main. That was a grand manoeuvre by
which Bragg and Smith have wrested from
the enemy the whole of Tennessee and
Kentucky with scarcely a battle.
The effect of the wholesome discipline
which the presence of the foe, and their
< m ild and generous ’ administration of af
fairs has given Tennessee, have been very
tTO od. The people are gathering in masses
for the army. Old men and middle-aged,
strong and weak, rich and poor, are decla
ring with one voice, “Come what may, we
will never be found within the lines of the
Union government again.” It is not to be
denied, however, that not a few young men
went North to avoid the conscription, and
others are wishing they had gone or could
, 0> One thing even the Union men them
selves seem at last reluctantly to admit—
and that is, that the Yankee-army is a great
negro thief. The man who was first to
welcome them to this place, was among the
first whose negroes were taken; and though
he has been, with the best recommendations
and counsel, to the authorities, he has re
turned a poor, negroless, forlorn ‘ Union
man.’ To tell of a thousandth part of the
thieving and murdering and vandalism to
which the whole country has been subject
ed would require volumes. Should the
Yankees ever return here they will find
few friends to welcome them. But I trust
in God they may never return. How won
derfully has He answered the prayers of
His people! How does His hand drive
them out before us! Let all the people
praise Him.
To all human appearance, if the summer
would but last some three months longer*
we might end the war. But winter is com
ing, and madness is in the Northern heart.
None but God can toll what is yet to be
endured. May He put it into our power to
open the ports, so that our poor soldiers
may be clothed for the snows !
2. What do I propose for my own affairs'?
I am afraid to have a plan, because I have
been so often disappointed—-but, if God
will, 1 intend to bring my family to my
cabins, on the mountain, near Gordon’s coal
mines, and wait there for the end. 1
should have been there now but for this
sickness, and trust I may be strong enough
to travel by another week.* Once there
arid safe, if my voice is restored 1 may be
permitted to preach; or if not, to ‘practice’
my old profession for the means to feed
amt clothe the loved ones dependent on me.
‘ The Lord will provide.' 1 Thus far His
promise hath not failed, though my faith
hath often wavered. 1 will get any letters
addressed to Shell Mound, Tenn., care of
Elder Z. IT. Gordon.
Yours, as ever, A. C. Datton.
Ocoee Association.
Cleveland, Tknn., Oct. 0, 18(1*2.
Dear Brother Ifarnady :
l have just returned home from the Ocoee
Association, which convened with the Shep
herd Hill Church in Hamilton county,
East Tennessee. There was very little
business of importance transacted during
the session. Churches very well repre
sented by delegation. Elder Lewis Mitch
ell Moderator, and Eider L. D. Tipton
Clerk. This was the fourth annual session
of this body. The table will show twenty
eight churches belonging to it. This is,
indeed, one of the largest district associa
tions in all this country, of its age, and is
not done growing, provided it will manifest
a little more loyalty to the South in the
future than was exhibited in its last session,
f will now give you a few items.
The committee on Publications offered a
report, only recommending the Holy Scrip
tures, and ignoring all other publications.
Supposing that since the suspension of the
Tennessee Baptist, our people knew not
where to get a sound Landmark paper —
which I found to be a fact—l moved an
amendment to the report, by adding “The
Banner and Baptist,” which would have
carried had it not been for the astuteness
of one Elder C. D. Stephens, who very
significantly inquired if there was any thing
the in it but religious reading? i under
stood the nature and object of his inquiry,
but replied *‘ It has some advertisements in
it,” w hich answer, of course, was not satis
factory to Aim and others ; audit being iny
object to get him to make his point clearly,
tasked him to state what ** else" he al
luded to, and l would candidly tell him all
l knew about the paper, lie then inquired !
t r its pulitical character. To which I re
plied it was not a political paper—its col
umns were mainly devoted to religious
matter—it gave the latest -war news; and
that its editor was a sound Southern man,
fully loyal to his country, as were all other
Baptist editors South ; —and that, if this
v as an insuperable objection to The Bttnner
> I U.\pllst. thn same tell stroke that low-'
< v I ft would strike down ait Baptist pa
pees ■© the confederacy. The vote was
U aCI! lui sUh-4 thus : tor the amendment,
It; against it, SH.
I'folding this kind oi sentuuant in
:ke Association, and remembering that w*
mm am®
were then assembled not far from the spot
where the United-States flag had been pub
licly thrown to the breeze ever since the
first great battle at Manassas, I at once de
termined to test their sentiments more
fully ; and offered the following preamble
and resolution : • i.
Whereas, The Holy Scriptures require
that we should pray for those in authority
over us, and inasmuch as we all are inter
ested deeply in the war now going on be
tween the United and the Confederate
States of America, and our near and dear
friends have gone, and will go, to meet our
enemies upon the field of deadly conflict
Resolved therefore, That it is our duty
to pray for our rulers and armies of the
Southern Confederacy, that God may so
influence the mind of our rulers, and so
bless our arms, that we may maintain our
independence and have peace upon honor
able terms.”
This preamble and resolution shared the
same fate of the amendment offered to the
report on publications —-voted down, 1 will
not now say by some who had taken oath
to support the Confederate government.
Brother Hornady, I would like to make
some comment upon such religious action
as above specified, but forbear, knowing
that such sentiments do not exist elsewhere
ir the great family of Baptists, and thank
God there are many honorable exceptions
in Ocoee Association.
After .1 had taken my seat, the following
brethren came and asked me to send you
their money and names for The Banner and
! Baptist: Elder Z. Rose, Mouse Creek,
McMinn county, Tenn.; H. H. Gamble,
Cotton Port, Meigs county, Tenn.; W. R.
Demore, and Charles Hutchison, Cleveland,
Tenn. You may shortly look for a long
list of subscribers from this county.
Yours, in Christ, Wm. McNutt,
“Baptism, was a very common ceremony
among the Jews.” — Dr. Lightfoot.
“John the Baptist baptized infants .”—
Dr. Wall.
Whence is this information derived ?
From the books of learned men, of course,
for they so declare. The Catechisms say
so, too, for many things which are difficult
to prove by the Bible are made very plain
in the Catechisms, and other learned works.
Does not the Bible affirm that baptism was
a common practice among the Jews, as
they baptized proselytes many years prior
to the advent of the Messiah? No; the
word baptize is not in the Old Testament,
nor is any account of baptizing proselytes
found in the Apocrypha, Philo, nor Jose
phus—it is a mere figment of the Rabins.
If found in those books, it was never com
manded of the Lord ; hence not a Divine ,
but a human institution, just like a great
many others, the observance of Christmas,
the worship of the Virgin, christening of
babes, &c.
Why, if the Old Testament does not
speak of baptizing, do men so represent it ?
In order to make it appear that from the
ceremonial washings of the Jews, John de
rived the pattern of the New Testament
ordinance, which the Lord sent him to ad
minister. The Assembly’s Catechism says:
“ Baptism is an ordinance of the New Tes
tament”—unknown to the world till John
first began to practice it.
llow is it ascertained that John baptized
infants ? Both St. Ambrose and St. Austin
declare it. No better proof? Is not their
word sufficient ? Not for a New Testament
ordinance; we must have inspired histo
j rians in a matter of such importance.
Who was John the Baptist? He was a
Jewish priest, as was his father before him,
and he baptizad Christ to introduce Him
into His priestly office. Hebrews, vii., 14,
16, shews that Christ was never a Jewish
or test, for He descended from the tribe of
Judea. If John were e Jewish priest, how
comes it to pass that priests and levites
were sent to ask him ‘who art thou?’ ‘why
baptizest thou V if he was only performing
a ceremony long in vogue among that peo
ple? Would a delegation of ministers be
sent to enquire of another, whom they had
ordained, who art thou? If baptism were
a part of duty usually performed by
priests, in that age, would these questions
have been asked ? Surely not. Circum
cision was common—no one was sent to
ask why a child had been circumcised; but
the enquires made to John show that he
was no priest, and that baptism was a new
thing under the sun ; for if the priests were
in the habit of administering baptism to all!
proselytes that turned to Judaism, surely ■
the people would have supposed John was!
doing the same thing, and asked no ques
tions : this settles the matter, that baptism
was a new ordinance, and John was en
gaged in anew business. John i., 10,26.
Again: Jesus asked the chief priests
whence was the baptism of John ? Their
reply w as, “We can not tell.” Math, xxi.,
1 35,27, Do not both of these passages
prove that John was not a Jewish priest,
and that baptism was not in the Jewish
1 priesthood? Else they oould have answered
the questions, specially if they had con
ferred upon John the authority to baptize.
From whom did Washington, Jefferson,
and other early Presidents, derive their
authority to govern? Would any states
man in this country have answered : “ I
cannot tell whether they were made Presi
dents by the English or Americans ?” All
our people know whence authority is de
rived, and it is very strange, that if the
priests had conferred on John the right to
baptize, they should enquire whence it was.
John’s was anew rite, unknown to the
priests; hence Dr. Lightfoot’s assertion is
without Bible authority.
Such is the state of Wall’s assertion,
that‘John baptized infants;’ it is without
inspired direction; those saints would
manufacture any story to sustain their the
ories in ecclesiastical matters, true or false.
They never saw John baptizing, and de
rived their information from tradition, and
hence not to be depended on; they would
affirm any thing to enlarge their party.
Their affirmation has no weight in a matter
of such importance. It is said, ‘ the Albi
genses held that the Holy Scaiptures are
the only source of faith and religion with
out regard to the authority of the fathers
or tradition.’ Such should be the creed of
every Christian, without regard to the as
sertions of all the saints in the calendar.
The Talmud also says : “ they baptized
young children with their parents,” hi pa
triarchal times. Dr. Prideaux says the
Talmud was composed about A. D. 150,
and Dr. Lightfoot A. D. 190. This is
queer, that a book composed, confessedly,
long after the advent of the Messiah and
establishment of Christian churches, should
be quoted as proof of baptizing “young
children” as proselytes among the Gentiles,
hundreds of years before it was made!
Yet such are the necessities and straits to
which the abettors of this theory are driven
in order to sustain it! You might as well
quote from Cesar’s Commentaries to show
the cruelties of the war of 1861-2; that is,
prove the stragetic talents of “the Young
Napoleon,” who figured so largely around
Manassas arid in the Peninsula, by quota
tions from the Gallic or Germanic wars,
carried on prior to the Christian era. The
New Testament is the only true source for
information in regard to baptism, and the
proper materials for Christian churches.
Senex.
THE SOLDIER’S COLUMN.
A Brave Soldier.
During the battle of Magenta the com
bat was exceedingly severe round the rail
way station, and as the French regiments
advanced, men were busily employed in
removing the wounded, fearing that if their
comrades should by chance be obliged to
fall back, the men lying on the ground
would be trampled undir foot. An oljteer
perceived a soldier on his knees near his
musket, busily employed in binding up his
head with a handkerchief, having u thrust
from a bayonet which had passed through
his cheek and entered his left eye. The
officer asked him what he was doing, and
seeing that he was badly wounded, told
him to go to the ambulance. ‘To the am
bulance!’ said the soldier, ‘and why?’ ‘Be
cause you have lost your eye,’ said the
officer. ‘Yes,’ said the soldier, ‘but the
other is still good,’ at the same time point'
ing his musket to show' that he could still
take aim. In a quarter of an hour the rail
way station was in the hands of the French.
A ball fired by the Austrians struck in the
arm of a French soldier who was climbing
up to one of the windows,and he fell. The
same officer ran and raised him up. ‘Ah,
is that you, captain?’ said the same sol
dier, * thank you, but the rascals have bro
ken my arm.* ‘Yes,’ said the officer, ‘ have
you not had enough of it now ?’ The sol
dier did not for a moment reply, but after
taking up his musket, he said, with a smile,
I‘ It is only the left, captain, the other is
still good, s and he again hurried to the
combat. The captain went on also, and in
a few moments again saw him fall from a
shot in the breast. £ Poor fellow !* said the
officer, leaning over him. The soldier
heard his voice, and in dying accents said,
‘ Captain, you must, not be angry with me,
for if I had left the field two other men
would have been hit, whereas in my ease it
makes no great matter, as my time tvas
evidently come.’ And the poor fellow,
falling back, expired. It was the officer
who told the story, and in his turn was
killed at Solfcrino. Such is the fortune of
war!
The Praying loidier.
During unhappy commotions in Ireland,
a private soldier in the army of Lord Corn
wallis was daily observed to be absent
from his quarters, and from the company
of his fellow-soldiers. He began to be
suspected of withdrawing himself for the
purpose of holding intercourse with the
rebels, and on this suspicion, probably in
creased by the malice of his wicked com-
rades, he was tried by court martial, and
condemned to die. The marquis, hearing
of this, wished to examine the minutes ol
the trial; and, not being satisfied, sent for
the man to converse with him. Upon be
ing interrogated, the prisoner solemnly
disavowed every treasonable practice or
intention, declared his sincere attachment
to his sovereign, and his readiness to live
and die in his service; he affirmed, that
the real cause of his frequent absence was,
that he might obtain a place of retirement
for the purpose of private prayer, for which
his lordship knew he had no opportunity
among his profane comrades, who had be
come his enemies merely on account of his
profession of religion. He said he had
made his defence on his trial, but the offi
cers thought it so improbable, that they
paid no attention to it. The marquis,/ in
order to satisfy himself as to the truth of
his defence, observed, that if so, he must
have acquired considerable aptness in this
exercise. The poor man replied, that, as
to ability, he had nothing to boast of. ’The
marquis then insisted on his kneeling
down, and praying aloud before him;
which he did, and poured forth his soul
before God with such copiousness, fluency,
and ardor, that the marquis took him by
the hand, and said, he was satisfied that no
man could pray in that manner who did
not live in the habit of intercourse with his
God. He not only revoked the sentence,
but received him into his peculiar favor,
placing him among his personal attendants,
and in the way to promotion.
“The Terrible Pass.”
A traveler relates that among the Alps
there is a narrow path along the precipi
tous slope of a summit, which is crossed
by a deep and dark defile.
When the guides, one before and another
behind the traveler, reach this fearful seam,
they pause upon the dizzy edge to re assure j
his mind ; then the leader makes a swing I
from a projecting rock, and lands upon the
opposite side. Immediately turning to-;
wards the man he has left, urged forward
by his rear-guard, he kneels upon the mar
gin of the abyss, extends his hand over it,
and says, ‘ Place your feet there, and trust
my arm to bring you over safely.’ It is
done, and in a moment the traveler stands
on the solid path leading into a sweet and
smiling landscape among the mountains—
‘peace reposing in the bosom of strength.’
This is called ‘ the terrible pass.’
How forcibly it represents the convicted
sinner’s transition, from disloyalty to re
conciliation. He reaches the limit of his
own wisdom and strength in seeking peace.
Then Jesus bridges the gulf of alienation
and death with Ilis sacred hand, and in
vites the sinner to step by faith thereon,
trust his Saviour, and be saved. How sim
ple the act; how glorious the result! He
is brought over the terrible, dreaded pass,
into ‘a large place,’ and one full of fra
grance and song. Refusing to advance,
escape is cut off’, and he falls into the
‘ blackness of darkness forever.’
Baimer for the Sol tilers
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. What say
our readers ? Shall the sick and wounded
soldiers have The Banner ?
Useful to Housekeepers. —Recent ex
periments in more than one family in this
city established the fact that the plant
commonly known as ‘water pepper,’ or
‘smartweed,’ which may now be found in
abundance along our ditches, roads, lanes
and barnyards, is an effectual and certain
destroyer of the bed bug. A strong de
coetion is made of the herb, and the places
infected with the insect washed thoroughly
with it. The plant may also with much
advantage be stuffed in the cracks and cor
ners of the room. Elderberry leaves laid
upon the shelves of a safe or cupboard will
also drive away roaches and ants, while
the common house fly will not venture in
smelling distance of them. These simple
remedies should be extensively nsed. —
Petersburg Express.
FranUlin Printing- House,
ATLANTA, GA.
Having purchased of Messrs. Wood,
Hanleiter, Rice & Cos. their entire establish
ment, favorably known as the Franklin
Printing House , we would respectfully ask
a continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed on them, and promise to
use everv exertion to render entire satis
faction. Our facilities for the printing and
binding of BOOKS, and for genera! JOB
WORK, it is believed, are equal to any
establishment in the Confederate States.
A reasonable stock of Printing and Binding
Material now on hand, and will be kept lor
the purpose of suppling any demand.
J. J. TOON **c CO.
Atlanta, Ga., July ft, 1662.
The Banner and Baptist is published ev
ery Saturday morning, at Atlanta, Ga., at
the priee of three dol'ars per year, always
in advance.
CARDS.
Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. H. R. Fowler
Foster, istteeit &’Co.,
GROCERS,
AND
COMMISSI 0 N MERCHAN TS,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Keep constantly on hand all kinds of PRO
VISIONS and Family Supplies. Buy and sell
all kinds ot Tennessee and Country PRODUCE,
and sell Goods consigned to the best advantage.
Qct - H. _ 3m
Beach & Boot,
IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, \
(Whitehall Street,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
3m
Robert JL. Crawley & Rio.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
(Franklin Building,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
October 1, 1802.
J. B. Tfppin,
V holesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and
Domestic
DRY GOODS,
£§T Oonnally’s Block, on Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GA.
Anderson, Adair & Cos.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PRODUCE AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
near Georgia R.-R. Bank,)
ATLANTA, GA.
Oct, 11. _ 3m
Hughes, Hagan A Cos.,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of
ENVELOPES,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Having their new machinery, propelled by
steam (in the Franklin Bui ding), are prepared
to fill all orders for ENVELOPES.
Oct. 11. 3m
Perino Brown. Thos. P. Fleming. M. L. Licbtenstndt.
Brown, Fleming A €o.,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
MERCHANTS,
(Masonic Hall Building) Decatur St,
ATLANTA, GA.
Advrnces made on Sugar, Molasses, Wool and
other Produce. Special attention given to the
Texas and Georgia trade. Oct, 11 8m
Pease &IDavh,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
PRODUCE and PROVISIONS,
AND
COM MiSSI G N MERCHA NTS
(Winship’s iron-front store, Peach Tree at.)
ATLANTA, GA.
P. P. Pease. J [L. B. Davis.
Ant business entrusted to us will receive prompt
attention and returns early made. We ask our
friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro
duce consigned to us will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also we can make purchases
to the very best advantage, as w e are always pos
ted in reference to the market prices.
February 15,1862.
X. A. Hormuly,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
FORSYTH, GA.
yar Office over Lumpkin’s store.
Particular attention paid to calls at home, and
also at a distance.
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 ’62
j. j./roon & O.,
FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GA.
All kinds of PRINTING and BINDING neatly
executed, on reasonable terms.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
School Notice.
(gfp Miss ANNIE SMITH, a graduate of a
Southern Female College, has just opened a
School, for girls and small hoys, in the base
ment room of the Second Baptist Church in
this city, and respectfully solicits a share of
public patronage.
For testimonials of scholarship she refers to
Prof. U. W. Wise, Pres’t It. D. Mallary, and
to Rev. H. C. Hornadv.
Atlanta, June 6, 1862.
9ICK6ER UXIVERMTt,
PEN FIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
FACULTY.
President—N. M. Crawford, D. D.
Professors* —S. P. Sanford, A. M.,
J. E. Willett, A. M.,
Wm. G. Woodfin, A. M.
Theological Seminary. —Prolessor !N.
M. Crawford, D. D.
DEPARTMENTS.
1. A college course of four yew *, equal to that
of the best colleges in the country.
2. A theological course, oi three years, ae*i*u
ed for tliOiO who ure preparing tor the Gospel M>n-
L i[“' A scientific courso of four years, including,
with some additions, all the studies of the collegi
ate course, except the ancient languages
4. An academical department, embracing a. 1 who
are not prepared to enter college.
COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIONS.
The Commencement is held on the second wed
“ vacations, dividing the year into
tW FaliTerm begins ou the first Wednesday in Sep
July 2d, 1862. Savannah, Ga.
.Innies JlfPliemn die Cos.
HAVE opened next door North of BEACH
& ROOTS Store on Whitehall Street, a
new and select Stock of
BOOKS and STATIONERY,
Together with an endless variety of fancy arti
cles, such as,
ENORA VINOS, GOLD PEAS AND PEN
OILS, WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT
CORNICES. PICTURE frames:,
\rj*LL PAPER, FIRESCREENS,
RWII CHINA AND PARIAN
VASES, PARIAN FIG
URES, d-c., dr.
Foreign Books imported to order.
Teachers and Merchant* supplied at charles
ton prices, freight only ,
Picture ni&de to order,
i Itemember the New Book Store of
jas. McPherson & c©.
