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A. C. DAYTON, '.Editor.
JAS. N. ELLS, Secular Editor.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1863.
Our Paper.
We are compelled to send our readers,
this week, a half-sheet, in consequence of
the scarcity of paper at the Marietta mill,
occasioned by the calling out of the opera
tives there to do military duty. We are
pleased in being able to announce, however,
that arrangements are in progress, by which
we hope very soon to be ‘ all right,’ so far
as regards an ample supply of paper.
Our readers will agree, we think, that
what may be lacking, this number, in quan
tity, is made up in quality.
Progression In the Church.
Friend Turner, of The Countryman, is a
great lover of the Church of Christ. He
has great sorrow in his heart because he
sees it is likely to be left behind in the
rapid advance of the present age. In an
article of August 25th, headed “ The Thir
ty-Nine Articles in Parliament” he tells us
that similar fears are entertained in Eng
land, which recently have led to important
debates in both Houses of Parliament.
The question there was, whether the clergy
of the Church of England ought to be
required t.o subscribe to the “ Thirty -Nine
I Articles and the Prayer Book.” Mr. Bux
ton, it seems, has ventured to express the
opinion that —
“ If the Church still required of young men such
abnegation of mental freedom, the worthiest would
be the first to shrink from such degrading bond
age. If she chose to be not national, but narrow
minded and sectarian; if she drove from her the
intellect of the age; if she stubbornly withstood
all progress and. all reform ; if she met the inevita
ble advance of the human mind, the growth of
religious opinions, the novelties of speculations,
the discoveries of science, not with strong and
gentle reasoning, but with paroxysms of fear and
rage; If one displayed that wmen was or an tntngs
the most pitiable, the longing to persecute without
the power, then, indeed, the day might come when,
alienated from all that was most profound in thought
and most generous in feeling, she might find her
self forsaken and spurned by the English people.”
Mr. Buxton believed “ a far other career
was before” the Church of England. “ Let
men of mind find with her a welcome and
a home; let her open her gates wider and
shake off the bonds that cramped her; let
her move onward with the age, and lead
the van of religious thought,” &c.; then
they “ need not doubt that their children’s
children would still cling to the Church
which their fathers founded and sealed with
their blood in the great days of old.”
It seems never to have occurred to Mr.
Buxton that it might be that the Church
so changed would not be that old Church,
and would resemble it in nothing but its
name. But, Mr. Turner tells us that he
has been urging upon his readers the same ■
arguments. He says: ■
“ B’e tell the Chureh in America that she is in danger.
We tell her that if sho does not see it In time, she
will drive from her men of mind, education and
.enlightenment, and retain within her borders only
*he Ignorant, the superstitious and the bigoted, and
then she must, In her visible lorm, totter and crum
ble to the earth.”
Let us see if we can understand what all
means. An English Churchman might
truly say : the Church of England receives
its members when they are little babes, and
confirms them in membership when they
are twelve years old. It takes all who are
brought, and the government holds out the
i strongest inducements to all who have
children to bring them. No restriction of
faith or practice hinder all the children in
the nation from being made full members.
And being members, they continue to be i
members, let their faith be what it may. I
Few of the infidels or atheists, few of the
profane, the Sabbath-breakers, the gamblers
and prostitutes of England, who are not
members of the Church. If any are not,;
it is not the fault of the Church or the
'Government, whose creature the Church of
England is. That Church is designed to
embrace the whole nation, and does so as
as it can. What more would Mr. Bux
ton have ’ The ministers are required to
subscribe to the Thirty Nine Articles. He
would have all restrictions removed which
hinder all who choose from entering the
as easily as they have entered the
Church*. There are some, it may be, who
would like to become teachers of atheism
and infidelity, or of some speculative phi
losophy, which will, if received, make infi
lls of others whose minds are differently
organised. They are at perfect liberty to
do it as men, and even as Church members,
but they wish to do it in the name of God,
with the sanction of the priesthood, and
aided by all the facilities which the Church
has provided for the instruction of the
people in her own faith. And because she
cannot consent to invest them with sacred
orders to enable them more effectually to
propagate falsehood and error, and over
throw her faith, Mr. Buxton complains of
her as having a disposition to persecute.
Is it persecution to require of those wTio
are to become the religious teachers of the
people, under the sanction of any Church,
and backed by all her influence and author
ity, that they should at least profess to
believe and promise to teach her faith, and
not labor to undermine and destroy it?
But Mr. Turner is seemingly more dis
tressed for the Church in America than
Mr. Buxton is for the national Church ol
England. He sees her pillars trembling
now, and hears the coming crash. “ Why,”
: he asks in tones of agonizing earnestness,
“ w T hy will not the Church see the error of
i her ways, and renounce them before it is
f too late?” What would Mr. Turner have?
> If we understand him, the thing he calls’
■ the Church, is the conglomerate imaginary
' union of all religious denominations, with
• their various and opposing creeds, and
1 different conditions of membership. He
wants some wider and larger enclosure,
which will admit into this imaginary Church
; some liberal-minded people who are now
• excluded.
“ Why cannot the Church,” he asks, “ admit into
her folds all those who are willing to try to lead a
pure life and conform to a few leading regulations,
without fettering and shackeling.the mind with
articles, dogmas and creedS'Which only very narrow
, minds can in reality believe?”
If the Church consists of all religious
. denominations, as he seems to think it
does, for he goes on to specify Presbyte
rians and Baptists, Episcopalians, Metho
dists and Roman Catholics as portions of
it, one would think he might find accom
modations in some department of it for
himself or any of his liberal-minded friends.
The t Methodists, for example, have adopt
ed almost precisely his own rule. They
cordially invite into their part of the great
enclosure, all who desire to be saved, and
“ are ivilling to try to lead a pure life, and
conform to a few leading regulations.”—
They require no profession of faith, and no
subscription to Thirty-Nine Articles. They
will not even ask him whether he has ever
tried to “swallow their odious and blas
phemous doctrine about sanctification.”—
They will gladly receive him and ask no
questions, put him on probation for six
months, and if he is evidently “trying to
lead a pure life,” and “ is willing to conform
to” one or two “ leading regulations,” they
will then install him a full member till he
dies or falls from grace—that is, ceases to
try to lead a pure life and conform to their
few leading regulations. They will require
of him no articles, dogmas or creeds, unless
he proposes to become a preacher.
If he desires to enter by the door of
which the Episcopalians have charge, he
has only to learn a little catechism, and
tell them he believes in God the Father,
and his Jesus Christ, &c., according to the
words of a creed which one who feels so
deep an interest as he does in the Church
of Christ can easily subscribe to; and there
he need not fear exclusion even if he falls
from grace, and will not even be obliged to
go through the six months probation to see
if he is really trying to lead a pure life.
They will not so much as show him the
Thirty-Nine Articles unless he proposes to
“ take Holy Orders,” and become a priest
or bishop.
If he is inclined to a more liberal way
than this, let him enter by the Roman
Catholic door. They will open it as wide
as he can desire. They will not ask him
to believe a single word about Purgatory
as a condition of membership—though they
may, if he wants to be a priest.
Those who guard the Presbyterian door
differ somewhat, in different parts of the
country, in regard to their mode of receiving
members ; but when we joined that Church,
some twenty years ago, they asked of us not
lone single word of creed, or dogma, or
article, but only an expression of our desire
to unite with the Church ; and by the di
rections of their Confession of Faith they
are not to require conformity to their doc
trines, except from the officers of the Church.
It is not unlikely Brother Turner could get
a pass by this route.
But if he comes by the way of the river,
and expects to enter the Baptist door, he
i will find the porters somewhat more partic
ular. If they obey instructions, they will
' expect him to show good evidence that he
« has been the subject of a great work wrought
i. in his soul by the Spirit of God; that he j
• has passed from death to life; that he has
j |felt himself a lost sinner, and has taken
> Christ to be his only Saviour; that he is
i determined henceforth to live not for him
- self, but to Him who loved him and died
-Itor his sins.
About all this we suppose Mr. Turner!
> is now profoundly ignorant. He sees tio
meaning in our words. He looks upon
them as the silly expression of some half
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insane hallucination of the mind, and im
agines that one who talks thus is even worse
than “ narrow minded.” But our prayer
to God for him is, that he may some day
become the subject of this great change,
and then our words will not be foolishness
to him. The guardians of this door, too,
will expect him to pass through the water
before he can gain admittance to the en
closure. They are so foolish as to believe
that the Church of Christ and of God is not
a mere human institution. It was not be
gun by man, and man is nut at liberty to
change its ordinances, its organization or its
terms of membership. These were fixed
’for it by the Lord himself. The people
or the preachers have no authority to mod-;
ify them to suit'the demands of outside
parties; nor do they fear to be left behind
; in the progression of the world. They are
' not of the world, even as Christ was not
,of the world; therefore the world hates
f them even as it hated Him. But they have
s His promise that the gates of hell shall
( not prevail against His church, and firmly
r believe He has the power to keep it.
For ourselves, we think that the Baptist
i churches have progressed a little too far
[ in some comparatively unimportant partic
ulars, and need to go backwards rather than
forwards —backwards to the simplicity, the
strictness and the earnestness of Apostolic
times. The other so-called Churches have
advanced entirely too far. The divisions,
and dissensions, and sectarianism which Mr.
Turner so much laments, are owing not to
the want of progress, but to the fact that
they have already left the pure Christianity
of the Bible behind them, and some of them
have progressed so far that they have even
lost sight of it. Tire thing which Mr. Tur
ner calls the Church has taken into itself a
large portion of the world, and would have t
taken it all if it could have been induced to ,
come—not by first converting it to Godli
ness, but by receiving it in infancy, and
letting it grow up in wickedness within its
own enclosure. The Church of Christ is a
’very different thing. It is in the world, but
not of it. It does not gain strength by
conforming to the demands, the fashions,
the speculations or the philosophy of the
world. It is specially instructed not to
be conformed to this world, but to be
transformed in the temper and spirit of its
members. It will not crumble and fall,for
God himself has } ledged His own almighty
power for its support and perpetuity. But
it will be neglected and despised, it will be
abused and persecuted, until its Founder
comes for its final deliverance and triumph.
It is prepared for this because it has been
thus forewarned by its Redeemer. Its
power and safety depend not on its pro
gress, but on its retaining the purity, the
simplicity, and trustful obedience to the j
letter and spirit of the Bible, which it had
when Christ and the Apostles first called it
and separated it from the world.
A. C. I>. I
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Slone-Mountain Association.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
Stone-Mountain Baptist Association was
held with the church at Tanner’s, twelve
miles from Atlanta, commencing on the
12th September, 1863.
The introductory sermon was preached
by Elder P. A. Hughes, army missionary?
from Ephesians 1, v. The oldest minister
present, remarked in our hearing, that it
was one of the most appropriate sermons
he had ever listened to.
After an hour’s intermission the delegates
met for organization —Elder A. K. Tribble,
former Moderator, in the chair. In the
absence of the Clerk, on motion of Elder
Mayfield, Jas. N. Ells was requested to
act pro tern.
Letters from the Churches were read, by
brethren Hornady and Niles.
Elder 11. C. Hornady was then elected
Moderator, and James N. Ells the Clerk.
Received messengers : Flint River—
J. H. Campbell, D. L. Duffie, J. 11. Harts
field, J. W. Langford, Jos, Camp, and
Thomas Eccles. From Rehoboth —Dr. N.
A. Hornady.
The usual Committees were appointed.
Elder S. Mayfield preached at night in
the church.
On Sabbath at ten o’clock, Elder Bu
chanan preached in the arbor; subject—
Prayer. The Missionary discourse—from
the text ‘ Allelulia! for the Lord God Om.
nipotent reigneth,’—was preached by Elder
Campbell. The stand was occupied in the ,
afternoon by Elder H. C. Hornady. Pre- j
vious to the first sermon in the morning.’
a prayer-meetings 4 for our country,’ was.
i held, conducted by Elder Tribble.
On Monday morning the session was
opened with prayer by Elder illiam 11. i
Robert, Agent of the Board of Domestic ■
Missions, who was allowed five minutes
time to speak for the mission he represent- i
ed, and who also preached in the arbor at ;
ten o’clock the same morning.
The Baptist Church at Decatur, through
Elder Hughes, made application for mem- ■
bership in this body. Granted, and the
hand of fellowship giv.en.
The following.messengers were appoint
ed to sister associations :
Central, at Eatonton, including fourth
Sabbath in August, 1864—Tribble, Thames,
and Ells.
Flint River, at Antioch, fourth Sabbath
in September, 1863 Hornady, Thames,
Stanley, Tribble, Hughes, and Ells.
Appalachee, at Bethbara, third Sabbath
in September, 1863—Mayfield, Churchill,
and Ells.
Georgia, at Damascus, second Sabbath
in October, 1863—Thames and Ells.
Lawrenceville, at , 1864—Mad-
dox, Churchill, Mayfield, and Ells.
Noonday, at , 1864— : Mayfield,
Hughes, and Ells.
Cherokee Baptist Convention—llor
nady, Maddox, Tribble, Thames, Mayfield,
Niles, Hughes, and Ells.
The following were elected Delegates to
the Georgia Baptist State Convention :
Brethren Hornady., Ells, Tribble, Gibbs,
Thames, Maddox, and Hughes.
The following are the General Meetings,
with the narn€s of volunteers :
First District, at Rehoboth Church, De-
Kalb county, Friday before first Sabbath
in August, *1864 : Maddox, Churchill, Wm.
Nash, and Ells.
Second District, at Rock Dale, Newton
county, Friday before third Sabbath in
July, 1864—Thornes, Baker, King, Hull,
and Ells.
Third District, at Salem, Newton county,
Friday before fourth Sabbath in July, 1864
—Tribble, Churchill, Maddox, and Ells.
The following Reports were presented : ;
MISSIONS.
Your committee have considered the
Mission cause as one of vital interest; but
in our straitened condition by the blockade |
of the present war, w’e feel assured that but
little can be done outside the Army mission.
The Army mission should be extended and
sustained. Our fathers, husbands, brothers
' and sons are in the army. They want the
■ Bible; they want religious books, tracts,
, and newspapers. Brethren, shall they have
these comforters to the soul and mind ?
We earnestly recommend the adoption of
the following resolution, to wit :
Resolved, That this Association will, in connection
with the Virginia Army Colportage Society, sustain
a Missionary Colporteur in the Army.
A. K. Tribble, Ch’mn.
This report was adopted unanimously,
and brethren Hornady, Ells and Niles were
appointed a committee to secure a suitable
Missionary.
deceased ministers.
The committee report that, through the
mercies and goodness of God, all our be
loved Ministers have been spared to us
during the year. And in consideration ot
the fact, we recommend that a prayer be
I offered to Almighty God for His mercies
| unto us, and that, if consistent with His
i holy will, they may all be permitted to
meet, with this body for many years to
come. Wm. Thames, Ch’mn.
<>n the reception of this report, at the j
request of the Moderator, Elder Campbell
i led in prayer.
The chairman of the committee on Sab
bath Schools, J. N. Ells, submitted a report,
and recommended a resolution, which was
i adopted —requesting each church to state
in the next Associational letter its number
of Sabbath-scholars (if any), and the course j
of instruction pursued.
It was resolved that our next annual
meeting beheld with the Macedonia church, j
in Newton county (six miles north of Cov- i
ington), on Saturday before the second '
Sabbath in September, 1864.
Elder Fielding Maddox was chosen to
preach the next Introductory ;. Elder S. B.
Churchill alternate. Elder 11. C. Hornady I
to preach the Missionary sermon ; Elder
A. K. Tribble alternate.
The usual vote of thanks to the hospita- [
ble entertainers was adopted unanimously, |
the parting hymn sung with spirit, the 1
parting hand extended, the benediction of
the Great Head of the Church invoked—
and thus ended the 1863 session of the
Stone-Mountain Association.
The printed ‘ Minutes,’ which will soon
appear, will show that the churches com
posing this body sent up two hundred and
three dollars to aid in supplying Soldiers
with The Baptist Banner.
[Since the adjournment the Clerk has j
received, from Elder Holmes, the letter
and funds sent up from the church at Social
Circle, and the report of the former Treas
urer—which will be annexed to the printed
Minutes.]
Personal.
J. N. E. expected to be present, to-day,
at the session of the Appalachee Association
in Clark county ; but he is compelled to
start, to-night, in another direction —deter-
-1 mined, if it be possible, to secure printing
! paper enough to last The Banner a long
; time.
Agent in Mississippi.
S. R. Whitten, of Louisville, Miss., is
!an authorized Agent to receive subscrip
i ti<>ns for The Baptist Banner
Xorlli Georgia Association.
I Convenes at Pleasant Valley, Murray
' county, Ga.,on Friday before the first Sab
i bath in October.
Middle Cherokee Association.
Meeting commences on Friday before the
i fourth Sabbath in September, at Dalton
The Army Evangelist.
Elder Jesse 11. Campbell, known as the
‘Army Evangelist,’ was called upon to
preach the missionary sermon before the
Stone-Mountain Association, on Sabbath
•last. He announced his text (Rev. xix : 6.),
“And I heard as it were the voice of a great
multitude, and as the voice of many waters,
and as the voice of mighty thunderings,say
ing Alleluia: For the Lord God Omnipotent
reigneth!” He said that, though only a
visitor, it might be appropriate that he
should preach the Missionary sermon on
this occasion, inasmuch as the Association
had decided, for the ensuing year, to devote
their energies mainly to army missions.— ’
No sooner had the storm of war burst like
a tornado on our infant Confederacy, than
he felt called upon to leave off preaching to
the fathers and mothers at home (which he
had done for near forty years), to look
after the spiritual welfare of the young men
in the army, who, many of them, had left
i their plows standing in the furrowsand had
rushed to arms in defence of all that is dear
to man. W ith mournful satisfaction he
looked back upon the scenes through which
i he had passed, as he had gone through the
camps distributing Testaments, tracts,
religious papers, &c. He had prayed with
the sick and dying, in their tents, and had
preached, as God gave him strength, to
thousands. He had often seen hundreds;)
present themselves for prayer.
He declared his object to be, in the selec- 1
tion of the text, to endeavor to comfort the ‘
I bereaved (many of which were no doubt
in the congregation before him), and to en- 1
courage and strengthen the desponding. — H
He maintained that, as a sovereign, God
reigns. Is/. In creation Life is the gift
of God, whether it be that of the animalculte
which gambols in the clear spring water,
imperceptible to the natural eye, or of the
insect that floats in the sunbeam, or of the r
Archangel that burns with love or blazes| ‘
with glory before the Eternal Throne.— ! a
None of his creations, animate or inanimate,;.
have a right to inquire, * Why hast thou t
made me thus ?‘ He addressed the colored g
portion of the congregation, reminding them
that God had made them black, and had:
placed them in their present condition, as- 1
suring them if they were faithful they would .
not lose their reward. He also warned the!
. j c
whites that God would hold them responsi. ( j
ble for the duties involved in their position 1
as masters. . 1
2tZ. God reigns in Providence, directing j
the affairs and deciding the destinies of na-1 f
tions, as well as individuals. He does this i
absolutely, whether with or without the in- $
tervention of miracles. He instanced the i
escape of the Hebrews from Egypt, and s
their establishment in the promised land,
despite the opposition of Pharaoh and his |
hosts; of the accomplishment of His pur
poses in regard to Joseph, notwithstand- J
ing the evil designs of his brethren; and
the protection which lie has vouchsafed toj
His-children, by the case of Elisha, for ]
: whose deliverenee from the Assyrian army s
he surrounded Dothan with “chariotsand '
horses of fire.” He expressed the confi- 1
i dent belief that God would, in His own '
j good time and way, deliver our nation from |
i the power of our enemies.
3d. God reigns in Redemption: In the
[plan of redemption, in the lime and manner
in which of its development, and in its final
consummation and accomplishment. In this, (
! as in all His dealings with men, He shows I
that “ man’s extremity is God’s opportuni-!
■ty” ,
The soul-stirring discourse of our venera- i ,
■ ble brother made a marked impression 11
; upon the large audience, and we trust will j
i be productive ot great good.
[jFbr The Baptist Banner.}
Revival Xews from the Army.
Dear brother Ells : 1 send you an ex
; tract of a letter written by a soldier, Wm.
M. Sparks, to his father, C. W. Sparks, of
Newnan, Ga. It contains most glorious'
news from his Brigade (Benning’s). The;
■ young man alluded to, only 19 years
i of age, who conducted the prayer meeting
' which resulted so gloriously, has by Divine
’ grace, a crown of honor more glorious than
the wreath of the most successful warrior,;,
! who knows not our Lord Jesus Christ—-al- ,
beit he may be general in the army. God (
bless that young man yet more and more. |
The allusion to The Banner should stirnu-' |
late its friends to send money freely to the (
editors, enabling them to send to the army. ,
I know that The Banner is sent to a portion
of the Virginia army but not to the extent’,
desirable. " I am sorry it has not reached ,
■ this particular Brigade, but 1 suppose it is .
'DO fault of the editors. The ten dollars,,
I alluded to, contributed by this soldier’s j
i father was intended to be designated for the ,
■ 20th Georgia regiment, but it was not so
designated. But an arrangement must be,
made to send them The Banner. But here
is the extract : *
*• We have a great ‘ revival’ now in progress
in this brigade. I never saw as much deep feel
ing existing among men in all my life; and this
is?he only revival that I have seen in the army.
We have preaching in the forenoon and at night
and not less than one hundred brave, healthy,
strong young men ask an interest in the prayers
of the few Christians that are here; and they
come apparently down—humbled indeed in tbei
dust. The revival commenced from a prayer!
meeting, conducted by a young man about nine
teen years o d of the 15th Georgia regiment.—
bo much feeling was manifested, it was thought
best to have ministerial aid, and we sent to Gen
eral Anderson s brigade for such help as was
needed. Two chaplains came and are now la
boring faithfully with the earnest penitents. Wo
had written to Mr. Hornady and Mr. Rambaut
before this meeting commenced, and we hope
one of them will come. We pay all expenses
going and coming and will make them as com
fortable as we can while here. We asked them
to come and stay a month or two. It is impos-*
sible to tell what a proper man could
be the means ofaccompnffnhghere at this time.
We would like to hear Mr. Wood but, on ac*
count of his health, I have no idea he could keep
up a week with our fare and bedding &c. We
thought of writing to him first but thought he
could not come and it would only be a loss of
time ; but I know he would enjoy these meetings
iso much. If Mr. Newton was alive and would
be here with Mr. Wood, I think but few would
be left to represent Satan and they would not
openly avow him.
And one other thing I notice lately. When,
the mail arrives you can see men running and
enquiring for as they say “ religious papers, good
papers.” The mail carrier brings them to the
Colonel, and he distributes to the companies
equally. But why does The Bunner not come ?
I have been in service over two years and have
been a member oftwo brigades (Anderson’s and
Benning’s) and have not seen a copy of your
favorite paper, The Baptist Banner. I think you
subscribed sl6, for the purpose of sending that
paper to this regiment—l think it would be the
means of doing much good. It is interesting to
St-e the earnest, deep feeling which pervades the
whole congregation of not less than three or
four hundred. They behave much better than •
they do at home —not a whisper can be heard.
I think the few righteous here and the faithful
at home have much reason tube encouraged for
it does seem that their prayers are prevailing.”
Thus, brother editor, the soldier writes of
the power of Divine grace in army. —
Will not Christians pray yet more and
more that God will save our countrymen in
arms? God’s elect children have no hope
for country or for souls, but in Him.
Who will contribute to send The Banner,
to Benning’s brigade ? It is now with Gen.
Bragg.
J. M. WOOD.
[ For The Baptist Banner.']
Captain T. W. Davis.
Brother Ells: I enclose you herewith
resolutions adopted by the 2d Baptistchurch
Sabbath-school of this city, on receipt of the
sad intelligence of the decease of their much >
loved Superintendent, brother T. W. Davis.
By special requsstthe letter that accompanies
the resolutions to the bereaved widow is
also sent you. Please publish and oblige.
GEORGE C. CONNOR.
LETTER.
Mrs. J. Davis, Greensboro, Ga. :
Dear Madam: Permit me to transmit
you the following resolutions adopted by
our Sabbath school, on receipt of the sad
intelligence that our beloved Superintendent
had fallen a victim to disease, in the be
leaguered city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Believe us, dear madam, that these are
not mere formal resolutions, but the feeble
expression words are capable of giving to
the deep-felt sorrow of the heart. As a
school we sincerely loved your husband.—
As a school we sorrow his loss and truly
sympathize with you, the most painfully be
reaved of all, begging you to accept the
resolutions enclosed, as but imperfectly ex
pressing what our hearts desire you to know.
May our kind Heavenly Father comfort
you in this sad and bitter dispensation of
His providence.
May He pour into your bereaved,bleeding
heart the oil and wine of consolation. As
He enshrouds your heart daily in the
sombre drapery of mourning, may He
withdraw those curtains that even par
tially conceal him, and reveal himself to
you as a God of mercy and compassion.
With feelings of te.nderest sympathy,
believe me to be
Very truly yours,
GEORGE C. CONNOR.
RESOLUTIONS.
The sad intelligence having been convey
ed to us of the death of our late much be
loved Superintendent,Captain T. W. Davis,
by disease contracted in defence of the late
beleagured city of Vicksburg ; and deeply
feeling the great loss our school has sus
tained, we desire to put on record our heart
felt expressions of sorrow for our bereave-,
rnent, mingled with submission to Him who
doeth all things well; and to tender to our
beloved sister our Christian sympathy and
condolence. Be it, therefore,
Resolved, Is/, That in the death of our late
beloved Superintendent, brother T. W.
Davis, the Sabbath-school of the 2d Bap
tist church, Atlanta, has sustained a painful
bereavement.
Resolved, 2d; That his Christain humili
ty, heart-felt interest in the Christian train
ing of the youth, and his zeal and energy will
be remembered by us, his fellow-laborers,
with feelings of emulation.
Resolved, lid, That we tender to our sor
rowing find beloved sister, our Christian
sympathy and condolence in this sad and
dark hour of trial, begging her to derive
comfort from the reflection that it is the
hand of her Heavenly Father that afflicts
her, and that He has put on record that pre
cious truth, “all things work together for
good to them that love God. ’
Resolved, Ith, That this School spend a
season in special prayer for an outpouring
of blessing from the widow’s
sorrowing sister.
Resolved, r oth, That these resolutions be
published in The Baptist Bonner, and Chris
tian Index, and that copies be sent to sister
Davis, and to the father of the deceased.
GEORGE C. CONNOR, Ch’m
[For the Baptist Banner. ]
Miasionarj «« « ,,e So,d,eM * j
Any Association in Georgia wishing to
employ a Missionary to the Soldters can
hear of a suitable man by app vmg o
undersigned. j
j Grfiin, Sept 1. 1563. HH