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BANNER &IHPTIBT. f fcjlww rs A] <f, £.-' ■• - -il jy W ul'J I w “Holy Bible, —Book Divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine." JESSE ME. WOOD, Editor. ROME, GA., MAY 17,1860~~~ NOTICE. From and after this date no Sub scriber's name will be entered on our Books, without the Money, or the same is vouched for by some respon sible, known friend. Who will act as voluntary Agents to extend the circu lation oi'thc Banner A Bap tist i A PROPOSITION. We wish all our friends, male and female, to act as agents for the Banner & Baptist. Every minister who will send us five new subscribers and the money, can have the paper for a year for §l. Any one who will send us ten subscribersand the money can have it gratis for one year. Will our brethren and friends work for the Banner ? MAKING READY. . Our order for two large Printing Pres ses for our Establishment in Atlanta is now being filled. One, a large Hoe Cylin. der Press, bed 31 by 46 inches, and an Adams’ Book Press—bed 28| by 43 inches. We will have also a Medium Cylinder Press and two smaller Job Presses. The presses will be run by steam power. Our Engine is now in process of building by the Messrs. Noble of this city, and pro mises to be one of the very finest pieces of machinery ever put up in this section. We hope during the month of July to get our 'new Office under way—when wc will be prepared to put to the test “Book making” in the South. XVe will have a Newspaper Office-—a Job Printing Office, and a Book Office, and Bindery ; all complete, with every facility connected with Printing and Book-Publish ing of every kind and description. Our offices will be located in the 2nd & 3rd stories of the large building now in course of erection by Mr. James Clark, on Alabama Street—the building fronting 88 feet, and running back 120 feet—the upper stories being constructed especially fur our business, with all modern conven iences for such an establishment. ENLARGEMENT. As •nan uh we geWrxrsl up in'our new Establishment in Atlanta, we design en larging the Banner from its present size— -26 by 39- inches—to 27 by 41 inches, which will add something over three columns of reading matter. PASTORAL TALK - No. 32. Dear Brethren. Christians are too apt to forget their true, their only certain source of consola tion. How often they murmer and com, plain to others, of their troubles, trials, and conflicts! They go mourning for days-, weeks, and even months, and appear unwil ling to bo comforted. Why not go direct ly to the Saviour and east all their care upon him, remembering that lie careth for his people ? lie poured out his life-blood for them, passed through the grave taking away its terror, and ascended to the riiiht hand of the Father, there to make inter cessions for his saints, lie savs: Fear not little flock; it Is your Father's good pleas ure to give you the kingdom”—“not a spar row lai let h to the ground without vour Fa ther. Fear not, therefore, ye arc of more value than many sparrows. In my Fa ther * house are many mansions. If it w.-re not so 1 would have told you. Igo to pre pare a place for you; and if I go. 1 will come again and take you unto rnas-'/L that where 1 am, there vc mav be also, | am the resurrection and the life. He that be lieVeth on me, though he were dead, vet shall ho live. Then Christian alwavslock to Christ as your sure, vour onl\ safe con solation. “O happy soul' that lives on high, W hi'.e men lie grovelling here ' His hopes are fixed above the sky. And faith forbids his fear " LOOK AT THIS. Howellism, tiravesism, Howell men. Graves men, Ac., At., are getting to be very common expressions. \'ow be it known to the readers of the Banner.mJ its contributors, that it is yhe opinion of its editor, that,all such )<»».< and io., are in bad taste, and tend to engender strife, and rua do ho gmul. Their use. therefore, ought to be discouraged. After the few now on hand are disposed of. our friends will be pleased not to trouble us with them, and we will set' that our enemies do not. Con tributors ought to address their readers just as they would addr, — r, -t> le audience, among which are those who op pose their view* as well as th who an prove. Be it known also that it is our ; ri -t that men who wr-te things cwcut.it. d to produce feeling, ought to sign their own names,* ano not make editors, r . .me .«■ .< pe-.'r i . M.b to lieu- the.;- - is t-> the wilderness, or to say the least of it, to have attributed to them that for which they arv m t jwp'nsible. If there are things *hwh ought t be rebuked, do it in the fvjr of Gen and I-.ke a whfte man and a cm-.stian. If you hare n t the nerve for tb-S let other# do At anr rate do not * ! world on fire while yon ora out at sea. The whole affair of anonymous wri ting, in times of excitement, is wrong. — “England expects every man to do his duty,” and so doos the Savior. It you wish a chase after boars, panthers, red for- ‘ es, giants and pigmies, why, just like a true : huntsman call up your dogs, shoulder your gun and go at it. But always remember that you bear the Christian name, and hunt upon religious ground. If men must shoot we would advise the use of the Rifle, as we are opposed to hot | shot, grape and canister. If shot-guns and muskets are used the execution is so scat tering that by standers, innocent people, are in just as much danger as guilty ones.— : Such may be used under excitement, and then sometimes they kick the shooter over. - But the use of the rifle requires a steady nerve, and old marksmen shoot truest upon ‘ their knees, with a rest in front. Such guns never shoot backwards, but do good work ■ towards the game. In the battle of New • Orleans, it is said, that a plain looking sol , dier was observed off to himself with a long rifle, loading, firing and reloading, &c., I with great deliberation. But it was ob served that every time he fired an enemy fell ! Use for bullets “Apples of gold in pictures of silver.” ’ *We do not say that there arc no exceptions, bnt they are few. CURIOUS THINGS. , Wc were in attendance upon the Geoi - . gia Baptist Convention as a silent “looker j j on,” and witnessed most of the proceedings j ; of the body. Some things we approved > and some we did not, just as every’ free ' thinker did' who was present. Our im- • pression was that a clear, distinct issue re- I lating to Nashville was not made during the Convention, and of course, not a direct vote taken. Regarding the reception of - M. llillsman the argument presented by i brother Stocks, and others, (which argu ment prevailed) was that the Georgia Bap- ■ tist Convention had nothing to do with , ° I church matters at Nashville, and that he | should be received out of respect to the : Southern Baptist Convention, as an officer | of one of its Boards. So also we under stood Gov. Brown. Three speeches were j made in that direction, and a vote taken on a call for the previous question, under the full force of these three speeches to one on ‘ i the other side. In regard to all the issues j which had a direct or remote reference to ■ these things, it was urged that the Conven- ' tion should make no expression, and when- I ever discussion appeared to bear in that ' direction it was cut off, either by a move ‘ to table, or call for the previous question. ! It was insisted, upon the floor, that breth ren should act in good Christian faith, and not go off and boast of triumph, as had been done regarding some past denomina tional meetings. One brother iryyerf, with ' tears in his eyes, that this should not be | done. Xet several papers, known to be op- I posed to the Nashville minority, have been i crowing and boasting of the action of the | G. B. Convention, as a great triumph in ' favor of the first rliurob ~i XiudtvilL-. tn att TTrts-xvr (To JiOT’giTsnrTT'siTy*tfaT' • upon a direct vote, had it been legitimate, ■ a majoijty would not have decided against Spring Street church- But we do mean to ■ say that a dear test was not made, and will ! say also that there were a considerable 1 number of delegates in attendance, whose positions were very delicate, unless a Liti- | tudinarian construction of the constitution, ’ | should relieve them. We say also that a j vote of the delegates of the Convention is, by no menus, a certain test of the senti- I ments of the masses of the people. There 1 appeared to be no concert of action among ; Landmark Baptists, and ultra as some sup- | pose us to bo upon that subject, we are 1 ! heartily glad of it. For while to vote | cross and pile, helter. skelter, would make | them appear ridiculous to a politician, and I to fight under the control of no one would I seem strange enough to a skillful general, I I yet to a ehristian, to a sound moralist, it i I would be evidence that there was no wire : pulling among them, no following the lead- , ! ership of any one. It is better to be de- I seated obeying the honest impulses of a ‘ I Christian conscience, than to succeed under ‘ the influence of cautious drilling. But why shonl I the fi t lings of honest hearted Bap- 1 tists be harrowed up. by this lain boasting 1 of triumph ! Whose nil will be profitted by it ! Who will lie won from the error ’ >. of his way .’ Can any one be gained to i j the opposite ranks, utiles., it be such as 1 l cower without eoniiilioti. as fear the force Jof numbers’ Every true man will hold j his honest opinions, though he stand alone. ■ • I < ■ Su hthingstend i not to love ami good fellowship, though we ! may mimber them among curious things. OTHER CURIOUS THINGS. It is difficult for an editor to km>w , ;,t , j what duty requires, and what things he should notice concerning current events.- ■ r And he would hv more than nt >’ that nev , er erred." , I’he course of the South w< ,tert. Baptist I has appeared strange to ~ir ,me r -pee:,, and no d übt many may think th.it it is > ‘ because we have a strange vision. But re i membenng the past sincere affection cuter- • t.nined for me of those wh » manage it. I and with ail due re,; ><; to th a unities of the parties eoueerned. and with no consC>>us i intent': mos i> juring a’ vbo ly. t: of :-.ed- > dling w ith any thing w h'ch an honest joar- - . u.iii't may mt pro;<:ay mciee, we will ' 8 ' - ' ' g'- Prior to the last sc„ a of the Georgia • Baptist <’> ■/' et'f.■••• tner<- was s:,e a: ;>re- > her.,ion of excitemen*. and. po,,;)»h , rliii,. i io-. ... thi i- • ly. I'iie Index p’’, 1 a p'an for peaei . eontainieg soveial items.— > Among these it was - igge-t J. tha’ old ■ > fleers should lw e’.' I—the Cherokee <r- resp-—Jents -houhi K receded—R, both delegates received—the trustees of Mercer University re-elected, and the af fairs of the' College g- or >jr Ji.st.jrt.eC the matter of correspondence w ith East Alabama and Middle Tennesse remain as it w« Are T th s the Sc->.th-western Baptist, of April 19th, makes the following objections: COMPROMISE. The editor of the Index is out with a ! proposition for compromise. The most de i termined radical could not ask him to go ! farther. His proposition, however, is only intended to serve an occasion, and docs not anticipate a cure of the disease. He says, “Let matters stand as they are for the present.” Error, if in the minority, will always accept of such terms, because it | has nothing to lose by the treaty. Such a ! policy mav secure “Peace al the Conven tion fl but it will only last through the Convention ; it can never induce “contin ued union of the Baptists ot Georgia, or any where else. We want peace, not merely “at the Convention,” nor “for the present,” but peace which shall be univer sal and enduring. Such a peace can only be maintained among Baptists by an un compromising devotion to their true prin ciples. The question now agitating the denomination is radical and vital; and the proposition,‘Let each sacrifice something for I union and peace,’however good in matters ot i indifference, can never be accepted, by an ! I honest man, in matters of principle. The ■ : Convention is not an ecclesiastical body. J and has nothing to do with this question ; but if k is incidentally brought up, every true Baptist is bound to defend the truth, not compromise it. “So thinks ’ D. The Convention assembled and did al most precisely what the Index had sug gested, as if they were working by it as an order of business, and strange to say the ! S. W. Baptist of May 3rd expresses entire 1 satisfaction, and finds but one thing in the j proceedings which gives pain ! Here is the j language : “From every part of the South our peo ple have been looking to this meeting with intense interest, and its proceedings will be more, influential than those of any previous session. To say that we are satisfied w ith the result is but a very faint expression of our feelings ; and yet we Can honestly say, we have no inclination to exult in it.” There must be some way to reconcile these apparently conflicting views, some j rule of interpretation which reconcile con . tradictions. The only thing which seems ' to have given pain was the allusion to Dr. i 11., of Nashville, by Gov. Brown, who ) thought him, with others, guilty of striving ' for the mastery, and who thought that Nashville difficulties ought not to be thrust j upon the Convention, about the merits of | which brethren would honestly entertain different opinions. Nearly a column isde | voted to the Governor’s benefit for his te ! merity, and also an emphatic portion of a I communication from “Alabama,” alias Sa m: cel Henderson, is directed to the same j object. We do not intend to volunteer to defend the. Governor, for should he feel that he is in any danger he might also feel that he was able to defend himself, but we do in- ' tend to say that such things appear curious, and that a very different picture of Dr. IT. | could be drawn than that drawn by the 8. |W. Baptist. And we intend also to say I that, should a group of guilty ones be paint, : ed “Alabama'’ might hold an unenviable position in the circle. But curious things have been going on for some time, and as 1 Kmiii-i >f t h<<n> av mat t<i - « •(’ roc < •r« I • <• i- -u , t ‘ids li.id as wi-H know <T flieTo.' T.J s< iineT ; m arly i very thing, which has emanated from Tuskegee since the famous “Equity j article,” which was adopted by the then ed itor, in lieu of a “leader" of his own, dow n to the present time, has had the appearance lof being directed against some one of a certain “Trio,” or those who si mpathize in that direction ; and yet it is claimed by tlie S. \\ . Baptist that, it discusses princi ples and not. men. T his too is curious. After mentioning one more we will stop ' this list of curiosities for the present. In the S. W. Baptist of April sth is the fid- I lowing : “T he time has come when Baptists ought to reaffirm their principles, and give to each other assurances of future fidelity.— As the eloquent Curry said in his recent speech before the House of Rcpresenta i tives, “Milch of w hat I shall say will not bo new to those w ho have studied the ques i tions, but it has been said, w ith much truth, i that it is necessary tor each generation to ; j discuss anew the great problems of human , ! speculation, which continually come buck. : after certain intervals, for re-examination.” i “The same eloquent gentleman, quoting j i from Mr. Pitt's great speech on t.ie East : India Bill. sa\s again. “It would bo folly in I the extreme, to suppose that the pYinciple : once admitted would operate only on the f present occasion. Good principles might j sleep ; but bud ones never. It is the curse ; > of society that, when a bad principle is once i rstoblsihed, bad men will always be found tn \ \ giee it its full cflect." Several cases have . ! already occurred in w hich persons arraign , ed before th ir churehes, have denied the I j jurisdiction <>t their churches, and quoted j Mr. <»rave s ease as a precedent. Already ; Itr. ( iawt‘>rd < r Georgia has been largely quoted as authority f,r the right of one I church to reccirc the exebukd memfers of ! another—the great truths announced by Mr. i\tt. 0,,- n. -,g<r,, , f p,,., . s the .'hr-.st ’.an world have just <ai:s. in the present state .4 things t„ charge our s\siem of. chan h j <>lity w ith imbecility." This is curious enough without anv com ments from us. That portion of the ex tract which we have ital;. ,<-d siitncicntli ixp se the iiaiwi’.s of th. writer. 'Hie de- ■ f Mr. P;-: b’d . ■■■>. and the us. <.f Dr. Crawford's a ■ . • say the least of it. cap the climax of What- . ever other taults and sins attach t > us we are not much in the habit of p’-aising men. j but we must in this instance L- ..d wc I to ; say, that we ha'e alw.i's . g.ii'.i. d Dr. < \w . : purest who thinks fi r himsi If. ha-. gth ■ maniin. ss t > expr.'sv h ' .'pm:, .ns (aioep „ - t ,,. ~t a i w>h to dls'iia : deter him) and :wTi G a long time 1 i fore g" td men w ill thick that he > r- • Mr. Pitt’s J iarati..:, c. 0,. S.neii there t.ught tn fn-toler ation among brethren, if there cannot be . an entirely w ilimg ehristian forl>ear mce. w ii'.eh - far b- f • man. ”1 never had but .-.ne w-fi.. t-..■•k after me. and that was my son Aaron, " ? t -.k after me with a club.” most delicats, the most sensi ble of .ill pleasures, consists ” promoting DIVISION. Division of what ? and for what? The time has been that politicians would not speak of a division of this Union, for fear of their reputation. If any dared mention it regarding the distant future it was done in an undertone, as if the speaker dreaded the echo of his own voice. But now it is heard in every circle. If this were all it would be bad enough, but it appears that Baptists arc doomed to be distracted and torn asunder. Another division, among Baptists, is pre dicted, yea, demanded! The pointings and claims of a portion, of the Southern press, plainly indicate that nothin" short of divis ion will satisfy some men. The article of I Prof. Worrell, in thisissupof the Banner, has reference to a lino of policy boldly avowed by the South-Western Baptist,— Prof. W. is responsible for his own articles, and we wish simply to indicate our pnsi ' tion. j On the supposition that tlie article in the i S. W. Baptist, of April 26th, signed “AT.,” is from bro. Mallory, of Ga., and taking the statement that the editor “ Ts receiving, almost daily, just such letters from brethren of the same character, and from different -, parts of the Sotithfl the mlttei becomes i painfully serious, and it certainly becomes j the duty of every true-hearted Baptist to j look well to it. We desire hot to do any | one injustice. rmd~wiltWi- itse 'the I name of bro. Mallory. The editor says, i “our Georgia correspondent, ‘M,’ is an old and well inform'd Baptist.” Again he says ‘ to a Texas correspondent, “He may recog-; nize in our corespondent, ‘M.,’ an old and - intimate frierd; he also was one of the” j “old patinelf This Texas writer alludes | ! to things wlich occurred nearly 30 years I ago. As wo know of no one else who fills !' the bill, wlose signature would likely be “M.,” we naturally, and necessarily must | 1 suppose it to l>c bro. Mallory. If this is ; a mistake,no man living would be more s pleased to make the correction than ourself. We hope that bro. M. will speak out. Here is another illustration of the harm of wri-' ting in ambush—the innocent may suffer j by it. But to return. Upon this supposition and statement of facts we have said the ; question, of division among Baptists, be comes painfully serious. Bro. M. is not regarded as a rash man, a hot spur, who would likely suggest a thing under the in fluence of mere prejudice and feeling. But, on the cont rary, as devotedly pious mellow ed by the accumulation of years of toil,and affliction. If all over the South just such men are 'xritm" just such letters, it becomes a serious source, of alarm. This w ill be a singular chapter on the ]>age< of history, that the tear cry all over the South was first heard as coming from those who have been I esteemed as moderate, conservative men! The second question, for what should . Baptists divide? is ot' vast importance. Is i it about an Iron Wheel? Does not every i man in christendom know that every one, who reads it, be he Jew or Gentile, has a to form his opinion • f 1 11 J*?.! !t nhn’Tt ** Fvr’TWS' I 'i j -Ti The same thing is true of that. Is it about j the standingot' Elder H. or Elder G ! Upon the facts the right of opinion exists. and all the world cannot prevent it. Is it j ‘ about Boards and plans of ’ Bretli i ren entertaining variant views are cquafli ! free: and those whom the division is <le j signed to effect, have, been tail-in discussion, anil personally give as much for Missions ' as those who oppose them. They surely are the last men to dishonor the churches.— Then for what is a di\ ision called ! If it be that some must yield the right of opinion. bow to the dictum of any man, and get down ; and worship the “golden calf,” made while Gon has been holding converse w ith Moses, then, wc suppose, the sooner the better.—- 1 The mountains, valleys, dens and eaves w ill as in days <>f yore, offer an asylum for < ion’s i people. , < *ur readers w ill pardona personal clause, | dropping the editorial we. to illustrate how I this ugly thing w ill look. In the year 1839, a young man in west j ern Georgia, whose fiither, and halt’ of his 1 brothers and sisters were no more, left his mother, and the balance of earthly kindred, and went to a different part of the State to j attend School, On the 29th of August of j that year, among comparative strangers, he . I embraced hope in Christ. \\ ithin a dav or two he concluded it was all a mistake, that ihe ne'er nad been converted. A most gra cious revival was going on seven miles dis : taut, at the county village, and the troubled vouth went in search ot' consolation. He passed by the church, and in a grove he lay , prostrate upon the ground, perhaps tor hours, and finally went to church. When he entered. Eld. C. D. Mallory was half through a discourse based upon the text. "But we all, with open face, beholding as ’ in a _l.i-s. tli g’oi-y of ltie F/irT. are chan ged into the «aine image froinglon to gio ry. e'en as by the Spirit ot' the Lord.” lie had done with little, weak, hobbling < 'hris tians. and was raising the strong 'ill’s from glory glory, to the second and third hea vens, The young man felt that all hope for him "as cut off, and that die he must. hen I'.i 1. M.dose.i. 1.h1.J. E. Daw-on, the pas tor, arose to. xhort the people. All -r In g gi:ig tor s. m time, the youth prevailed up on Dr. to help him forward for ['layer, interrupting tin speaker, and many others followed. At night Eld. M. preach ■ ! tr< m tlie para'i! ■ of the prodigal s-.n, " ch ' d the i|es| airing Vining man iwt t<r than the str :g :i; t () f t he morning S'-rmun. At the close <4 s-rtimti this ■ y uth can- ly talk, d to th • i-hurdi. at 1’ ■ without a tea: and without and was r ci'i'in tor baptism.next dav at a ; ,t 3 "’el .k. P. M.. Js- >• pt., i'•-3j. ua, immersed by the [-ustor, Eld. D That ■ ■. that t 0,-, th.it oath, "as an al- tl S tered the ministry an i took another vo to obev ’ < *hri>t ! Fr- m that day to this he has 1,. v 'n _- ■ 1 f the time with his own hands. f., r a -upp rt— ver sought ] ■■ ' . way he d-eie -':.er' wrong. He has earned on an a'erage. *I,OOO j>< r annum, given neariy all away, above a support, to miss >n>. t•' t!;< pt . t educate young ministers, orphan girls, Ae. The Lurch of which he has been pastor f r eleven p’-vc-n rt rir-.-r sh-it ♦imo sions, for schools,colleges, Bible cause, poor preachers, education of orphans, building meeting-houses, Publication Society, Sum day School Union/ and other benevolent objects, besides the support of the Pastor, not less than about twenty thousand dol lars. This same young man, now grown gray in the service of Baptists, comes, Hy the grace of God, without a stain upon his mor al character, into the presence of Eld. M. and Eld. !>., and they say, “Mr. i-, you are not of us, we have separated frdm all such stock. on are nliards/icll; yob have been presumptuous, and got up newi theo ries. But, brethren, our differences do not reach any article of faith, any ordina ice of God’s house. Well, we have separated because you think G a persecute man, and think that Dr. TI has acted badly; and then you don't praise the Boards as we do.” But. then, I praise the churche?, and put a stress on their divine appointment, and am willing for you to enjoy yom|opin ions. “Yes, but we are not agreed; ■ how can two walk together except they be agreed.'" and, therefore, wc must call you Mr., and not receive you into our rel gious bodies. We did not know you werejgoing to do your own thinking and writilig, or we should have acted differently in tlje out set.” I 1 This whole thing is too ridiculous to't’hink about, and we hope brethren will aigitate these rash measures no longer. But,‘if the worst comes to the worst, wc hope tolstand ! in our place. \ Il really there be Baptists who. cjninot tolerate those wI»Q will have no pulpit:affil iation xvith Pedobaptists—those wnojiavor the Sabbath School Union—those who be lieve that missions could be more scriptu rally conducted by churches, and associa tions, than by organizations upon a moneyed basis that do not even allow church repre sentation—those who happen to hoiicstlv think that the First Church, at Nasliville. acted unsoripturally in the exclusionjof J R. G. and the minority—those who do not endorse- “Corrective Church Discipline,” why, so let it be. But surely they wijll fur nish us with a list of grievances, and let the i people see what they are doing before they | enforce their decrees. It may be that none of them nor all of them are a sufficient I cause for the disruption of Christian fellow ship. Or it may b> that offenders, when arraigned before the proper tribunal, will make all du ■ acknowledgement, or show from the facts, and from the Scripturds, the propriety of their position. ; It is far better for brethren to beicahn and co J, an I fi t the churches judg|e the question ot’ fellowship, and non-fello'{shi[>, ■ unless, indeed, it is-tlesired to give another illustration on a large scale, of the danger ous power of' centralized organizatijns.— Propositions for “fair play,'' for mutual i forbearance, and love to one another, are far more acceptable to us, than the r war cryalthough it may purport to cbinqfrom : the best men in the South. j ♦ ♦ J RELIGIOUS HERALD -CORRECTIVE CHURCH DISCIPLINE. This deservedly popular, and conscrva ‘ five Baptist paper, in its issue of April 26th has the following notice of “Correct ive •'linri'li Discipline”: i L---P*r'w- -nil'll „s arc more able thinkers, or more vigorous writers; than Dr. Meil; and the little work in onr hands bears everywhere the impress of these qaulities. Dr. Mell discusses the different kind of’offences, their proper treatnent. thi paact'c.'il questions w hich may arise in i carrying out the positions assumed on these points, the feelings and actions appropriate to a jiious man under unjust accusation, the ! “church” to which the Xew Testament . ■ gives jurisdiction over offences, and the i relation of the pastor to corrective dis- • : cipline. Then follow deductions fronj this as to the s<ivereignty and [inde pendence ' if I<>eal churches, tho trijil of' ministers, .and the sphere "I associations and councils. \\ e need not say, how inti mali'lt such sulijecfs concern the ptiritv, peace and prosperity of th ■ denomination: : and we commend the work to theatte ition ‘ 1 of'onr readers. Not that we enibra<c all. its positions, however. We cannot but think, that “the soaercigntg nf local ehjurch- j es" over the ipicstioii of' membership,-is as j " Wit h respect to adinissioiii, as: with ivsp' t to expulsion, and that “com- 1 itv" limits 110 more in the one than iij the : , j It ■’> ill 1 pci eelved that the editor com t h< r Mell for his writingjal»il ity , expn sses his op'mi >ll of thi importance ts tr ated as they c<moei'd the j ! i to it lor • the w < >rk, fdr he expressly says ; “Not that wc embrace all its positions, 1 however. 117 cannot but think, that “the ' SOVEREIGNTY of local chiircbes'' over the question of membership, is as “exclvsive” ! with respect to admission, as with respect to : ejcpttlxion, and that "comity" limits no more in one than in the other.'' This senU-ncf rejects th-- very le-iotj, t!;i- I •■(.'orre-tivo Church Discipline," must have seen that the work culminates upon the -point rejeeted by the Herald. It is tin : climax of the concern. The Herald sus tains the 'iews of Dr. Crawford, and others who think with him regarding the sovereignty of local churches. Ii wc mis i const rue the Herald, and it the editor in tended to recommend the work as ajeafe one upon the subjects treated, then hejisin the singular attitude of commending n Hook, the " hieh he n jeets. ! Writers for the Press. “AV riters for the press should knowjand j w rds am! lin- - place-! as far apart, and made a< Jisti' and s-parat" from 'aeh • N ..... I : i t 1- '■ " ' . ’ - tLi* ■ 4 'y. a-. •' ■. • ■ , - .. i ->■ ■' ri- ’4. . and ink, now wasted in writing,jand do away "ith most ot the exhausting brain ! . ■ | .• the years of his lift. We clip the above from an exchange, and ask for it a careful reading by all who write fi-r the Press. Many persons, in writing, seem t ■ make an effort to see how es t y can u rite on a pag !,-ai others appear to have procured the very "’it.-d r.in.'T* tb* v r ».n tir.i m J in doing so, exhaust the patience of the com positor, trying to decypher it; especially where it is all written as one sentence— that is no periods or distinct capitals—and subject themselves to appear unfavorably, by the occurcnce of mistakes which cannot be avoided, until writers will learn to take some pains in preparing manuscripts for the press. Commence every sentence not with a capital as usually made—but with a.plain, distinct capita]—and end every sentence with a distinct period, and do not crowd the lines (I- inch is close enough) and you will save the printer a vast amount of time and trouble, and not one half of the mis takes will occur in your articles. 1‘ riends, do remember this when you write for the Banner ! CO MMI \IcIT 1 0 NS. For the Banner & Baptist. , SCRAP-No. 12. YOUR CHILDREN. What place are you preparing your child ren for? Baptists, what answer do you give ? So far as your influence goes with j them, (and that is very far) they are being trained by you either for God and heaven, or for the wicked Oue and hell. Tbij is simply a fact. Now, can’you tell which von arc doing ? We determine what sort of harvest is to be gathered by the seed sown. AVhat kind of seed are being sown in the hearts of your offspring ? Do you try to keep down their vanity, their pride, their love of wordly pleasures, their love of money ? Do you teach them to regard the religion of the Savior as the one great est of all things? Do you talk to them affectionately about their lost condition as sinners? Do you tell them about the love of Jesus ? Do you show to them by your \ humble Christian walk that you love rclig : ion more than all things else ? Do you j have them to attend the Sabbath School? Do you go with them to see that they get all the good possible ? Do you work as hard to direct your children to Christ, as you do make money for them ? If you are doing all this, then you have reason to hope that God will bless and save those dear little ones from everlasting death. But if you train them to be vain, proud, to love pleasure, to worship wealth, I to seek in idleness to be happy, you may expect to see them—perhaps to stand w ith them—on the ?e/7 hand at the great judg ment. W. M. DAVIS. For the Banner & Baptist. Dear Brother Wood: The principles adopted by the American Bible Union and the Revision Association j are taking firm hold in South-western and Middle Georgia. Cannot these principles be made prominent in North Georgia? Could not Bro. Wood or some of his cor respondents take the time to write a series of articles, showing how the Holy Spirit coniihaiffleffthe scriptures to be written? The manner of writing them ? The length of time after the scriptures were written in Hebrew and Greek until an English ver sion was produced ? The condition of the English people religiously, during this in : terval. The opposition to the first English j versions and the cruel treatment their trans | l.itors received at the hands of professed ‘ religionists. How we came by the present | translation ; the facilities "ithin the pos session of King James’ Episcopalian trans lators ; the king's despotic and proscriptive rules, with the blood-thirsty Bancroft to oversee them; the translators’ dedication and Bancroft's alterations. Then compare the principles and circum ’ stances attending the making of our pres- I ent version with those of the present inovc -1 ment, and let the masses ot the jieople see i the vast, benefit a thorough and faithful ■ version will likely produce. Some oppose revision on the ground that the masses will not receive a faithfully revised Bible.— Well, Jet the fearful who cannot lap of the water of Gideon's river, go back from the : battle into league with the enemies of re vision. and shame shall cover their child ren’s brow, as it docs those of the Tory I tribe. The English Bible is held in the bondage of chains, obscured and perverted to suit the moiwrchy of James the First of' Eng ! land. Shall it not go free and speak for jltself? “Let Gon be true and every man a liar.” I should like, bro. Editor, to discuss some of these principles at the coming Cherokee Baptist Convention, at Marietta, Ga., which I believe comes off Friday be fore tin- 3rd Sabbath in this month. It is inv intention to be present on that occa sion, and I hope brethren "ill make up their minds and come prepared to help this important enterprise. Those who are due I the Revision Association will please re member it. and pay their instalments at the Convention. j W. T. RCSSELL. Agent. Greensboro; Ga.. May 5, 1860. " A* brother Russell is fully posted, will hi- b ■ so kind as to furnish a series of ar- i les.upon.ffite suggested ? Ed. '_7'~The c'orn4[>t> imrcgeneratc heart oft man Jisdabis-the four-twist cord of Temper- . ance. Fortitn'le,-J’niden<'e and justice, and (■quail\ so tlie tenets ot Brotherly ; Low. Ib-liel', and Truth. Four of the best words in #tlic En glish language begin with th” letter II; Horne, Heart, Happiness and Heaven. 2 4?- Self love is more artful than the most artful maid in the world. Society.—He keeps his road well enough who gets rid of bad company. J^“ J The great revival in Ireland has re sulted in the conversion of 100,000 souls. N'?" The miser lives poor to die rich, and is the mere jailor of his house, and the turnlrnv nf hK wr-altli LADIES 9 7. for the banner a baptist. OUR SADDEST MOMENTS. —:o:o: When are our saddest moments ? Is it when health, wealth, and gladness flee? Is it when the brightest side of life’s “picture” is turned from us? Ah! no, my fair young painter of life’s happiness, you have it not; your generous pen of delineation has failed in this point. But when then are our sad j dest moments ? Tell us before the sun shine flee. It is, in my opinion, when the wrath of God is resting o’er us; when God has hid his smiling face from us, and yon der’s darkening cloud of conscience tells us that “the tempter” has entered some for bidden ground. Now these, in my imagin ation, are our saddest moments; they may be erroneous, “strictly speaking”, yet, in my opinion, this will ever remain a cri terion, by which I judge of “our saddest ■ wiowienZs.” There arc different degrees of sadness J yes, we hear it echoed; we are aware of it, exclaims yonder child of sorrow ; we knoU' it. IFe know it, exclaims yonder wretch of life, and reiterates yonder exile from God, I feel it more sensibly than the rest.- Xou see in this that, here and there, there is an intersperse of sadness ; like the oasis of yonder sea, they are dotting the verd uro of life. First it is sad to loose the affections of a loving friend ; it is sad to feel the icy in fluence of hatred and indifference, diffused o’er the sunny spots of life. To know that life’s joys are shut out from us is sad, but not despair; adoration to God for that thought; if sadness, not despair ! IFAaZ « thought, to think that Heaven’s eternal days are still before us ; that yonder darkened cloud still has a silver lining.. Then our second sadness; what is it?— It is sorrow; but not yet despair! “Des pair coineth at the last. ” The condemned for guilt feels a ray of hope, blessed hope. He feels that, though arraigned by man, God may be lenient unto him. Then cometh the last one, in which no dim star sendeth its light ; horrific, horri tic the shadow of this sadness. May God ever preserve us from these our saddest moments! Frances. w —♦ [from “life illustrated.”] A Paragraph for the Ladies. o Alost of our fair friends have a decided aversion to that part of their duty which falls under the “patching and darning” de nomination. They are of the opinion that “a rent may be the accident of a day, but a darn is premeditated poverty !” But if they only knew how pretty a well-executed piece of repairs looks, w hen you see in its warp and woof the bright threads of econo my, and independence, and womanly thrift, crossing and recrossing one another, they would lay aside embroideries and crochet work, and take up, instead, the mending- ■ basket. W e rode down town the other day when < the only other occupants of the stage were r a young gentleman, and a lovely girl of, ; w-a should think, about eighteen. She was the prettiest, freshest-lookinggirl one would 1 want to see—there were no tell-tale traces i ot midnight parties and headachey morn ings in those peach-blossom cheeks and , clear bright eyes, and all the numberless little items of her dress were as fresh and trim as she herself-—from the pink bonnet -1 strings down to the neatly-fitting gloves and delicate gaiter-hoots. If we had been an old bachelor—or a young one, either— we should most certainly have fallen in love with the girl, particularly after we had discovered that she was as industrious as pretty. And how do you suppose we found it out ? The handkerchief that lay in her lap told us so. '1 he neat little darn, elaborately exe cuted, in its corner, with the small white stitchesand skillful handwork, had a tongue quite audible to onr ears. Time, and pa tience, and wise economy had been there. The gentleman sitting opposite saw the little token, also; we noticed his eyes turn ing from the handkerchief to the blooming face, and back to the handkerchief again, and we knew perfectly well what he was thinking of—the good wife that young lady would make, and how neat her husband’s cravats and stockings would be! Poor fellow, the edges of his shirt-bosom were a little frayed, and one or two buttons were missing, w hose defection the most skillful arrangement of his cravat-ends could not conceal. Perhaps he hftd a wife who didn’t believe in mending and darning—perhaps he had none at all. However that may have been, his admiring eyes appreciated the darn on that handkerchief more than if it had been the richest and most sight-de stroying embroidery—not for what it was, but for what it betokened. Girls! don’t shrink from a mended place as if it were a plague-spot; the longer your old things hist, the better able you will be to have new ones by-and-by. Sensible people read your character in little things; and nobody will think the worse of you, whatever mav be your wealth or station in life, for the exercise of economy and thrift. A stitch in time sav s nine, and sotpetimes it saves a great deal lirnre t|nm that. Shirley, Remembrances for a Day. —o::o— --< iiiiisTiAN ! Remember that thou hast , to-dny a God to glorify—a Christ to imi- I tati —a soul to save—a body to mortify— I virtue to implore—sins to weep for—a paradise to gain—a hell to avoid—an eter nity to meditate on—time to improve—a neighbor to edify—a world to fear—devils to combat—passions to subdue—and per haps death to sutler, and judgment to tjn i dergo. Language is a solemn thing. If, grows out of life, out of its agonies and I ecstacies, its wants and its weariness. Ev ery language is a temple, in which the soul of those who speak it, is enshrined. “ A generous, a brave, a noble deed, performed by an adversary, commands our approbation: while in its consequences it may be acknowledged prejudicial to our particular interest. no satisfaction for preme ditated impertinence; forget it, forgive it, ' but keep him inexorably at a distance who offered it. \ s it sometimes rains when the sun shines, so there may be- joy in a saint s heart, when there arc tears in his eyes.