Baptist Courier (Columbia, S.C.)
October 25, 1877

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COLUMBIA, S. C„ I’HURSDA'S r 0l,!> SKIMIN-Vol. IX. \o. 4J. m u skrii:s voi. i. No. 0. j 'vll0,‘‘ No* If D EVERY THU US BAY, nv v.i (KIN. Editor and Proprietor, AT i M III A. S. 0. I. Min* M.iiu Sirw'f, I ji 5uk v« in Ativnncci I l*.' c o i p o. r h on v i.m !mt abn\ ilvo the I I ill l.lt OI Ufll. i iv be made through the uy i;«*u: u d la iter. b--. or K\j its». iir ir money always give both and Ihj sure, if iti* u vc Ur mime marked on the b;m it correct d. t i tin* mail deput t ment on .r hi paper from anything for |*«W office address be i i:om a- w ell as the one Un pap r i~ to be changed. bin*. |..r the paper, and nniid be address* d to i i. 1 IK. l ock J> aw. r l>\ I ‘IN li KATKS. rli i .4 100 ad 41 ii insert.ons, fit) i i «*i tion after 4th.... 25 i d mil b piare, an additional i llS fl^-0 i laoir.i.** 7 00 12 00 of a col nnn, one month 1" no .uimn, three months 20 uo t i "iuiiin,*ix months... 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Similar Si i nat the novt rnor had '.;il k, a'.-were 1 or I 11v. i ;.i tii hasi .n of 1 d ltd a t II s li U l toll, I d tll> >11, 11 v iiii*H er ti a m\ «eli: m.i >i ntidciMund, i I nt t it. !v e day s sin. e I i i I. n i :or to w oi>li y ti ii r fn .ml lue in the temple .hi\ miiii ihm*h. r raising up I .i ..u r i.i he *>yiiiigoguesi nor in i n 11.• v piti\e the thing** I it;,, v ii e.v a*- Us me. i ,i r«.irr w i' Him lilt cn heri fori t, ii th« y 1 a I aught amiusl i l ihe-e eiii.n' here nay, h they i e\ il doing in nil*, while i i'd l ie i ouneil, i it in; lids one voice, Ilia*. I hi in ii.n u. them. Touching the i.o t i. ad 1 am called iu *jil» m: this d .y. rd these tilings, I i i» now 1ad .1*1 i, •»o thy way h r this lli,. »n. v nieut s ason, l will lidi t; 04*. X X £.vl iVi'i I lit- .u.'i i-’tur i .au lou.d the great apostle .1 t :iir vision ill the tower ol .11 w. ieh his faith was streegth ait c’ ct led, by the u:.-ur i d that he should be spared ,e g pi to Koine, llis ene ..Lea that the commandant of the ■I isileui was determined to pro K ,a, i citiz t, who hadfallen a and that they ay to get possession of uspiraey lor that pur u. t f rty .lews, binding them r a si 'tinu oath to abstain i and dii. i. until they bad sla n tt itho Sanhedrim to as'; that rnght before that body ior dt .nnitied to se zo aud as •t iirii n tl.e tt a. LJut the plot iiacot red by Paula nephew, a an in the city, who eommumca and, by his diiectiou, I his otlicer t| on tus eouisc, i.uu two el' ihe centurions, orders ijiu t'i be not in readiness, and prisoner uo i i. j'lotee.ion to t ie .area, the res. J' tin- Kjuiau pioeurator 1’elex, to ml addresses a dispaleh stating the in.-Os ol Paul s arrest, and that at. us ttioo was some n tes ■.i Jewish iaw. Antouius Felix, ol J ..do;, before whom Paul n.lr, was a blot her Of Pailas, a I.* r.tt ii'.e court ol Nero, hike the I he was an imperial s l bui utliikC that Komau soldier, a- distinguished Jor his mean and 1 ..jui'.! ebaractet—“he exercised I he atr of a king with the temper ot u a Having inquired, quite natu h- i what province was the prisoner, I i otdereJ him to be kept in custody iu 1 arrive, these, 1 ..Dsistiug et the high priest and elder tame “alter five days,” bringing with incut a hirtu advocate—Tcitullps—pro isi'ly a young lawyer froqt Koujcj prac '-i'lir in the provinces for the sharper niggles il the t. iuiti at l.orue. l'h,> ri-oncr i* at once brought u*. and the ■I e attorney opens the ttial with a nr'iial set spai'ch, in winch hi; sc ;ks to etrei'icte the governor by mv.c't false tl .ttetinfr, tn ogled with feme ju~t praise, n t accuses Paul of sedition, liercy and r»] iti ol the temple At the close oi tins speech our present lesson begins. IHE LESSON: Faa'. Pleading -Beinnded to Custo y— 1 roithirg to Foiix and Brasilia. 10 Answered—Paul's address was t sicied as a reply to that of fertullus, which it simple narration rf facts pre sent a -iriking contrast. Many years It had been only live or six years since Felix was appointed procurator, but thi was long a- compared with the av-'rage, and certainly rjsite long enough tor hint i train tit" information dcs’red with refer et ee to o n -linns ol Je tioas. 14i This I confess—Nothing e uli make l’iul do' ;i_, w!i»t he did believe. The way—this i t'd often rcti rs to a religious opim >n or ct. ((.'hap. xxii, Heresy, rather, “sect.” The God of my fathers—whom i- aeons rs also pint -sed i> worship. Believing ali things, ike—So far from .i»*:iig a denim of tr.es.cii i: “tin- way re |aired bebcf of il.. al —the law and the prophets 115; Whico they them selves also allow ihe priuciin p ,ri ol fits accusers, th Pharisets. (16 Herein—rather,“ther.i'br. having this ii |ii> i.xeroi erajscn-sirvecu. msny l' tbt» el::us a-:, and the words cius.d u supplied. Tre verse thus becomes a e ant or charge against the .Jews that they ms the tumult. (10! Who ought to have been here—Tue instigators ..f toe net weie tl o ones t i have b vu present and given their P stiinony. 20/ Or else let til s &c C will not s;i -k at ieeti uleahtic-’, bat sineo the lightfu! accusers •re uot present he is willing that those .»ho are shall testily i‘ >hey kinwau, t in v‘l aannsr him. 21' £xc pt It be, &c.— lie wishes to tu p itiun to tfi pi itir ■U i- be.iei ij the resurrection was the n.and ii r accusation against him, and he knew the l'eari-ms who were accusing im w. 'id con idef tuat a nurit rattier than a crime. (22) Havmgmoreperf ctknowledge ot t at way—rather, "mure accurate kt. iwl- d.i He knows too wttcit about Chris to be deceived by the acou sa'.ons oh the Jews, so he will not punish t .e aposth hut on the oilier hand, he is t• u much air.i.i of popular opinion to re !e. sc him. 23! A c nturion—rather, •‘the ceoturieu' t‘. the one having urge ot him, perhaps, the one who had brought him from Jerusalem. L t hrin have lib rty—as much as c.iul 1 he safely gianted a p.i- His aeijuaintanc;— Am i g tin sc at Ce. to ae were Cornelius i’nilip and bis household, and probably Timothy, Aristarchus and Luke. The case is detened until bysias shaii eotuo down, hut we uever rea l of his cum ng or ot any f,.r her trial. 124) His wife, Drusilla— laughter ot Herod Agrippu I. She had been mar ried to Az'aue, King ot Eiacsa, but had been seduced from her husband by Felix. A J w ss—and so specially interested in a:ie thing ccnc rntng tip- faith in Christ. (25) llisconupt hearers hoped that Paul would gratify their curiosity with a discus s in ot some ol'th: peculiarities ot the new faith, bu n-t ad he r ason d in right cousu' ss, t nip ranee (self uoatro') and judein nt to com ju-t such reasoning a, was n td* d by a Homan libertine and a prt li gate Jewish princess, Qf the power and chi|ieceeot this sermon one may form sine idee from its effect upon the harden ed wreioh who w„s move by it. Trembl d —conscience stricken. Go tuy nr Ay—this answer of Felix has been that of thou sands since, who like him also have never found a convini nt s ason With his sinful i,anile it must always be inconve nient for man to hearken to the appeals ot the gospel. Hard. Imt Pleasnnt. No man works harder than tho reully studious minister, yet few ap pteeiste the toil winch he undergoes. Ttie busy larrner, or tho smith, or the carpenter, or tho brick mason, ge‘s a glnupee of the faithlui, conscientious pastor sitting in his study, preparing tor the pulpit, and being unaccustom ed to mental labor, he says; “What an easy life that preacher leads!” He does loc kuow cf the anxiety that tills the besom of him who searches the Bible studiously, constantly, prayerfully, for scui nourishment, that he may give to each a “portion in due season.” He has no idea how long and patiently the minister may have to labor in or aer to acquire a knowledge of the truths which he proclaims to those under bis charge, or ot his felt re sponsibility as the bishop of souls. Lt has, perhaps, never occurred to him that easy pi cocking carnes by hard Studying. But with all its cares, labors, per plexities aud responsibilities, the preacher’s life is not wholly without its pleasures And one of those pleasures i« that derived from intel lee ual pursuit*; such, cf course, as are seasoned wnu prayer and sweet- u ed by the sanctification of Clod’s spirit. Ihe preacher who loves his work and Ins uninterrupted Ilnur* and days to devote to patient and tjuiot e'udy, (i situation too tiueommon with the pa^ tors ot llaptist churches), can svmpa lhi/j with Dr. Dmldrh1ge in the use of the following language, penned by bijj when a young pastor at Ivib i worth, England: l'I live like a tortoise slut up in its shell, almost always in the same town, :ho same house, and the same chnnt bet; yet I live like a prince—not in deed in the p u p of grca'ness. hut i the pride ot liberty—master of my dooks, master of my time, mol I hop 1 may add, mu.- ter id’ myself. 1 nan willingly give up the charms o! E >n djn, the luxury, the company, and the populai ity of it, for the secret pleasures ot rational enjoyment and self approbation, retired from up plausu or teproach, from envy and contempt, and the d-\- tractive baits of avarice and ambition.” 11. W. 8. Cheater 0. II., 8. 0. St'ami wit* Scrip! nres. l>:ur Baptist Courier: Your cor respondent, “C. C. B ia closing an article on tho ilvly Spirit, points out the error of drawing conclusions from isolated passages of Scripture, arid commends to all an individual study of the Bible, wifh a wall timed cau tion u* to how we mo freely confide iu the opinions of :r.en. His points are well taken, and arc woithy of thoughtful consideration. It is not uncommon for preachers to take sound for souse, as 0 0. B puts it, aud build a theory ou a single verse, which is not nuthc zed by tire connection or by tho circumstances of time, pl ica and parsons. Such dla coveiies may be ingenious and novel, nut they often remind ua ot the Scotchman’s definition of metaphysics: "When tho mm wire hoars dinua ken what the man who speaks meacs, aud when the uiau who speaks dinna ksn what he means himself.’’ Such a lack of conscientious care ia thi- nut ter ict is this unfortunate tendency more rcauih e‘ than in the incrahsing desire tor cheap preaching. The 1 cheap preacher is the man for the times. There is evidently an intjeas iug demand for cheap preaching, Had the most lamentable fact connected with this unworthy public sentiment I is the fear that the ministry ara pan deting to it—perhaps ignorant’y, per chance knowingly, in come icstf.u es, ul least. The mischief which follows j us tbo legitimate result is beyond hu- I man computation, ltjurioua alike to the preacher, tho church and the cause of Christ at large, this chafer ing over tho wages of G id’s work men, like a deadly nr mams, ail’scts all who come within its baleful intlaenoe. If tlin workman is worthy of bis I meat,” give all his necessities require. j To do less ir to detract from his abili- tv, physically and meat ally, and starve your own soul. There need b" j no belter index, no truer spiritual tnerraomeim, to indicate the waiuitb, vi ality itid «enuii tiiie«'of the 'unde-i ti'-d religion” funyrhu.ch then the eouise which it pur-ues towards the preacher who occupies the relate n u! pastor. All desire "good preaching,” and ihis is cciniuendabic; and it, like tho "children of this world they were only willing to pay a fair price for p. good thing, there might be some palliation of the evil; hut they must hare the best they' can obtain end got it ckcup. But while those strictuies are deservedly title on the one side, :e not the pro.cheis in come meas ure, it not equally, nip-able. on the other? The accep.ance of a position with a compensation pi iced at the Min imum figure, wh> u the church is ful ly able to i tTord an adequate support, is an act of which a good woikmau neciietli to bo astiamed. It encourages penuriousness, trammels his actions, curtails his inllueoee. and, worst of all, Ws Lanu-ss to th soul of these over whom he is to he a spiritual teacher and guide. And what shall be said t thoso who seek position and popu larity wi ll the tacit understanding that the price they aie willing to pay for ",i call” will be a close mouth up on the tub ject of remuneration for their labor There is necessarily a certain dignity which attaches to tho profession, and he proves himself an unworthy representative who lowers! its standard, whether by the indul- genca of false estimates and Eenti- I menu, or knowingly condescends to ■he perpetration of questionable act*. Whilst tha puncher is the setv.,nt, let j him not bo soivii j lie is air-' ibo ruler. If is hiws by the side of the town, as J. G. JiV. says, to bapt.'zi people in. And now, with all those considerations and en couragements, brethren, wo must not abandgS the effort. W. H. D. October 10, lb77. Ntmielhing About Our Work in Orangeburg. crnme bti- i notices have been given our work iu Orangeburg, but I am of opinion that something more should be said; und yet I approach the mat ter with unteigned diffidence, for the reason it haa become so common to have protracted meetings, and often, ”.o doubt, very injudicious ones, after which a ilaming report is sent abroad —“church greatly revived;” “so many happy converts baptized;’’ “Jerusalem sinners saved;” “ali, or nearly, all the material worked up;” when too of ten a few months only are necessary to reveal the sad fact that this great revival was all a mere sensational ex citement, and the church had been adding hut the dead to the doad. The addition of members is often a deci ded calamity, both to the church and to the persons received into it. I heard a faithful worker in our State say that he felt sad when ho heard of additions to a church unless he knew Vho pastor to be a faithful and prudent man. Another, an aged pas tor, now occupying one of the lirst po sitions in our 8:ate, told me, years ago, that he had never known a con version in the church that whenever unconveted persons joined the church, eepcciaily females, they composed th maelves, were rarely ever more awakened, but died impenitent, un der a delusion. If the standard of piety in a church be low, if the mem bers have low views of sin, and su po:tidal views o! Christian duty, it is n easy matter to jjin such church. It the inquirer is not impressed with he stnitness of the gate, and the la rownesa of the way that leads to id. i ad aow easy it is to miss it), if :.e pre-oher ho ono of those sweet syrens, ho are ever ready to sing of pjjtc; i he work upon their sympa thies rather than upon their intellects and spiritual susceptibilities; then, the inquirer is diverted from Jesus to the church, and, tempted by his spiritual guide, he enters and stops there, just outside the city of refuge. M roover: after exercising all the jrudenco and discretion in our power, unconverted persons, even then, now uad then get into the church, espe cially during seasons of religious awakening. Hence, with all these considerations in view, it is with the greatest diffidence that 1 attempt to give any deseriptionof our work in Or angeburg. But since every tree is known by its fruits, a religious move meat can bo judged of only by its fruits. Hence, without any of the usual ti urish of trumpots. I ri!I at tempt to tr'Vu some of the visible re .-udri or fiuits of thi3 revival. “It.rubier” has ujluded tetho cood. tiou of tilings here when I took charge of 'he church During the sum mo i I perceived that the indica tion-.t scorned to demand extra servi c -l—a faw having ulieady united with us. Under the iaithful labors of our beloved Brethren, J K. Men denhall and T. \V. Smith, the follow ing fruits in due time appeared: 1. Sunday school increased both iu pupils and teachers, and a general warming up on the subject of early rebgious instructive. You may say what you please about your good feel ings, uutil the fiuit appears you are not revived. 2. The organiaitlon of a large and il urishing Bible class, conducted by one who, though he had led in a measure the educational interests of the corns enmity, and had won some golden opinions from his country, yet was but half awake to the nobler cause of his Master. Now he is atoning industri ously for the past, and his s'sal un der this now inspiration is not only a prophecy of good to the dear youth of Orangeburg, but o! many “strrs,” we hope, “in his own crown of rejoicing” horoaftor. An exceedingly interesting la dies’ society, intended to include all ladies in the church, and take ccgoi inee of those duties usually overs looked by the men, l hear, how ever, that sorno of the men won’t be left out, but claim it m their pri’ V viloge to help the ladies. We ex pect much from this interesting organ ization. 4. Better than all, a prayei meoO ing every Tuesday evening. This is certainly a new and f ivorabla depart ure, and ia calculated exceedingly to rejoice the pastor’s heart. It the j Sunday school ia tho nursery of the nhurch, the prayer luseting is ha very pulse ana heart. And so it beats. I asked an old member, who used to shake hie head when called upon to lead in prayer, if he intauded to let the young members get ahead of him. ‘‘No, sir,” said he, “I’ll pray if it kills me.” 5. The addition of 23 members, Upon this point, I have already spo ken. 6. I may say that I feel confident that another fruit of our work hore will bo the purification of the church. Our returned missionary, Rev. Ur. Hartwell, remarked to me, a short time eince: “What a glorious thing it would be if our churches could have a revival that would result in the ex elusion of about half the members.” The purification of a church, where it is necessary, ia porhaps always one j result of a real rovival. A spiritually 1 minded church, fully elive to its obli gations and responsibilities both to man and to God, "cannot hear them i that are evil.”—Rev. li, 2 T. W. M. Doko, S. C, That Bottle. On the 10th iost., while at the do- j pot, my attention was attracted by a cail for the doctor. In a few moments the following sad facts were rovealod: Mr. Edmond Walsh, who was in bus ineas at Owen’s Mill, had, on the said J morning, gone to Satan'a meeting house (grogshop), a short distance be low the mill, where a Mr. Padgett and a Mr. Tuten preaches most effec tively. With Christians the preaching is mostly by word, but with Satan’s followers it is by word and action; they not only praiie their liquors but give away two or three driuks. Well, this poor unfortunate ruan got tne benefit of one of these sermons, and before he left purchased one quart to take home with him. Ho started, but the burden was too heavy, und con- 1 sequently he sat down upon the rail- road track to rest, and soou wont to j sleep. The lightning express came rushing along at thiity miles an 1 houv, and as soon as it was known that a man was on the track the engine was leversed and breaks put on, but to no use—the wnistle could not arouse the sleeper. The engineer aud fireman can gazs upm him no longer, for the pilot has shuck him just above the left hip and completely mungledthat part ut his body; but be is not dead,nor is his bottle in .keu. Both a.e picked up, an 1 in a few m. ments the almost lifeless body ij placed upon tho platform at Yarn ville, with the bottle at its bead. Hill ing the war 1 never saw anything that impressed me so seriously with the awtulucss of a bodily deatu, and tbe still move awful death of the soul. I tried to talk to the poor man, bur, alas! I fear it was too iato. The bottle haunted mo, and I see it stiii. At one lim.e it seemed to bo a little devil, rejoicing over tho mighty deed performed, and boasting of how many others it had slain; at anothor time it seemed to be a moral scarecrow—one sufficient to warn travelers to eter nity of the dangers on that road. Though the dead body was still aud motionless the bottle was net; it had not yet completed its day’s work. Will you believe that there are such examples of human depravity, if I {ell you that whiskey was drank that night? ‘‘What is man, that thou are mindful of him?” It is hard for me to decide who did tho killing—the bar-keeper, the whiskey or the en gine. Voting men, you may not drink nor risk your lives, yet many of you are, as it were, sitting upon the rail road to eternity; the wheel of time is moving on, and the preaching of the gospel, like tbe car whistle, fails to arous6 you. Baware! you will bo ciusbed in time and eioruitv. E. W. P. Varnville, P. R. R R, Oct. 15. Discipline ami Dancing. The Third Union of the Twelve Mile Association hold a meeting with Araon church, embracing the fifth Sunday in September, and discussed a query on dancing, and an essay on discipline. Rev. J. K. Mendenhall, being at Easley for the purpose of conducting a scries of meetings, attonded the Union and gave much instructive in terest, both to the discussions and the worship. When called upon to show whethor churches should tolerate the practice of dancing, he said: let each Christian, tempted to enter in o ih:a and other like amusements, ask whe ther such indulgence will diminish spiritual joys, cause loss pleasure in private devotion, or in any way dam age personal piety. He pointed out the significant fact that persons noted for their delight and activity in such pleasures are never noted for piety and activity iu religion. Therefore, he concluded that churches ought to in struct their members kindly and ten derly, and give positive expression of their disapptoval of such thing?, and, when persisted io, withdraw the fel lowship ot the church. Brethren Al derman, riingleton, Ray, McClauaban and Hudson added kindred thoughts, and the body adopted the follow ing Resolved. That it is the sense of this meeting, that dancing in all its form, should be forbidden by the churches as an amusement belonging to the world, in which Christians lose their influence for Christ. Bro. J. C. Hudson read an essay on church dtecipiiun, embracing the fol lowing points: I. The nature of discipline—it is two-fold: 1. Iaafru,.tive discipline, embrac ing all that Sciiptural teaching and training of Christians done by the pastor, deacons and private members. '1. Corrective discipline, applied in the settlement of difficulties arising from two sources: First, personal (or private) cdfances, to be told to the church as a last resort, as taught iu Matt xviii, 15-17; second, public of fences, or common immorality, for which offenders should be promptly excluded without, trial or appointment of a committee, if the facts ate known; otherwiso, the committee will be charged sirnpiy vrith investigation.—1 Cor. v, 11-13. If. The cbjer.l: or desiga of discip I. To remove, by its corrective hand, the dead branches And stumbling blocks by which tho church is hin dered in the Lord’s work. To enlarge the powers end de velop the graces of the Christian character, by giving instruction out of the Word of God for tho purpose of malnug known the truth to all the world. The essayist also showed that Jehu viii, 3-11, and Matt, xiii, 24-30 and 30-43, are sometimes erroneously applied to the subj c', of discipline; for it is clear that “the Scribes and Pharisees’’ were not m«mr> rs of the church, and while our Lord did not condemn to death, ho did condemn the sin, saying, "(Jo and sin no morel” It is evident, also, that tQore is a wide difference betwixt the church and the world- “The field is the world;" not the church. Matt, xiii, 38. Brother Mendenhall made a spirit ed talk about corrective discipline a3 especially needful for worthless characters, croakers and the covetous man. The appointee for the missionary sermon being absent, Brother Men denhull preached tho cross of Christ very lovingly aud tenderly, and a contribution of six dollars was made for Missions. V. Young, Moderator. J. Jameson, Cderk. L’nion Mooting at Corinth. Tbe 31 Union Division of the Col leton Aisociation met wi.h tbe Cor iu'.h church, Friday before ihe lifth Lord’s day in September. All of tbe churches- sight iu number—eompos iug this Union wore i''presented by delegate.). We were short of minis ters, our venerable old Bro. Wilson having u.i of the ministerial work to perform. Sickness was tbe cause of some of cur ministers’ absence. Oa Friday, B.o. Dr. Black read tn essay on vocal music, which the Union re quested to be published la me Baptist Ccubif.k. Oa Saturday, the subject for discussion,“Would it be expedient lor a pur* of iho time of fue Union to be spout in tbe Sunday school cause?” was opened by Bro. Dr. Carter, and ably answered in tho affirmative by him. Brethren A. N. Waiker, C. L. Folk, E. W. Cartel, J. W. Campbell, J. W. Sanders, S. Wilson, and T. It. W illiams, Sr., and Walters Williams, of tho Methodist church, all gave aa a few practical words on tho aubjeot, which were to tue point. Tae Corinth church is anew und comfortable build ing, situated iu a thickly settled neighborhood, arid bids fair to be a power iu tho land. The delegates were entertained by the Corinthians in f* verj hospitable manner. We felt that it was “good for brethren to dwell to gether in unity.” The next meeting of this Division will bo bald with the Doctor's Creek church, Friday before the 5th Lord’s day in December next. Get. i>, 1877. J. B. B. liuou -fleeting at iii. hind. The Union meeting ot the Saooud Division oi the Elisio Association was held with the Mi. Ebal chacch, Sept. 28 .'iO. All our churches were not re presented, and but or.' minister of our Union present, viz: J. A. Sagler. But notwithstanding these embarrassing circumstances, we had a pleasant time. Elder J. A. Segler preached tho intro ductory sermon Friday; preached again Srturday, and then the charity sermon on Sunday to a large and at tentive congregation. We had pleas ant prayer meetings Saturday and Sunday. The Mt. Ebal brethren are not ashamed fo pr.y. The query for discussion was: “Is it right foraCaiistianora mcmbarof the church to drink distilled or fermented spirits? aad if so, to what extent and under what circumstances?” The que ry was debated by Brethren E. Ouat tlebaum, L. E Corder, L B. Culler, C. A. Keel and J. A. Segler, and the same query was continued to our next Union meeting, which will ba held with the 1’ond Branch church, three miles abovo WiUiaton, S. 0., near the S. C. li. E., D.c. 28-30. C. A Kkzl, Secretary. Oct. G, 1877. Darwin’s lather aod gr.rdfsther wore atheists. The grandfatber had a seal engraven with the legend,“Om nia ex coBobis”—everything cornea from shell-fish.

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C. M. McJUNKIN. Editor end Proprietor. . i .V *1 \M M.IS-S C O!.! mbi a.s. c\ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25,1877. Cs?"Spcci«m‘ii Copies ol *onr paper*-’ sen! !o an.V aildress on upplit Commit should l. directed to ll.v. Wm Henuv .t ti.ieKi am'. Anderson C. II. S. C. fay All communieuious intended for the Hearth and II uni and Our L.t lie Ones denartmeuts should be sent to Mr*. M. G. Harley, Gi lenvillc, 8. C. TO THE READERS OF THE BAP TIST COURIER 1 have been iolormeJ by the editor of our j u^er that, after the issue of the present numier, it is hi> purpose to erase the names of ail dt-hr'pjont subscribers 11.. has httnaJvircJ to this course by dis creet brethren front various .piancrs. And 1, lor one, thin's it essential to a final sac'ess. t feel tiie gr iter freedom in speaking toyou about this nutter, beeausc I have no p- ■.Hin'ii'./ inte rest in the enterprise. .My associit- and myseifaro working for a be paper without tlie hope or expecta tion of reward. We shall feel amply re warded if we cm only aid effctualy in the perinauent establishment of a respect able Baptist paper, if you will pardon a personal allusion, I will only add that the writer of this appeal is furnishing weekly contributions h r the columns of the COUBJKi: ami bodily infirmities and sufferings of which no one has any idea but himself. And now, brethren, f eomo to you pt, oio/ j, an 1 a-k what do you intend to do? \ou owe the oolong been -landtag by u and we will accord him a gtueruus aud lust support in his noble missior.’ Bo may it b>! Au I let all the broth ren, itihiitt/mfe pronounce an emphatic aud loud AMEN 1! il. BAPIISr SUCCESSION. It i* grain; ing to n 'ieo the increasing attention which is given to thi- subject and tho proofs l y which :t is established. The Baptist i'abl.cation Society lias done good set vice by i-. nirg Dr. \V. B. ii liauis Bapti History" and “The L'turch in the Wilderness wh i.,t in the October uumkrrot thc /Opus' i/mirltrly, Dr. \Y. W. Evatts civ.s, in a coidens.a and cnclu'ive form, the evidence and the argument for the succession ol our church* es lrom the apostle-. Ho truly say-: “l'hc essential '-tolic church is the only accepted defiuiti u of the Biptist church. The local association cf believ ers instituted by the ai osti s is the on’y standard of ecclesiastical erdcr and dis eiplinc Baptists feel amenable te: only what was essential iu those ap.sto ic com munities is properly distinctiTO of the Baptist denotninatiou. It then the apos tolic church ever d sappeared from the earth. Biptist fsacce-ssicn disappeared with it. Bit if the apostolic chuich has always continued, Baptist Succession is proved.” jlence by Baptist Succession is meant Afiosto'ie Succession. Sue-cession i--. as to the church, as an institution, an organic.d body, what Lu ther claimed lor the decline of justifica tion by faith. :u relation to its spiritual character. It is the ‘ancle of a stand ing or .a failing cl urcb. II a Baptist chuich is not descended from tho apos tclic church, it can claim tor its organisa tion no divine authority it is a human contrivance. It i therefore, a matter of vital importance to imjuirc w hethtr history warrants the belief that there has been an unbroken succession e f Baptist vluichcs from the age iu which the type of the institution wr&c £siu by the apostles. Our writer- have proved tn*t this watranf ex is!-. The succession has lieen traced with sufficient fullness to justify the belief that it is a fact. Rut, suppose that, in consoqucnccof the loss of historicttl mateiials, the evidanee could cot be produced, this eiicumstaricc would not a licet the areutccnt derived from the promise of Christ and the indestructible vitality of Ilts truth Our L"rd declared that the gates ol liell should not prevail ajaiust llis church; and even if this declaration were limited to its spiritual purity act! power, that promise would also secure the permanency of its vis ible organisation; for it is clear that whilst the spirituality of his loilowers remained they would unquestionably maintain tho ord:r aud discipline which the apostles enjoined. If thoie is no succession of churches, there is no succession whatever. A succession of churches, in the form in which the apostolic church was framed, is the only apostolic succession. A succession of lions is not a succession of iambs, even if the lion should be made to eat grass like the lamb. It is upon those who deny the succes sion that the burden of proof lies; for the presumption is in favor of the succession: and those who maintain it are not bouud to supply the missing links (if there be any j iu the chain. Who doubts the sue cession of circumcision Yet, for tho many hundred years from Joshua to Jeremiah, there is no mention oi it in the Old Testament. Tire .ucsession of Hunan consuls, even since tha m.d.rn discovery of tho Uapitoline Fasti, has not been made out with certainty; yet who questions the fact of the succession? And so, if some of the links in tho succession of Baptist churches aro lost, or hut dimly discerned, when, as I>r. Williams says, they were under the ban of Antichrist and driv eu into ‘"caves and dens of the earth,' it can not be doubted that Christ guard ed and guided them during the trying times in which they bore the unexdn guishabie torch of truth. R. PETER AND HIS WRITINGS. NUMBER V. The Second Epistle. In presenting the internal evidences of the genuineness of our Epistle, 1 now pro ceed to oiler some verbal criticisms on the language of the original. This part of the discussion, J fear, may be dry and uninteresting to some of my leaders. Rut let it be borne in mind that I the subject is one of momentous impor lance; and that, in gul.ieets like ibis, minute criticisms, although uninteresting to the general reader, are frequently of great value in settling an important point. When any two works aro presented before u■: for which a common authorship is claimed, undesigned coincidences in the use of words and phrases go very far in aiding us to come to a satisfactory conclu siur. The readers of l’aley’s l'Ho:te Paulin ’1 know with what admirable ef fect this principle has beeu applied by that great writer, to establishing tho au thorship of Epistles claiming to he the productions of Paul N nv let U3 apply this principle to tho matter in hand. I find the word apothrtii, "a putting off," occuring hut twice iu the New Tes 1 tuwent—onec in the first Epistle of I'eter, 1 and once iu tho second, la the first instance he applies the term to baptism, declaring that it is not put ting off of the filth of the flesh.'1--*! Pet. iii, 21. in tho second instance he applies the term to the putting off of the tabernacle of the budy at the time of death, ton : 'uruin, “rO '-'ivini salvation,’’ 1 Pet. i, 9, kmui (-‘At stephaaon, “ye shall receive a crowr.” 1 Pet. v, 4, and koniioHii'Oloi j tuislhoix, “receiving a rowarJ," 2 Pet. ii, 1. have the like signification in both Epistles. 1 'ftortij in. “to bcsnw,' 1 Pet. iv, 11, and cpi'hor-gi.it. “to bestow or supply.’’ 2 Pet. i, 11, are found in the writings of Pau', but very rarely. The expression pepmit'i! !u(„nh'tiiu, “hath ceased (rout sin,’’ 1 Pet. iv, 1, cer tainly bears a marked analogy to ubitu paiinl'jus hi'iuurtMS, “that cannot cease 1 from sin,” 2 Pot. i;, 14. i find Peter, in the tirst and second Epistles, usiog with emphasis the word j “precious," and cognate words in reference to Christ, to the faith of the gospe', aud to its premises. In a few other places in the apostolic writings 'ii.tioj aud cullin')) aroused, but goner I ally in the -strse of the thing alluded to I being valuable or hooerablc, whereas i'.tvUi.iOS occurs cow here else. In the first Epistle the trial of the Christiau’$ Uith is timwXr-.in, “more precious” than of 1 gold that is tried by the fire, pet. j, T. T()e saints arc redeemed uot with corrupti ble thinz*, as silver or gold, tot I'min h".ini'ilr, “with the precious b'oril of Christ.’’—1 l'a. i, I j. The chief corner* stone on trhinh/ton is buUt is chosen of God and “precious. ’—1 J’et. ii, I,The I, rd Jesus Christ himself is to i>tn lint believe t»V»r« “precious or pro ciousoe.se.:‘—I I’ef. ih 7. New let us luru to the sreon 1 Epistle. “Simon I’e'er, a servant and an r»i>0'tlo of J-'-us Christ, to thorn thv hivo obtained hoiimo.i, “like preeiou-i faith.'’—' I’et. i, 1. Whereby a-e given unto it exceeding great aul li.iiin, “preeiou? promise*.’’— 2 Pet. i‘, 1. This surely is no inconsider able iudie ition of an identity of author ship. Tee words «ts»tlo* /.o sne j .at h'ivxn, ami returneth n >t thither Imt ‘trith the earth and imtkelh it Orn: h that whir.h I ptea-a. ait/ it shall prosper in tnethmy u'lurcto I tent it- i J riiuh 11, 10 ii. All the plans of' man aro defective. No art nor device of human ingenuity was I ever yet known to be perfect. Eveu wheu man attempts to avail himself of the pow or of the great laws by which an cmnis j cient God ruled the material universe, his l pirns, through a misapplication of this power, eften come to naught. IIow often does the chemist fail in his experiments, not f rom any defect of the laws of chemis try, butfrom a misapprehension or rnisap plication of them. The machinist ofte i fails in somo leDg cherished schernbecause he totally mis apprehends, or grossly misapplies, some law of the mechanics, which, in itself, is as invariable and perfect as the law of God. Truly may the poet say: ••Ih*s iff the state of man r To day ho puts forth ihe tender leaves of hope; To m«*rrow bits*am?, and bear* His bitching honors thick upon him: Tile thirvl day conics a frt\ ki-liDg fro?*, And when he ibiok.-, g »od, ca j ui.in, Tull iurcly his greatness is a ripening, Nit s his root, and then befalls.' “Passing away” is the counter.-ign, and change the parole which the I groat Commandci-iu chief has issued to c er> thing which enters the encampment of human affairs. Human decrees may betasiiy matk, but their accomplishment d pends great y upon the tores of citoutn satccs, which circumstances are nothing I more than the effects of innuimrabc j causes, all centering in the great Fir.-t i Cause. Ilow ditferent from all this is He who speaks and it is dontinn of chuiehes, and i, therefore the apostolic baptism. •‘The Brethren” hold also the feet washing as a divine command to be ob served in the church} but, unfortunately for them, .it was nev«.r observed in any of the apostolic churches. If they were to introduce the shaving of one another in church they would have as good authority for that convenient practice. They, also, hold that the salutation of the holy kiss is bieding upon the followers of Christ. This is more to the point hut much less manageable, for the reason that old John Bunyan said he could not abide it, viz.: that he noticed that those brethren who practiced the thing always kissed the young ar.d pretty women whilst they passed by the old and ill favored. They are moreover opposed to war and retali tion, to conformity to the world in dress, customs, &c. They advocate anoint ing the sick with oil, as well as baptism as a condition of pardoD, and hence ‘‘for the remission of sins.” So far as we can judge, j ‘•The Brethren are a cross between the laker and the Hard Shell Baptist an i vacci iated with the views of Mr, Alexan der Campbell. If. I OUE FIELD GLASS. “I have been debating id my mini which is the best paper, the Jidfyi-'Ut H'.rul'l or the Baptist Coi iso aays Bro. W. T. S., of Greenville, S. C\; but wc are afrai-l this is too cjiuplimentary..A vigorous pastor telJe us that at a "powerful reviva* two years ago. u certain church in his neighborhood had 150 converts: and he added, I asked one of the member' of the church recently to mention who had holdout faithful; i*nd be couidn t undone out of the loU. We wondeijwbo con* verted them. By the way, Harvey Hatcher u*id to insist that it was the duty of Me*.ho di-ts to fall from grace, because people ought to practice what th;y preach." According to this view, the 150 •’confer'> were consistent. .Gov. Z. B. Vance, of Xorth Carolina, is a Presbyterian in his view-: and his brother, Hon. K. B Vance, a devout Methodist. The Governor, in rem irking on this matter, once said, ‘‘The difference between my brother Bob and my sell ja, that Bob Hin falling from grace, rind f»U* and I .\ M o ryca>>'O'. Who told you which if Curist’s com mand- were important and which were uniaipor t»nt? We are afraid you know too much.. Last year the State of Maine abolished capital punisbmeut. Ktsult, eleven murdsrs this year against $ne f>r last. Iowa has bad a similar experience. Some one said to a smart French man,“Lit u- Uoiish capital puuDhment.’ “Py all means,‘ *aid th^ Fr^achoiar: “but let mes sieurs the murderers set us the example."**. •The trusters of one cf our largest [New York] city churches started a subscription and obtained a few thousand: for repairs, “but not enough to do the work in the style needed. It was then resolved to‘put up’the subscription as a -margin* for *a Lyci in Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. Result in three month:—sub scribers have their money back, and in addition $10,000 with which to repair and decorate the house of wo: ship. S rue narrow minded Chris tian people -riticise ike peculation—investment rather—and in their ignorance call it gambling.*' .V fi \Ye are in such “ign'-raLct as not to know what you mean by put up, ‘margin1’ and *'ll. cr; b at they do rot seem to us to have much smack of god lioest..I he -V" .-»/charges, ana seems to prove the charge, tUit the gei fn- M ■ti is unfairly lending its pages to the a iv* :y of tnfi hiity. l I eve:*, f bald atheism. Th. same per ays that [he foremost o j*c! of wjrsaip am cue It un ia Catholics is the Virgin Mary, but it duas .t-A prove his cbtrg-. %r.d we h that it can not be. proved.. ’‘Nearly ad the lawyers and physicians in Spar ‘Uba*g are church-unm bers, ani good members too. J. C. II. 038 LOUISVILLE CORRESPONDENCE. A FEW FACTS. wnAT BECAME OF THEM. Of the sixty fisc student- who matricu lated last year at the Seminary, thirty are at the Seminary dow. Where are the other thirty fire Why are they not here now? If the Seminary is a good thing, and worth attending, why is it that a ma jority of last session’s -talents are not attending this session? Those who do do» knew the men that are absent will give different answers to the questions. Some will say a lack of interest in their studie-: while others, more charitable, will attribute it to a z ;al for preaching: but others, in the spirit of “Mother G.-imes", will say, "His Mary kept him away;" in too great a burry to marry—breaking off from his Seminary studies to di so." But !et us see who of these are correct in their reasoning. 0. the absent thirty five, seven gradu ated last May in Greenville. It is hardly expected that they would return. They are ail at work preaching, except one, who is attending lectures at the Univer sity of irginia. They are ali tlill u,v mart ltd■ This reduces the number down to twenty eight. Of these twenty-eight, four are physically unable to attend. We have now twenty four to account for. One is preaching among the Indians—left the Seminary last year, to go as missionary among these people: aDd is now asking through our papers your assistance and prayers. eb, this reduces our original thirty five down to twenty-three. Why do not these return Fij\tm ar> tinailc to Jo so; they lave not the means. They have already spent all they had trying to attend the Seminary- They will have to stop and work or go in debt, if they at tend lcnger. Of the eight unaccounted for five have attended already two years. Take notice, p'ease: Of the thirty five students net returred, only /A,.. have manied, and they took a two years’ course. WHY DIO TIIE THIRTY l IVE STAY AWAY Wei!, u rw v:kj is it, brethren, all over the SoutL? ]>.J the churches in your neighborhood luako the least effort to rase one hundred and tifiy dollars to send back that brother who had been only one s-ssion? I could almost venture to assert that if the ready money bad been Landed these tairty live brethren, as many as thirty would have returned—twenty five any wry. As it is, of the fifteen who were unable to return, nine attended only on: sessioD, some of them not a whole sestren. As I write, 1 remember a brother who was at the Seminary last year, who lelt his wife and little ones at home. As we separated io May, 1 asked him if*he expected to return. IIU answer was, “jf 1 lean get the money.” That brother i3 amoDg the absent ones. Why U ije not here? Ask the churches of his Associ^. tion; search the minutes of sail body and see what the churches are doing. |'(,c brethren a: home often ask, why do ou young men stay such a short while at the Seminary? Let these brethren and church, es ask this amoDg themselves. A k these students, too, and they can tell why it is_ When they license a young matt, they should be sure and send him to the S?nij. g nary, and pay his way it he is unable to pay for himself. W1IY DO THEY NOT COME ONE . SION? 1 read in one of our papers: “Brother preached two sermons for me. He is a youDg man just beginning. 1 .hall expect to hear good things of him in the future.” Again: “Brother-preach ed one sermon for me he also is a young licentiate of decided talent, and marked zeal and piety.” I do not know either one of these young brethren, but I hap pen to know something of the writer; I am sure ho would like to see both of these youDg brethren in the Seminary. Why are they not here 1 do not know—wish I did. They may be in such circumstan ces as to make it impossible to come. They may be preparing to came—I hope they are. But if it is possible, 1 hope the writer of the above will see to it, that these two youDg brethren find their j way into onr Seminary. Now let our Baptist brethren help youDg men just be ginning to preach to get the advantages of our Seminary. If such young brethren j have not :ho money, by all means help t them. Again: Sometimes it is the ease that our young meD are over-persuaded to go at once into the work. Their older breth ren tell them they have “schooling enough;" they can “preach good enough, any way;” “not so much use to goto the Seminary, alter all; old Uncle So and So never did go, and he can preach power ful:” and many other such arguments (ft are presented to the young men. Now, my dear brethren, this is sc: too many of our young ministers can testify to the truth of it. Then, if they do not go are persuaded by their older brethren to go at once “into the active work”—after a while, when ’lis too late, they regret the course they took, and maDy of their brethren, in company with their own con science, condemn them. And by this same persuasion and reasoning I expect some of the absent thirty-five were kept away. Itemed}: Kvery young minister who is trying to preach, dear brethren at home, give him the money, and tell him, beg him, to go at once to the Seminary. WILD THEY GO BACK TO SOUTH CAR OLINA? Arc you afraid lor thorn to leave your d ar State? So rnaoy vaeaut places aid de-iitute field.-; can’t afford for them to leave now: too rnaoy churches without pastor-; Deed all the preaching we can get. Yes, ali tint is true. But you need not feat; they will all return to South Carolina, and do better than ever. Thun, after being here awhile, you will only love them more. Never fear about our South Carolina boys not going back. Those who are here are all expecting to return— all counting the time now. Lot mo bint a little secret hert; there will be several good pastors to return to South Carolina in May, after having finished their course h?re. Tell the South Carolina churches to be looking out. And I believe those who wili not finish in May next expect also toreturn to South Carolina. So, to my brethren in S outh Carolina, I can safely say, you may send all your young minis ters here, feeling suie they will return to you—even more than you sent away. A. J. S. T, Louisville, Ky. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE. SOME SEWS FROM THE WELSH SKI K. Our Minister’s Conference held its fall session the other day at the parsonage of the Welsh Neck Church—illness in Bret Burn s family preventing our meeting at his residence as we had expected. There was but a handful of preachers present, hut the eood deacons of Darling ton and Welsh Neck came to the rescue and rendered good service both in the prandial and theological discussions e„ the oecasioD. Brother Richardson was kept away by the continuation of a promising meeting at Titntnoosville. Brother Burn had helped him the week before, aDd the ic‘ terest was so marked as to induce Brother R. to hold on. Brother R. \V. Lidc—alas for it—was busy packing preparatory to removing to N'ewberne. He will leave (Jheraer tho last of this mojotb. Brother Aletflnder submitted an essay, according to appointment, as to The true theory and proper practice of ordinatioQ of Ministers.” Briefly stating the three prevailing views. (I Ordination makes the man a minister, being the medium through which ministerial grace is conferred. Ordination is the setting apart to tho pas toral office in a local church. 3.) Ordi nation is the tormal recognition of the ministerial call and qualifications. Ho proceeded to discuss the second and third views at some length, taking the position that scriptuta! precedent pjints t) the second theory as the proper one- Another brother thought that we could fiud in the New Testament authority for the view that men were, at least occasionally, or dained to the general work of the minis try without reference to any local pasto rate, referring to Timothy’s ease, and in ferring that the missionaries of whom John speaks in his letter to Gains were thus oH^med.

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All agreed on certain points, for exam ple: Let (treater care lie taken by the churches in calling to ordination. Let presbyteries realize this responsibility rnoro iitl!y* and use the authority delegated to them by the church. Vnot ter r-sav was read which, if tho j;t ,i- soi'~ ti', will appear in the Haptist (/"I Kll lt ■(■(.is >t --ion of our Conference was no t, 11 ,11 to the rule as to the profit and pleasure which characterize these nicot ine-. Wc tueet in January at Deacon J. J, Coker's. (ioo't know what has hindered the aonouti. ement that our Association will i n Friday l>efore the second Sunday vcniber with tho IJIack Creek church, }lUt I venture to make the statement as a mu- o! i" w> which our own brethren ai..l ur aic nt- might like to know. I, part.-one hears on all sides ex* ins of gratification on account of ,i cement in "'otir And f ti, t u- mean to sec that a giod de 11 this gratification shall assume a i ni te satisfactory to the priuter than word I id, niipimicm your enterprise and t 1 in scouring Rev. Luther i;..... pen for a weekly c\position of iho Sunday School Liessons. I do not .-eh -w you could set into a column a ai ,r interesting and suggestive expos! (i,,nil:n he H giving us. In tho name i i ,r Sunday school people l on _• i him upon hi. success in this new U ill you not allow him space to •jj.] i w Ir! f suggestions as to the par tau jr in deal lessons which teachers w i Jo well to enforce? Near sighted It-want spectacles. Such suggestions u c i enable runny to see what is plainly in iii pi hut not discerned before. John Slot t. mi Nil \xxrit itm.it vssm minx AXirritr STATK IIO tKI>. the Bapiist Courier of the 11th u there appears a statement or par ti r part from our Bro. A. \V. Lamar, of tl in'- contributed by the various ,;1 ip, 1 ami Associations within the State to tie above BrarJ, io which he says: 'fh Savannah Kiver has 1»2 churches! these have made contributions! 1 lu- a i, (and that the little llardec vi uliurcl, planted by the State Board1; have given td'ih ri,\t-*v‘ r'v, are pledged to raise four .I, J i1" towntd his support! The ii-i I world may not know this, but Br. Liu.rir certainly knows ir, and ought to hav- ven our As-ociation and churches r pi r it, in a report which goes to the world. A lie says, “O re ha? given \?J0, oi l that the little IHardecville church, S'.-itc J>-ii'1 O ir brother in iv be right in this, iiat is uithi /dart/ •Vdr yet I cannot but ti ->ciss-,mi ibingof "Bjtsyamlthe bear about it. Autov that two noble I tve been engaged in this work for year- p -t. What becomes of their plant in. Were they agents of the Board? I trow no’! 1 would nut have my dear brother think l wii t in a capti. us spirit. I drink ho know ;u too well for that. 1 only want to reui ud hiuiii what the apostle said to the lwuiaus. "Render therdore to all their dues." M iy our c rod brother live long to pro.— the work he has so faithfully pursued iu tl past; and may all of our Associations and churches be enabled to increase their contributions a hundred fold. A. B. Estes. Allendale, Uct. lid, 1877. Hu i: .riivr stati convention \m> hr 'IAN CNIVEBMTV. Ui about four weeks tlie Convention wi nc in Greenville. Preparations arc lo entertain a lull delegation, and i to see a gran 1 gathering at that time. This will be an opportune time lor ail who a.e owing interest or install is 'on their University bonds to bring r n.l the amounts due. About thirty -o’ tii!'ds of interest due last 1 inuary still remain unpaid, and the Pro 1 irs are .-idly in need of their salaries. U t each delegate notify his church that will take charge of any funds designa te either for the University or for ob fts of the Convention. It the interest now due the University *ti he collected this fall every dollar of its in l.htness will be Jirtd, and a bright Iu"rre will be before u-. Will not those brethren who have so kindly aided in rai'itirr (he endowment continue to exert their influence to secure the prompt pay uiict of the installments and interest as they ma are? We are suffering great em harra-sment auJ great losses because our Mends have failed to meet promptly tbe'r obligations. ilewetuber the Couvuutiou and the 1 Diversity. C. H. J. I NION ASSOCIATION. An interesting meeting of this body ttas recently held with the Fairview church, four miles below Union C- II. Iwelve churches comprising the cutire constituency were represented, aud one other received by letter. General IT P. 1 -ter was Moderator, and Rev. A. J. Mbb... Cierk. Farnestncss and zsal char Mtaizod the exercises. On Saturday morning Jtev. (J. T. Soaifc made a warm Plea for missions before a large, intelli gent aud appreciative audience. ItiV. J. Oilbj jirfached on Suod iy morning and ll?v. A. .J. Gibbs in (ho afternoon. Tin1 introductory and charity sermons won preached by the writer. Tbc Asaocia lion mites with the Broad River Associa tion in a Sunday School Convention, to be held under the auspices of that body, at Cedar Springs, commencing on Friday be fore the fifth Sunday in March nest. The next meeting of the body will be held with the Mt. Lebanon Church. West Springs, Oct. Sth, 1377 G. S. A. TnE Baptist State Convex tio.v of South Caroliua will meet in Greenville, Thursday morning November -d, 1877, 1) A. M. Delegates who expect to attend will please notify me at once. Julius C Smith, Chairman Committee. Cuablestcn Baptist Association.— The Charleston Baptist Association will convene with the Bethel Baptist church, Sumter County, on Thursday before the 1st Sunday in November, 1877. The in troductory seraion will be preached on 1 Thursday, 11 o'clock A. M., by Rev. K. II. Cuttino, or his alternate, Rev. O. F Gregory. The charity sermon on Sunday, II A. M„ by R :v. J. A. Chambliss, or his alternate, Rev. D. W. Cuttiuo. D. W. Cuttino, Moderator. 0. F. Gregory, M. W. Kenyon, tkrk“ 1 am authorized to announce that dele gates and visitors going to the Charleston i Baptist Association by the South Ca.olina Railroad, will pay full fare going, and i\ turn at the rate of two cents per mile on showing the Moderator’s certificate. Delegates going by the W. C. A. R. R. must provide themselves with certifi cates showing that they are delegates, M J preunt linn‘ tit tlr station at ichich tliiit hi hi the train, and round trip tickets will be sold at the rate of six cents per mile, that is to say, three cents per mile each way. D. W. Cutting, Moderator. St. Matthews, Oct. 17th, 1877. Chips from the Editor’s Work-Shop. We are sorry to learn that Rev F. W. Eason his resigned the care of the Baptist church at Newberry, and trust some of our churches will be wi.-*0 enough to secure him at once before he is called from the State.Bro. J.S. McGee sends a club of subscribers from I>ounaldsville, S. C and says: 1 have several other names. Think I will get another club or two. We are dcl'ghud with tho Ccit.ier.’ Of coarse we are thankful f«>r this practical manifestation of in terest in behalf of *‘our paper/’.A mem ber of tho Triennial Convention (Episcopa l w in session in Boston, proposed a resolution to the effect that the union of Church and .Stnte is uniivorablo to the ciuof religion, and it was instantly tabled by a hundred voices.. We nrj very much pleased with the ComiBR, and feel thankful that you have been able to o\ ere jobc so many diflicu ties and succeeded in ctiablishing tho paper on a firmer hash. Wc have learned to love Mrs. M. G II., and look f -rward with pleasure to her weekly messages. l»r. Reynolds is nn old friend, and so i- Allendalet S. C.It •s now proposed to bring the famous Egyptian obelisk, known as Cleopatra’s needle, and feliow to the one now on its way to England, to New York.. The Darner Courier I must have. Wo have no Baptist church in this com* inuni y—have not the privilege of hearing a Baptist sermon— but through the columns of the Baptist Cotriku I can read and feast on those excellent sermons written by our able brethren. I rannot tell how much I do ei-joy them. R j\*. ir., Yobth'i, Fit. The few days of grace on subscription asked for by tho brother, under the circumstance?, must bo given. If wc cannot break we can bend our rule a little in such a case..A recent and desperate battle before Kars resulted in the total defeat of the Turkish forces and the capture of the right wing of their army by 10,000 Russians. Tho bear is rising with the ribs in his teeth..* I have been a subscriber to the Working Christian (now Baptist CorRir.R) since its earliest existence, but unavoidably find myself two years in arrears, for which I am truly sorry but sorrow will no*, pay you. and I am not willing to do without it— must have it. '—If. H. I., hdyjteld, «V C'. What a rare mistake this brother has made. Instead of being two he w is only a littte ra than one year in arrears, and now ho has changed the tables on us, and got two years in advance. In addition to this, he asks permission to make up a club. Coul l we refuse Certainly not. Not only to him but to alt others is this permission granted..ltsv. A. B. Miller, writing from Surkville, Miss to the Wnt' rn Recorder, says: ftev. L. S. Taster, a full graduate of the *ou:h ern Baptist Theological seminary, who bus had considerable oxperience in the pastorate, is so* journing here at present with bis mother. He is a good preacher aud a very clever gentleman. Sumo church needing a pastor would do well to write him at this place.".A good brother wb>» wanted tip paper stopped gave as the reason that he was too remote from the postoflice- On j inquiring wo found that be lived just two miles from the postoflice.”—Watern Rmtrdtr. {Some meu will go much farther for an excuse than they will for a newspaper..‘ I shall endea vor to remit my dues and renew by the first of November, but 1 am crippled in means at this time. Striving as I urn for ministerial educa tion. I have endeavored to collect a few books, wfc'ct} bftvt rgurutped piy mean*.’ Wj]j not *ionie one help us oomribu'e u year's subscription to this worthy brother If so. send u» a dollar. He Joes not ask if, but we do for him.. The Baptist Cot kikk is extending its stakes a«d breaking new ground. Bro. K. K. Sloan, cf Pendleton, 8. C., ponds a club of new subset' i her* and expects to obtain more... You ought to notice my "tup appointment.’' Did not i know you had received such an appointment,or perhaps we might. What is your rank We recently s» nt some specimen copies to a kind brother for distribution, und he writes o«*ck 11s follows: If you were aware of the prijudico that exists in this section agtin&tyour paperyou would not account me slothtul in duty in increus ing the circulation of oneoftbo best papers pub lished. A deacon, a brother of my church, to whom I handed a specimen of tho Cormt.n, tol l mo he thought lie would .'ubscribe. Tho speci men contained your article headed From a Colored Brother.' The good deacon is a Demo crat— one ot the ultra stamp—and after reading tho article referred to he uQirmcd he would not have anything to do with any paper which ad vocated such doctrine. He is using his inlla ence—a powerful one—against the Out niEit. The doctrine wo advocated iu that article is one that all Christuns are agreed upon, so far as wo know, viz that the colored people among us need and ought to have aid and encourage ment from the whites in their religious work. If this good deacon has not embraced this doctrine yet, the soouer ho djOi so the better lor his own soul- Wo arc sorry lor him—sorry for any pr tested follower of Josus v. ho iets his politics get th 3 best of hie religion, somehow or other tho conviction forces itself upon us that if religion is not worth more than politics iu this World it will bj ia the next, when Cbrict shall sit on the ju igrneut throne. Lj us beware of our rr« juiic*.s. lost they load us the wrung way. .Bro J. K. Kant sends some additional names to bis c ub, and adds: The L xd is c!ill Olessiug us at Harmony hturens eoun'yj. l p to this wri’ing [Oct. lo] wo have had thirty five accessions this ycar. Will have other baptisms next meeting. Wo Hive a fljuriahirg Sunday school our prayer meetings are well attended uur Woman's Mission Society new includes □early all the sister* in our church, and they are earnestly aud actively at work. Thirty eight of the males of uur church (inc.'uling all that we e present at our last conference) vo.un tarily obligated themselves to pay monthly live conts inch to the cause of missions. Our church lives ia harmony. They are going to read the Baptut Coi kikp,".*•• The Presby terian Synod if South Carolina was in session in tbi.* city last week. Its four Presbyteries made encouraging reports. They hive a wide open eye on the Piedmont region, if it is the uu'sido row. and meet next in Spartanburg. .Parker is in jiil. and Patterson is in Court..Haul down your white tl ig the first of November- -the Baptist Coi risk bas floated it long enough.*' We mean to do that I thing, and as this is the lust issue of grace wc hope our friends will all renew at once. Uov. W. II. Strickland spent several days last week at Honea Path aiding Kev. (i 11. Carter in a meetiog. The people were delighted with Bro. S s preaching—Congregations were very -erious and attentive KlUer Carter baptized t’.vc converts Sunday ns the visible result ot the meeting..The Savannah River Association will meet at Lower Three Runs on Saturday be fore the third Sunday in November. ..'l'he Barnwell Association will meet on Friday be fore the second Sunday in November, and not on Friday before the third Lord's day, as here tofore announced .The Colleton Associa tion will convene with Bethlehem Church on Friday btfore the fourth Sabbath in October. Visiting brethren will he met at Jacksoncoru or 'Jeorgo’s Station. S. C. It. K., if they w ill notify I the Clerk, on Thuisday..An interesting account of the meeting of tho Abbeville Asso ciation, with other articles and u number of chips which our basket will not bold, are crowded out of this number. Missions: State, Home Foreign. Rav. W. II. STRICKLAND, Kev. A. W. LAMAR, Editors. OTR tUlliUlES AMI STATE MISSIONS-CON TIMED. The Colleton has 22 ch urchct; only 3 have made contributions since the la-t As sociation. and 10 have not given. The Bethel has 9 churches; 1 has contributed; 3 have not given. The Twelve Mile Association has 39 churohe.'; S have contributed; one as much as 83, tbe others under -?3, and 31 have made no contributions. The Fork has 19 chur he.".r bethreu and sisters still, and then more cautious would we be in our criti cisms upou them. But I mean not to write an editorial, but to commend them to all all those who read our Mission De partment of the paper. W. H. S. Anderson C. H Oct. U, 1877. TIIF WOltk OF (JOB’S KI.KCT. Annexed are givcu the contributions of the Southern States for the spread of the gospel in heathen lands during the Con ventii nil year ending May 1st, 1870; also, the receipts from May 1st to October 10th, l«77, together with the remainders,which the States should respectively make up before May 1st, 1878. To supply the lack of donations in the summer, temporary arrangements were made to meet tin drafts of our missionaries. Now, these obligations must be met, in addition to the current expenses of the Missions. The Board, as the servauts of the churches, look confidently to them to aflj.d the means necessary for the work uudeilaken by their command, aad for the disharge of indebtedness contracted in their name. Will not the pastors and al; earnest work ers for Jesus do what they can to realize 1 the full sums expected of their several I Slates? This burden of preaching Jesus I to the nations is a blessed and perpetual I one, which the elect will rejoice to endure fur Hun who gave fits life f r them aad for multitudes o! tho race, uotil the k.ug- j j Jems of this world shall become the king doms of the I, ud and of his (jirist. To be 1970. 1877. M.iryl.iud. 2,202 282 37 1,970 58 District of Columbia... 272 s'» 11 00 2'»1 80 Virginia. j 2(.3 61 1,985 7!* 7,277 82 Vm Virginia. 476 1*1 18 8.7 12b North Carolina. 2,081 >>l 219 42 2,141 01 Mouth Carolina. 6,n38 1,222 iff) 4 S'>5 01 Georgia. 7,1 7 4 7" 701 80: 0,409 84 Florida. 02 78 1 o 01 73 Alnluma. 1,371 13 263 0.7 1,108 08 Mi'snwippi. 1,628 00 603 .'7 1,024 43 I..uisiana T'9 17. 127 3'> 371 80 Texas :,GS'J 02 1 '8 4 1,581 22 1’cniiesnee.;i.548 02. 344 t»5 Arkansas. 192 «H 88 IN 103 10 Mis. Lottie Moon started on the 18th of this month for China. Will not the prayers of God'a people ascend cent nuady for the sale voyage of this noble woman? And will not their alms be offered with their applications that they may bo heard ot the Lord? II. A. Tipper. Corresponding Secretary. Richmond, Ya. Ever since Ev'e's incautious experience in trie Garden of E len. Rabies have been t/u institution. 1* tted i.y men and loved l.y women, their baby life would be an ah solntely happy existence hut lor those evidences ol mortality exhibited in Colic, Flatulency, etc.,—all happily relieved a' once, however, by the prompt use of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. Sold everywhere. 25 cents. Enterprise in Charleston.—One of the most conspicuous signs of pro gress in the “City by the Sea” is the large factory of the Toale Manufactu ring Company, oa Ashley River, on an extensive lot, bouud by Lynch, Broad and Boaufain Streets, and con tainingeleven acre.-. It is the larg est door, sash and blind factory be tween the Potomac and the Rio Grande. July 19—-407—1 y. Minutes Clerks of Associations will please bear in mind the fact that thiir minutes c m be printed at the Baptist Courier office in the best of style and at reasonable prices. Subscribe for the Baptist Courier. Only a year. MARRIED. Wl'MBEltLY 11 AH LEY. At Buford's Bridge, Bar'*well County, S. C., by Her. J. F. Buist, Mr. G. C. Wimberly and Miss Gertrude Harley, all of Burnwod County, S. C\ OBITUARY. Die' lie piu’ks it and Joys it in his bosom. When the shadows of evening were filling :ir*-unj us, she j p*s*d to that, land where Ibire is no nigh*. "We bhalimcet again in the morning." M. 0. H.

Associatioaal Meetings. NOVEMBER. CHARLESTON—Thursday before 1st Lord’s BARNWELL—Friday before 2d Lord's d;*y, at Gent’s Branch, near Graham'8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LINDSEY’S W: i si ling jVTacliim 1 would like to sell County Rights to a Wa-h* ing Machine, that good judges regard *»f un doubted value The subscriber KNOWS that it will do all he claims for it when fairly used. Correspondence is invited at Crnshyvillr, S. C. JOHN U. MAllON, State Agent. Oct 18 420 SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PROFESSORS BOYCE. HROADUS, W11IT MTT AND TOY. The next session will open in LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, September 1st, 1 -»77. Students not wi-hmg to pursue Greek and Hebrew may take a lull thcilogic*! course with out these languages. Tuition and lodging free Studonts deairing pccuuiary aid aro invited to correspond with Rev. J. A. BROAD I S, Louisville, Ky., sta ting their case fully. Student? are particularly requested to bo in Louisville by August 31st. For catalogues and other information apply to the undersigned. C. 1). TOY, Louisville, Ky. BABYLAND. Largest frofits Yet. SPECIMEN COPIES Fit EE. For an Agrncy SEND TO D. LOIUROf *1 C0-, BOSTON, TH08.P. SMITH, 1WER& CO, FACTORS Commission Merchants, 0 and 7 Boyce’s Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mhertil advanca. mado on ooneignmenta of Cotton, Rice, Ac. TH03. P. SMITH, I ALKX. M. M. IVER UKO. W. Mi IVER, B. PRESSLEY SMITH. Ang 2.'i 412 tf BLYTHEWOOD FEMALE SEMINARY. THIS SEMINARY ir located 16 miles from the oity of Columbia, on C. C. A A. R. R., near Blythewood Station (formerly Doko). The next tension will begin September 12, and continue forty weeks. The Principals will be aided by teachers of skill and long experience. The Musical Dep artment will be presided over by a German professor, graduate of a German Musical College. For further particulars and catalogue, ad dress Rev. A. W. LAMAR, Or, Puo»\ W. S. DURHAM Blythewood P. 0 C. C. A. A. R. R., 8. C. Aug 9 410 tf Furman University. THE NEXT SESSION will begin SEPTEM BER 13th, !o77. EXPENSES Tuition PUKE; Incidental Fee, Sj; Board, $13.00 to $16.00 a month in private families and boarding houses. Fuel, lights and washing cost about $2.00 a month. For a Catalogue, giving more information, address Fuor. J. M. HARRIS, July 26 403 tf Greenville, 8. C. Greenville Female College. IK 1WENTY THIRD ANNUAL SES oI j.N will begin on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM BER 12‘h, \*i h superior facilitio^ for higher culture ii* nil departments of the College. Th- 1’ afident will be assumed by a faculty of laUteeu.. j gentlemen of well known abilities, and of large and successful experience us teachers. The Rev. Dr. lliden is expected to deliver a course of Lectures on English Literature, and to have charge of the higher classes in compo sition. Terms accommodating. Send for catalogue. C. II. JUDSON, Greenville, S. C. July 19 407 2m GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 1M11S INSTITUTION will resume its exercises on the FIRST MONDAY in SEPTEMBER, 1877, with the follow ing Corps of Instructors: JOHN B. PATRICK, Principal, anti Instructor in Mathematics and English. HARVEY T. COOK, Instructor in Classics. Assistant. For Circular address the Principal at Greenville, S. C. 410 tf Aug 0 Cloiffl Baptist Female Institute, MURFREESBORO, N. C. This is one of the oldest and best furnished female schools in tho South Of it Kev. J. E. Carer, of Kentucky, uses the following lan guage: *ln a'l my travels I have never found, even among the best, a female institution which quals, in my judgment, the Chowan Female Institute at my old homo in Murfreesboro, N. C.” It may be said also, with equal truth, that it is tho cheapest. The Dext session begins first Wednesday in October. For catalogues address A. McDOWELL, President. July 19 407 3m COA L! COAL! On Hand and to Arrive, 3,000 TO^s S SUPERIOR 11ED ASH, GRATE, STOVE and CHESTNUT COAL, AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH or city acceptance. To parties forming clubs, taking twenty tons or more, a liberal dis count will bo made. Qaality and weight, (2240 lbs per ton) guaranteed. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Blacksmiths and Fouls dory Coal a specialty. WM. JOHNSON, Eact end Laurens Street, Charleston, S. C. Sept. 20 41ft 2in THE MIRACULOUS PEN. Aolnkor iDkNtauil Required. A WONDERFUL discovery. It is only ne cessary to dip it into water as you would dip an ordinary pen in ink. These pen! are prepared in all cf-'or®, black, blue, red, purple, etc. Eich pen will list tor several months’ con stant writing. No corroding. Tho ink which this Pen g» ueiates is always limpid and indeli ble on paper. Price—oft cents per card of tix pens. Sent by mail on receipt of prioe. Just received at E. R. STOKES’ Stationery House. INEXHAUSTIBLE AGIC I NKSTAND. NEW Discovery. NO INK REQI IKED. A This Inkstand filled with writer will last f rainy years in constant uso, only requiring 'o i»o replenished when the supply of water ie needed. 1'ke ink thus prepared is dense in color, unchangeable and indestructible, aod docs not oxiduethe pens. Resisting the most powerful acids, as chlorine, oxalic acid, Ac it is most valuable for legal documents, recording, etc Pocket,Traveling, Office and Souvenir Stands in great varioty of pattern. Prices from 30 cte. to 4 50 each. Just received at E. R. STORES’ Stationery House. Due West Female College. Next college year oprns October 1st. Facul ty sune as last year—full. First class teachers of Music, Drawing and Painting. Location re tired and healthy. Tuition and board, include ing fuel and washing, for college year, $177. Extras at reasonable ratos. For circular, send to J. I. BONNER, President, Ai oi st 1st, 1S77, Due West, S. C. Sept 13 41ft 0t BENEDICT INSTITUTE. C OLUMBIA, 8. C. rp IIE FALL TERM commences T IDS DAY, l OCTOBER 2, 1877. While primarily design ed for the education of those who feel called to the work of the Christian ministry in any stage of if, and while such persons, if approved by tbe cdurch to study with a view to this work, arc suinoi ime> aided, any persons of good moral character of 15 years of ago and over, who do siro to til themselves for usefulness in any po« jitiun in life, are troely admitted, Tbe ^rbole oust fur eight mouths, including rooms, furni tuie, tuition, board, fuel and b;oke, need not exceed $70. Tbe number of s'udents last year wai 102. LEWIS COLBY. Principal. Sept 27 117 if $1200 Malar)'• ^atciUi- ovtusd Out, lour S'«i e (iov«l> to Jr»l.. 3t U^u. VIH( :11 X T A HOTJSJE, NO. 10 GERVAIS STEET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) COLUMBIA, S. C. This House is conveniently located, beiDg within five minute?’ walk of the huf-ines? portion of the city and the Depots. The roon are large and well ventilated. Beds clean and comfortable. The table is fupplied with the bc?t the market alf -rds Kates reduced to suit the times. BOARD AND LODGING. Per day, §1.50 Minister?, $1.00, Per Week, $5.00. Per Month, $30 00. Sept 20 lit. (April-26 306 ly) A. J DODAMEAD, Proprietor. WM. M. BIRD CO.. DEALERS IN OILS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WM. M. BIRD CO., DEALERS IN WHITE LEAD, ZINC, PAINTS, COLORS. WM. M. BIRD CO., DEALERS IN Window Glass, Foreign and -American. WM. M. BIRD CO., DEALERS JN IMIXTS ALREADY HIYED 10R IMMlIDllTi; USE, WM. M. BIRD CO., PROPRIETORS OF Favorite Brauds Illuminating Oil, Brilliant Petroleum and Vestal. WM. M. BIRD CO., AGENTS FOlt Howe’s Staudanl Scales and )lai viu’s Celebrated Safes. Order? Solicited, (JU')tatiM f.trni?bud, a i t* l'n.:*-r ylj. CJan he »ent (J. O. D.. with prink*** to exauiin- Itefaro iao'ntihill. Send stamp for circular P. I'oU’llI, bON. Gua Dealers, £J8 Maiu Street, Cincinnati, O. Aug V 41U 26'. MARCHAL SMITH The Handsomest, The Best Tone, The A[ost Durable' fianos AXade. They arc Beautiful Rosewood, Seven and one-third Octaves, witn every improvement, and fully guaranteed. Their moderate price and uniform success have won for them the po- j sition of a Standard of Economy and Durability. acksov i.Eh'-r.fi nr tf. y,ioirn.\s Tw us rue insr. Ovar 18,000 Now in Use. AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY COUNTY. j Address, Marchal Smith Piano Co. Or, ROBERT W. SMITH, Agent, t)7 University Finer, New York. April l «V4 tf FOR A START! As Sunday-ohool teacher* are already on tha mi the be>t helps to use in LS7S. a plan in 1 by which THt SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES tan he taken >r three months on trial at a very small cu-t. The T nie.s is a to p: :e Wes kly paper. Among tho re- c 1- on writers during tho present year, in addition to the editor-. li. Clay Trumbull ami 1 likely to be fer more widely u-.-.] 0 i ring; xty. ar than ever before. Its circulation ing the l.'-t quarter readied 11copi i o three uioi.ths, seven cn ie:.« h To supply YOUR CLASS would cost; tlireemonths, k.5 cuts; far ten scholar^ o..c Year, f three icon! a;! cents. If ordered by the V' ar. they will l o sent each quarter in amp!'- time f..r use. Tho issue for the fourth quai r of 111:v voar (Octobi r. November, Ikoem ber) i u. '.v rN at fi«STr*M*r. r' r *1 Ai-A iifutfl >i'i r f,;i’ i>.'t r; iLU?. F I v© octavo clou!; I a reed Oiuun* i 1 AA with treaty Pint* c) 1 U U Five octavo or^nn, nine utops, I f A with voia cel©6tef «p X Xfii 1 7- nf Hi .1 until rtut i ylhe tatp i- »U i/fH, MASON Si HAMLIN ONCAN CO. IN .ANk JJOdTON. K3W 1'Ot.X. CUICAOO.' POCKET KNIVES ■\TTE Vr.. i. ror.lv mu S’, nr Mhe'r.f 1 Pri»*(? 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Hearth Home, The Hudson. Eve mast leave Paradise, so also, •will, reluctant steps, we to:lc oui farewell of Niagara, is ime of the party at the Falls had come all the way from far-off funny Spain to be hold this wonder of the western world. It was pleasant to listen tt) the softly flowing Spanish tongue Especially were its tones inn icul w her they fell from the lips of the dark eyed senorita. They expressed them selves as fully compensated Ly tin sight for the long and wearisome jour ney. Leaviug Niagara early iu the day, wo passed through I.ockport, Jiochester, Syracuse, Utica and man] other towns, reaching Albany late ir the evening. A night spent at “the Uelevan House” refreshed us for oui journey; and whoa the birds were singing their matin song, we startec dow n the Hudson on the Hanie iorew,”—the finest steamer on the river. Our time was spent on the up per dock, whero we could enjoy t view of both sides of the river; and while our eyes feasted on the beauti ful scenery, our ears wero ehartneel by the witching strains of an Itaiiar band (a harp and two violins). Many travelers say this stream can rival the llhiue in beauty, save tnat it lacks the picturesijne ruins that add, so much to the interest of the latter, and throw the charm of poesy a id legend ary lore over what might otherwise bo commonplace. L:ke Niagara, no pen can do jus tice to the boau’ies of the Hudson The poet and the painter have vied with each other in declaring its charms, and yet they aro not hall told. Tho Convent of the Sacred Heart, West l’oint, tho Palisades were all objects of iutorest and beau ty. Charming villas dotted the shore, here and there, and tho scene was constantly enlivened by trains of cars whizzug by, just on tho edge of the stream, while boats of all tozas were gliding over tho waves. It was a day of great enjoyment A friend re marked, she kuew I would be report ing the lOH 1 Psalm all the way down- It is indeed c use for heart felt t/iaukagiriir.' when one sees eo much ol God’s beautiful handiwork. M. G. II. Greenville, S. C. Hr. IV. it. Williams. The following article relative to this distinguished man from the pen of Hr. Uterus, Editor of tho Sunday Magazine, will doubtless interest the readers of *‘our paper.” Words of commendation from a Christian broth er of another denomination are highly prized, because exhibiting so much of the spirit of the Master, when he re buked the disciples for their illib eral conduct to tho man whom they found casting out devils in Ilia name and said: “Forbid him not, far there is co man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me.” Wa earnestly thank Ur. Uectus for (ho prayer with which he closes “God tle.is the Baptist church lor the noble st .nd it h alv. .ys made in behalf of religi uu lit arty.” (Such kindly winds tend much to bib 1 about the t-avi uib prayer, “that they all may be one, as til >u, Father, art iu tne, aud I in Thee.” M. G II ‘T.EC1VKM OX iijmsi IllfVOhl. “tine of the r.iost remarkable noon in New York city is Hr. Wilii icn li. Williams. V* lien his pr ductions are read by persons abroad they must fancy that he is preaching to a con gregation vastly ieger than that which any of his brethren address. There is such u harming style, such an affluence ol fancy and imagery, such substantial learning, and such powerful constni' tion, that a man who can produce su h writisgs one fancies mu t ha aide ‘o cimmund im nicuse cocgreg itiour; and yet we arc told that the d jetor preaches very f re rjuec'ly in his own church toe ngie gationsof about half a hundred. ‘‘List Winter he wis announced to deliver a series of lectures in t hi a city on ‘Baptist History.’ One ft' those we heard. It was a remarkable pro duction. It was listened to by a small audience in the basement cd 0 ilvary Baptist Church: but we have many a time seen audiences composed of thousands in which there wis not so much brains us he addressed on tiris occasion. Bu', far as hi-t hearers were, it was with the greatest dillioulty that they could hear the whole discourse The doctor bent over hi) manuscript and soiiloijui/3il. His audience seem ed nothing to him, and sometimes ho appeared to forget them so completely as simply to mut er vh-t ho was thinking. He has nogiaca of delivery, makes no effort to impress his hearers, and simply lets drop from his lips the ponderous thoughts and brilliant phrases with which bis intellect teems. “If he has never leornod to read certainly he has learned to write. These twelve lectures will be read with profound interest net only in i>r. Williams’s own Cuurch but through out all the Churche). They are pub lished in a volume by the American Baptist Publication Society, I’.aiUdel phia, and are issued without any an nouncement of the circumstances which led to their delivery and publi cation. They are brilliant essays which wilt be enjoyed by all scholars, and give to J)/. Williams the right to be called the Macaulay of L loaiasti cal History. “Outside his own Church there are those who believo that t'uo doctor has little tut rhetoric to go upon until he comes to the seventeenth century, ibis brilliant periods will bo to them as more assumptions. They will con sider some of his logical processes as invalid. But these denominational peculiarities arc not absolutely insu perable, It must be admitted that tho lattor portion of the history is given with remarkable power aud su perior judgment. All readers must give Dr. Williams the praiso he so well deserves for hie earnest protest in behalf of the rights of the individual and tho congregation. No true Chris tian will fail to bn kindled into en thusiasm by the eleventh lecture, in which the 'Baptist Missionary Work, begun by William Carey, is set lnrth with such eloquence. We think all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity will, upon tho perusal of this volume, be more ready than over to exclaim, God bless the llaptist Church for the noble stand it has always made in behe.lf of ieligious liberty!’ (i.Mls IMsIUs. v. hen nil life .-1 lesion« h.ivc h*-ii;h.” Then come the lion and lioness, the tiger, leopard, hyena, wolves and boars The tiger looked very much like his cousin, the cat, and walked 'back and forth in the cige, in thd most deiiaht manner. What a etam pedo there would have been had he got uu'. But the funny part w is to go where the monkeys were, and see ail iheir autics. They were up to all m inner of misohitf, and as playful as kitteus. We were very anxious to see the mookoy baby, but Barnutn had j carried her and her mamma off on a trip. They say the monkey mother was as proud c>f hor ugly little brby, and strove as hard to attract attention to it, as any mamma could be of her little blue-eyed, golden-haired dar ling. And then the parrots—0 what a chatteting they had! And the beautiful birds of Paradise, with their rare plumage, wore so lovely to behold. Wurely G d has, in w isdom, made them all. But the tiny, wee I spur rotes are our favorites after all, because they rerniud us so sweetly of God’s watchcare over us. Vour loving friend, M G. H. Greenville, S. C. IIf.aykx.—When I wasa boy 1 u«ed to thiuk of heaven us a glorious gold en city, with nobody in it but the an gel!', aud they were all strangers to uio. lint after awhile my little bro ther died; then I thought of houvun as that great city full of angola, with just one little fellow in it that 1 was acquainted with. He was the only one 1 knew there at the time. Then another brother died, and there were two iu heaven that I knew. Then my acquaintances begin to die, and tbo cumber of my friends in heaven grew larger nil the time l!ut it was not till one of my own little ones was ta ken that I began to feel that I had a peisonai interest in heavaa. Xhon a second wont, and a third.and a fourth; and so many of my friends and loved ones have gone there that it seems as if I knew more of beaveu thin I do of earth. And now, when my thoughts turn to heayon, it is no’ the gold and the jewels and the po ris that I think of, hut tho level ones f'ljro. It is not the place so much as the coiiipany that makes heaven aoeoi so beautiful to me. i Wine has drowned mot* than the sea. Touch not, tasto not. j .1 Nfory. Whcu Ella was a little girl not quite three years cted. Ell; op mod her eyes at seeing the little girl before her, and a very pretty little girl it was too, with beautiful brown, cutting hair, largo blue eyes, an 1 ro»y ciioeld. El la looked closely at tho little gitl fir a i low moments, and the little girl looked at Ella. Then Eilu happened to pucker Iter inou'lt a little, and tho girl in the glass uid tho er.uio. “The lit i tic girl is nuking 1 tees at me. I'll muko a worse face at Lor.” And E'U i screwed up her bttia mouth in the most unbecoming manner possible, i and the littio gitl in tho glass m-.de as ugly a f'uoe back at her. Hut though she tried ag in and again, El la could not compel the girl in the glats to look pleasant by making tac99 at her. Sue w.mld always make as ugly a face hack at lltla as Ella could make at her. “You naughty, btd girl, to keep making f.tcos at me! I'm going down stairs and will teil my grandma on you.” So Ella left the chair and hurried down stairs, running so fast she fell over the cat that was sleeping near the sitting room door. She was not much hurt, and being vary much exci ted, she picked her ii tie sen op and cried; grauunri, in r” “I d'in’t see any mountains, my dear,” said his rnothor. “Look there, mother dear,” he said, pointing up; “they are very near now, so large and high, and the country be yond them seems so beautiful; the poopla ara so happy, and there are no sick ihihlren lhac. Is that the Heav enly land i see i “Yes, my, child,” his mo her sob bed, “that is the heavenly land where Josus dwells.” “0, rao'her, father, dm'; be sorry lor me; hut come after m to that beau tiful land Good-bye metier dear! I’m going now, end J us .m- seat liis angel to carry m .vn the moun tains.’' These were his ln«‘ words. lie died in his mother’s arms. The angel cur r ed him ov-w the m 'urttaias to see the “Kingin IIi9 beauty.” But he hud ciught a glimpse of its brightness be fore be went away. The Uaultj of the place is oue of tM things ttiat wol j help to make up the glory or beauty that we shall see it J >-us wh n we go to heaven Child's JVorld. Rosiancei i C\.nd\ i’i r.nLiNG.—Y-ats ago, iu Now Yak City, a ric.ti b-Irish woman waj ielt p«unile-s widow, with two li’tle hoy-, S ,e rupp.n don Smalt-pox Hospital, when they onter the service are invariably sub mitiod to victinatioa, wr.ich in their ise i-generally revaojination, anl in ever atterw ird repeated; and sa per fe-t is the pro notion tint, thiugh tne nurs-alive in the closest and mist constant attendance on smallpox pationts, and though also the other servants are in virims ways exposed to special chances of infection, the resident surgeon of the hospital, dur ing his forty-one years of otfiio there, has never known small pox to effect any of these nurses or servants. Cleaning Beeswax.—l’ut the comb 1 in a sack with a weig it in it, heavy enough to hold it down in the bottom ol a washbuiler or kettle wl>icb should have plenty of wator in it, over tho lire, and come to tho boil, or very nearly so. When cold, tho clean bees wax will staD 1 on top ia a nice cike that coa be „;ken off readily. To prevent the contents burning fast to the bottom of the kettle or boiler, place in tho bottom an iron grate or a piece of sheet-iron, or two or three old pie-pans. The Massachusetts Ploughman saji: Do not try to fatten your pig rapidly until you have first grown him. You caunot make a hoavy hog unless you lirst produce a lengthy pig. Weeds, clover, moat, scraps, boiled potatoes, kitchon refuse, any and all nitrogen rus or desk-foods are proferable, during the eirly months of the pig’s existence, to the meal and gr da or fat forming foods which are required for the liniskiug off process.'’ To fatten fowls for the table thoy should he confined ia small open coops, just lirge enough fer theiji to stand comfortably, and fed on ground oats mixed with water or milk, four times a day, or at intervals of four hours, all that they will eat up clean. A fortnight of this treat ment will render them fat. They should bo fasted twelve or fiiteeu hours before killing. MuHssks Candy.—Uae quart of good molasses, one tablespoon!ul of viuegar, half cupful of sugar, table spoonful of butter; boil; stir most of the time; drop a teaspoonfui ia cold water-—if it hardens, it is finished; at the last stir in a toasuoonfu! of sal eratu.s, first dis- lvcd in a li tie hot water; one tablespoonful essenco cf lemon;piur into buttered tias. When co >1 enough “pull it white.” Flour your fingers occasion lily. It costs no more to produce a pound of wool thuu a pound of cot on, and the wool sells for three times the price ot the cotton. Again, 100,000 dogs consume and destroy food, either al ready fit for liumau use or suitable for f-odmg to productive animals, an mount wnieh, estimated in bacon, would supply perhaps 00,000 laboring men. ArrLF. Omelet.—Pare, core and stew six large tart apples. B at them very smoath wkilo hot, adding one spoonful of butter, six of sugar, and a iittle nutmeg. When perfectly cold add three egg*, yolks and whites beat- eu light separately. Pour this into a hot, deep, buttered baking dish, and bake liil of a delicate brown. Mi a s::s Col i-ies —Oao cupful but ler, two cupfuls molasses, one ten s oonful clows, one tablesptoeful 1 ginger, sufficient fl >ur to make a stiff batter, not dough; mold with the hands into email cakes, aud bake in a steady rather thin hot oven, as they are apt to bum. I no Ck, si j;> Mkai I’ies.— (Joe toicuplui cream to six gcod-si/td pm- j tatocs boiled and mashed fits, and salt and flour enough to toll. Han dle as little as possible, NEW GREEN HOUSE, TAYLOR STREET, COl.dJlBIA, S. C. The unieriigueJ take.- pleasure in informing the La-lies amile terms. Packing ilone in the best manner withonl extra charge. Caoi.-e Plants in bloom at 30 conti a piece, r $i.00 pi r dozen, WM. D. CAL VO, Florist. Columbia, S. C. All judiclou? physicians recommend cleansing i medicines in the spring. Experience teacbcs alsc heir great value when fi'liJouiily chosen and prop any i>»ictcr. Swain Panacea bus been recommended for this purpose for more than filty years pj.-t. It eliminator gradually from the .-Vi- run impurities receive I during the wintei when improper food haj bfven takes, and builds up discard eorofuiou* patients. Jlundredo ol physician" prescribe it; thousands of families know us va'ue. We pledge our honor it does not contain any m rcurul ingredients what ever. Itisplcisant to the taste, and not a bottle put up but is urorth rniny times i s cost, Pr. pared only at SV\ Api'S LABORATORY, S utb Scvcn'h Street, below Chestnut, Phi: 1 ieiphii. Pamphlets cont to any address gratis. April 2b 325 Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral I'or Diseases of the Throat and Lungs, such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping n Cough, Bronchitis, S§t.r, c I(S j .iUell lauliitude.s are rescued and restored to health. This m, divine gains friends at every trial, as the cures it is constantly producing ere too remarkable to be forgotten. No family should be with out it. and those who have once used it never will. Kmiuent Physicians throughout the country prescribe it, and Clergymen often ri -oi inn id it from their knowl edge of its effects, rnrPARCD iit Dr. J. C, AYER CO,, Lowell, Mass,, 1‘ractl.uil uml Analytical Chemists. 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