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BY DAYTON, ELLS & CO. VOLUME IV. DEVOTED TO RELIGION AND LITERATURE, Is published every Saturday, at Atlanta, Georgia, at the subscription price of four dollars per year. DAYTON, ELLS & CO., Proprietors. * A C. DAYTON. JAS. N. ELLS. 8. D NILES * n« . . g? OUR REST. [The sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory that sha be revealed in us.] My feet are worn and weary with the march Over rough roads and up the steep hill-side, O '. City of our God, I fain would see Thy pastures green where peaceful waters glide. My hands are weary, laboring, toiling on, Day after day, for perishable meat; Oh 1 City of our God, I fain would rest,— I sigh to gain Thy glorious mercy seat. My garments, travel-worn, and stained with dust, , , Oft rent by briars and thorns that crowd my way, Would tain be made, O Lord, my righteousness, Spotless and white in heaven’s unclouded ray. My eyes are weary looking at the sin, Impiety and scorn upon the earth ; O 1 City of our God, within thy walls, All, all are clothed upon with the new birth. My heart is weary of its own deep sin -- Sinning, repenting, sinning still always; When shall my soul thy glorious presence feel, And find its guilt, dear Savior, washed away. Patience, poor soul, thy Saviour’s feet were worn The Saviour’s heart and hands were weary too, His garments stained, and travel-worn, and old, His sacred eyes blinded'with tears for you. Love then the path of sorrow that he trod, Toil on, and wait in patience for the rest; O 1 City of our God, we soon shall see Thy glorious walls, home of the loved and blest* (/Ur The Baptist Banner.] HOW TO TRY THEM. [continued.] “ Now, madam, we have settled two things. First, we are to try our churches by the Bible —and second, if my church or your church is not there, we are bound to leave it and unite with one that is there.— Now I might say to you at once that yours is not there. There is no need to look for it.” “ Why not, sir ?” “ Simply because, as you know very well, it had no existence till the days of Mr. John Wesley, and that was a lona time after the Bible church was organized. Your preach ers have always represented it as the work ot Mr. Wesley and other good men who lived and believed with him. All we could look for in the Bible would be something authorizing Mr. Wesley to set up such a church. But it has never been pretended that the Bible gave any more authority to Mr. Wesley Jhan it does to me, or any oth er man to set up a new church. Now, if the Bible gives authority to any one who pleases to set up a church as he thinks best, we need have no further trouble. We are all right, and one as much right as another. But there is no such right given to me or to any one. Christ established Ais church and gave no one permission to set up another in its place, or make any change in its order, its organization, its membership, its ordi nances, its government. Hence, Mr. Wesley had no authority to set up such a church; neither had the seventy preachers who met in Baltimore and established the Methodist Episcopal church of America.” “ I don't suppose, s* they meant exactly to establish anew church, different from the old one which Christ established, but rather to restore and re-establish that. You know, Mr. Tonyad, that. Religion was at a very low ebb when Mr. Wesley began his work.— There was very little of vital Godliness in the land, and he labored to restore what was lost, rather than begin something entirely new.” “The personal piety of church members, my dear madam, is one thiqg, and church organisation is another and very different thing. But you are partly right about Mr. Wesley. He did not intend to establish a new church. 11 is aim was promote per sonal piety in the corrupt church ot England. And his societies were composed of those members ot that church who were willing to adopt his rules. But though he did r.ot intend it should be so. his fellow-workers made altogether « new organization, and called it the Methodist Episcopal Church, and that organization has since been di vid . ed, and you have now another, partly new I and partly old, called the Methodist Epis- I copal Church South. But neither this nor the other, nor yet the Episcopal Church of 1 England were the church which Christ set up. It Mr. W esley or h<< successors had restored that. he would have done a great work •• What makes you think they did not? The members of the church which Christ established were pious, godlf people, were they noil and the first MeM>«>disU were pi-, ouSjjgodly people—l am sure they seern to ms itcy much alike.” • THE BAPTIST BMt « You are partly right again, madam. The members of the church of Christ were to be pious and godly people. They were to be truly penitent for sin, and true believ ers in the Lord Jesus Christ Every one of them was to be a real child of. (jog, a , truly converted person, ready to give up all , for CJirist. If any other persons gained ad- j mittance unawares, they were to be cast out as soon as their character was discov ered. This is manifest not only from the j fact that-they are called saints or holy ones, but also from the whole history ofthe church , in the New Testament. They first believ- , ed and made an open profession of their , faith and penitence, and then were added to , the number. * Those whom John baptized confessed their sins, thus indicating their repentance. Those that the Apostles bap tized ‘believed in the Lord Jesus Christ’ — and they are said to be ‘ such as should be saved’—or literally ‘ the saved.'' Now, right here, madam, is the Ist point of difference between your church and mine. There can be no church without members. You can’t have a church without the people of whom it is composed. The Scripture church was composed of professed penitent believers, men and women who had been truly con verted to God, and who united together to obev his laws and observe his ordinances. They consisted of such and no others. Now, every Baptist church is professedly com posed exclusively of such persons. If there are any other among them, it is because they have l crept in unawares,’ as certain false b'ethren did into the Scriptural churches. They have not been knowingly received as impenitent and unbelieving that they might reach repentance in the Church or be train ed up in the Church to future belief. They professed to be, and were supposed to be truly penitent and real believers before they were received. In this the Baptist Churches differ not only from yours, but from all the Pedo Baptist organizations. They all receive the children of members and some of them any other children, with out any evidence of piety whatever, with out any personal faith or repentance. — Some of them, when they have thus been received as members, continue to regard and treat them as members and others do not. They see how unscriptural it is to have an unconverted membership, and, tho* they have received them and baptized them, they stand aloof from them and tacitly dis own them. But your Church goes further than the others. It not only receives un converted . children, but unconverted men and wmen. You receive them knowing them to be unconverted, without any pro fession of faith ; you call them 1 seek ers and take them into the Church that they may there become true converts. Now you may turn to every page of the New Testament, and you can never find a single instance in which any one was received as a Church member in order that he might become religious. There is no seeker mem bership.” “But, Mr. Tonyad, you know we do not keep them in the Church if they don’t give evidence of conversion after a fair trial for six months.” “I believe you generally retain them as long ns they attend class-meeting and lead moral lives. But there again you are with out the Scriptures. The Bible Churches did not keep unconverted members six months and then cast them off without tri al, at th« will <fa class-leader. There is no command to do it and no example of its being done. This is all new ; something invented after the birth of Mr. Wesley and not in the Bible nt all. Your people do not pretend to find it there. So you are doubly wrong, first in receiving them and then in< getting rid of them. There is no authority in the Book for either. Here, then, is nay first point in this examination, —viz., the Baptist Churches are like the Bible Church i in the reception of members, and yours are not.” . A. C. D. i THE SACRED VOLUME. Some writer gives the following analysis of the Book of Books—the Bible : It is a Book of Laws, it shows the right and wrong. It is a Book of Wisdom, that makes the foolish wise. It is a Book of Truth, which dissects all; human errors. It is a Book of Life, and shows how to avoid everlasting death. It is the most authentic and entertaining history ever published. It contains the most remote antiquities, the most remarkable events and wonderful ; i occurrences. It is a code of laws. It is a perfect book of divinity. It is an unequalled narrative. I It is a book of travels. It is a book of voyages. It is a book ot the best covenant ever made, the best deed ever written. It is the best will ever executed, the best testament ever signed. It is the young man’s best companion. It is the school boy’s instructor. It is the learned man’s master-piece. It is the ignorant man’s dictionary, and jevery man’s dictionary. A AMO BAMOsX • ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863. HIS BANNER' OVER US IS LOVE. [Pbr The Baptist Banner.] Baptist State Convention of South Carolina. Bear Brother Ells:—Oor Convention met on the 24th, and adjourned on the 27th ot July. Glad to comply with your request; I will send you & short sketch of the meet ing. . . In the.absence of Dr. Williams, the in troductory sermon was preached by Rev. W. D. Rice. Dr. Furman, Vice-President of the Convention, took the chair, and pro ceeded to organize the body. The names of . delegates were enrolled. . Delegation quite small. The election of officers Re sulted in the choice of Dr. Jas. C. I’ urman President; J. M. C. Breaker, Secretary. On taking the chair before the election of officers, the Vice-President read a commu nication from our former President, the venerable Chief Justice O’Neall tendering his resignation. Rich with the fruits of a glorious life, he is now standing near the valley of shadows, awaiting the happy summons the Great Master. He has traveled through every station of honor, and now fills the highest seat in his profession. He"has always been a friend of learning and patron of the fine arts. As lawyer, legislator, judge, chief-justice, his whole life has been remarkable for purity. The strong advocate of temperance, the splendid and pious author, the good and pure Christian, I think I may safely say the State cannot b< ust a gi cater man. Cer tainly no one has done so much for morals and religion. It is not surprising, then, that we regret to see such a great, good man retiring, under the weight of age, from the harvest fields of Zion. The Con vention was chiefly engaged in consulting the welfare of the soldier. The first matter of importance introduced was the report of VV. D. Rice on Colportage, Sunday Schools, and Army. He reported the Sunday School interest as on the de cline. Being able to do little at home, he had turned his attention to the Army, and cultivated this field with great advantage. He makes a good Superintendent. Aided by the Churches throughout the whole State, he has done a great work. He has collec ted, through every channel, nearly twenty five thousand dollars, supplied the army immense quantities of Bibles, Testaments, and other religious reading, end has some twenty men laboring in the employ of the Board. They are doing a great work for the soldiers- Saturdav.—The meeting was not whom ing in interest on this day. Dr. Furman/ according to previous arrangement, preach ed a funeral discourse in memory of the la mented Dr.’J’ohnston. The discourse was like all the productions of this great man, exceedingly good. The sermon will be printed under the direction of the Conven tion; I hope your readers may see it. Dr. Johnson was the President of our Conven tion some thirty years. He lived to be over eighty years old. He was a pure and good man. Studying for the law at first, he finally devoted his life to the ministry’ r Although a correct reasoner, a good scholar and profound theologian, he seems not to have been a successful preacher. He was never known, according to his own testi mony, to have been instrumental in saving a single soul. Was never known to weep /on but two occasions: once on hearing a . discourse on the dignity of the Christian , ministry, and again on hearing that he was not popular in a community where he pro posed to labor. The pioneer of education , in the State, a faithful and devoted Minister ? O9 P el ’ he is g° ne down to the grave full of honors. The Conuention resolved to build a monument to perpetuate his ■ " ie L m ?7* J the precedent thus estab hshed is a bad one; but lam assured that , Baptists throughout the country will con tribute largely to lift a pile of stone above his silent dust. The products of his great [mind, however, will be his most lasting monument. 6 Bro. Sumner was there to represent the i claims ot his Board. Ha was just as ear nest as ever, and can beat the world at beg ging. Taylor, of Richmond, was also on hand, to plead for the foreign mission Board Both of them succeeded very well | The Collections taken up fur all causes amounted to about two thousand dollars. Sunday was occupied in preaching The sermons preached on this day did verv well, but with . wry exceptions, the preaching »»almo.t the poorest I ever heard. i Monday.—The meeting on this dav was almost ridiculous. The train was to’leave : at one o clock and everything was done in' great haste. This is no wav to do the Masters work. ’ i If people can’t make up their minds to stay until the business is finished thevl ought to stay at home. A resolution was passed commending the efforts making to' establish a monthly periodical at Columbia to be known as the Confederate Baptist Review. r v Bro. Compere was invited to speak. He acquitted himself finely, and excited much interest in behalf of his people in the west I formed his acquaintance, and found great 1 pleasure in his company. I hope he will I meet with ’great success in his glorious work. The Convention closed its session about 12 o’clock on Monday. As a whole, I was plea' id with the meeting. I think most of •us came- away with better hearts. But some of us will meet no more in this life. Death has been in our midst during the past year. His sword will not be idle in the future. Let us, therefore, hope to meet about the throne of God where death nor sorrow come. I am quite unwell and hope you will ex cuse this imperfect sketch. Your Brother, W. D. Mayfield. Martin’s Depot, S. C., July 29th, 1863. o > t THE GROWTHJN GRACE.. Let us now, as Christians, take a view of our past lives, and see what progress we have made in the divine life, and in the growth in grace. Have we since our birth to newness of life continued to grow, to. press forward in the service of our Master and Lord ? Have we met and overcome difficulties and temptations at every point? Have we with zeal end energy prosecuted the spiritual warfare? Have we, afe all times, and under all circumstances, been clothed with the whole armor of God, cast ing our lives, our all upon Him who is able and willing to sustain us at all times ? Or are we still in our infancy, not being able to bear the meat, have to feed on milk, having made little or no progress in the cause of our Redeemer? We are as but mere dwarfs. ’ The signs of life may yet be visible, but we are making no progress to wards the city of perfection. Our march has been impeded. Why is this the case t What has retarded our course ? Has the way become more difficult ? Have obstacles been thrown in the way that cannot be overcome? Has the Lord refused to hear the earnest and faithful entreaties of those that call upon Him in sincerity and truth? By no means. The dangers and trials re main the same. They can be overcome. God is willing and ever ready to assist us in every danger. Why, then, longer con tinue in this state of inactivity ? Awake, thou sleeper, arise from that state of leth argy. Let us now renew our energy, our strength, double our diligence, increase our faith, and go forth again to the contest. Let us continue to grow, that we may be ena bled to bear the strong meat, and by the help of God, to surmount the various ob- of time, that we may be fitted and prepared for an entrance into that rest that remaineth for the people of God, where all pain, trials and troubles cease, and eternal peace, joy and happiness forever reign throughout ’he ceaseless ages of eternity. THE UTILITY OF REFUSE THINGS. • The prussiate of potash is made in large quantities in Cincinnati, from the hoofs, horns, and other refuse of slaughtered ani mals. Cow hair taken from the hides in tanne ries, is employed for making plastering mortar, to give it a sort of fibrous quality, Sawdust is daily sold in our streets for sprinkling the floor of markets. It is also used for packing ice for shipment. The rags sold of worn out shirting, calico dresses, and the waste of cotton factories, are employed* to make the paper upon which these lines are printed. Old ropes are converted into fine note paper, and the waste paper itself, which is picked up in the gutters of our streets is again converted into broad, white sheets, and thus does duty in revolving stages. The paring of skins and hides and the ears of cows, calves and sheep are carefully collected and converted into Peter Cooper’s famous glue, made out at “ Old Bush wick.” The finer qualities of gelatine are made from ivory raspings—the bones and tend ons of animals. Bones converted into charcoal by roast ing in retorts, are afterwards employed in purifying the white sugar with which we our coffee, etc. The ammonia obtained from the distilla tion of coal in making gas, is employed for saturating orchil and cudbear in making the beautiful lilac colors that are died on silk and the fine woolen goods. Carbonac acid obtaine.d in the distilation of coal tar is employed with other acids, to produce yellow colours on- silk and wool. The shavings of cedar wood used in mak ing pencils are distilled to obtain the otto i of cedar wood. Brass filings and old brass ketttes are , melted and employed to make the brass work of printing presses and pumps. Old copper scraps are used in the con- j istrqction of splendid bronze chandeliers for I illuminating churches and the mansions of the wealthy. Old horse-shoe nails are employed in making the famous steel and twist barrels of fowling pieces. Coal tar is burned and turned into lamp i black, used for printer’s ink, common black ! paint, and for blacking shoes. Oyster shells are burned in kilns, and I afterwards used in making cement, their I base being pure lime. HOUSTON FEMALE COLLEGE. Perry, Ga., July 15, 1863. To my brethren and friends in Cherokee Georgia and ■ elsewhere: I have 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 build up a denominational school of high order; and I beg of every brother or friend, who has daughters Yvhoin he expects to send from home to be educated, to consider whether he can do better than to entrust them to us. We are here in 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 t 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 oth ers of the best families in the place, at from twenty to twenty-five dollars per month. A few can, per haps, be received in my own family. The object of our course of training will be not to make household idols and parlour ornaments of the pupils committed to our care, but true and noble, thinking and useful, women—fit to become the edu cators of the succeeding generation. Our first term will begin 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, - $ 12,00 Preparatory “ “ “ “ - - 20 00 ' College Classes, “ “ “ - - 30’00 i French, “ “ “ . . 10,00 Latin, “ “ “ - . io,O< Greek, “ “ “ io,OO , Music, “ “ “ - . 25,00 Use of Piano, “ “ • “ ' - - 2,00 . Incidental expenses, “ “ “ r - 1,00 Daughters of indigeht ministers, of all denomin-. „ ations, will be received and taught without charge r If my brethren wish to do me a kindness, now is the time. A NEW FEATURE. In view of the great demand which there must 1 shortly be for Southern teachers, it has been deter- < mined to institute a department for special instruc tions in the Science and Art of Teaching, to be 1 under the immediate direction of the President. — i Those young ladies who desire or expect to engage in this most noble and delightful employment will derive very great advantages from the Lectures and practical illustrations in this department. This J Course can be taken with or without the Colllege Course. Terms for first Term, $lO. A. C. D TALKING AND WRITING. A man may never know he has read un til he has either talked about it or has writ ten about it. Talking and writing are di gestive processes which are absolutely.nec essary to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books. But it is not every man that can talk. Talking implies, first of all, a readiness on the part of the speaker, and next a sympathetic listener.— It is, therefore, a digestive process, the most difficult, if it is the most rapid in its opera- tion. Writing is a different affair—a man may . take his owa time to do it, and not require a reader—he can be his own reader. It is an easier, although more formal process of digestion than talking. It is in every body’s power—and everybody who reads much makes more or less use of it, because, as Bacon says, if he does not write he ought to have extraordinary faculties to compen sate for such neglect. It is in this view that we ought to understand the complaint of a well known author, that he was igno-. rant of a certain’subject, and the means by which he was to dispel his ignorance— namely, by writing on it. It is in this view that the monitorial sys tem of instruction has its greatest value— to the monitors it is the best sort of teach ing. It is from the same point of view that Sir William Hamilton used to lament the decay of teaching as a part of the education of students of the universities. In the olden time it was necessary to the obtaining of a degree that the graduate should give evi dence of his capacity as a teacher, and in the very title of its degree as a magistrate and doctor, he was designated as a teacher. A man never knows anything, Sir William used to say, until he has taught in some way or other—it may be orally, or it may be writing a book. It is a grand truth, and points to a fine moral. Knowledge is knowl- edge, say the philosophers; it is precious for its own sake, it is an end to itself.— But nature says the opposite. It is not ours until brought uuder the command of the social faculty, speech—we exist for soci ety, and knowledge is null until we give it expression, and, in so doing, make it over to the social instinct. The Baptist Banner. A RELIGIOUS AND~FAMILY PAPER. The proprietors of The Baptist Banner j ‘ would inform the reading public, especially I heads of families, that, as an excellent HOME PAPER, THE BANNER shall be surpassed by none ! The LADIES, the CHILDREN, and the' SOLDIERS IN OUR ARMY, will receive, special and each number, in addi-; tion to a carefully prepared synopsis of reli-| gious and secular NEWS, will contain a good STORY—together with entertaining Miscells-j nies, Sketches, etc. TERMS— Four Dollars a-ye ar. [For The Baptist Banner. ] THE NATION’S FAREWELL ODE. On Hie Death of Stonewall Jackson. The nation’s rock that rose amid the storm, From earth noting high its awful form, In mournful splendor lies ; The tall cliff where a thousand storms have trod, Has thundered down—that noble work of God — Sublime no nfore to rise. The way-mark in the victor’s upward path, That roll’d the ocean tide of wrath, Is shatter’d now and low; The tow’ring pharos seen from shore to shore, Stands up our land of hope to light no more— This bloody world below., The hero’s gone! our wondrous hope entombed! The fire that through the smoke of battle loomed Has sunk in endless night; The sword is sheath’d that blazed with meteor flame, And hew’d his rugged way to endless fame, Nor flashes now with light. The sturdy oak that rose against the blast, Our Jackson, our great Jackson fell at last, But sunk to rise again; Like some great giant sunk in battle roar, Where brave men all their tides of life-blood pour. And proudly leap amain. ’Neath that tall oak in fields of open air, • He bent himself that morn in holy prayer, And rose with living joy; The great good vigil of his stricken land, In brass, in Christian strength, we saw him stand, Equipp’d for grand employ. The tide came rolling on, and lightning flash’d, And warworn hosts, like wrathful seas were dash’d, Where Stonewall lines opposed; As front to front two midnight storms were hurled, They fearful crashed, and roar’d and shook the w?rld, In dreadful conflicts clised. High in that storm, wi ll God-like mein brave, Uur wives and homes —the whole broad land to save, We saw our chieftain charge; With lifted arm he went, a form of light, As angel tossing back a dark cloud of night, With.glorious soul and large. The battle darker grew, and thunders roll’d, And heroes fell, the sons of freedom bold, To load that crimson plain ; And O! my God! my God! and must I say, The nation’s darling wonder fell that day, And bled among the slain ? We saw him from the field of strife return, And saw his face with newborn lustre burn, At news of grand succe’B ; And when the bloodstained host began to yell, He turned the song of triumph once to swell, And God above to bless. Bending to God’s decree as all men must, He came besmeared with gore and battle dust, By tearful comrades borne; One mangled, shattered arm was spouting blood, And waving one green palm above the flood, From trees of glory torn. - w He mov’d amid the heroes downward crash’d, 'Where farewell tears in floodlike torrents gush’d, And all was midnight gloom; On fields of battle doomed to lead no more, He left the bloody plain like one of yore, To find an early tomb. Forever great, his nation’s only pride, He, like some highborn Julius Caesar, died, All full of splendid worth; At the broad base of God,s high throne above, . He yielded up his life, his heart of love, Most glorious one of earth. lie went to do, and dare, and bravely fall, On freedom’s lighted shrine to offer all} And died withoul a fear; To God arose through storms of earthly strife, Where crowns and thrones unite, and endless life, No moie to shed a tear. Our sun that flash’d with splendors ever bright, Toss’d up on morning’s cloudless wings of light, Roll’d thru’ the midday storms With grandeur full and glory all untold, Has sunk at last in piles of evening gold, To dwell with angel forms. He’s gone—the nation weeps a sad farewell — He’s gone where hearts with nobler rapture swell, And burst with songs of love; With grief we yield him up, the good and brave, To fill in long renown an honored grave, And live with God above. W. D. M. Maritin's Depot, S. C. ? ——— THOSE PREMIUM’S. . We qffer three copies of the INFIDEL’S • DAUGHTER, probably the only three t that can now be obtained in the Confeder acy as premiums for the three longest lists of subscribers for The Banner sent in by the last of next October, by any lady or ' little girl. I Here is a fine opportunity for some one jto obtain Dr. Dayton’s best hook, in our ' humble opinion. Who will try for it? This is an appeal to our sisters, to | help us. If they will but try, they can do great things. They ought to try. We devote a large portion of our paper to them, and will labor to make it more and more ; instructive and entertaining for their spe cial advantage. Don’t wait to secure a Jong list to send at once, but forward the names and money as fast as they are ot> tabled. NUMBER 38