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ESTABLISHED I 811.
Table of Contents.
First Page—Alabama Department; “Getting
Out” a Paper; Hobbies : Satan Carrying
His Own Mail; Living for Jesus; Letter
From Midway ; The Religious Press.
Second Page—Correspondence : College Edu
cation in Georgia—Free Tuition ; From
Dr. Hillyer; Seasons of Refreshing ; Mis
sionary Department. Jottings By The
Way.
Third Page—Children’s Corner: Cross Mak
ing and Cross Taking ; The Story that was
Told to Meta Rose. The Sunday school:
The Body in Subjection —Lesson for Seps
fember 25th.
Fourth Page—Editorials: Side Lights on
Inspiration; Incompetents; Bond Servants;
Glimpses and Hints; Georgia Baptist
News.
Fifth Page—Secular Editorials : A Prosper
ous City; Literary Notesand Comments;
Notes; Georgia News.
Sixth Page—The Household : Consecration
Hymn—Rev. Chas A. Stakely ; Boys Go
Homa ; Watching and Waiting—poetry ;
etc. Obituaries.
Seventh Page—The Farmer's Index : Cotton
Seed Oil; Dallas Wheat; Oats; Buying
Corn; Small Notes.
Eighth Page—Florida Department: From
the Churches ; From a Young Missionary;
From Shady Grove; Scottsville; Revival
Meetings ; Orange Creek Union.
Alabama Department.
HY SAMUEL HENDERSON.
■‘GETTING OUT” A PAPER.
Will the reader allow an old “typo”
to indulge himself in a little half hu
morous, half serious account of the
labor and cost of “getting out” a single
issue of a newspaper, from a pretty
elaborate experience in such matters?
Perhaps he has never thought of what
it requires to issue a single edition of
a paper. Perhaps it will both interest
and edify him to know to what he is
indebted for the hour’s entertainment
he enjoys in scanning its columns.
And here let us say that we do not
propose to Include the cost of the ma
terial, such as presses, type, cases,
stands, etc., all the furniture necessary
to equip a first-class printing estab
lishment, which would amount to
thousands and thousands of dollars.
We only propose indicating what is
fairly embraced in the process of issu
ing one edition.
To begin at the beginning, let us
visit the sanctum of the editor. Af
ter deciding upon a topic on which
his mind will work, and after rumina
ting over it until his conceptions be
gin to take something like distinct
shape, his pen begins to transfer them
to paper, when, just as he gets under
headway, he comes to a deadlock. His
frisky intellect, like a young mule, be
gins to “kick up in the harness,” and
he is fain to stop his pen, and pace his
room until it has had its frolic. Ad
justing the harness and tightening'the
rein, he starts off again, and by dint of
dogged perseverance, finishes the task ;
and after reading it over, discovers it
is so disjointed that he must recast
and re-write it; something like a milk
maid having accomplished her task,
the cats get in to her milk basin, and
“it is all to strain over.” Then it goes
into the hands of the compositor who
has to handle every single letter the
MS. contains, which is well nigh as te
dious a process as to write it out.
Then after it is set up in type, the
foreman, or some other competent
printer, transfers the type from the
“galley” to the “composing stone,” tak
ing care not to “mix matter,” locks it
up in the “chase,” and takes an impres
sion for the proof-reader, who is gen
erally the editor, who has carefully to
read every line of the whole issue, mark
the errors, and hand it back to the
printers, each one of whom generally
corrects his own proof. If the proof is
“foul” this process is repeated before
the paper goes to press, which altogeth
er depends upon the character of the
chirography. Hence, reader, if you
want a clean proof, write a clear, plain
hand, as printers “follow copy.” Then
the “form” is transferred from the "im
posing stone” to the press, where the
pressman has to handle every sheet of
paper printed. Then comes the fold
ing, then the direction, where each pa
per has to be handled twice, then done
up in packages and directed to every
office where a subscriber resides. We
have said nothing of the cost of the
paper, unpacking and “wetting it
down,” to prepare it for the press, and
sundry other little things costing time,
money and labor. This, reader, is to
be repeated every week as regularly as
the days come and go. It is like a
blind horse in a “bark mill” who never
comes to the end of his journey the
year round.
We must not forget to mention that
not unfrequently communications
come before the editor from parties for
whom he has a profound respect, which
in matter and style fall far below the
standard exacted by judicious readers,
or if they are faultless in this respect,
are written so illegibly that it is difficult
to decide between the waste-basket and
the columns of the paper. If the lat
ter, the labor of preparing them for the
typesetter is well nigh as great as to
write them.
Then only think how much an ed
itor is expected to know. He must
know where “John Smith” lives —
where Cain found his wife—who were
the parties married at “Cana of Gal
lilee” —what the precise line of duty
to be pursued in every church difficul
ty in the whole country by simply
answering “queries,” etc., etc. The
moment he betrays the slightest igno
rance, the spell is broken, and he ceas
es to speak “ex-cathedra" and be
comes plain Bill Jones.
Now, reader, is it not something to
“get out” a paper? Is it not some
thing to be an editor? But we for
bear. Swarms of vagaries crowd our
fancy demanding expression, but we
shall expel the whole brood, and spare
you the infliction.
HOBBIES.
There is nothing that so cripples a
good man’s usefulness, as when he
jumps as.ride of some hobby, and rides
it everywhere and on all occasions. For
the time being, no other subject comes
within the scope of his vision. It
constitutes his whole “stock in trade.”
And what makes it still more to be
deplored is, that his cherished hobby
is likely to be some abstract question
of very little use, settled either way,
or some impractical object that never
can be accomplished. Men sometimes
desire U-'i»e , *vise> above what is written.
Some theory in regard to the interpre
tation of prophecy is adopted, and the
whole prophetical books’are studied in
view of that theory. The late Dr.
Cumming, of London, is rather a sad
illustration of what hobbies sometimes
do for men. It will be remembered
that some twenty-five years ago or
more, he published a series of volumes
in the form of lectures on the prophe
cies, in which he made it appear to a
demonstration to his own mind, that
Christ was to appear personally on
earth about ten years ago, and estab
lish his millennial reign. But then the
event did not come up to time, where
upon the worthy doctor retired from
the public gaze, to moralize, per
chance, upon the sage maxim of the
Widow Bedott, “Can’t calculate!”
We once knew a man who took it into
his head to unite the whole Christian
world into one grand organization,
Catholic, Protestant, Greek, etc., etc.,
and providing himself with iron-bot
tomed shoes, started on a tramp to
Mexico to convert the Catholic priest
hood of that country to his views, and
through them to convert the Pope,
and so the whole Catholic world. No
man ever addressed himself to any
task with more seriousness, or gave
any better evidence of his faith by his
works than he, for when we saw him,
he had already walked nearly one
thousand miles, and when we last
heard of him, he was near the borders
of Mexico. How he succeeded in con
verting the Mexican priesthood, how
they succeeded in converting the Pope,
how the Pope succeeded in bringing
the whole Catholic world into line up
on his platform, are questions on which
we have no light.
There is something in the nature of
hobbies that disqualifies the man that
pursues them for any of the great prac
tical purposes of life. If we may use
the figure, he makes great use of the
microscope. He places the little in
finitesimal subjects to which he de
votes himself under the power of his
microscope, and lo! they assume the
most prodigious dimensions. They
span the whole horizon of his obser
vation ; and he devotes himself to the
conversion of the world to his views
with sublime zeal. We have often'
thought that if the energy expended
on trifles by such men could be divert
ed to proper objects, what a difference
it would make in the results of their
labors. Life is too short to be frittered
away upon Utopian schemes. There
is enough to do in this big world of
ours that comes fairly within the scope
of human effort of vital interest to us
all, without chasing rainbows to find
AL ANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881.
silver spoons, or building air castles to
regale our fancy. But then there
must needs be hobbies to give employ
ment to those who have no capacity
for anything else, and to furnish
amusement to the world. So they
will toil on in their bootless task, and
the world will continue to laugh at
their folly.
SATAN CARRYING HIS OWN |
MAIL.
Dr. Belcher, in his “Clergy of Amer-1
ica,” reports the following story of the
Rev. Lemuel Haynes, quite a distin
guished colored minister of New Eng
land. Some of Mr. Haynes’ students
having been slandered very much for
their zeal, came to him one day with
their complaints, expecting sympathy
and protection. After hearing their
story, he paused a moment, and an
swered : “I knew all this before.”
“Why, then,” said one, “did you not
inform us?” “Because,” said he, “it
was not worth communicating; and I
now tell you plainly, once for all, my
young friends, it is best to let the devil
carry his own mail, and bear his own
expenses.”
The story may suggest a good lesson
to others besides the students of Mr.
Haynes. Os all the infamous callings
that ever suborned mortal agency, that
is the most despicable that carries the
devil’s mail. Your professional scan
dal-monger is even worse than the
original offender in this, that he not
only endorses, but spreads and exag
gerates the slander. He lives and flour
ishes where honest men would droop
and die—amid the filth and slime, the
very cesspools of moral pollution ; and
never is he so vigorous, so active, so
happy, as when inflated with the dead
ly virus, he goes forth to spread it
through society. Let all honest men
and women turn a deaf ear to his slan
ders, and frown him from all decent
circles. Let everyone live so that he
will, not'be believed. A diamond is aj
diamond still, even though befouled by
a coat of pitch ; it will shine as bril
liantly as ever when the filth wears off.
Who thinks any the less of John Bun
yan and John Wesley because some
of this ignoble tribe attempted to be
smirch their good name? Do the pu
rity of their lives and their works of
faith and labors of love shine with the
less lustre by these spiteful devices? —
Reader, take the advice of the old col
ored preacher, “let the devil carry his
own mail, and pay his own expenses.”
“Know ye not that to whomsoever ye
yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are.” You never can rise
above the master that you serve.
LIVING FOR JESUS.
The late Dr. Manly used to relate
the following incident that occurred
during his first pastorate in Charleston,
S. C. At the close of service one Sab
bath, an invitation was extended to
any that desired to unite with the
church, when an old negro man, a na
tive African, came forward and offered
himself. Dr. M. asked him to relate
his experience, which he did in such
broken accents that it was difficult to
understand him. On consultation, it
was thought advisable to defer his re
ception until the church could get a
more intelligable relation from him.
The old negro very meekly rose and
started down the aisle, and as he pass
ed by a group of brethren, he mutter
ed something to himself, hearing
which, the pastor called to those breth
ren, and asked them what the old Af
rican said. “Why, he said,” answer
ed one of the brethren, “that if he could
not talk for Jems, he could live for Je
sus!” “Call him back! call him back!”
said Dr. M., with deep emotion—“l
dare not refuse to baptize him.” Read
er, live for Jesus, and then you will be
believed when you talk for Jesus.
LETTER FROM MIDWA Y.
Since the Alabama Baptist Conven
tion, we have conducted three pro
tracted meetings and are now engaged
in the fourth. On the seventeenth of
July we joined Rev. W. H. Patterson,
of Eufaula, in a series of meetings at
Ramah, Ala., which continued about
ten days. The church was graciously
revived with fifteen additions.
We went from Ramah to Enon, Ga.,
another one of brother Patterson’s
churches. There we labored about ten
days. Brother Cooper, of Cuthbert,
Ga., was with us part of the time and
preached some of the ablest and most
“soul-searching” sermons that we have
heard during our sojourn in the South.
Brother P. is a rising man, and very
able for one of his age. No church
was ever more thoroughly revived
titan Enon. Thirty persons united
with the church before the meeting
closed and others are expected to join
soon. Brother Patterson, their beloved
pastor, has the confidence, not only of
the members, but of all who know him.
He is certainly an able preacher and
an efficient pastor. His brethren all
love him and rather hear him preach
than anyone else.
We went from Enon to Cotton Hill,
G.i., and labored with Dr. T. W. Tobey,
pastor of the church at that place.
There was a glorious revival of religion
enjoyed by all the members. Twenty
nihe joined and still there are more to
follow. We closed at Cotton Hill
Sunday night and came to Midway,
Ala., Monday. We preached our first
sermon here Tuesday night, and up
to last night quite a number had pro
fessed the Savior and three joined t the
church. The congregations are very
large and attentive. The interest is
rapidly increasing and it is the prevail
ing opinion that we will have a large
ingathering of souls. Brother W. S.
Rogers, the pastor, is a faithful and
earnest worker and has the confidence
of his people. We will give final
results at the close. J. C. Poster.
Midway, Ala , Aug, 25th, 1881.
The Religious Press.
Both North and South we observe a can
dor and fairness in dealing with the really
live issues of the day that is as refreshing as
it is unusual. We hope it may survive the
next presidential conventions.—Christain
Advocate.
The candor and fairness are certain
ly right. Why should there be any
change when a President is to be elect
ed? There is no reason except this:
that with some, party zeal is stronger
than Christian principle.
e -v»body likes to say a word against the re
work that, wsxso popular a year or
two ago, and that Is yet to a certain extent
depended on ; but facts in regard to it should
neither be denied nor withheld. One of the
most earnest men in London is the Rev.
Newman Hail. He is also a man ready to
take hold of any reasonable method of help
ing on the work of the kingdom, and will
not be blamed by any one with being re
strained by prejudice from acknowledgment
of a good cause. He has been repeating re
cently what he said sometime since respect
ing the resul’s of the work of Messrs. Moody
and Sankey in London—that it was not per
manently of great value. Thus, speaking
of the effect of it in connection with the ad
mission of church members he says: “I
hailed that visit, took part in it, assisted in
the ‘inquiry room’ and occasionally preach
ed in connection with it. Some of the ser
vices were held in Surrey Chapel, yet out of
a membership of one thousand three hun
dred we have not three who are the fruits
of that mission.”—United Presbyterian.
This reminds us of a little anecdote
which we happen to know is true. One
of the best pastors that ever lived in
Georgia and who is still living and well
known to some thousands of our read
ers, was once asked, “How is your
church getting on?” “Oh,” said he,
“finely, finely!” “What! have you
had a revival?” “No, not what is com
monly called a revival; but yesterday
we succeeded in excluding the last one
who was received into the church du
ring the great revival we had seven
years ago!” Let no'one suppose that
The Index does not favor revivals.
,We merely wish to show that “all is
; not gold that glitters.” There is a
j good deal of glittering stuff that looks
like gold, but which is worthless.
The Boston correspondent of the Zi
on’s Advocate, Portland, Maine, makes
this pungent reference to the case
of Messrs. Stout and Bell:
Many good people have been misled by
the phrases used into supposing that the
Board refused to send Messrs. Bell and Stout
abroad because they did not hold to the “ver
bal 1 theory of the inspiration of the Scriptures
The trouble is they do not hold to the full
inspiration of the Bible in any sense
according to any theory. If they should
go to the heathen as missionaries they
could not reccommend the Bible to
them on any different grounds than
many of the “theistic” reformers of India.
Keshub Chunder Sen says the New Testa
ment contains the truth, and he claims to
have adopted the whole of it in his teach
ing. It is hardly worth while for us to
trouble ourselves to send missionaries to the
heathen who can do nothing more for them
than they are doing for themselves.
Os course, Mr. Sen is no type of what
our brethren Stout and Bell would (or
we may say could) become. But
there is a wise old saying, that to judge
of a man’s teaching we must look to
its effects not on him, but on his dis
ciples. And if our missionaries should
carry loose views of inspiration with
them, and sow these views as seeds in
the soil of heathen or semi-heathen
minds, many a Sen might (and we
may say must) rise up among those
who learn of them.
The unbeliever, however holy his life may
seem, is condemned already ; the believer,
with all his faults, is saved with an everlast
ing salvation, not at all because he has so
much more holiness of his own than other
people, but because Christ is made unto him
wisdom and ’•ighteousness and sanctifica
tion and redemption. In short, he has a
Savior, and that makes a difference of unut
terable importance.—Lutheran Standard.
Yes; however imperfect a man’s
character may be, if he is united by
faith to Jesus Christ he is a saved
man ; and on the other hand, however
faultless a man may seem to be, if he
is not united by faith to Christ, his
soul will be lost. There are many
ways of abusing this central doctrine
of the Christian system. Those who
choose to abuse it can do so; but they
do it at their peril.
A Mistake.—A brother minister recently
made this confession, in substance: “When
I commenced preaching I fell under wrong
influences, and was encouraged by some old
ministers to believe that the way to make a
successful preacher was to become a contro
versialist preach Baptist doctrine and expose
the errors of other denominations. 1 made
this the theme of my discourses, or in some
way brought it into them, held debates and
was a Baptist champion generally. The re
sult was, I destroyed my usefulness as a min
ister. I have found out my mistake, and
that the way to build up the Baptist cause
is to preach the gospel, seek to convert sin
ners and teach them their duty.” Let other
young men take warning and not follow
the example of those who gain reputation
merely’as controvers'alists. —Baptist Reflec
tor.
Right: the best way, and the only
true way to build up the Baptist cause,
is to preach the gospel, (which is only
another name for Baptist doctrine), to
seek to convert sinners, and to teach
them their duty. Whatsoever is more
or less than this cometh of evil.
Christians do not die “in hope of eternal
life,” but in its possession, for “he that be
lieveth on the Son of God hath everlasting
life,” and Jesus said. “He that liveth and
believeth in me shall never die.” Eternal
life now ! Hallelujah I
Our excellent contemporary, the
XwitifieU al Wcgicns'-', if Methodist
(and therefore an Arminian) paper;
and we should like to know how it
reconciles the paragraph we have quot
ed from it with the doctrine of the fi
nal apostasy of any true Christian.
How can the “life” which is "everlast
ing” come to an end for him who al
ready “hath” it—for him who has be
gun to live it? Is not his faith part
of that life and therefore itself everlast
ing? In what way can “eternal life,” a
present “possession,” terminate in death
eternal?
1
It is a favorite idea with some Christian
people, of which they find it hard to disa
buse themselves, that an infidel cannot pos
sibly die peacefully. There are numerous in
stances to the contrary. We might name
Franklin, the two Mills, George Eliot and
many more. There is no good reason to
doubt that Voltaire s name should be add
ed. The testimony of the eye-witnesses is
unanimous that his end was peaceful. There
is nothing wonderful in such a death. A
man who has seared his conscience during a
long life may reasonably be supposed to
remain hardened to the last. To die peace
fully is possible to the infidel; to die trium
phant is possible only to the Christian.—Ex
aminer and Chronicler.
Doubtless an infidel may die peace
fully ; a genuine infidel could not die
any other way. “There are no bands in
their death ; but their strength is firm.
They are not in trouble as other men,
neither are they plagued as other
men.” Ps. 73: 4-5. Doubtless tri
umphant death is possible only to a
Christian; but triumphant deaths are
very rare even among Christians.
Most persons are unconscious for some
time before they die, or if not, all their
powers are so enfeebled, that they are
capable of little or no emotion of any
kind. Life is the time to serve the
Lord.
A Pbinct of Demagogues.—One has lately
appeared in the person of the Mayor of Chi
cago. He seems fully to appreciate the char
acter and tastes of the majority of his con
stituents, embracing the proprietors and
patrons of saloonsand Sunday theatres—the
contemners of the Sabbath and all religion.
He not only openly champions the rights
of liquor sellers and liquor drinkers, and
Sabbath desecrators generally but during the
summer he has appeared on Sunday picnic
grounds several times, courting the favor of
Germans and Scandinavians by drinking
beer with .them, and assuring them of his
official sympathy and protection in all holi
day uses of the Sabbath ! He seems to have
arisen in the political succession of the late
Fernando Wood, forty years ago in New
York, claiming that the appetites and pas
sions of men, not their consciences and mor
al convictions, should determine the charac
ter of laws. No laws, sacred traditions, or
rights of religion and morality can overrule
the appetites, passions, or caprices of any
majority, however ignorant, depraved, or
misled by selfish and corrupt leaders.—
Watch Tower.
And this reminds us of another lit
tle anecdote. One time a fox as he
was trotting along passed by a farm-
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er’s door, and glancing in he saw the
farmer and his family at dinner, and
they were dining on chicken! “Ah,”
said the Fox, “suppose I had done that
what an ado would have been made
about it!” Suppose some Southern
city had such a mayor how much talk
there would be about the low state of
morals at the South, the barbarism of
the ex-rebels, etc., etc., etc.; and what
an effect this talk would have on the
elections! However we hope that
there will be no more of this folly and
sin.
Chunder Sen, the Brahmo Somaj,
has incorporated baptism into his
“new dispensation”—his true church
which is to supersede Paganism, Mo
hammedanism and Christianity. The
Lucknow Witness, as quoted by an ex
change, thus describes the rite:
The ceremony which he is pleased to style,
“Immersion in Jordan Water,” was an elab
orate one, accompanied by processions,
hymns, conch shells, and cymbals, flowers,
evergreens, and flags, addresses, prayers,
dipping, pouring, and sprinkling. He read
the third chapter of Matthew's Gospel, and
then, the Mirror says, “He explained the
true secret of baptism thus—Why did Jesus
plunge into the water of the river? Because
He saw the water was of God, and as He
dipped into the water He dipped into Di
vinity, and straightway He came np out of
the water full of new or Divine life.” Mr.
Sen then thrice immersed himself, saying,
“Glory unto the Father,” Glory unto the
Son,” “Glory unto the Holy Ghost” To
magnify the Three in One, he dipped once
more, saying, “Blessed be Sacahidananda,
Truth, Wisdom, and Joy in One.” The
Singing Apostle poured water on the minis
ter's head, and the minister sprinkled the
heads ot the assembled devotees.
annual meetings of baptist associa
tions IN GEORGIA, 1881.
SEPTEMBER.
A ppalaohee—Tuesday before 3d Sabbath,
Bethabara, Oconee, county.
Columbus—Saturday before 4th Sabbath,
Bethlehem, Harris county.
Flint Rlver-Saturday before 4th Sabbath,
Hollonvllle, Pike county.
Oostanaula—Friday before Ist Sabbath,
Bethel, live miles from Adairsville.
Sarepta—Friday before 4th Sabbath, Union,
Madison county.
Stone Mountain—Friday before 2d Sabbath,
Rockdale, Rockdale county.
Washington—Friday before 4th Sabbath,
BoUrletenij Washlugtou otatoiy. -
WeSteiu -Saturday beforr 8d SubLatb, Wee
tern, Heard county.
Tallapoosa-Saturday before 2d Sabbath,
Floyd Creek, Bartow county.
Tugalo—Thursday before 3d Sabbath, Zldon,
Franklin county.
Second Georgia—Friday before 3d Sabbath,
Zion church, DeKalb county.
Jasper-Friday before Ist Sabbath, Jerusa
lem, Pickens county.
Middle Cherokee—Friday before 4th Sab
bath, Tunnel Hill.
OCTOBER.
Baptist Union—Saturday before 3d Sabbath,
Macedonia, Bullock county.
Bowen—Saturday before 2d Sabbath, Mt.
Pleasant, Decatur county.
Carrollton—Saturday before 4th Sabbath,
A berllne, Carroll county.
Cave Spring—Friday before 2d Sabbath,
Poplar Spring, Chattooga county.
Central-Tuesday before let Sabbath, Elam,
Jones county.
Ebenezer— Saturday before 4th Sabbath,
Gordon, Wilkerson county.
Fairburn—Saturday before let Sabbath, Be
thesda, Campbell county.
Friendship—Thursday before Ist Sabbath,
Americus.
Georgia—Thursday before 2d Sabbath, Shar
on, Columbia county.
Hephzibah—Friday before 3d Sabbath, Mo-
Bean, Burke county.
Houston—Wednesday before 2d Sabbath,
Drayton, Dooly county.
Liberty—Thursday before Ist Sabbath, Too
coa, Habersham county.
Mercer—Tuesday before 3d Sabbath, Thom
asville, Thomas county.
Middle—l riday before 2nd Sabbath, Cor
inth, Effingham county.
Mount Vernon—Friday before Ist Sabbath,
TennelL Washington county.
New Ebenezer—Saturday before 3d Sabbath,
Block House, Telfair.
New Sunbury—Saturday before 4th Sabbath,
Brunswick, Ga.
Piedmont—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Con
solation, Appling county.
Kehobotb-Friday before 3d Sabbath,Hay ne
ville, Houston county.
Gillsville- Saturday before 4th Sabbath, Ho
mer.
Concord—Saturday before 2d Sabbath, Beu
lah, Douglas county.
Chattahoochee—Friday before 2d Sabbath,
Holly Springs, Hall county.
Smyrna—Friday before 4th Sabbath, Mt,
Zurich, Coffee county.
Mulberry—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Mt.
Moilab, Gwinnett county.
NOVEMBER.
Bethel—Friday before 2d Sabbath, Camilla,
Mitchell county.
Barnesville Gazette : There seems to
be almost a general revival going on
through this section. For more than
a week, a good meeting has been in
progress at Sardis Baptist church, un
der the direction of Rev. A. J. Battle,
pastor, aided by Revs. Moncrief,
Mcßride and Medlock. Next Sabbath
several will be baptized.
But a few days since the Rev. A. L.
Moncrief held a revival meeting with
the church at Milner, resulting very
satisfactorily, with several accessions.
Out in the western portion of the coun
ty, Rev. E. M. Hooten has recently
closed one of the best meetings, we
are informed, that was ever held at
that church. Quite a number were
added to the membership. The pastor
of the Baptist church in Zebulon, a
few days since closed with one of the
best meetings, said to have been there
for years. Lev. Dr, Mitchell, of Griffin,
and Rev. M. Felts were in attendance
and aided the pastor.
