Temperance Convention to Meet in June in Macon
The State Temperance Convention will be held in Macon on June 4. Col Wingfield of Eatonton is the anniversary orator. Friends of the cause in Macon seek large attendance from the societies and offer hospitality to all who attend. The note urges volunteers to assist their societies and praises Macon as a hospitable and delightful city.
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Wingfield
Eatonton
Friends of the Cause
Macon
Messiah
Cesar
Richmond
Mallon
Ala
Ethiopia
America
Christendom
Burmah
Africa
China
First Baptist
Church Universal
Christ
Thomas Curtis
William B. Johnson
Richard Fuller
Augusta
Southern Baptist Convention and Prospectus Endorsement
A committee led by Rev. T Curtis and two other ministers prepared an address explaining the group’s separation and aims. The piece, praised as temperate and Christian, is recommended for perusal. The Georgia Historical Society will publish material via the prospectus, seen as a test of virtue and long-run utility.
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Souther
Southern Historical & Literary Magazine
Savannah
Georgia Historical Society
Responsibility for Crime Originators Denounced
A philosophical denunciation condemns those who start crime and those who sanction it. The author argues that the begetter of offences is not less culpable than the offender and may be more criminal under uncertain circumstances. The piece condemns people who, by influence and support, enable vice and crimes to spread among society.
France and Guizot on Duelling A Moral Reckoning
A critical piece denounces M. Guizot as declaring murder a civilizational test. It warns that duelling erodes morality and that a ruler’s authority magnifies harm. The author fears public acceptance will justify fatal violence and condemn France’s soul.
Chinese Cream Soap and a Cow with Three Calves
The notice praises Jos Marshall's Chinese Cream soap as the best, then reprints a Chronicle & Sentinel item about a cow with three calves born near the city from N B Moore's farm. The calves are about three days old and show sprightliness, a first known occurrence of triplets.
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Jos
Marshall
N. B. Moore
Southern Baptists Break With Northern Overseers Over Slavery
A 1845 proclamation from Southern Baptists explains a division with Northern brethren over missionary policy and slavery. It condemns Northern interdicts on outreach, defends Confederate aims, and urges unity in foreign missions toward Burma, Africa, China, and global evangelism.
Temperance Addresses and the Pledge Signing
The article argues that pledge signing is not the sole measure of a temperance address. It contends many sign from impulse rather than conviction and stresses genuine understanding and emotional impact as true proof of the speaker’s influence.
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THE _WASHINGTONIAN
W.T. Beantiy
D. Hook
James Harper
Don
A.W. Noe
Bscrit
Washingtonian
Paley
M. Guizot
France
Chronicle & Sentinel
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
American Baptists
Southern Baptists
General Convention of the Baptist Denomination of the
Hich
Richard Furman
Staughton
Jesse Mercer
Thomas Baldwin Jed
Boston
Israel
Board of Managers
Providence
Adoniram Judson
Ann Judson
Boardman
General Convention
Jerusalem
Samaria
Antioch
Mason
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