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VOLUME IV.
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PRETTY_BTANZAS.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the springs run dry ;
One by one beyond recall,
Summer beauties fade and die ;
But the roses bloom again,
And the spring will blush anew,
In the pleasant April rain
And the summer sun and dew.
So in hours of deepest gloom,
When the springs of gladness fail,
And the roses in their bloom
Droop like maidens wan and pale,
We shall lind some hope that lies,
Like a silent gem apart,
Hidden far from careless eye
In the garden of the heart;
Some sweet hope to gladness wed,
That will spring afresh and new.
When grief’s winter shall have fled,
Giving place to rain and dew—
# Some sweet hope that breaths of spring
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossoming,
In the spirit’s glorious clime.
THE LADIES’ COLUMN.
[For The Baptist Banner.]
Letter from Aunt Edith.
Dear brother Dayton:— ft was with no
small degree of pleasure that I saw some
time ago, your name, announced in the col
umns of The Hanner as co editor of the pa
per. Permit me to extend to you a thrice
hearty welcome, coupled with the earnest ,
desire that health and strength may be giv- ,
en you commensurate with your zeal, so .
that under your fostering care, and the ju- ,
dicious management of our energetic broth
er Ells, The Banner may not only thrive
and grow, but may long live to spread its
truth bearing pennons to the breeze. My ,
great interest in the paper is my only ex
cuse for this intrusion. When 1 think of
the many homes cheered by the visits of }
the Banner— how soldiers in the] tent, ,
camp, and hospital, hail its coming with ]
pleasure, ami what an incalculable amount of ,
good it may do in its silent unobtrusive way,
I feel what an important messenger for the t
Master is this paper, and how necessary it (
should always bear upon its front the pure j
unadulterated truth of His word. God grant ,
it may never swerve from the truth, nor j
compromise with error. (
The times with us, now, are exceedingly t
gloomy in more ways than oile, at least to ,
some parts of the community. There are ,
those whose patriotism runs so low, to say ,
nothing of their professed Christianity, that
they would engage in levity and pleasure .
seeking if Augusta was one scene of confla
gration from Yankee torches, and their own
homes and firesides actually in reach of
their direst enemies. It is trying to see
the national horizon of our loved country
so dark and lowering ; but it is a source of
much deeper sorrow to the humble child of
God, to see the professed followers of de
sus, yielding to the pressure and becoming
more and more conformed to the spirit of'
the world. It is a hard matter now to lay
hard upon, or point to the Christian whose
garments are unspotted, or whose con
science is void of offence. A love of amuse
ment cloaked up under the desire to bene
fit the soldier, is making shipwreck of the
faith of numbers: while the love of gain '
has become so intermingled with the very
breath of those calling themselves Christi
ans, that it is impossible to draw’ an idea
out of them upon any other subject. The
Bible, social prayermeetings, the cause of
Christ, are all entirely forgotten.
I was considerably struck by a remark
in the late Index, from the pen of the j
learned and spicy correspondent, ‘Semei.’ ]
Speaking of the prevailing speculation and
extortion and the approaching fast day, he'
says: “The prompt excommunication of
soine ten thousand church members for
those ’rank offences which smell to heaven’
would rekindle my hope that God would
incline His ear to the voice of our suppli
cations. I doubt whether anything short
of it would or should." Were the churches,
to commence and chastise their members
for participating in these gross sins, where |
would the discipline begin and where end'? j
Could it be done you might in some ca-j
S os with a few exceptions probably, annihi-.
late whole churches so extensively do,
these sins prevail from pastor to people. j
W hat a deplorable state of affairs; and
with what a pitying eye can we conceive ofj
the Saviour’s looking down upon His flock !
iust now ! The people of God are the salt
of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savor
wherewith shall the earth be salted ? If the
blessin*’ upon our nation depends in a meas
ure upon the tailhtulnessof His people, how
? on g will that blessing be delayed? We
have not reached the right point of hunul
iation vet. e need not one day, but days
of tasting and prayer 'hen not a tew,
but the whole number of professing Chris
tians should humble themsehes as it were
in sackcloth and ashes before God. Not
until then, and until true reformation fol
lows prayer and fasting, can we expect Uod
to listen to the voice of our supplications.
THE BAPTIST BANNER
I heartily agree with the foresaid author in
his sterling view’s upon the subject, and
must confess last “fast-day” was one in
which my interest was considerably lessen
ed. You will probably not wonder at it,
brother Dayton, when I tell you that on
the night before, our meeting house was the
scene of a concert for the benefit of the sol
diers, the seats crowded to overflowing—
while fast-day found only five of us assem
bled for prayermeeting —and that in view
of the stage and piano which has never been
removed. Is God well pleased with such?
Is a church a proper place for a concert? .
Yours &c.,
AUNT EDITH.
How to Choose a Husband. —Girls,
when you see a young man who would take
a wile for the value of herself, for the beau
ties of her mind, purity of heart, and not
for the dazzle of wealth, that man will make
a good husband ; for his affection will never
lessen, and years will but serve to strength
en his attachment, and open new fountains
in the heart, which shall murmur sweetly
on the ocean of happiness. When you see
a young man who is tender and affectionate,
and endowed with happy intellect, no mat
ter what his circumstances in life are, is
really worth winning; take him who can,
girls, for he will make a good husband.
THE CHILDRENS COLUMN.
A STORY FOR BOYS.
Business called me to the United States
Land Office. While there, a lad apparently
16 or 17 years of age, came in and present
ed a certificate of 40 acres of land. I was
struck with the countenance and general
appearance of the lad, and inquired of him
for whorii he was purchasing the land. The
reply was :
“ For myself, sir !”
I then inquired where he had got the
money.
He answered : “ 1 earned it !”
Feeling then an increased desire to know
something more about this lad, I asked him
w hether he had any parents and where they
lived. At the question he took a seat and
gave the following narrative:
“ I am from New State. 1 have
there living a father, rmnher, and five broth
ers and sisters. 1 am the oldest child. —
Father is a drinking man, and often would
return from his day’s work dt’unk. Find
ing father would not abstain from liquor, I
resolved to make an effort, in some way,
to relieve mother, sisters, and brothers from
want. After revolving things over in my
mind, and consulting w ith mother, I got all
the information I could about the Far West.
I started from home for Wisconsin with ten
shillings in my pocket. I left home on foot.
After spending my ten shillings, 1 worked
my way to Wisconsin, where 1 got an axe
and set to work, cleared land, earned mon
ey ; saving it until I gathered fifty dollars,
with it now pay for forty acres of land.”
“ Well, my good lad (for by this time J
became interested in him) what are you
going to do with your land ?”
“ I will work on it, build me a log house,
and when prepared, will invite father and
mother, brothers and sisters, to come and
enjoy this home. The land I desire for my
mother, which will secure her from want
in her declining years.”
“ And w hat, will you do with your father
if he continues to drink ardent spirits to
excess.”
“ < >h, sir. when we get him on a farm,he
w ill feel at home ; h • w ill be happy at home
and become a sober man.”
1 then replied —“ Young man, those be
ing your principles so young, I recommend
you to improve upon them, and the bless
ings of God will attend you.”
By this time the receiver handed him
I the duplicate receipt for his forty acres of
, land. Rising from his seat on leaving the
I office he said :
“ At last I have a home for my mother.”
<’liri*t Loie«l Hi* Mother.
The last thing 1 have to say about the
character of Jesus Christ is, He loved His
mother. The Saviour was nailed to the
cross; the whole weight of His body was
suspended from His lacerated limbs; and
< here He had to hang, hour after hour, till
life actually sunk under the power of suffer-1
'ing; but even here He did-not forget His
mother. He gave, in the most touching
manner possible, 11 is dearest friend a charge
to be kind to her, to protect her, to take
care of her as long as she should live. He
did this, however, almost by a word; for
under such circumstances, it was torture to
speak. “Behold thy mother.” That was
all ; but it was enough. Now let me ask
each one of my readers, whether young or
old, who has a mother still in life, as you
shut this book at the close of this paper, to
go and devise some act ot kindness and af
fection for her in imitation of the d} ing ex
ample which the Saviour set us. Exen it
it is bo very substantial act of kindness, it
w ill bring gladness to the heart, as a me
morial of your kindness and affection.
,
1 Remember noir thy Creator, children.
A JfSSWSPABBB.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1863.
HIS BANNER OVER US IS LOVE.
The Blind Boy.
It was a summer evening, and the air
mild, as I strayed through the wood. Sud
denly I espied reclining at the foot of a tree
two little children—one was blind. “Sister,
do you see that little bird that sings so
sweetly, and is it as pretty as its song?”
“ Y r es, it is on yonder tree.” “Sister, I
wish that I could see. How pretty are the
flowers and green leaves on the trees, and
those birds to one who sees; yet I can
smell the flowers, and can feel the shade of
the green leaf, and hear the birds singing
that God has made ; but tell me sister, are
there any blind in heaven?” “No, dearj
brother, there all see; but why ask that?”
“Sister, He’s so good to me, I thought I’d
like to look at God.”
Do you ever think, dear children, of the
blessed privileges you enjoy from day to
day? You are permitted to see the beau
tiful sun that rules by day and the moon
and stars by night, and this world, beauti-j
ful and adorned by the hand of God, and I
ten thousand other things which could be|
mentioned. Do you thank God for all.
these blessings ?
Come to Him as blind Bartemus did,
and cry, “Jesus, thou Son of David, have
mercy on me.” And if any shall charge
thee to hold thy peace, only cry the more J
“ Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” I
Jesus will stand still and command you to
be called, and they will call you, saying.
“Be of good comb n. r's.-, Hecalleth thee;”
and may you rise, and casting away your
garments of sin, “come to Jesus, ’ and when
He asks you, “what wilt thou that I should
do unto thee?” say as the blind man did,
“Lord, that I may receive my sight.” And
may you hear it said, “Go thy way ; thy
faith hath made thee whole.”
J"” 111 .., 11 ■
An AfTectitig Scene.
Ihe Rebel gives the following affecting
description of the first intimation given to!
i • • P fe> I
the citizens of Chattanooga of the presence j
of the enemy on the 2 t ultimo :
“ One of the most i *ssive scenes we ,
have ever witnessed,*occurred in the Pres !
byterian church on yesterday. The ser
vices were being held Rev. Dr. Pal
mer, of* New Orleans, aim the pews and
aisles were crowded with officers and sol
diers, private citizens, ladies and children.
A prayer had been said, and one of the
hymns sung. The organist was absent—|
“and I will be thankful,” continued the min
ister, “if some one in the congregation will
raise the tune.” The tune was raised ; the
whole congregation joined in singing, as in
days gone by ; the sacred notes rose in
humble melody from the house of God,
swelling their holy tribute to His glory, and
dying away at last like echoes of departed
days ; the second, or w hat is known as the
long prayer, was begun, when out upon the
calm, still air, there came an alien sound—
the sullen voice of an hostile gun—ringing
from the north bank of the river, and echo
ing back and back among the far off glens
of Lookout Peak. It was sudden; it took
every one by surprise; for few, if any, ex
pected the approach of an enemy. The
day was one of fasting and prayer; the
public mind was upon its worship. Its se
renity had not been crossed by a shadow.
And it was not until another and another
of these unchristian accents trembled on
the air, and hied themselves away to the
hills, that it was generally realized that the
enemy were shelling the town.
Without a word of warning, in the midst
of church service, while many thousands ot
men and women thronged the several pla
ces of public worship, the basest of human
foemen had begun an attack upon a city
crowded with hospitals, arid refugees from
the bloody pathway of their march, and in
no wise essential to a direct assault.
There was a little disturbance in the gal
leries; the noise in the streets grew louder.
Near the door, several persons, who had
other duties, military or domestic, hastily
'withdrew; the mass of the congregation,
! however, remained in their places, and the
I man of God continued his praxer. It was
impressive in the extreme. There he stood,
this exile preacher from the far South, with
eyes and hands raised to Heaven, not a
muscle or expression changed, not a note
altered, not a sign of confusion, excitement,
or alarm, naught but the calm, Christian
I face uplifted and full of the unconscious
! ness to all save its devotions, which beam
from the soul of true piety. Not onlv the
occasion. J>ut the prayer, was solemnlx. el
oquently impressive. The reverend' doc
tor prayed, and his heart was in in his pray
' er, it was the long prayer, and he did not
shorten it; he prayed it to the end, and the
' cannon did not drown it from those who
listened, as they could not drow n it from
the ear ot God. He closed, and then,
without panic or consternation, although
excited and contused, the dense crowd - p
arated. whilst shells were falling upon the
right and left.
Al! honor to the noble preacher, and to
. those brave women and children.”
That virtue which depends on opinion,
looks to secrecy alone, and could not be
trusted in a desert. 1
I AM JWEARY.
I am weary, very xveary,
Anguish presses on my brow,
And the road I tread is dreary,
‘ As a burning desert now;
I am but a homeless stranger,
Travelling through a land of foes,
Every step is rife with danger,
Every joy a fount of woes.
I am weaiy in the morning,
And at night I know no rest;
Weary while the day is dawning,
Weary when it seeks the west;
. Bowed with grief and worn with travel,
Tired with bickerings and strife ;
Still I linger to unravel,
All the tangled web of life.
| lam weary of the fleeting
Smiles that flattery bestows;
Weary ot the friendly greeting,
Os the ones I know are, foes:
Weary of the false pretensions
Os the purse-proud and the great;
Tired of all the mean dimensions,
That encounter pomp and state.
I am weary, but the battle
Is not for the strong alone;
j Men are not like herds of cattle,
Driven to some dread unknown :
Man’s founts of love are bubbling,
In the regions of the blest:
j “ Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.’ 4
[For The Baptist Banner.]
Luther and Lutheranism.
Ou the 10th of November, in the year
' 1483, was born in Eiselben, in Saxony, a
child who was destined to play one of the
most important parts ever performed by
men in the drama of the world’s affairs;
and seldom has it been the case that such
eminence has been gained from a lower
starting point—that such mighty results
have proceeded from so lowly a cause.
Martin Luther was the son ofa miner, poor,
I and occupying but a small place in the pic
ture 1 hat represented the events ot the
times; and but for the fact of having been the
parents of one who gained such world wide
distinction, the names of John Luther and
' Margaret Lindeman would, in all probabil
| ity, have never I een transcribed by the
; pen of the historian. This, however, is only
j one of many instances in xVhich God has
chosen the weak things of the w orld tocon
■ found the mighty; indeed,in carrying out His
designs in regard to the race of mat), “not
many wise men after the flesh, not many
I mighty, not many noble” are called to the
work ; and however learned and powerful
I and influential men become in acting the
parts assigned them, they nevertheless give
I abundant evidence that perfection pertains
not to humanity in its fallen state. So
Martin Luther, mighty in intellect, in learn
ing, in the control which he exerted over ■
the minds of men, gave unmistakable evi
dence of the weakness of human nature, and
failed when he attempted to do more than j
the work providentially assigned him. No!
bolder man probably ever lived, and no i
one was ever more sincere and devoted to !
the convictions of what he deemed right.—;
Born and reared in the faith of the church
of Rome, he elung to it until forced to leave :
it, under the persuasion that it was wrong
in doctrine and practice; and to this con-|
viction he did not come until, abandoning j
the theology of the times, made up of the
writings of the fathers, the decretals of the
popes anil the decisions of councils, he de
termined to “ prove all things” by the in
spired Scriptures and although he failed in !
some things in the application of the rule
yet he inaugurated and successfully conduct
ed a reformation that changed the phase of
the religious and political world.
Compelled, as are, to pass over a great
deal that is interesting in the life of the
Reformer, it is sufficient to our purpose to:
say that, contrary to the wishes and thestern
disapproval of his father, he determined to
devote himself to a monastic life, and in |
his twenty-tfiird year, entered a monastery
at Erfurth, of the order of Augustine. He
at once began a course of rigid bodily mor
tification ; fasting for days together, medi
tation and prayer, self inflicted scourg
ings, and wearing of hair shirts ; submitted
to be employed in the lowest employments
—sweeping the floors, winding up the clock,
and with a bag begging through the town
for provisions f>r the monastery. But all
this brought not to him the peace of mind
which he desired. There was ‘‘an aching
void within,” “a fearful looking for of judg
ment,” a continued longing for something j
which God alone can give, and which He
has promised to give only in His own ap
pointed way. In due time Luther was ar-,
darned a priest, soon after which the first
rav of light seems to have dawned upon his
rnind bv reading in the Library from a Latin
Bible, that “the just shall live by faith.’
This passage of Scripture seems to have
made a most rernarkable impression on him,
and to have had a controlling impression on
all his future life. In the discharge of his
duties as a priest, a part of his business was
to receive the confessions of penitents and
grant them absolution; and here in the
< < infessional. was performed his first act
which seems as an entering w edge forever
to separate him from the church ofhis early
love. At this time the Papal chair wa", oc
cupied bv a remarkable man. Leo 10th
was in many respects a worthy prince, and
considered as a temporal ruler will bear a
very favorable comparison with many of
the dignitaries of State. Indeed he very
'far exceeded in talent and amiable qualities
a great many who have been less abused;
and to the times in which he lived, and the
position which he occupied must be ascrib
ed the follies and views of which he was
guilty. He was a munificent patron of the
fine arts, encouraged learning in all its
branches, lived insplendorand gave himself
up to carnal ease and pleasure. But he was
not cruel nor habitually tyranical, and
whatever of injustice may have stained his
character is to be attributed rather to a want
ot self-control and the influence of his
counsellors, than to a constitutionally wick-1
ed proclivity. But it required money in
large sums to sustain his munificent style
of living and acting ; and in an evil hour
for the papacy he adopted a plea for raising
funds that resulted in disastrous consequen
ces to the Romish church. Pope Urban
2d, in the eleventh century, had originated
the scheme of granting letters of “ indul
gence” to any who would make a pilgrim
age to Rome, by which vast numbers were
induced to flock to the “Holy City,” and
by this means greatly increased its trade
and augmented its revenue. Afterw’ards an
“indulgence,” or the remission of the penal
ty due to crime, was granted to all who,
remaining at home, would pay a certain
amount of money for religious purposes. —
To this scheme then Leo had recousre to
meet the wants of an empty treasury, and
the contract for the “ sins of the Germans”
was farmed out to Albert, archbishop of
Mentz who employed as his chief agent to
carry out the work, John Fetzel, a monk
of the order of St. Dominie. Luther, in
the confessional, refused to receive these
letters, denounced the w hole scheme, and
refused to grant absolution to the’penitents.
These latter complained to Fetzel, who in
his turn denounced Luther and threatened
him with inquisition, and thus commenced
a contest which shook all Europe, and re
sulted finally in the organization all over
I the world of the different bodies of Chris
tians, known in the aggregate as “ Protest
ants” —a name which has outlived the
circumstances which called it into being,
and which has now' but little significancy.
Let it not be supposed, however, that this
great event was suddenly brought about.
I At the outset it was no part of Luther’s
intention to separate from the church of:
Rome, or to even weaken her power. The
abuses of the church he regarded as the
wickedness of certain individuals, and ar
dently hoped to see them corrected. It was
by slow degrees that he progressed to the
point which he ultimately occupied, which
was really not that of a reformer, remaining
in the church and trying to extirpate its
errors; but as the prime mover ofa new
; organization, in open and defiant hostility to
the one which he abandoned. And this is
; most generally, if not uniformly, the effect
of any movement of the kind. Neither
churches nor governments can be reformed
w hen they become corrupt. No man will
be allowed to remain in any church or state
I establishment, if, in opposition to the set
tled policy, he meets with any considerable
degree of success. The officials of the es
! tablishment will cry out against him, and
all its power will be aroused to crush him ;
and the reformers are doomed, unless they
can succeed in unsettling, overturning, and
reorganizing things upon a new basis.—
Reformation of an ancient order of things,
a peacable secession therefrom, can only be
■ accomplished where the government, civil
|or religious, has become too w eak to at
tempt its prevention; and a happy thing
I for humanity it is, that weakness is gener
ally the consequent of corruption.
After repeated efforts in various ways;
I had been tried to effect a reconciliation,!
Luther, in due time, was declared a ‘heretic;’ i
his writings were ordered to be burnt, and
a sentence of excommunication was passed
against him. All persons were forbidden!
to harbor or in any way give countenance*
to him. Luther in turn burnt the Pope’s
Bull, set the power of Rome at defiance,'
and henceforth it was war to the knife be
tween him and his enemies. But such was
the hold which his doctrines had taken up
on the hearts of the people that Pope, car- (
dinals, monks and laity, backed by the
Emperor, Charles sth, and all the power of ,
ithe secular arm, could not harm him. All
i over Germany nobles and people rose up
to defend him, and into France and Switz
erland and other countries the reformation j
penetrated. To the elector I' rederick of
Saxony, was he particularly indebted for
his refusal to deliver him up to the power
of Rome; and thus he continued at Wittem- ,
burg with Melancthon and others, dispens
■ing the lijzht of the word of God to the
people. lie was summoned to Augsburg!
to answer to the Papal Nuncio. He obey
ed the summons, but to the confusion of the
Legate. He was ordered to Worms b> the
Emperor, who w as holding a diet at the city,
and w hen dissuaded by friends and enemies,
from different motives, from jtoing there,
he made the memorable answer—“ Though
there were as many devils in Worms as
there are tiles on the roofs of the houses, I
will go.”
To the most indomitable courage this
extraordinary man united 3 most remarka
ble faith. In the darkest hours of trial to
himself and dismay to his friends, his con
fidence in God was unshaken. He always
maintained that his cause was the cause ot
TERMS— Five Dollars a-year.
; | Christ, and that Chriig; would not suffer it
to fail. Let Luther be degraded and de-
- stroyed, yet the truth would survive, and
J that was all he desired.
i And yet, after all, this wonderful man—
s with all his talents, his activity, his zeal,
his courage, his faith—was but a man, and
i possessed of the fallible weakness which
is inherent in human nature; and he who
had been raised up to break the seal which
priestly craft had imposed upon the word
of God, failed himself in some particulars
to read aright that word. He who struck
the sceptre from the hand of priestly pow
er, was to some extent disposed to wield
that sceptre over the consciences of men.
He would probably not have done so if he
had lived in this our day and this our land
ot civil and religious rights. But he lived
in a dark age and in a country where the
people were subordinate to the rulers.—
Kings ruled by “Divine right” and sub
jects had only the privilege of obeying, and
the favor which he received from the migh
ty ones of earth was, in many instances,
because they considered their prerogatives
invaded by the demands of a foreign pow
er. They had very little idea of the rights
ot the common people. Permissive jtriv
ileges they might allow them, but rights
were the peculiar terms of the arristocracy.
It is not possible for a man to bound at a
single leap from the bottom of a valley to
the top of a mountain. So Luther could
not emerge from the darkness which
shrouded his low estate, and attain at once
to the full light of Truth. Hence he could
«ithout compunction, in the day of his pros
perity, remove Carlstadt from his charge
at Orlamond. And one of the finest charac
ters in all history, Ulric Zrairgle of Switzer
land, who in the day of Luther’s humilia
tion had courageously defended him, was
afterward repudiated because Luther could
not convince him of the “real presence”
in the Eucharist—a part of the reformer’s
doctrine which we believe is now repudia
ted by those who call themselves after his
name. There is something unaccountably
surprising in Luther’s notions on this sub
ject. How he could have retained and
maintained so persistently this “tradition
of men,” is to be attributed to th« f 11,11
few men are in a completely normal state;
and however wise and great one may be,
there can always be found a “screw loose”
somewhere in his mental machinery. Sin
has infected the wholq naan, body, soul,
mind and spirit; and though the defect may
be long concealed, it will lie seen when the
circumstances are favorable to its develop
ment.
On neither of the “sacraments” as he
called them, Baptism and the Lord’s Sup
per, was his mind clear nor his views scrip
tural. In regard to Christian baptism he
understood not the action, design, nor sub
ject of the ordinance. And this is the more
surprising in the fact that there are so many
others involved with him in the same ob
liquity of perception. “He that believetli
and is baptized shall be saved,” is a state
ment so pellucidly simple that the weakest
intellect ought to apprehend it; and yet, a
more profound mystery does not envelope
any question in religious themes. How,
or by what means is one to be saved?—
And thus it is that many perish from thirst
on the shore, while, the tide of spiritual
waters roll by.
How hard it is for men to come to the
knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus,
whilst that knowledge is so easily accessi
jble!
FAG INSUL.
Meeting ol'Baplisl AfcNocialions.
SEPTEMBER.
Hepzibah—Saturday before 2d Sabbath,
Hepzibah.
Stone Mountain —Saturday before 2d
Sabbath, b anners.
Rehoboth —Saturday before 3d Sabbath,
Union church.
Baptist Middle—Saturday before 4th
Sabbath, Douglass Branch church.
Col uin bus—Saturday before 41 h Sabbath,
Cusseta.
Flint River —Saturday before 4th Sab
bath, Antioch church.
Sarepta—Saturday before Ith Sabbath,
Milestone. “*
Washington —Saturday before Ith Sab
bath, Powelton.
Ebenezer —Friday before 4th Sabbath,
Poplar church.
Appalachee—Saturday before 3d Sab
bath in September, Clark county.
OCTOBER.
Georgia—Saturday before 2d Sabbath,
Damascus.
Coosa—Saturday before 2d Sabbath —
Poplar Springs, Chattooga county.
Piedmont —Saturday before 2d Sabbath,
Bethel church.
Ostanauia—Saturday before the 3d Sab
bath, Armuchee.
NOVEMBER.
Bethel—Saturday before Ist Sabbath,
Americus.
Sunbury—Saturday before 2d Sabbath.
Savannah.
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Elder William McNutt, of Cleveland, i
an authorized agent of The Banner.
NUMBER 42.