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Precious treasure, thou art mine.”
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JESSE M. WOOD, j-EaitOM.
J. 8. BARER. I A - , t w, .
D P EVERETT \ Kdxtors.
ATIjAISTTA, aEORGTA:
Saturday, June SI, 18BS.
The True Ground of Acceptance
with God.
Earnest inquirers are often troubled and
perplexed in their minds when seeking to
be reconciled to God. These difficulties
are not, as we believe, inherent —in the
nature of the case—butresult from improper
teaching upon the subject. Theories have
been adopted and uiged which serve only
to darken counsel without knowledge, to!
perplex and distract the minds of honest
inquirers who, if left to the simple teaching
of the Gospel, would speedily arrive at the
truth.
There is a sort of mongrel theology float
ing about upon the surface of the great
public mind —a mixture of grace and human
merit—which sometimes offers very stub
born resistance to pure unadulterated truth.
Prejudices are entertained until they become
a sort of second nature, so that, while the
teacher of the Gospel is battering away
upon them, the individual is but too prone
to consider the blows levelled at himself,
and hence prepares to act on flifl 'Wfuniyp,
rtrtt WlTfttever opinions or prejudices may
be entertained with reference to the great
and vital subject placed at the head of this
article, we must, as religious journalists,
insist upon it : that the only way of accept
ance with God is through a crucified and
risen Sav ***■**•- The sinner can be justified
before God only by having his sins imputed
to Christ and the righteousness of Christ
bnputed to him. ‘Tor by grace are ye
it is not only an act of justice to
of mercy to tlu- sinner. Nor do tlreH
views afford any encouragement to Anti
nomianism, for Paul, who taught the same
truths, very pertinently asks ‘Shall we
continue in sin because we are not under
the law but under grace ? ’ Not so, but i
we continue in sin it proves most conclu
sively that we are still under the law and
not under grace.
The Gospel esteems good works as the
fruits of grace, and not as the procuring
cause of it. Good works are not the meri
torious cause of justification, but the accom
panying and necessary proofs of it. But
the question may be asked, Will God justify
and save a sinner unless he come to Christ?
By no means, for ‘ whosoever believeth on
Him shall be saved.’ But there is a vast
difference between coming to Christ and
throwing ourselvesentirely upon 11 is mercy,
and incoming to Him under the impression
that we deserve to be saved because we x>me.
As to us, we deserve nothing but eternal
death, whether we come or stay; but the
grace of God provides that we may eome.not
BANNER AND BAPTIST.
withstanding our ill deserts. There is no
more merit in a sinner’s accepting the salva
tion of God in Christ, than there would be
in a condemned criminal accepting a pardon
which had been procured for him by his
friends. If he deserved death before pardon
he equally deserves it after his acceptance
lof the pardon. And so it is with a sinner
| who believes in Christ: The fact of his
i guilt is not removed, but God accepts the
righteousness of Christ for him, and the
guilt is transferred from the sinner to the
Saviour, and in Him and for Him it is can
cancelled, so that the saved owe all to Christ
—nothing to the merits <>f their own per
formances. Hut having been accepted in
Christ, and pardoned through Him, the
work of sanctifying them—of changing their
nature —is, carried on by the Holy Spirit
with direct reference to what Christ has
done for them.
These may be to many unpalatable t ruths,
but we believe them to be truths notwith
standing.
OCCASIONAL TALKS.
WHOSE FRIEND ARE YOU ? '
To your country, many of you are un
flinching friends. This you have proven
by your devotion to its cause. Vour sons,
your money, and yourselves, yon have
placed upon your country’s altar. Nothing
has been too dear to.give for freedom, and
for the relief of your native land in these
times of her calamity and danger. But are
you friends to Christ ? Have you, with
the same ardor —the same readiness of mind
—made sacrifices for Ilim and His neglect
ed cause? Have your children, and your
means, been placed upon His altar? Are
you friend* of Christ?
Your parents you love, and no one dare
Reproach them in your presence. With
them you would divide your last biscuit —
your last comfort. But are you friends of
Christ? Your wives, husbands, brothers,
sisters, and your little ones you hold in
warmest sympathy, and are ready to do
and suffer any thing for their comfort, hap
piness and reputation. But are you a
friend of Christ ? When He is reproached, i
do you feel reproached? When His cause |
suffers, do you suffer? Poor friend is he;
who feel s but little concern for the Saviour’s
cause, and that mourns not when Zion;
weeps. What has country, companions,!
kindred, children, done for you, compared
to what Christ has done ?
TTnrgrcn;try.Tti li. . i... tka uu iverse is,,
that Christ laid down 11 is life to save you ; :
and yet you must be asked, do you love
flirn ?—are you Ilis friends?
“ And have I, Christ, no love to Thee,
No passion for Thy charms ?
No wish my Saviour’s face to see,
And dwell within His arms?
A. very wretch, Lord, I should prove
Had I no love for Thee ;
_ Rather than not my Saviour love,
O, may I cease to be ! ”
Whose friend are you? W. j
t'olportugc for the Soldier*.
I The following sums have been received : I
CVlissE.Miller,*l 00 D.M.Houston, 50
[A. T. Holmes, 1 00 Capt. Brewster, 50
ICher. 8.C0n,. 15 d0 Mrs. E. Barnes, 50
[Miss M. Smith, 1 00 B. Johns, 00
Mrs Blood worth 1 00 A. Tuning, 25!
Mrs, Orme, 1 00 W.A. Powell, 501
Prof. Willett, 10 00 Dr. Hamilton, 50 j
Mrs. McKee, 50 E. T. Hunnicutt,fo
T.G.Creswell, 50 J. W. Med look, 50
ILL. White, 100
Cherokee Baptist Convention —for Banner
land Baptist forhospitala—%B 00.
I Mrs. R. T. Marsh—for Tracts or Testa.
Intents for sick soldiers in this city- #5 00.
Tract Depository.
Brother A. E. Dickinson has established
la Tract Depository in this city. Those de-
Isirous of distributing Tracts in our hospitals
lean obtain them by apply ing at the office of
[The Banner and Baptist.
Forsyth.
The ‘ present,’ from the sisters of For
syth, has been received, and is hereby
acknow 1 edged. W.
Notice.
The next general meeting appointed by
the Coosa Association, for the first district,
will be held with Bush-Arbor Church, on
Friday before the second Sabbath in July,
jIBG2. Brethren appointed to w rite upon
selected subjects will be expected to have
their articles prepared.
All are requested to attend. Visiting
brethren will be provided for, and we hope
much good will be accomplished in our
Redeemer’s cause.
I). B. Hamilton', )
M. G. Garker, Committee.
B. F. Hooper. S
All letters containing remittances, or art icles
or the Paper, should be directed to the Bahner
& Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia, and not to the Edi.
tors by name
Personal.
ROME, Ga., June 4, 1863.
Brother Wood:
It is a deep source of regret to the many
friends of brother Ryerson, that you should
think proper to attack his character in your
last issue. We are familiar with your
charges, and their origin; and repeated ex
aminations into the proof have but strength
ened our confidence in him. We wonder
at the frequent repetition of these charges,
and the force with which they are pressed,
when certainly no good can be accomplish
ed, and much evil is sure to result. In this
community, at least, your publication of
them has impaired your influence, and that
of your paper, and has caused feelings of
bitterness to arise in the hearts of those
who love and cherish his memory.
W hile in Rome, brother Ryerson inspired
in us the utmost confidence in his piety.—
b aults we could see, but are not these found
in every true child of God ? We believe!
him to be a true disciple of Jesus; his sig |
nal success in leading souls to the Gross, I
establishes our convictions.
We hope the brother who, we doubt not,
furnished you with “proof,” will feel wil
ling to lay this work aside, and employ his
talents and energies in that only which'shall
redound to the honor and glory of God.
In the absence of our brother, and his in
"TO TTTPei tin m. VVMW > * .M. . -f—l-1
this to be a required tribute from those
who were converted under his ministry at
Rome. B.
The above communication was written
by a young brother of the Rome church,
and indorsed by another. 1 know nothing
prejudicial to their character, and appreci
ate the motives v hieh prompted the com
munication.
In relation to the article of which they
complain, they are hereby informed that
there were two controlling motives which
induced its publication :
1. The cause of the Saviour, as repre
sented by the Baptist denomination, was
suffering on account of the bad conduct of
J. E. Ryerson. Baptists were j ustly charge
able with winking at conduct for which any
minister ought to be excluded.
2. Home good brethren were suffering
for having dared to express their opinion
about his course. Not until fully convinced
of his repeated drunkenness did I get my
consent to publish the warning to the
churches.
As regards that part of the article which
refers to Canada, 1 shall have nothing more
to say—as G. C. Connor has published his
card regarding it.
Of his conduct in Augusta and New Or
leans, I have testimony of persons who saw
him,inid of those who have lived in those
places. As to what occurred in Rome, for
the sake of others, I have heartily desired
to have nothing more to say. But in rela
tion to (hat, us well as what occurred in the
two former mentioned places, if it becomes
necessary, 1 shall not hesitate to give names;
and if any one evades or denies, I will prove
upon him what he has said regarding the
matter. I wish, at present, not to parade
names before the public—with the hope
that no one will make it necessary. These
young brethren are mistaken when they say
“ We are familiar with your charges, and
their origin ; ’’ or else they are persistently
unwilling to receive testimony.
Regarding the loss of influence of which
they remind me, I have to say that a man
ought not to desire influence only so far as
it enables him to do good, and the best
way to secure that kind of influence is to
keep trying to do good. If thirteen years
of toil and acquaintanceship in that section
of country have not secured a lasting influ
ence and secured friends who will stand by
me, then, as a sober man 1 will take my
chance single-handed against one who has
disgraced the ministry by drunkenness.
J. M. WOOD.
Crumb*.
SO. VIII.
“ UV are the destroying army of God.'* —
There are vast numbers of locusts in the
Eastern countries. The Moslems have a
fancy that they can read the above quotation
inscribed on their wings—so destructive are
they. .
There are a multitude of little things in
the pathway heavenward which God com
bines and employs to destroy our indolence,
forgetfulness of Him, and false security.—
We have to be “ on guard,” night and day.
Like Abraham, we have to watch our spirit
ual sacrifices, and drive away every little
I disturber. God designs that these little
hurtful agents shall make us more watchful
and energetic. In the kingdom ot grace
the good and the bad are employed to de
; velope our characters. We dread human
armies, but God’s scourges are indeed
“destroying.”
Brethren, make the application.
__ WILL
Change of C orrespondence.
The correspondents of Elder G. W. Sel
vidge, will address him hereafter at Dalton,
Ga,, instead of Corinth, Miss. Elder S. is
one of those who have been driven from
their homes bv the incursions of the enemy.
To do good, and wish people to know it,
is not true charity.
The Memory of a Dear Frieiul.
BY MARY A. McCKIMMOX.
Deep hidden In my heart there is a shrine
Fair as ihe pearly eaves that lie concealed
Beneath the waters of the Indian Sea.
A still and holy grot it ls, bedecked
With many precious gems, suc-h as have dropt
From spirits rich in thought, while sailing o’er
The restless stream of time. No jarring sound
Or angry tone, like those ol outer life,
Gan And an entrance at its folded doors ;
But softest music ever murmurs there,
Like that the sea-shell whispers to the sea:
And in its pure refrain ®ne trembling note,
With sweeter cadence than aught else, repeats
Thy name.
Fair faces, dim and shadowy
As images upon the summer clouds,
Look down from off its walls. These are the
loved
And lost portrayed by precious memory.
But one there is on whom the hand of time
Hath lightly laid his soft and mellowing touch—
A speaking face, whose deep dark eye reveals
The lights, and shadows, and emotions, which
Together blend and struggle in the soul.
Time, who may rob us of our richest gems,
Can never take this image from my heart;
And when, at eve, I steal'away from all
The rude and hollow tumult of the world,
To hold communion with the spirits pure
That come from ’round God’s throne, ’twill
Upon me oryorrr- - -
Then, while the light of reason shines williln
The temple of my mind, no thoughtless hand
Shall rudely touch, or Borean blast deface,
The brightness of its much-loved lineaments;
But evermore, where'er I go, ’twill he
My own —a relict of the fleeting past—
That neither time nor fate can ever take
From out the hidden shrine within my heart.
The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Rev. B. Manly, Jr., J). D., sends to the
Christian Index, from Greenville, 8. C.,
the following account ol the annual com
mencement of this institution:
The Commencement was observed in a
very quiet way, but the occasion was in
teresting to all concerned. Over twenty
students had been in attendance during the
session, but all except seven had left, before
the close of it—the larger number of them
in order to enter the army. The purpose
of several of those who remained was to
enlist, either as soldiers or as eolporters, so
soon as they had completed tiie year of
study upon which they had entered, and
which they were reluctant to leave unfinish
ed. One of the professors, brother Boyce,
has been acting as chaplain in one of the
South Carolina regiments on the coast, his
duties being attended to by other officers
—chiefly by brother William Williams,
formerly of Georgia. If the former stu
dents and the students of this session be
counted, to say nothing of those students
who were coming but for the war, it will be
seen that both the pupils and the faculty of
the institution have been very fairly repre
sented in the ranks of the army.
Rev. W. B. Johnson delivered the annu
al commencement address. lie touched
upon the previous history and present pros
pects of the seminary, and then proceeded
to discuss the sentiments proper to a Chris
tian man in the present crisis of our nation.
His venerable appearance, and the faltering
tones of a naturally clear and distinct voice,
brought vividly to mind his long and la
borious services; while the ardor and ear
nestness of his address showed that age
had not dimmed his love for the cause of
God, nor his patriotic zeal for his country’s
welfare.
Rev. J. P. Boyce, as Chairman of the
Faculty, addressed a brief but impressive
valedictory to the students, and conferred
the diplomas of the seminary on those who
graduated in the several schools.
One brother, Rev. George W. Hyde, of
Missouri, having graduated in all the
schools, was declared a full graduate of the
Seminary. Only one student, Rev. J. A.
Chambliss, pastor at Sumpterville (now
engaged in laboring for the soldiers), has
obtained this distinction before. The grad
uates in the particular schools are:
1. In Biblical Introduction—G. W. Hyde.
2. In Old Testament Interpretation—
English department: John M. Roane. He
brew department: R. W. East, John M.
Roane.
3. In New Testament Interpretation—
English department: R. W. East, G. F.
Williams, W. 11. Williams, A. B. Wood
fin. In the Greek department: John M.
Roane, G. F. Williams, W. 11. Williams,
A. B. Wood fin.
4. In Systematic Theology: F. M. Dan
iel, R. W. East, John M. Roane, W. 11.
Williams, A. B. Woodfin.
5. In Polemic Theology: None.
G. In Homiletics: A. B. Woodfin.
7. In Ecclesiastical History : F. M. Dan
iel, G. W. Ilyde.
8. In Church Government and Pastoral
Duties : F. M. Daniel, R. W. East, G. F.
Williams, W. 11. Williams, A. B. Woodfin.
The next session of the Seminary, it was
announced, would commence on the first of
September , instead of-October as heretofore;
but of course the future of the Seminary
will depend on the war—as every thing
now seems to do. If the war continues,
unless theological students are exempted
from the ‘conscription, there can be no stu
dents, because the ages of eighteen to thirty
five, would take in pretty certainly all that
might be expected at an institution of this
sort, and all between those ages are regard
ed as under orders of the President.
He who has struck his colors to the pow
er of an evil habit has surrendered himself
to an enemy, bound by no articles of faith,
and from whom he can expect only the vilest
treatment.
Bodily labor alleviates the pains ol the
mind, and hence arises the happiness of
the poor.
THE GRAVE.
Elder U. M. Matthews departed this
life, at his residence in Franklin, Heard
county, Ga., on the 15th November, 1861,
after an illness of eight months with an en
largement of the liver. He died as one
going to sleep.
Brother Matthews was a pious, devoted
Minister of the Gospel, and his churches
were generally revived and built up. Ihe
Lord blessed his labors to the conversion
of many souls.
He was born onthe*lflth January, Ittll,
in Oglethorpe county, Ga. Joined the
Baptist Church at Cloud’s Greek in ISdi),
and was baptized by Elder P. P. Butler
The brethren soon took notice of his minis
terial gift, and knowing that his education
was limited, they sent him to school at
Penfield. lie moved from there to Chero
kee Georgia, and was set apart to the Gos
pel ministry, by the authority of the Bap
tist Church at Lafayette, in May, IS6O, the
presbytery consisting of Elders .1. C.Gunn,
E. Dyer and Z. FI. Gordon.
Brother Matthews left a wife and nine
children to mourn his loss. He was truly
widow and the orphans, and prepare each
one of them to meet him where parting
will be known no more. R. 1L and.
Brother Lewis 11. Homahd is no more
He departed this life the 22d of May, 1862,
at the Borax Hospital in Savannah —a
member of the Early Guards, 13th Georgia
regiment.
The deceased was born December .28th,
1834; was baptized by Elder W. S. Leg
gett, into the fellowship of the church at
Blakely, in 1855. He leaves a wife and
two children.
He went into the* hospital to nurse his
brother who was wounded in the White
marsh battle near Savannah Brother
Howard loved and served God at home
and in the army. His death whs trium
pliant. Several ministers \isited him in
his sickness, to whom he gave every evi
denee that his faith was in Cod. The wri
ter had the pleasure of his acquaintance for
ten or eleven years, and can say he was a
model young man, possessing an unusual
share of good qualities.
His father, brother Peter Howard, was
with him when he died. Oh, what a solace
of joy such a sun as Lewis must be ! And
though hard to give him up, it is yet a joy
to know that he is basking in God’s glory,
freed from all the troubles of earth.
May God sanctify this of
Ilis providence to His glory, and to the
salvation of the bereaved, is my prayer.
w. w. o.
Died, in Richmond, Va., on the 25th of
May, 18G2, Riley M. Millioan (son of
Thomas and Louisa Millican) in the twenty
third year of his age.
The subject of the above notice was born
in DeKalb county, Ga r , 10th Sept’r, 1830.
While young he removed with his parents
to Carroll county, where, at the age of fit
teen years, he professed that God, for
Christ’s sake, had pardoned his sins, and
was baptized into the fellowship of the
Baptist church at Carrollton, of which he
continued a pious and consistent member
up to the time of his death.
When the war broke out, he volunteered
in the first company that went from Carroll
(Captain Burke’s company, 7th Georgia).
He was in the battle at Manassas Plains ;
also that of South Mills, near Yorktown—
in both of which he did his duty as a soldier
and- a Christian. When the enemy laid
siege to Aprktown, he was placed on guard
in the rifle pit at night, where he received h
wound in the knee by a ball, which made it
necessary to amputate his leg, which pain
ful operation he bore with the fortitude of
a Christian soldier. He was placed in a
hospital in Richmond, where he appeared
to be doing well for near five weeks, when
a fever ensued and soon put an end to his
mortal career. He believed from the first
that he would not recover, expressed a wil
lingness to go, told his brother to tell his
friends at home that he was prepared to
go, and felt resigned to God’s will.
Agreeable to bis request, his remains
were sent home, where he was interred
with military honors. A large concourse
of his neighbors and friends followed his
remains to their last resting-place. On
arriving at the grave, a few appropriate re
marks were made by Elder 11. Hamrick,
followed by prayer. The body was then
lowered under a military salute. Thus was
paid the last tribute of respect to our de
parted friend and brother.
May brother and sister MilJican he con
soled with the thought, that although they
can see Riley no more on earth, he is gone
tu that upper and better kingdom where
they may ere long join him in singing
praises to God and the Lamb forever.
Ihe Church adopted and placed upon
record suitable resolutions relative to the
death of our brother, and request The Ban
ner and Baptist to publish ‘an appropriate
obituary notice thereof.’ M.
[The Christian Index and the Chronicle
and Sentinel are requested to copy.]
