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“Holy Bible,—Book Divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine.’ 9
11. C. HOMADY, Editor.
J. M. WOOD, )
J. S. BAKER, -Associate Editors.
D. P. EVERETT, j
Correspondents of the Banner.
Elder N. M. Crawford, Penfield. Ga. 1
“ J. 11. Campbell, State Evangelist, j
“ J. R. Graves, in the Army.
“ G. C. Connor, Army Chaplain.
“ B. F. Tharp, Perry, Ga.
“ V/. N. Chaudoin, Albany, Ga.
“ R. J. Mays, Florida.
“ A. E. Dickinson, Riohmund, Ya. ;
“ W. D. Mayfield, South Carolina. I
M. W. Philips, Edwards, Miss.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
Saturday, Sept. 13, 1863.
Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving, j
President Davis has issued a proclama- j
tion to the people of the Confederate States,
calling upon them to observe Thursday, the
18th instant, as a day of prayer and thanks-1
giving to Almighty God for the great mer- ;
eics vouchsafed to us, arid more especially
for the recent triumph of onr arms at Rich
mond and at Manassas.
With willing hearts let all our people,
on Thursday next, assemble at their re
spective places of public worship, and unite j
in rendering praise to God for these great
mercies, and implore Him to conduct our
country safely through the perils which;
surround us to the final attain the
blessings of peace and security.
Tlic Revival 111 the First Baptist
Church.
The meeting of this Church has been in
n . j
progress for over five weeks, and is still;
continued. Forty-eight have been received j
for baptism, and twelve by letter. Two ofj
the children of the Pastor have been re- j
ceived and baptized. The interest in the j
meeting still continues, a large number of ;
anxious persons coming forward for prayer.
To God all the glory is due.
Army Chaplain*
These devoted workers for their country
and their Saviour, find that religious read
ing for the soldiers helps them very much
in their labors of love. Hence, they call
for tracts, Testaments, and religious papers.
These brethren say that the soldiers are
very fond of religious papers, and many of
them have written and asked for The Banner ■
to bo sent to them weekly for distribution, j
But while brother 11. would gladly furnish
large numbers to his country’s defenders,
he can not do so unless the means are fur
nished. Will not these Chaplains take up
contributions for this object ? and will not
brethren, pastors and others, at home do
the same, and forward the amount to bro
will be worth more to the soldier than an
ordinary tract. J. M. W.
4*ootl Tiling*.
The editor of this paper is under many
obligations to Elder Richard Thornton,
near Fort Gaines, for a box of good things
for the family—consisting of lard, butter,
eggs, et cetera.
Brother Mulkey, of Amerieus, will also
accept our thanks.for a beautiful vest, pre
sented through our * better half.’
Such kind remembrances by esteemed
ones always cause a sensible enlargement
of the heart, by exciting feelings of grati
tude to the Giver of such friends.
The Banner for the Soldiers.
The following sums have been received
for sending The Banner to our soldiers :
T. T. Smith, - - - - * 5 (X)
M. J. Wellborn, - - 5 00
F. Watkins, - - - - 5 00
Calvin L, Clark, - - - *2 00
Atlanta Amateurs, - - - 20 00
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Tallapoosa.
The Tallapoosa Association will hold its
session on Saturday before the third Sab
bath in September
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
has, by order of the Secretary of War, been
suspended in this city and vicinity.
THE BANNER-AND BAPTIST.
Another Case of Pouring.
A short time since the Index reported
that Elder Lee, a Baptist minister, had
poured water on a sick man, calling it
baptism.
lam informed, by good authority, that
recently Elder Spivey, pastor of the Bap
tist church at Calhoun, Ga., received, at a
private house, a sick man into the C/tutth ( )
and poured water on him in the name of
the Iloly Trinity, calling it baptism, and
after wards gave linn bread and vine, calling
it the Lord’s Supper! The man died in a
few minutes after receiving the bread and
wine. There appears to be no excuse for
this except that the man begged that*it
might be done—he wished to be in the
Church—wished to be baptized —wished to
partake of the Lord’s Supper.
Asa Baptist, l most solemnly protest
against any such proceedings, and say that
in my opinion Elder Spivey owes to God,
to the Church, and to the public, a most
solemn acknowledgment. Failing to make
it, the Church at Calhoun should exclude
him forthwith. There is not a particle of
justification for his conduct, judging from
the teachings of the Scriptures. The ordi
nances are under the control of the churches,
and they ought to see to it that they are
not abused, disgraced, by indiscreet and
officious men.
It is to be hoped that brethren Spivey
and Lee will see their great error, their
great sin, and make public confession.
J. M. W.
Association fleeting*.
Stone Mountain , Rockdale, meets to-day.
Appalachee, Bay Creek, Walton county,
j Saturday before 3d Sabbath in September.
Union , Reidsville. Saturday before 3d
Sabbath in September.
Western, Mt. Lebanon, Coweta county.
Saturday before 3d Sabbath in September.
Sarepla, Van’s Creek. Saturday before
4th Sabbath in September.
Middle Cherokee, Bethesda, Gordon Cos.
Saturday before 4th Sabbath in September.
Flint River, Liberty Hill, Murray Co.—-
Saturday before 4th Sabbath in September.
Georgia , Clark’s Station, Wilkes Co.—
Friday before 2d Sabbath in October.
Piedmont , Consolation, Appling Co.—
Saturday before 2d Sabbath in October.
Hepzibah, Way’s Church, Jefferson Cos.
Saturday before 4th Sabbath in October.
Bethel, Pine Bluff, Dougherty County.—
1 Saturday before 3d Sabbath in November.
Revival Uiews.
Dear Brother Hornady :
With feelings of sincere gratitude,! trust,
I am able to report that the Lord has been
very gracious to us at Pine Bluff. Our an
nual meeting commenced on Friday before
the second Sabbath in August, and contin
ued seventeen days. The church was, 1
think, almost entirely revived, which was
the great object that 1 desired first, believ
ing that, as the effect follows the cause, the
conversion of sinners would ensue. And
so it-was. I baptized elev en the second
Sabbath of the meeting, and the last Sab
bath the same number, making twenty-two,
and two others approved for baptism. ,
Oh! how refreshing in times like these,
and after such along wintry season, to have
our poor hearts melted down in tenderness
and love, and see sinners seeking salvation.
W. N. Chaudow.
Alban), Sept, 3, 1802.
Rev. H. C. Hornady,
Editor of The Banner and Baptist:
Dear Sir —As the ‘ Atlanta Amateurs ’
were organized and are still continuing
; their efforts for 1 the aid and comfort of
our Soldiers,’ and believing that in no way
| could they contribute in a more acceptable
manner than by sending your valuable paper
;to the sick and wounded soldiers in the
Georgia hospitals at Richmond, please find
jenclosed twenty dollars for that object.—
l As soon as opportunity oilers, we trust to
make a handsome donation for the purpose
'of furnishing good reading to the sick and
wounded, and feel assured our brave boys
. will fully appreciate the same.
1 have the honor to remain
Yours respectfully,
Wm. 11. Barnes,
Manager Atlanta Amateurs.
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Tl© Army in |l© \V©*i.
Dear Brother Hornady;
I have recently visited the A rim in the
West, and find the destitution appalling.—
1 do not believe one in ten of the men have
a Testament. They are very anxious for
it and for tracts. •• Can’t you send us some
tmod reading matter ? ” was asked me on
every hand. We need fun is with which
to do this. I beg that your readers will
exert themselves in this Whalf, and enclose
the amount to you. Nqw is the most fa
; vorable time to make an effort. Will not
the pastors and churches respond ?
A. E. Dickinson,
Agent Army Col portage.
A Practical Question.
What arc the poor to do for wood, during
the coming winter?
This is a practical question and should
be met by our citizens, according to the
dictates of humanity. At the prospective
high prices of fuel, many poor widows and
orphans will be unable to procure a supply
for the coming winter, and will have to en
dure. much suffering as the consequence
(hereof.
Why should not the Mayor of the city
call a meeting of our citizens, in order to
devise some way to get wood into market
at much lower figures than those which
ruled during the last winter? Surely our
City Fathers should do something to pro
vide for the wants of our brave soldiers’
families; and if a meeting of the citizens
were called, same arrangement might be
entered into with the different railroad com
panies to bring as much fuel into the city |
as would be necessary to meet the wants of;
the class already referred to.
Will not the other Atlanta;
take up this subject and press it upon the;
attention of our citizens, and especially of;
our city authorities, until action shall be;
taken and the poor relieved from the pres-j
ent enormous prices for this prime necessity? ;
The Banner.
If our friends will make a little effort, j
we feel persuaded they can do much to
sustain our paper. Money never was more
plentiful than at present; and if each sub
scriber will renew as his term expires, the
paper will not only be sustained, but placed
upon a firm and permanent basis.
If a few hundred dollars were raised to
send The Banner to the soldiers, it might
be the means of doing much good to their
souls. Every where the soldiers prefer
religious papers to tracts; and while it is
a good thing to supply them with army
tracts, the religious newspaper ought to
find it's way to every regiment.
There are chaplains and colporteurs la
boring in the army, to whom the papers
can be sent for distribution ; and we most
earnestly invite our friends to take hold of
this matter and help in the good work.
4J!ioriagc amongst the Soldiers. |
The editor of this paper has been author-1
ized, by Elder A. E. Dickinson, to employ j
six Colporteurs in the Western and South-;
v estern armies, and he calls upon tlie j
friends of the Soldier to aid in this good;
a or k.
Three colporteurs are already in the
field: brother Hughes is laboring in the;
hospitals of this city —brother L. G. Cobbj
is laboring in the camps of Gen. E. Kirby j
Smith’s command, and is meeting with!
great encouragement in the work —brother
T. M. Harbin has visited Mobile and dis
tributed tracts amongst the soldiers in and
around that city—and brother V. A. Bell
is making his arrangements to visit and
labor in the various Camps of Instruction
scattered along the line of the Western and j
Atlantic Railroad.
To sustain these brethren we must have
funds. These must be furnished by the |
voluntary contributions of the liberal and ;
large-hearted friends of the soldier. Breth- 1
ren, friends, will you help us ?
We believe you will, and upon this faith
in your liberality and benevolence we have!
I sent forth the above named brethren, and j
if you will furnish the means we will send;
forth two others to win the brave defend- j
jers of their country to Christ.
Contributions may be sent either by
I mail or by express to this office, and will;
Ibe faithfully employed in the manner des-[
! ignated by the donors. There are hundreds |
lof brethren, and sisters too, who can aid ;
j us in this enterprise, and we appeal to them j
i in the name and in behalf of their own sons, ;
brothers and husbands,
11. C. HORNADY, Local Agent, j
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Banner for the Soldiers.
The religious paper furnishes a cheap (
and available means of reaching them ; and ;
our brethren and sisters should come to;
the rescue before it is too late. W hat say j
our readers? Shall the sick and wounded
soldiers have The Banner ?
Traet Depository.
Brother A. E. Dickinson has established
a Tract Depository in this city. Those de
sirous of distributing Tracts in our hospitals
can obtain them by apply ing at the office of
The Banner and Baptist.
In Tuscaloosa, Ala. (so the story goes),;
a countryman went into a church and oc
eupied a pew. The ower of the pew coming
in with a lady, beckoned the countryman
to come out. This movement he did not j
comprehend, and associated as it was in his
mind with the organ music, he concluded
that a cotillon was proposed, and said—
“ Excuse me, sir; excuse me, if you please!
—I don’t dance.”
COMMUNICATIONS.
Salt i Salt *
On St. Andrew’s Bay and west of it, on
the Gulf, the salt makers continue their
work, though in daily apprehension of mo
lestation by the blockaders. A few have
made their supply and retired, congratula
ting themselves that they are out of danger,
while new carnps are being struck daily by
the eager salt needers from Icing and short
distance.
Seven negroes are known to have escaped
to the Bfockade, recently, from East Bay,
and three others, who absconded sometime
before, doubtless went to the same place.
Some of the people pursued their negroes,
and coming in sight of the Blockade were
approached by the \ankees who talked
clever enough, but couldn’t give up the
runaways. On one occasion a gentleman’s
wife, from whose camp five escaped, by in
vitation of the naval officer went on boaid,
but her influence failed to obtain her pro
perty —though the officer was <k sorry it
was so,” and said the negroes were great
fools and had made an exchange they’d;
repent.
What salt that is sold brings ten dollars
per bushel, readily, at the works, but it is
only here and there any can be bought. —
If the work be continued, surely there will
be a good deal for sale. It is a heavy, cost
ly job to move down and fix up works, and
the people will needs sell what they can to
pay some of the expenses, as well as to sup
ply the distressing want and urgent demand.
Some who have pans and boil slowly, or
have vats and evaporate partially, make
coarser salt; but all of it is white and
sweet. 1 notice it drips afresh in every wet
spell of weather. It has already been used
on fish and beef, and is found to act pre
ciselv like all other salt in saving and
seasoning.
Persons wanting to buy might go down,
! carry sacks, buy and deposito, as opportu
nity affords, then send their wagons—or
come with their wagons prepared to wait a
while till, by a little here and there, a load
could be made up. Sometimes wagons can
gel paying employ at hauling wood, and
provisions would be taken in preference to
I money. It is seventy-fiva miles from East
Bay, or from any other point of St. An
idrews, to Steamboat Landing; from the
[Gulf it wstill further. The water is con
sidered stronger on East Bay than either!
of the other prongs of St. Andrew’s, andf
there are more camps there. On the Gulf
the water is still better, and the business is
carried on more extensively.
D. P. E.
P. S. 1 have barely averaged 2.V bushels
salt per day with, at first, 285 gals, boilers,
and subsevuently, in addition, a,50 gallons
grainer , and it is certain I am not behind
every body—(l have just talked with a
gentleman who telis me of works of over
1000 gallons boilerage which only average
3 bushels,) but 1 do not work all night.—
Some delusion is said to prevail at ardis
tance with regard to the amount of salt
manufactured here. There are several com
panies hereof one hundred shares, more or
less, but for the most part only a few neigh-;
bors have joined together in the operation.!
Where 100 bushels per day has been said'
to be made, I suppose 10 bushels to be j
nearer the fact. These big reports get;
started somehow and increase in thedis-j
tance, till up-country people believe they
are going to have plenty of salt, and that
cheap. My own judgment is, that what is
made in this section will r.ot be more than
“a drop in the bucket,” in proportion to the
need of the extent of country here repre
sented.
“ God has blessed our arms with another
victory.”-*- [General T. J. Jackson.
What a triumph of man over himself!
What an achievement of the human intel
lect—an elevation of thought, a transcend
ent embodiment of the sublime feelings of
a generous heart! The happy assurance
that a kind Providence smiles upon our un
dertaking ; a repose of humanity in its glory
upon Divinity ; a grateful acknowledgment
in the day of success of a favor sought in a
time of need— * God has blessed our arms.’
A thought before which the mean and das
tardly cower as the minimis of Northern
despotism. It robs them of all their glory,
and curtails their aspirations for popular
applause. It is a withering blast to their
prospects of military glory. They are;
strangers to the lofty emotions that swell;
a grateful heart.
Few men are noble enough to acknow
ledge themselves the unworthy instruments j
in the accomplishment of God’s purposes, j
But there is one mind among our leaders!
which in the day of victory can look be
yond itself as the Rulei of armies and the
great Arbiter of all our conflicts. While,
therefore, our successes are swelling the
emotions of patriotic hearts, and the tide
of war is rolling out before us the grandest
scenes of human achievement to be enroll
ed on the tablet of our future greatness, I
would presume, as a suppliant at the hearts
of a Christian people, to entreat them to
continue their supplications in a spirit, of
deep and thankful humility.
God has heard us in the day of adversity,
and let us confidently look to Him in the
time of prosperity. And while our army
is moving on, driving the enemy before it,
I hope every Christian will laden the Throne
of Grace with the sweet incense of fervent
prayer for speedy success.
Let every neighborhood, rising up from
the pressure of acfversity and the beast 1.)
insults of a maddened foe, pour out thei/
uninterrdpted devotions upon a common
altar. Organize prater met tings every
where, and continue to pray until God shall
bless our arms with another and yet other
more brilliant victories; and peace shall
bear on its wings to the ears of Jehovah
the grateful tribute of a Christian people.
I write.that 1 may awaktn fresh interest
where success may have produced apathy ;
that your prayers may be more earnest,
and our bright expectations may not ht*
disappointed. I*. W • Morehead.
First Kg. Cav., Sept. 2, 1802.
INDIAN COLUMN.
Fort Smith, August 12, 1802.
Bear Brother Wood: I have had no op
portunity of writing to )ou for so long a
time—or rather of sending a letter, that I
fear you think you never will hear from
me again. And now I know of no chance
by which this can pass the Mississippi river.
However, 1 will start it.
In the month of June brother Slover and
myself held a rneetii g in Fort Smith, con
tinuing eighteen days and nights. We
were assiste l by my old father, my brother
jT. 11. C., and J. J. Byers, formerly of (3a.
|The Lord be praised for the glorious work
of grace ! Many souls were converted to
God, and thirty-six were added to the
church, and on a restored. Se viral others
no doubt will join soon. Thus from about
half a dozen the church has increased to half
a hundred, and a very interesting Sabbath
school organized immediately. Oh, how
I have longed and labored, sowing seed
with sorrow, yet in hope of a blessing in
Fort Smith !
Upon the close of this meeting, we at
tempted to hold a series of meetings ap
j pointed in the Nation. We had held a
good meeting at Fort Gibson, and com-
Imenced another at the same place. But
the Fed crabs came down suddenly upon us
and we were obliged to flee to the State.—
Still working for Christ, He has blessed us
again. 1 attended a meeting at Grand
Prairie Church with my father, brother,
and brother Byers, The Lord poured out
Ilis Spirit graciously, Leaving that church
to attend my conference in Fort Smith, I
came here (thirteen miles north of Fort
Smith), where brother Slover and myself
have held another successful meeting. To
the Lord be all the glory ! This church is
right on the lino of the Cherokee Nation,
and will be attended by a good many In
dians, and l trust will be a great, blessing
to our Mission.
There is great distress in the Cherokee
Nation just now. About a month ago the
Federals came down within some thirty
miles northwest of Tahleijitah, and made u
daring dash. Our troops fell back to the
south side of Arkansas and took position,
The traitorous Indians all over the Nation
rose in arms and went to the Federals.—
Brother Slover and myself, to our great
surprise, one evening rode into an army of
about three hundred of these Federal In
dians. They were marching for the Fed
eral army under a white flag. Suddenly
we found ourselves right among them.—
We were unarmed of course, did not at'
tempt to flee, but looked and spoke to them
as cheerfully and bravely as if we had met
them on the church yard—mid we passed
them without being molested or even halt
ed. Yet 1 will give God the glory for a
special deliverance, for they distressed ami
broke up several of our native preachers,
if not all of them, Brother Slover has
been in the State some time, not knowing
whether to venture back, as great depreda
tions'are being committed all over the
Nation.
The Federals sent an officer with a flag
of truce to John Boss, the Chief, and op
deavored to frighten him Into a treaty.—
But they failed s-gnally ; for though the
officer was in the Chiefs house, while some
three hundred of his ow a rebel subjects with
thirty or forty negroes, armed and bran
dishing their weapons, stood before his
gate, the old Chief-—without a man to de
fend him, and his property, family and per
son all at their mercy—magnanimously
replied that he would not in any wav enj
tertain a proposition for a treaty. 1 saw
the communication sent by the Federals
and the one returned by the Chief; he
showed them to brother Slover and myself
the morning the Federal messenger left bis
bouse, Your brother in Christ,
E. L. Compskk.
P. S. John lloss is a prisoner, in hands
of the Federals; taken two days since.