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CONSECRATED REPUTATION.
Lei this mind be in you which was also
■> Christ J bus. Who .... made -himself
•fno reputation, aod took upon Him the
tor® of a servant . . . and became obedient
■nto death, even the death of the cross.
Pbi) 11:5 8
When we have, as we think, made a full
surrender of ourselves to God, and have
•vouched Him to be the L >rd and Master of
•ur entire being our consecration will sure
ly be tested by the all searching light of
God's truth And when our loving Father
gently lays His hand upon this or that trea
sure ut our hearts, which we hail thought
was fully consecrated to Him. we are often
surprised and bewildered to And that we are
still clinging to it, unwilling to give upto
God what we have told Him is His own.
But these revelations though they are net:
•asarilv painful and deeply bumbling,
xhonld not make us at all discouraged, for
they a part of the purging process by which
■our divine husbandman makes us capabl
®f bearing ui->re fruit t> his glory. Our Sav
ior said. "Every branch that bearetb fruit,
Ke purgeth it that it may bring forth more
fruit.” (St J >hn XV:2) Our God is the
flod of truth, and He canno- allow us to < e
deceived in regard to the gift which we lay
spun his altar. If we are sincere in our de
sires to withhold no part of the required of
faring, He will surely reveal it to u , if our
consecration is imperfect in Hie s ght, and
■nch evidence of our dear Redeemer’s love
sad faithfulness should nuke us pour out
•or souls in thankfulness. Little by little,
as we are able to bear it, He shows us where
inourold nature has not met its fit a' death
How. and by there merciful revelations
■nables us to cling more closely to the cross,
and to rejoice in the slow crucifixion wbicu
makes us dead to self and alive unto God
In no one point, (lerliapi, are we more easily
deceived, and more keenly obliged to sutler,
than in our giving up to God’s care that
»ost dearly valued human treasure —our
npntation.
Tas fl's us so closely, and is cherished
With such unconscious care that when our
awn consecration to it is tested we feel that
■orne vital part of being has been assailed
Human nature is always striving to make
itself a praiseworthy name, and bases its
ideas of safety and happiness upon its sue
eese in so doing. However far we look back
in the hi tory of man, we see this same pro
penalty displayed. In Gen. xi:4. webear
the inhabitants of the earth saying one to
Mother, “Go to, let us build us a city, and
* lower whose top may reach unto heaven,
and let us make us a name lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
They were trying to make for themselves a
same instead of trusting the Lord to make
aoe for them, and, as a sure result, their at
tempt was an utter failure In verse 9th,
we perceive the only name which the tower
of boasted strength received, and that was
“Ruble,” or "Confusion," and then we notice
that the very event against which they were
trying to fortify themselves, came upon
them,- for we read, "And from thence did
the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face
of all the earth. But how different is the
result if we leave off all attempts at making
lor ourselves apraise worthy reputation, ajid
■eek only to exalt the name of our God. If
we are of Christ's housi hold and bear His
name, we shall indeed be called upon to en
dure the reproaches of the world, but we
may look beyond these, aud s .-e God's mind
toward us manifested in these wonderful
words, ‘ Even unto them will I give in Mine
House and witbin My walla a place, and a
same better than of sons and of daughters.
Swill give them an everlasting name that
xhall not be cut off’’ (Isa. L vi: 5.)
We cannot think that our loving shepherd,
■ilo "calleth His own sheep by name,"
would fail to notice the smallest reproach,
cast upon His little ones; but He has assur
•d us beforehand that we belong to His
kMsehold, we shall endure His reproach,
aod promise of blessing to those who suffer
thus- for His sake, should indeed make us
wiMi-ng to say with Paul, ”1 take pleasure
in reproach.”
Our Savior’s promise to us is, “Blessed are ye
when men shall bate you,and when they shall
separate you from their company, and re
proach you, and cast out your name as evil
for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that
ifey and leap for joy; for behold your re
war-dire great in heaven ” (St. Luke vi: 22.)
ditad again, how many of us can under
stand the depths of the apostle’s meaning,
when he says, "If ye be reproached for the
•■me of Christ, happy are ye for the spirit
of glory, and of God resteth upon you?"
(J. Peter iv :14 ) In striking contrast with
the word’s estimation of Christ’s faithful fol
ibwers is the exalted place in Jehovah's
thoughts through the name of His blessed
&>n.
We read in Deut. xxvi: 18 19. “And the
Lord hath avouched thee this day to be His
peculiar people .... To make thee high
above all the nations, which he hath made,
in praise and in honor, and in name, that
thou mayest be a holy people unto the Lord
thy God. ' And again, "The Gentiles shall
res thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory, and thou shalt be exalted by a new
same which the mouth of the Lord shall
Mme.” (Isa. Lxii:2.) Our old name can
•ever be exalted, and therefore the Lord
jives us a “new name,” in which to walk,
tven the name of Christ Jesus.
If self is our God and occupies our
thoughts, we shall be continually seeking
■elf honor and self-reputation. The apostle
bids us to let the same mind be in us which
was in Christ Jesus, who made himself of no
reputation, but was obedient unto death,
■ven the death of the cross. And it is only
by following His path of humiliation, and
crucifixion that we are prepared to be with
Him "highly-exalted,” and to bear upon us
tfre Name of names. 8. M. B
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Brother Campbell will be pleased to re
ceive from an old friend the correction of a
mistake which occured in his article "Fifty |
■Years Ago,” in The Index of July 14th. He ,
■ays: ‘ Fifty years ago there was not a
steam engine, nor a telegraph pole, nor a
aaile of railroad in the State.” In the two I
last he is right; but in 1818 a gentleman by (
th* name of Sam. Howard built and equip
oi, in the city of Savannah, a steam-boat |
Which he named the “Enterprise." He com- I
Btaaded the boat himself for two or tbree I
trips to Augusta; and then gave the com- |
reand in full to Wyatt B. Davis, who thus
betaine the first regular captain of a steam
boat on the Savannah river. The success of
Mr. Howard's experiment led to the for
mation of the Georgia Steam-Boat Company,
the charter of which company gave them
the exclusive right to navigate the Savannah
Miver with steam-vessels forth irty-one years
This company proceeded at once to build
several new boats. Capt. Davis, as senior,
would take command of each new boat as
it was put on the line. Before the old Enter
prise was abandoned the company had six
sew boats in the trade. Capt. Davis, being
the brother-in-law of the writer, he became
• sort of amateur steam-boat boy, and made
a aumber of trips on the second one of the .
••w boats. I have no doubt, brother Camp
bell is right, if he refers only to stationary i
engines; fori do not think there was one I
H that class in the State fifty years ago. 1
Another slight error is in reference to in-
Mtumentalmusic in thechurchee. He men-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1881.
tions the churches in Savannah and Augusta.
I was a member of the first in 1827. They
then had not adopted that style of music.
I was a member of the church in Augusta
from May 1827 to October 1830. during the
pastorates of brethren Shannon and Mallary.
Our late brother Eli Mastin was the choris
ter, and the only instrument of musio was
his tuning fork. These were good old days
when heart-worship gave sweetness and
power to ths song of Zion.
C. H Stillwill.
GENERAL MEETING.
The General Meeting of the Second Dis
trict of the Central Association met with
Antioch church, Morgan county, Friday
July 29th.
The introductory sermon was preached by
brothers. A. Burney, from Col. 3:1 Or
gaoized by electing brother 8. A. Burney,
Moderator, and James E. Chiles, Clerk. All
the churches were represented by delegates
Revs. J. Dickson and E. H Lawrence, of
Stone Mountain Association, on invitation
accepted seats with us
O.i Saturday morning the question, “An
nual or Unlimited Cail of Pastors ami a
Stated Salary," was discussed, four or five
brethren participating By vote the body
decided in favor of the unlimited call and a
stated salary.
Adjourned to hear a sermon on missions
by brother W. H. Norton, from Mark 16.15
lu the afternoon the question, "Resolved,
That it is the Duty of Christians to Preach
the Gospel to all Nations and every Creat
ure,” was discussed by several brethren with
z -al, ardor and feeling The resolution was
adopted, and a collection in nickels of $3 80
obtained for missions.
On Sunday the Moderator gave a short
but interesting talk on Sunday-school work,
and called on brother Norton to answer the
question from the question-box, ‘How to
Interest the Membership of the Church in
Sunday-school Work?' Answer: “Giveall
some work to do."
Harmony church, Putnam county, was
selected as the place for the next meeting,
and Friday. October 28th, 1881, the time.
Brother D E Butler to preach the intro
ductory sermon, and brother 8. A. Barney
alternate.
After deciding to divide the money col
lected between the three boards, the meeting
adjourned
Brother Butler preached at 11 am. Sub
ject: "Christians are witnesses for Christ,”
after which a collection of sl2 45 was taken
up for missions, which, with the collection
the day before of $3 80, made sl6 25.
Brother Norton preached in the afternoon.
Subject: "The Christian's Knowledge of
whom be has Believed ” There was preach
ing each night to attentive congregations
The church continued to have preaching
during the week; the membership have
been revived, the unsaved awakened, and
several have united with the church.
One brother, after hearing brother Nor
ton's sermon, and the discussion on mis
sions, said be intended to give for missions
what bis tobacco cost him, which was $1 80
a year. Hi gave $5 00, saying the twenty
cents could go for interest. Several brethren
promised to do more for missions than they
have been doing.
The meeting was both pleasant and
profitable. Q tery: Should we not have
these meetings every fifth Lord’s day?
Small churches who are unable to entertain
the Association can accommodate a General
Meeting of a district. We are trying this
plan in the Central Association this year,
ami find that it works well. J. E. C.
Madison, Ga., August Bth, 1881.
( A NOBLE ACTION.
I Your leader, under the heading, “A Seri ■
I ous Case," will surely meet the approval of
> all your readers. It seems to me all right
i in every respect. If those brethren had been
sent to the mission held with t‘ie views of
inspiration that they are said to entertain,
it would have been ruin, not only to the
Foreign Board as such, and to foreign mis
sions, but the whole work of missions would
have suffered from the blow. There was
simply no alternative left them but the
1 course pursued or ruin. The Board was
right, and The Index is right, both in point
of time and in the method of presenting the
facts.
1 The affair was a crisis in the mission
cause, and I am glad the isst e has been
1 made so quietly and decisively Because, in
the first place, discussion might have result
ed in confusion and division. In the second
place, the promptness of the action of the
board, and the indorsement of the action by
our Baptist papers, give a double assurance
to the denomination at large of the sound
ness of prominent brethren. I might add a
third reason and say, I am glad the crisis
came and passed as it did, because it will
give financial vigor to the mission work.
But what of the brethren rejected? Many
of us, no doubt, feel regret, and are sorry
that such a course should have been needful,
and hope that they, instead of being dis
couraged or obstinate, will pass the whole
subject in review faithfully and prayerfully,
and their hopes in the mission work may
yet be realized. W. M. Howell.
AN INGA THERING.
The Lord has done great things for us at
Betbsaida church,Campbell county, Ga. We
held a meeting of ten days, embracing the
fourth and fifth Sundays in July. The
church was generally revived. Twenty-two
were added to our number, eleven baptized.
The meeting increased in interest to the
last, not less than seventy five coming for
ward for special prayer. We had our dear
brother, Elder Abraham Austin, (last from
Canada) with us five days.whodid profitable
service for the Master. Brother Austin has
located at Jonesboro, Ga. I take the liberty
of saying( without his knowledge or consent)
that if any church is destitute of a pastor,
they could not do better than to engage bis
services. His gifts and talents are too profi
table to be unemployed. We also had the
assistance of Rev. D A. Brown, (a member
of this church,) five days, and brother A. C.
Smith, a licentiate of this church, all the
time. J. S. Dodd.
.1 GRACIOUS SEASON.
I have just closed my meeting with the St.
James Baptist church of this town. We
had a refreshing from the presence of the
Lord. Our meeting commenced June 27th,
and continued five weeks. Prayer meetings
in the evenings, preaching at night. Brcth
ren S. R. Brown, Daniel Dewberry, Enoch
Hightower, Sanford Alexander, Edward
Pinkney, J A. Davies and Edmond Pace, of
Milledgeville, labored with much love and
zeal. The church is much revived and the
whole community is refreshed. On last
Sunday evening I baptized fifty persons in
the pond of Capt. T. B. Cabaniss, in the
midst of a very large concourse of people.
Time in baptizing, fifty-five minutes.
J. A James-
Forsyth, Ga , Aug. 4.1881.
A REVIVAL.
We had a spiritual drought. The church
agreed to hold a meeting of some days.
Brother W. C. Wilkes aided our pastor Rev.
H. S. Moore, the meeting lasting eleven
days. The result was, eight baptized, two
received by letter, two under the watch care
and several lying out of duty, trying to live
to themselves. The church was very cold at
first, but became very much revived.
S. B.
Green Bush, August 10, 1881.
MONTHLY OLIVE BRANCH.
The acquisition of a knowledge of foreign
languages, living and dead, must have prov
ed of questionable value to many of those,
who have spent much time in the pursuit.
Simply as a mental discipline, like that of
the higher mathematics, tbe study may have
been good, but its practical service in after
life has not been appreciable. This, however,
could not have been said of Elibu Burritt,
tbe "Learned Blacksmith.” Chiefly in the
times between blowing tbe bellows and ham
mering on the anvil, bolh at his native town,
New Britain, Connecticut, and at Worcester,
Massachusetts, a half dozen or more lan
guages were acquired. A winter spent at
New Haven, aud some months' access to the
philological collections of a library in Wor
cester, enabled him to make wonderful
strides in the knowledge of other tongues,
so that, whilst still a young man, he had
mastered as many as fifty of them.
Refusing the liberal offer of Governor
Everett and some wealthy citizens ot Boston,
to pursue his studies at Harvard free of cost,
he supported himself sot several years by
lec.uring on useful subjects It was whilst
preparing for such a lecture, that ne was
struck by the fact that countries lying with
in tbe same parallels of latitude produed.
respectively, such a diversity of articles ot
sustenance apparel and general use. Believ
ing that this interdependence of the nations
was providentlydesigned topromete harmony
and neighborliness between them, he made
of his lecture a strong plea for peace.
Immediately afterward, the Oregon bound
ry question arose, threatening a rupture be
tween this country and Great Britain. To
allay tbe political excitement. James Oros
field, of Birmingham, a meek, but earnest
Quaker, originated the plan of Friendly
International Addresses, issued by British
towns to those iu this country. These were
sent to Elihu Burritt, and. beside being for
warded to their destinations, were sent as
' O.ive Branches” to a large number of edit
ors throughout the country. A little later,
when Burritt went to Europe, and the "coup
d'etat” of Louis Napoleon threw England
into a fever of excitement aud animosity,
the same plan of Friendly Addresses, from
the English to the French towns, was adopt
ed. Burritt, being in France, received these
addresses, aud his accurate knowledge of the
language enabled him to present them, with
appropriate remarks, to the authorities oi
the towns lor which they were respectively
intended..
The same linguistic knowledge also en
abled him to prepare Olive Branches (on the
plan of these present monthly contributions
to The Ikdkx) for various newspapers in
Prussia, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, and
other countries. Alone, or iu company with
Henry Richard, a Congregational minister,
but lor many years past a member of the
British Parliament, he traveled on the con
tinent, arranging for the holding of the Peace
Congresses,which were held from 1848i01851
Cobden, Bright,Sir David Brewster, Laveleye,
Victor Hugo, and Prose. Liebig and TnolucE
were among those abroad, whose names
were associated with these interesting and
valuable meetings, by which tbe necessity
fol the peaceful adjustment of disputes was
brought formally to the notice of all Chris
tian peoples. The meetings were held at
Brussels, Paris, Frankfort aud London —the
last named iu 1851, (at the time of the Urys
tai Palace Exhibition,) when Sir David
Brewster acted as President. Eliliu Burritt
served as one of tbe secretaries at the various
meetings, a post for which he was eminently
qualified.
I will not, however, pursue the life of our
Learned Blacksmith .my further than to say
that the occurrence ot the Civil War was so
great a grief to him that he forbore to dwell
upon it, and quietly retired to his little farm
near New Britain, Assured that slavery
iuu»t«be done away with, he had for year||
labored to bring about a peaceful settlement
of the question, such as became professing
Christians, and was hopeful that his scheme
of Compensated Emancipation would find
lavor bolh North aud South, and soaccomp
nsh tbe desired end.
As illustrative of tbe possible pecuniary
value of his philological attainments, tbe
following incident was told me by one who
knew him well. An American vessel had
oeen cast away on one of the South Sea Is
lands, and the evidence of the wreck, taken
in the dialect of the place, had been for
warded to her New England owners. Their
claim for the recovery of tbe insurance, of
course, rested on the clearness of this evid
ence, but the college professors at Harvard
and otherwhere were consulted in vain for
its translation. Elihu Burritt was then
thought of, aud, as it was before the time of
his lecturing days, the committee, who had
been deputed, found him at his forge. He
desired that they should leave the manu
script with him, and he would do his best
to help them out of the difficulty. He found
that the language was one with which he
had no acquaintance, except by analogy,
yet, after several weeksstudy oftheproblem,
he was enabled to present the owners with
a complete and satisfactory translation.
They accordingly obtained their insurance,
amounting to many thousand dollars, but
although they were desirous of rewarding
Burritt liberally, he refused to receive any
greate- compensation than what would have
been the equivalent of bis time if working
at the forge.
Passing to a matter of more present inter
est to the readers of this journal, I desire to
mention an incident in connection with the
return trip of Frances E. Willard from tbe
South to her home in Chicago. Making a
detour byway ofludian Territory, she found
herself at the Quapan reservation, where the
once fierce Modocs were learning lessons of
industry and sobriety, and the ways of peace,
ui.der the tutelage of Asa Tuttle and his
diligent, pains-taking wife- Being present
at the First day school, she says:
"Then, to my entire surprise, four bright
eyed Modoc girls came forward, and holding
a pretty bead basket trimmed with ribbon,
they made, in perfect English and admirable
c ncert, the following speech (written out
for me by one of them): 'Dear Miss Willard,
we feel thankful to our Heavenly Father
that we have been permitted to look into
your face and listen to the good words you
have spoken, and we hope that they will do
us and our people good. We are poor little
Indian children, and have nothing very nice
that we can give you, but will you please ac
cept this basket as a token of our love, and
when you look upon it, remember the little
Modoc girls. And now may the Lord bless
thee and keep thee; aud tbe Lord make his
face to shine upon thee a..d be gracious un
to thee; the Lord lift up hie countenance
upon thee and give thee peace.’
“Well, when those fresh young voices
ceased, it was very quiet in the little church,
for I tried in vain to speak, and we all cried
together Somehow, it was so blessed and
so wonderful—the change of these Modocs
of the lava beds—and the dear gospel tem
perance cause which had brought us face to
■face, had renewed so many ruined lives of
those who sat about me, that I wished in
vain ‘that my tongue might utter the
thoughts that arose in me.’ After which I
told them that I had been welcome by noble
people in many different States, by Gov. St.
John, of Kansas, and Colquitt, of Georgia,
in words most brotherly; 1 had also talked
with the great Chief at the White House,
and sat down at his table, but never until
these little Modocs spoke had my heart been
so deeply touched by human words that I
had vainly tried to make reply."
Philadelphia. J. W. L.
I send you the following item of news:
The Indian Creek Baptist church, of which
lam a member, began a series of meetings
on Friday, the 6th instant, which lasted ten
days. The results are, the church hes been
greatly revived, and last Sunday morning
■ix happy converts were buried by our pas
tor, Rev. J. T. Prior, in baptism, and thus
united to our church. One otherjoined and
■tandi over for baptism at our next regular
meeting. Two were restored, making nine
additions in all. Several professed a hope
in Christ whohave not yet united with us.
Our pastor did most of the work of conduct
ing the revival meetings, preaching twice a
day with increasing interest from first to
last. Rev H C. Hornady. the honored pas
tor of tbe Third church, Atlanta visited us,
and preached three sermons full of the pow
er and demonstration of the Holy Spirit
Oar pastor's text on last Sunday evening is
a befitting sentiment with which to close
this note, "Let him that gloneth glory iu
the Lord.” We thank and praise God for
this refreshing from his presence.
W. L Nohmin.
Clarkston, DeKalb county. Aug. 15, 1881.
JOTTINGS BY THE H'A Y.
Dear Index:—My last letter left me at Da
visboro. Since then 1 have traveled several
hundred miles, and will have to condense
considerably to catch up. From Davisboro
to Tennille How this place has grown in
tbe last lew years. When the subject of build
lug a branch raliroad from Teunllle to San
dersville was being discussed the opinion
was expressed that such a road would rulu
Tennille. Well, the road was built, has been
a financial success from the first day the
train passed over it to the present time, and
Sandersville and Tennille have both been
greatly benefltted by it. The latUr Is now
one of the most prosperous villages on the
Central Railroad. It contains many hand
sofne dwellings, a fine academy building
used for school aud church purposes, and
a large number of business houses. Since
then, too, the Baptists and Methodists have
both constituted churches here. Tbe former
has greatly prospered under the pastorate of
Rev. T J Beck, Jr , and the good wort still
goes on. Brother Beck is also principal of
tbe academy, aud has a fine school.
Saturday morning I went with brother B.
to Bethany church, which he Is serving, ten
miles distant. Bethany is one of the o.dest
eburchet in this portion of Washington
county. For very many years it was served
by the now sainted Isaac Smith, one of the
pioneer preachers in this part of Georgia.
Four of his sons are zealous ministers of
Christ. His daughurs, also, are devoted
Christians. I remained in this neighborhood
several days, receiving a fine list of subscri
bers for The Index Friday morning Dr. B D.
Smith, (oue of toe four brothers refeired to,)
whose guest I had been during my stay iu
the neighborhood, carried me to Pleasant
Plains church, where he was to assist the
pastor, Rev. John E. Harrison, in a protract
ed meeting. This was oue of tbe most inter
esting meetings It has been my privilege to
attend in some time. The church was great
ly revived, and quite a number of converts
were added W bile here Isp ut a night with
our venerable brother. Rev James R. Wood,
whose work is now well-nigh done. During
his active ministry, he was Instrumental lu
establishing a number of churches in this
part of the country.
From Pleasant Plains to Mt. Moriah. This
church is served by our good brother. Rev. J.
M Smith, another of the four brothers. It
was truly pleasant to be here, and while
there were no accessions to the church I am
persuaded that much good was accomplish
ed Large congregations attended each
hour’s service during the meeting, which
was protracted some days During my slay
here 1 was the guest ot brother Raiford Hart
ly. Brother Hartly was greatly afflicted in
nls family lastyear. His wife and, I believe,
two grown daughters, (one of them, a wife
and mother,) died of typhoid iever, and he
himself came near dying.
Brother J. T Hartly carrltd me to the rail
road, whence to Louisville to see loved ones at
home. Thursday took the road agalu, broth
er W. L. Taylor meeting me at No 11, Central
Railroad, currying me to bls charming home,
where I bad sp ut many pleasant hours lu
the days long agone.
Friday to New Bethel, another of brother
J. M. .smith’s churches Since I was last here,
a new and commodious house of worship
nas been erected This is another of the old
churches of Washington county,having been
constituted many years ago. Brother Smith
continued the meeting for several days, as
sisted by other ministering brethren. This
part of the country I loundsufi. ring tearful
ly from the excessive heat and drought, and
farmers very ittueh depressed in spirits. I
refer not only to this immediate neighbor
hood, but to the country for miles around
The vicinity around Mt. Moriah has had a
drought for three years.
Monday, went to Jackson’s church, brother
A. T. Holmes, pastor This, also, is an old
church, other churches having been consti
tuted In what was once a part of its territory.
The membership Is not very large now. Re
mained here, the guest of brother H. H.
Holmes, a part of two days, add then off for
the Sunday-school Convention of the Mt.
Vernon Association. Our good brother, Law
rence Kelly, of Tennille furnished transpor
tation, and the party consisted of brother T.
J. Beck, wife and daughter, brother Kelly
and myself. The distance was between
twenty aud thirty miles from Tennille, our
starting point in Laurens county. We had a
delightful time, the hot weather excepted.
But as I gave you a notice of this convention
In a short letter at the time, I will not repeat.
I am greatly Indebted to the brethren at
Shady Grove for their many acts of kindness
and for the large list, of subscribers they gave
me for The Index Returned to Tennille on
Sunday night, where I remained the guest
of brother Beck and family until Monday af
ternoon . It was so pleasant to be In this
happy home circle, that I bade them adieu
with feelings of regret.
'1 uesday 1 was Invited to Join an excursion
party, gotten up by Messrs. McArthur & Grlf
flu, to Brunswick and return. These gentle
men own large landed Interests along the
line of tbe Brunswick Railroad, which they
are offering to sell to real settlers on very ac
commodating terms, and their object In get
ting up this excurclon, was to afford an op
portunity for Inspecting the country. Bull
shall have to defer an account of this trip to
another letter.
J. M. G. Medlock.
THE BUND PREACHER.
Rev. T. L. Houck, of Cuthbert, Ga., will
preach at Raccoon church, Bartow county,
on Sunday, at 11 o’clock, August 28th: Cass
ville, Sunday night, August 28th ; Bartow
church. Monday night, August 29th ; Ken
nesaw Station, Tuesday night, August 30lh ;
Olive Springs, Cobb county. Wednesday
night, August 31st; Forest Grove, Clayton
county, Thursday night, September Ist;.
Jonesborough, Friday night, September 2d ;
Marshallville, Macon county, Sunday, at 11
o'clock, September 4th ; Fort Valley, Sunn
day night, September 4th.
Long Cane Correspondent La-
Grange Reporter : The Baptist General
Meeting will be held at Long Cane
this year. Some visitors are expected.
It is understood that the services will
be protracted afterwards. The pastor
in charge, Rev. Mr. Wynne, is anxious
for a revival.
Burmah—Rev. w. F. Thomas writes
from Henthada in Burmah that "it seems as
if the heathen were on the point of turning
in large numbers ; all that w wanted is an
adequate force of native helpers.”
Rev. W. H Morrow writes from Tavoy,
Burmah. that "more than sixty have been
baptized since the meeting of the Associa
tion, and the prospect for farther success is
quite encouraging. Several new heathen
villages are calling for teachers.”—Ex.
Miss Rankin, in her “Twenty Years
Among the Mexicans,” says: “It has been
a fixed principle with me not to attack their
religion, but present the truth, and let that
doits work. If you wish to enlighten a
room you carry a light and set it down in
it, and the darkness will disperse of itself.”
Our Presbyterian brethren, in their Gen
eral Assembly at Buffalo, are reported as
deciding that women in missionary work
may legally "speak in public on the stage,”
so far as to address ecclesiastical bodies on
the special work they have in hand.
Miss Dickson has a school of sixty orphan
girls in the city of Nazareth, and she teaches
them the Bible with marked success.
Missionary Department.
REV. J. H DIVOTIE D.D., I
REV. C. M. IRWIN, D.D., f ““O".
MISSIONARIES STATE BOARD.
J. H. DeVotle, Atlants, Ga.; C. M. Irwin, Mt.
Airy, Habtrsham, Rabun and White counties:
V. A. Bell, Ringgold. Whitfield aud Chattooga
counties; Chas. Edwards, Toccoa, Habersham
county; T. C. Tucker, Caasandrla, Dade and Wal
ker counties; W. J. King, Naunle; P. A. Jessup,
Kastman, Dodge and Telfair counties; A.C. Ward,
Brunswick; George A. Blount, Eden, Effingham,
orjan aud Liberty counties, D. G. Daniell, Wal
thourville; J H. Campbell, Columbus, Muscogee
coun.y ; Allred Corn, Blairsville. Towni county ;
T. C Boykin, At’anta, State of Georgia ; Simeon
Maxwell, Talbotton, Talbot county ; W. B. Ben
net, Quitman; W. V. Perdue, Valdosta; G. H.
Washington, col., Albany. Mitchell county; J. C.
B yan, col., Americus, Schley, Lee and Dough
erty counties; Frank M. Simmons, col., Stone
Mountain ; G. B. Mitehell col., Forsyth ; 8. A.
McNeil, col , Quitman ; M Brigman, Augusta,
Georgia; J. M. Donaldson, Dublin; J. A Steph
ens, Battle Ground.
The Rev. Sylvester Whitebead spoke at
the May anniversary of the Bi bis i and For
eign Bible Society,and hegave the following
incident, showing what heroic men the con
verted heathen ate:
"Anot .er man, the keeper of a Confucian
temple at Potlau, an ancient town on tbe
Canton East River, received the Scripture
from a col porter of tbe London Missionary
Society ;he was baptizjd by Dr. Legge ; he
atonce gave up his employment, and,among
his acquaintances and triends, appointed
himself as a Scripture reader; he was a sort
of moving conscience among the Chinese.
He weut about the streets of the city, and
into the interior, with boards upon his back
bearing tens of holy Scipture, and so abun
dantly were that man's labors honored that
iu about three years a hundred persons were
ready to receive Christian Baptista. So
mightily grew the Word of God and pre
vailed, that in a short time excitement be
gan to appear, and then hostility, aud then
persecution broke out; Christians were driv
en from their homes aud their property was
plundered. Tins man was taken, and twice
within forty-eight hours was had up before
the maunarins to account for his conduct,
aud he was called upon to recant. This be
sedulously refused to do. They, therefore,
tried what torture would do, aud suspended
him by the arms through tbe night. The
next morning he was brought forth, pale,
wan. feeble, and almost ready co drop for a
second trial, still resolved to cleave <«>’ his
Bible and to Christ, and be ventured to ex
p eis the hope that his persecutors and
judges might some day accept the new doc
trine. This was too much for them; they
rushed upon him,like tbe judges of Stephen,
‘with one accord,'and killed him on the spot
with repeated blows of their side arms, and
threw him into the river. Thus perished-one
of China’s first Protestant martyrs."—Ex.
One of the most extraordinary, indeed,
startling transformations in tbe history of
any people through missionary agency is
that which has taken place at Fiji. Thirty
years ag > these islands were inuabited by a
race of ferocious cannibals, whose practices
were cruel almost beyond belief. Not con
tent with eating the dead bodies of their
fallen foes, they actually cut off the arms of
their living victims, from which they sucked
the warm blood, and then proceeded to cook
and eat the limbs of the dying wretches in
their presence. At the present lime there
are no less than nine hundred Wesleyan
churches in those islands, each with crowded
congregations, who largely contribute to the
support of their own teachers. We can
hardly conceive of a greater triumph of the
gospel under more discouraging conditions.
—Christian at Work
"What has it cost you,” said missionary
Jameson, of Bassein. at Indianapolis, "what
has it cost yon personally, brethren, to help
the heathen? D/ four active workers in
Burma represent the extent of your interest
in missions? Is this the measure of the
responsibility of American Baptists?" An
other missionary used language just as
strong. “Have any of you given up your
homes ? Have any abandoned friends and
kindred? Have any sacrificed thei: all on
the altar ? Have any given up their lives in
the work? Brethren, until like some of
your missionaries, you have done this, do
not evince discomfort or discouragement.
If missionaries, tired and suffering, are still
hopeful and earnest, what reason have the
helpers at home to be lacking in courage, to
be timid or despondent ? ’
"I would Run His Eerands.—A little boy
once said to his mother, "I should liked to
have lived in the time of our Savior, that I
might have done something for him.”
His mother smiled, and said “What could
a child so young as you have done for him
to prove your good- will ?"
The little boy thought a moment, and
then said, "I would run everywhere doing
his errands."
Now, this boy could serve Christ by giving
his little savings to help translate, print pnu
circulate Bibles and Testaments. The Lord
Jesus could still see him do it, and still re
member all he did for the heathen boys and
girls —Ex.
A distinguished minister made a remark
to us recently that made an impression on
us; we were speaking of the success which
is marking the missionary work in India,
Japan, China, and elsewhere. He observed
that in tbe future he looks for the great con
quests of Christianity in heathen lands. The
gospel, he said, had been offered for these
many centuries to the nations of Europe,
and they had, in large measure, rejected it.
Now, he suggested, it may be God’s will to
offer it to the heathen nations. They may
receive it more cordially. So Paul turned
to the Gentiles.—Central Presbyterian.
Old Humphrey—an acquaintance that we
trust our Sunday schools will not give up
soon—was remonstrating with some of his
friends who thought they were too poor to
give to missions: “Are you poor? Never
mind that, you must be poor indeed, if you
have not a prayer in your heart for the
heathen ; and if you have a prayer for them
in your heart, you will soon have a penny
for them in your hand.”
Rev. J. E Clough, of the Baptist Mission,
writes from Ongole on April 11: “Our quar
terly meeting, April 3 7, was, on the whole,
a grand success. The native preachers re
{>orted that 207 had been baptized, who
oined the local churches. During the meet
ing 361 were baptized, 39 couples married,
and 8 faithful men were ordained as regular
Baptist ministers. Tbe number baptized on
the Ongole field since January Ist is 1,669.
Ex.
Many native churches formerly among
heathen nations have now foreign mission
ary scieties of their own for spreading the
gospel among their neighbors ; among these
are the Bassein Mission in Burmah, the
Basuto Mission to the Barotzi, The Sand
wich Island Mission to the Marshall, Gil
bert, and Marquesas Islands, under the Ha
waiian Board, and a mission sent by the
Christians of Ea tern Turkey to Kurdistan,
Secretary Moorehouse stated, at Indian
apolis, in connection with the reading of the
home mission annual report, that including
some $22,000 pledged to the treasury, and to
be had for use when needed and called for,
the total of increase in receipts for the year
just ended, over those of the preceding year,
is about $92,000. The announcement of this
fact was welcomed with applause.
RECEIPTS OF MISSION BOARD GEORGIA
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
From July 28th to August 15th, 1881.
STATE MISSIONS.
July 30. Previous report _ I 975 94
Letter, Index office, unknown... 4 00
Tanner’* ch, J M DeFour 9 50
Mt Zion ch, " “ 840
Stone Mountain ch, G R Walls 2 40
Rome ch, A E Rosa, Tr 10 75
Aug 1. Am. BUM Soc., J C Bryan 75 00
G B Mitchell... 45 00
3. Gen’l Meeting 2d Dlst Central As-
loclatlou, 8 A Hurney 3 75
Conscience money, tobacco equiv-
alents:! months 5 00
Bethany ch, 8 A Burney 95
Savannah ch, forD G Daniell 23 00
5. Canton eh. Jain z Galt, Tr 13 90
Noonday Association 44 10
John G Polhill and B D Martin... 2 00
First Baptist ch, J G Briginou Lan-
drum 8 00
Savannah ch, for D G Daniell 40 40
A U Ward, B< other Marlin 100
Am. B H M Soc., for G H Wash-
ington 35 DO
G H Washington, col on field July 15 00
Order on W J White, for G H
Washington .. 4 92
Col ou field, G B Mitchell, July.., 515
Order on W J White tor G 1> Mitch-
ell - 14 85
9. Am. BUM Soc., F M Simmons.... 35 00
F M Simmons, col lu July 10 00
Order ou W J White lor F 51 Sim-
mons 10 00
George A Blount,col in July 1 50
10. V A Bell,col iu July 2 50
A C Ward, col Brunswick ch2s 00
J C Bryan, col in May 7 05
“ “ “ July 20 60
Order on W J White for J C Bryan 15 23
Alfred Coru, col ou field iu July.. 775
14 Savannah eh, dep. 10l D G Dan-
iell 5 00
Douglass Branch ch, H G Eden-
field 1 40
McDonald Branch ch, H G Eden-
field 1 60
1 ittle Horse Creek ch, H G I den-
field 1 10
Big Sandy ch. B C Greene 1 50
Greensboro ch, C A Davis, Tr 4 98
Lithonia eh, W B Braswell, Ikdex
office 3 22
T C Tucker, eol on field 10 00
Coosa Association 21 10
Collection Coosa A»s’n Sabbath ... 17 43
$1547 47
SUNDAY-SCHOOL EVANGELIST.
J uly 30. Last report $ 56 08
Aug.' 5. Canton ch Jabez Galt 6 00
John G Polhill and B D Martin.... 2 00
9. Collection, T C Boykin, July 18 55
Donation, " " 10 00
14. Coosa Ass’n Convention Sunday-
Schools 9 00
Hickory Head ch, Sunday-school 304
$lO4 67
HOME MISSIONS.
July 30 Previous report $ 130 74
Friendship ch, A E Ross 140
Aug. 3. Gen’l Meeting 2d Dist Central As
sociation, 8 A B 3 75
Bethany ch, R H Harris, 8 A Bur-
ney 90
5. Cassville ch, B H Headden, Tr... 425
Noonday Association, by Tr 21 60
South Newport, D G Daniell 75
Jones Creek ch, D G Dauiell 1 77
North Newport ch, D G Daniell... 10 00
Zion, Newton co., Jas W Estes, Tr. 1 45
Letter, Index office, unknown 4 CO
Hartwell 1 00
Greenesboro ch, C A Davis, Treas. 225
Lithonia ch, vv H Braswell... 1 00
Coosa Ass'n col ou Sabbath 17 43
$ 202 29
INDIAN MISSIONS.
Julj 30. Previous report $ 13 75
Letter, Index office, unknown 3 09
Miss Alice Cox, LaGrange, Eug.
Callaway 75
Aug. 5. Noonday Association, by Tr 5 10
North Newport, school... 1 70
14. Greenesboro ch, CAD vis, Tr. 5 15
Coosa Association, by Tr 33 35
$ 62 80
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
July 30. Previous report $ 495 69
Letter, Index office, unknown,
Rome i 2 00
Letter. Index office, u..known, for
missions 6 00
Stone Mountain ch, G R Wells 2 45
Western Association, T E Barnes,
for Ah Kevoc, their Chinese
missionary 25 00
Friendship ch, A E Ross, Tr 1 40
New Prospect ch, A E Ross 4 40
Rec'd at Richmond direc. from
contributors 55 89
Aug. 3. Gen’l Meeting 2d Dlst Central As-
sociation, 8 A B 3 75
Bethany ch, R H Harris, S A Bur
nev, Tr 90
5. Noonday ch, J A McMurray 11 65
Canton ch, Jabez Galt, Tr 41 60
Noonday Association, by Tr 56 05
South Newport ch, DG Daniell... 100
Bethel ch, D G Daniell 1 00
" for Brazil..,. 1 00
Jones Creek ch, D G Dauiel 1 78
North Newport ch, D G Dauiell,
forß azil 5 00
North Newport ch, D G Daniell,
for missions 10 00
DG Daniell 25
Zion, Newton county 1 45
John G Polhill and B D Martin.... 2 00
H B Bernard, pledge, Athens 5 00
9 Big Sandy ch, B C Greene 1 50
14 Greenesboro ch, C A Davis, Tr...„ 10 87
Lithonia ch, w H Braswell 3 23
Coosa Association, by Tr 62 00
Collection Coosa Association on
Sufiday 17 42
$ 830 28
EDUCATIONAL,
Aug 14. Greenesboro ch, Mercer Univer-
sity $ 150
Coosa Association, collected, J W
King 15 00
Letter recovered, J W King 15 00
$ 31 50
RECAPITULATION.
State Missions $1547 47
8 S Evangelist 104 67
Home Missions 202 29
Indian Missions 62 80
Foreign Missions 830 28
Educational 31 50
Indigent Ministers 82 64
$2861 65
In my last report the amount of S2O 00. sent by
the Woman’s Mission Society of Albany, was
credited to Woman's Mission Society of Augusta.
J. H. DeVotie, Treasurer.
M B. G. B. 0.
At a recent centenary of the Tinnevelly
Mission, India, it was ascertained that the
forty members of the Church there one hun
dred years ago, had increased to 97,605
Christians in the district.
According to the Indian Missionary Di
rectory, the foreign missionaries in India
have increased since 1871 from 622 to 689,the
native preachers from 235 to 389, and com
municants from 52,816 to 102,444 —Ex.
Dr. Charles Darwin, the naturalist, re
cently wrote to Admiral Sir B. J. Sullivan,
“I had always thought that the civilization
of Japan was the most wonderful thing In
history; but lam now convinced that what
the mi sionaries have done in Terra del
Fuego in civilizing the natives is equally
wonderful.”
Syria —About 80,000 acres of land be
tween Jaffa and Jerusalem have been secur
ed on which to form a colony for the perse
cuted Jews of the continent of Europe.
Throughout all the length and breadth of
Siam there are now but three ministers who
can preach to the people.
Another Candidate.—By a large majority
the people of the United States have declared
their faith in Kidney Wort as a remedy for
all the diseases of the kidneys and liver,
some, however, have disliked the trouble of
preparing it from the dry form. Fur such a
new candidate appears in tbe shape of Kid
ney-Wort in Liquid Form. It is very con
centrated, is easily taken and is equally
efficient as the Dry. Try it.—Louisville
Post.