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■ TURNWOLD, GA., OCTOBER 20, 1862. Stonewall and the Sacrament. “ On the morning of a recent battle near Harper’s Ferry, after a sermon by one of liis chaplains, Stonwall Jackson, who, by the way, is an elder in the Presbyteiiar. church, administered the sacrament to the church-members in his army. He invited all Christians to participate in this ceremo ny. A Baptist, the straightest of his sect, thoroughly imbued with the idea of close communion, was seen to hesitate : but the occasion, and the man who presided, over came his scruples, and thus it was that the prospect of a fight and the eloquence of Jackson, made a Baptist forget that bap tism is the door into the church.”—.The foregoing is going the rounds of all the papers. Here is another case for brother Wood of the Banner & Baptist. He has been after brothers Lee and I vie with a sharp stick for the same, or a similar offence, to that of the Baptist mentioned above, and I think he will not have done his whole dutv until he shall have gotten after the 3rd offending Baptist brother, for communing with those who are not rnembeis of “the church,” though they may belong to the various sects, such as Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, &c., and he very good Chris tians. Brother Wood must not “think hard” of me for the good-natured squibs I may throw at birr, occasionally. I think there are fol lies and foibles in all the “ churches,” and I am not going to shoot at those of the Bap tist denomination any more than I do at those of the other denominations. J think brother Wood's peculiar views of baptism and close communion are two great foibles of his “ church,” and I wish they could he done away with. It does seem to the outside worldling that men whose creed is based upon univer sal lovo and toleration, should have some common ground on which all might meet, and give the world an example of Christian love and fellowship. And if that ground is not to be found around the Lord’s table, where is it to he found 1 r I he intolerance and bigotry, creedism and narrow-mindedness of many profes sing Christians, present their religion in a very forbidding aspect to those who are not . members of “ the church”—so much so that they dont see that much is to be gained (except as a money making business) by “joining the church.” Now if professing Christians would, even once in awhile, give the world an example of enlarged toleration and Christian fellow- THE ‘COUNTRYMAN. ship, by all of every name and denomina* tion gathering around the Lord’s table in holy communion, there would be something lovely and commendable in this. When will “ the church” learn not to do exactly contrary to what Christ taught them they sliould do ? But let us return to the erring Baptist brother who went to the communion Table with such outsiders as Stonwall . Jackson, Methodists, Presbyterians, &c. What should be done with him ? I leave that for brother Wood to determine. At the same time, I would suggest that Stonewall in his next despatch should give the name of this erring Baptist, so that that name may he of record in the archives of the Confederate Government, and be held up to scorn in all the Baptist papers, But lei us turn from this bantering, to a more serious contemplation. “On the morn ing of a recent battle near Harper’s Perry, after a sermon by one of his chaplains, Stonewall Jackson, who, by the way, is an elder in the Presbyterian church, adminis tered the sacrament to the church-members in his army. He invited all christians to participate in this ceremony.” And all christians, or all church-members, did par ticipate. In view of death, with a prospect of battle staring them in the face, these Christians, with the probability that many of them were about to do so for the last time, gathered around the Lord’s table. The scene must have been lovely, noble, and sublime. There is only one thing l blaine Stone wall Jackson for, and that is for .confining his invitation to members of “ the church.” He should have invited all to the table who felt duly impressed with the solemnity of rhe occasion, and who were ready and wil ling in their hearts to render homage to the great God of heaven and of earth. No scoffer, nor no mocker should have been there. But where would you have found one on such an occasion 1 • I would have liked myself, even I, who am no cliurch-memhei’, and never expect to be one—I would have liked to have the privi lege granted me of communing with Chris tians—not only on that occasion, but would like it on any other occasion when I could get my mind in a devotional frame. I never yet found any difficulty in uniting in heart with any proper worship of my Maker. I say proper worship,because a great deal that goes by the name of worship is not only not proper worship hut is highly sinful, such as hallooing, screaming, and indulging in such other mad orgies. Well, the point I was upon was that I would like sometimes to he permitted to go to the Lord's table. But living in the age which I do, this will never be permitted me, by “the churches” now in existence. And in this they rob me of a part of the heritage which my Lord and Master left for me. The Baptists deprive some of them, and they rob me and other‘sinners.’ But with tlie eye of faith, I look forward to a time when my children's children shall have se cured to them even upon earth, that of which “ the orthodox” deprived their father. Some one may say I am not worthy td go to the Lord’s table. Well, who is 1 This matter goes by grace, and not worth. My idea is that Christ came to bring re ligion and salvation to all mankind. His word says so, at any rate. But those who profess to he his vicegerents on earth seize upon .this religion and salvation, and lrtde it away in some pent-up, narrow, intolerant, bigoted, mean little meeting-house, or creed, and dribble it out, too often only to hypo crites, drcp By drop, in the littleness of stin giness, and stinginess of littleness, all min gled with the poison of sectarian bigotry and prejudice. But it will not always be so. Let us hope that the day approaches when the broad, pure stream of Christ’s love, religion, and salvation, will come like a torrent, s weeping aw r ay all bigotry and intolerance, first of all cleansing “ the churches,” which need it more than any thing or anybody else. To Keep Apples lor Winter Use. “Put them in casks, or bins, in layers, well covered with dry sand, each layer being covered. This preserves them from the air, moisture, and from frost: it pre vents their perishing by their own perspi ration, their moisture being absorbed by the sand, at the same time it preserves the flavor of the apples, and prevents their wilting. Pippins have been kept in this manner, sound and fresh, till midsummer, and liow much longer they would have kept, is not known. An), kind of sand will answer, hut it must be perfectly dry.” Hannibal. “ Prom the speech for peace which Livy makes Hannibal deliver to the senate of Carthage, li6 must, as Mr. Fox once ob served, have been as eloquent a man as ever spoke. The figure which he made on that occasion, "was extraordinary. Af ter all the warlike declarations he had made, he felt the singularity of Ins situation and thus shortly expressed it : ‘Ego Han nibal, peto pacem /’ ”