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2 r '-CT I COLLEGE EDUCATION IN GEORGIA— TUITION- WHAT SOME CATALOGUES SAY. ' The following is an abstract of the tuition fees and modes of pecuniary aid to students, in the leading denominational colleges in the Northern States, and of the young well endowed and prosperous Vanderbilt in the South: The time of foundation ; thed> nomi nation; the amount of tuition : and the number of students in the college of arte, or regular college, are stated, so lar as known. PBINCCTON COLLEGE. Founded 1746. Presbyterian. Tuition 1120. Number of students not given. The number of students is not stated, in ■the pamphlet: “Requirements for Eu trance,” which was sent in place of a cata logue. Princeton is one of the patriarchs among our colleges, and baa received muniti cent gifts for building and endowments, during the presidency of Dr. McCosh. The .pamphlet has this, on ' pecunuby aid." “▲limited number of students of good moral character, intellectual ability and promise needing assistance, are aided in their efforts to obtain a liberal education, by means of endowed scholarships, which yield the college the amount of their tuition fees.” “The college also posseses a fund given for r ;he purpose of aiding indigent candidates for the ministry of the Presbyterian church, from which they can receive at least thirty dollars a year each.” COLUMBIA CjLLF-GE. Founded 1754 Episcopal. Tuition $l5O Students 285. Free scholahbiiii’s Nineteen free scholar ships are provided tor; seven on the Moffitt ano Schermerhorn bequests of $7 000; four on the appointment of the Association of Alumni, and eight on the appointment of the Society for promoting Religion and Learning; these last twelve are authorized by the Board of Trustees. ‘Free tuition. Fiee tuition is offered as follows: ' The applicant must present acer tificate signed by some person of good re pute, stating that the writer is acquainted with the circuimitances ot the applicant, and knows him to ne unable to bear the expense of his education if obliged to pay the tuition fee; also that the writer is not himself a relative of the applicant." The applicant must also show a proficiency of 60 in 100 of scholarship, on admission, and must not fall below 70 during his col lege course, or he forfeits bis place. The offer of free tuition to indigent students is unlimited, with the above conditions. BROWN UMVEBSITY. Founded 1764 Baptist. Tuition SIOO Students 247. “There are sixtysfour scholarships of one thousand dollars each, the income of which is given under the direction of a committee appointed by the corporation, to meritorious students who may need pecuniary assist ance." Os these, four are from college funds appropriated by the corporation to this use. The others have been endowed by individ* uals. Besides these, there are the Bartlett and Glover scholarships and the scholarship of the class of 1838, founded on endowments of about $12,000, and devoted to the support and aid of students on the basis of character and scholarship. The Congressional Land Grant fund of SSO 000 also yields an income, which is de voted to the education of scholars, each at the rate of one hundred dollars (the tuition) per annum. An Aid Fund of SB,OOO, given by two friends, also yield an income for the aid of young men of limited means. From this, it appears that about one hund red scholarships, amounting to two -fifths of the number of students, has been provided for by endowments of various kinds. The University gives only four. WILLIAMS COLLEGE. Founded 1793. Congregational. Tuition S9O Students 227. The income of various endowments men tioned, amounts to about $7 000, is distri buted “among students known to need aid, for the entire or partial payment of their college bills." These funds and scholarships go under thirty-four names, and range in amount from S3OO, the smallest, to $28,000, the largest. New scholarships. “An effort is being made to raise new scholarships of $2,5< 0 each, the income to be awarded for profi ciency in the studies of the course, while affording pecuniary aid.” YALE COLLYGE. Founded 1801. Congregational. Tuition $l4O. Students 612. “BENErietARY aid The sum of sl2 000 and upwards, derived partly from permanent charitable funds, is annually applied by the corporation for the relief of students who need pecuniary aid, especially of those pre paring for the Christian ministry. About one hundred thus have their tuition either wholly or in part remitted." Eighteen other scholarships afford aid to students selected by the donors or the faculty. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Founded 1831. Methodist. Tuition $75. Students 163. “Persons holding scholarships are exempt from charges for tuition. A limited num ber of such scholarships are available, at the discretion of the President, for the use of deserving students who need pecuniary assistance.” While the catalogue was passing through the press. Mr. George I. Seney gave the col lege $100,000; the income of which is to con stitute thirty six scholarships to be distri buted among the four college classes, and worth each from SIOO to $250. They are awarded for proficiency. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. Founded 1873. Methodist. Matriculation and tuition S6O. Students 240. ‘ Teachers' scholarships. Teachers of one I year's approved standing, who design to make teaching a profession, may be ad mitted to free tuition, etc. "The Whitthorne scholarship pays the tuition of three students, and the Taylor scholarship that of one student." Wilson county, Tennessee, also nominates some on the Cartmell fund." A careful reading of the above rather hasty digest, will givens an insight into the results ofthe age and experience of onroldest and most prosperous denominational col leges. They will be worth taking Into ac count, in our plannings for the good of Mercer. The writer will venture three remarks. 1. Tuition in the Northern colleges is much higher than it is in the Southern. At Wesleyan it is $75; at Williams S9O; at Brown $100; at Princeton $120: at Yale $140; and at Columbia $l5O. The more prosperous the college, the higher is the tuition. Their greater num ber of students involves a greater expendi ture in outfit, which is supplemented by the higher tuition which their popularity au thorizes them to charge. 2. These colleges are very jealous of their tuition and give away the smallest possible amount. The income from this source is respectable in all, and princely in some. Calculating on the basis of the tuition and the students given above, without any abate ment, the tuition amounts to the following THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1881. rami: At Wesleyan, sl2 225; at Williams, $20,430; at Brown, $24 700; at Columbia, $42 750: and at Yale SBS 680. Is it any won - der that they can have large faculties ; that students flock to them from the ends of the earth ; and that wealthy friends confide to them funds for magnificent building and abundant provisions for the poor, where they have shown economy, energy and fidelity in the management of what they already had ? Abundant provision is made for the poor, by independent endowment of scholarships, which usually bear the names of the donors. In some of the colleges, the tuition of nearly half the students is thus provided for. This is a capital bint for the friends of Mercer. One friend might give SSOO another SIOOO, to pay the ha'r tuition, or the whole tuition of a student. And this plan might become operative immediately A friend might give SI,OOO and nominate and send a worthy vouth, who needed aid. to Mercer Uni versity. the next term. The college would gain tuition and students to that extent,and worthy young men might be assured of the liberal education for which they bad longed and toiled. A Baptist. CALLING A PREACHER. The calling of a preacher is usually—now always treated purely from a financial standpoint. The church, wanting a new preacher, begins by casting about to deter mine how much money they can obtain on paper; that part of the work comblete, the next item is to see how learned a preacher they can induce to serve them as pastor lor the amount named; then begins in earnest the work of calling, to their oversight, a man who Luke warns to “ take heed, therefore, unto yours. Ives, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you over seers to feed the Church of God, which He hath purcba-ed with His own blood;” for getting that the Master takes notice of tbe laborers in His vineyard, and assigns thrm work, and that be should be implored, through fasting and prayer, to send to them the one who. in His divine wisdom, is tbe one suited to His work in that special field ; and who can, by that direction as the Apos tie Keter says, “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking tbe oversight thereof, not with constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind," etc. If the man of God has to be constrained, let it be that of love, not of money. Preachers are rarely paid in money, or its effects, one tithe the value of their merit or labor, their reward is of greater prize than this world’s goods; but this does not relieve their tem poral wants, nor that of their dear ones, nor makes the responsibility that rests upon professed Christians, to provide amply for all their wants, any less. If, by bis labor lie persuades one sinner to obey the gospel, be has earned more than be will get in dollars from churches durii g his natural life; and on the other hand, if the membership of any of the Baptist churches that I am acquaint! d with would turn all tbe money they spend fpr theatres, circuses, drinks ami goobers,— to say nothing of the thousand and one other useless exi e:.< it iret—his temporal kingdom would be rich in this world's goods, and his word would soon be at tbe door of every habitation on the globe, and the gospel preached in every community. Now, Christians, the Lord of glory does not claim any of your means that would render you dishonest in heart or before the world. Paul says live honestly in tbe sight of all men and we are taught to "owe no man anything, but to love one another.” Man is also told to "lay by in store on the first day of the week according as the Lord hath prospered us»” Also to "be diligent in busi ness, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.” If the lessons taught in the few passages recited from God's word in the above lines were well learned, and their instructions strictly obeyed, there are strong reasons to believe that the cull'ng and supporting pas tors, and speeding the gospel, the conversion of souls and building up the churches would be more in harmony with the Divine Spirit, and God would be infinitely more glorified. Churches and preachers that are accus tomed to enter upon the work of calling a pastor as they would that of buying a horse or hiring a plow-boy, looking alone to the amount of money received and work done, received a worthy rebuke by a colored Bap tist preacher, in Middle Georgia, not long ago. He was sent for to preach —to preach a trial sermon. He went, performed the task, and when through one of the deacons arose and inquired: “ Well, brother P., what do you want to prench for ?” The preacher applied the Yankee tactics and inquired : “ What do you want me to preach for?" Deacon promptly replied as if well pleased with the sermon: “We think we can pay you $100.” Preacher to deacon No. 2—" Brother, what do you want me to preach for ?” Deacon —" We have agreed that we will raise SIOO for you for the year.” Preacher to a prominent layman—“ Brot her, what do vou say;—what do you want me to preach for?” Layman—“ Well, brother P„ we have talked it all over, and we are sure we can give you that amount, and have concluded to maKe you the offer.” Preacher—" Well, brethren, I am not your man. You had better call some other preacher. I preach for the conversion of sinners, and not for the hundred dollars; that seems to be what you want me to preach for.” Layman. GENERAL MEETING. The General Meeting of the Second Dis trict Central Association met .with Har mony church, Putnam county on Friday, October 28th, and continued through Sun day. The meeting was very pleasant, and we hope profitable. The following resolutions, offered by Rev. I R. Branham, were adopted and the Clerk requested to send them to The Index with the request that they be published. “ Whereas much destitution exist- within the bounds of tbe Central Association, and the need of an efficient missionary to occupy this field is pressing, therefore be it resolved, Ist, That this General Meeting recom mend to tbe ministers and brethren of this body to bring this matter before their res pective churches, at the first opportunity, and urge upon them to take immediate steps to supply the need. 2nd, That we request the Corresponding Secretary of the State Board of Missions to appropriate the funds hereafter contributed by the churches ofthe Central Association, to the amount of five hundred dollars, for the support of the missionary to be ap pointed. 3rd, That the churches within the bounds of the Association be urged to increase their contributions for this object as well as for other destitute portions of the State. 4th, Tbat the other districts of this Asso ciation be requested to designate a man for the work at their next General Meeting, and that the Corresponding Secretary be request ed to send him into the field as soon as the funds will justify it. sth, That we suggest brother Evan H. Lawrence as man qualified for the work.” The next meeting will be held with the Eatonton church commencing on Friday, January 27th. 1882. J. E. C. Madison, Ga., Nov. Ist, 1881. Ifwe pray the Lord’s Prayer understand ingly, we are praying for the spread of the ?ospel and for the conversion of men. Tbe wo petitions, "Thy kingdom come" and “Thy will be done on earth,” should ever be going up from the hearts of all that love the missionary cause.—Rev. T. A. T. Hanna. EREE TUITION. In The Christian Index, of October 13th, appears a communication slgne.l 'K. Lan drum ” tn which the recent action of tbe Legislature, in making tuition free at tbe State Unlver-lty, is criticised and condemned As a member of that body, who voted for the bill upon Its passage, I ask leave to make a short comment, through your columns, upon tbat communication. Dr. Landrum, tbe author of the article re ferred to, Is a relative of mine, and I allude to this purely personal fact in order that you, and others who may read this tetter, may understand tbat 1 have no quarrel with him, and that any allusions that may be made to him having tbe appearance of severity, are made " more tn sorrow than tn anger.” In the communication I refer to, he declares that one of the reasons why there Is not a large inciease of students at Mercer Universi ty fs, “the mistaken policy ofthe Legislature in making the State University a free school so far.as tuition la concerned.” He then pro ceeds to state three reasons why he styles this action ot the Legislature a "mistaken policy” —they are the following: 1. “Because it degiades University educa tion, making it too cheap and common for proper appreciation. 2. “Because it is wrong In principle and damaging tn practice. 3. " Because, in the opinion of legal gentle, men who were members of the lasi Constitu tional Convention, It Is unconstitutional.” For convenience, let us examine briefly these three reasons In the Inverse order of their statement. Perhaps the Constltutiou Itself Is the high est and best evidence ol what its piovislons are upon this subject, as well as all others. If Dr. laudrum will take the trouble to turn to Article 8, Section 6. Paragraph 1, of the pres ent Constitution, lie will find the following words: ■■ In addition to the payment of the annual Interest on the debt due by the State to the University, the General Assembly may —lrom time to time—make such donations thereto as the condition of the Treasury will authorize.” How could those “ legal gentlemen, who were members of the last Constitutional Con vention,” have forgotten the above provision when they expressed such an opinion as be has ascribed to them? Suiely the Doctor must be mistaken ; lie must have beendroam Ing. Could any lawyer wl>« was a member ot that laxly be ignorant of so important a feature? It would be difficult to And a la*-' yer In Georgia, whether he was In the Con-_ vention or not, who did not know better.' Some wag has doubtless Imposed upon our friend, the Doctor, with tills ridiculous cutnrd. I pass to bls second reason. It the doctrine contained In this somewhat loose and general remark, that free tuition l«"wrongin prlncl pie aud damaging In practice,” Is a correct one, the civilized world Is certainly going backward. If that declaration had been made by a Spanish or Italian monk ol the sixteenth century, it would have been in keeping wit him, his surroundings, aud his purposes; but, coming from a Baptist minis ter of the nineteenth century—and an educa ted man at that—lt Is astounding I For one, 1 womd not have believed tbatthegenileraau whose name Is signed to that communication had ever written such a sentiment, but tor "•.lie sensible aud true avouc i of mine own eyes. ' When we stop a moment and think how much talent, how much money how much zeal, how much time and eloquence and labor are now being employed among all civilized people In devising ways and means for making education free: when we see Governments and Individuals, and munici palities, each In its own sphere struggling to do this very thing, aud esteeming It a crown Ing triumph when they succeed, such an utterance as this of Dr. Landrum's sounds like a pro est again t the civilization of the age In whiih we live. > It Is a common occurrence for wealthy citi zens of benevolent Impulses to endow profes sorships and found scholarship in Instil lona of learning, soas to make tuition free. Wneu ever they do, their names are heralded as benefactors of their race, and so they are. More than that, among thoughtful people It Is beginning to be looked upon as the test and measure ot the Intelligence an 1 enllghten mentof a nation when its Government makes provision for the free educailon ofthe people. Whenever a city establishes a system of tree schools, or a State or a county, it Is considered a step forward, and there Is no fact In Its his tory to which It points with more genuine pride, and nothing which returns such au abundant harvest of good results. In the town of Lexington, tn the county of» Oglethorpe, Is Meson Academy. Its founder, a dr Meson, many years ago bequeathed to Trustees, In his will, a considerable amouuM ot property for the purpose ot founding thW school aud aiding, to that extent, the cause or free educailon He Iles burled In the school yard, audaslabof marble commemorates his virtues in an epitaph, aud chief among them all stands credited to him the endowment of the Academy No man can tell the amount of good this school has done It Is true he did not give enough to make tuition entirely free, but It was a long step tn that direction. Hundreds of youth have beeu educited there. Some of the first men of Georgia, aud some of the other States, were partly educated there. It Is still In operation, doing Its beneficent work. If the long roll of the youth who have drunk at this ancient and venerab.e fountain of learning were called, among other names would be found that of Sylvanus Landrum Did he find It ‘ damaging In practice” then ? I am aware that tuition was not entirely free al Meson Academy, buteducation waseneap ened here by the endowment and the differ ence is lu degree, aud not in kind It will be a difficult task to persuade those whose pleas ure it has beeu to listen to the eloquent accents that fall from Dr. Landrum’s lips In the pulpit, that It has had a "damaging” effect upon him. Let us now proceed to examine his remain ing objection. It Is the strangest of the three. He says free tuition "degrades University education, making It too cheap and common for proper appreciation.” In other words, a poor boy. who Is not able to pay for a Univer sity education, shall not have It—ilia: Is about the English of it. if you aie rich, aud can pay your way through the Uni versity, you shall be a scholar; If you are poor,'and have no means, you shall remain Ignorant. What does he mean when he says making it cheap and common degrades It? It ought to be free and universal, much less cheap aud common. The Reverend Doctor has really lost bls moorings. I take leave here and now to say to him 'hat there Is not n poor hoy lu Georgia who is not good enough for a University education who has mind enough to receive It. When education stoops and enters the hovel of the poor and takes by the hand some bright-eyed boy of ready mind, It then assumes Its most angelic form. He who can succeed in making University education cheap and common, will be enti tled to be numbered among the benefactors ot the State aud generation. "Too cheap aud common.” It cannot be too cheap, It cannot be too common. If a traveler, twenty years from now, could traverse the whole Slate of Georgia, and not find a single youth to whom the blessings of a University education were denied on account of his poverty, he would And a State and a people in tbe very front rank of tbe whole civilized world. Does Dr. Landrum believe that a University education ought to be expensive and exclu sive? Does he wish to draw a line, and If so. where will he draw It? Who Is he willing to see educated at the Universities in Georgia ? Is it only those who are able to pay ? Would he have the Legislature say, to the poor boys of Georgia, that the higher branches shall not be taught them unless they are able to pay ? If he means to say that It will degrade educa tion to bring It within the reach of the poor, or to make It so cheap and common that the poorest can enjoy It, if that will degrade It, then I say let It be degraded. The sooner the better. The Legislature did not so think. They felt that they were not only conferring a substan tial benefit upon those who were not able to help themselves, and who deserved to be helped, but they believed that the cause of University education was dignified and enno bled when It was made free to all, even the humblest. But, In a subsequent part of Dr. Landrum's letter, we find an expression which reveals tbe secret animus of tils attack upon the Leg islature. He says “this action of the Legisla ture Is a damaging blow at Mercer and Emory Colleges The Methodists anil Baptists of the • State deserve better treatment by their legis lators.” When the Legislature passed this bill, they were not thinking of ,r Mercer and Emory Colleges,” nor were they thinking of the State University, nor of Baptists nor Methodists, nor Presbyterians nor Episcopalians. I will tell you what they were thinking of: they were thinking of their duty to the whole peo ple of Georgia, without regard to sect or relig ious belief. They were—a majority of them— Methodistsand Baptists, aud they wereupon an infinitely higher plane than the Doctor seems to be writing from. Before them was the whole people; they would have scorned the Imputation that their action was con trolled by any consideration springing out of the idea that, as legislators, they owed a duty to any particular religions denomination as such. Like a Judge upon the bench, a legis lator 11 (worn, ana he should be blind to the fact that there are different religious sects among the people for whom he Is to make laws To him the Jew and the Gentile must stand exactly alike. When Dr. Landrum, therefore, talks about what the Methodists and the B iptlsts deserve at the hands of “their legislators,’’ be either forgets himself or Is ready to introduce here lu a new form, doc trines that our Methodist and Baptist fore father wiped out lu blood a hundred years ago What he really means Is this: because free tuition could not be established at Mercer and Emory, then It should not be established anywhere. The people at large shall not have It at all, anywhere, because they cannot have It at those two Institutions He speaks ot the “rival” Institutions and ‘ electioneering” for pupils. What a dog in the manger spirit! The Legislature ot Georgia that would refuse the boon of free tuition to the people at tbe State University, out of regard for sectarian colleges, and make tbe people at large the auflerers In order to make two such colleges prosperous, would be unlit for their trust. I believe that every member of the Legist iture who voted for the bill making tuition free at the State University, would have cheerfully voted thesame amountto Mercer and Emory, each, if It could have been lawfully done. I am sure I would It would have given us pleasure to have done more than we did, but the Constitution permit ted one and prohibited the other. (See Constitution, Art. 1, See 1. Par. it) And tn this connection I would again remind Dr Landrum that the men who made that Constitution were—a majority of them—Methodists and Baptists, as well as a majority of the Legislature. It Is not necessary for me to call attention to the Inconsistency In the Doctor's letter After his diatribe against free tuition at Univer sities he sets bls wits to work to devise a scheme to make It free at Mercer. I hope he may suc ceed. It will be a blessing <o the Bt»te; and if he will call on the members ot the Legislature - ho voted tor the free tui.lon bill, they will all snb scribe to help him make It free at Mercer. His plan is a good one, and ough' to be put Into operation. If It succeeds, I will underwrite that free tuition at Mercer will not be found “damag ing In practice.” But 1 must take my leave of the Doc'or. In doing so. I beg leave to say that in one respect he has do le injustice to the Methodists and Baptists of Georgia There is not In my opinion, a more liberal minded, a more catholic, a more tolerant, or a m re generous people on earth, than the Methodists and Baptists of Georgia They are the bone and sinew ot this State. They fight its battles In war. and pay the greater part oil's taxes in peace. Their motto is, “Live and let live,” If I may nee a household word here. They are singularly free from a iy and all parry je tlousies, and If they are not always so fortuna’e as their neighbors in everything, th y will rejoice with them in th It prosperity ail tbe same. They do not covet their n Ighbor’s bouse nor bls wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor hit fru tuition. Furthermore, they are not now, and never were, a priest ridden race, and they cannot be dragooned Into any sort of aw n that .s not of their own making. They do not sympathize with this effort to make these Institutions of learning in the State riva s of each other. Th y look upon Me c rand Emory, and ihe State University, as all three useful and nec essary They want to see all three of them pros per, and geon with the grand work of University education in Georgia hand-in hand, strengthen ing each other, and with but one common object in view. The spirit that would seek to tear down one of tht se In order to build up the others, or to refuse to have free tuition at one because they cannot have It at all three, is a spirit they despise. October 30th, 1881. Pope Barrow. JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. My last letter left me en route for Ebenezer Association. Well. I made a mistake as to the tlmeol the assembling of the Association, and got there (Gordon) just twenty-four hours too soon. When I discovered my mistake, and realized that I might have spent this time with my family, I wished I had paid a little more attention to my “guide-book." How ever, It was perhaps for the best that I made the mistake Brother Ivey was at the depot, had Just returne : from Macon, carried me up home with him, aud tbe time at once began to pass pleasantly. There was not much for me to do In Gor don. however, as every Baptist family lu tbe place, except one, Is taking The Index. Brother J. J. Hyman, making the same mistake that I did, Came next morning Not wishing to be Idle, we devoted a part of our time (brother H. and I) In assisting the brethren In complet ng the work at the stand. Late In tbe afternoon we accompanied broth er Swint home, some two or three miles In the country, where we spent a pleasant nl,ht, .Truly, kAjktodLOloloak Saturday thaimwat h>4k4<*ii gaflSs, and a goodly number of visitors, had rrl - Brother W. 8. Ramsey, of Dublin, preached the Introductory sermon, and a good one it was. Wtille the dinner was being spread upon the tables prepared for the purpose, the letters were collected and read. Twenty churches were represented; number of baptisms re ported, between forty and fifty; seven churches reported Sabbath-schools. It Is proper that 1 should here state that a considerable portion of the territory occupied by this Association was once large p anta tions upon which dweltagn at many colored people. These large landed estates still exist. Hence many of the white people live at too great a distance from the churches to attend Sunday-school conveniently. This, to some extent at least, accounts lor the small number of schools reported. After dinner the Association assembled In the church, (brother J. J. Hyman preaching at the stand), and was regularly organized by unanimously, and by acclamation, re-electing Rev. G R. McCall. Moderator, and Rev. W. S. Ramsey, Clerk. Later In the session, and at the usual time with this Association, brother W. A Davis was unanimously re-elected Treasurer. Under the able administration of brother McCall, who has but few equals as a Modera tor, the business was dispatched rapidly and most pleasantly. In fact, the entire session was just as pleasant as could be. Brother McCan, of Rome, preached In the Baptist church Saturday night. The hea'ts of all were saddened Saturday morning by the announcement that Mr. Charlie Blow, a young man of bright promise, was dead. The solace aud support of widowed mother, and greatly beloved lu the communi ty, his death is deeply deplored. He was burled, with Impressive funeral services, con ducted by Rev. B H. Ivey, pastor of the Bap tist church, on Sunday morning, a large con courseof sorrowing friends aud sympathizing strangers following the remains to the grave At 10 o’clock Sunday a Sabbath-school mass-meeting was held In the Baptist church, addressed by Rev. J. J. Hyman, of the Mount Vernon Association. At 11 a.m. an immense concourse of people, variously estimated at from 1,500 to 2,000, assembled at the stand to hear the Missionary sermon, by Rev. G. R. McCall. The sermon was a grand one. dell v ered with the fervency ahd zeal which char acterizes this able preacher, and elicited pro found attention. At the conclusion a collec tion for missions was taken, amounting to near forty dollars. After partaking of a sumptuous dinner, served in the grove near by, the people again repaired to the stanr and listened to au Im pressive sermon from Rev. P. W Edge. At night brother Hymen preached In the Baptist church, and brother McCan In the Methodist, At the close of brother Hyman’s sern on, an Invitation for prayer was given, and a great many came forward. The Association re assembled at 8:30 Mon day morning. The report of the Committee on Education elicited a number of Interesting speeches In behalf of Mercer University. Also, the report on Temperance—both sub jects of great Importance, and so regarded by the Association, and by every zealous Baptist. The following brethren were elected dele gates to the Georgia Baptist Convention : G. R. McCall, W. 8. Ramsey, P. W. Edge, B. H. Ivey, E. J. Coats, J. M Hall, B. C. Green, W. A. Davis. At 11 o'clock took a recess to hear Rev E J. Coats preach. I regret to say that this excel lent brother and able minister Is In feeble health. His sermon to-day was a good one. The buslnessof the Association was conclu ded Monday as ernoon and a more pleasant session I never attended. The good people of Gordon and vicinity were lavish In hospitality, entertaining dele f;ates and visitors most kindly, aud doing all n their power to make their stay a pleasant one. Personal y, lam under special obliga tions to so many that I scarcely know how to name them. My home (aud a more pleasant one I never had), was at brother Whitaker’s. Mrs. Whitaker Is a werthy daughter of my long-time friend, Judge David Holomon, de ceased, and never were honored guests more kindly entertained than were those of us who shared her hospitality. Brother W„ being a railroad man, was at home but very little, but when there gave us the kindest attention. "o brethren Smith aud Rice, and their excellent families, I am greatly Indebted, The next session of the Association will be held at Poplar Springs, Laurens county, com mencing on Saturday before the fourth Sun day In October, 1882. J. M. G. Medlock. P. B.—l omitted to state. In the proper place, that brother J. M. Hall preached in the Bap tist church Monday night, after the Associa tion had adjourned, to a fine congregation. Missionary Department. REV. J. H DbVOTIK. D.D., I REV. C. M. IRWIN, D.D., f “Hora. ABRAHAM'S SEED IN A THREE FOLD SENSE. Paul's letter to the Galatians brings Abra ham and his children to view in a three fold sense, which must be kept in mind while reading the way in which he combatted those false teachers in Galatia, who said : “Except ye be circumcised, and keep the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved." Ist. Paul shows his children by the bond woman. Hagar represents the unbelievers, who are after the flesh and not after tbe promise, as was Isaac. These were all in bondage os having rejected tbe gospel cove nant against themselves, as found in Jerusa lem, unbelieving Jerusalem. 2d. Paul showed that Sarah, the free woman, and wife of Abraham, with all her children in the line of Isaac, represented true believers, as collected by faith to the Spiritual Jerusalem, tbe mother of all who believe in Jesus, and who are equally blesssd as having become the children of Abraham by faith in Christ Jesus, and as having all been baptized into Jesus Christ, and as having thus put on Christ in baptism ; so that ah former rela tions and distinctions were swallowed up upon the ground of this wonderful brother hood, spiritual and Christian brotherhood. Each, whether Jew or Gentile, male or female, bond or free, being an heir of God and joint heir with Christ, and all this not by the law, not by circumcision or uncir cumcision, but simply by faith, which works by love to Christ and to one another in Christ, etc. Hence, here we have Hagar and her seed representing the nff-pnng ol Abra ham in a fleshly line, and Isaac a child of promise, and Sarah, bis mother, with all her offspring, representing tbe believers of the gospel and the spiritual children of Abra ham. And then, thirdly, withal, we have Christ himself as tbe seed of Abraham, in whom all tbe families or nations of the world, sooner or later, should be blessed. As when God said, “And not to thy seeds, which are many, but seed as of one,” which was Christ. Hence, all who remain in unbelief, are not heirs of the promise of life, but believers are heirs of Abraham and of God, and joint heirs with Christ. And as the whole Jewish male nation, whether born in Abraham's house, or brought from Gentile nations, must needs be circumcised under the law to distinguish them from a l other nations till Christ should come the first time; so, now, all true be lievers in Jesus, males aud females, Jews and Gentiles, must be baptized, under tbe gospel, to distinguish them from all unbe lievers till Christ shall come tbe second time to take vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Reader, what heirship do you bear to Abraham ? Not that of Hagar and her chil dren, I trust and hope. This is to remain in bondage and sin, not that of the real heir, Christ, for there can be but one only begot ten Son of God, and that is Christ, What then? Are you free-born, by faith, as was Isaac, your progenetor? If so, by faith, as were these Galatians, to whom Paul so ear nestly said, "You are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jtsus,” then you a-e rich heirs of God, and you and other true believers who have been baptized into Jesus Christ, and have put on Christ in baptism, are the offspring of Abraham in just as high sense as any of our poor, fallen race can possibly be. Give God all the praise of such high and noble birth, which was accom plished by your regeneration through God’s gospel of saving power, and go on your way in His spiritual service till He shall say enough, tg|'d take you to Jjinwelf in His highest heavenly glory. A“, by the way, claim nothing for yourselves or your literal offspring in unbelief or in away of natural birth, but claim every ordinance of the gos pel, with its promise aud oath of God, sim ply by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and teach your children to do the same, aud the same only, and teach them, and learn your self, that baptism is one thing with its own name all through the New Testament, —that sprinkling is another, and pouring another, each with its own name of perfect distinction also. Don’t help, by any means, to confound names and services enjoined thereby, lest God should not hold you guiltless. I. H. Goss. P. S.—l read Paul's Letter to the Galatians last night after supper, and James's General Epistle this morning before early breakfast, and now I am trying to benefit others by the lessons I reviewed thus. If I could only have a larger measure of Paul's faith, of James's wisdom, and of John’s love, how glad I should be I You and all your readers say, from your hearts, Amen, Amen 1 I. H. G. Bowman, Ga , Oct. 27th, 1881. LIVING BY GIVING. Religion is life; and life will cease without exercise. A church grows richer by giving its wealth. It grows stronger by the expendi ture of its strength, just as the blacksmith’s arm strengthens with every sturdy blow. Show us tbe churches that have organized mission bands and sent forth missionaries to foreign lands and we will show, by actual statistics, that they have received constant accessions oi strength. For every new root striking into deeper soil, for every branch spreading out into clearer light and fuller sunshine, the parent tree has grown larger and healthier. On the other hand: Churches that have closed their hearts to foreign work have declined in numbers and in strength. You will remember that Andrew Fuller saved the church at Kettering from declension and extinction by enlisting its energies in the foreign field. While they worked for self the Lord did not work with them. Fifty years ago thirty Baptist churches in Maryland declared themselves opposed to missions, while two alone took a stand in favor of them. The two increased to thousands while the anti-mission churches diminished, till they now number only seven or eight persons. Thus the Lord of the vineyard condemns the faithless owner of the buried talent. Twenty-seven years after its establishment, the Sandwich Island Mission must have broken up and disbanded, had they not extended their sympathies and efforts to embrace others more destitute. Dr. Anderson,in a lecture on “The Develop ment of Modern Missions,” says, “It is im possible for mission churches to reach their highest and truest prosperity without the aid of what is to them a foreign mission.” And it is equally true of our home churches, that their only salvation from effeminacy and decay lies in a hearty espousal of the cause of missions- Confined within the nar row circles of home, sympathies grow weak, energies slacken; love loses its strongest stimulant—unselfish devotion ; and faith lacks the vindication and confirmation which crowns its conquests over barbarism. As the Chinese woman's foot, cramped and confined, renders weak and nerveless her whole physical nature, so the dwarfing and narrowing of Christian sympathy and charity enervates the whole character. When ecclesiastical tyranny tried to mould the tree thought of the Puritans by ritual and litany, and even to curb its expression by chains and prison walls, it sought a broader field for expansion in the New World; and the remarkable growth of their principles attests God’s approval of their exodus to a wider sphere. The gospel is like leaven ; it leavens the whole lump. It is like the mustard tree which shall fill the whole earth —Rev. C. F. Holbrook, in Bap tist Missionary Magazine. DR JUD&ON ABOUT BURMAH. "If any one aak,” he writes to Rev. Mr. Rice in this country, “what success I meet ■ with among tbe natives, tell them to look at Otaheite, where the missionaries labored nearly twenty years, and, not meeting with the slightest success began to be neglected by all the Christian world, and tbe very name of Otaheite was considered a shame to the cause of missions; but now the blessings be gin to descend. Tell them to look at Ben gal also, where Dr. Thomas had been labors ing seventeen years before the first convert, Krisha, was baptized. When a few converts are once made things move on. But it re quires a n uch longer time than I have been here, to make a first impression on a heathen people. If they ask again, What prospect of ultimate success is there? tell them as much as that there is an almighty and faithful God, who will perform His promisee; and no more. It this does not satisfy them, beg them to let me stay and make the attempt, and let you come and give us our bread ; or if they are unwilling to risk their bread on such a forlorn hope as has nothing but the Word of God to sustain it, beg of them at least not to prevent others from giving us bread. And, if we live some twenty or thirty years, they may bear from us again.” Everlasting thanks be given to our Lord— tney have been heard Irom. They went forth weeping, bearing precious seed. The harvest is being gathered. Innumerable are the sheaves. So the word of God will every-, where prevail. D. A gentleman from Connecticut, in the custom service of the United States’govern ment, writes from Shanghai, China: The mis sionary who comes to China determined to consecrate bis powers for the elevation of the race, has not long to remain before realizing tbe magnitude of the work. He has to deal with a people who are the slaves of igno rance, gross superstitions aud prejudice, and it is only patient, persevering labor that can produce the results which he hopes and prays for. Nevertheless in the face of every obstacle, much has been done and there are thousands of Chinese who have beon in duced to forsake their old ways and live in accordance with the teaching of the gospel. I am g'ail to add in this connection also the report of a missionary who has been long in China and is well acquainted with the work ing of missions. fie told me, in a voice full of confidence as of satisfaction, that the work instead of making slow progress or hex ing at a stand still, was, on the other hand progressing rapidly, and that its friends had every reason to be encouraged. One of the greatest difficulties, he said, that they ex perience with tbe people is in trying to make them understand that they have sinned and need a change of heart. If a Chinaman is asked whether he has sinned, whether he has stolen, falsified or blasphemed, be will reply ‘ Oh yrs, of course; we wont say anything about that.everybodydoes it, we don't call that sin.” And then the missionary has to try to set at naught all this man’s previous train ing. his life long practices and those of his friends and neighbors also, and when we remember the fact that the Chinese are among the most conservative people in the world and will from prejudice alone refuse to adopt certain ways that they can plainly see are better than their own, we can better understand what a task the missionary has before him. How Missions Pat—At the Inter-Semi nary Convention at New Brunswick, the Rev Dr. Scudder of Brooklyn, while enu merating considerations that should stir en thusiasm in a minister, made an incisive statement of the ways in which missions pay- They pay financially, as the old wheel wright found who gave one dollar to mis sions in tbe S indwich Islands, feeling as if he bad dropped it into tbe sea, but was amazed to receive not long after an order for twenty carts at ninety- dollars each. They pay scienti icaliy, as the sixty languages' reduced by missionaries to grammatical form attest. They pay restoratively, as the Papuan and the Maori of the day bear wit ness; and Africaner; aud Vara, a Sandwich Islander, who, born a heathen, on bis death bed said to friends about him, that bis canoe was ready, its sail was spread, and his pilot on board; and a certain Brahman, who, when converted, beside being invincible in argument, possessed such eloquence as to bring tears to Brahman eyes,—a feat as diffi cult as to wring moisture from the pebbles of the brook. That they have restored so ciety and whole nations, let the disappear ance of Suttee, of Juggernaut, and of drown ing in the Ganges declare ; and Madagascar and Polynesia—that submerged continent — and Fiji with her eight hundred churches swell the testimony. If, after reflecting on facts like these, a preacher should have no zeal for missions, what a "narrow-chested, spindle legged” character he must be!— Foreign Missionary. When the first American missionaries reached India, the English Government res fused them a landing. “Go back,” was the imperious order; “go back in the ship in which you came.” In the General Assembly of tbe Church of Scotland, when it was first proposed to send the gospel to the heathen, reverend clergymen declared against the fanatical scheme. They said that “ the heathen were a contented and happy people, and that it was no business of Scottish Christians to disturb them.” And this in face of our Lord's command, "Go ye into all tbe world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Not a century has passed since that time, yet now all Christendom rings with con gratulation over the achievement of Chris tian missions; and no other class of men is so reverently canonized in the affections of the church as her missionaries to the heathen world. This is the fruit of God’s working with minorities who were working for him. Japan.—Dr. Francis Wayland’s books on "Moral Science” and “Political Economy” have been translated into Japanese, aud are in use in all the high schools and colleges of the country. They are highly appreciated. Rev. J. Goble visited Mito; and the teachers and authorities of tbe city, upon learning tbat he belonged to the same denomination as Dr. Wayland, received him with great cordiality, and invited him to lecture in the hall ofthe law school, which he did to a large and attentive audience. Mr. Goble urges that advantage be taken of the favorable opening made by Dr. Wayland’s works on the educated classes of Japan, by translating his religious writings into that language, and by sending out more Baptist missionaries to that country. Italy.—ls any country of Europe might specially be expected to be eager about reli- * gious questions, it is Italy, where possibly two apostles died for Christ's sake; but Pastor Calvine says, “ Rationalists, liberals, Catholics, unbelievers, atheists, one meets at every step; but in all my wanderings I have sought in vain for a Roman Catholic who is really such by conviction.” The wife of a distinguished Italian statesman is quoted as saying, “ In my circle in the world I see that real faith is becoming a very rare thing even among women. You do not often find among us an infidelity that has been reasoned out, — an absolute revolt against religion,—but doubt, coldness and indifference.” —North- ern Christian Advocate. When the collection is made for missions in your church, remember that it is not into tha basket alone, but into tbe pierced hand of your Saviour, that you drop your gifts. The crumbs that fall from your table are for the dogs : put into that hand something more than a crumb.