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About The Baptist banner. (Atlanta, Ga.) 186?-1??? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1863)
The Curse of Prosperity. It is one of the saddest features in human nature, that mankind generally are more capable of bearing adversity than prosperity. When smitten by misfortune, man displays a patient fortitude that makes him an object of admiration; but if his course be uninter ruptedly prosperous, he becomes elated puffed up with hanghty pride. It is strange, too, that those who have once endured the frowns of fortune are most easily frowned by her favors. It might be expected that their experience would teach them meek ness and humility ; but it is rarely so. One who is suddenly elevated from a low estate drops his patience, and too often, many of his other virtues, as badges of degradation, and puts on characteristics which he deems more befitting his new position. They are like plants which in the frigid zone, have so conformed themselves to the climate that they are able to pass uninjured through all its rigors; but, transferred to the tropics, they lose all their hardiness, and. become more delicate than the creeping annuals that never knew a chilling hreath. We every day see illustrations of this strange feature in our constitution. See, for instance, that man who bears himself with s uch scornful pride, as if he thought the world could not boast his peer. When he moves amid a crowd of his fellow men he holds his head as one might do who walked a mong toads, and all kinds of disgusting reptiles. You read in his countenance plain ly enough that he deems himself formed of a purer clay than these common mortals.— He treads as if the ground were too vile for his touch ; he speaks as if there was a fas cinating eloquence in all he says; a peculiar majesty in all that he does. That man wa, once poor, and none could surpass him in complaisance and affability. He had a smile and pleasant words for everybody, and with fawning sycophancy licked the boots of some whom he now deigas to patronize.— But it was his luck to marry a rich wife, and her gold has so wrought upon his con stitution that he finds it very unwholesome fc o bow politely to all whom he meets on the streets and then to press the brown hand of of an honest laborer. When he becomes a candidate for Congress—for he thinks his wife’s money can carry him there—he will perhaps do the >e things; but now he is cold, and proud, and stiff, moving along as me chanically as a puppet skeleton strung upon wires. There is a lady arrayed in a splendid at tire of silk and jewelry, upon whose face pride and haughtiness are as plainly writ ten as if they were printed. She is now rich and fashionable, and the “best circle’is proud to claim her as a member. But it was not always so. She was once an hum , ble dress maker, and then all admired the patient and honest industry with which she toiled for her bread. Her conduct, at home and abroad, was marked by a most com mendable propriety. But now all is chang ed. She married a rich man, and threw away the little instrument with which she had kept want and misery from her door. She now associates with those the hems of whose garments she was not previously ■thought worthy to touch. But where are those who, in her days of poverty, gave her work and encouragement ? She knows them not. They are not of her “set,” and she passes them with a cold, distant stare that sends the hot blood to the cheek, but posi tively forbids all recognition. Prosperity has changed her heart, as well sis turned her head. We might go on endlessly, enumerating the changes for the worse which prosperity produces ; but let these suffice. In all such instances it is a curse, and not a blessing. The gratification which it affords the indi vidual is more than balanced by the changes which it makes in the moral character.— Better far it is to continue poor and honest than,'by some sudden turn of fortune, to be lifted above poverty and honesty. Neither \ unexpected adversity or success are desira ble. But the effects are widely different.— The former seldom makes persons worse, butsoinetimes makes them better; the latter ■often takes away the few virtues which they possessed, and begets in them vices to which they were previously strangers. It is be k yond all doubt, a blessing that “ Life is a mingled yarn—geod and evil mixed toge ther.” t Write to the Soldier. Persons who have friends in the army should write to them often. Nothing is so much appreciated by the weary, toil-worn soldier, as a hearty, cheerful letter from home. W e should set aside certain days ' in each week in which to write to our soldier • friends. Any one who has visited our camps, and witnessed the eagerness with! which the soldier inquires for letters—how .diligently they are read when received, and ’ how carefully ho preserves those little mis sives of love and friendship—can not fail to real tie the amount of good he may do in this respect. a The surest way of making a dupe is to kt your victim suppose you are his. THE BAPTIST BANNER [For Tile Baptist Banner.'} J A Refugees’s Twilight Rinsings. The evening star has hung its lamp In the blue field on high, ; And shadows creep about the earth, • ■ And steal across ths sky, Whilst the weary world sinks to rest Upon the dark night’s lonely breast. Now the softly-shaded lamp-light Gleams forth from marble halls, And pine knots cast a ruddy glow I Upon the cottage walls ; And chairs were placed, and hearths were swept, Ere dear feet o’er the door-way stept. , It is a calm and quiet home, But yet, I cannot rest; I’m leaning on the window-sill, Sad, weary, and opprest, Watching, yet keeping watch in vain, For those who ne’er may come again. I would not murmur nor complain, Though stern my fate must be ; But there are times when I am sad, And all seems dark to me : So dark, that, verily, the tomb Is shorn of more than half its gloom. , I hear the ever ceaseless tread Os busy feet below; But steps fliat once I loved to hear, Will greet my ear no more — “ No more I” how much these two words tell Os heart-grief, time will ne’er dispel. i How empty seems the crowded street I How empty unto me! For, in the ever passing throng, No well known form I see ; But in lone grave-yard beds they rest, Unmindful of the one unblest. Far off stars are dimly burning; Mournful winds are blowing; . Trim the lamps and draw the curtain, Night is wilder growing I And, upon the pavement sounding, Each foot-step is homeward bounding. Oh I though homeless, be not faithless, Think of Him, who had not A place on earth to rest His head— Think of thy Saviour’s lot! Gladly follow the Son of God, Treading the lonely paths He trod! Soon will come a voice, calling Across the cold, white foam— Thy Father’s voice—saying, “ Come ! Come, weary one, come home!” Then, with thy wanderings all past, Thou, too, wilt hasten home at last. Hettie. Atlanta, October, 1863. “ A Hint for the Times.” From the Mississippian.] This was the caption of a communication which appeared in our columns the other morning, from the pen of a Mississippi soldier. It was certainly a hint for the times, and we hope will be generally read; and pondered over. We think, with our correspondent, that this is no time for rev eling in luxuries and dissipation, when death is daily being brought to our doors, and the enemy are here and there, sweep ing along our land like a simoon from the desert of Sahara, leaving desolation and poverty behind to mark the soil over which they trod. Thoughts far more vital should fill our brains than hoping for and partici pating in every species of gaiety. There is work enough for all to do in bringing about a successful termination of this strug gle, if we will only turn our attention to the'tented field where the angel of Death is ever hovering, and where we can misis ter to the wants of the thousands in need, who have stepped forth willingly to secure peace and freednm throughout our borders. This is the place where many officers should spend more of their time, and where those at home should case their eye. The days of speculation, frolicking, soft sentimental ism, and flattery ought to be away yonder in the future, when our 'glorious republic will stand erect among the nations of the earth, bold and defiant, free and unfettered as the wind ; her brow blossoming with the fadeless laurels of triumph, and her path strewn with the fragrant flowers of ap plause. We will have cause for mirth making then, but for the present let us think of it less, and of war more. Neither the parlor nor brilliantly lighted ball-room, though both are ever desirable, should now be attractive. The “sterner sex” should have pressing duties elswhere; and our lovely women, of whom “ poesy and song” have already said so much, have a broad and patriotic field upon which to work, where they can become far more renowned than even the far-famed Florence Nighten gale, or Sarragossan maid. This is the hour of sorestneed—the hour when our men want garments of every description to protect them from the rigors of winter, whose far-off moan has been heard from the “Blue Ridge,” by the vet eran “ foot cavalry” of Lee. It is the hour when the soldier needs words of stimulation and encouragement —kindness and thought ful attention, to banish away thoughts of gloom, caused, perhaps, by dreaming of home and the loved ones there, now under Yankee rule, and from whom, probably, not a line will be received until this" cruel war is over.” Let us have no repettiions of Vicksburg mirth and sociability—no more Tullahoma reunions. They are not very bright spots on our escutcheon. The abandonment of the latter stronghold, ru mor attributes to a reunion given our offi cers by a Union party, while it is frequent ly asserted that merry-making had a very j demoralizing tendency at Vicksburg. Sure ’ ly, now, none can take any pleasure in, boasting that he or she was “ tripping the . light fantastic toe” on the night the boats ran the batteries and sealed the fate of the gallant “ Hill City.” Indeed, some of those who traduced the press there for condemn ing what was styled “revelry,” now ac ' knowledge their error, and we hope that ' hereafter nothing similar will have to be chronicled of them. Stand by your men, flat major, as the noble Jackson always ‘did, ever improving their discipline and (Sharing their privations; and ere many- seasons roll round, the “happy day” will have dawned upon us—our fertile fields will be waving with the luxuriant fruits of ag riculture ; our sails whitening every sea ; our ports crowded with the commerce of the outside world; our institutes of learning musical with the voice of intelligence; our temples vocal with heavenly sounds of pi ous devot’on, and our starry tanner gar landed with “ victorious wreaths” with its ample folde streaming gallantly in the soft and gentle breeze, which comes so richly laden with mellow fragrance from those emerald-clad heights and flowery vaies, where grow the orange, the citron, and the magnolia. [For tke Baptist Banner.} RSissionary’s Report. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26, 1863. Brother Ells : — Allow me space in your valuable paper to report to my brethren, of the Tallapoosa Association, my first trip, as a missionary, to the army. I arrived on James’ Island, 8. C., the Ist day of this month, and held meeting with General Anderson’s brigade, composed of the 7th, Bth, 11th, and 59th, Georgia regi ments. Our meeting continued for five days, and I hope and trust, with good results. — Many of our brave soldiers, who have stood before the cannon’s mouth, on many hard fought battle fields, without fear, were made to tremble under the word, and say, “Men and brethren, what must I do to be saved ?” At the end of five days they had to leave the Island, and go to Chattanooga, Tenn. The day before they left, I had the privilege of hearing fourteen of them tell what the Lord had done for them, and baptizing them in the presence of some two or three thousand soldiers. Much feeling seemed to pervade the assembly, as our brethren received their eomrades-in-arms coming up out of the watery grave. I then went to General Col quitt’s brigade, and labored with them over two weeks; not as much feeling among them, but a general interest taken ; and, on the 23d instant, had the privilege of receiv ing and baptizing five more, in the name of Jesus. On my taking ieav<- of them, many said, “ Pray for me, and visit us again soon I” You shall hear from me again soon.- - Brethren, pray for me, t hat my mission may be blessed. Yours, in Christ, J. M. Muse, Army Missionary. Large Armies The city of Thebes had a hundred gates, and could send out at each gate 10,000 men and 200 chariots. The army of Teran, King of Ethiopia, consisted of 1,000,000 men and 300 cha riots. Sesostris, King of Egypt, led against his enemies 600,000 men, 24.000 cavalry, and twenty seven scythe-armed chariots, B. C. 1491. Hamilcar went from Carthage and landed at Palermo. He had a fleet of 2000 ships and 3000 small vessels, and a land force of 300,000 men. At the battle in which he was deleated 150,000 men were killed. A Roman fleet, led by Regulus against Carthage, consisted of three hundred and thirty vessels, with one hundred and forty thousand men. The Carthaginian fleet num bered three hundred and thirty vessels, with one hundred and fifty thousand men. At the battle of Cannes there were of the Romans, including allies, 80,000 foot and 6,000 horse ; of the Carthaginians 40,000 foot snd 10,000 horse. Os these 70,000 were slain Jn all, and 10,000 taken prison ers. ■ Hannibal, during his campaigns in Italy and Spain, plundered four hundred towns anp destroyed 3,000,000 men. Ninus, the Asyrian king, about 1200 years before Christ, led against the Bac trians his army consisting of 1,500,000 foot, 1200,000 horse, and 16,000 chariots armed I with scythes. Italy, a little before Hannibal’s time, ' was able to send into the field 1,000,000 men. Sennacherib lost in a single night, 186,-1 ( 000 men by the destroying angel.—Kings' xix: 35,37. Semiramis employed 2,000,000 men in building the mighty Babylon. She took 1,00,000 Indian prisoners at the Indus, and 1000 boats. A short time after the taking of Babylon the forces of Cyrus consisted of 600,000 foot, 120,000 horses, and 200,000 chariots armed with scythes. An army of Cambyses, 50,000 strong, ‘ was buried in the desert sand of Africa by t a south wind. - _ | LEVI M. CHURCHILL. J. R. W. JOHNSTON CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON. Dry Goods A N D General Commission Merchants, 233 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, j Will give prompt and personal attention to all CoMign ments they may be favored with. CONSIGNMENTS solicited. FACTORY GOODS alwaya oa hand and scld at the low est market rate*. Sept 26—ly. > Testaments for Sunday-Schools. The Sunday-School Board of the South ern Baptist Convention, have received notice that 2,500 New Testaments have been shipped to them by flag of truce from the North. It is proper to explain to the public, first: How these books came, and second : How we propose to distribute them. When in Richipond in June, I learned that some brethren in Baltimore had pur chased a number of Testaments, and sent them by flag of truce boat to the Virginia Baptist S. S. and Colportage Board, and it occurred to me that some similar arrange ment might be made in our behalf. I accordingly wrote, after consulting with some of the Richmond ministers, requesting Dr. R. Fuller to secure for us, in like man ner, 2,500 Testaments, and proposing that we would pay for them at the close of the war. I added, that any arrangement he might make would be satisfactory to us. I knew it was impossible to be definite be forehand as to details, but I fully expected to pay for them in any event. This action of mine was approved by the Sabbath- School Board, on my return home. On the Ist of October I received a com munication from Rev. W. J. R. Taylor, corresponding Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York, informing me that my letter to Dr. Fuller, asking him to negotiate the purchase of 2,500 New Testa ments, for the use of the Sunday-Schools, of the Southern Baptist Convention, had been referred by him and the Committee of the Maryland Bible Society to the managers of the American Bible Society, for such action as they might choose to take respecting it, and that the Board, at its meeting August 6th, had unanimously granted the whole number of volumes. Even before this, 1 had learned that the books were on their way. We had not expected nor desired a donation, but simply to use our personal credit, in such away as to procure from our friends in Baltimore supplies of Bibles for pressing necessities, which could be paid for when the war was over. In the mean time, the Testaments were on their way, sent as a grant from an unexpected source, with every expression of Christian courtesy. It seemed to the Board that there was but one course to pursue—to receive and use the Testaments, to acknowledge the cour tesy expressed in the intended donation, and to pay for them in full as soon as the nature of the case admits. Accordingly, the following resolutions were adopted : “ Whereas, The application made by the President of this Board, to purchase 2,500 Testaments through friends in Baltimore, has been laid before the Board of the Amer ican Bible Society, in New York, who have preferred to grant, rather than to sell them, Resolved 1. That this Board have not contemplated procuring the books except by paying for them as soon as possible. Resolved 2. That we receive the Testa ments granted by the American Bible So ciety, with due recognition of the Christian courtesy expressed in their letter. Resolved 3. That it is our intention, however, to refund to the American Bible Society their full cost, so soon as commer cial intercourse is practicable.” As the Board must insist upon paying for these books, and as the people are am ply able and willing to purchase them, and serious difficulties would embarrass their gratuitous circulation, it has been deter mined to distribute them so far as practica ble among tie several States, and to dispose them to Sundag-Schools alone, at cost, as nearly as can be ascertained; or in case of applications from schools unable to purchase, they will be given. Accordingly, a supply has been ordered to be sent to Richmond, Virginia ; Raleigh, North Carolina ; Colum bia and Greenville, South Carolina ; Macon and Atlanta, Georgia; and Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. And brethren at these places have been requested to make arrange ments for distributing them as widely and usefully as possible. \\ e are in correspon dence as to the proper places and persons to receive the remainder, particularly in the States of Florida and Mississippi. 1 remain, yours truly, B. Manly, Pres. S. S. Board S. B. C. [For The Baptist Banner.} Mass-Meeting of the Raptists in Mississippi. I- The Mississippi Baptist Bible and Col porteur Society is requested to meet at Hillsboro, Scott county, on Friday before the first Sabbath in December, 1863. The Strong River and Harmony Associations have appointed delegates, and arranged for; the collection of money, to be sent to that meeting, and have requested all other asso ciations and churches in the State to do the i same —the object being, when assembled at ■ the above mentioned time and place, to be gin the work of army missions, and of Bible and Tract distribution, and carry it on in; the Bible and Colporteur Society, or else' to organize and work in another body more suited to the purpose. The Harmony Association will request, by her delegates, that the body be called: The Bible and 'Missionary Union oj the State of Jeissis \sippi, that the money’basis of membership ! be done away, and representation received I direct from the churches and associations. Our brethren, so ■ far as heard from, are . hearty in this movement. e hope the j entire State will be represenWd, that every 'Church Association will send delegates and money to this meeting. so as to begin at I 'once our part in the great and good work before us. Forest is the nearest station on the Southern Railroad, being eight miles from Hillsboro. Efforts will be made ■ to have conveyance, there, on Thursday and Friday, when the trains arrive at 1 o’clock. P. M. Many Bket*en. THE JRAVE. died, At the residence of her husband, in Polk county, Xar J? th ? nstont ’ Mrs - M ARY ANN DIAMOND, ! ,) py- ftve years, ten months, and seventeen • She was dau U hte r of Col. Jas. Blackman. , bridge Gw?nn Z »o by Kev> Luke R °binson, at Rock life Ij, good and maintained, through virtues of a faith? ,? aracter - She possessed the I severe attack “°ther, and mistress. A carried her off/ jfae d l sea ® e hich ■ fcmlly otcbUdrentoS?^KWjJg j take comfort irom the promises ofhho h'ttJ 1 t pious dead are not lost. Th ev sta™ £ ! Th S 1 they are blessed. ylp \ n £ eeuß ’ and t A Fribnd. [ RzMLItOAI) GUIDE. i Atlanta and West Point Railroad, r - ’ Atlanta to West Point 87 Miles Fare (4 35 t GEORGE 3. HULL, Superintendent. > and aft A r Su , nda Y October, 11th, 1863, trains ' will run on the above road, as follows : MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN. 1 Leaves Atlanta, dauy, at.... Arrives at West-Pcxat at 158 PM 1 Leaves West-Point, daily, at 8 45AM _ Arrives at Atlanta at.p EVENING PASSENGER TRAIN. - Leaves Atlanta 8 15PM Arrive at West Point - - - . 930 A M ’ Leaves West Point - - . . 915 PM 1 Arrives at Atlanta - - . - 6 51A M > Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. f Augusta to Atlanta .... 171 Miles .... Fare $8 00 GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. f Night Passenger Train. 1 On and after Sunday, October 11th, 1863, the trams on the above road will run as follows: ’ Leave Atlanta daily at 4 15 P M J Arrive at Augusta at 431 M ■ Leave Augusta daily at ’ ’ 6 30 P M Arrive at Atlanta at 6 51 A. M Morning Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta daily at 4 30 A. M Arrive at Augusta at 5 02 P M Leave Augusta at 7 30 A. M Arrive at Atlanta at 7 40 P. M This road runs in connection with the trains 01 the South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads, at Augusta. Macon and Western Railroad. CHANGE of schedule. Macon to Atlanta.... 104 Miles.... Fare $5 00. ALT RED L. TYLER, Superintendent. PASSENGER PRAIN. Leave Macon at 9 00 a. m Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p. m Leave Atlanta at g3O m Arrive at .Macon 12 54 p ni This train connects at Macon, with the Central. Road for Savannah and Milledgeville, and the South- Western Road, for Albany, Fort Gaines, Eufaula Ala., and Columbus, Ga. ’ Western & Atlantic (State) Railroad. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,.. .$5. JOHN S. ROWLAND, Superintendent. UP NIGHT MAIL AND PASSENGER. Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at 7.00 P M Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.14’ A M UP EXPRESS FREIGHT ANE PASSENGER. Leaves Chattanooga at 4.50 p jyj Arrives at Atlanta at •... .. .' 2.38,’A M DOWN EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER Leaves Atlanta, daily, at. 6.45 M Arrives at Chattanooga at 6.25* P M Leaves Chattanooga at 4 25’A M Arrives at Atlanta at 420 ’P M KINGSTON ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta at - 2.40 P. M Arrives at Kingston at - - - 0.50 p'm" Leaves Kingston at - - - . 4’30 A M Arrives at Atlanta at ... 905 A ’ This Road connects, each way, with the Rome Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessie and Georgui Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville <s Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. A line Cotton and Corn JFarm, containing seven hundred and fifty-three Acres—l6o open —IOO good Creek Bottom. Good Springs, good two-story frame Dwelling, and necessary build ings ; Gin house &c., &c.; situated half .mile irom the Railroad and Town of Thomaston Upson County, 70 miles by Railroad from At lanta. FOH. SAT.TR, A VALUABLE FARM, desirable FARM, containing Four Hundred and Five Acres; one hundred and sixty under cultivation; well watered ; good house (six rooms); kitchens ; sta bles ; gin-house and screw; all lying well, two miles from the Chattahooche river, and eleven miles from Newnan, Ga. The owner will take twenty thousand dollars for the Farm, incluning fifty acres of CORN now stand ; ing in the field, which will be gathered in the course j of ten days. Possession given by Christmas, or sooner if de jßired, and the cash is paid. Apply to GEO. AV. COOK, on the premises, or to JAS. N. ELLS, Baptist Banner Office, Atlanta, Ga. October 17. 1863. A. K. SEAGO. BEN. F. ABBOTT. Seago & Abbott, (Successors to Seago & Davla,) COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Office at Beach & Root’s, Whitehall street, ATLANTA, GA., Will give their personal attention to the PURCHABB and SALE (at only) of Real Estate, Negroes. Cotton, Tobacco, Produce, and General Merchandize, (Liquors excepted.) M. W. Hutcheson. IL 8. Hill M. W. Hutcheson & Co, AUCTION and REAL ESTATE MERCHANTS, (Cannedy's Building. Whitehall and Ala. streets) Atlanta, Ga. Dry Goods, Groceries, Real Estate, Furniture, Clothing, Horses, Mules, Wagons, and, in short, everything, bought, sold, and shipped, on commission. Oct. 17, 1863. ly McDaniel A: Rippey, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Thompson s Building, on Decatur Street,} ATLANTA, GA.
