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The Christian Index. VOL. 55— NO. 39. Table of Contents First Taoe.—Alabama Deoartmsnt: Record of £ State Events; Supporting Ind. gent Ministers; Forsaking Sins; Davs of Prayer for Sabbath- Schools ; Personal ; Spirit of the Religions Pres t; Baptist News and Notes ; Missionary Field; General Denominational News; etc. Secokd Page. —Our Correspondents: The Ben efit of System—To the Ch irches of the Cen tral Association -S. Botkin: To the Churches of the Bethel Association—Wm. H. Cooper; In dian Missions—J. M. Wood; An Ap: eal for Help for B'unswick—T. B. Cooper; Rev. John Mclntosh. Missionary o' Stone Mountain Asso ciation. From the Associations : Mercer and Washington As ociationß Ordination. Third Page.— The Sunday-school; The Martyr dom of Stephen—Lesson for Sunday, October 15th, 1876 : Children’s Corner ; The Bird w ith Eight l egs: Sacredness of a Promise; A Child’s Beautiful Faith; Let me Rest —Poetry, Fourth Page.— Edit ral Paragraphs ; ‘ Open Communion ;’’ Georgia Baptist News ; One of the Saddest Chap: ers of a Christian’s Biog raphy ; Christianity of the Catacombs; Giving the Gospel—Rev. D. E. Bntler. The First Point of Connection Between the Soul and True Religion—Rev. S. G. H diver, 1). D. Ba repta Association—Dr. J. 8. Lawton. A Chris tian’s Cons< crated Life—Rev. J. S. Baker. Fifth Page.— Secular Editoriils : Rev. Edward H. Myers D.D.; Illness of Mr. Estill; Mrs. Mary Bumstead Shorter; Literary Gossip; A Fearful Responsibility ; A Book of Verse; Georgia News; The Index and Baptist ; Tel low Fever News. Sixth Page.— Our Pulpit; Thou Shalt not Cov et—An Essay read by brother A. J. Cooper, in the Oeneral Meeting of the Fiist District Wes tern Association, held at Lutherville, Geor gia, and forwarded for publication in The idex, by request of the members. Seventh Page. —Agricultural: Plans for the Month; Winter Oats in Cotton Laud; Indian Clover or Beggar Weed ; Important Home stead Decision—Georgia Grange. Training Colts; etc. Eighth Page. — To Indei Subscribers; The Friendship Associa: ton ; Geueral Meeting at Lnmpkin; Letter from Savannah; A Blessing from the Start—Poetry; etc. INDEX AND BAPTIST. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT. Selma has hid two frosts recently. The public schools of Mobile open the 16th. Selma and Montgomery continues ti be very healthy. To the 30lh ult., Montgomery had sent SBSO to Savannah and Brunswick. In Scottsboro pork has been sold for five I cents net. Mrs. Lott, of Mobi'e, was recently latally -. x nby kerosene. * ( The Marengo county fair begins at Linden ; TANARUS: ere are several ca es of typhoid fever in 'Anniston. Scarlet fever has made its appearance in Tadsden. A special term of the Fayette circuit court will begin the third Monday in November. Dr. Hawthorne has definitely accepted the pastorate of the Montgomery Baptist church. During a religious revival at Trinity .Morgan county, there were sixty conversions. The cotton crop around Shelby will average two-thirds of a usual crop. New corn in Eutaw is selling at thirty-five cents per bushel. Montgomery has anew paper called the Monday Morning Timet The concert at Allenton, Wilcox county, for the benefit of the Methodist church will be re peated the 9th inst. The Asliville A£rjis predicts cold weather about th Middle of October, and ice the last of th< month. Thirty-three persons have recently been bap tized into Spring Creek church, Cherokee county. The Jefferson county agricultural show at Kuhama will be held November Ist. not Octo ber 20th, as heretofore announced. Gen. Bragg was buried in Mobile last Sat urday, hie remains having been taken thither ft jui Galveston. A daughter of tt. H. Strong, of Madison county, was thrown front a horse and killed, cm the 23 ult. The dry weather is seriously interfering with the water mills and cotton gin operations throughout the State. Mr. DeLeon Whilden, lost in the recent wreck of the steamer Rebecca Clyde, off the c ast of North Carolina, was a son of Rev. Mr. Whilden, of Pleasant Hill. The annual session ol Conecuh River Prim itive Baptist Association convened at Eb enezer church, nearßamah, in Montgomery county, Saturday, the 7th inst. There is reason to believe the show of stock at the District Grange Fair at Selma, will be the best ever seen in Alabama. The Governor offers a reward of S2OO for the apprehension of Frank M. Manning •bar ged with killing Thomas Benßon, at Jem m>n, August 24th. Mrs Charity Upton died on Sand Mountain the other day, aged 99 years 8 months and 7 THIS SOTJTH-WESTEBF BAPTIST, of Alabama. SIPPORTING INI).CENT MINISTERS. A good brother, writing from Coosa county, Alabama, bewailing the pover ty-stricken condition of the people in that portion of the State, owiug to the lo g drouth, and the ravages of the cotton-worm, says of himself: “The little service which I render as a pastor is almost gratuitous ; besides I have a wife and seven children to support, hence mv disqualification as a minister. I have thought of writing an article for publication on that subject. I am satisfied that it would be a charity with which the Lord would be well pleased, if a portion of the money that is lavished in building fine church edifices, were expended in giving aid and support to poor ministers in this country, who have to plow for a living, and’ thus enable them to preach the Gospel to the destitute.” We agree with our correspondent that the ambition of many congrega tions to worship in fine, and conse quently costly, church edifices, trenches seriously upon means that could be more usefully applied. The exterior part of religion, the ornamental, that shows itself to the world in costly structures, elaborate furniture and other evidences of affluence, are not es sential to it; its essentials are true piety, earnest and incessant efforts to spead the light of the Gospel ; active Mission labor, at home and abroad, and consecrated efforts to make every pos sible means available to these ends. The support of efficient ministers in destitute localities is a valuable means to promote the cause' of our Saviour, and should he diligently urged by every church, even though its ambition to hold services in a fashionably construct ed edifice should be indefinitely post poned. We should like for some of our cor refwondents to ciMargo upon this theme, ana give expression to practical views upon it. Foesaking Sins. —ls there no giv ing up to be done in order to be saved ? Yes, a vast deal. Repentance is not only sorrow for sin, but the prompt abandonment of sin. When Christ talked with a young inquirer, who asted what he should do to inherit eternal life, He commanded thejyoung man to give up of his estate to the poor, and “ come and follow him.” The youth was not willing to make the eur render. His besetting Bin was selfish ness. Christ touched him “on the quick” when He made that demand. Much as the inquirer may have de sired eternal life, he flinched >rom the Saviour’s conditions, and went away sorrowful. Jesus bade Simon Peter forsake his nets and lollow Him. You, too, must forsake your “ net.” It is the favorite sin (or sins) that has entangled your soul in its meshes. God knows your net; so do you. If you are making money dishonor ably, against the protest of conscience, that “ net” must be flung away. If you are cherishing a wicked grudge against any one, then that must be given up, cost what it may to your evil pride. Fear of ridicule by associates, may be your “ net.” You cannot live on good teims with Christ’s enemies and hope to die on good terms with Christ. No cross, no crown! We cannot specify all the nets of favorite sins, or indulge doubts, which you may be clinging to. No matter what the binderance be, so that it keep you from Christ. A man may be crushed by an avalanche, or poisoned by an atom of strychnine; each one takes life. The sin that keeps you from Jesus takes your life for all eternity ! What dying men need is a Divine Saviour. The doctrine of the atone ment is only of value as it exhibits the Divine Atoner. It is not the doctrine which saves, but the omnipotent and loving Being who laid down His life for us. Thousands believe in the doc trine who never believe on the Redeem er. The most splendid preaching is a splendid failure if it fails to point and to press every guilty, hungry, suffering soul right up to the Lamb of God as a personal Saviour. That pulpit, that FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. OCTOBER 12, 1876. Sabbath-school teacher, and that vol ume, which Gcd will honor with rich est success, is the pulpit, the teacher or the book, which presents “no man save Jesus only.” Here is the clew to the best method of dealing with awakened hearts. We are too prone to direct an inquirer to attend a prayer-meeting, or to read some pungent book or tract, or to go and listen to some arousing preacher. All this is but offering a thirsty man a silver cup when he is perishing for the water itself. DATS OF PRATER FOR SABBATH-SCHOOLS. By common consent of the various Sabbath-school Uuions and Societies, and in accordance with the custom es tablished in 1872, Sunday and Monday, October 22d and 23d, have been set apart as days of united prayer on be half of Sabbath-schools. The representatives of tho various committees say, relative to these exer cises, and Sabbath-schools in general: “The spiritual aspect of the work is evidently more clearly appreciated, whilst the increasing responsibilities resting upon the Christian church to provide suitable religious instruction tor the young, call for more earnest prayer and enlarged efforts on the part of all Christians.” In regard to the special exercises of the appointed days, the following recommendations are made: That on the Lord’s day, October 22d, from 7 to 8 o’clock, intercessory prayer with thanks giving should be oflertd in private by all teachers. That the opening engagements of the morn ng school should be preceded by the teachers’ meeting together for prayer. Ttiat ministers be requested to preach spe cial sermons upon the claims of Sunday schools. That in the afternoon the ordinary routine of each school should be varied by the scholars being gathered for devotioaal exercises, inter spersed with singing and appropriate addresses. To this service the parents of the scholars might be invited. . ? Tt at it some time during the evening the teachers should, in concert with other Christ ians, meet for thanksgiving and prayer. That on Monday morning, October 23, be tween the hours of 7 and 8, teachers set apart a time for aga'n bringing their scholars in prayer before God. That in the course of the day the female teachers of each school hold a meeting for united prayer and thanksgiving. That in the evening each church or congre gation he invited to hold a meeting, at which the interests of the Sunday school should form the theme of the prayers and addresses. It being the supreme object of all Sunday school teachers to lead their youthful charge into close and vital union with the Redeemer, the personal communion of the teacher with the Saviour is essential, as well as a devout recognition of the fact that it is the Lord’s will that each child should be brought to love Him, and to follow H.s commands. The committee affectionately urge their lei Jow-laborers to pray expectantly for the early consecration of each of their scholars to Chrißt, relying on the divine word, ‘‘lf ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit,” Peesonai..— Rov W H. Burton, of Rock Mi 11.,, ei at.ii. ~ .w.is a situation as teacher of a gouit school, and also the care of one or two churches. He has excellent recommendations. Rev. J. E. Hutson, of Virginia, a widely known evangelist, has accepted an invivation to visit Baltimore and conduct a series of meetings with the Seventh Baptist church, of which Rev. Dr. Brantley is pastor. Brother W. H. Burton writes from R ick Mills, October 3d; “The sixth annual session of the Rock Mills Association has just closed It convened with Rocky Mount Church Ga. It was a hai monious session. The accessions to the churches were Dirge. God lias greatly blessed us in this section. “The Index and Alabama Baptist were recommended. A good move was made in the direction of missions and Sabbath schools. “The Index was the first paper I ever read, and 1 don’t see how we can do without it.” Governor Houston offers a rewa'd of four hundred dollars for the apprehension of the murderer of J. A. Mabry, the United States Detective, who was recently assassinated at Blount Springs. Brother Bober has resigned the pastorate of the church at Hayesville, and brother Goll md succeeded him. Brother Holland resides at Fort Deposit, is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, and came to this country eight years ago as an Episcopal preacher. Concerning the Associational meetings last week at Troy, the Messenger says: Much disappointment was felt by those at tending the association on account of the fail ure of Eld. J. R. Graves to be presented. As stated last week he intended to be here, hut was detained in Collierville, Tennessee, where a very gracious revival was in progress. Spirit of the Religious Press, The New York Methodist, commenting on the recent lectures of Prof. Huxley, of Eng land, deliver, and in New York city on the theo ry of Evolution,and which created a great sen sation in scientific circles, says: We omit criticisms upon the details of Prof. Huxley’s lalks. He seems to have an impres sion that theologians are his enemies. The criticisms of ihe daily-press ought to satisfy him that the secular world is far from being convinced by him ; and we should hope that he might know hy this time, that American theologians can comprehend and argument and refute it without ayiealing to prejudice or passion. It is idle to pretend that this is a sci entific question. It involves science, but it can never be a science. ltß chief importance and its cliiel supports must be 100 ed for in the fields of philosophy anp religion. —The Christian at Work takes the following view of church and Sunday-school; Very much of Sunday is spent by religious people in church and Sunday-school, and therefore in public. Ira certain way there is a sort o( insulated seclusion in the pew, and as the service progresses, the devout worshipper can lose the sense of neighborhood, and com mune alone with God, helped, indeed, to the highest spiritual delight by the feeling of the communion of saints. In God’s house every thing tends to quieting and subduing the soul, and to resting it from the cares of the world. The voice of prayer, the solemn chords of the organ, the grand uprising ‘of the psalm, and the persuasive force of the sermon, all help to carry the hearer into an upper realm o peace. The Sunday-school, on the other hand, awakens and enlists quite another set of facul ties. It is the place of plfces for natures which are gregarious, social, sympathetic. It is live ly, bustling. brisk, mirthlnl th-ough all its so lemnity of pupose, as birdsare when they car ol to the morning. The singing birds from many nests are gathered thee,and what else can there be but a jubilee ? What with the bright eyes and the dimpled cheeks, the scarfs and the sashes, and the ea;er, alert faces and ming ling of ages and stations, !f;e Sunday-school is like a great garden full of all manner of flow ers in the flush and glory t f the summer. —The Memphis Baptist off irs a voucher for ilte genuineness of the In? w ng incident. A colored preacher in aJV etboiiist church near Dsrhtimville, addressed the people at the close of a j V We’e goin’ to open A ‘ ' .h. bnt we’slih’all. Ef euy ut? iine. de Bap"!’, y.P- V , jine „ • -re's lih'atl. i J ;ne w hvMjrav cherrli you please. But de door is ooeit here -fif ny ob yott wants to be immersed, I kin (5o it jesaz well az eny Baptist preecher But we's lib’all. So cum ’long an’ jine de church. Why don't you cum ’long an’jine de church ? What you set tin’ dai for? I know what yon gwine to do. You’se a gwine up to Durham’ille an’ jine dat Baptis’church, bar’ll be blood ’bout dis thing yit. —Says the Religious Herald : “A biother writes us that he held a union meeting with a Methodist fn West Vuginia, and that, at the close of the fleeting, he baptiz ed the converts, and also thelMelhodist preach er and several of his members. What say you, who oppose union meetings, to this?’’ To which, the Baptist Bejlector replies : “We say the end does not justify the means Brethren Carter and Manly baptized nearly the entire Methodist membership at Maynards ville, Tennessee, and without the help of a 'union meeting.’ ” The Baptist Weekly is sometimes disposed to he piquant in its comments, and has a dainty way of being pleasantly sarcastic at the expense of some of the minißtered brethren who write for the press; for instance: “When you report your protracted meeting, do not devote three-fourths of your article to writing up the ministerial brother that aided you. Leave something to be said about him when his obituary is to he written.’’ “So says a Southern paper. But suppose, the ‘ministerial brother that aided you’ is very urgent that you send an account of the meetings to the paper, and hints, rather broadly, that he ought to be in the forgronnd of your word painting, how can you help your eulogy trench ing on the obituary style ?” —“A tremendous ‘Arne ' from his vast con gregation followed Mr. Spurgeon’s prayer the other day, that the Turks might soon be driven out of Europe and the whole of the Moham medan power swept away from the face of the eart h.” So says the Journal of this city. Mr. Spur geon’s petition will doubtless be upborne upon the “Amens” of millions of American Chris tian!, who are looking for the triumph of the Gospel.— Boston Watchman. BmiST NEWS AIVII NOTKS. —The Rev. C. R Blackall, ol Chicago, lias recently visited the Indian Territory. In an account of the meeting of the Choctaw Baptist Association he says: “Among the native preachers is the Rev. Peter Folsom, who was converted and baptized in 1829, when about eighteen 'ears old. His father was one of the earliest interpreters in the government service. After brother Folsom’s conversion, being the only Baptist of his Nation, lie backslid for a time. His uncle was chief of the Nation, and Peter was his secretary. On one occasion, while at a general council of the Nation in open woods, Peter was awakened from sleep by hearing a discussion concerning the value of the Christian religion, the old chief declar ing that there could not be anything in it, as his nephew had tried it and abandoned it. Like Peter of old, at the Saviour’s reproving look, Peter. Folsom wept, and turned anew to his first love, and from that day has been a faithful servant, always in the front rank, and wielding a powerful influence for good. He has aided in building five Baptist churches. His figure is commanding, tall, erect, and his bearing is dignified. At times he is very elo- THIS CHRISTIAN of Tennessee. quent, and being able to speak readily in Choctaw and English, he is a good interpret er. It was deeply interesting at the Sunday evening meeting to hear him speak alternate ly in English and in Choctaw, interpreting his sentences to his own people.” —G. W. Riggan in speaking of the labors of Dr. E. W. Warren, of Richmond, in a pro tracted meeting in Caroline county,says: “By his unmistakable earnestness in the work of saving souls, and by his eloquent but simple presentation of the gosple, he has won the af fections of this people, saints and sinners.” —Our colored brethren in Kentucky have commenced the publication ol a monthly, at Lexington. It is a very commendable enter prise, and we wish for it the most unqualified prosperity. The editoris Rev. William Gray. His salutatory is conceived in excellent spirit; Among other good tilings he says : “Our ob ject will be the elevation of the people, the negro especially, with reference to his assum ing the exalted position of man, citizen and practical Christian ; to enforce the needs of an educated ministry among us ; to do our earnest best for the establishment of a theological in stitution for the training of colored ministers in the State of Kentucky.” —Dr. Montgomery baptized two young la dies in Lynchburg a few days ago. His church and brother Manard's also, are gradually grow ing stronger. Rev. J. W. David, a missionary of the Southern Baptist Board to Lagos, Central Africa, finds a few converts who have remain ed for thirteen years without a shepherd or teacher. They sent messengers a ten days’ journey to enquire if they could not again have a missionary. Is not this appeal irresist ible? —Anderson Gibson, a full blooded Indian, was ordained at Covington, Kentucky, Sep tember 17th, to preach the gospel. The ordi nation ceremonies were conducted by colored Baptist ministers. The Louisiana Baptist Stale Convention reports 745 churches, 333 ordained ministers, 49,000 members ;an increase of 2,000 by bap tism the past year. The Corresponding Secretary of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, states •hit during its thirty yvrs’ work about a mil lion dollars had passed through its hands, and that for every $25 spent by it a conversion had been reported. Rev. W. E. Hatcher, in a recent address at a meeting of the Portsmouth Virginia Associa tion said: “A pastor who devotes himself largely to his farm, or school, or store, or su mac mill, should not expect a support from the churches. The millenium will never come until our pastors consecrate themselves to their great work. The man who undertakes to run a farm and half a dozen other tilings, in con nection with his churches, will do but little in any direction.” Missionary Field, —The death Jr announced of the Rev. Dr. Henry Nishet, for many years a successful mis sionary of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the Samoan Islands. In the year 1844 he es tablished the Samoan Missionary Seminary, which has since sent out 600 native agents to do Christian work. —Mr. H. B. Cotterill, a son of the Bishop of Edinburgh, recently sailed on a missionary exploration to the suggested new settlement of Livingstoniana, in Africa. He received many offerings to help him in his work, the most touching of whicn lie thus describes: “Three little children, th* eldest of them nine years old, came to nte one d.iy, and said they had heard me say that in Africa a slave could be bought (or one shilling and liberated. They brought eight shillings and wanted eight slaves liberated, to he named after themselves.” Mr. Cotterill promises that this item in his account-book shall be most faithfully kept. —The Maulmain Baptist Association of Buruiah reports 18 churches, 86 baptisms for the year, and 1,080 members. Tnere are 878 pupils in the schools, and nearly 4,000 rupees were contributed. These operations are car- ried on by American Baptist missionaries, who have achieved a greater success in Burmah than is recorded of any heathen country. The grand total contributed by these women societies amounts to $1,563,668.68. The total of missionaries on the foreign field now sup ported by them, is two hundred and eighty aeveu. —A Medical mission in connection with the Baptist Missionary Society has Ken begun at Delhi, India, with many encouraging signs. —At the late meeting of the Greenbrier As sociation, brother Allen, of the Missionaiy Union, proposed that the churches raise among them money sufficient to support a native preacher among the Karens, present ing the name of A Tho Ta, a young man of much promise, recommended by brother Bunk, ol Toungoo. The proposition was at once ac cepted, and so great became the enthusiasm that pledges were made on the spot sufficient to cover the whole amount required, and brother A. was obliged to beg them to stop, lest the amount pledged lead to embarasH ment—not knowing just how to dispose of it. Such is the interest in missions among West Virginia Baptists. WHOLE NO- 2239 General Denominational News. —Miss Anna Oliver has for some time been preaching in the First Place Methodist church of Brooklyn to very large audiences. It is stated she has declined to serve as the pastor of an independent church, which a number of her hearers offered to form. Miss Oliver gave as one reason for her refusal her intention to apply again for admission into the ministry of the Methodist church. —A sect of Buddhists in Japan are prepar ing young men to preach against Christianity. In order <o fully grasp their own doctrines, students have been sent to China to examine the Chinese forms of Buddhism, and two young men have gone to England. After their stay in Eng.and they are to go to India to receive instruction in the Buddhism doctrines of that coui'ry. —The Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in the North will before long begin to vote upon the overtures in relation to the basis of representation sent down to them by the General Assembly. Tlie first overture substitutes fifty ministers for twenty-four as the basis. The second provides one represen tative for every twenty ministers in a Presby tery. The adoption ot the second plan would, it is said, reduce the number of ministers of the General Assembly to about 300. —Mr. George Muller of Bristol, England, has just published the thirty-sevenh report of the charitable institutions under his care. Within the past year he has established five additional day schools, making in all 75 day schools, 29 Sunday-schools, and six adult schools, supported by the funds he has received. His income for the year was £45,000, all of which came withoui request. In the 42 year’s - of his work Mr. Muller has received the sum of £710,000 , Recently, at Lovedale, South Africa, Dr Stewart being about to go to the new Living stoma Mission, called among the native con verts lor volunteers to go with him and labor in that field. Thirteen Kafirs responded many more than were needed. After sifting out some who were engaged in work which they could not well leave, and those who were too young, four were selected. This fact i„ consid er'd as an affirmative answer m the mirctrW £*•* Kafa ™ eV<,r Wo “ , ‘ * missionary Thirteen students from Yale Seminary, three from Hartford and two from Chicago! spent their vacations in Nebraska, supplying vacant churches, assisting over-worked pastorsi and’working up new fields. “ There still remains to be paid the sum of $2,000. before the statue of Dr. Witherspoon can be unvailed in Philadelphia. The Pres byterian women of Philadelphia have formed an association to solicit subscriptions. —By a recent act of the Venezuelan Gov ernment, religious liberty is guaranteed and the support of religion is made entirely volun tary, and it is decreed that there shall not be admitted to its territory archbishops or bish ops, ecclesiastical chapters, or any ecclesiasti cal hierarchy, as it considers them incompatible with the rights of independence and the sover eignty of the country. —The secularization or confiscation of the monasteries and convents in Greece is pro posed. There are now 138 monasteries and 7 nunneries, with 1,729 monks and 168 nuns in Greece. The yearly income of the conventuaJ property is about SIOO,OOO, and the full value of the monasteries is estimated at from $6 000 - 000 to $10,000,000. Anew religious belief is gaining ground in Ohio. Its adherents are called Eternjlists They hold that the soul is immortal, and oc cupies a succession of bodies on earth—both men and animals —The churches which by far outstrip all others in cont ributions to hnovclcnt otjects are the First Presbyterian church of New York city, of which Dr. Paxton is pastor, which gave over $97,000 to benevolence, and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. Hall is pastor,which gaveto thesame causes over $95,000, as reported in the minutes of this year. None can tell what life may bring, Little child, to thee ; But the Father’s tender lore Cares for you and me. We can truut His sleepless eye* Though our sight be dim ; Safe in any path we tread, If we walk with Him. —Ker. J. B. Hawthorne,in a leUer published in the Alabama Baptist of last week, touching ly says: “Alter an absence of eight years, 1 have returned to make my home in my d’eat native State. Separation from her has given me the opiamunity of testing the reality and strength of that feeling which we call patriot ism. Often as my thoughts have turned to wards her in her poverty and persecution, I have said, “If I forget thee, nay my right band forget her cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.” I came here to fulfill a temporary engage ment with the First Baptist church, but so enthusiastic has been my reception, and so persistent is the church, and indeed the whole city, in their efforts to retain me, that I am made to feel that it is the Lord’s pleasure that I slttuld remain with them. 1 have preached nowhere to larger and more appreciative con gregations. I know no place where I can be more extensively useful than Montgomery.