MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MmSHSARY OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION HELD AT ATHEMT m&*> G-,£*.•«» €)n fyt 18tl), 19tl), 2l0t cmfr JHaj), 1849. PENFIELD, GA. PRINTED AT THE ' INDEX' OFFICE. 1849. mm: jl m *wcr rsr k mm Athens, May 18th, 1849. The Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia assembled according to appointment. At 11 o'clock, A. M., the Introductory Sermon was preached by brother C. D. Mallary, from Ps. 67 : 1,2. At half past 2 o'clock, P. M., the Convention was called to order, and opened with the usual religious exercises.—Prayer by brother Campbell. Associations and Auxiliary Societies, with their delegates were enrolled as follows: Appalachee Association.—John Hendricks, B. Langford, J. I. Loudermilk, Wm. C. Hendricks, G. M. Lanier, H. F. Lipford, H. Jackson, D. H. Moncrief, T. D. Martin. Bethel Association.—J. Clark, C. W. Stevens. Central Association.—J. F. Dagg, N. G. Foster, T. J. Bur- ney, J, S. Bledsoe, J. M. Carter, J. E. Sharp, C. M. Irvin, T. U. Wilkes, A. E. Marshall, L. T. Doyal. Columbus Association.—Jesse Carter, G. W. Eppes, Coosa Association.—E. Dyer, C. W. Sparks, W. D. Cowdry, A. Dean, A. E. Reeves, Jas. Sanders, T. H. Sparks, A. J. King, A. Richardson, 0. P. Fannin. Ebenezer Association.—J. H. Campbell, H. Bunn. Flint River Association.—No Representation. Georgia Association.—Thos. Stocks, B. M. Sanders, W. H. Stokes, Juriah Harriss, J. Q. West, Enoch Callaway, V. R. Thornton, N. M. Crawford, Radford Gunn, P. H. Mell. Houston Association.—No Representation. Hephzibah Association.—W. T. Brantly, J. Polhill, G, W. Evans, S. G. Daniel, W. L. Tucker, C. B. Churchill. Rehoboth Association.—A. Williams, A. T. Holmes. Rock Mountain Association.—S. Mayfield, D. (x. Daniell, E. Henderson, T. A. Gibbs. 4 PROCEEDINGS. Sarepta Association.—A. Chandler, P. P. Butler, P. Mat¬ thews, S. Landrum, W. Lumpkin, I. W. Johnson, I. H. Goss, J Baughn. Sunbury Association.—J. S. Law, Jas. 0. Scriven, J. T. Robert. Tallapoosa Association.—No Representation. Washington Association.—R. S. Hardwick, D. W. Lewis, K. Chambers. Western Association.—C. D. Mallary, R. Fleming, J. Rain¬ water, J. Y. Davis, John Askew, Thos. W. Randle, Jas. Davis. Columbus Missionary Society.—No Representation. Mercer University Missionary Society.—J. L. Dagg, S, G. Hillyer. Young Men's Missionary Society, Mercer University.— V. A. Ga skill, T. B. Cooper. - Marietta Missionary Society—No Representation. Cave Spring Missionary Society.—A. Fitzgerald, 0. P. Fannin. Coweta County Bible Society.—J. W. Terrell. Missionary Society of the Macon Baptist Church.—L. J. Robert. Missionary Society of the Bahlonega Baptist Church.— I. L. Todd, J. H. Smith. Re-elected Thos. Stocks, Moderator; P. H. Mell, Clerk, and C. M. Irvin, Assistant Clerk. Received, on application, the following Association and So¬ ciety as constituent members of this body: Hightower Association.—A. Webb, H. Collins, J. G. Felton. Cave Spring Female Baptist Missionary Society.—W. D. Cowdry, A. Richardson. Invited ministers of our own and other evangelical denomina¬ tions to seats with us. Invitation accepted by the brethren—J. S. Baker, and B. Manly, jr., Ala., and the Rev. Nathan Hoyt, D. D. of the Presbyterian ; Rev. S. W. Magill of the Congrega¬ tional, and Rev. Isaac Boring and Rev. Mr. Key, of the Georgia Conference, M. E. C. Called for correspondents, when there appeared, from the South Carolina Convention, A. M. Poindexter; Alabama Con- PROCEEDING^ 5 vention, Russel Holman ; Southern Baptist Publication Society, M. T. Mendenhall, A. M. Poindexter, J. P. Boyce, J. H. Cuth- bert; General Association of Virginia, Eli Ball', H. K. Ellyson; Foreign Missionary Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Eli Ball. Read a communication from the Union Association, proposing to open a correspondence with us; when, on motion, it was unanimously agreed to accede to the proposal; and their mes-^ senger, Bro.'W. P. Reid, was cordially invited to a seat with us. Received from brother Jas. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secre¬ tary, Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, a communication informing us that "brother Eli Ball has been appointed by the Board to operate as their General Agent in the State of Georgia," Whereupon the following Resolution was presented by brother Mallary, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That brother Eli Ball, as Agent of the Board of Foreign Missions, be com¬ mended by this body to the favorable notice and christian attentions of our churches throughout the State. The Moderator announced two of the Standing Committees apd obtained leave to withhold the remainder until to-morrow morning. On Preaching.—Landrum, Lumpkin, Lewis, Terrell and I. W. Johnson. ^ On Business.—W. H. Stokes, Jas. Davis, E. Callaway, P. P. Butler and John Hendricks. Instructed the Clerk to have printed a list of the names of the delegates present, together with the Standing Committees, and to furnish each member with a copy. Adjourned to meet to-morrow morning, at half past 8 o'clock. Prayer by brother Mallary. Saturday, May 19th, 1349. Convention met at half past 8 o'clock. Prayer by brother Gunn. The Moderator announced the following Standing Committees: On Finance.—G. W. Evans, J. Clark, Hardwick. On Publications.—Law, Fleming, Juriah Harriss, Cowdry, Eppes. 6 PROCEEDINGS. On Nominations.—Burney, Bunn, E. Henderson, J. Carter, T. Sparks. On Deceased Ministers.—Campbell, Polhill, Williams, R- Gunn, Loudermilk. On Sabbath Schools.—Mallary, E. Dyer, T. U. Wilkes, D. G. Daniel, Rainwater. On Education.—A. T. Holmes, A. Williams, Brantly, Scri- ven, Foster. On Missions.—J. T. Robert, Thornton, A. Chandler, Tucker, J. Q. West. Adopted the Report of the Committee on Business. On motion, it was resolved that this Convention do not ad¬ journ before Tuesday next. Renewed the invitation to evangelical ministers to seats with us, which was accepted by brother W. Richards, and by the Rev. Alonzo Church, D. D., President of Franklin College. Some doubt having been expressed as to the right to a seat of brother B. M. Porter, a delegate from the Cave Spring Missionary Society,—on the ground that his church membership and per¬ manent residence are in Alabama, it was, on motion, decided that brother Porter is eligible to membership. Read the Report of the Executive Committee and referred it to a Select Committee, composed of Mallary, Stokes, Holmes, Campbell, Webb, Law, P. P. Butler. Read the Report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer Universi¬ ty and referred it to a Select Committee of Foster, Polhill, D. W. Lewis, E. Callaway, R. Fleming, Cowdry and Collins. Renewed the call for correspondents, when there appeared, from the Western Convention, North Carolina, J. Carter and W. Martin. Appointed the next annual meeting of the Convention with the Church at Marietta, on Friday before the 3d Lord's day in May, 1850. Adjourned,—Prayer by brother Harriss. Three O'Cjlock, P. M. The apprehension of danger from the prevalence of Cholera at Nashville having prevented a full attendance on the Triennial Convention, and that body having therefore adjourned to meet PROCEEDINGS. 7 at Charleston, on Wednesday next, it was voted to continue as our delegates all of those appointed last year who will signify their ability to attend, and to increase the number to ten. The delegation as it now stands, Sanders, Stocks, Thornton, Brantly, Baker, Dagg, Daniell, Holmes, Stokes and Mell. Authorized the Executive Committee to appoint, up to the number to which we are Constitutionally entitled, those breth¬ ren of this body who may signify their willingness to go and to pay their own expenses. Appointed a Committee of one from each Association, on the state of religion within our bounds. Committee, Crawford, Matthews, Tucker, Mayfield, Bledsoe, Dyer, Eppes, Scriven, J. V. Davis, Campbell, Holmes, Chambers, Webb and Langford, Appointed correspondents: To the Alabama Convention, R. Fleming, J. O. Scriven, C. D. Mallary, Jno. Hendricks, J. S. Ba¬ ker, W. L. Tucker and G. W. Evans—to meet Friday before the 1st Lord's day in November, at Carlowville. Western Conven¬ tion of North Carolina, J. I. Loudermilk, R. Gunn, V. R. Thorn¬ ton, Juriah Harriss—to meet on Friday after the 4th Lord's day in August, at Rock Spring Church, Polk Co., N. C. South Carolina Convention, N. G. Foster, W. H. Stokes, W. T Brantly, L. J. Robert, J. Polhill, Juriah Harriss, J. T. Robert, J. Q. West and G. W. Evans—to meet on Saturday before the 2nd Lord's day in December, at Edgefield. General Association of VirginT ia, J. S, Baker and H. 0. Wyer—to meet on Saturday before the 1st Lord's day in June, at the city of Richmond. Union As¬ sociation, D. G. Daniell, G. W. Eppes, I. R. Todd and Jacob Smith—to meet Friday before the 3rd Lord's day in October, at Fellowship Church, Lumpkin Co. The Committee on Nominations reported the following ap¬ pointments, which were adopted : To preach the Introductory Sermon, N. G. Foster; alternate, R. Fleming. The Education Sermon, W. H. Stokes ; alternate, J. T. Robert. The following Resolution, offered by bro Foster, was adopted: Resolved, That the Clerk of this Convention be instructed to collect and have bound, in appropriate sized volumes, two sets of the minutes of this Convention from its organiza¬ tion up to this time. And that he retain one in his own possession, and deposite the other in the Library of Mercer University. 8 PROCEEDINGS. Read a communication from the Dalton Church, soliciting as¬ sistance to complete their house of worship, and refeffed it to a Committee consisting of Campbell, Dyer and Harriss. •Voted to print annually, in the Minutes, the Constitution of this body. Instructed the Clerk to publish 3,000 copies of these minutes and distribute them in the usual way. Adjourned to half past 8 o'clock, Monday morning.-—Prayer by brother West. Lord's Day, May 20th, 1849. The Education Sermon was preached by brother Brantly, ac¬ cording to appointment, after which, a collection was taken up, amounting to $89 45. Brother Stokes preached in the afternoon, and brother Foster at night! The Presbyterian pulpit was occupied by the brethren Cuth- bert and J. T. Robert; the Methodist, by the brethren Crawford, Campbell and Poindexter; the Methodist African, by brethren Wilkes, Reid and Tucker, and the Baptist African, by the breth¬ ren Jas. Davis, Webb and D. G. Daniell. Monday, half past 8 o'clock, A. M. Prayer by brother Polhill. Read a letter from the Carrollton Church requesting us to ap¬ point a missionary for Carroll county, and to aid in sustaining him, which, on motion, was referred to the Executive Com¬ mittee. Read the Report of the Select Committee on the Report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University, -and while it was under consideration the Convention adjourned to half past 2 o'clock. Half past 2 O'Clock, P. M. Took up the unfinished business of the forenoon, viz: the Report of the Select Committee on the Report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University, and on motion, re-committed it to the same Committee. Adopted the Report of the Special Committee on the Report of (he Executive Committee. PROCEEDINGS. 9 Adopted the. following Report of the Committee on Publi¬ cations : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS. The Committee on Publications, believing that too much importance cannot be attached to the cultivation of our own Denominational Liter¬ ature, would report—the recommendations of your last Committee, and in addition, call the attention of our brethren at large to a small work, entitled 'John's Baptism,' recently published by R. Fleming, as calcula¬ ted to aid in the investigation of the subject it discusses. 'Haldane on Romans,' a foreign work, may be considered the most satisfactory expo¬ sition of that most difficult of the Apostolic Epistles. It exhibits the doc¬ trines of which it treats in beautiful harmony with each other, and, if read impartially, it would greatly promote unity of faith. On the subject of Periodicals, your Committee cannot express fully theii* anxiety to see the Index, emphatically our paper, released from its present embarrassments, and so borne above all negative and positive hindrances, as to exert the desired influence throughout our borders. Let Georgia Baptists come up as one man to the support of this paper, as the journal of their own transactions, and as a source of instruction and consolation to christians. They have the resources of mind and money, and nothing is needed but united effort, to ensure to it the circulation which its merits demand. - The 'Monthly Miscellany,' published by bro. J. S. Baker, simultaneously at Atlanta, Ga., and Richmond, Va., also deserves our warm support. Devoted mainly to Reviews and extended doctrinal discussions, it should not be regarded as interfering with the claims of the Index. These two interests ought rather to be considered as mutual aids in the cultivation of Southern Baptist Literature, and in the establishment of the Bible truth, "One Lord, one faith, and one bap¬ tism," and under this conviction, let us rally to their support. Respectfully submitted. J. S. LAW, Chairman. Adopted the Report of the Committee on Decease of Ministers as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DECEASED MINISTERS. Your Committee have a mournful duty to perform in recording the deatji of several excellent brethren. Brother Wm. B. B^jckette, of the Hephzibah Association was engaged in the ministry five or six years, was a very pious, devoted, unassuming man—much loved within the circle of his acquaintance. He came to his death by Consumption. Brother Nathan Johnson, of Newton county, was a man of great age, and he had advanced far in his journey towards the tomb, when he was set apart to the work of the ministry. His labors were limited to his im¬ mediate neighborhood. He was an ardent lover of the fundamental doctrines of the gospel; and though he had lost his natural eye-sight for. some time before his death, he yet had a great love for the Bible with which he had made himself very familiar. He departed tifis life during the past winter, having fallen into the grave as a shock of corn fully ripe. Brother B. Stamper, of the Flint River Association was a most godly 2 JO PROCEEDINGS. man and useful minister. His labors were abundant, his sacrifices great, his sufferings protracted and intense. He has gone to his rest, his reward now. May we imitate his bright example ! Brother Cleve¬ land, of Pike county, it is understood, has ceased from his labors. This Committee can only record the fact that a good man has been taken away from the evil to come. We are not informed as to the time or cir¬ cumstances of his death. Brethren B. H. Willson and Jesse Moon, recently of Alabama, but formerly of this State, and much identified with this body, having deceased, it is proper their departure from earth should be recorded on our minutes. In life they were zealous and de¬ voted, and in death'triumphant. They have gone from those who loved them on earth to those whom they love in Heaven. "Oh that we were Avise, that we understood this, that we might consider our latter end !" J. H. CAMPBELL, Chairman. Adopted the following Report of the Committee on Sabbath Schools: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SABBATH SCHOOLS. The Committee on Sabbath Schools beg leave to submit the following Report: The limited time afforded the Committee, necessarily forbids anything like an elaborate report on the important subject of Sabbath Schools. It affords them unfeigned satisfaction, however, to be able to state, that from the best information they have been able to obtain, the cause of Sabbath Schools is steadily advancing in our churches. During the last Conventional year, it is believed that the number of Schools-has con¬ siderably increased, and that there is a spirit awakening on the subject which promises continued and increasing effort for years to come. In some of our Towns and Villages there are large and efficient Sabbath Schools. In country places it has been found- that efforts to establish schools have been attended with happy results. Two or three interest¬ ing facts might be stated : The Rock Mountain Association report as fol¬ lows, "Since our last session, there have been nine additional schoojls organfzeffi making in all sixteen within our bounds, embracing five or six hund're Another fact it may be proper to mention. In one Sabbath School in Westeh^ Georgia, a resolution was adopted short¬ ly after the meeting of the last f^onvention by the teachers and scholars to raise, if possible, one hundred hilars a year for the support of an as¬ sistant native missionary in China. XThe plan met the approval of the Foreign Board, the missionary was appointed, (Lye-Seen-Sang, in Can¬ ton,) and the first year's contribution of Si 00 has been sent up to this Con¬ vention. To raise the amount pledged, the plan of weekly Sabbath eoL PROCEEDINGS. 11 lections has been adopted in the School, which is found to be remarkably successful. The children and teachers manifest much interest in their contributions, and most of them come every Sabbath with their cents or half-dimes or dimes, to cast into the treasury of the Lord. The commit¬ tee would conclude their report by recommending the adoption of the following resolutions:" 1. Resolved, That the members of this body and our brethren gener¬ ally throughout the State be earnestly-requested to increase their efforts during the next Conventional year to establish Sabbath Schools wherever it is practicable to do so. 2. Resolved, That our brethren be requested to consider the propriety of introducing into their Sabbath Schools the plan of regular contributions for missionary purposes. 3.' Resolved, That a Standing Committee be appointed annually by this body, whose-duty it shall be during each year to collect information in regard to the condition and prospects of the Sabbath School cause throughout the State, and report to the regular meetings of the Conven¬ tion, C. D. MALLARY, Chairman. In this connection interesting verbal statements were made by brother Daniel! in reference tc> the Atlanta mission. Adopted the Report of the Committee on the state of Religion within onr bounds : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STATE OF RELIGION. The Committee on the state of Religion beg leave to-make the ensuing Report: At thq present time, the state of religion in many places, is languid, though from other quarters we have received encouraging intelligence. In reviewing the history of the past year, we learn that in many large dis¬ tricts of country there have been extensive revivals of religion, and large accessions to oiir churches, there having been a net gain of more than 3000 in thq Associations represented in this Convention. In addi¬ tion to this, We rejoice to learn that there is a gradual elevation of piety, liberality and devotion. A desire for intelligence, which is highly en¬ couraging and cheering, is appearing in many sections. An increase of liberality, far below our ability and duty indeed, appears in the contribu¬ tions in individuals, churches, and Associations. Our distinguishing denominational principles are meeting with favor and we have reason to believe that our progress upon the whole, is cheering. It is not to be denied, however, that many things exist among us, which are to be deplored, A deeper tone of piety is desirable; a more constant and uniform progress in spirituality is to be sought for. It is not enough that members be added to our churches: they can be the light of the world, only by walking in the doctrines and commandments of the gos-/ pel. Our devotion, piety, intelligence in christian things, and liberality in the Lord's service are to be largely increased, before we can bp^lnd do what we ought to be and do as stewards of the Lord. / In accomplishing this result, we take the libei ty of suggesting several thine* as imnortant auxiliaries if not absolutely £S ential. 12 PROCEEDINGS. 1. The ministry should be more exclusively and entirely devoted to their ministerial labors. We deem it no breach of modesty or want of humility to claim for our brethren a commendable zeal in their great work oi preaching the gospel. By their self-denial and toil, they have penetrated many a dark corner, and diffused the light of the glorious salvation; by their self-sacrificing spirit and unceasing labor, many a place in the wilderness has been made to blossom as the rose and the jfarched ground watered with the dews of heaven. Still) candor, truth and a sense of many defects in our religious communities demand the confession that we need a devotion more exclusive and a consecration more entire. There is much more work to be done; much more land to be possessed; the soil occupied must be better cultivated; more fruit must be produced. To do this, our ministers should be more exclusively devoted to their work. 2. A second suggestion, intimately connected with the preceding, re¬ gards the duty of the churches. They should provide a better support for their laborers. Religion and nature combine in urging upon ministers as well as others, the duty of providing for their households. Our brethren, who love to be cheered by revivals in which souls are converted to God, and by witnessing the development of Christian graces in professors of religion, should remember that the minister who goes on this war¬ fare at his own charges must be frequently interrupted and hindered by the cries of his family which his heart cannot refuse to hear, and which heaven will approve him in heeding. 3. To provide for these wants our brethren will need a greater spirit of consecration and a more realizing sense of their stewardship in regard to their persons and all the substance with which the Lord has blessed them. We do not live unto the Lord, unless our property as well as our heart be consecrated to His service. That service requires money as well as men. Meeting houses are to be built; young ministers are to be educated ; our churches are to be fed with spiritual food. The wants of Christ's kingdom can be supplied only by our realizing in,its full force, the obligation, whether we live to live unto the Lord and whether we die to die unto the Lordl Which is respectfully submitted, N. M. CRAWFORD, Chairman. Adopted the following Report of the Committee on Missions : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON, MISSIONS. The Committee on Missions would beg leave-to Report, that they have taken a rapid survey of the wide field opened for our culture, and every where there seems to be a demand for more vigorous exertions in prosecuting this great and glorious work. Whether we look at home or abroad, we feel summoned to more entire consecration, to more united, and efficient action in the missionary enterprise. At home there are claims, which we cannot deny, responsibilities which we cannot escape. ' In our own State much remains yet to be done, and probably more than is apprehended by the mass of this body. Feeble churches need our PROCEEDINGS. 13 sympathy, and our assistance—destitute communities look to us to furn¬ ish them with the bread of life—and God holds us accountable*for what we do, and for what we neglect, to meet their wants and their necessi¬ ties. While we rejoice that many Associations are engaged coramen- dably in sustaining missionaries within their immediate limits, we deep¬ ly deplore the absence of that intense and universal interest in this good cause, which ought to pervade our entire denomination throughout the length and breadth of our rapidly growing State. The Domestic Missions present to us a no less interesting field, inviting us to its culture. , - The Southern portion of our nation have been encouraged to look to us in common with our sister States for supply of religious instruction to their people. We have pledged ourselves to this cause—and God and our fel¬ low probationers hold us responsible to redeem this pledge. Thousands are flocking to the fertile soils erf the distant South-west—and God in his providence is calling upon us, whatsoever our hands find to do, to do it with our might. The boundaries of the field are extensive. # Our instru¬ mentalities ought to be somewhat proportionate. Fifty-seven missiona¬ ries scattered abro.ad at remote points through this vast region of country comprise the amount of agency employed by our Southern Board to pro¬ pagate the truth and promote the cause and kingdom of Christ. Our ef¬ forts, feeble as they are, have been blessed in a good degree, and God is encouraging us to enlarge our operation here. But funds have not been supplied with that liberality which would authorise the Board to augment in any way their agencies in this department. We would commend to the churches this cause as entitled to their prayers and their charities. But "the field is the world." We would never forget the great com¬ mission of the risen Saviour: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." The red men of our western wilds look to us for the Gospel of Christ, and there are special obligations which bind us to provide them with the means of grace. We have acknowledged the obligation, and organized a distinct association for the purpose of doing this work. The Indian Mission Association has now in its employ several missionaries, who are successfully prosecuting their labors of love. They feel encouraged to go forward, and invite the cordial and prayerful co-operation of Southern Baptists and all who love the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ. But the Macedonian cry is heard from trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific shores. The Asiatic and the African idolater casts an imploring look to the christians of this country, to us who are convened in this assembly. They invoke our remembrance, our kindly christian sympathy. On every breeze is wafted the affecting entreaty,. "Come and help us ere we die." The most solemn and overwhelming considerations cluster around this deeply interesting subject. No mind can contemplate it without an awful feeling of the responsibility of the Church of Christ. Millions of beings, pressed down with a conscious load of guilt, are urging their waf to the judgment seat of Christ. They will meet us there. Brethren, hearken to the voice of our God, and let us point them to the Lamb, whose blood alone can wash their sins away. Our Foreign Missionary opera- 14 PROCEEDINGS. tions, we regret to find, are greatly restricted from the want of adequate contributions from the churches. The demand for labor is great—but laborers might be obtained to meet it. The demand for pecuniary aid is likewise great—it remains for the Baptist Churches in the southern coun¬ try to determine whether this demand can be lully met. We rejoice that the contributions from our State, for the present year, have been greater than those of the few years that are past. It bespeaks increased interest, an awakening to our responsibilities. But what we have done falls yet greatly short of what we ought to do in this work. We trust that the labors of the Agent, who has been appointed to visit our churches, will arouse them from their seeming apathy, and enlist more deeply their feel¬ ings in the missionary enterprise. We would close our report by recommending to the denomination the publications of the Board as a very efficient agency in fostering the spirit of missions, and an auxiliary in promoting to action in the cause. We would further recommend respectfully, yet urgently, that during the pro¬ gress of the year, the pastor of every church within our.boundanes should present before his people the claims of these various departments of be¬ nevolent effort. Respectfully submitted, JOS. T. ROBERT, Chairman. The Committee appointed on the application from the Palton Church, presented a report which was amended to read as fol¬ lows : There being no funds on hand which can be used for build¬ ing meeting houses, this Convention regrets that she cannot re¬ spond favorably" to the call of the Dalton Church. The Special Committee to whom had been recomnlitted their report oil the Report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer Univer¬ sity, presented the following, which was adopted: REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The Select Committee to whom was referred the report of the Trus¬ tees of Mercer University, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report: They are gratified in being able to say that the University is in a healthy and vigorous condition, with an able and efficient Faculty, and all other necessary facilities to insure a thorough education—holding out inducements equal at least to those of the best institutions of our country. They commend it most earnestly to the patronage of the public general¬ ly, and especially to our .own denomination. And as a further induce¬ ment to parents, guardians, and philanthropists, to avail the/nselves ot the advantages of this Institution, your Committee reeommend^that the "trustees of the University be instructed by this body, to fixfterms of scholarship, single, perpetual, and family. That is, a sum which, when paid down, will entitle the individual to graduate one student—a sum creating the right of keeping always one student in the University, and a sum entitling parents to graduate all of their own sons. And von*. PROCEEDINGS. Committee Would suggest that, to make this plan accomplish the most good both to the Institution and those to be benefitted by education, the sum should be put much below an amount, the interest of which would pay the regular tuition, at present rates. ' Your Committee highly approve the self-sacrificing spirit and constant faithfulness which characterize our Faculty, and would earnestly en¬ courage the Trustees to increase their salaries whenever the. funds of the Institution will justify. Your Committee are gratified in being able, from good authority, to state, that out of the whole number of students graduated at Mercer, there is not one who is not either engaged in some useful and honorable employment, or diligently preparing to be thus engaged. In other words, that she has not a "loafer" or vagabond among her alurnni. This fact makes its own commentary. All of which is respectfully submitted, N. G. FOSTER, Chairman. Adopted the Report of the Committee on Education, as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. The Committee on Education report, that as nothing of a special char¬ acter is presented for their consideration, they would respectfully refer the Convention to the Report of the Executive'Committee. The Committee notice with much satisfaction, the progress of educa¬ tion among our own people', and hail with,.thankfulness, the coming of that day, when the reproach will in no sense, justly attach to us that, as a denomination, we are ignorant and uneducated. It is, nevertheless, to be deplored, that there is yet much indifference upon the subject of edu¬ cation. The great body of our Denomination need to be roused to a proper estimation ef the value of mental cultivation, as connected -with the success we contemplate in our various enterprises. Submitted, A. T. HOLMES, Chairman. Bro. Holmes having reported that a benevolent gentleman had left in his will an amount of some hundreds of dollars, the inter¬ est of which is fo be appropriated to missionary purposes, and that his Trustees had expressed a desire to place it in the control of this Convention on motion, brethren James Perryman, Jesse Carter, and Hiram Powell were appointed a committee to confer with them on the subject and receive the funds.. Adjourned to half-past 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. Prayer by brother Hendricks. Tuesday Morning, half-past S o'clock,- Prayer by brother Tucker. Reconsidered the Report of the Committee on the Report of Executive Committee—amended and adopted it as follows: 36 PROCEEDINGS. REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Committee to whom was referred the Report of the Executive Committee, beg leave'' to submit,the following as the result of their con¬ sultations: Before descending to particulars, the Committee would briefly express their deep conviction of the great importance of the various interests committed to the hands of our Executive Board, and of the faithful and satisfactory manner in which they have discharged their weighty and complicated duties. The Committee notice with regret the limited patronage which is af¬ forded to the Eemale Seminary at Penfield, and would most earnestly commend that important institution to the favorable notice of the Con¬ vention, and the Denomination at large. Its important location, the fact that it is in the hands of experienced and competent teachers,' and under the immediate supervision of our denomination, give it strong claims upon the affections, confidence, and patronage of our brethren. We hope to see it rising above every embarrassment, and moving forward with increased prosperity. It appears from the report under consideration, that the Institution at Cave Spring, whilst prosperous as to its financial affairs, is laboring un¬ der some embarrassments in.other respects. These embarrassments must be regarded as a matter of deep regret to the Convention, and the Denomination generally. There are but few more desirable locations in the Southern country- for a literary institution than the neighborhood of Cave Spring. The purity of its streams, the salubrity of its climate, the fertility of its soil, the beauty of its scenery, and its favorable position in relation to the surrounding country, all combine to render it peculiarly inviting and important. The institution there has a respectable endow¬ ment, and in time past has shared largely in the tokens of the divine fa¬ vor. Why may it not still prosper? The Committee would express their anxious desire, and in this expression the whole Convention will no doubt heartily concur, that "the unhappy difficulties in the community," re¬ ferred to in the Report, may all be speedily removed, and the institution soon rise to that state of prosperity and usefulness which will meet the hopes of its patrons, and the wants of the community at large. Christian Index.—Inasmuch as the Executive Committee have not been jable to make any permanent engagement to have the Editorial de¬ partment filled at Penfield, and some brethren desire itsTocation to be fixed elsewhere, we respectfully recommend to the Executive Committee to take into serious consideration the propriety of removing the paper to Macon, Atlanta, or elsewhere, provided they can make the,necessary ar¬ rangements for the safe management of its finances and for its editorial department; and that they be authorized to effect its removal, if in their judgment it shall be Considered best to do so, and should they fail to make the arrangements herein suggested, within a reasonable time, we recom¬ mend that they be authorized to sell the concern to some individual or company, who, in their judgment, would be likely to manage it for the best interests of the denomination. PROCEEDINGS. 17 The Committee would beg leave to make some further recommenda¬ tions with a view to extending the circulation and increasing the' useful¬ ness of the paper, provided they can be carried out consistently with ar¬ rangements that might be made in accordance with the above sugges¬ tions. They would recommend, 1st. That after the present year, the paper be changed to the common newspaper form.' 2d. That after the present year, or sooner if deemed desirable, the price be reduced to $2, to all paying in advance; all however not paying within the first six months of their subscription year, to be charged the present rate, viz : $2,50. As, however, the reduction of the price will require an increased number of subscribers, in order to meet the expense of publication, we would, 3d. Urge upon the members of this body, and upon all the friends of the paper in Georgia, the necessity of early, general^ and vigorous ef¬ forts to double, if possible, the present number of subscribers. 4th. To increase the usefulness of the paper, particularly to that class of readers who take no other publication, the Committee would recommend that a little more space be devoted to important condensed items of secular in¬ telligence. C. D. MALLARY, Chairman. Adopted the Report of the Committee on Finance. (Appen¬ dix D.) Instructed the Executive Committee to appropriate to Indian Missions one-half of the amount sent up for general purposes by the Cave Spring Female Missionary Society. As the Indian Mission Association, of which this Convention is an Auxiliary, will meet next Fall at St. Louis, be it Resolved, That in consequence of the distance, we appoint no delegates to represent Us. Resolved, That brother V. R. Thornton be appointed to write a letter to the Association. In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Sabbath Schools, the following brethren are a Standing Commit¬ tee on Sabbath Schools.—C. D.' Mallary, M. E. Bacon, Jno. E. Dawson, R Fleming, Alfred Webb. On motion, of brother Hillyer, it was Resolved, That brother Brantly be requested to furnish a copy of his Sermon on Educa¬ tion of Ministers for publication; and thai he be allowed to designate the place and manner of having it done. Re-elected Peter Northen Treasurer of the Convention. Elected as members of the Executive Committee, B. M. San¬ ders, J. L. Dagg, Thos. Stocks, V. R. Thornton, C. M. Irvin, P. Northen and T. J. Burney. On motion of brother Mallary, Whereas, it is expected that at the approaching meeting of the Southern Triennial Convention, a consultation will be held on the subject of a Southern Theological Semina- R^olved, That our delegates to that Convention be authorized to join in that consulta¬ tion and present such views as in their judgment may best represent the opinions and feel¬ ings of the Baptists of Georgia in relation to this important subject. lis PROCEEDINGS. Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are due and are hereby sincerely tendered to the citizens of this community for their kindness and hospitality to the members of this body during their present session. Resolved, That an extract from the minutes containing this resolution be published in the papers of the Town. Resolved, That the Georgia Baptist Convention tender thanks to the managers of the Georgia Rail Road and the State Road, and the Memphis Branch Rail Road, for the facili¬ ties afforded the members of the Convention in atlendincr its present session. I;-: That the thanks of the Convention are due to the Methodist and Presbyterian china" hes of Atheir-fcr the of "heir niae-'ing houses. Resolved. That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to the Moderator for the able and impartial manner In which he has discharged the duties of the office. Adjourned to meet at the time and place appointed. Prayer by brother Stokes. THOMAS STOCKS, Moderator. P. H. Mell, Clerk. C. M. Irvin, Assistant Clerk. [A.] REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. STATE MISSIONS. Although your Committee have been pressingly urged to Supply with missionary labor, various places in our State, reported to be distressing. !y destitute of every means of religious instruction, it has been with the utmost difficulty that they have found means for the support of two mis¬ sionaries, immediately under their direction. From the great importance of the station at Atlanta, they have not deemed it advisable to abandon it, till the Church there so recently gathered up, had gained a little more strength. Brother Daniell has been eontinued there the present year, but with the liberty of laboring a part of his time with the Church in Grif¬ fin, for 4he sake of their aid in his support. After the present year we trust the Church at Atlanta, with the Divine blessing, will be able to provide for themselves. Brother Daniell reports for the whole of last year, to have traveled 2,139 miles, to have preached 153 sermons, delivered 73 exhortations, visited 354 families, sold 5 Bibles, 40 testa¬ ments, 710 miscellaneous books, given away 31, distributed 22,313 pages of tracts, baptized 10, aided in the ordination of one minister, and one dea¬ con. He has so nearly completed the payment for the meeting house that the Church have taken the balance on themselves. They have now the enjoyment of a neat and comfortable house furnished with a bell. Brother Ryals, who had for the last two years been laboring in Telfair and the adjoining counties, seemed'to have so fully gained the confidence and affections of the people there, and to be occupying so large a field, that would without his labor be deplorably destitute, that we deem it de¬ sirable still to continue him there. During the last year his labors were considerably curtailed by affliction. He fievertheless reports for the year, 2,252 miles traveled. He failed to report the sermons preached during the 2nd quarter, but reports for the other three quarters of last year 133 sermons preached, 225 families visited, 23'baptized, one Sab¬ bath School constituted. Beside the support of these missionaries, your Committee have contributed $100 to aid in the support of one of the mis¬ sionaries of the Domestic Board of the Southern Baptist Convention within our State. Our means in this department of labor have been cur¬ tailed by the continuance of the practice of the most of -the missionary Associations in our State confining their contributions for mission labor within their own bounds, and under the charge of an Executive Com¬ mittee of their own. BENEFICIARIES. Bro. W. D. Atkinson and Bro. H. Williams took their first degree in the literary department of Mercer University at the last Commencement, and Bro. C, W. Stevens completed a course of Theological study.— These brethren have gone into the field of labor with an encouraging promise of future usefulness. Bro. Gwinn of South Carolina and Bro. Powel of Mississippi, and Bro. Matthews of our own State have also felt it expedient to close their studies in the University after receiving only a so APPENDIX. partial eoufse ofinstruction, and have Ipft with the consent of your Com¬ mittee. We have good reason to hope they will make a profitable use of the advantages they have enjoyed. Bro. Fitzgerald who. had been for two years a beneficiary at Cave Spring also applyed at the end of the last year to be dismissed from your patronage, which was granted him. While we have lessened our charge by the departure of these Breth¬ ren, we have had the happiness to see their vacancies filled at once by other applicants. During the past Conventional year we have received under your patronage Bro. Y. A. Caskill, who had previously been sus¬ tained by the 1st Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia;'Bro. T. B. Cooper from Scriven county, Ga. ; Bro. G. M. Dews from Albany; "Bro. J. M. Wilson from Effingham county ; Bro. H. F. Llpford from Walton county; and Bro. C. C. White from Elbert county. Bro. Jennings from Virginia has been received into the University as a Beneficiary, but is sustained by special contributions by the brethren on the solicitations of Bro. Baker. Others have applied for your patronage, but we have been compelled to decline their reception for want of fun'ds to provide for their cxpeqses. Under the provisions of the Orphan fund we have had during the last term, the same young men we had last year. During the present lerm one of the sons of the late Dr. Maeon has retired from school on account of bad health. THE INDEX. Early after the last Convention, Dr. Baker tendered his resignation to take'place at the end of the year. Your Committee were anxious to have retained his services in the Editorial department, but found him de¬ cided in his purpose of retiring from the office. We have corresponded with a number of brethren in reference to filling the vacancy permanent¬ ly, but have not yet been successful in our efforts. Necessity has there¬ fore devolved upon the Committee themselves the responsibility of this service until other arrangements can be made. At our request our Chairman has undertaken this charge for the time being. On a settlement with Dr. Baker at the time of his retiring from the office, he was in arrears to the office for money collected for it, and for the rent of the house and furniture, Si,371 91. His orders have since been paid to the am't. of about, $ 300 00 1,671 91 We have collected on acc'ts. due him up to the 1st inst $1,396 48 275 43 Leaving him still in debt to the office on his last years transaction $275 43. We have contracted for the printing of the paper the present year at $1,500, we furnishing the office and all its furniture. The editing, in¬ cluding ^ook-keeping, correspondence and all its other duties will cost $1,200, and the paper $700 or $800. These expenditures with about $400 for the use of the office and its furniture, with its repairs, will cost in the year, $3,900. APPENDIX, 21 On the 1st May inst. we had 856 subscribers who had paid in advance $700 85. 794 who are in arrears to the amount of $1,213 10, and 384 (ordered to be erased from the books,) who are in arrears $3,104 90.— It will be seen then that in the place of about 2,700 subscribers reported by brother Baker, we have at present only about 1,650, and even they are in arrears to the paper nearly double the amount of what.is paid in advance. And what is a little more mortifying consideration than all the rest is, that out of 549 ordained ministers reported in the last years min¬ utes to be inourown State, the names of only 151 are on our list, a little more than one-fourth of the ministry and about one-fortieth of the mem¬ bers of the denomination in the State. It is with pain we submit these facts to th.e Convention, and we would commehd them to their counsels and their prayers. Your Committee have been extremely anxious to see the price of the paper put down to $2. B ut while it will cost nearly $4,000 to publish 2,000 papers, how will it be possible to meet the ex¬ pense with only 1,650 at $2, even if all paid punctually in advance. With 2,000 subscribers those that paid in advance could be furnished with the paper at $2, provided those who did not pay in advance .should pay $2 50 and even that price should be required in six months. We hope the Convention will be able to devise some means by which the circulation of the paper and its usefulness may be increased. FEMALE ACADEMY. This Institution is in successful operation under the instruction of Brethren G. Y. Browne and P. Loud. The death of sister Browne since your last meeting, has been a calamity to be deeply lamented. But so far as it has affected the instruction of the school, the vacancy has been filled by a competent assistant. We have to lament that the merits of this school are not better understood, and the patronage from abroad more worthy of its claims. • We fear that unless this patronage shall be in¬ creased during the present year, the Institution, will be in danger of losing , the services of these teachers, an event that we think would be, to be deeply regretted. HEARNE MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL. According to the report of the Trustees of this School the last y ear, it was in prosperous condition. But we learn from their' iast report, that from some unhappy difficulties in the community, the principal teacher had resigned, and the prosperity of the Institution in regard to its patron¬ age had to some extent been impaired. They report the Financial state of the Institution to be in prosperous condition; that it is entirely out of debt, and the treasurer there has in hand, funds in notes and cash to the amount of $1,124 55, besides its landed interest and improvements, and the Hearne legacy, a part of which is already in the hands of your treasurer. We have had a beneficiary for the past two years instructed in this Institution. APPROPRIATIONS. F O RE I GN 'MISSION FUND. To For. Board So. Bapt. Convention, $1,280 22 22 APPENDIX. DOMESTIC MISSION FUND. To Domestic Board So. Bapt. Convention, - 1,041 30 STATE MISSION FUND. To Missionaries ki Georgia, 735 28 MISSION PURPOSE FUND. To Missionaries in Georgia, 10 75 INTEREST PERMANENT MISSION FUND. To Missionaries in Georgia, . 488 97 FUND FOR PASTORAL LABOR IN VILLAGES. To the Mission at A tlanta,. 40 00 INDIAN MISSION FUND. To Agent Indian Missions, 664 02 BIBLE CAUSE FUND. To For. Board So. Bapt. Convention,. 105 00 Total Mission appropriations, $4,365 54 EDUCATION FUND. For support and tuition of 20 beneficiaries, $1,652 00 For purchase of books for indigent ministers, 122 37 To pay Treasurer's salary, 250 00 To Lawyers fee lor collection, 20 90 $2,045 27 INDIGENT ORPHAN FUND. To aid in support and tuition 5 beneficiaries,, $247 00 FEMALE ACADEMY FUND. To fence lot and repair holise, 50 00 TOWN LOT FUND. To re-purchase two lots that had been sold, 200 00 •To repair Female Academy*and Teacher's house,." 342 64 SOUTHERN, BAPTIST PUBLICATION FUND. To be paid to General Agent, 743 19 .GENERAL PURPOSE F~UND. To aid the church in Marietta, 100 00 MISCELLANEOUS FUND. For various specific objects, 101 70 TRACT FUND. purchase Tracts for distribution,...., 50 00 $8,245 34 INDEX FUND." For Editor, Publisher, paper, &c., $1,287 04 LANDS. We have thought proper to make a transfer to the Board of trustees of Mercer University of the titles to all the land constituting the campus and commons of the University/eontaining ahout one hundred and forty acres. We have also sold town lots to the amount of $390. CONTRIBUTION.OF BOOKS. Contributions of books have been made to the following ministering APPENDIX. 23 brethren and licentiates viz: Bro. S. B. Sanders, Elbert county, 810 worth, Bro. James Adams and Hez. Glover of Cass county, each $5 worth, having at that time no more suitable books on hand. To Bro. Jacob Tait, Floyd county, 810 worth; Bro. Thomas Aldridge, Macon county, $10—Bro. U. M. Matthews $10—Bro. W. Thomas, Clarke county, $10—Bro. S. Rowe Stewart county, $10—Bro. W. D. Atkinson $10—S. D. Everett $6 05. BOOK DEPOSITSET'FOE MINISTERS. Books on hand per last report, 63 31 Cash on hand for books sold, 44 23 And of books since purchased, 122 34 $229 88 cohteI. Cash paid to treasurer, .$ 44 23 Donations of books, 86 84 Books sold deducting freight, .. * 16.32 Amount of books jaow on hand, 82 49 $229* 88 BOOK DEPOSITORY ATLANTA. Amount as per last Report 1848, $413 33 C O N T R A . Sent Bro. Sharp Dom. Missionary, . $ 43 58 Sent Bro. Deavors " " ... t....... 20 61 Cash in hand for books sold, % 134 45 Amount of books in Depository May 4th, 1849, 217 80 $416 44 [B.] REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MERCER UNIVERSITY. The President of the University reports it to be in a prosperous condi¬ tion ; that a large proportion of the students are professors of religion and 20 of them studying for the ministry—and more it is hoped will en¬ gage in it. Valuable additions have been made to the Cabinet and Li¬ brary by the agency of Prof. Pierce, and $200 worth to the Apparatus by purchase, One graduate in the Theological and six in the Literary department last Commencement. Filled vacancy of Prof, of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry by election of Mr. J. E. Willet, a former graduate of the University. The monument intended to perpetuate the memory of Rev. Jesse Mercer has been finished and attached to the ■wall of the Chapel immediately over the nostrum. The campus has been enclosed by a neat post and plank fence. • A College building to be 50 feet by 90 and of three stories, is under contract, to be finished by the 1st of December next, and is now in progress. Its cost will be between $7,000 and $8,000. The Treasurer reports the University fund, $81,- 24 APPENDIX. 938. Central Prof., $19,050. Mercer Theological fund, $23,192. Room rent and tuition, $66. Library and Apparatus, $70. New Theological fund, $300. There has been an abatement of some of the funds by compromise with contributors. The Treasurer has been or¬ dered to collect in 20 per cent of the funds to change the investment. [C-] . REPORT Of the Treasurer of the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, to lsf May, 1849. PERMANENT FUND FOR EDUCATION. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, $29,736 22 " 18th, " Received of State Convention, 122 47 " 31st, " Received of a young lady of Newnan, 50 Oct. 10th, " Received of Georgia Association, 10 00 " 21sl, " Received of J. Crawl,. 1 00 Jan. 16th, 1849, Received of J. L. Dagg, for sale of books,.. 44 23 April 28th, Do. ^ do. do. • do. . 16 32 Collected interest for the year, 1,914 93 $31,845 67 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 1, 6, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, *31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 86,... $2,455 89 Amount on hand, . $29,389 78 $31,845 67 GENERAL PURPOSE FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, 157 78 " 18th, . •$ 100 00 Amount on hand, $ 332 09 $ 432 09 APPENDIX. 25 STATE MISSION FUND. May 2d, 1848, Received of Richard Scruggs, 5 00 " 16th, " Received of Dr. H. Neeson, 5 00 " 18th, " Received of State Convention,... 150 60 " 31st, " Received by the hands of P. H. Mell, 2 00 June 6th, •" Received of Greenesboro' Church, 1 00 " 12th, " Received of H.Davenport, 1 00 " 2lst, " Received of Treas'r. Washington Associa'n 143 00 July 3d, " Do. do. do. do. 22 50 Oct. 10th, " Received of Georgia Association,........ 218 25 Jan. 16th, 1849, Received of Liberty Church, Gwinnett co., 42 50 $ 590 85 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 2, 36, 59, 61, 75, 76, 77, $ 1,022 50 Carried to Permanent Mission Fund, 431 65 $ 590 85 FOREIGN MISSION FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, $ 4 98 " 18th, " Received of State Convention, 856 01 " 18th, " Received of State Convention Bible Fund, . for China, 40 25 " 18th, " Received of State Convention for China,.. 179 48 " ISth, " Received of State Convention for Africa,.. 71 05 ££ 31st, " Received by the hands of P. H. Mell,.... 1 00 June 6th, " Received of Treas'r Rehoboth Association,, 10 50 " 21st, ££ Rec'd. of Treas'r. Wash. Asso., for China, 9 00 " 21st, " Do. do. do. for Africa, 6 15 " 2-lst, " Do. do. do 2 00 July 3d, " Do. do. do 4 00 " 30th, Received ofPetit's Creek Church, China, 5 45 " 30th, ££ Do. do. do. Africa, 5 45 ££ 30th, ££ Received of Canton Church, China,...... 8 37 ££ 30th, ££ Do. do. do. Africa, 8 37 Oct. 10th, ££ Received of Georgia Association, 281 69 ££ 10th, ££ Do. ' do. do. China,... 22 55 e£ 10th, ££ Do. do. do. Liberia,.. 40 00 ££ 10th, ££ Do. , do. do. half Sab. col. 30 45 Dec. 13th, ££ Rec'd of Treas'r. West. Asso., 25 80 ££ 13th, ££ Do. do. do. for Africa,... 1 50 ££ 13tb, ££ Do. do. do. for China,... 5 00 Feb. 8th, 1849, Received of M. J. and Mrs. M. Lawrence, 5 00 April 27th, £C Rec'd. of Treas'r. Central Asso., 40 00 « 27th, ££ Do. do. do. for Africa, 2 61 $ 1,666 66 4 26 APPENDIX. CONCHA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 3, 2S, 60, $ 1,280 2!? Amount on hand,. $ 386 44 $ 1,666 66 INDIGENT ORPHAN FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, $ 2,826 06 " 1st, " Collected interest for the year, 259 89 3,085 86 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 48, 53, 125 00 Amount on hand, 2,960 86 $ 3,085 86 MISSION PURPOSE FUND. May 18th, 1848, Received of State Convention, $ 10 75 FEMALE ACADEMY FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, * 155 68 CQNTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 29, 30, 49, 161 46 Amount to credit of Treasurer,... *. * 5 72 161 46 PERMANENT MISSION FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, 1,460 97 Collected interest for the year, 28 00 1,488 97 CONTRA. Amount brought from State Mission Fund, 431 65 Amount on hand, 1,057 32 $ 1,488 97 BAPTIST TRACT BUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, 58 75 Oct. 10th, " Received of Georgia Association,... 5 00 63 75 APPENDIX. 27 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's order, No. 62,. 50 00 Amount on hand, 13 75 $ 63 75 INDIAN MISSION FtlND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, 213 60 " 18th, " Received of State Convention, 386 92 June 6th, " Received of Treas'r Rehoboth Association, 23 50 " aist, " Do. do. Washington do 9 50 July 3d, " Do. do. do. do 3 50 Dec. 13th, " Do. -do. Western do 8 60 April 27th, 1849, Do, do. Central do 40 00 $- 685 62 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders, No. 5, 12, 85, 664 02 Amount on hand,. .... 21 60 $ 685 62 BIBLE CAUSE FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, .. 30 00 " 18th, " Received of State Convention, 34 00 July 3d, " Received of Mrs. Nancy Sanders, 20 00 Oct. 10th, " Received of Georgia Association,. 12 00 Amount on hand, $ 105 00 DOMESTIC MISSIONS—SOUTHERN BOARD. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, 340 29 " 18th, " Received of State Convention,. 664 85 " " " Do. do. do. for Texas,... 36'1'6 July 3d, " Do. of Mrs. Nancy Sanders, 30 00 Oct. 10th, " Do. of Geo. Asso., 216 19 " " " Do. do. for N. Hill, Texas,... 16 00 « " " Do. do. for B.P.Chandler,Tex. 1 00 « " " Do. do. half of Sab. collection, 30 45 Dec. 13th, " Do. ofTreas'r. Western Association,.. 42 30 M'ch 8th, 1849, Do. of M. J. and Mrs. M. Lawrence,. 5 00 April 27th, " Do. of Treas'r. Central Association,... 40 00 $ 1,402 24 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's order, No. 4, 1,041 30 Amount on hand, . 360 94 $ 1,402 24 28T APPENDIX. TOWN LOT FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, $ 3,500 93 June 12th, " Sale'of 150 old rails, 87 ' Sept/28th, " Collected, lor wood in streets, 14 81 Dec. ©th, " Received of J. S. Baker in part for lot,...... 28 04 Jan. 10th,1S49, Sale of lots to Steam Mill Company, 50 00 « " " Sales of lots to A. H. Randle, 340 00 " 18th, t£ Received for rent of lot to Browne & Loud, 5 00 Collected interest for the year, 120 37 .. ' ' 4,060 02 . , . CONTRA. Cash psiid Committee's orders, No. 7, 8, 13, 18, 52, 64, 65, 67,SQ, 82,.,. 613 55 Amount on hand, 3,446 47 $ 4,060 02 PERMANENT FUND EDUCATION B. M. C., GA,. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, $ 10 00 HEARN LEGACY FUND, FOR CAVE SPRING. Collected interest for the year, 378 84 CONTRA. Credit Treasurer from last report,, 44 68 Amount on hand, , 334 16 $ 378 84 PASTORAL LABORS IN VILLAGE. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand,... i $ 40 00 SOUTHERN PUBLICATION SOCIETY. May 18th, 1848, Received of State Convention,.... 296 29 , June 6th, " Do. of Treas'r. Rehoboth Asso.,... 1 00 t 297 29 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's order, No. 16, 296 09 Amount on hand, 1 29 $ 297 29 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. * May 18th, 1848, Received of State Convention,,98 50. APPENDIX. ' '29 CONTRA. Cash paid Committee's orders. No. 9,10, 27, -.... 101 70 Credit to Treasurer, 3 20 $ 98 50 CHRISTIAN INDEX FUND. May 1st, 1848, Amount on hand, ' ' 464 06 Collected between Dec. 13 and March 27,.. 2,250 78 Received of B. M. Sanders, 506 02 $ 3,220 86 CONTRA. Cash paid No, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1,287 04 Amount on hand, ... $ 1,933 82 < RECAPITULATION. Permanent Fund for Education, '... *. • »29,389 78 General Purpose Fund, 332 09 State Mission Fund, balanced. Foreign Mission Fund,.... 386 44 Indigent Orphan Fund, 2,960 86 Mission Purpose Fund, 10 75 Permanent Mission Fund,...- 1,057 32 Baptist Tract Fund, 13 75 Indian Mission Fund, 21 60 Bible Cause Fund, 10"5 00 Domestic Mission, Southern Board, 360 94 Town Lot Fund,. 3,446 47 Education Baptist*Ministers Children in Georgia, 10 00 Pastoral Labors in village, 40 00 Southern Publication Society,... 4 29 Miscellaneous Items,.; .minus $3 20 Christian Index Fund, 1,934 82 Female Academy Fund, balanced. Hearn Legacy Permanent Fund, In notes, Receipts for notes in suit, Georgia Rail Road Stock, Uncurrent Funds, Cash Notes, In Cash, $40,071 11- (tlr'The undersigned Committee, appointed to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, find them supported by satisfactory vouchers. THOMAS STOCKS,) r B. M. SANDERS, \ Comrmttee' $40,071 11 5,412 00 ,33,312 86 1,785 32 2,750 00 162 00 937 46 1,123 57 APPENDIX. [D-3 THE REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE. The Committee on Finance beg leave to Report, that they have receiv¬ ed the following sums of money for the objects specified below : From the Apalachee Association— Sugar Creek Church to constitute J. Hendricks Life Man¬ ager, of the Southern Publication Society,.. $ 27 50 From J. Hendricks for Southern Publication Society, 5 00 Cash paid by S. C. Burson.and J. YV. Burson for Southern Publication Society, to constitute D. H. Moncrief Life Member of the same, 10 00 Cash paid for Southern Publication Society to consitute J. I. Loudermilk Life Manager of the same, 5 00 Cash paid by W. B. Nunaly for the same purpose, 5 00 Cash paid by J. I. Loudermilk for the same purpose, 5 00 Cash paid by J. B. Hawkins for the same purpose, 5 00 Bethel Association— Richland Church for Missionary purposes, 5 00 Cash paid by Cuthbert Church, (Randolph Co.,) Missionary ' purposes, 9 00 Cash paid by Shiloh Church, Randolph Co., for do '. .< 2 66 " " by Palmyra Church, Lee Co., for do - 90 00 i( " by Macedonia church, Early Co., do 45 00 " " by Rehoboth church, Randolph Co., for do 8 24 Ce.ntral Association—? Cash paid for Foreign Missions by John A. Cogburn 10 00 " by Rev. T. U. Wilkes for Antioch church, 9 38 " " by the same for Ramoth church, 6 16 " „ " by colored members of Milledgeville church for Mission to Central Africa, 64 10 Cash paid by same for China Mission, 15 00 " " by same for Domestic Missions, 10 00 " by Selma Baptist-church, Ala., for Dom. Missions,.. 3 GO " paid by Milledgeville church for Georgia Domestic Missions 9 72 Cash paid by the same for Indian Missions, 5 00 Cash paid by the Treasurer of the Central'* Association to the Rev. Eli Ball for Foreign Missions, it being part of the Hearn Legacy, 220 00 From the Apalachee Association— Cash paid by Wm. Jackson of said Association to make the Rev. B. Langford a Life Manager of the So. Pub.'So'y"- 10 00 Cash paid by G. G. Prior to make Rev. J. I. Loudermilk Life Member of the PublicationfSociety, 5 00 Cash paid for the same by G. M, Lanier, 5 00 Cash by H. A Lawrence, Southern Pub. Society for Life Manager of B. Langford as above, 2 50 appendix. 31 From Ebenezer Association- Cash paid by Richland Female Missionary Society for Cert- tral African Mission, 20 00 Cash paid by Mrs. C. Wimberly for Central African Miss... 10 00 do by Mrs. Elizabeth Carswell, 5 00 do by Richland church for African Mission, 5 00 do do do do for Indian Missions, 2. 00 do do do do for Domestic Missions, 1 00; do do do do for Foreign Missions, 2 00 Cash by Richland church for Missionary purposes, T 22 00 Cash by Stone Creek church for Missionary purposes,.... 14 00 Cash by Beach Spring church for do do " 2 00 From Georgia Association— Rev. John Q. West by self for Southern Pub. Society, 40 00 Cash paid for the same by J. Bently, 10 001 " " " " " by Hepbzibah church,. 10 00 " " " " " by Charles Wingfield,. 10 00 " " " " " by Greenwood church, 10 00 " " " " " per the hands of Rev. V. R. Thorn¬ ton from Charles L. Bolton, . 10 GO Cash by Mrs. Mary Robert for same, 10 00 " " Seaborn Callaway " " ,. 10 00 « tf Wm. Hubbard, " " 10 00 " " C. N. Daniel, " " 10 00 " " W. Tuggle, jr. " " 5 00 " " G. W. Mitchell, " "...... 5 00. " " R. T. Asbury, " " 5 00 " " W. A. Overton, £' " 2 50 " " Charles M. Irvin for Indian Missions, 5 00 " " Jethro Darden, " " " 1 00 " from a Lady for the Texas Mission, , 5 00 " per Rev. V. R. Thornton from Zebulon Baptist Mis¬ sionary Society, for Texas Mission,.* 4 05 Cash by same for Foreign Missions, 4 75 K u (t for indian Mission, 11 45 " " " for Central African Mission, 6 75 " " Dr. F. W. Cheney for Indian Missions, 5 00 " " Mrs. Ann K. Rudesill for China Mission, 5 00 •c " Dr. F. W. Cheney for So. Pub. Society, 10 00 " " Fishing Creek church for So. Pub. Society, 15 75 " " Rehoboth church to constitute elder Enoch R. Callaway Life Director of the Southern Pub. Society,... 50 00 Mercer University— Cash for Foreign Missions, *79 75 i( " Central African Mission, 45 70 (C u Southern Board of Domestic Missions, 61 50 a " Georgia Domestic Missions, 98 95 *$5 00 of this for Rev. E. Stevens, Burmah. 32 APPENDIX. Cash for Indian Missions, 48 00 « u Foreign Bible Cause, 5 00 " " Education Fund, 10 00 " " Southern Publication Society, *12 00 " " American Tract Society, 39 00 Cash from Bairds church for Southern Publication Society Irom the following persons : Cash from David Geer for Southern Publication Society,... 10 00 " " W. O. Cheney for " " " 10 00 " " W. R. Callaway for " " " 10 00 u (c Moore for " " ". 1 00 " " TI. L. French for " " 10 00 Cash from Young Men's Missionary Society, Penfield— For Indian Missions, 7 00 For China ". 2 00 For Central African Missions, 2 00 For General purposes, ' 87 10 Cash from the Harmony Missionary Society, Putnam Co. For Foreign Missions, 4 75 For Domestic " 4 50 For the Southern Publication Society, 6 00 Cash paid by the Madison church,'Morgan Co., by her fe¬ male members, for Southern Publication Society, to con¬ stitute elder C. M. Irvin Life Manager,., 40 00 By John B. Walker for the same, 40 00 By Benjamin Harris for the same,-, 10 00 Cash paid by Greenesboro' church, Greene Co., to constitute Thomas Stocks Life Member of the Indian Mission Asso¬ ciation, 25 00 Cash for Georgia Domestic Missions by said church,....... 30 00 For Foreign " " " " 30 00 For Domestic * " " " " 10 00 For the Southern Publication Society by the same,. 15 00 Cash by the Tirza church, Henry Co., for General pur¬ poses,. 16 00 Cash by Noonday church, Tallapoosa Association, for min¬ utes of this Convention, 8 15 Cash by Dr. J,*L. Dagg for Southern Pub. Society, 20 00 Cash from the Antioch church, per the Rev. A. T. N. Van- divere for Southern Publication Society, 50 00 From I. T. Irvin for the same, 10 00 From Dr J. S. Baker for the same, 1 00 Cash by Chattahoochee Association, by John Williams, for Foreign Missions, 6 15 Cash received from the Coosa Association by the hands of her Treasurer, C. W. Sparks, for Foreign Missions,.... 15 85 For Indian Missions, 5 75 $10 of this is Rev. S. G. Hillyer's subscription. APPENDIX. 33 For African Missions,.. 5 00 Cash by the hands of elder E. Dyer, from the Macedonian church, for Foreign Missions, 10 00 Cash from W. Crook and J. Moore, for Foreign Missions, $100 each, 2 00 Cash per E. Dyer for Indian Mission, 5 00 " " " for Foreign " 3 00 Cash from Cave Spring Missionary Society, for General Purposes 22 20 Cash from same for Indian Missions, 3 50 " from same for China " 3. 50 " from Cave Spring Female Missionary Society for Gen¬ eral Purposes and to be disbursed by the Georgia' Baptist Convention, 51 00 Ca.sh from Judge A. R. Wright for Foreign Missions,...... 5 00 • " from Rehoboth Association by Rev. A. T. Holmes, for China Missions, 22 82 •s by the same for Indian Mission, .... 24 87 " " " for Texas " 1 3 50 " " " " for the Domestic Board,. 36 69 " from same for Education Fund, 5 62 " from the Benevolence church for China Mission, 16 50 " from the same for Indian Mission, 15 00 " " " " lor Southern Pub. Society, 2 00 " " Macon church Missionary Society, for For. Miss... 25 00 " " " " " " for Dom. Miss.... 25 00 Cash from Sarepta Association for Foreign Missions,. 33 25 " " " " for Domestic 13 30 " " " " for Southern Pub. Society,... .• • 11 00 " " " " for Indian Mission, 1 00 " <£ 11 " for Texas " 5 00 Cash by Cloud's Creek and Salem churches to constitute I. W. Johnson Life Manager of the Southern Publication Society, $25 of which, with $25 from Salem, to make Manager as above,.. * 30 00 Cash from the Lexington church to constitute the Rev. S. Landrum and Deacon J. Baughen respectively, a Life Manager and Member ef the So. Pub, Society 60 00 Cash from Renders church in part to make the Rev. B. Langford Life Manager of the So. Pub. Society, 12 50 Cash from Falling Creek church for So. Pub. Society,.... 10 00 " from Calvin J. Moore for So. Pub. Society,. 5 00 " from Vann's Creek and Bethel churches for So. Pub. Society to constitute elder Asa Chandler Life Manager,. 50 00 Cash from brethren Willis and Jackson of Cabbin Creek church for the same, 5 00 Cash from Lexington church by L. J. Dupree for Indian Missions, ^ ^0 By the same for Domestic Missions, 5 00 J ' 5 34 APPENDIX. By the same for Education Purposes, " 5 00 Cash from Athens church for Southern Pub. Society, v 10 00 Cash from Western Association to make John White Life Member of Southern Publication Society,.... \»10 00 Cash trom John White for Foreign Missions, X" - 5 00 " fromthesame for Domestic Missions, . 5 00 " from Mrs. C. White for Foreign fissions....... 5 00 " from same for Domestic • 4 . . . ..... 5 00 " from Rev. Jas. Whitten. fo# Life Membership to the So. Pub. Society,.., ... "•< 10 00 Cash from same for Indian Missions, . .• 1 00 " " H. C. Davenport for Indian Misssions , , 1 00 " " J. T. Thornton for • "• 1 00 « R. G/Hood for " , .« ... 50 . (i n p, Williams for * " •... . • 50 " " John Davehport for Foreign Missions, 2 50 . " " -same for Dpmesti.c Missions, ............. 2 50 " " John Merrn,an for Life Membership to the South- Publication Society,. 10 00 Cash from Friendship .churqh for- Foreign Missions, 3 72 " " the' same for Domestic Missions,. , 3 72 " " the Lagrange .church for Foreign Missions, 10 00 " " the same for Domestic Missions,... ...., 60 00 " " the same for Indian Missions, 60 00 " the same for African Mission,. 5 QO (i• " the Lagrapge Sabbath School to support a native missionary in China, 100 00 Cash from Whife Oak Grove church for For. Missions,.... 13 00 " " Bethel church for Domestic Missions,.... 3 60 11 " Greenville church for Domestic Missions 6 35 " " Bethlehem church for General Purposes, 1 50 " " Hebron church for " " 3 70 ><■ " " f for Domestic'-Missions,. 4 75 " " " •' Foreign *'.... ..! 4 00 tl " Antioch ehurch for Foreign Missions,. 6 60 " " " " for Domestic 6 50 " " Macedonia church for Foreign Missions, 2.50 " " " •» for Domestic Missions,..., 2 50 " " Ebenezer " for Foreign ".... 4 85 • « " u " " Domestic " 5 00 *« " Hightower Association for Indian Missions, 11 50 'i " " " for General Purposes,. 1 50 " " " " for Foreign pible Cause, 6 45 " " " for Foreign Missions,. 14 40 Cash from Rock Mountain Association from Elisha Hender¬ son Treasurer of said Association, for Indian Missions,.. 13 65 By the same for Foreign Missions, 11 15 " " for Domestic " 11 90 " " " for General Purposes,, 3 80 APPENDIX. 35 By the same for China Missions, 37 for Bible Cause,. 75 Cash from I. O. McDaniel for So. Bapt. Pub. Society 2 00 " Charles M. Berry, " " « *. .10 00 " " said Association for Georgia Dom. Miss 21 00 " " the Atlanta church for Georgia Dom. Miss 25 -00 Cash from the Columbus Associ ido:;. from Rev. G. Gian. berry Treasurer, for Indians Missions,.,......,. 29 07 By same, for Domestic Missions, 71 43 do for African " v 11 35 do for Foreign <{, ' 29 00 do for China 7 50 do for So. Pub. Society, fen of which is paid by the Beth- esda church to make'C. C. Willis Life Member,........ IF 00 Cash by same for General Purposes, 1 50 " from Rev. Jas. Perryman for Union church, Talbot Co. for Foreign Missions,.....• 10.00 Cash from Talbotton church for Foreign Missions, 1 75 From same, for Domestic Missions,. 11 35 From same for African Missions, 2 00 Cash from Coweta Bible Society for distribution and publi¬ cation of Bibles in foreigndaoguages,. . 40 72. Cash from Missionary. Society of Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co.* for Bible Cause, ^. ..v.... 50 Cash for Liberia Mission from blacks,. 3 93 " for Karen Mission, 2 00 " for Domestic - 20 25 Cash from Mephzibah Association by G. W. Evans, Treas¬ urer, for Domestic Missions, f .... 109 81 By same for Foreign 41 99 do for Publication Society,. 62 79 do for Indian Mission, 93 54 do for African Missions, 96 do for China Mission, 7 50 Cash from Rev. J. Polhill for For. Missions by a friend,... 1 25 " from Rev. Wm. L. Tucker, for Domestic missions by Allen Inman, 19 00 By the same for Domestic Missions by Jas. Grubbs, 19 00 Cash from Bark Camp church-to make elder Wm. L. Tuck¬ er Life Manager of So. Bapt. Pub. Society, 50 00 Cash from Way's Meeting house, $16 75, and from'Reedy Creek church to make elder Jonathan tlufFLife Manager of the Southern Publication Society, making, 33 25 Cash for public collection on Sabbath after Education. Ser¬ mon for Education purposes, 99 95 Cash from Fellowship church, Greene Co., to make T. D. Martin Life Manager of So. Pub. Society, 50 00 Cash from Academy church to make Rev. B. Langford Life Member of Southern Publication Society, 12 50 36 APPENDIX. Cash by P. P. Butler $44, twenty of which is from the Sa¬ lem church which with the like from the Cloud's Creek church is to make I. W. Johnson Life Manager of the Sp. Publication Society, 44 00 Cash from Millstone church to make P. P. Butler Life Manager of Southern Publication Society, 50 00 Cash from Long Creek church, Warren Co., for Southern Publication Society, 2 50 Cash from Bethany church for Southern Pub. Society,.... 8 50 " from R. Dowdy for same,. 8 25 " from Thos. Farmer for same, 8 25 " from a member of Rehoboth Associa'n for Geo. Miss.. 2 00 " from the Missionary Society Baptist church Columbus, fotMndian Mission, 23 00 By same for Domestic Missions, 23 00 do . for Foreign " 45 10 Cash from the Savannah church of Sunbury Association per Dr. Robert for Foreign Missions, 56 47 By same for Domestic " 15 63 $3996 00 Cash for Southern Publication Society from the following persons, from Rev. Malcom Johnston,. 10 00 From Rev. W. I. Harley and wife, ./ 20 00 " A. Fitzgerald to*complete Life Membership,....... 2 50 " church at fork of broad river, 5 00 itJ John Winn.... 10 00 " J. D. Barnett Life Member, ' 10 00 " Doves Creek church, 6 00 " James,H. McWhorter, 10 00 " Thomas Bush, 5 00 " Y. A. Gaskill, 1 00 $4,075 50 Cash from a Sister for Foreign Missions,.... 5 00 " from a friend for Foreign il 5 00 4,085 50 Cash on hand and unappropriated, • 23 89 4,109 39 The Corresponding Secretary acknowledges the receipts, including what was paid him by Rev. J. H. Campbell, agent, of $509 05, for the Southern Baptist Publication Society, paid by the brethren of Georgia with the year current, 1848-9, exclusive of the amounts paid through the Treasurer of the Georgia Baptist Convention. This amount of $509 05 in addition to $1,208 79 paid the Secretary, and for which he has given a receipt to the Treasurer, makes the amount of APPENDIX. .37 $1,717 84 contributed to the Southern Baptist Publication Society with¬ in the years 1848-9, exclusive of the pledges yet unpaid. RECAPITULATION. For Foreign Mission $ 728 78 Domestic Mission, 557 78 Indian Mission, . 404 33 China Mission,.... 1-80 19 African Mission, 33 24 Texas Mission, , 17 55 Missionary Purposes, , 198 00 Distribution of Bibles, v. 53 52 Publication Society, 1208' 79 Education, 110 07 General Purposes, 203 86 State Mission,. 186 67 American Tract Society,, 39 00 Central African Mission, , 153 55 Minutes, 8 15 Karen Mission,, 2 00 $4,085 48 Cash unappropriated, 23 89 $4,109 37 GEO. W. EVANS, ) J AS. CLARK, > Committee. R. S. HARDWICK, ) Note by the Clerk.—Since the adjournment, the Treasurer has re¬ ceived through brother C. M. Irvin, from the Marietta Missionary Socie¬ ty, for Domestic Missions $5; from Mt. Zion church, Cobb Co., for printing minutes $1. 38 APPENDIX. CONSTITUTION Of the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, as Amended in 1848. 1. This Body is constituted upon those principles of Christian Faith exhibited in Scrip¬ ture, generally acknowledged and received in the Baptist Denomination. 2. The constituents of this Body are the Baptist Associations in the State of Georgia, or as many of them as may "think proper to accede to the terms of this Convention, and such Auxiliary Societies as c'ontritfute annually to pur funds, whose constitutions may be ap¬ proved. Associations and Societies located out of the State may be received intrf the Body, when their peculiar location, and hther circumstances, may, in the judgment of this Con¬ vention, render it desirable and important. 3. It shall be Jtnow and distinguished by the name of "The Baptist Convention for THii State of Georgia." • 4. Bach Auxiliary .Society shall he entitled to two delegates to represent it in this Body, and each Association to any "number not exceeding ten; all delegates shall hold their ap¬ pointment? until others are elected to succeed them. The delegates to the body shall all be orderly members of regular Baptist CJhurches. 5. The officers of this "union shall be a Moderator, a Clerk and Assistant Clerk, and a Treasurer, who shall be appointed bv ballot at each annual meeting. 6. An Executive Committee, consisting of at least seven hiemhers, shall be chosen at each annual meeting, whose duty it shall be to attend to the business of the Convention during its recess. This Committee shall have power to fill all Vacancies which may occur, and also shall appoint a Treasurer in case of a vacancy in that office, . - 7. The Moderator shall perform the same duties tliat devolve on Moderators in the several Associations, and, in addition to this, shall be authorized to call meetirigs of the committee in the interval of annnal meetings, should he deem it expedient. 8. The Clerk shall enter in a book all the transactions of this body.. The Assistant Clerk shall fake charge of aril distant communications, to or from this body, and shall write all the letters which it may require. 9. The Treasurer shall take charge of -all moneys, specialities, and property of all kinds belonging to the body--give sufficient security for the amount in his hands—report the state of the funds from time to time, as the Convention may direct, and hand over to his successor in office, all its moneys, property, &c. 10. The acts and proceedings of this body shall be submitted, from time to time, to its con¬ stituents for inspection; and none of its decisions shall be binding on the Associations or Auxiliaries. 11. The following are the specific objects of this body, viz:—1. To unite the influence and pious intelligence of Georgia Baptists, and thereby to facilitate their union and co-ope¬ ration.' 2. To form and encourage plans for the revival of experimental and practical reli¬ gion in the State and elsewhere. 3, To aid in giving effect to useful plans of the several Associations; 4. To afford an opportunity to those who may conscientiously think it their duty to form a fund for the education of pious young men, who may be called by the Spirit and their churches to the Christian Ministry. 5. And to promote pious and useful Education in the Baptist denomination. 12. It,shall have power to form rules, make arrangements, and appoint committees for the accomplishment of any and all the above objects; Provided, none of these rules and arrange¬ ments shall be inconsistent with the Scriptures and the known principles of the Associations. 13. Two-thirds of the whole number of delegates shall form a quorum, and a majority shall decide a question. 14. When its funds will justify it, this body may send delegates to the Southern Bap¬ tist Convention. 15- The above Constitution shall be liable to amendment or alteration, by two-thirds of the delegates present, at any of it? annual meetings, APPENDIX. NAMES AND POST OFFICES OF IS aptist Jfl inister s in or gi a. <«§§§SI I <$$>$<$>4 EgSSSs* APALACHEE B. W. Baird, Madison. E. W. Bartholomew, Wrightsville. S. B. Churchill, Lawrencevilie. A. Hadaway, Windsor. John Hendricks, Monroe. H. Jackson, jr., Watkinsville. H. Jackson, do. B. Langford, do. ASSOCIATION. J. I. Loudermilk, Rehobothville. J. G. McNorton, do. T. D. Martin, Penfield. D. H. Moncrief, tVlonroe. IF. Thomas, Rehobothville, ' • M. W. Vandivere, State Rights. A. Walls, Jug Tavern. P. S. Whitman, Monroe. BETHEL ASSOCIATION. Isaiah Ansley, Americus. Richard Bailey, Cuthbert. James C. Bass, do. Barton Bennett, Hanahatchie. James Buys, Lumpkin. Edmund Cody, Blakely. N. W. Collier, Albany. Wm. L. Crawford,' Georgetown. James O. Cumbie, Pataula. Jesse M. Davis, Americus. G. H. Eaton, Lumpkin. Wiggins Everett, Newton. J. U. Fletcher, Ameficus. B. Graves, Cuthbert. S. Graves, do. James Griffin, Hanahatchie. IF. B. Jones, Cuthbert, W. S. Leggett, Blakely. W. B. Mason, Fishtrap. W. W. Maurid, Albany. Isaac Martin, Cuthbert. Robt. Martin, do. Thos. Muse, do. T. H. Murphy, Lanahassee. Joshua Martin, Christiaville. Theophilus Pearce, Cotton Hill. Jesse Roberson, Christiaville, Stephen Rowe, Lumpkin. John Rushing, do. C. W. Stevens, do. F. F. Sieg, Americus. Jesse Stallings, Lanahassee, W. A. Tait, Searsville. E. Talbot, Columbia,-Ala. R. Thornton, Fort Gaines. Ehenezer Warren, Starksville* Lott Warren, Albany. W. G. Williams, Cuthbert. John Windsor, Lanahassee, CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. W. D. Atkinson, Monticello,' W. Byars, Sandy Ridge, J. S. Bledsoe, Social Circle, J. M. Bledsoe, Jackson, J. M. Carter, Social Circle, J. H. Clark, Clopton's Mills, Ira Chajin, McDonough, J. L. Boyal, do. J. F. Dagg, Milledgeville, N. G. Foster, Augusta, John Harris, Penfield, C. M. Irvin, Madison, A. B. Marshall, Eatonton, A. W. McKey, Shady Dale, Isaac Pitts, Forsyth, J. E. Sharp, Clinton, J. Skinner, Sandy Ridge, T. U. Wilkes, Eatonton, IF. C. Wilkes, do. A. Winchell, Glades p<} Roads. 4a APPENDIX. COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION. J. W. Attawav, Talbotton, J. Beall, Hamilton, _ H. Camp, Green Hill, J. Clayton, Pine Hill, J. W. David, Mulberry Grove, J. E. Dawson, Columbus, S. W. Durham, Carsonville, G. W. Eppes, Waverly Hall, Geo. Granberry, Hamilton, II. Hardison, Pleasant Hill, S. Harris, Greenville, J. Hart, Tazewell, COOSA G. Hartsfield, Hamilton, W. M. Ligon, do. H. McCullers, do. J. Perryman, Talbottdn, G. C. Powell, Green Hill, W. Ross, Pineville, T. B. Slade, Columbus, B. W. Steely, Bald Hill, C. H. Stillwell, Rome, A. B. Siubbs. E. C. Thomas, Hamilton, C. C..Willis, Columbus, ASSOCIATION. W. Archey, Chattanooga, Wm. Barry, Cedar Town, W. Briggs, Lafayette, T. Cooper, Chestnut Flat, W; D. Cowdry, Cave Spring, T. Chadwick, Lafayette, E. Dyer, do. T. Benson, Surbligna, A. T. Fitzgerald, Tryon Factory, Thomas Grogan, do. Z. H. Gordon, Medicinal Springs. Thomas Holland, Summerville, J. Holmes, Cave Spring, R. Howard, Dirt Town, EBENEZER Wm. Kimzey, Tryon Factory, J. W. Lewis, Canton, J. Martin, Villanow, Wm. Newton, Lafayette, S. P. Rowland, Oothcaloga, A. Shattuck, Villanow, E. W. Slover, Ringgold, J. Tate, Rome, Wilkins Tate, Surbligna, E. Thorn, Ac worth, C. Thompson, Oothcaloga, Robt. Ware, Ringgold Hampton Whatley, Cave Spring, Wm. Wood, Summerville, ASSOCIATION. J. H. Campbell, Marion, J. Dupree, Irwinton, E. Harvill, do Joseph Hill, do Baling Hobbs, Dublin, Larry Hobbs, do Davis Joiner do W. Lancaster, Hawkinsville, L. B. Lee, Dublin, I, H. Meadows, Cool Spring, .FLINT RIVER E. P. Allen, Jonesboro', W. W. Arnold, Zebulon, A. Buckner, Griffin, J. Buffington, Zebulon, H. Buffington, Fayetteville, J. S. Callaway, Milner, J. Carter, Jackson, H. Messer, Irwinton, J. Pearson, Macon, . TV. M. Richards, Temperance, W. Shepherd, Kingston, B. Shepherd, E. Smith, Cool Spring, Richard Smith, Cool Spring, L. Solomon, Monroe, W. R. Steely, Cool Spring, C. A. Tharpe, Macon, ASSOCIATION. IV. Chatham, .Griffin, W. Jarre 11, Jackson, J. T. Kimbell, do. R. Mayo, • do W. G. McMichael, do, D. W. Mabry, Forsyth, J. H. Milner, Zebulon, APPENDIX. 41 J. Cleaveland, Barnsville, J. H. Corley, Paris, J.S. Dodd, Fayetteville, D. L. Duffy, Jackson, Parker Eason, Griffin, I. R. Eskew, Milner, J. H. Fielder,^Jackson, J. J. Gerrard; White House, C. Hamel, Jackson, S. Harvey, Fpirburn, M. G. Jackson, Griffin, O. S. Milner, Barnesville, J. More, Forsyth, T. Phillips, Fayetteville, C, Purifoy, Indian Springs, F. H. Reeves, Forsyth, J. Skipper, Jackson, W.J. Stephens, Forsyth, T. J. Threlkeld, Griffin, G. West, do B. J. Walker, Fayetteville, J. W. Wilson, Albany, GEORGIA ASSOCIATION J. S. Baker, Atlanta, T. J. Beck, Appling, B. M. Blanchard, Lombardy, E. Callaway, Washington, J. A. Carter, do W. R. Cox, do G. H. Cliatt, Bell Air, C Collins. Culbreath's N. M. Crawford, Penfield, J, L. Dagg, do A. Dagnal, Eubank's, M. Dunavent, Thompson, J. C. Gunn, Jackson, R. Gunn, Wajrenton, J. M. Hall, Double Wells, W. I. Harley. Powelton, Juriah Harriss, Appling, S. G. Hillyer, Penfield, J. M. Jackson, Washington, Wyche Jackson, Rehoboth, M. Johnston, Powelton, S. Jones, Shoals of Ogeechee, M. A. Lane, Washington, W. T. Lane, Danburg, P. H. Mell, Penfidld, T. R. Morgan, Baird's Town, H. C. Peek, Greenesboro', J. Peek, Milledgeville, W. W. Prather, Rehoboth, T. N. Rhodes, Centreville, W. Richards, Penfield, B. M. Sanders, do Wm. Sanders, do L. G. Steed, Raysville, W. P. Steed, Lombardy, W. H. Stckes, Mayfield, V. R. Thornton, Public Square, J. Q. West, Washington, G.A. P. Whitfield, White Oak, J. R. Young, Lexington, Ben Ardis, (colored,) Bowson Early, do Frank Beall, Moses Dent, Moses Golphin, Caesar Horton, Henry Johnson, Peter Johnson, Philip Jones, George Key, Kelly Low, Sutton Matthews, do do do do .da do do do do do H. Neeson, Appling, YOUNG MINISTERS PURSUING A COURSE OF STUDY IN MERCER UNIVERSITY, T. B. Cooper, John Howell, Wm. H. Davis, L. R. L. Jennings, T. J. Earle, ~ H. F. Lipford, S. D. Everett, Geo. R. McCall, T. F. Faulkner, J• Stillwell, Wm. B. Gallman, J- M. Wilson, V. A. Gaskill, L. C. White, R. J. Hogue, ® 42 APPENDIX, HEPHZ1BAH A. Adkins, Republican, A. Beasley, Reedy Creek, W. T. Brantly, Athens, C. B. Churchill, Waynesboro', )S. G. Daniel, Augusta, J. Huff, Louisville, J. Key, Barzelia, J H. T. Kilpatrick, Augusta, Ivl. N. McCall, Black Creek, C. R; Nessmith, Sardis, ASSOCIATION. E. Perryman, Augusta, J. Polhill, "W aynesboro', H. Pool, Warrenton, W. M. Pope, Davisboro', J. W. Stapleton, Reedy Creek, W. L. Tucker, Augusta, J. Wheeler. Black Creek, E. R. Car swell, Woodburn, P. Usrey, Warrenton, W. M. Verdery, McBean, HIGHTOWER ASSOCIATION. Geo. Blythe, Woodstock, R. B. Brooks, Cumming, Jacob Omtreli, Armaualoia, Robt. Carlisle, Cumming, Henry Collins, Roswell, Wiley Cantrell, Barretsville, J. Danner, Hightower, Isham R. Hall, Auraria, F. M. Hawkins, Cumming, F. M. Haygood, Canton, B. Head, Barretsville, B. Higgins, Lawrenceville, A. F. Honra, Ball Ground, A, G. Hutchins, Cumming, Diurv Hutchins, do J. H. Jouim.ou, Cool Mountain, J. Manning, Roswell, T. M. McDonald, Cumming, Rich. Phillips, do Job Rainwater, Lebanon, M. Scruggs, Harnageville, R. Swinford, Ball Ground, A. K. Tribble, Cumming, Alfred Webb, Hightower, Geo. Weems, Harnageville, J. PI. Williams, Cumming, HOUSTON ASSOCIATION. B. F. x\dams, Hawkinsville, Philip Belcher, Americus, J. B. Deavors, Drayton, Isaac Hart, Tazewell, B. Hobbs, Hawkinsville, H. C.*Homady, Millwood, Joseph Hough, Hawkinsville, Curtis Joiner, Hawkinsville, Larkin Joiner, do J. McKenzie, Traveler's Rest, David Ryals, Copeland's, B. Sims, Friendship, L. R. Sims, do PEIDMONT ASSOCIATION. L. W. Bryan, Waynesville, D. W. Johnson, Holmesville, T. G. B. Law, Surrency's, REHOBOTH M. Ansley, Knoxville, J. W. Cooper, Perry, Austin Ellis, Busby ville, J. S. Dennard, Perry, H. Garland, Thomaston, A. T. Holmes, Hayneville, J. R. Home, Henderson, W. D. Home, Busbyville, Wm. H. Parker, Hinesville, J. N. Tatom, do Moses Westbury, Holmesville, ASSOCIATION. Jacob King, Thomaston, H. Powell, Fort Valley, A. Richardson, Thomaston, Davis Smith, Forsyth, B. F. Tharpe, Busbyville, A. Williams, Savannah, J. M. Wood, Cedar Town, APPENDIX. 43 ROCK MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION. S. Allen, Fayetteville, A. R. Almand, Decatur, David Cook, Covington, D. G. Daniell, Atlanta, B. Edwards, Sheffield, J. R. George, Lythonia, Wm. Haslet, do SAREPTA P. F. Burgess, Elberton, A. Chandler, do P. P. Butler, Millstone, A. Duncan, Amandaville, I. H. Goss, Ruckersville, W. R. Goss, Harmony Grove, S. R. Hood, do do J, N. Key, Lexington, SUNBURY S. Mayfield, Sheffield, J. Nix, Tucker's Cabin, C. H. Rice, Rock Mountain, W. Richards, Oak Hill, Luke Robinson, Lythonia, Geo. Spencer, Social Circle, L. Towers, Decatur, ASSOCIATION. J. Langslon, Lexington, S. Landrum, Athens, P. Matthews, Elberton, R. E. Oliver, Jefferson, J. M. Power, Brooklyne, S. B. Sanders, Eagle Grove, A. T. N. Yandivere, State Rights, ASSOCIATION. C. B. Jones, Darien, J. S. Law, Walthourville, J. B. Norris, Savannah, HJPadget, Surrency's, J. T. Robert, Savannah, F. R. Sweat, do TALLAPOOSA T. Burke, Van Wert, Jas. Barrow, S. Harvey, Fairburn, L. McWhorter, Hickory Level, E. Northcut, Mill Grove, N. Potterjield, Dark Corner, Jas. Reeves, Villa Rica, P. M. Rice, do H. O. Wyer, Savannah, J. O. Scriven, Marietta, Joseph Bing (colored,) A.Marshall, do Joseph Marshall, do ASSOCIATION. J. Roberts, Villa Rica, J. A. Smith, Campbellton, E. Strickland, do H. H. Tucker, Marietta, G. W. Tumlin, Stilesboro', Mathias Turner, W S. Tweedell, Marietta, Wm. H. Yates, River Town, WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION. J. B. Battle, Sparta, K. Chambers, Milledgeville, J, S. Chiplin, Sandersville, J. W. Caston, do Asa Duggan, Worthen's Store, D. Garrett, Long's Bridge, L. J. Harrison, Sandersville, WESTERN Mitchell Bennet, Franklin, J. H. Beverly, Palmetto, S. Bryant, Atlanta, Wm. A.Callaway, Lagrange, W. D. Jordan, Sandersville, Joseph Holmes, Mayfield, J. P. Leverett, Hebron, Lewis Parker, do Berry Peeler, Long's Bridge, Benj. Roberts, Milledgeville, Isaac Smith, Irwin's ^ Roads, ASSOCIATION. Henry Long, Lagrange, C. D. Mallary, do Isaac Middleirook, Hamilton, John Moreman, Greenville, 44 APPENDIX. Daniel Carter, Newnan, S. Cannon, Rocky Mount, B. F. Cleveland, Whitesville, J. H. Corley, Location, G. B. Davis, do Jas. Davis, Enon Grove, Wm. Davis, Franklin, Robert Fleming, Newnan, J. G. Fry, do Jas Fulier, Whitesville, E. Greathouse, Mountville, Wm. Lacy, Franklin, G. Leverett, Long Cane, R. Y. Loftin, Rocky Mount, FLORIDA M. F. Mosely, Whitesville, H. Phillips, Long Cane, L. Pilkinton, Rocky Mount, Jas. Pritchett, Enon Grove, Jas. Rainwater, Palmetto T. X. Reese, Enon Grove, B. T. Smith, Lagrange, Otis Smith, do J. C. Tommy, Location, J. Watson, Whitesville N. H. Williams, Rocky Mount, R. F. Wheelas, Woodbury, Jas. Whitten, Whitesville, Young Wood, Franklin, ASSOCIATION. H. C. Ardis, Madison C. H., Fla., H.S. Linton, Monticello, Fla. T. J, Bowon, Missionary to Africa, R. J. Mays, Clifton, Jno. Broom, Talofa, Fla. W. B. Cooper, Troupville, Ga. R. Dubose, China Hill, Fla. Ryan Frier, Woodland, " B. S. Fuller, Grooverville, Ga. J. Gaulden, Ocopilco, Ga. J. W. P. McCall, Clifton, « J. McCants, Monticello, Fla. J. J. Polhill, Belleville, Fla. M. Strickland, Duncanville, Ga. E. C. Walker, Shell Point, Fla. Geo. Walker, Monticello, J. T. Houston, Madison C. H., Fla. Z. G. Wheeler, Tallahassee, Fla. J. B. Lacy, Duncanville, Ga. B. Winn, Monticello, Fla. R. Levy, Tallahassee^ Fla. CHATTAHOOCHEE ASSOCIATION. Robt. Brown, Cain's P. 0. Silas King, Orr's J. E. Rives, New Bridge, ELL1JAY Wm. Bates, Spring Place, L. Chadwick, Talking Rock, J. A. Beard, Toccoa, G. F. Caylor, do Sterling Roberts, Gainesville, A.M.Spalding, do E. W. Couch, do J. Couch, do Y. G. Davis do G. W. Eaton, do Wm. Ellis, do M. Free, do R. Howard, Ellijay, E. Hunt, Skeiner, A. Best, Armenia, G. W. Best, Springfield, B. Blitch, Armenia, ASSOCIATION. R. Jordan, Talking Rock, J Land, Toccoa, A. N. Miles, Toccoa, W. E. Mull, do J. Powell, Prince Edward, J. Prewelt, Blairsville, M. M. Roberts, do D. D. Roach, do W. B. Simms, Toccoa, W. P. Swanson, Cohutta Springs, G. Wilkie, M. Williams, Ellijay, MIDDLE ASSOCIATION. G. L. Jackson, Black Creek, W. S. Moore, Armenia, W. J. Murrow, Scarborough, APPENDIX. Wm. Cooper, Eden, Isaac Newton, Springfield, T. S. Dew, Lester's District P. O, S. Simmons, Scarborough, J. Edwards, Springfield, Wm. Speir, Whiteville, J. C. Edwards do C.' E. Treutlen, Springfield, S. A. Edwards, do " 1 MIDDLE CHEROKEE ASSOCIATION. Andrew Adams, Little Prairie, Evan Pearson, Little Prairie, Jas. Adams, Salaquoy, G. W. Selvedge, Dalton, A. W. Buford, Cassville, J. H. B. Shackleford, Cassville, John Crawford, do Jas. Strawn, Spring Place, S. G. Hamilton, Adairsville, A. R. Wright, Cassville, E. McAbee, Spring Place, MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION. F. Canup, Batesville, Singleton Sisk, Clarksville, John Coffee, Clayton, Elias Sosebee, Hollingsworth, Jas. Elerd, do John Suggs, Dawson, John Evins, Clarksville, E. Sutton, Batesville, E. Head, Clayton, Wm. Watts, Clayton, J.. C. Jarrard, Batesville, J.S. Woodall, do B. V. Shirley, Clayton, TUGALO ASSOCIATION. L. Chambers, Union, S. C. £. Isbel, Fair View, C. M. Crow, Carnesville, A. W. McGuffin, West Union, J. A. Davis, Clarksville, L. Meeks, B.ushville, W.' Dixon, Batchellor's Retreat, Jas. Randall, Carnesville, M. Hix, Hollingsworth, John Stoner, Bowersville, S. R. Hood, Carnesville, UNION ASSOCIATION. S. Carney, Auraria, W. P. Reid, Dahlonega, E. G. Castlehery, Auraria, J. M. Skinner, do E. B. Dover, do J. M. Siargel, Gaddistown, Joseph Porter, Dahlonega, J. A. Woody, Dahlonega, NOTLEY RIVER ASSOCIATION. A. Chastain, Brasstown, E. Hedden, Blairsville, Jehu Chastain, do A.J. Hughes, Toccoa, Adam Cprn, Shady Grove, E. Kimzey, Shady Grove, John Corn, do Jack, (colored,) J. W„ Freeman, Blairsville, STATE LINE ASSOCIATION. J.Burke, Zion Hill,Tenn., B.Williams, Dalton, Ga.> ALAPAHA ASSOCIATION. R.Crawford, Waynesboro', D. Patterson, Holmesville, D. W. Johnson, Holmesville, CANOOCHEE ASSOCIATION, (And.) E. Brannen, Statesboro', W. B. Miller, Swainesboro, 46 APPENDIX. C. Cobb, Swainesboro', E. Coleman, do J. Cowart, Reidville, R. Donaldson, Armenia, W. H. Greene, Louisville, Wm. Grover, Statesboro', T. Knight, Matlocks, Meeks, Swainesboro', J. R. Miller, do. CHESTATEE Isaac Norris, Swainesboro', A. Odum, do E. Riner, do N, Roberts, Statesboro', S. Strange, Swainesboro', J. G. Williams, Statesboro', W. Williams, Armenia, A. Stubbs, W. Christopher, Argo, B. E. Hatfield, Dahlonega, T. M. Kimzey, M.Prewett, Dahlonega, ASSOCIATION. W. Tate, Dahlonega. M. Walker, do J. West, Mt. Yonah, W. B. West, Mt. Yonah, HARMONY ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) J. Horsley, W. S. Jerrel, Wrn. Massey, C. A. Parker, Shell Creek, S. Parker, Z. Thomas, Rich. Webb, Pineville, A. Belcher, G. Blair, Friendship, Isaac Brooks, W. B. Daniel, A. Culpepper, Lannahassee, D. C. Davis, J. P. Ellis, Lumpkin, W. Harrel, ICHACONNA ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) Jno. W. Bassett, Busbyville, Rich. Bassett, Macon, B. Bateman, Pine Flat, S. B. Bunch, P. M. Calhoun, W. C. Cleaveland, Knoxville, Jno. M. Field, Macon, - Benj. May, Macon, Jas. Matthews, Knoxville, W m. McCarra, Thomaston, Jas. Murray, Perry, Jno. McKinzey, Traveler's Rest, L. Nowell, Macon, E. Thompson, LITTLE RIVER ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) N. Adams, Ball Ground, W. F. Bates, Canton, H. Brooks, Big Creek, S. Edwards, Marietta, Holden, Roswell, J. Hurt, Ellijay, P. Kuykendall, Ball Ground, Solo. Peak, Social Hill, Allen Peirson, Alatoona, Elijah Peirson, Cassville, E. Pinson, Oothcaloga, Kinchen Rambo, Van Wert, S. W. Stallings, S Terry, Shady Grove, W. W. Worley, Canton, Lewis Peacock, Cartersville, NEWHOPE ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) R. S. Hamrick, W. Keyton, Henry Haynes, Israel Hendon, Thos. Jones, OCKLOCKONEE ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) D. Austen, Monticello, Fla. S, Jones, Monticello, Fla APPENDIX. 47 W. C, Lester, Tallahassee, Fla, P. Lewis, Duncanville, B. Manning, Thomasville, Ga. J. Markee, Grooverville, Ga. H. C. Tucker, Thomasville, Ga. J. Connel, Monticello, Ela. M. P. Cooper, Troupville, Ga J. H. Davis, Thomasville, " J, Edmondson, Ocopilco, " A, Hand, Tallahassee, Fla. W. G, Hunter, Ocopilco, Ga. OCMULGEE ASSOCIATION, (Major—Anti.) Cary Cox, Stanfordville, J. H. Montgomery, Nevvburn Wm. Denning, Wallace, W.F.Rogers, Milledgeville, Z. Edmondson, Eatonton, T, G. Word, Bluntsville, Jas. Henderson, Monticello, Gillis Wright, do David Hitchcock, Clinton, OCMULGEE ASSOCIATION, (Minor—Anti.) M. D. Gaar, Forsyth, G. Wright, M. Leonard, Milledgeville, T. D. Oxford, Forsyth, S. Meeks, John Tompkins, Forsyth, OCONEE ASSOCIATION, (Ami.) David Carson, Carnesville, George Lumpkin, Lexington, J. M. Daniel, Watkinsville, D. W. Patman, do Robert Daniel, do J. Pinson, Danielsville, H. David, Jefferson, PRIM. EBENEZER ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) W. M. Cooper, Irwinton, J. Powell, Laurens Hill, J. Evers, do H. J. Sears, Cool Spring, J. Granade, D. Smith, do A. Jones, Irwinton, Thomas Vason, Irwinton, PRIM. WESTERN ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) A. Belcher, Lagrange, J, C, Jordan, C. Caldwell, King's Gap, J. Nichols, Flat Shoals, H. Hamrick, Lagrange, J. Pate, Newnan, R. Heath, Zebulon, J. P, Sayer, Greenville, W. Hudspeth, Whitesville, J. Stringer, SPRINGFIELD ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) Wm. Abbot, Kirkpatrick's, D. Reynolds, Kirkpatrick's, Moses Daniel do W. G. Wilcher, do E. McCrary, Warrenton, TOWALIGA ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) S, W, Bloodworth, Griffin, A. dleaveland, McDonough, R, Cleaveland, do J. Dickey, Barnesville, W, Dismukes, Griffin, E. Dumas, Forsyth, Wm. Fuller, Brownsville, Dan'l Godard, Unionville, Joseph Godard, Griffin, B. Haygood, Unionville, Wm. McCarra, Thomaston, Wm, Mosely, Locust Grove, John Mullins, Unionville, John Sikes. McDonough, S. W. Simmons, Forsyth, T. C. Trice, Zebulon, Allen Wood, Forsyth, David Wood, Barnesville, Geo, Wright, Zebulon, 48 APPENDIX. SUWANNEE RIVER ASSOCIATION, (Ami.) M. Albritton, Troupville, Ga. J. D. Peacock, Ga. C. Bower, Black C reek, Fla. J. B. Smith, Fla, E. Knight, J. E. W. Smith, Ga. VV. A. Knight, Troupville, Ga. M, Westberey, " UIIARLEE ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) J. Bowdoin, Adairsville, B, Pace, Van Wert, E. Duke, Marietta, A. Pinson, Cassville, A. Dyke, Rome, UPAT01E ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) J. J. Battle, Tazewell, A. Hood, S. W. Blackman, Jethro Oates, S. English, Hamburg, M. Paul J. Fallen, E. Phillips, Wm Galloway, Fine Hill, H. E. Parker, Thos. Guice, Columbus, P. Stewart, Tazewell, J. B. Hamilton, J, W. Turner, Talbotton, YELLOW RIVER ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) N. Center, Lythonia, G. VV. Lowry, Lyfhonia, Joel Colly, Covington, G, VV. Malcom, Fair Play, B. Daniel, do E. Moore, Marietta, J. M. Daniel, Watkinsville, W. C, Norris, Covington, J. Gresham, Atlanta, I, Parker, Rock Mountain, I. Gunter, Monroe, W, Patman, Watkinsville, J, Hale, Choice's Store, E, B, B. Shaw, J, Hamby, Covington, J. Sikes, T. T, Langley, J. W. Walker, Fair Play, SEQUATCHEE VALLEY ASSOCIATION, (Anti.) H. Blevins, Trenton, Ga. Joseph Hall, Chattanooga, do R. Blevins, do do Thos, Ilargus, Jasper, do M, Burkhalter, Jasper, Tenn. Sam'l, McBee, Trenton, Ga. M. Easterly, Delpy, do Geo. Walker, Pikeville, Tenn, UNITED BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. T. B. Cooper, Thomaston, J, M. Hill, Zebulon, J. J, Cumbie, Fayetteville, L, Leach, Erin, B, H.Daniel, Pleasant Hill, J. Prophet, Double Cabins, W, H. C. Dodson, Griffln, H. Walker, Fairburn, W. Ervin Fairburn, UNITED CHATTAHOOCHEE ASSOCIATION. J. Reeves, Columbus, S. M, Douglass, B, B. Watson, do J, J. Doss, K. Massey, do Licentiates in Italics j Moderator's names in small capital?* 1 l I I I I ¥ 7a I I I ¥ ¥ 7a ¥ 7a I 1 i i ¥ I k i ¥ I ¥ 7a ¥ I BTiTIB • !Bii TABLE OP TEE 2 3 IT 0 M I J" .1 ? : C IT 117 GEOEC-IA ASSOCIATIONS. <3 G" O o 3 g O 3 ! j Total No Cv S3 N* O Si 0 Z CA Q"; ® p cL E. £5 O Licentiates. 2! O O £ & * tr* • O 03* C? I P O O i\ 1 * W : I • 1 5' c t-1 CLERKS. POST OFFICES OF CLERKS.- TIME OF MEETING. PLACE OF MEETING FOR 1848. -G s G . 2 a 5 .o "5 g G O ?- O G O gO a ~p C Appalachee,. Bethel, Central, Columbus, . Coosa, • Ebenezer, Flint River, Georgia, Hephzibah, aHouston, Rehoboth, aRock Mountain,. Sarepta, Sunbury, aTallapoosa, Washington Western, 6 Florida, 1835 1833 1834 1829 1836 1815 1824 1784 1794 1830 1838 1839 1799 1818 1838 1829 1829 1842 Totals, < G fl < f Alapaha, cCanoochee, Chestatee, Connasauga Echoconna, Harmony, Little River, Newhope, rfOcklockonee,.... Ocmulgee, (Major,).. Ocmulgee, (Minor,).. Oconee, Primitive Ebenezer,.. Primitive Lookout... Primitive Pulaski, Primitive Western,.. Springfield, State Line, /Suwannee River,. Towaliga, Uharlee, Upatoi, Yellow River,..... I Total,. G CO 6i ja "A3 .ts G £ <1 mj ' Chattahoochee,. Ellijay, Hightower, Middle, Mountain, Piedmont, Salaquoy, ATugalo, Union, i Valley River,., 1 1828 1835 1 1829 1839 1841 1827 1810 1839 1837 1836 1839 1837 i 20 50 19 40 39 33 30 48 27 23 23 19 26 23 22 18 38 j-23 *> 821 *1911 1 1 1350 *1000 1001 *1353 521 15 36 14 8 21 33 17 31 22 8 9 13 1 1838 1839 1837 1824 I Total,. ' United Baptist,.. .*... United Chattahoochee, jSalem United Baptist, Total,. 1824 1840 1835 1841 1832 1817 1845 1818 1846 1840 1831 1836 1843 14 28 12 27 43 'l ; *268; *476; *728 1 7 *3420 *816 *9 *562! I70j *5491 *438*4101 1058 *611 2665 382 16 16 33 12 16 10 12 20 5 21 161 10 12 17 39 45 *241 735 1312 32071 1613 3329| 2355! 2382! 2343 6736 2695 892 1790 1171 2677 5374 1103 1295 3400 1130 471 277| 134 155 396 237 179 247 116 93 98 57 136 201 151 49 345 26 44.804 2944 377| 120L 267! 134! 831! 1005; 384! 262 40 191 63 3121 92 4 4 20 24 11 867 816 401 466 474; .. •! 2051 6411 101 783 1109 332 765 1185 24 12 33 29 11 115 6 e51 12 19 205i 824! 11! 32 9 17 16 13 19 36 16 14 9 11 10 10 9 10 23 18 61 10 9 4 5 4 12 20 4 2 3 4 6 3 13 3 9 6 1082^283 &123 258 101 30 12 12,344 *552 1499 *504 512 219 897 *32j 73! *24lj 25! 10 42 862 517 1572 777 537 276 558 971 229 939 7,238 387 327 769 30 14 12 22 38:! 204 Kj 182 ]>: ">j 74 lOi 63 8! e35 2| 0 'U t i . Hi 104 6i| 458 23 1,483 Li 23 17 2 4i 19! 8 4 13 10 12 17 '43 501 71 0 e290 6 3 4 16 7 12 14 5163 640 5 14 14 7 9 5 9 5 3 11 361 e244 29 273 82 21 28 13 $239 96 614 05 409 76 562 75 216 378 593 1,691 743 105 1,191 48 783 358 21 16 00 104 05 427 47 229 60 64 83 10 76 03 75 40 28 60 Wm. A. Mercer,. Stephen Rowe,... Wm. Byars, Chas. H. Stillwell. Wm. Wood, Jas. Williamson, .* I. R. Eskew,.... P. II. Mell, Joseph Polhill,... C. H. Higdon,... A. T. Holmes,.. E. Henderson,... I. W. Johnson,.. VV. H. Mcintosh, P. M. Rice, Benj. Roberts,.... U. B. Wilkinson,. T. J. Bowen,... 58,714 24 $61 30 18 75 28 00 $108 05 J. G. Williams,.. C. Head, A. B. Reid, S. B. Burnett,,... James P. Ellis... W. W. Worley,. Social Circle, jSat. before 3d Lord's day, Sept. Lumpkin, ...jSat. before 2d Lord's day, Nov. Sandy Ridge, jSat. before 4th Lord's day, Aug. Talbotton, . . Sat. Before 2d Lord's day, Oct. Tryon, 4 . . iFri. before 2d Lord's day, Oct. Hawkinsviile, .1.. jSat. before 3d Lord's da}/, Oct. McDonough, t. . (Sdt. before 4th Lord's day, Sept. Penfield, L .'Fri. before 2d Lord's day, Oct. Waynesboro', 4 . ISat. before 4th Lord's day, Oct. Cedar Creek, Hayneville, Social Circle, Lexington, Darien, Villa Rica, Milledgeville, Franklin, Quincv, Fla Sugar Creek M. H., Morgan County. Bethlehem M. H., Stewart County. With Church at McDonough. Union, Talbot County. Union Peavine, Walker County. Wood's M. H., Twiggs County. Mount Olive, Pike County. Phillips' Mills, Taliaferro County. Bark Camp, Burke County. Sat. before 4th Lord's day, Oct. Harmony, Dooly County. Sat. before 1st Lord's day, Sept. Midway, Bibb County. >at. before 2d Lord's day, Sept. Liberty, Gwinnett County. States boro',. at. before 4th Lord's day, Sept. 'h. before 3d Lord's day, Nov. at. before 2d Lord's day, Sept. at. before 2d Lord's day, Sept. at. before 3d Lord's day, Sept. at. before 2d Lord's day, Oct. J. B. Singletary,. Clarke Blanford,. M. D. Gaar, D. W. Patman,.. Geo. Leeves,. ... Lumpkin,. Canton,... Milledgeville,. Forsythe,.... Lexington,... Luke Stevens,... C. H. Webb, Ezra McCrary,.. S. W. Blood worth, B. Pace, J. W. Turner,... J. W. Walker,... Hawkinsviile,. Greenville,. .. Warrenton,. . S. Roberts, J. D. Chastain,.. A. G. Hutchins,.. G. L. Jackson,... Singleton Sisk,... H. F. Horn,.... Thos. A. Sullivan, PI. F. Chandler,.. J. M. Skinner,... W. H. C. Dodson, Wm. T* Park,... Wm. Tucker,... Griffin,.... Van Wert,. Talbotton,. Fair Play,. Gainesville, Prince Edward, 0. Cumming, Fri. before 3d Lord's day, Aug, before . before before . before before before before before before before before before 2d Lord's day, Sept. 4th Lord's day, Oct. 2d Lord's day, Oct. 3d Lord's day, Sept. 2d Lord's day, Oct. 2d Lord's day, Aug. 2d Lord's day, Sept. 4th Lord's day, Oct. 2d Lord's day, Sept. 2d Lord's day, Sept. 2d Lord's day, Oct. 4th Lord's day, Sept. before 4th Lord's day, Oct, before 3d Lord's day, Oct. before 3d Lord's day, Sept. S|t. before 4th Lord's day, Sept. before 1st Lord's day, Sept. git. before 3d Lord's day, Sept. before 2d Lord's day, Sept. !t. before 4th Lord's day, Sept. at. before 2d Lord's day, Oct. Yi. before 4th Lord's day, Aug. Salem, Oglethorpe County. Walthourville, Liberty County. Noonday, Cobb County. Black Spring, Baldwin County, Beach Spring, Harris County. Ebenezer, Lowndes County, Ga. Fellowship, Bulloch County. Wauhoo, Hall County. Mount Carmel, Walker County. Providence, Crawford County. Smyrna, Early County, Shoal Creek, Cherokee County. Holley Spring, Campbell County. Tired Creek, Decatur County, Ga. Mount Gilead, Putnam County. Mount Olives, Baldwin County. Middle River, Franklin County. Mount Nebo, Wilkinson County. New Hope, Irwin County. Emmaus, Coweta County. Euphrates, Jefferson County. Forest Grove, Lowndes County. Ramah, Monroe County. Uharlee, Cass County. Valley Grove, Talbot County. Bethel, Newton County. Black Creek, 3at. before 2d Lord's day, Oct Clarkesville, ?ri. before 3d Lord's day, Aug. Hinesville,