Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-15

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interest in it, were absent, and it ought
not a Jain to be opened by this Conven-
I tion.
The President gave as his opinion
that the resolution could operate as no
prohibition upon the Domestic Board
against theappropriatlon Of moneys con-
6dcd TO them for the purchase and dis
position Of bibles through colpnrleurs or
by any other means. The resolution
was simply that the Convention would
not "em6arrass" itself with the publ.
cation and sale Of books and this would
be no embarrassment to the Conven
ZION; for in it they would incur no pc.
cuniary or other liability. He begged
as this could be done without the action
rflhe Convention, that his brot,er Gum
would desist, and that there would be
no effort TO disturb wha, had been so
tremendously settled.
Mr.. Gum yielded to the remon.
STRANGE Of the President, and the subs
jecl was dropped.
The thanks of the Convention were
voted 10 those editors and reporters who
had attended upon and reported the
proceedings Of tue Convention.
Mr.. Stocks, of Georgia, now moved
tina, the Convention adjourn till the Is;
Wednesday in May, lS49, at Nashville,
which motion was agreed to.
The Rev. d. johnson, before ad-
journing the Convention, made most
appropriate and feeling valed'ctory ad
dress. He said he was deeply Impress
ed with the presence and special innu-
ence Of Gods spirit in The meeting last
year at Augusta but his impression Of
the presence and influence ofthe spiri, Of.
God in This meeting was much deeper.
Owing to the circumstances under
which the Convention las, year. met, ii
was to br expected that there would be
unanimily of feeling and action in its
deliberations. But when we came 10
assemble here, we had grounds 10 APP
prrhend great difficulty in bringing the
whole bodyto unite2on some of the ip-.
Fpics which would engage our.attention-..
4 Il was 2fearea there you'd be- distfac.s
1iion not division, and ihe zintilre op::f
esalion.by lhcm.to disturb the harmony
Of our proceedings. For himself he
l,ad mot apprehendnd such divisions,
believing ll,t they would be avoided by
Gods special intcrposi,ion. And we had
cause TO be grateful, that through Gods
specia,in,eriercnce, we had indeed avoi-
ded those divisions. If God had in
deed been with them, and had brought
their minds and hearts 10 such happy
concIpsi Of compromise, and sur
ronder Of points at difference, should we
1 not be deeply impressed with it, and
urged 10 put our hands with increased
zeal and energy to the work befule us,
in order to bring about still further ef-
(ective results +? lfby Gods grace, we
wer so united, If we were made 10 go
together by grace and not by the pres
sue of torce-we should feel not onl " a
deep sense of gratitude, but should feel
a deeper sonsc Of our obligations, and
should not permit ourselves TO ,elin-
quish or neglect any portion Of our du-
| ties.
The time was come, he said, to make
great sacrifices s-sacriices Of Individual
comfort and worldly aivancement--a
sacrifice of members Of our families to
60 TO these new fields in our own land
and in our foreign lands. 1t was our
impcrious duty to practice economy,
and MOTTO be..lcokins forward to great
investments Of pecnniary means to make
large fortunes to leave 10 our families.
He was seriously and anxiously impress
ed with the conviction, that Christians
often made great mistake in making
large efforts TO leave large estates 10
their families. He mentioned casein
Georgia, of a pious .tncle ,leaving his
estate to two nephews. I. had not cons
tributed to their comfort or welfare; bat
had. made them more wicked, more
reckless in their actions. He could moi
bat believe that if ll:e dear saint had
invested portion Of his wealth in hea>
yenly treasures and left those nephews
less, they would have been better. The
reverend speaker here alluded TO the
divine injunctions against being absorb
ed in desire for worldly gain-not that
it was wrong, he said, TO increase our
! earthly store, nor that there was any
sin in money. There was no sin in
money, but in the love of 1.-THE laue
of 1t is the root Of all evil. Dr.. J. ear
nestly urged it upon all professors Of