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map of facts, touching the
present & the future of our Southern
Church, which demand{underlined} to{underlined} be{underlined}
seen,{underlined} &{underlined} considered,{underlined} &{underlined}
dealt{underlined} with,{underlined} if
we mean to meet what the times
exact, & keep the Church for whose
success we are committed, from
being swamped. I think, my
dear Elliott, I cannot be mis-
=taken in the signs of the times.
A few years more, are all that
are wanted to make what now
is only a shadowy phantom, an
embodied & living & impressive
reality. And we shall have
nothing left us but bitter & un-
availing reproaches, if we do
not wake up to the necessity, -- the{underlined}
stern{underlined} necessity,{underlined} -- of providing amply
for the emergency that is at
the door. You know as well
as I do, the state of feeling,
which is every day getting stronger
among northern clergymen & teachers
-- Churchmen though they be -- on
the subject of coming South to