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The Christian Index.
Established 1821.
when he could not find an easy posi
tion,he said, “I want the saint’s rest,” at
another time he remarked, “Leave me
alone to my thoughts and meditations
on the 30th Psalm.” The disease at
tacked his brain, and for a day and a
half he recognized no one. He passed
away peacefully and quietly, thus fall
ing asleep in Jesus. The Masonic Fra
ternity, of which he was a member,
buried him, after funeral services in
the Blackshear Baptist church. The
religious services were conducted by
Rev. Mr. Morehouse, a Methodist min
ister, before a large and sad audience
who followed him to his last resting
place. His death has produced a pro
found sensation in Southern Georgia,
and the people exclaimed: “His place
can never be filled.” His work was
well done, and he rests from his labors.
BETHEL ASSOCIATION.
After the adjournment of the Ebe
nezer Association, we left for Macon,
and had the pleasure of witnessing the
unveiling of the monument, and the
grand military display on Wednesday
in that city. The daily papers have
already said all that need be said of
that occasion.
Leaving Macon Thursday morning,
we arrived at Albany to witness the
organization of the Bethel Association.
Rev. Thomas Muse was re-elected
Moderator, and B. C. Mitchell, Clerk.
We regretted to find the delegation so
small. The business, under the kind
and efficient administration of the l
Moderator, was most harmoniously i
conducted from the beginning to the
close. Large number of visiting min- j
isters were in attendance, and among
them were Drs. DeVotie, Battle, Whar
ton, Hillyer, and Revs. J. H. Corley, D.
E. Butler, T. C. Boykin and N. A.
Bailey. Missions, Education and Sun
day-school work were each ably pre
sented, and received the warm support
of the Association.
Thus closed another pleasant session
of the body. Sad reflections cover the
writer as he turns his face homeward.
This Association was the last on the
list of Associations for 1879. All have
met and transacted’ their usual busi
ness ; but it is sad to reflect that we
shall not all meet again on earth to do
business for our blessed Lord. Some ,
of us will be called during the incom- 1
ing Associational year, to render our i
accounts to him whose stewards wo are.
It will be Well for us to ask, “Lord is '
it I?” and begin to set our house in or
der. “Work while it is day.” Let
pastors, and every Baptist in Georgia,
go to work as never before in the Mas
ter’s vineyard, and with the Lord’s
blessing, grand results will follow.
Then our Foreign Board, Home Board
and State Board can greatly enlarge
their work. This can be done. Will I
it not be done?
C. M. Irwin.
-Speaking of the Carrollton Associa
tion, which met at Bethesda church, a
Bowdon correspondent of the Carroll
county Times says : When I reached
the place I must acknowledge I was
somewhat surprised to find the church
repaired and ceiled and arranged with
so much taste. lat once came to the
conclusion that it was one of the larg
est and most comfortable churches I
knew of in the whole country. Still
something more interesting: I saw
such a large and respectable congre
gation, which graced the house with 1
that good order and attention, which ;
we seldom see where there is such a I
large concourse of people as met there
on the Sabbath. The preaching
was able, the ministers were very zeal-'
ous in the cause of missions and the j
institutions of the gospel, and the
brethren and sisters manifested much
hospitality in feeding so many people
and so bountifully on the best the
country affords,
Col. J. L. C. Kerr, recently of Buena
Vista, Georgia, has returned to his old
home in Yanceyville, N. C. We regret
to lose him from Georgia, and congrat
ulate the old North State on its acqui
sition. Col. Kerr has been a most val
uable citizen and a very successful
lawyer. He has been withal a consis
tent Baptist and has always taken a
lively interest in denominational affairs,
as well as in the cause of Christ in
general. He needs no commendation
from us in the country whence he
came and to which he returns, but in
bidding him good-bye, we owe it to our
selves to say that we appreciate his
sterling merits, and follow him with
our good wishes.
Our aged brother, James Barrow,
was recently robbed of his pocket
book and requests us to say that it con
tained among other things the follow
ing papers, viz: A note of J. R. Bar
row for fifty-two dollars and some
cents; a note of Wm. H. Barrow for
two hundred dollars with some credits
on it; and a note of Charles Smith
for fifty six dollars. All persons are
cautioned against trading for said
notes.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has
gone to Washington.
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(Secular Editorials.
I A movement is on foot to organize a
I National Agricultural Society.
There is an active business in almost
all departments of trade, and recent
I advances have been fully sustained.
The deficit in the sugar beet crop
■ this year will amount to between 25
and 50 per cent, as compared with last
year.
Public sentiment in Tennessee is
! every day becoming more in favor of a
fair and honest adjustment of the State
debt.
General Fairchild, United States
! Consul-General at Paris, calls attention
to the significant fact that the imports
of the United States from France are
continually and rapidly increasing.
j Friendship Association.—The fol
lowing are the appointments of Rev.
T. C. Boykin : Lebanon, Saturday and
Sunday, 15th and 16th inst.; Weston,
| Monday; Macedonia, Tuesday; Sardis,
! Wednesday ; Dawson, at night.
Italy is beginning to be a considera
ble source of immigration for the
United States. Twenty-five hundred
men, women and children, left Genoa
‘ last month for this country. Quite a
j large colony is on the way to Florida,
' where they will find a congenial cli
mate, and a hearty welcome.
Os the total of 8,431 sets of woollen
machinery in the United States, 1,418
are in Massachusetts, 331 in Maine,
505 in New Hampshire, 175 in Ver
mont, 469 in Rhode Island, and 669
in Connecticut—a total for the New
1 England States of more than 43 per
cent, of the woollen machinery in the
entire country.
Postmasters Everywhere are re
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Gate City Clothing Store.—Messrs.
A. <fc S. Rosenfeld, the famous Atlanta
manufacturers and dealers in Men’s
and Boy’s clothing, have a card in our
advertising columns, to which we direct
i the attention of our readers. Their
i splendid store is corner of Whitehall
and Alabama streets. They have a
. large and excellent stock of goods;
their prices are very low, and their
j goods of the best quality and most fash
' ionable style. Give them a call.
Roller Composition.—A circular,
! published by the “Publishers’ Union,”
of this city, advertising the Roller
Composition which this company
manufactures, refers to the pressman of
the Franklin Printing House as using
their Roller Composition exclusively; as
this is a mistake, we desire to call the
attention of our friends, who have here-
I tofore ordered rollers from us, to the
fact that the Franklin Printing House
j still uses the Van Bibber Roller Com
position, which we have used for years,
and which we have found the very best.
We continue to make rollers for our
| friends. When you want a first-class
\ roller, send to us for it.
Jas. P. Harrison & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Take Notice.—The Minutes of the
[ Stone Mountain Association were
printed at this office, and every copy
sent to brother T. A. Gibbs, the Clerk,
at Social Circle, by his direction. We
had nothing at all to do with the dis
tribution of the Minutes. Last week
he sent to this office packages for the
several Atlanta churches, and a few
other churches adjacent, and at the
same time printed a card in The Index
stating that fact. We make this state
ment in justice to The Index. Some
i brethren, not understanding the situa-
I tion, are disposed to think we ought to
have kept all the Minutes here.
Roger’s Statuary.—The sculptor,
John Rogers, of New York, displays a
happy talent for embodying in his
statuary groups, subjects that appeal
at once to the heart and taste of the
masses. He sketches from common
life, the humorous as well as the pa
thetic sides of everyday existence. These
subjects he treats, in the popular form,
with decided skill. The cheapness as
i well as elegance of these groups, com
’ mend them to the people. We have
received a descriptive pamphlet, with
wood-cuts of recently designed groups,
the most of which show the peculiar
talent of this artist to fine advantage.
Orders should be addressed to John
i Rogers, 23 Union Square, New York,
New York.
Literature Secular Editorials Current Notes and News.
Atlanta, Thursday, November 13, 1879.
NOTES ON NEW BOOKS.
The Church Offering. By L. 0. Emerson.
Ditson & Company, Publishers, Boston.
This book of sacred music is adapted
specially for the use of Episcopal choirs,
and is a continuation of similar work
for other Christian denominations. Mr.
Emerson is a practised writer, and his
compilations of this class of music are
made with taste, skill and propriety.
The author’s ideas of music for the
sanctuary, as expressed in his preface,
are so apposite, and express our own
views on this subject so well, that we
quote them in full with pleasure :
“Music is one of the noblest and
best of God’s gifts to man; it is, in
fact, an essential part of man’s nature.
It not only contributes largely to his
happiness and enjoyment, but it is
also a great moral agent, and a power
ful instrument for good or ill, accord
ing as we use it. As music enters so
largely into the exercises of the sanc
tuary, we cannot be too careful in re
gard to the character of that selected
for such purposes; for we must not
think that all kinds of music become
sacred, by being introduced into the
sanctuary; because it may have been
contaminated by bad associations.
There is a tendency in many churches
to sing music for its own sake, or for
mere display. This, the writer believes,
to be wrong, and should be resisted by
all Christian people.
“As a matter of course, every chor
ister or organist will judge from his
own standpoint, and seek to educate
those who come within his influence to
that point, whether it be a correct one
or not. Still, there are certain char
acteristics that belong to church music
which should be acknowledged by all.
It should be characterized by a chaste
and natural simplicity. By this, Ido
not mean that it should be too easy,
devoid of character, or unscientific, but
free from all unnecessary embellish
ments and mere mechanical difficul
ties.
“It should be simple, yet dignified
and grand ; for its themes are the most
noble and sublime. It should be de
votional in its character—for music
has a devotional element—and be pre
sented in such away as to reach down
into the depth of the human heart,
and awaken its best and holiest emo
tions. When devotional poetry and
devotional music are happily united,
and properly presented to the mind,
they become almost irresistable in
their power. Undoubtedly, that mu
sic is best for any congregation which
the largest number can understand, ap
preciate and enjoy. And choristers
should not overlook these points in
their selections.”
Eclectic Manual of Phonography. By
Elias Longley. Published by the Author,
Cincinnati.
A neatly printed and bound book.
As to the merits of the contents we
know nothing, being totally ignorant
of the art. Hence we will allow an ex
pert phonographer, who has examined
this work, to speak for us. He says:
“This interesting work proves to be all
that the advance sheets promised ,one
of the most useful works on shorthand
before the public. It is really the best
exposition of Pitman’s Phonography
that we have seen, combining the best
features of the original system with
the most practical improvements re
cently invented. It contains all the
information that is required by a learn
er of the art.”
Baptists, the only Thorough Reformers,
by John Quincy Adams. U. D. Ward, Pub
lisher, N. Y. 1876.
We are glad to see another edition
of this very valuable little work put
before the reading public. Perhaps as
telling an endorsement as any book of
this character can have, is found in the
fact that it is a text book in Spurgeon’s
famous Pastors’ College, in London,
and not only this greatest of modern !
preachers, but many scholars of high
renown in the denomination, consider
it the best manual of Baptist princi
ples extant. It comprises a series of
ten lectures given by the author to his
church, in the course of his pastoral la- j
bors. The opening lectures discuss the
work and the methods of religious
reformation; the others forcibly, and in
a manner that cannot be successfully
met, demonstrate the six leading fea
tures of the reform at which Baptists
aim, namely: The exaltation of the
Word of God above tradition ; the res
toration of the spiritulity of Christ’s
Kingdom ; the propogation of religious
liberty and the rights of conscience;
the establishment of the equality of
Christ’s disciples; the establishment of
the correct principles of Biblical trans
lation ; the restoration of the order of
the primitive churches, and, in conclu
sion, a lecture on God’s displeasure
with those who remain sinfully neutral
in a work of reform.
The scope of this brave, vigorous lit
tle book may be readily understood
from this glance at its contents. It
should lie within handy reach of
every Baptist for reference, and in his
brain and heart for thought.
... I ■ ♦ ■■■■ ——
The Democratic State ticket in
Maryland was elected by a large ma
jority.
Personals.—We had the pleasure
of greeting at our office during the
past week quite a number of our prom
inent brethren in the ministry. Among
these, Revs. W. M. Davis, of Lithonia,
R. B. Headden, G. A. Nunnally, T. C.
Boykin, J. 11. DeVotie, E. L. Vaughn,
H. C. Honiady.
Rev. A. T. Spalding, D. D., of the
Second Baptist church of this city,has
been quite ill, for some time past, with
a bronchial disease, but we are glad to
be able to state that he has so far re
covered ns to be able to occupy his
pulpit on last Sabbath. He delivered
an earnest and affecting sermon on
Missions, from the text: “The Lord
loveth a cheerful giver.” At the con
clusion of his sermon, he asked his
church to contribute two hundred dol
lars for foreign Missions, and in a few
moments this amount was raised,lack
ing a few dollars only. He stated that
he would, for three successive Sab
baths, take up collections for the fol
lowing objects: “Missions in the
Southern States,” our “State Board,’
and for our “Theological Seminary,”
at Louisville, Kentucky.
We gladly make mention of this
purpose, and hope that it will stimu
late otlur pastors to do likewise.
—Dr De Votie informs us that he is
very mich gratified at the receipts
coming in from all sources for the
Mission cause. Our good old State
has already contributed about eight
thousani dollars, being about five hun
dred dollars ahead of last year’s contri
bution for State missionary purposes.
The English depression in agricul
ture in England has led some people
to say that farmer’s wives and daugh
ters are idle, dressy and extravagant.
The discoverers are landlords who
claim a monopoly of the good things
of life. Such landlords say: “Let
them churn instead of playing the
piano.”
There may be too much piano-play
ing and too little churning; but it is
preposterous to demand that agricul
turists should be shut out from refine
ment, and that is what this cry claims.
The true policy of a civilized country is
to invest farming with honor; and
this objection assumes that agriculture
is not aii honorable pursuit, but a state
of degradation. The humblest farmer,
who supports himself and family by
1 the Honest toil of his hands, however
; poor he may be, can wear the crown
of a noble manhood unchallenged, and
look a king in the face without the
quiver of an eyelash. He,and his sons
and daughters, are better entitled, a
thousand times, to the gracious epi
thets of “gentleman” and “lady” than
the soulless louts who strut about in
purple and fine linen, under the dis
guise of a title which they defile by
their mouths and disgrace by their ac
tions.
General Myers, Chief of the Signal
Service, has completed arrangements
with the principal railroad companies
of the country by which a system of
railway bulletins of weather report is
to be introduced. Under the new sys
tem, the Signal Service Bureau can
furnish to any railroad company want
ing to use the same, the synopsis and
indications of weather at a fixed hour.
This information is to be transmitted
by the railroad companies’ telegraph
operators over the line, without charge
to the United States, and to be printed
on bulletin boards at their respective
stations, for the benefit of agriculture,
shippers, and the traveling public. The
necessary map reports and stationery
supplies are to be furnished the railway
companies for each station by the chief
signal officer, for the purpose of assist
ing the companies to co-operate with
the Signal Service Department in giv
ing the weather news.
“The Old Arm Chair.” —There is a
chair on exhibition at J. C. Fuller’s
store, on Broad street in this city, that
was made in the year 1800, and is con
sequently seventy-nine years old. It
was made by the great-grandfather of
Mr. A. 8. Anthony, 140 Whitehall
Street, and is made of stout Virginia
walnut. The chair has been handed j
down from generation to generation, ;
the oldest child always falling heir to
it. It was on exhibition at the recent
fair.
A bill is before the Cortes of of Spain
providing for the abolition of slavery
within the bounds of the Spanish gov
ernment. Slaves fifty-five years old and
over,are to be free immediately; others
according to their ages in regular gra
dation, limiting the period to 1890,
when there shall be no more slaves in
Spain and her dependencies. In Cuba,
350 piasters (dollars) will be paid to
owners for every slave liberated.
The world moves.
The Columbus Minutes have been
shipped by freight to Columbus,Genova
and Hamilton. Brethren Clements,
Hood and Fuller will look after the
distribution to churches.
General Butler was defeated in Mas
sachusetts by a considerable majority.
A significant admission is made by
General Sherman in his report to the
Secretary of War, in regard to the re
cent Indian troubles in Colorado, when
he says:
“Should Agent Adams fail in his
mission, I understand that the civil
authorities will stand aside, and the
military will take absolute control of
this whole Ute question, and settle it
for good and all.”
In other words, the question would
have been “settled” by the massacre of
every Ute Indian. No doubt these no
. ble, professional man-slayers, the “mili
tary,” were chagrined at the success of
the peace agent. Had he failed, they
would have had a chance to illustrate
their Christianity by shooting Indian
“bucks,” and pleasant recreation in
thrusting bayonets through the bodies
of squaws and papooses.
We are glad Mr. Sherman did not
succeed in taking “absolute control of
the Ute question.”
The Late Legislature.—The State
Printer, now that the members of the
General Assembly have all returned to
their homes, desires to place on record
his appreciation of the ability, prompt
ness and courtesy of the Secretary and
Assistant Secretary of the Senate, Hons.
Wm. A. Harris and H. H. Cabaniss,
and of their associate, J. Troup Taylor,
Esq., the efficient Journalizing Clerk.
These gentlemen distinguished them
selves by the thoroughness with which
they discharged their responsible du
ties. If merit and popularity should
decide the point, the Senate would not
do amiss to appoint these clever officers
to their positions for life.
To his friends of the Senate and
House, so many of whom honored him
by visits to this office, and placed him
under many obligations by their cour
tesies, the State Printer tenders his
sincere thanks.
The President, in his proclamation
appointing a day of general thankgiv
ing, says:
“At no recurrence of the season
which the devout habit of a religious
people has made the occasion for giving
thanks to Almighty God and humbly
invoking His continued favor, has the
material prosperity enjoyed by our
whole country been more conspicuous,
more manifold or more universal.
“During the past year, also, unbroken
peace with all foreign nations, the gen
eral prevalence of domestic tranquility,
the supremacy and security of the
great institutions of civil and religious
freedom have gladdened the hearts of
our people, and confirmed their attach
ment to their Government, which the
wisdom and courage of our ancestors
so fitly framed, and the wisdom and
courage of their descendants have so
firmly maintained, to be the habitation
of liberty and justice to successive gen
erations.”
What the Index Wants.—We
want all our old subscribers to renew
their subscriptions as soon as they see
their time has expired, and we> want
each one to send us a new subscriber
with their renewal. All who have
read The Index for a year or longer,
must, we think, feel a certain amount
of pride in keeping it up to its present
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is to give us prompt material aid. Do
this, and we shall feel exceedingly
grateful to all who assist us, and will
add new features of interest to The In
dex, as our ability to do so increases.
Let all assist us to make a better In- |
dex in 1880 than has ever yet been
made. Our “Portrait Gallery” as a pre- !
mium to subscribers, will make it an |
easy matter for all of our present sub
scribers to obtain a list of new ones.
The details of the destruction of the i
famous Peruvian iron-clad Huascar by
a Chilian squadron, are thrilling. The
Huascar against immense odds, fought
until shattered into a wreck, and only
four men were left to haul down the
flag. The heroic commander, Grau,
was killed early in the action. His
wife, on hearing the news of his death,
died from grief in an hour. Despite
their defeat the Peruvians are plucky,
and determined to fight to the last man.
* Subscriptions were opened in Lima, I
for the purchasing of another iron-clad I
to be called in honor of the dead Ad- j
miral. Men gave their watches and
sleeve-buttons, women their silver plate
and jewelry. The money was raised
immediately, and agents are now on
their way to Europe to purchase the
ship.
♦
The Baptist ministers of New York
had an exciting discussion the other
day on the point whether they should
admit reporters to their meetings or
not, in the course of which Dr. D. 11.
Miller exclaimed : “I want the good
things said hero to be voiced outside. I
thank God for newspapers and report
ers.” The power of the newspapers for
good was acknowledged—only three
voting for the exclusion of the press.
Swift, the Republican candidate for
Governor of Wisconsin, carried the
State by ten thousand majority.
$2.60 a Year in Advance
GEORGIA NEWS.
—Heavy frosts have occurred recently.
—Hartwell is jubilant over its railroad.
—Jefferson, Jackson county, is improving
rapidly.
—The sweet potato crop this year seems to
be good.
—Mr. Wm. M. Watts has been appointed
postmaster at West Point.
—Business in the towns of the State is
reported to be quite lively.
—A great deal of sorghum has been made
this year in Wilkes county.
—lt is proposed to build a railroad from
Lawrenceville to Carnesville.
—Work has begun on the proposed rail
road from Rome to Summerville.
—A County Sunday-school Association
was recently organized at Cartersville.
—Macon claims that the new Confederate
monument there is the finest in the South.
—Augusta makes one hundred thousand
dollars a year by her trade in watermelons.
—The colored people of Talbot county
have made arrangements for holding a fine
fair.
—The Greenville Masonic Institute will
open in January, under charge of Mr. W. H.
Huntley, Jr.
—1,200,000 oranges are sold on an average
yearly in Columbus. The price is usually
two cents each.
—More cotton per acre has been raised
in Franklin county than in many parts of
the cotton belt.
—The convict camp on Champney’s
Island is one of the neatest and best kept
camps in the State.
—Mr. George Beal, of Wilkes county, will
receive patents for a corn and cotton planter
and a horse fastener.
—Justice Courts are now vested with juris
diction to foreclose mortgages where the
amount does not exceed SIOO.
The Central railroad has discontinued
the sale of return tickets; passengers are re
quired to pay full fare each way.
—The license tax on the sale of liquor in
Greene county is to be raised to a figure which
will practically abolish the evil trade.
—The North Georgia M. E. Conference
will convene in Augusta, November 26th,
Bishop Doggett, of Virginia, presiding-
—Prof. Tice says that we are to have on
the night of November 13th the most bril
liant meteoric display ever seen since 1833.
—There have been forty-two additions to
the Forsyth Methodist church this year.
There are now more than 200 members of
that church.
—The top crop of cotton has been ruined
by the heavy rains of late. The prospect
for a heavy crop was very promising till the
heavy rains set in.
—By an act of the last Legislature, Geor
gia is to have a Normal School based on the
Peabody fund. The Peabody fund will pay
$6,000 a year, and the State of Georgia an
other $6,000 to sustain the school.
—The Adah Richmond Comic Opera
Troupe gave a “grand sacred concert” in
Macon Sunday night. Savannah, Augusta
and Atlanta, some time ago, very properlv
refused to ‘allow such desecration of the
Sabbath.
—The Darien limber Gazette asks: “What
are the people of Mclntosh county doing
towards the education of their children?
This is a most important matter, and needs
serions consideration. Let us hear from our
people on the subject.”
—The Crawfordvil le Demoera t says: “At"
lanta’s pluck and energy won a success at
the annual fair, despite the bad weather. It
is the quality of energy and perseverance
which has always given to Atlanta in the
end her triumphs, and which has made her
the great city of the South.”
—The Atlanta Cotton Factory was started
four months ago. It has sold readily every
yard of cloth it could manufacture, until it
has had every spindle and loom at work
busily. It received an order recently from
one firm in New York for over $75,000 worth
of goods.
—The “Brown coal” mine, now being de
veloped by Prof. Bibikow, is located on the
land known as the Read mill tract, on the
head waters of the north fork of Spirit creek,
sixteen miles from Augusta, and one and
one-half miles south of the Georgia railroad.
Thus far, four strata have been found, the
lowest four feet in thickness. The area of
country explored is over three square miles,
in all of which the deposit has been found.
—Says the Oglethorpe Echo: “Prospecting
in our gold region continues with unaba'ed
ardor. Practical miners are constantlv ar
riving, and the Flat Woods have grown into
a miniature Black Hills. The woods are
being thoroughly examined for rich leads,
and some very encouraging traces are found.
Work at the Guarantee mine is progressing
slowly but surely, and in ten days it is
thought the stamp mills will be under full
headway, and the work of extracting the
precious metal begin in earnest. An im
mense pile of ore has been taken out, and
two tunnels arc following what is thought to
be the vein that feeds the Golden Vale. The
spirit of the miners is high, and we hope
in a few days to definitely determine the
value of our hidden weallh."