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W.W & BAPTIST. | Bail ti S “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, •