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HREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
VOL. XXXIII. NO. 50.
Sabbath-school Success.
Mr. Editor We often read of the success
of armies, the achievements wrought in the
commercial and literary world; hut where,
in the whole compass of our memory, can
we remember anything more remarkable
than the following history of Christian effort
and of persevering toil. Its perusal cannot
fail to stimulate those who are engaged in
the religious instruction of youth to a deeper
interest in the cause of Sabbath-schools, and
to a more entire consecration in this glorious
work. When we call to mind the fact that
the school mentioned was only a “ Mission
School,” and dependent entirely upon cir
cumstances for its prosperity, we are more
astonished than ever that it should succeed
at all.
Five years ago last April, the writer was
invited to assist two godly young ladies in
establishing a Mission Sunday-school in the
eastern portion of Atlanta. Being a lover of
this work, I at once accepted their offer,
and on 17th April we organized a school in
the open air underr a small clump of trees. We
had neither books, benches, nor anything of
tile jJiud; but we managed to arrange affairs
satisfactorily. The above mentioned ladies
had spent the pr evious day in visiting the
tents and camps where numbers of poor
tamilies had been left houseless and home
less by Sherman’s wicked destruction of our
city, and invited their children to meet at
the spot designated, at a given hour the
next day.
We had present forty or fifty of these poor
destitute children to receive instruction.
The time having arrived when services should
begin, we all stood up and sang a hymn and
prayed, and then sat down on the grass and
organized the school.
For several weeks we met here,after which
we proceeded to the “Old City Hospital
Building,” on an adjoining hill, into which
we moved. From that period until the pres
ent, we have kept the school in constant
operation (except a short space of time) when
we were providentially hindered. During
the fi*e years above mentioned, we have had
several very bright conversions among the
children, who have become members of the
principal churches of the city, and who, we
humbly trust, are on their way to heaven.
While we have been cheered by these omens
of success, we have had many hours of de
pression, and it seemed at some seasons that
our work would be in vain. Yet while clouds
gathered over us, we have looked above for
assistance, and it has been freely bestowed.
Our prayers were not fruitless, and the an
cient promise, “ask and ye shall receive,”
was abundantly verified with us.
Our very efficient city missionary, the
Bov. A. G. Dempsey, entered into this work
with heart and soul. Everything that he
could do for the prosperity of this noble
enterprise he has done. And now he is ob
taining souls for his ministry, and the peo
ple are rejoicing on acconnt of the wondrous
power displayed iu the revival of religion
they are enjoying, within one hundred yards
of the very place where we sat down upon
the ground to begin 11,.- work five years since.
The children of I .i* school are not only be
ing com'eriv.n'out They have been instru
mental, i-* »ome iujl v ocS, m tue comapsivin
of their p arents. The meeting began about
tjve Ja ago and we had not a single mem
ber. N.bw we have a regularly organized
Church with about one hundred and twenty
five members. It is still progressing, and
the Lord only knows how many more mny
be brought into the fold of Christ. Among
those who have united with the Churcli, we
may name men from 20 to tiO years of age,
and one who is said to be 75. Let all be
encouraged and give God the glory to whom
it belongs. We shall at once proceed to
build a comfortable house of worship, and
shall ask the approaching Aunual Confer
ence to take the Third Ward Mission in as a
separate and distinct work. Let God’s peo
ple pray especially for us.
Respectfully,
Sunday-school Missionary.
Atlanta, Nov. 25 th, 1870.
The North Georgia Conference.
The following proceedings of this Confer
ence having appeared in a part only of last
week’s issue, we republish the same in the
entire edition this week.
Sixth Dat, Tuesday, Dec. 6th.
Bishop Pierce returned yesterday, and
ordained the elders last night, and this morn
ing, at the opening of the Conference, the
deacons.
The Board of Stewards made their report
and distributed their funds. The Bishops’
Fund reported was §1,216.93.
The Committee on Education reported,
and the following visiting Committees were
appointed:
Wesleyan Female College; A. T. Mann,
H. «T. Adams, H. H. Parks, and H. P. Bell.
LaGrange Female College; R. F. Jones,
J. W. Heidt, and C. A. Evans, and J. B.
Hunnicutt.
Dr. Boring reported his work iu behalf of
the Orphans’ Home, stating that his sub
scription for the year amounted to about
§30,000. He explained the plans of the
Board. Hon. H. P. Bell, in offering a reso
lution, pledging the Conference to the sup
port of the enterprise, made an eloquent
speech in behalf of the care for the orphan.
The resolution will be published. It is
expected- that the Home will very soon be
located and opened.
Dr. L. M. Smith, President of Emory Col
lege, read an eloquent report on the subject
of education generally, and giving the condi
tion of his Institution, from which it appeared
that its. prosperity is unprecedented, the
matriculates of the past year exceeded those
of any other year. About twenty-five young
men were converted during the past session;
and the finances of the College are improv
ing,
The Committee on the Southern Christian
Advocate reported with commendatory reso
lutions, which will be published.
The Constitutional proviso adopted by the
last General Conference was submitted, and
adopted by a vote of 99 yeas; nays, none.
W. F. Cook, Treasurer Miss. Society, re
ported §5,601 48 as Domestic Missionary
collections from all sources for the year.
The following statistics were reported:
White members, 42,127—increase, 1,289;
infants baptized 1,182; adults 432; Sunday
schools 452; officers and teachers 9 378; pu
pils, 22,795.
Committees were appointed and many re
ports made, which will be given hereafter.
Tuesday Afternoon.
After a meeting of the Education Society,
the Conference met and several reports were
made.
Athens was chosen as the place of holding
the next Conference.
Dr. Boring and W. A. Parks, were an
nounced as messengers to the Methodist
Protestant Church ; and W. F. Cook and
G. G. Smith to Congregational Methodist.
W. F. Cook was elected Corresponding
jjmtfcetw Christian gnJtwtstti?,
Secretary for the Conference Sunday-school
interests.
First Fridays in April and September were
set apart a3 days of fasting and prayer.
A. G. Haygood, W. P. Harrison, F. M.
Richardson and W. C. Derry, were elected
delegates to the Sunday-school Convention.
Supernumerary relation granted to P A
Heard:
After votes of thank3 and several matters
of /'jsultory business, the Conference closed,
by the announcement of the following
Appointments.
Augusta Dist. —C W Key, PE.
Augusta, St John’s, A T Mann, D W Cal
houn, sup.
“ St James, H H Parks.
‘ 1 Asbury, L J Davies.
Richmond, D Kelsey.
Appling, W A Farriss.
Thomson, F P Brown.
Warrenton, T A Seals.
Sparta, W P Pledger.
Hancock, E G Murrah, B H Sa3nett.
Crawfordville, A C Thomas.
Milledgeville, A J Jarrell.
Baldwin, J W Stipe.
Athens Di3T.—T F Pierce, P. E.
Athens, E W Speer.
Oconee st, E D Stone (supply.)
Factory mis, C J Oliver.
Watkinsville, J W Knight, J V M Morris.
Madison, W A Florence.
Morgan, J L Lupo.
Greensboro, G W Yarbrough.
White Plains, J MLowrey.
Lexington, W A Simmons.
Winterville, W D Heath.
Washington, W R Branham, Sr.
Broad River, J H Grogan.
Little River, .T H Baxter.
Eatonton, WR Foote.
Putnam, W M Oslin, one to be supplied.
Elberton Dist. —Leonard Rush, P E.
Elberton, F G Hughes.
Bethlehem, A G Worley.
Elbert, W T Norman.
Lincoln, W F Quillian.
Jefferson, R A Conner, S D Evans.
Carnesville, J H Mashburn.
Franklin Springs, D C Oliver, (supply.)
Homer, J G Worley.
Hartwell, J W Baker.
Clarksville, John R Parker.
Clayton mis, E L Stevens, (supply.)
Dahlonega Dist. —W T Caldwell, P. E.
Dahlonega, W A Dodge.
Dawsonville, .T M Harden.
Gumming, A G Carpenter.
Alpharetta, S J Bellali.
Canton, B Sanders.
Cherokee, B E Ledbetter.
Cleveland, BEL Timmons.
Blairsville mis, M H Eakea.
Gainesville, Geo E Gardner, (transfer.)
Lawrenceville, F F Reynolds, and one to be
supplied.
Rome Dist. —G. J. Pearce, P. E.
Rome, W F Cook.
Rome ct, P G Reynolds.
Forestville, A Odom.
Oostanaula, W P Kramer.
Cave Spring, W P Rivers.
Cedar Town, W F Glenn.
Van Wert, R A Giddens, (supply).
Subligna, J B McFarland, R H Jones, sup.
Summerville, W C Dunlap.
LaFayette, T H Timmons.
Lookout Mt. miss, S W McWhorter, (sup
ply.)
Dalton Dist.- W J Scott, P E.
Dalton, G G .Smith.
Dalton ct, WT Hamilton.
Tunnell Hill, J M Richardson, (supply.)
Ringgold, J P Wardlaw.
Rock Spring, S. Leake.
Spring Place, H H Porter, (supply.)
To be supplied.
Calhoun, T M Pledger, (supply.)
Tilton and Resaca, D J Weems.
Kingston, J A Reynolds.
Ellijay, J n Robison, ( supply.)
Jasper, To be supplied.
Marietta Dist. —P M Ryburn, P E.
Marietta, Geo Kramer.
Ackworth, J R Mayson.
Roswell, T H Gibson.
Powder Spriug, M G Hamby.
Dallas, E K Akin.
Carrollton and Bowdon, J Chambers.
Villa Rica, J N Myers.
Haralsou mis, D Stripling, (supply.)
Sandtown, J B Prickett, (supply.)
Campbellton, R J Harwell.
Cartersville, J L Pierce, J T Norris, sup.
Cassville, Joseph Carr.
Marietta Female, College, W A Rogers,
President.
LaGrange Dist. —H J Adams, PE.
LaGrange, W M Crumley, P A Heard, sup.
Troup, W J Cotter.
West Point and Long Cane, E P Birch.
Wliitesville, T S L Harwell.
Greenville, Trinity and Fletcher’s Chapel, A
M Thigpen.
Chalybeate Springs, J J Little (supply.)
Grantville, R F Jones.
Senoia, F W Baggerley.
Hogansville, J T Lowe.
Newnau, R W Bigham.
Palmetto, J M Bowden.
Franklin, It Stripling.
LaGrange Female College, M Calloway,
President.
Agent American Bible Society, W A Parks.
Missionary to China, Y .T Allen.
Atlanta Dist. —W H Potter, P E.
Atlanta Ist Church, A Wright.
Trinity, C A Evans.
Evans Cliapel, J M Dickey.
Payne’s Chapel, D D Cox.
Edgewood and 3d Ward, G H Pattillo (trans
fer.)
Fourth Ward mis, A G Dempsey (supply.)
Atlanta ct, B J Johnson.
Fulton, W J Wardlaw.
Decatur, C A Mitchell.
Covington and Mt Pleasant, D J Myrick.
Oxford, Albert Gray, A Means sup’y.
Conyers, M W Arnold, W R Branham, Jr.
Monticello, F B Davies.
Oakmulgee mission to be supplied.
Newbern, A W Rowland.
Monroe, C A Conoway.
Agent Orphans’ Home, J Boring.
Prof Emory College, J Lewis, Jr.
Sunday-school Secretary, A G Haygood.
Editor Monthly Magazine, W P Harrison.
Griffin District.— J Lewis, Sr, PE.
Griffin, J W Heidt.
“ City Miss, R R Johnson.
Zebulon, W F Smith.
Pike and Pine Mount Miss, W H Graham.
Thomaston, M H White.
Barnesville, J P Duncan.
McDonough, J H Harris.
Jonesboro, L P Neese.
Forrest stamiss, to be supplied,
Fayetteville, D Nolan.
Cu’lloden, M F Malsby.
Clinton, J M Armstrong.
Jackson, W G Hanson, D L Anderson.
Forsyth, F A Kimbell,
“ circuit, J J Singleton.
JJ Davis transferred to Little Rock Con f.
Amicus M Williams to Louisiana Cons.
J M Stokes transferred to the Florida “
H J Ellis to So. Ga. Conference.
Missionary Appropriations. —At the re
cent meeting of the Missionary Board of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, the report
of the Treasurer showed that the balance
on band, November Ist, 1869, was §9,252,
and the receipts from that date to November
Ist, IS7O, §611,549, making a total of §621,-
802. The disbursements last year were
§632,744, leaving the treasury in debt some
§10,942. The appointments for 1871 on a
basis of §700,000, inclusive of §75,000 re
quired to meet drafts not yet fully due: Af
rica, §9,000; South America, §11,044; Chi
na, §32,796; Germany and Switzerland,
§27,000; Denmark, §7,059; Sweden, §12,-
700; Norway, §8,710; India, §81,302; Bul
garia, §9,504; Mexico, §12,000; Italy, §12,-
000. Total Foreign Missions, §224,198,54;
Domestic Missions—foreign population,
§48,150; California Chinese, §9,000; Missions
among the Indians, §4,090; Missions among
Americans, §281,500; Missions in United
States Territories, §13,300; Miscellaneous,
§80,000; Grand total of appropriations,
§660,238.54. For “Missions among Ameri
cans,” the work of “disintegration and ab
sorption” gets the lion’s share —Alabama,
§11,000; Georgia, §11,000; Holston, §9,000;
Kentucky, §8,000; Louisiana, §9,000; Mis
sissippi, §9,000 ; Missouri, §7,000 ; North
Carolina, $10,1)00; St. Louis, §14,000; South
Carolina, §14,000; Virginia $15,000—5117,-
000 all together. Bishop Janes is to have
supervision of the missions in India and
China, Bishop Scott those of Liberia, Bish
op Simpson those of Bulgaria. Bishop
Ames those of Utah and Arizona, and
Bishop Clark those of South America and
Montana. The home missions connected
with the annual conferences will be several
ly under the supervision of the Bishop pre
siding in those ccnferences,
Xorfii Carolina Conference.
We get from Bishop Pierce, a few items
respecting this Conference which sat at
Greensboro, Nov. 23-29th. The session was
pleasant. In reference to a division of th£
Conference, it was resolved to divide wheh
the entire State could be comprised in the
two Conferences.
Seven preachers were admitted on trial,
and three into full connection, and two were
re admitted, and one, M. H. Hoyle, by trans
fer. S Lander, located, G. W. Deems, W.
H. Wheeler, and Marcus G. Tuttle, died
during the year. James J. Hines was expelled.
The statistics r sported are—preachers,
212, white members 45,816 ; colored mem
bers 1,205 ; baptisms, infants, I,37o—adults
I, ; number of Sunday-schools 588 ;
teachers, 3,646; scholars, 24,198 ; of the
§5,200 necessary for superanuated preach
ers, etc., §2,138,88 was collected ; 82,111,95
was collected for missions.
Tho next Conference is to be held at Char
lotte.
The following are the appointments :
Raleigh District. —N F Reid, P E; Raleigh, I. S
Burkhead; Wesley Chapel to be supplied by 8 R
Tray wick; Wake, J T Harris; Rolieville, J J'Ratin;
Smithfield, J E Thompson; Tar River, P J Carra
way; Louisbere, O J Brent; Granville, A D Betts,
Henderson, H II Gibbons; Nash, '/■ Ruth; Rock
Spring mis, M J Hunt; Editor Raleigh Christian
Advocate, J B Bobbett; Agents S S Society,.l Reid,
S Leard.
Hillsboro District. —W Barringer, P E; Hillsboro,
i. W Crawford; Allamance, T J Gattis; Chapel
Hill and Haw River, J B Martin: Durhams, John
Tillett; Pittsboro, W H Moore; Franklinsville, K.
A Howland; Leesburg, J H Wheeler; Person, M
C Thomas; South Guilford, G O Bynum; High
Rook mis, A Norman.
Greensboro District. —W H Bobbitt, PE; Greens
boro, J A Cunningim; Guilford, C II Phillips, N
H I) Wilson; Trinity College and High Point. B
Craven, President; Thomasville, C M Pepper; Da
vidson, R G Barnett; Ashboro, DC Johnson; For
syth, 8 H Helseback; Winston. W W Albea; L
wharie, J F Kearns; Stokes, IT Gill3 (supply) Madi
son, F L Reid; Wentworth, J W Lewis; Yaneey
ville, I. Shell; Agent American Bible Society, J F
Wyehe.
Salisbury District. —M 1, Wood, P E; Salisbury,
J W Wheeler; Rowan, C Plyler; I'nion, T 1. Trip
lett; Mocksville, J S Nelson; Jonesville, M Foy
(supply); Surrey, W B Maness; Mt Airy, S D Pee
ler; Alexander, J N Somers; Iredell, J F Smoot;
South Iredell, I L Keen; Wilkes, G E Wyehe.
Shelby District. —E W Thompson, P E’; Shelby,
J W North; Shelby et, J S Ewing; Lineolntou,
W D Lee; South Fork, .1 W Abernathy; Rock
Spring, T P Ricaud; Dallas, .1 T McElhany; Le
noir,!* L Herman; Newton, D May; Happy Home,
S M Davis; Morganton, G W Ivy; McDowell, W
C Wilson; Upper Broad River mis, A M Long;
Rutherford, V A Sharp-Columbus mis, D C Stimp
son (supply); Cherry Mount, T P England; South
Mountain mis, L C White, (supply); Davenport
Female College, W M Robey, President.
Charlotte District. —W S Black, P E; Charlotte,
A W Mangum; North Charlotte, M H Hough;
Pineville, W 8 Haltom; South Charlotte, R M
Brown; Monroe, B F Dixon; Pieasaift Grove, C
E Land; Concord, D R Bruton; Mt Pleasant, T A
Boone; Albemarle, J C Hartsell; Ansonville, J W
Pruett; Wadesboro, M V Sherrell; W T McClel
lion.
Fayetteville District. —J 1’ Moore, P E; Fayette
ville, J E Mann; Cumberland, H P Cole; Robson,
W M Jordan; Rockingham, T W Guthrie; Mont
gomery, B C Phillips; ITwharie, J B Alford;
Troy mis, T C Moses; Deep River, L H Gibbons;
Jonesboro, B B Culbretli, sup; Buck Horn, J W
Aveut.
Wilmington District. —Wm. (Toss, P E; Wil
mington, Front street, R S Moran; Fiftli Street,
F H Wood; Topsail, R 8 Webb; Kenansville, J B
Bailey; Cokesbury, J D Buel; Magnolia, A A Bos
hamer; Clinton, J C Thomas; Bladen, C M Ander
son; Elizabeth, A K Murchison; Smithville, II F
Wiley, W R Ferguson; Onslow, KT N Stevenson;
Church of the strangers, New York, Charles F
Deems.
New Berne District. —E A Yates, I* E; New Berne,
I, L Ilendrew; Beaufort, J W Jenkins; Straits, W
M D Moore; Trent, W F Clegg, Jno. Jones sup’y;
Kinston, WDMeacham; Jones, J J Carden; Snow
Hill, W S Chaffin; New Berne ct, I) W Porter
(supply); Lenoir, D Culbreth; Swift Creek mis,N
A Hooker; Goldsboro, J R Griffith, Wilson, C C
Dodson; Everettsville, J B Brooks; Wayne, J N
Andrews.
Washington District. —S D Adams, PE; Washing
ton and Greenville, W H Call; Neuse, T B Reeks;
Warrenton, H T Hudson; Warren, R A Willis;
Roanoke, W C Gannon; Tarboro, Joseph Whee
ler; Williamston, J Mahoney; Plymouth, J F Heit
man; Columbia, F A Andrews, (supply); Matta
muskeet, A R Raven; Portsmouth, Ocracoke and
Hatteras, C W King; Bath, li P Bibb; Superinten
dent of Colored people in Virginia and North Car
olina, R O Burton; R P Franks, A PAvant, J Fin
ger, F M Kennedy, R R Pegues, R R Dagnall and
F. J Meynardie, transferred to South Carolina Con
ference—and J J Prather, to White River Confer
ence.
Report of the Hoard of Managers
of Domestic Missions, No. Ga.
Conference.
1. Augusta City Mission was served the
past year by J. V. M. Morris. He reports the
mission without regular preaching places, or
membership, and does not think its contin
uance advisable.
2. Bel Air Mission was served by E. P.
Bonner, who reports 3 churches, 85 mem
bers, 1 local preacher, 5 infants, 6 adults
baptized, 2 Sunday-schools, 8 officers and
teachers, 50 scholars. Monies paid during
the year, for the support of the missionary,
§2lO ; Presiding Elders, §25, Domestic Mis
sions, §3O, Conference Collection, §2O, Bish
ops’ Fund, §lO. There are 5 preaching pla
ces, and the Church property is valued at
§I,BOO.
3. Taliaferro Mission was served by F. P.
Brown. He reports 2 churches, 67 mem
bers, 13 children, 1 adult baptized, 19 mem
bers received, 3 expelled during the year.
For the Missionary’s support, the mission
has paid §99.65, and §25 to the Presiding
Elder. The mission is improving, and ought
to be continued.
4. Athens Mission was served by Wm. A.
Simmons, in connection with the 2d charge
in Athens. One regular preaching place, 1
Sabbath-school, with 150 pupils, 2 infants, 8
adults baptized. Ten members have been
received into the chnrch, and the missionary
thinks that the mission ought to be con
tinued.
5. Factory Mission was served by Emory F.
Anderson. It has 2 ehnrches, and 150 mem
bers. The mission has not been prosperous.
6. Morgan Mission was served by W. R.
Foote, whose labors have been devoted to
destitute portions of the county, where his
efforts have been appreciated, and surround
ing churches have been benefited by bis
ministry.
7. Franklin Springs Mission was served by
D. C. Oliver, who reports 4 churches, 233
members, 24 adults baptized, 40 members
added to the church, 3 Sabbath-schools, 15
officers and teachers, 120 pupils. Paid to
the missionary, §62, for repairing churches
and camp ground, §450. The mission has en
joyed great prosperity the past year, and its
continuance is desired.
8. Clayton Mission was served by L. G.
Parks. There are 4 churches, 105 members,
4 Sabbath-schools, 31 officers and teachers,
156 pupils, paid to the missionary, §36. The
mission ought to be continued.
9. Dahlonega Mission was served in con
nection with Dahlonega station, by F. G.
Hughes. There are 5 churches, 122 mem
bers, 3 Sabbath-schools, 18 officers and
teachers, 79 scholars, 186 volumes in library,
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3 adults, 3 infants baptized. The mission
is represented to be in a prosperous condi
tion.
10. Roswell Mission was served by Samuel
J. Bellah. He reports 7 churches, 375 mem
bers, 7 local preachers, 12 infants, 22 adults
baptized, 40 members received into the
church, 5 Sunday-schools, 32 officers and
teachers, 170 scholars, 441 volumes in libra
ry, 17 church periodicals taken. Monies
contributed for Domestic Missions, §2O 50,
Foreign Missions, §l4 50, Mission Debt,
§2 50, Conference Collection, §lO, Bishops’
Fund, §6, for the Presiding Elders, §l7 43,
for the missionary, §132 50. The work is
represented as in a good condition.
11. Tilton Mission was served by S. W.
McWhorter. It has 5 appointments, 120
members, 12 infants, 8 adults baptized, 3
Sunday-schools, 116 pupils. Amounts paid
to the missionary, §124 70, Presiding Elder,
§25, Bishops’ Fund, §5, Conference Collec
tion, §l3* 40, Domestic Missions, §lB 65,
Foreign Missions, §8 75, for our Sunday
schools, 323, and for the Mission Debt, §2.
The mission has enjoyed comparative pros
perity during the year, and it is thought ad
visable to form a circuit out of the mission
and adjoining territory.
12. Blairsville Mission, by M.
G. Hamby. It has 11
preachers, 321 white,
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that it was not deemed expedient to attempt
the organization of a distinct charge in the
mission field in Griffin. The labqrs of the
missionary were confined to pastoral' .visita
tions, and such aid as he was able to furnish
to t lie stationed preacher.
19. /’eiyne's Chapel Mission iu the City of
Atlanta, was served by W. C. Dunlap. He
reports a church completed, and valued at
§2,500, 312 members, a gain of 172 during
tlie past year, 1:’. infants, 100 adults baptized,
1 ,Sabbatli-sehool, numbering 200 pupils,
and 40 officers and teachers. The mission
has paid §550 to the missionary, §4O to the
Presiding Elder, §4OO to the Orphan’s
Home, §125 for our Sabbath school, and §7O
for the various collections ordered by the
Conference. The unexampled prosperity of
this mission in the two years of its existence
places it upou a self-sustaining basis, having
a small parsonage obtained this year at a
cost of about §I,OOO. The entire revenue
for Church pnrposes during the year
amonnts to more than §2,000.
20. Evans Chapel Mission, Atlanta, w’as
served by W. A. Dodge. He reports 1
church completed, 1 other appointment re
mote from the chapel, a membership of 350,
150 members added this year, 2 large and
flourishing Sabbath-schools, and §1,284 con
tributed for various chnrch purposes. The
mission has grown so strong that it will
henceforth be placed on the list of stations,
having a parsonage furnished, and the abil
ity to support a pastor with a small family.
21. Third and Fourth Wards Jifission, At
lanta, was served by A. G. Dempsey, who
reports anew church built at Edgewood, at
a cost of §2,500, and another in prospect at
the Old Fair Ground, estimated cost, §2,500.
The mission has 213 members, 3 Sabbath
schools, 200 pupils, for all purposes §2,400
have been paid, §6O for the services of the
missionary. The missionary recommends
that Edgewood and the Fair Ground be
bracketed together, and made a separate
charge, and the 4th Ward mission be recog
nized for the ensuing year.
The Board cannot allow the opportunity
to pass, without commending the zeal of the
efficient and laborious missionaries who
have cultivated the mission field of Atlanta
with so much success. In the short space
of three years, the extraordinary nnmber of
875 members has been gathered into the
fold of the church, without, in the slightest
degree, diminishing the membership of the
City churches. The blessing of God upon
the work of His servants, has converted a
wilderness into a garden—and where, three
years ago, neither church members nor
houses of worship could be found, there are
now three neat and comfortable church
buildings, and hundreds of souls rejoicing
in the God of their salvation.
Reviewing the field of operations of the
Missionary Board in the North Georgia Con
ference, from the imperfect statistics fur
nished us we find the following results :
There are 21 missions, 21 missionaries, 71
appointments, 2,922 members, 11 local
preachers, 89 infants, 214 adults baptized, 38
Sunday-schools, 177 officers and teachers, 1,-
606 pupils, and the sum of §7,380.03 has been
contributed for various church purposes. All
of which is respectfully submitted,
Wm. P. Habrison, Secret ary.
Augusta, Ga., Dec., 3 d, 1870.
The North Alabama Conference
Appointments.
Florence District. —J YV Whitten, P E; Florence
sta, Hardy Brown; Rodgeraville and Driskill’s
Chapel eta, D M Booth; Lexington ct, to be sup,
by J G Gibson; Cypress ct, J S Marks, L F Whit
ten; Tuscumbia sta, J H Anderson; Valley sta, J
B Stevenson; Chickasaw ct, B J Gaston; Frank
fort mis, to be sup, by W B Blackburn; Russell's
Valley ct, J C Phelps; Moulton et, W McQueen;
Courtland ct; P L Henderson, G T Whitten; Flor
ence Wesleyan University, W H Anderson, Presi
dent.
Huntsville District. —J MBoland, PE; Huntsville
sta, Anson West; Triana ct, W Weakley; Madison
ct, J L Coleman; Meridianville ct, H P Turner;
Mooresville ct, W T Andrews; Limestone ct, T E
Brown; Athens sta, J A Thompson; Decatur sta,
J S Davis; Trinity sta, F P Scruggs; Danville ct,
M L Whitten, J A Barbee, sup; Winston mis, J
W Harvey; Somerville ct, Robert Scales; Hunts
ville Female College, J G Wilson, President.
Larkinxville District. —A F Driskill, PE; Larkins
ville ct, B F Lea; Maysville sta, R T Blackwell, J
T Bartee, sup; New Market ct, M E Johnston;
Bell and Flint Factory, B Vaughn; Vienna ct, W
S Harwell, J M Hamer, sup; Marshall ct, J C
Hunkaplllar, one to he sup; Coffee Town ct, B T
Mo“ -; Sand Mountain mis, W C McCoy; Steven
son ~t, and Flat Rock mis, J Cox, one to he sup;
Paint Rock mis, W H Anthony.
Gadsden District. C D Oliver, PE; Gadsden sta,
R A Timmons; Gadsden ct, J G Walker, Coloma
mis, to he sup; Cedar Bluff ct, P K Brindley, J A
Neely, sup; Van Buren ct, E F S Roberts; Little
River mis, to be sup, by R Price; Ashville mis, R
F Mountain; Murphrees Valley ct, R W Coons;
Blonntsville ct, J E Andrews; Elyton sta, T G
Slaughter; Elyton ct, T P Roberts; Jonesboro ct,
J G Guriev; Warrior mis, to be sup, by W An
thony.
Talladega District.—!. M Wilson, P E; Center
sta, E A West; Cross Plains ct, T Moody; Jack
sonville sta, T H Deavenport; White Plains ct, E
B Nortor; Alexandria ct, R G Ragan, E B McClel
land, sup; Coosaßivermis, JQ Melton; Talladega
ct, W R Kirk; Blue Mountain mis, C S D Lasseter;
Talladega sta, Daniel Duncan; Favetteville ct, E
C Odom; Harpersvj.lle ct, F T J Brandon; Shelby
Iron Works sta, D S McDonald; Montevallo ct, J
B Powers; Cahaba mis, M G Foust; Montevallo
sta, H L Booth.
La Fayette District. —L R Bell, P E; La Fayette
ct, J T Curry; Oak Bowery ct, RJ Sampler; Dade
ville ct, G R Lynch, J N Dupree, sup; Socapatoy
ct, W T Patillo; Mlllersvllle mis, Henry Young;
Hanover ct, W C Rowland; Pinkneyville ct, W D
Nicholson, C W Smith, sup; Lineville mis, G J
Mason; Fredonia cr, C M Livingston; Wedowee
mis, to be sup: Art-acoochee mis, P E Nicholson.
Tuskaloosa Dht.'ct. —J D Anthony, P E; Tuska
loosa sta, W E Mabry; Tuskaloosa ct, W H Arm
strong; North Port ct, E Nicholson; Jasper ct, W
E Cameron; Fairview mis, J H Cumerom; Pike
vhlrspis, J H Tue’cer; Fayette ct, J W Newman;
Vernon ct, V O Hawkins, W R Williams; York
ville ct, G Hawkins; Carrolton ct, W- l Clifton;
Gordo ct, T N Shelton; Bexar mis, D W Ward;
Tnskaloosa Female College, B F Larabee, Presi
dent.
Transferred. —James M GKmn, to Mississippi
Conference. O R Blue, R E Carey,
D C Crook, to Thomas Cam
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Tlit* Bible.
The following description of the Bible was
found in Westminster Abbey, nameless and
dateles i:
A nation would be truly happy if it were
governed by no other laws than those of this
blessed book.
ft cu stains everything needful to lie known
or citohf. ' ' '
It gives instruction to a senate, authority
and direction to a magistrate.
It cautions a witness, requires an impar
tial verdict of a jury, and furnishes the judge
with his sentence.
It sets the husband as the lord of the
household, and the wife as the mistress of
the table; tells him how to rule, and her, as
well, how to manage.
It entails honor on parents, and en joins
obedience on children.
It prescribes and limits the sway of the
sovereign, the rule of the ruler, and the au
thority of the master; commands the sub
jects to honor, and the servants to obey; and
tbejblessing and protection of the Almighty
to all that walk by its rule.
It gives directions for weddings and buri
als.
It promises food and raiment and limits
the use of both.
It points out a faithful and eternal guar
dian to the departing husband and father;
tells him with whom to leave his fatherless
children, and whom his widow is to trust;
and promises a father to the former, and a
husband to tlie latter.
It teaches a man to get Ids house in order,
and how to make his will; It appoints a dowry
for his wife; entails the right of the first
born; and shows bow the young branches
should be left.
It defends the right of all and reveals
vengeance to every defaulter, over-readier
and trespasser.
It is the first book, the best book.
It contains the choicest matter; gives the
best instruction; and affords the greatest de
gree of pleasure and satisfaction that we have
ever enjoyed.
It contains the best law's and most pro
found mysteries that were ever penned; and
it brings the very best of comforts to the
inquiring and disconsolate.
It exhibits life and immorality from time
everlasting, and shows the way to glory.
It is a brief recital of all that is to come.
It settles all matters in debate; resolves all
doubts; and eases the mind and conscience
of all their scruples.
It reveals the only living and true God,
and shows the way to him; and sets aside
all other gods, and describes the vanity of
them and all that trust in such; in short, it
is a book of laws to show right and wrong;
of wisdom that condemns all folly and makes
the foolish wise; a book of truth that detects
all lies, and confronts all errors; and it is a
book of life, that shows the way from ever
lasting death.
It contains the most ancient antiquities
and strange events, wonderful occurrences,
heroic deeds and unparallelled wars.
It describes the celestial, terrestial and
infernal worlds, and the origin of the an
gelic myriads, the human tribes and the
devilish legions.
It will instruct tlie accomplished mechanic
and most profound critic.
It teaches the best rhetoriean, and exer
cises every power of the most skillful arith
metician, puzzles the wisest anatomist, and
exercises the wisest critic.
It is the best covenant that ever was
agreed on; the best deed that ever was sealed;
the best evidence that was ever produced;
the best will that will ever be signed.
To understand it, is to be wise indeed; to
be ignorant of st, is to be destitute of true
wisdom.
It is the king’s best copy, the magistrate’s
best rule, the housekeeper’s best guide, the
servant’s best directory, and the young man’s
best companion; it is the school boys spell
ing book and the great and learned man’s
masterpiece.
It contains a choice grammar lor the nov
ice and a profound mystery for a sage.
It is the ignorant man’s dictionary and
the wise man’s directory.
It affords knowledge of witty inventions
for the humorous, and dark sayings for the
grave; it is also its own interpreter, and
that which crowns all is, that the Author is
without partiality and without hypocrisy,
“With whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning.”
“Perfect Love” or “Sanctification.”—
At the camp-meetings held during the sum
mer by the Northern Methodists, many
persons professed to have attained “perfect
love,” or “sanctification.” The Central
Christian Advocate (Methodist) says on this
subject; “We cannot help feeling some so
licitude lest these special eflbrts should lie
perverted in the interest, of an uncontrolla
ble fanaticism which has once swept disas
trously over the church. Extravagance of
speech, and, to use an expression of a mem
ber of the National Committee, ‘religious
rodwyism,’ must be suppressed. It is a dis
graoe upon us, a proof of want of culture
and of sflid piety. We unhesitatingly as
sert, that the deeper a man sinks into the
will of God the quieter he will become.
His soul baptized with the unutterable ful
ness of Christ will sink down, down into the
depths of his love and rest. Such a man will
become more modest, more prudent, more
reticent, more humble, and will seldom be
come boisterous, and never supercillious. He
will have a charity broad as the world, and a
clear, steadfast piety which shuns self-asser
tion and egotism. Rant and censoriousness
are absolutely exclnded from the vocabulary
of holiness. It rises to light on the wings
of divine charity and humility. Hence we
are pained, surprised and shocked at a vio
lent, bold and arrogant form of profession,
which sometimes exhibits itself in those
who declare that they have received the
blessing of perfect love. All exhibitions of
this kind are extremely nnfartunate, and
must be avoided.”
Pastor Harms’ Watchword.
After Harms had been training his mis
sionary students for some time, they began
to ask, “How shall we reach the field we
have chosen ?” They had no money ; Harms
had none, and his people were far from rich.
One of the students had been a sailor. “Let
ns build a ship,” said he, “and then we can
send as often, and as many as we wish, and
just when we will.” The thought was start
ling, but Harms resolved it. He fell upon
bis knees and prayed for guidance. While
he prayed tho Holy Spirit seemed himself to
write on his heart these words : “Straight
forward makes the best answer.
Straightforward it was. The ship was
built and sent out, and sent again—a white
winged messenger of love and mercy to the
heathen. When lesser things, as hiring a
passage for the missionaries, seemed to be
Straightforward 1 in the audnei
■Hb, had wrought a far greater work -
|§MRnlding Hud furnishing of a ship. “It
Wsgood to bo zealously affected in a good
.thing.” In oar creeds, we all hold to this;
Ibut in onr daily life, it is to be feared, we
little of this sanguine and prevail-
of faith. And vet it is to be
is a mother who longs to educate
and thus furnish them for uso-
But she pauses to count the cost
of her poverty, and then relnct-
it up. Another has not loss to
; hut, full of eonfidenco that
a good one, she insensibly acts
motto -and Straightforward !
answer to all questions and
knows how, yet tile edu-
H|H>ii secured and faith has its re-
or a lew earnest t’hris-
SillSjHrasßang for u revival. They pray
in secret places. But, iu
■■B'li a refreshing, there are many
one church, these are pon-
magnified. Bears pre-
HHHngs settle back where they were
another, the motto is Htraight
they go forward, and before them
’y,Hgive way, and u gracious work is
often, too, when repairs are needed
lionso of worship, do wo witness a
difference ? Timid ones hold back
plead their poverty and the great
of the work, j Other say it is need
ed and will bo blessed. Straightforward
makes tho best answer !—and, sure enough,
the hesitating at last look on the new spire
or the beautiful sanctuary, and say that this
almost audacious zeal was wise.
Shall I add, that in our pulpits this motto
might be useful ? Is there no rambling
around doctrines aud texts ; no tendency to
interminable introductions, to ingenious but
harmless logic, to picturesque but pointless
groupings V Is there not sometimes an im
pression that Biblical doctrines are some
thing to be proved, as still doubtful, rather
than expanded and insisted upon, as of final
and instant and supreme authority ? Now
aud then, one takes a text and presents it as
if with Harms’ motto in mind. His straight
forward work is visibly one source of power,
and the discourse tells upon his hearers.
“This,” we say, “is preaching—preaching in
something like the demonstration of the
Spirit and with power ;” and to hear one
such discourse is to awaken a longing for
more like it. Harms did a great work. lam
confident a great many pastors and a great
many Christians might accomplish far more
than they do if they would adopt this watch
word—a watchword that is not opposed to,
but in keeping with, the mind of tho Spir
it. — N. Y. Observer.
The Twenty-Third Psalm.
“David has left no sweeter psalm than
the short twenty-third. It is but a mo
ment’s opening of his soul; but, as when one
walking tlie winter street sees the door
opened for someone to enter, and the red
light streams a moment forth, and the forms
of gay children are running to greet the
comer, and genial music sounds, though the
door shuts and leaves the night black, yet it
cannot shut back again all that the eye, the
ear, the heart, und the imagination have
seen. So in this psalm, though it is but a
moment’s opening of the soul, are emitted
truths of peace and consolation that will
never be absent from the world.
“ The twenty-third psalm is the nigliten
gale of the psalms. It is small, of a homely
feather, singing shyly out of obscurity; but,
O, it has filled the air of the whole world
with a melodious joy, greater than the heart
can conceive. Blessed be the day on which
the psalm was born.
“ What would you say of a pilgnui com
missioned ol' God to travel up and down the
earth singing a strauge melody, which,when
one heard, caused him to forget whatever
sorrow he had? And so the singing angel
goes on his way through all lands singing in
the language of every nation, driving away
trouble by the pulses of the air which his
tongue moves with divine power: behold
just such an one! This pilgrim God has
sent to speak in every language on the globe.
It has charmed more grief to rest than all
the philosophy of the world. It has re
manded to their dungeon more felon thoughts
more black doubts, more thriving sorrow,
than there are sands on the seashore. It
has comforted the noble host of the poor. It
has sung courage to the army of tlie disap
pointed. It has poured balm and consola
tion into the heart of the sick, of captives
in dungeons, of widows in their pinching
griefs, or of orphans in their loneliness.—
Ghostly hospitals have been illumined by it.
It has visited the prisoner and broken his
chains, and, like Peter’s angel, led him forth
in imagination and sung him back to his
home again. It has made the dying Chris
tian slave freer than his master, and con
soled those whom, dying, he left behind
mourning, not so much that he was gone as
because they were left behind and could not
go too. Nor is its work done. It will go
singing to your children and mine, and to
their children, through all the generations
of time; nor will it fold its wings till the
last pilgrim is safe, and time is ended; and
then it shall fly back to tlie bosom of God
whence it issued,and sound on, mingled with
all those sounds of celestial joy which makes
heaven musical forever.” —Life Thoughts.
Stop It!
What? Not your Church paper! This you
cannot afford to stop, for reasons given two
weeks ago. And yet many, regardless of all
the evils which they entail on themselves
and their children, persist in fancying them
selves unable to take it. Many subscribers
can afford to take the Church paper without
in the least diminishing their luxuries, much
less their comforts. It would, however, be
none too dear, oven were we to have a few
luxuries less as the price of the thousand
intellectual enjoyments which it affords to
its readers. Many things are less important
than it, though they may be deemed neces
sary; and these may, without loss, be dis
continued to enable him to take it. It is
strange that persons often attach importance
to matters and things really indifferent, and
undervalue what is truly essential to then
welfare. Doubtless many in reading these
lines will differ from us, and place among
the indispensable what we think could be
easily dispensed with in order to the attain
ment of greater good. We have often
noticed persons ‘ ‘too poor to take the Church
paper,” spend their five and ten dollars on
objects that are unnecessary, if not positive
ly injurious,— Ger. Ref. Mess.
Tlie Length of His Chain.
The Pope is not exactly in prison, but he
is not out of prison either. He is allowed
to travel, but he lias nothing to do bnt to
let government alone. He is very uneasy,
and manifests a strong anxiety to get some
where else, to set up an indepeedent court.
Christ the Lord said, “My kingdom is not
of this world;” but tho Pope, who pretends
to be Christ’s Yicar, cannot subscribe to that.
He knows very well that in the other world
he will have no kingdom, and he is bent
upon having it here. But it is too late.
The thunderbolt has fallen and the throne
of Popery has been cast down. He who set
himself up as God is now bound with the
chain, and the length of it is shown in tho
following very liberal conditions imposed
by the Pope’s'master, the King of Italy:
“All the political authority of the Pope
and the Holy See in Italy is abolished, and
will remain so.
“The Pope will be entirely free in the ex
ercise of his ecclesiastical rights which he
now possesses as the Supreme Chief of
Catholicism, and will enjoy all the honors
and liberties which constitute sovereign pre
rogatives. He will dispose of and provide
for his court as he has up to the present
time.
“A territorial immunity will be accorded
to the Holy See, so that, free and independ
ent, it may, at home and abroad, take care
of the interests and exercise the authority
of the Church.
“All Italian and foreign prelates, cardi
nals. bishops, spiritual bodies and ecclesias
tical orders, will enjoy entire immunity at
the place of residence of the Supreme Head
of tlie Church, whether summoned for coun
cil or for any other purpose. The Holy See
will be able to communicate freely and inde
pendently, at home and abroad, with the
Powers and the clergy. Special postal tele
graphic services will bo placed wholly at its
disposal. The representatives of foreign
powers at tho Hcly See will enjoy complete
liberty as at other sovereign courts. The
Pope’s legates and envoys will be treated
like the ambassadors of foreign sovereigns.
“The Pope and Church shall enjoy un
limited liberty of publication, at the Holy
See’s place of residence, of all personal and
conciliary determinations.
“The Pope shall have full liberty to travel
at all times in and out of the country. Italy
will consider him as a foreign sovereign, and
he will be treated and honored as such
throughout the kingdom. The equipage of
His Holiness and his court shall be furnished
by Italy, who also assume tlie debts hither
to contracted by the Pontifical State. For
the tranquility of the Catholic world and the
Powers, Italy is disposed to guarantee the
liberties of the Church and the independence
of the Pope by sanctioning them in an in
ternational treaty. By these concessions,
the Government wishes to prove to Europe
that Italy respects the sovereignty of the
Pope conformably to the principal: ‘A free
Church in a free State. ’ ”
“A free Church in a free State” is anew
idea in Rome, and it will work mightily
there. It is said that Gen. La Marmora
ooutinues tho Pope’s interdict against the
erection of a place of Protestant worship
in Rome, aud the Protestant chapel will re
main outside the walls. But this is merely
a temporary interdict to keep things smooth
fore th present. Rome is free, and the Gos
pel will soon have free course and be glori
fied even under the shadows of St. Peter’s
and the Vatican.— N. Y. Observer.
All Hoar with Jesus.
Whenever you hear a Christian talking
about his disappointment in liis own feel
ings, liis lack of enjoyment, coldness, hard
ness,deafness,doubts,misgivings and kindred
miseries; justaskhim— What he is doing for
the Master ? You will find, undoubtedly, that
he kuows nothing about work; that lie has
always had a kind of dread of getting into
it. He hears about the mission work of his
Church, doubtless, and contributes to its
support; but he has never seen any of it. I
talked with a young man the other day,who
has for the past year been a professing
Christian. He spoke of his growiug skepti
cism. “Can you come down with me to
mission next Sunday morning?”
“Oh! I don’t get up early enough for
that,” he replied.
He did not know or care much about tlie
work.
I saw it was the devil’s aim to keep him
in indifference to it. God help us all to
break through the unwillingness to act for
Jesus. The other night there was a prayer
meeting in a distant mission field. Darkness
had brooded suddenly upon the earth,bring
ing with it a dreary, persistent rain. Stop
ping at a good brother’s house, I found him
putting the children to bed; each little one
bowing at his knee and lisping its sweet eve
ning prayer to the Heavenly Father. It
was a precious baptism to our own souls,
and we went out in the night to meet the
brethren.
At a small frame house in a dark and dis
tant street, we paused and heard the voice
of prayer. Here was our altar. Here were
lovers of Jesus, who had come far to meet
the Master. Oh! Christians, yon who feel
listless and cold and skeptical; here is the
place for you ! You want to see what Jesus
is to people who have one-tenth of your
leisure. Here are spoken a few burning
words by a stalwart man, who lias wielded
all day the heavy hammer at the forge. Or,
a woman who has been at drudgery all the
day in the work-room in the heart of the
city, weeping, tells of her love for Jesus and
how she craves opportunity for the Master’s
work. A mother, worn with the harrassing
caro of a large family, asks tremblingly for
sympathy and prayer. We think of meet
ings eighteen hundred years ago in upper
rooms and obscure cottages, where the first
disciples met to plead with the risen Saviour,
and felt His loving presence with them.—
How these toiling people nestle around the
throne of grace! How close the bond be
tween us all! Each one has something to
tell of Jesus’ love, and we know the Master
is in the midst of us. So, when the inter
view is drawing to a close, and our united
voices bear up in song, gushing and tremb
ling:
“ Nearer my God, to Tliee,
Nearer to Thee!”
is it any wonder that we felt “It is good to
be here?”— The Observer and Commonwealth.
Tlie Infidel Master.
Some men are wise above all that is writ
ten. Such were some of us until we were
taught that we really knew nothing aright.
A blind woman, anxious to do good in the
name of onr blessed Lord, took the hand of
a little girl and went about with tracts for
distribution, and with such words as was
put into her mouth to speak to one and
another as the opportunity offered. One
day she happened to meet a man who looked
upon the word of God as a fable, and relig
ion as a superstition, and when she held out
a tract for him he struck it out of her hand,
and it fell to tho ground. This man had a
well trained dog, which took up the tract in
his mouth and sat upon his haunches, hold
ing it up to his master. The woman passed
on, leaving the dog iu this position, face to
face with his master. When the dog had
remained some minutes, holding the tract
up to his master, the man finally took it out
of pity to the animal, and some words in it
rivited his attention and induced him to read
it through. Conviction seized upon him,
ending in his becoming a true believer in
Christ.
A dog may know his owuer better than a
man his heavenly Father; and iu this ease,
the dog’s faithfulness to his master was the
means of the man’s conversion to God.
A blind woman may see invisible things
better than a man wise in his conceit with
both eyes open. So it was here, for this
man, though seeing with both eyes, was
spiritually blind; and the woman without
sight was God’s instrument for opening his
blind eyes.— Rev. W. E. Boardman.
Seek.— Do you expect to obtain salvation
without seeking it? If yon are sensible
that there is a necessity of seeking iu order
to obtaining, and ever intend to seek, one
would think you could not avoid it now.
Inquire, therefore, whether you intend to go
to heaven, living all your days a secure, neg
ligent, careless life. Or do vou think you
can bear the damnation of hell? Do you
imagine that you can tolerably endure the
E. H. MYERS, D. D., EDITOR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1830.
devouring fire and everlasting burnings?
Do you hope that you shall be ablo to grap
ple with the vengeance of Gocl Almighty,
when he girds himself with strength, and
clothes himself with wrath? Do you think
to strengthen yourself against God, and to
be able to make your part good with him?
“Do you provoke the Lord to jealousy? are
we stronger than he ?” Do you flatter your
self that you shall find out ways for your
ease and support, and to make it out tolern
bly well, to bear up your spirit in those
everlasting burnings that are prepared for
tho devil and his angels? “Can thine heart
endure, or can thine hands be strong, in
the days that I shall deal with thee?” How
can any be unconcerned, at such a time!—
Edwards.
Martyrdom.
We publish the following says tho Central
Christian Advocate to enter our most solemn
protest against the practice of stimulating
young children to such extraordinary and
fearful tests. The whole system of prizes
for learning lessons in Sunday-schools we
regard as pernicious in tho extremo. Wo
do not blame any of the parties concerned
in this transaction, for they followed tho
customs of the country, but beg our breth
ren not to try these dangerous experiments
any more. They tax the nervous systems
of tho children beyouud endurance, and
many, we belie7e, fall martyrs to such se
vere tasks. Abolish prizes for learning
verses. One verse a day, or tho lesson of
the week, six or seven verses, is enough for
any child to learn. Our object should bo
to train our children for usefulness and not
to kill them.
Preamble and resolutions of the M. E. Sunday
school of Holden, to the family of Bro. John
Fasnacht.
Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty
God, in his all-wise but mysterious Provi
dence, to call suddenly away by death, Su
sie Fasnacht, one of our Sunday-school
scholars, now, therefore, be it
Resolved, 1. That in this early death we
recognize the voice of God saying unto us,
be ye also ready.
2. That in her death wo have sustained
the loss of one who bid fair for great useful
ness and promise to the Sunday-school cause.
3. That we extend to the bereft family,
our warmest sympathy and earnest prayers,
that this affliction may be blessed to their
present and eternal good, and that it may
work out for them and us a far more exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory.
4. That a copy of these resolutions be sent
to the parents, and a second copy to the
Advocate for publication, together with (be
number of verses she committed.
Respcctfullv submitted,
A. N. F.)
N. 11. O. -Com.
C. A. M. )
Died, at Holden, on the sth of Nov., oi
typhoid fever,lSusie Fasnacht, aged 11 years
Three months previous to her death a
prize had been offered by the Sunday-school
Superintendent, to the scholar who would
commit and recite the largest number of
verses from the Bible. Susie was the suc
cessful competitor. She committed all the
New Testament, the Book of Psalms and a
large number of verses from other Books in
the Bible, making in all twenty thousand.
The other girl committed tho New Testa
ment, and Psalms, and a number of verses
elsewhere, making in all near nineteen
thousand. These are the largest number of
verses I over heard of being committed in
twelve weeks. A. N. F.
The Ten Years.
“Just seventy to-day, sir!” said a hand
some old gentleman, as ho proudly drew
himself up, "and as active as I ever was
there are few men of my ago can say that.”
“Few indeed,” was the reply. “Yon
have had a long life, and ten years of it to
acquaint yourself with God, and prepare
for heaven. Did that ever strike you be
fore?”
“No, it did not; please explain.”
“Well, one seventh of the time, every
Sabbath day, makes ten years out of seven
ty; does it not? So you have had ten whole
years of time given to care for your soul
alone; what a responsibility to answer for!”
The old man seemed startled. He had
lived to the world and for himself and his
own soul, and his fellow creatures were the
poorer for it; and now the accumulation of
ten whole years of time to be especially in
quired of ns regarded his uso of them for his
souls welfare placed his Sabbath days before
him in n light he had never seen them in
before.
“You place the thing in an uncomfortable
way,” ho said. “Ihope I won’t be judged in
that manner. I have done my best, and
wronged no one; and I hope God is too
merciful to inquire closely. Who would
stand it?”
“Who, indeed, could stand before God?”
was the earnest reply. “In his own right,
not one; for all have sinned, and come
short. But there is a way in which we can
bo justified ; and that is through Jesus
Christ, the well beloved Son. omy friend,
let me be faithful with you. Think how
differently you could look back upon your
seventy years if you had used them in his
service, and were ready to say, “Here am I
and the ohildren which thou has given me!”
The ten years of Sabbaths’ would not then
stand up in awful array to frighten you a jd
judge you, and show you a life all poverty
and barrenness.”
“If I had but my life to go over again,"
said the conscience-stricken old man, “I
would live differently; but it is too late."
“No, indeed! Blessed be God, it is never
too late, while life lasts, to turn to the Lord,
and witness for him. Now, in your eloventh
hour, go and pray God that your seventieth
birthday be the beginning of anew life to
you. Though it bo but to fling-to use the
words of an old sailor—‘the fag-end of a life
in the face of the Redeemer,’ still bo en
couraged. He never casts out any who
come to him; ho says, ‘Whosoever;’ and you
mny take him at his word.”— Christian Man
ner.
The Sabbath.
“The streams of religion run deeper or
shallower,” says Calcott, “ns the banks of
the Sabbath are kept up or neglected. ” A
preacher in Holland called the Sabbatli
“God’3 dyke shutting out an ocean of evils."
A preacher in Louisiana said, “Brethren,
stop that crerasse in the Sabbath, or your
plantations will be inundated with immor
tality. ’’ ‘ ‘The more entirely, ” said M’Chey ne,
“I give my Sabbaths to God, and half forget
that I am not before the throne of the Lamb
with my harp of gold, the happier ami.”
Sir Walter Scott said, “Give to the world
one half of the Sunday, and you will find
that religion lias no strong hold of the other
half.” S. T. Coleridge writes, “I feel as if
God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty
two springs in the year.” “Where there is
no Christian Sabbath,” says JusticeM’Lean,
“there is no Christian morality; and without
this free institutions cannot long be ius
tained.”
Rapidity of Human Life.— Human life is
like a path, the end of which is a frightful
precipice. We are told so at the beginning.
We try to check our onward step; but no.
it is decreed that we must march, march.
An invinciplo power drags us on, on unceas
ingly—on to the fearful gulf. A thousand
troubles, crosses, vexatious, beset our path;
but what are they, if only we could avoid
the frightful end? No, no; march, march,
hasten on. From time to time, objects
pleasant to the traveler, running waters, and
flowers which quickly pass, tempt to amuse
ment. We rejoice because our hands grasp
a few flowers and fruits; flowers which fade
ere the close of the day, and fruits which are
lost in the tasting. What delusion! en
chanted, dragged on nearer, nearer tho gulf.
Already the joys of life lose their bright
ness; tho gardens for us bloom less sweetly;
the gay flowers become dim; plains lose
their smiles, and the waters their transpa
rency. Death throws its shadow on all
things. We feel that we are nearer the
brink; one step more; horror seises ouv
senses; all is confusion; and—all are dead.
— Bossuet.
A real Christian loves close, pointed,
searching preaching, and seeks not tho min
istry of those who speak with enticing words
of man’s wisdom.