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2 r r L ® 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.