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*l«a M tlM Mklnrkied Bodr - ' t id L u g B n m , tk« ftgtxv 9t wkl 'k I ^M* •d that I B*7 v u * UabMeflttomy pftpn by t u k U g U • fer g m t t r btaefti to you. 1 wIU brfofliy yoB my tewoni fcr wo-onmoaiBg tUa lavalaabU arilol* to yon;

M « i t Hub a i ^ t M * •go I w « I V e t m U y htOcam dow« la TOIo, from

S S r w f c r f i witkout gtUlne My WM goaml ly Mr. M d etiUv

S . u t i t ' » *oa$ bMuat I imtt M d busky. B AmMm •ongb wt IB, t U t t ^ M u d ,

^ t i t i i e U ^ of » moMnx my ^ W W ••ttwOy. ondw tbo effoouof , i w m t t t t * ^ * . ooB topwlndueod

wklob Mflowly thwtwned my m I t « dMUt flrom

• If pONubl . . orewome 'hoio a inwi l t lM 'ud T M r W th» loit tTCMUW— th* TO<m. tk*t to ft o l n U U r mom Tft'naUc i h i a m U tf ]«w*li, or 1>e lUant for-m w . I u p l M to the tnoit • nlneat pbyi -I ^ I . WM but UttlB holped; wve S I^ rao l i lOB of KB elongated QTUU,

oonld do aeibing bat a t t iM rest, and ttdi 1 waa compeUed to Ukc. W W oaoMd aad oentlnned that oonRtant Irritatiaa and haoklng ihey oeuld neither « D l a l « Bor lpra»ent ProTldenoe threw o T w a e d y IB njr wmy.

^ r of the theory and Praotlce of Mi^l olB* IB (ha MedleallJnlTertlty of Na»hTille iraab«r.Bhyaloian,aad he nreMrlbad for htr t t o ldeat l «a Brao*. which epeedlly T ^ a d h e r She oomplatned of a dragging down, and BO Unguage c o n l d ^ l U r e x -prMS my feeliBga. and eip«!iaUy after v r a a ^ n g . U ooeorred to me If It WM

for oae eaat of dragging down, why ^ H b r aaothar. Without ooastaUng any one I proonwd tap l a r « •nough fcr my-iStf and imt U OB, the tot t ine donbilew U wat ever worn a nuka for eueh a rea-S Z ^ d tha reenlt wai, the Iwltatlon of m OuMt aoon quieted, and the bnoklng m lone aaaed, and the voioe eomnvneed W l ^ op, natU IoottldarUonlato,whloh lhad flSt doae tor tweWe montha. and w y

oommeaeed to prtaoh again. That I wow aearly ten yeare wittou.

Ita wonder'nl adranUgee •owy one, baoanw I thonght I wa« using I b a r ^ t W waa iavnted for the use of tenatea. Ptl»at*ly to mtew apeolal Wenda who weia •ufferint aa I a u f f e ^ I vtMaad tha aaa of Uie Braoa, and through aa ihey aatalaed it, and were r f U n ^ u Iwafc Imada kupwn the power of the Braeatereitolra,itren«ik«B aad nreferve tat Tolea in pnbUa ipeakere, and he oom. meaoed offertag It aa a premium to mln-

^ ^ ^ eauae of hoarMneM,aora throat, U r -TBriUa. aad flaally broaohltls In mUls-

^ theaa aymptoms of •• dragging ^wa.»~K<»eBeaa. axhaniuoii, after l owk . tecMlwêaaof the b.ekand loina, m S TBlea, tt Ofbfht TdaxaHt* of th$

#iiJtAMWii *yBMrJtedko«ow< wr iht

'^Tha towhrag® or floor pt the etomaea •aeau aad ttdatomaehamka with IL How S R a o w that tha Unlng. of the e t o ^ h •M ooaaeotad wlt> those of he threat and aifeot the vooal orgaue, and •tomaah ainka, a stralBlB| le brought to bear upM Ua: throat, aad speaking tolklBK wi l l i r r iuta

I t ahoald b« wora by arary miaiater to oanry tha u e r g y and vigor of hi i youth far latooldaga.

Oar labon in protraotad oaf ttngt Is whel Moatr*tea aad usea up so many ministers ia volee aad strength, and lays the found-ation of premature deoay.

This (nvftlutble artlole I am prepared to plaee wUhia the easy reaih of every B .p tUt minittet of the South, end when be ra« wotn it one month, or through one mret-Ing, he will OTarm >re be gratafal to me.

r i ve hundred mieUtors end bretoren •nd sisters b*ar united tesUmoay to tbo faot thw th«s Brsoe s a foJonllflo ShmUtUr and Xmv Brao» t that U s pporu .b*baok, abdomen, stomaob, lunst; pretenU laeal-tude, hoarseaetf, plies, hernia, oenpurojv tiont Inerfsses "he breathing oapftclty j gives-BircD(th to the body; lnrr«Me« b«i vital powers! espands and epUrges thr UiDge; render* breatbtng free aod »My ; rellevAS ohronio oos ivenew; It is used ny slog«rs lawyers, Sabor rs, ao 11» a epeolfle for al l oai'S of proiapna of tbo bowU In males or ^mb In females. It relieves when all other me»ns fa 1; U will U s i « Hftfiluiej it beneflu tn «v ry case. Wbo-«ver doii not, every skinieter tbould uso one. ^ , ,

( offer it to any ono as a premium for 10 new subscribers to Ths UArrisr at $2 60 and poctago, 20 cents. Loi the tact <>e known to your membors that yon need a Braoo, and by tuts moani you can seo'irf one and they will readily help you to secure it in this way Secure ag m.ny a» you can and send oao dollar for every op« 0' tbe 16 you lack and you ean suoure it. I f you will sell 6 Brn es at the regular

f rioe 1 w U give you a Brace a» a premium, none of taese ways jou o.n eeou'e »

Brara; and when jou have oxperietceJ lis benefiisgold would not indaco you t i pieaoh without it.

_ or wi l l i r r iUta i t a » d ' sooa "pro-

dnaa Eoaraaaaas, aad i f ooatlaned sore 2hMaVaa« a n a a t n l a of avila tbat mm ItttfB i i * w -at to MoplaiB ot, and wh on kas knadndi to tkelr graves, aad

are layiag ••idemoaelesa k ^ S w i a r o t k a r f c Ithe »rolapsBs of the •MiBteal asMiaa ia <ka oauae ot the fea<*

. lag,a*. ?gOBaaaaa" and e » ^ l » o a aad BBniMeBasye" that n o a t a i ^ t e r i too w M ^ ^ M U b of lurnU aad pUu. Now,

the added exper anoa o* ^ i S ^ e hnadrad miautars apon

• i M v a f l i t a d ika Braea wi th lavar i I On pnjMMd to tes.

1 mefota. Wtthont it, I am IdbAvakeaalaidasidafhnn

a n ^ a vtkaost and giva a e the _ j aCfkScoe. and le*v« with • i n , k i u K ^ o e j wltk It, ! oan apaak

A t t u n * day without e > U = . u » t ^ o r koanaasea. I now t iwHon y w h c a a p w -llag. and thus presa re my vou« aad phya-•ttS a n a r ^ ^ I do sot bei>eve tkai a^ r oat wvoM a«ar ba aOiatsd with •Oaa, « t weakaaa of tka .baak S Q f t «a w * t ti. f r t i n i f l r

karaifcW ( or i a t e iMNk aafl

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bMiaitea. I M Co., T«wm, U t^ t . u y m s M , * * .

for.Mpoeiaiis.eaa tor aU wUh Itlith*v«?tbtac. A. t . MORflAa.

t u i Bra&ab, T»ILWI»—.

thM I* for «i. I would no« Uk» liW I b J ^ l T . ^ U. 1 fcop. XM .11 " i f ' l ^ V ' X l " FCREUIR-OWTUIPWOR.OJU. J . A, » B T S O J . « » .

ralloa, Ubi.. UU.

I oan pr»Mh wttboot t.lHnjt th» '''"l^. my IniM or h Mw t «oaia not b. #lthont tt f»r lh»floe.t harwin Obion oouBiy. I wn Mnm»iid tb> Br» » lo •t«r|t mlnUttir »nil pnbllr •juaktrMibtw* Ibing be .OWoncouBly, T«nn, W. PALMKK

F K M A L K * T K C T i r V . BaRirlnK rtrj moiih froaj "Dj»i»on«" »nil «d Iboto l|i no •tipport»r wjn.l In !t. I f«»l eooflflont othfn 'HiDlUtlj «flN>««d woalJ be »rMll> b-ofOt^l ry iw

VfaUon, Ml«.. It' i . I iKT* iroro thr Brkon y<>0 tent m> ahouC forty

day., and »•« (iwi"*"^ "> ••I " »""' oth»r» b»»« oUlmud for tt. I wonld n'« b. wtth-ont it tor»uy con.lder«tl«». tt U l!i< tv? tbt** •h«»ii iii>*<l»d fnr »••>•• t wonlil rfoomni'iiil «!'

wMk loiurd or wi-sk bukivl mlniitord to irornr< tbr Brno »» one« bi »11 n.»«ni». J. N K.kY.

OonarctD, Texai. DRO. OUAVBB . 1 b»r« at-d your Br»c* «t«-or

aaltl jom Mt kaer <tM bi fcr* ro« Mad ssB, of •vU-HW'vattoB.

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boma. A Main*.

tnd t«rT^t fr*a. T

GLASS OVTTKiU. AN D jrUfcKHJST

cmrnrH yiKiwwH A TTI WAITT .

W M . C O O L T K H i aOlt 1 m * m E. 2d bi .ei»cisiiTt.ft ' li.* itt A>1?

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»to!rj««r«, brukoildUoea IIUU, but niendod It mO' lt I bnuw it will do ail It i rotm.M to tlo. SB oTi-r .Ixiy »«ai« old and . an. witb II no, do ni iDOCli lalx.r nroacblna a auj man "1" or Ti'tion. In thoHiati" Vourt Uoly J. B. OIUAN.

Ball Cftnp, Ktiax Ooonty, Tana.

BBO. 0IUVB8! Thli t» t* ciTtIfy that 1 lia»» worulh" Danuln*'' Brao< l'>r alKiDt ility days and cn* aay ibr nam* a y <'Hl mao) ottiena bava talJ. I baT** rfc iTisi ifracs baOHfll from It, In fact I do out a«a boo I ciinld p*«fiitily da with-Iiat H / kumU wJ lakt on» rruia/or it if I rovid <n.(

0 V. bUlRLJtV FfjrtUTUlu, Ala., Jnno 17, IWS.

100 8iyl«<v » U I j^Parilcolara r«H 0. O i w lor lis Wlul»r »«. Bo»t«.:*Mr

XX t i n

T E S T I U O N I A L S a

tot tha UtI two iBOBlli* t bat* anffarvd • (raat dwi from iora-throat, from piMOblng aal apaak-inc. Abonttb* ar« of Aacsit toy tbfoat baoatn. M tor* that I bMasM BBaa»y 1 •! It âoW wall

I put on tba L«af Br«» . aad, Mraai* to say. ib.t WM tba U«t of my aori thtMt. U a««ad Ilk* a ebnra. Aad tboafk I onaeM oa ibnaak tb* •ottr* moatb, prraoblsK t ^ a 4 a y . la all fttUy ibra* boatt. my tbioat I at

»l* ta tb. l - j t . In tbl. «nn«U0D neat* ua 'or t ^ o g a word to afflloMd itatan: I b«M.v.tkoBr«3iwtKildb.of m aarvlM to b*tt la many oaaM, a* it ia to praaebart I kaow

a.»«orwao"wlthoot th« Braoo, U balMaat, bui wltbltiboliatlolo atiaod to all bar hooMbald dntlac A word to tb. wU. U

Oxford. uiM., ma.

SXAB BBO. 0BAVB8: Vor tha baiMat of inf fkriac fcmal* I «l«li* ta alTa yoa tay aaparUn*. ID t b o AMOFTBOBAABTAS Lang aad Body Braeo I . rtUovlag and ootrMilog prolapM._i^». .Ion. and gMioral vMkBM. la tbe famalo. Tb. .upporUri m flad OB Mlo g.B»raIIy at. nniatlilaotory .nd tforthlMf,b.tIeana«ar. all tbai tbla rarolabaii all tb* b«Deflt tbat wo ma gat ftom oKbaDloal oMDi: BBdlaaa axt.oilv. praeUca la iba dli-aa aa pooallar lo faoalM I fiad tbaia tha only aat-Ufoctary fopportar I eaa gat. Too b«»a bnt to trv tbemtohiconTlneadi and wUb tb»m w« »ra abla to get maoy lOTaUd ladin ont of bad and Bab* tbam niefal to Ibetr famniaa.

B«satobU, HIM., Apnl J, tl 8i.&T0a, >1. D.

n , rt74.

I ban worn tba Braoa far thirty daya. and I And It to do all It i« reoamneaded to do, and I adTlae alt tain itar* and liaatia to aae I f I bad Ixien alDKias abo*t faor weak, wbaa I rao Wad tbe Brio, and my obe.t and langi ba.1 Wfi®* """l aad liar* broken duwa. I P*t on tbe Braoa and oontlnaad to ilng far tbraa wwke longer, .nd, to BV iurprlie, my capacUf Ineraaaed and tbe aoraB'ta left iny ehe*t and longe, and my •traagtb b«»m« Tlgonoe. I will My that I hel andar maoy ubllgaUooa to JOB tor leoomiaondlng It to my Botlca I . COOPKH.

HorrliMwn, Ka»t Taaaoaaee.

itlODCB^ la'iiRS r&Bght a Brae* for my aaâw. J . . . T. VoJIar. who bad b**n yroDoUooad la tb* lu i aUia A _ _ -A— A-M a A flaâiiBP SkaBAff ftnWSl Al vqjaor. wao uaa wwu — - -of eoBiamptloa t/y the varT b*.t phyalelana la tba oooBtry. ldUfcf*dflpomth«iB. rwioiM'nded blta n p t tba Lnag Brace anJ b* woaid n t w*ll. I boaabt It for Uai, aad bo ti ao- • •^n.t man. iMatai "

a rSuat maa, I wriia tbla jpUtra.ls or do aar work. . ^ —

• I tblab Itoogbt to tw huwa, and tboui-i d ^ f ftaSHToiUbf to knot* ft. ^ y f f } * ^ ^

rrlan rolot, Mln.

I can prsaoh dm, and alfbt lor two moato with my Braoaaaaodaotbaaa boor** a* I ••Hid bi ^w**k withOBt It. Btory mlatatw, »troo« or

iboald ban ono. A. BOUta. DalM Depot, Ka<t T*niia**<«

Tba Braee i*Bt to my ordar fhr a fcmala r«la-ttva, waartodvwl tb* Ttb ABgeitT tUt. Bba In-•M^matosavtbalabaU aneh plMWd witb

T ^ w JjjUmMy I aaa aM sn OWB. I haw asirt a "Basslag

WtLt Mim-tMB R»»l) »—Bro. OraTMi: I rocalfed tb« hraM' yi>a ai-ut m- OD thr tiVtti of March, Ihlii. To fullT t<'at It 1 »r»acli««l fv>r Un .iay« In .wi«>uto«, ami part Ii* lirru luict o dap. a>d D d It haa, witb ililn work, ttraatiy b4'n>-ii| <1 oie. I am not aa mocb Jadad a'ter prvacblnR twico a da> a« I waa In f f . Afi"' pr-aolilng nw I b<Ui'»»>d the Brare tn b» tkt irraK-et rarthly toon to miolatara and all Ihott kartM wot I'a Tate>- rannnt U' t"ld. I rni r. comvK nd the Draca to be eTeryibiB/ It la rmttini' ofndi-d Vi b«. Wa. 8. MULTIN.

Darrl>oBt Creek, S. 0. Bnpturo Oarod.

A OaiTi'vi. BatiTU.a —Tha frli>nii. of Bro. 0. C riorlay, ot TorkTllla, Olbaon c< unty. Tann., aowa montfia »(to aiialfti.d him In nrnourlnv a Brae*. Da wai tar Ibly raptar»d awl tMoIlydlaablad. Bu now • rltaa: •• I hare 4af*rrrd to >la<> what tb rfTrcta o' tba Bratvi haT« b»«ii In m» raaf onUI IbCrialmta Uoroa^ H y ropiaro t . xlmoat olo>ed up Tou aaw my err ble oondltl- n I can get aboat witbont anyoitltsoUy. I can aay to yan, I woald not be witkoat It for any conaideratloB. I t ta jt i i f w o r t h my Uf* t can reiumoi.nd It tc a. y 0D« aolTrrlDK a* I did. Thanka to my fTlend* who aa-UlM me lu procarlog it.

V. 0. OOBLZT. TorkTlUe, Olbaon Conaty, Tenn.. UTS.

1>EAB BRO. W U A V E S i — T o n made mn a ure^ênt, some three yeani ago, of one o f Bannlng'H > nog and liody Itrac^. I aoc«pied and kept It for three y e a n witbont wraring It, rather olasNlug snrh thingH nniler the gpneral head of " humbngirery." B « » » . t l y , nnder the heaty ud faMgnlngi-flbrtaof theCen-ten- ial , qulto broke dowa for thf first month, I otiBclnded to t ry the rej«^ted Brace, and I do not hesitate to testify to the Inratnable worth of this Brace. I ean eadnre at leant three times the amount of labor ihi - t I did b«iforn with-ont fat gne. My voire hag IMLPB<)TED A T E T E R Y H T E H O r i I l i ; B E * E 'e f f . r t , and my physical strength faaii been moat effloienily reaewed. I wonid ni>t take ten timfs the price of my Braee now and be eompelled to dlNpexse with It. I most cordially recoBimnnd tliln Brace to to thoê who may, physically or otberwise need it .

6 . A . LOFTONa Failar Fnt Bapll.t Cbnnb. Uempbii.

Baonlngs Braoc.—It is one of the gri'ateatttf physleal bleislngstoapab* •ie Hpeak<>rt or alnger. The testimon} of many mtniatera aa to Ita great bene* fltM would snrprise those who know nothing of I t . 8. H.' FOBO,

St. Lofll. BXItnr flhrlitlaa BepoiltoiT. , Paloea.

Th. price oftba Braae la Its. bat to aU Bilatotari Its, oa>b ia ararr luitaaa* ta aeooaipaay tb* ordtr, *< Ik* •aaoar'i riak, onlau Mat by P. U. ardor or MijiB*Maa Wiu Boaay b* refBoded for a Brae^ bni a Itrae* will b* •XBhaagrd aa;!! a p*>flMt flt I.

u*r aaylbg •eotvad—tb* pareba. tb« meaiBr* la properl; riafa /InlUaM TbaBra^llk*.

•aylkig tba «spr«Mwa. taken, .a flt I* weat»d in*

rae*. Ilk* .paotaeita, to b*B*at la *T*r]r oaM, D**di oaly to at tba'rmoa, aad tbla I naraatr*.

H « w ta saoava tha Brae* wiUk or •«w>tlM«taiOBBiruid w i i l m t pi l iM," aaa preattmaa Uat •BOBoUkar p« t «*

IilraeUoBa for •••••rtBg. Takaaiapa, iryoakavaaot a HCoJar lataaar-

IBI tope-Uao, aad mafora two la«b« Wow tb* •ftb* hips arcoad tba abdosMa, aad s*ad tba

Btaaanla laebMk Tk*«ra«aBaraaUmark*aia«M UBBbarr, aad

J o u n a l o f j \ « r i c u l t i i r e & Faraer A Wcetily far t lt« Parm, Urehard aad

Home Circle. THI> W R M . T J O F A M I at .VOTLCTFCUI J J ,

KitbVRR I* a c 'iiiotWoiiim of tbf mouttily Jo&n«| ..f itrlci lluru aiMl ttii- Watkly Mifitiu.) Ptfuu, tiU'l t. tiiiv T i i r itr- ut leatlliiK l>a|ii>Ur Farm and

KlrraKle Patier ui ma Koutbwcal. It* H fiartm.fit-. ar.' cnuiplrtn aoi asd

Ilej ri,rUn«Ku a In.illtiii (»lnr>, a&d Ikil d twrimi'iil i> »lw» • full of 'go .11 lliltgteciiinfct. im! h to- Uirdli- ra .f tb- '>T<\rr Tlia lUt>i u> b.Mil llircaitli ib C"iuoiu« (Jpiot il lo lb Ir InUr.

t», m il man* bittln ul buaatlioU nlMil; tt] dooil «d»| -0 0 u b« «le»i ad bf thoae who aiil u tKiTiD' urutmoDta lu ibair bomea and lijr ibtir tia 111'. .\llpUiuia will la lualruct«id by rtaliti

liKi Joi UK • I. or iVuaicrLTVKi iXD Pa.mii, tti tt faoill} abpuld li.i witliuut It. Iti

MAI IK ICT RKPOUTS ar>. t<<, aui-rotlc and rrlt*U>.aiiiltlMp«r«r I. w..iih lb- aiiDartlptinn irlca alui a lo (<t Ul m.rkMp fr-a an' r I' hlc r-v.-fT wnk nettdror i l t llcitd It I Take iti advkt,

aa d It w i n iMty- yuu. Mm uu.l womtu bo,, a a d .lrl», cM aid r«i»,

l!l«e tha JuraMbur AatticfiTcai axii irti»l > trial for our year a<iil ae.-II yon h»T« ant aidt• Kuod lur»atiaeut I I la a lam 8 bwe, « B Iobb

«u.-kly Aa Ico tural Oraog- and KaaUt uaimr, anJl Irw from litlcal aoJ iillglooid*-cu.aionf, and ila cb H. «fll written pa|M nik>i II a wclianjn rlnltoi In tliuuiaudi uf bcnarlwldj la Ibf Ht. ai Ml«»l«sli<l'l Viiil«|(.

('Int. Bgriita wanlnl, to «hnni llbsral t'tmi »i» ii'.'B. We want ii,i»uH ID •'<rj U.-»« >6J

TllUfia. . ,, , B«ud for nwolmm cor/ fa", aol »a ait tu

yoa lauri Ba tho n«ioaa of yvat friandi, to lUI « may aoBd tbem ap-cltnaii cop'ta

(»ubacr<|)tlo>i prifo r-J.w pr anaoo: elefci of S or morn, 91 fO. f»cb P. it.ga, IS c.cU »>t>H annt with oarh name, w» ijrfp.y a»arj p«l>!r MM O I I K w V w ' o a D B L L A CO. PuUlliberfc

WAR la am North Slltiitit""!.. '!!^

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U proBounc*! by tboee chnMl<« ^ It a d.><-l<led lmprnT..oeol In all f..peoU'e»« »» Othara. «

I T I S S E M i I N G B A P r o W -Ita toperlor fuati»v. are, 1. I t le In large, aloe tyt^. S. I t Is on good paper. 8. Its nymna arn all eo'jni a-l •1. I t baa the lar oat .alU..o= -I uboleet "' e. I t baa a nice •eleclloa oi lU'ltal fl. U ba. tbo .weetret

•• bool »on«i, and aiore of the eweeiaai other book. a. a}

T. I t I. t!b..p, . . i j I t a kr:'". »»•• eaob by mall, poat-pald. gutbl

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tcBlimony of tho hiHloriuns of tho (u-ock Caiho-lif the .Liitin or Roman Cntholi . - , and Iho A n g h caii Catholic or Ei. iscopul churchoK, iis lo tho pruclicc of Iho sipoHtolic and primiLiv..- . ImrchoH.

a u o v m k k t The Ba.ter» or « r e « U Charoti U l . to . lian., A. p. «<•().

(irogory, A . P. 300, Hnyn: • Wo mo buno.l with Chi-iKt hy huptlMMi, that wn iniiy also mho with him."*

JJiUHil, A. 1). 3G<), H.nyB Hy Uuoo . h , -Ihii grottl inyslory of l>:iiili.''ni i.s iiccMni.lifih.Ml i ix'titriing to true biiiUiHui.

Amhiwo, A . D. 37-J, nuyt^ Thou h.-iulnt, 1 do hulievo, ami wiint iwim wl m w i i i o r — t h a t IK, tlum wiiHl I'uriiHl.' t

Cyril, A. 1>. 374. nayw . 'C iun iu iu ieR are firhi auointoil with roiirtocrutcl oi in, thoy nrf Uu-n coiulucto.l to lhi3 iavor, niul uslvcl ihrco liinoH if Ihoy hoiiovo in iho FUIIHM-, Smi mni I L . I y ( iho«t , then thoy iiro throu Imu-H mtn tlm wiilor, aiul roliro hy ll.roo diHtiiK t t ir.ii tK.' i

ChrysoHlom, A . i ) . iiiW, MiyH " T o ho ha). tizO'l ami pltni'jed in tho water, and then lo omcl'fje, or riso again, a HVinbol of our deseeiit into Iho f;rave, and our aHcent out of it

Stnurdxa Kayn. " T h o church of tiio West htvB, then, departed fni iu the eâinplo of .lenun Christ; nho has obliterate.! tbo whole Hubliniity of tho exterior Bij,'n. liaplirm unA i mrn, rst.m are iilontieal. l{ai)lit»m by if " " " should wiy, nnmcrfu^n by IT any " ther ubsiii'dity of tho Hamo natiiro."

Dr. W h i t b y . — ' - T b o obwrvat ion of iho (i ioi-k church in this, that Ho w h o ,/,sv,/i,/,- / out ••( thfu-alcr, tniisl tirnt descciuJ down iniu i l . "

Dr. W u l i . — " T h o Groeli church in fill the brniichcH of it doos still UBO iininerHion." ' 'A l l tho ChriHlians in Aniu, ull in Africa, and about ODO-third part of Europe, arc of tho last BOrt, in which third part of Euro j io uro comprehended tho Chri8tiunfl o f GrwrMa, Thracia , Sorvia, Bul-garia, Rascia, Walhichia, Moldavia, RuBsia N ig ra , und BO on ; and ovon Iho Muflcovites, who, i f coldness of tho country wi l l OXCUBO , might plead forndisponBation w i t h tho most reason of a n y . " — Hist, of Inf. Bap., part ii., c. i x .

Doy l lng iuB .—"The GreokH retain the rite o f immBrsion to this day, as Jeremiah, tho Patr i -arch of ConBtantiaopio, dec la ros . "— i )o Prudent. I'aatoral, para iii., o. iii., § 26.

Baddens.—" T h a t tho Greeks defend iminer-Hion IB manifest, and has been frequently ob-served by learned men, wh ich Luuo lphus in-forms HB ia tho practice o f the Ethiopians. ' — Theol, Dogmat., b. v . , & i., § 5.

Sohttbert.—" I t is tho opinion o f the Greeks that the true baptism of ChriBt is administod, not by tho application o f water in any way , but by immoraion, or b y h id ing tho person to be baptized ander w a t e r . " — I n s t i t . Tbeol . Polem., pare ii. c. i i i , § 12. .

Bussian C a t e o h i i m . — " T h i s they [ tbo Grook church in i lussia] h o M to be a point ntcctsary,

•StennBtt'B Eeply, p. 144. tBironlas, A n n v. Bins. AnUq., b. zi . , ob. zt. J8t«iB6tt'i Ani . , p. 144; Bing. An t iq , b l i , oh. IL

^ JDttpia'f EooL H l « t , oh, H , tJ —Orchard's Hist » P . , p . 4 B , N « i h . e d . l 8 5 6 . •II Com. on 1 Cor., Horn. 40, 1—Bingham's ChriaL Atitiq.

that no part of tho child bo undipped in . tho w a t e r . " — I n Booth on Bap., vol . ii., p. 411.

T h e HiBhop of the CyeladoH, in 1837, puh-Imhed al Athcus a book ontitlod, T h o Or thodox Doctrine. Speaking of spr inkl ing, ho ways:

• Where ha.s tlio Pope takoii tho practice from? Where has tho WeBtoni church Been it adopted,-S-hat sho doclnros it to bo r i g h t ? l ias she learnedY't Jrora the baptism of tho L o r d ? Lot Jo rdan boar witneSR, and first proclaim tho iminereions and tho emorsions. From tho words of our L o r d ? Hoar tharn ar i xht . Disciple tho natiuiiH, then ljuptizo them. H o fays not, then iinuint them, wprinklo thorn , but ho plainly com-nii.ssions bis apoHlleR to bii])lito. T h o word hap-

exiiiained, moanfi a veritable 'lippm'j, and, in Inct a pcrffct ihppin'j. A n object is baptized when it -is complotely roiu'euUHl. T h i s is tho jirojier e.spliiination of the word bnptizo. Did ibe l'o|'e, then, leufii it from tho apoBtlc», or from thi' word and tho (^\-proH»ion, or from tho cbiin li in tbe splendor ot her nnti ' iuity ? No-whero lid nui h a practice |ij;i-V!iil , i iowiiore can a .Scriptural imfisiigo bo found to-aUl'ord shelter to ibe opniioiiH of the Weslern ( . b u r c l i . " — I n Hnp. U' J j , ISf.t .

I'rof. Stuiirt • T h e mode of biijitiBin by im-niei-Hioii, tb<.' Onenta l i lmrch luii ALW.ws co.s-T IM KP TO l'in>Kll\ K. K\ KN HoW.N To l llB rilK.sENT TIM t. T h r Knaii i n <ir Iîilln I nlliollr, C hiir i li l l l .t i ir l iuie,

A . U. n I I . 1 now cull l. o tho stand f-eveii uuimpeaehablo

wilnehsen, <"iilholicH, and stiiininrd historians ol their c l iu ich.

HiMliop Hosfiuet HitVf* ' We lire able to make It iippeur, by tbe IU IH o f c o u n e i U and hy ancient rit i iaU, that for thirlt'ii hun.hid i/idia baptiHin wa.'i tbuH iulniinislered (by iniiiierHion; through out the whole c burrh, an far HH jrosJîblo."*

I ) i . H r i ' i l n e r k i v h -'Thnlxn hinxdnd yi.irf

wiiH liapliHrn i,'.MiiT.ill> and . ir i i ; in: i l ly |>crloriiied by the of tbo jHrsoii under water , timl only in cxtr : io i ( l inary faMOS wan sprinkling, or afl'usion, permitted. Those latter methods of baptism wero called in questioif, und ovon prohibited, j ^

Tho vencrahlo Bode, horn C72, and died <35, and a churcl i historian, says : " Ho who is bap tizod is seen to descend into the font ; ho is seen to ascend out of tho water."

J . Maldonatus, taught in Paris and Rome, author o f commentaries, diad in 1583, and says : " For . in Grook, to bo baptized is tho siune as to ho submerged . "—Com. on Matt. xx. 22, L u k e xii. fiO.

F. E . Do .Meyeray (1C10-U)83), a French histo-rian of great nolo, and royal histor iographer of France, says:

" I n baptism in the twel f th century they plunged the candidate in th » sacred font to show them w h a t operation that sacrament hath on the soul."

Speaking of the eight and thi r toonth centurioa,

be Bays: " B a p t i s m remained in tho Catholic church

tbe same, and was performed by dipping _ or plonging, not b y throwing or spr inkl ing. — Meyoray 'd H i s t , of Franco.

Bronard Picart Clfi63-17:{:{>. in T h e Religious Ceremonies of all Nations, says : Baptism by ablution, or aspersion, was not known in tho first century o f the ehurch, when immersion waa

*8tenneitad Rowen, p. 176 —Booth ' i Peda Bs., oh. 4.

t HUL Bxhib. Bap, p. 806.

on ly used; and it is said i t continnod fio til l fc'ti'^ ( J rcgory 's t i m o . " — E o l i g . Coromo., vol , ii., p. 82.

Bowor (ir>80-1766), ttuthor o f the Uifltoi-y of tho Popes, says : " B a p t i s m b y itnmorflioii was undoubtedly tho apostolical praotioe, aud was nover dispeneod w i th b y tho ohurch except in case of sicknoflP," o t o . y l l i s t . o f the PopoB, vol. ii., p. 110.

Tb* A u g i m u « r Kpl.sopat Cburali Ulatorlait i i

N o names stand higher in tho church o f K n g -lund than these, no author i t y more unquos-tionablo.

Dr . W h i l h y says : ' - A n d this » « m m t O » being rel igiously observed by all (Jhrisiians for ihirttm centunc^, and apjiroved by our chureh ; refer-r ing to t ho church of England.

Bingham, in his Chr ist ian Autiqutiea, eays : " T h o ancients thongl i t that immersion, or b u r y -ing under water, did more l ively ropreecnt tlio death, burial and rosurrcction o f Chr ist , aa well as our o w i death to sin, and aris ing again into rightoousnohs."

In his Originos, sayb : " A a this (d ipp ing) wiv.t the original apostolical practice, 80 i t Continued tho v n i m s ' i l jiractico o f tho church for many agPfi."t

D r . Wm. Cave (lf)37-1713), a loamed divine, Church Histor ian, aud chaplain to Charloa I, I . , says : " T h e ' p a r l y to bo baptised was w h o l l y iinniwrsed or put under water, whereby they did nioro notably und sigi i i l ioaiit ly oxpross the three gieat eiida and eft'ucts of bapt ism." -—Pr im. Christ , p. 1 ch. x.

Aga in : " A « in immersion there are, in a man nor, throe several acts, tho putUrtg the por-Hun into wutor, his abiding tlioro i o r « l ittle time, and his r ising up again, fio by thoHO were ropro-Hented Chr ist 's death, burial and rosurroction, and in conformity thorounto our d y i n g unto sin, the destruction of its power, and our rcflurrcc-tion to a now course of l ife."

l>r. George Gregory (1754-1808), oduQ/tted at Edonburg, proachcd in L i v e r p o o l and L o n d o o , a miscollaneous and historic w r i t e r , says :

" T h e in i t iatory rite o f baptinm was ( i n the first century ) publ ic ly performed b y immersing tho whole body , " e t c . — H i s t , o f tho Ch. , vol . i., p. 53.

D r . A . P. Stanley, born 1815, an eminent Eng l ish scholar, div ine and historian, profeflsor o f church h istory at Ox ford , Dean o f Weetmin-Bter, chaplain to the Pr ince o f Wales, ^nd also inord inary to Queen V ic tor ia , says :

" T h e r e can bo no question that the or ig ina l form of baptism . . . was complete immersion In the doop baptismal waters, an^ I b r l i t least four centuries any other form was ei ther n n k n o w n o r disregarded, UD IOBH in case o f dangerous il lness as an exceptional, almost a monstrous oase. T o this form the E a s t e r n ohurch st i l l r i g i d l y a d h e r e s , . . . . and the Byeant ine E m p i r e abso-lu te ly repudiates and ignores a n y o ther mode of administrat ion as essentially inva l id/ ' r -Bas te rn Churoh , p. ; i 7 .

A g a i n : • " H e came ' bnptiaing ' — t h a t Is, s ign i f y ing to

those who come to him, as ho p l n n g r a t h e m under the rapid torrent, the forgivenOM a n d for -saking o f their former sins. I t was i n i taelf n o now ceremony. Ablutions, in Uie East , have

* A n n o t Bom vL 4 t Antiq Cbr . » i Ch-, b. IL, d f . II.

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nlwavs boon tnoro or lessi;® part of religiouB worBhip—easily porformod, And ulnrays welcome. Every syhagogae, if})088ib(e, wtts by the aide of a stream or ttpriog; ovory mOBquo etUl requires a fountain or basin for lustrations in ita court."

Dr. Wm. Wall, M. A., (1045-1727.) vicar of Shoreham, Kent, a writer of note, who pab-lishod a Uistorj' of Infant Baptinm of 852 pagcH, explored all the voluminous WritingH of antiquity in Boarch of evidence to support infant bnptiHin, says:

" This (immersion) is so plain and cloar by an infinite number of passjtges, that Qn« cannot but pity the weak endeavors of such PsdobiiptiBts as would maintain the negative of it; HO ivo ought to disown and show a dislike of the profano Hcoffs which some people give to the EiigliHii Antipodobaptists mci-ely for the use of dipping, when it was, io all probability, the way by which our blessed Savior, and for corlain, WHH the most usual and oRlinary way by which the ancient Christians did receive their baptism. 'Tis a groat want of pvudenco, as well iia of hon-esty, to refuse to grant to an ftdvorsary what in certainly true, and may bo proved BO. It crealeo ajoalousy of all the rest that one says.'

"The custom of the ChristianH in the near Bucoeeding times (to the apostlos), being more largely and particularly dolivercd in books, in known to have been generally or ordinarily a total immersion."—Ilist. o f ln f . Bap, I'l ii , i li ix., § 2, and its Defence, p. 131.

" What has boon said of this custom of ])our iiig or sprinkling water in the orditiary uso of baptism, is to bo understood only in reference t(. thoac jeestern parts o f E u r o p e , for it is used ordina rily nowhere else. The Greek church docB Btill H80 immersion, and so do all othor ChriHtianH in the world exccpt the Latins All those nations of Christians that do now, or formerly <iid, eiib rait to tbo nutbori ty of tbo Bishop of Rome do ordin n rily baptizA thei r i n fan t s by pour ing or ipr iDkl ini ; , bu t BII otbitr Cbrisl iann in t h e world, who never owned t h e Pope 's usurped power, do, ami evtr did. d p their infant* in the o rd ina ry uso All tho Cbrist iane in Asia, al l in Africa, and about OD« third pa r t of Eu rope a re of t he last l o r t " — H i s t . Jnf Bnp , r i i i , ch. ix., p. 376, ed. 3

Referr ing to t h e well k n o w u a n d d isputed pass-age in I recouB, h e says :

"Mince this is t h e first men t ion t h a t wo have met with of infants baiitized, i t is wor th t h e whilo (o look back and consider how near th is m a n was to the apostles time. Here is t he pasâKe, which was writ ten about the year 107: ' Fa r b e [Chr i s t ] came to save all persons by himself , all, 1 mean , wbo by him are regenera ted u n t o God, in fan ts , and l i t t le ones, and c h d d r e a , a n d youtbs , a n d e lder lyersona Therefore bo went th rongh every a g e ; for infants , being made an infant , sanc l i fy ing infants , ' etc."

T h e learned Wine r says : " I r e c m j s does not mcin tion i t [ i n f an t bap t i sm] as has been suppoaod."

" T h e r e is n o earlier record , t h a t Mr. Wall could dircover, t h a n in t h e c u e of Noval ian, abou t the midd le of t h e th i rd cen tury . This m a n while unbnp tiaed, as' Eusebius records (Bccles. Uis t . L VI., cb. icl i iL), ' fel l in to a dangerous disease, a n d because he was very l ike to die, was baptized in t h e bed where ho lay (<ft kiinu periehuihenta—i. e., tprinkled over m bed, o r wat^r poured all evtr him, t h e word signifies) if t b a t mii;ht be t e r m e d baptism. ' Novatiari recov-ered ; a n d by i b e following ci roustance we have r e -markab ly preserved t h e view which t h e Ohristiao cburoh general ly took of bis bapti>imi T h e See of Rome became v a e w t , A D. 251. Two persons were chosen to succeed, namely , Cornelius, " chosen by the major par t , " a n d th is Novatian, in a "echismatical way." CornelmB writes a long l e t t e r to Fabius, Bishop of Antioch, in whioh he deiicribes the case of Novatian, a n d says («s Mr, Wall t rans la te* i t) , " tha t Novat ian came no t oanoaical ly to his o rder of pr ies t -hood, m a o h leas WM h e capable of b e m g chosen bishop." Le t t h ^ reader m a r k t h e reason assigned, ' •For t ha t 4 I . L T U B .cLsaor, a n d a OBEJLT MANY of t h e laity, were ' aga ins t hia being chosen p r e s b y t e r ; b e -cause i t waa n o t lawful ( they said) for any one tha t bad been bap t i s td in his bed [Greek , as above, poured ova-], as tie h a d bean, to bo a d m i t t e d to hay office of t u e c le rgy . ' " Wal l ' s H i s t F a r t i l oh. i z 2 "—PengUly'B Ssrp t . Gu ide to Bapt ism, p. 77.

Now, notice, w i th t h e t e s t imony of t h e learned Wine r and hia t rans la t ion of t h e record, d o I offset and expose t h e pevveriion of thin trauHaction by my opponen t

" Franca seems to have been the first country in the world where baptism by affusion was used ordina rily to persons in liealth and in the pablio way of admtaisieritag it. Tbere bad been tome synods in some dlooesM that had spoken of affusion without mentioDtng imtpersion at all, bat for an office or lit-

turgy of any ohnroh this ia, I H«U«ve, t h e first in t h e world tbat praiotibes aspersion absolutely. As for spriokiing. properly oafiod, it seemi it waa at 1&46 ] m t I h m b v ^ A l n i i audi i u « 4 tor T W I t

1 8 7 6 . T H E B A P T I S T . 2 9 1 \

h a v e begun l b t h e disorderly t imes a f te r 1641, for M. jab-mt ono h u n d r e d a n d sixty (rorkH, and savs ot ii, Blake, woo lived in £ii)tUn<( in 1644, bad never umri I iirir n e n t a r y ; JJS i t c o r se^n it u«ed."~J i i . . t . l o f . B a p , P a r t i», ch .x. . ao ra .nea t of bapt 'hm was Edmini. t , , , •

S p t a k i n g o ' t h e reign of Queen Eli«»b.?tb, f ioai tbia w o i u r y , wi thout the public ataembliM in «!» " 1658 fo 1603, b e bays: Bp|rt)intcd and prepared for tha t Put|)o»e, sod ^

" I t being allowed to weak ch i ldren (thouRh strong IH<rform< d by an immersion of the uihole b»dy in W en o u g h to be b rough t to Chris t) t o bo baptiK^d by afTusiois, m a n y ladies a n d g e n t l e m e n first, and then by degrees the common people, would obtain the tfivnr of Uie priest to have the i r chi ldren pa«« for weak cîildren, ton t ender t o « n d u r e dipping in water ; especially (as Mr. Wa lke r observer) if lonie in<ttanci> r e t l l y were, o r wore bu t fancied or f ramed, of some child taking h u r t by it. And ano the r thing tha t ha<l a greater liifluence than this wan, t h a i many of our Enel ish divines and o the r p-ople had, durinji; Q icf-r Mary 's bloody reign ( f rom 1553 many, Swilzsrland, e t c , and

Ao(i of t h e Kocoud cen tury be fiays: •• Tne persouB t h a i wore to be baplijtofl,

had r f p e a t c d the cVerd, coufc««f<l and reDounJd thoir siiiH, and part icular ly the Devil and hignomocu, allurpmen'N, were immaud under water and rccei»M iQ to C d r u t ' s kingdom." ™

AIHO of tbo fourth c<»nlury bo s a j s : , " Haptitmal lonlB were now erected in tLo iiorcliof

53 to I5JO) lied to ( l e r - i c h u r c h for t he more wmwodiout i adniiuintraiion I, coming back in "^" - f t ' npnf - M s d a i n » Moshcim,

E l i j i b e t h ' s time, thoy brought with thorn n lirâ' ' '' • love to t h e customs of those ProteBtani cburclu-n l>r .1 S W N\.nnil<>r (17^0-1S.")!)), the grraleti wherein they had sojourned , and eBpccially " ti<> ! d iu rc t i hmu-rmn of bio . nod ilioologicsl profcejor

ill ihe I il vt-rmiy o( Horlin lor ihiriy eight ycgrs r.tj» '

author i ty of Calvin and thf rules b e had esiabli^lK d a t Geneva, had a mighty iDf)aenc« on a great n i n i b - r of o u r people about tba t t i m a Now, Calvin h i d n-i only given his dictate, in hi^ Insti tutions, tha i Uic di t ference is of no momen t whetber ho tbai is b'. ' -t 'zed be dipped a;l over, and if so, wbolher thr ic • "r once, or whether he be only wlt t i i i i with 'bn wa'• ' poured on him, but he had .ilto d r u v n up fnr ih'< u<f-of his church at (Jeheva (and a f te rward published lo the world) a (orui ol admin i s t e r ing the 8acraioeni« whore, when he comcs lo order t h e act of baptizing, h** words it t hus : ' T h e n the minis ter of baptiani jioura water on thd infant , saying, I b.iptize thee, etc There bad been, ao I eaid, t>oine synodo in nome dio-cpaea o( France tha t had Bpoken of allti ' ion witbou' ment ioning immersion at all, tha t being t h e common practice, bu t for an oflice or l i turgy ot p.oy oburch, thin in, 1 believe, t he tirst in the world tba'. proicnbo!! afTu-iion absolulely. —Hist. Inf. I5ap

Again :

" S o (oarallel to the rest of their re formatmn ) they ( the refcr iners) reformed the font into a t>a<iiii This Oon<'ral Aegembly (VVeslniintler) (luol lii^.l) could not r ememoer t ha t tonU to lie l/:i(iVi?,''d in had been a lvays u»ied by t h e pr imit ive Cbrisiians lon)j before the beginning of Popery, and ever sinoc churches were bui l t , bu t t ha t Bprinklinf, for the common use of baptizing, was realty introducod (>n Franco first, and then in tli, Popiflh countr ies) in t imes of Popery , and tha t accordingly all tboBe countries in which the usurped power of the Tope ia, or has lormerly been owned, have left off dipping of chi ldren in thu font, bu t tha t all o ther countr ies in t h e world (which had never roiiarded bid (LU'.horiiy) do still uso i i ; and t h a t ba«inf, < xcepi in Ciiî ol necessity, were n»ver used by PapistH or any other ChristianH whatiioever, till by theraselvoB So, parallel to t h e rest of their re format ion , ihey n lorined t h e font in to a ba«iu."—HiBt Inf flap , vol ii , p .i'lH

" I t IB no small evidence t h a t inlant baptium vrae not UHUally practiced in the ("ireek church du r ing many centuries, becauBe Constanl i i ie tbo (ireivi, thf son of Heleno, who wa^ a zâloun t ' l i rut i ' in , «vaH nni baptiznd till ho wan advanced in y a r s '—Mist . Inl Bap , Par t i i , p. 11!, sec Ui

Once m o r e ;

" In Eogland there HCORA to biivo bwen Boiue priest* HO early aa the year blfi tha t att<>iupu)(l to bring in t h e use of baptism by atlusion in t h e public admini<;-t ra t ion, for fipelman recites a canon of a council in t b a t year ' L e t t h e priests know, tha t when they adminis ter holy bapiihro, they n.ui>4t no t pour Ihe water on t h e head of the infant , but they muBt nW-iyo be dipped in the font "—Hist . Inf. Bap , vol. i , p. "14.

D r (1. Waddington , a man of learning, and aiitboi of works on church history and Ihe Reformation (1835), tayt.:

" T h e ceremony of iiunierHion, the oldest form oi baptism, was performed in liie name ot ihe t b r t o persona of t h e Trini ty."—Ch. I l i s l , ch. i i , t-ee .'i

Bivhop B. B. Smith , Bishop of t h e EpiRcop'il church of K e n t u c k y , s ays :

" W e have only to go back six or eij.,ht hundred years, and iminerAton was the only mode, except in t h e ciBB of the few baptized on the i r be at t he real or supposed approach ot dea th ImmerHion was not only universal si.x or e ight hundred yearn ago, bu t i t was pr imi t ive a n d apostolic The bowl and s p r i n k l i r g a r e s t r ic t ly Genevan in thoir o r ig in—that is, they were in t roduced by Calvin at G e n e v a " — H i i t . Bap.

No th ing bu t t h e u tmos t d is regard for t he t ru th of history a n d for t h e common respect of all Christian scholars a n d Christ ian m e n would induce a m a n to s t a n d up a n d p u t t h e lie in t h e lips of Biahop S m i t h a r d of all these dis t inguished h i s t o r i a n a

T l x I < a t h * r a n O h n r c h n i s l o r l R n s , A. 0 . 1 9 4 0 . ^ I now br ing forward a br i l l iant array of historians,

who, belonging to the L u t h e r a n church , if Eld . D i t i -ler sees fit to queat ion the i r veracity it n i l l be t h e first t ime ^hey were ever doubted .

Dr. J . L . Mothe im (1695-1755), a noted preacher , theologian a n d h i i t o r i ao , 611ei profesiorshipi in Den-m a r k and Brunswick, a n d theological | rofoasir a n d

. ^ a a v f f l l o r of t h e V n i r v n i t r G o t U n i t a , n sd ffrotv

' In ronK'oi to ilie fo.-m of bupium, il m ( irroity v^lll. Hie ori(;inal in«tiluliOn snd' iho nng-iiiHl import 01 iho nyiubol pi-rfortafd In rmmcrjo;!, ai

M,;Q (if Lutiro b ip t i sm into the llnly .Sp rit, of l.e^n,; ••.,Mr.-ly p fnc l ra le i t by ihe name. •

•• UaptiiiUi wna (intiiuF.lly ridiiiiuiolpir.t by iniinor-B on. and many of the cimpHt ii>uni t>l I'„ul uHudo !o thiM U)ini ot adminiAiratioii

' In hiB leller lo .lud>t tir f»>« 'As to your (|U(>f,lioii on IIK^ iii ,'iniil rile oT i)3(iii.i'n

llicre c.>in be no doiibl wIikICVIT, Ii at in Ui- primuiK, laii^ti ibe c r e m o i i y wtn parloruicd imtnt.num, \ > pifriwfy R coinpl(-te iinmerBion into the new pnnciiile 01 liti> cl vim-, which was to bi. iiiipurti'd by Iho Mi-s-amb When I' .%ul ftay**, ib'ii through biptiam wf> hro iruned wiiii Cbns t rind rib<> wiih bim, bil un-<|0( btioniibiy aiUidcK lo lti<> ^^mbl>l rt tiipimijj mlo tir,'t riBiiiK P(,:iin (lui ol l;ic w a u t Tuc (ir«c'.ict> ol Kii.iuThion !u ih'- li-î (••imi-v w.n br>yotiri nil ilo.il)!, prcvHlfni It) ill. wi.oi - c iiiN'.i — A ipjifii l,x lo.Judi 'u Kevieiv of .Siu iri

Winer , in U a U-clur.'H, r<«yi! Ail iîon ai hnl applied only to the sick, imi WUH ^r«<iimlly lairoduceU for otber«, after tb<> H e v n i b ccnuiry, and in ll;o t b i r t een lh became the pri vailinj^ jiiaciicn iu the W e n ,

N'an Colin, in bis l lu to ry of D.)clrinfB, says " Im-nurs-.on in water W«h êneial until Iho IhirtceDlh century ; among tbo Li i ina it w.-w then displaced by 8|irinKlinp, Imt relmiied tiv the ( i reeks ,

Ralph l lospui ian (I,') 1 7 - a ItMrncd .SW B! writer and preacbcr, who |iuidiHbtd a iiidinry ol tbi; E r ro r i of I 'opery, and l l i i tory of the ./< huili, olc, BayH :

"CiiriBt coiilinanded n^ lo be b>i|il /..-it, liy mlucli Wrtrd It iH ce t tam ininieruion ib Rigmliert —Hi.i. ,S.c. L 11 , ch i., p .io

Dr J , t.'. \V Augurti (I7TJ-1,>II) » dieiinniiiM'd (Jerman author and theologian, atid (or many yenm profesBor o( theology in thi- rniveriiuy of HniNu and Bonn, sayB

" T h e word bapliaiu Hccordi to clyiuoloKy fttid to usace, and nignifiPB to imiD'Tde, Hiibmer|.'e "—Hm-ton's lliBl. Bap , p 5.'), t inier and Siiyder Deb, I'J

Augusli, ia hie Arcluwology, nays: "Immersion m water waa general until ihe l/iirteenl/i cenlurt/nmoog the Lalicn, it was (hen displaced by Bpriiikling, but re ta ined by the (5reeks."J

J C lj (iiMeler (IT'.U is.'il) a (iermiin r.liurcli hintorian, and lheolO(;ical pr<ff. )v-..ir in l l v tin iicn-ity of fionn and Oolt inên . a y s :

" For the tiake of liii> n e b Ibn riie i>l H|(riiikliiit; waH inltoducftd '—(Jh. Hint., <»rr. ed , vol in, p -")

Dr. J o h n H. K u r u , t.orn IHu'J, a proleaior ol tlicol-ogy in the University of Dj r j i i , au thor of Mununl of Hacred History, T h e Bible and Astronomy, Cbtirob History, e tc , Bays :

" Raptism' wan adminiBtered tiy <*oni;>liMM inmifr-hiou."—See HibI. of t he Cu , p[). "2, 110, -J'^, 221 Clark'H ed,

" Baptinm was performed ( thi rd century) by tlirico immersing, dur ing which t h e formula of baptiKn 'ww pronounced, spr inkl ing was only commoa in case ol t he rich."-'-Ch. H i s t p. 119.

Prof. J . Bohmer, a church hintorian of note who died in 1714, says :

" T h e place of adminlflteriog baptism was not the church, bu t a river, in which people were dippea in t h e presonce of w i t n e s s ^ . " — I n Ingham's H&ntt B j o k on Bap., p. 141.

B i d . 0 l t a l e r> i K I g h t a e n t h lUpljr on Mod*. G B K T L B M K N M O D E K I T O R S : — A S to Scbleusner, we

ttgsin a i k t h e gen t l eman wha t d i J we suppress in the Louisville Debate T Only two Hebrew word< end the

^ ; « £ c « o l l 5 b y Sohleusner , b u t n o t quoted or Uree p a s . ^ with u s h e r e for quot ing H E -

i M r e h e eoBPlains b toause we d id no t quote f Rnt. » M ^ " " V Hebrew when solely on Greek . But as w« ' k C S F I read t b a t p a r t a t L o u i s v i l M , b a t

l nor my opponent , took^tbe very unschol -" f a t d C e d f J of i t t h a t D r . « r a v ^ d o e . W e

"fast leaving out t h e references changed no t Jbleusnw's meaning.

ner neTM

T D r a i w e * ^^^ iH Wilkes. A. Cami bell . I ngham, and . all. 3 By Dr Oraves s absurd in te rpre ta t ion of Schlous

leiicon he makes him say possibly t ha t bapitzo «eans " i m m e r s e " in t h e New T e s t a m e n t

r b ; t h T s V ; changea the „M,.ation. and thus garbles i b e au tho r

P r ^ ' - i h o ' w e d tha t Dr. Graves loft o u t , word ever that

tha t none ol

• Oh. Hist., vol. 1., p. 810, also Hist. Plan, and Trsin., vol. i., p. 222.

t Led. Christ. Antiq. t I l lst . l>o«t., vol, ii., p. 808. I ArgHn., voli v., f . 9,, V9l. t i l . , jil

5 VV'^howed tha t Dr. Graves loft ou t all Ibi , pa r i eow is so important , and lef t out the - -

,, •• and tha i was tbo i s s u e - d i d it i u pour ? and quoting Bchleufner bo leaves

oaU'vn'l J"®'"®" ! „ , ,bcM» aatl.ors gives nprinkle our pou r ! How doe^ that look 1 Nay, quotes Pissow aurong those who do „oi giro •• sprinkle or pour," though h« givcB "fprinklo" twice, and " p o u r upon ' unde r b a p i , : ^ -

^ the general meaning. Scbleusner belu-ved it - J n o t modal in force, and applied to all our modef

prickle, pour, immerse—and uaed only in New •I'eBtamenl in eenee of wash, cleance, a,i applied lo the rite ol baptiBiu. Hence, i j p iwno , wa« "wss ' i i rg , nurifiostion, clcansing-Zolio,/-uryaO';, <ii.'ui.</ - B n d the lir.t dehnitiou of the other noun is baptism, then im meriion, etc. Ao to hae il refers to the definition be g » T e - i m m e r B e , dip, plung-^—as one in meaning. A child could Bee that. Seldon says, " swe hifc. live U/a " - L u n d II. TW. as often writers do, not regnrdmK clv.eic usage—utterly distroying ihis little conceit nliio Tao more the Doctor la^B ibe mon- be exhibits the fsot, that m in terpre t ing old Latin KiitberB and writers ho M handling edge 1 toola wiib which he IB DO', familiar and gets cut. He ban noi learned that primitive does not mean tirat, even. He will learn by exRmiuation that Paul, Heb. vi J, uees the piuriu form of the word baptisma, t h e word in noun form for bjptisra in New Tes tament . Doctr ine of baptiBmB—. they were plural. Why, by his position Ihero were t h r e e in the apostolic church, and two cont inue yet, sside from the Spirit, as t he bapiism with fire he makes burling them into hell—ao bapt ism with water »Dd into hell still cont inues, tha t m a k e s two. Eph. iy. I, one baptism refers dist inctly to the oneness of (pritual inlluence. One bapt i sm—that by which all are "born together in the iBpiritual] likenesn of bit death," all thui " baptizod into one body, by one •pirit"—i Cor. .\ii. 13, a bapt ism, a circumcibion, "matle without hands " Col. ii. 11 ,1 -

Tertullian's words are t n record. For baplu • be uses thcBe wOlds . 1. JSaptizo, lingo, adspergn, pcrfundo, ltvo, mcrgo,mtrgito. Tha t crushes Dr. Oravcf. Doe> he use mcrgo several t imes ? He usoa adspcrgo and its noun four or five times (sprikle) , and on different occasions, as well as pcrf\indo, spr inkle , whilo his mer-gite looks to three dips and a world of Kupersiilion. I need not waste t imo requol ing on tingo. Except AiuaworUi, wbo does not give dip nor immerse, and d,)es give sprinkle, all t he s t andards give tingo, " mois ten," "wet," as the first meanings, and equivalent to three Greek worde, tengo, applied to tears, and dcuo. hrceho, applied to tears and rain mostly in all Gre«k— often in the Bible—and hvgraino, " s p r i n k l e with Mlcr," from hudor, water , and raino, lo sprinkle. Nosr, a wor i t ha t all t he s t andard lexicons, even his own lying there, thus define, h e declares is " s y n o n y -mous with bapto " T h a t is just so much aid to us.

As for Gretius, be was so prejudiced tha t Wall con riots him of gross perversion of the facts, and his opinloDs on religious m a t t e r s are always to be c»re-folly examined' into, e re received. l i e is not rel iable on bapiism a t a l l H e says when h e came to Syrisc, I went oir on Arabia H e s ta ted dis t inct ly t ha t amad wsB the same in both. 1 he ld on to bo th . W e know the Arabic h u thU advan tage over all Semitic l a n -PagM, 1. I t is the only one t h a t stUl Uvea 2. I t h a s a vast amount of l i terature , a n d hence f r o m these two

we are iu no doub t or t rouble as to t h e mean ing o ' m y Arabic word any m o r e t h a n over a n English or Sannanword. I t ta t h e midn aid here , as all or ienta l orities agree. .1 used t h e Arabic a n d Syriac together from the firsi '

As to Anabaptists, t h e y were so cal led because tbey ^baptised aU who jo ined t h e m f rom t h e o t h w par ly , ' ^ ' "wmat ten i b f l m g t9 fntwir* pr»p<»ltions;

U« says TertuUian says some say i t will do—tha t is, spr inkl ing. Noth ing of t h e k ind . H e is discusi ing whether t h e twelve apostles were baptisaid. " O t h e r s m a k e t h e suggestion, forced enougli, clearly, t h a t t he apostles t h e n served t h e t e r m of baptism when they, ia the i r Uttlo ship, were sp r ink led , " e i a W e read it all before. Now why d id they recogniss this (a«i) others, leading thoologians in t ha t day, lu trying to find o u t whore t h e apoit lea were baptisrtd, if baptism was immersiou, how on ear th could they suggest, and say, he re is when they were immersed, t h e day they {adtpe.rgi) were tp r iak tcd , when the atorm da-hed the wsven agi ins t t he lit t le ship, and t h e spray ll>w over t h e m ? Bui Dr. Gtavea «ays not this, and he does Bay t h a t We Bay Tertulli.in hern shows tha t in bis day kpriiiklo Wtth fii p^'adily and promptly r< coftnized a" btpliBm as mcrjo th ree tlm^<^ rep?aled. Nor did ihe D)clor give my quotat ion at all ' It is s t range how he doea turn and twist,

I'lnnlly, on lexicons in Latin. You notice they all, • Bve Kurut, begin wiih or ubfi<il, and with im-mersu gPDiTiklly Now, the same is the case with more accurate onea on Liplo, though they do not end with imiaeree BO habitually. Now, these same lexicons on worda that do proi)erly mean to immerse in Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, always begin with " immersil" On labho, that does mean to immerBe, and they all use immers" prompily every pisce il occura in the Bible But we bavo eleven encyclopediaB, all favoring the one or iwo ho ijuotad Indeed ' Did be tirll you tow those works are gt-nerally gotten u p ? Did bo tell jou an immerBionint wrote that ar t icle? B.iplists watch the water <jue«lion all the t ime I Q others of them, m' n are hired to write, do it for a living, lu rn otl all t he matter they can. We have never deemed one of them worth looking into on this question, where close, l a -bdiii'UB piiiuB are (lemandert

l i e briuBB up the <,'.»• I,ol'c.s. Now does be not know th>it I ey have used that quehlion tuo.'t unfairly ? I admi t he can quotv Irom BoBbUel snd a lew Calholic« of tba t Btripe, fcutencea favoring bis Bide Uut

He ought lo know tha t they wrote those fa ts ' Btatements solely and alone to encourage the fana t -ical Anabaptists, to ic l lame their zeal, an imate their courane, and s t imula te their passions, t h a t civil war might desolate Eogland and (4ermany, and give civil powers the pretense, and the Pope with them, of sup pressing and ex te rmina t ing Proteslanl ism The Baj) l i su bo iH their want of sympathy with P ro te s t an t -

Thoy avow themselves not Protestanta. So do tht se Baptist, books 1 have here. Now, it was the cunning of these priests to urge on to ex t remes t e x -cesBes the-se AnabaptiBts, encouraging them in many w»yo, an tbey bad no fear of them, as the learned and Bteady Presbyturiann and Independents were the partKBin England, the Lutherans in Ciermany, tbat they dreaded, .S,i, likewise, in England, in the civil wars in the scventeenlh century, Ci thol ic priests t with authori ty from Rome in their boots, wore taken, pre tending to be ex l rcmes t Independen t s in Crom-well's day, BO as to dr ive Protes tants in to every c i -cess, tha t re action might come on, and tho Catholic House of Stuar ts restored, which actually did take place, li'tui But

2 While their praiae ia shame, ' no intel l igenl Catholic will tell you tha t Ihey claim tha t tho Cath-olic church aiBerU the r ight lo ehange the o rd inance in the sense you assert it for them. Archbishop Ken-drick. of Missouri now, whOBe work on baptiem I have examined, urges tha t Paul , Luke, Mark, etc., in the New Tes'.amont use baptiio and its nouns for alfusioui and argue on it as M S'.uart, Wall, Alfoid, and others do, t ha t it is u ied t h e r e for spr inkl ing and pouring. He quotes the Fathers on through can tu r i e s to the same purpose, f rom the earliest rolia-jle o n e s on. Now how could the Citholio church assort t he r ight lo change as you represent them, when th»y h o l d spr ink-ling, etc., to be apostolic? Now, they simply m e a n this, t he chHrck-holdJ »ll th ree modes as apo^tol ia She holds t h a t as immersion became t h e main m o d e th rough w h » we call t h e d a r k ages, she h a d Ihe r igh t to change t h e pract ice to siTasion, as both wore Scr ip-tura l in h j r ee t ima t ioa

So Wall, e t c , held t h a t e i ther was Scriptural . I n l)0th volumes h e r e before us Wall proves to h ' s own

an'uuadverU on Calvin, and deplores t h e smal l a m o u n t of water used in bapMzingi b a t h e proves Uiat ^ ^ t s a applied in New Tes t amen t u> spr ink l ings Jcttosi p o m t -adiy. Ik is ( rue also t h a t Wall, as a laa lous ehun i i i -man, believed t h a t but for Fresby le r tan iefluenoe, t h e mode of dipping would h a f e k e p t Bapt is ts f rom l e a v -ing the Episcopal church. He was, as many " church-men " were, willing to contpromisa, d ip still, a s for centuries tbey had done, if BtptisUi would agree t o infant baptism, and so s t rengih^n the e«t«blishmcnt. All tbe te feel ingi en te red in, with a goodly ha t r ed of CaWin and Presbyterians, w.hoie liiUuence was t o much gre»tnr tbKu Baptist's. Tbey hoped to plaosto the Baptist 's, no t Presbyterians.

U i s a poor show to bavo to fall back on such crotches to aid the c a u . e tha t is so dea r to Baptista

N jw, Bir, we c«tl your altuDtion proui inent ly again to this po ol. We are nearly through with five days ' debat ing on mode ol bkpti«m. He told us t h e first day tha t it wai a reproach lo Cot i t t , o r t o u r , Iha t t l i i s discussion should have to tDko . j i laCe, a* it' discussion did not exist on pardon, r e j ene ra t ion , church govern* ment, etc., as well as bap t i sm; and surely they a m of more imijortance m our eyes Now we assert, j u s t t he course he has pursued is tho causeof all this s t r i fe and trouble on b^pi i im How has he m o t the points wo have brought up ? Why, he tells you I was two days in the lead 1 knew that, I was a whole c e n t t u ^ nhttiî for iha'. matter . Ho ba i dashed here, r u n yonder, and what hai accompl ished? H e began with philology himself, a solid hour spent , a n d only aboai three, if over two, minutes in addticing a n y -thing on baptii-u, th ree authors , one a Bitptist, two of them out and out immsr8ioni)>B,ihat ended h i s s p e e c i , running over t ime live minutes. W e accepted t h e laws of in terpreta t ion, but no t his way of applying by a great deal. We replied on philology, to se t t l e tho meaning of boptiii e r e wo made application, j u s t ss wcrkmen dre^^B u otoiir. all to tho ( q i a r e , then fil it in lis place. We expected b.âutiful work here. But m<-! when he taw my mailed Greeks, a Spar tan band, in serried raoks bristlinK along the whole f ront of his work"*, lo our ut ter surprise, be spiked h i i own c a n -non, and, wiih a ' l his forces, made t h e swiftest t ime on record for .Jordan and Eaou . We s w n overtook him there. Ho took his s tand en en a n d cii, p lan ted himself on them But he slipped up on eis, and lost en in the struggle We showed tha t ihey se t t led nothing at aU. E ^ occurs o f ten in Bible Greek , even where verb) of motion ocour, where water and J o r d a n o:car , and yet limpIy means to , at, on. K u h n e r , t h a n whom a greater critic on Greek never l ived, tells us eis is lo express " in t h e uirection whi ther ." " I n gen . eral, (it is used) to deno'.o the roaohing a :)efinite hmiu B u t t m a n : eis, to, into, in answer to whither. '* Liddell and Scott 's lexicon tells h im i ts " rad ica l s ig-n Ii lation is dircKstion towards, mot ion Jo, on, or into "

Scripture shows th is to bo true, a^ well as classic uâge. " T h e sons of the prophets c a m e <u, to t h e Jordan and cut wood." '2 Kings v. 4. We gave a number of passages to show this fact Yet he boldly a i s e ru il i* into, its p r imi ry is into, in tho face of ovory principle of th>5 scienod of l a n g u t g i . Y o u m u s t accept, hia say DO, shu t your eye.! to facU. H e appealed to en, a u i ompbatioally deoiarad th%t en was as much—as of teu in in Baglish ns in was in in ou r tongue Wo q loted many pUoai. IJ »t us repea t some :

F r o n Exodus x s i x 2, to Num xxxv . 2 5 , " with o i l , ' i in our vera on oc ;u r s forty-one l i ne s , " m i n g l e d with oil," " anoin ted with oil," t he wqrd» be 'ng interspersed constantly with " pouied t h e oil uponi" etc. Y e t in tho Greek it is en every time, no t onoe omi t t i og t h e e\ en e/aw. " w i t h o i l " See E x x x i * . ' 2 40 ; Liv . 4 -7 , ix 4 . x v 10 e t c ; Num. vi. 15; vii. 13,19,125, 31. 37. 43, 4'J, 55 61, 07, 73, 79; xv, 4 .6 , 9 ; xxvlii. 5, 9 ,

,4*2, 13, 20 ,2S; xxxv. 25, " anoinu»d wi th t h e holy oil ," t he high priest . Tola is enough. No t onoe d o I find it expressed even by the s imple elaio, a t we migh t expect, yet every timeît is en " with." This forever settles t h e fact, t ha t while en, express ive of locality, ia of ten equ iva len t to o a r in, by, at , ye^t whenever i t i n -dicates ins t rumenta l i ty , i t is a l w a ^ with. B u t itU agree t h a t in t h e washing and " bapUsing wi th water ,

S r o r t h a T ^ i r n d i t ^ n T u n ; w e r e ^ s e d , Heb . " w i t h t b . Holy B p i r i . " localltv i . n o t ^ thought of o r r i T M « k v i L 4, 8 , L u k e x ' L 3 3 - . g . J a i i t h x i l 7 , . e x p r e s s - l a . all. „ u . i n . t rumeu U, T, W r n ^ o n l j V I xxxL 24, '(35, H E c l i B h . - P . / e - ) V b a p - see, t hen , xua - K t ^ m ^ , sur ink l ing tha t u a.-pbed K, .rfa^ ou a , w . l l as t h e pour ing od fo«y o n e u m e . o i n .êtitivdy ibows, s l d i p j i ^ r r n th^^^^^^^ W e c . , n r e « i i U f a n d E . , k i . l k e p t i t up (sn), b u t p . i n t t tft afiTasioa you deny. Now, how could such moA bel ieve you fepbaUcally. -

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" D a a m E x A M i u m : — T h e a d d r a w o f D f . B Q . R o b -i n s o n , O B T n t t r s d a y e T e n i o g , M o a l l s t o m y m i n d m o l r o u m s t a o c e w h i o h i s , p e r h k M w o r t h > « U i t i n K ' i n t h i s c o n n e o t i o n . ' I t h a p p e n e d M O M ^ f o l a m m e r s a g o , d u r i n g t h e D o c t o r ' s t e m p o r a l ^ o e o a p a B o i r ^ S t r o n g P h M e ( B r o o k l y n ) p n l p l t O n • » o o m m a n l o n S u n d a y ' t h e o r d i n a n c e w a « c e l e b r a t e d a t t h e « l o s « o f t h e r e g u l a r s e r v i o e . I n a n n o n n e t m g i t , D r . B o b i n s o n t o o k o c c a s i o n t o i n f o r m t h e . c o n g r e g a t i o n , i n e f i e o t , t h a t n o b o d y b u t m e m b e r s o f that poftinJar ehweh h a d a n y r i g h t t o p a r u k e o f t h e s n p p e r w i t h o u t i n v i t « t k > n . W h y , s a i d h e , i n h i s e m p h a t i o w a y , i t w o u l d b « a s d i s c o u r t e o u s t o d o a s i t w o u l d b e i f , p a s i d n g a l o n g t h e s t r e e t a n d s e e i n g a d o o r o p e n , y o u w e r e t o e n t e r a n d s e n t y o u r s e l f u n i n v i t e d a t t h e t e a U b l e o f a s t r a n g e r . ' *

" A I I K R I C A N D1U1.B U n i o n — A t a r c o e u t m e e t i n g o t t h o c l l i c e r u o i i b i s s o c i e t y a n e w U n a o f a o t i o n w a s d e c i d e d u p o n . B e s i d e s i t s o w n t e r e i o n , t h e m a n a g e r s v o t e d t o ' i i r c u l a t e t h e T e r s l o n i s s u e d b y t h e A m o r l c t n B i b l e S o c i e t y , a m i a l s o t o m a k e a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h t b o p u b l i s h e r s o f t h e L o n d o n t r a n s l a t i o n t o d i s t r i b u t e t h e i r v d r a i o n o f t h e w o r d o f O o d , » o m a k i n g a V e r y m a t e r i a l c h a n g e i u t h e w o r k o f t h e U n l o n . ' ' - - - £ ! r a f n t n n ' and Vhrmiclt.

T h i s s t e p v f i l l s i n k t h e U a i o n f r o m i t s p r e s e n t p o e l *

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

d o n & C o . c o u l d b e t t e r m a n a g & T h a t E u g U a h v e r -

s i o n w i l l n o t t r a n s l a t e U p t i : u ) a n d i t s o o g a a t e t , n o r

d a r e t h e y t r a n s l a l u t h e l i t t l e p r e p o s i t i o n en v h e n t h o

w a t e r o f J o r d a n i s i n n i g h t . P e d o b a p t i s t s n e r e r d i d ,

a n d u e v o r c a n , g i v e t o t h e w o r l d a p u r e B i b l e , n o r

c a n B a p t i s t s , i n u n i o n w i t h t h e m . T h o B i b l e U a - '

v i s i o n S o c i e t y o f N e w Y o r k c a n d o i t , n o w i t h a s

a t l a s t p a s s e d t h o r o o k a n d t h o w h i r l p o o l .

W e m u a t b n v e T e n T h o u s a n d b j p t h » V l r a t o f n e x t M n y a i t d » N e w k i i i t U « i i a t i r < i l U r e s a b y t h e

F o u r t h o f J u l y , I N T O i

r B K M l l ' M S FOR OUTT B I B T K B S .

W b W11.L g i v e a n e l e g a n t g o l d p e n c i l , l a d j e s ' p a t -

t e r n , t o t h e B i s t e r w h o w i l l s e n d u s t h e l a r g e s t l i s t o f

n o w s u b s c r i b e r s o n o r b e f o r e t b o first o f M a y . I t

s h a l l b o a b e a ' u t y . O r —

A n i c e s p r i n g b o n n e t t h a t s h a l l b o a l l t l i e w o r k e r

w i l l d e s i r a O r —

A b e a u t i f u l g i l t e d g e B i b l e , g o l d c l a s p s , w i t h n a m o

i n g i l t l e t t e r s o n t h e s i d e , a t h i n g o f t a l u e o r o f

b e a u t y .

T h e o n e g e t t i n g t h e s e c o n d l a r g e s t H a t s h a l l r e o e i v o

o u r U y m n a n d T u n o B o o k , i n g i l t , w i t h n a m e i n g i l t

o n t b o b a c k .

T b o n e w e u b s o r i b e r s s h a l l e a c h b a r e t h a t n u g n l l l -

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

| 1 0 0 A r o a u i t i i i F O B I . C B U I O I L

W o h a v e p r o c u r e d a c o p y o f t h e fine p u l p i t B F ' j l e

r e c e n t l y b r o u g h t o u t b y t h e 8 i L o u i s F t t b l l s h i o g

C o m p a n y , w o r t h $ 1 3 , w h i c h w e w i l l s e n d a a a g i f t t o

t h e c h u r c h t h a t w i l l s e n d u s t h e l a r g e s t l i s t o f ntw o r

renewed s u b c s r i b e i s o n o r b e f o r e t h e first o f M a y ; a n d

w e m i l a d d a p u l p i t c o p y o f o n r H y m n a n d T a n e

B o o k f e r e a c h p a s t o r w h o m a k e s a l i t t l e s p e e c h o n

t h i s p i o p o s i t i o n , a n d w i l l p u t h i s n a m e i n g i l t o n t h e

b a c k . S e e o u r a g r i c u l t u r a l p r e m i u m s .

F I . A C S ' S U K I S O N H . — W e l e a r n e d f r o m B r o . D a w s o n

o f O w e n s b o r o , K y . , I n s t F e b r u a r y t h a t a M e t h o d i s t

p r e a c h c r c h a i g e d , t h a t i n o u r i i t t l e a p p e n d i x t o

S l a c k ' s K e a s o n s f o r B e c o m i n g a B a p t i s t t h a t w s h a d

c x p r o B B o d v i e w s d i f f e r e n t f r o m w h a t w o n o w a d v o -

c a l e — i . o , t h a t b a p l i s m b e f o r e t h e s u p j i e r i s n o t

t a u g h t i n I h o N o w T p s t a m e n t . W o h a v e t h i s d a y

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

t h i t w o w o u l d b l o t i t e s c a p e d o u r n o t i c e . W i l l B r o .

U f t w a o u j i o i n t o u t t h o s e n t o n c e o b j e c t e d t o a n d o b l i g e

UB ? T h o p o s i t i o n w o a d v o c a t e d i n t h a t t r a c t , w r i t t f n

n o w t w e n t y y e a r s a g o , w a s t h a t t h e a u p p e r i s strictly a c h u r c h ordinance, and, like TOting, should t e limited t o t h e particular c h u r c h celebrating i t . T h i s ,

at t h e t i m e , w a s regarded a s a n s d v a n c e d p o s i t i o n

and a new departure, and was opiKwed generally. S i n c e t h e n D r . G a r d n e r h s s s u g g e s t ^ i t i n h i a w o r k

A VKW c h e c i i e p a r i n g s a n d c a n d l e e n d s , C h r i s t i a n s

h a r e g i v e n a w a y t } m l M l o n i , b u t l i t t l e m o r e . — i S f / m r

W n i T a s s u a r a n c e c a n I h a r e t h a t J e s u s d i e d f o r m e ,

I f I a m n o t U r i n g t r u l y u n t o h i m 7 — D r . Ousl*r. S t r r r o s a t h a t a m a n w o n l d a d r e r t i s e t o l a k o a p h o -

t o g r a p h o f t h e h e a r t ) w o u l d h e g e t m a n y o t u t o m e n 7

—Mood]/ E T S B T m a n w h o i s i n v i t a l s y m p a t h y w i t h J e a u i

C h r i s t r e j o i c e s i n t h e o o n B o i o u s a e r s t h a t h e i s w o r k i n g

f > r p o s t e r i t y . — D r . J o i s p A P a r W .

ITEMS. ^^ T h e H a r d s h e l l B a p t i s t c h u r c h a t M a n t f o r d ' s C a r e ,

N . C . , h a u b e e n o r g a n i z e d i n t o a r e g u l a r B a p t i s t c b u r o h

b y f x p e r i o u c e a n d b a p t i s m . .

U e v , W . O r a y , a p r o m i e h t M e t h o d i s t m i n i s t e r ,

r e c e n t l y j o i n e d t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h a t O a k O r o v e ,

N . C .

T n e s a l a r i e s o f t h e d i l T e r e n t raouartAis o f E u n ^

a r e g i v e n b y a G e r m a n r t a t i s t i o i a n a s f o l l & M : A l i n r

a n d c r I I , J 9 , 1 6 2 , 0 0 0 , o r $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 a d a y A b d u l > « f » ,

9 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 ) , o r $ 1 8 , 0 0 0 a d a y ; F r a n c i s J o s e p h , 4 . 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ,

o r 1 0 , 0 5 0 a d a v ; F r e d . W i l l i a m I I , 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 , o r

8 2 1 0 a d a y ; V i c t o r E m m a n a e l , 2 , 4 0 0 , O O 0 , a r 6 B i 0 » d * y ;

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o r 1 6 4 3 a d a y . »

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T H E B A P T I S T .

TJiA' / 'APA0F.

ONCE give Ckthollo* tb« oM^ndonoy la this gorern-mast »&d nligiooa frvedomit »t sn «i)d. Lit ttioia

who (toobt read thr following ulUrAncM from high papal •athority and b« conrincod: - .

"Ilvmjruid iafldoUtv have not, and neTer had, and noTur ean hava any riglit, ixiug, »-> they undeniably are, eontrary io the law of Qod."—Jifoii>Kton's Quarltris/, Jan-Mfv, ISSS.

i e e Skufcrd 0/ ihe VaU»!/, * CalhoUe paper published in St. iMiuis, Rajm; " In tue future, when we ahatl have gained Moendenoy in thie country, a» \»e auroty tbail, tbon it will be t 'ue, even as our enemies now lay, that there wilt be ho more religious liberty, as (here ought pot to be."

" Protestantism of every form hss not, and never can havo any right where Catholioity is triumphnnt; and, therefore, we lose the breath we expend in declaiming againi.t bigotry and intolerance, and in favor of roligious liberty, or the right of any man to be of any religion iie best p eases him,"—CSt/ikoWc Revityo, Jan., 1S53.

"Religioua liberty is nerely tindurcd until tho opposite can be oarriad into execution without peril to tho Caili-oUo world."—iJwAo/) Gf Conner, of IMlsAurg.

" I f the Catholics ever gain, which they surely will, an immense numerical majority, r<tli^loua frepdom in this country will be at an Archbishop 0/ SI. Louis.

" Heresy and unbelief are crimes; and in Christian countries, as in Italy and Spain, for instance, where the Catholio religion is the essential law of the land, they ore punished as other crimes."—Archbiihop Kendnck.

"The Catholic church numbers ono-tbird of the Amori-can population, and if its membership shall inorcnso for the next thirty years as it has for tho thirty yt ars past, in 1900 Home will havo a majority, ond bo bouud to tBice this country and keep U."—Fath(r Hecktr't JU^cre in A'ew Fori.

POLITICS or INK4LLIUILITY IT ia beoomiug apparent io observing slatoamen

tbat there te much more, eopecially of polilio*! jiroten-sion and design, in the dogma of Infallibility than tliey had dreamed of. We venture the opinion that the objects to be attained by it wore chitilf political. S j fa rna Uisoerniblo. nothing portainia^ to ' the spirit-ualities of the Church" rt quired its promulgHtion The Pope WAS reverenced and obeyed by all loya' Catholios M the head of the church, the "Vicar of Chrwt," If we understand the shrewdly woided, but often bold ' utterances of thoBO in iLe Council who opposed it, this was the boBia of one of tht ir BtroDgest arguments.

True, it gave the Pope far greater authori ty; but chitflf of a political nature. As a writer in Macmii-lan's Magazine b u recently shown, by citing, as did Gladstone, declarations of Irish Bishops and Eaglish Vicaro-ApostoUo in the year 1826, made ia the sight of all Europe, and never contradicted by him, the constitution-of the pre-Vatican Church conferred upon the Pope jonly esseutive functiana H o c j u l d enforce but not make laws. These were enacted by Oeneral Councils. "But these, cv«n, had no binding force unless approved by National Synods. Ojikide of these t h e Bishops were the judges whether the Papal Bulls were to be enforced or not." The Bi^hopn ooDfes'sed ent i re allegiance to the civil power of their respeotive governments. Any at tempt on tbe pait of the Pope to encroacii on the ciril rights of their respective sovereigas the Bishops were bound to op-pose "by any and all means in their power, even to the use of their spiritual authority over their flockg." With snch a Church the State oould live on terms of the moet perfect peace and good-will.

Hut by the decree defining the Pope's infallibility tho Bishops in their corporate capacity, Ecelcsia Con' gregata, were deprived of their legislative functions.

By it the entire structure and constitution of the Roman Catholic Church is changed from the founda-tions apward; and there ia substituted, for a Monarchy founded on law, ia which some attempt, at least, is made to separate the legislative from the executive. fanctioBs, and to respect coporate and rights and privileges, an autocracy based on the rtonal peservi-tude of every individual, and the unconditional sub« mission of every corporation, from the National Synod down to the village vestry throughout the length and breadth of the "Orbis" and the "Urbs."

" We teach and declare,"thus rang this marvelous Bill of Papal righU," that the Roman Church (i. e., tho Pope), God having «o ordained it, wields a potettoM ordinara over all other churches, and that thte jorifldiotion of the Boman Pontiff over the chnr ohes U (within each oharoh and each diocese) m very truth an eniaeflpal jurisdieUon in iU nature immedi-ate'' furthw, * anil la.iiv fnft«torM atoue

ig ÔUM JUriWIWMVM >M jr, that the clargy and laity (pastores atque

fidelM) of Avery rite and every dignity (t a , as regards am indbuive of the Votted Greek and other

AfttAOia* Wk WVtJ • Maaw V* V*/ the eborohw indbuive of the U o — Oriental Obaroheiwhioh till 1870 had "enjoyed Tery large Mtd iwell-defined priTileges and exemptioni, and, M regard! the lidty, inoloiive or emperors u d kiaga u d men of all degrees) a re one Dud ftU s m m l l f and oorporatlTdr riveted by t h e the do ty of bierarohio sabordination and t r o e obe-t

diecoe <0 the jurudôn of the Roman Pontiff aiore-•aid, not only in all matters appertaining to faith and, morale, but also is regard to such matters as have re-fer*noe to the dieoipUne and government of the Church throughout tno world."

As a writer from whom we have quoted observes this decree has c o t only irrevocably commited an immense portion of mankind to an inconceivably degrading form of Pagan Cmiar-worBhip, and once for all poisoned those living waters of Cbristian faith which tho Rtanchest Roman Catholics had hitherto held to bo the common inheritance of Christendom, and incapable of being tampered with, but has wher-evor two or three Roman Catholics are gathered together, lowo seeds of u coufliot between the spirit" ual power and tho teraporal power, which poonor or l.^ter, will have to be fought out to the bitter end.

If any think his expreasion, Pagan Cm jar worship, loo strong, he would iQvit« thoni to procure the pho-tograph (publicly exhibited for salo in a Kanian shop windowb) of a picture painted in 1S7U in cammemor»-tiou of the Vatican dccreoe ,

I i represents Tim IX si*alod on a tUroao wiiioa rests upon a rock, at a considerable elevation froai the ground. Round this rock are fi?o female figures, in somewhat operatic costumos, representing Burope, Abia, Africa, America and Australia, all of them in atti tudes of prostrate or ecstatic adoration, and one of them burning incense. Immadiately orer tho Pope's head is tho Holy Qhost in the shape of adore , a« in tho pictures of tho Baptism in .Jordan. A little way above, in iho clouds, but totally hidden by the interoeptiug figure of the Pope from thes igh to f the worshippers, are three figures representing Ood the Father supported on the right by the Virgin Mary, and o^ the left by St Peter

Now we cannot beliuve that any picture which should, in the licsl century of our «ra, have been painted to represent the sacritloial rites performed before the altars of the divine Augustus, could ha /« conveyed in a cruder and more realistic form the idea of idolatrous worship than this careful masterpiece of Jesuit art. The ubience of the Suoond Person of the Trinity from the picture, with the evid ent intention of heightening tho intercessory character of tho Pope, and of keeping the vicarious character of his oflice out of eight, is perhaps the moat remarkable feature of a composition which, if sold in Uoliwell street, would probably ba indicted by the police as a blas-phemous caricature.

If any more conclusive evidenoe bo needed t} sustai* the view wo have taken of tb.ii. astounding dogma, it can be found in Archbishop Manning's pronuncia-mento, read by order to all Catholic congregations in England, the second Sabbath followinj; Gladstone's late arra ignment of the Pope for interfering with tho civil allegiance of his tlock. By this tho Bishop gave column warning to all Catholici that any who should not sustain in good faith tho dogma of Infallibility would be sent out «f the Cburch with s very heavy, and, of course, much- to bo dreaded, curse. Tha t is the best dcfiniiion wo hare yet had of Infillibility.

0L71 VRAYER-MEETll^'a.

OUR Proyer-Meeling opens on each Sunduy afternoon, at three o'clock, and it is proposad that every Chris-

tian who roads this will consooraie that hour to prayer oi subjects presonted In these columns.—ED. BAI'.

" There is a fcone where spirits blend, Where friond holds fellowship with friend ; Though sundered far, by faith wo moot Around ono common mercy-seat."

D E I B B B O . GRAVES, and others of the prayer^meeting: The hour of your prayer meeting is drawing near, and I desire to join it, and ask to present a case, viz: I have an ungodly son, jus t verging into manhood, and though not called very wicked by the worldly, yet be seems to be entirely swallowed up in the pursuit of pleasure and worldly ambition. Now, brethren, I ask you to join me in prayer tha t God may open his blind eyes, and biing him to a knowledge of the t ru th in the days of bis youth, that the balance of his life may be employed in the work of the Master. tJh, that he was consecrated tc the cause as his elder brother is I

Well do I remember your call upon the brethren to join you in thanks-giving for the conversion of t ha t dear daughter of yours, and also in prayer for your son, and 1 trust tha t my poor heart,with many others, did respond to the call. I also havo two lit t le daughters, the subjncta of prayer fur conversion, but especially the first-named casa o w. u.

Georgia. Wo also have a special request to lay before our

circle of prayer, that we have pleasing evidence ex-tends from the Carolinas to Northern Oregon. It is that the right hand of our eldest son, so severely shattered by a gun-shot wound may Ira saved to him, and that G ^ will administer the grace of salvation to his soul, and consecrate that hand to hia own servioe, and if it ia his will, in pointing sinners to the LanU> ofOod,

TUS MINISTERIAL FVtfD

WE have the very best reports from the XJni»«,ii, of the two young ministers who areslnd,!.;

there, and depending wholly upon the toluntary OOB tribntions wo raue for them by appeaU to the br^! ren in this column. They are young men of pietj^j Urge promiae. They desire to thoroughly pri«»„ themselves for tho work to whioh they havo oon«s-crated their whole lives, Thoy should have a thorooth preparation. Our churches and thecaa«csurely nj^jj such now, and will more and more as the ye»n t,j, vance. Is it a jjreat thing for the churches of Wwi Tennessee, or those of any one AsBocialion to coa-iribute tho small amount needed to keep thete brethren in scliool until they graduate? The emill amount of twenty flvo cenU o month from a dozjn in each church would do iL List year there waj onough contributed to meet all expenses. This year the fund la over $200 behind, though ono half of li ig dug ff^^ those svho subscribed last fall twenty livo cents this year. Wo make this early appeal to all in arrears to remit lit once their dues, as tlioao nho board them need it.

We WAUt to enlist at onco .lUi) new members who will pay twenty live cents a month until next July, including that nionih to rnisu a fund that wiU pay up all for this sediioii U'jjtilur, will you not bo one of this number ? .Sand your name and twenty fiveceali or one dolUi to ua or to D. W. Hughes, treasurer, Jocksou, and you Bbali bo credited lu ihij col-umn.

Ne-xt month wc will publish all amounts rcceiveJ since Septomljer firal, and all who Bubwribed and arc in nrrtars for |)art or whole. Stnce our last report we biivn ri ceived these from Brinkloy, Arkansas:

Dr. T. H Bil«, 110, Mrs. L M. J Bate, 1 i>i, Mrj. G II Letson, 1 m), " B ," (name not given), N'lrginisi 2,5 ctB

The.so ore from Ailcansaa, and wo know wo are in-debted to the interest of Siater Bate in our youtg ministers Wo sincerely thank her, and hope thst loo of our Tenneiisee sisters will bo influenced tomakp a little ttTort J -s t now to see how many they esnget in their churches who will give twenty-five cents per month, and pay it monthly.

The Smithwestern liaptist University was conceived in East Tennessea Let her green swards and laughibi! waters pass away forvever; her broad and fertile bo<-toms and ilowery vales, her cloud-.capped mouitaiDs piled upon mines of boundleu wealth, be nsmeleu here forever more; but the child of her youthful bloom shall never be neglected, but shall smile upon those broad savannahs, washed by the Father of Waters and gladden the youth that shall bo born by the boundleaa treasures of her lore —I, F. B. Mays, D D

That IS Mays like, Mays-full, Mays-ville or Mays y, as you like it.— Wutem Recorder.

T h e Q i i c r y i s t .

CA.V a church receive a member on a letter, and, o f te ra whild, on his request, give him back thatstme letter, and if so, what is his relation to the church?

W. D. 8.

She can, if she sees fit, and the act is tantamoant to reconsidering her act of reception, and be etwdi whero he did before he was received by the chorch, we think.

How COULD Paul be a freeborn Roman and yets Hebrew of the Hebrews ? I*-

Just as a man can be a freeborn American citizen and vet be a full blooded German, father and mother both being G e r m a a

J . G. GIRDNEB.—If t h e r e is need of ont oiniiUr there should be a pluraUty in order to effect the end designed by a presbytery. One minister cwnot go around the country baptizing, and ordaining, and communing whom he pleases. A "presbytery i« » check upon ministerial ambition and power, and Io preserve the purity of the churches.

Farm and Home. Uudor tUlt hendlDg we propo»« to write onr cwn

gither the b«it thought, of othen, th.t we Ihtok ni»Tl>«« farmer.

TWELVE RULES FOR SVCCCSSFUL FARMf^^-1 . D R A I N your wot, boggy land. 2. Plow deep and leoson the subsoil. „,ke»ll 3. Provide good shelter for your manure, and n w "

you possibly can by bedding with da 4. Choose commercial fertiUsers IntslligsnUy, ^

not use one in excess of another elmply because ov»» have used it. . . . .. msn*

6. Manure every crop which benefits by zitt faigb.

T H E B A P T I S T .

e ' S r ^ t s only safr, P^SoS "" i ' " ' at least every five yearn, esj.e-

y ^ a a t e ' S n pl-^-ly of '-J'-

r tfi::^" L i - i e u t eo„.roi v , .

'"TrTupport br.H^dlim ami feeJ in j by proper oaie 1<V R^ «1«0 in timfi, Oomineuci ill OIH b ami {'"inl i f i r , ml of th,,'I'yraoHuth lledgo f lant yoariy,

* your farm will bo undsr a pwrmanont fcooe, * ' vou wiU be relieved of the hoaviost Ux you now h^rew pay ""J » î^rowiiig heuvier

Ihit olTl'i.

r ) A- I <" I \ i II ll Ki'l'l--rnilEKl': Mf tl.ir^v .Iru . l-' f for plftntinK iho !'>IK-i ranih Heilc- i l l . ' , voii i;. l thin paper S .,1,1 in Viur order fur -V " or I '"i" »ri<l innki-11 at.irt lhi« year with the fonco i i .v i...- cn .n l ry luu.t an.l bP i.lhemoU fort.iMU- t . - . i ^ r who the Hrat etarl . llflCMi in a ff '" b>in lt-<-(s of .lollivr .1 v;orih , Ofcuttias^ to hi^ P..>iKhl) .r.> wh.-n be ha«hi«own fiirm | fenced T^k.' our KM or.ii>r Io T H McOowon, M^^nolu N i r - ^ . T | you in ft f<"W u-rni." v . u - , or a Wil.l

0OO.1P I''""" HdB what .lamtM St. .«,;r( , u,.> h •i lii-iiUiir:.! c-.litor ol

the . W - r n Farn..-' in h u lii«t p i p r r 011 work for Octobj-r, snye of i t

i'lJf1gi,„j—\ woul'l ofH!" ui-H (bit vi-rv imporiani mutier l-otk tj Ui.- bann.lri.,^ ami division' of your landa and, tnen prop vn, 10 pUui a b^dê Waalever »ou may ch')o<o 10 uso tor tbis purpotn lina with your Piilf. fut Willi U.1 tho i'yricanti. nlHn<l- aL-ovo all, 01 wliich certf.inly enough bai l)e-ti said. '

Ail know how much raiU co.it, that perish in seven, fue be»t pine or oik in t..n yeiirs. Your fence tax is lliehe»vie?t you have to pay, and it in gtcwing hoftvitr R8 timber ia growing ecarce und Ubor blghrr. Tbht man is fortunate who begins this year to get rid nlto-gether of his fence lax by planting the FyracMith Try 0 few, make a start, ami get your entcrpriMng neighbor to send along with you.

Bit 's CoRs —By referring to h's advertiaement in this paper, our readers will nee that he has made u« his agent in this city Wr ure prt>pared to fill all orders, and in any quantities, fro.n oue dollar's worth an-l upwardn. Toero nvo inon trBvo'siog and selling what they claim to U Kiy's Cjrn, as thny arc the Jrtva Cotton Seed, and ar»- hurabu^-ginf; the i.eoplo You can't atford to buy mixed ^.-ed bccaatto you can gel it cbe.ip. We will fill yo-Ar order with the genuine unmixed seed, whether corn or cotton, and you will liod it worth five times your money Men are Belling far smaller packaues than we otl'er lor a now Bub-Bcriber for $2 .W, and tlio am not the Java Tcirchase of rortponsible parlio,i unlow )ou want to be deceived.

health of the family, the oomfart of the garden walk, the beauty and luUy f lOO to the marketable value ol the place itself.

Well, we reiolvad, tha t BO long as we i:ditod tbis paper we would write one artiele a year, if we did not one each week in Mwch and April, urging our readers to plant each a dosen, or evon a half doxen, Scupper-notig vineM and arbor them. Tho outlay ia but a thflp, f J or $3, but tho value a thousandfold. What we havo v»fitt(-n i.hovo and the article below, from an experienced grape raiser, will answer for one article at least R*ad it, and then take our advice and plant a fo;\ •Scuppernong vines Mr McGowan, of the Miifrnolm .Nursery, will bcnd I h e m to yoii hy mai l for Hiiriy cenln a piece, nod each o n e growing will be iicluiillv worth iJO to to you }'hnt this morUh. or I),•'ore ibv l ' ' i l i ol . \pri l fti lenat

I .And by tlifl wuy t h e m a a oxc^ll«•nt and VrtluabU; papm

A SCI ri'Kll.S-ONi. ,N i.V.\ ni> liip. followiot ' d i a g r a m r e p r w i i t n a c o n v e n i e n t

plMi lor a u p p c r n o n g v i n e y a r d Noin 11

r _ N _ i ' r r - i ' - v - r - r I I I I I ! I I I I I

to six limes onr national iabt, Bum-tera, about fift*eB thousand ntutttiu^''

6 We know, from six r u ^ M f i l t e that all the habiU that oaa iSftîsiiedîBi plant lully meet in this. It U » oaUTO only about seven oc dght feot. It A base tiatil a fishing-vole can loaree be it It does not spread from th« root, mi4 be propsgatod from the seed. It does MVexbaiMtiMe land for yards on either sida. The roots stfko dfATi so that, like the clover, it draws its noqrkhmeotJnfa the subsoil and air, and will grow on tho paiinearlittid without manure It needs but little trimming tu>d these, if cut into slips of eight or t«n ittOb»: losf, and planted deep, will strike root .It b an evergreen, and remarkably beautiful In flower and in seed, and the price just suite the times, costing but a frsction over one cent per foot.* and set eighteen inches or more apart, will make a good fence if cultivated like a corn row, with a plow.

ti. We know that any farm, once fenccd with the Pyracantha, can be told for one third moie than fenced with rails; BO that it is the very best invest-ment that a farmer can possibly make. It is the bet-ter fence than the best atone wall can be made. It is perennial, growing better each year, while arail fcsco

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perishes in eight years—at i)e8t ten We havo been furnished with a thousand ctrculara

tor our readMs which we will lend all fteo but advise each t0 8»ndfor 1,UU0 In set this spring. U« will tend lull directiona J . R . Q » A * « a .

* T. U McGowen, agent of tiie MagnoUs» Nuricries, Magtolis, M.SH , delivers them b o « d in sawdust, on tne railroad at $lGOOper I.fXM) H'B are all No. 1, well rooted, and all grow.

With a good turn-plow run a straight deep furrow, north and Bcuth eve y torty or sixty I«el Then mark

otl east and wi-»i, every ton feel a hill for the grape vine. At the iuK ibt'Ciion of this line with the deep funo.v, plant the viuee, and at the stime time a stake ro Kupporl them the first season. Fill this furrow with Huch material as will promote the (growth of ihe vines, and cover it with the plow reversed. The second year tun parallel 10 the deep furrow, at the distance ot five loel, a line lor the first row of posts to each vine in a few years after tho vine commence bearing they will uced an extension of tho arbor. At the distance of ten feet from the first row ot posU mark off other lines north and south, east and west, and plant posts, a t e a c h intersection, two for each vine again. In a few more years the vines will be too thick, and to re medy this, cut of at the root, every alternate vine but let it remain to support the living ones adjoin-

i h e vacant space between the rowj of vines will be cultivated in cotton, potatoes, or any crop requiring the ground to be kept clear of weeds and gross, and at tlie same time not impoverish it. Plow shallow Boar the vines, as ih<' breaking ol largo roots will en-danger the lile them »»n poor land a liberal applica iion of littpr, muck, asUts, bcmtiB will greatly promote growth and IruiL

An experience of over twenty years gives tho obove us the cheapeat and uiosi convcnionl mode yei devised of cultivating the SouppiMiiong species of grapes,

Whiti-ville, N C C. G. WvciB

THE PLEASANT SVHPlllSLS

IN one of tho northern counties of Norlh Miasiu-

sippi may be seen a comlortablf ci.itage house. Upon a well cultivated eighty-acre tiaqt, that gives evidence of repaying tho laiior bestowed upon it. But what struck our eye was a well located vineyard of Scuppernong grapes, now well nigh covering th« arbor. The quantity of grapes annually t rken off and Bold is enormous, and enough is always left to make a bsrrel or two of tho finest native wine over drank— nine that hath a blessing i t On asking tho brolh er what induced him to do so unusual a thing as to plant a Scuppernong vineyard of an acre, were wo not eur prised to hear him say ;

"Toseveral articles you wrote and advice you gave six years ago, I am inddbtnd to HO valuable a thing, and to several hundred dollars increase per year »hat I never would have enjoyed. Thote vines, sir, came from the Magnolia Nurseries—the large white prolific Senpjernorg. 1 bavescpn as many a i twenty large trapes on a single cluster."

Well this surprised and delighted ui, and made us glad that we bad said, plant 11 .Scuppernong vineyard for health and profit. Wo siopjed lost year, on our return from the Southern Baptist Convention, at a pleasant little place in Georgia, to preach, and during the day dine<l at a friends. On walking into the gar -Jen the arbor of nice, healthy Scuppernong vines, cov ering the whole walk, a t t racUd our attention. What was our surprise when told tha t an article in THE Baitut had influenced t h e owner, seven years ago, 10 send to the Magnolia Nurseries lor one dosen—and bare w u the resul t t h i s one a r b o r contributed to t h e

• WIIA T I KSO ABOUT • li EDO I NO. BBO (iKivts —Tell us what you know practically

about the Pyracanth Hedge plant? Have you planted H ? W e m u s t re .ort to Eomething. Our rail timber IS giving out. J- TOOMBS^

We refjroducD an article which wo wrote in 1874 which was copied by tho Agricultural press :

" WQAT I tsow ABOUT " UKDOINO So many hav»i written us for our experience with and

opinion of tho Pyracanth hedge plant, that we are ccnstrained to give it, for we have not the time to write letters.

1 We know, by our experience, that new lences hove to be built, and old fences repaired every year, at a heavy cost no matter whether you feel able to do ii or not, Liko our taxes, the fences have «o be a t -tended to whether times are hard or easy. This is one thing wo do know, and a bitter experience it has bfen to u^ . , . r

2, We know another thing, viz . that our fence Ux is by far the heaviest we have to pay ; w d ,

» That this tax is growing heavier and hMvier every year, while we are not becoming better able to meet it. Our fenci timt-er is growing scarcer each year, and more difficult to secure, and our neighbors cattle more inclined to brcaK in. ,, t

4 We know that we must soon be compelled to with some proper plant—not the Osage O r a n ^ o r Rive up the plantation, unless the State p a w s the no f^noe law. which will prove an additional oppression t^ the country. „ . • < -

Gea. Browne, of Clark coun tyâ. , culculat« in the Southtm Farmer, that there 5().000 milts of fence in the State alone, which costs 40 oenU per pannid of eisht feet This would amount to thirtean million twt» hundred thousand dollars. If half the counties in the United Slates were fenced at an equal cost, on the average which we nresume they are, it would amout

RAVS CORK, AND JAVA COTTON SEED. Wi; want to induce each single subscriber to get at least one more at hia ofliae, therefore makiT

this offer We will send by mail, post paid, to each single sub-,

icriber—if your paper comes in a wrapper you are one—a nice package of Ray's Corn, or J a v a Prolific Cotton Seed, for each subscriber you will get at your office before tho first of May, and wo will aleo send one to the subscriber you get, or in lieu of these a Bible Baptism to cach, if it is preferred,

Now. will yon not make an effort? Tliese aeed will bo worth many times more than the cost of tho paper to each one. Show and talk over this offer and solicit names. J . R

ViNEB.—Don't let this spring pass Without planting a few grape vines. No fruit is more healthy in the summer than ripe grapes, and no grape is so well suited to the habits of the South as the large white scuppernong. It needs no trimming, and bears abundantly, and more and more each year. Send to tho Magnolia Nurseries for ten or a dozen.

J A VA PROLIFIC COTTOir SEED, f E^trsct of letter of Sam W. Bordus of Alabama[

OXKOBD, A L J L , N o r . 1 , 1 8 7 6 . In reply to what I th ink of your cotton, I reply

that there is no compiirison, they are f a r superior in every respect. Where I made last year 500 cotton, 1 made from your seed on the same land,badly prepared, 2 , 0 0 0 this year. Old experienced fanners says they are the best that they have ever t r i e d ^ My seed are all spoken for ; your seed suiU me. Yours roBpectfully, S i i i o s i . W . BOBDCB.

CAKTOH, M I S S . , N O T . 1 0 , 1 8 7 5 . A' C Orrick, Esq : Dkar SIB—In answer to your

inquiries, I lake pleasure in stating tha t I planted this year several acres with the Java Prolific Cotton seed: I am highly pleased with the result; it is early, branches well, yields largely of lint, and is a l -together more profiuble to p lan t than any other cot-ton I havo ever planted. My stand of i t was pror, yet it yielded more per acre than Dickson s Ouster , planted a t the same time, although Dickson • WM on much better ground. The yield of Java, wss about two ( 2 ) bales per acre. J o b " HAITOT.

RIVKRTOWK, G A , Nov. 6,1875. W. B. MeCarley, Sir: I planted two acrea of river

bottom land in your Java Cotton Seed and gather^ from it C,370 pounds seed cotton. I prononnoe it the best I have yet tried. I think it was cut off by the drought at least one third. J. B. Swus,

Canton, Miss., Nov., 17 1875. Mr. W. B. McCsriey.—Dear sir 1 planted 7i aor«

with your Java Seed ; the soil wa* very poor hiu lantl and the stand bad, 1 have gatherwl from the piece of ground over six bales. There can be no qnestion about the superiorly of the seed, for the same groond could not have produced mora than hair the amount bad it been planted with ordiniurv seed.

Very Respeetfally, N.C.OaiicK

Canton, UisL, Noy., 8ib 187S. This is to certify that I pUnt«d foii r a ^ c ^ i n o n

hill Und withoat manure, with the Jam Proliflo Seed, and made four bales of ootton, 450|Mrands each, thereon, and eonsider it the nost probfio flotton 1 ever planted, and have been • MMUMII Cputy plantar for twenty years. Jno. M Foffta.

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Mississippi Department.

U X * I > S R Mi. F . X t O W R X i Y . XBdltor.

••'All eomnaalMUou'durtgiMd for UU* D«partia.Bt iMiild b* •iUm«>4 to tut KUtor at Utplry, VlntMlppl.

Mr MOTIel.—AU uomy lot (CbMripUaoii •bonii t>« Mnt io Bro. llMnpliU. I vanuat b* rMpouilbIa f t monuj tot tbe p»p«r

Dutll II ooniM iat* my huidi, bat «ill b» rMpoutbl. for all tt>»t I H. r. Iiowaar.

CORiiuPTioir IN man PLACES. Bu t fe^ men ar9 wise enough und good eoouKh (c

fill higii poallious in civil government A inui

patriot, wi«o and |>ur0, is hnrd to find, in nemo ni^n

Mpiring to hifh po»ilion, th« coriuplionof tUo huraftn

bcnrl. in»y bo lat«ot^ requiring airong iLilacnccH to

doTvlopil; btii grenl opportunities luivko groat iai-

prstsioDti, aad but fen luen ropui to be able to fully

rfisiit for a long Utofc tbo Btrong tctmplatiouo incident

to bigti olOjial lif«. Strong reatraining icfluences

Bctm lo,bo necewarf. Lot u-cn have ihtMr own way

iEwhile, with comnianiiing authority mid inlluencc,

and their corruption cro|»3 out. For tbi<!ao roaaons no

ci7it goverwaentBtands long. Wttb all tbo checks

a«d balanota that the b<»t human governments can

have, eelBiih* men get a foothold, and overturn them

after awhile. The aoods of death arc in every human

body; a man may be strong aild vigorous, free from

aotual disease, and live a long timo; but the frail tits

of hi8 human nature will overcome him at iMt, and ho

will die. So with human govornmentfl. They may

be healthful and strong for a time, but (be secda of

'mortality are in them, and death must ensue at laat

Prudofice and temperance may add many days to the

life of a healthful and vigorous man, and the sanu-

joirdinal virtues may add years to the life of a govern

ment Prudent men may get sick and get woll nj/aiu

Boveral times before they die; and so may governmenla

in the hand< of prudent men. When epidemici and

eontagiousdieeaaes prevail, the people generally awuke

to the necessity of attending to the iatvd of hoallh.

Premises are carefully examinei', anil nuiaaacoii

removed; strict attention is given to diet; prcvoclives

are resorted to, and all other interests are compara-

tively forgotten, and tbe one idea of preserving health

and life is first and last in all the purposes and plans

of the hoosehold. If these thoughts apply to govern-

ments, there should be a general awakening now, and

the greatest interest shoiild be felt to save the life of

our nation, and restore it to health. If there ever

was a time for removing nuisances and observing the

laws of health, it is now. Two great epidemics pre-

vail, that we fear have already taken hold of the vitale

of tbe nation—avarice and ambition. They are worse

than small-pox and yellotv fever combined. The

recent manifestations in several of the State8,and also

in tbe heart of the nation, are truly alarming. Every

true lover ot religiotu and civil liberty should gird

himself to wotk for a . reformation. Whatever of

indifference may have been felt in the past by " sub-

jugated rebels," (so called), should be now laid asidei

and every spark of patriotism should be nurtured,

and, if possible, kindled to a flame. This is no time

for prejudice and bate. " The bloody chasm " should

be ipuuied effectually, and at once, and love of

country ahould be nourished into a real passion.

While tectarianiam should never be allowed to stalk

into poliUoai ciroles, the true principles of Christianity

should permeate and control the poliUcs of the nation.

The corruptiona that are now sapping the foundation

of our government, can be checked in no other way.

Pure patriotism and Christianity are closely associate

in interut , and should go hand in hand. Christianity

in its true spirit demands not only an open Bible, but

free thought, free speech, and a free press, and thi

same is true 6f oorreot politics. Christianity does not

•tand before brave men to beg for (quarters,make con

oeasions, and ask for compromises; it only asks for an

open field and a fiUr contest. I t is no weakly suck-

ling, it is a Btrong giant. The Bible does not prescribe

particular forma of political government, but it enun-

ciates tbe princlplea upon which it should be estab-

lished, and on these principles this government bas

c l a im^ to reeL While the American citizen looka

back upon the past history of his nation with pride,

and Njoicee la it as a beacon light in the civilised

world, he is struck dumb, and stands aghast as he

tonu his ttyea upon recent developmenU. Justice

lies bleeding under the feet oi hwghty Ambit ion;

Honeaty atanda powerleM before the drawn aword of

ATuioe^ Hid can do nothing more than enter a pro-

test against it* eooroachsents. Bat honest men are

not all either dead or conquered, and there is yet a

little bops left. Christians cannot look with indiffer-

ence upon the scenes now being enacted in our na-

tion. The few men in political circles who ar« oonv

tending for justice and honesty, who labor earnestly

by day and by night to save our fast sinking and

rapidly decaying governmeot, should have the sym-

pathy and earnest support of true Christian and

patriot The old ship must not be given up; hope

must not bo lo^t^ Jothargy must not be allowed to

hinder honest and earnedt < it jrts to restore and to

re-build

"There's life in the olil laud yet. '

Christians should stand up fur houest mou cioro

than for parly, and lovo their govcrnnibnt more than

personal friends. Ii ir no iinifN tiow to renort to paity

tricks , o;)ou banded hoiuMty snd fair dealing oiuBt

BRVO >ho country, or ii ib gone. The country hai bean

almost ruinexl by demagonunfl, drunltards and thioroa.

8uca men ahould not trusted, no matter what

political party they ni:\y V>fj identified with. The

people obould look ai the government aod at mua

from a Ctiristian Bt-ind poiiil. Wo do not 6ay, vote

only for men lor otlice who are Chri«li.'»ns, but weasy,

turn your back upon every irreligious libortiue, and

upon every aspirant for a position of honor and trust

who is not r.apabte, hone-it and sober. Let ambitiouB

acttundrels bo taught that the leaven of Chris tian

morality is at work, and that ihey nmiil fall back

into the ehadofl of obutiirily. Such men must cease

to rule, or the Americnn people arc undone, and the

hopes of the nation i>! riKli Thji tuuM demand un-

swerving faithfulness, ('urisil'in luiniility and earnest

prayer. Let RcoU'ors irock on , it is more Importani

to save the nation than to have the approbation ot

Bcoflers

DISTIUCT MEKTISO.

f j p ' I E churches composing the third dietrioi of the

Aberdeen Ba{>ti»t Asucciution, will convene a^

Uarmony church, ton miles east of Cotlon Oin Port

Monroe county, on the 2sih of April, prox., (Friday

before the 5lh Sabbath). The presenco of all ordained

elders and deacons is espeoially refiuoatcd, witlr adel

egation of throe members from each individual church

in the district.

PBOORAMÎ: OF MKKTINU

I. Organization.

'2. Appointment of requisite committees.

3. Easays—Make truth the basis of Christian union.

—li A Jarman.

4 Humility.—L. W. Coats.

5 DiBCUssion—Should foot washing be practiced as a

public religious act ?

0. Eisays—Election aa taught in the Bible.—Eld. St.

Clair Lawrence.

7. 'Who are the primitive Bautists7—Eld, F. Fin

ney.

8 Religious liberty and the BaptisU in tbe United

States.—Prof. M. E Bacon.

9. The kingdom, when set up?—Eld. J . W. Boze-

man.

10. Christian beneficence.—T. A. Dliphant.

I I . S&bbath-gchools, importance of.—C. D. Hood.

12 Tae following young brethren, via: J. C. Bick-

ersUff, Wm. Coker, of Central Orove church, Wm.

Allen, Fielding Martin, and —. —. Chaflln, of Cen

tral a, with such other young brethren as their

respective churches may select, are requested to pre

pare and present short essays suiUble to be read

before the meeting.

13. Sabbath exercigea—10} o'clock sermon by Eld

St. Clair Lawrence, on Christian communion. 12

o'clock M., centennial addresses by Elds. J . W. Boze-

man and Franklin Finney.

Brethren under whoso eye this notice falls will

pleaso call the attention of the brethren to their work

and see that their churches send n delegation. Let

there be no failures. T. A. Oi.iruANT, Ch'm. of Com.

CENTENNIAL SERIKS-RELiaiOVS LIITEUTI'

ANV THE JiAPTJSTS.^

nr J. W. SANPORD.

Chapter 4.

"Wi l l i a great sum I obtained this freedom."—Human Oi/i/aia. " I was born free."—i'av/ Acts xxil. 28. W'E have seen, I hope,that religious liberty is right,

both from reason and from the Bible, and that

being a Bible truth, it ought to be taught to the peo-

ple, and that the history of those who advocated it

and struggled for it, shoatd not go out it, ior,„T fulness. * •

We claim that tbe BaptisU iavo betnthe»dvocaiM

of religious Uberty, from ths days of the S a v i o r ^

now. This might seem to some to be hard to nuio.

tain, especially when we remember the benighi^j

days, the dark ages that lie beiveen hfre aod ths

planting of Christianity, days when all man, u

classes, were fanatics, and wont into ridiculous'anj

absurd theories, and when we remember also thst tbe

spirit of revenge that lies in every heart. Tlii» geettu

bard, I grant, and^freely grant that many BapUii.

and perhaps all, at times, wore fanatics in nomothiijtt

that in many things they wero wrong,but ofonelhioc

I arc sure, never ou «erth did Baptiau oppose freedom

of conscience, they could noi do it, wht,o they did

tnoy would ceaao to bo Bapti«iii. To violato soul fr«,

dom would bo to violato the ground pnncipio of ihmr

faith, to crush the louudaiion stone oi iheirprinciiilet

riiey o uld have done anything di-o sooner.

A liB{>tiet with his principk«s could not persecute

any one lor his religion, others could. 1 do uolraoan

10 place llaptiHts, an men, ubovu others, but Ibu

principle of theirs 1 do. l i lies doe )er down and

rises higher up than any maintained by others Tho

men, as such, under iho same circurabtanooj, guided

by ihe same principles a.') olhcrB, would have bern

persncutera, uo doubt, but with their pnnciplei.nem.

Baptists cannot take tho (irat utoj) in the dircoUon of

religious porsecution, or oppodition to freedom ofeoi,-

tciouco, which are one and iho same. If not tho first

step, t>ien surely not the second or third i Uhers csu,

and have.

Tne iiopiilar idea now is llial it ia a ijuostioa of

water, or tbo amount ol wiUer, that dieidas, Bapiiais

from other invoplo. Tbis is a inintake. It ia now,ani|

ever has been, infant baptism and the principle in-

volved in it vrhich is tbo first step in oppoaitioo lu

religious freedom, tho germ of relitious perneculioD,

If it may bo said a child shall have certain religioui

rites, it m«y be said that ho shall not have thorn. If

it may bo said of a child, it may bo said of a yoUtli, il

of a youth, then of a man, and so ou.

Infant baptism had its origin in thoidoaofbaptiami!

regeneration, and with il arose tho idea that my chil-

dren must be baptized, and eo must my neigbbor'n

children, and he who refuses to submit is a heruUc

and an enemy of heaven, and " if a man ought to die

for violating the seal of an earthly king, how much

more If be violate tbe seal of iho heavenly kiog?"

And hero arose the contest for soul fieedom, which

has been so long and severe. Baptists could not,

with the lights before them, take the first Bt«p, and

they persistently refused to have their children bap-

tized, or to endorse baptism received in infancy, and

therefore we say of a Baptist, whatever else bo may

be, bo must bo an advocate of religious liberty.

And they did not "stumble " on it, but have it so

Inherent principle, underlying tho whole striioture of

their faitb. Without it a man might be deluged with

tho Atlantic, and buried with the l'*oifia in a bsp-

tismal rite, and still he would ba no part of a Bap-

tist.

Nor was it first sounded on tho shores of America,

but only echoed from tho banki of the Jordan. As

Bancroft, who is not a Biptist, truly says, "Freedom

of conscience, unlimited freedom of mind, waa, Irom

the first a trophy of the Baptists.""

The celebrated John LDcke, to whom some attri-

bute the doctrine of religious liberty, says: "The

BaptisU were the first and only propounders of sb-

soiute liberty, just and true liberty, equal and im-

partial liberty." f These things being true, it is not

hard to prove that BaptisU wore ajways, under all

circumstances, promulgatoiis of religious liberty; in-

deed, it proves iUelf, and turns iUelf into a self evi-

dent truth, and is as true as the axiom thst " thing'

that are equal to tho same thing are equal to each

other "

And harder still it might seem to roainUin the

proposition th«t BAptiaU have always l>een the adv«H

catea of religious liberty, when we remember that f"'

ages Baptist literature waa burned, and no man dared

do Buch a thing na write a Baptist history, when they

had no friend on earth to aid them, wben there wa»

no spot on earth where a Baptist foot might rest m

peace and safety, when so called Christianity hanUd

them with the vigilance of a hound, when crownea

heads, roked prieaU, hooded monks, armeil

an infuriated populace, the high and the low, natea

• BitUng's ReUg. Lib., p. li. t IbW, P-

T H I B A P T I S T . 29t

them to tbe snilotine, the gib-^ d hunted lhem,lja ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^

' • ' ' • ^ ' V l ^ f . m t h C S o , h e ^ o u n t ^ and the t b ^ of religious Uberty in the

u r b V s l ' o f them, as of the

.T/ofthe Netherlands: "On tbem tbe laws of

r ^ n r - ^ t t a k o ^ b o i r natural couree, and no

1 ; w a s raised to apes k for them l " . T e u ope was agitated, no courU wero ordered DO Europe was fc with indig-

«i„,„..ournmg no royal b a^ world looked on com.

; r n a rently, or e.altin.ly. For them

n l i history of «-orl.l and wli. n lnn, « .uid

cdiH. .xocul ion w, r. n,.<-or.led.

B

LETTER FIIOM PHKSWENT WKBD.

RO. Lowbet:—In The Baptiw of March 4iAj, I

announced tbe publication and reception of our

centennial certjfioatca. I also atated that these were

ti> be disposed of to families, in proportion to their

numbers. This ia indeed tho plan of the. oontennial

in all tho States, so far as I know. We want every

Baptiat who k the head ot a family to give onedcllsr

for each member of hia family. But many are, per-U may be well enough,

li'l (iri'l

of 'tnul

r, ,Ml.,whilo from the otb,.rtb.lun..nvl ol

L i ol hiHtory, .ui.l wo u,.y betw....|. Oi.... . . o

, 1 . . ... the 1-tt.svuy thai I.h.Ih Iron. lU. day. o .K.bu

lie BsptiHt until now. And while l'.oU«u.,is < .ub-

oli« aod the world hr»,u-.l a,.on tl.e«o iru-.b.. u,..-

and ruuiB of luui the d .hn . cl iifi.o

tb.n. lu tall and 1-H,t-d iLom m ib.-y

l-k, lb. volmuc lir.'H ... lb., bo.oui ot tl..< .-anl,, n. v. r b.u.t Un- wiill.ih.a

bold lUc... ^hot Ih.-ir blue li«>.l >li. ... uvct,,,

ihoir lava down tho mounUun k..!...,

vorl.l with liK-u rti<-i.«i.".(

ticedoni

•ll,cpnnci|.U-,i ;.l uliK'".'" =

Blr.nuoi.sly by tbo apo.tl.H, :u..l lor it ilu-, ull. r.d

.cuiion Rod di'Hili. Wli.-.. . m ,k Hi-

U . . O I U . of l h f < - . lars, and bopan h . i ( k t s . cui k . i

tiio Montainet lUplists were pers^cat. d, iin.l .iHa-.l

lb,. i.Htabl.Hhed law ugain«t b.-cria asvuibli,-,. I i.f I>,nRli''tt.Rid, " WliM ban the emperor to.Io at fluirch '

Wbut have ChriKtianB to do with king. Wl.at b«v.

iHkbops to .10 ut crurt? i So .mi.l lb.. r...q.tmi re-

former., KOfaid U,>uer William, a.i.l John Clatk.'.ui.d

91 nay we. N.xt cfcine the raulicuu IVip.iKtH Th.-ii booU» wt r..

bu'rued, and capital punl9bm.'ni 111llicted on sucb

rtfuBcd to return to tho boBom of the church. i -a-

hundred thouB&nd of these people wore put lo death

in tbe moat bsrbaroua rnînner

I MosbeimsayP, "They i. u.rtiui.l. «orlby

of a better (') cause."'

Tberalcrine Baptiulii fon.>w lu xt, whom Mo!ih.-im

etylcB Manicheans, and c.lU them breibr-n of the

DoBatieU and Paulicans "

Tbe period in which they lived covercd about viOO

years. They were persecuted for maintaining that

"A Btrange will, ft atrango faith, and a strange confes-

sion do not seem to belong to a little child,who neither

(fills nor runs, who knows nothing of faitb, and is

Itogether ignorant of his own good and Balvalion, iu

hom there can be no desire of salvatioo or regcnera

to, and from whera no coofcBsion of faith can be

CJjcted." t t A.n this i», in the Puterincs, as we hfive

te,, oppoBition to the first step of religious oppres-

tio One of their leadcrB, Arnold of Brescia, was.

ctuêd, burned, and his nsbea thrown into tho river

andis "real crime" was, says Dtvenport, " bis hav-

ing »,ght that the church ought to be diveitftd of

ber v-ldly posaeasion, and reduced to iU primitive

Bimphy; " or, »b Dr. Wall has it, ho was condemned,

ftlongth Peter de Bruys, for rejecting infant bap-

tifm.

"Jonfays,'Though no corporeal relic could ho

preBcrvtto nnimato bis followers, the eflorts of

Arnold L/ivil and religious liberty were cherished i n

tho hear,of future reforming . ipiriiB, and inspired

thoae nuty attemplB in Wicklilf.s Must., an.l

tWha t a noble testimony I

hapa, too poor to do this. therefore, to adopt our plans to our circumstances,

if, (or instance, you should Iltd in your churches a

ôor brother wivh ton children who really is not able

to give twolvo dollars, bul who is willing to give five

dolliirH, or ihreB dt.lUrfl, or even one dollar, I think

1 woul.l ch.-.Mlully accept bw gift, and isituo hUn a

c.?rlilic.ilc. In all such casoii, lot the pastors and col-

lector- do ib.^ v.Ty bi'Ht thiy can, but lu no case give

u o.-rtili.-..i!e lor than one d.jliiir If any who have

g.vou <.ndowui.'iii l ot.rH sboiild p..y Ibeso notes tbia

year, thi>y ar-' . iiIuIihI to ii ccrl fiCM'.e tor tbe face of

tllf null"..

.Suiii" t.r.Mli,..n .vlio K ve Olio .i.;lUr for fn.ih mem-

hii ol iii<- family iiLiy (iuMfomoietbanouocertilicato.

It vTill b. heat lor thflu and l.jr uo, lo be content with

one ball .lc7^n certilioaiea lu the same family

would I... little pr y-cd, but ouo, neatly framed, hung

agfiina lUo wîll, and showing to all gamers the wtiolo

nmouiit cohiributo-J, w.nil 1 not only bo valuable DOW,

hut «oul<l be p. t y Oh. 'Iren n chiktien. ThOi.e

K.-,. a m. uu,rinl i..,/, lis, I upon the altar of

, ,vil aud reliK.ous lio-,rty, ii will bo interesting

tu ibo.o who com.- alKT iih lo know tUe part wo took

ibi. f;rand e..lerpri«.v Yet .( bretb.en inr.ist on

.lividiiiX liK-..' coninbuiionB among lb " ditJorent

mombor« ..I ib.^.r laiiuluM, I.m c.-rlitioate be given lo

i-acb

.\,„l now tUiil tiio c.Ttilica!.-3 are rtvidy, 1 hope tbat

,.v.-iy pîsioi in tiKi State wil! or.ler a few at leant.

[Whvn youupUr, (.relbreh, pU-am Kivo your e-ipress

„|l\cr, lor tb.. books cunnol b.. sent by mail). H IherC

u iM-' isior m ibia Stiu.! or Uu-laua who ttiink^ bis

people aro loo j.our to lay auytuing upon this altar, 1 wihh he would send me tho name of some good sister

who would bo willing to act as collector. HUo would

convince him that Uia people are not half as poor as

l.a imagines. II be will preach to his people on the

1 will guarantee she will dispose of the certiil

cai.b Uear what a brother who has tried it says.

• Vuu have no idea how the certificfctea do help.

r„ey are a t;rand euccws-tako like fire." Another

Days • Tbey afo woith all the patience it cost to bring

the-m out. Ko paMi«r, if you don't want your people

,0 give anything to tUis centennial memorial fund lor

tlie endowment oi oi.r .'olleKe, don t order any cer

iificates. (.•union, Misi' , Murcb 15th, ISTo

due examination as to experienc® and doetrwe. or-

dained to the full work of the goepel minUtry, our

esteemed Brother George Wharton. We commend

him tcf the confidence of all. . Vr , L. M. STOKi .V-^--

. M;. v . N o j p r w s o s a . Eu j a u Daci'aijs, Sfio'y. :

OaDiKATios OF Dbaooba.—On the second Sabbath

^Pebruary, 1876, we, a preebytery called by the Sharon

Baptist church, after the tuual order, ordained to the_

full work of the 'deaoonahip, Srciw* W. Dsupreo

and Geo. N. Tharp. ET.D. L. M. BTOKK, EI.D. E . V . KoFPStVOBH, DIACON Ei .UAn DsupBsi i , — . — . Madibob .

olhers.'""'

"Men c ^ p V7ith fortune, cuRtoms with climes, TeneU iCbookM, principles with tini^H,"

but Baptlsti^yerl

i (To he CfnlintiKl.)

• lHst,,eliat p «08--Billing 7.

1 lUyne'a lênom., p. 205. 1 'hid, p --f' . '

yp. 2(i9.-271.

2Q9,258.

IJ EA CO .V A L I. US TA YI. OU,

-XJkS born in North Carolina, May LUh, l»02,

I S moved many years ago to Madison county. Miss where he lived a highly respected and useful citizen

and a faithful Christian until the 33rd of February.

H70 at whioh time il ploaaed Ood to call his aged se •

vant'home to re^t IIo died from tbe effecU of an old

chronic diBease, tuflering intensely until a thort time

before his death. Bro Taylor will be greatly missed in hiB community

He was a model of industry, and though never rich,

a l w a y s provided well for bis family. He was a man

eiven to hospitality, and very liberal in bis wntribu-

L n s to the Lord For man, years Bro. Taylor was a

deacon of New IIopo Baptist church, and as auch

purchased for himself a good degree. Ho waa sound in tho faitb, punctual in his .luties

and ardent m Lis love of Baptist principles In him

the pa.lor -ver lound a «ynipal br/.mg fri.md and zeal

" "B lo ' l ^y lor raised a large family. Six children

eurv.v« him. grown. H.'. aged ' • W " ' " " cede i him to rest about yearr. ago. H.i died the

of the righteous, the earth." New Hope church boa hat a mnm

" 'way (io.l, of bis rich mercy, comfort the bereaved

children, and give them grace to a.lorn the Christian

life, a=. did their departed father. b w. l . u.

SUSUAi SOUOOL CONVENTION OF TIPPAli ASSOCIATION.

T I", r churchefl and Sunday Schopls.jremember that

J j this Convention is to meet at Academy church

Tippah county, Thursday tfofore the 5th Lord's day

iu this month. Tho two meetlnga that have been

held were inloresting and profitable, and wo hopo

ihis one will bo more ap Each church is allowed one

delegate, and each Sunday-school one. Churches and

Sunday eohools, please do not fail to send delegates.

At the lait me«ling the following resolutions wero

passed

Btsoltcii, That all tho Sunday Bchools in this AsfO-

ciation aro requeuted to send their staMstios to eacl|

meeting of this body, and that a eynopsifc of our

meetingB, with Sunday Bohool statlaUca, bo furnished

the A.i8ociaiion with a request for their publication

in the minutes.

llctoM, That churches that bavo no Sunday-

schools, and their poatjrs, nre rcjuestod to use efforts

early in tbe npring lo organize Bchoola and send rep-

nBt nialives to the Sunday school Convention,

ru-.Jiiol. That all. pnatorB in Ihia Aasociation aro

rciuesied lo attend our next meeting, and to urgo

Uii ii ciuirohea lo send delegates.

I'UOUUIYUB VON NKXT MBSTIKO.

Introductory Sermon, by Eld. J. W.Hftnford; Eld.

M. Gillian, alternate.

Sermon on Proper Observanoe of tbo Sabbath, by

Eld L Ball, at such time as Ihe Convention may

determined. bbaats. Scripture Authority for Sunday Bohools—Eld. M.

P. Lowrey.

Importance of Parents Attending Sunday Bchool—

Eld L. P. Cosaitt.

,Tho Beat Practical Method of Conducllng Sunday-

ichools—Bro. A. W. Whitten.

Practical Relation of Ministers to Sunday sohools—

Eld. J . W. San ford.

Should any but tho Pious Teach in Sunday schools-

Eld. W D. Lancaster.

Qualification of Buperintendetls—Eid. J . D. Ander-

son.

Sunday echool Literature—Eld. L. Ball.

The foUowiug brethren are registered to write on

BubjecU of their own choice:

J. M. Horton, J . H. Buchanan, B. T. Kimbrough,

l i F Lipford, J . A. Skinner, M. Gillian, W. R. Berry,

Finch Ray, J A. Embry, M. C. Belph, H. T. Webb.

N 8 Wauon, J . F. Quyton, R. C..Horton, J , F .

Rogers, J. C. aadd, J . W. Kichardson, D. M. Gam-

brell, W. R. Riley, Wm. Gadd, A. H. McAllister,

Thos. Spight, J . M. Murphy, W. R. GatUn. J . F.

Merritt, Frank Autry. ODITUARr.

Mbk. IsAnictLA OOIWN died of pneumonia Febuaryl2lh,

1870, aged 37 years. Hor maiden name was Bibley. In

her girlb.wd she became a Christian and Joined tho

M o u n d Bluff Baptist ohurob, in Madison county, Miss.

She married Bro. C. E. Qulnn of Ya»oo county in 18711

and afterward moved htr membership to Hebroa ehurob.

SlHt.!rOuinn was much loved by thoac who know her*

8bo waa gentle, amiable ond ft true woman in Ihe varied

relations of life. She was calm and re.lgncd In view t f

death, and died as sbe lived, Iriiatlng In Jeius. Her only

child an infant survived ber only a few days. May God

comfort the deeply alBioled hu»band and devoted BlBlera.

P a s t o b .

heim Cb. Hist., MoLaiu's traus, PP

•« Note by D r l ^ jiosh., p. 238.

I t Ilayne's p. 274. U Ibid-

OHDINA TION.

OS the .econd Sabbath of February, 1876 we a

preibyUry caUel by the Sharon BapUst church, after

Every month adds some2,500CWn«t»totne.Paclflo

coast. Tbey are expeH cooki and Mrraatis and make

good, bank clerks, are induBtrioiM bnt hayn learnad

how to Btrike (or higher

\

' i

' "/f

298 THE BAPT IST . LSTTSlt FROM QVEAN SPHIHOS.

OH yesterday wo closed a mociing of iJiirieen day*

with Iho Mo.'* Toint church, (PnsoagouU), whloh

Uro. II«<>kiilt aidod mo in ôrganiiin^ tt liltle over occ

jear ngo. Uro, H. N. Hull ftg>tin did tho wovk of prcaoh-

inp. CiingreKnlions good, Rnd atlentiou Tory iimrkcd.

Ail A roRult ft'ur worn liaplizcd, niid Ihrac addod )>y l<)tu-r,

and the liulo church, now of Iwcnty-gi* members,grcaUy

Blrenglhoncd Bpiritu&lly, f

Much iuc>r%would hnvo bonn doni, Imt Salan hin !crc>l

UH throughout. IIo oiroiilatoU liofi agaiiiHt u« n.t BiipiiHtH,

and ngaiuat mo as a ItapliHi miniHtcr ; iho n-orsi agiviiiNi

mo was, Uiat I had been oxcludcd from tho church On

aopounl cf all this, the roaistafice BlirrcJ tii> ftijftinBt mo

and against the meeting was terrible, bui I ili<l noi know

it uutil towards the olo»c of Iho meaiiif; 11 »<i.llv 1

felt for Uro. Hall, labjring ngaimt hucIi (lis'i.lvaiiUipoH

Yet the Lord was with him, (iml ho hits cncoiinifjod im lo

belloyo that Jeaus vriU, in duo time, bruise tûiuu iiuder

oiir feet. Dro. Lowrcy, I havo felt pcrrcovuions boforc,

but I haro iiCTor felt them os 1 am f.cliug tln-m iiow

Aud I grieto especially ihut some who miiy nnl'y

Jesus, allow thoir minds poisoned for thii piTMcmion by

tho fin;h cnomy of human b o u I h . Never Imvo 1 f i ' l i b o

weak in myself, yet I do lean on him who -aj • • !.«, I uni

with you alway, even unto the on ! of iho wori 1

Brethren, ertrywhcrc, pr:iy for our Miinicr h ciumi' in

this region. 1 am inorennd more coiiyuiocl ili:ii lie will

gather " miieh people" to himsolf hen-

llto. n. 13. Hempstead, who used to lubor in tlii« ll"ll

niisslonary of our State Ccnvonlion, wii.i bn. mvlnle ia

January, and did us good scrvire lln is yi-i vjporoiis m

hotillh, ond vigorous iu preucbing. .1 . II 1 ! \ Si r. I. rt I. 1 N

Arkansas Department.

1hi< < litfailkH ahfinltl utKki'tTV4'tytlilnK'l-«ii<l lo ri l.cl»ii, unit »ll»w rtillKlcn t lie mlitiJIo Kniimil )mI»<».u Cktlivllivn *u<l l!jk|il ta. All i)i« uticti* niiint iti»rlnkliiiK Ato bfAiic ' ji or i.lTslntH* IKv tlfttholl olivri tr<'.t% <inf! Ilioy arft nitti It pMrMkorn or ilf r>,i>l ktul fat-»IIW" (I. JOJ«HiiiV —IIT. Iltv. T Thicvicbn. II|., of Hlr»«|.nrK

E'

A:sors FAiiLKs jx nuY h/: AM> THE Cli<'\\- riJi: ri'\

UY UNCl.K 8T Cl.Alll

No. 9.

Thi Crow in l.ut t.. A CUOW had filched a bii of . in;-

2%. And on a limb among tbO irtH"<

Silt porched, to eat it har ease.

A Flallerei- Approaches A cunning fox from scre>il near by,

Stopped forth with c,iutiou8 tread an.I hIv,

Looking askani'o with envious eye

Sufi H'orrf.".'

"Oh, crow," s.\id he, "what shining wingH

Thy eyes like diamonds, peorlees things,

From thy glossed nock enchantmeni si.riiiir^

"Thy oogle breast in gay aiiirc

Aro not thy talons golden wire,

Thy tongue swost-tuacd as iinclcnl lyrj '

A Trtasure Lotl. Tho crow, much flattered, gare a pquull,

"Caw,caw," and lot hor treasure i'al! :

"Thank yo," said Fox," then snatched ii

MOBAL.

Who drinks th'j flatterer's draught is b in

And noTCr fails too late to And

Sad mischief cunningly designed.

Central OroTe, Miss.

all.

OBITUARY.

DTED, on the 26th of January, 1876, of pneumonia,

Dro. Wm. A., eon of E. B. and Lizetta Seato.

The subject of thiB sketch wns born in Amito county,

NOT. 5th, 1848, and departed this lifo at his resilience in

Franklin county, on the dato aboTO named. It is seldom

that a doath occurs that so completely overwhelms tho

hearts of tho parents with grief and sorrow, as lhat of

•ar beloTed brother. From youth t* tho time of his adop-

tion into the family of God, his morals wora quite good,

and after h« made a profession of faith, in the year 1870,

ho was almost a modeL His &rm attachment t> the

ohuroh was known and appreoiat«d by all loen. In tho

ysar 1870 lis was married to Miss M. C. Seab, with whom

tho femnant of hia short life was must agreeably spent.

How sad It was that death should 93 soon seror tho tics

that were ao dear lo them on earth. The deceased leaves

hia companion and Ihretj littlo daughters to mourn his

loss; but he who hears the raTon's cry Will bo a fHthor to

them while he gaes forth to answer the call of his bles*cd Redeemer. Tho writer was an intimate friend of the

deocased, KaTing known him from b yhood, and occupy-

ng tho position of religious iostructor and miaistor.

Hdvlng baplizel him and raafriod him, and when hit re-

miiua wero oommittod to tho mother earth, from whenoo

they came, I stood at his gruTU and mingled my tears with

those o( the bareavo l family, but wo bow withsubmipaion.

S. Borrmw.

r K D o i i A r n s T A s p CA MfHHi ! r n : m Mints toss l)l'l<..)l£ lUi'TiM-r: — ! iim <lw<(>ly iinpriMU'.l. mmiu'-how tir otlKT, th It 171* Itjftrn libout «.!1 (vt> know m

thlB world, lu Norttiwost Miasour:, lust Non tiil'i'i 1 wa-i very luucti iiiterostfd m iv tii e mcii'tul U bclwccii one 01 our D I) a, a raoit loarn<"H und fxcollont, cooii

(lUUlorfd brollier, tuid e clcar luiulci iitjii uiusl piou-

iaytuaa, on ttin -vuliiiiiy ul ri-dooupUnl iiiiil I ui\

bolliti^ imui(*rt.io iH Tiii- [)i- v.'ry pliMumi 1» pii<n'iiic i

Itlf* order ol Can.sl, iir.>i his luvtbtod aulhtiiity in tu;. churcli. ri;i' 111) iiiaii cuiilcuiieii (di lb(> vainlitv of

the imuuiraioiiii in ()Ui*B(ion, pi oviiloi the buI jpoi h-jil

made ft prolofsion ol laiih in CbriBt pri-v.ous lo tnv

itamwrHKin A11 pr.'rfein Kooaiod deeply lulfroKira

myself to hoar ihi< pro nuii con I iic Dr. nt couihi

liad a [lurpoie In adiiri-Bîni; tbii wri'.cr Uro I.'a lii)

B.iplist cUurcllea down in .'irkinn!4n rn-iMVo I'-'lol's]

tiAl and Cuiiipiit'llilu iniini<rr<uiii» y i >1 coiinm I intii n '

iiii'ii Umt lliiu waa inloniitiii id i loaf Uu' •li. cUiib.Oii

but siuipiy to bear froui tlio S,,.ui li.iiy way of pai>iiilii

S'P. I very promptly replit'ii, I know utn - Hupiisi

ctjurch lu Aikunna-i tbikt would rfc<>'vi- 'iut-!i ini

merniona (or vni try to bo cuii:.ini«»ni in ilu- uiiii i;; •

tratiou of (tori's word belore tm-n Now it llm Hiipii-,i

church, wbicli wn b>'lifvc to bo ilic ciiun ii ot I'lirim

should rt'oogiii/tj tbt< I'lli.îal hcIs ol a iimjiiU-r i I mi ,

denominat ion as valid, t h a i i«, .Scriptural, tiii-n KLf

Bliould, af a S c r i p t u r a l body, receivu such rcIh. iiir t

would l>t» ID harmony wilh tlio tcacbin>;i o! (nui -

word, and good order, f o r tuch liaptist cliurci. lo iii

v.le and accopt of the miiUHter us t h e i r pastor , v?Iiom

i[uiuer>ii0n Ihey have endorsed tiy receivinj; it a>

valid. Tho Aionle Paul, lo tlie Hebr.'wa, says Hi

who iiatli builded the bouu) liaili mora honor tuan

tho iiouse."

Therefore, the Baptist church wbicb cmi rtccept of a

IV'dobajtllHt or Campboliite miuiater an her pa-tor,

cau consiBlontly accopt of hin im neraiorw ai v iiid

ArkansoH, lanuary, l.s7i> \V. M I.K.t

-nayadf io t,xamtn« what tho N U T v S ^ ^ th« more ancient Fat hew moaiiu b» th- » J " thoy used whAn tk^y apeak or littl. ohildron-I and S ^ ta,.y «£t«.nie<i not incapai;!., of tUo hoiy o^l*'"®' and I wion ditooverwl that tbuy wfte nnW W E R . CFTPAHL.«F C , U ^ B . T I C I N . L W C L I O N ! ^ N T N F I "

unflerniBudiPg k ardor tfmlters, and thJl mob ii.fanm orli l i l« children were evpr i n S ' or Hocnnd retuuriea, nude partaksra of L»nii«n, I ? ' IJIOHI uup,..ia.adiBiV)v«,y 1 h.mjhoiimwunil-aiMtn.. «orlil II. ihmpipwr. whicti l.o.h RhUod Hol.l^L. ^ Dr Clark greatly npprove.l, but still ordinary priictioe not withhtanding. 1 gpnl ilVi-Hl.obv,aiiinlim&ln friend. Mr liînfM t oS ^ ? ^ * " ' tou, ttnit deMred bis opiniou The annw,',, return J * .1.1, Tbai ihvy bad l.atb dvcovnied the fiam« . I aft-r.ntnl.. found tba. Sir I Newton wal ô ^ 'or ibe Hap.ut,, a. w.-l: „„ f„r ihe liu^cmn. IW h' »auielirii.., Bu-,i.'<"<-d lijcae two were lbet>»nw,,„ lU ll»e Ur Vf.'.iiione. "OfiKu

A .v.-t/v A- j/(j.\j/.: j/.wn f . mill i,„l rllimg,, ,1,,.

I I 111- iiuiiisi.iii I all aii,| jrri, „ | T I'Xi li'Uipo Ibn l.iilc pru H ji|,,| Kur a bijiil ..lii'B!! Hiieloli of larul

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V.

T i u I 'oN'T A.s-I) I'lAbiN —Dr . (.Jole VuiU u<. 1 1 1 hij inter

eating work on auciont Uiptidtoriei, tliat lui- 'onln

which wo ro c learly meant for ioimerrfioti, b u v e now

lu some casBH, small b a - i i u a connected vTitii tbeni, at

which tho children aro sprinkleii It neeina, from th«

followiug, vyhioh we take from i m Epi»cop . -t l p a p e r

t ha t something l i ke th is obtains iu E o ; ; l a n ' l H i - l i o p

Wordsworth testimony aa lo the form o' the rito u o!

value . U o says :

Id tbu portion of bis ohargo delivi-n-ii at Ii 'iford

Bishop Wordsworth dweltespenially, a i w e i M a m from

t he Times, on baptism and the I j o r d ' n supjier. l i e wa« in .'avor ol Ijapiiem aud the supper being publicly

administored dur ing d ivine r .ervice^, and said he had

observed with pain iu some of the parish churcLea a baain had been placed for Uio inside the foul. This w a s irreverent and illegal. I'ae church contonipKied t i i a i

infanta should be isamorsed in b a p t i - i m m i-igailiiiant

of the the burial of the old man, and if a child cauid

not endure this , then the w A i e r snoul i bo poured on it If baptism had been alwiiy« a im nist<4red in pub lie congregation it was m j r e t t ian probable that e r -roneous uotions as t o tho the bi'giuning of their

C ' n r i i t a i n faith would not b - v v e spruui! up, to the detriment o! Carislatn faitli aud pratice. '

" A PoiN'TEiiTestimony— The London F i f o n n i pub-liflhes tho following, as recently fxtraoled fiom a work entitled, ' Collection of Ancient H<words,' by W Wharton, M . A , the translator of J o s v p u u . i . The work is proaerved in tho King's Library of tha British

museum. This is tho extract: Now, tho occasion of my discovery of t h u ancient

error o f t ! i « bapli .sni of the catechised infant was a question put to m e by M r . Shedwell , wnen I was pre pHring to baptixa him—whether I should not think it better if bapDRnis were d e f e r r e d till a f t ^ r iuBtruct-ion than I efore ? My answer was this : ' Teat I must honestly oonfees that I should have thought MO, but that 1 was no legislator, and BO submiitwi to what I then took to bn law of ( Jh rmf When Mr M n - i d w i i l i

hadgonn, i n f l e e t e d upon what had been eaid, and was BO disgaliplied iijion what I bad k ) e e n forced to al low, that ib my opinion the law of Christ wai not BO right ns it ibuuld be, wheio upon I immedinttily set

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' '1 HIIT I . i„ , » wliti,. \ii'(-iit] iM'iki- liciiiM vftry I In frf':

1! • In' I .phi c.iiir»i' j ,1' -lie W I' ri; II III , 1. ||. Ill 111 Ill's liH|

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II H Ii-I Ilip Biiiistnni' in.

Wt'Ciin ,:ii1KIT ro.iiil i!;o liri« I, Wli.li Iji' I'Tcliii,, hoiii^ arc l.it. .

W h i ' U I I hk-iiit our 1 1 1 ailH v o >. n 11, a liupi V , fo -ial son

\\ .' (-HI1 Kuhl" KOIII.. erriup i i ihi-r l.i'iM liiiu from ilie yalb ..I wruii •.

W,. iiihv 11 1 iiiir burui' wiili iiiunj, .\!il wiin Kiin-b.iie briiiiiniiji; u i •

If iiga;r.'<t ft'! ilrirk imrii.liT-' We will llriiily ' luse lliu .fc.r

•i .-I »lioul'4 ilie I'vil alia.luvv eni'i \\ e iiiusi love each oiiier inure

Tiiero are treiisurcs for tlie Imvly V\ liiob ihe grariilesl fail lo tinil

Tlieie'H a rlioln of sweel iiHsolion Urinjing friemln of kiri.lred riiiml -I- iii'iy reap liio choioeHi ble.s-inui Kroiii ilie |ioor. 81 lot afliigiied

H' ± j III

LoaicAi. in:\ i:i.oi'Mi:.\r rKNULKTos (Itill rnainiain.1 Iji.h stern iiitfciily

iiin d lt,e univcihal oo eiw t;. of thf N'orih.

Ho iJ tb' fn ly witne.'.a lor the truhl in the Piiila-

delphia I'aitorti t! iiiferenco, aud it may be lhat tho

Master separnio.l liiiu for tlie rent of us and placed him

at the s-eftt of ('ro/."r .'iemicary to preach to the

profesBor-i and tbMological Btufentfi, an<l to imprCJS

upon ihom a coii'i'.fti'iii. ^cri;itural policy Tho moulh

piece of liberalism in N'mv ^•ork C'lty thus speak if

his recent utterani;. d O.vl blein P.ro Pendleton:

L O O I C A I . I)K.vKi-orMKNT.—Thinking men confeai that tliey uiuoi oiiiier mwept of Dr. .lefr^ry * platforu un thecommuniou queBiion orgoovertolandniarkisD Honoo, intelligent HnpiiHt are taking one or theotl/ of these positionR, ft'jd defending them. Dr J. t I'ondietou, pastor of the B.-kptist church at Upla^ iV , declares for landmaikism. He says ; ' I have dined performing a pan assigned me in a dedicyon servico because a IVdoUaptiHt minister hid a pa/*^ signed him, aud 1 br.ve recently excused myself installation servio-s for the same reason. never been in an ordaining couucil when PodwI'h^ minibtcrs have been inviied lo praticipate. pould such a thing occur I should certainly withdj Suppose at an ordination a Pedobaptist minis/t*^' any part at all, does not the congregation ve^ o"™ as on a perfect e (uality with ine ollicaii^'P^'®' miniaters? Even though bo does not enjoy

laying on hands," perhaps not one persoiif ""y®" serves it. The general impression made tB little or no dilfdrenc.i tuiiweon Bapiisi/' , baptist ministers Tuon men ol logical''""® pay, if this is to then tuero a not much ly'"^®® twoen immersion end sprinklmg, not mufdinerenco between the bapiinni of a believer and ti|fchn9tenii|K of u speechleos intanl und m it is more/""""®"' b.i sprinkled than to be immersed, wiyot dispense wiih th.i imiuerBion ol buliovers in Cayj*"'* I ute the Bprinklmg of in'antn io its pi f? I have no, doubt the intjiresfB of truth suff r tweeii Jlnf—~ - - Inauirer will

infer that IlnptiatB and PedobapliBts. /nquirer will at 1 obi«ct to an cxchang/'.P"'P"8. idio.

done it is im-objnct

UjKt decidedly I do. AB long as • . . poBibln lor BauiiBta to make an elleof P'""''®®' the oirora of Pedobaptism.'

" J . A R " in tho IltraU s t i g / ^

frtfLioo of lem»le draBs ah e«enti/»" 'mniodeat one,

and 88 baying btoa defised for puipoMS.

Louisiana Department.

""•^T'lIntc.tloM InteBioa tor tbt. D»Ji»rtmeut .honlJ te

Tmb- _ _ . .

"" lUlEVlTIES. HOLD THE CESTEKS.

E do not always appreciate the irnportauco iho

centers of population an-l ira.lo in a ro1iKiou.-i point W " ' C e a lime when liapli.'.s were prohibaed,

, heavy penalcie.., from h.-hui^ Ino'iting, witlnn five

" t . 0 atij corporalc town and lb« habit cf a eeniury has

: ; : , le / i t se . f i .pon the aeno..naUon.h.u t hey , .

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iCiiuation better biuK'I u. ibe country th... the town, , h i .hoy favor tb, policy cf Uking ibe . .uuuy r r a -th'thisa. a basis working into tbe town-. In

; aotlu, lltier.n.ly from the apoMle. who L u i n . b o town, ana worUe.louiwar.l to the cuiury

i^t true tho rural ,.o,.ula.l.-u now i., a muî uuire un-

:onaut.lon.entins..c.eiy ibao foruêrly, .nd Ja^ly

Lm ing inore.o. Ho tbal it may 1 e in ly ,a,J Iba.

.bea'erngeiM.elUgcneeof loiiniry people wi.l rornpare

with ibat of Hubirl.iui i' >i uhr: .-i an-l .n iLi

p int of moral, the odds is vaîy ni lav or .f mi,- coii i, i • v

Uiiiifthevwereex.u'rly e'iii. lu •m'..' I'ar. o.a-. . . . "

Iho necessity for parin-r ,n,.re alien,ion M ••l.'-' < iwn-

w o u l d b.arparen,. The i.wu p'....'' . Urôr no,i.... i

within reach of -be k""!''!- 'âl -.I..' -.mv

Jrnon can be beard by a larper niirnbe. , an I u.c imp.

..ol.c. helda- liuu'Blbal aiD ini,,-.iciicable in Hi" '-ui

,.y For inManre tneetmRH may be beld any I'v.iiii.i! In

ibo ioiMi ' T CUV v.nbo.u m».cna.>-

-he ordinary ruitiBe of bu/meiB, whe e

[icoplu Mgetber in ibc coun'iy -n lliO population of Ibe ' 'iiniry m nu'!)

than in cities and t.'wnn unt tb" n M

much more local.

A large part of overv dty aud vr.la:.;i- cnsreg^tion

arc transient per-on Tbe »orrnPn, i b-rofore, not only

prgjucea a local efleot, but âsiini; p. r«otii. carry tbe

Vrutl.inio distant yarlB, and tbiii more . ' . 1 - i.i-be.ne-

fltlFll. The object of this artiolc n. noi to in luce ibo negUctof

the o.oumry propulutions. (hi the eontrary we fully un-

dsrstand that the eiucs and Uiwns make iho besl recruU.i

to their population from the roiintry. and hence in pro

ulstion to tho prevaleneo ..f reliiîo..- priaeiplen iriil they

betranaplantoJ lo the ciiy Wtiilo wfôulJ no; neglect

tho country wo would like to Bee ibe rolatite importamv ofthesB two fields fully appre. i»ted li kmo guard agsius'

an evil that often c i i s U . For in.-unce wo know &n

important town in North I .ous iao . , w i t h a f e . ble liap-

ti»t Cburjh in it, not able to sustain a pa-it ir with t h r c j

Jhurches in the v ic in i ty , one lUc miles, naoibnr four, and

one two a n d ha l f m i cs distant , with an aggre-

g»te membership to raako the r i l l i ago church Uron i ;

and self-sustaining. We know anothor Urge town now

necking a pastor wi th a Urgo country church with in five

milci, to wh ich a large number of tUo Bapt ist of the town

belong. Thus the lifu blood of tho church is drawn off

instead of concentrat ing and renewing tho eflootivc.

Had occasion last year to visit a large ra i l road town in

Texas to attend an Association. At tho ho l d inauircd

for tbe Baptist ohuroh. Toe landlord said if there was a

Uaptiit church there ho hod nover heard of il . . After an

hours fruitlcBS i nqu i r i ng wo accidental ly stumbled on lb«

AisocUtlon a mile out of town in a retired place where

tho church was. AH tho moral iniluence of the Asfocia-

tion wajlost upon that town and it sadly needtdit. They

lisve since moved to town, and you can Baptui

churol«a>) loon as you learo the cars.

thisse: " I'll whip you if you don't be careful how jou

ict I'm mad this morning." Now b not tliEt past

all rftftsoD, i t whip a child when wo aro perplexed

with soma trivial bueinesa diitappointment? 1 have

often heard parents, when their childtsn bs.i trans-

gressed some rule of their parenl«, threati n lo send

tbdhi to school, ffhcre, in their ovrn langungv, " That

teacher'ill make you toe the mark. " And, I bate

known them to actually demand of tho teacher to

corrrcU faults, or rather mitcoiiduct, which they were

guilty of at homo, umler tbeir own eyes. Now this is

the reiuion why it is olten the CAse lhat children are

punished beyond reascn, because when they happen

to be in a good humor they let any offence go unpun

ished, and this courm is "sparing tho rod," and there-

by eviccing a hitred lo the child.

Ctiildren hfobutuan, and capable of tetliugâluo cf

reasoning They should bn early impr'.'ii'.cd with the

idea of obeyjng, because il is right. Not through fear

of puDishiiicni, for vvhon they arc thus Irained, they

will obey only when they aro immediately in your

prcjence Let tlteru know lhat you appreciate a good

action done by them, and il HRlurally n&pires within

them an inherent liemre to pleufo

Auolhir fault very prevalent in the gov.'fnment of

children u lo puuidh them for an accident, if by tbe

accident any mischief m done if not, then the threat

H ina'le trnit if it had rnulted in any mischief they

Biur 'id been ilu's pUD -hi-i H you, by your

ov.i) I '- in-i i ' i '- .- . . '- :nit.-.nre, a 'Jtancf of ink

unaoppe.t. un i i:i" .'ir: i, u r.o.l.lliiig with it, ppille

till- ink, It 11 an oll.-nr-- wi'-thi ol i unuhinent but if

you bave taC'T. th- preniiHou lo cork the ink, then

me.idliug 13 LO crime in«u-ad of leaching your child

ibat It IS wrong to ran i il-', bo ia tau,;bt lo bi lieve that

It ij uol wrong lo tu".idlf wiih what does not bolonp

to him unlesr, itr.' one ds'j hsu been so careless at

to l.t-v (UiL (j| ')riler Yavir child, when such

a course tint l-i pjr=u« l, U unable to dticover any

appearacc- o' love m ibe ap|.liciUion of the rod. But

tei'l bim that tie ina = i uol m.^d'He, and explain tobim

lb,- reaion why be munt uo», and then, if ho viol.ites,

tbe command, corr.-cl him on bis firstoffdnce,wholhet

be doe-, mifchief or not, and he al ouce sees the juE-

iica of your course with him, and ho is thus saved

many n ciuel beating without a cause.

Another fault is, to allow them, by actual license,

to violate any command oncu or twice, by making the

rule ih.li on the second oifdnc?, (or third), your child

IS to be punished with the rod. This abaolulely gives

mm a license lo violate without punishment.

In conclusion, let we feuggesl lhat if you winh to

teach your child obeii?nc?, and bring him up in the

jiurlure and admoniiiou of the Lord, never deceive

him or tell him a "story " iu any way, but fulfill all

your promis".s, and make no ihreata. Never reaori

10 deception lo g« i him lo obey you , be lirm and

delcrmiued .a all your dealing! with him. never

whip, or fcven ecold, when you are mad. It w.ould be

asin'in tbe Bight of Almighty God whip a dog in

anger. Much more, ihen, is il binfui to whip a child

when you are mad. My article has alre.ady grown loo lengthy, so I will

close. A-

Unoer w u oun, torn, w d tattered »od dyed in tho

blood of Soatbern soldien, j e t it touched the lieaHa

r j I E ROD.

" Uo that gpareth tho rod, hatoih his son " WHILE I freely admit th«( a prudent application

of tho rod ia absomtoly indispensable to the

gOTornmont of some children, I do earnpstl? contend

that it should not bo applied ei:ber in lamilics or

schools wUhout mature deliberation, and thorough

inveatigalion. Lot the rod be resorted to only w&'en

wo can see that tho intetoat of the child, both for

lime and eternity, demands that courrfe. How many

P»rentj ;md teachera punish their children with no

higher motifea in yiew than to be revenged, or to gire

Tent to their own ingry pasaionB? Often have I heard

Uiem threaten their children with soch threata m

A Tl'.AGlC DEATH.

De a r B r o . r A x r o x : — o u r whole community wis

thrown mio commotion on the evening of the

•24ih ult., by the tragic death of our brother. Dr. U

A Puelpj, who was murdered on our streets in cold

blood shot down liko an evil benst. He was mayor,

ami in the execution of his ollice had incurred the

raalico of certain bad men-'ho result, his death. A

martyr to law and ord^r. The town ha, loU ita best

friend, the community a brave and noble cxtizan,

without bUmi-h, the church r.u active, zealous and

e.trne.st member. We leel deeply our lo«. By this

blow tho church has been much weakened here.

Baarop, b.., 1S70 B t W

of our enemies, (tnd awakeneil in them a 'respoiuive chord for our mowtj Southern l ^ n e r , ere they had known tho softening ioilneneea t^î iaa . " 1 not know who W. W. W. is, but he, or she, eannot pluck the laurels from the brow of Father Byan, the author-ship is too well established. Neither do I knoir why the author should be thus veiled to many, and i t iato me » awect task to lift the veil, and bring him before those who are not familiar with his beautiful longs.

Of all the bright stars that arose in our literary sky during the war, none shone brighter or will shino longer than did Father Ryan, the author of " T h e Conquered Banner," " T h e Sentinel's Bong, "iLand of Memoriea," " I n Memoriam, J . D. R,," and •'The Prayer of tho South," etc. Father Kyan frequently wrote under tho non deflvmt of Ma-ria. The war, and ©specially tho "Loet Cause," seems to have developed his powers, (for that ho is a true poot none will deny), aa wo know nothing of him before hia war songs. True it is, that when tho grape is crushed tho rich, rudy wine must flow; t o when the heart joys or sorrows, it delights to expand

its emotions in the Ibw of verso. For a while bin muse seemetl of " tireless wing," hia theme ever our cause, and hia songs are oa mournlully sweet as the sighing of tbe winds through the tall pines of our own Southlond. The offerings thai he laid upon the altar

of our Borrowing land, will live when tho voice of the ^weet singer is huahed in death, and the hand which

penned them is cold and powerlojs; nay, more, they

will live when tho monuments of marble which com-

memorate tho dead of the " Lost Ciiuse" shall have

crumbled, and lie a mass of ruins. Father Uyan is a

native of Ireland, and had not, 1 think, been many

years in Amorica at tho beginning of our war. That his heart wa-. with the South we cannot doubt,thouBh

far away from the blue skios of fair Erin, his mother-

laud, hia heirt ya»rn» to and bloads for the sorrows

of the Hjuth, an i he, only her adopted child, sings

the sweetest songs of the " Loat Cause." I'or some years after the war he lived in Augiista,

U*., from there he went to Atlanta, Qa. He is, I think, still alive, and in some one of our Soolhorn cities, and still a young man.

I cannot refrain (rom hogfiing space in our two pacpfripr a part of the long and bsautiful " Prayer of the Sl^th " for the benefit of those who may not have seen it. Who t u t one imbued with the true spirit of poetry, and bowing in Christian submUslOH under the chastening rod of our l a t h e r could have written this prayer ? . , * t i

But comment from my pen is uselesa 1 am only thankful that I " who, conquered now, can look al()rt and say, Father, thy will be done," can appreciate its humility, beauty and pathos. JACKSON.

THE jsors. r P l I E tired mother, when night comes, cannot help 1 drawing a long sigh at the sight ofher bo> < torn

jackets and trowsers; and her aching h ^ may whirl as with gleeful shoiits they come trooping into room in rough-and-tumble fashto^ But with what loving tenderness does she not only endure all their noise, but Bympathizo in their sporU, if she be a true mother. Somo.such feelings as these which are put in verse she bears in her heart:

Boys will bo boys—but not for long; Ah, could we but bear about us

This thought—hoir very soon our boys Will learn to do without u a

'THE roy-qrEUEP iiAysEn ' BT W. W.

" t T T ILL tomo one give us the authors name," etc.

W -Exchar,gt. I was .urprised to find the atove

'copied in a recent number *

beautiful poem w « written soon after tê d ^ of ^

late war, by Rov. Abram J. = ^ ^ ^

then living in Tcnne«ee. (Memphu^ I think). I t wa. first publuhed in the New York Frcma^ * attracted great attention, and waa widely copied m L t h North and South. Although the conquered

ITow soon but tall and deep voiced men Will gravely call us " Mother ;

Or wo be stretching empty hands From this world to" the other I

More gently then wo should chide the noise And when night quells the racket,

Stitch'in but loving thoughts and prayers While mending panU and Jaoketi I.

Christ comes to us morning by morn|ng, to preaent to us, for the day when opening, diyera l^^le o ^ " ; thwaitings of our own wiU, interferencea wlto onr plans, dl^ppointent of our P * ® " ! " ! ^ . kiss them, and take them up. i n d follow In his r ^ like Simon the Cyrene? Or do w ® toss them ^ m us scornfully because they are so litUe and wait for a ercat hill ciion to prove our patience and our resigna-ffon to hia wi l l ? Ah I L.,w might to the small matters of T ^ f - h iSd ..r MH.n«Riiii« lha ehiidren: " T a k e need of the Lord respecting • that ye dwtpise not one of not litUa sins; they have ruined » wmL I>ee-ni-Viarrt UtUe dotlea: they have baen to many a

the char«ter for Oery triaL te when taken np, and lovingly Moepted at the Lord a h^nd andhave made men meet for ft crown, J ;« ; " .«wn"frTgteoa-ne. . and We,, whloh the L,rd baa promised to thoae that Icwe bim, t "

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E O O T H E B A P T I S T .

9 - 1 9 Tbis 16 the Vol. onil No. of this paper,

and is oh&ngcd t»eekty. Look On (lie mar-gin of your jmpor anJ see the (Igures afler yoiiruftinc.and wli»n (hey corrpspoml with Ibc Rl)Ove, your time Ih out. l!y (liiti rncnni you 0(111 tell when your time ospircB, tiii.l renew before your iinme is Jroppcit. a

H. L Hkabn, Mi»ai88ippi.—PflP"r cliRrge.1 to VoroBiv. Vour (inio will CJpiro Vol. {) i!4, or in aix wockB.

John G a r l a n d , Durant — H'o loreivod $2 .70 by exprces from you and cri'diiod you for 8»ino 00 your pupor. ihi^ »« yû Wished? ^

Et,D. Asa C ox , Tctiiiesseo — A/ M. Cox s paper is paid for and is so marked 'I'lio -p uftor jour nftuio 1« our mark for posiîpo paid. Wo uso na mark now. «

Skauob* noRN, Louisiana.— H'bcrc nro you' Wtf hft*e beon sending tbo pnp^T 10 you at Big Cane, La. The poBtmastnr eays it is not taken out of U o ollio«.

Saj i ' l McIstohh, Tennof.'joo.—Where are you. H'e have been sending the pnr.cr to

you at Snnny Toiut, Tenn. There la uu siicU ( ffloP. Toll ua where to send it. M.

P. 8. NotKN, Arkansas.—The suhscrip-Uon price of this paper i« "0. Vuu only flout $2.00, and we ba*o credited you with that amount only. "

J . B. Man.n, Where is your p..notHco n'e have boon sending your paper to you

at Kockford. Tho postmaster informs us that it is not lakon from the oflice. H'ill any oiio knowing the brothurs offioo pleaao f'ive it to us, or show thin to him. m.

WM,.TniiiPBi«, MlS8i8Bi#pi.—"Whero ajrc you. Wo have been sending the pwpet to you at Looomo, Miss , but tho silly, weak-minded poBlmaBtsr at Senatobia inf Tins u* that there is no such offioO as Locomo in the State. Tell ua where to send it. M.

J o i i s A. Lihdkb, Mississippi — i r h i l u wo thank you Tory kindly for renewals wo do not allow thoB to be counted in clubs for Urjco. IKe trust you will send all the renewals you can, and will make an effort to procuro them, as well as new subsorib-ers.

M. P. Lowbkv, Miisiislppi —Tho cotton need has b-on shipped, and wo charge it with letter of March Jilst. Tho tuning pipe will bo attended to, tho house having written to Hew York for it. m.

L. C. Howikb, MiosiBsippl.—Wo aro ro-cclTing tho thanks of many of our readers for procuring for them tho Three Grtoei from tbo A r t Company, of CinoinnalL They say they are perfectly delighted. Regret that you failed to get yours. W r i t e them about it.

Money U t t e r s Rfcc lTcd from March 22«I to 28lh.

Tennessee—T J Allison $2.70, J 8 Rus-Ditll 10 .00-Braco , H D Franklin 100(}— Brace, 0 W Huileon lO .CO-Brace, J K Murphy 2 50, Wm A K-en 1.36, R Clifton 2.70, J B IFihott 2.70, Jfary Wooll.-y 2.70, Enoch Windns 2.70, N A H o l l m a n ^ O .

MifBi»8ippi—n M Rtroud $12.50—Braoit, 0 M Cain l .«0. W m M Farrar 5 50, O C WaoA 2.70, Mrs 8 J Pearson 2.70, / Soott Ray 2.75, E E Nash 2.70,Mies L 8 Handidge 2r?0, C Q 0alioot2.70, W C Wildams 2.70, J..hn Melton 2.70, John A i«inder 10 W), M V l iowmy ltt.l0, Mra F Blookm- 2.70, M T Martin 7.70-papfir, etc., O. A Logan . 806 — p i p w , eto., B M Banliaton 10 00—Braop, J 0 Kaliis 16 ( l0-Braea.

Alabaraa-MTs N Martin $10 OO-Braoc, Isaao N Owen 2.70, Jolia M Himpson 2.0P,

Pctor d U y 2.70, J W U- rring 2 00. K T IU>ad 2.00, Mf 9 Sue Flournoy 10 OO—Brace, W m l l Norton 10 0 0 - B r a c e , B'm Bishnp lO.OO-Braco.

North C a r o l i n a - V o u n g c r $2 90. Georpla—W C and Bonj Uhsb $5 40, W

II .<4aron 3.00, A B Joaes 2.70.

Kflntucky—i/rs J D Letch S2 "0, K D Garrison S.OO, E C Faulkner 2.70.

Miscellaneous—L L Shatpe, Now Ilrtins-wick, $2.70; li O I'urkor, Maryland, 10 0<) —Bruce; Wiq„ J/cNutt, Ind , 2 50; J U Durham, Culifurnia, 'J Of. ; Hcloii C Clark, Wa^hingion Territory, -J 70; Win .V Miil tlinws Indiana, 2.7(1

Mi -»«ur i - l l i ey J.uii.-s j-1 UU U Diiu-can 'J.7"

Loui:lttna —Naac IlninilioD f 1'.-' -Biib-BcrilierH, 15 K liriim '.i 70, K R Ciillo-w a y -J.70, r li Monk 'J.70, . U s ISuuHOy 2 Vo,

H llrunHon (•-JO—Huliicnl.ors, d o , Aire K ^ r O l a •.! 70

r,!XU8-I' J Turner JjTO II 1. .l/iiclibil a 00, ll'iii I W i n 70, A li \Ur i in ft.'lO, J K Olasi 1 00

Arkînsas—1> <' Mi,t» li 10 1' »' W'il liir.l li 10, L tiliiiighliT o 10, .1 Viilc.i fiOO, U A UlMJuds 1 00, S (• IMwurdi 1 OO, Wm U x 1 Ho, J b .Mucl.cll f>40, i; A KiiJi i-•-'OO, J M H a n 1(1 00—Hracc, F H -Nuleii 'J 0 0

Knrroii Dm'Tist — I loarii i Im there mo part ies eeliini4 Kay • Corn upon u i j advor-tiwcuionts iu the Soui/ifrn Farmtr uud TlIB IJM'TIMT Ho it kDown 10 all, thiit 1 .have no truvl iDi ; agonl , and tbose i>ho buy c o r n of Huch wi l l not got m y c o r n , Kay »

I m p r o v e d V o l l o w Corn You a r o my uuly atitborizod agent in Memphis, T«nn

Hopkins S t a t i o n , Mis.?. .). K. K a t

I'vtt.M ANTii I1kdoin(j.— We have i l i l l on hatid oac Ihou-iand circulars telling all about tho value and tho way to ouUiTKle ihis magiiiticcnl fimcc plaat. W e will send free to all who wish one. This and niixt moatb aro iha months to plant, and it will do a" late aa May In lllinoin aud j5/i.-3ouri. I'laut one thousand this sjiring and you will not regret it-

EDfTon Haptkit .

0 0 l i r i i c i ' ! * f o r F c m n l c M n t ^ 1 0 . 80 signal is the reU_o_f afforded by thf

Body Draco and Abdominal Suppor ter to "TSmales Bufferini; from prolaptua, and so few, tbreugh mistaken mode .s ty , have given the i r cvnilioates , t h a t tais offer is made with tho dfsidcd unde r s t and ing i h a t w i t h -i n ijO days the one accept ing it sha l l state its otl'eols, whether good or oHierwise. L e t tho inifials be given , if not the full namo and posUtifiioo. 1 horo aro toousands of noblo women in tho Houth dy ing dai ly o f

ftmaU wtakneti, that bane of health and enjoyment , and of life, who,with th* Brace , w o u d be restored to heal th and happiness No husband, wor thy of the name , wl® withhold ono from his suffer iug wife. Thi offer wi l l bo good unt i l the fifty Braces have been t a k o n . Address , J . R . G r a v e s .

B r a c e s .

8B MANY failed t o got through with their olubs and to jus t g o t the mon«y on time, and havo b«<ggad for an vztension , there-fore, be it known , t ha t the offer of § 1 0 to all miDislors and $ 1 2 . 5 0 t o all others, or ten new Bubaciiberi', wil l pay for the Brace, and t ha t this offer is good un t i l the llrst of Apri l . Each ono accep t ing this offer must r e t u r n a certitlcato wi thin sixty days or pay an additional $5.

J. K. Ubaves . Slni^lo Sn l i scr lkom.

• Ray's ConN.—I will seod oiw^h s inglo suliHcribur two jiaperH of Riy ' s celebrated Heed Corn for each now subsoriber , ono f.ir hiinBolf and one for his subsorlbor. Reinl the advortiMoiiient, and go to work a i o n c e . .1. R. OnAVes.

I'URillil l l l lH. You will thank ua if we inducis you to

uliKHge your seed fur the Java I'rolifio Cotton Se^d, and you aan do i>o by buying line ur two buuhsls this year. Tdir is thn month to aeoiiro your serd R«ad the eer-tificate of Eld. Job HHrrel), under the hoad of "Farm and Iloiue," wno lold ua it was fully 60 per cent more proUfio th in the common seed, and three to /our vJtekt

earlier, which of i tst l f ia amply worth tho priue uf the seed.

W o will send $ 1 00 worth of the seed t o cv£»y club o f five subscrivors.

W b wilt S(<nd one pint t o «<ich of a club of ten subscriber*. Or—

Wenvi l l Bcnil six buBheU to evitjy d u b of five order ing ouo hu;<hi?l each, or to any brother Sfudinj ; uh $25.

Special Notices.

A g C I l l . —We art" wiUint; to uct as agent for Anything we /moi.' lo bo ('xo;>ll>int. ihiTfforn accept Ibe agnnov o.' of ilie fol-l o w i n g a r t i c l n s , which wu k n o w w i l ; he n l i .mcUi t o cur fitrniluf ; frietid,-

1. The iliiva i r»lillo tloUon yocd.raleeii from uiir iuiporKsl Boid, hy Mol'arlcy . of Miht(i»»ip|ii All who triinl 11 luHt year Buy thiit u w i l l y i e l d f u l l y . i i e lrfilf mori> than ooniinoii d.iinil i" 1 ln e<' WfieliB rnr/iir, whigh of il.dlf id a ureal fimtiiro ISiiy o f i f bsiiihel W o w i l l 'ii e li |iroiii|iily w u l and genuine.

tl . We y.noio (' ..Eu Hvo yi-urs trlul llm'. the I'yriicftuch Hedge 1' ant ih iho grc;itoNl l i lesdinfjf l yet oUored lo ftouiliern furraert-W e c a n m a k e m ^ ooJ f«noe I h i i t w i l l t u r n a n y cuniTnan stock in ( A i " ycurs, a n d in four and l i v e , nothiux w i l l nttoinpl in puna It, and it oosts lem thiin lo epiii r«iln in iho woovIh Keliriiwry una Mnr' h iin' the I holi e im nlbM for ;)laniuit' in ibe Hoiith . \ | i r i l iiiut Miiy in Trnuo.Boo, Keuiuck) iiii'l Minot-i. fAi'iiil ii' 11 r ..ivI. TH

J II UB.wkb.

f 1 >1 !• II Tliuu*ull«l.

A IXiiscmrttTl iiUUiU - .|.t,ith Wa»tp»tirly liuiii Couiiuuiptluli* all if rii.'(Jnn bBv

lui; ffi'lutl ttrcl-lMit li.«I II. 1% (H«c..v.t> * -ty lu n. Jumun ciircd Itla • ihllit ^-llli ^ pri'pulluli or ('uruit'ii iriitiiu. U<' i uw glvpt. IIiId uu

i>l tkT*> •tniii)n I'l I'ny (i> iiii'-i Tlirri. IK Miit tk AlbKlo fjluptuut <<f ruti'«IOUjJi >"11 iblkl It Jum in>l iliiHt|'H(f--Nl^bt Ii rUfiH-'B ' f llif NtrTf". D.fllcnlt Ki, loriil|..t», MM»fp I'ttitii Hi Iti- l.uu,{s, NuutfAe ttt llii ll•l.•ln ll, iu»ttl.'u ¥t th' BoW'.lit, and Wiwtlim nf III- A(1,lr»"i« Oiaililtck 4 •'<> , Ui*'.' Huce .Hlr.'<'i, Pl.il .li-lplMn,

tt.. tjlviUM uuiat' I'f 0"ii j'ttfvf. A « ll-'.i In

I h c Tcoplt} Hui i t I'roof. Thurp i« uo modiclufi prvArril;rd by

or •old Ly y i i . g ^ l t t i , i l i » l currUa i"uoh t o f Its «Qcrt.i*>« A))ii lupcrlor v irtue Ui liubcuitii n Ouii • i* Strip (or ii<-»i!r Connti», < ol(l» •.-utid cn thn t«rrn»t, Ouiitfuuiptlou, or uuy of tho Ttiruftt >tnd Liiukd. a (iruof of tb*t fact !• ttint *uy pit-•on MtllietL'd, cull goi a tinmpio llotlt" for t o rent* and try tin •upi rl.ir (itTi-ct boforo buying H i t ' r..(;u l«r m i l ' " S c< nl«. U tim twu l»tf!y Imt. iJac.'.i I n t o Iht-* enuiitry from 0*<rini4oy, uud Iib wuuUnr ful curi !» ftrt. i4tton»bliiH «v»?ry »#ii»' Ili:i6 iiMi'i It r t i r n - w i l l r . ' l lcvi . t»ny riit.» 'i ry I t fcobl by Whulciiilo bj W. N. \Vilk.T»i>n S <.;u , Sk Mniu at MumphU, tpuu. b 6(1 » 18 »ow

A n t Cttt auii wuhing to build a heuse of worship oiin seouro an approved Design of a Qoat and oomuiodious house, of mod-erate cust, by sending Si .00 to the clerk of tho Bapt st Churob, Tulhihoinii, Tenu This design includes a pere]>eolivc full set ktf detail drawingi, pUn, liills iind (pucitl. rations. The procecda of tlii^ sale Ih n present lo our church, to bo appliad lo complotinK our house. Uretlrcn, a l l , AHTiiotiT, send up lUo dollar and got the picture. J . A. E t s l e e , Clerk.

( iet l ite Gani i tuo ArtivIt.—Tlie gr>nt pop»llirily of >V1,bur's t.'dmpounil of Cod Livor UI! liUd Lllni. liHH ludurrd nouio uiiprliicipl id pimiinn to iitiempt to palm oO ii «lniplo i»rilclc cf tiirlr o»'u manufactiin*, but any pumon wlio U 8U(Tt<rliii( from coiitlin, coIdH, or rotuumpllon, •bould bo curi'ful wlior* tbiy patobnoi' tlila ftitlcl*. It re. ijuirt't un putTiiiic > i«'*ulti lulIowInK itf ui«

it> LkshI rKComSondstluua, and tlic proprietor hia Bippln (iTldcucii ou ttlo of it> •xir»otdlaitry • ucceiH In pulnioiiitry ooinplitlnlf Ttio phoiplmtd orllm<- Iioas'itara a mutt nianvloul bcsllng povur Its souiblovd wltb tb> puru Ood Idrrr Oil by IT Wllbor. Tbit uiadlplni- In rcuuUily preecrlbed by tho msdiciil fkCHlty. For iiklo by A. U. Wllbof, Cbamlit, ])oit«u.

ThroAt AfTaotlon* a n d i l o a r i c n « * « . » All inff rinx from Irrltatlcn of Iho tbrunt snd liouriDuria will Iw »itrei-al ly •ntpniicd nt th* al ni'.«t Iminrdlnt)' rtdlfl uflurdid by tiii> u«lliok*»-b<'UKtM OR i lM.hply tin It can Im dour at lli,i \V i at. 'I III* I'bllfa U plautpd hi a ftdi<(* llkn jiutiitiM m, ylitldM on comuir-u land yfl i liutbid.H piT ucto of llin nclii at IVwI. iiuuiinali'd f.ir rKttni,hiK bogs, poultry —anil <'blldf*-n. tine arr^ will frtttcn inor« bof:H than tf ii Hrr*« of tliobrnt roin, ImKblfn fnraMiiiik> Kraciiitiiull aiiiiiiitoi. Pur tbotintlinf tbf.ôtdailug

rofttr to II, S. (%>iii'ihU.sliiii<.r ot AKricnltur*., WaaliinKton, >ir III any Hitrli'ultiirnI pa ••r In li.« H kUtli. I'rkn by mail, |HiHlaK<' pald,' )*; a packafi", 4nr • idiil, 'he a ijuart, l>y viprraa <4 a pirk, tlA » l>cibgl.

Till* Japan Pna fnlly uHt tblialii-d Itami'flla s;*Tnral jasra «gii, ati-i 1: now In nn rmi tl d>uiti,d. It f;ruwn npricbt likf a rutuiu xlalk, la cultliraluil Ik* rorn, and yinlda fruni iwi in ;«>• liuxhi U an

acfuonordliinry lan.t. Ht rk nfall aind r. Halt II and lhri*« highly iiu It wllbnut nllier fiwd. Alan, exii. llriit ftir lali).' urn (aftrr tiDllInK abunt a wrfkl) rrxnii) wall, luutai;,. palil, IfM a paik. ai<>, Htlr ft pint. - quart. D> ixpraaa fn ),pr |«rk, SIO |i*r liuabil, Tlieii! ae-dn »rn an ai-aice •lid ocatly that Wa cannnt make aay dlaoonat to «linl« aat« deiileranrgranKva.

Wlcii Suuiberu plautu.a gtow tbuir o»D atock

d »nil fa t B (boir own wo f h n f i T ^ »f «•»<•» 'ftfisx and "wWdl.mfi?'. ,••'•»

wlllpntan aid In hotli. If '^rti, lar*uly « wiii c « t bat » trlo; » yoti «,m U loixvor il,ai.kinl I'r i u t h i i " ^ "

ADVEUTISlKtil DEPAUTMEKT. nut** , per Wonp.reH Lint , KarhT,^ ,

BInglf iDBirtlon , Thrsoniontli, "

• • • : : : : : Unn Ti'ar ^ K.lltorial Noucoii, ni. Yii.r, uu., by conai <0 -«pt.cUI M.,llc.«, llinl.r, pir llui. 31,

l)!.-.llu..rU., ,.y. I ...wii nui.y, (..Ij,.,,, « 11.1.), pc, h„. 1.1 c,u„ ( „,,„,

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N" . w i l l . M'VKKTi:il.;nK(,v» oK.I't i Ml, .NwTir;,., iiii rAM..N lofoiunv ltKAI.i,Nll .M.\ I I k,li. •• "

1,1). Trail.ii ui »ilv,.iil,. III..,.,, „,„„, ailvaijco , «l4„.ln,K ...1< iu„,.i„. |iiivrli,tl) on r,r,. •i.'Uiatii>B Ml bill.

Tuh nAl-Ti.T by li.r a . inntfsi flrcul.Ui,. uuj r.liKl.'Un pui-t la la,. ^ ^ rm;..(<lil*t.il ul,j.» , I it,.. I,.u, Mlulm „riviiCi,

Ml.uila>l|.|,l, l...ul»ui.n »i,,l Aitiiini..,i,„,|(,„,.^ AUbaiaa.

rr. H,, n.!..,,.-,. „li, iMrll,, Iim u ,...) ..iir i»|„,, whi.li .r- ».ry lt,„ f,„ laf,(„ Ttii'l li.cri.a«ln riri'uliiljnti,

A .>IK\V IU« laU nOKIl.

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MUSICAL INFORMATION, IM I i r t l . ' J * . Il> Juliu \V. Moore I iifiirniAtlou Rljiiiil (•i.imil proralb»iit Motl

omin iiiinhBl Itnii iMiit 1,1., u,i,,t, ,1 K'uiii. nm '1. nil., u.u ,. 1.1 uiii.luii l!,K,ln' »ui

.T..r) II,lug -ll- 111,.! C.i. lo kDOW ntHiiir lur, • U , nil I whtim l) luJilntlly «tnl,-,I Valuable t„,„|.

r.-l. r. i,i„ b. p..«.•.., I .,r il.l» liiaj ppiliai,, ,r hutl. r« lli.lury of Minio. J » uatli 61.!Ui l, p-rl-. il) I.I..I.-J ,i,«,l lii,,alr) j rwt In uiusk.i • u'0<.« la

Knatri Cnriila, J llownrit, UO cu.

lIuKiMiirH Art ar.l l.i..k lu V..c»l Ciilliirii L'koJ etor)r»litu rilt«. Couipl. lc. $1 ; AbiUlm.J,

3Ioor«'a Unbycloiiri l ln of nuatc, $1).

Pei'kin's Aulliciu L'; i/f <u«j/ AnlLi iiit f.ir iliwir*. utnJ T"iiij'-« • CiMtnm I'liulr. '4VUM>«i(\ti Miyjilly of Autlivuit Kr til') •tiaiu What (V t* l^lTllig WHltrri:, fi.r WhHt u pncii In UaiMAw PiTiaM T r

•chuulil . .k

OLIVER DITSON & CO., BUSTUN.

C. H, Ultaon <& Co. | J. K. Dttaon A Co. 711 Ilraa.lway, alio tu Lm-A Walter,

Ntiw York. I l'bll»dnl|ihU, dn.i-lt-8li.<»-M(».«0)

U e u i i t i r u l E V c r - B l o o i u l i i g

ROSES hfruno em llMf, aultablo for ImmodUt" IIo»'r

Inu, a«nt aafoly by mall, poalpuld. PI" .ariHi..., all libelrH, Sl .Otl. IU rto. *li t'O, lU iio. $ J . 0 0 , ao do. 00, a s do. •»•<">• For tiicfnuaauh, aildttlonal, on« ia»B"H>"«a' Pruii i l i iui Uo»e to cvor> dollar'a »"r'b itJut-•d. bend for oar n.w OUIDK TW,®?"® CUliTL'UK, and ebooiKJ fioio arar 300 SmI aorta. W« are ths UrgtU Rnu-Unntf lu AioatUa, and allow piircbaaura to uiako ihelr ctcn SMtlafasi lon Knarniite*)!. 'AdJrMa DINOKB, liMABJt 4 CO., U»a» GbowiM. »«•' OroT. CU0!.t.r Oo,, Pa X » 13

T H E N I J W

F L O R E N 0 E

S E W I N G MACHINE. C;iioaiM'Mt, N l u i p l o * . ! , Ilt'K'-

J rnna llKbl.r, innVifl IM" "ol"". "'"' lona.r iban any alinitin Mai blii" m"'"

Bvory ri.iiîici. Mio bluu mild by nn i'

F l ' 1 . 1 . 1 W A K I M ^ T E n

l» Ik. tboroMiiblv iimdo, and f r lirg Hi..ry rarl..ly of wark r.i|iiiii'd '» » ' 111 lUbt manufartiirinK.

H.H.d nM,p,.„aible parllM w«nt«1 In In IbeSi.Mbwât tn kII our niaiiblnra. •»» prlcf Hat and trriua to

CLVOH ANU UKAI^KKS.

We Mil tba very beat N a c d l e a r o r B l l

whlcli aro mad. Iiy "tViitir'op" V ' ^ tuny warrauted. M"ruliant., .'"yjior.uM of ni-edlea.«il au<l alt.cimiaula. Addrwa " Hewing «f«hla . t j j . , ^

O V B fii€IIOOI.8.

T H E B A P T I S T . HJI.I , }Jf, ..Mi—

^ ^ J A B Y S H A R P C O L L E G E . . a i famons Mbool for llrl" •udyoune UdlaaU aTlnatedl •boa't thirty BvaaagTMfl

m8B In tha DTOvarWally bsaUby town of Wiaobnater, T««n.. »n .»I»»»t«'t pojlUon; n formtd by a eurralntbe tJnmberUDd MonaUUa and thebtlla ^ r t h a ,„ Ealntritj ef cUm»t». irarlDty and licanty of •cemary, and eKamjitlon lro« tarfirtrt B t W " ^ no'-,,lion of onr counta l» mora highly blwaod tbaa the el»»»tod

•« of "bleb Win. haatxr forms the water. fcrS^pneee and UureugkMu afBduoallon, Ua tbou.anda of at»d«ut« a»d

' t H lliijf ef whom are toaobera occupying high poeltlona, will toatlfy. The tw.iity-VfKimontha "f R»J'tnn)b.r, 1J76, uod«r ftret and only rrral

J,"; 0., b»»ll)K »>' tbo while tho co opfratloa of bla accoinpllBhod wlfu aa Matron of ftilitnl'o'' F a c u l t y i

1 8 7 6 . 8 U B S 0 R I B E N O W . 1876.

#tn»vlP« ].!< !>.. J'rMlilaut, Profcaaor o( Monu! and Mural r •f S-inX I

£ 1 A kltlCTT. A. M.. rr«f..»«.r MatHnmatlM. î^ZJi aMlVa, Pr..f«.or Kr..noh ai,d Oori.an,

VI in 'jIARtJH, A. M., rnuolpKl I'r.'O Pcp^riviwot. Illw ^ , Primary llfpftrimmii. Kacit l ly (tliisti. I

r l SMITH I'ro.ld.inl, "lib i> lull cilia. ^ ' 'ruiti.i

iiUirt.itpliy au.l Logic. j

M e m o r i a l Y o l n m e o f t h e C e n t e H n i a l

F o r d ' s / C h r i s t i a n E e p o s i t o r y ^

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A I . I . I K O K l l l i O T H E I l N , -

The Coinplote Cotton f!leaner.i» New, Vftiiinlilo and Mouey-makInj; Mn. bine l i i i v t r y CoUon proilip-er or r;luncr.— thorou^hly'removi'S i i l l^mi t t l , I > l r l , NiUKI and light T r n n l l from collon lieforo ginning, ami improves ihe quali iy'of the Hot from onu lo four grndeo

No gin hniiHe bI nl'l i f without one of these " oloiinfrH ' It ib li(;hl, sim-ple, and easily adjiiHl -l lo oilhcr Horse or Steam p"W" r. noi iiBior.lnR little oi no increased draft, is madily under-stood, simple iu operation, not liable lo get out of order, and will pay for itsnlf In less than ten days work.

Mnnufiotiired an.l sold by . - M c i n | > l i i « , T r s i i i .

ro« c l r « u l « r i a a u l T r l r e l . l a t . ^

Tliii- imnior'.ul j e ' r , iliui marks an epoch in Iho history of (Tur denomination and

"ir onuuir^, iiistificB thi imSlicKtioii nf a Motnorial Volume, which shall ociidenso and

erMbiilin tho IJihiory of th« I'hiirchos ihrough tho ages; the sufferings and triumphs

of the wliiiescos for Jcau", nml ih« Kise niiii Progress of our ChuroliCS inj Amcrica,

enpociallj In ihe Pi(it«s of iho Wesi nn l .''oiith. The montbly iÛOB.of the Repository

dii'lng Iho comitiK yeiir will in ike "iiii li n Memorial Volume. Otir matarlals for tbn

lUHlovy of Ihe rhiircli<«. C uivcniion.i. nmi Ifeligioiia NcwspapcrB, bavo been secured

I.y tbP lu'nv of year-, riti'l li.i»" I'oeu iickinwIeiU'ed by thoito engaged in the samo

IV. rk, lo Bi ir i iao in rariiy iiti'i iibu iidation wlmi are found even in our public libraries.

U will b.. a at volume '.o preserve anil ininpmtt to fulurii Boucrations.

I t w i l l have—In Badit inn t o P o lo r l n l iiisio -ical iihistrallciu—the l ikcrojs of W m . -

Ciirey. Au.irow Fuller , .John Kylutiil, and ihe other foiiiiders of tlie English Uapl is t

ViiKsiou i also , Itie ponrHlts of Wm. K i i l i n , Uansani Kno l l j s and other nuc.Btit Bsp -

liftH, and of variotH ministoni of eur day. I'our interostlng fOrlals—" CiltoniolcB o f

tho < 1 ' 1 l i i i i l e y , " " Hid she (Choose W i s e l y , ' by .Mrs Ford , a n d a t h r i l l i ng a n d i n -

Hiriiciiv.'Ilory by Mr - .1 W T b i l l i p ' . , d a u g h t e r n ' Dr . Day ton au thor of " Theodosia

KriKHi," iviicl The Sirupgle , ' by .Mrs. hmlth, w i l l appear dur ing the ytar .

Muni.lootur.-ii l.v Hid LOHINO & BLAKK onOAN ' • ol WorotBior. Ma«a.. and Toledo, O Tbo 'inly nrKnii nin.Ip In wblrh mireoMl'ill

bined the (oU.nvInK esêntlnl qiinlltle" ol tone i -.' depth, lirlllliiiii-y. nii'l rynilialloali' dollcnry.

Tlf rao-t oxquUltoly iK-iiiiunil nolo effocis i - . i i • diiccd.

The only slop nrtifin cm r iur. nle-l lliai raui disirniiiKod by ii e

The onlvnrKnii inmle vn'i Sollnw. cnrinrltv 'n i--- i Unit it reqiilnii Iml HlH" iH"" "Kb """'I I' :• all the nirdeslreil.

Tlie ftrtt tiiriilo mill in"?l el'Tmn ruva In iiinrki-i N„sh.irl'.lvornniii. ni!.n5e,l_M..(/.l.if71."'»'.(«/ .<•»..<'•

Kiti/ Or(}an fiillfl "•'•>•'•<>""•'' f'"" /'''" Write to im f'.r lllu«lr.ite<l i ninlncK- "ii'l Prli o j lM

whlehn, 111 Ire mailed r<«tp,rnl on oppllcnaou. Addrr«i

L O R I N C & B L A K E O R G A N C O . T O J L . T : t > t > . O H I O .

A B-l'i i-» «

KNOX F R U I T F A R M A N D NURSKRIES.

GREAT OFFERS! MOBEUllKniLOFrEnSWERRNKVERMAUEthan t^befollo^ UAII.. P0.t-pald,8AKKCABUIAaB aUABA5.TKli.T5.

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rite t u l i i i i i c e'oi- J H 7 < 1 w i l l i o i i i b i i i c t i ic f c u l u r c ' M

A R e v i e w , A H i s t o r i c M e m o r i a l ,

A MOTHER'S JOURNAL, - A N D -

A C H I L D ' S B O O K .

52.06 $1.&0

per annum. | six months. \

A'ldrcBB H. I'. FORD, Christian Expository,

401 Locust St . , St. Iims, M o .

J »«aai», 1 r«T.rfaw t Mootblj Row ! ""Intrapa, % Cryaao htmnin, 1 I'eTarijpr.lnm, >u«r»i.lnni, 1 Amrltam, 8 Ba«kut ciaoia,

« itn Btannrioiit ro» omwiko. • H UrapeaVines for 91.10 c

3 fj»rn.i, 1 Hartttrd, ' "»" ». 1 Cravellug.

•411. oK« irAB ou> cxmA vmm. Cot C lit LlgUand Mend With Ortlcr.

jDOOOd*, "Onr Ko. TOO.' M».w Plus.

13 (niBa. D wolog. 26 WllacD.

8 Bogar'I Hybrlda,

4 Variet ies Kaspborr les for $ 1 . 1 0 :

9 SDOML, 6 FbUdalpbla, 8 CUrko, 3 Hornet.

2 0 PaoketB of Choicest Var ie t ies of F l o f f « r Seeds for ^ 1 . 1 0 .

SEE Hat In onr CaUIongacf VF(5«t«bl» ADD Tlawer — - ^ . . . U.DWIUIU avHU i i t i u Viu<;>« ^ »' *

•S."tttbaniUo«»0»t»l<,«ie«f Krnluand mowers, conUlnlDK FAN dIrectloM for cuItlTiitlon, w i l l bo aent to all *ho a«NA aililrraa. BO AENT to all * h o ADUJ aililrraa.

K l i O X F R U I T V A K M C O . . B o x U S , I » I T T S i I l T B < i , I ' A .

Ubau Kbo. Oeavbs 1—It has been with much pleasure that I hata tyad Bro. Ford'B Chritiian Reponitory, 8t. Louis, Mo , and it would bo a great sallBfaotlon to know that eTcry reader of The Baplitt, so dear to tu, was, also, a reader of " the RtpjtHyry. I t s c^lumos are well fllled wllh tho clioioest articles, wbioh Bapti i ts should prUt. Tho January numbar comei out In a new droBS, filled prlhoipally wllh iQattor iulted to the Centennial yoar. This volume promlies to be a Memorial Volumt—ot great i n t e r u t and value. Sap'.iet JUator^, in connection wltfc Liburf]/ of Oonioitnet, w i l l ,be largely dUoussed during this year, both Iu the Htpoiitory and The SaptUf, and U affordi mo great pleasara to recomracind to the paBtorB of oburehesflo urge, their jieople to enh-soribe f»r both, to rcati them oarcfully, that they may bo ready to giTe a n Intell igent answer to any one asking for tho Origin o/ JlaptitU, HiO bi»lery of Reliffitu* Libcriy and ffedum of Corueicnce. Vouffl truly, W « . t . BLACK. '

rontoloc, iTias , January 17ili, 18T6 . .

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302 T H E B A P T I S T . McCarley's Java Prolific Cotton. SnooMlB cotton railing atftudt fiwtii- OD •clMttoB of tho IhM T»rl»ty of jw«4 s wd UDder tb^HMt »yii«ai o* Ubor It M o o j t •wry wf-toa ptMIKr to MiMt aaeii TulatlM «( ittd m will Dt aM tb* nott ootton wllb ib* lutt Ubor Md «o tb» tBkllMt aouUtr of Iliad t* tie imUlTfti«d. Ml aou nil now tbotoBcbly moit tolontifloeottoa pturad by bandrwii of th« pl*at«rii In tba Svitth, tbkt tbo Jam Froliflchi tbvbMt and moil proIlOo, and tbe nMnat adapted to all cUmatM and •otu of any varifit7«f oottoo on tbU Inbabtled «artb ; ofUn ctTlnx two bale* and •onallmo* aa blf(b at 40M) lb< iHtr reoaerdlsarr land wltboot tb* aid of f«r-tillttn or naour*. Hatnrlug from two to fonr vmlui In adTMioe of any other tarlety of oattoo, and naklnc from oao half t* doubt* M mseh from tb* (am* qnatltx of land a< tb* commoa eetton. I will itate In answer io many iBqntclr* of tka orl(riB ef the Java ProllBe, tbat It orlRtBate.! frem the lelaod of Java. In tb* ipilni of 1869 I ob taloed two feed, f otn which batipravR UcCarley'* Jara ProlUlo Ootton. It la called Jata becauw It l>i eoppoeed to be a utlre of tbat lil*o<<. and it called prellflo becaP'e it baa proren to be Ibe mo«t oroliao eotton lir"«n. I will ttate In anewer to r ... iu «rowth !• of ordinary

alalk* to the foot oa ordinary land and rery ac cording to tb* .inellty of Und. and with proper raltlfation and ordinary eea«H>ni jron are anre of a bale of cotton to f recy acre of good land cnltiva-t«l. WHAT TUB EKST OOTTOS HAISKRS IN TUK BOUTUSAT or IT. All know Da»ld DIckion tbo anthor of "Dick-aou'B Clueter," tbo bent »wd ctfurcd l"-fore the Jara I

Oxfordi tie., Uctubrr U. 1S71. W. B. MoOarley, ««ij.—Dtar 8lri Th<. cottou aead I ordered from yon lait eprlng w»» for % Irl ml of mlno. lie think* well of It; «*j» tlim b« iuinli« It a) Koed or better then niy l»»t Improred cluttir. your* ttnly, DAVID Diiseos. t)t. M. w. rbplp», K'liior Sonthern Karnmr, wboeo opinion U wortn a tliounand cIrtiflcatM : . Oaford, Ml»a., Normber 7, IS74 W. 11. UcCarley, E*q-Ue*r Sir; i;ndiT«t.iu<l flr»t, I had no rain to wet the uartli one-belf lacL froai the time 1 planted uslll cotton w»» op.>n. I did not bate a «tand until about Ut of July. Do-•Ide* I gave Jara foar fcot ae I did all othcri, eu<l froai Ita growth IbU year, 1 (bonld here fi'ra n-ir epaoe between the row*. The I»rgu«l of cellnii woald hare done at S feet tbi* y»r, and J»»« iit 't anil wonTd bare done aa well lu tlin row. I tiiuit aay tliU, I hare planted 31 crop«, laied .W, bm ii a Mlerter of eeeil aa tnucb a. any man Koolb. and tried a* many Tarloti«*. If I had geo.1 land I did from IWIO to 1863 and dealrrd to try for tin. premlnm acre, I would try with the Jera and I<one Htar. Hadltb Uke one, would take the J»»» fram the growth and outcomi' oMilaot aiur It atartcd. PHil'lI' i.

IliTertowo, Oa., Sorcmber 0, 1«74. Mr. W. H. McOtrley—Sir : I plaated two acrrs IrlTer bottom land in your Java cotton avedinnd atherod from It 0.370 pounda ••td cotton 1 pro-ion.ce It the beat 1 bare yei tried. ^ BTANS. I think It wai cut off by the drought a'. Icait oue-

thhd. •• Colta, Miee., D?««ml>er I, IR71.

M'. McCarley—pear BIr : I foel It ray duty to Inform yon of my experience In regard to your Jara ProtlBc Ootton. Iipianted thU year one-hell acre of common branch land without manure. It did not eome up nntll the SOth ef June, and then not more than half of a atandl had nu ralu till .n.,.. ,..—. I gathered from the one-half ncit I.STOpoonda dear cotton. It mora than douLles any other ootton I.-reraaw. ^ g G'KEEFK.

Winona, Forrmber 12, IHT-l. Tbia I* to certify that my little ton planted one acre and a half of new groand In McCarley'i Pro-line Ootton. The cotton got mlied In replantlDg, the land wat badly »haded, and It waa badly ciiiti vnted—plowed ona time only, from which he gath-orM thm bale* of cotton, areraglng (AO ponndt each. 1 pUnUd tweUe acre*and (:»tbered 13 baiei, notwithitanding the terrible drought. I hare been j antlng tO yoart and contlder It

niack tlawk, Ifltt.. Kor. IA71. W-. D. McCatley—Dear Sir: I planted one acre of ground In yonr ProllBo Ootton 8»ed. I m»do on one acre 26S9 pound, of ae.d "t ton. ^ ^

Colla. Ml» . Noramber at, li?!. \V B. McOarloy—Pear Sir: I pl«ot»d itiit year flre»>^r.tof upland lu your Jara Proline Cotton, I dkl not weigh the teed ootton but It ge*« 2,7o4 poiinda of lint, and aold In Kew Orleani (ur 4 ct.. nor* tlian any other o*tton nn the atmn day. It mad* at l»att three time* aa much at any other oottoa did on almllar land, and three weeka earlier, J. W. NABOBS. I planted anebuabel of the teed ufon ordinary Ulaalaatppl npland, and am confldnnt that It pro-duced awr one half more than the common seed. It would be eheap»r aeed at |I0 a

To oblige our patrona, and aocure Ibera genuine sae4. w*«lll All all ordara for tbla aeed at tS.OO per bntbel of ilO Ib*. Owing to Ita earllnma no othar aaad abould be planted InTennrMt* and Horth " " " T poatpOee monel or-BaraiT: (.s-r

plant*d MlMlaalppl. B«nd money bj pottplBeo der. Bxpfta.

Hamphb, Tana. I aatberlaeJ.lt Orate* to act aa Agent In Bll-Ing order, for my Jara Cotton

4a OA at liom*. .Banipla w^b to |i bM. .STUioa * Main*.

Atlan ta Paper Mills, A T h A V T A , U J l .

Book, News & Wrapping Paper. AU. BtZES AKO W£I-2BTa.

Ofloe, 43 Broaid At. Atlaata. AdOTMs JAMW ORSANDi Proprietor.

"B' t« t-"".! torwaa «fw-eJihtil

300,000 Pyracafith fledge Plants

AT TUK MAGNOLIA NURSERIES.

nAGNOLIA, niBS. BarUg charge of the** Surtcrlea in place of Ceo Joh*9»B, irecea.fd, I ran offer a inu'h larger and much Hner atock of the c<-lrlT»li-d I'yracaotb ll'dge Plent than hat efr lieen oflercd. The demand for lhl« natural fence plant l» yr.rlj Inereaelng. No uoe he«i;lrt<n It a fair IiIbI but t.iki anoo ded, and went. wore. Ti> iilant It U uu i«or<' an experiment tb«n to pleiit curn. The flti<wi, qoit Impeririona, end enduriUK, w>-ll »> bxatiti (nl fi-nc.* In tb. South eroj.filil. [ lei.t. Kvcr) agrlcnltnral paper lu tb< 6i>iilh end North hittc repeadlT declared the I'yracenth tu liu lh« nnij dtltable Fence IMaut for thi. countr;. and li !• !•> lar the cheapctt—l"*') plunt. i-...ilri« onlj 8:1.. linir<"> good land IGCC fr«t, n llttlo <.»rr otio cm a foot.

I'lUCBB OK I'LAXTH Boxed 111 uioUt law-dn.t kiid di-lix rt-ij ••1. !..<hri< of the rert: 2 year! old, etrlitljr flr.t chm., i.r r l i>' 8S(i I year old, and flue, ter 1U0>' n-Por 100, leia than IWW .1 To Orangeri, 6OUU or mor lu i.i,.' i i d.-r 1.. r lout)

Sciippernuiii; ViiicN. \V(* hftve the lergeet Vni- >nid wt ih*. petiong in the (-ruiliuom, i,ii>] r.iii furni.ti iii: ut-ni atock of on. aiid two J fur uid Till. I.J iIm' -hi.tu llty or by tnnil.

Prliea 1 Two ycer*!!!-!. fwr ? i ''<• 'I'wo ynr. old, rnrh... Oil" J'hr old, *firv Hup, doytj .'0 IMii' yMf t ld. ('%oh -Tbom'. vine. Iiy thr li.li or I'H" , Ij i»iit« • nrh.

I'KCANS. 1 lie»o e iiltJ» .tork of lln- InrKo T«'* ii IVnn, Ir.-i*, '>0 cenlii rftrli. or per dw/.-n. W1L.O (JOOSK i'l.l'MS. TliH fftiiiotia \Vild iiooso I'tiimn at ( oni, rjich, per d<»7.«'» 1 will lot j-ri-p-irf-d to .li»Hi -r ..•Toral tiKiu.and nt thf Kncaljptus Uloliolt,. i Ar:y Io Ihu sjirliig. at jl.lil ..nch. rnrtle. n lvliltm cir. iihirs riviiijc full iti-trnctloo for {ilKOtlUK nod ciitttvAtl»(£ lilt- ]*> rar.Atil It. will bn fiirnlsllvd ttii nppltcatlok K'-biunry and Mtrcll ero K'-'od muutllfl for Iilno in? t lli*tl){e, to in.iiri- It e ttlu-.t a niininior tlr."!!!.!.! The Cneli iiiiiat In ail vnaca a<'«-oin|>niiy order*. Ht-utl tn draft or clujok oti New urli-mi. or Sew Vork, t/y Kipro.s or In U»gljfereil I.-Hi>. T. II. McCSOWKK, 8 47 tf ihnliioM .Miliieuor I •uthorlio J. a. Grnrea to nil all ordor. for Ih ato>e «to<-k. T. II. McKOWEN, Builllieilt Mennger. ttev .l. R, FnqD* In autboriited to take order* for our uur.ery .te«k.

ELMWOOD NUKSElilES. MEHFJIIS, TEXN.

Complete In all Ilranclies. Every Department a Specialty.

Fralt Treea of t-rrry TRri-i;, nil provi-n. eioi &t1it[>tt'd (uo oitllliery vnriftlL-M Jtropagatt'd , lu liii} (luiintity. Kvcrgrecn*, un iutF-.lloiinhiy tlo. nrnnt. inoct rnrlfd and moBt I'xten ivo culloctltHi Hoiiih. Alt ilr.ot, Hoaei, A ninit .plentlld coltpctlon, thn Unrnt rariettea only. In large qoanlltlca, nil tciit out li. poti. Flower* eferery doflcrlptlon, null.., Prion, ol Fruits, Fruit Tri'i-Stockj, Tounn .'•tu<k fur Nurn-rj uu-n, Kvi-rytlilng In the Nur.ery lint'. Oatalogun frc«. JAnK8 8TKWAIIT, » M. nistliH, Ttiun.

Mrs. Mayiield's Happy Home. For 1S76.

THE ONIiY FASlllDN MA(}. alNK IN lllk SUUTIl. It 1. ii.iw w. ll ittnliluliftl n iiiitl .lo ci-.ii. Profum-ly lliuatratt-d ovi-ry inttnth. Tillt-ti with Choice l.itorfiturp by Soutliorn aiilliorH. I.iiri;' Premium. olTftrtMl t tlioKo Willi got u|m>IiiI/h. Mhit ulflrent Clir.mo glri-ii to pvnrv Hiili«criltt<r. t<iiil>* acrliitloii niitl pnilni e 83.00. Sairpl" • <>|>U'> 'i'i could Anoiit. wuiitfil. Addrt-.. M»vril.l,i>'c Iltiri'i 110MK,iiol Sliklii Ijt,, McaipIiM, Tt-nn

Time Table m««l««l|i|>i niid 'rcnucBaee UnllruHii. Auairxt. A»ii DrrARTina.

Mail Train ...2;2.s p. m. .113 P. m Expn-at *. w. 12 K'r » Accommodation p. m. fiMii p. » »I. llUltltK, Ui n. I up't. JA8. SPEKD, Ticket Agent. If

$250 lyAnrut. iT.inied every isliii • ' • • " -A Mo.vTir where. itiisriu-B. Iionorahloand llrsl clet.. rnrtlrnlar. Hi-Ill free. Addrcii J. WUlCTll tt CO.. bt. Louli,Mu. 8-9-7-10.8

AGESTS WASTED-Kcilpntli's

HISTORY OP THE U. S. Boibraclng n clear account of the Aborigine*; the Motteexploiatiuni ot the L'l.reath Centnry; a lull aerie* of progrttiire Map.'; numeroaa col-ored chronological Chart, (after the plan of Ly> man'* BUtorlcal Chart;) the largeat and fln**t flne*t galleiy of Portraite ever lacorporatad In a work of tbta kind, and topographical dlatp-ama that aocnrataly locate erery ImporUnt mllitfcYy oampalgn, battle acene, *tc. llieae dlatlnctlTe f*star*«, sod ita many other exc*iI*nelM, make it tb* noat rapllv t«|llng bmk arerolfaKd to ajrnU. A $a OOOK Foa ts. n,ai for Illa.trated Clronlnr nod terma. d'OMBS BRQTnJBRB CO.t r«»fM*h«r», gtswnBliliiHeijIflij Mil

. & O H A I & & C O . 3 7 7 S c 3 7 9 M A m S T .

M E M P H I S ,

8 VJ-lf History of llio Analmplists.

•frj«-« I'f ttfti'l" . n J-torj MI ili»» Auti-(<Hte(t'<t4, ail tlti (K.TtHM ItC k in I'Kj'tlot. .<1)1 iC lilO'' Mill Hpi't rtf It .Tn lit.- t iviMh-vut Ti .'f It U K Hmhnfr, 'n th*» OArTi'T, f««lu«uJ hln f.mthff In ttiol . h. U Hurkri«-r The Hin«*s Uljflnva) tollu' Tnu' Cliiin li Tpii ••.hrttii'tj ant) f<MjcIii«iT" rkrtjt . t. iMn im i'f Ihi- xAiito wrii.r, will lipj.tnf l!iU s-til llj ii:<- Tr\«i( n. iiisT,

I hirty \curs tin* liulians. KOM(>!UK ihfl ttt'O.Ti' »«'rl»»p nlviiTir* <hnj>tfM Ihi - h.vt.k Id t. ftill . ' I nlf-rin th-'ii. hum •ih t ( irtiii m I liT-ft, will rtppt-ai tTwtu llit4 T» t.raii rii'»»u»jirtr y H. K Il«<;tt»' r. Th • T»: \ iH I'M prifcT 4 fcrin'T! J K-lljii/'u" jjHf) M tk qim-t«>.p«il)ii<«li«ftl y 1 h»ir9di»> , In I illjiii, at y«'»r IMO-? n C hl'( KNKU. hnllm, Te»i»i».

0 9-7-10 9 MAI E I . \ T E S r M K \ r .

I.t, k Prlvili e. one (wr cent from the markot n low rnif. will pfty i rgf prttfit. t(i#t iiPit 30 day*. •II I'»ritc or .null Invetfinu'ntn. tiold, St ckt, Col :oii find Tol-rtcco I'oUKlit anil .old on thn mo.i fev'ir:it>li' torii'.. l.ltiorni adrttncr* iimdo un coii .lumiH iit.. I'rlCe ll.lti and rlrciiifir. frr»>. CHABI,K8 HMKDLICY 4 f}0 , B»iik-r« nud Droker., 40 llrii:«d St. •j U bear Qold and Ktock Kxrhango, N. Y

Tlin TAH I nt Iroul An I 1113 I Ull-UrtlC . ii,K„nlon« Ki-ml fto otjodi. to nndl Addro.. with Btanip, IC. C. AIIIIkV, liiinal N. V. fj D.27 II S7 li.C-CnAiefcC»-k wa<ji» ti. jURuumuuL imtiemckts. '>iM«,rtAKi»»fi<r«yn.

BRINLEVS COMBINATION. Jllo. W. Dillabd. 11. L. Oorrm.

Dillard & Coffin, COTTON FACTORS

—AKD-Oeiienil CommLssioii Merchants,

No. 278 FKONT STItEET, Bfcmpbig, - - Tenu.

Make liberal caah adTance*. Fnrnith Planta-tion Buppliet and Merohandlae of erory deacjip-tlon. Kefer to Flrat National Bank. 0 1Wk7

F R U I T T R E E S At Reduced Friccr

FOR SPRING OF 1876. Peach Trcc«, Very fine end thrifty, leading Torletlga, 12> eeaoh; (10 per lb". Amcaden's Jan«, Tke earllset flae peach known, &0c eaob; IS.ilO per doaen. Apple Tfraei tSP^ eaob; SIO.CO per iro. Prtr, PInm.Gbcrrraad Apricot Traai, 603 eaca; l&UO par doya. No chirtte for packing and deiiTeilng lo traaa-portatlou cumcuairt T«>!f!» «• elly aeoenttnee.

April!. 187ft So. Baptist Pnj^catioB Society. ^jr BOOKS, tent by mall, at the fol1o»i„ '

^ — 2 n it<IU litfr, ,XIK..I.,1, ,nlrltl.n niiatlic* of TrHth. b, 'lir. , Comninition, l.y l>T.a*rdn«r KTB»«r] Wlaeinwn, by MreT' Vi"""' ' 12 Southern Pvniinlei, arabmnn, Haltacrij.ilon UlLle . -"''"'•i-«r\vo . alto publl Haptliit Work, eeer " »T»i alto publi.hcd

Vm*--- ....iw , , —fti.ia Ifi 00 lo jp (tt I'h eeer.y all |h, oI.t broiiglit out it ih. ttl ml.rtr.ln* Uhrarli-n, Umitlon nook, Arrangfrnont. made withjULI-< ..ll„, lion .., S.clftiM tofurnlih »ny rellgK.u. Uir-V ,, -r.' ,irl». Wn r«il U... alt.nil, .tl..-r. lothof.cl tliAt w.. tr.. dolV. ow ^ M.Il WiltK AT NOKTIIKHN PUK Kh -Vj?," It rn-t uf onr rh«ru.r t-sr; Si,'.;. ;„ ihr».' Ii*,' ni..,l converted Int.. lU. tl.. bo-k,. J.'i'.' f», (1,1. ii rr-n..,-.. r.f It,.. «,,„,(, .,„, e.' e.:\.. o.i.. It,. Ilni. y,.., ; c, u dituUMMiw v..r ih..- .1,11.. living, iij.,,,,., » fo: III,. U. ni-vii.rn. l>- p«rtniri.t.i-»,r»r<.u|ol«k ri wiii l.t, .1, 1„ ltd to I.ix.r fun.,M-.ct,n.li,i,(m -I.- AKcnte wailUil wlio nr, sM, lo,,,,'

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lU A W. Maui.od, Thl> l o. Ii. In m Tow uori!>, niukii clfor tlio fm, .Uro. nisi 1 11,.' pl.'« r.l Oil. ... l.iicp It «ii,v)lltt.i my.t. rl.. t,i..| .liiiplir,.'. •• 111. iDtti hlrfrj of Vwk-U...I.IM; I I i-v.t,!. „i, pl.n »i.d ,horl mHh • •.I i'V "hicli 1" all «<r. Iinl. I„ » .lliy l.My of farthjlttry ( M* ..i, (ua u, H,, l.ook hM|.vr. II,.-r, linn I. fi.i„,.r ,r n. .h,,' •I '"li' It « Ml. .11 •! H.l.l .. .|, , -.1.11; • 11., 1-1 ll,|l,„ni.| ultl.l. S>.1 Ms.l; M. ,„,,,. -I.-Mh I ' l l . . I, i,i,)r„. » WAVvinn

rmriT t acento wanted I J I i LLteL I iT 511 IT ALL. Ut «Tf Kl-r'1- » ff fir 1.) the «ft/ » Ji*i T.. • » I'rkiU The most COfTp-o 0X )086 «*rr rittu ' > » reol Mormon Womgo d'>ltH«. IllHUlrft, BJ> • ill "xrnKvriljntrT lio'-'M... . • f/ ;

monm .fr-i P o l s • ty Thoiiannti Cnpios •i>M an! tciiti i."* •r'lii.ji f-h- "i tf>2Sa4aT Wp w«ot 5000 crori! icnM tlOW* • c-tf tiliirn. #tir» ftmt. » t, j • Cv., I'tlrm n, Illi , i» , r: ' I-.- Vii.

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BUCKEYE BELL FOUNDKi tslaliJii-lii 1 13!'. M.j.fi 1..I r- ..« ..: Copp.,! ' ' Tin, i,i"i;nlfil III' i--t Rotary Htnginot, C-i ! -r. 8C«0015 flRUj, lACfCiiS. C,-1J 'Hau3£S. fiiii Ausu!, Icr.l" C; .ii: ClllUIS.llu. Fully Wirrano J JlhjHr„lr,l

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102 and 104 Easl Second Street. Cincmrjl.. O 7 80 8 Sll D M

Mnidoon, M M i k (Oi, M .Wiidlson St., i'Wcni(ilil.s T' l'ii.

lmportcr« and Manufaclnn n ol

Italian Marl.le, anil Si oh li and Amcriran lirnnlto .Mtiiiinntiiln.

VAULTS, TOM ilS, H i '. TONt.S SlKnti** nn AS .SOLD. Vorli»i «i.n.n« I'tu.llot ill <'»rriirii, Iltljt Moi Lh-ii. 8co.lft!id, •itli rin dciit | tili.rr» w •o-IKi.intrijil Ui«.oj.-i'.nllPD I'f'iii rt in.-i t of tl.o bI'Ovc HI MhiII., I, HI , and will furnmh ...tiitiuti.f for Hr.y one Itivi.rlni, o

« errn eni». H I. It. eod ni»»' .Jib t ell.

8ix-0ak.s Lo«g SUijde Trolilic. Thlmiipttrlor Cotton sev., n-l irtl > •' ' to piircbttMim lu 1876. We whh fifcuce aghln offer to the i«i<l to th. i I-""" 11-76. nt l>,e low price of »5 j er bujlirl K.mit nj lleKl.tfred Letter, or roelcDlc- moi iy ordy tn Atlanta, Ga. SetHl for dltcriptire circular anu certlflcate. Addreta „ ,„viru J. H. A 11. P. Herndon P. 0. BorkeCo.,o»-

TH» SPANISH CHCPA. Wo can fill order* for Chnfaa at gO per b«b<-l. 9-II-IH Hemdon P 0 Barkeui_o

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. NOW BBADY! U t .

A l i i f e o f D r . N o t t , , ...-e«ara president of Union College. K.P., and Prof. Taylor

two tU.l plate llke-

,w«I.tl»i>«-,'l,!, i.y, and tho corrr..

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P Y K A C A N T H A . I. Ann >'iee Pynkcanth Iledie PlanU, well tllfjUUU rooted, f*r«aleat«ia per tbonaand, dKlieered at the depot, Oadtden, Tfnn. lit AQfk flooie Pluoia at t S {Mr haadred 1 or »» «t*. Klncle trx—eery nie*. Ill A AiiA WiliiiU Strawberry PlanU at t * per 1UII,UUU thoutand. Addrwta

9-11 J W HOHMOS ftCO . ~ Ot'l.din, Tenn.

MeShatie Bell Fonndr} MHnnfa> tiirn tlioio celebrated liellt for Cliurcb* ea, Araticnilea, etc. Vilce bl.t and Otroulara I.iitlre«. IIKSUV acSllAHK AtCO., Sdl X <1 4MJ 111 I r n t o B E . Mi).

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Auaia VMwnrJ-"" " , JIY LIFE O.N Tlir I'JtAns, I )

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Soiitliern HaptlHt Theological NKMIIVARY.

Tl.c l.t.ll.i I -rllrtctHo of tho (>iilfnnliil Kund for 111- -iid-vim-bt of till. !ifLiin-iy aro now i-a.) It hti. no i'nKi»«M llk-nt.. of I'rt.f.'MOr. B-yti, l l r . m . l e / . . M « i ) l > T") . WliilBill « n d \ V i l l l . » i i n . K r . - y i l l , t l . i « l i .11 d I n . , o n n A . p ' c l n K - i i c o ; . y I t . " I t . -ou . i t i t i I t . t . T . . i y m i n i . N T w h ' . f t - | t O B t « j H l c - 1 k . . . v . I w i l l » l i t , i « r u d « . I i f d n i t - n t o t h e Clirk of I . I I J r h i i r i l , o r 111- ^ o p r I li t . - n d f O t ' . f »liy ( i n i i . a y -. w l t . i i r i l ' . . - I t i i i l . t 111. n t i n i . i tR ' l A i l d r c . . ,

u f u o r b . I l l : f u r t l i r i - i i . t o w n i , - n t :iii I ; - i i t i ' l : . > l i ' . i . l " o t i f y m . - m .l. crvi'. Ki l j.'ti' ulty I"- nt-i-.lvd '.w „t-. liv. , tlfi) , 1.lit-lull,.Iri . : wii.,.!,.! f. r .irt. It'., ni.y bi-.lA.H l>. nOVCK, . riT-...ilw.V Loll..Till' , K.T.

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Ray'8 ImproYcd Yellow Corn. I cQaimenead with (.-orn of a enperigr anality, and by carofal telxcilon and tmpronBaat fir <i(bt yeart, hae* aaocceedwi lu preduclng vbai t be-Umya to be the beat corn known. It piodacaa tb* grtatett nanber of buthelt to tba acr#.a*d tb* «r*at««t nauber oi ear* to the iialk; and a meat-ured l.utbel weigh, from &l to Ci Ibt. T haw teet'd tt with Ik* Mautdotk Dent Cora, for wklcb 1 peld M) ct.. per posnd, and mlae It taparlor to It at. leait a K (Kr cent. It la ao benbag, btlt ba* bean teat ^ by the beat faroara, and un tbe exptrl arntal faro of tb* Mlnbtlppl Ual«r»ity. a* will appear from th* ann.'Xed certificate of Dr. Philip*. It k firm, bard cora, mnch leaa liable to rot la the field, orfibelnjaredlnthe crib by weatll than the white corn. It alto meturra earlier and la le*< liable fj drouaht. IT Is CKIITAINLTTHI! BEflT COUM POBTIIK: SOI'TII. Itt exce** of wetebt, and number of ear. produced,wlll pay any farmer In one year lo buy fiom me all hl» »«eJ corn. I will .ci.fl by Ciprna a'. |10 per bntbel, allowlna .Vittnto lh« bu!>hel; |ii per half botkil; fl pr-r i..ck, or 10 bntbeli for ISO. Or I will wind by m.ll, pt.t-fiald, on pound for 75 ctt. 8 i . » i 1 u i o u i - y b y K i p n . . . i n l l - g l i t e r e d l - ^ t t i - r o r

P o . t o f ! l c ^ O r d . t o i l t b e f o a t t i n i o o a t B l p 1 « > , ! d l t « . J.K.BAY. Uopkiui, Tippah, Co., Ulai. A d d r e n i

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n w Ilk fj'i. k i( y-a ik'v f..,j.it}«»»ti<.n t.r I IMm, tr pr<>-• r tpeak-f.r tctlha-j fftllKJim or matflf rsRT" rrlotrA, II !i- t'yh-'^iini If yt'll will U»cfo«C lo DJO -tf'it nijiifiip. Un- tun! r'Ou-dy will bp I ni'i>'m»llon In vt to oblitlD U f n 11 hv>H I tAOL«>V . J II. (iIlAVl£.S,

Killtor Tiir lUprinT, M«ui(ihii, Trnn. .. , rrrrnr-l. I ('-iMPA..ln".TrTMlt ScrrBBtao,

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COMIVIUNION ('oin|iiti>> . M-:vv xuiiv-

'iMACHmES. I . i b i i a l T i ; i n, '< o. ' l ' »

f h u r f ; ! I r r S o r o n r i h . i i i ' l M i i i li r . l a o f f v t r } c c r i f . l ' r - i i

"DOMESTIC " PAPER FASHIOWC T l ) e l l « l I ' a l l r n i . n . . l . - s . „ , t . f o r C » u l " . : i

Mdross DOMESTIC GEWIi: 3 liACHnTF,:: A c M i s t r . M . i i - u \ > ^ 1 - . v " ^ « > : t J i

SETS. Of I He uioat l>enniirnl iteiinna rtclily llnitlied In Klei'r.. t*l "etr Plkte, »->••• li \ee UUAtlAN k Ki'. to wamr for * *l"lC.*lfKS K'OIII <•>• 'O forty dollar* |ier «*t. llliii.lratiou«, wltti |irlce* "'"M AM'tliiaCJ, KOItlNSOJI CO., HA»rr»iniiPe«, 01 Koiintalii Urjuare, Ctnclnnatt, «. u 1 « %"> ew

I'DlTi-riliy, ARflcnltoral Ofpartment, I Oxford, Mim , December U4. HI7&. ) I I1..0 pl»Di>-d fur two yetre corn abtalned ftcir, I r Hny. Ilopkln., Tlppth Uo.. Ml.. , »iid It ha» tn J,.or hnd, (irovrn of i-erly maturity, Iferlisg t 1 n'o 4 far., end prrnon.ci.d by a tominlltie of tufi-trJ O biih:', OI.I f rm r.. to b. ((ood lor «• Ira.t Ilir. .. time. Hi. yield ol forlll'r crop.. Hio.rm. and -t'.nln({' wmd-. unreliable, but It WM ,1 Of iii. l l'.ut>t| o»"r irvt.:., yl.ld. I lo<.li » l.errol f 1. rn 10 tSl.ir F«ir, »nd .-» many r.-f|ne.t. fur en • or 1 a.vii »ll «» .y. No L'talo «hown ««• mori .. ...rht for M. W 1'Hll.irS •I 10-1

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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. KISm-SIBTH IDITIOS.

0>,ulalulng*cumpl.t«litiofa|] tbe towna is th* United State*, Ib* Terrltorl** aad tha Dominion or ( nada. barhig a papulation ireatar than li,OW ao , cording to the la.t centoa, togetbtr with tb* oaan** nf tbe newtpaMra baring the largeat local cireala-tloalneacbortheplaeaaaaBitd. Alao, acatalocn* «f newapaper* which ar* rt«onn<Bd*d to adrer-

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TEAM —Tlio cl,oic<.»t In tbo worl.l —Iroporter'n ' i . - itern .t I'oiuit-iiiy It, Amitilci— 1" :,rli- I- iil-e.f. . 1 t, 1 .< ».!.,£- A|:t nl" 1 ,11. <1- .. t w„ttl. II ,1: T W Kl.l. II

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Low I'rr.x'-iiro Mi-iim, sintl Hot Wator, By the lati.t mid mo«t rff.rt motlii-.l.,

Ufgltm at Uwost rUc.s, Kniliators, fOll.a, KtTTlNC; , PI'MIVM, ETC.

CRANK, UKKKI) A C O., 08a-7I.'» W. Htti St., Cliicliinall. U.

-Ib— iii' i lit'nuMly for Hard Times!

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l<l0 8tyl.'»<l t nitOP.rtlculare rnra. fi. Ullnmti, b'for Sic'JAIkUC'ii. Wl,u„r n B,.«t..u, M»«.. XX « II :H,

DR. W. E. ROGERS, NtJRCiEW!V,

urnca, 8autlk*Bil Csr. Blalii aad UDIod Btraati,

•tl bilHPHlB, TENN.

IfOWKSTEAUS and TIlK

Clipiipi'st Bailroatl Land All' on the Itln • o' tbe

I lilon Patlfle Iliillrond. IN

XEBIIA8KA. SKCMIIU A IIOMK WOW.

Ful> luioriuM on tent ITREK to all l;"; " "" l.,,il. Addr,.«i. „ O l,eud Com r C. P. B. Oi*.l,», N-l.. A » Iti 18

I If you wish to grow Vegetables ior aal*. ' read

for all NASAL, TlinOAT and Lrsti nH? ' •Tpfing relief In aomc caae.i In a few inln-?J? ,aorCATx««nlth*» proTCU tho only known Wcjje. BnmtCHiTW ylelda to It, and Crtwst.Mr-n?; AnxnnA, Kof g Cold. an.I ir/JT**"* ikJM THJIOAT, HOABSKN-BS!-. S.lf"".?!®'' relieved at onco. A fow Inb.iln-Sffi'S'l' tofreot the moat OrrKKaivc UntiATii-JtMeothtrdrubber, Kmaybo carrleil aa handily Mal nencll or needle.<aaae, and laalwayt retdv luhallnit tnbct anil approred by the entlro J ed ca by tho atandard Me,Ileal tSS!^^ ">« *<»fld. Dr. Ocotyc Hadlijy. Pro-MBS£ * '»'nrandWiannacy In tht; Unlvcrelty In acarflBlly tsonaldemd report upon It* St?fih."=f''"'"»*«l'>iheaewo»dtt "On the whole, wit tahah r leeroa to roe to aeoomplMl I la purr»o«c».. by the ooat ilnipte and' eUfccUia M2J!i"'"!P'>Ib»*«phleatlB conception, and well '•»"••}Ibeei tlon.•• Wopenionaffllcud »MUre»i,„ »»tlj any of the dlfO ltle. auted. L",iblMnhaler. Patented In th« in^ awlMd and Canada, oeer aoo.ntw tMUmoBlala of hnndieda of Pity.

f»«»rl»t»r», BilTala, Ki T, a 9 JT »7 virt

Gardening for Profit! f Tou wleU to become a Commercial Florlal read Practical Floriculture!

If joa wioh to Otirtlen for Amnjement or for Uomo Uaa only, fcad Gardening for Pleasure! ALL BT

Pptor Henderson. Prico $1.50 eacb, posUpaiil, by mail.

Onr Combined Catalogue for ISTC, of E V E R Y T H I N G rOB THE GARDEN! 6ont Free to all Appllo«nt«.

. Onr lunso riurtmtrd CaUlopie* of 5f<if» land /Vant4, numbering 175 pt«", ""d c^ ' - - • - • • nt witbont ch«rg« I calnlng 2 colored platea, aent wltbont chiirg« • to purchawm of any of the abore thre* I boolta. Bent to all otbera on rccciptof 60 Icenla.

35 Cortlandt Street, JVC IT YORK,

8.VOt> TO 910.00 A I>AY made ftt home, bj male or fe-tbo IH-" • for WlitiaVS' ,„»!„ acfiita. iMllng FAXMIttH riUK KIJltDlAB«,

I Kiudiimt Wo(K|orCoal rircawltboutehar-liVeor |«vper. Twenty Itrca made at the co?t of one cent. Kothlng »« for e»-termlnatlng worma or caterplllara from .f?nit t?we forty diploma, awardf by r KtSte iod Com,tic. Sole conlrol o< »«•]->} i or county to one aiient v-amele. malbjl Ifor weenie. Addreu U P. SMlTli.tor. Iklm and I'eail btrecti, cw Albanr, lod-A 9 1 6 21

tUrn prlcet cfaargad. Alao, all newtpapera (a'theVliited <4t*tea and Canada printing oter i.WO co n Mch iMue. Aim, all tho ItelifclonB, Agilraltural, Scl.utlfic, Mechanical, Mcdleal, MK*0Rlc,3iiireiille, Kduiatlonal, t%.mmer t, luanrani-e, 1{e.| ICttate, I,aw. rtportlnir, Mu'tcal, Faablon, and other t]wclal ,!laka journal'; -tt coaiptetellat*.. Togetberwith acoirpleteiut . 1 rer {KM Oermaa papera prlnl> lu tha Unltod .-ea. AUo, an eaaay upon adrer. tlting; many tnl-i .of rate*, thowieg th« coat of adrortlalng la varmn* n*e*Mp*r*, and averythlag which a bMBBer iu adTertltfcg would Ilk* to know. Addr*«a 0*0- P- ROWBLt A CO., g-4v9.4e 41 Patk Row, M»k tork.

^ ^ ^ l a T L L L ; ^ C o CHURCH.SCHOOL.FIRE-AL A Itrrt

U t t o 6H W w r a i g W B t ^ C T B r i M t a u ' . ' o .

a(3EMH WASTWI) roll THK W O » i XRFUL OAilKHR OF MOODY & SANKEY, In Oreat Britain and America Hy aa eminent diTlne. 11 ae crer 6t.'0 pagM agd 9pl*ie. .IM Agent a made Srat raenth. 8elllBr by t alboa* •audi. Addrcaa H. H. OOOIHlPgED « OO., K-9.1(V--.U K BarcUr Ht , tt-w H-rlt. CAi;'noilH«TICK.-Th* OICMniNi; XDtTIOH.

' • 40/)001 Immentf! Success! 1 I of the Genu * Lll e: AfMO L/> BORSOr •

lliur aiorr oiaiHNBIvltnia lnTlo m r t r r r , Ofiltli:* and iaiIlf«iMiora«i|wnil|. «t«|il>l« ilencrrption*, apIaiiMlId We W«ia» agonia

alnadi/K\d. T lie Inrtillii the nrUli l«nlon*I.alr,and I llona lielnga. «rt>|il>l<i d illuatratliint. WIHIoit*i'»»'if-nuirfclir. rreHtii niM; aend for term*, . 8ri» tiTiJM Piiou A CO., Publlabara, Bt. t^m\§. Jlo. A-»1B in-IO

Clsrks' JI Dli jUilioas Q t AVter hlU to git* a poe.f nppWifat. It pMrinea tho I.W1, and iwiwe. lo the u»er lo Itt orliaillre livflth and rigor. It .a tbe beet lemedy lo .nee far tb» cnre of llj.pep 1». Vot* of Al>petll», Sonrneta of Stomach, tiick Headaehe, OBronio Uarrhoea, Liror t.k)iBplaint, DllionaBeta, Janndtce, OoniBUipdon, Scrofnla, CaUrrh, Bb.nnatl.ni, Errtipela., bait Kbenrta, Ferer and A g u e , O-n ral Di-billty, Serrout Uead»ch«i.and Female D.aeaaes, A REWAUD Waa. far tbr»e yeara, offered for any cane of tlie .boTo dlMiaaea which could not be cured by Olarkt Anll-bllionaCompennd. . . , .u « 1...1 It It toll by n*>rly e»»ry drngglat In tho United iUt... «

G 9 0 S2 Cleteland, O,

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BAUx\8CHEI»TI8M, OR

THE EX AHTHEKATIO METHOD "F CC RE The .Irnple and fa.j manner In which «h«i remediea ate applied rnnderi. It practicable (or Iiery one to na.> them with .ncccM In bi wllb r.r an In.triimfnt, the R««r,-. iT»Tf «

• eldtli, and a bock of ln,trncti(iu, ntb edltloc ' Pflci of a •Ingle b.tll. of Oliuro Bauntrheid IHfreetr mail) 81-H5. B w.rn o. counter Mt. Artti™" '<>"« (iauimcb.idti.t Cieteland, gj

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to Male and Female AgeiiU lu Coata KOTHIKO to try II. Partlcniar. FKEE.' P Q- V I C B B I A Co . guata. Maine.

(»>77 A WEEK tirtilr locality.

r. W. KO*»TE«. W. ». WAtnltAif. H. L. BACOH,

Memphis and Mississippi Valley AbKXCY AUD

GEN'L REAL ESTATE OFFICF,

Frnit land IN'nrscries, ALGL'STA, GA.

P. J . BERCKMANS, Proprietor. ihU eptabli huifnt ba« b«iii f./n<or.J by IU ,„'.. nt proprirtor .inc. 1867. It. area !• ol anch fitcnt that w.. ar.rn.bW to offer Ibe moit rarlod •tuck uf

FBt ' IT TREES GB APE VINES UriinmcnlBl Trccit

S H R U B S , K O S E ^ . E T C , E T C ,

IN THE 801THKKN STATES. Th« collection nf Frultt and Plant* are roott f*-,entire, and bate l«-en e-Iected wi careful refer-ioc" tn the Souliiei n climate. An ntimaU kaowl-,dge of the atedi ol IJoathero Fruit Coltailate la a .u»r»Mte« tbat tbo iutrieeta of tb* patron* uf tbU MUbli.linient .ball be faJthlally lereed. Catalogurt »all<4 free, hy addn-aalnB aa abine. Mo. l-FrnUandAlrnamrJital Treta, Jto.et, Kf er-.No. % Oreeaheoee, Bedding riaiat*, • No.»-Whol»«l« Prlo.. W.alor |li..Tr«iIe. ML-WoTlet rtJUWitid "»Ht UjkBHBt.

No. iieo nalnS<r««f. 170B Tnis SAUK, pnaoBASE, LEASE OB ix-J; cbange of Oottoa Farma, Cnlmpiovad Cott«n Landa, Sngar Plantatlona and Hacar tdind*. To. baceo, Orain, Oraaa and Timber Lani* in tb* liUt** of Mlaaiaalppl, Loaitlan*, Ttaaa, Arkavaa*, -TenB«t*M and i i>*ad lin«in««« ip *ll it* kr*aeh** promptly and correctly attead»d to, Mempbl* City aad flnbarbao prop*rty will ba mad* a *p>elaliy. dhalby coaaty and We.t Teaaeaaa* Laadr, em-bracing tbot* adapted toPlaatiag, Orala and lirtai growiag, Graalng and Fruit growing, will roe*lY* aptclal attentloa. Payiajc Taxea, Bedetulrg Pr*p>rly Sold for Taiaa, Coaalug, BenUng, appraiilag aBd Collact-Ing proBptty%tttad*4 to. Megotiatimi for Mon on Mortgage. Bal** hy AtlCTlOJ* of enry ch*raot*r la tba Uaa of th't Arm eipeolally aaliellad. Kxabang* of propert:*a lyUg la agr of Um atBtef Bcgotlateif, All bualneea Intrari-. to na »ball li* promptlf, faithfully and ifflcently <x<tuitit. All tranwllonewith thI. odlc* will tw conductM np a the atrletcal Iwai. nf tjaeh. fly brintileg lo tlie dttleaoi tlila moat imtwrtant eati-rprlae (laap.rtaat alik« iu osr cnnotry, bar paupleaad uarmlTr*), onr lM*t eaerglM and InnE •Bperlesee, we hop* *t iea.t lo Mrit tk* ooaft-dence aaU a portloa of tlwHttaBBigaalOBr i Bpt*-W* deaiie to be iatarrlaifid by all who fe*{ «<rc«t la a LieB 7iaa, «li fe*l ail IB' nfeiloB i* |« (M i*

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T U B T A I t U B O F

T H E BODY AND LUN6 BRACE.

T H E b a p t i s t ;

t o B«ptUt MlaUten of Uu BoaUi: I Uke thli mcUio4 «I okQing your ftUen-

tipn to th« eelebntod. Body kod Lane Br»eo, tbe »l{e«cy of which I have aocspt-•d th«t I mtkj make it a beneflt to my paper by faiaklBg II a far greatw b«ncflt to jou. I win briefly five yon nay reftions for roc-ommesdlng ihti invalaabU arUcle to you.

Mort than elghtoon yonri ago 1 wm thoroughly broken down In »oioe, from cxooialv* preaohbtg. I could speak but a little while without getting

lorând Aowm, My

thwat wM'generftlly easily irriiJ-, I. V,—y und husky. .hat incTtaied,

unui .»v - » mooting my voloo failed ontlroly, under tho effects of aohronlcUryngitis.that roon supennduerd bronehltis, which aoriously threatened my life I was now oompoUcd to deswt from preiwhing, and If possible oTeroome those difficulties and recover the lost treasury tho volo«, that to a mini.tter more valuable IbM gold or Jewels, or bo silent for-o»or. I applied to the most eminent phys-iolane, anU was but little helped; (avo the oxolBlon of an elongated uvula, Ihev could do nothing but advise rest, and this 1 was impelled to tako. Wh* cauBcd and eontinuBd that oonotjinl Irritation and hacking they oeuld neUber explain nor prevent. Frovidenco tbrcrr the remedy In my tray. My wife w6<bv.!-f«rlng from prolapttu uteri, and tbo r'"-fesBor ef tha Theory ond Praotloo of Mo<li cino in the Medical Unlvowity nf NMhvijlc was her phyalelan, and ho nrfwribod fyr hor this idontieal Brace, which spooailj rrilovedhor, 8ho ctimplaiuod of n dragging down, and no languago could bettflf ex-press my feelings, and cspociaUy afior preaching. U occurred to me if U wa' good for one case of dragging down, why net for another. Without eonsuUlng any ono I procured one large enough for my-Bolf aid put it on. the first tt«e doubtless it was oTer worn by » »»«» fo* » Mtt, and the resnlt was. the Irritation of my throat soon quieted, and tho backing ero long foascd, and tho voice commoMed building up, until I could articulato, whioli 1 had not done for twelve months, and fnry soon I commenced to pr»ach again. That Braee I wore nearly tt-n ywirs w.thoui communlcatiBg its wonderJul advanlagca to any one, because I thought I was usinR an article that woe invsntod for tbo use of females. Privately to a few spocial fripnOs wijo were suffering as 1 suffered, 1 ex-plained tho use cf the Brace, and tbroup!, me they ebUined i^ and were relieve i as 1 ytM I made known the power of tl.o B r a c e to restore, Btrcnglhin and preôrvo tne volee in public speakers, and he com-moBced offering U as a premium to min-

Tho cause of hoareeneiis.Bore t*roal, lar-yngitis, and finally bronchitis In miniB-trrs, and all these symptoms of "dragging down.'' goneness, exhaustion, after speak-ine. and weakness of the b.ck and loins, and piles, is OuiUght relaxation of tht ab-dom^muscU*,y>hichalU,v)t tht bovtU t» gink, kMimibjf markedhoUowM ovtr the ttpe of tK$ hipt*

The diaphragm or floor of the stomaoh aaas. and the atomaoh sinks with it. How all know that the Unings of the stomaoh are connected witi those of ho threat and affect the Tooal organs, and * ben the •tomach alnka a atralnlng Is brought to bear, upon the throat, and speaking or Ulklne will irritote it and soon pro-duee hoarsenew, *nd if contlHued sore throat, and aU the train of evils that min-iateia are wont to complain of, and wh .»h kaa carried hundreda to their graves, and whieh yawly are laying a.lde as useless hoAdre^ of othem. The prolapsus of the abdominal mnaolea is «h« cause of the feel-

It should be worn by tftry Barry the energy and *igor of his youth far Into old age.

Onr labora In protracted mettlngs is what

f irostrates and uses up as many mlnisUr* n voice and strength, and lays the found-

ation of premature decay. This invalmbJe arUcle I am prepared to

place with'n the easy reach of every Bvp-tlst mlnlsiei of the South, and when be has wotn It ono month, i>r through ono meet-inft, he will evormjre be grateful to mc.

Five hundred wioiitors and brothron tnd sisters b»ar united tcsllmofiy to tho fact that th's Brace b a poientiflc Skoulder and Lung Brao» ; that It s ipports thwbaok, abdomen, Btomftoh, lutiftn; provcata lassi-tutlc, hoarseness, piles, boruia, oonfump-tion ; iii-cn'MCB ihe brcathinn: oapncily ; gives sireuKlh lo the body ; iiioreaaea ho vlul powers, expanda and enUrgos ilic luogs ; renders broalhing free and ta»v ; relieves ohronio oos'lvoneBs; it iis' d y singors, lawyers, laborfrs, iin i » epecifio for all oases of pra'apnui «f tbo howtU In males or tcomb in foruaies. It relifvcn when all other m«»bs fil l , U " lifetime; it bCDPfitB lu ry cnno Who-ever do:8 not, evury DiiniHliT eb. ulil u.i" one.

1 on<<i- il 10 any oiip a-i >1 |."Mtiliuu U't ! i !)oi» oul.HfrilierH 10 Tmk K u'Tkt $2 M) RUil 20 COHIH. iSi" t'>' known to your moinbiTo Uml y<ni npi-i ii Draoo, uii'l by Itila tnuaii< you cau sicuri' ouo (ind thi'y will readily holp y u !<• fcciire it in Ihip w.iy BHCuro iis m-vny yon can «ntl srtid oim d wlur lur 'm ry of tho if) you Isi'U uH'l y'>u cun h'oupo ii If you will Bol! 6 Uriirt s al Iho rcgwlju jirico I will ptvii you 11 llriiec rs a premium. Ill ono of IhCfO wityu you om ncourc n Urnon; iiiui whrii you h:»v<' i xcurlonocd ii« Ixiuefils k<'M would noi iudii-y you i) p.each without it.

imuiak uiMBwtww — ^ , .. . of xgoneneat" and exhaustion and

tcBt to MM aid «IIol»ey. 1. H. WILSOH, Br. Irtl ngtOD, Iie« Oo„ Tazu, lITt

eU p«r<ont, ud for itUlhaterjr tbi as-

P»I! Branch, TensMxi*. kit with bas!u,

A. 1.. MOKQAN.

I hkf* itlT«o (ba Bra» • Ulr trUI. I Aod It all th»t la claimed for It. 1 woulil not take |l«l <»r tb« light to i-ae It. I tioro tl»at all "T »ti>J«<;rlii« brclbr-n will procaro On». J. A.UKiHULUR. ruUoa, sue., l-STt.

1 f»n prsach wllbyiit jfttliUi th« li<ftit t;r~l In my Inagn. ur h.ario. 1 would i>!(l l"' without It f«r the flneot horae In Oliluu coiintjf I <-ai! rro rnmicna tlio Br»ro to »»«ry mliiUnr ( uhlic Bi-aakBr aA lhi> xtirj tUlr>< ho iuhmIh. ..OliloncoBtuy, TrBR. .» W l ALMKK

natUyoB »rt bjlf diNi4 ii«nB«)u.u. brfiiM iron Msd tot Ma. ofatW-KaMrTHloB. «ar«»;ii •»«,

J a - o a J t v . , , Tit

VKmAl.KH 'IKSTIKV. HuH-rllt vf-ry inurli from "IlyRpnn-'o' i*'.

ir«l .l.lilmy—th«. rumlt of pri.lrin li-.| iHi, .Mttlirxt fni-i havi, U-t.n *i>jirlim u 1 llliK nii'l "r*"'.' »n»l «ni «jti»l|..l ih"" no t" " ' '.""'I'l""' .lml).iily «II..<-U.,1 w.inl l I... h -n. fil".! i-v i „„, Kl'liciiH I

Willi..>11, Ml««-, lS7t

c-i > I Mtk "

TESTIMONIALS.

'• fvi thi. laal two laoitth* 1 hato •u(Irl<.l u^f >1 filial from aui«-thro«t, from pfoachlng mil m.-nk-Inn AIkiuI th» Oral of Angoal niy thioat

aoro that I becamB oneaaj l.al It ahuulil r-'.iili In aomotblDR aarlnua. 1 put on tho Lnn* Ilraci., «n.l, atr.tiK* to Bay, that waa tha lajt of my .or..-thraat. It acted ilka • charm. Aad thoaittj I tiruached on thro»Kh the BDtfra mouth, prfachlnij iwlco a day. In ftll folly Ihrwi boura. my throat I on not troDbled me 1» tha laaat. In thia connoctloii Mcoan mo tor aaylug m ward to DlTllctt:.! el«tora : 1 ImllaTa the Braoa wonid bo of mnch aurylco to bom In many eaaaa, u It la to proachora I Kijoh

» Kiater who. wlthoat the Brato, IK holplwa, Imii with It aha la alia to attond to nil tier huuiohul.l .Intlia. A word to thu wt»« la

Oiford, Ml«., 1S70.

ine or " goneuw* — « blue Mondaya " thatmost minlstera know ao welL as It la of htmia and piUt. Now, aftor » pewinrfl experience of nearly twenty ywn, u d the added experience of more than fito hundred ministers upon whom I have fitted the Brace with invarl-aU« tucceaa, I « a PÊ"*®^, .Vt*®®" tlfy of Ita real merits, ^rtthout it, I am aa^fied I shonld have been Uld aside from public apoaklng eighteen yeara ago. By MtaEitflUTe folly recovered %loat voice, and m blesaad with of uncommon ôwerand induramo^ Without H, two or tkrM aennona exhanat and g»»e me the •ense of f&gne, and Ua-e m« with a h S w . hiurttt Toloe; with li, 1 can apeak. S u T i a r r r ^ d a y without koarseness. 1 now uwiit ou ^ whcn spwit-«ii*. and thiis prmt»e my ton e and phyi-ofi anergl^ 1 do aotbe .ete that any

one wonltl erer be affliot«i with bentlfcor •aes, o» weakaeiB of the back or loins,

It wear it, erdinarUy loese, and

DKAU into. OUAVEH: For tho b.in..nt ol «n( frrlnft foniBla. I dwlr- gl»o you uiy oiufrlonta In thr uaoof tho UaajiInK Lnng anil noil) llraco li, r'HoYlng and corroding praUpaoa, »i> ilunn un.t Koncral Wfaknraa lo tho femalo. Tho tupporl..r» WM find on aale ganerally are nnaatlnfactory un i warthloba, bat I can aaiuro all that thit (nrnlnbo-nil the bsneBt that wo can got from m«chaul'-iil iDoana; and lo ao exlenalre practlco In tho din oa'M peculiar to foiual I Hod thi'iu tho only nat lufactary anpportor I can got. Ifou h T« hnt lo trr them to lie conrlnced; and with thoin wo aro able to got many Invalid lailloa ont of bod and maka tbem naefol to their „

Benatobla. Mln.. April S7, 1874.

I hate worn the Brace f»r thirty ilaya, and I find U todo all It la recommonded lo do, and 1 aovuo all inln atera and RiKoriis to n»u If i hud Iwn aloglag &b0Ht foor weekn whpn I recflv.d iho Brace, and my cheat and liinga ha.l bccome aoro, and worn broken down. 1 put on the Brace and oontlnoed to sing ler thrco woiki longer, and, to my auriirlae, my brealhlna rapacUn IncroaaoJ and the aorennfl left my cUoat and lungs, and niy atrength bocame vlgopmi. I will «»y that I foi l under many oWlgatlouif lo y.ni tor ifcoinm.mliug It to my notice. T. .1. COOPRIl.

Morrlatowo, Eaat Tonneaaoo.

Oonaamptlon cared. If phyalcliioa aro c^rr'ct. In 1873 I bought » Brace for my n<-phow, Jas. T. ruller, who bad been prouuunced In the laat atase ofconiumptlon by tho very boat phyalolana In the oouutry. 1 differ®.! from them, recommended blni lo eet the Lung Braoo and he wonld get well. I bongbt It for him, and ho la now a robu.t man. able t>.aplUra.l« or do any work. I write thla became 1 think It ought to be known, and tbona-„dj^fcm.l..onghtto know

Frlara PuInt, Ml».

1 can preach day and night for two montha with my Brace on an<l not b» aa koarae M X weUld In one w-k wKhoat it Every m nl...r, atroM or waak, a.,""il<l t "veoiie. A. BODTa.

On/.n t'niH.l. i.i't T»nni >».•..

Tbo Brao* lant tu my order [pt • tire, wu raoelvad tha Tth Aug«l, ult.

fcmato rein-Bho In

itruot*d m> to aay that aba la mneb plaiaed with tba raUaf affordsd by tta b»». To bar tMtlnony I MB a4d my own. I bar* niad > "Banning BfMa" aboat thra* yMn. I kave >hK> worn many other atyles of Brace within tho laat twstity-flva y e a n , bobnothlnf oomparabinio tho "BAnatng" If tho at H • Rwd ew. A gwd anttg nt l» Irarof

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I A dUAKB BOOK r o u AOKITa 0«« i<««wrH«"IUwk Mofdii.io ~

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HflJ r iU«l l> lvNT:—1 concluded my I«hI i l ppoocii with tho testimony of the Hlnnditnl hiiioriaim of tlio Luthoi-nn church. I will now Ltini iowith t h o . o o f t h o ProHbylei-ian church, Icongregnt ional , and tho MolhediBt, with tho admissions of tho most learned Hcholars nod commentators of these denominations, and con-clude my argument with tho important testi-m o n y of the Cyclopedia?, when my proof will all bo before you, and a linef Hummiiry of my nrga-ment will clopo tho discuijuion of this propo.tition on my pari, i t i» by fuctH, and nut l-y deciamn lion, or ftSfieriions, that thin qucfltion mubl ho settled. »..tlin.ny of the lllatorlana of the Prc.byt.rlan

Cliurola. Dr. Philip Schafl', Ph. !>., born ISl'-t, oducatod

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liu, profosaor of theology at Morcorsburg, Ponn., author of Hietory of tho Apostolic Church, His-tory of tho Christian Church of tho First Si J CcntnricB, and about a doron other works of much value, says;

"Tho usual form (in tho apostolic church) <jf tho act was imiuersion,. as is plain from the criminal moaning of tho Crock, baptizein and bap-iifmoi." " Immersion, and not sprinkling, was iiuQUCHtionably tho original, normal form (of baptism). This is shown by tho very meaning of tho Greek word baptizo, bapUmna, and the analogy of tho baptism of John, which was per-formed in tho Jordan (en), Matt. iii. G, compare with 16 ; eis ion Jordanan (into tho Jordan!, Matt. i. 9; furthermore, by the Jôw Tcstnmeut com-parisons of baptism with th« passage through tho Red Son, 1 Cor. x. 2, with the flood, 1 Petor ii. 21, with a bath, liph. v. 30, Titus iii. 5, with a burial and rosurrefitiOn, Rom. vi. 1, Col. ii. 12 , hnally, by tho general usago of ecclesiastical antiquity, which was always immersion, tw it is to this day in tho Oriental, and also in the Gra-co-Kuftflian churches, pouring and sprinkling being Bubstitutod only in cases of urgent necossuty, such as sieknoss and approaching deatli."—flist. Apos. Gh., p. 6C8.

J. A. Turrotin (IG71-1V37;, professor of church hidory at Geneva, who publiBhed five volamos ou church history, sayB:

"Anfl indeed baptism was penormod in that ago and in those oountrloB by immersion of whole body into water."—Com. on Rom. vi. 3, 4.

P. A. Limborch, a scholar of note and pro-fessor of theology in the Univorsi ty of Amster-dam 1670, author o fComple to System of Pivin-ity, History of tho Inquisition, commoHtntor, etc., says:

" Baptism, theircoufliglB in washing or rather immersing the •whole body into water, as was customary in tho primitive timei."-r-SyHt. Div., 3, v., oh. « v i i . , Bee. 1, on Bom. vi. l.

"Tho apostle alludes to tho manner of bap-tizing, not 08 practiced a t thin day, which is performed by Bnrinkling of water , bu t as admin-istered of old m tho primitiv® church, by im-merging the whole body in wate r , a shor t con tinuanoein t h e water , and a speedy emersion out of the w a t e r . ; . . . Bapt i sm is a figure and taark of our epiritnal bana l , for b y t h a t immer-sion in to water , and oontinnanoe under tbo water, which represents a burial, baptised pnr-Bons express the i r be ing buried to mn. —Oo fiom.vi.4.

F. Spanheim, a scholar, and author ol" a Ji church history, who died 1701, Bftys:

"This rite ofJiuinorsing and of bringing out of the baptirtinal waters wa.s conimon and pro-miscuous in lh« apoNtOlit! ago, hunco tho apostlo ulliides to il an a rito common to nil Christianfl. Hum. vi. i , Col. ii. 12."—Disput. De liap. prc-Marliufl, p. IC. , . r, i

"To bo baplizod in donominatod oy i a u l a being buried, according lo the ancient manner of baptizing ; for immersion is a kind of burial and emersion a resurrection, to which tha apos-tles alludes Col. ii. 12' So Christ, beinjc bap-tiBcd, went up out of tho water, Matt. in. 10. Tho samo is related concoining th» Kthiopian ennuch, Acts viii. 38."—Dubiorum Evang., Pt. iii. dub. xxiv., see. 2.

Dr. L. Coleman, H. F. !>., sayw: 111 thu primitive church immBdialely Bubse

quonl LU the ago of the apostles HUH (ImmorBion) was undeniably the common mode of baptism. Tho utmost that can bo said of sprinkling in that early period is, that it was, in case of ncces-gily, permitted as an exception to a general rule. This fact is so woll established that It woro needless to adduce authoi-iticH in proof ol it . . . It i.'H ft great mistake to suppose that baptism by immorsion was discontinued when infant baplism became generally prevalent; the practice of immorsion continued even unto the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Indeed, it ha'< never been formally abandoned, but is still the mode of administering baptism in tho Greek church and in sovoral of tho l-kstcrn churches.

" Tho first baptistery or place appointed to baptism of which any mention is made, occurs in a biography of tho fourth century, and this was prepared in a private house."—Ancient Christ. Jvx., ch. xix., sec. 10. Teatlmonyoftlie UlatorUua of the Co»gr«K«Hot.«l

Ctinrali.

earlier periods of Christ ianity was p o m i t t e d t o all who ttcknowledgod the t ru ths of t he Qonpel, iind promised conformity to i t s laws'i"—ISi;eijory :ind Uutor's Churoh I I is to ty , I). i i ^ i -

Second Century. " B a p t i u m * wa8îl)ul4««ly ,>(»rformod twice a year . T h o catoohninonB (or probationers for baptium) assembled in., t he church on tbo groat festivals of Basterf ^ n d Whitsuntide; and af te r a public deolaratioo 'of tneir faith, and a solemn assnraood f rom the i r sponsors tha t it was their intention to llyiilBon-forinably to tho Gospel, they receiirod th«i saolja-ment of^baptism. This r i t e wasiperformed^by throe immersions, and the body wasd lves ted ot clothes. In order to proserTe ddtieiicy in tho operation, the baptismal font of the women was separated from t h a t of tho men, and t h e y wore as much as possible at tended by thla dej^conisjrtea of tho church. Baptism by aspersion was p w -milted to tho s ick ; and in cases where a suffl-ciont quanti ty of water for immersion could no t be procured. T h e siijn of the cross was made nso of in this r i to ; and a solemn prayer WOB ut tered

Dr. James .Murdoch fl77f.-lB5C;i, a graduate of Yulo College, professor of languages in the University of Ycrinop.l, also of rhetoric and church history in tbo Theological Seminary of Andovcr, and author of many valuable works and translations of various books from other languaijcs, s.ays:

"Tho baptisteries were properly buildings adjacent to tho churches, in which the catechu-mens were instructed, and whore wore a sort oJ cisterns into which water was let at tho time ol baptism, .ind in which the candidates were bap-tised by immerKion."-Kccl. Hist., vol. i., p. 281, note 15. . o ,

The recent testimony of Prof. Paine, oi tho Bangor Theological Seminary, 1 gave in open-ing my historical a rgument , to which tho reader "is referred.

T.atlmony of the Hl.torlan. of «ht Me^hotllaU . Churoh.

Methodists aro fully committed to tho testi-mony of Mosheim, tho great Lutheran HiHto-rian, sinc« his history hai- been republished in this country for years by their Book Con-cerns, and it is made the historical tezt-book for their young ministers. Mosheim, wo have Been, sayn, without qualification, that in the first and second oenturics baptism was administered by tho apostolic and primitive churches by a total immersion oi the believer in water. Sprink-ling, with infant baptism, salt, chrism, tho cross, sponsors, etc., that crept in in the third and fourth centuries, wcro innovations.

Gregory and Kater's History appeared, in 1833. Martin Ruler was the President of Augusta College. p , „

F i r s t Century. " T h e init iatory n t o of b^p-iS«n was uBtiully performed by i m m e m n g tlio whole body in t he baptismftl font, nnd in t h e

on consecrat ing tho baptismaf water . Oonflrma-tion immediately aucoeeded the perfbnaaaOM of this r i te ."—Gregory and R t t t f r ' j Chttroh Hib-lory, p. 63. • -

Tho reader will notice t h a t tho single immor-sion was tho only act known in tho first oenlury, and that t r ine immorsion, practiced b y "thoao churches that wero lapsing into t he apostasy, cam© with other and manifold innoTationi«,;»ndv Tertullian confesses it tvas more than tho j tc r ip -tures required. ,. ^

An abridgment of this history was pnhliabed in 1810 by tho Northern Book Concern, N e w York, under the name oi l lu ter ' s Oburoh His-tory, which continiics to be ono of tho Society's standard pnblicationB. Now, all mention of how baptism was administered in tho first century i» suppressed I W h y ? ' "

Under tho Bocond ccntury I find this ; " Baptism was, publicly performed tttrice a

L car. The candidates for this ordinance ftssom-oled in th'o churoh on tho festivals of Bas toranU Whitsuntide ; and aftor a solemn d o o I a r a t J O T ^

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their faith, and an assurance tha t t hey j -encf f l f f^ the pomp and vanities of the world, and t h a t r they wore deterntinod to live oonlormity to tho Gospel, thoy received t h e sacramont of baptism. This rito waa administered wi thout the public assemblies, in places prepared for t h e ,feuPPOM, and was performed by an i m m e r « w a . o f J h e whole body in t h e bapt ismal font . (Mosheim s Eccl. Uist .) I t was also-performed by asper-sion or sprinkling. The Bigp^df t h e o r o a r w a s made u.e of in ^^^ " uttered on conoeoratiuK b^fil^BW — Rutor's Cauroh Uiatory, p. 41. v , , , . '

I t will be Men that »uthoritf i« giren for Jbft Iftft?-tioe of ImmefBioo, but none fof (he o n w a ^ n M a«Bor(ion that baptism wm a l t o b r •ioD or epiinkling. But this act origiinUd.with thot* who invented "signing with the orow," "oonfforattng the bnptUmal wa'er," ".pomorf,' " f o d f a ^ r s . " which Rater admito.were bumaQ iuTeijrioM.

Aranment trom tli» TfiUawmy o* I have Htm other uMeotarlan witnesses .U»«,«*elo-

pediats lloligioM oyolopadttta I-wiU lor tfeey aro sectarian, and thtrefore liable to be pwjwlieed. Litprft.rand roienUfio, or national, flydop«4la« W t , moil. iikplY b-f nnbia-«d bf partlian ••al d3 tbs-> »». i„..rttiin« of of the K «»uv»n0>'ur«<h»n»7 .

1 The Bliubu t?u Enojrcl''p!*'U» "In the Ume of the »po*tlofl iho fi.fm o f b u U n s

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