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1111. BAPTIST BANNER.
BY DAYTON, ELLS & CO.
VOLUME V.
She baptist gamwr,
DEYOTED TO RELIGION AMD LITERATURE,
la published erery Saturday, at Atlanta, Rsoryia, at the
■nbacription pries ot nn dollars per year.
CO.,
Proprietors.
A. C. DAYTON. JAS. N. ELLS. 8. D. NILES*
THE LADIF.S’COLUMN.
Be a Woman.
Oft I re heard a gentle mother
As the twiliiht.hours began,
Pleading with a son his duty,
"Urging him to be a man',
But unto her blue eyed daughter.
Though with love’s words quita aa ready,
Points she out this other duty—
“ Strive, my dear,"to be a lady-”
What’s a lady ? Is it something
Made of hoops aud silks and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rugs and chairs •
Is it one that wastes on novela
Every feeling that is human ?
If His thh to be a lady,
’Tis not this to be a woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter,
Speak of something higher tar,
Than to be mere fashion's lady
“ Woman” isthe brightest star.
If ve, in your strong affection,
Urge your son to be a trub man.
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and be a woman.
Tea, •"woman —brightest model
Os that high and perfect beauty.
Where the mind, the soul, the body
Blend to work out life’s great duty—
I* Be a woman—naught is higher
On the gilded list of fame;
On the catalogue of virtue,
There’s bo brighter, holier name.
Be a woman —on to duty,
Raise the world from all that a. low,
1 Place high in the social heaven
• Virtue's fair and radiant brow';
Lend thy influence to each effort,
’ And raise up our nature human ;
I Be not fashion’s gilded lady,
Be a brave, whole-souled, true woman.
TiiclQucen’* Mother.
The Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria’s
mother, being left* widow when herdangh
ter was eight months old, devoted herself to
the great purpose of training her to be wor
thy of the crown. She nursed her infant at
herjownjbosoin —always attending [to her
Stressing and bathing; and as soon as the
little alone r ;she a was
la small table beside her mother’s, at her
meals, yet never indulged in any but the
prescribed simple kinds of food; thus early
being taught,'obedience, temperance, arid
self control. Her father having died in
debt, her mother encouraged her to lay
aside money, which might 'have,been ex
pended in the purchase of toys, as a fund to
,pay the demands againt him,tthus cultiva
ting the virtues of jsutice, fortitude, fidelity,
prudence, and filial devotion. Thus, through
the whole period of her education, the coun
sels and examples of her faithful mother,
who was her sole guardian, were constantly
directed toward fitting her daughter to be
come what she is, the best sovereign, mor
ally speaking, that ever sat on the throne of
•England —perhaps the best in the world.
A Wife's Prayer.—Lord ! bless and pre
veserve that dear person whom Thou hast
chosen to be my husband ; let his lite be
’long and blessed, comfortable and holy;
and let me also become a great blessing and
comfort to him, a sharer in all his sorrows,
a'neet helper in all the changes and acci
dents of the w orld ; make me amiable for
ever in his eyes. Unite his heart to me in
the dearest love and holiness, and mine to
hrn all sweetness, charity, and compliance.
Keep me from all ungentleness, discontent
edness, and unreasonableness of passion and
humor ; aud make inc humble and obedient,
useful and observant—that we may delight
in each other, according to Thy blessed
Word, and both of us piay rejoice in Thee,
having our portion in the love and.tervice
of God forever. Amen.
Habits of the Tartar Women.—The
Tartar women have a frank and confiding
look; they appear willingly in public, and
are seen in great numbers in tta'atreets of
Pekin. They sometimes- walk, and some-
I times ride on horseback, silting, not aside,
• in the manner of English ladies, but across
like men. They wear ’nng silk gowns which
reach to their heels. Their hair i* fastened
and smoothed on all sides in the Chinese
manner. Although they use as much paint,
red and white, us the Chinese, it may be
easilv seen that their complexion is natural-
IvSner- They almoat all ornament their
hair with flower*.
CvRE FOR Chill* and Fever.—Mr. Ed
,tor • By inserting the following recipe tor
the cure of chills and fever in your paper,
y,*M Will confer a great benefit upon the
public. It i* * remedy I have used far years,
and have found it for many year* more effi
cacious that quinine:
Recife.—Mix with a wins glass of vm
efili ihe seeds taken from the pods of three
red peppers, and drink one hour before the
expected return of the chills.
1 Physician.
. Men of genius are often dull and inert in
Society ; as the blazing meteor, when it da
*veuds te the earth,is e»ly * ateae.
A. KJgMQaOUS A,K» SKWSFAS'BB.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1868.
Ho?x? and Woman.
It has been well said, Home and Mother
are the two sweetest words in the English
1 language. And in this day of isms and
ologies, and departure from the old land
marks, we think it is proper to cherish these
homely ideas, fast becoming old fashioned,
and to give vent to our leelings occasionally
on these neglected subjects. We feel to
day, as though we could almost be eloquent
on either of these subjects ; but indeed they
are so inseparably connected, that we can
not touch upon one of them, without at the
same time enlarging upon the other; for
what is it tnat makes home to be prized
above all others on earth, but the virtue
and excellence of woman? and upon what
does all our social well being rest, if wot
upon the delights of home? Can we not
trace nearly all the blessings of civilized
life to the threshold of ourprivate dwellings?
Are not these our household gods ? —our
fireside deities—conjugal, filial, maternal,
and paternal love.
“Love refines
The thoughts, and heart enlarges; hath his seat
In reason, and is judicious.”—
Every man who is of mature years should
have a home of his own, if possible; for are
not these homes the corner stones —the
foundation structure of both Church and
State? Are they not as sacred as either,
and more necessary than both ? Rather,■
then, let our temples fall to ruin, and our ;
colleges decay—our halls of justice and our
Capitals of State, all be leveled with the'
dust, than that the sanctity and privity of
the homes of the people should be invaded
by any wicked socialist, or profane refor
mer. Let them remain as they are, as God
made them, for they are no invention of
man ; their privileges, man cannot improve,
their responsibilities he cannot rightfully
escape. Let them remain as they are—
sanctions of faith—recruiting stations of
both Church and Sta U—the half-way house
in our journey to a better land —the purity
and love and tenderness we experience;
there, is au earnest and a foretaste of that;
purer, and great hereafter.
“ Hall, wedded love. niy>-teriou» l»w,
Sole prosperity
In paradise of all things common else !
Perpetual fountain of domestic sweets!”
A neat little cottage to shelter two fund 1
hearts, dearer to each other than all the I
world beside—a retirement sufficient to shut
them out from the view of the profane and
vulgar—a seclusion sufficient to niajke chil
dren feel that mother is a precious, and a
huly, and a peculiar name—this is home,
and this is the birth-place of every virtuous
impulse, and almost of every good and no
ble thought. Lay no rash, intrusive and
improving hand upon these relations, say
we—let them alone—let them stand sacred
from every polluting touch —let them re
main just as they were instituted at first
when the Creator said “It is not good for
man to be alone/’
The Wedding
If there be a scene in this wide world on
which the eye of Heaven could rest with
complacency, it is when two hearts are
bound in that tie which no man can put
asunder. Aud to those who arc fond of
observing the various scenes of lift, the
wedding day incident will afford a theme
in which fancy can revel in wild and happy
luxuriance. Although it is a time for re
joicing, as every face will tell by the smile
that play s upon it, yet, a solemnity will
steal unawares over the mind as we ponder
upon the future, that all is wrapped in dark
ness, until our feeling* will be for a moment
lost in wild, rich reverie.
He who passes through lif® without ever
feeling the soft raptures of that charm which
woman possesses, when age has whitened
his locks, and the incidents of his pilgrim
age pass before him, will acknowledge that
■ wedding scenes are sunny spots that glitter
on the landscape of his memory ; they are)
scenes in which he would willingly become
an interested participator, tor he now feels
that he is alone in the world ; there is no
heart that beats in unison with his, nohand
to smooth the pillow where anguish dwells,
I nor hang the fondness of affection over the
fevered frame.
But very different are the feelings of the i
i young and enthusiastic, when they mingle (
i in the wedding joy, gaze upsm a happy i
1 groom and smiling bride. They have a
i thousand fairy links woven in chain around
, them by the busy hand of Cupid. If, then,|
• fancy is centied on an object, they long to
. make her their bride, to see her cheerful
■ and happy ; aud it not, their eyes will roam
around to find a fair one worthy of the
affections they have to bestow. Yes, at
-such times there is a rapture in the thought,
J a joy in anticipation of that day when the
, sun shines sweetly upon their happiness ;
) I when their destiny will be linked with an
' I other; he to protect and cherish, she to
'Hove and soothe. Thus, one wedding cre
ates another —may there be many.
Try it.— A writer in a London paper, on
'i the authority of Liebig, (the celebrated
• German Chemist,) says that the seeds of
asparagus, toasted and ground, make a full
flavored coffee, not easily distinguished
from Mocha. The seeds are easily forced
i from the berries by drying them in a cool
I (moderately warm) oven, aud then rubbing
I them *n a »«*▼«-
HIS BANNER OVER US IS LOVE.
Another Appeal io Hie Women of
Georgia.
I QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT, I
LaGrange, Ga., Nov. 1,1863. >
■ Messrs. Editors :— Numerous appeals
, have already been made and responded to.
The Quartermaster general of the State of
r Georgia has appealed for “socks,” General
Beauregard for “bells,” the nitre bureau
, for “potash,” the doctors for poppy seed,”
and the country for “patriotism.”
A few appeals may have required sacri
. flees. This one can be met without that, at
any rate by a sacrifice too trifling to deter
any from responding. w-
Have the people at home done every
, thing in their power to advance the cause
; so sacred and dear to us all ? Have they
, exhausted every facility to promote the
comfort and health of the defenders of the
1 land? Do they fully realize the dest’tute
condition of our torn and shattered armies?
The noble, self-sacrificing soldier that walks
his poston the watch-tower of liberty ? Do
they realize it? Do the chilling winds of
winter, the pelting aud freezing rains,
the miasms of Chicamauga swamps, affect
only the soldier whosuffers under it? Surely
not. Then only withhold from him, from
the only true patriotic, the patient, the wea
ry, the suffering, yet' watchful bulwark of
; your safety, those things which certainly are
[ not necessities.
Can a humane and Christian people with
hold that which would shield him from dis
ease and death ? Ought they not to suffer
a very little inconvenience, if by so doing
they furnish absolute necessities to the sol
diers ? Will youd . our.duty when made
aware of the necessity ! 1 believe you
will.
Then I tell you the necessity exists; —
Thousands of our soldiers are wi.hout tents,
! and worse than that, x without blankets.—
Many of the Georgia troops are supplied by
their friends at home. Think of the thou
sands who have no homes I Yet they have
I been fighting the enemy for over two long
I years. They have met him, aud contested
i his approach to our borders upon many a
I hard fought Little fn Id.—They .are still
Iprodly and defiantly defending “our homes
'and onr fires, the green graves of our
i sires !”
Under such circumstances, in this dark
hour of trial, ought there to be a blanket in
the house of any citizen of the “Empiie
State?” Ought not the churches, the par
lors, and the bed rooms to be stript of every
carpet, if necessary, and hurried to the ar
my ? 1 think so, and think besides that any
true hearted Southern woman will be
ashamed to let such articles remain about
her premies when she is aware of the ne
cessity to give them up. 1 believe there are
carpets enough in Georgia to -supply the
Confederate army with blankets. They can
not be procured by purchase. Can 1 say
for you, ladies of Georgia, “ They shall be
given ?”
Then have them cut, lined with cotton
cloth, and hemmed. Forward to any of the
following named officers, who will furnish
the lining upon application, and receive the
■ hearty “three cheers !” from the gallant sol
diers, and. the sincere thanksjjf a grateful
nation :
Major Thomas Peters, Q. M., Atlanta.
Major L. O. Bridweil, Q. M., Augusta.
Major Miekaloffsky, Q. M., Macon.
Major F. W. Dillard, Q. M., Columbus.
Captain J. A. Stockey, A. Q. M., Grif
fin.
Captain C. W. Kennedy, A. Q. M., For
syth.
j Captain T. S. Patton, A. Q. M., Mari
j etta. •
Captain Thomas Foster, A. Q. M., Kings
I ton.
I Captain J. R. Miller, A. Q. M. Rome.
,1 And myself, LaGrange.
i Give the soldiers the blankets, since
I they have the “poppy seed,” and the
(“socks” and the “bells,” and the “pot
ash,” and the “patriotism,” and they will
'turn a deaf ear to the croakers, and strive,
land fight on, and suffer on, until our bleed-
I ing country, worthy of such heroic patriots,
i is forever freed from the tyranny of so con
temptible and so despised a foe. Very re
spectfully your obedient servant,
B. F. JONES, Major and Qaarlerrm Her.
This is a favorable season for pickling
| boet.&nd we would advise our friend* to put
enough to do them at least six months, and
'save as much bacon as they can for the ar
'mv. We would recommend the following
recipe: Cut up your beet in pieces of five to
ten iwnmds, sprinkle some salt on it, and let
. it lay all night; next morning take it up
and wash it in water, and then fill up your
, barrels with water enough to cover the t
• beef; put in salt till the brine will swim an '
• egg; then put in the beef, with a weight on ‘
• it to keep it under the brine ; in July pudr!
off the brine, and boil it fifteen minutes, let
it cool, and pour it back in the barrel, ar.d
Ladd a pint of salt for every five gallons of
brine, and you will have good firm beef,
and can keep it so as long as you chouse.
[' Suferstition moulds nature into an ar
bitrary semblance of the supernatural, and
then bows down before t ie work ui its own
’| baud*.
r THE SOLDIERS’ COLUMN.
Rest, Weary, SouL
5 [Found in the pocket of a soldier who died in
Buckner hospital, at Gainesville, in 1562. j
Rest, weary soul I
The penalty is borne, the ransom paid,
For all thy sins full,satisfaction made ;
Strive not thyself to do what Christ has done;
Take the freejgift, and make the joy thine own,
No more by pangs of guilt’and jtear distressed—
Rest, sweetiy rest!
Rest, weary heart *
From all thy silent griefs and secret pain,
Thy profitloss regrets and longings vain;
Wisdom and love hath ordered all the past,
And shall be blessedness and light at last;
Cast off the eares that have B®,.long oppressed—
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, weary head!
Lie down to slumber in the cold peaceful tomb,
Light from above has broken through its gloom :
Here in the place where once thy Saviour lay,
Where He shall wake thee on a future day,
Like a tired child upon its mothei’s breast,
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, spirit free!
In the green pastures of the heavenly shore,
Where sin and sorrow can approach no morej
With all the flock by the Good Shepherd fed,
Forever with thy God and Saviour blest,
Rest, sweetly rest!
'.A;CapitalFldea.
The following order from General Bragg’s
headquarters, we clip from a letter in the
Memphis Appeal:
Headquarters, Ahmy of Tennessee, [
Missionary Ridge, Oct. 10, 1863. )
General Orders No. 187.
In order to augment the strength of the
army, and to give to our brave soldiers an
opportunity to visit home and provide for
their families'dtiring the coming winter, the
following rule is adopted :
1. A furlough of not exceeding forty
days will be granted every non-commis
sioned officer and private who secures a
recruit for his company.
2. The recruit must be received and
mustered into service and be doing du f y
in the company before the application for
furlough is forwarded.
3. In all applications made in pursuance
of section Ist, the commanding officer of
the company will certify that the applicant
has obtained an who has
been mustered into service, and is present
with the company doing duty.
4. All applications for furloughs under
this order will be forwarded to these head
quarters, where final action upon them will
be had.
By command of Gen. Bragg.
Geo. Wm. Brent, A. A. G.
The effect of this, when known at home,
will be to make a recruiting officer of every
father, mother, sister, and wife, especially
the latter, with whom, undoubtedly, the
infantry ar* ever popular. Those who seek
to evade the conscript act will be hunted
out and reported. The quasi exempt will
be compelled to show his papers, and every
man within the presciibed age. capable of
bearing ai ms, will be made to exchange his
place at home fur the temporary gratifica
lion to families aud friends of a visit from
the war-worn,"battle-scarred son, brother,
and husband. In South Carolina, as before
stated, the plan has worked admirably, and'
when it becomes known thruoughout the
Confederacy that able-bodied men can thus
be made to take the places of furloughed
soldiers, we shall have an augmentaion of
our forces in the field as gratifying to our
readers as it will prove valuable to the
country at large.
Our National Confederate Anthem.—
We understand that Professor C. T. De
Coniel, the well known and able professor
of music, of this city, has succeeded in set
ting to music that beautiful anthem, “Goo
save the. South,” with its most appropriate
and soul-inpiring words. Those whose privi
lege it has been to hear it, speak of it in th<
highest terms, and as worthy ofcomparisoi
with the Marseilles Hymn, being of a si mi
lar grand and martial style, a mostadmira
ble military piece fur bands.— [Richmond
Examiner.
We heartily welcome this intelligence;
for we have long desired a National Son;
fur the South. We #*nt something more
martial-like and spirit-stirring than any
thing that has yet qome from Southern com
posers ; and we see no reason why the land .
of sunshine and song should be withou
song.—[ Confederacy.
Physical courage, which despises all |
danger, will make a man brave in oneway,!
and moral courage, which makes a man de-!
spise all opinion, will make a man brave ii; j
(another. The former would seem most
: necessary for the camp, the latter for the i
( council; but to constitute a great man both !
j are necessary. Napoleon accused Murat of
I a want of the one, and he himself has not!
! been wholly unsusj ected of a want of the!
I other.
■. «»■
Th* leaves of the balsam apple, steeped
: in w hisky three or four days, and taken in
■ spoonful doses, is said to be an excellent
1 aubslitue for quinine. W e doubt not that.
.it would be much more palatable to the;
1 tasa of a great many. ■
TERMS—Five Dollars a-year.
Gratitude and Resignation.
Scripture informs us that afflictions, as
well as blessings, are manifestations of the
Divine love and goodness. The flesh does
1 not willingly embrace that great truth. And
indeed it cannot receive it unless the heart
has been changed and cleansed by the ope
ration of the Holy Ghost. That work
whereby the inner man is thoroughly puri
fied and renewed, enables the subject of
misfortune and woes to acquiesce complete
ly in the will of the Lord, and so potent is
the grace imparted, that the man of sorrow
is not merely resigned to the painful
strokes, but is able to “glory in tribula
tions.”
is as really the gift of God as
patient, joyous submission. The man who
is not resigned while passing under the rod,
is not acceptably grateful under the liberal
bestowment of blessings and mercies.—
Thankfulness in its higher and proper sense
—that feeling which causes the heart to glow
with love to God, and uplifts it in fervent
adoration, comes from the Giver of good.
To experience this ennobling emotion in due
degree of fervor and power, demands abso
lutely the regeneration of the moral nature.
Unless that mysterious change has taken
place, we can no more be reverently and
truly thankful for God’s blessings than per
fectly resigned under the infliction of ca
lamities.
We are in error if gratitude mean noth
ing more than the “thank God” that drops
so carelessly from many lips. This is
words, mere words, altogether without sig
nificance or soul. The lips and the tongue
only have to do with it. The heart is igno
rant that the lips have moved. There is no
emotion there, no warming of the feelings,
no sense of unworthiness, no desire to evince
appreciation. Does the bare use of the
expression show that the man is truly grate
ful?
Listen a while, and from the same mouth
issues a stream of profauity. Anger burns
hot, and the passion finds expression in
oaths and blasphemies. A very brief ut
terance served for the sentiment of grati
tude; but the evil temper is poured forth
in profuse and terribly emphatic language.
Blessing and cursing proceed from the same
lips. Is such gratiude acceptable to God.
and profitable to man ? If that is the only
form the thankfulness the man affects to feel
takes, he is destitute of the feeling—a stran
ger to the grace !
There is no one who will not admit,even
though he does not practice it, that it is his
duty to submit without a murmur to sor
rows and woes. A due sense of the good
ness of God in showering blessings upon us
is quite as imperative, and we cannot have
that becoming appreciation without giving
evidence of its possession. It is strange
that we are not as sensible of the obligation
of gratitude as we are of that of submis
sion. It would seem to be much easier to
praise God for the marks of His favor than
to submit to those dispensations which
wring the heart with anguish, mortify our
pride, and disappoint our pleasing expecta
tions.
But the duty in the one place is as diffi
cult of performance as the other. Prosperi
ty and adversity create circumstances pe
culiar to themselves, and equally adverse
to the state of mind that should exist at
such seasons. And the obligations each in
volves can be discharged only by help from
above.
When all things go well with us—when
our plans for acquiring wealth, and honors,
and pleasure are successful, we forget the
source whence comes the various good—we
do not see and adore the hand that
coqfors the numerous blessings. We are
absorbed in our gainful and pleasant pur
suits, and we impute our successes to our
own wisdom and worth. And in the sea
son of sorrow, when impoverished or smit
ten with disease, or bereaved of loved ones,
while suffering under any ill, we spend our
time in unavailing regrets, foood in sullen
temper over their calamities, and often
stand up with wrathful heartsand presurnp
tuously call into question the wisdom and
love of the Almighty. We cannot bear
w"th patience or praise with adoring hearts
unless the grace of the spirit is communica
ted to the sou! made ready for its presence.
Rev James O. Andrew (Bishop) writes
to the Southern Christian Advocate :
This accursed greed for gold is ruining
thousands of our people for this world and
the next. The past season has been unusu
allv propituuus. Our barns and cribs have
; been full to overflowing, and yet numbers
■ of our planters refuse to sell corn at two
‘ dollars per bushel and are waiting till the
I pi ice shall reach five dollars per bushel.—
i Manv <>f our friend- and countrymen who
| have b-en forced to fly from their homes
b\ the approach of our cruel invaders have
1 come among u-, and many of our rich
| planters, w hom God has so greatly blessed,
! are unwilling to sell them corn at all for
i tear it will get higher aud they loose a few
dollars in the sale. God has given us an
abundant crop this year, and thus we show
our gratitude to Him. Is there no dan
ger that He w ill set his eyes upon us for evil
and cut off our hopes and prospects for
i coming time 1 May God reform and save
: us!
NUMBER I.