of the time. The good
Lord helped me all the time; eighteen were
added to tbe church, ten of them by faith
and baptism. The congregati ms were large
and much interest was manifested.”
—Rev. T. J. Adams, assisted by Rev. N.
B. Billion, and perhaps other ministering
brethren, commenced a series of meetings in
the Baptist church of Sandersvilie last Satur
day. These meetings will p-obably continue
through the present week.
—Over half the amount of money necessary
to build the new Baptist church in Douglas
ville has already been subscribed. The enter
prise and liberality of the brethren are most
commendable.
—From the Montezuma Weekly of the 9th
inst., we glean the following:
The services of the Baptist church at Trav
eler’s Rest continued through the past week,
closing on last Sabbath night, to begin again on
Friday night following. On last Sabbath the
work of the week was noted in the adminis
tration of the ordinance of baptism, five hav
ing been baptized and added to the list of
membership. Dr. Hillyer, of Forsyth, filled
the pulpit again on the Sabbali
—Rev. J. S. Callaway was unanimously
elected pastor of Union Point Baptist church,
at the called conference a few days ago, in
place of J. H. Kilpatrick resigned.
—A correspondent of the Forest News, writ
ing from Harmony Grove, August Ist, says:
We have had a very interesting meeting
here at the Baptist church, conducted by the
Rev. W. B. J. Hardeman, and assisted by the
Rev. F. Stark. On Sunday, July 30th, eight
were baptized in the pool near the church,
and afterwards the congregation repaired to
the church and listened to a sermon hy the
Rev. F. Stark, which we consider one of his
best efforts.
Mbs. Caroline Louisa Blackshear.—
After a lingering illness, Mrs. Carolina Louisa
Blackshear, relict of our old and beloved
friend, the late James Blackshear, E-q., died
in Macon, recently, aged three score years
and ten
Mrs. Blackshear was a daughter of the late
Gen. John Floyd, and her husband was a son
of Gen. David Blackshear, both names insep
arably connected with the early
days of Georgia. Mrs. B. was a Christian
lady, illustrating every virtue and grace that
pertains to that title. She bore her sufferings
with saintly iortitude, and in her death set
the living an illustrious example.
We tender, with sympathetic heart, our con
dolence to the relatives, and point them to
that Heaven into whose rqpt her soul has
entered.
INDEX AND BAPTIST.
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Editorials.
TO I.YDEX SI’BSCRIBEUS.
We will be under great obligations
to our subscribers who are in arrears
to us on their subscription, if they will
forward their dues at once. Their as
sistance at this time will be sincerely
appreciated. We, furthermore, urgent
ly solicit all who hold notes that are
due, to collect them, and forward the
amount to their respective Associations
for us.
We need the money.
Help us, Brethren.
DRFDGERY.
Longfellow truly says :
The every-day cares and duties which
men call drudgery, are the weights aud
counterpoises of the clock of time, giving its
pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a
regular motion, and when they cease to
hang upon the wheels the pendulum no
longer swings, the hands no longer move,
the clock stands still.
Every duty of our daily life, though
it be considered “drudgery,” can be
made to yield pleasure, or at least can
be robbed of its unpleasant features,
by a cheerful aud willing spirit. The
great central idea that should give
impulse to every heart, “ doing good,”
will hallow every means, no matter
how irksome or humble it may be, by
which that end can be attained.
The varying moods of our mind
color our occupations, and we often con
sider that to be “ drudgery ” which at
other times, or under other circum
stances, would be pleasing tasks-
Habit will step in as the great pacifica
tor of our vexed feelings, and patience
will sweeten every toil. We should al
ways consider what we are laboring for,
and whether our purposes are true and
commendable. Having this knowledge
we are proof against the “ stings and
arrows of outrageous fortune,” and can
always cheerfully answer “ here,” when
Duty calls the roll.
“ What Constitutes an Evangeli
cal DENOMiNAfiox.”—We will print
in our next issue, under the above title,
an excellent essay by Rev. E. J. Barks
dale, read at the General Meeting of
the Third District of the Flint River
Association, and which that body re
quested to be published in The Index.
Brother Barksdale’s valuable thoughts
will be enjoyed by our readers.
The Macon and Western Rail
road. —We are glad to notice the
continued prosperity of this great
and important route. Its immense
busintss is transacted with clock
work regularity. Among its large
corps of efficient officers, its courteous,
energetic and universally popular local
agent in this city, R. Schmidt, Esq., is
prominent.
With officials of such busiaess ca
pacity and devotion to duty as are to be
found on the Macon and Western, the
public interest will always be con
served.
To Preachers Without Places.—
We know of a good church whose pas
tor will retire from its service after the
present year. Another pastor must be
engaged. Who will apply ? Direct
your inquiry f o this office, inclosing
stamp for the reply.
We have, at times, quite a number of
letters on this subject; so many in fact
that we incline to the opinion that an
“ information office’’ would be valuable.
We will endeavor to meet all the wants
and wishes of our brethren to the best
of oar ability.
Nothing is so popular just now,
as our tract on Baptism. The orders
pour in upon us by hundreds, and from
all parts of the land. Let the truth
be diffused among the people.
This tract contains incontrovertible
proof of the correctness of Baptist
usage and practice. Send us a 3-cent
postage stamp and get a copy.
Several of the largest cotton and
woolen manufactories in New England
will be closed until the present large
supply in the hands of dealers is large
ly reduced.
Literature Secular Editorials Current Notes and News.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1876.
ROMISH PRIEST-CRAFT.
Official reports from tbe island of Sardi
ans show that of 547,112 inhabitants 512,-
881 can neither read nor write. This island
swarms with priests, and has been for ages
entirely' under their control.
That tells it all. Suppose our coun
try should be overrun by swarms of
priests, how long would it be before
“ the best government tbe world ever
saw,” (a saying, by the way, which in
the light of recent events must be ap
plied with some qualifications), would
be in the deplorable condition of Sar
diana ?
Clearly, then, ignorance is the Archi
median lever by which Roman priest
craft moves its world ; it is the soil in
which it plants the trees that bring
forth the Dead Sea apples of its prom
ises ; it is the dung-hill upon which
blow its lilies of peace, and its golden
ro-es of hierarchical contentment and
ecclesiastical prosperity. It finds life in
corruption; its light is darkness ; its
immortality is the spiritual death of
nations.
LIVE FOR SOMETH I AC,.
Yes; live for something. Move.
Keep moving. Don’t wait for some
thing to “ turn up.” Go, take your pick,
your plow, your pen, aud turn it up
yourself. If you have dream s■ f great
ness, of glory, of usefulness, go to
work at once to realize them. Don’t
sit down on the river bank and wait for
the river to cease running by, in order
that you may cross dry-shod. You
will never cross that way. Search for
a bridge, or a ford; if you cannot find
these, construct a raft; if you ain’t
do that, plunge in boldly and swim
across. If you fail iu this last resort
and are drowned, you will have the
pleasing consciousness of having made
a glorious attempt at doing your duty.
But an hundred to one that you will
succeed. “ Fortune favors the brave.”
The human drone is the most misera
ble of all miserable creatures. Such
are not only in their own way, but in
everybody rise’s way. Shun that
character as you would leprosy. Live
for something. Be something.
“Live for something, be not idle, —
Look about thee for employ;
Sit not down to useless dreaming—
Labor is the sweetest joy.
Folded hands are ever weary,
Selfish hearts arc never gay,
Life for thee hath many duties—
Active be, then, while you may.”
GEORGIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
A harmonious and highly interesting
meeting of the Georgia State Agricul
tural Society took place at Gainesville,
last week. President Colquitt called
the Convention to order. Prayer was
held by Rev. Mr. Cox. Mayor Cand
ler, in the name of the city of Gaines
ville, welcomed the members of the
Convention to its hospitality. Col.
D. E. Butler responded. General Col
quitt’s semi-annual address was fslicit
ous and well received. A resolution
was offered and unanimously adopted,
inviting Prof. J. E. Willet, of Mercer
University, to deliver a lecture on “The
Relations of Vegetable Matter to our
Soils.” On motion, Prof. Willet read
the lecture,which was pronounced, by all
present, as one of tbe finest produc
tions ever delivered before any Conven
tion. It is a master-piece of lucid sci
entific exposition, graceful in diction,
and of invaluable interest to agricultu
ral science.
We will have the pleasure of laying
this splendid essay before our readers
in our next issue. Dr. Pendleton, of
Athens, read a fine essay on the “ Ex
perimental Farm.” Dr. Brown, of
Augusta, read an interesting lecture on
“ Bee Culture,” which elicited a lively
and instructive discussion.
A number of other valuable essays
were read by distinguished members of
the Society, which we trust will soon
be published for the benefit of our ag
ricultural and industrial interests. The
“ experience meetings,” a most valuable
feature of the Society’s proceedings,
elicited matter for discussion of the
most interesting kind, and were gen
erally participated in by a majority of
the best minds in the Convention.
General Alfred H. Colquitt tendered
his resignation as President of the
Society, and Col. Thomas Hardeman,
Jr., was elected to fill the vacancy.
We take pleasure in transferring to our
columns, the comments of The Georgia
Grange upon this action of the So
ciety:
At the Convention in Gainesville, Colonel
Thomas Hardeman, Jr., was elected President
of the Slate Agricultural Society vice General
A. H. Colquitt resigned-
The ability and patriotism o t Colonel Har
deman are too well known to the citizens of
Georgia to require comment.
The Society have in the new President a
man who will honor the high position, and
who will not fail to keep its status at the high
point of excellence and efficiency at which it
has been held by his universally esteemed and
eminent predecessor.
Malcolm Johnson, Esq , the popular
and energetic Secretary, was unani
mously re-elected for three years to the
position he has so acceptably and
profitably tilled for a number of years
past. This is a deserved compliment
reflecting great credit upon the wisdom
of the Society, and indorses in a noble
manner the universally acknowledged
merits of Secretary Johnson.
The State Agricultural Society is one
of the most important and influential
organizations in the State, doing inval
uable service to the material interests
of Georgia, and advancing its prosper
ity in a decided manner. It is a body
representative of the best minds of our
people, always in the forefront of pro
gress, and illustrating the wealth, en
terprise and power of our State.
The chapter of fascinations is very
long. Society does not love its unmasker.
— Emerson.
The preference of Society is not or,
at least, should not be, a matter for
consideration on the part of the press,
or the author. Both of these great
factors in civilization should exert
their powerful influences for good only,
and without regard to consequences.
If the motive is good, the conse*
quences in this case must be good. So
ciety has no right to wear a mask, and the
fact that it does wear one, proves that it
has something to hide, of which it is
ashamed. It may not love tho unmasker,
but it is bound to respect him. No
writer is true to his mission, or honors
hi?) talent, who has not integrity of
chlracter enough to show us Society as
it Is, even at the risk of ostracism,
rather than as it appears in its mas
querade flummery.
First and Second Baptist Church
es op Atlanta. —On last Sabbath the
pulpit of the First church in the morn
ing, was filled by Rev. J. T. Johnson,
Professor of the University of Missis
sippi. Those who heard the sermon
spoke of it as one of rare merit.
The night services were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Dr. Gwin.
The pulpit of the Second church,
both morning and night, was occupied
by our senior, Rev. D. E. Butler. \Ve
had the pleasure of heariug brother
Butler in the morning. His text was
taken from the sth chapter of 11.
Corintians, and part of tbe 14th verse—
“ For the love of Christ constrain
eth us.” Brother Butler always im
,presses his hearers with his earnestness
and honesty of purpose. None can
listen to him without feeling that in the
speaker’s soul burns the love of Christ.
This love of Christ constrains him to
labor for the salvation of tbe souls of
his fellow men. We would say more of
our brother Butler and his excellent
discourse, but feelings of propriety
prevent our enlarging on the subject.
Personal. —Our esteemed, able and
energetic brother, Rev. L. B. Fish, now
of Nashville, Tennessee, has been
spending several days in Atlanta,
among his many friends. While here
he shipped his books to Philadelphia,
as the Publication Society has with,
drawn their agency from this field.
Brother Fish is enjoying fine health,
and says his church is prospering.
They intend soon to erect anew house
of worship.
THE INDEX HYMN BOOK.—The very tiling
for all worship. The cheapest book of the
kind on record. The Universal Favorite.
The people buy and use it.
The price is 15 cents per copy, for any
number.
The party sending order must provide tor
the postage.
Tub Index office is the place to get the
book.
—An unusually large crop of sweet
potatoes will be made.
GEORGIA NEWS.
—The crops in Greene county are
considered to be largest made in many
years.
—Hon. Alexander H. Stephens’
health is restored, and he is recovering
his strength.
—Rev. Henry Newton has been in
stalled as pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Uuion Point.
—The Thofiiasville Times reports
great damage to the cotton crop by rust
in that vicinity.
—A rattlesnake was killed at
Hawkitisville the other day, measuring
seven feet in length, and having twen
ty-seven rattles.
—The first bale of new cotton raised
in Southwestern Georgia this season
was sent to Albany on tbe first day of
August by Mr. Y. A. Ctegg, of Lee
county.
—Tho caterpillar has appeared
among the cotton in Pulaski county.
—The Senatorial Convention of the
20th district unanimously nominated
Hon. F. C. Furman, of Milledgevtlie.
—Col. Peterson Thweatt is again a
candidate for Comptroller-General.
—The headquarters of the Depart
ment of the South will be removed to
Atlanta, when Gen. Rttger assumes the
command.
A fierce tornado passed over a part
of Clarke and Morgan counties a few
days ago. The damage caused by the
blow and the storm was large. Fences
in High Shoals were blown down and
carried some distance away. Corn
fields suffered heavily—whole acres
being laid flat by the furious wind.
Several negroes were seriously if not
fatally injured, and one of them is
since reported dying. They were hurt
by timbers blown from their dwellings-
No white person was injured.
—By information received direct
from Mr. D. A. Jewel:, of Jew
ell’s Mills, we learn that the report that
he ha 4 purchased the Long Shoals
Factory, in Greene county, is untrue.
—The portion of the Peabody School
Fond allotted to Georgia last year, was
§8,550.
—The editor of the Bartow and
Bethany department of the Louisville
News and Farmer says :
The revival continues at Bartow. Four
teen accessions up to Sunday. The good
work seems to be confined, mainly to the
members. We have never seen people so thor
oughly aroused on the subject of religion as
are the members of the church at Hale’s
Chapel an l Bethany.
—The Camilla Enterprise, of tbe 10th
inst., says :
Caterpillars are reported in large numbers
in many sections of this and adjoining coun
ties. They are the second crop just hatched
out, as reported, and the cotton lias not suf
fered much yet. The recent damp, cloudy
weather, is propitious for them.
—Dr. J. T. Curtis, formerly a citi
zen of Thomson, has returned to Geor
gia, after a residence of several years
in the far western Territory of Mon
tana.
—Rev. Wm. Park, President of Le
Vert College, Talbotton, has resigned
and Rev. G. W. Maxon has been elected
for the vacancy.
—According to the Receiver’s books,
there are 4,278 sheep in Brooks county.
534 were killed by dogs last year.
—The meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows, at Dalton, was largely
attended and very interesting. The
Order is in a very prosperous condition.
Hon. C. C. Kibbee was elected Grand
Representative. A splendid concert in
compliment to the distinguished visi
tors was given by the pupils of the
Dalton Normal Musical Institute, un
der the direction of Profs. Schoeller
and Mclntosh.
—The Douglassville Medium says:
A gentleman who has traveled over a
greatetr portion of this and adjoining coun
ties, informs us that he has never before
seen better crops, nor in abetter condition—
showing that they have been well worked.
—During the month of Julv, 18
whites and 86 blacks weie interred in
the cemeteries of Savannah. The mor
tality among the blacks appears to be
very great.
—The Rome News says:
The grasshoppers are a humbug. The re
port about their ravages upon the farmers on
the Etowah is not correct. We passed down
the road to Atlanta, and we are certain that
we did not see a stalk of corn or cotton with
even a nibble on them. Capt. Turner, of this
county, inform us that he has noticed the
hopper in his field for years, and that further
than one or two rows of com or cotton next
to clover or stubble, he had never received
$3 A YEAH IN ADVANCE.
any damages. We hope that excitement
Will cease in our county.
—The La Grange Reporter says:
“ Mr. J. T. Peddv has a cotton field of
several acres, which is so thick with
bolls, that in almost any part of it a
hand spread out can touch thirteen
bolls.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
DOMESTIC.
By action of the House of Repre
sentatives on the General Appropria
tion Bill for the expenses of the Gov
ernment, 53,§00,000 have been saved
for tbe ensuing year.
—One of the robbers of the famous
Younger and James brothers band in
Missouri, has been captured and has
confessed. It is certain that the entire
band will be capture 1 or killed.
—Gov. Porter, of Tennessee, has been
renominated for the office by the Dem
ocratic State Convention.
—Four-fifths of the next Legislature
of Alabama, will be Democrats.
—Hailett Kilbourn has entered suit
against the Speaker of the House, the
Sergeant-at-Arms, and members of the
Real Estate Pool Committee, claiming
§150,000 damages for injuries sustained
by reason of bis imprisonment without
•cause.
—Reports of devastation by grass
hoppers in the Northwest are confirmed.
Eggs are deposited by millions ; 1,340
were found in six inches square sp ice.
The damage done is incalculable.
—The subject of opening tfie Cen
tennial Exhibition during the evening,
is under informal consideration in the
Centennial Commission, aud it is
thought probable that there will soon
be a decision to light the buildings and
open them for evening exhibitions. It
is thought also that there will soon be
an announcement of certain days when
tbe price of admission will be only 25
cents.
—Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier Journal has been
elected as representative from Louis
ville to the United States Congress.
—George W. L. Weber, has been
nominated a candidate for Governor of
Michigan, by the Democratic State
Convention.
—The Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph
contains an article from Archbishop
Purcell, addressd to the people of the
United States relative to the attitude of
the Catholic church towards the public
school system, in which he declared that
the chui chjhas no disposition to interfere
with the system. He further says, no
doubt justice and equality would entitle
tbe Catholic people of this country to
an exemption from taxation for the
support of other schools or to a share
of the pulic school funds in proportion
to the number of pupils in the schools,
but even this we are disposed to waive
in your favor.
—The Hawaiian treaty will probably
fail this session. The Senate favors it,
but a vote could not be reached with
out debate, for which there is no time.
—The franking privilege, modified,
will be restored by Congress.
—The Arkansas regular Republican
Convention nominated Joseph Brooks
for Governor. All efforts to harmonize
the two wings of the party failed.
—lmmense swarms of grasshoppers
have appeared in Nebraska.
foreign.
—Servia is asking for peace, and the
intervention of other powers.
—Over twelve thousand Bulgarians
have been murdered in their homes by
the Turks.
—The Turkish soldiers carry petro
leum in their knapsacks for the purpose
of firing the houses in their line of
march.
The Reuter Telegram Company
announces that the Great Northern
telegraph line to China and Japan,
which was interrupted July 31st, is
now working and communication with
the East is again established. Com
munication is also complete with Aus
tralia and New Zealand, the cable be
tween Japan and Australia, which broke
six months ago, having been repaired.
—A dispatch to Paris from Vienna,
states that the Servian Premier Ristics,
rejected all offers of mediation, declar
ing that Servia will not treat for peace
until the Turks are under the walls of
Belgrade.