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E V l D f N C E O F T H E T R U T H 0 ?

T H i l C H R I S T I A N R E L I G I O N .

D B U T ^ ) VftOU T U I LITIIUL n L K L -

U I N T Of P a » B I O T .

MVMSIB 16.

[ooHTnroiD.]

PropAMMi eoNcemit^ tha Land ^ JvdM

and kramoaeat eewtria.

Nuntocoui and clear u tha denomi*

notioniaro, yol lucb wai ihalongiur-

fcring ialionca of God, and luob the

rebelliJui iplrit of the hraelitei of old,

thalitlad bccomo a proverb in the

land 'fhe dayi ara wlonged , and

every « < o n failoth." But ihoogh that

proverti ceaied when neat oalamitiea

did overtake them, and a tejnporanr

dewla'ion came over their land, yet the

cuneildenouncad agwnit it were not

oblilei lied by a partial and tranacient

fulfilB mtjbuton the renewed and un-

repent id wkkednew of the _ ^ p j e i

feftup'otheroand their land withnnc-

ter trulh, and, as foretold, with leven'

J S an the prophets wt Uei-

ind curaes before the laraelitef,

he avowed purpose that they

[choose between ihem. But

Wo prophetical wiUings abound

wiin Earnings, the Scriptural records

of Igrjelilist history show how greaUy

these iwamings were disregarded.—

The Irord of God. which is perfect

work.todeth for even—and it returns

not tdfclni void, but fulffls the purpose

forwt'ich he sent It.. And after the

statutes and judgments of the Lord

had b « n set before the IsraelKea for

the 81

fold

Ml

sin

wit

might

while

T lib

tered abroad, and ere the time come ' the sides of the mountains, which may E

when he shall reign in Jerusalem be- have clothed them with a richer and ' M 1 s c e 11 ail e 0 a s .

:eof a thousand years from the

It they were first declared, the

•n of the word of the Lord to Is-

Malachi," instead of spraldng,

[then, of repealed judgment^

• the Jewish Scriptures with this

^ ^miaand , "Eemember ye the law

' of M f ses my servant, which I mrn-

mancfed unto him in H e r o b f b r a l M ^

rael .^th the statutes and judgments;

rMalfIT. 4 - 1 and, affixed to the eom-

mano to remember these, the-very Ipt

w o ^ of the Old Testament, which

sealSra the vision and the proph^ies,

'4)lainisr indicate that however kmg the

God Ibf Israel m ^ t . beat with the JewSfor transgressing the law, whilej

thi only was givefi t ^ o h j n

theirlefosal to repent-when the pro-

pbetJwhowasto be -Hhe Messei^r

of tifc Lord;" would be sent unto tS^^ the Pord would come and •'smiie the

t orlMd with a corse.

6e term of the continuance of t h ^

lenta awl of their fuU comirfetwn

incaymarked, aa comraensurate

jtfae dispersion of the Jews, nnd ling with their Tfn^r^toratwnj

^ h e y be'in their 'eheE^

lan4 their own laadlietfi desohie .^

T & radments T i w not to tejremov-

e d l B i n ^ n t i l tfe: .ptnt'te p w r e d

(an o the Jews) f r o m ^ Wgb, w d the

xxafiyifi.}- And ilie oiauhecies not

ocifwcti^y Jadea-wttfe forsake^

Oie & herfiige lefi& and g iwn the hands of its e o ^ i e 8 , l > a t ^ y

' delineate the diaricter m d c ^

r diilott of two dwellera diereio-^whtle

ftaVmaent inhalHtants were lo fceswt-

I - -

restoration almost uniformly accompa-

ny the curses denounced against the

land." 'And frequent, and express as

words can be, are the references thro'-

out the prophecies lo the period, yet to

come, when the children of Israel •ball

be gathered out of all nations, and

when* the land then, at last and for

ever, brought back from desolation, and

the cities, repair^ after the daolatton

of KANT generutiimt and the mountains

of Israel, which have been alwxyt vxute,

shall be no more desolate, nor the peo-

ple termed forsaken any more. [Isa.

ixi. 4 ; Ezek. sxvi. 8, 10; xxxvil. 31;

xxzviii. 8 ; Isa. Ixii. ^ After the Mes-

siah was to be cut ofi. and the sacrifice

and oblation to cease, the ensuing den-

latioiu were to reach tven to the eornum-

mtuioH, and till that determined shall

ured u M n the desolate. [Dan. ix.

And Jerusalem, as Jesus hath

lared, ahall be trodden dawn of the

Gentiles, ull the times of the Gentiles

be fulfilled. [Luke xxi. 94.]

Neither the dispersion of the Jews

nor the desolation of Judeaareto cease,

according to the propheciei, tilt other

evidence ihall there^ be given of pro*

phatic inspiration. The application to

the present period, or to modern timet,

of the propneeies relative to the deto-.

latioQ of Judea, ii thui abundantly

manifest. And the more numerous

they are, ao much the more severe it

the Uat which they abide. And while

the Jewa are not yet gathered from all

the nationi, nor planted in their own

land to be no more pulled out of it.

[Amoa is. 14,16.1—4>or its deitrovara

and ihey that laidt it waa to gone forth

from it| [laa. xlix. 17.] nor the oU

uotUpl^ built, nor tho Jbimdatioiu of

mmy gmuratiom raiaed up—nor the

hncT^brougbt baok from deaolationi

[laa. Iviil. IS.]—tho effect of every

vision is lUil to iw #v«n nnw.

at thia period of the timea of the Oen<

tilea, though the bleated coniummation

may not be vary distant, there ia abun<

dant levidenoe to complete the proof

that that which was determined has

b M n poured upon the desolate, and

that ALL the ourtea thot are written in

the book of the Lord have been brought

upon the land. [Deut. xxix. 87 ' ]

The devastation of Judea ia ao "aa-

tonUhing," and ita poverty a aa coun-

try ao remarkable, that, forgetful of the

propbeciea respecting it, and m the

rashness of their aeal, infidels once at-

tempted to draw an argument from

thence against the truth of Christiani-

ty, by detwng the possibility of the

existence of so numerous'a population

as can accord with scriptural histo^,

and by representing it as a region sin-

gularly unproductive and irreclaima-

ble.* But though they have, in some

instances at least, voluntarily abandon-

ed this indefensible assumption, they

have left the believer the fruits of their

concession; they have given the most

unsuspicious testimony to the confir-

mation of the prophecies, and have

served to establish the cause which

they sought to ruin. T h e evident of

ancient authors—the fertiUty jjf the

soil wheievef a single spot can be cul-

tivated—the remains of vegetable

ruins of cities that now cover the ex-

tensive, but uncultivated and desert

plains, bear witness that there vsras a

numerous and condensed population (a

a country Bowing with food; and that if

any history recorded its greatness, or

any propheties revealed its desolation,

t h ^ have both been amply verified.

The acknowledgments of Volney,

and the description which he gives

from personalobservalion, are sufficient

to confute entirely the gratuitous as-

sumptions and insidious sarcasms of

Voltaire; and, wonderful as it may ap-

lear, copious extracts may be drawn

Tom that writer, whose unwitting o r

unwilling testimony is as powerful a n

attestation of the completien of many

prvphecies, when he relates facts of

which he was an eyewitness, as his

untried theories, his ideal perfectibility'

of human nature if released from the

restraints of religion, and his perverted

views both of the nature and efiecis of

Christianity, have proved greatly in-

atrumental in subverting the faith of

many, who, unguarded by any posi-

tive evidence, gave heed to aucb se-

ductive doctrines. There need not to

be anyJietter witness of facts conGr-

matory of tho propheoiet, and in to

far concluiive against all hig tp(<cula-

tiona, than Vomey himielf. O f the

natural fertility of the country, and of

ita abounding population in ancient

timea, he gives the most deoitivo evi-

dence. "Syria unitei diflbrentolimalet

under the tame tky, and collocta with-

in a tmall compati pleaturet and pro*

ductioni which naturo hat eltewhero

ditperied at jreat dittancet of time

ana placet. To thia advantam, which

perpetuaiea ei^ojmenta by their sue*

cettioB, it addt another, that of multi-

plying them by^the variety of ita pro*

ouotlont." "With itt numerout ad*

VRIIIIUIf"* wC Uihnuw tiiia HUH, IV la iiui.

jficiencyyet? There is scarcely one

- . . ^ -i . , r, . . , , , , . - family in a hundred but will conlract ibre his ancients gloriously. [ I s a . m o r e frequent harvest than the mosti T W O D O L L A R S W O N ' T B R E A K the habit of reading, if they are en-

. multitude of the ticed to it by the visits of gtwd week-

. . ., . Sufocrffcr.—Mr. Editor, please dis- '®'nember, that, w th

coutinue my paper, w b m the subscrip- ® "^.''y exception, the matter we

tion year is out. P " ' PaP®"". will be worth just

T ,-1. Irotn the press, and in some cases, its value anS importance will increase

cant lake it'lt^iger; but the times are

hard, and ve have got no post office

nigh us. It is some times two or three

weeks s'ter my paper comes to the of-

fice htjfore I can M t it.

£ , Come, neighbor, let us look into

the matter a little. I am not quite sure

but you are a little hasty in your con-

clusion. You say the times are hard;

but have you not learned something of

the condition of many in the world,

who do not enjoy half the advantages

which are common to all in our coun-

rry.

S. W h y , it is true I have learned that

i^mericans are the most favored people

o n earth, but still, it keeps a man busy

to get along with a family as he would

wish to do, and to educate hit children

as he should do.

E. Then you are trying to educate

70ur children, I suppose.

S. I am, as welt at my means will

allow.

E. Did you ever reflect on what an

education contiita inf

tS. Isuppoteit consiittin learning.

W o lay of a man who hat gone thro'

tho tlumet common to tohooU, that he

it an educated man.

E, And have you not known tome of

theto educated men to lie among the

grenteti dronot with which looiety it

aiHicted.'

•S. True, I have known tome ofthem

that were not worth much, either to

tbemidvet or to any one elte.

£ . You tee from thit, then, that a

iS. It would teem to, indeed.

E. Learning, to be uteful, mutt bo

brought into nractioe. There have

bioen many dennitiont of education giv

en, and among them all, perhaps none

expresses the thing more simplv and Etainly, than to tay it consistt In the

uowlodge of the things that ate. If

to, an education that is proper for an

with the age of the paper. Some men

think they have taken a paper for a

year; never dreaming that the periodi-

cal literature of the religious press is

as necessary in the present stale of so-

ciety, in the country, as any other

means of improvement in use amonj

us. Rub up your courage, broiher, anc

lold on your way. I am not sure that

your paper has not"already saved you

two or tnree times the price of it in

expenses which you would have incur-

red but for the paper.

5 . Well, send it on; I reckon two

dollars won't break me.

I think not; and if you are a

healthy man and two dollars would

break you, why then, you ouRht to bn

broken.—^fHoxrWa (Tern.)

tan.

atlonitbing that Syria thould alwayt

have been etteemed a mott delicioua i

country, and that the Greeka and Ro* |

mana ranked it among the nott beauti-

ful of their province!, and even thought

it not inferior to Egypt." [Volney'a'

Travel! in Egypt and Syria. Eng. i

Trant. Lend. 1787, vol. J. pp. 316,

391.] After having attigned several

Jutland tufficient reatoni to account j, ^ ^ 'to take hit

for the large population of Judea man- ataUon. anifact hit part for the weal

dent timea, in contradiction to those or w e e of tociety, iis well as for him-

who were akepticalofthe fact, he adds, 1 gdf, includes tho knowledge, at least

"Admitting only what la conformable (ogo^^ extent, of what is going on in

to experience and nature, there is noth- ^ p r M i and of the manner in which

ing to contradict the - ' • •

ofl or high antiquity

to the positive

are

radict the great population; others are thinking and acting,

iquity. Without appealing g j juppose it does,

litivo testimony of history, ^ jf g ^ can you ( conceive I — y

there a're iniyimerable' inonuments j of any esisiter method to obtain this part

which dejMse in favor of the fact.--i of an education, than by taking a good Such are the prodigious quantity of

ruins dispersed over the plains, and

even in the mountains, at this day de-

serted. O n the remote parts of Car-

mel are found wild vines and olive-,

ught to bn

I Ijpiteojwi-

be fresh and attractive to them, and

will be read. Mark some of the most

striking pieces with your pen, and hand

the paper round among your neighbors.

See that it goes to a g o M n u t ^ r of

families. This may cost you a little

time and attention, but it is one of the

the apprentices in his shop, the lard-

ers in his house, may there read that

which they will never forget; and the

scrap which you throw away might

save souls, if you would put it in cir-

culation. There are secular papers

enough which you can tear up ana burn,

wichout compunction. But when the

pniss has sent out, in any form, a mes-

sa^e of salvation, do not stop it. Send

it forward.

mould piled by artificiid means upon

•Voltaire, -witTioiit addocing any authority w ^ r e r in anpport rflria assertio^ and without expressly d e d ^ ^ such evidence, he waa gifted wttkan uitmbve knowledge of the hisfcncal and-geographical feet,—eiwaksof ftrawient state of Palestine widi derision, describes it as one of the worst countries of Asia, likens itto S witzerlMd, Md and says that it can only be esteemed femie when compared vrith the desert. (Iia f^es-

S. i^o 'not know that I have ever

thought on the subject, particularly in

that light.

. Well turn your thoughts for that

trees which must have been conveyed ; direction and examine the subject a lit-

tbitherbythehandof man; and in the ^ You have sent your children to

~ " - • 1 m. . . „ This is what you

, You know what

and brambles, present us. in a thou- jjj j ^g ygy, jJq^ furnish them

aces with teraces, which prove ^ g ^ ^ weekly paper, and the ad-that they were anciently better •

and conseauently much

Lebanon of the Druses and Maronites,, gchool. Very good

the rocks, now abandoned to fir-t^s ^ ghould have done.

rambles, present us. in f - —

sand places with teraces, which

vated, and consequently much more

populous, than in our days." [Vol-

ney's Travels in Egypt and Syria, vol.

ii. p. 368.]

tine n'etwt que ce qu'elle est aojourflwi, un , : ^ d e l'Aaa. Cette na-

w deVo _ — J>-

dd^IontheoAerhandi'the ample evidence

dei plus manvaiB pa , . tite province, &c.—£«rr« deVcUmr^ j^ ^oui, xrn. 107.> Without

Md of Jerome, both of vrhom intohitants of Judea, and more adequate

Wit

att^ed to the groundless asserBtra ^ Vol-ture—testimony wWcli ought to hare been better known and appreciated even by that high-prieit of modem infi^eE^"'

truth on the altar of wit had i»t teen WconnSi . an act gf Ms devotion to that cluef eod of hi»-uW8try: f7Cdrp!»a;homiaum |n»etfe«ntial.lK»emtj»n l i n b r e V ^ li^ Jrage* wlrunt ad marm;.prat^ que

Magna. p w Jndea

Vidft fispwi^ttr. habent et oppida; Hieroro-p ^ i u B i ^ ^ ^ J opulentip

KEITH, [TO BE CONTINUED.]

Remember the dignity of thy soul,

and forget not how great a talent is

committed unto thee. It is immortal;

it is unchangeable; and as the sun re-

mains the same during and after the

darkest eclipse, so will thy soul come

forth from the eclipse of death, to shine

as a starin the firmainent of heaven,

or to bum amid, the lurid flames o f

hell.

vantages to them will be greater than

the price of the paper in tuition fees

would procure for them; t h e y m ^ all

read the paper, and two dollars would

,send but one of them-to school but a

short time. Then, so far as the hard-

ness of the limes are concerned, it will

be policy in you to continue your pa-

T O M A K E R E A D E R S .

Intelligent men are needed in every

deparlmeiit of effim. In the ordinary

buiinett of life a man's tucceis will

generally be in proportion to hit iniel li-

cence. Jutt to in tho churchet. Tha

ntolligent ehrittian it the one who is

readyTor every w o d word and work,

itia a burning ^ a m e for a ohritlittii

man or woman to remain contentedly

in ignorance. It it a arenler thame for

ohrutian parentt to alTow their child-

ren to grow up ignorant. Some, we

fear, do thit becauio they are unwil*

lingthattheirtonsand dapghterithouUI

know more than themielves. W h y

it that they do* not alio feel aftaid of

their children becomins richer than kliwJ . . . . . w . - f * " . " "

hibited by a worthy christian man,

who tftid that he hadknown, by pain-

fill experience, what it wat to want an

education, and that he wat resolved lo

strain every nerve to give hit children

a good education, that ihey might not

tuffer as he had.

T o be intelligent, men must read,

and murt think. Reading furnishes

food for thought. And men who think

well will generally act well. H o w

then shall we make readers,' By fos-

tering a taste for reading. Look at

that boy who seizes on a book to fill a

spare moment. The taste for reading

has, perhaps, just begun to form iiseh.

In time it may become a habit. By a

word you may either encourage him,

and aid in lortaing a habit that will be

invaluable to him, or you may discour-

age him, and cause him to throw away

his books, and become in after days,

ready to yield to every base solicita-

tion. Very many youth are led into

temptation, ruin themselves, and break

the hearts of their friends, because they

wantsomething to fill up the time and

they have no taste for reading. Are

youth about you inclined to read? En-

courage them, and strive to direct them

to reading that which is pure, pleasing

and profitable.

Every body that is disposed can do

something to make readers. W e have

seen something of this in the history of

our paper. A family receives the regu-

ar visits of our sheet. It is read with

interest. They speak ot its contents

to those around them. They loan the

Ladles' Department. A R E V O L U T I O N A R Y H E R O I N E .

The following was communicated

for tho " W o m e n of the Revolution," a

work already published by Mitt E . F .

Ellett, by two Revolutionary offioert,

one of whom lived in the vicinity

where it occurred—the other being

one of the parly concerned in the ad-

venture:

"Early in the war, the inhabitants on

the frontier of Uurke county, North

Carolina, being apprehentiveof an at*

toek by the Indiant, it wat determined

to teek protection in a fort in a more

Rothschild is forced to content him-

self with the same sky as the poor

newspaper writer, and the great bank-

e r cannot order a private sunset, nor

add one ray to the magnificence of the

night. T h e same air swells all lungs

—the same kind of blood fills all

veins: Each.one pssesses really only

bis own thoughts and his own senses.

body—these are the only

pireperty whicba man;owo^

- " M a n double^iiH the evils of his fate

by. pondering over-them; a scratch be-

OTfces a wound, atsiight an injury, a

jest an insulu a small RerU a great dan-

ger and alight sickness often end- in

ieatif by brooding apprehensions.'

i v ^ Kfflfi eaputir IlUc i m m ^ opuwun^. etpBins mttnimentiicnrba.-^Tan&

F-e- 6. & Synwjim-est

"fatetinSi

K s ' S ^ r f i S ^ Syrii in hortis dperosis- .. ..

oa. J « n l t a , S y n ^ # « - — ^ ^ I x - i ° j-.:

per.

S. I have never viewed it in that

light before.

E. That is the correct view of the

subject, you may rest assured

S . But the mails are _so uncertain,

and I live so inconvenient from any

post-office.

E. Let us then look at this tnaller

little and try your principle in refer-

ence to some other things. You live

at a'distance from town, and from any

store—how do you act in order to over-

come the difficulty.'

S. I lay in the more when I go.

E. Very well, do the same at 'your

post office. But you live at a distance

Irom any grist-mill; how do you over-

come the difficulty.''

S. W h y , I send the more ^ n at a

time, and have a better returii when it

comes.

protect

retraat. The families ataembled, the

line of march wat taken towards their

place of deitlnation, and they proeeed*

ed aome milet unmoleited—the aol-

dien marching in a hollow aquare the

refugee familiet in the eentre. The

Indiant who had watched theie move*

mentt had lain a plan for the dettruc*

tion. The road to be travelled lay

i'i<fef,"Nvhere""rhe'nh'dianf (Tonefareil

A M O T H E R ' S P R A Y E R S

S W E R E D .

A N -

numbers. Others begin to wish to have

it for themselves. They again read it

and speak of it, and thus it goes on.—

Readers are formed. Those who read

r, want to read other things;

and'who can calculate the beneficial

results in a church, or in a neighbor-

hood? W e commend this means of

making readers to those who wish to do

good to others. ,ivery one can tr>- it.

And the sucp^ss of their effijrt will

amply repa/them for the exertion.—

Chris. Ck^n. "

L E N D T H E P A P E R ,

good instrume'nt should not be

lost, any more than a good opportunity.

A religious newspaper, contaming im-

pressive paragraphs, admonitions, af-

fecting narratives, showing the power

and excellence of religion, cautions'

. ... .. . againsithesnaresof a wicked world,

E. Very good, agaiX do the same: ^f the value of ihe ^

/ , hearty recommendation of

themielvei, and wailed till the travel

ert were in the detlred ipot. Sudden

ly tho war-whooptounded in front, and

on either side; a large body of painted

warriors rushed in, filled the gap by

which the whiles had entered, and an

appalling crash of fire arms , followed.

"The soldiert, however, were prepared;

such as chanced to be near iho trees

darted behind them and began to ply

the deadly rifle; the others prottraied

themselves amon^he tall grass and

crawled to trees. Tho families screen

ed themselves as best they could. The

onset was long and fiercely urged; ever

and anon amid tha din and smoke, the

warriors would rush, tomahawk in

hand, toward the centre; but they were

repulsed by the cool intrepidity of ihe

back-woods riflemen. Still they fought

on, determined on the destruction of

the victims who oflTered such desperate

resistance. All at once an appalling

sound greeted the ears of the women

and children in the centre; it was a cry

from their defenders—a cry for pow-

der! 'Ouf pov?der is giving out,' they

exclaimed. 'Have yoii any? Bring

us some or we can fight no longer!' A

woman of the party had a good sup-

ply. She spread her apron on the

grouud, poured ber powder into it, and

going round from soldier to soldier as

they stood behind the trees, bade each

who needed powder put down bis bat,

and poured a quantity into it. Thus

she went round tbe line of defence till

her own stock, and all she could obtain

from others was distriboted. At last

the savages gave way and pressed by

iheir foes were driven off the ground.

The victorious whiles returned to those

for whose safety tbey had ventured in-

to the wilderness. Inquiries were made

as to who had been killed, and one

running up, cried,'Where is tbe wo-

man that gave u s the powder! I want

to see her!' 'Yes!—yes!—let us see

hei!' responded another and another;

•without her w e sboold have all been

lost!' The soldiers ran about the wo-

men and childreD, kicking for ber and

making inquiries. Directly came

others from tlie pursuit, one of whom

observing the commotion, asked the

cause and was toW.

A son who bad been wept and pray^

ed over from his earliest years, till M

passed from his father's -house to tbe

ffreat world of strife, became at length

inlbe 'tma

where he lived, he ropidly grew worm

and more desperate. At length hit

mother received word lhai her profane

and wayward son, for whom she had

never ceased fasting and praying, ex-

hibited some signs of feeling. This

letter was received in the morning, and

that day became one of ratting and

prayer. As the shades of evening

deepened, her face nesumcd the ex*

pression of ond laboring under great

mental agony, and she wos seen, often

to retire to her mom, and remain a

lung time abteni. Theru wat a tol*

emnity and mystery about her that

kfpt ut tilenl anil tlinu|>hiful. At the

evening wore on, the intense menial

anxiety ond agony dppicied on her

coontenance were painful to contem*

plate. It WBi a mental wicsilins with

the angel of iho covenant, timt threat*

ened lo thoko her tender frame to

piecet. It was evident her iuRerin|

wag fait reaching its higher point.

She retired again ahout nine o'clock,

and wat gone lonirer than uiuftl. W h t n

the again entered the rotim, what a

eltange had paiied over heri The

painruland eontrneted brow wattran*

quil at a tummer evening—'ihe tlraln*

ed eye, mild and pt^ngcful, teemed

gaiingon aome tweet viiian, while per.

feet nenee repoted on every feature.—

Ai the tat duwn, ihe remarked, " I

don't know what to ihlnki my ansiieiy

for I — it all cone. I am nlmott

afraid of my iiidlHerence. My aoa ia eiiher saved or lost. But one Mii^r i

A-sow! if a child ean be carried in per-

fect eoniidenee and laid at the feet o f the Redeemer, to Ue laken back n o more forever, come what may, 1 ha^o

mel have trusted my firshborn aonr~

I ean do no more!" O , ii wai a thril*

ling spectacle, to see human love itrug-

gling with religious faith—bui faithcon*

quered. Gnd bud tried his child, and

found that, like Abraham, she would

noi withhold even her beloved son.

In iwo days a letter came from thia

wayward boy. Tbe father opened it,

and burst into tears. The mother teij*

ed it, but ber tears would not let her

see. The son-in-law was compelled

to read il, and strange to say, on the

very nighlof ihai mother's wild agony,

aniJ in the very hour when her faith

trinmpned over maternal anxieiy, the

light and forgiveness of Heaven visited

hi m.—Mother's Magtizinc.

in the wron^ place,* he replied, 'is

she killedr 'Ab , we.,are afraid of

that,' exclaimed inany voices. 'Not

when I saw ber,^ ansvrered tbe soldier.

•When tbe Indians ran off, she was on

her knees inpra^ at the loot of yonder

tree and there I left ber.' There was by your post office./ , gom, oim . .

S . Bulimy family are not inchned ^ g^^iouj^is an instrument which j a simultaneons rush ;at the tree—and - .u 1 ^ there, lo their gieat » y , ihey found the

woman safe, and stiu on ber knees in

t. g

to readihej^)ws-' ^ , , should not be thrown away. . D o not there, lo their

E. H d w ^ g have you tried them? ^ ^ such a paper be torn up, as soon as

r & Alrjifist a year. ' your family haye read it. You have

• E ^ Have" you not, been teaching ^j^jg^bors who never see a religious

t h e m f some things for more than a year, and probably never will, it left

p d they have not made much pro- These paragraphs will

iMagttzint.

Youth's Department.

T O B O Y S A N D G I R L S .

Never tell a whole Ire, or a half a lie,

or a quarter of a lie, or any part of a lie. Many boys who know wellenoogh

what a snealungr dirty thing it is lo tell

a lie, will yet twist tbe trulh, or de-

ceive a little bit. This is about at bad

—-2sd a good deal more cowardly than

a plump falsehocd, If a boy doea

somethiog wrong either ihroagb igDOf*

ance, caretessness, or accident—and

then tells one half irutb, and one half

lie about it—he might almost as weQ

have told the whole untruth, that be

didn't do il all. Now see bow the

spirited, manly, true-hearted, cleai^

tongued boy will do after an errors be

resolutely determines to acknowl^gB

it; without being afraid of any body's

anger, to lellii just as il was. I never

in my life knew any one lo be injured

by telling the truth in this way; but I

have seen niany a boy; and man, tooy

who was kx>1{ed upon with contempt,

andtbought poorly of, because he worfd

tell sneaking lies, or half iiesror qoar^

ter lies. The worst sort of untrutbt—

those which are deliberately made np

—stories about ones—prove tbe teller

of them lo be a most worthless, im-

pure and mean person. Tbe liar ia in-

deed despisable to both God and mea.

O n tbe other hand, nothing is coom

beautiful than a strictly trutb-telliBg

You are l^iiig-- person—one who never variea

- - from tbe truth, who is open, candid,

and above deceit. T o ^come so, •

•boy should strive hard—should deterr

mine tobesome so. Besides, it it a o very easy always to speak the troths

and so very hard toarrange a ptea^ile

falsehood—which even then will ia aD

likelihood be ibi>ad out nineteen times

out of twenty.

prayer. Thinking not of herself, she

received their appbose without maiii-'

festing any other feeling than gratitude

to Heaven for their great deliverance."

"Trying situations bewilder an OD*

nerve the weak, but call ibrth BD ti^

strength and energy of tbe stroog.**—

Just so is k io rchgion.

Ml

i

f , , •

T H E T E N N E S S E E B A P T I S T TEiffiESSEEjAP^

FIASHVILLE, ^ E N N , "

"THY KiyCDOir COME."

Cy Caininanicatians mt; ftan, mnat aat be wrinen up with huainea% matters.

nded fijr pub l i ca -m t h e s a m e s h e e t

Ttaandar^ f e f t r d ^ y 18SO.

CORRECTIONS. -The compositor in Snaking up the

form far a late numbec of oar paper, inadvertently tnisplacjed a heading placing Bishop No. 2, Mariin'a communicati havt! been, but over

take some months forin-man to fill out a lillie vacant cor-

iiot over brother as it should

jro. Sleachain'a fault of the edi-

Anothar Pedobaptist ASlhority.—^e clip the following from the Watchman and ReSecter, Boston. If any pedobapr tist 13 in doubt he can write to the prea-ident and satisfy himselft Query. Will not the admission of President Sturtevant, and we might add a host of others^ counterbalance the presumptu-ous assertions of pedo ministers of Mr. Eagleioii's class and calibrei'

"Pregident Sturtevant; of Illinois College, is reported to have immersed, of late, sevenil students of the college, and to have said, iu the bapiist Church in Jacksonville, in the hearirigof a large congregation, thai, in bis opinion, im-mersion was the original mode of bap-tising, and the only mode fo'r several centuries."

ince, when the

whiggish article being aware of

aL papers vtere mistake was dis-second or third rs. These mis-utany design, on iitor,—and wiih-

ner, inserted a liitle from the Banner, not its character. Seve worked off before the covered. This ia the like offence in five ye; takea happened wiih the partof the compt oat onr knowledge, 'i

We have heard ofjons who has dis-continued his paper gar that little of-fencel! t

. D I S C C ^ I O N .

The discussion bitween Hart and Burrow will be resu?ned next week.

SITBSTAxNTIAL feNCDURAGE-MEJ.T.

The Chickasaw i^socialioni Miss., at its last session pfssed the following resoluuoa touching .^areditoria! course, and llie paper: J

RuolveJ, That li:.3 association high-ly approve ol the > l d , independent course of our bighl.4 esteemetl brother Graves, (editor of t ie Tennessee Bap-tist,) as an able defender of the taiih, and we would mo fc corJiallv recom-mend the"Tennes^e Baptist," asCPe of the best Baptist Tapers in the South, and every wav w.T-thy of the patron-age of our churche^ and friends gen-erally.

In a letter to the Times, addressed "To the Christian body of my fellow countrymen," against the admission of Jews to seats in the Legislature, Lord Winchilsea, after the Deist, the Unita-rian, the Socinian, the Atheist, and the Papist, thus speaks of Puseyism, which hs says, " I am prepared firmly to contend, is Popery under the most insidious and disguised form which that leading power of the Church of Antichrist has ever assumed since her rise, for nnderthe specious and pre-tended garb of Protestantism her fol-lowers in this country (true to the max-im of that apostate Church which holds that the end justifies the means, how-ever nefarious and wicked those means may be,) have for aome jrears past, as

I Protestants, been Protestant seminari

pulpits, and haveg ny, very man}', of

entering into our BS and universities,

have been ordained into our Protestant )t possession of ma-ciur Protestant vil-

Ihu fainrlras dear brethren, in fhus sustaining us, hut we aimed natK'> please you, but our Master In Heaien. The Tennes-see Baptist during the present year, win be invested w^Ji tenf.ild interest, owing to the severjjl interesting series that will appear, afed the doctrinal dis-cussiuns. We wilj therefore, send the paper to each meiflber in the associa-tion who is not a l^ady a subscriber, and if he is pleasef with it he can se-cure it upon eilhetjof two cdnditions.

1. By sending h the Publishers the aames of five resAnsible suhsCfibers, or ?

2. By enclnanwa current S2 bill. If neither of ibe^e conditions please,

- will the brother iequest his postmas-ter to return the paper. We do not wish to tbrce the [ iper upon any one, we wish free w ill Matrons. Last week we spoke of abro^ier who has resolved to procure twenty paying subscribers this year. Anoijier brother writing from the Dislr ic | has determined to procure tweniy-&e! We cbillenge any pspcr ID g i ^ proof of warmer friends than we. j Friends, God bless yoa, one and aW^roU on the stone.— Ton can easily ai|d another thousand to our list this yeaV.

lage sciiools, through the length and breadth of our land." '

It theabove be the true character of Puseyism, (and who is a better judge than Lord Winchilsea,) is it not lime and high lime for it to be exposed in Cjiir prints and from our pulpits as one of the member? of ihe Man of s-in?— Who are Puseyites? tl?ve we any in our midsi.^ are questions worthy

f.int.lViiit iVia

ents in warning the people of their dan-ger, and in checking the advance of Puseyilic Catholicism in the land?

3. Ought not baptists td organize schools in which their own children, can be educated free from all pedo-bapiistic and puseyite or sectarian in-fiuence, and the daughters of as many more as may wish to patronize a pur «Zi/ republican institution?

4. Will not Tennessee decide in t'he affirmative, and shall not our Feme le Institute be immediately endowed?

P. S. See bro. Hillsmail's letter in this papeh

A Good Chance to Secure Good Fruit!—Who is not fond of good fruiu? It is not only a luxury, but it is produc-

of good health; and if not the s t ^ ^ RERR FCI ITIUU. «MCETNFERE"IR55 IIHITIR

nutriment in a baked apple as in a b.a-ked potato. We refer all cur read-ers in the South West to the advertise-ment of our Brother Truett, of Frank-lin Tennessee. Bro. T . has sorcie hundred thousand of the choicest vari-eties of Fruit Trees that can be procL-i-red in the South, having devoted thes labor of his life in selecting them from the diflferent sections of the Unite-d States. He has all that will succeed well in this climate. There are se*,--eral advantages in purchasing of bro. Trufett. If the fruit fails to be what it is represented to be, it can be replace d without additional cost. The trees are more likely to live than those brought from N. Jersey or N. England, and al-so from the fact that having been raised here they are acclimated to this lati-tude. And, finally, brother Truett is a responsible man and a devoted chris-tian brother, one of the converts of the great revival in Franklin. He will de-liver the trees at a trifling cost, in this and the counties a d j o i n i n g Williamson, and give the necessary, directions about treatment, &c. Who that has a small farm or evfMi a garden would not like a few of his mammoth Rare ripes, Plums, Apricots and Berries. Sep.d on your orders immediately.

importance of a religions paper to our readers. We again present them, and urge them upon the attention of our brethren In ihe Soilth West. The Bap-tists of Tennessee are already surpri-sing the conductors of religious papers in sister States, by the liberal patron-age they give their Organ, but the work is but just began. We cannot cease our intreatiea until in every bap-tist family is found a religious paper.

POST S H O W T H I S T O Y O U R M A S T E R .

One Thousand Sew Agents for the Tennessee Bapti^J—We this day an-thorize every Post Master in Tennessee lo become an acSve agent to procure names and forwird money to the Ten-nessee Baptist. •

FiSmnTTi'toXH SB'OrsPJ.PSRK. POST-OFFICE OEPABTMENT,

Appointment 0£&ce,T)ec. 31, '49. SIB:—The Postmaster<3eneral, af-

ter careful consideration ot the ques-tion as to the right of Postmaarers that have the privilege of franking t» frank letters to publishers of newspapers, covering money for subscriptions or the names of subscribers, has decided that, when the Postmaster is agent for the publisher, he has the power to frank such letters, and his agency will be presumed from the fact that he franks them. As no Postmaster has any au-thority to frank these communications but when he is such an agent, ii is proper to regard him as acting in that capacity when he so conducts, until information is received to the contrary. In doing this business the Postmaster must be regarded as entirely the agent of the publisher, and not of the Depart-ment.

Very respectfully, &c., FITZHENTTY WARREN.

H. Fuller, Esq. Will each P. M. do us the especial

favor to look over the names of our scribers at their offices and return all those whose paper is not taken out, and save us much expense

they have no reference to the merits of the argumenU—N. F. Recorder.

Copies can be obtained at the Baptist Depositoiy, Nashville, Tehn.

POPISH MUMMERIES IN T H E UNITED STATES.

Four large bells were'japjireJat Cin-cinnati a short time since, by the Ro-man Catholic Bishop. We are not in-formed by the bishop whether this ceremony is to prodxice baptismal re-generation in the bells or not. But why should pedobaptists object to this cere-mony? There is as much authority in the word 6f God to sprinkle a bell as to sprinkle a babe, and so far as we are concerned, \ve ^ould far quicker baptize an inanimate bell, than an im-mortal being. It would be no greater violent infraction and insult lo God's word, and would certainly do the sub-ject "^noharm," what no one dare af-firm concerning the child in after years,

cer in one government, perform official acts in another, and how much less is an officer in a monarchical or despotic governraent» entitled to act in a repub- law>

majority of the Episcopal ministers in the South are rankly Puseyite, and the balaare rapirlly becoming so? Is not the iiiciim'icnt nf the Trinity Church, New York a Puseyile, and are not the communicants Puseyiies? This church is called the mother of Episcopal Soci--eties in this countiy, ^nd as the moth-er, so the daugliters are rapidly becom-ing. That this is the fact, any one c!>;-i easily ascertain by a little inquiry.— How stealthily, then, is the mystery of iniquity working in our midst. Cath-olicism is making rapid strides in our native population, and who lifts up the

A N O B L E E X A M P L E .

MORE PEDO BAPTIST AUTHOR-ITY.

Singular, if true.—In one of our Bap-tist exchanges, we find the following statement:

"President Sturtevant, of Illinois

; A ' SOUND pDISCUSSION. W e lake ihe follc|ving resolution from theMinules of ihrfJudson Association, Ta., 1349. I

Raoltied, "Th^t this association re-gards the pracU($ of receiving mem-iiers irotn Pedo^aplist Associations, [ a k church, fo r | gospel or christian churches ihey a r |no t ] into our church-es upoa their imaersions by Pedo-bap-tiat ministers as ^orderly and unscrip-turul." I -i^^Tbis question^has been decided in G ^ manner by ijjiany associations du-ring^ the past year, indeed, by every one, jT nt ting acted u[f^n it, so far as our re-calleciion serves ys . The day is not far distant when cwjitisi churches will Tdlapeak and prf ctice the same thing ibi^Mng luis ma^er, and ineir surprise •mil be that a jhne baptist minister l^oald ever have^dvanced an opposite a e n u m e n u

A LXDDER.—The ladder w^icfathe ChrLnian sol-

.d^cfBoat uie, haj^ seven rounds—hear--iiig,<beiieving, losing, doing, suffering, glrivTng, conqaeiSng. Whro the. bat-tle becomes iriurjph, then we need ihe ladder no more.

warning voice? Who gives the trumpet the certain sound to warn the people of the approaching danger?— Will not blood be found in the skirts of some watchmen? And how assid-uously are these puseyites seeking to iliffuse their sentiments by means of schools and Institutes of learning.— The Puseyite teacher of the Episco-palian school in this city takes special pains to instil the Puseyite doctrines of baptismal regeneration into the minds of his pupils. We are not striking at a venture, but we haveincontestible ev-idence of the fact which shall be given when called for. The Columbia Fe-male Institute is an Episcopalian affair in which the daughters are required to worship God (or the Episcopalian church rather) in the forms, formula-ries, and written prayers and respon-ses of the Episcopal Prayer Book du-ring the years of their Collegiate course. What other influence is brought to bear upon these, save at-tendance upon the Episcopal church service, we are not prepared to say. The testimony of one of the Editors of the Southern Baptist is in point.— Through the want of a Baptist School, he sent his little daughter to an Epis-copalian school in Charleston, and how great was his surprise to find among her books one night,;a liitle Puseyite Catechism, in which she, and all the other pupils were daily catechised un-beknown to their parents, being strict-ly forbiddenjo lake one of these cate-chisms from the school room!

— W E ASK,

' If these lIiiDgs are so, ought not ev-ery baptist and baptist minister at least to speak out, and oppose with God's truth tliis form and feature of Anti-christ? i . '

2. Ought not baptist editors to de-y.ile a pirtion of their papers and tal "

Last Sabbath morning, Dr. Malcom preached a very impressive discourse to his people on the expiring year. In its review he alluded to some things where his church and congregation had failed of duty, and where amends might be made on entering the new year. And among others he referred to the religious newspaper published by the denomination. This, he said, had not been, bu't ought lo be, in every family of the congregation; il was, for its influence in promoting piety, intelligence, benevolence, among the people, he should feel thai he was completely lied every step he took; and finally added that he would be re-sponsible for the money in placing it in the hands of every family.

This shows Dr. Malcom's estimate of a religious newspaper, and the part he is prepared to act in its circulation. In view of such a geiierous spirit ot benevolence and interest which he feels in his people, that they may know and do their duly, we have no doubt that there are many noble-minded men in that church who will atonce respond to the sentiment of their pastor, and see that the Chronicle is left weeklj in every dwelling of that congregation.— Every pastor can do the same in the pulpit and out of the pulpit; and what a rich and glorious result forany church and people, and for any minister!— Let every pastor say this, and carry out the spirit, and three weeks would not elapse before our subscription list would be doubled.

Pastors are sometimes afraid lo speak out on this snbjuct, lest it may absorb money ihat they might receive, or lest it would give offense. But this is all a mistake. An intelligent and a benevolent spirit is the only one that provides ample and prompt support.— It is ll\e spirit of a people, and not the amount of money they have, on which the pastor is lo depend for the supply of his wants. Now, let every family take a good religious newspaper, pay for it, and read it, and it wil do for the pastor of that people what noth-ing else can.

The foundation of all pious feeling and holy action in the cause of Christ, is intelligence, and this, as the eye ol the journalist resls.on the whole moral field continually, il is his business lo furnish. And this we will furnish wrekly, fresh and to the full extent, ii pastors and peopleihronghoutllie State and vicinity will read and circulate.

Do this, and we willsoonenlarge our sheet and present-the news of the day as it comes lo us from every quarter Oi the globe irv the most attractive dress which is possible.

The .'a^)ve from the "Christian Chronicle,':' we most cheei fully trans-fer,because we have again and again presented the same thoughts upon the

of late, several students of the College and to have said, in the Baptist Church in Jacksonville, in the hearing of a large congregation, that, in his opinion, im-mersion was the original mode of bap-tizing, and the only mode for several centuries."

This Mr. Sturtevant is the President of the New School Presbyterian Col lege, located at Jacksonville, III. If he did really make such a statement, the sonnpr unites with the Baptist Church, the belter it will be for all par-lies. We hold to all men sailing un-der their true colors.—Pres. Herald.

and the act performed cannot be con-sidered christian baptism.

A le^al act must be a^:cordivg to

BRO. GRAVES; Please answer in your valuable pa-

per the followingquery: Were a Bap-list minister lo join the Campbellites, and after a time, return to his former churcb, would baptism from his hands be considered valid during his Camp-bellism?

Yours truly, DILLARD BROOKS.

ANSWER. 'The Church of Christ has a specifie

government, is regulated by definite laws. It, like other governments, has officers for the administration of its laws and ordinances. Now, ^hr is t tias had a churdh or kingdom in the world—in which its laws and ordinan-ces have been properly administered in all ages of the world or hell and confu-sion have prevailed against it. If we can, by searching, find who was a proper administrator of baptism, inth& days of Christ and the Apostles, we may know that Ae is a proper, and the only proper administrator of ihe ordinances now. In God's House there is order and regularity, not confusion.

What constitutes valid Christian KopfrLcm. it tho ggrtftf. ^nt/i0rurt^m iiK ., ^UOfl lion of the age. From the New Tes-

DISTRESSING INTELLIGEiXCE. We learn from private letters and

also from the Bolivar paper thai our beloved brother Thos. Joyner is no more. He died of Cholera on board the Harry BlnfF, on his return from Memphis. We sympathize with his stricken and bereaved family, and the church of which he was a most zeal-ous and examplary member. We hope that each one will feel that the Ark of the Lord rests with more weight upon his shoulder. The providences of God are mysterious. We have been requested lo prepare a. suitable obituary notice, but we are apprised that either his pastor or bro. G. Day would be a more suitable person.— Will bro. O. or D. write?

BAPTISM AND TERMS OF COMMUNION: A n A r g u m e n t . B y RICHARD FUL-LER. Baltimore: Cashing & Bro. Richmond: Harrold & Murray. N. York: For sale by L. Colby. 12mo. pp. 204. We cannot say that we think every

work on baptism an addition to the lit-eralureof that subject. We think this book « an addition. It is an argument, strictly. It proceeds directly to its ob-ject,—always eloquent, but with no rumbling eloquence in it,—condensing philology, hiistory, and the concessions of opponents, into a close, logical and decisive plea for the immersion of be-lievers as the only Christian baptism, and for churches so formed as the only ones following the primitive model.— No jury could resist the evidence which it adduces. And while it is marked by the close adherence to the ppintlo t e established which distin-guishes the able l a ^ e r , it is sanctified by the love of truth and the cordia courtesy which become the Christian minister. We do not eoncut in all the views embraced on pages,9-11?""We think that Dr. Fuller has fallen into some errors on the points therein em-braced which arc very common, but

lament we learn that there must be, 1. A proper officer. 2. A proper subject. 3. A proper baptism. 1. There can be no such thing as a

proper officer, unless one duly inves-ted, liy a legitimate government. Now how many different forms of govern-ment did Christ institute for his church, one, or many? Was that one a republi-can, or a despotic one? Were bis fol-lowers to acknowledge any man mas-ter, or were they to be called iriasters.* or were they not rather free indeed, knowing no lawgiver but Christ? If He gave but one government, then some one and only one of the many now existing organizations must be that one —the only legitimate and proper gov-ernment, antZ no ordinance is valid ad-ministered out of that one. If the gov-ernment of the Primitive Church was rep%iblican,\heQ is the Baptist church that one, being the only purely democratic (don't think we have a high or low tar-iff in view when we use this term, but we mean a government where the su-preme power is vested in the people,) governpaent existing in the world.— Now we care not how pious a man or niinister may be, he must be a legiti-mate officer, or he has no authority to baptize, or lo perform any official act, nor is any act he may perform, official or valid. Should he act in the name of the king, it would be presumption, and if belonging to one of the illegitimate or rival organizations, and inducting followers into it, il would be an act of high treason against the King of Zion. Let the question of a baptized admin-istrator pass, on account of its less im-portance, altho' still of essential im-portance, but it is embraced in that of a proper ojllcer, for a proper baptism is one of the requisites of a proper offi-ceV. The great question is,-must not an official act be performed by a proper officer before it can be valid or official? Can the President ofFrance, the Pope of Rome, or the Emperor of Russia, administer a coristilutronal oath'to one of our citizens, or make a foragner^ a suJjectpf this government? or is eilher'of them, by virtue of the powers thjey exercise in"«A«V retpeciue gocemm^, qualified to discharge the duties^f any officer, as a ' sheriff, or justice oC tlie peace in this9 Eveiiy sensible reader knows better. How then can an offi-

lican? What right then have Pedo- ! baptists or any other people to call up-on us to receive their official acts as valid in our government, as their ordi-nations and baptisms? Has any one, irrespective of qualification, whether in the church or out, the right to ad-minister the ordinances of the church, or did Clirist appoint some order in his house? If he, by the Apostles set forth some definite order, have we the right lo intei'rup^^and set it at naught, as may suit our pleasure or conven-ience?

2. A proper subject is one who pro-fesses regeneration of heert, and lo have received the evidence of it,—one who comes to put on Christ, because he has been formed within the hope of Glory. No other character, infant or adult, is a subject of christian baptism, and if the action is received by any other character, it is no christian bap-tism. Persons for a long lime deceiv-ed, and members of the church have been awakened and hopefully conver-ted, and have been baptized, not again, but baptized, because the former act was not valid, since it is known there was not a proper subject. To say that the former act is valid and bind-ing, is lo say that a professedly proper subject is of no moment.

3. A proper baptism, must be per-formed

1. With a proper design, (i. e. for a proper purpose.)

2. In a proper name, and 3. By a proper action. Christ designed the ordinance to be

observed in all respects as he instituted and commanded it. To change it in any respect, is to create another bap-tism.

It becomes us to inquire, what de-sign did Christ attach lo this ordinance, or for what purpose was it administer-ed? This the Apostles well under-stood, the spirit revealing it to tletn.— One informs us that "as many of you as have been baptized into or unto Christ, have on^Chriit ." We see here that it was for a public profession of Christ before the world. They were baptized into or unto Christ, into the authority of Christ. In baptism, then the subject i a i a o «oZmn oath to follow Christ in all things, whatsoever he has commanded—to be bis disciple—afaith-ful citizen of his kingdom,—it can well be illustrated by our oath of citizen-ship. "Planted together in the like-ness of his dedxh, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection."

Else what shall they do which are baplked for the dead, if the dead rise nof at all? Why are they then baptiz-ed/or the deaSP^ Cor. xv. 29,

These |passages are sufficient to show that in christian baptism, the subject represents the burial and resur-rection of Christ. Baptism was then administered,

1. For a public profession of dis-cipleship to Christ, by and in which, the subject takes a solemn oath of al-legiance to the sole authority and fideli-ty to the government of Jesus Christ. We see that to meet the very de-sign of baptism requires a rational advlt.

2. By the action of baptism (imtner-sion) we represent the burial and re-surrection of Christ, and our conform-ity to it, being dead with him lo sin, we are buried with him In our bap-tism, that as he rose from the dead, so we also profess to rise (and if indeed dead we shall rise) to walk- in a new life. Now as there can be no resur-rection without a death, so there can be no such thing as christian baptism without a subject, "dead to sin." How then can an infant be baptized? How can those immersed.by CampbelliteS; be said to be baptized when they are not dead to sin, but immersed to pro-duce death unto sin. Will putting a ngn over a store fill the shelves with goods, and thus atiswer instead of goitjg' to New York for asbpply? Men exercise rationality about teinporal things, but to spiritual things they are blindetl by the god of-i i is world and^ led -ca^iive at his will.

II. Baptism to be valid, must be ad-ministered with a proper formula, i. e. in a 'jtropcr name, or authority. Should a proper administrator 1 m merse a proper subject in the name of Shedrach, Mesh-arch and Abednego, instead of the Fa-ther, Son and Holy Ghost, would the subject be scriplurally baptized or would the act be christian baptism?— Anything else. Now unto or into whose authority are Pedobaptists bap-tized? Episcopalians and Methodists into subjection to the Rubric and Dis-cipline, and the authority of their priests and bishops. Catholics into the authority of the Pope and his sub-ordinates. Presbyterians in subjection lo the Confession of Taith, and the au-thority of the Hydra-headed organiza-

3. The resurrrctioti ,of;Christ,' i3.a" pledge of our i ^ u r w t i o n , • and thus we, in onr baptism by r e p r i n t i n g bis resnrrectiori foreshadow «n rown from the grave. These h^og the p tir'iMses for which christian %[Hisiii i s adoaml^' tered, to admmister it for'any*^ other

| piirpose, or is to rest it from its desi^T

tion^ of Session, Presbytery, Synod, and Assembly. We say baptized in-to the Rubric, Discipline, or Confes-sion, because the subject is required lo subscribe to and obey them which fas-tens the weight of priestly authority upon their necks. In christian bap-tism the subject is required to pledge himself to take the teachings of Christ's Word and the guidance of his Spirit. The difference would appear lo some!

I I I . ^ proper action is indispensible lo a proper baptism. Had Naaman sent only his servants to Jordon lo bring him some water in a basin, and have sprinkled it upon his forehead seven limes, would be have obeyed the di-rection of the Prophet? If a king should order a dead subject to be buri-ed, would his command be fnlfilled were that subject taken into a church and placed against iho altar or the ' walls, and a handful of sand thrown into its face? So if Christ commands to sprinkle, we can't obey by pouring,, or if he commands to pour, we can't obey by sprinkling, and when he com-mands to baptize or bury, we can't obey by sprinkling or pouring. To obey him we must do as be commands. That he commanded immersion we learn,

1. From the import of the term "baptizo," which means to dip, im-merse, overwhelm.

2. From the history of baptism. (1) Performed where there was much wa-ter, (2) By both the administrator and subject going down into and cooiiug up out of the water.

3. By Metaphorical baptism, a» Christs and the children Israel.

4. From the positive declaration of ?aul, in Bomans 6:5; and Col. 2: 12,

that the Apostles, the early christians and Christ were all buried when tbey • were baptized, " W e are buried with [lim by b ^ t i s m , " and "Being buried with him in baptism." We could not be buried with Christ unless Ckritt was buried, and this settles the quea- ' lion.

We can now answer bro. Brooks'' query, and he will fully undeisland our reasons. The Baptist minister. when acting in a Campbellile society, was no legal officer—and conseqaenlly all his acts were and are lo this day unofficial and invalid. He was not ac-ting in the kingdom, or under the gov- , ernment of Christ, since Mr. Carap; bell's organization is r;o part or porliw" of Christ's Kingdom on Earth.

2. His subjects were not the prapir / subjects, if they were Campbellites, atii} were baptized upon a profession of Campbellism, or believed it—for a subject must have the proper faith OT ' belief: I

3. They were not baptized for tb^ proper ^urpofe, i f , Campbellile^ lof they were baptized for t^ remission'if sins, i. e. to procure reniission. Socb was the faith and such the errors publically professed and taught to tW world in ibeir bapitsin. So fer'^ree conclusive reasons t h e y have'not been baptized. Do they wish to unite w ^ the Bapiist church, and still retffin theirCampbellism? If they areCainp-belUtcs, why come to us? If iBey ^ not, why not be willing to renountt and openly- repudiate r and d l its concomitant errore,Bn<lc®f' rect, so firas inthem lies, their foimer false professions and f a l» ieacl^» and by being ba|Hized accordi^toti'® 'directuwi of, Jesus Christ, pipreM a-nght-faith a i d t e a c h right doctrines and thus afibrd to the world the assurance of ibeir honesty and t j . Indeed we should seriously p<rcl the piety of one who under feocn circumstances would refuse to give np al bap-

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(T?- Read, Bupiisl- of the S.iullj wesll It IS from llie pen of bro. W a j ker, eJitor nf the Raptist Rrriinlcr, surli'ig Baptist pajw. Its editor tlrej

rock wiih a slrjge hammer. EDUCATIOSAL INSTITUTIONS.—%V

cannot get our consent lo aeinl oul od last Recorder fnr lS-10, wiiljnut snyilJ ;i word to the Baptists cm ilie imppl tunce of giving lo iheir eons and daugq lers a liberal education. Mental an moral culture comprise the best legac which parents can bestow on ihel children. Better leave them notflpeiT ny in their pockets and well trainel iuU-llects, than with ovtyfiowing col It rs, buten]|ily craniiims. An educ^ teJ poor man always stands head anl shoulders above a rich dolt. The sari ii true of the other sex. Such person with the requisite amount of energ; can gel along in ihe world though the have not a cent lo commence with, thousand avenues Lo wealth and prol perity open ihemselves to him of cul livaled intellect and properly discin lined judgment, which would remal barricaded forever to another of me per information and untrained ideas.-We urge on parents, then, if they i do nothing more, to educate their child ren. We are not contending now f J learning, but for I'ducalion. Englia intellectual training, if you pie connected with a proper formaiion manners.

A nd now that we are on this subjed we will improve the occasion to urJ Baptists lo support thar own Colleg a lid schools. Had Baptists given same encouragement to iheir elemel tary schools, and institutions of d h i ^ cr grade, which Christians of other i" nominations have lo iheirs, many our educational establishments won not now be struggling for existence.-The fault has been thai they have i lowed themselves to aid in building Pedobaptists institutions lo the meni of their own. Now we have ev believed—and doubtless ever shallH that a tmly pious Baptist, whose relil ion is based on principle and not p ^ fession merely, will provide first those institutions connected wiili th denomination of which he is a med ber—that he will send his children I those insliMtions, and after having d | fharged his duly at home, if be can Something for others nf a different fail —why let him use his pleasure.

Baptist ministers have not, intfire| etl themselves in support of iheir i establishments as they ought to ha done—Bapiist ^crioiicflZi have 'mJfA Pedobaptist institutions, and allow| their own lo pass with little or no tice. For several years we have need that the secular papers in di£ eni parts of the land, have nolle Baptist schools and colleges com me iibly and much more frequently, t have Baptist papers. Ii is inde pleasant to have a good word fn those not so closely connected these institutions of learning as we i ourselves, but unless we—we mean i Baptist Denomination—bestir oursel^ to keep up our schools and collefl they will die out—and they ought^ sooner the belter. Again, then, exhort Baptists lo patronize their intlitutioTU.

S O U T H E R N B A P T I S T E E C T E R F O R 1S50.

OPINIONS OF T H E P R E S S .

From the Beliffimis Herdld, {RuJimond, T H E SOUTHERN BAPTIST

MANAC AND ANNUAL' ISTER FOR iSoO. This IS a neatly printed pqmphli

4S pages, comprisins. in additio the Almanac, a Table of Baptist Associations, See., and a of tracts on baptism, church orgat lion, See., under ihe title of Tract the People. ,

We perceive that the compiler, J . R. Graves, of Nashville, lias been able to procure a very lie number of the Minutes for 1S49. made an eSbrt to obtain those of j own State for him, but so many o f j Associations meet in September October, we failed to obtain them r early a period as tbey were nee During the past year, the BB| churches in the Southern States received large accessions, and anl gregate is considerably larger than j given in the Almanac.

The number baptized is _ than that of the preceding yean I the aggregate increase is larger. SomheVn Almanac furnishes onlj loss and train in the slavehnldin" n j the Bapust Almanac-, ot Philadell a copy of which we procured frH Depository for ihe purpose of cpjr son, has the gain and loss in a siities. I l is a neat pamphlet, c 'lis of Bedford jail and the Fir tisi churcb. New York. Three England states—Massachusetts,! Island, and Connecticut—reporu of 669. Three—Maine, New shire, and Vermont—a deer 1,045, leaving a balance agair England of 377. New York and. sylvania report a loss of 1,137. Jersey a gain of 271. The No and Middle slates have had an | gate decrease of 1,243. TheY em and South Western statesl port an increase—making an '

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^brined cannoL be con-ibaptisrn. must be accnrdin^ ia

|to be valid, must be ad- . a proper larmulo, L e, e,araiilhfjrity. Should

Xar immerse a prater kmc of Sheilrach, Meah-fnegn, instead of ihe Fa-

nly-Ghost, wonld the nplurally baptized or

I be christian baptism?— Now unto or into

Ijr are Pedobapirsta faap-opaliana and Meihodiats

ta the Rubric and Dia-ihe aulhnrity of their

ijishnps. Catholica into jo f the Pope and his sub-

sbyteriana in subjection 1 of Taith, and the au-

t Hydra-headed organiza-lioD, Preabytery, Synod,

, W e say bapdze'd m-Disdpline, or Confea-

E the subject ia required to Sd o h ^ them which fas-

|ht of prieatly authority ks. In christian bap-:i3 required to pledge

Ite the teachings of Christ's t guidance of hfs Spirit-

nee would appear to aomel - action is indispensible

ttitm. Had Naaman sent ma to Jardoa to bring

Iter in a basin, Md have I upon his forehead seven'

. be have obeyed the dl-[ihe PmpheL* If a king za. dead sulgect to be buri-!iis command be fulfilled

^Igect taken inta a church agaTnst this altar or the * handful of sand t h r o ^

So if Christ catnmands I we can't obey by pouring nmands to pour^ we can't inkling, and when he com-iptize or 6ttry, we can't

Iprinkling or pouring. To I must do oj he commands,

ammanded immersion we

the import of the term I which means to dip, im-

rhelm. . the history of baptism. (1) where there wai much war

t both the adminiatratar and Ing down into and commg

^e water. [Melaphorical baptism, as

> the children Israel, the •poMitne dedaration of

amans 6r 5; and Col. 2: 12, [jastles, the early chrisriana

were all buritd when they 'We are buried with

am," and "Being buried baptism." W e could not

with Christ unless Christ , and tiiis setUea the quea-

now answer bra. Brooks' . he will fully undeistand

ni. The Baptist minister pg in a Campbellite society,

[officer—and consequently were and are to this day

(ind invalid. He was not ac-tkingdom, or under the gov-

af Christ, since Mr. Canip-nzation is no part or portioa

rs Kingdom on Earth. I iubjects were not the projMT

lliey were CampbelHtes, and ptized upon a profession of

| i i m , or believed it—for a " |usl have the proper Eiith or

were not baptized for the if Campbellitea, for

bapiiacd for the raniuwn (f procurc remiaaiaa^ Such

itband such the errors the; professed and taught lo the

heir baptism. So far three [a reasnna they have not been

Do they wish to unite with^ iit church, and still retaia pbellism? If they are Camp-by come to us.' If they ore Dut be willing to renounce

t j rcpudiato Campbellism, concomitant errors, and cor-r a l in them lies, iheir foimer

ifesainni and falie leachingt ing baptixcd according in the of Jesus Christ, profesi a

B and t ^ h right doctrines afford to the world the fullest of iheir iionesty and sinceri-"

led wo should seriously sus-liety'of one who under such

inces would rduae to mve up Ima! and unscriptural bap-

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flT" Baptists of the Soath-wesi! ^ ia from the pen of bro. Wal-ker, editor of the Baptist Recorder, a sta-lhig paptiit paper. Its editor dres-ses rocliiwiih a sledge hammer. •

ENRDATIOSAI. LVSTITUTIONS .—We cannot | e t our consent to setnl out our last Recorder for 1S49, without saying

word the Baptists on the impor-tance olSgiving to their sous and daugh-ters a Uferal education. Mental add moral c|lture comprise the best legacy which parents can bestow on their, childreif. Better leave them nota pen-ny in their pockets and well trained iiiliillecijp, than with overflowing cof-fers, buj empty craninma. An educa-ted poof man always stands head and shQu!dej|s above a rich dolt. The same is true cH the other sex. Such persons with the requisite amount of energy, can gelijilong in the world though they have n& a cent to commence with. A thousac^ avenues to wealth and pros-perity ckpen themselves to-him of cul-tivated ^ritellect and properly discip-lined jVdgment, which'would remain barricailed forever to-another of mea-ger iiilqrmationand untrained ideas.— We u r ^ on parents, then, if they can do noth|^g more, tb educate their child-ren. We are not contending now for learning but for i.'ducation. English inteilec ual training, if yoa-please, CQiinec ^d with a proper formation of manne^fs.

And iiowthat we areon this subject, we wilt improve the occasion to urge Baptist^ lo aupport their oum Colleges

-and schools. Had Baptists given the same elcouragement to their elemen-tary sctoola, and institutions of a high-er grac£, which Christians of other de-Docnintipans; have to theirs, many of curedi^tional establishments would not now be straggling for existence.— The fajlt has been that they have al-lowed ^emselves to aid in building up Pedobi^ptista institutiona to the detn-ment of their own. Now we have ever believe^—and doubtless ever shall— that a l ^ l y pious Baptist, whose relig-ion is lapsed oa^rinciple -and not pro-fessionl merely, will provide first for tho. e ifstitutions connected with that denom^tion of which he is. a mem-ber—if at he will send his children to those iiiftiMiam, and after having dis-chargeil his duty at Kome, if he can do socnetieng for others of a different faith —wh^let him^ ns& his pleasure.

Ba^^ist ministers have not, interest-ed ihe»Qselves in support of their own establljshments aa they ought to have J 'rBapiist jwribdicaZf bave'TTO^d.'

iptist institutiona, and allowed rn to pass with little or no no-'or several years we have no^

Jatthe secular papers in differ* itta of the land, have noticed

gate gain of 1S,719. Of the Western states, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, report a gain of 1,643; and Ohio a loss of 152—leaving a net increase of 1,491. The increase of Uie denomination has been about 19,000, nearly altogether in the Stales connected with ihe South-ern Convention. These states have a membership, including the Anti-mis-sion Baptists, of 487,180. Those con-nected with the Boston Board have a tnetnbership of 265,526. Virginia ha;

dence perfectly satisfactory of the uni-ty of God. We observe a certain set ofTavfs, uniformly, and invariably gov-erning the whole mighty fabric. In all ages the same causes producing the same pfiects. The germination, growili and rnaturity of vegetables, effectuated by the same means. The same pro-position of oxygen necessary in ail ages, and in every part of the globe, lo sustain animal life. The same cau-ses or laws effectuating the regular succession

effectuating „ _ of the seasons—of seed-

the largest aggregate membership of time and harvest—day and night.— any state in the Union, including the Where such order, harmony, and unity Anti-inission Baptists within her prevails, it seems almost impossible, bounds. " reasoning from analogy, to acknowl-

If a supply of the Southern Alman- edge the existence of snore than one ac could be forwarded to the Baptist God. Depository in thia city, we have no Indeed, the existence of one God, doubt but that they would meet with a infinite in all his perfections, renders ready sale. the existence of two, or more, such

Froa.thelndi^Advoeate.LauisvUU.Ky. beings, perfectly impossible. If the T i . t> . /• one have not the power to rule over the £he SoruA^ Baptut Almanac,, for ^^^^^ ^ g^j jp

1850. Published for the Tennessee have that power, then, the one over Baptist Publication Society, by Graves whom he thus rules, does not possess ^ ShavMand. pp. 48. infinite power. It therefore appears This is decidedly the best Baptist

Almanac which has ever come under ^ ournouce, bothin matter and style; t^® right to govern the universe, that and much surpasses those issued from | ^"P^f^f: the same source in previous years.— "

If he have a supreme right thus to rule, then no other being can have such a right.— But if there be other self-existent, infinite beings, they each one have an equal light to rule. This would un-avoitlably destroy the idea of any one being Supreme Governor. But there

T H E T E - N N E S S E E B A P T L S T

Bapti^ schoola and collegea cbmmend-Bfid much more frei H

a b l y h a v e

quentljr, than 'Ba^ist papers. It ia indeed

pleaaiit to have ja good word from ihoae^not ao cloaely connected with these iistitutions of learning as we are ourse^es, but unleaa we—we mean the Baptik DeTuminadoa—bestir ourselves to k e ^ up our schools and colleges, they die out—and they oughti the soonejl the better- Again, then, we exhor| Baptists to ^patronize their own institvf'

W e wish it an extensive circulation, for ita reading will undoubtedly do much to promote the interest of our de-nomination.

From the Alabama Baptist Advocate. Southern Baptist Almanac.—Thanks is a Supreme Governor of the uni-

to bro. J. R. Graves,of the Tennessee verse; therefore, there is but one God. Baptist, for a copy of this annual, for G. H. MARTIN. 1850. Besides the usual calendrical | Grenada. tables, it contains a considerable a-mount of highly important and useful I Far the Tennessee Baptist. matter, particularly on the subject of] BRO. GRETES: baptism and Bapust church polity,] i„ your last paper you enquire, in

speaking of the Tennessee Female In-stitute, "When will the Board have a

a?* Wm. Miller,of Low Hampton, 1 meeting, Mr. President?" I readily

ing the nearness of his second advent, indifferent to the interests of the school, died at his bouse lately, in his SSth or the manifest desire of the denomi-year- | nation to have something efficient done

towards locating and putting it in op-THE KESTTICKY BA«XER.-Brother I J"''® i^'eslJe"^ ^as.

, „ , , „ . nght to call a meeting of the Board LaRue says that there were no Statis- instructed to do so, by at least tics in the last Yalobusha Minutes.— three members, in writing. Whenev-Look again, my brother, on the last er, therefore, the President has the au-

&c.

page, and correct yourself.

Comimuiications.

R E G I S -S O O t ^ R N B A P T I S T T E R FOR 1850.

OPHJIONS OF THE PBESS. From ^ Bdigvms Herald, iRidimond, Fa.) THE SOUTHERN B A P T I S T A I ^

I M A C AND ANNUAL* ^ G -I s f E R FOR 1850. This ia a neatly print^ pamphlet of

48 paSea, comprising, in addition — ihe ^ m a n a c , a T ^ l e of South( Bapl i t Associations, flEC.. and a series of tnjjcls on baptism, church organiza-tion, ^c . , under the title of Tracts for the Pfeople.

W l percei J. R.f Graves, of Nashville, has only

'been ible to procure a very limited numhferof the Minutes for 1849. We madt an effort to obtain those of oui own felate for him, but so many of our Associations meet in September and Octolter, we failed to obtain them at as earlyk period aa they were needed. Duriife the past year, the Baptist churAes in the Soulhern Stales have recuited large accessions, and an og-gregt^e ia considerably larg— give If in the Almanac.

Tlic number baptized is greater than jhat of the preceding year; and the i^gregote increase is larger. The Sontlern Almanac furnishes only the loss fnd gain in the slaveholding stales;

iaptist Almanao ot Philadelphia, of which we" procured from the

the a CO0 of which we" procured trom ine Dcp^itory for the purpose of coinpari-8on, las the gain and loss in all the state I, It is a neat pamphlet, WKN cn^s>f Bedford jail and ihe First Bap-tist (Siurch^iJiew York. Thre^ New Eng ind slates—MassachuselUtRhode IslarJ, and Connecticut—report a gain of 6 >9. Three—Maine, New Hamp-ihiff, and Vermont—a decreiise 0 1,04 5, leaving a balance "against Naw England of 377. New York and Penn-wlv inia report a loss o f 1)137. New Jerj^y a gain of 371. The Norlhern and Middle states have had an aggre-gotcj decrease of 1,243. The Soath-em pnd Sooth Western stales ajl re-port on increase—making anaggre-

For the Tennessee Baptist. Utility <f God.

To tbeae nationa who have acknowl-edged the exiatence of one infinite God, the existence of two or mere such beings, has ever appeared abused, "In this sentiment, have concurred the Patriarchs, Jews, Christians, Mahom-medans, and those modern infidels who have not denied the existence of God." - Even Polytheism affords a strong and satisfactory proof of the same glorious truth

thority to call a meeting, we will have one—provided the members attend. I concur with the suggestion that an ear-ly meeting ought to be held, and hope those whose duly it is 10 have the meet-ing called, will attend lo it.

Yours truly, MAT. HILLSMAN.

Murfreesboro', Jan. 21, '50.

• For the Tennessee Baptist. REV. H. SEARS.

Bat) . GRAVES: I have been directed by a vole of

the Baptist Church of Knoxville, to forward to you for publication, the

For'in"'air'agM" 1 subjoined preamble and resolutions re-StllUC UUIU . X'UL iU OIX agC©, J ' rf t 1 J » J

those who have recognized and wor- ^y a comiii.tiee, and adopted shiped a multiplicity of gods, have re- by ^he church. Please give them a garded oneof the multitude, as being P^f® J'tJ,?"'' p^per superior to the others. Indeed, for the most part, they only looked upon their gods as representatives of some infin-ite, invisible Being. It ia true, there were those who, in view of the exia-tence of both evil and good in the world, believed theie were two origi- pastoral care of the Knoxville Baptist nal ca'UM.* one producing good, and the church, the church, in reluctantly ac-other evil. Yet, they regarded the au- cepling liia resignation, desires to ex-thor of evil aa inferior to the author of press her feelings of kind regard to-good. wards her late Pastor; Therefore

To the Christian philosopher,, it | That bro. Sears, in labor-

And believe me to be. In behalf of the church.

Yours very truly. JNO. L . MOSES,

Clerk. Brother Sears having resigned the

aeema almost strange, that wlytheism itig with us five years, under difficult ever shiiuld have existed. While the circumstances, and in completing one scripture is so replete with the truth, of the best houses of worship in Ten-"that there is noneother God ihan one," nessee, has manifested an unusual de-and his mind is calmly reposing in the gree of s certainty, "that though there be that faith and are called goda„whether in heaven or' " '

sclf-sacrifice and perseverance.

of Chtisiian

Resolvci, That we cordially corn-in earth, (as there be gods many, and I mend bro. Sears to the favor of the de-lorda many,) there is to be but one (3od, nomination, believing that he will prove the Father, of whom are all things, a faithful and acceptable laborer in and we in him; he i s almost incapable whatsoever field Providence may cast of appreciating the condition of those his lot. who are left to draw their conclusions Resolved, That a copy of ihese reso-from nature. lutions be forwarded 10 the Tennessee

The very design of man's existence, Baptist, with the request that they be appears to bo a conclusive argument published, that there is but one God. In so far | Knoxville, Ten., Dec., 1S49

G O n n E R C I A L .

DAIIT BiKSEa & WHIQ OFric«, NatktUlf, Fti. *—T. M

Tha river ii (till fallinf. Ce/ /<«—The 'ncwi fnim New York h&i deprcMetl

the mmtket. The re l« a decline of i uf 1 cant. W c

as man is able to discern, the design of his existence was, that he should in the voluntary exercise of his faculties, love and glorify his Creator. This could be done only by volunta^ obe-dience to such moral laws as H e had asopreine right to enjoin. But man ^ ^^^ wi.hiiui.di. c o u l d n o t o b e y l a w s of w h i c h h e n a d i n o k n o w l e d g e , n o r l o v e a b e t n g oM ..loi tod», . w h o m b e w a s e n t i r e l y ignoran t . - I t fol- saU—K»ahm Snit u •atiinj *t <oe., a decline l o w l t h e r e f o r e , a s a m a t t e r o f n e c e s s i - , f 10 e«nu ih» i*»i»i. IV. t h a t i f h e ewer a c c o m p l i s h t h e d e - • CIIICII.»*TI, Fob. s . M. s u n , w h i c h G o d h a d ' in h i s c r e a t i o n , \Vea.h.r i . «tr.«,ely cold. Sale. <rf flour .1 i S m u s t k n o w s o m e t h i n g o M h a t d e - . . c e s . . .

« sign, and the means of a J . Th. ,h.,mom,t„i.a. «ra. m e n u B u t h e h a s n o s a t i s S i c t o r y i n - ^ ^^^^ ^^^ deci inin,-newj4 501« $4 75— f o r m a t i o n o n t h e s e p o i n u f r o m b u t o n e ^^^^ g,, whi .ke j i sa io i ct.. b e i n g , w h o c l a i m s t o b e I t h e i n f i n i t e , g ^ ^ , Mol»Me. are firm—lti« former Mlli at 4 j m i ^ t y G o t ! o f t h e i i a i t m e ; t h e r e f o r e iho latter s a i e s s j . Bate, soo bbi^ L.r.i

""there i« but one God. , . ^ . ' - "" l a the aniiy of desiOT as exhibited . . . , „ » . • . U i o f e r e k l i o n i s f o u n d a n - .KIo»r<,met-mUed01.i» and Indian. » l l . « » s .

i n t h e w o r k s o„r»ia d.™»d at sam-u forN-rth.™. m ™ . o t h e r t trOOB p r o o f o f t h e lM>«y 01 u o a . , ^ Noihlnf dulne ia Pork-n«w me.. I l l —

cntDds ot ihinkiDg,mejn j n a g e s , | . ^ Nkw OnLtAKi. t«b. 9 'thafcould ihey con" ttupendons system.

From Ihe Banner ^ IMii^. The Eev. AOBKBT S. FINL«T, of St . Loui®, who

%>a» been acting as agent for the American Colooiza-ciuo Society, fur seTeral years io ^lava S u t e t , and has <)ulivere(i very acceptable tddreases before the Legi;^ latures of Louiilaiia.Mift^uiiri at>d Kentucky, being in Nashville, the Buard of Managers of the Tenneisee <3ulonizaiion Society, de^ir.-as of availing theraselvps of hia experience and eloq-icncr. held a meeting in the basement of tho Im Preabvlorian Church, on "Wedimsday. Jan . 16i and appointed a committee lo solicit for him the privilege of a'ldrfS:«iiig the Legis-ture, now in Hea^ion, on th>' suHiecC of A.fiican Colo-nization, and the u^e of the Reprosentative Hull for the occasion. The use of the Hall wua kindly gran-ted, and the invitation t^nanimoo^ly acceptevl by both H >QAes. The meeting was held on Saturday night, the 19tb of January, and was attended by a highly respectable and intelligent audience, consis-ting ot members of the Legislature and citizens of Nashville. The address delivered by Mr . Finley was distinguished alike for prudence, eloquence and force; andr so far as known, gave entire satisfaction to all t h a t heard it.

A prominent object of the speaker on this occasion was to impress upon his 'audience, the policy, no less than the humanity and justice, of making provision for the well-being of the free people of color in our eou otry; and, that this provision should be made •pe. 5dily. Tvfenty-five years ago there w a t a quarter of a million of this population in the United States, now there are a half a million; and until the humane and benevolent feelings implanted by our Creator sheJl be eradicated from the butaan breast, enanci-pat ion will go on, in spite aX legislativo enactments to p r even t it. The vast snd increasitig influx of for-«igi lers, moreorer, it nwy be predicted, will greatly acc de ra t e and multiply the increase of these people, bey onti that of ali past years. Shall the Slates of the Union exhibit the cruel and tevolr.ing spectacle of •dri ving them out of their borders, iaHicting upon t h e m the punishment of exiie, nut once merely, but son le times repeatedly, so that, like Noah's dove, the ; r have no resting place for the soles of their ft*ct. A f u sr deprecating such cruelty and injustice, Mr. F. •very forcibly and briefly announced that there was a remi »dy for these social evils, that was safe, humane and Christain—that the American Colonization Soci-ety b ad provided an asylum for those unfortunate peop le in Africa—that it had been established with feebl t means, and under a load of obloquy sufficient to ha ve crushed it, had it not been sustained by God, w h a t the world had never seen beforo, and what was once believed to be impracticable-—an independent Republic of civilized and Chrirtianli:eJ negroes; that this Republic has a territory of more than 500 mi'es along the coast; and though its American population, is only about 7000, more than 200.000 natives resi-ding within this territory, have voluntarily put them-selves under the influence of Christian laws, and having abandoned wars and bloodshed, are cultivating legitimate commerce and the arts of p.>ace; that the American Colonization Society rony ihercfoie, certain aense, be considered as having ceased to eT-ist, not because it has fail'^d, but because it has a-chieved the object for which it w as rreated; and that if Liberia should be destroyed by an earthquake to-morrow, the great demonstrated truth, worth more chanaJl itco^^t to establish it, would live in history i for future encouragement and imitation; viz: j

TUat the negroes are capable of self-government; I that Americans can peacably do with their bondmen. ' what the nations of Europe have (ailed to du, aftei the sacrifice of millions of haman life and treasure. The republic of Liberia, moreover, it was fhown, was cap; ible ofindefinite multiplication and pxteTision; and as it was easy to make a steamboat after Fulton had sho wn how to do it; so now any Legislature, by a smi ill appropriation, and some private gentlemen in Na:',hvi(le by their surjilu^ income, run establish a Cult 3ny in Africa: and as our thirteen original States have increased tu tliii ty. »o the R^piilili.- of Liberia may be increased, and the United S'lHet of Africa becu me as dtstingtiishL>d fur good laws and govern-men t and religion and the art of peace, in the old worl d, as the United States of America in the new.

M r. F. also expressed his belief diat theday would come and sooner than must persons supposed, when our fi -ee negroes would emigrate to Africa in the or-dinal y channels of commerce, just as Europeans now emigi -ate to this country; and in evidence of this, stat-ed thi !so two facts; that there is now a packet regu-larly plying between Baltimore end Liberia; and Sndly, what perhaps has never occurred before, a con-eideral ile titlmber of free negroes a re about to sail for Liberia KAO will defray their <mn expentei.

Mr. Finley also addressed largo and intelligent :audieQ( in the Christian, 1st Baptist, Methodist i-McKen. Iree and I s t and 'ind Presbyterian churches o f Nash ville. The main object of the speaker on these oc-casion . was to present the subject of African Colo-nisation under i t . christian aspect , and bearings. I t is t he p r erogative of the Deity to bring good outof evil; to m a k e the wrath of man to praise htm, and the re-mainder of wrath to restrain. Thus Joseph was sold by his br ethren into Egypt. They meant it for evil, but God overruled it fur good. In like manner pa-gan and barbarian negroes had been permitted to be transport «d from the coast of Africa and sold to the freest an d most christian people in the world, in or-der that • they might bo civilized and christianized and learn fro> in their masters and mistresses the principles of repres entative government and the a r t . of peace, and then carry back tn their father-land these bless-ing, , not only to enjoy them themselves, but to bestow tlism up an the millions of their benighted race in Af-h c , « 0 h i e f j u s t i w Marshall , the speaker said, has rMS'Orded in h i . life of Wash in^on that the transpnrt-a t i tm of the negroes to thU country appeared to him an in .cn Jtable diapensalioR of I'rovidi-nre; but that this grea t and good man lived lo seethe design nf the Dei ty in this dispensation developed; that there.was "goodne . . " a . well a . " .everi ty comprehended in it; and that a . the experience of eeiiiuries had proved thai the white man could nut, on account of the el^* maM, c« irry the gospel to the negroes, the negroes, mui t be brought to the gospel and cmbraco it, and thot I Carr y it back to Africa.

!Mr. K. considered that the prediction, "that Bthl-opia>ho'>i1d »o» ilrnich for'h her hnnj to God," i. now in CI >ur.e of rapid fulfilment; that the history of the world affonli no parallel, in any papran nation and in the cu-mliineil operatlun of all missionary iifTorts, to the exi ent and rapidity with which the ne^roet In thI. count ry had risen In the Male of clvllltaiian and Christianity. Havin^r lived long in . lave States, he bore the nuMt inlereitins and affneting testimony to the efTect. of the gotpol npon the .lave., and that ma.t«rtw(r« now payin( preaeliera nf difTerentde-nomlnatioiu lo teach and cateehiso iheir nefroe.. In ahorti tlia effect of Mr. Finley'a addre.ses, every whoro aaif. on every oeea.lon, durluu h i . slay in NlthTllle, wa. to reeanollehli audience, totl.e pi>(, and the frCMDt, and to bold up the most iratlfylng proapeot. in regard to the fulare hl.tary of our se-gra population.

By ordtr of the T<^n. Col. Sne, NATH'I.. GROSS, Oor. W y .

NSshvlltr.Jaa. IBSO.

L e t t e r s R e c e i v e d ,

A—J. C. Alchison, much obliged. B—E. \V. Bush.

B. Backuer, yonr request complied with. W m . O. Boale, name entered, the money

can be sent by mail at our risk. C — H . Conley.

S. L . Caldwell, will attend to the matter it' received.

Jas . Carson, names entered and Registers forwarded.

H . C. Cage, have made the correction. J . W . Carter, all attended to. J . Cherry,

n — R . C. David. P . W . Dodson.

E — E . Everett , have mailed the numbers wan-ted.

F — H . Fuller, canyon not get a club of sab-scribers at your *'new home in the W e s t ? "

G—C. C. Gewin, package forwarded by mail. C. W . Gailard.

H — S . Halhburton. P . H . Hillyer. R . C. Hill, names all^entered, much obli-

ged. Ishain Harrison, Sen, Harrold & Murray.

M—B. F . McFarland. J . C . Martin. J - Morrison. M. H. McElroy, request attended to. Johnathan Manly. A. W . Meacham. Z . H . Manees.

P — H . P iper . R . T . Pollard. U. B. Peck .

R—Benjamin Roberts, thank you. W m . Richards.

S — S . L . Summar. Thos. Shearer. L . L . Squires. A. E. Sloan. R . Stark. A. A. Sanders.

T — W m . Tucker . V—J. V. Vandivere. W — S . W . Woolard.

B. F . Willis, such letters give us much encouraoement.

J . A. Wheelock, J . K. Wttd.ly. W . <. W e - t ' , 2. T . H . Williams.

Wn -hr. \ — I . W . H'.nin!;. all ri^-ht, will rorwari i e

iMiok' .

e. Seckel, August,^ 9. Honev. July to Aug.

10. Winter, Oct to March P E A C H E S .

Price 10 cents each, at the NurserV. 1. White Nutmeg, June , 2. Early do 3. Yellow Rare Ripe. June to Aug. 4. White dn do do i 5. E a t l j Cling, June to July, 6. Newin;ton's Early York, J une, • 8. do Yellow Free Stone, Ju ly , 8. Large White Freestone, do 1 9. (3eorge the Fourth, do ^

10. Lurs'e White Clingstone, do 11. Snow Peoih , Angust, 12. Candied do, do j 13. Georgia Clingstone, do to S e p t . ; 14. do Freestone, August, | 15 . Large White Cling, do 16 . Nectarineiir Smooth Skin Peach. Aug . ' 17. Engli-h Peach, Sept to Oct. 1 18. Whi te Heath, September, 19- Large Yellow October Freestone, i 20- October Heath Peach, I 21. Thomas' October Yellow Cling, i 22 . Ispahan Peach,—20 cents each. 1

Dt'uble Flowering Peach—Ornamental—25 cts. each.

Dwarf Peach do 25 cts each, i P L U M S . j

Price 50 cents each, at tha Nursery . ' 1. Wild Goose P lam. June,

Th i s is a very large red Plum, of delightful -flavor, ripens early, and the frui t has been

" • • • I t is a

Ju ly , do

June, do do

May,

June to July,

C A T A L i O G C E OF

FRUIT AiND ORNAMENTAL T R E E S , P L A W T S , A c .

e U L T I V A T E D A N D F O R S A L E

BY E . & A. TEUETT, A T T H E I R N U R S E R Y ,

NEAR FRANKLIN, WILLIAMSON COC.N'TY, TENNESSEE.

H E subscribers havine located on the ranklin and Nashville Turnpike, in

ful:y an- | {, tr a large Green house, which will enable us to furnish every variety of fine Shrubs, Flow- ^ e rs. Bulbous roots, and Ornamental trees, of I t he most approved, admired, and valuable V iinds. Tbey will be furni.shed at the most reasonable price", and carefully put up and forwarded to purchasers, so that there will be n o danger of their dying if properly taken care o i :

T I M E O F P L A N T I N G . From the month of November to April.

\ rhenever the weather is open and the ground

sight of the town of Franklin, respecrf nounce to the public, that they"have n..w on hand; and will constantly keep up a large and choice assortment of Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cbrr rv , and other fruit and ornamental ^ trees. They have been engaged in the busi-ness in Trnnessee, for upwards of twenty years, and their long practical experience ena-bles them to furnish such trees and fruits as are best adapted to our soil and climate, as well as that of Kentucky, Alabama, Mississip-pi, Arkansas, and all our South Western States. Their experience satisfies them that good fruit can be successfully and profitably raised by every farmer, and they offer them, here, such as they know to be of the best kinds, and finest quality. Orders will be promptly attended to, and the trees carefully packed so as to go safely any distance. Purchasers vis-iting the Nursery, will be at an expense while making their selections, or we will deliver the trees in any neighborhood where a sufficient number is taken to justify the trip, at a small advance to defray the expense of going.

E . i t A . T R U E T T . A P P L E S .

Price 10 cents, each, at the Nursery, or if packed, or delivered bv us. at a distance, a small advance will be added, to defray the ac-tual expenses of doing so. W e are well pre-pared with w a p n s , and are regularly in the habit of delivering trees wherever order>id, so that no delay need occur to purchasers for want of suitable and prompt conveyance.

known to measure 51 inches round, new and rare variety. 2. Large Yellow Arkansas P lum, 3. Chickasaw Chief, 4. Green Gage, August, 5. Enghsh Plum, do 6. October Plum, October, 6. Damsou, August .

. A P R I C O T S . Price 50 cents each-

1. Freestone Apricot, 2. Peach do Large Breedy do

C H E R R I E S . Price 50 cents each, at the Nursery

1. Bigarreau Cherry.—Holland, 2. Bnrgley's Early Heart , 3. Black Eagle, 4. Early Richmond, 5. Knights Early Black, 6. Black Heart , 7. Napoleon Bigarreau, 8. Black Tartarian, 9. May Duke,

10. M c t a n t s ' Marilla, Hard Shell .\lmond—Price 25 cents.

Gloria Maudi, or Winter Peach Tree, an Or namental Evergreen—Price S i each.

G R A P E S . iPrice 25 cents each, at the Nursery.

1. Isabella Grape, 2 . i^atawba, 3. .Scuppem ing, 4. I'-ox. j

R A S P B E R R I E S . ^ Price S i per dozen.

1. Antwerp Raspberry, | 2 . Yellow, do I 3. Black, do :

S T R A W B E R R I E S . ! Price 50 cents per dozen.

1. Mammoth Strawberry, 2. Larae Karlv. 3. White English. Besides the different kinds here enumerated,

\ve are constantly adding to our stock, every | n ewand useful variety that cnn be procured. ! Q nd that will thrive ami Jo wc-ll in this soil and j c limate. We are also making preparations

E X T R A B A B e A I S S . I N T E N D l - N f i to start EBS« stxiu,-FOR the par-

pose nf laviii" if rhc bc'f fines' Stuck of PIANOS". F U R N I T U R E , C A R P E T -INGS, &c.,&c. ever in cliis mirket , anM wish-ing to buj ' exclusively rrith Cash, 1 will give extra good bargains for'1'ash.

Feeling very pmtefnl to 'mv friends anS the puMic gt u^ra'lK, feir thcrr liStral patronage for the last six years, it would afford me a peasure to serve t'.i-oi inthe Eastern Cities should thev want an\ ihius nut of tije regular way. " "W. G R E E N F I E L D .

Jan. 31.

T H E C O . - ^ i - T H S S K ^ S . To the Baptists of Tennessee.

DEAR BBJ-ITHBE.V:—The first n u m b r ' o f ( h e second T.ilume nf .lur li:tle l ihffi , enlii!e5 the Commission, will be issued the I5th of Janna-rv. Wl- hope to bt- aide to issue the comTng year, 10.000 ci>|ncs—uriih suitahle effMrt. we might secure 20,000 subscribers. Will not some brother or sister in each church, obtain a sufficient amount to secure an extensive dis-tribution within itslimus.

T E R M S . Single copy, 25 cts.^per annum. Five copies, 00 Twenty-eight copies, 5 00 " Fifty copies, 8 09

! One hundred copies, to 00 I Companies will be mailed to one oddrfss.— , Immediate atteniinn to this suliject is earnest-; ly solicited. Will ynu not do us the favor to I obtain as i a r f e a company as posaiblc, in each ! neigliborhoiKl, ariJ forward the address, with , the money, to H. K- Ellyson, Kichmnnd Vir-

ginia. You may thus greatly promote ilic j cause of missions.

On behalf of the board, J A « . B. T A Y L O R -

C..r. Sec. F . M, B., S. B . C. M I N U T E S WA-N'TED.

A favor will be conferred by pending a copy nf the Minutes ol each Associaiimi in Tennes-

I see and Mississippi toihe subscriber, at Rich-mond Va.

J A S . B . T A Y L O R . Jan. 31, "49—3t.

j Nnkhville F e m a l e lustltute.

T H E present Session commenced on Wed-nesday, January ilie secind.

Arran-uements are made tu give instruction in the ordinary brandies of English Study, and in the French, Latin and Grtrck Lan-guages.

Instruction will be given in Drawing, and in plain and o rnumen t j Needle-work, without extra charge.

Arrangements will be made to give instruc-tion in Music.

7'cachers:—Rev. T. B. RIP LET. •MISS LODISA MoDi ,Tot ; , M i s s Ci-AHA MOULTOS.

Other Teachers will l.e added as the wants of the Seminary may reiinire.

The Sch,jol Rooms are the Vestry nrid ad-joining apartments oitbe First Baptist Church.

The locatiiin is cenual, and easy of ac-cess from all parts of ihe City; yet suflicient-ly ri tired, and happily «oc i'ndfd from nnise."

The design ul this Seminar\ ' includes the vari'iiis studies pertaining lo a thorouiih Fe-male Eiincaiiou. Tiit: young ladies, who c;impleie ihe regular rnur^e ni'studies pres-cribed. shall receive diid-mas from the Tcach-ers of the Institute.

Young Ladies, who may wish tn review some branch i.f study which they have gone over, or to pursue torn.! s:uJy M which thuy have not heretofore altri;ded,can be crci'mrao-datcd. I: is prnposfd inform a class, f>r the stuilv of Grammar and the practice cif Com-position; a class for the study of the French Lan£uai;i:; an.l anolht-r. for the study of the Laiiu Languii::e.

Sovcriil pupils can be acroramndored with boarding at thi' rr-idenci* of Mr. Aaron Wrmhr., nearly opp p- 'te the First Baptist Church. Yoima ]a•li»- who IUDV board there will receive the c-oiifiuni atieniinn and care of thi- Ladies, Teachers in the S hool, who are members of Mr. Wright 's fumilv.

T . B. " R I P L E Y . Nash\-ill». Jan. 3,

i n suitable order, is a proper time for planting I he Apple, Peach, Pear , and all kinds of hardy, d ecidious trees. We have found November ' a ji excellent season for planting, though many | 1*10 not plant till April. Our experience lead"® 1 IS to the belief that those planted in the Fall I renerally thrive best. For all evergreens, the ; Spring is thought to be preferable, t h o ^ h we 1 lave planted with equal success in the Fall as ' ^ veil as the Spring.

Feb. 7, 1850—4t.

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IN C L U D I N G the most recent discoveries, and apidications of the Science to Medi-

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1. May Apple, Ripens in May 5. Yellow Harvest , " June", 3. Red June Apple, " " 4. White Sweetning, " Ju ly , 5. tlorso Apple, " August, 6. Summer Queen, " " 7. Robinson's Red, " 8. Bee Apple,

F A L L A P P L E S . 1. English Cheese Apple, O c t t o J a n . 2. Fall Bell Flowsr, September , ' 3. Gloria Mundi, or Monstrona Pippin, " 4. Robinson's Red, S o p t t o O c t .

W I N T E R A P P L E S . 1. Winter Queen, Oct to Jnn. 2. Ladies Fingi r, Nov to Marc h 3. Boon's Iin|ierial Russctt , " " 4. Wine Sap, do 5. Choice Kcntuck, do 6. Hall' SeeillinB, Nov to J u l y , 7. New York Red Pippin, do B. Never Fail, do 9. Winter Russott, do

10. Pryor '8 Red, N o v t o M i i r c b . 11. Limbf r Twig, do 12. Winter Pear Main, Nov to J u l j 13. Red Streaks, do 14. Newton Pippin. Nov to Mert3i 15. Winter Bell Flower, do 16. Seek No Kutther, Nov to Jan. 17. Turner '* Green, N o v t o M a r t l i 18. Pound Apple, do

O R N A M E N T A L . 1. Wild Crab Apple, 25 « • each < a . Siberian Red, do do 3. Yellow, do do 4. Double Flowering Apple, do

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1. June Pea r , 2. Sagar do 3. Pound, 4. Bell, 5. August, (i. Catharine, 8, Octolier.

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Jan, 31. 1850. Nashville, Tenn '

T H E mECHANIC'S T E X T BOOK, A N D E N G I N E E R ' S

P O C R E T OITIDE,

CO N T A I N I N G • Concisc Treatise on the Nature and Application of Mccbanicnl

Force*; Action of Oravity; the EIcioeDti of Machinery; R u k a ' and Tables fiir calcu-lating the Working effeeta of Machinery; nf the S t r enph , Rrsiatance and Preaaare nl* Ma-terials; with Tablet oi the Weight and Cohc -aire Streneth of Iron and other MetaU.

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THOMA'S KELT, of the "G' .nurnter City Machine Comp«nv." N . J . T o which is added, V A L U A B L E H 1 N ' " S K> the younc Mcchnnir oa the Chmee III • Profession; Misdtrnction of Indaatry; In tellectaal Cuiiivatina, and the Stodiea and Mural* of the Muchinic, etc., etc.. etc. .

Br Jo^l.^ Fno»T. L L . D, Bnuni) in Emboaspd Mualin, and containing 403paee». Price 81 50 per e i p y . For talc. . by U R A V E S Jc S H A N l i L A N D . -

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I T n i o n U u i v c r s i l y . T e n n e s s e e . ' r ' H E next session of this Instirunon opens

on the 17th day of September nrxt The Faculty consisis t:f Rev. Joseph H. Eaton, President; Rev. Duvl.l Uriedi nthall, Profes-sor of Languages; P . W. D'KI OU, Professor of Mathfmuiics, tkr.; (it-ii. W . Jarmon, first Tulor , and J . R. W't-stlirook, seconil Tutor in the Preparatory Deparliiient.

Of thi^ (lualifications of ihe Faculty, the Trustees deem it unnecessary lo spehk in de-tail. they are gpntlemcn i-minently qualiticd to till their respective stations. Our worthy President is a man of superior talents and learning, one who is respected bv all whn know him; young gentlemen placed under his i-harge learn at once to love and obey him This Institution is located in Murfreesboro", a beautiful and healthy town, the county seat nf Rutherfr.rd, one otthe most fertile counties in our State. Our town is noted for the good morals and intelligence of its citizens.

The courses of .Siudyare thMr. ugh and ex-tensive, as much so as any Institution in the Union. The Trustees have the building in rapid prosress nf ronstr'ictinn. and have pro-cured suitable recitation r>x}ms to be used un-

I til it is completed. \Vc nonlidentlv believe I there is uo College Wes t of the MountoinB,

whirh alTiirds more fariliiy for a thorough and useful education than ours.

Board ran be had in the beat families at from S3I) lo jfJOjicr session, washing, hghts &c., included. Terms ofTuition in the Preparato-ry Deparimeni, iSd, $12, and Slfi per session, arcoriliiig to the class, in the College $20 and S'i5 per session, payment, one halfin advance and one half in the middle of the aessiun, in every instance.

W e ha re bsen Ubamlly patroniKril Ky ilm public, having last scsson 125 •tiidents. and we doubt not the number will be greatly increls-cd, as our friends learn the advantage of boar-ding their sons with fainilic* of unquestiona-ble morals and intelligence, at rates so cheap.

J A S . F . F L E T C H E R . Serreiary of the Bwrd.

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CHUTAi My heart ia fixed and 1 arii bound To CKna'rannny share, | Tha' Eianring billows roll iSt-ween, And eyes with tears o'erflHw—

Parent and friends adieu And psun and toil fhtiigOt To bear the news of djring Io»e To (Jhina's snnny sht^e.

Oa wiiigs of lore I haste t^ bear The gospel to the poor, f To nnTTiDnj of benighted si|il3 On China.'a ffiinny shore—''

And tho' in distant lojiJ I sigh And greet my friendaiaa more, I-n min^e prayers aifi tears with their'a On China's snnny sh^re.

May gentle breezes swell ^ s sails And Christ the waves cowrol. That we tnay tell of Jesus'; love On China's sunny share, f

And wtanlife'a streaiis- ara^all dried mp. And aHits toila are Jlay I with shievesjti glory go From China's sunnyfchore.

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THE T E N N E S S E E B A P T I S T

J I T F A T H E R S B I B L E .

B T A N J J Z R DTEK. — ^

Flaw on sweet tears; I nij.'Js must weep. Fur -memory calls. from.|jantaina deep. That treasured store of h j y tears ^ The heart hath gamerci»ap for years:

Mine eyei behc^ My lather's Bible,—h| of yore;

Than mines of Ha prised it morcl r

When grief oppressed, ajll crushing care; When death had nippe.liS;ar loved and fur, And dork aEsfortane's heavy hand Waa laid npon our litUe Eand,

In painful losa; t Ha then would read ^ l a t Jesus bors

Upon the Cras|— "Ws wept no more; a

When pleasure spreail 7er dawery maze. To Inre our feet from Vfrtne's ways. And Sin, with fell in5idij,u3 art, "Wove fatal spells to sniyethc heart,—

This truthful i^tse Our doubting footstep onwar3 bore.

Through ever! stage. Tin doubt was o'er. 5

"When c a l l e d to seek.th^stant West, I craved a father's lost Ij-hest; MM parang pangs, we |car!;e could brook, "Take thia," smd he. "Ilia blest old book.

So long, long ^iae; And diough I give n j other store,

•Tis wealth divine,— . Prize nothing more; i.

"Long hast thou know|i a father's care; Shared daily in his fervent prayer; But BOW we p a r t , — m y child!!! He said nomore, but Tjept, yet smiled.

As poiuring sull To this old book, when through the door

I passed the sin, Cnaaed never more.;

i ' Now moonbeams sleep upon his grave.

And sighing willows-j'er him wave; Jfa more tram Death'sjepose to wakei To plead with man furtJesns's sake.

His sins fbrb^'re.

Oh! as I turn these jjageso'er. Than jewel'sS-are, I prize them more. »

When death would f i ^ t the timid «oul With coffin, shroud, t£e grave's dark goal, The parting hour takd dying groan, A world unseen, a fat^ unknown.

Alight from thee, T i o u BOOK of BOOK . doth round me poor—

Death's shaifcws flee— Life BTBimare!

Thn»'rt dingy now an? sadly worn. W i t h crumpled leave! and binding torn; Thy value others may'not see, Botthua art pricelessjwealth to me!

Shrined in n y heart Shall bo thy m e m o ^ and lore;

My soul's b^it chart if or avermore. |

O U R P E ^ S I D E S T S . First standi the I ^ . Washington, Thacaohly greatimnjjrtal one; The elder Adams ne:^ we see, And Jefierson comns »umber three; Then Marfison is fffUT^yau know, Tha Efaiane onthe h»t Mjnroe; The m t h an Adamalomes again. And Jackami teventhin the train; T a n Bnren eighth up^a the line.

For £/ie Tennestee BaplUl. T H E C O N S T I T U T I O X \ O F T H E

M A P L E S P R I N G S B A P T I S T C H U R C H .

BKO. GKAVES: Agreeable to your request, 1 send you

the Church Covenant, together with the proceedings of the constitution of the Maple Springs Baptist Church-Agreeable to appointment, on Monday the 26th of Nov. 1S49, Bishops O. Dod-son, G. W. Day and Allen Thompson met a portion pf the members of the ]Denmark Church (thirty-one in num-ber) in Maple Springs meeting House, who had previously obtained letters of dismission from the Denmark Church, for the purpose of organizing a church at Maple Springs. And after preach-ing by Elder O. Dodson, and an exor-tation by G. W. Day, the brethren and sisters who were present, and ready to go into the Constitution took their seats fn order and proceeded in the following manner:

1st. Prayer, by Elder A. Thomp-son.

2d. Address to the Church, by G. W. Day.

3d. Reading what is generally term-ed the Articles of faith. Church Cove-nant etc., by the writer.

4th. The Church then agreed to re-cognize J. B. Justice, C. Elobinson and Jesse Elston, as their acting Deacons, as they were formerly Deacons of the Denmark Church.

5th. Agreed to adjourn and elect a Pastor and Church Clerk at a future meeting.

6ih. Benediction, by Elder O. Dod-son.

CHURCH COVENANT. Having been as we trust, brought by

divine grace to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ, and to give up ourselves whol-ly to him, we do now solemnly and cor-dially covenant with each other, to walk together in him with brotherly love, to his glory as our common Lord Endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace—we do therefore, in his strength engage that we will exercise a iriatualcareas mem bers one of another, to promote the ^rowth of the whole body in Christian knowledge.

To promote and secure tbis object, we will uphold the public worship of God, and the ordinances of his House, not forsaking the assembling of our-elves together as the manner of some s. That we will cheerfully contrib-ute of our substance to the spread of the gospel, to the necessity of the poor, and to the support of a faithful Minis-try among us, and in all the pecuniary concerns of the church we will bear each his portion according as the Lord has prospered us. And as we are the light of the world, and the salt of the earth, we will endeavor to walk in the light, having no fellowship with the un-fruitful works of darkness,but rather re-provenhem. For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live alter the flesh.

If any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his. We will there-fore, endeavor toglorifyGod inour bod-ies and spirits, which are the Lord's. And in all we do, whether in eating or drinking, to do all to the glory of God, giving no ofience to Jew nor Gentile, nor to the church of God.*

And may the God of love and peace be with us, and may he bless, guide and direct us, in allourattempts to pro-mote his glory, is our earnest desire anc fervent prayer. Amen.

Signed, O. D O D S O N . G . W . D A T , A L L E N T H O M P S O N .

that ever the church or the world had to contend with. And it is very com-mon for ministers and other brethren to labor with their brethren who are m the habit of drinking, to influence them to join Temperance Societies m order that they may become temperate and sober, which agrees that the church is dependant upon the institutions of men - • • • " And

t m i Hairiion counts Tha tenth is Tylerir And Polk eleventh. The twelfth is Taylo T h e next we'll learn

f.nmber nine; hia turn, I we learn; . people say; ime future day.

•With regard to church policy and what these Scriptures in connexion with others teach, relative to the use of ardent spirits as a beverage, there is some difference of opinion amongst ns. W e have therefore mutual-ly agreed to be governed upon this sub ject by the Presbytery whom we have chosen to constitute the Church. Whereupon they decided as follows:

W e believe that the habitual use of ardent J pints as a beverage, is contrary to the letter and spirit of the New Testament, whea_ obsti-nately persisted in with the light that is now before tha world upon that sabject. As it has the appearance of evil, and does not tend to the glory of God—consequentlj', no persons can be admitted into the fellowship of t l ^ church who is in l i e habit of using ardent spirits as a bev-erage; unless they are willing to abandon the practice. And we are inclined to believe that all Christiaus, npon mature refltction would prefer fellowship with the church rather than with king alcohol.

WatpialiaPla^ ofSmoting Earns.— A rqoai in 3 garpt; fire in a cellar; •moke ralhwed i s a tunnel and led to' tBe am^e roam % a small pipe; by l i e time itgeUll^re, all the heaviest part of the pyroR jeous acid has con denaed, and the |amoke has become coA "fiothing to ches the ham buLa pure, light, cool srdoke, which 13 allow-ed 10 pass off b j a number of small apertures, about fast as it is supplied.

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paofi whoever vlanls him cannot be rich.

For the Tennessee Baptist. B E O . G E A T E S :

According to the prediction of the Prophet Daniel, the Church, on King-dom of Jesus Christ is to consume and break in pieces all other kingdoms.— And will uUimately triumph overall other kingdoms, and will ultimately triumph over all the kings and king-doms of t iis world, king alcohol not nucepted. 'And we are surprised to End thai there are so many who declare by their conduct that the church is not 10 accomplish this thing. Thus ac-knowledging that something else must be as the salt of the earth in purifying or purging the church and the world of this evil, thereby acknowlekging the dependance of the churchTijwn the in-stitutions of men for the sobriety of her

for the sobriety of her members we have frequently known church members reclaimed, from the evils ol intemperance by uniting with Tem-perance Societies, which could not be reclaimed by the Church. Conse-quently the church must be deficient in her government upon this subject, or her members would not be made better and more useful by uniting with Temperance Societies. And as we diSer with others upon this subject we wish to give some of the reasons for the position we have taken upon this sub-ject, and if we are wrong we wish to be corrected, as we have no desire to •do wrong. In examining the Scrip-ture upon this subject, ( w h i c h we think we have carefully done) we find that wherever the Lord designed persons for patterns of piety and usefulness, that they always abstained from wine and strong drink, for which the Lord blessed them, as in the case of Daniel, Sampson, the Nazarites, who always when they look upon themselves the vow of a Nazarite, to separate them-selves unto the Lord, had to separate themselves from wine and strong drink. Near six hundred and twenty-three Rechabites were blessed for their strict observance of the vow they bad made to their father Jonadab to ab-stain from wine and strong drink, Jer-emiah 25. John the Baptist drank neither wine nor strong drink, for which he was to be called great in the sight of the Lord. Thus we see true great-ness in the sight of the Lord was asso-ciated with entire abstinence from strong drink. And John doubtless taught the people by precept as well as by example the importance of ab-staining from drink. And as John was sent to prepare and make ready a pleople for the Lord; it does ap-pear that those who comDospfl ihsl.

'ch'irch Oraingaom, which was set up by the God of H'-^ven were such as drank no strong drink.

The travail of the children of Israel through the wilderness is generally con-sidered as a type of the gospel church, which was performed without strong drink. For says the Lord to them, Deut. 29: 5, 6. "I have led you forty

years through the wilderness, neither lave ye drank wine or strong drink that ye may know that I am the Lord your God." Thus the type and the anti-type agrees. But some suppose that the Saviour was different from John with regard to the use of wine and strong drink—that, because it is said, the Saviour come eating and drinking, and was called a wine biber, etc., that he drank and encouraged the use of strong drink because he turned water into wine for the people to drink, etc. We know that the Saviour came eating and drinking in the usual way, and that he was dif-ferent from John in that respect. But to suppose that the saviour drank and encouraged the use of strong drink, would be contrary to what he has else-where taught. Wine in its pure state, before it possesses the poisenous or in-toxicotingqualities is good, and when used temperately will do no harm.— This is the sort of wine we presume was recommended to Timothy. To suppose that the Apostle recommend the use of wine, that is compared by an inspired writer, to the bile of a ser-pent, or the sting of an adder, would we think be inconsistent. And to sup-pose that the water the Saviour turned into wine possessed any more intoxica-ting qualities than the water itself, would we think, be quite unreasonable-From the following facU: All Scrip-ture is given by inspiration, etc.; that Jesus Christ God, and that he inspired his prophets to write when they used such language as the following: "Woe to him that giveth his neighbor drink, and maketh him drunken, etc. Heb. 2: i5 . Woe unto them that follow strong drink, etc., Isa. 5: 11. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink, Isa. 5: 22. But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way, the Priests and the prophets have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they err in vision, they stumble in judgement, Isa. 28: 7. Wine is a mock-er, strong drink is raging and whoso-ever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov. 2g: 1. Be not among wine bib-bers. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its col-or in the cup, when it moveth itself aright; at the last it biteth like a ser-pent and slingeih like an adder. Prov. 23: 31."

To suppose that Jesus Christ would inspire his Prophets to use such lan-guage as the above with many others of a like nature, and then nse or en-courage the use of strong drink, is we think, an evil of no small magnitude.

But there were characters who were allowed to drink wine and strong drink. Prov. 31: 6. Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts—let him drink and forget his 'poverty, and re-

3. And they drank the wine of the condemned in the House ot their God. This shows who were allowed todrink wine and strong drink. Those who were condemned that they might re-member their misery no more, etc.— Thus we see that the Lord approba-ted the practice of entire abstinence from strong drink, from the past that he blessed those who did abstain, and pronounced woes against those who drank wine and strong drink. Con-sequently the Lord does not approbate the practice of using strong drink, as He cannot approbate and disapprobate the same thing. But as regards the use of ardent spirits, (the only or prin-ciple drink now in use in this country) they are the inventions of men long since the close of Revelation. Origi-nating, as the Rev. Dr. Beecher ob-serves, in a land of pirates and robbers where the great Mahomedon Impos-tor arose. It originated from an evi, sower, and its effects have been only evil and that continually, it has inva-riably proved secure to all communi-ties, societies or neighborhoods wher-ever it has been introduced as a bev-erage. The church itself has become the theatre of its awful desolations, and the whole land has been filled with crime which its use has originated.— Consequently, it cannot be one of the good giftsof the Father of lights. Wa-ter is the only beverage ever designed or prepared by God for man, and it is the only one which his nature requires All intoxicating drinks are the inven^ tions of men and are pernicious in the^ effects upon those who use them. This is abundantly proven by all competent judges. Dr. Webster (whose testimo-ny is in accordance with all competent judges,) says, of all substances taken into the stomach, ardent spirits contain the nutriment and add the least to bod-ily health and vigor, and that they de-

ness, because as long as there is dram drinkers there will be drunkards) those who oppose it are giving their influence to support the cause of drunkeiiness with its numerous evils. But some suppose there is no Scripture to point upon that subject and that it will create disturbance in tlTe church, etc. We think the Scriptures which we have named are to the point. We are told by an inspired writer that we have only a small portion of the sayings and treating of Jesus Christ written, etc.— We cannot therefore, expect to have every sin particularly named. Not-withstanding we have it in general terms, we are commanded to do good, to abound in good works etc., and when we thus act, we are doing what we are commanded to do, we are command-ed to abstain from all appearanceofevil, to abhor that which is evil, and to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, etc. Causes are to be terrrined by the effects they will nat-urally produce, not what opposition may do opposition to the truth has caused all the d ifficulties that the ch u rch on the world has experienced. And the more important the subject the

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tains its brilliancy for many years.— There is nothing of the kind, that will compare with it either for inside or out-side walls.

Spanish-brown stirred in will make it red or pink more or less deep accor-ding to the quantity. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish brown before it is stirred into the mixture, makes a lilac color, very suitable for the outside of th^building. Lamp-black and Span-ish hrown mixed together make a red-dish stone color. Yellow ochre stirred in makes a yellow wash; but chrome goes farther, and makes a color gener-al ly esteemed f.rettier. In all these cases; the darkness of the shade of course is determined by the quality of coloring used.

When walls have been badly smo-ked, and you wish to have them a clean white, it will do to squeeze indi-go plectifully through a bag into the water you use before it is stirred in the whole mixture.

If a larger quantity than five gallons is wanted the "same proportions should be observed.

stroy more lives than wars, famine.

greater the opposition so long as the wicked one has an influence.— And the man that takes a bold and decided stand in opposition to wine may expect to meet with opposition and persecution from the world, and sometimes from his brethren. But blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for their's is the Kingdom of Heaven. And we are glad that the time has come when there are some who have moral courage enough to preach and teach the whole truth regardless of conquences. That whether men will hear or whether they will forbear, they will teach the whole truth as far as they understand it.

J. R. JUSTICE. Clover Creek, Dec. 22d, 1849.

members and the removal on subduing umio. auu ...c j v. j , --of one of the most formidable enemies j member his misery no more. Amos 2:

pestilence or the sword—and, that they should avoid it as poison. Which agrees with the language of inspiration relative toits poisenous quality. Which says it biteth like a serpent and sting-eth hke an adder. From the 29th to Ihe 35th verse of the 23d chapter of Prov., we have a glowing description of the evils of strong drink. None but the pen of inspiration could have given so many and such vivid traits of this compUcated evil, in so short a com-pass. It exhibits its woes and sor-rows, contention and babblings, and wounds, and redness of eyes, its smi-ting deception in the beginning, and its serpent bite in the end. The helpless-ness of its victims, like one cast upon the deep; the danger and destruction like that of one who sleeps upon the top of a mast; the unavailing lamentations of the captive; the giving up of hope and effort. They have stricken and I was not sick; they have beaten me and i felt it not; when shall 1 wake; I will seek it yet again; again be strick-en and beaten, again float upon the deep and sleep upon the mast. "No sin (says Dr. Beecher) has fewer apol-ogies than intemperance." The suf-frage of the world is against, and yet there is no sin so naked in its character, and whose commencement and pro-gress is indicated by so many signs, concerning which, there is among man-kind such profound ignorance, either unthought of or ueknown, and was ei-ther stained by pubUc opinion or in-d u l g e d without censure. But light has come upon us. It is no longer unpub-lished or unknown to the world.

And there is one part marked in the Scriptures, in the progress of events, at the arrival of which, it becomes pos-itive duty of the church to arrest the evil. It was formerly the abuse of al-cohol that was offensive—now the use of it as a beverage that inflicts the wound. And what says the New Tes-tament upon this subject. Whether, therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoev-er ye do, do all to the glory of God, giving none offence, to the Jews uor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God. It is good, neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby the brother stumbleth,oris offended, or is made weak. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteous-ness, and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Abstain from appearance of evil. Touch not, taste not, handle not. Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light, and put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. For brethren, ye have heen called unto liberty, only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. These Scriptures we think are sufficient were there no others to show the impropriety of using or encouraging the use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, they are produc-tive of much evil and no good. To re-move the evil, the cause must be re-moved. As long OS the use of intoxi-cating are encouraged as a beverage, there will be drunkenness with itsend-less train of evils. And those who en-courage the practice are supporting the cause from which all the evils origi-nate. He that is not for me is against me, said the Saviour. And he that gathereth not with me walketh abroad. And if it be the duty of the church to dispense with the use of intoxicating diinks as a beverage, (which she must do or she cannot put away drunken-

For the Tetmessee Baptist. I C O R . . X I L , P A R T O F V E R S E 1 3 .

"For by one spiiit are we all Bapti-zed into one body." Evidently from the context, the body here spoken of is the church, the body of Christ made up of many members, yet one body of which all the members have been bap-tized into it. Is there such a body to, be found? Let us try it by pedo-baptist rules of interpretation But I will first lay down a general rule that will govern the case, and that is this: In all cases you may use the defination for the word itself, and it is good sense. By this rule, let us try the text. For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body, does baptize mean to sprinkle? then I will use the definition instead of the word. It would read, for by one spirit are we all sprinkled into one body. Such a body cannot be found that all have been sprinkled upon, to say nothing of the absurdity of sprink-ling a person into a body. But we will say that baptize means to pour— all poured bto one body.

Query. Ota of what wtre they pour Where is that body to be found

that all have been poured into it? It is not to be found. Therefore, if sprink-ling or pouring is baptism, the gates of hell have prevailed against the church, and there is no church of Christ to be found on earth—Aoto lamentable. But let us try again—can't give it up yet. Baptize means to immerse them; we will use the definition for the word it-self. For by one spirit are we all im-mersed into one body. Is there such a body? If you can find such a body that all by the S P I R I T have been im-mersed (Baptized) into it, you have found the church of Christ. Such a body is easily found.

A N T I - T R A D I T I O N , JE.

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Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia.—Or. Howell has already won for himself an honora-ble name, in religious Literature. The work before ns wiU add to his reputation and use-fulness. It is a clear, full, and earnest exhibi-tion of the way of salvation for a lost sin-ner. It is eminently scriptural in language and spirit, and logical in its plea and discus-sion. The s ^ l e is manly and attractive, ri-sing at times into eloquence. The work will be an instrnctivfr companion for the earnest en-quirer, and for the tlioughtful christian and may do much ta enlarge me knowledge of our church members.

The Typographical execution of the volume is highly creditable to the Southern Publi(»-tion society. If this is to be a sample of their is-sues they will win a high place among the publishing houses of our country.

Southern Baalist, Charleston S. C—In ev-ery respect it is worthy of its distinguished author. Its perspecuiw, simplicity, and comprehensiveness of style, its complete and systematic arrangement, its correct theolo-gy and solid instruction must cause this book at once to take rank with the first and best re-ligions publications of the day.

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T H E P S A L M I S T : anew ciillectianof hymns for the use of the Baptist Churches; by BAROU S T O W and S. F . S M I T U . With a Supple-ment, by R I C H A R D F U L L E R . Pastor of the seventh' Baptist Church, Baltimore. Md., and J . B. JETEE, Past<ir of the first Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., assisted in the whole by:

W R Williams, N. Y. Jas B Taylor. Va. Geo B Ide, Pa. Jno L Dagg. Ga. R W Griswold, Pa. W T Brantly, S. C. Stephen P . HiU, Md. R B C HoweU, Tenn. Samuel W Lynd, Ky. John M Peck. HI.

This work contains nearly thirteen hundred Hymns, original and selected, by 172 writers, besides pieces credited to fifty-five collections of Hymns or other works, the authorship ol which is unknown. Forty-five are anony-mous, being traced neither to authors nor col-lections.

The Supplement was undertaken by Rev. Messrs Fiiller and Jeter, at the solicitation of friends at "the Snuth.—[Extracts from Preface to the Supplement.

The Psalmist contains a copious supply of excellent hymns for the pulpit. We are M-quainted vrith no collection of hymns combin-ing, in an equal degree of poetic merit, evan-gelical sentiment, and a rich varie^ of subjects, with a happv adaptation to pnlpit services.— Old songs, like old friends, are more valuable than new ones. A number of the hymns best known, most valued, and most frequently t.ung in the Sonth, are not found in the Psalmist— Without them no hymn book, whatever may be its excellences is likely to become pnera% or permanently popular in that r ^ o n . To supply this defiaency is the design of the Sup-plement.

[From Rev. C. D . Malloiy. Ga.] I am very anxious to have it ( P s a ^ s t )

generally drcnlated in Georria, believing it has claims paramounl to all other Hymn Books

[From the Religious Herald, Richmond, Va,] It has evidently been compiled with much

care, and comprising a sufficient v a r i e t ^ ^ hymns for all the purposes of worship. The work deserves high praise for its punty of style and expression. It has great and deserv-ed merit, and as a wh Je is not only.well adap-ted to the object aimed at, but superior to iti predecessors. „ , ,

[From Rev. John Dowling, New York.] If I were to enumerate the excellences by

which the Psalmist is distinsnished above ev-ery other hymn book with which I am acquain-ted, I should say, 1- There are no hymns cf-fensive to a correct taste, and roost of them possess a high degree of poetic excellence.— 2. Every hymn may be read with propriety from the pulpit. 3- All the hymns are adaj)-trf to be sung, being properly lyrical in their < character,and not historical or didactic. 4. Most of the hymns are of a snitable length.

[From the New York Baptist Register.] The Psalmist is one of the most delightfnj

and complete books of the kind we ever haa ihe privilege of examining. It is the very book wanted. The poetry is choice and beau-tiful, the sentiments are scriptural, expressed with peculiar felicity and force, and adapted to every variety of condition,—there is some-thing for every body and every occasion. [From Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia,]

The Psalmist is in our opinion, decidedly the best compilation of sacred lyric poetry

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ever published in this countiy. [From the Musical Visitor, Boston ]

This is truly a literary gem, besides being a sweet "Psalmist" for the Church of Christ-[From Rev. Wm. T. Brantly, Athens, Ga.]

Our denomination has been placed under list-ing obligations to brethren Stow and Smith, for the discrimination and taste exerdsed in die preparation of this work. A desideratum is now supplied which has existed and 'oeen se-riously felt by pastors for many years. Bro. Ide did not speak extravagantiy when he pro-nounced the Psalmist "perfect in its {and, leaving nothing more to be desired for this de-' partment of worship. ' I think your book oir-ly requires to be known to secure for it an ex tensive circulation. [From Rev.Spracer H. Cone, D. D., N.Y.]

I have no hesitancy in saTfing it b better adapted to the wants of our churches, and rf-fords greater facilities to those who lead in worship, in selection or appropriate psalms ^ ^ hymns, than any other compUauon wi l i w l ^ I am acquainted. Its poetic and evangalical features are worthy of all praise. [From Rev. A. D. Sears, Louisville, Ky.]

I have given it an attentive examinatiDn, and I unhesitatingly pronounce it unequalled. ^ Whether it be considered a book of sacred poetry, or as adapted to refine the taste, and promote the interest of our denominatioiid worship, it stands unrivalled, and must super-cede the use of every other hymn book ever, published by the denomination. I am satis-fied that*eve^ friend of the denombalioB. East, West, North and South, must see the propriety of sustaining one Hymn Book com-mon to the Baptist Church. The Psahnist is the book.

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S H O R T S E R M O N N O . N .

Fnm the Commiaion.

"Now if any man have not the it of Christ, he is nene of his."—Ro viii: 9.

As "ihe heart is deceitful above ] things, and desparalely wicked," _ xvii: 9,) it is not strange that many 1 deceived wiiii regara 10 its condilil and their prospect for etemiiy. (Lif xiii: 26, 27.) That we may not found wanting in ihe day of trid, us weigh ourselves in the scriplj balance in time. To aid us in iT duty, God has kindly given us md plain scripture tests, of which the IS one.

1. The prime trait in the cl of Christ was his bve for the "FatB It was his meat to do his will. (JJ iv: 64.) He was submissive, own will, even to escape suffering, lost in the will of God. (Malt. " 39.)

2. His love to man. He loved •when he was holy, and made his ot | creatures subject to him, to cont to his happiness. (Gen. i: 2S.) loved him when he had fallen, and ( 10 save him. (Rom. v: 8.) He cially loves him when converted,J promises him a mansion in heav (John xiv: 2, 3.)

3. His lender compassion, empathized with and relieved e« objeptofpity. (MatLxi:5.)_ Sod was his sympathy for man in his condition, that be safered in his (Isaiah liii: 3-5.)

4. His forgiving spirit. His to foigive all men was manifa his dying for ihem. His willinf to forgive his most inveterate ene was expressed on the cross. xiiii:24.)

Apjdieaiion. Inasmuch as we 1 the spirit of Christ, we shril ba ' him. His prime business was loJ rify God in the salvation of men. should be oarbusiness. Hebeic became poor for oursakes. Surer should contribute liberally to bf the perishing sinner, even tboug doing so we should deny ours many temporal comforts. He heaven as a missionary to earth-^ should not hesitate 10 leave countpf bome, to publish salvation 10 the fa en. He left bis Father and holy gels. The tie that binds us to oui dred must not binderus from tbej of saving souls. He persistisd work through scorn, persecution | death. "Yea, and all that wilT godly in Christ Jesus shall suf secution." (2 Tim. ui: 12.)

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