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‘The entrance of Thy Word giveth light’
A. C. DAYTON, Editor.
JAS. N. ELLS, Secular Editor.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1863.
EDITORIAL ARRANGEMENT.
Henceforth the religious and denomina
tional, department of The Banner will be
under the control of Elder A. C. Dayton ;
and the secular, news, and literary depart
ments under that of Jas. N. Ells, as here
tofore. Brother Dayton’s articles will be
designated by his initials.
ONE THOUSAND MORE.
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We must have one thousand more sub
scribers; less than that will not, with present
prices of paper and labor, enable usPto make
The Banner what it ought to be. and what
we mean it shall be, and pay expenses. At
present it depends in no small degree on
unremunerated labor to maintain its exist
ence. There- are some who have made
great sacrifices to barely keep it in life.—
We wish now to give it a vigorous and an
efficient working life—one that will tell upon
our cause. If all our personal fr iends will
but make a little effort they c;fn procure the
thousand names and we can give them a pa
per such as they will love to see.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY NON
AFFILIATION?
Those persons who are called ‘Land-mark’
Baptists, profess only to be consistent Bap
tists. The position adopted by them is,
that it is inconsistent to treat as church
members those who are not members of a
true church of Christ; and as ordination to
the ministry involves church action, it is
inconsistent to recognize as ministers those
who have no authority to act as such from
any true church of Christ.
They have held, further, that to invite
such members to preach with them, or for
them, was a recognition of their official
character. But now, we have been asked,
whether it is not equally a recognition to
ask them to pray. This, it seems to me,
depends on circumstances. If the meet
ing was a church meeting, either for busi
ness or worship, and the asking would con
vey the idea that the party was a minister,
it would be inconsistent. But God com
mands all men everywhere to pray. It
requires no church action to authorize a
man to pray. All men, of all denomina
tions, or nS denomination, are bound to call
upon God; and if I know of a pious man,
who is not a member of any society of pro
fessed Christians, who has the gift of prayer,
there is no reason why I should not ask him
to pray for me, if the circumstances are such
that I can do it without admitting or sug
gesting that I consider him as a member o*’
a true church of Christ.
Hence, while it is true that in our own
meetings Baptists should do their own pray
ing, as well as their own preaching, it is also
true that there is no inconsistency in their
joining with others in prayer, when their so
doing involves no recognition or acknow
ledgement of them as members or ministers
of the true church of Christ.
A. C. I).
A TEST OF CONVERSION.
My brother, you think you have been
converted to God; you have united with
His people, and are counted as a Christian.
When you were convicted of sin, you cried
mightily t» God, and when you were, as
you thought, forgiven, you were earnest in
your thanksgiving, and still continued to
pray. Secret prayer was a daily duty, and
the duty was a delight. How is it now ?
Have you left off praying? If you have,
you had better give up the confidence that
you have in your conversion. The truly
converted soul continues to pray. As the
living child will demand its daily food, so
the living Christian will cry out to God for
the grave needed to maintain his spiritual
life. Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath
—the Christian's native air. If you have
quit praying, it is time to quit hoping.—
Long as they live should Christians pray ;
tor only while they pray they live.
A. C. D.
•'lent In
3. R. Whitten, of Louisville, Miss., is
an authorised Agent to receive subscrip
tions for The Baptist Banner.
‘A PASS THROUGH THE LINES.’
Elder T. D. Gwin, chaplain in a South
Carolina regiment, wrote, about the Ist of
July, to the editor of the Conf'ederate' Bap
tist , published at Columbia, S. C., suggest
ingaquery, viz.: Whether when persons
who have been converted in the army de
sire to be baptized and unite with other
denominations, it would not be right to
baptize them and “recommend them to
the churches of their choice,” or to “ the
Christian regard of all the brethren in
Christ.”
To this we are glad to see that brother
Reynolds gives a Scriptural and consistent
answer :
“The question suggested in the letter of
brother Gwin, is one of very grave moment.
Good and wise men have been divided in
sentiment in reference to it; and therefore,
without presuming to dogmatize on the
subject, we would deferentially ‘show our
opinion.’ The question is, ought a minister
to baptize a candidate who avows his de
termination to join a pedobaptist church ?
We think not. Conceding to the evan
gelist the right, under the commission, to
baptize believers applying to him as such,
we question the propriety of the act, in this
case. The case of the Ethiopian eunuch
lacks one essential circumstance necessary
to justify such a proceeding. When Philip
baptized him, there were no sects in exist
ence*. The Church was one, and therefore
the conclusion was inevitable that he would
unite himself to a church ‘ of the same faith
and order.’ Had he informed the evangel
ist that he intended to apply fur member
shipin a Jewish synagogue, we very much
doubt whether Philip would have baptized
him, and given him. a certificate of recom
mendation to that body.
Baptism is the appointed and indispensa
ble antecedent to church membership, and
is sought for that end. If, therefore, the
applicant frankly avows that he has no such
end in view, we do not see how a minister
can consistenly perform the rite. If the
applicant has determined to cast his lot
among the unbaptized, let him go on his
own responsibility. We do not see any
reason why a minister of ours should give
him a certificate to pass through the lines.
It is not unlikely that a refusal, in this
case, will impress the applicant with a con
viction ot his own inconsistency, induce him
to examine the subject more carefully, and
at last convince him <•-. his duty to.join the
•denomination whose baptism he desires.
We may as well state, once for all, that
the editor of this paper is a Baptist of the
old school. He ranks with the ‘High
Church’; and recognizes no official acts in
the-ministry, which do not come from a
Baptist Church, and lead to it. It thus ap
pears that we are of the ‘ straitest sect.’—
But we hold our opinions in theology, as
we do those in philosophy and science,
without a particle of uneharitableness to
war is those who differ from us. When
we assert our opinion that a Scriptural
church contains only baptized believers, we
mean to be no more exclusive than when
we say that atmospheric air contains no
thing but oxygen and nitrogen. We simply
state a fact to the best of our knowledge.—
So while adhering to the Copernican theory
of the universe, we are conscious of no per
sonal feelings towards the Pythagorean
savans of the Celestial Empire. A disciple
of the philosophy of the conditioned, and
siding with Reid and Sir Wm. Hamilton,
we can yet retain our reverence for the
memory of Plato, and our admiration for
the genius of Schelling, Fichte and Hegel.
Nevertheless, the astronomy of China is
not our astronomy; the metaphysics of
Germany are not our metaphysics; and
the ecclesiastical polity of pedobaptism is
not our polity.”
We are glad to see our worthy cotempo
rary taking right ground in regard to the
Ministry. We hope he will soon be able
to convince all our anti Landmark brethren
in South Carolina, that they can not con
sistently recognize “any official acts in the
ministry which do not come from a Baptist
church, an’d lead to it.” This will at once
drive them to recognize no one as a true
minister who has not. been ordained by a
Baptist church. To this point we have
been humbly laboring for several years, and
it gives us new hope and courage to find
we have so leai ned and able and zealous a
coadjutor as Dr. J. L. Reynolds.
■ A. C D
No Waele of Funds.
The Biligious Herald states that the
salaries of the colporteurs of the S. S. and
Publication Board, at Richmond, is only
about SSO per month. Rev. A. E. Dick
inson, the General Superintendent of the
work, receives only $1,500 per annum for
his services, though, besides superintending
the labors of some eighty colporteurs, he
conducts the entire correspondence of the
Board and makes frequent tours collecting
funds. There is, certainly, no waste ot
funds here. Men who, at any thing else,
could command immense salaries, devote
all their time and energies to spreading the
Gospel among our soldiers, contented with
a bare sustenance.
Agent in Tennessee.
Elder AV illiam McNutt, of Cleveland, is
an authorized agent of The Banner.
Our Army Agent.
Elder Daniel Morris, of the 14th regi
ment cavalry, Ist Texas Brigade, is duly
authorized to receipt for subscriptions to
The Baptist Banner. *
THE BA.BTIST LIA N NI2R.
’ EDUCATION.
1 Many persons have a very false notion of
what education really is. They conceive
that it is the storing of the mind with know
ledge, and regard a person educated in pro-
' portion as he may be learned.
This, we apprehend, is a great mistake.
The origin of the word gives a good idea of
1 its true meaning. It comes from the Latin
1 Educo, I draw out. It is not a cramming,
1 but a developing of the mind.
; We propose, at some future and not far
distant day, to elaborate this thought in a
series of essays: showing how physical
1 education is a process designed to develope
the powers of the body ; intellectual edu
' cation, one the object of which is to bring
out the capacities of the knowing and think
ing powers; while mor J and religious ed
ucation is not the mere communication of
the knowledge of right and wrong, but such
training as increases the power and the
disposition to choose the right and to prac
tice it.
Mistakes in regard to the objects and
nature of education have been the occasion
of the waste of much time and money, and
of what is of vastly more importance, much
misdevelopment and erroneous direction of
mental power. A. C. D.
•WHAT DOE* IT MEAN?’
“ Make to yourselves f riends of (or with) the mam
monos unrighteousness, that'when ya fail\they
may receive you into everlasting habitations.”
A friend desires our opinion as to the
meaning of this text. We are not certain
that we are right, and we have no Commen
tary to which we can refer, but it seems to
us that “ mammon” here means money or
property; and the instructions are that we
employ it in such away as will secure us
friends beyond the grave who will welcome
. us to our eternal habitation. He who uses
it to relieve distress, to succor the perishing
1 for the sake of Christ; or who employsit
to sustain the Gospel at home or send it
’ abroad, is thus making friends.
“In as-much as ye did it to the least of
these my brethren ye have done it unto
! me,” the Judge will say to them in that
great day—and when they find them on the
, right hand of the Judge, the Redeemed of
the Lord who were brought to a knowledge
ii of salvation by their means, will they not
‘ meet a warmer welcome from those who
! will say “ you sent the gospel to me and thus
J through you lam here?” • A. C. D.
[For the Baptist Banner. ]
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To the Ocoee Asaoeiation, Tenn.'
, Dear Brethren :
i From some cause, we have had no Min-
- lutes of the last year printed. What that
I cause is I nevgr have learned ; I hope it is
i not the wilful negligence of our Clerk.—
I Our hext Associational meeting will be.
i j with the.Cookstone’s Creek church, in Polk
sj county, fifteen miles east of Cleveland, on
I Friday, 2d Oct.
’ We are aware of the difficulties we now
. have to encounter, in order to keep up our
, Associational interests, yet we hope that the
i churches will appoint and send messengers,
f which may be done by appointing our aged
brethren who are over conscript age. Or if
this cannot be done, then each church can,
and ought to represent by letter, and not
fail to send a sufficient contribution to have
jour minutes printed. I expect to be at the
i Association, and churches that cannot send
delegates and wish to send up letters can
> i leave them with me and 1 will take them
/up.
Come, brethren, let us keep up all the
( religious interests we can, and preserve our
Associational identity through this war, that
1 a record may be kept of which our children
8 will not be ashamed.
Yours in Christ,
i w. McNutt. I
i Cleveland, Tenn., July 28fZt, 1863.
A Great Revival of Religion—ln a
note just received from Rev. A. E. Dickin
son is the following gratifying intelligence:
, “ There is now in progress at Drury's and
I Chapin's Bluff, eight miles below Richmond,
’ a mighty uork of grace. Over one hun-
- dred soldiers have professed conversion,
e ' w hile forty backsliders have been reclaimed.
The camps for miles around resounde with
r the songs of Zion, while those who have
? hitherto been far away from God by wick-<
e ed works are crying out, ‘ men and brethren,
? what must w*e do to be saved?’ This series
T of meetings was begun, and has been carried
5 on, by Elder Andrew Broaddus, an evangel
’ ist in our employ. Other ministers have,
’ of course, aided. ‘The harvest is plenteous
? , but the laborers are few.”
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, The Cherokees*. *
' We have received $2 from Rev. J. T..
West, and S2O from Geo. W. Cook, for
i the mission represented by Eld. Compere.
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A Convention of Nurserymen.
A Convention of nurserymen in the Con
. federate States will be held in this city, ou|
Wednesday, the 19th August.
>, Delegates when arriving will report to
| Dr. W. P. Harden, at the Atlanta Hotel.
National Fast Day.
Friday, the 21st instant, has been ap
pointed by President Davis, as a day of
‘fasting, humiliation, and prayer,’ through
out the Confederate States.
Let all the people observe the day in a
proper manner ; but let us not forget that
it is our privlege, every day, to supplicate
the Throne of Grace in behalf of our home.
God hears and answers prayer; but with
out faith, it is impossible to please Him.
The Next Battle.
It is inferred from the movements of the
enemy that he is preparing for a final
struggle in Virginia, Large numbers of
Grant’s troops are passing up the Missis
sippi river, destined, as stated by their
officers, for the army of Meade. Dix, with
near thirty thousand troops, has already
joined Meade, and it is estimated that with
in a few weeks the Federal commander will
be enabled to mass against Gen’l Lee an
army of two hundred thousand strong.
The Supposition is that this grand contest
will transpire on the upper Rappahannock.
An order has been issued by Gen. Lee,
requiring the immediate return of all offi
cers and soldiers now absent from the army
of Northern Virginia—and it adds, ‘To
remain at home in this hour of our coun
try’s need, is unworthy the mahhood of a
Southern soldier.’ The commanding Gen
era I further appeals to the people of the
States to send forth every man able to bear
arms, to aid the brave soldiers who have
so often beaten back our foes, to strike a
blow for our safety, our homes, our inde
pendence, and our country.
*•-••*>
The NeVvs.
On Friday, the 23J ultimo, a fight oc
curred at Manassas Gap. Wright’s brigade,
commanded by Colonel Walker, of the 3d
Georgia, approached the gap which was
guarded’ by a force of Yankees estimated at
from six to eight thousand strong. Our
troops halted to await reinforcements, known
to be moving in the same direction. The
Federals, taking advantage of the disparity
of numbers, attacked the brigade, and a se
vere engagement ensued, which lasted sev
eral hours. The Confederates retired with
a loss of from two.fo three hundred killed
and wounded. Among the latter are Col.
Walker, who was wounded in the thigh, and
Lieut. John L. Ells, wounded in the hip—
both of whom are on their way to Augusta.
The enemy’s loss was heavy.
A telegram says that a party of three
hundred of Morgan’s men crossed the Ohio
<iver on Sunday, the 19th, fourteen miles
below Parkersburg. Morgan was there,
byt was prevented crossing by the gunboats-
He remained on the other side of the
river with the larger part of his men. The
last news from him was, that he was in
Winchester, Ohio, tearing up the railroad.
AU quiet in the army of Tennessee.—
Nothing from the enemy.
Gen. Lee is beyond the reach of Meade,
and ready for a fight, should his adversary
incline that way.
The New York Tribune asks for an ex
planation of the cause of General Grant pa
roling the officers who surrendered at Vicks
burg. Previous to the surrender the rebel
commander of exchange had been notified
that “this government meant to protect all
officers and soldiers under the flag, without
regard to colofyand since the rebels persist
ed in refusing to exchange Col. Speight and
other officers, under pretence that they were
in command of negro troops, he Federal
Government had stopped all exchange.”
According to statements published in
Northern papers, Confederate guerrillas are
already begining to be very troublesome
to the Federal steamers going up and down
the Mississippi. If our people only dotheir
duty, no wooden steamer can either attempt
to go up or down the river, without either
being sunk or badly damaged.
The New York Times has a correspond
ent who, in its issue of July 20th, details in
a letter of four columns, the points of a con- i
versation held with the Yankee General I
Thomas, who has been very active in rob-;
bing, plundering-and organizing negro regi
ments, but who is now laid low, with
a very serious wound. He claims to have
organized twenty thousand blacks in arms,
and to have under cultivation, in cotton,
sixty rebel plantations, from which he has
driven their lawful owners.
Foreign 'ltems.
The London Times does not think the
Federals will gain much by taking Vicks
burg.
The Rev. Dr. Scott, formerly of New
Orleans, but more recently of San Francis
co, Cal., is now supplying a church in Bir-I
- mingham, England. He was driven from
California by the Abolitionists on account
of his Southern proclivities.
I A grand banquet has been giveu on board
! the new steamer Southerner, at Liverpool.
The steamer is to ply between Liverpool
and Charleston.
The Liverpool papers mention that three
powerful iron rams, designed for the service,
service of the rebel, were nearly ready for
Shameful»
•We copy the following from the Atlanta
F Confederacy of Thursday :
“ The Currency.—This morning R. M.
Parks & Co., of this city, sold at auction
t SI,OOO in gold. The first lot put up was
SIOO, which brought sll 75 for one dollar.
The next, the remainder of the SI,OOO was
5 then put up and brought sl2 11 for one
. dollar. A bank bill of the denomination of
. SSO was then put up and sold for $1 90;
and SSO in small bank bills sold for $1 65.”
“ The man who sold this gold and bank
notes is a quiet country farmer, who did so
> merely because he could get a good price
I for it.”
. No matter about the ‘ quiet country farm
er," but we respectfully call for the names
of the purchasers in this transaction. The
loyal citizens of Atlanta should know the
man who has so little confidence in and re
spect for the ‘ promises to pay ’ of the
Government under which we live. Can
such a man be sound ? We fearlessly an
swer, no !
While such ‘business transactions’ are
tolerated in the Gate-City of the South, can
we marvel at the degrading fact that the
Confederate currency is, to-day, worth
more in Louisville and New York than it
is upon Whitehall-street in Atlanta?
We again call for the names of the pur
chasers ; and sincerely trust that our city
will never again be disgraced by another
such transaction. The people should, in
the most positive manner, forbid it.
Wanted, in Atlanta, Immediately.
Noses— lo; Eyes— 2o.
It is not a mutter of much consequence
whether they be of the graceful or sparkling
kind; but it is of vast importance that they
be of the smelling and seeing sort. They
are wanted for a peculiar business, and to'
serve an important end—and all the world
and ‘the rest of mankind’ will say Amen
when the result is reached.
“For what purpose are these noses and
eyes wanted ? ” asks an elbow friend.
To this question an answer is expected;
and here it is : They are wanted for an
equitable distribution among the ‘ City
Fathers’ of the city of Atlanta—to wit, the
members of the City Council. It is confi
dently believed that, with the aid of the
above articles, such revolutions will be ef
fected in certain localities, especially about
the region of the Car-Shed, that his honor
the Mayor will be called upon by the dear
people to appoint a day of universal thanks
giving.
Those with extra good smellers, or
peepers, are requested to report themselves
on the foot-way between the Macon & West
ern depot and the passenger-shed of the
Gate City. Liberal prices paid, and no
questions asked.
The Intervention Question
The following is the substanceof a lengthy
dispatch in the New York Herald, of last
Saturday :
It is now admitted by the most sanguine
membets of the Administration, that never
before were our foreign affairs in so mena
cing a state. England—so official advices
indicated—had determined to furnish the
South an iron-clad navy; and it was equal
ly certain that the Emperor of France had
made up his mind, definitely, to interfere
with our domestic affairs.
The fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson,
and the rebel defeat at Gettysburg, will not,
it is believed by the most sagacious friends
of the Administration, alter the character
of the action of France. England had de
termined, on the contrary, the moment
there should be danger of the North over
powering the South, to resort to intervention
in order to compel a separation, on which
England and France had both determined.
England is to cripple this great Republic,
and France preserve her dominion in Mex
ico.
With these indications before them, Sew
ard and the President were both convinced
that this is the most critical time, so far as
regards our relations with foreign powers,
since the commencement of the war.
From what I hear, 1 am inclined to the
belief lhata measure is on foot to put an end
to the war. It is not impossible that we
may see a sudden change of parties in the
next month.
Port Hudson.
A member of theUst Alabama regiment,
writing from Port Hudson on the 12th inst,
to the Montgomery Advertiser, gives us
some exact particulars of affairs at that
point. He says our loss during the seige,
in killed and wounded, was about six hun
dred and fifty men ; the number surrender
:ed was about four thousand, of whom only
two thousand five hundred were fit for du
ty. The provisions, except corn, were ex
hausted, and but few munitions of war were
left. The loss of the enemy, in the various
attacks made, was, according to statements
admitted by Federal officers, between five
and six thousand.
Good Military Movement.
General Cooper has issued an order to
, carry out the act of Congress requiring all
quartermasters and commissaries to detail
; disabled’ soldiers, who may be necessary
for service in their respective offices.—
Citizens so employed will be reported to
the enrolling officer for conscription.
1 The * Sliver Lining?
- We can but hope that there may. be
something good in the telegrams from North
. ern ‘sources—to the effect that the United
• States, having their foreign relations very
much complicated, intend to put on fcot
, measures to end the war;- that England had
■ determined to let the Confederate States-*
f have an iron-clad navy; and France had
; determined to interfere by mediation for
the greater security of her newly acquired
interests in Mexico.
Death of Wm. L. Yancy.
This distinguished son of the South died
at his residence, near Montgomery, on the
28th ult., after an illness of four weeks.
Justice will be done to his memory by the
pen of the Southern -historian.
From the Indian Territory.
We give the following extracts from a
. etter dated:
Head Quarters First Brigade, i
Dep’t Indian Territory, June 17,’63. j
Dear Brother:
Nothing very intere ting has taken place
since you left. The Cherokees have been
jarring considerably, lately, upon political
questions and schemes introduced by Major
Boudinot. I am sorry to see divisions and
dissentions growing up so soon. Bondinot
has rendered himself very unpopular with
the full-bloods, and very many of the half
breeds, and through Lira, his uncle Stand
Watie has lost many old and staunch
friends. A party is raising up against him,
that is already in the majority, that they
cannot compete with.
Brother D. M. Foreman is still on Sans
Bais, in the Choctaw. I have had no com
munication with him sined you left. Breth
ren Foster and Laugh, at Mush, are doinu
all they can. They have had many oppo
tunitiesof preaching to the regiments. The
keep up their prayer meetings as usual.
Yesterday we had a considerable skirmie
with the enemy, near Fort Gibson. W
are concentrating our forces on their
they are strongly entrenched, and havii
no artillery, we labor under disadvantag<
A few days will decide the fate of Gibsc
Soon after you left, a raid was made I
the Federals on Webber’s Falls. They d
persed the few pickets we had, and arrest
Mrs. Vore. Their great Cherokee agei
and agent for the Northern aid societu
and under-ground railroad, was killed at n
house, (they called his name Dr. Gillpn
rick.) They burned several houses at tl
Falls, among others mine. Mrs V<nre
living in one of the quarters as wel) co
tented as before they burned her out. SI
saved a few articles of clothing, and toco>
in. Phillips, the commanding officer in t
Cherokee Nation and Arkansas, treat
Mrs. V. very unkindly and ungentlemau
but his Lieutenant-Colonel treated her kit
ly, and rendered her some aid in sav.
from the flames what she did.
I will write again soon.
Yours truly, J. G. V
Salt !—Why will not our people pn
by their past experience? Why will t
our people learn wisdom, and practice w
they learn?
In ordinary times—such times as we I
before the war—we all' know that ab< •
this time, or, perhaps, a little later in
year, the supply of salt is usually in exc
of the demand for it, and touches its low.
point. The comparative absence of demani
is the principal cause of its usual low prict
Now, why consumers, especially th
large consumers, do not take advantage o
this, why they do not profit by the experi
ence of every year, and supply themselves
during the late summer months with all the
salt they will probably need,
cannot understand. The farmer or othe.
consumer generally takes advantage of th>
low prices of other articles and purchases t
year’s supply ; why should he not pursue
the same course in regard to salt.
Salt is now selling in this market at about
forty cents, which is very probably the low
est point it will reach. The demand will
begin to increase very soon now,as the peo
ple begin to save fresh meats, while the
supply cannot be materially increased. The
dictates of economy will be to secure a
supply for the fall and v/inter before it ad
vances.
There are a few, but not many persons in
the Confederate States, engaged in the man
ufacture of this indispensable article. These
men should be encouraged to persevere.—
Their capital is invested in the works, and
their labor and time are bestowed upon the
manufacture. The works are in a region
likely to be overrun almost at any time by
the enemy, and of course destroyed. Thus
they are likely at any moment to lose their
all. It is the interest, as well as the profit
of all to patronize, directly, and thus en
courage tne manufacturer.
Messrs. Seago, Kennedy, Palmer & Co.,
a Georgia firm, are manufacturing largely
in Virginia, and keep ample supplies in ihis
city, which are sold by their agents, Messrs.
Seago & Abbott, whose office is at Beach
& Root’s, on Whitehall street.
Messrs. Seago & Abbott are prepared
to fill all orders to almost any extent, large
or small. Call on*them. — Atlanta Com
monwealth.
The Child’s Hymn-Book!
A choice collection of Hyms for the use of
Sabba th-Schoo Is,
(Twenty cents per copy,) may be obtained
on application to C. E. HILLS,
Aug. 1 . 4t Rome, Ga.
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