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Stated Clerks of synods and Presbyteries.

SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
Rev. R. Nall, Tuskegee, Ala.
Presbytery of East Alabama-Rev. G. R. Foster,
Wetumpka, Ala.
South Alabama-Rev. q. R. Raymond, Mari.
on, Ala,
Tuscaloosa-Rev. c. A. Stillman, Gainesville,
Ala.
SYNOD OF ARKANSAS.
Presbytery of Arkansas-Rev. T. R. WEIGH,
Little Rock, Ark.
Ouachita-Rev. M. J. Wallace, Marlbrook, Ark.
SYNOD OF GEORGIA.
Rev. DR.. j. s. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Presbytery of Atlanta-Rev. James Stacy, New
nan, Ga.
Cherokee-Rev. j. W. Baker. Augusta, Ga.
Macon Rev. j. L. King Geneva, Ga.
.Sauannah-Rev. D. II. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
SYNOD OF MEMPHIS.
Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown, Tenn.
Presbytery of ChickasaW-Rev. ]. D. West, Pom
totoc, Miss.
Memphis--Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown,
Tenn.
North Mississippi q. q. Paine, Holly
Springs, Miss.
Tuscum6ia-Rev. W. q. Mitchell, Florence, Ala.
Western District-Rev. E. s. Campbell, Hum
boldt, Tenn.
SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI.
Rev. K. McInnis, Forest, Miss.
hesbytery of Central Mississippi-Rev. R 4.
sheriff., Oklahoma, Miss.
Louisiana-Rev. j. E. C. Doremus, New Or
Mississippi-Rev. R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
N. Orleans-Rev. h. NJ. Smith, N. Orleans, La.
Red Rirer-Rev. j. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-Rev. j. N. Csrothers, Houston,
Miss.
SYNOD OF NASHVILLE.
Rev. James Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
Presbytery of Holston-Rev. j. W. Backman
Rogersville, Tenn.
KnorviNe-Rev. Jas. Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
NashuiUe-Rev. Fl. E. Boude, Gsllatin, Tenn.
North Alabama-Rev. w. II. Vernon, Corners.
vile, Tenn.
SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Rev. j. Doll, Yanceyville, N. c.
Rresbytery of Concord-Rev. R. q. Johnston,
Providence, N. c.
FayetteriUe-Rev. j. P. Mcpherson, Shoe Heel;
N. Carolina.
Orange-Rev. j. Doll, Yanceyville, N. U.
SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rev. VIM. Banks, Lakewood, s. C.
Rrssbytsry of Bethsl-Rev. VIM. Banks, Halle
wood, s. G.
Charleston-Rev C. s. Vedder, Charleston, S. c.
Harmony-Rev. W. A. Gregg, Bishopville, s. G.
S. Carohna--Rev. D. Mcneil Turner, Able
vile. s. C.
SYNOD OF TEXAS.
Rev. L. Tenney, Carolina, Texas.
Resbytery of Brazos-Rev. w. c. Somerville,
Houston, Texas.
Central Teras-Rev. l.. Tenney, Carolina, Texas.
Eastern TEXAS
Western Tezas-Rev. N. Chevalier, Gonzales,
Texas.
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.
Rev. F. Mcfarland Mint Spring, Va.
Presbytery Of Abingdon-Rev. D. B. Ewing,
Dublin Depot, Va.
Presbytery of East Hanorsr-Rev. P. B. Price,
Richmond, Va.
Greenbrier-Rev. j. C. Barr, Lewisburg, West
Virginia.
Lexington s. Brown, Kerr's Creek, Va.
Montgomery j. P. Smith, Big Lick. Va.
Patapsco-Rey. j. A. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappahannock-Rev. j. W. Pugh, Warrenton,
Virginia.
Roanoke-Rev. NJ. L. Lacy, Charlotte c. a., Va
Vest Hanoper-Rev. VIM. Dinwiddie, Green.
wood Depot, Va.
Winchester-Rev. j. R. Graham, Winchester, Va
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Men Wanted.

The great want of this age is men.
Men who are not for sale. Men who are
honest, sound from centre to circum-
ference, true to the hearts core. Men
who will condemn wrong in friend or foe,
in themselves as we'll as others. Men
whose conSclences are as steady as the
needle to the pole. Men who will stand
for the right, if the heavens totter and
the earth reels. Men who can tell the
truth and look the world and the devil
right in the eye Men who can have
courage without shouting of it. Men in
whom the courage of everlasting life runs
still, deep, and strong. Men who do not
cry nor cause their voices to be heard
on the streets, but will not fail nor be
discouraged till judgment be set in the
earth. Men who know their message
and tell it. Men who know their places
and fill them. Men who mind their own
business. Men who will not lie. Men
who are net too lazy to work, nor too
proud to be poor. Men VINO are willing
to eat what they have earned, and wear
what they have paid for.-SOuthern Home
Journal.
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INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICERS
OFTHE
resbyterian Church in the United States

CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., Stated CIerT.
Augusta, Georgia.
Rev. VIM. Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk,
Richmond, Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTATIoS.
Rev. ]. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary
Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary,
Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
c. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond. Va
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
G. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer. Richmond, Va.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Thomas C. Perrin, President.
joseph e. Wilson, Vice President.
Jesse Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR ONE YEAR.
Hon. Thomas G. Perrin, Abbeville, s. c.
Joseph II. Wilson. Charlotte, n. c.
Jesse II. Lindsay, Greensboro N. G.
James Hemphill, Chester, s. G.
Rev. George Howe, D. D., Columbia, s. G.
FOR TWO YEARS.
Robert Adger, Charleston, s. G.
Hon. j. A. Inglis, Cheraw, s. G.
J. A. Ansley, Augusta, Ga.
John Whiting, Montgomery, Ala.
Rev. B. NJ. Palmer, ID. D., New Orleans, La.
FOR THREE YEARS.
J. Hartman Brown, Baltimore, Md.
T. j. Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg, Va.
D. w. Kennedy, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
John Handy, Canton, Miss.
Rev. Samuel Mckinney, D. D., Austin, Texas
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to do as he did when others begin to say

to do as he did when others begin to say
that your Sabbath Schools "dying out,
or ''going down" A Sabbath School
ought never to die, and it is not dead
when you are in your seat, with your les
son ready. When the scholars are be-
coming fewer and fewer, each morning
make it your business to be always there,
with cheerful face and good lesson.
And when you grow up to be men, and
become full members of the Saviours
Church, as We pray that you will, let the
neglect of the Church by other members
only be reminder to you of the duty
of being promptly in your seats to hear
the sermon. In thus honoring Christ's
cause, you will honor Christ; and he that
honors Him, will be honored by Him,
and exalted i'll the love of the Father.
May your love for Christ and His cause
be, my little friends, like that of little
Willie, beyond the love of all earthly
friends.
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Central 4rtsbpgttrlarl
Richmond, Va, Wednesday, Jan. Is, 1859.
The Golden Side.

There is many rest in the road of life;
five only would stop to take it;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulouS heart would make 1t
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And TO keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds are riftedl
There was never night without day,
Or an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jewelled crown,
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love of little child,
Or mothers prayers to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart,
And hands that are swift and willing,
Than to snap the minute delicate threads
OF our curious lives asunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends
And sit and grieve and wonder.
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Treatment of Horses when Heated.

Men and horses, are the only animals
that sweat. So say the medical men,
whose business it is to investigate the
wonderful living mechanism of BOTH
The OK cools off by accelerated respira-
ton; if heated in the furrow, he partially
opens his mouth, drops his tongue, and
by rapid respiration, or short breathing,
throws off the excess of heat which has
accumulated in the system. "Old Dog
Tray" that runs painting by the side of
the carriage through the intense heat of
July sun, dashes into the cold spring
with impunity, and returns refreshed,
having no perspiration to check, when
men or horses, submerged in like man
ner. would suddenly check perspiration,
and if they survived the shock, it would
be but to die with acute or chronic infam-
nation. In violent motion, the respira-
ton of both men and horses is increased,
but not sufficiently so as to carry off the
heat that is generated; they perspire
through the skin, the pores of which be-
come opened or enlarged, and it is while
in this condition that both are exceeding
ly liable to be injured, and when great
care is necessary to preserve the health
of either.
We saw a noble looking animal the
other day standing by the road side of
public inn, (the owner, evidently one of
my friends within talking politics
with mine host-"or some other many
wet with perspiration, dotted with
foam, and apparently highly heated.
There he stood unchecked by rein or
halter, faithfully waiting his masters re-
turn. The day was cold; the wind blow
ing gale from the northern hills In
patiently he paved the frozen ground,
champed the bit. and wildly flung his
head from side to side while his lips were
contracted and nostrils collapsed, giving
him fierce and unnatural appearance.
No blanket covered his wet and heated
body, the cold wind was fast cooling him
off, causing his moist long hair to stand
on end like that of the porcupine. He
was evidently suffering severely. And
this is no uncommon sight. So little is
still known of the physiology and func-
tions of the horse, that the man who
would refuse an extravagant price for
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Saving Trees Girdled by Mice.

At the February meeting of the Northern
Illinois Horticultural Society, D. B. Weir OF
Lacon. read a paper 'On Saving Girdled
Fruit Trees" He said he had over hundred
trees, seven years planted, completely giirdled
by mice There had been for some time a
heavy snow on the ground and mice being
plenty, and in starving condition, with moth
ing else to eat they ate all the bark from the
trees as far as they could reach, some of them
for foot up and down all around, and .por-
tons of the sap-wood in some places half an
inch deep. As soon as the damage was dis
covered. which was on the first thawing days,
he banked the snow around the trees, and as
soon as the soil thawed, he banked that foot
high about the trunks
This was all the attention they received ;
and to-day they have all the damaged parts
covered by almost as thick coating of bark
as the uniDjured portion Of the trees. When
the girdng is done high up on the trees, bank
ing with soil will be impracticable. IT the
wounded parts are too high to reach by bank
ing, clay may be bound on with bandage.
The sooner the surface is protected after in
jury the better. The death of the tree is
caused by the seasoning Of the sap-wood.
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Liberality and Self Denial.

That great spiritual teacher, Dean
Afford, says" Liberality and self-de-
NAL are two very different things. The
man of wealth whose personal ease and
comfort are quite independent OF his
charitable bestowals, may subscribe and
give largely to hundred charities; in
so doing he is performing sacred duty,
and that duty is liberality; but it is not
self-denying. If, however, that same
man, loving his ease, fond of his COM
forts, fastidious in his tastes, sacrifices
that ease, suspends these comforts. Of
tends these tastes, in real laborious per
sonal contact with poverty aud misery;
is bene6cent not only in matters that Can
be transacted through his pecuniary Of
ferings, but in exertions which cost him
time aud perhaps painful revulsions of
feeling, which cost him sacrifice of pride
and exclusiveness then | should say
that he is not merely liberal but self de
nying also; that he has at amy rate begun
to walk in the path which his Saviour tr"d
before MIN, who, from the spotless purity
of the Godhead and the light unap
proachable, came among sinners and bore
with them, and witnessed their vileness
and touched their loathsomeness. Prac-
tical self denial does not belong alone to
the wealthy it is required of US all. 1t
is the undoubted duty of persons whom
God has placed above poverty and wretch
edness, to flow forth to those who are
less outwardly blest than themselves III
personal acts and words of kindness; to
put aside their tastes and cherished habits
and worldly pride, and forget themselves
in their Christian duty
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Combats on the Ocean.

Among the extraordinary spectacles
sometimes witnessed by those who "go
down to the sea in ships" none are more
impressive than combat for the supre-
macy between the monsters of the deep.
The battles of the swordfsh and the
whale are described as Homeric in grand
eur.
The swordfsh go in schools like whales,
and the attacks are often regular sea-
fights: When the two troops meet, as
soon as the swordfsh have betrayed their
presence by few bounds in the air, the
whales draw together and close up their
ranks. The swordfsh always endeavors
to take the whale in the flank, either be-
cause its cruel instinct has revealed to it
the defect in the cuirass, for there exists
near the brachial fins of the whale a
spot where wounds are mortal-or be-
cause the fang presents wider surface
to its blows.
The swordfsh recoils to secure a great
er impetus. If the movement escapes
the keen eye of his adversary, the whale
is lost, receives the blow of the enemy
and dies almost instantly. But if the
whale perceives the swordish at the in
stant of the rush, by spontaneous bound
it springs clear of the water its entire
length, and falls on its flank with crash
that resounds for many leagues, and
whitens the sea with boiling foam. The
gigantic animal has only its tail for de-
Tense. 1t tries to strike it's enemy, and
finish him at single blow. But if the
active sword6sh avoids the fatal tail, the
battle becomes more terrible. The ag-
gressor springs from the waterin his turn,
falls upon the whale, and attempts not to
pierce, but to saw it with the teeth that
garnish its weapon. The sea is stained
with blood; the fury of the whale is
boundless. The swordfsh harnesses him,
strikes on every side, kills him, and flies
to other victories.
Often the swordfsh has not time to
avoid the fall of the whale, and contents
itself with presenting its sharp saw to the
flank of the gigantic animal which is
about to crush it; it then dies like Mac
cabaus, smothered beneath the weight of
the elephant of the ocean. Finally, the
whale gives few last bounds into the
air dragging its assassin in its flight and
per.shes as it kills the monster of which
- yac tho victim
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PUBLICATION.
Synod Of Alabama.

synod OF Alapama
South Alabansa-Dr j. Fl. Rice, Mobile, Ala.
East Alabama-J. K. Hazen, Prattsville, Ala.
Tuscaloosa-C. NJ. Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
ARKANSAS. w. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Indian-E. Hotchkin, Doaksville, c. Nation.
Synod Of Georgia.
augusta William Finn, Milledgeville, Ga.
Chsrokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Worida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon.
Savannah d. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
Synod Of Memphis.
Chickasaw-J. Il. Gaillard, Coonewa, Miss.
Memphis-Geo. A. Russell, Somerville, Tenn.
North Mssissippi-E. M. Richardson, Grens'
da, Miss
Western District-William Cameron, Jackson,
Tenn.
Synod Of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi. Hunter, Jackson, Miss.
Louisiana. E. c. Doremus, New Orleans, La.
Mississippi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
New Orleans.
Red River-J. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-A. Fl. Barley, Charlottesville,
Miss.
Synod Of Nashville.
Holston-S. B. Campbell Leesburg, Tenn.
Knorpille-T. 81. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn
Nashrille-J. w. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Synod Of North Carolina.
Concord-E. II. Harding, Concord, N. G.
Fdyettepille-D. rairley, Manchester, G.
Orange. d. Smith, Greensboro, N. c.
Synod Of South Carolina.
s. Cdrokna-A. A. Porter, Spsrtanburg, 8. q.
Chdrleston--W. 81. Adams, Charleston, 3. c.
Bethel-James Fl. Sage, Lewisville, S. c.
Harmony.--D. +. Frierson.
Synod Of Texas.
Brazos-W. C. Somerville, Houston, Texas.
Central Texas.
Eastern Texas.
Western Texas.
Synod Of Virginia.
Abingdon-J. N. Naf, Dublin Depot, Va.
h. Hanorer Hresbytery-W. A. Campbell, Pow
hatan c. a., Va.
Greenbrier.
Lerington-F. q. Bowman, Mt. Sidney, Va.
Montgomery-Dr.J J. d. Mitchell, Lynchburg, Va.
RdtapscO-J. A. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappahdnnock James L. Leftwich, Alexan.
dria, Va.
RoanOke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut, Va.
Vest Hanoper-E. Woods, Charlottesville, We.
Winchester-M. W. Woodwork, Burlington,
West Va.
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II omsehula attnrds,
FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN,
The Only Foundation.

The Almighty designed there should
be none other; the Scriptures testify Of
none other; ministers are commanded to
preach none other; and there is no ne
cessity for any other ethan that which
is laid, which is Jesus Christ. This is
the one which Gods hand hath laid; no
man can lay another better. Why
should any try to do so? Is not this
foundation laid by God, just such as We
need2
1. 1t will bear all that can be rested
upon it. The sins of all sinners may be
laid upon it, and their hopes also: it will
bear them all. The experiment has been
made by thousands, yes, by millions. 1t
is "a tried stone" ga sure foundation. 4"
Here may safely rest upon Christ, and
never be put to confusion.
2. 1t is a foundation to endure as well
as bear. Is not this Jesus Christ "the
same yesterday, and to-day, and forever?'
Is he not the ''Rock of Ages?" "The
foundations Of God staudeth sure"
Adam, and Abel, and Abraham, and
Paul, and great cloud of witnesses"
have been standing upon it for hundreds,
some of them for thousands of years, and
it is as firm as ever. Here we may defy
all the storms of life, all the terrors of
death.
o let us build our everlasting all on
Jesus Christ. Eternity will soon be upon
us: here is our only hope, our only secu-
'rity. Every other hope will be swept
away. The refuge of the hypOcrite, the
in6del, the ungodly, will soon sink into
everlasting ruin. OLD PILGRIM.
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SYNOD Of Georgia.

Synod Of Georgia.
Atlanta-J. S. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Augusta-C. W. Lane. Greensboro Ga.
Chsrokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Forida-W. ]. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-W. A. Hall, Columbus, Ga.
iSavannah-D. 81. Porter, Savannah, GA.
Synod Of Memphis.
MsmpiiswD. Il. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
North Mssissippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grens'
da, Miss.
Tuscumbia-W. b. Mitchell, Florence, Ala.
Western District
Synod Of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi
leans. La.
Mississippi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
Nso Orleans-R. Y. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-J. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-
Synod Of Nashville.
Holston-J. D. Tadock, Bristol Tenn.
Knorviue.- james Park, Knoxville. Tenn.
NashviUe-D. o. Davies, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
North Alabama-W. E. Caldwell, Elkton, Tenn.
Synod Of North Carolina.
cCncOrd.G; Wilson McPhail, Davidson Col
lege. N. c.
Orange-E. Hines, Sassafras Fork, N. G.
Synod Of South Carolina.
Bethel-William Banks, Lakewood, s. G.
Charleston-W. Z. Boggs, Columbia, s. G..
Harmony-Donald Mcqueen, Sumter, s: c..
South Carolina-D. Mcneil Turner, Abbeville,
s. Carolina.
Synod Of Texas.
Brazos-W. c. Somerville, Houston, Texas.
Central Texas.
Eastern Texas
Western Texas. F. Martin, San Antonio, Tex.
Synod Of Virginia.
abingdon.
East Hdnorer Presbytery-E. q. Rutherford,
Petersburg, Va.
Greenbrier-M. D. Dunlap, Academy, Va.
Lerington-C. S. N. See, Fishersville, Va.
Aontgomery-T. L. Preston, Salem, Va:
Ratopsco-J. A. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappahannock-Joh W. Pugh, Warrenton, Va.
Roanoke. Il. Davis, Charlotte c. a., Va.
West Hanorer-B. NJ. Smith, d. D., Hampden
Sidney, Va.
Winchestsr-L. F. Wilson, Hedgestille, W. Va.
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A Good Resolve.
friends.

Mamma when | am man, | will be-
gin to love Jesus"
These words fell from the lips of fine
little fellow scarcely six years old.
His mamma had endeavored time after
time, to impress on his youthful mind
the necessity of early piety; but hithcr'
TO, all her persuasions seemed in vain.
When he uttered these words, she said,
But my dear, suppose you do lot live
to be man.
He remained silent for some minutes.
with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, as if in
deep thought; and then with resolute
countenance added, "Then mamma, |
had better begin at once.
Now, my dear young readers, will you
follow Eddie's example, and begin at
once2 There is no time like The present
for serving the Lord. If you put it off
a little longer, you will, perhaps, fud
that you have put it off little too long
You have been frequently reminded in
these pages, and perhaps by incidents
occurring around you, that the youngest
is not too young to die. But neither are
you too young to give your heart to Je
sus. If you go to Him how, you will
not regret it when you become men and
women; but on the contrary, will find
Gods care and protection to be over you
at all times, and that He fulfls His pro-
misses in ways you cannot fully under
stand.-Early Days.
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CENTRAL PRESBY TERRA N

MANY men, says Tillotson, pass fifty
or sixty years in the world, and when
they are just going out of it they bethink
themselves, and step back, as it were, to
do something which they had all the
while forgotten, to wit: The main bust
ness for which they came into the world,
to repent of their sins, and reform their
lives, and make their peace with God,
and in time prepare for eternity.
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Committees of Education and Publication.

The General Assembly resolved that the Chair.
man of the Presbyterial Committees ON Educs.
ton and Publication should be regarded as q
corresponding member of the Assemby's Com.
mittees on these subjects. We give below the
names of such members as have been appointed
by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION
Synod Of Alabama.
East Alabama-G. R. Foster, Wetumpka, Ala.
South Alabama-J. R. Burgett, ID. D., Mobile,
Ala.
Tuscaloosa D. Sanderson, Eutaw, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
Arkansas-I. j. Long, Batesville, Ark.
Indian-C. C. Copeland, Wheelock, c. Nation.
Ouachita-Geo. E. Eagleton, Mt Holly, Ark.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-01-13

SIN is never overcome by looking at
it, but by looking away from it, to Him
who bore our sins, yours and mine, on
the cross. The heart is never won back
to God by thinking that we ought to
love Him, but by learning what He is, all
worthy of our love. True repentance
begins with the love of God. The Holy
Spirit teaches us to know, and therefore
to love God.