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'.OPIHIES 3.JLI3 JL Jl'CD A li EH3G3DID3. 'IlALnion, II; C; ; THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1855 jrn CojoccSiciTfOK ior , puDucauon, or in nj way relating to the Editorial Department, should ba addressed to the Eev. I. J. Taxi, or Editor of the Bibiual Recorder Raleigh, N. C. ..' :: T" Letters relating to the business of the ofB,ee must be addressed to G. Mxxmrra & Co. , Raleigh' y.c. "' ; . '. . , - 3- To insure attention; all letters must be pre paid. - , , -AH communications i to secure attention, must be postpaid Agents who act gratuitously, and subscribers who pay in advance, only excepted. ." All OrUcn ntwuucu ui m a icuuuauio mug should be repeated, and all remittances not duly receipted should be inquired after that errors and oversights may be promptly corrected. . . "F8 Persons writing to us on business would confer a great favor by giving their Post Office ad ress r also that of each individual for whom they write ' . r ' I Board of the Convention. ' Below will be found a concise account of the do ings of the Executive Board of iheN. C B. State Con vention, which according to previous appointment, met on Saturday last at Wake Forest Glfege. 1 The attendance was quite as large as was expected, and all the business claiming attention was, after due de'iberation, arranged with tntire harmony and unanimity. Quarterly reports wete received from the missionaries . under the appointment of the Board, all of wbichwere encouraging and satisfac tory " It U to be regretted that the means contribu ted are not at all '; adequate to. the : wants of . the Board in carrying forward the cause of Mi-sion in our State. . Tne number -of . Missionaries now under appointment ought to he double or tieble what it is. - There are many places in the State, where Missionary labor is great!y needed, and ap plications for assistance, have to be refused for want of funds.' . . . regard as fortunate, being far more central and con venient than it formerly was. The biethren who now compose it, are willing to labor in this depart-' .ment, and their discretion and judicious manage ment, will,' with the divine blessing, tell favorably upon the cause entrusted to their mpervisiou. Board of the Pcblicatiox Societt. In the afternoon the Board of Managers of this Society also met jlwben various items of business were transacted. , Ibis ooeiely .has now a larger capital, and is more efficient than it has been here tofore;but in the opinion of the Bard of Alan a t gers far., from effecting what it ought among: the . Ba;;tits of N.C. A Committee wa8 there fire ap pointed to recommit-n.i some plan by which the funds of -the Socie;y might be made more effective in circulating al larger amount of our publications i:i the State- This Society, sa an agency for e:rcu- latinjr valuable B tptist publications, cannot be too - highly estimated. If . our brethren in the ministry would consult the mteiests of .our cause m their rej)ec;ive localities, they should encourage thi work sliiA aid in milliner into lh hanila nf ilia ixw. riaily assist them in becoming established in the doc- trir.es an J duties enjoined m the Gospel. The So ciety keep at the College a depository of valuable ' Books, which are bold at publication prices. Those of our. readers wishing Baptist publication's will be supplied by -addressing bi o. Brewtr, Deposi tory Agent, Forest ville, N. C. - " .. Proceedings of the Board of the -Baptist State Conventional their, second Quarterly Meeting, . ; held at Wake Forest College, April 28th, 1S55. - The Board met in the recitatijn room of Prof. . WVM. Winjrate. . ' , - Present Elders J. J. James, W. TV Brooks W. T. Waiters, W. M. Wimrale, T. S. Yarbronzh, J. . Purify, T. H. 'Pritchard, and breihten S. H. Dunn, W. M. Crenshaw, A. Hicks, laac 'Win ston and R. - P. Jones. The meeting Vaa opened with j)rayer by Eld. T. S. Yurbrouh. The pro ceedings of the last meeting were read, t- Eld. T. S Yarbrough informed the Board that Elder II. Leunon, appointed at a previous meeting -to preach once a month fur the church in Lumber-, ton, had accepted the appointment! ; The commu nication asking assistance for a destitute church in Moore county, laid before 'the Board at a previous meetiug, was : postponed and the Secretary rcques- - ted to conepond, with a view fo obtain further in formation in regard to the location, condition, &c: of the church. The report of E L It. B. Jones, nti Bionary of the Board to the town of Charlotte, giv- ' ing a most interesting and satisfactory actouni of his labors during the first quarter, ' was read. As - this report will be published, it is unnecessary to " give uny of its contents. - - , V y - - .- - -Elders W; T. Walters and V. M. Wingate ap- pointed to preach alternately in the town of Frank- . Hntnn. renoned fverballv that ihev had nrar.hn1 there Tegu!ariy: two Sundays in the month, fince 4ki. 'ni.nntnlmanf''':rrti,1 iti&ra Kftinff nA Tt,ni, church in th town they had be?n permitted, thro the courtesy of its Piincipal, to occupy the build ingof the FranklintonTnftituta , , They report increasing congregations and an en ' xouraging prospect for good results. , Eld. W. T. Brooks. appointed to preach in the town of Henderson, informed'the Board that he had Accepted the appointment and preached a fe.v times by inviiation, in the Methodist church, there being no Bapii.t church in the town.- He has had good : cbnsregations, has been kindly received, and finds a disposition manifested to hear Baptist preaching. Eld. J. J. James, missionary to the town of Golds boro reported that in compliance with the request of the Board, he had preached regularly two Sun days a month, two and sometimes three sermons rer d iy. Though .he found a small church in GoMabcro, yet they have do house of worship. They, at present, occupy the principal room of the . town AcaJeny. A subscripiion has been put in -" circulation for its parposa of raising funds to build a house, bat a saScient amount has not yet been secured to aalborize th r commencement-'"of the work. ' , r ; ; v -V . .' lie think3 the station aa important one and the prospect cf erecting good encouraging. -' - Ti e report cf beiiiSciarics were read by Prof. W. 11. ir j "'.c, nest of wLich exhibited a degree cf punctuality and proSeiency tigUy gratifying to - the Board. - -; ... . ;.-r Tho is Lnr.::!l.wa3 appointed to preach ? tcwa of Tarb2rt-:h until tbe r.sxt nsettn Ci'tvcntr,-. !.'.r J. D. EItiII rs z-zvi at'. "ir.-ry to Izt n the t;znd cf th: .::.;3.".- it'. v.zlz::loc-lt:.zx t!:s Association will concur in the appointment and provide for bts iupport. The Faculty of Wake Forest Coljege were requested to insert as an item in the quarterly reports of the beneficiaries, their con- J victiopa aa to the propriety of their pursue ing a regu lar or a partial course of studies. After some fur ther conference on matters of general interest, the Board adjourned to the time of their next meeting. y; i " . . .: L . A. McDOWELL, Secretary. -SO-w attention to the publications of Sheldon, Lamport & Co. as j found in bur adverti sing columns. ' These Publishers, as we learn from them, have in press two or three valuable works, one'bf which Spencer's Sermons" will be out ve ry soon, and forwarded to us for examination and no- ti.ee. j--! i -, T..r Southern Baptist Convention. " Inquiries having been made by sundry persons as to whether a reduction of fare would be allowed for delegates and visitors to thd Southern Baptist Con vention in Montgomery, beginning May llih, the undersigned hereby gives notice lhat the South Carolina Railroad, has agreed to allow such parties to go and return for -one fire, provided there be thirty or over, in South Carolina, and the States', north of it, passing over the road. The fare must be paid on the outward trip, and notice being given at Montgomery, of those having thus arrived, the Danes will be entitled to a certificate for the return trip free of charge. It has also been announced that that the Railroad leading to Montgomery from West Point, has adopted the half price arrangement for this occasion. An application to the authorities of the Georgia Railroad ; is now pending, but in the absence of the President, no definite answer can be made until his return, several days hence. ! If the notice is responded to in time, it will be forwarded to the several papers. The undersigned, on cons sulfation with competent brethren, can express the belief lhat there cannot be les than 30 persons in South Carolina anPthe States north of it, who will go to the Convention on any terms, judging by all previous meetings, i The ; number will probably be doubK I. P. TUSTEN ' Charleston, April 19, 1855. How many of our brethren in this State can ar range to attend the S. B. Convention, which meets in Montgomery, Alabama, on the 11th insLl We fear the Delegation from this State will be small. It is desirable that we should be represented in K important a meeting, and it is hoped that all the Delegates, who can do so, wiil'make arrangements to go." But for numerous , and pies-sing engage ments demanding our personal attention, we should be more than giatified to be one of the number. As it is, we scarcely think it 'will be our dutyto a tempt to be pieseut. - , ':. " ' ' 1 t : - ,.. fatalduet We have received a Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Wake Forest College for the year 1854 5. The number of students now in attendance y greater thai it has been for Several sesaions total 116. This' -when we consider; the present state of finances in the country is encourageing. The, course of studies, as marked out by theFacul ly of Instruction, must commend itself to the judge msat of those, who are qualified to 'decide as to what is requisite to constitute thorough Collegi ate scholarship. y" V ' The frunds of the Institution will hve copies' of tiie Catalogue sent iheni by mail Should any fail to receive them who may wi-h to have copies, they will obtain them by making application to any meii.ber of the Faculty. We copy below the Board of Instruct or.", j. We may add- that whtle thia Cat alogue is neatly printed, we notice in it some ty pographical errors which we regiet to see. BOARD OF ISSTKCCTION. REV. W. M. WING A1 E, A. M., Chairman cf ihe Fatuity, and Professor of Moral and Mental rhiloiophy. WAL H. OWEN, A M., -Professor of Languages and Elocution. KEY. W. T. WALVERS, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. BEV. WJI. T. BROOKS, A. M., i . Adjunct Professor of Languages. WM. G. SIMMONS, Professor of Client is ry, Mineralogy Geology, and Agncutturol Lhenusiry. ' - R. P. JONES, . Tutor of Languages arid Mathematics. SSg The Pamlico Ansociation , will meet on Thursday before the second Sabbath in the present month at Conoconary meeting house in Halifax County, some eight or ten miles from Enfield, situ ated on the Wilmington Railroad. Thiaisayoung but promising body, and it is desirable that. minis tering brethren who can, will make, it convenient to attend. - .' . t "i i Chowan Bap. Association. This body will hold its next annual meeting with the church at Cashie, near Win!soT in Bertie county. . The meeting will commence; on Thursday before the third Sabbath in the present monthJ- This announcement would have been made earlier, but by soue means whol ly unintentional, the Clerk's notice sent in due time was misplaced. ".XQElders Q. II. Teotmajt and Geo. Bradford are authorized to receive monies in payment for the Recorder, especially during the session of Ihe Chowan Association. Will these, brethren be so good as to do us the favor of accepting ? ; Bro. T- S. Yabboeocgh is au'thorisal to act for' the Recorder at the Pamlico Association. ; ; FoRESTVnxE, April 13,1855. Rev. J J. Jaxxes ; t i - ' v Dear Bao The Board of Trustees of Wake Forest College, parsed a resolution in June last, making it my du:y to invite one-third of the Trus tees, commencing at the head of the list, to attend the r Annual Examination of the Students. The examination commences on .Monday, June 4th, and ends on Friday or SaturJay following. The Com mencement will be Thursday, June 14tb. In accor dance with the resolution referred to, I have writ- . ten to the follow inz Trustees, viz ; Honl Alfred Dockery, Chas. W. Skinner, Esq., Rev. David S .Williams, David Justice, Esq , Dr. G. C. Moore, Geo. W. Thompson, Eq., of .Wake, Df. Win. M. Crenshaw, Rev. Geo. W. Purify, Roht. W. Lawon Esq., Allan C. Perry, En Hon. John Kerr, and yourself. Would it not be well to put tha notice in ths Eoeord;r a few times, zs some cf th3 letters .-.2y cot te received. . - :- - : . ' Ok." Ty n IDDLI1. . . FAtrtAjrD, Pitt Oon N. C. : Ret. J. J. Jameu, Dear Sf.Will you please send me by mail, a copy of . the' Discipline,1 and Articles of ' Faith" of the Misfdonary Baptist ' church. j Or if you have no copy at hand: will you inform tne, where I can get one. You will confer a special favour, by uteoding to ;xny request at your first convenience. Yours mot respec; fully, ; . F. M. Gakkett. y In reply, we may say to our correspondept, that we have several copies in our office of the above work, but we keep . them for reference, and would ' not like to part with them ; beside there is no need for it, as he can procure a copy otherwise more con veniently and nearer to him. We will, therefore, in place of sending him. one, inform him that he can obtain a copy of the" Discipline and Articles of Faith of the Missionary Baptisis'jat almost any country store or private hotise. The colporteures also of the Bible Society, haVe generally a mpply, and sell them on very accommodating terms, and sometimes give them away here the cace seems to require it. As the writer seems not to be a Bap tist, and may not know the t title of their Book ;of Discipline and Articles; of Faith we will further aid him by giving the tMe which isjj as follows :! 17ie New Tesiamevt of our Lord and Savt'oyr Jesus Christ. We hope our friend will always keep a copy for reference, a4 it is a most excellent work of the kind. " , I , - 'i ; 1 Abolition Fever at the North, ! The abolition epidemic which prevailed so ex tensively some twelve or fifteen months since i at the North has again, We re rret to notice, made jits appearance ihere. The first victims, as heretofore, wen to be' our cotemporaries of the; religious press. How it is that they are more liable! to be attacked by this fever, and suffer more acutely from its 'ef fects than other people, we pretend not to know ; but such seems to be the fact. II Our cotemporary of the Christian Secretary, gives" indmutions in his 1 last issue thit he is now afflicted with a most vio lent attack. His judgment Feems considerably af fected, his .thoughts''' steeped in a fervil but wan dering - imagination,'- while his christian pa:ieiice and equanimity s em to be great )y disturbed. Ve pympamise wmi uuy one, uui more particularly i -.I ' ; 11 .1 L . ti--1, iLl V wiiu a proies-Muuiu uroiuer, wnose conuiuon, DOin .mental ' and moral, seems to be so unhappy and 'dey J yplorable Surely these are sad times for' some of the prophets in Cast's el, whoi; have such strong pre monitions of coming evil. jThey ee little in their visions of the future, but the reign of Terror The slave power, the niast abominable cf all abomina tions, is extending the area of slavery in eOery pos sible direction. The pulse of the Chtitian Secre tary has been raised to a very high degree, by jthe recent political elections in the Territor)' of Kan sas. How deeply and sorely they afflict and yex his righteous soul! ! J Overlooking the divh-uxift lhat have so recently maired and afflicted his tcn behvei Z 'on. and j hat too within a short distajnee of his town (Hartford), he has taken tohcartjthe rxdiiical troubles of a distant territory, and becomes deeply ah6orbeJwttn tne misdemeanors or politb j r.al factions! ! fAfter recounting to his chiistiani jrt-aders the iniquitous acs of tho Government, be ginning with the Compromise of 1850, including the fugitive 6lave law and the pa f-sage of the Douglass Neiiraska Bill, which he says was effected by bribe ry and corruption, he ' proceeds to give Kome ac count of the operation of the latter bill in giving to slaveholders the power to control the elections in Kansas : by which he says a member to Congress was elected last October, and f-till holds his seat to ff iwt'srepresent the people of the Territory He then comments as ioiiow i "An outrage like this, it might have been sup- po?eti, would nave stureu up me imuus oi tne peo ple of the free States " to mutiny and rage :" but they remained quiet V The only effect of this out rageous act was ioproduce a sun deeper and mote heart-felt indignation against the entire institution of slavery." Every where, land by everybody, the act was spoken ot in terms ot haired and disgust. But the very quiet with which this outrage was re ceived by the IN orth, encourage! tho Missouii f-laveocrats to renew theii deed.s of shame and dark- net-s. No sooner was the Proclamation issued tor the election of a territorial legislature in March, than they again prepared themselves to elect their own men.; The following extract of a letter fiom Kansas to the Albany Express will (show how well they- succeeded :" i Here our colemporary gives the extract, and then proceeds : ; : " Here, then, we have another specimen of I the means by which slavery is to he carried into free territories, against the wishes of the actual settlers. But this is only a part of the great plan for slavery extension and the ultimate subjection of the United Slates to the slave power in ihe South. The re peated attempts of the filibusters, led on by reck less politicians, to subjugate the Island of Cuba and eventually annex it to the: United States, are welt known ; and it 1 confidently asserted thai a large expedition of these filibusters is oon to sail for that long-coveted Island. ; . - I ; f ., .,-'.'-'. The history of the attempts that have been made to secure : to American settlers a small tract of lerritory in . the Is: and of Hay ti. with a view of subjecting that Island to American rule, and of making a slave L-h?ud of it, is familiar to all. K .f4 An expedition against Central .America, it is confidentlv reported, is soon to sail under the direc tion of Col. Kenney. The object of this filibuster- ing expedition is to conquer Nicaragua; Costa Ri ca and llonduias. lnese aie to oe made save States uader the administration ol the leader of the filibusters, and annexed to 3 the Uni ed Statea Should they succeed in all these extensive operations of subjecting territory to the siave power, Mexi co must soon follow in the wake. Then we should have a flave territory extending south down to the Isthmus, including the Islands of Cuba and Hay ti, ' and n6rth to the territory! of Nebraska, west to the 'Rocky Mountains, and perhaps on to the Pacific ocean.'" " " " -i - - - - u Here is a grand scheme for the extension of slavery, and the conequ nt subjugation or the U nitee States of America to the will and the rule of slave-holders. True, they may fail in some or even all of their plans ; but unless the friends of freedom bestir- themselves, they ; wui suc ceed, at least in planting Slavery in the territory of Kansas, The repeated outrage of the Alsoun mob will be renewed with redoubled zeal when an election for the uuipose of finning a State Const tution in Kansas is held; The minions of slaveiy will go over into the territory by tens of thousands and elect a legislature 10 sun memseives. M But Dotwubsuniing ; the ftct that we have a National Administration ! which is pledged to the interests of slavery, and that the slave-houiing poll ticians not the entire body of: slave-owners, lbr theie are thousands of them who despise the em ' plovment of such measures for its extension are bending all the powers of their minds to the ac complishment ot thtir object, we cannot allow our selves to believe that they will be permitted to suc- ceeJ. The apparent calm i which now prevails, throughout the Northern-States, in regard to this subject, is but the calm , that precedes the earth quake. The course pursued by the slavery exten eionb'S is calculated to excite the most intense auti vrv asri'.ation that this country has ever wit nessd. ihe agitation will not be confined to a f; v dejpisi d abolition fanatics but when the Lour oi trid csr.t3, riien will 'everywheie be found. fchoulder to ttcsl :r, co.utir.ea in one soud j r.rr, to c! U3 U ;rrr,.tca3 ci ir.e recKiess cieu who are now vainly attempting to curse the coun try with the everlasting blight of slavery. : And the effort of resistance will- prove successful, even If it should sunder the Union in twa n in the attempt. A righteous and just God will , never permit this land of the oppressed to be cursed with the dark stain of human slavery slavery ten thousand times worseMhan that against which our fathers fought. .; 'The ttery mean adopted by these men for the extensiaa of slavery, w icked and ; unprincipled as lheyre, will prove their own ruin. There is such atrodoV of dishonestv and meanness in every step they takefithat honorable minds revolt at their pro ceedings.' I heir mean and dishonest attempt;, w force slaveiy into Kansas will react upon them to toeir own uiscomuiure. ' , ; . Some pious Israelites once, after being torn from theii homes and carried from their own country: in to captivity by heathen oppressors, were wont lo sing in the following strain: "If I forget thee, O Jferuaalem, let my right hand forget her cunning If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleavp to the roof of my month I if I prefer not Jerusalem to my chief joy .V The singing of a sacred stanza, has 'sometimes a most happy effect in soothing in' ach ing heart, and in becalming an excited and fever ish state of mind. We miy, therefore, suggest to our f colemporary quoted above, and to any of (his friends similarly affiicted, whether it would not be well to try the eflect of the above ! stanza or some kfndred one, by repeating it frequently during the day and mingling with it some purely religious med itations. I If the recommendation should not prove a perfect antidote to mental a delirium tremens? & might at least exert a happy influence in recall ing cherihe( recollections of our beloved Zion, and at the same time of shutting! out. those per plexing political questions, which are to pious peo ple so much like thorns in the flesh, and should be regarded sometimes as ; the bufferings of Satan.' What says the Secretary to trying the above pre scription ? The present, too, might be a very j ap propiate time for such an experiment, while Zion weeps around him, and welters in her own blood shed by hands of her professed friends " Ephraim envying Judih, and Judah vexing Ephraim." j r ; ; For the Recorder. Elder R. B. Jones' Qnartrrl Report. Mountain Island, Gaston Co., N. C, ) ! April 2d, 1855. J To the Board of the North Carolina j ' ! : Baptist State Convention.' Dear Brethren : According to your request, I commenced preaching in Charlotte in January last, and have continued my labors theretwo Sab bath in the month, np to the present lime. In submitting to you my first quarterly report, I can but express my gra'iinde to the Great Heal of the Church, for the encouragement I now have, and the pleasing prospect before"me. On the first of last month, by the assistance of several brethren, we held a conference meeting went through a sort of reorganization, which has prepared us for the transaction; of business. : Since that lime I have baptized a very won by young man, and lam en couraged to believe that there are others that1 will soon join our church, j. ' 1 We are now laboring under many inconveni ences, in that we have to worship in the Court Hou?e ; but we have ahonseof worship under con tract, -which will be completed this summer. "Onr house will be fifty feel by forty in size, eighteen feet story, end and side gallery, eight windows fourteen by twenty inch lights, door in Ihe end of the build ing, three rows of sa!sv and lwo'aWe. The bnild ing is wood, and plastered within,; I think this will be a comfortable house. Our lots, inclu tin the paling, cost $500, this I will leave above S1.100 of the church fir d, ihe remainder can be raised by sub scription in the place, j I am happy to state, that my congregations hive considerably increased since I commenced labor ing. My prospects in the commencement were any thing but encouraging, I am happy to say, that it is otherwise now. I devote the remainder of 'my lime in preaching to the two new churches, organized under my labors while Missionary to the valley of the Catawba. In these congregations, there is a good state of feeling, and I regard them both as in a very flourishing condition. - The good Lord has done great things for us in this destitute region of country, during the last three years. ) There are many that now rise, to call the State Convention blessed, j Much might be said in relation to my important field of labor, but I defer saying jrnoreat present I feel s that I am not laboring for the Convent ion alone, but for the salvation of souls, for the cause of truth. I can but express tny gratitude to the Board, in taking me from the handles of the plough, in giving me assistance at our beloved College. I sincerely hope, they may never have cause to regret the assistance giventhe care taken of me. j I would be happy at any time, to receive any suggestion that the Board should make, with regard to" my field of labors. ! Brethren,J pray for mt, that I may be strengthened in the great work in which I am engaged, v ; Your humble Missionary, . , ' , ROBT. B. JOKK3. Eld. A. McDowell, Sec. N.'C. 8. S. C. f For the Recorder. Bro. Jam is. The time has been that Baptists in North Carolin, at least, had some excuse for pat ronizing pedo-baptist school ;,but we have abun dant reason to rejoice" that that day has passed, and the Baptists can now 'boast of as good schools as any denomination in this or any other State.' Since this is the case, are we not inexcusable if we fail to patronize them 1 if we believe our; religion is founded on the word of God. When will Baptists be aroused to a sense of duty on this point 1 Sure ly never, if not now, while other denominations are making every exertion to disseminate their particu lar creed through this medium. ( know, in a vil lage not a thousand miles from your city of ; Oaks, wheie there is a Female School, under the control of the Methodist Conference. They, with a com mendable zeal, are rallying to it sustenance far and wide : there is also another school under pedo - baptist influence, (professing not, however, to be sectarian,) which derives nearly ; one half of its patronage from Baptists or those of their persua sion ; and yet we scarcely ever see any of them at- - tending the Baptist churches, and they always re i quire their pupils to accompany- them to their res pective, places of jWorebip. nolwiihsianding their denomination has no place of worship in said vil lage. Now, see the influence brought to bear on the young. The teachers, if they are what they ought to be, will gain the confi.lence and respect of the pupit, who will be led unaware, to regard with contempt the religious faith and practice of their parents, and will be sent back to them warped by the precept and example of those, for whom they have great respect and this, no doubt, was designedly done, on the" part of those who have gained this confidence, however Tittle they are en tiikd t) it. Tine, Here are a f;.v yca.j Uics cf said school who are members of , Baptist churches that attend the Baptist church here, but frequently they have to "go nattendedby; either of their teachers, though this is a positive violation of the rules of the school. But it is their only choice to attend the church of their choice, while others of the same persuasion, but les firm, are led off to at tend other churches. Surely, Baptists will not re main longer blinded to their interest and the inter est of the denomination, with such obvious facts before them. If we must send our daughters from home to educate them, let us send them to Baptist schools. If we fail to sustain our own denomination al, schools. I believe God will hold us responsible for the gross neglect of such duty. . We can send them to as good schools, and rely on our daughters being it ' 1 1 - if. :" .. '':. . as well cared for among ou peopie as any. of a foreign faith, either at Raleigh, Oxford or Murtrees- boro'. I repeat it, we are inexcusable if we fail to avail ourselves ofjsuch.a privilege, to say nothing of duty; for as long as we are lukewarm, in regard to our own institutions, we may rest assured they ' will fail, for we may expect but little encourage ment from any other source in this day of rivalry in every pursuit whether denominational or oth erwise. ' Let us then arouse and show our faith by our works do our duty and leave the result with the Lord. ; More anon. Respectfully, ; R. T. E. April 28th, 1855. I Eor the Recorder. )' i Bro. James, I take this plan to inquire after the Minutes of the Cape Fear Association for last year. Some person inquired about them the year previous, and your reply Wi.s something like this : You did not know where they were, but if they had been sent to the Recorder's office, the churches would have bad them; before that' time. Well, they have been printed in the Recorder's office this year and sent off as directed. Who known where they are now 1 And why they could not be sent to the churches by our Missionaries Or some other way? In a few weeks the Clerk, wiih proper at tention, could have them ready, and Isend them to the churches by mail if no other way, rather than be without them six, eight or ten months, and some churches altogeiher. A MEMBER, i. April 23, 1855. ; . VjJ f,' DiscoNTiNtrED. The last No. of he Christian Secretary says.: . i :, - :w "-' : " .-II." w The New Hampshire Baptist Observer- has been soil to the Watchman and Reflector of Boston, and the readers of the Observer are in future to be furnished with the Reflector. This is the second time that the Baptist paper of New Hampshire has been sold out to ihe Boston paper. The reason of the failure of toe Observer, this lime, is obvious. It was started at one dollar per annum ,- and al ttiougn the Observer was not more than two-thirds as large as the Secretary, it run : he publishers some two nuna eo dollars in debt in one year, wiUiout paying anything for the editorial labors of its wor thy elitor. Rev. Mr. Worth. It i a worse than fol ly to attempt to si vt a dollar weekly papr in these times, when old nd well-establislied .eligious papers, at two dollars, barely pay iheir way. From the American Messenger. Openings in Spanish America. A gentleman in South America ordering five dozen of little Henry and bis Bearer and twelve dozen of the Tract Primer, both in Spanish, says, "I bopie to get them introduced into all the schools ; ibey are now used iu nearly all of them. The priests do not like them, as there are no saints mentioned in itbem, and no prayers to the Virgin Mary, Jf matters go on in the same way, the present generation will be. so well informed that the p-iests will lose their pow er over the minds of ihe people. In fact, confes sions to priests aie cot now allowed by many bus bands.11 Light in Hatti- A missionary at Cape Hay lien, acknowledging a giant of tracts and request ing that his " American brethren" will continue to send publications "so suitable to confirm ihe truths we proclaim,' says, We are here in a region of moral darkness, where the errors of Rome hold do minion. African superstitions also prevail in these fine plains, but a door of evangelization is opened to us. People listen with pleasure when we speak to them of Christ, and many are touched by the word of Eh grace. During the year we have been laboring here, . twelve souls have dared lo abjure the errors of Rome, and enrol themselves among be lievers. They still persevere in prayer and brother ly communication. Many others, not yet bold enough for this, confess their errors, lament their weakness, and render some public testimony to us." . : . Mission amd Colpobtace in Germany. The Rev. J. G. Oncken writes from Hamburg, that the laborers are toiling on in the way of Tract distribu tion and colportage, at more than tiree hundred sta tions connected with the American mission to Ger many. The soul-destroy ing error nouiinational churches of Germany pervading the lis the practical of the new birth by the renewal of the Holy Spirit; but it says, "Iri the midst of it all we are cheered by the success with which our risen Lord is pleased to crown our feeble efforts.- Our Tract' circulation in 1854 has exceeded thai of preyious years r it amounted to 836,000 copies, besides books, of which 1,100 from tbe American Tract; Society numerous mis-' is now so low, were brought into circulation at our! sion stations. - Our stock of tracts : that without immediate aid our blessed work will be greatly retarded, and opportunity ostjwhicb may never return, of telling the untold ta e of God's love in Curist to sinners. Brethren, send us help if you can." , Pleasant Rexiniscences. A friend in Alabama writes, that as he was taking tea with a family of wealth and influence, he mention the name of an ac tive Christian merchant in New York, when both : the husband and wife repeated the name simultane ously with great animation. They said, " That is a . preeiooa name to us. We were coming down the Miss, river in 1836, at which time we thought but ' little of our souls, or of religious matters, hut Mr ' made himself so agreeable that we became attached to him, and he made tu a present of James' Anxious Inquirer.. We read tbe book and were both deeply , impressed, and afterwards united with tbe Presby terian church. We have got that book yet, al though we have lent it to many, and it has always - had a good tSecU" ' '' "' .' ;.. -I""." " V - That brother woald besupprised," adds our friend, if be knew of all the good influences which have gone and will go forth from that little present to that young thoughtless couple,! pearly twenty years ago. Tbey are now ihe heads of a numerous and well-trained' family, and are to many a wan derer, lights and way mat ks to the world of light; '.What a wonderful and happy supprise awaits those ' who sow beside all waters,' when the great day comes, and they see the mysterious web of influences 1 unravelled and the golden threads; woven into the crown cf their rejoicing."' i Burmie's Great Missiokaet ; or records cf tht Ltfe, Character and Ach ievements cf Adonie ax Jodsok. Elegantly -Illustrated with fine Steel ' -Engravings, and a Map showing at a glance the - field of Hudson's labors, wi'h his voyages nd . . travels. By Kev.11- T. Middleditch. In one handsome duodecimo volume. Price, one dollar. This work has now reached its seventh edition, although Ml is not more, . perhaps, than one year J since it was first issued from the press. - Thi3 shows that it has met "an extensive demand, not supplied by a former larger Memoir of the same missionary.' So far as we have been able to examine this work, we find it to be a very excellent biography of the ever to be venerated Judson. It contains more original jmatter than any other biography of Dr. - Judson yet published and is in do sense an abridge- ment. It is sufficiently large arid comprehend all : tbe material farts in the eventtul - life u. narrates, . without going into lengthy details of uninteresting matter.! ! We find it .highly commended by th by the Watchman and Reflector, Baptist Memorial N. York Chronicle, Religious Herald &c. " This jwork may be jobiained of Edward H. ' ? Fletcher Publisher, 117! Nassau Street, N. Y., . ? Pastor's Hand-Book, comrrising selections of ; Scripture, an anged for various occasions of cf- r ,- ficial duty, together with Foimuias for Marriage, ' r &c i and rules of ; order for churches, ecclesiabti- :-. t J il !. vrr i trri r - . WM nuu viuci ooox;ujuiio. - tjr rr wr ArfVC? . Sheldon, Lam port & Co i 17 Nasi au - street, , ' New! York. ';. ( .4,.. The jabove we know by experience to be a very i convenient and useful aid for the Pastor, and in- deed fbrall ministers of tbe Gospel, who attend on inesjcir, on iunera s, pertorm Mam.-'ge ceremonies, - i AclThe rulfts of order are ftnitpd tn the Rflmla ;-.I' mode of conducting iheir church meetings, and are quite suggestive, j Several tables are appended for the record of items of interest. . v- . Christian Review,; April, 1 355. James J. -Wooley, New York, 115 Nassau street. - Price $3 -a year payable in advance. If not pai I within the ' ' year $.50. To any one remitting $5 in advance, one cony will be sent iwo years. r , . ' 5 Tlie Contents of the present No. are as follows, ' viz : Art. 1. The Book of the Acts; 2 Bancroft oa th Progress of Society; 3. HabitabLity of Worlds; 4. Hume's Philosrjphy; 5. Constantino pie and; the Eastern Question; 6. Br sil, the Great j f 7. Thet Baptismal Formula; 8; Notices of New Publications; 9. Select Literary Intelligence. " The'first article on the Book of Acts is well written, and v contains many valuable thoughts.-- ; The o:e on the Eisiern quc-tion is too long, rather, historical and tedious, going back in dates too far, ; and ti eating imperfi ctly the religious bearing of the present war ou the cause of Christianity. It might have bcen shorter and more to the point.": He' v other articles are quite readable ; but mayiot be ' classed! among the very! learnedor profound.-1 This T : Beview is a standard Baptist work, and ought to have a large circulation, v We still regret to see about io pages appended for common business ad vertising. The Christian Review would certainly appear more in taste without such an inappropriate appendage. , k -; . - Thei Parlor Visitor for April, 1855. This excellent monthly edited by Dr. Wm. P. Jones, ; Nashville, Tennn deserves a very wide circulation." It is designed to supply suitable reading matter for he ladies of ihe South and West, ' Dr. J performs his task well, and the ladies are io their own light or in the dark, who do not send for tbe Parlor Vis. itor. 1 1 " . , j - Arthur's Home Magazine for May with' a beautiful engraving of the Lake of . Co mo ; illus trations of Fashions, Needle-work, &c. This is an interesting No. and well gotten up. T. S. Arthur & Co., Philadelphia. . j- - Godet'8 Lady's BooK.Tlie May No. of this " pleasing and pictorial Magazine is; well suited to , in'roduce its readers to the' fl-iwers a-d Jbeauty of ' -the season. Godey has certainly a ' taste to please the gay and fashionable. Address Lewis A. Go dey, Philadelphia. - . . , National Magazixe, Devotel to 1 Literature, Art' and Religion. Abel Stevens, Editor. Carlton & Philips, 200 Mulberry street, N.i York: Sworn- stead & Poe, Cincinnati, Tenn. Two dollars per annum. This is a large l" and useful monthly con taining in each number r96 pages The No. for May has a great variety of tcpics and illustrations which set forth strikingly some events in history. -' Peterson's Ladies National' Magazine for May with a full variety of engravings and illustra-. . tions of fashions, needle-work, embroidery, &c Terms, two dollars per annum in 'advance. Ad dress Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and Charles J. Peter-V j. son, Editors, Philadelphia,' 1C2 Chesnut street. " '.f'" The Carolina Cultivator Devoted to'Agricol ture, Horticulture, and ihe Mechanics' Arts. Wm. D. Cooke, Publisher, Raleigh, N. C . . This is now. decidedly the best periodical of the . kind ever published in the State, j The May No. has just been put on onr table, which we, find rich, both in the variety and value of the articles. These . interested in Agriculture, Horticulture, or the Me chanics arts, will find it to their interests to snb scribe for the Culiivator. The publisher has put it in new, clear type, and on good substantial paper... Ha n alia1 rtrho(t a ft nA r nf. olAitm.f rnM. .which not only give additional beauty "to its ap ' -pearance, but serve to illustrate important princi ples. 1 This work is sent lo subscribers at the very low price of $1 per annum. Farmers, Mechanics, now is the time to subscribe for the Cultivator. It : will retmn tenfold the cost , . " , ! KeilTil Intelli'cnel. First Avhicait Baptist Church. An interest- . ing revival of religion has been manifested in tbis church for several months. . Rev. Mr. Adams, the - ., pastor, baptized thirty-seven converts in tbe Obio, . on Sabbath last. About fifty-one bave been bap- -tized since January. 1 We also learn that there is ' an interesting revival in the Second Colored Bap tist Church, Rev. Mr. Snethens, pastor; , , The Recorder And Begiiter reports revivals at -Rahway N. J.t Ibrty-four added within the last . three 'months: at Tror. N. Y ihe Third Stiet ' Church haw received an addition of ssventy-five. a About sixty baptisms were reported at the New -York Conference, which; met on the2d inst., for -the preceding month. - , - ' ' - The Journal and Messenger reports the addition .... of thirty-two members by papusm, to Jvendallvilie -Church, Obioj seventeen - to Medina Church, do. " and eleven to Constantia Church, do. ' 7 The Western Watchman reporis the addition of i lony-iour iucuiucio iu i cikc vuuiku, wuipci iu tyi Missouri. . i , - 4 The New York Chronicle reports the fi-l'ow irg additions ; to BioomSeld Church, New' York, thirty- fouri members. He German Hsptirt Chv-ch, Al bany, during the past winter, has received a aJ-i-tioa cf sixty n: er.it era.
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