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MARS HILL COLLEGE.
Bno.
j Knowing that it will be inter-
esiing to yoa. and hoping that it will be to
our "readers, I take the privbge of droping
,you a lev? lines for publication. ,
The present-Session of this institution com
menced Sept. 0th. 18G9, with 3 students
a:.d has increased to 50. The future pros
pects of the s.chool are promising Good
Iktwi st preachers, fathers, mothers, brothers
zvA sisiers Tve need mere of the young
mcmbqis of the church educated to defend
thJ cause of ch list. Fathers in the ministry
donj't yia want your pUce filled at the end of
yoiiir tniniMeiial career, with noble hearted
.yodfhi, :'who v.itl. take your weapon of warfare
and bravely sl op into the field of battle? If
yon do '.send some of your spakling mountain
youths'ont to ;-ce u and stay vith us about
two. or ihree years, and wc will do them good.
Moth'Qvs v dou't you want these noble : young
nicn who are propyviug for" the ministry to
have intelligent mid - interesting companious
with whom theyaii spend adile ot pleasura
ble labor aid usefulness? If you do send
vour ilan'-i'H".s to Mars -tun, anu prepare
rrt nc; tea fe n y w 1;L Jitws. liafLu 1 lii Ui .
W c are .stnilin-ir liere in the jrreat caue
S3
ol
ot
science.
This is
an
aire
progreSj don't let us .uirip you but come
n.i,Ul r
et vour share with us.
Yours Truly,
J. Hi S
a siiEiiir f in Kansas;
.r Jf am indebted to. the kindness of a friend in
town lor the extract below, which is taken
ironi' abetter. written" by his brother in Hays
City Kati'sas, dated the Gth. instant. It
- shows the wr etched state-of society in that
region. Judging from passing events the
' wickedness of the people have nearly reached
ii greatest turpitude not only in Kansas, but
eKevvhere in our highly favored, but sin stain-
ed land. ' . Ed.
' " ! - ; - ' ' " V ",
Wild. Bill, one ol the most daring and notel
p".nits of lanas, ami who ronce kiHcd nTpJli
men (desperadoes)." who attcted him is shcful1
of this ; county ; and die shoots a .gamluing"
.blackleg or horse thief, or some desperate
character every -.week in Hays, on an average.
- One night last week a party of lawless vidians,
"got on a drunk," and went into a. restaurant
kept by a grnian in Hays,' and began to act
in a riotous manner. Calling for thinirs'and
not paying for them; knocking over stoves
y- breaking tumblers &c. While they were
; engaging themselves, thus Wild Bill, wh6
; had been a silent spectator, Jrew out his revol
ver, which he always has with him,- and shot
the: ring-U ader" of the croud (Sam. Strawham)
through the head. He fell dead without a
groan. The remainder of the mob slunk
away w uh out ven attempting to avengehis
death.. Tbit is the mode ot administerinn
justice out here. ' , " -
A Backwoods Adventure.
A Arirginia banker who was 'chairman of
,a uotcii Infidel club, was once travelino-
through Kentucky, having with him bank
bills to the amount of about $25,000. When
he cauu tp a lonely, forest where murders and
robberies were said to be frequent, he was
soon lost, through laking the wrong road.
JCh e darkness of the night came quickly over
him, and how to escape from the threatenincr
daiiger he knew notf.- In his alarm he snd
. denly espied in the distance a dim light, and
. urging his horse onward, he at length came
toa wretched cabin. He knocked, and the
door was opened by a woman who said that
her hu&bavd was out hunting, but would soon
jivuih. J us ltrilLlt;illHn Hill II M llic hnreo n n H
ntered the cabin, but with feelings tfiat cauUpecial , care to your
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NEAR HENDERSONVTLLF, C..
be better imagined than described. Here he
was vith a large sum of money,' ami perhaps
in ,the bouse of -one of the robbers whose
name, was a terror to the county.
In a short time the ru-wi of the.ho.s? return
ed; He had on a 'eer skin shirt, a bear ikin
cap, seemed fatigued, and in.i no talkative
mood. r All tnis boded the infidel no good.
He felt for his. pistols in hs pockets, and
placed them so as to be ready for infant use.
The man asked the stranger to retire-to bed,
.Dul ne decrmed, .Buying he would Kit by the
fire all night," The man urcdbut the mere
upon artb,.hut hc .tktcriulnij.1 to sdl hi life
as dearl? as he could. His infidel principles
gave him no comfort. His tear grew into
perfect agony. Wliat was fo be done-?
j At. length the backwoodsman arose, reach
ing! to the wooden shelf, took" down an old
book and said : " ,-'
'! Well,: stranger, if you won't go to bed,
I will, but it is my habit to read a chapter of
the. Holy Scriptures before going to bed.;'
j What a change did these words produce.
Alarm' Was-at ence removed from theskentic's
mind, u hough avowing ilmsclf-an infidel he
now
11
uaa counuence in uie iiule. lie lelt
He felt th'atVuaan who kept an old
e in his lnnse, aud read it, and 'bent his
safe,
Bib
knee
in praytr, was no robber or murderer.
He listened to the simple prayer .of the ood
mar, at once dismissed all . his fears, and laid
down in that rude cabin, and slept as calmly
as he duder.his fathei's roof. A
From that time he ceased to revile-the ood
old Bible, die became a sincere Christian,
and often related,' tli3 storv of his rvnnifnl
journey, to prove the folly of infidelity.
Something About Wheels.
le Vermont Chronicle relates the folio win '
incident about a sermon which muh nrnh-i.
bly be repeated whith profit: ' m.
" A brother in the ministry took occasion
to preach on the passage in Luke xvi. 10
4 He that is unjust m the least is unjust also
in; much.' The theme was, that men who take
udyanu-.ge or others in small thing's, have the
very element of character to wrong the com
munity and individuals in great things, where
the prospect ofcse.iping detcciion or censure
is: as little to be d;i ailed. The preacher ex
posed vhe various ways by which people wron'
others; such Wvowing; by mistakes in
raft!nV cIk,mo J ly errors in accounts; by cs
caP'PoVt:i5:t's an(i custom house duiiW; IV
managing to escape postage; by finding at ti
tles and never seeking '-owners; and by inju
ring articles borrowed, and never making the
fact known to the owner when returned.
j" One j lady the next day met her pastor,
ami said,' M have becu up lo Mr. s, to
rectify an error he made in giving me change
a fty weeks ago, for I felt bitterly your re
proof yesterday.' Another individual went
to Boston to pay foran article not in her bill,
which she noticed was 'not. charged when she
paid it. I
"A man, going home from meeting, said to
i1 c?mpaii ion, I .d not believe there was a
i" ine "eeung-house to-day, who did
no feel condemned.' t
After applying the sermon to a score or
more .of
his aenuairitanccs, he continuod
Did'not the pastor uttor something about
finding a hfV of id eels f
believe not, neighbor A. He
of keeping iittlethinnrs which had
sifke
been
found.' . ; . j
" ' V?11l-icri'11 he said something about
finding a pair of lc!te h and -snr jiosed he
meant me. I found a pair down in j my. lot a
while ago.' ' .; i "
1 P ou't pnJ,i j bis companion, 'know
whom they belong to ? .Mr. 15. lost tlm a
short 'time a.w.' The owner was snnn ;..
possession of his w:lleels.',,
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Why Should tho - Work Cease ?
A Pleafur Winter Sunday Schoo's.
To Officer and Teachers: f
Mr Dear Friends : It is a fatt tho' a
fact bard to be accounted for that many
Sunday-school especially in country dis-
inccs, :Cose in the t;y. ami sometimes re
main closed far into the spring. Why? Is
Bible .instruction less valuable or less needed
in winter than in summer ? !
Are souls less precious, or is labour for
their conversion less a duty ? Do t lie world,
thetflesh, and the devil cease to alluie and to
destroy ? Do sickness and death cease thoir
woyt ? Are all sure of renewed opportunity
nevt vni 7 rI.t. t. i- i
V.,v. . xwauuce qilCSllOriS SUfjejeSt
the answer. . ; . i.
. IVhr cliniil.l il. 1
- ih'uiii IIIUWOIK
cease? Yon irive:
common school in
winter; get the
hers, and cxprct
the largest attendance
ai7d the best inter-
est.
Literary Societies, Lyceums. Lectures,
'all
literary
in lull
and educational movements
lire
L
win-
ani succcs-iuu ojcration in
ter. .
In social life it is the Fame. Social ga
h
enngs for purposes of an Jiscmcnt or profit,
or both, are u;ultiplicd and well sustained.
All is life now ! - J
Christians multiply thar meetings" and eff
orts for their own a:fd others goKl, We
look for revivals mostly too many of us on
lyin winter.- It iOe season of activity.
Anji when all rise is , &ciivci"tv! j "should the
Snnday-scl.oq tho best, in marty instances
the only, means of religioiu instruction for the
children and youth iro into winter (mailers
ami ne iiormant; rather uie, and await a
feeble and uncertain resurrection next year?
I know the excuse, I dare not call them
reasons, for this course. I only ask, Arfc
they valid ? Will the M:scr accept theni ?
Can you meet them, and the dear cues who
arc to die this winter at the Judgment ? I
entreat you to yray over this matter. Ask
Jesus. Ask your conscience. Ask the chil
dren. If they say keep on,- let it not be said,
as -a little girl once exclaimed, ' Our Sunday-
school stopped yesterday." "Why was that? '
she was astcd. : Because there were no
teachers; they did ffCV come any more; in
Mr. stopped the school?" and her griev
ed and troubled look, and quivering lip, told
how sorely she felt the loss of her
sc looi.
i
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No! the school must not close. Bather,
replenish the libraries this fall ! Get new pa
qers ! Benew old subscription;! Bedonble
your efforts to lead the cbiUrcn to Jesus?
Call in new scholars ! Let us have a glorious
winter campaign for Jesus and the. chidrcn '
I will do all I can to aid you by visits, or oth
er wise: "Write me about it. Bv nil
hohl
Do not tlop tJc tcJiool
Yours in love,
ISAAC B. SELF,
Missionary A raeric.in S. S..U.iloQ .
Greene viile, Tean., Oct. 1. ISGtj. -
A Good Example
The Wachnsett Association, at its last Ses
sion, held on the Slh. of September, by a spe
cial vote, directed its Clerk to send two copies
of its Minutes to Rev. B. Grifiith, n. d., Cor-
responding Secretary of the American Baptist
Micalion Society. This U done in order in
furni.h to the Publication Society ihc mean,
..r : .i -
w..,.v....-.e lear.notJc. Every Bnptist
in me v.iniiiry uas a special intcrcKf
111
ing the'stathtics full and accurate. TK.i:
rmple ol this Association is one that mav bo
commended to every Society Convention, and!
Association in the whoj country. The lat
Year-Boidc contains Ihc following: l A spe
cial request is made, that the Clerks ani Sec
retaries of all Baptist Associations, Convcn
toins, Theological Seminaries, Colleges, and
other cducalional institutions, will please for
ward, as soan as they are issued, two copies'
of their Minutes, Keports. or. Catalogues, to
B. Grifiith, D. D , 520 Arch street, Philadcl
pbia' ' .
It will be to the great and permanent ad
vantage of the Baptist denomination, if thi
request is cmnplicd with by every person to
whom it appeals. .
AUTUr-IIT.
Now all ti e trees are b'iijU wjih g'-reou tin:?,
Ah I swrctand coo! these f ijr Auturanat dijs;
Sun.mc'r is gnr c. I tit far oVr vnYo D 1 hill
October spreads her wtatth uf i nn !,, l.irf
f ...t .......
A stfan;f, swet saJnes Cil tlubulnr air.
A n-on.lrous-Crtlni pervades th ' earth nn2!.
As if the Summer 1 ys, with h.I'erii ;; fe t,"
Ling rel awhile, as loth to sir good bye!
Through gol.lenclond-, the caiTr Er.n iuhsdot
Wish jfjMCfMlor b thed, behind Uie wevtcrn hi!
And large and ronud the ine'dow harvest moun
The landfcapv with it3 f.iiry radiance fi!N
Mv heart rsrnTs to mlnr..'. -rtr.
- - - I ..... v o Iq IIUMIU.'J
Aud tears nnbiddtrr gather In my t-nt
Fr tender mfmories and fond rrgrtt
And lorgirgs v.iin, within ray heart aiise.
Lonins unuttcred for the presence "kweet
Which would have been my naLin a'd. tbe
ye,
Bnt chceiful fiih and h.vc s!ja!l ftiij be min?,
For c.irih is fi:, a.I hrlwcn is v rr near.
- I fr- -
It is the dust aud the rust . which the
rj liquid mercured has contracted that impair j1" li tranrchL' Oh, thonght I, docs
nthe beauty of its lustfe and prevent thelt,ns ni3n Int '- i no furnace after
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Union OI IIS UlVldCd rhiTinlna A.,.1
what
:r tinf OI.,ri
worthy passions that
nn-
keep
I
apart Guthru.
trae ChritianK
OCTOBER; 29 1869.
Only a Minute too lato.'
Harry Wilson wajust setting ofT to school
one winterd morning, when bis father called
hint back to till him that bis Uncle lien,
who lived in the country ten miles distant,
was to be there that, afternoon with a tuo
hcrse cutter, ami had invited Harry, his moth
er, and aunt, and two itera to Uj; a long
ride with him. . .
; Uacle Ben w very find of Harrr, who,
for his part, thought there was nobody like
Uncle Be ii. Many a merry walk they had
had together through the woods in search of
nnts; many a delightful row-on the LAe that
was ct, Iikr-r trrj3t2l cp ii the c it km aid grrtyi
of his gtar.d father's grounds.
To visit his grandfather pleasant mansion
in the country, and join Uncle Ben in hit
varum sports and emrlovmcnK wxs alwavs a
great enjoyment toHarrv.. So. a soon as he
heard of the proposed s!eigh-ride, l.c said to
LMmscIf tliat he would caax Uncle Ben to take
him back wiih him to Deep. rater, which was
the name of his grandfather's country-scat.
What happy times they would have, thought
Hairy, if his father and nncle would only
agree to let him go! -Splendid with this deep
jmow en the ground. The lake must ba fro
zen too, the weather was so stinging cold; and
there would be sledding, and sksting and
snow-balling to his heart's content.
Harry was so -full of his plans for enjoying
himself in the furture that he was almost in
danger of forgetting the prc.-:cut, and stood
SunJav-idrcamily until his father came out to the hall,
the lad was sloaly pulling on his mittens and
tying his woollen comforter, and told him to
hurry or he wonld be laie to school.
4rAnd mind, Harry, voir mnt be home
precisely at four o'clock, for Uncle Ben docs
net like to keep his horses standing in the
cold.n
Harry thought he would certainly be back
long before four o'clock, but when school was
dismissed, one of the boys in bis clas,askcd
him to go home with him a few minute., a
he'hada new and very diverting game to
fdiow him. Instead of decidedly rcfusim
Harry nllorrcd himself to be persuaded into
accepting this invitation, for he was not one
who denied himself any .gratification. Ten
minutes or a quarter of an hour would make
very little difference, he argned; and belles
how could his father be sure that Uncle Ben
would be there precisely nt four o'clock ?
Much to his surprise and dismay, when he
had' played several games wtih his school
fellow, he found it was -just the hour lift had
promised to be at home, and hi father's house
51 was quite at the other end of the citv. TT tr,
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l" I1 . auaV r0RInn llic 5
iaiui uiuH-n; oui now great was tiis mortifi
caiion an.l Iiapo:ntment when a he turned the
corner near hi, homo, b sa the sleigh, with
.i u-u .nirrw, Hashing rapidly through the
Kireets: ana i.clorc he had time, or even
thought of shouting to his Uncle to stop, the
merry party were out of tight and hearing
Poor Harry stood for some time dookin?
.-orrowfnlly after them and then rent slowly
homeward, Raying 33 he did so,
"Only a minute too late T
My young reatlers, Harry's dioppointmcnt
would in tini'j bs forgotten, but the habit of
"putting off' is easily firmed in youth, and
often leads to sad rcsu!:..
w .
There are, pciUp, no two woids
u mvic luuuniiui soano;
than these : " Too late; It is like the wail
of a lost scnl, fur how many put .f rrpc:.ance
and thoulita ( death and eternity, unill itls,
alas, too lale .
May you never have cause in a dvin-
iour
to repeat this sad lament ; bnt begin v.fx U
' T - - - - i i -
anu mere l saw seven: ma.-
1 T
ga of raritm fornn. The workmen took
one.piece cf glars and pr.t ii into one farnace.
then he put it into a ? ecc n 1, and into a third
I tfked bin, Wl:y do cu jet that lr :o s0
many fircfc?" Unanswered me, Oh, fir, the
Grs$ jrs ii ;tl;ot enough, nor the second, and
therefore we r.ut it into the third, and th- ::i
anoiner, mat it may be rendered perfrct?
my. God, put mc into one furnace afrcr an
other, that my wul may be transparent, that
I may see God as he Wf
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NO" 49
"Br RET. A. O. LT.XCH. " ''
It is the Christian narao rc pralso .
Throughout thU trotM and endles days;
For God will then with glory crown, '"'
Where they shall never gee a frown :
The sister's faith in Chrut was strong 1
: By which she triumphed over wrong; '
And in the early dawn of youth, 3
Sho then obey "d the God of truth. .
She was a stra-igtr here bclor, '
And fhuncil the path that led t-j woe,
A liome fche snht above the skies,
"Where living ; Irssurcs m vcr dies.
i '
" lly ClnUt the truaud iiting war, -She
then did 'aia the perfect dy,
While 1 am lelt to weep and mourn,
Im a strange laud that' not my orn. -
Xo this is not the land for mc,
.That land like &itcr I must .see,
It U a better land for me,
Tharnall thi world can ever be.
Now I will journey through this world,
I've sold it for a precious pcirl
And since my sister now has gone,
I'll not be in the deserting.
In all thU land I find no rest,
I c?k a home with all the bleWd,
There sin and sorrow is not known;
I lang t!it glorbm land t own.
Now like my sister I'll pray on,
And g the way that she has gone,
Then when my boJy fails end die?,
I'll reign with her above the ikies.
The Devil's Harvest.
Carefully compiled statistics show that
00,000 lives ?.rc ar.nally dtstroycil by intem
perance in the United States. -
I00,0o0 men and woman arc yearly
sent to risen in consequence of strong;
drink.
20,000 children arc yearly sent to the por
house for the same reason.
-0,003 murders arc another of the yearly
lamtsn! m tern pc ranee.
100 suicides follow in this fearful catalogue
of-miKcrica.
200,000 orphans arc bequeathed each
year to public and private chsritv.
$200,000,000 arc ycr.rlv exiended to
produce this shocking amount of crime and
misery, and as mnch more is lost in time raste,
cm the Miije cause. Is it nnt t
that which pr.vluces fuch rczzht frcra our
country? Can we b human, if we hcMtate
to Tend our aid to such a cause? Do not hu
manity and religion Loth demand it as a dnty
we owe to. enr race? Let him uho reads
this, lay it to lcart.
Intemperance, with its tiain of woe,
Is rife wherever we may go ; '
On ever hand vrc meet the for.
. The victim of thi wofol cae
V.: V rncF !ih and t nr.
a iiuii an uvmio.
A gentleman in Ncwrt, N. C. forxrird.
ns $1.50 as a snbstription to the Weekly Sn
for eighteen month, to be pnt. r..t.
Elijah D. D.tTdcMy.of NevrnArt (o nhom tho
subscription has been awarded j a school
i uc mca oi making snch an award to cW.
children is certainly a nc7 one, but ncvcrlhc-
ed, liberally, mid iu cfiVct upon the intelli
gence of the Inland girhj i f North Carolina,
will be ciy ntfikrng; we shall have a class
of youth growing up arctmd us thcron'hlr
frptcl in the current hi.-trry" cf the world
actim, and this information will 1 c worth as
mu:h to them as the b.'k learning" which
they acquire at :hpcl. In nggctiog that
the pipers placed in their l.nd fhould bo
of cur own State must net le cons'raed into
selfidmcv Let tha children learn of their
home aCaiia,aud while learning ibis tlje trill
also "obtain the gist of neWra of o:ber Stattt
and foreign countries. We like the ilea. JtV.
Discbarges in Bankruptcy.
The following discharges in Bankruptcy,
rom the 7th District, wai granted at llliza
bcth City, Septcmler 2-1 th, 16G0, by hia Hon.
Judge Brooks:
31. B. Setser, Tha i. P. S;!cr, David Bgcnc,
Drcnry Weeks, D. C.. Cunoiogharn, Leon.
1-
F. Silcr, RUift. Hett Chapman, John Hildc-"
brand, T. C. Wbgate, D. M. Hawkins, II II.
Canningham, Jcs.e S. Smith, Kdvard Seticr,
Joha M. Patt m, John Beed, Samccl I'. Brit
taiu, I). T. Bamoar, M. L. Briltain, (Bauour
& Brittaiu), John B. BainI, Jas. M.
Baird, L. Ghapman, (JJt .Barid Z:Co. Ex?
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