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MACON, GEOKGIA. AUGUST 15, 1876
the doctrine of affinities.
Chemically speaking, we all know what af
finity means—the tendency and capacity of
substances to cohere and form one body. Is
there such a law in the sphere of mind and
morals? Does it pervade earth only, or is
its operation extended throughout the spirit
ual universe? The two great forces in na
ture are attraction and repulsion—thr-se hold
and unfold the phenomena of the material
sys'em.
Do not observation, reflection, and expe
rience, teach us the potency of moral repul
sions and affinities ? Men of like thoughts
and feelings naturally, almost necessarilv,
mix together; others repel and are repelled.
We may find in these simple truths an expo
sition of the great moral problems to be
solved in earth and the world to come. The
common conception of man’s future destiny
is faulty, proceeding, as it does, on the as
sumption of an arbitrary disposition of re
wards and punishment. “ Character makes
destiny”—an utterance worthy of Bishop
Marvin. It is the truth powerfully condensed
in expression, but the whole truth of our
future. The holy gravitate to heaven, be
cause there all are holy—their affinities carry
them in that direction and to that destiny
Angels rejoice at the repentance of the sin
ner because this is a prerequisite to harmony
with them in their allegiance to God.
The impenitent cannot reach heaven, not
for any arbitrary obstruction in the way
they gravitate elsewhere in the future as here
on earth ; left to themselves, sinners will, by
the la v of affinity, arrange themselves in a
real philosophic order.
It is not necessary to conceive of the fu
ture as if its joy and sorrow consisted of
such sensuous experiences that a mere change
of place would change the state of feeling.
That there is an inherent capacity in man
for association with the angels, may be fairly
inferred from the intense interest these ex
alted beings show in behalf of our race. And
what, a dignity belongs t,o him who may as
pire without presumption to companionship
with the “angels who excel in strength.
But what a change is essential to turn the
forces of moral gravitation heavenward to
overcome the repulsion and to perfect the
alliance of earth and heaven. God’s law
and grace are the agencies at work to efleet,
this great object, and a faithful submission
is man’s only redemption.
CENTEXNIAL .ILIIILATION.
llo! lor the Centennial Exhibition, tbe
great American jubilee! Such is the cry,
and rushing and gushing, the people go. We
do not object to the sight-seeing —no doubt
it is worth the trip and the money. Scarce
ns the money is in this poor section, it will
be greatly diminished by this exodus of the
people. Can any one compute the sum total
of the cash expended in this grand hegira,
fully hall of which is as clearly lost to the
South as if consumed by tire ? It would be
a very moderate estimate to place the cost
per capita at one hundred dollars—a sum,
kept actively circulating, that might pay five
thousand dollars of debt, while the whole
amount would liquidate millions of liabilities.
Well, this is the way of the times—self first,
debts last or never. Aside from these old
fossiliz and views of ours—integrity iu debt
paying—we have no protest to make in tbe
matter on merely material grounds.
We can well conceive that a visit to the
exhibition at Philadelphia is not only a source
of rich pleasure, but also of large education.
Books and teachers do not constitute the
only resources of the learner—the fabrica
tions of the mechanic and artist furnish in
struction expanding and elevating to the
mind. In this congress of the nations, the
seeds ot civilization are interchanged aud
distributed —future reaping must show what
kind of harvest is to lie gathered.
Americans are very exultant, rather proud,
over this great country and its productions.
It is only one hundred years old politically,
and in physical resources, to-day, it is the
mightiest, of nations —it stands peerless, fear
less, defiant. But a century is a brief space
for political experiment and our experiment
does not promise success. We began well
—fought seven years over a preamble, Daniel
Webster said—and it would a priori have
been admitted that a people so tenacious of
principles as to do that might be expected to
adhere to principles through all time. It
would hardly have been believed that the
people who resisted the Stamp Act unto
blood, would end insetting up a worse tyran
ny of the same kind. Onr fathers, from Mas
sachusetts to Georgia, thundered at the can
non’s mouth the right of self government ;
every musket blaze was to show to mankind
that governments existed by the consent of
the governed ; were made for man. and not
man for governments. But, Mr. Seward
comes along, before the last of the patriots
was buried, and says,““ This doctrine cannot
be admitted by any government as against it
self.”
Our country has produced some great men,
but the first generation seems to have been
most prolific in this respect. Is this an illu
sion; is it only
“ Distance lends enchantment to the view ?”
We think there is a real, a vast difference be
tween Washington, the Christian patriot,
sage, warrior, and statesman, and Lincoln,
who (if his law partner is to he believed) was
an infidel, to say nothing else to his dispar
agement. Gen. Grant proved himself to be
a great commander —his civil career has been
such that now
“ There are none so poor as to do him rev
ence.”
Whether his successor, whoever he may be,
will succeed iu redeeming the nation lroin
its present odium, and give it anew lease of
life and glory, is a deep question on which
the people are now called to consider. We
make no predictions, nor even conjectures,
as to our future ; the present posture of na
tional affairs, however, is not very inspiring
to hope. But, it is our Centennial, and we
can but rejoice iu the vast progress made in
material things; we feel delight in contem.
plating the abundant facilities for mental cul
ture aud the ripe fruit seen in every depart
ment of learning. Above all, we are glad to
know that Jehovah is honored in thousands
of churches aud by millions of devout aud
happy people.
Emory College—Oxford, Ga.—We have
received a circular from Emory College giv
ing announcements, etc., for the fall term.
Emory is well located, well officered, and is
rising into prominence as a place of learning.
The late Commencement was a decided suc
cess, and we are to'd the prospects are bright
for the next term which will open in Septem
ber—lst Wednesday. This collpge, for want
of endowment, has a hard struggle, but if it
could enroll 200 paying pupils on its cata
logue, the professors could live, if not flour
ish. Board is very cheap and so is tuition —
the place healthy and religious—the build
ings new and well arranged. Write to Dr.
A. G. Haygood for a circular, at once —don’t
delay.
The Rev. John D. Blackwell, of the Vir
ginia Conference, has been elected President
of Randolph Macon College, vice the Rev.
Dr. Duncan, resigned. At the same time,
Mr. Charles Morris was elected Professor
of Latin and Greek, aud Mr. R. E. Black
well Profess or of Modern Languages.
BOSTON TRANSCENDENTALISM.
We give below the utterance of a late
preachers’ meeting, in Boston, on the color
line in churches. The insane ravings of these
abstractionists are not worth the brief space
granted them,but as fraternity (?) is the order
of the day, we think the public should be
kept informed of its every phase. If these
evolutions of Christian (?) sentiment were only
peculiar to Boston, the whole affair might be
dismissed with a single dash —trash We
find in other places, even in editorial writings,
the same insane twaddle reflecting on South
ern sentiment and conduct.
We of the South did not m ike the negro,
and we do not know how to unmake him —
we will not quarrel with God for the way He
did this work. One th ng we can tru'hfully
say, we found the African a barbarian idola
ter, so little removed from the lower animals,
that he bad much of their habits. He has
been elevated through the discipline of slave
ry, higher in the scale of being, of employ
ment, of enjoyment, than he had ever before
attained in the annals of time. What wretch
ed abuse of terms to talk of slavery being a
degradation to the fetich worshippers of
Africa—it was up-gradation. Will these Bos
ton seers tell us of some practical plan for
the redemption of Africa? They held on to
the theory and practice of the slave trade
when the South preferred to abandon it. We
do not desire to return to this scheme. But
we would do well to consider the hopeless*
ness of that dark land. No people can ad
vance in learning, in civilization, without
property, and properly is the result of labor
and economy. Let the Boston preachers
rave—it is their habit, their joy, to “out
venom all the worms of Nile.”
The Methodist Preachers’ Meeting of Bos
ton on Monday, July 3, adopted the follow
ing resolutions in relation to the “color line ’
and Southern fra’eriiity : “t 1) That we most
sincerely deprecate any action which looks
to the division of exis’ing conferences, or
the establishment of new ones on the basis
of color. (2) That, any fraternization with
any so-called Christian church that involves
the remotest recognition of th**hateful spirit
of caste now and forever rampant in the
South will he an unspeakable disgrace to the
Methodist Episcopal Church.”
ASTEROIDS.
The Editor, pro Inn, throws into his allot
ted space numerous fragmentary items which
are very like the old theory of a dismem
beied planet, its fragments flying through
space making those smaller planets called
asteroids. We rather suspect our r-aders
this hot weath r would prefer these brevities
to the tu k of going over the huge editorial
of la-.t week. Everybody to their liking—
we prefer greatly to write short articles, but
to read long ones when they are well con
sidered. J- W. 11.
What’s in a Name? —Now who wrote
that? We really don’t know, for it lias been
ascribed to Shakespeare, and to Shakspear,
ami to Shakspere, etc. The variations in the
spelling of the great poets name are very
great, a fact in literary history not generally
known. The name of the Bard of Avon was
written in a dozen ways by his contempora
ries. The question is how did the poet write
his name himself? There are only three
admitted autographs of the great poet extant
—two of these signatures are to his Will,
another to deed. He wrote “Shakspere.”
In those days spelling was not much of a
line art —the poet himself would spell the
same word differently in the same writing
This is some consolation to such as have no
other guide than the ear in spelling. We
once had a dignitary in Georgia, who could
spell “coffee” without a letter belonging to
the word—kaughphy. That man might have
learned phonography, and perhaps would
have spelled it “fonogrife.”
The Hamburg Affair. —Two or three of
our contemporaries of the Northern Method
ist press go into dismal lamentation and
croaking over the tragedy at Hamburg.
Their trouble is that the Southern Methodist
piess lias not animadverted (as it should have
done,) on this late butchery. Do these gen
tlemen of the quill read the columns of this
paper? Let them read slowly with glasses
on their faces the last issue ; perhaps Dr.
Haygood’s article in that paper will cool
them otf a little. Why this hot haste to find
occasion for these scurrilous and slanderous
fliugs at Southern Methodism ? Does it help
fraternity to write of us as if we were
particeps criminis in all the troubles grow
ing out of the disorders introduced into the
country by military rule and the reign of car
pet-baggers? Go to your prayers; “and
groan as if the very ribs of nature cracked.”
Honorary Degrees. —We do notenter in
to the strain of satire affected by some of our
cotemporaries about titles unworthily con
ferred. The New York Methodist is quite
caustic in the matter —in that latitude where
everything is on the extravagant, high pres
sure schedule, the number of Doctors may be
unduly large.
We can call to mind some such talk as this
twenty five years ago, when the title D. D.
was conferred on two names, uot then un
known to fame, now very high in the cata
logue. One of these gentlemen was a fin
ished, classical scholar and eloquent orator ;
the other equally learned— perhaps more —
without having a college diploma. The whole
matter of conferring titles, is one about which
people may be expected to differ widely in
opinion, both as to the propriety in general
and iu individual cases.
Guess. —Guess what, you say. How it is
that a whole people formed the habit ot
using “guess,” as our Northern people are
accustomed to do both in verbal and written
speech. “I guess I won’tgo—guess it is not
so, that it is—guess she is rich —guess he is
poor,” etc., etc. The use of provincialisms
and slang should be avoided by all people
pretending to gentility. Doubtless this sec
tion has its share of opprobium in high places
and low. In this latitude there is almost as
great abuse of the word “reckon” —used
very much in the sense of guess, as above.
Let Mr. Richard Grant White, the philolo
gist of America, put in his pen well pointed
at some of these vulgarisms and he will do
good service.
Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine—
Orphans Home. —Rev. L. B. Payne, the ac
tive and efficient Agent of the South Geor
gia Conference Orphans’ Home, wishes
through us to acknowledge with thanks the
present to the Home of a Wheeler and Wil
son Sewing Machine. It was given through
Mr. Clark, the local Agent of this city.
Women differ as much about Sewing Ma
chines as men do about theology or plows—
each woman has the best. At our house we
use the Howe Machine, but we have long
known that the Wheeler and Wilson was
equal to the best, and better than the most.
This was a praiseworthy donation. Brother
Payne is an Agent of rare activity, aud if
any man can in these times succeed, he will.
Let us stand by the Orphans’ Home.
Oglethorpe Circuit South Georgia Con
ference. —We have just returned from an
official visit to Oglethorpe circuit, Rev. J.
M. Potter, and report a very propitious stale
of things in every view. The quarterage was
more than half paid two months ago, and re
vivals are springing up and spreading all
around. Bio. P. is untiring (not tireless, for
he has a good buggy) and can carry on more
meetings at the same time than any mau
we know. He has a project tor anew camp
meeting aud he will not be likely to fail.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
REFORMATION IN MORALS IS RE
FORMATION IS POLITICS.
The political planets are all in conjunction.
The very air is astir with the banner of con
tending hosts. It is a flood—a deluge—or
any .other figure that bespeaks bigness and
general disorder. All sorts and sizes of
offices are to be filled ; from tbe White House,
to the cross roads log-pen-justice-court
house, there is a chair to be filled by some
patriot ready to sacrifice himself upon the
altar of his country —“for sufficient pay.”
In some of the States Governors, Judges,
Congressmen, State legislators, county offi
cers, greatand small, are to be chosen. 1 here
is no end of conventions to nominate, to rati
fy, and to manage things generally. Present
ly we will have mass meetings, with barbe
cues—great slaughter of innocent sheep,
calves and pigs, with largs waste of Centen
nial eloquence. We fear, also, with much
drinking of whisky and telling of lies.
Of course, we are told on every hand that
the crisis of Amerieau destiny is about to
come; that the November election will set
tle things. Heaven grant it may settle ten
thousand rascals of both parties who want a
good living without earning it, and who do not
care a cancelled postage stamp for the “dear
people” when the election is over ! But our
firm belief is that the country will survive
the November election. We have our no
tions —our convictions, if the reader please —
about parties and politics ; we have our pre
ferences as to men and mea tires. We ex
pect to vote when the time comes, as every
good citizen ought, in the fe tr of God and
with an eye single to the good ot the whole
country. But we have not the least idea of
getting into a rage of enthusiasm, anger, or
fear, or hope, on the subject. We could
mention several reasons for this view of the
matter. One is, no possible good can come
to us, or to any creature, by getting into a
rage; but to us, at least, much harm every
way.
Th"re is one other reason, conclusive to
this Editor, for keeping free from political
rages: Salvation comes not to our peopie
from Cincinnati or from St. Louis ; from Re
publican “ Ins” or Democratic “ Outs.”
Notwithstanding our convictions, prefer
ences. desires —prejudices, if the reader will
have it so—and what not, as to the parties,
the platforms and the candidates, we do
firmly believe that the salvation—financial,
social and national--of our country must
come elsewhere than through political,changes
than through party triumphs or defeats.
Partisans—perhaps deluded themselves,
both Detnoera'icand Republican—are taking
occasion, from the stagnation ol business, the
scarcity of money, and the arrest of enter
prise, to delude the people as to the “bottom
facts,” both as to causes and remedies. Our
rulers deserve blame, no doubt —and they
receive it without stint. Bad laws and b.td
government have had much to do with tbe
deplorable state of our affiirs. But the
trouble is with the people themselves—with
us all, more or bss. We have not been wise
in our generation, nor always honest. Our
American methods of doing business—our
over trading, our extravagance, our grasp
ing, speculating spirit—these things may ex
plain the origin of our trouble. And much
of it was inevitable, under any administra
tion, after such a war as that which swept
over and desolated so large a p irt of our ter
ritory for tou wretched years. These things
being so—if there is to be only a change of
masters —we will experience little charge o f
condition. Extravagance, over-trading, un
der production, avariciousness, laziness and
corruption, will work out their results under
any administration, Democratic or Republi
can. There is great cry for “ reform,” and
there is great need of it—especially tbe re
form. But the reformation must begin and
continue with the people. As well try to
counteract a three months’ drought with
street sprinklers—“ laying the dust” as they
say —as to give us national reform by merely
swapping rulers. Most of our political doc
tors are thorough bred quacks. They treat
symptoms —prescribing local lotions to cure
pimples, and blisters when the very blood is
full of disease and nothing short of a radical
cotis'ittitional treatment can teach the trou
ble and save the patient. American politics
are bad enough, but American morals are
worse. Indeed, bad politics are only symp
toms —mere eruptions on the skin that tell
the wise of disease within. One incidental
but very great evil of getting into a rage about
party triumphs, is this : we will exhaust our
selves in seeking relief from our troubles in
tbe wrong direction. Reform there must be;
but, to be true reform, it must be reform of
ourselves. This is discouraging to some per
sons, who imagine that there is some “ short
cut” out of the morass in which we find our
selves. But, slow as the method is, there is
no help for it —true reform is reform of the
people. If the people, by the help of God,
reform their morals, they will have reformed
all else. Believing these things, we, for our
part, expect to keep cool while the fight
waxes warm.
We propose, by all means, to cast our bal
-1 lot for the best men and the best measures
—judging according to the light that we have
—but our hope is not in the candidates or the
officeholders, or the law makers, or the par
ties, the “Ins” or the “Outs,” but in God
and iu the people themselves. Whoever im
proves the morals of the people blesses the
people, and it is said of an ancient city that
its streets were kept clean by every man
sweeping in lront of his own door. H.
Oxford.
HERE AND THERE.
OXFORD.
If a weary rest-hunter seeks a very quiet
place, let him come to Oxford during vaca
tion. The streets look wider and the glorious
trees shadier than ever. The very katy-dids
are siuging while we write, as if they were
trying to wake up the stillness. It is charm
ing, if one could only have time to enjoy it.
But really this little college town soon gets
tired of vacation ; all the girls with the rest
want to see the hoys.
west point.
The Saturday after commencement we
reached West Point, on the Chattahoochee.
This thriving town is on both sides of the
river, part in Alabama and part in Georgia,
ihe greater part being in the latter State.
The LaGrange District Conference was in
session. Bishop Pierce presiding and preach
iug as he usually does, to the edification of
the people. The attendance was large, one
hundred and fifteen delegates, as we were
told, being present. The inquiries were spe
cific and searching, particularly on all points
pertaining to the spiritual interests of the
church. This was as it should be. When
the District Conference sinks into a business
meeting or dissipates itself into a debating
society, its usefulness is gone. Business
matters were not overlooked, but kept iu
their place. The preaching was not pyro
technical, but direct, awakening, practical.
Aud good results followed. The Rev. John
W. Heidt is the Presiding Elder of this tine
district. He is in the midst of his second
year’s work and he is doing it well.
There is a large ana flourishing cotton fac
tory at West Point, erected since the war.
The Chattahoochee, for perhaps fifty miles,
furnishes exhaustless facilities for machinery.
Our Southern people are waking up on the
subject of diversified industries. It is high
time.
STONE MOUNTAIN.
Leaving West Point Tuesday, we had one
day at home ; the next Thursday, July 27th,
we looked in on the Atlanta District Confer-
ence, Rev. Dr. James E. Evans, P. E., in
the chair. The repor s were more varied
than usual and not alt igelber so good. Per
haps there was more application of the
straight-edge to the timber than common.
Two or three of tbe leading pastors were ab
sent on account of ill-health. Our friend Dr.
Harrison, of First church, Atlanta, was re
ported as in a very feeble condition. The
prayers of his brethren follow him.
ELBERTOX.
Thursday night found us on the night train
for Elbertou, the county site of the good old
county of Elbert. Elbertou is a delightful
town, twenty-eight miles off the railroad and
not quite so far from the Savannah river. But
the good people of the county ought to mend
their ways —their roads, e mean. Going to
sleep in the buggy, the driver we suspect in
the same condition, missed the right way aDd
carried us out of the way and over the rough
est plantation roads we ever traveled. But
we were leeompensed in this; we saw some
cribs lull of old corn, home raised at that.
But there was a draw back ; they can’t haul
it away.
The District Conference, largely attended,
was in full blast, the P. E., the Rev. A. G-
Worley, in the chair Lei it all be summed
up thus: it was gi od to be there, for tbe
Lord was there.
GOOD SCHOOLS.
The Elbertou District is looking up in the
matter of good academic education. In El
berton, they have the Andrew High School,
under the care of Col. P. E Devant; in Jef
ferson, the Marlin Institute, under the care
of Prof. J. W. Glenn ; in Hartwell, a good
high school under the care of Prof. M. V.
Looney ; in Toccoa City, anew town on the
Atlanta and Richmond Railroad, a prosper
ous school under the care of Prof. E. W.
Bollenger. The people of Northeastern
Georgia are setting a good example in the
matter of education. They do not forget
their daughters ; in Elbertou, Mrs. Capers,
the widow of the Rev. Thomas Capers, is
doing a great and good work iu her manage
ment of the high school for young ladies.
Nothing is more encouraging, as to the fu'
ture, than the deepening convictions of our
people as to the necessity of sanctified edu
cation. Such education our children will
never get unless the church takes the matter
vigorous'y in hand. There are few more im
portant questions than this school question.
Let our people see to it that our children are
so taught science us not to doubt thebible, or
to despise the church.
A RAILROAD RIDGE.
It is fifty miles from Elbertou, northwest
ward to Toccoa City. The good people of
Elbert and Hart counties are trying “to con
nect” with the railroad world. The survey
ors found a natural railroad way —a sort of
ridge, so level, so uniform, that there is not
a deep cut nor high embankment on the line.
They do not cross a stream of water that re
quires a brid‘ e ; as one told us, not even a
spring branch. The grading for the whole
fifty miles is done, and as the Treasmer, Ma
jor Joues, of Elbertou, told us, it has cost
less than $50,000! It is almost incredible,
fifty miles of grading for a broad-guage rail
road, for less than *SO 000. Elbert is rich
and populous ; so is Hart. This railroad
ought to be finished at once. It will pay
good dividends almost of necessity—the in
vestment is small. The road bed is ready
for the iron. Capitalists would do well to
look into this matter, and if capitalist don’t
help the p ople of Elbert to finish it, they
should do it themselves, it they borrow all
the money necessary to put themselves in
connection with our great railroad system.
There are no worthier people than the people
of this Northeast section of Georgia. A lit
tle more push and pluck, a little more finan
cial enterprise and faith in themselves, and
they will soon be as prosperous as they aTe
clever—and that is saying a great deal.
Oxford. H.
EMORY COLLEGE.
Mr. Editor : Please announce to the
public that Fto r . H. A. Soomp, the pro
fessor elect of “ Greek and Hebrew" in
Emory College, will be at his post ready for
duty at the opening of the Fall Term, Sep
tember 6. Very respectfully,
Joseph S. Stewart,
Sec. Board Trustees of Emory College.
August 10, 1876.
Correction. —By a slip in type, or pen,
we stated that Mr. John G. Dozier had re
ceived the honorary degree of A. M., from
Emory College at the late Commencement.
It should have said Mr. John W. Dozier —
the wor by Principal of the Fort Gaines
Academy.
Corrcspnkntt.
VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS.
Mr. Editor : Within the past mouth I
have made anew departure, for me —I have
actually been to two District Conferences
outside of my own district. I felt a little
strange and out of place at the first one, sim
ply from the novelty of the situation, not at
all from any strange looks of the brethren,
or even any gentle hints of the presiding
Bidiop that I hud better be attending to my
own work ; but, by the time I got fairly
aroused and introduced at the second one,
I felt quite comfortably at home, and be
gan to understand how easily one may come
to love other people’s work better than
his own. Bur. I 3aw some things that may
be encouraging to others, and I want to tell
your readers about them.
At Dahlonega every charge in the district
was represented in the Conference by the
preacher in charge and several lay delegates,
[f I were to say no more, every thinking
reader would have hope for that country.
But, I have more to say. The Presiding El
der and the preachers knew the boundaries
of the circuit, the distance and direction of
one church from another, the geography and
topography of the whole district, the charac
ter and number of the population in the sev
eral communities in it, although they were,
for the most part, young men, and new men,
in that country. Every day of the Confer
ence manifested more and more the homo
genity of the entire district in population, in
industrial pursuits, and in social sympathies,
impressing all with the wisdom of the Bishop
and his cabinet in the new organization of
the district, ff brother Parker suggested it
he deserves thanks. The reports from the
p esent missions in the district show such an
advance in material and religious prosperity
as to indicate that, they will he so nearly self
sustaining by another year that the ilnee un
occupied portions of he district may be or
ganized in’o missions with very little, if any,
increase of the sum total of the missionary
appropria'ion, and that the district will con
tribute more largely than ever before to the
missionary cause.
The State Agricultural College at Dah
lonega is doing an incalculable work for the
intellectual and moral advancement of that
country. And. just here, I like to say that
Col. Lewis, the President, is immensely
popular with the students, and seems every
way the mau for the place.
Before I pa3s from this district, I must add
one thing more which impressed me favora
bly. The Presiding Elder, preachers, and
laymen, seemed really to enjoy the privilege
of speaking well of each other. This char
acteristic, stopping short of fulsome praise,
was really beautiful
My next point wus the Rome District Con
ference, held at Cedartown. In going to and
from Cedartown, I passed almost entirely
through the district. I have nowhere seen
such a good prospect for a crop of corn and
cotton. A most beautiful crop of oats had
already been harvested. The agricultural
resources of the Rome District are surely
much better than in any other district of the
North Georgia Conference. I was impressed,
also, with the superior quality of the farm
houses, and tbe general good condition and
thrifty aspect of the farms. Add to this the
mineral wealth of the district, espe
cially the iron mountains, and it is difficult
to over-state the value of that part of Geor
gia. At the Conference that which impress
ed me most and gratified me much, was the
fact that the preachers and the laymen—re
presentative men from every county —seemed
deeply impressed with the fact that the
churches in that district had never come up to
the measure of her ability iu the support of
the institutions of the Church, and that she
■Krat awake to a sense of her obligation in
this direction. From day to day this senti
ment seemed to diffuse itself over delegates
and visitors, and to become more intense
with every hour. Indeed, the reports from
the various charges showed that this senti
ment had already been at work in the district,
and produced very marked changes in some
of the circuits. Under the wise management
of the Presiding Elder, who adopted the
topical method of hearing tbe reports, the
compaiative increase of the Church in mis
sionary sentiment, in spirituality, in the sup
port of the ministry, in Sunday school work,
ip taking the Advocate, and in others mat
ters, or any deficiency therein, W3B obliged
jkbe seen and felt by the most careless'
nKnber of the body. In some cases I am
l*ppy ,0 say that the increase in the support
of the mini-try ad of the missionary cause,
has been ulmo-l and übethu of Inst year, not
withstanding the ha and times. Haralson Mis
sion has ieit once more tlie impulse of life,
and instead ol being abandoned, as some
feared it would have to be, will almost be
self-sustaining. The outlook for the district
is cheering. The Presiding Elder and the
preachers are brimful of faith and hope and
deal. Nobody seems put of heart. The ad
vance already made has not been by spas
modic action, but by wise and persistent ef
fort. But few protracted meetings had been
held up to the time of the District Confer
ence, and yet many accessions to tbe Church
were reported, and a considerable increase
in Sabbath school scholars. If all signs do
uot fail, we shall hear glorious things from
the Rome District before Conference. Ce
dartown ! what shall 1 say of its hospitality ?
Well, it can’t be beat in Georgia.
- After leaving Cedartown I spent a few
at Cave Spring, on the Selma, Rome
and Dalton Railroad —a delightful place to
rest, and noted chiefly for being the place
where the “ Georgia Institution for the Edu
cation of the Deaf and Dumb” is located.
This institution ought to be well known in
the State, and yet, it is probable, that there
are many mutes in Georgia whose parents
aud friends are not well enough acquainted
with it to send them there for instruction.
In the hope ot doing good to someone of
this unfortunate class, I will write specifically
about the institution, and ask preachers and
others who read the Advocate, to give the
to every one whom it may con
cern :
Ist. The institution is for intelligent mules
—not for idiotic mutes.
2d. Board aud washing, and lights, and tui
tion, are furnished without charge by the
State of Georgia to all mutes between ten aud
twenty-seven years ol age, for the course of
six years.
3d. Clothing is given to such mutes as are
unable to clothe themselves.
♦ ■fib. Their education is under the control of
a competent and faithful corps of instructors.
sth. The physical wants of the pupils, their
health and manners, are well cared for by the
steward and his wife, who seem made for the
place. No parents having mute children need
to fear that they will not be cared for with pa
rental tenderness and diligence by Brother
and Sister Quillian, who have had charge of
this department now about ten years. The
Trustees have showu their wisdom and their
humanity in retaining them so long in this
position, and will doubtless continue them
in it as long as they can. For, while rota
tion in office may be just and wise in some
offices, in those departments requiring pecu
liar qualities of head and heart and rare
combination of talents, as in this institution
and in asylums for the insane, rotation in
office, merely to make a place for the largest
number of office-seekers and friends of a
party, is not only a sin, but an act of unpar
donable inhumanity. I emphasize the state
ment that none need hesitate to place their
route children or wards under the present
management of this institution.
6th. The Institution has attached to it a
boot and shoe shop, and a printing office,
where the boys can learn a trade that will
give them a competent support, and Sister
Quillian teaches the girls to cut and sew
dresses, and prepares them well for the ordi
nary duties of house-keeping. Though her
self an artist of no mean gift) in drawing and
painting, she does not overlook those com
mon industries essuit.ial to the comfort of
mortals. In this department she is assisted
by a very competent young lady. The reli
gious instruction of ihe mutes is carefully at
tended to by the teachers of the institute.
They have pre aching every Sunday, and have
regular Sunday school lessons, as well as a
short religious lecture every morning at the
opening of school, and prayers morning and
evening. Many of the mutes have professed
religion and joined the various churches in
town. Nothing sectarian is allowed in the
school. W. H. Potter.
* Athens , Ga.
GJtAUAMVILLE CIRCUIT, SOUTH CAR
OI.INA CONFERENCE.
Dear Brother Kennedy : We have just
closed a delightful five-days’ meeting at Beth
el, in the Gi .haiu circuit. The d.vine pres
en e < w>s graciously manifested to u. f in
first to la.t. We have a small, but noble
band of Christians at this point on our woik.
They havq in successful operation, the old
fashioned class-meeting, a weekly prayer
meeting, and a prosperous Sunday-school.
Though the promptness and faithfulness of
their steward they are well up with their fi
nances Tht-y were prepared to receive the
refreshing showers o*' grace that come upon
them during our meeting, by which they
were strengthened and greatly encouraged.
We received three valuable members into
the Church —all, except one, in the commu
nity large enough to join, and we hope ere
long to get that one. Dr. B. G. Jones was
with us, and labored with his characteris
tic zeal and usefulness. Our Secretary will,
according to resolution, furnish a brief ac
count of our District Conference. I must
ask a little Bpace to record my gratitude for
substaucial manifestations of kindness to
myself and family by the good people of my
charge during our Conference. Turkey,
chickens, fresh meats, hams, fruits, cakes,
melons, preserves, jellies, etc., literally flow
ed in upon us. God bless the dear people
forever.
Our Sunday-school celebration at Graham
a fortnight-ago was unusually interesting,
and I trust profitable. We were largely in
debted to the ladies of the church for the
pleasure and success of he occasion. The
brilliant illumination of the church; the
skill and good taste displayed in its decor
ation, in connection with other necessary
preparations elicited the admiration and ap
plause of a large and sppreciat’ve audience,
and was rewarded with the greater satisfac
tion of having impurtel a needed imne us to
a noble Cause. Bio. A. A Connor render
ed us good service iu training tbe boys with
speecbes and dialogues, all of which were
appreci ted and well delivered. The dia
logue of the “graces and virtues’ led by
Mrs. S. accompanied with eleven “maidens,”
was truly impressive and enjoyable. The
music lor the occasion was selected from
the Gem an 1 Amaranth, and was rendered
to the delight of'the audience. The address
of L. T. IzV, E q., of Blackvtlle, was an
admirable sequel to one of the most delight
ful celebrations it has ever been my good
fortune to attend. Tbe address was well
conceived and happily delivered. It illus
trated tbe familiar! y of the speaker with the
subject, and it was indeed a noble contribu
tion to a cause with which he has identified
himself as an earnest and able worker. The
outlook with us. upon the whole is eneour
aging, except in a financial point of view.
It is hoped that the promising prospects
of the crops will very soon work the desired
change in this direction. A. J. Cacthen.
Graham, S C., July 2~th, 1876.
MACON DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
Mk. Editor: The Macon District Confer
ence convened in Marshallville, July 27th,
with Dr. J. O. A. Clark, P. K., in the chair,
and forty delegates present during the first
session. 'I he welcome on the part of the
good people was cordial, and the hospitality
liberal and bountiful.
The business of the Conference was trans
acted after ithe usual order, but without cotft
iniMees, all the interest of the Church were
duly considered and emphasized, and the
session was harmonious and profitable. The
combined reports from the various charges
showed a sound spiritual condition with here
and there advancement and progress.
We had but few visitors outside of the
District. Dr. Lovick Pierce, our venerable
and beloved father, gladdened our hearts by
his presence and wise counsii, both in the
Conference ad the pulpit.
Dr. Clark called special attention to the
Southern Christian Advocate, and urged
its circulation among all our people. It was
truly gratifying, in this connection, to see
many of the lay delegates volunteer a word
of hearty endorsement of our excellent
church paper.
The following were elected delegates to
tbe South Georgia Annual Conference: Rev.
Win. I. Green, Henry S. Wimberly, Isaac
Hardeman, Thomas J. Cater.
By order ofthe Conference, I enclose you
some resolutions for publication.
S. D. Ct. ements, Sec’y.
Resolution offered by Dr. W. H. Hollins
head.
Resolved, That feeling our dependence
upon the Providence of our Heavenly
Father for all temporal, as well as spiritual
blessings, we do hereby as a body express
the sincere and devout gratitude of our
hearts for the bountiful harvest of small
grain already reaped, the good prospect of
the growing crops, and the gracious promise
of an abundant harvest in the future.
Resolution offered by J. R. Glenn, on
Class-meetings.
Whereas, The suspension of regular class
meetings in the various charges of this Dis
trict is very deleterious to Methodism speci
ally, and to religion generally.
Resolved, That the pastors in charge of
the several stations and circuits in t 'is Dis
trict, be r> quested to arrange a regular plan
or system for class-meetings in their various
charges, and report results at the next Dis
trict Conference.
The Committee on Resolutions beg leave
to submit the following:
Resolved, 1. That we have heard with
devout gratitude to God, notwithstanding the
great depression in money matters, our in
stitutions of learning, to wit; the Wesleyan
Female College at Macon, Emory College
at Oxford, aifd Andrew Female Collage at
Cuthbert. are in a better and more flourish
ing condition than at any time since the war.
And that officered, as they are, by able and
experienced educators, these Colleges offer
to us bet'er and greater facilities for the
proper education of our sons and daughters
than can be found anywhere in our own
loved South, where alone they should be
trained and educated.
2. That it is our duty to do all that we can
to sustain these institutions of learning by
sending our children to them to be educat
ed, and by contributing of our means towards
their endowment, and placing them in a con
dition where they shall be inferior to no sim
ilar institutions in the land.
3. That we commend the Orphan’s Home
to the fostering care and constant support of
all within the bounds of the South Georgia
Conference.
4. That we cannot say too much in com
mendation of the Southern Christian Ad
vocate, and we do earnestly recommend all
our preachers and members to place a copy
in the hands ot every family within the
bounds of this Conference. Respectfully
submitted.
Isaac Hardeman, James R. Glenn, J.
Rufus Felder, Henry S. Wimberly. Thoma3
J. Cater, W. H. Hollinshead, D. B. Fred
erick.
LAGRANGE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
The LaGrange District Conference met in
West Point, Friday night, the 21st of June.
The business sessions began on Saturday
morning—Bishop Pierce in the chair. A
general committee was appointed consisting
of one layman from each charge, with Geo.
G. Smith from the ministry, to consider and
report upon the matters of interest which
came before the Conference. The Commit
tee found that the general religions state of
the dis'rict was very encouraging. In the
Troup Circuit, and in the LaGrange Station,
there had already been revivals, and there
was promise of a like result all through the
district The standard of piety was rising,
and the Church was advancing in all its spir
itual intere ts.
The Suinlay--chool interest in the district
was still growing, and peril ips in no part of
the State is th* re more attention paid to it
than in the LaGrange District. The Com
mittee recommended a simple plan for con
dueling schools, and especially urged upon
the preachers the duty of preaching to the
children, bringing them early to the knowl
edge of Jesus, and looking for and praying
tor their early conversion.
They found the state of things financially
less encouraging. Although two thirds of
the Conference year was gone, not one third
of the assessments had been paid. Newnan,
in which the Church had been struggling to
complete its new house of worship, had
paid more than half its assessment, and the
Whitesville Circuit, which had been desola
ted by the cyclones and burned with the
drought, had paid a larger sum relatively
than any other charge. The Committee re
commended the assessment plan, and fre
quent collections, and expressed its opinion
that that covetousness which was manifest
in refusing to support the ministry, rendered
the guilty party obnoxious to the stern dis
cipline of the Church. The general feeling
was one of confidence in the ability of the
Church to meet the demands upon it, and
its willingness to do its duty.
The Educational interest was represented
by the Rev. Dr. Haygood, President of Em
ory College, and by the Rev. J. R. Mayson,
President of LaGrange Female College. The
present prosperity of the male college grati
fied the committee and the Conference, and
they gave a hearty endorsement to all ihe
plans of the Board of Trustees to complete
the only needful building, the chapel, and
the endowment of professorships. The La-
Grange Female College was recognized as a
most valuable adjunct in the work in the
Church, aud the committee noted with great
pleasure the valuable efforts of the Rev. Mr.
Mayson in bringing the work of providing a
suitable building for all purposes so near to
completion, and commend the school to the
patronage of the Methodists in the district.
Tbe Advocate was represented by Dr. Hay
good, and while it does not receive tbe pa
tronage it deserves, yet it is not from any
failure to recognize its great value.
The religious interest manifest during the
Conference was great, aud the services de
lightful and edifying. A revival of consider
able power followed the Conference, as i l
began during the session.
The Conference was most kindly enter
tained during its session by the good people
of West Point, and in all respects it was
pleasant and edifying.
We were gratified at the visit of the Rev.
Dr. Means and of Dr. Haygood, who were
our only visiting brethren from Georgia, and
at that of Brother Hunnicut, from the Mis
sissippi Conference, who paid us a short
visit.
The Conference, by a unanimous vote, de
cided to meet in Fairburn the next year.
The Conference adjourned early on Tuesday
morning, having elected Rev. John Little,
J. T. Waterman, Young H. Thompson, aud
Brother Camp, delegates to the ensuing An
nual Conference.
After the departure of the Bishop the Pre
siding Elder took the chair and presided
with Episcopal dignity.
The attendance was quite large and the
major part of the delegates remained to the
close of the session. The session was too
short by one day. Four whole days are not
too many to be devoted to the work of a Dis
trict Conference, and thtyonly reason why a
Conference meeting on Friday may not be
r perfect success, arises from the anxiety of
the delegates to leave the place of meeting
soon after Sunday.
The Secretary of the Conference, John T.
Waterman, was instructed to prepare a report
for the Advocate, but, owing to a pressure
of duties, he was unable to prepare it, and at
his request I have ttied to fill bis place.
The Conference was a good one. The Pre
siding Elder has evidently done his work
well, and the district is well manned by most
earnest and faithful workers. We trust this
year will be one of gracious ingathering into
the Church, and we believe the exhibit at
Conference will be gratifying to all the lovers
of the Church. Geo. G Smith.
WALDO CIRCUIT, FLORIDA CONFER
LACK.
Dear Brother Kennedy: When I came
to this circuit last January everything looked
dark and gloomy. We landed at Waldo
after traveling three hundred miles, weary
and tired. Waldo is a station on the A. G.
and W. I. T. Railroad, the northern extrem
ity of the circuit. Here we expected to get
accommodations until our horse and buggy
should arrive, but alas 1 it was with great
difficulty that we succeeded in getting a shel
ter at all. The next day I set to work to
get a conveyance to go out in the country,
and after working hard for nearly two days,
begging, persuading, etc., I succeeded in
getting a buggy and an old mule, doubtless a
survivor of the late war, or some Indian war.
So we set out for the country- —but that mule
—it took a good deal of urging to produce
an ordinary walk. So after a free use of the
usual persuasives, and patience, we reached
our destination.
We found the work cold and inactive—no
parsonage —and it, was with great difficulty
that we succeeded in getting a place to board.
But a change has since succeeded. We
have built a nice frame parsonage iu the ceu
tre of the circuit, with plenty of good land
for an orange grove, garden, etc. We have
also set out seven sweet orange trees, and
intend to put out at least fifty more, which
will support the circuit in Bor 9 years. We
moved in our new parsonage home June Ist.
Find it much easier for us and our people.
Oh that every circuit had a parsonage; and
with proper effort they would have.
All over the circuit the signs of revival
crop out. I held a two-days’ meeting, em
bracing sth Sunday, and Saturday before, in
July, seven miles south east of Gainesville.
Several of my neighbor preachers promised
to come over and help us, but they all failed.
The Lord met with us from first to last; so
we had a good meeting. Many were blessed
and praised God aloud. Four united with
the Church. One promising young man, a
son of one of our departed itinerants, was
happily converted. We also organized a
new congregation of 31 staunch Methodists,
who intend to build them a nice, commodi
ous Church by January, 1877.
K. D. Gentry.
Orange Creek, August 3, 18 76.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CONFERENCE, AND : FItIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
This institution lias been reorganized with
full faculty of twelve professors and teach
ers; the buildings have been thoroughly bur
nished and white-washed; the furniture has
been repaired and revarnished, so that the
whole surroundings present a sweet, health
ful invitation ; in a word, first-class facili
ties are in readiness to educate your daugh
ters ; therefore send them on first of October
next.
By reference to advertisement in the Ad
vocate, it will be seen that new features are
added to the curriculum of studies. These
are, “The Daily Lecturing System, Kinder
garten, Calisthenics, Telegraphy,” etc. In
addition to these, it is the purpose to add
yet other facilities of instruction, in Photo
graphy, Type Setting, etc. “ The world
moves," and educational advantages must go
forward, also, to meet the pressing wants
and demands of the age. From the discus
sions that have actually taken place in the
American Congress, in which it would seem
the purpose is to abolish the postal system,
in a great measure, and substitute the Tele
graph, the most wonderful of all means of
communication from the constant im
provements now going on, by which it is al
ready claimed that four messages can be
sent over the same wire, at the same time,
and that your photograph and hand writing,
fac simile, can be produced at the other end
of the line ; we repeat, from these, and other
reasons that could be mentioned, it is evi
dent that the time is not distant when the
great body of correspondence will be carried
on by Telegraph. We measure the distance
of the stars; paint with the sunbeam; navi
gate the air; travel a mile per minute ; and
are now engineering to tunnel the sea ; there
fore me must correspond by lightning.
When all business houses, and even pri
vate families have their “Batteries,” how ap
propriate and convenient, to have the “weak
er sex" prepared to carry on the correspond
ence.
Similar suggestions might be given in re
ference to other refined and useful arts, in
which we expect to offer facilities of instruc
tion. Our motto is , “ Indoor work for the
girls and outdoor business and pursuits for
the boys." Get out boys, gel out and let the
girls take seats.
The Board of Instruction is now employed
on salaries, therefore, the pecuniary respon
sibilities rest on the owners of the college.
Every member of the Church, in South Caro
lina, is part owner of this property, worth
from $30,000 to $40,000, aud therefore
should regard himself or herself, under some
obligation to do something to make it useful.
We do not ask of you money, just now. We
ask that you send for circulars, inform your
selves of facts, for those seeking information.
Send your own daughters and induce your
neighbors to send theirs, and especially send
VOLUME NO. 33.
ms the navies of all persons who have patron,
age to bestow—do those things, and with an
institution so distinguished for health, that
there has been but one death among its pu
pils since the foundation in 1856, we promise
results of which Church and State may be
proud. All in the name of Him who doeth
all things well. J. L. Jones,
Pres. C. F. C.
TO THE PREACHERS AND LA YMEX OF
THE GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ( OM UtKM Ks.
The manuscript of the History of Metho
dism in Georgia is now ready for the press.
It includes an account of the Church from
1788 to 1805, giving as free a sketch of the
workers and of the work as I have been able
to secure. There are brief sketches of
Humphries, Major, Hope Hull, Rtndall,
Cowles, Mead, Asbury, McKeudrie, George,
Bruce, Lee, —of Andrew, Hodges, Pierce,
Parks, Glenn, etc., etc. —and of Jerry,
Slade, Smith, of the Florida work. It
shows the introduction of Methodism into
all sections of Georgia and Florida, and de
votes a large chapter to Methodism in the
cities. Gives an account of schemes for
education, Missions, and benevolence.
It will contain about 550 pages, and will
be published in the bes’ style, and embel
lished with portraits of Andrew, Lougstreet,
Pierce, Capers, and others.
It will be delivered to subscribers at ?2.00
per copy, with a discount to preachers and
agents of 30 per cent. I have now over 200
copies subscribed for, and as soon as I can
get 1,000 the book will be put to the press.
Bishop Pierce was unable to do more than
write the introduction, except to give me
much valuable information verbally, and the
book must go forth on its own merits.
I should be gtad to publish it very soon,
and if the preachers will send me an aver
age of five subscribers from eac-h circuit and
station I can do so. There will be no profit
in the first edition, and I am unable to take
the risk of publishing a book which may not
be sold. No money will be looked for until
the History is delivered. I cannot, of' course,
speak of the merits of the book. Those in
whose judgment I place great reliance have
spoken favorably of it. The subscribers
must risk it. Please let me know at La-
Grange how many copies are desired.
Geo. G. Smith.
P. S.—l have paid special attention to the
History of the Church iu Florida, which is
one of the most thrilling in the History.
TIIE POPULATION OF TURKEY.
At the present time, when everything con
cerning Turkey is of interest, our readers
will be glad to be made acquainted with the
following statistics of the population of Eu
ropean Tuikey, which we take from the
Journal Ojliciet of Paris. While the exhi
bition of 1873 was open, a society was form
ed at Vienna of public men. journalists,
merchants and Orientalists for the collection
and publication ot informa'ion relating to
the East. This society issues a monthly
journal, and from its pages the Journal Offi
del has taken the figures which we reproduce.
At the Vienna Exhibition it was found that
there was not a single map which accurate
ly represented the prlitical division of Tur
key, and the information on other matters
was little more satisfactory. The society en
deavored to supply the defects thus brought
to light. At the capitals of most of the vila
yets there are published annually salnames,
or official almanacs, which c niain. in addi
tion to lists of the public authorities, statis
tical notices of the provinces. From these
notices the information respecting the popu
lation is drawn. Of course, it is to be re
membered that no regular census is taken ;
but the information of the salnames is likely
to be more correct than that found anywhere
else. Until a tew months ago European
Turkey was divided into six vilayets and the
district of Constantinople, which forms a
government apart. Since the insurrection
in the Herzegovina broke out, it may be re
membered that the province of Bosnia was
was subdivided. Constantinople forms a
division apart, and contains 080,000, inhab
itants. The district of Constantinople is the
moat thickly peopled part of the Empire.
After it comes the vilayet of Adrianople
where the density of population is not more
than 168 to the square mile. The sparse
ness of population, indeed, is so great that
there are only two other countries in Europe
more thinly populated. These are Greice
and Russia. But in proportion to the tuea,
the population of Spain, and even that t f
Sweden, is larger than that of Turkey. A
point of more interest than the density of
population is its amount. We get no infor
mation regarding the number of women, but
the male population of each province is giv
en according to religious denominations. It
is as follows:
Vilayet. Mussulmans. Non-Moslem.
Bosnia . . 349,522 300,707
Monastir . . 485,993 417,805
Janina . . 250,749 467,601
Salonica . . 124,828 124,157
Adrianople. . 235,587 401,148
Danube . . 455,767 715,938
Total . . 1.862.446 2,433,356
The total male population of Turkey, ex
cluding the vassal States, as also the islands,
but including the district of Constantinople,
is, according to the official almanacs. 4,976,-
000, or, in round numbers, about 5,000,000.
Assuming that the sexes are as nearly equal
as in other countries, the population would
thus somewhat exceed 10,000,000. Return,
ing to the information given by the official
almanacs, we find from the above figures
that the non Mussulman population hears to
the Mussulmans the proportion of 57 to 43.
In Bosnia it will be seen the Mohammedans
are very slightly in the majority; in the vila
yet of Monastir the majority is somewhat
larger, and in that of Salonica there is al
most an equality. But in the three remaining
vilayets the Christians very largely outnum
bered the Mussulmans. In the European
part of the district of Constantinople, again,
the proportion of Christians to Mussulmans
is in the proportion of 54 to 46. It must not
be fbrgotton that these statistics are official,
and that the officials are naturally desirous
to make the number of Mussulmans appear
as large as possible ; and in the hope of es
caping taxation the Christians would try to
make their own numbers appear small. It
is likely, therefore, that in these statistics
the Mussulmans are overestimated. But,
even if we make that allowance, the Mussul
mans seem to be much moie numerous than
is generally supposed.— Pall Mall Gazette.
A letter to our Mission Rooms, from Rev.
C. Wright, dated at Helena, July 13, states
that much excitement prevails with regard
to Indian affairs. Unless the military were
liberally reinforced at once, it was feared
the Sioux could not be held in check, and
that the Territory would be overrun. Many
of the inhabitants were leaving, the miners
for the Black Hills, by the way of Bismarck
and Benton, and their families for the Unit
ed States. The letter closes with the follow
ing : “What the result may he to our work
here I cannot at present tell; but lam firm
ly convinced that it is my duty to stay here
and hold the land God has given us, and
leave results with him.”— N. Y. Christian
Advocate.
Here is a grateful word from Dr. Maclay,
superintendent of our mission work in Ja
pan. “I have the pleasure of informing you
that by a recent decree of the] Japanese Gov
ernment, after April 1, 1876, all Government
offices will close at noon ou each Saturday,
and reman closed until Monday morning.”—
N. Y. Christian Advocate.