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BATOR & BAPTIST. .^7—- t Imam w fc --Ail-1 u “Holy Bible.—Book Divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine.” JESSE M. WOOD, Editor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Thursday, JulyJ2, 1860. Our terms of Subscription, $2 00 ■per Annum, always in advance. For our terms for advertising, see Ist column of Ist page. A WORD TO FRIENDS. The Editor of the Banner, and the book keeper, who attends to the business affairs of the office, are two persons. Will our friends, in writing us, remember this and address all business letters to the “Banner & Baptist”? AriffTTyTOf tfßlSpeF a private word in borother Wood’s ear, at the same time, just write two letters : the business letter direct as above stated, the other direct to Elder J. M. Wood. Now, friends, don’t forget this, and you will save us a great deal of trouble and some con fusion. R. 4t. THE MASS MEETING AT ROME. It is hoped that the friends of the South ern Baptist Sabbath School Union will make their arrangements in time to attend the meeting in Rome, commencing on Fri day before the sth Sabbath in this month. The brethren in Rome are prepared to give them a most hearty welcome, and from all the indications, it will be a good and profit able meeting. Among other things to be accomplished, cannot many of the brethren bring up a good list of subscribers for the Banner? Who will try? PASTORAL TALK—No. 39. Almost any one is willing to have the honors of a soldier, and to wear the con queror’s laurels. But only the few are wil ling to undergo the soldier’s hardships, and to do h\s fighting. The gold of the miner is acceptable to all; yet not many are wil ling, with pick and spade, to dig it from the bowels of the earth. The immunities of religion, its joys and expectations, arc charming enough to the multitude; but the persecutions, sufferings, responsibilities, and personal sacrifices, are borne by the. few. “When religion wears her silver slippers,” and all is joy and brightness within and around Zion’s walls, crowds become her yotaries *. but. when difficulties eorne. and Hiuill I'llllg WIJ?H 111 AlM'' then in the language~T>f another, there is a great falling away —a shower of meteors, while the few stars remain steady in their orbs. Some Christians are great soldiers, great talkers out in the world ; but in con ference, when responsibilities are to be borne, and Christ’s work is to be done, they are as silent as the grave, anil the sol dier turns to the coward, if you wish to find out how many, in a given community, are delicately situated, just let an important case of discipline occur in the church.— Some are tied up by families, some by merchandise, some by polities, some by personal friendships, some by past estrange ments, (See., Ac. All such should remember that there is another delicate position in which they will certainly be placed. They are to stand before tho Judgment Bar of God to be tried according to the deeds done in the body, when it will be declared who have been the faithful friends of Christ. Why should we fear, poor frail man, whose body will soon be eaten by worms, and upon whose soul tho worm which never dies will soon feast ? Could Baptists realize their high calling, and solemn res ponsibilities, our loved Zion would put on her beautiful garments, and become “a praise’’ in the whole earth. Remember, christians, that you have but a tew days to spend upon earth; but a little while to glorify Christ, and to be useful to the world. Let us, therefore, live as those who must soon die, and give an account of our selves to God, our adorable Father. Be fore our next talk where shall we all be I Shall we still remain “to earth inclined," or shall we from earth to heaven ascend ? THE FAMOVS POSTULATED.—XV M. CAREY CRANE. Some time ago there were four “Postul ates" going the rounds of the papers, which were put out by Bro. Crane, with charac teristic confidence, as unanswerable argu ments in favor of our present Board system. Because these “postulates" appeared to be indorsed by some persons, in Georgia, we published them entire, and accompanied them with some remarks. Supposing that Bro. Crane would have enough to do at Mt, lejbanon. to answer another writer in the Mississippi Baptist. and to look after the policy of the Louisi ana Baptist, and the interest of the School, with which he is connected, we expected that some of his Georgia indorsers would take this labor off his hands, or at least, if be replied, that he would do so through the &u*aer, where our readers would see both sides. But he chose to reply through the /nd**, without giving what we said of his "postulates" As this must appear after the order of to the readers of the 7a- dtJt, we must respectfully decline a discus sion, unless he will transfer it to the Banner or arrange to secure what we have to say a place in the Luder, especially as (judging from the specimen before mci he is capable of gi'ing such unfair representations of what we write. But in closing up this ar-. tide, we will remind brother Crane of a < few things. < Ist He comes in contact with the conces- 1 sions made by brethren Dawson, Mell, t Campbell and Sherwood, regarding the Southern Baptist Convention. They have < granted that it had no connection with 1 churches, while brother C. claims the cor.- ] trary. But then he is farther West than ■> they. i 2nd v The borrowed argument was not taken from Bro. Wood 23 years ago, for he was not then a Baptist. But prior to ] your writing the “postulates,” bro. Camp- ] bell had employed it in the Banner, and ; bro. D. in the South Western Baptist, and i we know not how many others. < 3d Our answer to the postulates remains - unanswered, and will likely so remain, rnak- ] ing it necessary only to reproduce it when j occasion requires. i 4th We repeat that the 4th postulate i contains precisely, and emphatically the < argument to sustain Methodism. If Bhp- i tists must be thrown into just such a posi tion as that postulate claims, before they ; can carry out the will of Christ, then we < should be for undoing the whole Baptist i economy, and adopting Methodism; and i we will say, that the mind that can approve i so monstrous a pdjritioii, far tow- ] ards becoming ready to abandon the sim plicity of separate organizations. Takqcartn "THTiffiren, takifearc. FrnTwo VvTtT close “Ky inserting it— “Pos. 4. If in union there is strength, is not that union greatly strengthened by the < multitude of members enclosed in it? The more rods there arc in a bundle the harder ’ is it to break. Frgo : The union of all the j Baptists of the South in one general organ- j ization for the propagation of Christianity, ( will be far more useful than the individual , and separated unions of small bands of * christians in separate and distinct localities, • operating upon remote and far distant < heathen lands.”— Wm. Carey Crane. , j PROSCRIPTION. , The following article appeared in the , South Western Baptist, a short time since. , It is characteristic, and illustrates the beauty . of the Board system, and clearly indicates , how far men arc considered freemen, who l are in the employment of the Board. Any . body, with half sense, can see that if the , system were carried out to its legitimate , results, that all our destitute places, at t home and abroad, would be filled with em- , ployees of the boards. This would require ] many men, who whould constitute the strength of the denomination, and yet all j subject tocensure —proscription, unless they ( walked according to rule. Our people will . wake up after awhile, or the Lord will spew them out of his mouth. < “Vera Pro GRATIN.” We are informed that on a recent occa sion, one of the missionaries under the pa- ( tronage of the. Board made a flaming speech, in tavffl|fef certain news- 1 papers, in which he took occasion to say, ! that the Baptists of Alabama had no “or gan” and could not be heard. This brother' 1 is located a little South of Marion; we have also heard of similar statements by other of the. Beard )«i the Northern, » «.■•*•*■■ **•*■ RtMUte. -mMI . *Ahaa«»~ Uau . X western Baptist is the beneficiary of these ; allusions. Now, is it not a strange state of things, that the missionaries of the Domes tic Board should feel themselves employed to put down the only Baptist paper in the State, or that is much circulated in it, that is even friendly to the Southern Conven tion and its boards, and that they should make themselves agents to circulate the very papers most hostile to our system of missions, and most unfriendly to the Board? We concede to every man the right of ; opinion, but when one consents to enter the service of the Board and receive his support from the common treasury, he ought to avoid vexatious questions, and devote himself to his legitimate work. We 1 do not blame the Board for what has tran spired, but we shall blame it if, with a , knowledge of the facts, its appropriations are continued. If we arc to support a class of men to pull down the Convention and its boards, even in this indirect way, let us know it, and we will advise our friends to be more specific in their contributions. D. , A VISIT TO ROME. We made a flying visit to the fourteen hilled city—modern Rome, last week, and was much gratified in again meeting with many old friends. The Superior Court for Floyd County was in session—Judge Hammond presid ing—with the usual (large) number of At torneys in attendance. On Tuesday evening the Court took a recess until Thursday, to give the patriots of Floyd an opportunity to celebrate, in a becoming manner, the 4th of July, which was ushered in by the boom ing of the cannon—which was silenced, however, in a short time, in consequence j of a valuable negro getting both his hands i blown off, whilst carelessly loading it. During the day. we witnessed a very in teresting military parade of the Floyd Cavalry, commanded by Col. Wade S. Cothran,and the Rome Light Infantry Com ■ pany, commanded by Capt. McGruder.— : The two companies are extremely credit able to the city and county. They are well officered, well equipped, and well drilled. A part of the ceremonies of the day, was die presentation of a beautiful banner, by the ladies of Rome to the Floyd Cavalry, which was presented. iu their behalf, by ’ Hou. A. R. Wright, in an appropriate speech, < which was eloquently res|»onded to by W. i S. Cothran, Captain of the Company. We cannot omit to express our adtnira tion otthe military enthnsiasm and chival rous bearinff of one member of the com-1 ; pany in partHular. We allude to Colonel Arm strati Richardson. of Vanns Valley, • who, we are informed, is about 80 years of ’ age, wlto bss enlisted in said company as a private. His tail, commanding form—ven- j erable ag«'. and soldier-like bearing, com- i > mauded the special admiration of all, and *' imprrted new life and enthusiasm to the i vounger members ot the corps. We did not w itness all the exenwes at | the City Hall. The speech » f Mr. Robert < FiXU'lie, which was .tfrtu«<r Smtheru rights > in its character, received rounds «f ap-t plan-*. i The '-itgagements <ff the day were to ma- i I elude with a supper at the Choice Hotel, given by the Floyd Cavalry; but as we had no special invitation to remain, wo took the ears in the evening for home. We noticed considerable improvement going on in Rome, and business usually brisk. Along the line of the Road, and particularly between Kingston and Rome, we observed that corn was suffering im mensely for rain. ROME RAIL ROAD. We cannot close these hastily written lines, without informing the “world and the rest of mankind” that the Rome Rail Road must be a by-word no longer. Under the management of that prince of business men, Col. Wade S. Cothran, the road has, in a very short space of time, been re-laid with heavy iron—mostly from the Atlanta Rolling Mill—and is now as smooth a run ning road, as any in Georgia, and ahead of the State Road, and perhaps others, in speed, We made the distance from Rome to Kingston (19| miles) in one hour and 12 minutes, including three stopages. — Every attention, that possibly could be, is shown to passengers; for the road is really fortunate in having the services of one of the most polite, gentlemanly conductors in the person of Cicero A. Smith, that it has been our fortune to be acquainted with. K. ** * illV. " Dear Banner : On Saturday, 31st ult., your correspond ent left Americus for this place. On get ting aboard the cars, he found the atmos phere composed of the usual amount of nitrogen and oxygen, with a very large ad dition of heat and dust. Seated in the rear of the car, surrounded by the delicious (?) atmosphere which I have described, was seen what remained of a Baptist preacher, who, like the writer, was bound for Cuth bert to attend the Commencements. A warm greeting we certainly had, but the advantage in the hand shaking, your cor respondent thinks, was rather on his side, as the aforesaid preacher had travelled all the way from the classic town of Penfield, and consequently presented something of a wilted appearance. But notwithstanding the heat and dust (for neither abated as we advanced,) we reached the place of our destination in due time, and soon had the satisfaction of witnessing the fall of a de lightful shower of rain. Sabbath morning, July Ist, the sun rose in a clear and cloudless sky, and was cer tainly warm enough to satisfy the highest aspirations of an Arab, or a Hottentot.—- About 10 o’clock, carriages of almost every description began to roll in with their freight of human beings who came to hear the Commencement Sermon of the Baptist Female College. Bro. Hillyer was very much debilitated by his long, warm ride from Penfield, but he preached a very in structive and moving sermon, from John 15: ft; his theme being “Jesus our lover.” The house was literally packed, if the pre sent exjiaiisive fashion will admit of such a proves, land, although the heat was very uui Im'uUmm- wm liewU with marked attention through the whole of his discourse, the delivery of which occupied about an hour and a quarter. At night, the house was again crowded to its utmost capacity, and the heat was, if possible, more excessive than in the morn ing. And now. just imagine, if you can, the feelings of a man, standing in an atmos phere which would rival the temperature of a vapor bath, and under such circumstances trying to preach a Missionary sermon, and you may have some idea of the condition of your correspondent on the aforesaid oc casion. The text was from Phil. 1: 21— “Abr to me to live is Christ,” fee., and the sermon was well. 1 don’t like to give an opinion just now. In the judgment of your correspondent there is yet one desideratum to be supplied before this beautiful town can attain to what it ought to be, and as you are a spe cial confidant of mine. I will just whisper it to you : The inhabitants of this place ought all to take our Banner. Yours trulv. H. C. H. fOMMHIHTIOH. For the Banner & Baptist. WORK FOR CHEROKEE GEORGIA BAPTISTS. XUMKER 11. Dear Brkthrkk: Tn our first number we said something about “maintaining'' the gospel, in which we tried to show that we must lire the Gospel—our lives must conform to our professions of love to Jesus and his cause, it we would maintain it: and O, could the brethren but be aroused to their duty in this regard—to live soberly, righteously and godly in this world, I am constrained to believe, that the work of spreading the gospel, would be one of constant delight, and the word of the L<»ni would l>e sound ed out in every place, and our faith spread abroad: so that none would need to speak any thing. Are the Baptists of Cherokee (eewgitt doing their duty, In the support and spread of the Gospel? I answer: emphatically no; but in what I shall say. let it be rememlier ed that the few churches and brethren who are working for Christ, are not included. Much the larger numtier of our churches are doing and giving nothing, comparative ly, for the upbuilding the Redeemer's kingdom ; keeping up no Sabbath N. fowds. nor weekly prayer meeting*; giving noth ing for either Home. Domestic or Foreign Missions, ami paying their preachers a mere pittance for the labors performed at their monthly meetings, which are alw>ut the only manifestation- nf lite, to lx* seen in them! Let us see: the churches of the Middle Cherokee Association, would I presume, be a fair average; at its last session, there were 3“ cl«urv-he- represented, setiding up in round numbers *-*so ftO, which was not to a church. <*f th-- aggregate, three churches gave sl3l 00, leaving a balance of sll9 00 from the 34 remaining church es ! Indeed about 25 churches sent only funds enough for Minutes, and some not enough even for that purpose. Who, among us, feel proud of the re cord ? And yet churches, thus living and acting, are called missionary (! ?) and would be Insulted not to bear the name. Wit.lqnj.out territory there are, I believe, several associations having no connection with the Convention, and which, I imagine, are doing less than those that have come into the union. Where, I ask, is the proof of the character of those who do nothing for, ; the conversion of sinners, and to spread abroad the name of the Savior ? A doleful account greets one wherever he goes, of the coldness and lifelessness of the churches, of which we need not be sur prised ; the wonder is that such churches keep any oiganization at all: for the very work to which they have called, they refuse to do ; and if any effort be macle, to induce liberality and provoke them to good works, the cry is at once raised: “You are after money ?’’ Such churches ought and will certainly die out. If the heathen were de pendent upon them for the Gospel, the last one of them would perish in his blindness. A church mat^ does nothing is not., in my judgment, a scriptural church; certainly it cannqfcxpgLV enjoy 4fae fixv or and pre thousands of Baptists arc asleep on this question, but who dream that they are : “sound in the faith,” and are marching on to the “Promised Land.” If such be Chris tians, they isecd the application of a power ful battery io arouse them to the alarming truth that they have mistaken the nature of the Gospel, for, men are no w'here i taught in the Scriptures that the Gospel spreads itself; this requires the means there pointed out; nor arc they encouraged to believe, for one moment, that idlers arc christians. If these are not exactly such characters as the son, who, when told to “Go work in my vineyard,” answered and said: “I go Sir, and went not.” lamat a loss to determine their whereabouts Brethre?, all should begin the work of sclf-examiirition, to see if we be in the faith ; for faith without works is dead ' Dalton. Via. G. F. > For the Banner & Baptist. Moi'XTAiN Home, Ala., June 15,’f10. Dear Bro. Wood : I hope it will be cheering to the brethren interested in the Mountain Mission to learn that the Lord is in some measure blessing it. On Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in last month, the writer, with the aid of Bro. W. W. Fowler, constituted a Church on Lookout Mountain, near the lino between Dade and Walker Co., Ga., and about. 8 miles South-West from Sumner Town.— We organized with I<> brethren and sisters. The prospect in that place is encouraging. The church is named High Point—it being a little West of the highest point on the mountain; and her Post-Office, High-Point. Mahan is her Clerk. Her ini's, 3rd Snhhnth nnM Satur day Brethren in the ministry art- invited to notice, and, when convenient, visit and preach to this little band. Bro.’s Mcrideth and Hartsfield live near the place of meeting, and will gladly receive the calls of ministering brethren. Our little Ebenezer Church has been refreshed by four additions to our number, at our last meeting; two by letter and two by baptism. At Sulphur Spring Church, the brethren have organized a Sabbath School, find seem to be waking up to a more lively interest in the Lord’s work. May the Lord bless and prosper them, nnd the Mountain Mis sion generally. Dear brethren and sisters of the Coosa Association, do you ever think of your Mountain Mission? Do you pray for your humble missionary ? 1 know that many of you do think, feel and pray for him, but do you all ? There is a great work to be done in this mission. It will take time, much labor and prayer to accomplish it. Brethren, sisters, pray for us. Brethren in the ministry visit us, as you have an opportunity, especially at Ebenezer, near my residence, Sulphur Spring, a mile from Lookout Station on the Nashville & (’hat tanooga Rail Road, and High Point, as above. Yours in the Isinds of Christian love, JESSE J. SMITH. For the Banner & Baptist. Sodom, Creek Agency, ) Creek Nation, June the Bth, 1860. ( Mr Dear Brother M ood. —Thinking it might be a sourve cf pleasure to your ma ny readers, for.gne to give an expression of ’ iny feelings and Opinion of this county and its inhabitants; and not only this, but in writing, I shall redeem the promise I made to many before leaving Alabama. Inas much as it would require so much time to write them individually, it will fully meet their wishes, for me to speak to them through the Banner A Baptist. It is known to many, that for many years past, my health ha< very treble indeed; in fact, 1 have lived much longer than I had any idea I would have done. And from this reason. I was at first very much opposed to moving so far West, and amongst stran gers to die. as I feared I should not be able to make the trip. But as strange as it may seem to an Infidel, I must lielieve God had a gracious purpose to accomplish in this thing. And lielieving as I did, it was my duty to submit to the will of God, and the desire of my husband. And as dark as the future appeared, as I advanced in the path of duty, this imaginary darkness dis appeared. And though greatly exposed, eoming as w e did in the coldest blast I ever felt, the latter part of the trip, neverthe less. my health was greatly improved. But here, permit me to introduce my friend Doctor Bmum,n, who lives near Gadsden, Alabama, to whom I feel miK-h indebted tor the mean* nrwler the blessing of God, in restoring iny health in a good degree. A- to rhe i-nmtiv. it is a most beauti- ful country, quite rich indeed; the best range I have ever seen in my life. As to the climate, it is at times much colder than in Alabama. You will remember we are near the 35th parallel North latitude. It affords me much pleasure to say to all con cerned, that the friends of the good cause gave us a hearty welcome to their country, their firesides, and I believe their hearts. I must be allowed to speak of Brethren Buckner, D. N. Mclntosh and Mensom— their kind farewells; their kindness 1 shall never forget; thanks be to God for such messengers of mercy as these. And as to the society, it'is much better than very many' places in the States. I can enjoy my self in such society. And permit me to pen this truth : I am confident they are the most sincere and devotional people I have ever met in worship. They appear decent, and have none of that sort of Sunday pride furnished by the Author of its existence, merely to keep up appearances, which you see in all the houses in the States. And as to their obedience to Christ, none known to me are more so than the converted Indian. No brother will refuse to pray when called on. All attend their regular meetings.— Each Church meets every Sabbath for prayer. Please add, as to their benevo lence, they all contribute for the support of their Church, and the poor membership of the Churches. And when 1 sum it all up, H have eayse, to thank God lam here, believiiig*WTTn mgs' wto God. I take great pleasure in stating, that we have had brother and sister Preston of Georgia, the late Missionaries to this coun try, with us for the last ten days; and who would crave an interest in the prayers of the friends of the Indian Mission cause.— Pray, dear brethren and sisters, that God may make all the Missionaries a blessing 1 to this dear people that I feel so much for. IWe know we must have your prayers ; while we receive, so much of your kindness !in our support. We feel confident, unless ; we have your prayers, all our efforts will prove a perfect failure in the conversion of the poor Indian. In conclusion, accept an expression of my thanks to Almighty God, that I am permitted to thus write, in reference to the state of affairs in this coun try. The Banner comes weekly, ladened with its richness. May God bless you in l the defence of the truth. I remain your sister, in the hope of Je sus. SARAH W. VANDIVER. For the Banner & Baptist. Brother Kditor.—l have thought it would not be out of place, or uninteresting, for me to give an expression of the views entertained by many of the Creeks, in re ference to the question that is now agita ting the public mind of this country. This question, as you no doubt know, has grown out of the fact of the Government propos ing to Sectionalize the Indians of the dif ferent tribes. And from what I can learn of ‘hem, to a man, they are opposed to it, from the following reasons: 1. From the fact that they so understood the treaty, when it was concluded, the Land Wm*. NW 2. That they are a free people, and if ever they should wish to Sectionize, they could do this thing without the aid of the Government. 3. That the very attempt on the part of tho Government, shows that she does not wish to keep her covenant inviolate. 4. That it is an indignant act, on the part of the Government, to seek to interfere with the private .peace, interest and rights of the Nation, especially the poor Indians that have fought, bled and died in the de fence of sucli a Government, as would at tempt this thing. 5. That in the event this thing should take place, that it would be the means of opening afresh old wounds, that we have been trying for the last four years to heal Up. 6. But not only this, we hold that there would be such an influx of whites, we should soon lose our identity as a people. 7. We hold that it would result in the fact of Lands going into the hands of specu lators. 8. And not only this, but the proposi tion comes to ns in the deceitful language that they have learned, that we have de sired this thing which state most positively to be false. ft. And if this state of things should oc cur, we should be unprotected, in cor.se quenee ofthe inequality of the thing. And where should the poor Indian be driven. 10. And when we sum it all up, we are under the necessity of believing the Gov ernment could not be seeking our good in this proposition, but her own interest and the gratification of political demagogues. 11. We do think, that inasmuch as so much territory has been furnished by ns to the Government, that they might let us en j y the little possessed by us now in peace. We submit to the Government the forego ing thoughts. Will all the papers copy thealxive. A. E. VANDIVER. Creek Nation, Creek Agency. —— For the Banner & Baptist. Dear Brother Wood : In a late number of the Banner, 1 see .that Bro. Mell introduced his last three witnesses on “Corrective Church Disci pline," and, on his part, submitted the case to the jury (without a speech ) But in the issue of the 21st ult., Bro. J. J. D. R. seems to insist that Bro. Meli, or somebody else, shall come to the relief of his “ new- : fangled discipline,” after that “cruel fellow, Worrell," has “sawed and split, skinned and dissected, and drove up” the thing, and after he says “that the jury in his sec tion are deciding against Mell,” he seems to wish to draw, their minds from the tes timony of the last witnesses, and try to insinuate against the veracity of the Plain tiff. Now. a great many Baptists in Georgia are sorry to see this state of things, at this time; and. therefore, have to carry the case up to the Supreme Court. And as the Judge i« acquainted with all the points in the case, as well as the parties and testi mony, and will decide it in righteousness, ■ we will omit troubling the parties any fur ther, and shall insist that there be no fur ther discussion; for if Bro. Mell done wrong in writing his “Corrective Disci pline,” or did not regard truth in the in ward parts when he wrote his last piece and published it to the world, the J udge knows it. If Bro. AVorrcll did wrong in writing his “Review,” (or, as some term it, his Criticism,) or did it to gratify per sonal feelings, that also is known. And if Bro. Renfro has been guilty' of “ evil sur sing,” or of writing his piece to get up an unpleasant paper controversy, and thereby impair that love that ought to exist be tween brethren, no evidence is necessary, for “the Lord is our Judge,” and the se cret motives of all hearts are known unto him. Then we insist that this case, shall rest, until the decision is made known.— And in the. meantime, instead of an excit ing paper controversy, that will kindle strife; produce bad feelings between breth ren, and injure the case, of our blessed Master, we hope that all those who have been engaged, or have volunteered their services in this case, (particularly the Min isters.) will devote the time necessary' to carry it on, to walking around Zion, exam ining her bulwarks, and building up the waste places in her walks. Let them go forth and:preach the Gospel of peace, and Jro. Renfro, I go from house to house, seek the cotnpxny of the Holy Spirit; and as you go up to to the house of God, pray the blessed Spir it to go with you. And as you stand be fore the congregation, O, pray that you may speak the truth of God “in demon stration of the Spirit and power.” And then y ou will pray' for Zion, that her peace may be as a river. And if there are no waste places in the walls of Zion, in your section of country, no Ministers who have, left the work and come down to the enemy, no deacons who are not worthy of double honor, no cold-hearted professors, who need their spiritual strength renewed, no poor, feeble, afflicted child of God, that is suffer ing for want of being fed with the sincere of the Word; no sinners led captive by the Devil, at his will, then hear the Mace donian cry, and come over to the bounds of the Coosa Association, and help us.” Come, dear brethren, come! “and as you go preach,” and preach “Christ and him crucified,” and “let brotherly love continue.” For be assured that we have a common enemy, who is going about like a roaring lion, and whilst our Ministers are trying to bite and devour each other, our enemy is gaining ground. Sinners are stumbling over our errors, and many a weak and feeble saint is left to grope in the dark. Then, as there is such a respon sibility resting upon the Ministry and the Church, it is time for us all to arise from our slumbers, and call upon our God; pray to Him that. Zion may' awake; put on her beautiful garments, and shine forth “fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.” Let us all try to cultivate peace and brotherly love, for if Dr. Howell did leave Richmond and come to Nashville to break down Graves, or if J. R. Graves did publish things against Howell that he ought not, or if the Nash ville Church did get into error in her deal ings with Graves; to their own Master they are, all accountable, and all their mo- ' tives are known to Him; and shall not the Judge of all the eart do right, then let us ! leave, all these matters in His hands, and instead of quarreling and disputing about their errors, pray God to show us all, and them our errors, and give us grace to con fess and forsake them, and then when he * shall “bestow unto us the joy of his sal f ration,” we, too, will be better able to ' judge impartially, in all these things, and under the influence of the Holy Spirit, we will he fully prepared to “do unto all men ‘ as we would they should do unto us,” and * follow after the things that make for peace. * Then will the light of the Church shine, and give light to all around; then can all of us say— From low pursuits exalt my mind, From every vice of every kind, > Nor let my conduct ever tend To wound the feeling of a friend. Though golden flowers my pa,th should grace, And Joys salute me as they pass; Yet may my generous bosom know And learn to feel a brother’s woe. CONSTANTINE WOOD. I Villanow, Ga., July 4th, 1860. , Bor the Banner and Baptist. Buena Vista, July 4th, 1860. i Bro. Landrum: | I thank you for conviction—l stand con victed only in part. It is not surprising for , me. who needs constantly an additional , pair of eyes, to make blunders. But, for . my good brother L., with all his scholas tic attainments, and his acuteness of per- . ception, who needs no additional pair of eyes, to make a blunder, is a little surpris ing. My brother makes this statement: “ From 184 ft until now. the Piedmont has stood upon the Minutes, as a constituent of the Convention.” “ And never off the list since.” If you are correct, my brother will allow me to say, / need a third pair of eyes to see it. The Constitution declares declares one to be a conctituent member, must contribute annually, if I am not mis taken. Brother L. in the Index, alludes to the Friendship Association, filling her va cancy with a member belonging to another i Association—/Aw is so. There is a resolu tion on the minutes, authorizing the Dele gation to fill vacancies, but I believe it is understood generally, they should belong to the same body, and to deviate from this rule, is contrary to the Constitution. But, | necessity sometimes silences law. I agree j with brother Boykin, vacancies should be ■ fillet! with those of the same Association. I hope brother Wood, there is no injury ! done to the cause of Christ by these cor- : rections. I only desire to see the thing i health'. &c. Yours, truly, JAMES PERRYMAN, i P. S. —-J hope the Index will copy. LABIES’DEP ART MEMT. for the banner a baptist. WHY SHOULD I BE SAD? [scrap from a lady’s journal.] Feeling this morning unusually sad and low-spirited, without knowing or being able to tell the exact cause, I sat down and asked myself the question, “ Why should 1 feel sad ?” My life- has been one of compara tive ease. It is true I have never lived in affluence, nor in poverty —have never been denied anything that, was positively neces sary' for my comfort—have common health and all the attention from a beloved hus band that a wife could desire. Why, then, am I sad ? I have one bright eyed joyous little child, who has many lovely and win nirig ways, as many can testify—a child of strong natural affections—and yet this child is often the cause of my sadness. My faith is often weak, and I feel sad when I think of what is to be the future destiny of my child. 1 feel that I would shield her from the troubles and ills that are common to all —that she should never be deceived by false friends, the worst of all enemies, as those well know who have been so unfor tuna cds to have one. I want her to be a genuine Christian —to spend her life in do ing good. lam sad when I remember that my example before this child has not been such as a Christian mother’s should have been. Sad when I think,. uiallproba- ■’ bility more than half of my life has al " ■ cady been spent, and yet. have done so lit tle good—have been of so little use to the World—done so little to advance the cause of my Lord and Master. Lord increase my faith, and make me willing to trust my child and all that 1 have into thy keeping, and make me the humble instrument in thy’ hands ot good in the com munity where my lot has been east. SADNESS. FOR THE BANNER A BAPTIST. SCRAP—No. 14 TH AT CHILD OF THINK. Mother, do you love that boy who sits upon your knee, and calls you that tender name as none but. one’s own offspring ean do? O yes. It is almost an insult to in sinuate that you do not. Since he lay by your side, the frail infant being, he has been the almost, worshipped object of your con stant care. To watch by him in sickness, to caress him in health, to adore his little form, to render him happy, to Match his expanding limbs, and train those silken locks—these be the employments that have claimed all your time and attention up to this hour. The thought of his being taken from you, has intruded upon your mind in his sickness, has been sufficient to fill you with agony. Ah, you do love that boy. No one for a moment could doubt it. Mother, what would you have that boy to become in after years ? Remember that, should lie live through the regular course of life, there are two things certainly be fore him —manhood and death. What sort ' ’ [ of man is it Imped he will become ? What the death you would have him die? easy to tell. The good man is the chosen pattern for your son, the death of the righteous you would have him die. Then train him to be good, as you watch over his health and happiness. Spare neither pains nor prayers. W. M. D. . i > FOR THE BANKER & BAPTIST. THE CHANGES OF LIFE AND FOR TUNES. How various are the changes of life and fortune; as wavering as yonder Summer’s breeze that plays upon the ocean’s placid breast. First one and then the other are exalted on the false airy wings of fortune. Like some frail bark, the human family is tossed on the billows of Fortuno, to be made wreck of as soon as a cloud of ad versity may arise. Oh! thou wayward nymph, why dost thou prove so coquetish with thy humble trusting servants ? Why are the flowery paths of life snatched away from yonder saint-like child? But: the rough hand of fortune has even now re versed our sphere of life. No longer spi cy zephers kiss our burning brow. The smooth velvet carpet of rural nature, no longer remains for us to promenade al evening’s twi-light. But with shivering forms, we draw our mantles on, and press on through falling snow and howling blasts :of wind. And daily are we meeting such cases, where the the child of Fortune is cast down from luxury, extravagant luxury, to the humble door of poverty. And how can such a one, face the bitter storms of poverty ? Oh ! but here is st.eni life, who, with rigid, unrclaxiiig brow, bids yonder drooping child step upon the plains of ac tion, and act its drama well. How dread ful is a storm at sea; the thunders roar, the lightnings flash, and the water surging, roar, give sublimity to the scene. But as awful as is the “ storm at seas there is yet a “ greater storm''' than this; the changes of Fortune, and the sure realities of life, is the storm 1 mean. The thunder’s crash is greater; the lightning's flash more lurid, and the howling of the tempestuous wind, ten fold more beating. God preserve us from the storms of “ Life and Fortune. FANNIE W. Loveliness. It is not y our dress, ladies, your expen sive shawl, or golden fingers, that attract the attention of men <>f sense, they look beyond those. It is y our character they study. If you arc trifling and loose in your * conversation, no matter if you are as beauti ful as an angel, you have no attraction for them. It is loveliness, that continues to : retain the affections of the heart. 4 oung ladies sadly miss it, who lal»or to improve : their outward looks, while they bestow not I a thought on their minds, bools may be won by gewgaws, and fashionable showy i dresses* but the wise and substantial are ' never caught by such traps. Let modesty "be your dress. I sc pleasant and agreeable language, and though you mar not La- courted by the fop, the good and trulv great will love to linger in your steps.