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heed that you exercise patience, meekness and christian forbearance. W h e n you see broth-er aris.e against brother, parent against child, with intent and purpose as fell and murderous as if the human heart bad no ben&volence, no kindness—as if all were ainiater aud malign. Know, then, the time of rewards is n e a r — T h e n if yon are persecuted for righteousness sake, be a faithful pilgrim, and move on si-lenlly, faithftiliyi "patiently, thoughtfully and prayerfully in the way j i f hplinpaa and eternal life and you will be happily saved in unmolest-ed glory and those t l i a thear thee.

- SIIOHT SEHMOIf, SO. XXVU.

A DISCOURSE Delivered by REV. D. SMITH, on the i&lh Xo-

teml^, ISaO, al the crdination of DABICS BX:CKI.ET. By request of the church in Fay-ette, cQiml}, Tain. "Take heed cnta thyself, and unlo the doCr

trine; continue in them: for in doing this thou ihalt both save thyself and them that hear thee."—TiaoTHT 4 :16 .

Is t . Frum the caution, dropped in the pre-ceeding verses, the first part of the text will apply to all diriatiana. The apostle expressly sa js . that in the latter days some shall depart frum the faith. W e live in those days. By a critical examination of the Bible, ^ e discover that there has been a great departure from the fiiiih once delivered to the saints. There are character", in every nook and earner, teaching for doctrine, the commands of which, are of men. Thia being the fact, each one should Uke hued for nnd to ihenwelves. T h e word of Cud assures us, that nothing but truth will aland at the great day of accounts. A word to brother Buckley. Look around you, my yaun? brolher, yim behold delusion and error fluttering in almost every breeze, men endeav-oring to destroy the Bible, pull down the cross, dethrone God, subvert religion, and corrupt the church. Enemies tn truth, having their tongues and pons steeped with blasphemy; ridicule and abuse are invading our sanctuaries and prose-lyting men of influence, and are indusUioualy lowing the s.ied.s of error and discord in every city.village.neigbborliood ami family. Let no filae delicacy, my brother, sloth, nor fear of man, deter.you from declaring the whole coun-sel of God, by which you may remove prejudi-ces, nnd be instrumental in converting souls, worth muro than worlds nf gold.

ad. T h e miniater of tho gospel, above all meo on earth, should be faithful, for be moat Moa give an account to God fur his steward-ihip. T h e miniater'a influence i? very exten-sive, either for weal or w"e, to those over whom be exerts an influence. "Like priest like peo-ple," If the miniater be immoral so will his peo-ple be—if heterodox in luith, so will his people be if be draws copiously frum tlie book of God, bia Taith and doctrine, he will be an or-nament to society, an honor to God, and in-itrnmertal in winning souls to Christ.

3d. T h e minister's charge is to preach tho truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the tmtli. As BaptisU, we utterly repudiate all crccds,discipline, and confeasions of faith, oth-er than the croas of Christ and him crucified. You, my brother, are now about to step out to graplewith the stern realities of Ufe. The world amuiMl you U in cominotion, a mighty struggle, between error and truth, is now go-ing on, the lightning's gleamy flash is already

wmm, 1 I* . _ .1 1 HKA seen. The rumbling thunders heard. T h e storm muat be met. 7ou need not to ex pect to •ail upon a snmmer'a breeze, unmolested by any commation. W e have reason to believe, from our knowledge of you, that you have al-ready taken heed to yourself, and have imbib-ed iucb principles as will characterize you as • faithful miniauirthroijgh life, and enable you ^ atind, when persecution shall arise, Cand it will be sore to come if you are faithful to your post,) "like the stately oak of the forest, whose majestic head towers aloft; winds and storms may come, bat i t only strikes ita r oa iq i | ^pe r and raises ! u head lligher in the heavena."

4lh. By "doing tliia, thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee ."

Great is the n-ward promised lo the faithful minister."^ Eternal ^IvaU^n both of himself and them.thathaar him, not in this life of trou-Jtie Md.UOToil, hut in another mode of « i a -i m ^ ^ .. .i: jikuX

Permit me, in conclusion, tn say to yoa, my brother, that, should-yoe be^ the child of mis-fire; t r Bave h e M the ttajonty of Baptist jUMcte i^abni i J yott have to contend with Uie

" o f povertr—tfaa sordid selfisUnesB of men _ J trials of the world's amhition—ita des^ _

po'ram-liti atheism- aftd i ts infidelity, takB,'

From the True Union. T H E H A R V E S T I S P A S S E D , T H E SUM-

BIER I S E N D E D , AND W E A R E N O T S A V E D . " T i s greatly wise to talk with our pant

hours, and ask them what report they bore to .heaven." How solemn that word past. As by a magic spell it summons from the grave departed minutes, hours, daya, weeks, years, and they assemble around the soul, a vast.com-pany, either to cheer it with the remember-ance of good deeds, or lo terrify it with the re-collection of sins, and forebodings of an ap-proaching judgment. T h e year 1850 has gone; and its last hour mingles with the past eternity. T h e dying year becomes a powerful preacher, and dead indeed mast be that heart which does not learn at this season ita solemn lessons. Quest ions which are fo r^ gotten in the din and bustle of daily life, are now farced upon the mind with irresistible emphasis " W h a t have I doneV "How have I improved the golden opportunities Gud has given me!"—It has left no human being as it found him; all are one year nearer to heaven or to hell. A season during which ray read-ers have enjoyed the summer-like influences of heaven, the sun, the rain, the dew of grace, and in which they might have reaped a har-vest of bliss from the service of God, has passed away forever. Arc any compelled to utter the lamentation, " the harvest is past the sum-mer is ended, and we are not saved!" Le t them pause and consider.

The year has rolled on, loading yuu with mercies. Nature has perpetually proclaimed to you the power and goodness of God. Stern and icy Winter gave way to blooming Spring, with its buds and flowers, its singing birds and soft breezes, its melody and beauty; then came Summer with its warm suns and golden fields of grain; then Autumn with its ripened fruits, and faded leaves loveliest in decay; and now again Winter has resumed its throne. The heavens and the earth have been full of the glory of God, and have united with the Gospel in urging sinful man to repentance. But you have heard also the message of salvation, the glad and wonderful news of a Saviour, and doubtless many have at times heard Jesus knocking at the door of the heart, and the still small voice of the spirit reproving them of sin and of judgment. You have had abundant lime to reflect on character and duty, for more than seven iceeks of Hihbaths, days which you are commanded to keep holy, and in which you are released from all earthly tji.l, and have en-trusted to you during the year.- •

Wha t has been life result of all these pre-cious opportunities- for laying up treasure in heaven! Chriatians are you saved—from be-setting sins, impatience, ill temper, levity, sloth, lukewarmness, ueglect of duty, worldly mindedneas! Are you more humble, more in-telligent, or prayerful or active n iw than at the commencement of the year! How many have forgotten that growth is a.siiin of life, whose piety unlike " the shining light which shincth more and more un ta the perfect day," resem-bles the glimmering wick, flickering more and more feebly till quenched in final gloom. But if Truth wrings from any lips the confession "lam not saved," think of the fearful meaning of that confession.

IVol saved! Then ymi are sliU in your sins. Still an enemy of God, an unpardoned rebel against His law. T h e dear Saviour is n.it your Saviour, God is not y^iur Father; you are a stranger to the covenants 'of promise and without hope. You are immortal, yet unpre-pared for eternity, a traveller to the grave yet unfit to die, going to the judgment but with no excuse to offer for your guilt, no advocate to plead your cause. Not Saved! Then the past year has been to yoo all in vain. Those 365 days and nights, those 59 Sabbaths, those ser-mons and calls and warnings have all been lost, wasted by your reckless folly.

^'ol saved! Then are you farther off t!um eter'from Slavatioa. No man stands still.— He is floating on the rapid stream of life, not only to the grave. W h a t have you been do-ing for a whole year! Has another talent been buried, have new gifts of God's love been de-spised and abosed! Then a more awful ac-count must be rendered. T h e voice of those murdered days and hours cried to heaven as did the blood of righteous Abel, for vengeance on the murderer. You have been "treasuring up wrath," adding new fuel to t he unr^iiencha-ble fires of memory, and keener stings to the undying worm of remorse.

Again, it is more difficult for you to be sav-ed. -Men imagine they will rppentmore easi-ly at some future time than now,but it is a fa-

have perhaps spent it in "robbing God," and now even if converted, have one year less to give him, a mere fragment to offer of that life which He bestowed, aiid which ought all to have been consecrated to Him. Night is draw-ing near, and the great bus ings of the day is yet unbegun. Behold the fearful position in which you s u n d . Life which is but a vapor rapidly p a c i n g away, your guilt accumulating, danger increasing and hope of escape becom-ing leas and l e s s - i . ••• -

T h e year which came to you as a dear friend, or rather as an angel of God to make you wi-ser, happier, better, has been rudely and un-kindly treated, and now looks reproachfully on you ere he dies, and bids you a tinal farewell until the meeting on the judgment day. Even before its last hour departs, the mandate may be uttered " T A u year thou shalt die." O that every impenitent reader may improve its few remaining days by immediate repentance and faith in the Crucified Jesus—so that he may be ^ spared the dreadful doom of him who on a dy- j ing bed is forced to gaze back upon a wasted i life, and forward into to a dark eternity, crying in mournful despair "The harvest is past, the summer is ended and I am not saved."

F. W .

a provincial Scotch Council, held in the reign of Alexander I I . , precisely the same term [im-mersion] is employed.

Lyndwood, who lived in the sixteenth cen-tury, in his Provincial Constitutions, ed. 1679, p. 542, composed by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury, explains a canon of Archbishop Edmund, in the reign of Henry I I I , as requir-ing baptisteries that would admit of dipping the candidate [sic quod baptizandua possit in co jnarfii.}. A drawing still exists in the Cotton MSS. of the British Museum, describing the baptism of the Earl of Warwick in the re i ra of Richard 11., [1381,] in which the mode is evidently by immersion.*

like profane mockery! What is it but the echo of the religious prjssain most of our cities. I s it not a duty enjoined upon all christians to tha nk God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for all their enjoyments! Then why should i t sound so strange, so blasphemous, to give ut-terance in the form of a prayer, to the thoughts, sentiments and feelings written and spoken by so many professors at the present time? If you have sufficient reverence for God still left, to shrink with horror from offering such a prayer, ought you not have had sufficient res-pect for your christian character and example to abstain from every enjoyment for which you

! could not give thanks; "for this is the will of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII . , j God in Christ Jesus concerning you that you

la GOD THIS HOUSE!—In Greenland when a stranger knocks at the door, he asks, " I s God in this house!" And if they answer "Yes," he enters. Reader, this little messen-ger knocks at your door with the Greenland salutation. Is God in tkis housi:? Were you, like Abraham,entertainin;: an angel unawares, what would be the report be would take back to heaven! Would he find you commanding your children aud your household, and teach-ing tnem the way o! the Lord! Would he find an altar in your dwelling! Do you worship God with your children! Is there a church in your house.

was thus baptized. An old MS. description of the ceremony says, "Inoaotinent after the Prince was put into the font." So also was Mayant, afterwards Queen of Scotland,—"as soon as she was put into the font, ' ' says an eye-witness; " the Princess Elizabeth and Ed-ward VI. were also immersed."—London Ch. Magazine.

*This work is a pictoral history of the Earl of Warwick from the cradle to the grave. It is executed in a very spirited manner, and is well worth seeing. It will be found marked Julius, K. 4.

E.ttract of a letter to the editor of the Sec-retary.

AMESBUEY. iVIiss., Nov. 18, KSjO. "There has been for some time past quite a

religious interest in this place in the several religious denominations. All have shared more or less iu the genial shower of grace which has been falling upon us for the past few months. The Baptist, the Free-Will Baptist, the Congregationalist and Methodist churches have received from fifteen to twenty each to their several communions. There has been no extra efforts used as a means of grace; noth-ing but the ordinary preacliing on the Sab-bath, and one or two prayer or conference uieetiiigs during the week. I have a number lo baptize by immersion as soon as my health will peraiit."

Tlie above is from a Pedo-baptisl clergy-man. -

t a r mistake. They become" inore profoundly asleep, more hardened to the melting, truths and prtimi'seB of the Gospel. T h e love of sin becomei stronger", the claims of habit, are wo-ven more tightly around the soul, and fix it more firmly in their iron coils. Whi le there is. more to repentof, there is less disposition to do i t , and: by every year 's delay the word of life becomes^more aurely a ^savot.of death unto d e a t h . ? . . ,,

. Aot Saved! Then i t there Jess time left for ' ueking Salvation <md sening Qod:~ ; ' W e die

a r soon as we begin ,to^ live." Eveiy day j^ 'ne "is"dead. Many persons are therefore more "than half dead alread^i" AnM^lsr year ik d e ^ , "and tears-of blood" could not re«fl' itl ' You

From the True Union. PRAYER,

Siippo.ied to be made by a Christian Profesaor upon relarniny from Jenny Lind's Conccrt. "Giving thanks always for all things unto

God and the Father , in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ."—EphesiansS: 20.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Chrijt Jesus concerning you.— 1st 1 hess. 5: IS.

"To theo, O God! I come this night to offer th:inl<s fijr mercies received and happiness eii-j.iyt'J. And especially do I thank thee for the prerioud privilege of having just heard the greatest singer of the age, warbling her music so divinely sweet as to rouse my soul to a fore-taste "of that new song which the holy and happy are forever to sing in heaven.*" I thank thee O God for her christian mission to this christian people, and "for the beauties and attractions," that she has thrown around the Saviour's promises and the truths of the gos-pel, in her devotipual aud evangelical songs so far transcending all that " the eloquence of the pulpil*" has ever effected. What can wo as a people render unto thee for thia great blessing bestowed upon ns! As some feeble return, we have lavished upon her some thousands and tpns of thousands from our coffers, turning u deaf car to the lou.l cries of the poor and des-titute around us, and to tho far off wailing of the perishing heathen, and tho suffering mis-sionaries in distant climes; knowing that they are in thoirown care and have n.-> need of our aid. A cold and new life. W e have learned to "apprecialo what is lovely and of good report" aa St . Paul has commanded us, and have laudod her chris-tian excellence with trumpet voices through

should give thanks always in all things.'

T H F C O U R S E AND R A P I D I T Y O F LIFE . Human life is like a road which terminates

in a frightful precipice: we are warned of it from the first step; bnt ' the law is gone forth— we must constantly advance. I would wish to retrace my steps; on, on. An invisible force hurries us forward; we must unceasingly ad-vance towards the precipice. A thousand vexations, a thousand troubles, fatigue aud dis-tress us on the road; but if I could only avoid that*frightful precipice. No, no, we must ail-vance; we must even run, such is the rapidity of years. We console ourselves, however, be-cause from lime to time we meet with objects which amuse us; running waters, passing flow-ers. W e would wish to pause. On, on! And yet we see all that we have passed falling into ruins behind us. Frightful crash—inevitable destruclionl W e console ourselves, because we have carried off some flowers gathered by the way-side, which fade in our hands ere the evening approaches,—some fruits, which we lose in tasting: enchantmrnt, illusion! Still hurried on, thou approachesl the gulf; already every thing beginning lo pass away; the gar-dens are less fluwery, less brilliant, their col-ors less lively, the meadows less smiling, the streams less pure:—all fade; all pass away: the shadow of death appears, we begin to feel the approach of the fatal gulf. But we must ad-vance lo the brink: another step. .Already hor-ror has seized upon the senses; the head grows dizzy: the eyes wanHer; on, un. I would re-trace my steps: impossible: all has fallen, all has vanished, all is lust.

I need not tell you that this road is Life; thia gulf is Death. —Bossuel.

D A N G E R IN S T R I V I N G F O R R I C H E S . } Riches got by deceit cheat no man so much

as the getter. Riches bonght-with guile, God will pay for with vengeancp.*. Riches got by fraud are dug out of one's own.i ieort , and de-stroy the mi.nd, , Unjim_ riches curse the ow-ner. in getting, in keeping in transmitting.— They curse his children in their father's mem-ory, in their own wasteful habits, in drawing around them all bad mea tet tts^eir compan-ions.

While I do not discourage your search for wealth, I warn you that it is not a cruise upon level seas, and under bland s&ies. You ad-vance, where ten thousand are^broken in pie-ces, before they reach th^ mart; where those who reach it are worn out by their labors past enjoying their riches. You seek a land pleas-ant to the sight, but dangerous to the feet a land of fragrant winds which lull to security; of golden fruits, which are poisonous; of glori-ous hues, which dazzle and mislead |

You may be rich and be pure; but it will coat you a struggle. You may be rich and go to heaven, but ten, doubtless, will sink beneath their riches, where one breaks through them to heaven. If you have entered ibis shining way, begin to look for snares and traps. Go not careless of your danger, aud provoking it.— See, on every side of you, how many there are who seal Goil's Word with their blooJ:

"They that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men lo destruction and per-dition. For the love of money is the root of all evil, which, while some have coveted after lliey have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."—U. W. Beecher.

l a b i e i i ' D r | i a r t m f n t

"Troth in all Ha-nan Imprnvem^nt, Uie Ob j»*ct—E.-iucBtlan of Woman, liie Meati*. "

T H E EARLY MODE O F BAPTISM IN B R I T A I N .

The venerable Bede describes Paulinus a" bapt iz ingintheGlen, Swale and Trent. T h i t this must have been perfomed by immersion is evident frum the practice of the Romish Church at the time, and from the subsequent practice of the •Anglo-Si.'^ons. Gregory,the very Pope who sent Paulinus, thus speaks of tlie ordi-nance:—" But we, since we immerse (mergi-mus) three times, point out the sacrament of the three days' burial."

Bede, although in his works he seldom refers to the mode of baptism, give? sufficient evidence of the practice nf his church at the time he lived. In his Commentary on John, he finds a striking resemblance between the account of the pool of Bethesda ami the rite of baptism. Works, v. 581, So also when treating on J.ilin xiii: 1—11. he speaks of a man as b e i n j alio gether washed in baptism. Works, v. "10.— Furthermore, ho runs a pir.illel between bap-tism and Naaman's washing in Jordan.— Works, viii: 3SS. Forty six years after B nle's lealh the following canon was passed by I'ape Clement: "If any bishop or presbyter SIIHII bap-tize by any other thati trine iminersiun, (im-mersiunem) let him he deposed." Some few yeari. alterwards, Pope Zacliarias, speaking of baptism, refers to an English synod in which it was strongly commanded that whoever should be immersed (mersus) without the invocation of tho Trinty, should not be regarded as liavin,' enjoyed the sacramentofreweneration. Z ich . Papa, in Syn. deCone., dis. 4.

The writingsof Alcuin, born at York, A. D. 735, and educated there by Bishop Egbert, abound in references to the mode of baptism. In his sixty-ninth epistle ho says, "Trine iin-inersion (ileincrsiu) resemblea the three days' tiurial." Hia Exposilido de Baplistorio, Ep. TO, contains the following language: "And so in the name of the Holy Trinty he is baptized by trine immersion, (subinorsione.) In his work "De Divinis Officlis," he is still more ex-plicit: "Then the priest baptizes him by trine immersion [mersionel only." Indeed, in his epistle to Odwin he relates tho whole process ofimmeraion and its attendant rites.

At the commencement of the ninth century I A. D. 816] a canon waa passed at the Synod ofCel ichythto the following'effact: "Let also prie.its know thut when they administer holy baptism they pour not holy water on the heads of infants, but always immerse them in the font." With these notices the Saxon writings themselves agree, for though in the laws of .•Mured and Inn, the Council between Alured andGodrum, and very many other Saxon doc-uments, the word used for baptism refers rather to ita supopsed effects than to the mode, yet in two Anglo-Saxon manuscripts of the Gospels, the word dyppan (our Englis.h dip) is, according to Lye, used four times for baptism. Well does Lingard, in his work on the Anglo-Saxon church say, "Theregula rmanner of administer-ing it (baptism) was by immersion."

During th? N^jnnan rule, the same mode of observing the ordinance in question obtained. A Council held in London, A. D. 1200, passed the f o l l o w i n g regulations: ^ ' / ' ' b o y is bapUzed ^ea t i in eomparrsoh is the widow's mite, cast i

' ^ ' ' ' ' " "y J ' f f ^ m g in thy service, lo t„e . „,„^harides internally, "magnihcence- of Mr charifies proclaimed so , Montague first introduced into E n g

T H E R.AILVVAV LA.MP. '•Liuht in Dark'icss." —ViaUa cxii. 4.

When the traveller steps into the railway car, in the bright summer's day, his attention is drawn to the friends who stand lo bid him good-bye; and as the train moves on more and more rapidly, the mile, and half, and quarter mile posts, seem racing past him, and the oh jects in the far distance appear so rapidly to change their places, i s to move off the scene almost as soon us they have been seen by the eye upon it. Now, the long train,.like some

•vaot servant, his.sing as it moves swillly along, suddenly plunges under ground. The bright sun Is suddenly lost; but the traveller's eye ob-serves, for the first time, perhaps the railway carriage lamp; and thouijli it was there all the while, yet, because the sun made its light needless, it was not observed. God's promi-ses are like that -ailway light. The Christian traveller has them with him always, though, when the sun is shining, and prosperity beam-ing on him, he does nut remark them. But let trouble come—let his course lie through the darkness of sorrow or trial, and the blessed promise shiues out, like the railway lamp, to cheer him, and sheds its gentle and welcome light more brightly when the gloom is thick-est, and the siunshine most entirely left be-hind.—I'rol. Churchman.

PERSEt . 'UTION F O R N E W IDEAS Harvey, who first discovered the circulation

. . . , . , I of the blood, was stvlcd "vagabond or quack,' s a c b n s f a n people we had become , persecuted thro'ugh life. 1 le hargic, and she has roused us into j

troduced the ligaturo as a Bubsliluta for the painful mode of staunching the blood after the amputation of u limb—namely, by applying

, . . . . L J 1 , boiling pitch to the surface of the slump. He the re igious press, in the crowded marts tuid ; i ,„i,u = ' ^ ^ j was, in consequence, persecuted with the most i n o u r s o c i a l p t h e n n g s — O h ! may the exciFe- b " he Faculty of Physic, ment which has been so wonderfully awaken- ^^ putting the life of a ed by her presence continue to spread atid i n - u p o n a thread, when boiling pitch had crease throughout the l e n p h and breadth o ; ^or centuries, our land, until all our people will have poured forth their homage at Bpr feet, and sounded her praises with loud acclamations. For is she not worthy to receive all the praise and ad-miration that can be given her—the "noblest woman nf the agef"—f)ne who has done more for mankind, than all the female missionaries who have left home and kindred, lo labor and die in heathen lands. They in their poverty, | have only offered up their lives al the shrine | of chfislian duly, while she gives away her, thousands to charitable institutions. This ia i

stood the tost for centuries. Paracelsus introduced antimony aa a valua

ble medicine; he was persecuted for the inno vation. and the French Parliament passed an

' act making it penal to prescribe it; svfiereas it ia now oiio of the m^iat important medicines in

I daily use. i The Jesuil.s of Peru iutrnduccd into Proles

lant England the Peruvian bark, (invaluable ' medicine,) but being a remedy used by the Je

suits, the Protestant English at once rejected tlie drug as the invention of the devil.

In I7»3, Dr. Greniielt discovered tho cura

GOD S E E S T H R O U G H ALL P R E T E N -CES.

How simple is this proposition, and yet how amazing!—adinilled by all, believed by a few, and by them not steadily.

(iod s'vs Lhroiijh all pretences. Then why should I use pretences! Why be ambitious to appear what I am not. rather than try to be what I ought!

God sees through all pretences. And he will one day make bis intelligent universe see through them too. No wolf can carry his sheep's clothing to the judgment seal. He must leave every thing false and painted be-hind. There he must appear as he is, not as he would like lo have men think of him. Why, then, spend my lime in garnishing the outside of my character, while my character itself is neglected!

God through all pretend. And he will blow ihetfl away at the last day like chaff be-fore the whirlwind. Every thing false and hollow will be carried into eternal oblivion. Nothing but the naked reality will remain. O, whdl a wreck of human pomp and parade and vain show! How insignificant will the great ones of this world then appear, when all the outward "pomp and circumstaoce" in which their grealiiess lay is left behind, and they ap-pear in their own proper littleness before the Judge of all the earth.

Would men take a hundreth part of the pains to he, tlini they do lo serm good and fair, how well would it be for them and society too.—Ohio Obs.

L E T

S H E W A S N O T T H E R E . I sat where pften-I had known.., j .

In other days, her kindly care; Her smiles no longer on me ahonep-

She was not there! # i ?

Her heart is still, her cheek is cold: • That heart BO warm, that cheek so fair!

Unseen that form of fairest moold; She waa not there!

^

No more her silver voice I heard Breathe sounds of Biveetness to the air,

In every soft and gentle word; She was nut there!

1 missed those eyes that once could shed The light of juy on hearts that wear

Her image yet. That light hath fled: She was not there!

I heard the songs she loved. To me This seems too much for grief to bear.

They made mo fed, those sounds of glee, She was not there!

No more her step, the free, the light. Not hers the laugh that met my ear;

On that whole scene bad fallen a blight; She was not there!

How dark the scenes, when those are not Who hallowed them—the good, the fair!

How shadowed seemed that well-known spot-She was-not there!

But few remember long the dead; No sorrow can t he worldly share;

Yet some can ne'er forget, tho' fled;. She once was iherol

self-sacrince which we as a people can rf^fl^ , of cantharides in dropsy. As soon and we thank thee for this bright evi-1 ^^^^^ ^^ ^^

deuce o. her being a "hopeful christian." How , Newgate by warrant of the Pres-

by layman the rites preceding immersion [immersionem] must be performed by a priest.^' A similar article was adopted in ; 1217 by the diocese of Sarum. In 1223 a ! Council at Oxford ordered that the rites fol- ' lowing immersion, [immereionem] not prece- j ding, "should be performed by a priest. The Provincial Constitutions of the Archbishop of | Canterbury, passed 1-J36, contain the same reference toimmersion as the mode of baptism. ' In the Constitutions of the Bishops of Wigorn, 1240, we find written: " W e order that in ev- ' ery church there he a baptismal fontof proper • size, and depth, [profunditatia,] and that trine , immei^sion [immersio] be always practised.", So alao in the Constitutions of Archbishop Peckham, 1279, the samei language is usei .— T h e Sytiodos Oxoniensia, 1257,-calls baptism Bubmersio. Furthennore, in the Constitutions of Woodloke, Biahdp of Winton, 1308, and in

loudly from t h , house top. and'even echrjed in • ^ ^ ^ po.^fnoculaiion, having seen itssuc-glorification from tha pulpit. May all who ^ have seen her or heard her be ever grateful for this inestimable prjyilege_and may tho remem-branlie of her enrapturing strains soften the pain of death's agonizing struggle, by the sweet anticipation of enjoying in heaven, mu-sic from angel voices as divinely melodiona as these strains of the Sweedish nightingale— the "enchanting songsQ-ess, and the public ben-efactor." • ; , , . - c

Christian Professor! does this prayer sound

• S e e Christian Chronicle. r -.-(See Coausunicatioa in the Christian Ad-

vocate. •

cess in Turkey in greatly mitigating that ter-rible diisease. The Faculty all rose in arms against its introduction, foretelling the mdat disastrous'conseqyelicea; yet it was in a few years generally adopted by the meat eminent memlteni of Uie prolession. <>JWV .

Jenuer, ,wbo introduced the still g r a t e r dis-covery of vaccination, was treated with ridi^ cuie and contempt, persecuted and oppressed by tlie Royal College of Physicians; yet he subsequehtiy received ^large pecuniary grants tfom^ovc'rninent for the'heneSt he had con-feri-ed''6n'his country by making kiibwri his valuable diacovery; a b d a t the present time its observance very properly enjoined ; by the whole tactKcah-profession and the legialatonB-

From the American ilfesjtfn.i7^r. HIM DO T O ME AS SEEMETH

GOOD UNTO HIM. During the conspiracy of Absalom, David

was forced to fly from his palace, and from the holy city. The procession was a sad one: it consisted of his chief friends and defenders, and seems to have been accompanied by mal-litudes of the inhabitants; for "all the country wept with a loud voice, and all tho people pasa-eJ over." 2 Sam. 15: 23.

Up lo this lime, Zadok tho priest and the Lovilcs had accompanied David, bearing the ork of the covenant, tho sacred emblem of God's presence. But now the humbled king appears to be struck with the unseemliness of carrying about the ark; as though God could not protect it, or as if he could nor restore ttiem to their rights. He therefore said to JCadok, "Carry hack the ark of God into the city. If I shall find favor in the' eyes of the L-rd, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation; but if he thus say, I have no delight iii thee— behold, here am I, let him do to me as secmeth giod unlo him." Tha t U. if God determines to continue my chastisement, and to extend this chastisement yet further—if he see fit to add new pain, fear, and ignominy—if he ban-ish me from m y throne and bring down-my grey hairs with sorrow, here am I- i He is a Sovereign; let hiui. be honored, though I be abased. His will be done! , .

How affecling is the scene which follows. '•'And David went up by the ascent mount Ol-ivet, and wept as he weut up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the peo-ple that was with him covered every man his head, and they^Wenl up, weeping as they went

Here is a lesson of holy submission forrus ^ in every affliction. Only let us be convinced } lhat God does it; and if t h e r e j s grace in u s / we must al length submiu

MATERNAL INFLUENCE. The mental fountain is unsealed to the ey*

of a mother, ere it has chosen a channel, or breathed a murmur. She may tinge with sweetness or bitterness the whole stream of future life. Other teachers have to contend with unhappy comiitnationB of ideas. She rules the simple and plastic elements. Of her we may say, she "hath entered into the maga-zine of snow, and seen the treasure of the bail." In the moral field she is a privileged laborer.— Ere the dews of morning begin to exhale, she is there. She breaks up a soil which the root of erior and the thorns of prejudice have not preoccupied. She plants germs whose fruit is for eternity. While she feels that she is re-quired to educate, not merely a virtuous mem-ber of society, but a christirn, ao angel, a ser-vant of the Muat High, how docs so holy a charge quicken piety, by teaching the heart i t i own insufficiency!

The,soul of her infant is uncovered before her. She knows that the images which she enshrines in that unoccupied sanctuary must rise before her ut the bar of doom. Trembling at such tremendous responsibility, she Uaehes the litlle being, whose life is her dearest care, of the God who made him; and who can meaa-ure the extent of a mother's lesson of piety, unless bis hand might remove the veil which dividcK terrestrial things!

"When I was a little child," said a good mau, "my mother us^d to hid me kueel beside her, and placo her hand upon my head while she prayed. Ere I was old enough to know her worth, she died, and I was lefl too much Ui my own guidance. Like others, I was in-clined to eril passions, but often I felt myself checked, and, as it were, drawn hack.by asof t hand upon my head. When a young n a n , I travelled ia foreign lands, and was exposed to mcny icmptalions. But when I would have yielded, that .lame hand teas upon my head, and I was saved. I seemed to feel i u pres-sure as in days iif my happy infancy, and stmetimes there came with It a" voice, to my heart a voice that must be oheyed-r 'O, do not this wickedness, my son, nor sin against tby God. ' "

A W I F E ' S P R A Y E R .

Lord! blesa and preserve that dear person whom thou hast chosen to be my husband; le t his life be long and blessed, comfortable' ind holy; and let roe alao.bccone a great blessing and comfort unto him,'a sharer in all bia joys, a refreshment in all hia sorrows, a meet helper for him in all the accidents and chancel t>f the world; make me amiable' forever in bis eye i and very dear unto him. Unite Vts heart to

ThTs humbling and f e i i ^ i n g ourselves into the righteous hand of God, is one ^ e a t end of our chastisement. Are we afflicted! let us learn this lesson—hard for nature^ hot made easy by grace. Let us evennore aay. "Let-Him do to me ss seemcth good unto U i m . ' ! . . i

\ BIG Book.—Professor Park recent ly,s l i -

ted in. the course monatleUfeted in l i e land'in the course of « year would inake .i^^S^iOPO l^^g® gCS'f 1 re Mi:'<' c.t

me in the dearest union of love and bol inen, i WM d u m i ) — a n d mine^tohimln all sweetness, charity « d

opened not "my mouth, because THOt? didst ii." | compliance. Keep from me all ongentleneaa, ' " aU diacontentedness, and nnreasoD^lenen o£

passion and humor; and make me humble u u i obedient, (^aritable and lpviiy(, . s i l e n t •nd contented, osaful and observanl, that we m a j delight in each other according to Thy bleaaed word and ordinance, »nd both of may joice in T h e e . ' h a v i i g onr partibn o f - t i e l o w and gervice^bf God ftirew. ; • - - - '

• . ciit .-iyi'pi r • -i

. W h e n • .H»n f be d o « isamBir ' — R i . lijS

T H E T E N r i S S E E B A PfPI S T .

T O i X E S S E E M P T l S ^ i :

j f t i s a y L L E ^ T E I S N .

- - ^ K E E P B B F t ^ l E T H E P E O P L E , T^fftfirea ^^nD^ra«Mine«nied men, ^ -VAU schtJara, clidcnnti lencograpliera, of

BB.j BDtE, freely klnutthat t!ie primary act! , batling^ sigmficadj n of "BaptjzD!!JM:to im-

tneiM, dip or oven hdm. S . Tbat all tiieo igians and Divines of m y

3ote» aiTmit that ih^e is neither expressprecepj iSir, nor txaaiile at ^a&nt bapcisni in the Bible.

3. ThaCi^ hlsto^ana of any note, are agreed that primitive hai)psm was the immersion of

ia v u c i l and UlaC the government of the priminve chijcfaea, waa repablican, and the churches imd^mdanl repitblia.

W e chalfcage a«y responsible man to deny them. I

B T Cammnnic^iona intended Ljt pabEca-tiun. must not be vritten npon the same sheet with boaineaa maitera.

9 a t a r « i a r < f a m i a i T 9 5 , 1 8 S I . i B A S N E a O F ^ E A C E , A N D T H E D E -

J B A T E . B n a . GXXTCS: J

In the "Banner of Peacft" of January 17, I finil (oma oncice wken of my recent lectures in Xj/'hannn, , and of tSe debate between Mr. Chap-man and myself |uid I wLih to make a few re-marks an the stAements nf the editor. It is very natural thatjhe ihoold feel aDttla sore, as I tiHik necaaiun - a my lectures to exjiase his nuer fgnorance ^ f ecclesiastical histiTry, and friim the evidcncij which I had seen of hia dis-huHMty, as mani^ted in his report uf the dis-cnteion between 'Vlr. Fanning and Jlr. Chap-man, t I was, in <a measure, prepared to ez-pcct umilar trea^ent ta that which Mr. Fan-niE^ received. Ifnast, however, acknowledge that the dishonei^ exhibited in his statements regarding myaelj is a Htlle more barefacrd than I expected JJ find it, far more niter reck-iKwneas I have hardly ever seen in the state-metita of any one| It wonld taken ptniimach riiumin yoor pajer to expose all his mi^state-3i»ni9, bat 1 w A - to notice a few of them.— The editor r e m ^ s , "Mr. B. spoke of licens-ed prosiitntiaii, vhirh he said had grown out of Infant Baptitjn." M y position was, "In-fant Baptiam reifoved all distinctions between the chnrch and world, and the result of th» amalgsmatim was that the church became grcilycarrapteiLand asan evidence ofthecor-ru prion arising iff>m thk blending of the church and rho world, ft stated the fact, that in Ger-many—at least a the dty of Hamburg—pros-titutes must ob;^n license; and no degi^ed female of that ;clasa can obtain a license fur prmtitntiaD, unRsa upon the production of a certificate s h o « | i g diac she has been confirm-ed—that she is 4member in fiili communion in the Latharaneh^rchU

Ni>w, why ctwld not Mr. Chadick state this fact as I have St ted it! And, let me ask, will he dare call in q lestion the truth of my asser-tion? No, he <ill not.

In. another p&ce in his article, the editor giies un to remyk, that "according to all his-torical ftccounta^-if the earliest immersions, the BubjrcU were b|ptized without any clothes."

The above at^Vementl do not charge upon Mr. Chadick aa^a falsehood, I simply ascribe

, it tu his utter igforance of ecclesiastical histo-ry. Srill, haw^rer, it is not true in fact, that "acciirding to al^historicalaccoanta of the eor-Uat immsnion^ the suhfects were baptized witJraat any cloljea." The sUndard Chnrch Histories speak, of immersion as practiced in the Brst two cei|turies, without any allusion to the pnictica of laptizing naked.

Culeman, in i t s Chnrch Anrirjuities, gives the futlowing amount of this strange su perati-titn. (Ch. An^ri. p. 257.) "From the third cenrury baptisn' bscame one of the mysteries oTthe chnrch. S a i ^ Jt continued to be until Ac nntldls of t m S t e pentnry, when christi-• i i i i j became aaj prtrvalent, and the practice of infiuis baplisin s i geoeoL that the instances of adalc baptism nAre enraparadvely rare. But daring t lut p e i ^ of ^ e it was admhiistered privately, in, tii^ presence of believers only; and tha Candidas, without resjiect to age or •ex, were dives|«l of all covering in.order to be bcptixeil, t n j i n this itata received the or-dinonca." ^ V a m a t , in hi: book, da Baptismo, maintains

that thia praets s of denudiag' all candidates for bapdam, cm inaed from the time of Ans-ttit, who lived irtthe aod centuries, to the t innofSc . fcraa^, • period of between seven and eight ^ i ^ r ; ^ je tra . Benedict, in his histary.p. 3qf, remarks on the practice of baplixing the ei|ii^i^tes wufiont any clothes;

who a n bi^-maderatsly versed in eccle-siastical t u r a m n o K know, that the practice ia qosstiaB w a s n Pado-baptiat ailidr Crom be-gjmilBg ta ew^ one begin uotil the baptism

ien introduced; and the rapid spread rfbaptii^i from adults

to the youngest class of carhscii4mea'>, ami Com them to un-cunsciiraa babes^did more than any thing else to neutraEza t A evils, and fires the Catholic chnrch &om the intokrable burdens which thia s t r u g e freak L sapen t i t uo , order i ts most moiiified fotmv rauac^have imposed upon t h a n . T h e attempts to fasten this odium u p-OR lha Baptistaila aa ardfice of the unfairest and unkindsst a t u r e tha t I have met with in the w h ^ range}of th^hapdsmal controversy. No party, oT t v m , ancient or modem, were ever chargaUe *ith the practice^ I have kept n»v o ^ dosB a j o n t h u ina t« r in aH the ac-etiiuits riT thii ^aldeases^d other^dent aectr, a u m g w&uh we lo«>k fcr our denomina-CnnaFfiieMi, a l t l oothnig' of die kind appears m any o f t he dlttSa of tbeif operadon.** » This ctHa* g & i a to 'remarfc - M r . B. s o w ^^uiifceifei to nodheft hia autbornies, t r adng SamenmBi ' i K t ^ Apasdac.'* " B a t what was uBT uianbhias iCa Bod that of the waitings ea-Iper ftwfiMes^t^w l&atafisr8lIJiiapae.of an-thariiiiia^ B c p d ^ aad P c d o - f a a ^ t a , he kad D'lC Load' m t S f ^ JStrt to att«t«ii him. And what astimfsliaitea » l e ig l f f i an his failnre, was, fKai'Cbr-'Mij'^fUatt^Patt^ firrt Bap-tiu ciwdk M .liknUc—ataiidnig^ap is Leb«-

nnn, t o enlighten an a l rc idy e n l i g h t e t ^ peo-ple—boldly charging i ^ o r a n c B on the Pastors and editors here, did not himself know the dif-ference between a IlistorieaLfact and a mere opinion or fancy of some Theologian. But sBch is really the truth; although he irjbrmed j r a t l ^ h e hsld « l ^ e n hia decree' at a North-era institudon of learning, and -knew (juite a 'sprinkliiig of G r e e k . ' " * ,

I have now before me the full list of author-idea produced on the above occasion to estab-lish immersion as tha.practice of the chnrch during the two first centorics of the christian era . I t includes the names of the following historians: Neander, Smith, Mosheim, VVa.l-dington, Gr^»gnry, Lord King, Bingham and Wal l . These ars all the authorides I pro-duced to establish the above fact, an<I they all (iustain immersion aa th^ practfeeof the prim-idve chnrch. Now will Mr . Chadick be so kind as to tell me which of these authors are Baptists, or what Baptist authorides I priidnc-' ed tb sastaih theabove posfdott. I d idno tp ro duM one Bapds t author for the above pur-pose. I reUed entttely on the testimony of PedcHbapdst historians, and so I told my audi-ence a t the timel , ^

But after all, it seems, I did not find a "sin-gle fact to sustain me! W h a t I produced were only the mere opinions or fancies of Theologi-ans, and not historieal facts!! Well , indeed, if the-tesdmony of such witnesses as I produc-ed, is to be set aside as the mere opinions or f ^ c i e s of Theologians I sbonld be glad to leani how any fact is to be established on the tesd-mony of history. On such a ^ c i p l e I would defy Mr . Chadick to prove that such a man as George Washington ever lived. If such quib-bling as M r . Chadick here gives us has any force, we may as well bum up at once all the works of our ecclesiasrical historians, for in their wr i t i ng we have nothing but the mere opinions or_/anri«of Theolopians!! Will Mr. Chadick be so kind as to tell us how any fact in regard to the practice of past ages can be established, except by the tesdmony of histo-r y ? " And if there is no other way, must we then remain utterly ignorant of the pracrice of all past ages.' I produced the highest author ides that could be produced on matters of Chnrch History, and if such tesrimony is to be set aside as mere opinions or fancies, then we may all be content to remain with Mr. Chad-ick, in utter ignorance of ecclesiastical history. The authors that I quoted do not profess to give mere opinions but historical facts, and they give them on the authority of the most reliable ancient documents, and the ear liest ecclesiasdcal writers, but their historical facts, Mr. Chadick being the judge, are only the mere opinions and fancies of Thenlogians!

The reader^ however, must nut think that this quibble about the diflerence between his-torical facts and mere opinions or fan ies is an original one of Mr . Chadick's. He evidently stole i t fiom Mr. Chapman. Mr. Chapman seems to have become quite an oracle with him, and he seems to have depended on this Oracle when he made his learned statement, chat immersion was not practiced during the first two.centuries, and this wonderfal oisdno-rion between historical facte and mere opinions or fancies is drawn by Mr. Chapman in the reported speech ^ c h Mr. Chadick has pub-lished in his paper, and it was often referred to in the recent debate. Mr. ChaJick, then plumes himself with a feather taken from"Mr. Chapman's cap. Until he saw his wonderful oracle, he never thought of disposing of the tes-dmony of historians in this way. And yet this same oraele, Mr. Chapman, when he pro-duces the testimony of the very authorities I quote at once magnifies the'ir statements into kislarical facts as contradisdngaished to fan cies aadrnere opinions!! Mr. Chadick says of Mr. B., "he informed us that he had 'taken his degree' at a Northern Institurion of learning." This is a mistake, Mr. Chadick. I gave no such information for I did nut possess it my-self. I took my degree at a Western College, and not at a Northern Instituiion of learning."

Speaking of the debate, our worthy eJi'or remarks, " M r . B. ' s first point of attack was the preface to Mr. C. ' s book. But his assault here was so groundless and puerile, that Mr. Chapman did not notice it, and we shall pass i t . "

This again is a mistake, Mr. Chadick. Mr. Chapman did norice my cridcism on his pre-face, and paid such marked attention to it, thai he revised the part on which I cndcised, and hence in the copies now in circulation it reads diflerently from what it does in the copy I us-ed in the recent debate.

Mr . Chadick asserts that I made a signal failnre in defending the transladon given in tSe Bapdst Library of "Johannes der tanfer,-" in the German Testament. No. Mr. Chap-man, [ made no such failure. Martin Lu the r translated the German Testament, and by L u -ther's own tesdmony, and alsn by the tesdmo-ny of D r . Knapp, a learned German diVine, I sustained the translation given in the Baptist Library. "John the dipper ."

Mr. Chadick goes on to say, " M r . Bsker assailed M r . Chapman's stricturea on Booth, Baptist Library, p. 13, in reference to Fidoa. who Soothsays, was the first to propose infant baptism in the year 254. Mr. B". soon found himself in a difficulty here; for it became evi-dent to himself that Booth was wrong, and Chapman right, but although he was forced to say that he (Baker) would not have written as Booth did, yethaJiad not the mojiliaess to with-draw bis a t tack."

H e r e agtuii, Mr. Chadick, there is mistake after mistake. ' M r . Booth never said that F i -

was the first to propose in&nt baptism.,in the year 2-54, nor did Mr. Booth write as Mr. Chapman has it In .hia book. Among such a people lived Ftd-us, the first on record who pro-p o a ^ (he baptiam cf infants. Hence there was m'ahowing that B x l k was wrong in the case, nor did I acknowledge that I would not have written as ili>g^ did.^ ;'The wiiterquoted from the Bapdst Libriry was Thomas Westlake, and not Ahrahm Boot^ and I made no par-W i ^ - ™ bot'^aimply asked

a eaie on record be I i m t o ofobe wi^Tirttpwed the baptism of inftPti ,-wMeh to do. language might

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mislead, I acknowfiedged tbat I should have expressed the fact diBVrently, and-my manli-ness in this, I think, will compare very favor-ably with Mr . Chadick's in the article before me. "

M r . Chadick condnufli; " M r . Baker attack-e<I M r . Chapman^'s cridcism on Jones, the Baptist historian's account of the Waldenses. Mr. Chapman charges Jones with misrepre-senting the Walderises in relation to infant baptism. Mr. Baker contendeil that Jones is right, and Mr. Perrin wrong. Mr. Chapman then proposed, repeatedly, to refer the whole to a commiuee, which Mr. B. as-often declin-ed. . On the whiile, Mr. C made it clear that bis charge on Jones is jus t . " A more dishon-est and glaring perversion of facts I have ne-ver seen than we have in the above statements. W h a t was the matter which Mr. Chapman proposed to refer to a committee. W h y , it was this. Mr. Jones and Mr. Perrin both refer to Ve'sembecius* Oration on the Waldenses fiirtbe statements they pive on the subject of bapdsm as practiced by the WaMe.nses, and Jones gives the reference at the foot of the page. Vesembecius' Oration on the Waldenses by Perrin P . and Mr. Cha{>msn .with Jones.— History in his hand read Vesembecins' Ora-tion on the Waldenses, quoted by Perrin, and I at once told the congregation that the word quoted was not used there in reference to Ve-sembecius' Oration, but it was used in the line above in reference to another author. I then, myself, proposed that the matter shoul I be referred to the Moderators, and it was agreed to, and the Moderators simply read both refer-ences as they stond in Jones, at the foot of the page, and declined giviag any opinion farther on the subject Well , after this, that evening when the audience adjourned fortbe day, Mr. Chapman or some one of his friends, without •saying a word to me on the subject, or obtain-ing my consent in any way, slipppil off Jones' History from my books, and took it away,^nd it was brought back the next morning with a page turned d jwn back from the page and the passage in question, and Mr. Chapman railed up the subject again, and reque-ited his Meth-mlist brother. Stokes, [one of the Moderators] to read the passage a;;ain, and S'okes at once turned back to a page that had been turned down, preceding the page that cnntainnH the passase in question, and read from the foot of this preceding page, "Vesembecius ' Oration on the WaMeiises, quoted in Perr in ."

more glaring attempt to deceive 1 have never witnessed. If I had acted in this way I should never have heard the last of i:, and yet Mr. Chadick will justify Mr. Chapman, and has the daring eifrontery to fell the falsehmid that "Mr . Chapman then proposed, repeated, ly, to refer the whole to a committee, which Mr. B. as often declined-" I never declined at all referring the matter to a committee.— When the matter was proposed I assented to ir at once, and named Dr. Cossitt as one who should act on the committee, and when the Doc-tor refused to act, I proposed Professor Ma-riner. Nothing, therefore, can be more abso-lutely false than the statements in question.

In defending Jones from the charge of mis-representing the Waldenses, in relation to in-fant baptism, I produced the Latin original of the oration [translated hy Professor Mariner of the University in Lebanon,] from which both Jones and Perrin quote, and I bhcwed that it was translated correctly in Jones, but not in Perrin. Mr. Chapman attempted to shew that "in Per r in , " and "liy Perrin," in Jones, meant "from Perrin" and in this way it seems he convinced Mr. Cha'lick " tha t his charge on Jones is jus t . " I shewed, however, that " in" and " b y " did not mean "from," and that Jones had gone to the same Latin original to which Perrin had referred, and that the charge of mistranslation belonged elsewhere, but it did not apply to Jones.

Mr. Chadick thinks that the debate closed very abruptly and seems at a loss to account for it. Tha t was just the way, Mr. Chadick, I intended it should close, and your friend Dr . Cossitt understood at thi; time the object of the abrupt termination, and was not taken so much by surprise as you imagine. Ytiu pretend to think that it was because I could not answer the closing speech which you have paraded on your first page. Will you dare to say on oaih Mr. Chadick, that you believe that the speech you have published is in reality the closing speerh of Mr. Chapman as he delivered it.— No, Mr. Chadick. if you had heard that speech yon would not dare to affirm any such thing. Mr- Chapman's last eiri>rt was a very lame af-fair, one of his weakest effiirts. At the'close of bis second speech he had received a rebuke from the Moderators for his improper language, and he rose to make his third speech under the withering influence of tuat rebuke, and made one of his feeblest efforts. The s|>eech which you have published is a very different one from the speech delivered at the close of the debate. It is one of Mr. Chapman's labored efforts, fix-ed up by him since the debate to parade before the public, and one which could easily have been met and answered, if it had been really presented in the debate.

One principal object I had in view, in clos-ing the debate abrupt ly, ,without giving Mr. Chapman any previous nmice of the fact, was to cut hitn oB from all (ipportunity to make any statements of the character of thai one Mr. Chadick, when he told the congregation that I had admitted the day before that pouring was baptism, and he called upon the editor of the Banner of Peace to t ake down the statement for publication. I told him then, Mr. Chad-ick, that he knew the statement was false, and if the editor oCithe Banner of Peace dared to publish such a. 'statement, he would dare to publish a falsehood. Well 'knowing the char-acter and disposition of Mr. Chapman in thia respect, I didnot intend to give him an oppor-tunity to make, such false statements at a d m e when I should have no opportunity to contra-dict him, and hence I took' him by surprize, and my brethren knew beforehand that I inten-ded fp take this course. I had already deba-ted three days longer than t proposed at the commenrament of.^he debate. M r . Chapman was making m efibrts to respond to the argu-

^menta presented by m e , Ijat kep t repeating what the coDgregadon had heard, and which

had been met again and Again,.and bis own brethren had generally left him on the last day of the debate, so that there was no longer an opportunity for me to get the troth before them, and hence I thought it best to bring the debate to a close. I tried in vain to get Mr. Chap-maa.np to hia nine or ten chapters Greek, and I had convinced the audience that he knew nothing about that language, and did not think it Worth while to waste any more time upop a man who could unblushingly publish chapters of Greek, taken from others without acknowl-edgment, when he evidently knew nothing a-bout the language hfmself. I have not yet the books at home which 1 used at Lebanon in the debate, but as soon as I get them here I* intend to review Mr. Chapman's book through the press, and I shall then give the public an opportunity to judge fijr themselves whether I can answer his "English argument on the mode and design of Christian baptism." I should have noticed more fully some of Mr. Chad-ick's remarks, had I not intended to go over the ground in noticing Mr. Chapman's book

Mr. Chadick, in bis closing remarks on the debate, discourses thus. " W e have to say with regard to Mr . Baker's talents, that we were greatly disappointed in him. Mr. C. ' s tri-umph over him was quite easy. Mr. B. has evidently read much, but digested nothing He may, ^ i th regard to his learning, be called a sort of chaos of books. While he was mul-tiplying quotations, many of them without rel-evancy, vje conld.not but thick of old chaos, before the Spiri t of God moved on the face of the deep. He is one of Watts ' men. who have read much and know but little."

Well, Mr. Chadick. you have given your o))inion very freely about me, and 1 suppose 1 must return tlie ci>nipliraent. "One good turn deserves another." Mi'. Cbailick evidenrly has read but little, and knows but little, end he is not to be trusted when he professes tu tfll what he does know. He gave a mostdis hone.st rejiort of the discussi.m between M r Fanning and Mr . Chapman, and he has dis-playeil the most barefaced recklessness and waut of veracity in his re|)ort of rbe tliscussion between Mr. Chapman and myself. He seem to have welcomed to his bosom as a friend and a brother, a man who was excluded irom the Mcth<Kli.-.t Protestant cliaich on the cbar ges of falsehood arid unchristian lai.^uage and conduct, ami a man is to. be kni.'wn by the lompany he keeps.

S A M U E L B A K E R .

S T I L L T H E Y C 0 5 I E .

S ^ e ( t l n e f t s t .

From the New York Recorder. AN E P I S C O P A L M K T H O D I S T OR-

D A I N K D A B A P T I S T . Dr. Benjaioiii Mi Soaih, of long standiaa; a-

mong the Meihoai.-.ts, and a preacher of tbat order over twenfy-five years, of good report and excellent gifts, was recently or liiinpil as an evaniicliat. according to Baptist laith and or-der, thus to preach the gospel of the blesst-d Je -us to a pi ri-hing world. Brother .McSoiiih is favorably known in this As-^ociati m. and in many other part.«. He bears gooil letters of high commendation from the Methodist church and clerzv, and his labors heretofore have been signally blessed. A few weeks since, brother •McSouth presenteil himself to the Baptist chnrch of William.son, Wayne county, N. Y., (where be resides,) as a can ndate for lellfiw-fhip, (the svriler bung pasior.) We immedi-ately con.sidered bis rei|uesr, heard hi.s experi-en< e, reasons of chanye, and bis views of faith anil the Baptist church, w hich were civen in a good christian spirit, very clear, distinct, and sati-factory. He was received by a unani-inoQS vote, accompanied with the prayers of tlie church, tbat he mi;;ht prove a bh-a-ing to her. and add strength to ihe Zton of (i.id. The Council C!>nvened with the church hy her re-(|aeston the S)th of December, and proceeded as follows;—Isaac M. Wade, of Williamson, was appointed .Moderator, and J . W . Osborne, of .Marion, Clerk. After pas.sing through al] the preliminaries deemed uecessary, the Coun-cil voted Unanimously lo proceeil to ordination. Sermon by Eld. David liernard; consecrating prayers by Eld. Draper, of Ontario, who laid on hands with Kids. Bernard, Maine, and Wade; charge to the candidate hy J- W . Os-borne; rifiht hand nf fellowship by E. F. Maine, of First Walworth; concluding prayer by Eld. Merrill Forbes, ol Second Walworth; 'hymn and benediction by the candidate.

Tbe exercises were deeply interesting, and will, doubtless, be productive of great good.— The sermon \va-« deiiverrtl with power and in

demonstration of the Spirit, suited to the occa-sion, and peculiarly characteristic of the speak-er, and adapted to all. As a church, we feel revived and encouraged to hope on. and hope ever. T h e cousecrating prayer fwhich was evidently indited by the Spui t ) poured forth in meltiiij; strains the high commission of our departed Lord. Tbe heart of the candidate, and also tbe hearts of many others, melted un-der the weight and power of its influence. It was truly " the house of God and the gate of lieaven." The charge given by our much-es-t f lmed brother O-borne was deeply impress-ive and appropriate; it was delivered with much earnestness and power. Its style, em-phasisj and spirit, impressed upon all present tbe fearful nature of ministerial responsibility. It will not soon be forgotten. T h e address ac-companying the hand of fellowship added a good degree of solemnity and interest to the occasion; it was delivereil-in a very affection-ate, natural mann-r. giving evidence of the cordial reception uf ibe candidate into our fel-lowship as a christian minister. In behalf of the Council and Moderator, and in behall of the chnrch of Williamson, I would heartily and most cheerfully commend our much be oved highly-esteemed brother B. McSouth to the favorable notice of the deni'mination. and es-pecially to any Baptist chnrch who will now favor him with a call, as an efficient minister of the oracles of God.

In behalf of the Counc.il. I S A A C VV. W A D E , Moderator.

Williamson, Dee. 26, 1850.

By die translation of Enoch and Elijah, Gml showed how men should have left the. worid if they had not' sinned—nat hy deaths but by a glorious translation.—M. Henry, -i:

PBATEB—It, is pot the length, but the strength of prayer that is required; not the la-bor of the lip, but the travail of the heart that prevails with God. — L e t thy words be few," as Salomon says, bnt full, and to the purpose.

A TTCTH.—Those born once only, die twice—they die a temporal, and then die an eternal death. But those who are born twice, die only ooce—for over tbem the second death hath no power.

MORBJSTOWN, NOV. 16, 1850. E X P O S I T I O N O F J O H N 3; 5 .

MB. EDJTOE: I hope you will excuse my boldness in pre-

suming to write to you at_sach ai^early period after having become a subscriber for you^ ex-cellent paper.. I have jus t recf ived my first number, and carefully perused it; and, upon the whole, I find it quite an interesting paper. In short, my humble opinion is, that it is, ulti-mately, destined greatly To imjiede the pro-gress of error, and advance the cause of God, (by contending for the truth, but notwithstand-ing, I feel disposed to eulogize your general cuurseas an editor, (and as a Baptist editor, particulariy.) Yet I must confess that I saw one article that rather surprised me. It was an a r i c l e in which you stated that yon deeply regretted seeing an exposition given by Mr. Barnes, on John 3: 5. "Excep t a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter in-to the Kingdom of Goil." Making in his notes on the passage, the birth by water, to be chris-tian baptism, in-which, according to ray hum-ble opinion of the subject, he was uot far wrong, or at least, I have hitherto so under-stood the passage. Nevertheless. I may be wrong and youngh t , m yourobjection t o ' M r . Barnes'ex poaitiou of the passage. Yon state that when the subject was first introduced to the iioticc of Nic.idemus, it was but one " Ve must be burn again," and that no tither subject was introduced while it was under con-sideration, which was to the 10th verse. As this is a c.introverted sulijcct in theology; aiid as 1 want further infirniution upon it, 1 hope it will not be considereil an imposition for me to propound a lew plain and simple i|neslioiia, wtiicb, it considered worthy of notice, you will please answ er:

1. Is not the kingdom here introduced tothe consideration of Nicodcmiis, a spiriluaJ king-dom?

a. Does not the Savionr at the 3d verse clearly and einphaiically teach Nicodcinus that the carnally minded man cannot see the kiiigdi'in thus intr(Mluc.ed roliis notice?

3. Does he not crnphalically teach him that the new birth is that, and that only, by which he could be prepared to see i,t ?

4. A f t e r havii i i! t a u g h t Nii o l m u s t h a t he could not see ibe k ingt lom, w i t h o u t being born of t h e Sp i r i r . docs be not , in connect ion w i t h t h a t , t e ach him t h e p j i n t i p l e upon wh ich he m a y be admi t t ed into ir.

5. May n it the plan laid down bv the Sa-viour to Nicfulemns a*; tlie condiiinn n[ton which he could enter into the kingdom, be con-sidered tbe birih by water, (or christian bap-tism ) or in other word", ulier haxina lausht Nicodemus the nr i essily of I lie l.irih by tlie Spirit, (without wliicli lie could not see the kingilutn ) docs he m.t ncvt tc uch liirii tiiat he cannot have coiini ciioii viiih it. unle»-< be is af-lerwards born i>f wutcr, ( ir bap-iz 'd.)

6- But. it according to your view, there was l>i.t one subject introduced to the conoid-arion of Nicoilciiiu", ui;tii tliu lOih vt r<r, what dues Nicoderii;is mean ar the 9tli verse, where he a>ks the Saviour, "Uuw can thesn things be!" using the plural things instead of thirty, evidently alluding to what pr'-cede.!?

JMay peace and prosperify attend both vou and your woiiby paper, is the sincere de-ire of your unworthy friend and fellow-traveler.

P . M. M I L L I K A N . The sabject on which you propound your

enquiries brother Millikan, is as you say quite I a controverted one, and many able writers I have thought with you, that tbe expression,

"born of water ," referred to bapti>m, and others as able have taken the ojiposite view. You a~k,

1st. I s not t h e k inmlom h e r e i n t roduced to the cons idera t ion of N i c o d e m u s , a sp i r i t ua l k i n g d o m ? " ,

I answer yes, and in this it differed from the Jewish Commonwealth, into which a Jew en-tered by a birth of flesh and bb>od, on the sim-ple ground that he ha I .\braham.as his father. By a carnal birih, he was entiried to a place in that carnal or worldly kin^ilom, bat the kiii;>dom which Christ came to set up was a spiritual kingdom, and as unconverted ini-n are urterly ihcupaciiated for di-^crrnin; spirit-nal things, our Lord remaiks, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see, or as Geor;;e Campliell translates it, "di cern the kingiloiu of Goil." The meaning ot this verse seems to be analogous to the declaration of I'aul. " T h e natural man receivctb not thu things of the Spirit of God: for they are fu^ilishness un-to him: neither can he know them, because they are spirituolly discerned."—1 Cor. 2: 14. If tbe kin:;il.>ra of Gol were H temporal king-dom, men tnight discern its nature and its ex-cellencies withuut regenerati <n; but as it is spiritual in its nature, and as in its militant stare it is designed by its king f i r spiriiual pur-poses, none but a spiritually minded man can properly perceive its nature, its design, or its results. Whether we consider the kinKdoin of (lod as on Earth, or as in heaven, it cannot be discerned by the unregenerate.

Your 2d question I then answer in the af-firmative. The Savionr teaches emphatically that the carnally minded man cannot see, or discern tbe kingdom uf which he .speaks.

You ask 3d. "Does he not teach emjihati-cally that the pew birth is that, and that alone, by which a man can be prepared to see the-^ kingdom of God!"

I answer yes. So I understand the declar-ation of our Lord. Resenferatton is necessa-ry, in order that a man may "discern the king-dom of God." We infer, therefore, that re-generation has to do wiih, and affects the mind of the person who is the subject of it, becausa discerning spiritual objects is the work alone of the mind. Without thcjnew birth men are spiritually blind; lilte the Jews, to whom the Messiah proved "a stou*? of stumbling and rock of offence," and like the learned and philo sophic Greeks, to whom the Gospel appeared mere "foolishness." T h e king himself in for tner dmes, was regarded by the Jews, and at the present time is universally regarded by the unregenerate, " a s a root out of dry ground, without form or comeliness," and they can per-ceive but littie in his kingdom which they relish, or regard as glorious.

As soon, however, as that spiritual change is effected, which we call the new birth, tho subject of this change has a taste for spiritual beauty, the excellence of spiritual objects'is revealed to his mind, and an appetite and rel-ish for them is possessed. Things are now seen in a new light, and objects known before only in theory, .are now seen in a new and heahraffeedng masner. Hatred is now ex-changed for love, Christ ia seen in the Gospel as the "Wisdom of God and the Power of

God, and his cross now appears to be supreraa-ly glorious.

You ask 4th. "After having tans^t Nico-demus that he could not see his kingdom with-out being born of the Spiri t , does lie Dor, in coanection with that , teach him the principle upon which he may be admitted into i t?"

I answer yes. T o "enter into the kingdom of God,"U to partake of the felicity resulting from God's exercising kingly authnriry through the Jlessiah. Of this fclicity all the subjects of the neic birth partake. T h e things of God which the natural man connot receive. G.)d bath revealed ,to them by the Spirit. T h e

Jruiisuf that Spirit—faith, and hope, and love, and joy, and trust in God, and resignation, and contentment, are but another name for the truest fehcity of which man is capable here below, and in the possession of these graces of the Spirit we have happiness the same in kind, however it may differ in degree, with that posr sessed and felt by the redeemed around the throne high. T h e man who has this hap-piness begun, is a subject of Messiah's spirit-ual reign, he has entered into the sjiiritual kingdom of God.

You ask 5th. " M a y not the plan laid down hy the Savionr to Nicodemus, as the condition U[)on which he could enter into tbe kingdom be considered the birth by w a t c , (or christian baptism.) or in other words, after havina taught Nicodemus the necessity of the birth .if the Spirit, (without which he cnuld cot see tlie kingdom,) does he not next teach him that he cannot have connection wiih it, unless he is afterwards born of water, or baptized?"

1 answer in the first place, that it is a most arbitrary begging of the question to assume that to be **born of water" is lo be baptized. It is, however, a very convenient way of argu-ing to take for granted the very thing to be proved. The words "born of water" never occur again in-the history of Christ or of his ajio.siles. and hence the connexion in whici they are used must be our principal guide in determining their meaning. Nicodcmus did not understand our Lord when he spoke of being born again, and when the Saviour pro

^ceeded to speak of a birth uf water and ot thr Spirit, he employed a mode of speech to w hich the ignurance of Nicodemus had given rise, h designed to serve as a bint to Nicode-mus, by which he mi^ht be enabled to discerri what our Lord nie:iiu by being born a;:ain,— The in»lruciii)ns given lo Nici demus on this o. casi.in by our Lord arc prc-eiiiineiiilv spirit-ual, exhiliiiini; IIIL- essenJial trails of his dis-pensation, an.l in his lenpthy itiscoursB he makes no allusion to baptism unless be does in the expression in qnestion. And the con-nexion seems to me. to forbi.l the supposition that "born <if water" means baptism. In the reproof which our Lord gave, ".•\rt thou a master in Israel," or, (as George CampLel. translates it,) "Are you ihe teacher of Israel, and know not these things?" one p.nint is satis-factory ascertained, that, whatever may be in-tended by ths phrase '-born of water and of the Spiri t ," Nicodemus ought to have understood it, not as a disciple of John, or of Christ, but as a teacher ' f Israel, It was something which he, as an expounder of the Old Testa-nient,bngbt to have been ashamed not toknt>w. l ie ought to have known that the.sanctifviiig influence of the Holy Spirit was frequently described under tbe figure of water. This matter Nicodemus ousht to have understood; because the law and the prophets are full of it The literal washings under the old economv

shaddawcd forth this internal washing, as plain-ly intimated by the proph'^ts:and the great mor-al change to be effected by the Spirit, is repre-sented by the prophet as a cleansing. With :hc Jews the element water, was the usual em-blem and means of parity. In Isaiah 1: 16. we read, " W a s h yoa, make you clean; put away the evil at your doings from before mine eye.s; ceasc to d.i evil ." In Ezekiel, 36: 25. •.V reail, "Then will I sprinkle clean water up-on you, and ye shall be clean, from al! your filthiness. anil from all your idols will I cleanse you ." The prophet goes on to express the same change in the next verse, by another figure; " A new heart will I give you and a new ^pi^it will I pot within yoa; and I will take away the stony bean out of your flesh, anil I will give you a heart of tiesh." lo the following verse, we have this explanation: ".\nil 1 will put my Spirit within vou, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep ray judgments, and do them." Look also at Isaiah 44: 3 " F o r 1 will pour water

t upon him that is thirsty,and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, a id ray blessing U[ion thice offspring." Here the refreshing, rather than the cleansing influ-ences of the Spirit are brought to view, hut • he same emblem, icaier, is used, and probably has relation to the same thing nnder a differ-ent figure. Similar passages to these are fonnd in other places in the Old Testament, and their import Nicodemus ought to have un-derstood as a teacher of Israel.

And our Lord himself in other places in the New Testament, speaks of the sanctifying and refreshing influences of the Holy Spirit, un-der the figure of water. In his conversation with the w.^man at Jacob's well, he thus speaks, (John 4: 10,) " I f thou knewest the ' gift of God and who it is that saith to thee. Give me to drink; thou wouldest have askeil of him, and he would have given thee living water . " In verses 13th and I4th. he thus speaks, "Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I thal lgive him shall be io him a well of water, springing n p into everlasting life."' i n John 7: 37-39, the Sa-viour thns speaks: "If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. He that belie veth on me, as the Scriptare hath said, oat of his hel ly shall flow rivers of living water." ( "Bu t this spake he of thespirit, which they that be-lieve'on him should receive.") Here JolTn informs a s that when Jesns spake of water in these places, he spake of the Spirit;-for if he spake of the' Spirit in the latter verse, he manifestly did in the former verses. If, then, in the wridngs of Jofin, th'e^avionr thns oses the' tenn .water to (lenotie the Spirit, is it'a £]rced coNtraction to snppose it was so nsed

in John 3: 5, especially as the language admiti I ' f s a t h a construction without any violation of grammar or reason. I t is well known thst kai Ihe Greek word translated "and" where It reads "and of the Spir i t" in John 3: 5, times means even, and it is so translated ig some other places in the New Testam-nt. Jt is thus translatrd 1st Cor. 15: 24, where read, " W h e n he shall have delii-ered up tb« kingdom ofjGod, even the Fa ther . " So si®, in Puim. 15: 6, "Glorify God, eren the Father of our Lord Jesns Chris t ." 2 Cor. 1:3 "Blessed be God, eccn the Father of our Lorii Jesus Chris t ." T h e Greek particle, t»i, ought to be rendered cren instead of "ami" Jj John 3: 5, and then the passage win expliij itself. T h e Greek particle kai in this Terse, docs not imply an addition to, but an eiplans-tion of, the preceding idea; it means, e m T h e natural birth is a birth of blood gn<l of the will of the flesh, the new birth is a birth of wa-ter even of the Sjiirit. A man in order to ca-ter into theliingdom of God must experienet a spiritual birth; a tiFrth, originating not from.tn element of impurity, bat from a pure sonrce. Water appears to have been h re men-ioned by our Saviour as indicating a pure suorceof a new spiritual life in man. The whole phrase horn oj water and o f the spirit may % spiritual birth tffeeted l>y a divine agent, jest as the phrase bom nf blood and of ihe flesh signifies natural birih effected hy a bnman ageiit. The change in the heart towards GiJ is effected by the Holy Spirit .

In interpreting this passage some who refer the birth vf water to baptism, give a twufuld sen.se to the [ihrase "kingdom of God," in thii one and the same examjile of its use. By the birth of the Spirit they understand regenera-tion to be ;n-.-a!i', and they make this the in-dispensable qualifica'ion for admission into the collertion of real saints, or wbi t they pall the invisib'e kingdom of Christ. By born mf water, they iind-rsjand baptism to be meant, and they make this an indisjirnseble qualifica-;ion for admission into the collection of appa-rent saints, the visible cburcli- But it is con-trary to the law of interpretation to give to any phrase a t«o-fold sense in one and the sti;rtf example fd'its use. .And yet what can hose do but brc.ik ihis law who understand

••liorn of water" to mean baptism. Do tb'-y - l y the phra-e "Kin2d..m of G «l," means the visii-.le chorcli.' And will ihcv teil us that none can t nrer iriiotlie visi'.lechnreh but th.iss wlio ar- fcgenerateil. or born aoain.' O • Hv-pocriies and se!i-dcce':vcrs never find the Wiiy into the visii.l.- church? But pcrbaj you say "the kingd m ot" (i.id" here lu-o collecti.in of real 5ui;,is. or t!:e ir.visii.jc kin.;-dom of God. And will you say that none ev-er find a filace in this kinsdom but those wh 1 have been baptized.' And did the thief, alio expired on the cross wi b the Savi.mr, enter into this kingdom by baptism? While, then, I believe that baptism is essentia! to risible chnrch membershiii on earth, yet 1 do m.-t un-derstand oar Lord as tcachin*^ this truth to Nicodemus in this (lassage.

You ask, 6th, " B u t if according to your view, there was but one subject introduced to the consideration of Nicodemus u.ntil the lOth verse, what does Nicodemus mean at the 9th verse, wbe;e be asks the Saviour, " H o w can these things be? u-ing the plural, things, iz-Stead of the singular thing, evidently refer-ring to what preceded? I aasuer that our Lord in this connexion sought to impress upon the raiud of Nicoilemns the truth, that the kinsd m, which he hud come to se tup , was a spiritu-al kingdom as contradistinguished to snob a temporal kinidom, BS Nicodcmus and other Jews wereloiiking for in coiinectiiin with the coming of the .Messiah. That is one ofthe things S[>oken of. .Another thing of which our Lord s^iolie, wa.s, tbat spiritual change, or new birth, which was necessary to qualify men to partake of the felicity resulting from God's exerci.sing kingly authority through the Messiah.. This was something distinct from the sjiiritual kingdom itself.

I havethu.s, my brother, tried to give plain and simple answers to the ijuestions you have propounded. ."May the H .ly Spirit guide you into all tiutli.

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WoM.\s(.—Sir Richard Steel makes the ob-servation, " T h a t woirian, whether out of a ni-cer regird to their honor, o: what other reason f cannot tell, arc more sensibly touched with those general aspersions which are cast upon their sex, than men ore by what is said of theirs."

SELFISHSESB.—There are few, if any, in world who make their situation as bapjiy as it might "be. T b e majority of us indulge the sel-fish passions to excess. Unbappiness is the consequence; for none can be happy while they make others miserable.

In prayer ir is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart.

T h e gift of prayer may gain admiratins from met), but it IS tbe g^ace of prayer that has power with God.

NEW POST OFFICE.S. ' A new Po.t Offi.-p l.as been esiabli.hm] in CannoB

"cnui.ty c«lleci Terrjville, Jolin B. Terry P..»!njH.wt> Eed Bridpr I'list Uffi.-e, Ha«kiu"j cuuntv, Teiui,

bis iM-en changed Xi» Moorenhurg.

A GBE»T BBIDOK —Tlie Britwh Aradrmy rf Science has at present ui.d^r consideration n pl«ii«/ most cilraonlinary character, being miliiin* more nor less ihiin a snspension bridge bc twm Franca Kid Bi'glunii.

FATAL BEKCO^:^TM.—Tbe MEMPHII EASLN rf Saiort^l^ay* "The foUiminc detpaich >ni> rcuivcd •>n yeoteida; evening by tt>eO'Srillj:JiDe: ^

HOLT TSFRIKCII, Jan 17, 1S51. A rencminter loiJt plac.e here tosls; brtween • man

namei Byerii, from TeniiMiee, and Mr. N. W. Bonu, carriage maker, uf ifai« filarr, in which lb* latter was killed bv a »i»!Hiii the Iieid aud face. ^

FIRE.—The dwelling and buardhig booiff AIAE^^ ed to ilie ITuioD Acadrmy, near l«iffatna, Ala, « bornrd. sayj the Tuscombia ilabamian mtfaa n^ibt ofthe MIbin^^ -.Ttj.'J

N E W TOVYN I S PBOSFECT.R-LI IFL'PRT**-biliiy. qnile a re»peniBbI« luwn io pdlni nf •pring up soddeiilj-«b«re tbe Mallwrry aniS' burg Turnpike imerMieU lha Nashville and C l» t» Tiooga Sail Aoiul. TftxaHoBi faMberagra a f Bimeta .that point.—FajeUepiOe (XiMerver.

C l i p p l n g i i nnii

O N W A R D :

Onward.' "r.Tvard! ever on Prcssit i i till the 2oal hi

Workmen ull in life's prr Lab'irinn till set o! sun;

Digging, flrlviuc, weeils I l^lantiiig in tlic go-idar:

Making fertile (lerrfn plai Such the woik we havi

Darkness co.nef, when n Lo, the hhadoa-9 efeol a

O'er the lanlscupel Up, W c must win or loac til

Lofi not, liiim not, though .All is stcnle. dark, uiid

' T i s t o cultivate such rp»i G.id has f irm'd and jilai

Ouwardl unwBrd.' ever nm Pressinj; witji a joyful i

And 8 laiih as tirm ond str As o'eihfBd the ar.ure ct

And an energy cr.tiring. And a love ihat both uo

But embracerh alt Gud's c In what guise soever (01

With aii I uruesiiicss ol p« And B beartiiiesis of wiH

Tha t will sutriy lead to C( U not exercised ior ill.

Coniiucst. without bl lod-SL \ y j'biw's cries, and orpn

And the nn-mori-s that itnl All life's sj.rings in iitteJ

Onward' nnward 'everoul Kl'iw tbe n \ t rn, sweep J

Ail IS cba' iie, and oil is UA Nothino steadfast hers [

It was never meant for RIH •j'his ^reat m ivinn worlj

Never meant t-.r l\itip J . i r | .^1! m o i l ' s hi:;h and b-ilj

L i s t e n t . ' the g i e u t e s l T c | Ever inortii! ears have

T'l tbe vi.icK tl.at to ail a Speuketii aye the liiin

Wha t , in the dread hour Will ihe ie.|uisiri;in lie-.

' •Where ' s rlie bmn.Tind ' Wbcrewith G- d balh 1

Onward! onward' ever orl List ibe s irs the anaell

'•W.irli veoui v lurowni Lab -r f ir Goil'- iryii

Tuiry not atiii I tbe d t r k t j Seek ii't le-L up iti t h e '

Ciiiiili lb- hill. Hii l-teni l | lleipo.;; ail " hiTO hel"

II. ri ir ii, -be stijr.lv smit 11 .nor t.i lie sl.iut of H

N Til, VIB L.II' I'h his F| 7'' ti i- 1. " the Cliri-ri.

Bui a-ai:..-! h. poivers o' l::tii.riii!ci . ai d VVI. icbl

I'll. ;, -houlJ e i . r ti-hl. a A s I b e y . lui l i j i t . o u w a i

••C A L L T H K PC JlIun^• and splendid have hci

meiits, vvlii'-h o'jr c;:v has afli present winter- The yi-unj beautiful have been in altci the independcrit and intcrrnedi invited their friends t o t h r f c i ia turn have been parlicipatiia friends. But who, ah who ar merry dance" has thought t poir.' Who bus, f ir a mon the idea of feastiiin the bone-t j rccurrerl to the C'-tnmaiid tfthc thou maUest a feast cull tijc pt tbe Ihuic and the hlin 1 . "

W e know that such persons form to the extra lasbiouahlc ui some couii! U'lt cilord the tins ers could Lot cut vam. fioliah 1 pers to the -oiKid "f the banjg axid othiTS again could n t icacy and iieauty ot the nit 1 ed from alabaster va ies, all l> joy the feast, and such an 1 ciuted bv ihe recipients, fore that the y iu ng gentlemt have been feaarii.i; so freq bounty of the rich, shall giij poor. And although not so lo be, we are ready to con! object.

SHORT CnAPTEB r o n CO A c o n t e m p o r a r y l a y s d o w n c o d e of t i e tvspupc r i y - k w best WE h a v e eve r seen d r a w

1 - Be brief. This is tb> and stenosrojihy.

.2. Be poiiiled Don't sul.ject witbout hiaing it.

3. State facts, don't fitoj drowsy husiiiess. Let the dreaming.

4. Eschew prct'acxs. I 'l your suliject. like aswtmf

5 . If y o u h a v e w r i u c n t h i n k p a r t i r u k r l y feie. d re it. .A pet child is alwavs IL ly-

G. Condense. Make sure have an idea, and tbrn rccnr est possible terms. We w: ciuintpssence-

7. When your arricle i out nine tenthi. ofthe 1 djer is a strong language, but "reducing."

8. .Avod all high flown plainest .\di;Io Saxoa w ird Never use stills whi-n Irg^ w

9- Make yonr sentences s' riod is a mile stone, at whic halt, and rcft bimsrlj".

10. Wrile legibly.

Fitz Greene IlalleckJ the follow iirg synopsis of t fclurupc:"

"Kingdoms to-day are 1 T h e casthf kncelii before A monarch frars a prinrq

A brickbat'i Give me, in preference i

Five shillings ch l

TflnDonTrcurES'! ' .—We ] thoughtful of our duty than will become of us after de when, or where, we i-hall 1 roni to he told how we EI Selves well in EtckneeB. on •onls by it, than whether -V. ffenry.

- T l i o aTil!.<b Ararfprny o f | lD«! - r cnn . iders t ion a plwi •<f brwrter, beinjf mii i i rns mnrn

i l m d s » l»Hi»e-n F r a n c o mid

T h e i l r m p h u E a j l B o f r fne dufimlcil w a j racttired

r i l » 0 ' B e i i I j . l i i i H l • . | r a r i u .iai., J « n 17, 1331.

B hpre tiMiBT brtwneri a roan r a u n a m , and M r . ! i . W . | a f ifai* |flacF,.in w h i c h t i »

t i u llia Ilea J and f a c a .

[ ami b u a r d i n ^ htBOT ati i iefi-a r Ler^htrnit-AJa., v a s

bia ^ [abomia j i era tim nijght ^ f r 'fr

pHUtPSOT.—lit aSl prob^ • biwn ia paint pF m s ^ t tliB Mulberry and' t y n ^

ktiiB RoiiiTillB and C h a i o c HUMA ha* b e r n ^ a n a a > UaUU O i a e r a e r .

| y a » t h B l a n p i a g B a . I n i i u w i i h u n t a n y v i i . l a i i o n I t i t w e l l h n a w n t h « slated ••mnii" w h e r e ft

I r i i " In J . i h n 3 : 5 , g u m e , I m l I t ja »n I r an i i l a t eU in % h B S e w T f » t a i n - n t . f t \ t C u r . I S : a t . w h e r e w g

h a v r d e n v e r e t l np t h , I t h e F a t h e r . " S „

l l y 0 m l . e r e n t h e F a t h e r l e h r i s t . " a C a r . i ; 3 ,

( t h e F a l h e r u f d a r L o r d G r e e i i p i r t ' c l e . k a i ,

l e r e n i n > t c a i j cif " a n d " ! „ | h R pa:i-iB5B w i l l e i p l a i n

t i d e k a i i n t h i s versi>,

p i t i i i n t o , Uat an . e i i i l a n a . : i d e a ; « m e a n s , e p m . —

I b i r t h ( i r h l o a d an i l n F t h a p e w bir th ' i s a b i r t h o f w a -

A m a n m n n l e r t n e n -l i f Uiiil m u s t e x p p r i e n c B • I , i i r i s u n a t i n ^ n o t r r u m . i n I h u t f n i m a p a r a s o a r c a . I v e h e c u h rn m e m i u n e d I d i c a t i n p a pure s u a r c c o f I m n n . T h e w h a l e p h r a » e

flhi apirit m a y a i g n i r y « Icl l iv a l i i i r inf a ^ r . n t . j a s t

Xrtf bluail ami nf Ihi, flah. eiFr-KlH'l b y a h u m n n

i n t h e h u n r t i r j v r n r J * U i . d l l v f j i i r i r .

I pajij.ni;tt s f i rae w h o r e f p c b a p l i ' s m , p v a a. t w u f . j l d

I k i n o j n m iif G . i i l , " i n t h i s • m p l e i > r h a u n e . B y i h a h e y a ^ l l f r ^ e a ^ l l r p g p n e r a -

I d i h r y m a k e t h i s t h e i n -p u n fTir a d r a i s - i o n i n t n t h e kiU, i i r » v h i t i h p y r a i l t h e h i f C h r i » t . B y b n r n o f ImiI l i a p l i ^ r a ' til bd m e o n t ,

III t n i l i . - p fn^a l i l c i p i a l i K c a -l i i t h e ciilfcyrtiiin iit' a p p a -

! c l i u r i . h ' B u t i t i s e i m -J t n r i ' r p r p t a i i n a tu g i v e t o l i j ld Mfi i r t in o n e an i l i h a l a t e . Ani l y e t w h a t c a n I rhiT l a w w b o u n i t e r ' ^ t a n d n n a n I m p t i - i n . D u t h f y

E'I..m of ( l u l l . " rai-ans t b o I'l wi l l ihi.-y I f ! ] t h a t

l i i i v i , i i . | e i - h i i n ' h b u r t h i i s c I n r b t m i uao in . ' D i H v -

p i : e f v e r 9 n e v e r t iml t h i i i r c h i i r d i r U a t p e r h - i c j

|iri (if i J i i i l " h e r e m-ar i ' ^ t h e r^ts. i i r t h e u iv i» i l , l e k i n f -pi l l j ' u n l a y t h a t i i i inn pv^. • k i n j i l . i i n b u t - t h f j s c w h I

A n d iliti t h e t h i e f , w i i a I w i ' h ihn S a v f i n r , e n t u r

b( ipi i : .m? W h i l e , t h e n , Ura ta e ^ a n n t i a i t u risible

f a n e a r t h , y e t I ilii n u t a a -t c a u h i n g t h i s t r u i h t o

^••ncc.

l U n t i f a c n a r d i n ^ tii y n a r I n n e su l i j e t : ! i n t rmluc t - i l t a l ^ i i c m l e m n i u n t i l thi! 1 0 t h

r i i i l e n i u s rnpon a t t h e 9 t h t h e S t t v i i i n r , " U d w c a n

t i ' g t h e p l u r a l , l / t i n ^ s . i n -l a . - thinif, e v i d e n t l y r e f e r -T t l e J J I o m w e r t h a t u n r

1 a f i a^ l i t t o i m p r e s i u p n n f m u i ^ f l i e t r u t h , t h a t t h e

Ih i i t i u u i n e ti) s u r u p , wa.* a c t i u t r a i l i . t - n - u i s h e d t o

u l i i m , a s N i c i i d c r a u i a n d k i n ; ; f l ir in c i i n i i e t r i i i n w j i h j s s s i t t h . T l i a t i a n n e o f t h e k m i t h e r t h i n j r u f w h j c h u u r i h a t s p i r i t u u l t Ju in f^e , o r ^ a n n e c c s J t a r y t o q u a l i f y

1 feijiiily r e s u l t i n g f r o m [ly a i i i h i i r i t y t h r a n g h t h e

Wiinfcthing d i s t i n c t f r o m l i t s t l f .

lriJih«r, t r i e d t u g i v e p l o i a

I t i i t h e i | n e j t i i m s y " u h a v a

t h e l i i l y S j i r r i c g u i d a

h a n l S t e e l m a k e s t h e o b -i m a n , w h e t h e r o a t u f a n i -

l i n i i r , II!- w h a t o t h e r r e a H i m l i r E s e n s i b l y tuuuhiMi w i t h l i i i ' m w h i i d i a r e c a s t u p n n

o r e b y w k i l ia aa i i i of

h e r e a r e f e w , i f a n y , i n I r i d i a a i i i i a a a h a p p y a s i t I r i r y a f u s I n d u l ^ t h e a e l -

a a . U n h a p p i u B i i a i a t h a 1 c a n h e h a p p y w h i l e t f a a y " u

h e i t e r t o h a v e a h e a r t l . w a r d a x r i ihunC a h e a r t .

a y e r a m y g a i n a i i m i r o t i i m k e g»act t u f p r a y e r t h a t b a a

P S T O F F I C E S . I b w n KSiabli.r.eH ia C a n n o n , Ji i lm H. T e n j P. inTjH^ier ,

UiiKiiiiia Canary , - reno . , bwr r^h i i r f .

Clijipings anh C|iat O N W A R D l

OnwanJ! onward! ever onward! Prnssitifttill the be won,

\ Wiirkmen all in life's g r ra t seed-Geld, Laborins! till set of sun;

i DifES>n|c. delving, weetis aprnoting, Flaming in the good and'jtrae,

I Mstiinir fertile barren place?— I Such the work we have to du;

^ Darkne»a comeii, when no man workelh; ^ L"i, the shadows steal apace

0 > r the landscape! Up, my brothers! ' Wi: must win or lose the race!

Lae lint, fuint not, thiiaah heCire ye All is sterile, dark, and drear;

'T is tu cultivate snch regions Inid has fiinn'd aud placed us here.

OuwanUonward! ever onward, Prcsiinn with a jnyful hope.

And a Taith asHrm and steadtiut Ak o'erheail the ar.ure cope.

And an energy untiring, .^nd a liivc that hath no b.onnd.

But embrsceih all Gml's creatures. In what guise soever lnund!

" VViih ail curuesrness nl purjiose, ' ' And a heartiiiesa nf will.

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And the niemnricH that iinbicrer , All life's springs in after years.

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If 1 may believe assurances tha t resel l me f rom the Sou th and Wes t , ib f disposii inn to d i a w the loom and the anvil tu t h e ^ide nf tba plow, under the iiiH'i-ence of a rguments uiged in evprv numher of tb i s jou r -na i , is pptvadirtg fast and t ak ing deep roo t—but . a* far as depends on m e and this journal , I must have m o r e s u p p o i c . I a»k icthen frankly and lespeciful ly I have forborne 10 call on H e r c u l e s until I put my own shoulder to t h e whi-el. Canno t one hundred ^ m i e m r n be f-mnd, in all t he 8 l a t e s , who will con-t n b u r e $ 1 0 each and find suhscribers or indicate to whom ti-e numbers shall be sentf W h a t say you. f r i ends uf domes t i c imlustryT H e r e I , without a dol-lar , a m laboring for ibe cause, d a y in and d.iy out . mos t willingly, f.ir I know there is no o tbe r -guamn t e e for genera l nn i fb rm improvemen t anil prosper i ty for those wbo-v labor and cap i t a l a re employeii in agr icul ture ; bu t . I m u s t b a v - b r e a i i , and wha t I bert* a>k will ba ie ty give i t . I a sk no man ' s c b a i i t y — I oflar a f u ' l equivalent , and cont r ibute to t h e cause the

^ . h a r d ea rn ings of my own labor lo tiie a m o u n t of hun-d r e d s w h e r e I ask for t e a s . I will keep . a n d . if al lowed, puMish t h e n a m e s nf a l t w b u respond to the ca l l . "Time will soon dec ide .

J S . S K I N N E R , E d i t o r P l o w , Loom, ood Anv i l .

O O a I S T E B N A L T a P a O V B M E . N T S . ' j i t i a wi th reei ing^of ple&<are a r d p r ide tha t w e a > « enabled to announce t h e f v t t h a t t b o e n n s t n i e t i o c •Ttwooro i i rcont t impla t sd T u r n p i k e s ' - a d s htis a *taa3ly b e e n c a n n n s o e r d ; and f i o m presen t ind ica t io r s it

' w i O n a t b e l g a g un t i l t h e w o r k will be u n d e r w a y a p o s t l i a i b i r d . T h e road f rom th i s p l a c e to the Bail

^J toad. and t b a i m r t o t b e county l ine , v i a Bnon ' s Hil l , . o r e nvMlIy unde r eont raer . and i b e work ac iua l fy be-gun on ixith.—FageUnUle Obttrver.

For the Tcnnesue Baptist. AN OFFERING.

'Twas midnight—around the couch of the sick were gathered kind friends and neighbors to administer to one of their number, who had shone amid tbeir happy circle, as "a bright particular s tar ," lovely and beloved. A fond and devoted husband anxiously watched, with varying gleams of sunshine and sadness flash-ing across his countenance, tokening the in-tense snxiety of bis heart fur her, who bad been to him the "loved of years, to whom bis yearning heart had grown."

A breathless silence-^tben, a burst of joy— a daughter, beautiful, the image of its mother, is placed in her embrace—but one fond ^azel but one embrace! Tis naught of earth she craves. "Hwiband I mint die," she faintly whis-pers, while ebbing life fast flows from its foun-tain. Can nothing rescue from the fell de-stroyer his victim? Ab! he loves a shining mark."- Could not that angel face with its gleam of loveliness slot; the cruel stroke!— Could not the pleadings of infant loveliness for a mother's tenderness! Naught! naught!— Could not aught that human skill could devise avail! All, all in vain! Oh!"fe/»»ie die," the prostrate cries! With genlle sighs her bosom heaves—a gasp—a sigh, fainter, and yet fain-ter still, and her spirit is with its Giver. Oh | how the consolations of religion light up an hour like this;—behind a frowning providence, the eye of faith discerns a smiling face. Look up then ye children of earth, and behold Him who gave, for he il is that halh the right to take away.

T h u s — h a t h p a s s e d f r o m t h e m i d s t o f u s . o u r f r i e n d a n d s i s t e r , L u a E . G r a v e s . " G o n e in t h e flush of y o u t h . "

— " F l e d l i k e a d r e a m a w a y ! B u t y e s t e r d a y m i d l i f e ' s a u r o r a l b l o n m — T o - d a y , s a d w i n t e r , d e s u l a t e a n d g r a y ,

S i g h s r o u n d i h y l o n e l y l o i n b . S h e p a s s c t h h e n c e , — a f r i e n d f r o m l o v i n g

f r i e n d s , m o t h e r f r u m h e r c h i l d . T i m e h a l h s h e d

N o f r o s t u p o n h e r , a n d i h e t r e e of l i f e G l o w s in t h e f r e s h n e s s of i t s s u m m e r p r i m e . Y e t s t i l l s h e p a s s e t h h e n c e : H e r e a r l y h o p e a n d h o m a g e c l a v e t o . G o d , W h e n t h e b r i g h t s k i e s , t h e u n t r o u b l e d I ' ounts

o f y o u t h W i t h a l l t h e i r s o n g b i r d s , a l l t h e i r S o w e r s r o s e

u p T o t e m p t h e r s p i r i t . S o , in h o u r s o f p a i n He did remember her, and on her brow, A n d in h e r b r e a s t t h e d o v e - l i k e m f s s e n g e r F o u n d p e a c e f u l h o m e .

O h t h o u wlMim g r i e v i n g l o v e W o u l d b l i n d l y p i n i n n in t h i s v a l e ot t e a r s . F a r e w e l l . I t is a g l o r i o u s flight fo r f a i t h T o t r a c e t h y u p w a r d p a t h , a b o v e t h i s c l i m e O f c h a n g e a n d s t o r m . F a r e w e l l : F a r e w e l l ! "

T h e r e a d e r s of t h i s p a p e r h a v e p e r u s e d w i t h i n t e r e s t a n d d e l i g h t t h e e m i u u t i o n s of M r s . G . ' s g i f t e d m i n d . H e r b r i l l i a n t i m a g i n a t i o n , a n d c l e a r n e s s o f t h o u g h t , p r o c e e d i n g f r o m a h i g h l y c u l t i v a t e d i n t e l l e c t , g a v e n o o r d i n a r y i n t e r e s t t o n ; r p r o d u c t i o n s . H e r s e n s i t i v e n e s s w a s e x t r e m e , e v e r a w a k e to t h e k e e n e s t p e r c e p t i o n o f p l e a s u r e o r o f p a i n . W i t h a fi r m of finest m o u l d , w a s b l e n d e d s u c h e x t r e m e f r a g i l i t y , t h a t t h e g r e a t e r p o r t i o n of h e r l i f e h a s b e e n a n a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h s u f f e r i n g . B u t n o w a l l is o ' e r . W e d r o p a m o u r n f u l t r i b u t e t o h e r m e m - ' o r y . T h e m o t h e r h a s g o n e t o m e e t h e r b a b e s , in o n e l o n g a n d l a s t i n g e m b r a c e — t h e s i s t e r , h e r b r o t h e r , a n d t h e d a u g h t e r h e r f a t h e r

T h e r e t h e l o n g p a r t e d m e e t a g a i n N o m o r e a s u n d e r d r i v ' n .

N o s o r r o w m o r e o r t o r t u r i n g p a i n . W i t h w h i c h o n e a r t h t h e y ' v e s t r i v ' n .

T h e p a n t i n g s p i r i t f r e e d f r o m e a r t h B r e a t h e s in i t s n a t i v e a i r ,

l i s o r i g i n w a s h e a v e n l y b i r t h , I t s p u r n e d of e a r t h t o s h a r e .

H e a v e n - b n i n s p i r i t s n ' e r c a n c l i n g T o s u c h a w o r l d a s t h i s ,

T h e y p l u m e t h e m s e l v e s w i t h s e r a p h ' s w i n g A n d s o a r a w a y t o b l i s s .

T h i s s u d d e n a n d u n e x p e c t e d s t r o k e f a l l s w i t h l e a d e n w e i g h t u p o n t h e h e a r t s of a l a r g e c i r c l e of f r i e n d s a n d a c q u a i n t a n c e s , w h o w o u l d w i t h t h e bereaved h u s b a n d s h e d t h e s y m p a t h i -z i n g t e a r , a n d m o u r n , b u t n o t a s t h o s e w i t h o u t h o p e .

" O h F a t h e r o f o u r s p i r i t s W e c a n b u t l ook t o t h e e ; T h o u g h c h a s t e n e d , n o t f o r s a k e n . S h a l l w e t h y c h i l d r e n b e . W e t a k e t h e c u p of s o r r o w ,

' A s d id t h y b l e s s e d s o n — T e a c h u s t o s a y w i t h J e s u s , ' T h y w i l l , n o t o u r s , b e d o n e . ' "

S . E . S . Nashville, Jan . 20, 1351.

C E N S U S O F M I C H I G A N — T h e p resen t ^ o -' latioti of Micirijfan, a s sliown by l b s census j s s t ' t a k -

e a j i a 400,00(1. I n c r e a s e 9 i D e s ' l S 4 0 r tS7 ,733 .

For the TenTiessee Baptist. Lexington, Tenn. , Jan . 18, 1851.

B k o . G r a v e s :

You are aware doubtless that a female school under the supervision of Mrs. Louisa Covey, has been in progress at this place for two years, which has been continually increasing in inter-est and numbers. W e have seldom witnessed a more interesting spectacle than was present-ed at the close of the last session, at the ex-amination which lasted several days. Whi le the pupils exhibited strict discipline they evinced an acquaintance and readiness in all of their studies, which convinced the audience that the ' young ladies bad been thoroughly taught in the several branches in which they were examined.

Such hasj)een the increasing interest man-ifested that the friends of the school have con-ceived the practicability and importance of providing for the wants of the school, and pla-cing it upon a permanent basis. A charter has been obtained, and the Institution has receiv-ed the name of " T h e Howell Insti tute," in honor of one who has labored diligently and ef-fectually for the cause of truth in the State of Tennessee. Our edifice, a large and commo-dious building, is under contract, and will be completed by August.

T h e plan of«ndowment by scholarships has been adopted, which we believe will be entire-ly successful. At a meetiiig of the Trustees, on the 2 i s tu l t . , b ro . J . ' V . E . Covey was unan-imously electetl Prcsfdent of the Institute, and agent for raising the endowment.' . Mrs. Loui-sa Covey was'^eleatfid P r e c e p t r e ^ Both are experienced and s u c c w f o l . t e a s e r s . . Judg-ing of.Uie! interest wt i ch they have created by two years labor^we can not but anticipate that the character of the InsHtnte will be second to

none in.the Sute , : Severdiinfluential breth-ren have already-purchased and remored -to town to educate their daughters, and enjoy the advantages of the school. T h e loeation ia a favorable one. There if no place in Wes t Tennessee more healthy. Board is cheap.— It can be obuined in the best families at six dollars per month.

For the Tennessee Baptist. N o . 2 .

B r o . G s a v e s :

When I wrote my former number I thought of writing a series of articles for the Baptist, but upon mature reflection I deem it unneces-sary, for Mr. Burrow's sermons were the same in the main as his Book: nothing new worthy of note, but lather a retrogade affair, But my object at first was not so much to notice the assertions of Mr. Burrow as the endorsement of them by the Rev. B. Hays, a Methodist of standingand character, and the prjde and boast of his people here. I shall not, therefore, un-der existing circumstances, review the sermons of Mr. Burrow, preached in the Baptist Church at Cotton Grove the 1st Sunday and Saturday before, in Nov. last, which I understood to be sanctioned and endorsed by Bro. Hays, but speak only of some o f t h e circumstances con-nected therewith.

I s t a t e d i n m y f o r m e r n u m b e r t h a t a t o u r p r o t r a c t e d m e e t i n g a t C o t t o n G r o v e , s e v e r a l P e d o e s j o i n e d t h e B a p t i s t s , w h i c h c a u s e d n g r e a t d e a l t o b e s a i d i n r e f e r e n c e t o t h e c i r -c u m s t a n c e , a n d m a n y o f t h e P e d o e s t o o k i l v e r y h a r d . B r o t h e r H a y s i n p a r t i c u l a r , w h o s a y s , " T h a t h e w i l l n o t s a y t h a t h e h a s g o t m o r e s e n s e t h a n e v e r y b o d y , b u t t h a t h e h a s g o t m o r e t h a n a g r e a t m a n y . " T h e c i r c u m s t i - n c e o f M r . B u r r o w ' s p r e a c h i n g a t C o t t o n G r o v e , o r t h e c a u s a o f i t r a t h e r , i s e n -d e a v o r e d t o b e k e p t in t h e d a r k . T h e r e a s o n a s s i g n e d a t t h e l i m e by B r o . H a y s w i l l n o t d o . v i z : T l i n t i l w a s in c o n s e q u e n c e of s o m u c h b e i n g s a i d r e c e n t l y u p o n t h e s u b j e c t o f B a p -t i s m a t t h a t p l a c e . T r y i t a g a i n , b r o . H a y s , o r d o u b t l e s s t h e t h i n k i n g p a r t o f t h e c o m m u -n i t y t h e r e w i l l t h i n k y o u a r e o n l y a j o k i n g . — B u t I w o u l d h e r o s l a t e t h a t I h a v e l e a r n e d s o m e t h i n g Irutn a r e l i a b l e s o u r c e t h a t , i n c o n -n e c t i o n w i t h t h e k n o w n f a c t s i n t h e c a s e , I d r a w m}' c o n c l u s i o n s .

. \ s I b e f o r e s t a t e d , b r o . H a y s a p p e a r e d t o b e m u c h t r o u b l e d . T h e first I h e a r d of h i m in t h e p r e m i s e s w a s h i s p r e a c h i n g a l M l . C o r m e l , a m e e l i n g - h o u s e s o m e s i x m i l e s f r o m C o t t o n G r o v e , a u d d e a l i n g o u t n e i g h b o r h o o d g o s s i p in r e f e r e n c e t o o u r m e e t i n g a t C o t l o n G r o v e . 1 r e a l l y t h o u g h t t h a t b r o . H a y s h a d b e e n p r e a c h i n g l o n g e n o u g h n o t t o g i v e c r e d e n c e l o e v e r y i d l e t a l e h a t c h e d in m i n d s i n c a p a b l e of u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n a r g u m e n t , m u c h l e s s g i v i n g c u r r e n c y t o t h e m ; b u t I find i n t h i s I w a s m i s t a k e n .

B u t d e a l i n g i n t h e s e m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s w o u l d n u t s a t i s f y h i m ; h e w a n t e d t o t e l l I h e B a p t i s t a b o u t C o t t o n G r o v e , a b o u t p r o s e l y t i n g , a f a v o r i t e t h e m e of h i s i t a p p e a r s h e r e of l a t e . H e w a n t e d t o t e l l t h o s e t h a t h a d r e c e n t l y j o i n -e d t h e b a p t i s t s f r o m t h e i r r a n k s t h a t t h e y h a d e a s e d o n t h e i r o a r s a n d w e r e floating d o w n t h e s t r e a m . B u t fo r h i m t o m a k e a n a p p o i n t m e n t t o p r e a c h o n t h e s u b j e c t o f b a p t i s m , Su\, h e k n e w w o u l d n o t d o ; i t w o u l d n o t h a v e t h e d e -s i r e d efl"ect , a n d b e i n g p e r h a p s a f r a i d , h e a n d o t h e r s c o n c l u d e d t o s e n d fo r M r . B u r r o w . I h a v e b e e n p r e t t y c o r r e c t l y i n f o r m e d t h a t b r o . H a y s w a s t h e p r i m e m o v e r in s e n d i n g f o r M r . B u r r o w , a n d t h a t t h e R e v . S . J . J o n e s b o r e t h e m e s s a g e f o r h i m t o c o m e a n d p r c a c h o n B a p t i s m , &.C. W e l l , h e c a m e , a n d p r e a c h e d t w o d a y s iu i h e B a p t i s t C h u r c h a t C o t t o n G r a v e . A w o r d en passent i n r e f e r e n c e t o t h e h o u s e . T h e c h u r c h b a d n o o b j e c t i o n t o h i s o c c u p y i n g t h e p u l p i t . I n f a c t t h e h o u s e w a s o p e n e d fo r t b e m t o o c c u p y if t h e y c h o s e t o d o s o . B u t e v e n t h e n i t w a s a p i e c e of i m p u -d e n c e t o d o s o w i t h o u t a s k i n g l e a v e . B u t t h e o b j e c t o f t h e i r p r e a c h i n g t h e r e i s t h e q u e s t i o n . T h e y m u s t o f h a d a d e s i g n ; fo r m a r k y o u n e i t h -e r I h e M e t h o d i s t s o r C u m b e r l a n d P r e s b y t e r i a n s h a v e a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n t h e r e . W a s i t f o r t h e p u r p o s e of a b u s i n g t h e B a p t i s t s ! I w o n d e r w h o it w a s t h a t s a i d t h a t b r o . B u r r o w will pay I h e m ( t h e B a p t i s t s ) for it, he will give H to them! VVas i l for t h e p u r p o s e o f s o w i n g d i s c o r d in t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h , o r t o p r e v e n t o t h e r s f r o m j o i n i n g w h o t a l k o f d o i n g s o , o r a l l t h e s e c o m -b i n e d ! I w a n t l i g h t h e r e . N o w f o r M r . B u r -r o w t o c o m e a n d p r e a c h a g a i n s t t h e B a p t i s t s u n d e r a n y c i r c u m s t a n c e i s n o t s t r a n g e i n t h e l e a s t , f o r t o u s e a n e x p r e s s i o n of b r o . H a y s , " h e g l o r i e s in i t . " B u t f o r b r o . H a y s t o a t -t e n d a n d s a n c t i o n a n d e n d o r s e ( I s a y e n d o r s e d b y s a y i n g h e e x p r e s s e d h i s v i e w s p r e c i s e l y . ) a f t e r h i s s t a n d i n g b e f o r e t h e p u b l i c i n t h e a t -t i t u d e h e d o e s , I t h o u g h t e x c e e d i n g l y s t r a n g e of i t a t t h e t i m e , b u t m o r e s o w h e n I c a l l _ to m i n d w h a t h e d id s a n c t i o n . W h y , w h a t w a s M r . B u r r o w ' s s e r m o n s b u t a t i s s u e of m i s r e p -r e s e n l a t i o n s a n d p e r v e r s i o n s o f s c r i p t u r e ! F o r I d o a f f i r m t h a t l l i e r e w a s n o t o n e s i n g l e p a s -s a g e of s c r i p t u r e b e a r i n g u p o n t h e s u b j e c t t h a t h e g a v e . I t s p l a i n s i m p l e - m e a n i n g , a n d . v a r i o u s p o s i t i o n s h e a s s u m e d , t h a t h e h a d n o t a p a r t i c l e of s c r i p t u r e f o r ; b u t fo r M r . B u r r o w t o d o s o w a s n o t s t r a n g e ; b u t f o r b r o . H a y s t o e n d o r s e f o r h i m , o h , t h e r e ' s t h e r u b . I c a n s c a r c e l y b e l i e v e m y o w n e y e s a n d e a r s , b u t i t i s e v e n s o .

But again, let circumstances be heard.— Why did they send for Mr. Borrow, in addition to paying the Baptists, he being a bitter oppo-nent of the Baptists, &c? H e can come and abuse the Baptists just as much as he pleases, and we Methodists will not be held responsible for it; and as a matter of course, thinking that I would notice it and then bro. Hays would frame an excuse to deliver his hudgeL

Well at the close of bis sermon on Sunday I announced when I would preach upon the sub-ject of Baptism, and notice so much of his sermons as I thought worthy of notice, which I did the 4tb Lord's day of the same month. Wi th what success I leave it to the decision of an enliohtened public, or at least to those who heard me. Bro. Hays, at the close of the ser-vices, announced that he would the next Sun-day, at Brown's meeting-bouse, preach from a certain text, but he took care not to say much about bis text—but baptism, proselylism, and j about members leaving the Methodists and join- ^ ing the Baptists, &c., was the principal part of his 'discourse. I did hear him myself, but heard from him, and the most that I heard talk of it say that bro. Hays is not the man they thought l i e was, being deficient in loriginality of thought, though a man bfiwbme reading.— But few things he said that 1 will notice, but a few I will. I am told be bad a good deal to say about people leaving one church and join-ing another; he said it showed a declension in religion, &r . , and endeavored to s p n k of it in

' such a way as rather to stigmatize those that do if; and in order to prevent others from do-

' t n g 80" he a p p l i e d to their sympathies by say-

ing. / that doubtless some have, parents , in Heaven ;who never were baptized at a l l . — Many, a a y a he, have fathers and mothers in Heaven who lived and died in the Methodists church, and can, not you do so too. 1 hold that to be a ain that has any tendency of causing a person to neglect any of the commands of God. Wha t others have done is no excuse for me. W h a t God requires of me is the same, whether my parents were Meihodisu or not. But bow does he know they are in Heaven! I had as soon undertake to prove that John Wesley taught baptismal regeneration, or tliat it is Uught in the Discipline, of which I shall speak in,my next sermon at Cotton Grove.

Well, to sum up the whole matter in refer-ence to the excitement here, it shows pedoism off considerably. Presbyterians and Methos dists, whatever their notions are respecting each other's doctrines, they will bury them all when the Baptists are to be attacked, and the end sanctifies the means. It is always a sus-picious circumstance to me when Mr. Burrow has to be sent for. I wonder if bro. JIays en-dorses or believes Mr. Burrow's book when he says we "are tenfold worse than Infidels, &c ." Well, time will tell the tale here. I believe the circumstance will cause people to investi-gate the subject; and if they do it honestly be-fore God, they will be Baplisls; for I boldly assert that there is no person that will lay aside thirA so's, may be so's Discipline and confessions of faith, and stand square up to the Bible, but what will be a Baptist. I dare any to try it. Noue can comply with ihe exam-ples laid down in tha New "Testament unless they go down into the water and there be baptized and come up out of it again. But to conclude—I have no unkind feelings toward any that has had any thing to do with this matter. Personally I am as much the friend of bro. Hays, Conner, &c., as ever 1 was, and hope ever lo remain so. I never had a per-sonal difiiculty in my life with any body about any thing, and il shall not come up, so far as I am concerned, in religious matters. Bui these things are sacred, and whenever it becomes necessary for me to defend the truths of ihe Bible, I am going to do it lo the extent of my ability. Having the Irulha ol the Bible on my side, I fear not all the sophism that can be brought to bear. Should il be necessary you shall hear from me again.

R. DAY.

For the 'fvnnes-iee Baptist. C l e v e l a h d , T e n . , D o c . 5 t h , 1 S 5 0 .

B k o . G e a v e s ; A f t e r ail a b s e n c e of t w o m o n t h s in J e f l ' e r -

s o n a n d S e v i e r c o u n t i e s , by l e a v e of D i v i n e P r o v i d e n c e , w e o n c e m o r e e n j n y t h e p l e a s -u r e s a n d c o n i f o r t s of o u r o w n fire-side. A n d l a e n h a n c e i b i s p l e a s u r e , w e find in t h e o f f i c e y o u r k i n d f n v u r of t h e p a c k a g e of 5 0 A l m a -n a c s , in g o o d o r d e r , a n d d i v e r s n u m b e r s of y o u r W e e k l y — w h i c h w e h a v e n u t h a d o p p o r t u n i t y t o p e r u s e .

F r o m t h e g e n e r a l A s s o c i a t i o n of E a s t T e n -n e s s e e , w e w e n t l o D a u d n d g e , w h e r e m y old m o t h e r c l i u r c h , s o l o s p e a k , h a d a p l e a s a n t s e s s i o n , b r o . M a n n i n g b e i n g h e r p r e s e n t p a s -t o r . O n S a b b a t h , ( t h e 4 t h in O c t . , ) b r o . M a n n i n g c o m m e m o r a t e d t h e b u r i a l a n d r e s u r -r e c t i o n of t h e g r e a t h e a d of t h e c h u r c h in t h e F r e n c h B r o a d river. T h e s u b j e c t w a s t h e y o u n g d a u g h t e r o f o u r b e l o v e d b r o t h e r , J a s . S c r u g ^ , w h o d e c e a s e d in M a y l a s t . S h e i s a n a m i a b l e l i t t l e s i s l e r , a n d S h e h a s n o w s e t t o h e r " s e a l t h a t G o d i s i r u Q f " O n t h e F r i d a y f o l l o w i n g , b r o . W m . C a l e h a d a n a p p o i n t m e n t a l t h e s a m e p l a c e , w h i c h w a s p r o t r a c t e d to t h e n e x t W e d n e s d a y . H i s l a b o r s w e r e a t t e n d e d w i t h s i g n a l s u c c e s s . T h e r e s u l t w a s , a n a c -c e s s i o n t o D a n d r i d g e C h u r c h of s o m e t h i r t e e n m e m b e r s , s i x of w h o m w e r e b a p t i z e d by b r o . C a l e d u r i n g t h e m e e t i n g ; t h e o t h e r s w e r e r e -c e i v e d by l e t t e r , a n d Dy c e r t i f i c a t e . .An a c -c e s s i o i i e q u a l t o t h i s , h a s n o t , t h a t w e r e c o l l e c t , b e e n w i t n e s s e d a t a n y o n e m e e t i n s i n t h i s c h u r c h d u r i n g t h e l a s t f o r t y y e a r s a n d m o r e . T h e c h u r c h w a s r e v i v e d a n d c o m f o r t e d , a n d a s w e t r u s t , t h e h e a r t s of m a n y of o u r b r e t h r e n e n l a r g e d . D u r i n g o u r a b s e n c e , w e h a v e t h e p l e a s u r e t o l e a r n , t h a t v e r y p l e a s a n t a n d f r u i t -fu l s e a s o n s h a v e b e e n e x p e r i e n c e d in B l u e S p r i n g s , M a c e d o n i a , a n d p e r h a p s A n t i o c h C h u r c h e s .

O u r b e l o v e d b r o . C h r i s m a n , p a s t o r of B l u e S p r i n g c h u r c h , h a s r e c e n t l y e m i g r a t e d l o A r -k a n s a s , s o t h a t w e a r e l e f t w i t h o u t a p a s t o r for t h e p r e s e n t . T h e n e x t G e n e r a l A s s o c i a t i o n wi l l h o l d h e r m e e t i n g w i t h t h a i c h u r c h .

W i t h m u c h r e s p e c t , a n d c h r i s t i a n a f f e c t i o n , I r e m a i n y o u r s , & c . ,

J A S . C A R S O N .

B r o .

For the Tbinessee Baptist. G r a v e s :

I noticed published not long since, what you called tall Com, being about eight feet to the ear and fifteen feet high. Now please let me speak a word of praise in favor of our much abused and slandered Arkansas. George Ileesee, a planter, has raised (to my ce ru in knowledge,) on a field of thirty-five acres, corn averaging from eight to ten and a half feet to the ear, we measured a slalk to the ear which was ten feet three inches; and to the top above fifteen feet. Eight feet I feel confident would hardly have been a fair average, it being gen-erally taller. On the same thirty-five acres, he has made about two thousand bulbeU of corn. Now you see we can beat eren Mary-land—I believe ibat was the Sta le . You can give the above publicity if yon think best, or not as you choose.

Yours, affectionately, P . H . S M I T H .

£ O n i U E K C I A L ,

Rrpvh^iean Banner Ofia;. . Nushvii le , J«n . -21—i" . M

T h e river is Ftill falling with 2fi inches on the •boa l s . T h e wentber has modp ia ted .

T h e n ; is no change in the Grocery or Produce mar-k e t .

COTTO.N. T h e mai 'set is quietj . i^jK^small sa le , a t 10 ro 1 Ic foi i i if trior and common> .aa3° l l ^ to I2c for good and fine lots. Telegrapli" accounts f rom New Orleans cont inue unfavori«ble. and buyers gene-ral ly rrf i ise tu ope ia le unless a t lower r a t e s t han ou r quiHatioos.

3 1 . j y . A L E X A N D E B . A T T Q R N,E F A T L A W.

^ K T T L L attend to any business entrusted to his care in aH the Conrts of Macon and

the adjoining counties.' . March 14. 1850.—12m.

. J u s t B e e e i v e d .

AjJiJ.EW; sapplv of the Psalmist in. various styles of binding, embracing the Cocket,

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B - D . B u c k l e y .

J . R . B o g n e m a n a n d r e m i u a n c e . , C — J . M . D . C a t e s .

M . G . C l a r k . , E . H . C r p c k e r a n d r e m i t t a n c e ; t h a n k y o n . J . C r a w f i i r d . W . F . C u n n i n g h a m . D . D . G a t e ; n o t h a v i n g t h e w o r k * on

h a n d ; w e h a v e f o r w a r d e i l t h e o r d e r t o M e s s r s . F . & W . . N e w Y o r k .

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J . S . D e n n a r d a n d r e m i t t a n c e . E — C . E n g l a n d a n d r e m i t t a n c e . G — S . M . G r e « n . U — J . U . H o w e l l .

J . C . H a n c o c k . T . B . H a d l e y .

J — J . L . J e t t o n a n d r e m i t t a n c e . L — L . L i t t l e f i e l d . M — G . B . M a s o n a n d r e m i t t a n c e . P — J . P r e w i t .

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T h e H o w e l l I n s t U m c , L . u x i u i f t o n , T c u u e s s e e .

A N i r r e g n l a r S e s s i o n of t h i s I n s t i t u t i o n ^ c n m m e n c c d on t h e 6 t h i n s t . , o n d i t w i l l

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T h e , ,b . .ve r a t e s o r e i n t e n d e d t o e m b r a c e t h e u s u a l S e s s i i i n of five M o n ' h s a n d a p r o p o r -t i m i a t e c :ha ree wi l l be mad.^ f o r t h e t w o ' a d -d i i i ' i na l m m i b s .

T h e T r u s t e e s in m a k i n g 1 h i s a n n o u n c e m e n t , a r e c o n f i d e n t in i l ie a b i l i t y of t h e F a c u l t y to g i v e c-nt i ie s a t i s f a c t i o n , f o u n d e d u p n n a n a c -t u a l k n o w l e d g e nf t h e i r s u c c e s s in t e a c h i n g d u r i n s t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s . T h e e l i g ib i l i r y o f L e x i n g t . i n a.s a Incasi ' in f u r nn i n s t i t u t i r m of learn i i i ! ; i s m n • u r p a s s e d b y a n y in W e s t T e n -n e s s e e . b e i n g e m i n e n t l y ' h e a l t h y , a n d s u r -r o u n d e d b y a n a g r i c u l t u r a l c o m m u n i t y c a p a b l e nf s u i q d y i n g a n y d e m a n d c r e a t e d b y t h e S c h i i i d , a n d b r i n g i n g b o a r d w i t h i n t h e r e a c h 1 f o r d i n a r y p e c u n i a r y m e a n s . T h i s a d v a n t a g e t o g e i h e r w i t h t h e a c k n o w l e d g e d a b i l i t y of i f e F a c u l t y — w h o wi l l be a i d e d b y c o m p e t e n t a s -s i s t a n t s a s t h e w a n t s o f t h e S c h o o l r e q u i r e

wi l l m o k e i t a n i n s t i t u t i o n e m i n e n t l y w o r t h y of p u b l i c p a t r o n a g e .

B o a r d , i n c l u d i n g l i g h t s , f u e l a n d w a s h i n g , c a n be o b t a i n e d in r e s p e c t a b l e f a m i l i e s a t 8 6 p e r m n n i h .

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T R U S T E E S . John D. R e v . K. W . W .

Smi th , C . i l ins , (ji irdon,

(ir i irge J. Hun t , Jnhn H . T h o m p s o n , .1. V. K. C n v e y . Williiiin Brnwn. J.Tine.s W . Glass. J o h n S . Hubba rd .

J a c o b H i l l . J a m e s V a n n , F . N . W . B u r t o n . J e r e m i a h H a u g h t o n ,

M a d i s o n C o u n t y , .S<i!omnii S h a w , R . P . R u i n t s , G i b s o n

C o u n t y . W i l l i a m J o r d a n .

R o b e r t D e r i i s n n , H e n - L e g r a n t M . J o n e s . C a r -dersnn C o u n t y

A. S a u n d e r s . W . J . J . Mnrrow

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m i l C o u n t y . B e n j a m i n G r a v e s .

M c - W i l l i a m H e n r y , D e -c a t u r C o u n t y .

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" T l i ' s hi.ok is Ihe mosi valuable which l a s been j juhluhed nn tlie source , anil naiurti of ihe Uaplisc

j fiirm ol C h u i c b P o l i t y . " — I V i t l e r M Baptitt I Chronicle. I D. \PTIS.M AN'n T E R M S O F C O . M V C M O . N ; I Kn Aig.im-nt by B .cba -d tu f io r . r p 204. i 2 m o . 1 cloth. ,*»5

" H e who w i . h e . to see the snh j -c t uf Unplisin fully and 11. a t t j o Ci.r is t i .u . , , i r i l trtmu-d.sliould r au ) this w o r k . " — S u t t f i t r a Bapiitl.

".No j . iry could r«»ist the rv idenre it adduces—It is sariciififd by tho love, and con l i i l r o u r f s v whii-h becomes the Christ ian minis ter ."—A'tw York Se-evrtier.

" T b e r e is nothing in the English langungs i-qnal 10 it, and nothing where il is rareful ly read, will give t'l-dobaprisin a rouro eg jc tua l pro t t ra i iuu ." S e w I'urk Ba/ilut Refrif'er.

S C B I P T U R E C A T E C H I S M . Sui table tn- t l i . D.imcslic Iii«trocii-.n of Children an.l S-Tviints in privan. families, and nlsii iMiln C:T»ns in .-suna.y " SrhooN. By ttt. EvlanH. Pres ident of liieh m.ind Co'Im-,, and Pa, ttor of 1st QapiiMt Cliiiich 148 pp , IS no. I3c .

Rrr. AnHreie BroaiiJut. in rccommrndiup lit w n r i . s i i j i j : - I t i . in my esiiinntion, a t reasure of llil.lical i ruih. adap ted in a t i .ppy manner lo ilw olijecl for wliic.'i it vvas ilrtiSMi-,!, ami it j , wall worth ihe perusal of nny student ol ilh> Uible."

Hev J B. J tre. sav-: " T h - plan of the w o A I co i . i J iT superior t • ths t of ai.y Calechism wliii-h I have •vxu; and n.ilhing 1. nee,1.-.l hut a kiioa Wj ; ) . of ill ndvon-a-es to hi iii^ it ini„ t m r n i l ci.Tolnli.iii "

The E Ifor cf Ihe HiptUl Guardinn. says, in c>i[icluF.iiin of a v r r j rm-oi alilr n.iltce. "Ii,.«i U.a snl.-serving the piirpos. ' for whi.-li it was d-«i:,'ned. o-e ho|ie t<< AHi, 11 intruifuci*d into Sit'njav Schools. W o kn..a, i,f no exi h iok .m iheL.I.,gv w i can so cni.fi-.i.-i.ilj- rt^dinmiaid for U i s puip.iHo."

T H B P . A P T I S T CATiJCHIS .M Jo- t Publish-od. An E v p o i i l i m ol the Ui ipmi Oaiechism, pre . paiivl hv ili . 'c. lcnrmed lle.-.jauiiii Be ido'iio. Tne Giitejlii-on i« a suin l.ud <ieM.,inii:ali.ii.a: w.iik, prr-p:ir-d wilt: great c a i f . and «»ni-n.,ii.v1 hv n li.ng s . . talilish-d u-nge. Il contains 27u pn , IBmii , fine papnr, ne.iily printed ami hoaml jUc T n n work liaa tlio c r d . i i l r.-c-inimoridiu .in ..f n i i n j of tne rajit emini.iit B iplMl cierpimtin tit' Ami-nca

T o any p-rs..n fn -wanl in? .r'J C"nis enr losrd in a letier, we will «ei d a copy, fist, ol pu. lage, or t hnw rtipies of HytuiiJ's Oa;,*i-tii«rii.

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T h e F a c u l t y , fiir t h e p r e s e n t , •a-ill coi s i s t of R e v . J o h n P o w e l i . , P r i n c i p a l ,

Th i s Inslilution is situated in ttrfi wesrern par t of Canniiii county, three miles soulh-east of Beady-

viilp, neai llie mniii i - t a ^ line leaitin^ f rom Mur-iree.-horo' to McMintiviile, and imm»*diately on the main road I'-aHing from Lebanon lo Manches te r .

T h i s lr,:«iitution h.ns been in operation only t w o sessions, and lia-s met with »reat success. T h e third Hei"-i>in opens on the I5 tb of J anua ry , 18.51. ,

Mr. Delke is a r r en i a r e m d u a t e of the Dniversity • f N. Carolina, and ha-* been engaged in teaching B or 9 vesrs in Virginia and N. Carol ina . T h e T i u s -rees do not hpsilate 10 say tha t be is amonc tbe finest scholars, possessing all the requsite qualifications al un in-tructi^r.

The Trus tees have secured the services of Wood-lief T h o n a s , la-e of Gijorgi-taii-n College, who haa b-i-n encased in leaching in Union Arademy, Wes t Tennensee. and the latter pa r t of the la-t aessian in this institution and eave eniirv sat isfaction.

R A T E S O F T L I T I O N . Firgl Cifist—SpeJIing, Reading'ar .d Wri t ing .

per sFfi^ion of five mon ths . $6 00 Second Clast—Grammar. Geography and A-

rithmelic, - - . 8 00 r A t r i C/-7M—Higher Engl ish b ianchea , - 10 00 FowrfA 6 ' /a» i—Lai in , Greek and F rench , - 15 00

No s tudent will be taken for less thaii half a ses-sion; ami no dediicti^tn tnade for absence, e x c e p t in case of proiractf^i s ickntra .

Board , including wasbinjr and lights, caa be iib-tai led near ihe Inst i 'u t ion for $20 per tessioD, ma k -ing t h o whole expense of board and tui t ion in the h ighes t class only per session.

T h e healtl.y . i tua t ioo of this InstitulioD, the cheap-ness of board, and the s t r ic t a t tent ion paid to the moral , ns well a* intellectual t ra in ing of ibes todenis , a r e inducements worthy the consideration of all those who wish to educa te tbe i r cliildren.-

T h e T r u s t e e s fc i l p ruod to r e c o m m m d - s u c h an Ins i i tu t ioa th is to a soiierous pnblic, a n d especia l -ly to the memliers of Salem Assoc ia t ion who po promprly io"lt ihis school ande r thei r f o ^ r i n g care , and promised it tiieir influence a r d pa t ronape .

J .M. D . G A T E S . President of the Board of Trus tee* .

J . E . T i r r j i E , Sec re t a ry . J a n 2 . I S j l .

V a l u a b l e P r o p e r t y i n m o r f r e e a -b o r o ' , " r e n u . , f o r S a l e .

TH E subscr iber ofibrs for »ale the most deairoble pr iva te resideri . 's ' ia Mur&eesb im ' , a s regards

loca'.ion, (izR, i r o p n r r e m e a u , A c . , T h e whole pro-per ty cnntains nea r l j t h i«e ames , f r o n l i n ; t he pr inci -

• dal s treets , and which c ^ T d adTaaugeousTybela idof i ' intoscv'eraT fis^bui'dingsitea. T t ^ b f r a s e i s roofsy, in good repair and haaa l l tbe necessary eaRTeainoees f o r a i ' . iae family T h e r e i s a Barer failitu; w e l l of excellent wati-r on the premises , « fine ga rden wi th d io ice f m i i tliroea, s t ab les , a c s m iga bouse, Sic., Slc. F o r par t icuiara apply t o .

J B A N J D S : G I E K S . J a a I I . 1 8 5 1 — 3 t - iMorfreesbotu* . T e n n .

J. B . C O I f l V E I s I s T . - ' -WATCH AND CLOCK BEPAmER.

Ha s o p e n e d a 8hop..,aD Maiket . a t r e e t i o p - ^ • I .. : p « * i t o I j a n i M & 3 r p t b e r . w h e r e h e w i l l ' j U l ^ t o a l l w o r i i e n ^ a a t e d . t o h i m . J e w e l r y

a n d s i l v e r w a r e m a d e i ^ t e p i u r e d I d U>e biss t m a n n e r a n d o n t h e s h o l t B t t i i o t i c e

J u n e 2 9 , 1 8 5 0

M r s . E . P o w K L t . . .Ma t rnn . M r . P o w e l l i s t o o i n t i m a t e l y a n d e x t e n s i v e l y

k n o w n l i i r o u g h . i a t o u r S r a r e^and t h e S m t h -w e s l . n s a n u c c u i n p l i s h e d s c h o l a r a n d g e n t l . ; -i n u n . t o r r n n i r e e v e n a r e m a r k in w u v n t c u t c -inen i l a t i nn un i h e p a r t of i h e T r n 7 . i c e s .

I l l s mnr.-t! d e p ^ - i r a e n t and l i t e r a r y B e i | n i r e -i n e n t s e m i n e n t l y q u a l i f y h i m f o r t h e h L ' b l y r e -s p i m s i b l e s t a t i n n w h i r b w e h a v e i n t r u s i e d t o liis c a r e . O i b e r T e a c h e r s wi l l be a d d e d a s t h e w u u t s o f t h e I n s t i t u t i o n r t i ] u i r e .

T h e T r n s f t e s a n d T e a c h e r s w i n s p a r e n o l a b o r n o r e x p e n s e in f a m i s h i n g e v e r y i m s s i b l e f a c i l i t y for i m p a r t i n g t o e u r h P u p i l o ' t h n r o u p h l i t e r a r y a n d o r n a m e n t a l e d u c a t i o n , e m b r a c i n g a l l t h a t i s n e c e s s a r y t o p r e p a r e a l a d y for t h e r e s p o n s i b l e s tDi iun w h i c h s h e fills in " s o c i e t y .

K v e r y P u p i l wil l b e i b o r n c ^ h l v i i i s i ruc ieU in S | i e l ! i n p . R e a d i n g . W n t i n g . A r i t h m e t i c . G r a m -m a r , G e i i g r a p b y , <5cc., be f . i r e a d v a n c i n g to t h e h i g h e r a n d m o r e o m a m e n - a l b r s n e b e s .

E v e r y p o s s i l d e e f f o r t w i l l be m a d e tn p l a c e t h e a d v a n t a g e s n f e d u c a t i u n w i t h i n t h e r e a c h of e v e r y c l a s s n f p r i c i e t v .

T E R . M S O F T D I T I O . \ . P r i m a r y D e p a r t m e n t , S p c U i n g , 4cc. S 8 0 0 F r e s h m a n C l a s s , 1 0 0 0 S o p h i i m o i e " j o 0 0 J u n i o r •• 1 5 u o S e n i n r " i g g o

M o d e r n l a n g n a g e s , M a s i c , P a i n t i n g , N e e d l e w o r k , a n d o t h e r o r n a m e n t a l b r a n c h e s a t t h e u s u a l r a t e s .

T h e . \ c a d e m i c y e a r w i l l b e ( J i v i l e d i n t o t w o s e s s i o n s . T h e first t o c o m m e n c e w i t h J a n -u a r y , a n d e n d w i t h M a y . T h e s e c o n d t o c o m -m e n c e w i t h J u l y , e n d e n d w i t h N o v e m b e r .

A t t h e c l o s e of e a c h s e s s i o n , t h e P a | i i l s w i l l be e x a m i n e d p u b l i c l y , u p o n t h e b r a n c h e s w h i c h t h e y h a v e b e e n s t u d y i n g .

T h e E d m o n s o n F e m a l e A c a d e m y wi l l b e fitted u p f o r t h e a c c o m m o d a t i o n o f t h e s t a d e n t s , u n t i l t h e E d i f i c e n f t h e I n s t i t u t e i s c o m p l e t e d .

B o a r d , w i t h w a s h i n g , l o d g i n g , l i g h t a n d f n e U c a n b e h a d in t h e b e s t f a m i l i e s , a t f r o m ^ 0 t o S 3 5 p e r s e s t d n n .

T b e f i r s t sessi.-in n f t h e I n s t i t n t e w i l l o p e n a t 10 o ' c l o c k , on t h e first iMiroday of J a n . 1 8 5 1 , a t t h e B a p t i s t Cba r t - . b , w h e n p o b l i c a d d r e s s e s wi l l b e d e l i v e r e d b y t h e P r i n c i p a l , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s , a n d o t h e r s .

F o r f a r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a d t i r e a s a n y o f t h e T r o s t e e s .

G. J . S T U B L E F I E L D . Pres. W . B r i t t o s , T a n s T i E s . — L . D . M e r c e r , S . J - A C t c h a U ,

W . M . F r e n c h , J o e l H a l l , S ; D . R o w a n . R . B . C t f i n . J e s s e B a r n e s , D . G . M e d e a r i s . M c -M i n n v i l l e ; C . K . W i n s t o n , A . B . S h a n k l a B d . T . A . . . M c C r e e r y , R e v . J . R . G r a v e s . N a A -v i l l e ; W . P , M a r t i n . P . A n d e r s o n . Lebanon; Pucv . J , M . D . C a t e s , J . B . T a y l o r , R e a d y -v i l l e ; J o h n W a r r e n , S p a r t a ; J . O . B a r t s d a l k S h e l b y v i J l e .

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HoBEsT D c u r r j a . c b i n G c a . A a a a n PkUadelpkia, Pa. JiashvUlt, Ten.

G U F T O N A B B O T T . Cedar Street'near the Pott Office, W u i s i Q e , TVs. D e a l e r s i n O e n U e m e n ' s A v p a n l

a n d F n m i a l t i B i r G « o d s . ^

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aole nf the above artirfeii , will k e e p cai i ' i tasi . l y o a f a a a d a ful l aaaor tmem' s f G e n d e m a a ' a and Boy 's Clothing, o f all d e s a i p t i o i s . e o a p n a w g t t e finest qual i ty o f Goads . »shich will be renewed eve-ry week Croin tbe i r raabnfaclory in Pb i l ade lpb ia , which ia under t be {mi>edtate saperriaiaD of t h e senior par tner , ( O . 0 . C l i f t o n . ) a r b o pn i cbases i h e mater ia ls of t b e impor t e r s , and p a v i stritx a t t s u i a a

tt> t W latest f aah l iwt . stylea. and dn rab in iy . r f work-mans ldp Pe r soo* n o t j u d g e s of gooda. e u d e p e n a on be ing supp l i ed nklMHu frar o f impoa i t i a i o r de-cepiioii of any k i ^ as the f o o d s a re ararroniad la t t v e satiafaepoii . 'wid they h a v e oKis establufaed prion, wh ich Ihiqr s t r ic t ly a d h e r e u>. e u e p t w'lrh W k a l » sale Dealers . 10 wbimi a BBeial d iscount will ba mado. Al! persona a t e respact fu l ly i a v M ca l l and a s -amine our g o i d s , and l iear oar prieaa, which a i a (greater i n d u e n w D I s Tn- p n r e b a a ^ t boa faiis eaa r been o f e r e d beruee ' int]uaei iy.! l?--T' . f f • r

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Farlik Tameaet BaptUL 1.1NES. TO t B E ' M E M O R Y O F M Y - ^ I S l S T E f i .

A s ' a A r t r o o D OSBUMB. " . I :

A requiem for ths dead «, » lonely dirge, A Inw mnd plaintive aong;

A« the u d w j ^ g i of tbe ocean iorge. Bulling itaiallea tide along;

Laved one ofbeanty , tiioa art dead} And my p*ar heart ia crashed,

Thy, form. Uiy footatepi, oh! w h i t e r have they f ^

And i y vi Ice too, ia hushed.

T h y imile, tliat o'er m y saWened i p t o

With lovea own. rofteni^ light; Thine eye, of deepest bine, that gently

beamed, A pore itar 'mid loUen night;

AH. all, are ahroaded,—wrapt in gloom. The flowera you planted by the door,

'Me.--wftBSredVer yaorlonef and hnmble, txRnh

Is-.: And ihoa Wilt l ee them,—Brtcr more-

I wandered Andfi;

at one luvely Sabbath eye, aweetly traced. lodl

Each flnwei'^yan love-l,—and every leaf, " Gleamed ^ a star. u'Sr meraijry's waste:

But, there *.a3 no one with me then. My heart lime, and lad.

And often dti I wonder, when Thuo ofkUt cume, to make it glad.

O a r motber^aid yon ne'er would come, N"i, neve i nev. r more,

AUi hiiw KI4.. is my boyhood home Sly happr hiiura all o'eri

She told mRhxJ, we would meet ia heaten. Away in ^be starry aky.

Where the hearts rich Joys are never riyeo. Where i l l gemle never die.

Gme to the'jrave, gime to the grave. Where life yuong,- ami the gay mast go.

Where the Inonarcb, and the :?lave. Mast meat, in lilence law,

Qane fitan i e restless thrung. Ita hopesfe snJ fears, and strife.

Gune. frimAhe amile, the jeat, the song. Gone, frnaithe.tearlnl path of fife.

B<Jivar, T ^ n . Dec, 1S50.

Sor the Tamessee Baptist.

B B O . G S A T E S : "

A day or too ago, I was'^liatening to a con-versatiuD that Belzebub was haviiig^abdnt the failing of chordh membera, and I thought I'd give yoD, and your many readers of the' Ten-nessee Baptist, the resalt of his conversation on that topic, vt; /'-" ; >

H e argued^tumaelf into the firm belief that it was one of grandest a u ^ a i y instru-ments, by which his kingdom's interest was pushed onward, "of'any__ other, .thing now among professors. "He set 'but'in a general way, summing'tip the various faults and crTmes of which professors are guilty; saying: "You remember that church at R , well there sre some several in it, you know, that are in the habit of cheating one another. In fact,

: they will, and are determined to get every cent they can. They dont stand on repre-senting a thing beyond what It ia worth, but they will use a thousand fallacious arguments to persuade yon to swap or trade'with them in some way, so they can_^t or take the advan-tage of you. I've loolred at them after they'd swindled some onei and heard them congrata* lating themselves upon their smartness and aptness in doing things to their own notioa.-^ Kow, while I'm talking to yoa about these things, I'd just say, that there are some other churches which have some Individuals with whom I - a m .well p l e j ^ ^ ..-The church at T isUn a loyely fix. TSiJW.the other meet-ing, some several were .'drawn up before' the church authorities, for nof" paying their just debts. They promised to pay them, but I knew at the same time they were not going to do it There's that fellow, he owes his merchant, now, but be wont pay him. That same fellow bought some com the past suminer, and bacon too, and none of these articles are paid for yet Nor Is this all: the church may have him up again—what he cares—I've pretty well har-dened bim to these things. He feels and thinks of them some times; but I'm watching him and always near bis ear, to whisper this into

.It: You are poor, and he Is rich; you need'nt mind paying him. Now, In fact, I Bant ths rich one to sue the poor brother, and then we'll have a trial in the church, and that's what I'pi after. You also recollect that church at D . How much do you think they ousht to pay their preacher? Well, he dont

dranlcssloons; some staggered,and some-were s^^piritual that they talked about God <nd'T»-" Bgion all thei way home. But the b^at serrarit I've got in that section, is that oiie that cells whisky to his brethren. He-keeps it by the barrel, and always it. That's doing the thing up ius ta»rhave l t done. I'm feeling a little aboutthematter; I ahonld'nt be deceived if s o m e o f ' e m dont have him up yet. But if £hey do, that will just make him mad, and then we'll all hare a fuss, and blow out, so I'll ac-complish my purpoee. ' Cteistraas was a splen-did day for me.; - What rarie fun I had in some plasei i i Some u i l drinkittg of egg-nog, and Tom anl- Jerry, and just about oight*oh l a -sers what romping and dancing w# had. iDld'nt you see that-profe8sor; how she trolled it off. I never was better pleased In all the Christ-mas frolics. Good bye, you are dismissed.

JOB. T . Rosin Orchard.

ed t o labor nmuBtet of the-Gospel, that Jje may continue to be s«ic«?eB8ful In fiis mas-ters cause, and that the richest blessings of Heaven may rest on himself and-family until they are called to reap their great reward.

Resolved, That we most cordially invite bra. Baldry to visit us and preach for us as often as he may find it convenient to do so.

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing btf furnished bro. Baldry, also that a copy be sent to the Tennessee Baptist and Baptist Banner for publication.

Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be recorded in our church book.

Z . SMITH. The Keysburg church has called the Rev.

F. C. Plasters to her pastoral care. ^ - Z. S.

M Y L A S T S T jvVl the iBldligeaar.

kVILL A3D T E S T A M E N T .

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I hear ihe.siiICam siiond—the knell, Gf days ileianed—and I feel.

Til loved onei I must bid farewell, I a-ik of de th's law no repeal:

lunly ask thi;« boon—a brief respite— l a s t lung enu;^h my l u t will to indite.

Antl Bnu my|»onl—that costly gem,. Thim gavefc—I aive back agun,

' O Father, to fcy band; condemn It not to w ^ h e in erdless pain.

But let it, in t i e gallery of thy grace. Reflect the g^irinus brightness of thy lace.

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H y body next—this mortal frame Of •nimatod dust—I yiei l

Burk to the d ^ T o enrirh

And feed the

itfrinn whence it came, imo lone sepufchral field, orm and make the green grass

In rich laxur^nctt o'er my lonely grave.

Those who'aj^nd my hearth stone group, At mornin^and evening prnyen '

...Ths mother te f gleesome troop. Of little onss—to tijy kind care

Must Mercifi^ I do bequeath- Receive The pfi,.anif&B3^tli?y all in thee believe.

To that fimd Swithef stand thna near. The widOT«ahiisband and her Lord;

To her reqaesy tStline thine ear; And wh<aijiR promise of thy word.

She ferreot p^aiia Cir those she loves, wiih J.

B ^ ^ d , ' O l ^ a n , be it U thoa saith.'

f And hitthsii|caliiigs of oar lave, J-. Likaipodl^ planu be heilged around, f And pTwiad t i d Watered from abover "

Aid may t | e y afi be frnitfal faucd, /When thou, f t t e n d ^ by a heavenly suit. Shall a e ^ to^stfaer from thy vineyanf fruit

, W i . G - T T h a fiitla.ni^ in Zian'a hall

r a i l B t ^ A p u U haVe fined-I win •"ifay be fa (Jttju- ^ hy an

Who may^Jecsed me; and nntil -(Var eartir t i * gloiy flows Jnffas^a s e ^

' Be tilsra in m ' thy canrts no vacancy.

Them'v«l iq>ng thy children those For whons^ieel—most deeply fol,

-'EhBy've-wa red oiL and seek repose * Cta beds o b t and gomud^ steel; T h e s e s ^ restore, And'grmlfUl ^ y m a y w a ^ ^ U i a i n a m o r e .

'WlU&lt'S i « * i » s ' ( ^ t T w l r i w ioBifiKt^' and proved tru.:^

W i w i i r i ^ ufCtba oae* sought to oppress, ^ F At iagieuifea a A o ^ T f a a of might

t k m tfc^ utE acts of luye requite. -si^-- — i-- «? B:?.

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e i ^ a o d ^ i iwA. me. i m ^ y 31,. i • M t y b e f i ] t e« f er^^^and loved:

IjisiafiJ h j l A i e wniagi d iey ' vsdaaa ID me.

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get the third of it. He's a good sort of a man, i and I feel, too, sometimes, like the day is not j distant, when he'll break in on some of my ! members, and then you see I'll have to invent [ some lie, and put it in circulation ab.iut liim, as 11 have often done about others. The truth is, 11 have been laboring all the time to make j church members as stingy as possible; I do it

for two reasons; tbe first is, that I know these preachers cant study so much, and have time then to hunt after me and my tricks; the sec-ond reason is, that the brethren will naturally grow more worldly minded, and consequently less religions. " Now, the result of this is, the church will not have so many large meetings, and I shall be able to keep my friends in a set-tled s u t e of mind. And, therefore, the preach-ers will have to become somewhat lucrative. I have them then, some go to one thing, and some to swaping horses, and of course will have to tell lies. Is not this a beautiful Idea, —big with important consequences. Now tlie beauty of the scheme is this, I persuaded the churches to be stingy. See what I've accom-plished by the trick; I've got someof them so penurious, that ;hey wont buy wine for the sacrament, withotit a fuss. Oh! how it de-lights me to see them wrangling and jangling about fifty cents to buy wine. Now this one says, he threw in money the last time, and an other says he has bought more wine than half of the church put togelhe.. This all grew out of my old trick—stinginess. I've got two or three preachers, now teaching school, and I'll have some more at it before long, unless some of them get to be moro liberal than they are now. I wanted to tell you about some of those deacons, and how I manage them. You know that the questions that are asked Ihem at their ordination are tolerable tight. But I always take care that none of them are com-plied with on the deacon's part. Now see how slick I can make a good deacon tell stories; I don't know a church In the wide world, In which the deacons discharge their several du-ties. They are just as mercenary as the most corrupt, worthless member in any community. An4I' l l see to it, that they shant do belter; I dont care how much the preacher scolds aod fi^ts; I want to fret him. Dont you see how I can manage professors. Just let any of my friends get up a little to du any where In tbe neighborhood, and I whispers to some one to take his fiddle along, and we'll have a tune or two, to-night,ar day as the case may be.— Presently some one draws a bow. 'What, is that a fiddle." «Yes.'. 'Let's have a tune.'— •You don't care, do you Mr. E. or D.!' 'No, just as the company pleases.' So now you see howjl ltk I've done this.wThe fiddle commen-mences, alt hands patting their feet; some irsggfng'tfelr beads, timeing ^ e music W S ^ e mdtion of theffbodies. Music s tq^^

p r e t t y g o ^ tune,' Seacon.* 'Give us uotber, ' u y s some other good professor, i So

'yoa see how I'm getting on with my 're^^ous members.^^ Now in i:eality, tell me the differ-ence, if you can, between, a fiddler, and. one who pats his foot in timelng'a venal piece of mbsicT So yon see there is hut Kttle differ-ence between some professors of religion, and 9ame,cii^.ii9 fiddlers. I'm trying to^ Insinuate the i ^ l o t o s o m e of my friends heads that it's no more J w m to dance than to have fiddling in their feps^" I have got my Episcopalians to believe their's no sin in dancing; I got some of my bold ones to come right out in tbe col-umns of the reli^oos newspapers, and just argue the point Belzebubically. Have yon ob-served that old clerk in the church at P W h f . t l w bthefjJay'ie.^M^ dronk as'yoo pleaa^ Heaatl iy tBefire Jn hia iwking chair, nringiog backwards and foi wards, a ^ it was Jnstas irach w hecMld do to keep" himself

tbfl^fie just u h a p « ^ ^ ^ a ^ P ^ P i ? ^ ' t o H e was in the fio^^ow of s{Hrit8 you eveir saw a man,

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For the Unnessee Bajptist.^ M E . E D I T O B : ,

In the Baptist of the 4th ijist., there ia com-munication from "D," in the form of a dia-logue between a "regular, and an irregular Baptist, or Campbellite" as he calls him. I suppose that he means one who professes to be a Christian.

is much mistaken when be supposes that Christians believe that "baptism procures the remissionlof sins." Christians believe that the Blood 0 / CArisI has procured remission of sins for all those ; who choose to enjoy It.— There is much difference between procuring the remission of sins and enjoying tbe remis-sion of sins. The fbrmet is an act of the Sa-viour—tbe latter is an act of the saved. Let me illustraterThe General Government has procured a tract of Land for all the Mexican soldiers. But although the Land is procured, yet the soldiers do not enjoy or possess the Land. How are they to enjoy iti They must conform to a certain Law—m^^e out a certifi-cate of service—send it to the proper authori-ty, properly certified; and this enables them to possess, and enjoy the Land, which has been pro-cur^ for them. Sa 'the .Biood of Chsist has procured remission of sins for us all. But sin-ners, to enjoy this remission, must also conform to Law—present their certificate (petition) drawn in /oi74,signed in n^penlance and sealed in baptism.

D.'s exposition of 1 Cor. 15: 27, is a.vktt-arJ, and even more difficult to understand t h j n liie verse itsell. How sins rcmilt'd can "contrive to baptism" is more unintelligible to me than the "baptism for the dead." How the Ijand enjoyed, pos^essrd by the soldier, can "contrive" to an act of obedience required of him by the Law which procured the'Land is to me ine.x-plicable! Or how the remission of sins, the thing enjoyed, possessed by the Christian, can "contrive" to an act which constituted a part of the Law by which he became a christian is, to me, equally inexplicable.

Christians do not believe that "baptism pro-cures remission of sins"—nor faitb—nor re-pentance—nor anything that the sinner can do. But they do believe that through Faiift, Repentance a-od Baptism, sinners may enjoy, and possess the remission of sins, which has been procured already by the Blood of Jesns Christ. And by a faithful continuance in good works. Christians hope to enjoy a part In the first re-surrection, of glory, honor, immortality and eternal life. A resurrection not which "exists" already, nor that can be "procured" by them; but the glories which they hope to enjoy when the resurrection comes. In which they have faith and hope, having testified to it by their baptism. This 15th c'japter of 1 Corinthians, one of the most [if not the most] beautiful in the New Testament., was written by the .Apos-tle Paul, not to prove that the resurrection ex-isted, but to prove, first, the resurrection of Christ; and secondly, that there will be a re-surrection, in the which many of the Corin-thians had Believed, and to which they had testified by their baptism.

I think if friend D. will give it a careful reading, recollecting that Paul is endeavoring to prove that there will be a resurrection, welch It seems some of the Corinthians had began to doubt, that he will have clearer views of the 29th verse and a better opinion of his imaginary Campbellite.

J . W . R. Jan. 13,1851.

For the Tennessee B^tiH.. ANOTHER MIOTSTER G O N E

B K O I H B R G B A V E S :

Deep solemnity is now resting upon Enon Association, on account of the speedy and shacking removal of our Missionary, the be-loved JOHH W . HICKMAS, w h o w a s b o m the son of Wm. and Mary D. Hickman, Simpson county, Ky., but died the son of God, at fiis residence, six miles north of Lafayette, Ma-con county, Tenn., Nov. 2 5 , 1 8 5 0 , - 3 2 years of age—of Epilepsy

l ie professed a hope In Christ when 19— joined the Baptist church, though his father, I understand, was. a Methodist. His mother and himself werfl baptized the same day—was licenced to preach when 24,—married when 26 to Nancy Blackburn, of Allen county, Ky who was also a Baptist,—moved to this county Jan. 4, 1849,—was ordained May 19, 1849, at Harmony church, Allen co., Ky.

The particulars of bis death are these: He was holding a protracted meeting at Spring Creek church, of which he was pastor. On Sunday night I heard him remark, when weep-ing over sinners, that he often thought he should die in a protracted meeting, and that be would as soon die there as any other place. On Monday night, aTter (ho brethren had failed to get any anxious up, he arose and remarked that he thought of keeping his mouth shut that night, but that he could not go away satisfied

uttered. When he came to the won! hope, h s thoughts seemed to dwell and revel upon the word, as if his heart' felt its bliss, and was about to realize i u brightness. O that his faith, bis hope, and his exalted rapture, may be the blessed portion of each one of us. His sool seemed to swell and expand, as though spirits of a . happier sphere were hover-, ing around in celestial loveliness, and whisper ing of glories which eye hath not seen, nor esr heard, nor heart conceived, infinitely above the reach of mortal Imperfection. Oh that a calm thought may come upon our bereaved sister H., gentle as the dews of heaven, that she shall not be forevet separated from him, who was her only earthly joy. May faith like a heav-enly angel come, when her spirit is ready to faint within her, and direct her eyes to realms of delight, where in the fulness of its affection, shall no more repine, nor sorrow, nor death, ever find entrance. There alooe the wonnd-ed spirits can find rest irom the deep burden of its sorrows.

:Were those we have loved and by whom we have been loved as we shall never be again to be with us DO mure, when the tendrils of our hearts are sundered, and bleeding at every pore,when In ita loneliness tbe heart feels that all In which it found delight are fled, when the fountain of joys are dried where, O where could it fly for help and consolation.'

Glory be to God, a voice calls upon us from above, to direct our eyes beyond the shores of time, to a land of pure delight, where husband and wife, parent and children, preacher and congregation,shall meet again. There

"God's own soft hand shall wipe the tears From every weeping eye; And pains,and grouns, and griefs and fears And death itself shall die."

D A R I U S BUCKLEY.

T b e T e n n e s s e e a n d A l n b a n i u Fe> - . n i a i c l u s t i n i i c .

At l^^nrkettrr. Franklin roitis/y, Tntne^ttr.

W I L L bo oncintfd ciie Mnnduv o) Jurmary 1 8 - j l .

FACULTE. R..V. Z- C GujiXiLS, PrcMidinl.

One reflection in connection with the above. I l l s due the departed bro. H., to say that he was a good preacher, a warm exhorter, an ele-gant singer, u good husband, a kind father, and a benevolent neighbor. How strange and and mysterious Is the Providcnce of God. W e had reason to hope that God was about to send more laborers into the field. We'had appoin-ted the 23lh of Nov., to ordain bro. Buckley, in the next church to bro. Hickman's, hoping that the two young brethren would be co-work-ers together for a long time. But alas! how

I N < t V A B T B O T T L E S . For P u r i ^ i n s ihe Blovd, and for the .Core

af Smfnla, ilrreurial Diteate*. tRkeuma-liim, Calaneout Eruptioat, Stubborn VI-

ccrg. Liver Complainl. J>ytpepna, Bronchittt, Salt Rhrum, Cua-

sumplion. Fever Sorrx, Fe-ui'ile ComplaiuU, Ery-

tipefas, iots of Ap-petUe, Piaplrt,

Biln,Crn-ral DcbilU^. Spc-

Tins preparatitin now Unrno i m ifst oT over 14 year--. pxperi,-nci?. s ince ita first intrudurtion to pulilic Iwviir, dtiiin;; which l i m e nunn-rmin imirBtinns tlavc sprung ifttit e x i . t a n c e . fnundhi.^ i S f i r rlaitna tu ibe c»"iii.ipnce uf thi» cornmnuity on tli.- curaLivp puw-f»ra contuirieti in Si,r,ap«rill>i R*tol, Itit. gri'at rrpii la tinii and fXteni led uat^'df vvtiir.h ha-i en mailily Ml-iiibutnlilw to l l ir mar.y w-opii.Ttut c u i c . efi.'.-'r.l b j 'hd une of this) prt-pardti'n. Wi i i i e Sui-.a|<urillh R>>(>t ftirmtt an impoi lunr p a n r f it, com' . i j .a i ion , it 15 Hi itie same timp. rompoumled witli .jtln-r vr-g.-ta-ule remeiUf'i of gr fa t pnwpr. ntid it is in the pt'Culiar i-ombinnlinn and weit-i.tific mnnn-r . f it^ pi,'pnnitifin. ihnl ita reinnrlca^ l'. in tiin cine nf d i sey^c j !>p r.-nrtv •i^p,.nHK. Ctlh' r pr.'p<ir.iiii»r.it (ifputlme u;', ami ir- beaiir-.g in;;r»-diptir<. a- tl tiei r cnj- , ((.. TlitJie iierdtttg a r^mt'dv and rrrpif8ti'J (u litilt.' Mli"ie tills

j in (nakii.g r-|in.» e of hnt II.cy

.i.ii'Htp il in tlie s tyle I 'te tiiimt' nf irnc u l i l a j i; rv-..r!!'..]ui.cc ti» il. , unti*;r l ike tbi-*. a i e

i l . l i -renre ex i s t s , a n d vviil ui^e. nut t'j tnVe

anv' ( t iuT' 'Ut rb tt o n e f n i i i 1. d m ilieii coi'fi l ence , f i o n the ;T~t of i i b n - pffiTIi-.l on l iving n i t -

w l io .e le . l im'i i i - i i l . iii:d r. s idrnrcs b a r e been i-u'-ti-b-Ni. uii.i H e "lill I.e.ring Huily t ^ t i m o n y to it!« worl l i . Tl ie wi;(»e b•-lol-^• o f m e d i c i n e b a a

1 -»caici-lv lutni.>b..il H pmai le l lo n u m e r o i i - a n d re-

Mr*. A C . GKiVES, j ! fa i :a l ! Mr ti.-ave« c o m e s t o u s Qnder nulptces vhicl i

ai.5Ure us tif. h i n m f i m l , Hcif^itltjc aud auctal qua.jiic^ tioua for i b e r£«jtuti8ibte sLatimi w i th inbicii hs hh, bei n ch«rg..,t.

T b e fom.der8 uf the l a s y t o t e s n i i c i m m m prr^ent to tbe publ ic a SemiMni^ wbVl i dr»er\-e ronfi. J e n c c , and » h i r h IUIH!I «I»O s i i rre- . fu l ly diffuse tli, b less ing* o f E J u e a t i o n irni" Knu<Heds ' , tmre •Icav.ued t o -cIpci bi. I'tiiii-.ipal o n e w h o is di,.voied tu our pecu l iar ins i t lo i inns—wlt .» ia uoirnpeacbed in morals—wbti I* uu.-.urimssel In att i i inmei i t ,—w bii i , u n o b j e c ' i o n a b l e in .depurlmei i t , nltd Wrbo bus b»en crowned witb eui-cess iu the aiduu'ia and l inpjri iut dulie,. o f it.atructiun.

In f u n b e r Hccorapli-hmehia nf ibe o b j . r t t of tha Inst i t ire , n 0- .ur»e of S t u d i e s has been prepurrd. eir.-brucinsrall tba l i s 'use iu! and ori'Utr.etttal in Ihe edu CHlion of n L a d y - and neccs inry l o p r e p u r e bcrfor iha w«i iou* di ' t tes of iilo. B v e i 7 pupi i will be thiu-on^biv in.;trucied in Heailiiig, Wril inw. Cvplieittif , •Biigfi-li Gia iuuier G.-ography. and Colnpo^ii i,«., bl.. for." prtK-ei-di'-e to the higbrr, more ornameMal and less j inictiei:! biaiicl:es.

At ert'i^' step rejjard tias been, and wi!! 'H' bail t.I Tbr u'abts and m».ans of H;e people and u tbe times—aod untiring etiorla will made in pbtre ibe ben.-6isof eduoitioo wiihiii the madb o) »ii, no mailer h .w peruniuily situated Kinally. no piii.s shall be spiifi'd l>y t-jtber leucliers or tiusl-es to en-li;rblen ibe mind—lo improve the manners—To-|.ruie I t-e wi'liaie of thi puptis conimiiti^l to 1 heir rbai^e.

R . \ T E S O F T U I T I O N . Primary D- pu tmeoT, pei ses - iou Fre-Smrin clu-s S o p h o m o r e c l y s s . , I ut ior

1 Seniiii rlrt.ss..,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . , — — The Modoru Lan^ua^fes, Mus ic , Need ie W o i k , a i . d

other •jrnameulul braociiea. w i o b e c h a i g - j d lui Sktra, hut at ihe iisual ruKS.

W! e.i 8cho'ar«hips are taken, rrgii'ur luiiion will Ote-ha-f ciieoppr

to n.) 1-J U(l 1 I (III IB UU

Th." A^-n'eii.ic Vrai , Ui.lil f i ir ibtr iKitice, w ill rl-M.!..!! into t w o — lh<- fi'Sl coni inenr i i p wi:h I,iniin,-% a:i'l e...,rir.s wirb .Muv—the seeniid coninieii-

<-"'ni: wi -h July and ei.di'iff wi th Noven.ber- Al ibe rl-j-.' ol oar.li tbe pupii-. w 11 l,e pubhrlr ex-

Isrpe airtl •'.,1 :ied. A oro' Uieti f.jr tbe ncci l.i:.lilute. Kot lb,-Irom u dijlanre, T

hou-e has b-pij 'r.mndution €il the pupil:- ol ilic

1(11 tii-i arr. N<NJ'<daliou ot p'.p I. ."tr.il. H. (^iinei, E-IJ — E.IMIH

I riiarkiiljle cores eO'.-. I eti'.;cleil once it can

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ui-e, t^iid h a . it has

sailly disappointed; the day before we preach-without making one more and a last appeal to ; ed bro. B.'s ordination sermon, we were called his aeighbors and unconverted friends to meet jiipon t o attend the funeral of J . W . Hickman,

. l ^ t b ^ l l ^ ^ i ^ T O m e . little trouble

m A fine , . - , - ^.jiwid soine feoaelldog,

•'sent 'em as

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

Ihasten to communicate t j y o u an accountof a'glorious revival of religion, now in progress in Union county, Ga. A meeting commenced with the Macedonia church (on Hiwasse river) on Friday before the third Lord's day in De-cember, and continued ten days. Clouds big with mercy broke upon us; the children of God were filled with His love, and their hearts were Inflamed with zeal for the salvation of souls. T h e result was, the last day of the meeting, brethren Com, Chastain, Hedden, E m z e y , King and myself, had the pleasure of baptizing eighty-seven willing candidates. In the Hiwasse river. The whole number re-ceived at this meeting was one hundred and

"four by experience, and five by letter. W e proceeded to Antioch church In the

same county, and held a. meeting, where the Lord again poured out His blessed Spirit. I continued with the brethren seven days, when :I w£a compelled to leave for home; up to which titne the church received forty-five; I left the work still in progress, and anticipate a much larger increase. May the good work spread'fi^m pole to pole; and to God be all the glory. . -<•—

Yours. J A M E S BLYTHE.

Henderson co. ,N. C., Dec. 23,1850.

'Far the Tennessee Baptist. B B O . G S A V E S : r:

At a regular meeting of the Keysburg B 'p-tist c h o ^ r o n Saturday before the first Lord's

" i s j in Ifaniiai?, IS51, the following preamble and rewlutlons were unaniously adopted:

WHEREAS, Our beloved brother, William S. Baldry, for ten years past the faithful, zealous an^i e f f ic ien t jMtw of Kejshprg Bapt ist charch, and tlie eonoexion^betw^o Sro. Baldry and the church having, t e n n i i ^ M | therefore, in view of the dissbhAlpn het«£!^^bro>B^dcy'and the d»nrch',\ve feel it i n c u i n ^ n t on'iflfto, t lear j l f t -Umo'ny to thefalthfulness of . br^': Baldry, as a pastor and preacher.of-the gospel, during his ent i re coonezioii with oa. - - -—

ResdvecL l%)t tbro .3aIdi ]Fi io i« id ; has oar b ^ * v ^ h ^ i his •futuieP w e l f ^ V ha t that gbr" prayers shall'^accoinpany hiittwherftvW in ^ ^ r o v i d ^ M e of Vn Ajlf-wwe! p o d be call-

him in heaven. He got home that night about nine o'clock, his wife offered him supper, he remarked that there was no time for eating, and that he wished to retire in order to to sleep. He talked cheerfully to his wife for an hour and a half after they retired, when he fell Into a natural sleep, appnrently, but it proved to be the sleep of death. His lady, before going to sleep, arose to pacify a child, and on hearing him moan a time or two, called him, but he was gone,—his neighbors were soon there,— and his breathing had ceased. (I am told he spoke for bis coffin two weeks before his death.) He left three children, tbe eldest five and the youngest two years old. i

Perhaps no preacher ever exerted a more powerful influence among a strange people, than did this worthy brother. 'Tis true there were some unfounded prejudice against him, when first he came here, but he had out lived il all, and proved to all, that he was not the man they took him to be. Firm and unshaken were his principles. His untiring efforts in pro-claiming salvation to a lost and ruined world, are known, felt, and appreciated by all who knew him. There was no day too cold, nor night too dark, nor roads too rough, nor dis-tance too far, to keep him from faithfully ful-filling all his engagemeoU; and if not Provi-dentially hindered, no wailing congregations of his were ever disappointed, for the value of immortal souls, sunk with deep and ponderous weight into his mind,—would that all ministers in the Baptist denomination were as prompt in the discharge of their duties, and as ten-acious of their promise as was this most excel-lent brother. It is painfully true that some of our preachers are remi«s in this particular, (I mean punctuality in refference to their ap-pointments.)

The Scriptures were his sword and shield, and in illustrating any assumed position, he would draw copious proofs from them, and not unfrequently from the tender relations of the family and dojnestic circle, which gave to his sermons, together with his strong masculine voice and zeal, an electrifying influence. This attended with the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit, made sinners mourn and christians re-joice. , In point of mere literary merit, brother H. 's sermons were very far from deserving enco miums; but his strict adherence to the truth, plain, simple, unadorned truth, and his zeal In proclaiming glad tidiug of great joy, together with the clearness, fluency and force with which he delivered them, made ample amends for the deficiency In language, the labored rhet-orical' beauty, and the graces of elocution, which sre generally supposed to make a finish-ed orator. But he Is gone, and it is a painful reflection to his friends, that the places which knew him once will know him no more,—no longer will that voice which once cheered us, come sweetly and pleasantly to our ears. T h e smile that once played upon his grave coun-tenance, shall be seen by us here no more,— he has gone, gone, never to return to his be-loved, weeping, helpless family, his esteemed church, nor association. It Is Indeed a solemn and sorrowful thooght, and comes with a silent sadness upon our bereftsplrlts. As a religious community and children mourn that the loved form has sunk beneath tbe blight of the fell destroyer, and that those laughing features over which they fondly loved lo ponder, have faded beneath the pallid hues of death. Wi th them he sung, for them he prayed, with them he wept, with them he rejolced,flnd isjie gone! Alas! 'tis too tiue. But glory be to God, we mourn not as those who have no hope, we have no t the shadow of a doubt, but' he has gone to join an holy association, and will re-ceive a rich reward, for his labors here:^

H e has left b e h l ^ t h e cares of e p i h , , , . He has left behind all thoughts of ittirth, He^has left the vanities of life,

' H e Km l i f t ' th ' i stormy passion of strife.

His many v M n ^ are recorded in our menfio-r ; a n d h e a i t K . r ^ a d we no other proof tha t he has gone to unmolested gloiy, than vrh^t . we saw and heard on Sunday previous Ut his death. I t would be enough. T h e a i t was tha t , he p r e w h ^ h i j , last, ,dis(»ofs%—h|s l e a t . w a s

H i s whole ^ u ^ s e e i n g ^ s o r l ^ i a the o b j e c t , and e v e i y ^ ^ t u r e and gesture expressed., and f c ^ d . the troths i e

who bad labored in the destitute portion of our Association, but whose remains we saw de-posited in the house prepared for all^the liv-

In conclusion, I bespeak a handsome sup-port from the Baptists, for sister Hickman and family, and especially from the brethren and sisters of Enon Association.

Mjy God dry up the widows tears, and pro-tect the fatherless.

D A N I E L SMITH. The Baptist Banner of Louisville will please

copy.

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hf a.liiiiritii; c.iui.: i.-". M ^ n li 14 . I f ' j l l — l-. ' in.

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a rnaiu.lv a f t t r fufTo luilv r«-i i'"v L<i ti .e t: ,1 1 h. .pe (>.m1 w.i; r-v e <i Uie. A CMt>!»ic

;u.d rij ih' , an 1 •N.'IT> H.'I'OVE IH.IT I SWIM!.} t>r.i» dav, w T«ijrt -t »• y a v r'pvpr. a fr«-nd fx-r tm led m.-Ttpdicine in lo ipil iiie uut l • t. I ti .iil!y purchfji.-d a b ihe bt'ip '•] G.' l, 1 ^aa r e - i -I t.ad e:J 'XPil r « y e ; , |!» i'..tlior iii»- bdiTii: <»'•!'• m<'-l rii e

W u t i j^rrai re-(M-ri. 1 gentk'rriPn, Vi)iir m -iervrmt.

FERMIN GRuUPAZ

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I N..U -.1 • •^h I.M •"•-ut -d I'r «»r l.-vt-r r.tl'ire-i ill • with Pfn-niTjpfi in >lf*r.l OMark nt hut t l i j c .. i;y voijj- ir.ci-mfiarahlf

1 ha i no rni.H.i»M.c«> in •le. luid by It- u«e an ^

t t l>f-^t l.rbk:i than i CAMtul but I'iess ihi-

*'\lr. ( i raves , l'ti:.cipmi i f K i t H - v u i e Acjidi'my, havijis b<f n af>p<»ii.t--d ol thf ••T>-rit»e-»»ei} and A U b a m a t V n i i l e In^iitme.'* ut W . / . c ter, ctitps Tpw't'Td wtii n<« lon«;rr be rouneci ' 'd w . fh ihu' I t»«j«iui!'*-: fht?ft-

tbi^ siudenrw iif t!ii» Aca.l»'rr.\ i*-' propi . t 111 ihp public ihit fulh.vk Inp rpsoiiiii-Mi^. h- t-j^pretmiv* of ihe ir freJine* in n ' snrd Jo lb r<e Tfac l ie :» and ilieir m-ih.wl of if^iruriiMj ;

I ' t J E W I B L R A N D B E S O L P T I O N . - . \Vb*'reR'«. Z O Giavpjt. A- .\1.. ^ h.» lia* boi-n i'linci*

pa) of Kuic:*viilp A c t d e - n y f..r iho i IPJI y- arii, iM.Vi e. . t.i th.- rr.-fi.l.-M.r^, ..f t lif T e „ n f -

" r.'l AltbaniT) In^ti i . i i . ; ^t.d -inr-f !.i- ••upil-i, art; to h«- h. i.ct f.».'-tl» d.'pri*-«<i .»: in-

t U<'I I'>|.« a b jd" . df--irp tfi

' pntiK- a |t| liii lur •it-qu-jliried rr^Hid f<»r

iiitn H« a nmti, D r'C!ioi;i( u n i a rt.r Mlia'.; aud i»ir

U f s u J r f d . That «'«», tit the puMjr t:en.»nilly. c o

u i -p a« ;i TeaH'Ot, n ui tn H"* a man, a fC!ioi;jf a

Jii^l klcveivcil, i NFIVV sujijils •>[ ihf Psuluiist in vari-.us

or' biii'luij, -in!)rti« iii;: the I' lekt-r, Pew dud Fuliiir Kdili ris

( iKAVl ' : s & ^ l U N K L A N I ) .

1400 P O U N D S Prln'er".- Nrwe niiil B.)..k I k, from one of tlif best

tuHnafat'tiirip'^ in ilte I 'ni 'p I Stalt^s. on hatnl, .mil for ~n!e liv II. t i . SC(I\ 'K.L..

S.!-; l i s . —••, l.i Lioii, .Mrn .<ei|'jero.i, ('.•itiifilr.i!. Cf-ir-braeii

Plani'Jtion and Wa-^hin^ton Sf^ars , rtM-civinl uii.l fir bv 11. G. :SC0V1-:L.

21,000

• • T R L T I I I-^ S T R . W r ^ E t J T1-1.\N F I C T I O N . " Nhvc- ri: i;BAM N .1. I.jni-:)ll 1319

M Sands—(ii.mi.'nifi; Vlv wifr utT rod witSi u di>trc-,- ni»it b'liiii!.^ in lifr rliffj-l Tur miinv ypni* HMJ nn it ri^ nrcr wuH .i filicicd [mm lifT liii til w th a liiMii'ir ill 1.1- Miii'tl N'. rii:i-u't.-il v"5iriiiu-phvuirinfi, iiMi irifii miineniu- icmi-.li.-i. m-irl. benefit inilii vre hi.fir 1, t^iri.-ish R.-v Thii^naH Davis , of tht^ irrcnt m*-iliririnl ^n'tif uf STir.fi.*' S .r.:flpHi liln. O.-'ii:. ler- in .m-ii i l . i t i -II mv [i* ainl .1ii i | j i i i ' . r iIpciH*.-! .•n t ivi in It. m.'l ..ii'ii I'xt'P' ,>hi rnaiifi.t l»i.'ierit V v .l.iUi liti-r'i skin 11—"i-n.-ii H I..-W n|'-,i.a-iiM.-»» i>n-I I I \ ; tV-.'i I"-;- ti (.n- t. :,i H -i-T,!^. ii 1,,-rnmi' «miiiMh n .1 «o'"t. uif.'h .1 IT-ri:!:;-! almixt ffiine, F • bel ief .

hinit-lrll ,.£rpT 111 tMi ii.r.f:.-r lii-in£ runiierti-il i»i'h liim; rnrnt.:<i IV ii i)iH-£ trini ti-- m»v l i t -h i ip j iv ami p: .i-]tf rinj- i., in-n.-w ririjul liliur, us HF IIUB i>ci'a

j.. i l.i-. f^esnfi^Fi] T h I w e n l so •ii-t:iin nn trippuriibl?.

lieiiiff iit.[.rivi'.l lif tht" l-,b .r- ut ib;- As-.H-i,to I*riiipi[-Ijl. r . .Miirlis. w nil hu- Ill-en e-j ircia- ly -UCi-e—f.t ir. li!- piTu'rrK ilepn 11 ment .VImlieii

Riso-r-d Tli-.t liflli'Vi. f..w Tf'iirl,. r- p.— se-*,, in i*i- e.-riir.piti it ii.^£ii.i'. Nit- liirul y ol impsrtlii* iii-ti Mcliiin 11- iill.i'i -. c-:miiii. .1 -.villi a liap|-y m-tbnil .tf wiiiiiii,|; ill ir riiitli.l.-ju-i-; iliut we ktiow ut imnu wlio Unvel,et*n more se!f-*ncrificiiiE.nnr.e mm e ilfvoled to itiri in:e.ic>t^ of liieii pupil-, i,i wii-i have Inburcil i*-i:lj miiit. ui.lil ii. 7. :il fur the Iwncfil of ihnfte eie tru^teil rn fbeiri-h-iriie

R d, Tiiat w - acr 2ii-ullv in^eSie-i to tbe In-sto ipi ive l . -rni ies- i f I'lir u m t l i v I*.i:ici(iat, ciii.necled wi ib Otinp.-t .-x'-.| r.i-ei., fill Ihe m» il .tuip nf nur mere lal UI'-I tn-ilal P'.vvers fur f'l u e u^cfuliiefla and happiness

1' b.— rSe ei-mHer nf tluHents in tl.-is Inriliiutian p i.i! v.-.ir. w II- iliii-e liunitre. , and nine.

• Ion" my 6rm !

O r i t y ' s i n v a r i a b l e O i t U i n c i i t . A Poir'ire Cure fur all ExlemuL Diseases.

' j ' H i - : TKSTI.MO.NY.if all w h o h a v c r v e t uscil this reli'lirateil Uintini-tit. plui-e.- it

ali ivt; allothi-r Diiitiiient, as u re-iie.l\ t'oi (_'l-I'cjrs, Wiiun.ls, White Su-t'liiii.;. ^lore-. Ta -tnor-i, B-iiU. Kclmis. Chiil'lains. Hurt ScnMri. retrer, Kiiigworiii. ycalillieail. .S vtL-ilin;.; oft no

Joints or (JIaiiil-, ami every s|icrips of ili-s-chariiliis sore.-* fir itilliiniation. wlu-ther pro-cet;(Ji fi from ili-bility or too tull baliic of biuiy. In all those case.s, at all >.t-asiins, in all cli-mates. and under every conditl-ii) of the sys-tem,

G R A V . S l N V A L l ! A [ i l , E O I N T N E N T . will be fiiutid the most eflective external appli . caliuD which .Medical Science has yet liiveiut ed. O.'lcn have the cures perfirmed hy this Medicine been ihe subject uf eillturial com-ment in various newspapers and journal*; and it may with truth l-e a^serttil. that ho Medi-cii.e of the kind has ever received such tei-ti-iriiiiiiuls of greater value than ai-e attached tu this. Every family should be provitled with this Uiutmeat tu use in cases of accidental in-jury .

t ? " B e w a r e uf Counterfeits. No Ointment is genuine withutU it bears the written signa-ture of W . \V. or W . F . Gray off tire untside label of the box. To ije't the genuiue anicle, allordersor applications for .\acncies. mtist be - e n t t o \V. F . (5R . \Y .

Nashville. Tenne-ssee. G.-Tice at Mc.Murry ic iMclntosh's Drug

Store. For sale by all the Drageists in Nashville.

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- C I T i r ' H O T E L , EAST SIDE iOF THE P U p H © SQUAKE,

Nashville, T-s: nessee. -M A R S H A L L & S C O T T . P ' r a r r i e t o r a . . J - n • „

nil t - ii-ie a ..l-iti will pniiltii-p il p n l e r i r i i . e .

Yitiir-i. with G. S H K M I R I C K ' S O N .

i Pas lor ..f llie R-ipti-t Cbiirrb. at the ' EnsH->!i Nei^l oibnild I Prepared and •old. wb-ilesal--nnd retail, hv A. B . & I D . . - A N D S I) us-2i.its and Ohemi«:« KlO Fulton <it . I corner uf Wi l l i am. N e w Yo.l; . nU.i liy D i n g t ffiat-i p e n e i a ' l y ibrnii^^lioiir tlie Untied State.* and I C a n a d n s Trire p- r bottle; s ix bott les for ! For Pale by j \V. W . B E R R Y I Der 14. IS'in Na«bv| i i . l 1 i T l i e F e n i a i e ftCMilnnry o f t h e C o l d I W n t c r B a p t i » i t A s s o c i a t i o n . 1 At Chidahoma, Marshall co. Mississippi.

T h i s institution, tmder the auspices nf the Rev. J . R. Hamilton, Princiiial, will

commence its first session on the 6rst Monduy in February 1651

R A T E S O F T U I T I O N . Primary Department, 1st Division, SlO 00

! ® V V E C S T E R - S Q U A R T O D I C T I O N A * * 'i V. (unabriJ^cd.) new sujijily just re

ceived by f l P v A V E S & S H A N K L A N D .

F E o o r O i l C f o t n s . 1 U S T recc-ived a large stock, from 8 to 20

" leel wide, aud from 7o cents to 75 per yaril.

G' R A V S U O T A N I C A L T E X T BOOK

^ (ks t rtvised edition.) Evvbauhs'Hydraulics and .Mechanics; Kiiupp's Cheiiiical Technology; K^py's Philosophy of Storiiis; Mtriler's Physics and MeRirolop-; Weisbai-li's Mechaaics and Eii^iiecrinfr; Lardner 's Lectureson Science and .Art.

For sale low at G R A V E S & S H A N K L A N D S . '

ad 12 00 Preparatory Department, and all Eng-

lish stutlies, through the whole coarse, 20 00

Music on Piano or Guitar, (each,) 2-3 00 Dse of ln<truinent, 2 50 OrnamcDtal Needle Work , 12 00 Drawing with Painting in Wate r col-

ors, 12 00 Painting in Oil. 20 00 Wax work, (per lesson.) 1 00 French. German and Italian, (either or

all,) 12 00 Latin, Greek and Hebrevy, •• 12 00

Board, including fuel, light, washing, bed, bedding and incidental tax.

j jier session of Iwenry one wEcks, JD 00 I Oue half oi B.iard and Tai i lon. payable in

advance, the balance at the end of the T e r m . Novembw 30, iSoO.

er for Cask. W . G R E E N F I E L D ,

, _ J . B . C O M M E L L i r . , . . WATCB 4ND CLOCK REPAIRER.' L | A S DpeTieij a shop!on ^Market street, oh-**';POSITE LKMFR « BWTKCT. W^ ^ atfei^ ta 411 work entfoSredto Him. Jewelry; tod silver wire tnadd and repaired iii the best, manner and IMI the ftbortect notice. ^ s w f ; . . i j

. i J u n e a 9 , f 8 5 0 . - t f : f i u i l ' 0 - - i v i , .

p H E S T E X P A N D E R S , well adapted foi ^ persons troubled with weak breasts, and a constant feeling of debility, arising from want of exercise, and the iaervating eilects nfithe;^ warm weather. Coa §1 50 each^ for sale fiy

Hi G. SCOVRL."

l y i l L L E T - S E E D — A quantity of ihe very ^ * scarce article, just received and for sale by H . S G O V E L .

O L A K E ' S cclebfated Elire-and Water.;i^rool Pain t , for 1 lale

i]nanrirjr, by by the barrel or small-

H . G. S U O V E L -

E x t r a F i n e C a r p e t i n g , & c . \ ! \ J G R E E N F l E L D ' i s just receiving tbf

• best stot:k of Eniilii-h and Amt-rican Manuiiicturrd CARPTING, ever oflered in this market, viz:

V el vet. Tupi^try, Brus-elTs, Impi rittl. Three Ply, Suji . liigiain,

Tu f t ed . ChL-iiillp and Wilton R U G S , .some very splpndid. all of which w ill be s.il'l as low for cash as CUD be bought East and b roO^ here; and will be regularly supplied directly from the Itnpnrters and Manufacturers.— Please call and see- __ _

Fine Ingrain, Mixed do. Tapistrj- , VenctiBa, Fine do, 5 4 ,6 3 i l O 4 Drug-

C n b i R f i F n r u i t u r e . now receiving the bet,t stm k i\[F-CBr

NTl'URE 1 ever had. ami will sell it low-

L I V E R O I L . — T h i a article in iu pure and unadulceroled stale,bfcsjo-tbcfn

receivcti from ^ l e s s m . Kasbtun ii Clark, li New York, with ie.stitni«iiuls of high cbarai:-rer. from the London Jonrnul of-'Medicine.--Medim Chirurgical. Review, I ^ . CopUfO

i f l ^Ui ina ry "of Medicine.) &c., fc^Mnt®? tbrtb rbis article, a iwiiedy fort*out, Rbenm^ tisnii. Scriifola,.Lnbercular aflectiunB. afld, »" aflectiuna.of tbe Longs . , Ne;iTiJg.iain ol form, R i c k ^ , Caries, Cuianeousafletfeo^

Tf l i 'w iade is a beaofifrf one, e a s y ' n r w * ! •nd* attended with a a t o i r i d H n g ^ c i M f - f ^ * * sale bv . H. G. SCOyfiL ' . i

J . R . G R A V E S ,

V O L . m

T E N . N E S S R E B A l Pu-iUtked every c c r i an a i o n

II-n Skcrl. T E R M S — $ 2 I K i p e r a i t n u m n . r t i

a t t h e t n d of Ike yeirr. N n - " t a k e n fiir le«5 t ime than nne j - m : d i s c r e t i o n cif tbe pnlili.hrrii.

t y AJvcr imemenin innerled rat (JR.

l ^ A U luttwrs nn hu-.i;iPJ« or iufc t i o u , «hnuld he od i l remed " E d i t n r l B R p l i s l . " N a s i i v i U e . T e i i l l . . poitj

Per .nnj . sriirfinE u,.*lbp nul iscri l r r« - Kubfrribere, ".'mil r e r c i r e t l i e f

OlEnc of tho T. tineinei. l U p l i ^ Bno l . Stiire ai d n e p n i i l "t^'. ""

d.iaiii friim the Bai-U ut" T e n n e . i 1. Sulncnbr-ra w h o do n.it tfi**

t h e cantrary, are ci in»lden.d Bit w t | Kuliscriptinns.

S . If Suli«ciii>erit urder the (li*cd perindi i -al- tb:' p'nhlislier may •e l j rearasei ' are [mid. and sulnr .r ibei l j all the niimher* sent .

3 . If Suliw;rihQr!i neg lec t or re] per iod ica l" fr.im the office In w h i l i .d, t h e y ore held r.'fiiiiin«ihle l i | l the i r biliB and ordered tltrir jieif ued .—Sendinf f numl .er i iat:k . nr 11 of f ice , i s not """li notice of dii |„»- r e q u i r e * .

4. U Suh.cr iher .1 rrninve tn n t l inf . i rmina the |mlill»;»-rii, and i h e l ID the f.irmei direct i i in they ure tieff

5 . T h e cour t s have deritleil tha netrsipalier or |ieri<idieB-' t-iiln the I and Iravini: it unral led fur. Klltil ptziil, il I'ri-ma fnrit e i i d e n c uf |

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S I K l K T S E E ^ I O S , K O ^

W H A T IS IT T O BI C H R I S T !

Reader, did you ever ask it your sincere and earnest wil swered! If so, this Tract i s ' May God make it a blessing 1

I will suppose that you hnv felt alarmed in view of your i in your thounhts, if not is must I do to be saved!" Yoi| answer that Paul gave to tha on the Lord Jesus Christ. You ask what this language Biie to know what ii is to belj

Vour wish, fellow-sinner, i able otie. The ivouJer and | you have not asked such a q i It is a most Important and soil It has much to do «i ib your i BiBLh declares,"He that bellJ hath ever las t ing life; and he t l the S o s shall not t e e hfe, /)Ui[ ahvieth onhim."

" \Miai is it lo believe on

1. T o FEEL YOtJE SEED OF

2 . T o BELIEVE THAT H E I S I

LIHG TO SAVE T o U , AKD TO |

and 3 . T o CAST T O U E S E L F 111

H j s MEBCY, a n d T E L S T m

S A L V A T I O S .

1. To feel yoTir neid of Hiv Till you do this, you will

earnestly, or trust in him wb^ send for a physician till yon J ill. I t was only when Pe t sinking, that he cried, the sinner never goes to Chrl ner, Ull he feels himself to" being. I l is not enough masx. feel il.

Do TOD say you cannnll how wretched you mus!. be! puage ought to fill you with I Whose fonlt ia i i that j -ou d | long n?ed it be befoi-e you fq alarm when E murderer hold you can feel sorrow when a agony before your eyes; tsorrow when you think of whose love you have abused you call to mind that fearful j you are basleningT W i l l y l judge at the great day, tbo t l your need of a Saviourl I

But you say, " I do feel, aJ gree, that 1 am a poor,guili b i t this will not ssve me-" Tbousands have fell thia must, also,

2. Bditvc thai Christ is i ynu, and to save you sow.

He is able, for be is a lm | great sinner, but Christ Is Has Satan been trying to Christ is not able to save you are! I l l s false. H e : you believe this in all iU g l j will no more be willing to r man on the roof of a tiurnl^ npon a weak ladder which way beneath him.

You roust believe t h a t ' bas in m a n y ways shown hiij If you doubt it, you disbeTie Does it please him, think j this kind welcome, "Himl win in no wise cast out," to | Lord, I cannot think thai receive such an one as i Yet you do in effect say 1 cherish the feeling tha t ; hope for pardon. Yon i mility; but it U unbelief.

Yon must believe that I Perhaps yoahave thongbt I after a few more days or " ing, and weeping, and |