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8 The Christian Index. ▲ BELIGIOUB AND FAMILY JOURNAL. Per Annum, in Advance....—......... 12 GO If not paid strictly in advance-8 oo Thblmdkx and Portbait Ga11ery...... 8 60 Florida Department. W. I. OHAUDOIN, Corresponding Editor and Agent JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. CHIPS AND SPLINTERS. —■'Of ail the ugly sights I ever saw, a drunken Baptist is the ugliest.” This was said by one that fears sometimes being too much in love with the Baptist denomina tion. —A Christmas Tree at Oclawaba Bridge church yielded a set of harness for pastor Parker. We would like to hear of some more such trees. —Here are some “splinters” from Josh Billings. Mind how you handle them, or they will stick in your fingers: “There are two kinds of fools in this world —those who can't change their opinions and those who won’t." “A good doctor is a gentleman to whom we pay three dollars a visit for advising us to eat less and exercise more.” •‘Out in the world men show us two sides to their characters; by the fireside only one.” “The world is filling up with educated fools—mankind read too much and learn too little.” “Every man has his follies, and oftentimes they are the most interesting things he has got.” —A ladv in Florida —once a Presbyterian now an Episcopalian— explaining why she changed said, among other things, she “could not stand the predestination of the Presbyterians.” How little a great many people know of the difference between sects, or of their own sect. That lady did not know there were any articles of religion in the Episcopal Church, or she had not taken the pains to learn what they were. No, no, she might have to change again. —We have received the Minuses of the Santa Fee River and Wekiva Associations. The former were printed at' Jasper, the latter at the Franklin Steam Printing House and Blank Book Manufactory, Atlanta, Georgia. Both are well gotten up. —The Committee on Publications of the Wekiva Association presented, and the body adopted, the following: “We commend to the support and confidence of our brethren, The Christian Inpex. It has been doing good service for the faith once delivered to the saints. Its 'Florida Department’ is a necessity to every Baptist in our State. We also recommend “Kind Words” to every church and Sunday-school.” Now, a ques tion arises. Are not the Committee who reported, and the delegates who adopted, that report acting inconsistently if they do not take, and labor to get every Baptist to take, The Index? “A necessity to every Baptist in the State." Well, we will not deny it, but we know a great many of them get along somehow without it. Do not ask us how, for we do not love to talk about that. A Necessity! Qrarnr. Deab Brother: Please let me know whether you recognize one as a regularly ordained minister when ordained by two ministers only ? We say three has always been the old custom among Baptists. Let us hear from you on the subject. J. P. ANSWER. 1. We answer yes, we would recognize or dination by two men, or ministers, as valid, regular. We do not just now call to mind any special instruction in the New Testa ment, as to how many are necessary. 2. We would not recommend ordinations though to be done, except in very special cases, by less than a presbytery of three or more. We are told to “lay hands sudden ly on no man.” Too many men are or dained te the ministry who cannot teach, and others are ordained who have not the traits, or character required. Too many are ordained because they are so anxious to be ordained, and their anxiety is sometimes reason for not “laying hands" cn them. In view of these facts, caution should be used, and all saleguards placed around the work of ordaining men to the ministry. Hence, a presbytery should consist of three or more ministers. Our brother is right in saying the “old custom" has been three or more. We do not now call to mind an instance in which less than three ministers took part. In our country there is no necessity for haste, or having a man set apart by a small presbytery, for ministers can be had to per form any particular work that an ordained minister is needed to do, and a goodly num ber can usually, by a little delay, be gotten together, to ordain a man if found worthy. W. N. C. REV. JAMES PAGE. Rev. James Page was born August 13th, 1807, in the city of Richmond, Va. In the month of August, 1823, he was converted, and in November following was immersed by Rev. Mr. Keeling, pastor of the First Baptist church, in what was called "the basin.” He left Richmond on the 27th of Novem ber, 1827, with Col. John Parkhill, for Flor ida, and leached Tallahassee, December 25tn. He was called to ordination by the church in New Port, Florida, which took place on the 3rd Sunday in May 1861, and Robert Long and W. P. Cooper were a part of the PresbyterV. Elder Page will be 74 years old next Au gust, and has been preaching nearly thirty J ears since his ordination. As early as anuary, 1857, the writer, while on a visit to Tallahassee, visited the church of colored Baptists at Bell Air, a little way from the city, and preached for brother Page, who was pastor of the church. He was highly spoken of then, having the confidence of Years passed away, and 1860 found the writer pastor of the Baptist church in Thomasville, Ga., some thirty-five miles from Tallahassee. Elder Page meantime, has pursued bis labors in and near Tallahas see, and is still respected by white and cols ored, and his influence extending farther around. During our pastorate in T. he vis ited there, and by invitation preached for the white congregation at night, and by spe cial request of brother 8. A. Smith, who had been elected to the deaconship, Elder Page assisted us in the ordination of brother Smith. A score of years have passed away, and brother Page, now old, still lives and occu pies his former field, with a large church of his people, and is atill loved and respected. They have built a large, comfortable house of worship, plastered and well seated, and in their worship use an organ, and have good music. Elder Page is at least six feet tall, with robust frame, making him a fine speciman of man physically, and has been stout and is yet, for one of his yean, an active, strong man. He has a fine face, and impresses one at first sight, as a man of integrity and up rightnees of purpose. He is affable and digs nified in his demeanor, and commanding in appearance. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1881. Brother Page is a Baptist from principle, and believes in standing by the old land marks firmly, and his influence has donbt» less done much to counteract the tendency ti extremesand departures, among our col ored brethren in many sections. He has very correct and extensive knowledge of our faith and polity, and his brethren have in clined to give attention to bis advice. W. N. C. INTERESTING STATISTICS. The following, from the Union, Jackson ville, will be read with interest, in and out of the State of Florida: Commissioner French gives in the new edition of his pamphlet, some interesting and valuable statistics of Florida, compiled by 8. U. Hammond, from the United States census returns. An inspection of the table on page silty-sour will reveal a gdod many facts unknown before: There were 863,515 acres of land tilled in tbe State last year; Jackson county cultivated the greatest num ber of acres, 128,407, and Monroe the fewest, 906. Tbe “farm values” of Orange county exceed by over a million dollars those of any other county, that county being credited under this head with $2,381,410. Jefferson comes next credited with $2 280,070. Mana tee exceeds all others in the value of her live stock, which reaches tbe handsome sum of $912 000. Jackson leads in the value of her farm productions, which were set down at $1,908,481; Jefferson comes next with $736,618; Madison follows with $681,695, Leon with $603,190, Alachua with $539,433, Gadsden with $459,710, and Columbia with $317,825. Santa Rosa produces the most rice, 265,140 pounds; Jackson the most corn, 407,722 bushels, and the most cotton, 11,585 bales. Liberty leads in the yield of syrup, being credited with 110,771 gallons: • Bradford in tbe production of peaches. 10 - 400 bushels; Alachua in potatoes, 127,290 bushels ; and in garden products sold, value s4l ,355 Holmes is the sweetest county, if judged by her yield of honey, which is put down at 30,400 gallons. There was no provision made by the cen sus bureau for taking the number of orange groves, or the number of oranges produced, which is greatly to be ngretted, but if it bad been provided for, and the work had proved as unreliable as the statistics con cerning some other productions, it would have been misleading. For instance, Co lumbia county is credited with the produc of only 129 bale- of cotton, which hardly represents the number made by a single one of her largest planters. Thousands of bales are annually shipped from Lake City, the greater part of which are produced in the county. We notice other inaccuracies, but pass them for the present. The table, as it is, will give every one a fair idea of our re sources as an agricultural State, which are much greater than most people suppose. PREACHING AND PRACTICING. The Pine Flat church, in the ChahabaAs sociation, have recently received an an nouncement, that a stranger who bears two titles is about to make them a visit, for the purpose of serving them as a preacher, and making a little something as a healer and horse-tamer. “Eld." L. A. Jennings pro poses to preach on the night of the sth of “February,” on the subject of the church and its ordinances, showing the near ap proach of the Millennium. “Professor” Jennings will send recipes for curing can cers, asthma, “Dispepsia," diabetes, etc-, and teach how to tame and cure horses. But the Pine Flat brethren know too little of the “Professor’s” gifts of healing, to justify them in entrusting their own lives or that of their stock to bis charge. And they are so well satisfied with Bro. Drew s preaching, that they have no need of instructions from the "Elder.” They have accordingly re solved that “on the sth of February” their church edifice shall not be opened. And so they will be deprived of the privilege of hearing tbe cancer doctor preach about the Millennium, and of seeing the Elder tame a horse. Professor Jennings claims to be an evangelist from Enon Baptist church, Su wannee county, Fla. We copy the above editorial from the Ala bama Baptist, for the purpose of saying that said Jennings and bis Enon church have no connection with the denomination in this State. The “Professor,” or "Elder" came to Florida some eight years ago, from Illinois, and settled near Live Oak, and connected himself with one of the churches near by. He held some peculiar views about com munion which he began to urge so tena ciously that in a year or two he and his church were invited out of the Sewannee Association, and are yet out. The last we saw or heard of tbe Elder, he was traveling and exhibiting an afflicted or deformed young man, called the “Alligator Boy” around Live Oak. We desire only to say further, we do not claim Prof. Jennings as a Florida Baptist—not as a sample one at least. W. N. C. CHRISTIAN SHIRKS: We frequently attend church at different places, and regularly at our own, unless providentially hindered. We frequently see churche- slimly attended, and begin to in quire why the absent members were not present. What trivial excuses serve to keep so-called Christians from attending the pub lic worship of God’s house 1 “Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is,” said the inspired apos tle of the Gentiles. And yet see them and hearthem. “Are you going to church to day?” “No.” “Why?” “It is too hot, too cold, too rainy, too busy, or too” —this or that—anything but the right thing. We have known conference meeting to have to be omitted because the Clerk failed to attend, or came too late, or he forgot the book. (Sometimes he will slip in in time to read the Minutes). But let a circus come along with its somersaulters and vulgar clowns, and, rain or shine, dust, mud, heat, hail or thunder, all these delicate Christians will be there “to let their children see the animals.” No trifling inconvenience keeps them from attending to their business or their pleasure. Chopping, hauling, buying, selling, picknicking, party-going, they never fail to put in an appearance at them all. But when Sunday dawns each mole-hill, on the road to church becomes a mountain, and each mole a lion! Why is it thus? Is Sun day heat any hotter, Sunday cold any colder, Sundav rain any wetter, than that of any other day? What amount of church-going exposure would prove fatal to an able-bodied Christian upon whom all the rage of week day elements is spent in vain? Turnout! turnout, ye worship-dodging, duty skulking servants of the living God ! Away with your flimsy pretexts and apologies for indif ference 1 When your preacher comes many miles through beat and cold, rain and shine, to proclaim “the glad tidings of great joy,” will you stay at home and starve your im mortal soul? Death will hardly postpone his call on any account. He will not listen to a long catalogue of excuses. You may have to take your last ride to the cemetery in an hour of storm. You cannot go to heaven under an umbrella. Christians (church-members would be the proper term here. Ed.) who only attend church when they have “new clothes” to show, or when it suits their fancy, will be apt to land — where? oh, where! Mixed. Four steam pile drivers are now at work on the trestle of the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad on Trout creek. The trestle, including the draw bridge, will be one and one-half miles long and some of the spiling are seven ty feet long. S TIL S O N, Wholesale and Retail JEWELER, 53 WHITEHALL BL, • ATLANTA, GA. Offers at all tlmes'one of the largest and newest stocks to be found in the State. Comprising Diamonds, American and Imported Watches, cased in gold, silver and nickel. All the latest patterns In Jewelry, both gold and rolled plate, received as noon as they sre put on the market. Fancy and Table Silverware, Spectacles, etc. Having less expense than any other first-class house, and buying of first hands, for cash, we cannot and will not be nndenold by any legiti mate competition. All kinds of fine watch re pairing, diamond setting and difficult Jewelry work done. Please call when In the city and get our prices. BTILSON, Jeweler, febS-Sm 53 Whitehall Street. The Jacksonville Union says: “The sale of the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Railroad, made at Fer nandina to Edward N. Dickenson and Charles D. Willard, was confirmed in open ctfurt by His Honor Judge Settle. The consideration paid for the property was $4,138,000. The purchasers take possession immediately, and the prop erty is to be put in good order at once. The road runs through a rich portion of the State and by a branch railroad from Waldo (the Peninsula Railroad), which is in operation nearly to Ocala, it reaches a section that is rapidly in creasing in population and wealth. We understand it is contemplated to extend this branch road to Ocala. Fernand ina has one of the best harbors on the coast. The sale of this road and the parties interested in it is an indication that we shall soon see one entire rail way system in harmony as one origin ally contemplated by the originators of the internal improvement system. The speedy extension of the road westward from Chattahoochee by the Dutch bondholders and those interested with them, and the completion of the Pen insula Railroad to Tampa, will be a realization of a hope long deferred which will be a blessing to the State, and is near at hand as we think.” The following petitions were pre sented to the Legislature and were read and spread upon the Journal: “We, whose names are hereto sub scribed, residents of the city of Jack sonville, Duval county, Florida, respect fully petition your honorable bodies to pass what is termed and commonly known as a Local Option Law, whereby any city, town or county in this State, may, by a majority of votes cast in favor thereof, prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquors within its limits, and to pro vide by statute the mode and manner of carrying such Local Option Law into effect. “Rev. T. W. Moore, and others.” “We, whose names are hereto sub scribed, residents of the city of Jack sonville, Duval county, Florida, respect fully petition your honorable bodies to pass what is termed and commonly known as a Local Option Law, whereby any city, town or county in this State may, by a majorty of votes cast in fa vor thereof, prohibit the sale of intox icating liquors within its limits, and to provide by statute the mode and man ner of carrying such local option law into effect. “Rev. Wm. H. Simpson, Jr., and others.” The Finance Committee of the Bap tist State Convention reported that the sum of $132.25 had been raised since October for the support of the theologi cal college and $38.08 for printing the proceedings of the convention. A motion to have the college incor porated was passed. A greater part of the day was occu pied in hearing the reports of the va rious committees. The next session of the convention will be held in Live Oak next February. The Governor has signed the act to prevent the intermarriage of whites and blacks. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO DETENTIONS. [From the Philadelphia Press.] There has been an animated discussion by some of our contemporaries of the circum stances connected with the alleged failure or neglect of the Pennslyvania Railroad Company to promptly move passenger trains belong ing to tbe Baltimore and Ohio through the Pennsylvania railroad yard in West Phila delphia. Some of the points connected with this controversy are of considerable local in terest, and they have also a bearing upon the general transportation movements of the country. The exact nature of the occur rences complained of as obstructions to trains are undergoing an elaborate legal Investigation before an Examiner appoint ed by the United States Circuit Court; and the general character of the testimony adduced may be briefly summed up in tbe statement that on the one side it is alleged that trains have been unnecessarily detained for periods ranging from less than half an hour to more than an hour, while on the part of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coin- Sany It is claimed that In no instance have the etentlons been greater than was necessary to Insure the safety of the passengers carried, and at the same time to continue the appro priate application of the yard through which these trains must pass to the accommoda tion of the enormous freight business con ducted there. On the one hand representa tives of the Baltimore and Ohio, Philadel &bla and Reading and Central Railroad of ew Jersey assert that there have been un due and unnecessa>y detentions of passen ger trains belonging to the new through route between New York and Washington, while representatives of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company reply that they have given ail the orders requisite for a faithful obedience to the decree Issued by Judge Mc- Kennan commanding that these trains should be transported over the line of the Pennsylvania railroad with properdlligenoe, and that these orders have been obeyed as faithfully as was consistent with due regard lor tbe business with which the passenger train movements conflict. The pivot d point of dispute Is whether the Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall sub ject a vast volume of freight traffic, manipu lated in its own yards, and Intended for the supply of the pressing necessities In Phila delphia and many other points, to great de lays, derangements and disadvantages, for the purpose of giving special accommoda tions, for which It receives no adequate compensation, to a rival line. To do exactly what Is desired by the Baltimore and Ohio and Bound-Brook lines the Pennsylvania railroad would be compelled to abandon, to a great extent, the advantageous use of many facilities It hss established ata great expense for the accommodation of Its passenger and freight business, and even after such self- GREAT REDUCTION I GREAT REDUCTION! I HAVE REDUCED THE PRICES ON MY ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES AND HATS, FOR 30 DAYS 1 TO MAKE ROOM FOR AN IMMENSE JLJSTD STTLZEiMIEZR, STOCK. I have from SEVENTY-FIVE TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS which will be (Old lower thaa they ever were offered In Atlanta. I mean just what I say. CALL AND GET PRICES. "W. H. BROTHERTOK, Cor. "Whitehall and Mitchell Sts., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Jan2o 8m abnegation was carried to extreme lengths, It would still be obliged to make very material changes in tbe mechanical con struction of tne portions of ite line where mostot the Imputed delays have occurred, be fore the expectations ol the Baltimore and Ohio Bound-Brook lines could be fully re all zud There Is probably no place on this conti nent where more numerous and inevitable obstructions to tbe rapid passage of an ex press passenger train are more certain to oc cur than on tbe portion of the line of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company Immedi ately north of its system of tracks leading by the Connecting railway to New York, which has suddenly been pressed Into use under the late decision as a part of the new I through route from New York to Washing-1 ton. There are few sections of railway in tbe world where the surroundings and ad juncts are so Illy fitted for tbe prompt and proper movement of passenger trains, where bo many dangers threaten the sale passage of such trains, and where their passage would cause so much inconvenience to an Im mense number of freight trains, shifting en gines, passenger and freight locomotives and freight cars devoted to all classes of traffic, Including live stock, coal trains, petroleum tanks, grain cars, manure cars and care car rying merchandise of all kinds. Through express trains conducted over this line are necessarily required to run a gaunlet similar to that which a new through passenger route leading northward from northwestern sec tions of Philadelphia would encounter If it ran through or over the piers and docks, yard and landing places of the Reading Rail road Company at Port Richmond. Few classes of modern railway improve ments are more Important than those which aim at establishing a distinct line of de marcation between the tracks used for freight and passenger trains at points adja cent to large cities, and the difficulties that have arisen In West Philadelphia are main ly due to a step in the opposite direction, consisting of the enforced application to the use of passenger trains of tracks specially constructed for freight movements and envi roned with all the concomitants of an enor mous accumulation of miscellaneous freight triflic. Grade crossings, at which one set of steam railway tracks cross another set of tracks, or where there are numerous switch es, are, under any circumstances, prolific sources of danger unless great care Is exer cised, and where the number of engines, cars and trains to be moved dally over such tracks Is excessively large constant, vigilance and the frequent subjection of the trains to be moved to considerable delay are abso lutely necessary to Insure a reasonable de gree of safety. The prompt movement of passenger trains, under all circumstances, can only be reasonably anticipated when the tracks are so arranged at the points where large amounts of miscellaneous traffic center, that that passenger business has the exclusive use of necessary facilities, and the Pennsylvania railroad has no such tracks In Its ownership or possession that it can devote to the new through route between New York and Washington. Under these circumstan ces It Is not surprising that there have been some delays at West Philadelphia, and It Is not fair to assume that their occurrence af fords Indisputable evidence of wanton or wilful neglect or contempt of a judicial order by any officers or employees of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company. We do not see bow any of our I eaders can run much risk in sending for the remarkable Dr. Scott’s Electric Hair Brush advertised on another page. The proprietors, who are vouched for as respectable and trustworthy, promise to return the price if not found sat isfactory. People are tired of humbugs, and we are glad an opportunity now occurs to §et that which appears to be an honest rem y, of good value for the money. MARRIED. On the2oth of January, 1881, in Bowman, Elbert county, Ga., by Rev. I. H, Goss, Mr. William Hig ginbothem and Miss Mary M. Gloer. May God bless them. 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SEE A FEW TESTIMONIALS OUT OF THE LARGE NUM- BER NOW ON FILE: Mr. Price—Dear Sir: I bought one of your In valid Beds nearly four years ago, which has been constantly used ever since. I feel it a duty to acknowledge the benefits derived. The fifth day r of February, 1876, my husband accidently fell, dislocating his hip-joint and fracturing thelimb. He became helpless, and prior to using your bed, suffered untold misery In attending nature’s calls: it required the aid of two persons, even then occasioning excruciating pain. 1 tried an invalid chair, air cushions ami urinals, and in deed everything that was recommended, and all proved a failure. But the first few days after using your Bed I realized a decided change for the better. My husband fa in his seventy-sixth vear; as intimated above, he has entirely lost the use of his limbs, and is consequently con stantly recumbent. He has been relieved of bed-sore, and now enjoys perfect comfort. The bed-linen remains dry, which was not the case before, and a great deal of labor has been saved in lifting and washing the bed-linen, and scarce ly any attention is required. Your Bed is perfect; and knowing it to be entirely safe, I would not risk changing it for any consideration. I would advise all who contemplate getting an Invalid Bed to buy yours. I know the result will be sat isfactory. Mrs. Charlotte Bullock, 82 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky., Wife of H. O. Bullock, formerly Importer and Dealer in Cigars and Tobacco. As the attending physician for many years to Mr. Bullock, I have become familiar with the merits of Mr. Price’s Invalid Bed, and have no hesitation in recommending its general use. Jno. Thrubton, M. D., 267 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky. As the visiting minister to Mr. Bullock, I would say that Mr. Price’s Invalid Bed needs only to be known to be appreciated. I cheerfully recom mend it to all needing anything of the kind. Rev. J. N, Norton, Louisville, Ky., Associate Rector of Christ Church. Send for circular. Address orders to C. B. PRICE, , 82 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky. Mention this paper. Jy2o-6t Everywhere known and prized for f Skill and fidelity in manufacture, AbJ Tasteful and excellent improvexnents,; Elegant variety of Yielding unrivaled tones. Illustrated Catalogues sent Free, d, ESTEY <C CO., Brattleboro, oct2B-eow26t. . Wire Railing and Ornamental Wire Work dufur & co.» fcdOOCi North Howard street, Baltimore,Md. * Manufacture Wire Railing for Cemeteries balconies, etc., sieves, fenders, cages, sand ,nd coal screens, woven wire, etc. Also iron bedsteads, chairs, settees, etc., etc. febl9-ly 'This remarkable medU cine will cure Spavin*. Splint, Curb, Callous, &c., W or any enlargement, ana w will remove the bunch without blistering or caus lng a Borc ' No remedy M A ever discovered equals it for ■ certainty of action in stop- W I -.'P —— : ~ ping the lameness and rc- j! f W moving the bunch. Price <l-00. Send for illus- F* I tr *t<?d circular giving positive proof, and your 1 Isa nearest agent’s address. Kendall’aßpaT- Cure la sold by Ur ugg lata, or Dr. B. J. Kendall k Co., Enoiburg Falls, Vermont. febl7-tf AGENTS AITO CANVASSERS Make from #25 to SSO per week selling goods for E. RIDEOUT A CO., 10 Barclay st., New York. Send for their catalogue and terms. ag2B ly Agents wanted. Sells ra P’dly. Particulars free W j. M. Spencer, 11 Wash ington sheet. Boiton. Mass. jy6-ly