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When paid in advance we will deduct Twenty-five cents t< tub Dollar from our regular charges. Cash for Advertisements considered due, and collectable, ut one half the time contracted for insertion. Yearly advertisements, due and pay able quarterly. JESSE M. WOOD, JOHN 11. RICE. Proprietors. ! »"8f» . ... U . - . . --- - ' ■ SCRIPTURAL SELECTIONS. But then were fills? prophets also among th. peiple, even as there shall Is- false teneheri among you, who privily shall bring i» damnable heresies, even denying the Loud that bought them, and bring upon tkenwelves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by rea son of whom the way of truth shall lie evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they, With feigned words, make merchan- i disc of you: whose judgment now of a long , time Ijngereth not, and their damnation , slumbtireth not. For it God spared not . the tui.jds that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of I darknes% to reserved unto judgment; < ‘ and -spam* re»»-tbe world, but sav«d Noah i the eighth person, a preacher of righteous- . ness, bringing in the flood upon the world of th< ungodly ; and turning the cities of 1 Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemn ed them with an overthrow, making them an ennample unto those that after should live ungodly ; and delivered just Lot, vex ed with the filthy conversation of the wick ed ; (for that righteous man dwelling amors them, in Seeing ami hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with ‘ their unlawful deeds.) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of tempta tiom, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to lx-punished ; but chief ly them that walk after the flesh in the lust iif umleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they . are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas, angels, which are greater in pow er and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the le>rd ; but these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not, and shall utterly per ish in their own esnruption; and shall re ceive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sport ing themselves with their own deceiving:) while they feast with you : having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin ; beguiling unstable souls : a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: which have forsaken the right way, aud are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of B<>sor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness: but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb, ass. speaking with man's voice, forbade the 1 madness of the prophet. These arc wells; without water, clouds that are carried with j a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is ; reserved forever: for when they sneak, great swelling words of vanity they allure through the lusts of the fivxh, through much wantonness, those that were clean | esca|nxl from them who live iu error. While they promise them liberty they | tbem«elves are the servants of corruption: ] for of whom a man is overcome. of the : same i« he brought iu bandage. For if af ter they have escaped the pollutions of the I world through the knowledge of the laird j and Savior Jesus Christ, they art* again eu- j laugh'd therein, and ovens>me. the latter J end is WWW with them than the Itegiuuing. For it had bets# batter fur them not to hai e ‘ known the way of righteousness, than.after they have known it, to turn from the holy j <■. lomnudmeut d< livens! unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the trwe proverib. the dog is turned to his own vomit again: and. the «»w that was wash ed. to her wtillowing in the mire. PETER. r»w» R V SW—e L . SS.ST.I tiunii itiou. FINAL PERSEVERANCE M MMKR It. Ib.r. are wwue passages of Scripture which seem Io lav or the idea a|>*stacv : . and if w»> had not plain declarations to the owMrary. we might hate rea**ai to believe that <»od‘s people are liable to be hiat. \« was proposed in the introductory, «e will tr.w proee-is.l to examine the texts nr l»rd a|x«, in pn»ot of the doctrine of apow ta»«y. tn thh chap, of Hek Paul make* a 'Opp . dtowsng what would be the, Avusvquruce if they should tail away. He Jt>e- uvt say that it w cither pocaitJe or ’ probable that they would fall; but admit : ting that they should, and there remainsn< more sacrifice for them. They,would thei be beyond all hope of mercy. “It isimpos sible, if they shall tall away, to renew 1 their again into repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, ant put him to an open shame." But Pau tells them he is persuaded better things o: them. So far from believing that the peo pie of God might fall away, he says, it 17th versf —“ Wherein, God, willing morr abundantly to show unto the heirs of pro raise the immutability of his counsel, con firmed it by an oath, (18th); that by tw<j immutable things, in which it was impossi ble for God to lie, we might have a strong consolati<»;. ; aho hgve B- jk i r»,iuge to'lay hold upon the hope set before us.” God has show-n unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, bv his oath and promise, that they might have strong consolation. God change's no). In 10th chap, of lleb. and 26th verse, the Apostle says, “ For if we sin wilfully, after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.’’ What shall we understand from such strong language? Surely no less than that Paul refers to the true Christian, and shows (hat if he turns from the know ledge of the truth his ease is hopeless, h is unfair to say that those partially enlightened or exter nally religious are meant. The true be liever is meant, and the supposition shows what would be the case if a child of God should fall. But if you ask me if I think the Apostle believed regenerate souls might be lost ? I answer, no. 'l'hen, you may ask, Why he drew up such a supposition ? Did he wish to deceive those whom he ad dressed ? I suppose not, for, in 39th verse, he says—-“ We are not of them that draw back unto perdition ; but of them that be lieve to the saving of the soul.” You may again ask, Why caution them of a thing of which there was no danger ? This ques tion is serious enough to demand some at tention, and it will be noticed in comparing the doctrines of apogtney and pei'.werauce. Returning again to flth chap. Ileb., who are the heirs of promise? Arc they not the children of God, who have strong consola tion through the confirmed immutability of his counsel, who have fled to Christ, laying hold upon the hope set before them ? And do they not hold that hope as an anchor to th<-h< .ut, luitfi sure and steadfast? And, if both sure and steadfast, it does not seem that the soul is in danger of being lost. Again, through unbelief, the natural olive branches were broken off, and the wild olive branches were grafted in. 'l'hat is, the Jews, through unbelief, wcr<> broken oft’ and the Gentiles, through faith, were grafted in. Now, if this relates to genuine believers, to regenerate souls, it would fol low' that those “ who were once enlighten ed, and have tasted of the Heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,** might “renew them again unto re pentancc,” which Paul says is impoulhle. The Jews, as unlx'lievers, rejected the counsel of God against themselves. They rejected Christ, 'lliey would not receive the true Messiah as the savior of sinners. In respect to the Gospel dispensation, they wereinfidels. TheGcntiles reeeiveil Christ. Upon their reception of him, they were grafted in. The Jews, as a nation, were broken oft’; the Gentiles, as a nation, were grafted in. But this is not all—Christ taught his disciples if they did not abide in him they could endure. He was the vine and they were the branches. He taught them that the branches could not grow and flourish except they abode in the vine. Once more you may ask the significant question, Why give warning when there is ,no danger ? I confess there is some ditfi ' culty; but we mnst not reject truth Iw- I cause we cannot fully comprehend its length aud breadth; yet we will try to ex amine this imparl tally in comparing the ! (IvtlriHM. If we have not ascertained that it is jm i probable that a ('Kristian should linally fall . aud h« lost, we have certainly proved that ;if he apostatizes he is bevond th: least ; glimmering ray oflr»pe; for. if God would f pardon a man twice he might do «o any - numter of times. We will next not’uv the argument of ' Paul in Romans. AMICUS. * rtte « FOR THK ft »AFWT, THE DRUNKARD'S EXPERIENCE Bi tlkr, Ga., July 11. 1860. All nature bloomed in beauty, every thing • in the vast universe appeared to be filled w ith deligli'. ‘l'here sat under a large tree, ( the shadow of w hich extended all around, an old man. whose hoary head and wrink led taee announced that he was not very tar from the grave—almost if not quite oti ' the verge <»f that terrible abyss—terrible f alone to those who have n<- God,hut to th« Chtxstian it ha* no terrors. He who ha spent hi* life in the service of that almighty all-powerta:l ('reator, who ft-rmed him al first from the dust of the earth, need hav, t><> fears. He sbonld rather look forwan to the time with joy, s* a time when h< will he relieved front the cares and trouble ‘of this world. But it was not *o with th* person who torr s the subject of this tur rathe, for although decayed nature an nouneed that he had nearly finished hi { csarae here on earth, he was yet scarce!; t forty—at the age when, if be had lived vii ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1860. t- tuously, summer with all its bloom woulc 10 have decorated him—we find him eovercc n already with the frosts of winter. AVhal s- has brought him to this state? Dissipa n tion —that dreadful foe to human nature — y that which makes the foung man so soor d grow old—that which brings and has 11 : brought so many to a premature death— if that which causes so many of our most > i useful men to fill an early grave. But we u ; are wandering, and must return to our nar e ! rative. >- - As he sat there, under the shadow oi i- , that large tree, his wandering mind roamed o to the time when he was a young, joyful, i- ] playful, romping boy, when innocence alone g pervaded liis mind. As he pondered over y I those young and happy day-: <>i liis child r] ’ hood, a large tear-drop gathered in his eye. e ! It was the first time since he had entered h ; into dissipation that he had solemnly g ; thought over his youth, and of the end of h ; life. He had just recovered from a drun e ' ken fit, a “spree,” as he termed it. He e i had taken many such in his life, but none i,! of them had left him so totally helpless as ’’ : this one. The night before, he had been ■j ; carousing with some drunken companions I in a town about one mile from the place he t, was then at. After midnight, the rowdies h ■ dispersed, and he had wandered off until y the intoxicating liquor overcame him, and •- he fell senseless at the place he was then - at. When wc introduced him to the read s er he had just revived or returned to con -1 sciousness. He continued to review his i I past life up to that time: ( j “ Alas,” said he, “ I find that 1 have been • ! miserably wicked, and now what am 1 to ?ido?” - i He was truly in a deplorable situation. , I Although he was but one mile from town, f i yet he was not able to go there, and be- - ■ sides he was almost famished with hunger , ami parched with thirst, for it was late in 1 the afternoon when he returned to con- ' sciousness, and now it was almost- night. - | The shadows of evening were fast gather s i ing around him, and he was on an unfre . i quented road. In all probability no one ' would pass in a day or two; aud as the > old man thought upon his worthless life, and the sun lowered behind the western f hills, it is no wonder that a solemn feeling ; pervaded his mind. 1 “Oh,” said he, “if I had only listened • to conscience, and not so easily given up . to temptation, 1 would, no doubt, have i ‘ been a great deal better off at this time. O, God, if thou wilt spare me this time I will : reform—l will try to serve Thee, <>, thou I great and all-wise Creator.” , Here, as the shadows of evening gather- > ed around him, and darkness bad almost ? enveloped everything in night, he gave up 5 in despair. His fevered mind grew more - feverish, and he raved with the ravings of - despair. He called on his mother to save , him ; he called on his father to snatch him from the grave; but all his ravings were ■ iu vain—no one was near to hear him, and . then did he truly repcni of ever having giv ? on away to temptation : then was he truly sorry for all his sins. ■ 1 It was about 10o’clock in the night when . wearied nature gave way,and befell sense less, yea, worse than senseless. How long . it would have been before he would have again returned to his senses, or whether he ■ would ever have done so, is not known. It a so happened that a gentleman who had t Ixx'ii oft’ on business, and was belated in i returning home, as he passed by the iusen a sible inebriate, he discovered something t like a human figure upon the ground by the 1 road. He alighted from his buggy and . found it to be a man. He concluded that t the man was dead, and took him up in his s arm* and laid him in the buggy and drove - on to town. When he arrived he found - that life was not quite extinct. He called s in a physician, and by harl labor he was - again restored to consciousness. In about ? two weeks he was again well, and remem j feered his vow unto the Lord. In one month he joined the church ami lived a I i consistent member the remainder of his t | lift-. J.T. J. COOPER, j ; For the Banner and Baptist Who are Methodists like! ‘ During the excitement last May, in re fl g»rd to taxing the people of the county of ■ Franklin, to build a Turnpike Road from ; Sewanee (the Southern University) to Winchester, a warm discussion took place I between two Methodist friends, one day, ; just before the election upori the question, i Objections were urged upon different ■ grounds, aud among the rest, some urged ! an objection to the denomination itself. ■ One of our friends above alluded tn, had k * I I i become powerfully Impressed with the lat ’ j rer objection, from the teaching of the cir j cdl rider, stating that in reality there was ’ i but little difference between the Episeo- * palians and Roman Catholies, and on that j account he refused to patronize the denom- s . inatiou. ‘ The other urged the propriety of the tax, on the basis of building up a pecuniary in ; terest in the coantey. To satisfy his brother upon his objd'tion, he tells him, in tin strongest terms, that there was bet little dis tarence between the platform of Methodisn and Eptaropaey, There was but little differ te enre between Methodise and Episcopalians r- i As a spectator, I was inclined to think 4 they were both correct, and furnished evi ' i Bissee from Methodists themselves that th< * asstitnpftou of the “Iron Wheel” is correct I? . . DILLARD BROOKS. r B Seo July 1860. “HIS BANNER OVER" US IS “LOVE” d ■ For the Banner & Baptist, d Mount C’lairimier, Cherokee ] | Nation, June 14,’60. ( i- Dear Brother M-ooi> : ~ | My dear Brother, 1 promised you in a n i forpier letter to write again soon. I re lS - turned home day before yesterday from a -1 two weeks tour in the North East part of ’’ ; the nation, and was kindly received every -0 ■ where 1 went, except one place; and shall I tell where that place was ? Was it amongst those who are open enemies of ’’[the Cross? No, verily. But it was by those who profess to be followers and lov ers of the meek and lovely Jesus. e A meeting had been appointed to form 1 an Association of the Baptist churches in < the Cherokee NffinoTT, Mis. j I sionary .Society, which met at White Wa- ! ter, in Delaware District, on Thuesday be \.j fore the first Sunday in June, which meet- 1 ing 1 attended in company with brethren Reed and Slover. missionaries under the 1 Domestic Board at Marion, Alabama, and 1 Cherokee brethren Cochran and Owens, S from the Southejn Board (as tliey are termed here.) Bro. Reed asked Bro Jones (after L the first services on Thuesday,) if they S would receive him and his churches into the Association, which was answered in true Yankee style, i. e. by asking him (Reed,) if he had come there, to raise a dis turbance in their (Jones) churches, to which Reed replied he had not, but desired that 5 they should all work together in peace and harmony; further asked if they woilld be willing to have a friendly correspondence ’ with his church, which he was denied also, and told that it would do him no good, but would injure us anti our (Jones’) Church. I’m caught in bad company, for, as they say, nothing good can come from the South, ( all is unclean, as all are more or less af flicted with the loathsome disease, Leprosy, (slavery,) and this disease is said to be contagious. No w’onder then that those who once could take me by the hand and receive me as one of them, are now afraid to come near me, lest they should be de filed by touching the unclean. But I humbly trust that the disease is , not so fatal as they believe rt to be; as the South is also under the control of Him . who said, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth;” “Go ye therefore and teach all nations,” Ac., “and preach the gospel to creature.” “He that bo lieveth and is baptized shall be saved,” &e. i And this Gospel I feel constrained to preach as long as Gon give me strength, without respect of persons; tor I learn in His Holy Word that “it is the power of , Gou unto salvation to every one that be- > lieveth; to the Jew first, and also to the f Greek.” “For there is no respect of per . sons with Goih” Yes, 1 am assured that ( ’ the Judge of all the Earth wnx do right, . and He has said, "Fear ye not the reproach i of men, nelthet be. ye afraid of their revil . ing.” Also, “My righteousness shall be for ■ ever, aud my salvation from gon-ration to generation.'' i My brother, your prayer is earnestly . solicited for your unworthy servant. ou ; can form an idea what kind of opposition • he has to encounter while laboring in the > gospel field, I have had this opposition to t strive against for the last eighteen months. 1 , 1 have, been looked upon not only as the i enemy of the Cross ofChrist, but as a traitor . to my country, and using religion as a cloak j for sinister motives, to bring the Cherokee • people under a territorial government — I j and that 1 am a mere tool for the South to t : encourage slavery in the Cherokee Nation. ,: lam sorry to think that such reports are > i started bv persons who know better; but 1 it is all done for .-fleet, to prejudice the I j minds of the people against Southern Bap s i tists, because Southern Methodists have t | had missionaries among us ever since and ■ before the division of that society, by North ? ( and South, and no alarm was felt that we i would be put under territorial laws, not- 4 withstanding they receive slaveholders into j their society. But when Baptists send mis sionaries sunrtti? firoiu t|ie S<xith, Uxti will preach the Gospel of our blessed Lord and Savior to all alike, without respect ot . persons, calling on all to repent and be | lieve in the D.rd Jesus Christ, and giving the blessed fssuranee that God is faithful j to forgive sins, and that the IJ.xxl of Christ cleanseth from all sin. lliey must lx*, kept ' ■ down, and witched closely, lest they should turn the world (abolitionism) up side . i down, say ing “What shall we do to thes.- men for thsf indeed they preach the truth I as it is in Christ Jesus," is manifest to j all them that dwell in the nation—we cau , not deny. But that it spread no further among the people, let us sternly threaten 5 , them that the.' 'peak henceforth to no man ■ in this name- Now, wh*<her or not those who oppose the Southern Baptist missionary, believe - that they are doing God service, I cannot ’ say, but most assuredly they are casting 1 reproach the cause of our blessed Sav ior. But Hew Whomall fullness dwells, can j. overrule, sdl to His honor, and make all n things work together for g>>od to them that r . love Him. «. Yet, notwithstanding all the opfwrtiikai, the great work is progressusg. Men aud women are inquiring what taey mnst do to t be saved, they are pointed to the Lamb of Cfod which taketh away the sin , of the world- Before I close this letter, I give you the i amount of labor, done by your Missionary : the last year, from the Ist of June 1859 to the Ist of June 1860. (You informed me in one of your letters that you had reeeiv .. ed n<> regular report from me, and only j two short letters.) During the year just ,f, closed, I have, preached in six different nyighborhoods, and preached sixty-five j times, and traveled 1290 miles, including t visiting the sick and administering to their ,f need as well as I was able to do, and pray ,, ing with them, and directing them to the great physician of souls. I conducted family worship in thirty-five families; four members that had been excluded, .restored; ) and two received by baptism. But I did not baptize them, as I have been super seded by urfi-tomb some disease, the eontageous complaint ! from the South. Be it- known that there * I : arc those here that believe it a sin to be 1 under the patronage of a Southern Board, I and an unpardonable sin to own a slave— never will obtain forgiveness as long as they ’ own property in the shape of a human being. But thanks be to God that they are not to be our judges. But Him that loves us, Ac., will be the Judge, and blessed be > His Holy Name forever and ever. Yours truly, in Christ Jesus, D. M. FOREMAN. > «. For the Banner & Baptist. i R. P. EV ATT. t Dear Bro. Wood : I In looking over the writings of my be ’ loved, departed Brother R. P. Evatt, I i find forty-one sketches of sermons. 1 never , before so sensioly felt the force of the t Scripture, “Blessed are the dead which die • in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit that they may rest from their , labors; aud their works do follow them.” - He being dead, yet speaketh. The follow , ing is one of his works: No. 27. * “And while they went to buy , the bride- I groom came; and they that were ready I went in with him to the marriage; and • the door w\s shut. Afterward came also the other virgjns, saying, Lord, open to us, i But he and said, Verily I say un i to you, 1 know you not; Watch therefore, i for you know neither the day nor the hour i wherein the son of man cometh.”—Matt. ■ 25:10—13. i i. It is distinctly stated here that Christ is . yet to come. “I am he that is, and was, , and is. to come.’’ “Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me." “Even so, ! come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. Amen, f and Amen.’ >l ■ He will receive those v. ho are ready, and they shall go in w ith him to the mar riage. He will vindicate his own chosen, elect people. t in. Others w ill come desiring to be admit ted. I'hcy will be deceived. Some of the , reasons, w-hy they will be deceived 1. Some will be trusting to their morali ty and self-righteousness for admittance to , the marriage feast. ( 2. Others will go, expecting God to save , all men errespective of characters, that his , love, mercy, Arc., will not allow him to re ject any. 3. Others will be deceived by camp, or - protracted meetings, excitements, and im prudent conduct of Christians at those meet- . ings. All these classes, and many others, . will be rejected. I'iie exhortation VS atch. 1. lie may come when you are not look ing for biin. . 2. The door will be shut, to open no more. The harvest will be passed, the , summer ended, aud your soul not saved.— I O, sinner, turn and live, make peace with t God while it is called to-day . " Y. E. M. For the Banner A Baptist. ' SCRAP No. 16. MV METHODIST PREACHER. O Vr’ t I foul shi-h an om- in my U.«u. not I long ago. He and 1 were great friends, I and used to have as many good-nal ured ■ quarrels mi any other <*ouple you would ! meet. One day we fell out on l>aptism, ‘ and had, M usual, a regular set-to. He ! 'urged th** eovenant with Abraham as the I I legitinL-ite ground for the christening of I I children. las stoutly denied his position, j ■" I The New Testament. I told him, was the ' guide foe ('bristiati*, and that the rommis -1 i sion of Christ was the only guide for aGos ' j pel minister. But my Methodist preacher ■ * could not rest without taking the “ laml>s r into the fold." What a popular hitch that 1 ! is! I turned on him with warmth and ve -1 i henwnce —“ Do you know, sir, how I feel about l«aby baptism ? You shall hear. ? Were it left to me to sprinkle ant infant, ’’ or else go into that public square and lie I j iMirned at the stake tomorrow, I'd go to ■s : the stake. And why would I ? Here is ■j my reason. W hen 1 go to liaptize a be a liever under the great order of < hrist, and ‘ *ay I do it in the name of the Trinity, I ’ prfomi a legitimate action-— 1 tell the try th. But should I take an infant and say 11 baptized in the name of (by the author d ; ity of) the triune God, when God i> > r 0 gave me any such authority, 1 should sol e emnly He before (rod —l'd burn first.” My II preacher took up another subject. * W. M. D. From the Tennessee Baptist. CHEROKEE BAPTIST MISSION. The most intelligent and best instructed of the Indian tribes have a mission of re cent origin. Formany years those Chero kees holding slaves could not unite with a Baptist Church. The Northern Baptist- Board dismissed all slaveholders from the churches in 1857. The Mission of South ern Baptists was commenced in the spring of 1857. Being in the Nation about the time Bro. Slover arrived, and keeping ac quainted with the Mission, and knowing the interest felt in the Mission by the Cherokees, I relate the beginning and the progress thus far. Bro. Slover arrived in Tahlequah, the beautiful place selected as the capitol of the Nation, near which the most intelligent Cherokees dwell. The. highly cultivated home of their intelligent Chief is near this Around the place the Methodists and Fresby te.ruiiisnuT.-g thth-'t.-ww-M aud most intelligent laborers. Bro. Slover crfhie a stranger, to establish a Mission where old Missions had long been in operation, ever since the people had occupied their country. The Mission aries, knowing of his coining, spoke of it as something uncalled for, and that his la bors would be more missionary-like where Missions were not established. On his arrival the people were prepared to inform him that some one of the many tribes without a preacher woukl receive a greater benefit from his labors. He stopped at the Inn kept by an intel ligent Cherokee, for he was a stranger, and from no house would he receive more than a formal reception. On inquiry he soon found that quite a number of the people had long desired a missionary from the Southern Board. When it became known that by that Board he had been sent out, and was anxious to begin his labors, a con gregation was soon gathered, also a house provided for his family. He was visited— his position understood, and from all the non-professing portion of his visitors he received much kindness, and everywhere had good congregations. In a few months a church was constitu ted, made up of those who had been dis missed because they held slaves, and when the church was constituted others were re ceived by baptism. It would be supposed that Pedobaptist Missionaries of the South would receive him with ministerial cour tesy*, but they did not, and made appoint ments to conflict with his. One instance, and others of the same kind could be giv en: After he made an appointment for 11 o’clock, (Sabbath,) at a public school house, a two day’s meeting was appointed, and he invited to preach Saturday' night, they ask ing the important hour, Sunday morning. Among those dismissed because they held slaves were native preachers. These soon began to labor with Bro. Slover, saying they wished to unite with a Baptist church which d’wl uot iiu-orporate the slavery ques tion in her articles of faith. Not three years have passed, and now there are six churches in various parts of the Nation, giving many an opportunity to hear the Gospel. These churches have five native preachers and two missionaries. These native preachers labor for only two or three hundred dollars a year, and a great work is done by them. There are many churches, any' one of which could sustain a native preacher, and in this way benefit themselves, by keeping the deep interest in missions in their own church. The Cherokees, though educated, having pleasant homes, a beautiful country —pra- irie, timber and water blended together— beautiful everywhere; still they will de pend on their native preachers for lasting happiness. 'There are many white persons among them, very irreligious. These exert an in jurious influence. The native preachers are successful in showing their people who are their true friends. They are establish ing them on the firm plan of virtue, with their warm Christian hearts—love in their eye—they soon load their people into the paths of piety. Their way of doing this is touchingly beautiful. They make known what they were before the missionary taught them; stating that a white man taught them to drink, swear ami gamble. Soon their mo ney was in this way swept from them, and the white man who led them astray will soon make victims of them. They de scribe the back room in the store, having in it strong drink, cards and very flatter ing white mon ; they play, win for a time, drink to excess, then lose all their money, their horse, and everything else of value about them. They assure, their people that the same traps are laid for them, urge them to avoid back rooms, strong drink and cards. Then they describe their present happy situation —a pleasant home, a cheerful wife, their cbddreo at school, and ail this has been se rsred te» ti*ow through the missionary. He teaches their children, he visits them, his permanent homo is with Jthem. These na tive preachers give their entire time in such conversation. Shall they be sustain ed? 1 Lave just read of one church which took up a collection for missions amounting to *SOOO, live native preachers among the Cherokees. Are there not five churches trom which at least *IOOO shall l*e receiv ed to sustain these preachers ? The Cherokee Mission us the Southern Baptists is a necessity'. It is very popular, and the native preachers will be the instru ments of planting churches in each portion of their lovely land. A. L, H. ON THE KNEES. An aged Christian woman once wrote to her sister: “Such is iny debility and laugor, that wheu I kneel down to pray I am presently overpowered with drowsiness —so that I am like one talking in my sleep. 1 am sometimes assisted to pray best in my chair; but it is a heavy burden not 0, be able to pray on my knees." Well might «he deem that inability a heavy burden. Kneeling is the natural posture of prayer. The spirit of “ humil ity, contrition and subjection,” prompts it directly and irresistibly. We are perplex ed to understand how private devotion can be sincere aud fenent where this prompt ing is nut felt. “ Under certain circum stances,” says Origen, “in cases of sick ness, people may pray sitting or lying.” J TERMS 82. ( ALWAYS LN ADVANCE. He knew nothing else which could excuse the failure to offer the prayers of the closet “on the kneesy Nor do we. The posture of prayer reacts oh the spirit of prayer. The spirit is checked, where the befitting posture is refused. M e doubt not that many Christians pray in secret with much formality and lifelessness, be cause they do not pray “ kneeling Before . the Lord our Maker.” If they doubt whe ther their want of fervor flow's in part —it may be in great part-—from this source let them subject the matter to experiment. Let them call upon God in private, during the next month, <f o» their knees. 1 ’ We propose the test with confidence. The is sue is not doubtful. These views suggest another thought. He who has been accustomed to pray “ on his knees,” and who is beginning to adopt a different posture there—has already ta ken the first step in apostacy from the pou> if not from the/(/> of godliness. There ca n sca&ny"wbe««r no physical necessity compels the change. The spirit of prayer has abated, and no longer seeks expression in the posture na tural to it. Let such a one take timely warning, lest “sitting or lying” in the prayers of closet should accelerate and con firm his departure from the depth and ar dor of devotion.— Religious World. tIHLDREN’S & S. 8. tOLM. From the Southern Field and Fireside. DO NOT CALL BAD NAMES. The seat by Annie’s side at the Sunday School had been vacant that morning. Lizzie Green, her dearest friend and class mate, was absent. A servant had brought a pretty hoqnet with “ Miss Lizzie’s love” to her teacher, alt Lizzie was “too ill to come out.” Annie was very sorry, for she loved Lizzie dearly. They were bosom friends and inseparable companions. But she did not think much of her friend's sickness till after she got home, when, seated in the the parlor, she all at once thought of Lizzie and her illness, in connection with what she had heard the teacher say at the school, when she talked to the children about the text “Little children, love one another!'’ After being very thoughtful for a few min utes, uhe turned to her mother and said, with tears in her eyes— “ Mother, 1 have been a very wicked girl.” “You! my child—why, what have’you done ?” The little girl wiped the tears from her trustful eyes as she said— “ Mamma, you say if we call our little playmates by bad names we are not good, and do not love them; lam not good, but I do love Lizzie Green, and I called her a bad name. Oh, mama, I did not mean to doit, but I was mad. We were playing ‘ tea party,’ and Lizzie said I ate all the tea cakes; I did not, mother, so I called her a ‘story,’ but Lizzie didn’t go to tell a ■ story, and 1 am sorry I said it.” “ I am sorry you have forgotten -the ‘Golden Rule,’ Annie; if you knew' how much fear and pain I feel, on account of your quick temper, you would not be so hasty. You must see Lizzie, and ask her pardon for your rudeness. Lizzie was mis taken, she did not tell a story.” “ Let me go now, oh, mamma! Ido so want to see dear Lizzie, and tell her how sorry I am.” “ Not to-night, it is time for you to’ go to bed; you will have to wait until anoth er time to get your lesson. Perhaps Lizzie will be well to-morrow-, and you can study together.” “ It is only a few steps across the street; Susan can run over with me; I want to see her to night. See ! there is a light in Mrs. Green’s room ; oh ! I am afraid that Lizzie is very sick.” “Only a chill, she will be well to-mor row. Good night, love, now go to’bed; but do not forget to ask God for a better heart, and to restore your little friend to health again soon.” “ 1 will not forget, mother.” Annie was not happy, she did not at once fall into the siveet slumber of childhood, for there was a stra»ge burden upon her heart. From the parted curtains of her little window she long watched the light in Mrs. Green’s room. When the weary eyes close in sleep, the pale, sweet face of Lizzie haunted her dreams. Ere the sun was up next morning, Annie stole from her chamber, and stood at Mrs. Green’s door. Susan, her ow n maid, an swered her knock, and exclaimed : “ What on yearth, Miss Annie, brings you here ? Run back home, you must UOtr— “ 1 want to see Lizzie,” interrupted Annie. “ You can’t; she’s mighty sick. Missus is here; they sent for her last night; go back home chile.” » ■ Repeatedly w as jx>or little Annie refused admittance. Lizzie was too ill to see her. The doctor stayed with her nearly- all the time, and Mrs. Jordan was a kind and faithful nurse. Parents, friends and physi cians did all in their power for the little suflerer, but they could not keep her. Annie was permitted to see her playmate once more, but the cold form was shrouded for the grave. Yes, Lizzie was with the angels when Annie slipped the white rose buds into that stiffened hand, and, in child ish anguish, kissed, for the last time, that icy forehead. The coffin lid was closed above those silent lips, and they had not spoken the forgiving word. Children, may you never know such sor row as Annie felt when she stood by the fresh, damp grave of that little friend with whom she hail last parted in auger. If you have been cross, and hurt the feelings of a playmate, if you have called your little friend by a bad name, go to that friend at once and ask for pardon. “ Let not Xhe sun go down upon your wrath.” To-rnor row, it may be too late. We have few in this world to love us, anl we should not do <»r say anything to keep others froth thinking kindly of aud loving us. Remem ber that we may not long have our friends with us. When they- lie in the dark and narrow grave we will regret every harsh word that we have given them. “ Little children, love one another.” Alick Amcrton. ♦ —.— y-ey” Do unto others as you would them to do unto you. I VOL. 1. I NO. 41.