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The Christian Index. Vol. 57 —No 47. Table of Contents. Fits? Page.—Alabama Department: Change of Postoffice; Inspiration of the Bible; . Old Age Cheerful and Useful; Alabama News; Religious Press; Florida Depart ment : Round About in Florida; Lacon ics ; From Banana, Fla. Second Page—Correspondence : The Koran and Mahommedanism—B. W. Whilden; From the Indians—Orange Brock; Wo man’s Mission to Women Societies; From San Francisco—The Orphan’s Right; Rev. A. R. Callaway; Seeeipts Mission ' Board; Woman’s Mission Societies. Third Page—Plans; How Shall We end it? ) Where is He To-Night?; Open Letters, etc. > Fourth Page. Editorials: The Former Times-The Present Times-TheGood Times Coming; Prosperity of the Negroes; Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire; The Danger to the Seminary; Georgia Baptist News. Fifth Page—Mercer High School, Penfield, I Ga.; Georgia Baptist Association; Secular Editorials; Mother —Poetry—by Charles j W. Hubner; Among the Magazines; Geor- | gia News. Sixth Page—Missionary Clippings; Words of Cheer; How To Do Nothing Profitably— G. A. N. Seventh Page—The Sunday-school; The Last Words—Lesson for December 21, 1879. Eighth Page—Publisher’s Department: Bio graphical Sketches of Baptist Ministers; ' Christmas is Coming; Specimen Pictures : from Portrait Gallery of The Christian Index, etc. Alabama Department. BY SAMUEL HENDERSON. ! CHANGE OF POST-OFFICE. From and after the Ist day of De cember, 1879, my correspondents will please address me at Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama. Be sure to insert the name of the coun ty, to prevent confusion, as there are other post-offices in Alabama quite !' similar in name. The Baptist Courier, Religious Herald, Alabama Baptist, the < Memphis Baptist, Western Recorder, Texas Baptist, and Examiner and Chronicle, will all take due notice of this, and accommodate me accordingly. Sam’l Henderson. Alpine, Nov. 21, 1879. INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. \ A religion without its mysteries i . zjd be a cheat, a delusion. Any revelation coming from the eternal* world must, in the nature of the case, ’ be enshrouded in more or less of mys tery. The man who prescribes to God that He shall make a revelation of his , will that in all its phases shall be ac commodated to his limited capacity— j ' that dares to sit in judgment upon ! such a revelation when made, and un- ■ . dertakes to say what is and what is not authentic and divine, measuring it by ‘ his capacity to understand—is either i guilty of the most consummate folly, > - or of unpardonable arrogancy. The Bible is either a revelation from God,i or it is not. If it is, it is all of God, since the whole of its contents rests upon the same testimony. Those who wrote it, claim to have written “as moved upon by the Holy Ghost.’’ In- e deed, the high claim of the entire vol- 1 ume is, that it is “given by inspiration ; of God.” If a part is human and a ■* part divine, where is the line between the human and the divine? What ■ human tribunal is competent to sit in judgment upon so momentous a ques-; tion? One would naturally suppose that on such a question, some intima- , tion would have been given in the 1 ••holy oracles as to where the divine ended and the human began ; and yet with two exceptions, (and it is doubt ful whether one of these be an excep tion,) there is, as we remember,no in timation that indicates otherwise than that “all Scripture is given by inspira tion of God.” These are 1 Cor. 7 : •>,, and 2 Cor. 8; 8. These very exceptions •prove how careful the Holy Spirit was to preserve the full integrity of the sacred volume. By marking these two ■ passages as “not by commandment,” it is unquestionably implied that all the balance is “by commandment.” It is true that the words ftf bad people, and even of devils, appear occasionally in ; the Scriptures; but they are placed i there by divine order, and from their ! connection with important facts, doc trines, duties, prophecies, etc. So of ’ its history, biography, and the like. They are all placed in the Word of God “by commandment,” and are to be accepted as from the Holy Ghost. Once adopt the theory that the Bible is partly human and partly divine, and there will be about as many opinions as to where the one ends, and the other i begins, as there are people who under take to expound it. The moral force of the holy Bible is broken, it would, cease to be the common standard of appeal, and Christianity itself would go into practical disintegration. It makes nothing against our views, that of the different writers of the Bible has each his peculiar style, since it is only through the human mind that the ' . Holy Ghost can communicate with our race. Han Elijah is selected; the for-1 SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST. of Alabama. vid zeal of the man is communicated to the messages he receives from the Spirit. If an Isaiah is*selected, some thing of the imperial imagination of the “Evangelical prophet” accompanies his utterances of the “burden of the Lord.” And so through the whole number of the divine pensmen. But who that has studied the blessed Book has failed to see in each contribution to its concents a harmony in its truths, a oneness in its purpose, unaccountable on any other hypothesis than that the whole volume was dictated by one pre siding Spirit? One of the most triumphant internal arguments on which the divine inspi ration of this Book is based, is this very consideration that through fifteen hundred years a succession of writers, from Moses to John, of different ages, in different languages, under the most variant circumstawcejs, an<l of every phase of mental characteristics, from the plowman in his field to the Icing upon his throne, from the fishermen of Gallilee to the most cultured “Apostle of the Gentiles,” whose contributions piake up the holy volume, all nat urally dove-tail into each other, forming One Book, that could not be more homogeneous if it had been the production of one pen. No mortal can account for this on any other hypothe sis than that each contributor acted under the direction of the same Holy Spirit—was moved by the same divine impulse—so that when he finished his work, it just as naturally took its place in the sacred canon as any stone in the temple, when hewed and squared by the workmen, took its place in that wonderful structure. Nay, more, each part, instinct with life, adjusted itself to the whole with as complete a sym metry as the members of a natural body combine to make up the “human form divine.” The truth is, the whole purport of the Word of God, Old Testament law, history, prophecy, and ceremonials— New Testament teaching, biography, and claim—all, all, is to reveal one glorious Personage to our faith, than whom a greater cannot be conceived by man. Throughout the whole re cord, there moves one Being of such transcendent dignity, honor and glory, as to have inspired every writer with His matchless worth and grandeur. He was the “law giver” of Judah, the “Shekinah” of the tabernacle, the “child born and Son given” of Isaiah, the “desire of all nations” of Haggai, the “Messenger of the Covenant” of Malachi, and the “Immanuel,” “God with us,” of the New Testament. How impressively John expresses the whole of this in a single sentence: “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy I” The whole end of the Old Testament is to point to Christ; the whole pur port of the New is to reveal Christ. Who, then, would mar the records on which “the testimony of Jesus” rests? Fearful are the words with which the sacred canon closes: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book ; and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book.” Rev. 22 : 18, 19. OLD AGE CHEERFULAND USE FUL. Aptness to discern analogies is said to be one of the essential characteris tics of a true poet. A fine illustration of this thought occurred recently, with our own national poet, Longfellow. Some friend was congratulating him upon the happy manner in which he had preserved his mental vigor and elasticity, as well as those warm, gen ial impulses of his heart that make him so attractive to the young. His response was about this, that a fruit tree of a hundred years bore as lus cious, healthy fruit as a young tree, for the reason that it was always grow ing new wood, and that the fruit was nourished by these fresh annual accre tions. And so the human mind might always be gathering fresh life from a thousand sources, and thus continue to “bear fruit in old age.” There is no sight more charming, more attractive than a cheerful, happy old ]>erson, under whose grey locks there still shines forth a countenance beaming with all the vivacity of young life. It robs age of its infirmities and cares, and converts the “sear and yel low leaf of age” into a very Beulah. Especially may this be true of aged Christians. A consciousness that life's duties have been honorably met that his peace has been made with God—animated by a hope that the re ward ol his faith is at hand—that he is on the verge of entering on the “sun bright shore,” where age loses its in firmities, and disease and death are unknown—why should such an one be Atlanta, Geqrgia, Thursday, December 4, 1879. unhappy? Why should he march to the tomb like a culprit to his prison cell, rather than “a prisoner of hope” on the eve of deliverance? Is it not writ ten that “a hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness?” Is there anything in “a crown of glory” to make one sad, morose, unhappy?” To recur to our illustration from Longfellow, we may make every year of our lives young, fresh, pleasant and useful. The old wood of the fruit tree has become solidified so as to resist the storms and bear the burdens im posed upon it, while the new forma tions germinate and mature the fruit of each revolving year. So these “trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord,,” are sustained by the growth of past years, while the fresh increments are constantly forming to produce -and mature their fruits into hojiness. And this process goes on to the very end of life, for it is written, “When the shock of corn is fully ripe, immediately He thrustpthin the sickle.” There is no delay. Grace matured is glory begun! If there is one sight on earth, we repeat, more entrancing to the eye of faith than any other, it is one of these “trees of righteousness,” bending under the matured fruit of four-score years, and just ready to be transferred to the paradise above! “Even down to old age all my people shall prove, My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ; And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.” ALABAMA NEWS. —A new paper has been started at Hunts ville, the Gazette. —The Presbyterian oyster supper at Bir mingham realized $76. —lsaac C. Cook has been appointed circuit clerk for Lowndes county. —The Governor has appointed N. W. Green .sheriff of Elmore county. —Rev J. 0. B. Lowry, of Mobile, has re ceived a call from New Orleans. —S. H. Jemison,ofTalladega county, gave a bale of cotton to the missionary cause. —James B. Parker, of Memphis, Ala., has invented a machine for picking cotton, —George P. Crvmes was accidently shot and killed by his brother in Barbour county. —F. Stoutz has been appointed jury com missioner for southern district of Alabama. —There will be an examination at Tuska loosa December 18th, for a cadet to West Point. —A Presbyterian church is to be organ ized at Harpersville the fifth Saturday in this month. ( —Hon. George Clark, formerly of Eutaw, has been appointed judge of the Texas court of appeals. —Judge J. Q. Smith has decided that the law prohibitimg the buyi g of seed cotton is unconstitutional. —The two furnaces, at Oxmoor, are mak ing 80 tons of iron per day at a cost of sl2 a ton and making 1,200 a day. —The Selma Times says: “The Matthews cotton mill here has increased the popula tion of Selma about 500. It distributes thousands of dollars here annually for food and clothing. It has done more to build up Selma than all the merchants and lawyers and doctors in the city.” —Union Springs Baptist church has 182 members. During 1879 the members con tributed to benevolent purposes, besides sus taining the church, nearly S3OO. During 1878 the ladies collected for the purchase of an or gan $250, besides contributing to foreign missions and the support of Dr. Hartwell in California. —Dr. Hawthorne preached his farewell sermon at the First Baptist chuich.at Mont gomery, Sunday morning. The church was crowded to its u.most, and many people had to return home who were unable to find a seat or standing room in the church. A very large congregation also assembled at the Adams street Baptist church, on Sun day night, where Dr. Hawthorne preached a very interesting sermon. —The Eufaula Times says : “The Rev. Joel Sims, one of the oldest citizens of this section, died at his residence in the central portion of this county after a lingering ill ness of some weeks, on Tuesday night of the 18th ult. He had been in the employ of the Eufaula Baptist Association, as an Evan gelist, for the last fifteen or twenty years ; and although he has not been able to per form any labor for some time past, he has, notwithstanding, been kindly and comforta bly provided for by that oody during the en tire time.” —The Huntsville Independent says : “We announce the sudden death of MalialaChap man, at Clifton Springs, New York, on the Bth of November. The deceased bad lived in Governor Chapman s family lor nearly fifty years. She was a rare instance of a no ble nature and refined bearing, and enjoyed, long before the war the warm attachment of those with whom she rather exercised a willing authority than performed any servile sefvice. She was held in high esteem for her purity and Christian deportment, and refinement of manners, and she was deeply devoted to the interests of the Governor’s household. Aunt Mahala was a native of Caroline county, Virginia, and was an exal ted type of the genuine old Virginia colored lady. The deep sorrow of Governor Chap man’s family at her death, and the respect manifested by this community, testify to berexalted character and worth. The remains were brought here by express from New York and laid to rest in Hie fam ily burying ground of Governor Chapman, on the 12th ult., Rev. Dr. Banister, of the church of the Nativity, officiating at the burial service. Sidney Herbert, in a letter to the Savan nah News, alludes to the touching respect paid to the memory ofthis beloved and faith ful old servant, as furnishing a string re proof of the spirit of misrepresentation and abuse which so many people at the North, ignorant of the true status of the relation between the two races, indulge in. He says forcibly : '•Human pride and selfibness cannot exist where the spirit ot the meek and lowly Jesus actuates us in our treat mentof those whom God has placed underour care, and who have been faithful to us in every emergency." The Religious Press.’ The New Orleans Christian Advocate says: In looking over a prayer meeting compa ny we are impressed with the fact that “not manv wi-e men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many nohle," are there. Our merchants, doctors, lawyers, and more influ ential people, as a rule, are not present. Neither are they found in much force in the Sunday school, nor do they take much per sonal part in the work of thecjiurch beyond occasional attendance at preaching, and a periodical, and not always generous response to the appeal of the stewards. It is a great mistake for the church to suppose that it depends for its suc cess upon the “influential” men, the “prominent” meu. What the church needs is pious men, and pious women. The influence of an obscure, humble, uncultivated, illiterate man, whose heart is imbued with divine grace, does the church more good than the influ ence of a dozen or a score, or a hun dred, or a thousand of the most gifted, learned and conspicuous citizens, if they be unregenerate men. The influ ence of such men is not for good to the church ; it is for harm ; the more eminent they are, the more harm they do; and the more the church has of them, the worse its condition. There is a good deal of what we may call re ligious chuckling when one such man unites with the church, but there is no joy in heaven. When some one of little note, or holding insignifficant po sition, comes with a genuine repent ance and faith to unite with the people of God, not much ado is made about it on earth, but how differently the angels look at it. The addition of a true be liever to the church is a great gain whether he be obscure or prominent, rich or poor, learned or unlearned. God is no respecter of persons. Here is a centre, shot from The Morning Star, published away off in New Hampshire! The Chinese have away of their own in doing missionary work. The people of the Chinese providence of Yunan are in part Mohammedans. An imperial decree offers freedom from taxation to eveiy Mthamme dan who renounces his faith and swears by Confucius. Beautiful new idols are also to be given as awards for proselyt, s. Some hardly mure aAi use s/wusfones pre sented among us far people to become Chris tians. We have taken the liberty to put the last three lines in italics. And here is something sweet and beautiful from the same source : In that touching addnss, which the treat apostle to the Gentiles made at Miletus to the elders of the church in Ephesus, we find this beautiful expression, “Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears!” It was a part of his own marve lous experience to which he referred, for Paul had served the Lord with “many tears!" And was not th is one stcret of his gn at succes”? The tears are evidence of sincersty, aud sincerity is an element of pow er. Moreover, a tender spirit is altogether more persuasive than any other. When we plead with our frieads tearfully, they can not withstand our pleadings; and when we pour our petitions into the ears of the Al mighty. “with strong cryings aud tears, ’ he will not fail to hear and bless us. The “dry light” of the intellect subserves its own pur pose, and a very high one too; but in the work of bringing men to Christ we need to be more fully possessed of the “weeping spirit.” And yet it is well to distinguish between the sentimental and conventional use of the handkerchief and that r-trong, rnaniy weeping of Paul, when his soul was saturated and surcharged with love for men, and shaken aud .subdued by the spirit of God! Mere sentimental weeping is a de lusion. We have seen a congregation dissolved to tears by a touching death bed story, but when the preacher came to the application of the story as illus trative of divine truth the people dried up their tears! There is no religion in such weeping as this; it is a mere matter of natural sympathy which may be felt by a heart wholly a stranger to the grace of God. Be not deceived by it. He! Well, who is he ! The name is not given, but here is the way The Biblical Recorder describes him : His personal vanity led him to envy hie su periors. hate his equals and despise his inferi ors. The success oi others mortified him. To hear others spoken well of aagered him. The failures of his co laborers gave him pleasure. He heard of the ruin and fall of those above him with joy. He loved him self, he hated everybody else, and yet he preached to the people. How natural in it for a boy, when be finds a hole in his pocket, to keep putting his finger through. We believe the process does not mend the place very well. Much like this boyish mischief is the practice of thilisting remarks through a rend in one’s friendship. We have not heard that such a course mended the break.—Er. Some few years ago there wits a breach in the great American family inhabiting these United States; and to this day certain parties are doing their best to keep that breach open. Among the foremost of these are certain re ligious newspapers that we could name. They are trying to keep alive the ani mosities of war in the name of the Prince of Peace. When we protest THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, of Tennessee. against this they tell us that we are puerile. “Each baptized person before me," said the late Dr. DeKoven, preaching to the young students in his college,“‘has received the awful gift of baptismal innocence and sac amental grace." A "baptized person” once stood before the Apostfe Peter, and Peter said unto him, “Though hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.”—Presbyte rian. Admirably put brother Presbyterian! Nothing could be better. We venture to say, however, that the Apostles never baptized any one knowing him to be unregenerate. In these latter days, some excellent, but as we think misguided, men bap tize those whom they know to be un regenerate ; and if their theory were universally adopted no regenerate per son would ever have the opportunity to be baptized, as this action of each man for himself would be forestalled by his parents before he had outlived bis infancy, and unconscious babes would have a monopoly of the institution. “Christianity is not moribund,” exclaims the Christian Union, in the midst of a dis course on the liberalizing tendencies of mod ern thought. _ And it adds: “The oblitera tion of the line betwern the world and the church teaches us that viclory rather than defeat is near.” Victory for which—the church or the world ? It de pends altogether on the manner in which the line is obliterated. If it be done by lowering the standard of Christianity to a worldly level, or by interpreting ihe teach ing of the Bible so that it will be acceptable to the worldly mind, it would be easy enough to see wiih which side the victory rested. But such a victory as that would only be ha.-tening the world to its moral overthrow. The obliteration that is needed is that made by the onward tread of the King of kings, who has proclaimed that he cannot look upon sin with with allowance, and calle on all men everywhe>e to repent. We have heard of churches in which the standard of piety is no higher than in the outside world. Any church that sets its its heart on mere increase of numbers will soon reach the same condition. Th re may be more drunkenness in the South than in the North. We have not ex amined the statistics. Since their emanci pation intemperance has become a fearfully increasing evil among the negroes. More drunkenness in the South, perhaps, but more opium eating, more business fraud-, m re professional abortionits, mere domestic infi delity, and more divorces in the North, So says our esteemed contemporary of the New Orleans Christian Advo cate, who will agree with us that there is an immense deal of sin everywhere, and that if the energy which some men ex pend in trying to prove that one sec tion of the country is worse than an other were withdrawn from that un gracious task and expended in trying to do good to the bodies minds and souls of men, it would be far better employed. “Let each man sweep be fore his own door” would be a good motto for all sections of this country. It would seem that if the church were suf ficiently careful to denounce and punish all business crookedness, it would not so often occur that scoundrels remain in it while they are planning and perpetrating their crimes Zion's Herald. In this respect our brethren com monly called “Hardshells” set us a good example. Anything that even looks like dishonesty is dealt with by them promptly and efficiently. In the days of our fathers, when a man suddenly dropped out of the community they used to drag the neighboring ponds and examine ail available hanging places in the vicinity. Now-a days the first steps are to examine his bank account. So says a New England exchange, and another one by copying indorses it. Yet that is the quarter from which we receive most of the lectures on honesty. This reminds us of a singular phe nomenon, which is this: The very people who denounce us as repudia tors are very anxious to sell us goods on credit. This reminds us again of another thing. The Governor-elect of good, pious Massachusetts is a "Free thinker,” which we suppose means infidel; Miile the Governor of this wicked State of Georgia is a very pro nounced Christian, a very devout man, and very zealous of good works. Things seem to go by Mr. Ha'. es, in his Thanksgiving procla mation, says: “The general prevalence of domestic tranquility, the supremacy and se curity of the great institutions of civil and religious freedom. have gladdened the hearts of our |>eople and confirmed their attach ment to their government.” That is the truth. But what becotnea of the assertions of the politico-religious newspapers of the North representing these quiet Sourhern States as so many |>olitical and social vol canoes in violent eruption? The Pope is to have an organ—a journal devoted jo the Interests of the Papacy, and representing tiie views held in the Vatican. It is to be printed in seven languages, that it may be sent all over the earth. The Pope is not at peace with the modern world, but he must use its methods and instruments.— Presbyterian. When the paper comes out, we ex pect to subscribe for it. The uaore I thoroughly Popery advertises itself, the I more thoroughly it will be defeated. Whole No. 2597 Florida Department. W. N. OHAUDOIN Corresponding Editor and Agent JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. LACONICS. —E'der G. T. Leitner, of Madison county, ttrnka of removing to the southern part of the State. —“I love The Index. It is my teacher, preacher and pastor.’’—G. W. S. W. Thank God for that I Who else will speak ? —How happy your pastor did ieel when you made him a present the other day, especially after you had paid him your sub scription to his salary 1 —Perhaps the oldest readerof The Index in Florida is Rev. John O. Kelly, of the New River As-ociation. He was born in 1799 in South Carolina, —Are you going to the State Convention at Tallahassee ? If not, won’t you assist some in going ? Some are not able, unless aided, to go. Help them. —Brot' er E. E. Cleveland, the wide awake, clever merchant of Lake City, will take money for any purpose, and send to us. When you go there, as you will, to buy goods, give him Index or mission money. —Persons wanting to renew or subscribe for The Index, in Madison county, can give their name and money to brother J. M. Beggs, who will take pleasure in forwarding to us. —We earnestly request the Clerk of every Association, or any brother who reads this, to send brother C V. Waugh, Gainesville, Florida, a copy of the last Minutes just as soon as printed, to enable him to make a correct summary of our State, for the Ameri can Baptist Year-Book. He wants white, colored—all kinds. —We wi l h ve to attend the union meet ing at Peniel. The Loid grant it may be a profitable meeting to the cause of our blessed Savior. W. N. C. ROUND ABOUT IN FLORIDA. —Thus writes our brother, Elder J. M. Hayman, of Barton, Florida: “A large por tion of the people in the counties of Mana tee, Polk, Hillsboro, Hernando and Sumter, are Baptists, and of Baptist sentiment. It is a goodly land, and we are able to possess , it.” The Lord stir lhem up to do it. —“The people, I-should have said the Baptists, of this section, need stirring up in regard to missions, and other benevolent enterprises." Yes, and they do everywhere, and will always med it, and pastors must he<p in tiding it, for ihe, sometimes need J’, as well as the members. —Mrs. Edna Fairc'oth, the widow of Caleb Faircloth, died in October, in Levy county, Florida, at the advanced age of 83 years. It has been our privilege, in the years past, to know a number of her hus band's relatives in Giorgia, ai d to be the pastor of some. Mrs. Edna Faircloth was “found in Christ," and now “sleeps in Je sus." —Elder W. F. Wood, of Fernandina, has received “a unanimous call to be the pastor” of the church at Key West, and “after con sideration," has signified his intention to accept. How wonderfully, strangely the Lord works 1 Probably The Index, through a letter of brother Sparkman, was partly instrumental in bringing this about. What a power for good is a good paper, and yet some will not take The Index. Reader, start out, and try to get a new subscriber. —All over the State, nearly, our young friends have been getting married. That is good. May you all be happy. We have a complaint against some of them, and we make it known, that they all may rectify matters. Our special, dear friends, Miss Sauls, Miss Hull, Miss Mathews, Miss Ever ett and Miss Seigler have never written us a word about getting married, nor did the good young men to whom they pledged life time fidelity. You should not do so, bnt if you will each induce your husbands to sub scribe for The Index, or if taking it, to send me a contribution for missions,you will be excused. We must include, too, our young friend, Cleveland, for had we not met him on the train, going to get married, he would not have informed us. Woulo you ? FROM BANANA, FLORIDA. Editor Christian Index Last, night closed one of the best meetings we ever had in this section of the State. The meeting was commenced on last Thursday night week, 21st ult., under very unfavorable cir cumstances—rain -but the next day faired off, and the (ample gathered in from every section, and the elements seemed to conspire to the interest of the meeting; beautiful weather during the balance of the whole meeting. The meeting was conducted by our beloved pastor, M. H. King, and truth fully, can 1 say, beloved pastor, for I de believe every Christian, and every child, in the whole neighborhood love him. During the commencement of the meeting, Rev. E. 15. Timmons and Rev. G. W. Hall preach ed a sermon or two, and were called ofl to their respective appointments and labors. Our old friend, Rev. Win. Perry, gave very acceptable aid, until he was called off to at tend the New River Association, after which our pastor, Rev. M. H. King, had the bal ance of the burden to bear, and the battle to cl< se, which he did with a triumphant vic tory. He baptized eighteen, and received by letter and restoration, eight—in all 26. Among the number was our brother, C. C. Ashley, who had been baptized by our de ceased brother, J. 11. Toolkits, of the Ten nessee A i my, during our late bloody war. He lost his arm and property, and litalth shattered, but still retained a little scrip of paper certifying that he also belonged to that aimy that was making their way to that land where there was a rest laid up for the people of God. That Sweet By and By! Ako wsh baptized the little daughter of Bro. G. W. Hall, and our little Bro. Whitfield Weston, about eight years old. Never did I attend a more genuine revival: and never d.d 1 hear more faithful preaching. G. W. A. Mcßae. November 11, 1879. ,