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About The Baptist banner. (Atlanta, Ga.) 186?-1??? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1863)
it in Dr. Summers. It is his definition, given without argument or other proof. I can’t accept- jfc-as tiu'v. I have as much jighTtogive a definition as any D. D. But when I give mine, I sustain it by the testi mony of the dictionaries of the language to which the word belongs. Dr. S. says it is purifying, but the Lexicons say it is to dip, plunge, immerse, submerge. And to this accords the fact, that they were baptized in the river of Jordan, and were ‘ iunW’ .wUeft they were baptized. If you still insist that there must have been some purification in it, I will not quarrel with you, since we can all see that there is 4* purification in im mersion. But this don’t make immersion and purification mean the same thing.— There may be immersion without purifica tion, as when Job speaks of being plunged in the (Septuagint), baptized in the ditch; and there may be purification without im mersion, as when the Jews were sprinkled with the water in v hich were the ashes of a red heifer, called the water of purifica tion. Dr. Summers, himself, recognized the difference between the act performed and the consequences of the act, when he says baptism is called by Paul ‘ not regen eration, but the ‘ washing *or bath, by which it, is symbolized.' It is not purification but the washing, or bath, wtyich effects the puri fication. a. c. D. [to be continued.] A Letter from Sister’ Marrow, By the kindness of sister Mattie Warren, of Perry, we have been permitted to read and make some exracts from'ajetter of this devoted missionary : FORT WASHITAW, Chickasaw Nation, ) Sept. 3,1863. f Dear Miss Mattie : — Oh ! what a long time has elapsed since I saw’ or heard from any of the dear old Georgia friends! And oh? the many, many ’sad changes the time has brought with it. I know not how it is with you, but here, we are run from pillar to post. Now, you see from the heading of my letter, that we have again been driven from our home, (?) the’JSeminole nation, away over here at near Red River, not far from Bonham, Texas. We were not driven off by Federals, but worse, by wild, blood-thirsty Indians. They had stolen horses’from’ourjjpeople, the Semin olcs, till they had got all they had, and not satisfied with that, resorted to bloodshed. First, some of our Southern Indians killed among others, a Kioway chief, who had on his person 313 scalps, more than one hundred of which he had taken himself. By thisthe wild Indians in general were greatly offend ed. They came within fifteen miles first, and killed and scalped four of our Indian warriors, cut one of them, a corpulent man, in pieces and ate him, and put another on his hands and feet and saddled him. This did not satisfy them. They came within a mile ajid a half of our house, the agency buildings, killed and scalped a man and his wife, leaving their infant alive beside its mother’s corpse. This was done in open daylight, on the immediate road from the commissaryto the camp. I made it conve nient to leave that place a day or two after, wards. Now the Federals—the hateful, mean wretches—have driven the people from Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas River, just above Fort Smith, in every direction, mur dering, stealing, andMoing any and all kinds of mischief as they go. Oh I when will this cruel, dreadful war end ? How long can we live in this w’ay ? Yet I must not, will not complain, wh’de so many are suffering so much more in some respects, than I do. Thus far none of my immediate family have been killed that I know of. My father has hardly escaped from the Jay hawkers seve ral times. One of my brothers was very low with the fever when I hoard from him last, and another was shot through the hand and zlmnldor. Sv, taking it altogether, I have trouble enough Caused by thh war.— Then my mother was on the road without a ' home, and in a critical state of health when I last heard from her. Mr. Murrow has baptized about twenty Indians this spring and summer. Oh ♦ Miss Mattie, I wish I could be at Perry once more, IJdo so love the dear brethren and sisters there. Ido believe there are those there who love us, to». * * * lam so sad since Mr. Murrow left. However, we have friends here, but. not such as we once could have among our old acquaintances. Please write to us. Direct tv Mr. Marrow, care of Gen. Cooper. Bonham, Texas, with a request ! to be forwarded to Cooper, and from him ' to us. Love to all the fr’ends. Tour*, iu tore, C. R. MURBOW. | \\ e need nnt add that brother and sister, Murrow are the missionaries of the churches (Mm|*>siug the Bethel Association. A. C. ». HF’Terma of Thk Baptist Bannkb, <5 per annum—invariably in advance. THE BAPTIST BANNER ’ From OurlAmy Evangelist. 1 GRIFFIN, Ga., Nov. 20,1863. Education of Soldiers’ Orphans—Barksdale's Regiment—Demand for Bibles and Testa ments —Labors in Hospital. Brother Etls: —Some ofyour readers may remember that, for a year past, I have been agitating the educating the or phans of our soldand that at my in stance the Georgia Baptist Convention ap pointed a’ committee to memorialize our State Legislature in favor of this measure. Last week I visited- Milledgeville to have that memorial presented. All the members with whom I conversed seemed to enter heartily into my views, and gave me assu rance of their cordial support. Our memo rial was introduced and read before both branches simultaneously, and a committee appointed to prepare a Bill. (It was intro duced into the Senate by Hon. John I. Whitaker, and into the House by Hon. Lin ton Stephens.) I learn said committee have agreed to report a bill, not for the ed ucation of our soldiers’ orphans, but of all the children of our soldiers who may need aid from the State. If this bill shsll be come a law, it will be accomplishing more than I had ever hoped- for. My heart is much set on this measure, and I shall devote to it my best energies as long as I have a tongue to speak and a pen to write. If it fails now, I have faith that it will succeed at length. A voice is coming up’from the graves of our murdered heroes that will make itself heard in favor of their poor or phans Sooner or later; and onr'living he roes will rejoice to hear that their children, many of whom are but little better off. than orphans,Tare Co be adopted as “the children of the State,” and at her expense, are to re ceive at least a plain English education. If Georgia shall lead off in this noble work, I predict that her Confederate sisters will not H»e slow to follow. i ■ A few weeks back I spent a Sabbath in Savannah, and|had the’pleasure of preach ing to Barksdale’s regiment, which endured of the siege of Vicksburg, and were taken prisoners there. These vete rans listened to the word preached with the most absorbed attention, and when I took steps to ascertain what proportion of them were destitute’of The Scriptures, it was shown that at least half of them were in this condition. In the hospitals B in this place this destitution is still| greater. A small box’of Bible#, recently obtained, has been distributed among tne sick and wound ed—about, ten or twelve to a hospital—con taining one or’ hundred fmen. The gratitude of those who receive them, and disappointment’of pothers, makes the work of distribution one of painful interest. One poor fellow recentlyjnformed my.wife, with a choking voice, that’he would not part with a Bible which she gavTTiiin, for one thou sand dollars. Since the battle of Chicamauga, firstand last, there have not probably been less than t>yo thousand in hospital B here. Much of my attention has been given to these for weeks past, believing it unwise to go abroad hunting for work, when there is so much to do at home. J. H. CAMPBELL. MISSION ROOM, Marion, Ala., » November 17,1863. ) Editor Baptist Banner, Atlanta : My dear Brother:— By order of the Board of Domestic Missions, S. B. C., I herewith enclose you a for one thousand dollars ($1000). This amount is appropri ated to Befid The Banner to the brave de fenders ofcyjr country. I will forward you, shortly, directions h<>w and where to'send the papers—the counts six months. The meeting of the Alabama State Con vention has just dosed In this place. After morning service I took up a collection for our army missions, amountingto $9,515,10. Our Board alone received from the Con vention, $14,275 75; brother. Dickinson’s Board, $1,876 50; the S. 8. B’d 8. B. C., $2,169 92; for Mis. B’d S. B. C.,5912 65 The total amount rc t ported by the : ,Finance Committee amounts to $44,270.60. To God be all the praise! The Domestic Board has appropriated $6,000 to the six different religious papers published by our own brethren in the South, tor the use of the army. There is no reli gious literature more accessible to the sol dier than the newspaper. Please acknow ledge the above. Yours, truly, M. T. SUMNER, Cor. Sec’y. Our So Id ten*. The South must depend mainly on herself for clothing materia! during this war.— • \X hile her magnificent crops will supply a parge surplus of breadstuff's and food above , the demand for home consumption, it is possible that the blockade of our ports may continue up to the season when our volun teers in the field will require heavy woolen goods to protect them against the inclem , encv of winter. | Kv<a*y private loom and every fair hand that can direct should now ply with unceas ing care until we are satisfied that there is > not a soldier unclad among our gallant men. A Letter from Elder J. R. Graves, We have almost daily to answer, as well a3we-&m,such questions as the following : Where is brother Graves? What is he doing? Why don’t he write for the press ? Why don’t he preach for the army ? Why don’t he give the young Confederacy, now in its formative condition, and rh ore in need than it will ever be, the aid of his wise counsels and energetic workings, the bene fit of his thoughts ? We have usually been able to say no more than, that we do not know ; but here is an answer from our dear brother’s own pen. We hope it is forerunner of a series of communications from one whose opinions deserve, and will receive, the most careful attention of thous ands. A . c . d. JcdT : Magnolia, October 20, 1863. A. C. Dayton :— Dear Brother: More than one year and a half has passed since our sad and sudden parting in Nashville, when, seizing our wives and little ones, we fled from our homes, we knewjiot whither, reduced, in three or four brief hours, from plenty to penury. Though I have not writ ten to you during this long period, I have not ceased to be deeply concerned for your welfare, knowing how large a family you have to provide for in these times of out rageously exorbitant prices, when thous ands are needed where hundreds sufficed but a few months since. By the way, this is the most fearful feature of this war, the rot ten, avarice eaten of the masses of our people. It is terrible, frightful to think of. While our soldiers are in the field, toiling, suffering, battling, nobly dying,’for the salvation of our land, their fathers, brothers, and relations at home, with a host of Jews, are striving, earnestly, for the destruction of our Con federacy by depreciating its currency. Five, eight, nor even ten prices for an article, whether it be a chicken, an egg that the hen lays, or a yard of jeans, or a pound of meat, does hot satisfy them, though it is a poor soldier’s wife who wants the article. Yes, the wife of who. gets but sll or sls per month for fighting the battlesj)f his country I One thing is certain: another year will see vs a ruined, subjugated coun try, and the properly of cormorants in the possession of the enemy, if this deprecia tion of our currency cannot be checked. It will bankrupt the nation to support our armies. The people at home say to the sol dier in the field, we have not faith ’in the ultimate success of our cause; we do not look upon|Coftfederate notes as much bet ter than white paper! With what heart or nerve can ourjsoldiers fight with such ene mies behind them-—with the knell of all our hopes ringing in their ears? The press and the pulpit should come to the rescue, before it is too late. They should thunder into the ears of our people, that Confede rate money is gs good as any properhfjjhey call their own, their negroes or their sand. If the Confederacy fails, neither their land nor their slock will be worth a farthing to them ; if it stands, and stand it will, if we will only stand aright by it, for it can only fail under God’s curse’upon our unfaithful ness, Confederate£notes will and bonds far better” than gold /gjrYou di rect a press, brother D., and I beg you to speak in thunder tones upon this subject, as you love your country and desire to see it pure. I have felt this unsalable ava rice of our people, and l am noicjeeling it in trying to clothe andjeed my family, and get suitable clothes for myself to reenter the army. Think of it—our good, patriotic (?) formers ask sls per yard for coarse jeans I Professedly Chris tian men ask $1,50 per pound for butter, and $2 to $3 and $4 for chickens I But I leave this unpleasant subject, and most J'eaffutty’ominous one. The heart sickens in the contemplation of it. You .may 1 interested in learning „what lam about, intend doing.*l have, as you know, spent most of my time with the army, since the breaking'out of this war, allowing onlydhe sick" ness and pressing necessities of my family.to turn me aside. Since I wrote brother Wood, I have tra veled nearly 800 miles on horse-back through the trans-Mississippl department. Scores of efficient preachers are greatly needed, and thousands of Tes laments, and tens of thousands of tracts. It was my desire to spend a few months holding meetings with the several brigades; but I found every part of the army on the‘march,"or skirmishing with the en emy, and learned from the commanding General that he had enterprizes on; foot that would keep the army moving for months to come. I witnessed the success of two engagements—one al Cross Bay ou, near Natchez, the other at Bi you Fardoche. At the latter place some Arty-two or fifty were’killed, and 473 taken prisoners—among commissioned officers. They were not, like most that I have seen, Dutch aad Irish, but real lire Yan kees, from the West. Banks was pushing a large force toward Alexandria, and I found It impossible . to revisit SL Sandy and my little church ther -, of which I took the charge last January, expecting to have removed my fomiljr there in the spring. But the enemy overran the parish'in*'April, and they have again possession of It. So that all my plans of labor in the tran-Misetesippi'depar.ment have been frustrated. A report has just reached us here that Banks and his staff and thirteen regiments of the in vading army have been captured. I hope It is so, but fear “ *tls too good to be true.” , I have Just returned from a visit to the East Loni- I ■ siataa Association, which was held 21 miles below • j this. I made an appeal for our soldiers, aad money ; i enough was raised and paid over Io susain a mis ' stonarv in the two regiments raised in the bctftds I. of that body, for a portion of the year. When I have done what I can in this direction, I expect to rejoin the army until the dose of the war. lam sa : tisfied that ministers sent from, and supported by, j the churches, are far better received, and exert a , greater Influence over our soldiers than army chap lains. There were some things encouraging in the reports of churches and the brethren. In the midst Os those distractions the churches of the Eastern I Louisiana Baptist Association are maintaining their ground, and some report an increase, Within ‘ the last few months, within ten miles of the church, . we met with nearly a whole’Methodist society, who j renounced Wesley to follow Christ, and at Silver Spring, eight miles north, on last Sabbath, a class leader and aixor seven of his class, and a number y° uu ff converts, wpre baptized into the kingdom | of Christ. Some of these had been Immersed by the Methodists. Methodism, that a few years ago 1 was in full profession in this region of country, is pretty generally exterminated. The “decline and tad” of Methodism is dated from the time that Bap tists ceased td affiliate with them in the pulpit and protracted meetings. The brethren now see and frankly acknowledge the “aid and comfort” such a quasi endorsement gave them. The Mississipi, Association recommended Thb Banner, *of Atlanta, to the pstronage.of the broth erhood, and the East Louisiana Association would have done the same, but they have no mails. Here at Magnolia, each paper we get costs us 50 cents postage, and each letter one dollar I Were it no t for this, you would receive a large increase to your list from this’State. I now hope, in the'eourae ofja’few weeks, to visit yonj city. ‘Bo soon as I can collect a fund that will warrant the publication of a series of “Tracts for the Army,” bettez adapted to their wants than most ot those that I have. seen. May God bless you and yours, and abundantly direct your present efforts to serve him. J. R. GRAVES. Our Fifth Volume. ■fc We enter upon the fifth volume of The Banner. It was established that the Con sistent Baptists—sometimes called Old Landmark Baptists-—of Georgia might have an organ through which they could commu nicate with one another and the'world.— The pressure of the times and other cir cumstances have driven from its manage ment those excellent and talented brethren who in its earlier struggles so admirably sustained its literary and religious character. It is needless now to speak .of them or of their labors. Thu denomination has long known and appreciated them. Their man tle has fallen upon the unworthy shoulders of brother Ells and myself. The rapid increase of our subscription list has been to us a token that our brethren did not entire ly disapprove of our mode of conducting the paper; and the daily reception of let ters commending our efforts, encourages us to make still greater exertions. WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO. The future of The Banner is foreshadow ed by the present. I purchased an interest in it, and undertook the editorial manage ment of one department, at the suggestion of some of the oldest and firmest friends of ,h< paper and of the cause to which its coiumns should be devoted. They felt that my connection with it would be a guaranty to the denomination and the world, that it would be the firm and uncompromising ad vocate of consistency in the practice, as well as of soundness in the faith, of our church es. They desired a paper which should earnestly, yet kindly endeavor to sustain not merely Baptist sentiments, but those sentiments iif their full development and in all their consistency ; that the paper should not only be ‘ Baptistical,' but ‘ Landmark.' Such we shall try to make it. We shall not shun controversy, but will seek to avoid contentiousness; we shall seek discussion, but shun disputingS. We are sure that our brethren desire to know and receive the truth, even though it differ from our pre conceived opinions. If we know our own hearts, we are ready to believe that our opposers are right whenever they will show it from the word of God. Our columns are open to friend and foe—in the denomi nation or out of it. We are not only will ing, but desirous, that our readers shall have the benefit of both sides. Truth which can not hold its own against the attacks of error, is doubtful truth. Our Examination. We have frequent inquiries when our School will close the present term and when begin another. We answer in this public way, to one and all: We will have an Examination of three days, beginning on Wednesday the 18th of December, and ending on Friday, one week before Christ mas. In this we do not propose, so much, to show what has been taught in the four short months since we organized the sch'ool, as what we intend to teach and our methods 'of instruction. We will shortly have ready ‘ a brief statement of the foots connected with ■ the past and present of the college, and our ■ prospects for the future. We will send a copy of this circular to any one who will i. Inform us of a desire to leceive it. Our > next term will begin on the first Monday in January. A. C. Dayton, President Houston Female College. Ga., Nov. 20, 1863. P. S. Arrangements are in progress to ' accommodate all the boarders that may 5 j wish to come. * FOR MAYOR. We are au(hprl&d CALHOUN, the present incumbent, as a candidate for re election to the Mayoralty of Atlanta. Atlanta fyuid Agency. PURCHASERS can find very desirable Residences andjlnvestments. Persons ordering' sal# -W-’Wflte and complete descriptions. OFFICE at Btewart*& Moore’s, Decatur st. Address, JAMES’N. MOON, Box 12, Atlanta, Ga. ALadv Teacher. AV IRGINIAN offers her services, and will teach the usual branches, with 1 music on piano and guitar. <Has elementary French and iiiusidtl works; -ail and water colors, and a guitar, at the service of pupils. Address (stating salary, &c.) Miss E. H. R,, Barnesville, Ga. TEN PRESSES IIT OPEHATIOW! AH kinds of Printing executed in the best style. Address J. J. TOON 4 CO., Proprletoro. rkXKKUX BUILPISG, C GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Auctioneers, No. *• 8.” Wliiteliall Street, (Opposite the “ Intelligencer " printing office,) ATLANTA, GA. THE REGULAR AUCTION SALES of our house will hereafter be on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS OF EVERY WEEK, AT HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK A M All goods, wares and chattels should be sent in the evening before, or early in the morning of sale day. STOCK SALES OF HORSES, MULES, ETC., will commence at FOUR o’clock in the after noon on each regular sale day. No. 8. CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.. In addition to our AUCTION AND NEGRO HOUSE, at No. 8 Whitehall street, we have FIRE-PROOF STORAGE of three thousand barrels capacity at our new Ware-Rooms—No. 1 Alabama street. Our NEGRO YARD and Lock- Up, at No. 8, are safe and comfortable. Dealers and other parties will find us pre pared to FEED and lodge well; and, from experience in the business since our boyhood, TO HANDLE THE NEGRO PROPERLY. Charges reasonable and right, and satisfac tion guarantied in every instance. Parties at a distance may know our market by addressing us. 11. L. Williams, COMMISSION MERCHANT, MARIETTA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Pease Ac Davis, wholksalb and bbtaix dbalbrs in PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS (Wlnship’s iron-front store, Peach-Tree st.) ATLANTA, GA. P. P. Pbabb.] [L. B. Davis Ant business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention and returns early made. We ask <ui friends to give us a call when in our city. Any Pro duce consigned to us will receive every advantage our market can give. Also We can make purchases to the very best advantage, as we are always pos ted in reference to the market prices. February 15,1862. Anderson, Adair ft Co., WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Whitehall street, near Georgia R.-R, Bank,) ATLANTA, GA. Oct. 11. Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. H. R.Fowler. Foster, Queen ft Co., GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ATLANTA, GA., . Lowe, Faiubrough ft Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, nt DAXIBLS’ AMD WTMBHIP’B BLOCK, ' ATLANTA, GA jy For the sale of PRODUCE, and aB kinds of MERCHANDISE; Negroes. 1 Real Estate, &c. Orders and consignments respectfully solicited. FOR OAL3). | A fine Cotton and Corn >arm, containing , Seven hundred and Oy.three Acree—l6C J* —IOO good Creek Bottom. Good Springs s -u two-story frame Dwelling, and necessary 1 >. inga ; Gin house &c., Ac.; aituated half mile r from the Railroad and Town of Tho'maaton | Upeon County, TO.mDes by Railroad from At-’ lan la.
