4 a o T E C E B A . I > T I S T . p B o v c . ^ o 6o

TO MINISTERS.

I Uke this metliotl of calliog vour at-cntkio to the oeI«brmt«d Body and Lung Brux, which I hsre w!d for the Lut eigbtMO ye«n, thAt I may nuke it a benefit to my paper by making it a for greater benefit to yon.

I will brieily give you my reaaoos for rpcommeuuing this invaluable article to ynu. More than eighteen years ago, I va.' tbaraugbly broken down in voicf fnim eiL-cMire preaching; I could speak but a little while without getting boane; my throat wu generally aore, and easily irritated, and iti lone became heavy and husky ; soon a hacking cough aet in, that inureiued, until at the cloae of a long meeting, my voice failed entirely, under the ef&cti of a chronic Uryngitis that aoao luperinduted bronchitis, which Mri-ously threatened my life. 1 was now ciimpelUd to desist from preaching, and, if pouiblF, overcome those difficulties, and recover the lost treasure,—the vuice, that Ut a minister is more valuable than gold or jewel', or be silent forsTer. I appliL-d til the muHt eminent phyiicians, and wu but little helped; eave the ex L'iiiaa of an elongated ovuhi, they could do 00thing but advise rest; and thiii I was compelled to take. What caused and continued that constant irritation and hacking cough, they could neither explain nor prevent. Ptnfidence threw the n>metly in my way. ily wife was sniferiog from prolapsin uteri, and the piufesanr of the theory and practice of medicine in the University of Xashville wait her pbyndan, and he prescribed for her this identical Bnce, which speedily relieved her. She complained of a drag-ging down and no hui£uage could bet-ter espreH my ftnUnei. and especially after preaching. It occurred to me if it wu good (nr one case of dragging down, why nnt for an<ither. Without con-tult-iug any one I procured one large enough for myu If and put it on, the first time lirjubtleo it was ever worn by a man for such a teaMn, and the result was, the ir-ritation of my throat soon quieted, and the hacking ere long ceascd, and the voice enmmenceil building up, until I cnuld articulate, which I had not done for tvelve months, and very soon I com-menced to preach again. That Brace I wore nearly ten years without communi-cating Its wonderful advantages to any one, because ! thought I was uiijig an article that was invented for the use of females. Privately to a few iipet:tal trif kds who weie Kuflerine as I su&red, I explaineil tiie iiw ol the Brace, and thningh me they obtained it, and were releaTfd as I was. I snaile known the jwwer of thti Brace to restore, streng -en and preserve the voice in public •p akert. and then commenced ofleringit lu a premiam to ministers for subicri^ ers.

The lau.'e of hoarsenesi, nore throat, Uryagitb>, and finally bniachitis in min-ister*, and all these symptoms of "drag-ging d.iwu," goneness, exhaustion after •peaking, and weaknens of the back and iiiini, and pili-s. ijt f/ii- uVujht rtltutuHon nf thi' iibiliniiiiiiil iniui-tf*, vhirh allom the frjire/jt tn rink, kno\m by mnrked hnlhurt nn r Ihf tim nf Ihe hip*. Now all know that the linings of the stomach are connected with those oHhe throat and affect the vocal organs, and when the stomach sinks a straining is brought to liear up<iD the thniat, and sp iking or t&IUiig will irriute it and produce hn»rneue«i, and if continued, sore throat, £ad All the train of evils that ministers arc wiint to comnhiin of, and which has carried hundreos to their graves, and which yearlr are laying asicte aa useless handrnU of ether*. Hie pralapens of the abdomioal muMdes is the cause of the feeling of "mmenesi" aod exhaustion oad "btiie Hoaday^ that moet ministen know mt well, a* It b aihmia and pUrM. Now, after a pemnal experiejice of near-Jy twenty yian, and tne idded expe-

rieac« of more than one thouaandfminis-ten upon whom I hare fitted the Brace with invariable auccev, I am prepared to testify of iU red merits. Without it, I am satisfied I riiould have been laid aside from public speaking eighteen years ago. Bjr using it, Ihare mlly recovered a lust vtMCe, i m am Ueaaed with one of un-common power and endurance. With-out it, two or three sermons exhaust and give me the sense of fatigue, and leave me with a heavy, hnaky voice; with it, I can speak hours a day without exhaux-tion or hoanenesa. I'now use it only when speaking, and thus preserve my voice and and physical enerraes. I do not believe that any one woula ever be afflicted with hmxia, or pilet, or Tveakneas of the back or loins, should he wear it ordinarily loose, and only tight when speaking or putting forth unusual efforts. It is a pregcrrer of a voice and of a sound phyiicial condition. It should be worn by every minister to carry the ener-gy aud vigor of hu yonth far into old age.

Labor in protracted meetings is what prostrates and uses up so many ministers in voice and stren^h, and lay.s the foundation of premature decay.

This invaluable articlo I am prepared to place within the reach of everr Bap-tist minister ol the South, and when he has worn it one month, or throueh one meeting, he will evermore be grateful to me.

One thounand ministers and brethren ami sisters beat united testimony to the fact that thu Krace a scientific Shoul-der and Liiiitj Brace; that it supports the back, abtlumeu, stomach, lunp; prevents lassitude, hoar^nese, piles, hemi:i, con-sumption ; increa-sesthe breathing capac-ity; gives strength to the body; incresifes the vital power.4; expudx ;ind enlarges the lunra; renders cireathing free and easy; relieves chronic co tiveness; it is usM by singers, lawyers, laborers, and is a specific for all cases of prolapnif of the Mtrtb ia males or ux>;/i£ in females. It relieves when all other mean< fail; it will last a' lifetime; it benefits in every case. Whoever does not, every minuter and old man should use one.

I offer riy in^roved Brace to any on<' as a Miqiiim f^ 10 new gubscribers to T h e ^ a j ^ at 82 70 including and ft for every sutjacriberyo " " iberyou fail'to get. Let the fact be known to your mem-bers that you need a Brace, and by this means ]rou can secure one and they will readily help you to secure it in this way. Secure as many as you can and send one dollar for every one of the 10 you lack, aud you can secure it. If you will sell 10 Braces at the regular price,I will give you a Brace as a premium. In one of tl'iese ways yon can secure a Brace; and nhen you have experienced its benefits gold would not inauce you to preacli withnut it. Get my Improved Brace. No other (arty in thii euy or the South sell* my mproved Brace unless he can show a

written commission from me.

all Take Sotlee. Tbla lo rertlfj- liiat Ibe aadmliciivd

!• (he only munnielan'r of Hwltea. Body Bmee.and that Ihow «mb>

l a r ^ A r J. K. Urmnn, dlO^rait. and are mon> dnrable,

and an ImproTrnirBt over Ihe nrcaeni at rle now In marhel. We «ell lo no other party Konlll of Ihe Ohio Rli-er.

E. r. DAHFORTH. O f f i c e o f M o d T k C o . , C o n u . , M a y 1 , t i f ; * .

I publish the above that all may see that if thoy want the Ilntrothat I ad-vertise for the voice and all ca.ci's ol ftrolapinif, and conseqin nt weakness, A N D T H E B E S T O N E M A D E , they must send their orders to me, or to some one who has my trrillm rom-misiion.

RECEXT TEanXOXIAM.

We call attention to the voluntarV te.s-timoniaUi given in favor of tLe firace, showing that it nsdly does all that is claimed for it. These are real living witnesses, who can be addre.>wed if any one doubts.

I.et MDirerinK frmalea Read Ttala.

D b - G r a v e s :— About the 10th of last August I purchased from you a Banning Lung an'i Body Brace for my afflicted wife. My wife had been afflicted for more than a year with pnlapna uteri, female weakness, which had troubled her since the birth ot onr first and only babe. I tried tkiUful physicians; theydiffisred as to what her disease wai, but all a^re^ that it was gome derangement of the le-productiTe organs. They tried Tarions

remedies,but all to no purpose. Ske hadn't uxt up a day for more than a year when 1 oUauied ihe Bract. I would now ex] —as well as words may—mr grai for the Buoe, and especially lor your ^erousoffer of it to weakly females; for it has reatored to health her whom I had almost given ni> as an invalid lor life. >She be^n to improve immediateh after putting it on; said she felt restoreil and strengthened. The lassitude, weari-ness, and dra^^g down sensation were removed, and tn a very thari time wat alAe lo M ud all day, and could walk about with a ereat deal more ease than usual. In a short time she began attend-ing her household oriuis, has improved st^ily, and is noir in the enjoyment of her wonted health. Words cannot express my gratitude for such a blessing. May God bless you, dear sir.

C . H . K E J . i j s v .

Aivarado, Texas, Nov. 26, 1876.

D k . J. R. G e a v e h :—I received the Brace for my wife. She has worn it fifty days, and has found it to be of great benefit to her. She has sufiercd for the last six years with proUpsus uteri and lucorrbea. The Brace alone is restoring h e r . R . P . P h u j j p s . j r .

SkipperrUle, Ala.

D k . J. R. G b a v e s : Having suffered for a time with a JiteareJ bad, I pro-cured one of Banning's Body Braces, after wearing it for two months can safe-ly say that I am ijreaily beneJUted. Would recommend it to all per»on.s suffering from like affections.

Yours with respect, M R S . J. A. E. V.

HaOerlnic very mneb fkom "Dyspo-debiUty-tbereaaliM

eaa,I obtained and bare ' Baanlnn Body and ad am aaUaaed there la

and veaeral deblUty-tbereanl protracted lllnewm obtained and hi been wearlnjr ~ Lnns Bmee.aud _ _ „ no anpjporter eonal lo It. I fW>I eonO-dent o Aem alidlKriy amwted would be grrmUj beneflted by Ita use.

Wllnon. miirn. CTDORA COI.E

Exeentlve UOlce. A'anhTllIe,Tenn.. i VeeemberSl. lS7a. i

Bet . J. B. Gravea-Dear M r : I uacd Ihe Brace aent I>y your-self dnrlOK m y late canraaa or Ui« State. It w a s of Tury great aervlce to m e , a n d I feel Terj-well aaUsfled that if 1 h a d com-m e p c o a n a e • > « m r U e r

that m y voice w o u l d not h a v e been effected at all. T h e first time I used it I addressed a large c r o w d o r people In the open air, a n d I found that m y voice w a s rtfry m u c h strength-ened, a n d at the close o f a t w o hour's speech I w a s Cree ft-om m y usual reeling o r weariness a n d exhaustion.

Tery Bespectfuily, JAS. D . P O R T E R .

DEAR BRO. GRAVES :-Ton made me a nreaent, Mme three yeara ugo, of one or Ban^nc^ Lnns and Body Brr •«cralc« and kepi It Ibrtbree withont wearlnjc It. rather eli

11 w o u l d b a v e b e e n u t t e r l y I m p o a a l b l e t o h a v e s t o o d It w i t h o u t t h e B r a c e . I t la p r e -e m l n e n U y I h e v e r y t h i n g f a r t h o s e who bava

t o t r a v e l m u c h o n l i o r a e b a c k . L e t a l l w h o U a v c I t t o d o g e t a B r a c e a a a o o a a s p c m l b l e

R . E . M E E V I N C a m d e D , illioi., J a n u a r y 3 , w n .

Teatlmony or a Ijiborlnc Man. I r e c e i v e d m y B r a c e a b o u t t h e t e n t h o f F e b

n m r y , a n d I find g r e a t h e l p ftt>m l u I O n d I

c a n n o w w o r k m u c h b e t t e r , a n d aU d a p I m i / .

J J l u e In a n o l d c u i n p l n l u t . Twrnly-flfr umrt a g o I h u r t j u y b a c k l l f t l u g . T l i U U w h a t 1 c a n

n a y a n e r a t r i a l o f o n l y s i x t y d a y s . I f I c o n -

t l u u e t o m e n d . II w i l l n o t l i e l u n g b e f o r e I a m

« > o n d . T . U . U a K i s .

I have nvcn the Brace a fair trial. I find it all that is claimed for it. I would not take $100 for the right to use it. I hope that all my ministering brethren will procure one.

J . A. RFISOLDS. Fulton, Mi.ss., IS74.

Great Reduction. Owinjt to the excessive hard times

n the North, rcduced prices for labor, and staiclty of money in the South, J have btt'ii enabled to make aran^ mentii with tne manufacturer of the celebrated Body, Back and Lung Brace, to furnish 1000 at the low price of $1U.0U to all, uiion condition that within Ui) days after luine the Brace th» wearer furniishaccrtincatestatlng the iceal-iiesji or ailment, and the meatiure of relief tliatiiaa been experi-enced, otherwise the uioial pries will bo charged, $15.00,—$12.00 lo min-isters. For the .sincle or double hernia Brace in all cases $12.00. The price in the offli-o in New York is $25.00 and 25.00.

Knowing a.-! 1 do the inestimable \-alue of the Brace to every public spiiiker, and .singer and to every min-ister most especially, I trike thfe way to make this rare offer ofa Brace for $10.00 known to you. I know from my own experience, and from the testimony ofMndreus, that it b the verj- mcelianicsU help you need, and which will not only relieve you from

I yeam

withont wearlnjc II. rather elaMlns •neb tblnca nn<R>r tbe be«uIor-*hn^ bnjfwery." R^ntlj^ tbe heavy and fhtfraiuK eObrta of Ihe Centennial, qnlle brake down fbr the flrat month. • eonelnded to trr the rejected Braee, and I do not h^tate to teatliy to Ihe InnlniAle worth or this Bram. lean endnre at leaat three lime* theamonnt or labor that I did Iwtkre withont fb-tljrne. Xyroiee baa UIPROVED AT Ef ERT #TEP or IXCREAMED FORT, and my pbyatpal MtrenMb baa been moat eOcIently renewed, i wonid not lake ten times Ihe nrlee or my Brace now and be compeir—* lied to din-

' may, Ily rt

mend tfala Braee to Iboae who pbyalcally or olberwiae need II.

e. A. LOFTU!T, P a s t o r T h i r d B a p t i s t C h u r c h , a t . L u u l s .

BAJfXIJIGH BRArE.-It 1» one or the n«ale«t or phyaleal bleaalnKa to a pnb. lie speaker or Binder. The teatlmony or naany ministers as lo Ita rrcM benA flt would anrprise those who know nalbln«orit. N. H. FORD,

tkHtorCbrlstlan Repocltory. The Testimony or a Pbyaleian.

Rev. J. H. Uravefi, MeniphK Tenn. D c o r B l r : A l l t b e B m e e * w h i c h I l u i v e o r -

l i e r e d g i v e t h e K r e a t e x l m t l s b e t l o n . F o r a l l

b l n d » o f w o m b d l s e t u i e s , w e a k l a n g s , n n d

l u m b a g o t h e y a r e I n v a l u a b l e .

W . C . I ^ A W R E M E , M. I> . f r a w f o r d v l l l e , .Mlxs. , J a n . 2 , IS77.

The Brace ror Horseback Rldins. D e a r B m . U r a v e f i : 1 h a v e n o w h a d t h e

B r a c e n e a r t h r e e i n o n t h s , h a v i n c r e c e i v e d I t

a b o u t t h e flrst o f N o v e m b e r . A s I h a v e b e e n

a b l e t o p r e a c h b u t o n c e s i n c e I r e c e i v e d I t ,

o u a c c o n u t o l p r e v i o u s l y b r o k e n d o w n h e a l t h

I c a n n a y n o t h i n g f o r i t y e t a s a h e l p t o a

p r e a c h e r (I h o p e t o t e s t I t n o o n ) , b u t I h a v e

t r a v e l e d a c r o r a t h e S t a t e o f M l n l a s l p p l o n

h o r a e b a c k s i n c e w i n t e r a e t I n a n d t h o u g h

i h v e r y f e e b l e h e a l t h , ! m a d e t h e t r i p w i t h '

c o m p a r a t i v e l y n o p h y s i c a l fttlgue. I b e l i e v e '

my pr^nt suffering, but labors for

prolong your idrcds ofmin-yars. Hunfl

fcters well nigh, or altogether laid by, not»bioto tmdergo one fourth of tbar usual riding or spe^ng, have been by its use restored to a full use of all their powers and returned tofbll labor with ea.se to themselves.

I call your attention to the offer be-caaso the protracted meetings are at hand, and if you are perfecUy soond

Sou need help to keep so. With le Brace you can perform twice your

usual labor withotn ihtlgae and never it jure your voice, never suffer from dyspeptii^ constipation, the piles, or hernia. However sound you are yoa need a Brace to keep so.

llow lo Sfeaanre ror the Brace Tmas.

Take snnsly the number or tnehea aboni >1ifpa,«TeraM Unen, abonI

I iMlm flM^ or the aide abowttiiwiMebM above the

aronnd tbe two Inches bones, and i pelvic or rroat ctMan bme.

Directions Tor Pnttinc on the Brace Trnaalor Ilemta.

Open the truss and fetch it around the body, shoving the hip-bows close down to the tip of the haunch bones, then lie down, draw up the feet, care-fully return the mptur^ and place the oblong tmss halls, with the lower end close to and above the cross bones,and the outer convex side of It very close to the .small, hard ligament outside, which can be found and felt by tho finger. Then, with one hand, draw up the lx)weLs well, whilst with the other you hold the ball from rising. This causes the bowels to lie above and on top of the truss ball, (and not behind it, as in other trusses), thiu forming a " dead lock," nnd n ^ i u g it impoHslble for the bowel to escape.

Xotice.—All n l z e f - o v e r t o i n c h e i i , h a v i n g t o

b e e x p r e s s l y m a d e , a r e t2Jj/) e x t r a . F r o n t

ra<l a n d S p r i n g d u p l i c a t e d f o r taoj. H e m U

p a d ! ) ( n e p a r a t e l y ) &>r s i n g l e o r d o u b l e R u p t u r e

r i w . S e n t b y m a l l , p n n - p o l d .

DIRECnOKS FOB KEASVBIIta.

Take a tape, ir yon have not a reicn-lar measnrinc tapc.Ua«,aMl measnre two inches BELOW tbe Upa of the hips aronnd tbe abdomen, and memd tbe

ntton In incbciu Hie Bneca a n all mark A In eren nnasbet^ ma* emm be enlarged two Inebeik

J. B. GRATES.

THE BAPTIST. stand yo in tha-waya, and aae and ask for the old paths, which are tho good ways, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest fbr your aoula-T^m/'"*.

Old Series-Vol. XXXIV.

Our Pulpit. C H K I S T I A N I ' N I O N : UKAL. A N K

I ' N H E A L . B Y I l E V . T . A l l M I T A t i E , U . l l .

A a a d d r e s b y K e v . T . A r u i l t a g i - . d e l i v e r e d u t i i I d t h e D u t c h R e r o m i c < I c h u r c h , F i f t h A v e n u e , N e w ' \ o r k . t o o r o m o t ® t h e o b J e c t H o f t h e C h r i s t i a n I n l o n e n t e r p r i s e . T h e v a t l D u r . d e n o m i n a t i o n s w e r e r e p r m c n t e t l b y H r . s m i l l i . F p t s c o p a l : D r . n i c e . P r e s b y t e r l R n ; l>r. \ . - r m l l y c , K t -torm«d D u t c h : D r . A r m l . a g e , l l a p l l n i .

I a p p e a r before my brethren of various Chris-

tian denominations this evening, with great

reluctance and eveu shrinking, to discuss the sub-

ject of Christian Union. And this, not bi-cau-se 1

do not love unity among Christ's di.scipies—for

the intense earnestness with which the Redeemer

prayed for oneness among his people were enough

to hallow the theme to ever>- feeling hejirt, — but

I shrink because of what seems to me the amazing

misconceptions of good men as to its rail nature,

HS to the supposed obstructions in the way of its

attainment, and a.s to the true method of pro-

moting it.

Besides this, the fruitlessnesj and ill-feeling tiiat have followed most of the attempts to p.-omote union upon the curreat ba iLs, seem to torbid future attempts in the same direction as useless, if not worx than u-seless. Then what is to be done? Ay»(we to settle do^-n into ibe conviction that the Savior's prayer is a nullity,—that real Christian union Is imattainable? I am frank to say that my own conviction is fixed , and settled that the Redeemer's prayer remains unanswered, and that real Christian unity must be unattainable, until the g?eat mass of Christ's followers do radically change their views of the nature of Christian union itself, and bond their enei^ies in an entirely dif-ferent direction In order to secure it.

I would not venture to trouble you with my views on this matter, if your Secretary had not pressed me to do so till I am tired of saying " n o ; " nor even then, but for the a.s.surance that you desired a frank and manly avowal of senti-ment here, and that I am perfectly at liberty its a BaptL<rt to say wh:it I think necessary, and that no offense is to be gi%-en or taken in the dist!ussien. Assuming, then, the sincerity of this assurance, I will proceed, first of all, to e.tamine tlu' popular conception of Christian union.

I. As fiir as I can discover, my I'eilobaptist brethren seem to think that It consists verj' hirgo-ly In a warm-hearted, loving feeling towani each other as regenerated men.

The general tone of newspaper iirti»-Us and plat-f o r m speeches would lead one to suppose that a new gift of tongues had been bestowed upon the churches, so eloquently do good men descant upon the progress of Christian union. But when you come to inqure as to what they mean, you find that the upshot of it all is, that Christiaas of variou.4 denominations are either acting together now on some subject on which they never differed before, or dse they are meeting together in one place to worship, while their meeting is oponly organized upon the avowed basis that on all other subjects but those then and there contemplated, they are so positively disunited as to compel the disruption of their concord if one subject of their tenacious differences should happen to be broached. And this Is called Christian tmion! Out of that particular body or assembly their disagreements are earnest, radical, and unalterable. But there they "agree to disagree;" and so disagreement. If you can agree about it, Is unity! That fa, kneel-ing on the same floor, sitting on the same seat.

MEMPfflS, TMN., JULY 14,1877. New Series-Vol. X. No 32.

•singing the.same hymn,uniting in thesame prayer (when you have never iKK-n divided at all as to the tloor, thf bench, the hyiiiu, or the prayer), and being ils different a.s |>ossibie in all other resi>ects, constitutes Christian union Men of ever>- hue of liiitl: and opinion, and every variety of practice, too, liapiK?n to met't in one Board, on one plat-form, or under one roof, and liecause they are not bitter, hut feel kindly towani eaih other, they t'onsider that they are making grt-at attainments in the mysteries of Christian union. Yet not a l>oint of difference Ls yielded in any re3i)ect; each man would suffer and die for hfa distinctive prin-ciples, as his fathers suffered and died for them; and pai li would distrust the other's honesty, if he were nut willing to die for tlieiu; and tills ia looked upon, very generally, a.s good, fair, Bible Christian union! Well, it may be; but if it is, things have changed vastly sinct; apostolic times. The truth Is, that kindly feeling is not Christian iinioii, and may tixlst where "the unity of the faith " Is rent into a thousand shreds.

Why, indeed, to love one another as brethren, -so fiir as that we can meet together nnd keep the peace for a short time, like gentlemen, witliout the intervention of a constable, or even of unlove-ly feeling. Is at the best a very low Christian at-tainment. W e worship with pubUcans every time that Me frequent God's house, but we don't thfiik much of that as a bond of unkm with t b ^ . Jesus saj-s that a publican lovas a publican, and the tirst duty ofa Christian Is to love his enemy and persecuter—so that a Christian bits made no wonderful attainment, 1 think, when he comes to love his brother, and to worship with him in de-cency under one roof. But to cbiiiii that love as real Christian union—to assume it as aaswering the prayer of C hrist for the same oneness that sub-sists between himself and the I-'ather —is simply preposterous. 1 can love any man of any Chris-tian church well enough to worship with him, at any time that it may bo i-onvenient for us both. 1 can love him enough to tender him, if a minis-ter, the use of my pulpit, or to accept the use of his—but what does that amount to in tlie great matter of gowpt-l oneness ? I should certainly go out of his pulpit as stem and ini-orriglble a Baptist as when I entered it, and if he sacrificed his con-victious simply on the ground of the interchange,

I -should much prefer not to exchange with him a second time. This Is not Christian uniol, how-ever jKjpular and desirable it may be. It may lie

II certain result of Christian love, but Christian love Is not Christian union. Unity can not exist without love, but love may exist where there ia no real and serious dis(»rd of opinion and f^th. Kindly Christian feeling is not Christian union.

II. Popular opinion fieems to make Christian union coaslst in a ronimon commimion of all sects at the Lord's Tablt! ."w one consolidated mass of l>elievers, and holds tlmt the troublesome "cloae communion Baptists" are responsible for all the discords among Christiaas.

The popular cry among our Pedobaptist breth-ren Is for a pulling down of tbe middle wall of partition, and they persistently hold thst these strict Baptists are the chief master-builders that strengthens it. Rev. John Chambers, of Pliila-delphla, says: "The world cannot be converted until the church Ls united, and the church cannot be united until Baptists renounce close com-munion." This reminds me of the Hurt that Roger Williams, and other early American Bap-tists, were excluded Crom the Pedobaptist churches of New England, not because they were bigots on

the communion question, but t>ecuuse they would not embrace the doctrine of "Inlaut Baptlam," Kxalled. Uf course, they were obliged to form u communion of their own, for tliey could in no wise be allowed tit approach the Lord's table In the Pedobaptist churches till Uiey renounced their heresy. But bkause they did so, and the hereB>-grew, instead of dying, their communion is now denomiced as " close," and their children arb ex-horted by Mr. (Siambers to "renounce" that also, on the serious charge of bigotry, and of standing in the way of the world's conversion. This Is something like the two old Baptist deocous who had faUen Into a luckless quarrel. When they began to relent, one said to the otiier: " Brstlier, this Ls all wrong, we ought to be mxtnciled. Therefore, I do insist upon it that you sliall be reconciled, for I cannot be." Now, there is ao more prominent public pleader for Christian union In the land than Mr Chamben, and I aa-sure you my Presbj-terian brethren, that when 1 read his way of promoting it,I really envied you the possession of so extraordinary a man; f<» I thought that if Bro. Chambers had happened to have lieen on my side of the house, he whuld have made just one of the coolest Baptists that ever writhed be-fore tlie whipping-post in Maasachuaetta Bn)-. 'But this brother Is only u type of a very Uige dasB. On a Fourth of July, several years ago, in-'dividual m«nbei8 of all tbe Christian secta met in Hhe largest hall In PhOadelphla, to celebrate our 'National Independence by holding a union relig-ious service. At that meeting, one of the moat prominent siieakeis, who had shortly before pub-IlLshed a pamphlet on Christiaa Unity, in whicli he declared the Baptists to be the grr«teHt bigots in Christendom, said: " 1 hope, sir, tlie Ome will come when all C!hristians, of every name imd de-nomination, will sit down together at tlie (k)m-munion table; this Ls the spirit we want, it Ls the spirit of union." Immense appliuiM* followed this ntterance, and a telegraphic whisper Hasheit

through the throng: "That's a capital hit at the

Baptists." Now, mind you, brethren, all this

took place at a union meeting! Andtobeirauk

with you, we Baptists hove an idea that we are

rather commonly lampooned in that way ut union

meetings, by very loving br<?tliren, so that we get

a fancj', somehow, that we are a s«-t very much

in tho way of some very excellent men. So much

on that head.

Well, then, as to this matter of destroying

"close communion," us a barrier to Chrl^laa

union, 1 have this to say:

III. That communion at tlie Lonl's table In not at all, in any proper sense, a test of Chrlstia n union.

Our Savior did not intend it to be a test of Chr Ls-tlan union, so fiir as we find anything on the n il>-Ject in the Bible. No ChriJidan denomination «i holds it, so far astheysetfiirththeir view.snpoa tbe matter in their best expositors or authorlEed sland-ards. It is never so used in their Articles of Faith, ratecblsnw, or creeds. Intelligent and honest men never so u-w it In defining the Import of the supper. All Pcdobaptlsts, when in contro-versy with Romanists, put a different Intjtrprpta-Oon from this'upon the design of the Loitl's sup-

but when it becomcB dtsirable to draiii down the Baptlst8,by stlgmatiring them as ''excJuaivo," and " bigots," they call the miroer a tart, of union, b this honorable among genUeiuen, to Rtty nofli-Ing of Christians ami ambasFBidors of Christ V Why give an interpretation to t ie L o t x I ' s supper, when an appe-.d can be based upon the ignorance

m i

4 . 3 2 T H E B A P T I S T . ur |)re{aiUi,'e8 uf men, to the injury of Baptists, whtuii is never put upon it under any ottier cir-t nuMtancc? Tbo fact b , tliu Bibic ileflneH the ob-ject of Uie .«up|H>r t o i i p e e i B c . It was instituted for one thing, and for one thing only. Wliat was thnt? To "sliop; f i ^ i " ygur love for one an-other? l»idl l i r h t s | | t h a t f Ke.s i t t . ^^o "show lorth " your Christiaf-Uuion f Ko, airs. Neltbar •lid Christ rtuy tliaib To ":diow for th" Christ hiinrteif, as the Son < 4 | l o d — ' « » t h e manger— healing in tht t | remp^aKanUiui< ia th« Garden? No, sin*; not Wen t t ^ To " siwwlbrth" Christ, truly, but only in one act of his mediation, as t>uut exprettfUH it : " T o show forth his death." Thin, and only this. No more no leas. And our i'edolnptist brethren never give it any other in-tiTpretiilion, ejicept when, in an unhappy moment, they iiand behind the cram of Christ to make their Baptist brethren appear unmitigated bigots. IR not this true t I n p p ^ to my candid and hou-iintbio bretliren uf various denomiimtioas novr pnwnt to say if tills is not true.

Now, then, take anotb4>r view of the matter. Take the iitets of the lost supper a-4 Jesus himself iidmiabtered it. l £ t me ask you, did John show Ilk L'iirlitlan union with Judos Iscariot when they look the sop together from the same divine liund? Ortoinly, if ever, tluit should have been the time. UiU the mule portion uf the diacipleahip show their ChrLition unity with tiie mother of Jesus, uDd with his other female foiloweiH, when they ivlebnited tlie supper alone? Did Jesus intend Umt they siiouid ? But if the supper is a mnrk of Clu-istian union, why were thuse holy women not present to celebrate it, seeing that the disclpleship was empiiaticaUy one? Our Lord's pmyer for union was offered after the supper was adminis-tered. Therefore he pra>-ed for a onenoM among liU duciples tliat Uie supiier did not, and could na(,M]p|dy. The {act ia, that the Ix>rd's supper is pnuikally made uf more importance in these ilays tlum other insdtutiuns of ourXiOrd. Our f - c ^ «Tiik.>ntiy int<aided that in gospel churches the Liod's sapper should be of no more import-ance Uma liie Lord's baptism. If one is a n ^ e d

, form, the other is a naknl form; if one is a saving vitality, th(! other ia a saving vitality ; If one is a means of divine grace, the other is a means of di-vine grace; and if one Is but a symbolical act, the otlier Ls but a aymboUcai act. II one is a patting <in of Christ, the other is a showing Ibith of his <I<«ih when he is put on. Then what end for the trutk, or the glory of God, can be secured by the foiiiti^ in of flome mystical sense in the interpre-tation of t l ieone, which you exclude, from the^ otlioO Why do you t n a t the one as If it were of Ihc nfoit solemn Import inuiginable, and the other iw If it were the om^iest form possible ? Both of them are Christ's oniinances, enjoined upon his people; they ore eiiually hoUou'ed and binding, and neither of them is intended as a test of Chris-tian union. And it seems to me that our P e d o iMptist brethren are well satisfied themselves. Uen<.v, none of them ore tcoUy open communion. When it b convenient, they extol Rf>bett Uall's liberality, but do they practicu It? Ho they even •tndoiw his prinrjples? Certainly jthey do not. l ie did not believe that baptism is essential to the J^ml's tapper lit all, but they do; hence the only really open couimunion c h o r e s that I know of urv certain of the English BapUsta, and the Ameri-fiin I 'nfwlll BaplLsts. They do not believe a U)Hn needs to bo baptized at all in order to com-mune at the Lortl's toble. I know of no Pedo-ImptLrt church tlwt Iwiieves tWs, or that will ad-mit iU own converte, regenerated men to Its talUi', until in the Judgment of that church they uri! impUsed. Wo Baptists take the same position with yourselvwi on this point. There is not a hair's breaUtii of dlflbrence between us here. We all hold tliat no man has a right to the 8upix!r till he li baptixed. But, Uien, we hold that you are not liaptixed with gospel baptism, and of course I ho liuestion between yon and us becomes one, not iif " c i u ^ communion,' ' but of "close" baptism. We a-sk to be fairly met on that question, and not iin a false L>sue. Xow, brethren, I wish you. In all fundnr, to look calmly upon the proposition whidi you submit to ua Baptists. You ask us, trhilv entcrtnlainK these views, to commone with

those who have not been immersed on a profession of iaith in Christ: that is, you ask us to coiiimuue with those tluit we hold to be unlmptixed. Vet you would subject to discipline any one of your own ministcK or churches that tussumed to act on this principle by publicly invitluK to tlie lx>rd's taide persons whom they lielieved to .Ix? uubai>-tlzed. L< this c«msistent witli your prufussiun tlittt in this proiKKiod union no conseieiut's art> to be sttcridceil?

iC'iiiudmlitl m-xt wcek.i

ILBO. OIIAVTIC—The iitst two numbers of THE BAITIST wore ai ruil pleasure to iiie. it tic-ems to be nutunil and is perhaps every wiiy ri;rlit for one to cliurish u tender love for tlu- land that pvve htm birtli, and for the friend.x «>f hLs mrlicKt asso-cl^itions. Though I have crossed "tlie father of wateis," and made my home in an adoptetl State, In which I exfiect to labor and perhajis to die, yet Tennessee, her people and her every interest?, are objectsdesir to my heart. It -pive me no little pleasure, in looking over the commencement ex-ercises of the South western Baptist I^nlversity, to see tluit a Mr. Boon a youn}; man whom 1 liap-tlze<l but a little while ago took one of the golden medals for his proficiency in declamation. I tmst that (.'harlie may in the strife and dint oflife, win many "golden medals." f Wiis also rejoiced to see that a young .Mr. Frieilel of Arkan.s:Ls WJLS the first graduate of this inslitution of learning. J lay he ever have c-.iu.se to be pnmd of his Alma Mater, and she of her first bom son. 1 trust that God may open the lusirts and the panics of the JJaptists of the great Southwist and that they may under hLs divine guidanw, make this an institu-tion of learning every way e<iuiU to the dcmsiuds of the age to whose thirst for Iwirning it Ls intend-ed to administer. While my memory clusters around those old forsaken walls at Murfrctsboro, rendered sacred by almost a thou-sjmd pleasant remlnlscencTs, and while I mean no disparage-ment to the self-sacrificing effort-i of noble men ,who have wept, prayed and lalwred there, and while I would not forget the manly tolls of him j(Dr. Eaton) whose du.st sleei«s ui>on tliat once fre-quented, but now desertetl and lovely campus, yet I trust that the new school at Jackson when .compared to the old old at Murfreeslwro, may be as the snbstance L to "the shadow. And tluit the

day may not be fiir distant when the hearts of Southwestern Baptists may look to Jackson with as much pride and confidence its tlie Greets ever looked to Athcas in the {nilmiest days of its au-jCient glory. But as " the Acropolis was the orna-ment of Athens, and the glory of Grecian art ," so may the Southwestern Baptist University be the ornament of Jackwin, and the glory of Bapti.st beneflcence. I.ct them build it, " a thing of •strength and l>cauty " and ask God to sjinctify it, ^and let it stand, a monument to his glorj-, till Je!.TB comes to the etirth again, to make up iiis Jewels and among them may tlip«' be found the baQders and all who may have l)een jKilished within its classic wa i t .

A. J . F.VWfJTTT. Lake Village, Ark., Juno I'Jth, 1877.

ITE.MS FROM EAST TENNESSEE. We have additions to the Watauga church

monthly, had five valuable acces-sions last meet-ing, three by letter and two by experience. Kifz-miller is doing a good work here.

The Methodist preacher to s:ive two members took two of his subjects into the river and put them under the water without saying a word or repeating the baptismal ceremony (so I was in-formed by a Methodist and one who .saw it done,) btit last Sunday week Bro. Kltziniller baptized a brother of one of the subjects alluded to and bai>-tized him in the a]HMtol{c way, widch has made quite a seasatloii. (This was at Eiixabethton, tuid at the same place and In the same river, and but a few days inter^-enlng.)

Ellzabethton has two woolen factories with a number of looms. They run night and day.

T. E. It. IlrxTKU.

All mlBlatm ran ba vr tliF papvr for onp jrrar rrora UUs date far cauli or roar new snlMr^lbcr*.

THE WORK OF CHRIST C o n s u D i m a t e d

IN 7 DISPENSATIONS. iiV Tiui: taiiTOK.

My .l. t«TOilnnUoti with iiiviclf U to fullow iirHher men r UieirupluiuuK, but Oo«l and hU wonl." — Jiutin Hartyr.

•• 1 claim tliBt Illwrt}- which 1 willingly ylelil Kiuthem, - lu •uhjccDtordillK-uIty toput furwiinl u true such thlun oa upiHMr lo tw pruatabk', until provrU la J>c manlfcsU; IUM."

P A B T II. ^ THE WORT.IJ'S OKKAT ^VKEK OK 7 OlSPEXSATtONS.

CHAPPEK VI . TltK IMTRIAWIIAI. DISI'EXSATIOX.

The Oriyht of D i f f f r e n ! iMiguayejt— Tlie Peoplmy

of all ( hiiiilrifK u il/i yutiont <(/the siime Blood,

hut I if Pijrfri-nl liavFf anil (hlur*.

WKDXt SSDAV .MOKXI.VG, ANNO Ml Xm IG-'Mi.

T i n : theories of ethnologists, that the ditferent nu-t-s were originated at the centers of their

IKjpulations in the varioas countriew they now in-habit, and that there were consequently as many original pairs created as there are distinct national-itii-s, or even tribes imd tongues, are witliout a shadow of foundation. The divine record express-ly declares that it was by the desscendants of the tlirce SOILS of Noiih that the whole earth was peopled after tlie flood (Gen. ix. 19), and not by the creation of hundreds of independent families.

THE I>iui;ix OF DIKFEKENT I.AN(!I AGES. We lue warranted in saying, that, without di-

vine intex\-entiou, all the children of the same parents would speak the same language; and, if it is a fact tliat there ever was a time when all tlie iiuuion fiuiiily spoke the same language and dia-lect, then we are forccd to the conclusion that all descended from the same first parents.

Now, we open the Bible at Gen. xi. l-!i and read—

" And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. ^Vnd it came to pass, a« they jour-neyctl from the east, that they found a i ^ I n in t h e l a n d o f S h i n a h ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another: 'Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mor-tar. And they said: 'Go to, let us build us a citj', and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, leat we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." And the Ixird came down to see the citj ' , and the

Ided. tower, w hich the children of men build And the Ijord said: ' Behold, the people fa one, and • this tl them which they have fmagined to do. Go to.

they l)egin will be restrained Ax)m they have all one language; and

hin: !i they ha

I go down, an guage, that they may not understand one an-

to do : and now uoti them which they ha^ „ , let as go down, and there confound their lan-

other's sptHH'h.' So the Ixird scattered them abroad from thenct> H/XIH the face of all Ute earth ; and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it allied Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the langua(^*e of all the ear th: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad uprm the face of all the earth."

liCt the Bible reader note well two fiicts: 1. That up this t ime all the waters under the heaven were in one imdivided body. The whole habita-ble earth was therefore ono vast, undivided conti-nent. 2. After the confasion of tongues at Babel, it is distinctly stated that the entire race, now amounting to many miliioos, was scattered, in families, abroad upon the face of all the earth. 3. If the tlioory tliat the three scms of Noali were of divers colors is not accepted as sufficient toaccount for the diversities of color and; physical diflTerences in the human family, tlien I claim we may look for all these i n the statement here twice mode, i. e., that " t h e Lord scattered them abroad." How? if a diversity of tongues was not a sufficient cau.se to effect it. Then, since lie did not use any forci-ble means, he mast have employed natural ones, a n d h e m a y h a v c l n connoctlon with the confusion of tongues instituted color, physical differences, peculiar tastes and afiinities sufOcientand necessa-ry to infiuence the race to gather into families and tribes, adapted to all the climates of the whole earth. THE TEOPLINO OF AI.I. NATIONS WITH RAC ra OF

THE SAME lllvOOn. Tills problem, that has so baffied the Inquiriea

of ethnologists. Is satisfactorily solved, If we will accept the teachings of our Holy Serlpturea. Thu

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neople were " scattered abroad upon the face of the ^ ^ earth," after the confusion of their tongue, S r L n i U e ^ and tribes, ac-cording to their dia-lects and physical affinities. There were no inter-v e ^ n g seL or oceans to prevent them, as the land ^ as yet In one unbroken body. The aninials T d and domesUcated, were likewise distributed according to their constitutional adaptations. I X all to the inspired record (Gen. x ). the following table, conflrmator>- of it, which the labors of the leametl* have emibied me to offer Speaking in general terms, it may ^ ^ ^ toHhreesonsofNoah-Shem, Ham and Japhcth - a r e exhibited in this gen«Uogical chart as the reoreBentaUveB of the three grand divbioas of the

Africa and Europe, although not pre-according to the boundaries of modern

descendants of Japheth peopled ^ K W and the northwest of Asia, th<»e of Ham, S T u t T e r n quarter of the globe, p>irticularly

and the Shemites, the countries of Asia, ^ p a r t i c u l a r l y those around the Euphrates: -

EiOPf— oTVn

was done, the record does not infopn us; l>itt 1/ ,loe:, di^incUy Hate fact, that it teat do,u: a n d

the fact Is divinely recorded, too, in the genealogy of one family, since one of the sous of Eber was named to commemorate the event. He was called Peleg, mauling division ; for th&yetu or the day of his birth, the earth was divided. This event took place A.M. 17ii7-5.s. The record reads —

" And unto Ebor were bora two sons; the name of one was Peleg: for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. -(Jen. x. i'l.

Adam Clark lias this note: — Verse S,. /'rUy, from Mi/o.'/. to divide, because

/„ his whi(^ Is supposeii to be about one Z dreil ^ 4 r s after the flootl, the earth ,ra.- d.nded a n >1" the soas of Noah. Though some aro of

,....] lint 11 imlUwal one, Is

- i JAI 'HETITEi i . I OOXXK: L»E Clinmcrlun», I. UOXXK. I ^ g j ^ j j

Sf the Black Hea. Thelrdesccndnnw were, 1 ,4.AJtni<ir-• an un-, known ppople,! p«thap« Armenia and the UlacU Sea.

2. RipMth.- t h e I n -~ htoltanu of the, Kiph.'ran Moun-| talus, a. Tbaamtah: Aniip-

thlnnt. ,

IV. Theirde-l •cendants were, ,

1 . -icnem rtrlctly » - rertlSA.-Tart^™ to the louth of a. .MSn.'thetnhaW-tanU of Cypr^ and other Ureek I»land», with the Mandonlani., 4. i S l S i m . - t i e U j -

V TCB^:

ilum oautuu of'T^ithnrCT (Pa-Ihrusi.

lU (\uluhim: tlif t"'" rlilans. Their di?-liceDduiKs or colo-ulm were,

I'hilittim t h f l•lllll tlnp»•

11. IXiphUnim tlie t'ri'tauR. III PHUT; iliv.MnurltauUii". IV TASAAS : the inhabitants

1)1 the i-onntn- so sfi'

tinentsand isianasirom ineiiia... . u . . ^ , . . rarts having been unite.1 in one great wnt in ra t ^ • i o a s to tlie days of PeW-g. This opinion a p pears to me the most likely, for wnui m

monntalnn,

JS, on"he the Dnies-

ter.

3. . EI.AM :

HIIEMITK>. tlie IVrnlanH, psir-tlcularly o/ »»"• pn»vlurv of t.iy-

9. HA MITES. 1 I LX-aM! Uieitlhlopla^and

(touthern .Araf'* ana. Their di- | »cendant» were, ,

1 .Vfanrad.- the flmtl wST of a i W j l

Erech.Calnehand Acend.

Heba: Meroe. i Hiir«aA--the< I'au lot»Un southern

4. *53wf'«ab<.to m Bouthem Arabia.

4. Raama: n r i h e nontheast of Arabia, or t ^ PemlanUulf. *endant» or colo-nic* were, A. proba-bly a trilw in South Arabia.

B. DnUm: Dedunj an Island in tlie, Persian Quit 1 u itabUcha! the In-

habltanb. of the I v . Uvn . east coast of ^ th i -

ll. MiiKAi*^'the E«ypuwi». Their deiceudantii were,

e-.illL-d.fromsfdon 10 tile wjuth end of the D<'ad Sea. Fmm tlicui urt-ilwlvi-d,

1. Udoniant: o r t h e northern bonlern of Canaan or Phu> nlcla.

2. The HUIitn it:he-tltCHor UethltiM): In the country of Hebron south of JerunaU-m.

i T h e Jebwritrm: In and aruund Jeru-salem.

4 T h e AmorUrM: m the east and west Bide of the Dewl 8eo.

'o. The Hirgasitn. 6. T h e Hirilri: o n t h e

River HeiTOon and In the valleys ol Lebanon.

T. The.rfr««». attbc foot of Lebanon,

s. The fOnOa: In the fouatry of Leba-non.

V The yirro<Wf«." OB the PlicMlclan Is-land of Aradu*. and the op|««it«' coast.

10 T h e ZritutnUa: t h o Inhaliltantsofthe Phienlclan town ofBlnyra.

11 The llmialhuet: the liihabltantsof the .Syrian town of Eplpbania on the Ortintes.

uears 10 me me lumi v , . " . 7, „ l ^ e 0 is sicken by way of antnnpulion. -Clarke's ("ommentarj- p. •>».

Kev Mr. ("atcott of England has treated on this at some length; and he follows tliat most cele-brated Bibiiad critic and scholar, Bengel, who says is in liis Ordo Teiit/Mrum .—

" ' / ' . - to/ was named from the division of the earth %v ich hapiHjned in his days T ^ e ^ h alter the deluge, was divido.1 by ^ ^ a ffeneahxjieal and ix.lilical division, w ^ i ^ Is e.x-Dreased by Oie wortl ueuelzt and neftlddar ; but a V ^ d i f f S r e n t kiml of division is meant by the w o ^ s<'l'fl.eGE. namely ay>/w««f/and 9fffcw/, i-nil divi-sion, w^iich happeneti at once, and whk h

so remarkable a n d T s u c h extent ^ s u i t a b l y To answer the naming the paUiarch therefrom. Bv this word (ivLtxi) tiiat kind of divwion is p A n S y denoted whicli Is apoli^ble to land md lcVfer; from whence, in the ftebrew tongue, Wrf , signifies a rirer, and, in the Grwk, I'elagm, tiie iea? From this meaning of the worf , Mr, Catcott says we may conclude that the e j ^ was »plil or dMdcd amnder for a very and the sea came t>etireen, in the days of P t l f f f . Now, he thinks, from the disjunction of A ^ c a from this part 01 the world by a great s ^ it may be allowell that this wa j the grand divmon in-tended bv the i w ^ g e under condderaUou; M d therefore he supposes, with Beng;cllus, that, sron

We give these authoriUes for what they aro worth. Of stich a remarkable event wi| shobld expect some tradition would have been preserved, as there has been of the universal deluge; and it Is n fact that such a tradition does exist.

I t is enough for us to know that originaUy the water was all in owe body, undivided by hmd; and that in the days of Peleg, one hundred and fifty veaw after Uie flood, and after the whole liobita-iile earth had been overspread with the human family, alter their tongues had been confosed, the earth was divided into conUnents and Islands as it now is: and thus the difficulties of ethnologists are entirely removed, and the peopling of Uie en-Ure earth naturaUy and Scripturally accountwl for.*

We claim that our proof that the whole earth was orlgiuaUy peopled with racei of one blood 1* Scriptural, demonstrntive and unanswerable. Wo cannot conceive how Christian men who receive the Bible as a divine revelation can doubt it,— can accept the specious reasonings of the infidel author of "Ar ie l , " and cast the Inspired record of Moses and the statement of the Holy Spirit by Uie mouth of Paul behind their tocks, or fritter its plain statements oway; and deny that the aiwsdes were uuthorUed to preach the gospel UJ all the nalioM and tribe* and rarex that inhabltad the countries as they stand in the above toble, and, Uiat it is the duty of the Clirisiinn church Uf day to send Uie gospel to all Uiese, even " t o Uie uttermost parts of the earth. ' ' No race,—no nation is exceptal, and tliereforo Africans, as weU as AsiaUcs and Americans and EuropeaiLi, are in-cludetL We exhort our brethren to reconsider well their new-found theory, lest they be found fighting against God.

I. LmUm p r o b a b l y African tribes. a. Anamim,

S. I^TuMmOT t.uUm : i h e U b y a n s .

i . yaphtudttm: t h e I n b a b l t a o t a o l t h e p r o v i n c e o f S e p h -iy», on the I*ke of Slrbo, <m the borden of Egypt and Aala.

0 . J^nuim.- t h e I n -habltanu of Uie

veb. Keboboth,

c a l n e h a m i R e s e n

r m p o i n t o f J ^ y -rlalArrapochltU). A d e s c e n d a n t wiw

S h r h i l t : f r o m w h o m came W.T .- progenitor of llie Hebrews, and f r o m h i r a A. W l / ' a n d

B . Jnktan .• c n l l e i l b v t h e A r a b i a n s Itnrhtnn, a n c e s tor o f t h e v a r i o u s A r a b t r l l i e s m e n t i o n e d 28-29.

p r o b a b l y a p e o p l e of ( K t h W " -t h e i n h a b i t a n t s of S v r l a a n i l M e s o p -o t a m i a . T h e i r d e -s c e n d a n U :

1. f i - t b o I n b a b l t a n t s o f a d l s u l c t i n t h e n o r t h o f A r a b i a Ueserta. ,

v. ARASI :

/ / i i . - ' p e r h a p s t h e i b i t a n u o f Inha

Ccelo S y r i a . :i. (Irltirr: u n k n o w n 4. 3l<uh.- t h e l n h a b i

l a n t s o f a p a r t o f t h e U o n i l B a n M o u n t a i n s ( M o n s M s s l n s ) n o r t h o f N U i b i s . "

—Biuhe't Xotn on Umrtit, I'OF. I. J ^ . LOS-TO.

Now, about one hundred years after ttiM sepii ratten,-we read that the earth '.vas divided, as it now b. Into conttnents and Ldands. How Uiis

•Th»e men are Bochart, I^lerc, W«Hs. MlchacJls, Hlr Wm. Janw, Hi>U»,y»Uri«ad eUiM>.

X r T e " S s K d - d l B - ^ ^ ^ the ^ Ham Mxmt out of Africa in t ^ t part of

America which now Iwjks towani the earth, being divided or >plit asun^f in the S y s of they, with their posterity, the iney, Wlin meir ijuaiuiiiy, mv Ameriian», were, for many aws ftem the rest of mankind, etc.' Mr. Oitcott, in order to strengthen this e.\plaimtion, brinra two quo-tations from two ancient ,writere: one from Plato, ^nd another from .1-31an's History of various things. PUito introduces an event which hap-penwl in the most early ag® of the wor d in his TimoiM, of a vost tract of land, or an Island ipeater than Lybui and Asia, situated beyond the bounds ofAfrit-aand Euroin;, which, by the concuj£on of an carthtiuakc, was swaUowed up in the Plato introduces this fact as relatol by ^ l o n , who, while he was in I3gypt, had heard it from an old Egj'i.tian priest, when he dlK-oursed with him conwrning the most ancient t-vents. "The priest informed him ' that this isLnnd was (Mlled Athmtis, and was larger than Lybia and Asia; that it had an easy passage from it to many other Islands, and from these to all that contmeiit wldch was opi>osite; that, within the mouth or cntmnce of the ocean, there was n gulf with a narrow en-try • but that the land which surrounded the s ^ , callc<l I'dagot, where the division was made, might jusUy be called a continent. In after times, t h ^ happened a dreadful earthquake and Inun-dation of water, w h i c h continued for the space of a whole day and night; and this Island, Atlantis, being covered and overwhelmeil by the woves, sunk beneath the ocean and dlwppeared, etc.

"The other narrative, from . l i i an . Is as follows, Which corrobomtcs this; and indeed would in-cline one to believe the tniditlon of so great a catastrophe could not arise without some just foundation; he says: ' Theopompus r ^ t e a tain discourse that pa s s^ fietween the Phrygian, and Sllenus. When these t%vo h ^ c o u ^ . o f many t h t a j s , 8 n e n , « a b o v e f d U ^ _ _ , s<iienas, aoove wi, leiM Mldahthat Europe, Asia and Lvbla ought to te wnaidered as islands, which tlio ocean w h o t o sarraunded; and that the part of the world which toy ^ y o n d Uils ought only to he esteem«l the conUnent, as it was of an i m m e ^ extent, and nourished very different and vasUv larger kinds of a S ^ Uiai Uils side of the worfd.' T ^ J l r . Qitcott says: 'F rom what has been offered, we may conclude that Africa a n c ^ m e r i c a w ^ o ^ joined, or at least separated fmm cach oOier but w T v e r y narrow gulf; and t ^ sometime after the flood; the earth was divided OT p a r t ^ asun-der, probably by meaas of an e a ^ q u a k e : and then this mIdtBe land sunk beneaUi the ocean. '"

A CALL l-PON T H E "BAPTIST REFLEC-TOiV BY AX OLD EAST TF.NNESSEAN. BRO. GRAVES:—I do not know whether our

editors are cheerful in publishing objecUons, that may be to editorials, however my att<?nUon has been called to the Ilrflector, June 7Ui, 1B77, v;here the battle should IHJ pashed, staUng, ' 'There is great want of agreement. One lialf of our people reiect the grand old Pauline doctrine of election. Many of them we are sorry to «iy, Udievo thai salvation luis only been made postdble, and thfit It depends on the creature's will. This U«tls of course, to belief in apostacy, and kln«lrc<l wrorn." Now If Oie writer liad told us what he meant by old Pauline doctrine, I could havo respondol much easier. This he has not done, and I predict he will be slow to do. But my objecOon to the above charges, it places onr people i n a " l k l s e " attitude, especially that of East Tennessee Bai»-Usts who 1 volunteer to represent, and do now In the name of God, and in behalf of my dear breUi-ren of Uils part of Tennessee call on the writer to make good his charges by giving the namei of our breUircn, that hold the doctrine as charged, or take back the charge, and 1 think the writer should define wliat he meaas by " Pauline doe-trine." I t is true that I with thret* or four of the Baptists of East Tennessee, believe that Ood'a plan of sanation, by the sacriclico of Jesus, imd the means connected, has made it possible for all Adaras' race to be saved. Not " w o r k s " or the " w i l l " of man, but by grace working in man by which grace, he comes to Jesus and trusUog in hini Is saved, and stUl wo hold as flniily Paul and Peter's doctrine of elecUon, as any people on this earth, but we do not allow uninspired men to be our dictators, at least tmtil they agree Uiem-selves. T. J . LA.NF.

! Whitesburg, East Tenncwee. P. S . - W i l l the JUfietior copy ? T. .1. 1..

Concord Baptist AssociaUon will convene with the church at Christiana, fen rall« south of Murfrecsboro, on the Nashville, OhatUmooga u i d

1 St. liouls railroad, Friday before the flnrt Bfibbktii ' in Angast next at ten o'clock a. m.

J . M. Pn iL t ipa , Moderator. W . H . W A L I . A C F , a e r k .

'Rer. J. T. Freeman of MMMlppI IiM luUemt«! Uiat he Is prepartna a vork tn support of tbia tkaiirr; and soiiUal • I tr raSiul u to til oar r«wl«n irben tl •hau wpw.

.--A -Jf

484 T H I N O B I N S T , L O U I S .

IIEAK BKO GRAX-®:- ! loDKagopromtol to drup you a line, but the prewnw of tabor and •HrcuiiHtoniM. hM prevented me from anythinir like eorreBpondence. I Hhali never forget the i iuny k l n d n « « of T h e BAPriin- toward me •unlil my earlier itroKgleB; and you may beas-lurwl that ocftiHlonaJly I shall drop the Old Ban-Mr a Une. Not to feel kindly lowaxd you and the numy d w friends In Memphia and the Bouthwest. with whom I have often shared a common iatarehMp. of thought an.l sympathy timjugh ytiur rolunms would be ungniteful. J lyassod-atlon, opoii the whole, with the dear brethren of

T f T ejct-eedlngly pleasant and

•T? I L ^ ^ church in Jleni-I ; in daily v a « , .

^ the g r ^ t Head of the Church give it a shep-piety and e f f o ^

^ y that l ave gone be& re in shaping Its desUnj-M V no narrow «Ilblmes8 or m i ^ I d e d a l i ^ -ftUons thwart the of a broUierhood so tnpable of suc^'cai.

Lwklng up. All the chorchtB, with but a single McepUon. are headed by pastois who are preying furward. fomptote harmony prevails, so Ikr as I know, in one wild, united and «M,peraUve effort fer the extcMlon as well as internal development " our..J,urch«. The weaker Interfflts are being

^y »iestronger; and places

eome dwtitute are reviving under the llbeml and fraternal efforts of our Baptist Un^an. The Bap-ttet paatoB- association, which m « t s eve r j -Mo^ aay morning, is almost iavaxiably checred with

p r o ^ of growth among the churches. The

absorption which has. tor seveiHl yeaw, blighted the spread ^ our cause In this city scen« about remov^

T h ^ n ? i i „ " " auprenicy. The building up of one church now no longer ; : f r "".t ^ - ^ n of another, but. S

the true theory of development, means the assfat-Md encouragement of aU the rest. The

^ ^ n d churrJ,, the iarg«t and ablest In t i e c i t ^ v^UmMo commence its magnificent edifli-e, and

t-rfoved and libeiml sister finish her house. She

^ ith t t o balance of n.^ marvels of wwk for the iliwtw's kingdom In St. lyjufa,

•rhe strength of the Baptista h f j e l . not suf-«W«tly appreciated by themselve,. We h n ^ n e »mt we are much weaker than n-e rmlly a r e ^ V e

r t h L n ' r K i f ; - e m b e r , h f p of over WW. h ^ ' ' ' ^ ' . ' " " " n l ' e ' o f l a t e n t e l e m e n t g in t ^ . P*"* "" 'na t ions In the -hurehes, audi worse than all, by a general

I n H ^ i r ^ " ' ' " " " have

1 . L 1 ® of Sunday. ^ o m l ^ u l Z ' ^ l r ' ' o f t h e P r o t o S n t

" " utUlfflUon of our

" r ^ ' " very high podUon of Htrength. T h . standard of piety and taSliZ^ . . . . M g o u r m ^ p l e Is reaUy high, r o m p a S w l S llmt of any of our Western cities.

In conclusion, we are accumutatlng the fiiclliUes

"f « « t . AVe are by no means the weakest l ^ i p l e l n t^e world either In men or m a t S N> « have here Fonl's admirable J i r p c U o T ^ e . . f t h e v e r j b«rt of denomimiUonal fn this country. We have now two i C w S

ai iU^Ftov: the former under D n . Yean,an ^ d tergusfln, and the tatter under Elds. Bay and

'n '^nH' " of the American Buptlst I'ubUcaUon fio«Iety, mider the eBOd^t m a r ^ i e n t of Bro. I^swls E . Kline, t hepo l i t « t . klndmt and most acUve of agents. AVd have col' .•gt« all o ^ Missouri, to which wo can send our

iMiys and girl-. We have men and women here

T H E B A P > T n T « r p

of the flRt talent and piety to lead us on to succe^, if no petty jealousies and bickerings shall curse our cause in the futtire.

May the good Lord guide and direct you and the brethren which are in the churchy, of

Memphis, and in your Southern BaptLst I'ubli-ration S^ ie ty . Union, b re th ren , -un ion , e.,ual-uy, Iratemlty, co-operation and e.vpaasion be your motto In iHemphLs and Tennessee.

St. Lo^L^ July 1,1877. Gfx). A. ix)FTY>N.

EXCESSIVK M B E R . U . I T Y . A-^ngeexpres s ion , and one seldom talle«l for.

j ; Will U' a long t ime before tlie caption of this a ^ l e becomes liuiuliar to our ears; there must needs be a much more entire consecraUon of all

r i T t * ® " " * ri«lization of the lact that wc are only stewardH of the Ix>rtl with the command, "occupy till 1 c o m e , " - t h a t our own IS not our own; there must be a firmer belief in the sublime truth our Savior uttered, that " i t is more blesHcd to give thai, to r e c e i v e , " - t h i t

the literal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be w.-.tered also h i m s e l f , " - t h a t he ^ t giveth to the Lord, it shall be gi'ven to h i L ^ 'a in good measure, presstM down, and shaken together, and running over." Too many of a-are like the g.Hxl old brother who sai.l religion hadn t cost hini one wnt for twenty years

There Ls, hovever, one insUince on reconl o fex-cesiive liberality, where it was necessary to re-strain the p c ^ l o from giving. They gave willUig-y and cheorful^j-; and none were askt^ to .-on-ribute who {^uid not do so with a willing mind.

r««d E.XO. .X.K.XV. M , .x.v^vi. 1-7, and j o u will sc^ who these people were, thecireum-w ^ T h l n ^ y they ««ve. and how they \\ ere able to do .so much.

There is mi Important lesson here for us. They had a wUllng mind, and thL« led them to S m e T '^^AnYn" ' ' "^ ' "^ their personal o S ments. And Uiey came, both men and women,

. ^ ^ L ^ U l f ' g - h e a r t e d , and brough bracelets, and earrings, an.l rings [flnger-ringl I

and tablets, all jewels o f g o l d f ^ ^ a ^ -ments of x-arioas kinds. If C hristians t o ^ y ^ d ^ s ^ e spirit, and would bring their unnecS-^ ornaments to the Lord, or would give even

would not be so empty, and S o m , r ^^•'•'"^•hinent in the s ^ ^ l „ V J^'ly would

a part of her timo in doing what Dorca.s d^d how much could IK. done. So many com-phan, and8ay they can't give anything ^ - a u s e ^ y have nothing to give: they are poor, b a r ^ able to live. These people menUoned in E x Z were iK)or; but they were willing. Ah - this U the secret of all I l l .en i l i ty!_a w ^ n ^ L - a n anxie y to give. If we do not give S h i n g

^ this spirl . Wo sometimes wonder h o w ^ i o

ty, and doesn't seem to work; yet he eels 11„nor r ""os't^of h L : t K . " s

is this? He loves It, is anxious to have It and Lt detennlned to get i t ; and he gets H. ^ "f we love to give, are really anxious 1o g i ; e , ^ ; d ^ J t e r m l n ^ , by Ooa's help, to g e t l , m e t W n g to give, the Lor t will help as, and we can get it. mntTvP'r ^ ^ with a proper S r e d t l t T with a s ^ -

to promote hfa caase, without worldly and s o i l n e s s , Ls jast so much ptaood in

which we shidl reap throughout all eternity. My brother, how mucli treasure have you laid up In neaven? Half as much as upon ear th? "AVhere Oie treasure is, there the heart will be also "

Memphis, Tenn. j „ „ x u .

p m ^ U t l o n o f t h e Bible by J . B. Canada; benedicUon by the candl

worth, deeply pious, an.l very zealous. H e mVw he never was .satisflcl while with the Methodb^ but .since he luts obeyed Christ in h i s a p i S X l " way, he Ls tl.oroughly satisfied. j . "

OBITUARIES.

Departoi UsLs life Januarj- 31st, 1877, Simeon H Flowers, bom in Wilson countj-, Ata., in 1 8 ^ : ^ . e d S ^ a h C. MiUer, in Morida, b j ^ w h o S had one .laughter, Arcclta Angeline; t ame to Lomsiana .„ law, and married. In 186.0, El i«, W illis, daughter of Rev. D. H. Willis of liapides ixiris ., where he d i t ^ ; was an orderly a n W lovci member of the Amiable Baptist chnreh and member of the Masonic fmtemiry ; la»v« a' wife and several helpless children to mourn his loss, with many warm friends. j o ' o i i s

Evergreen, I j i . - •

A V O I C K r i l O M MKOTQAA-. [There are hundreds of thousands of Nothem

Baptists who woul.1 be l ^ n c W k e ^ if K " ^ P J ^ n ^ to

B r o (JRAvra.—I am glad that there Lssuch a paper to be had. I am pleased with its " r i n g " and hope it will be felt farther and liirther on I-or myself, I stand a I^ idmarker ," and welcome

the odium. I have been a pastor, except during two weeks, for twenty-four consecutive years, and have learned what Baptists have lost Hret by not knowing their principles, and second-ly, by lack of courage and capacity to defend them. I hold that a paaiUve command of Christ excludes all Its antagonisms per This I preach and practice. Our congregations are not so large as at the places where a more accommodating g o ^ is p r e a c h e d , - w h e r e we are told that a Pedobaptist society is a church of C h r i s t , - o n l y a

tUe r r e ^ . I trust the time will come when it wUl be known, at least l,y men of sound eru-dition, that imperfect obedience is only disobedi-ence. I stand for T h e B a i t i s t from now out.

" Well, wife, tliore is no Baptist church in thfa neighborhood, suppose we join the Methodists to-night ."

" How can we do tliut? We don' t belie\-e In 8}.rinkUng, or lov.vfeast, or probation, or epLsco-^ forms of church government, or receiving into fellowship the unconverted, or— "

" Oh! I know we don' t believe in Uiese things ' but they must IK? matters of very litti.- im-Ifortance."

" H o w can you talk so. Wliat! a matter of litUe importance whether we obey Christ or not What makes you say it must be a matter of little importance? You didn' t use to think so "

" W h y when they had such a glorious Interest up last night, d idn ' t the Methodist preacher in \1te u s ^ to come along and find a home with them; that these litUe difference were of no im-portam-e: and didn' t our old and beloved pastor who IS here on a visit, sit up in the pulpiUighi b e l ^ d him and rub his hands and say L e n to all h e s a l d ? " - f f e r a M , xMiMourl.

T I 3 I E T O K N O C i T u n d E R .

B r o . ORAVE»:-The first Sunday in June the writer bapUred into the feUowship of the S h e r vme church. AViUlam McVay. who I m d ^ n ' a

S ^ i n ' the MethodiTT^n! n e ^ o n . The first Sunday in July, he was or

^ n i o n : he aiso gave the candidate a thoroutrh e ^ l n a t l o n in reganl to his do.trin:U vre^^* The onlination prayer was oflbred by J . B. ( S S

One communion Sunday an old Kentucky sol-d e r . who had fought under General Jackson at Aew Orleans, and knew weU what manner of man he had been, attended the Hermitage church and saw the aged warrior kneel reverently before the altar. H e was transfixed with astonishment After the service was over, he was observecl to be unusually silent and thoughtful, and upon belnit questioned related what he had seen. He con eluded his narrative thus : When I say the man Avho had fought arml£8, lart ies, cabinets, and never fought without conquering, get down on his knees in church, I said to myself- 'Wel l when General Jackson kneeb, I tell you bovs It's alwut t ime for me to knock u n d e r ' " F o ^ w ^ k s after he joine.! the church, and lived and died an exeniptary member. — AV.

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Editor and Propilatar Book-keeper and Order Oerk ETMAHAKFV. -

BastacM Ofltee: x a m a . t2.7e M r n u a m . In ndTsace. Send moucr by

rtSt; othcnrlae at the »ciider». If answer b deaired bj maU, send «tamp or postal card.

ccond alrect, Xempbla, TeM.

OUtiBcnlataliMC Prlnelpl«« of Baptlala.

T H E B A P T I S T .

tutlon, occurs one h u n d r ^ and ten the New Testament. Of these tt^^ii W are plural, entirely Incompatible with a ^ l e u n i v ^ church of M y character, ^ d (56) are local, as specific as the church at J e r a . ^ lem, or the church at Antioch, and h p w not ^ incompatible. Of the r e m ^ i n g e igh t^n (18). ten (10)repi«ent the church under the figure ol the " b o d y ; " in three, or more I n s t p c p , speci-fying a p ^ c u l a r local church as s u c h a body and, in not a ^ g l e instance, specifying any but a local church as sSch a body. % n c e they are as i^ocon^ patible with a universal church as any of the p r ^ J ^ i n g uses. Three of the others d e s i ^ t e the church which Saul of Tarsiw which as a matter of fact, was the church at Jerusalem, and as matter of conception, could not h.ave a ^

,e church universal than did the imiBcniaaiBB rr.ocH.— nroached nearer the cnurcn univenan umii u.u «ptl!(tJ *o arc to rtand for the lupreme authority of the churches in existence at the time

U.e E j l t l e s were writtea T f b u t fi^^ uses of the term out of whit ^U to derive the uni-^"(^^i^s a d'lstinsnUblns: doctriue ol "ur de-

MiXatloin - a doetrlffe for wbrcb we nro railed earueatly to conlend. i^As^Dllsti we an- to sUnd for tlio ordlnaoi« of ClirlHl

them ui»n follow.r, the nu- lu ^ In TOxfe; In ortfcr. and In «vnnino. unchanged and

for a .plritual and r^euer-•tid e h ^ h and that none nball Iw reeelvol Into cnjrisfn

welcomed to Ita ordinanru-. a ^ ^ n a l faith In Christ, and glvlnc credible evidence ol ''oiaUasnUIUnK PoU'T of OI«lorlc«l Baptlatx. The non-recoftnition ol liucinn »ociitlii; «-•> Scrlpi^l

PhniThw br afflfiatlon. .nln.Hterlnl or wlMiastlcaK or an> alllane« or co-operation that is susceptible of being ap-MSSuy OT loglcJdiy con.tme<l by the world intS a recognition of eccl.«laiitlrnl or ministerial eqnaiity with Baptist churches.

B«nd nil Brnc* or<lrr» to the editor, and not to otlirr parUea In tlila citjr or rl>u-«brn-: for we can-not be reaponalble for money or Bntre* aent tbroasb eUierat and no one In tbia c l t , aelU our Improved Brave.

T H E I XIVEliS.M- ( HL'RCII.

Dr . G R A V E S - D e a r brother: We are told here that the (Jreek word ' ^W.-xm ' is u ^

by Christ in an ideal sense to specify all hts fol-lowers; as well as in the sense of nn :tssembly.

Is it thus used in the Sew Testament, and had the word in the time of Christ such a meaning? We are told that it is used ia this sense in reference

in your rending found the word used in this ideal sense? If thfa is so why may not Christ have use<l it in an ideal sense when he spoke of building t i s church? I ' lea^ opinion and oblige an earnest seeker for thetrt i th. 1* XJ* oMl All*

Newton Theological institute, Newton, Mass. In answer to the above we insert an able article,

from the pen of Dr. E. J- Fish who has given years of patient study to the use of this term. We do hope every minister and thinking brother will caretully read and re-rea.l this article, and then preserve it for future use—for you wUl need it.

Nowhere, iwrhaps, has " t h a t strange spell, a • ilded mor n a m e " widded more p«»wcr, or cut more fcntastic

i S s , Than In the sphere. Though Knllrlinc nifl

veraal, viz: Matt. xvi. Eph. ui . 10 21 H ^ . xii. and I Tim. iii. lo. But the first of to^ was the church Christ was to bmid (evidOTUj not an unorganiseil body); the s«^nd , a c h i ^ h through which " the manifold wisdom of God' could be made known (surely an church); the third, the church through which g l o r ^ to redound to G<m1 "throughout all agej' fa Church, certainly, which has done eJhcient work, as oJily a church fitly framed " rould do, the true collection of 'jona fide local churches); the fourth, a church which stands In cou t r^ t w ith the unorganized " general assembly," and henre i3 not synonymous with the kingdom of Christ and the fifth, a church, like the E p h ^ i a ^ , in which a man need to know how to "behave himsell. A ver%- w o r foundation, therefore, has the universal idea in any of th«sc uses of the term c/tiirt'/i.

But thus is not all. The universiil idea is antag-onistic to Uies uses. Unlike the generic and toue coUtvtive concepUons of the church which we find in the Scriptures, and which \»volve "o difl-erent from the local with wh ch they are lii harmony with man, the individual, the univei |al Church presents a radicaUy dlflcrent i d ^ . I f H be the Orn i sh universal, t is org-.inued to te .sure, but it admits no plural of chur< h. If it to the Vrotestant universal, and hence unorganizwl, it admits of not aslngleofflceror fun.-tiona.-«iMwl by the Scriptures to the church ^ y of t iirtft. Hence, not admitting of these funcUqns, it fordkb or perJ-ert them in t i c cxact degree in which it is emphasize-i. If, for example bapli-sm and the i ^ r d ' s supper are ordinances to 1k> usad in and sacredly guarded hy the true loial church, the univer4l church, as such, d r o p them entirely, and its advocates in their " p a r t f m l a r " churchy, either foUow suit, or encourage the l o ^ t possible use of them. Hence the twofold tendenCT to ignore these ordinances altogether, or to oteer\-e trtcm in the most latitudinarian way. IIent;e, too, the difficulty which Baptists encounter m their advocacy of "close communion," on the ground that the supper Ls a church o ^ i ^ ^ , they meaning a distinctly framed local church,

nil

48 g as a structure divinely ordered for a ^ O ^ W o® w o r k " c h r t e t in his abeence is unenduttWfc

F I V E H U N D R E D D O L L A R S V O n T H E y o u n g m t n i s t e r s .

u ^ than two months r c m i ^ , and sUU t h . quesUon to unsettled whether the Board v ^ ^ L r r a n t e d in Inviting our twelve "V young minlsten of the very liMt p r ^ to rtv L m to the school and complete t h e ^ ?h™re are not than fifty thousand B a p t f c t . ^ Middle and West Tenne«ec who profe« to be the riends of ministerial education, and « »» n o t ^ o n one thousand has yet given f

two years. WUl not every brother and ateto ^ w L for themselv® with something befc«« tWs m " n t ? d i e s ? God wiU b l«s the act, if done Ibr his cause and glory.

fiUBSfRimoSS MADE. J . R. Graves, fl.OO; Mrs. J . U- Grav^ . l-W;

Miss Nora Graves, 1.00; from a poor ^ ^ r , (no State or postofflce), l.<>0; no ' r ^ ' Walton 1 (10; E. F. H. Johnson, 4.fO; J- R. Jor ^ t i r f o r d , T e n n . , l.OO; M i ^ f . O ^ ^ Courtland, Ala., 1.00; John

La., U10; J . P. Basliaw, Mount J ^ e t t , Temi.,1.00; G. W, Garrett, P o ^ h o n ^ . T « n 1.00, w . D. Stanton, Ath.nta, Wililams, EagievUle, Tenn., l.OLS J-M t ^ J ^ H ^ e TV^nn.. 1.00, J . W. a ^ t h a m , Tenn., i C M Broadwa'y. L^., 1.00, A. Tenn., 1.00, Jos. Robertson, T ^ . , - W Bekher, Texas, 1.00; N. A. Holman, I iKi C. M. Sherrouse, Louisiana, 1.00; ** Lusk, Mte te ippi . 1.<K); J . W. Taliaferro, J ^ n ^ see, 1.00; Mrs. D. A. Fort, Alabama, 1.00; w . i .

Pi-hind, Tiucas ' l .OO, 'Mwr^^ W . C. Johnson, T.io- W C. Johnson, Tennewee,

& > e n n « B e e . l.OO; K-W-Bauimim. T ^ ^ l.tki; John A. WUey, A l a ^ , LOO; l ^ Z -- - • Tenneasefc, 2.00; Miss Ann Mur t a i .

1.00; J. C. N. KobertBoiK Ark Buckley, AUss., r..00; W. A.

K - r d T e i r ^ k e o r a than a church, and his inspired apostle distinctly aflirms there i^ tait " one term church covers inore distinct mental concepUoiw than one «m Siumerate. And what Ls es^ i a i l y to be deprt-S , M a sort of final r e ^ , the I ^n l ' s own M D ^ t l o n seems to be pretty much lost in the general conftaslon.

Among the most venerable, potential and wr -verOng of these conceptions, is what k named the

Tho prnresslon has two w^ell M l v e ^ T churiih: The e.xnresslpn has two weU established uses, the Romish and The latter is churt'h of MartU which have followed him.

synonymous rtln Luther, and

the Protestant, with the invisible

the confessions It contrasts with the

one nation as before under the law,) consuls of all t S t h m u g h o u t t h e w o r i d , that profess the t ^ e r f lWon, together with their children; and is the H n & ^ e Lord Jesus Christ, the h o ^ and fem^v of God, out of which there is no ordmary S S l i t y r f salvation." "Unto this Catholic,

It is said " C h r i s ^ a t h ^ v ^ n ,the ministry, oraclce and o r ^ n M ^ of G ^ , ^ S o u g h U were an o rgan i^^ iwdy; rifS teerther with its containing the children of K S r i r b mainly. d iMin lu i ^^^ f^^^ the invisibleT But its organization is a «»lng of the S S k W p u r e l y ; while among ^ p A ^ i J ^ i S K e t K ^ / ^ ' ^ f i i S K m ^ ' and hence wb speak of Utt tgro ^ e U ^ ^ h ^ toes of the term universal. But be there ^ o , or t h ^ i t is Hme that each and aU were repudiated, as utterly uuscriptural and dangeroas.

The term cAuriA, as applied to the Lord's insti-

supper Ls a church tney meaning a distinctly framed and their opiwnenfa Rf'neraUy bc'lng ruletl by ^ e universal .^hurch idea. It will bo utterly inii)os-sible to make a finality of the communton <-ontr»»-versv. until the Muestion of the church LS setUed, and "so a l ambiguity rt-moved from the term But the antagonism of church ideas makes sadder hav.K than of the onlinances. The only church commissioned by Christ to make known the manifold wisdom of God " for the evangelization of the worid, or the perfecting of the saints. Is it-self crushed under the wheels of thts ponderous Jueuemaut—the universal church. Hrace, not o n f y the abandonment of the jHw ilMiio doctrinM of the fathers, and in Its place the flto-V ment that " where the Spirit of the Lorf Is, t h ^ Ls the church," but the avo\ved opposition to the organized church, as among the Pfyinouth breth-ren, practical, tWough not avowed, as among Yoing Men's Christian Associations. The bde of influenc-e Lssuing from ,the unlversa i d « against the "one body" Christ has instituted for the accomplLshment of hLs redeeming purposes i.s, at this moment, immensely strong. A.s we con-ceive, the Protestant universal church is not a whit more friendly to the caase of truth and righteoas-ness, or the world's evangcilration. t hM h ^ the Romish universal been. If the latter b a t h ^ the world in blood, bircause it was so thoroughlj' or-ganized, the fonner will leave it in its error a i ^ rorruptlon,because it Ls so thoroughly "nprpani^P^. If the one has bred doctrinal and vital inapurity by adding to " t h e things written In the Book,' the other will do the same thmg by taking away from them. Those who, In accontonre with the iSommendation of the E v a ^ l c a l ^ • e d during the Week of ^ y e r , for the " re-L o ^ o f error and comipUon " from " t h e univCT-sal chun h ," would have done well to have prayed fyT the universal church idea itself, the adulterous n u ^ o f errors. A State, National, or denomina-Sonal church, is anti-scriptor^ and a ^ p t i n g enough: but a universal church, s w ^ o w i n g u p , llkrfan immense maelstrom, organization j S p ^ H c officers and functions, ordinance and dLscTj^ne: In short, aU that is p c u h a r to the " o n e b o d y "

Murray, , 1.00; Jones,

C. Todd, Tennessee, Mrs. J . A. Cai., 10.00. D'lXlUWV'B KL'HD.

Wo have received the following sums tor Bro. DcCourcy, and we especially call upon Arkansas BapUsti to help him. Shall he not be allowed to return Uie first of September? One hundred and twenty-five doUars will enable him to do so, and enable him to attend another year. Help him, brethren: —

Mary E. Wiastead, LouLMana,fi.OO; H. R. Irion. L(^uWana, 2.O0; I fham Wort, IxjulslanB, 2.W); y ^ T Graves $1.00. McFadflen LOQ for U w k Testament; Luke k . i ^ . , ^enn Henry Bennett, I^mislana, 1.0t»; R. A. RhfKles, Arkaii-sas, •I.'*).

BREVITIES.

Dr. W. W. Gardener has resigned the Chah- of Theology in Bethel OiUegc, RusseUvllle, Ky . The chair will remain vacant.

Any party wishing to rem.ivo to Winchester to educate their daughterb,ortokeei> L-onrding-bou,«e, will do weU to consider the offer made by Judge McCutcheon In our ndvcrtkinii department. It is within a stones throw of the Collegp buihling.

FiJiTTEKlNr. IsrREAPK. —Sin.-e the first of February we have enrolled over eleven hundrrd , new subscribers, and before wo reach February, 1878, wtf reasonably hope to double this number, and we earnestly ask each friend ol tlie paper to help us to do It by sending us one now reader.

Bro. Hart, who has been singing for Bro. IVnn, is compelled to take » rest. His brother-in-hiw, Bro. J . T. Parker, of Bowling On»n, Ky., will take his placc. He will be greatly helpful to Bro. Penn in hia evangelistic labors. We Stnow Bro. Parker to be a good man and a fine singer.

Time Pbolosqed .—Desiring to give ample opportunity to aU who may wish to write iJwtchw for the Hlstiwy of the Baptist Minidtera of Ten-nesee , Bro. ^QMO has prolonged the t ime October n e J t Althidgb it -would s«8m t t a t «if-'fident t ime has a l n a d y beca i^lreq (Qve yesn) , yet this exteoslon Is given, hoping that Ute breth-ren who have faiinl up to thla timfe will b^ Iirutnpl, to fumkA materialtf for the w ^ o r f c . v - '

/

4:86 PRAY^MEETINO. '

• t K ' ^ i S S ^ k ^ f ^ ' W "" iift niDon

"VCTA preKntod in UIII colmnn.—ED. BAP. to «ictijo where tpiriu blend. Wend hoU. leUowMp with friend;

pongh luodeml Ur by (aitfa we meet Awund one common mercr*«t."

i-AlTH, The BTSIT <Hflnllion of faith I know is this. Faith

ia the ««ent of the intellect, ami the onaent of the htjart.

When I »TW on the MM the oUicrauinnier, I was much interesteti in the daily calculations of the steamers latitudf and longitude. There in the L«Uil.M THE cnpUiin would, EVER • noon, d i s

TBLHHE.LID b y ST..,TANT ^ IOPUITLJNU, THE LOKURITLUN. were printed

N the nautical alnianai- IS^WL by the British uowMuuiept.

iuipodiiblo for the cu,.tain hi««df, to work out those m. t lint^. of put toKether in the shape of logarithms Thia ^ somethinK beyond hini. Tiiey were wrouKht out by experts employeil in the otecrva-lory at Greenwich. But in thi«e logarithn«Vhe option put CUU,. He Icnew the m e ^ ^ h o ^ j J e ».«n, wi-re inteUigent and trastworthy. He wa.. num thorn long l ine of figures were acturate staUv

Thus the captain wnted tc> the logarthina with HU inteliect.

them with his heart. He truste.! them. He truatal them so utterly t URT he acted on them. He rfaked on them he precious hunu.n Uv« commite,! to hlB charg^

Uio v«t property with which hi:, ship Ls E -

0 whi. h the mind ASHENTS; commits I B awful T™R«;NDOU, destiny to it .' Faith in God L. THE

of the INTEUI^ to what God t , .EN

'•'f hi Lays - re

u . ; ^ miatnke a half laith for h i n f J e c f t . theUo^JnJVe M ^ T J WB do not bring it down into region of

d o n o t TTU b y t h e m . A n d «O o u r FOHHTSUTLE

ON HTE when wo ought to take the two. Our WUI foils at the line of tmsUng. Thw, we ML"

«fmt God them go forth to act on wh .t he

^ 1 9 is the Gflbcaciou.S fai th-assent of the Intellect, r o a ^ t of the h e t t r t . - / / b ^

T B C E B A P T I S T T -

A METHODIST IHMERSION.-NEW MODUS OPERAIVDI.

to take sprinkling for baptism. With m u c h ^

rantizinir proclivitie., scoopetl up some water with

legiou.. e(,ntempt Houndoring a, • "

IW.I „.wi • • w '»m nwitnong into the

S B " '

Smv, this vorj- IwptLsm, (?)-thiH act done in aaoc.kor>-ofthc.bapti..m in.stitutal I.y Cl rirt and commanded to be i.er,,etu.ite,i by u. i . w S n d Jeter and all the advo«Uc« of alien tmrneL o ^ pronounc-e Scriptural and v.did, and should S i t «lvcHl by Baptist churches; What de. gn h^eobservtHl? Woare wUling to admit t S t i b act of« ,„onthepar t of the minister is T

^ the month of E v e r y o i l n l a t e r . B a p t i s t o r P e d o b a a t l . t

« h o « I I I . e n d u . M.OO o r w h . ' ^ r i b e m t h l . m o n t h . h a l l h a v e t h e ^ I ^ r f o r o n e y e a r . S o w 1. t h e a m e t o S S '

^ e can procure for all tJie pure juice of the ^ape, made expressly for communion w S m ^ Vicinal purpose from the Scupperao^ X e

per gallon, the vessel incS^ed?

c t r t b y e x p r c ^ a t a t if lS^ c^ r : if " «hould pr<^ c m . It er not celebrate the supper at aU. It u ^ he frmt of the vine-grape j {Jce- J e ; u s \ S and command^ a<. to use, and not the m S S com,K,u„d of whkky and logwood. H a v o ^ w . t h a W n o u s «senco to give it the smell T d ^ t e of wme, now .so generally used,-bought at d X stores by the deac-ons without e x a m i S o . " a J S a krgo pri... Thousands of barrels of such I f f w o , " "n'^innati. MsvYue N OrlrMn. and St. I^uis and sold for wine n

ol wind, tbero is not a drop of the juice of il^" graiK-. Are you a deacon who reads th is ' o ^ a I«tstor? Will you not think of it? We ^-uuc? as a;.'cnt without fee or commL^ion to ^roeun-

I3RF:VITII-:S.

UIG HATCHIE BAPTIST ASSOCIATBJX

r m o a . can take their b«d t f t s a l« ,g1 ;^ tten, o ^ e u t l ^ e n s of CblUervIIle wiU S S

to «ll by spnwilng > "hMket dlmwr" o n ^ ^ n d . Should b. pleaaed to h ^ o m ^

B ^ ' H R E O . C O N I . T O T T E A S tlOT Md let M CTpect. good time. Bring a little gift tor Home .Mfalons ao that one mteloLj-can be put Into Uie Held this fiUl,

We coniially invite our friends to «iil at our ofllce when through the city, if i fa bS[

» nunister? We offer you ;this «,por

^\e want to add one thoa^nd reader this month Errorh SuotXD HE ItwTiFiEn.-We have

M errors w II occur, we are over willing to rmifv W any brother lu.s a ai,.,

A r i l ^ ' ^ . '''""'"'y attend the Arkansas Convention that meets in Forest City

Association meets on that day. „„c| i,, it we f S we owe our first duty, or w.- would ghwlly r ^ J S tlie hospitalitiw of your home. Bro. Izalrd.

M J. I). Rasberrj' of Hamburg, \rk iu<t looked in ui^n as for a .noment lu.sf w e 4 1, "

and we have been gratitied t„ witnc^ hLs sutx^? We a so found the ™rd of Brn. J. k P ZT^r C ^ . l a , Ark., ujK.„ our d.>sk, left while we t e ^ '

toluweshaken his hand and mqm-re.i after friends in (M-Zla

ffl^m . has located a fflrm,-to his old home in Arkansas. He is look-ing as fresh and full of work as he did

RIBER to THE BAI-TJST; and seldom does he hU w " " " one. He hasTpent S n ^ ye-ars in btdldlng up the .^ase in^"!

ENcoriuGtNG.-Bro. J. J. Bound tree of Texas I T ^"bscribera and the and we hear of several lists now making uTVli ov^the^uthwest to secure the paper a ^ tb,:" • ^ n s a U o n s . We thank Bro. Hemphill

that the Serift; will grow in interest to every Bibte ^ d e r tothe end. AU the unfulfiUed p r o p S «

things t h i ^ t a ^ w

^ d the prophec-ies that present era,U and The Eastern war are fulfllling. We therefore m i o

T H E 7 D I S P E X S A T I O N S . Wo i.-<suc.i nearly five hundrtd e.xtra copies of

this paper when we commenced this Series, and

^ n rhese, we are pleased to gay, ha%-e all bec-o taken by new subscribera. We L v e ^ merg ing the is.sues weekly, but will lack s S one hundr^ copies of Xo. 26. Jlay 26th, and fifty coph^ o Xo. 27, June 2d. Now, ma^iy of our patrons do not file their papers, and we r ^ e this prop<«t.o„ to ail such: For every copy of the above numbers you will send us, we will extend y-jur subscriftion onw week. We can thus ac commodiite a few hundred new subscribers with-out repuWLshing the Series.

Xow as we are under the imj-reeion, that, on account cf our age and qualities, we are at libertv to add still a few hundred more subscribers this summer, we again request our friends, as they have heretofore done, to show their papers to their neighbors, and solicit a new readw this month to begin with the Dispensations.

Tlie sermons are alone richly worth the price of the paper.

Wheat is selUng, and now and for two montts to come will be a grand time to get lists.

APPOINTMEXTSTOITAUGUST. We will deliver the five sermons on the Church

and Its Ordinances at Fall Creek church. Middle renness«H-, i-onimencing on Thurs<lay before the second Sunday in August. We will beat Murfrees-boro Wednesday before. And at the Mount Olives Knox c-ounty, Eist Tenn.. Thursday, August 23d' We wtll be in Knox^^Ue We.Jnesday before

QUERY.

W. W. MABSHAUJ. A.v.sw > a j . - W e do not know of a Baptist As-

« o n in the whole South tljat extenrte a r , 1 ^ v i t ^ o n to ministers of other denomi i ia t i^ to

c ^ - o f the body. The act belongs to the incoS. s g ^ a e s o f modern Liberalism th^p reva i l s a tTe

We have heard of the persecution that you and have s u f f e ^ a1 the hands of professed Baptists. We did not im-

a ' i v

agine that our old friend, End. Hardwicke, couitl be intluenceii to pursue such a c(iurs»- toward brethren as characterizetl him in that meeting, btv cause I^ndmarkers. His Ma.ster will not say " well done" to this, but, " inasmuch as yo haive done it unto one uf the l«»st of these my bn-thren, yo have done it unto inc." .

How is it that l.ik«n\l Baptists an- inon- bitter toward their strict brethren than an- PedobaptLsts themselves! This has been oljservcd for years. We have sufTereti a thoasand times more from our own brethren than from tliose without. Does not this verify the wonU of Christ to bis disoipli^s, "and a man's foes [his very worst iiK'iiiict.| siiull be of his own household"?

We say to our Bro. Marsliall others, none of these things move you, but cultivate the forbearing spirit that was in Clirist, :iml stosit -fasUy suffer, if needs be; and labor t.. brin- all to see the right way: and we IHHOVO that you will live to see your A.ss(x-iation iit one with you. Landmarkisrn is n.it, by any luoaus, a siK-nt shaft. Two-thinLs of the itiptists of the entire South arc strictly consistent; and a miglity revolution of sentiment is spreadin- all over th.- North and

tJod ever ha-s and i v. r \t ill prcr.i-v.- to himself a pure jHiopU-,-faiUiful witiu-s.-.-s of bis truth.

Will vou please explain, Ibrou^'h your pajM-r, John i. It;, esiHtially the nu-.mink' of " sr.u-c for ^ C e " ? .1. n . Itl.H MICSON.

Aiili is evidently u-ed here, as it mten is by cla-ssic writers, for //», ui><m. and should be tnius-latwl "grace u|K)n grace." This ronstruc-tion o<--curs in the LXX.. Eeele. xxvi. l-.: "A iuo<lest woman is a grai-e [ unit ] uinm a ^race." So Kuripi-des ases the self-simie expression when be makes Thooclymenos say to Helen : " < -'m-h miii rhnri-t,MS May grace upon grace be unto you." So Go<L dLs|M)ses liLs grace to us grace UIKHI grace: new ones uiMjn old ones, aiul others to thc^e.

BEO. GKAVt>:-A Melhodist who wi tntv^l eleven days of thu Carrollton debate, and took notes, informs mc that you took the m^ition, and a ^ e i l at length, that tLc l,aptisn. o^ fire sicken of in Matt. lii. 11 means hell hre. Is it so ^

We most certainly did; and our argiiiiicnts win be found at length in the publish.-d debate, to which we refer Bro. A.

Please answer, through your pai>er, the follow-'°f' '\^haT*should a church do witii one of her members who Is engagetl in selling whisky •.

" a m a church which refases to discipline a member for selling spirits discipline a ineinU r for getting drunk,^r for dancing, rt<-. •.

3. Can a chun-h allow one of her ntinilK'r t( make and sell pure wine, etc. ?

4 Does not a church, when she refus.^ to ex.-cute the law of Christ, iiase to 1K> a ehun-h of ^Ypray that vour mind may IK? dirpcte<l in the way of truth, that good may be

1. If she hits, liy a clear expn-ssion of her <iis-appro%-al of such practice, eondemne<l an.i forbid it, and a member should engage in selling whisky, thus putting a public contempt upon her author-ity, he should be prompUy disciplinwi. If she has never made a declaration ui>ou the subject, and permitted a member to do so for wi out reproof, she could not act toward him without first giving him time to close out acconling to the articles of partnership. It is as sinful to put the bottle to his neighbor's mouth as it ts for his neiffhbor to g<ft drunk.

i Certainly. She can do right in any given instance though she docs wPDUg in others; I.nt

% K r t M n I y - n n o t , by divine law, prevent her members from makini; and selling pure wme. We know a good meml>er who not only makes pure juice of the grape enough for the use of his own church, but of all the churches near him; and if he could supply every drugstore in Tennes-see with the article, he would be a public bene-

^ ^ S h e does not, but is a church in disorder. There is scarce a church in the land that executes aU the commands of Christ, does her whole duty

THE SERIAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A South Carolina juLstor, and educated at Green-

ville, writes: —

Historical Department. 1 Cnd« ' th lsheodwe«hnnpnhlWit l i . -^»U.W

Your exeene.it pa,.r in m^ 'liU'tir'aTi'lr o»n liU we liopr to do 11. We

or B.PU... IJi! IM M

incalculable lienefit to me )urpose of the gospel, xst serial occurring in tainlv, when finished, — o — . of your life, in some little matters, I have never believed and understood as you pronounce and

' Tnx.sasToTHXNKOr.-TheRev .A.G .Brown. suci; wor.Ls «K-ourage us to write. A student who, next to Mr Spurg^n. is the rn^i i^puhir

of V-wton Tht^logic-uT.^ niiuury, Massachusetts, BnptUt minister in l^ndon, claims tlmt the AM w r ^ ; in the same wor^s. We may not tor, of BaptiM / f ut uencv old n.inLstcrs aud brilhrcu to cease / r o « . < / m r o^our/>ord, who U i o ^

nrav ng to be sav«l when they .-ome to die. and minMer. [May we not as safely ^ r at"Vd«Ubto b,. into Christ's kingdom Brown's opinion upon Normon Vo^- o^Jf^t-A 1 CIUREH triumphant in heaven," and for "an Willianrs'V] The first chur^es r ; n r . : : ! : . e abov^ t . . . stars in h«.ven; " but we doubtedly B a p t ^ M ! ho|H' the rlsiiif fooli-b habit.

p-neriition will not get into the

DlSTHIcr ASSOCIATIONS.

Will all the clerk-s in Tennessee send as the time and place of the nuttings of their respective As-sociations, and we will publish them.

.11 1>V. Big llati hie meets at Colliervilie. on the M. A railroad, Saturday l>cfore the fourth Sundjiy.

A f l i t S T .

Coneonl nieet^ I-riday befon' the first Sunday at Christiana, on X. A C. railroad.

Ilolston mwts with Mount Olivet church, Cnion Depot, on K. T.. \ u. A Cia. nulroad, Thurs-diiv before the swond Friday.

Sweetwate r luecLs with Hoi>ewell church, Mon-roe county. Thursday U-fore the thinl Sunday.

lA'banon mi-ct-i with the South Fork church, Smythe county, Va.. Thursday l>efore the third Sunday.

Cumberlaiicl iiiwts w ith Little Ho|>e church, MontK )niery i-<^unty, Katunlay b«'fore the third Sunday.

Xolachucky meeL-< with Head-of-Richland chureh, (irangrr .ounty, Thursday Ijefore the fourth Sunday. SKITl'-MBEtJ.

Duck Uiver Lilwrty meets at New Market, Madison county,

.VUi., Friday In fore the third Sunday. Mulberry liap meets with fhudwell Station

.-hureh, IXH- county. Va.. Thur-day before the first Sunday.

New liC'ban.in meets with U-wls Creek church, Russell eounty, \ a., Thursday before the first Suiiilay.

WauUiga inect< with Cobb CriK-k ehun h. .I«)hn-soii county, Thursday before the second SumUiy.

Xorthero nu-ets with CinUir Orove churcli,

criUcs. In a'rei«nt address he said: "Perhai>s some are ready to ask, Is there any more causc for us Ks Baptists boldly to maintain ourdifUngulshwl ordinance, I answer, 'yes,' more than ever. Dur-ing Uie past twenty years a |Hi«tllentiid miasma lias lieen stealing over Enghuiil. It has changed her churches Into milliner shops, her eommuiiion tables into altars, her ministers Into priests, her infant sprinkling into baptismal regeneration, her Lord's supper to the mass. \N'axing bold by judi-cial B«iuitta.ls, the harlot of Rome Is lifting her brazen face in profes.sc<lly Protestant churchw, and like the sons of Eli, defiles the house of the Lord with her fornications. Tliat which ww only a cloud, no bigger than a man's hand, a few yairs ago, now i-overs all England's skies, and foretells a speedy storm. Bare nidsed RomauUm Is now walking our streets, without one rag ol Protestantism left, save that it i-urrles on its dt>-bauclieries with Protestant money. .By the very circumstances of the case, the Baptists arc pushed to the forefront. They, only of all dentiminaUons. can mee't the foe with hands clean from Uie stain of t-adiOon. So long as any churt^h, howevt-r Protestant in all other refjiects, perufets in practic-ing an ordinance base*! on the traditions of the fathers, but unrccognlml in Scripturi', It stands at a disadvantage w h e n brought to coiie with an cvU anned from top to t<jc witli the same defence."

A. S. says: —

.Martin of .Mabama sends as n li!»t, and

" I think I will senil you more suljscrlbers s(K>n . iirTiir. BAni.sT dws more to for I find the reading -

destroy IJberalism than anjihlng else: fio J w;nnt it to roll on until herwy shall be blown off like the chaff. I want to work for this enrt while I live If j-ou think I am rnfltlol to any prcmluin for the subscribers, send me the b -st UUle IMJOI:

.Nonnem i h w i p ^vim v . . ^ . . > 1 t h a t will show that we, a s a denomination, have Cnion county, Thursday beforethe second Sutiday. cxlst«'d from John the IJaptlst until riow ; for Uiis

FjLstanalle meets with the l l iy assee cimrch, I Ls the question they push on us here." MeMinn i-ounty. Friday lK>lore the stt ond Sunday. ^y^ send him Ford's Origin of the BapUsts, only

Clinton meets with Longfield chureh, Campliell I ^i^jy ; and every BaptW shouUI have a cop.v •ounty. Thursday before the fourth Sunday. j to read and to tw .

East Tennw-see mwts with the Pleasant Grove church, Cc)cke L-i)unty. ThurscUiy before the fourth

Travelers in the l-jist fln-l Uomnn t^itholi Clinch \ alloy m e e t s with the Sulphur Spring miseionarieo In all parts of A«ia, in India, Cliiii:

church Scott county, Va., Thursday before the J a p a n , a n d the Malayan Archipelago. The Rev. second Sunday. fx TO II En.

The (Jeneral rVss<K'iation of East Tennes5«e meets with the First church, Knoxville, Friday before the first Sunday.

Tennps.see meets with Indian Ridge church. Granger county, Friday before the first Sunday.

(icMS' meets with Ooltewah church, on tho E. T.. Va. A Ga. railroiul, Friday before the first Sunday.

New River meets with Galena church, Grayson county. Va.. Thursday before the firs^t Sunday.

A REQUEST. I de-ire the n a m e a n d address of every brother

and worldly-conformed members; but they are still churches, not doing their full|duty.

litx.1^- * thing of i n t e res t and importance to communicate.

Memphii, Tcnn. . JOHN U. EAGER.

Dr. Field, in a recent letter to the Kvmtgrlift d<'-scribing his ascent of the first range uf the Hima-layas, says: "On the ridge of Mu.s.s<Kjrie, on its higb€fit point, which cimimanils a view of the snowy range for more than a hundred mile?, stands'a convent, which educjttes hundreds of th(> daughters of Protestiinf Englishmen as well n-thosi' of iU own faith. Thus the Catholic churcb plants its outpoctts on the very cnfts ol the moun-taia«. At Landour, an adjoining hill Btatlon. L' another Catholic institution, for bo>-8, callcd St. George's College, perha|« as a dellcalfl flattery to Englisbmen in taking the name of their guardian saint. It has a chime of bells, which, at that bight and that hour, strikes the ear with slngulnr and touching effect. It may well stir up our Protestant friends botja to admire and to imltufe, as it furnishes a new proof of the omaiiiotent* of Rome when the traveler find.s its ronvr-nts and hears the chime of its vesper ixlls on the bights and amid Uie valleyn of the Ilimulayas."

4:88 N IWS SUMMARY.

^ ' • ' • - l u t o r J . H e n r i B a f e h . o / L o u i ^ b f « « m u d under . writ of U,e

ol fBna«, .Dd re. to the ol U>. ih.riff ol Eu t

n t " r , le«e under • » n 91 tttnj nirpiu, bat hileil

In l l u i«p , r i o r dirtrict court, at New i ^ M B . «tom.r.jeBer»l Orlen, .nd dU-

J lUdi«n Well.. F. C. Andenon, M- k . n . e r .nd U. CMMM.. d u r j i n ,

"lUi «Urin« publiJiin, „ une

J . r r . ' •"""• ' ' •••l? . f t " the filin, of ^ W o n ^ U n n . c . p U . „ w . , . for .he

t lecor . /ron. MllxelecUon ol So-

v T ^ " . ^ ' "" 'he

The Pope's phyiictl condition u re-ported to be rery prwwioM, i n ^ x h i r i u t ••(4a, inanagxrsTBtwIfonD.

T H E B A P T I S T ' .

• ^ib the

lemu of n e S o n t a ^

r s u n a . ^ • f wpwearraaej . It u . u j ^

Hane Jnce ib« Engliri, gorem-m e . M l . p . U h . . l . fleet of S f l l ^ , - adone f r igau i lo l l e^k . b . j . The

Itf coiiwqnenM of tlie itmonrtrance of U.. port .

d t n 10 till MBouader of the BUck iie.t «« . . . d . r t h . Woeiad. a.or. . f l e C n ^

I o r t u ^ ^ ^ t ^

.M M„„n.h la„ , Bri«.h em-e r h « n uillher. «h , , i u , p ^

« H lo .e , r .U «a.pici,as re.^

l l r " Ponasne. .

J l ' n ' . m ' ^ " ^ N>rtl,co., will , u n d M«ln»» UI«ditoBf fnr th, Beelonhip

AdrlcM from IVr'u lUte thai in coMe-

»fll e«e» fi«m Greet Briuin .. .ad la^TH. on • friendly power. "

A i e l epuD iram ConsUntinople noaaee. t h u . deere. h „ p romolg .^ .ulhorielnjUi. taenia, ..ooo.ooo^ooo'^!^ ! « . « / p tp t r raoBtjr. redeemable In twenty Tear, . t t i e raW of JSOOOO.OOO inaually

Althottgl, the difflcult^ between U r . « . m J Turker about th . . m . at Corfu he. been eetUed. t T L e

„ » . „ , „ A t h e n e , u „ t

» « r roBKicix WA*. The R u « * n a ha re i aoed a geneial

orJer eUiln* ihal they are werring O U I T

c r ^ l e e d force, and any wandering not coming within that deaigualion

i« a military Mnee, will be dealt wiu. ac-cording to martial Uw.

" " """centratiug about ahnml.. in order lo take the Rai,.i,n ad-

lo the Balkan, in the Hank. The Hauian. wiU probably go forward until the TVk. come onl of ShumU, and then face about and gire them bajtle in th,- open couaUy.

A battle wa« fought Ju ly 6, in the ».c!ni.y of BiWa. Ia.tlng twelve hoar,. The t .« ian . were repube.! with con.ide„bIe

l«M, and fell back on SUtova. I t i« officially announced that the

Ka«ian l ^ , , in the crowing of the Dan-obe «t 8i.tr.T4 were 300 killed and m wounded.

• ^ e .Koumwiiau government, bef,»re J«ndmg troop. ,cro. . the Danube, inquired how A„.lria would regard ,och a . up . J

mformed that, „ „ U.e I toun^n i J re.pecud Servian neutrality, Austria

-ouhl remain indifferent to iu moSements.

TT"^ have eml^ked for Trebi^nd to reintoVce .hr " m y In Armeni..

All newspaper correspondcnu have oeen ordered to le.ve th- U„„ian head quarter, immediately.

A correapondent attributes the fol-low.ng «nt t t ion. l utterance. .„ tbe of Wale.: ineviubly h,ve ^^ before a year i . out: that for England wa h an .ifla-r of day,; for r „ n c e , perhap. of month, but Mill Ineviuble."

Tlie por,« haa promi«d .Minister Lay. Uiat it will take mea.ur« to a«ore th,

l l i e Ix,ndon Times, in a leading edito-offer, the foUowing opi„i„„: "i'If 0,e

^ e y wouU have been .trocgly tempted f ' T ea.y term, of prace; but now they have J e n .o far baffled, they ma.t . t r i k / w h

th ,r might In Europe. .„d everything

preparing to flee

' ' ""-KU-e vengeance o, the nu.-•iansand Bulgui.ni.

Over 150.001) h , , , the D „ „ t e at Simuitza. with an i ^ m . n . . t ^ n of arfUery, compri.ing ,ome pi.ee, of Tery heavy calibre. The entha,i„™ „, Ru«,i,n troop, i , very great

Many Tnrfai while working their cuns . t Ku..cbok,hav. been m j b y V Z B™ from hon« , adjacent to the fort. The.e myrterion, .« . i«iMtion. are rau,ing bad blood agalmit the Bulgarian..

w v arrested and taken to Vanceburg jail.

^ m e . . « d the reawn aaumed fur the mnr-der of the boyU that he feared the boy would eipo.e him to proeecution.

In a difficulty a t Norforlk, Va. on Bank., between Dr.

W.G. WiUon.AMiatantSurBcoa I ' .K Navr and . colored man named Brown, the former •hot at Brown, riightly wounding him. The «ime bullet .truck a colored woman whowa. a^eep at the time, .everely .voundios her I'r. nilMnira.arre.ted.

A special dispatch from Preecott A r t give, an .crount of a fight between agiine of horse-thieve, and a .herilT. 8ftv mile, below U,at pUce, in which one of th'e

» Cumberland I'r«.hyterian miniittr, tilled The murderer wa, riddled with

buckshot.

T H E B A P T I S T . 489 IMFCLSITE 8CIC1DE.

I t ia impomible to take u p a n e w r a . « . -without encountering the W u c S S i ' ^ ^

nurKLLAaiKoiM. Mr.. Ftajicw Preston Blair, rcl.ct ol

he l.,ie Franci. Blair, and mother of thr Hon. .VIontKomery Blair, died .uddenlv at ihe family manMon nea r Si lver Spring.," Md. a few day, since.

General. ."Sherman, Kilpatrick. Crook Jos. F. Johnston, T. II. Cockrell and Hr^j. ley .lohnston have accepted invatio.i. to l.e present it the soldier, re-union in .Marietta Ohm, on SepL Ith to Tth.

TUB ( OTTOX CHOI'.

UH. H.U.VHI, or-W ' P - r t m e . u f o r J a n r .

THK .VA-SIIVILU: DKfARTMilN r. •nie J u n e report of the Naahville de-

^ t m e n t of the national t-otton e x ^ l S ^ J1 answer. fn.m middle T e a n ^ ^ 21 report too much rain the first p a r t ^ i the month, but dry during the I ^ t of

i '^. weather more favorable than las ye.tr, favorable, a T l Mme as last year ; n : report a d e c r e ^

rpport, U same as last year, ar,d 1 an in-^ s e o 10 per cent '27 report / t^ 'd", ^ . a n d 4 poor stands; 17 report crop of this section n^ood " J , ?

T B I M E M A H O C A S R A T T I K H .

f r o t T ^ i f * ' : . " ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' " ' ' " ' " * American

• • " ' " " d to be hung w l ' ' Alli-on,

of - - M n g t h e h r e

wei^? . wa,. hung last week at Lagrange, fJa., for killine two chUd™. .Jjed right and two years, last Z .

' ' ' r «'<le.t with . gun , crushed th . head of the other with a . U e ^ a u d . t i U throat from e . r . o ear With

A horrible rrime has just been revealed

i r t . ^ " " • ' . • n ' d R o b . b u » w M " ' Vac-e-

sianus; 17 report croo of this section in good condition, and 13 in poor condition. , ' u i a

AIabama . -The rea re 30 answers from n counties; 4 report too much rain ® dry n favorable, 8 first of the month r a insandse^nd part dry; lOreporti.Iant-

laatyear, 6 a decrease, 7 an increase • 6 ' t i l ^ "tands feood. r, noor; 12 r e ^ r t nresent c o n d i u o n . ^ , / fTfree of g J L

grassy, and 15 fiackward; labor oa«Iy controlled than l.ist vear. and laborers more industrious. '

N'EW OIIU;AN.4 I>ErART.MEjrr. The folIowinB Is the cotton exchange

crop report for J une ^

froin fifty-nine answers, received Vrom ^ e n t y . « v e n parishes, average date J u n e

the weather during ^ month » good, and much more fav-omble to the pUnt than at the same

h ^ n -nr;- 'here nas bwn no increase or decrease in thf. W i t y Of lands planted i W u , n ; the

u i l "Ti as the plant s generally forming and blooming Veil,

" g o o d . a n d ^ m n c h netter than it was ast year. In wmp ?Wtion«ofEapides and 8 t j J d r y T r .ahes ^ t e rp i l l i r s have pu t in t J? a ^ p S r -ance, but no damage is reported.

M i s i ^ p p i . — W e have seventv-nine re-TOrta from thirty-three counties, dated from J n n e 27th to J u l y Sth. The c h a r ac.er of the weather has been generally more faroraWe than last year There nas been no material change in thi>

The s u n d s are very generallv ^ r t e d as the p k n t s forming wefl

The ^ n d i -

eifeht from

"P from forty-Hi replies, iVocn twenty^Mven countira. T t e weather has and complaint ismadeof tootSuch ram, cauajng a slight decrease of. MV

The sUnds are. however, represented as '•he P ^ ^ n t ^ n d i t t t ^ not

TOtnpare favorably with lust year, the

• and the

app rmab le influence. bSt

H U a U ^ f i , S i bu I d r ^

It u a l l ^ d , has exerclBed a most n e r ^ ? t h e o p e r a t i v ^ h o ' h ^ e .^emendou, elevat o "

It IS well known that hundreds of peo^^e Hrc organised that they c a n n o W k from any considerable height w i t h ^ T feelniR nausea, giddiness a n / m e n t i d t moraljzation. ITiere arc ecorw o l j i , ! ^ iT^k dow themselves t i 7 / e n know that f r " ° e l eva t ion- they enow that th«y would be seiied b r q mama of selMestruction. Mi^y men ind »omen e m ^ W ^ in the dizzy h e i X s of New -i ork^s busine.!« h o u . ^ V n a l f e with tl..s impulse day after d a y . ^ k week v e p after year, till d 'ey find An t f - S e

Said a though t fu l -and exoerienr-J west-side phy^ic ln to the wn'Te^a f ^

deal of this uisanitv and su inde is l o t ^ t r a t ^ to the tall t i w e r . men and wome^ are nowcomnclled to work in. SteeSes are very well for churches, yet

L t r i b ? to - e J w h r h a ^ lief. ""Pewtitious be-iiera and general weakness of i n t e l l e "

exhibiUng a 1.". . unconscious. An

architectural ele>aUon like the Tribune pro.lucM mental degredation I k n e H •coi-e of (Jever writers and th inken who wu ld no more work in the tall towe? than they c-onid fly. I couldn't up there mv^ l f . A certain feeling of anxiety would h a t ^ t me; and the poire ot banishing anxiety has an immense deal to do with mei ta l wundnesT™ d longevity_^ I t in a fact that " i ^ C -E ^ n t o f t h e m i n d " is. . lohnwn STd ^ w e l l , " a great a r t , " adding that when a man is anxious or miseraole his diges-tive ftinctions. are paraivzed. To be rompelM to l abo j at a gfeat elevation demoral ize certafn braiSs. N o t ™ v ^ one IS equipped with the balance to S him for an aeronaut. There is aomething

layers have often rool heads at dizzy heights, yet when the Messrs. Townsend of Glasgow, Scothind, bad the i m i M n « chimney built (or their chemical WOT^ three men developed melancholia and w ^ unable to proceed above four hun-dred feet. The total height of the im-m e n ^ chimney is fou r hundred and sUty-e.ght feet Tennant & f o . ' s tall chimney

r P ' ^ v ' ? " ' hundred and fifty

Hy i f ax vi^C.K-'"""""^ the fonr h ^ J ^ ^ ? ' «-eaver. about four h u n d r ^ f ,^t , were built without over a dozen persons.

" If you look at the returns ol the

tain trades and prof i^ions you will see that the element ofelevation is apparent

Trade,. .\verage. Tr .de t Averaee

i J®" ' " ^ y e a r , Printeis. J6vear,

' Now, why should tne average Ion gejnty of a printer be less than tha t of a baker, who works in a cellar among the most obnoxious sulphur fumes, except that the men who make the book and the newspapers are generally thmat n o as near heaven as A e b u i l d i i j w i U p ^ ^ mit. By M d by the life i n s u ^ c T w i -panies will turn their attention t o ^ subject, and reftise the risk of lives X

dy e & n ^ ' t " t « ,ch gid-Another phyrioian laid he had no beai-

Ution in 'U t ing tha t high buildinga were leriously increasing the atatlstica of inaanity. Weak-minded. byBterical peo-ple were aerionsly aflwited, and vanous exaggeiated forms of mental nnsound-n e ^ e r e induced bv thisconsUnt strain of acprehension which it was impomble to avert. "Nervous to begin with." said he, " their nervousnea spreads. The vascular system of the brain becomes op pressed and disordered. Melancholia, connected with conditions of general de-bility and exhaustion, supervenes. The sensibility beoimes morbid. Pelirium with hnlludnationB often follow, while at tbe same time the iioor victim refuses to believe tha t he is ill. He is ashamed to confess that the elevation ol hi , work-shop aflecU him. But by and by his memory becomes impaired, and there is a decided impairment of mental vi^or. The emotions become more easily excited and the temper becomes fitlul and irri-ub le . Sleep is dislurbetl by disagreeable dreams, sometimes rejichine to the in-tensity of nightmare.

" In the early stage I notice that as the man's nervousness increase:*, he en-deavors to cure it by potations, especi-ally if he be compelled to work near a window where the consciousness of his great heicbt is ever present. Sometimes tbe special senses are implicated. Tbe eyesight of the eye nearest lo the dizzy terror is sensibly impaired. There is also a singing in the same car. and a lack of power in the same nostril. The emo-tions assume undue prominence. I r iu -bility of temper is always exhibited, and generally a proneness t» take offense and to regard as ••lights and insults act'f of others that have no such intention. Un-len submitte<l to medical treatment and given occupatiiiii on a cround-floor, the individual coiimiitM «Il-de.struclicn to escape the do|iri:v<iug influences which act upon him. l.iiwyers, editors, and intellectual n:ta Mflcii show mental de-moralization d'lring twelve month's experience of :i hi^h ofPce. I have bad two patients to wimni I could attribute their ^ m p t o m s to nothing eI»-» except an unhealthy elev-stion. Uoth of them were men of cUaracter an i firmness. Formerly they had held their pa,<»iion8 in entire subjugation; but a year's ex-perience up-aloft so demoralized them that they were led away by any slight emotional disturbance. They felt a grow-ing inability to exert the will in accord-ance with the intellect. They had morbid Impulses; and they were forced to yield to these impulse.", no matter how their intellect opposed. Yet they did not for a moment

IXME COXSClOfaSEW as does the epileptic; but for a time struggled successfully agiiinst these iin pulses. Then the appetite is lessened, the bowels are torpid, the kidneys fail to eliminate the normal quanti ty of urine, the heart becomes i r r ^ u l a r in its action, and beats with incresed frequency, and the skin either bathed in perspiration or is dry and bard."

HIGH TESTaiEJrT UOI'SES.

doubt that high buiU ingi have « direct influence on the statistic* of drunkenness a8wellMissani ty."-- iVl Y. Mercury^

THE SOBLE XEZ-PEECES.

" Do you imagine, doctor, that tbe same arguments apply to those tall ter.e-ment houses?" asked the writer. " Un-donbtediy—I am sure of it. The time will come when tbi^ sacrificing to Moloch by forcing people to dwell awav up in the air will have to be prevented by leg islation. By a n d b y , it will be impera tive that a law be enacted to declar? that no apartment shall be offered for rent above a certain elevation, either as a workshop or living room. If the pub lie had any conception of the amniring, bewildering mist of horrors that sur-rounds the laborers and denizens of these earrets in the air, a vigorous crusadc onuld be speedily organized. There are many me dical men, as well as members of other profession.^ who have discussed this subject sub rosa, but their opinions have not yet taken form or action. I f«r one shall be glad if the Mercury, with its usual independence, speaks out on this highly important subject."

Still another practitioner,, to whom a digest ot the foresroinp views was con-veyed, said: " I bave no doubt that theee elevations are pernicious, and in the long t n n constitute a welt defined croup of aymptoiskof morbid conditions, l i e distinctive functions of the brain are too miivb excited by this vague ap prehenstve horror. I t has too much thouzht to digest—to borrow .in illustra-tioii from ill* atomach; and ' I huvp no

C a u M • r t t e T t a a k I s In M « » - TI»» ! • • dUtu mna Tkclr H a a e - C k u w a t c r

of Uie TroakleMBM Mc<-

The Nez Pcrcw Indians occupy a re-servation uncommonly ricti in timber, hunting, tilling, and grazing lands, even for an Indian reserve, which is generally a small paradise, tbe choicest region owned by the government. I t contains in the neighborhood of 746,661 acres, and is situated in Idaho, between and em-bracing the Clearwater and i^lmon rivers. The reservation is surrounded by Indian tribes which cherish an ancient h a t r ^ of the Nez Perces, who a few years ago vanquished the encroaching eioux and effectually kept at a respcctful distance the Flatheads, Snakes, or Hho-sliones, and the formidable Blackfeetand Crows, not to mention other smaller tribes. One of the causes for the hatred given by the Nez Pcrccs occurred many rears since. Those who have read Wasb-ngton Irving's entertaining narrative, ' Bonneville's .Vdventures," will remem-

ber the many narrow escapes the coura-geous captaiu had from pre<latory bands of Indians in his famous pa.<isage ot the Indian country from the Missouri fron-tier to Astoria at the mouth of the Col-umbia river, forty years or more uzo. The Nei Perces were very friendly to Capt. Bonneville's command, and J ^ ' d them many graceful attentions. 'They fed them when they were at the point ot starvation, and actually gave them hor.-ies and a guide when they resumed their march across mountain and plain, prairie and chasm. Tbe neigblmring tribes have never forgiven the Nez Perces for aiding and abetting tbe encroaching march of the white men, and bate them foi it to this day. though the Nez Perces made themselves obnoxious in other ways. They were not wanting in oar-baritv, and could give lessons in roasting captiVcs at the stake, the tear-'em-to-pieces trick, and other diversions. Of late years they have apparently recovered Iroro their weakeneim for the pale face and have made trouble for the govern-ment on various occasions ; but whatever diabolism they may commit within their reservation, they are securely caged within its boundaries and there is no fear of theitiescaping, for to do so would b« braving the lion's jaws. They are surronnded by their enemies of yore. On the south are the Bannock, and f?ho shones; on the e.vt and north. Bannocks, Flathc..ads, and Blackfeet; while on the wooded prairea to the west, in Washing-ton territory, roam the Pigchous and Walla Wallas. The reseravation con-tains about from three thousand to three thousand five hundred fine specimens ol the American Indian. Their physi-ognomy is marked by tbe Roman nose,— the intalible indicator of courage, resolu-ton, and trlbular intelllKnce, — Ujjje

eyes and oval face (flat, stofid, faces, with pug noses, are rare among them), and h i i ^ foreheads. In stature they are Urge and symmetrical, and are athletic and proficient in acrobatic sports. They are excellent equestrians, and are good war-riors. Their dre«a is incongruous, con-sisting of the Caucasian hat, shirt and coat, and the Indian breecbclout, leg-gings, and moccasins. 'l"heir mode_ ot living is hunting, fishing, and raising vegetables, all the drudgery and men td labor tieing performed oy the squaws, in conformity with the reoocnizea ancient Indians custom. The Nez Perces tribe is divided and subdivided into many ramifications, of one family each. Every family—cousins, brothers, pxirents. grand-parents, etc.—has a separate ramp gov-erned by a small chief, desicnated Coech-cochemeowhat, which signifies the local or familv chief. The C«w>chcochemeo-what in turn is suliserii-icnt to the chief regnant of the Nez Perces tribe, a crafty old fellow very appositely named lawyer. This phrewd old rarlet is con-sidered a wonderful man by his tribe, as he can speak tolerable English, and ac-tuallv has been to Washinjrton and had '• hea'p talk " with the great father. The y e z Perces belonged to the Sahaptin familv and called themselves Nnmepo. n e " two words. Net Perces, means

piorcede no-*-. " B'lt this tribe has never wmmit ted that mutilation. ThePalo*«eii

and Walla Wallaa are cognaio tnbM. Their made a treaty of peace which they adhored to for years. BonnevilU'a favor-^ l e impressiona of them in 1832 led to the eaUblishment of a mission under the American board in 1886. when tbe tribe numbered four thouMnd. A school was founded, laws made, and agriculture a t t e m p t ^ , but tbe miuion was suspended in 1847, after the murder of liev. Mr. Whitman by the Cayuses. In 1857 only fifty acres were under cultivation. The prevailing portion of the tribe remained friendlv ia the Orecon Indian war oi 1855, and performed good service in saving tbe lives of Gov. .Stevens and others, and covering Col. Slcptoo's re-treat. Tlie sentiment of the tribe a t that time is shown by the aaswer of tbe chief to Col. Wright's question as to what they wanted. " Peace, plows, and schools." In 1854 a treaty was made, disposing ol part ot their land, bu t a por-tion of the tribe never agreed to the |>ar-tition and the " Treaty Nez Perces" alone went on to the reservation. In 1859 gold was discovered, and the influx ol white and Chinese miners led them into drunkeness and disorder. The best hind in the section is said to be contained in the Lapwai reservation. "This and the K a m i ^ reservation contain in the aggregate 1,925 square mile^ in 1874 the MethodisU had revived the mission, and there were 1,5')0 Indians and ^lO on small farms outside (he boundaries. A stone church had been erected, 18,000 acres were under cultivation, and the properly in homes and cattle was esti-mated at $136,250. No bettor evidence of the progresu of the Nez Percca need be given than tlie fact that school-books and the New Testament have been printed in their language.

The reservation lies in Nez Perces and Shoshone counties, Idaho, Camas prairie, a very rich and desirable e x ^ s e ol country, being the nuclous of the reser-vation. The well-known tract is situated on the Salmon river, about sixty miles south ot l^ewuilon, and is a tou t forty miles widu. In summer i t ia covered with vast herds of cattle driven there to fatten on iU luxuriant herbage. I t is occupied by a few ranches, with an occasional small farm. Its fertility of soil and excellence as a cattle range is attracting many rettlers and is rapidly becoming settled. TUis is one of the causes of the present outbreak, as the Indians resent thin intrusion. The Sal-mon river, the southern boundary of the reservation, has its source in the Salmon river mountains, in central Idaho, and after running north veers to the north-west, lorming the boundary between Idaho and Nei Perces counties, and empties into Snake river north of Camas prairie. Tbe Snake river forms the eastern boundary of Washing^n and unites with Clea'rwater river. At the confluence ot the two rivers is a i t u a ^ Lewiston, a thriving town in mining times, but somewhat dwindled in popu-hition at present. It is the head of navi-gation of the Columbia and Snake rivers. Mount Idaho, whither many of the de-feated soldiers fied; is the county seat of Idaho county, near the Salmon river. Lapwai the other phico of refuge, b situated some twenty miles north ol C.imas prairie. I t is a mountainois country, and very difficult for militaiy operations. Whi'<e Bird creek, where the settlers were massacred, is about thirty miles from Mount Idaho and twenty milfs from Camas prairie, between those points, and if a tr ibutary to the Salmon river.

As previously mentioned, many Nez Pe rces refused to go on the reservation when a portion of their land was sold. These reluctant Indiana have since been known as tbe " Non-Treats." For some time, for causes which will be herein-after exphiined, these hitter have been endeavoring to induce the rcservatioc Indians to leave tbe grounds, and join in the annual hunting and fishing excur-sions. \ report of tbe secretary of the interior.sometimesinse,said: "These t -tlements made in the Walla Walla valley, which has for years been the pasture ground of tbe large herd* of horse* owned bv Joseph's band of the "Non-Treaties," will occasion more or lees trouble be-tween this band and the whites unt i l Josfph is induced or c o i ^ l l e d to settle upon the re«rvation." "This prediction has been verified. The Salmon river Indians, a branch of the Ne* Perces, joine'l .loseph's band. Joseph is a

r e n t ^ e , an ul tra "Non-TreMy," and baa for several years been very tiooble-some, to such an extent tha i Gea. How-ard, commanding the department of the Columbia, found i t neceswry to force him upon tbe rederration. .iVa montionod before, the Presbyterian missionaries ac-mirad the title to the land in the Walla Valla vallev from the Xcr Perces. They

in turn sold i t to a settler named T. .i. LianglurJ and several others. Contnh versies arose over the validity of ibe title, and after much legal warfare the secretary of the interior decided that tbe land justly belonged to the Indian*, and dispossessed the occupants. ThU crtaletl turbulent leelings between the lettlcni and the Indians, and several veais ago an Indian was killed in a brawl over tlie title to the land. Josejih swore ven-geance. ^

It will bo found, upon Inquiry of rrprcwn-tatlvc storc-kf-eiHTii. that Sadie no looterde ponil on foreign makers for Itielr Perfunifn and Tollel Articles. To Meun. Colgate A l^-. Ihe cn'dit I, laiTfcly ilm- for ihln now defort-urt- Their I'aahmore ISooquet Boap anil Violet Toilet Wau raro unlverttllr cloemod by tbe laKIoIiil and reSnnl as tlio most deli-cate and rwherehe of peTfnniea.

VEGETINE P u r l O c * t h e B l o o d , R e n o v a t e *

a n d I n v l K o r a t e * I b e W h o l e S y s t e m .

It« 1Hp<llriiI P m p e r t i r a a r e ALTEBA-TIVE, TOXIC, BOLTIIXT and

DICKETIt'. T o K e t i n e R e l i a b l e E v i d e n c e .

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Mr. n. H. Stevpn, Dear 81r—I wtll most cheer-

fully add my uvllinonf to the Krrat numwr yon lia%*e al-ready reoel%-ed In favor of j-oiir great and sood medicine Vef-rtlne.for! clonottlilnK enongh can be n id In tu pralmt, for i wa» tronbled over thlny yoam with that dreadful disease, ('atarrh, and had sucb bad coughing spells that It would seem as though 1 never could brenthf any morr, and Vr*si • -Ino has cured *np; and I do ft'el to thank Ood all the tlmr. lhat there IssogrMxl a medi-cine as V'(-getlne. and I also think It oneoftbc tKst niadl-clnos for cough, and weak, slnklnit foellni^ at th* stotnnch. and advise everv-body to take tljc VcgeUne, for f can ikAsure tbera U Is one f t the beat medlclnm that wet was. .MRS. l^GORE, Cor. MoearlneA W'alnnt st*.

Cambridge, Uass.

V • V E S

U e a l U i , M r e n g l b AJTD APrETTTE.

.Mt daatihtpr ha* n>«ielv«l srpat lienefli from tlm n»« of Ve)r»Ilnp. Her decDnlni! heal lb was a sourec of qrea' nnitlely to all her friends. \ few-bottles of Vcgetlne reslnr rd her health. strengtJi ai d appetite. N.H.TILDEN.

In,, and Real Otate ,Vg't. So. 1» Sears' BnlldlnE,

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pj-arHir—This l« to er.rttfy tliat 1 have usort voiir IJIoo.1 preparation*' In iny ftamllv li'i-Bpveml vmn.. and thinto that, for Scrbfulii, or rjinkrroii, Humors.or Bheunmtlc afTrr. tlons. It cannot Iw eae*lle<<. and aa n blowl purifier e.r «prlng medlelne. It is Ibe thlnit I havn ever UM^. and 1 ha\e u-ir<t almost everyHilne I can cheerfully rrcomroc(i.-l It to nnv oni- tn need of snrli amedlclne. Yoiir«r«t»«lfi>l Iv Mt*. A A.I>P<s»o»r.

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THE BAPTIST. 491 n o i r A rAPKB M MADE.

"Pn.x, Iww h • aipu B«a«r' I ht •luatlna h cuf lo uk.

Put tp auwrr It lull,, or dMr, " • n nUur > ditkill luk;

'tut n i in • UnUrtgx wmj, Al Ilk) «hl|i poui alll tinp In thu (UkIc

III •miurobilutaUr T* till hov 3 IM|l«r ll Bade.

Anrdltor ilKat htj <lMk. Aikl luMfnili* IklafSi thai apmr Tn ct*la.lD( Itw th<m<liu uf thr wntM— mux* Milctna, and romtr aoil tiuear—

whfn ba hM Hit tm a thrae H« Jwlfa It rrll to iwiada. Ila »tlio. ami lia »rliie(, and lif wrll«, And Ihal'a bow a p«p»r la niad». AnaililariloalhUdrak.

And I'liuira bia liralii lu nuka out " Wiwiitilc" lUMiuitildrd aLiI ralt-d.

It l« kani l« lali »hat li'a alaot. riehaiKa an Ijlnic aioand-„ dlapattbta dalai ad, "»••''1", "n't ha tUlia. and be fit™,

Add ihall b«w a papar U mmti. Ar adltar out U ih« town.

InafMthiillhttbln^lhJltraia- . T»» tlilan Ibat thr i^iple hara d.ii.

Thf thlnia inar'n lalrixllnc to do. llim |i«rlns ami pryla* uNiut,

Fur lUau at manj • ftmie; Ha liami". ind bn iramp», and ha Irauir.

And ihu'a.hoar a papv la inadr. And all that Ibmc viirkan nrfplf

111 rTTr ciino'iiablr itripv, l» »»t t> ih> pndar, ami ba

Pr Jirdath In itick It In l»pa. Hla Um, alt raaprcUB' bia illl. • 7 fwrir ww^ utm

In •tow-niatin* tolompa pannji-— II" Plirkj. ami It* ulcka, and h« allck.,

And that'i bnv a pap«r ia luiila In tbtirl. »h»n lh« Iji* la all Mt,

r*r leaa. - lh« IJl* I

An I arnin rtagrfH up mora nr tea T1« -Inek-d In • rorra/' aava a f .

And burrlrd awa« i« the pn* Kl" anwt..

IIl» Ink «lr-a Ibf in|Ui>li» abide, Tli»»i h»pitnl-, and hi- printa. and ha r'in'a

And llial'i hfiw a p»|<r t» ma.lt.

A t 'onlnul . l)e»pite the bitter cokl, flower* are the

lujurft'* nJ Kussiann in winter. They ^ The house.t overflow with them—Howen recaive ton ni the dwr, and go with you up the' ntflirwar; Iri»h iTlfg, fiwtoon baluitern; jariiinien adorn the landing* on every floor. In the embnuure of the windows bananas • p i ^ out their hrn.ml liOren leaves;

' n>»f!n<>l«''. ca-naliaa, Krowin* lik.. t r w , mingle their lilosmms with the gilded Tolute* of the corni(»); «irchidi hoter like butterflies anmnd lain|>-«hadea of cryntal, porcclain and curioailr-wroaBht terra-cotta. rn)ni the Jorn-«h«ped vswii of Japanew ponv Iain or ^hemian glaw, olaced in the

o j « nr at the corner of a a i d e ^ r d , anrini »hraves ol nuperb exntici. And all tin, flnral splendor thrivM a* in a hothntiM. Every breath nf cold air ia airerully exrluded. The wmdowi are invaiiably double, and the sMce between the aaihfs in covered with • layer of fine nand, desiL'ned to aiwjrb moiiiture and prevent the frost from •iWering the pane*. Twi.ted horw of paper cnnUining rait nre in it, and »om« time* the und ia concealcd bv n bed

i i r ^ ' " " n«t»i le sl'tutten or blind*, for they would \k nMjIeM.ain.-e the windows remain closed all the win-ter, being caiefnllv flilfd in around tiie edgen with a kind of cement. Heavy eurWn* of ricii material still further deaden the eflVct of the cold upon the glui. BhiTerine in the street, you are •t the pole; within doors, tou are trans-portrd to the tropioi.

Loadon. The register-general, pursuing the

even teB<ir of hi^ way amid the world's escilemeats hwju , t published bi« report on th . public health of 1876. He tells US that the area of London (taking the r r a s t r a ^ n division) is 122 square miles, Tdth I , , ^ milts uf streets, about 2,0(10 miles "J Kwtrs, and 117,7r,7 inhabited , W^l" ' ' " , " numbered nearly

but Uking in the outlying di^ Iriels, "(Jreater London," as the reeis-trar calls it, contains 4,286,(597 inhabi-Unts, amone whom the births were 153,-132, and the .'eaihs ni,171. Some of thew inhabitanU lire in the PUmstead mawhw, IJ f ^ t below, while the dwellers at Hampitead are iect above hinh-water mark. T h e * differences of kvel impWdlflferent conditions of health; but th« death-rate w u not more than 21 3 [»r 1000. which oonhiiSi favorablrwith the death-rate in other towns andf dties within the kingdom and in ether parti ol t h e w t j r l d . — J w i m c L

Ooaglas JerroWs Wlfiidtnir. i Jertold waA, without do-ibt, the pr;nce

of English wits in his day. His witti-cism", eenrrally made on the prompting ol the ocL-aaiun, surprised cverv one bv

the qnickneas «rith which they were con-ce ive and uttered. What made their freedom from premeditation th* more certain, perhapi of but a single won], which only was sense as taken in connec-tion with what some other penon had just said.

Douglas Jerrold was a little spare man, ith an oral, pallid face, a keen grey

eye, and resolute mouth. He generally sat somewhat aside from what m i ^ t be called the current of conversatiun, and only openetl hU mouth when he could c.ip something with a bon mot.

A tedious old gentleman once meeting .lerrold on the street, and having stepped him,po8ed himself into a button-holding attitude, while preparing to grapple. •'Well, Jerrold, my boy, what is coiiig on f ' "I am," quoth the wit, instantly shooting off along the pavement.

A dull foreigner wn« iadnlging in a rapturous description of ihe beauties of the i'rotligue. "A.» to one sone in parti

ished people for assistance is a strong one, and is enforced, by every considera-tion of sympathy and humanity. New Brunswick ought to belong to the United States, and St. John diould bo the eastern city of the union. Her interests ore chiefly American, and the kindness of our people toward her, in her present extremity, will strengthen the American feeling which is already strong in her people. '

drcasabins in Turkey.

rular," (naming the song) " rwas quite i-arricd 3way." ' Is there any bo<ly here that can .ling it ? " snid .leriold.

Somebody tol<l .lerrold th.nt CJeorge Robins, the auctioneer, wa.n dead. "And, of course," added the gentleman, "his bu.'incas will go to the devil." "O ; then hell get It again," replied the wit.

A friend was tel ing, one evening, where he had been dining, and what he got to eat. "There was one article I hejer mw b.fore; none of you can gues.u

" it was a soup made of was

what it Has: . . „. ralves' tails." "Extremes meet I Jerrold's remark.

He had a theory in tlic spirit of L'audle lectures, that women rather like that their husbands shonld stay out late occasionally " I t gives them a wrong."

The Arerag'e of Life. There is considerable speculation as to

the average of human life. In ancient Rome in the peroid of from 200 to AOO years after the Christian era. the average duration of life in the most favorSl c law^ was thirty years. In the six-tetmth century the average longevity in Geneva was iwenty-oiie and one-fourth years. Detwpen 1814 and IR-TS it in c r e ^ d to neariy forty and three-fourths. In England the average lifeof annuitants in 1603 was twenty-sis years, but in 1790 it had increased to thirty-three The average in this country is over thirty-five, and is slowly increasing.

The Clly or Sf. John. St. John, ^hich has been brought into

such unfortunate prominence by the recent* and terrible conflagation, is the chief city of New Brunswick. It is situated on the St. John river which empties into the bay of Fundr, and is about one hundred and twenty-five miles fmm Halifax. The citv was thoroughly English .in its stnicture and characteristics. JIany of the old families in the placc descended from Tories who lef the United States during the revolu-tion, or at its close. Tnnitv church, which was the historic chnrch of the city, was built in 1788, and contained the royal arms taken from old Trinity in this city in the great fire of 1776. The churcli was a wooden structure, and w.i* dMtroyed in the recsnt conflamtlon, which was the only serious hre the place has sufTered for forty years. Since the war St. John has improved /ixeally in

business, population and appearance. Its population more than doubled in ten years, and at the time of the flre exceeded 50,000. It had more enterpri.«e and energy and seemed more like an Ameri-c«n city than any other Canadian city

Toronto, gome of its public buildings, particularly the new postoffice were very Sne. I t dealt very largely in lumber, which was floated doi?n the river from the heavy wooded upper coun-try. Its location made it one of the depoU of the fishing iuterest. Its close amDKtien irith the United Sutes, with wbtch It bad constant commanlcation. gav^lta growing commercial importance.' Within a ftir years it has been one of the favorite summer ^eso^t^ a centre from w b ^ TisitorB radiated in all direc-tirrns. The St. John river in summer ia one of the most beautifij in the world, while the Mil from Portland down al on the.»a8tof J l i ineand throiitjh the bay

i L J l f ^ r V ' ^ ' " ^ ' ^ Tfcsdestric-tion of the businees portica nf th-s eitv is a temble caUmity ; it is like destroying the lungs on which the body denendi for Its ritabty. The appeal of the Wpover-

The Circassians in European Turkev are now estimated at 20*1,000, and they are the terror of their neighlmru, whether Turks or Christians. Their depredations go on unchecked, through fear of repri-sals. Their interest at hiah quarters through the introduction of their beauti-ful girls to the principal liarems at Cunstaiitinople anil elsewhere, is great tiiat it i;> found difficult to get conviction.s against them. They well know their own power, ami unieM strin-gent measures are taken to stop furtlier immigration, and to enforcc the law strict y over those, who are colonized, they wiil prove a thorn in the side of Turkey for m.my a ye.ir to come, and a great liar to progress.

A CircaiSian villace impre^-^d me with the f;ict tliat I t ia j Iven among a set of men with remarkable force of charac-te', but whether they possess a suflicicnt amount of self-control to enable them to become, as n na tion. civilized members of soci-ety, is a Uoubtful question. One day, the chief of a village—who had been a W n t during my visit—returned my

He was a dark man middle height, dressed in the usual lone, dark cloth frock-coat, with trowjsers and long ^ t s , the tops embroidered witli silver He wore a fez for a cap, and I noticed th.T his feet and hand.% wer« remarkably small. Hi? weapons consisted of a p.iir of beautiful silver-mounted flint and steel pistols, and a silver-hilted d-igger. He was a cheery, independent character, with a sufllcient amount of dignity, and he made himself quite at home. His sharp and somewhat fierce eyes ranged quickly over everything that was in the room, and there was an expression in them Uiat bespoke but little respect for mnim and Omin. He waij, in fact; the very pirtiire of a robber chief He was a man of great influence among his race, and from him I learned that the Circas-sians in Turkey Iiave an organization by which they .Tssemble a number of armed horsemen en any point in an incredibly short space of time, and that by giving the signal he could in two days have one thousand at his own village.

It so hap|>encd that at this very period a dispute was going on Iietween the Turk-ish autnoritics and Uis own village with regard to the slave question. A t ^ v of zaptiehs (native mounted police) iiad been sent to the village to enforce justice upon which two of them were .^ized by the Circassians, iied up and flogged, and sent back to their government employers, with the message that a worse fate would await any more of these troublesome officials who should think of intruding their officious persons within the sacred precincts of the village. This was rather too strong a dose of rebellion for the Turkish p v e m i n g Pasha, so a body of two hiindred and fifty Turkish cavalry were sent to the village to enforce order and the law; but the Circassians knew well that they were coming, and the lu rks , on their arrival, found one thous-and Circassian irregnlarcavalry raneed up teforo the village. It would evidently be a serious affiiir, and might cause trouble, so the Turkish force retired for "orders." The Circajs.ian.«, reinforced, moved their ground to a strong position and a powerful force ofTurkisn troops' conptiDg ol the three .nmis, was sent again.st them The Turkish commander wag loth tohght, not from want of cour-se—far from it—but he krew what influence some of these Circassians had at court! He therefore tried concilu-OoD, and summoned them to surrender otherwise he would be under tlie painful n e c ^ t y of ordering a charge. There was nothing the CircMsian.s would like bet ter so ihey begged the Turks to "come CO a a d t r y i t . There was no help for it. M the orisr given to advance, and forty Turks Tvere immediatelv placed hon rif r.„nhfu by a volley from' the Cir-ca.->siaDs. Another parley now ensued, and negotiations were prolonged until'

the Circasians were allowed to dispene and the afikir was to bo settled «t Con-suntinople, but I afterward heard that the whole buainefs bad been hashed up. 1 endeavored to be present at thia melee, but there was so mudi difficulty and mystery in gaining information from either side as to time and locality that it was over on my arrival. The numbers concerned were probably much exacger-ated, as they always are in Turkey.— BaLcr't TurUy. '

(JESEUAL ITEXS.

English imports are largely increasing. The {louto bugs are attacking the

beans. Egypt exports more rags than any

thing el.«e. The young ladies take degrees at Cor-

nell univeisity. The public library of Boston now con-

tains ."1-1,2(K volumes. Rural Kentucky continues to clamor

for the whipping-post. Germany is the princinal buver ot

Kentucky blue-grass seed.' There are upwanl ol .">,000 churches ia

the stnte of New York. The government still owns one-filth ol

all the land in Alabama. The best education one can obtain is

the education experience gives. The Knoxville Tribune has absorbed

ten diflerent papers in its days. The attendance at the Philadelphia

permanent exhibition is very meagre. Colorado is shipping wild sage In the

e.-uit, to be used for medicinal purposes. The twenty pound Emma mine shares

have been sold in Ixindon at one shilling each.

Waco, Texas, has shipped thirty-five thousand five bunded bales of cotton this season.

A boy in ."^lem, Mass., died last week from lockjaw resulting from the filling oi a tootb.

No use looking for Swift's comet. It is 120.000,000 miles jiway, and still trav-eling from us.

Jacksonville, Fla., has just been forced by a mandamus to raise money to pay the city bond.-i.

"Three hundred and ninety-five Ameri-can locomotivea, representing $5,490,&40, have been exported in seven years.

A Marshall, Mich., saloon bartender made his three year old boy beastly drunk for the amusement of his patrons.

The clipper Canterbury has sailed a raw from New Zealand to London in sixty-five days, the fastest time on record.

The San .Jose (Cal.) Mercury savs that " tBe stf bborn (act is presentml tfiat the grain crop thi.« year will not lufiice for norsc-feed."'

An ice-machine in Dallas, Texas, pro-diice.-i ice-cakes thirtv feet long and six feet wide, weighing "from 10,000 to 12,-000 pounds each.

The small, finely-flavored American herrings, which have beeu very rare for thirty years, are now caught along the New England coast.

Brigham Young now has fifteen wives under his care and protection. He has had forty-five children. The number of his grandchildren he does not know.

-A Parisian showman, whose daughter was lately married, endowed her most characteristically. He gave her for her portion an elephant who knew how to dance, a dog that could reckon accounts, two canaries skillful at card-playing, and a camel so pious that it went down on its knees at sunset, with iU head to the east.

There is a movement south of the "divide" in Colorado to separate that portion of the state from the northern section, and — — of San Juan Kction, and oreanize the new territory ofSan Juan, with iU capital at Pueblo. This movement is doubtJen due to the enormous and over-crowdcd population of Colorado.

Chinamen in California are themselves j complaining of "Chinese cheap labor " I Coal mines ic Amsdor county are j worked by Chinamea fram the interior I of China, who speak a dialect that the I rest of their countrymen in California

cannot understand, accept $10)1 month I waccs and boUrd themselvee.

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FARM AMD HOME. TWELVE RULES FOB SUCCESS-

F U L FARMING. 1. Drain your wet, boggy land. 2. Plow deep, and loosen the subsoil,

" r v o u r m a n -ibfy can by

8. Provide good shelter for ure, and make all yo^ possii beddi^ with leaves and straw.

, Chi 4. Choose commercial fertilizers intelli-gently, and do not use one in excess of another aimply because others have used it.

6. Manure every crop which benefits by it, and manure highly.

6. Cultivate only safe, paying crops, and select the best seed for these.

7. Change your seed at least every five years, esjiccially your cotton a a j com.

8. By all means make plenty of hay, and let your fodder remain on the stalk.

9. F e w plentifully of the best hay and peas, and run all your roughness through a chopwr.

10. Breed st»ck, and let not mere acci-dent control the increase.

11. Support breeding by proper care and feeding.

12. Be wise in time, and cocnmence at once and plant a few thousand of the Pyracanth Hedge Phint yearly, and soon TOUr fiirm will be under a permanent fence, and you will be relieved of the heaviest tax you now have to pay, and a tax that is growing heavier evepr year. Cireulara containing full description sent f n e from this ofiEce.

& Wash for Fmit Trees. The foIinwlTig is recoinincDded by a

commusion ol fruit-growers, presided over by I'ro.'.s.-or Cvma Thomas, state eDtomolu;;ist ot lilinoi.", and is part of a very lull rf|i.i' t. enib >dyiiig advice as to the i«-st incaius of fighting the insects that iiifrst the orchards of that state:

Insects a;i I iiiiMi' .v-. injurious to the leaves of seeiillng.'" and root grafts, can be kept In i?'dl)ifi'tii)ii or destroyed by a tree uv- of n combiiiatiott of lime and sulphur. Take ot quick or uii.-'lackcii lime four parts ami of common flour of sulphur one part (four pounds of sul-phur to one peck of lime); break up the lime in small bits, then, mixing the sulphur with it in a tight vessel (Irpn is best); pour on them enough boiling water to slack the lime to a powder; .cover in the vessel cla^e as soon as the water is poured on ; this makes also an excellent whitewash for orchard trees, and is very useful as n preventive of blight on pear trees, to cover the wounds in the lorm ot a paste when cutting diseased parU; also for coating the trees iu April. It may be considered as the one specific for many noxious insects and mildew in the orchard and nursory; its materiab should always be ready at hand ; it should be used quite fresh, as it would in time become sulphate of lime and so lose its potency. Wherever (lasting with lime is spoken of, this should be used. This preparation should be sprinkled over the young plant a-s soon as or before any trouble from aphides, thrips or mildew occurs, earlv in the morning while the dew is on the trees. The limo and sulphur combination is destructive to ticse pests in this way first, l»y giving •fl" sulphuric acid gas, •which is deadly poison to minute Ule. both animal and fungoid; and the lime destroys by contact the same things, besides its presence is noxious to them; neither is it injurous to com-mon vegetable life, except in excess, unless the lime to the foliage of ever-grwns.

Fetroleam on Shingles. In regard to applying petroleum to

shingles to preserve them, a writer gayst It entors" the pores of the wood at once and as it hardens makes it more compact in texture, and rather less liable to take fire. The petroleum

also prevents the surface of the shingles from rising in downy fibers, or ' fuzz,' and it is ou ths whole not so liable to fire from sparks when treated with it. We have tried the experiment with shingles oiled .soaie lime previously, and find they are not so easily ignited by outsklc fire, although wheu ouco burning, they will, ot course, produce more dame than the wnud without the petroleum. ° Petndeum is also very good to apply to the iron work and steel of farm implements to prevent their rusting when not in use. The crude article costs but three or four dollars per barrel—the price may be higher at present—and is usclu'l to keep on hand. When any outbuildings, or even your own dwelling house is to Iw

t ^ , one-half of the expr.nse may saved by applying a coat of petro-

leum with a hue whitewojsh brush ; let it dry several weeks, and then put ou one coat of paint, and by sa doing a second coat of paint is rendered uu-nessary.

The Orchard. The pear slugs will visit your pear

and quince trees this season, uo doubt. On small trees destroy them by jiiuch-ing with the fingers ; on larger trees throw road dust or dry ashes on them when the dew is ou the leaves. They will be abundant in June, and ought to receive prompt and thorough atten-tion.

Persons who have young pear or apple trees affected with the bark-louse have probably found most of their ef-forts to get riS of the pest ineffectual. If they will examine their trees al>out apple-blossom time very closely the»' will discover the newly hatched lice moving about the bark ap|>earing like minute white specks. Now, " go for " them with a brush and strong soapsuds and make |a finish oi them. It left until they form a scale covering, it will be too late, for then they c:uinut bo d i s l o d g p f l . — hirni Joiinial.

DlTminrd Farmlns. The author. Col. John H. Dent, one

of Georgia's mri.»t intelligent and success-ful farmers, now far advanced in life, contributes this excellent article to that valuable paper, the Southern Pl.mtation ; and we commend it to the attention of all southern farmers:

My last was rautloning against such large crops of cotton being planted, as ruinous to the astricnltural welfare of the south. The Plantation of the 5tb, In the editonnl department has an editorial headed, " X twenty acre farm, ' wherein is shown by planting fire acres in com. five acres in cotton, five acres in wheal, five acres in fruit, vegetables and truck patches, bv a system of high farming, what can be done. The amount of crops indicated are seasonable in the estimates made, and any energetic, industrious young man can make such crops on fair farming lands. The editor further re-marks, " contrast that result with the account of the city gentleman, who has everything to buy. Even though the latter may get a salary, he will not have a!> mnch ready money left at the end of the year," and the writer may have added, or the tarmer that is culti-vating a four hundred acre farm, and making cotton his special crop. The twentv acre farm is an iliustrAtion of diverslned farming, and it is as true as any cerUin fact, that the only way to farm successfully is to diversify the crops —and in accordwce with my experience it can be profitably done on a farm ol two hundred acrw in cultivation, but where it is done on a two hundred acre farm, at least eighty acres should be put down to small grain crop.', sixty to coin, fifty to cotton, and ten acres to truck cropi~my fathermaintains that two hun-dred acres is a farm large enough for any &rmer to cultivate with hired labor, if he wants to farm successfully.

This brings me to the subject, diversi-fied farming;, which I have advocated and recommended ever since tho emanci-pation of slavery. The farmer's capital now chiefly consist 'inhis farm and htorfc, and his interests is in improving his lands,

and making them more productive and valuable every year. This can only be done by diversified crops, and stock to ftimish him manures, for if he allotn his farm to run down and get lesi productive, his capiul is being diminish^, and his income less as much. A provident farmer Will keen an eye to keeping of his lands, knowing that his success is dci>endent on their fertility—asd any rcfleciing farmer will soon discover that it will take the best of management, and matt untiring euerpr and industry, to keep up a two hundred acre farm, improving in fertility and keeping it in repairs. On a two hundred arro farm it will take at leant seven good mules or horees lo cultivate it properly—one yoke of cood oxen lor hauling, four good caws, five bleeding

I sows, ami twenty sheen. That i« ample i stock for inch's siied farm, but it c.-ui

supMrt more if deemed necesaary. This i stock should be stabled and penned of

nights to save the manure. Ten (ftwd hands are sufficient as laborer*, provided ou ha ve the mo.«t improved plow—and if the farm is owned by an active, ener-cetic, progressive young man, hire your hands for monev wages, and manage the whole yourself But diould tho owner be advanced in life, and incapable of active superintendence, get the most reliable hands you <-an i«cure, and farm on share system, but keep an eye your-self to its whole details. This is my system —being old and infirm—and I have suc-ceeded as well as auy, nnil I have hands that have been in my employment for four years. Now we will dUcuss the advantages of diversified crops. In the first place diversified crops aflbrd the advantage of rotation and without rota-ting the crops it is impossible to kMp np the fertility of lands, or keep them from washing or gullying. Corn and wheat draw more heavily from the land than any c rop we plant, or in other words, they are the moBt exhausting crops, unless it be sugar cane and sorghum— hence com or wheat should never be planted on any field but one year, when it ought to be 'ollowed tor two years by some other crops, say oats and cotton; let oats follow com, and cotton follow wheat, and corn follow oats, and then ten acres for truck farming can be rotated after com, but keep your lands under rotation all the while, so a) to teop them from running down or wash-ing. Cotton i.s not exhausting to land ns~mnch o-s corn or wheat, but the long, clean culture it requires subjects it to wa.shing from rains even through the winter months, for there is neither grass or weeds left from the dean culture it receives to tie the land tigether and prevent its washing. \ prudent farmer keeps an eye to the preservation and building up-fiis lands, and to do fo he must adopt diver-sified crops and the rotsting system. .\piin, no farm can be made self sustain-ing and a success without raising all the supplies needed on it. Your bread, yonr meat, your milk and butter, your vegetables and stock of all kind mnst be the product of your farm. If you do this, filty acres in cotton will give you mora money of your own than 1000 acres in cotton, and no supplies raised; and how much more cheerful and pros-perous a farm looks, when we see on it, irrowing, corn, wheat, oafj!, potatoes, tumipSj clover and grasses, a fine garden, and fruit orchard, and to see fine noraes, colts, €»W8, calves, sheep, bogs and poul-try of all kinds. Such looks like farm-ing, and what farming was intended to be, and when you see such a farm, you will a.'certain that its owner is a free and independent man, and lives in comfort, and all around him lives contented, and his cattle are all fat and sleek, thrift and pro3])erity is all around him. Such is the only tarmer that prospers, and why, because he is the true farmer that underttands his business and farms ac-cording to the rules of f iuming-^edon' t mak« forming a speculation, but he makes it a practical success, relying on his farm for his support and income, and all who will adopt and pursue such a course will make f a r i n g prosperous. Fanning must be divmified— and no grain, gIaB^ stock, poultry and esrdens neglected will break any fanner that farms on such a system.

€]»«*» n . Xtimt It IS a littlesinguhir that, in these hard

time.s, when every one is trying to econo-mize, that more cheese is not eaten. So

much has been wid and written by chem-ists about the relative value of cheese and meat that we all must have seen some comparisons of their value* as food, with the W a n c e always on the side of cheese, when each is reckoned »t its usual market quotation. Another arj;u-ment in favor of cheese is that i t iequi ira no cooking or other preparation, but is alwavs t«atdy for food. Bread is termed the staff of life. Most properly, it sat'ms to me, we might add to it cheese and mi!k. It might bo useful, to confirm what chemistry declares, if soiue one interested were' tn try the experiment of a diet composed largely ol oheMe, in some of our chariuble institutions, reform schools or poor-houses. We have them all around us to support, and if we could maintain them efjually well, or perhaps better, by some changes ot Ibis nature, would it not bo an object to do so? If our taxes were a little lishter could we not bear itcomforUbl v ' When a poor, unfortunate beggar calls at my dour ^ r food, I eive him bread and cheese. He manifests many thanks for this, and I have repeatedly heard the remark. " Nobi-dy gives me cheese I"— iSrienli/k Farmer.

Tbr Raurlioia. STltA^vnERRT Salad.—Pick, wash,

drain and toss crisj), tender lettuce leaves, shred them up fine in the salad bowl, and pour over them some straw-berry juice, and serve at once.

AsPAiiAofs P.OLL8.—Boil the aspar-agus, as usual, in boiling salted water ; when tender cut up the tops and all that is eauble aad warm over ic milk, butter rubbed in flour, yolks of raw eggs beaten, a grate of nutmeg, and a small pineh of mace—qualities r«eulate<l by the amount of a s p a ^ u i ; have n m e niilk rolls with the crumb scooped out, having taken off the top crust, fill thr cavity with the boiling asparagus, and place the top crust on at once; must be managed quickly, so as to go to the table very hot.

How To S h a p e Eolia—Roll on the dough when quite light, and cut with a iroo<l sired cutter or tumUer, Dip a clean feather into melted butter and brush lightly over the dough that is cut Kut: then fold aach circle into a crescent, or half moon shape : prick on the tnp, and place in the flat biscait pan to rise. ^Vhen very light, bake in a hot oven full twenty mfnutw. The oven should be so hot that one could not hold the hand in it long enough to count twenty.

M A R K E T R E P O R T . • M P H U .

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Common to fair. . 2 00 a 8 00 LOIUTUXK.

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R.iiTi«T rAt-n. I IT U • bet that charahn that would be " remudwi m» UKntlall} Uaptlit hare ex-Ut«d la Uiai'mut put* or the world from the tlajni of John the lUptlit aotll now

11 Ua IlKt.that. la the (ireekclaffilmaod cUrwh«», the nultcal and velMlalilhihed ido* or tht word U to tmmenr.

X It U a fiict that the mo>t IcarnnS ncholart and dirlnca amnns PniobaplUta bive con-c««l<!d Jiut wliat Daptlfda tnteh on the mean-In* at Iha wnni lun-d by Ih.* Bavlor to dettg-nalatlM tnlilatofr ordlnauee or hu church.

I. It H a laet that the New Tatament Idea rrt Uie chnirh U on Maembij oC belleveni In ChrUt, «'bn haw been tmracrHHl upon pro-(iMtlim ar £>>lh In htm. ^ It U a lict that the church of ChtUt waa

«et up liy biiu«irin the land of Judui. «. It L» a tact that Chritt hoa iierer nnthor-

iinl aujr mnn or act or men tunet up n church filKthf rival iif 10)1, and tudowiUto ri-bel Iifnitut lltclat; and to beluun lu nnd uphulil •oah MKlellc* 1» nn act of rebelllun agaliut Cbrut.

T. It la a eict thfct rhri«t |>rovi-d a fal>i-dtr. iriti-aiibe shown thar hbi church uverroma and ilntmfrd In the dark ime*.

f. It Li a fiict that all Pedobaplbit unmnl-koUnns wrrr net up by meu, nntl are too ynonif bj- liundre<<ii of rean to 1)« ri!cognlKed aa tb« rharrh that I hrltt ntahll*h«d.

tt. tt U a fact tlut the exbtenc ortheno-ralleil t-htinlin In our tanil, that aprnngfrom (he Ri'i'iirmatlun oTthealxtfenth century, Is n p<MUlTe nintiwllctlon of the pmmlve innde liy lhei<iiTiorwh*'nhenitalilUhea hUchurch.

IB. It l> a fact that all Uie nrsHnltatlonii thali-nnie fnini tliinif, either directly or In-directly, hare their human hi-mb, like the ehurrh of llome, which forever acttlv* all claim;* to Hrriplnml churchshlp iigalnst them.

!l. I! l!( a (act that no Inatltutlun calling Itielf a charch ever thought of glrlng the rommualim to other tlian church members tin aner the ni-Rirnutllon.

la. It U a Ihct that the hue and cry alwut opni and clow communion li an ailrolt ap-pe»l to the paaalanx ami pn udlccti of the peo|>le, and mmte to promote aellUh and rartlian enda.

U. ItUabct that thei U no such thlnstlu tUe world aa an opcn.cammunloD rellglona •irganUathm. Pedobapllnts do nut give the •upper to one-half of their own memben.,-tbHrlnCuila.

11. It la a (act that the branch, pmTlnclal. In»lrtbl««ml tmnk lilnM of iho church are at miwt hot emtun» of the Imagination.

lA. n h • taet that a wielety rompnued ex-rlnrivelr ar ploua perKins may be very (hr IVoiB balof • ehurcb or Cluiit.

I*. II la B met that It te worse than a clear Itan or llBU, wnera th« connecUon of a re-Ilglimi nelolr with R<ime hoa b.vn e»-tabllKbed, to tnmtlgate lu cUims Ui Scrip tnral ehnrvtump (hrther.

IT. It 1» • flwl that whatever was ••wt ntlal to the exMennora church nr fhrl«t In the apoatidle age Ueiwentlal now.

IS. It U ateet that the olBcers of th- church. liUhopa, or pastori. and .Icacons, are amrna-hlH to the ehurrb tht what they tiarh ami what they ilo.

IP. U la a Met that the church Uchanp t with tha duly of giving the go»p. I to the naUom, anil looping the laws of Oirl.t as they were dallvenil. No loelcty ontalde oi the ehnreb has the right to do this work.

JP. It l» a Ikrt that the church and king-dom jmilaln the same relation to each other that a part doea to the whole.

31. U la a met that the Lord's .upper li a local <?hareh ordinance, and that It ihould h«! ohnerred by each cbnieb with Ita own meiaherc. It one not a member Is Invited, let It he hy an- avouchmant »>r his

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THE 7 DISPENSATIONS AND WORK OP CHRIST. This is by fkr the wandest and mart important work we ever undertook-the master work of onr life In

t)phetical interpretaUon. Some years aeo we cave a feu- h , .*^ , , f™ JP^l.L^^'H ; have i trump c. 1 tho t< Covenant of

jy fi._ „ Biblical and i^phetical interpretation.

future events^ tha't'wTlllwn'stai^^^ wor

.uterprei in themselves, or finished, ana tito present, passinx, and tost apprc. _

The Introduction to, or Part I

Some, ju-st aa we

_ uuu^iuuB.—luo uioaior worK 01 our lire In we ijave a few Chapters, but they were &r from beine fkill

upon the threshold of prophecies that have referenro to ivorfd like " the trump of God." ^ Its ^•vt.wj, „jii oyu„ sutruu ine worm iiKe " tne trum

iiie luuTOucuou lo, or r^n j., of this great subject wa.s a discussion of the " Trinity " and the ciivmnnt ni ^emption," Md doe^ with the first l^ue in May, and has already attracted unuZj^ttraUon in ^ S of

V '- chapter of the main «U>Jev(-the unfolding of the " D i ^ M t i o n s " oiw-Srf end" will comment* with the second L«ue in May \vith the t-onsideratfon o f - ' onwaw to the

THE WORLD'S GREAT WEEK. M will be shqwrf that the 7 da -s of ottf week c l ^ l y foreshadow the the seven periods or Dispensations o/ the

The following is a brief outline of the principle subjects: — «i«:uoituuua o. me ho niDflt fhn " /CTAK I \ _ ••

World's Great Week. .a u m.i I. "By whotii also he mada the world's." (Heb. i.

time, Uj^, periods, dispensations? The u.se of th When did Time commence? When will it end?

„ „— Does this tcach a plurality of worlds, or does it anolv to te™ considered; Slso Time, Fore^ , aernlty" ii ii uiu xiuic i.-uuiuii:um. « uen wui ti ena 7

'i- iE-t® Di3Mn8aUon--the AVorld's Monday-Its bright morning, tviw of Heaven on Earth - i t e sad pJcwp MornmlLlie Shadow o f ' S V e ^ ^ f c o. iuir istxvuu xtispeosiiuon—uie worms xu DecMHS until the Oose—the Flood—T^P^ of what?

y I?® L*"" Dispensation-the World's Wedncsday-the Morning -or Jewish Dispensation.s-the World's Thursday-the Events of thb Day

6. The Fifth or Gospel Dispensation-the World's Fridav-the Day in whiSi we livM^fhp t ,^ by the ftet ijeiBonal Advent o / t t e Messiah-the Prophetic fcvente thL are now t L n l ^ ^ ^ L d ..^'nder this head will be discussed the " ^ ^ r a g u a i L T ' ^ I n d ^

-a New World—the Close. Day.

pending War in'the East the batUe of '

•alk and !«onndne.« In the faith by somennc nr more members, and by iTOleofibechnrch Iin »arh case,

a. It Is a rtiet that the charge o| close cm-munlon mayaa w. UbebroogniagBlnst J«ns and the spostlr* as agalnat Baptists, since Uiere wer» nnmh rsnflhertliMUnrM who

'""P'' tuil St. It Is a met Hint the rharrh administers the onllnanees thoiugh her apoomte.l orn eer. to Ih-i* wh.«e "haSrter £hi I.mlne.1 and upon. A mlnlat?? 'i! eauwt onUlned, has m. more right to l«i,ii~ Whom he plaases than toadnilnlstVr the.V.S!

• tod to the work, a d "nmnOSonHf v a' mm geH ptural elmreh, of II. n la a met that no leaeher of heraar hosrtwor plnus, hi aathorlwd by the mSS: tnr« in m^eb, nor baa. Hght to sSSlnuS; UjeotdlDaaceaoflhegnaper: andltUslSm! to enoiorags aueh men t^o so.

and dtMrgmntalD,. f i ^ f »' •prlnkUnrand pouring jiU fnlUnt hnpitm sre Inrenitons of yti«liy Wiihoi.t divine •aiictlou, iimcelved iiy •npfrstltliin ar.il Ignorancv.aiul the leslil. W»ienftsj.ttnf .If th "jlan^flijil!^ "ipl<»giu

Gog and „ „ raised; the time of troub in the days of Noah. - • — PPtl^n^V^n'^i^f^f ^^tl^H"?.- MUlennml or Mes- ianic, to be introduced by the Second Penwnal Adve^of Chrfat; the proof ttat his Second Coming will be personal, and his reign on rarth an, J««lKment of the Natfons: EiposlUon of the twenty-fourth ihapter of Matthew; no S i S t e ^ o ^ to be p M is it? the State of the and of its Inhab^nte d S S i^ Period; tbe^nteielgn and judge with Christ; the cicee of the World's great Week • the fi^Jud^fnt^f

nn th« rirfh ^ M th® Redeemed alone, and the especial Tabernacle of (^rfit ^^^^ surrenders up his Scep'ter and Kingdom t V t ^

Pto^e of oSd! <®®® « i^y®!-); Ktemal Sa'bbath or « rest that reSrth to the •ho su 'J®^ ^ discussed in this Series. It contains the " Key " to J ^ J w P ^ ^ ' ! ? " understood by me, and wiU embrace a full dlscusBlon 3 the u^df lU^ vS!^ Empire " of Earth's last and greatest batUe of Gog and M a g c ^ a g ^ by R ^ l a to ^

We are anxious f the (laper the coming t,.. _ ally modliy his views on se\-eral subjects^ especTally i

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B,«J. OkTla.—We n-Jolce to hear you shj »o. J. W.Stone, Florida. - All Is right now.

li. Jcawph A Sakew, 8. i . - Bra<-e was shipped

JunelOtb. n. Eld. T. S. M. King will please send his ad-

dress to N. U Clarke. Uoeatur, Mhis. SI. J. H. B. Boohelor Is our authorlMd agent

for West Teuneasev. li.l.. James.-Hro.Oakly 'smMrew Is Ales-

andrla. T. £. Unater. h ast Temiessre. Yes : Ui all

ialnlst«n tar t2.u0. A. T. Latta, South rarolluu. Ilnve ui>ni>

this rear; (Mlt tstled so generally. J. C. Mynatt—Yon do not give your address.

We do not know where the yam may l>e had J. K.j0)iJU0D.MIssl.<.slppl-< Wi-lt.do you tr?

It on yoor plan. n. M. Maaon.—Write miler aud say In what

particular he Is claimed to bo " Imperfecl. C. M. G., MUahalppl-Thauks for U.ih

letters; the uame Is beiure the committee. T. Uawthrop. —No: we ilo not think It ac

cording to the word for wumen to puhllrly (eacli, preach or pnty.

J. C. Ward, Texas. - Your letter recewed. We wiu give jrou our earliest Knnthiy - an«-r August. Bare answemi the ijuery.

John O'Qulnn -Kavor received und slinll have place. Thanks fur your words and promise to write and work a little. Do so.

K.B. Moody, Kentneky-Wliat is the title of thr? book r If "3 Worlds." ym, ond It wont l>egln to do.

8. ly. Stokes, Mlsalsalppl-We will l.»k into your buslneaa and right you certainly. -N'o trouble.

John M. Korrar Is authorized lo receive snhacrlpUons to this paper and the Brace until further ordsra.

Z. T. Eaton.-Your letter Just n-ceivi-d this day, July Ist, but too late as wi- wrote you. Will nx another time.

Wm. Hill, Tennessee-.Mr. Kruukllu haf l»een very alck. We have Just got our corti and planted It; It will do In July. Have sent jronr letter to him.

1. K. Held, 8t. Helena Parlsli, lj».- We"o5n-had that book by Blhn. Have yon a eopy or can you procurens • copy to re-exanilne for puhUcatlon T tr

0.8. Jones, Arkonaas—We have ni> appoint-ment at Hope. We do not wUh to engage to speak but once a day, as we waat two ami a half or three hours fbr a lectare.

W. H. Oodson, Texas—We do not Oud your article; write again. We at<o intere«te<l In !<on .Vntonio, and must visit .von when >oiir honae la ready.

Isham Melton, Mlsslnlppl. — All onr time Is engaged unui September, and most ol that. Impossible. Von need the Doctrinal Hermans.

Hro. Trice, Kentucky. —The article Is u re-ply to some c. unknown to onr readers, and therelore declined. Wa have published the same poalUons lately.

J. p. Arnold, Tennessee- cuu Kci thf poper for only t2J» this year, nnd when you cannot raise this amount, or toiirsiibscrll»'rs, let ns know, Ibr we want yon lo renil the paper while we write for It.

W. H. BoweU, tieorgla.-We think with yon about Bra. BIl arUele. It wUi Iw more pleannt tar Bto. K.to address me. I should delight to come and ac* you all In I., once more.

M. a. Horston, Arkjuuos. — ula>l to heisr from yon again. Itenot recall > >ur (hce; weUrememberthosetlmM. <!od haswornler-fVUly preserved ns. Wa should be pleased to vlalt yon In Arkansas.

J. M. Kletcher, Oeorgla-We cannot tJnd time to visit your State to lecture liefore November or pecember. We have so many appUcatlons near home. Write us In Octo-ber.

J. T. Prior, California—It will be qult Im-poaalble for the Society lo InTost In Callfoi-nU or Oregon. A smaU fnnd must be ralanl by the brethn>n, and managed by a commits tee of ono or more In each Aaiociatlon.

8. l-.Tatum. Mlssonrl. —Ves,coovert.verb, means to tnni, and convert, noun and aub-Jfct, who ho-i tomed, and converalon the act or tnmlng. Convert does not alwaya signify regeneraUon, any more than refbr-matlon meant repentance.

tt. Lee, Loolalana-We shall attend one or these materlallzlnK seances, and > ee for onrself before we cnn expose them. The statements of Dr. W. are uonderful, but what are the tacts? Is the •lurstlun.

" Enquirer."-Your duty touching the con-duct of a Baptist minister Is tou plain to Im-printed. Yuu might as well ask wbatshould be done with u preacher that Uulated every commandment of the Dfcologuc. Convict and expel him.

T. J. Eastcs. Tennessee—Yours was u good one. How much I nm Indebted to A.C. au<l Mr. Hrents. Why did not .Mr. lirents whip Dltzler If he rnabletl us todu It? Ua! ha We are Inilebtetl to Jlr. B. for the loan or two authors we <-onfitxs. Walt until II getscooler.

X. T. Byers. Texas.-lilsd you broke si lence. r>o 11 often eiiuugli for us lo keep your address. The llule ijook was stereo-typed, and (lUontau-t sold, and chlldrau brought to Jesus by It. You shouM ha\e s shore. Will you rpixirt names, so thti .S.><-ri'-tary rau see atid i-redll r tiod blt-ss yon.

Mallie J. Smythi-, .MLsslsnlppl. less llian nine years, sends us correct punctuatlunN of the three exaiuples we gave In a recent Lvsue. It wa« well done, Mattie, and few Uttle glrLs of nine summers could hme done It; and then your iM-nmonshlp Is so nice, better than most girls nf twenty.

s. J. M»rrl.sou. Texas Spurgeon govern- his communion table with laws ol his own mak-ini;. He allows the sprinkled tt> conimunc two or three times, ond then if they are uii-wlllluR lo be baptlietl they lire refu-sed. All must git ilckets and be examined. Not many Pedoes go lo there. He says It li.' should settle In America he would bestrii ll.i close, iiiid advises all his ouug ministers coming lo Amcrlin to bi- rlos**.

Bm. Uewlett, Mississippi-Your questlnns are enough to disturb any man's theology. Its creation out of nothing was one act, an,l was In " the beginning " when all the mate-rial nnlverse was created, but the stepe of Us re-formatlon for man's al}Ode, out of its chaotic condition Is de -rlbed in Genesis. It may have l>een the habllallon ot the now ai>URtate angels and the hicc of It destroyed when they were cast out oud confined In the prison of Its atmosphere. More anon.

Bro. Hale, Texas, and others-The whole matter touching the .Methodist Doctrinal TracU you can And brought out In the for-rollton Detiate. The MethcHllsts publlshcl Wesley's TreatLsr on Baptism In It until lKi2. anil that coiitnlnsall the<|uotatlons we mode on the efllcacy of baptism. In thecubsequent editions they have lefVoul Wesley'sTrtmlls,*, so that lu no modern edition can these ex-tmcts be found, aud ue siipiioiio It Is quite ltn[>osslbIe to obtain one of flic old eilltlons from any Metliistlat Com-em. Is not this satisfactory *

B.M.Cobb, .Mississippi.- Yon will never see 11 bushel of any •• blcMxIed " cott<m.seed purer than the bushel you ocknowltslge to have been two-thirds pure. Tlie best of seed will demomllie, —tend imck to lu original stork every time you plant It; and we must therefore preserve the pure by picking, omlt-tlng the Impure. — the trails growing en stalks that shoajt out long IImlis, — picking only the tx>lls naaresi the stalk. "It's some trouble." Weil, that which coats nothing Is ofllRle value. St<veral have sold their seed were somewhat mixed : but thto iloes not warmnt us In duplicating the order, only the wholly or badly mixed, which luine from the propagator and llirough his care-lemness, do.

M.ithers will grow weary uiiii sigli over the responsibility thai Baby places upon them, litlt theyiiave the lilgh privilege of shap'ng a cliamct r for iisefblness. The exercise of patience and the preservation of Baby's henlth by the proper use of Dr. UuII h Baby Syrup will give them great pres4>Di comfort and prospective happiness. 5". cents |>er pottle.

Business Department Xoney l.etter« BecelseU From June

Mtb lo July lOlh. Tennessee. —B G Shepard «o.so, W H i.'o-

lfer8.TS,J H Cannlchael ,luu, C T Horrts 2.T0. M E Hmter 2.T0. D Y Purycar 2.70, T B Page l.CO,J W Harris l.flO, A J Hall 1.00, II C Itosa-mon ti cents, H H Hneed lojM, J w Kandlln 10J», R B Bransford B.TS, J L Clark 10.00, H \V Pickens tW. Isaiah Worley 1.00,8 W Goddard IjOO, R A ix>leman &.40, J M Branham 10.00.

Mlsslsslppl.-J W Magneaa 6.Q0,TM Jack-son 2.70, H -M Cobb l.OO, J N Melton 'iTO, J F Merrltt 7U cents, Tlios Kogers J K KarUh ZBT, Mrs R Fowler 1.00. H Tolles I.UO. Eld T J Fowler 3.T0, Mrs J H Barclay 2.TU. Mm M E DoddsiiO.

Alaliama. I. It -Slui.s 2.70, \V U Koliertwin lOJJO, J M Farrar BJS, SOY Bay IjO.

VlrgluU, NorUi (. rollna and SouUi caro-Una. — Wm BheeU 1.00, Thoa Carrlck liW. .S E Wanl a.*), J I, Harrla iX,, A HovU IJiO,i;c Uwln liXI, K M Burrlss IJti.

Georgia and Florida. - a F .\stln i7U, iirs A G Weaver IM.

Kentucky. - .M F Ham .VtO, |i \ ijuUsnd I.IA.

Illinois. - J D Ariiistroug U G Howard •») centx. H H Richardson 2.70.

Miscellaneous. — L L Goodwin, Indiana, I : Jos 8andeni, Washlngtim Territory, 2.7u; Perry Tlce, Kansas, liiO; Rev C Goodstock, Untarlo, lUJO; M P Jewett, Wisconsin,2X0; W A Joucs, California. U : Mrs Mat EsU's, uregon, 10.00.

Missouri— Rev Mllfurd Powers 6.40, A A Davis 1U.U0, W B 1 jiwler 2.70, K A Finney H P Eldredge 10.00.

Ijiulsiana.—Henry Heuiirll .'•.«), WTiJakea 10.00, Sallle Nolen 10.00.

Tex-is. - B F Burrongbs 1.31, c UoUoway i-e. Eld J J UoundlreeSD , Jas Vo«mg2.7«, J B Pucketi S G .MUIUm 10X10. P 11 PoweU 2.70, c W Denvenpori loxo, A C Ward IJW, E U Lnndells lAi, 1' F Terrell 2.70, W D murelt Il fU, R A IIargls6.U0, W D Ferguson 2.00.

Arkansas.-J \V Grjlmm liifl, H G 1> Wll. liams 2.7U, .M Y Moran 2.CU, E II Uud.scy l.iu, l.siiac Standlee II.'0, II C Cunningham 2.70. J B Searcy J F UrllUn S-ta, Jas A Ooson 2.70, J M Hart 2.70, J R Rush 10.00, V B Iiard l.W. W M Stone 2.70, W F Graham U'A I. F. l>aw.son '2.70.

Order Department. JAM.». MAII.IFFV. Onlrr^'lerk.

Artirlra thai Ciui be bitd Tbroach Onr Orslrr Opiutrtment.

Book Ordera. We ari> prepared to furnish any ol the

books of the Southern Baptist Publication K«>ciet.\ at the catalogue price. All iiersons senglug onlers moy lie xssnrtd that they will receive prompt attention.

Tlie Lung and Body Brace. BEAD SIEWn'Ean'IMOXIALM.

Tbc Tcatlmony of on X.D. Dear Bro. Graves: I received the Bruce for

my patient, Mrs. Martin. 8he applied It and It relieved her back Immediately. lam well pleasnl with the Bmce. It Is the only sup-porter that I have seen or used In my exten-sive pracUce thai 1 can rely upon without any appearance of evil from Its use. f shall hen-utter introduce It Into my practice, oud charge no <-ommlssti>n.

A. A. DAVIS, .M.D llouspinla, IVttIs Co., .1lo„ March 1, 1(J77. Dear Bro. Graves : .\ner wearing the Uing

and Bmty Brace sixty days I am pre|>kre<l to say that It Is all you claim for It for weakness of the back or brt*ast. I have lieen alTllcteil with both a spinal weakni«s and a weukm KS of the breast for some tl>ie, and 1 find great relief by the use of the Brace. I will «ay to all thus ntnicled, buy you an Imprtn-rd Body and l.ung lime... E. I_ ATKINS."

MOSST Creek, Tenn., June'A 1S77. AJd. J, H. timtrs: — 1 prescribed one of your

Braces to u laily patient of mine lost fall: she says she would not take one hundriHl dollars for It, If she could not gi l another one of the same kind. a TI'RNF.R, M.D

Haynevllle, Ijo., April 19, lUTT. •mportoat Tratiatony.

Jln\ J. K. dram: - I haTe been long con-flnetl with dlse.'uu- of the Inngn.chronlr pneu-monia and asthma, causing general debility, etc. Lost September, I ohtolnnl from you a l.ung and Bmly Brace. Not being able to sit up much of my time, I could not hove the plcasore of nxlng It; but, so soon as I was able to use It, I (bund It tnbo all claimed for It In my civse. It enables me to remain up and tranaact ordinary bnaiuuM with much greater ease than I hail Ibr iwt> years past, particularly when on honw-bock. I cnn now ride oil day with the Brace on : with It, eight or ten miles per iloy would cause me to give out with my back. 1 could not do without It, and would recommend It to all aulTerlng ns I have: II Is Invaluable. I„ A. 8i»tt.

Martin Springs, Omyson county, Tenn. llm. »,'rni*j. - l have lieen Wearing tha

Ilannlng's Body and Lung Brace about aixly da ya, for extreme weakneas of my back and misery In my chest, and can tmUirolly say that 1 am much beneflted, thongh nothing like clear ol my malady. I can ride horse-back or In a wagon, follow my plow, 1 a tact, endure more walklng-about general business in a day, with far greater «aae,tlian I have been able to do In a long U'me. I find the Brace to lie truly the veo" mechanical help I need. H.c. 1.0WRV.

Horn l.ake. Miss., .May 19, IIC7.

Special Notices. Tlie new Improved " Upright" Is the latest

and most popular style of Pianos, and is now preferred to the*-Square." H. G.Hollenberg has the best assortment; send for price luu SM Main St.. Memphis. Tenn. 10 7 tf

THE AMERiCAX PEOPLE. No jicople In the world sufTer as much wlUi dyspepsia as Amcrtcana. .\ltliough rean fil experience In medicine had lalled lo acvom-pllsh o certain and surerciatily tor thlsdls-ciise and Its efU-cLs such iis sour.«tnmarh, iieart-hnm, waier-bnisli, sli k-ln-udai-hr, cw-llvencs-s, palplluilon of the heart, liver com-plaint, coming up of the lowl, lowssplrlbi, general debility, etc.; yit, since the Intro-duction of Green's .\uKust Flower, wo r>e-lleve there Is no case ofdvspepala tluit can-not be Immediately relieved. .Ki,auu doisn sold lk.sl year withont one case offallnre re-portetl. Gotovourdri) fioti 'iwlst and gel a wniple ittle for ten cants, and fry- It. Twodnaes will relieve you. Kt ular sfse sc venty-Ove cents. Sold at wholesaU> by N. W. \Vilket%ou 4 CO., G. W. Jon, « Co.. and K. Mansfield 4 Co., Memphis, Teuii This m<<dlrlni' c.iunat!» sent by mail. HI 7 11 7 eow . From Dr. U. U. iIoi>»in, .Mtniplils, Tenn

This Is to rcruly thul 1 have use ol Coldm's Llcbeg's Liquid Beef and Tonic Invlgorator In several coses of • unKumptlun and. general fleblllty, and have lound II to oi-t admlrabl> in such eases as n nutrltlcc, Ionic mid stimulant.

Dloroveml nl ImI. \V,- know it l«sald that consumption ••sn't i»- cure.l; hut wi-say Thrash s Cousumpllve Cure will cnre all lunp atiecttons. Why should we be aae<-li'd with 11 dlsi'Ase, aivl no remf.lv given T Trv onebotlle. TrInI riuc ; large Sold br all druggist, and by wliolesjile bv W. N. Wllker-son (t < o., 3*1 Miihi street. Memphis. Tenn. lU'JH II -M Tn ConanaaplKca.

Consumnllon, that scoutgc of hunianlly. Is the mat dread of the human lUmlly In all civilised countries. I feel conltdent that 1 am In posaeKloa ol to the prrifesslon for the jKislifve and stsmly cure of that dread disease, and Ita unwelrons concomltanu; vix., catarrh, asthnnu broB-•"• 1 dH.ll-

the only sure, InlUllble remwiy now known ' • • " .fvi lun ---. —Ihma, b chltls, nervous d<-)>lllty, etc., etc, Twent)--••Ight yi-ors' ex|>erleuce as a busy practitioner. In the consumption hosplt ilsof the Old nun New World, has taught me the value of this medicine lu toe cure of all throat and lung complaints. TliMie stnierlng with consi.nipilim oraiiy of the above moloiUes, by addressing me, giving symptoms, they shall V'|>ul In puuMslon^ this great tMon, without charge, and shall have the tienetlt of my ex|>erlence In thon-sands of auKti nicces.«)ully treatnl. Full di-rections for preiuirsllon and use, and all m*-essary ailvlut- and Instructions iiir ancecMful treatment nt your own home will be rec.'lv«d by you by return moll, free of charge, hv aO-dn'sslng. „ nB. Jwil.V H. B|-Bi}k.-Tt. 10 14" 1B7 Jelivrnon Ktri'et, Uinbivlile, Ky

ElrctroValUir anil .Vugiirlir Appll. Marea. Brita aart Bands tor Meif fore. Tliey restore the Nervoiu anil Dehllluusi, imisut new life and sirencth to the waning organism, encircle thclHidy with Klectrleami Muvnetic innucnce. ami Imbue the system With a nmsbint vliaiixlngcurrenu They oi-fer » sim-dy cure inthnut mryiirinr, for all dis-eases ihat arlH' from ii lou of Vltsl Force as Dyspepsia, Kidney Diseiuv, Nervous Debil-ity, Weaness, etc. Priev rise Dalla.ni and ('••wnrtls. Illustrat<-d iwmphletsSi-nt fre.' Address BRVAM APPMAXCE «'O., 10 22 II 22 U7 l-iist IMh St., New Vort

H. «. IIollentKTg oOcrs special rates anil Inducements to Schools and Tnu-hers i>l Music, und*w« conlially re,Mmmi>nd all wlii need Pianos, Organs, or anything In tht Muslc:llne. to send their orders to his house, at Main street. Memphis, Tenn. lu 7 if

E»ery Ijidy Her Own Pbyalrtan. |julli>s- c.trn Prescription. Inrbrmatlon ..( Breai_ value to every lady s. nt tree, by ad-dr.«lng l>r. W . c. Mievens. nil Arch Ki. Pus X 10 W M

MADE by one ogi'iil in Mi dins sell liigour iTKiherlii ' •""• . — ,,in „ui nsniiiT iiusters tunl Norct-ties. «hltni free. C. W. .MultlllMiN, C|n. < • 111 .tl X.

Boarding House for Sale, Contiklning elciit comf<>nst,ie r<Hmis wiiji nre-jilacea and two without, good dining-room In bas<!raent 21 x 13 feci. fliiO barrel rlstei'n, out Imlldlngs and good garden,about one hundred yanfii from the .Msrv Hhaip College. Price IPJUO; ohe half cosh, bahtnc m twelve months. 'IhU proiHTtr miit be sold, hence the very low price at which It Is orreml. For particulars address

J. N. Mt'CrTCIir.ON, 10 « y. WlBcnester, Tenn.

Ronoke College hai.em.ta. Next sesUoii begins Sepleuibi-r ii. IITT. f\>|. Ii-glate, eh'ctl«e, and pre|>aralor> cuurws I'nsurpassed location. Mountain climate. Moral nmimuuity. Five'•harchisi In luwii hUpt-naes foe months, Indudlug tuition lK>ard,etr-,fromSiiutoKSO. Ktndents from' flfleen .SUUa, Indlaii Ti trltory, nn<l Mexina. Patronage constantly Increasing. For lau-logues, etc., nddreai 10.11 Jl'i SECRETARY OF FM't l.TV

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I. T iUHKW H A P T I w r ^ C m i AXD TCXE BOOK.-Tlierf thoulJ U> a Baplt»t Hrmn »na Tane Book In «very family. ThU Ma eholn! M-lKtlun of llieitery brat of Hymns that t*ach aouod ilwtrint>. «nil a HlccUon ul U»«»we«lwHV»ullmuil,lt»vlv«lBnabanUay-acbool Hutifii y«l niadi*; «nd the miuli- tn •hapcil ni)l>w, «nd ain be u».»l by tliow ikcquauteil with the rauiKl nolwa* well, lluy thU tile* Hymn aiul Talis Book fortbr Futil-ity Utlili-. uuil uiie fur mch child. TliU U do-•l(n«l to UtJw Itie pUcp uf Ui» old Huulheru l<Wmbit, I A U M I L««uty yitin ugii. Examine U licitjin you puretiw.

I'rlc®, Il.tiO MWh, by mail. TBE SEW BAinrurr b t x x b o o k .

• lUiaat Jinalr.-tAct«. TOC LITTLE MEBAPU Lt tb» tkinip

Bonk you want (Ur your Hnndny-»rluiul. It hai bmn ailmltted that thl» li tbn Jur wt tat-ktttnt 1/ »ur (U'Mrat rnnot tliat hiu «vrr iHX'n (im-riil to uor Huuday-KbtioLi. Thf doctrine t* •oniul. Th« notrn nto tlw niiw Mrcn-«hBp-wt twto. It la the rrry Uuok for Country MintingHebwii. In the a»rnpbyouwllI Hud " Th>- HwMt By and By." with mrvnnf othi'n too fw«t ti> mention. I'ri™ liy mallMcl«.

S. TOE niBLE DOtTRIXE o r THE MionLE LirE.AJio Exi>oflnrio?i o r •onE»3 l KFIKiriaX, By J .R. GnT»<. LLJ».-Viiu want to Bimi a Scriptural Idea of yonrtlatr after d«atb and bcfbte the rw-arrwtlun. Vou wiint to piotect your family acaJnot tlii- p«rnlelon« tracblngi of Kplrlt-nallata. livt thli Ixxik, rrnd It, and e>-t all ynnr temlly to reail It. It U tbp moat Inter-HiUng mtle book yon ever rviid. iind will ci-plain a Inrgn number of tliu most dintcuU pamuMiri iif e<ctli'tur«. You nbould read It without hll. Price by nmll. tS rL«.

4. THE ORIUI.Y OF BtPTIHTN. By H. n . rord, LL.D.—You ought to be ramlllar with the Ulntnry of your own denomlnntlun, at I«a«t the ontUna uf It Yon have no tlnu-in rtail a Unfe bnnlt. tn thli llttli> book of III p«ce« yon hare It all In a nnt-«heU. The antlior commiiace* an • trace* back the Bup-IIMdauomlnaUon from the prawnt century to ilaya nf tbe ApoitliHi. It will show you Uiat OnpU<;* (ltd not iiri«lnatf with Rogi r Wlillnmx, dor In Envland, nuT-wlth tiM mail mfcn of Xtiniftfiir, a* r>ar enomtea ch:irB8t but arc older than thn rroteitanta or the «'itbol|iihnndaratn (tact tbn only rellflout tnnununlty that has atooil •ln«i< tbn apmtira, and la UiB noly (.liurch dewrvluit to be callrd Tb« tliurch of Clirtat. Thl» I* n new and •roatly enlnrgwl MUlon. Price HO ctit.

a. THE TMILEMA. OK DEATH BT OSE o r T M E E aoR. l i l i By. J . R. iirnnra, LLn.-TbUlaalittleliook thutniu provfit the diaath of multltad<« of Pedobap-U«U. It Jliiya ib»m by tCo aelloux of tlielr own OeUMral A»iembltca and fonS rifncua. Th» nuertlnn they cannot aniwerl«."Ari'tbe bafrtlinM of (be ftnman Cathode cboreh valid ? tf rh"y »ar " Tei," tboy thereby admit the Roman Cnthollp church to bf n UTia chnrcii of Cnriat, and thtt tliey nri.' her-etln aud •chlsmallm; and haTlnii •fiwratnl (tun, anil tiewn eicoramunlratei! by It, have no right to tiaplUe or to pr«icli. If they kny »So,"Ui"n thi-y nullify their own liaptUm!i, •inar all their nnllnancwi coma frum Uomo, and U the l.'atliullc Church U ibn AduUcniut Woman of H. veUitlou\ Ihrn PrniiMtinnt •*riel«ll>Hi, out* nnrt all. uXf bt.r ** harlf^' dauabtar*. ThU Uiok «1«> fiirfvi-r •H.'ttlin the iiiitiMlon. ot Allen lnimBP<lonH nnd C I O M itiramnnlun.uiid k> rich tu hlHtorlcnl matter. By readlit* and havlnglhifii* llltle book* rea<l In ynnr ftttully, y»'U nut onl» niaka ronr»'l( and your iamtir mom lnlellt|i«nt, bul you win etrn-to Illy liroKvt them iMpttiuit dangcr-nu» it'llgtiiuH crriira; tind you will do iirrat iwxl br Inanlna thfni in rour nnlgtanon.

I>rtee by mall, Acta. «. Ol.n l.«!«B1l.illHIIIM. WHAT IH

rtt-1)<» jou know? Yon ha%a beard much atMiot tt, and much aKrIbed to It that It la nut. Do yim not wUh lo know uf a truth What It rtt The latii I»r. Polnde*t«rof Vir-(Inla KlUfiuni tKliim hi* death, that Ita |irlni'lptr» p«n»tllutn tha only IrTOTiotlhle bulwark analiut IVilm llberallam ami open. ramninnlnnUni, and that the Bnptlita (d Attierlca niUft taku tUt lr stand iip<in them, nr illile Into thn (limy Hl'mgh nf llpcn-eom-nittnlimiam. This llitln work ttinalilaiiftwa |«ttrt«i I'What UiMd Uiulmarklam? the Praclltm of Ancient HiiplUtat By ,1. n. tlrari-a, I.I..I'. fcirthtriy ymm Mlllnr of Till

^ vtwr. 11. Th» tteteiiimafli* j'nMitli-a, Hy.l.«.j'»ndlBum,

laagur uf thriiltinr In Union 'rntieaww, now "I I'plamI, IV nilillater and member ihonid

and evary fttlihlnl Uind-Ilia pruiclti|aapn»

A d v c i - t M u g D e p a r l i u e n t . ^ Oataai y*r •onpareU L I B C I Kasb Time. Slafli lBi9rti>>a....~_». ThrMmonthi 3 1 1 -

One T»«r

IS ceatt in -lO -

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•t^TraaalfntadTartUrBienta moatbapaUt for ta aaraaca; itanillac tdfartlaemtata qsartarly oa pre-aaatitloB of Mil.

Taa BjirruT haa by lar the largeat circalatka of aaf nllflost p«[wr la Iba ^onthwaat, aad la Iba trcofBiio) orf*B uf llir four icriat dlalM ofTtiniiai. aw, Mliiiaalpiil, boaiaUDi auU Arkaoaaa. aail tiortta llatana Wa wtah ao cotrMpoadi-Bce alth partlM aawtll.

Icf u pay aor ratw. which are lery low for oar Uts^ aad ltcri*a»la cl.-cnIatloB.

O P I U M MRPHINE lUBIT •i^JijT mtrii r* Dr. Itfck a 011I7 known aurt pure BcsieUy. XO CU.IRCE

fur trutmint notd cnt.«l Call on or aalilicn DR. J . C. BECK,

112 JohB SlrttJ. CUCWSATI, OHia (IP 10 s u a )

A t l a n t a P a p e r M i l l s , Atlanln.Uu.

B O O H , .\KW.S A . \ U IrVKAP-I ' l X G P . l l ' E U .

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Ilcfers tu tllU lasn.- n slMH:liui'n of lil.* paper. lu-JSlll-.i

Ac t* a n d P o p u l a r .lIUNlC

H e a v e n w a r d •I

Songs by Ja». H. .Murtny. P. P. Bll<!<. and otbrr lavorlto writer*, Includlna fh- brat liymnji and muKic of tbs late P. P. Bllaa. Thia ia iIip oaly Xen Monfc-Book rou-

iKlnlns Mr. Bllaa' brat fionKH-thr onna tli.il b n v oindp hia nninf hi-

nralM tkratDlcliciat Ednivrnml Amrrlra .

J^JoTatSHsra',- T h e W e l c o m e J o y f t i l S o n g s

M P u i - e D i a m o n d s wbrkerj.

They ar.? uniurpn»-eil, nnd contain soiiim of the l>e»t Sunday^whool Somnt wrlttfn UniKvo A collfotlon of «oap<>l CHI1I$(9 Uyraiia «n<l SncrrtI K o n n by

of " the l>e« wrlti-rn, Inclndlns .Mo.«ly "Pii l i laand Sunkey'i" famous aoui ii. Kor I: U l l U RrvlTal. Pnil-w, and i.'nnip Me*;!-Inipi they nre unrivaled. 8oud lur «iimple copy. Price of each ol utxou iie ; tVi l» r liundrcU.

.New Authi in-liook t>y l>r. f l i j u i n l .1. B HiTbert, by thn V, U l i p i I iH-at writetn. Ju!<t publlxhiHl A | | f | | n i | | e and will be fauud JusI wlint i l U l l l l i l l l S U heed for fliolrt,Conventions, etc. Sample copy mailed. $l.sr..

Un-rnnj A collccUuIl uf the best O U I I ^ Hon(!3,I>uet<.QuBrIet!i, etc„

-^or— f^-cnlnr and Maen-d. l>o the • Jr< Jj l lS.S Iran and sketch of hu llf.-.

Price, in iHwrdi. an cU.; cloth,.V» oU.; cloth, full allt.T.'iclK.

S-iril bv Hook anil Mnato llaalers.nr niatlcd po*l |wtld,on r.'iH'Ipl of |trU'«v

ft. fa., fol* |lM.(»«K>t id i uUBraUy, feniieaaw f,.»r» nipll" nilillalei raaid llita ifact;. and 1

uf a tHiPt to *>eU riniil,_-_t« ; (lhu« U ".'"""U 'U'JIJ

lii)>«<nt uf a tuipt lo aaeu rhliil,- t« rt.ut ^ • U « t..ilow li«(l»r I" Uta trulh.

1 ttol ant ft, •III"! I'tr IIJM 1ti»»i« •Itaawai a Jt^lM In'* Ij^^ml •^tlnil, «ta«l* iin|iia« U at*., |Kiat|i«ld.

aiiit I.— , _ .. ytin itHVa nvit (iit ll«« awai a dtUDH liiitmi Mtntlait, itat ' aan wM 1" n» fiw an? of lha abov* Waika, and llivV ordan «Ul ba

>CMt I'ltlU, (» I. B R . 4 I U 105111 21

hO.liM. PllbD., Claveland, O.

Aina I'.:att !».-lutisi losa coiu CE;, Bniit}ia tti Tnlus trsfj, Gnt MuU ta a j ZtUsr tftaifaierfCKtiiU Tim till fn CO iittt,

VYioajsi

Of; FANCY l Alllw, mm- slyl.-s, with nanm, J. II. UUrt"rEIt, M lus in

fpilK lieit •M*liin''b»?ln«'tVitiilM!r H. 1 T7. -I Prellniliiary couraa from Heptenibcr IH. fait'l.T*! • ii t'i.T*! ilia, John A.Mutidiy.iNnin i Wra I'm It Tayliir. T II Kearney,4 0 Maekenalii, H Houn, W n liavia, Byrun Miantuti, M.U.

yea, tin, ya r olrBUUt*. etc., addri«« Juliti A lurnbr, M U., t«mnj IM w. Hvveiilh Hl-j or ( M II Tayldr, NI^B., SM W . HAVIMTTH M.

tl lUildwJuiySilwAtiii.ilAaiiwIiep

lit^ffaWftflkUlAlnnK. 110 Outni

F o r N I N E T Y D A Y S F R O M D A T E ] Elegant Table SUverwaire

I CtB b* ••nml bj sn «• wtlb tte foiUvlsf roodittet: Tb« Nttio«»l Stt „ iPlAllBf Ce«p»ar. 7M Htnrt. PkilUcl bU. tsMutaetarrr* oT l*«r» C»Uil isuadi/il SiUrr-PUu4 Wv*, *t)i itaJ u ta; «o« wb* tietm* ihu b&Ucv. • tW of I n DmWt Kttn-Plkted SQrtr BpMo*, «Dd •a<r«vo On «Mch •Dooik any I iniV' i TM rcqturctt t* m MU foitevtsf fUtTvrwftr* CMpMi IM : itk* C^paaj. • • eUrjw.ln--TM Scweati ta pij ftU cttf^JloetatfiM «Mt af vmc 'iBC iaiUala. rMkiu. teoxt»c. ai 'cxi — - npaeat «t21 k iwac br tx|M«M (cr smll. Lf r.ea hi -yw tBS<Jt «lilM«l fsrtbcr cmx. Tbe* Bjwoci..., «r tb« mM ttl. ia4 to bc«i SUTfT-PUwa Ww bade, u t^ totevtsc fw. ak ^ MOI ta aira • *

M vntW ml'A It 76 enu 1 t»xt»c. •ad tsve^t ' IST* bO «XplTM •Owi. • tr* tturut«>'4 u be Iftur turn lb* CMfM/ vlU tetUr/: Omra o» 3(ATh>aAt SurtB PtATisa Ca.. 704 Cke«ttiQt 8l. rbn»ir}nhi« P«. To Whom it may Conocra - Tk* Mst e«t ««4«r tbii tmat^mnt mf KMAnatM ut ef bnt v'tUij. «r«* he««U/ with par* ckkrt (tb« vbtf BMUl kMvav wl • t>uu C*(a-Staftd&H SUm sdM m lof of tt* »letei. uu m>9ert»t .tbca rerj best Wan eu&qtM-(ana W* «1U btftinr b« »M»r •blrb dori b»c voatalo tbc Sttrcrvar* C««pos. aM v« vRt Uoor Ua C«apea aAer Btft«t art rroa tbp dale «r tbl« ra^r lSiCt«4) KA XOWAi SUaTSB PlAtWO CO, 70t ChCBtant 8t.. PhUailelpLAA.

SIZaVEItWABE COCPON. Ob af rtto Cmpt^. Ufttirr »lth 75 wan te at] ctarm, laVlod-loc or aalHac. Wfl tlaf a»4 b«U»j. •• acrft to acftf to asr ad-drM • Mt «r otf part CuU dviadara d»«b:c><stra i Uiad

SILVER SPOONS. aod •• raeb pmb ta; dMlr tatila!. All rVart a ar* te br prrfald bv 75mU Mbt u«. aad £>poos« *U] dtllvrnd at dnti&>tiott (rr* mt aa> C<Kk| tot Bia«tr dart frsm data »r th)« t ar -r ir>< — ,-- , -- -• • *f.fti iht. Coar o i» aiOI ITATIOVAI SIIaVER PLATINO CO.. 7(H Chetnat St.. ^

FhsnU It b* dntr»J. aar of Us* •nit'-t* vill ht fzt la U c.r oa t«*a»rBl of tt» r*r~>«lBf rltarfi-*: Hia autid itfiri \ ftalf^ bUdr aad haadi* «q« anili pMc*. br«i atr*!. daablo atekri aa-i aU««r |ilau4. ft: alx r«rk«. dj«t>)« nkkpl atkl aU««r i' u) tbr^ fi»»t« atv <J"tirvd, «t>cl<w)> tfc* t6Ul rbart<«. • >>»-ti viTI bK n ct« u-r fp«»-.e<. rxtr t&lTv*. at».! W rta. t^ f»rki—t.M.). MVurti>c tar ta.TA 1 Mbat wmild c»«t fe«t mucb nrtn* >n bst ot rr It«membcr that I ««cA artlcl<*. exc«p< knlTea. wiU bo e&crsved wtth any initial ttefired without utr» coat.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. ThU Ubrral affrr b«!'ls roc>d f^ ealy data fr«a} Jat*. ib«iTf<»f« 111« to tba loirfrat of all «ho caa M«tir« li« hc fltt to a«. to (i that tb* ara Mt d-bnnW b* rvaaoa cf tb* «xpirau*« ot um- •p«cie«d. a :i lrt> Un ord«r>oc hUrvrvar* akuuM b* addmaed dtr t lo titi

NATION.!!- SXL\*£R I'LATING CO., Ka 704 CheatCQt Street,

PniLADCLFSIA. FA.

D r . J . . V e w l u n S m l t h ' H L o W P l ' i c c d M u s l c B o o k s .

H a i r R e s t o r a t i v e PoaltlTrljr m t o r e a balr to bald brada.

1 Thin Is the only n^lr ;Uestonitlve nionnfai-. tured expreM*Iy to pro-'inote the icrowtb of hair, and to iirrcKt tt.s 'failUiKOUi. i ThoiuandH of nii u : who wen- bald headed, inow hnven fnllNnltof bnir, nnd one lady In

llt torpM hair tn the Kentucky, \rho U-hn hH.4

S M I T H ' S In not n lialr dye.

S M I T H ' S IKx-a not contain

poison. S M I T H ' S

hentl. S M I T H ' S

I licok bnlr from full.

S M i f i r s .Mnki-sbalritrow H fet l ,

fcllflfrif'fc! unnilKtnkabl.3 home • S J l l i l l 9 iiroof. In pnniphlel

MukeH whlNkeriiKrou-.trjrm, free tn ml. WAIinPlI 'W i n mopsthi-hair frtiiM i 9 i U I . J f l iS filling out at onc<-,

Tal:> aout nil dnndruircleanai-th the Kcalp U A f l f r U ' t f Ifroinall dandniir,and S i U l A J l Uu highly iwsrfumed

I.1 Ut chuK hlar dreiu-land ele^nt hair Inn. dMHaliiii, much ad-

U l f i n n i I * W mired liy the Imllf*. ^ i l l l l l l n I I>rlcoCjHfor S tKii-

once twl '.' n<iw Ilowlni; bnlr

s ix FEUrr In lenfcth.pmduoHl by the UH«> ol IK-. J. Nt'W-lon Smith's Biilr l(ehlor<>.tlvi..

S«>nd for iMifcillv..,

• ndmlretl by ladles.

S M I T H ' S |4 dentil In all wltpt

all tle«, ejpreased on n-eelptofprlco. Gallon your Druutlxt or lul-drow Jl. P. Dromivoalo .t I'o., lAinlavlitK, K>.

Sold I.) nil whiiltauilp and retail drugglats. 10 3U 11 5 eO»

A Speoial Offer TO THE RBADEBS

OF THIS PAPEfi. A OanHlnaawlaa MaanatleTlma* l«a|Mri«P>t(Rl Uta fernrnMr dnlriat

a RtialiW ftiofl-ttf, alw • wPfiio Cian. tm. ' : ^ i ^ a f t . a . ' i a to d«auto «im<t time, aaa ktcp fn i»nl«r h« tan yMr»- e /tc4l« (uar«alct4~«lll bt Olvan MinuT fUvatt UU< (afu •• a rnMI

CPT OCT TBit Caiii>«« iaaHtii IT. COUPON,

4dd«», MaanMiaWaMMOo.! 4aai.aHa Halt

B.-lliik « .Method lor llano. Wlnn.T'if'Ni'wWchooU" for Cabinet Oiiptn,

for Piano, tor Melodeon, fur Uultar, for I Violin, for Klute, for Acc<irdeon,forHerman ' Acoordeon, for Fife, f.ir Clarionet, fbr Flac-

eolet, for Piccoln, for Bui^o nnd for Cornet. Winner's ••Perfcot Ouldes" for a part of tlie

ab4ive. Winner'.. -Fjisy syKieuia" for a part of the

ub«»ve." Winner's "Party tinnco*." Violin and Plan". Winner'* "Dance Music," Flute and Piano. Winner'* "Union Collection." Violin an>i

Piano. Winner's "l>uot.s for Plnte nnd PInno." Winner's "Melodeon Primer." Wlnner'a "New Teacher for nme."

Pr i re ol «b<«r BMka 79 eta. eaeb. Clarke's S Instructor for Roed Organ. Clnrke'sf Instructor fur Piano. clnrk.-'s» Inatmctor for Violin. Winner's Ilueta fbr \ lolln ami Flute.

Prlee each ai.OO. Vbdln Amusements. Winner. Flute l<o<|uet. Winner, liwy system for llano. Winner. I' aton's Method fr»r Comet. I'hirke's tihort VolnnlarltTi.

P r i r ceacb ai.so. About HO iKHiks ari here uientloned, all

I biivlntc easy, pleasluH. iHipular music, and the liisimctors, MethoiU, Hcbools, etc., havo plain liistruciUina.

KIther lioolt malletl, |>ost ine, for relali prlc«. O L I V E R D I T S O . i ; & C O . ,

BoafuBi. I BItaon * Va., «. C. Dltaan * I - 111 Uroadwar, BnoeMors to Les * Walkar. ! % 10 611 I

T H E S U C C E S S

-OF ulJU -

NEW MONTHLY - T H E -

F a r m s g r a n g e

I. in nfiH

i tR tA fill A * <>*r A|«nu. HainplM

Ilaaextonilrd even Iwyond our moat aau-gulne expectatlona, nnd wo aro now upon » (olid foundatinn. Nn "daiMl" or <'«t«Ddlnt" tuattar^Ml uvery imoe/Miifa4<)t/r»iir*<uttai/ tar the fiumcr n n d Paltm. HtU i n IM Mouth t

We have placnl the snbacrlptlnn prlr« M Iho iowiprim uf 75 mou mraannmfnr «ln(le oupy; three ca|i|ni Air U; Av« forK): ton for Wii are payliin poataae. HubacrlPtloni must m palil In ailvaiiiw—thn prloa belnvio low Uial we oonid not alTnrl l» otharwlse. Itond on your anlatcrln' « now, lo M to gel UiB lint nnralien. apaclmeni tn*.

AddlM* UEO. H. MOIifOH A OO., MampliU,

tfK PAVCY .MlXKIi I'AIIIIH, new slylaa

THE BAPTIST. 495 T U E S O t l T U E R N

B a p t i s t P i i b l i c A t i o i i S o c i e t y

WE call attention to our New Baptist Ijbnuy, of IS volnniBS r.imo. unlfonu lu binding; all auindard works, for ai'X

I'lmdcBSMi U a t ot Oar New and Popn. la r PnblicaUeiiN.

The Great Carrollton Debate, by Pra. Graves and Bltxler, In cloth, price s:t.iO In sheep.— < Moroooo —•••

Immersion, by Dra. Graves anil Iiltiler. prii Insbeep

InfiintBaptUm, by Drs. Graves and DiU-ler.prfce - • ' lire. UravtT. aud ^

Ills, (iraves and Final Perievemneo of ^ i n u , by |)n>.

Uravca and nizler, pric-s.ml Prosperity, by,i. I>. Miillnrj , H I)

price «...— - -l.ucy Hall, by Mm. a K. Hughes, prlci' lllstor}' of Sunday-schools, by Ucv "

. aoo . jo

cburcbof Christ, by DlUler.jprlce

Kellever's Baptism, by IMIder, prtce

1

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Apostolic Church, by llcv. W. t;. l-uitoii. frlce. In cloth u Morocco and Kilt -

l.lltle [hiptl.Ht. by J. M. ilurllii. ItevlM l and correeU'<l by .M. P. Ixjwrey, ».!>.. price, in ciolb. 1 • Morocco- - •

Liberty of Oun-Mdence and the ItiiilKi-, by lUv. W. Jarri'l. price -In cloth

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Christian Benctlcence. by llev. Ji-we A. L'olllns, price. In cloth

l>enomlnatlonnl Idoiatrj- Kcproved, by C. D. Mallorj-, l>.l).. In cloth

l.lttletlehoo|.masten<. by Uncle I'biirles, prlca, in cloih

Wordaof OomIbrt,by II. F. liuckair, l«. price. In cloth

WlUleMnnrd,by W. J. Huanl, In cb>lh llyilerdost, liy Eugene llln..«. In cloth ICobert Cnshman. Price, In cloth The Sum-ring ISinrch, by Uev. W. I).

CntUno, price. In cloth -The MonnUiln Violet. Price. In cloib Habltnul Drinklng,by Rev. U. A. Lotion,

price Notmon Matthew, by N. M. Williams. 1".

D., price l.hrbillan'a Dnlly Trejisury. Tensile.

Prtce

T H E

M I D D L E L I F E BIBLE IMMTRIXC OF M OPPOSED TO

SffeD£N60ilGLl\ISl i^D SFIBITISM.

B Y J . R a O R A \ T E S , L L . D . , Editor or THE BAPTIXT, Memplils, !

Tean. ( Publish.-d by the ijonthcrn BiipUsl Publl-• " - 1S73. lUiuo. 1 cuUou S«x lclj , .MeniphU, Teiin

pp 174. Price T5 ctnts, by mall. Thbi Is a rare iKJok, ami should be read by j

every lllble reader, and especially by all ] mlnNtem : II hii.'. rectlv«l the hiBliwt coni-

I jo XOTK.—We k<H!p c!>iisi4intly r>u hand a full

line of Baptist Text Books and Utenitnre. Send Ibr CataloRnc. A new and complete descriptive cutalinue

will bo out early tn the spring. Job Printing, Book-Binding, ami Blank-

Book mannfbetnrlnK. Eyer}' dearriptlon ot Job,Book and Pamphlet PrlnUnu done In l»-st style. ProraptnetMlsonrwntch.-wonl. Spei-liU attenilon li^lrected to dry, now In snccejisful - . tacllltIeK for any any and Stereotyping line. In prices and quality ol work wechullenRecoraiKirlKin. Ourfiiclliiles are almndant. and our prietsi as low lus any other nm-clasa establishment South, Kast, or Wmt. AddnnK-SouthernBapthil Publication Society, Ml Main Street, Memphis Tenn.

10 £1W W. E. PAXTO*. i-or. Wee.

inendations Tom wvenil of tbe first sehoUirs €>f the ttnlon. lir. .\l\T.h Hovey. president of Newton Tlieolo^icul '<onilnary, Massa-chusetts, says, in a letter I., the author: -

"1 have read your volume, Tlie Bible Doctrine of llu! .Middle Ule, with much In-terest and profit. . . . I wit i iireally Interested in your ni»t of Splrltnnllsm: and I think vour view of it imist bi* .'orret-t."

Itr. W'a.rluiul, editor of the National Bap-II.M. of 11 :

" We have r.mil Ur. liravis's iirKUlneiiU nnd are satlMled with II. he liuadl.s bis subject alilv and 111 ii <"l-.rl*llan spirit; be is an old cliamploli oil llil> U.-ld ot battle, llie lllble diK irinc of tills liiUlill.- lih' l«rl..arl.v stalinl 111 ihe first on.' buniir,.*l piiKesof tin* voiuiuf ; tin- r.-sl of the iKvjk Is made np of notes show-lUi£ wh.ll a htup"llduou.s Inuni aud fals .biKHl spiritualism Is."

I>r. I'aii.in. i-.lltor oi the llnpiLst Weekly, New Yt»rk, ;

"ThN\olnine Is loli.nili.il in niej.t the er-rors of Sw.ib-nlKirclanl-ni aii.l Spiritism. Ur. OruM's holils. on an examination of sevenU

of Scripture, thai 'no snliit has jet avelidiil Into he-.iv. o. and that it Ls evident that no sinner has yi-t ih-sci-ndr.i lo lit-li, anil thai • imnnils.. i.. tti hades, and lu>t In hni\.".'ao.i l>'a lills«fn! place of tenipomry restapisiliiUil lo lb.- fru nd^ of Chrl^l lo en Joy lH't\vf.on de.iih ami re.*umM'iion.' From (he answer of Abnihaiii lo IHv."*, It Is held by the author lliat the dead rannol i-oni-iiiuulcate with the llvliic nnli.s.s l.y the resur-ris'lion or the l»ody. Tliert. are many con-sldenitlons In this small volume that the lidvocatcs ot Spiritl«ni will find It very dllll-cnlt to ov. rcome. wlilie It will l.e found suft-gesllve to all who have not sf> stereotyped thflr M.-Ms of .llvm.. thlii«> thai they are uiiabl.. to r..<-,.l\i. any new opinion of truth."

We shoutfl Is" ..xi-ewlliiKly eratllled ifi-vi-ry readlni;. thliililnc br-tth.-r. and csis-cliilly ever}- mlnlsterundsiablmtb-school teacher In our denimilnntion would send 7S cents to our HoclcTv and procure this book, and give It a can-ful re!ulln«. I.et It Iw the flrft Iwok you onrchiuso this year, nnd you will not only lelp the skK-lety, but Instnicl, yourself, and

not regn-t the outlay.

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H O R S E S (TrotUnK Stoek.)

J E R S E Y

j U i D O T H E R 9 1 U . K C A T T L E .

Jack-Stock, B c r k s b l r e P i g a ,

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ir wateh-wonl. SiMM*lnJ I our Stereotype Fonn-opemtlon. with ample and all work In tlie

iierday at home. Samples worth free. Hrrwsojt a Co, Portland, P10 4 II 4 Salno.

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mitUt* dlrix't niniiwlioii for hashvlli, fhat-tanon«ii, Knoivllln, Atlanta and |irl|ielj

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T O I I N I S T U B S .

I t«k« tUU matbod uf wiUiug your «t-•ntkm ui lb* MUbnUd Body mid Luiig

Unw, wbick I b»T« told for tbe but •igbhiMi ywMi, tb«t I may nuike it a btntflt UI my |i«p«r by mtking it a far (T«atdr benefit to yuu.

I arill briafly gir^ you luy r«a«oa« fur recumiuoniitnv ttii* iiivaluable anicle to yuu. Mart tbjai tigbwcn yvan ago, I mtf ibaiuUKhly broken duwu in voice trum •«ca«iT« I'rwwhing; I could tpwU but a tilU« wbilii without ||«ttiug boane: my tbiuat waa g«mfally nor*, and eaaiiy lrriUt«d, and itf tone became beavy and hu«ky; ioon a baekirg coo^fb Mt in, that InctMhwtl, until at the clow of a long nMtlng, my vuice foiled entirely, under the • d k u of a cbrunio Utynfiitin that •oon *a|)crindut«d broncbitii, which Mri-ou*ty Uirvatcaed my life. I wait now eoMpelkd to dttiat from preachioy, and, if puMible, oTtrcume tho^ difflcultie*, aarf ivcofur tb» h»l trea»ut»,— tbe Tuice. that t« a nini«t«r in more valuable than giiM or JewtU, or be >il*nt furaTw. t spplt(<d to tbe mu«t eminent phyticiani, and wail bnt little helped; Mve the ex-ciiios of an elooKated ovub^ they could do nothing hut atlvbw reel; and thbi 1 wa» eowpellrd to take. What cauaed and continued that eunatant irriution and backing cough, they could neither e«pUin,nor jireTem. I'roridence thrvw tlw r«Mdr in my way. Ujr wite ww n o M i ^ (iron proUpui atwi, and Uw prataitrof the theory u d piMtiw oi nedldne in the UniTendty of N'aehTiile wa* her pbyticiim, and be prrtcribed for bit thi* identical UrAw, wnich ipcedily nlitf ed licr. £he complained of a dra|f gibii down and no language could bet tar espreta my beiingi, and eapecially after preaching, it occurred to me if it waa go<jd fur one caaa ol dragging down, why nut for another. Without oon*ult Ing any one I procured one large enough lur my«lf and put it on, ibe lint time d<mbtleiM it waa erer worn by a roan lor inch a reaaim, and the rrault waa, tbe ir-ritation of my throat aoon quieted, and the backing ere lung ceaMd, and tbr Tolee nmimenL-c<l building Up, until I onuld nrticulate, which I lian not dont for IwelTt- m nilm, iind vc^ imin I com uirmfd tit ptiach again. That Hraee I wore neurly ten year* without mmmuni rating it* wiimlerlul ulvantaijeii to any one, becauM i thought I wni uaing m> articb* Uiat waa inrented for the uk ol 6ma!« PrlTaleiy li> a fow •pecial (rtrnd* wiio weif liuCri rint; lu I auScred, I ttxplainoil tfie lue oi the Brace, and tbruugtt me tlicy obtained it, and wen p<irkvKd Jif I wa»t. I iiuule luiown tb« |»jwfcr o! Ihrt lUaw to n-«lore, atrtnglli rn mid privrve lb<! voice in publii ip>fak<-r». and tiien commenced nOering n •> premium tu miniaten for lubacrib-

'ITie cauM of bnarsenew, anre throat Uryngitia, and finally bronchitia in min iiten, and ail ihe«e symptom* of "drag l ^ g down," gnnenoii, exbanation aft«i •peaidng, and wcakneM* nf the back and loltm, and pll", I* fhi' slight relaxtitioh (\f the alxbmihutl miuetff, irhlch nllotn the bourtli tn >ink, kiwicn 6y inarkm Aoffou-if or»T We tiiu of thr hipt. No« all know that the Itninga ol tbe atomact, are coimected with tho^enfthe throat and affiKt Uie Tocal o ^ ^ i . ^ d when the •tomach linka a straining ia brooght to bear upon tbe tbroat, and apeakinjc or talUsg will ini!at« it and product-b<Muiene.>, and if continned, aoie throat, sad all the train of erila that minutei» are wont to complain of, and which ha» cariiedf bundreOj to their grsTei!, ano •which Tparlr arp laying aside as Dtelesr h u o d r ^ nt others. The prolapao* ol the abdominal mnacles ia the cause o the feeling of "gonenew" and exhaustion and "blue Uoudaya" that moat minigten-know m well, aa it is of ftmtut and piles Kdw, alUr a p. rwjoai experience of near-ly iwnity jrsnr, 55-i Ui? vSpS"

r{anc« o< dmi* tlMi)f>n# thowwnd roinia-Un HPun wbont I iMva tlt^ Unce

am aatiafiwi { •boabi IwTe been bud aaide from publio lUMking eighteen year* ago. By uatng it, ITiave fully recafere^ ft lo«t voice, and am blewea with one of un-cominoq power apd en4Mnu)ce. With-out it, two or three aermona exhauat and give me |he aentte of fatijiiie, and leave me with a haavy, huaky toIm; with it, I can fcpeak b<mw a day without exlmua-tion or boaraeneoa, 1 now ute it only when »|)eitking, and tliua prenerve my voice and and pbytiual encrgiea. J do not believe that any one would ever be afflicted with hrmia, otyUa, or weakneaa of the back or loiiw, aliould he wear it ordinarily looie, and only tight wlien apeaking or putting forth unuaual eOortJi. It i« a preaervvr ot a eoo«l voice and of a aound pltyalclal condition. It ahould Im> worn by every miniater to carry the ener-gy aud vigor of h»a youth tar into old age.

I<ab<ir in uwiracted meeting* ia what proatratca and uaea up m many miniaten in voice and atrength, and laya the foamlatiun of premature decay.

ThU invaluable article I am prepared to place within the reach oi everv Bap-tiat miniater of the South, and whan he haa worn it one month, or throuKh one meeting, he will evermore be grateful to me.

One tliouaand miniatera and brethren an'l niitera bear uuite»l teatiniony to the Tact that thia israce i« a acientiBc.ji^iW-iter and /.«»•/ Urace; tliat it aupporu tbe back, abdomen, atomarb, lunn ; preventa laMiltude, hoaweujw, plica, hernia, con-aumptlon; increasea the breathing capac-ity; givea atrength to the bo<Iy; increaaea the vital jiower»; expand* and rnlargva tbe lung*; render* breathing free and eaay; relieve* chronic co«tivene>a; it ia uaed by idngert, lawyen, laborera.and ia a ipecifio for all caae« ol proLipnu of the bmetl* in malea or tcomb in femalea. It relieve* when all other meana fall; it will but A lifetime; it lieneflta in every cnae. Wbo«ver du«a not, every niinUter and uld man ahoald u«> one.

I offer my Improved Brace to any one aa a premium for 10 new aubacribera to The Baptist at $2 70 including poatage and 91 for every sulwcrlbor you full to i;(>t. I.et the (act be known to your mem* bera ^ a t you need a Brace, and by thia meana you can aecure one and they will readily help you to aecure it in thia way. Secure a> many ai yoa can and send one dolUr for every one of tbe 10 you Uck, and you can aecure it. If r"u will mII lu Brace* at the regular price,I will giveyou a Brace aa a premium. In one of theae way* yon can aecure a Brace; and when you nave experienced ita benefita gold would not induce ycu to preach witliout it. Oft mv Improved Brace. No other party in thU city ur Iht &iulk aeila my improved Brace unler* be can iibow a written commiiaion from me.

M all t a k * Halle*.

•n«de dlirervni, MBd arv aiwr* alwntkle. and imprwveinmit aver clie p r e — I «trl* nww la market. W* Mil t* oOier PMrtjr Hoatti of the Ohio Rirer. K. C. DAXrOKTU. Office ot Man'(*K Co., Conn., Mar 1, U a. I publish the above thut all laay see

that If they want the Brucc that 1 ad-vertise for the tolee and nil cases of prolapna, and con=fqueiit weakness, ASD THE BFST O.VE StADE, they ma'rt send tiioir ordera to me, or to « m e o n e w h o h a s m y tcriUen c o m mission.

remediea,tot all to no pnrpoi t , fK* M t U mt uf>a day Jar mot* Um a ywr VMn i obt^fiked ^ 4nice. J wonid WW e» WP«i —IM waliaa worda may-^^rojr m t f t u d e fur the Biace, and eapadalfy lo r your I ^neipua ottiir of i t to weakly temalea: or i t h w reatored to health her whom I

had almost given up a« an invalid tor l i fe . SA* btgoH to mprot* immtdiatfly after put t ing f t on; laia ahe felt reatored and itrengthened. The laadtude, weari-ntaa, and dragging down aenaation were removed, and tn a irry tfiorl time va* aUt to tit ui> alt day, and oould walk about with a gr«at deal more caae than uaual. In a abort t ime abe began attend-ing her houaehold a&«lia, haa improved ateadily, and ia aetc in tht cti/nymai/ o/ her xroHl(d kr<tlih. Worda canmtt expreaa my grati tude for auch a blwdng. Nay God bleae you, dear air.

C. H. KKI.I.EV. Alvarado. Texaa, Nov. 20,187C. Ub. J. K. Obavks:—I received the

Brace for my wife. 8he haa worn it fifty daya, and haa found it to ix* of great benefit to her. She baa autTered for the laat dnix years with proh\paua uteri and iucorrhea. The Brace alone ia reataring her. R. P . P m u j n i i . jk.

SkippervUle, Ala. Dk. J . K. Giiavks: Having auflVred

for a lime with a rfiawi**/ tac t , I pi\>-cured one nf Banning'* Body Bniceis after wearing it for two m o n t ^ can aafe-ly «ay that l a m yrrof/yicfif/rteif. Would recommend it to all peraona auflerlng from like afTectionii.

Y o u n Willi rf*p«-ct, • J . A. E , V.

MnOirriaB veir maeta nram xOyapo* Me** MMl ireB*r«l deMIltjr-Uie r«««l id aralrwetM llla*M,I ablalned and kave !><<«• wearlHW tewwlan Hady aad I.MBC Brae*, aad awi aatlaaed tkere la •a*n|ijMrt«rMawal la Ik I nwl raalh deal aAera aliiillBrljr aVreled wonM be wrvatly beaHllMl kjrlla bms WIlMB. Silaii. mmoRA COLK

" " • ' • " ' • i S l S S ' i S ^ J r i S r V * ' " " } R e v . J . R . G r a v e * < D r o r Nlr:

1 u i e d t h e B m c e ae t i t by y o n r > a e l f d u r i u f m y l a t e c a a r a s a of t h e S t a t e . I t w a a o f v e r y r r e a t Mcrvlce t o ine» a n d I f e e l v e r y w e l l a a t l a f l e d t h a t I f l h a d c o m -n i e n c c d Ita UNe a w e e k e a r l i e r t h a t m y v o i c e w o u l d h o t h a v e b e e n e lTec ted a t a l l . T h e d r a t t i m e I n a e d I t I a d d r e a a e d a largre c r o w d o r p e o p l e I n t h e o p e n a i r , a n d I roond t h a t m y v o i c e w a a vcp-y m u c h a t r e n v t h * e n e d . a n d a t t b e c l o a e o f a t w o b o n r ' a a p e e c h I w a n fk-ee f > o n i roy u a u a l f k e l l n r o f w e a r l n e a a a n d e x h a u a t l o n .

V e r y R e « p c c t t h l l y , JAt(. O . P O R T E R .

BECEXT TilMTIHOJIIALM. We call attention to tlie voluntary tes-

timonials given in favor of tLe Brace, abowing that it really does all that is cUimed for it. Theae are real living witneaeea, who can be addressed if any one donbta.

Let HnlferiBc Fenuilea Bead Tkla. Dr. Q u v i s :— About the 10th of last

.\ngtut I purchased from you a Banning Lung an" Body Brace for mv afflicted wife. My wife bad been afflicted for more than a y«M with prefepaif vteri. •Vmale weakneaiC which h ^ troubled her -ince tbe birth ol our first and only babe. 1 tried skilllul pbvaicians; they differed aa to what her disease wan, bnt all that it was some derangement of the re-prosIsjt'TS t Tgsns. Thsr t r ' ^ vaifcr^

DKAB DBO, OBAVEM i-T«a nnde n e anr—ewt, aam* Ikre* rear* afo, ar aa* or BanalBK** Lbbb aad Body Braeea. I a<e«ptMl aad k»|it II tar UirM jreara wllkoat weariBK II. r a tbw claMlav •aek i b i u s aiMr*r Oi* bMidor**kBBC bmnerjr.*^ ItocaBllir, tlaa b««T7 a«d fitiljralB* eUbna or tbe CMUwBlal, qalto brah* dow* n>r tk» OnM aaoBlb, i eoaeladed la trw lb* ntfecled BraM, aad I do Bol bcaltala la Icalliy to tbe la*alaabl* wartb or Ibl* Braca, I caa #Bdnr« at leaal tbr** llmaa tbeamooat • r labor tbat I did Iwftiro wllboat lb-time. Mr Voico baa IMPBOVED AT ^ K B T VTKP o r iSCBKASBD BV. rOBT, aod BIV rbyaleal atrcBCtb haa been maa t cMni l l j r resewed. 1 troBld not lake Ira t inea Ibe prira af my BOW BBd ba coBipallMl lo dla-

with 11. I BMMit cardlally rr jd Ibia Braea lo tbaaa who pbjralealljr or otberwlaa b*mI It. O. A. IXirrolT. Pastor Third Baptist dinreh, Bt. Lonbi. BAXXIXGH BBArE.-It !• one or the Rrcatcat ot p b ^ r a l blcadacB to a pub. e »peabgr or alBKcr. Tbe teatlmony or aaanx nlalstera aa to Ita sreat imie-flt woBid aarpriaa tbo*<> who know BolblBcaflt . N. H. FOBD, Editor Chrlatlau Repo«ltory. The Teatlmonjr of a Pfaysletan.

IleT. J. It. UravM, Memphis, Tenu. Dear Sir: AU the Braces vblch 1 have or-

dered give the greatest aailsfkctlon. Kor all kinds or womb diseases, veak Inngs, aud Icmbago ther are l°'»laable.

W. C. WHENCE, MJ>. CrawfonlvlUe, Mlsx., Jan. 2, isn. Tbe Brac« tar Horaebaek Bldloc.

Dear Bro. Urarc*: I have now bad tbe Brace near three moutba, haylna received It abont the Srst of XoTeml>er. A« I have been able to preach bnt once alnee I received It, ^iscssstsf^'vlonaljr broken donrn health

It wmiW »»>• btaw utterly ImpfWDM* lo iiave atf)o<4 H wlthont tbe iirace. It la |>r>-emlPMt^r the ym tlOni Or ttww whA IMT*

loimvel muob Oft boitabaak. ^ t »U who liavo U 4o gut a ItracQ aa j|M n^^aj^*

famden, «!«»., 4»nn»r>-», J»nr. 'rMilm«ny «r m Mborlwc

I recvlvi-U my llmoo about tbu t^ntb of ITalj ruary, and | flnd great help (mm | dnil { can now work innob Iwllur, and all litm kmg, MIud bi an lUd coiitptalnt. vtw« im» I burl iny back iiftiiig. Tbia U what 1 ean wiy «nrr n Irlnl urmil}- aUly daya. U I coti-linur in iiiiMiil, It will not i>f lungbetOre i am-Miuml. T. U. IIaKiii.

I have giveu tlie Brace a (air trial, I find it all that U cbtimcd for it. I would not take #100 (ur the right to um it. I hope that all roy mlniiterlng brethren will procure one.

J . A. KEVNoi.njj. Fulton. Mian., 1874.

l ean aay notblnc for It yet as a help to a preacher (I hope to test It aoon), bnt I have traveled aeroa* the State of MlaaUalppl on honeback since winter aet In and though In very <eeble health, J made thp ti lp wlte CDinponitl 1 cij" I' jmCM MMa^' J

«<ireat R e d u c t i o n . Owinp to the sxcttsivo hani tlroai

n the North, rwlutvtl priccd for labor, aiid scwrtdty of money in the South, I luive been etuibli-«l to niake a rang^ mentH wiUi the iiinniifiicturer of the eciebratctl Body, B«ek and Lung Bruce, to fumbih 1000 at tho lowpr iw of 110.00 to nil, upon condition that within CO dnj-s alter using the Brace tho wtsirvr (Unii«h»eminittte stating t h e wathteu or aUmait, a n d t h e innisure of relief timt haa been ejcperi-enc«l, otherwise tho usual priea will be iharstHl, H6.00,-112.60 to mlu-iHters. For tbe single or double hernia Brace in nil ^uses <12.50. T h ^ r i o e in tlie office in New York ia 120.00 and 26.00.

Knowing od I do the inestimable s -a lueof the Brace to every public Hpeiiker, and slni^r and to eveiy min-ister most tspeclaUy, I take thia way to niitke t l ib rare ofibr of a Brace fat 110.00 known to you. I know ftw my own o x i ^ e n c o . and from i n teatimony ol^ndr tMb, that it Is th» very mechanical help you noed, and which will not only relieve you from prchcnt tmflbring, but prolong your Iaboi« for yeors. Hundreds of mln-faters well nigh, or ftltogetherlaldby, notttbleti) undergo one fourth of thmr usual riding or speaking, J»v© l ^ n by ibl use i ^ o r e d to a ^ I M i o f a l l their powers and returned to ftiU labor with ctwe to themselves.

I call your attention to the oSior be-cause tho protracted moetinfM are at hand, luid if you aroperiiEwtiy aound you need M I p to keep a a With the Bmcoyou can perform twice your usual labor without (litigue and never injure your voice, never suflbr from dyspepsia, <;onatipatio», the pUee,or hembi. However sound you are you need a Brace to keep so. How M JleaaBra Iter Ijto Brace TTaa*.

Take aanclr - - (fclf tbe BBmbar or Inebe* , over (ba unasi, sbMl aronad ibafclpa, over tlao unasi, apMi

two inebaa b*Vw Ik* t iM of J k * a l ^ boB**, aiHl aboBi two Imdlea Mbave Ike palvrlc a r froBt era— boae. DlracUona for Pnlt lnc on tbe Brae*

Tmaa lor Bemla . Open the truss and fetch It around

tlie body, shoving the hip-bows close down to the tip of the iiaimch l>oqea, then lie down, draw up the fieettcii^ fully return the rupture, and placethe oblong truss balte, with the lower end close to and above the croffi bones,and the outer convex side of it very close to the smaU, hard ligament outside, which can bo found and felt by tho finger. Then, with one hand, draw up the ijoweU well, whilst with the otlier you hold the ball from rising. This eauscfi the iiowels to lie above and on top of the truss ball, (and not behind it, as in other trusses), thus forming a " dead lock," and msking it impo6Hible for the bowel to escape.

XoUee.—AU slzm over 40 Inches, havlns to be ezprsasly Bade, ar* tZBO extra. Frant Pad and Spring duplicated for tloa Bemla pads (separately) ft>r single or doobla Rnptnre I3.00. Bent by mall, poM-pald.

DIXBCnOHS FOB MEABITKIHa. - .- . s

Take a t ^ e , ir yon baTe ao* a legB-far meaaarlBK ^p«4lB«,aad BMaatoe two laekaa nOLOW tbe tlpa of «ka hlpa BMUta a * abdomen, aad aeaal A e meaanrc In tadtea. Tbe Brneca are all Burkcd iB CTCB BBaban, aad caui b* enlarged two Inekea.

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