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BANNER & BAPTIST. so fjMIiJB Wl w “Holy Bible,—Book Divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine.” ' JESSE NI. WOOD, Editor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Thursday, July 26, 1860. Our terms of Subscription, $2 00 per Annum, always in advance. For our terms for advertising, see Ist column of Ist page. A Special Request. Our friends will please remember that Bro. Wood, the Editor, is not the Book- Keeper, and also that he is frequently ab sent ; therefore, all business letters or ar ticles, to receive proper attention, should, in all cases, be directed to the “ Banner & Baptist.” Will you not remember this? . . stAw kon eL* We learn that there will be an extra train from Kingston to Rome, Sabbath morning, to accommodate persons coming down the State Road, and all others who may wish to attend the exercises on Sab bath morning st Rome. A train will also come out from Rome, Sabbath evening, so as to connect with the up and down trains cn the State Road. From all the indica tions there will be a large meeting, and Christians should pray that it may be a good and glorious one. r. PASTORAL TALK—No. 41. Dear Reader: Over a large belt of country, God has withholden the rain, and drought prevails. Famine and suffering threaten the poor and afflicted. Even the rich are alarmed for the safety of man and beast. How solemn it makes a Christian feel to think of death and misery in this free and usually prosperous and happy country 1 The Al mighty has a purpose to accomplish. The, people have become proud, haughty and forgetful of the mercies of God, and he in tends to humble them. But there is a question for Christians, and all philanthropists, to settle. That is, who is to take care of the poor, who, with out help, must suffer, or even perish? It appears that our heavenly Father is about to afford an opportunity to practice Chris tianity, and for the world to see who loves Christ, and who, like. Christ, will do good to the poor. Loved Christians, see well to it that you do your duty. But especially should chria tiuns pray, that temporal judgments may be sanctified to the spiritual good of the people; that the people may humble them selves under the mighty hand of God that their souls may be saved. Better for us to live in famine, misery and wretchedness a life-time, and then get home tn heaven, than live in luxury and prosperity, and, at last, go down to hell. O, Christian, it is a time for prayer and devotion to God. The Future of the “Banner" and our Arrangements. We have already announced that, at the commencement of the second volume of this paper—on the sth of October next— we would enlarge it, by adding what will be equivalent to about three whole columns of reading matter. It is our settled determination, Gori being our helper, to make the Banner & Baptist tully the equal of any religions paper, North or South, East or West; to make it a straight-forward, firm, fair, sterling ex ponent of sound Baptist doctrines. It is with no little pleasure that we now announce to our numerous readers that Eider 11. C. HORNADY, ot Americus, Georgia, one of our corres ponding Editors, will become interested with us in our enterprise, and assume the duties of Associate Editor on the Ist of September next, at which time he will re move to this city. Prof. A. S. WORRELL, who is also connected with our interest, will remove to thia city the first .ffSep tember, aud our readers a ill also have, oc casionally, the pleasure of perusing the pro ductions of his vigorous pen. In addition to this we expect to have able contributors from all portions of the country, as we have most fortunately had heretofore, and some that have never y<t written for the Banner. We also design, with the commencement of next volume, to puldish weekly a Secu lar Column, giv lag iu a condensed form all the important foreign and domestic news, report of the markets, Ac., An*. Thus you see, friends, what a rich store awaits sou! Aud while we are doing so much to serve you. and to advance the cause most dear to your hearts, will you oot—one and all—make a strong, a long, and energetic effort to very largely increase our circulation I Cash-paying subscribers are necessary to sustain such a paper to the &n>a«r now is and will be. Friends, will you not now work for the in earnest» We ap|wul to you with a firm reliance, that you will from now until January next make an earnest •Jfort in your resjieetiv* neighborhoods or churcbe*-—or wherever you may go—to double our circulation Nothing short of that will reward us for our expenses and toil. o<a re ausaisw Mteaanuort. Our building has been retarded a little in its erection; but if nothing prevents, we will, ie the next tec days, occupy oar new press-room, with two Hoe Cylinder pres ses, and one Adams’ Book press, all run by steam, when we will be prepared to execute any miscellaneous kind of printing, from a card to any kind of book —plain, or ornamental—in any quantity desired, as we can occupy the buildings we are now in with our other material, until the balance of our new offi.e is completed—which will be in a few weeks. By the Ist of September next we expect to have our whole office, in all its depart ments, in full operation —fully prepared to do any kind of printing and binding; in fact, our establishment will be second to none in the South. Our determination is to make Georgia, in this respect, indepen dent of the North, by preparing to do work to any amount as well, as quickly and as cheaply as it can be done anywhere. The people of the South have depended on the North long enough. Now let us do our own publishing. And as this is an en terprize, that seeks, in one of its features, to render you independent of your ene mies, we shall expect you to encourage and sustain it by all proper means within your power. By so doing, you not only sus tain us, but you strengthen yourselves. JOB WORK. We will also have a complete Job Os flee, prepared to do, at short notice, and in the best style, all kinds of job printing, and trust our friends will give us a fair trial. As a guarantee to the publie for all we ImAre »Koh*—work, Arr.fTve lutvefKe' pleasure of stating that the mechanical execution of our whole printing department and bindery will be under the. immediate charge of Col. C. R. HANLEITER, who is most favorably known as, perhaps, the best printer in the South, one who thoroughly understands every branch of his profession. •J. M. WOOD Ar Co. COMPLAINERS. Complainers are troublesome persons, and we are happy in knowing that we have but few of such in all our two thousand subsribers : or if they really are complain ers, they keep complaints to themselves where they belong, and do not trouble us with them. In Paul’s day, there were “unreasonable men,” and there are some “unreasonable men” in the days of the Arkansas Baptist. These are almost continually complaining of some person or some thing; this is most commonly owing to the same cause that influenced a man to report every man, wo man and child in town drunk—being drunk himself and looking through drunken spec tacles, he thought every other person as drunk as he himself was. Those incessant complainers are displeased with themselves and with every body and with every thing around them. No one is so blamable as they are, yet no one complains so constant ly as they do. The number of “unreasonable men” that have annoyed us, has never been large, and the number is growing beautifully less as time advances. Last year a few such tipped us their hats to our great satisfaction; and the present mail delights us by bringing the knowledge that one more closes his pa tronage with this volume. With this volume, we hope the very few “unreasonable men” will quietly with draw their patronage from our piper. No tice—those who are “unreasonable,” are they to whom we allude but to no others. Where the. shoe fits it belongs. [ArFanrax Baptist. Well, Bro. Watson, we sympathize with you in your troubles. “Unreasonable men" do trouble Editors sometimes. There are many classes of “unreasonable men." One class is displeased with your Editorials, another with your selections; another with the paper you use, another about this thing and another about that-—- and, we had like to have forgot it—another class get mad if you ask them, or expect them to pay for a paper, after having read it for six months; they take a red mark, or a circular, calling their attention to it, in high dudgeon. These, Bro. Watson, are very “unreasonable men.” They expect, of course, the Editor to live on wind, while they—good souls —fare sumptuously every day, and read the Editor’s paper for noth ing. Well, they don’t read the Banner now in that way —you know, our terms are cash. But after all, the most "unrea sonable men," and the largest class too, that we have to do with, is that large class that have never subscribed for the Banner; but we hope to reduce that class largely this tall. R. The ** Daily National American.” The Proprietor of this journal proposes to issue a Daily on the first of September next. With the pities ot the “ American” we have nothing to do; with its typographic appearance and the moral tendency of its selection* and general conduct, we have only an interest in common with the ;>uUlic. The typographical appearance of the “ American " is unexcelled by any journal in the South, if uot in the I nion, ! aud in, eonfiNMMsdly. a credit to it- Puldedwr, even with his euaiable :ia a superior I iruLster-workman in his art. In its Miscellaneous selections there is pre sent a refinement and elevation of moral tone which commends it to the approval of the most fastidious in taste aud chaste in sentimito. No thing immoral is admitted into its column*, to that no head of a family need to fear to admit it at once to the family circle. The warfare of the “National American” against those* swin dling shops—Lottery Offices —should entitle him to the thanks of all good citizens, and to their liberal support. This claim fe strengthen ed by the fact that he has lost money by his remlule refusal of the seductive inducements held out to him by the holders of Lrtttery char ters to admit their advertisements into the col umus of his paper. He depends (M mates no upon the moral and the good in society, to make good by advertising and sul«scriptam patronage what he has sacrificed bv his course 1 In reference to the politics of the " Ameri tifinp we will simply remark, that it is Cousti bUional Union in principle, and *upp«>rts Bull and Everktt with a cordiality, zeal and ear ncstne*- which would do credit to the Ambus sadors of our holy Cnrisuiauity : and to those who agree with it in politic*! sentiment, in view of h* moral bearing and intaptetiness to the family circle, we know of no better paper to rtoMumemi It i* published M eekly at Two Don. csts per annum, and Tri Weekly al Fol n Dollars The Daily will be Btx Doix*Mper annum, when issued Address. “ National American." Atlanta, ua R ■■■■■....< ♦ - W Mrs you receive * kindness, re- Wember it; when you bestow ose. f< -rget it. AFFLICTIONS OF OUR BRETHREN OF THE PRESS. On the 16th inst., A. B. Seals, Esq., as sociate editor of the Locomotive, buried his only child. On Sunday last Dr. Hamble ton, editor of the Confederacy, lost an in fant, and on Monday morning last, Col. C. R. Ilanleiter, editor of the /Imeniwi lost a little daughter. Thus as the insatiate destroyer, death, is claiming as his victims the little pure innocents of our brethren, we are led to exclaim, upon whom will God next lay his afflicting hand ? To each one of our breth ren we tender a real sympathy in their.be reavements, and would pour the oil of con solation and comfort into their wounded, bleeding hearts. Brethren is not this a dispensation of God, for the purpose of withdrawing your minds from earth to Heaven. Brethren, look up, your children though hurried by you under the cold sod are now shining saints in ITeaven. Look up, put your faith in Christ and press to the mark of the prize of the high calling of God, in Jesus Christ —and your b’essed children, now in Heaven, will be the first to welcome you with golden harps, into that happy land where death, nor sorrow, nor parting will ever be known. r. ftSgr' The following front the “Southern Baptist,” we publish, at the request of Bro. Carson, most cheerfully. Ours—Bro. Car son—is a/ofr-dealing paper, and ever will We have not Bro. Ba ker’s article before us, but we doubt not he will do you justice, by correcting his statement if in error or proving its correct ness. Bro. Baker is a prudent, thoughtful man, and able to take care of himself. r. J. 8. BAKER. In the Banner and Baptist, brings some very hard charges against “ the Charleston influence.” We are rather perplexed to understand brother Baker. We suppose the churches in Charleston exert some in fluence, as any large and highly intelligent church does. But we have never heard them accused of taking two much on them selves, or making any special effort to con trol other churches. Nor do we believe there is a church in South Carolina, or out of it, that would think for a moment of asking what was the cnstom of the Charles ton churches when considering upon the proper course to be pursued in a difficult case. Will brother Baker tell us what church is accustomed to appealing to the practice of the Charleston churches, instead of “ the Law and the Testimony ? ” Such charges, brother Baker, ought not to be made, unless you are prepared to sustain them by facts. If you are thus prepared, give us the facts, and we will publish them. He specifies, among other things, “ It sanctioned, in the case of Mr. Tustin, a Baptist minister’s officiating as a salaried pastor for a Pedo-Baptist church, and the use of a liturgy.” He is mistaken again. Mr. Tustin never was a member of any church in Charleston. The Charleston brethren are in no manner responsible for anything he did. We are entirely disin terested in making this defenee, as we were not in Charleston while Mr. Tustin was here. COMM H NIC ATI (I S For the Banner <fc Baptist. WORK FOR CHEROKEE GEORGIA BAPTISTS. NVMSF.H IV. In our last, we spoke of the work neces sary to be done within our own territory —at our own doors; and we would fain hope the brethren will not neglect this duty. We propose now to talk a little about missions outside the home field. The most thrifty missionary interest amongst us is the Indian; upon this the brethren seem to have been more ready to bestow their labors and money than any other. Besides contributions to this ob ject, the Coosa Association has her Mis sionary in the field; the Cherokee Baptist Convention has secured one who will go out to the Cherokees in October or No vember; and the prospect is good for us to have another in the field the coming year. Now, while all this is commendable, we can do much more, and as the cry from the Indians to “ come over and help us” is kept constantly ringing in our ears, let us “devise liberal things for them.” Men will be ready as we lay by us in store our means, and if we shall not find brethren among us who will say, “ here are we, send us,” there will lie native men ready to declan* the unsearchable riches of Christ to their own brethren. But our efforts are not to cease with the “ home field ” and the Indians—the field is the world. The commission under w hich we act, and from which we derive our au thority, is as broad as the world. Not on ly are we to carry the Gospel to the na but “every creature;" tie *‘foreign I fieldf ’ therefore, conies up for a share of <air efforts aud contributions. “The ends j of the earth " have as imperious a claim up on us as the destitute aections <>f our own laud, and, if “charity l*egin** at home,” i like the Gospel, which was to begin at Je rusalem, and from thence to lie preachtsi to i all the world; so our "charities" should embrace the wide spread earth. Listen, i brethren to the cry of woe and misery which comes up from the millions ofChina and Africa! Shall we disregard these in dications «>f divine Providence—of the i Master, to “go work in my vineyard?” Shall Ethiopia stretch forth her hands in vain ? Shall we lie deaf to these thunder ing appeals front those benighted lauds ? “ Shall we whose soul* are HghteJ By wisdnaa than on hhfh Shull we !•> man benighted •Die tighi life deny »“ < >h, ao, l»rethren, let us <fo and p<»e until our full souls can say— •• Salvation ! O, salvation! The joyful sound proclaim. TUI earth * n-moiesl nation Ha* learned Mes»i*h‘« name.” How can one whose heart is the temple of the Holy Spirit, aud the home of Jesus’ love, l«c mJrtferera to the very work to which he is called, and feel not the sym pathy of a brother* love fi>r the wretched ones of earth, anJ reach forth a helping hand to snatch them as brands from the burning ? If the Priests pass by on one side, and the Levite on the other, do let us be neighbor to the wounded and crying; let us bind up their wounds and give them the W’ater of life, which Jesus has made so free, that we may be as those yho turn many to righteousness; that we may shine as the stars, forever and forever. Amen ! G. F. C. Dalton, Georgia. For the Banner & Baptist. CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE. The Commencement exercises of this institution for 1860 created quite an excite ment in Cassville and the surrounding country. There were more strangers pre sent than had ever yet attended one of the Commencements. Cassville was literally thronged to overflowing, and all came away delighted with the exercises. The Graduates—Messrs. R. B. Headden, J. B. Tippen and J. Carswell —acquitted themselves finely. The President’s address to the Graduates was chaste, appropriate and well-timed, do ing great credit to the heart and head of that able man. The honorary degree of A. M. was con ferred on Rev. G. F. Cooper, of Dalton ; Prof. W.II. Sullivan, of Guntersville, Ala., and Mr. E. N. Broyles, of Cedar-Town. At 3 o’clock we were again assembled in the Chapel, enchained for inure than an hour by thA address before the young men’s societies, from Rev. C. W. Howard. His theme was “ The Southern Gentleman." To say that it was ably dis cussed would be useless to those acquaint ed with the ability of the orator. We Could only wish that every young man in the South had heard and believed the sen timents then delivered. As it will go to press, we bespeak fcr it a large circulation. Wishing the College, and all connected with it, success. w r e close by signing ourself, A FRIEND. July \Sth, 1860. For the Banner & Baptist. RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE. No. 3. Another peculiarity of religious preju dice is, that its intensity varies with the in timacy of the relations existing, or once ex isting between the parties. The same thing is true to some extent in every species of prejudice, but it is manifested more prom inently in the species we are now consider ing, than in any other. This is in perfect accordance with a fact previously noticed —that the soul feels more intensely on the subject of religion, when it is sufficiently excited to feel at all, than on any other subject. The father, who has been devotedly at tached to one denomination from his youth, has scarcely any toleration for his son who has “deserted the fuith of his father.” The old gentleman seems to regard his son as having despised his instructions, and tram pled all his kindness under foot. He con siders that his son has now taken a step which Implies his inftflorily and mental imbecility, or that he has lieeome blindly attached to error, and is rapidly hastening to disgrace and ruin ! Should he take this latter view, then his prejudice is, in a mea sure, modified, and pity conies in to supply its place. The mother is, perhaps, more violent, but not so persistent, iu her prejudice to wards her daughter, who has deserted the rank of her mother. Brit, in either ease, if the parties are not very conservative, there will be many unpleasant feelings and “heart-burnings.” There is something, however, in the parental relation, to soften bitter, strong prejudice, when the mind ceases to act vigorously on the hated theme. This it is, perhaps, which plays more suc cessfully on the mother’s feelings, and causes her to appear, in this, as in most other things, less stable than the “sterner sex." Her powers of concentration are, perhaps, as a general rule, not so constant as those of man ; and on the principle that where there is little thought, there is little feel ing, her mind, attracted more readily to other themes, and perhaps, too, less inclined by nature to cherish ill-feelings, is less oc cupied by this hateful vice. Members of the same denomination, and especially of the same church, are among the most violently prejudiced, when, for any cause, they separate. Many painful il lustrations might be adduced, but lest the bare recital of them should tend to arouse the base passion, they will be withheld.— He has been a poor observer, who has not seen that, though the separation may have taken place on account of but one point of disagreement, the parties euiov a more lib eraT sTiare of mutual prejwotee, than these same parties entertain towards others who have tew, or no principles iu common with them ; that ainid the clamorous excitement of this sou (debasing passion, the common foe is forgotten, and their mutual energies expended in weakening and crushing each other; and that, too, with “carnal w<*ap ons,” with which they are forbidden, by their King, to fight! Those who, in former ; times, were wont to visit th* house of God j in company with each other, and whose souls, like those of David and Jonathan, ; were “ knit together,” have, for some slight i cause, it may be, l>een repeHed to the op- j posite extreme of malice and hatred. Another proof of tin* truth of what we , are u«»w considering, may hr found in the fact, that the old “ hoary mas of sin,” the Catholic Church, attracts to itself, from protestant sects, much less prejudice than i these same sects entertain fi* one another. 'Die so thvan wave has. in a measure, w ashed from their minds tin* recollection of past intimai*y. aud the dregs of prejudice have settled beneath its soothing waters. All these fact* abundantly establish our proportion. Another circumstance mav be mentioned as tending to intensify thi» prejudice, viz; j The suspicion, in one’s more sober moments, that his position is founded inerror. It is the pride of rational beings that they have reason as the foundation of all their positions. Indeed, few greater af fronts can be offered most men, than to in form them, even by implication, that they have no reason for what they do. They at once construe this language into the insin uation that they are either idiots or knaves. The former insinuation is hard, indeed, to be borne ; the latter is quite insufferable! The head you may censure, provided you will preserve the regions of the heart from blame. But when, unawares, a few rays from the sun of truth fall in, through the mists and clouds of prejudice, upon the in tellect, and reveal, in part, the emmeows and rotten foundation on which his position is based, it requires a sudden multiplica tion of mists to obscure this light, ere the soul can repose at ease. Hence it is that when you refer directly to one occupying a false position, his “face colors," his “eye flashes,” and arguments (which would, by no means, read w ell in the syllogistic form) are used—your “bigotry" and “ ilUberality" constitute a sufficient plea to justify him in his course. Thus it is that some religious setts are so much more excitable than oth ers. When you refer to some of their dis tinctive tenets, they are “all in the fire” at once. Why is this? Why should a recr sonable (?) being shrink from the investiga tion of his position, when he claims that they are, of all others, the most If he thought, from his innermost soul, that he was built uppir. the truth of God, w ould he not say, with the poet: “ I’m not ashamed to own my God, Or to defend His cause or, viewing himself in the attitude of one clad with the whole Gospel armor, would not his loyal soul be stirred, on such an oc casion, with sentiments like the following? “Am I a soldier of the cross— A follower of the Lamb ? And shall Ifear to own His cause, Or blush to speak His name *” Why is it that “men love darkness ra ther than light,” unless it arises from the fact, “that their deeds are evil”— that they are founded on error? Is there any thing in the nature of truth to give a man Me blushes, or force him to retreat from fair i and friendly discussion ? If so, what is it? Know ye not, that “ if ye love the truth, the truth shall make you free ?” In accordance with this principle, it can not be otherwise than that the purest, bold est Christian on earth, who is not content to be at peace with error, but “ attacks the enemy in his own camp,” who wishes, from the interest he feels in the eternal welfare of all around him. to convince them of their error, it can not be otherwise, than that such a man will be forced to bear the heav iest load of prejudice. Even his own com rades, more timid and less inclined to have men speak ill of them, often forsake him in the midst of the hostile camp. Too many of them, like those who stand upon error, are unable to distinguish between “prtnei ples and men." An attack upon principles, they seem to think, is an attack upon those who advocate them, not knowing, as one might infer, that if I am your friend, and believe you to be in error, it is not only iny privilege, but my duty, to use all pro per means to convince you of it. Am I not a Judas, rather than a /rare friend to you, if 1 make no effort to reclaim you ? On the same principle above named, it will follow that, if there is any religious sect based upon the truth, and others founded in error, the former will share more liber ally in their prejudice than any or all oth ers. The aggressive advocates of the truth inherit the prejudice, hatred and opposition of errorists of all grades. They may ex pect to be a “sect everywhere spoken against”—an honor, by the way, to which very few can lay claim. A. S. WORRELL. (to he continued.) THE NEW VERSION QUESTION. Thomasville, Ga., July 17, 1860. Brother Wood. In reply to a Methodist writer, in the “St. John’s Mirror,” (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1 laid down several propositions which 1 offered to sustain. As certain editors, claiming to be Baptists, seem disposed to rally to the aid of Redo-Baptists, in their endeavor to retain the obscurity in which divine truth has been shrouded by King James, Archbishop Bancroft and their translators, I bog leave to extend to them the offer made to my Methodist friend, and propose to discuss in their papers, or l»e --fore a tribunal, the propositions contained in the following extract from my article in the “ Mirror,” on the conditions therein stated : If the author of the article which has : elicited this communication wishes a discus i sion, I propose to discuss with him, who ever he may be, whether Mr. T. or some nWe else, iff any of lil* "Christian Advo- i cates,” or before a tribunal of competent and disinterested men, who are familiar with the laws of evidence, the propositions here- i j to addl'd, provided it be agreed, that the decision of said tribunal shall la* made in I writing, and shall be published in hand- i bills, or in pamphlet form, pro re nata ; and that the expense and the edition published lie shared equally lietwcen us. As Mr. Townsend represents that the ; “Bible Union” is a Baptist Society, not- j ' withstanding the evidence afforded that ■ there are nine different denominations uni- t I ted in it, I will proceed with my proposi ; tions as though that were an admitted fact ; —which it is not. Prop. I.— Baptists have as good a right 'to bring out a new version of the Bible as have Methodists or other Pedobaptists. They have done nothing to disfranchise them, or to justify a proscription of them. IL—Mr. W esley brought out a new ver sion of the Testament, and it was publish ed for the Methodist Society in New Y’ork in 1815. 111. —Other Pedoliaptiiits have published versions of the Bible without exciting a hue j and cry against them. IV. —The same process of reasoning, and the same laws of evidence by which it is attempted to prove that the version of the “ Bible Union” is a Baptist version, would prove, much more dearly, that our present version is a Pedobarptist one, and, therefore, if the one be considered a sectarian one, much more should the other be so consid ered by Mr. T. Mr. T. affirms that he has “ proved be yond the possibility of a doubt * * * , that the object (of the Bible Union) was to print immersion.” V • —I deny that it has been proved, or can be proved, that such was the object of the “ Bible Union.” VI. deny that any instructions have been given to any of the translators as to how they should translate baptizo, or any other word that occurs in the original scrip tures. (In one instance it has been Ten dered in their version dyed.) VII. —I deny that Judson practiced any fraud (as affirmed by Mr. T.) upon the Am. Bib. Soc., or upon any one else, in translating the Scriptures into the Bur mese, as he followed faithfully one of the rules of that society. Baptists might, with more propriety, charge fraud upon the A. B. S. for retain ing the funds contributed by Baptists, up on the supposition that the rule referred to would be continued in force, (over $75,- 000) after they had virtually repealed the rule, and thus cut Baptists off from all par ticipation in the benefits of those funds. Y 111.—1 affirm that the A. B. S. has con tributed funds to aid in publishing and cir culating copies of the sacred Scriptures in which the word baptizo was rendered by a word signifying to sprinkle, and another in which it was rendered to cross, in mani fest violation of the rule of the society. (Yet we hear no charge of fraud whenZiap tizo is translated sprinkle !) Mr. T. affirms that “ the great and good among Baptists will not have anything to do with it.”—i. e. the “Bible Union.” On the contrary. IX. —I affirm that there are men con nected with the “ Bible Union” who stand qs high in Eurppe and America, both for sichlorship and piety, as any tnen who are unconnected with that society. X. —I affirm, positively, what Mr. T. positively denies, viz: that the translators were appointed by the authority of King James. XI. —1 affirm that some of the transla tors were subtle tools of the King, used to , promote his views of King-craft ; some were notorious prodigals, and others left no memorial behind them by which we can judge of their moral or literary fitness for the work assigned them. XII. —1 affirm that the translators were restricted by rules given by the authority of the King, and were prohibited from ' changing old ecclesiastical words ; and that ; “baptize” was considered one of the eccle- > siastical words which they were not at . liberty to change. , XIH.—I affirm that the translation pre- pared by the translators was not published > as they prepared it. It passed through the hands of the King and Archbishop Ban- L croft, the persecute!* and master-spirit of the High Commission Court, or “ British Inquisition,” as it was not improperly eall -11 ed, and several important changes were ! made in it. i XIV.—I affirm that, according to the > testimony of many learned Pedobaptist . divines, and some distinguished Methodists among them, there are in our present ver sion serious errors, calculated to mislead us, both in matters of faith and practice. XV. —I affirm that the improvements in . science, and the discoveries of many an l cient documents, inscriptions, early ver sions of the Bible, ike., &c., have thrown much light upon the sacred text; and that, , therefore, the facilities for obtaining a cor rect version of the Bible, at the present day, are greater than ever they have been ’ at any former time. XVI. —1 affirm that the necessity for a ! new version of the Bible is, to say the I least, as great as the necessity for new translations of the classics, or for new Greek and Hebrew and Latin Grammars. (Who would be content to be confined to the translations of the classics made as far back ' as 1611 ? Who would be willing to send his sons to a school where the Greek, He brew and Latin Grammars of 1611 were t used? Echo answers—who?) . As it has pleased Mr. T., in a very un courteous and unchristian-like manner, to term the Bible Union a “ lying, dishonest and corrupt society,” I hold myself ready to prove, lastly, XVII. —That the members of the Bible Union arc as truthful, honest, incorrupt and incorruptible as are the members of any 1 kindred society in the denomination with i which lie stands connected. I repeat, that I am ready to sustain all and singular the foregoing propositions in either of the ways named, and upon the • conditions specified. Any man can make i bold assertions, but it is not every man ■ that is willing to submit his assertions to j appropriate tests. Error shuns them; j truth ever seeks them. JOS. S. BAK ER. For the Banuer & Baptist. This is the month set apart by the var ious denominations to be occupied in fast ing, thanksgiving and prayer. What a so lemn thought it is, to see, in our imagina tion, a whole nation supplicating before the Ruler of the Universe; to see such a mul titude, great aud small, upon penitent knees, beseeching the Great Being to bestow mercy. The thought is of great impor tance, and, one upon which rests the souls of many men. The time has been set apart, for us to unite in sending our prayers to Heaven, in behalf of the Gospel—that it may spread 1 aud be glorified. We are to join in ask ing the blessings of God upon the Mission -1 ary of the Gross, that lie may be comfort t ed. sustained, and blessed with revivals.— i We are to pray for the churches with - which we are connected, aud for the niinis- ■ ters, and for the brethren; and more espe . cially are we to unite in our prayers in be ; half of those who have never tested the ; riches of God’s Grace, and who are rapidly pt/sting the downward road to destruction. Oh I yes, we are to pray for their conver sion. We are to pray for revivals in our ’ churches that our spiritual strength may lx? renewed. Then let us all unite in earnestness. Let us come out from the world and serve God in the right way. God will not deny us if we ask in faith. His promises are faith ful ; His word is true.' < >h, mother ! would it not be a time for ! rejoicing to see your husband or your child j clasped in the arms of Jesus ? Father, ; would your soul not melt with joy at be holding the companion of your bosom join ! ing in ascribing words of praise to God ? Then, oh then, let us commence. Let us put aside those daily pursuits which would be calculated to draw our minds too much . from Holy things, and be fervent in pray. I er; for it is by these means, and these alone, that God deems prayer wot thy of answering. SINCERE. Christ has taken our nature into heaven to represent w»; he has left us on | earth with his nature to represent him. UOIES’ DEPARTMENT. TOK THE BANNER A BAITIST. CLEANINGS, OR THE SOUL OF RELIGION, “The Christian temper is one great part of true religion; that is, the passive vir tues and amiable affections of the heart, or what is called ‘the meekness and gentliness of Christ’—that ‘charity’ so beautifully described in. the thirteenth chapter of first Corinthians, where the Christian temper is set forth in clear and heavenly light. Young professors, and indeed older ones, too sadly forget that love is the very es sence of the Christian spirit; it is the very soul of practical religion—love that re presses the strong and unholy passions of the heart, that subdues the boisterous con duct of life—a love that makes us cautious against giving offence and slow to receive it—a love that renders us forbearing and forgiving, that produces a calm, equable mind, and which speaks in language, gentle, soft aud kind—love that shrinks from the infliction of pain and covets to communi cate happiness to others. O, divine and heavenly charity, offspring of that glorious Being of whom it is said, “God is Love,” personified and embodied in the dear and blessed Jesus, benign, gentle, soul elevat ing and pride destroying Spirit, how little is th}- nature undesst<,>yd or ad mitted by the world. llow often is thy holy name traduced by the. life and con duct of those who profess to be thy vo taries ! How peaceful, prayerful and active, how tender and sympathetic towards others would this love make us. What bright and attractive specimens of the influence of our holy religion. Believer in Christ, here is the spirit in which to make Christian progress —the effective means of soul pros perity and of doing good to others. Too many show by their lives that the temper of their mind has not been brought fully under the sweet subjection of the re ligion of Jesus, and yet, what is changed, if not the temper —or what good is there in any other change ? If one be as passionate, malicious, resentful, sullen and morose after conversion as before, what has he been “converted” from and what to? “Let the mind of Jesus be iu you,” says the Apostle. Aud again, “If any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” Now the spirit of Jesus was loving, kind, meek, gentle, unsuspicious and forgiving— and unless we possess these virtues, we have not, cannot have the mind of Jesus— the spirit of Christ. I leave it with every brother and sister, to ask the question— “ Have I the spirit of Christ, have I the mind of my blessed Jesus, and do I act it out in my daily life?”* The foregoing, substantially, are the me ditations of the sainted James which I ven ture to transcribe, hoping thereby to bene fit others, as I hope my own soul has been in the contemplation of the blessed theme of Love. Such beautiful and truthful senti ments sjiould be .spread broadcast in the laud that God may be more glorified in the life of His people. Would that I could, in this simple way, raise the standard of piety among professing ehristians and ele vate the cause of my precious Savior. — These meditations remind me of my past and present experience, and lead me to ask the question : “Am I a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ ? ” M. H. FOR THE BANNER A BAPTIST. SABBATH MORNING REFLECTIONS. I feel in my soul to ask with the Psalm ist—“ Lord, wilt thou not revive us again that they people may rejoice in thee ?” Father, help me to pour out my supplica tions to thee, for the spiritual blessings 1 most need and desire. O, for faith to slrenghten, for grace to help in this hour of great need. “Bow down thine ear, O, Lord, hear me, for I am poor and needy;” “rejoice the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.” My soul is with the Psalmist this morning, I desire to be taught the way of the Lord, to walk in his truth, that 1 may glorify His Holy name by a godly life, and encourage others in their earthly pilgrimage. May we all more effectually let our “light so shine that others may see our good works, and glorify our Father who art in heaven.” M. H. WOMAN’S MARRIAGE. To marry one man, while loving and loved by another, is about the most griev ous fault that a woman can commit. It iy a sin against delicacy, against kindness and > truth. It involves g'.viiuj that to lygal Jfight • >- . e which is guilty and shameful when given . « to anything but reciprocal affection. It in volves double treachery and a cruelty. It involves* wounding the spirit, withering the heart, perhaps blighting and soiling the soul of the one who is abandoned and be trayed. It involves the speedy disenchant ment of the one who is mocked by the shadow where he was promised the sub stance, and who grasps only the phantom, soulless beauty, and the husk, the shell, the skeleton of a dead affection. It entails ceaseless deception at home and abroad, by day and night, at our downsitting and our uprising; deception in every relation, deception in the tenderest and most endear ing moments of our existence. It makes the whole of life a weary, degrading, un rewarded life A right-minded woman eould scarcely lay a deeper sin upon her soul, or one more certain to bring down a fearful expiation. It is not high crimes, such as rob bery and murder, which destroy the peace of society, but the village gossip, family jealousies, and pickings between neighbors, and meddling, are the worms that eat into all social happiness. I hey who have an honest and en gaging look ought to sutler a double punish ment if they belie it in their actions. Never purchase love or friendship by gift, when thus obtained, they are lost as soon as yoa stop payment. I? any one speak evil of you. let your life be so virtuous that none will be lieve him.