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Our Patform.
1. None but those who make a credible pro
fession of faith in Christ should be baptized
2. None are really baptized except those who
are immersed upon a profession of their faith in
Christ.
3. None can properly be members of the
Church of Christ; except they have been bap
tized.
4. None can properly be ministers of Christ
v.ho are not members of the church of < hrist.
5 Non-affiliation with th se who refuse to
©bey Christ in these things —with those whore
fuse to walk according o the Divine rule.
6. We shall insist upon Baptists practising
What they hold and teach.
While we shall fiim'y adhere to the aboVc
principles, we do not deny that others are con
verted as well as Baptists; but, as it regards
their baptism.’ we consider them as being in dis
< >rder un baptized.
baptist fanner.
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‘The entrance of Thy Word glveth light’
JAS. NATHAN ELLS, Editor.
Associate Editors : H. C HORNADY, Atlanta.
J. M. WOOD, Newnan.
A. C. DAYTON, L Fayette.
D. P. EVERETT, Florida.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1863.
Blankets and Quilt* for Cherokee
Sufferers.
While our people are engaged in the
noble work of furnishing brother Compare
with clothing for the needy Cherokees, let
them not forget to provide a due propor
tion of blankets or quilts, or both. We
know this will require the ladies to make a
demand upon their supply of bed clothing,
and which may seem necessary to the com
fort of their own families. But a little re
flection will be enough to induce any one,
who may have only a tolerable supply, to
spare one blanket or one quilt.
Think of six hundred women and children
turned out of doors, and having lost all or
nearly all their beds and blankets I Re
member, again, that money can not buy
what they need, (In w hut market can you
purchase blankets ?) The people must
either divide from their home supply with
these sufferers, or they must do w ithout
And we know our people will not feel satis
fied for women and children, whose homes
a few months ago were furnished with beds
as comfortable as our own, to remain’desti
tute of these things during next winter.
Let us remember, that these people iden
tified themselves with us, and have suffered
for us as well as themselves, in the common
cause. Let every housekeeper count over
her supply ; then, consider herself and little
ones among the sufferers—and decide if
she can not spare one blanket! Let us give
of what we have. Then, if the enemy
should ever come to rob and burn our
h mses—as he has recently done at Jackson
—we will have the consolation that some ot
our goods went to clothe and make com
fortable our own destitute people, and that
the enemy did not get all.
Let the ladies and friends have an eye to
this matter, and put up their offerings in
bundles or boxes; send to our office, and
we will acknowledge all receipts through
The Banner.
Atlanta Female Institute.
The fourth annual Commencement exer
cises transpired on Thursday evening, in
the presence ot a large auditory. The fol
lowing is the list of Graduates and themes :
Maht E Gardner (second honor) —Salutatory,
and, Twilight of the Future.
Maggie E Poole-Is it Original *
Helen A. Howard—Reflections.
Almeda E. McConnell—Our Fallen Heroes.
Fannie J. Stewart (first honor) —The World
WeLlveln, and Valedictory.
The young ladies acquitted themselves
with honor, their essays giving evidence ot
scholastic ability. The query propounded
by the second essay ist led the way to a few
decided ‘ hits,’which the discriminating Mr.
A. \\ ard would have considered as being
‘ cirka*tikal.’ The salutatorian, we think,
was the best reader. The feeling and ap
propriate allusion to ‘ the vacant* chair,’
reflected credit upon the head and heart of
the talented young valedictorian.
An eloquent address was delivered on
the occasion by Major Geo. C. Connor.—
It was one ot his happiest efforts, the gallant
orator maintaining that Womans ‘ the
noblest work ot God,’ —a proposition that
we shall not, in this presence, attempt to
controvert.
The fair graduates now entering upon the
stage of action will do well to hetd the ad
mon tions contained in the parting address
of their faithful Preceptor.
SBB BAS>UBS
Elder John Tovell.
This brother, from whose pen we insett
two articles in the present number of The
Banner, is at present our guest, having ai
rived at this city early on Sabbath morning
—an exile from his family and his home
whence he was driven by his Yankee tor
menters under ‘ circumstances detailed in
his communication entitled ‘Yankee Op
pression, or the Offence and the Penalty.
The appearance of our brother sufficiently }
indicates that he has passed through a sore
ordeal of suffering during his seven months’
confineirent in the Yankee bastile. But he
avers th it the zest w ith which he enjoys
ireedom and pure air, as also social inter
course with his friends, more than indemni
fies him for all he endured in consequence
of his long deprivation of these blessings.
On Sabbath night brother Tovell preach
ed at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta
and was listened to, if not by a large, at
least, an attentive auditory as he discoursed
from second epistle of Corinthians v., 17—
‘Therefore it any man be in Christ Jesus
he is a new creature.’
Brother Tovell is now on his way to the
city of Washington to see the British n Bl
ister there, Lord Lyons, and to urge on that
nobleman hisclaim for compensation against
the Lincoln government for the cruel and
ignominious treatment to which he has been
subjected by the Federal authorities at
Nashville. The fact that he has never been
accused of any offence nor consequently
given a trial, sufficiently attests of itself that
his imprisonment was a false imprisonment.
We wish him all possible success in this
enterprise, and scarcely think he can fail
of it.
New Publications.
The new book, ‘ Raids and Romance of
Morgan and his Men,’ written by Mrs. S.
R. Ford, is receiving much commendation.
We are engaged in its perusal.
An attractive pul lication is the Biograph
ical Sketch of ‘ Stonewall ’ Jackson, just
from the press .of Messrs. Morse & Co.,
Augusta, compiled by Mr. Chas. Hallock.
While the great heart of the country mourns
the affliction it has recently suffered in the
death'of its idolized Chieftain, it is natural
that the desire should be earnest and uni
versal to learn more of his history and
personal woilh The book before us will
meet this popular desire, and its cheapness
will place it within the reach of all. .
We have received the ‘Biennial Report
of the North Carolina Institution* for tin
Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind ; from Sep
1 tember 1, 1860 to September 1, 1862.’
This interesting Report is from the press
connected with the Institution, at Raleigh,
and its typography is highly creditable.
» •
Elder J. It. Graves a Traitor to the
South!
Brother J. G. Fry, of the western district
of this State, having applied to brother
I Tovell for a true statement of the facts con
nected with the injurious repors which
have been from time to time put in circula
tion reflecting unfavorably upon brother
Graves’ faithfulness and constancy to the
South, received from i he latter the following
reply, which we think so timely and ap
propriate that we have asked permission to
transfer it to our columns. Such of our
readers as are not acquainted with the facts
of the case—and we learn that there are
still those that are not—will read it with
satisfaction and interest.
To the Rev. J. G. Fry.
Dear Brother : In reference to your enquiry re
specting those reports which have obtained cur
rency implicating our dear brother, J. R. Graves,
in charges of duplicity-and treachery towards ihe
Southern Confederacy, I w> uld explain that they
are not only f Ise, but absolutely wanton and ma
licious, and without even the shadow of a founda
tion to rest upon. A person of a similar name, an
R. J Grnv -s, a Presbyterian minister of Oranije
county, Nbrth Carolina, is the true hero of the
tale, and the chief a tor in the part with which
the enemies of our friend have vainly attempted to
i lentifv his name. This man R. J. Graves wa«
arrested and impr soned at Richmond on charges
of treason to the South, and for aught I know,
may be in durance still.
The similarity of the names afforded a plausible
pretext for the plea, of which these calumniators
would be sure in case of detection to avail th m
selves, viz , that they had from this similarity been
led to confound the na ne of Eider J. R. Graves
with that of the real culprit, and thus been made
unwittingly and unconsciously to give currency to
an unjust and unfounded statement!
Rev J R Graves has never tA-en in the North |
since-the war begun, and at the time in question I
wa -busily—and surely usefully—employed in get
ting out salt/rom the mines on the Yazoo river,
for the benefit of the people of this Confederacy.
Few men have suffered more in ’* body and
estate” in con-equence of the war than brother
Graves, and surely none have remained more
firm and constatft iu their devot.on to the r.uw
of the South. And I will take upon mvself to
say, that he will never shrink from any service
or any sacrifi e by which he shall be enabled to
advance the interests of the Southern Confederacy.
, I am, dear brother,
Very truly yours,
• ’ ’ JNO TOVELL,
Secular Editor of the Tenn. Baptist.
The Trustees of one of the Female
Colleges of this State wish to find a suits- .
Me person for President—a good place
offered. Fur particulars Apply at this
office.
Churches in the Army.
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no. n.
The thoughts of last week, presented to
the readers of The Banner, upon this sub
ject, were not intended simply to fill a
space in its columns, as merely novel, bur
were submitted in Cool sober earnestness.
The facts furnished show that it is prac
ticable to have army churches, and in all
probability it is practicable in nearly every
regiment in the Confederate service.
’ That much good would result by the
course suggested, J have not the shadow of
a doubt. S >me' good results were men
tioned in the ai tide of last week. I may
add others:
1. The exercise of discipline towards un
worthy professors could but have a good
influence upon the cause of Christ. Many
persons have, at home, been members of the
church from interested motives—either pe
i, 1
I cuniary, matrimonial, or political. Such
professors in camp soon show the cloven
foot and become the most abandoned of all
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men. Manyhave joined churches.who are
not converted persons, being deceived in
their hopes, and when unrestrained engage
in open wickedness. Men, who make no
pretensions to Christianity and have known
I these false professors at home, conclude
that there is no reality in Christianity. —
If those who are true men should be organ
ized so as to feel bound to condemn such
conduct, the true light would constantly
shine upon their unconverted comrades.in
t r
arms.
• 2. Many ministers, so called, have ob
’ tained positions in the arfny and have ex
erted a devilish influence upon our soldiers.
Organizations of Baptists would of course
repudiate such pretenders, and make them
I feel the power of their Christian influence.
3. Our brethren would have the oppor-
• tunity of maintaining the requirements of
the Bible as they conscientiously believe
■ them. What is true regarding the kingdom
t of the Saviour, at home, is true in the army,
, is true everywhere, in all countries and at
. all times. Much capital has been made,
j during the war, by pedo-baptists regarding
• the Communion question. If ‘ strict com-
I munion ’ is right at home, it is right in the
army ; and while the attempts of our Pedo
1 friends to lead our brethren into open com-
I inunion are by no means c editable to them,
i it nevertheless becomes B iptists to help
our brethren in arms to avoid the tempta
lion and to act faithfully to Christ. In
church capacity they could observe the
communion to their own edification, and be
living witnesses for Christ.
4. 1 will be allowed to repeat a thought
presented last week. Baptisms which occur
in the army would certainly be more satis,
factory when administered by a man ap
5 proved by an army church, and the candi
date also thus approved, than when admin
istered with no such approval. True, ifthe
cases were strictly analogous to that of
Philip and the Eunuch, no reasonable ob
jection could be made. But 1 ask, are all
Philipsgui fed by the unerring Spirit, who
are laboring in our armies and trying to
baptize our soldiers by the wholesale?—
' Does the necessity exist as in the case re
ferred to, for one man lo take the responsi
bility of achurch ? I confess, lam growing
tired of the reports of chaplains regarding
the baptisms of soldiers, and the reception
of soldiers for baptism, without even a hint
at the cooperation of Baptists in the army .
and venture to raise my voice against it’
and suggest a more excellent way.
5. Tfufquestion of government-chaplains
has some importance in this connection. —
If it is right for Government to appoint
chaplains for our brethren in the army and
to pay them according to law for their ser
vices, then it is right, as far as 1 can see, to
appoint them preachers and pay them out
of the army. In either case there is no
• •ption to the Christian, and the pay is by
taxation. Already an Church
is freely talked of in some circles, and it is
strongly hinted that the daughter of the
‘/real beast has fallen upon lucky times fur
her prosperity. It is not impossible that
Baptist blood must again flow for their pe
culiar principles. We ought to take our
position at once, firmly, unalterably.—
The formation of army churches would
i show that our brethren claim the right to
choose their own preachers. If no men can
be found in any particular portion of the
army, the churches at home will send one ot
their choice. Or, in extreme cases, they
can do their own church business without a
preacher.
What say our religious papers—the
Herald, the Index, the Louisiana Bapt.st
and others? . ♦
4gent in .Hissi.sippf,
S. R. Whitten, of Louisville, Miss., is 1
an authorized Agent to receive subscrip
tions for The Baptist Banner.
<
Our Army Agent.
Elder Daniel Morri*, of the 14th regi
ment cavalry, Ist Texas Brigade, is duly
authorized to receipt tor subscriptions to
The Baptist Banner. i
• The War.
Colonel Lyons, commanding our cavalry
outside of Port Hudson, attacked Grierson
in the rear of Banks’ army on the 24th,
capturing ifity prisoners and fifty seven
•vagons and teams, and putting the rest to
flight.
A special to the Mississippian from Gre
nada the 24th says eighty-three prisoners
taken by Chalmers had arrived there.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 18uh, says
the rebels are making demonstrations above
and below Memphis which are exceedingly
disagrees le.
General Ewell holds the fords at Will- 1
iamsport and Shepherdstown on the Poto
mac, and Boonsboro Gap in Maryland.
I General Jenkins’ cavalry are reported at
. Chambersburg, Pa., destroying the puplic
? property.
General Imboden has occupied Cumber
j land, cut the canal and railroad, destroyed
, t the bridges,depots, government work-house
I and property, and is going, on.
[For The Baptist Banner.}
I
“ Quis,” u ‘ Quod, ” “ ft’odo,” and
“Pedrillo.”
’ These are ominous names which have
1 appeared lately, in an ominous paper, in
u connection with ominous subjects. As I
_ belong to the ominous family, I must take
these men to account for getting into my
field while their own, in all probability, was
1 grassy (there has been an abundance of rain
’ lately).
i What right had Quis to write about con
ventions and parties, and femalesand sweet
hearts, and ninety-dollar bills and five
hundred-dul'ar bills? If Uncle Phil did
not complain, why should he?
■ What right had Quod to take Quis to ac-
> count? Is he the State Ladies’ Advocate
, hy Gubernatorial appointment at a fixed
salary? Is it not the peculiar province of
Uncle Phil Crusty to take people by the
ears ?
• But why does Nodo enter the arena—
• which may mean ring—and lampoon Quis
, at such a rate? What makes him wear
tight shoes? Is it because leather is high?
’ or is it because he is strictly a ladies’ man
J and wishes to wear small shoes on that
> account? I have heard of shoes fitting,
r but when they (it so light as to pinch, they
. are decidedly uncomfortable.
Pedrillo ! oh, Pedrillo!! What a re
vealer of secrets! The Convention of
’ Bishops sun ly bad a right to bury a part
■<d its boards and create others. Now is
, the time to remodel. Now is the time to
, create new boards, especially the Sabbath-
SJiool board. It is such a good time to
occupy the ground and forestall public
1 opinion, and they were especially the men
s to do it as they were known so heartily to
! favor the Southern Sunday-School Union,
and so heartily to cooperate ’with its friends
to establish Sabbath Schools and to furnish
Sabbath-School literature. Then it was all
right to appoint doctors to manage it who
, may make our Southern Jerusalem their
headquarters. Secretaries have a clear!
right to raise their hands towards the ceiling I
and bring them down towards the ground !
if they have a mind to, especially if their
' craft should be in danger. They have no}
I one to dictate to them what they shall do,I
. nor how they shall do it. It is their pecu-l
liar province to tell others what to do. It
is popular and right to work for our soldiers.
It would be a serious matter to interfere
’ with Marion in this department of labor.—
The churches are behind the taints, and
therefore Marion must be the spiritual
guardian of onr brave boys. Marion was
a wairior in the old revolu ion—it is legiti
mate for him to feel especial interest now.
Don’t disturb the order of things. Great
is Diana of the Ephesians.
PHIL CRUSTY.
[For The Baptist Banner.]
Convention at Griffin.
Your correspondent “ Quis” is certainly
in error in reg rd to the Committee at
Griffin paying S9O for one party at a hotel.
The principal hotel at Griffin is the very
excellent one kept by my old friend, Capt.
Manghurn. 1 was a delegate to the Con
vention, and rnyselfand two other delegates
took up quartersat Captain Manghum’s.—
It was our own voluntary act. The com
mittee had nothing to do with it. We were
the only delegates at the hotel. Each of us
paid our own bills; we paid it of choice,
and blame no
We heard but one expression, and that
•was in favor of the munificent hospitality of
that city. Delegates said they were never
better or more kindly entertained.
If three delegates went to the hotel and
paid their bill, as it is their loss, no one
else has a right to speak of it.
J. M. CLARK.
THOMSON, Ga., June 24, 1863.
Dear brother Editor:
I have read brother Compere’s letter in
The Banner, relative to the sufferings of the
Cherokee Indians, and I feel desirous of
doing something for them ; but as it is ouf
of my power to contribute anything in the
way of clothing, goods, etc, I enclose to
you for brother Compere, on their account,
ten dollarg—hoping and praying it may go
a little ways in ameliorating the condition
of some of that much-to-be-pitied race of
people. God grant that the hearts of each
and. every one throughout our loved confed
eracy may be open to this cry of distress,
and brother Compere may return to them
well-laden with contributions for then
comfort. Yours, in Christ,
EMILY E ELLINGTON.
Agent in Tennessee.
Elder William McNutt, of Cleveland, is
an authorized agent of The Banner.
A Good Suggestion.
A brother who recently sent a contribution
for Missions, and whose h-artis evidently in the
work, suggests that a Missionary be sent to the
Associations connected w ith the Cherokee Bap
tist Convention, or which may become thus
connected, to make special appeals to our breth
ren and friends for our Soldiers, and take col
lections to support Army Missionaries
This is a timely suggestion, and I humbly
trust that great good may grow out of it.—
From the proper bounds of the Cherokee Bap
tist Convention a vast number of noble men
have gone to fight for our homes and our liber
ties. Many of these are poor men, whose wives
and daughters toil for a living, in their absence,
as never before. Yet there is great wealth in
their region of country. Can we not arrange
to collect the means to support men who will
go and preach to these soldiers ? Who will act
as missionary to collect the offerings of the peo-.
pie for this object? I have the assurance that
such a man will be properly sustained iu the
work. Can we find a volunteer ?
The Coosa Association already has an Army
Missionary, besides one among the Indians
Can not other Associations do as much ?
J. M. WOOD, Chairman Ex. Com.,
Cherokee Baptist Convention.
David M. Foreman.—Co »ga Asnocl*
ati«»n.
At the session of the Coosa, held at LaFayette,
a subscription was taken to help support David
j M. Foreman as Missionary among the Indians.
? Brethren proposed to pay a certain amount each
' year for three years. The subscriptions for last
year and the present are now needed, as the
] Executive Committee have the opportunity of
sending the funds to brother Foreman by El er
E. L. Compere Brother Foreman greatly needs
the funds. Will brethren send by first mail to
, D. B. Hamilton (Treasurer), Rome, Ga. ?
| J. M. WOOD, Chairman
Ex. Comm. Coosa Association.
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Missions.—Acknowledgments.
, For Cherokee Indian Missions:
P Rev. T. f». Tweedie, $lO 00
, Rev. A. Fitzgerald, S2O 00
Pres’t N. M. Crawford, S2O 00
For Cherokee Baptist Convention :
j E. Steadman, SSOO 00; —$100 of which for
- the Compere mission. J. M. WOOD,
? Chairman Ex. Com. C. B. C.
[JVr the Baptist Banner.}
, The Foreign Mission Cause.
I venture to appeal, on behalf of the For
eign Mission Board, to the Baptists of
• Georgia. They have been tor many years
! the steady friends of the great work in
> which we are engaged, and they will not
1 fail to come forward in the time of our exi
gency. The Convention, at its recent ses
sion, adopted a resolution strongly pressing
' this claim, and instructing the Board to
! press the collection of funds, even though
they might not immediately find it possible
to forward them to the Missionaries.
The work itself needs not arguments to
sustain it. As Baptists, taking the Great
Commission as our authority, we cannot
without inconsistency .fail to be interested
in the diffusion of the Gospel. The heathen
need the Gospel. Without it they cannot
jbe saved. These are facts standing out
} btfore our eye. They make our duty plain
tand urgent. And then, the love of Jesus,
| as a great animating principle, comes to urge
I us on in the discharge of this high responsi
-1 bility. The glad tidings, into the ears of the
lost, must be sounded.
Brethren of Georgia, shall we not receive
your speedy and liberal contributions to
this cause ?
On behalf of the Board,
JAS. B. TAYLOR,
Richmond, June!!), 18’3. Cor. Sec’y.
Soldiers’ Depository.
Soldiers in and around this city are
hereby notified that I have opened a De
pository of Bibles, Testaments, Hymn-
Books, Tracts, and religious papers, for
their benefit, at the office of W. H. S’aik,
commission merchant, north side Bay street,
about one hundred and fifty yards above
the Post-office. They will please,cali and
supply themselves with religious reading,
free of charge. In my absence, they will
be attended to by Mr. Kempton.
J. H. CAMPBELL,
Savannah, June 1. Army Evangelist.
BAPTIST MEETINGS.
First District.* -Coosa.
The General Meeting of the First District
of the Coosa Association will be held at ,
Pisgah, commencing Friday before the first
Sabbath in July. D. B. Hamilton.
Flint River Association.
The general meeting for the Second Dis
trict of this Association will hold its next
annual session with the church at Jackson,
Butts county, Ga., commencing on Friday
before the fourth Sabbath in July. Intro
ductory sermon by J. G. Kimbrell.
(There is no small pox at this time in the
vicinity of Jackson, nor has there been for
some months.) W. Jeff Speairs.
Middle Cbcrokee Assocla ion.
’ Meeting commences on Friday before the
■ fourth Sabbath in September, at Dalton.
Rrhobotb Association.
Meets with Union church in Macon coun
ty (three miles from Reynolds, on. Colu
mbus road), embracing third Sabbath in |
September.
Coosa Association.
Meeting commences on Saturday before
the second Sabbath in October—at Poplar
Springs, Chattooga county. W
"The Baptist Banner, tour dollars a year.