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with la prima Im— (ha

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-lu

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VHB

DISCOVERT

MmUcmS ScJa««.

S. F. 6AB7Z2rS

•jr COXPOIRXN

KLIXTR OF

JBk. R .

|a«l,T SOLmOIf m>r BBtia Is MM BiB-

« mu kwna omxatix ainst,

nane THKE TXR,

OWto.a»t»rr!j, Aithnui.Bm- '

t "HNRNOCT FAH.

iPl^im.-TO a»d STIMrLATUC.!&on J>lentis with platoon, bayonet

crosses bayonet, breast hurtles agdnst

breast. And now another awful shock,

fiercest of all; and then above the groan

of dying and boom of gun, swells

shou^ long, clear, ecsUtic: "IDS ours /"

What is "ours?" Asmoke-blackened

shot-riddled, bayonet-rent bit of buntinj

a piece of cloth, nothing; as the

national banner^ everything. Into that

banner are gathered country, and govern-

ment, and liberty, and constitution, an<

glory, and fireside, and altar. At

piece of doth it is noAing; as a SYMBOL

it is the consecrated essence of the govern-

ment it represents.

Even so it is with baptism. As a mere

acdtkMu^a&ag«.-fBtf

UJaauaap M

THap ^ A ^ Q T . M j B M i m s , M A Y 27. Ibjl.

MjssSflsip^Departmeiit

mMEB Mc. y. XKywBsnr.sa>TXH>B.

-33*5

eonot-^i^S*

•n* ta Bn. OtaMi, St SmtUK . I MaiM liln^poMM

brltoyuvntn It aamm imto Uat*. hmt

'•mWrnuMfta mi in tut ImlviL *. P. I«w«n.

B'SEtlTIES.

fipoa Bra. Foster

P ^ o S S ^ ^ S ^ f c S L s , has en-

joyed a seana oC irfradiing ftom the

i^naescs of^tbs Lord^

m reqaested by _

Mother in « ptfv»te I^r, to give ow

TiewB of Helfc t 26, 27, and James v.

M, 15, and wffl comply with the request

v.) when we hare more time and

apace tbaaat pceaent;

CkfjoanDATOBr Risonrnoxs.—"We

have jnrt receired from the Verona

Church, forwarded thia month, a pre-

amble and resolotiona, commending Bra

Q. D. BmMcll, who moved to Texas last

&IL The resfdntions were adopted in

Forembw. As we pnbliibed in The

Baptist of the 17th of December a sim-

ilar paper Ironi the Judson Association,

and Bro. Bnssell is, ere this, well known

where he h'Tei, we think it nnneccasary

to publish them. They are lengthy,

wconunend Elder Rossel! rery highly,

antf he is worthy of all the good thing*

that hare erer been uid of him.

faow Im personally and love him, and so

do many br^hrea in T^*»s beW now.

helping these orphans, haTil|not done,

oar doty unless we have met ^ pledg^

or are prepared to do it* - Zef

one Jail. When we were toother and

oar hearts were vam^ we agreed to

our duty—and our hearts , will be warm

again when we feel that we have dis-

charged that duty. The Baptists are

making some progr^ in Missisaippi—

are slowly rinng from the dost an<

gaining in zeal for good works; but we

jreatly lack one thing.'that is, spiBrrcAL

PowKH. O for laiger and warmer

hearts! O for, more of the love of

Jesns! This gained, and the rest ia all

provided for. The Lord permitting us

to meet at Crystal Springs, let ns meet

iraying. Let us seek the mind of Christ

> for such a meeting as will make ns al

feel that it is good to be there! While

we write, we almost feel the clasping of

warm hand-i and the pulsation of warm

hearts. Let no brother deny himself the

ileasnre of attending who can

siblyga

pos-

JIXSSXSflQtPl^J SjLexIST

~ coirres-xiox.

Be it remembered that this body meets

mi Tbojbsbat before the first Sunday in

June, and not m Friday, as some one

rtated ia oar department for this paper

of the «th inst; Be it rmembered too^

the Sonday-^ool workers anc

ffiends of the Snniiy-sciool enterprise

are requested to meet oa Tuesday.

The Corresponding Secatary of the

Coovention, Bra Thea Whitfield, in-

fjrms uB that be ha» Written to the ap-

proprute officers Of tfie different r ^

roads to make arrangemfflts for free

tarn for thoM who pay fhU fare in going.

Some o£ the roads, w« believe, require

ftose eatitled to free lotiini to sho^

their appomtoient ddegates, and W

•STB exeoTBion tiaa&t. The messengers

do well to make the necessary in-

qairy, and conform to the requirements

of the respective roads.

cuness.

3orae of the brathren made liberal

pledges at the last meeting, to raise

limds for the various objects of Christian

benevolence daiming our att^tion. It

a hoped that every jfiedge has' been or

wiUbefufljiaet. Times have been hard,

and our peo^e have found it aecesssry

>o retrench.; bat there should have been

BO retrenchment in our Chrisdsa bener

•lenca, wfaiefa has always been fer be-

knr our ability. The rarioua objects

*»tered by our Convention have been

greatly blessed since the la^t meeting.

The number of students in Missismppi

College has beea much larger than ever

before sinoe the war, and the prospects

»f the college are gr^y improved,

five agent, Bro, Lomai, is eamestl

working for the college. The Board

JCnisterial Education has been working

^ great energy, and has had very en-

emgmg soocesa. More than thirty

ministers of Mississippi are now in

•chool Bra irelson, the Corresponding

J f e ^ the Board, has,

l«ad»8 blesaing, made his influence folt

throughout the otire State; and eter.

^ only can i»veal the great good that

been accompBahed. The Southern

UHTFEBSITT OF MISSISSIPri.

If any of the readers of Tub Baptist

did not read Bra Miller's communication

and our remarks following it in this pa-

per, of the 4th of March, on the subject

of onr State University, we hope they

wifl Iiwk up the paper and read it yet.

Those who have given attention to the

msssionary work in Miasissippf know that

onr Board of Domestic Miasions has as-

sisted several years in supporting a pas-

tor at Oxford. Our church there ia weak

—not' able to support a pastor, and ia

without one now. The Baptists all over

the State feel an interest in having an

able Baptist paator there, for the Fni-

versity brings together a large number

of young men from different parts of the

Sute and from other States, and these

young men divide out among the differ-

ent churches and Sunday-schoola on Sun-

days. They are likely to attend Sunday-

achool in the aame church where they

attend preaching; and if we have not

an able minister in the Baptist Church,

nrarly all of the students of the Uni-

versity, even the sons of Baptist parentis

are brought under the influence of Pedo-

)aptist preaching' and Sunday-school

instruction. The Pedobaptist churches

there are weak, too, but every one of

1 hem has an able pastor who is a Pro-

'essor in the University, and who is paid

I handsome salary out of the funds of

the State. The Baptut denomination is

he strongest in the State, and doubtless

pays more taxes than any other. They

are not second to any in intelllgenca and

nfluence, and are probably doing more

than any other in general benevolence,

the education of the rising generation,

and in strengthening and building up the

moral and reli^ous character of the

State. The Baptists can bring to Ox-

i brd, whenever they have an opportunity,

a minister to fill any chair ia the Uni-

versity, equal to the demand. The pres-

muri^ of aii:able aind ^cient J^ptist

mini^r as a l^fessor in the Uni

Lirt gA.

j^Jkad «« piawnm

^ ^ eongn^tioa m

»i-Te prepwed for the ptm^

.novelBg&t to the peoi^

now ^

L Iao|^toIi»TBto troubbtlw

^tlr. TlumiTeotluaytt

perfaspa next Smbhuh.

d encooragea my heart. To Hia

[•nthepaSMi.

[ M UmeM meetirng of

dMerAaaotUttUnt. ^

• end Descotrf mee^iB

It and 4th diBtricta of UoIdir««

Ion win he held with Bethel

InemrCoIdwmter Depot. Miiitt.

i Tenneaaee mlroad, eonaaene-

Hd«7 before the aecond Sonday

proiima The foOowing is the

3n for aritieiam—Elder C. C

for diaeoamon. What ia the

I hy which the ose of ardent

» hererage among Baptiata

Rated?

»7 on Daty of Paatoia to

-Deacon W. D. Ilawze.

dam on Eld. T. P. Montgom-

by on the Doctrine of Election

T read before ihia body at i£a

on Daty of the Chorch to

Tiiuny Gijh, and the proper

r doing BO—Eld. J. W. Lip^.

jiy on The Corenant—Eld. C. C.

brethren woold more

these meetinga, for when

I conducted they certainly are

to promote the caoae of onr

ideemer. Come, then, breth-

let aa coonael together—diacnaa

mbjecu, exchange onr doc-

- fece to face, to the intent

3 of mind may exist; that

ay prerail m the great family

H. J. SsoTH, Moderator.

Sec'y.

rMlM^lfciyl, 1871.

Aalhare the oppor-

and you a abort artwle while

^the Soathem Baptiat Conren-

i conclnded to do ao by giving

•a a few dota of onr church

a, lee county, Miaa, and the

circomatancea. Gontown

Dg rulraad town. It has m

at good dtixena, composed

[merchants, doctora, lawyera,

I and teachera. The Methodist

bnrch baa jost completed a

honae of worship. There ia

exceSent academical school

I and a good hotel The Bap-

i was organized in the year

the writer

was traTeling mis-

the bounds of the Judaon

aince which time many

re taken place. Thia church

lase of worahip, bat' has to

]the academy. She baa had

Jis &om tnne to time^ and

|laat I waa called to take the

I consented to do so,

I it at a Tery low ebb. Many

era appeared to hare loat

• to a very great extent, and

number. The Methodiata

jtsiana each hare a ^oreh,

» have no house t^worship

I alao a CampbelU^ Church

lembers; I dotft krtow how

[ gues» not more thanNa cor-

What there are ar^ Bke

r; teach that the church of

"not set up or conatituted

' of Pentecost; and one of

l« of Mr. Campbell told me

ky in a debate that John the

J ha administnition, did not

le goapel admini-otratfon, and

baptism was institnted on

»t, and that no one

aion of sins only in the

on. Bat we hare been

t such heretical teaching

and ever since 152T

ites have been teaching

ation. They are certainly

Iset of a«jph&ta in Chraten-

iflc and ask the question,

the identical people the

J about? to-wit:;^ "Having

Igodlineas, but denying the

^;" from such turn away.

I are beset with such bane-

, we yet look forward to an

t the little Bapt^ Church

I will arise and shake off'

I of every kind, and put on

land earnestly contend fcr

I delivered to the saints as

•derstond and teach it;

Baptist usage m Bible

I peeuliaritiin are Bible

JAXXS J. ASDBXWS.

^ 12.1871.

i'HE BAPnST. MEMPHIS, MAY 27 1871.

baptist corollabies.

L Thsu ia no duudi but a body^ of

Buoened befievera «dio have been im-

Buiaed s daly apptmted officer of a

Beriptmafehnrdi.

& Tlwre an no Soqitiinl Bumateia

b«t thoM who haiT* been daly anthoRaed

by ft Qciiutanl chvdL

8. Snee nothing » man evident than

tlw fiet that we teaeh more effectually by

thaa by pec^t—tiianfine, ao

]atg as we app^mate ourpulpha for the

prea^EK of the by tluMe

vhanweooB8i£r daWba^i^aiid

•^iTP^ and e^edaUy nnoe they daunto

bc^ and conatrue the ac^km on our part

Inte a recognition ef thdr duma, and

thoa confirm their followera in error.

4. Kothin^ can be more inconaiatent

than to admit those preachers into our

pvlpta who hold and teach doctrinea, oh

aeoonnt of whi^ we would exclude both

fitmi our pulpits and ahurGhea adminis-

ter of onr own denomination. Thia, we

daim, ia one of the old landmarka of tiie

Baptiat ChurdL

6. lliat a body of immeraed believers

• i^e h%be8t ecdeaaatical authority in

the wori^ and the only tribunal for the

trial irf caaea oi diadpfane; that the ad«

of a diureh are ropeiior landing force

over those oi an aaaodataon, convention,

ooundl, or presbytery—and no amodar

tion or conven^n can impose a moral

obSgstion upon the constituent parts

Qompodng them.

6. That aince eadi church of Christ is

independent body, no one chnrdi ean

'expect any other to mdorse its acta, only

ao fitr aa they are in atrict accordance

with the lawa of Christ, If she excludes

a member uiriustly, any other church can

{••(ore hm if it sees fit.

T. Whenever any church acta in viola-

ioa of the directions of her only Law-

over, as found in the New Testament,

•be b^mes rebdlioua—her acts nutt and

void; and all other churches, and assoda-

lians at dmrches and conventions, should

withdraw their fellowahip from her until

•he repents and rectifies her order, or

they become the partakera of her sins.

8. That no assodation, or convention,

oroonncii, ia a *H»ort of aj^jeal," or has

Biy authority over the chutes, but is

amply an advisory coundl; theraore, it

has no right to dilate to the churches, or

ta ^CTfiaini support for any project or

which It nuy originate, but may

ealy recommend, adviae, and uige to pei^

fxmanoe of duty in anbservience to the

great Christian voluntary principle.

9. When any church departs from the

or violates the «rder of the gospel

m the judging of the assodatioi^ it can

and ahoula withdraw its fellowship from

her and leave her to herself until she re-

pents. Thia ia no mterference with her

otemal regnladon.

10. Baptists are not Protestants. Since

Htj never had any ecclesiastical conneo-

tkm wfth the Papacy, they are now, «nd

have been the repn^tors of the nrind-

oks and practices of Papacy, whether

•land in Rome or in the Ftotestant sects

tl^ came out efhec.

11. We regard Protestantism, as well

•a the Bdormation of 1S27, as based on

the assumption that the j^phecies-and

ilmlaratimiB of Christ toucning his church

are false, thus making Christ an imposter,

and the reformers, and not Christ, the

aaviora and preservers of the church.

Arkansas Departanent.

ThatibztetUai cTtUi^ bMd t* bl*

gloB, and aUvw nBstoa ta to MUfatf.—J. I-JAin.

-run It >• alMb gnod hrtvan CitMiM aX

AnOaactayiaetleiaKlatet wriakBacan

teaaAa or aftlMataaf tka OiUMfealin tn*. aa< iter

aiavItkltyartlkanaritiTaataat&taM^ (La.,

lataa).—>1. Bbt. J. T. Tsarxaa, ot BttmAmrg.

do not cfflifet true

manner only in winch

It stationB that

have will; others," only

1. The unimmersed bodies of Christians

are not churches, nor are any privileged

flompanies of them the eJutrcn; hence all

Pedobaptiat denominations are only re-

Sgiooa sodeties.

2. That baptism and an official relation

a church are prerequisite to a regular

^o^elamnstry; hence, all erdinances ad-

jsinistfered by an unbaptized and unoi^

daiaed, although immei^ ministry, are

anU and void.

3. No church has a right to hear a ua^e

Vrought before it in violation of the law

of CAxist. The specification of the order

o be observed is the prohibition of any

tber order.

4. No member should submit to an ar-

aigmKent or trial brought and conducted

is violation of the laws of Christ. Each

one is individoally respon^Ie to Christ

tor the fiuthful observance ofhis laws.

6. Since riff/U QuU,aot migAi^ia right,

a constitutional minority is in all cases

die Scriptural church.

t. An unconstitutional or disorderly

mqoritv cannot exclude a member of an

•dmowledged constitational church.

i. No churcb should receive the letters

or the members baptized by, a disor-

derfy church. Nor should it admit to it?

oommunioD themeoibers of such a church,

or in any way countenance or uphold its

disorder; it should keep no companv with

it that it may be ashamed.

1. To be in all things con^tent with

our prindplea, whether we gain or lose

Bumbera or wpularitv.

2. To fulM our peculiar missioo, H hlch

is to be the witnesses of Christ's truth

aranst every system of error, and those

i^o originate or advocate them; and

riwve a^ by no act to countenance, rec-

ogaize, aid or abet those who teach error,

or to confirm those who are in error.

3._To employ all theeneipesof thede-

oomination for the conversion of sitmers

sod the upbuilding of Chrrat's kingdom,

iinnigh the most eSMtual means and

genoes, not incompatible with the Word

afGod.

4. To occuw every village and dty in

tha world with a suitably qualified, faith-

fiU, energetic and devotM nnnistez.

5. To furnish a pastor to every church,

^miHsionartes of the croes for every des-

itote region, at home and abroad, under

the whole heaven, and to Eust:un them.

^ 8. The commission to evangelize the na-

»w»8 havmg been given to the, church

"uongh the apostles, she cannot delegate

ier autAoriiy or her T^pcnsO/nxiy to a

wfy Of a hoard outndA ef her. The

hnrehes shoald sdect, aend for and sus-

«m mnaionaries of the Cross.

^To the stesd&st and uncompromiBing

rf these priadplee and thispof-

C7> w paper is devoted.

GOD'S OTBBKXri.IK& JPBOn-

DBlfCBS.

Litrodnctory Sermon, by Rev. Wm.

WHliams, D. D., of Greenville Theolog-

ical Seminary, S. C., before the Southern

Baptist ConTaition,at the Third Baptist

Church, St. Lenis, Mo.

Aad H«iM aaU uato tbe pcopla, Fear ve

not, stand aau, and sm ths salTatiea of the

I«rd, wUek fc* will sltow to you to-day;—ud

tlM Lord said unto llosos. irkmfoie eriatt

then onto ne? speak unto the eUldrea ef Insel

»hat ^ go fimrard. (Exodu xiv. 13,15.)

The drcumstances under which ^ese

words were uttered are quite fiuniliar to

every Bible reader. The children of Is-

rael had just been emancipated from a

davery in Egypt of long continuance.

This had been efieoted by repeated and

unmistakable manifesUtions of God's

disapprobation of its longer continuance

in the plagues sent upon the land. It is

not surprising^that it should have re-

quired these repeated and increadngly

severe manifestations to bring Pharaoh

to consent to their emandpation. He

had not enslaved them. This wrong had

been done them long before, perhaps

a century or two before his day.

He found them slaves. He never knew

them in any other condition. They

constituted a large and ureful part of the

population of his kingdom. They were

profitable as slaves, and would be very

dangerous, it was believed, in any lo-

cality, as freedmen. Considerations,

therefore, both oC great pecuniary loss

on the' one hand, and of serious danger

to the kingdom on the other, by emanci-

pation, would natnrally m^e him

strongly opposed to it. But God's pur-

poses are not to be thwarted either by

man's cupidity or fear. When these

stand in the way of his plans, he can

move them out of the way by"iaore

sensible and powerful appeals to them in

the opposite direction, lie terrific storm

of hail and mingled fire, destroying the

cattle and all the grown-up crops, fol-

lowed by the locusts, darkening the

ground by thdr very multitude, and eat-

ing every herb of the land, and all the

fmit of the trees which the hail had

left—^thus threatening a national fam-

ine; and the thick darkness, "even

darkness that might be felt, that rested

upon the laud for three days, filling them

with consteniation, followed by the mid-

night cry of anguish through all the

land, and the fear that they would "all

be dead men," turned cupidity and fear

into active advocates of emancipation.

Pharaoh and his people Iiecame eager to

let the children of Israel go. They freely

give them the jewels of gold and silver

and the raiment which they asked—^glad

to famish them with anytiiing whi(^

would expedite thdr departure. Thus

provided by the liberality of the people

with whatever was required by their new

condition or necessary for their journey,

they take their triumphant leave of

Egypt. From their original point of de-

parture, a few days'joarney northward

along the border of the desert and the

shore of the Mediterranean, would have

brought them to the promised lahd. Bnt

God's ways are "not our ways. A people

just emancipated from the unfavorable

influences of slavery, and conseqaently

strange as to feelings of self-reliance and

self respect, and hence incapable of noble

achievements or of rightly nsing high

position and privilege, must undergo

y«;ars of preparatory training, and a jiew

i,eneralion mast spring up that had

never known Egypt nor slavery before

they are St subje^ to be invested with

distinguished national privileges. After

probably three days* joarney they en-

camp in Etham, on the border of the

Arabian desert. Uere the divine com-

mand, most surprising no doabt, and in-

comprehensible if they anderstood the

sitaation, was given to them on the

fourth day, to change their route from

the direct coarse and to tarn soathward

along the western shore of the Red sea,

and encamp on the plain between the

sea and the mountain chain of Attakah.

This movement was reported to Pharaoh,

who was doubtless closely watching them

by his spies. He saw at once that they

had committed apparently a fatal blunder

by placbg themselves in a position, from

which they could not possibly, by any

human means, escape an att^king toe.

Availing himself of the favorable oppor-

tunity thus furnished, and with the par-

pose either of destroying them as

dreaded freedmen, or of capturing and

reducing them to slavery again, he pur-

sues after them "with six hundred

chosen chariots, and all the chariots of

Egypt-and captdns over every one of

them." "And when Pharaoh drew nigh,

the children of Israel lifted up their

eyes," and lo! to their utter dismay, the

I^ptians were pursuing in their rear.

"And they were sore afraid," and in view

of the peril that threatened, uttered ve-

hement regrets that they had ever lefi

thdr condition of slavery. It is easy for

US, my brethren, to sit in judgment^i^Kia amLtran^pftrt t^g^y^j^p

ffltttn t/\ Mfftv «/^l. IWif.liloM an/l ^i*. moi^iAtA ..alIIT

them and to say—" Oh faithless and for-

getful children of Inrael! Had thi>y uo

confidence in CU>d's explicit promise to

bring them out of the power of the

Egyptians, and to lead them into the

land of Canaan ? Had they so soon for-

gotten the nughty wonders he had al-

rieady wrought in their behalf? And

was there not, even in this extremity, the

visible symbol of God's presence with

them to guide and to protect ? Fdthless

and weak spiritual children of Israel to

be thua afnud, and to utter such regrets,

with God's presence with them, and with

his past wonderful deliverance of them."

But "happy is that man that con-

demneth not himself" in thus judging

them.v True, they ought not to have

been afraid and to have uttered

such regrets; for their fears were

groundless, and their regrets unmanly.

Bat to expect them to have acted other-

wise, is to expey the text is, that a Christian is some-

times, in the providence of God, so sitn-

ati-'l I bat .-ill he can do ia to do nothing.

!{•' is not iiermitted to contribute any-

ihii g l)j- ac;iv(>, aggressive effort to the

ni. Xiir-l iiioveni'-nr of Christianity. The

gr ar. Captriin "f his salvation has as-

figrii d liim his position as a soldier of

the i ro?-, n ill', ihti order to " stand still."

At otif o< th« great battles of recent

tinus, tht» Commander-in-Chief placed a

portion ..t" his men at a certain position

oil the fii-M with the simple order to

stand th» re. Wave after wave of the

shock of biitle rolled'a^inst the faith-

ful hand as tiwre they stood, doing noth-

nor subsequently can he see its design, ing hut standing there. When their

Some immediate ends accomplished by

it he may see, bnt these are not sufficient

to explain it, and sometimes, in fact, only

the more becloud it. Its chief purpose

was not immediate but remote; and so

remote that the connection between the

providence and the design is veiled from

human sight. He reaps in afler-time the

accomplishment of the merciful design;

yet never knows in this world to what

sore, perplexing providence, he is in-

debted for it. He can know this only in

the other world. Very probably among

the discoveries that will first surprise

ranks had hect me fearfully thinned, a

rider in rapid haste rushed into the pres-

«^nce of the commander to tell him that

entire deslriiciion awaited them if they

stood there arjy longer. "Tell them to

stand there," was the relentless order.

"You'll find us there," was the heroic

reply. Look at that Christian whom

sore afflictions have laid aside from, or

never permitted to engage in, the blessed

activities of Christian work. He can do

no^ng but stand still and patiently en-

dum His ardent soul pants to be ac-

tively engaged as others are or as he

^fifcMid Bt^eaimflnd.

And as the high^ excellence of a sol-

dier upon the fidd of batde is not to bi

seen in obeying jthc command to " ^

forward»»but b simply stao£ng still in

hia place and sedng yictbry by others—

so the highest Christian excelleaoe ianot

to be seen in the activities, evte the

perilous activities, of Christian work.

Go into that humble dwelling and see

that widowed mether patientiy toiling

for her little ones with a cheerful ^rit

amid poverty and want, contentedly

stmggliog agunst the pressure of diffi-

culties that seem about to overwhelm—

eating her scanty meal with a quiet,

thankful heart that envies not the rich,

the proud or the gay; or go into that

dirty hovel and see that neglected one

enduring protracted suffering with a pa-

tient, uncomplaining spirit, that says,

"Oh, my Father, not my will but thme

be done," and you have nobler exhibi-

tions of Christian excellence and of high

Christian heroism than ever blazed

around the martyr's stake. God give

us grace not only to obey the order to

go forward, but, what is often more diffi-

cult, to obey the order to stand still.

IV. But an important truth more

directly contained in the text is, that the

Christian's way is sometimes so hedged

by the providence of Grod that he knows

not what to do nor which way to turn.

In whatever direction he looks to find

the path of duty, difficulties and appai^

ently unsnrmountable obstacles present

themselves. To go forward seems im-

possible, and backward is to surrender.

What shall he do? Indulge in discour-

aging complaints and peevish fatdt-find-

ing? Not so do we read the lesson of

the text. Let bin stand still and wut

the deliverance of the Lord. Let him

closely watch the indications of Provi-

dence, seeking wisdom to interpret aright,

that he may ascertain the path of dnty,

and then let him go forward in it, what-

ever may seem to be the difficulties and

discouragement in the way. These wfll

disappear as he advances. Either they

will be found to be im^nary, which is

frequently the case, or if real they will

be removed out of the way in due time.

"The slothful man sdth, there is a lion

without," but there is no lion except in

his own groundless apprehenuon. "Who

shall roll us away the stone from the

door of the sepulcher," said the disc(Mi-

sol ate woman on love's sad errand. But

when they approached the sepulcher

there was no stone to be rolled away.

The difficulty had ^ready been removed.

We must, however, distinguish here be-

tween the embarrassments and perplex-

ities into which our self-suffidency has

brought us, and those into which the

providence of God has brought us.

Providence does not do everything that

is done in the world. It sometimes per-

mits us to have our own way, and to do

some things in our own way, and they

are always bunglingly done, and to our

discomfiture

V. "Speak to the children of Israel

that they go forward." What! forward

into still greater difficulties ? Yes, for-

ward in the same direction which had

led them into thdr difficulties, and which,

it seemed, would lead them into greater.

Whenever the discbai^e of what "seems

to be clearly indicated duty or the main-

tenance of enlightened convictions brings

us into trials and peril, the trying and

perilous consequence does not of itself

famish any evidence of the incorrectness

of onr course, or any reason to hesitate

in its maintenance Yet how apt are

we to fall into this very mistake. What

if the children of Israel had said, ."Surely

we have made a mistake in following the

pillar; it is an erring guide," and had

hesitated to go on? "Forward," said

God. So multifarious and powerfal are

Satan's resources, so lamentably slow is

the progress of religious toleration, not

to say religious liberty, and so fierce and

vindictive is sometimes the spirit ot re-

ligious partisanism, ibat the path of duty

may sometimes lead tbrough circum-

stances of great trouble and trial. The

difficulties in the way may seem insur-

mountable. The enemies that hover on

our path may be many and strong. It

may sometimes happen that the opposi-

tion encountered is most psiniul to meet.

The father mav be divided zjainst the

son and the son against the father; the

mother against the daughter and the

daughter against the mother; and a

man's foes may be ofhis own household.

But between obedience to duty and per-

sonal comfort or safety, there can be no

choice to the followers r f Jesus. " For-

ward" is the word of command, and

he who hesitates is unfaithful to his duly,

and he who refuses is unfit for the king

dom of heaven.

The subject and the occasion render

not inappropriate some brief reference to

the origin and progress of our Conven-

tion. The time has not come to write

its history. Only truly six years have

elapsed since its organization, and almost

all of the prominent actors in its earliest

operations are still with us in God's kind

providence, yet we may profitably, per-

haps briefly, review some facts of its

history.

^^eSoathemJl^Xirt^kia*

organized in the dty of Angps^

in the n^th of M^, 1945. ^

in a wi^drsn^ of the Southeni churohes

firom union and co-operation with " The

General ConventiiMi^ofidie Baptist De-

nomination in the Uuted Sutes," pojm-

Iwly k|^wn asthe Traeuu^

This body was oi;gaidaed m Pldladdphia,

May 21,1814. It ^ tot Init one

object, the prosecBtion qf Fordgn Mis-

dons. ' .

Thia woric was confided to • Board of

Oommisdoners styM '*The Baptist

Bond of For^ Miflsona is the United

States,** and located finally at Boston.

At the first Triennml eeadon, in 181?,

the one object of the Convention was

enlarged so as to erabraoe Domestic

Mlsdons, both objects being intrusted to

the one Board nn^ ah experience of

several years showed that it was wiser to

confine the labors of the Board to the

one object of Foreign Miadons, Domes-

tic Missions bdng withdrawn firom the

Convention and ito Board in 1826, and

there bcmg a growing dedre and demand

for benevolent effort in this direction—a

natural result of the Foreign Misdon

work. "The American Baptist Home

Mission Sodety " was organized in Phil-

addphia in 1832. If it seem desirable

to any on the score of economy to merge

our Foreign andDom^tic Misdon Boards

into one, let us profit by the experience

of our brethren in past years, and hesi-

tate to saerifice effidency to a mistaken

economy. The constitntion of the Tri-

ennial Convention, as well as the histoir

of its proceedings from the begintiing,

conferred on all the. membera of the

Baptist denomination in good standing,

whether at the North or the South,

eligibility to all appointments emanating

firom the Convention or the Board. Un-

mistakable indications, however, not

nec^ssaiy XMT profitable, to speak of par-

tictdarly, prompted the Alabama Baptiiat

State ConreetioB, in 1844, to adopt a

preamble arid resolution to be tracsmii-

ted to the Board of Fordgn Misdons ef

the TrienxM .Conventipi^ the eecond

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BAPTIST WAITET.

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Af CM; M mmst itA tkrwrk tte «e4i»(ioa tt

Cltriat; no iatenst ia Cbriat exeapt bj m

Hut &ith is kia; wJastifyiBg £dth bat tb»t

vUeh voiki b7 Im ind f«ri«M tke iwstt; no

loTt to CbrUi .vUck ioes Mt iaeind* lore to lu>

jWo^Mitaan^lii lawyt,, ..j t«tiBe«

a ^ to tk* ta^t MHl «h««Ail obe-

to »a ^ oomauds; B»s«iiniae Ioto to

lis pMpIe tbst ioM not iaflaeaee » ibab

ta^CoodtothofMhAkaaBbOitysTii oppoi^

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A^SVAI. BKSSI^ar

SOUTHEWr BAITS' CONVENTION,

BXLD nr KT. KOUIS. Me^

cosnscnio nnrBWAT, MAT isn.

Tbij great bod/, reprcMatiag tbe Bsptist

eHnrefc at the Sootk ud sine k^jMent Sutes,

oosmod on Tknadsj, tke II iut^ with the

Thini Bmytist CkoMk of Sc Loait. Tke at.

tendsnee waa aofreaedeatod. In addition to

deleguioas froia tke Diatriet of Colambia,

IfaUMbasetta, Penqrlraaia, niinoU, Kansu

and otker Nortkern Sutea, and from difftrent

J**"''-1 »tt«BUdn of tke ConTention I teiprise was a foudation work-tkat tke saTinc

we amrw, Vtag wett of na and aeotb u ns, aa I ^ n m A «j> Uih nMrunuiuiii. I

temtoty wkiek ia

Btttezialgrowtk of tkis city. tribstaiy to'tk«j

We want now to I

pout from it, following our eommerea^ foDow*

US enr aklpmeata of gooda and other artielea

was ealtod to tkia new reaponribUity—tkis new I tkat tke ckild was fatker to the man was tmi

elalm apoa tke wateh-oare of our great denom- andtkatHtakesniUblecareoftheekildtheman

inatiea. Tka labor among tke colored people wiU Uke eare of himselt On tke proper train-

of-t«fS. ; 1.T1;; - - ilT-,,- nr- f ^ ^ Wftkontgeod molts, and promised ing of tke ekildren depended the saeens of sU

w/^w^^t^L^ran';'^^^ Koodcfr knm«

•wd away a giMt many missionaries in tke f" eda^ted nunistry-a min.stiy family f.r generations to eome. If due atten-

Uterests of tkat onq wko kas given kimaelf •««>'>81"**"- Tke work, tkoagk gr.a^ U tion be given to this subject we shall hare i»

for OS, ^ h u planted tke Baptist Cfcorek on just in iU ineepUon-jnst begun. SUllgrtater the generaUons to come i.Jti!^-, k- ,

dying men. It is a gmt field, and I do hope ^ ^ "ad respon- for tkeir holy mission.

tkat while we are km sock will be tke charae- ubility of t&e work were rapidly on tke in- Tke report indicated •

ter of our actions and business that we will crease. During the past year 134 missionaries work in e«rv f ^ P ^ w the

Icktothe derelopment of this organii.Uon -mnloT-d Tb^. JU. -k V!! k . ^ ^ ' the country. Muck had

in the interest of Z cause, of the ^ t coun- ° . ^^ Tr " »ke way of organiiaUon, and the

try lying to the wMt and southwest of us. the Southern Sutes and Indian lerri- prospects of increasing pro in thL, .liJ^

AndinaUresolatioBS.inailinstr.ctionstothe to'y; k»d bapUzed 8.J2 persons. The Uon^stDromisin/ • , ^ ^

Boards, may. I not ask that so far as home repert of the mission work by State Conren- in f. encouraging feature

aeUoos are coneemed, we WiU catch the spirit, ,ion- fw,« th. ^ • « »'>• was, that such was the increased

which is erer westward and onward to thi ', "" Domestic Mission Board interest that many Sunday-school workers had

West. «tilwe.sh^l be recognised as the g^t h'.^'^ ^o-Tent.on. showed that 160 mission- been able .0 mainuin orLix^L

rill be fully equipped

uion, notoaiy 10 inu meei-l . . . ^ ^ --7"- — J •'"pniTements Had Deen made

.ng-house, not only to our home, but we wel- sent out by District Asso- eondueUng schools-all the aids

you, brethren " those who had bsptixed 117 persons. These | dEciency in thT w^k M Wn

bear possible. To facilitate organiiation Sun-

carrying """

eome

sympathisiag with us, fellowskipping us upon I missionaries kad been supported at aVexMnH

tke g^t pnnoples of gospel truth, meeUng Lf some S5000 «« expense

together for the purpose of UfUng our banner

tke name of the Lord, and carrying it The Secretary's

to greater

brought to

in

triumphantly on unUl aU this broad and rich |t® the detention of the mails by "breaks" In

Boughs, Of Biohmon^ v., re- ne'r^^rt^: '^^triisst'nird'i'jer

sponded in a brief address. He said that for portions of the report wL referrrf to I "

the first Ume in the history of the Seuthem priate committees. " " ture tte children should receire. The question

BapUst Chureh the Conrention met on the I • | »«• whtther they shall be Uught the truth in

its inUgrity as held by Baptists or sUnd idly

on the work delirered; superintendenU and

teachers instructed and a more general interest

awakened. Oar duty as Baptists in this great

work was elaborately argued. It was with as

to determine as to what kind of religious ciil-

westem side of the Mississippi rirer.

diffieult to realize the

Mississippi rirer. It was Her Dr Wm wniu- ... K «"em oy Baptists or stand idly

. . , , .e positfon they occupi" Sml^'rv af^ M TV'v'

^etxes, there were represenUves from Foreign here. .,d it occurred to him that the only way Z l r T Z T f ^ v L "t ? • f " " " " " "

Mission fields. i, sermon from Exodus xir. 13, 15. infidelity. It was just a, much our duty to

FIRSTDArS PROCEEDINGS. .h.ir .ituaUon was byrlompili;^ T rl T - believed ^ u1

Ike ConT«Uie« waa called t« order by Brr. membered when St. Louis was a name tkat was I It!!^/ . | m to teack to adults from the pulpit. The

Dr. P. H. Hell, of Georgia. After derotioa.! h»nlly known atallin thi

exerciser, credentials were called, Uen pr- people talked about going to St. LouU it was I ; -w-ui provi-1 - Ji«ese weros wuich I command you this day

ceededto tha rieedou of penna««it officers, understood that they hid made their J " TM-conelusion of .hall be in thine heart, and thou shalt teach

I^.Dt Burrows, orllick-nnd.V._orr.i t, [Uughter]; that they h.d settled all their ^ T Thisinjunc

allowtkelleT.Dr.H.l-.ofK.at.clc/, to castUrtklyaffairsiandif they had h.ir, it was ConyenUon-a detailed and tion U no less binding toro, N. C.; "Hans Bitter," by

operation by the Boards of tUs Convention I-'^t^nf®'. aa anonymous writer; "Laura

with State Boards, andwiUi general societies of j Cartyle," by Miss Lueie H. Dayton, of Shelby-

the BapUst denomination devoted to the promo- j 'i"®. Tenn.; " The Little Baptist," by Eld. J. M.

tion of foreign and home missions, of publlea- Martin, of Biensi, Miss.; and " The Mysteries

tiens, and of mintoterial oducaUon. Bev. Dr. of Home," by Mrs. Butherford, of Athens. Ga.

Ford, of Memphis, made some pointed remarks manuscripta " are in the hands of the"

touching the bearing of Uie resolution, and on Board and will go into the hands of the stereo-

hU motion it was laid on the tabto. J typer at an early day.

The committee to whom waa referred that Th« resulta of Uie mission labor in Uie

portion of Uie Beport on Foreign Missions per-j Southern States indicated the necessity of

taining to Africa, reported favorably of the I "till greater efforts and sacrifices in order to

progress of the work among the colored people I the maintenance of this branch of the werk

of Africa, and among Uie States. The report I Those employed in this sphere had succeeded

was discussed at considerable length by Bev. I beyond their most sanguine expectations. Thegp

Dr. Sampson, of Columbia, Bev. J. Judson, of missionaries had found such destitution in their

North Carolina, and Dr. Burrows, of Virginia, fields of labor as to the Scriptares, that the

These urged the importance of missionaries I Board was not able to supply their demands in

being sent to Africa, and that Uiese be taken [ this respect In order to meet the deficiency

mainly from Uieir own people—Uiat they are the Board songht aid of the American Baptist

more effective. Bev. J. D. Fulton, of Massa- Publishing Society. The Society's response in-

chussetta, who has had considerable experience dicated an indispositioa to lend any assistance

in Uie education of the colored population, was —that if it should contribute anyUiing to the

requested to give the result of his observations of the claimed.destitution, it must be per-

aa to the best method by which te erangeUze mitted to do it through its own ageneie?, inde-

them. He agreed, in the main, with the pre- P«ndent of those of the Southern Board. The

ceding speakers—that they must have their own I needed aid, however, was obtained from the

people as teachers, as far as possible, and in American Bible Society of New York,

order to thto end tkey should be educated. He The fiscal report showed some indebtedness

further urged that the people with whom they j of the Board but in view of tiie fact that

had always lived—their former owners—were I heavy debts had been paid and large accessions

the proper ones and those only who could effec- I to the permanent assete of the Board had been

tively instruct them. He urged a union of the made during the year, the existing indebted-

two sectisns. North and South, in the various I ness is no eause for special solicitude—its facili-

fields of evaagelization. He said that the j ties for meeting ita liabilities are considered

grand question was whether America shsald be entirely adequate.

Baptist or Boman. For his part be wanted to The aisoont received during the year preeed-

seethe Northern and Southern Baptists unite ing April 15th, 1870, is $7959.03, less $142.85-

together. They of the North were not all Jis- balance on hand at previous report, §7826.18*

posed to hare us under negro rule in the South. | Total of contributions from the churehes for

the benevolent work of the Bosrd that

53218.95.

The amount received the past year is SI9-

180.98, being f11.860.80 in advance of the pre-

vious year on total receipts.

The amount centributed from all sources to

the Benevolent Fund, the pist year is

S8143.88; being $49-24.6.? in advance of the

receipts of the previous year; thus showing the

receipts for this fund to be considerably more

than double those of the previous year.

The number ef pages of library books'sent

out duri-ig the past year, as per report to this

Convention, 612,000, and 1.032,306 pages of

Question Books. None reported the previous

year.

At the previous meeting of the Convention

the indebtedness of the Beard was put down at

$3690.29. To this amount there should have

been- added for unexpired subscriptions of

Childs Df light $1310.00—making a total of in-

debtedness of $5006.29, with assets of only

$7023.66. Balance in favor of the Board

$2017.37.

The liabilities of the Board on the Istof

May Uiis yeair were $5772.60, and theasseU are

put down at $13,776.40, thus showing a balance

in favor of the Board of $7^3.95, and an im-

provement in the pecuniary condition of the

Board of S5786.58 daring the fiscal year.

In order to show that the expenses of the

Board were not extravagant or uncommon, the

Secretary compared his receipts and expenses

wiUi Uiose of one of the greatest and most suc-

cessful co-ordinate societies of the North. The

following extract is a fair and able vindication

in this respect:

S^T'.'^vf." »aporto of Uie Ameri-

PnbUcatioa Soeioty for tke years

1865-66, aad we refer to these reports of thto

po^rot ud snoeeasfttl Horthom Society

rather t ^ (9 any others, simply beeaoso we

IttppentokaTotkMaatkand. Byroferoaeoto

tto report of tkat Soeie^fer 186^ wo find tkat

'JS®.*" raw wera

$52,7«.74. Tke-expoasao of Uie Sodetr in

nuaai^g ito aiEura are put down as f«&ws,

vi^* Salves of officers, $5722.85. Expenses

of depository, etc, $2196.74. Salaries and ex-

KS^?' $4468.89. Making a total of

$12,382.91 Thto shows Uiat over tweaty-three

per eent. of the gross receipta of the Society

were expended In managing ito bnsiness. Tke

benevolent funds from all sooreas tkat year

and which are inelnded ia tko Mgtegate re!

ceipta above named, wore $18,096.86. "

In 1856 the gross receipt* of tkat Saeietv

were $5^501.63, aad Uie «ip««« were m fe?

lows, viz.: Salaries of olfioeri, $5,916. Ex-

penses of depository, eto, $1466.71. Expenses

of Annual Meeting, etc., $917.48. Salaries of

agenta, $4718.1L Tstal, $18,02L80.- Tkto

shows Uiat tke expenses in managing Uie busi-

Towers about twenty-four per cent.

$S2TO07 ' all sourcM were

31st and S24 Anniversaries of thatSociety, and

t^tUie present IS only the 8U1 AnnivCTWwy

of the Sunday-School Board of Uito Convent!^

and then let the comparison between the re-

ceipta and expenses of Uiese two bodiss be

properly made, and we shall see that the dis-

panty between them to not very great.

But a fairer way still of instituting a com-

parison between the efficiency of these two or-

ganizations would be to examine their receipta

aad progress for aa eqnal period of time fh»m

tkeir origin. Our Board kas been ia operation

only eight years. Let us then contrast iU re-

Mipta for tke whole period of ita extotence wiUi

those of the American Bible PnbUcation So-

ciety. then the Bapttot General Tract Society,

during Uie first eight years of ita extotence.

We find that the receipta of that Society for

the period specified are $23,362.06. Those of

our Board for the same period are $91,324 58

And If we deduct two-Uiirds of the amount re-

ceived in Confederate money during the first

two years of ita extoteace we shall still have

an ag^gate of receipta of $9536.18. Thto

shows Uiat during the first eight vears of our

existence tte receipta of our Boa'rd exceeded

those of tha Society for the same period, by

Uie snug little sum of $36,174.12. And if we

UU tl>o receipta of eack of these organizations

danag Uio eighUi year of tkeir extotence. Uie

com^ison is still greatly in our favor. Tke

i^ipta of Uiat Society during Uie eighth year

Ifl^ $4506.34. The receipts

of our Board during Uie eighUi year of its ex-

utence are $19,186.98. The excess of our re-

ceipts over Uieirs during the eightii year of the

existence of each is $14,680.64. We leave every

imp^ial mind to judge to what extent Uie

Sunday-School Board to disparaged by fair coi

parisons wiUi Uiat great Northern Society.

The report closed with the foUowing resolu-

tion, unanimously adopted at^Uio last meeting

of the Georgia State Convention :

Setohed, That thto Convention, as a constit-

uent member of the Southern Baptist Conven-

tion. dees most heartily deprecate the agitation

of the subject of the removal or abolition of

any of the Boards of the Convention, and here-

- eaters its solemn protest against these

Bev. J.L, Barrow^ of Bichmond, Va, offered

a resolution, exprasiag esmest syat^

Bap^reU«n in EnUid, in i ^ Z ! ^

ror

by ^ , ^

attacks, and earnesUy urges upon, tke brethren

everywhere w rally to the support of these

several Board* with their prayers and oontri-

butions.

He did not believe that the negro or any other

man should have the ballot until be could read

The opinions held by many Xerlh did not

have any sympathy with him—be desired the

promotion of the cause of Christ above all sec-

tional and partis'sn ends.

SL'KDAY-SCHOOL IlSrOKT.

Rev. Dr. Teasdale, Corresponding Secretary

Sunday-School Board, presented the annual

report. In introducing his report he paid a

deservedly high compliment to the memory of

of the lamented Bev. Dr. Bonis, late pastor of

the First Baptist Church of Memphis. He £ays:

In presenting this, our eighth annual report,

! would record with sorrow the death of one

of the most efficient members of our Board.

Eld. D. E. Bums, the talented preacher; the

almost idolized pastor; the affectionate husband;

the doting father; the devoted friend; the zea-

lous worker for the Master; and the admired of

all his fellow-citizens, has passed away. In the

midiit of his extensive usefulnesf, and his grow-

ing popularity, he was transferred from the toils

and sacrifices of earth, to the higher employ-

menta and richer rewards of hear'en. We miss

him greaUr. He waa never absent from a

meeting of the Board when he was in the city

and he was always resdy, by his genial manner

and hopeful temperament, to cheer us oa to duty

and success. He was a devoted friend to the

Sunday-School Board, and gave it hU ardent

prayers, and hto earnest support. Among his

very last tobors on earth, were those which he

performed in eloquently advocating the claims

of our Board before the West Tennessee Baptist

Convention. From that Convention he returned

to hto home an invalid; and in one short week

afterward, he was dead. Mav the manife of

thto excellent brother fall on some worthv

successor!

In alluding to the importance of the work, the

Secretary urged that Uie great Snnday-school en-

THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

The Committee on the Mission to China re-

ported, through their chairman, Bev. J. E.

Welch, of Mtosouri, and presented Uie following

resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :

RaoUfd, That Uie vast popuUtion of Uie

Chinese empire, and the general aspect of our

missionary work ia tkat empire, commend it to

the sympathies, prayers and contributions of

the enure Bapttot brotherhoo^i as Uie great field

for missionary eAtrU

Betolvfd, In view of the recent massacre of

missionaries at Tien-tain, and the impression

that a general rising of the Chinese against

foreigners waa likely to occnr, and would be

connived if not encouraged by the Chinese

officials, that we suggest to the Board the pro-

priety of correspending with the proper antkor-

ities of this country in relation to the safety of

our citizens as guaranteed by treaty between

China and the United States.

The Beport of the Committee on the Colored

Population was read and adopted. It recom-

mends that pastors and conductors of Sunday,

schools, whom they greatly need, be furnished

as far as possible from among themselves, and

that general and ministerial schools be provided.

The committee do not deem it expedient, how-

ever, to attempt this work at present.

The Reportof the Committee on the Religious

Interests of Chinese in the South was read by

Bev. B. H. Graves, Chairman. It slated that

immigration had been principally to Texas,

Loatoiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and num-

bered between two and three thousand. They

suggest that efforta be made to reach them

Uirough the medium ef the EnglUh language

which they are all anxious to learn, in the Sun-

day-schooU. The Success attending similar

attempta in California encouraged them to hope

for a like result. Adopted.

Bev. G. W. Samson, of the Columbian College,

Washington, D. C., presented the Beport of the

CMtsiitMe oa European Mtosion. The commit-

tee felt assured that the facta recited in the

report of the Board will be recognized by all

our brethren as a mostimperative call of Divine

Providence. Within less than a sin-le year a

plan had been conceived, executed and more

than realized, of planting a Christian Mission

in Northern Italy. The opening of Rome has

permitted the preaching of the gospel, the con-

version aad baptism of several prominent young

men, and the organization of a Christian Church

after the model described in Paul's episUe to the

Romans, in that ancient city. Our earnest and

devoted missionary. Dr. Cote, has gathered a

class of candidates for the gospel mintotry, and

hss initiated an extensive plan of colporteur

and mission work throughout the entire length

of the Italian peninsula. These facts sufficiently

indicate the resolution which ought to possess

our spirit as those called to sustain the men

whom God has raised up for so signal a work.

The committee, therefore, saggest the foUowing

resolutions:

Rnohfd, That the Foreign Mission Board be

desired to consider the expediency of Uie ap-

pointment pf a general sup^intendence of

European Missions.

Rftohfd, That our churches be urged to take

means for providing the support of theyounir

brethren ali^^ gathered by Dr. Cote at Bome

the sum of $200 annually being requisite for

each of these young men.

A letter from Dr. Cote, the missionary above

alluded to, was read, and the sabject was

eloquenUy discussed by G. W. Swanson, of Dis-

trict of Columbia ; J. W. M. WilUams, of Mary-

land; T. G. Jones, of Tennessee; J. L. M

Curry of Virginia, and others. A prayer was

offered by J. L. Burrows, of Virginia, for the

success of the enterprise, at Uie conclusion of

which a collection was taken up for Uie f.uther

prozecution of the work in Italy, amounting in

»1I to $1169.20. The report was adopted

tkelibeiaUeaofitliglon fonaStatoiafl^

Beaarks wera Made ia mipport of Uie

e h ^ ky HesBra. StratUn, of Alabama. T»

^DonaM, of Keatacky, Jas. B. Tiyte^^

ByUad, of Kentucky, aad^^"

Utr. M. T. Snaaer, of Alabaina, oppond its

P ^ o n Uie gmnad U m T i T ^ T ^

beyond tke sphere of Uie Baptist Chnreh Sontt,

«d an iadorwment of Uie prindple nad«

which tke press of EngUnd kad done so aineh

to exote public opinion in Uito country en Uie

subject of stovery. '

Theresolutionwasadeptedbyatorgemajority

On motion of Bev. Dr. Curry, a copy of Uie r^

olntion as passed, to be signed efficiaUy, was

ordered to be sent to the Hon. and Rev. W. B

Noell, of Engtond.

Tie CommiUee on Uie EnUrgement of Uie

Work of Uie Board of Foreign Missions said tke

report was a cause of congratulation that the

number of laborers in the foreign field had

been more than doubled daring Uie year, and

recommended Uiat Uie same line of poUcy be

authorized by the Convention for Uie ensuing

year. The report was adopted;

The Beport of the Committee on Uie Mtosion-

ary Work of Uie Sunday-School Board was atoo

read and adopted.

ThecommiUee to whom was referred Uiat

portion of the report of Uie Secretary of Uie

^nday-school Board that pertained to ita mis-

sionary operations, recommended the course

pursued, and urged that greater attention be

given to Uiis kind of tobor. Bev. Dr. Teasdal*

remarked that his whole heart was in Uie Snn-

day-school work. Ita great importance could

not be over estimated. The evidences ^of tU

good effects on the rtoing generation were such

as to convince the most skeptical in tkto respect

—they were voluminous. He did not think

that any one could love Jesus and not love Uie

ehosen. He wanted to see a Bapttot Sunday-

school in every church and community in the

South. Wherever there was a school there was

Uie nnctous of a Baptist Church. He had

tobored to establish, none but Bapttot Sunday-

schooto where the truUi was taught in ita en-

tirety.

Bev. Geo. A. Pelts, of Pkiladelphia, said

that the great want of the times was a near

union of the workers. Someiking else waa

needed besides tools and workmen: the defi-

ciency in the skillful use of the toolfrlthe

means; thto to be attained in skilled mis-

sionary work. Above all, tobor for effideney.

The missionary should educate teacher*. These

toborers should be so multiplied that eack As-

sociation skoull kave ita own. In the North

the churches and Sundsy-schools are separate.

Thto was to be deprecated. They should work

together.

Bev. Dr. Teagtie, of Georgia, said Uiat torge

portions of hto State were destitute of Sunday-

schooto; aU they wanted was instruction liow

to work; that they were i^orant as to

organi-

zation and tke means to efficiency. He wanted

to see mea engaged in tkto work who were not

dependent apon the collections they secured in

their fields for their continnance in the work.

Notking was more discouraging to the work

tkan for a missionary to tobor under such in-

structions. It was ruinoBs to the cause. There

must be a change in thto regard.

In the evening a mass-meetifig was held in

Uie interest of the Foreign Missions, which was

conducted by Dr. A. M, Poindexter, of Virginto.

After singing and devotional exercises, Elder

Hartwell, lately retomed from China, delivered

an address on the subject before Uie meeting.

He began by referring to the time, but recenUy

pas^ when tke gates of China were shut

against all missionary efforts, and spoke of the

pleasurM in laboring in those far-dtotant fields.

It was the most blessed privilege that God had

left wiUi hto children on earth. He referr^ to

Uie Realties in the way of preaching Uiere.

He read, he said, ia Uie papers of the high at-

tainmenta of the Chinese, of Uieir competitive

examinations. Thto was so nominally, but ia

reaUty the fact was different. They were in

Uie highest degree ignorant and debased, and

were also the most conceited. They believe

that while we are skiUful mechanics, as for re-

ligion Uie "foreign devils " did not have any.

Their morality was remarkably pure, but the

men who write with Uie greatest eloquence on

Uie moral teachings of Confucius, are known

to be men of profligacy. They believed Uiat

tke teachings bronght to Uiem were like Uieir

own—excellent on paper. They ask for proofs

of the power of Christtonity, but unfortunately

the missionaries were unable to point to the

Americans there who did acta which Uie China-

men would not eommit. Another difficulty was

that the Chinese had no history of oUier coun-

tries beside Uieir own, and the missionaries

were compeUed to rely solely otv internal evi-

dences. They revile Uie missionaries, believ-

ing they are trying to 'guU" them. The

churches there are living chnrches, and they

give liberally from ten to twenty per cent, of

what they earn.

At the conclusion of his remarks Dr. Poin-

dexter made a short but able address touching

this great work. He was followed by Rev. J.

M. C. Breaker, of Missouri, in a few well-

timed and pertinent remarks. The exerctoe?

of the evening were of marked interest.

SCXDAT IS ST. Lotrrs.

When Bev. Dr. Teaman remarked in his

"address of welcome" that far more people

might be seen in pubUc demonstrations, in pro-

cessions wiUi marttol music, or aUending beer-

gardens, Uieaters, and oUier places of pubUc

wort, we were inclined to be incredulous. The

dawning of Sabbath, however, verified his

statements, for wiUi Uie ringing of the bells

calling Uie children and the church goer to Uie

Sunday-school aad worship, were mingled the

martial strain of brass bands and iht taps of

the drum. Long processions bound for Uie beer-

gardens for a day of festivity and pleasure

passed along Uie main thtTonghfares of tiie

city. Wagons, drays and vehicles of transpor-

tation and trade were dashing Uirough the

streets, whUe the saloon rang with Uie gingle

of the g^s and the curscs of Uie drunken.

The hurjying to and fro of the masses on the

crowded streeta told the sad story of Uie moral

status of this great city of the West. The

boot and shoe maker and the tailor were to be

seen pursuing their accustoned avocations.

The merchant, the peddler, the huckster were

all busy, as earnestly engaged in Uieir pur-

snita. For tkese 6L*|

wild Pagan conld:

to the claims of

Bat here aad

Sabbath-ecbool

church in obedienee |

The cry " Come and

tiTities" Uiat

along the streeta

great Umng conld!

seed among the

city.

Such scenes were

of those who mintot

of tin dty, as but fe

to such unhallnwedl

bath.

Bev. Dr. Curiy, of I

the Third Baptist Ck|

Dr. Winkler, of Charif

The attendance on

tinguished divines

were in keeping withl

as-pulplt orators.

Nashville, Tenn., and|

ville, 8. C., fiUed Dr.

a crowded house len^

mintoters who add

Graves was assigned!

terian Church in a

But few of the delegs

tion were able to find

of the old citizens dil

Notwithstanding Uusf

ke would not ditgrar* 1

«anse in St. Louis, be j

mease audience. His

happiest efforts of hisl

Uie month of every oaJ

SrXDAA--SCHr. Bnyce

raise the fands needed tol

s-nd al«o an amotint sn|

ment of the ^ehooL He

give to the agtncj. It^

to properly endow it. .

which it sliouia be reiL,

least, S300,00

awn itt Xagl^ ^ ^

^ ^ ' m ^ t t tie rmA,.

•n. StnttoB, af Afatama, V w

rf JCcBtsekr, Md OUmu

rf .ppoirf ft,

fa. jraad Oat tt vu » mmUtt

-saf ^BiipttoCfantsiSMtt,

••at of til* iiri«dple Mte

• Knglud Ittd M maeb

»apiaion In Uii» eaaatrj a t&«

aer. Dr. Cttwy,» wpy «f tia m.

"Md, to b« rigood aaaiaUj, ma

« wat to tia Hoal ud R*r. W. B.

I tha Eaiargeiaant of t&e

iBMid af ForeignHianoaalaidtke

la eaaa* of oaagraialaUoa that tke

llaiMnn ia t&« fiiimgs Sold ^d

hm daabltd dnriag tkc j»ar, and

I tfcat iha aaiaa Una af poUej- ba

' C^mraaUoa for t&a enaatag

adoptad.

tof UMGonittaaoB Un Mia^.

I^aaadar^ool Board was alao

|tta« to whom was raferrwi t&at

r*pan af tba Saerctar^ of t&a

1 Board tbu pertained to fta mia-

ttioaa, reeommeadeil tba eonna

(m^sd dMt greater atteatioa ba

I Una of latMT. Ber. Dr. Teaadal«

t kia whole kssrt waa in tim Sm-

Ita great Imponaaca eanH

l^matad. Tha erideaeea of ita

a tie riafag geatrstioa wem aticii

I the moatakcpUeal in t&ia reapaet

Tolamiaooa. Ha did not t&iak

I oonld lore Jeana and aot lore t^

Fvaated to aaa a Baptiat Soad^.

r ebtnk aad esmouatty ia tba

rar there waa a aebool tiara waa

l^f a Baptiat Chareh. Ha iMd

lUiah aoae bnt Baptiat Sondaf-

i th« tnitfc waa Unght ia ita CS'

[A. Faltx, af Philadelphia, asid

t want of the tiauw vaa a naar

worfccra. Semethlag elaa laia

1 ioeb aad wotiman: th* dafi->

•fcillfiil oae of the *in>lit* thr

attained in akilbd mSs-

Ahmrm all, labor for eSeiaaer.

r ahoald ednsate teaehatt. Thaae

t ba ao mnitipUed that eadi Aa-

li hare ita own. Ia the 5ort5i

lad Sttadaj^ools are aeparata.

S deprecated. They should woA

, of Georgia, said that la^

I atata wera deatitato of Snadar-

waataii waa iaatmstion kaw

Itfaaj ware i^oraat aa to aigaai-

I to effieiRier. Ha waatad

I ia thia work who were not

I the eonaetiona they aacnrad ia

< their eantiaaaaea ia the work.

I more ». Very soon §12,000 wouU

M due. He urged pastors to Uke up collec"

.tioas in their churches, ia onler to meet their

debt, and those owing the institution to Uke

steps for immediate payment. He said that

when the subject of establishing theijstiiution

waa firat suggested, the Baptists of South

Carolina proposed to gire 5100,000 toward its

endowment, prorided it was located in that

State. Tie proposition waa accepted, and the

Mount pledged raised by indiTidual subecrip-

tion, the State CouTenUoa pledging itself to

make good tfca aaounts subacribed. During

the war many of those bonds were lost, hence

the institution bad not receired the full ad-

taniage of the faads guaranteed. At a late

meeting of tic Board of Trustees, the question

of changing the locality of the Seminaty was

raised. Tie State ConTention now agrees to

the remoTaL Dr. Boyce beIieTeJta .

deacy, Itttnstbenntnagtt^.rHeaMB^

Teamaa, with referanee to the duger to U

•^h^edfromtlii tEeologi^ yiew. iatriw

tainei by some. -Heltta four raa^ t^ri^

i^ttet tli«re wers seren,! objeeUoas to Ike portlag this rasaiatloa- Ptrid.

report, be request^ the 8«„.ta,y to read bat work there ,0 M f Z n l ^ ^ ^

one article at a time, so that the Coarention creases the pow.r!^leSriill3SS-S

.eonld take aeUon separately. f „f ^ i^.lsvr?^ „ ' ^ - ^ ^

words were stricken out: " It Is also oar «.» - r. aaet«on Baptist

action that 12000 snbacribers -b^Si w X K'^con.ilt;^ fhe S

«.tire eost of its publication." The wo^ 4 S^JlU^e Ae wX^td ""

their respectire locality» ware also stricken tratS-it^wtth.^

out and "anywhere withia the bonads of the p^^' ^xhTt^^^^^^^^^

ConrenUon" substUut^i. After further dii- ^ d th.^^C! - "

cnjslon Bre. V-nHose mored to atrire^"^: sTd^^^^hlo'^r^^^^

I T J Z " " ' " ' "" Which the nUlity of uniform":'.:^.'- F ^ t l ^ ^

Thia Conrention daaires neither to eaUbliah the Sunday-Scbool Board to ba more

a genenl publication department of ita own, * work than otherwise. He did not

prorince to publish Ubra-

school woric, aad eamesUy requests aU thel^""

Snnc^y-acboola and Sanday-school woAers 1 »« tba efficiency of the Sunday-sehooL

Co'Sen^l'"' 8«"«i.y-8chool Board of thU awaken a ««interest la the work, and tobring

Dr. Thomas said thatall who knew him knew axceUeaoe.,^-

that he was an ardent friend of the Board and responsibility was

was exeeediagly anxiona for It to do ita own T,. • # . .

legitimate work. Hi. atep waa not In antagon- ^"•'"'PP'-

lam to the Board. It had a great work to do. k f T n waa not a Laad-

Thia was hindered by theeffort teeatabllsh a-d X f ' ^ i : W^'aT^:^ t'LT/":,"^' S

carry on pubUcatioa enterprtaes. U tba Co.-1 E^^aaii^L^LVd'^It ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Um in hia remarks-, touching the theol^ of

seme members of the Board.

The amendment was carried by a rote of 79

to IT.

A letter of Christian aalutation from Dr. Cote,

renUoa would keep Itself aloof fnm Publiah-

ing Hausea or Societiea, the BaptiaU of the

whole country can work together in harmony.

Dr. DeTotie oppeaed the reaolution, aa It for-

bid the pabllcatlon of uniform leaaoaa, whieh

he deemed an absolnU necesaity for theBo^l from Dr. Cote,

day^hool work efthe South. There had Mi«lon Board at Borne,^

wiadom eierciaed ia the publication of books J!" President of the CenT-tfen,

by th. Board. Ha had L n neceaaiuteTt: H .?a motio, Dr. Mell waa. r.,«sted

secure aid. in the work elaewhere than li T • v ^^r

Mempbl., and might be neeeasitat^l to do ao in v^H^! " f'J*

r "^H"" " t ' h f i r s u

/orearf to do ee. He waa an willing to oleae the' * . »» « "la

deer against himself. Such a courae weald kill

the Board ia less than three years. I " T j a i — , uo-

Dr. Carry thought that there was no ground Board."

for the riew taken by Bro. DeVotle. He did | • " ^ f w w^«i«onJa atder

not think that the implieatioa waa fair or jast. »ny further pabUcaUona. neobjeet

The rem>Itttion was not intended to Interfere •Dr. Teasdale considered the resolution as

« That tha Baard be aid it b

the hereby antbecUi^ dlspiase af tha ateciotrM

kill pUtes and all •'^-WishiMtfiokr

and that

FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

The usual religions exercises were suspended

and the resolution of Dr. Grares, to amend the

third article of the Coostitution, was takea up.

Dr. Da Votie mored to amend the article by

inserting "all who claimed to be Baptists."

The amendment wa. made in the hope of a

compromise between those who differed touch-

ing the ?esolution.

Ber. Mat. Hillsman did not object to the

article in question; but ia order te ebriate

further agiution in regard lo it, ha waa in faror

of the amendment proposed by Dr. Grares.

Dr. Winkler felt ihat^ te woald be a dark day

in the history of ear deaomination should tha

resolution preralL II weald gire to the Con-

rention the power of determining who are

BapUsts.

Rer. J. A. Hackett, of Mississippi, said that

the desire to effect thia change was so general

that it is not to be disregarded Brethren saw

that a principle was inrolreJ in the question

that took precedence orer all others of pure

expediency. What waa that principle? An-

swered by asking the object of the Conrention.

Dr. Poindexter had said that God designs to

bless the world through the Southern Baptist

Conrention. If this was true, then it if bis

chosen and appointed instrument for that pur-

pose. This design of God was to be found in

the commission, "Go ye therefore and teach

all nations, baptizing them ia the name of the

Father,, the Son and the Holy Spirit—teaching

them to obserre all things whatsoerer I hare

commanded yoa"—that is, teaching them to

teach and baptixe as they had done. The

authority and ajpointment to bless the world

were first giren to the apostles, and they •were

in the commission ordered to bestow it on the

churches. There was bttt one conclusion, the

Conrention was either the representatire of

the churches commissioned to do their work

or else it was a usurper of their prerogatire.

If the latter they cannot admit, then the

firmer you musU And if this is true, of

whom should the Conrention consist? Eri-

dently of Baptists—of members of the Baptist

with the legitimate work of the;Board; that it

ahonld beleft to prepare its ow;a leaaenaand

papers, lie was a friend of the i^'rd. It had

a work to do not inferior to any Board had a

future thai would redound to the glory of God,

aad in the way of organixing the work in the

South, eoald do morethan other organixatioa

He did aot think that it was the place of the

Board to publiah auch rolumes as Dr. Teaadale'a

on Communion; that ebildren could not

comprehend them. They were of no ralue te

the Suaday-school. Farther, he did not think

that any Board of thia Conrention had any

right to determine queationa of theology. He

woold aot intnut auch a power to the Forei^

Mission Board. AU knew that the Methodist

Book Concern had giren its friends ao little

trouble; had been the cause of more wrangliag

and alieaations in the church than aaything

else. Baptist polity resisted centralltation.

Ha waa oppoaed to the building tip of any

.. ... .. „ .r j wiia ine pnoiiea

mammoth Fubliahing House or any enterprise | literature of the Board."

- .a. _ • - > . . I _

patting aa end to the' fartlier publication of

question books. Thoee wm books that the

werk demanded. The daauad was great for

them now. Dr. Blackwe^ wu oppoaed: to thU

resolution. Brethren .wonld not appitt^U the

relaUons that tha pabiicationa of the Board

auaUined to the work in his State (Louisiana.)

Dr. C. C. Bitting hoped that the resolution

would not pass—that many of the achool. in

theSauthem ^tas had these books; to cease

their publioation woaU cause naaecesaaiy eoa-

fosion. The wsolution was roted dowa.

Rer." Dr. Teaadale offered the following reso-

lution whieh was passed witiirat diaaass'ien:

Retoleed, That the am'eadad Report oa the

PubUeation Department of the Bunday-Sehool

Boart ia not coaatmed aa UUnded U prereat

the Board from iaauiag aay of the booka for

whieh they now hare platea, or for whieh the

meana are prorlded to procure platee. And it

ia also understood that no intorfe'rance ia in-

tended with the pnblieation of the periodical

The Committee to whom waa referred the

Orphan School among the Creek Indians reco

mendW that the whole matter be left to the

ceatrel eftbe Home aad DemesUe Mission

Board. Report adopted.

Before adjonmment Presideat MeU expressed

that should dieUte the theology of the deaom-

ination .

Rer. Dr. Teasdale, in defense of the course

pursued by the Board, read the, iastrucUoas oif

the last Conrention wherein the present en-

terprise waa antherited. He waa perfectly in-

different as to the couraa of the Board tonchiBgj hia high appreciaUon of tie courtesies ex

further publications. tended to him by the ConrenUon durmg ita

-Dr. Thomaa aaid that he bad nothing to aay I sessions. Ha earnestly prayed that God would

as to the merits of the publications. He de- return them aafefy to their reapecUre homes.

»ired to ba uaderstood; wanted the Board to The Conrention then adjourned by singing

go on in its regitimate work, but did not want "Shall we gather at the rirer," and prayer by

the Conrention to undertake the establishment}Ber. Bradly Kimbrough, ef Teaneaaee.

of a mammoth publishing scheme. MISCKLLAXKOCS.

Dr Boyce aaid that tha proceedings to which The boepitaUty of the ciU.ens of St. Louta

Dr. Teasdale referrcl, justifying the coarse of extended to those in atteadanoeon the Conren-

the Board, was not the sentiment cf the Coa- tion was marked. There were doubtless more

rentioa—that if time had been giren to »he than a thousand in aUendance from a diataace,

aoasideration of the report, no such authority and yet these were all prerided for. Th. Bap.

would hare been giren—that the prerious tists of St. Louis merit their enriable repnta-

questioa waa mored and cut off all debate. He tion ia thia reapect. Erery effort waa made to

indorsed the resolution—waa opposed to all pn)ride for the aecommodation of all ia attead-

oonnoclioa of the Church with publishiag anoe. Ntae contributed more to this end than

societies. So society had erer been able to Bro. Teaadale, of Clark Arenue Church. Bro.

shew a balance sheet from beginning of ita Tessdale ia oae of the leading apirita of thia

career to its and. None had made anything, chnrch, as well as one of themort enterprising

.Vo denominational aaciety had eaceeeded among citfieos of this great city. R G. M.

us. Books of little ralae were often published = S = = S = = S S =

out ef defaranee to their authors, beeansa thai Baptist State Conventiotu

pablieation soeiety was denominatioaal, which ^ LOWRST-/)etM9m,

Tb« ticM Ibr th» meeUog of this iw^

tt rapidly sppnuehing; and^ by the by, I

hoped TH« BArrxsx WMid hare kept a

BtandiBg notice in the Louisa Dtopnl.

ment of the paper of tha time and plftfn

of the meeting. liet it sot.be forgottM

that the time is Friday bcftnv the tafc

Sabbath in Jaly, and the place Oak Bidge

Cborch,

T H E BAPTIST MKMPHiS, M A Y 27, 1S71.

{CoH&med from tMrd persons to appear OB or before the first Monday

a April, A.D., 1871, and show cause, if any

they hare, why Letters of Incorporation should

not issue aa prayed for, and proof of publica-

tion has been duly made; and.

Whereas, No person has appeared to show

cause, nor has ^ny cause been shown against

the issoance of such LetUrs of Incorporation,

and-the Court has proceeded to a hearing of the

matters set out in said petition; and

Whereas, It appears satisfactorily to the

Court that the objects of the Corporation prayed

for are not in conflict with the law of the land,

nor detrimental to public interests or morals,

and that the business proposed to be carried on

is a legitimate one and not hurtful to the pub-

lic good. Now, therefore,

SECTIOK 1. Be it adjudged and decreed by the

First Chancery Court of Shelby County, that

E. Grayes, A. B. Haynes, Ben. May, S. C.

P ^ o n of th-e-BSTof'ffa^,^,

r r ^ ^ That each stockheito M be

p^Uy paid the diridend upon his st^dT.

elarrfat the annual meetings of the Sodetr

" d ^ t lii, stock shall be ^ferab^^'

the books of the Society as the stock i n ^

other company. '

OFFICEBS.

ABT. 4. The Officers of this Society shtU be

a President. 14 Vice-Presidents, Corri^diat

SecreUry, Trear^.lS

tweBty-fire Maaagers, who shall be elected aa-

anaUy by ballot, and who together shall eoaiti.

tute a Board ef Managers.

BOABD OR UANAGEBS.

ABT. 6. The Board of Managers shaU han

power to appoint iu own meetings; elect iu

own Chairman and SecreUry; appoint an £diia

•fitsp^rs and publications; Standiag and

Special Committm; also, its Agents and Cd-

porteurs; fill any Tacancy which may occur in

iu own body, or ia the office of Correspondiac

Secretary or Treasurer; enact iu own By-Laws;

(iVociiei aiicat/t, They conform to this Constits.

Hon); asaiga the dnUes of the Cerxespondine

SecreUty: superintend all publicatians of

Society; esUblish Depositories; aoj in general

to watch oTer the interesu and transact the

business of the Society. Seres members «l»tll

constitute a quorum, who shall reeeire a liberal

eompensation for the time giTen to the Society's

business.

TRKASCTEEN.

ABT. 6. The Treasurer shall glrs bonds to

such an amount as the Board si«y appeist;

shall be under the direction of the Board; and

shall make an Annual Report to the Society.

UEETIXOS.

ABT. 7. The Society shall meet annnaUy, at

looh time and place as the Board of Hanagers

may appoint. Special meetings of the Society

may be called by the President er 'CMrespoad-

ing Secretary, upon application of the Board of

Maaagers.

KUGTBIUTV TO ITSUBBBSHIP AND 07FICK.

ABT. 8. No Officer, Manager, A^ent or Col-

porteur of the Soeieiy shall be eligible to eOee,

or to a rote in the election of the Board of

Manai;ers, except he be a member in go^

standing in some regular Baptist Church, wtfwi

racA a priTilege be specially granted, mad an-

nually, by a Tote of two-thirds of the Board ef

Managers.

AITBBATIONS OF THE OO-VSTITIMOX

ABT. 9. Alterations ef this ConstitntisB-pto-

posed at a prerious Annual Meeting, or TCe»

mended by twe-third»«f the Beard of Manaan,

may be made at the Annual MeeUng by a veU

of two-thirds of the members present.

OFFICERS.

J. E. GBXTES, PretidaiL

Vict-PruiiaitM:

J. F. B. Mays, Tenn. E. Mills, N. C.

W. M. Lea, Ark. W. W. Keeo, Fla

B. W. BUkewood, La. J. M. Wood,* Ga.

J. W. East, Ky.

J. F. Ceok, Mo.

M. P. Lowrey. Mis&

Eogers, M. W. Philips, J. L.Ver»er, A. Hatchett,

S. E. Ford, E. G. Oraig, J. R Canada, E. P.

WAGES.

"For the wages of sin is death." (Eom. Ti. 23.)

No matter what a man undertakes to

jerform in this life, wages is the thing

for which he labors. The farmer in his

honest toil in tilling the soil, the artisan,

the merchant, the lawyer, the teacher,

the doctor, and even the man ot God

whose duty it is " to break the bread of

tfe to poor, wicked sinners," all look

forward to the wagra arising and accru-

ing from their several labors.

The farmer labors in tilling the soil

or the wages of the increase of his

crops. The artizan handles his tools

with laborious zeal for wages which he

expects to receive. The merchant travels

over land and sea?, in fine and boister-

ous weather, and loses nights and nights

of sleep t>ver his book.*? and papera in

quest of his wagesj. The lawyer with

much' mental study works with brain

aijd tongue, many times outside of the

bounds of truth, pleading the causes of

men for his ill-gotten wages. The

teacher has to bear with bail and ob-

streperous boys and girls, looking for-

ward to the expectant wages. All, every

one in life, labor, strive, and even AGON-

IZE for wages of one kind or another.

The minister of the gospel too, he strives

for wages; some no doubt for pecuniary

compensation, while it is to be hoped

that the most of them labor for the in-

crease of the number of souls to be

gathered to the fold of Christ. Tes, the

true Christian, no matter whether he be

a minister, a preacher or not, toiU labor

for the wages of winning souls to Christ,

" for the wages of sin is death "—not

merely temporal death, but eternal

death; it means those who persist in the

service of Satan until their temporal

death shall then and there enter upon the

miseries of an unending, eternal, ever-

lasting torment in the lake of fire and

brimstone forever. This is the kind of

wages and the kind of death that all

who die in sin and iniquity, who have

nevCT applied to Jestis for salvation, will

LASCASTEE.

Wildweod. Alabama, March SO, 1871.

Luccado, G. W. Young, A. H. Mcradden, J. H.

Borum, F. Hester an

[COjrgTITtTTIOir.

irxsa.

I JURm EnaMBAziaa 8osoBtz:.n

OBatCX.

h PrtM sad iMpStj^fc «

mmbkhship.

rf Bdaeriim ^

iJ^ rat« Mtear noekiidtt

Jtj, M-f TOtrtlt ten ta m eerttSest*

•hr ynTid«d tku na OM ^

If tt. Bond rf luligS^ru

"^t «seii itoeUMidanHl

1 dlTtdcBd npoa Ua iitiMk da.

saaiial meMinn ef tka Soeiatr

•toek .hiOl b« tTwafermW, ^

Soeiaiy u tk. ttaii

onncKm.

^T: Sa^tr ghall be

,14 Tiea-Prwddenta.

JwptCng Swaury. Treuai^^

IMaaagna, who ahaH «e elee^ «a.

dlot, and who together ahatt eaaatt.

If Managera.

> QW MASAGSaa,-'

Board of Maaagen ahall kava

iat iu awn niBetiaga; alaet Ua

t aad S«r«urj-; appoint aa Editar

and pabUeation;!; Suudiag aad

nitlf-s; aim, ita Agenta and Col-

lanT-TaeuMv whiota may oceor in

ly. OK ia the office of Carrcapendiu

•r Treaanier; enact ita own By-Lava"

They oanfonn to thia Coaatitol

the dnu'ea of the Camapeading

tperialenti mU poblieatioaa at th«

blish Depoaitories; aaJ in ceaanl

ir the interesu and tnuiaaetiha

the Society. 8e»es membera ahall

^ qnnmm. who shall reeeiTe a Uharal

-i tar the time giren to the Soeiaty'a

THEASCBEn.

he Treuarer ihall giva bonda to

at aa the Board aiay appeiat;

• the direettoa at the Boaid ; aad

Iwt Asnoa! (Upon te the Sooiety.

KKXTIMGS.

he Soeiety ahall nevt anntuBy, at

td plaea aa tha Board at Maaagan

It. iipeaial meetiagi at the Saaieiy

Irf by the Freaident er Conaapuad-

ttpon applteation of the Board of

• TO XXMBB8SHIP ASD OITICX.

So Offiaai^ Maoitger, A|tent or Cal-

ba Seaiety ahaH ha eligible ta ^m^

IB the aleaiida of the Boaad af

, exaept he be a member ia (oed

i Mma rpgnlar Baptist Chnrefc, hAb>

tega be apeaially graatad,. aad aa-

i vote of twD-thirda at the B«azd af

loss or Tn« cosBrmmoa:.

Uarationi af thia Conatitntiaa

—'-oa Annnal Meeting, or m iim

^ jirdaef thaBwttdefMaaafm,

> ai tha Annoal Jllaetiag by a rata

i of the membara preaaat.

OFFICEBS.

PrtsiJettL

fWiVtB^tj •

aya, Tenn. B. Milla, IT. C.

. Ark. W.. W. Keep, Ha

,La. J. H. Wood, 6a.

, Texaa. J. W. Eaat, Ky.

[inama,Md. J. F Ceok, Ma.

. Vm. SL P. Lowray. IIia&

olOa, a d

CfTiMfoniiitig StcTslary,

nn. IVnutim-.

|*ea. GtmiralAgtaL

rAUBBs ruK 1870-7L

A. B. Hayaaa,

J. L. Taner,

Or. M. V. Philips

3. H. Ford,

E. P. Lucado,

5. M. MeFaddaa,

P. Heater,

6. W .'Johnataa,

AG&ST3.

J, Miasiiaippi.

Byara, SnaaiasippL

iTOTHJt so. aiP. PCB. SOCIKTT.

TB3niB»i»BX.

Simontoa $50

in«5 C e Eeh"la 60

10001 a B P.Ik se

lOOOjF M Fraeman* aa

I...., ^ 500 J B Branluim* 50

— 400 O W Tanng* SO

Br— 4l 0 F Hester- 50

3tW Z Aoilaraon* SO

150 J C Vaaffcn* 60

100 W PBoad.__ SO

pn ICO T P Walker. 60

^....... lOOiW MWiuteiaw„ 50

SO Hoht S Thomaa. 50

50 W W Bootl. „ 50

an

a VA.vaA*^

ig-d. iSKO U EUwards 50

2i-.il n T Howel 50

ISn Bid ATThompsoji 60

mvr.^ I.W EM J Lewia- 50

aler^ 150, W E Dtnn 50

ISO Oeo S Duna_._.- 50

••r...... 130 Mrit«H Bowers- 60

f. ..... I "»0 J A Bawen 50

t{« KW M T Sforan... 60

liWi C Y E.JwartIj fie

1U» J r Boaaey 50

100 Z J W(ioil._ . .50

Wi'ZT Wnfld 50

........ A W FUea SO

iay.« lOrf'E W Files 50

Fry 100 W" H Barry 50

it 100, WL Barry 50

too LB Barry 60

ly— •W Jm U Banr.—. 60

iTarw— 50 Eld J T MarshalL fiO

nxbra. CO W W Chaney. 50

ratt... ad Jas A Oibfoo. 50"

r.. 60 J B Harrinf. 50

harrj 50 a K Gvmhle 60

50.1 L Bniaks. SO

entail 50

ntasiastPFt.

M D- S500,D JBnrgeaa ilOO

ng— 300' -

-ttAMjr.i,

on. !HflO B C Benasti_ $100

•Msoiraf.

.SO^WEW A a Loftea— $800

asaaxiiji.

$ieo

- fso

:ii!H;hibed STOCK.

in. Ark, land, acres.

Ark, acres Uaii,.:.—

acres land,

.. MO

... 600

.. 80

.. 320

I irit, acres land—

LOAS FtryD.

Jilloeh. Ark, acres land 1000

Ik, acr» land—i— 460

I $60 payable on the 'JSth of Joaa;

r half an the 22tii af June, sad

iitha thereafter.

10 par cent on all amosnia

r after paymeat antil the Seei-

sre operation, and afler that ita

i made by ita operation. Intaraat

aad promptly an the lat of Jaa-

fraar. Addreta

' J.n. OKATMJ,

PreaUsnt mmd Ommrnxml Affnat.

^tea that the aabaaribar takaa

L Oa priTUaga of a larger aaumt

I af hia atook eartifiaata.

.a - i i

m

m e B A P T I S T , M E M F H : ^ ^ MA^Tg 27, -1871.

essFm

The BanSly Circle.

wAinxa rpBBAjpA,

Wa hata pat May tha playthiaga,

(naaaed tha tria&ata bam the floor,

Uaaia'a datt la in its eraCe,

My eld here* befciad Uie deer ";

Vith oar tidy ksads aad £aeas

AH impatieafly n wait

For the aonnd at papa's ooniag,

Aad hia footatap at tha gate.

Little onta, whea all the lastfr

Of your loeka ^aU ahaage to maw,

Whan the light ahaO all be faded

From thaa ayea that aparkled ao,

May you lay your «T«y idol,

An earth'a pUytUaga gladly by.

And aa foadly greet oar Father

Whea he eometh ia tka aky.

OUS LITTLB F'ABMBlt.

I iroald like to tell you about our lit-

tle Harry, who is aot qoite foar years

old, bat who helps his grandfather feed

the pig every pleasant morning, and not

only the pig. bat the cat, and dog, and

a little Bantam chii^en, that knows

Harry as well as it does its own mother.

When Harry hears the pig sqaeal for

far ita breakfast, he pats on his coat and

hat, and taking Lis little cart, goes to

the apple-tree, which stands near the

back door, and loads it with apples; then

starts off to the pig-pen. In the side of

the pen is a hole.jast large enough for

Har^ to tfamst through his hand and

the apples, one by one. He throws them

to the pig which carls np ito tail, grants

and whisks about, as much pleased at

the sight of an apple aa Harry is with a

stick of candy. Every time the pig gives

a grant, Harry thinks that it says " Unk

yon," which delights Harry so much,

that you can hear him laagb and shout

ill over the place. *

After giving the pig several loads of

apples, Harry goes into the garden and

pulls up his cart full of purslain, which

he knows from other weeds, as well as

any farmer; being careful all the while

to keep his cart in the walk, and not to

trample on the vegetables. This purs-

lain he gives to the pig, which again

says "tank you." Then Harry stops at

the wood-pile, and fills his cart with

chips which he empties in the wood-box

that stands near the kitchen stove. This

box he fills until it cannot hold another

chip, then he finishes off a "big stick,

like what ganpa lifts," and which tum-

bles off his cart half a down times bfr

fore it is landed on the top of the chip-

box.

Now he wants to help old Dilly cut

the pumpkin for pies; she gives him a

piece which he cuts in nice little bits

and is very carefnl not to drop any on

the floor, nor cut hb fingers. Whenever

he does cut himself be don't scream and

cry about the house like some children,

but wraps a piece of paper around his

inger, and hides it under his apron,

qaite ashamed that he should do any-

thing so unmanly.

If you could look under this walnut

tree you would see a large heap of nuts

^ t Harry has picked up at different

tones and carted here. And in the stack-

yard, where iu pleasant .days the sun

shines bright and warm, is a small stack

of chicken-com wuting for oar little

&nner to husk, when his grandpa husks

the « bigfeara." Little Bantam stands

ready to have a share in that husking,

fOT she knows that Harry will be sure to

give her a few kernels now and then of

his nice com.

Old Towser follows Harry about every-

where, and thinks there never was so

good a little master; as Harry gives him

an the bones that are left from the table,

and often begs a nice bit of raw meat

for him from old Dilly.

AnA Puss loves Harry, too, although

he sometimes pinches her ears, and maul^

her about on the floor, as if she had no

feeling. But when he gives her some

milk in his little tin cup, she seems to

forget all about it, and follow.s him from

room to room, as it she really liked to

- ba teased by him.

When hia grandfather gathered the

grapes, he stood underneath the vines

and picked np many of the grapes that

fell to the ground; when he had filled

his cart, he asked his grandpa if he could

give them to Willie, a little boy who

lived across the way, and whose father

had no gra pes. His grandpa said « yes,"

and away he went to Wiflie's house and

gave him the grapes, and quite insisted

upon Willie's little sister eating a large

bunch, although she was only six weeks

old, and had not a tooth in her head.

Then you shonld see him help his

grandfather rake np the dead leaves that

from the trees to his ground! He

^es them np in heaps just as Ms grand-

lather does, then puts them ia his little

wheelbarrow and wheels them on to the

dirt heap. Whenever the wind blows

them up in ths mr, he wiU clasp his hand

^ great glee, and teU his ^dpa to

Iwk, and see de leaves jump witeup I"

«ow when winter comes on, oar little

will not be able to do much more

^ ^ ^ work, bat if my readers would

^ to faow what he can do in doot»

the wmter, I will trir and tell

ttem. He thinks that he can do almost

anything, and ia now. b^g^g for pen

land paper to write a story, like aunt

j Anna, altboogfa he scarcely knows one

lettesr from another.—.^na Cleaves in

Unteriw.

\ The ^oiaontd -Tongite,

It is a custom^ in Africa for huntetv

when they have killed a poisonous snake,

to out off. Its head and carefully bary It

deep in the ground. A naked foot

stepping on one of these fangs would be

fttally wounded. The poison woald

spread in a very short time all through

the system. This venom lasts a long

time, and is as deadly after the snake Is

dead as before. Oar cruel Indians used

to dip the pointa of their arrows in this

poison—so, if they made the least wound,

their victim would be sure to die.

The snake's poison is in his teeth ; but

there is something quite aa dangerous,

and much more common in communities,

which has its poison on Its tongue. In-

deed, your chances of escape from a

serpent are much greater. The worst

snakes usually glide away in fear at the

approach of man, unless disturbed or

attacked. But this creature, whose

poison lurks in his tongue, attacks with-

out provo*»»»- rOws»B»a«n.fl.l

E zcela aO ia «kaalis«^ttt*fame.

• , [PnwHilU ait«heock.]

S o braal kasv. beHdOatU ___

[Horace Haaa.)

T ake U altogftber? th. aarpaadaa

{Smart, th. BB(ti*h Orthapltt.]

A Bece«*lty for •very tauDlg*nt bmily, •tadaat, teaek.

n and prarneieBal maa. What Library taeompUUwith-

oat th. beat XBsUah DtetUaaty t .

WEBSm-S MTIOML nCTOUU. DICTISURT.

lOIOPaseaOctairo. 600 SBSravlBfa.

Prlee fS.

The work !• really a gnu of a IHetloaary, Jait th* thiof

for the mliliea.—i4aa..

Jaeob W«ner,'

H. A. Part**.

B. C. Briakley.

Oe^Jcdm B. flordos,

aw.rraaor.

W. H. Cherry,

J. W. XaCova.

A. Woodmir,

rlSr.^iST'

r. S. Bavia,

Chaa. Kcrtrecht,

J.B.Br>kia*,lf.II.

I BRING yor .

GLAD TIP ING S!

roWABD WILDER'S

Sarsaparilla and ^l^^ash

b tb* k«fpi«it aad beat csablBatlaa tf UedUiaM th*

, vacU tes *>ar kavwa.

It oare* Scrafala Ia aja ui fcrna.

It vUI aara Chnate SbtaaittBa aai lleaaalgla.-

It win mun ruaflm.,^ m r,tm, aad car^ ak'aia

I>iaM*M.

U ti wantaittad to caH T^iu SwelHax ax4 ScaM Baad.

n • SOMUMa Sora EyM. sa-

lt i«, la abort, th* oaly Medidn* which oaj^t MbaWad

ia aU aaah caa*^ aa iU «ir*«la ar* npM, faOawad by

cMtaia aad (atsaaaat car*.

I BRINQ TOU

G - I i A D t i D I N G S * !

AtLAXTA. OA., BBASOH!

Corraapoadaac* aad ordar* *olieit«4. «t*l»Kae* aeat j •• ««rdoa«

fra.oa appUaatioa.- Addix* ' * " -Bearetary

4t OILKERT,

MaaaphUi Tcnn.

a. B. KOBW. J. M. ttlLBEBT.

MISOELLAlTEOnS.

RELIABLE AGES TS WAKTED.

j THOHPaOB * CO.,^^- - 0«a.na A«a>ta.

Being Somebody.

"What is the use of being in the

world unless you are somebody ? " said

a boy to his friend.

"Sure enough, and I mean to be,"

answered the other. " I began this very

day. I mean to be somebody."

Ashton looked George in the face.

Began to-day I Ho w ? Wh.it do yoa

mean to be ? "

"A Christian boy, and §o grow up to

be a Christian man," said George. " I

believe that is the greatest semebody for

us to bja."

George is right. There is no higher

manhood than Christian manhood ; and

it is in the power of e.very boy to reach

that. Every boy cannot be rich; evtry

boy cannot be judge; but God asks yon

all to a Christian manhood—to be his

sons, and so with His Son Jesus Christ,

be heirs of heaven.

^t in a Nei^—** heretofore, .xcept Chat It will ap.

prV^fSf^JS «»P*rtai.t aew* pablithed ID th.

SE!fD ly TOUR NAMES.

Accompanied by tha price of anbaeriptlon (|2). aad ooa-

^^•••»*a.

aaicationi ikoald ba addreaaed ta

B. WHITMORE,

_ „ Itopriatir,

K Madlwa 8&**t. Memphii. Ttjn

All eommaa

S4-tf

AGENTS WANTED TO SELL THE

Medical

Adviser,

BT sn. RKZIH THonpsoir,

A ,, -n or SiiHTiu.!, TEniiseia.

Amiktr on Ftvtr," etc.

A laD aad PUia Treatiie oa the Uw< of Health aad

^ny ^apted for family bm. A. m howehold aJediiS

work ii ha* no riral. It » iadoried by the meet emloeat

.. iBiaorKa u7 IU. moet eL

phyriciaaa ia thecoaatry. Horth. Sonth, Ea.t and Wrtt

Itjmerit and rellahliity are thn* pUcM beyondqa

Thi* work ta seeded ia orery honiehold. H ^

emnony for •Ten th« pnomt family to Imy It.

nd qnefltloa.

It {.

Thta work ta seeded ia orery honiehold.' It {• nonnd

.^nomy for -Ten th« pnore«t family to l.ny It. No bo-k

•ffen greater indacemeBta to Agente. Stnd for circniar*,

with term* aod te«tlmon!.I.. ta Hatlonal Pnbllah.

iBKCompaar.ZTl and 2T4 Second .tr«t, Mempbl.,

lT.B.i.5

roa oi-B iLirsraATKD

HISTORY OF THE BIBl,E.

By J. K. Btekbtna,

An octaro To!ume. OTer 650 page., with 18 beantlfnl

iteel enpaTiam. Send for circnlan. aad Me our tenn»

and extra Indnc^menu to areata. Address

. . . F. A. iiDcrnxsos A CO.

enjN^.tl. .t.. St. Loan. M.^

Erery Bit of It.

One evening, at a prayer-meeting,

many newly converted persons, both old

and young, arose to tell what God had

done for their souls, and their determina-

tion to love and serve him. Among the

^t, a Tittle 5irl about seven years old

jumped up, her face beaming with happi-

ness, and, straining her childish voice to

speak as load as she could, she said," I have

given my heart to Jesus, every hit of it"

Was not that a beautiful little speech'

I wonder if all the elder people who had

risen before could say what she did—" I

have given my heart to Jesus, every bit

of it."

And is not this what Jesus wants ?

"My son, give me thine heart," is the

command of the Bible. And will he be

satisfied with having only a part of it?

No, indeed; He must have the whole

''every bit of it.'' '

A fetr more Agcnta wanted for

The Light Worlda

A aew reliicioa* «rk of nmnirpaMed lotereet and Talne.

SSm'jT', * - No-S" S- 7th Street.

Riila^elphia, 5 Cuttom Huo-e Place, Chlcaao, and 176

We«i 4tb St. flBcInn*!!. UT7.

J. H. EDU0ND80N. Genarsl Agaat

Oo&snlting PhTsioitaa.

a W. AVENT. F. A. RAMSEY.

Attoneya.

LCWJWOOD & PEYTON.

16.tf

na. H. W. TtnUiS. 1 A. L. HATCn.

Mmtpku, 1V|». i Lmlt/i/C4mlral Karwy, ifte.

EvergreenNurseries,

PETERS A HATCH,

NXBSBRT AND GRirSHOCSE, WtPLAB STBKrr.

one mil* from city limiU. PLAXT AND StSB

DEPOT. 303 UAIM ST., onder PoBbody

Hotel, Memphi*. Tenaeatae.

— CTLTirAroaa or

raiTIT TREEJ, BOSE.S,

O^AMMTAL TBZES. CRKKNnOCSK PLANTS,

VINKS, BULBS,

SBBJ^s. KLOVTERS.

EVEBGBIEXS, SEEP. AC.

In a*^a4ing my»elf wUh Dr. H. W. Peter*, of E»er

gr«n>nr*«rie*. Memphia, Tean., I fiare traaaferred my

^'"••oc''from Jackson, Min*.. to that place, which

etia wea oa to offer a rery complete »tock of teerythlBK In

, A. L. HATCH.

Memphi* Tean., NOT. 23, 187(t ir-lt-tf

E»Wi«D A. WABKn. EDWAIB A. WABUK, J».

WARREN & WARREN,

lawyers and General l,and Agents

LITTLE BOCK, ARK.

win collect claim* aaywhere ia the State, and

attend to all kind* af land bnrinea* p«y uxe*,ete. Cor.

40lleited. l*-12-tf

^laOaMoQth! EopUyneBt! Eitn IfldBttaeDte!

A l^minn HORSE aad WAGON f*r Agent*. Wad*.

. n - employ agenU for a t-rm of ttTea year*, to

aatltch alike on both (id**, and the beabU ia caah ta th«** «k* paid tk«ir

premlam* in ca»h, aad creditad oa the note of thoa* wh.

P«W their premlaai* by part note.

^ Oompany ia BOW prafiared to iaaaa poUdaa la aU Oa

TartoB* form* of LUk Xaanraace, aad raapactfUIy aoUcit*

pabtle patroBage. •epTtf

EDWARD WILbEir$

Compound Eidract of Wiid.Giitnf

la iaftlBbIa la Caagba aad CaHa. ' '

It care* Catanka af Xnry dewrtpUaa.

It glre* iBuaadUta comfort asi reUaf ia Ai'tkaa aad

Broachiti*.

b baa the happiaat iftet la Coaawptlim.

It b limapeaiabto lB PaeaaMaia or IRiOer

la aU PalmoBary IHaaaaaa attaaM wish Oaaghe, DIB-

ealty of Breathina. or it hai so aqaal, aad kai

aerer beea kaawa ta bn ia itrlnf iaataat r«U*i;M.

lowed by certaia care.

I BRING YOU

GLAD TIDIISraS!

E o m j i i i i E f i ' s m m

I* Berar IkntBcIa Cbnb aad ^ertf.

It U ^nly Tacetabla.

It aoataiaa ^ aneaic.

I» ^ ear* Cblila aad Ferer.

It ariU care Dcafa Axaa.

It aot oaly corai^ bat mSeataa Ik*** taaeMdkaMB

fnm a* (yitaa eatinly, and l*aT« it beaftawM-

larialtaiat. -ir

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I BRING TOU

x L A D - T I D I l N r a S I

EDWARD WILDER'8

Mothers' Worm * Syrnp

*m at oaee reli*** year ttttl* ea** ef Won*.

IIU a ibopla lyrap that chBdm wO nadiif taka.

n i* atapla and bailee* ia fu clKta aad aatare.

It 1* a certaia Worm Deatnyer.

It i* death ta wonaa, ia whatrar Ibrm, Is lb*

(jttna.

BELLS.

To Poultry Raisers. •

i^fXS^;*^'''' Friend" U a cheap

^ th't erery p»ck.i!.yon^y tear* that

; ^o.otber U cenniae. Ifjour nJarct dmg-

finhS??? ' f'tOffkerper, has none on haad, a»k him

rl" ^'f'M'fJlM! trade. BataO j»io* »5

Ba.k Weitera National

Ba»a of Baltimore, and ecornof otbera, ba*Rfea]in,BTSaQ»SB.

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"liOrtt west rmittbi* wnk. •ddna

t C. Aixci a CO, Acocsia, hUx.-*^^

lT-l»

EDWARD WILDER,

213 Main St., Marble Front,

LOUISyiLLE, lY.

GET EDWARD WILDER»S

F R E E .i^LMAlVA^C

FOJR 1871. «

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THE BAPTIST MEMPHIS, MAY 27, ti?71.

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A ja^ iu STdney, Anatralia. recently

L t o n r o y e a ^ '

; with laid labor aod a fine of £100,

Sip " blasph—y." Qa dBaue counted

wqiwHig ill apnMirprtrnfthe Old

TfsUment "as aix immoral boot not fit

h a n d r ^ ^ ^ e r - a n d

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m o n C o u n c i l A m e r i c a n c i t i e s i s t h e

s a m e t h i n g , * e u ^ t h a t h e r e w e h a v e

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• w e r i k ' b e t w e e n ' t ^ ^ h o u s e s t o s a c h a n

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fc of ^e same on the part of Mr.

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w f l a i l S T u ^ t h e ' ^ l a w " a l i o

• a y i t h e s h e r i f f s h a l l w e a r a c o c k e d h a t

a n d s w o r d . D o e s y o u r h o n o r h o l d t h a t

t h e s w o r d m t n ^ b e e o c k e d a s w e l l a s t h e

b a t ? " H e w a s p e r m i t t e d t o g o o n .

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R w a ^ r r - * I i T e - v i B i 7 ' s t n m g e t h S l

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tte i < g M I s l a n d s , o o n s i d e r i n f r t h e v i g o r -

o o a m e t h o d s w i i i d i ' h a v e b e ^ ^ p l ^

l o e n f o r c e i t b y s o m e o f i t o r e p r e s e n t a -

t i r e a . g o m f e y h i t i n p f , t l e i a . a t Y i d J « o n

l a t e l y a d m i n i s t e i s d c o r r e c t i o n t o s e v e r a l

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^ n T t ^ « d , t h e n r p y b l ^ ^ t l S

j a w e o f t h e r e d p e p p e r p l a n t i n t o t h e i r

w ^ d s . O n a n o t h e r o c c a s i o n t h e y c u t

o f f a woi^'a g r e t t t o e a ^ r i t h a h a m m e r

t e a c h i n g h e r t h a t

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o f ^ p e o p l e

w h o ^ t h u s t o m a k e t H e m l o n g - S r -

t i m e

t h a w o r k r f ^ S d e ^

w e r e 1 0 . 0 0 0 p l a c e s o f b u s i n g a n d

a m u y m e n t o p e n o n S u n d a y , sooo o f

J ^ h w e r e d r a m - s h o p ^ O n e o f t h e

first r e f o r m s w a s t h e s u p p r e a a i o n o f

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o o y a . T h e n e x t s t e p w a s t h e s t o p p i n e

o f fiquor-selling o n S u n d a y , t o a c r o i i

p H i h W h i c h t h e s o c i e t y u r g e d t h e p a s s -

W o f t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n e x c i s e l a w .

A n o t t o r e f o r m w a s a t t e m p t e d i n b r i n g -

i n g t h e a t o B a n d c o n c e r t s a l o o n s u n d e r

t h e S u n d a y a m u s e m e n t h w , a n d i n

T u t i i ^ p u b l i c p r o c e s s i o n s o n t h e

b a t h . T h e C o m m i t t e e a t a t e a t h a t s u c h

d f l w y n U i o n s o f t h e d a y a r e A f l e s s c o m -

m o n t h a n f o r m e r l y , a n d w h i l e l i t t l e ,

ramparativdy, h a s b m n d o n e , t h e y a r e

b o p e f u l / o r t h e f k t u r e .

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l e a f ; w o d d s i n k i n t b e e a i

w a y p e r c h a n c e t h r o u g h s u b t e r r a n e a n

c b u u i e l s t o t h e s e a . A n d t h u s i t i s . t h a t

t h e l a t t e r r a b . * * I t w o i ^ t o s e n <

t h e r i l l s a n d s t r e a m s , l i k e l i n e s o f s i l v e r ,

d o w n t h e m o n a t a i n a ^ ^ p x p * " t h e p l a i n .

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w h i c h t u r n t h e w h e e l s t h a t e n e r g i z e

m a c h i n e r y w h i c h g i v e s e m p l o y m e n t t o

i m U i B B a - 4 6 m h i i « e i t f i t i m l i k M , i ^ t h

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tied t h r o u g h t h e

a g e n c y o f t h i s w e a l t h .

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o n a t r k e d t h a t e v e r y s q u a r e i n c h o f

l i f t s 8 - 5 0 0 o f a n o u n c e e v e r y t w e n t y

b u r h o u r s . N o w , a l a r g e f o r e s t t r e e h a s

a b o u t ^ f e a o r e a o f f o ! i 4 ^ o r 6 , 2 7 2 , 6 4 0

s q u a r e i n c h e s . T h i s b e i n g m u l t i p l i e d b y

3 - 5 0 0 ( t h e a m o u n t p u m p e d b y e v e r y i n c h )

g i v e s u s t h e r e s u l t — 2 3 5 2 o u n c e s , o r 1 1 7 6

u a r t s , o r 2 8 4 g a l l o n ^ o r 8 b a r r e l s . T h e

t r e e s o n a n a c r e g i v e 8 0 0 b a r r e l s i n .

t w e n t y - f o u r h o u r s .

A B o t D Stand.—Rev. M r . C o o p e r ,

P r e s b y t e r i a n m i n i s t e r a t M c C o n n e l s v i l l e ,

P a . , t a k e s v e r y d e c i d e d g r o u n d s u p o n

t h e t c m p e r a n c e q u e a U o m T h e H m O d ,

o f t h a t p l a c e , s a y s t h a t a f e w S a b b a t h s

s i n c e , b e i o r e t h e m o m i a g s e r v i c e b e g a n ,

t h e d e a c o n s o f t h e c h u r c h m a d e t h e i r

a n n u a l n p o f r ^ ^ a n d a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e

b o o k s w e r e o p e n f o r s u b s c r i p t i o n s f o r t h e

e v x u n g ^ v e s r ^ A f h s r t h i s ^ ' a i m o a h o e i x ^ t

w a s m a d e h e i n s t r u c t e d t h e d e a c o n s i u

f o l l o w f ^ : " T o r e c e i v e n o m o n e y o n s u U

s c r i p t i o a s . f t p m a i i y p a r t o f

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i n b s o r i p U t ^ a T p a i d , a n d c h a r ^ t h e

s a m e t o h b a o c o u n t ; t h a t i f t h e a m o u n t

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from o t h e r s o u r c e s , ^ e s a l a r y m i g h t b e

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c o u n i ^ t h a t m a n , a n d i t i s t o b e h c p ^

t h a t h i s e x a m p l e w i l l b e c o n t a g i o u s . '

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t h e C o U e g e . P r o f E d w a r d K S a l U b u r y ,

w h o h a s p r e v i o u s l y m a d e l i b e r a l d o n a -

t i o n s o f b o o k s t o t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f

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t d o e s t o b e v i r t u o u s . - I t i s a m a t t e r o f

e c o n o m y t o p r a c t i c e v i r t u e i n a l l t h i n g s .

O n e v i c e e f t i e n c o s t s m o r e t h a n t e n v i r -

t u e s .

D u r i n g t h i s w a r , ' ^ s a y s a n e x c h a n g e ,

" F r a n c e p r o d u c e d n o M a r s h a l M u r a t . "

A n d y e t s h e a t e c a v a l r y h o r s e s e n o u g h

t o h a v e p r o d u c e e v e n a m a r s l u U n e i g h .

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SPECIAL AD^TISEHENTS.

PaiSOBlOlW Medlciaes.—Tbe theory

Ui&t the Tinu ttf diseise cab be nfeVcoan-

teracted by dMes of poisoB, U falae snd danrer-

oas. WitUa thft lut twenty-fiye years, net

lew than a icore of Tiralent poisons haye been

added to the repoeitoryof the medical profes-

sion. They are giren in imall doses, otherwise

they irgald destroy life immediatelr; bat eren

m minntes quantities, they produce, nlUmately,

Te^ disaatroni effecU. It is nawise and un-

philowghjeal to emplsy, as, remedies, • powerful

and Insidions dmgs, whim long obaerraUon, that la

n aedldaaa ta foaad tha raraat remwly for aU afaniit

dlaaaau ef the Womb.

. I bare moTad^to Treatoa, T»bb., on the ilne of tha Ma-

bn. aad Ohio BailrMd, and ea.y of accea. froo at] par*

- ° . — It to » ploettBt towa, awT

aoci.tygood. Hyrealdueai

^ry, aad oBcvin towa. Patleati caa

ba aocoBimodated with board in prirate faonau ia tha

ooantrr or in towa. aa they may prefer. Tbh arraaca-

to a large infirmary crowded^

tboae aflMad with a laathaoma diaea».

Chargaa wm Tary according to the character of tba

a^ bu t ia aU caaH raaaoaable. Pay menu mnrt ba aadi

when the patient to diacharged. Whta no benefit h IV

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