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7B6 THE) BAPTIST. TO MESISTERS.

i take this inethwl of calliug your »t-sntion U> the cslcLraUHi Body aad Lung

Brace, which I Imve eold for the lq«t e4ghtoeu yearn, that I may make it a benefit to iny paper by innking It a for greater benefit to you.

I will briefly give you my reaaonH for recommending this invaluable «rticlo to jT>u. More than eighteen years ago, I *'8? thoroughly liroken down iti voico from wcewive preaching; 1 could aj>oalt

n liUto while without getting hoanw; niy throat "wis generally sore, and easily irritated, and iu tone beouno heavy iMid hu«ky; Hoon a hacking cough set in, tluit increased, until at ti>s CIOMC of a long lueeting, my voice failed entirely, under the effecla of a chronic laryngitis tliat MKin Huj>eriuduco<l bronchitis, which «yi-ouxly threatened my life. I wah ndw TOOipolled to derist from preaching, aiid, if iitfwiblc, overcome those difficulties, and recover the lost trciwure, — tjlio voice, that to a minister i» more valuable than gold or jewels, or be silent forever. V appliad to the most eminent physicians, and was but little heljied; save the ex-«ti;iQauf AU elongated ovula, they could ^ fuotibing 1}Qt advise reat-,' and this I wa-s compelled to take. What caused and continued that constant irritatii)n and-hacking wugh, they could neither explain nor prevent. I'rovidence threw ihe remedy in my way. My wife w.-w Huffering from plrolapaua uteri, and Uie l>M(eawr of t)ie theory and practice of medicine iu the Univeniity of }ia>hviile waa her phyacian, and he prescribed Ibr her ^ Is identical Brace, which speedily relievi^jl;?'' She complained of a drag-ging down and no language ccvJd bet-ter express my feelings, and ofpecially ifl^rireachijig,. Ib.occumil td me if it i^goedforoB« CMeof drafting ôm,

t-i ^mJiy otMi i pioe^J^d 'one lai^B enthigh

for myself and put It on, tlic first time dcmiitlett ifirsS ever ôm by a man for such a reason, and the re-iult wan, the fr-Htation of my throat ooon quieted, and the backing ere long ceased, and tne voice commenced buildiuK up, until

rtence of more than one thousand miuun tern upon whom 1 have fitted the Will i Invariable sucoesH,'! imi nropated U) testify of iU real merit®. Without it, 1 am satl«fle<l I should have l<ecn laid aside from public m>eaking eighteen yeiirs ago. By uiungit, IhavB rally recevered a lost voic^ and ma blessed with one of un-common power and eadurance. With-out it, two or three sermons exhaust and give me the semiG of fatigue, and leave me with a heavy, husky voice; with it, I can speak hours a day without exha>i»-lion or hqarscnce-s. I now use it only when sjieaking, and thua preserve my voice and and physical cncrgicn. I do not believe that any one would ever Iw affljptcd with hf}-7ua, or weakness of the back or loins, should he wear it ordiuarily loose, and only tight when (•liealdng orputUng forth unusual elTorU. It is a preserver of a good voicc and of a sound physlcial condition. It aliould I** worn by every minister to t«rry the ene^ gy aud vigor of his youth far into old age.

Labor in protracted mectuigH is what prostrates una uses up so many ministers in voice and strength, and hiys tlio foundation of premature docay.

Thia invaluable article 1 am prepari-d to place within the reach of overv Bap-tint minister of the ^x)uth, and when he has worn it one month, or throutih one meeting, he will evermore Iw grateful to me.

One thousand nsinisitcn'. and brethren and sisters beiK united testimony to liie fact that this iirane is a sciwitific .Shoul-der and Lvng Brace; that it supports the back, abdomen, utoniacb, lunm; prevents lassitude, hoaraenese, piles, hernia, con-Bumption; increiwes the breathing capac-ity; gives strength to the IkkIv; increases the vital powers; exwands and enhirgc>H the lungs; renders nrcathing free and easy; relieves chronic co»tivene.a«; it is u s ^ by Bingers, lawyers, hiborerH,and i( a apedfic for all cases of jmhtpmtM of t ie bweft in malea or, womb in females. It relipveo when all other means fail; it will ladl a Ufetime; it benefits in every case. WJioeter does not, every minister and old man shonld uw one.

1 oflfcr my Inroroved Brace to any one an a jwmluni for ^ TUBBAPTIOTM

Ung up, ^ Id articulate, which I nad not dohe

lor twelve months, and ven'soon I com-menced to preach again. That Brace' I word nearly ten yean without comis;::!-CHting its wonderful advantages to any one. bocauHe 1 thought I waf» uidng an article that waa invented for the use of f e ^ e s . Privately to s few smcUI friends who weie sufiering aa 1 suffered. I explained fiie . .asetof Bra0e. aaa through me they obtained it, and were releaved aa I was. .1 made imown the power of the Brace to restore, strength-en and preserve the voice In public i p e a k ^ snd^then eommenoed ofieriogit as a p r e l u m io ministers for subscrib-«X8,

The cause of hoarseness, sore throat, laxjngitis, and finally bronchitis in min-isters, and all these symptoms of "drag-ging down," goneness, exhaustion after np«^Qg,«nd woakneass qf.the Imck a^d lonw, imd T^\m;isihee{igMrîa.Tatiî pt the abdominal munsles, which aJlotc* tke imoeU to gink, knoicn brftnarhtd JtoUom over the lim of the htpn. K d w •U know that the linings of the stom; ais .oouneoted with thoae of tlie thi nM'alfeci the - r t ^ o r g ^ , and when t! stomach sinks Inar upon'til taOing will ;uHUte u and pi ho«tieneaa,«nd if continued^ wrs thnst , swt all the train of evils iolDisicini «re i ^ t tbooiBpIain o^.«nd w h i d i l u eiuTie^ hundreds to their mvas, and

rlv a n layinz aidfto aa nad^si, of ^ pn>lai»q||. ib

aiutdea is. the cauaeor ^ _ jof^tonaaeas" tad exhauatiin

ana "bla<;- Monoayt" that most stiiOctir* faiow so irdl. as it k o i h m d a and pOta. Now, after a personal cxperieiice at near-I j twtint / j w n , an4 m added wp®-

10 now sulwcriherK t« 7QtnolHd^ postage

wvd | l Ibr ev^«ul)SaHb«i 'you fail to tf^. l<fetthelaMl»ltjBwnt<^yonrmcm-beiB that you,.iiee<l aTBrao , and by'this means y<>n can secttre one an^ they wiill readily help you to secure itiu this way. Bdcure as many as you csin and send one dollar for every one of the 10 you lack, aud you can,secure it. If you will sell 10 Braces at the regular pricc,I willgiveyon a Brace as'a premium. In one of tliesp ways yon can secure R Braoaj d when you, have experienced its benefits gold would not indue© you to preach without It. Get my Improved Brace. No other p ^ y m ihis fUy or the tSoulh sells my improved Brace unless he can show a written commission from me.

Vti all Tnko Notice. Thl« to eortlfy tbnt the nnd«rsi||ne«t

la Ibe ot»l» mBnatactjuTfr of the Bnn. ninK Body Bmee, •nd that ttam« man. nOiAiir««ror J . B. Onkvem made dURsreat, and wr* more danOtle. and Improvement o w tb« n r ^ n t •tyle now In n ^ k e t . W* ••M to no ot1..r par t r Sontl.

Offlce of ManTic Co., Conn., May 1,1M78. seo

inks a straining^ is brought ^ t t e Uiroat, ana apaikinff br

rill; Irritate it u u piodube

I publish the above that all ma; that if they want the Brace that vertise for the voice and all caseB of prolapnu, and (•onsequent weaicness, AND THE BEST ONB MADE, tiioy must send their orders to me, or to gome one who han my lorittcn com-miiHion.

remed:5w,})ut all to no purpose. hwinH " whf" '

. —as well as words may—my gratitude

^.but ^ W wpa for more than a year -whfn J

iresH y for n „ .

obtaitKti the JtmK. I would now ex IW, — D -

for the Biace, and especiallv for your offer of it to weakly females; gnnorous(

for for it has restored to health her whwiin 1 had almost given up as an invalid for life. She bân to trnvroit imnutiiattly after puitii^ f t on; said she felt restored aud Strengthened. The lassitude, wearl-naas, and dragging down sensation were removed, aiid m n wy ihort ttme .icas aiilt to fit HI) nil day, and could walk about with a great deal more vaae than uinial. 1 n a short tihie stiu Ijegaa attend-ing her housdioUl has imTWOvcd steadily, and ie now in (he mjoynienl of ktr v tnted M l h . Words cannot expteas my gnititude for such h blessing. May l«od ble«s you, dear sir.

C. II. IvEI.LKY. Alvaradci, Texait, Nov. '16, 1876. Dk. J. l^. (iKAVTOi recclvcjl the

B r ^ for my wife. She has worn it fifty days, and has found it to l>o of great Iwnafit to her. She has suflercd for the last six y ^ with prolapus uteri aud lucv^rrhca. The Braco aloiio is restoring her. K. r . I'lm-LU-fi. jn.

Hkippervillej Ala.. DU. .1. K GjiAVE.'i: Having sulTetfd

for a llmo with a dtneafcd b<H% I pro-cured one of r.auniiig's Body l^races, after wearine it for two months can«rio-Iy say tliat 1 am (freatly If uejitted. Would recommend it to all jHTsons sufferihg from like aSeGtions. , j

Yours with re^pwt, JUts. J . ,V. E. V.

MnOerluK v w wnrh from "»y<;|W-uffi " and K4>M«ral deMlltjr-tlienwnltuI nrolrncf«d IllneaÎ o»l«lned nnd bav« Kern wearlH« Lung BT»c«,«uid. am usaaf i^ there 1« iioMapiwrtereaUal to U. I ftel Ur at «Ai«r« atuOIarly aO^led would b«

c o w

l^seenti ve Oiiic4>, BfaMi vllle, TeMw., | December «I.1K7«. f

Bc>V. J . U . G r a v e * - n e t i r 9 l f : I uaetS tUe B r a c e ac t t t b f j roal--a e i r ^ t u r l n r w y l a l e « « m ; a 5 j i « f i h e S t j l t © . I t w a i i o r T ^ * " " ' ' ' ' ' ' M«rv)€»4o ?w«, a i* • ~

• • I c A w o i t ^ — b e e n e lTecfed a t a m H i « firtit t i m e I UMed i t I a d d r c s N c d a l a r ^ e c r o w d o f p e o p l e l i i t h e o p e n a i r , a u d I f o u n d t b a t n ty v o i c e «raH v e r r m u c h MrtJf tWb-e u e d , a n d a t t h e c l o s e o f a tvito b o u r ' H Hpeech I w a a ft-ee f r o m m y uMual fêelinir o r w e a r l n e t n a n d e x h a u H t i o n .

V e r y Ref lpec t f lu l ly . JAS. D . P O R T E R .

RECEirr TKHTIHONIAUt. We call attention to thevolunta^ tes-

t imoni^ given in &vor of the Brace, showing t lut i t really does claimed for it. These are real living witneflHS, who can be addressed if any one doubts.

I.«t BnJItolnv remalea Read Tbla. Dtu Obatks About the 10th of last

My more thitn a y e v wfth prdapaua uteri, 'fibude^ weabieai, irhich had troubled her siooe the liMIi ot ear first and only babe. I t r i ^ sldllfol i^yaidtas; they d i f l ^ a< to what hex diaMse was, bat all that it was soma doranfement of the n -produotiTt oipQi, Tfie^ tried yuiovB

iwoiiia W n utterly ImiHwslble n> hnro stood wlll»oal Iho Hrucv. it is pt . tuolmnUy Uiwiirr tUlne th«<ie II»V« toWKvet muflii «» tacnrtebaoH. iwel aU wh(»

liA\-«lttodfl>R*t a Bra(!t>n« aoon tm powitlti. , _B.B.MW<YIN. (iMudm, Mli^Jaottary3, ttiT7.

T|Miflm<ngr of a lAttoriDg Mnn. i leertvedw B ^ a l m n t the tPnUi ot jvi,

nmy, sudKJoit wwt help from It. I Omi t cjiti now work mucU Ijelter, ami o« ilay (mg. MtiiolH nu nli) couutlnJut. nmiiy-jUv ymtt Hgo Imrt oiy ek lifting. Thin Is wlml I can Huy aflor » t only sixty tlnvH. If I cuu-tinno Uj iiiHul, 11 will nut liiim iM-iiMp I »i„ Mmml. T. 11. lUKiN,

I have given the Krucc a lair trial. 1 > K' find it all that h clniujcl for it, I would mil take ?HM) for the right t<> iiiw! it. I hoj>e that ail my ininistpring brethren will procure one.

,1. A. ItKVNUl.l*. Fultou, Miss.. 1874.

U r c a t R e d u c t i o n . OwiiiK to tho tfxwKsivc hard tlmw

11 the North, rwlucocl pric«; for hilMir, aud acaucity of nuintiy in the 8i«ith, 1 Imvo been eutiblwl to nniko iir.inge-niouts with the numufarturcr of uw wlelmited lludy, Hack nud Lung Bwofe, to furnish KHM) at the low pritxi of $10.0t) to all, UIKUI wiiulitiou that within (X) dii>-H after using the Hnico thtt wf«trcr funiisli a cerlitieato slat i iig tho umknau or uibneM, and tint mwwurc of relief tluithiw bwn t'xi;eri-enml , oflierwisetheufutol pricc will Iw cluirgecl, to min-istcTH. For the Hingle ordouble heriiw Brace iu all cases f 12.50. The price in tho ofttce in New York is HHKOO luid

ki iowing <w» I do tho inestimable valu(5 of the Braco to every public Hixniker, rtntlRlnRernnrt to ov(*v iiiiii-Ister most («i)oeSally, 1 tnlte thfa way to make t hk rare offer of a Bracni for ^0.00 known to you. 1 know fniin ray own oxpcrlence. and from the ttMtlraony ofmmdrwLs, tluvt it is the very mechanical help you need, and

r e l W you from rit«i«t ^ W f f i ^ h u t i ^ f t p r ^ y r u r

one ftfutth oflCl?^; uftSarflding or Bpeaklng, have bwi by Its use reston!(i to a full ute of all their jioweis and returned to full lit'wr with ease to thensMtdvcB.

I call your attention to tho ofior be-came the protnicted mee t ing are at hand, au(I if you are i>erfectly sound you need help to keep so. ^\^th the Brace vou can jierforni twice your usual labor without fatigue and iftver iiûre your voice, never .sutler from dysfjeiiâ, coastlimtion, the piles,or hernia. However sound you are you need a Brace to keep HO. How to Mlcawrc for the Bracc Trntw,

TTahe iinaKir tbe number of In'h;^ around ( t ie l i fM«vertbe "" ' " . ""JJ" ; two tncbe* bAow tbe tins o ' ^ " konM.at«d about two Incbea above «h« yolvle or front erow bone. BlrMtloM ftor PntUnc on tb« Bruce

TrtM lor Hernia. Open the truw and fetch it around

the body, shoving the hlji-bows elww down to the tip oT the haunch bones, then lie down, draw up the ftilly return the nqrttmi, and placetlw oblong t n w balls, with tho lower end dOBO to and above the cross bones,Md the outer convex aide of it very c l ^ to the Hmall, hard ligament outside, which can be found imd felt by the finger. Then, with one hand, diuw u p U e bowels well, whilst with the other you hbld the ball from r«ing. This ûs€B the bowels to He above and on top bf tho truss Invll, (and not liehind it, as in other tni&ses), thi» forming a " dead lock," and makinR it impossible for the bowel to wcape

jrotl€)«.-AUslM8 over to inches, hiiviM t" expressly »«!«. are 12^ extTa. Front

Pad sad Bprlne dnplieiited for W.OO. Hemm pads (wpantsly) ft>r single or double Eupturt KM. Bentby man, post-paid.

l | i p u B c n o n worn MEAsrauie.

la.f fitrr-TT—r tap«4ln«,and mtmaar* iwiliea BIXOW tlio tlpa of t l » W»« M o u d tito aMoMM*. #nd *** M a n m l n l M l M k ^ na rkad la ercn mrilfce**. and can • • •nianmd two Inêa .

OKAR HBO. «KAVEH i- Von made me ureweni, (tome three years mro, or <»«S

of Bannln«'a liUns and Body Braee«41 and kept it '®r «nwj r«»r»

wltbont wearinc It^ rather elaÔK witbont wearlitt It, rather d a ^ O K naeb thlngn under ^ e bead of »Iini>v buKsery." Beeently, the heavy and M t ^ i a g ellbrta of tha C^tennla l . qiUiV broke down for the llrNtmonM, I Td'i'sorhuit.rtiisrts

invalnable worth of thl« B r i ^ I endnre at leaat tbiye timee the amonnt of labor that I dW iHiflwe wJrtwat fl^ tlirue. MS volm haa IHPROVKn AT ftPEP o r IXOTBAIJEp ET. FORT, artrt mjr pbyaleal atMnxth biM been moHteflacIentlr renewed. I would . . ^ ^ —— - dSÂ mt a-l MAno not take ten ttmea the prlee of my Drac« now and b« cvmpelM to dl»> penaewlttait. I nioat«ordlallr rMwm« mrnd thia Brace to thoae wô may, phyaloaUy or otheririM _ " o . A. l o r r o i * . fastorThizaBjiipUstChurch, Ht. lioals. BAirariRfii BRAOB.-ItiB one of the arreateat of phyaieal bleminsa to a pub-lie apeaker^tv aincer. The teatimony or ntany minlatera aa to Ita t r ^ t tene. flt wonld anrarlae tboae who know _ anrpiwv —--— nottalncofft . A. H. FORD,

I Editor Chrlrtlan BeposFlory^ The TMUmony of a rhyalelan.

Rev. J. R. Otaves, Memphis, Tenn. DearBlr : AU the Braces which 1 have or.

dered give Uie greiitcat satlslisoUon- For all Wads of womb dlseasw, weak laDgs, and lumbaso they are luvalnabl«.

CiawfordvlUa, Mt«u, Jfa. a, am. The Brace fbr Horaebaek Rldlaig.

Dear Bro. Orcvvi j I have now had the Brace nnu- three linnttbs. bavlng revived It aboot the first of November. A* I bay* been tMetopmetalrat ados sinee I teeeived it, OBaeaoaatofpi«vloaalybrM»Bdowxi1ua^ Zoaa soy somins fat it ytt aa&belptoa in4clietC;ihop«toiait itseon), tmtl'luifw lomMaeraM the State of Mtsdsatypl km taoiaebaek since wlBtar set tn aad tbouRh n very foelile hoolth, I made Ibe trip with

ptTOiWaUvrtynopbjfstoiaflUijitte, IbeUeva

Stand yo in tho wayo, and seo and «ek for t he old paths, which are the good ways , and walk ^^

01(1 Series- Vol. XXXIV. M E M P H L S , T E N N . , N O V E M B E R 1 8 7 7 . N e i v S e r i e s — V o l . X . N o 4 8 .

Our Pulpit. •niK ACriOX OF BAPTISM ITS riiK-

CKDKNCE TO t 'OMMl'NION - OU-.IIXTIONK ANSWKKKl).

IIV UKV. A. .1. KlNCAin, < OVINUTON, TICN.S. Anil lir (•..iiiiMniitlud lliom to l» linpllml In tin-imm. tif

l..>r<l. ' AfUi r p i l l S liuiKUiinc of Bcripturo wnninniHls the pci-

I foriiiauce of one umoiiK the inost KiK'uilh'mit .luticsôf the Cliri-sliiin n'lii,Mon. It is a poNitivo coiniimud, imposing im ()l)li}?«tion to thedisdiarge (.r a HiK-'oillc duty, liaptisiii is an onliniuu-c of di-vine appoiutnient: it is from heaven, and not of mt'ii. It.s rdative importance may he gatlioiwl from the faet that it \A found grouped with the oiu' Lonl and one faith of tho choseD,-elec t; it

foinifl laid, like a stepping-stone, at the vi-ry thnwhoUl of the new life (ff faith; it is the point whore the funduinental doctrines of tho Ciiristian faith are oxhibited.in nyraboiic grandeur; it is an impenitiveduty,enioincdby,aiKwltivceoininund and constitutes a part of the external life of riglite oui4 obedience.

In view of t h e ^ and other solemn facts that might be mentiontnl, it becomes very imporUint that we should know just what tronsllfutiw ba|)-tiHin as najMicti, 1. Tho subject; 2. Tho adminis-trator; a. Tho action; and 4. The<lcdign,

But of the.so four OHsentlals, we proixnje to iiotlct at thin time, only tho action essential to valid haptLiUi.

Now, in doing this, we shall appeal to th<' New 'IV-HtJiment, which in adinitt'Ki by all to ho aolo authority in all matters of religious doL-trlne and practice. We propose to prove tho action of bap tisrn from this book; for it must bo adniittinl that, if we" cannot learn in the Scriirturi'w what ronstitutCM liaptism in its every part, we cannot Irîrn it outside of them. Again: I t must be ad-initted that our Lord, in giving his laws, adaptetl them to tho capacities of his subjects, so that they could understand and obey them; otherwise they would not bo binding. For, If we cannot tmder-Htand the command to be baptized, then to us there is no such command; for the command that we cannot understand, we cannot receive; and what we cannot receive, we cannot possess: so. that, if our Lord has given a command that we cannot understand, or enjoined a duty that we cannot iinow how to perform, then to us there is no such command; and we cannot seo how he could, ill justice, condemn us for non-obedience. Such a state of things would impeach the wisdom, good-ness and justice of God. Not seeing how any candid mind can refuse to admit these facts, we will proceed to the subject above named.

In noticing thia subject, we will — I. Notice tho command of baptism, and tho

nature of that command. II. Wc will noflce the conclusive examples of

baptism in the Scriptures. We take this method of discussing this subject

because we find that'precept and example are the two great methods of Scripture teaching.

1. The precept or command of baptiem, etc. This command proves to be a poaltive precept

God has given us two Tdnds of commands, viz.. moral and poeitivo; and i t is very important that we intelligently understand the difference, that our obedience may be right. Moral commands preecribe the exercise of good dispositions, such as love, pftUence, forgiyenes, etc. Positive com-

iriaiidH enjoin the o»)8«rvance of certain outwanl afts and ceremonies. I 'nder the law, circum-ciHioii. the pa-SHover, etc., were positive commands. Under tho gospel, baptism and tho lôrd's supper are dutiOK enjoined by positive commands. Moral ooiiiniands control the internal life, and may bo o»)( vocl ill various actions; for iiwtance, we are not told by wliat action, or how, to love the brethren ; but our whole conduct toward thom i.s to Im influenced by love. While on the other liaiul, [(ositivo .•oimuand-* always proscribe the action of ohoclionco; and anything ol.se, or any (loviation from tiie proscribed action, is di.sobedi-encc, and may nullify the procwnlure. A positive cHininiand is ono that is set, direct, expllcît, ad-mitting of no ciacwtion or inference; it is direct^ )pp<.w;d to implied. Therefore strict rc^gardtoa positive conimand is cs.sentlal to the validity of obocllonoo to it. Such is tho nature of the eom-iniiiul of baptism. It is a positive command, and theroforci must necessarily proscribe tho action of obtKliencc, siiu!0 a positive command allows of no iiiferonco, and since anything but just what it commands is disobedionce.

The command of baptism, we all know, controls an outward action, and must, fhejefore, be spe-cific; it must specify the action of obcKllence: thia t docs. That this is true of this command may

be learnoil from the specific word always used in the «crinturt« in conncction wltli the subject of b a p t i s m i — T h i s siieclflc term, or some of its inflections, is always usckI. Baj)lizo is a sjk). ciflc term: it both names the ordinance, and specl fies the jwrticular action constituting It, which is immersion. Thtw we have, from this positive; command and specitic term used, what constitutes the action of Christian baptism. This plain atld obvious meaning of this verb biiplizo is given by more than thirty standard lexicons, every one Pedobaptist. They all give, as its plain meaning, to dli>, to plunge, to immense; and no learned man has, or will, risk his reputation aa a scholar by afliniiing the contrary. Here, then, is a plain, positive, specific action expressed in the use of tho word (Htpdzn. And everybody, philologists, lexi-cogmphers and critics, admit that tho first and natural meaning of the word is immerse; and we are bound to Uike it in that signiflcation, unlesa it can bo shown that our Iôrd and his apostfe de-signed to depart from its primary meaning. But this has not been, aor cannot be, shown; for to 8upi)ose, that, when they used this word baptlzo,

they prescribed an action which might be equally well i^rformed by siirinkling or pouring as by dipping. Is to infer that Uiey used a word without any specific meaning, and designedly deceived us. The question is not what the word may mean, or the sense in which some writers may choose to fimploy it, but wha t it does meim when so used aa to give no intinoation of any deviation from the oricinal meiming.

This ought to be sufficient to settle this queation. But we propose to bring other Scriptural argu-meiita to bear to p r o v e the siiedfic nature of Aqp-tlzo: viz., the significant use of this Mtord in the New Testament. You will observe, upon examl-nutlon, that thia word is the only word in the Greeit hinguage used in the New Testament to ex-press or describe the ordinance of baptifim. W h y is this, unletw baptism be a specific act, which this word preci^wiy expreased, sod ao other word did? Sapiizo ifi used i a the New Tesfamast seventy-odd times, and, in nearly every instance, it is used to designate tho oirdinance of baptism. Ran-tizo is used four Umee, and means to apriakie;

louo is u.sed six timw, and means to wash; km is used many times in Its various combinations, wul moans pour: but in no instance do we find any one of those th rw words used to express or dcMig-p.ite the ordinance of baptism. Why this blunder upon the part of Christ and the Spirit of inspi-mtlon, if sprinkling or jiouring Iw baptism? Why always use a word that means Immewe, when there were words at hand specifying prociBcIy the actions of sprinkling and pouring? The rtw»on for this Is too obvious to need comment. Such words are never used, thorefoie it is certain that Christ intended no such acts In the ordinance of baptism.

Now, if hnptho moans to immerse, it cannot moan to sprinkle, poiir or wash as its dire<-t meaning; for it Is an obvious fact that the saine word cannot o-vpress two difl'ejeiit modes of action. The word eat ciuinot express the act of writing; the word ride cannot exiiress tho act of walking; the word iinmerw cannot express tho act of aiirlnkling or pouring. Before It can bo shown that it expres.ses sjirinkle or inmr, it mast first be shown that It does not express immerse; but that It does ejcpr«38 Immerse haa been admitted by all scholars, declared by all standard lexicons, de-nuinded by the established uaago of the language, and proved by the siiecific nature of the word used to express the act. Furthermore, all denomi-nations practically admit the same thing Oy re-(joiving immersion as valid baptism; for it can be valid no further than it la Scriptural: and if it b Sc^riptural, then It Is the only valid baptism, sinco the Scriptures know but one water baptism. Thus all who receive it as valid bapti.sm practically ad-mit that i t is the only water baptism imthorlzed by the Scriptunfl.

But to meet, or rather to evade, the force of these common-sense facts, some raise what tliey choose to call the generic theory,-- that baptizo,

as used In the New Tostjmient, is a generic term, and not a specific term. Examine this a little. -What is a generic term? " A generic name is one that comprehends all tlieHp(«k«; iw, plants, animals, fo&slls, etc., which have certain eHsentlal and peculiar characteristics in cominon." (Wel>-ater.) So we see here that a generic term i» one that includes all the species; for instance, the word plant may be applied to any production of the vegetable kingdom; but it does nrft doslgtiute any particular one: so with the wordâhimal. Thus we have an explanation of the generic theo-ry. Now, apply this to hupUzo, and you see it may mean any application of water tliat you can imagine. If it may mean to sprinkle it u|ion the hetid, it may as well meau to sprinkle it upon the hands or feet; if it may mean an outward appli-cation, it may as well mean an inward appli-cation. If this be the nature otbapt-iso, I ask for the authority for iiutting the water upon the head. If baplizo Im) a generic term, then wc are left in ; the broad field of conjecture nud confusion; for it would siHwlfy no iwrticular action. This would impf-ach the wisdom of God: this would be a strange, an unaccountable departure, upon the part of God, from the beautiful order seen every-where el.se in hi? work. Such a theory ag^dnst the ordinance ol baptism iu but the htst subterfuge of manifest error. I t does tjeem to us, from tho combined evidence of the above facts, that the command of bi^tism is a positive e o m i a ^ d ; and that the worf ised {bapliio) iB a sfeclflc term, precisely e x p ^ l n g the action of baptism, which is immersion.

But now, iu the iwcond iiart of this subjejt, we

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l^roiioatt to add to tlia altovii statod evldeDC«, the (Nitubiiiotl nvldenee of a few tj«'riplur« uxttiiipltM, rwuirtinlwrin); that t<XHUi|>l«> htw pt>wer uvw pns-oept.

Jterlpturo oxiuupUw. Mutt. Hi. G: "Aiul \vor<> Imptixt^l of him ia

Jonlan," eto. Now i«id It again, and sobf^tltuttt sprinkle. How a»>Hard: Sdxt w«d v«w<t teeu: " Ami Jkûs, when ho wa^ luiptiiceii, went,

up atralKhtway t)Ut of the water." Stranj^^ coii-dui't, If sprinkllajf or pouring JH) baptlsni. Hut uotlw othfr facts lien*; viz., that Jolin was Imp-:JKlng In the river; next, Clirlsl oaiuo there to he

Jwid, verse tldrt«fn; next, when he WJW B»p-t l z e d j ^ " went up straightway out of the water."

Now/^Sê plain Btntonients of .Scripture eoiii-blno the i r ^ jdonco to teach UH, that, whatever liaptisni Is, i t ^ t j e a f w a r y to go into tli« water to l»erform it, No^met us tjay thai sprinkling is lwpti.«in, and then R i ^ Scripture statements are made to teach UH a thin§<4)iat we all know in not tru«; viz., that it Is noccsj^sw to go Into tlie water to Bpripkle a little ui>on the h ^ d . Wo all know better' tiwn thU; for tJiat may ws^done a«< It i«, — In iho'houfio on the dry noor. Amixêt there is no 'escape from tlilfl,—that we are tuugiit here by example that it in necessary to go into thoâ te r .

Kow, he who holds that anytliing b u t ^ u -mersion b baptium has thene diflkultiea to mv; liut let It be as it was and Is,—immersion, and the senwj Is good, and the Scripturw true. Tlio stinie is true of this instance as ret-ordcitl by IVIark and Luke; tiierefore we pass on to John iii. "And John also was baptizing In Ilnon, near to Salem, l)Ocaase thoro was much water there." Here wo have a fact stated, and a reason given for it. The fact !]», that "John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salem:" the reason is, "because there was much water there." Now, what does this fact and reason naturally teach us? Why, that much water is nmled for baptizing. But now, if .sprinkling be baptism, does not thia Scripture •atnrally teach us what we all know is not true, vl/.., that much water is needed for sprinkling u Ilttio upon the head ? We all know bettor than this, If anything but immersion is baptism, then these passages of Scripture referred to destroy themselves, by teachmg what Is not true. But let it be what it Is,—immersioh," and then they teitch what all know Is true; viz., that iniich water is needed for Immersing.

Next, Acts viil. 38: "And they went down both into the water, both Philip and the euimch, and he baptized him." Here again by example, under the direction of the Spirit, we are taught that it ia necessary to go down into the water. Now, if sprinkling or pouring Is baptism, the same dltticulties meet as hero that «io In the other cases a1)0ve referred to.

I shall not stop here to notice two puerile argu-ments used by some to escape the force of this case of example. The first of these is, no water on the route from Jerusalem to Qawi sufficient to im-merse a man: the second Is, which one did the Iwptlzing? it does not say that Philip baptized hini. The first of these is l)ased upon ignorance of the geographical survey and description of the ••ouatry of, Asia: the second ia based upon Igno-rance of the rules and use of language. Neither liaveany weight, and are, therefore, unworthy of notice.

We notice next Acts xvi. JW: " And took them the same hour of the night and washed there stripes, and waa baptized." We wish here to call attention to the two words vaed, — bapl{zo and l/Mo. Now, Itbaptizo be a generic term, and may mean any application of water, why use the different word? here? The reason is too obvlons to need comment.

Again: We have about the same evidence in fiivor of the specific nature of this word in Lev. vi. 6,7. In these verses, we have thfe three words in immediate succession,—dip, sprinkle and poor, designating three specific and essentially different actiona.

If these llacL of precept and example do not teach un vrhdt baptism is, then wo confew that we cannot understand what the sacred writers mean by Buch confosion of precept and example.

Furthesmote, Bora, vl, 4,1 Cor. xv. 29, Ool. il.

12, and all Scripture of Ilka import, combtnn their evidence In the supixtrt of lnimer»l«in. Now, in thu*' sulwtltute anything for baptism but Im-mersion, and what amfusion and dtstruction <tf Scripture will nccessjirlly follow!

Hvre w« close this part of tliC aubj»ict by nv ferring agaSu^to thu law of b^ t i sm . All admit that thv cumiijand of baptism is a law. Now. what is lawf We answer, law is a willbriu rule or principle, bringing about always i«4entlally the •aune thing or result. Now tw provt* this, we might turn to human iiathitrily; but \v«< liav*:-proof Iwtter than thi*. W'v will tak« tlic lMH)k of nature. It i-t because that this fact is true of law tliat we imve all tl>c varieties of tiuf vegetable kingdom. It is upon this trutli of law that the husbamlman plants his various kinds of sml. And in all the universe of law, wlienn-er it is left uniMjrvertcil, this dctinltion is soeii to be true. It is know to bo true in the laws ami governnienta of men, ebie why is tiio defendiiig counsel em-ployed ? This <leflniti()n is true of the laws of the moral as well as ol the material kingdom. 8urely, then, in all the universe of law, the law of bai>-tism is not liu exception to all other laws! We clHiui that it is not, but tlmt, like all othi^r laws, it is a uniform lulo or principle, that, if left un-perverted, will bring about always esisentially the wuno thing.

t does seem that the combinetl evidence of the ab(i^f»cts should spttlo forever, in the mind of any eat^^t , candid seeker, the action of (M»riHlian baptism; Kj^rely it is enough.

And now aHnmieraion only is baptism, and a,s baptism iwecedwMho Ixml's suiJiJor, w e {)io|>o.seto notice this briefly; thpn answer some objections to the Baptist position. baptism dt)es preectle tholiord's supper the ScrljJturty abundantly prove. (Acts il. 41, 42.) Notice tlies onier here in the workingof this church,under tbiMmmo<llate direc-tion of the spirit of inspinition : X A proft^ssion of faith, " Tl»ey that gladly reeeiv.^'sjils word ;"

" Were baptized;" 3. Sustaining cliUych rela-tion and fellowship, "And the same day thi^' were added unto them," and 4. Communion, "Bredkiiig of br«id," etc. Now after reading also Acts viil. ix. 18, 1. 47, 48; and comparing the order here observe<l by the apostles with that i^stablished by our Lord in thegrait Commission, Matt, xvili. 18-20; Mark xvi. 16, lOjJjukexxiv. 4.'>-48,cananyone evade the conclasion that baptism ought to precede the communion? Baptized believers only have a right to the communion table. And as immerKlon only is baptism, this of necessity settles the ques-tion as to who aiv properly qualified for commun-ion at the Ijord's table. UiKjn this Scriptimil ground Baptists plant themselves and contend for the divine order of God's church. And the bloofly tracks ol the past tells what they have suflered for this. I t i s b ^ u s e o f this that the many unkind if not unchristian accusations and objections are brought against us to-day, some of which wo will now state and ofior an answer. The tirst one that seems natiurally to,come up Is this: "There are those In other denominations who have been im-mersed, and yet you will not commune with them. Why this?" We answer, it reciulrea four things at least to constitute a valid Scriptural baptism, viz., a Scriptural subject, a Scriptural administra-tor, a Scriptural action, and a Scriptural design. Those i>erson8 may have three of these essentials: the action, the subject, and the design, but thead-mlnistrator Is wrong, not being authorized by the church, since it is the church only that can prop-erly authorize the administration of the ordi-nances. Wo deny that those persons belong to a church, and thLsis the great question oi difference, " the church." Now If we receive their baptism as Scriptural in every particular, then we ac-knowledge the administrator to be properly authoriieed, which of course would be to Rckno}vl-edge the scêty authorising him to be a chui^, and thereby overthrow ourselves. For these plain reasons we cannot offer the Supper to those of other fifiiths without violating the established order of Christ's church. Just here t h ^ raise a ques-tion the point of which is to estabU^ their dahns to be a church, vl«.: " Are there not Christians In all denofuinatlons? " Now the point In this seepiH to bb to prove that thdr denomination is a church

becauM thtuo ura Chrlstiatu tx^luagint; to it, uad ther»«fure WR ought to eomuutno with (h«m. ThU qucHtlon seems to Hpring IVout the want of a proper distinction betwiwn what eoustitutm a iJhrlstiun and what i-onstitntes thf-clainw of a church, fur tiie id»i tfafit bejiîging il) that dôrhinatlon luut somethin^Vto do with ttîf)»eln^l!hrfritlanrt lurks in this (tuwtioii. But «o\v u|»oi thli system of reasoning, if only the /tU^ tliat Cliristians are fount 1 belonging to it proves It to l»o ailliurch, tln-n th« fart that some are founil then* wlm un- tioi C"hristi»ns would prove il not to a eliun h. Again, il thefaet thtU sonu* (Jlirihtians tielong to it proves it to l>e a church, then ujMai the same grounds the Masdns, (Kid Kellows, <ininuei-H, itml all other soeietiew t(» which Christiiins heloiii; 'itii claim to IH< rhurchw tiK>. IJnt when met with these plaiii answers, they .se«'m to U' outdone, ami resort to the fal«'i ehurge of close communion, un christianizing, eti:. To this eharg«* let us give a little attention bcfoR* we dose. In unswerinR Ihi.i, we would first ask a quwtion or two. Where diil you êt tliis chiirge against the Baptists? Did you t,'et it from the .S<;ripturt\s? Did you jjei it from lui homut, faithful exuininiition of the liap-tist ground as set forth in the Scriptures'.' 1 dare say you diil not. Where ilid you get it'.' Think a little; hoiK>it answer now ; what say you? We can answer. N'ou got it fr<im "heiU"say" and " they say," two of the bigewt «ar.i that live. You have heard this all your lives; and that is all you know a?tout it. Then have you not been taking hearsay evidence Itt matters of religion? Would you do this in your courts? Is hearsay evidenc-g«od in your (tourts? Y(HI know it is not. Then do not your laws and courts n»prov« you for such an unsafe method In religious matters? Then am you not objecting to a thing that you know nothing about? Is thi'-! un act of a reasonable Unng? Now, Iwfore those things that you know are true, should not your cheeks burn with shame? These questions, and the honest answers ought to bo a sulHclent answer to this charge. But we will go a little farther with it. Wo are chargeil with unchristianizing by not communing with them. How silly! What has njy communing with you to do with your being a ChrLstlon ? I pity you, If ypu are that t«.sy unchristlanlz(>d. It Is seen ut oiu>e that this charge Is l)aS(Hl upon a pervertwl conc«Mon of the design of the Lord's supper. Tct see this ^ d J Cor. xl. 17-30. In the twenty-sixth verse, wo hiaê the Scriptuml design of the Ijord's supper. TheiKto t ako ' t with any other design Lh to eat and dr ink^mnat ion to the soul. (The word damnation should b^renderod condemnation.) It' I were to tuko It ui t j i a brother in my own church with tlie dt»lgn^^ showing to him that 1 regarded him an a Chriatlati . it would be a iw-verslon of tho design of the>iipper, and would plat« me in a condemned light b ^ r e God; for it would not be discerning the Lord\,body (verso 2i)): and, according to this clmrge, ttste SWOTS to bo the design that they have in wanm^' us to commune with them, and allow them m,com-mune with us, a plain perversion of tho deslîôf the supper. But to sustain this charge, th^^ quote tho twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth and^ twenty-ninth verses of this chapter, aiming to prove that we judge others by not communing with them, when wo have no right to do so, but "let a man examine himself," etc. In this they fail to remember that Paul was writing this to the members of that church. Again, they either ignoranUy or knowmgly pervert the use of tho language in this passage, by trying to use an ad-verb in the sense of an acêctive. Tho word "un-worthily" is an adverb; and any scho(ri-boy in his first book of grammar ought to know that an adverb cannot qualify a noun, but qualifies verlM, adjectives and other adverbs: so that tho word "unworthily" has no refprencp to the pronoun "he," biit qualifies theverbs "eatetli and drinketh.'^ Then it is seei that Paul had reier-encfi to the manner in which tb^^wrare observing the supper, and not the cluuacter of those who observed it; and th^ is just what he is writing to this church about. Before tliese Ikcta this argu-ment fiOlfl. But they nUly to iti support with an-other; viz., that Christ did not Judge, but gave tho supper to Jntlas. In. other words, that Judus communed with Chrlsi;,therafbra we ought not

to r e f ^ any. Moustroual Now read « Uttia on this from Matt, xxvi., coinmenclng wlth thei seventeeath vewo and widlng to the th'rUfiilu We see here that Christ sent tliom to preiian* the IHiHHOver. This ho'did eat with tho twelve (verse 20). lu this they had the lamb, unleaven bread, the wine, the bitter herbs, and the dish of sop. While Ihey were eiulng this pa>«bvor supper, ("hrlst made the statements of vorses 21, 22, iSJ. Now turn to Johu xill., and read fnmi tho twenty-tlrst vep«» to the thirty-fliMt. John adds here in the thirtieth venw what the other writers failwl to HtattM " H e then, having rectalved the sop, went imnuHliately out," etc. Now, we know thiit the dish ofsoj) belonged to the piwsover; and it was while eating thi« that .lertus gave him the sop ( v w e 21): and on receiviug it, John tells us he "we!!t innnediiitely out." We know, also, that it was after this piUover supi)er Uiat Jesus insti lilted li.e U>rd's supper. From these facts, it ,1(H-H iK.t seem that Judas communiHl with (Uirist. This is tho oi)lniun of Owen, Whwlon, Andri'ws, l-nilcott, Harnes, Olshauscn, Neander, Lang<', and Nast. ,

. \gain: it would .seem that tho aeknowlwlgwi s\-n)lK)lism of tho ordinance would forbid the con-clusion that Judas partook of the emblems from III.- luuulH of Christ. 1 believe It is admittwl by all, that this supper .symltoli7.es our imrticiiKdion ,11,'iintl subsi.slence upon, the life of Christ.- (1 Cor. .X. It;. 17.) Then, if Jesus gave these em-blems to Judas in their symbolic import, what will you do with his statemenl in John xvii. 12, that he had lost none " but tho son of i)erdltion " V NOW, if Jesas gave hini these emblems, symhol-i/.ing what they do, and this Htatement In verse 12 is true, did Jesus not Hymbolize the oxistence of a met that (lid not rwdly e x b t ? or has not one bi*3ri lost that was sulwLstius upon the life of t^hrist ? If ..Ittier of these he truo, it distroys the character of our Lord. Wo dony that Judas couunuuwl with Christ.

'I'he argument that the unregenerate nmy iwr-take of the Lord's supper is still held by u large portion of tho Christian world; but it is an un-HorlptunU and l)iuioful doctrine: it grows very i.aturallv, however, out of the doctrine of infant l.aptism'; and It does seem to us, that, If any one would but examine oi>en communion a little, thoy would forever abandon it. AU admit tluit com-munion is a service to Christ, in obedience to his command, tho t«sentlal principle of which is •».mH'inent. In the ubsonco of agreement, it is only formal service. Now, Is not this character „f service hypwritical and abominable in the sight of C.od? Docs any sincere Christian want to knowingly render this character of service to (Jod? And vet, every time you wmmune with those with whom you are not agreed, you olTcr this kind of service, or your iloiign Is wrong; and either would <lratroy tho religious character of the service.

8AI,hM BAPTIST CUUBCH, IjAtJDKRDALK t Cot! NT\', TE-VN. , Sept. 30, 1877. (

Salem Baptist church. In conference a.ssemblo<l, on motion and second,—

Hesolved tliat wo re<iuost, for publication, tlie sennon preached by our pastor, Eld. A. J . Kin-(•aid, this day, Sunday, September 30th, at eleven o'clock, on the subjtxits of baptism and com-nmnion as taught in tho Scriptures and practiced by the Baptists.

Uesolved 'that we send a copy of these pro-ceedings, with tho manuscript of tho sermon, to TiiK BAPTIST, Memphis, Tenn., with the requesf t« its worthy editor to publish in his most excel lenfcpaper. „ ,

by the church in conference, Sunday night, Sîtemljer 30th, 1877.

liJv C. PAULKNKB , Moderator pro-tem JOHN J . Aia'OK. Clerk. BKO QiiAVhaN-Not knowing thUt any one

will write to you About what God is doing out here, perlmiH it wUl libt be amiss for me to supply vou with a little informiôn. In March, 1874, so far ns I know, the first BapBst c h u r ^ w a s zed in Jack county, Texas. On Friday before

Iho third Lord's day iii S e p V ^ ^ . 1 8 7 C ^ e Jttcksboro Assodation was churehes l)eing represented, h a v i n g iw aggregate

membeohlp of four hundred and, thlrty^ne. At the second meeting. h»»ld on Friday ,l)«fi)ro the Uilrd Loni's ilay In September, 1877, tidrty-four churches were represented, aggregattng a member-ship of one thoasitnd one hundred and ten; ^ d we have hiamcd tliat there ur« mimy more which wore not repitsentod.

L m than three years ago tliere were no Rett e-meiifa west of Jac.k.slTon): now there an< setue-ments tnoro than one huudretl milcH west. The tide of immignitlon is some hundr»d miles in rtd-vani'o of ftiilroads. Thus you sw this country'— NorthW(«tem Texas—Is siftt 1 i ng very fast. Some counties, organiznl less than two ye»»w ago, now vote some twelve or tifteen lunidriHl votes. In-telligence kpep.s up with immigmtion.

Eld. W. N. U'ak rec<<ntly lield a meeting of days with the Springdale church, of which he is pastor, which resulteil in twenty additions to the church; sixteen by e.vpcriencc anil baptism; four hy letter. The young men are holdinji weekly prayer-mretingx. For n!! tli&» gi'-at blessings we would most devoutly thank (Jod.

.). M. UFXLKKS. .hickwboro, Texits, October 20, ISTT.

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Ill my )i'iir'., ' The Aiiturnii. liiii'-i>f ilurli.i.-iH lunl sliiw ii-aiN .

How il.-siiliil. now 111'- |>iitli\va> Ihnl I tr.-ml. Ill ctul llio Hllcnt Kiiril"'"- i l i > - ' .Moif ilmirv iliiy bydiiy Un- Inml. iMi"-ni'>" s. And »ii-uvl. r du.v IJ.V <ta> iu> W. LK'il"' WK* ; Tl.r Hulli-ii . iirlli iiml biul.-lul hi nV. li ..Vrfiii Iwl, I nil' niy liw i liiiid Hiilolds II riiylirs-s wurld : •I hu lleMh i- w.-uS , from mil Uu' himjri y muiild, Wherein 1 WMMi imlHl Klunihi i , im-ulhlcHH, luld, M1S.-.111 Ml.- oliKl with clmlK Wher.- now thy trust "

'1 k.!. 11 Hlon. V..IC.M whU-h nuK-kiHl ihoKrave-yarddust. 1 Hlnlc ; 1 fuil! «tlhln iiie iind wlllioiil, Till- iililioriMit iihimloniH IHKOOI I'-ar and dmihl; Vuln, irenailouH hiiiiiN are v.inu.-ly hl.ei.-h.'<l uhr<M.d ; They «rope uncluKpi'<l I wlUMe, n here are hii|ie, and «fod K..r«alt. n' nuy ' IIk' "IkIH niM-s slowly rise, T.) show the Kl'iiii' li' iilKii ol vlllful • .* <>•>, And lovelier lol the nelahhoiiiiK ••loud-laiMrH fn>« n. Thy lace, dear OirWt, K KmllliiR «eiitly down ; And lar nhove thee, lliiiniKU the hrlKhteiiing cnlni, Hhlne the pure himnn of ainiirjiidh-flnwer, and iJiiliii, WheiPKloiloiHlUht in huhl more Klorlons hilnlH Hound tho white hrowit ol annels. and of Kalnts!

BKO. GuAVia:—our meeting at (Jain«?sville, Ala., was a grand success. All clas-ses in the com munity were brought under the intluence of tho meeting. Home skeptics, who were lea<lers of their class, are among the converts. This was one of tho best meetings 1 ever held.

You have many warm friends in tlmt part of Alalminn, who would b? deli-hted to have you come and preach a while for them.

I reached I'arls, Tenn., last night, and will be-gin a series of nuêtings to-day. Let prayer be made for tho outpouring of a great blessing ui^m this place. A. B. Mi lmck.

f)ctober 21,1877.

K A R I A ' B A P T I S T S O I ' M I S S I S S I P P I . IJKAU B A I T I 8 T : - A corr.wpondent Inquires, in

a recent number of TiiK BAITIST, if any history of Oie early Baptists of Mississippi has b(>en written and you ask for Information upon the subject. ] have in my library a republication of the minutes of tlie Misslasippi Bjiptlst Aas«K;lation, edited by Thomas M. Bond, which conbiias a sketch ol the first Baptist settlement In IMississippl. Bro. Bond also wrote a series of articles on tho stimo subjoct, which wore publ ished in the New Orleans JiapiM Chronicle about the y(«r 1852. Bro. Alex, Duncan of Meridian could, no doubt, give the exact year Rev Mr. Jones, a Methodist minister, idso wrote a number of sketches of the Nattihez country, which were publislied in the New Orleans C/irinlioi

Advocate, and were subaefiuently gathered into a volume. Mr. Jones was relattd to Eld. Ridiurd Curtis, the pioneer Baptist preacher, who settled on Coles Creek; and ho gives many Intc^re^ng details of this first Baptist setUement. His book can bo obtained of Robert J . Harp, New Orleans. There is also a sketch of tho early Mississippi BaplistB in Ford's ChHtticui H^Hj^llor]/ of last

vear. written by the underelgned. W . E . PAXTON.

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The uiilptist Auftihi at Shwvliî i Uw been ? calIeduiK)ntom"oum tholoi«offt'gbod man faithful otttcer in the death priJeacon Isaac A. Dillard. Whtm goo<l men die the iieoplo wonder, but why? 1 would t h a t none but tho good ever died. Bro. Dlllartl had for y<»w been a " pillar " in our church, whose light had never grown dim, and whose counsels had (•v«r' l»cen of profit, !H» j)lace will not readily bn filled, nor his m i M soon be, forgotten. Our |KJ< .ple turneil Jout en maMe to follow his renmins to the grave and thus testlfiwl their appreciation of his worth. Not less than one hundrt-d coioretl i)eople were In tho proces-sion — many of whom had hem his own serx-ants and the remainder had for years been in his ser-vici'. After the usual services were had at the grnv<', the coloH^d iêople wore at their request permittetl to conduct a service lii their-own way and with their own hamls to put away in his, lust nwting placti their old master, and true friend. Alany eyes wer»> moistened with team as the less colore<l preacher told of tho virtuaf of that gootl man, and many ready responses of approwl broke forth from his surrounding bsothren as he spt)ke of the fair dealings, and kind, and thought-ful attentions of their departed benefactor.

Bro. Dillard was born In Tennessee, January 27, 1822, and spent his early life In the neighbor* hood of Jottkson of that Stote. In 1842 he moved to llwl Iliver county, Texas, thence to North Ujuislnna, in lfrl7. Wsis married in 1846. Pro-fessed religion and was Imptized in 1865. In 1858 ho r(^movetl again to Red Blyor county, Teios, but returning to Louisiana in 1800, he setUed In Bos,ii»!r parisli, opiKwlte Shreveport where he spent tho residue of his <lays. Ho had beeu sul)-ject to annual attacks of Malarial fever. In tho spring of 1877 ho was prostrated by an attack of paralysis. After exhausting the romedi(«,of his physicians at home he sought relief at Hot Springs, Ark., but all m vain. On August 1, 1877, at tho above named place with his falthlUl wife holding his hand In hers he quietly and iieaw-fully fell OHUH'P In Jesus.

"The pains of deatli are past; ' i Labor and sorrow ce»»se:

And life's long warfare closed at last. His soul Is found In peace;"

Shreveiwrt, I^. , (kit. 20, 1877. J. A. li. BKO. GitAVKs:—Bro. B. J . Hurt dlwl on the

1st day of S«iptoniber lost after a short illness, aged seventy-two years. Hie was a life of p a i n -being aflllctetl with a heart disease from youth. A more patient, humble and devoted Christian I nevt r sjiw. I have often during the last few years of his life heard him say, " I tm trying to make my.self familiar with death." The day before his death I sidd to h i m , t r u s t 111 him who alone can help. Ho replied, I do trust in him. Yes I d o trust in that blessed Jesus. Ho was one of the Old Guard—having bi«n a reader of THE BAPTTST from the ymr of 184'». In his death thechurch lost a faithful meml)er artd deacon, his thrw children (aU of whom are married,) and his a g ^ compan-ion, an aff'ectionate father and husband, but,we grieve not as Uiose that have ilo hope. Blesw il are they that die in the Ixird.

C. W. O'HABA. . Wllsonvllle, Selby county, Ala. Oct. 22,1877.

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS IXjB THE YOUNG MINISTESa

IMiero remain now o n l y 1200 due for inlntetiSht' board last year; and this must lie llquidHfaHl be-fore the Board will feel justified In InvUlrigthpm to return. This amount can be realized in oiiw week, if tlie brethren—and sisters, for they are most liberal heiiwrs— who are interested In minis-terial edumtion will wend forward tlidr opntrllH utlons at once. U t all help a M h . We appreci-ate the help we are dally receiving from other States.

AMOUNTS RKOKIVED IN OCTODEB.

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BV TUK KDITOR. "My lU'tcniilnatlou with invwlt id to follow iwUliermcn uortnelropialon*, but Oo<l and hU word." —JmJfn Martyr, " I claim thul lltHirl}- inrhlch I willUicly ylolit to otlicra, — In «abJw:tito/<HlflcuU>-to put forward iw truo ».acli tlilni^ lui appear to be prolitaMo, until provttl to bo iuunlfe«tl> foiKt;." —Herx-i-y. P A H T II.

CHAPTKIIXXII. KKIUAY OK TUK WOIlI.D's WKKK.

'Ihe Khtgdum fif Chi'igt Per/tef uafi d by a .Suvccwioit of Churches through ever</ Ar/e — 'Jhe TiMiinoun oj the Prophets— ()/ ChrUi — (J/ Calhulii'n— Ihv

'lesLimoity of l.ulherum and Mtihodistti — <)/ Iêsbyteriam— Of EpUvopaliam.

r p o my mind nnother t'oiu-hisitui uii(|ue«ti<)iia-X bly lollows; viz., tluit Clirij't did not inturinit his urgt'iit work of gather!iiK the "fuiliiess of the (Jentiit^" for Utng ugc», or iifnnit hlH kitifrdoni to iMi brolteii in pims), and anniiiiluted from tlie «nrtii, or, wliat would be wt)rsf, wJuilly eorriii)tcd in all its glorioii? tcnehinKs, and perverted in its hejivenly mission to exalt and save, to be nind<'. by hi» enemy, for ages an engine of oppn-s-îon, and an agt^ney to debase and ruin souls. Nothing would bo more hostilo to his design or oi)posed t<j hifl justice. If we admit hl-i ability to preserve his church during all the apes, we must believe that hfi did 00; and if he has anywhere yirwHiwr/ to preserve it from Uie asgailraenLs of his foen, can we, for a moment, doubt if.' T}{E KlNODOM OF CHRIST PKllI'im'ATKD 11V A

«Utx;EÎON OK CHUKCUKS TIIKOl Cill KVKUY AHK.

Thatitshould have a continued existence, which C5\n be secured only by a .su«Hv«ion of churches, was foretold by Daniel: —

"And in the daya of these kinra shall theO(Kl of heaven set uj) a klnedoin, -which shall never be tlwtroyed; anti tho, kingdom shall not bo left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and con-Humc all these kingdoms, and it shall stnnd for-ever." — Dan. II. 44. "

"Thou Sftweat till that a stone was 6ut out with-out hamhi which smote the Imago upon his fet;t, that were of iron and clay, and brake them to ))leces. Then was the Iron, the clay, the bra.«s, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and becamelikethechaffof the summer threshing-tlooru; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth."—Dtin. ii. 34, 3.x

This Stone symbolizes the kingdom Christ brought into existence, not by agencies angelic or human, but by divine power moves forward with a constant Increaa© and cumidatlve power, until it accomplishes its mbwion, and fills the whole earth. If the kingdom of Christ ceastxi to exist for one moment from the day it was set up, then these prophecies m i s t ^ h as, and are utterly false.

But Christ, whose name is Truth, has added his own declaration to these:—

" And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gatefl of hell shall not prevail against it."— Matt. xvi. 18.

yaute taiW?-rt.—Literally, " Upon this the. rock [the rock that had been prophesied of In the Old Testament, the Rock of Israel, —"of Salvation," —"the foundation Stone, elect, precious,"] will I build my church. We must believe that he did build it, and that it has never been prevailed against by death or corruption. To affirm that it possibly may have been broken down or cor-rupted, la to affirm that possibly Christ did not utter the truth.

Again, Christ declares most emphatically:— "And from the days of John the Baptist until

now rÂfaday, A. D. 18771, the kingdom of heaven Huftereth violence, and the violent take it by force."—Matt. xl. 12.

Paul understood that the kingdoni of Christ ex-isted in his day, and that it was never to he re; nwiwd,'—. 'M'-

'•TVe receiving a kingdom [i. a , having re-c e i v e a kitiMotnl, that cannot be moved [tho true church w the Gospel Age], let us hav« grace."

In the former verse, the apostle makes the church of the Gospel Agrf antithetical to the old typical church of the Jewish Age. The former

could lK>, and Juid been, shaken: the latt«r could not be shaken, much leas reniovetl.

The .seven chnrches of Afia symbolized the Churches of Christ during the seven ijeriods in which it was to exist from the beginning until Christ would "stand at the door and knock." The entire l)ook is symbolic; and those churcheH are as certainly s y m b o l i c as are the "seven vials of vvraih." and the "seven heads" of the ten-horned beau^. and the beast himself. If st), and no one wlio undei-stuiuls the eliaracter of thin- last Kevelation will dci'.y it, then has IMirist preservetl an nnliroken û(• •esslol: of cluirelies from the <lay.s of the Harbinger until i;'>w, and will preserve them until he comes.

If onr eneniii's jieiMist in thrir tMircasoiiablc dc-niund for positive, ini(loul>te<i jiroof oi u sueetw.'iion from the ajtostUw until now, I most coiilideiitly and triumplmntly point to tliis inspirt^l hLsiory of thecluircli of (."hrlst, to doubt the tnitli of w hich, is to donbt the very words of Christ hinisell.

Hut liis (Icciiirations nor the sure word of propluH-y slaiul alone. Those wlio lisiv," ()pjK)se<l and persecuted hi^ church tlirouKh all tj)e iiges, and shell the hlooil of his saints, unite in testify-ing to the existciiicf of u i)fople Imkling the faith onci' fur all delivered ID the -âluts. Tlu-sc wit-nesse.s of Jesus were callttd by various names, by way of reproach,— nanu'd sunietiiiiet- after men, sonietinies after the provinces in w hich they were most numerous —as Vaudoin, Vallenscs or AVal-dcnses, All)iii;cnst>s, i. c., the peo|>le of the valleys of .Alhi, and Doiiatists, Xovatians, Petrohrns-sians, and Mennouites, after distin^îished men, and a>i«-Haptists, UelmpIi/.<-rs, since they wonhl not recognize a- valid the baptisms of ('atholics ami Protcj^tants. TI-STI.MON^ or ItoMAN (.;ATH(IL11S TO TIU-; lON-

riNiDi s HxisrK.Nri-; oi' riii'; anaiiai-TISTS. Pope Alexander ill . , when presiding over the

Synod of Tours, A. D. 1107, pronouncisl " the doctrine of the N'andois, or Waldenses, to he a damnable heresy of long .standing."

Another Synod, held at La Vaux, urged the Pope to exterminate "an heretical sect (the Wal-deiw's], generated in olden times, of enormous growth, and of great anticpiity."

The Romish int|uisitor Ueinerns Sacco declarefi t h a t -

"The heresy of the \ audois was more ancient than any otheV, as well as more general."

Ca-ssini, a Franciscan, writing in the sixteenth century against the W'aldenses, or Vaudois, says:—

"The errors of the Vaudois i'<>nsistin the denial that the Romish Is the holy mother church, and In their refusal to obey her traditions [i. e., infant baptism and asi>erslon and her seven sacramcntf) |. In other points, they. recognize the ebnrcli of Christ; and for my liart 1 catmoi deny thdt (hey /utpe aln ays been tnemocrs qf the church.'

i le waa once a minister of tliLs sect. Pope Pius 11. (14()«) declared, that,— "So numerous are the Anabaptists, that neither

the decrees of the poiK!s nor armies of Christians can extirpate them."—Quotefl from Life and Times of Menno, p. 2(>.

Seissellus, Archbishop of Turin, (1170): — "All sorts of people have repeate<lly endeavored,

but In vain, to root them [the Anabaptists] out; for even yet, contrary to tiie opinion of all men, they still remain contpierors, or at least, wholly invinslble." —Quoted from Life and Timw of Menno, p. 2(i.

Cardinal Hossius, President of the Council of Trent, the most distingulshtHl Catholic of hia day (1550), Hjiys of this sect; —

" If the truth of religion were to bo judged of by the readiness and cheerfulness which a man of any sect shows in sufleriHg, then the opinion nnd per-suasion of no sect «m be truer and mrer than that of Anabaptists [Baptists]; since there have been none, for these, twelve hundred yenrtt nast, that have been more generally punished, or that have more cheerfully and steadfastly undergone, and. even oflfered themselves to, fAe moti cruel sorts of pnnlBh-ment, than these people."—Reese's Reply to Wall.'

PROTKSTANT TESTIMOKV. JVeafiiyter/an.—Zuingle, the co-lal?orer of Cal-

vin, "with whom originated," says D'Aublgne, " tlie first Idea of Presbyterianism." says: —

"The institution of AnabaptiBm is no novelty, but fcjrthlrleen hnndnsl years hii.s caused great dis-turbance fn the church; and bnii acquired such u

strength, that Uie atteimit In thb age tu cont«ud with I t appeared ftitilo for a time."

This cjirrlert the succetaion of BuptLsts Ijack to A. D. 225.

President ICtlwanls, the most eminent theo-logi.«in and luluister of his day, says the aucccfiblun wiifi preserve' in Wales from the <iarlt(!st times, by a i)tH.iplo who held th(» faith of the Wul-denses: —

" In every age of this dark time [of |K»i)eryj, there ai»iHwetl particular jH-rsons in all parts of Christendom who bore a tt>slimony agniiist the ct)rruptions and tyranny of the cluivch of Uouic There is no one age of Antichrist, even in the darkest time, but wclesiastiea! historians mention by name those who inanift>sttHl an ahliorreiu'e ol tlie pope and his idolutroas worship, and pleaded for the ancient purity of dcKtrine and worship. Ciod was p!<'ased to maintain an nnintcrrupteil suwHsion of many witnes-stsi through the wliole time, in Hritain.aw'well itsin (ierinany and France; private pi-rson.s and ministers; mhuc luagistnite.--, and iiersons of great distinction. .\n(l there wfre luunliers in every age w hu were iiei-scciiled a!iil nntto death for tins testimony." - Kdwanl's lli.sl. Kedenip. p. -0.">.

I.iitfuvnii and MtihiHlinl. man of his ajre more thoroughly hated the .Analiapti.nts than iliil Mosheim, a standard historian, who.se i ccKwiasii cj\l History is repul)lishe<i by the Metlioilist liunl (•oncern of America; lie says:—

"The true origin of that sect which aci|iiirei| the n a m e of Anabapti.sts, by their administering anew the rite of baptiHin to those who came over to their communion, and derived that of Mennon ites from that famous man to whom they owe the greatest part of their prm.-tif fi-lieity, is iiri) in TUK UKMOTt: OKrrus Ol' A.NTKiUiTV, and is, c<mse<iuently, extremely diHicult to be asc<a-taintsl." —Vol. iv. p. IliT.

Again he says: - -" It mav be ob.servod, that the Meiinouiti'?- ar.-

not entirely mistaken when they imiLst of their descent troin the Waldenses, I'etroburu.s'îans, and other ancient sect.i, who were usually considensl as wltne«scH of the truth in the times (tf universjil darkness and superstition. Before the rise of iiUthcr and Calvin, there lay concealed [this lo<>i;s like a fulttllmont of the Revelation, where we timl the woman driven into the wildernms, i. e., ob-scurity] in almost all the countries of Kurope, par-ticularly in Bohemia, Moravia. Switzerland and vêrmany, many persons who a/.lhered tenachmsly to the following doctrin(>s, which the Waldenses, Wlckllfllt<«and Hussittwrwedo not feel re )roached by a.s80ciatlon with sucirspirits) had ma ntained, some in a more disgui.setl, and others in a more public manner; viz., 'That the kingdom of Christ, or the visible church he had CKtablisbed upon earth, Wiia an a.s.sembly of truo and real saints, and ought, therefore, to be inacci>s3ible to the wicked and unrightoaus; and also exempt from ail tho.se institutions which human prudence sug-gests to oi^pose the progrc-ss of iniipiity, or to cor-rect and reform tnnisgrcasors.' " — Vol. iv. p. tiiK.

A)>MCO/>«/. — l>r. Richard Davis, Bishop of Mon-mouth, says: -

"'I'hero was a vast dilferencti betwettn the Christianity of the ancient Britons and that mock Christianity IntroductKl by Austin Into Plngland In 596; for the ancient Britons kept their Chrlsti-anity pure, —without any mixture of human tni-dltions, —as they received It from the disciples of Christ, and from the church of Rome when she was pure, adhering strictly to the rules of the word of God."—(iuoted from Intro. Orchard's Hist.

"God had a regular chain ol truo and faithful witnesses in this country [Wales] in every age from the first introduction of Christianity to tho present time, who never rectfived nor acknowl-edged the iMjpe's supremacy; like the thousands and millions of the lnhabitant/» of the vale of Pied-mont, residing on green and fruitful meadows surrounded by high and lofty mounUiins, sepa-rated fiA[)m other nations, as if the all-wise Creiitor had made them on purpose, as places of safety for hlsjewels that would not bow the knee to Baal." — Doctrine of Baptism, by Benjamin Jones; 1'. A. Mon. p. 14!); and Sir Samuel Moreland.

I will introduce a quotation from a work en-Utletl Antichrist; and also one article of their faith, published in 1120, fully four hundred years before Lutlier or Calvin were, born, or the Frutsstantfl had separated from -, the Catholic church:— h; , fi. .

"A third work;of Antichrist consists in this, that he atlrihtrtee the regeneration of the Holy Spirit unto the mere external act [of baptism] baptizihe Infiints fn that fliith, teaching that there-by bapttsm and r ^ n e t a t l o n must be had, on •which principle he confers and bestows orders, and indeetls grounds all his Christianity, which is con-trary to the word of the Holy Soni»tureB."

1?: S A From their fourteen Articles of Faith:— "Art. 7. We believe in tlie ordinance of bap*

tlam. Tiie water is the visible external, which represents to m that which by virtue of CJcHi's In-visible oiieratlon Is within us, nameiy. the reno-vation of our minds and the mortlflcutlon of our members through the fiUth of .lesus Christ, and by this ordinance we are received into the holy c(>n-gregation of God's people, previously profes.-iing and dtx.'laring our faith tmd clwngeof life."

1 lase, the best authority in matters of ecclesiasti-<•«! history in the world, save, of course, the ten thousand i.riginal documents that furnish history, siiys of the Waldeases: —

"They were generally conversifnt with the Scriptures, and maintainiHl, in opposition to un-worthv priests, that ail who truly imitate t lirist m hislifeof p6verty iiad a right freely to preach the irosiwl. They deni«!d a purgatory, and that ni.-n coi.ld forffivc sins; tliey protests! agjiinst the worshii) of imaKes and .stiints, and were con-mrainwi to denv that the .•hureh of the i)ope was ,l„. Church of CU.rist, even when they allow-csl that many ha<l been S4ivcd who had never for-saken it."'

Again: •• \Vitne.s.se: whos<" t.'stiinony is beyomt su>-

oicion, though they belongisl to the ,< athoiu-I-hurch, itiform us thai their name and origin is to l,e tnucl to Peter Waldns an opulent citizen uf Lyons, about llC.o The trndition more re-centiv entertuiiuMl among the alaenses them-.elve'.f siceording to which their oriirin is to l.e traceil' to primitive and even apostojic tim.-s, is true onlv so far as the same spirit fuix aliray.'' />.c><

among Ihen. o,/ t/,r .Sacred ,S<-np/urex ami has a/ways prol..«t«l against the corruptions of the church."

Again; "11 is ,.Uo probable, thai, in some of their Al-

i.iiie viilevs, a spirit has btn-n maintauusl ever iimv tlu -time of Claudius of Turin (HIHKS41)) V, hieh harmoniml with, and was Inwt delliie<l by, t l i e i.reachingof the Walden-siM. . . . Obi^-ing ( io,l n.ther tTian men, they i.lanted congregations in I'rance, Italy and Germany."

gaUon from the eouiJualon of the cluiptw,aevote<l to theliifliory o f t h e H a p t i H t B : — ^

We have now seen that ti«e B m ^ , who were formerly mlled Anabaptl^ , « « V " , Mennimltc«, were the «rigl««H NValden^ i i ^ who have long, in tho history of the wdved the honor of that orgln. ^ ^ ^ TKK BAITIHTS MAY «E t'ONBiwmfi^HB ONL;V CimiSTlAN t»MMUNlTV WHK!U HASimxmW^B Tira APOSTI.K8, ANI> A.H A «HH18TIAK ^ I K T ^ WHICH HAH PR1«KRVEI) PUUK TUK l ^ ^ B l ^ OF TIIK (lOHi'Ei. THiiomai Aiit. AGES. The Pf-'fS^tY correct exti^rnal «»noniy of the Baptist d«iOiB.-natioii tends to confirm the truth disputed b> tlie Romish church, that the ReformaUon !>rought about in the sixteenth c«ntury was in tne highest degn'eneci!S8ary; and at the sjune lime go<» to refiite the erroneous notion of the CaUiolkM, that tlieir communion is tho mfjst Emryclopedla of ileligious Knowledge, art. Meti-nomtes''; also the Southern BaptLsi Review, Vol. V. No i. Art. 1, for a full translation of the chapter.

In his debate v, lth Maccalla, Mr. aunpbell af-firmed that —

** Frtiiu the apostolic age to the present time, the sentiments'.yi Huptists, and their j.raclice of bajv tisni, have had a continued chain of »dyocaU«, and public monumenta of their e.xistence in every century can be productHl."-Debate with Mac-calla p. :J78.

Wo think sueii tt^tiniony amply sutUclent to .sastain the declanitions of Christ concerning his cluirch. The witnes-ses cannot be charged with testifying to fn%or their own sects, for thinr testi-mony is directly against botli Catholicism and i'rotestantism, showing that they are but human instilutioas. We may therefore confidently as-sort that the kingdom set up by Christ, during his public ministry, has never been broken to pieces or given to another iKwple than his .saints, and will stand until he comes to restore all things.

.Again, in .speaking of the sects from llilC.-IM", he sav , mentioning the Walden.ses:-

" In the commencement (»f the lifKH'nth century, lieretieai congregations of almost every kind were scattered and broken um but it was secret tliat th(W< forms of oppasition were ifiaintainwl or organized, which, in the sixtwnth century, ca,ne fonrard under the name oJ Anabaptmn:'

This includoi the Waldcnst«. He had already (H.nn.Hted them, in thought, with the noble re-ligious heroism and Scriptural spirit that was so nwoliite In its opposition to Rimiisli oppression m, the times of Claudius of Turin, who flourishetl ,h;!o. They hail, therefore, existed and main-tained their ilocUines and organizations, though "only in stvret," from A. D. 840 to 1517. This is as much as Baptists want, and more than they need Hut there Ls no trouble in going farther hack. The Novatians (A. D. 2.01) taught that the church should consist only of sauits and puriiiiid „„0H,-ClirLstians, - a n d rebaptized all who came to them from the t\dholic cluirch: they were Anabaptists. And all know who have, to any .•onsiderable extent, rend the history of those times, that " the African, ami many of the Asiatic ehurches," sustiuned u stout controversy with the Roman church (A. D. 21(M260), the former " r f -haprninq all who came, to (hem from the various serfs," of which there were many, therefore being Anabapdsts; while the latter," the Roman church, recognized the validity of all baptisms In which thfe subject formed a full purpose to enter into fellowship with Christ." And finally, tee do know, that thougli some, yet not all the churches planted by the apostles, and tluit exactly corresponded with their teaching and pmctice, had not been cor-rupiedhy Heathen innovations up to tliat Uine. Of this there Is no doubt, iw all fair-minded people who arc at all Informed on the subject will admit. Read Mosheim, Guerike, Giesler, Neander, SchafT, Baur, llase, JSIamson, Shedd, Gibbon, and all the authorities on the history of tho times from A. D. 70 to 312.

Finally, I will quote the tesUmony of two dis-tinguished scholars, Dr. Ypelg, professor of t h^ ology at Groningen, and R«v. J . J . Durmout, el.aplain to the king of Holland, who were a ^ ,H)lntod by the king to write, the history of the Reformed, church of the Netherhinds, that was publishetl in 1819. These êre quaUfled the tiiBk; and they had accefls to all tte 1 of Germany. I quote the result of their investi-

PIUX^KKDINGS OF THli TiilNNESSElC BAIITST STATE (;0NVENT10N.

rrii.- f..lU.wll.K report we luko frnlll Il.t-yX/i The I.lltor will kIv Ills li.ii.ri isloi.s u|k.i. Ills r,-turi..| Klml Uftj'H I'roi'MHUiiKH.

i lmtUiiKHiKU, ti'iiH. Ucl.l.T.lSV" Tlu' Convention a.ssenibU'd in the liaptlst church

at 10 o'clock yt>sterday. The introdutory sermon was i)ostpone<l until seven o'clock at night.

Rev. T. G, .roiu-s, D.D., of Nashville, in the ab-sence of the President, oilletl the convention to order. After devotional exercises a Committee on CYwlentlals, with Ci. C. Connor as chairman, was appointed. This committee reported the imnias of ninety-two delegates dulv accredited.

The Convention was then organized by theelec tlon of Rev. W. A. Nelson, of Edgefield, Presi dent; W. P. Jontw, M.D., of Nashville, nnd Rev. J.R.Gravi>s, LL.l).,of Memphis, Vice-presidents, and Rev. J. II. Boruin, Clerk.

<i. C. Connor reporttnl an Order of Business for the government of the body, which was adopted.

A (;ommitte on Religious l-Ixercises, with Rev. J . M. Philliiw as clialrnian, was next appointed, followetl by a Committee on Finance.

The hours of meeting and adjourning were fixed as follows: Meet at {> a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; adjourn at 12 m. and (i p.m.

Corrtspondents were next invlteti to seats. Several visitors from Georgia acceiitetl tho courtesy.

An invitation was extended io the Convention, by Gen. Wilder, to visit the rooms of the Iron and Steel A«.soclailon, which was accepted with thanics. The Convention then took a reccss for dinner.

AHcrnoon .•ietmlon. The Convention asseird^led promptly at 2:30,

despite the pouring rain. The regular committes were announced by the

President, on ISIissIons, Sunday-school, Religious Destitution, Deceaseti Ministers, and Education.

A committee was appointed to sîlect delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention, which meets in Nashville next May. That body includes all the States south of tlie Potomac.

The reports of the Trustee of the Southwestern University and the* Mossy Creek College were read. They, with the reiwrt on Education, were made the Special Order for 10:!«) this morning.

Quite a lively discussion sprang up on the place of meeting next year, The matter was hiid on the table, to give delegates a chance to Investigate the rival clalras.

At 7:15 p.m., tlie Introtluetory «3epOp was . preached. Tho pomiug rain s e r i o u s l y ^ ^ J t e size of the audience. >

We were i*r4»cuhirly fiiitjprtwsi'Jl witJt the expe-dition Ûh wBiq^ thls boSv bUHinom, and the perfect Quality that is maintained among tho delegates. The "der lc td" and " l a y " ideas enter not into their methods. #

It ia a strong botly of men; aye representative men are they. Some of the most eloquent minis-ters of their denomination are among tliem. We regret tlwt the inclemency of the weather vente<l a large number from visiting our^clty, wlio had made arrangement» to come.

This will be the most interesting day of the ses-sion, as tho various reiwrts of committees on de-nomln.^tlonal work come up for discuHsieii. Elo-(luent speechcM muy be expecte<l. ^

N«>con(l Diiy.)! rrocfipdlnn;". The Convention meta t9a .m. , and afier devo-

tional exercises pniceeded to busincfis, tho Presi-dent in the chair.

The following Is the complete organization an reported by (J. C. (Connor, chairman Cfjmmlttee on Credentials:

Rev. W. A. Nelson, President. W. P. Jones, M.D., Rev. J . R. Graven, LL.D.,

Vice-presidents. Rev. J . H. Borum, Clerk, n . W. Buttorf, Tniasurer.

l>pIcira<»H. Elds, J R Gravts, LL.D., L M Aypr, H J Blair,

SC Evans, J B Kimbrough, D.D., J A Klncaid, A Van Iloose, T G Jonm, D.D., J W BoweO, G W GrlfHn, D.D., J F B Mays; D. D., J K »Wo-mack, C. E Truett, C C- Brown, J Janeway, W H Magnus, S W Tlndell, N B Goforth, D.D., J M D Cates, C R Hetulrlck.son, D.D., T H Sturges, T J Eastcs, A J Brandon, W A Montgomery, Win Huff, J H Morton, D M MtsReynolds, W D Mayfleld, D.D., M N Gairett, W MJantw, O C Pope, J M Phlllii«. Bros. E D Wright,- P M Watson, E L Jordan, W R Cooper, W M Burnett, t: S Peak, J W Mathews, J W Thomasy J A Tur-ley, T G Jone«, J H Frame, H 8 Blair, E M Dod-so'n, MBPllcher, M W ShleldsiSG 8 Reeves, M PPhllUiw, M F Jordan, J A Farris, S H Bainl, l-'oley Vaughan, H W Buttorf, Jesse French, D E Wright. Anson Nelson, L B Jarman, G W Cat-lett, Douglas AUen, Ii Sheperd, Cheney Williams, W Thomas, J K McCuily, '1C Graves, LL.D., 1) D Gate, J G Arnold, A 8 Wllkins, E Wlndes, John Rassell, A Ogle, W LMcKnlght, JSFftrrls, L B BuUer, G C Connor, A Riulkner, J B Paiton, NWQuarlcs.

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VlNlton. llev. J . P. Boyc(!, D.D,, chairman Southern

Baptist Theological Seminary; Rev. N, B.'Wil-lianit!, agent Foreign Mission Boartl Squtliern Baptist Convention; Rev. W. N. Chaudolu, agent Domestic Mission Board, Southern Baptist Con-vention ; Rev. R. T. Hanks, coirespondent Geor-gia, Baptist Convention; M. L. Stanton,'corres-pondent Georgia Baptist Convention; Rev./r. T. Tucker, corresiiondent Coosa AflBOCiatlon, Geor-gia; A. Hicks, correspondent Coosa Association, Georgia; Rev. W. T. RusseU,^ correspondent Coosa Association, Geoîa; Rev; J . M. Robert-son, correspondent Coosa Association, Georgia; D. Stokely, corresimndent Georgia Baptist Con-vention; I), D. Cat^ Athens, tonn. - ; ^

The following ladles, from a distance, have been in attendance on the sessions of the Convention:

Miss Julia Blackraan and Miss B. Pkâsanton, m n k l i n , Tenn; Miss—-Merr l t t , Winchester, Tenn; Mre. A. J . Brandon, Christiana; Miss Templeton, Winchester, Miss Snell, Murfrees-boro; Miss Laura Dayton, Sheibyville, Tenn; the Misses McKnlght, Charleston, Teun; Mrs. Richards, California; Mrs. Anson Nelson, Nash-ville, Tenn; Mrs. E. L. Jordan, Murftccslwro, Tenn.

The next session of the body WM diwited to be held with the Baptist church at Sholbyville.

R«v. J . P. Bovce, D.D., then addressed the Con-vention in behaifoftheSouthiimBaptliStTljpolog-ical Seminary. It Vas ah interesUng-eaywic of the studies and methods pursued in the seminary.

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INMUUBO* Oruer, BcciiterM IjMtor, Kxprew or Uma,Ht our rlak.; othcrwlw at fhp neudra**. It iiniiw»r In limlrvd by loidl, send aUuDp or postal card.

DlallBcnUIilas i>rlaci|(l*N or Da|)tl*U. I. AI DaptUtii, w« are to stand (br tlm tiupremo autliorttv of the word of UM a« the only and KUdiRleni rule of rnltii and proatloe. The Bible, auii the illbit! only, as oppoxi'd to all hiimau tradition In mattcre Ixitli or fnitu and pmotlro, we muit claim aa betiiK a dtctinsuliihlnft doctrine ol our ilo-nomlaatlon—a doctrine for which wo ure called uarnently to eot>t«ad. 2. A» RapttstJi, we nro to etand for tlio ordlnnncPH of i'hrlBl

u he fliOomed them upon hi« folIowvrH, the lutmo In number, lu tnMtoi In OTtter, and In nint>olU! tntuning, unohauKVd iintl lu Tnvwr, UA VTAvr I «iuu unchaDj^ble till he come. 3. Aa BaptUta, wesr« to stand for u iplrltunl and roK«u(*>'-ated ehurch, and that none NHALL l>e roceive<l Into ChrlNt'* chureh, or bo welcomed to ItKordlnnBcm. without coDfetwlnK a perttonol faith lu Pirlot, and Ktviuj; credible evldcnco oi piety.

»lalin«alaIiluK Policy of llUlorlcal BiipUat*. The non-Toeoanltlon ol hnrnnn Koolctlm un Scriptural

rhurchen by afdllAtlon, nilnlxtiirlal or eccleHlOHtlcnl, or any alliance or co-opemtlon that Ix KUHoeptlblo nf t>i>tim ap-parently or logically e<in>itruod by our niemlierH ur thnlrN or Iho world Into o recognitton of ecclcdlusllcnl or mUilHturlnl e<{uaiity with Baptist churoboa.

A PROPOSITION FOR UNITY.

W K give the foUowing reply of Bro. liink to the proposition ol the lieliffiom Herald for

Unity. The irapresBion has long aiul most hidus-triously been made by the Herald that but n ainall I>er cent of the Baptlata ol the South are strict Baptists Of Landmarkors. I t is true there wiis ti t ime when this paper waa the only open advotatc of a strictly consigtent practice, hut it is «iunlly truo that the Religious Herald is to-day tlie only Daptist paper in the whole South that advocates alien immersions and pulpit afBUatioii with the unbaptixed tenehers of acknowledpwi herc-sies. Read tho article.

Dear Brethi-eiu—Mwliy among Baptists is ex-ceedingly desirable, if it can be secured by conces-fllona or conaitlejratlons of expediency, without a Hacriflce of oonaclentious conviction.'). Landmark-ism, or the non-exchange of pulpits, is of recent o r i ^ among Baptlsta. I t is really a departure from the old landmarks. For more than half a century, wo have been attending representative

tlat meetings, in East, West, North and South; and wo have never heard_a public objec-tion to an exchange of pulpits. We received the practice from our fathers of the early times. The "anti-aflUiation" party is not only of recent origin, but comparatively small. It is almost eu-tirwy limited to the States of the Southwest; and oven in these, by the admisnion of the Record, it indudes not more than half the Baptists. Now, the qneotion which we wish to ask Is this: Will it not be wise for the Landmarkors to fall batrk, from their advanced position, into the line of thn g r ^ Baptist a rmy? The "anti-afflliationlstB" are pious, IntelllgOTt and brave, but they will, gain nothing, and the cause will gain nothing by their position BO liur in front of the Baptist line of battle. By this concession, and in no other way, that we can discern, can perfect liarmony be se-cured in our ranks. " Mohammed may come to the mountain," (we use the words In no offeosive sense.) " but the motmtain cannot go to Moham-med." This movement would not. be a retreat, but a countermarching of brave and adventurous

and promote the e army. The re-

trogressfve movement would involve no sacriflce of principle, no abandonment of cherished inter-c ^ , and no unmanly concessions. I t would be simply a consent to rally on the line so long and so bravely defended by our fathew—Baldwin, Gano, Lunsford, Semple, Furman, Mercer and many such men—a noble band, whom it is safe and honorable to follow, as they followed Christ. Will our brethren think candidly on this suêct ,

- - - tPJ • and Pheir decistonJ whether we deem it right or wron^, wise OT unwise, will be respected by us.—iZe&j?-iom flcraJd.

The above was appended to an article in the diacusiBion betwem ine HmOd and JReoord on pul-pit afflUation. .Wi th that diacuosion we do not p r o p S e l o i n t e d S ^ bat this la addressed to the

fl.nd «< their deds ion" seemd t o tie 'b tof l i r to ," a a d -e3Q>ee|ed. A.' tncoe xesiaiiDiblo we

i/riti&t asserts that, " non-exohanue of pulpits ip of recent origin among Baptists?" The writer talkji aa if BaptiBti were only about a half-oentury

old and that long aco, afflUation was ihe practice. Over a hundred years ago, we cannot tell what our brethren would have done. They were then, and prior to that time dwplaed and persecuted by PedoljapttetH generally. The idea that they recog-nly.ed as true, official mirtlnters of tlie gospel, those who imprisoned them, banished or burnt tlieni at the stake, 1« simply monstroas. Itecognitlon and affiliation must have bogun sometime, within the present century. It Sh a mistake to think that the auti-atWlatiftlusts rt>giml the question as one

ren, " For unity's sake, alwndon your modern practice uf renlrictod <-omuiunion. Your English fathers have set you the exsimple. Huuyan, l l a l l and other noble nwn, practiced our way, laiive

mwicrn way of doing and practice our way. k'ou artiliate with INHlobiiptlsts iind regard them right in the main iiiuttor' and why differ alxiut

this? You are ' iiiotis, iiitelligt'nt and brnve,' why not " full Imek from your ndvanml position into tho lino of tlif gnnit. Haiitist army? * Hy this I'oncoAsion and in no other way that wucaiidis-coni, can ix-rfwt harmony lu- .sfcurwd in our ranks . ' " Tht> OJM'H oomiiiunionists might with (Huai propriety sjiy all thin and uKiro, and if the " aiountain " is on the otiior.side to-ilay, it did not always .stniul tliu>. Opea communion once had the asi'endcncy a.-, t.> nuuibwrs, a.s anUiationsits may havf to-(lay. Tho appeal WUH matle as it no\v is to the anti-alViliationists, luit Cortunately, it is not hml i t l , nor will a similar appeal be hmltnl now. IJ anti-atViiiatioii is no very nuKlorn, it hits a wonderful growth, its rwtricte*! com-munion hits al.Ho had, ami at its piKJt rate of pro-gretis the Relk/iom ITrmhl being authority, it will soon IKH;OIUO ' ' the .Mountain" ami " Molianimod" may come to it.

Hut to wave tlie merits ol tliecnn»stioii and to uivitea "retrocre-ssive movement" !« Hoinething very woiuh'rful in a Hapti-ft, who claims to hold truth sacred, if anti-aililiatioiiirttj< occupy, ois is confcHSwl, an advanctni position," then for the honor of truth, do not call them back, but encour-age tlieni to be tirm and exhort tlie laggards who look wistfully to the flesh pots of Egypt, to the grand advanco<l stand taken by the brethren, l l i e lidUiiom Herald, we Iwlieve, is the only paper South that lugs far behind. If it could tiike in the gmnd ont-look and .stand for the truth, not l»ng hence the standartl lietirers of the North, one after another would take poHition. They will do It finally. England will follow and then we shall have the " unity " so detUrable. Germany stands with us already; and the world will .see that tliere Is a difference, and discern between tho.se who discjird Ciod's trutli anil ordinances.

Antl-amiiatlonists no inon' forbid otiiers to preiich, or do what else they wish, than do closii conimunioni.st« forbid others to olwerve tlieir own ritfes in their own way. We pro »ow) to follow Christ and honor the order of h s house. Tho Catholics build orphan asylums, and we are com-manded to care for the iioor. They are not for-bidden to do it. In doing this tliev transgresw no law. We have no right to forbid them, but is it our business to unite with them, and invite them to our churches in carrying forward this work, and so far as wo can in this way, i m — -world that they are right, and that to Bible and follow tradition, Is a small matter? Affiliation reasoning would force us to this or to stultify ourselves. The Religious Herald does not believe these Pedobaptlsts to be properly atdhor-iiexl ministers of the gospel^ and would not Invite them to administer communion or baptism or to lay on hands In ordination, bid the;/ m regard thmselve,H and K E O A K D P R K A C H I N G A S A N O F -K I O A L W O R K , and when Baptist minister invite Pedobaptlsts into their pulpits, as they do each other, thev understand that their claim to be true, official ministers of the gospel, is recognized as e(iujU to that of those who Invite them. If wc in-vite them, not intending the recognition they un-derstand ua to give, wo practice a deception on them, which they would spurn, if they knew it. Anti-afflllatloniBts would to be excused from any such double dealing with men for whose piety and jKWitlon in the world, they liave a high r e s p w . Honesty becomes Christian men every-where, and especially in mutters of religion, ^ o m this " advanced position" we have no right to "fal l back," and below it, honest men have no right to s t ^ . W« must say to our brethren who seem to lose sight of their own inconsistency, as they say to Pedobaptlsts and open commumon Baptists: " If you would bavc ^ unity,' come to the only true ground and the otUy t ^ u n d on which a t rue Baptist can consistmtl^ staild. YOH have .no sacrifice to make to come to us, we dare not go to you."

Our immediate and ultimate prosperity, a» a denomination^ depends on the strietoesB -witli which we follow out and maintain the logical ri^ suits of our fundamental principles. Tf ea t prln* dple>4 are right, we mny expect the richeet bless-ing of heaven and t.hf l:e«t appovnl of men, only

I wnoB we maintain them in tin ' iielr purity.

MT TinSOU'OY AND MY COIFOBT-H B holda the key of all unknown,

And I am glad. If ulher hMiiU abonid hold the key. Or li he truited It to me,

I niiaht be Buil. What If to-morrow^ <!ar«« wcro liwe

Without it» rohl ? 1 had ruthttr ho unlock thf <la.v. And, lut thf hourx «wln(s open, wtT

" .My will !» bc«." nn> \r.ry (lliiiia-MN of my slglil

Maktti nie Hfonr#<; Fur, cr*)plnH In mv mlMy w«.v, I feel HIM hmid— I hf.-ir hitii HMT,

" .My liclp IM sun'." I ciiuiiot reiul lil» futiirt? plnn.

Ilut lIilH I linow : I linvc tlio Ntnlllng* of li'n fiii-<< ,\nil nil the rcfURi' of hlH ninr. .

Wil l ie here bolovv.

Kinmijli . IhlH covoiH iiM mv wuiit .Viul M> 1 r<'sl,

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HUEVITIHS. 'I'll!' Haptist Mission at Oiigolc, Indin, i<'|M>rt->

one hundrwi and tlvo baptisms in u sinj;!'- (lii\. A moiui»ient to U(v,a'r Williams was (h-^limlt-il

in Providence, U. I., on the 10th uH. Twenty Haptist churehm have (>wn orgaiii/A«l

among the Creek Indian.s. Nearly all have Infliun I'astors.

Sixty converts were baijlbsHl into tlie fellow ship of the liaptist church at Swatow, China, by Ives. W. K. McKlbiwn during tho HKmth of HeptemlKir.

Dr. Buckner, our Indian missionary, attims it as his belief that there is a smaller {>ni|>ortion <il the Cliorokee IndiaiLS imatiic to read than amoni; the jwople of tho adjoining Stat^-s of .Xrknnsas aixl Missouri.

Of late ywirs mL-<iion orgaiiiwitions lor t lie ovan-geiiz-ation yf the women of India iuive been greatly oxtendetl. There are now one hundnsl and sixteen lady niisslonarieH eniployiHl as tho agents of the various .HiK iethw in the country.

Eld. W . Pope Ymmau. of the Central liapdst, St. Ijouis, Mo., has retired from the editorial chair. He has sold his Interest In the i»ai>er to Eld. W. Ferguson, his former associated txlittjr. Uro. Fer-gason now becomes editor, with Eld. J . C. Arm-strong as his associate.

The German I3aptists have, besides the I'âstern and Western Conferences, a Triennial General Convention, which has bt?en held in Huftalo. About two hundred delegates were jtresent, and tho buslnt*ss tran.sacted related to puhlirtition, education, Sunday-schools, and the <tertnan Orphanage at Louisville, K y .

Private information has reache<l London (^lys a telegram to the Liverpool Courier) from a jwrnon of the highest rank in"Rome, tliat a now Pofjo has been delinitely elected. The now Pope Is said to be Cardinal Paneblanco, and he was elec-ted in pectore a t a secret conclave of cardinals, summoned last week In consequence of the then dangerous condition of the Pope's health.

The Bibiieal Recorder says, " that the r«il dan-ger threatening the churchc« of Christ is not the advancement of so-callwl science, the progress of lax theology, br tho general demoraliwitlon of society, but is to bo found in the departure of the church®^ from the plainly written requirements t)f the New Testament, and tho c-ardinal doctrines of the churches in the jMist, on the subject of con-version."

We have received a copy of the minutes ef the Clear Creek Association, which convened wltli the Shiloh church, Pulaski county, 111., last August. The Association is composed of ttiirty-aeven churches, with a membership of two thousand and fifty-one. Number of biiptismB during the year, two hundred and iUty-aiz. T H E B A F T I B T was %«nialy endorsed and Its drculation In their

n u i ^ n b d s M o o d e d . ' t h e bretbren have our

^ B , ^ . ; M o ^ H e a d e n s o n , cdbred, ^ ^ First IBaptist church, colored," "Memphis, died on the 26th ult. ' He was noted for his piety and re-ligious zeal, and to his indomitable energy a n the

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colored people indebted for the imposing church edifice which they now occupy. The church was organised about the close of the war with a small membership, but now numbers about three thou-wtnd. His funeral was preachwl by Dr. liandrum of the C^jntral clnirch Inst Sabbath, who paiil a merited triimte to the life and character of the deceiwd.

IIKVIVAL IN CiiEiiiUA.— A very precious meet-ing lias liwn In progrws at the Chelsea llai)tist church during the past two weeks. On last Hab-'.atb ten wen- n-ceiywl into the fellowship of the •tiiirch Many are anxiously set^kin;; the Lord, nd there wiil no doubt be other conyei-sions as u' fniitri of the meeting. We rejoi<-<- with Bro,

!• Crewa, the iwistor, and pray that tlie Lord ay still more isbundantly bless his labors. I'^ld, K. Tigrett, of Johnson's Grove. Tfiuj., the iimr pastor, has IXH'ti a-ssisting in thf meeting,

was Inkun sick and has returned IKJIIH'. Tlie I'tini; still continues. Iilrty-s<.<veii years ago there were only tluco 'vc Christians in all China, in conms^timi with l('>,tant missions. Now tberi-nn'at ieast twelve "t'teeii thoUMind. A much larger pmiiortiuii 1' applied for baptism durlni,' tlie past year than 'Uy previous year, and tlu! candidates liave

i.>f HI higher type of cliann-ter. The '•'ie Ls more open than ever for tlie preaching "f \s orii, and the Cheefoo Convention of liLs{ .ve!V>gother witli proi'lamatioii agnH'd upon, is proy mighty instrument toward tiio more

opening up of tlie va.st interior. Not "uli tlie country open to our ellorts, but tlie mlii'if many in different ((uarters, liavr lurert inort- less aroused Iroiu iheir lethargy. Multi tudt*x, reading our books, and not a few are cagerinvt^stigating the nidure and bearing ul Westi innovations.

QUEIUES. Brw'KAVKs:—Has tho Baptist church any

right tuvlte her sister churches to her com» muniotttilo, or visiting brethren to seat In conf fsrnncePlease answer tlirough T H K B A I T I H T ;

M . B . L K A H . ; A N S W . — The right do(w not exist, unless the

invitingurch has the right to sejxrch her si.ster's hoase fo>tiven, and has she?

BRO. (XV :H: — I desire to ft.sk you a (motion for Infornion. The question is this: If a brother arraigneciefore the church and exclude l for iimiigneciefoio n.w v... —-stealing, I has not since hia exduîon produced any prool) mitigate the offence, and there bo a lawyer o n d n g to the church who voted with tlie churcbr the exdusion of the guilty brother, since the Musion of tho brother who was ar-SIIJCV mu *iuniou iiiu ... ralgncd, t lawyer has accepted a fee and bc^ came tho omey of tha guilty man betore the law. No^^ this lawyer treating his church or tho cause rht in defending a man from justice whom he haoll has voted guilty?

I N Q U I R B R .

Will Br(Penn of Texas answer this?—ED. B A P T I S T .

What shoi bo done with a church numbering I2.'> membe who do not attend a protractea meeting t o e number of twenty? not over one to cach anxls person forward for prayer.

w. Pray for thi Bro. W., pray for them, that the

liord will r<ve;them, and then they wlU, so far as It is possihfor tliem to do so, come out to the meetings, eM at a sacriflce. The idea of legis-lating in thisaatter would simply b« Iniquitous. There is unfomatdy too much of the spirit, and practice too, clegl8hiting in our churches. Our churches forgi that the legislative department is lixated in thelngdom and not a shadow of it in the church, It Ing a purely executive hotly. To uittko one lawor enact one observance which Christ has nofci^joimd is a wicked and high-handed iisurpaon of his r i g h t s — t h e legislature prerogative. Snediurchea forgetful of this ap-point by legisl4ve enactments two Sabbaths in one week who God has instituted but one, and should a njenab fail to attend meeting on Satur-d ^ for twice bihtloe Mrttliout ofP^rij ; un e a c c ^ tha i the diurciv^l;ao8ept he i«, forthwith «aC-c ludr f—the chk iBitUiaed out; of his fcther'p house into the tnteM Wjld'to perish, and bteft l leged sin is notliat he has disobeyed his Father but refused t t ^ b / the law that the children have

made and added to the laws left by t h e Father. Should that child iierlsh In the cold these children would be guUty of mnrder. The right to make, repeal or change one law, implies the right to ro-IKal the whole code and make entirely new laws. It may be Kald that the churches all a^rreed to the Saturday-SabWh for conference, etc. That alters not the cliaractcr of the case, nor does it mitigate the turpltuile of tho sin, for it is a sin, and a iiKjst hienoits sin before Gotl for a church to usurp and put into pnu-tice legislative iwwera. Suppose the whole ehurch should decide Inlhnt baptism Ao iK' a Christian duty a n i pass a law to exdudfl every member who should refase to pmcthie it. Would the unanimity with which tho church ado[itcd it change the character of the act—the turpitude of the sin? The Lord's day ts the only (lay <j(Kl hits set apart or re<iuirtd for his worehip. Upon no other ilay are w« comuiandetl to assem-ble ourselvtw together for his worship. There is no work or business connected with the Lonl's houtic or kingdom that wo may not transact on that day. That's tho day for tlio church to hold its conference when the largest numbeJ can be iiH«eml)lcil and intertsted in it. ''Six days tthall th»» lohor ami di> all tlii/iiwf.-." If the needs of our families require, and our basintiss ougage-

. ments demand six days attention, thea do we sin against God by working only five any week, in order to attend on worship. Its an act of will-worship - who hath required this at »ur hands? God is better pleased with obedience rather than sacrifice. Hut if increa.sed attention to busi-ness, - i f so l)e our families, nor our credit will be likely to suffer from it, and we find it lu our hearts to devote several days togother to God's worship in a protracted meeting, it is our privil-ege to do so,—it is u.free-will offering unto the Lord, for our increaswl enjoyment and his declar-ative glory, but the church has no right to de-mand this of its members. I t will lie a sad day for our denomination when It by statutory enact-ment make It the duty of Its members once or twice each yejir to dtn-ote weeks to a iirotracted nieeting, and liold tlie penalty of exclusion in ter-rorism over their heads, and the churchts have the same jiower to do this as to enact tho Saturday Sabbath once each month on pain of exclusion.

l,et those members alone who feel able and willing to devote days to protracted worship d9 HO, and pray fortheirbrethren whoareunabletodo 80, or who are able but unwilling to do so, and not invoke fire from heaven or from the church to censure them. Ix-t the rising spirit of church l«?gislatinii be crushwl out, paralysed in its first ef-forts by the word of God.

adopts a theory that a d ven flrom his death-

up to hea-IxxJî,"

or tha t the only "eomihst up" t a u m t In the Bfwe is that of b d n g " __Jw,"theaUegod in term^late slate to the heaveply inheri taiw, [or havinganewbodycreatedforhlml,weMnomy nwret that such theories should be substitued f«r a grand truth. I t certainly is not our iirovince to h d p others to make eo poor a subsitltutlon.

PIUYER-MEETING. Our Prayer-Meeting opeiia on each Sunday tfteraMn

«t three o'dock, and ft i« proposed that every Ohristlau who reads thla will coniiemte that hour to prayer for iibjecta presented in this column.—En. BAI'.

" There is a •cene where »pirits blend, Where friend holda fellowship with friend; Though Bundered far by faith ve meet Around one common mercy«aeat.'

Be content to sow tho seetl though you may never reap. The best part of the work Is in tho sowing. It is a blessed thought that you 'have dropped Into the heart of a child good, pure and holy thoughts, which In tlmo will yield a grand harvest of words and deeds. You may not live to see your scholars grow up to manhood and womanhood. But be satlstled; you have done your part in preijarlng them for any worthy post whicli tliey may bo called upon to flU.

jor'nl IB «0<l-<K> let ux »tr!ve to t>« Uuiler his cliUKtanlnK or UN olioMlng liaiid; Bo It hl« will that we bUi light mar »oe 111 Bunny days, or lu hl« nhadowi itand. Ix)nl, fold thy wandering nhecp lu'pnjrtutwt fklr; ArUis thy faithful people to defend, Thou, who art over vracloax, hettr aur prayer; Kntor our thanKlc^t IfearU, and gladntsM Mcnd.

One great error of our moral teaching lies IH the fact that there Is too much don't to it, and not enough Do. We bid our chUdren not to do this and that ; we do not always tell them what they may do. We tell the Inebriate not to go here, and there; but we do not as a general thing, give hlra a ?!»«! where he can go. We bid the young avoid the light, warm, cheery saloon ; but wo give olny the curb-stone, or hl.s own dim, chilly, uncomfortable room.—iVaWw/ai HarfliMt.

A " C H V K C I I " CATBctUBM.—The Cbna</rt Christian Gitardian pobllshes a " Catechism for tho church of England" which was printed Jn 1875, for " private circulation." I t may, possibly, have nothing but a private origin, and tho church be in no wise responsible for it. But the existence of such a document shows whither high-church-ism is tending. Tho following are some of Hi teachings:

Oi'EaTioN. How can we obtain God's «tt«» ^ — • " '—-"nts. A N S W K R .

ON GIVINC;.—It is proper to make money for thRioimrposcH; to give it away for gocd ends; to Increase capital, and so increase power to do and to give; to provide for the future temporal wants of yourself and those dependent on you. Giving, s a v i n g , spending-—these are the three objects for which money should be acquired. M03t peoplfe spend too much, many .save too much; few give too much. The ordlimry rule i s - s p e n d , save, then give if anything remains. Avarldoas i)e6-pie, sdf-indulgent people, lazy people, double-minded people, all dislike any meôds of be-nevolence. Some are like tho man who refused to give on a public occasion, saying: " My giv-ing ik lietween God and ray conscience; What I gives is nothln' to nobody"—and his friend^ construed his language literally.-./OAH Had.

This Is from the New York Examiner and ChronirJe, and its sentiments we fully endorse, and we add that the creation of a now body is in no sense a resitrredion, and yet not a few of our ministers teach that the resurrection hss nothing to do with with the old body that death con-quered '

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BiititlBts bijUeve to bsona oi t h e chief w ^ t w of Ihe New T w t a m m t ^ f t W W ^ O B or ^ ^ portance with that of the inspiration nf the Scrip-lures, the vicarious death of Christ, regenertlon by the Spirit, and an endless retribution, if a man

quered The Baptist denomination has certain g r ^ t ui

deriying prindpiea which m a t o it what it i One of thew is Its belief in the m ol a u ^ v e r s

By prayer and tho sacrhmeni. Q. What is baptism? A. Washing away of

Can a child go to heaven with sin in its

^''Q.' How ran this sin be washfid away? A. By baotlsm^ what do we iwriako in the bo'y.®®'"'-, munion? A. Tho body and blood of Christ.

Q. What rite makes us strong and perfect Christians? A. Confirmation. . „ ..

Q. How can we bo assured of God's pardon and grace? A. By alwolution. .

Q. Who am pronounce the alisolutlon/ A.

^Who gives the priest this authority? A. Jesus Christ.

If we live with Giod hero lielow, we shall live with him above. If we make the worid a Add of labor for (iod, and asphereof usefUlnlwto men, we shall not lie in danger ftom its allurements and temptations. If our hearts on earth are flUed with the spirit of heaven, wo soon shall ^nter there.- . /bjy. j .

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G. Craig & Co., Memphis, Tenn., are;havlng a large sale of Orchard Herds and BUm Onus Seeds for permanent mcadowB and pasturea. W e can do much, in the way of r e c l i h a l n g o t u r ^ o m ^ a t lands by changing the crop; sow dover and Orchard Grasa In suttclent quai^tlty (o get a ri^d, and In a very few yeirs the la^d wIU give back large yldds. Deep tUUge and thorough cul-tivation' has much to do In owklng good crops. 'By t*'^ way; send' to Chilg at Meiiiphls and get FruU Trees, FAtrgreem, Flmcors, Seeds, Tmple-ments, etc.

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This i9 now wearo infornied, the caoHt llbtjittlly jiatronizwl sfmluHry in the Unltwl Htatw,

ThP Ords»r of tin* duy arriving, the qut«li(»u of J-klucation waw taken up Hud t*I(K|Uoiitly dlHcitwwl by Messrs. Griffin, Goforth, Robertson, Tlndoll and Kimbrough.

The Convention thpn took a recfSH for dinner. Af te rnoon

Th« o(iueational qucntion uus further disousscHi liy Dr. Uoycp. Aftdr certaitj ainondmetitM the jiort wa.H a(i»|it«l, and niised for tho Bcm-H-ciary Mininterial Fund.

'Die report of the Boaiti of State Missions \va.s read, after .some diseussion WiW niudo the sjiwial • srder for 7:l.'t o'clock at niglit.

The Coniniitteoreportwl tiie immew of deleKatt-s lo tiie Southern Baptist C^nvtmtion, foiiowrt:

J . It. Graves, AV, P. Jont«, G. V. ('onni)r, T. (1. Jon(w, C. II. Hendrickson, .1. M. Piiiiiips, L. M, Ayer, W. C. Grace, \ \ T. Glass, .J. K. Garner, J . P . 1$. Mays, J . W. Thomas, W. H. Womack, N. B. Goforth, A. D. Phllliiw, Matt. Hillsman, W. As'Montgomery, A. 1). Sears, A. Faulkner, .1. 11. Howen, L. U. l-'ish, G. W. Jarnian, l'\ N'aughii, Asji Cox, W. A. Nelson, <).('. I'ope, 1. H. Kim-brough.

The Committei? on Nominations rt'iMirtwl, (ix-ing tiie Boanls and t 'hairmcn as follow;

Sunday-school Board at Chattanooga, ii. t . Con-nor, Chairman.

Hoard of Missions at Nasliville, Itcv. '1'. (i. JoncH, D.D., Chairman.

Board of Ministerial Education at .lackson, Rev. C. li . Hendrickson, D.D., Chairman.

They also reported that Rev. S. Landrum, D.l)., with llev. L. M. Ayer, alternate, preach the In-trotluctory Sermon of the next session of this bmly.

The Kducational Society was announced to m w t at the Head Hoase at 7 o'clock.

Adjourned for supper. NlKbt MCNNIOII.

At 7:1.'> thi« Convention rfsame<l busincns. The Preslilent called G. C. Connor to the chair, who presideil during tho evening session.

The order of the day was tivken up, which was the conalderatioa of the report of the Mission Board. A fter a number of ehxiuent addresses the n^jKirt was adopttnl.

Adjourned to!)a.m., Monday.

Nk<>tcli<>« of tli(> t'onvcntinn. B E V . W . A . N E I I J O N .

Our attention is first arrest(Hl by the smiling face of the President, a native of our beautiful East Tennessee, and the most sucttessful pastors in tlie State. He is pastor of the cliurch in l-klgofleld, wiierp he has been for a number of yeiirs, and is likely to remain as long as he desires.

K E V . T . O. .lONliS, D.I>.

To the right of tlie chair sat Dr. Jones, pastor of the First church, Nashville, a Virginian, and ix'riiaiw the most accomplished belles Icttres scholar on the floor. Ho was for many years president of the Richihond College, It ..imond, Va.

IIEV. W. I). MAVFIEIiD, D.D. Sitting beside Dr. Jones was Dr. Mayfield, edi-

tor of the JiaptM Jieflector, publi8he<l at Nashville. He, too, is a Virginian, accomplished and el»-quent. Ho i« successfully conducting his able journal, in which he is assisted by Rev. O. C. Pope, whom his friends believe to be the best newspaper manager in the denomination.

B E V . J . K. G E A V E S , LT^.D. Over In the "amen comer" sat the great po-

lemic, well known to the literary world as the author of the Iron Wheel, and the editor of The B a i t i s t , published In Memphis. Dr. Graves stands without a rival as a debater.

j,. RKV. N. B. GOFOBTH, D.D. , Yonder, qtdet and unobtmslve, sits the popular

])rf>sident of Moesy Creek Col l^ . He is,de-Hervedly popular as one of the' most succesBful (Hiacators/' He Is at the head of a very proeporous Instlfiiljbh.! , C "

BEV. C. E. uiaiDBIckBOK, D.D. Tills, distinguished minister, pastor at Jackson,

.sustalus a very important raiatiou tn the Ikiuth-wcsteru UiilvGrwity. 1« considered one of the uHwt «roucl«e, inciHiv<* »|»«iker8 pn-sent at the Convention.

UKV. W. A. MON'lXiOMEICV, D.ll. Beside D. Kimbrough Hits Dr. Montgomery,

the Corresponding Secretary of the Convention: anoUier elo<iuent sou of the liotmtiful vullej's of l*Ia.st 'lVnneH!HH\ For yearn Ijo was pastor of one of the churciuvj of Lynchburg, Va., and nuito rm-iitly acccptwl his present ijosition.

KKV. «. W. WKIKl-MN, n.I». This dlstinguLshwi minlHtcr, pastor of liic

Brownsville church, is considt<r«tl a ript* scholar, a line rciisoner, and an elcMiuent preacher. Ho is gi'iicrally selecteii iis the chairman of the coni-mittws on ^Juration. No one was listeniHl tn with |)r(ifoun(k'r attontioii ytflti'rday than Di. Gridln.

KEV. J. 1'. nOVfi:, !>.!). There has just enterc*! tin' churcli tliis dis-

tinguLslunl theologicui instructor, and foniid(>r of the S<Kith('rn Bajitlst Th»H)logic.nl Seminary, now locatwi at liouisvillc, Ky., and formerly at (trecn-viile, S. ('. Dr. Boyce has been one of the niont llberHl oo!>.tributors, intellectually and linanciaily, to the work of his denomination.

Kiev. I , . M . A V K K .

This able minister was once a sucrcssful lawyer, a gallant Confederate general, aiitl a nicnilMT of till' Confcxlerate Congress. He has abandoneti all Kccular pursuits, and devotes him.qelf exclusively to the work of the Christian ministry. He is lo-catetl at .Murfrcesboro.

KKV. W. N. ( IlXriH)l.N. This eloquent minister hii« been holding a

nuKiting of several days in this city. He Is a mission agent of the Southern BaptLst Convention. He is a man of wonderful power as a si)eaker, and has rlone a great work in Georgia niid Tennessw. There is'no minister more beloveti than he.

V5. V. HRAVl-i , I.L.l). The president of f/ie female college of the South,

Mary Sharp, locrated at Winchi«ter, Tenn., sits before us. We disparage none when we e.\preas the opinion tha t Pre«ideiit Gnive.s .stands without a rival as an e<lucator of young ladies. He has had la many as four hundred pupils at one time at his school.

UKV. N. U. Wtl-MA.MH. This young minister has recently returne<l from

China, when* he siKint several years as a ndasion-arj ' . The ill health of his devoted wiftt de-manded his return. He is now representing the Board of Foreign Mlssioas of the South^jm BaptLst Convention, and expects, when the health of his wife is restoretl, to return to his field of labor at Canton, China.

Many of the ministers that .sat around us have not attaine<l to simcial advancement in letters, but have fierforoied deeds of asefulncss in the mountains and valleys of our grand old State that are worthy of being written in letters of gold.

A number of prominent laymen are dispersed among their clerical associates. Yonder sits J. W. Thomns, the great railroad manager; near him is Mr. Turley from Cog Hill, a prominent politician; across the way is W. P. Jones, M.D., the comjM)-tent iKwtmaster of Nashville, and a man of great Influence in polltlcid circles; near by sits E. L. Jordan, the financier and director of the Nashville aud Chattanooga railroad, and by his side is Prof. Jarman of the Southwestern University; quietly, in a corner, sits Asa Faulkner, the great factory man from McMlnnyiUc, and In f ont of him is Z, 0. Gnivea, already noticed.

TlUs Convention has no jurisdiction over the churches: indeed, every Baptist church is a dis-tinct monarchy, being absolutely Independent of any other. For this reason the convocations of Baptists are unlike those of any other denomi-nation. As there Is no appeal ^ m the decision of a Baptist chutch, no matters of law or appeal ever come bdbte such asBemblles.

tiâeDce of ttlB hody has been strengthen-ing to the c h i i ^ , io giving oiir people a fine im-pression of the intellectaal and moral strength of tho Baptist denomination in Tennessee.

ildfVtcM Tvwlay, The ConvtfUtlon ui&fie the following appoint-'

nientri for the varicais places of worship to-tlay. I Fimt Baptint— KhIttI a. m,, Ehl. G. W. Grilfliij

D.D.; 7:lf» p.m.. Eld. C. It. Hendrickson, D.D. Second Baptist — 10:80 a.m., Eld. J . U. Graved

LL.D.; 7:ir,p.m., Eld. I. fl. Kimbrough, D.D. > Methodist (South)-ll»:;K) a. Eld. G. C. P o J

7:16 p. m.. Eld. N. B. Williams. ] Methodist —10:30 a.m.. Eld. 1,. M. Ayer; Tj

p.m., Eld. \V. 1». Mayfiold, D.D. First Pr(sbyterian—10:;(0 a.m., Kid. T,

Jouns, D.D.; 7:1') j).iii., Eld. J. P. Moyc*', i>,|i. Sifomi Prt ibyterian - Il):;i(t a.m., Klil .1.

Howen. Cumborland Presbyterian I0:.!(i ;i.m.,

A. Montgomery, D.D.; T;!.'- p. m., Kid. ,1. (•ates.

Congregationui —7:irt p.ii)., Kid. W. Hud. African Metho<li.st—IO:.HO a. m., Hev. 1,"

Me Reynolds; 7:1'» p.m., Hev. T. .i. Colored Baptist — 10::«l a.m., Rev. S. ( . I-}--.

7:l'p p.m., iiev. J. A. Robinson. M. K. Cliurcli (eolored)—10:;i(i ji.ni , ! .i

.lanewiiv ; 7;1.'. p.ni., iv»;V. J. Kinoaiii.

BREVITIES. Bro. II. \V. Turnipseetl of (Yystal M't, .

Mis.s., sends iJiL'.lKi for A. ,1. Holt's meetii('>usf for the wild Indian tribc<s. Who will like-wise ?

A Wwt Tenn(s.see Baptist j)roactier wKff'al gush sent his subscrljition to a eertai»aptiHt paper in the State bei'aiim* It did not 'r mhtins for subscribers. That pajwr is U'lg tlm race in premiums now!

We would recall the attention of out»ders to thp !»otice of IJro. D. L. James's piunjii, by I am u Missionary Baptist, puldlshetiently in this pajMT. Price llft<>en ceiits per cop,'l.''»0 jh r dozen. Sample coj)y fen cents. He i -vous to attend the Seminary at Louisville, anfiktw tliLs method to mi.se tho necessary funds, ddn^s |i. Ij. Jaiiu'K, Springs, Ala.

Gen. N. B. Forrest, the famous >af«Hleru.te cavalry leader during the late war|i*l this city on the 2yth ult. He was flfty-tiyeara old. The funeral sfTvices were of tho n( imposing character. A large nnml>er of (Confederate soldiers, braides the military comlies of the city, the police and 41re departmentity council, and Odd Fellows, participattni aî <"Meort (ii honor; imd the large number of pens in at-tendance attested the high esteedi which lie was held as acitlzen and gentlemanp-PrjMldeiit Davis and Gov. J . D. Porter wereJong the pall bciirers. ?

The Boston North Association It withdrawn fellowship from the Warren Aveiiehurch, Bos-ton,—Pentecost's—for its open (Anunlon prac-tices. We rejoice in this evlden|)f tlie sound-ness of that Association. Let tlfludson River follow its noble example. Mrl'entecost has resigned, but the church declln|to receive his

Iin communion wYork . Mr. y shallow at-" c h e e k " has

jry than any lied it. Were-;Iast. D. DEUJ'BEK, lured all that

tlst Publication In npewal by • ts are baptize*!

resignation, so there will be an church in Bwton as there is in Pentecost, a young man of extrei tainraentfl, hut of almost Infl; done the denomination more do7A'n open enemies that ever joice that he is virtually out of

M a b t i n H a o a b d a n d Texas:—Wo have repeartetll the stock notes of the Southern Society were put out for coll' the Business Committee—as I —without our knowlego or confct. Two reasons controlled tho managers: 1. The Society was absolutely In need of means to p t Its liabilities, and siive the interests of those no have paid up; and they had already waited Mn those owing for years after the notes werele, soliciting pay-ment and hearing nothing. 2iMost of the notes put ont for collection womd adi be worthless as assets, the legal time for cdlbtlon having px-phred; and^ûty to the r8oc» compelled tho Business Committee to protedhena.r;They gave instruction to preb none whwoiM jpay.Bonie-thlng and ireheWf and a hiuieriiiiWlIllng to do this ought hot tol^mjÛdn/ l?advi« you, ami all othen, to my sdnietblng |id renew the note, and there will DO no trouble.

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XI. we shall COMMENCE PART III .

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BliMlBAippl L o r e e s .

Hon. Ciaey Young, member from the MempJjiii (JiBtrict, has written r lengthy letter to tuo preudent of the chamber of TOmmerwof ltf«»inphi3, urging the neoes-aity of tha people of the gulf aUtes to-

of the toorthweiit in Bending delegates t o the convention soon ta meet at St. Paul, whoio object ia to be to deviee wavB and means to induce con-K ? * to build loveea on tlie Miaaiasippi. We give the following 8ynopM8of<!on-grewman Youog'a letter:

It ii trua that the great northwest in the natural fnend aud afiy of the southern "id guU Btate® iu all that aflecu the wealthj_ prosperity and material ndvan-taw* of these two sectionsof our country. «« we l l .M in the political unity and l»wer which should, and will, enable tnem to influence euch legWation iu re-speoi. to their mutual interests a^ they MTe a ngh i to demand; and it i« equally

J • '' "'reugth, when united ID a co operative effort, can eaaily acoomplUh any public enterprise for their ^ f i t , which they may undertake i lence It is that 1 would uige ujwn our own c h m b e r ol commerce, an well as tuose of all the gulf and river cities ol tHe Missiasippi delta, to enter at once into an active and cordial co-oiwration with the i w p l e of at. Paul in the mov-mentthey are inaugurating by appointing delejâtea to attend their proposed con

ion on the 11th inst., and by direct-mblic sentiment in every other prac

out the irtMont t o

>leg _ vention on the 11th inst., ahd ing public sentiment in every other p ticable way to the importance of the objects they have In view.

rne people of the upper Mississippi river country have a just right to com-plain of the unwise parsimony of the gov-ernment in making such scant and meagre appropriations for the improve-ment of the great commercial highway of the continent, while large sums of money have for a long period of time been an-

»Jl"andered upon small streams ol little value or importance.

navigation of the Jrliasuaippi river and iU tributary BtTMiM throughout their entire length, and the protection from inundation of the opulent alluvial delta through which tliey. flow, are mattflrs of more public m o ^ t M d impertance than any others that are likely to come before the national legMuture in the next decade of years.

The region known as the " d e l t a " of the MMlssippi, and which is subject to overflow, extends over about eight and one-half degrees of latitude, is eomethine over six hundred and fifty miles in leneth and about sixty in average width, and ^ b ^ s within its limits more than 24,-^ , 0 0 0 acres of land, adapted in respect to climate and peculiarity of soil to the growth of cotton, sugar and rice, are a h ^ of any other quarter of the globe.

The lands which were in 1860 worth the Urge aum of more than $350,000,OW have since that time decreased in value unUl t ^ y are how estimated to be worth only $100,000,000, thus showing an actual loiBin the producing taxable wealth of

u Jf " comprises the direct and actual injujry to the landed propertT, and docs not include the lagti culturd products that have been de-s t r o y ^ which it would be imiiossible to c^cuUtocorrooUy; b u t a n approximate estimate may be made.

By Mlculations made from data fur-nished by chambers ot commerce, boards

traae. and tacts obtained from other reliable sources of information, i t is estl-" " i s * iustalned in the overf low^ country by the flood of 1874 WM not I t a than f18,000,«00, while the damage done in the succeedlnir vear 1875, 110,000,000. T h ^ i n two yeaiB ^ e loas ol agricultural producU

•20,000,000. Since ?n overflows

Miarisrippi and in some of ttostrejuns which are tributary to it . ^ ^ g In ihe years 1862,1865,1868 1671, 1 8 H 1876 and 1876. While U e l o s M Inflicted by the floods of 1874 and 18TO m y not be a teir standard Iw which to wtimato the loans of the other yem e n w e r a t e d , ye t i t ia eatimatad in a

which I s o w hsTS bekn« a » , t h « t iw

tha d i O ^ t J o w f l o i r a i n c n i ^ w S ^ average in ftUl value for each one of them the anm of 18,000,000, amountlBg

In _

t t e $2M,000,000 of the depreciation in the value of hmds, would make t h e enormoufi sum of 5298,000,000 that has bees aabtractad from o u r material M d actiye wealth within a period of fifteen years, and all resulting from a single cause. The entire cotton crop lor t he year 1875 amwunteil t o aomothing over 4.000,000 balee, and we exported for t ha t year a lit t le more than $100,000,000 in value of tha t commodity. In addition to this ou r exportations included manu-factured goods of cotton fnbricH, valued at $4,071,881, which, added to Uie former amount , gives us the total value of cotton aud cotton manufac tur i s we sent dur ing tlie past year to the markets of other countries the sum of $llM,71ft,-S06. Dur ing the same year we ex [wrted 362,65a pounds of bn>wn »ugar, worth, in round uumbem, $ .S l , l l l ; 28,-780,8.16 pounds of refinod suear, worth $2,585,382; also, 3,.375,995 gallons of rno-lasses, worth $l,135,y!)5, and liwtly, 27'J,-337 pounds of rice, worth $11),831; mak-ing the aggregate value of tiiese few com-

7^2 s ' v a m o u n t U) ihe sum of

Mr. Young then roviews the g(K).l ef-fect-j the contemplHtfd improveincnts would have on the eniire country, and in conclusion says :

" In sp„ason8 of the greatest monetary want among the fwople, other govern-mente have carried forward thelf greaf^st public works, and these experiments have worked the most happy results. 1 am unable to seo any good reason why they would not follow r. similar policy in this country. Commence these grciit enter-prises and you give useful employment to many thousands of willing hands and

• foldi strong arms tha t are now folded in idle-ness because there Is no field of industry in which thev can labor. If we but los-ter and build u p the great industries of our section and develop i t s boundless re Bourcee, we shall be rich and prosperous beyond parallel in the history of any I ^ p l e on earth. Now tha t those ex-d t t o g and exasperating questions tha t had their birth in sectional animosities and partisan hostility are, in some meas-ure, passiuff ou t of American politics, wo may fitly direct public legisUtion to the fur therance of worthier and more Impor-tent objects. When we have recon-structed our industrial, ag r i c i l t u r a l and Mmmercial system, social polity and po-litical affairs will adjust themselvcj with-o u t legislative assistance."

The Silver Commission Ucports.

The long expected rejwrt of the silver rommwsion, of which Senator Jones, of Nevada, Is chairman, has a t last come to light. I t is formidable, carcfulIy pre-pared, and a . very comploto sort cf document of two hundred and three pages, comprising ovidanoe aud conclu-sions of t he commission. Af te r a preliminary history of the discovery of ^ v e r , and t h e process of iU production from t ime to t ime throughout the world, It proceeds to discuss the subject a t k n g t h under the foUowing heads: Observations upon the genera l question 01 employing the two precious metals as m n e y : the use of all metals as money ^ m the earliest times to the present is disrasaed Second—The employment of roth raid and silver aa money having been heretofore regarded as d e a i m b l r have new. circumstances arisen to make It desirable, a t the present t ime ? Under this head various snbdivislons, discuss-HMVUtTMAUiUfi UtOCUod-ing, first, the increased yield of gold and

acknowledges the Interflsrence of the government to be necessary to aeoure a steadiness in the r a lne of money. The K p o r t t b e n proceeds to discuss a t great length the diflerent effects produced by an increasing, decreasing and stead v vol-ume of money, the various sub-lseads under this being treated, and the con-clualon arrived a t t ha t the s u n d a r d proves ru inous to creditors. Four tn— Under the actual circumstances of the government in other countries iu the direction of demonctii ing silver, is it practicable lor the United State* to maintin !i doubles tandard? Under this head are discuswHl the following topics only ; A .iinali amount of silver now remaining in li)uro]>e i the magnitude of Asiniic demand for silver, the portion of gold in the world, and metallic supply greatly reduced since IS 18; deficiency o'f silver; tbe production Mince 1848 is r.-.ade U(i so far from silver stock held in Kurope in 1818; estimates of consump-tion of silver in arts and by itdoption and low of coin ; rot-unl Uuctuations in the relative values of gold and silver. Fif th—The jwlicy of rcinonetizing silver considered in reference to the right* and duties and «i)ecial interests of the United yiates: tbe great imiwrtanceof silver in the mornentury system of the govern-monl; the nlleged reujions for the law of February. 1872, and its c-fTm on public aud private rights; the duties and riRhts of the United 8tate« in rr^fwct to its coin; obligations and the indebtednes.') ol the United States to Eurojw; resumj>-tionof coin payments ; the United States as a silver-producing coun t ry ; the comparative effect of the double and single standards up<m tho stability of the money market in the United Sta tes ; money in shrinking volume is the princi-pal cause of present universal commer-cial and industrial deprecsion. In conclu.sion, the Ciimmission submit answers referred to them by rongress: First, as to the cause of the recent change ol the relative value of gold and silver. The commiwion ( i n c u r s in the opinion of the British silver commission of 1876, tha t notwithstanding the late rise in the production of silver, as Com-p a q with gold, I t i proportion in cold is still oonsiderably below wha t i t was in 1848, to say nothing of the period Avhen the proportation w i s three t o one, and a

elusion seiBmsjflBtified t h a t a review he relations of metals In times past

show tha t the fall in the price of silver

F A K M A N D H O M E .

T W E L V E R U L E S F O R SUCCFJsS-F U L F A R M I N G .

1. Drain vour wet, b<^5gy land. 2. Plow deep, and looeen the suh^tU. 3. Provide cjood slielter for your man-

ure, and make all you possibly can by bcddiuK with leaves and straw.

4. ClKKise commereitilfertilizers intclll. gently, and do not uao one in extewt of another simply becanHC others have used

5. Manure everv cn.|. which iK-nelits !.y it, and manure highly.

6. Cul t ivate only safe, lay ing croiw and wlect the k-st »e<Hl for tfae«»».

7. Change your weed at legist e v e r j live yean), CHiM?ciully your cotUm and corn.

8. By all means make plenty of hay aud let your fwlder i fuia in on the stalk

I). Feed plentifully of the l)e«t liny ami IXMis, and run all your roiighnoss throiiL'h a choi>iK!r.

II). i5roe<l stuck, and lot not mere H« i dont control the increase.

11. 8upj>ort branlinK by pw|x.r care tuid feeding.

12. Iki wise iu timo, and coninienre hi. once and |.lant a few thousand of ihn Pyrncnnth He<lge Plant yeariy, and s(j<iii your farm will be under a i>ermanetii fence, and you will Iw relieved of tho heaviwt tax you now have to pay, and a tax tha t is growing heavier every year. Circulars containing full description senl free frem this ollice.

concl

, » —jifftw aû&m. Ml BltVOrs Third--The combined mass of gdldand Hilver, baTing been a momentary meas-ure of valuea, ia i t jndlcioua to reduce the m ^ n r e bv diacardlng either of them. Thisauention Is answered as the other, by a Iresduouealon of the Tarloua^plca atiaiiig onder it . F ^ the price of, ex-p r ^ o n o f , o r relaUon b e t w W money

a4Ss4"°Si •^•.r'lLSi e x M ^ t e a a d cnsdIU governed by ^

^ f fperpr f l i t i 'money tthool; « f a , a oonceaaion to the pape? theorT^ and scheme of metallic mSney t h S abandona automatic regulation, and

is not owing to any excessive production, ac compared with gold. .Second, as to the restoration of the double standard in the country an I the best legal relation between gold and silver, tbe commission recommend a restoration of the double standard and unrestricted coin ol both metals, but are unable to agree upon the legal relation which should be cstnbli8he<l between them. Third, as to the policy of continuing thf, legal-tender notes currently with the metol standards, and the effects thereof upon ths labor and wealth of the country, the commis-sion do not suppose that it Is possible to maintain paper In actual concurrent circulation wUh coin, unlesa the paper Is made equal in market value to coin by actual convertibility ito it. Fourth as to the best means for providing for facilitating the resumption of specie payments, the committee holds that the remonetization of silver is a measure essential to specie paymentH, and to make sticb paymenta practicable; that the problem of resumption is not an easy one under any conditions, but ener-gies of the American people may be round equal to do it if they are not de-prived from half of their ancient constitutional money. The attainment of a standard becomes difficult procisely in proportion to the number and Impor tance of the oountriee engaged in Btriv-lag alter it. To propose to tbe country a contest for a gold standard with the European nateons Is to prupose to it a race in reducing tha prices al labor and

riaf Aat 3m _ a... « commodities, in aggravating the buidens of dept, and In the diminution and con-centration of wealth, in which all the ranteatanta wiU auflbr itomeaaurdily, the victoni more than the. vanquishedl The report is signed by Senatora Jones g d Bogy. SmraaeDtatJTee WiUardf ^ d , and WUlUm & Groeabeck, o-CSndaaati.—i?fow tAe O i n d n n a ^ En ^futrer.

About thirty-three million J frac-tienal aOver baa gone into circulation.

T n o Applr-Trrot. U huppnopJ thui on oue green »It»rDooB, Wheu lurvMl fielda were waiting lor their

AmUrult WM riiie «nil good. Th«t twooniM the orcbsrd (jmimi** ttmycJ. While uprleotund tellow (w«chM ramie

ilrltfbl mama ou tha wtriu wuod. Anil on a hmiith that hung rljcht OT»rhe««i Two golden applosKrvw, fl«li„l throiiijn with r«l-

Orew ix^rfn-tly tide l>y aide. "They sre for iia. iwoellwart: Lore made lliw «i. With color of Ihj checkaanil ol thy half;

Come gather Ihem, sweet lirtde She stood on tiptoe In the |)leiiMnt plan; The awaylni!!«»«» made ahadowa on her («<-e,

, . The atiplea touched her feet. »nU la mloe. and ihw.la lUna, but we

Will make of them • imcieaa mernvrr— Thtj «.-• filr towt."

Theu, halt in lo»lng e«rne«t, half in mirth. They hid the fruit In tbe rich warin earth ,

And rear by year theteRTOW Two tre«, thai marie green nJiadowa by their door. And bore ol Bolden apples wnilthy atore;

Hold fruit fleiTked rosy through. Two kindly Ireea, that wb«n the children plated In autumn nighta wUhln their acenle.1 ahade

Would freely drop their atcre Or ahed with 'arnh (jrace their aweeleat nower« Upon youpn lotera In the »pr1ng-tltne bour»,

TeUIng tko old tale o'er:

Two trrea that always thonght one couple lair, Unea;;ed cnuplecrowned with *llrrr hair.

Who held wlthoat • algb Bweet feeiiloni. where cleur memory tat coatMt. aorenely rail^fled with life well (pent.

. Andlmmertaiity.

There are two glares benmth two appl*-tnM»-Twa happy (n*»w. ma<le by tha swwit tprlng I n n s

With apple Mowoma white; Upi" 1 In cool grsMiee when Jnne'a roses Mow; In uutuniD'a splendor, or In winter's snow,

Always > peaceful algbt.

Tlie Eviln of H o t B r e M .

There Is no law in this count ry to pre-vent the consumption of ho t bread b u t t he law of common sense, and unfortu-nate ly t h a t is a dead letter aa a govern-ing principle m the lives of a great many people. T h a t hot bread in n ine cases

slstent indulgence on the part of tôee whose purauiU are quiet, in doors and sedentary. And yet the leformera, or those who call themsel ves such—the men and women who work themaelvea Into a white heat over the sale of a g l ^ of cider—will go on year after year, not onl^ making no outcry against this per-nIcjouH indulgence, but actuallv filling themsolvea up day by day with 'the hot and poisonous gases of the oven. This aervantol Uiehouiewife caube made as terrible a atomach dertroyer aa the dis-tillery, u d the awom foea of the l |t1c>r are apt to be lU best patrona. Dyapep-tia p ^ t a the nuae and aoun the temper aaaurelyaa dram diitddBA and many nx l&nB from the ten^, ^ U f E jby tjieir own willhil acta, iuvel^n & mbat loiidly a m ^ s t the latter. A well-defined eaae of jlm jams Is the climax to a coune of intemperance and warns the victim that hta alternative is death or immediate m-

T H E T t A ? T I S T .

farmation. B u t the dyapepsla tha t h o t bread, mlnoe pie and kindn*! »bomiM-tiona cause has no sudden warnlnga. Tha r t m who usea them goes on making ^ t h himself and those around hira wretched, and refu-Mss to acknowledae tha t he la a s innir above tliose whose l i g h ^ r faults be fiercely condemns.—ifonfon Po*(-

lleriHUOn - I t . OiUlu •tt«« Vnlur In llin ffoulb.

In ycur i-ssue of the Weekly Courier lournul, iKjaring da te of the Oih mat., rtumiared (iiy letter in reply to an inquiry made through your columns in regiird to Ik-rinudii grass. Since its publication, 1 hitvo rccfiveil a numVwr of letters f rom Kentucky, Indiana and other stated, makine further inquiries relative to this t>cerlesi» gratw, its growth, yield and ad-Untagcs over other grmt?e». I have chowin to reply to many ol t h e ^ letters throURb yonr columns, in.-i«mucU as my at tent ion is so closely occupied at present Hs to force mo to forego the pleasiiro of answering many of them through the reguhir chitnn.a of epistolary correspond ence. , , .

In the beginning of thiH letter I desire to «iy I am not emleavotini? to crwtte a Hen^yiiion or a demand for this graiw tha t will iidv:in'.-e my tH-ctiuinry interesl, but, on ihe contrary, to introduce a grans irito a Htock country, tha t will eventually prove of punimouut value of lho«) eni?iige<l in such an enterprise.

In view, then, ot these facts, 1 have cho'tf'n this medium to communicate my knowledpe of Bermuda grass to those who

.have already intimated their desire to try it, etc. y 11, cii..

Bermuda grass, when first i n l r o d u c ^ into this part of Mississippi, was brought by car-loads to plant on railroad embanlc-nients to prevent them and lm« proven to l)e an Infallible pre-ventive.

It wits imjiorted from the islaud ol Bermuda in iûith Americ-a. A geo-graphical examination wH shovv this r^land to l>e si tuated in lat i tude 88 deg., and tllinton. Miss., in 32. the fact tha i it grew luxur iant ly in a more northern la t i lude when i t scattered on the emb.mkmen^, I mi S t« believe it will grow in other more northern states. As a forage fl>r sKMjk, it is equal if not superior to re<l clover, because it w ol an everlasting growth, and not qui te w w(K)dy. I t furnishes line grazing for cattle, Bheep, hofts, eu; ^ " " "K, J ^ e winter in this climate, and with a favor-able Kpring cnnbemowci isear iv M Apr . It rcHrmblcs blue gra.'î in foliage, and Krow« from si* to fifteen incheshigb, a i d

.len«e that it isa .lifticult t.wk lo cu t it with a Hcythe. . I t i« bo tenacious of life and of nuch vigorous regarded among some c t e c s of w t t o n plLiters a . a great t grows luxu-riantly in " iH/.y f^rmcT'H cotton fields when the cotU.n Is lhc«! circumstances crowd it out. J t wm brought here twentv-five years a M , ana b r reasons slated a W e t «><)n W a m e tinimpular with the more Indolent c l i ^ s

f L i t o n planters, while the i n f f r m u s andsucce'ssful farmers claim t h a t i t rt very valuable, becauso i t furnishes nutr i t ious food for their . their lands, and, when o n w broken, the land;will produce more . . . r a c r e t U n other l a n d , I ta >mmen«

ment of leas capacity than a two howe plow can tu rn over t be grass a ^ . I t flourishes here when planted la any seiiion of the year, b u t in Kentucky, north Alabama and more northern states. I iiOtlVink It would grow only when pU'iteid in spring and summer. As to the advantcgcs it h w over other grasses, I am unprwimred to set forth in f u l l ; however, i will venture Ui submit a fewofi t»clalmH,etc.

F i r s t : T h e roots are as large as wheat straw, mea-suring from two to five feet in length, ruiming in every ooncBivable diri>ction, and in the spring when the nM)t joint sends out a sprig or KhiKji. that jtorlion ol the root between the joints decavH and enriches tho land.

Sicond: Because it can beimtwn tliroc or four times i)er annum and will yield from three to five ton* of hay.

Third . I t will enricli land and flourish under constant pasturing ol ca^ t ie and sheep.

Four th : tkcauce it will grow (unlike all other grajwes) when once planted until you kill it by constant plowing in mid-winter or summer.

Prior to the introduction of Bermuda crass into this country the fearful malady Sf murrain, dry murrain,bloody murrain, sftRcers, etc., prevailed among cattle, bu t Hudi a disease Is scarcely knowii to cattle raiBers. The disapiM-nrnnce of these cfittle diseases Is imputed to the fsirt that Bermuda grass grows lusu-riaully during the entire summer and fall waaons, BO tha t there is compara lively litt le dry or decay»l ktobs for them to eat to produce th. k8 diMeasw. 1 am ot the opinion tha i it will act n^ a preventive in snctions where cattle are afflicted with the above maladies. This conclusion is bawd upon the faW that when other i;rft-<scs are iwrijhing froni exccHsivc drouth ihi.- grans will l)e found to reUin its green color, and a close in-vesliRation will show the earth moist where it grow:.. This grass ^rows .w dense as to protect the rtMits from heat, aud the roots aro so compact as to retain the moisture in the eai th. L ^ n Uiis hvtwthesis, and in view of itswillingnoss u> grow, spread and crowd out weeds,

Mted in making this large difference.— FhUadthhta Tmei.

B m a n ovner iBim. ~ — vield, iU rapid growth, iU nut r i t ious

o mrties, its endurance of coW or heat Usabi l i ty to grow and spread even on

ur p ( h , L i iîl. while undergoing the ordinluy process of plowing, f o r ^ me to claim imlt it is the peer of any g ^ grown in the south or fts introduction into this commun ty i t l l spread for miles north and south of ?he rkilroad. and now TOvers many t h o ^ Hand acres of valuable land. I have t ^ ceived many letters P ^ d l n g the following intîrrocatio^: ' How J s ^ ^

t £ q i e s t U I will.aay is p r ^ u c e d in " ' " " A n i ^ l S ^ dS from seed ; b u t ^ " ^hov do not mature , cu) from t b e root®. I " " f ^ i Y L ^ ' r c I It will grow on any soil t ha t wi ll pea-, w m , oats, t^Jeat or clover. I t U v V e planted in a field o ,"edge, other " r ^ H i o r weeds, and t crowd them o u t ; and no other imple-

U I E r o w , -e t c , aud flourish when ordinary pas tur Imr, I am prompted to recommend i t U) others who need such a graw in their enterprisea. I t cannot bs made a com-modity in this community, because it grows so sjwntaneously, and covers an unknown number of acres of and.

Acain permit me to say I will send to

compensiitSin. When I «ay tion I do not intend to be understotKl to sav, I w i l l p a y express charges of transpor-t a l on, bu t simply t ha t 1 will put i t in a W a ^ l Htart ' i l forwitrd. Tne exprcs-s affcnt holds me responsible for the amount oTchargcs incurred for transportation, and in the event t he c o n « m e e does «ot M v the freight, 1 am forced to l iquidate [ h c ^ m o u i i ? Iment ion th i s b o r d e r tobe ^ l l y understood, and hereafU,r to avoid S e painful nccesNitjr of ' ' ' and reading letters, in substance, s w ^ r -ine " t h a t aU phihinthroplsts are not d J I d . " l l e i m e c t W IXNV.Kice.

Ou im)K,Mi68 . , 8ep t . 25).

. n d l»r«d W«Ul><Sor T»rke.T..

Farmers frequently have occasion to sell turkeys by live weight, and wish to know what U tîe to re ative price te-twcen live and dead weight, [n t u ^ e y s dressed for the New York market , w h w e the blood and feathers only are removed, the loss Is very small. For the eastern S X the h 4 d » are taken off and the r n t i a i l s a r e t a k e n o u t T W s m a k ^ a l o « of neariy one-tenth in the weight. A "arjTgobbler was ret^ntly killed weigh-ne thfrt nonnds. Af-

r a n r i ^ w i u a . Mr. Harria, in the A m e r l ^ Agricul-

tur is t saya: I am oonvmoed t h a t we s h i n it to our intereat to work our " S d ^ r e a n d more in the the earlier the better O n m ^ ^ ^ ' Z ^ f . arid we are in a hu rn r to get in the w d , the land Is wet, antt if plowed i n j t o condiUon, we do more h w ^ ^ t h a u g ^ If we wait unt i l i t geta dry, i t hi ap t to tu rn u p lumpy, and much cultivating and rolling la r e u u l i ^ t o ^ t i t in anything like good as everything is crowding w® oiXen obliged to p u t in the crop with some of the land si, hard that , un l«» « « have an unusually wet spring, the s w a

a long time In coming up, and the crop", a r l - s iw t tv . And it is t h w p w r stKJw tha t pull down the average to s j c h a low figurV I have in my own W l e y field to day portions tha t will probably Kive fifty bushels per acre, and sisjis where the yield will ne t bo ten bushels. And yet those iutter parts are natural ly the strongest and richest land In the field.

ru r in Mote*. ... T h e t)e8l insect destroyer, according to

the Journal of Chemistry, ie alum wator. Pu t the alum into hot water and let it boil until it is entirely dissolved, then aipplv it hot with a brush to a l l . c f a c ^ cloBc'ts, bedsteads andother plaws i n f e s t ^ by insects. I t ia certain death toanU, bedbugs, roaches and tW wno" o»m*,wliile there fs no danger m usingl t of poisoning anv of the family or iiyuring l>roif » y .

OcTOBEB is the month in which fall plowing is by many a t t e n d ^ ^ t ^ A u ' aoubtcdly heavy lands are benefited by this treatment, while m our. opinion lichter soils and hillsides are in many cit -es injured by i t . A clay loam is es-pecially tenefited by it. f t s tonaclous E c L is reduoe<f and opened by t h e operations of the f r o ^ The lumps fall apart and a r e d h i i n ^ r a t o d by it, a i d the lield which a t the com-mencJjment of winter was rough and lull of shapeless clods ia In the spring feund t« be in a mellow condition, adm^^^rablv adapted to t i l lage.-JI/o^wAukUs Plough-man

74:7 dealers. I am beginning to think that the cow-jookeya can # v e the horse-iockeyf aeveial poinU, and bj»t them at t ^ t Thay certainly c.ould II h o t « b u y -eia were as cioduloua aa those who pay the big pricoa for milk and butter c o w s -eapedaUy lor Jeraeys. Now and then a cow U brought to a fair tert. » herds cowa are aystematlcallr ^ t ^ , and the whole prooeas hi opan to the i n s j ^ tlott of thoae who are cunpus. A few dealers are really anxious that a buyer should know all about a cow which ho buya, and will have her milk we lgh^, her cream "WWUkI . and «>veral milk-ings saved, to be churned before tho S lyer? anti to his satisfaction', hut thev are fa^ b e t w e e n . - A g r u m U u r u t .

The mtme t i i n m w ' i w Toilet soap, and Pe r fumW. la " " " patented aa a trado-mark bjr * ' {Tow York. l'ufX!h»sflni.howev«r,need h a ^ -tv to be waruoU agalu.t InlWngcmonU: the geiittuio srHole Is so ualversslly esteemed „ to ha,.e made tho n » m « Cwhmere ltou-quetatKl Colgato A PQ^^'y "yuonymool.

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Oil a Boston Police Officer.

AMOKO beekeepers Octolwr l a r ^ r f e d as an important month. A t this t ime stocks are e lec ted for winter hiving. I t is unprofitable to winter a light, weak stock when It can be w i n t e r ^ wi h some other. All stocks a year old should now T examincd for foul b r ^ , and If such aro found separate them from the ot,hera to prevent ^ r t h e r Infection. E x m i n a -Uons for foul brood s re ^ t "lade In the middle of t he day, b u t the strength of the hive is be«t ascertained in the morning.

Doston, Nov. 18,1871.

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plaint and Kimllur dUonsos.

All Diseases of the Blood. mwMss X m ujwn pubflo attention.

Seventy-One Years of Age. East .Marshflold, Aug. 22. JWO. am seventy ono years of n«»;

W o u l d G i v e a D o l l a r f o r a D O t e Boston, May »,JWl.

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lirty-one and one half pounds, te? b l e^ ing and picking he w e i g h ^ iwenty-nine and one-half pounds, a Uw of two pounds, or oue-filte^j^. Wlmn ready f o r the spit he weighed twenty-K a t i d one-fourth pounds, a losa of i £ e e and one-fourth pounds w h i ^ « neariy on«^tenth,of the weight W b w the i w k e t requires the New York style of d ^ D g , S o price « fift«n centa a S u n d H v e weight, or l e a ^ U ^ e l ^ r of S n g be oount«i anytbuig. I n the S h f f l ^ l e o f d r e a a i n g , It the pnce * ^ Srentycenta, the farmer cou d aell .for S ? h t 2 n or live weight w , J -OTt lose. Fatra-.rs who never t c t t d the

ofwe igb t in dr^-îuK submit to ^ d e d u c l l o n of luree or four centa a jttund lor the middlemen, who are Inter-

" There is cheating in all trades but ours," BO runs tho ancient saw. It one wi«hcs to buy a trotting h o ^ , he e x ^ to hear him extolled as taking a t h ^ minute gait as a natural •g-r.Â^ro^ Z l " low down in thethlrtiM," If Urged - . 5 being able, with training, to " do his mile In thirty," or twenty-two ^ d a half." as the case may be, but the test is S y applied. The horseishitchrf up to the road-wagon, and made^to his

a gentleman who hnn pa">ed no 1 ttle fame among horsemen from his study ? n T c o i U o n o f H ' f " J anccB of trotting Htock. He ia perhaps S r known as "HarkCkimatock," than M P C Kdlogg. Mr. K. haa takro ; i i t e a W e r s e ^ k ^ l j n d woiJd probably buy a few good W if Sould know what he was ^ ^ he : " Iwan tawe l l -ped lgreed cow ttat wmebody has held a watch o £ ' ^ a t puto it in a nutahell. , In ho"e-deallng & y thinks of getting a bte price for T i S r that haa not been tum^, but

their butter, about the p ^ g t e w o f t ^ r Z n , and they teat ^ ^ ^

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Xbe Georgia state fair last we«k oleAred over eight thoutand dollars.

Owing to bad weather the Toxa«t stat/e r»lr nt Auntie haa been postponed to Kovem-bir 13,

FKteen thouHaud Waile Il.-uiiplbn at th*

lititeucd to 'or'th (.'nrolina itate 'I'

fnir, ThnrnaaT. Corn iH Heilinp; in Ifyde county, N. C.,

for $1 j>fr huMhel. In nuiuc counties in K«ii-tiivky it isu'lling for $t per barrel.

W'.oNhingtoT county Mt the premium at tli<> Ueor);ia state (air Tor the best acre of corn. The yjelil was only fourteen biirrels.

The innyor of Fernandina, toleRmphB ll.Rl he needs $7,000 to fci'»n the well from nmrving and to supply the aioU with neces-Buries.

Tlirco carj;oe» of wheat have been •liippptl t« Kneland frOn. Charlentoii, S. C., this Kea«ou, being the tirot ill the bintory ot tbe trade.

A committee of gentlemen from • St. Lonix, Cinciunati an<l .MempIuR arc 800n to vi>iit New Orleans to iiinpaet lliu llaratnrlii Bliip ciinal.

Only lorty-five members attended the iii«ftinR of the Old Teias Veteran aiiiSo<;l,H-liiiii at Austin. They rut)oit forty deaths in h« pn»t year.

Uichuiond Wliig; The liqtior-dealcru are sontiin^ 20,000 eirciilnrH to' dealers liiron^hout the state, nririii},' theui to lieeonie iiieiiibera of the State .\.uociiition of l.iquor-tie.ilers.

A jiroclaraation offering a reward of $1,000 for the recovery of the bookii Htoleu aud carted away from the auditor's ofliee waniHsned bv noting Oovernor Wiltz, of Lou-ifilana.Tueiiaay.

The Moffett bell punch i« working well wherever tried in Viririnia, and is growing ill popularity. At Frederiekitbun;, in twelve •lay-i, the tax vthb $24tj.'.'3, exeluaive of sales hy'ihe (gallon. That town alone will pay $6,000.

U( the six negroes who burned the t<>wu of n.irlin!;ton, .Soutli Carolina, taut .Inly, four have been sentenced to the peni-it'iumry for life and the other two for ten and tweni.y year.'i respectively. The jiirv Miui composed of wliiten and blaoks.

( 'apt. Ralph Trembly died in Jackson-ville, Kla , on the I7.h. He ^ras associated with Audubon during hia residence in Ploris till, ant! accpiup.^nied that distinguished nat-tirnlist in niany of Ida exp«di!ions' upon tbe Key» and amid the EverRlades, in quest of lure varieties of the feathered family.

I ' icayune: The indications of im-provement in the commercial prospect* of this r4ty have become so numerous of late thut i'vent.1 are scarcely noticed now, which, !»ftfw years ago, would have occasioned quite u siir. The eve has come of that day of prosperity so long predicted for New Or-leans.

Senator Withers, of Virginia, has in-tro.luced a bill for the relief of owners of property in the ' late confederate states, which was sold under what la known as the "(;ouiiscat!on net." The bill provides that the government of the United StateN shall piiy to the former onners of such property the amount of money received fortlieir land :u the sale and receive in return a quit c'aim <!onveyance o' ownetship, which title can br tran.iiferrcd to the purchaser.

Knoxville Tr ibune. The south has ha<t tJie Hpeakersbip of the House of ileprasentatives for forty-six years, in the forty-four Con|ê»ies that have been held. The IncnmbeDts have been Macon, of South târolinas Clay, of Kentnoky; Cheeve, of Houth Carolina; Barbour, of Virginia; Hiepbenson,of Virginia; Bell, ofTennessee; Polic, of Tennessee; Hunter, of Virginia; White, of Kentucky; Jones, of Virginia; Boyd, of Kentucky; Cobb, of Georgia; and Off, of Houth CaroUnii.

The time for filing applications before the Bpriogs commisaioneri has expired. Nine ^.-undrou and fifty claims have been filed. Oue hundred and sixty-two oi these have lieed examined, and ten dismissed. The commisdnucm are now engaged in tak-ing testimony. All claims not now filed are linrred. The claims have all been surveyed. The surA'ev of topography is two-thirds d»ne. 'J'be plan of the fuMire city is yet to be adopted aud the claims for new lots ft*arded.

The Jacksonville (Fla.) correspondent of tlie Savannah NewH write* t That queer marine animal, the manatee, mentioned in a mrcviouB letter, is on exhibition. He is a iiearlv feeder, and consumes daily a wells ixacliad barrel of grast from the river. His uwner, an intelligent G^rmsn. thinks of taking liisi to the Ihofflasyille fair, and from thence to J.o«wviUe. « carries out fc:s present puiyoM, tbe th0U«nUi who wlU visit TbomasvilW nuirt week-wlU hart an op-rwlunity of uSAinlnJiif areaUy rare and re-riintkably natural onriocu./.

A " Liberia Ezodua AModation " haa been formed in i.harleiton, Hontl) Carolina. Dr. £ . W. BlydM>> appointed Ube^lw

minlstactoOrMit Briuln, has maiile, «nUi • view to MtUement byAmnriean frMKlmm, an axploration of the conntry immediately west ta Monrovia. He reporti that abont seventy-five miles from thAt city a (able-land from 5,000 to 3,000 feet above the sea-level Is reached. Tliere is in tkis region un Ameri-can settlement, ruproHtnted to be very proa-perooa. The Rev. 8. D. Alexander, of this city, prealdent of the New York State Colon-iiation society, make* an appeal for aid to this migration to Africa. He is of opinion that it will grow tohurge proportions.

WAHinxuTOJr. Third assistant

llaxen ban completed the estimat*' appro-postmn-ster-gcnnrnl the

prialionsfor the expenditureof his olUee ne.it fiscal year; they aggregate $90.5,0')0 as against $1,150,000 appropriated for the pre-sent year, a decrease of $246,000, or about 21 per ccnt.

PKItMOMAUTIkM. lâtradtt, the captured president of the

Cuban republic, will be sent to Spain. Menry Hath, a newly-appointed West

Point cad^t, has beconio heir to $25,000. Dr. Alida Avery, formerly physician

of Nnasar college, Is now practicing at Den-ver, and has an income of $10,000 a year from her pr'ofession.

Annie Preston writes from the home of Moody, " People iu Northiicid now-a-days have more to »ay about Mr. MoodyN new reiidence, servants, visitors, giunet, music, dinners, toilets, horse*, eiirriages, sheep and other stock than about his religion."

IVAH SUTKM. Two valid patents for the Kame inven-

tion cannot be granted to tiiesame party. The one last granted i« void.

It is calculated that within five or six weeks the Uussians in A«ia received about 40,000 fresh troops. The Turkish troops onpo.îng them estimated at 10,000 ineu" is probably correct.

The Hungarian government has or-dered the stoppage of the money relief heretofore granted to able bodied Bosnian fuKitivea. The greatest distress and mor-tality prevails amoug them.

The czar addressing the general staff Wednesday, declared that all the members of ~tlie imperial family would remain with the army to snare in the labor and fortunes of the war and witues* tiie deed* of the soldiers. He concluded: " I mysell will care for the artsy, nnd. if necessary, all Kusela will, a.% once before, take up arm a."

rOHKfUN.I The patronise of the church of Scot-

land has fallen into the hands of its female members, who cast 24,000 out of 40.000 votes.

The extent of the famine in India may be surmised from the fact, oiricially admit-ted, that, in nine districts of the presidency of Madras, 2,80i),000 persons died between Jan. 1 and June 1, 1877.

The Vatican ia reported to be plotting a proclamation of the temporal power of the church. The pope's health remains good. Five or six cardinals are to be appointed in the consistory to be held about Cnristmns.

A Moscow newspaper says that out of ihc weiiltby merchant families of that city not a single member bos gone to fight the Turks. They get medical certificates of nn« fitness for military service, aud often have to pay well for them.

The Btatement that the Turka }iav« used explosive bullets is emphatically cono tradicted by the correspondent of the Iôndon Times. A wound exactly like that caused by an explosive bullet is produced bjr a coni-cal ball at short range.

The impression prevails that since the rains Russia is convinced ot the Impossibil-ity of wintering in Bulgaria, and will make a dnsporate effort to reduce I'levna and defeat :r<ueiman Pasha's army beiore retirement in Ronmania becomes necessary.

The United States, consul,at O d e ^ informs tbe department of state that a dis-ease has lately nroken out among cattle in a section of southern Rtissia, from which .hundreds ot thousands of cattle have already died; So malignant is tbe disease that in many villages there is scarcel- a cow or an ox left to the impoverished inhabitanto.

The Portuguese expedition for explor* in{ the western coast of Africa has by this time left the coast for the interior. It is in charge of Major Pinto, Capt Capello, and Lient. Iven*, of the Portuguese service, all of whom have had more or less experience ui African research. They are well provided with iiistrumenta, and mneh of interest is looked for as the result of their labors.

The fint positive movement of the n-temational commission of the African auo-eiation it aboat to b« made in tb« dlapatoh from Europe of a par^ tinder M. Crespel. This will mt fint Mtabliah depots at Zaodbar, and at lome point in Unyamwesl, after which it will proceed to Lake Tangan^ka, and or-ganhteattationthere. Mr. Cambier aecom-pules the expedition as Mbronomcr and

Or. Maet Mt natoralist, and M. rno as general aMuatant.

A correapondeiit writea front Couatan-nuUle to the eSect that the harvest is so rich thraughout the Turkish pcovlncea that SCO,000 men and the whole of the cavalry can be fed for a year on tbe Utbes alone, in Angora, laat year's tithes are not yet con-aumed; and this year's crops throughout the villayet have been so abnndant that the authsritiea do not Icnow where to find room to stow tbe titbea away." This b strange We were under the impression that last year half of A«ia Xiinor was suffering from famine. At any rate, that was the impression here when subscriptions were nised for the suf' ferem. On second consideration, however, it is not strange. Abttndiince of goveruuieni tithes ir Turkey and fmuine among the peo' pie are quite reconciliiblu pheuonienii.

Gen. Ijongstrect ii hard at work mxni a report

of the (Jetlysbui'g battle for the I'hilnilelpeia Times, lli- expvots to throw it good deal of light u)>on the subject.

As a result of the cigarmukere' strike, luaunfiicturers an- negotiating to get the liutiiueHS of cigar making away from New York entirely and transfer it to Cincln".'iti and New Haven. These two cities nre said to bo foremost in the business.

'I'he Han Francimx) Chronicle savf that while this year's yield of grapes iu CHltfornia will not probably be as large as thut of last veur owing to the drv season, theqnality will lie much better, nnd it predicts the tinest crop <)f raisins yet produced in the .Stnte.

The neccs.sury nppiiiincoH for liic con-struction of tlie live locks iit Miiscic shoals were -iliiiiped from Chicago last week, aud work will be begun immediately upon their arrival. A gentleman Irnm Chicago will nc-compauy tbe tools and appliances .•snd will lemain on the work.

Ex>Oov. Abner Coburn, of Maine owiiH fiiKl.OOd acres of land, divided as fol-1»WH : Maine, 450,000 acres ; Canada, 13 000; Wifconsin, .-iO.OOO; l>akoU, 35,000; Michinttu, 20,0<«; Minncoti, 18,(XX). His latest purchase is that of ii tract iu Dakota, and was taken of the Northern Pacific rail-roiid in lieu of stock, in which roiid he in vented some Jrt.OOO.

'.reu. Sherninti, wiio haa just retunitHi to* Washington from his ten-thousaud-inile tour of inspection of the froHiier service. e:t presses his opinion of tlii; Indian troubles as tollows: "Fora time, at leiunl, oiir troubles with the Indians are at an end, but the linal udiustment of diflieulties with the natives will not 1)1 made until the army is of snO'i-cient size and streugth to ho!;,! them in awe. There are sufficient officers, but not enough troops on the frontier. I am not iu favor of increasing the army," said Gen. Sherman, "but I am in favor of increasinc the number of regular troops. 1 can make the army fifty per cent. Htron;{er at an additional cost of five per cent-., by giving to each company its coinplete quota of one hundred men. At leant ten per cent of this number, by reason of details at headquarters, are kept from ac-live duty."

The following is given by (ten. (Jrook, under date ot the 24lh : All- arrangements, as far as possible, are completed for the re-moval of the Sioux at Spotted Tail and Red Clond agencies to their temporary locations. Capt. Wessells, with two companies of tbe Third cavalry, and all the Indians of Red Cloud agency will leave Thursday for a place on,.«he White river in Dakota, about forty miles from the Missouri river. Capt. Daw-son, with two companies of tbe same regi-ment, and the Indians at Spotted Tail agency, will leave tliere the same day for the I'onca reservation in the northern part of Nebraska, at the mouth of the Nebraska river, where they will remain until spring. The Arrapa-hoes. who are to move to the Vicinity of the Shoshone reservation, are expected to start the same day. Uen. Crook anticipates no trouble whatever. He says with regard to the abandonment of the frontier posts, that Camps Robinson and Sheridan are the only posts to be abandoned this fall. He thinks tbe boys will be retained at mostof the posts on the Union Pacific, Forts Laramie, Fetter-man, McKinney and Camps Brown and Stan-baugb, for many years.

What We Boqncath Poster i ty .

Often have we pointed out in these columns the folly and inbnmanity of bequeathiug our descendants an ex-hausted Boil, an impoverished continent This is bad enough, but i t is poaiible to do more and worse. In hia ' ' s tudy of sociology," the greatest living philosopher remarks: " There is no greater curse to posterity than that of beqneathinc them an increasing population of imiieoiles and idlera and cnminala."

Have farmers, mechanics and business men, whose votes make onr laws, state and national policy what they iin>, studied sufficiently tne ways and means % which criminnis, idlers and imbeciles are malt •

plied in a ratio much larger than that o f our whole population 7 We think not Making and expending money in thotisuid ways minmand at; much t ^ tliought and anxiety that the most mentons social problems are geoei^ly neglected ai matteni of no consequet^ Virtue, honesty, mental and moral vIm; should grow a littie faster than mankind increa.ie for any real improvement to be achieved. f:<ociety should not manu-fucture more inbeciles, liinatiw, idlers and criminals than ever Itotor^; luxording to iUnuinbers.

Why is the community burdened with much iinlH'ciliiy'i many idlers

liv'.ug on the fruits of others' labor? m many criminals robbing ami stealing and tnurdering to avoid producing what they need ? lliese aocial )hcn«niena do not hapiwn withdut an ac equate cause, and this cause demiinds itnniediale ntlention.

The upjH>r ten thoutand, whone ex-ample is genonilly followed, appear to Ixiliere ihiit idlenesH and gt-ntility arc the rtiime. IdUmew Rtoia production on the part of all idle pcrw.>n« ; but it do(>a not «to » eating, or any nther consump-tion. One idle'family living on rent ot the interest of money, conHumcH more than two, oltcn more than ten, laboring families. This fact is visible to all; not satisfactwry to the men and woineii whnw toil creates ^jpaltU.

ttissatisfaclion is cndiiring a.s the (".tiiHf- iiiui wrong which product! it. Hence Inlxir-strikert, liotH, traniiKi ami violcnre,iii every form, idle ImmiK inalte the brain the devil's workshop. Steady, Haiisfaetory employment means the tasy and proper jirevention ol vice and crime to a large extent. Hiil liow i.s sncb em-ployment Ui be witliin the reach o! all chwtis, under our prciHsnl indu.strinl atid social arrungemenls" It iirjicticahlc only by an luivuncc in our iiidu«lrie» equal to our advanced wants iiml nil-vjinced intcllii.'cncc to meet and i-npply thoiK* wants, .Many luimaii wiuita, in civilized lite, arc artiliciiil ; and it Ik in-dulgence in thehf tliai gives cxislemt' lo imbecile iillencsH, wununi and vici .iia couHumjition. Cliildrcn Bceextr.ivaganio and inloxioHtion, and naturally lollow bad habilH, •xiniiuming much, prodticiBg little.

Suppose we advance prwluctivc indus-try to the same and »o change t

)lane of advanced Kiciety, le condition ot Inlwr thut

no family wTll be able to consume more of the g(M)d tilings of this world than it produces ? There would be fiar more Icit nncouHuineil to pay full wages to all la-boring jH'ople. The que.stion is, who shall have the first right of conHumjition, the )roducer or the sj)eculalor ? Where nr^ iucers throw away the fruilH of their

induHtry, aa often' hapj^ns, any man, KpcculaUjr or not, is juHtified in gathering up and trying to save what would other-wise Ix! trodden under foot, and lo.-it to the world. In a word, ^jroducers niust learn, to keep and use widely as well as learn' to producc pro|H!rly. This imr«r-tant learning i.i not taught in our bcft schools and colleges. Hence they are behind that learning which the age and advancing humanity most need and demand.

Manual labor has made more progress toward the good time coming than any university—a pregnant fact that school meu know nothing about. They ate eminently claa-iical in their studies, and bequeth to youth and posterity not ideas uselul and practical to-day, but the anti-qûated notions of men who have beeii sleeping in their graves two thousand years I 8uch incongruous teachings brwd discord and imbecility in society. In-stead of beating swords into plowsharw and B|)ear8 into pruning hooks for noble purposes, we teach our children to love and re»i)ect all the practices of war, which have descended to us with our Hebrew, Greek and Roman literature. Great criminals are their heroes—our model men. Society reaps in each gene-ration a harvest from the seed sown sy former jgenerations, which breeds true m kind with increase ot seed.

Fo im large London firms have been invited to compete for the supply of <xr-rugated iron for huts, to contain liK).-000 Russian soldiera. They are to - iw delivered a t Antwerp and sent direct thence to Bucharest. Orders have aUo been issued for eight railroad Nations lor a strategic railroad. They are to to complete in every respect and provided with a heating apparatus.

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...ui PUU-..1 in niH luaiu lolKsioimry Ihc loiniuli. <>1 " "l"'!'"' v,.uci»01e remedy, U.t the -<pmly lin.l iKTina-

c u r . . o r c o n « n u . p t i o n . . , r o n c l . m s ^ a u . r r ,.s(Uu..., ..n.l all llifoat ..u>l Iuuk un.-c-tlo.i ,

,n,.l nullcul .-ure for ncrv.,ns , „ 1 n un.l 1.11 norvonH coiiiplalot-s nrter r Ct . - l . - . i i t* ' wonderful curative i-.w.-i^

,„„u. II known tohl>i hnlTcrlim follows. Ac-.,v this „u.tlv..,.n,l .•

, „ . „ s n a . r l . m , 1 wi l l send , t r . - . . f h a r v c ,

,vl,o n-slr.. It. 11.1" rccip- H, (.crionn,

a,ul oHlnv-. Sent -y n..ll l.> „v Mo. ..111. s,amp,m.mln..l.W,,»l^r X . SI,-a,-. 1»

n f r a g r e o M

r U K ^^^^

. F A M I L Y ^

UM>k«l tor .-.iKcilJ l>y > " ^ rernl with

It is l,i.mlK0ii.cl.N ' V " . U iittructlve

Dli.ali Muloch Cmlk, .l.O.Wlilltler, U.ulHoC.Moullou, llnvlh. I.011.IK-W.

\ lu i;i 111

i m i A X ' s

tO'-'i 11 " li- '••tl'

„..vc you conT;;; .P«lon orT.ny l„o throat and Iuurh. un.l If «o. c«l i >' " druitstorc, and get., tr.nl bottle of m ^ h «

(lru««lHls. ami at wli.ilosoli. l.y • N - lll><'r i r * CO.. Mal.i .41.. MeinpliK Tetn.. ^

Yonrself lhe»e

9/ ' r . nV^-ouI. Hyat mi d.mrc««;.17

,1 T. TrownrlilK"' .1ainc.s T. Fields, l'.(-l).t-cii 11. imvls. .Mrs. A. H. l^•onow.•l. t>Uv:»r<l Kv.'

Wm.cnllen ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

« « Of ...venture, - - { - . l l l l i ? " " s ^ ^ r S "

n u d tl.l» advert iscmeiit.

P E I U I Y M A 8 0 S & C O . ,

II Tempi - r inco, not ion . * IH xl 5 COW

Our F i w l i l o n C i r t a -

l o i i i e w i t l i i t a l l M r e c -t l o n « t a o w t o

m<>ai»*re.

o v e r S , 0 0 0 c i i l «

l a t e s t n O I c g n r -m e n t H t t H t b c y w l U

~ _ l o o k w h e n m a d e .

T h e H o w e S e w i n g . The OrJS*«-

nl i n v e i m o " „K MOW t>rove<l «>•«•

nJ i iB . . l o O Itlnd o f n o r l i nnil ««»'••• " bcHer .nny otlit-r.

I ' r l e c M B c r t u c e d ? D i s c o u n t f t o r c a s h .

H..IK1 n.r circular..

A . V O i r > E I > ! !

Se n t i m e n t a l w b a b h

e n s a t i o n a l A w l e s HOICK . Si fcW V f S . ..r, Manliood,

of the Heart? j^^'^jviirmdcP^^^^

liirouuli n, y Mr«.n of lt« won-Twofow" w Tl IndlKp-dcrful quality in cur>T.K "I llciiular hIzo tion. '^" 'P ' lVî . i^ûlvch^ mrnrHt-cliuvH 75 cent«. MI,,ten. Hold at l)ruKKlHt« .. \V kVr^ & ro.. <4. W. w iolcwilct)> N. w. W.IR' ' . . ^ L'o., Metu-jon.^ A mJîrAuo ^nno t Iw hcnt phlm Tonn. 1 hlo moillriuo ™ ^ , „ iiy niall.

The new lmprove<l " UprlRht" is

aw Main Ht., Moraphls. Tenjn. 10 7 If

tl.cin fioi" tb"-' 'IS', Part<« 'in>l Attni-li-

MachlneliooUH.

m\S M E T H O r m THUIVSO imt uv n r o n o E W. «RAlNAHa

p r i r e »»•««. In Pre»i».

T h e G a l a x y HrUilantnew colkv-

tlonof.inu«lc o W I.-

o i proverto ami iinii.orv». ^

scilat

l.(W

Kew Antelmi »ooh

CHAPEL xmm

J liv Jos. 11. Murray i>n<l

papcn.) .im1lciir«'r!»' V J W. Boiil.am, jnui . . .

world. I lli. A IHft lAilVOri

. . . * r l»V

S E N A C A F A L L S

BELL rOUUDKY.

iwAt all DooKwi"--"")-celiit "f JP'•'i'ivi^KtoW, PiitoH»»»e"".

Wm. B. Avenue,

Korty-M!COii.l Kt. and

stamp for partlcnlarH.

I lO^ll** "'••••

I derhook, N. i •

50,000 1 c o m m l B H l o n e r ' H s a l e .

. y r a ^ a a l l . H e d g e l - ' - ' f e ^ r ^ S i i i S

.wo pouno". ,.7;t0 poundt.. ,aiS pnaSTS

, For Church, Academy. i h Factory, Depot, Steam-

boat, Ship, Locomotive, PUnt.llnn. Klrt-»u«ln«,etc

S p e c i a l N o t i c e s . s v r r »

J-'""-^' " f r t X l r ortln^to 1H» house,

Wild new l««eof and give, the C o n ^ P t l v c ^ a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

B a k e r & Co.. PWladeipn"'. ^ j j o ^ u W e ^ w

,i.,n by on" GAnMoav". htam bo»" (fe, CovlnBton,

• • • • I stastly, in AddreDs downtoslW- N. Y.. or

in tlm cr^t Inc

^ t te t .or Miinr of Th» Hat t is t Is auttionEed tx>

11)16

Dim, ">' MliwIfSlPPl

ntlu'liluln'ol ,ij »\v. '.;i'.r..lVmtod I'omouaMnc-

of the late D r . ^ r g c onu. Yôu^ jg mllca . p p e r — .

Her< IS

ntKh.nt ptlcen. Adrtresn tliu ^'Wi^^^jj^g paper.

m

B W T

B o o f e f o r S f j i ^ I i i g S c h o o l s .

CHOIUS CHOli I S m o r B W K :

uurtplaltilv Iimi it i,'7h™ SM«51« imu ifuauni r„c fomiHtini mui. Um^ nnd )« ftliiio a rooiit (>iit«rtiU thorough txxilc UiT lOI MihOgih nut «V>nV)>iitlon»: With lht« jUAlntMt nf

w. AIM* DDQlc alA> iiiiit »nswynj tjuit iH.n.K-xl(jn.iii«»ljoB,«. u> Ims .. ««K4i HitiKhitf til ouii|fr.itH»lmw>' urSlltWiK-r itozcii. •

Til K E^-OBE. Ijj O. Kmnwou, Tl.li. niiu bixjlt hiMalnwdy 1" "n um«d by thoiuai-ilx, who havf h ^ !ml opinion im taitKBdiiil-able oollmlon of Hncrt-U Miwlo, of 01.«L Quwl«<tit, 'IVlOH, Diiett, H(m«, eu;., for utur-tlco. U Is «PU81 w. welt m, HIiiKlng Hoofe. Thorough iMtriif-tlvo cource.

otH.; i7/)0 jKT doaju.

O V R -' P?

t c m o o t A

M A ^ B Y S H A . K P C O X L i S a E .

W i n c l i e i t e r ^ T e u n .

r W A I.K rNIVtlKltlTl-or T H K MOdTU.-

(6Slorltep,Mr'"i77 "" will op«u o„ U.« nm W^lneây »Vi(ir I.Ty.~l.IT*:R A H Y:

MonU au. I ô . "

I>EUKI5iN' NrU4M>I.. Hv \V. <). IViKiiii. TlilM, like UiD " JCiicorw," tii nii •'x.-iillinit Ulee UooUiw vrc-ll /w Hliikiiii; Hclmol Hijok, iiuil will 1)0 II fln« hook forcVmvenllonH Kn.l forriwy prftctsoi'ln fhoini «iiil H<x-l<-tluH. f.o<Ki Insinictlvfcounu' nil thy Ik-si of iuuhIc. d.) <>!«.; 111- HI "5 per (io£<<u.

All tetn>lior(i 1111(1 oonvi'ntlon holUi-n iire liivlfttl ui Insuni thi-ir bumck* iIiIn Heiuiuu by iiHlng oiip or thciMi books. For Knh» overy-wiioir. Copli* will ixmt rreo by uiHll, for retail prUv. O L , a % ' K n D I T M O W & C O . ,

BONTOar. t'. It. I>ltwa A (o., K. UllMitt A fo., :il Dron lwsr, hnccMtort to Lti Jt \V»lli«r. N'wVoik fhlU.

•lot! 10 6 II I

u »t .r.. . <-ni<tw>ur OJ .MOl A T Hii'u^-'^t?^^®' AUCIlIU J.lillgU««w,. w'ri"A "f MullieiuttUOfc

•V»i<!r-a,F. Uturmooiilott,VrMdOvut.

Hiia KaK<l«>i Lllomlmo.

M e m p h i s i C ^ i ^ ^ h w j b J

•—•"mi J

. • • ^ "" A.M., »<.<ic«a AjwmtttiiI. nmmng-Mn.. a. C. Uravw lu uliiiivti.

^ ®ÂHKKTAI. WORK^Mn. M. P. Van ifumwUtta at Ibvlr liwt Hunnul

V a l u a b l e K c m e d i o s .

IJito. OKAVK.M : - Id Ihltiklnijof iimUhiKliiv r.'in.xlliti known to thv public 1 have hiiil I'niilllctfl ot iitliiil, iH'ciiUHclt. 1r «vlili't)t thnt ktepiiiK thoni MHTetHiidiwlIInK thiiniiKllclQr'. I mlghi renllxo iimuy fuld more thiiii I nm now r oMiimlily' «x]MN*t, but iny dmlro U to hlttw iny frllow-lieloKs tut well wi to beuellt mvHcIf; tluTPfort*, lU tho rlwk of gri'iit Iosh, I off.T thfxw »pe«!in« romwlliu tou tlUicvruluK pnblic. 'rht^< rcmiHlloH iir» so curtain thiit the moHt ol lliom b hit; liumi-dliitu rs lluf. Home of them liave heoji on Irlnl for yearn, nnd (ill of tlif 111 liir ii tiUOIuli-nt timd lo prow tliplr cfflcleuoy, fxoirpt thu Khcumutlc Llnl-ineut, with whloh i ourod iuyaelf of that imliiiiil ill.n'ft.10. Yuoure "clluwure that you «lu)iilil piTiMirc to cure Jlhrimo tvhvnevorit ihsll appeiir byordoiiug Uu- nimi'vleN iitniic» whllp llioy nre frtMh 111 your mintl. Ki'ar no humbugBcry, fnr Ifftny fall tocur<Miftor thi* illrcctloiiH liiiiu Ulvii Killowt l, I will rotiirn the money iHiliPtually In overy ti>Htnnc<*; and ,1 hat yon may i«'ly ou wnat 1 say, I refer yon lo.I. Il.amvt«4, M>.I>., \V. N. tinailolu agent of nittatuiiH, T. T. i'ttlon of l.yiio!iburK, Va., om(i.M(>lre«!,l).J).,of Na-ilivUle, W, n. Andor. Hougpnoral railroad neentTennexiieii. C'ol. J .l.uownni of CarterHvIlln.Ua., Drr<}. 1). Nor-rlHof Alabama, I'rof. J. \V. Jarraitii, .lackiioh, 'i'eaii., J. h. rurman, e<lltor. New OrleauM, an n KtiiM-lmen of thodf who know nie wull. 1 will Bond uMugle receipt tor 80 eta., three for Sl.oo, and tho whole number of reoelpta for 13, H«nd the money by iKwtotnoe order or regls-K?red letter. AddreaTP.T. Hondenion, Lou-iloii, EttttTenuewioe, IJox 72. All wlio pur-i linse r<>celptJt may becoino my aueiilH to bcU to othorii. retaining half tha money to pay tU«<m for their trouble, and remllthiK the other half t<i my addreiw, with thu n«in««,and I win send re<'elplH toea<!li purchaser without delay, the liOnl willing. Do not fear that there will he any difficulty In preparing the niodlclnex for the liigredlenta an> nearly all at hand, and very cheap, and all may lie had wl(hllitl«pnl!ui; Honemion your oiilorK,aiid iHny you Iw blcHfWHl. Ilemeniberthat whllat

I an the

oiler execllent opportunltv lb? iirepai Cjxuu^ne aud clrcuâr^lH^ pmniptlVtorwVinl^ron lufflotV-to

— _ l" WALSIHIjKY, AseiK

S O I T H W E S T E R . ^ B R O W A S V I L l E

Baptist University, FEMALE COLLET! E JIA<'KNO.\, TK!W.\-.

The next Heiulon oonimence on

of thin Infilliiitliiii will . I"''" AnnufiJ He«itlnn will ' open the llrst WsdneiKlny Hept. ny,. "

lU'v.«. W. Johnaton, |>rv«-|,

lerleiicetl li-aeli-

«OI>f« KAWT.

KXI>UIHe

m W ? JUUCUuk.. iu, ^y^Hl'"" W- " flnth < .. 3aii "

B ^.. HteveiiMm ...fe ..lla;

Arr Ihatlunooga (7).. 1:06 p,„

t.ve rimtianoga i7).. H(«ven«<in («,.. .. ix-cwur c.'i),.l(»S)0 •• '.orlnth, i.'ii i.j-i „,,, MiJ'ti-V" -la!:: 5!"' uraiiU Jiinotliin (•.')., 3:17 ••

Air .Meniphm tjai .

isAiuh

•.Wani

iS^';!''

•ItH,.

with .mini IW |;p (Vninil lt.lL i... .. Of llil.lev K.li: iS.urrow^ , \ V blip i tihio It.U. (f,, •ft iVt, L ikvii ,' ^ ;

vllle lUHl, • " Tenut«(«>e, .. , anil Alubania and riittiiaMooga

.Wondny.Nopleinbfranl. IH77, and oontlnue without Inlermliwloii until the flrat Thursday Im Juno, Ifff.-*.

healthv aud eiutlly accitalble. UoaM.from Jlo to SM nion!!,,

thing Included ext-ept WKMhlng Blflnes.* Hehool ntlbrdu Mlns KATK l'(U.Vl)?''MmH'iaA'

eHlrIng ; .M1hh1>OUA WKNOKi; l>hino

, aided liv an able ooriwo.' e.t I ers In the Literary l>partnieut .MIEW HUK II. SK.VTKIU M..\ .MIKSM. K. .MAVO, .M.A.

I .MU^riliK YOU.NU. .M.A. •Mlasolt.v llA'lTLhi, A.U.

.Ylnulr. I'rol. ,l(iH.\ I'. WKNDKI

. - .. .—. <»*«vt uu i iii'fun r 'jlif unuaiial advantage* to young men t" «"«tid a Commercial .School.

.Mii«l<' Dlrwtfir ofjil I'ullui,-.

KV \V"AIJ(1KN'ER, /tolleKo II, to

• " »-"iBiiiercmi ."irhool. i : l-orftirtberlniormatlou apjily for catalogue .Mrs.!.: A., lu M 48 -M I Mm. AIAK\ thaJnimii of tlio Kaclmy.

A O E N T S W A N T E D .

comjileu., be«t,' of all "ImoicH ou

lloiiie. 4'uiirMe ofNludy.

-Kleme,I,ary

111. Colleelate Department—Greek. l,atlu Oemian, Iênch ami ;nKU»h I mKuaKM '

Y in,, '?'?"' '"'^'^ I'f'lll-lKHlNtJ (d., A H 40 t 'lUClnilufl, ().

T O L A D I E S O N L Y :

ovulopeH the ibrni

InThiSi""" ' "'"1 vocal WM-work. ' '''''"'"'""'"''"'''"'

i.'^'i thoroughly taught In eonniM-tioii wit'- " . •Mutiiematlcs.

n«-itrf<-». 1. To any sUuIeiit Kraduatlng

I V I T i T . A i r $.10 a nmi>Mi I 'J U^vttv^ i.i-...-

Carpets at Refill.

.T"" AWUIVJUI-Ct IIIUI. WflllMl. you lienellt me, and sm I tmstnldtherauneof our bleMietl ue»leenier, you confer upon your-self bletwlngx moro valuable than the tiearlii and genu* ol earth. Ilemember too that whlliit hi aJth will l)e>tpee<Uly rextoreil, doctor Klllg will bo redace<l.

Lint Of itMîiim. I. Compound Syrup for colds and croups,

jirnventl vo of imeuiuoula,acUug like a charm y ;;"'»PO«>'«Hr"-"l'«<!»lH>clttiry for croup*. .1. (.elebrated balve for bumii, alleviating

pain and uromptlng a fipeedy cure. •I. A niolllent8alvo tor bolU aud tumon<,u

rellover of |Min,ami procurer of tranquil to%t. a. A speedy remedy for dangeroiu wounda,

produoul by nalla and other pointed bodlea.a preventive of lock-jaw.

0. Rheumatic Llulnu-nt. 7. PolHon Kxiraotor, instantly alleviating

tho pain preduoed by llie poiitou Iniwrted by thestingMof boea, wiwjMi/eic.

«. Elixir for chills, almost Infallible. 0. CorapouudforUlarrhoe,«cUveandchr»n-

lc,apromptreme<ly. I "tolilertt, preventing deafness lu children.

II. Illrectlonmordrewlng wound*, no an to prevent jialn aud heal them by the nmt In-tention.

11" to'c'rudmu*''' All editors who are willing to bo paid from

the money realUwl irom ftm notice which they Rive will pleaw copy. Thoae who wnd for rwielpw will yleaw »t«t« the paper In whieh they saw the noilce. , I'.T. HKNDFJIHON,

30* tf Uuj'Jon, Buit TeiineMiW.

OH ClotliN, Mat t iugM, Rukk au« l I

ItlntM, K t c , KIc. j

, We would Invite the attonllon of llotall } urchuHew of CariM-llnKW, to the fact, tlmt "v.

unr Miock, ouh of the largest south of New

^ Khul to luiiiish

Head for tHreuiar of Prlc-w.

No.201 West IJaltlmore Htre.'t, A/d,

J. Kvery atudent gmdual ng in Oerman and Kreaoh,, or in lj»iln anS UetT nan or

wsr t^'

uelvo the degree of B.l'. siuilnnt graduating In the mil

thc-deWoofU K S.B.~Tlie cojimo In elective, /lie patron

may elect the course, frwly, for thrsiuden" I<ocatlon.

AUKKl-H WA.\T>:» r«H

M o o d y ' s N e w Scr ino i i . s . Adiln-snimd I'myers, 70 I ) i.k Iuvo) pntu-. l lin

U.a/ jpOIH 'KI-ilJ.V I'O., Ymk, WCTnelnnall, Ohio. K x tu xl J1

I I'1044 111 Ualtlmoro

SO lTUE f t IV

L i v e S t o c k J o u r n a L J'ubllBhetl wejtkiy at Htarkvllle, Miss., E.

Monlgomepr editor aud prpurletor! V ^ i h t

JpeclHjly di) vou-rfto Live HtOCk SoUUl Of Ke^ tucky. SulKcrlptlou l2J)0j^»ni,Sm. ndvertUlM medluin,wn«lKr^ Itftor lffi

J . B . P O W E L L , M . D

Surgeon Dentist, ttrliit* 27 Bontb Court •treeu lontf

p.»itionOfitHp;,;;! :

for boarding and all varied College pur-

piwd, oharch, lu warm wcmtker, white— OMico aud lawji. For school weir lu wluteT

Expttnae. for Wve MonUia, In «dviino«.

Vocal oultiup, and class voi-al »5 and 125 PftJntlng 110, Jlfi, KO a nd ^ .

Paymeul. ruturued for protracted Xkn im Apply to I'resldent for c a ^ o ^ ^ «<=«?«!•.

...mlUt. H«„, Uy. WI U SM l.( hutlanooK,, H.it. \v| i, S, •e. \-a. A Uu.; Western aad ..lVl„m iHina an.l niatlanooga It.iu

T h e M e n i i ) l i i 7 & C l i a r l e s to i i

Iîuk and llrlstol,'l'e..n.,aud S ± law between .Memphisand LynchburgLsll!?

S l i o r t e s t a n d (Qu i c kes t L ine

Soutli«%'«Nt UII4I SolltllCUht. Till- utt^lilloii of the iiatroiiHof Ihe S lnmU

and l-nlyeîKes in TennesHeei,i>,l areeMpcelally to Ihe advantages of thiA Un"

T R A I N S R U N D A I L Y iKoMiiimIiij- I»elnyii.!

MiiUiii ; i-loseiiinnei'tlonh m nil juiirii,,i, „i».i lerniliii.l iiolnts,

A F u l l SolTof Tickoi.s Are now oh wile

Mciuplila, Urnnd Jainctiuu. Nleveiii..iii. J><^««nr,Iliin(Mvllle, mill 4'lia(tn.

uo»irn.

h'or lurtl.i.i inniriiKillon aiMnt. clilii.r I'. U. KUUKHl",

tleii. Weslei n Ageiil, iJiUlie,, I AH, It. (Xil)K.S,

Oen'l l'ii.iwui;ei Ag't Knoxvlll., r, i,ii. T. H. 1>,VVANT,

As-i't Uen. I'li-weiigei-Ag't,.MeiiipliiM,T('nii, I (J III

DK. WAK3ri:R*N I I E . 4LT I I CORSET,

With HklrtSniUKirternnd H<1|. Adjumlng Tads.

tneiiualtHl for iieautv, Hiyhi and (Jotnforl."

.Anproveil by all Phyairlnus. />»• Mill' tin l^dinff MnchmiU. HnmpUvi, any hUi. by niiill.

In.satteen. tl.fiO; Coulll, Ji.7.1: Nurtilim <<in»otl, Si.UO; .SIIwm-s' (Virnet, S1.00. AgentH wunttil. IR<>N..»ai llroiidMiiy, .V.V.

H lUl'l II lU

A G o o d W e l l ; ; : ean Inr made In oiie • • y d a y with oiir l-fooi

Weil Auger.« K<nd foraiiger book. I'.K. .AT 0KBIX)., St.l/mlM. .Mo. ()l> 1(1 -Ji 11 il.fiw

T K A X lio cholcem in tho world-lni-(I-JiAO. |K,rter»' Prlcefl-l irgi itcyimpany

I lu Amurlca—staplearttfllo-pleii.'ies verybody-Trade oonllnuttlly Increasliiu -kgoma waut«d evcrywhenv-best Induce-

< ^L^.'flf for circular to UOBT. WELL.M, IVeM't 01 the Urlglnhl imerlean Tea Co., -l.! Vewiev HI., N. Y. IMi.

Box 1287. 1041 11 J

1037

Ollltf

ÔPIUM s s ^ f ' NO CHARGE

fcr trMtmint natll ctirrt. Call oo or additu OR. J . O. BECK. MSJotoStmt, CHCnoiATI, OHIO.

cjp losou'n

Eatabllahod l«40.

S A F E T Y F R O M MPARK8 . ^ Spark Ammng Port-' atXi Mnîma for fian-

tinn i«r, SlaHonan/ I'JCnffina and BoOert.

Tun Uom fown-' S/mi-J'ortable tl.ao,

B. W. Payne 4 Hons,

State yon saw this in tho WerapbUBajtlit,

IArMK. A(«oiawaait3.iiaa.

(lJ0.<Blia6

W O K t F O K A L L Lu ''IS,'.' locnlltles, canvassing for tlu-f/'?!', ' '* (enlarged) Weekly and Rouiy- "^.i:*®?* In •>>«' wirld. fritb Mammoth Chroraos ftee. Bis comnilB-(ioua toAgonM Terms and Outfit iVee. Ad-UresB P. VICKKRY. AoirnHlft, atiiliir.

P1U4211I7

THE SUCDESS -OK OUR-

NEW MONTHLY -THE-

F a r m s GRANGE

(liosuas

Haa extended ipvon beyond our most san-gnlnu exMcUUeiu, and we are now upon a •oiid foundation. No "dead" or "•tandinc" matterÛt every Imw/utlo/nirf/nuh reaOinu fo^M fitrmer and Patron. JteU in t/ie South t I We liave placed Uie subKrlptlon price K Uie low price of 76 ceuia nernnunm for Mnide copy; tiirM cnplM Ibr W; five f»rW; { •ô jK; wo piyrtngportage. HubwrlDtlonh

low Uiit to get

KtfO paying portage. HubwrlpUonh I ixad In advaBOO—the nrkw being so

.»w .^.it wo could not aflbpX It otherwiao. gendobjronrkabwrlnt. anow.aou UiaflHtnnmbani. Bpeoliiiaiw

Addrsas aBU. B. HORTOK A C - CO., Mempbii, Tban.

lOlK

C; B A P T I S T .

0 r . J . Kevftau im lC l i ' *

Haiv KestoratiVe {•••tllvalr r«>«forMt nalr t« b»lil i>««da.

SMITH'S Is uotabatrdye.

SMITH'S I Mies; nut ooiilitlu

poison. SMITH'S IKwtorrti hair ti> ihe

head. SMITH'S check hajr fl'oiii fall

SMi H'S Makei liair timw i) feel;

STANTOK & STABKfi, (HucueMMrs to WJANTON, POTTER

, This Is the only llali Iteatorative nmnufiuv SiurMl wcprewdy to pro-luiote the growth of

auS to »rre« IW blllugout.

TtKMisands of men who wetwbald IumiiIikI, • mow bnveatullMiiltof lhair, utul one lail.v tn Kentucky, whi> wii" once lialtl, now Ims

OROCKRS AND COTTONaPACTORS, i i i S w : , 2 7 4 V r o i i t S t r e e t , M e a i p U l s -UROWCK.) X 41 Xl18

Uowhjjt luUr KKi-rr

In lenglh,pro<l«ceil by the useot Dr.-I. .New-ton Mmith'x lliilr llestoratlve. H«!iid for iHtslllve,

iinmlHtakabl lioiiie l>i-oof, In immphlet irm, fTM) to all. ItNlopalbe halrrnini

falling out at onee, nleunseth the wriilp fwm all dandnin,an.l

, Ua highly perfiinied n Ist claai hlar <lrw-|ond elegant balr

Ing. ilresMlnp, nuu-b lul-kJ in fP lF 'k ! mired by the ladli-H. NM_lTtl S , 1'rlcoii.riO for ;t Imt-

U iKlmln-d by all;tlos,ex!)reiw>d on re-lailloH. -eelpt 01 price. Call on

SMITH'S

SMITH'S .>lHk(W wblHkerxgrow.

SMITH'S l uki-w out all daiulriill

SMITH'S

IH death to all wlgN. J. f. UroniinMkle c;o,.l,<ml»vllle, Ky.

b«iUl bv all Whol.'nale ami retail drumlHl". 10 :iu 11 a e<iw

W AUKN'l>i WANTKU for the O R H D A Y S O F « O D .

A book of marvelous l»au<.v in thought, style, ami HlKt/.rlc fiicta. Olyen tho very cmain of Holenee, miiklnK Its tinII-Hiig woiidei-!! aud brlglil gems bouHehold

by th^ nml <'lertty

Chiace lor AaenlH. Hales immense. Mumule Illustrations, Clrculiirsland lerins rre*. jr. V. Mefurdy, iHibllMliers, X m-14 ll iw vow Ml- I-ow"".

T H E

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SWEDKNBORUIANISM A!iD SPIRITISM.

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r <-0.t »1l». W« Mil OwMCfilliIrt »t •'»«'>• Bin M mU lb» WMch anU Cli«lti tit. Mm bt M"'! In »

F- Wo Bull mo Watch without tho sla »r t)0. J. BHISB CO,, CUatoa floM,« Mo. 11 klcfth Street. S.T. Ct-Jl

THE WESTERN BAPTIST, I T-B-Ksrv. EDITOR. .Medlnm of Communication for tho Baptists

of Arkauiias. It has entered «imn Its fourth year, and ma?

be pul JI is a bOTUt

m COMPLETE « CLSAIiER mvi iê wear ^ the gin-stand, tn««5»«; X w Tllnt?aiid ImprovcH Its qua^from rtoi graASs It is light runiiiiif, « i^roSon, easily nnd«r»t..o.l, » iSlMtwl to steam, watur or horse power.

Manufaotuwd ftud sold,by —

T h e A l l i s o n M a c h i n e C o . , »aw (kwoMd lilMie*, MempW*.

itoocl for circulars and prloo-lUl.

»:MUor or

f f l V E R M T ' C ~

A-9-43-tO-47 iHiw Warranted.

BY .I.K. OHAVliS, Mcliil.lils, , eriBK t l > « " f t h ^ t j m w . ' " ' ' ' ^

urt. of all like projects In t he Htato, its has Iwn remarkable. TbU paiwr Is lamely devotwl to the llaptlsl Work of Arkaufuu.,-homneVelopment. Price r2.15 per annum, Strlctlvin advanee. Address, Westem^^'-

oatlon Hoclety, Memphis, Tenn. 174. Price 76cents,<)y mall, lis is a rare bogk, and should l •y Bible rcailM, aud espeolally

inlnfstert! it has rl-ceived.tb" l'.>8f'"i ever

law M atiuil. Harapie'wVob a'h" Hlng?" (by Mali.) PhMaaelpbin, J-a.

10 IS 11 IS _ _ '

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RerelplSoniror Finyrenlii. A d d r ^ YiaWKT, Mi.rr»y, Cl«rk ronntj.

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8 E L l £ R S ' COUGH SYRUP. , L SlSSrVt. 14, till. i

ciiosoiiao

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rUK BAIM-INT, Tenn.

Published by tlie Houtbwu WapUst I'nbll- , • V.I.. JKTa, Inino. I his IS a rare bofk, and should be rend by iJ,tio Kock, Ark ry Bible rcailef, aud wtieoli^y by_nll '

tnitliHlOni ! II IlUrt xucrivvu ni»j '-Y'" mcndatlons 'rom several of the tlrst scholars Of the Uiiloii. Dr. Alvah Hovey, prtyUlenl ; of Newton ThcolORlcai tji'inlnary, Mim<a-, chusetts, says, III n letter to the luilhor: -

"I have read your volume,--Xlio lil'J"' Doctrine of the Sliddle LWb, w tb inuch in-ercat and profit.... 1 waa greatly Int^rc^ n your tMt of Hpirltuallsm; and 1 think iotir view of U must bo correct." , „

nr. Wwlin'l. e<»tor »f National Jlap-Dr. Qravim's arguiiienl, and

arc sattoftea wllJi It! lie , ' j ^ ^ i f S "liamoTSmBWWIIdm™ The Bible lootrl c of afSîiWAgWoTlfclwrlysurt^^

j i tbd nm otie hlin<lT«itt>plMl«« of the volume: thei BtofUiebooklitmadpupoftjo^shw. Ing Uata stupendtioiw fttiutl and lUsohood

mCiwl l tor of the Iteptlst Weekly,

^."l intended to'niept thoer-rorsofBwedenborglanlsm Uraves holds, ou an examination of Heveral pasetJviofBor'Mture.lbat 'no Mint has yot SSS^k intoli.'iaven, and thnt H l» ovldent that no Klnner hoii yet dcsoondwl to hell, t ud Unit 'paradise Is li> hades, and not in hiwvon,' and Is' a blissful place of tcmiiora^ r^tappolnUHl to tho Hrlends of CHrlst to en-joy between deaUi and resurm-.tion.; l-roiu tho^swer of Abraliam to Dlvtis, It is hold by tlw author thnt the dead cannot com-inunlcate with the llvlnjz unless by thereenr-S o n of tho body. iTiere are many con-s d^tlous In this small volume that the advSwtwofHpirillsin will find It very dlfn-S it to wercome, while It wlU bo found sug-gestive to till who have not so stereotyped K vl TO of divine things that tliey are unable to receive any new opl"

we should bo exceedingly gtatlfied IfeySw rewUng, thinking brother, and eapeclally i v ^ mlntateranS our denomination would send 76 oeuta to anr Soolot; " " " " carefO

GEO». T. ALLMAN, (Comeraville, Tonn^ .,

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Hold by all drugclsto. Hamples by imilt free of postaaeonrecellitofaS conW. J . B. WIIUKR A CO., l^Mlavlll*. Ky.

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JUiiors to this Issue a« a speolmon of uls jittpcr.

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PUBLIC LEDGER. Piiblisbea Every

TUESDAY MORIS INO.

FOR SALE OR RENT.

"Chlckerlng," warranted In tune i»ud onlcr, for sale or rent cheap. Ifdes^-tf, Uie rent will be 8pplle<ltopuroliw

Apply to II. a . MOWiERIUBR®, UreMt Nontbern Musle Homie..

10 7 tf 9M Mi»l«« »rti*«t, aempfil*.

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Tlin Commercial, News, Mlscollaneons and UMial Dejiartmenta will be kept up to the hlghiMt standard of approved Journalbon-«ndeiivoting to please all tast«« and to

Iut«r«at all RMideri,

Thus making the Weekly Ledger a welcome, pleasing and Uiteri-stlng

Fircaldo TUIlor find Family <!om-pisnloB

In every section of tbeHlate and tbrougUout the South, Plainly printed, on miperlor pa-per, wltli a large and increasing clrcnlatlon.

Terms of HubscrlpUou: AS.O0 Per Annnm, Invariably In

AdvanMt. « r apeolmim ooplea maUed tnm.

All oonunnnlcaUonimotild beautOrMMd to E. W U I T M 9 B E ,

lowso Pabllaherand ProprleUir, 18 MtMUMin Hb, Mempbto, Tenn.

f

NashviUe,Chattanooga a n d

St. Louis Railway.

The Great Central Route. Has through sleeping caif from

ATLANTA, CHATTASOOOA AND NASPIILK - T O -

M E M P H I S . KD FROl 1HFRI8 TO HAmU.

And ofl>« tho bnsinew man and' plMtuw iSker the most dellghtftU route from tha

socium TO TBS SOliTHIASr.

' i^Trnomm train, iriakM direct eonneotloa tot WiWhf Uy Cm

^ n t m the I I O U U W M t . 7 m a n d ft

f'i-

7 5 3 T H E ! B A . P T I S T .

T O M m S T E R S .

I',-

I take tluB method of calling your Ait ention to the 9»I«brtted Body and Luiig

Brace, which I have sold for the lact e!ght«en years, that I may make it benefit to my paper by making it a far greater benefit to you.

I will briefly give yon my r ^ n a for recommending thlK invaluable article to you. Mere than elgbteeu ye rv ago, T vrai thoroughly broken down in voict> from excewivo preaching; I could Bj)«ftk but a little while without getting hoarw;; my throat was generally sore, and eaaily irritated, and its tone became heavy and huiiky; Roon a hacking cough net in, that increased, until at the clone of n long meeting, my voice failed entirely, under the effecta of a chronic laryngitis that Boon su|>erindut«d bronchitis, which »eri-oualy <.hreatenpd my life. I was now compelled to deaiat from prcaching, and, i( nostdble, overcome those difficulties, ana rccover the lost treasure, — the voice, that to a minister is more valuable than gold or jewels, or be silent forever. I applied to the most eminent physicians, and was but little helped; save the ex-cisioa of an elongated ovula, they could do nothing but advise rest f and this I was compelled to take. What caused and continued that constant irritation and hacking cough, they could neither explain nor prevent. Providence threw the remedy in my way. My wifo was sufiering from prolapsus uteri, aiod the profeeeor of the theory and practice oj medicine in the University of Nashville was her physician, and he prei»crib^ for her this identical Bracc, which speedily Wlito*vvl h " 8he complained qff a drag-ging down and no laqgtisge bet (er expran my feeling- andt tipedally •iUr p k ^ i n g . I | ^ r r e d U W if it

wnumtôenitt' inf any one uoii lktge etengh fprmyMlf aiidpnt it m, ttM ' lt«iftime doabUwliiraa.ever worn hy a man for such » ntioB, and the-re«aU<ins, tfa« ir-ritation of niy throat soon qtiie!^, and the hacking ere long oMsed, and the voice oommenoed huUdi}>tf ti]>, until I could anlculate, vhidfi t had not done foe twelve mootiv^ and ve>v«oon I coin-in«noed to preach again. Iliat Bracc I wow nearly ten yean withdjitwmKtai catioe its wonderM advantages to any one. Mcaute I tliought I was using an article that for the use of femalee. Privately to a few special frieadq who weie Buffering as i suffei)^, I exâised' ^ e uae ot the Brace, throngh me they obtained it, and were raleaTedlsI wai I nad^lnown the power of the Bnu» to restore, strength-en .and, pffiaerve the -voj e in puUlc speakers, atid then commenora bfierinît aa a premium to ministera for subecnb-en.

Tli^ cause , of hoanoness, sore throat, laryiigitis, and finally bronchitis in mln-ist^nT and all these symptoms of "drag-ginc down/' goneness, exhauc^n after spMUong, and weaknesss of Ihe «acl: and loins, ,and pikt, ig lAe gliffAt retazaiion

rience of more than one thousand minis-tera uma whom I have fitted the Brsee with uivariable aDqceea, I am prepared to testify of ito real merita. Without it, 1 itm aatisfied I should have been laid aside ftom public spealdng eighteen years ago. By using it, ihave rally rocev<^ a lost voice, and am blessed with one of un-common pcwc; i w endurance. With> out it, two or three sermons exhaust and give mo the seqse of fiitûe, and leave me with a heavy, husky voice; with it, I can speak hours a day without pxhau,% tiun or hoareeness. I now use it only when Hjijeakinr, and thus preserve my voice and and physical energies. T do not believe that any one would ever bo afflicted with /lentla, or pilen, or weakness of the back or loins, should ho wear it ordinarily loosa, and only tight when s|)caking or putting forth unusual eflbrts. It is a preserver ol a pKxl voice and of n sound physicial condition. It should lie worn by every minister to carry the ener-gy aud vigor of his youth (ar into old "ge.

Labor in protracted meetiugs is what prostrates and useH up so many ministers in voice and strength, and lays the foundation of premature decay.

Tliis invaluable article I am prepared to place within the r ach of every H«|)-tist minister of the Bouth, and when he has worn it one month, or throuKh one meeting, he will evermore be grateful to me.

One thousand ministers and brethren and sisters bear united testimony to the fact that this lirace is a scientifio iShoul-4er and Lung Brace; that it supports the back, abdomen, stomach, lunm: prevents lassitude, hoarBencse, piles, Tiernia, con-sumption; increases the breathing capac-ity; gives strength to the body; increases the vital powers; expandf and enlarges the lunra; renders oreathing free aud easy; relieves chronic costiveness; it is used by singers, lawyers, laborers, and is a siwclfic for all cases of pnlnptu* of tiie bmixli in males or tcomb in females. It relieve^when all other means .fail; it will last a lifetime; it benefits in every case. Whoever does not, every minister and

TT. remediea,bttt all to no purpow. ^hadn ' t

a ijktj/ for more than a year tehen oolained ih«0raef. I would now express —as well as words may—-my mtltudo for the Brace, and especially tea your «ncn>U8ottr of it to weakly females, for it has restored to health her whom 1 had almost given up aa an invalid for life. Sht b^fon to tntinwt immediaUli after putting it on; 6<>ia ahe felt restoret: and stiengtfi«aed. Ihe lassitude, weari ness, and drafqpng down sensation were removed, and tn a very thorl time vm able torUw all day, and could walk about with a gr«at deal moro case than usual. In a short time sho beâu attend-ing her household adiJis, has improved steadily, and is lutw in iltt enjoyment of her wnted health. Words cannot oxprww my gratitude for such a bl««>iug. May <{(xt bless you, dear air.

C. H. Kkl iJ -Y. Alvarado, Texas, Nov. 26, 1870. Dr. J. R. Gbavkp :—-I rcceiveil the

Brace for my wife. She has worn fifty days, and has found it to but){ { roat licnofit to her. She haa suffered for the last six yeaw with prolapsus uteri and iucorrbea. TIjc Braco aloiio i-s rt-.storing her. R.^*. rii iu.uu jn.

8kipj)erville, Ala. Du. .r. U, GllAVKS: Hftvins suffered

forn time with a dincof^l baa:, I pro curcd one ol Itenning's Body Braces, after wcitriug it for two moiiths can safe ly say that I am greatly btneJUUd. Would recommend it to all iwrsons suffering from like affections.

Yours with respcct, Mks. J. A. E. V.

NnlTerloK vetv nmch from "Djnpo. nir " and KenerMdeblllty-tlierMnllot protrnrted ill - - - -^ illlty-tlierMnl. . . Jnw^ %ol>t*tned niMt Iibt* iP«n LniiK llnio«,MMl

old man iihoald use one. * I offer my improved Brace to any one u a uemium iw 10 new ynbecribers to Tub BAmm a t t l . 70 indttding postage and 101 f o r g e r y «nbecriber you fail to ffot. Let thelatfl be known to yo^ mua-Eers that you need a'Knee, i m bf this means you can secure One and they will readily help you to secure it in this way. ^cnre as ma^ as you can and send one dollu for tiffj^ one of the 10 tou Is^k, and you can aûre it. If y«m will Mil 10 Braces'iit the J ^ l a t ptioe,I will give you a ^raoe to a premidm. In one of ways you can seeure a Brace; and when you have experienced its benefits would not inince you to preach without it; Get my Zmproved Braco. No other party m tnie etty or the Auulh sells my Improved Brace nnlesa ho can show a written commission from me.

J^t all Take STotice. . Tbto to wrUfy tdat Um> nnilcnUinied tbe «Bljr mutnawtarer of the Biui' n ^ B*^jlmc«.Midl that ttaoM man. M«^5f<f Itor S. iU eravea, UU.D.. ar« taade diUkreat. aad are more dnrable, iad an ImproVeaaetit over the prcMint atTle now In market; W« ncll to no O&er partjr Sontti «r the Ohio Blver.

i:.C.I>AWrOBTH. Offlce or ManTc Co., Conn., May 1,1876. I publish the above that all may see

that if they want the Brace that 1 ad-vertise for the voice and all cascH of prolaptm, and consequent weakness, AND THE BSST ONE MADE, they mu.gt send their orders to me, or to some one who haa my writtai com-mission.

all know that the linings of the jtetnach are oonnected with those of tlii ilEroat and aflect the vocal organs, and whw the stomach sinks a stiamlDg is biQU^t to bear upon the throat, and sdm^dc or tandi« will Irdtate it ani piôce hoaiMMsi, and if wmtinned, soM titroat, sndall tiie train of evils that ministers arawonttooomplainof, and wUKhhaa canledf huBdteib to their gravj», and i^tlA tin 1571112 a ^ M Uaele« hoadnda of atlMo. ^ proIa^Mf of ^ rfifemipal ttuaelaa ia thiestueof

«adMctawfcion and"^the Mondiya" that most miAiMn* know 80 well, as it ia olhernia and Now, after a personal experience of near-ly twenty years, and the added axpe-

BECEHT T S n m o i T I A M . We call attention to the voluntanr tes-

of the Brace, timonials given in fiivor of the Br showing that it rmlly does all that is claimed for it. Thne are real living witnesses, who can be addressed if any onedoubta.

Let Snfl»rtnit FmomIm Bead Tbta. D a G&atbr :— About the 10th of last

k<ne than a year with prolap*u» utai, fbmale weaknos, wUdi Jiid troubled her ^ o e the birth ot oar first and only babe, r ^ ^ f i i l pbyiiciaai; theydifftred M to what her disease was, but aU agreed that itwai BomederMaementofthe re-IWoctiva organs. T&y tried variooa

no MUi^rter «aaal to it. -I f««l eoall-d«ut ouioni lawuiarljr alDreicd would Im •Tcalljr b«neat«d bjr Itn use. Wllaon. Mlam KCDOBA COU!

BA?riliIB(e8 BBArE.-It IS one of Ihe {rr Mtmt of phyalcal blcoiann to a nnN He apeakcf or alnser. The teaHnHnqr or many mlnistMns aa to lu croM uothlns or it. H. 11. JWKdT: Ji ltor ChrlsUau Repoutor: Ezeea ^^ ^^

I uaed tlio aeff «i i i r ln i rî r l a t « «iiiiva«K of t h e Stftte. ITvvaji o f vQiri' lêait Mcrvlce to: nae, a n d I fbol r e r j we l l satlfiiled t h a t i f l h a d com-m e n c e d Its OHO a vreek e a r l i e r t h a t m y voice woHld no t h a v e been elVHstcd a t a l l . T h e llrat t i m e I naed It I addreaaed a largo c r o w d of people In t h e open a i r , a n d I found t h a t my voice waii[ very m u c h a t rength-ened , a n d a t t h e cioae pf a t w o h o u r ' s speech I w a a flree f r o m my usua l feel ing o f wear lncaa a n d enliauMtion.

Tery Respec t fn l ly , JAS. D. PORTER.

OBAB BBO. CIBAVm-Ton Made we a nijMat, MMne threo veMra aco. of ocm of SaeMles^ t.nng and Body Braeea. I ptcd and kept it for three years ont wearlM Itl rather elaiadns thine* under thei liead of " hnni> b n n m ; " Bmnt l^ the heavy and ftsOialnv elltortii of thia Centennial, qalte broke down tor the flnt month, 1 eonelnded to trjr the rêeted Braee, and I do not hcritate to tMtify to the Invaluable worth or tkla Bvacc. I can endnre at least three timc<( the amount or labor that I did berore without fh> Urac. »yr volee haa tnPBOVED AT KfEBT MEP OP nrCBEAMED EP. POBT, and msr physlral Mtrenath haa been moat elBclentljr renewed. Iwoaild the nrlee or mjr ipetlM <• "" "" MOtn-Majr,

not take tea Ui Brace now and peaiM with It. I moat eordlalljr x mend thIa Braee'to those who phiralcaUr or otherwlae needjl. « . A. LOPTOX FastorTbUxlBspUstCburob.St. Louis.

The Teatlmonjr or a Fhjmielan. Rev. J. R. Graves, Mempbis, Tenu.

Dear Btrt All tbe Braces wnicb I bnve or> dered give the greatest satisfaction. For all kinds of womb dUesM, weak langs, and lambago they are Invaluable.

. W. C. iAWRENCE, M.D. The Braee for Honeback Bldluf.

Dear Bro. Otaves: I have now Itad the Brace near three months, having received It •boattiieflrstofNovemt>or. An I have been abletopresiohbnt onee since I reeelvcd it, oUaoooiintof previootly broken down beaUb I can soy nothing for It yet as at)«Iptoa preacher (I Iwpe to test it soon), but I have tiavelea'aereM the BUto of Mlnlssippi on honeback since winter sat In and thoagh n very feeble betdtb, I mado iho trip wlib

oompHmaT«lyaophysiei4firtlgue. IbeUeve

It would have town utterly Impomihie to h»v8 stood U wlthoBt UiB ItraM. ttlii w». emlaenUy tba very UtlnK Utr thaw who hav, Cotravtil mneh ou hunetwck, LetaU^vho have it to (to get» Uraoe as Scnrt wf uoiwihla

(Sundoa, Mli.., Jwnarj-TeaUmony ot a I.aitonnK Wow,

i recelveil my nmee about the tonth of t'ui. niary, and 1 ftud grwitliPlp ft-oih It, 1 nii<l i ciiii now wiirk niucii l>cllcr, and lUl tiiiy i„ty. Mine Is lui old coioplalut. nvaHj(-flt« imn ngo Uurtiiiy ck iming. ThLs Is wlmt I o«ii Kuyan«Tn!. of only dljly O-ivk. If I pcu-tluiu- to t!i«ml, U >vlll not tw J.)i,g l»eloro I hi,,

T. 11. IUKI.N. I have L'iven the Brace a fair trial. I

find it all tlmt is clainted for it,. I

would not take $100 for the rijrlit to une it. I hoi>e that all my muiislering brethren will procure ono. J. A. itEYX0r,l!S.

I-'ulion, 51i»., 1871.

Cireat Reduc t ion , OwinK to the ex«s«ivo liard tiiuRj

n the North, reductKi prices for hilwr, aiKl Kcarcity of money in the Mouth, 1 havt> b«!n eualdwl to iniiko tininfje-iiicnts w t h tno rnanufaoturor of tiio celebnittHl Body, Bai'k and Luhl' Bmtx\ to furnish 1000 at th« low price of lltv.(K) to ail, mioa condition that within (H) days after tislng the Brs«ti thu wesirtir furalHli a certlflcato stating the iceaAvim or ai^tent, and the

~ vij Lst6w. For the single or double hernia Braee in all cases $12.50. The price in the; umce in York is «20.0Q and

^ o W i t i g as 1 dîtliie Inesfiwablo vflwe of the Braoo to. every .jjittbllc speaker, andsingttimdto eveiy min. .stcr most qspeCwHji/'j I (nko this wiy'

to make this i^ro offer of a Brace for HO.OO knowii to you.' 1 know fhjm my.own exiênco, and fVom the oetimony ofncmdreas, thiit it is tho

vety inechnnicttl help you need, and which w U U o t ^ ifeUt )reaGiit sufKrl a:

from your mln-

l^y, Fourth of tht?ir

have been 11 urn; of all

iieirpowers and returned to full kbor with ewe to thenvselves. '

I call your Httentioh to th««fferl«y causa tlie protracted inectiitfB' mo at land^ and ifyou are perfecyy sound

need help to keep so. With rou iio Bhtcoyou can perform twice your U8Hul labor without futigue und never njuro your voice, never suffer from dyspepsia, coastipatlon, the piliK, or lernia. However sound yon nre you

i leed a Brace to keep so. How to Measure lor the Braee Tmnn.

nf lr the number of inoêa le afos, over the llnoni uboMt la Mow thf tlpa of tjie a ^ s and about two tnebca above the c or ft«nt croea boa*. DireCUona ror Pattinc on the Brace

Tnme for Hernia. Open tho tmas and fbtch it around

be body, shoving the hip-bows close eh bones, feet, care*

Take aw-rosindflie two Jnehoa

down to .the tip ol ttieolt^dbwn. ^ fuUy iftanithdrup! , _ oblong truas bells, wltht|i6 loWier end cltee to and above the cross bones,and ;lfe outer convex side of it very close

to the small, hard lijnment outside, which can bo found and felt by the Inj^r. Then, with one hand, draw

up the bowels well, whilst with the other you hold tho ball liroin rising. This causes the bowels to lie above and on top of the truss ball, (and not behind it, as in other trueaes), thus forming a "dead lock," and making

impossible for the bowel to esoajw. HoUee.—Ail sizes over to inches, bsvlng to

be expressly miute, are KJSO extra. Front Pad and Bprlng duplicated for tSM. Uorala pads (sspaimtaljr) for slngla or doable Rnpturo •8.06. BentbymaU.pokt>p«id.

B n u t c m o v B POB K t u u i r a t i r e . Tskem tape, tfyoK hnvfli not a rtgn-

lar OMMWlav tnpo-Une, and' aeaanre two teolMW BDUOW the tip* of tho hlpa uMimd fko abdom-B, and wmd tba SMaaura In lachoa. Braeoa are aU narkad in even nairfbm. and ean he onlaraod two Incbaa.

J . B . G B A Y E K .

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Stnnd yo In tho ways tho old path«. wôh . r e the « o o d V ^ e . and

O l d S e r i e s - V o l . X X X I V . M E M P H I S , T E N N . , N O V E M B E R 1 0 , 1 8 7 7 . N e w S e r i e s - V o l . X . N o 4 9 ,

O u r P u l p i t .

A I'ASTOll IN A NKW FlElJ) . ItH 11. n. WO.MACK, I'ASTOK OF THIS FIllRT UAITIST

t'HlflM H, .MK.Mi'HI8. • 1 or I .l«t.>imlii.-d uot lo know nnythluK amona .roii.mivc

JtxtusClirlstanil Uliu inmlfled."-i «-"or.ll.i'. • i miTTllEN I i*ame among yon, I ««mc not

W with excellency of 8i)eech, or of nmn'H wisdoai, dwlaring to you the testimony of dod." Not that they were unaccustomed to beauti-ful rhetorie, tliw-ouming wlmlom profound and thoughtw tlivine; for they were. The mightiest men in the whole world of philosophy, oratory ami Mong were lM»rn on their soil; and their immortal works remaiUHl. n heritage common to all. The «>xceilencieH of speech and of human wMoni of their Illustrious fatliers were impcriahaWe monu-meut» of genius and learning in th< jrtjfct desert of ignonince, standing out with iiupodng aud so i l® ' grantieur in the history of th« world's lite*ur<» ivs prominently as a giant oak on the iMJsom of a desolate prairie, or a great rot-k in a weary litml. He did not come among them with plainness of sjKwh because his own soul hutl not Ijeen educatetl to tfoneelve, and his tongue to ar-ticulate, excellent vvord.s of rhetorical Anisli and jM!autiful How. No: for, in addition to Iteing verstHl in tho Iwning of the Greeks, he had long sat at the feet of Oamaliel, and, with him m a guide, traveteed the broad fields, and explored the rich min«, of Babblnlcal lore.. Nor did he re-fuse (he excdiency of speech and of man's wlMom in his dl^couwê to them bet-ause his theme \ya8 mean, and could not Inspire. Certainly not; for his subjecst waf worthy of the most beautiful d r ^ , the most brUIhint oratory, the most elegant diction, the most soul-stlrrlng eloquence that eVer grawMl hlHtorlan's narrative, patriot's theme or poet's song. - , i

He did not come among them with «'.xc«lleitcy of s p ^ h or of man's wisdom, declaring the tefU-mony of «od, l>ecau8t« he determined not to knpw unytMnff among them, say.e Jesus Christ and him orucified. This was enough; enough for them; enough for the world. The songs of H o m e r ^ iieated a thousana times, the eloquence of pe-mtwthenes and the jwtriotlsm pf I ^ n l t ^ i n s t i l l into the very blood of tlje ûUi , the Investi-gations and profound critlcfams of Soerates and I'lato made familiar to the commonest Intell^, may, Indeed, save a State, and develop It Info a healthy dvlUzation; but no one of these, nor all of them combined, can bring the soul of one man Into direct and saving relaUonshlp w|th Jesus Christ, the great mediator lietween slpfUl man and a sln-punlshmg God. WlUi good r ^ n , therefore, he determined not to know anything among them, save Jesas Christ and him crucified; for this Is the true basis of all perpetuity of States, the inspimtion of all true patriotism, the soul of the sublimed i»oetry, and the explanation, ^tte substance, the end of all true philosophy. Why should he, Uion, play with the shadow, when he had tho stibBtance? Why should he d l ^ u i w alM>ut airy dreams, when he was b u t d e i ^ v l t h the solid r«l l ty? Why should he a t t ^ p t to please and satisfy a sonl-hungiy people with empty rhetoric and meaningl«« word-paintl^, disrantlng npon some system of Idle when he held In his hand the everlwtlng bie»d tf iiod, that would fnatMtly « t w y the c r » v l ^ of the imraottal soul, imd ftmilsh perfwt and |»er-petual rest t© the inquiring mind?

He did not come to tliom with a 7tew phi{oimj>/w, unfolding it in nccumte analyHls and a studied dlcUoii, and embellishing it with the highest at-taimuentji known lo the art. The Corinthians wereuccHstomwl to listening to just Kuch traveling oratow and would-be philosophern. But ho had a divine philosophy, tho num and substance of all philtwophy,—the answer to all the questions of heart and mind tliat concern the mmimim bomm of the racf of man. He knew it well; and, lest they should suppose tlmt his mission among them was nothing more thnn an e f f o r t to pGpularl/.e a theory, thecreaiion of hi.s own brain, he dracends from the plane of the noisy bombast, and preaches Christ to the hwirts and con.st lenti>« of the i)e<»ple.

" i determinwl not to know ijnything imiong ypu, save Jesus Christ and him crucified."

Olwerve, my brethren,— 1. This pajwage does not mean to teach, — 1. That the minister nutst not know anything,

except the doctrine of saivatioii through the mediation of Christ.

In comiiion with a thoasjvnd other {wssages, it fetiches that the minister should not l>e ignorant of that doctrine; but it do«« not teach that lie may not know anything clst». Some ^ v e b ^ n tempte<l to force uiion this pa-ssagesuch an absp l construction. For, say they, does n<)t the ftppi^tle say, hi plain word.s, that , he determined not to know anything, save Jesus Christ und him cruci-fied? nothing 1.S plainer. Such lnt«'ri)reter8 surdy luive not the least apprehension of the meaniitf} rtf, the passage and the connection in which ItstrfmU. The apostle simply declares a fhcl; viz., lietore ftii^, entered upon his missionary work in foreiafn G|»tir, tile cities, he felt the neeeaity of making shaqj the dlsUnction between hlnuself and the concelfed travehng oratore and lefiturers of the i)eri6dj whose only object was lo make for themselve^ a reputation. Paul had no new topic of vain siJtei'u-latlon; he had no self-interest at stake; hlHtaiaslon was not to mjike a reputation; he refused long ago to employ his noble energies in such a work; he might, ere this, have l)oen the foremost man of Uie nation, rcspected, honored, obeyed.

Thh< passage, therefore, does not aim to fix bounds to the attalnmenta of tho Christian minis-try. And besides, every one ought to know that such were unreasonable, since there is no pW)-f««ion that makes sucli rwiulrements, so many, so varied, so comnion-phwe, so rare, so slngtilariy dUncult, as the Christian'iifiiniatry.

I observe again, this passage does not teach, 2. i;hat tlie ministry must always preach the

same thing. t " I determined not to know anything nmdng

you, save Jc»}us Christ and him crucifitKb" Is this not a grant to the minister to confine himtwlf, In his ministraUons in the pulpit tind out of the pulpit, t»i one or two cardinal doctrines of the Christhin religion? Certainly not, in all due deference to some good iiersons who honestly thliik 80. You have ijoaslbly heard of some who have entertained this vi^w. They have but one gnat line of thought: thoy interpret every passage of. Sciiptnre as tnachlng something in regard to that The tenor of their homlletlcal observaUons Is marvelously like the matter of the prayers of that brother who always, and witliout variable nesH or shadow of turning, makes the same prayer. The people are uncommonly. Inexcusably, almost hopelesBly doll In their apprehension of one or two troths; hence those truths must be held up before them In every possible shape every time ofaore ineni lu — k - r —« an opportmiity for such martytdom occuw.

iiow, brethmi, this may be true and right, but this passage doffl not so teach. It may bi' taught somewhere; but I Insist It Is not taught here. But the trutii Is, 1 seriously dotibt that It Is laught anywhere, except In the eyolatltw firom t»ip consciousness of soiê polplt o^tors ; fo'. J " Chrlsttanity totally different ft»m e v ^ t h l n g else? No, verily: It Is a g r ^ t temple of fruth, every part of which, firom the foundation to the capône, sustains its own rehvtlops, is «f equal InSwrtance in Its place, and should receive Its due share of att<!ntlon. . , ' ^

I suggest onct^ mjore, that this pa.ssagc does not t<«ch,— , , .

That the minister may not us<i eh»ganl, even iM-tiutlful diction, In his d ^ u w e s on re-ligion.

True enough, I'aulsays ln with the text, that his speech and ppcjiehJng were not with iwrsuaslve words of man'« wisdom, but with tlemonstratlon of the Spirit ana that their fiilth might not stand lu the wisdom m men, but In tho iwwer of 0<h1. Bl^jhtl jrightl If oraiory, elociuence, gramV style, beautiful essays on rellgloua H U ^ ^ t likely to turn the minds of tho piîtfe from tho matter to the manner ordtocoi^, the TOlnWer shoulil reject It with i firm reiwlve, and flee fh>m It with aU pofislblb baste. ,lf s u ^ treatment will probably charm ^tie iwople awfiy ftoni a devout admiration of Ch^^ to the ibollsb and sbiful lauding ot men, It It? a to^jrering evifi - a ftarf-ul curse. Oh that some angel of G<mI were always In the pulpit beside Uie mlnltiter I to iwr his baud uimn h i s , h ^ , and, In tImiD,dr6uch temptaUon, whlspw; to his ear, Beware, O updw shepherd! you ar?: not here, tp ptraph y,on^". but Christ and him croelfle^.'' • "

But revelation does not attempt to rey(Jtti|qnlze any law of nature. The author of irw|«latl9n Is the author of nature and all hw , Jl« on»i and all his works harmpnh?e. I t a l^w of nature that sublime themes Infpli* suliHê pon-ci'ptlons, and that sublime (x;ncepUônastn«g|e to invent suitable tmd contenlal expreflslfln; hence there Is no place on this earth so friend^ to chastity and sublimity pf conajptlw. wvwacy of e.xpreesion, elegantw, beauty and grandeur of diction, as the Christian pulpit.

I wish now, In the second place, by your iier-misslon,— . ,

II. To make an olwervatlon or two suggestetl by tills passagtvwbich I regard as In ft'line with Its true teaching. ..

And first, my brethren, In view dfUio new re-lations between us as pastor and people jiBt bow a8sumc<l, 1 think this text comes to us with three quite i>ertlncnt suggestions i—

1. To study our field of labon 1)0 this as we would anything Stwiy the

state of society. What in tlie puWIt' taste? What does it desire? what dots It need? We m a * do this In order tx» know how to proceed, otherwise our labor will be In vain. Paul wasart are of the clamor of the Corinthians for some new lieautlfUl thing. He could have gratified thfem, If such a courae had been compatible with their hlgh€«t Interest and his divine mission. If we amirdlng-ly find that what we desire, wmI what we have been accustomed to, are not what we need, we will not catar to that derire, n«f foUow lit the wakd of that custom, though we are spumed from ^ e t y , and driven ftom the abodos ol men. We wUl preach Christ and hlmtatoclfled, though hu-manity denounce w, and demww devour us.

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