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2 (Miss**- - ■ ELZA VINING. fTnl« sketch was prepared for the “Bioobaphi CAL COMMSOIUM,’' but did not come to hand until the printing of that work had bee i comple ted. We, therefore, give It a place in our oolunui- J The subject of this sketch was born in Jefferson county, Georgia, April 22-1, 1816 Left in early life to the care and training of a widowed mother, herself in very limited circumstances, she was unable to give her children anything like a fair education, but she made up the deficiency as far as she could by instilling into their minds and hearts those principles which underlie cor rect motives, founded upon the word of God At the age of twenty-one, her son bound himself to learn the trade of painter and glazier, which trade he followed for several years. At about the age of twenty-five he was married. His wedded life proved to be a very unhappy one, and only a few years elapsed before a final separation became necessary By this marriage a daughter was born to him. While the subject of this notice was not habitually a very wicker! man, yet, under the severe trials to which he was subjected during this married life, and specially for aome time after this separation, he seemel to have given loose rein to the baser pas sions of his nature, even going so far as to make a mockery of the religion of the Bible. But, during his wild and reckless career, God saw fit to lay the hand of affliction on him, and so severe were his sufferings that he often said that he felt the very torments of hell get hold of him, and that he never expected to eat or sleep any more. When all hope of recovery seemed shut out, he cried unto the Lord to have mercy upon, and to deliver him, and the Lord heard him, and spoke peace and coraf >rt to his soul, and delivered him out of his afflictions. On recovering, his first business was to search the Scriptures as to the line of duty He also early sought the counsel of the pions people of God. Among the first was his aged godly mother, then the ministers of Jesus; and, after long prayerful search in the word of God, and attending on the min istry, his decision was to unite with the Missionary Baptist cfiurch at Reedy Creek, Warren county, Georgia He was received upon his experience of grace, and baptized into its fellowship by that venerable man of God, Elder Jonathan Huff Soon after uniting with the church, he felt that he was called of God to preach, and, after exercising in public a year or two, was ordained to the full work of the ministry. Shortly after his ordination he felt con strained to visit and labor among the desti tute regions of Southern Georgia, and one or two years werespent in teaching and preach ingin Telfair, Irwin and adjoining counties. From these fields of labor be went to Madi son county, Florida, and from a letter writ ten September 16th, 1847, to brother Walter Stapleton, this extract was taken : “I am, perhaps, in the most destitute section of country that you have ever seen. I am, and have been, entirety alone. I have tried to preach the gospel where it was never preached before, and I believe my labors nave been blessed. My privations and toils are, perhaps, beyond your conception. I have been compelled to take my preaching tours fifty miles on foot, and wade branches, creeks and ponds, and travel with blistered feet to reach those destitute people. I see in The Index missionaries complaining of their privations and wants, while receiving a good compensation; but they have yet one thing to learn, that is, to live without bread to eat, much less butter, and not complain ; —this I have had to do.” From this section he went to West Flori da and labored for a time, and then went to Texas about the year 1850. On arriving in Texas he located for a timein Jasper county, then went to Polk county, where be spent the short remnant of his days in preaching and laboring for the salvation of the people In 1852, he returned to Georgia for a short time and took charge of his little daughter, and with her returned to Texas. In 1854, (having been divorced from his first wife), he married his second wife. He was also appointed to preach the Associa tions! sermon, in 1855, from this text: “Upon this Rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” But before the trial arrived his labors an earth were brought to an end In March, 1855, he was taken severely ill, and soon became unconscious, in which condition he remained till near his death, when, it would seem, his gracious Lord,—in order that he might give his dying testimony to the truth of His saving grace,—granted him a few lucid moments, which he em ployed in exhorting all present to meet him heaven. Thus passed away —seemingly in the midst of his usefulness—this heroic, self-denying, self sacrificing servant of God. He had fin ished the work which the Master bad assign ed him, and then entered upon that rest which remaineth for the people of God. A DOUBLE MEETING. Jhe Third District General Meeting and Ministers’ and Deacons’ meeting of the Hephzibah Association, met in conjunction at the Mt. Horeb church, Jefferson county, Georgia, on Friday, July 29th, and lasted three days. The Bev. Jane Stapleton was chcse i to preside. He makes a good Moderator: —has a versatile genius, and the rare gift of pleasing everybody and himself too. The business of the General Meeting was first dispatched ; and our next Association will meet in October at Silver Run church, three miles south of Harlem. The next General Meeting of the Third District will meet in 1882 at Reedy Creek church, ten miles south of Dearing. A committee of three was appointed to select queries or sub jects to be discussed (with pen or tongue) at said General Meeting, and it was ordered that they be published in The Index, and here they are: 1. ‘‘Love your Enemies.” Matt. sth chap. (How? and Why?) 2. ‘‘Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Matt. 7th chapter. (In what sense is this to be understood ?) 3. Which is the best plan to make our our church prayer meetings more profitable and attractive? (The value of prayer meetings to the laity, and the best way to conduct them). 4 How should a church deal with a mem ber who refuses to speak to a brother or sister of the same church? (We put this in on account of the many vague and indefinite opinions held upon the subject). All of the subjects are numbered, and what is embraced by the parenthesis is to be understood sim ply in the light of suggestion. All persons who feel interested will please file away this Index for future reference, and in discussing the subjects proposed, each one will be al lowed to look from the standpoint that suits his taste and judgment test. I forgot to state, in the proper place, that the Introductory sermon was preached by brother J- Hamilton Carswell. It was well studied, solid and appropriate to the times. A number of important queries were dis cussed by the ministers and deacons and others in the spirit of Christ. I have never seen a bodv of disputants show more respect for each other’s feelings and opinions. God grant that this may ever be the case. It is not only evidence of Christian principles, THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1881. but it also shows good breeding, and, I may add, wisdom. During the meeting we had excellent preaching by Revs J Hamilton Carswell, W. M Verdery. W. L Kilpatrick, E- R. Carswell, Sr., and J. E Carswell, and I hope that impressions were made that will tell upon time and eternity. The vast congregations from day to day were amply fed by the kind and hospitable residents of this and adjacent neighborhoods. Reporter. INTER-COMMUNION AMONG BAPTISTS OP THE SAME FAITH AND ORDER IS LAW FUL AND EXPEDIENT. NUMBER I. We do not propose a review of Dr. J. R. Graves’ work, entitled, • Inter communion of Churches—Unscriptural, Inconsistent and Evil Only ” We prefer to leave that work to more able hands. But we desire to notice some things in the book, because we have reason to know some of our dear brethren are being misled by it only because they have not examined it closely, and there is danger of some of our churches Oeing divided on the question. D r Graves’ reason for writing the book is realty the first argument in the series. He says that "the old current arguments by which B iptists have attempted to vindicate our entire consistency in restricting our communion to our own denomination, have been shown to be untenable,” (page 9) and our "principal arguments sophistical.” In other words (taking the whole book as the interpreter of this sentence), our open-com munion opponents can taunt us with incon sistency, and some of our own members are dissatisfied with our position ; therefore, we must forge out an entirety new line of argu ment, and support it by abandoning our custom of inter communion. We must make a radical and universal change in our practice to get ourselves right. If we fail to do this, our opponents can say that, while we profess to practice close communion, we vitiate it by admitting those who are mem bers of other churches. (We do not give the words, but the substance of the argument.) All that need be said of this argument is, that it reminds one of the old man who lost his donkey off the bridge, Argument 2d. The Lord's suppe- is a church ordinance. The fact used to exem plify the writer's meaning of this is the order of the Passover (page 221); that the lamb slain must be prepare! and consumed by one family. Here the illustration is a fail ure, for the Lord himself (Ex. 12:4) gave orders that, more than one family might unite in the observance of the rite. We have seen lambs of the first year that would supply mea* for ten or twelve persons, and we have seen families of which it would take four or five to make the number, But why plead this as a reason for abandoning this practice? We have always held it to be a church ordinance. Our meaning being that unlike open communionists we never ad minister the eucharist to sick and dying persons in their chamber, or for other pur poses observe it in any other than church order. Argument 3d The word church in the New Testament must always be understood to mean a local organization ; or it may, by synechdoche as in Eph. 5:25-27, be taken as one for all. (Page 135). In other words, he rejects the translation ol Ecclesia, which would cover more than one separate church. Dr. J. M. Pendleton, on Eph. 1 22, 3 20 and 5 26, etc., says it refers to the church in the aggregate, and that it would be absurd to apply to a single church. —Christian Manual. Other learned men agree with Dr. Pendle ton; but it does not take much learning to understand the term in that passage, and others, to embrace more than one local organization/. A careful reading of the-Word can give us no other sense. We shall examine other arguments in future numbers. C. H. Stillwell. PEN-DROPPINGS. A disposition for saying things startling rather than original has given to De Witt Talmage a wide spread celebrity. This no toriety seems to have turned his head. He has of late made his utterances in a Sir Ora cle style quite out of keeping with good taste' He has assumed to pronounce him self upon the New Version with the utmost dogmatism. In order to give his opinion a seeming of authority, he has taken as a text the record of the summary punishment in flicted upon Uzzah for daring to touch the Ark of God. What the teaching of this in cident is, we do not know. But we feel quite sure that it is not that educed by Dr. Talmage. The Bible is something which must be studied and apprehended, and in order that it may become the subject of these intellectual efforts it must be put in a language that it can be understood. If it be sacrilege to revise a translation, it must have been far greater sacrilege to make a translation, and by the reasoning of this Boanerges, the Sacred Record would have been forever locked in the dead language in which it was first written. To state such a proposition is a suffleian proof of its absurd ity. Yit, we fear there are many who have no better reason for opposing the New Ver sion than than that it is new while the old has been in use for nine generations. Its phraseology has become polarized in their minds, and they are slow to apprehend that this mannerism which King James' trans lators gave the volume is realty not an es sential feature Thus,because the old pleases their taste, they will not admit that it less accurately conveys the divine teaching than the new. L L. V. TO COUNTRY CHURCHES. I would like to say a few things to our sountry churches and pastors relative to one thing that needs better attention, I refer to the annual arrangement between pastors and churches. Unfortunately, it is the case that changes are very generally made an nually. Since it is so, and may continue so for some time, it would be well to so change the pastoral year as to agree with other busi ness. Other business affairs are arranged three or four months before the new year comes in, and if pastors have to supplement their salaries with some other employment it would oftentimes be to the interest of both churches and pastors for the pastoral ar rangements to be made as early as possible. With every true minister of the gospel, preaching is his first business, and as a mat ter of course, should be provided for first, but this cannot be done by a pastor whose salary is so small as not to be depended up on alone, and the pastoral year begins in January and ends in December. Let the pastoral year begin on the first of October, then the other business of the pastor can take form to suit the pastoral Interest. I think if this were the general rule, the ex ceptions would be few. W. M. How ILL. Glad Tidings —A meeting just closed at the Ten Mile Creek church, Appling Co., Ga., commenced on last Saturday, the reg ular monthly meeting, and was protracted seven days. I preached two sermons each day. The Lord graciously poured out his spirit on us. I baptized forty-five; three are awaiting baptism, and two restored, making fifty in all. The meeting would not have closed yet, but I had no help I never experienced such a copious out-pouring of the Spirit ofGod in all my ministerial life. Christians thoroughly built up. Please publish it, so that our North Georgia brethren may know what the good Lord is doing for us in the Southern part of the State. Jas. E. Black, Pastor. Jesup, Ga., Aug. 27th, 1881. A TURN OF TIDE. For more than a year the Blackshear Baptist church has been without preaching, except as a visiting minister would, bv chance, drop in. It had no Sunday-school. Everything was as an old waste field, no ripening wheat, no matured corn, but the weeds and briars had completely taken the once fertile ground, so thoroughly worked and kept in order, by the "modest Atkin son.” On the fourth Sunday in June the church held a called meeting, to make an effort to raise means to settle with the builder of the house a remaining sum of eighty two and a half dollars, which bad be m put into the hands of an officer. This is, and no doubt, will appear to be a very small sum to the brethren, but large to a small and not over pious church. I met the church, and preached for them, after which the church held a conference. The writer stated the object of the meeting with an earnest ap peal to the brethren to do something; after which Mr. A N. Smith, a prominent mer chant and one of our most popular men,rose and said, “I am not a member of your church, but I am a well wisher and lover of the Baptist cause here, and desire to help you. Now, if the church will raise fifty dollars, I will pay the balance.” It was only a few minutes and the last dollar was in the hands of one of the Building Committee. The cburch then solicited the services of the writer, who agreed to preach once a month as supply, until the cburch could get a more competent one. and be now gives them the second and fourth Sundays On the afternoon of the fourth Sunday,. I began a Sunday school with six pupils, and had only that number for several Sundays. But if you could haVe been with us for the last two Sundays, I think you would have said "well done.” We had three large classes and an organist and have taken brothers Boykin’s Sunday-school papers. We are going to help collect Mission funds after a short time. I also have a promise from most of the brethren to take - he Index which they will do as soon as they can real ize a little'money from their crops. A A. Andrews. Blackshear, Ga., Augist 22d, 1881, JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. Dear Index : After leaving Atlanta I went directly to Barnesville, where I found a gra cious revival in progiess, conducted by Mer cer noble President, Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle, who Is now serving the Bu'uesville church two Sabbaths In each month. The meeting had been in progress s -veral days when I ar rived, and the Inter .st was Increasing from day to day. Somehow I felt tiiat tire Lord was here even before I attended the first hour’s service, and the longer 1 stayed the more was 1 convinced that this was Ills "set tune to favor Zion” in Barnesville. The 8 o’clock, a. m. prayer meetings w«re well at tended and were precious seasons. The regu lar evening service was attended by fine congregations Dr. Battle was ably assis ted by those beloved brethren, Rev. A L. Moncrief, of Barnesville, and Bev. James Me Bride, of Macon 1 felt it. was truly a blessing to be here, and found it diltlcult to leave. 1 think the heart of every Christian present durln 'th se meet ings was mad • to rejotce.Up to the time I left quite a number had been re ceived as candidates for baptism and several added to the church by letter and restoration. 1 left Thursday noon and the meetings were expected to continue over the next Sab bath. In fact the brethren of the church would scarcely listen to a proposal to close the services even for a few days and then re sume. They felt that a great work was being done and it should be continued. Barnesville is truly a churning little city. Any one passing on the railroad sees but lit tie of the real attractive features of the place. It contains many handsome residences, fine business houses, an extensive furniture fac tory and two large carriage shops, and last and best, one of the finest schools in Middle Georgia. The Gordon Institute is a noble in stitution of learning and is truly an honoAto| MGvnesvUlu. The Methodist and churches both have good houses of worshfp. The Baptist house was built many years ago, and the church contemplate butldlug an other and more imposing edifle at an early day This would be done at once, doubtless, but for the fact that some of the members are loth to give up the old site, where the people have met to worship for so many years, (and which is in the outskirts of the town in a beautiful grove) while others are anxious to have the building more in the center of pop ulation. Dr. Battle has been serving the church as pastor twice a month for some time past, to the great delight of church and people. He is truly doing a great work, and tils labors are being blest. Never have I been more kindly entertained then I was doing my stay in Barnesville. My headquarters were at brother A G. Moncriefs, to whose door I was kindly directed by a stranger to me upon my arrival. I knew no one in the place, that I was aware of. But the brethren here read The Index and I was not a stranger long And then came invitations more than I could accept. Heaven bless these good brothers and sisters of Barnesville. I shall love them as long as I live. Saturday I went six miles up the railroad to Milner with brother Moncrief, and atten ded service at the Milner Baptist church, of which brother M. is pastor. Here I met an other band of brethren that are close neigh bors, in the sense I use it, to them in Barnesville. All strangers whom we met,but brethren truly when we parted, lam glap the scriptures sayeth, ‘‘we know that we have been brought from death unto life be cause we love the brethren," or words to that eff-ct 1 could stay here but a few hours, but it was a pleasant time truly, both socially and spiritually and resulted in quite a num ber of new names for The Index Milner is a charming village. You do not see much of it in passing the railroad, the dwellings, the most of them, as well as business houses, are a little removed. The Baptist church build ing is handsome, complete and commodious. And best of all it has a good membership and excellent pastor. The church loves brother Moncrief very much, and he so richly deserves it The church has recently been greatly revived, with several accessions to its membership. From Barnesville to Forsyth. But I will give you an account of my visit to the latter next week. J. M G. Medlock. REV. THORNTON BURK. Allow me a little space in your excellent columns to make an appeal for an old broth er who needs help—brother Thornton Burk, of Cobb county. I visited him a few weeks ago, and found him without means of sup port. He says that since the Indigent Min - isters’ Board has been disposed of he gets no money. There are five in family—himself and four females—and not one of them able to make a living if turned out upon their own resources. Brother Burk is eighty sev en years old, waiting on the Lord to call him home He has a house and some land around it, but the fencing is all down, so that it is not available, and he cannot rent or use it in any way. Will the Baptists of Georgia, while they read this, decide to send this worthy object a contribution f Send it to A. W. Yorke, Marietta, and he will be sure to get it; or to Ujtshaw’s post office, Cobb county. He lives at that office, and brother Upshaw is his special friend. May the Lord influence all to help. Jambs Babbow. Bowdon, August 261 h, 1881. A Pleasant Meeting —Way's church, Jefferson county, Georgia, held a protracted meeting of several day's, embracing the first Sabbath in August, 1881. Preaching by Revs. W. L. Kilpatrick, (pastor of the church), assisted by W. M. Verdery. Five or six joined the church by experience, and the meeting closed with a strong feeling among outsiders. I shall expect to see further fruits of this meeting in the future. The hospitality of this section cannot be excelled anywhere. Attendant. Italy seems at last to be waking up to the temperance question, and Mr. Pierre Luquet, ofSpezzia, fills his letter with some of the evil effects of wine-drinking, giving, in es pecial, one anecdote of a man very much addicted to strong drink, ‘who attended the evangelical services, became a converted man, and was completely cured of the evil appetite.— 8- 8. Times. Missionary Department. REV. 1. H DkVOTIE. D.D., I vlj , REV. C. M IRWIN, D.D., MISSIONARIES STATE BOARD. J. H. DeVotle, Atlanta, Ga.: C. M. Irwin, Mt. Airy, Habersham, Rabun and White counties: V. A. Bell. Ringgold, Whitfield and Chattooga counties; Chas. Edwards, Toccoa, Habersham county; T. C. Tucker, Cassandria, Dade and Wal ker counties; W. J. King, Nannie; P. A. Jessup, Eastman, Dodre and Telfair counties; A.C Ward, Brunswick; George A. Blount, Eden, Eftlngham, nryan and Liberty counties, D. G. Daniell, Wal thourville; J. H. Campbell,Columbus, Muscogee county; Alfred Corn, Blairaville, Towns 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. Mitchell col.. Forsyth ; H. A McNeil, col, Quitman; M Brigman, Augusta, Georgia ; J. M. Donaldson, Dublin ; J. A Steph ens, Battle Ground. MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. This body convened with the Wolf Creek church, Rabun county, Friday morning August 19ih. We did not reach there until in the afternoon, and hence did not hear the Introductory sermon. Elder John Coffee, long connected with this Association, —be- loved by all, —was re-elected Modera'or, and Elder Philesu, Clerk. The long and burn ing drought, with which this section had been visited, (having had but little rain since April), and the consequent scarcity of prov ender for horses, made it necessary to pass rapidly through with the business and ad journ, which was done, and the Association adjourned Saturday, and most of tne dele gates left for home. But little time was left for speeches ; some of us, however, made remarks on subjects of general denominational interest, among them the question, "Why is it that our effi ciency as a denomination is not commensu rate with our numerical increase? No answer was asked for, but that all would think about it and pray over it. Rev. F. C. McConnell, just from our Theological Seminary, was present and made some valuable statements about the course of instruction and general management of the institution. All that this young brother spoke of was timely and well said. His statements made a fine impression. We were glad to learn that several of the churches havegood working Sunda y-schools, and that this instrument tor good is receiv ing more attention in this section than in former years. They do iot yet sea the nes cessity of the weekly visits of a well conduc ted religious paper, but the importance of this will be seen in the near future. Although the business was done so hur riedly, yet everything passed off most pleas antly, and we were glad we went to see the brethren of the Mountain Baptist Associa tion Let us urge the brethren below to visit this section more than they do, and mingle with the brethren here. The Northeast Georgia railroad will be finished to Clarkesville in a few months, and will be we are told, completed to Tallulah Falls by next summer. This Association will meet next year with Amy’s Creek church, Habersham county, eight miles from Clarkesville, near the road leading to Nacoochee Valley. Come up, brethren 1 C. M. I. LUMBER CITY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr J. H. DeVotie: You advised me to write to brother Jessup, of Eastman, and ask him to come down and preach for us—that you said so. I .lid so, and on the first Sab bath in April brother Jessup, assisted by elder D. J. Thompson, (who moved into this neighborhood after I did) proceeded to dr ganize a church with four male and five female members. When we were about to organize, Judge Reynolds and son, Dr. J, B. Reynolds, (the Dr. and his mother both Methodists), kindly tendered us the use of their residence, and we organized there. We called brother Jessup as our pastor, (indefi tritely), since which time he has been preach ing to us once a month in an old dilapidated house, which we have rented. Our mem bership will have doubled when two candi dates, now standing over, are baptized, num bering now eighteen, all poor. I feel much encouraged, and try to be thankful to God for his goodness to us We aim to try to build a cheap house of worship—say assoo house. lintend, pretty soon, to see what can be raised here and hereabouts towards building a house, and thei) see if I cannot get some help from some of the wealthy Baptists of Atlanta. Ours is the first Baptist church ever organs iz?d at this place, and the first baptisms ever performed here was on the first Sabbath in June, in the little Ocmulgee river, about one-half mile from our church ; a beautiful place, and was witnessed by quite a large concourse of people for this place And on the first Sabbath in July one candidate was baptized, and the two standing over now were to have been baptized the first Sabbath, but brother Jessup was sick and could not come. Quite a crowd was out on that day, and of course were disappointed. I think this one of the most important places in all this section of country for a Baptist church. True, this immediate neighborhood is very sparsely settled at present, but it is the nicest place to live, and the healthiest place on this road, and if we can start up some kind of a manufacturing business, and get up a good school, the place would go right up There is no liquor sold here, because two thirds of the citizens within three miles of the place will not sign a petition recommending the granting of a license. It has been tested a second time lately. May our Heavenly Father bless and corns fort you, is our prayer. Your brother in Christ, H. L. Williams. Lumber City, Ga., August 26th, 1881. The Bible can remain where missionaries are expelled. The noble Moffat tells a beau tiful story, which may help to illustrate this point. He says: “In one of my early journeys I came, with my cbmpanions, to a heathen village on the banks of the Orange river. We had traveled far, and were hun gry, thirsty and fatigued; but the people of the village rather roughly directed us to halt at a distance. We asked for water, but they would not supply it. I offered the three or four buttons left on my jacket for a little milk, and was refused. We had the prospect of another hungry night, at a distance from water, though within sight of the river. When twilight drew on, a woman approach ed from the height beyond which the village lay. She bore on her head a bundle of wood, and had a vessel of milk in her baud. The latter, without opening her lips, she handed to us, laid down the wood and returned to the village. A second time she approached, with a cooking vessel on her head, and a leg of mutton in one hand and water in the the other. She sat down, without saying a word, prepared the fire and put on the meat We asked her again and again who she was She remained silent till affectionately en treated to give us a reason for such unlook ed-for kindness to strangers. Then the tear stole down her sable cheek, andshe replied, 'I love Him whose servants you are, and surely it is my duty to give you a cup of cold water in His name. My heart is full; therefore I cannot speak the jov I feel to see you in this out-of-the world place.’ Ou learning a little of her history, and that she was a solitary light burning in a dark place. I asked her how she kept up the light of God in her soul in the entire absence of the communion of saints. She drew from her bosom a copy of the Dutch New Testament, which she had received from Mr. Helm when in his school, some years before. This,’ said she, ‘is the fountain whence 1 drink ; this is the oil which makes my lamp to burn.' I looked on the precious relic, printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the reader may conceive my joy while we mingled our prayers and sympa t hies together at the throne of our heavenly Father. W. M Taylob, D. D." HOME MISSION BOARD 8. B. C-—THE SITUATION. Special attention is called to the following communication from Dr. Mclntosh, D CALIFORNIA MISSION. Brother Hartwell writes August 11th: "The clerk of one little Chinese church has just called on me to bring a contribution of i wenty dollars (S2O) from the church to the Home Mission Board of the Southern Bap tist Convention. It is entirety voluntary. I did not know of it until he brought me the money. We have now only eleven Chinese members, and several of them areaway from the city, so that this has realty come from about six or seven of the brethri n." They appreciate the gospel. "By their fruits ye shall know them.” LEVERING MISSION SCHOOL. The buildings are rapidly approaching completion. Rev. J. A Trenchard, Supers intendent, is now in St. Louis purchasing the necessary outfit for the accommodation of one hundred pupils. It is expee’ed that the school will be opened early in Septem ber. NEW ORLEANS. Rev. J. O’B Lowry has resigned the pas torate of the Coliseum Place church. More than ever laborers are needed in that inter esting and growing field. The ooard anx iously await the response of the churches to their appeal for the means to carry out the instructions of the Convention, "to send, as soon as practicable, two or more missiona ries to New Orleans.” Let it be remem bered’that, in a population of 2.5 000, the number of white Baptists is less than 400, and that they are struggling for life. Wm H.-Mclntosh Cor. Sec. Marion, Ala., August 20th, 1881- The question of self support is a very large one, and it would be well if there could be a common understanding between the socie ties in regard to the best way of promoting it. Every convert should be faithfully in structed in the duty of contributing, and be strictly held to the performance of that duty. A fine example of the results of such train ing is to be seen in the Baprist mission in Burmah. The English Baptists have wrought wonders in India, the past year, by urging all to give, however small the amount, though it be only a handful of rice. We ought not get the idea that there are unlimited centuries of time in which to complete the work of foreign missions, nor that, the churches of Europe and America can do all that is to be done without the co operation of the peoples of the mission fields. Tne conversion ot the world is an appointed task, with an appointed time for its comple tion, and if we use wrong methods, or trifle with the work, or, forgetting that it is God's bu-iness, propagate divisions and seek de nominations! glory, we may frustrate God’s plans, and hinder the progress of the gospel. Some complain that there are so taw mis sionaries in the field, compared to Hie vast populations to be converted, and call for 50 000 instead of 2 500 or 3 000. As if it were the proper work of foreign missious to preach the gospel actually to every man, woman and child in pagan and Mohamme dan lands! The sooner this idea is aban doned the better the welfare of the cause. If the gospel is to prevail in India, China, and other countries, the work must be wrought by native churches. —Christian at Work. YOKOHAMA STATION. Missionaries.—Rev. James H. Ballagh, Rev. E. R. Miller, in America. Assistant Missionaries. Mrs. Ballagh, Mrs. Miller, in America; Miss E. C, Whit beck, Miss H. L. Winn. Native Ordained Minister.—Rev. Akira loaguki. Licensed Helpers.—Mesirs. Tockichi Ito and Hidetera Yamamoto. Unlicensed Paid Helper.--Mr. Yuyemon Kitamura. Licensed Student in the Theological School at Tokiyo.—Mr. Kaichi Banno. 158 members, 8 preaching places, 3 Sun day-schools, 131 scholars. One organized church, with 178 baptized members, including children. Three Sun day-schools with 131 scholars. Three out stations, Kanagawa, Mishima, and Nagoya. Here also is the Isaac Ferris Seminary, with 31 pupils. The missionary in charge has been engaged in assisting the pastor of the native church in preaching at the regular church services, in conducting preaching services at Kanaga wa, and in conducting a Bible-class on Sab bath mornings. THE BENGALI BIBLE ESTIMA TED B Y WIL LIAM CAREY AT A MILLION POUNDS STERLING. Writing to the Mission Society in 1796, Mr. Carey says: “I would give a million pound Sterling if I had it to see a Bengali Bible. Oh, merciful God, what ao inestim able blessing will it be to these millions! The angels of heaven will look down upon it to fill their mouths with new praises and adorations.” He lived to see that precious word, or parts of it, translated into Bengali, and forty-tour other languages of the East, and widely circulated. David said, "Thy word is more precious than thousands of gold or silver.” Now, that it .s prepared, can we undervalue it, and refuse to give it to th -se who perish for lack of knowledge? Can we withhold this light of heaven from the millions of the heathen wbo are envelop ed in the thick darkness of idolatry without endangering our hold upon this greatest blessing which we enjoy ? “Is there a guide to show the path— The Bible’s, he Who hath the Bible need not stray, But he who hath and will not give That holy book to all who live— Himself shall loose the way.” Think of this and act now. What price do we put on the Bible? D. Teaching Christianity in Japanese Schools —The Japanese are a clever little people. I say little because in stature their men are not much bigger than our women. And they very soon began to find out that they could learn many useful things from the nations who now called at their sea ports. They wished to obtain from them instruction in everything but religion. So the Government engaged a clever American gentleman to teach in a large school, and when he arrived they placed before him a pa per to sign, saying that he would not speak of Christianity for three years Mr Clirkewas much perplexed He had spent all his money in coming to Japan ; if be did not agree to this he might have his appointment taken from him, and be left a beggar in a strange country. “You had better sign,” said the interpreter, “the Government won’tgivein.” It was a bard matter. At last right conquer ed. “Tell the Government I can’t sign,” said the Christian scholar; "I couldn’t live three years in a pagan country and keep sil nee on the subject nearest my heart.” Was ie sent away, do you think ? No, the teacher was too precious to be given up; so the lause was struck out, and Mr. Clarke not mly spoke of Christianity, but taught it to ibe young men under his charge —Mission Life. OLD OBJECTIONS. We are reminded of these old objections at the present time: Rev. A. G. Fuller, son of the venerable Andrew Fuller, in an address at the Jubilee Meeting, at Kettering, held fifty years after the birth of the Baptist Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel among the Heathen, formed in 1772, says: I remember the time when the successes as well as the difficulties of this society were spoken of in all that beautiful simplicity which characterized the communications of my revered father. I remember the time when 1 heard him say in the vestry, in tones so mellow and so deep, as he read a letter from Carey, "The chains of caste are broken, and who shall mend them?” We have heard of the difficulties, the great objections, with which the society had to contend at a very early period of its history. Amongst these objections, I well remember that this was put forward, "You are leaving the scene im mediately around you, the home to which your energies ought to be devoted, to go and expend them on a foreign land, and upon individuals on whom your eyes have never looked " That objection, we all know, has received its answer. No sooner did Carey and Thomas reach their destination on a loreign shore, than the society actually em ployed missionaries throughout various parts of Great Brittain. But is has been said, and it was said at an early period, “This is a sectarian society, and therefore it is not to be supported by men of liberal principles, or men possessed of a catholic spirit.” My father made application to the celebrated Cecil for a subscription to this societv. Cecil observed, “My great objection to it ‘is, that you preach baptism’.” My father replied, that he did, and inquired, whether Cecil, if he believed in it, would not do the same. He admitted that he would, but added, “You make too much of it.” My father rejoined, “Well; we do not make regeneration of it.” Cecil gave him a guinea. Again, he speaks of the spirit of prayer, which preceded and accompanied those de voted, talented and persevering men who or ganized the society. Are we not deficent in this fervent prayer? Yes, it was a time of prayer, of great wrest lings with God. Prayer meetings with them were not matters of course, but were the breathings of the heart United as the heart' of one man, the persons here refered to strove together tor the great objects laid before them. They took hold of the strength of God. and in that strength they wrought wonders, as with the sword of the Lord and of Gideon. I cannot but advert to one example of that piety, of that solemn prayer. It was furnish ed on the occasion of sending out Carey and Thomas to the East Indies My father writes respecting a prayer meeting, held March 20i.ii, 1792:—“Weconducted it in the follow ing manner. The forenoon was spent in prayer. At two o'clock Mr. Thomas preach ed from ‘Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten alter another god;’ proving how this truth was exemplified in the state of the neathen, and exciting the compassion of Christians to endeavor to rescue them from their miserable situation. After sermon there was a public collection for the mission. At six, Mr Hogg pr-ached from ‘The will of the Lord be done;” and, after him, Mr Ful ler addressed brethren Thomas and Carey, from, ‘Peace be unto you; as my Father sent me, so send I you.’ After him Mr. Thomas read a very interesting interview which he had with the Brahmins just before leaving India.” I think our missionary brethren, when they see what the translation of the Bible has done for our own language, may comfort themselves with the assurance that, as the centuries roll on, there shall spring out of the work they have accomplished literatures which shall do as much for other nations as that in our own tongue has done for those to whom it is vernacular Unknown, indeed, and for the most part unnoticed, they are translating now in far away lands; and when they return to the churches from which they first went forth, there be those among us who sneeringly say, as they see them enter the pulpit, “It is only a missionary.” But in coming time they shall be named by the peoples at the birth of whose literatures they presided, with the reverence with which we mention Wycliffe and Tyndale as men “the latchets of whose shoes we are not worthy to stoop down and unloose.”—Wm. Taylor, Baptist Missionary Society —The report, read by Mr. A. H. Baynes, set forth the past year, not as one of thrilling interest, but yet one of steady advance, both in the work abroad and in the interest taken in it at home. In printing a great deal had been done both in Bengali and in Hindi. Mention was made of the support secured by the Jesuits’ College and the Vatican from the Portuguese government with reference to Central Africa, the Pope’s instructions being to “harass and destroy the efforts of the heretics!'' Five priests have gone out foras many years to seduce the native King of Congo with presents from the Court of Lis bon. Those royal gifts comprised music and rum, “a piano and silver tankards.” A Remarkable Fact —lt is a remarkable fact that Foreign Missions have originated the greatest efforts ever mad for the spiritual interests of our own land. Shortly after the first missionaries had departed tor India, the Society sent brethren to itinerate in Corns wall, Wiltshire, and elsewhere, which led to the establishment of the Baptist Home Mis sionary Society in 1797; and as the result of similar engagements in Ireland, also origin ated by the Committee of the Foreign Mis sion, the Baptist Irish Society was formed in 1814,—Mission Magazine. The Scriptures are now translated into all the principal languages of the Turkish emp ire, and a Christian literature can be present ed to all who will read it. Os the “thousands” of Indians now in the United States, five entire tribes, numbering nearly 70 000 souls, are civilized and exem plary citizens. An Irish monk of the sixt i century said, concerning his personal duty; “My country is where I can gather the largest harvest for Const." Georgia State Agricultural Society. FIRST PREMIUM. Bestßeady-Mixed Paint, Bradley’s Patent. Manufactured by the New Jersey Enamel Paint Company. H. T. 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