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the Georgia and South Carolina Annual Conferences, for whose dis- 

 tricts the paper at Charleston is especially intended, have each 

 taken measures for its early publication. 



The act of the General Conference authorizing these publications 

 was called for by the Southern delegates, on the ground of its 

 being necessary to an equal distribution of the benefits of the 

 Church's press to all parts of her communion, and especially in 

 view of the peculiar political aspects of the times. Within the range 

 contemplated for the paper at Charleston, leaving equal scope for 

 those at Richmond and Nashville, there are about fifty thousand 

 whites in the membership of the Church. Here, then, ai*e probably 

 ten thousand Methodist families, and a much greater number at- 

 tached to the Methodists, who have no weekly paper published 

 among them. This, under any circumstances, might be held a suffi- 

 cient reason for the publication we propose ; but considered in con- 

 nection with the feeling which is known to pervade all classes of 

 men on the subject of our domestic institutions, it not only justifies 

 our undertaking as one that is expedient, but strongly urges it as 

 necessary to the Church. 



We propose, therefore, to publish at the city of Charleston, as 

 soon as the subscription-lists Avill warrant, a weekly religious paper, 

 to be entitled the Southern Christian Advocate, which shall be zeal- 

 ously devoted to the promotion of good morals and religion — to 

 give expression to the views and feelings of our people, kindly but 

 firmly, on all subjects bearing on the Church — and, in particular, to 

 set forward the cause of Christian benevolence as embodied in the 

 Bible, Missionary, Sunday-school, Tract, and Temperance Societies. 



This paper shall be printed on an imperial sheet, of the same 

 size and quality with that of the Christian Advocate, of New York, 

 with new type (long primer), and the typography, in all respects, 

 shall closely resemble the New York paper. 



The price will be three dollars, to be paid in advance. Subscrip- 

 tions paid within one month after receiving the first number, either 

 to the publishers or an authorized agent, will be considered as in 

 advance. 



In any case of discontinuance during the year, the subscription 

 for the year must be paid, and postage of the order to discontinue. 



All communications, whether of business or matter for publica- 

 tion, unless remitting money or subscriptions to the amount of ten 

 dollars, must be post-paid. 



Cdmmunications involving facts or respecting persons — as, ac- 



