We should feel that such things are infinitely too little for the children of The preceding communication from our highly esteemed and much beloved Elder John Rogers, I lay with pleasure before our readers. It merits the profound consideration of many of our young preachers, and affords encouragement to all. I have received with this letter a copy of his very excellent Tract on Dancing. No one of much reflection and of a discriminating mind, can read it without deep conviction of the truth of the position which it sustains. It is just such a Tract as the occasion seems to demand in some sections of the country. I am glad to think that there are not many sent out of the vicinity which called it forth. I commend it to the devout consideration of all who have any taste for this fantastic folly-more worthy of a goat than of a Christian. I promise my feeble aid to brother Rogers on the subjects to which he calls my attention. IMPORTANT CONVERSIONS. A. C. UNDER date of January 3d, 1849, brother J. R. Frame informs us of a very considerable addition to the church in Dayton, Ohio. Some twentyfive persons, under his labors and those of brother Melish, now of Cincinnati, and brother Brown of Eaton, were recently baptized and added to the Lord. A Jewess, of very respectable connexions, despite of the impassioned remonstrances and threats of her father, and amidst the struggles of certain sects to allure her to their communion, had intelligence, faith, and courage to confess the Lord and to be immersed for the remission of sins by brother Fraine, who had been threatened with violence should he immerse her. But the parties added to their faith courage, and the triumph was complete. We were much pleased to learn that Judge King, of Warren, Ohio, on the 24th of January, immediately after the burial of his deceased wife, the much esteemed and beloved sister King, informed the concourse of citizens in attendance that he intended, on retiring from the sepulture, to be buried with the Lord in baptism; expressing at the same time his full con‹ viction of the unspeakable value of the gospel, and his determination to submit to the government of the Lord Messiah. On the Tuesday following his eldest son, Henry, was also baptized into the same faith, and commenced the glorious career of glory, honor, and immortality. Whether brother Isaac Errett or Gaston was the administrator on this occasion, I have not learned. But with them and all the brethren we rejoice in hope that these confessions will much redound to the glory of God and to the happiness of those who have been enabled to make so good a confession before many witnesses. Peace be on them and mercy, and on all the Israel of God! NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. A. C. Hannibal, Mo., December 18, 1848. We had a meeting of eight or ten days' continuance a few weeks since, at which we had the assistance of brethren Thomas M. Allen and Daniel P. Henderson. We had about 50 additions to the church, which makes nearly 60 in the last two months. The subject of Christianity seems to be eliciting souri than at any period since I came to the State. the Lord for his goodness to the children of men! more interest in MisPraised be the name of D. T. MORTON. Carrollton, Ky., December 21, 1848. I have labored the principal part of my time, for the last three years and better, in Clark county, Indiana; during this time in this county I have baptized some five hundred persons into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. I have held protracted meetings in adjoining counties and baptized a goodly number; but in consequence of my bad health I have been able to do but little in the cause of my Lord and Master for the last year. I would be glad to see you; but, should we never meet on the shores of mortality, I hope that we, with the good of all ages, may meet in our Father's kingdom upon high. THOMAS WALLER. Baton Rouge, La., January 11, 1849. Brother Johnson made a report to you of the results of the meeting which we held here during last month. Since his departure two more have been added-making in all, since my arrival here, forty persons. I expect to remain here until spring or summer. JOHN A. DEARBORN. Monmouth, Warren county, Ills., January 16, 1849. I returned last evening from a meeting at Abington, Knox county, which resulted in twelve additions-three by letter, two reclaimed, and seven by confession. We left the brethren rejoicing in hope of better times. May the Lord bless them all! JOHN E. MURPHY. Moulton, Ala., January 17, 1849. In the month of December last I immersed 2 in Dresden, Te., and gained 4 Baptists in Graves county, Ky. BEN. COOPER. Macomb, Ill., January 24, 1849. I have no addition to report, except at Liberty, in this county, 32. Reclaimed, added, immersed, in all 48. WM. H. FRANKLIN. Danbury, Ct., January 30, 1849. I am happy to inform you that we are favored with the visit, (and have been with the labors,) of brother F. M. Craig, through whose excellent labors thirteen persons (male and female) have been induced to obey the gospel of the blessed God. JOHN ABBOTT. Frankfort, Pike county, Mo., February 3, 1849. There have been about 40 additions to the church in Hannibal, 30 at Salt River, 16 at Loulsville, and 4 at Frankfort, during last autumn. THOMAS PITT. Abington, Knox county, Ill., February 3, 1849. We are rejoiced to have it in our power to communicate the result of a protracted effort of some three weeks continuance, in the strong hold of sectarianism. The meeting was kept up during the evenings and Lord's days, by our esteemed and indefatigable brethren J. E. Murphy, J. M. Dodge, J. Miller, and J. G. Harvey, and we had accessions at nearly every meeting, 37 in all being the result-viz. 3 from the Baptists, 4 by letter, 4 reclaimed, and 26 by confession and baptism. Praised be the name of the Lord! We cordially invite all teaching brethren, who can make it convenient, to give us a call and teach us the way of the Lord more perfectly. WILLIAM MAXWELL, Elders. Carlisle, February 21, 1849. I have just returned from a tour of some six weeks in Mason county, Ky., where I delivered some fifty discourses in about five weeks, and about as many in exhortation-was alone most of the time. Brother Perrin, of Covington, was with me about one week, and was very useful in our meetings. The result was something better than 100 accessions to the cause, mostly at Dover and Beasly. The cause is looking up. Lord, send prosperity! JOHN ROGERS. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Ar a meeting of the Students of Bethany College, held in the College Chapel, February 3d, 1849, of which CHARLES CARLTON, N. Y., was Chairman, and JOHN W. M'GARVEY, Mo., Secretary, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:― Whereas in the inscrutable but all-wise dispensation of Providence, our beloved fellow-student, BARTON A. MILLER, has ben suddenly removed from our midst by the hand of death, we would express a sense of the loss we have sustained, as a testimonial of our respect and esteem for him as a Student and a Christian Be it therefore resolved, That in the deceased we recognize one who truly sustained the character of a Student, in all its relations,-faithful in the discharge of his collegiate duties, kind and respectful in his demeanor, he won the esteem and regard of all who knew him. Resolved, That, although we sincerely lament our loss, it can be truly said of him, "To die is gain"—and that we regard this sudden dispensation as a voice from heaven, calling unto us, "Be ye also ready." Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the relatives of the deceased in their bereavement. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to address a letter of condolence to the only surviving parent of the deceased. Resolved, That, as a token of our high esteem for the memory of the deceased, we will wear crape on the left arm thirty days. Resolved, That the Editors of the Millennial Harbinger, and the Fulton Telegraph be requested to publish these proceedings. OBITUARY: We insert below, several obituaries that have been on hand so long as to put them rather out of date. But we wish our friends to know that it has been for the want of room and not from the want of a disposition to gratify their affection for the dead, that we have not before inserted these tributes of respect. Ira, Cayuga county, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1848. DEAR BROTHER CAMPBELL-It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of our most amiable and excellent sister HARRIET ST. JOHN, who departed this life on the 26th of October last. She was long a professor of Christianity, and being possessed of great moral worth, she was one of our purest spirits, and in her death the congregation has suffered an irrepara ble loss. At the time of her death she had just entered her 41st year, and had for a long time been laboring under the influence of disease, which she bore with Christian resignation; and when the time of her departure arrived, she left us in the triumphs of the Christian hope, and we all look forward, ho ping, by emulating her noble'example, to meet her in the bright world, where full fruition follows love. The congregation unit's in its condolence with the afflicted relatives of the deceased. Yours in love, J. M. SHEPARD. By the request of our dear brother Wm. Ginn, of Millbrook, Wayne co. Ohio, I am seated to record the decease of his wife, ANN CATHARINE, after an illness of four days, in the 45th year of her age, December 1st, 1848. Sister Ginn has many friends both in Penna. and Ohio, and through your paper most, if not all, will learn of her death. Sister Ginn leaves a Christian husband and four interesting children to mourn her loss. The church of Christ has sustained a great loss indeed. Although she has been a disciple of Christ but little over five years, she has, nevertheless, lived so entirely devoted to her Master's cause that "her praise is in all the churches of Christ in this part of the country." She was remarkable for her devotion to the Saviour's word, in all things. Her delight was to be with those who loved the Lord and kept his commandments. Her love for her fellow beings in sin, was evinced by her liberality in sustaining those "who labored in word and doctrine." Indeed when sister Ginn came into the kingdom of Messiah, she brought all and laid it at her Saviour's feet, saying "I give all to thee." And it was this that made her bear her afflictions with such Christian resignation, and made her death so triumphant, so that she was enabled to say-"I loved the Lord in health and life, but I love him more in sickness and death." I was present at her funeral-it was a vast assembly -which testified the high esteem in which she was held by all who knew her. While I was speaking, I can safely say that tears from the eyes of hundreds flowed at once; indeed, every body said that sister Ginn was a Christian woman, and among the last things she said, was-"I die without an enemy on earth." Glorious death! "How sweet to die, with Jesus nigh, J. H. JONES. Bruceville, Ia., Dec. 8, 1848. DEAR BROTHER CAMPBELL-It becomes my painful duty to inform you that the congregation at Bruceville has lost one of her most valuable and beloved members in the death of brother SAMUEL H. M'CLURE. He was raised by respectable parents of the Presbyterian order; but some five or six years ago, after thinking long and seriously on the subject of religion, he united himself with us. About three years ago he was chosen one of our elders by the unanimous approbation of the congregation, and has been one of our most useful and efficient members. He was taken some months back with a polypus in the nostrils which baffled the skill of the physicians. He bore his sickness with Christian resignation, and fell asleep in Jesus on the 30th ult., in the 35th year of his age. He has left a sister wife and three small children to deplore their loss, besides a number of relatives and friends. May the good Lord comfort and protect his bereaved family, and rear up many more in the congregation to be as useful in their day and generation, is the prayer of Yours in the blessed hope. WM. BRUCE. Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 12, 1848. BROTHER CAMPBELL-I know not how to comply with the request of sister Martha G. Campbell, better than to copy a part of her letter to me announcing the death of her husband, P. R. CAMPBELL, with the request that you publish it in the Harbinger. M. MOBLEY. Plattville, Wisconsin, Dec. 1, 1848. DEAR BROTHER MOBLEY-I suppose by this time you are apprised of the death of my dear husband. He departed this life the 12th of November, in the 33d year of his age. During his illness he manifested great patience and submission to the will of his heavenly Father. He often expressed a desire to depart and be with Christ. The church lay very near his heart. He wish ed me, in his name, to exhort the Dubuque church to be faithful and devoted to their Lord and Master. He had unshaken confidence in his Saviour, and never appeared to have the shadow of a doubt but that he would be accepted of his Father. The last three weeks he suffered a great deal; sometimes he would express a desire to die, and feel impatient to depart, but would check himself, and with tears, exclaim-"Not my will, but thy will, O Lord, be done." I try to feel resigned when I think how uprightly he lived, and how happy he died; but then when I think of my loneliness I am ready to exclaim "My sorrows are greater than I can bear." Brethren, pray for me, that I may not murmur at the dispensations of my heavenly Father.I feel doubly bereaved in being obliged, perhaps for years, to live without church privileges, as there is no church of our order in the place where I expect to make my home. Todd county. Ky., Dec. 18, 1848. DEAR BROTHER CAMPBELL-I am called upon to communicate to you the departure of our amiable and esteemed sister, SUSẢN PHILLIPS, near Elkton, who died on the morning of the 8th instant, calmly and composedly, in the full triumphs of faith. W. B. NEW. ON the 23d of January, 1849, about the close of the day, the immortal spirit of sister AMANDA CRAIG took its flight, as I trust and believe, to realms above, there in the presence of our Redeemer, singing anthems of praise. She was twenty-one years and one month old, had been married about one year; she was confined nine days, and during her illness gave birth to a still-born child. She had been a member of the Christian church at Fulton, Missouri, for about five years, and as a Christian she was a burning and shining light, and her example will be felt by her companions. She was a daughter of brother Hensley and his amiable companion, who are members of the same Christian community, and the tenth child they have followed to that bourne from whence no traveller returns; truly they have been afflicted. Though they have lost an affectionate daughter, and Mr. Craig a loving and devoted wife, they weep not as one without hope-they know that HE in whom they trust will raise her at the resurrection morn to newness of life. Sister Craig had no desire-save a fondness for her husbandto live; her hope was on things divine. She died as she lived-a Christian. 、 Death had no terrror. Beyond the grave was one bright hope of everlasting joy. S. Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1849. DIED, on Wednesday, Jan. 24th, after a protracted illness, Mrs. JULIA H. KING, wife of Hon. Leicester King, in the 59th year of her age. Mrs. K. was born in Suffield, Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1790. In 1817, three years after her marriage with Judge King, they removed to Warren, and here, for more than thirty years, was her life employed; and here, also, amidst dear and hallowed scenes, has it peacefully and triumphantly closed. In 1827 she was immersed into Christ, confessing his name, and united with the Presbyterian church. In 1839, having formed an acquaintance with the Disciples, and embracing joyfully the principles of reformation for which they pleaded, she obtained a letter of dismission from the Presbyterians, and united with the brethren here, to share with them in the labors and responsibilities of the advocacy of Primitive Christianity. In their fellowship she continued till her death, rejoicing in the fullness of the blessings of the gospel of Christ. Sister King was a devout student of the Holy Scriptures-a sincere and ardent lover of truth, possessing great weight of character and a commanding influence, which she always sought to employ for the honor of her Saviour. Religion with her was not a mere intellection, nor yet a tame system of morality, but a life of obedience to Christ, warm with the inspirations of faith and love. The closing scene of her life was calm, joyful, tri |