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POETRY.
Thk following excellent original poetry,
we re-publish, on account of several errors
which occurred in it, in our issue of the
14th inst.
THE TIMES GONE BY.
Ah yes! I turn with spirit sad,
To vanish’d scenes of other days,
Which now in hues of memory clad,
Were then bath’d in hope'* smiling rays.
And thus, as o’er the shad’wy past
Backward affection takes its way.
Tears of remembrance falling fast,
Tell of the loved ones past away.
In times gone by, when youth was mine.
And th’ light of hope was in my eye,
When flexile reed and fairy line,
Could fill my aspirations high.
I wander’d oft along the stream,
By waving willows overgrown,
And caught the lithe and wary bream,
Which on the grassy banks were thrown.
I saw each little captive rise,
Drawn, by my hand, from out the wave,
And eager seized the finny prize,
Nor strove its fragile life to save.
The green magnolia o’er my head,
As I gaz’d upward to the sky,
From ev’ry flow’r a fragrance shed,
Like that from groves of Araby.
The woodbine spread its coronal
Os scarlet gems, in the passing breeze,
And the red-bird sang its madrigal,
Os love, in ite home mid waving- trees.
The lazy hum of the beetle’s note
Came stealing gently to my ear,
And th’ rippling sound of the fisher’s boat
As it clave the yielding waters clear.
From its cozy home in the aged tree,
Which rose in grandeur by the brook,
The timid squirrel peer’d at me,
With curious and distrustful look.
As seated on the pendant limb,
Its chatt’ring voice was heard afar,
Warning its forest neighbors prim,
That danger might be lurking near.
There sat beside me on the brae,
A dear and wcll-rememlier’d one,
Who long ago has pass’d away.
Ending life’s race when just begun.
In memory oft I see him now,
As he sat beneath the waving shade,
With languid eye and pallid brow,
Weaving a little willow braid.
Unearthly radiance round him shone,
And light from his celestial eye
Fell on me, and his gentle tone,
Breathed softly, ‘ brother, I must die.”
And when the blasts of Autumn rude,
Came sweeping through the forest brown,
In his little grave, close by the wood,
With kindred dust we laid him down.
And there we raised th’ unpolished stone,
To mark his quiet resting place,
And then we said, “Sleep, gentle one,
For ended is thy weary race.”
In sadness then we turn’d away.
And fondly breathed a last adieu,
Hoping to meet another day
In Heav’n, beyond the ether blue.
And some who with us luourned him then,
Have silent ptuw’d from earth away.
In heav’n once more they’ve met again.
Where night no more succeeds the day.
And I am left, a pilgrim here,
A mounter on this desert strand,
Oh 1 when shall I, myself appear,
Rejoicing in “the Itetter land ?”
H.C. H.
EDITORIAL W MOIOTICES.
REMITTANCES.
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it for you—never register.
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A«ENT«.
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Eld. J. H. B. Shack klfohd, of Gordon,
are authorised Agents, for the Bunner, to re
ceive and receipt for subscriptions.
Also, Elder \V. M. Vkrdkry is an au
thor ised Agent for the Banner.
CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE.
Eld. A. W. Ri ford and J. 11. B. Shack
klfgrd are the authorised general Agoautuf
this College to collect dues, secure scholar
ships, receive donations, &c. hn.
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TO PRINTRS.
We offer for sale a No. 5, Washington
Press (Hoe’s manufacture) with Hoe’s
improved Inking Apparatus,—fimr Roller
stocks and iron Roller mould. The Press
and fixtures all new and sound, and work
admirably. Have l>een in use only about
four months. A bargain can be had. ts.
Also, a Paper Cutting Machine, for cut
ting up and trimming paper for Job-work, —
an exerllcut machine, and warranted sound
and new.
CITY MISSION APPOINTMENTS
FOR
Elder A. K. TRIBBLE.
For a month he will preach—
th» Monday nights, at Wm. W mm's.
West of the State ILved Depot;
Tuesday night*, at Cakhwhakl’s, Mari
etta Street:
Thursday night«. at Ssith'k, <ai the Ma
con Road;
Friday night*, at Jamks Middlktox’s,
North of <’ity Jail ;
Saturday night*. Wm. Bkil’s, MclXm
ough Street. St.
*-£?** l.n «■» *rut by Brother
Hvat will appear in our next number
Prof. A. S. WORRELL.
The correspondents of Bro. Worrell
for the next four weeks, will address hiir
. at Sweet Water, Tennessee. After that
, time at Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. J. S. BAKER—“The Lone Baptist.”
We call special attention to the article
of Bro. Baker of to-day’s issue. It is the
introductory article to appear in the firsl
number of the Lone Baptist, soon to be is
sued, and sent to every one free of cost
who will send his or her name to Brothei
Baker, Jacksonville, Fla.
*.
Elder James B. Taylor, Va.
Our readers will see a prospectus of the
: tenth volume of the Home, and Foreign
Journal, and the sth volume of the Com
mission ; with an appeal to Baptists to ex
tend their circulation. These journals art
devoted to Missionary interests, giving
general information of missions and mis
sionaries, &c., &c.
Contributions for the BANNER.
A considerable number of valuable con
tributions have been crowded out this
week, but they are in store for the future
The Banner hits had the good fortune, thus
far, to contain a great deal of original
matter. We hope our good brethren and
sisters will continue to furnish good, read
able, useful articles.
A few good brethren have imposed up
on us considerable labor, by requesting us
to arrange for the press articles, badly
written, badly spelt, and written on both
sides of a sheet, &c. If time would allow
we would gladly aid such brethren as have
strong, practical original thoughts; but
I really we had rather write four original
! articles than reconstruct one.
♦
DAYTON’S MONTHLY.
Our readers will see, in another column,
the prospectus of this monthly. Bro. Day
ton is justly regarded as one of our best
writers, and every way calculated to make
his Magazine attractive and profitable. We
predict for it an extensive circulation, and
i a career of no ordinary degree of useful
j ness. Will not many of the readers of
j the Banner send on, immediately, their
. names and $2 00 to bro. Dayton I
Messrs. BEACH & ROOT.
It will be seen from the Card of these
gentlemen, in another Column, that they
have made a large reduction in the price of
all their fine summer goods. Now is a
most favorable time to visit their magni
ficent Store, and examine their very ex
tensive Stock of Dry Goods.
Grocery A Commission Business.
The Card of A. K. Seaoo may lie found
in our issue of to-day. Bro. Seago is doing
a large business in his line. He is an old
citizen and business man of this city.
SEWING MACHINES.
We call attention to the advertisement
Messrs. G. I. Foreacre & Co., to be found
on this page. Their office is in the new
Mason’Ll Hall building, on cast side of the
passenger depot.
Every head of a family ought to buy a
Sewing Machine, if possible. They are
truly lalMir-saving machine, and we can add
truthfully, a h/e-saving machine, also. The
same amount of money spent in no other
way, will relieve a wife of so much tire
some, wearisome, harrassing toil, as will
the amount that is required to purchase a
sewing machine ; and every man is bound
, to provide for the case and comfort of his
family.
J3gf“We are pleased to learn from W.
G. Whidby, Grand Worthy Patriarch of
the Order of Sons of Temperance, that on
the night of the 18th inst., he had the pleas
. ure of organizing Excelsior Division, No.
, 21 fl, at Home. The following gentlemen
compose the officers of the Division :
C. 11. Smith, W. P.
' i J. H. McClurg, W. A.
, | G. B. T. Moork, R. S.
R. F. Hutchings, F. S.
W. T. Newman, C.
11. W. Echols, A. C.
W. A. Barros, I. S.
T. W. Swank, O. S.
The character and respectability of the
gentlemen alwve named, raises hopes that
much good may be the result of the organ
' ization.
BOOK NOTICK.
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Mrs. Ford’s Book—G. D. Prentice.
The following eulogy of sister Ford’s
, new book is from the pen of George D.
■ Prentice, the renowned wit and poet. —
j > Sister Ford is a Southern lady, not vet
j thirty years of age, and an “old Landmark”
I Baptist. The book, we are assured, in no
single instance, deviates from the stem
: feet* of history.
i Mary Bunyan, the Dreamer's Blind
Davohter. A tale of religious perse
cution. By Mrs. Sallie Rochester Ford,
author of “Grace Truman.’’ New York-
Sheldon & Co.
The favorable opinion which we formed and
eEprc**ed after a cursory reading of this book,
I ha* been more than confirmed upon a careftil
penuud. Its graphic scenes carry us back to
England some two centuries ago to the lowly
cottaee al Ehtow, where John Bun van, hw
a ife Elisabeth, his poor blind daughter Mary,
and the dependent little ones resided, and thev
| depict the trials, suffering, and imprisonment o(
the ChriMian martyr, the privstions of his
| family, their stout wrestling against honest
i poverty, and the loss of their protector, and
, over all these pictures of want, misery, and in
carveratton there is spread oyer all the warm,
glowing, and consoling radiance of Christian
nope, which shines like the halo around the
heal of the Redeemer in the pictures of the an
cient masters. From the gfoom of the prison
’ I <>eU. from the despoiltsi hearth-stone, and from
the wail of o|qwvs«ion. Mrs. Fo,*d ha« the tiappv
• faculty of drawing inspiration to teach lessons
‘ : of Christian love and humiliation: and as the
Apostle, when confined in the prison of Thya
leva, sang praises unto the Lord, so from every
scene of misery ami pain there seems in thi»
charming volume t*> rise up the odor of mvrrti
and frankincense as an “offering worthy of heav
’ en.” Os the many religious novels which have
iMua! recently sh in the press, none is boiy at
, tractive than Mary Bunyan, the Dreamer’
Blind Daughter.
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wasp attacks the ripest fruil
r first; will slander attempt to wound the
honest fame.
APPOINTMENTS.
l‘ -
n Elder A. C. DAYTON,
it By Divine permission, will preach at the
following times and places:
Dalton, 3rd Sab. in July ;
’ Monday night following at Calhoun ;
le Tuesday night, Kingston ;
le Wednesday night, Rome;
st Thursday, Bush Arbor ;
s- Friday, Cedar Creek ;
t, Saturday and 4th Sabbath, will be at
!r Cave Spring ;
Tuesday, in the day time, and Wednes
day night, Cedar Town ;
Friday, Saturday, and sth Sabbath, will
e attend the Sabbath School Mass
Meeting in Rome ;
n °
Monday and Tuesday after, brethren
Dayton, Graves and Pendleton wish
to visit the “King Gold Mine” near
■e Alatoona, and some of them will
g preach, if desired, at any convenient
s point. Brethren will arrange.
As Bro. Dayton is nearly helpless, as
regards ability to walk, brethren will meet
him at the cars and provide for his getting
i- from place to place. St.
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> CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE, CASS-
VILLE, GA.
Commencement Exercises.
, Examination of Classes from Monday,
July 2nd, to Friday, July 6th, inclusive.
Commencement Sermon, Sunnday, July
\ 3th, by Pres. Rainliaut.
Exhibition by members of the Academ
j ic and Freshman Classes, Monday, July
v 9th '
Sophomore Prize Declamation, Tuesday,
* July 10th.
Address to the Sophomore Class, and
presentation of Prizes, by John H. Seals,
Esq., at 4 P. M., July 10th.
Exhibition of the Junior and Senior
! Classes, and President’s Address to the
. Graduating Class, Wednesday, July 11th.
t Address before the Alpha Pi Delta and
e 11. 11. 11. Societies, by Rev. C. W. How
e ard, at 4 P. M., July 11th.
S. 11. DEVORE,
Sec. of Faculty.
For the Banner & Baptist. ,
r Southern Baptist S. S. Union.
The semi-annual meeting of the Board
of the S. B. S. S. Union, together with a
mass meeting of the friends of the Union,
will be held with the Church at Rome,
Ga., commencing Friday before the sth
Sabbath in July next.
The undersigned Committee, on behalf
of the Rome Church, do hereby extend a
a cordial invitation to all brethren and
friends of the Union, to be with us on that
occasion. Brethren coming by Rail Road
I will be met by members of the Committee
, at the Depot, and those coming by private
I conveniences will please report themselves
at the Store of Messrs. Perry & Lamkin,
when they will have homes assigned them.
Alfred Shorter.
t C. O. Stillwell.
] J. 11. McClung.
T. J. Perry.
. G. B. Moore.
aii papers friendly to the Union |
t will please copy this notice. ts.
* COMMHIt 1T IONS.
i* For the Banner & Baptist.
WORK FOR CHEROKEE GEORGIA
I BAPTISTS.
i
I MISSIONS.
God has a people, and a work for them
to do.
1. To maintain :
2. To spread the Gospel.
£ It has been the glory of Baptists—un
-1 der a variety of names; in every age, to
maintain the Truth of God against the
world—to consider themselves his peculiar
f people, and “set for the defence of the
Gospel.
To maintain the Truth, we must first:
Hee the truth. The wise are not hearers
only, but doers of the Word, and “if any
man will do His will, he shall know wheth-
I er the doctrine be of God;” and Faith
without worts, is dead! These Scriptural
allusions prove that we must present our
p selves living holy and acceptable sacrifices
f unto God. None are to lie found who will,
theoretically, deny these statements, yet
who among us, does not feel, practically,
shamefully short of them? Are there any
who, with the Baptist, can wish: “O that
my head were waters, and mine eyes a
fountain of tears, that I might weep day
s and night ” for the short-comings of God’s
* people; and who “cry and sigh for the
- abominations that lie done in the midst
t thereof? We must live—do the truth, if
’! we would secondly: defend the truth.—
» None will deny that it is our duty to “eoo
i tend earnestly for the faith which was once
delivered unto the Saints,” but we have
many who contend with more energy and
> real for “the faith,” than they do to be
' j personally pious, to be living epistles, to
’ j let their lights shine that others may take
! knowledge of them, that they have been (
1 j with Jesus?! may make go».xi parti-
* sans, but their zeal is not according to
s ■ knowledge, and they are usually wanting,
f • sadly, in those personal sacrifices and es-
forts, which are required of the laborers in
v i the vineyard of the Lord.(?)
J j The successful maintenance, therefore, of;
* , God’s Truth, depends upyn its power and |
h I control of individual life. It must pervade I
i, the inner man—its manifestations seen in a i
” : “well-ordered life and godly countenance.” j
i- Thus, to live and «c/, requires us to live
” near the Throne—in the atmosphere of the
y i Mercy Seat—the sou! baptized in the prin-
* eiples or truths of the Gospel, and then we
i- , '-'an live no longer in Sin, and the effects of
7 ■ these truths—as streams from a fountain—
h will flow out for good; they will lie par
” amount to all other interests, and we will
j. , maintain and defend them with
’ s | zeal and steadfastness.
i Let all who profess to be the children of
it | make searching and frequent self-est
tf. . aatiMiioM —a very healthy and necessary,
wofelly neglected exercise, in conse-
quence of which the soul becomes lean and
so miserably blunted and unfeeling as not
to realize gross departures from the line of
“ Christian conduct. JjCtithose who frequent
the “ante-chambers” of hell, which are
ever reeking with the fumes of that enemy
a bane of life, which men take into their
mouths, and which steals’RWay their brains;
where the name of our God and Father is
commonly blasphemed; where vile scenes
are enacted and vulgarity is the vernacular
tongue. Can those (and there are num
bers among us who d«) who visit such
places and piers ume their own breath with
I this poison, which pollutes Heaven’s at
. mosphere and offends the. smell of their
brethren, examine their Conduct in this re
i gard? If Christians, I am persuaded they
i do not. Let the card-table, the dance, the
circus, the what-not, be abandoned, and let
' us live the Truth, if we would have the
world believe the Truth. Keep ourselves
unspotted from the world, and cease that
alarming “conformity” to it, which is un
dermining the foundation of so many of
our Churches!
In our next we propose to speak of the
second part of our work: The spread of
the Gospel. G. F. C.
Dalton, Georgia.
For the Bunner & Baptist.
SCHOOL AT DECATUR.
At the request of Revj.A. T. Holmes, I
attended the eyuminn»;r?t§jgfe,Jiis school in
Decatur, including the 13th and 14th inst.
Feeling a lively interest in the cause of
education, I attended with the fixed pur
pose of approving only what was consider
ed worthy of approval, after a candid and
impartial scrutiny. The. most ample op
portunity was afforded for careful investi
gation, and the examinations, whether con
ducted by the teacher or-pers/ms present,
were highly satisfactory,- I cannot do jus
tice, in this hasty sketch, to the ability and
faithfulness of Dr. Holmes, as a teacher.
Great patience, skill and experience, and an
intimate acquaintance with the subjects
taught, could alone have secured the suc
cess manifested in the different classes, both
in Latin and English. I would recommend
this school to parents and guardians. De
catur is a pleasant and healthy town.
I would not do justice to Dr. Holmes,
were Ito close this article here. He is a
teacher with few equals, and perhaps no
superiors. He is gifted with a high order
of intellect, which has been cultivated by
close application to his favorite themes.—
He has a quick and clear perception and a
discriminating judgment, and possesses the
rare faculty of communicating so as to suit
the comprehension of those who receive in
struction from him. Ilis uniform and con
sistent piety, his urbane and dignified de
portment, in connection with his theological
and literary attainments must ever secure
for him a high position as a minister and a
Christian gentleman.
Dr. Holmes will resume the exercises
of his school about the Ist ot August next.
A. T. Mayson, M. D.
For the Banner J; Baptist.
TO THE BAPTISTS OF GEORGIA.
The tenth volume of the “Home and
Foreign Journal” is about to commence.
It is the organ of the Foreign Mission, the
Domestic Mission, and the Bible Boards of
the Southern Baptist Convention. Its value
to the churches all will concede. Its cheap
ness places it within thh reach of every
Southern reader, in the Baptist churches.
We desire to put it in the hands of all our
church-members,and inourSunday Schools.
Terms—Single copy, 25 cents; five copies,
; twelve copies $2; Thirty copies, $5;
one hundred copies, sls.
The sth volume of u The Commission"
will commence with our next number. This
is a monthly Magazine of 32 pages, at one
Dollar per annum. It ;s designed to he a
sort of permanent history of our mission
ary operations, and to be in every
Southern Baptist family.
The aid of our brethren and sisters, in
extending the circulation of these periodi
cals, is hereby invoked. Will not every
reader of t his appeal make, at once, an en
deavor to' swell the list? We beg the
special attention of pastors to this subject.
Let orders be forwarded immediately to
Richmond, Va.
Those in arret&s will please send
the amount due by Mail.
JAMES B. TAYLOR,
3t. Cor. Secretary, hie.
ILIBIMI DEPARTMENT.
THE EAST ALABAMA COXVEXTIOX
XVILL MEET HOOM.
1 desire again to call the attention of the
brethren to the approaching meeting of the
East Ala. Convention. I hope that all in
this part of the State are mindful of it, but
this notice can do no harm, even if they
are.
The Associations, many of them, in East
Alabama, have appointed delegates to this
body. And now, dear .brethren, it remains
to be seen whether you will comply with
their appointment. me beg you to
make the sacrifice this time. And then many
of the churches are appointing delegates to
! this meeting, and there are many life-mem
| bers who ought to go.
Dear brethren, let me earnestly solicit
your attendance. Do not fail. Don’t say
I “Others will attend, aed I can stay at home
i with my business.” But let each and all
j feel that it is their duty to go to the Con
i vention. The cause of Christ will call for
| your presence, and if you fail you will, per
; haps, regret it when it is tco late!
The Convention meets Friday before the
! sth Sabbath in July, with the Church in
Columbiana. Shelby County, Ala. Be thou
I there! J. J. D. 11.
■
P arent neglects to sow in
I the mtaney of his children, the seeds of
knowledge and virtue, will ordinarily wit
,! ness their gra»*less youth and wretched
- manhood.
S FLORIDA DEPARTMENT,
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THE TRUE MISSION OF RELIGIOUS
PAPERS.
NO. 1.
By an article recently in the Teinpe
’ rance Crusader, Atlanta, Ga., on “The true
Editor,” I am reminded of my intention to
I J
say something in the Banner on the above
named topic, and notwithstanding my in
competency and disinclination for writing,
I must try to perform my promise.
In this as in other matters, it is easier
to prescribe than to do, to theorize than
to act. The right way can be pointed
out with less difficulty than to follow it;
faults are more readily to be discover
ed than remedied. Opinions Tare formed,
feelings enlisted and expressions made,
often, in regard to what ought and ought
not to be the conduct of others, with
out any proper knowledge of the sur
rounding circumstances or the influences,
r °
after mature deliberation which direct the
course of those with whom fault is found.
! “Is there not a cause ?” asked the “strip
pling” son of Jesse, when upbraided by
“his eldest brother” for meditating a per
sonal combat with the invincible giant of
Gath, whose looks and words terrified and
dismayed a whole army. “What was I,
that I could withstand God ?” inquired the
astounded yet faithful Peter, when accused
by his brethren of a high misdemeanor,
. an act hateful as rare among all the people
of his nation.
A good “man of the world” once asked
the writer, with astonishment and derision,
“why any one would so sacrifice personal
interest and domestic enjoyment by travel
ing, continually, over this poor and desti
tute country for the sole good of others ?”
It may not only be asked “why those who
conduct them do not, all of them and al
ways, regulate their course by the princi
ples of the true Mission of Religious
Papers,” but on looking from one point of
view’, only, no little surprise may be cre
ated by the undertaking of so difficult, la
borious and profitless a business at all.—
Religious papers, as all other public mat
ter, are a fair object of criticism, and in
view of their potent influence for good or
for evil they should not pass unnoticed and
uncared for. Yet a verdict of condemna
tion should not too hastily be made up,
nor injurious opinions expressed in regard
of apparent faults in the abstract.
I cannot speak from experience, yet I
imagine that the circumstances surrounding
the conductors of religious papers, and the
influences controlling the cause they pur
sue, are more multiform and intricate
than thousands of unreflecting readers ever
dreamed of. And I also imagine, that with
the editor’s reason appended, many things
would be commended by the same persons
who now condemn them.
There is a story, told “for illustration,”
of a very clear-sighted Deacon whom his
preacher could never please, until the dea
con himself was, one day, invited to try his
“ability” in the pulpit, when he fell so far
short,in his own estimation, of the excellen
cy of his very faulty preacher, that he never
heard bad preaching again. I should like
to know of the brethren who have tried
the chair editorial of religious papers, if
. they don’t see more to commend and less
to condemn in this gi eat Christian agency
than before ? If they don’t pray more and
do more for the support and elevation of
the religious paper ? If they do not better
understand, and more highly appreciate
than ever, the true Mission of Religious
Papers ?
1 belong to the class, in whose mind the
importance of perfection is never lessened
by the difficulty of attaining it: With all
the extenuating sentiments expressed, there
are faults in the religious press which ought
to be noticed—an elevation for which every
effort should be made to obtain. Perfec
tion may never be reached, but let all who
are engaged in the momentous enterprize
of imparting religious knowledge to their
fellow- creatures, and assimulating the world
to the temper, faith and practice of the di
vine rule, strive and strive on to gain that
position themselves, up to which they would
conduct the multitudes whom they in
fluence.
Before entering directly into the Consid
eration of “the true mission,” it may not
lie improper, aye, it is regarded important
to reflect, somewhat, upon the foundation
or the support of religious papers. A cer
tain moral institution, as honorable as it is
ancient, is said to be supported by Wis
dom, Strength and Beauty. Truth has a
“pillar and ground.” Neither in the ma
terial or immaterial world can anything
subsist without a foundation. Imagination
erects pillars to every object of thought,
and in this world of realities to suppose
anything can exist with nothing to rest up
on is chimerical and absurd. Then, to ful
fil their true mission religious papers must
lie supported, have something to rest up
on, —must have, not an ideal foundation,
but substantial “aid and comfort." Wis
dom, Strength and Beauty are firm and ap
propriate pillars for that ideal Temple,
whern man meets his fellow upon a level of
of all distinctions and where, acting by the
plumb of perfect uprightness and mutual
deference, speculative work, only, is per
formed. Faith is an ail-supporting found
ation for the things which Christians hope
for, and by it great spiritual advancement
and soul-prosperity may be attained ; but
there is a corporeal necessity connected
j with religions papers—a real life to be sus
■ tained, for which, only tangible principles,
; and a plenty of them are availing.
i A long list of paying subscribers must
i be secured and increasingly perpetuated, or
the true Mission of Religious Papers
( can never be accomplished.
And now, gentle reader, w hat hast thou
done, and what art thou still doing in this
I matter of absolute necessity? Dost thou
j. complain at an imperfect superstructure
when, lo! the foundation has not been ef
| fectually laid ? Hast thou made every
| proper personal effort for the consummation
of an object in which you exhibit so great
an interest? Hark ! what do I hear ? Is
'it possible that any one —a Christian man,
1 though disinclined or unable to get others
to subscribe for his favorite religious pa
per, has, by neglect or design, fallen in ar
rears himself?
Friend, would you rob a meeting-house
or filch from the dead ? Would you take
’ from the helpless widow’, or withhold his
hard-wrought earnings from the dependent
hireling? How the utmost scorn heaves
’ your honest bosom at such a thought!
Still, let me press it upon you; let the
truth ring in your ears and settle deep in
1 your heart, that all this is no worse than
failing to forward, punctually, the pittance
■ of your known individual dues to the edi
’ tor, who “trims the midnight lamp” and
' wrestles at a throne of grace to carry out
' the true Mission of a Religious I aper.
D. P. E*'*****.
(to be continued.)
ORANGE HILL.
I have been so often interrogated about
this place both orally and by writing, I
think some publication concerning it may
be interesting to the readers of the Banner,
and if so this will well occupy a place in
its columns w hich I am expected to fill, a
duty, like others I sometimes attempt,
which disinclination and want of capability
render me quite unfit for.
My father, who left Choman county, N.
C., in pursuit of a healthier country, quite
unexpectedly in his explorations visited
this place; and his leading desire to emi
grate was increased in so high a degree by
the appearances of this place, that he at
once selected it for his home, and settled
here the last of December, 1828.
From that time until 1855, (I having
succeeded him at his death in ’47) I re
member not a single case of climate sick
ness, either in his family or my own. In
’54 we w'ere visited by a scourge of most
malignant measles, but two or three of the
family having ever suffered with the dis
ease before. It was a distressing time—
one old negro w oman died, and several oth
ers were thought to be helpless—one man
became crazy from the effects, and most of
the hands were laid up so long that I like
to have lost what little crop 1 with difficul
ty got planted.
Whether the measles was a predisposing
cause, or that our time had come, the next
year we had, to some extent, the then pre
vailing disease of the country —intermit-
tent fever, in our family, the following year
it was a little worse, and the next the sick
ness still came at the usual season. So, for
three successive seasons, w r e had chill and
fever here—perhaps one fourth of the fam
ily suffered by it. During the sickly pe
riod we lost some two or three little negroes
with inflammation of the brain, and had
some other, to us, alarming cases, but none
lasted over a few days.
Now’, this is simply a statement Os facts
from which to decide in regard of the
healthfulness of the place. Since ’57, like
the twenty-six year# previous to 1855, w e
had no sickndks at all, of any climate char
acter. “The Hill,” elevated high above
the surrounding pine woods, is of an irreg
ular shap . and three miles in length. The
growth is heavy hammock, on a light san
dy soil. It abounds in springs of the finest
free stone water, which is soft, like rain wa
ter, and though not as cold as the springs
of the mountains, yet cool enough for this
climate, and altogether pleasant. The land
is exceedingly broken, made so by the nu
merous spring branches, the heads of which
are deep and exceedingly abrupt. The soil,
though so sandy, is very fertile, and is
much more than its appearance indicates.
The best of the land, while fresh, will pro
duce seven barrels of corn to the acre, and
I have made tw’o 500 lbs. bales of cotton
to three acres, on an average of the crop.
Land that was cleared before 1828 will now
produce good crops w’ith a little manure ;
and though it is all so broken, it may easily
be kept from washing by horizontal cul
ture, —ditches are of no use, as the open
ness of the soil readily absorbs the heaviest
rains. Gullies and little land slides some
times occur from inattention, and suffering
paths to be made “up ipid down” the hills
by the negroes and the stock.
Oak Hill, a similar place to this, but
smaller, is two miles east from here. I
suppose 6,000 acres would include all the
land on both hills. The “surroundings” is
an extensive pinery, “twenty miles every
way,” affording an extensive range for st >ek,
and dotted with little bodies of good land
about lime sinks and small creeks. There
is a good deal of swamp land all over this
pine country, a little of which has been re
claimed and found to be invaluable.
Marianna is a flourishing town twenty
miles east of us, and is the best little inland
market I know of anywhere. Our county
site is Vernon, 14 miles to the west: from
thence produce may be carried off on pole
boats dow n Holme’s Creek to Pensacola,
distant, by land, about 120 miles. From
the Hill to St. Andrews is 30 miles, straight
course, from which our elevated position
enjoys in a high degree the luxury of low
country breezes. The mercury here sel
doms rises above f>o degrees, and that is
accounted very hot weather. Our almost
constant breezes make it very pleasant here
in summer, zvnd no place excels it for agree
ableness in w inter.
Holmes’ Valley commences 10 miles
west from here, and is 15 miles or over in
length. Its character is “The Hill” invert
ed, the bottom land being rich, and the
ridge by it a barren sand hill. The best of
the Valley lands are equal to river bottom,
though some of it is broken and of a poor
er quality. From the lower end of “the
Valley” it is only 4 or 5 miles to a steam
boat landing, just lielow the junction of
Holmes’ Creek and Choctawliatchee River.
Now, by putting all the items together, it
will be seen what sort of a country we
! have, and where it is. The great objection j
iis “the society,” and being “so far from |
! market.” True, the quantity of good land ■
is too proportionally small for a large and ;
j influential society, but it would lie vastly '
improved if as many as could get good pla-,
ces would settle up the country. There is
t much of our pine woods better than some !
settled up in other States, and when our I
Rail Road operations are completed it will
be found to be valuable- For more than
this, just “come and see.” but don’t expect
i Paradise. D. P. E«****. ’
i At Decatur, Ga., June the 14th, by Elder A
T. Holmes, Mr. T. Wigley to Miss Mary F
, Boyd.
On June 20th, 1860, by Eld. W. N. Chaudoin,
Dr. James R. M. Ried to Mrs. Susan 0. Wal
lace, all of Thomasville, Ga.
OBITIJARY.
1 ioR lE ?’T near , Moiltez unin, Dooly Co., Ga., on the
12th of June, 1860, Mary Susan, daughter of John
' Ween not” McKe s zic ’ ed ” eari y 4
i f r d Parents > for little Mary Susan is
safe, because Jesus has said, “Father I will that
whire ft On hast £ ivcn wit'h me
where I am , that they may behold my glory.”
Her Grand-Pa.
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