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2 ?y . j THE REV. DR. BOYD AND THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS. Editor of Christian Index : In my judgment, you did good service in the cause of truth when you penned those strictures which appeared in your columns a few weeks ago, animadverting upon the outrages—l can use no milder term—perpetrated by the Bev. Dr. Boyd, as pastor of the Second Bap tist church of St. Louis, and which have since obtained so wide spread and ignomini ous a notoriety. I see by a recent number of the Boston Watchman, that the St. Louis Baptist Association has “put out the Second church.” This, I confess, is to me somewhat re-assuring, as showing that there are yet to be found Baptist organizations that cannot be got to compound, on whatever terms, for false teaching and erroneous practice, or to give their sanction to any of those expedients by which diplomacy too often succeeds in circumventing justice. Especially is this a matter of ihaakfulness and congratulation, when the often der is possessed of as much wealth and self-consciousness as the Second Baptist church of St. Louis. But here the Watchman raises an issue as to the righteousness of this act of the Asso ciation. “Wedo not admit,” it says, "the right of a minister or church to do what Dr. Boyd has done, but where does the responsi bility of the church come in ? . . . Before the church was disfellowshipped (sic) it were well if some wrongful act or omission of the church in this matter had been made to aj>- pear.” Nothing, it seems to me, could exceed the fatuity of this remark. It assumes that while the Watchman, at the distance of a thousand miles, was sufficiently cognizant of all the facts of the case to narrate them with precis ion and in detail, those on the spot, and im mediately concerned in the matter, were ignorant of them, and at the same time had |>erpetrated the atrocity of coming to a grave judicial decision, while utterly lacking that knowledge of the facts, by which alone their judgment could be guided to a legitimate conclusion. Happily, however, despite this quibble of the Watchman, there are, so far as 1 know, no conflicting opinions about the facts; the whole proceeding is as well and widely known as the sentiment condemning it is universal and unanimous. The IPal<A man’s version of it has nothing in it, so far as I remember, that at all clashes with your own; and not only so, but it further promul gates a sort of ex-cathedra judgment, mildly inculcating both church and pastor in a common offence of some kind or other, though it forbears to characterize it other wise than in the most general terms. "Let it not lie imagined,” it says, “that our views of the Association’s action arise from appro bation of these acts of the church and pastor, or from want of sympathy with the brethren in St. Louis who have been grieved by them." Os course, then, the Watchman had al ready determined, in its own judicial mind, “where it was that the resi>onsibility of the church came in." Then why seek to eon fuse and complicate matters by pro,>ounding so useless an interrogatory ? The truth Is, that the Association had no discretionary power, whatever, in the mat ter. Hnd it acted otherwise, it would aim ply have belied its own character and pro fession as a Baptist body. The pastor ot the Second church bad invited, to the com munion table, a gentleman, whom, by no stretch of charity, an orthodox believer could regard as a Christian, seeing that he denied both the divinity of Christ and the vicarious character of his sacrifice. Subsequently this same pastor of the Second church “entered into an arrangement,” as he expressly tells us, “for a joined meeting" with the Jews in the latter’s synagogue, “and I did think, it was right,” he proceeds to say, "to lay aside everything on that occasion, everything that would be objectionable to either side, not that by that act I would lay aside my faith in Jesus Christ, or the mention of his name, but simply this, that when 1 invite anybody to come into my house,l will not insult them?’ Accordingly, in this amiable and accommo dating mood, he deliberately and on pur|>oee excluded “Christ” and his "cross” from the hymns to be sung and the prayers to be of fered. He was determined that for once there should be a truce to old traditionary enmities, and that the harmony of “that oc casion” should not be marred by the inop portune obtrusion of even the simplest ver bal utterance that could bear an interpreta tion suggestive of‘‘the offence of the cross.” Now, if tbe design of Dr. Boyd had been to give, in the most emphatic form he could devise, apractical repudition on the part of himself and his church, of the doctrine of the divinity,the atonement, and the Messiah ship of Jesus, he certainly could have hit on no other exiiedient that would so effectually have served his purpose. Robert Hale *s a zealous advocate of free communion between those who recog nized one another as members of the btxiy of Christ. But no Unitarian would ever have dreamed of seeking communion with a church over which Hall presided. He has left on record his protest, not against Unita rianism merely, but against the very name. For himself, he refused to call them anything but "Sociniaus,” alleging that the assump tion of the term "Unitarian" was tantamount to charging that the orthodox faith did vio lence to the conception of the divine unity. Baptist open-communion practice in Eng land furnishes no precedent for Dr. Boyds procedure ; he has gone far ahead of his transatlantic models. Now, that which alone gives interest and significaney to this proceeding of Dr. Boyd's is the fact that he was all the while acting as the organ and executive minister of a Baptist church. Whatever there is of evil theiefore in these unprecedented acts, the latter is fully as much implicated in it as Dr. Boyd himself, and until it purges itself of all complicity in these doings of its pastor it will be regarded, not as an aecessorv,mere ly, but as a principal, in the transaction. In the mean time, tbe church, equally with its jiastor, must be held both to have denied Christ, and betrayed him to his enemies. But just here comes a statement clear and implicit, made by the Watchman, which, from a less exceptional source would, I con fess, have staggered my belief. The B'ci/cA man says that "the venerable seuior editor of tt e Reliyiow Herald" advised the >Seeoud church, as a defense against “these acts of the church and pastor" to "reaffirm and republish their articles of faith.” lines either Dr. Jeter orthe Second Baptist Church of St. Louis need to be reminded that it is p< wsible to “hold the truth in unrighteousness!” Why, there is not a felon in die penitentiary who is not as sound in his ethics as the Second Baptist church of St. Louis is in its oonfes sion of faith ; but it has never occurred to The Christian Index and South-western Baptist: Thursday, November 13, 1879. this fraternity to publish their moral code as a defense of their innocence, or as a guar antee of their personal integrity. And for a church that is confessedly implicated in a most revolting enormity, to suppose that sis ter churches will accept their creed as a pledge of their rectitude in the past, or as a security for their good conduct in the future, betokens an estimate of human gullibility a little too much in advance of what facts would seem to justify. To exaggerate the enormity of such pro ceedings as these of this St. Louis church, or the deadly mischief with which they are fraught, is simply impossible,and it is es pecially incumbent upon us as Baptists, neither to abet them nor give our counte nance to the men that do. Philemon. BAPTISM BY UNBAPTIZED BAP TISTS The case of Dr. Weaver’s re-bap tism, has awakened a great deal of in quiry on many points, some of which are of great importance. Some criti - cise Dr. Boyce for baptizing him with out consulting the church. Some in quire "what will be the status of those whom Dr. W. baptized before he was baptized by Dr. Boyce, etc., etc. As to the criticism on Dr. Boyce’s account, there ought to be no discus sion, yet some contend that it does not, yet, secure valid baptism to Dr. W. Whence arises this difficulty? Have we a solitary instance in the Scripture of a church authorizing a minister to baptize a candidate? We have only one, where any consultation is had with the brethren present, if indeed, that be one, and that is in the case of Cornelius. The fact is, the Apostles and Evangelists baptized on their own responsibility, and among Baptists to day,the question decided by the church is not, “shall the candidate be baptiz ed,” but "shall we receive him in the fellowship after he is baptized”. This practice of taking the vote of the church has become so common, that it has almost established a rule not pre scribed,or oven intimated, in the Scrip ture. The question of fellowship is one to be determined by the church. The injunction to baptize is given to the minister. His authority is not de rived from the church, but from Christ, The control, therefore, which the church exercises in the premises is merely incidental to the question of fellowship. We must not permit a venerable tradition to subvert the teachings of the Apostles. Now Dr. Boyce derives his authority to baptize from God’s Spirit. That authority has been solemnly recognized, in the di vinely appointed way by his ordina tion. The question of fellowship in Dr. Weaver’s case did not enter into the matter at all, hence, there was nothing for Dr. Boyce to consult the chuvch about. A far more serious questions has arisen on the inquiry "what is the status of those whom Dr. Weaver bap tized, while he had only his Method ist immersion to induct him into his church membership? Have they been baptized? Elder, J. B. L., in the Texas Baptist Herald, answers that they have, because they were baptized un der authority of the church. That Dr. Weaver was a Baptist preacher de facto, if not de jure. This position of J. B. L., is,' it seems to me, extremely dangerous. If the church has the right to authorize one baptized by a Methodist to administer baptism, it must be either because alien immerson is valid, or because the church has authority to alter the Apostle’s order, and authorize one who had not been baptized to administer the ordinance. To accept of alien immersion is to do the very same thing, i. e. to authorize an unbaptized man to administer baptism. Hence, those whom Dr. Weaver baptized un der his alien immersion, stand on ex actly the same ground that he did. "But,” it is contended, "the church au thorized it.” Well, but who author ized the church? When it can be suc cessfully shown that the church had the right to alter the Apostle’s order, in respect to the administration of an ordinance, then it must be admitted that the same authority can change the ordinance itself. If so, the same authority can alter and amend the form of chu/ch government. Then Baptista are wrong,and Romanism,and the Protestant churches that come out of Rome, are right. That view yields the entire ground to our opi>onents. If we could find Apostle’s authority for recognizing alien immersion, we would have to accept them. If we could find like authority for the accept ing of immersion performed by unbap tized,or unordained ministers,we would have to accept that, too. We do find a number of cases, where no church authorized the baptism, and they are given for our instruction by God’s Spirit, through the inspired Word. Hence,by Apostolic examples, we learn that the right to baptize is bestowed upon baptized men, who have been ordained by the imposition of hands, and we fail to find that authority lodg ed in the church. The rights confer red by ordination were never conferee! by the Apostles upon any but bap tized men, hence the attempt of a church to do so, is an usurpation, and is null and void throughout. J. L. D. Hillyer. St. Elmo, Travis, Co-, Texas, Octo ber 24th, 1879. It is our duty to be happy, because happiness lies in contentment with all the Divine will concerning us.—Be thune. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK IN THE PAST. In your paper of last week, reference was made to a Sunday-school estab lished by the Rev. Dr. Malcom during his first pastorate, my impression is it was in the year 1820. It was my privilege to be present the day that school was organized and to have my name registered as a scholar. I was then too young to read with any flu ency, but I remained in it as a scholar until I had learned and recited nearly the whole of the New Testament—when I was promoted, at an early age, to the office of a teacher. There were tickets given to the scholars for their recita tions, each one containing a verse of Scripture. These tickets were blue and red. Every six verses of Scripture recited perfectly, entitled the scholar to a blue ticket—six blue tickets could be exchanged for a red one, two red ones were worth one cent. When we had a sufficient number of them, the officers of the school accepted them from us as currency in exchange for Testaments and Hymn-books. For myself my first purchase was a hymn book, “Rippon’s Selection,” for which I gave 150 red tickets. It had my name written in it, and “Reward of merit,” from the Sunday-school, signed Howard Malcom, in bis beautiful bold, free handwriting. I never ceased to value the book, and particularly this autograph page, and grieved over it more than its intrinsic worth de manded, when it was lost during the war, with many another household treasure more valuable but not more valued. The first Mrs. Malcom was, for a part of the time, my teacher. Born to wealth, and raised in the lap of luxury, she came to us radiant with the first flush of her w’ifehood. Her grace, and beauty, and culture, and glowing piety, and efforts to emulate her husband’s zeal in his work, made her the cynosure of all eyes. To me, she seemed almost divine, and her praise when 1 would recite hundreds of verses at a time, as I in common with other scholars frequently did, was worth more to me than the tickets she gave me. However, much Sunday-school ef fort may have advanced in some di rections since the olden time, as far as studying the Scriptures is concerned, they have, in my judgment, retrograd ed. “There is no royal road to learn ing,” either the Bible or anything else. There is no knowledge comparable to Bible knowledge. Surely it is far better to store the mind with it, not in the form of questions and answers, but in its own rich verbiage, so touching, so pathetic, so rich in illustrations, so forcible in its precepts, so sublimejn its promises and prophecies. VATiat vivid pen-portraits of the life of Christ do we find in the Gospels! Our hearts are touched with the simple story of His toilsome, weary wander ings that He might preach the Gospel in the regions beyond—His sorrowing, homeless life —His admission, made when worn and spent with His inces sant labors, not in the spirit of mur muring, but oh! what unutterable sad ness, that He had not where to lay His head. We realize the anguish of his soul, as He stood among His enemies with not a friend on earth who dared to sympathize with Him, or utter one word of comfort. Even the disciples who had been His chosen companions, had turned away from Him. He had been betrayed by one, by one denied, by all forsaken. Nor was He allowed divine support in that fearful hour, but | in order tp make the sacrifice complete, I it was necessary that He should suffer I the hiding of His Father’s face. Nor does the interest of this Holy Book cease with the records of our dear Re deemer’s life and death. Every page Is replete with interest. The Acts of the Apostles who received their teach ings from the Saviour’s very lips; the stores of instruction and of promise massed in the Epistles, from the sub lime declaration of Paul, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus,” aye! and before it, down to the very verge of the Apocalyptic vision, whose graph ic pictures of the New Jerusalem, with its georgeous magnificence, fill one’s soul with transport. The knowledge laid away in memory is an inalienable possession, but if it were possible to part with it, the wealth of the world would not buy from me the knowledge of the Bible which I acquired in the Sunday-school. It has been my joy in many an hour when prostrated with suffering. It has given me comfort in the silent watches of the night when sleep has fled my pillow. It has sus tained me in sore trials, and often times I have felt that the promises most opposite to my case were the very ones which presented themselves —collated in memory in away which they could not otherwise have been but by diligent search, and in hours of wakeful nervousness, the repeating of chapters and I’sahns has soothed me to quiet slumber. It is incorporat ed into my being, and ever present with me, and when my last hours come, I trust the Holy Spirit will so ap ply its gracious words of consolation, that the dark waters of the Jordan may lie made brilliant with their blessed light. 8. J. H. At a late conference of Mormon apostles at Salt Lake, the leaders were very defiant, and resolved to live up to their principles, despite the govern ment. THAT QUESTIONABLE BAP TISM. Editor Index : May I say a few words through your columns in reply to brother Wm. G. Horsley? lam not fearful that “brother Robertson” is not able to take care of himself, but I sim ply wish to say a few words to brother H., showing why some of us cannot endorse the act of Drs. Boyce and Weaver. In the first place, the ordinances belong to the church of Christ, and cannot be alienated therefrom. Being “the pillar and ground of the truth,” the church must hold the elements of truth under her control. To make the church responsible for the truth, and then to take away the power to main tain that truth, would certainly be wrong. "But,” say some, “does she not transfer the right, or authority, to administer the ordinances to the min ister in his ordination?” Not on his individual responsibility. If so, why should persons come before the church, tell to the church their experience, and be voted by the church as fit subjects for baptism, if the minister received that authority in his ordination? All the authority that the minister receives relative to the ordinances is to admin ister them to such persons and on such occasion as the church may deem proper. If Dr. Weaver had presented himself before any orderly Baptist church and had told his experience,” had stated the grounds of his faith in Christ, and that he wished Dr. Boyce to baptize him, I presume no one would have objected, and then, there never would have been any question raised as to the correctness of his bap tism. As it is, many, very many, are not satisfied; nor is it reasonable to suppose that men so eminent lor both piety and learning will long remain satisfied with an act so unsatisfactory to so many sensible brethren. Besides, such a course will, ere long, have a damaging effect upon an institution dear to thousands of Baptist hearts, and dearer to none than to Dr. B. Again, brother Horsley thinks, (and so do many others,) that brother Robertson can find a precedent in the eighth chapter of Acts. Brother 11., no doubt, refers to Philip and the Ethiopean eunuch. But before that chapter can afford a precedent, Drs. B. and W. must declare to us that “the angel of the Lord spake unto” them as “unto Philip, saying arise, and go,” and do this which they did ; and “the Spirit" must say to them “go and do this,” before it can be claimed as an analogous case to that of Philip and the eunuch. But these brethren will not claim the immediate urging of “tbe angel of the Lord,” nor of “the Spirit." As well might they claim the I example of Paul and say to our Pedo-I baptist friends on the subject of bap-1 tism: “O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord.” If one of these examples be taken as a precedent the other must, because both stand on the same argument. They are both found in the Acts of the Apostles, both were immediately moved by the same Spirit to one spe cial act. But who would tolerate such language from a Baptist minister to any opposer of gospel truths? Would brother Horsley use such severe re bukes to his Pedobaptist brethren? Until he can, he should not claim Philip as a precedent. Again he says : “What shall be done with baptisms by ministers in the army during the war?” I suppose that about all has already been done that will be done, if not, brother H. can answer that question about as weil as any one else. I suppose that when a church sends out missionaries, it sends them forth with church authori ty, however many or few there may be; that is, they go as an organized and recognized church, empowered to perform all the rites and ceremonies belonging to a Gospel church. If this be so, missionaries to the army were not exceptions, and churches so cloth ing and sending them would not repu diate their acts in baptism. Thete is a wrong way of doing even a right thing. If there be two ways, one an uncertainly right, and the other a cer tainly right way, it is surely wise to take the certainly right way. Adam and Eve never could make a dress of fig leaves hide their sinfulness. W. M. Howell. A POOR OLD BAPTIST PREACH \ ER ROBBED. Dear Index : After traveling around and visiting seven Associations, re ceiving, through the kindness and lib erality of my brethren, one hundred and twenty dollars, I was robbed, un der the following circumstances, at Macon, Georgia: Getting on the Cen tral Railroad at No. 16, the car com pletely packed, on Wednesday the 80th inst., I obtained a seat on a trunk in the baggage car. Designing to get off at Macon, and to get on the train for Atlanta. As I picked up my satchel, an apparently nice and friendly young man asked me for my satchel,and seem ed very solicitous to get me off safely. He aided me to get on the other car, and after being seated, and when he, had gone, I felt for my pocket-book, which I had carefully pinned to my vest, and to my great astonishment, it was gone, with two ten dollar bills, four fives and nine one dollar bills. I was careful to feel for my every minute* and before he took thankful to God thatT wsTnot in : jured,and saved my clothes and satch - el. I have the best end of the purse,a ! clear conscience, while he has a guilty , conscience. May the good Lord pity j him. Brother H. H. Tucker will I greatly oblige me by publishing the : above, with the addition of such re , marks as the circumstances may sug- I gest. James Barron. Newnan, Ga., Oct. 30th, 1879. WOMANS MISSION WORK. Mrs. Stainback Wilson, President Central Committee, Atlanta, Ga.: "Dear Sister : We have read in a recent issue of The Index, a letter from you, stating that your Committee had met, and sent up your petitions for an increase of the spirit of missions. We will add one more remittance for Miss Lula Whilden’s school in China, with the prayer that the hearts of women throughout this State and others, will respond to the call, and do all in their power to spread the Gospel, till its glorious influence will be felt through out this sin-cursed world. “Go on, dear sisters, in your glorious work for the cause of Christ. Though so discouraged at times as to almost give up, we believe God will yet enable you by his grace to be the means of bringing many souls into the fold. Eternity will reveal the good you have performed. Oh! may all women who profess to follow the Savior, let their light shine till each feeble ray shall pierce the gloom of sin, not only on our own shores, but stop not till it penetrates through the darkness of heathen lands. “We live in the country, where it is very inconvenient to attend the house of God often, and where there is no Woman’s Mission Society, and very little material for forming one ; yet we do not wish to sit still and do nothing; w'e will try to help you promote the cause of Christ by our prayers for your success, and send a •ontribution when 1 we can. “We think you will do much good in helping Miss Whilden in her school; we believe she is working from the motive of pure love to Christ. Being personally acquainted with her, we know her to be an earnest, humble Christian. For several months we were with her, at the female college, Greenville, S. C. Never have we seen one more devoted to the work of Jesus. Storm and rain did not keep her from the house of God; we have known her, when breakfast was later than usual, to go to Sabbath-school without it; when not studying, she. was engaged in visiting the sick, reading and pray ing with them. We hope those who know her in this State, and South Car olina (her native State,) will send con tributions to your Committee, to aid her in her glorious work. "We close with the promise to help you again when we can, and get others to do likewise. Mrs. Jane A. Tnorn ton, 50 cents; Mrs. M. A. Bates, 50 cents ; Miss Lizzie Barrett, 50 cents.” Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Ga. We trust every Society in the State will respond by the first of November, when the remittances for the second quarter will be due our Central Com mittee. We will not send them to the Boards until the 15th of the month, in order to give all time to send the funds they may have on hand. Address as above, or Mrs. A. C. Kiddoo, Cor. Sec’y Central Committee, Atlanta, Ga. MINISTERIAL CONSECRA TION. Sabbath afternoon, having laid my babe down for a nap, the other chil dren being from home, I was alone, as minister’s wives often are. I seated my self with the Index, hoping, as I open ed it,that I would find something com forting and cheering to me, something that would help me to be a better wo man. I had been looking at it a few piinutes, when my eye fell upon a short piece with the above caption,and it was indeed a comfort to me to know that some good man who had thought of that subject for years, was of the opinion that a minister who labored with his own hands, to supplement a small salary for the support of his family, was as truly a consecrated min ister, and had as much right to expect a compensation for his services to his churches as other ministers, who live on larger salaries and are not compelled to labor for the support of their fami lies. I know some ministers who, some weeks work five days and preach two; other weeks they work three days, travel two days, and preach two days. None but God knows what these ministers endure; there is not only neglect of home affairs, wear and tear of travel, leaving home so long and often, but the pang of knowing what their wives endure and bear. These, I think, are the ministers that I are truly devoted to the cause of Christ, j Fortunate, indeed, is the minister who lias a wife who can and will bear cheer fully, all that falls to her lot to bear. I am no better than other women and fall very, very far short of being as good a woman as I ought to be, or as 1 would like to be, but how often have I borne things that were very trying to mind and body, of which my good hus knew nothing! I felt that to tell him of my troubles would only worry and confuse his mind, and unfit him for his ministerial duties. If it is the “love of money” that puts such men in the ministry and keeps them there, they do and bear a great deal for a very littte. Very few, I think, would suffer and bear all these things if the love of Christ were not the controlling motive. Ruth. GENERAL MEETING. There will be a general meeting in . the third district of the Appalachee Association held in the Bethlehem Baptist church, Morgan county, Ga., commencing Friday before the fifth Lord’s day in November, 1879. Intro ductory sermon to be preached by Elder J. F. Edens, at 11 o’clock a. m. Elder J. A. Harris, alternate. The following are subjects for discus sion : 1. Can a pastor serve more than two churches and perform the duties re quired? J. Frazer, G. C. Selman, Elders J. A. Harris and T. J. Swanson. 2. What are the duties of churches to their pastors? J. E. Nunnally, D. W. Jackson, H. Jennings, Elder J. W. Butts and A. H. Jackson. 3. How may the piety of church members be best promoted? Elder H. R. Bernard, H. C. Fears, W. H. Co croft, D. W. Locklin, Elder W. Dening ton and J. Jennings. 4. If feet-washing is a command of our Lord and Master to his followers, when and where should it be observed? Elders J. J. Wallace, J. F. Edens and W. B. Crawford, James Middlebrooks and J. T. Wellborn. The brethren whose names are an nexed to these subjects are earnestly i requested to attend. F. W. Prior, W. A. Brooks, Committee. REV. MH. LANE. Rev. M. H. Lane, an ordained min ister, and member of the Washington Baptist church, has been laboring the past few months as an Evangelist and co-laborer with the pastors of the Edge field, Nashville, and other Baptist churches of Tennessee, and Elim, Rome and Dalton churches of this State. By i the blessing of God attending these ' services, the results have been such as to indicate that in God’s providence these seem to be the - especial spheres to which he has called him to labor. Brother Lane having thereby been very much encouraged, and desiring to labor in these directions for the pres ent, and in view of the results in those places, we hereby cheerfully recom mend him as an Evangelist and helper to pastors in protracted meetings to j sister churches iq our own and neigh- I boring States. Resolved, That the above extract I from the minutes of the Washington ' Baptist church, in called conference j Sunday, November 2d, 1879, be sent to ! The Christian Index with a request ! to publish. W. M. Sims, Clerk pro tern. Among the important matter that ! will be brought before Congress this ! winter is a proposition to enlarge the i jurisdiction of the Court of Claims I with a view of disposing of the cotton funds held in trust by the Government. I They are of two classes, one known as ' the “Captured and Abandoned Prop erty Fund,” amounting to about $12,- ; 000,000 unrestored, and the other the : proceeds of cotton captured and sold | after the war, amounting to about $5,000,000. In one of the Congregational churches of Chicago, recently, a Chi | narnau delivered an address on the ! subject of missionary work among his brethren in America and at home. He ! suggested that if the Christians built hospitals and schools for the heathen, j where they could be cured when sick, and taught when well the rudiments of English education, it would be very I easy to win them to Christianity at ! the same time. A Baltimore company has found a ! copper bonanza in the mines at Ore i Knob, Ashe county, North Carolina, where 700 men are employed, and | about $300,000 are annually disbursed ;to the inhabitants for fuel, etc. A cor respondent of the Baltimore American . says six additional furnaces are to be erected, and a railroad is being built to connect the mines with Greensboro. The monthly product of pure copper is 150,000 pounds. During the recent celebration at Yorktown, V.rginia, an Englishman, present, who was afflicted with the national habit of growling at every thing, took a deliberate view of the situation and surroundings of the place and then remarked: “I can well un derstand now why Lord Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown. If I owned such a place’,l would give it up myself.” A great deal of English capital is being invested in this country. In vestments pay better here tßan in the old country, and agrarian troubles are not as frequent. English farmers are, also turning their faces hitherward. Several thousand are on the way to Texas. The export demand for cotton goods is so active just at present, that several leading New England manufacturing corporations are running a large part of their machinery on export orders.