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- ’ ‘ I iTdiincv (fliernlii'c ITapti 51. JESSE M. WOOD, ) Editor. ) 11. C. HORNADY, Americus, Ga. L. T. DOYAL, Griffin, Ga. / , J. J. I). RENFROE, Talladega, Ala. f D. P. EVERETT, Florida. ) JOS. S. BAKER, Fla. Traveling Correspondent. BANAKR A BAPTIST. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Weekly, (fifty Nos.,) per annum, invariably in advance, - - - - - - $2.00 All communications pertaining to the Paper tmd Office, should be directed to the “ Banner 6 Baptist,” Rome, Geo.; all private correspon dence directed to JESSE M. WOOD. Those forwarding names of subscribers or re mittances, should al ways write the name of Post Office, County, and State, in full. Money due the Office, may be sent by mail at our risk—always mail it in presence of a friend, (other than the P. M.,) or procure a friend to mail it for you—never register. Contributors should write only on one side of each leaf, and number the pages, 1,2, 3, Ac. The Editor will be responsible only for his own articles. 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School Advertisbments. —Our charges for School advertisements will he the same as for others, when not paid in advance. When paid in advance we will deduct Twenty-five cents in the Dollar from our regular changes. Cash for Advertisements considered due, and collectable, at one half the time contracted for insertion. Yearly advertisements, due and pay able quarterly. JESSE M. WOOD, JOHN JI. RICE. • I'roprk tors. ' SHORT SERMON—No. 32. Stay yo’ursel vi‘B, ami womjer; cry ye <4ut and cry: they are drunken but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. Forth.' l.oial hulh poured out upop you the Spirit of deep sleep, ami hath dosed your eyes : the prophets ami your riders, the seers hath he covered.— And the vision of all is beeunie unto von as the words of a b-sik th it is sealed, which riien deliver over to one that is h-,-:r:u'd. saying, Read this, I pray thee, ami Im smith I cannot; for it is ■m.-iI.-L \nd th.- hook is delivered to him that i not h arm- 1. Bay iuL%R ad l.'m, I pray th -e ; and lie ’’sdnlTefini hot l -ai-iiv-d. Wherefore the Lord s.airii. Forasmuch :-is this people draw near -me with their ; month, mid with their lips do honor mo, I but have removed their heart from me, mid their fevii toward mi: is taught i-.v the piiEi-ki’t ol men : Therefore, behold I pnieeed to do a marvi-lloiis work among this people, even a marvellous work mid a wonder: for the wisdom ol’ their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. BIBLE. I' I) II M I nil T I 0 I s. For the Barnier A Baptist. BOARD QUESTION. Wr. The success of the Gi.qii-l in the first two centuries was according to a principle wliicli has ever marked the characteristic difference between the uncorruptcd Church of Christ and the mystery ot iniquity.- During that early peiiod. at a time w lieu successive persecutions had the effect of developing the individual power of each < ’hureh and believer, th.- gospel was preach ed throughout the whole civilized globe. Not only church, s, but individual'them selves were so possessed of the spiiit • f entire consecration, that every power with in them was given to the propagation ol the truth, in Europv. \sia and \tii.a the individual religion and devotedmthat chaia. teriz.-d the Apostles, were p eminent )u every ('hureh, mid produced the hap] -t results in the rapid spread of the Gospel over their respective bounds. \malganm lion mid aggregation for this purpose w ere unknown, nor is there a man living, that vail point to the time or place in the his torv of the early Churvh fivr the first two centuries where such a plan was resorted to, Et skiiii s, the best, ahm-st th. only au thority, on this subject, is entirely silc> t. No >au<h "as the ei holy zeal of the age. there was no «<■-. "-’y /.-i re.,;p t ..,<<;/<■ for the result of the trail <f flirty by plans ng Aione-i drris .g. Ihe first we hear of anything like amalgamation or aggregation, is on the usurpation ot |xwer on the pail of the numstiy in the Mibjug.i lion of the churches to diocesan ride. So imbued was the flatterer et ( ox'i vxri': Euskbius. I mean w ith the spirit ot I t-o vo] ivy . that nearly the whole ol his li 't- ry is a pointed plea for that species "t < Imr. h pov ernnient. lie shews most eoiichisively that scarce were the Ap< >tles e. hl in their graves, bes.-re their very example | .-: v.-rted by a love of power wjs used to pander to a worldly spirit. But even then, according to the hist--iiau's own sb..wing, though there mas the evident etiibrv o of a future giant, m- step Mas tab, t w.-.rds ’he e\cr eise <-f general jurisdiction or legi'L.*-- St controversy, \ D ]so ].i ; ; V . :> the inevitable concha on from these tacts .’ That any plan, contrary : that pn jeeted a I ..d- _by Siv; .. : a. ted . by th Ap--sties at. i thei: -..ce.ss -rs •_ ar. I mi. .'i was s . efloete.al in ;l> n-stik'. is ar. <v a I i- x : -fi tend' .■yt >dm ■ ■■’ th.- . -Hr.e--x es the . hiiroh.'c Th- very 1 centralization and aggregation of power in small Episcopal diocese never ceased until, l>v its w ithering influence, it culminated in the reign of Anti-Christ. lienee these sys tems tend in their very nature to destroy the distinctive, individual vitality of the churches. It is all just so much non-sensi cal jargon to cry t ‘Aiili-Missioiiaryf l'hard shellf when truth begins its search. There are some who know it to be a great deal easier to fall on the side of power and in fluence, where the loaves and fishes are served up, and sustain a great Convention whose shadow blinds the eye of conscience, ' and make a great speech before a crowd ; that, thinks all the same "aty, than to con- . 'irnnt. ti?r; o; m- Jtvrtt •»(’ e- vSt&usj..-w and : worldl'y-nrindedness in a single Church.— Ah! then's the rub; there s the great moun tain—to make a practical test of individual religion. Say you can't do it. Have tried ■ it so many years and come to the eotielu- i sion you had rather have an aggregate in a < mliventioll, freely given, than to attempt a revolution that is a herculean task. Then, ! my brother, give up the point. If you can- j not by |>ei-sonal appeal, and direct effort at j home, restore the elmrehes to Gospel sim plieity, pray tell me how you will do it, by ail tin- organizations in the world, when j al! ymtr little victories are now far away ; from th.- field of battle. Let us learn how i to do, and then like the mechanic, who has • the whole building complete in his mind's ; eve, proceed to ex.-ciite, Iflh.-re be a coun- . trv in the world where this ellieiency may j -be attained, certainly this is the land.—i Engl.ind, because of intense opposition, might not have easilv doueso; the faithful little hand in the caverns of Switzerland, or perched on the. spurs of the Alps, or j feeding on some sequestered valley, w here the popish bull never reaclied. might not j have bi-eti able to propagate the Gospel, | by .such cflicietic.y, to tin- remotest cor- , tiers of the earth, but what Linders us in A mi-r’u a. < >ur Com ent'ion reminds me of a coward ly army, afraid to meet the foe in th. open plain. Give us bulwarks, bn-a-tworks and fortresses, and w«- will light the cm-my.— Eiii.-iliy on this point, as an illustration of what might be done by t he pra.-tieal recog nition of o n- indiv idnai. Church duties, a i brotjier rriiiarkc i <l tu me, a shwt tiim sinci',- he might give, with his income. *.‘>,ooo oo p<-i- annum Ibr the propagation , 'of the £»n«p<-|. to turn end we would labor j a thousand fold more—in the service ot' our Lord, by |>uttiug to tin- pi-.u-tii-al test. I am bought with a price. Then there would be no eontiovi i-ii-s about Boards; every man would have enough to do in his own sphere. This is Apo.-.toJic—it is t he record .>1 histi»;-y. ?}. Great centralizing, vcck-siastical in stitutions tend to destroy liberty of speech. LUitv of s<ntiineiit. unity of fiith, and uni ty of practiee bv vi.-ibh organization be come impatient of dill'ci-enee of opinion and ojipositioii. It seem-, to proceed upon the presumption that it has the light to think and judge for others. In a tree country, | where freedom of con.si ietu-e mi l liberty < 4'. speech are held as among the most precious boons ot God. no one exp.-i-ts Qiit-rigbt legislation in Stat, or Church; but where long usage, and respect for tradition, ami ‘ rev i retire lor tathi rly vv isdom, has given permam-nev to opinion and dir. -lion Io thought, the iadi-pemleiit thinker, and de termined investigator lulls so'virtually un der tin- I an ol‘|>ublii-opinion, the i xpr< s sioii ot his sentiments r> quii- s a nerve and will eqmil to the pa-sige ot'the S]>luge:i. I'his is more pai tii-iilarl v true in religious cases where niodestv ami humilitv should eharaet ei >z.i- i v c-rv mt ol the beli ver. l ib-safety of the Baptist < hut ch is to be found in the exercise of a free and inde pendent spirit in every believer, eoiisoi ant with the fundamental principles he holds t so dear. The I’opc thinks it aa outrage that any man should vetiture to ( ,-.t itam or t ■ express an opinion at v.n .a,: . with that of the \ ieegeren!. lie i.-.i.is < -</'/<’ mm n of sentiment and ]>rai tiee t>> be the glory ot’ the Church, and that <e< le'iastiea! and civil power arc doing God's service, wh n evi-r Used to Vilti-lee it. Lt this Way free dom of const ieuve and liberty of>[>ev«-h in ! all l.'.s doinini ns hav< Le. n tat nought. i This very priue ple, claimed by vvhomso ■ ever it may l-e. is in d.-n r ot’engender ing tin same rv'siilts, es]>cciailv inrvimions • ■ Tgaiii.-.;' b vv.< ■ . • plit’X, an s- i-', <-.< ,'■> ~ ',■ tl.eia - iict-< .<«>.■ ily thi j aye "ff''' md p, adice. i • I’.v ils ot'this hi . I ar- m-t tin- growth of a tlay ; thev flourish st in the subsoil of - the Irnart. to 'tiik de< p into which, it re quires time and t -vor.d <i ■. '. i In all d< '!>■ t • and tv r.miea! g. .v i ;s,m,mts when- the will ot a few : ,s the law tor the - i»e>q-!e. everv thing like iuvi'stigatioii ami i imli i-i-' 1 ut tlb-ught a">.l m ’ -a i> terrn-t - > the So it i» in • rj il I vvhvre there is a e..;,. , i a of power 1 and opinion; l:c’ ti:e eti-rt always :i > the ['art • f ttie holders of p,.w er t--er :'l< - out either by -n or •■rherwT.-th-- vvl-.o n ;|V viitture t- diFer. < >.:r g ver:;. r incnt is maintained by the p;:r:t_v a <i iii s tegritv of its i it:z. r.; :!:v:;:»]xa. is : ? then trvni them to the constituti I ni' -? - ' ■ 1 ’ Baptist < : The sp]<al .> ts' iuiivi.m.d v.mnh.then i : • . '' ' ' ' ' ' i But he who must m.i'C that appeal in tne M rg u ■'■”>. does ‘ 0 b mg the vjrtmd staniard given them by- ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1860. combined influence and w isdom. lie does it at the risk of position, reputation and influence—such a risk that, few men w ish to make even for liberty of speech. There are some now living who have felt the very tendency of this state ot things in the Baptist denomination. Ihink as we do, go with us hand in hand, and all is well; dare to differ and we will black ball you, give you the s7iy eye and the loose hand, to the-extent of our influence. Thus so far as the laws of the country will al low. a death blow is made at what, of all things else, zKinericans hold dearest. Let us resist that outside pressure of the pedo ! Baptist world. To say we are in no danger ',.! .7.:: ; ii up; t *'jn.a to Snut .ar ' eyes to the current facts of the last eighteen months, and assert it was not a Baptist ' that burnt the “Iron AVheel" in the city of ■ Montgomery. AVith ten thousand Baptists : 1 open my eyes at our present state, ami - with a bewildered stare, ask, how did we : ever get to 7/o.s point ! Answer: "Like begets like.'' ' W. II CLARKE. [concluded in the next.] For the Banner A Baptist. INFIDEL’S DAUGHTER. Mr Dear Brother: In answer to the inquiry whether the du- ■ '■ Jidel's Daughter, or any other of my works. | j is suitable for Sabbath School libraries. 1 will simply say that all of them would, in my opinion, be very ]>rop.-r reading for the j larger scholars. My object in writing the Daugh- I ter was to meet a deeply felt want in our denomination. There were many books, I and some of them most exedlent ones, on i the evidences of Christianity, but as they [ were written and published bv others.thev were little known to Baptists. But besides 1 this, most of them were written in a theo logical or technical style. an<l were inure fit for students than for the general read t. — Those who were really desiring to study the arguments on this subjeet vvoul I pro cure and read thi-m, but to those who most needed them they would never be known. In my very extensive travels over the whole cmnitry. I seldom met. in any liimi i ly. with a work on this subject. The chil dren of Baptist parents were growing up ! without instruction on these' points, and , would be likely, when to bgttUWß: j ihi easy prey lo some bold d<elaimer of tm lidclity or Universalism. 1 labored, th -re ; fore, to make a hook st> attractive in mat- ' ter and style, that till would real it with delight, ,-m-l especially th- young. One suited, not somnch to the studv of the men of learning, as to the centre table of the parlor, or the work-stand of the family roimi —in vv hich a plain, common sense argument might be found stripped of all technicali ties, aind involving no necessity of learning to comprehend it and feel its <■< nvincing force. A mongother reas-His for doing this work,’ I had this, that I owed it as n debt of grati tude to Gon. I was reared in a Christian family, and carefully taught the doctrne< of the gospel. At the age of 12 vears I ha 1 committed most of the New Testament to memory, ,-m-l had been m.t'le familiar w ith much ofthe old—but I nerer was taught the reasons for believing the Bible to be from <i;>!>. I believed it to b - so. because my parents said it was so. 1 left home at atiearly ageand fell among I niversalists and embraecd thi-ir faith. A ; little later. I met vv it’h the writings of I’vine, . and though 1 could even then see the falla cy ot most ol les arguments. I became at first a doubter then an infidel. In the cotii-'O of years. 1 v.a-, sad to t- ll! almost an Atheist. I <■- / n->thing o‘‘ all this. I ma-1-- no pr o', isi'iii of infidelity. 1 attend- : < d ehiii-i-h a' others did. I seldom spoke 1 i-xeep’ in terms of rvq>. et of the Bible or of religion. I I -v. dmy and could , -I speak li duly of what 'he had taught me; how a-v er. I till lilt li-el that -le- ha-1 b'en 1 mistaken. At length it please I Gon to v isit me in my darloL'". I began to think. I v-.il 1 not p-ore tie re Was ic-(ion. Cot:l I I p> oe that th.- Bib:.- v. ;i' n. t hi' book .’ If it '!;•»-. 1 I turn out that my par. tits w.-:- rudit I w .i' wrong, w hat wasmy . <-n lit'.- >:i .’ Dis ease lai I h ! I upon me. D a’h 'fared me in the ta< .■—eteriiitv s. . mv, ry near.— A- a i-livs . iati. I '. v that there was little prvl-al'ilitv that I e-'-ald survive a year. I 1 hi ! a!:-‘a i_\ >T-t : I tii examine am-vv th.- argtrm t. A< I vvorkc lit - nt. litll ■ by little.. I wrote it 'L>wn f-r future ref.-r --emr. I vas so situati*d that I cortld receive but iittk-a:>l from b<> ik'. and my min.l was . - • ! that'.ah aid w ihl probably ; have been littb- s svi.-e to me. TL-- n-- ■ suit of my stu.lv . thr-.'agli tr.::n I weary nb>nt’'.«. w > a fill and firm convic tion that th Bible i- of G"<l. an-l Univer- ■ '.distil of th. Devil. ’ ■ I':. <-. -:iv ict' •:> li.-i' nev -r o. -n w . aken.-d i 'inee. iu the L.fb Di-f .'er. I tried to ... ss, t - - gmaents ].y which I w.i' v-in n .-e.L w ith . - A -'t- • v im-. !. \\ •' -. ~' awh■! -. » it is any more oonclnsive as a sys . ' ' ■ '-' . th rs. -. I a: - • say ; ’ I think I c.t . v.’:;:..re t - . assert that it will be found more r. adable . ■ ■ - It was written f?r them, an 1 will. 1 trust. i .-very - “Ills BAISUNER OVEIT' US IS “EOVE” bath School where there are pupils 1 of 12 years oW or upwards, but in every family. For-ii-is a work not only to read but to talk abof »t the family circle. The first v.ofune of Theodosia was also writt en for the j oung. Great pains was ta ken to make it|l>nple and attractive. There | are few wordsjmsentenees in it which any well instructed child of 12 years old will not readily uniigitand. It. is eminently fit- | ted for a SabbO School library book. The ; second volume^ not so simple; it was in tended for adilts and thinkers—but still ! there is much it it to interest and instruct the young, Jmi it is of vast importance that.they shali w-rn the great lesson which it „-.tv-d' syicfK vT7.: That the I church Christjs.Oiic.vind where and how | to find it. The little work on Pedobaptist immer- i sio'js, and Baptist facts against Methodist fictions, arc not in the narrative style, and . hence less attractive to the young, li’ the Lord me long enough, ,1 inten-.l to write a work fu be called “TLE CRAZY PREACHFR,” which wascomnencctl four years ago, but in which scarcely any prog- j ress has yet been made, in whiel; the chief i points in theSe -works with mai.v others, I very important to our denomination, will I be treated in narrative st v 1.-, and laade ev.en I more attractive to the young, I trust, than Theodos a, or the Inf del's Dayhter.— "DEACON (’IiLSIA ” will Lein press before long, a book of tl-- 1. nion or otherwise. It wnl be designed .-speeial ly i’or Sabbath School scholars oflroin.l2 years to old ago; [1 hold that none aretoo . old to go to Sabbath Sqliool.] Aly "BIBLE DICTIO.NA RY," now far advanced, is written expressly for Sabbath School classes. |lt will besmall and dieap, but will conta’mijust- those things which the children and teiichers will desire to know, and in brief’ and- simple words. 1 cannot help Loping that it will soon have a pl|‘ce in ev ry school and every house, for it isto be a family book. Thus freely I have written to you in t’.ie (• onfid,-nc<- of ii-iisndship: and to saye others the trouble of qinking similar inquiries;, 1 have published u in the Banner & Baptist. A’oiits i i Clirtsr, A. C. DAYTON. - ♦ -«►- ♦ (From tjie Christ inn Union.) Address of'N. Crawford, D. D., before ' the Bible Rex'-101l A.:sosiatlc-Tut'l> i-'V- 1 ville, Kentucky, April 6th, 1860. ill's: _vnv.vxT.VGES ix this age for the work OF REVISION. The opponents of 1 he |> resent r,-vision en terprise may be divided into two classes : The first class are opposed to revision altogether, at any time, and under any cir cumstances. 'l'hvse opposers may be rank ed in two divisions. The first snppos ■ that the preseiit English version w.i-; ma.l-e dir. etly bv th- Almighty, tmd is ot course the v.-rv \\ ord'ol <•«> !. 1 Ley piously op- pose revision, because th y believe that it - is an attempt to make a new Bible, diiier- j ing from that which God has given us. Ihe other division tire aware that our revision is but the translation or revision of king •lames' translators, but still they 1 mk itp hi it with feelin.s of rev erence, approaching to super-tition gain! regard as sacrilegious till attempts to alter it. W ilh n -ither of these elas: e< of opposers w ill we attempt to reason now, leaving them in hope that “the schoolmaster” iiT his wandciings "abro.-i I” may some times meet them. The other class ot' opposers know and admit, that the version which lias been handed down to us from King .James, is : not fa iltless, that with all its readily ad- ; mitte I excellencies, th-rcare mingled many j defects, that there are many iuaceura<.-ies ■ which may he col rected. bk-mishes which ■ may L‘remove I. They t heietl >re are not ' oo]:osed to revision in the abstract, but to 1 the pr sent enterprise, because they think ■ that, although a version might be made j better than th.- present, v .-t the tine- Li- ' i not come to engage in the work and tl: - 1 j <iremnstanecs arc n<»t sneh as t•> justil’v the im b-rt iking, Tliey are looking to s.ae.e p r'o 1 in th ■ distant future and t > a more favorable conjim -tui-e of events as iiecos ■ j sarv t ‘ warrant an enterprise so great in i its. It and so nmnu-ntoiis bi its eonse- I qii'-tiec-s. 'l'., •' ■ ■. ■’ ! '■ to present s.-iuv < nsi L-r.i*- -is to -’.ow that o':r country is the place, the present is th- time, and circiimstane-s now exist ing are the pniper --a ■ - w i ngaging i i t' ? s work. 1. A work like this can be "fully prosecuted only where liberty prevails. There must b peril et freedom > t inquiry, freed--a of t hougiit. t’rei 1-•:.: of expression. Win-Il a:.cie:.t abuses arc to l>. attacked, when iiistituti ms. hoa y with age and lad'-n ' w ith wrong, art' to be ov. rtlirown. thought ‘ m’.i.'t be tree as the air <>f h--.iven investi gating principles, and speech as tree .is •. eight in xpo'i ger; a.. 1 in.iii‘aini g truth. In im <>th r country can we fin I the ; freedom n<-< <-"ary f-H- til’s wo. l, fully as in <>:ir own. In this ,-i_ . ..nd eso.-ciallv in this < ' ■. ' vis - - ii'.- n .!> ussion. b well tint i‘ is <o. (>p ■'-on should Ik- t“ .■’-I in t: nth. Now lie a’tempted only in a !’r--e <■<.!;:.trv, it j sb ..Id 1,.- aiD-mpt.-d ‘lily thi :as truth which exposes eheri'!; .I e: r.-r e : m be pul.- -■<!-,..| no where c’.'e. e--n.r which at- ■ t.-.-k' ’ruth can b • fairly un t no where els '. -Th ptinciples Lav.- be n -pemlaiit I-. il i I ; the vv art'. - -.f w:T h ~s attacked the m-.-t tirmlv fixed fu’Lu-ic*. ; g O ■ ; 3i.1l ii. -V , si-eeia’lv • .‘’ t-’.i.a: ! to those errors which are ad- -■ • • x'-' ' ■' E g • Is . ' • ' , rrn- h it isjn-tlv L-Ll inq-ar-sa species ot sanctity even to its inaccuracies st f • ei i: ev o--y pot' t ti,at isinvi-stigatr-l J and her indoow t largest lib< rty is ■ ' - x*e . r r.‘‘ P’l ■'V ■ot> hr whol - ■•. A\ ho would be satisfied to Lave the enter prise undertaken except in an age and country where inquiry, and thought, and truth, and speech are free? And when if not now, and where if not here.; can these conditions be met f ? 2. One circumstance most favorable to i revision now, is the possession of a purer i Greek text than was known in the times of ’ W iekliile, or Tindal, or Cranmer, or King i James. This is a simple fact so well known | that it is needless to speak with minute j ness. As “ all things work together for i good to those who love God,” s<|> all God’s ’ providences work together for [he accom plishment of His purposes and the declara-1 i lion of His glory. How- busyihave been the ingenuity and the research of scholars ! and antiquarians during the two and a j half e. iituries s-nee our v cmioll was tlirm .ed ! .Ages of laborious inquiry have pro ! dueed their result and that result is in our hands. Shall we not use w hat] the provi dence lit'God has comniitted to 'us ! Shall ' there be in fact two versions, one for the ’ < clergy and another for the people; one for ' I he learned and another for the unlearned : one tin- the few, another fo.y the jiia’iy: one for the critic who can read Greek and an other for the common I'eople whose only language is the noble .Anglo-Saxon ! '1 his is now emphatically- true and jninst con tinue to be true until the researches ofthe , last two hundred and fifty years are made common property for the whole people, which can be done only by giving in an English version the result of all this toil. An-. 1 , why should not this be done I Great 1.d.0r has been expended to ifestore the very words of Shakespeare, tlulit we may r -.i l his immortal po.-ms just-tils he'.vrote them ; an 1 shall no effort be mjide to give the people the very words which the Holy Spirit has written ! Scholars have collated every manuscript and version to furnish a [Hire text of classic authors, that the school- | boy mav read Homer and Horace in pure i texts, ami shall im effort be m ade to give to the disciple of Christ a pure text ofthe . Great Teacher! If the researches ofthe lii.-t two centuries are of any W'ji th. let the people as well as the scholar e'njoy them; if they are of no worth, let the scholar cast ; them away. 3. While the antiquarian has been search- ing among ancient versions and manuscripts, the critic has been busily employed in in vestigating the laws of language and ex ploring the meaning of words. The < Jerman mind especially, has been toiling in this department of knowledge. Never has the world wit s' at er labor] hh>ra ]>er- ‘ .i to its olijl-c!. Nev er has the world seen a more abundant reward. Philology lia>. b.-en reduced t'-i a science, i We see its rich fruits in every 'classic fu l l. The poetry, philosophy and history of the classic. nat ions have beeu illu'stFatgd by its light. Wliv iimv u«>t t-hiirlight be allowed ’ io 17; .v,7 ifp’-.t; tIL Av'iy * should it be confined to the study of the ' minister, the lecture-room of tljie professor, the lilii.-uy of the critic ! If there is light. L-t ' pi-<»p]-- have it ; it' thei-i.'- is no light, - let the pulpit and the commentary cease ' their revisions. I. A-; a cous.-quenee of these researelu's ■ and this labor in the department, ot' philo- i logical science, the pr’meiples of ihterpre i tation are now well settled. Thev are in . fact readily and eonstaptly applied by crit- , ! ics am! scholars’ in all their investigations. ' Where, in King James' time, much was! i chaos, all has been reduced to order, Let - • these principles be applied for tile benefit i <>f the people. The scholar enjoys them, i why may not all enjoy them j What Tea- i s >n c; n lie assigned why theJ should not ? ■ I histoid.. an I phi ■rpdeted by tl pr:: ■’]>l. s. Il the \'\o;d oliGod can be I ma le clearer is it not a duly to do it ! These considerations then press upon us I the question: Is not this the time and place I tin- revising our version of the Seri]‘tit: es > as we may freely inquire f<>> truth, and i fivelv publish the truth; as the labor ol i gen ration-; has secured for us a purer and i mor - perfect Greek text ; as the science ol I pliilologv ami the laws of interpretation I unite to lend us their aid ! I repeat, has j ! not the time come ! If not, when will it | come ? Aon may admit that revision at ; som ■ time is proper, nay desirable. \\ ill i 1 it. ever be more desirable than now ? li (. .I has put us in possession of results. ; m->.'t fav Hable fin - revision now. may we i not take it as an indication of His will. 1 that we should engage in the work now ! j ■ '. :: shall ihe v'. o| l; In- engaged »dy| to take In j I cimi't.-n ees in which the enterprise, is now : c.irricd on. are the very circiinistiuiees in vv hi -h it ought to In- mid' rtaken. It is ear lie 1 on bv an organization, pledged to no j -7. '■ .tli i-ili 'l by no hierarchy. dependent on , \ I r I ■■ ’’ ,d, ,■ trbd, o.il / to the enlightened. crit ri; >. oj the learn- 1 ■7. ' . ! the Christian world. Th--s-..- are the 1 I : I i r. - lit. ami lastlv ,-m impartial judgment. If the enterprise were pledged to a sect, it .-..Hihl In- pledged to the peculiarities of that s< .t. If’ it were contrcfllcd by a bier- ai. i: vve.-id sustain itsj an* h->i ity. If t, j suit its will. Th-- pri-nciplej of the present - ’ 4 of t;.,d. Ip hi this principle our revision stands, ami if condemned, bv this principle let it L-,11. Standing on this principle it is prepared i fin- all fair criticism ; nay, it is itreparcd ■ . ■ .■ that wo ■ i T ' ■’ T . W ■ kn - i be attack I by prejudice |iud must Lave ’■ t .-o:. pier. And (t must i onqm-r not b> the Wemtness of its dpposers but by ! hiJ‘ ! -. on.-, y ( -t h'lmbly confiding in God’s help, we take it uji. Th r suits, so far. show that our plan is a_iG I o.'i -. I - 1 " it has been successful, and it' s’.has bee:: of the noblest kind. I’ has won friends, in the midst of em-mi' s. It m-v.-r could have commenced otherwise than it did. It it Lad waited to be popular, it would Lave waited forever. Honor, all honor to the nob! .- men who commenced this enterprise in the midst of opposition, . ■ . ! Hot those whose prejudices have given way to the truth. Honor to all who, at any time, may- be led by an honest heart to strive for the AV ord of God, in its simplicity, pureness, entireness. A.s presented to us in the English version, the AV ord of God came to us like its Au thor. Its countenance is marred. It appears to us by the providences of the past and the circumstances of the present, to re move every unseemingly blemish which either detracts from its beauty or defiles its purity. Let God be true, and every man a liar. Let that which professes to be the Word of God, be the Word of God. Ami wherein lie has given us ability and opportunity- to give His word in purity to the people, may we be found faithful. ♦ ■»— ♦ (From the Home & Foreign Journal.) LETTER FROM REV. ISAAC REED, CHEROKEE NATION. JT77Z received—Opposition—Four native preachers redeed— VTord of God in Cherokee language—Religious Books— School teachers. A Faysville, jC. N., ) Alareh 7th, 1860. f Dear Brother—The people receive us with all the kindness and friendship that could be desired, and, wherever I have been, invite me to more places than I eau possib ly go. There is a vast, destitution here, and tile Abolitionist's and Alethodists oppose us very much, but we have the most influent tial men of the Nation on our side, and there is a great turning from the Northern Baptists to us. 1 have received four of their preachers, one of them, 1 think, will we will ordain, and ask the Board to sus tain him. A\ ill the Board do it ? There are some pious young men here that might be useful if tliey were- educated. By all means send two good Teachers here to estab lish schools. Much depends upon it—far more titan 1 can speak of in a letter. But if you can imagine a people who have anly portions of God’s word in their own lang 'uitge, and who have to be taught the way of life through an interpreter, who can’t, find word.' to e.xpre.-s the idea that, should ]>C expressed. And then imagine them try ing to make their way from heathenism, through this dim light, to Heaven, and some, ol’them trying to teach their own people the way of life by this dim light they have; arid then, imagine them listening with all attention possible. If you can imagine these things, yon can tell whether it is necessary' to establish schools. It melts my heart to think about these tilings, and 1 must acknowledge that I can not write this without shedding tears —call it weakness, ii' you choose.—but pray for th ‘tn. Is it right for the Baptists to give, the Überokce people the Word of God in their own lanmingo ? 'They [iay,e.lhe. means, and van ‘li. it if't.l!.-' will. ‘ arc a gn-nt many Cherokees who can read English, but as yet little has been done to give them the I’ible. They call an me. for it, but 1 have nil Bibles for them’. A) ho. will send ns sonn- Bibles fir this people? Will not the ‘ East Alabama Convention send us some Bibles, and other religions books? The people here in this neighborhood want to know if you will send them a soft, i j i:itx baptist teacher, provided tliey will I pay half his salary. They will build a I house. A <utr brother in Christ, ISAAC HEED. > Discoveries in South Australia. The important discoveries made, by Mr. ; Stuart, during a late journey of exploration ! in the sister Province of South Anstialia, ! are thus described by an Australian paper: j “Alr. Stuart returned to Adelaide on the : 17th of July, in the Alarion steamer, from Port Augusta, after an absence of six months. ; His partv, consisted of two persons beside ! himself, and they had with them about four i pack, and four or five saddle-horses. Mr. [Stuiut's fir-t business was to survey and la-.’ off the ruins disc<H-vcrcd and claimed by him some time ago. After that work was I liiiished, he started with Lis party on astir -1 tu r exploratory expedition, and the result ! has been the discovery of an immense tract ! of country, exceeding in richness of pastur- I age and abundance of water anything that has vet been met with. Th" distance tra versed was 300 miles beyond the furthest point rc.-u-hed by Mr. Babbage and Major ! Warburton, and the country was found to ;be luxuriant beyond ih - -liption. Ah’. , Stuart stai-scd from the Emerald Springs ' about tin- lieginning of April, and reached latitude 26 deg. S. the northern bonndary "f.his colony about the middle of May. and during the entire |oi:rney there and back, he states that he was never a single day without water. The country traversed con sists chiefly of immense plains, interspersed with numerous hillocks from 100 to 159 feet high, from the summits of which gush ed springs of pure fresh water, intersecting plains ail discharging theniselvos into riu -1 tncro’.ts creeks and rivers running in an eas, ti-rly direction. line ofthe rivers discovered is reported bv Air. Stuart to be three miles broad in ' 'me p.-irt of its course. The range flanking the plain is chiefly table-topped, and about 1000 fi-et high. Mr. Stuart madc'a detoiir I'ccasinnall v of from 20 to 30 miles on each -ide ot' his track, and found the country everywhere of the same beautiful descrip tion ; and it seemed to be of a similar char acter as far as the eye could reach beyond the furthest point attained by him. Indeed, ho seems to have turned back through sur ; feirof good country. He thinks there would not be any difficulty whatever in crossing over tn the <»tdf of Carpentaria, or to any other portion ofthe north coast. His im pression is that an inland lake or sea exists to the eastward, which probably dischar ge' its waters into Stoke s A ictoria River to the northwest. At any rate, the theory that the centre of’ New Holland is nothing but a desert may now be exploded. Air. Stuart has brought back specimens ot the grasses, seeds, and minerals of the Country, the last of which are said to include some specimens of stones. A considerable por tion ofthe district traversed is represented a.s auriferous. morning, Patrick,” said a gen.lernan to his Irish laborer. "Slippery, this morning.” "Slippery! and bejabers, tis nothing else, your honor. Upon my word 1 slid down three times without get ing up once.” j TERMS S 2. ( ALWAYS IN ADVANCE j VOL. 1. ( NO. 32. tIIILDREN’S & S. S. COLIM. A TOUCHING INCIDENT. One of the most teaching incidents in the efforts of the City- Tract Mission to bring the neglected and destitute under the influ ences of the Gospel, occurred a few weeks since at one of their mission stations. A very small boy- entered the room and walked up to the desk of the missionary-, holding up a soiled paper, says: Air. , pa wants you to take this hymn and get him a new one that is clean; my little sister died last winter, and this was found in the pocket of her dress after she was dead, and now pa wants a new, clean hymn to put in a frame to remember sis ter.” Unfolding the soiled paper he read:— ‘■Just as 1 am, witliout one plea,” etc. The request of the father received atten tion, and the “new, clean hymn” was sent by the same hand that led the deceased child a year since to the Sabbath School, where, by the blessing of God, on the in struction given, she understood and appre ciated the hvmn; and in simple faith was led to the Saviour. The visitor had long known Alary, the daughter of German parents, and thought she gave evidence of being truly converted before her sickness. Alary's sickness was brief, so brief indeed that the visitor had no opportunity to sec her; but she learned from her mother, soon after her decease, several things as to the manifestation of her love in Christ, of her desire to do good to those around her, and her triumphant, joyful death, which are of deep interest. She had induced herfather to ask a bles sing at meals, by inquiring if he did not know that their heavenly Father gave them all things. To her mother, whom she one day ob served to bemuch disturbed, and impatient ly fretting under the burden of her cares and perplexities, she said: “0, mother, I wish you felt differently. I wish you could feel what my hymn ex presses; then you would be happy; you would not be so troubled with worldly mat ters.” For some time previous to her sickness she seemed obsorbed in the thoughts and contemplation,of the joy ful truths contain ed in the liynin. She had been observed by her mother sometimes to retire into a room by herself; there she could see her sitting, and hear her repeating the hymn th.it charmed her soul, first in an audible, whisper, and then she would sing it, and raise her eyes toward heaven as she ix>peat ed:— “0, Laiub of God, I come.” as if her soul’s desire was to depart and bn with Christ. She se< m’vil to have a distinct impression that her time on earffl would be snort. One ’ day when her mother declined giving her permission to attend a religious meeting, telling her the Sabbath would be time enough for her, she replied : “Ah, mother, I may not be able to go, next Sabbath.” Iler forebodings were rc<- alized; she never was able to go to church again. During her brief sickness her hymn was still food for her soul. She would frequent ly repeat portions of it, and often attempt to sing it, when so weak that it was thought prudent to restrain her. This hymn she had committed to memo ry, and neighboring families observed that she sang it constantly. They knew not , where site had learned it till after her death when it was found in her pocket. It was ! sweet to her in life, and was her joy and consoltrtion in death. The last whisperings , of her ransomed spirit were: “Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou4>idst me Come to thee, O, Lamb of God, I come I” ' Then raising her almost lifeless arms, she pointed her finger towards heaven and said, “Mother meet me there,” tmd died. When \V a celebrated jurist, once the honorable Attorney General ofthe I uited ‘States, died, thesimpje narrative his affectionate daughter gave of what she had found in her honored father’s pocket-liook, thrilled a nation’s heart. “I found,” said she, “no evidences of wealth, no bank notes, no certificates ot stock, but many- precious Scripture texts, which formed the basis of his faith in Christ, and hope of heaven, and guide through all the actions of his life.” If the savings and doings of great and good men. their faith in Christ, and their precepts of the gospel which have guided them safely through life, have been publish ed for the benefit of mankind, why shall not the triumphant faith this Sabbath School girl exhibited in death, and this beautiful hymn be published in every language, that children, and youth especially, may- there by be led to the “Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,” and be forever blessed ? — Exchange. TIME WASTED. A dreadful account must be given of all this lost and wasted time. When the Judge shall ascend his throtte in the air, and all the sons and daughters of Adam are brought before him, the grand inquiry will be— What have you done with all the time of life in yonder world ? You spent thirty or forty years there, or perhaps seventy or eighty; and I gave you this time, with a thousand opportunities and means of grace and sal vatioir, and what have you done with them all ’ How many sermons have you hoard? How many seasons did I give you for prayer and retirement, and converse with God and your own souls ? Did you improve them well? Did you pray? Did von converse with your own souls and " ith God? Or did you suffer them to slide ' au ay in a thousand impertineneies, and neg lect the one thing necessary ? A fruitless and bitter mourning for tne waste and abuse ’ of time will be another consequence of your folly. AYhatsocver satisfaction you may i take now in passing away time merrily, ' and without thinking, it must not pass away forever. If the approaches of death do not awaken you, judgment will do it. Your 1 consciences will worried with terrible re ’ flections on your foolish conduct. Dr. Watts. Never disobey your mother ’