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THE SOLDIER’S COLUMN.
To the Soldier*
We urge you to make it your first, chief,
constant concern to become a Christian.—
God demands nothing but a willing heart,
fn the hour when you are willing to forsake
all your sins, and to receive Christ as your
Prophet, Priest and King, you shall find
mercy, and there will be joy in the pres
ence of the angels of God over you.—*
Christ never rejected a repenting sinner,
and He never will.
If you have no soul to save, no sins to be
forgiven—if Christ did not die for you, if
there is no heaven, no hell, no immortality
—then you may live without repentance
and salvation. But you have a soul ; you
are a sinner ; Christ shed his blood for you;
you are immortal, and destined to the joys
of heaven or the woes of perdition, and,
therefore, religion is your supreme neces
sity. You have motives to piety, not only
as a man, but as a soldier.
Of all men, the soldier has the greatest
need of piety. Under the privations and
hardships of camp life, he greatly needs the
consolations that nothing but grace can
minister. And what but grace can pre
serve him from the seduction to vice by
which so many promising soldiers have
been ruined ? He is in frequent peril of
losing his life, and should have that con
stant preparation for death which can be
found only in sincere devotion to Christ
Let us urge you, then, to enlist under the
banner of the Prince of Life and Glory.
You must he a Christian or suffer a sad
and irreparable defeat. You may without
Christ storm cities, win battles, achieve the
independence of your beloved country, and
gain imperishable renowh ; but you can not
secure the Heaven.. Mohammed promised
Paradise to all wdio should lose their lives
in his wavs; but Christ does not promise
eternal life to them that fall in the battles
of their country. He that would win a
2rown of life must gain a victory over sin.
The kingdom of God mgst be t <ken by
storm ; but it can not be stormed only by
faith and prayer and obedience. “The
kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and
the violent take it by force.” It is not
reasonable to suppose that God will accept
the services rendered to Caesar for those
due to Himself; or, that patriotism should
be a substitute for piety. The heroic but
ungodly soldier may fill a grave honored
by a nation’s tears and marked by a tower
ing monument; but his* soul, alas! must
perish.
How a Christian Soldier Died.
A young soldier, while dying happily,
brokft out in singing the following stanza:
Great Jehovah, we adore Thee,
God the Father, God the Son,
God the Spirit, joined in glory
On the same eternal throne:
Endless praises
To Jehovah, three in Oae.
The chaplain then asked him if he had
any message to aend to his friends.—
“ Yes,” said he, “ tell my father that I have
tried to eat tny meals with thanksgiving.”
“ Tell him that I have tried to pray as we
used to do tit home.” “ Tell him that
Christ is now all my hope, all my trust,
and that He is precious to my soul.”—
“Tell him that I am not afraid to die; all
is calm. “Tell him that I believe Christ
will take me to Himself, and to my dear
sistet who is in heaven.”
The voice of the dying boy faltered in
?he intervals between these precious sen
tences. When the hymn commencing
“ Nearer, my God, to Thee,”
was read to him, at the end of each stanza
lie exclaimed with striking energy, “ O
Lord Jesus, thou art coming nearer to me.”
Also at the end of each stanza of the hymn
(which was also read to him) commencing
“Just as I am-without one plea,
But, that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bhPst me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, l come,”
he exclaimed “ I come! O Lamb of God,
I come ! ” Speaking again of his friends,
lie said, “Tell my father that / died happy.”
Ills last Words were; “ bather, I’m coming
to thee! ’ Then the Christian soldier
weetly and calmly fell asleep in Jesus.
* Tub Source of Victorv.—When Josh
fought with Amalek, it was not only
hs well turned onset, the quivering arrow,
*iul the Hashing sword that won the victory.
It was the. uplifted hand of Moses on the
Ij;h>w ol floreb, the prevailing prayer of
intercession, that gained that laurel to the
newly liberated people in their first en
touliter, and inscribed upon their altar of
nemnrial, “ the Lord my
banner ! And when our armies are called
to this deadly struggle for our life, whib
we use skill and courage, we must fall w
tore the throne, playing the Lord of Hosts
to defend the right. And when final vie
tory is given us of God, let a great altar
he reared and “ JtkomJt-nisi ! * he iimribed
as the record of a nation's fervent grati-1
tude, and the pledge of a peoples living
piety. •**
CHILDREN’S COLUMN.
Boys!
| Where are you?
We go up and down the streets, now'-a
--] days, and nowhere see a Boy —a real,good,
hearty, old fashioned ‘ boy* 7 Are there no
| boys in the city ? you ask. There may be ;
j there doubtless are some ; but they do not
come forward into the light. We have
| o
youths enough, from five years up to fifteen,
| but w hat are they ? “ Y oung gentlemen ”
| of course; or, if not that, young vagabonds.
Five years suffice, bow, to give the boy
the air and graces of the man, and we have,
I therefore, a little conceit and impudence,
? instead of a modest, honest lad. And at
; ten years of age the youth is expected to
i know all about every thing—to sport a se
; gar—to talk in slang —to call his father
| “old man,”—to attend theatres occasional
; ly, arid to be up to all the highways and
! byways of the city. At fifteen, the now
1 full fledged “young man ”* drives his fath
er’s horses, goes out with the girls, becomes
a member of a military or fire company,
knows good from bad liquors, etc.
Of course all city boys.are not such spe
cimens of humanity ; but those wq meet on
the street, at places of public resurt, are
chiefly of this type, and they impress us so
unpleasantly that we wonder if parents are
crazy, or fools, or designedly vicious, that
they should bring upsuch children. Good,
true boys, of hearty natures and unvitiated
tastes, are a blessing; but these modern
“ young gentlemen,” —bah !
A man who sees things as they are, puts
|in this exclamation : “ Show me a boy
who thinks he knows more than his parents,
and wishes it to be understood at school and
among his comrades that he is above obey_-
irig them —w ho speaks lightly of his sisters,
and is ashamed to be seen out as their es
cort, or to admit their influence over, or
value to him—a boy whose special boast it
is that no woman ever did or could govern
him—who thinks that a cigar, late hours,
and an insolent swaggering air make him
almost, if not quite, a man ; and who, de
spite the remonstrances of his mother, and |
the mortification and annoyance to his sis- j
ters, is in the use of those mean, vulgar]
slang phrases which trench so closely upon
profanity ; thinks more of his eating, drink ;
ing and physical comforts than of his i
mother’s conveniences or his own mental
improvement; is lazy, morose, selfish, and ;
deceitful —and I will show you a boy for
whom the future stands waiting with no
rich, true and glorious manhood. No! -
For such a boy there is in store, if he liv es
to it, a blotted, disfigured and ill propor
tioned 'one, probably replete with moral
failures or disasters, and bankrupt in the
best affections of life.” And yet the man
ufacture of such is going on from day to
day with wonderful success; beautiful little
ones soon being changed by the social pro
cess of gradual demoralization.
What a reform it would prove if a means
could be adopted to prevent such a sacri
lege ! Call a Boy Vright Convention !
A Trick that Ended Well,
A youth was studying at a college. One
afternoon lie walked out with an instructor,
and they chanced to see an old pair of shoes
lying by the side of the path, which belong
ed to a poor old man at work close by.
“ Let us have a little amusement at his
expense,” said the student. “ Suppose we
hide those shoes, and conceal ourselves in
the bushes to watch his perplexity when he
can not find them.”
“ I can think of a better trick than that,”
said (be instructor. “ You are rich. Sup
pose you put a silver dollar in the toe ol
each of his shoes, and then we will hide.”
The young man did so. The poor man
finished his work soon, and went to put on
his shoes. You can imagine his surprise
when he stooped down to take out a peb
-1 le, as he supposed, from the toe, and found
still another in the other shoe. His feel
ings overcame him ; he fell upon his knees,
looked up to Heaven, and uttered a long,
fervent thanksgiving, in which he thanked a
kind Providence for sending some unknown
hand to save from perishing his sick and
helpless wife, and his children without
bread.
What Are You Good Fort
“What are you good for?’’ said a gen
: tleman to a little boy.
“ Good to make a man of,” was the very
prompt, appropriate and significant reply.
That boy, if he lives, we venture to pre
dict, will make a man not merely in form
and stature and physical strength, but a man
in mind, iu dignity, and in carriage.
Boys should expect to be men, and uirn
(iu the right way) to be men ; should cher
ish manly qualities, and eschew every thine
that is unmanly. “Show thyself a man,”
was the expressive * harg<- of King David
to his son Solomon. And, “I dare do all:
that may become a man; who dares do
more is none.” is the language which a great
vriter employs.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Declaration of Fundamental Principles.
1. The fundamental principles of 1 ree
Government cannot be too well understood,
nor too often recurred to.
2. God has ordained that men shall
live under government, but as the forms
and administration of civil governments
are in human, and, therefore, fallible hands,
they may be altered, or modified, whenever
the safety or happiness of the government
requires it. No government should be
changed for light or transient causes; nor
unless upon reasonable assurance that a
better will be established.
3. Protection to person or property is
the duty of Government; and a Govern
ment which, knowingly and persistently
denies, or witholds from the governed such
protection, when within its power, releases
them from the obligation of obedience
4. No citizen shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property, except by due process
of law ; and of life or liberty, only by the
judgment of his peers.
5. The writ of “habeas corpus” shall
not be suspended, unless, in ease of rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety may re
quire it.
C. The right of the people to keep and
] bear arms shall not be infiinged.
7. No religious test shall be required for
j the tenure of any office; and no religion
shall be established by law, and no citizen
'shall be deprived of any right or privilege
by reason of his religious belief.
8. Freedom of thought and opinion, free
dom of speech, and freedom ol the press,
are inherent elements of political liberty.
But while every citizen may freely speak,
w rite, and print, on any subject, he shall be
responsible for the abuse ot the liberty, e
9. The right of the people to appeal to
the courts; to petition Government on all
matters of legitimate cognizance; and
peaceably to assemble for the consideration
of anv matter of public- consent—shall
never be impaired.
10. For every right there should be pro
vided a remedy ; and every citizen ought
to obtain justice without purchase, without
denial, and without delay—conformably to
the laws of the land.
11. Every person charged with: an offence
against the law-s of the State shall have the
privilege and benefit of counsel :
Shall be furnished, on demand, with a
copy of the accusation, and w ith a list of
the witnesses against him : ,
Shall have compulsory process to obtain
the attendance of his own witnesses :
Shall be confronted with the witnesses
testifying against him, and
Shall have a public and speedy trial by
an impartial jury.
12. No person shall be put in jeopardy
of life or liberty more than once for the
same offence.
13. No conviction shall work corruption
of blood, or general forfeiture of estate.
14. Excessive bail shall not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punishments inflicted.
15. The power of the courts to punish
for contempt shall be limited by legisla
tive acts.
15. A faithful execution of the laws is
! essential to good order, and good order in
society is essential to liberty.
J 7. Legislative acts in violation of the
fundamental law are void, and the Jrsdi
| ciary shall so declare them.
17. Ex post facto laws and laws impair
ing the obligation of contracts, and retro
active legislation injuriously affecting the
right of the citizen, are prohibited.
19. Laws should have a general opera
; tion ; and no general law shall be vested in
j a particular case by special legislation ex
icept with consent of all persons to be af
jfected thereby.
20. The right of taxation can be granted
| only by the people, and shall be exercised
only to raise revenue for the support of
j Government, to pay the public debt, to
j provide fi>r the common defence, and for
jsuch other purposes as are specified in the
igrant of powers.
j 21. In case of necessity, private ways,
jand the right to carry water over land, for
the purpose of mining and draining, ntav
be granted upon compensation being first,
paid; and with this exception, private
property shall not be taken, except for pub
lie use, and then only upon just compen
sation—such compensation, except in cases
of pressing necessity, to be first provided
and paid
22. The right of the people to be secure
in their persons, houses, papers,and affects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall
issue but upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly
describing t he place or places to be searched,
and the person and things to be seized.
23. Martial law shall not be declared
j except in cases of extreme necessity.
24. Laige standing armies, in times ot
] peace are dangerous to liberty.
j 25. No soldier shall, in time of peace,
I be quartered in any house without the eon ]
sent of the owner; nor in time ot war, but
j in a manner prescribed by law.
26. The person of a debtor shall not be
detained in prison after delivering bona jidt
iall his estate for the use of his creditors.
27. The enumeration of rights herein
contained shall not be construed to deny to
the people any inherent rights which they !
; have hit herto enjoyed.
28. This declaration is a part of the Con- ]
| stitution, and shall never be violated under |
any pretence whatever.
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Tract Depositor!.
Brother A. E. Dickinson has established j
a Tract Depository in this city. Those de
sirous of distributing Tracts in our hospitals
can obtain them by applying at the office of
The Banner and Baptist.
Important to Conscripts.
War Department, j
Adjutant and Insp. Gen.'s Dep’mt , >
Richmond, Aug, 11), 1862. )
General Order, No. 58.
The following rules, in telation to the
examination of conscript s, are published for
the guidance of enrolling and medical ex
amining officers :
1. At each camp of instruction, and at
such military stations and other points as
may be designated, an experienced army
surgeon, from a different section of the
country, will be detailed to examine con
scripts.
2.. All conscripts eapableof bearing arms
will be received.
3. Conscripts not equal to all military
duty may be Valuable in the hospital, quar
termaster’s or other stall departments, and
if so, will be received.
4. Blindness, excessive deafness, and per
manent lameness, or great deformity, are
obvious reasons for exemptions.
5. Confirmed consumption, large iiicuru
ble ulcers, and chronic contagious diseases
of the skin, are causes of exemption.
6. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an
eye or of several fingers, will not incapaci
tate the subject for the performance ad' mil
itary duty.
7. A certificate of disability of a con
script, given by a private physician, will
not be considered unless affidavit is made
that the conscript is confined to bed, or that
his health and life would be endangered by
removal to the place of enrollment.
8. But w r hen a conscript is incapacitated
by temporary sickness, he must present
himself, so soon as recovered, to the enroll
ing officer.
9. No previous discharge, certificate, or
exemption from any source, will be ac
knowledged.
10. Medical officers of the army are not
allowed to examine conscripts and give cer
tificates, unless they are regularly detailed
for that duty.
By command ot the Secretary of War.
[Signed] S. Cooper,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Headquarters, )
Military Post, Atlanta,
May 14, 1862. )
General Order, No. B. , J
In obedience to orders received from
Brigadier-General A. R. Lawton, command
ing Military Division of Georgia, in assu
ming command of this Post for the purpose
of guarding the Government stores, to pre
serve order in and around Atlanta, and for
the protection of all loyal citizens and the
mffiUhment of all disorderly conduct, the
following regulations will be observed :
1. Details will be made daily to protect
the Government stores and propeity, and
guards will be posted at different points in
the city for that purpose ; also a scouting
guard, day and night, to preserve order, act
ing in concert with the city authorities.
2. Sentinels will be posted on each rail
road train to examine and arrest all suspi
cious persons pointed out to them ; and to
make this order effective, superintendents
of railroads are requested, to instruct con
ductors to cooperate with the sentinels for,
that purpose. m
3. Owners of all cotton, hay, or other
combustible material, are required without
delay to remove the same to such points of
safety, distant from Government stores, as
may be designated by the commanding of
ficer of this post.
4. Any grocer or other person selling to
or furnishing any officer or soldier with
spirits or wine, w hich is prohibited unless
upon the order of an army surgeon, will be
arrested and dealt with ly the proper mili
tary authorities.
5. All officers, soldiers, or citizens, found
drunk or otherwise disorderly in the streets,
will be taken in charge by the guard and
sent to these headquarters,
6. No officers or soldiers will be allowed
to remain in and around Atlanta, unless such
officers or soldiers be furnished with a per
mit from their respective commanders.—
And all commanders of troops stopping
over in Atlanta will report the fact to the
officer commanding this post.
7. No slave or free person of color w ill
be allowed to walk the streets aftei the hour
of nine o’clock p. m., either with or without
a pass, unless accompanied by his or hei
owner.
The officer commanding earnestly invites
the aid and cooperation of his Honor, the
Mayor, and city authorities, and all citizens
in preserving good ot der and sobriety in the
city, and specially requests of all persons to
report to him any improper Conduct on the )
part of arty of the officers or soldiers under I
ilia command.
By order of Colonel Commanding.
Male Evangelist.
Brother Jesse H. Campbell has been la
i boring as State Evangelist, and recently as
Colporteur among our soldiers on the coast.
jThe committee regret that the income of
the Permanent Mission Fund b so small as
[to allow no appropriation this year. We
can only urge that our brethren will make
j contributions to the support ot' brother
|Campbell, and continue him ii this import
ant field of missionary- labor.-- [Extract
from Report of Exeat tire t '-t-witter, Geor
gia Baptist Convention. Friend
Buck Numbers
W e shall be obliged to anv one v,ho can
send us numbers of The Banner covering
the time from the fir>t number in March to
the last number in May, 1862.
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Padohourd,
All who have paste-board boxes, can turn
them to good account by sanding them to
the Franklin Printing House, Atlanta, Ga..
to be used in binding Testaments.
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CARDS.
A. A. Ilornarty,
KKSIDENT DENTIST.
FOHSYTH, GA.
viooce over Lainpkin’s store.
Particular attention paid to calls at home, ami
also at a distance.
Forsy th, (la., Jan. lU, 1802. feb 15 ’O2
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C(> MMISS IO N MERCII A N T ANARUS,
(Franklin Uuildinjr,)
A TLANTA, GEO RG 1A .
September 20, 1802.
Pease A Davf*,
WUO RESALE AND lIET At DEALERS IN
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attention and returns early made. We ask out
friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pi o
duee consigned to us will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also'we can make.purchases
to the very best advantage, as we are aiways pi s
ted in reference to the market prices.
February 15, 1802.
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FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GA.
All kinds of PRINTING and BINDING neatly
executed, on reasonable terms.
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ADVERTISEMENTS. '
Ecitool Molice.
Alisa ANNIE SMITH, a graduate ot a
Southern Female College, lias just opened a
School, for girls and small boys, in the base
ment room of the Second Baptist Church in
this city, and respectfully solicits a share ot
public patronage.
For testimonials of scholarship she refers to
Prof. U. W. Wise, Pres’t 11. D. Mallary, and
to Rev. H. C. Hornady.
Atlanta, June 0, 18(12.
MERCER ( Sit Si i SIT*.
BEN FIELD, 0 KEENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
FACULTY.
-President—N. M. Crawford, D. D.
Professors-—S. P. Sanford, A. M.,
J. E. Willett, A. M.,
Win. G. Wood fin, A. M.
Theological Seminary.—Professor F.
M. Crawford, I). D.
DEPARTMENTS.
1. A college course of tour years, equal to that
of the best colleges in the country.
2. A theological course, ot three years, design
ed for those who are preparing lor tlieGospel Min
istry.
8. A ecientilic course of four years, including,
with some additions, all the studies ol the collegi
ate course, except the ancient languages.
4. An academical department, embracing all aho
arc not piepared to enter college,
COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIOND.
The Commencement is held on the second Wed
nesdayiu July. •
There are two vacations, dividing the year into
two terms.
Fall Term begins on the lirst Wednesday in Bip
teinber, and closes on the 18t h of December.
Spring Term begins on the fourth Wednesday in
January-, and closes on Commencement day.
8. LANDItUM, Secr’y BearA Trustees,
July 2U, 1802. Mavannuh, Ga.
BAPTIST femaee college,
CUTHBSRT, GA.
rpIlE FALL TERM will begin the Ist MON
JL DAY, in September.
.Parents desiring Board for their daughters,
can apply to Prof. J. F. Dagg, or the President.
Confederate Bonds, taken in payment
lot Tuition fees, &c.
It. D. MALL AH Y, President.
August y 1801
James HIcPIu-i-mhi & Cos.
HAVE opened next door North of REACH
A ROUT'S Store on Whitehall Street, a
uew and select Slock ol
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
Together with an endless variety ol'fancy arti
cles, such as,
KNUR A VINOS, GOLD PENS ANJ) PEN
OILS, WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT
CORN WES, PICTURE FRAMES.'
WA LLPA i ’ ER, FIRE SCREENS, ’
RICH CHINA AND PARIAN
vases, Parian fig
ures, t tc., Ac.
Their Stock of School, Miscellaneous, lieli
gious, Medical and Cheap Books, is not surpassed
by any in the State.
All new publications received immediately
after their publication.
Foreign Books imported to otder.
Teachers and Merchants supplied at Charles
ton prices, freight only added.
Frames made to order.
Remember the New Hook Store of
.tab. McPherson a cn.
Arrival per U. G. It. R.
Soap ! Soar*! !
Rock Potash,
Concentrated Lye,
For Sate by
MASSEY A: LAYSDELE.
Oct. 19, 1861.
INDIGO,
MADDER,
SCJLPIII RIC ACID,
For Sale by
MASSEY 4 l AASDECC
Two Thousand Lailoits Train Oil*
2,000 GALLONS LINSEED OIL,
2,000 Gallon* Cotton Seed Oil,
For Sale by
MASSEY & LANSDELL.