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W.W & BAPTIST.
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“Holy Bible. —Book Divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine.”
JESSE HI. WOOD, Editor.
ROME, GA, MAY 31,1860.
NOTICE.
From and after this date no Sub
scriber's name will be entered on our
Hooks, 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 of* the Banner A Bap
tist?
'^ -W *A*PROPOsri fbSr."
We wish all our friends, male and female,
to act as agents fur the Banner & Baptist.
Every minister who will send us five
new subscribers and the money, can have
the paper for a year for SI. Any one who
will send us ten subscribers and the money
can have it gratis for one year. Will our
brethren and friends work for the Banner 1
BACK NUMBERS.
Will some brother, or friend, furnish us
with Nos. 13, 15, and 20 of the Banner?
MINUTES OF ASSOCIATIONS.
Will some of our friends send us, imme
diately,Minutes of Tallapoosa, Arbacoocbie,
Noonday, Hightower, Elijay, Oostanaula,
and Middle Cherokee Associations?
PASTORAL TALK—No. 34.
Christians ought to pray, and they can
not be happy without it. But how should
they pray ? First of all, they should go
to a throne of grace in the name of Jesus
Christ. Then they should, humbly, fer
vently, and with faith ask God as their
Father for his promised blessings.
What shall they pray for?
1. Certainly for themselves, that their
sins may be forgiven; that their hearts
may be warmed by his grace ; that they
may be able to do their duty to their fam
ily, to Christ’s church, and to their country.
2. For and with one another. Laborers
in the same field, pilgrims on the same
journey, children of the same Father, and
soldiers of the same warfare, surely ought
to love and pray for one another.
3. They ought to pray for the extension
of Cttww’e litnglUWfc “Thy kingilom n-rrrm.
thy will be done on earth as it is done in
heaven.”
4. They ought to pray for their enemies.
“Pray for them who despitefully use you.
and persecute you, and say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
5. Ought to pray for the poor ministers
and missionaries of the cross. “Brethren
pray for ns that the word of God may have
free course, may run and be glorified.”
6. Ought to pray for editors. We cer- ,
tainly need prayer as much as any people I
upon earth. Your own sentiments, those
of youi children, and neighbors are, to a
great extent, moulded by the press. If
your unworthy brother believed that Christ
ians did not pray for him, the Banner would
cease to go abroad.
AV 11 you, dear brethren and sisters, read '
the letter of Aunt Edith in the Ladies’
Column, and join her in prayer and labor ,
for the Banner. There are many hard
things said of it, in some quarters. Will
you pray that it may not deserve this, and i
not deserving it, that God may bless it, and
make it u blessing to his people. The truth
is, this is a time when much prayer is need
ed. The signs of the times admonish us
to pray fervently and without Ceasing.— j
We shall soon pass from time, and cross
th eline which bounds this life to enter the
land of spirits, to bo happy forever or sink
into everlasting despair.
"Yet, while the shore, on either side,
Presents a gaudy, flattering show,
>Vc gaze, in tend amazement lost,
Nor think to what a world we go.
"Great source of wisdom, teach my heart.
To know the price of every hour.
That tim- mtv hear i»» on to fr>y*
Beyond its measure and its power.”
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS -INDEX.
The following is a part of an article in
the Ci -is.'id Fatter, of May the 16th:
•• Freedom of the Press.”
“That it (the Index) and all other papers,
ought to have just such trammels as the
Convent n throws around it.
“ FPir s :t>pose that outside of religious pow.
trt, At people of this free country would
shed their bio-mi for the freedom of the
press.”
AVe extract the above from a late edito
rial of the B inner and Baptist, the former
seatenee being the second of two reasons
given why the Index w«s r • $ »kl, and it
bears three interpretations.
1 That the Convention willingly retains
the ownership of a muzzled paper.
2. That Georgia Baptists are willing to
encourage a trammeled organ.
’ That ■ra be ’;: d v tiling to
be deprived of a fre<- expression of
their sentiments.
N v, ’ :s n’»m!v—what do the-
brethren w isl. ?
1 tux w\ "let loose the Jogs of war,” and
bring horror and couf-.ssi m into the Baptist
ranks? Will ih<v have asset the u hole
State hv the ar.: • •? i . i !-n tagainst
brother? Will they have the htoc-x. ».;:vh
is the corim.>ti property ot a... pursue a
partu.tn coarse w hich shall ex ,s}.wJate oi>e-
Kalf its readers, and grieve a . g <od men ?
Lsttt be a “tender-f.- ted” B-a. d paper,
n-uM it come out h-.riing ma!ed>«nms
>£•«£>’- wery bcvth.c who iv-Aou-
tiously believes that present Missionary i
operations may be amended? Lest it be j
“mealy mouthed,” in any respect, shall it <
appear blatant with irony, sarcasm, and in
vective? Lest it appear “trammelled,” 1
must its fair pages be blotted with bold and !
defiant assertions, regardless of good taste i
and good breeding, and Christian love, as ■
though others were not, too, entitled to their
opinions? ,
What, then, will the brethren have?
Will they have a spirit of evil enthron- 1
ed on the editorial tripod, to stir up strife,
discord, animosity and confusion? xVo/
we believe it not.
Is it not i thousand times better that the
spirit of concord and reconciliation rule? 1
Is it not a thousand times better that we at
tend to the weightier matters of love, har
mony, spirituality and salvation? Is it not
far better that we unite, where union is
possible, than that we rend asunder more
and more? Are there not souls to be sav
ed, missions to be encouraged, weak saints
to be strengthened, sinners to be won,
churches to be built up. Sunday Schools to
be promoted, family religion to be increas
ed, intemperance to be put down, the min
ister to be instructed, the church to be wa
ked up, the prayer-meeting to be fostered,
the Bible to be scattered, prayer to be in
culcated, and brotherly love enforced?
Must all these high and holy things be
slighted and the Index boldly array itself
in opposition to, and purposely endeavor
to offend a portion of its readers and own
ers?—lndex.
AVe here give a part of our report of the
Georgiaßaptist Convention:
“We prnifrmn
eeh’ting tfie different sections of the State,
and the diflerent views of the denomina
tion, among whom were fathers in Israel,
and school-mates, and co-la borers in former
days.
The preaching was generally of good or
der, and the meetings for Missions, and for
promoting the efficiency of the Georgia Bi- I
ble and Colporteur Society, were earnest I
and efficient. The Colporteur Society is
doing a good work, and we wish it increas
ed success.
The sale of the Index was recommended
by a large and able committee, but was de
feated by a majority in the Convention,who
seemed to be controlled mainly by two ar
guments, viz:
1. It was given to the Convention by
father Mercer, thereby identifying its
history with him and the Convention.
2. That it, and all other papers, ought to
have just such trammels as the Con
vention throws around it.
IF? suppose that outside <>f religious pow
ers, the people of this free country would
shed their blood for the freedom of the press.
We hope, however, that all this may end
in good.”— Banner.
In regard to this we wish simply to ask
a few questions, and make a few state- I
ments.
Ist. Does the article from the Banner ■
justify the one from the Index ? .
2nd. Does the isolated quotation from
the Banner, by the Index, convey the same
impression to the reader which it does, ta
ken just as it appeared in the Banner ?
Statement Ist. The report which we i
made of the Georgia Baptist Convention, |
i was written at Forsyth, the second day as- ;
I terthe Convention adjourned, without know- J
: ing who was to be its future editor.
2. In writing this article f>r the Banner.
I °
we intended to state facts. Relating to the
ILd.. wu -a -1
commended by a large and able committee, j
Is this true? We need only say that such i
men as brethren Stocks, Mali ary. Hill-I
yer. tec., were upon it. We stated, sec- i
■ ondly, that it was defeated by a majority ; ‘
and, thirdly, that this majority seemed to
be controlled mainly bv two arguments. —
Is this true? If not, then we wholly mis- ■
understood the matter. Brethren Jesse
Carter, of Muscogee, Culbertson, of La
Grange, an 1 J. 11. Campbell, of Griffin,
, used the former argument, with evident ef
fect. Bro. E. W. Warren used the latter,
and said many of the same things contained
in th- article which we have extracted from 1
i the Index, or things of similar import. As
he is the only one who used the argument, |
I and as bro. Boykin could, in no way. be im- ,
; plicated in the Banner article, we should bt j
strongly tempted to suspect an ex-editor of
. writing the Index editorial, although we, on
his denial, might have to do with him as ho
did with bro. Teague; acknowledge that
‘ we had been too suspicious, in which case
we should have this advantage : that we
have written very calmly. There are two '
j reasons against this view of the matter.—
i One is. that it would be a delicate thing for
i bro. B. to let others write editorials for
him. The other is. that it would be quite
as delicate for bro. W. to write them; and.
we might add that it would lie soinewhif
delicate for either or both to make just sin h
a partial extract fn m the Banner, and fol
low it with just such an article as would
praise the Index, and by the pl..'.nest infer
ence, con ’emu other papers. Surely the
freedom of the press d>xs n t. necessarily,
set pe< pie b;. th< cars, turn loose the dogs
ofu.ir. n” I th" -’po-i'" ;' "-’s .f
a reading people.
Really, bro. V\ , weh i l no objections to
the Convention’s retaining the Index ; but
not for such a reason as that a paper should
bo trammeled. Onthewh- le. ’ '<t let
agree that the article wrote itself, and think
re mere of it. It was simply trying to help
the index, at our expense; but that's a tri
fle. We may and should w rk together in
. peace and harmony
Albany, Ga., May 21. 1860.
Dear Bro. Wood ;
Y< u no doubt will take it all in good
part, when I say to you that your ingenious
argument to prove nte the probable author
of a certain piece signed “M..” in theS. W.
Baptist, reminds me of an ar.ecd< Xe of Dr.
Franklin it was about as f< L>ws: The
Dr. on a c*r’. in occasion, when d scus<i g
■ learned nu tters v th a comp my < f friends,
hcr-p.ned to prop-’-md the f dinwing ques
tion ; "How happens it that wc may take i
a live fish and put it in a tub >f water, and I
the tub with its contents .v:ll be no hcav h r i
tha?. it was before the fish was put in?” <
The proposition involved in this query was <
new and strange, and s ns< t the company
afl :t up> n its best pF. ios. rhy. One as
signed one r as-n :’ -r the w. ndertul fact, <
and another another. After the Dr. had
heard th< m thro gh, he said, “Gentlemen,
you ij-x
reasons in defence of the proposition, but
it so happens, after all, that it is not true.”
So my good bro. Wood, notwithstanding
the plausible and ingenious reasons you as
sign to show that you “naturally and neces
sarily must suppose it to be bro. Mallary,”
who wrote said letter, it so happens, that
whatever may be the merit or demerit of
the letter, it is not true that I wrote it. Nor
do I know who wrote it.
Y’ours in Christian bonds,
C. D. MALLARY.
Thank you, brother “M.” You have
done just what we hoped you could, and
would. It is a source of real pleasure to
know that you are not the author of the
letter pointing emphatically to a division
of the Baptist family. We are in a posi
tion to know that you, bro. Mell, and at
least one other brother were suspected of
being the author. The S. W. Baptist says
brother Mell is not, and you are not,
which you confirm, and no one henceforth,
we suppose, will suspect either of you.—
Indeed we felt that the style and spirit of
the letter was unlike you, but knowing that
but few, who shared in the troubles about
Eatonton and the Central Association, were
now living in Georgia, whose signatures
would likely be M., hard as it was, with
the editorial surroundings as it appeared in
the S. AV. Baptist, we could not well avoid
yottjuid
tha? we WoultT rattier n<fve naa the great
Franklin to have played with twenty fish
es, and twenty tubs of water, than that bro.
Mallary should have been the author
of the letter, although his name (Frank-I
lin’s) should be introduced at our expense. ■
Really, we do not intend to let Uncle Ben- ■
jamin have the advantage of us. After a I
few months, when those, who read this,
come to the centre of the world, (called At
lanta) look to the South of the passenger
depot, and see one of the largest and hand
somest buildings of the place, having upon
its front, in large letters, “The Franklin
Printing and Publishing House,” they
may know that we take no offence at any
thing connected with the history of the
great philosopher. Or, if they wish to
know more about it. if they will come into
the Banner office, in an honored portion of
this house, we will gratify them.
But to retnrn, we think the author of
the letter ought to come out, for people I
will guess, and the margin is narrow. The
letter itself is a regular built fire-eating ''
document. It is signed “AL” ‘Tie is an
old and well informed Baptist.” lie is
one of the old “pannel’’ in the denomina
tional struggles which occurred twenty or
thirty years ago. We are a little inclined
to see him giiessed out of his hiding place,
so that the innocent may not suffer. The
style of the article very much resembles a
series signed "Fac,” which appeared in the
S. . Baptist, and one signed “Radical” of
the Index, and Radical would have been a
very appropriate signature to the aiticle
proposing a dissolution of the Union. But
then it is very uncommon for scholars to
put M. tor R., or to put “Fac,” M. and
R
put Alabama instead of Georgia. Should
it turn out that the author lias been in a
guessing latitude, until he thinks he can
amuse himself with such novices as the
present generation affords, we shall turn
the ease over to the Hatchet Company as
coming in their line of business. They
are to look after the foxes.
CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE
GA. BAPTIST CONVENTION.
As there is some desire to see this in
strument in print, we give it a place in the
Banner.
1. This Body shall be called the Chcro- '
kee Georgia Baptist Convention, and is
constituted upon those principles of chris-j
tian faith exhibited in the Scriptures, and i
generally received by the Baptist denom
ination.
2. The Convention shall be composed
of messengers from such Associations and
Churches as approve the objects sought to 1
be accomplished, desire connection with it,
and whose constitutions may be approved.
3. The messengers to the body shall be
order! v members of regular Baptist church
es. chosen by the chinches themselves, or ,
at their instance, by associations; each
messenger to represent a constituency to
whom I." is responsible.
4. Each Association shall be entitled to
s:\ messengers, and one additional mes
senger for every five hundred members in
its correction, provided always that the
churches ot su<’h association approve the !
v'bjeets s< ught in aucli co-operation. Each
church- favoring said objects shall be en
titled to two ni< sseng. rs, unless represent
ed, by its s-tttetioß, through an A««<K-nition:
tn which case, shall be entitled to one mes
senger.
5. The officers of the 1-ody shall consist
of a M J.craOir, Secretary, and assistant
S oretary vud Treasurer, who shall l>e mv.
pointed by baii.-t at each Annual Meeting.
6. Ar E\ 'eutive Commit:■ • . consisting
of seven members, shall be elected at each
Annual Meeting, whose duty sliall lie to
attend to all business committed to th- ir
trust, and report their acts and d >ings to
the Convention. This cotamittee sliall have
power to fill vacancies, which may occur
in their body, at. 1 also to appoint a treas
urer, in ca>e of a vacancy in that office.
7. The Secretary si.a 1 rt or 1 anJ pre
serve the transacti >ns of the body ia a
book, kept f r the purpose.
8. The Tr. asiirer shall take charge of
all momy aud property, i. t otherwise
provided f :• —give suf.L.. .t security f r
the ami paced his hands—disburse
as the Convention may direct—report from
time to time to the body, and hand over
ai: nt- ney and property t his success-■- in
office, which he- has in hand " han he g ics
cut of i ffice.
9. The following are the ■ '-jects of this
body. To offer a medium of co-operation
of Baptist churches—
-1) To unite the frier. Is - f education and
comb’ne their eff-rts for the e.-ta : >-
tions of learnfe, where the young of :
both sexes njy be thoroughly edu- '
cated, on th®eheapest, practicable 1
terms. > ’
2) To distribute jiblcs, and other good
books. 1
3) To foster ani cherish the spirit of.
missions, at l>mo and abroad, and .
to carry outthc wishes of churches
and associalijis as they may from
time to : timd direct, as well as the
wishes of messengers of which
the body may be composed.
4) To encouragejhe education of indig
ent young nijiisters, of orphans of
both sexes, aimeans may be afford
ed—to niakeM'ovisions for superan
uated preaeij-s, and families who
may be in ifcdy circumstances, and
to encouragelny and every benevol
ent object wli-h may have scriptural
claims upon nlividual Christians, and
the churchesff Jesus Christ.
10. The Convefion, at its discretion,
may appoint messsfcers to the Southern
Baptist Couventioufcnd corresponding mes
sengers to other reioious bodies.
11. The proceeMgs of this body shall
be submitted, anmjllv, to its constituents,
and none of its dfeisions shall be binding
upon associations churches. ’
12. It may rules for its own gov-
1 "L Aa._carrv OUk
the afore mentioned.objects; provided none
of them shall be inconsistent with the j
Scriptures.
13. A majority of messengers in attend-
. ance, at any regular time of meeting, shall j
be a quorum for the transaction of busi- i
' ness.
14. This Constitution shall be subject to ■
! amendment, by i vote of two thirds of its ■
members, at any annual meeting. *
Respectfully submitted,
* There is an additional clause which secures the ■
rights of a few persons, iviic became members of :
the Convention by provisions made at the session
at Rome. This vvil' appear in the Minutes.
** * i
CHEROKEI BAPTIST COLLEGE.
As the necessity for this institution has i
been-acknovv leched, and as the Baptists of
- Cherokee Georgia have undertaken to sus
| tain the enterprsc, the question as to how
i this is to be dote, becomes one of great
j practical importance. Experience has de
i monstrated that colleges, in order to be
, greatly useful trust be completely and per-
I manently endowed, and to this general rule
the college at Cassville is not an exception.
Cut how shall a sufficient endowment be
raised ? This must be accomplished bv
the liberality ol the Baptists, and their
friends in that pirtion of the State. One
hundred thousand dollars, it is conceded,
would be quite sifiieient as an endowment
fund, while a smaller sum would not meet
the entire wants of the institution. And
in order to interest the Baptists of Chero
kee in the enterprise, so as to secure the
• endowment, they must be brought to see
and appreciate fully,-
1. The importance of educating their
our country are waking up to an apprecia
i tion ot’ the advantages of liberal education,
it will be necessary to the success of the -
young men in Cherokee Georgia, in the 1
i warfare of life, that they be fully educated.
In the past history of the country, when
knowledge was less generally diffused, men
might contend successfully in any depart
ment of life, because they were all placed
pretty much upon an equal footing, but it
is not so now. It is true that some of our
most successful and useful num never had
the advantages of a collegiate education,
j but it would be a mistake to suppose that
1 they were indebted to their ignorance for
success. On the contrary, such men, bv
| dint of industry and perseverance, have
supplied the want of thorough instruction
by educating themselves. But had they
i enjoyed the advantages to be found, in well
endowned institutions of learning, thev
i might, and doubtless would, have aceom
■ plished much more than they did. Knovvl
! edge is power, and he who finds the one,
gains the other also.
2. The Baptists of Cherokee Georgia
must bo brought to see and appreciate the ’
i importance of educating their at home.
If there is any one thing, which more than i
another, will bind the hearts of our sons to '
the land of their birth, it is home educa
tion. In the present state of affairs we .
1 cannot be too careful as to the influences ■
which are brought to bear in the education
of those who are to be the future guanliaus
l of the country. Fanaticism and sectional
strife are now threatening to lay violent
hands upon the fair inheritance bequeathed
to us by our fore-fathers, and if the “im
pending crisis" we .shall need ■
men true to their native section to ass rt
, our equality and vindicate our rights. And
vv hat is true, in this regard of our vvhole
country, is also true of Cherokee Georgia.
If the brethren in that section would have .
true and faithful representatives of their I
{Hiliticai rights, let them furnish their sons
the means of a liberal education, up< n thi ir
own soil, nnd they will reap their reward.
But while patri -tisin powerfully sustains
the view here presented, there are motives
and incentives even higher than that. The
eternal well-being of their sons is placed
in jeopardy when they are sent to college.
Many melancholy examples might be cited
in illustration of the truth, but i sufficient
number will occur to the mind of the read
er, without mentioning them here. The
wreck of many a bright gen.us has resulted
from the oss-xi <>f c >liege life. The
seeds weres >wn in the heart and mind, and
found a too pn-hficsoil in which t-» germi
nate an i grow to maturitv. Bat instead of
making this appear as an argument against
c llegiute education alt-geiher, as some
very wise people are w< nt to do, it f-nly
sh- ws the imp->rtance of placing our insti
t ;ti-ns for the education of youth, under
the right sort of influences; and if the
Baptists <•! Ch. r< kee will come forward
and raise a competent endowment, they
can, of ixtiirse. place, it under just such in
aa-ixxcuul 4~ w.e u.jA agrete
able with their own views of propriety.— I
Let them do this, and they may not only <
have religious influences brought to bear
upon the minds and hearts of their sons, .
but they may have that influence as repre- :
seated and exercised by Baptists. Let
their sons be so educated, as to be able to
sustain themselves in conflict with the edu
cated elsewhere, and then they will not be
ashamed to own that their fathers were
Baptists, and that they were educated at a
Baptist institution. And in this way may
the Baptists of Cherokee do a great work
—one which will live when they are gone
to their rest. AV hat say the Baptists of .
i Cherokee ? |
Shall the college be endowed? AV ill
you permit it to be said that you began to
build and were not able to finish ? Surely,
surely, not. Brethren, you have embark
ed in this worthy enterprise, and nobly
have you begun ; but at this juncture you
need for your rallying cry the dying words
of the immortal Commodore, “Don’t give
up the ship.” Your means for doing the
work arc ample, and with the vast mineral
and superficial wealth of Cherokee Geor
gia how could you hold up your heads,
should you permit the enterprise to lan
guish, and finally to fail for want of a com
petent endowment. IL C. 11.
JSitaluxijlsZ
For the Banner & Baptist.
Maysville, (Cherokee Nation,) )
Alay sth, 1850. j
Dear Brother Wood :
On my return home, after an absence of
j several days, on a preaching tour, I find
the & Baptist, coming to my ad
i dress. lam highly pleased with it. May ;
I the Lord give success to it, until it shall
• wave triumphantly over error. The gra- 1
I tuitous offer of it is received with a grate- i
i ful heart, and a due sense of the obligation
] thus imposed.
By your permission I will give a sketch
'of my trip, which has principally been
| among these fanatical abolitionist Baptists.
Friday night, April 27th, I preached at
Delaware Town, one of the principal holds
of the Abolitionists. Our friends were
highly pleased with our visit, and sermon,
but the opposition was open and manifest.
AVe opened meeting by singing, after
which I called on Bro. Young-Squirel to
pray. AVhile at prayer the fanatics were
i maw king. I then preached to them and
called on Brother George Owen to pray.
As we all kneeled for prayer, several were
heard to say “damn you.”
Saturday evening we arrived at Brother
Lewis Downing’s (one of the ablest native
preachers in the nation,) but found he was
about eight miles from home, preaching. —
; AVe sat and conversed with his wife some
half an hour. She observed 1 was friendly,
and asked iny interpreter in Cherokee, if
that was the way we were getting their
members to join us.
AVe then went to Bro. Downing’s meet
ing ; but finding the opposition so mani
“Hest, we declined preaching, and told them, I
we wanted peace, and that we were all aim
ing for heaven, and if we. got there we
I would love each other, and, 1 thought,
we ought to love each other here.
Mondav, 1 o’clock, we arrived at Tahle-
*
quah—called on Bro. Si.over—found all
cheerful, though not all in good health.—
His wife is feeble, and their second child
has chills.
Monday night 1 preached in the Masonic
Hall to an intelligent congregation.
Tuesday night, Bro. Slover, according
to previous arrangement, finished a sermon
on the text “And having a high Priest over
the house of God ; let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil con
science, and our bodies washed with pure
water.” Ileb. 10: 21, 22. No doubt, God
will be honored by this meeting. The
people were instructed and built up.
I called on Mr. Buti.fr, the Agent. He
tells me that our Abolitionist Baptist Mis
sionaries will be removed from the Nation
for meddling with the subject ot slavery,
so soon as the new Agent arrives.
I rejoice t<> see in the Banner that Bro.
j Chambers has consented to come to this!
i Nation, and preach the unsearchable riches :
of CliniST. 1 feel as though 1 should almost -
take wing, if I could hear him sing that i
swc<d song—“l am a pilgrim, I am a '
• stranger.” The brethren wish him, if 1
understand it, to labor with Bro. Foreman; I
that is much needed. Suff r me to say, [
Bro. Slover, and 1 are of the opinion you !
had better not restrict him to settle on the
A’erdigris, for we think it is probable he
I will find it best to settle on Grand River, '
near Lewis Ross, and about 30 miles from
Bro. Foreman.
Pray fir us that God may give us grace I
Io withstand the persecutions we meet
with from these Moravians, Methodists, '
i and Abolitionist Baptists.
AA'ith respectful regard I am, my dear
Brother, yours sincerely
ISAAC REED.
For the Banner & Baptist
Dear Bro. AA'ood :
I take pleasure in acknowledging the re
ceipt of fourteen dollars from the Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church, Chatooga county,
G.l, through your paper. This is the first
contribution ’hat has, as yet, arrived, to
ward the £3OO desired to aid <>ur Bethlehem
• cliurch in building a house of worship.—
But this is not all that will come for that
object.
E l- Newton, the pastor of the above
Pl-usant Grove church, says: “This (Sl4)
is a small amount for a church ; but if the
churches generally, in Cherokee, Ga., ill
take the matt'r in hand, y.u will not be
long in want of the desired 8300.” I would
tak- the liberty to say to bro. Newton,
that though this sum is small, yet J think
his church h is done nobly, for it was not
exported that one or two churches, or a few
individuals, would contribute the 8300. In
pr- portion to the amount desired I)is church
hoc ; to.' tWi.ut7-t.wo 3Uch contri-
butions would make mure than three hun
dred dollars.
I hope those churches that have the cause
of missions among the red men of the AVest
at heart, not only in Cherokee, Ga., but
elsewhere, will earnestly take the mattei
in hand, that we may not long be in want
of the S3OO.
Now, may the God of missions guide us
in supporting and preaching the gospel of
His beloved son, Jesus Christ. Cherokees
seldom forget favors done them. AVe have
had Baptist preaching, in Tahlequah, every
night for almost a week. Bro. Reed has
been with us two nights during the time.—
A young lady told me, alter he left, that
she wished he had stayed longer; for, said
she, “he preached so good; I did love to hear
him so well. The Lord is blessing the la
bors of this worthy brother in his field.
I have drawn this letter beyond expected
length ; so I will close.
Yours, in Christ,
J. A. SLOVER.
Tahlequah, C. N., May sth, ’6O.
For the Banner & Baptist.
SCRAP-No. 13.
the rich table.
Reader, did you ever sit at the splendid
tabic? Many a time. You have seen there
the burnished silver, translucent china,
ptojjnhyidi tables al-
most groaned beneath the w eight and var
iety of delicious preparations, in the form
of food. Y'es, all this you have seen. AVell,
let me ask, have there not been sonie
places, where you felt almost a dread at
the thought of partaking refreshments ?—-
It may be so; and why? Because the im
pression became, in some way or other,
! fixed on your mind, that the wealth which
i furnished that table, came through fraud,
j oppression, or dishonesty in some form.—
: “Here is precious metal,” your mind has
i said, “but it may belong to some widow,
or orphan, who are at this moment beg
gars. Here is a gnilded chandelier, but it
may have been placed before me by that
usury which Christ forbids. Here are
choice articles of food, but the men and
women who earned them may be at this
time suffering from hunger, and left with
out any means of redress. Here is the
man, rich in all the world delights in.—
Among bis like he has a great name. There
is not a spot on his character, and yet God
sees that he is a very Dives.” Reader, if
you have never thought thus, the writer
lias.
“How hardly shall they that have, riches
enter into the kingdom of Heaven.”
AV. M. D.
For the Banner & Baptist.
I HAVE NO MOTHER NOW.
She’s gone! I have no mother now.—
No! her soul has winged its way on gold
en pinions, to a land of eternal bliss. Now
I’m left alone in this cold world. No hand
smooths my aching brow when tossed by
burning fevers; no voice now breathes
words of hope and encouragement when
‘ the heavy hand of misfortune sweeps across
my breast-. AARien the. shadows of evening
gather around my little home, there is no
fond face to greet me there. Aly mother’s
chair is empty; everything is cold and
I gloomy. Beneath yonder little mound rests
I all that is left me now. A ct, she’s not
I there. Oh! my dear mother, where art
thou? A\ ilt thou not look down from the
blissful courts of heaven upon thy child?
Cast one smile on him who mourns thy ab
sence. Let the influence of thy spirit be
about me, that the path of truth and wisdom
may be my guide. Let me not be enticed
to leave the arms of virtue, and disremem
ber the kind admonitions breathed by thee
in prayers of love.
Oh ! my mother, let thy hand guide the
footsteps of thy child through this world,
that he may meet thee in Heaven.
R. 11. R.
Literary fume is more easily eaught
than kept. If you do nothing you are for
gotten, but if you write and fail, your for
mer success is thrown in your teeth.
\\ hen a man begins to feed an ap
petite which nothing can appease and which
i its proper food will only render fiercer.—
| “He that lovcfh silver shall not be satis-
I fif'd with silver.”
LADIES’ DEPAnTMEMT.
FOR THE BANNER & BAPTIST.
EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS.
One of the greatest follies of our day is
extravagance of dress. It is spreading
throughout our whole land of America.—
i Sweeping, like an avalanche, burying much
' of the precious time that we should spend
j in the cultivation of our minds and those
\ graces which most adorn us for the home
! circle. The usefulness of our young ladies
: in society is much destroyed by the perni
j cious habit. The cultivation of their minds
iis neglected; expensive, unpractical and
i useless, our schools turn out accomplished
! young ladies, whose minds are filled with
I more thought of show than substance.—
May God help to elevate the position and
■ aim of women to something better than
rivalry in expensive dress and outward
show. Miv the hights of our ambition be
higher than to dress and keep up with the
fashions. Let us away with this sinful habit
and turn our minds and hearts to some- ;
thing better. The field of labor is great be- I
fore us, for the exercise of the Christian \
virtues. We can aid in promoting the great
aim of true Christianity, that the cause <>f
Christ may l>e spread abroad, and sinners '
repent and live. Woman’s mission is for
more than a life of fish ion and show; her
influence, when rightly wielded, is noise
less as the zephyr, but resistless as the
tornado. She may not ascend the pulpit to ac
complish her mission, though in the church
she may by her Christian conversation and
charity sustain her part as one of the “lights
of the world.” AVe all have influence, and
all who enter God’s kingdom may be use
ful. There is an occupation for all, and if
wc are <*Lout Gude work, we stay have;
the sweet assurance that we are not living
in vain. We can accomplish much good
in our Sabbath schools, one of the many
agencies that God has made effectual to the
propagation of His Gospel. “Go, teach,” is
Heaven’s appointed instrumentality to
bring poor sinners to repentance ; may we
as Christian bodies, and those who are not,
no longer bow at the shrine of fashion, but
may our lives be spent in usefulness, shed
ing upon its pathway the luster of Chris
tianity and benevolence. The money and
time that we consume in dress would be a
great comfort to the poor in relieving their
necessities and administering to the wapts
of the distressed. Would it not make our
hearts happier and more cheerful to take
the money that we spend for costly ap
parel, and give it for the education of poor
children? Consider the words of the Apos
tles—“l will also that women adorn them
selves in modest appaiel, with shamefaced
ness and sobriety ; “not with broidered
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.”
Mothers, a great responsibility is resting
upon you in the raising of your daughters;
train them up to be useful in society, and?
an ornament to the cause of Christ ; do
not encourage their love of dress and dis
play, but nip it in the bud.
May it never be with some of us as with
a young lady of whom I once heard. This
young lady was the only daughter of
wealthy parents, who were unbelievers in
< 'heist. 1 turiiiH a revival.
serious on the subject of religion, and much
concerned for her soul’s salvation. Soon
as her parents were aware of the fact, they
began to persuade her, no longer to indulge
in her feelings; that there was no reality
in religion, and if she would only give it
up, all her wishes should be granted, and
she might have the most splendid dressing
to wear. They succeeded at last; the young
girl threw off her serious impressions and
wend back to the world for happiness.—
A short time elapsed—when she was taken
ill and died. AVhile dying, she had her
wardrobe brought and laid before her, then
said : “There is the price of my soul! —
Mother, take hold of my hand, and hold it
until I am cold in death, then you may
know, my poor soul is screaming in hell.”
Is it not an awful thing for a mother to.
send her child to endless misery.
Hundreds and thousands of dollars are
spent every year for dress, which, if given
to the cause of Christ, would aid in send
ing the glorious Gospel to the poor, be
nighted heathen, who in his blindness bows
down to wood and stone.
Think of I he three celebrated missionary
heroines, the three Mrs. Judson, who gave
up their homes in the loved land of Ameri
ca, denying themselves every comfort for
the cause of Christ. While they have won
a place on the roll of earthly sane, their
noblest reward is, their “names are written
in Heaven,” and “their works do follow
them.” Their memories can never fade,
but in the heart of thousands in this happy
land, and among the spicy groves of India,
and among the saved in heaven, they "ill
ever be sacredly chfrifhed. Their names
have kindled the of many a noble
spirit to give its powers to the welfare of
poor souls, and will continue,
“Tilt Boodh shall fall and Burmah’s sous
Shall own Messiah’s sway.”
VIOLA.
Cave Spuing, March 22nd.
For the Banner & Baptist’.
A SISTER’S RESPONSE.
The Banner is always a welcome visitor
in the home circle, and dearly do we love
to look upon its well-known features, fronv
which beam forth honesty, truthfulness and
love; but some weeks ago our heart was
made, sad, as we perused again, and again,
the concluding portion of Brother AVood’s
brief article, heated, “A Word to Sisters.”
We know it is a happy country beyond
the “mountains over the river”; we know
it is our Father’s house; the redeemed
dwell there, and our Savior is preparing
mansions for ns. Wc know we are all as
a band of children, journeying homeward,
and many of us longing for the time when
our “Strong Friend” shall come to lead us
over the “Mountains” to that long sought
home, and yet, somehow, we cannot say
why, the idea of one of the number being
to join that happy throng, causes a feeling
of sadness to steal over the mind, and a
shade of sorrow settle on the brow. The
sunlight of the heart vanishes, and we
shrink with painful apprehension from the
dreaded hour of separation. Surely this is
a selfish sorrow, and takes its rise from an
earthly source. AVe ought rather to rejoice
as each one nears the shining porta's, and
drinks in with delighted rapture the “music
of that far off shore.” Joyfully should we
say “Goodbye,” knowing it is but for a
season, for soon we may expect the sum
mons. “Chi.'d, thy Father calls come
home.” But be that as it may, we trust it
may be our Father’s will to spare to us
yet longer through the wilderness the com
pany of one whose conversation and ex
ample are so wholesome and instructive,
and whose “Pastoral Talk” we would find
it hard to do without. We trust, years
hence will find him as now, foremost in
the battle ranks, a bold and valiant defend
er of the Truth.
AVe are not one of the number who have
worked hithertho so faithfully for the
Banner; but our whole heart is with the
, cause it advocates—and for the future we
earnestly desire to cooperate with the Edi
; tor in his noble efforts to do much good
through its columns ; and for this purpose
we will contribute not, only our feeble
prayers, hut our means, our strongest ef
forts. If we can find one sister unable from
poverty to take the Bonner, w? will by the
help of God, deny ourself in S'<me way,
and let that sister have the Banner to read.
If we could but get our dormant wills stir
red up—the way’ would be open, and in
good earnest then would we “work while
it is day.” It will indeed be a glorious
time when our labors ended, our trials
over, we shall be clothed in spotless robes,
and sit dojfe forever in our Father’s king-.
; dom. AUNT EDITH, •