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The Christian Index. Vol. 57—No 35. Table of Contents. ■: 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 , . . ru: ■ . 11l OF 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. * 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.