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HHJNRY H. TUCKER, Editor.
THE THREE-FOLD CHRIST.
Our Ixird Jesus Christ possessed two
natures wholly separate and distinct
from each other as objects of thought,
but in some mysterious way blended
into unity as matter of fact. It is a
mistake to suppose that he was a demi
god, half-human and half-divine. Such
a combination as this is impossible and
inconceivable. It is utterly unthinka
ble, that there should exist a being half
omnipotent, half omniscient, half omni
present, half unchangeable, and half
eternal; and indeed it is just as un
thinkable that there should exist a be
ing half human. Christ was entirely
human ; he was also entirely divine;
and the two natures were in some way
incomprehensible to us, unified. As
it is on his life, death, resurrection, me
diation and intercession, that we stake
the salvation of our souls for eternity,
it is well to consider him in all possible
aspects. Let us now look at his hu
man nature, then at his divine nature,
then at his entire nature.
In the first place then we observe
with affectionate amazement, that our
Lord Jesus Christ was a man—truly a
man - ; fully a man ; a man in every
sense; he had a human body exactly
like any other human body ; he had a
human soul exactly like any other
human soul; his intellectual powers
were neither more nor less than those
of other men ; his moral feelings were
exactly like ours; his will, his affec
tions and his tastes were all absolutely
human ; his whole nature was human ;
he was in every respect and in all re
spects exactly what any other man is,
except that, though subject to tempta
tion just as we are, he was yet without
sin. He was one of us. The man
Christ Jesus was our brother. We see
our own features in him; he sees his in
us. The family resemblance is perfect;
there is no mistaking it; he is of our
blood kin. Exalted conceptions we
must have of human nature, when we
see how gloriously it was developed in
our brother Jesus of Nazareth! Oh!
his majesty was grand! His dignity
was imperial! On the other hand,
his meekness and his gentleness
wore equally superlative. How
broad his nature that could take
in qualities so remote from each other!
His lovingness and his tenderness
knew no bounds. In his great heart
he took in the whole human race.
How broad his affections, how vast
their volume, how deep their current,
how mighty their outpouring! All
men' are vile; some are desperately
vile, loathsomely vile, and fit for noth
ing but the companionship and fate of
devils; the best of them are of the
same nature with worst, and but for di
vine interference will develop into
equal extreme and excess of depravity.
These are they whom Jesus loved. For
these and not for himself, his whole
life was spent. He knew that his only
errand was to save them, and to that
errand he gave his heart. He knew
that the sins of those millions and bil
lions were to be heaped upon him,tad
voluntarily he took the load. The ag
onies of crucifixion were but a small
part of the sufferings of the just for the
unjust. It was he who wrought the
atonement. The blood of the ever
lasting covenant ran in in the veins of
a man. It was the son of Mary who
did what was done, who suffered what
was suffered; it was the man Christ
Jesus that died ; God Almighty is in
capable of death. The transactions of
of some thirty years from Bethlehem
to Calvary, must be grand enough to
command the enraptured amazement
of nil intelligent creatures throughout
the universe forever. All this was
done by one of us. How exultingly we
can say, Jesus Christ was a man!
What should be our admiration? What
our reverence? WTiat our gratitude?
What our love? What incentive to
glorious deeds when we have such an
examplar? What motives to fidelity,
with such a pattern? What induce
ments to consecration to him when we
regard what he has done for us? For
Christ’s sake would seem to be motive
enough if he were only a man, and
nothing but a man. Even in that case,
no other reason for laying a life on the
altar would be given by many than
this: The love of Christ constraineth
us. Might not one say, “If ever there
was such a man, and if ever he sent
me a message to do a certain thing. I
would doit however protracted the toil,
however deep the grief, and at the cost
of my life.” Perhaps this would be
idolatry. Indeed, if Christ were only a
man, men would worship him. It only
because he is more than man that they
do not.
We turn away now from the human
side of our Lord’s nature to the divine.
If our powers of description and con
ception and appreciation were feeble
before how hopelessly inadequate an*
they now! Christ was the Word which
was in the beginning with God, and
which teas God. Christ is G<al mani
fest in the llesh. Christ is the bright
ness of the Fathers’s glory And the ex
press image of Ids person! Christ is
the Ancient of days, pre-exiatent, eter
nal, the Alpha and the Omega, omnis-
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cient, omnipresent, the Almighty! And
is it true that God has come down to
the earth? Is it true that thia was
done in compassion to sinful men?
Was this done that our sins might be
forgiven? By this may we be deliver
ed from eternal death? Are the glories
of the upper world to be ours in conse
quence of this supreme condescension?
Yes, these sayings are faithful and true.
All that the man Christ Jesus did and
suffered would have failed in efficacy
but for the union of Godhead with him.
And has Jehovah himself made such
an exhibition of mercy as to put on
flesh and become as one of us, that
we may be spared the consequences
of violating his own law? Did the
great God who made heaven and earth
really take on him the form of a ser
vant, that we might be raised to
thrones in glory? Astounding as it
may seem, these facts are clearly set
forth in the word of God. What hom
age shall we pay to the Infinite Mercy!
What adoration is profound enough?
'lf the mere manhood of our Lord
I placed us under unbounded obligations
to him and brought us into everlast
ing debt, and demanded the outpouring
of our whole nature in gratitude and
love, what shall we say now when the
heavens are bowed down, and God de
scends to make the work of this man,
and brother, efficacious? If we owe so
much to the son of Mary, what do we
owe to the Son of God! We are over
whelmed ; we fall at his feet as one
dead ; the full conception of such good
ness, if we could grasp it, would, like
lightning flash, strike paralysis into
every power of our souls, to the extinc
tion of them all. Even as it is, and
inadequate as our conceptions are, we
covet the six wings of the seraph who
with twain did cover his face, and with
twain he covered his feet and with
twain he did fly. We would cover our
blushes, and cover our vileness, and fly
away from a Presence too glorious to
be endured.
When Moses said to the Lord, “I
beseech thee show me thy glory,” the
Lord hid him in a cleft of the rock,
lest the sight should be too much for
him. He does the same thing now.
The glory of the Infinite is veiled in
the person of Christ. Through him
and in him we worship God. Dual
nature, divine and human, is blended
into oneness in this glorious Person.
God causes his goodness to flow out to
us through this human channel. If
the invisible and eternal One is unap
proachable, not so is Christ. Him we
can at least partially grasp. When we
see the glory of Godhead united with
human nature we are not death-struck
in its presence. Instead of being
driven from it we are drawn to it. We
need all six of he wings to flyback to
kiss the feet of the crucified One, and
find in the act that he lifts us up and
presses us to ( his bosom ! Oh, my
tears flow forever! Oh my heart,
gush out thy love in rivers ! What
shall Ido for thee O Christ ? August
and glorious, yet loving and lovely, he
only responds “Son give me thy heart.”
Where a man’s heart is, there is his
life. What labors now are too great,
what toils too arduous, what pains too
sore, what sacrifices too costly, what
] consecration too absolute for Christ?
And if we have found this Savior while
' millions have not found him, what are
our obligations to them 1
THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY.
In the State of New York there is a
community of men and women living
I together, having all things in common,
1 and practicing what they call “com
-1 plex marriage," but what we should
I call simple villainy. Many effortshave
I been made by decent people to break
' up this community, or rather to stop
| this disgraceful practice by law, but all
j such efforts have failed. The country
was somewhat startled by the annouce-
I nient, a few days ago, .‘that the people
j of this community had, of their own
| record, abolished the most objection
| able feature of their system. The rea
son given by them for this unexpected
j step is that public sentiment demand
■ed it; and they declare that it was in
| deference to this that their action was
taken, while they hold to the same
principles they always did ; they have
! changed their practice but hold to
! their faith. It is suspected, however,
; that they had some other reasons j
which they did not mention, and that
one of these was that some of their own
number were becoming disgusted with
l their brutish habits of life. At any
rate, the abomination is beginnig to
give way, and we hope that the time
will soon come when all the victims of
this delusion will see their error and
repent of it and return to the paths of
natural and virtuous life. We con-
I gratulate the good people of New York
on the change which has taken place.
We should be glad to see Mormonism
j follow suit, but that iniquity is on a
much larger scale and will probably
I make a harder struggle for life. We
! have no sympathy with the post
fact operation of the law against
Mormon practices, for that amounts to
persecution ; but prohiitory laws pros
pective only in their effect ought to be
rigidly enforced.
When this is done,we shall be rid of
another horror.
—We arc much gratified to learn
that the protracted meeting at Bowden,
Carrol) county, has proved one of great
interest. Christians have been revived
and sinners converted.
THE GEORGIA PENITENTIARY.
Much has been said about the Peni
tentiary system of Georgia, and, so far
as we have seen, everything that has
been said is unfavorable. It is declared
that escapes are so very frequent that
they have actually become common;
that the food is insufficient in quantity
and unsuitable in quality; that the
accommodations are not such as they
ought to be; that the labor required of
the convicts is excessive; that they are
subjected to frequent and cruel chas
tisement ; that no attention is paid to
their health; that the death-rate among
them is so great as to show a wanton
disregard of human life on the part of
the keepers; and that the only object
of the lessees is to make as much
money out of the convicts as they can,
without regard to the comfort, health
or lives of the latter, or to the good of
society; or to the peace and dignity of
the State. How much more may have
been said we do not know, but must
presume that the above array of charges
covers most of the ground. We read
certain religious papers a good deal, (we
shall not say where they are published,)
and are so in the habit of seeing the
gravest charges preferred on the slight
est grounds, or on no grounds at all,
that they make very little impression
on us, except that ol pity for the calum
niators, and sorrow for the state of
public mind which calls for and enjoys
such things; and we are greatly con
firmed in a habit previously forriied of
refusing to believe evil of any until it
has been proved.
We know very little about the Peni
tentiary system of Georgia as a system,
and have, at present, nothing to say
either for or against it. Nor do we
know anything of the condition and
treatment of the convicts at the various
points where they are placed, except at
one point, of which we shall presently
speak. Os course we have heard the
wretched rumors with which it is the
fashion to load the air in these evil
days. They may or may not be true;
probably not.
But some things we do know, and
concerning these, we sjieak positively.
We have visited the branch of the
penitentiary at the Dade coal mines,
under charge qf ex-Governor Joseph E.
Brown ; much of what we shall say
about it is the result of personal ob
servation ; the rest of our information
is from official sources, and we are
willing to be held personally responsi
ble for its correctness.
DESCRIPTION.
We begin with a description of the
I place, as it was when we saw it some five
years ago. There is a mountain 2,500 feet
high ; (we do not pretend to be accurate
in our figures); 150 feet below the top
of this mountain, and in its side, is ass
opening (it seems better to call it a
hole) large enough to admit a wagdfi
and horses, with some room to spare;
this hole is the entrance to a tunnel
which extends to the interior of the
mountain to a depth of perhaps one
third of a mile, more or less ; at some
distance from the point of entrance this |
tunnel forks off into various branches,’
extending in all directions, the whole
forming a net-work of subterraneous
avenues. In these avenues the con
victs are required to work. Os course
the darkness is like that of Egypt, and
each man is obliged to earn’ a little
lantern fastened to his hat. There is j
no escape from this place; its rock- j
built walls, many feet in thickness,were
I laid by the great Architect of nature
, thousands of years ago, and, without
i some prodigious volcanic convulsion,
they will stand until the end of time.
The entrance is guarded by a few reso
lute and well armed men ; no actual
attempt to escape through this entrance
has ever been made, nor probably ever
will be. Since our visit another mine,
opened long ago but abandoned, has
again been worked, in another peak of
the same mountain, and we are in
formed that our description of the one
we saw will answer equally well, except
in matters of detail, for the one we have
not seen. All the convicts, however,
do not work in the mines; some of
them are employed at the coke ovens,
which are in the open air; but, strange
to say, they do not like this employ
ment as well as they like the work in
the mines. A few of them are engaged
in agriculture for purposes which will
hereinafter appear.
THE LODGINGS.
Before night the prisoners are
marched out under strong guard and
are confined in a suitable building, from
which escape would at least be very
difficult. The sleeping bunks are ar
ranged side by side, ample room being
allowed to each ; and each convict is
fastened by a small chain to one huge
cable chain, which extends longitudin-1
ally through the whole building at the
foot of the bunks and at right angles
with them. Outsideof the building is a
picket fence, perhaps fifteen or sixteen
feet high, and around the building an
armed guard is stationed. The expense
of maintaining this guard, day and
night, is about eleven hundred dollars
per month. As a matter of fact the
number of escapes has been much
smaller than when the convicts were
closely confined within walls at Mil
ledgeville. During the whole period
of five years only two have escaped
without recapture; one of these, it is
believed, is now serving a term in the
Alabama penitentiary for crimes com
mitted in that State, and the other, it
is hoped, will be recaptured. At the
time of our visit there was only one
dormitory; there are now several.
These buildings are wanned in winter
and always ventilated, and .each man
is allowed a mattress and two blankets.
NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF CONVICTS.
At this place there are now about
three hundred convicts; as their places
become vacant by expiration of term
or otherwise, they are filled by others
supplied by the State ; agreeably to the
terms of contract, they are all able
bodied men; there are no women
among them, and none are allowed;
the contract with the State requires
that the above number of convicts shall
be supplied to the Dade Coal Company
for twenty years; and none are sent
to this place except those who, having
committed very great crimes, are sen
tenced for long periods. Most of them
are negroes or mulattoes, but there are
some white men, and all are treated ex
actly alike, with no distinction on ac
count of race, color, or previous condi
tion, or future prospects, or social rela
tions. Death and the penitentiary are
great levelers, and in this case they are
equally so.
Certain compensations are allowed
for good conduct or in cases of sickness,
but for no other reasons. The rewards
of merit are equally accessible to all.
But no soft places are provided for any.
No carpeted rooms, no separate lodg
ings and no private tables are allowed.
AH, whether black or white, high or
low, must take their chance together.
Little luxuries, such as tobacco, etc.,
are allowed to convicts, if their friends
choose to supply them. Sometimes a
small compensation in money is allowed
to the convicts for extra work, if they
choose to do it. One or two positions
in the service are easier than the rest;
this arises from necessity, and .the
places are filled on the ground of ca
pacity and merit.
PUNISHMENTS.
It is no Blgnkler, we suppose, to say
that these three hundred men are a
gang of scoiwulrtlg; men of most aban- I
dotted and desperate character; men
on most or all of whom moral influ- j
ences have but little effect, and who !
cannot be controlled except by fear of I
brute-force. In cases of insubordina
tion the convicts are whipjied. But
only one man is allowed to do the
whipping; this is the oaptain of the
guard. If punishment should be ex
cessive or improper it would be dis
covered and the wrong-doer would be i
discharged.
THE LABOR.
The law requires that these convicts
shall be “confined at hard labor,” and
the labor is hard ; it is very hard ; no
one would suggest that it is not hard
enough. On the other hand, it is not I
cruel; and the best proof of this is found j
in the fact that any number of men in |
the vicinity and elsewhere, can be hired ’
to do exactly the same labor side by
side with the convicts for a dollar and '
a quarter or a dollar and a half a day. !
THE FARE.
The fare.is abundant in quantity,,
and is as follows: Good sound bacon
twice every day, except occasionally
when fresh meat is substituted for it; I
good corn bread three times a day;
syrup once a day, at night; fresh veg
etables every day in the year; and,
through the season, water melons once
a week. The Dade Coal Company has
a large garden, or small farm it may be
called,which affords a most copious sup
ply of vegetables in great variety; last
year it produced five thousand bushels
of potatoes ; at this time there are four
acres in beets alone; the farm is in a
high state of cultivation, and at the I
proper seasons furnishes cabbages, \
turnips, peas, beans, Irish potatoes, I
sweet potatoes, onions, etc., etc., in great
abundance. These are allowed to the
convicts without stint. The serving i
up of these various materials is not like
that of a first-class hotel, or of a gen- ,
teel family, it is true; ol course it is
rough; but the provisions are well I
cooked, and, on the whole, the fare is j
better than the great majority of the ;
convicts are accustomed to, and better j
than they will be likely to have after :
they are discharged. Some, doubtless, '
have seen better days and better things ;
but if they have classed themselves j
with convicts, they must expect to sub- |
mit to the treatment and fare of con- I
victs. We pity them, but can suggest
no relief. The penitentiary is the
penitentiary.
MEDICINE AND MORALS.
In case of sickness, medicine, medi
cal attendance and nursing are pro
vided. The death-rate is a little higher
than it is in the general community.
But it must be remembered that many
of the convicts, though classed as able
bodied men, have injured themselves
by dissipation and vicious habits;
many of them are affected with syphilis
in some of its forms on their arrival at
the mines. The death of the same
class of people would be greater if they
were at liberty than the average of the
community. Finally, it is not pre
tended that the penitentiary life is cal
culated to promote longevity. The dis
heartening prospect of ten or twenty
years of confinement would shorten the
life of almost any man. Under all the
circumstances, the death-rate is lower
than could be expected. Ministers of
the Gospel are allowed free access to
the convicts, and divine service is held
with them every Sunday. It is need
less to say that labor is suspended on
this day.
OUR OPINION.
As before stated, we have no opinion
to express as to the merits or demerits
of our penitentiary system; nor have
we anything to say about any branch
of the penitentiary other than the one
above described, because we know
nothing about the jothers; but as to
the penitentiary at the Dade coal mine
we speak knowingly .and advisedly. In
our opinion the treatment of the pris
oners at this place is wise, just and hu
mane, and their general condition just
what it ought to be. We see no point
where we could suggest an improve
ment. We have seen other peniten
tiaries, but have never seen one which
we think would compare favorably with
this; and we doubt whether there is a
better one in the world. Somehow or
other it always seems to happen in
these latter days that whenever we say
anything favorable of anything, (that
is, of anything near home), there is a
certain class of people who think that
we are mistaken—that is the expression
used for euphony— mistaken. Well!
The facts in this case can be easily as
certained, and if we have misrepre
sented them, our mistake can be easily
i exposed. This risk, if risk it may be
called, we cheerfully take.
But we close with the declaration,
that any statement which contradicts
anything of importance that we have
said, may be classed with the reports
of Bishop Haven.
THE WOUNDED OF THE LORD.
The pernicious habit which we have
unfortunately fallen into of relying
wholly on the extraordinary means of
grace for the conversion of the world,
to the almost complete exclusion of
the ordinary means, is not an original
Baptist habit. It is one that we have
borrowed from the Methodists, and we
charge upon them, not in anger but in
affectionate sorrow, the guilt of having
misled us, and we think that now we are
all about equally guilty together. They
i and we have all been intoxicated with
I what seemed to be great success, but
> which was not success. Some of the
; best thinkers among them are seeing
I the error just as we see it. The fol
, lowing editorial article from the Wes
leyan Christian Advocate, (Macon,Ga.)
j is full of good sense and sound doctrine
and we commend it to the earnest at
| tention of our readers:
Several tiuies recently the Wesleyan and
its correspondents have had something to
. say concerning the crowds that are seen “at
I the altar” as the phrase is —and that are still
unconverted when the protracted meeting is
closed. Wtat becomes of them? Do they
all go back to their natural condition of in
difference, awaiting the chances of life and
the possibilities of a better meeting nest
i year ?
Why is it that when a protracted meeting
winds up, nothing further, as a general rule,,
is hofred for or attempted by the Church or
!by convicted persons themselves ? We be
-1 heve one exp anation is found in the use we
make of protracted meetings. The Church
has never made a deliverance, committing
' herself to the idea that conversions take
place only during protracted meetings. No
ixtok or essay has i>een written, so far as we
know, setting forth such a theory. It is not
a part of anybody’s formulated c eed. But
, practically it is the accepted, acted-on senti
ment of perhaps the majority of the preach
ers and members. And, of necessity, of sin
ners to. If not, whence the great difference
in the preaching at the stated services dur
ing the vear and during t.,e protracted meet
ing ? We suppose that everybody knows
that protracted-meeting preaching is, for the
most part, *ar more earnest, direct, powerful
and awakening than ordinary, every-day
preaching. It is the difference between a
garrison drill and a battle. Now, what
makes this difference? Is it not the expec
tation of results at the protracted meeting,
and the non-expectation of results at ordina
ry aerevies? This difference is not peculiar
to the preacher. He feels it, and so does the
Church We see, hear, or feel it. in the dif
ference of the prayers of those who lead our
devotion*. At ordinary services the brother
prays as if filling an engagement—merely
performing a duty. When he kneels among
jienitenls during the protracted meeting he
prays as if intenselv deeiring and confidently
expecting an answer. The Church nt large
falls into the same mental habit, of expect
ing results at one time and not expecting
them at another time. In many congrega
tions the conversion of a man at an ordinary
service would be a very startling phenome
non. it would surprise both the pulpit and
the pew.
[A home thrust, this! —Ed. Index.]
Outsiders soon come to understand this
state of things in the Church. They know
that very special efforts will be made while
the protracted meeting lasts, and they do
not expect any special efforts when it is over.
When the meeting closes, they raadily con
clude that the chance for them has passed.
The pastor gives them up; the Church gives
them up; the convicted ones, for the most i
«ive themselve., up. Suppose a meet
see on a given Sunday night with for- !
ty at the altar. A few weeks later there is a
“regular appointment.” How hard to move
them then I They think ol .he meeting as
past and their opportunity is over. And it
is virtually over when pastors and people i
let go with the benediction that clones the
protracted services.
[Another home thrust!—Ed. In- .
DEX.]
In the second place, there are not so many
‘‘wounded of the Lord,” so many truly con
victed outs, as is generally supposed. At 1
least, so the Wesleyan thinks. Many who
come forward come under the impulse to go
up for prayer with others who go, but with
no deep convictions or settled purposes. In
one sense, many of them go up for prayer I
too easily. There are many propositions—
many of ihem so verv easy that it seems to
be almost bad manners not to oblige the
preacher. . A close oliserver of one of our
average revivals will hardly doubt that many
who are found at the altars are there without
any very serious purposes—any definite;
aim—any deep conviction. They are invited
under such a form of words and urged by
such persuasive exhortations to come for
ward for prayer, that multitudes of them
who have no fixed purpose or earnest desire
for religion, know not how to refuse. For
our part, we cannot at all believe that any
thing like the number at the altar is the
number of the really convicted.
[And that is our opinion exactly.
Ed. Index.]
We know very well that the, truly con
victed may diive off their serious thoughts
and good impressions; that they may
“grieve” and “qnench the spirit,” but we do
not, for a mornen', entertain the opinion that
the scores and hundreds who come so easily
one time who will not come the next time
who return again, and again stay away, who
act as capriciously as their changing moods
suggest and drop it all utterly the day after
the protracted meeting, were ever redly and
truly under the conviction of the Holy
Ghost. His work is not so slight and
evanescent in its character.
[Pretty good for a Methodist! Pret
ty good for anybody! Just what Bap
tists have always believed and taught.
A transient emotion is one thing; re
generation another. The work of the
Holy Ghost is radical and tremendous.
1 A mere sentiment stirred up for thA
' moment, is not to be mistaken for it. ’
Ed. Index.]
Our opinion is, we think, confirmed, in
part by the whimsicality of numbers who go
to their altar promptly in response to the in
vitation of a favorite preacher, or the moving
eloquence of a “feeling preacher,” and who
will not “budge an inch” when a Jess popu
lar man conducts the services, or when the
most mighty gospel arguments are set forth.
Men who are truly convicted want religion
and men who really want religion are not
whimsical “like children playing in the
market place 1 ” When a tender and senti
mental anecdote moves a crowd to the altar
i at one service and the simple story of the
cross or the terrors of the judgment do not
move them at the next service, there is
something wrong with that crowd—some
thing not in the least promising as to sub
-5 stantial results.
[Something wrong with that crowd?
j Yea! and something wrong with the
preacher and with the Church!—Ed.
Index.]
The fact is, many such penitents »re not
[•enitents at all. Protracted meetings we
believe in and labor in to the utmost of our
I opportunity and ability; rationally conduct
ed “altar exercises” we believe io and prac
tice »s. occasion may require, but we do
believe that we need to re-think our whole
theory and plan of protracted services and
altar exercises. Certainly, we should not
depend upon them, as many unquestionably
i do.
[As we have charged our Methodist
brethren with misleading us, we are
I glad now to have one of them lead us
back again to the right paths. Some
of his expressions we should not have
used, but his counsel is wise and ap
propriate. We publish what he has
i written in preference to anything that
we could write; coming from a Metho
dist it has far more force than it could
derive from any other source. Per
haps it would be well for Methodists
to “re-think their whole theory and
plan” as our brother of The Advocate
I suggests. In our opinion, we Baptists
j do not need to “re-think our theory;”
our theory has been right from the
first; but a little re-thinking of our
plans might result in great good. All
we have to do is to put our theory in
to practice, and when this is done we
shall experience a great reform. The
' Apostolic Church had its revivals, and
we, thanks be to God, have ours; but
there is one point in the history of the
early church to which we call special
attention, “And the Lord added to the
Church daily such as should be saved,"
I Acts. 2 :47. Notice the words in ital
i ics. Oh! that this history would re
. peat itself!—Ed. Index.]
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PERSONAL ITEMS.
—Dr. Manly has moved from Lex
ington to Louisville. He will deliver
the opening address at the next session
of the Seminary.
Dr. W. A. Nelson, of Tennessee,
accepts the Presidency of a female col
lege in Hendersonville, N. C., and has
moved there.
—Dr. W. W. Gardner has resigned
at Glasgow, and moved to Elizabeth
town, Ky.,
—Rev. Greene Clay Smith, of Frank
fort, Ky., has accepted a call of a new
Baptist church iu South Frankfort
Ky.
—Kev. I. S. Kalloch (not KaUach,
as the dailies make it,) pastor of the
Baptist Tabernacle, San Francisco, and
the Workingmen’s candidate for Mayor
of that city, was shot on the 22d by
C. DeYoung, editor of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Dr. M. B. Wharton, General Agent
for the Seminary, has taken up his
residence in Macon, Ga.
—Rev. Jesse Cox died in Franklin,
Tenn., lately. He had been a Baptist
preacher for 68 years.
—Dr. J. H. DeVotie, our State agent
for missions, is working laboriously
and constantly, visiting the associations
and making mission speeches. Con
tributions may be sent him at Atlanta.
—Miss Stein goes to China soon,
sent by our Foreign Board; brother
Simmons and his wife return.
Rev. W. J. David, African Mission
ary, on a visit home, is making power
ful appeals in the associations for the
Foreign Board.
—Dr. A. Sherwood died at St. Louis
on the 18th o! August, aged 88 very
nearly.
Rev. T. W. Wigton, a Baptist
minister of Ohio, died August 18th, on
his farm in Delaware county, aged 99,
less three days only. For eighty years
he had led a consistent Christian life,
and for sixty years had been a minis
ter. Our Methodist brethren may
company his age with that of the ven
erable Dr. Lovick Pierce, now so near
the grave.
—The new Baptist church edifice at
Rutledge is being pushed with proper
energy and is nearing completion.