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Our I*al form. 1 N»ne but those who make a credible pro fession of faith in Christ should be baptized , 2. None are really baptized except those who ( are mi/iorwd upon a profession of their faith in Christ 3. None can properly be members of the i church of Christ, except they have been bap- . tized. 4. None can properly be ministers of Christ who are not members of the church of » hrist. 5 Non affiliation with th' se who refuse to obey Chr st in these things—with those who re fuse to walk according ‘o the Divine rule. 6. We shall insist upon Baptists practising W’hat they hold and teach. While we shall firm y adhere to the above 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 order unbaptiz'd. Sjt g.iptist fanner. ‘The entrance <>i iby Word giveth liihi.’ JAS. NATHAN ELLs, Editor. Associate Editors: 11. C IIOKNaDY, Atjjinta. J. M. WOOD, Newnan. A. C. DAYTON, L Fayette. D. P. E. ERETT, FI rida. SATURD \Y, JULY 4, 1863 The editor of this paper is' receiving, daily, urgmt requests from soldiers that The Biwr in iy be sent to them in camp-. We are doit g all in our power to supply this demand. Many friends throughout the State have kindly aided us in this matter. But, mu h yet remains to be done. There are many Georgia s ddiers to whom we wish to send the paper every Saturday.— To do this, it requires money to pay foi paper and the expenses of printing. There are good reasons for predicting th it th-» necessary article of paper will very soon increase in price ; and we are desirous of purchasing, now, a large supply. We make this e-rnest appeal to the friends of the Soldier: Will you aid us in raising thf sum of one thousand dollars for the pureha*t of paper which will be used, exclusively, in printing ‘ The Btptist Banner' for the benefit of our soldiers in service ? Will you, aid us in doing good? The crave soldiers shill have this papei to read. Our time and labor are devote' to this purpose; will you aid us by con tributing of the means with which God has blessed you ? To Correspondents. The poem (?) entitled ‘ Love is Immor tality ’ is respectfully declined. ‘ Nodi' sends another communication— nearly a column in length—a rejoinder t< ‘ Quis,' which we must decline. No possi ble good would, but probable harm might result were we to comply with the requesi of our tri nd. We think the whole subj.c has had a sufficient‘airing ’; and haveonl to say, in justice to one of our correspond ents, that a member of the Giiffiu chute* said in our hearing that Quis was not ii error in regard to the bill of ninety dollars. Mistakes wil sometimes occur. The Cherokees. W e learn from brother C mipere that Il ls succeeding very well in his efforts in th upper portion of the State. The church a Cartersville resolved to purchase at leas one bale of osnaburgs for the destitut. Cherokees; having it understood that tne did not wish to b? limited to one bale, bu simply committing themselves to that much A committee of sisters will .ollect such ai t'des of clothing and bedding as thvtamilir can spare. At R >me, the ladies held a meeting am appointed a large committee —fom in tael, ward—to solicit contributions of money and clothing. The work was committed t< safe hands. In fine, wherever brother Compere ha mentioned this subject, he says the peopl seem ready to respond. One fact hiute at, however, is remarkable : every conitnu nity feels itself a little more embai asst i that any other. The general expression is, ‘IF have been called on oftener than any othe place, but we must make another effort— we must do somethin) for the destitut Cherokees.’ Preaching on Sabbath. Elder Johu ToVell, late of Nashville will preach, morning and night, in the Firs. Baalist Churea in this city, to morrow. SBB BAJPaiSS 8A H fit B . A Noble mid Patriotic Enterprise. We call the reader’s attention to an appeal ‘to the people of the Confederate States of America,’ on behalf of the orphans of our fallen heroes, which will be found in another column and whose perusal we are sure can not fail to awaken the deepest in terest in every Christian and every patriotic heart throughout the land. Rarely indeed has so noble a cause been more worthily pleaded. And unless we greatly misappre hend the spirit of our countrymen, this appeal can not fail to elicit a response a? once prompt and generous, giving assurance not only that their sympathiesare enkindled, but that all their resources of wealth and influence and talent will be cheerfully put under contribution to the full extent neces sa y to insure the success of this philanthro pic enterprise. There is not a manly and, above all, there is not a womanly heart in the Southern Confederacy to whom the condition of thes helpless and dependent orphans will not appeal with an eloquence more touching and pathetic than can possibly be embodied in human language. To such, moreover, the introspection of their own spirits, re vealing as it will the depths of their affection and the earnestness of their solicitude for the well-being of their own loved ones, will at the sime time suggest the measure of their obligation to,that interesting class of the children and youth of our country on whose bt half this appeal is made; and will lend moreover, we had almost said, a re sistless force to that Divine injunction— which in this connexion can not fail torecui »o their minds in support of the sacred duty here enjoined—‘all things whatsoever yt would that men should do to you, do ye ev'-n so to them.’ We shall watch with the deepest interest and solicitude the development of this noble enterprise, but of its final success we can not allow ourselves to entertain a doubt. The Dalton ludian*Ai<t Society. Elder Compere has just returned from Dilton, where he spent some days pleas ■mtly and profitably. Alter a sermon on Sabbath night, he presented t he condition of the Cherokee sufferers to a large audience. \t the suggestion of the pastor, Eider Sei vidge, the whole matter was referred t< he ladies of the place; who met in the Baptist church Monday morning and or ganized the ‘ Dalton Indian-Aid Society,’— Mrs. Sei vidge President and Mrs. McCarter Secretary. Before night a handsome sum had been subscribed, and the working Pres ident assured brother C. that she iutendei to call not only on the families in town. »ut especially those in the country, foi nlankets and quilt4—and she felt confident >f success. This is as it should be. Success to the new Society I Let the ladies of othei towns imitate the example, and see to ii hat the six hundred women and children mentioned in brother Compere’s letter (ii our paper June 6th), not only have cloth ing, but quilts and blankets, before th» coming winter But remember to ac for the Missionary must return no his fielff very sobn. Foreign Exempts. All persons in the department of Georgia South Carolina and Florida, who have for •gn papers upon which they claim exemp ion from military service, are informs hat a special order j Ist issued requires then n report, at the places named, before th 15th of this month, ihat their papers ma oe examined and their names recorded foreigners in this State are required to re port at Savannah. Fire in Atlanta. On last Monday night, the three-storier wilding at the corner of Whitehall an. Marietta streets, in this city, was totall lestroyed by fire—involving several hun 'red thousand dollars’ worth of property The origin of the fire is unknown. Voluntcot f«.r Local Defence. According to the proclamation of th Governor, nett Tuesday is the day f r th ssembling of the militia, from whom th ounty quotas are to be. taken. * Five hun red’ is the quota for Fulton. Acknowledgment. We have received, by mail, the followin imounts, intended fur the relief of the de itute Cherokees : J. J. Milner and wife, Pike county, Ga 520; Eden Taylor, Culeparchee, Ga., SlO Chaplain’s Badge.—The letter C, will i halt wreath ut olive leaves worked ingot, ullion, on a ground of black velvet, th .hole about two and a half inches wiue, i he badge adopted by the Chaplains of th id and 3d corp* Army of Northern Virginia Personal.—Mr. Atkinson, editor of th. Field and F'reside, <>f Augusta, dropped ii ipun us tor a little wbile, yesterday.— ‘ illustrious successor’ appeared in fiin -pints, and as good looking as ever. The Bayt.sX Baimer, Xulf dollars a year I Two Important * Decision*. ’ In the Confederate Court, at Charleston, in the case of several parties who had been members of the German-Artillery corps of that place, who had applied under a writ of habeas corpus for their discharge, under the plea of their being foreigners, Judge Ma grath has decided : That foreigners incur ‘lithe liabi ities imposed by the Conscrip tion act. The principle of the decision is, that whatever be the purpose of'hose who have become residents of the confederacy to return to their native country, residence, if intended to be only temporary, carries with it the obligation of assisting in the public defence. Os course. The other day at Raleigh, the Supreme Court of North Carolina decided : That a man who put in a substitute in July 1862, sged thirty-nine years, when men of thirty five years only had been called for, was not liable to conscription now. The War. Much perplexity seems to exist among the 1 ankees as to the exact route taken by the Rebels’ on their trip to Pennsylvania. The New York Herald informs that ‘ the enemy progresses slowly, but with a large force. Ir. is reported that the Confederates occupy Harrisburg and York, Pa. Hooker is said t<> have been superseded ty Mead. General Stuart took possession of Fairfax on Saturday last, capturing a large amount of stores ; the main body of Hooker’s army went towards Leesburg. except the garrisons at Alexandria and Washington, which re treated within the fortifications. Hint.—A minister laboring .among the *oldiers, writes: ‘I am constrained to be lieve that there is much more religion in ihe army now than among the people at home.’ Will the churches ask themselves how far their condition bears out this opinion ? To the People of the Confederate States of America. At the late session of the Baptist Conven tion of the State of Georgia, the undersigned were appointed a committee to address you on the subject of educating the orphan children of our deceased soldiers. The bare statement of the subject is sufficient to stir the sympathy of the patriot and the Chris tian. We desire to present briefly a few simple considerations. 1. The number of orphans who are thus rhr >wn upon the enlightened benevolence •f the public makes this a most momentous subject. We have no means of making a correct estimate of the number, but it is certainly very large. It has been estimated (we do not know' with what accuracy) that two hundred thousand of our soldiers have been killed, or have died of wounds or diseases incurred in the service. A larg» proportion of these were men of family, with children of all ages. For twentx years the education of these orphans musi be going on. Many of the soldiers wen joor and the children, in losing their father. >ave lo?t their all. May we not hope thai hose whose lives and liberty and honor md property have been saved by the sacri nee of the father will feel it to be a duty tnd a pleasure to supply, in part at least, that father’s care by securing an education or the child ? The work indeed is vast md of long duration ; but vast and of long luration also will be the benefit conferred upon the children and the blessing enjoyed oy those who aid them. “ Pure religioi nd undefiled before God and the Father i his, to visit the widow and orphan in their iffliction.” 2. The manner in which these orphan are thrown upon our care appeals to u vith greatei force than any argument, ana <ands in place of all eloquence. Theis ■others died for us. Leaving their hum bl. 'tomes, nut homes in which there dwel peace, plenty, and love, they bared then losoms to the shock of battle and exposed hemselves to all the hardships and priva .ions of the must barbarous war. On th. battle-field they perishe % or in the loath ome hospital lh-y languished till they died ron the cold ground where ice Jr mu *as htrdly covered by straw, they breathe heir last : and for us and our children thex aenheed themselves. The last thought <*> ••any of them was of the loved ones a •••me, soon to be deprived of a parent >. "pport Jefferson i„ his lMt ■a'd. 1 leave my sou | to „ ny dau-hter a. my countrvHere i s . nore aolernn legacy. Let 'the count™ -pt the Lequct nf these orphan,, and th Ltd or the fatherless bless it f ur Ut.i, ake. 3. The future fate of these thousands oi •rphans is a matter of unspeakable interest Shall they be permitted to grow up i n id| e •ess, ignorance, and vice ? R aOt wh * , misery will be theirs ! Thp Lqrial <(l i Manassas and Shiloh, of Malvern Jld| aiK ; Mane’s Heights, of Mqrfreesborp U nc •iharp*bijrg, cry aloud in remonstrance.— ‘ A grateful people will pot allow the children ' of their martyred heroes to be left to that , worst of all the woes of orphanage, the 1 ignorance and vice that attend neglected f youth. I 4. The destiny of the country is insepa -5 rably connected with the welfare of these ■ orphans. Our army has been composed of ’ our people, and in the next generation tlue ■ children of our soldiers will be the people ; > a large proportion being these very children • of the dead in behalf of whom we make this appeal. If ignorance and vice shall be > their lot, these will be largely the charac -1 teristics of the people. If heretofore Intel ! ligence and Virtue were rightly styled the Pillars of our republican institutions, now ‘ especially must these Pillars be sustained 1 in beauty and strength; or the new Temple -of our freedom, cemented by the blood of so many battle fields, will have been reared ■in vain and worse than in vain. We must maintain republican institutions, or we shall become the prey of military despotism. Fur there is no middle ground. If we would uphold the former, we must cultivate virtue and intelligence ; and there can be no more certain road to the latter than to abandon our jouth to igno ance and vice For the sake of our country then, as well a our own and theirs, we are invoked to educate these orphans. It does not fall within the province as s gned to us to indicate how this holy and sublime and pious and patriotic duty may best be done. Ocher and wiser and more influential persons will investigate this problem. ‘ When there is a will, there is away.” And we trust that when you con sider your obligations to the dead who died for you, and your obligations to the living who now appeal to you with the unspoken eloquence of orphanage and destitution, and your obligations to your children to whom you must transmit freedom and peace or despotism and war, and your obligations to your country which in the very throes of her life-struggle pleads for the children of her slain, and your obligation especially to the Great God who has fought our battles for us and places in our care these orphans as His own children: surely when you consider these obligations, we trust, each man will say, “ God helping me ! 1 will do what I can.” May the Father of the fatherless plead for these orphans | JESSE IT. CAMPBELL, 1 O THOMAS STOCKS, 2. marshall j. wellborn, ) - B F THARP, £ N. M. < raw FORD, J S P. S. Papers friencly to ihe object, are requested to give this address an insertion. Committee David M. Fare man.—Covtaa Aswoci At the session of the Coosa, held at LaFavette. a subscription! was taken to help support David M. Foreman as Missionary among the Indians. Brethren proposed to pay a certain amount each year for three years. The sub criptions for last year and the present are now needed, as tin Executive Committee have the opportunit Jpt sending the funds to brother Foreman by El *ei E L. Compere Brother Foreman greatly needl - funds. Wid brethren send by first mail to D. B. Hamilton (Treasurer), Borne, Ga. ? J. M. WOOD, Chairman Ex. Comm. Coosa Association. Brother Foreniao’a Salary ! Since we are desirous of sending brother Foreman’s - alary by brother Compere, will tin oilowing ‘pledges’ be promptly remitted t< ether of the undersigned ? M e hope also to receive contributions from others for this object. Constantine Wood, E. Dyer, J H. Culbert son, R C. Maddox, M. Pope-each $lO. W. P Wood. B. M Powell, J. M. Eu-terling. S. Saxon, A. B. Ross, J. J. Major, T D. William Morgan, E C Sparks-each $5. W. C Davidson, J. B Lunsford, T. J Grogan GB Johnson, AN Kendrick, G L Culbertson George Shaw, C T Atkins, J E Keown, J A lose, D C R Wi Hams, D C Goree, Mr vl Pope, Mary Dyer, Mrs A F Dyer, Margaret Jennin s, N L Keown, R C Cole— each $2? N Meredith. G B Smith, D B Austin, Robi lohnson, J B Hearn, G W Ellis, P N Morgan. D Murdock, W V Ball, Parah Saxon, Laura Kelly, Mrs Kelly, O Z Dyer, Ella Sparks- $ each. Mrs M Lloyd, 50c. The above owe their pledges for two years, ending at time of next Association. The following owe for one year: J M Wood. Spencer Mar h, James Saunders, A J King, ( •V Sparks, Alvan Dr-ati, Miss E A Culbertson, -each #10; J T Smith, J W Canfield, N Yar- I'rough, Lindsey Edwards, M A APgood, J 1 West, each $5; Joseph Brown, J Cordell, J h 'olcombe, eac h $2; J J Smith, J T Renfro Sarah Selman, each sl. Z3r" Will this request amount to anything D. W GWIN, r B - F . HOOPUR, Bub-Committee of C. A. Special Notice. The friends <f the Cherokee sufferer *ho desire to send them clothing, may pm in boxes such articles as blankets, quilts oinesties, j.ans, and anything that wil niake them comfortable, and direct thes. l ° “‘ e ’ ih Care ° f The desir ° ioj, K er «>"■« <i>»' ■ LX,' Ms ,! , U ' y l " co., ttA.l r. P ‘' iVSe c, ’ rfe *P on d with rm r. "2 '" r u '" u ' e ,i « Will be foils ilestitlaliun jf j •A4U.es during the mouth of July. E. L. COMPERE. ‘ [For The Baptist Banner ] Not eg ou the Southern Baptist Con* vention. NO. IV. The richest of all the projects before the Convention was the proposition to send an agent to Europe. This owed its paternity to the President of the Greenville Board, and was accompanied by the announcement that another distinguished member of that Board was willing to accept the appoint ment. It did not appear whether the Com missioner was to aid MasiWi and Slidell in abortive efforts to secure the recognition of the Confederacy qr help Dr. Hoge, the agent of the C. S. Bible (Society, to bear the snubs of the British abolitionists. The proposition went down well 1. e., it went to the bottom. Yet Dr. Reynolds, of South Carolina, intimates that the Board may still send the Commissioner. It is to be hoped they will have better sense; but if otherwise, it will be better than a monkey show to see Ductor Boyce baited by the Baptist Committee in London. Upon the whole The Convention was rather a pleasant meeting. A good deal of trash was thrown off by the dyspeptic brethren; considerable gas emitted by the unsubstantial; while the storm kings thun dered loudly with not much lightning.— The excitable r pped and snorted ahundant lv, but like Noodle’s head, there was ‘‘ no thing in it,” tor it was all taken “in a Pickwickian point of view.” So the breth ren separated in great harmony and univer sal professions of love. Bowhill, 20 June, 1*63. PEDRILLO. [For The Baptist Banner.] Friendship Churrh. The following Preamble and Resolutions: were adopted by the Friendship Baptist Church, in Calhoun county, Georgia: Whereas: Friendship Baptist Church, at the October conference, 1860, excluded some of its members, and have been ready at any time to restore them upon Gospel terms, as practiced by Baptist churches, and, Whereas : A church called Shilo, recently constituted near by, in the presence of, or by, Elders T. Muse, W. M. Pope and John Martin, has received three ot these ex pelled members-, w ithout their having made personal application for restoration; and, Whereas: A member has made applica tion to Friendship Church for a letter of dismission to join Shiloh, therefore, by the Church in conference, Resolved, 1: That we cannot have fellow ship for said church, because of its depart ure from the principles of the Gospel and' the usage of Baptist churches—that we> cannot grant letters to go to, or receive let ters from it, while we know such disorder exists. Resolved, 2: That we believe, if sujfi a l , course of receiving members is endorsed by the Baptist denomination, that iis days of peace and prosperity are numbered—that •he light to expel for offences is at an end, md that each church will be liable to have its expelled members thrown back upon it at any time. By the Church in conference. B. SIMS, Moderator. WM. TUCKHR, Clerk. t/i« Bapl »t Banner.] All A ppi al for Hie The readers of The Banner have been epprised of the visit of E. L. Compe re to Georgia, and of his statement of sac ts re garding the extreme sufferings of the; fami lies of the Southern Cherokee India ns arid frontier settlers—many of whom ha.ve been robbed of everything, and driven from their homes, by our common enemy, and have to follow the army to keep from starving. In view of these sufferings, the • Executive Committee of the Cherokee, Ga. Baptist Convention approve us the appeals’ ..f Rev. E. L. Compere to get mltriai ) iid for their relief. VVill not our brethren,, -isters and friends in Georgia do something’ liberally for this cause, and send their con i rihutions as soon as possible to The Banner »ffice, Atlanta, Ga. After a few wee ks sojourn with us, bro ther Compere will take charge of these rifts and distribute them when gets to iis field of labors. J. M. WOOD, Ch.) A. B. ROSS, D. B. HAMILTON, } Com. CL B. C. A. J. KING. A. W. BUFORD. J Flint River Association. The general meeting for the Second Dis trict of this Association will hold its next mnual session with the church at Jackson, Butts county, Ga., commencing on Friday aefore the fourth Sabbath in July. Intro ductory sermon by J. G. Kimbrell. (1 here is no small pox at this tim* in the vicinity of Jackson, nor has there been for >ome months.) W. Jeff Speairs. Rehobotli Association. Meets with Union church in Macon coun y (three miles from Reynolds, on Colunt !>us road), embracing third Sabbafh in. September. ' I Coosa Association. Meeting commences on Saturday before r he second Sabbath in October—at Poplar springs, Chattooga county. Soldiers* Dipod oft. Soldiers in and around this city are hereby notified that 1 have opened a De pository of Bibles, Testaments, Hymn- Books, Tracts, and religious papers, for their benefit, at the office of \V. 11. S a<k r . Commission merchant, north side Bay street,, about one hundred and fifty yards above the Post office. They will phase caU' and supply themseh.es with religious, readii g,.. tree us charge. In my absence, they wilE be attended to by Mr. Kempton. I c v T Jl Hi CAMPBELL, car Annan, June 1. Arwy EvaagclUL