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baptist fanner.
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A. C. DAYTON, Editor.
JAS. N. ELLS, Secular Editor.
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1863.
Our Platform.
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 I
are immersed upon a profession of their faith in'
Christ.
8. None can properly be members of the’
church of Christ, except they have been bap- 1
tized.
4. None can properly be ministers of Christ I
who are not members of the church of Christ.;
5. Non-afflliation with those who refuse to?
obey Christ in these things—with those whore i
fuse to walk according to the Divine rule.
8. We shall insist upon Baptists practising,
what they hold and teach.
While we shall firmly adhere to the. above i
principles, we do not duny that others are'con- :
verted as well as Baptists; but, as it regards •
their ‘baptism,’ we consider tjiem as being in dis-I
order—unbaptized.
EDITORIAL AIiRAXGEMPAT.
Henceforth the religious and denomina
tional department of The Banner will be
under the control of Elder A. €. Dayton ;
and the secular, new#, and literary depart
ments under that of Jas. N. Ells, as here
tofore. Brother Dayton’s articles will be
designated by his initials.
WHO WILL HELP THE BANNER
NOW?
Since my engagement to furnish an
amount of editorial matter for The Baptist
Banner, I have become part owner of the
paper. I would be glad if I were in cir
cumstances to give all my time and energies
to its interests, but this is impossible. I
will do for it all I can in the intervals of
those labors which must furnish a support
fur my large family. Ido not intend, how
’"'""ever, that my brethren shall have any reason i
to complain that it is not a Baptist paper. I
The secular department, and the general
conduct of the paper, must be left, in a greai
degree, as heretofore, to the good taste of
our brother Eils, who has large experience
in the department. We will conbine our
energies and strive to make The Banner all
that a Baptist Banner ought to be.
* A. C. DAYTON.
PRICE OF THE BANNER.
Our prico’is double what it was two years
ago. Is there anything else that has not.
more than doubled in price? llow is it
with your corn ? your wheat / your market
ing ? Think, if you can, of anything you
have to sell, for which you cannot realize
four times as much. The cost of producing
the paper has increased like that of other
things. I* is out of all proportion to our
present price. We shall probably be com
pelled ere long to raise onreteubscription to
five dollars, or more. We suggest, there
fore, that it will be well for those who wish-a
cheap paper, to subscribe at once, before the
advance, if it shall be found necessary to
make one. .
A quick and generous response to our
appeal will go far to prevent the necessity
we have hinted at. It. we had a thousand
dollars to invest in paper, while paper can
be had on present terms, it would probably
much dimmish the future cost to us of pub
lication. \\ e have no capital to invest, and
hence must be dependent on the money
sent, in to purchase our materials.
A. C. D. .
PUBLU SENUHENT VS. THE
LAWS OF THE LAND.
In South Carolina there is a law of the
Statute Book which makes the wiljul killing
of a man in a duel murder. Some- time
since, a ease was brought before the courts
in Charleston, in which the fact was notori
ous that such killing had been done. .There
was no room to doubt that Lieutenant Rice
had killed Lieutenant Bellinger, in a duel.
It was hoped by those who desire to see
• law- triumphant over violence, that its ma
jesty would at least have been regarded by
its administrators, and that the barbarous
and unchristian “Code of Honor' would be
held subj ct to the Legislature of the State
of South Carolina. We had reason to expert
that at least the Judge, who is, we are told,
a professor of religion, and a prominent
member of a Presbyterian church, would
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have given his individual and official sAnc-’
rion to the laws which he was sworn to ■
support.
But, in his charge to the jury, it is said,;
that while he declared the law to he that
killing in a duel should be regarded as mur
der, yet; that public sentiment must be con
sidered in the case, and it was for the jury
to determine how' lar -public sentiment
should be regarded in the decision of thej
case. In other words, the opinion of the i
jury as to what public sentiment will justify a ‘
man in doing—and not the law of the land
—is to be the test of guilt.
We hope, for the honor of the Bench, and ;
1 of the religion of the country, that there
has been some misunderstanding of the
charge to the jury, as represented in the
Southern Lutheran. But, if there be none,
it presents a wonderful laxity of interpre
tation of law —law is not what stands as
such upon the statute book, law- m not that
which jury is sworn to administer —law
is nothing more nor less than what the jury
| may think fit to decide is required by public;
I sentiment.
j
If such be the administration of law and
' justice in Charleston—if wilful killing in a
' duel is no murder/here, though expressly
| made such by the laws of the State, what
I may we expect when the great day of trial
i comes, and the God of law and justice de
! eides whether Charleston shall stand or fall ?
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[For The Baptist Banner.]
JPrayer for the Country.
: When the war first broke out, a great
deal was said about the importance of
prayer. In city, village, and country, the
l people assembled and spent much time in
prayer and devotion. And then our arms
I were successful to an eminent degree. But
now we hear but little said about prayer,
and most of our prayer meetings have been
suspended ; and it is a fact, that a corres
ponding number of defeats attend our arms.
! From the pulpits all over the Confederacy
the subject of prayer was urged upon our
congregations. Then we felt that we n6ed
'ed.help from God, and, unless He did help,
'we should be overcome by the foe. Now
i ■ we have settled down into a state of indif
! ference, and begin to calculate the chances
i|of whipping the enemy. We consider it
as merely a contest which skill and bravery
i; must, decide. Is it possible that the people
'of Georgia have forgotten that the “ battle
• is not to the strong”? We need forever to
be reminded that this is so. “ The battle
is not to the strong”—strength does notde-
i vide the victory. What, then, does? The
I will of God—Divine help and succor. —
That is necessary to the successful termina
tion of the battle. Do the people of Geor
gia doubt, this? Can it be possible that they
1 will ever forget this truth ? Yet I fear, like
■ others around.them, they are considering*
this question as mere men. They are in
'criminal negligence of this great truth, that
“ God makes wars to cease.”
We should arouse ourselves to prayer,
constant, importunate, and prevailing; be
j cause we are contending against a powerful
.and merciless foe. We fell this once—it is
. no less true to-day. We are shut out from :
all the world; while they have all the
> world at hand to aid them. The odds re-
• mains in their favor as much now as when ’
/the war first began; and we have demon-1
- strations enough to prove what awajts us!
• 'if we fall into their hands. Surely if any
.j thing can arouse us to duty.it is the fearful
, odds against us. But this, from some cause.
' our people seem to have forgotten.
i There is another thing which should se
riously and solemnly impress us with the
>i importance of prayer—the wickedness and
? superciliousness of our officers. Whatever
- may be said of the wickedness of Yankees,
/it cannot surpass that of our own officers.
1 VS hen a man in the army witnesses the pro
i faulty and Heaven daring of the officeis, he
• is appalled. And I am sorry to see that
there is a growing disposition on the part of
1 the officers to treat the private soldiers as
r regulars, or even worse. This grows out
of wickedness, and pride of heart. And
•’the wickedness of the officers has extended
to the men. Swearing, levity, and the
grossest wickedness, prevails to an alarming
exteht. Drunkness, too, extends wherever
• spirituous liquors can be had. These are.
solemn facts for the Christian to contem
j|plate; but they are facts—and they urge
I upon importance of wrestling
-'mightily with God for His blessing and'
‘ care upon .our soldiers.
Pride and wickedness ruined the people
•of God in other days—it caused their ban
ishment from their own laud, and imprison-
', ment in that of their enemy ; and the same
cause w ill, I tear, produce the same effect
‘on us. Our prospects for the future seem
dark—the cloud seems dark and lowering ;
j but prayer can dissipate it. To prayer, un
-■ ceasing and sincere, let the people of God
> resort. Prav fur the Confederacy '
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II Will our readers do it I ‘
THE BAPTIST BANNER.
[For 77m Baptist Banner.]
HOW TO TRY THEM.
BY A. C. D.
“Surely you don’t think there is no church
right but your own!”
Such was the exclaimation of a lady
some weeks ago to a Baptist minister.
“Surely,’’he replied, “I would not be-
■ long to my church if I did not think it was
I right..”
“Oh, yes,” said she, “I don’t blame you
I for thinking yours is right; everybody
j ought to be fully persuaded in his own mind;.
but what I complain of you Baptists for, is
that you will not allow that any one else is
right. Now lam much more liberal; while.
I firmly believe that my church is right, I
am willing to admit that yours is right also.
We are both right.”
“Certainly we are,” rejoined the minis
ter, “ so far as we both agree with the Bible.
That teaches only one way. If your way
; is the Bible way, and my way is the Bible
i way, then your way and my way are exact
ly the same way. Thus,'things that are equal
to the same thing are-equal to one another.
Now, you do hold t© some things that are
in the Bible t and so do I; so far as -these
things are concerned, then, we are both right,
and so far we exactly agree. But then there
are some other things in which we differ. —
You say your way is right; if it is, then
your way is the way laid down in the Word
■of God, and not only you, but I; aQ d every-
I body are bound to walk in it; I cannot refuse
to do so without sin against God. I dare not
’ say it is of no consequence whether Igo in
God’s way or set off on a new way of my
own; I must go your way because your
way is the Bible way. And, on the other
other hand, if 1 say wy way is the right
it is oecause I believe it is the way laid
down in the Bible. If it is, then you areas
much bound to walk in it as I am ; you can’t
. refuse to Jo so without sin against God.—
,So yon see you are very much mistaken
■ ? when you think you and I can differ and yet
•: both of us be right.”
, j “I never saw it in that light before, sir.”
“But now, when I have made it plain,
don’t you see that, one of two things must
i be true: Either the Bible teaches two dif
ferent ways, or else your way or my way is
! wrong in all those particulars where we
disagree. But the Bible don’t teach’two
ways ; there is only ‘one Lord, one faith,
I and one baptism.’ There is only one sys
tem of doctrine, ofie act of baptism, one
kind of church organization, and one system
of church government laid down m the;
Bible. The Bible don’t contradict and stul-'
tify itself by teaching one way in one
place and a different way in another; if it
J did, then we would know it was not the
,| Word of God at all, for God could not
i thus contradict himself. So you see it is
impossible that we can both be right. And
you have no right, as a Christian, to be so
liberal as to think that I am right unless
you grant that you are wrong. You can’t
do it without assuming that God is a liar
and has contradicted himself.”
“But how, then, am I to know- who is
right and who is wrong?”
• “ That is a very simple thing, madam. — ‘
You wish to ascertain whether your church '
iis right—you have first to see what those
B J j
: things are in which your church differs from >
mine, and from others ; then go to the Bible
and see whether those things are there; if
; llffiy are, then you are right—if not, then '
you are wrong. Or if you wish to know i
1 whether my church is right, adopt the same
plan. First consider those points in which j
we differ—-where you go one way and I go
another; then bring these points, one by
one, with an honest heart to the Bible. If
my way is there, then you, as a Christian I
woman, dare not refuse to walk in it; for’
if it is in the Bible it is no longer myway,
or the way of the Baptist denomination, but'
, if is- GOD’S icay, and it is GOD, not I, ■
’who says this is the way, walk ye in it.’— !
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Now you are a Methodist, your sister there
is a Presbyterian, and I am a Baptist— vour 1
uncle John is an Episcopalian, and you’
think we are all four right; but if we are,'
there are some things concerning which the
Bible teaches four different and contradic
tory ways. If any man should declare
himself on four sides of any question m
science or morals, religion or politics, you'
would at once set him down as utterly un-i
of the slightest confidence—you'
have no regard for anything that;
such a man might say; and yet people
professing to be Christians, talk and act as,
though the Bible of God was like the an
nouncements of'some pot house polititian,
designed to suit all parties, and capable of
being understood as many different ways as,-
men may choose to desire. It can’t be so,I
my dear friend. The Bible is all one way. j
If it is on your side, lam wrong—if it is on
ray side, you are wrong.”
•“Yes, I see that is »o, but yet I am sure
, the ministers of different denominations do
find texts in the Scriptures to sustain their
views.”
“If they do, some of them must pervert
the Scriptures from their true meaning.”
“But how, then can we common peopk
know where the right way is ? 1 beliew
my preachers are as pious, and as honest,
and as learned as yours—-if you will excuse
me for speaking so plainly ; and I don t see
why they should try to deceive me about
the teachings of the Bible, any more than
yours. They tell me our way is in the-
Word of God, and you tell me your way
is there —now whom shall I believe?” •
“ Don’t believe either of us, madam-sgo
to the Bible for yourself. Use your own
common sense —search the Sc>iptures, not
the sayings of preachers. Preachers may
be deceived —preachers may have some
motive for deceiving you. Go to the Bible,
for yourself.”
“But I can’t undersc.and it. I have not
the learning nor the intellect.’
“The Bible is a very plain book, madam.
If the things in which your church differs
from others were in it you could easily find
them there; or your preachers, instead ot
telling you they were there, could.sAcw them
to you, so you could see them for yourself,
and s/iow them to me. The reason why it
seems so hard for you to understand, is,
that those things are not there. Baptists
don’t have any such great difficulty with
the Bible. They can not.only find, but show
a ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ for every point on
which they differ from you or from any
other denomination. They have nothing to
do but let the Bible speak in its own plain
and simple way, and understand it to mean
jnst what it says.”
“I wish you would show me, then, in the
Bible, abqgt your church—it will teach me
better how to look for my own.”
“If T can show you mine, madan, it will
be folly to look for yours, unless yours and
mine are alike or the same. If mine is there,
yours cannot be there; if it is, the Bible
must teach two ways about the same thing
—be like a politician, pn both sides of the
same question. It wont teach Methodism
to you and Baptism to me. If it has my
church in it, it surely left yours out-7-and
so if it has yours in it, ij has just as surely
left mine out. But lam willing
the subject either way, or both ways. 1
will look for mine and show you that it is
there, or for yours and convince you that it
is not there.”
“I don’t care to trust you to look for
mine ; I am afraid you would not look very
dilligently. But show me how you find
I yours, and I will then know how to look
I tor mine.”
“Well, when shall I begin?”
“To-raorrow, when you come to dinner.
I want to study a little over what you have
said to-day.” . - ,
[to be continued ]
Letter from Brother Hartwell.
Richmond, July 17, 1863.
Dear Brother Ells:
J am happy to be able to send the follow
ing extract from a letter from our indefa
tigable missionary, brother J. B. Hartwejl.
The many friends of his lady, who is from
your State, and hundreds who know and
1 honor his excellent father, will read this let
I ter with interest. His letter is dated,
Tung Chan, China, Feb. 27, 1863
So long a time has elapsed since 1 last
j wrote, that 1 scarce!) know where to begin
'giving you a history of oyr doings, our
■ blessings, and our chastenings in Shantung.
. God has evidently been amongst us since
I we settled in this part of. the empire; sorao-
■ times showing Himself a merciful God,
I ready to forgive sin, able to convert th<-
stony heart of the heathen into flesh, and
debghting to fill Bis people with joy and
gladness; at other times visiting us with
severe, terribly severe chastisements, and
) making us and the heathen to know that we
are but men. We have been made to re
joice with exceeding joy, and we have wept'
bitter tears of sorrow. I suppose that no
! mission has ever been begun with more im
I mediate success, and at the same time with
I more severe trials, than the mission of dis
-1 ferent Protestant denominations to Shan
tung. Os ten misSion families of different
denominations who came to begin missions
I in Shantung, there has been but one which
death has not invaded, and that family con-1
sists of only the missionary and his wife ;
and there are but two of these ten in which
' the family has not been broken up by the
death either of the husband or the wife.—
' My own, thank God, is one of the two. —
: Though there has never been, in any. of
| your letters to any of us, the slightest re-
I ference to it, we suppose you must have
heard long ago of the death, the melancholy
death, of our beloved brethren, Holmes and
Parker, who fell at the hands of the Houan
I rebels, in October of 1861. There was an
I immense deal of suffering among the people
during that fall—the result of the destruc
tive and murderous raid of those rebels
• The summer of 1862 will long be remem
bered as the cholera season. It was fatal in
. the extreme among the natives, and quite a
; number of missionaries, as you have prob
ably learned, fell victims to it. Among
them was our next door neighbor, our be
loved brother Gay ley, of the Preabyterian
mission. He was peculiarly a godly man
and we rejoiced in having him and his fam-
ily, who were all so dear to us, so near.—;
They seemed more like relatives than oth
erwise, and his death was a very severe
oereavement. One week after his death
ins little daughter, a sweet little girl of
a >ut twenty months, followed him toglory;
and after this, as before it, one followed an
' t! - r our h eart,!i were almost consumed
with grief. W e ourselves had the disease,
out God ui mercy enabled both Mrs. IL
and myself to weather it. out
But we were not to be unbereft in our
; own family. On the 28th April, 1862 God
sent us, as it had been, an angel from the
sky, to tarry a while with us— a darling
little daughter. She was so sweet, so gentle,
so lovely ih all her movements, so mild in
» temper, that every one who knew.her was
, struck with it. She was well, happy and
■>trong until the cholera season, after which
time she drooped, and was never well again.
did not suffer very much intense pain,
! we think, but was very much emaciated,
md suffered from weakness. For a long,
long time, her nightly fevers were burning
hot, and these wore her out. About a week
before-she died, vve carried her to Yentai
for medical attention, but human aid was
• unavailing. God hsd called for her,andon
s the 22d January, 1863, she went to God.—
I For nine months she cheered our hearts
1 and lighted our house. It really seems ax
if God had only sens her to draw our minds
1 up higher. Her little body rests on‘Mount
> Ilope, ’ just over the sea. I trust we are
: reconciled to the will of our God, but our
( home is O ’ so lonely without our darling
. Carrie.
1 I will transmit for publication in your
valuable paper, the other portion of the let
ter,giving interesting references to bis work.
God has been with him. The success with
1 which his services have been crowned, will
1 cause rejoicing with many. Let us continue
1 to pray for him, that in the future he may
reap, more abundant fruits. , .
I will ask your many readers to give us
> their pecuniary aid, in the endeavor to keep
up our missionary labors in heathen lands.
I Who will not be ready to help? God has
I been with us, and he will yet bless us more
abundantly.
. On behalf of the Board.
Fraternally yours,
’ JAS. B. TAYLOR,
Cor. Sec.
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[ZW t.‘is Bapt 'at Btvnntr.l
■
1 An Appeal for the
The readers of The Banner have been
- apprised of the visit of E. L. Compere to
I Georgia, and of his statement of facts re-'
, garding the extreme sufferings of the fami-'
. lies of the Southern Cherokee Indians and
frontier settlers—<many of wh»m have been
robbed of everything, and driven from
' 1 heir homes, by our common enemy, and
- have to follow the army to keep from
I starving. In view of these sufferings, the
t Executive Committee of the Cherokee, Ga.,
Baptist Convention approve of the appeals
|of Rev. E-. L. Compere to get material
aid for thur relief. Will not our brethren,
. i sisters and friends in Georgia do something
5 1 liberally for this cause, and send their 00b-
■ tributions as soon as possible to The Banner
•I office, Atlanta, Ga.
i After a few weekß sojourn with us, brp-
I ther Qompere will take charge of these
gilts and distribute them when he gets to'
I his field of labors.
J. M. WOOD, CM
A. B. RO3B.
D. B. HAMILTON, } Com. Cb B- CL I
A. J. KING.
A. W. BUFORD J
1 I
[For the Banner.]
1 i
I To the Friends of the Cherokee SuF
I * ferers.
I hope those churches or communities
that have been collecting clothing sos the
destitute Cherokees, will forward their con .
tributions to Atlanta by the 20th of the|
'! month. If I can get through with my bus
hiness, I desire tn start West within a few j
days thereafter.
Also, as many persons seem anxious to 1
make contributions, and are not able to col- ’
j lect up a box or bale of goods, if such per- i
sons will deposit their small amounts with
brother Stillwell, at Rome, brother Howard,
at Cartersville, brother Selvidge, at Dalton,
or brother Wood at Newnan, these brethren
will forward to The Banner office. And if
persons can do so, they may send directly
to The Baptist Banner, and I will get the
j contributions.
E. L. COMPERE.
Coosa Aaaoelatlou.
Meeting commences on Saturday before
the second Sabbath in October—at Poplar
Springs, Chattooga county.
Middle Cherokee AMoela’ion. !
i Meeting cemrnences on Friday before the ■
fourth Sabbath in September, at Dalton.
t r t
FlIrM River Aaaoclatbou.
The general meeting for the Second Dia
trict of this Association will hold its next
annual session with the church at Jackson,
, Butts county, Ga., commencing on Friday
I before the fourth Sabbath in July. Intro
ductory sermon byjJ. G. Kimbrell.
(There is no small pox at this time in the
1 vicinity of Jackson, nor has there been for
1 some months.) W. Jkvf Sfeaiks.
Behoboth Association.
. i Meets with Union church in Macon coun
, ty (three nnlea from Reynolds, on Cohuru
k bus rosd), embracing third Sabbath in
. September.
* Religious and Family Paper
Tbs BAPTIST BANNER is published every
, Saturday noraiog, io AUaata, Ga., by BaTtm
Elm k Co. Fo«r dollars per year.
HOUSTON FEMALE COLLEGE.
Pbrbt, Ga., July 15, 1863.
To my brethren and friends in Cherokee Georgia and
elsewhere:
I havq Just consented to take charge of the Hous
ton Female College, located at Perry, Georgia, and
propose, with the assistance of an efficient corps of
teachers, to balll up a denominational school of
high order; and I beg of every brother or friend,
who has daughters whom he expects to »en 1 from
home to be educated, to consider whether he can do
better than to entrust them to us. We are here io
a place as safe from the dangers of the war as any in
the Confederacy, remarkable for its health and good
society, near enough to the railroad to be easily ac
cessible at all times, and yet far < nough away to be
undisturbed by every passing ru nor. We have a
most excellent building, and sufficient apparatus;
and, if-brethren will sustain us, we can have one of
the very best schools in the whole South. Board can
be had in the family of Elder B. F, Tharp, and ■ ti
ers of the best families in the place, at from twenty
> to twenty-five dollars per month. A Jew can, per-
> haps, be received in my own family.
, The object of our course of training will be not
I to make household idols and parlour oruamen a of
; the pupils committed to qur care, but true and noble,
i thinkii g and useful, women- fi<tu become the edu
j cators of the succeeding gener«tioii-
! Our first term will begiq on the Ist Monday in
_ September next,’and will close at Christmas. The
. tuition is as low as circumstances will permit us to
make it, viz :
Primary department, for first Term, 812,00
’ Preparatory “ “ “ “ . . u 0
; College Cusses, . so’oo
, Fren&, “ “ « . . i o s
Latin, “ “ “ . 10,00
G’eek, “ “ “ , 10 U)
■ Music, “ “ “ - . 35'00
Use of Plano, “ “ “ . - 300
Incidi n-.al expenses, “ “ “ - i t oo
Daughters ot indigeht ministers, of .all denomin
ations, will be received and taught without charge
myltrethren wish to do me a kindness, now is
the time.
A NEW FEATURE.
In view of the great demand which there most
shortly be for Southern teachers, it has been deter
mined to institute a department for special instruc.
lions in the Scibncb and Art of Reaching, to be
under tho immediate direction of the Presl tent.—
Those youngladies who desire or expect- to engage
in this most noble and delightful e uploymeut will
derive very great advantages from the Lectures
and practical illustrations in thir- department. This
Course can be taken with or wiihout the Coillege
Course. Terms for firet Term, $lO.
A. C. D.
Vandalism of lliv Yankees
A correspondent of the Richmond Senti
nel thus sums up the instances in one county
(Fairfax) in which the Y ankees have dese
crated and destroyed the edifices dedicated
to the Living God, contrary to the United
States Army instructions, which declare
that “religious edifices are to be regarded
as sacred ”:
j At Fairfax Court House they have con
{verted the Episcopal church into a stable.
They have destroyed the Methodist
Church and Parsonage at the same place.
At Centreville they have burned the
Episcopal Church, and razed to its founda
tion the Methodist Church.
Paine’s Church, -one of the old colonial
chuiches, has been razed to the ground.
Pohick Church, the church of Washing
ton—the walls are standing—the pulpit, the
pews, with the names of Washington, M-v
son, Lewis, &c.. engraved thereon, have all
been burned, and the building is now used
as a stable.
Fall’s Church, another colonial church,
has been seriously damaged and used as a
hospital.
Lebanon, burnt,
) Ananda le, destroyed, pulled down
Andrew Chapel, do. do.
; Dranesville do., do. do.
Mt. Carmel, do. do.
j. It is said that the only church uninjured
in the county was the new Catholic Church,
near Fairfax station, but the latest informa
tion from the county is that it was used as a
hospital, and, doubtless, it has shared the
fate of all the rest. Can the history of the
world present a similar record of outrage
, upon that which the Yankees profess to re
| gard as sacred ?
Yankee Blasphemy.
i The Richmond Dispatch of the 16th inst.
' says: •
, It seems to be as natural for a Yankee to
blaspheme as it is for the “spaiks to fly
upwards.” He does it, apparently, betause
he cannot help it. He seldom opens his
mouth but out pops something blasphemous,
i.et us not, then, judge Seward too hardly
because*he is a hypocrite and blasphemer.
4s well blame a dog for going on four legs.
It is his nature and he cannot b® anything
else, any more than the leopard can change
his spots or the Ethiopian his skin.
A school-master, advertising in one of
the New York papers, a school for small
children, commences his advertisement
thus : “Suffer little children to c<ime unto
me, and forbid them not.” This is the very
jquintessence of blasphemy. The man who
.conceived it may challenge the most hard
■ ened reprobate in existence to a cursing
‘ match without the» slightest apprehension.
Again, on the 17th, the same paper re
marks:
The short speech of Secretary Seward,
at the Yankee jollification in Washington,
over the fall of Vicksburg, is the most
shockingly hypocritical and blasphemous
utterance that ever fell from the lips of
man. He said he had “ prayed that the cup
of this war might pass fiom-him,” butthat
his “ Southern brethren” had forced it upon
him. With a perfect recollection of the
strenuous efforts Virginia made for peace—
of the commissioners sent by the Confed
erate Geveminent to urge a peaceful sep
eration—and of his own promise no* to
’ reinforce Fort Sumter—broken as soon as
lit was made, he has the horribly profane
audacity to represent himself as a persecu
ted Saviour, praying that the bitter cup,
forced upon him by his enemies, might pass
r from his lips I U’an any cause prosper
which Abus u«trages truth and insults God?