Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-25
ColporGage
AMONG TEE SOLDIERS!

81 the direction of the Colportagc E"ar'!. ri
Darlington. HE work Of supplying the Son,h
Can!ina soldiers with TIE New Testament. and
religious reading, WAS BEGUN first by Us il South
Crolina.
PpUS PASTORS ENGAGED AS CoIp0n-
TIERS.
!nnmbrr az devoted Pastors Of the State are
Ia'oring earnestly and efficiently ms C"irorter: ri
IL hoari-SOaia of then; i'll Virginia AMI s"ins
ofihem on the South Carolina coast.
ENCGUEAGEMENTs TO LABOR on.
ne cheering intelligence il reaching IL: con-
sll,ly that the settlers deceive with gratitude
titNcw Testament, AMI Tracts given them. They
wr.0mc all religious Instructions with, in many
i~nsnnccs, the gushing tear aud qnivcring lip.
NEW TESTAMENTS AND TRACTS DIS
T2IDUTED.
he operations O: the Board. TO Tie Is; Frhrna-
ry,nre II, 500 New TaStamcnis AMI one milton
seem hundred thousand pages Tracts.
TIE SOLDIERS READ.
hey not only acccp; tic New Testament and
Trrts given them, bur they read them, III nrt II
c:instanccs, praycr.ully and savingly.
SOME HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.
Trough the simple iustrumcntality Of a little
Tret. the truths OF Gods word presented t,
thea hy tic Colpnrtcr, the earnest prayer ami the
pios cuuascl of such, n number have turned to
Co, and are no" rejoicing in Iiin:.
TIE SICK SOLDIER.
Tnsc WHO have visited iic sick soldier. as we
bnveia Tie variuus Hospitals i'll an'i ahcu5 Char
les!Gi, know wi!h what replinGss aud thankful
ress PRAYER and religious Instructions sire re-
coivd how gladly iiry receive The New resia-
mcnt
CHRISTIAN FnIENns or soLD1ERS.
HELP!
Thousands Of the %prtrio;ic sons of our own and
hcrS:ates, who arc sacrificing all Cor our COM
mon country. have m Bible. I" punt them 10 GnJ
aud t. light up 81 dying ned" They are willing
to real it-they AL; for ii. Saall tl.cy be- denied /?
Oar Chaplain writes: o. 10 nat believe fly men
in the regiment have brought rcs;aments will
thrm."
WE APPEAL TO EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN.
We c;renlata M Tract cr Book which an, Chris
tiar nan would object u, Whether he he Pr,sbY-
terian, .Hefao|i,t, Ep;,cc" dim, Lutheran. ~ R"P-
td. VT, therefore. appeal 20 ail Christmas
throughout the city aud country to aHi Us ii this
common work. We p!ed%e rarscivrs 10 l:ct; the
spiritual waits Of nur s"llicrs t" ths fall cX!rE'
of the means placed nj cur coninaoi.
SOUTH CARoLINA SOLDIERS INvIEGiNlA.
South Carolina regiments in Vir.iri, share
prnpor;ioinaliy in al the operations! 1T t!;i- Boar!
ill Cplporiars. New Tcs'amcn;s a;d Tr:gis.
EVERY SOLDIER on THE SOIL OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
M,.ny of tho sons of North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, and other States, are upon the coast of
South Carolina. Shall VIC not minister to their
spiritual wants?
MANUSCRIPTS FOR FoUR.pAGE TRACTS
Solicited.
The Board desire to publish a numhcr Of " four
page Tracts" adapted TO the wants of The soldier.
and hereby solicit such manuscripts. T.sc manu-
scripts must he free from dcaominoii1mai hias.
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY EE DIRECTED.
Those who contribute to this work may specify.
this , desired. in W. : regiment or company
'uch funds shall he exp nGcl. All contributions
tn this work will Le acknowledged in the public
prints.
LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS.
Let il he remembered that sl30 will buy one
lonsand New Tcstamcnis, ana thirteen cents will
a single copy. Each copy will supply one
older.
TO TIE PASTORS AND CHURCHES.
Will the Pastors throughout this State and other
states having troops in South Carolina. read tho
Dove to their congregations, and send uS the
offerings made TO this work.
Address- Rev. w. u. Rice,
General Superintendent S. c. Coportnye,
Sumter, S, c.. !