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A Heritor f Hie Di-mssion Between t!ie Reli
gions Herald ami tUe Misii ppl Reeord, (in
the of >n MHllatimi In ihe services of
the Pulpit of Baptist with Peilobaptist VHnls
t*rs, with spetlal Reference to the Argument
ofilie Herald, as Contained in the Discussion.
NO. 11.
Brother Gambrell having laid down
the font-stated “postulates,” ns admit
ted Baptist principles, proceeds to ap
ply them tu the question in discussion.
“We argue,” h says, “that Baptists
ought not, to ;iiti!iate with ministers of
Pedobaptist churches by an exchange
of pulpits, because, to do so is to recog*
nize them as New Testament ministers,
while, in truth, Baptists being judges,
tLey ate not.”
‘‘From this statement,” says Dr. Je
ter, “we dissent.”
Without discussing, for the present,
the truth of brot her Gambrell’s allega
tion, or Dr. Jeter’s denial, that Bap
tists, in affiliating with Pedobaptist
ministers, recognize them as ministers
of the New Testament, wc call particu
lar attention to the fact that, according
to the admission of Dr. Jeter, Baptists,
by this act of affiliation, receive into
their pulpits, in the character of Chris
tian proachets, men who are not “New
Testament ministers.” What authori
ty, we ask, have they for such a pro
ceeding!' After admitting that, “in
the churches established by Christ, the
ministry was a body of men in the
churches, never out of thorn, called of
God to preach the gospel, and solemnly
set apart to that work by authority of
the churches,” what right has any man
or any church to receive, in the charac
ter of Christian ministers, men who are
not, and never have been, and never in
tend to be members of a church, and
who, of course, have never been “set
apart” by the “authority" of any
church “to the work of preaching the
gospel?” What right have they to
admit into their ministerial fellowship,
and co-operate with them as ministers
of the gospel, men whose character as
“New Testament ministers” ihev deny?
Who gave them this right ? Whence
have they derived it? Confessedly, not
from th church ; and wo do no* sup
pose it ' ill be pretended that it is from
immediate revelation. Its source, like
the end of the rainbow, will, we pre
sume, be difficult to find.
Dr. Jeter admits that “Pedobaptist
ministers were not seviptmally,” and if
not Seripturally, of eon se not lawfully
“inducted into their office.” But, be
sides that, this statement contains an
admission—contrary to what Dr. Jeter
elsewhere affirms—that Pedobaptist
ministers are official preachers (error
needs to be Argus-eyed), besides this,
au unlawful induction “into office” is
no indication ; and, therefore, as we
have elsewhere said, their preaching is
not so properly denominated unofficial |
as unlawful. Would the validity of
the acta of any public Agent admit- /
ted, who had confessedly bceU inducted!
into office contrary to law? and would
not he who depended upon the validity
of such acts he deceived, and he lia
ble to loss or penalty, according to the
nature and extent of his false confi
dence? and ought Baptist ministers to
become responsible, or have they a
right to do so, for the conduct of men
who unlawfully assume to themselves
* service, for the performance of which
a class of men have, under the direc
tion of Christ, been “solemnly set apart
bv authority of the churches ?’’ What
authority has a church, 0~, of course,
her ministers, to receive men, and still
more, women, who come to them claim
ing to be ministers of the gospel,
whose ministry is destitute of the seal
f Christ, stamped upon it by the ex
eeulive authority of the church? To
us it seems that, the only answer of
which this question admits is: They
have no authority.
It is to no purpose to say that the
seal of Christ is upon the ministry of
Pedobaptists, in their converts. It
should be remembered, though so often
forgotten, that the question in discus
sion is an ecclesiastical, and not a spir
itual one ; one that, relates to the gov
ernment and discipline of the church,
as ordained by Christ, and the rights
of ministers of the gospel ; and affilia
tionists admit that Pedobaptist minis
ters are not authorized by the church to
preach. M< reover, it is the design of a
seal to authenticate a light prior,and not
subsequent, to the attainment, of the
benefit, which is the subject, of the right.
The existence of the right must pre
cede its exercise. It would he an an
omalous kind of seal which should
eonfer a benefit after it had been al
ready obtained; or convoy to a man
what was already his own ; or, l>y vir
tue of which, to do an act constituted
the right to do it; so that the right to
do the act would not exist until the
act was done. If, then, the seal upon
the ministry of Pedobaptists is ou their
converts, where was its seal before their
son veils existed? and, if, previously,
their ministry was destitute of the seal
of Christ, where was their authority
for assuming tho character of Chris
tian ministers ? or, of course, the au
thority of Baptist ministers or churches
to receive them in that character?
The right to preach belonging to a
Baptist minister is not derived from
Synod, Assembly, Conference, Conven
tion, Archbishop or Pope j or fr mu
natural or civil law; nor is au alleged
right to preach, which is derived from
any of these sources, cognizable in a
Baptist church. It is a right foreign,
and, indeed, repugnant to its polity.
The right of a Baptist minister to
preach the gospel, as has been ad
mitted by Dr. Jeter, is derived from a
Baptist church ; and this right is limited
bv the design and nature of the act of
ordination in which it is conferred. As
it is not the design of a church, in or
daining one of her members to tne
ministry, to coufer upon him aright to
preach doctrine contrary to her own, as
little can it be supposed that she intends
to confer upon him a right to fraternize
in the services of the pulpit with men
who do preach such doctrine, and thus
commit the suicidal act of issuing from
her own bosom au agent to encourage
and strengthen her enemies in their
opposition to her principles and pro
gress.
If a Baptist should fraternize in the
pulpit with a Unitarian minister, he
would, undoubtedly, for such disorder,
be excommunicated from the church;
and the reason would be that he asso
ciated with him, in his ministry, a man
who would not be admitted into the
ministry in a Baptist church. But, in
fraternizing with Pedobaptist minis
t-rs, does he not do the same thing ?
We do not mean to compare, in point
of heterodoxy, the Pedobaptist and the
Unitarian ministry. We utterly disa
vow all such intention. But the princi
ple that a Baptist minister violates his
obligation to his church, in exchanging
pulpits with ministers holding doctrine
which would prevent their admission
into the ministry, or even the member
ship of a Baptist church, is as appli
cable to his fraternization with minis
ters of Pedobaptist, as with those of
Unitarian churches.
With the foregoing explanations and
statements the question in discussion
assumes the following form:
Is it right for Baptist ministers to
receive into their pulpits, in the char
acter of Christian ministers, men who,
confessedly, are not New Testament
ministers; who hold doctrine which
would prevent their admission inlo the
ministry in a Baptist church; and, for
holding which, Baptist ministers them
selves, would be deposed from the mins
istry, and excommunicated from the
church? W. 11. J.
Oxford, N. C,
Ifci tin) Imlei nu<lliit(>U*l.]
Further Notice of Dr. Campbell’s Article.
Last, week I combatted the idea that
the Sunday-school is responsible for
the absence of children from the
preaching service of the church ; and I
said that tho fault might be fairly at
tributed to other causes, namely :
preaching,unsuitable and uninteresting
to children ; and the lack of proper
efforts, on the part of the parents and
the friends of the young, to secure
their attendance upon preaching. 1 am
willing to leave the decision, as to wheth
er or not I am correct, to the fair and
unbiased judgment of church- members,
i and to actual facts, as they exist in
' some Sunday-schools, such as that at
Gainesville And
others that I might name, where'most
of the children attend preaching. This
is a subject upon which I would be re
joieed to give full liberty to my pen ;
for the question, “how shall the pulpit
reach the young ?” is an important one.
This, however, is not the connection in
which to discuss that, subject, so l will
dismiss it by saying that Dr. Tyngand
Dr. Newton, both successful preachers
to the young, found special services for
their benefit most advantageous.
It is unfair to find fault with the
young, for not attending services spe
cially devoted to the edification of the
old. Brother Campbell would object
to being censured, withother Christians,
for not regularly attending meetings
for politicians or scientists,
Before turning my attention to some
things I wish to notice, in his article, I
would like a candid answer, from my
reader to this question; in two
churches, where the preaching, and the
efforts to induce children t* attend
preaching, are exactly on a par, will
there be a larger attendance of the
young upon the ministrations of the
pulpit, in the church which has a Sun
day school, or, in the one which has no
Sunday-school? I predict that the
answer*will be— where there is a school ;
which is a verdict in favor of Sunday
schools promoting attendance of the
cLildreu upon the preaching of the
gospel.
Brother Campbell says: “The in
struction given in Sunday-schools is
not preaching.”
What it preaching, pray? 111 my
opinion, true preaching is teaching the
truths of the Gospel. Such, I opine, was
Paul’s preaching, when he sat down by
the riverside, where prayer was wont to
be made, and spake unto the women
who resorted thither ; and it was that
kind of preaching which led to the con
version .of Lydia. Now, I conceive
Sunday-school teaching to be just such
preaching as t hat preaching that teach
es the Gospel to the young; preaching
that leads the young to Jesus, and
which seeks to induce them to believe
on Hun. Can the pulpit do better
preaching? Brother Campbell can
hear good Gospel preaching every
Sunday morning iu the Sunday-school
of the First Baptist church, at Macon;
and I can tell him that the Sunday
school in Macon tends to attract the
children to preaching, instead of driv
ing them from it, and, furthermore,
that some of our scholars have been
converted through the ageucy of our
Sunday-school alone.
And this brings me to a statement I
feel compelled to make, viz: I fear
THE CHRISTIAN INDEXtoD SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
brother Campbell, like many others,
entertains an incorrect idea of the rela
tion a Sunday-school bears to the
church to which it belongs. I hazard
this assertion, in his case, and if I am
wrong, I hope he will forgive me. The
churches are established for the pros
mulgatioq of the Gospel; this is tbAr
great, but not sole, end and design;
and the Sunday-school is simply an
agency which a church employs for the
promulgation of the Gospel among the
young. It is not an organization out
side of, and independent of, The
churches, as Young Mens’ Christian
Associations, and Temperance societies
are. It is a large committee of church
members at work —at church work— by
instruction of, and under the guidance
of, a church. Asa general thing, this
is true among our churches; arid it is
what we Sunday-school men are trying
to effect in all our churches. Now. I
hold, for the church or the pastor to. be
jealous of the Sundav-school, is tße
same ns to be jealous of the prayer
meeting; for both are properly ehtrfeh
meetings, but different from hhe
preaching services, of course.
In this point of view, then, away ~ith
the prejudicial croak that the Sunday
school is, by Sunday-school men, made
the child's chutcli, that the Sunday
school child may bo excused from the
regular church services I The Sunday,
day-schr ol is a church service held for
the benefit of the young, by the consent,
and authority of the church : it is the
church teaching the Gospel to the
young, in obedience to the great Gwn
missioner. For the time being,_aed
“as far as it goes," the Sunday-school
is the child's church / Why? Because
the exercises of the Sunday-school is an
endeavor, under the auspices of the
church, to preach the Gospel to the
young, in a manner suited to their ca
pacity. Brother Campbell, this is the
true idea of the Sunday-school 1 And,
I hold, that if the exercises of the Sun
day-school have been truly faithful, in a
Gospel point of view, the large hum
her who are incapable of appreciating
the pulpit ministrations for adults, are,
in a manner excusable for non-attend
ance upon them, as a general thing.
Still, my dear and venerated brother,
I heartily concur in the idea that it is
very desirable to secure the attendance
of the young upon the regular serviced
of the pulpit. The very fact, That,
preaching is intended to effect the
salvation of their souls, is reastn suffi
cient to desire that eonsumin ition ; and
T am thoroughly convinced that every
lair and legitimate means should be
employed to secure the attendance of
the young upon regular pulpit minis
trations. I agree with you, sincerely,
that “he will perform au important
s* rvice for the young and for the cause
of Christ,” who secures this “consum
mation so devoutly to bo wished;” but
I do most respectfully, but firmly dis
sent, when you say that, if this end
cannot be secured, “it is doubtjkil
whether, in the long r,un, SumH|
schools will prove *to be a
curse.”
M v good brother, we find theSundiiy
sehool becoming every day more and
more of a blessing malgre the “evil" of
which you complain ; we derive most of
our church members from the Sunday
school ; and wo find these more intelli
gent, liberal and pious, because of their
membership in the Sunday-school.
Many children are converted by means
of the Sunday-school. Now, shall the
Sunday, school be condemned, and
denounced as a “cv.rse,” because ade.
quato means and measures are not
adopted for securing the attendance
of tho Sunday-school scholars upon
preaching services ? My good brother,
please reconsider this whole matter,
and see if you went not too far in ex—
citing prejudice against, this great wort,
because of au “evil” for which it is not
to be legitimately censured or held
responsible. S. Botkin.
Macon, Ga.
For the Iml ox and Baptist, |
A LI IK WORTHY OF IMITATION.
For the past ten years the body of
Ella Downing has been sleepintr beneath
the mossy sod in t.heehureh-yard of—,
yet the infiueuce for good, which she
exerted, is still living; her memory is
enshrined in the hearts of her many
friends. She was an active, zealous,
young Christian, whose daily life was a
commendation of the religion of Jesus.
The Scriptural injunction, “be ye doers
of the Word,” was indelibly impressed
on her mind. To the command, “Go
work to-day in my vineyard,” cheerful
obedience was rendered. Iu early child
hood she was carefully taught, (as
every child should be,) the divine na
ture of the work of missions. After
her conversion, her spirit was often
all aglow with zeal for this cause. She
seemed to realize the importance of
every Christian, whether ol.i or young,
being interested in a work which lies *0
near the Saviour's heart as does the
mission enterprise. Her heart-like that
of the sainted Harriet Newell wheu a
girl, “ burned for the heathen,” and
like her, she longed for the time to
come when she could go in person to
tell the “old, old story, of Jesus and His
love,” to those to whom it would seem
new. Her iuterest and zeal in working
for the Missionary Society of her
church were worthy of being imitated
by many Christians of riper years.
Her gifts to the Society were usually
earned by her own exertions and always
accompanied by her prayers. Her motto
was, “I will not live to myself but to Him
who died for me.” Grand and glorious
motto!
The hope fondly cherished by her
i,hat when of proper age and fully qual
ified to be a missionary, the remainder
of her life should be spent in working
for the elevation and salvation of the
heathen women of Btirmah, was never
j realized. She was not even permitted,
as were Mrs. Harriet Newell and Mrs.
Dr, James, to embark for a foreign fi -Id
with bright anticipations of usefulness;
but, she was, like them prevented by
death from ever leading a heathen soul
to Jesus. In the spri-g time of life,
in the freshness of youth, while the
sweet bloom of girlhood still lingered
on her face, she passed way. Tne pol
ished jewel was early removed from
earth to the courts of Heaven, there to
shine forever. About an hour previous
to her death, she greatly surprised the
loved ones surrounding her bedside, by
asking her father the following ques
tion : “ How much does it cost you to
support me one year ?” Strange ques
tion to ask by one who was already on
the “border land,” just without the Ce
lestial Gate, in hearing of the anthems
of the heavenly songsters ! It was not,
however, the question of a mind bereft
of reason or consciousness, but it was
one prompted by love for the cause of
Christ, and the realization of the fact
that life was fast ebbing away, and that
the last golden opportunity of doing
good would soon be forever gone. When,
told that her yearly expenses wore about
two hundred dollars, she looked up
pleadingly into the face of her father,
and said: “Papa, please promise me
that as long as you live, you will give
that amount each year to missions.”
The promise was cheerfully made, and
sealed with a fond kiss. The sweet
expression of Heaven sent peace which
then illumined her face was an index
of the joy and gratitude of her heart.
Angels were, doubtless, hovering around
that, couch of death-interested specta
tors of what was transpiring. Ju-t
before the last pulsation of life bad
ceased, she calmly said, “My work is
done. Angels are waiting to bear me
home; my Heavenly home; I hear the
music of the Heavenly uarpers.” Yes,
dear Ella’s life-work was then complete,
and the full record of it placed in the
archives of Heaven, to await the day of
final account. When her hippy spirit
bad left the body and was borne on the
“snowy wings” of the angel-band to
her “ immortal home,” I am sure she
received from the Saviour the plaudit,
“ Well done good and faithful servant."
In the last gre it day, when the ran
somed of all ages and nations shall be
assembled before the great white
throne, Jesus pointing to some of the
white robed throng, will say to Ella in
words far sweeter than music, “ Hero
are your golden sheaves, the fruit of
your love and devotion to my cause ;
your gift.-, .your prayers, your dying
request were all blest of me to their
salvation. It is for these that so many
stars bedeck the crown whi"h encircles
Joilr brow.-* Ytm' have gloriously Woix
the victor's jeweled crown.” When
the toils of lite are over and we ace all
safe in the “ home over there," who of
is, my Christian readers, would not
rejoice to wear, and cast at our Saviour’s
feet such a crown as Ella Downing's ?
“ Such our happy reward shall be, if
such our deeds shall be.”
Mrs. N. A B.
Qnitman, October 25.
For the Inti ox and Baptist.
SKIMMINjS, MISSIONARY AM) liKNKRW,
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
One of the missionaries of the Home
Mission Board in Florida says: “ I
find that a good many of the pastors
have but little of the mission spirit
themselves, and, of course, their
churches have not.” The “of course ”
in the above sentence is correct. The
responsibility of pastors !!
A MISTAKE AND —WHAT?
Really sorry the name of Mrs. Jau
don was made Jandon by your types,
for “u” takes no more space than “n,”
and I wrote it properly, of course.
Then, too, to put the poetical quota
tion in prose was a mistake, or some
thing, I don’t exactly kuow what to call
it.
SOMETHING TOO GOOD TO KEEP A SECRET.
A distinguished paster of a city
church, in a Southern State, recently,
on a Sunday morning, took for his text
the words: “ Will a man rob God ?
Yet ye have robbed me,” and said :
Brethren, will you please excuse me?”
and that was the sermon. A complete
failure! Reader, draw your ewu in
ferences. I heard it suggested that
the failure of the sermon was taken as
a hint by the deacons, and was success
ful in getting up “ back dues ” of the
salary of the pastor. If tho above is
doubted, l can give references.
TENNESSEE STATE CONVENTION.
The unified Statu Convention, com
posed of delegates from the three
natural, geographical divisions of the
State, held its last sessiou at Chatta
uooga, commencing Friday before the
fourth Sabbath in October. Dr. W.
A. Nelson, of Edgefield, President, Dr.
J. 11. Boruui, Secretary—good selec
tion of officers. Not quite enough
dignity in the body, but plenty of
harmony. Education and State Mis
sions the most engrossing subjects.
Dr. Boyce was present, and made two
speeches. I never heard him make a
poor speech, nor did I ever hear him
make a better one, perhaps, than on
this occasion in favor of the beneficiary
system, in aiding young men who need
help in preparing for the ministry. He
completely demolished the idea, that it
destroyed a young man’s manhood, to
aid him, as a beneficiary. The salary
of Secretary of State Board—Dr.
Montgomery—was nearly raised in a
missionary meeting held Saturday
night. Speeches were numerous and
various, during which were displays
of logic and lore, wit and wisdom, of
appeals personal, and pathetic, and one
of the best of the evening was made by
Dr. N. B. (may mean, Not Bad)
Goforth, who, on this occasion, came
forth, and explained that he did
not approve of the effort being made,
because wrong in principle. He wanted
to contribute his funds unspecified —put
it in the treasury and let it be drawn
out, for whatever was necessary. Let
it be borne in mind, to understand Dr.
G.’s position, that the effort was to se
cure the Secretary’s salary, so that the
contributors would know when heap,
pealed for money, that it would go U
missionaries, and not to the Secretary.
Dr. G. thought the Secretary was
missionary too, etc. Major, and agent
G. G. Connor was the business man of
the body. The attendance was good,
quite good for a young Convention,
with considerable talent,, and it was
well cared for, and meets next year at
Shelby vile, in Middle Tennessee.
BETHEL ASSOCIATION.
The Bethel Association is the last
one that meets in Georgia in the year,
and the session for 1877 was held at
Enon church, near Hatcher’s Station,
on the Southwestern Railroad, Novem
ber 3d and 4th. It met, in a hurry,
on Friday, did the business in a hurry,
and adjourned in a hurry Saturday
evening T. C. Boykin says lots of
good things, but one of the best I ever
beard him say was to tell a brother that
he “felt, during the whole session, like
he was going to the cars, and was afraid
of being left. ’ But it will be better
next year, may be, as the body will
meet Thursday, and with Rehoboth
church, near Ward’s Station, South
western Railroad.
Dr. Battle was present on Friday,
and made a good speech for Mercer
University. The State Board was rep
resented by brethren Wood and Bov
kin, Boreign Mission Board by brother
Irwin, and Home Board by Chaudoin,
Index by Boykin, Old Ministers’ Board
by W. H. Cooper. Bishop T. Muse
was re-elected moderator, and brother
Mitchell <>lerb—good officers. The
financial showing was as good as last
year, considering the drouth in the sec
tion covered by the Association. Near
ly all the churches had bad accessions,
and a goodly number reported consid
erable numbers baptized.
PERSONALS AND PARTICULARS.
This “tramp” would be ungrateful—
meanly so—not to mention special at
tentions from those noble Georgia fam
ilies of Shi (i and MitKenny, in Chat
tanooga, and by Peak and family,
Tenuesgcan.s,—not Excelled by any.
Also, Hatcher, Hyd* and Dozier, Wt the
Bethel Association—t.he last named a
good Metuodist brother, but he knows
how to ink j care of Baptists, and I love
h' m - Uncle Shad.
Vw tii Tniex and Baptist.|
Minday— cliool Work in the “toatral.”
Our Association, at its last session,
authorized the formation of a Sunday
school Convention, in the Association,
and appointed the following officers :
President, S. A. Burney; First Vice-
President, W. Newton ; Second Vice-
President, N. Coates ; Third Vice Pre
sident, A. H. Marshall; Secretary and
Treasurer, S. Boykin ; Executive Cora
mittee : S. A. Burney, W. B. Crawford,
J. B. Chiles, R. H. Harris, A. W. At
kinson, all of whom accepted the
positions assigned them. It was, also,
agreed that a Sabbath school Conven
tion be held in connection with each
District meeting, and that a pro
gramme of subjects, with speakers,
appear in The Index, to allow ap
pointees ample time for preparation.
The first Convention was held at
Blountsville, on Thursday before the
fifth Sunday in September, and was a
pleasant and profitable occasion. The
next will be held with the Carmel
church, on Thursday before the fifth
Sunday in March, just before the sec
ond General meeting.
But the President of the Conven
tion will, most probably, arrange for
Institutes in the meantime, wherever
the brethren may request them to be
held.
The object of this Sunday-school
Convention, within our Association, is
to promote the Sunday school work;
and the very fir-M thing to be done is
to form a Sunday-school in each
church of our Association, which has
no Sunday-school. About one-halt of
our churches reported schools, and
although some of the rest may have
them, yet we do not positively know
it. I shall be glad to hear from every
church that has no school, in order
that steps may be taken to have them
organized. Fifteen churches with a
membership of 1,358, reported schools,
with 804 scholars in them ; and this
indicates that a fewer number of
scholars than one half the member
ship of our churches, are in our Sun
day-schools. This is not one-half as
well as we should be doing.
I refer all our Sunday-school work
ers to “Friendly Suggestions,” an
admirable little directory for the Sun
day school work, published by our
State Sunday-school Evangelist, for
io cents. Send io cents to Rev. T.
C. Boykin, Atlanta, and you will re
ceive a copy by mail. Any advice or
information, in regard to Sunday
school papers and books, I will f>e
happy to give, if addressed by mail.
In the meantime I refer all our schools
and churches to the following, adopt
ed by our Association, at Madison :
Besotted, That we earnestly recommend
every Sabbaih-scohol In our bounds to sub
scribe for a sufficient number of Kind Words
to supply each family in their vicinity with
a copv. S. Boykin,
Sunday- school Secretary and Treasurer.
For the Index and Baptist. 1
BAPTIST HISTORY.
[Kneeimen Extracts from a proposed Work by th
ltev. B. W. Whilden, Pleasant Hill, Alabama.]
1860— Bethel College, Russellville,
Kentucky, founded. Associations
formed: New Bethel,Tex.;Tishomin
go, Mississippi. Meeting, April 20th,
Georgia Baptist Bible and Colporteur
Society, at Macon, Georgia, J. H. De-
Votie, President. The Methodists in
the United States report this year 2,-
000 more infants baptized than adults.
(Bailey.) As an evidence of the doc
trine of infant baptism among them,
see 1870.
1861 — The Metropolitan Taberna
cle, Spurgeon’s church edifice (Lon
don) opened. “This building is 150
feet long, 80 feet wide, and 70 feet
high. It has two galleries, the preach
er’s platform being on a level with the
lower one; its average congregation is
6,000 people ; of these 5,000 are ad
mitted by tickets only ; and when it
was first opened it was announced
that the only warming apparatus would
be the pulpit.”
1862 Tippah Association, Missis
sippi, formed. North Wales College
founded. Reid Institute, Reidsburg,
Pennsylvania, founded.
1863 — T. P. Crawford, Missionary
S /uthern Baptist Church in China,
removes from Shanghai to Tung Chow,
in Shangtung province. ( Tupper)
1864 — Death of Rev. J. Hendren,
of Norfork, Va., and of Rev. J. N.
Gwaltney, Littleton, Sussex county,
Va. (Short sketches of the lives of
these brethren will be introduced
here.)
1865 Death of Pengilly, author of
“Scripture Guide to Baptism,” Vlarch
19th, m the 83d year of his age. It
has been incorrectly stated that he
became a Pedobaptist before his
death. Rev. Dr. Cramp refutes this
statement in a letter to the Christian
Visitor , of St. Johns, N. B. (See the
Hattie Flag, September 8, 1875. Pen
gdly published, also, the “Scriptural
Guide to Prophesy.”
1866 Nova Scotia has 3 Associa
tions, 155 churches, 93 ordained min
isters and 16,308 church members.
New Brunswick has 2 Associations,
119 churches, 73 ordained ministers
and 8,755 church members. Canada
has 11 Associations, 275 churches, 239
ordained ministers and 15.091 church
members. West India Islands has 4
Associations, 101 churches 39 rjr
dained ministers and 22,661 church
members. Associations m Georgia,
New Sunbury; Zion, (colored.) In
stitute of learning, Chamber Hall
College, (Great Britain), and Concord
College, Liberty, Kentucky.
1867 —Richmond Ins'itute, Rich
mond, Virginia, School for the educa
tion ot colored ministers, founded
by the American Baptist Home Mis
sion Society. Baptist Union Theolo
gical Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.
Baptist Quarterly commenced publici
tion m Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Professor Lucius E. Smith first editor.
1868—The following Associations
in Georgia; Fairburn, Liberty, Eben
ezer, (colored.) Death of Rev. Dr.
Manly, Sr., on the 21st of December,
in Greenville, Soutn Carolina, in his
71st year. (A short sketch ot his life
will be introduced here.)
1869 The Baptist Sentinel , Lexing
ton, Kentucky, edited by Rev. J. S.
Worrell; commenced publication ia
November, and continued to the close
of 1871.
1870 —In this year, “the Methodists
reported 13,600 more adults baptized
than ii.tants; an important change in
ten years." (B ) (See i860.) Bap
tist Educational Convention organ
ized, (April 19th and days following,)
in Pierpont Church, Brooklyn, New
York.
1871 Protest of a number of Bap
tist ministers in New York city,
against the reception of a lot tendered
to the Baptists, by the City Council,
lor a Bap Ist Home. Death of Rev.
J. B. T.iyior, Corresponding Secretary
foreign Mission Board Southern Bap
tist Convention. (A short sketch of
hisl fe will be introduced here.)
1872 —R. v. W. C. Van Meter, Bible
and Sunday-school Missionary from
the United S’ates, arrives at Rome, in
Ootobe r . West Tennessee Baptist
Missionary Convention formed. Death
of Hon. D. M. Wilson, President
American and Foreign Board Society.
Forests create, or gradually but
constantly improve the soil. The
roots penetrate deeply into the ground,
and thus let in the air to produce it3
slow but sure effects. The radicles
decompose the grains of sand, and
extract from tnem some of the ele
ments essential to a soil. The annual
deposit of leaves, and the final decay
of the branches and trunk, go to cons
stitute the mould upon which other
plants grow. The soil thus formed is
kept by the thick matting of the roots
from washing away.