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The Christian Index.
Vol. 57—No 35.
Table of Contents.
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First Page—Alabama Department: An
appeal for the Index and Baptist; A New
Field for the Domestic Mission Board;
The Good Work in Coosa Bi ver Amo
_ciation; Religious Press; Secular News, etc.
Second Page—Correspondence; Revival
Scenes and Incidents; General Meeting;
Missions; Thrte Baptist Meetings; Re
gmt First; Lot* Letters; Letter from
lackshear; Missions; From Macon; Mis
sion Board Receipts; How to Find, Christ.
Third Page— Rev. 8. Landrum, etc.
Fourth Page—Editorials: The Three
fold Christ: The Oneida Community: The
Georgia Penitentiary; The Wounded of
the Lord; Personal Items. -
Fifth Page. —Oostanaula Association;
Items of News; Ministers’ Institutes;
Georgia Baptist News; Secular Editorials:
News Paragraphs; Legislative Summary;
Gen. Hood; Georgia News.
Sixth Page— Obituaries.
Seventh Page— -Farmers’ Index : Georgia
Crops; Producers vs. Non-Producers;
Plowing in Crops as Manure.
Eighth Page—Florida Department: News
and Laconics; Ministers’ Wives; How to
prepare to Teach a Sunday-school Lesson;
Coosa Association; Special Notices, etc.
Alabama Department.
BY SAMUKL HKNDKRSOX.
AN APPEAL FOR THE INDEX
AND BAPTIST.
Will our brethren heed us while we
pen a few earnest words in behalf of
the paper. We do not propose to hang
out a signal of distress, for we are
thankful that your dear old organ is
on a firm basis. With due industry and
economy, it will liye indefinitely with
its present circulation. But is it not
lawful and praiseworthy in us —is it
not an object commending itself to all
our readers, to multiply its usefulness
by doubling its circulation ? And can
not this be done within the next six
months ? What a vast constituency is
embraced within the scope of its circu
lation 1 There is not a religious news
paper in the Union that has a more
promising field, either in the number
or character of those, who, under prop
per influences, would lie its warm pat
rons. We could mention fifty names
within its territory, who, within the
next few months, could duplicate its
circulation, by not one whit more of ef
fort than is put forth annually by the
friends of some favorite political jour
nal. Are the children of this world al
ways to be wiser than the children of
light ? Are the schemes of earthly am
bition always to inspire more zeal than
the cause for which our Saviour died
and martyrs bled ? Is the stunning
cry, “great is Diana of the Ephesians,”
forever to drownthe voices that proclaim
“glory to God in the highest, peace
on earth and good will to men ?” Why,
oh why is it, that the fat of the land is
heaped upon secular journals, even by
those who profess to be Christians, and
the merest husks are thrown to our
religious papers ? Reader, ponder these
questions, square your future conduct
by the honest verdict of reason and
conscience.
To what object that falls within the
scope of Christian philanthropy, is not
the religious press essential ? Is it edu
cation ? What agency is so potent to
elevate its standard and inspire its
spirit among our people ? Is it the
suppression of vice ? What powe r
can hold it in check, by bringing to
bear a healthy moral sentiment upon
evil doers, as the religious press ? Is
it the cause of missions at home and
abroad—ministerial usefulness—or
church efficiency. Like the silent ac
tion of leaven upon the meal,its advent
into our churches diffuses a secret pow
er into every agency, the results of
which are immeasurable. The reli
gious journal is a kind of life-blood
that circulates through the whole spir
itual body, unifying its plans, consoli
dating its forces, giving efficiency to
its agencies, maturing its piety, and
adapting it_tp “every good word and
work.” In all these respects, it is
second only to the living ministry. We
scruple not to say that a well conduct
ed religious family newspaper is worth
more as an educator, bbth in elevating
and refining the morals and improv
ing the mind, than the best teacher to
whom we have paid over hundreds
and thousands of dollars. Do not be
startled at this, reader, until you think
of it. Those ideas, thoughts, princi
ples, that branch forth into all the
practicalities of life; that lie at the base
of the manhood of the country—that
constitute the highest guarantee of our
future happiness and prosperity—that
conserve all the essential elements of
our ecclesiastical, social and political
institutions —all these emanate,in their
most potent form, from the pulpit and
the religious press. Can any Christian
discharge his duty to his family who,
to save a trifle to spend for gewgaws,
deprives them of such a source of im
provement and usefulness 1 As well
might he deprive them of natural food
and expect them to live, as to deprive
them of this mental and moral aliment,
SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.. 1 ,
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and expect them to be solid, useful,
worthy members of society.
To our Alabama friends w 6 say—
first, sustain your ottn paper. But as
there is a large per cent, of our brethren
in this State, who desire a larger range
of reading than a single newspapei; af
fords, we hope to make the Index and
Baptist a welcome visitor to them.
We seek to supplant no paper. We
aim to promote every noble object dear
to our brethren. We antagonize noth
ing but the "power's of darkness.” We
desire to build up ttery thing the chris
f tian heart can We
have no ink to waste upon useless dis
i missions or controversies, and no heart
! to contend with any oiher than the
j enemies of God and man. We shall
hope, therefore, that a goodly number
of our old friends and brethren in Ala
, bama will welcome our visits to their
; households. To merit their patronage
and approval we shall esteem next to the.
1 approbation of the Master.
' To all we say, let us try one simul
' taneoUs movement, place the Index
and Baptist where it ought to be—
second to no religious journal in the
country, either in its merits or its
circulation.
A NEWFIELD FOR THE DOMES
TICMISSION BOARD.
In a recent conversation with a min
ister of intelligence and some judg
ment, he mentioned a field of useful
ness for our Domestic Mission Board
of the S. B. Convention, which the
more we think of, the more we are
persuaded, is both practicable and
promising. It is the steamboats on
the Mississippi river. All who have
passed up and down on that vast thor
oughfare know the immense multi
tudes of people who throng these steam
boats. They represent almost every
State of the Union, as well as almost
every nationality. Our limited expe
rience and observation enable us to say
that on those boats, those huge float
ting palaces, there are uniformly
enough of religious people, and people
rightly disposed to religious exercises,
to sustain, by thoughtful attentions,
the efforts of goodjuiaisters in preach
ing, conversation, tile distribution of
bibles, tracts, etc., who may be accredit
ed to this service by any responsible or
ganization. In such a field as this,
the minister always has his audience
before him. He loses no time in trav
eling from place to place to meet his
congregations, or from house to house
to make his religious visits. Under
pious discreet ministers, religious exer
cises would be gladly accepted by the
great body of passengers, as a kind of
relief from the tedium of travel, thus
combining pleasure with profit. It
would be difficult for any man to im
agine a sphere of usefulness that could
perhaps surpass this, either in respect
of present or future results. Here the
preacher could literally “sow beside all
waters,” for he would be operating on
a surface as broad and variable as is
represented in the Jcrews of every boat
on which he labors. What Paul did
for the inmates of the ship in his voyage
to Rome, may be done on a much
larger scale on the hundreds of boats
that ply up and down “the father of
waters.” We should be glad to see
our Domestic Mission Board, at the ear
liest practical period, enter this field
with vigor, as we have no more doubts
of good results in such a field than we
have in anyjposition occupied by any
of our missionaries.
Os course the service will require
men of undoubted piety and intelli
gence—men who can command the
confidence and respect of such men as
usually throng our highways—men !
who would be proof against all the em
barrassments incident to such a life.
But such men we have. As attentive
an audience as we have ever seen as
sembled, we have seen in the cabin of
some of those boats, listening to some
good minister preach “the gospel of
the grace of God.”
THE GOOD WORK IN COOSA
RIVER ASSOCIATION.
We barn with pleasure that some
gracious seasons have been recently
enjoyed by several churches in our
Coosa river association. At Antioch,
Talladega county, the home of our ven
erable brother, Rev. 8. G. Jenkins,where
he has been pastor for about forty
years, and where the revival spirit has
not been apparent for years, there has
recently closed a meeting of two week’s '
continuance, at which Brother Jenkins |
did most of the preselling,andat which |
there were added by baptism thirty-five '
persons. At Hephzilah, Talledega ■
county, of which Brother Gwinn is j
pastor, nine have been baptized. At
Wilsonville, anew church recently con
stituted with our Brother Dr. Teague, j
as pastor, four have been added by ]
baptism. At Mt. Zion, Calhoun coun
ty, we recently baptized two. We have
not heard definitely from other meet- 1
ings. Several other meetings of days .
are appointed for the next month.
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Atlanta,
“Jones’Folks.” — read
er has often asked how the phrase
“Jones’ folks” originated. We have
seen the following account of it: About
a hundred years ago, an old Virginia
Baptist preacher, perhaps the dear
Waller, called on a brother Jones, who
had been long bed-ridden with a severe
affliction, and asked how he was? “Oh,”
said Mr. Jones, “I am suffering very
greatly! lam no better.” “I am glad
to hear it,’’said the old preacher. "Alas,
why do you say that?” said the afflicted
man. “Beckuse whom the Lord loveth
he and scourgeth every son
whom he recieveth. And by this I
know the Lord loves you." The broth
er was comforted, and thereafter those
who were meek and submissive under
affliction came to be called “Jones’
Folks.” .
The Religious Press.
Bey a Home. —Hon. George Barstow
gave good advice in a speech on the subject
of “Home." He said every man should
own his home if he can. That philosophy
which tells a man to drift over this uncer
tain life without a home of his own is
wrong. The man who owns not his own
home is like a ship out in the open sea —at
the hazard of the storm. A man who owns
his home is like a ship that has arrived at
home and is moored in a safe harbor. One
man should no more be content to live in a
home that is not his own—if he can build
one —than one bird should take the risk of
hatching in another one’s nest; and, for my
own part, I would rather be able to own a
cottage than to hire a palace. I would say
to every man, buy a ho-i.e if you can, and
own it. If a windfail has come to you, buy
a home withit. If you have laid up money
enough by toil, buy a home. If you have
made money in stocks, buy a home. Do not
let am body tempt you to put all your earn
ings back inio the pool. Take out enough
to buy a home and buy it. Put ihe rest
back if you will. Gamble on it if you must;
but buy the home first. Buy it and sell it
not. Then the roses ihat bloom there are
xours; the clematis and jasmine ihat climb
upon the porch belong to you. You have
planted them and seen them grow. When
you are at work upon them, you are working
for yourselves, not for others. If there are
children, there are flowers with n the house
and without. Buy a home.
The worth of a home is one of those
things that cannot be estimated finan
cially. Al a mui# investrneoj of
money, a house to live in is not usually
the best. But as an investment for
good moral effect, nothing is better.
The whole genius of a man’s life will
be improved if he lives in his own
home. His family will grow up with
different ideas and with better devel
oped affections. It is a ballast, too, on
a man’s waywardness and restlessness,
and in the long run will tell for the
better even on his fortunes. 80 it is a
good investment after all.
—Professor Huxley says of the young
people who are forced to work at high pres
sure by incessant and competitive examina
tions, that they are conceited all the fore
noon of life aud stupid all its afternoon.
He adds: “Their faculties are worn out by
the strain put upon their csflow brains, and
they are demoralized by worthless, childish
triumphs before the real work of life begins.
I have no compassion for sloth, but youth
has more need for intellectual rest than age;
and the cheerfulness, the tenacity of pur
pose, ihe power of work, which make many
a successful man what he is, must often be
placed to the credit, not of his hours of in
dustry, but to that of his hours of idleness,
in boyhood."
We are not prepared to recommend
what may be properly called idleness.
It is hard to get people to do just what
is right, and hard even to say in exact
terms just what is right. But mode
ration in study, plenty of sleep, good
food, both nourishing and appetizing,
with reasonable exercise, of such kind
as to produce exhilaration of spirits,
are essential to the highest degree of
success in student life. Excessive study
is injurious ; competitive examinations
are injurious; want of sleep is inju
rious; want of recreation is is inju
rious. A student needs exercise, but
not in the form of labor. A few men
succeed by combining labor with study ;
most do not. Amusement with exer
cise is what a student needs. It is a
mistake, too, to suppose that the same
kind of food which is good for a la
boring man or one who takes plenty of
exeroise in the open air is good for a
student. The latter needs food quite
as nourishing as the former and quite
as much of it; but it ought to lie of a
more delicate kind. His work and his
habits are different, add so his diet
ought to be different; otherwise he
may look for dyspepsia, headache, indi
gestion and general languor. Student
life and farm-life are two very different
things, and the whole regimen ought
to differ correspondingly. We have
had large opportunities for observation
on this subject and have given it our
very best attention for many years.
The above is a brief statement of the
conclusions we )iave reached. We
give them to our readers for what they
may think they are worth.
A writer in die Watchman gives the result
of his invvatiguions on th«* subject of divorce
in New England. Ills findings are of terri
ble significHnce. in Vermont, in 1860,
the.e were granted 94 divorces. In 1877,
the number wus 175, nearly double, while
the marriages had increased only <ne fifth
and the population not more than a tenth.
Georgia, Thursday, September n, 1879.
In Massachusetts*!!! 1860, there were grant-
absolute divorces. But in 1878 the
number of absolute divorces had increased
to 596. The marriages in that period in
creased less than one-fifth, and the popula
tion probably a little over one-fourth. In
Gunnecticut, in 1860, there were 310 di
virces, and 416 in 1877. Here the divorces
have increased but little of late years in pro
portion to the population or to the marriages,
in 1849 the number of divorces was only
9V The statistices of Rhode Island are
at* from 1869 only. In that year there
Wfce 162 divorces and 178 in 1877. In
theke four States there were granted in the
year 1877 one thousand three hundred and
thirty-one absolute divorces.
The causes for which these States grant
divorces have come to be much alike, and
ptsiohly will not differ greatly from the law
ift most of the States. The surprising state
ment is made that since Connecticut lepeal
edXw “omnibus” clause the Massachusetts
law is rather worse than that of Connecti
cut In Massachusetts and Vermont less
than one-fourth of the divorces are now
graptecl for adultery. A matter for serious
consideration in this connection is that the
Roman Catholics claim to have more than
one fourth of the population of Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, and under
their own direct control, and that almost no
divoites occur among them.
■A| few pious missionaries from the
“States lately in rebellion” might do
gorfiFwork in New England. Except
in one or two of the States there are
very few Catholics among us, and also
very few divorces. In South Carolina
before the war divorce was impossible.
We do not know how it is now. It is
not improbable that since the new dis
pensation which was inaugurated there
a few years ago, the laws of that State
may have been modeled after those of
Indiana, Massachusetts and Connecti
cut, tt al.
—A law was passed by the legislature of
Illinois prohibiting the organization of mill
tary companies and their parading without
the sanction of the ex officio commander of
the State, namely, the Governor. This law
was aimed-at the communist?, who have
armed und made open threats against the
peace of society. The communistic military
took an appeal from the orders of the Gov-,
ernor, under the law, to the courts. The
matter was argued before the judges of the
circuit court in banc, and Justice Barnum
rendered the decision, which declares the
lawjff be unconstitutional, in violation of
which guarantees the right to
The commun sts are exultant,
ugld a grand military parade
« W'off'pow hat *'-> dc
iflQMßbe cout, jho ton- 1
nutation of the United States is iexplicit on
that point. But the event shows ihat socie
ty is thereby exposed to a most serious dan
ger. An ignorant, fanatical mob, whose
•cssions excited againt property, well armed
Hud led, is not a pleasant thing to contem
plate.— lnterio .
Well now let us suppose a case.
Suppose that an “ignorant, fanatical
mob whose passions are excited against
property, well armed and well led,”
were to hold a “grand parade” on Sun
day in any Southern State, how it would
be cast in our teeth as a “specimen in
dicative” of the state of our whole
Southern society! How many more
missionaries would be advised to come
here, and, and how much more “recon
struction” should we need? We are
sorry that such things should take
place anywhere, and hope that the
good people of Illinois will soon be
able to control the disorderly elements
among them and enjoy the peace and
quiet and general spirit of content
ment which Providence has vouchsaf
ed to the people of Georgia.
A lively business is being done at the
present time by a number of sharpers who
advertise themselves as bankers an brokers,
and issue circulars from offices in the neigh
borhood of Wall street, offering to the un
wary all kinds of advantages in the way of
speculative investments and stock exchange
privileges. They send out glowing state
ments of wonderful profits made by previous
customers, and invite investments of from
$lO to SI,OOO or more, which, they say, are
almost sure to yield from one hundred to
one thousand per cent, profit. The Secreta
ry of the New York Stock Exchange recent
ly received a letter from a lady who said
she was the widow of a clergyman, and that
she had been defrauded of her entire means,
amounting to more than $3,000, by one of
the most prominent of these rascally con
cerns. She begged that the exchange would
help tier as she was starving. Other com
plaints have been received by the Superin
tendent of Police, but it appears that no
legsl steps ca.i be taken to bring the swin
dlers to justice. There are jiersons who will
never take a warning, and who are willing
to grasp at any offer of large profits; but the
the publie is cautioned against entrusting
money to irresponsible speculators. At this
age of the world no one should make an in
vestm< nt witnout some gu <ra<>tee as to the
character and standing of those to whom it is
entrusted. — N. K. Owerver.
And we must keep on telling our
readers that whenever anybody prom
ises to give something for nothing he
is sure to be a cheat. Financial pro
posals that offer enormous dividends
are sure to be a humbug. Goods that
are too cheap are sure to be too dear.
Whenever you see a meal-tub, always
look out for cats.
Georgia now has seven pupils at the
Normal College, Nashville, on the Pea
body scholarship, and is entitled to
thirteen more, making the number
twenty. Each appointee to this bene
ficence receives free tuition and two
hundred dollars per annum in monthly
instalments of $25. The applicants for
appointment must be at least seventeen
years of age.
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD,
of Tennessee.
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Public Schools of Atlanta, at
the commencement of the fall session,
are crowded to overflow. Hundreds of
applicants for admission to the gram
mar schools have been forced to await
increased accommodations which, we
are gratified to learn, will be provided
at an early period.
We feel prompted to congratulate
the friends of education in this city in
view of the wise selection of a super
intendent made by the board of edu
cation. Maj. W. F. Slaton, the ap
pointee, is eminently qualified for this
responsible position, and has gone to
work with his accustomed industry and
energy—directed by an excellent judg
ment —to advance our school system
to the highest possible degree of per;
section and practical benefits. We pre
dict that under his administration our
schools will increase in usefulness and
grow strong in the affections of the
entire community.
The promotion of Maj. Slaton caused
a vacancy,in the position of Principal
of the Male High School. This has
been filled by the appointment of Prof.
Jas. T. White, a graduate of the State
University ind a teacher of experience.
For six or eight years he has been at
the head of an excellant school in But
ler, Georgia, and has been one of the
Board of Visitors to the State Univer
sity, appointed by the Governor. Maj.
White is a young man of fine natural
abilities and these he has cultivated to
a high degree. A wiser appointment
could not have been made.
Georgia Fairs.—Below will be found
the time and place of holding and the
Secretary’s address of the different Fair
Associations in Georgia:
Talbot County Fair, Talbotton.
Western Georgia Fair Association,
LaGrange, October 14th to 17th—T.
H. Whitaker, Secretary.
North Georgia Fair Association, At
lanta, October 20th to 25th—B. W.
Wrenn, Secretary.
Americus Fair Association, Ameri
cus, October 21st to 24th—J. W.
Wheatley, Secretary.
The State Fair, Macon, OcSber 27th
to November Ist—MalcolnT Johnson,
Secretary. ■ ' ] 1
South Georgia Fair, Tuomasville,
October 28th to November 2d—S. G.
McLendon, Secretary.
Southwest Georgia Fair, Albany,
November 4th to 7th—T. M. Carter,
Secretary.
Monroe County Fair, Forsyth—H.
H. Cabaniss, Secretary.
The present candidate for Governor
of California, Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, who
has been nominated by the Democratic
and the “New Constitution” parties, is
said to be a man of great personal in
fluence and great wealth. He owns
65,000 acres of land, extending for thir
ty miles along the banks of Sacramento
river, all of which is cultivated in
wheat. He is the largest wheat raiser
in the world. His landed possessions
in Nevada are immense, and on these
he pastures annually about 20,000
head of cattle. He also owns land in
Oregon which is valued at a half mil
lion dollars. The net income this year
from his wheat crop alone is estimated
at $350,000. Over a thousand men
are regularly in his employ. Such a
man will scarcely be defeated.
We have since learned that he is
defeated nevertheless.
A bill of the House passed the Sen
ate some days since, by which a cer
tain exclusive franchise to build a
bridge across the river at Bainbridge,
was declared forfieted. This exclusive
franchise was vested in what is known
as the “Arnett Bridge Company.” The
facts show that a man by the name of
Arnett is the entire company ; that he
built and kept up for a time, a toll
bridge over the river at the city named;
that the bridge was destroyed by fire
and he has since not only failed to
rebuild the bridge under his monopoly
of the right, but prevented any other
person, or company from building one,
and that this failure and obstinate re
fusal to allow any infringement of his
franchise, have greatly inconvenienced
the people of Bainbridge and retarded
the growth of that city. Under the
act just passed, this beautiful little city
will begin a new growth and her peo
ple will be relieved of great inconven
ience.
The walls were originally built in the
year 1818, but from time to time have been
enlarged, as the number of convicts increas
ed. The bui'dirgs in the interior havesev
eral times been destroyed by fire. The last
fire, during its occupation by the State, was
on the night of Nov. Bth, 1843. All the
workshops, tools, lumber, etc., were de
stroyed. Only the cell building, which wain
of stone, remained. It was set on fire by the
convicts. The loss to the State was $30,000.
Not a convict escaped.
Don’t neglect to sow turnip seed.
This is a good time for the purpose.
Whole No. 2385
—The Times (Carrollton) of the
22d ult. contains the following item ,of
news and deserved compliment: “Dr.
DeVotie, Corresponding Secretary of
the State Mission Board of the Baptist
church of Georgia, is announced to
preach at the Baptist church in this
place on next Sunday, the 24th inst.
An effort will be "made to get him to
stay over several days and preach. Dr.
DeVotie is considered one of the
strongest ministers in the Baptist
church in this State.”
Delightful bannanas are served at
the table of the Markham House of
this city, and are brought from the
orange farm of Wm. Markham, in
Florida. He has invested over thirty
thousand dollars in orange groves which
are doing well and are promising large
profits on the investment. Several
other wealthy and enterprising citizens
of Atlanta have made large investments
in the land of flowers.
The Tampa, Florida, Tribune says
there is, in the public school of that
place, a full blooded Indian,aged twenty
years, who dresses in the costume of
the whites, and whose attendance
reaches the highest standard. His
name is Touahatcho, or Billy Fewell.
A simon-pure Seminole.
Diphtheria whifh has prevailed re
cently in Madison, Ga., is now said to
be abating. It at first attacked the
black people and then made its ravages
among the white population. The
Madisonian says there have been no
new cases for several days.
—A new two-cent postal card is now
ready to be issued from the post-office
department. It is described as having
a stamp at each end, and space for
two messages, one of which may be
used for the reply. This will prove very
convenient and popular.
Charles Mitchell, of Hawkinsville,
succeeded in securing the naval cadet
ship for the third Congressional Dis
trict. There were a number of com
petitors before the board of examiners.
TIMES OF MEETING OF GEORGIA
BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONS, 187 V.
Appalacbee, New Hope, Green county,
Friday, 19th of September.
Bowen, Camilla church, Mitchell county,
Saturday, 11th of October.
Bethel, Albany, Thursday, 30th of October.
Columbus, Harmony church, Cusseta,
Saturday, 27th of Sept.
Coosa, Mount Harmony church, near Al
pine, Chattooga county, Friday, Bth of
August.
Carrolton,Bethesda church,Carroll county,
Saturday, 25th of October.
Concord, New Hope church, Douglass
county, Saturday, 11th of October.
Central, Antioch church, Morgan county,
Friday, 22d of August.
Middle Cherokee, Unity church, Friday,
26th of September.
Cave Spring, Rome, Friday, 10th of Oc
tober.
Ebenezer, Irwinton church, Wilkinson
county, Saturday, 25th of October.
New Ebenezer, Salem church, Pulaski
county, Saturday, 18th of October.
Fairburn,Flat Creek church,Fayette county,
Saturday, 4th of October.
Flint River, Union church, Spalding
county, Saturday, 4th of October.
Friendship, Macedonia church, Webster
county, Thursday. 2d of October.
Georgia. New Ford church, Danbury,
Wilkes county, Friday, 10th of October.
Second Georgia, Zion church, DeKalb
county, near Stone Mountain, Saturday, 20th
of September.
Houston, Mount Horeb church, Worth
county, Saturday. 11th of October.
Hephzibah, Abilene church, Columbia
county, Friday, 24th of October.
Hiwasse, Tusquitta church, Friday, Bth
of August.
Liberty, Mud Creek church, Habersham
county, Thursday, 2d of October.
Mercer, Boston church, Tuesday, October
14th.
Baptist Middle, Sylvania church, Friday,
10th of October.
Oostanaula, Pleasant Valley church, south
of Rome, Friday, sth of September.
Piedmont, Little Creek church, Wayne
county, Friday, 10th of October.
Rehoboth, Macon, Thursday,l6th of Octo
ber.
New Sunbury, North Newport church,
Walthoursville, Saturday, 4tb of October.
Stone Mountain. Tanner church, Satur
day, 13th of September.
Sarepta, Harmony Grove church, Jackson '
county, on N. E. R. R., Friday, 26th of Sep
tember.
Smyrna, Magnolia church. Clinch county,
South oi Hornersville, Saturday, 25th Octo
ber.
Tallapoosa, Sweet Water church, Spalding
county, Saturday, 13th of September.
Tugalo. Nails Creek church,Banks county,
near Carnesville, Thursday, 18th of Spetem
ber.
Western, Antioch church, Meriwether
county, Saturday, 20th of September.
Mount Vernon, Pleasant Spring church,
Laurens coun y, Friday. 3d of October.
Washington, Long Creek, Warren county,
near Warrenton, Friday, 26th of September.
Clarksville, Mount Yona church, Cleve
land, White county, Friday. 22d of AOgust.
Lawrenceville,Zion Hill church, near Hog
Mountain, Gwinnett county, 23d of August.
The North Georgia Association will meet
at Grove Level, Friday, 19th of Sept., 1879,
in Whitfield county, five miles north of
Dalton.
The Hightower Association holds its next
session with thechurch at Goshen, 11 miles
northwest of Dawsonville,Friday, Bth of Au
gust.
Notley River Association with Bethlehem
church, 8 miles west of Blairsville, Thurs
day, the 14th of August.
The Baptist Union Association, holds its
next meeting with Mt. Tabor church, Eman
uel county, Saturday, Oct. 18, 1879.