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ESTABLISHED lb2l. WChristianlndex Published Every Thursday By BELL «!t VAN FiE»B* Address Cukihtian Isdkx, Atlanta, Gn Organ of the Baptist Denomination In Georgia. BußßCKirTion Pricb: On* copy, one year.. *2.00 One copy, six months 1 -'* J ABOUT Oub AnvKKTtsKBS.—We propose hereafter to very carefully Investigate our advertisers. We shall exercise every cure to allow only reliable parties to use our col umns. . , , oaiTUARIKB. —One hundred words free of sharge. For each extra word, one cent per word, cash with copy. To CoKKKSPONnBNTs—Do not use abbrevi ations; be extra careful In writing proper names; write with Ink,on one sldeof paper. >0 not write copy Intended for the editor and business Items on same sheet. Leave off personalities, condense. Business.— Write all names, and post offices distinctly, in ordering a change give She old as well as the new address. Ihe date Os label Indicates the time your subscription expires. If you do not wish It continued, or der It stopped a week before. We consider each subscriber permanent until he orders his paper discontinued. Wheri you order It stopped pay up to date. Remittances by registered letter, money order, postal note' For the INPEX. A Bright History of the “Index." BY REV. S. BOYKIN. In a report on the Christian Index, by the sainted C. D. Mai lory, to be found in the Minutes of the Georgia Baptist Conven tion, for the year 1860, at Colum bus, Georgia, these words may be read: “The Christian In dex has had an honorable and useful history. Ftr nearly forty years it has been circulating among our churches, imparting valuable instruction to thous ands, in relation to the doitrines and commands of our exalted Saviour, and advancing ably and earnestly, wise and jud.cious plans, for the furtherance of the Redeemer’s kingdom among men.” And now. nearly forty years later, the same words may be applied to this paper with great propriety. For nearly sixty - three years its name has been as “household words” among the Georgia Baptists; and to say that it has ever been regarded by them with affection, is but to state the sim ple truth. , Originally the Colum tnarfSta,, its existence btgnn in 1821 in the City of Washington. D. C., under the auspices of the Baptist Board of Foreign Mis sions, connected with the old Baptist Triennial Convention. In 1827 it was moved to Phila delphia, and placed under the editorial supervision of the elder Brantly. The elder Brantly was an eminent scholar and educator in South Carolina and Georgia; at >one time, president of Beau fort College, S. C. Among his pupils were the distinguished Richard Fuller and Basil Manly, Sr. For some years —from 1819 to 1826—Rector of Richmond Academy, at Augusta, Ga., and pastor of the First Baptist, church of that city, he was the coadju tor of Holcombe, Mercer, Sher wood, Jalez P. Marshall. Gov. Rabun and Humphrey Posey. He assisted in the organization of the Georgia Baptist Conven tion, in 1822, at Powelton, Ga.: was the author of its first Con stitution, and for four years its Assistant Secretary, Jalez P. Marshall being the Secret try and Jesse Mercer President. 'rhe main instrument in the erection of the splendid Green street (First) Baptist house of worship, on the spot where it now stands, and a man of tine presence and elegant manners. He was an eloquent preacher and a most cultivated and scholarly writer. He wielded a great and judicious influence among the Baptists of Georgia; and, on his departure to Philadelphia, in 1826, the Georgia Association, by special and highly complimentary ac tion, furnished him with a letter of religious fellowship md affec tionate regard. He was, at that time, 58 years of age. Wm. T. Brantly, D.D., had moved to that city in April, 1826, in acceptance of a call by the First Baptist church. Dr. Brantly was the immediate suc cessor of Dr. Henry Holcombe, maternal grandfather of Dr. H. H. Tucker, and he, on his death bed, had recommended Dr. Brant ly as a suitable pastor for his successor to some of his church members. Dr. Holcombe had been called from Savannah, Ga., to the charge of that church, and for years he and the elder Brant ly had been coadjutirs in Bap tist church work in Georgia. So great was the church’s confidence in Dr. Holcombe that the call was promptly made, although most of the members had never even heard of Dr. Brantly. Still some apprehension was experi enced and when, on his first Sabbath, Dr. Brantly arose in his pulpit, wearing a white vest, a garment unusual and outre to his Philadelphia audience,there were glances of doubt, if not dismay, THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. . - - from one to another. But when, to t.is commanding presence and dignified and refined manner, were added a deep, sonorous voice, great fluency, a polished and felicitous diction, character ized by richness of thought and a force of argument, which grat ified the intellect and touched the heart, doubt gave way to de . ight. Dr. Brantly immediately changed the name of Columbian .Star to Christian Index,as more suitable to the character of the paper. For six years he edited it with great ability and then of fered it as a free gift to Jesse Mercer, of Georgia. Mercer ac cepted the paper and it was transferred to Georgia in the lat ter part of 1833, and published at Washington, Ga., the home of Jesse Mercer, who, for seven years, published and edited it, ably, assisted by Rev. Wm. H. Stokes. But Jesse Mercer’s long and useful life was nearing its end. When precisely three score and ten years old—in December, 1839 —he offered to transfer the paper and material to the Geor gia Baptist Convention, present ing with it SSOO worth of new type. 'Fhe Executive Committee approved the proposition and recommended the acceptance to the Convention in the following May, 1840. The Convention ac cepted the donation ; and the In dex was moved to Penfield, and its publication there began Jan uary Ist, 1841, the Rev. Wm. H. Stokes retaining his position as editor. He had been assisting Mr. Mercer some years, per forming most of the labor, being a better writer and a more schol arly man than Mercer himself. The history of the Georgia Bap tist Association was nobly writ ten by him, Jesse Mercer fur nishing the material. Though mainly self-taught, he was quite a scholar, and besides nine years of editorial labor on the Index, he originated, and for six years edited the Temperance Banner. the pecuniary responsibility of which was borne by Mr. Mercer. As pioneer missionary, teacher, editor and the pastor of many churches in Georgia, Wm. H Stokes an was indefatigable and most useful laborer. He moved to Texas in 1854 and died in March, 1862, at tJ»? age of 66. His mem ory deserves perpetuation. To our denomination in Geor gia, the beneficial influence of tne Christian Index, under the care and management of Jesse Mercer and W. H. Stokes was most potent and timely, and for it we should ever be grate ful. To unify, steady and strengthen the denomination it did very much, owing to the pow erful influence of Mercer and others in its columns. After two years of editorship at Penfield, very creditably to himself, Mr. Stokes married a wealthy lady, resigned and was succeeded as editor by Rev. Jos. S. Baker Jan. Ist, 1843. .Rev. Jos. S Baker, M.D. (not D.D.) was a man of piety and ability. He was well educated and a strong, good, but sharp writer,who cared little for the mere graces of style. He edited the paper for six years with marked ability, deservedly possessing the confi dence of his brethren. During 1849 the distinguished B. M. San ders, Chairman of the Executive Committee, conducted the paper, which the convention began to find a source of trouble. Even so early as 1849 the Convention recommended its sale ; but this could not be effected with pro priety. In January, 1850, John F. Dogg was installed as editor, and a season of prosperity be gan under his management. For six years John F. Dogg wielded the editorial baton and made the paper a source of profit to the Convention. He was a distin guished educator and a very scholarly man, with a large, warm heart and a well balanced intel lect. He was the son of the fa mous Dr. John L. Dagg, who, for about eleven years was President of Mercer University. His was a long life of distinction and use fulness, in various positions of prominence, and he died but re cently in Kentucky. His resig nation, in December, 1855, was followed by the election of T. D. Martin, as editor of the Index. In 1856 the Executive Committee strongly recommended the sale of the Index, asserting that “the management of the Christian Index, from 1840, when it was transferred to the Convention by Rev. Jesse Mercer, has been a source of more perplexity to the committee than all other matters trusted to their charge,” (minutes) but, instead, it was in structed by the Convention, of that year, to move the paper to some one of the principal cities of the State. Accordingly, it w r as moved to Macon, and Rev. Jos. Walker, at that time Corre sponding Secretary of the Do mestic Mission Board, at Marion, Alabama, was elected editor, as I SUB?/ RIPTION, Fir Yeah.-- ■•2.00. ITO MINISTERS, LOO. f ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20,1896. suming the position in January, 1857. Born in Pennsylvania, he was educated in Virginis and for four years was the Corre sponding Secretary of the Domes tic and Indian Mission Board, of the Southern Baptist Convention. He died recently at the advanced age of 90. A spicy writer, he gave life and interest to the edi torial columns during his two and a hall years’ tenure of office. During that time, and until the sale in 1861, the paper was in charge of an able and judicious committee in Macon, of which Dr. S. Landrum was the chairman. The energy, efficiency and busi ness tact of this committee in creased the prosperity of the pa per and received the commenda tion of the State Convention, as year after year it turned hun dreds of dollars into the treasury of the Convention. Rev. Joseph Walker resigned the editorship July 1, 1859, and for two mouths the paper wased itedbvßev. S Landrum. Rev. E. W. Warren, of Georgia, was then elected editor, filling the position with great credit and usefulness from August 25, 1859, to March, 1860. He was a facile writerand a man of great piety, who com manded the unbounded love and confidence of the denomination. Wielding a polished and graceful pen, he inspired a devotional spirit into the Index, and ex erted a salutary influence in times of great controversy. On his resignation, to take charge of the First Baptist church of Macon, Ga., in March, 1860, Rev. S. Boykin was elected edi tor. In 1861 the war of secession burst upon the country, and for four years cast its lurid influence over the land. This made the time'for a sale of the Index pro pitious to the Convention and, without much opposition, its sale by a committee was authorized. It was offered at a stated sum to S. Boykin. He accepted the of fer and became its owner in the spring of 1861. He maintained its existence during the entire war, until the sudden collapse of the Confederacy, in April, 1865, extinguished all Southern enter prises. The paper had a larger circulation even then than it had ever previously attained. In 1865, the paper was sold to J. J. Toon, of Atlanta, for.the sum of $2,000 cash, and Mr. Toon began the publication of the paper in Atlanta, Ga., January I, 1866, under the editorship of Dr. H. H. Tucker. The paper started on its new career under bright auspices ; but, at the end of six months, Dr. Tucker as sumed the presidency of Mercer U niversity and was succeeded by Dr. Wm. T Brantly, the younger, whose tenure of office also con tinued only six months. These two bright intellects had, how ever, by their powerful and graceful pens, given the paper great prestige. Somewhat inter esting is it that sixtg years after the father's editorship of six years the son should edit the same paper for six months. It is true, however, that for a great many years Dr. Wm. 'll Brantly, the younger, was one of the most graceful and welcome contribu tors to the Index. In 1867, Dr. D. Shaver, of Virginia, was made editor-in-chief of the Christian Index, and moved to Atlanta from Richmond, Va., where he occupied the position of asso ciate editor of the Religious Her ald. A genuine scholar and a man of the highest culture, sound in doctrine, versed in history and a most polished writer, Dr. Shaver edited the paper with distin guished ability and won the love and respect of his Georgia breth ren, which he still retains, in this year of grace, 1896; for heis still living in Augusta, Ga., in his seventy-sixth year. In 1873 J. J. Toon transferred his entire printing establishment to the firm of Jas. P. Harrison & Co., who became thus owners of the In dex,and when Dr. Shaver retired from the editorship, in 1874, Rev. D. E. Butler became managing editor, and held the position un til October, 1878. D. E. Butler, a man of commanding influence and lofty character, was dear to Georgia Baptists, on account of his useful sevrices in the many positions of honor and responsi bility assigned him by the de nomination. The intimate friend and companion of Jesse Mercer he, in his younger days when a practicing lawyer, wrote that, great man’s will r and to him is due the abolition of the working or manual-labor system in Mer cer Institute. A man of ardent piety and fervid eloquence he was licensed by the Madison church, at the age of 40, and in 1861 was ordained. Kind-heart ed, warm-hearted, genial in man ner and spirit, with a pleasing address and great personal mag netism, he was a general favor ite. He took a prominent part in all the religious, educational, philanthropic and benevolent en terprisesof our State and denom- ination, and as editor, bank di rector, President of the Board of Trustees Mercer University and for the Southern Masonic Female College, at Covington, Grand Master in the Grand Lodge of Masons and President of the Georgia Baptist Convention, he sustained himself admirably in all relations, and died honored, revered, and beloved in the year 18—. His successor was Dr. H. H. Tucker, nomen clarum et venera bile, who gave the paper the ben efit of his powerful pen. He was a man of wonderful intellectual ity, great boldness and original ity of conception, united with conclusiveness of logic. His brilliant editorials attracted much attention, and gave the Index a high stand among the religious papers of the day. A native Georgia, he was educated in Phil adelphia and Washington city, at Columbian College. Acknowl edging his call to the ministry, he, after being licensed by the Baptist church at Forsyth, Ga., repaired to Mercer University and studied theology under the venerable Dr. John L Dagg, and in 1851, was ordained, at La Grange, Ga, by a presbytery composed of C. D. Mallory, J. O. Screven,Wm. A. Calloway and B. T. Smith. Ever afterwards he was the most uncompromising of Baptists and the strongest of champions for Baptist prin ciples and practices. For six years he was Professor of belles lettres and metaphysics in Mercer University, for five years Pres ident of the same instr ution, and for four years Chancellor of the University of Ger rgia. Resign ing that office he was promoted to the editorship of the Chris tian Index. He was the chief promoter of the removal of Mer cer University from Penfield to Macon,Ga., which was advantage ous to the university. In the year 18— he bought the Index and became sole proprietor and editor, until his accidental death in 188 . Shortly afterwards the paper was bought by Capt. J. C McMichael, whose untimely death resulted in the present ownership of the paper. During all its existence the Christian Index been a sound Baptist paper, strong in its advocacy of missie is, educa tion, temperance anR tzital god liness ; and it has ever been a staunch supporter of the Georgia Baptist Convention and all its means and measures, and espec ially of Mercer University. An Episcopalian Priest’s Reply. Casually I picked up a copy— January 30th—of the Christian Index, and therein noticed in the “Asked and Answered” col mini, an Episcopalian asking a strange question. I say strange, because strange it is, for even the most unenlightened of our communion asking for informa tion* on such a point as tie es tablishment of Episcopacy in England by Henry VIII. Our people are carefully catechized and instructed on that and other points touching the Esse and va lidity of Episcopal Orders en quired in the issue of January. I know you wish to be fair. All men can strive after that, even though materially differing, and thus, in the spirit of fair ness, I ask as a priest of the Episcopal church, to correct one or two of your statements —state- ments which make much differ ence in our position as a re formed—not new—church. (1). You stale that the first bishops and clergy, li. e., priests (as our Prayer Book calls the second order of the sacred minis try) of the reformefl church of Engl ind, ‘ ‘came out off the Roman Catholic church,” and that what ever apostolic succession they may have (and this includes the American Episcopal church) they received from Rome. Here I beg to try and put you and your readers right. The English church was never Roman any more than the United States of America were ever Irish States. It is true that for centuries—es pecially those years succeeding the Norman Conquest—there was a Roman ascendancy over En glish ecclesiastical affairs, but that ascendancy was always su premely distasteful to the En glish mind, and again and again, notably A. D. 1200, John and the events which resulted in “Magna Charta,” astrong pro test was made. This for a time —finally 300 years after—Henry VIII., and in the sixteenth cen tury, the Roman usurpation and ascendancy was thrown off. The English church reformed herself and her prayer book — but the church never lost her apostolic orders or ministry. Through all the turmoil and trouble of Mary’s reign, Ed ward’s or Henry’s, the bishops and clergy still quietly went on with their work. And as re gards the apostolicity of the church’s ministry that was a rem cognit— an assumed fact even before Augustine's visit to the British Isles in 596 or 597. Toe “Anglican communion,” which embraces the thirty or more millions of Episcopalians throughou the world, has never actually claimed that Christian ity was brought to Britain by St. Paul, but the Anglican church does press the claim that when you first hear of Christian ity in England it is that of a church possessing a threefold apostolic ministry of bishops, priests and deacons. This was the case at least 300 years before the arrival of the Roman Catho lie Augustine, and so from whit ever source the English church received this ministry, it nas been strictly preserved both in ante and post reformation day s. And again, when in 1776 this country began a separate national existence, the old ministry of the ancient English church was still preserved under the title of Protestant Episcopal in the new soil and under the new regime (2). And just once more. You are guilty of a lapsus lingua 1 , or rather calami, when you state that “Matthews” was Ihe first Archbishop of Canterbury when the reformation became in fait accompli. There was no such person as “Matthews.” You really mean Matthew' Parker. Matthew Parker was the first archbishop of the reformed church, but you again make i gross historical mistake when you state that his was a Roman Catholic “ordination.” A bishop is never ordained. He is conse crated. Quite a different thing as everybody knows, or should know. Now let me give you the plain historical facts. I am writing away from my books, but am positive of what I state. Mary died Nov. 17, 1558. Pole (Cardi nal) died a few hours after. The Throne of Canterbury thus be came vacant. Thechoice fell upon Parker. Matthew Parker ac cepted the office and was conse crated in Lambeth chapel, Dec. 17, 1559, not by Roman Catholic prelates, but by Barlow’, bishop elect of Chichester; Scary, bishop elect of Hereford; Hodgkins, suffragan of Bedford; Cover dale, formerly bishop of Exeter. Now the first two bishops had been consecrated w'ith the o’d Pontifical —the las. two with'the English ordinal. Thanking you for the kind and generous words you have to say about the church, and with the anticipation that you will extend me the courtesy of a place in your columns for this correction, believe me, dear and Rev. Sir, Yours faithfully, John F. Milbank, Preist of the Diocese of Geor gia, and rector of Hawkins ville. REMARKS. We cheerfully give space to the above communication, and assure the Hawkinsville “priest” that we appreciate the kind tone of his reply to our recent answer to a valued correspond ent. At the same time we must add that we are by no means ig norant of the “careful catechiz ing” through which the adhe rents of the Episcopal church are supposed to be made imper vious to after doubts concerning the “esse and validity of Epis copal orders.” We were born and reared an Episcopalian, and became a Baptist only when in the calm study of manhood we became convinced that the New Testament knew’ nothing of as persion for baptism, nor of the substitution of infants for be lievers as the subjects of the or dinance. Our expression, “bishops and other clergy,” is taken literally from “the prayer book, " though we were aware that the “clergy” are divided into the three orders of “bishops, priests and deacons.” In the edition of the prayer book which we have used for a score and more of years, the word “priest” is used very rarely—the more Protestant word, “minis ter,” appearing both in the order for morning and evening prayer, and in the ritual for baptism, communion, burial, etc. We have known Episcopalians not a few w’ho shrank from the gener al use of that w’ord “priest”-—a word by the way never applied to ministers of the gospel in the New Testament. That the clergy of the English church in the time of Henry VIII comes out of the Roman church is a matter of history. Prior to Henry and the reformation the English church and clergy ac knowledged the Pope as head of the church, in a word were recog nized as part and parcel of the Roman church. That there W’as a “distasteful” feeling which sometimes was manifested against the Roman ascendency” is not to the point, though it proves just what we have assert ed as to the matter of fact. We confess our mind is too obtuse to see the relevancy of the refer ence to the United States being “Irish states.” Certainly the English church “reformed herself”—no one dis putes that, but that which was reformed was, prior to that ref ormation, in the bosom of Rome, freely acknowledging the papal supremacy. Even now, Mr. Mil bank no doubt will, without ques tion, acknowledge the “apostoli city” of the Romish priesthood, his church receiving them with out any re ordination or “conse cration.” It matters not what Augustine found in the British Isles; whatever the forms he found the church passed ur der the Roman sway, and continued to be ruled by the papacy until King Henry broke with the old man on the Tiber. In all kind ness we must repeat that “the first bishops and other clergy of the church of England came out of the Roman Catholic church, and whatever apostolic succes sion the church may have, came through the Roman church.” As to that “lapsus lingua', or rather caZami, ’we can only say that either we failed to write the full name of Matthew Parker, or the compositor was at fault. So far as historical authorities at hand inform us Parker was a priest, and chaplain to Anne 80l eyn,having been honored by Hen ry before his break with the Pope. Mr. Milbank acknowldges that two of the bishops “consecrat ing” him as archbishop of Can terbury had themselves been “consecrated” with the Pontifical ritual—that is, they were Roman Catholic bishops. Granting the two others were “consecrated” with the “English ordinal,” it is pertinent to ask how’ the stream could rise higher than the foun tain? And it is admitted that the “ordinal” itself was framed by those who had only the old pontificial authority. A word as to “ordination” or “consecration.” Mr. Milbank thinks we are guilty of “a gross historical mistake” in saying that Parker had only Roman Catholic “ordination,” and adds that “a bishop is never ordained; he is con secrated.” To finish our discomfiture it is said that this is “quite a different thing, as everybody knows, or should know.” But we respectfully ap peal froth tl.'e priest of the <1 io cese of Georgia” to the “Prayer Book ” In the latter we read this: “The Form of Ordaining or Consecrating a Bishop.” In tle said form we also read that when the person to be made bishop is presented to the pre siding bishop, they who present shall say: “Reverend father in God, we present unto you this godly and well learned man, to be ordained and consecrated bishop.” “Everybody knows or should know,” that the prayer book so speaks. In conclusion a word as to the primitive apostolic ministry. If any one point is established by competent scholarship, it is that there was a parity of the minis try in the New Testament times. This is admitted by eminent Epis copalians, whose names and tes timony can be easily furnished. The primitive Christians never heard of a “bishop” in the mod ern sense of that word. The New’ Testament bishop was a pastor of a church, never dreaming of exercising any “diocesan” au thority such as later day bishops arrograte to themselves. The “elder” and “bishop” were of one order, the latter being the Greek, and the former the Jew ish idea in the office. In Acts 20:17 we read that Paul sent for the elders (presbyters) of the church at Ephesus, and ad dressed them as the “bishops” (overseers) of the flock (verse 28). The “three orders” were part of the aftergrowth, when corrup lions of the primitive simplicity began to creep in. C. E. W. Dobbs. Work Among tne Cheyenne Indians. Kingfish, OT. ) Jan. 24th, 1896. i When I came to this field last July and saw the degredation and immorality of the people, their fondness for their old customs, their superstitions kept alive by the crafty medicine men, and their unwillingness to mingle with the white people, I thought I could scarcely hope for any conversions the first year. But little more than half the year has gone and lo,the first Cheynne Baptist church with twenty- seven members claims a place on the pages of Baptist history. From the first the meetings were well attended with some little show of interest. At last a little boy died. An only child. The broken-hearted father came and begged Christian burial. Others came with their sick and received medicine and sympathy They soon began to recognize me as a real friend and the Chiistian re ligion as one that made people kind and good. VOL. 76--NO. 8 On the twelfth of this month 5 put up the new tent furnishei by the Home Mission Sociely and began holding night meetings. An unusual inteiest was mani fested from the beginning. After a few meetings, I gave those in terested an opportunity to man ifest it. Sixteen came forward for prayers. The next night fif teen professed conversion, and after careful examination, were baptized. Brother Job Ingram, pastor at Kingfisher, assisted me in the organization of a church. The Lord is still adding such as are saved. There have been many interesting incidents connected with this work. An old medicine man name’ “ Lame Bull ” who was great! interested in hearing the gospt last summer, often listening to sermon here, said at the close o? the sermon that before the mis sionaries came with the Bible, the Indians used to worship va rious things. But now they were learning to worship the true God; ihat he had worshiped him with his medicine a long time. Now he believed he was wrong and maybe, some day, he’d give up his medicine and go the way the Bible said. Thus he committed, himself publicly. Then a strug gle began with the old man’s soul. The next night he could not be found to cry the camp. He remained away from meeting. The following evening I called at his tent. He appeared sullen, unfriendly and troubled. He came to the meeting in the same unhappy mood, but left before the preaching. The next even ing lie came, his face all lighted up, and pressed my hand warmly. I knew the conflict was over. At the close of the meeting, he told the story of his conversion- <a.nc his desire to put the past ail be hind him and follow Jesus, with an eloquence born of a new’ hear' The Indians were greatly ai fected. It has been a glorton meeting. The devil is fighting hard to retain his hold on these poor, ignorant Indians. Already some Indians, outside the chunub. have expressed doubt about the permanency of the work The brethren sent for their chief, “ Bull Bear,” and looked forward to his coming with a good deal of interest, as he was known to be quite favorable to Christianity, and had, at one k'Shu, sent- felt me to come and preach at hie house. He came and went away the same day. He told the In dians he was glad they had become Christians, but re minded them that they knew very little about this new relig ion and few’ -of them could read the Bible. That unless they had regular preaching and wen taught this new'way, they wouk make little progress and if left to themselves would soon go back to their old ways. He also said white men had come to his people at different times and made them many promises and gone away. That an Episcopal preacher came to his house about a year ago, preached a few times, sprinkled a few of them and promised to build a church and preach to them regularly. That he had not been there for marly months. “Bull Bear” said, however, that he would attend our meetings, and if the work proved a fixture he’d be glad to accept Christianity and unite with us. Other prominent In dians have expressed the same thing. I told them that I had no thought of leaving them. That I had const crated my life to this work. That I purposed to be the friend and teacher of the Indians as long as I lived, and expected to meet very many o) them in heaven. This seemed t< greatly comfort and strengther. them, and they gathered around me and we had a real old-fash ioned hand-shaking. We need a chapel very much. It will prove to the Indians that the work is permanent and enable us to reap the harvest now already white. May God raise up some friend just now who is able to help us. Yours, Robert Hamilton. 'The Courier Informant (Fla.) says: “Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, At lanta’s noted Baptist divine, to gether with Prof. C. C. Cox, president of the Southern Fe male College at Atlanta, and Mr. W. Woods White, of the same city, arrived in Punta Gorda Monday night and left early Tuesday morning in company with Mr. J. L. Sandlin and effi cient guides for a good old camp hunt in the woods, taking with them great loads of ammunition and provisions. They will re turn the latter part of next week.” “The right of way” of the sin ner to God by repentance, and of the penitent to Christ bv faith, —what a dear truth! Ther is a way to Christ and God, open ing before us all. There is right to this way; for none can close it against us.