ANOTHER MINISTER FALLEN.
The Herald of Gospel Liberty comes to us this
week in mourning. One of its Editors, Elder
Elijah Shaw is no more. He breathed his last in
the bosom of his family, at Fall River Mass., May
the 5th, 1851, at the age of 58 years. His dis
ease was chills and fever, which had been con
tracted while on a Western tour. ■/
We learn from the Herald that he had been a
Minister of the Gospel for 40 years. He has
been considered for many years a strong man of
the East—an able defender of the Christian Con
nexion. And as Bi o. Pike remarks, “ He has done
the work of seventy years in forty ” Brother P.
Further states ; “ That as an Editor he has served
his brethren for more- than 18 years. “His ability
for that department has been fully tested, and the
general confidence which has ever been confided
to him, ha* maria him ona «f our most popular
wrkfers. No man among us, has exerted such a
wide-spread influence in the editorial department.”
But he now rest from his labors and his works
do follow him.
In the “ Herald and Messenger ” for May 1st,
Elder David Millard says in answer to a question
propounded to him by J. Burlingame, that he
sees no objection to students of the African race
being admitted to Antioch College; and further
says that he believes if the subject had come up
for decision in the Marion Convention, it would
have been decided in the affirmative.
These statements have come upon us with as
much astonishment as any of our brethren. We
doubt not that Elder Millard and one or two oth
ers might have been .found in the Convention who
would favor such a proposition ; but we feel very
sure such a question propounded to the Conven
tion would have been frowned down, and treated
with contempt. If such would not have been
the course pursued by the Cpnvention, then we
have never been more mi*t<da?n in the character
of any body of men.
it snouid oe Dome in nnnd that ttluer Millard
is only one member of the Board of Trustees for
Antioch. There are 34 Trustees to^lhat Institu
tion, and we do not believe, there can be another
found aruoiing" them that would in the least coun
tenance so monstrous a proposition. We are au
thorized to say by a distinguished Western Minis
ter, that if such were to be the regulation of the
College, that not one of the Western Conferences
would have' any thing to do with it. And we
now avow that if any considerable number of the
Trustees were of Elder Millard’s opinion, we
would have nothing more to do with the College.
Elder Millard has been a prominent man among
our brethren North ; bpt his day is past--his
glory-has departed, and he no longer wields thal
influence he once did. And if such is to be his
course with amalgamation for his hobby, he will
soon rideJntomn everlasting oblivion.
We ask a suspension of public opinion, until
the Trustees have time to take action upon this
matter. W. B. W.
Who is Q. A. Ward ? And what is the name
of the Northern teacher which lie says “ came
from the North,' and by his inginuity made a
great excitement, about 200 individuals at one
place made a profession of religion ; he said ‘ the
Baptist had their confession of faith, the Presby
terians bad theirs; the Methodist bad theirs. But
he had none, ho made the Bible his guide
only. For his part he never enquired of a man
to what denomination he^belonged. > AH that
he wanted, was he a Christian ? he said, no per
son ever asked of him to what denomination lie
belonged. [Reader can you believe this Northern
teacher said so ?] So he by being everything and
nothing, what be ought to* be, got "access to the
peoples pocket, and has sloped back to the
North.”
Who we asked is this Northern teacher ? Who
can tell us ; Q. A. Ward has not. And who
is Q. ; A. Ward ? Is he one of Bro. V’s
croakers, that hag put his chaps above the water
and seeing no one near, ventures, to croak a little.
The above statement of Q. A. W^ywhich we
extract from the “ Primitive Baptist,” islhtended,
we have no doubt, to slander one of the most
pious, and talented ministers of the Christian
Connexion, or we should not have noticed it at all.
More anon if Q. A. Ward will tell us the name
of the Northern Teacher. Come let us have it.
We pledge ourselves not to throw a stone un
til you can croak it out.
We have received a specimen Number of the
Weekly Message, a religious newspaper to be pub
lished in the town of Grcensborough N. C. by the
Rev. Sidney D. Bumpass of the Methodist Church.
It is a neat quarto sheet, and will be issued week
ly at one dollar per annum. From the appear
ance of the present number as an earnest of the
future, we have no doubt it will be ably conduc
ted, and well subserve to advance the interests of
that branch of the Church of Christ to which the
Editor belongs. He has our best wishes f<^r its
prosperity and usefulness.
We are unable now, to furnish all the back
numbers of the current volume of the Sun. If
however, some of our kind friends, who are not
keeping a file, would return to us some few of
numbers 1 and 2 find 0, we could furnish some
twenty new subscribers with all the back num
bers. Who will be so kind as to do it ? You enn
send them by mail.
I We would inform our friends and brethren, that,
| Elder John P. Lemay of Mississippi still has some
j 200 or more of Hymn Books (“The Christian
i Companion ”) yet unsold. They are in possession
of his Bro. Thomas J. Lemay of this city. He is
very anxious to sell them ; and in order to do so,
he has concluded to put them down to the price'
which he paid for their binding, i. e., fifteen cents
apiece. We do hope that Elder Lemay’s old
friends and brethren in this State and Va., will
at once buy up the whole of them,and send him
the pay, as he stands much in need of it. Who
will heed the request of ah aged minister—one
whose best days have been spent in preaching the
glad tidings of salvation to hundreds and thous
ands in thislsectioh oT country.
Elder Walter lectured in Suffolk on the evening
of the 9th inst. to a crowded house, on the subject
Tftmnerance. to the general satisfaction of the
Suffolk Division ; but not so satisfactory to dram 1
drinkers and rum sellers.
He preached on the Saturday and Sunday fol
lowing with power and eloquence at Bethlehem.
He is in fine health and spirits. W. B. W. |
m , a _
We have received from Bro. Brush of the city
of New York,’ an address written by Elder G. K. I
Godfrey of California to the Suffolk Street < hurch
of that city, which we design publishing in our
next issue. It will, we have no doubt, be quite
iateresting to. our .readers, *—•—
Thk.Siuiut of the Age, This neat and valu
able paper in the Temperance cause comes to us
this week in an entire new dress. It is and de
serves to be liberally patronized. We trust it will
continue to do much in banishing from our land, j
otre-of the greatest curses of the age.
Flder B. Seever’s address will be Bealville,
Penn., until the 20th July.
For the Christian Sun.
“ A TWILIGHT WALK AMONG THE
FLOWERS,” '
B¥ a. b./fheeMan.
Oh! nature’s Scenes, their lovliness,
Tends to enhance our earthly bliss.
How much we love to visit this,
Much favored spot of earth ;
Thy wreaths of roses vet are bright,
Though viewed by pale and calm twilight,
How pleasant to the musing sight,
Of one, of heavenly birth.
How pleasant ’tis while here we rove,
’Mid flowery scenes of earthly love,
; To cast one anxious thought above,
! To Him who made the flowers;
With those around his throne to share
1 Unearthly bliss, while ever) care,
i Is banished as we bow in prayer,
This lovely twilight hour.
! To extricate and free the mind,
I Which seems so much to earth inclined,
When bowing down at duty’s shrine,
j Is difficult to do;
But when the conflict once is o’er,
How cheerfully we can adore,
Through grace, that frees us overmore,
From all our earthly woe.
There is no gay or vivid show,
Can such delight or bliss bestow,
On grov’ling mortals here below,.
As secret prayers impart; _ ■■
We oft from bustling scenes, repair,
To silent shades and bow us there,
And offer up our ardent prayer,
To soothe a troubled heart.
’Tis prayer that gives us quick release,
From trials that deprive of peace,
The mind which vainly seeks its ease,
But is by conflict riven ;
’Tis prayer that give us true delight,
’Tis prayer that makes our burthen light,
By faith it is, and not by sight,—
•— We tread the path to Heaven.
N. 0. RAIL ROAD.
The Directory rtf the North Carolina Rail Road
convened in this city, onjdotiday last, and ■'con
tinued in session until Thursday—ail the Directors
present, with the exception of Gen. W. C. Means
of Cabarrus Full and elaborate reports from the
Chief Engineer and his Assistants, were received.
The unusual quantity _ of woik done by the Engi
neers, and the accuracy and skill with which they
Were enabled to lay before the board the various
and numerous lines of survey, and estimates of the
several sections, entitle them to all praise. Scarce
ly has a work of such magnitude in this country
ever been executed with such satisfaction, efficiency
and dispatch. Their report, plats and maps show
that the work has been in proper hands. Two
hundred and twenty three miles of Rail Rond
most thoroughly surveyed and located in less than
six months, at a cost of less than $25,000, all
expenses of every description, told and paid! !
The Directors have located the Road from one
end to the other, starting from or near Goldsboro’
on the Son tern Route by Raleigh, by Graham,
Greensboro’ Jamestown, Lexington, Salisbury,
Concord to Charlotte. They have ordered the
President and Chief Engineer to put the whole
Road under contract before the 9th of July. A
reasonable time allowed to commence the work.
Notice of the whole, and more detailed account
of the proceedings, however, will appear in the
published repot t of their proceedings. —
^ Raleigh Register.
A Live Minister. We were somewhat amused
with a typographical error which recently fell un
der our eye in reading a proof sheet. The com
positor had his types to assert that a certain good
brother was constituted a live member of a benev
olent association, by the payment of a certain
sum. Of course, -we marked the error for cor
rection, but we could not help cherishing the wish
that the statement might bo found true as it
previously stood.- The making of life members
may be well enough ; but there is vastly » more
need of increase of live members in all churches
and associations.
AMUSEMENT AND PRAYER.
Mary Ann was a beautyful girl, eighteen or
nineteen years of age, of an esteemed and intelli
gent family. Though acknowledging religion,
she believed, with some of its more worldly pro
fessors, that it was right to indulge ip fashionable
amusement. She was very fond of balls and dances.
In the time of a revival, when her young friends
were become pious, she was urged by her family
physician to dedicate her soul to Christ.
“How can I think” said she “of becoming pious
when, in doing so I shall debar myself of the pri
vilege of attending balls. Our minister says dan
cing is wrong. If the Rev . Mr. —was our
pastor, I think I would venture to be pious, for
he allows this innocent amusement.” “It was in
vain that I tried,” says the physician,“to cdnvince
her of this delusion, and solemnly reminded her
that she would yet see the difference betwen a life
of amusement and a life of prayer. She listened
respectfully, and- not without a tear, but clung
still to her favorite amusement.”
Erelong the physician was summoned to her
typhus fever.attudetP^o the stat^ of her
sou] ; but she told him, she was'too weak then to
converse with him ; yet she fequested an interest
in his prayers.
After an absence of several hours, he returned,
and found her on the brink of dissolution. We
quote her physician’s words for the remainder of
the story :
“The patient had fallen into a state of stupor,
so fearfully ominous of the fatal termination of
the typhus fever. The tongue and lips were cov
ered with a dark tenacious fur, the speech was
scarcely intelligible, and the eyes were partially
closed. A sort of low murmuring or moaning was
Ipjard from her halfopened lips. Y'et, when called
bv* name, she would open her eyes and seem to
recognize those' around her. ■ She continued
in this condition for several hours, during!
which period she occasion!)’ uttered the most
heart touching and unearthly groans I ever heard
from a mortal being. They distressed me—they
distressed us all. .
“ At last, putting my mouth to her ear, 1 said 1
‘ Mary Ann. do tell me what means these un- ;
earthly groans which we hear from you ? What
is the matter, my child? If it is'tn your power
to tell me, do, 1 beseech you.” \And never shall
I forget the reply. She opened her once beati
ful-eyes, slowly raised her pale and attenuated
hand, and fixed on me a look that made my very
soul ache—such was its solemn intensity—she
said, with an audibleness o her voice that utterly
astonished us all: “Doctor, Doctor, there is a dd
ference between a life of amusement and a life of
prayer. O! it is hard to die without an interest
in Christ.”
IiELlfelOUS GAMBLING FOR MUSIC?
In a certain village of our acquaintance, a cer
tain Baptist society, which has outgrown a reed
1 organ, and not having the filthy lucre handy to
I get a large pipe organ, resorted to the following
means to raise the wind. The society had a tea
‘party. It also had a post-office—a grab-bag aud
j a ring-cake.
We do not find fault with this society' for get
| ting up a supper, and selling the tickets at such a
! price as the parties agree upon. The society have
j a right perhaps, to sell the provisions and privi
leges it furnishes.
TheP. 0. we object to as having a viciating
influence on the minds of the letter-writers and
| letter receivers.
The grab-bag, and ring-cake, we regard games
of chace—as much so as rolling nine pins —play
ing cards or wheel of fortune. The cake was to
be cut into over 40 pieces. In one of these pieces
was a ring. Each purchaser paid 12.1-2 cents for
his chance. One was supposed to have as good a
chance as the other, i. e, one chance in forty of
winning his ring. This is a game of chance.
Some few yeare ago the same society had its
feelings much hurt by a certain tavern keeper in
the place, because he kepIjei bowling-ally and the
young men rolled for tUrde cents a chance ! Now
this society gets up a game of chance, and calls
upon these young men to come in and play a
chnce game ; and, so far as we can see, the only
difference between the ball-alley aud the cake is,
the price of one^vvas three cts. and the other
twelve and a half cents ! And all this for an organ 1
This we call religions gambling." 0. J. W.
Herald of Gqspcl Liberty.
The Futjtr£ Wives of England. My pretty
little dears :—You are no tuore fit for matrimony
than a pullet is to look after a family of fouiteen
chickens. The truth is, my dear girls, you want,
generally, speaking, more liberty and dess fash
ionable restraint; more kitchen and less parlor: more
leg exercise and less sofa ; more milking .puddings
and less piano; more frankness and less mock-mod
esty; more- breakfast and less bustle. I like the
buxom, bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked, fullbreasted,
bouncing lass, who can darn stockings, make her
own frocks, mend trousers, command a regiment
of pots and kettles; milk the cows, feed the pigs,
chop wood, and shoot a wild duck as well as the
Duchess of Marlborough or the Queen of Spain ;
and be a lady withal in the drawing-room. But
as for your fining, moping, screwed-up, wasp was
ted, putty faced, music-murdering, novel devouring
daughters of fashion and idleness, with your con
sumption-sold shoes, silk stockings and calico shirts
you won’t do for the future wives of England.—
[Mrs. Ellis’s Lectures, addressed to Young La
dies, in Punch.
Suggestions on dress. Dress is intended for
-warmth, comfortand decency ; not for gaudy show,
nor to excite vanity anil pride. Be careful, then,
never to sacrifice health, decency and comfort, to
a love of finery. Bestow but a small portion of
your time, money or thoughts, upon dress ; there
are thiugs of far greater moment which demand
the larger part. Always have something better
to recommend you than the garments that cover
your person, if these are your chief recommen
dations, it is a proof that occupy the principal
place in your heart ; iu other words, that you are
a vain, frivolous character.
The Clergyman and tub Sceptic. "If we
are to live after death, why don’t we have some
certain knowledge of it;” said a sceptic to a cler
gyman. Why didn’t you have some'knowledge
of this world before you came into it was the
reply.
GIRLS
Have you a father, have you a mother ? Do
you love them ? Girls, do you know the value
of your mother if you have not lost her ? No
body loves you, nobody will love you as she does:
Do not be ungrateful for that love: do not repay
it with coldness, or a curse of coldness will rest
uponvfou which you1 can never shake off. Unloved
and unloving you will live and die, if you do not
love and honor your father and mother.
One thing, call neither‘old man’ or‘old wo
man., It is quite a habit in the country for young
people to name their parets thus. This is rude,
impudent and undutiful. And aged person is an
old man or an old woman. There should be
something peculiar in the word that designates
parents. The tone of voice in which they are
addressed should be affectionate and respectful.
A short, surely answer from a child to a parent
falls very harshly on the ear of any person who
has any idea of filial duty. Be sure girls, that
you each win for yourselves the name of a duti
ful daughter. It is so easy to win, that no ope
goo'tf oaugFiier"tlian a good wife or mother. A
child’s duties are mubh more easily performed
than a parent’s ; so that she who is a good daugh
ter may fail to be a good wife or mother ; but she
who fails in this first, most simple relation need
never hope to fill another well. Be sure, then,
that you are a good daughter. It is the best
preparation for every other station, and will be its
own reward. The secret you dare not tell her is
a dangerous secret and one that will be likely to
bring you sorrow. The hours you spend with
her will nod bring you regret; and you should
neverTeel disappointed or out of humor, for not
being permitted to go to some place to which you
wish to go. You should love her so well that it
would not be felt a punishment to give up the gay
est party to remain with heiv
Nothing is more beautiful than to see a girl take
off her things, and sit smilingly down with her
mother, because she wished it. Go and kiss
mother, as you used to do when a child, and never
grow too large or wise to be a child at her side.
From the Gospel Herald.
ANTIOCH COLLEGE.
Bro. Williamson : you know I told you some
time ago I expected to strike on a rich vein for the
Antioch college, by and bye, well I found it the
other day in Clark county. Sister Jane Cory
subscribed sixteen hundred and fifty dollars, thir
teen hundred and fify in land, in Hardin county,
and three scholarships. That is easting Jenny
Lind clear into the shade, according to her means
and prospects ; this is only one act of - benevolence
among many that she has bestowed in vaiious
channels. Very many in eternity will rise up and
call her blessed. Sister Jane stands the highest on
our books.
Bro. E. W. Devore, in Brown county, stand on
our books next, he signed 509 for the College,
: and took five scholarships. Bro. Merryfield, of
i Mass., offers the same. Now my brethren of the
: Buckeye stock, are you willing to btand on a par
1 with Massachusetts '? No ! no it will not do,‘■you
1 must beat the world. I wonder if among.alLi.he
: tribes of Israel, Sister Jane is going to carry oil
| the palm, and have her name stand first on the
j College register. I hope, at least, I shall find one
; two thousand dollar man. Now Bro. Buckeyes
I tell yog what it is, we must do three things.
1st Beat any State $20,000. 2nd. Some brother
must stand the highest on the College register,
i 3d. Some one of our sisters must stand the high
est among the sisterhood. J. PHILIPS.
—From the Herald of Gospel Liberty.
Boston, April 28th, 1851,
Bro Carte^r : Yesterday morning, (April 27)
we assembled at the usual place, of 1 baptism,
where. 10 happy believers were buried with Christ
bv baptism, and are, I trust, to walk in newness
of life. Tlie ftiorning was pleasant, the sea calm,
and the occasion altogether one of interest and
encouragement. These together with some oth
ers will, the coming Sabbath, receive the right
hand of fellowship. On the whole as a church
and congregation, I hope we are advancing, al
; though the nmny removals by-death, of some of
; our most active brethren and others moving out
of town have thinned away our numbers and bow
ed our spirits in deep affliction. Especially has
the late death of our beloved brother Royal P.
Parry, overwhelmed with us the deepest sorrow.
Yet we desire to say, ‘the will of the Lord be
| done.’ O ! ‘he was a gobdjnan—full of faith and
the Holy Ghost. ” I was accustomed todean on
him, as on an own brother. But suddenly hp
paused, sickened and died, and ‘ was not, for God
took him.’
“ Dearest brother, thou hast left us,
---AtnHhy loss wedeepTy feel,
But ’tisGod that has bereft ns.. * . •
1^*,. Pie can ail our sorrows heal.'' , /.
E. EDMUNDS.
Tue Signs of Intemperance. 1. When you
calculate one set times, days, and places for drink
ing. 2. When, one particular place excites the
thought of drinking more thah any'’other place.
3. When the presence of any particular in
dividual quickens • your appetite 4. When the
desire of strong drink returns-]at pirtiCular hours
or periods. 5. When you drink in secret, because
you are unwilling others should knbwit. 6. When
you are ready to make an apology for drink
• ing. 7. WhejKyou are willing for a physician
to say it is best for you to take a little. 8. When
a temperance lecture, or a hint in a sermon that
-all in the-congregation are not right, worries or
iiritates you. 9. When your father, or mother,
or wife, or sister, being to feel attxions about
you. 10. When drinkitig men and rumsellers
begin to claim you on their side.
No Trifle. A Birningham engraver.has en
graved the Lord’s prayer on a piece of gold so
small that a common pin head covers it. It is
read without diffculty by the aid of a magnifying
glass. It is intended for the World’s Fair.
Query. If the publisher of a newspaper, gives
a premium of 20 per cent to his agents for every
new subscriber obtained by them: what per cent
age should the Agents pay the .publishers for dis
continuances of old subscriber ordered by said
Agents ?
The free people of color, in Cambridge, Md.
have formed a Colonization Society, and resolved
in public meeting that it is for their advantage to
emigrate to Liberia.
RELIGIOUS REVIVALS,
Quite an excitement on the subject of Religion
has existed for some weeks past in some of the
ehurdhes in Newbern. It commenced in the
Christian Church, but has lately been more pre
valent in the Methodist Episcopal Church. A
number, mostly young persons, have professed
conversion in both churches, and each, as well as
the Presbyterian Church, has received a number
of additions to its number of members.
The revival although it has considerably abated,
still continues to some extent, particularly in the
Methodist Church. Newbemiun.
Prom 'he Gospel Herald.
Bro. Williamson: We _had a good revival
mear Sparta. It commenced in January, and pro
gressed slowly but surely. There was not much
noise,—but solemn, deep, and penetrating earn
estness. Not many young people came out in a
religious profession ; but the most were heads of
families. Fifteen joined the Church in Sparta
and four joined the church at Mt. Liberty. Five
ed next Sunday. The Ministers with us in
this revival were Elder J. Roush, H. Westbrook,
II. Beardshear, and W. Liirscott. We expect
a number more to join soon.
Pray for us, that the Lord may carry on his
good-begun work. WM. II. ASHLY.
Sparta, Moir&wco. 0.,°April 8th, 1851.
Receipts for (lie Sun.
Vol. 7. T. McGarah, 70 cts. Vol. 8. Eld. Jesse
Ilowel, §1 for Willis Wilson. Eider M. B. Barrett,t
J. E. Brush, (we paid 40 cts. postage on the com
munication which contained this $1.) Elder W.
B. Wellons, $2 for John Strickland and Mrs. Mary .
West.man, E. W. Owen 30 cents, R. H. Holland,
$3 for Albert K. Rawls, Tli¥ra|as Smith, and Miss
Mary L. Jones. Elder W. B.^Wellons, $3 for J.
H. Daughtery, Jackson Brinkley and John Cope
land. Elder J. A. Turner $0 for self, Elder J. T.
Petty, John Trollinger, Harrison Harbour, Moody
Smith and John a Mason. Thomas H. Briggs,
Jubilee Smith, $1 30 cts, f or T. McGarah 30 cts
|8. Cantrell. $1. Elder A. Iseley, $1 for Peter
1 Clapp. Thomas Barton, E. Watson $2, Elder
B. Seever, $1 for Geo. Summers.
Receipts on the late I). W. Kerrs Account.
Miss Ann Holloway §2, Edwin W. Beale.
‘ J. A. TURNER, Agent.
LETTERS RECEIVED,
From Elder B. Seever, Dr. J. Nicholson, C. II.
Plummer, Wm. L.-a, Elder Mills Barrett, R. H.
Holland, Elder VV. B.. Wellons, E.Jer J. A. Tur
ner, Eider J. P. Lemay, Thomas Rollins, Rev.
Peter Howel, JuJjilee Smith.
RALEIGH MARKET.
Bacoii
Butter
Cotton yarn
Corn
Coffee
Eggs
i fc'lour
! Fodder
r Feathery
j Iron' Swedes
: • “ extra sizes
“ English
35:
10 a 11
20 a 25
10 a
80 a
13 a 15
8 a 10
25 a 5:50
90 a 100
-35 a 40
5 3-4 a
6 1-2 a i
4 1-2 a 5
-I cs
Leather, <?ole
“ calf
I Lard
| Meal
| Molasses, gal.
I Nails ,
Sugar
Tobacco. '
•20 a 25
00 a 00
10 a 12 1-2
90 a
35 a 40
5 1-2 a 6
10 a 12 1-2
00 a 00
Sait rgT. alTum ®2:20 a
“ Liverpool 2:60 a
Potatoes, sweet 40 a 50
Irish pr. bushel 1 -.50 a 2:50
Married.
I In Johnston count}', on the 15th inst., by the Rev. J. B.
i Jackson. Mr. Ezekiel Rogers to Miss Martha C. Lock
hart. ,
| In Nansemond County on Wednesday the 14th inst.,
! by Elder W. B. Wellons, Mr. Joseph Saunders, to Mrs
Martha A. P. Jones.
! In Yanceyville, Caswell county, on the 4th inst., by
the Rev. S. Lea, Rev. Thomas S. Campbell of Warren
j ton, to Mrs. Mary B. McAleer of the former place.
Died.
In this City, on the 18th instant, after a brief illness,
Mr. Wesley Blake, aged 35 years. He was interred by
the Son of Temperance, of which' order he was a mem
ber.
Suddenly, in this City, on the 10th instant, Mr. 'Wash
ington Williams, aged about 35 years.
AT'fns residence. in Warren county, of Pneumonia, on
■' Sunday morning the 11th inst,, Dr. Wm. F. B. Martin,
aged, 10 years.
In Nansemond, Va., on Wednesday* the 30ih uit. Mrs.
Francis V. Ballard, consort of Mr. Joseph W. Ballard,
, aged 21 years and one month.
Aboutdive years have passed away since the departed
stood a happy bride at the matrimonial altar. She was
then seemingly enjoying good health, and her future
prospects seemed flattering. Years of happiness and
pleasure were pointed out before her. But alas! how
uncertain and short-lived are the enjoyments of this life.
It was soon discovered that a most insiduouS and de
.xcitiuLdiseasesbad^tsBrieecHferfbriTs'victim. For more
[than three years she lingered in the arms of consump
tion ;. till her lamp went out and she ceased to be.
In her last days she sought earnestlv the salvation of
her soul through the atoning blood of the Lamb of God,
and we trust has passed from the troubles of this life to
j an eternal home above thtFSkies.
Funeral services by The writer. W B. W.
J.adSanjieinond on the-dUtlutlt.-.-Mrs:-Pennina'EppOs in
• the. .58th year Of her age. She was a member of -the
Baptist Church. Funeral services by the. writer. Also
. on tite 7th; inst., Mr. Ivinpfen-Pierce aged 63.' Funeral
services by the same. W. B. W.
THE BIOGRAPHY OP
Elder David Enrviaiicc,
With his memoirs, containing his views on Baptism, the
' divinity of Christ, and the Atonement, written by him
seli—with an appendix., Giving biographical sketch
es of Elder John Hardy, Reuben Duvtv, Win. Dye,
Thomas Kyle, George shidler. William Kinkade,
Thomas Adams, Samuel Ivyle, and Nathan Worley/
j Together with a Historical sketch of the great Ken
tucky revival by Elder Levi Purvunce, with a Por
trait of Elder David Py ’innce.
• y> HAVE just received about.900 copies of the above
J work, which 1 shall distribute among our Agents at
my next shipments; and in the mean .' time, I should he
pleased to receive orders from any and all who mav wish
to obtain it. Having read aud examined the work my
self, I can most cordially recommend it to our friends
It contains not only the sayings and doings of the above
; named EUlers, but a great many interesting and practi
, cal facts relative to the rise and progress of the Chris
i tian Church in the West,
It should be read bj’ every young man, because of the
excellent expmplesset them by the early pioneers of the
Church, whose histories are "here given ; aud it should
be read by every middle aged and "old man io stimulate
them to continued effort and perseverance, even under
the most trying circumstances. As they were faithful
and obtained an eternal inheritance, so by lollowiog their
example, may others be and obtain a like reward.
The work is quite handsomely bound in 12 mo. size,
[ containing 301 pages, and will be.sold at $9 per dozen,
or $1 per single copy. . •.
j Orders nury be given or sent to Elders Wellons or Is
! ley; or send directly to me, and the books will be sent
I without any additional charge to either Bro. Wellons or
I Bro. Is ley, where other books are being sent. I hope
! that our Southern Christian friends will each and all
procure a copy of this most interesting book, and read it
1 carefully. J. R. FREESE. O '* Brok A*tiU.
Philadelphia, May 1851 9—tf.