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J§ianttr anil gaptist. “Holy Bible, —Book Divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine." H. C. llOU\ \l>V, Eaitor. J. M. WOOD, i J. 8. BAKER, >• Associate Editor*. D. P. EVERETT, ) ATL AJSTT A, "GhEORGTAT" Saturday, July 19, 1803. Editorial Correspondence. Dear Brother Wood : I arrived in this city (Riohmond) cn Friday at 8 p. m., having been three days and nights on the road. We were detained ten hours at Wilmington, and about the game at Weldon, owing to failures in ma king the connection. The passage from Atlanta was one of regular penance, comfort being entirely out of the question. Arrived in the city, I made a bee line for the Spotswood, indulging golden visions of the luxury of a bed. But alas I human hope is oftentimes the most fragile thing imaginable, and so it proved in this ease.— Every nook and corner of that magnificent establishment was filled ; and after a well felt sigh, I took up the line of march for the Exchange, still doomed to disappoint ment. In company with two other fellow passengers, I then wended my way to a private house, where the kind lady allowed us the inestimable privilege of sleeping up on the parlor carpet, with my valise for a pillow. After enjoying the luxury of a night’s rest, I set about obtaining information oi our poor wounded soldiers. My brother passed through the severest of the series of battles, on Tuesday evening, without re ceiving any serious injury; ho was struck once by a spent ball upon the knee, which lamed him for an hour, and he also received a slight wound upon the hand. My nephew, J. M. Hornady, was atruok by a bomb, whilo oharging a battery on Tuesday eve ning. His right shoulder was torn off, and he died in a short time and was buried up on the field of battle. Among our friends from Atlanta and vicinity, Major Hoyle was killed ; Lieutenant-Colonel Parr lost an arm; Charlie Maddox was severely wounded while charging bravely upon the enemy's linos. 1 found Dr. 0. F. Cooper very sick, under the care of Dr. O’Keefe,! but he is now doing well. Wo have had a considerable number j killed and ntßny wounded in the various j engagements. Many of the wounded will uot recover. McClellan had about 140,000 men en trenched in a aeries of fortifications extend ing for miles back into the country. His fortifications are represented by eye-wit nesses as being of the most formidable character, which, had they been defended with the same sbirit exhibited by our men, would havopreaented insuperable difficulties to our onward march. Many of these en trenchments are ten feet deep, and about the same in width, with strong abattis work in front, and defended by heavy siege guns. But it would not all do. They were storm ed one after another; and as fast as the en emy was driven from one aeries of fortifi cations he would take shelter under another -~and in this way he ha* been forced back a distauce of forty miles, taking a final stand under cover of his gunboats. We have taken a* out ten thousand pris oners, one hundred pieces of the finest ar tillery, twelve thousand stand of small arms, army stores beyond computation, besides millions of dollars’ worth of property which the enemy destroyed to prevent its falling into our hands. It is thought by my bro ther, who was upon the held, that the enemy has lost not less than $50,000,000 of prop erty of every description. This estimate may seem large, but it must be remembered that McClellan’s army was the best equip ped of any ever sent into the field. lie succeeded in getting off the remains of his vast army, but lost almost every thing else. The loss sustained by the enemy in men is uot less than sixty thousand, killed, wound ed and missing. Some estimate his loss much higher, but I think my estimate is large enough. Since reaching his gunboats he has been reinforced, but to what extent 1 am unable to say, *ud am equally in the dark as to his future movements. The successes gained by our troops are universally admitted to be the most bril liant ever achieved by any army. A Ken tuckiAn who has since ridden over the held, BAMNIR AAD BAPTIST. remarked in rnv hearing that he could have | held a hundred men in cheek had he been; in one of the enemy’s fortifications. This victory, dearly won, is another evi-i deuce that the God of Battles is on our side, | and that He has decreed out* final inde-i pehdenee. 1 will o>m muni cate the news as as i can obtain it. Yours truly, H. aw | OCCASIONAL TALKS. REVIVALS We have heard but little revival newts for tne last twelve months, and of but few conversions. While thousands are passing into eternity, being carried to the grave by disease and by the sword, there seems to be but little prayer for thesalvatiou of souls. Christian minds appear absorbed in the af fairs of the cruel war now raging and in the common troubles of the times. Vet it seems to us that the very opposite of this ought to characterize God’s people. It surely is a time for much prayer and great devotion to Christ’s cause. Satan is turn ed loose for a season, and good men should withstand him with might and main —and the strength of good men is in humble prayer in the name of the crucified One. Christians are powerless in themselves— their strength is in their Elder Brother. Gracious revivals would do much to cheer them, and to temper and guide their patri otic feelings and actions. Thousands of bereaved hearts would be vastly relieved by such home influences. God is yet gracious and will be sought unto. 1 His eyes are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.’ Will not Christians, all over the Southern States*, pray, constantly and fervently, that our Heavenly Father will, in mercy, revive. His people and oonvert sinners ? During these times of lamentation and mourning, much prayer should be offered for the out pouring of the Holy Spirit. He can cheer our drooping hearts, He can reclaim a backsliding people and make them to re joice with joy unspeakable. Instead of praying and working for a re vival, it really seems that even ministers are vieing with each other to see who can attract the greatest crowds. __ It appears that they have yet to learn that novel sub jects announced through the papers, follow ed by sensation discourses, is not preaching the simple Gospel upon which Christians are to feed and by which, under God, sin ners are to be converted. If crowds simply are evidences of Gospel preaching, then tin Devil is the greatest preacher in the world, for he has the heart and ear of the multitude. Oh, for the return of the times when Christians shall sing, pray and preach with unction and with power ! Our children, servants and friends are exposed to eternal torment, and yet the ohurches appear cold and obdurate. Too many of us can say, The rocks can break, the mountain* rctul; Of feeling all thinsrs show somo *ign, But this unfeeling heart of mine. Our workasChristians will soon be done; The appointed hour makes haste When we must aland before the Judge, And pass the solemn test; and we ought to be up and doing while life continues. Wo ought to work fur and love God now, and constrain others to do so be fore each friend lost shall take up the never ending lamentation O, wretched *tato of deep despair l To ace my God remove, And tlx my* doleful station whor* I cannot taateiiis love. W. The Struggle. To you, Christian loaders, all over our fair land, let us appeal. Be more prayer ful and devoted to God, our Benefactor, than ever before. Live and walk in the light of Gis countenance. Go to Him with thankful hearts for His kind providence ir. our battles. Pray for those who are in authority, for our generals and our soldiers. We who are at home must pray for our success. Let us place our confidence in Hina who loveth justice and who will de liver us from the snares of our adversary. In God’s own appointed time wt* will secure our rights and privileges, Peace and prosperity w ill gladden our hearts.— The cause of education and religion will mark anew epoch in our history. Our nation will move on in a glorious career, as the metropolis of commerce, the home ol education, and the great centre from which the Story of the Cross will L. heralded to the world. Adlre*s. Correspondents of Elder G. C. Connor will please address him at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Hunner for the Soldiers. The religious paper furnishes a cheap aud available means of reaching them; and our brethren and sisters should come to the rescue before it is too late. What say, our readers! Shall the sick and wounded soldiers have The Banner # Sail Making in Florida. ST. ANDREW’S BAY, Fla , I July 3,1863. > Dear Banner: lamat a place and in a business disabling me from writing for you, and the worst of it is 1 can’t get tho paper till too old to er.j<<> so much. There is no mail down this way, and opportunities for communication in the interior only occa sional and uncertain. I have been here a long while trying to fix up for_makiug salt, but my progress is i distressingly slow. Some of more experi (enoe and larger means get along faster, but all find putting up works a slow business compared with the same work at home I where every thing is more convenient. — Heradhere are no workmen to be had, nor things to work with, except such as are brought from home; and though millions of fish are close by, they are not in easy ! reaqlw'f ; land lubbers’ with no means nor line to catch them. So provisions, as well for man or beast, must be hauled front home, however remote the salt-maker’s home may be, and every thing hauled over not the best roads in the world. Tho great job oi making salt on this coast is the fixing up proper works ; that done, and being let alone, the remaining cost will be trifling. We aro an easy prey to the Bloekaders, their vessel lying inside, and has once been up ashore and talked with some of the people. They, perhaps, will not notice the few small works now in op eration for private use—but the number of salt adventurers increases, and it is feared all w ill be broken up as soon as the enemy finds out the extent of these works. The best way is to get out of sight, have small works, and scatter, and have no soldiers about unless protection from that source be efficient. West of this, and east of Choc tawhatehee Bay, is a better place than St. Andrews, as there the Gulf water can be had and works put up out of sight, near to an abundance of wood. On the Gulf, too, landing is mofe difficult, and in the direction indicated it is not known that any blockader has yet visited. From what I have seen and heard, 1 con clude that one bushel salt per day can be made for every 100 gallons of boiler. I have seen some pretty enough, and some ratHei sorry . Like all other experiments, this business has to be learned, and the quantity and quality made will improve on experience—those succeeding best w'ho have the best judgment and most energy. But those wanting salt w ill have to get to w here it cm be made—to buy, is a very uncertain mat ter. •Should the people engaged remain un molested, which is hardly to be expected, some may make more than for their own use ; but the great trouble and expense to fix up, and the uncertainty of the time they will be permitted to work, will cause a ver y high price if any should be for sale.— 1 have seen one man who offered to sell, after hauling it out from his works, at S2O per bushel. Another said he would take $lO at the boilers; and at these prices they say they would not meet expenses. 1 believe, if men could be safe in their business, after getting pay for fixing up , salt could be made here at $1 per bushel, land cheaper when facilities are greater. — | i shall feel grateful to* make enough for myself. Had 1 seen any fair pilVspeet of buying at a living price I should never have undertaken, to me, so heavy a job as to make it. Yours, l). P. E. P. S. Some salt has been lately sold here at $5 per bushel, and some at SB. l-'roiu our Army Evangelist. Sickness und Sorrow. Bkoiuek Hornadj - : Most of the time, j for five weeks past, 1 have been confined to my bed by sickness, in the form of a slow' fever , con trailed, asl suppose, on the coast, j l have been reduced quite low', but am im-j proving now,*and hope soon to be at my j work again. It has been painful to suspend ; mv labors, even on account of sickness.— ] I kept going a week or more after I ought! to have been in my bed, which 9tily aggra- j vated the attack. The affliction has b.-t*n greater on account of the tbods of sorrow which have recently swept over our country. W ith what an guish of spirit have I read ihe names of hundreds of my acquaintances among the killed and wounded ! Many of these dear vouß2 men have I known from their child-! hood—the sons of th) dearest friends IJiave j on earth. Ail 1 could do, for weeks, was to lie on my bed, repeating, day after day, the language of the prophet, * Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain • of tears, that 1 might weep day and night. for the slain of the daughter of my people!’ Hoping soon to be able to report further progress in my efforts for the welfare of our suffering soldiers, I am yours truly, 2 H. CAMPBELL. 1 cißirria, July 14, l&ii ANCIENT OEMS, Re-net to suit Modern Faahlotia. No. I. : “A house is an insecure treasury, bat the head*j of tho poor are a safe treasury.’’ [Chrysostom Horn. S9 on Job*. Hard as are the times on the poor; much as the wives and children of the poor sol diers may suffer, there are many who have money whioh they do not know what to do with. There never was a period when speculation was more rampant, and when capitalists were more anxious to obtain either a profitable or a safe investment.- — What shall 1 do “with my money 1 is the universal cry of the men of means. Bank stocks, town lots, improved farms, wild lands; eveu King Cotton himself ha* felt the elevating effects of a redundancy of currency seeking investment. Yet how in secure are all these! An adverse wave in the great tide of war may lender banks and cities and lands worthless; and the glory of the dethroned monarch may ascend in black smoke. The woe of the Scripture may descend and corrupt all these effort* to preserve or increase wealth: ‘Go to new, ye rich men, weep and howl for your mis eries that shall oome upon you. \ r our riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver ia can kered ; and the rust of them shall be a wit ness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.’ (Ja. iv., 1.) The Golden-mouthed Preacher teaches all such as desire to find a safe depository for their money where to look. ‘The HANDS OP THE POOR ARR A 8 APB TEE ABORT.’ O ye who have money in these times of distress, deposite it for safe keeping in the hands of the poor. No salamander safe can keep it as securely for you. No moth can destroy it there; no rust corrupt; no robber steal ; no fire burn it; no deapot plunder it. ‘ lie that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given him will he pay him again.' (Prov. xix, 17.) What money lender wants better security 1 But money given to the poor is not only a safe but a profitable investment. *He that giveth to the poor shall not lack/ (Pro. xxviii, 27.) Come, my brother, don’t hoard up your money for fear of coming to want. Give to the poor and you shall not laok. The poor ‘ widow woman * of Sa repta found it to be so ; and so will you if you try. ‘The liberal soul shall be made fat.’ (Prov. xi, 25.) Come up, my brother. lam tired of hearing your complaints of ‘leanness * (and God, I suspect, is tired too) —come up and get ‘ fat,’ by being ‘liberal.’ ‘He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.’ (Prov. xxii, 9.) Come up, I say again, my brother: God wants to bless you, and lie has filled your pocket with money and the land with poor at the same time. There is a beautiful correspondence in all of God’s providences. He has put the poor right before you that you may be blessod. God help the poor rich man that neglects this opportunity of being blessed ! * Give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.’ Chrysostom is right. ‘The hands of the poor are a safe treasury,’ for they are the treasury of heaveu. Coine up, my brother: you, that have Confederate jjotes which you are afraid will depreciate in your hands. Put them in the handsof the poor. They’ll appreciate there, and bo worth more than gold. The old Grecian was a wise man, for he got his wisdom out of heaven. Do you be wis also and put your money in this safest cf all treasuries, the treasury of God, ‘the hands of the poor.* People talk about ‘ Havings’ Banks’ to take care of the money of the poor.— But here is The Savings’ Bank of Heaven to take care of the money of all. Come up, my brother; you’ll want some treasure ir. heaven as well as upon earth. O, what a fool is that man who keeps all his treat uro here! Come up! Every day is a business day and every hour is an ofliee hour. The counter is every poor man’s table, but the books are kept on high.— That which you deposit will be credited to you in heaven. Then let the hands of the poor be the treasury of the rich. Mkrcsb Usivkhsitt, July, 18®2. .V * C. A Good Example A brother in South Carolina ha* sent $5 to be applied to Indian Missions, he having heard that the Cherokee Baptist Convention was sustaining a Missionary. He d*>es not give his name—says he ie a poor man, and has saved the amount sent, for missions, by quitting the use of tobacco. This, we take it, is true Christianity. Who will do likewise! VV. Back lumbers. W e shall be obliged to any one ho car ! send us numbers of The Banner covering the time from the first number in March to the last number in May, 1862. All letters containing remittances, or articles or the Paper, should be directed to the Baaxer & Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia, and not to the Edi tors by name COMMUNICATION S. Baptist Historical Model). Brother Editor: Some months ago I consented to deliver an address before the Baptist Historical Sooiety at it* first annual meetiug, which is to be held in Atlanta on the 20th July. Since then, my mind and heart have been s< engrossed with the thrilling event* transpiring around us, that I have been unable to prepare myself for the service in question. 1 doubt not that the same causes which have influenced me have operated equally on others, and that the public are as little inclined, uuder existing circumstances, to hear sueh an address, as 1 am to deliver it; all of us too deeply eugaged in making history, to have either the opportunity or the heart for the study of it—too much concerned for the present, to make research ea into the past. For these reasons, 1 would suggest that the address on the occasion referred to be dispensed with for the present year. 1, at least, must beg either to be wholly excused or to be iudulged until more peaceful times shall afford opportunity for such careful preparation as the occasion demands. :i 11. TCCKEK. ftnmaxe, July IS, Christian Index please copy. Dear Brother Hornady : The Domestic Board has now under ap pointment eight Missionaries to the Army. They are doing good service. Already six teen hopeful conversions among the soldiers are reported, besides many cases of serious enquiry. Who can properly estimate the results of this mission 1 Sinee the organisation of this Board, 1164 commissions have boen issued in the Do mestic department, and in the Indian. In the Domestic field, 14,641 persons have been baptised by our missionaries, and 1,524 ia the Indian. To God be all the praise! Shall this work be sustained ? This ques tion is proposed to every disciple of Jesus. Will not the brethren remember us at their Associations this summer? Brethren, help, mwi,r ! Yours truly, M. T. SUMNER, Car. de* lAry-] Thomas JT. Perry. The speeial committee appointed to ex amine the case of brother Thos. J. Perry, who is under the watoh care of this church (First Baptist Church, of Savannah), who has beeu court-martialed and censured by the Twenty-fifth Georgia Regiment, for writing and publishing an article exposing the injurious practice of gambling, playing of cards, &se., in their midst—-beg leave to report: We have read the article and tho partic ular paragraphs upon which the charge cm* chargee were based, and in our judgment no blame attaches to brother Perry. The publication of the artiole referred to may be an infraction of military rule; but cer tainly no violation of any known moral and religious duty. And so far from imputing guilt to him, we cordially state that we be lieve he was in the discharge of a high Christian duty, in thus grappling with this fascinating ain in its comparative inoipiency in their midst. Brother Ferry, with us, enjoys the full confidence of his brethren. We suggest that a copy of this Report be transmitted to the Church, at Rome, of whieh he is a member. AH of which is respectfully submitted. GEORGE W. DAVIS, I ~ W. W. WABH, [ h wan tee Index please copy. The Heap Tub. 1 Have you ever been to Greece f ’ * No. But I fell head-foremost in a tub of soap once, if you call that any thing.’ [Field and Fireside. Just so. And as one thing suggests an other, Uncle Phil has been thinking about it. That same old Greece aud his neighbor Rome must have been great men in their day. School boys, young men at college, young lawyers and politicians have daubed them so much, that oue would think that a tub of soap would be decidedly useful for their genteel appearance. My own opinion is that they ought to be thoroughly soaped before their ueit public exhibition. One special reason is, £at ministers ought \o be nice folks—and they are eo fond of taking these old gentlemen into the pulpit where the ladies and all get to see them. When they get up there, the minister puts them to talking about history and ‘ My thology,’ or some other yoeeeteiee ease and such like, and all the people gaze at them. One dif ficulty is, that the preacher by such inti' mate association gets daubed, too, and then stands so close by them in the pulpit that people see him occasionally, aud you really couldn’t hardly tell but that he wan born and raised up with them. Now, if they oould all fall bead foremost into a soap tub, and then wash off in pure water, and then ail three oJ them turn in to preaching the old-fashioned Gospel, we would have a nice, clean time of It. PHIL CRtSTY.