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The Christian Index' VOL. 55—NO. 34. Table of Contents. First Page. —Alabama Department: Record of State Events; China: Book Notices; Spirit of the Religious Press; Baptist News and Notes; General Denominational Newß; Choctaw and Chickasaw Association; Home Missions. Secokd Paoe.— Our Correspondents: ’ Gaming, Dancing, Tippling”—T. B. Cooper; Letter from Hall County, Georgia—\V. C. Wilkes; Kev J. W. P. Fackltr; Twenty-three Children Con verted—H. F. Smith; Apologetic—C. M. Irwin; Notes About Quitman— Rev. N. A. Daily; The ological and Normal Institute (col’d) —Action of the Colored Baptists of Atlanta; An Appeal to Georgia Baptists—John G. Polhill. Rev. R. D. Mallary—T. L. Dagg; Hightower Associa tion; Contributions from Greensboro Church —C. M. Irwin. ' Third Page. —Searching the Scriptures : “Epis copacy tested ” —An Essay on Apostolic Suc cession, continued. The Sunday-school; Les son for Bunday. September 10, 1876; A Word About our Sunday-school Work—T, C. Boykin, etc, Fourth Page. —Editorial: Christ aWitness—Rev. S. G. Hillyer. Miss Lula Wliildon; Remarkable Cases of Conviction and Conversion—Rev. J. S. Baker. Correction; Georgia Baptist News: Rev. T. C. Boykin; Personal; Editorial Para graphs—Rev. D. E. Butler. Fifth Page.— Secular Department: The Chinese Question; Character: Literary Gossip: The Skeleton on the Bosporus; Georgia News; Foroign and Domestic Notes; etc. Sixth Page.— Associational Meetings: Forty second Session of Central Association; Gen eral Meeting Third Die (riot Faiiburu Associa tion. „ Seventh Page.—The Bam Yard—Hog and Chicken Cholera; etc. Eighth Page. —Publishers' Department. Tiib ute of Respect; Obituaries: Advertisements INDEX AND BAPTIST. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT. The health of Montgomery is good. There are two free schools in Scotlsboro. —The gold fever is still raging throughout Tallaposa county. In Tuscaloosa good peaches sell at 50 cents a bushel. —A young people’s pajier has been started in Huntsville. An unusually large amount of wool has been raised in Dale county this year. A Young Men’s Christian Association has been organized in Birmingham. Twenty members have recently been added to Liberty Grove church, Lawrance county. There has been a revival in the Baptist church at Evergreen. There are four hundred and seventy convicts in the penitentiary. Our Baptist brethren in Ozark have held a protracted meeting with gratifying results. In Athens, peaches are abundant at from 20 to 25 cents a bushel. Stone Hill copper mines, in Cleburne and Randolph counties, have been sold to a Mie souri company for $140,000. A Board of Trade was organized in Monte vallo on August 10th. Anew post-office will be opened at Air. John Seay’s house, Calhoun county, and will be known as Seaton. Rev. J. S. Dill has resigned the pastorate of the Montevallo Baptist church. He goes to the Theological Seminary, at Greenville, S. C. An eight year old boy named Bell, who live* nine miles from Troy, weighs 195 pounds. Wm. Johnson, of Rocky Mount neighbor hood, Montgomery county, committed suicide the 17th ult. _ The Seventh Annual Session of the Grand Lodge I. O. G. T. of Alabama will convene at Greensboro on the fourth day of October. The Postmaster of Mobile, T. C. Bingham, was recently arrested at Opelika on a warrant issued at the instance of ex-postmaster, Wick ersham, of Mobile, charging Bingham with libel. The bondholders who bought the Alabama & Chattanooge railri ad so me time ago failed to pay the purchase money, as ordered by the court to be done, on the first of September, and the road is again advertised lor sale undet a decree of the United States District Court ren dered in July. The Selma Argus says: “Since our last the ravages of the cotton worm in this section have been very great. Whole plantations are strip ped, add the destroyers continue to multiply and increase, and to grow n rapacity. There is scatcely a plantation in all the surrounding country that has escaped them, and to an unu sual extent the efforts to combat them ave proved unavailing. The area devastated is large, embracing the best portions of Perry, Hale, Marengo, Wilcox and Lowndes in this part of the State, and, we think, the Alabnma cotton belt generally. The Selma Argus says the reports from the cotton fields are discouraging On many places where worms have hitherto appeared, they are now sweeping everything before them, while they are to be found in great numbers where until recently there had been no signs of them. They are becoming general over a large area, and great damage is being done; THE SOIJTH-WESTEEN BAPTIST, of Alabama. CHINA. The German minister, Von Brant, is press ing the Chinese government severely in the matter ot a treaty revision, and is reported to have made sixteen separate demands, the most important of which are, that the whole of China be re-opened for intercourse and trade; that local taxes detrimental to foreign interests be abolished ; that permission shall be given foreigners to use steam on inland waters; and that China adopt the responsibilities of interna tional law. The Spirit of the Age is knocking at the closed gates of the Empire of the Sun; his ministers are busily engaged in undermining the traditional wall which has, for centuries, barred progress and civilization, and in a few years nothing but the debris of this ancient mockery will be left, to recall the history of three thousand years. The outworks of this mighty and shadowy empire have already fallen ; commerce has fastened its iron grip upou its unwieldy frame; the mission ary, with the armour of Christian faith, his path made luminous with the glorv of the Bible, has penetrated to the hearthstones of the Mongolian and driv en heathen gods from their foul sanctu aries. From this new movement of a vig orous, victorious and aggressive people, led by a government mighty in resour ces and capacity, what marvelous le sults may follow? Can we not seethe finger of God in it all? Four hundred millions of human souls to be released from the prison walls of immemorial darkness ! The Cross of Calvary shed ding its divine light over a new-found world ! BOOK NOTICES. How to Write Letters, by J. Willis Westlake, A. M. Put liskud by Sower, Potts & Cos., Phil adelphia. This book of 264 pages, elegantly printed and bound, cannot fail of being of great use to a large class of people. The subject is an important one, and there is a far greater amount of igno. ranee upon the themes treated, even among cultivated people, than many are willing to admit. The method of treatment is perfect. Part J. .relies ,to letters, notes and cards. Part 11. treats of orthography and punctuation. Part 111, gives full in formation of appelative titles, for.as of address and salutation, abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, postal in formation and business papers. None of these important themes are slighted; all receive full attention, and the knowledge is imparted in pure, idiomatic English, and in a polished style. It is a complete manual of the fine art of letter-writing, an art which fe v even of our most eminent writers have been masters of, and whose study, in this attractive form, cannot he too warmly endorsed. The book is for sale by Phillips & Crew, booksellers, Allan ta, Ga. Literature for Little Folks, by Elizabeth Lloyd; published by Sower, Potts & Cos.; Phil adelphia. This is a handsomely bound and finely printed little book. Instructive, attractive, with numerous illustrations, and calculated to fill a good niche in the temple of juvenile literature. The author’s preface is sensible, and will meet the endorsement of intelli gent instructors of children. She savs : “ Technical grammar is useful and valuable in its place, but commit ting the rules of system to memory never made a correct writer and speaker. Those children who habit ually hear good English, speak aud write it correctly, unconscious of rules ; and the idea has at last dawned upon educators that the best way to gain a knowledge of the English language is to study the language itself. That this study may begin as early in life as pos sible, the author has prepared this volume of selections from standard authors, believing that children from eight to twelve years of age may com mit them to memory with profit and pleasure. The selections are all good, and the author has done her work well. We commend the little book to parents and teachers as useful, instructive and un doubtedly calculated to p’ease the “lit tle foiks.” For sale by Phillips & Crew, Atlanta, Ga. The merchants of Selma are receiving the large.-t stocks of goods brought there since the close of the war. FRANKLIN I’illNTO'fl HOUSE, ATUNIH, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 7, Dili Spirit of the Religious Press, —Rev. D. W. Patton, D.D., of Chicago, has the following on the subject of “Sunday” or “Sabbath It appears that in modern Greek through all its modifications, the last day of the week is called Sabatton, in Spanish, Sabadot, and gen erally the word Sabbath means the seventh day. “By long ecclesiastical use ‘Sunday’ has been completely redeemed from its heathen chaiacter; and since Christ is our Sun of Righteousness, it has gained anew and Chris tian meaning.” —The Western Recorder indulges in a eulogy on the blessings of a “bad” memory, and justi fies its apparently singular negative plea by the following eloquent application: Blessings on that happy man or woman who has the great gift of forgetfulness 1 We know some such sweetly oblivious souls, who never repeat an unkind word when they hear one; who find no secret delight in the thistles and thorns that they encounter in life, but drop and trample (hem at once under their feet, in stead of treasuring them up and cunningly waiting an opportunity to stick them into their neighbors when their backs are turned, “as the manner of some is I" If all the vexations and ill-natured tilings that are said in tins world could be only instantly forgotten; if those who now take such pleasure in repeating and perpetuating and multiplying the mis chief could only learn what a blessing a bad memory for evil and scandal really is, how much ihe tranquility ol neighborhoods and of the churches of Christ would be multifilied I How soon this suffering, scandal-wounded world would be upon the road to healing, and happiness, and peace 1 —The Examiner and Chronicle holds the fol lowin' excellent language—it is all true; would that we could always live closely up to this excellent standard of Christian fortitude I Many excellent people, who would be shocked at the bare thought of directly im pugning the goodness of God in His dealings with them, allow themselves to (all into a habit ot fretting and fault-finding in regard to nearly everything connected with their or dinary life. They fret at their friends, at the ways of their children, at every little business trouble, at the weather, the crops, at all the various circumstances, great and small, with which the providence ot God has encompassed them. It does pot seem to occur to them that there is anything sinful in this faultfinding spirit; but it there not in reality a kind of practical skepticism in it? The B'ible enjoins the most devout thankfulness in all the cir cumstances of life. But the man who is con stantly dissatisfied witli his surroundings is hardly in the frame of mind to be thankful for anything He may yield an intellectual assent to the truth that “ail tilings work to gether for good to those who love God,” but Inis conduct belies hie profession. It may very far from his intention to cast reproach Upon the providence that shapes his life ; but as God is the Author of His circumstances, to refuse Him t ranks and to fret and fume because they are not different from what they are, is really to charge unkindness upon God, as though He were withholding something that He might have bestowed. —Tire Morning Star offers the following sensible advice to parents and guardians in regard to college imtruction for llrcir sons : In sending their sorts to college, parents ought first of all to consult their moral welfare. In this respect we believe that the smaller colleges offer the greatest inducements. In the last class at Yale, for instance, whose repu tation for ability was only surpassed by its reputation for wickedness, careful inquiry shows that there was an alartrring amount not only of extravagant Hying, but of intemper ance, and of almost all varieties of immorality and vice. Is it not a fact that the world is getting its most reliable and wholesomely in fluential men today from the smaller colleges in New England and the West? The students are more readily impressed by the faculty, and their moral natures are more easily directed, where there is an absence of large numbers. We have spoken of the moral bearing of the question as the main thing. And we believe it is so, for intellectual training, which depends mainly upon the student himself, wherever he may be graduated, is of little worth with no moral safeguards about it. —The Watchman impressively urges Chris tians, of every degree, to push forward in the glorious battle for Christ against the world : “To the church Jehovah is ever saying, “Go ye up and possess the land.” Going forth from Calvary, she is to lift up the stand ard ot the cross, and plant this blessed symbol of Messiah’s reign in every land, driving lienee the idols of the nations, transforming the tem ples of Paganism into sanctuaries of the living God, and in her victorious march win into a world allegiance to Him whose right it is to reign. This is her high and holy mission. The eye of the great Captain is on the army He has sent forth to the battle. Not one of the humblest in the multiplied bands is un seen by Him. Let us awake to greater en gagedness in HißCau.se. Let all who are wait ing for us to press them into the kingdom of God, find our direct influence a constant in centive urging them at once to lay hold on the hope set before them in the Gospel.” —Tiie Baptist Weekly has the following plain argument on licensing ministers: One of the evils from which the Baptist denomination sufiers to day is from men being in its ministry who utterly lack the qualifica tions the office demands. With our church independency, which we do well to determine to maintain inviolate, there is an opportunity for very unfit men to enter the ministry. When a man wants to be a minister, if he is persistent enough, he is likely to obtain a license from his chuicli, for many churches will see in this the easiest way of escaping the annoyance of his importunity and in the op portunity to “exercise his gilts,” the best means ot teaching him his own incompetency for the work he resolves to undertake. Then charity is frequently allowed to eclipse judgment, and with a general conviction that a man never can succeed as a minister, a church will give him a license. In such cases there is generally someone who remembers an instance of a brother whom “eveiybody thought” ought not to be licensed who Us proved very successful, and bo it is hoped l may prove with the “young brother.” hornet lues, the said “young brother” is fifty years Id. Thus a man is authorized to go into otner pulpits, though it is well known the church that licenses him will never tolerate nm u; ns own. If, in such cases, someone had the courage logo over the list of men who were believed in the beginning not fit for the. min is try, and ot whom experience has demon strated the truth of these early misgivings, it would, though an ungracious, he a very useful service. When a man has so little education lat lie cannot utter half a dozen sentences without * plunder in grammar, and by his mis takes excites the scorn and laughter of half the juven list) present, he ought not to he licensed to preach It is very easy to tell these children that then comments are rude, and tlmt they should, v thankful for their opportunities, and a long firing of other moralities, hut they “‘VA, ,a ‘* l n0 man ought to he allowed the privilege of bringing the ministry into con tempt ( iy his ignorance. It is time that churches considered the results of licensing unht in.;.i in its influence on public sentiment. W hen i<>e mention is made, "He is a minister,” and a si rer accompanies the remark, it is well to be sure that the sneer is not justifiable before we take umbrage. !M I’l'IST NKtVS AND NOTES. Rev J. R Baumes has retired from the editorraf chair. He has sold his interest in the Joir’ nt and Messenger to the Rev. G. W. Lasher, 1).D,, who will succeed him. —Baptist growth in ‘lie South in the past three-quarters of a century is altogether beyond comparison with other denominations. —Columbian college lias conferred the hon orary degree of D.D. on Rev. Luther R. Gwalt ney, President of the Judson Institute, Marion, Ala. •—The Louisiana Baptist State Convention reports .181). ohurelies, 112 ordained ministers, 13,772 members ; an increase of 1,145 by bap tism the past year. Colored Baptists, 356 churches, 221 ministers, 35,548 members. —The Baptist church in Charleston, West Virginia, without a pastor, Rev. S. F Taylor having resigned in order to attend Crozer Semi ary. There are seventy-two Baptist Sunday schools in tjie Kappahannock Association, of V irginia, and, within twelve months, they have made a clear gain ol 1,216 scholars, making the total number of officers, teachers and schol ars in said schools about 5,322. —The Education Board of Virginia Bap tists sustained last year at college thirty-five young ministers. —Bev.-A. ]s. Earle, the evangelist, hasbeen made a D.D- by the California Baptist College. Cos. will soon publish a volume of lectures 1 4x Ir. John A. Broadua, oiUtlcd “Preachers ynd Preaching.” —The Baptists of Minnesota are making good progress in their efforts to raise $50,000 for the endnwment of the College at Owatonna. Their efforts are not divided. —The Baptist church at Austin, Texas, is without a pastor, brother Dodge having accep ted a call from the Baptist church at Columbia, Mo. —The Religious Herald makes the following point with telling effect, and we commend it seriously to our readers: Very few of those who read our Baptist pa pers have any just ideaef the toils and sacrifi ces of those who make them. At least one half of the Baptists of the South scarcely ever see a Baptist paper. If pastors and others, who know how greatly these multitudes might be henefitted by the weekly visits of such a journal, would set to work in earnest to induce them to subscribe to one of them, what a help it would 1)9 to those in charge of our denomi national press, and to every good cause! —The editor of the National Baptist is in fa vor of granting letters to Baptists to join Pe dobaptist churches. —The Free Baptists are making great efforts to establish institutions of learning. Hilldale College is the oldest ; Bates, at Lewiston, Maine, has an endowment of $300,000; Ridge way, Ind., starts off with an endowment of $300,000; Rio Grande, 0., has*buildings and an endowment of SIOO,OOO. —Through the liberality ctf John B. Trevor, Esq., New York, an arrangement has been made with Rev. John A. Broadus, D. D. > ‘o deliver a special course of Lectures on Preach ing, the coming season, in the Rochester Theo logical Seminary. Nobody who has heard Dr. Broadus will doubt his eminent fitness to tell the young men how to preach with unction and power, and his lectures cannot be other wise than highly serviceable. The Montgomery Advertiser of Sept mber 3d says: “Some months ago the First Baptist church of the city was deprived of a pastor by the resignation of Rev. Dr. Gwin, and called Rev. Dr. Hawthorne to the pastorate. It was expected that Dr. Hawthorne would arrive here about this time, and his presence was looked forward to with much pleasure, not on ly by members of that church, but by the community at large. On yesterday a letter was received from Dr. Hawthorne, asking to be allowed to withdraw from the charge, on account of matters of a family and J roviden tial character. Of course, while regretting the necessity of so doing, the church will comply with the wishes of Dr. Hawthorne and relea-e him from his engagement. A meeting of the church will be held in a few day- to determine the matter, and to select another pastor. —The Presbyleriaus of the North fall off seven hundred and fitly thousand dollars in coi tri butions to their denominational enterprises, as compared with last year. the CHRISTIAN HTHERA.X.OD General Denominational Re, —A basis of re-union of the Methodist churches, Nortli and South, has been agreed upon by the Commission recently assembled at Cape May. The questions of chuich prop er'y are amicably adjusted, and the following basis was unanimously adopted: As to the status of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the Methodist Episcopal church South, and their co-ordinate relation as legiti mate branches of Episcopal Methodism, each of the said churches is a legitimate branch ot Episcopal Methodism in the United States, having a common origin in the Methodist Episcopal church organized in 1784. Since the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church South was consumated in 1845, by the voluntary exercise of the right of the Southern Annual Conferences, ministers and members to adhere to that convention, it has been an evan gelical church, reared on Snriplural founda tions, and her ministers and members, with those of the Methodist Episcopal church, have constituted the Methodist family, though in distinct Ecclesiastical connection —Dr. Newman Flail says the churches of Great Britain have loßt thirty thousand mem liers within three years by intemperance. —The Church Missionary College, at Isling ton, (Anglican) has just held its fiftieth anni versary. Since it was founded it has sent out 450 missionaries. —Six Christian men gave to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian church last year the sum of $66,000. It waH given in portions varying from $5,000 to SB,OOO, $lO,- 000, $20,000 by two, and $23,000 by one. —A remarkable evangelical work is being carried on in Paris, under the lead of the Rev. Mr. McAll, an Englishman. Eighteen sta tions have been established in the arondisse ments of the city, at which sittings for 3,200 are provided. Upwards ol seventy public meetings are held at these stations every week with an average weekly attendance of 6,200 persons. Mr. McAll is assisted by nine reg ular helpers, and by Reformed, Lutheran and Wesleyan pastors. —The Religious Book Society, of London, has sold 2,000,000 copies of Bunyan’s Pil grim’s Progress within a few years. —The Episcopalians in New York city are going to build a C atliedral to cost two million; dollars. A site has been fixed upon, and the; funds are being raised. —A “signs of the times” is a conference be tween bishops and leading Nonconformist minizters at Lambeth Palace, for the purpose of discussing the alleged progress of irreligious ihoHJtlrl at the present day. —Through the Influence ol the Jesuits the bill to establish the non-sectarian schools be fore the last Territorial Legislature of New Mexico was defeated. In five of the couuties of the Territory the public schools are in the hands of the Jesuits, and their books and the Roman Catholic catechisms are text-books in a majority of the counties —The Christian Chinamen in San Francis co are doing more Christian work and paying more money for Christian purposes, in propor tion to their numbers and ability, than any other class of Christians. —ln spite of the recent report to the contra ry, an Old Catholic Congress will be held this year. It will meet at Breslau September 22-24 —A gentleman of wealth recently made a donation of SIO,OOO to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. —London has 802 churches and 1445 clergy men. For tee Index and baptist.) CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW SOCIATION. I send you a summary of the pro ceedings of our Association, assured that the good will of your readers to ward the Indian Mission will interest them in reading the same. The Association met with the Nunny Chaha (High Hill) church, Toboxy, (Coal) county, on Friday, the 11th of August. Introductory sermon by brother Lewis Cass, a faithful old native preach er, who does good service without fee or reward. His text was Matthew :xi 30: “For my yoke is easy and my burden light,’’ Missionary R. J. Hogue was elected Moderator, and “the beloved physi cian,” Dr. J. H. Moore, clerk, and Jackson Loving, Fsq., Interpreter. ’ w Letters and delegates received from fourteen out of seventeen old churches. Six new churches constituted the past year were received, which shows ad vancement. Only fifty-two baptisms reported. Ten Sunday-schools report ed, though there are others, all in a flourishing condition. BUBINEBS- The Report on Temperance brought out the fact that but one chutch mem ber has been known to be druuk the past year. It took strong ground against the smuggling into the Nation of any intoxicating liquors, or the in troduction of Jamaica ginger; bitters of all kinds, Missouri cider, etc. It also deuounced gambling in all its forms, and billiard saloons (of which there are a few on the line of the rail road, put up by white men, and which are doing great harm ) The report, drawn up by a committee composed of natives, was very strong, and the dis- of Tennessee. WHOLE NG cussiou was equally positive. It passed by a unanimous and hearty vote. Vis itors sa’d that such a report could not have passed unanimously in any asso ciation in Missouri. MISSIONS. This report took hold of the hearts of the delegates. Every one felt deep ly the force of the facts brought out that large portions of our Nations are destitute of the whole gospel, and also that our wild brethren ot the plains are yet heathen. The report was dxs cussed earnestly amid sighs and tears and prayers. The conclusion arrived at, was that we must aff, missiona ries, native preachers, members, male and female, consecrate ourselves alto gether to the Lord and His service and trust Him for needed help. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. A proposition was sent to the Musco gee and Cherokee Associations, and to the Seminole churches, to unite with the Choctaw in a General Association for the purpose of giving unity and strength to the denomination in the Territory. There are nearly or quite ninety churches, and 5,000 members among all the tribes, and if these can all be united in a General Association, or Convention, it will enable them to council together and work together for the good of .pause among all the tribeenand result in great good; besides it will give character abroad, and their united requests and appeals to the brethren in the States will have greater weight than if scattered as at present. woman’s mission society. Mrs. Dr. Blackall, of Chicago, in a modest and earnest manuei 1 gathered the Indian women together and talked with them of the importance of their working for Jesus and workiug in an organized manner. It was anew idea. The woman kked the idea. I favored it, of The men readilv gave their favor, for “anything for Jesus” is their motto, and they have no dispo sition to keep down their wives and daughters. So the society was formed, and the women have taken for their first object the cost of completing the Choctaw Baptist hymn book—a splen , did object, and one dear to all hearts. God bless them in their work, and uuite them as a society iu the bands of love. •entertainment. Although a church composed entirely of fu) bloods,, the member g aud citi zens of Munny Chaha had ample pro vision prepared for the large crowds whe? gathered there. THE EFFECT. On the whole, this was one of the best sessions of our Association, and I think the result will tell largely for the good of the cause among the Choctaws and elsewhere in the Territory. The preaching was excellent. A good spirit pervaded the whole congregation, the glory of God seetnsd to be the great object of the meeting, and God granted his blessing to all hearts, CONCLUSION. The meeting closed Monday at noon, and the tear, the word and the clasp of the hand of men and women as they parted, were signs of sincere, Christian affection from honest hearts. I was very feeble during all the meeting, un able to walk, but the evidences of af fection from all these Indian Chris tians and others were very precious to me, and inspired me with almost new life. Praise the Lord for this meeting Yours truly, J. S. Morrw. For the Index and Baptist. | HOME MISSIONS. The Home Mission Board is following the instructions of the Southern Baptist Conven tion, by dispensing with paid agents, as far as practicable. Pastors and churches by a hearty co-operation in the effort, can make the exper iment a success. Without their co-operation, it must prove a failure. Motives are not wan tin to stimulate the disciples of Jesus in this great undertaking. It is His will that the Gos pel shall be preached to every creature. It i- His work to which we are called by His Word and His Providence. While the doors are opened wide to almost every nation, and rich harvest fields invite us to enter, surely they who live under our own bright skies, our kindred, neighbors and friends, have special claims upon our sympathy and our service. The demand for laborers in the home fiel i was never greater, the promise of a rich return never more hopeful. Just beyond the border the Macedonian cry for help is heard from the Indians—the Cheeks for reinforcement of missionaries and a mis sion school. Our tried and faithful missiona ries, Rev. Willis Burns, to the Chickasaws. and Rev. R. J, Hogue, to the Choctaws, are laboring without a stipulated salary. Is this right ? While some of the nations are upon the war path, scenting blood, the Shawnees (a wild tribe) are pleading for the Gospel of peace and for schools for their children. The opportu nity of doing the work assigned the Board i before us, but opportuniii s do not linger. We must seize the occasion or it may be lost. The Board can do no more than the friends of Jesus and of Missions give them the means to do. “ Brethren, think on these things/' and may the prosperity which the apostle wished for “the well beloved Gains” be yours. Wm. H. Mclntosh, Corresponding Secretary Hume Mist-ion Board.