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tists,; wilt,'not oaly reject the expression, but also the The Scripture that is often referred to as supposed proof on this point is 2d tor. vi. 1. “We then (as) workers together (with him,) beseech (you) also that ye receive not the grace of God’ in vain.”— The words included in biackets were supplied by the translators, as all supplied words are printed in ital ics, signifying that they were not in the original lan guage. Hence to wrest from the true meaning of the Scriptures, and make an erroneous application of them, is among the anti-christian practices of the age in which we live. The truth is, that Pant and* the other Apostles, and ail the ministers of Christy were workers together, or laborers together in the preach ing ot che Gospel of Christ. As Timothy was exhorted to pursue the same course, it will be necessary to ob serve that lie was to save himself as above stated, and also to save them that heard him, which we will illus trate in the following manner. When Peter preach ed on the daj of Pentecost, God poured out of his Spirit in a glorious manner, agreeable to the prophe cy of Joel, and thousands were pricked in the heart, and cried out, “ men and brethren what shall we do?” It was the Spirit that performed the work at the time Peter was preaching, which caused the word spoken by him, to have a powerful impression upon their minds. Peter then preached repcntence and remis sion of sins to them, and testified and exhorted with many words, saying, “ save yourselves from this un toward generation.” A great number gladly receiv ed his word and’ were baptised, and continued stead fastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship, in breaking of bread and in prayers. Peter’s practical course, joined with his preaching and exhortation on that occasion, with the circumcised heart and ears of the multitude present, and their voluntary course in receiving the word and being baptised, saved or de livered them from that untoward generation. God is pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe, not them which do not believe, — This salvation, as we understand it, has sole refer ence to the growth, developement and manifest per fection of the saints in their deliverance from their former course of folly and wickedness by renouncing the world with all its vanities, and now pursuing a holy and unbJameable life in the house of God which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. When Stephen preached, being full of the Holy Ghost, they were cut to the heart, and .gnashed on him with their teeth, and run upon him with one ac cord and stoned him to death. Their heart and ears were uncircumcised, therefore it was vain to suppose they would hear and be saved. It is only those who have spiritual hearing, or in other words have cir cumcised heart and eai’s, that are profited by a faith ful ministry, and are saved by the practical course of those who minister in word and doctrine. Many of the dear saints have learned by happy ex perience the truth of our text in the privilege of set ting under a sound and faithful ministry, whose prac tical course is according to the gospel of Christ. P. Corrections. As Bro. Beebe is absent from home, as we were not present when the first side of this number of our paper went to press, sever al typographical errors will appear, which were cor rected, however, as soon as we arrived. For the ben efit of those who will receive their papers without the correction, we will state that on the first page, first column, first paragraph, and fourth line from the hot- SOUTHERN BAPTIST MESSENGER, torn of the paragrah, where it reads fn order to execute, it should read in order to excite: Also on the fifth page, first column, second paragraph, twenty-first line from the top of the paragraph, where it reads entended af ter the word Experienced,. it should read extended. — There are other errors, but none- which injures the sense, and will be readily understood. P. Appointments. Schley Cos., Ga., March 30, 1860. Bro. Beebe:— You will much oblige brother Wm. Hubbard and myself by publishing through the Messenger the following appointments. If the Lord will, bro. Win. Hubbard and myself will preach at the following churches, beginning at Antioch, Sumter Cos., Ga., Wednesday, July 11. Philippi, Schley Cos., Ga., Thursday, July 12. Prosperity, Taylor Cos., Ga., Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 13, 14, and 15, Union Meeting. Bethel, Taylor Cos., Monday, July 16. Abberlean, Crawford Cos., Tuesday, July IT. Providence, Wednesday, July 18. Mt. Carmel, Crawford Cos., Thursday, July, 19. Ebenezer, Upson Cos., Friday July 20. Good Hope, Upson Cos., Saturday, July 21. Shiloli, Talbot Cos., Sunday, July 22. Upatoie, Talbot €o>, Monday, July 23. Salem, Talbot Cos., Tuesday, July 24. Mt. Moriah, Muscogee C©., Wednesday, July 25. Mt. Carmel, Muscogee Cos., Thursday, July 25. • County Line, Friday, July 27, (if not too near the Union Meeting at Mt. Paran.) Mt. Paran, Saturday & Sunday, July 28, and 29, Union Meeting. The brethren will please attend to the publishing of these appointments at their respective churches, and may make additional appointments for evenings when convenient. JOHN R. RESPESS. ||lis tel tour. A Little Delay Fatal. It is well known that Julius Caesar might have escaped assassination in the Senate Chamber, if ho had read deliberately a letter put into his hand by one informed of the conspiracy. It is similar to what has happened to one or two of the French monarchs, who perished by the assassins knife.— But the delay of a few hours rendered escape im possible. We have never seen the following inci dent before, but it is vouched for by Dr. McChes ney, of Trenton, a reliable authority. The success of Washington at Trenton has been wholly considered as the turning point of the whole war of Independence. Yet few persons are aware upon how slight an event this critical ac tion was made to hang. On the Christmas eve, when Col. Rahl the commander of the Hessians, sat in a private room near Trenton, engaged in drinking and playing cards, a tcry who bad ob served the movements of the American troops, sent a note by a special messenger to the Colonel, with orders to deliver it into his own hands. The messenger found his way to the house, and a ne gro opened the door but refused him admittance, took the letter and delivered it to the Colonel, who was just shuffling for a newt g'attte,. supposing the letter to be unimportant 1 , or not stopping to think at all, he went on playing. The reading of the letter would have thwarted the design of Wash ington ; the love of play conquered the Colo nel’s prudence aad gave success to a worthier cause, involving the loss of his life and army, and ultimately the freedoms of the colonies. Little did the Colonel think, when he was shuf fling the cards that he was losing the greatest game that was ever played among the nations of the world. Indications of Rain. In all things the present is the mirror of the fu ture, if it is read aright. A pretty accurate con clusion as to coming weather may be formed from observation of the smoke ascending from chimneys, since it is an indication of the state of the atmos phere. Heated air has a tendency to expand in all directions, but i.ts actual motion is in the direction of the least resistance, and it ascends until, the air favoring its lateral expansion, it cools, and moves only under a fresh impulse. The ascent of smoke, which is heated air, is sometimes impeded by the particles of charcoal, water, &c., which give it col or, and render it visible \ but a chimney often smokes most when it does not seem to smoke at all —that is when a clear bright fire, for smoke is a consequence of impeifect combustion ; the chimney that showers soot around has but an imperfect as cending current. When the smoke from the neigh boring chimneys has a single direction, and soon melts away in air, it is apparent that the lower stratum of air is dry, and will certainly resist the descent of rain, however cloudy the sky may be. When the different smokes are inclined, someone way and some another, disturbance in the lower atmosphere is indicated and rain may be imme diately expected, although a cloud may not be vis ible in the sky. It must be observed that in cer tain places and at some seasons clear skies are treacherous; near the sea and mountains, day clouds and night clouds are regularly formed and dissolve in the atmosphere in the finest weather. When the smoke ascends in tall columns without blending with the still air, rain may also be expected, for it shows that the lower air can absorb no more mois ture. Now, it is the lower atmosphere that sup ports the clouds, and when these are formed and again absorbed, the absorption is from the lower thrown down, a long flat stratum is frequently formed resembling a thunder-clound. This, like a thunder cloud, foretells the descent of heavy show ers from a great height, because the lower air re sists the descent of the cloud, .while its moisture is rapidly escaping from the higher region. The evaporative power of the lower air is then engaged in resisting the descent of the cloud, so that the surface of the earth and vegetation become moist without any fall of rain of formation of dew. Little tricklings of water appear on the banks, at other times evaporated before reaching the surface to ac cumulate ; while the watery constituents of plants are no longer exhaled from their foliage. 95