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Oc baptist gamier. X 111 fill x ‘The entrance of Thy Word giveth light’ JAS. NATHAN ELLS, Editor. Associate Editors : 11. C HORNADY, Atlanta. J. M. WOOD, Newnan. A. C. DAYTON, L Fayette. D. P. EVERETT, Florida. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1863. A Praiseworthy Enterprise. We desire to call the attention of our cit izens to the following communication, which will sufficiently explain itself. Sure ly, it will require no effort on our part to induce a liberal response from right-mind ed men and women in this community. Mr Jackson, the worthy gentleman who makes the commendable offer, is an inva lid, living in this city ; unable to join the ranks in defence of his country, he is devo ting his mental energies in behalf of our cause. His first compilation—-‘The Con federate Monitor’ —has been warmly com mended by the press, and another of his volumes will soon appear. It will be seen that, in addition to his other donation, Mr. Jackson has determined to give twenty-five cents on each copy of his publications sold, towards the establishment of a School free to the orphans of Confederate soldiers. We cheerfully accept the agency assign ed uy as mentioned in his communication, and sincerely trust Mr. J. will have the hearty cooperation of our citizens: From and after the 29th Apr 1, 1863, in the sale of ‘The Confederate Monitor,’ and all other works published by me, twenty five cents, on each copy sold, shall be do nated to establish and support a Soldiers’ Orphans’ Male and Female School, said School to be established in Atlanta or its vicinity. The editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Baptist Banner, is appointed to receive any and all contributions made to the object and pur pose above stated. I propose to be one of twenty who may donate SSO each into the hands of the par ty above mentioned, as the starting point for the establishment of the institution above des ribe<l, and hope that this hum ble offering will be cheerfully responded to even by more, and many more, than the nineteen who are called upon in this article to lay the foundation of an institution which must eventually elevate to posts of honor and responsibility, “at some future day in this infant Confederacy,” many of our now humble and destitute orphans of soldiers who have freely given their lives in defence of liberty and their homes and hearths, so sacred and dear to man. I herewith deposit 850, together with $lO5, as the amount of proceeds of the per cent, set apart in the sale of my publica tions since the 29. h April, 1863. Respectfully, &c., Atlan'a, May 25. 1863. 11. W. R. JACKSON. F r*t Baptist Chu< ch - The Pastor. The meetings at the First Church, no ticed in our last, have been brought to a close, we regret to say, in consequence of the very serious illness of the Pastor, El der Hornady, who is suffering from an at tack of erysipelas. We are rejoiced to learn, this morning, that he is much'better, and that his skilful physicians are encouraged to hope for his early recovery. Explanatory. We promised to give in this issue asketch of the proceedings of the Cherokee Baptist Convention, at its recent session in Rome. This promise was based upon the promise of the brother Clerk to forward to us the manuscript ‘ Minutes’ by Thursday of last week. Relying upon this, we made no notes. As yet, the Minutes have failed to reach this office. * Denominational I'nity? If the author of the article under this caption will observe the rule by communi- Citing to us his name, his effusion will see day light; if not, not. One word, just here: To ou *thinking, the chief question involved in this contro versy, L—Can Baptist ministers invite un baptizt-d preachers into their pulpits, and c< operate with them in pulpit ministrations, w nl,out aiding thereby in the perpetuation of pedobaptist errors? ‘Erwin’ thinks yea—and we have no sort of objection to his placing that opini. n upon record. The editor oli this journal thinks nay—and is ready to say why he so thinks, whenever objectors and questioners shall comply with the rule in tendering their uljectiuns and queries. After the next issue, the price of ‘ The Banner ’ w ill be four dollars per year. , X 1 S E BA.S? r £ SS » SAO M. Home Defence. J The appeal made by the Mayj»r of At lanta, in regard to the defence of our city, is worthy of serious consideration. ' Ene mies, as well as friends, know that much is at stake here. Nothing would give the Lincolnites more joy than to hear that the ‘Gate City’of our nation had fallen into I their hands. Our duty is plain. Every man in our midst, citizen or alien, must take his posi tion—show his hand. Several companies, cavalry and foot, are being organized ; and no man, capable of bearing arms, should be permitted, if he felt inclined, io falter. Let every man in our midst enroll his name with some company now forming, or leave. These are our sentiments. Said Gen. Buckner, in a recent appeal to the people of Mobile and South Alabama: “If any citizen or re-ident of Mobile still thinks that the lime hes not come for him to make preparations to de end his home, let him make arrangements at once tor leaving the city when danger arrives. No man, who is able to bear arms, will then be permitted to remain, unless he belongs to a military organization.” The test is sufficient. Those who refuse to take arms now- should be considered un worthy of protection, as quasi enemies ot the confederacy. CwCßieral Breckinridge. This gallant officer passed through our city on Tuesday last. While at the hotel, a large crowd of citizens assembled in front, anxious to get a glimpse of him and to hear him speak. The Genera! thanked the concourse for their kindness, and spoke just two minutes—stating that this was the longest speech he had recently made, or in tended to make till our independence shall have been acknowledged by the whole world. Few men are better beloved than John Cabell Breckinridge, of whom it has been truly said, ‘he has a great heart, and a large share of humanity. He has sym pathy for the common soldier, and is not afraid to sit beside him and encourage his heart. He accompanies his wife to visit the sick soldier, and relieve his distress and suffering.’ Vai lan cl ham. By order of Lincoln, the Federal Mon arch, Mr. Vallandigham, a citizen of Ohio, ’has been banished from the United States. I f or ‘treason’ against that government; and I the telegraph brings word that, under a flag of truce, he was recently escorted to neu-i tral ground, and is now at Shelbyville, asking to be received within our lines.— Ihe question of his reception has been for warded to President Davis. The secular ( papers are discussing the propriety of re !ceiving the distinguished exile—many con tending that his reception would inaugurate a policy dangerous to the S >uth—in which Opinion, as Mr. V. is not a voluntary ex ; le, we are disposed to concur. , We won’t undertake to say how many troops have, within tltb past week, glided , over the rails through our city, en route — somewhere. The cheerful spirit manifest ed by these Confederates, ‘eager for the tray,’ was noticeable—while, amid the re verberations of the soul-stirring drum, from thousands of stentorian voices went up pro longed and hearty cheers for the much loved Land of Dixie. Accession. We learn that the Appeal newspaper, I originally of Memphis, and recently of Jack ton, Miss., will be issued in this city. The editors exhibit commerdable pluck in ad versity. We welcome them to our city— earnestly hoping for the Appeal abundant i prosperity, and future immunity from Van ’ dalism. Drill. By a resolution of the City Council of Atlanta, the Mayor has requested the mer chants to close their business houses ea< h i Friday afternoon, at four o’clock, to enable ‘(employees to assemble for military drill. In addition to the several companies or ganized for local defence, we learn that the Typographers in our city, about fifty in 1 number, are taking steps for the formation of a mil tary corps. The disciples of Ben ] Franklin are second to no el iss of citizens in . patriotism ; and, from their skill in handling . ‘shooting sticks ’ and ‘leaded matter,’ will , doubtless, when the occasion comes, ‘chase’ the enemy in ‘solid columns,’and finally, in the general ‘distribution’of honors, come in fur a handsome ‘take.’ Army Supplies* The prices fixed by Messrs. J. E. Mor gan and U. M. Willkmson, commissioners of Georgia, under the late impi essment act, have been published. We notice the fol I<oa ing: Flour, per bbl of 196 lbs, S4O, per sack, S2O. Corn, shelled, per bu-hel of 56 Ihs, 82,25; un-helled. per bushel of 70 lbs, $2 10; corn meal, $2.40 H< gs, fair, net, S3O per 100 lbs; gross. S2O; bacon. sides, per lb, 85 cts. ; hams, SO ets. ; shoulders, 75cts. Bet t, fre>h, 15 cts ; salt or cowed,* 20 ct« : dried. 50 ets. Lard. 60 Cts. Potatoes. $2 . p-r bushel. Folder, $2 50 per 100 lbs. Rice. 10 cts ; Sugar, 75 cts. ; Molasses, , $ 1.50 per gallon. Cherokee Eudiau Missions. ' The following letter is the last news re ceived from E. L. Compere. It was read at the late session of the Cherokee Baptist Convention, at Rome; but as many inter ested brethren were not present, it is offer ed fur publication. W. — Fort Smith, Ark., April 16,1863. Elder J. M. Wood: My Dear Brother—l have time just to write you a line. Perhaps you may get it! in time. The Lord has blessed me again in this place. During a meeting of twelve day s, a number found the Saviour. We received thirteen into the fellowship of the church, nine for baptism. Meeting closed a week ago. I went a trip to our Cherokee troops, and fell back last night, as we had a pray -1 er-meeting appointed. I found a good con gregation, and preached. The Methodists are trying to “ get up a revival,” a meeting , being in progress at their house. I start, in a few minutes, for the Chero kee regiments, camped, twenty miles off.— I will preach there this evening, and at Webber’s Falls next Sabbath, the J9th.— I will remain there during next week, or a part of it, as the Cherokee Council meets r.here on Monday. So soon as it is adjourn ed, I will start in a hurry for Georgia. I expect to meet you at your Convention.— biiday before the third Sabbath in May, I understand, is the time. 1 will not have much time to stay in , Georgia, as duties are very pressing out i here. I want to secure tracts, Testaments, I camp-hymns, and other religious literature, for our troops out here —especially for our Cherokee troops. If you g-t this in time, please go to work to secure a good lot for ■ me as soon as possible. Foster and Foreman are doing the best I th e y can, of which I will tell you more. In great haste. The Lord bless you.— Your brother in Christ, i E. L. COMPERE. Stafne of Jackson. Col. S. B. French, Aid to the Governor of Virginia, and late of Gen. Jackson’s staff, will receive contributions for the pur pose of erecting a statue to the memory of the admired hero, whose death the public mourns. The statue will be of bronze, and will be cast at the same foundery where the equestrian statue of Washington was cast, at Munich, Bavaria, under the eye of the lamented Crawford. The cost in Confed erate currency is estimated at $60,000 to SBO,OOO. This monument of a nation’s grat itude is to be placed in the Capitol Square, lat Richmond, along with the statues of Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Save your Rags !—lf our readers desire to aid the press at this critical juncture, they should carefully save all the linen or cotton rags, scraps of rope, twine, bagging, or other articles of hemp or cotton fabric. Soiled cotton about gin houses or cotton yards should be carefully preserved and ; packed away. There should be rag pick ers, and agents for the purchase of rags, in every neighborhood, and then the paper mills could be abundantly supplied. [For The Baptist Banner ] Notes ou the Southern Baptist Con ven Hon. NUMBER 11. I , I The Funeral Obsequies. The many friends of the late Bible Board I will be relieved at learning that its suffer- I ings are at last ended. It languished long and painfully. It might well exclaim, in the language of Mr. Van Buren, “ Our suf fer ngs is intolerable.” The public will be ' gratified that, though its lite had been one 1 •■f agony, its last hours were peaceful and serene. Knowing that the fatal day had • arrived, the poor Bible-Board composed it self and received the fatal dart. lc is always gratifying to record exam ples of virtuous friendship. The friends of the departed Board will be pleased to know that Rev. L, B. Woolfolk was assidious in P his attentions to the dying, as he had been (devoted in his services to the living. He ’ ( received the last sigh and closed the eyes 1 in death. He acted as chief mourner at the » funeral and delivered a eulogy which is said t<> have been much admired. The Bible-Board is dead ; Requiescat in pace. Some evil-disposed persons have reported that the poor Bible-Board died in conse i quence of injuries received in a cm fliet, i some years ago, with a Western bully , | narn Graves; and others have insinuated that its death was caused by harsh treat ment of the Yankees. Both reports are un • founded. The poor creature was alwaysof a ricketty constitution, and had been in a ' decline for years. Its life was doubtless prolonged by the use of stimulants. The Accouchement. This wot Id is a melange of smiles and tears. At the very time when the funeral cer< monies of one brother were bring per formed, good Mother Convention was safe ly delivered ot another offspring—said by those who were admitted w ithiti the sacred precincts, to be a bouncing babe, and (un like other > ff-prng) very like its mamma. The accouchement was superintended by the Greenville doctors, and was entirely successful. It is said that the child has al ready been christened ‘‘Sunday-School Board,'" and has been placed in charge of verv accomplished nurses, under the direc lion of the accoucheurs. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the child and the mother w ill both do as well as can be ex pected. PEDRIILO. 1 I Bowhill, May 15, 1863. i [For the B ’p'ist Banner.} Queries iu S’heolojry. WILL GOOD MEN SOLVE THEM? 1. Why is Christ called, in the New Testament, the “ Son of David,” instead of the “Son of Abraham”? < 2. Why did the New Testament writers, i in the Epistles, use the phrase, “ God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ*,” instead of “God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,” and instead of the “ God of Israel ” ? 3. Why does Paul affirm that there is a veil “untaken away, in the reading of the Old Testament ’" ? 4. Why do “Ministers of the New Tes tament, not of the letter, hut of the spirit,” ; preach from texts in the O:d Testament so < much more than from texts in the New Testament ? 5. Why is the body or church of pres ent Christianity gone so far back “ from the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, tow-ard that whfch man pitched”? Dear Ells—The facts assumed as true, upon which the above queries rest, j are themselves left open as queries. They i are, nevertheless, considered of vital and < permanent bearing upon the doctrine ofj; salvation. I am anxious to see the discussion of the ; queries in The Banner. Such a discussion, ( ably and Scripturally conducted, will be j edifying. It will frequently take us back ( to “ first principles,” and greatly assist us in motive, and success too, in “keeping the ( ordinances as they were delivered to us.” I think I ought, in safety, appeal to Geor gia Baptists. Numbers are not wanting, and there is plenty of literary attainment. And it is not a matter of pride to that S'ate ’ that it is a Baptist of humble thanksgiving to God. Th^ whole period of the Christian dis pensation has manifested the extreme diffi culty of maintaining a pure religion. — Hence, the minister of Christ stands under ■ a painful responsibility. There is an easi er way, and strong are the temptations to shun the former and seek the latter. 1 do hope and ardently desire that breth ren will enter into the w’ork of discussion. I do not commit myself by starting the i queries; but I surely have more than a cu . rious concern in them and about them. For p a minister of religion is to mankind one of the greatest benefits, or one of the w'orst curses. ' But I desist, and wait with patience to - hear nien of gravity, and of grace, and of t wisdom, “ rightly divide this word of truth.” . “ Grace, mercy and peace be with all their spirits.” . m. B. > [For The Baptiet Banner.} ‘Qsamd.’ , ‘Quis’ pwsents his respects to ‘Quod,’ " and begs leave to say that all he intimated in regard to unexpected visitors at our re- ( cent Convention, is fully sustained by /'acts. ( He knows one case where the good breth ■ run at Griffin were obliged to pay ninety dollars, at a hotel, for one party (two or three ladies being in the company), during their visit to the Convention. The position wdiich ‘Quis’ takes is simply this: In a time of war and scarcity, where entertain ment is burdensome and expensive, dele gates should not carry their children, or wives, or sweethearts, or servants with them, unless they are specially invited by friends to do so. Or, to state the proposi tion a little more succinctly • Delegates should expect the churches entertaining our religious bodies to make provision only so. those who are, properly speaking, delegates. If ‘Quod’ wishes to discuss this proposition in your columns, ‘ Quis’ is ready to meet him. quis. Liberty witlsoiit HeCgion. If you had wished to figure to yourself a ; country which had reached the highest pin nacle of prosperity, you would undoubted- , ly have turned your eyes to France, as she appeared a few months before the rev olution I Illustrious in learning and genius, > (the favorite abode of the arts, and the mir : ror of fashion, w hither the flower of the I nobility of all countries resorted, to acquire the last polish of which the human charac ter is susceptible. Lulled in voluptuous re pose, and dreaming of a philosophical mil lennium, without dependence on God, like the generation before the flood, they ate, they drank, they married, they uere given in marriage. In that exuberant soil every-! (thing seemed to flourish but religion and virtue. The season, however, had at length 1 arrived, when God was resolved to punish ' their impiety, as well as avenge the blood 1 of His servants, w hose souls for a century had been incessantly crying to Him from under the altar. And what method did He employ for that purpose? When He to whom vengeance belongs —when lie whose ( ways are un-earchable. and whose wisdom is inxhaustible, proceeded to this strange work, Hedrew from His treasure a weapon He had never used before. Resolving to make their punishment as signal as their crimes, He neither let loose a powerful in ; undatiun of nations, nor the des<dating pow ers of the universp. He neither over- 1 whelmed them with earthquakes, nor visit ed them with pestilence. He summoned from among themselves a ferocity more ter rible than either; a ferocity, which, min glim; in the struggle for liberty, and bor rowing aid from that very refinement to which 4t seemed to be opposed, turned eve ry man’s hand agai: st his neighbor, and spared no age, nor sex, nor rank, till, satiated with the rum of greatness, the distresses of ’ innocei.ee, and the tears ot beautv, it ter minated its career in the most unrelenting despotism. * Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wrast, and shall be, because thou hast judged thus ; for they have shed the b.ood of saints and prophets, and thou I hast given them blood to drink; for thej are worthy.’— [R,bert Hall. He that borrows biuls himself with his ’ 1 i neighbor’s rope. i ‘COMMON_TBINGS? BY MENU. A HEARSE passes slowly through the jLL streets. A common thing, this is, in every city; so common that draymen scarce make room for it to go by, or school boys look up from their merry games. A little group is gathered in the cemetery ; a rude coffin is lowered ; tears are shed — very common are tears in this world, —then the few mourners pass out, and that is all. A simple lad, a mere boy, neither hand some nor very bright, lias passed away from an humble sphere; one more name is added to the list of deaths, —but who w ill ever-note that? Gue more form is clad in black ; but that, too, is a common thing, and the clerk never glances at t hat pale, thin face, as he measures off the yards of black. “Stitch—-stitch—stitch” for days, weeks past, little fingers had been plodding weari ly. What though the cheek grew daily paler, that eyes all too dim for one so young, turned ever more and more wistfully to the clock which moved so slowly, or that once skilful lingers moved now so nervously ? It was but the lot of thousands; why should the lady pause and look up from her novel, to ask what it means? It is aliber ial thing to employ so freely, and if the (task be found too irksome in this land, there is no restraint. But is this true? The fair employer may not guess. The breaking heart of the weary seamstress, as her thoughts turn to that unfurnished room, where a young lad lies; rude and unpol ished, perhaps, but the only one -he has in this wide world to love; the little brother for whose sake the sister’s heart has braved many storms in life. One by one she has seen loved ones lie down to the long sleep of death, yet has borne bravely both sor row and poverty, because there was still one who loved her—one to care for. “ Hard and cruel ” is it to leave him there alone, ill, dying perhaps? But it is for him that she is toiling, though with ach ing heart, as, through the long, long day, she pictures those ej es watching for her so wistfully. The stitches are slow and irregular; the girl has been careless to day, and her work must be taken out, yet it is rather the trem bling of the finger than the length of the seams, which keeps her so very late. How much a kind word now weie worth! but the need for it is not guessed, and it would not be conventional, therefore, to take a seat beside the lowly stool of one whose name you scarcely know; to take the work from those trembling fingers with some kindly inquiry. Sympathy were very sweet to that full heart; and though it should cause it to ovejflofv, it would be all the lighter for it. Those eyes, dim and red from watching, are yet more so by rea son ot the hushid tears. And your heart would surely be all the lighter for soothing that of the weary girl, for softening the death-bed of the dying boy. But no. Such things are too common to be noticed. Truly, they are “ Too common. Nfver morning wore to evening But some heart did break.” And a little later, when she comes in, clad in back—that, too, is a “common thing”; you will scarcely see it, or that heart might not be quite so bitter, because made to feel that all the love and kindness in the world had not gone out with that one life—because cheered by one kind loving which, alas! were-aoZ a common tiling to her. It was but a common thing, too, that lit tle scene at the ball this evening. Brilliantly flashed the lights, and yet more brilliantly the bright eyes of the hand some women assembled there. Yet even in this galaxy of beamy, one lady, the star of the evening, arrests the ej e by reason of her surpassing loveliness. She has left the gay circle of the dancers and is promenading in the hall without, leaning on the arm of a very handsome man. He is a talented lawyer, of whom his native city may well be proud, and, much more, the young girl on whom he has bestowed all the treasures of a great, strum* I heart. Her cheek is flushed with pride, ydt there seems something not quite natural in her merry tones and laughter, as she reen ters the room, the gay est of thatgay throng. A simple ring encircles her finger, which was nut there awhile ago; that is all.— Yet, methinks it marks vuws all too light ly spoken. He, the handsome man we saw with her, is noble and true; yet we fear she thinks more fondly of the proud position which she, with her simple dower of loveliness, will gain, than of that heart so true, which is all her own. He has oflered her a future n which she thinks she will be proud and happy. She has accepted it. That is all. A common, a very common thing it is, and so will be the vows she will utter. — She will look more peerle.-s than ever, with diamonds braided in the ba”ds ot her dar k hair, receiving with queenly grace the hom age of those around. 1 wonder, though, if the low, sweet tones she once loved so well will never mingle in herdreams; if earnest eyes will never haunt her, which, if less dark and brilliant than those gazing now so proudly ou her, once made life seem very bright? Or words which, if n"t mure true than those now uttered, were mure straugelj eloquent to her? We can not tell. A youth hud sought her hand; strong hearted tie was, and sirorig minded 100. Hut his lot in life was lowly. Hud boundless wealth and sounding titles been his, he would not have esteemed him self a whit more highly ; his step wa\ no less proud without 'hem. He could seethe lustre which hrs presence ever brought to ner eye, the gloom which hrs sadness cast over that lovely face. She was very young then. He had met her in a simple cuun-