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whose labours have been blessed
i ilie salvation of souls, would never have
-nteicd the vineyard of the Lord. “God’s
ww s are not a our ways, nor his thoughts
ns our thoughts.” He sees the eud from
‘.he beginning. He knows the influence of
.-■very circumstance which can possibly oc
cur; and douhiless he ofn n disappoints us,
;o promote the glory of his own nam p cod
the good of that cause which we are endea
voring to The dealings of bn
providence re now similar to what they
•ver nave been, Dor ought we to expect
hat be will immediately prosper all our
exertions, or permit all our plans to he eje
cted in the manner-we intended. But
while he commands us in the adorning to
sow our good seed, and in the evening not
> withhold our hand, he assures us that
tve shall reap if we faint not.
The Direetors of the Georgia Education
Society, in presenting their First Report
especting this infant Institution, rejoice that
though they can make no splendid commit
mcation, they have nothing which ought to
discourage its members frooi persevering
in the good work which they have under
taken. In discharging the duties which
have devolved upon them, they are happy
to say that they have met with no greater
or more numerous difficulties than they had
unlicipated; and that the Society has been
prospered as far as they had any reason to
expect. Yet in its infancy', it can hardly
be said to have commenced its operations.
It cannot present a long list of Beneficia
ries, who have received, and who are still
receiving its ‘-enefits. It cannot open to
you a treasury filled with thousands, and
point you to a numerous list of wealthy ben
efactors, whose hearts and whose treasures
are pledg ’d for its support. These things
ore reserved for those Societies w .iicb have
existed for years, which have overcome
prejudice, and silenced detraction by the
blessings which they have diffused around
Ihem; aod which have been enabled to
show to all that not only their object is be
nevolent, but also that their plan is eligi
ble.
So far as our information extends, we
have reason to believe that the object of
our Society is approved; that numbers pf
good aod distinguished men feel the neces
sity of such an effort as we are making, and
are convinced that it may he productive of
much good to the cause of religion and of
morality. The list of those who have al
ready become members of this Society, if
not yet as numerous as its fiiends hope it
will soon be. is yet sufficient to show that
men of wealth and talents and piety believe
the object of the Society worthy’ of patron
age.
Thp Directors are gratified to state, ‘hat
two societies auxiliary to this, have been
formed during the short period of its exis
tence. One at Danielsville, Madison coun
ty, and the other at Lexington, Oglethorpe
county. They have also gratefully to ac
knowledge that two other societies which
were formed auxiliary to the American
Education Society, deeply sensible of the
Importance of filling our own pulpits, and
of educating among us our own minis
ters, have determined to appropriate thoir
funds to the furtherance of ibe views of this
Society; and have therefore become aux
iliary to it. Os these, one is in Liberty co.
aud the other at Mount Zion, Hancock co.
The Female Cent Society of Liberty coun
ty, has also we believe, become auxiliary
to this Society. Os the amount which will
be received from these, the Directors can
not form any estimate, not having yet re
ceived from their officers any statement of
the same.
The Directors would recommend to the
members of the Society, and particularly to
the Clergy, to use every exertion to estab
li'h auxiharie®; and they fully believe,
when proper exertions are made, when the
community is fully acquainted with the ob
jpet of the Society, that these auxiliaries
will be formed in many places, and that
numbers of our fellow citizens will feel it a
privilege to he thus promoting the cause of
Christ. And they would also entreat ev j ry
friend of the Society to endeavour to re
commend to its patronage and support such
subjects bs its Constitution req- Are
there not many young men of ml pie
ty and of promising talents in our State,
who are unable to meet m* expenses of
that education which is thought by many
necessary to preach the G-wpel? Are there
not many whose hearts have beeD renewed
by thp Spirit of God, whose minds are ca
pable cf good degrees of improvement, and
who teel an ardent desire to promote the
honoui of their Redeemer, who are still
r.oippelled to spend their days in the walks
cf private life? And would we make pro
per inquiries, should we not find many a
heart fighi.ig over the desolations of Zion,
and ready to exclaim, “ here am !, Lord,
send me”—could they hear the voice in ac
cents such a? would convince them that it
was the voice of God? Ye, 9uch we have
good reason to believe i9 the case; yea,
such we are assured i? the case, from appli
cations already made for the assistance of
the Socifty. And were it generally known
kbnt young rnsn of piety and talents could
here be assisted in improving tbeir minds,
have we not reason to suppose That many
would encounter the difficulties which op
pose the Messenger of Christ, and would
endeavour as soon as possible to obtaio
w f m they might deem necessary human
qualifications to proclaim the glad tiding?
of salvation to their dying fellow-mn?
Le* the triends, then, of the Georgia Edo
cation Society, use theirexertinns to induce
youog men of talents and piety, who have
uot the mean” of improving iheir minds, to
come forward and receive that assistance
which we trut the friends of Zion will af
ford. Aod while we would recommend to
all the friends of ibis Society Jo use their
x rtioos t > obtain proper subjects for their
benevolence, let them nni forget that their
exertions are also needed to obtain those
! funds without which, should young men
present themselves for our assistance, they
must return again to private life. The
funds of the Society are yet too limited to
warrant the Directors to receive any con
siderable number of beneficiaries, should
they now apply. None have yet been re
jected who were deemed proper subjects,
of whom two are now pursuing their stu
dies, and provision has been made for a
tbiid, who is shortly expected. How im
portant then is it to the object of our Insti
tution and to the interests of the Cburcb
and to good morals that our Society be
able to receive all who make application,
and who may be deemed worthy subjt. “s?
Let us then be active and let it not be
c aid that our efforts are but momentary,
only the impulse of the present! We trust
the friends of the Society have examined
,: 'p subject with some degree of attention,
and are convened that the interests of the
Society are tb> interests of the Church of
Christ, are the interests of our beloved
country, and the interests of our most inval
uable privileges. Surely every friend ot
Zion must look with pleasure upon any ef
forts which are calculated to bring more
labourers into the Gospel Ministry.
Surely every heart which loves the
Lord Jesus Christ, must rejoice at the pros
pect of seeing more faithful and able her
alds of salvation stepping forth in tha ser
vice of the Redeemer! The fields are white,
the walls of Zion are broken down, her
watchmen are too few in number to give
the alarm upon every part of her ramparts,
and the enemy is breaking in like a flood
and covering her with desolations aDd ruin.
Let it not be said that we depreciate the
labours of those who are already engaged
in this sacred cause, let it not be said that
we are unwilling to see any engaged in the
work of the ministry, who have not receiv
ed the highest improvements in literature
and science. No such sentiments prevail
among the friends of this Society; they ap
preciate as highly as others the faithful la
bours of every Minister of the Gospel, aod
are far from supposing that God hat uol, and
will not continue to bless the faithful la
bours of many whose minds have not been
stored with all human knowledge.
Bui while the friends of this Society sin
cerely rejoice in the labours of such, and
confess that they have often been th*- hop
oured instruments, in the hands of God, of
doing much good, they cannot but believe
that many more would be induced to en
gage in the same arduous and important
service, bad they an opportunity of impro
ving their minds in a manner, as they be
lieve necessary, before they can with pro
priety enter the sacred office of the Gopel
Ministry. And have we no 1 reason to he
lieve that the Lord Jesus Christ will defend
his cause hereafter in the same manner in
which he has heretofore defended it ? He
will in future use the same instruments
which he has heretofore used, to pull down
the strong holds of Satan, and to rear hi?
own glorious standard upon the ruins of the
kingdom of darkness. And what must in
all human probability have been the state
of the Church, had not the Lord Jesus
Christ, in every age, had some who were
able to meet his enemies upon their own
ground, and to wield their own potent wea
pons? Infidelity has not been destroyed.!
the malice of Satan has not been subdued,
nor has he ceased to employ bis arts against
the cause of the Redeemer. A spirit of
ekepticism and of infidelity is abroad in the
earth, and in the cause of Satan are found
men of the first talents, men who are able
to criticise, and to reason, and to darken
counsel, and to pervert the sacred oracles
of divine truth. To meet and to counter
act these efforts of hell, and to maintain the
honour of the Gospel, should be the ardent
desire of every friend of the Redeemer.
And when we see the danger before us,
when we behold the efforts of our enemy,
and that formidable array which he is bring
ing against us, shall we not be without ex
cuse, if we make no exertions? If we use
not the weapons which God has given ns,
shall we not jnsfly fall beneath the arm of
nr foe? The Directors are convinced that
an important and greatly desired object of
this Society is to unite as far as possible, all
the followers of the Redeemer in one ■ ’ : d
phalanx against the prince of darkness.
They believe all will acknowledge that
sectarian prejudice and party jealousy
should cease, when the united exertions of
the members of the Church of Christ are
necessary to withstand her foes. And what
more effectual method can be devised of
softening prejudice, of uniting in one heart
and in one mind the friends of the Redeem
er, than hv bringing togeJher as many as
possible of those who are to be the watch
men upon the walls of Zion? Let them be
united for a season at our seminaries of
learning, in pursuing the same course of
preparation, for the same great object; let
them weep together over the desolations
of Zion, and study together the means of
promoting the Redeemer’s kingdom, and
can they go forth and forget that they are
brethren, forget the cause of Christ for that
of a party ? No, this ssi/fnot, this cannot be
the case ! The enlightened, the’ faithful
disciples of Christ who have been acquaint- j
ed with each other, who have become con- (
vinced of the purity of each others motives,
will feel that the cause of the Church is of
infinitely more consequence than any other
cause. They will feel that every possible
prejudice should he banished, and that all 1
who lo*% the Gospel should engage with
united hearts and exertions to spread its;
glorious truths.
Another and an important object of this
Society is to raise up among us Ministers of
the Gospel, whose feelings shall be pecu-1
liarly enlisted to promote the good of this
part of the Lord's vineyard.
It must have been long manifest, that if
we are to have faithful, and persevering,
and able preachers of the Gospel, they
I muet he our sons, they must be our own i
citizens, who, from the principles of human
nature, will take a livelier interest in our
Equation than it is possible can be taken by
a stranger. Though the pious Nebemiah
could weep and fast in sackcloth and ashes,
when he heard of the desolations of Jeru
salem, yet it required a survey of her ru
ins, a perfect acquaintance with the full ex
tent of her demolished walls and degraded
condition, to call into action all the energies
of his soul. And who can be so well ac
quainted with, and who can feel so sensibly
for the moral desolations of our beloved
country, as he who has lived surrounded by
them in the midst of the same ? A man in
the midst of the graves of bis acquaintance,
his friends and his fathers, if he cherish in
his breast the feelings of a man or the vir
tues of a Christian, must experience a deep
er and livelier iaterest in the spiritual wel
fare of those around him, than can ever
w arm a stranger’s bosom.
And while we assert that it is the object
of this Society to raise op among us men of
feelings similar to our own ; men whose at
tachments to our 9tate are peculiarly
strong, let us not be supposed to exercise
any jealousy toward? other sections of our
beloved country, or towards similar institu
ioos in other states. No ; far from this,
we trust are the feelings of every member
of this Society. We rejoice that so much
hay been doDe, that so much is now doing,
by others, t 0 promote the same great ob
jec! which we have in view. We lament
that we have yet done so little, so very lit
tie, compared with what we might have
done, had we been as active and Zoalou* ii
the great canse of benevolence as some oi
our brethren in Europe and in other part,
of our own land. But we trust anew ei*
has arrived, and that the friends of religion
and morality will arise, and that many will
feel the obligations they are under to do
something for the cause of that Gospel, to
which as a nation we are so much indebt
ed. Our object must be acknowledged by
every candid mind to be pure. Nor can
we with the least propriety be charged
with attempting to raise up an order of priv
ileged, inactive men, who are to live upon
the labours of their fellow men. Look
abroad ovpt our State; yea, we may say
over our country; compare the prospect of
the faithful Minister of the Gospel with
that of any other man of equal talents, and
in what situation could he be placed, which
would be less eligible for indolence and
worldly ease or worldly prosperity ? The
faithful preacher of the Gospel has no reu
sonable expet lution of ever arriving at that
situation in life, in which hr will not be ex
pend to many labours, and difficulties, and
privations, to which others ire seldom sub
ject. The constitution and principles of
our free governmen’ have placed the sup
port of the Gospel where it ought ever to
be placed, and where we hope it will soon
be placed by all nations.
We know no ecclesiastical supremacy
no hierarchical aristocracy, and hence our
happy land has enjoyed more religious
blessings than any other portico of the
earth. Hence the Minister of Christ in
this country, and particularly in this part of
our country, must exercise his office in the
‘pit of the Apostles. He must expect to
Ia It r foi tittle but the good of his fellow
<u*r, and , ait that reward only, which his
Diviae Master has promised to such at the
great day of fiual retribution. And hence
we have H'tle danger of receiving icnpos
tors as the recipients of our beneficence.
For men of talents who have some worldly
obj'ect before them, will find the prospects
of the Minister of the Gospel little calcula
ted to gratify avarice or ambition.
But while the servants of Christ cannot
look forward to those honours which await
many of th°ir fellow men in this life, they
can, if faithful, look forward with far great
er pleasure to that honour which cometh
from God only And while the friends of
the Redeemer cannot promise those whom
they would press into the Gospel Ministry,
earthly crowns and earthly glory, they can
promise them a crown of glory at the right
hand of God, which is laid up for all his
faithful servants. And while the friends of
Zion have reason to weep over her desola
tions, they have still much to comfort and
encourage their hearts. A great and an
important period in the Church is evidently
appioaching. The benevolent exertions
of individuals and of societies are far great
er than could, a few years since, have been
anticipated by the most ardent friends of
religion. The gold and the silver are in
deed thp Lord’s, and he seems to be taking
bis own from those whose hearts he has in
clined to cast of their abundance into his
treasury. The cause in which we are enga
ged is the most honourable cause in which
mortals can be employed. To be permit
ted to promote the interest of the Redeem
er’s kingdom, to be engaged in the service
of the God of heaven, is certainly the most
distinguished, the most delightful service.
To what better purpose can the friends of
virtue and religion devote that wealth
which God has given them than to preparing
men of talents and piety to preach the Gos
pel of the Son of God? And how animating
; must be the thought to every breaat which
i glows with love to God and with benevo
! lence to man, that the small portion of
! worldly substance which he now devotes to
i the service of the Lord, may in the day of
| judgement be found to have been the in
s’ runient of bringing thousands to eternal
bliss ? What may not the labours of one
faithful Minister of the Gospel, when ac
; companied by the Spirit of God, he able to
| effect? Hundreds under his ministry may
become the subjects of the saving grace of
; God; and from these numbers may go forth
in various directions proclaiming peace ami
pardon to multitudes; and bringing thou
sands to the knowledge of the truth as it i*
in Jesus. Aod thus may eternity exhibit
a small offering, made here in faith and
love, as an instrument of infinite good, as
> the means of savtag thousands from (he re-,
gions of despair, and of bringing them to
the mansions of bliss. These are not the
visions of an enthusiastick imagination, the
vagaries of a disordered brain. They are
wbat numbers are now realizing, and what
still greater numbers will hereafter realize
in the eternal world.
And let every member and friend of this
Society remember, that if we have any
thing to do for our Saviour and our God,
we should be up and doing. Two of our
number have, since our last meeting, gone
to that place “ where 19 no work, nor de
vice, nor knowledge, nor wisdom.”
OFFICERS FOR THE PRESENT
YEAR.
President —Maj. ABRAHAM WALKER.
Ist V. Pres. —Rev. Moses Waddf.l, D. D.
2d do. Rev. Francis Cummins, D. D.
3d do. Rev. John Brown, D. D.
4th do. Rev. Wm. McVVhikr.
sth do. Rev. Wm. T. Brantlt.
6th do. Rev. Peter Gautier.
7th do. Rev. Abiel Carter.
Bth do. Rev. Wm. Moderwell.
9th do. Rev. Chas. 0. Scriven.
Corresponding Secretary —Rev. Thomas
Gouj.mng, of Bethlehem, (Oglethorpe Cos.)
Recording Secretary —Moses W. Dobbins.
Treasurer —Dr. James Nesbit, Athens.
Directors —James Nephew. (Mclntosh,)
Col. Joseph Law, (Liberty) Joseph Cam
ming, E?q. (Savannah) Samuel Dowse, Esq.
(Burke) Tbs. Cumming, F.sq (Augusta)
Andrew G. Sems, Esq (Washington.Wilke?)
Joseph Bryan,Esq. and Rev. B.Gildersleeve,
(Hancock) Rev. Remember Chamberlain,
(Madison, Morgan) George R. Gilmer, Esq.
(Lexington, Oglethorpe) Rev. John S. Wil
son, (Elbert) Rev. Thomas Stanley, John
Nesbit, Esq. Asbory Hull, Esq. and A.
Church, (Athens) Hugh Montgomery, Esq.
(J,-f kson).
[Communicated for the Missionary.']
THE PENDLETON (S. C.) BIBLE SO
CIETY
Held their sixth anniversary in the Court
house, or- Thursday, the 2oth of August,
1824. The Address was delivered by the
Rev. Levi Garrison, : ~roic Acts xxiv. 16—
After which the following Officers were
elected for the ensuing year.
President —Col. ROBERT ANDERSON.
Vice Presidents —Rev. Rodolphus Dick
inson, Rev. Anthony A. Ross, Rev. James
Doutteit.
Directors —Crosby W. Miller, Thomas
Gassaway, John Barry, JohD Harris, Esq.
Theodore GaiJlard, Thomas G. Boggs, Ro
bert Lernard.
[We shall soon publish the Sixth Annual
Report of this Society.]
SALUDA ASSOCIATION.
The Saluda Baptist Association commenc
ed its annual meeting at Lebanon church,
three miles east of PeDdleton Court House,
on the Saturday bp fore the second Lord’s
Day in August. The Association sermon
was delivered bv Rev. Arthur Williams.
Letters from 30 churches were read. Rev.
W. B. Johnson was chosen moderator, and
Rev. James Hembree clerk. Thirty three
ministers were present, twenty of whom
were memoers of the Association, and thir
teen representatives from seven sister Asso
ciations. The number baptized within the
hounds of the Association the last year is
fiftj fivp, and the whole number of commu
nicants 1175. . A good degree of brotherly
love characterized the deliberations of the
Body. The word was preached wnh zeal,
clearness, and some apparent good ef
fect.
Among the measures which received the
sanction of the Association was the follow
ing resolution.
‘•Whereas it hath pleased Divioe Provi
dence to afflict the section of country in
which we dwell, and many other parts of
our land, with a distressing drought, there
by blasting the expectations of the Farmer,
threatening great distress in the scarcity of
provisions: and whereas a great spiritual
decleosion is now experienced by our
churches, in consequence of which the
ways of Zion mourn and few come to her
solemn assemblies :—And whereas great
agitation pervades our country generally
in relation to the choice of a President for
these United States—Therefore Resolved .
That the second Wednesday in November
next be set apart as a day of fasting, humil
iation, and prayer, on which our churches
are requested to assemble at their respec
tive places of worship for the purpose of
humbling themselves under the mighty
hand of God for the affliction in the drought,
and in the spiritual declension of bis peo
ple, to the end that he may be pleased to
sanctify these awful visitations of his hand
to his children and to the community at
large, in teaching them more fully their
dependence on him, and their folly in de
parting from him; and that he may be
graciously pleased to revive bis work amoDg
us and every where else ; and that he may
be also mercifully pleased to still the com
motions that are produced by contending
parties in favour of their respective candi
dates for the Presidential chair, and guide
the minds of the people in the choice of a
President, and that with one heart and one
voice (be citizens of these United States
may select the most suitable man and the
one most approved of God for the high,
dignified and and responsible office of Chief
Magistrate of this highly favoured coun
try.”
During the setting of the Association, a
society auxiliary to the Baptist State Con
vention of South Carolina was formed, of
which Rev. James Crowther is president,
Rev. W. B. Johnson, Corresponding Secre
tary, and Rev. Lewis Rector, Treasurer, j
Rev. Messrs. Johnson and Gibson are the •
Representatives to the Convention,
if Swift. Intel.
MISCELLANY
SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.
EXPOSED STATE OF THE JEWS. AS PREDICTED Bf
MOSES.
Deuteronomy xxviii. 65. G 6. “ And
among these nations shalt thou find no ease/
and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt
have none assurance of thy life?’
u A gentleman who for some years wa*
British consul at Tripoli, mentioned some
circumstances which set in a striking light
the statp of fear and degradation in which
the Jews thpre live. The life of a man
seems to be valued there no more thHn the
life of a rnoth. If the bey has a fear or
jealousy of any roan, he sends someone to
put a pistol to his bead and shoot him. If
it happens to be a Christian, remonstrance
is made by the consul to his nation. The
bey is quite ready to give satisfaction; he
sends someone to shoot the agent of his cru
elty ; and then, with an air of great regret,
asks the consul if he is satisfied? if not, he
is ready to give him still further satisfac
tion. But if the object of his wrqth he a
Jew, no one would think of demanding sat
isfaction for his death. This people feel
the curse in full, that among the nations
where they are scattered they should find
no ease, and have none assurance of their
life. They are known by their being com
pelled to wear a particular dress; and the
Moors exercise the privilege of free ingress
at any time into their houses.”
Jowett's Christian Researches .
SAMSON DESTROYING THE HOUSE OF THE PHILIS*
TINES.
Judges xvi. 30. “ And Samson bowed
himself with all his might;—and the house,
fell upon the lords , and upon all the people
that were therein ; so the dead which he slew
at his death were more than they which he
slew in his Ife .”
Some persons have asserted that no buil
ding sufficiently capacious to receive so
great a number of people could be con
structed so si to rest chiefly upon two pil
lars. But this is a mi-take: for PLINY
mentions two theatres built by C. Curio,
(who was killed in the civil wars, on Cae
sar's side,) which were made of wood, and
so extensive as, according to his mode of
writing, to hold all the Roman people.
They were contrived with such art that
each of them depended upon oDe hinge.
This caused Pliny to censure the madness
of the people who would venture ioto a
place for their pleasure, where they sat on
such an uncertain and unstable seat: for if
that hinge had given way, there had been
a greater slaughter than at the battle of
Cannae. This surely removes every thing
like difficulty from the Scriptural account
alluded to above.
Sir Christopher Wren, whose opinion
upon such a subject will be considered as
important, feels no hesitation in admitting
the fact, and even gives ns the form of a
building which might be so constructed as
to rest entirely upon two pillars. He then
concludes with the following remark.
“ Now, if Samson, by hi miraculous
strength, pressing upon one of these pillars,
moved it from it- basis, the whole roof must
of necessity fall.”
THE SMOOTH STONES SELECTED BV DAVID FROM
THE BROOK EI,AH
1. Samuel, xvii. 40. *• And he took his
staff in his hand, and chose him Jive smooth
stones out of the brook .”
“The rhappl belonging to the convent
is built over that part of the house where
J oho Baptist is said to have been born: and
the village itself stands on the mountain oc
cupied by the Israelites when the Philistine#
from the neighbouring mountains to the
westward defied the armies of the living
God. The brook between them is that ot
Elah, whence David chose the five smooth
stones with one of which be slew Goliath.!
It is remarkable that many smooth stones
are to be found in the brook to this day,
brought probably from a distance by the
winter-floods, though those we observed
over the surrounding mountains are of an
entirely different quality.”
Field Officer's Diaryi
NOBLE BEQUEST.
A letter from Point Coupee, to a gentle
man in New Orleans, says—“ The testa
ment of Mr. Julien Poydras, who lately
died here, has just been opened. It ap
pears that that good, that excellent man,
made the following legacies: For a College
at Point Coupee, s2o,ooo—for marriage
pc. :ouS of poorgirls of said parish, $30,000
—to each of his god-sons and god-daugh
ters, SSO0 —for marriage portions to poor
gills of West Baton Rouge, s3o,ooo—to the
Charity Hospital of New Orleans, his house
on levee, between St. Louis and Conti
streets, and his house in Bourbon-street,—
to the Poydras F"male Asylum, all his hou
ses in Poydras-staet and on the Batture,
amounting to more than sloo,ooo—to Miss
Gallatin, SIO,OO0 —to his testamentary ex
ecutors, who are Messrs. Gui Richard and
Beauduc, s2s,ooo—the remaindet of his
fortune goes to bis family. 9
Ebenezer R. Dexter, Esq. who lately
died in Providence, without issue, has left
the whole of his real personal estate, frith
the exception of a few small legacies, to the
town of Providence, for the benevolent pur
pose of erecting an asylum, and snppor'iog
the poor in a way that ha!l ameliorate
their condition. His property is estimated
to be worth 60,000 dollars.
A Presbyterian Church was dedicated to
(he service of Almighty God on the stb
inst., on Sullivan’s Island, S. C. Sermon
by the Rev. Dr. Palmer, of Charleston.
The Church is to be supplied with preach
ing by the Ministers of Charleston, who I
have consented to attend in rotation.