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From tbe Baptist.
Oo Ahead.
Xorer donbt a righteous csum;
**' Oo ahead! 1
* Throw yohrself oonrpletly in,
Con science shaping nil your eon .we;
Manfully, through thick and thta,
?o ahead!
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Do not ask who'll with you go;
' Oo ahead!
Nnmbtraf Spur* the ?oward'i plea;
If there M but one or twb.
Single-handed though it be,
** Oo ahead T
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Though before you mountains rise,
1 ' Oo ahead!
Scale them t Certainly you eaaj
Let them proudly dare the ah lea.
What ia a mountain to a man 1
Oo ahead!
*"*4 "'Mf kWf /<HTf
Though Itm watere round you deab,
Oo ahead!
Let no hardship baffle yen {
Thongb the haaveoa war and flash,
Still, undaunted, firm and true,
Qo ahead!
The Brook*
t wind about, and in and ont,
With here a bloaaom tailing,
And here and there a lusty trout.
And here and there a grayling.
And hurt and there a foamy flake
t7pon me, aa T traVel,
With maay neilrery Waterbrook
Above the golden grareL
And to draw thetn all alotog and flow
To join the brimming rivet,
Tor men may come and men may go,
Out t go on forever.
The Presbyterians?Old mad lew
1 School*?The Plan of Iv-uioa
The annexed is the plan of nnion
between the Old and New School
Presbyterian Churches, reported
by the Committee of Conference to
the two General Assemblies sitting
In New York* and adopted on
Thursday nnanimonely by the
Now School body, and with only
eight dissenting voices by the
Old School body. This is tho
tnpst decisive step yet taken to
ward consolidation. It will be
seen that the plan is to be submitted
to the different Presbyteries,
and their approval or disapproval
expressed by the 16tb of October
next. Dr. Musgrave said that the
committee had been unanimous in
their recommendations^ as follows i
Plan of He-union of tho PruhyUrian
Church of tho United
+^rurv%-v ttl#.
1. The Presbyterian Churches
in the United States of America,
namely, that whose General Assembly
convened In the Brick
Church, In the city of New York,
on the 20'h day of May, 1809, and
that Whose General Assembly met
in the Church of the Covenant, In
the same city, on the same day,
shall be re-united as one church,
under the name and style of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States of America, possessing
all the legal and corporate rights
'and powers pertaining to the
church previous to the division in
1838, and all the legal and corporate
fights and powers which the
separate churebss now possess.
S. The re anion shall be effected
on the doctrinal and ecclesiastical
bask of our common standards;
the Scriptures of the Old and New
jeaiRinenrs snail De acknowledged
to be the inspired word of God,
and the only infallible rn)e of faith
and practice; the Confession of
Faith shall continue to be sincerely
received and adopted as containing
she system of doctrine
taught in Holy Scriptures; and
,the governmeftt and discipline of
the Presbyterian Church In the
United States shall ba approved
as continuing the principles and
folaaafoar polity. 9.
Each of said assemblies shall
sabmit the foregoing basis to its
jfVssbvteriea, which shall be re
quired to meet on or before the
15th day of October, 196ft, to expreM
thcif appro? a) or diaapj ror
i
al of the Mine, by a categorical
answer to the following question :
Do you approve* the re-nnion of ,
the two bodies now claiming the
' name and righto of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States
of America, on the following basis,
namely: "Ttie reunion shall be
effected on the doctrinal and ecclesiastical
basis of oar common
standards ; the Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments shall be
acknowledged to be the inspired
word of God, and the only itiffclli'
ble rule <jf faith find practice ; \lie
Confession of Faith snail continue
a^ L- 1 - * ?
i<? ue gincereiy reverea *na adopted
as continuing the system of
doctrine taught in the Holy Scrip
tures; and the government and
discipline of the Presbyterian
Church in the United ehall be ap
proved as containing the principles
and rnlea of oar polity V*
Each Presbytery shall, before
the 1st day of November, 1869,
forward to the stated clerk of the
General Assembly with which it is
connected, a statement of its vote
on the said basis of r? union.
4. Tim said General Assemblies
now sitting shall, after finishing
their business, adjourn to meet in
the city of Pittsburg, Pa., on the
eecond Wednesday of November,
1869, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
If the two General Assemblies
shall then find aud declare that
the above named basis of re-union
has been approved by two-thirds
of the Presbyteries connected with
e.'.ch branch of the Church, then
the same shall be of binding force,
and the two assemblies shall take
action accordingly.
6. The said General Assemblies
shall then and there make provisions
for the meeting of the General
Assembly of the united Church on
the third Thursday of Hay, 1870
The moderators of the present Assemblies
shall jointly preside at the
said Assembly of 1870, until aitother
moderator is chosen. The
moderator of the Assembly now
sitting at the Brick Church aforeauiH
olinll if - ?\MAAAnS 11
n?i?i OUUll) II piOVCIIIy UUV (U| V UICO
and decide questions ot order ; and
the moderator of the other Assent
bly shall* if present, preach the
opening sermon ; and the stated
clerks ot the present Assemblies
shall act as stated olerks of the Assembly
of the united Cburch until
a stated clerk or clerks shall have
been chosen thereby ; and no commissioner
shall have a right to vote
or deliberate in said Assembly until
his name shall hare been enroll
ed by the said clerks, and his com
mission examined and filed among
the papers of the Assembly.
6. Each Prfcsbytcry of tlie separate
churches shall be entitled to
the same representation in the Assembly
of the united Church in
1870 as it is eutitled to in the
Assembly with which it is now
connected.
Concurrent Declaration* of the
General Assemblies cf 1880.
1. All the ministers and churches
embraced in the two bodies should
be admitted to the same standing
in the nnited body which they
mav have held in their raaiwwtioa
connections up to the consummation
ot the nnion.
9. Imporfectly organised churches
are counseled and expected to become
thoroughly Presbyterian as
early within the period of five
vears as may be permitted by the
highest interests to be consulted ;
and no such other churches shall
be hereafter received.
8. The boundaries of the several
Presbyteries and Synods shonld
be adjusted by the General Assem
bly of the united chnrcli.
4. The official records of the two
branches of the church tor the period
of separation should be preserved,
and held is making up the
one history of ta* church ; and no
rule or precedent which does not
stand approved by both the bodies
shonld be of any authority until
re-established in the united body,
except in so far as such rule or
precedent may affect the rights of
property founded thereon.
6. The corporate right* now
held by the two General Assemblies
and by their boards and oommitteee
should, as far a practicable,
be consolidated, and applied
for their several objects, as defined
by law.
6. There should be one Bet of
eoackcaUteeaor boards for Itome and
foreign missions and the other reli- i
gious enterprises of the chnreh,
which the char eh es ehonld be en
couraged tosoat&fb, tfcongh free to
cast thcit- contributions into other
channels if they desire to do so.
7. As soon as practicable after
the union shall have been effected,
the General Assembly should reconstruct
and consolidate the several
permanent oommitteee or boards
which now belong to the two Assemblies,
to ae to represent, ae far
as possible, With impartiality, the
views and wishes ot the two bodies
constituting the united church.
8. The publications of the board
of publication and of the publics
tion committee should continue to
be issued as at present, leaving it
to the board of publication of the
united church to revise these issues
and perfbet a catalogue for the
united church, so as to exclude invidious
references to past contro
versica.
9. In ordor to a nnifortn system
of ecclesiastical supervision, those
theological seminaries that are now
under Assembly control may, If
their board of directors so elect,
be transferred to the watch and
care of one or more of the adjacent
Synods; and the other seminaries
are advised to introduce, as far as
uiay be, into their constitutions the
Syuodical or Assembly supervision,
in which case they s'irII be
entitled to an official recognition
and approbation on the part of the
General Assembly.
10. It should be regarded ns the
duty of all judicatories, ministers
and people in the united church
to study the things which make
for peace, and to guard against all
neeoless and offensive references
to the causes that have divided us ;
and in order to avoid the revival
of past issues by the continuance of
any usage in their branch of the
church that has grown out of former
conflicts, it is earnest 1)* recommended
to the lower judicatories
of the church- that they conform
their practice in relation to all
such usages, as far as is consistent
with the.r convictions of duty, to
the general enstom of the church
prior to the controversies that resulted
in the separation.
That the counsels ol Infinite wisdom
may guide our decisions, and
the blessings of the Great Head of
the Church rest noon the result ot
our efforts for reunion, it is
earnestly recommended to -the
churches throughout both branches
of the Presbytorian Church that
they observe the second 8abbath
in September, 1869, as a day of
fervent nnd tin ted prayer to Almighty
God that He would grant
unto us all 44 the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge
and fear of the Lord," and in the
new relations now contemplated
enable ns to 44 keep the unity of
the spirit in the bonds of peace."
Commenting on this matter, the
Baltimore Snn says:
44 In the debate In the old School
Assembly tipoti the acceptance of
the plan, Dr. Skinner, who opposed
it, desired to be informed, in
the event of a Vote of the Presbyteries
in favor of the plan, what
*.1 - A 1 ? ? 1 ?
power iue ABsemoiy naa 10 continue
its legal existence or dissolve
it I If the two Assemblies were
united, And not one merged in the
other, where were they to get a lewd
title to their property f Judge
Kennedy answered Dr. Skinner
on this practical point, and, from
the reenlt of the vote, it voold
seem to the satisfaction of the Assembly.
Dr. Lanria opposed the
plnn, on the ground that there was
still innch disagreement on doctrinal
points. In the New School,
whore the plan of onion seems to
hare been universally popular, it
was advocated by leading speakers
a6 desirable for the enfargment
of charitv and Christian liberality,
which tolerates different views and
feelings on religions matters. It
will be Been that this plan has yet
to undergo the discussion of the
various Presbyteries of the two
Assemblies, who are to express
their approval or disaproval before
the 16th of October next, and if
approved of by three-fourths of
each, the two Assemblies, meeting
in Pittebnrg in November next,
shall so declare, and take notion
for formal reunion. The almost
unanimity and heartiness evinced
in the action of the Assemblies
tiow in session would seem to warrant
the belief that the Preebyte
rles below will net in the same
spirit, ami that tbcr reunion of the
two churches will be fully complete
in November next,
mi p?^w??wa?gwwrac
u As we hare before observed,
this re nnion in not, as some have
supposed, a re-nnion of the Northern
and Southern Presbyterian
Churches, u though that subject
came up for discussion in the Old
School Assembly on a report ot
the committee oa bills aud overtures
and was referred to the special
committee. Tbe Moderator,
however, stated that any action at
tha present time might be damagiiy
to tbe ?eace of the Southern
Qnurch, ana would be inopportune.
Tbe doctrinal difference# which led
to the separation of the Old and
New School denominations in 1888
consisted mainly in a more or less
rigid construction of the standards
of the church, especially with reference
to the doctrines of election,
original sin, &c., the Old School
accepting more inflexibly the
creea of Calvin, whilst the Confession
of Faith was interpreted by
the New Scliaol in a less literally
Calvanistic sense. The basis of reunion
now adopted requires that
* the Confession of Faith shall continue
to be sincerely received and
adopted as containing tlie system of
doctrine taught in the Holy Scripture.'
A6 each School had profess
ed to do this in its separate organization,
thero would seem to be no
difference on that point warranting
a permanent separation. The plan
of re-union wisely abstains from
deciding the original questions at
issue, and each party is left to put
its own construction upon the
standard, only that henceforth the
differenced upon these points are
not to interfere with the nnitv and
l>armonyof the Church. The Presbyterians
of the United States are
numerous and influential, and
their re-union ia an importaut ecclesiastical
event."
Drifting to an Empire*
The Hon. A. H. Stephens has
written a long and elaborate letter
to the National Intelligencer, giving
his views as to tho prime cause
of the war between the North and
the South, and closing with some
-? ? ?
epvuuiuilujia us iu oilr political iuture.
We copy tlie concluding
paragraphs o? the letter :?News.
And now, Messrs. Editors, do
you ask Cut bono. (Vhy so much
written upon the dead issues of the
past, when ouestions ot so much
magnitude or a practical character
press upon the public mind! if
so, the reply is two fold. First, to
vindicate the truth of history,
w ich is itself a high duty on the
part of an? one who has it in his
power to do it; and in the second
place, to show the people of these
states, in this vin Sication, not only
the true cause, the roal 14 causa
causans " of the late war, but the
real cause of their present troubles.
The Federal machinery tor the
last ten years has been abnormal
in its action. It must be brought
back to the Jcffersonian doctrines,
and made to conform in its workincrs
with the orcranic nrincinles of
its structure, before there can possibly
be a return of the days of
peace, harmony, prosperity and
nappiness which formerly marked
our course. There is no other
hope for constitutional liberty on
this continent. Judge Nicholas
may 44 dream dreams " about another
constitdtional amendment,
providing a new mode of electing
the President, bnt the remedy lies
in no device as that It lies simply
in bringing back the government
in its administration to original
first principles# f This is to be
done not by secession, however
rightful and efficient a remedy that
might be. That is abandoned'. Nor
is it to be done by force or violence
of and kind, except the force of
tmaoAn an/1 I It a rv/itnne T#
i?awn mkvi iuv e.*vrvw%*? VI vi unu lb 1
it to be done, if at all, at the ballot
box. Free institutions are more
generally lost than established, or
strengthened by a resort to physical
force. Thev are eminently the
achievement of tirtno, patriotism
and reason. That our institfitions,
and even nominal form of gotefrtment
is now in great danger4 the
prudent, sagacious, and wise etefywhere
virtually admit. An able
editorial in your own papsr, not
long since, put the pertinent and
grave question, 44 Whither are we
drifting!" To this question I take
the occasion for one to give yott a
direct and positive answer. We
are drifting to consolidation and
empire, and will land there at no
distant period as sertainly as the
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j i, i ,i. 4 ! i n'l'jir a
sun will set this <idr, unless the
people of the sfcterHl States awake
to a proper appreciation of the dan- I
ger, ana sate thetfiselvee from the <
impendingcatastropheby Arresting !
the present tendency of public af- I
fairs. This they can properly do <
Only at the ballot box. All friends I
of constitutional liberty, in every I
section of the State, must unite in <
this grand effort. Tliey must sei i- <
ously consider, and oven reoonatdar i
many anestions to which tliey havo i
given but slight attention hereto* I
tore. They must acquaint them- <
selves with the principles of their ]
government, and provide security i
for the future by studying aud cor- i
recting the errors of the past. <
This is the only hope, as I have i
stated, fur the continuance of even \
our present nominal form of gov- |
ci ui?iii. i/?pmiu upon u, more i
is na difference between consolidation
and empire! No difference 1
between centralism and imperial- i
ism I The end of either, as well <
aa all of these, is the overthrow of
liberty and the establishment of
despotism. I give yon tho words i
of truth in great earnestness?
words which, however received or
heeded now, will be rendered eternally
true by the developments cf
the future
Yours, most respectfully,
Alexander II. St raiuta.
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Early Xarri&ge. i
At no period, perhaps, in their '
life, do the young need theinspira- <
tion of virtuous love and the sym- i
pathy of a companion in their self- l
denying as when they first entor i
the battle for their own support, i
Early marriages are permanent i
moralities, and deferred marriages
are temptations to wickeducss. I
And yet every year it becomes I
tnora and more difficult, concurrent
with the reigning ideas of soci- i
ety, for a young man to enter npon i
that matrimonial state which is the
proper guard of their virtue, as <
well as the courage and enterprise.
The battle of life is almost at the
beginning. There it is that a fnflifi
needs wedlocki But A wicked and ?
ridiculous public sentiment puts a <
man who is in society, of out of
society, for that matter, largely on I
the ground of condition, and not 1
of disDOsitioh fffrd Character, Th? ?
man has means wherewith he can i
visibly live amply is in good socie|
ty, as a general rule. The man <
that has virtue and stern manli- I
ness, but has nothing withal f*tet> i
nal to show, is not usually coneid- I
ercd in good society* Ambitious
young men will not therefore inar- ]
ry until they can meet expenses ; I
but that is deferring for years and 1
years the indispensible virtue.
Society is bad where two -Cannot
live cheaper than one ; and voting
men are under bad influences who,
when in the very morning of life,
and better fitted than at any later i
period to grow together with one I
who ts their equal and mate, are ]
debarred from mftrfying through t
scores of years from mere pruden- 1
tial considerations ; and the heart <
and life are sacrificed to the pock- '
et. They fire tempted to substi 1
tute ambition for tove, when at 1
1rttf /Vt'oS ? ? i
not, U<CI UIO IWIIC3 nnu t3X]Hnilg 1
embers of their early romance (
they select their wife. i
ft is said that men who Wait till I
they are fatty or forty-five yeftre f 1
age select prudently. Ala* for the 1
wife who Was not first a sweet- <
heart I Prudence is good ; but is i
prudence servant or queen 1 Prudence
is good; but what is prn- 1
dencef is it the dry calculation
of tho head leagued with the pock- i
et t Is there no prudence in taste, 1
nor prudence in the inspiration of 1
a generons lore I Is there no prtt- ]
dence in the faith by Which, banded,
two young persons go down into
the struggle of life, saying : i
14 Como weal, come woe, eome
storm, come calm, love is a match ,
for circumstances. and we will bo
all fii na^k Atl?nr 8"
mmwm ?v vmvii vi iivi v l? vtj uo ihbi
society in which the customs and |
the manners of the tifuee put off, \
beyond the period of romance and ]
amancifig* the wedding. Ton '
bare adjoin tied the most impor- '
tant secular act of a man's life.
Yon bare adjourned it out of Eden ;
into the wilderness.?Henry Ward \
Becehmr*
MoIIahun, our Minister to Paraguay,
seems to be missing. No
direct intormation has been re- 1
ceived from him since December 1
fast.
i I
81" ' ' VwiqaegaaeAaai
,. tfc? Alr-tiil? Bftilread.
The special committee appoirited
by the City Council muasn
alabordt# report to that body od
Monday flight: lit their report
they stated that Col. Buford and
the engineer corps frankly and
freely gave tliefn all the information
desired. $23,000 has been
expended up to June let for work
lone by contractors, of which
amount $8,929 has been actually
paid, leaving n balance of $15,000,
leas 20 per cent retained upon all
contracts, to ensure their faithful
performance. The old debts of
the company have been nearly all
settled np. About $726 will cover
the amount of ahiiltfhds ntf<?
Against it. Claims amounting to
?4,403 have been SStlsfied by the
payment of $1,116 and $800 in
>tdck.
Tbe next election of TiirAotofi
takes place in May, 1070, or dt
such time as the President may order.
The call for assessments of fivd
and ten per cent, of the capital
Btock was generally responded to.
The citizens of Atlanta have paid
06,155.78. Some have refused to
pay assessments on the grOnftd that
Georgia was not snffccietitfy feprfr
sented in the Board. The commit*
tee are of the opinion that Georgia
is not sufficiently refxresertted iff
the Board of Directors, and recom
mend that the President call a Convention
of the stockholders nnd reirganize
the Board. They recommend
that it be made a condition
precedent to the payment of the
Etssessment dne bv the city. They
suggest that Atlanta is entitled ttf
ntfme two of the Directors.
The probable cost of const meting
the first twenty miles ot the
road is estimated at 0360,000.
The iveport was adopted, and Aldermen
Carr and Brotherton elected
Eis Directors.
The following is the present officers
of the road:
Col. A. S. Buford, Virginia,
President; A. Austell, Georgia,
Vice President j ?. Jrt. Johnsoft<
J. Winship< Georgia; W.T. Southerlin,
Virginia; R. Y. McAdin,
North Carolina: B. L. Clark, S.
S. Guv, New York; E. M. Barnum,
Texas; C. E. Condee, Mis
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5uiii i, directors.?Jiuanta L'onstiitdioh.
Air Line Ltailroad.?At a called
meeting of the City Council
lust night, Aldermen E. R. Carr
and W. H. Rrothertoh were elected
GifeCtors of the Air-Line Railroad.
The Council resolved to
pay the assessment called for of fifteen
per cent., and recommend
that Col. A. S. Bnford, the Presldent,
convene! the Board and reorganize
it within thirty lays after
paying in of the assessment?lb*
VtcA'ta or Mas, Bpbns.?t>ied4
in this village, on Sfttiirday last,
the 10th instant, after a long and
painful illness, Mrs. ?fane t. Burns,
ho daughter of Thomas Allen,
formerly of Greenville, and wife
AVm. H. Burns, of this place,
the shffkrirtirs of a protracted ill*
ness blie sustained with remarkable
patience, and triumphed otef
he last enemy sustained by the
Christian's faith and hope. Connected
early in life with the Presbyterian
Church, she enjoyed in
the closing scene its best ministry
trations. Djihg at the early age
of thirty-five years, she leaves two
small children, a son, a daughter*
and husband, to monrn her tintimely
loss. The futieral services
Were performed In the Presbyterian
Church of the village on
Monday last, by the Rev. t)r. Tttr*
ier assisted fcy Rev. Manning
Brown.?Abbeville Presst 25th.
The train in which President
ftrant was proceeding to West
Point was thrown off the track by
a Cow. None of the presidential
party were injured. Mr. Well ot
Atlanta, emigrant agent for the
State of Georgia, and a gentleman
From Charleston, whose n&fne is
not given, were among the injured.
Torwo lady: 44 Oh, l'/n so glad
jon like birds : which kind do von
admire most ?M Old ^ent J 41 Well,
L think the turkey, with plenty of
itnfling, is about as good as any/'
a
Tiik late Judge Greenes library
[g to be sold at auction in New York
next week. Greene was the aubor
of44 Old Grimes.14