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of AagM my t Toat lo Mr« tkiit I BCOAOM TMEUGR L«T>H >HOAID M N L I IA
MnBs biag wrioai. I pat fi n the Lung aad atTMga to t»j, tbatiiriui tiie
iMt ofmy sore tkntt.. It chiitin. And tbotigfa Ipnadi^on ttrroi [h tbenitira la^U^, tvicia a dfty, Lp •IIIUI7 t b ^ bourii, my.thH^t not trwitWmo 1B t ^ leMt-Tn thu connoi-tioB A(nii« me for Mying »v/ord to tfflictad •Ittiin: I Mi«T« th« Brace wiiald iM^ofu iMOoli KrTldi to th«in in many cwfi, aj tt 1» to preaoJiwi. I know miUtor who, with-out tho Brace, if helpless, tiit with it the is abldto nttmato alitor hotuehold dutlo« A word to the wis? ia Ruflicient.
It. J. HKffLErx. OiforJ, )I !H . , 1871
«I have worn tho Braco for thirt/ dayi and I te do all it ia reoomtne ded to do, nod I advise all ninistera and aixacfiB teusoii thadbien tipging about four w«(l(i when I recoiTel the Brace, aoJ 07
0 0 m I m ' bectmo gon aad wat 4«WB. I put on the IJraoo -and ooa-
'I^VN'to aing for throVwieeks longer, and t^. jmrprlie my breathing atpaeHif in-
jtAi the lorenrai left niy ebest aad . luagt, and oy tlroag h booame vigorona. „f «riU tay that I feel nnder many obiigt-Hont to yon f«f r«conimendiog it lo aay Bolice., , T.J, COOPER.
MorriVown, Bia, Tennejsee.
CoKauMPf lOH Ci'««B Bro. Graves if jihya-' ielm iii vcorrect. Ia 1873 I bought
%«ph»w, Jaa. T. Puller, who - Ind bstB pronouQoed in the last stage of ee^fe^pitoa by thef very beet physieian*
, .oft B 'fWtiatry. ( dtflared from tbetn rso owneBtled him to |e?t the Lung Brace and
t i a wbttld got wen. I bjaght it for him; .ttd ha i( B05 a robust nttn, able to split rails or do any work. I wr'te this because f lid!)Si jt ought to ba known,and ihounandu of f«»talea ought t> know its adTantagoa in iw^wftft. " « • B. B FULLER.
Fri^yj Point, Miss.
•Mofsy Oreelt, East enne»sir,\ March 80:h, 1876. /
I recti my Brace about tho lOlh of ITabruary. I an much pleaMi with it. I find it of great serTice in riding on horse-Iwoir,' in walking and eTen in sitting in my •tudio. I can't yet say so well an to its valne lo ma iii.preaehing. I rido to Daa -ridge on Saturday morning and preach thrae or four a roions, and ride home Monday moroing and do not feel at all warn or jaiod. Thus much ( haTO ex-perienowl and this is ail t can say atpreiu •BL; Aa thfUme for me to forward my testimonial will soon bo up I send this,and will if need b3, send another when I make fiirther,, expMment. Truly* and sincere-ly, JESSE BAKEB.
I can preach day and night for two inontba with my Braco on and net bo as bcarsc as I would in one week without H. Ivery miniitor, strcnj or weak, ought lo have one. A. BOUTH.
Union Depot, East Tenn. « '
I l u n giTBB'iha •
hop* that all my miQitteTiSK i»mr«n w nrooure one. J. A. KBtNO
.Fuhos, Mils., 1871
T H E B A P T I S T . m
I c«n prcach without getting tho leasl tir«d in my lungs, or hoar»o; I would not bo witbottt it lor the Snott hone in Obion county. I cau rtc immcnd tho Braco tv overy miniiter or jtubiic speaker at the rory: thing ho needs. J. W. PALMER.
>LD3.
PKSfALKS TKSTIS-V. SufliiriDg very iv.ach from "Dyfpnwt'
iind general debilHy—tho result of pro-tractcd illcesi. i ol>taiaod ond have ba>'n wearing a " Banning's L-jng and Bodj Braco," and am satislied them is no sup. I»rter equal to it. I foci c.mnjent others •imilarly allrcted would be Kroatly bono Uted by iU use. EUDORA tC'LE.
Walaoii, Mii« , 1H7 I.
Tho Uraci' sont lo my orJcr for .1 fumftlo relftlivp, win received iUo 7tli AuguM, ult 8ho inttfuclcd ino to say thai sho i.s much tieiised with tho it iiof aJTordud by it.s use. Po her tosiimony I can add my own. 1 have u. od a " U»ni.ing Br«c<- " iiljout three yrarn. I have alio *oru nmuy other style* of iJr»co within tho Inst twonty-fivo years, but nothing comparable to the "Hnnning," if tho lit b« ft good onc! A good enug lit is important to oagj iind oflicipncy.
J. II. WILSON, Sr. Lexington, L.-c Co., Tex 'n, lH7i.
My (-jtn;.ia)iil« wer« ^eoufal dobility, chri/nic (.•oalivune's hnd i>innnl atlootiuo, nil vf which tho Brace hoK remedied. I regard it us the most valu.iblu piece of properly OTOr pofsoised by mj
Edjm, Tenn. J. M. VOUNGiiLOOD.
HYMN AND TUKB-BOOK, (fcvcttiihaitrd Siatca)
ft jirPHrtUDC»J !,jt Ikon eliarrkM th»t « (t ftd^cl.l«<UmS>rtfT n 'lil tri u]l rMf-ovU
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xaxKAKiiTnnr TvirKn. lu tt. k ^ TsJt CflopoKor of "FwidnU Sl.."' f«T«f)|« tsaw, oduIM iw r»M» tTMiitfB&d AotbooiB, alleriKln-iliin!) ki4 or tbt b«J q«»ljty. rrlc*. t<i»rJ», «•» ci<.; cl«tu, fi t/j
Ktlntrs. Krc .-u/Uaji f'Tur >11
»JSyax t'AaT fiOHGS. For Hi.tc<l V<,lc-,, By D. rnrt.r. n»w Olf,, wblPh w«t» wiw-n Biinj by tjio •• rArhot nm.. fries 6v «<!>(«
IT IIS RAP1DL¥ .
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sotioul HODffS. 7. It !• cl" !»l i ,Si ' i t)j lli,. $1.13
i-AOii by uiftit; |io«t-[>Aj(j. It In puMtilitd by uur
riiMlfi»tl(iii Kotlot.', nhkli tlivUiJ •i.i-.i 'irl
Erfiw. bill loB noj llyrjii H-. fc ;l r„r i|„. .Sm liyaiu an.l luiii-llui,k. Willi ifvou »h»i> J iiul«, anil tZ'iin ntt it, AiMri*?* W. I>. .1IA VFIKi;, am. M.naBfr
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riAHW AT no i l s A I«ri!.t fo'l-cMon of riikA* {uttff. pkxM for ViiVr Dku i', In lull i t jiiii ratal I'nti hulnlng mil ic for iTiitnc« or rfcrml u I'rkt Si.M.
,.f ti.o JtlVt^lt OK l,U. |-p<i|>ul»r l!»lib*tl» SI. g p-..... - NI. I,, •tijprii-'r>. Imistitl fioiv w'l" u ("J it t'iilh Jf'Uwi M- ll u-xuiulfi'll i it r, tr.tlj . Ti, . |1< r f.
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J i V . ' ? . . 1 . 1 ORANBKItU Et) Kii.l HEM r. cowl,:n'd l.i Ur. J P. MILI,BB, S» SFRUM SI., I'hlla , Pa , P.tmii. nnntly curoi ilio mojt ob«tlu.ilv Mse of Dy»pii|illr, or Hick Hcadnihe, and'm aa ahHiilnm ip > ciar for N«nir»|»|, NfrvumnifM. Proii«r»d In plll» ; 60 cl«. ft Ixu. Si.ul |p) iiiii 1. M-t'itt- iS
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! I.YO.H ItKAliV, ( lilcnci., ill dm"- < i . t \ \
i : ) \ i l u r & 30 Kortii Hotvartl $ti cet,- . Ualiliiicrc.
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It i» cerVftin'y i» blesain from O id through modern seicnco to the overworked public «p«nker, singor or;toaoher, •
Long Tntra.Mlsi., 1871. "S. 0. LU8K.
Jt has M i i i j
Blltlig, benefited mo in ginglng,
in yreuelltii y and riding hombnck— Mpecially prwhlng—relieving me of a hcMrun^ ihit I usually safl'drod from, and that lariitude of body BO common to publlu men after ipoaking.
Bvergtecn, Lv ,TU0MA"3 K MUSE.
Wy old Britc} that I have wi ni for six-teen year* bin beco no too email for nie 1 find thut I cjnnot du without it. They are worth—I ciinnot <;»timate how much. 1 forward yoii ton subscribers and $5 cash,as I oJBinot wait until I get the romainincrlive subtoribere. TIIOS. UlLBEftr.
Beulah, Eist Tenneaste, Dej. 27, 1875,
I caniabor all I he Unit rod not (S l worn down. 'It strengthens tho lack, snpportJi thtt luBgf, and atren^bens the systom
^ throughout. I have thoTougfaly fsted it.
Wot old panoas, and for all with weak bwka, ilia the Terr Utins. ^ i W ftaafclt, A m ; I. MOKOAN.
FniCBS. Tho prico of the Brace ia flS, but to all liarist r; $15, c;sh in every inittnce to
B^ompany. tho order, at the fender's riak, unlafs aent by P. 0, order, esproas, or in registered letter.
In n j cue will money be refunded far a Brace, but it will bv exchanged until a per-fect flt is seoired—the purchaser paying the xprossage. If tho measure i» properly
taken, a fit ii accured the iirst time. Tho Braco, like apectaclua, to benefit in overy c-nie, needs only to fit tho pereon, and this guarantee IIow to fccuro the Brace " without money
and without price," rce premium list. Dlrectld»s fsr Hcttiarlnf.
Take a tape, if you have not a regular measuring tapo-line, and measure two inchea btlow tho tips of tho bips around the abdomen, and tend the measure in inches tothoolBoe. , - ^ -Tho Bilwcs awaU markci in ettn nus-l)ers, and can be enlarged ftro inches, liloat poraons increatc in flesh and ro'.nndity by wearing it. Dan't wait until you are half dead or permanoitly injure before you tend fori erne. 'Bwrow or beg the mesns of self-pret'crraUon. Addresa all orders to'
J. B. CnUTESj
SUM) A ntox-ril. ACJKNTfS W aK(T» i». Kur ihoiiBW bonk HI/L'OK.'S !N HU-INKSa," m I S i t O W E ' V mi'i"'?
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CUUIIfU WISWWH A hl'KCI.Vl.lV. Jinlm«t;i aii3 . njiiKu h.t •( t tic«tl.-.h. WM. COUl.TKR 6t SON,
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f'S' A AQEKTSWANTKKEVIinVvtHEIli:. JL Th9 cliiilcMt III lt<e world—lni|mii era' ' • rllci IndiKKimDt;—dos't witito lliou—<ii<nd icr ciri iiU le llon r tt'KLUt, « V(«y Rt., S. V. P. o. U LIT'IT 8 17 J.
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Book A m i s O WANTKDTd.SIJLI.
"Iltlhil l I 1! in ifjn I hr/orr Ik' Hin t ajioH Ikt me* to y/urrli, •twII'OH iJinll • m i / r lltv rprJt tjnUhtfti C'tmr , r i . Irr i:ui 1 / 11 Hal tk< jitvj'l- uurji Jrmk ' - I , » r rid[u tt 110 rh.d of clirntl.n hlatury from tho uu)> I J wfclc:, Clirtui a.ttiiunimd thu inuintudc at llm pool of ilrtbuid*, liar •uoh AU PtcUvcrM rmTHlled among tbmirk ni» (• <Tr»t<>(l l.y ili' •CO Jaatai dlacifTrry of a fanuuin of tnlooral » *-wh.ch bv ond c»Vil icllirifa iu« wboU iratcm-l>y of tli« learned faculty lu luting to origlual haaltti almoat nvury furm of cbroiilc (il«r*to. ritu!' luK It fmjwu.bh lo accomaoUMo ilio <lck h«rc, the pru|>rl«iora proji.ii to farolali iha coniK'Utraled niraloiiie prrparvd by simply'n d iclpg thu watvr tiy «»«porai:_-s iiitij n lUa powdrr or «!»«, whloh poiirf(v) nil ilio Hon Jfrfull vlrtc.-n of th» valnr la » e)ira,i aud con»«iileot form, Tbo M«»» Its n«e tonlo,alti!ratiT«aadali9ai(i ni.itiid li t nctally me. fai tu la> lea •ntri-rlutt from irri-gnlari(li'» am) kITm-tlom pfcallar to Ihelr ar.x. U lia< bren ailircrtalfy »|>pt0(«3 iind oDdaricd tiy the Medical Profcailon whttater Iniroducsd, both ati a drndimlum In thoir uiaiffna, and aa tho Itst poj iilar romdy otcry of-ftirnl In tb» ciira of Atiliiua B<U»ii« Affactioni, Broschltij, Chilli, Gonghf, (.'siccr, Aiialie L'holn-a, U(aui(i (.hulic, Cutsu«aua t icpanot, lijaprpila, UoDsnin))tlon, Oropiy, 6 iri) Kym .Uriterai Urbiilljr, Diarrhoea, KITfOti ol licbanchfrj Kmualn wcii*k. 0* , GrAirl, UradacU', Uetit DlitasA, Htmor-rba<«9, Kldujy duaae-n, L'lci-ri, Lo • of Appet tc, Langutr, Llnr il<»ei9tB, lo tco. Ussizt l>»prcf •iun, Uublhty, NruralgU, noctarual Kiulii
•loui, Might Bwoate, l'ftolap»!n I'teil, Haxnnl »f»k Hciofula, tnmmor Complaluta, .Vmifiral dUianfd, MuMHi; \Vliitc», ainl kll Cliraiirn which dcrlvn their origin Iruiii tho t'loiid, Liver or Kid-ney >. ItlMolfrd In witor 11 naki-s and oxcrl oot WMh, gargle aid Injactlon, and Inrorpjiated wllh frcah laid.jwiHawHl/n ciircajhe niu»t oh» Inate caa« tf
Filet. Tbs clalnil (flbN rttn>dy casnot be onr eaclmatid lo tho car< af tho dj«Mei ni'nlloDei aborc. T. » Atalyali of the It wby I'rof. Chaa. r. Chandler, I'h. 1>. of tbo Coilrgo of Pharmacy, Kow York City, piOTua Itt periccl h aptailun 10 «»crjr f»nn ordMea*»proc* <iii.g friin UiolitOBia'.:b, the Llrer, the Kldiieya, and the II ood . ACiALVsIS: Sulphnrlc Aa:d.
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[Cross and Crov/nj Tho rJJtr-.t aa power ol llw i.'liirlt.i,, oi Jimii iJtirUt uu llliiHiratcid in lh<* frcCfiTinc-i uml irluuipln of lil» foUoirers. A iiolilur. awf. trr and mo r pmn atpry t nut to lio fonnd in all iiio rniign uf ljU tory. Magulflr<mtly illuiliatf>d oa ilecl, b) Miiruiii and Illinan B) far Iht most bftJinlirnUoil nitrv . bo<.}k of the year, tv-d toi rlrnilara with m'l di-i>cripilou and terma to N Jk't tUNAi, PuBLIiilil. INO CO., Momphia, Tunn. 6 « f> i4,
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' J. B. CnUTESi . oae jtalCd««D.-addtt»« . April 17,1875. Mmphlt, T fli- ^ ^ ^ I S I i ^ l l ^ ^ S a S ^ ,
alnmlna. Uxlde of fton. Lime, Maguealn, Potaaa, ?oda, Carbonic Acid. PhMphvrlo Atid. fillcm. Organic Jfattor. Da.TheMaaaia haimleu an t may bn u*ad at will. Belt g fully aware of tbo popular prijodlca txlat'ngagai at adrertlitil romedliu, wo oHor the Mail uo<»r the fullawlng wairaiila, TII : 1st, that Uie tRFdiciue ah II be what la olalmwi ft*r it. Zhd, ail m ujy lent by BeglatereJ Icttrra ahall leaeb na. 3r>l, all roadlclnea ordered by thu public ihall reach them la |oo4 conillttou and glrr Mtttrw: I ,B. 4th. That hold •amlTra to forfeit J .00, Ifna rlolkte any ef Ibeae tVarraata.
Paici- i poftage paid by nail, or three peck-agnjwr |3 Bl« paekagee wilt !>.> aent by Kxprm f T 19, or It win b« eeat C. O. £>. w.tb ritara': cbarcn a<ded, if ordered la late <r not ten thsa oae JbalLduxen.'Addrtn '
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LAD IES AT HOME Anil Malt «ho IIATI* otliwr bu«inrNa, aatiu d ag«nt«, Nurel plana, piramnt woik, Koort {iny. Hend 3 cent alamii for pitrticalara. Tun (Initniir OoJirANT, 3»-«I'»rkl>ia(;.-, Niw Vork, , I'-T-li'-lvi'i
C h r i s t i a n l i a r m o n T . nr WM-WALKKR. A,S, Jl. A aiilehilld Hiiaic Boole, upon a NK\%', NAVUHAl.naAKASXKrai.iim.bt' whlrli sn^one may lenrii toUKAIi niffliC miil to HINa In ONK-ITUUKTH the tiaie rt-nnlrcfl Ity the nlil methnila. Dealaneil for CilOIHS, Kinama SCIIOULIi ami MVSICAt. MUCIKTIKIi. Ltbrralinducers-nta to Mmic Teacim, Spe lmen panel taailni free.
Hlf.LIBH*i« UIBLM AND PVULISHlMti MOVHK. llUil anii IlUA Snneom St., PhlUtl'a, Pa. X 81»-«a
Ains.
M a j f i c i d ' s l l a p p j H o m e . USEQCALID KV ASY MONTHLT FOB L&riKF. Latnt raablooi. ProfniiKly illaitiatrd. rilled with Ohulce Literature, of a pure, mural typo which niajr be plaead In tho baniti uf the jrifn pr danghtfr witn perltclaafety. All liy thn Be rSnnthem An thora. tiargeil Prei|ttnins ever oflTerrd. Taklig " beyond all expenutlua. a Kurytiody di-lighted. Baok Niflnbera fntnlahrd A Large and B antifUl Kograrlng, CRUWH UP ClbOKV, given til erery inbanrlber. HalntcripUoi an.! pofi age, •a.il.t. Sample coplra, US oeutl. Female Agenta wanted. Money by araft or pottal or-der ai nur ri4k. Addrraa Matriiii.ii'H lUi-pir liuNr, 301 Halo Htruet, Meinphli, Tenn. «13 Hut L K. MAYPIKLP.
'A MOHfO—Agnnta want'-d uTiry-_ _ »h«r«. Enineee honorabl* and fli«t Par-tleulnra aent fiva. A>ldrr«i J. n OBTtt ,t V0„ Ht I.oqlK, Mo. T-HM-IJ {8.16) , .
The Mottleati K> nnd I Addreai. wlib utamp, •OTSft«l7 B. 0. ABBXT, Bnihjo, N.Ti
efllCJfy With 8teiell asd Key, afiee 'Vatflte. Ontalefeak lam m m
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stand y«ia tho way®, anti nee and aak for the old patlis, wWch are the groort way., and walk thdreln, and yo ehaU find roet tor your
Oltl Serleg—Vcl. XXXI I . MEMPHIS, TENN.. SATURDAY, MAY 1.1875. New Series—V#I. Villa, No. 24.
Our Contributors.
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tlio.-c woniH is not ilL-sij noii im mi'M-o COUUH-Vj.]ny. It in Iru--, i'iiinri'\ rrsy Crtiiiml he OVIHIIHI
ii|I'it\ any nuli)<'<M WIIKII iii thin liti- MINUIVOS the ll'iltll III' I 1'M.l ami t in' llllty 111' MlMIl 'I t lltll IS cvi'l-,Mi lliO iilVcii.iivc iiml tlio il.-rciiMVi- III ll- i,ii>v:inl iiii.l iiic\ itulil-' iiiun li tlit liiiiil inuiiijili!, .i| I In-m^ii lli Till' gKhlnl Hi-1'iiis 111 liiivr il-
aii'l i'lM ili'i liiii'8 , lull rriiiii i'jii-li !i]i;.iarciit i|,', lirii' ll iDWcrH liit lu-i iniii imhii.Io!' i Iiuii i vi-i li, l.iiti. 'I'll Oarli si|c'-i'.'»"i-Vi' lit'i'liiiMuli tin Mjiiiit ul' iriio c'Diilrovt'i'sy \villi mih ainl rTTnr lias ,.\i'r Ix'i'ii i'.\Uiigiii.-i!i'-"! 'lilt ill t \iTy ''ii'-rcs.sl'ul 11'.iiiniili KViT pori'iiiM e l ' ' , lik'.- '.he llll.• l (il ii volciiiio, the Bliiniboring luiil •^IIHIM'TIHJ; (ii-i> 111 iiiiih liiivo Hlrcuinufi over lln' \v,.ii,l amni il,i' Mi'i-t I'l-arl'ill I'OiiviilsioiiM ol' rdiii i i.voi n\ itiiii a_;i tatiiiii. ll I.", only in !iiiu'n ol'j'C'.'K'i'iiml ])ro.'*|)f: it\'_ ll si-oms, that iialioiiN and chiirchi s, lluiii isli ill/ lor awliilo, ilowii Iirst in ilo<'ay ami Ilu n fall iiilo llio fatal rliitclii'S of ritiialirtiii UIMI 'li-'i-(iiUiHrn. In linic.s ol' ]H'ai" ami jiroMprrily therr m ai: overllow ol' ciicrofsil.y anil liln'rality which n^siiiiilato, willioiil priiii'ijilo ami uithuiit cfiM i v aiiiiti, every disconliuil ck-mciit ol ovil and i iror to ihiisi- of |>ioly find triilh. I ndm 1 nnal loii iiiii! \ !i;ilaiui'—tho jis ii c ol purity and lilu rty —an-c'llu'r I'lM-jfOtUMi or di'oinod non osscniiaJ. We air thrown olT our ;,;uaid, and lln> irnpvr(.f'|i(ihli.' Iravi'ii of rorru|ilioii l •ullhil3• and rii|ii'll) wrn kf Its ti.MHiioriny ruin, l-'ur the tiim- jn-ogrcss is iiiniL' raiiiil ii[>on tho broad and smooth MiirCai" of llm iiiaf.-niliccnl u!id hoaiitil'ul ovoillou- ofniiir il" , liiit evil talifrt then iho ilce|i undrri iiri i nl. and tho 1.,'rout (diannolH of truth aro duorloil err the inundation KUbHides. NVi' nuiHt iicvi r loiijct llii- rluinmls of tho goB]iel —to koep Ihfin cU-ar and in iho true lino of an onward and an upward now.
liOoUiii}; ovt>r llm broiid .siirfai c of ('hribliaii ]iroj;r»'8s to-day, tlio oyo beholdri a glorious dis-])lay of tho Spirit of tho gospel. " < 'hj-iwt and him crucifiofl" is tho univorsai thcino of almost every ihiindi. TliOUfiiUid.s of Houl.s aro hoiiifr < oiiverled unil added daily to tlio groat fol.l ol' the (iood .Shepherd." Truly it in refreshing, iind it nialaw glad tho hearts of tho children of <iod. It re-minds lis of tho duys of tho upostioH, when tho gosj)el nehiovod a universal euccoss over tho em-pires of Rome, of Grooce, of Persia ftn<l of Baby-lon in their consolidated form and under the Bcopter ol iron and porsocution. But alaw' where now are those venerable and hiinplo democraeie.s of Christ? The' afliliations and u.suri.atioiis of error, BO Hubtlc and rapid in their utealthy grasji upon tho churchcB of Europe, Asia and All ien, were far more powerful in times of poate and prosperity than tho hand of rftgan and Jewi.sh persecution in tho former dayB of trial and insu-perable aggression. Antichrist began to work right early; nnd when hor schomo was neconj-plished by tho almost imperceptible ineinuation of her deadly doctriucs, tho hand of a far more fatal power nnd persecution swept away tho first ohurchos—n«rf thcp arc BtW eioepi titerty. Scnfcdy tli9 R«tdi of trttlisV»miiln. tnftVeno- l«d to pvcf-
' Ti'iii 1', ami prefi.'reiieo lo a broad and liberii! vliarily, HH I ailed , and tho lowciing loiii.ple ol ilir cliiiri.li I'd,] iiiin I bo rums of Koman-isin -till' i ihiimiatiiiii ol' every step of li'ualiMiii
the !•• hiral ji'Miil (o wliieh i'V(«i'y lordi ol' i-i(u-aliKin ronvi and finni wliicli evi-iy Mhade and iiHiilili al!'ui id' It ilivei-f o-i, initil you rearji tliii Iriilh
ll i-- tiiie till' i liiirrlio iif ('liriHl in i-Vitv iif e "liiati^' ii|i MUiii'U li-,'i-e, ill evor\- couuiry, and iin.lrr va.'iiiiis lindorn iiiid namo.s, bill the^amo lata! lui-ilaUi s--ever ai eruiiig by inforeiu'e, pref-(M-i'iin- and I liarily —led lo deelen.sion a.'id disns-iiT III ijiiii-.li! [leai-c and pruKjicrit.^n Inntj a-' I ill' A tin- \Valdent<i-s, tin' M I'ln ui 1 le.s,
l l i . W r |!|1' Oiitcli }!ar.tis|>4 llie l.litjlii-ili n.'iy tlie .A liuliaiiti-sth id' I'Vi iy loiit iirv — u eii'
in ti.e lire, !lii'\' Keeiiieil to keep jiiire, even when llii'ir ^oldi ii I'ailli was wmii oiit, liy jierseciition and aniiiliil.'iliDii. Anylonj^' jieriod of i|iiietude and siiriis.s aliiiOKt iiH'vitably divided and coi--niliti I tlii'iii until only a ri'innant. in each ami e\i i \ w .1.- It fl Id jirojia 'iUe the truth iin-inixi'il and to give lo the orif iiiid ajio.stolic idiiiri lie> t lirir I rue e. i lesiastieal nueees.sion ai aiiitil
"!' bell Tliiis tbo ehiireli has been a wanderer in the wilderncNS for cent uric.'', when, bill I'er fatal inforeiKa-s, unwarranted jirefereneo.s and MO called idiantien, she niij,'ht. like Ilio Jle-brews, haV" 'l aelied the ' jininii.sed land ' in a few ila_\s.
Have we3et ii aeheil the iinmiised land .' Will we inijirove iipiiii oiir mi t lkcK when wti do? |)iil l.~rael, when tlie promised liind \MIS subdued, reiiiemboi' lii r fatjil inlereiicer', prelvreiires and eliarilv in tlu' wilderness' |!y no means. Iliil she ever obey (iod in th»« all imporluiit. eonimaiid lo e-Xt'-rminale rvery t binj • anaaiiitisb, even to the women and idiiblren ' Novcr. Adiilterj', idolatrv and coveloiisnoss wero their ruin for rciituries. A IliliatioM and intercominiinioii how cverHiiiall—invariably eorriijiteii thoeioct of (iod. Aeban muHl have liis -.vedgo of gold, SaiiLson his r)e!i!ah and Solomon his strango wives; and ho of all, more or less. It was not charity lo e.vlermi-iiate, It wa.s noi wrong to prefer .so»u; of the good things ol {'anaan , il was legitimate infereiiee that (iod siirelv di I not mean all ho said. J'jVeii .Jtdiii, with all lli:* zeal for (iod, miisl, retain a little of tho nervice ol' Hxial in the groves and high places, and HO leave enough to destroy, by tho "little fo.\e*," the true religion of Johovah, and finally diive all Israel into ca^itivity and foreign servi-Uide. Bal'ylon, like Uonio, became tho towering "mother" of the church in captivity, while tho walls of Zioii lay shattered and broken, with scarcely a romiianl loll to sorvo the Lord, save by the willows of tho Eiiphratcr., where the daiiLchlers of /iun wailed their liir-olf songs in slrvish e.xile.
And did captivity ciii-o Isi-aol? ll eradicated the idolatry of Canaan, to bo supplanted by the Bolf ri"htcoii8nc88 of Phariseeium and tho infidel-ity of Sadduceeisin. Oh, wonderfully perverse .generation! ]Tow comparatively few if) all ages ^f the Jewish' dispensation canuc out unscathod by the awful crrurs and oviis of which wo speak! Let us beware and take warning in this ago. All IhcBo ihingB nro types, and writtoii aforotimo for onr Initrncllon and guidonoei Th« Rolltypf
has been, so far, more fearful than tho type. At present, however, wo aro in tho golden ago of a Hplondid succeHs, Tho wandoring i of the wilder-ness seem lo bo over. The first great stop iti Siibdiiing tint pvoinitfod land oftliii cliurolicB uooma about closed. The gospel flows like water on the surface of I he great dec)). There if) a goiieral "'iniiiiii;,'lin;; and llowiiig together of all kinds of elements. The spirit of persecution has ahnost disapijcnred from the sitrfauc, hut it niaj' bo lioil-iiig and rtoetliingin tho undorcmTcnt of orror and evil. 'J'here is a mighty lotting down of creeds and conditions fioin all <piarter8, and tho univcr--al ' ry is heard in the camp: "Down with doc-trine—down with theology. Prt'ach'Christnnd liim cnicilied, and lot all else be either non-esson-tial, or else a mure dirt'erence of opinion." Infer-eiicii iias laken a now dojiai'turo, according to tho sbifts of 01 i-oi Hi all ages. Formerly inforcncc, "lib a niail'-d baud of iron, fastened opposing ( feeds upon ,ill tho alionaled sections into which she had s|)lit tho world, and mado each persociUo tho other, and all to persocuto (ho truth; but now she shifts hei- jiolicy and tea(die8 us to dispense with all creed, cxcejit as a mere preference of opinion, (M- indill'ereney as to i!SHontial», consid-ered non esseniial. JOrror, most plnii-sibly guised in llu) broad mask of charity, Ntretchos out hor beaiitil'iil wings and manlles the whole; nnd ritu-alism and lalioiialiHiii, while they alike proclaim a criiciiiod Jfedoonier, and while the}' sooni to ignore crecd, arti 'jominingliiig thoij' ovils and thoir r t)ld formfililios again in the broad river of (Miristian progress.
I>oiiinio.s.s wo siiaii roii on io greater and grantler Irininphs stil! for llie blessed .Savior. Tho end is not yet. But w ho can tell what ter-rible storm lies ahead of (his culm and glorious sail? Who can Ull what breaker wo shall strike ill the storm? Wo ma ', like Israel, go into spir-iliial idolatry, a.s we have done in tho past; or, liko Israel from captivity, degenerato into a cold formality. In both cases ilestructloji followed tho awful doelensioiiK, and Israel has boon oflon trodden down for centuries. It is by Stealth that
error, i>rc(t'uilin'j io abandon licr crced, or •practically
deprived oj it hy the si/fcres of the truth, falls into our
ranfis. Wo feel no fear from assimilation by aflil-ialion, forgetting that error rt/^iVw^ef/always leav-ens instead of the truth. Open communion nnd promiscuous pulpit interchango liavo already do-Btmyed tnany an ecclesiastical landmark and cor-rupted tho doctriiicsB of tho TostameDt, all under tho j)luusiblo inforenco that so Christ ia preached, that is suflicicnt. Why, ovorj-body proaciies Christ, even to the UnivorBalist nnd Iho Unitarian. Rvei^body has a church, ovon to tho Spiritualists. Every church has tho ordinances, ovon to tho Mormons. IJ'nt hpw few preach tho doctrines of graco lis Paul delivered them, oven up to tbo Bubiirnest heights oi^electioni llow.aro tho ordinances perverted, or ciso held as non-csBohtial to anything, even to duty! How nro ecclesiastical lines broken down or BubBtituted by worldly nnd human invoiplioirin ~ ."
But Christ is overy whoro proachod. ' I am glad of that. Glory bo to God, in 'tho highest! I t is tho Bublimcst of all work to save BOOIB. But let us bowarc that tho tribnlarlcs of fttlw doctrines td.dny do net oonlBmlntkU th« greit itwRm td.
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momjw. The Mi«l&ppi U chiefly up t"' iriiioianwf What ^ u l d the i u a w i t h iU »j«t60i of pJ«neU all out o? orbit or daiken<4 by ccl ipw? What vpuld art bo irtthoat the prinoiplCT of ecienceV Whatia Jeg^a to the world when all his subordinate doctrlBM and ordlnanoea beconto porvcrifd? Hi* word Would bo a •tream of poison, a sun witiiout r»y$ of light or heal, a echem^ without a uolitary guidinj prinoipI& A man had better be do profeeeed Chris tian at. all than to bo one pi»r¥ort«'}, inv^rScH nnd couTorted by a false and n delusive coccpj.tion o! ibe plan of salratien.
Lot UB, then, look Mrcfully to Ihe U-Aun- ar.d l.t cautiouj of wbal we do. The ritloman wbo gbools ihr thousandth part of an inch frota tlio conU-r toiin) will in a century bo far of tlio mark of <lu inii truih Especially is Ibis true in toe^o./ " Hi'tlml It-uk>. one of these lea^t commnndB siri'l to u-aciifH u^pti s\allie called the lent in the hi-^r'r'n ^..v,-, evt-u i' Iio ahould got there.
teiS In bi. Kstoatoa sto jd ttrcn u a l i l ^ s "n«rBot ions ' which -..ira denomi. w.Td Old Icbool priuclpl*.. Strani«, "OiaScboolTirinelplw" shoald bo wgardod as uew no-lioas amocf «r by 'a psople that had early adopted ^ d orer rctniuSl thcm.S^ Surely, Mr. wouW prove sone-lijiuK if he eeuM. ft« he is as willing » »o«l ai 7/e haTO
l l ^ b ^ ^ to mike e ^ e dBtno^tralions of opi>o»i-tion^ 8a|il Dr. ^ c d i c f e ^ l a ibelferaihal Astociatior, Georgia .^ JS19, -ade«^d domi^ t r anon WM mat'o against l^ionifc^y c f f i ^ . " (Ulifr p. 731) Tbis is tho firsi jillnsion that ^ havo t ^ i i rai-dt" to tb« con
, t^versy:.; Many bittce:fpoech<%^flro tiiud by (ho ever met with, (d) ,, ..v.hk «« his part UppositiSn, much after Eld. Fdn*s present
^o'ievtTo . fu t i rh l . S t t m . however. far as w . ha.e l . . . . ... finds some belter pausa for the display his tslents M.nlcrn SJisasiQaaiios jmve hooomo largoly imbncl with n,.w notions, anJ it scenw Ihnt th^y rcettiiMo l!.o man who is rsthor deeply stoopod «b his cups. Ho thrnks be-cause ho is drunk, eteryWy is drunk. But ih'y are minskHU—"Id BsptisU iloa't got drunk in thin way.
As for E'l'.ir Troifs rpa.ark.<, on wLich h* cloasx ilns arlicls. tho7 provo nothing for iiiin , . , i , „ i , , ,
Ing Rboii! the »b.iJow fcfif llwrc c« i >.«; lurna fthout m lUc nn.roi< ctiapn'r i mi .. veil a gloim of !h /.hiaow of OTtilcnco to subI .in Mis-
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splitting, howoter, s-i learn, began abaut IHai). Kid. Trott piits it sit IMJ, but bo manifestly alludoi to the tircp when ibo 'ui. -troversy waa ut iJs heijjbt and not to ilio linn; wli.-u tho firut churcbM eplit.
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So. ConclU'ltit. rpHESK holy Eoen ha j lioiiMlcss cnu ri)i liio nim-i b .L Willi motives far luoro holy tbna Uioso, ilifir ira-liuJCrs, and as to Ih'ir hc'iiig tDCniifS to the pri. i.iriij ol the church, a meantr and more ta^o faljo-'joo.! csnl.J not have been laid to thair obargo
Thoy have not jainod the church willi . ny uDh./v or sinister motives, as.thiir siibseq leal »o'.» ini»i. Tn«r3 wttB no creeping, thoy eamo to the ohurch choice, believing t'jat they ooulU sirvcOod li itpr in church and institntiohs thin elsowbcre. fa)
Thta is tho wny hoacst-hBarH-d t-'hriaiinno cjir.p, nu.i w h e n they understand ihewsDlves they are uuiviling to stcrifioo truth sni pnnolpla for tho a.Jviinncincn!. ol e i t h e r m e n or devils in their unholy oftuse An uiiho j spirit Qf prido and ambition was the uuJ^r yiiig pnni;i[.l. which governed tho dominant p'lrty in this division Tho doctrlBB npcn vhich the church snod wus too hi-J man oomplalaed of it and joined oihor orders on r.coouui "f it. Ttiia wou d not do ; they saw, or thought tlipy s »w the way open for them to be the grcaie.H and weal hic»i of all others, ant it was tho intrsduciian of ihia spirit, and the polity and snbtility by which il was c.irric l out thst prodttoed tho hurt.
He says "the controversy on the eubject of iuii=ion8 was not begun and ended iu a day, but conlinuod ihrouga a pariod of tweaty year?, from 18i;0 to 1840 '
too that he is not disposed to dial hooosily in his H'fttemints here, and no wond-r, for honesty would li nu him to point out ihodatooftho riso of mi bIiiii .oinoiig the Btptlsls of Amwrios; but this ho hiia s j f ir cvjd jo. The true d'teof the ri-o of this c•Jnlrovcr. y i.moug us, was in 1814, under the ministration of Lathor ilioi-, and the divisiofls among the churches in Tonnpesw contintu-il until tho year 1812, making a pc iod of ai .east twemy eight jears. UUt the conlrovdrsy did not stop I'ven
• then. It has been going on ever since, is yet going on, and w 11 doubtless go on until tho present system ol lUp-tisl misslonism shall be crushed under the power of itr own weight; and un.il truth seven times puriHsd ehiih prevntl orer all. (b)
As to his Cihorlation in reference to iinbcaoming epi-thets, ho may in, some sense, be corrected, but houcm men are Bometim?g in tho habit of calling things by their right names, and although they may bo nlami-d, wo sup-pose they cannot be shomcd for it. As for pick-poaketa. this is a slur wo have not pruviouslyTieard of, and is sa^ -ing too much of any religious order; hut it is not say-ing much more than you intimated when you said our old brethren "crept" into the church, and word cn>po cd
.to its prosperity. Compare tho p.-inciples wuich "gave rise lo theso differont sayings, and tell us whica is the most slsnderous. You surely do not object to being called money-hunters, when it is known by uH men that some, more or less, of yonr p'oplo are coniinually on the alert among both r ch and poor, begging for the prcciouj article. So did not our pioneer fathers. llagnrites arc those who are under the low, but not under gracii. " I'or this liagsr is mount Sion,,in Arabia, and answered lo Jerusalem which now is in bsndtgo with h-.r children.'' And this Jernsalen represents the old covenant which stood cn conditions. Arc you not Ilagarites? If nat, wherein do you differ? Your people certain'y preach k coaiitionil salvation, and this all tho law does. Y ou preach free sgenoy ; tl o low docs no more. Then, what hinders you from balng Bagarites. (o)
Tluue who arc acquainted with tho history of the Ketocton Association, know to tho contrary of Uenedict Jiiatory, here, as (luoted by Mr I)., and we fo«l thankful lhat there are sa many Uvinu witnesses to tustify against this foul aspersion. Wo know enough of (he history of this old and long-tried Associatien, to know that she ever has, and now docs stand on tho same old platform on which she was reared. If she hss ever dotted an •• i " or orossed a " t," by way of changing bor prinbiplea, her oldeit Tctcranji now liriog have no recollection of it. That the Ketooton has been sorely tried In faer day with the influence and power of strange doctrine, there can be no doubt; but standing on the strong basis of elernsl trathisbe has saocfssfully bid defiance to every foe;
the threatening storms of Mlssionism, the ileshly ^ ^ • a t a of Anainianie a, aor any «f the strong wings
• ever bMB aMe to shake her fr-im that pfidci-" en which she hsi ever steed.
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our ovos tiOj tiu lo bo u, ilio hov7l ft.r p.)..r lii-iiihcDS a iM-n lcd in p t f i H gro-i"! from tlio ihroiis af ir.oncj hunt:ng di-ceivera
In siijh a ftiiie of iliiugs «mu could ibc ."ii i i" '• ' ' Many of licr Nro hron lhat ahi' lov.l were Ipd nwiy f.-.ra iriilh and eiivcl p d in or-or • I'tir goij i ol I way w;i« rop.i lliiied, tiic (-nn; d ciML.'of iho or.i.''f wm l.r.nigiil , lUU) di-r"P'.il« !)y lhc>fo ghiiis lyirs, iho I'.itdc w.n» mpiT-se)>'d l.y idol worshipers, r.n l tbi> i t r / idfnu'.y cf the otiurch of C d iippcarcd to I'u sn-igglini; for an exist-' «nc3. What coiild wr do iind(>r the c renin .tinci'S 7 j Theri) really was no other rvviourcc 'i fi m luit to come out in l>jld terms and (ipenl; repa lifiu 'ho wuo o nnv.-of ttiiH nnncy-huuliiiK lui.l d.'O rul hftro''oiy Tboi oiic ili-j time of which Kldcr "-oU ip'-iki. who', w.
niid cclndod lb;- wh»li
r.f'tK'dict Miys 1' ( K- lnc lo i i - .V^s . i ' 1 . ) i; . . tr>.u>i''i a uurfi j-outiftioo Wit:i it-s i-isu-i" A -oc iil . i ^ ur. iLc Nonh iiiul ^or.th, iiD'.l oo o,.. : .".li d i-..: l.i'.y wilb Uii-.'Ji ill n.l Un>;i' jiiam n i i v nig .j. ii^ ri i aoKT, uiuii 111' ii'"v noiionn, '.t'-ii.- i lii y l- n niii-i>-'' I I )ir| .School |irindi.-f"' WPP" itil'.i?pd r'to ilic (Hist p i''i .i) ICi.f FI ii'ii lb I'l tu>!i ".0 Ml' ri)i!ii .!v of t);-' for.-gniri; atniii!i!s to. liiiui'ly nnthii'r. I li->
a i(ii<>Bt!on Willi in is fOlili>'l Wn have st. 'Wa Uml ij.' ' !<eti flt:-n A^dooiikiioii wis forinally M'^ii-jm y l.ii'iy
—iL •» no-A- A iitiiiiin'uOiiary—httic!5 il i.n i dii.Miid -••para .d i.i.iiflv n rr.iiii thon tD»?.i., fco fir >1* oir l.!lo«?'. f " .uid tb^ir Idol , from its .oriu«r i.rtic'.ice gods wcro oouneriiod Whou wc hid (ncompl' Bln-d this | , roviowcr niakfu gods wcro oouneriiod Whou wc hid (ncompliBlii-d this | , roviowcr niakfu ij iili' an i.'ii; i.' .iit in; unilor the puuliuic of U.»t ' .uou^noa (rom E .1 IVott, ih.- ll.iid.h-ll I. i • f which r.Ulfr Trott np«'nl:«, ihon wc di l n<>l h:ivi. to «
oil- id..ui.ty lo h. W rl,l. be infers from , Wo ,|U0toil Mr Iioli-loi two ^.-iri,:!,. « vh»t Ki,lor T.-ott finyK, hill ih ii idoniiiy Blood c.jiifosnod . | To bho^i ihiU lu l p'''>idc BcinrnU-il inc W.. Id 3 I', and oiii liih. i.« ih - . hiiroh of I io.i had , , , r «,„,iib| dotiotuiniilioii Kid
(I I'l.i Iro' 1 inc Wii Id 3 iW I', ami oiii lijh; i.n ih" . hiiroh of I io.i had
brightnc'.SH in ii '•') 'l-lipii w« won (I'oognir.ed and p-is-'cai'-d «« tho de-
rciidcrs ol lliaibttin' djaic'o of fiiitb ivhich bt.d ov.sr Jrnwii down till' vonjeance r h-co. my tip-n 'So true caurrh l imai . n. di'lBrfr.-A.. by wt M • • tie ^f were railed, wo arc. !ii)d bavo i> i u rcgtrdi;i us Ihc original i ,i , I'riniliivo orior of IJiiplist.s. The ver/ 3a-!>.- poop;.. In i .S.'Uool Baptist .Seo our reply to N o ' loi ail ib u
the body of iho Kuptist donominiilioii Bays thoy did in ho many wonia.
2. Tosnowth i t hi0 ponple, ai u body, to exist about th>.i year 1 Kid I'toU i.ii.>K W,. took as R leBi^Dttliug iiiipelUtuni the- u.imo ' ' '.d
CTcy pirtii ul'ir th^t wc were before the ei>li( (li It U true thiit «iL.«u »<i camo out ol iho lire in this
iriiil wo were v. ry amail in a nmnjrica! seuee, but Giid was our trust, ho hud said that lb i gatcJ of hull should not prcviiil against u.s, and wo believed him, and hiivc lived to Huo thnt .hu» fur ho has gr.j;it!y remomborcl .ind fUS'.Hincd UB. Clory be lo bin groat name! May he continue his loving kindness to u».
In'.ho ime of oar i looin and tadncsj, wh'in wc-were so email a people, aiul hii.l none but the poo.l l.ord to oympjitblze witb or c infort us, It wu.s somewhat serious t i Boe how Mixious jiir Missionary brothion were for m opportunity ta preach our funeral. Then thr. 'vory name
Eid. Troti anya ou ibis point. We cinnot ri'i>e;U li.e same thiog ro ajany times.
In his revu'W No 12, iind iiliO ccvc-ral othora, I'-l.l l-'ain eayw hfe iiu.i h'.i people ncio known as Unili l Baptists, t h a t is, in his early day in TenncRsco, i-.n.l al«o at the time of the (.'smpbellito tchisni, hi. peoplo were cailcd Uoilfd Baplistn. What, wo ask you, Eld. Fain,'-wero your articles of (rtith wh<rn j f.u were a United Baptist V 1 RuppoBi' you Imvo not chongcd any item of faith, as yciur pcnple have iilwnys been
of an Old ijaptisl 8uea..c-1 to bo the most clVooriva opituei i name even in rainuto particulars 7 1 will submit that could rtiirh Ihnir <,.ire. " Thoy will soon bo .leid, was their matte, auJ thon too much acorn could not attach lo ihe nam.'? of Oid Baptist.
Now tho general iu.julry iJ, why this change? Mow ia it that .Mi-sioiiary lIipiMs no'W dtsiro to bo called by thisimnioV Wo siipp so tho true answer is, lhat they wish to make lapiittl out of iL But they ought to know ibey cannot ileceive our blesHjd Savior.
Til 8 '1» a comfort lo us, ospeeinlly when we read that "the foundation of God slandcth sure, having this seal tho Lord kno>volh them tlmt nro hii Thon, brethren, sinnd fast in tho liberty wherewith Chrltt hath made us fren." Conl.ind earnestly for tie f^ith, bo prompt and faithful, and O d, even our CoJ, will reward un. 11. W. I'' .VIN.
Ilei>l}- (*> No. l°.i.-Coiiclnilcil> , (a) Wo sU'.tcd tho truth when we said that our Baptist fathers found that " somo who were enemies to their prosporily had crcpt in among them." By this we mean tho ambitious leaders, and uot ihe Whole mass. This, wc think, tho reader will iind to be tho truth as we prooecd with this ioTeBtigatioa.
(b) I t would be diiBcuU lo determine the exact day when the Aotimiuion controversy began. But about 1820, some six years'after the organization of the Baptist Oenentl Coarentiont the opposeri of mis
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one article of faith common aajong thti United B«p tiBlB, and thon ask if yoti and your people still enter tain the same view-i. It is as follows:
"'Jib. And that tho preaching Ohrist taste.1 deiith for every man shall be no bar to communion." (The entire eleven artiolps of the United Baptists can be seen in Benedict's llist. p. 822. We r.roil for want of space). Do your people still hold to tho above Oih article ? If they do in Tennesfie^ it is more than thoy do in tbii Slate.
Tto celebrated Ambrose Dudley was a member t.f the joint committee who reported " terms of union, including Ihe foregoing article of filth. Now, sir, if your people hare not changed since thoy were United Baptists, they wonderfully misrepresent themeelvep. If one of your ministers ihould now preach "lhat Christ tasted death for every man " would.he be re-tained in feilowsbip? You must answer, no! But you once, according to. your own admissi in, were a United Baptist, and then you held fellowBhip with men who preached the dootrino of a "general atoue meat," or that "Christ tasted death for erery man." Yott And your people have certainly changed yow
A I a y T H E B A J ^ i T J ^ y o . .
SouuuiriiM. Waoit with OUT peopU you wef<*-^ottiM! Baptists. (In •maf place* our peopl's are yet called by this Dame.) These facu will demousiratA tb.-.t your people haro left the principles and practic.i of lb<'ir fathers, and cannot therefore be regarded a« lht< Primi'.ivo order of Baptists.
The wisdom of our ancestral Bapti-il»«u?ge«tf d ih U Ihi minor diirertnce^ sbonid not distrocl tbo sjrrta* Hipiist family,; heoco the origin of th« term Unitod among the Baptists, Ihere was no e.ssential dilL'r < nc©» Iwlwern the " United Bapt'itK,' an.l thf> people [)ft;;;erly ipgardfd as thfir pccli siastical anco^lorn. They were, thercforo, in the regular lino of Baptist ruccp^hion
.•^abglnutiiillv our peoplo B'ao.l to duy upon <he pliitlorni of the o'd I'liitpu Iisptmt«, wli. liij.r (b^y nr.- denoimn.itt'd by thai name or no! .'C! 1 Kdiu » p-ople, be tolls us, oiiCi' flood upon Ihei plaifrom li It v.a-. right then, why iti it doI to now Again, the I -lited l!n)li.jlB were the true su!~r-y<»or« nf th« more rriniilivo Baptisls of thin country When, therefore the i>(ip.<U'rB of missions 8Pi.arat<>(i tberuxdvpj from liiem, tbey really Feparaleii frciii 'he Priinitivo Bap tifl", hcnce Eld Kaio s claim of i<leiility with the Piiuiitive Ordor coaiei entirely too laltv
In one placo our reviewer affirms th.al tho MisBion .'11 y r>.iptihte feceded o» separated from tho co called • . >,d .Sshonl BnptisU . ' in another ho odmits that hie | ro,il<> " Bopiirated theniBplveB from ourH, Jirnl ex I'ludi'd ilio whole rnosa." This i« tiuplicity
( ) We are, and have been regarded, ' gays Eld. I .till, ' as tho or ginal Primitivo i'rder of RiipliBts By whom wero you bo regarded ? By youreelvan 1 fii(ip,vje .N'ol by iho regular Bsptint family, 1 can asHure >011. When giving an aoc unt, in his work, ol the l id School Baptist-, Mr Belel er Sfiya " VVf h I/e gvcn ihfm a Il»^ln wbch li^y thoimelvif c mi l, bill those who tiike very d If.rent vu'?ip ol ih' .'l Cm! irulh from them, siill i>.»muier tbonifelve
wbo i« not either sprinkled by a priest who attends for this purpose on tolemn days, or else sprinkles himnelf with it from a resTOl, mually of m^irble, placsd just at the dcor.
Holy water is composijd of tiio pure element, in which iu iiHuliy dissolved a little salt, aigaifying puri-ficatioa uad pretervation. On soma occasions the prittet down the aislo, a boy by his side boariuc tho v^iti ..f h >iy e.n,l with a brush he spriokies tho wornhip-^ra. It is also freq.icntly oblairied iu small vi.li hud cirriod homw by tbo devoteo, and njaoy rairucles have bwn attributed to its ttlicacy.
Tlio Hilusionn to Kprinklinp iu the Old rfsl«5ncm, togetlu-r will! the pur.licjtions under tho law, are e;)[niii,.red aiHuoriiy tor ttim |.racti.-,o. It being II prevalent cu..tom ainorg nil tho l'tii;r»nH, the .I»«uit I'fither Licer la, in his note.) o.i a pa-iisage of Virgil when. ihi3 praoiice i« .iientioned, saya . " ilence wan .ierive'l Uit rustotu ol holy church lo provide purify inj; or holy water al iho entrance of thair churches. Ar .ujtmrunum. siys the learned Jloiitfanon), wan a vase of holy water pUcad by tho hoiitheus at !.ho en trance ol iheir iomples to sprinkle themselves iwith
rii" tamo vesael was used by Itie (ireekc, two o( which, the ono of Ihe other of silver, wore giyen by ri...,u8 to the teiuplo of Apollo at D^lphii and the custom of sprinkling tiiomielvoa was so necessary a part of their religious ollioes, that the method of excommunication seema. to have been by prohibitiDg to od'onders tho apprtwioh and use of the holy water pot, Ino vary campjaHiou of this holy water wa» the smue alao among the heathens as it is now in ("aUiohc churcbfis, being nothing more than a m \ ture o' (sftll with common water; end Ihe form o) tho Bprinkliuf.' bowla, called by tho ancientB <jj;.crj'.r(u/u, raav ki- re-Ti in l>i,s reliefs on nnc enl ro n<, the
lej rifenlii g the oldest vieivs of Ihi-ir falbi ra. By o'ii.T BAp iele, tbi - hi .!) is fn .|'jeiilly called Anti mi.-aion B.vplis's or Anti . l l . r t Riipt rt'ti, while lh<>m nlves wub lo be calleii ( Kd .'school Bapti'ts' (lie iijiiouH 1) nouiinatioi 8, p, ) Th'.n proves that E l F.tiirB people have aummrd the name liy wliioh till y WAiit lo be calieii,
i hete fuels »r» PUbmiHed for tho consui'ratiru o( I hose wiio uie in search of " the truth as il i< in let us ' 1( all tliiniJH rUe fail, (;iv<j me Irulh If Wf iielieved lb It Mr Kiin'8 p.«0|de deserve i tho appellation of I'rimiiive B^p ists, wo would most cheerfully repc.rd them us -•..•eh. Bui the>, as ii boily, nre a fiiolion , thi'V Hre I ot prim liv', bul derivalivn, thcj ati. not oil, I ut new, yet in the denominHtinn, they bnve 111 my i!ood people K
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IlV /X /I'llElUCAV i lTl/KN now given a description of Ihe "holy
I. voslnientjj a i d their bigoificancy, let us pass along, Btep by step, through tho gorgeous cerctnonios of " ihe unbloody sacrifice. "
I'ho very first tli'ng that arrests our altontion as we enter the church is the use of incense or perfumes in Iho religiouH cilices. It,is prorJuoed by burning in a tmali cbufiop dish, or ccnser, odoriferoua woods. These censers are in the hands oT boys robed in white vestments, and waved by them before the aitur. At certain points this is done by the cflicialing priest himaeif. la some of tho principal churches and cithedrals are a great number of altars, all of them smaking at once with streams of inccnse. The cus torn of using incense is borrowed to some ex tent from the Mosaic dispensation, where the|re was an allar of inceneo iu the temple continually burn'ng; and fur-ther, it was a custom common with the Pagans. As Virgil describes the temple of Venus, " Her hundred altars there with garlands crowned,
And richest incense smoKing breathed around, •Sweet odors," etc.
It must be remembered that the Mass is a sicrilice, though uubloody, and that in this sacriGce ol tho Mass Chrirt olTers himself by the ministry of the priest, difl'ering only in the manner from his oflbring ou tbo crosc. " I t ir," says Father racificus Baker, " a holocaust or oblation ofl'iired to*Gad," an.l there-fore 83 there ia an altar of ofTering and a sacr-ficial priest, incense accomptnying tbo offering is supposed to be n<<tlM8Kry to ita oomplofeirgnifioaney.
The^ax t thing that will our attontioa is the Mw Wriipijf iftrifr, Voifn^ t ^ ' f ' ' "" • rt«r«b
Tiu' I,. , riui'il"T o' ^taii'ly !• ir ajres .. tli I taly liirup
I'll ri iiv us d by l!i!h>!ic pneslB
I h e chasublo, exhibiting the croit upotf'lh* priest's bsck, shows him the Bad^msr h a d ' t h e eroM alto laid upon hiaa. The prayer said by the priest when ho vcaU himself with it is, " Lard, who has sold my yoke is sweet and iny burden light, grant that I raay be able so to bear it lhat I may obtain thy gwco "
Tbo first thing the priest does on" apptQaching tho altar is to reverently bow and kis« it, repeating in a low voice tho prayers found in the missa't or prayor-book. ITo next blettes the iuoenso with th« sign of tbo cross, and perfumes the a lur . I t e ' n c x t ' rssdt from tho book on the ailar, or if it be a bishop, from his seat, what the choir has tung. Tfat«rp'is "thin alt-iroately repeated three times, by the (liUtfiating prifjsi, the iyrie c'cison, or " Lard bavo mc-rcy on us.' The angelic bymo, or ylorvi in cxceliis, is the next part of tho masB. After this the priest kisscH the altur, and turniug toward the puoplo e-xiends his hands and. says, [jjmuius vo/jiiciim, may tbo Lord bo with you, and in uDfiwercd li cum spirilus (ua, aud with thy spirit A bishop nays on this occasion hu.e voLU, peace be with you. Ho then goes lo the books and says crcmur, lot ua pray He then reads collects, at the end of which the people sav. amec Afier the collect follows tbn epistle, though on many oocanions the reading is from other portions of the New TcBtsment, also some-times from the Old. At High M^s the epistle is chanted by tbo sub deacon, standing with bis face toward the ult-ur on the lower platform or floor ol the oburch on the south side. It will be remem-bered a.11 these rocitaiions are universally in Latin, and are intoned or chanted as the ancient Qrceks chanted iheir eolemn recitations on days of public f.-biivals. After iho cpiellu tho choir again performs, and the celebrant reads a few versos which are called t le refcpousory What is called Iho gradual is then sung iri II „|,) V au I solemn manner, aud the celebrant.
K ing Ibrtl Btnk.'s our attentio.i is t he | l owing c ore t ho iil'jir, repeats ihe prayer " CleiDSo iHi'ij's Htvl wiix cin iii'S w. ich are ci);i
'(J Ij.'loie llie (liiar, injd Bbnnes ami im fniiiti In nil o' itiej'inttl cliurcheB ol
ill.' hung up n', ef. ry aluir A' Ko'iie <>H0, I c'lurcli abound') in lamps ol maKfii.e Bilver, and sometimes even of jZoi.l, the gifts of pr ince and other perfons of .i'slinrnon This cu-t.>ia is nUo borrowed from the aiicu nt., lio'h .Icivish and Pagan anil is Hup pond to be eniiiti t> iIih l.'aling i.iea of Ihe Maaa as n re<il pam ilie - .).' oblat-ion
([•iviiig exumineil these ajipendagei, let ui «U[ipi»Be ihe Mass lo have c.imaienced Tlio firiosl, who has eaten nothing: during the il.iy on whic*) be is to olli L-iute. I- robeil in his tnual Vi-nture, wh oh i? in fad the iincient IJ iiaan ,iae dresj, cilb-i the toga nn<l iralieare, over this i. plac •.! the biu ct ivh c j. be idou (•ivi'iing the neck, Uitus a (<.iri o( hoo.l 11 repnv BrniB Christ being bliuifclded Tno albo is Ihen-x ' , •vh ch u aldo Iho ancient I'.igan H Knao dress, an'i ih to represent Ihe wbito garment in which Herod clothed the .Savior Wtien putting il on the prieut o'lyp, "aj 'ika me while, (• l.ord, and cloansc my heart, etc Toe girdle was worn by tho old Kiman gentleman, ivho, unoccupied, permitted il to loosely I'rom this is borrowed tho gtrdlf, and is also to remind tho worshipers that Christ was bound for our crimes. As the priest puts it on, he intones," fi iid me, <> I.,urd, with the cincture of parity," etc.
Tuo uoxl robe is the maniple, which meaoss, band kerchief, but having in process of time become loo much enriched with ornaments to bo used for thin purpose,-it has been preserved for its emblematic and and pious Bignifications, In piutting it on the priest prays, "May I deserve, O lord, to bear the maniple (handkerchief) of weeping and grief." He puts it ou bis left arm.
Tho stole is tho next garment II is a Pernian robe It is as a mark of authority in the church, and is worn by the presiding priest In putting it on ho prays "0 Lord restore to me the stole of immortality, " etc.
The chastiblo oi outer reslment, is tho old Itoman robe of state. U has undergone great changas since the Pagan i l jmins wore it. It was alwiya richly trimmed and decorated throughout, either by point-ing or embroidery, bul anciently among the gentry of Home bad no places for the arms but simply a holo iu the center throiigh which the head passed. Thin being inconvenient when the oili jialing priest wished
.to use his arms, holes were cut in the sides, and in the embroidery the addition of a cross is marked on tho back of the .chasuble, and two stripes to sho* that the priest and (hep«opl« should otrrjr tb%ir cross »fl?f Christ.
my he.iil lie ihen reads the go*p.l r(. the noith Mde. Ill a solemn Mass, wi.h morn olli jiitiog priests man on-, the c.-rt iiionii 9 here are laoio prolrtu:t<d. N.)W come? Ilie important cjremony of the Mans. I be deacon, being »u the right hand of the oflioiatiug prieBi, uncoverb the chalice or cu , which has on ils mouta a liuen c'oth c illcd a (Htrificalory. The patten is a email plate on which the bread for conccornlion IS placed. Taking ibo patten ;*ilb lJ;o brcfid on it from the chalics the de&con handi it lo the oflioialing priout, who, lifiing il up. offtrs il, repeating the prayer, ' Accent, oh holy l-'-iiher, almighty and eter-nal ,S)u, thiH unspotted host which I, ihy unw.'jrtby eervant, oilers unto Ihee, my loving acd true God, for my inr.umerablH bit.s, (liVntos and tirgligencirs, and for all hero present, na al .0 f j r ail fAilhful ChjisUaDB bolii livmg and dead, that il mny avail both me Olid ihem unio life rvmlasting. Amen " I he priest now levereniiy waabei the tips of hifl fingprs and Bsjfl, ' I will wash my hand," etc., anJ then, bowing in the middle of the 8llar,say8, "receive, 0 most holy Trinity, ihiti oblatioo which wo make to thee in memory of Iho passion, resurrection and asceosion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of tho blessed Mary, ever a virgin, ol biossed John Baptist, the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, that it raay be available to their honor aud our salvalion, and that they may vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory wo celeUrato on earth through the same Christ our Lord. Amen."
(TO UK COHTINIJM).]
FJiOM COTTAOK OnOVJS. fnUI .S will inform you, Bro. Graves, th^t bur oburch X at this place is in a prosperous oondtlion. Our
church bouse is now c:mpjeted. W« doubled our financial strength last year. SeTeral of the Antimis-sion order united with us last year, [thanks to Dun-can's historical articles] all of which are taking The BAmsT, I am much encouraged. This is the ninth year that I have served them aa pastor. If we were able, we would be glad to have you come and preach the dedication sermon for us the fifth Sablwth in May. The ministers' and dcaeon'a meeting of West-ern District Association meets with our ohurch on Friday before. J. W. Bkli..
Cottage Grove, Benry csunty.
Ak exobange gets oil' the following on delinquent Bubicribbn: " Looking over an old ledger, we lee a long array of names of former snbsoribera who are in-debted to us. Some of them have moved' away and are lost to sight, although to memiryduar; qthera are csriyiag contribution boxes in onr most r ^ ^ t a b l f i
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HE r iMlh ftomeuppor
took ft iowol »nd K rded himself. Afwr ihni no pouroth into nad W M lo wa.n Uu .leoi-vlM fcot/a^ to wipo ibem wliu ifio towo whorcwi b ho C clrfed So t lcn.aftor washed the r feet, and TaktS W r ^ r m o n U »nd T^M Mt down RK^in. ho «h 'J » o K to'fro w).ut I bavo dono to you ? ^ e c . l «
ftlMtir »nd Lord. »sid yo ffty wtH, for BO I am. K 1 ^ TOW Lord and MaBtof, h»va y > M ym.r f-mt; yo ^ so ouSht to wash one another ^ f.vH." (Jo^n mu l l-
buudred yoara boforo tho birth of our b i rd ,
Ibe feast of the passovor iaslUute.l by .fohovah
ia oommemora t iono f tho roftrrdous del.veranco from
Iho cruel bondage of Egypt. Now <toti . b . lov. d r-on
having come in to tho world to - .n^gn-y
and it honorable." hoTiors ihin d ivmo m&tau-
lion, by par lak ing of the fea^t for iho last tmy.,
when It CAD Imvo any moral signif.cance. < iHo
nsorron Je .us himself, as tho true U u . b
shall bo Baorifio^d for u., and by h i . o ^ a (cr
ever abolish the old Mosaic inBtitiilion.
As one used toes out another viec^d., c in
) c a u 9 i n l h e c l o i > i n g m o m e n u o f thi« pa'^!^''!
imt i tutes a new supper commemoral ivo of n f-'rantior
deliverance Bccured by his own W o o d - a sut-, w to U-
c- i . n bv the Lord'3 bap l i zn i diompWa, ibroupb
thoTgen'til l the Lord come Bgain .\nd the suppor,
both tho old and tho new boiin'. no-.v t ndcr?, .h
rose from his recumbent poBture ui the (abl,-. au-i
laying aside his long outer garnieut, girded himaeli
w i t h a tovrel, and poured water into K basin Much
to tho astoniBbmont of all tt c di»ciplo». hixI
t h e ear ,nest r c m o n a r a n c o o l Tetor, M C U B W ^ ' s n to
was th9 disciples feet and to wipe t h n u with li.e
towel wherewith he was girded. '
Some stnall eects have given pronvncnc.^ lo aci
oI our Lord, by mak ing it a church ordinanco on a
par wi th baptism and the supper. Tuc more gcnrral
opin ion 8«em» to be that this act of tho Savior
designed to il lustrate and enforce his doc tnuc of
humi l i ty , and that beyond ibis the act ha.i no signifi-
c a n c o whatever. This view, though supported by i u
ovflerable ant iqui ty and by tho authority of groat
names, fails to express, we th ink , the grand idoa which
Christ intended to symbolize by th=8 act.
W h e n wo t h i nk of the exalted person who d id this
act- when wo th ink of the ciicuKBiances under
w h U it was done, and when wo r . l l .c t upon the
marvelous act itself, we cannot resist the conviction
that this act was superior to all other acts of his
life- h ta t it is second only to his atoning death in im
portancf, that it symbolizas a spiritual truth of univ« r
sal appl icat ion; that it is the Eoblimcst lesson t.iat has ever be tn given or can be given lo m a n k i u J in the
realm of morals.
The washing of iho disciples fuel by our Lord, was
Iho culminat ion of his ministry on oart l i , it wa3 tho
last crowning act of his life, and has therefore pecu-
liar significance. K o sufTared after this, but ho per
formed no publ ic deed. the study of this subject lot us reilsct upan
THE BXALTSD CUABACTKR 01" OOA LOBL)
W o natural ly asHume that whoever occupies an ex
alted station pOMessos a nobdity of character com
men->urate therewith, and that ho we-vrs its honors as
an appropriate mantle. I n all tho public actj of an
official person both his ch i r i c ter and ofliso oombii:o
t3 give signiiloanco to his conduct. Oa this princi
pie every word and every act of the Lord Jesus
Christ arc invested with poculjar aignilicance Now
who. waa it that washed tho feot of these rough Gali.
lean fishermen? None other than Jesus, the Mes-
siah, God's beloved Son, i h o wonderful , tho counsel
lor, the mighty God, tho head of tho everlasting ago,
the prince of peAce.
I t was tho Lord o! glory, the k i ng of kings, iho
j ndge of the world who humb led himself lo this
amaiiing depth. He , t he heir of al l things, the adored
of angels, stooped down and washed tho feot ol
humb le fishermen. No wonder thoy wore over-
whelmed w i th amazement and protested so veho-
menUy. They d i d not a n d could not understand the
meaning of sndh an a c t They were accustomed to h i i w o n d e r work ing deeds, they knew tha t ho could
euro al l diieasegT beal V16 b l i nd and deaf, the crip-
p le^- ihe leprouB and tho paralytic; they h ad seen
h i ^ e e d hungry t h o i ^ n d s wi th a few losTes a nd
. oontrol tempteeta and hoUlorons wavee, they knew
Rt his b idd ing eren the d«!»d would coiflf forth f rom
'their gravel; but to seo h im take the place of servant
and w.sb their feot was too m u c h for thoir lovo and
For tbifl uol of our Lord was
A aK. l i l . SWKViCS.
11 was que ot tho very of m«u ia l acU. l o
J tw i »h fami l iM where grAdalions of servir-c, soffio
some lower. BuS tho lowest of all was the
strttion or that sffvant who wai <0 wash the
{cot of ihe master of tho hou»e, and the feet of hio
It was this iowt-st ot Mations that Jesua look
—lii.s most menial o^ all menia l ecrric&s he per
foruif d. Uo-v he v/ho has " »!i iwwor iu heaven and
dar lh " could thus hnmblo faimsdf is amazing bcyord
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T H E B A P T I S T . JkLiY 1 , 1 8 7 5 .
> ll£CrPE FOR A REVIVAL.
Bt J. r c sDt r rox , n. n. THIS U fcmnd 5B 2 ChrotjUac* vii 14, M follovfs;
" If my people, who are called by my name, aball b u m b U tbemMWe*. »nd p r t y , and seek my f»ce, m d t u r n f r o m their wicked wnys, t h e n will I h e w from heaven, and will forgive the i r l in, and will he»l Ibeir laud."
T h e recipa r fquire* of G o d e people four ibings; Fir i t , lliey m u i t humble tbemBelfes. There i j noih ing mora off^inaive to God tbau pride. Jesus ssid more than once, " Ue t h a t exa l te th liimself BHALL be iibaeed, and h e t ha t humble lh bimBolf aball be exalt cd." I n every church tha t aeeda a reviviU there m a C"J1 for humil ia t ion before G o d Whai .s the mean ing of revive? To live again. A church, then, thai n e e d a a revival is comparatively dead. If well may all its members humble ihi;mselve«. Thi8 com j.araUve death implies a »^fttit of zeal for the D.vine filory, a lack of inierest in tho prosperity of Cbrisl'e cause, ikJd inditfMrecca lo the salvation of eiunere SweJy h e r e are reasonp for buraii.ialion. They sbouU) bring paator and church dowu into ibo dust bofoie Gad, The duat ie their place, bcciUio ihey have faiiMl to meet Iheir Cbrislian respoasibililies. Where ihic humbling process takes place, it is ooV uncomuiou for every church member lo feel tha i be hns greatest need lo humble himself. Hence ihe tendency ia lo self CJmplaint and tclt-reprotich ra tber than to consureof fellow meinbers. l lumi l ia t ioa before (iod is an in tenieiy personal thing.
Secondly, they must pray. Trayer always followe humilal ion. Lot any man become a humble man, and he becomes a prayibg man. l leafons or unmilial ion are reaiona for prayer. Mercy mual bo aougbt in tbe forgiveneaa of eiua tha t call for humiliation. The guilty backsl ider must pray to be reclaimed from bin backsliding, i l is earneat supplication must be, " Ke-Btore u n t o me tho joy of thy salvation, and uphold me by thy f reo Sp i r i t " I t is eometimes the case tha i i h e r e l u m i n g backslider is BO oppresEed with a sense of unwor th ino js tha t no p r a y e r suits him so well as tha t of tho publican, " G o d be merciful to me a s in-ner . ' Chrietians, if ihey would be revived, must not only h u m b l e themselves, b u t
Thi rd ly , they mus t seek God 's face. Thoae who a.e favored with tho light of God's counteuitnce may be B».id t o see his face and to enjoy its approving emile W h e n they depar t from hini they no longer see his face, bu t walk in darkness and reit less diBsatisfaction They can find no comfort in going away from God They mus t re turn to him a n d seek his face, seek to ci>ioy his favor a3 in o ther days. Tho humiliation and prayer a ' ready referred to prompt this course. A view «)f God'a reconciled face is desired above all thingft.
Fourthly, they must tu rn from their wicked ways. These ways are tho very things tha t call for humi l ia -tion, prayer, and the seeking of God's face; and they mus t be forsaken. Unless they are tu rned from, t h e r e is no genuine humiliat ion, no sincere prayer, no hones t t eek ing t h e face of God. No church gives s a t -isfactory proof t h a t i t is revived by the Spirit of the Lord if i u members do not " tu rn f rom their wicked ways." Holiness becomes tho Lord's peopla
Now when the four parts of this revival rccipe are practically regarded, t he bUssing invariably co3ies. " T h e n , " says God, not till then , but, " t h e n will I hear irom heaven and forgive the i r s in . ' Till theN God cannot consistently henr a n d forgiva W h e n all t he t i thes s r e brought into tho storehouse, t hen God opens t h e windows of heaven and pours out a bless-ing BO ooplous t h a t the re is no t room to receive i t How many churches grea t ly need the Lord 's blessing now 1 T h e way to obtain it is very p l ^ i a The re is no o lher way. There may bo noisy, ephemera l e x -oitements, when tho Scriptural requisites to a revival arc diaregarded, b u t there canno t bo genuine work of tho Lord unless his people " h u m b l e themselves, and pray, and seek his face, a n d t u r n from their wicked w a y s "
Our f - i p t n s o is Over three h u n d r e d per week, aud m>'»i be paid every Saturday.
The expenue of publishing ihe New York ILrulJ is estimated a t $2500 per day. or $912,500 per annum. Cost of the Tri&uHf about ^1500 p r r day ; i h e Ti'n» $1200, f n d tbe H W . / a b o u t $$00.
" Thn coi t of t he Naiiinal Baptist in »he <i«c»l year lS70-7i VT»P $1S,57{ 3.5; total receipU, g l O G W y i ; de ficieBcy,$I883 44 in 1871-72 i h e c o s l r a s !flC. 39y 10, receipts,«13 3'.;7; def ic iency,?l27a 10. In 1S72-.3 ibf-cxpensoM f 2 0 , G 2 7 t h e receipU, ^i:) 721, dfli-ciency, 13^03 22. h i 1 S7;(-7l ezpondi turof , S21 ('>l^H( , receipts, #10 311 ddic iency, t&733 0C."
()u Ihe above the makes comments Ibnl ( t r ike us as a l ike jusl , tempt r«ile and lo the po.uL From them we quote a parajirapb
"These figures shoti' in the first place tha t the p p v alenl idea t ha t publishing a religious newspaper is » money mak ing business is a great fallacy , and SHCCDII ly, that the Publication Society is practically paying u larger amoun t to iuppor t a weekly paper in I 'biladel phia than the ' lolal value of all grants of every kind, by all its Sunday tchool miasionariej, colporteurs and District Secretaries i-4st yoar t h e nmount expended on the paper wai more than the toial valii..> o! grant-. ' "
des t iny wi th t h e S ta le C-onvention, a n d will h e n c t -for th do her missionary a n d cduca t jona l work through tha t body.
Pastors a n d churches can Bjwak for thfrnerlvro. No m s n ia auihorFied to speak for Wes t Tennessee or any o the r seclioo. « "
COST OF PR1XTI>'a A PAPER. THE Wtt'ern Itecorder makee a no te which will he lp its pa t tous to a conccpt ion of the cost of publ ieh-
in^ a newspaper : You complain t h a t t he t imes' i ir« ftnd money
^cMce If It i i b ^ for you to spare two dollars » n d fifty cenU onoo R year to suppor t your religious p r i n -oiple^ w h a t mus t i t Le for t h e publisher of t h e Be-eorder t o mUe two h u n d r a d a n d fifty dollars every w e e k ?
s r.I rt: cos\ ESTh'S.
IEN.JuV KD the Convention mnoh. It wiis pieasant lo meet so many bro 'h ren f ronj iiibtaut parts of
ibo Siale. ( i r ta tor numbers would have b fen present had it not been for " Ihe hard time:. Many good men were kep t at homo because they could not com-mand tbe money to carry them to N'uilivillo and back
All seemed de te /mined to promote the good work of unification, and there was manifes ted a spirit of harmony a n J couc'liation that was most c o m m e n d -able. No discordant notes were heard, and no sec-tional jealousies were iiormilled to hinder the gonerul work.
The sub division of the Execut ive Committee war eminent ly wise, in my j u d g m e n t The Commitleo on Missions a t Memphis, the Commit tee on EJucat ion at Nashville, and tho C o m m i l l e e o n Sunday-school work at Krioxville, have mpst impor lau t t ius t s com-mitted to thoRi, tha t re<iuiro wise counsels and the most persis tent eflorU. Each commit tee has the whole Sta te for its field.
1 was gratified to hear such a good repor t of tho educational work of h w t Tcnnessea. 'i'ho bre thren there de se rveMmmenda l iou for wha t they have d o n e I have no doubt tha t Mossy Creek College will be placed in ha rmony with our S ta te educat ional system, when one is devised and adopted. Up to this t ime uo system has been ma tu red and legalized, and con-sequently no propositions on this subjoct have been submit ted to the educators of Eas t Tennessee.
Of. missions E i s t Tennesseo was in advance of West Tenneaaeo, and dese rvc j credit for ila maro en l igh t -ened views.
Middle Tennessee" came into tkn convent ion with hearty good will. I have seen no evideuce of holding back among leading minds. Tho t ransfer of the Union University property to the SouthweBlern Uni -versity has t e e n ordered and a commtl lee appointed to make t h e t ransfer legally, as soon as the South western University is in a condi t ion t o receive i t
Tho anly thing 1 have heard concerning litigation had reference to a clsim pu t for th by the Central Church in Nashville. ?'iiero may poBsibly be some donors who th rea ten litigation, to recover what they have given, bu t I have hea rd of none. If t he re are such 1 have no doubt t h a t they are laboring u n -der a misapprehension a j to tho design of t h e t r ans -fer. T h e t ransfer is to save wha t the re is of the wrecked Union University to t h e denominat ion in t h e State, and n o t lei all be l o s t Middle TennesBce will bo t h e gainer and not t he loser. But if come donors, undo r misapprehenaion, should th rea ten l i t i -gation, which I doubt , all t h e BaplisU of Middle Tennessee should not be consurod for it.
If unification is defeated I am persuaded tha i will not bo chargeable lo EMI or Middle Tennessee.
Ttie meet ing a t Nashville was n grand sncceB-<. T b e spirit of concord and brother ly love prevai led—and tha t was n o small mat te r . I t WAS an earnes t of bel ter times—& prophesy of j ub i l an t gather ings iu years lo oome. A.S we become accustomod to the ohauge aad hab i tua ted t o t b e cew lines of work, t ak ing in t h e intereata of t h e whole S la te instead of a mere rection, we shall become larger hear ted , and shall labor to-gether with less a n d leas fr ict ion.
I know n o t what course o t h e r s in general may take , ihe church I h a r o tbo honor to aer re , has un i t ed h e r
SPIRITISM IX KORTH CAROLISA.
AND Samuel said to Saul, why hast thou di tquie led mc to br ing mti u p 7" H e r e i« poeitivc evidence
tha t t h e prophet Ssssucl bad re ta ined bis personal appearance so fully tha t though Saul did not bimsolf nee .Samuel, ye t be recognizBd him from Ihrt descrip tion t h e woman gave of him. T h a t it was Samuel ivo cannot doubt eo long .ts we believe tho Scriptures, for it stales i b a t Samuel spoke to Saul. If Samuoi r.-tai«ed his personal appearance, why should not wo ' lla» God one law for Samuel and ano the r for all oib ers?—Ljyman in DilUcjl Rccordcr.
' L a y m a n " ia a good Baptist brother , doubtless, \n-.i ho ought not to be writing in defense of Spirliiem Uo c^n know tha t it was Samuel ' s spirit that S.iul was able lo disquiet, if ho is willing lo eend 75 cents to Ihe Southern Baptist Publication Society and pro cure a little book called " T h e Bible Doctrine of the Middle Life."
SpiritistB are multiplying rapidly all over the lai.<', find they circulate and read their books, but Bapi;tih will ne i ther read nor circulate books writ ten to r(,iir: leract .t. Every reader of this paper sbouM proru ie this tifnise of Sjiiritism and learn what t be BiMo t fachea loucbiog the " m i d d l e life." You will tin.l li Ihe most interest ing book of its size you over read Reader, aend for it, if you don ' t buy ano ther book for a year. P repare to mee t Spiri t ism, and guard your family and children agaicst i t
TUB KxamincT ngks us if we " h o l d that a man V-L.o conscientiously.refuses lo recoi»e any va le r baptibm should bo admi t ted lo the communion lable ami church m e m b e r s h i p "
T h e question seems lo us puerile. It is very n<'hi ly asking if wo hold tha t a m a n \rho refuses to be ad mi l ted lo the church ought to be admit ted. If a man professes to bo a believer in Christ , and not- having been baptized, wishes to oome to the Lord's table, we would say to b im ihe evidence of fai th is obedience, and the command of Christ is as distinct in regard to tho one sacrament as lo tho other. If you have not been baptized, you cannot have a s landing in i h o membership of the visible church. The question is a very simple one, and does not require even this 1 lii'l answer.
Nor doo.^ this reply impugn tho sincerity of thoa<\ tho Friends for example, who reject church sacrn ments , as they do not a ik , we do not answer (or Ihcm.
The above is from the New York oLscvcr, Ibe leiul ing Presbyter ian paper of this country. Tho position is eminent ly Scriptural and consequently Baptisin' " I f you have not been baptized you cannot have a s landing in t bo membership of the visible cbur rh " If not a member of a church you cannot be admi t lod to the communion table." Tha t ' s clear. No bap tism, no church membersh ip ; no church membership , no admission to the Lard's supper. T h e Observer i m l 'RNE B . M ' T I S T are agreed. N.
A CORKEI TCP list of delegates to the Southern Bap tist Convention, for IS75, to which each Sla te will be ent i t led, upon the basis of the i r contr ibutions to tho Home Mission Board, is as follows, viz : Georgia, 0 - , Ken tucky , 21 ; Alabama, 20; Texas, 15 ; Virginia, IT), South Carolina, 12; Maryland, 11 ; Nor th Carolina, . Louisiana, '»; Indian Terri tory, 3; Mississippi, 2 ; Mis souri, 1; Florida, 1; Tennessee, 9. T h e o ther States of tho South have not cont r ibuted each as much as f:l()0. M. T. SuMHEB, Cor. Sec y.
IMMERSED.—A Brother, wri t ing f rom Hodgenvil le, says; " T h o Presiding Elders of t h e Methodis t Chuich in this section have been s t ra in ing logic. Scripture, common fiense and conscience in t rying to satisfy their people a n d t h e world t h a t immersion is no t not taught in the gospel One of t h e m declared that there was n o t even an ' excuse for t h e unsafe mode ' ^ et s trangely enough these same redoubtab le cham pions of spr inkl ing (or pour ing) had the temeri ty to ' go down into the w a t e r ' wi th some of the i r • consci-entious converts. ' About twenty five were immeriied by them at Garnettsvil le and Stono Meeting-Uouse by a c i r c u i t r i d o r ! "
F A T U K E Chiniquy, t h e French conver t frbtii l loman ism, has been preaching in P u t n a m , Coaneotiout, a n d twenty families have lef t t h e Catholic Church. They have wri t ten to their pr iest t h a t they have found Christ, the g rea t High Fr ie i t , a n d will t he r e fo re need hia services n o longer.
M A Y l , . 1 8 7 i 5 . T H E B A P T I S T .
" "HLHTOBAL BRBVITIKS.
B i r t N ciiiiSKS.—Wo o»u oommenoe all new s u b -.cfibers with tho first number of t h e now form.
SoCTHKu* B A I T I S T C o » > m i o s . - - W e expec t t o a t tend the (doming aession of this bmly, and will furnish full reporbe to this paper .
IU*ri Bro. Lofton's concluding ar t ic le this week, if yeu h i v e not read all of them, t u r n back and
do «o—they are admirable and admirably suited to Ihe times.
FNKT W A S I I I N C —Read tho abkt sormou by Bro, Hon .Iricktion in this n u m b e r It WAS preached beforo tho WCHI Tennesfec Convoniiou and calleil for public.i I'.iU
llii, . H) SLiuinsn di-liveiod Cohlwntor resulted H curing for ibe l i t t le cluirc'a ^ome f27.V We had
vr(y plea-anl, mid we triBt profi tablf , mcotiDgsi Hrcibrt'ii ihinli groal good wa-j .lone.
• M A Y I : K I . I » S I I A I I ' V UOMK,' for May, ia on our table, •au'.vl of utu«, and a muguif i :ent number , just i fying il,. most eauguine t^xpectalions of its f r iends There nr • getus o! pooiry nijd arliclc.-i of VHlue H-inliHati'ig UjioLiyh iu p a f t
-KK E'.fy T o t m j for Hard I'lmtw,' and make au , il>>rl lo wiu a pre.'uium. Send suljuccibnid and lauuty Iij{hl along 60 fimt as you gel Will iiol cvfry niiiiiBser try '! W 11 not u sister lu cach church t n t II you lull lo v/in the premiuui, you shall b.' [.ii.d J i i>iir i.eui ou tan nmouui of money you hcud on a prciuiuui, all will bo paid foi woik.
I iiE Alxbauii Ihq 'isl h.'w tuccessfully complolod iln lifNt year. «n I h.M proved ilfell the ablest paper over l.ul)lii>lM"J in Iho Stale. We cangratulwte us editors iij.ori ihc prosperity they ao richly meri t . have w> Aial.irna I>^/,artmcnl "in ours" A writer says some AiiO..-»iiJa iirtptiBlH complain lijat " t h o paper is too hif.')! only and Bro. Winkle r au.i hi.'! asso-cMU-s do ail Ibe cd i l inp gratuitously I Any Baptist (.ai>.,-r ivould be ' too hitjh ' with some }Upli'.,us, if is vvM as hip,l> as Fi chev? of tobacco I
PKO. K a. Bri K S E N ha? remov. d h i s paper f rom I'Mns lo Ddlliis, and ia in full Hast with n new power-j.rffls It is a l ready the paper of Nor thern Texas We see Dr. Burleson says tha t it is nharged tha t ho Mid ourseK "or ig ina ted the iVrwcny^.-to oppose the J/rra/d " I ! W h a t n e x t 7—that wo originated the late rtb.-llion in J a p a n t h a t overthrew the Tycoon and enthroned tho Mikadol We had.|ju8l as much to do v7ith the one as Ihe o lhe r ; but we have been c r a l i -ficd, wo must confcss, that its editor ia a warm fr iend of the Southern Boplist Publication Society.
TnE OniMiixa' HOME, of MisBiBnippi, ha9 suspended for the lack of t imely a-isistanco. T h e orphans have been scattered W e sympathine with Bro. R N. Hall, tho Super in tendent He bos struggled l ike a giani against poverty, and been compelled to yield at l a s t His bre thren should love h im for his noble eflorls. l ie has done all tha t mau in his c ircumstances could have d o n a A church in need of the services of a f.iilhful paclor will do well lo address him a t Lauder dale. Miss. Tho Orjihans Home Banner will no more be idsued.
SKUMONS —We publish this week tbo first of a series of eermons that will appear in this paper this volume Unci from Bro. I l i l lsman on the Throe Witnesses— tbo Water , t he Spir i t and tho Blood. Dr. Breaker , of Chattanooga] is due one, preached before the General Atsocialion of Eas t Tennessee, and called for puVdica-tion by tha t body ; a n d we hope Bro Eaton will favor U3 P i th "one soon. Breth. L o f t o n and Landrum, of this cily, promise to preach in Oar Pu lp i t occasional ly"'; and will no t o lhe r m'l-iisters in Tennessee favor us also? This will be a very desirable and valuable feat ure of this paper, a n d wa trust all will show thei r ap preciatiou of it by increasing the list in tho church and the neighborhood.
TIIS VIRDICr ON I'TJIW FORSr. WE did beliftve t ha t t t o fr iend* of this paper would by their increased efforts lor t h e j ^ p e r
jus t i fy our enlarging a t this t ime. If they will bu t Jjelp by advance reuewing, and by showing t h e paper ana canvaising for i t wo and will k e e p it up, but if, they do not i t will be impossiblo. W e have com KSD?^, receiving gratifyidg evidences of appreciation of our effort lo give tho denominat ion a first class paper.
A. Montagoe, Tj^nn —A Ktandaid patron for thirty-live years- -sends an adva!;c(4rencv7aI,lcanB Ibe money to a brother to advance, and aends it gratis lo a young m i n i s t e r — I ' l Notdi-
Bro. K .1 Fleming, Misa, appreciali-a l-y eiilieling into the VouDg Uuo.rd iu—his father v;.-(9 an OM Guard—onys ii i.i ii f^oaulifiil forro, and Lo will helri keep It up.
•Ino (• S h i p p . i h o old ri.»rri.'T in its new form. 11 suits me nnd ii will suit ho^ u of us here in ArUanptw Abiiudsnt fiuccet'S to il
KRC M TFCXAS
I write this to ncknowledge KCfii I of firiil numbor of enlarged eiza 1».\I-TIST, and lo say it is just the thing. It is our ii/fai of whai tbo paper has been promising to be. I 'atber Pillraan wishes m - lo B.iy to you it is iuit w h i t ho wants, and we all join in bcBl wii'hoa for its cnntinueil prn^perity, and bIirU work lor it when opportunity rlV^ri or can be made
Corhicnna'I'fxaH, April H. f, Mi it.tss 'I he nev,f r o r m - l b " very ihiin;. FKU th i j will not
II. Ip >ou keep it U]' \V« iJl ought to shor? our np-prfiRihiion <>' It liy iHim; (.oini".>;iu);; for il. 1 appre ciiite il 10—fi u'lien.-il nr.d ii iK-w l u b t c n l x r .
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}•;,!• K —/ ' . i r / . ' ' . - I hnvo 1 lift received the tir-.i .n,-ui' nl I in: l iu ri^r in itB " new dri-tif, and it fills ray son! with BO much pliidnpta thii? !. cannot refrain from giving some expression lo my f rd ings I have been u reader oi tho paper for rnoro than live years and hi<v.> admi.•• • ' in a!! its forms, but never has li copy b.icn jarido vjoto welcoino than tho one be f i re mo. And now I am going to promise to work for it as well as for our home paper, T^e Herald, in order to afsist in carrying il through Iho dull season of t h e year. ! am a young man and poor in this world's goods, but the Lord helping m'^, I shall always keep up my own eubscriplion and endeavor to got you now nain^s. 1 am anxious lo become a member of tha t prayer meeting, and hope you and every other mem'oer will remember mo in your prayers to God. (^nly a short t ime ago 1 declared to ray bre thren and the world tha t 1 was impressed lo go and preach Iho "unsearchable riches of Ch r i s t " If I am deceived pray that I may bo undeceived.
1 send you Ihu twenty cents for posUgo on pajiJ-r AlVectionately yours in Christ ,
Jefferson, exas, April'22, Jj. II. Ki. ii.uii>jos.
A C X I U A K T T O T B B Ctmactt.—-Dr. M a t o h n w r o a ^ A
very happily, a i S i Loaia, t h a t the idea of eailiHK t h e Sabbath achool a n auxiliary of t he church U m y l ike calling t b e ch i ldren auxil iary t o the famUy. I t ^ n l d be pa r t and parcel iof t h e oborch aa m a c h M tbo obil ' d rcn are an inseparable p a r t of t b e f ^ l y . • ^ ^
A GOOD miuiater waa once aaiced how ik waa b e man-aged to always have hU people ao ftttentiw a t t be prayer meet ing, " O n e reaaon may ba," b e replied, " because 1 never iicold t h e m for n o t coming." Some iupcr in tsndents might find a profitable b i n t i n tbta answer.
Dtt Hovsv, of Newton Theological Seminary, wntea Dr. Graves, of Tiis BAWiaT, t ha t he ia much intereated in a Eitlle book of the lat ter , en t i t l ed " T h e Bible Doc-t r ine of tho Middle Life." This book, ought to bo read by tbe thousanfls and tens of thousands.—TRfif-errt Djpiist • .
TUE late Admiral Foote, when in Siaro, invi ted the royal dignatories to a d inne r on hia veaael Aa they took seaU a t t he table, t he Admiral , aa waa bia custom, asked o blessing. T h e King in surpriae, aaid be tho-jght t ha t only miesionaries did that . " True," was tho Admiral 's reply; " bu t every Christ ian ia a missionary."
Tiik IlKsn.T —Meesfs. Whi t t l e and Bliss, the e v a n -gelists who Labored so successfully in Louisville for several weeks, closed their labors here last week. As cBlimaled in t h e Cbim>-Jwrna^of the 17th, t he Pree-iiyteriiiis have received M2 accessions; tho M e t h o d -i«t«, livi; P>roadway Baptist Church, 13; Chestnut Street Baptist, several — WMfrrn Itecorder.
•.SAi iuoni/.Ki) B.viTisM —" For our own part , if tho bapt: iai was right in tdl respccls, except tha t t he ftd-luiuisirator vKas unauthorized or unworthy lo perform ihe Bervic<>, we do not deem it proper to repeat it."— n.-lujvus 11,-raid, Feb I.H. Can an " unauthorized ad-min i s t r a to r " porfom an authorised a c t ? " E i t h e r make tho tree good and his f ru i t good, or else m a k e the tree cor rupt and his fruit corrupt ." E i t h e r m a k o thu adminis t ia lor - ' au lhoHzEd" and hia act " a u t h o r -izsd, ' e h o m a k e Ihe adminis t ra tor " unauthorixed " and his act " unaulhorized."—IF. II P.
SIR Walter Raleigh says : " I t may be all irmcd tha t the number of those t h a t have boon slaughtered by their fe l low-creatures excesids t h e number of i n -habi tanU t h a t were a t any one t ime living upon tho face of tho e a r t h ; ye t very few of this infinite n u m -ber, unt imely alain, were eve* maalera of t b e grounds of tbe disputes for which they auflfered, or t he t rue reasons of the i r be ing led to ba t t l e ; t b e t ru th , with much artifice, being k e p i f rom all b u t those who were parties to t be deaigna resolved on ."
Tnaas ia not a aingle Univeraaliat organiiiaUon or church building in Tezaa.
RELmlalS ITEM^.
HICMI'.STEAI>, Texas, has six church odificcs, lo which tho Baptists will soon add tho seventh .
EvKnv s tudent in the Baptist Fomale Collcgo in Lexington, Mo , has profo£yed conversion
lUv. W. F. KO.NK has resigned tho pastorate of tho Central Church at Lit t le Uock, Ark.
THE BArrisT comes lo us this week changed to an octavo. Its appenraBce is very much improved — Hcjieni I'ecordcr.
THE Standard and the PuHyioui Herald are each aim-ing to secure five thousand new Rubacribers dur ing this year, 11 ow many new subHcribera shall 'i'UK BAI-T I S T have ? Let all who l ike t h e now lorm express it by renewing now and sending ono new subacribe:.
P a BaoADra—We are authorized by Prof. Wag gener lo a n n o u n c e tha t Rov. Dr. J o h n A. B-oadua will preach the Commencement sermon for Bethel College nex t June . I t is hoped tha t Dr. Broadus will a r range to spend the summer vacation in our Slate.
T h e Christiart Union being asked " Do you believe in infan t bap t i sm?" replies: " We do not believe tha t i n fan t bapUsm U obligatory, b u t i t is permissible. I t baa no immediate eDFect upon the child. IndirecUy, a n d through the influence upon t h e parcnta of a pub-lic ac t of dedicaUon of their ch i ld ren to God's a e r v i ^ i t baa a remote influence upon t b e child. T h e Scrip-t u r e warrant for in fan t baptism is far fetchod and in^ concluaive."
Anciiiiis'ior, now Cardinal, J o h n McClojkey is s ixty-four years old. He was born in Brooklyn, whore h e was " a poor I'oy " This high honor of boing the first American Cardinal and tho head of tho Catholic Church in this country, is believed to be t b e resul t of a puio life and a fai thful (yschargo of t h e duties of bis profe.saion, together with great amiability of m a n -ners. Of course bo is a devoted, and no doub t a con -scientious Catholic. H e was at ono t ime Pres ident of SL Joseph's College, Fordham.
ti.osE CoMMirNio:?.—A young man of Methodiat p a r -entage presented himself to a Baptist church for i m -mersion. U pon being asked his views on communion, he hesitated and bowed his head in anxioua t h o u g h t He was quest ioned t h u s : " My young brother , could you conscientiously p a r t a k e of tho Lord's supper nex t Sunday wi thout being bap t i zed?" " N o l " was t h e response. " If you could n o t consoientioualy par take of tho Lord's supper wi thout bapt 'am, could you ask ano ther to do what you could no t do yourse l f?" Tho t ru th flashed upon his mind . Hia head raised, a smile lit up his countenance, as he answered d is t inc t -ly, " N o . "
DESTRUCTIVE TUEORIEH.
r n U E advocates of in fan t sprinkling n o t only a u b -X si i tules a human appointment for a divine o rd i -
nance, bu t oro chargeable with ut ter ly aupplant ing tha t o rd inance by their substitutlona. If in fanU were universally baptized, aa those who advocate i t deaire they should be, tho ordinance of believera' baptiam would be entirely superseded, and an intelligent, per-sona! confession of Curist, a f t e r t h e pr imit ive manner , would soon become obsolete. Le t i n fan t apr inkl ing prevail ond believera' bapt ism would ceaae to b e o b -served, because the recognition of t h e one b deatruc-tivo of the o lhe r . Noth ing can b e clearer t bau t h a t there ia an "irrepreasible conf l ic t" between t h e b a p -tism of a d u l t believers and tbe aprinki ing of u n c o a -Bcious infanU.
Tfcen t a k e t h e Pedobapt ia t theory of a church. I t claima t h a t t h e diOerent churches e x U n t a re only hraneha of t h e Church of Chriat. Now if atiy one of these b ranches ahould become univetaal, aa the i r fol-lowera a re s t r iving t o m a k e them, and aa t h e Church of Chriat ia one day to be, t hen t h a t oniTeraal b ranch would n o t bo the Church or a cborch, b u t only a fract ion of i l , and t h e t r u e Church would be e x -t ingubbed .
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Mr V<}T!<iX.—AU au>B*r tarnfaKripdoMnbovM t twat to Bn. Onn*, M«BtbI(. I MMDt b* rMjtoMlbl* f r »oa*} for th* estll It conn* lal* ay hMMl«, bst alU U rMpoBtlbU for »ll tkat I r*o«tT*. U. F. Lowmt.
SUMUASy. SffPKEsios OK tUK OBrniss' UoMK.—Man]r hftve b1.
rrady beard with puia, of this sad event. Wo invite stIeniioD to the card from tbo Executive Committed found in another column. It ecems to be an occur' • ncc much to be rffreH^d, and yet it may be the mill of ihe Msbler atd rasy result in good. In the provi denc«iof God the* criiiis camc, and noibirg elre could
. b« dono. The Prfiidenl of tbo Board of Trustecti Captain Hardy, writes us an folloRs: "It is uselsss 10 attempt to enumerate the causes of the failure. Tae truth is, the Home had performed its mia>ion—it bkd raised and educated the Ckinfedcrate orphans within iu compass, and when that vas done its mis aion was accompHshed, and the people loAt interest in it" Wo wiil add to this, that the Home baa done a great and ncMssary work. Many may regret Ms sus pension bat none should regret what they have done for i t Hundreds who were left orphans by the casualties of the war, and who would otherwiite have been poor homeleis wanderers, and now probably a burden to eociety, bare b«eu fed, clothed and cduca ted, and are now useful men and women. The good results will be seen and feit both in time and in eternity, and none have been injured by their liber fclity to i t The Orphans' Home liantier will of course be suspended, ao the reiuU of the euBpension of the Home.
ELD. R N. HAU,, Superintendent of the Orphane' Home, would accept a pastorate or other work in tbo ministry, as his labors with the Home arc about to close. l i e is a good, true and eflieient minister of the gospel, and wo commend him to churches in want of pastors.
TUK Brethien of Tippah Association will please not forget the Sund^y tchool Institute at Macedonia, on Friday before the fifth lord's day in May.
THE SUKDAV SCHOOL ISSTITDTB of Chickasaw Associa tion, will also meet Friday before the fifth Lordls day in May, ut Salem church,JB«nton county.
Tas Union ACeeting of the Fourth District of Aber-deen Asfooiation will also meet on. Friday before the fifth Lord's day in May, at Pontooolo church,- Ponto-toc county.
A BKOTREB minister writes; " 1 am so proud of THE BAPIIST'S new coat Now, if Hard Times and Care-lecnueas Just don't atfal it, we'll not bo ashamed for it to go Tisiting anywhcra"
Wsare traly sorry to, learn that our dear Brother, Klder T. J, Wolne baa recently suffered great sfflio-tioD in his family, and we tender to him our heartfelt sympftthiea. He writes us in a private letter as fol-lows: "Two of my children hare d'seosed eyes. The oldest, a littl* boy five years ol<l, has become almost blind, and I greatly fear, will before long bo-coma entirely so. The little baby, nine months old, has the same disease, and unless It can be assisted he will lose his sight also. The disease is in the optio nerve, and U as intidipus as it is dangerous. There U no pain and no change in the appearance of the eye, oonsfquently, we knew not what wai. the matter until recently, when I carried them to a noted occu-list in New Orleana" In conscquence of ifae above mentioned olHiction Bro. Walne will remove to Ocean Springs, Mbs., where bis correspondents will here-after address him.
JBIM Posciona IX AFKLICTIOS—In reference to Bro, Walne'B sfHiction referred to above, he writes: " Wo have found it very hard in this great and unexpected calamity to OH r dear little cncs to siy, 'thy will, O Father, be done'—and grace bos bten given us. To me, Jesus has never been so precious, and religion so comforting. I know Ood loves my children more than I do, and that be can, and I believe will, make this great tiHliotion and sore distress work for his glory and the good of us all. I never felt so desirous of consefifating my life entirely to the work of the Uaater. The blow to my wifa is almost crushing. Pray for her, and for me. and for tbo Hitlo siBieled onea.' Wai not the gtrat number Of breihrrn and sinters who know ana love Bro Wttlne tanile with us in earnest prajer lor htm and bis fiii:cted family 7
POSTAL CAJTM AOAI)>—If our. friends will help u s we propose to make a column in our department to be headed, " Rolls from our Postal cards." For this column we desire items of news, sppointmcnts of general meetings, noticeti, and the best thoughts of our brethren in tiiie t sss t condensed form on Sunday-scho*ls, mission work, or anything eUe practical, doctriral, or expgcticai Now, brethren, help us. The good brother who suggests this says, " p u t me down for a card rvery week." How- many other Wethren will say the t ame? Such a column would bo read with gieat intorctt, and furnieh the best and frtecbest thoughts of oi>r brethren and etsters all over the Stfcla
Ei.d 11 1". 8i'Rci.ii3 writcB " The third anniversary meeting of The Lidit-n' Mitsionary acd Workipp Society of the Garroliion Baptist Church took ( . I t c rhuriiday night, April l '<th. .\(Jdrciiecs were dfiiv-
crcd on the occasion by Uav. G. W, Daltiy and t'ol. W. B. Helm, The Society, thirteen ladies and four honorary members, gentlemen, have contributed from March, 1874, to March, 1875, $22 for the support of Mrs. Crawford, Tung Chow, China, and about to the Orphans' Home. Sinoe the orgauizsition, its con-tributions have a vet aged $2'> per year. This amount was not begged, but | iven . The ladies now propose to unite with the Society at Duo& Hill in the educa-tion of a Chineee child, an orphan of Christian pa ren t age, and in the support of a Chinese Bible Woman under the supervision of Miso Lula Whi'.den, Canton, Cluna. There arc now four such Societies iu the Yazoo Association."
EI.D, J. W. STEIN, Neosho, Mo , writes. " I see in your items in which you noted my change of church relations you state that you believe wo observed Sat urday for Sabbath. Tiiat ia a mistftke. rieose cor-r ec t "
lieviVAi, AT C1.IKT0?;.—A young minister in Missis-sippi Collego writes April 20th " T h e meotiofe a l this place is slill progressing. This is the tenth day. Si* have joined by e.tparienoo. Fourteen for prayer. The Lord is here. Bro. Uaoketl is full of tho Spirit and work. His sermons aro pointed, eloquont and powerful The youog brethren are deeply concerned about their unconverted roommates. My class, eleven in number, are very anxious for tho twelfth, the only one not a Christian. Help us to pray for him. Some of us have been praying for him nearly three years. Lord, give him to us."
TUE FBOST OK THE ITTH AND 18TH OF AI BII. —In some parts of the State the peaches aro ail thought to be killed and a part of the apples and pears, and forward wheat is thought to be ii^ured, but in some places in North Mississippi, and in Central and South Missis-sippi but little damage was done.
STASKVILLE was greatly injured by firo on the night of tho 17th of April. Nearly all the business houses and one residence were btirned. Loss estimated at $200,000.
MISS Lr/zia HUDHON, a lorely young lady, who had been raised in the Orphans' Homo, fell from a trestle near Lauderdale Stntian on tho t i g h t of tho 7th u l t and was almost instantly kilted. A nuniiber of tho inmates of the Home were together, aad Superin-tendent Hall at their head, going to the depot to see some of the children ofT, and tho lall was caused in some way by the sudden appearance of a train. She lived long enough to eay that her hand waa in her Savior's. She was a member of the Orphans' Homo Bsptist Church.
impetua will be given to idl our denominational e i « t(>rprts6s in the Stat*. Church meeiinga will be bfllt< r attended; Sunday schools will be more prospercu ; church membors will be better informed; t! e churefaes will b&ve more life in them; the Bible w-U be read more; pastors will b^ better supported; missions will receive more help; brethren will be more interested in the education of their children, and in building up and supporting their own sohooli. Do not the Baptists, who read their religious paper gent-rally l«ke more interest in these things than those who do not read ? Lot pastors •„';»wor Ani we hope tho brethren of Mississippi will uot be dis-couraged by the failure of Tennessee to " pull cteu U t all do ihcir duty, and the blessing to their OIM. bfsrts, and to tho Master's cnuso, will be woith uior.i ihun tho honor of boating the brethren of State. a ei-;i'r
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PULLING EVEX.
WE understood Bro. Graves to pledge the honor of his State that she would pull even with Mis-
sissippi ; but his banner trails, and the traces of his pallets are slack. In THB BAITIBT of February 20th ho raid, " mark the list and begin with this number." We did so, and up to this time, in the list of " Money Letteis Keceived," Tennessee has not been " even with Mississippi any single week, either in thia num-ber of letters or the amotmt of money; and the " Young Ous'd," up to April 17, in Tennessee num bera 40, and in Uississippi 5L But the Baptists of Mississippi have not laid out half their strength ye t If a kind Providence farors the people with good crops, and the hoped f^r change in the political situa-tion •hottld come, Mississippi can double her list without an t f f jr t by the close of this year; and this Is an 6) ject greatly to be desired. Let tbo number of readers of THE BArrisr be doubled, and a new
SIH TILERY BAPTIST VOSVESTIOS •^HIS body meets in Charleston, S. C, next Thurs-
day. Although we deny ourself tho pleasure of being pioaont, we fool nono the lets interested in the meeting. I t i a a meeting of great importance, and all the brethren should be interested in i t Wbilo tomo nro thoro in council, let all thoBO who remaiu at home remember them before a throne of grace. This has been a hard year on tho Boarda of the Con veution, and they have felt the pressure of tho timcB These Boards are composed of men who have been long tried, and have served well amid many sacrificea Each Board is composed of men who are good am! true, and who got no pecuniary compensation for their servicoi, and who are yet^ blamed sometimes by unreasonable men who have, themselves, made co sacrifices to help them in their arduous work. E&cb Board has an cflicient and faithful Secretary, and they have strugglod hard and faithfully. We believo both tho Boards aro somewhat in debt, but we sug gen that no man bail a right to grumble or complain at them who has not made an effort to heip tbem meet their rxpeofies.- An efBoienl pastor says, there are two classes of church members, the workers and tho grumblers, and the workers never grumblo much, and the grumblers never work much. Tho workers in t h e Master's cause will not be likely to grumble at these faithful men. The Boards have been at work, but their expectations have not been met in the way of supplying fut3d% The brethren generally may not bo to blame for this, for the times have l>««n very pressing. Times have been hard, and it may be that hearts have been hard, yet we aro not disposed to judge or condemn. Lot all pray for hotter times, but above all for bettor hearts; and let nono forget to offer special prayer for the Convention while it ia in session. We await with eager anxiety the reports of the meeting. >^everal brethren will be there from Mississippi, and wo hope some of them will give us A brief report of the meeting.
I Ol'R PAPER AQAW.
S thero a Baptist in Mississippi who is not proud of our papor in its now form and dress 7 We think
it handsome and convenient Wo cannot believe the friends of sound religious literature in the four States that are specially looked to to support it will fail to keep It up in its present size and form. Indeed, wo desire to see it better still, and Bro. Graves is determ-ined to make it just as good as its supporters will en-able him to make i t We judge others by ourself, and Bupposfl many are in regard to the paper some-what like the man of whom nearly all our readers have doubtless heard, o f whom it is said he was t<K> lazy to work, and his neighbors inet to bury him alive. Putting him on .. cart, they started with him to the graveyard. A kind neighbor met them and inquired what they were going to do with the psor man on tho cart On being told that be had no breid, was too lazy to work, and they thought the best thing they could do for him was to bury hiin, he replied that he would rather give the iioor fellow a turn of corn than to see him buried alira The Isxy man roso slowly on his elbow, and coating a sleepy look on tbo kind neighbor, inquired plaintively, " la i t i h e 11 e-d 7'' " No," replied the ne!gi)bor, " but you can aooa shell i t" Falling back to his former position, the lacy man drawled out, "d r i TO o n b o y a." Now Bro. Graves has given ns a good and beautiful paper for a very low price, but could not he stitch and cut it? It would be 89 nice; could be done quickly and cheaply by machinery, aad would oava the reader the trouble of hunting up a needle and thread, and opening a
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MAY 1, 1875. T H E B A P T I S T . 67 knife, or getting pair of sciesors. Then we want the latest prices current, aod a few other thlnga Let nil work for tho paper, and thwe improvements will be doubll.wm adJed by and by. Let us work for it, and hope on, hope ever. Baptists of Mississippi! ttivad to your colors You aie IcMiug th« way in tupporting the paper, and we have no idea you will fall back to second rank. We intend to make the Miwistippi Departmant beltor and better (D. V.) until July, and then the brethien in Co iventiou will say what they w a n t W« clone as we l egaa: Is there n Baptint Iu MiEEi-HBippi vvlio i« not prouJ of our paper in ita new form auil dross Y
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jVll ' ' Ivtpoujivo Coraujilleu of Itio Hoard of Trui-tn-i o! ibo >>(•[,hiiua Homo aro uiwler iho pain-
ful n."ce6aity of Ruuouncinj; to the ptiblic the nuHpen-Mou of iHiit noLlf iiistilutiou, a-iti tbo disperBion of tir bflpk«HH luuMlci wh«rever tbcy can get homes.
Tlie in»titution ij wiiLoul money, without supplies, tYiibout credit , an'J lu tbia condition no other alter Ddlive i.'( left u«. l i in i)? llio Bftdest duty wo have EVRR bi'ni C-IIIKI on 10 le i io im in connection with itiia iukiiiiji iixi A t> t.biu tbc .Superintendent and hia hiiiiorJiQ'iiiia i>lttiJielea.-. i-i tbis mailer. It was no fttull of tbi'.ra. A wiorw dcvoleci iir.d Belfeacriiioing Bel ol iodivhiutiU i-au ucftrcfly found anywhere, mkI i>[i!'ci!il.ly ilo wi' ilpfirf 10 aitfst tho integrity, Jllijimicy aii'i i't)».rf;y of llir Nupenutendent, it >>' Hail
lUii iiH upiieal.i, niid our appoals tu the public, and eai'i-oially to il!« iiiiiiViMi iJ.-ii.fnimatiju, who aro the obiirtori<l osvuersof tlio Home, vvirsi irinflectual, and the couinbaiious for iho past sixiy days have been aln-.oii uotbiny , and miib du old inJobledncis haug-iog over ii iia credit was destroyed i\nd we driven to tbo wiJ i l tojuativo of suspending.
Wu ask tho crcditorii to bo patient. Tbo ossottii aro abuudanily sufUcienl to pay all indebtedness if properly manured, bat if luit bo brought it will necussitate pulling tho corpofrttion into bankruptcy, and in that event it would not pay Out. i n the mc^an-timc wo ar.suro the creditors that tho property shall ba preserved and no preference givou to any creditor, bul all sbatl share alike.
In tho meantime, tbere uro twenty five or thirty liitlo children not yet provided with homes, and it may bo scvend weeks boforo they cau be, and we appeal to the public in bubalf of thcHO to send con-tributions oJ food for tiiom thai tbey may not go away hungry.
Tbo Home baa pf-rformcd iu miEsion. It raised and educated hundreds of orphans of Confederate sobliers, and with that tho poopio loat interest in i t ; and while wo fondly hoped it would bo perpetuated as a living memorial of tho heroism and patriotism of our gallant dead, and (is a homo for tho homeless, yet wo do not reproach ony one, though no doubt if the whole people of Mieaiiaippi could FCO tho anguish wrung from the hearts of these children, their tears, their sighs, their parting embraces, as .day by day they leave, we doubt not there would be thousands who would indulge in self reproaches deep and last-ing. But we feel we havo done our duty, and to Ood and the public wo commend them.
The Superintendent will remain in chargp of the properly, and such of 'ho children as can' t get homes, and we beg the pcoplo in tho namo of humanity,
w.« should pray to tb« Lord i o o h ^ g e the heart* of our rulerii and those in autbority over ut to I o n justics and mercy, and (p rule in th« fear of God for the good of our country. The Iiord ia a tower of strength to the Christian, aisd "all prayer" ia hU strongest wt»apoki, and wo cannot be too im^Huns io in prayer for our oppresied country, for lAen U a power in the prayer of faath that Calls blessings from ftbovo.
I t has been said that the Queen of England was moto afraid of tho prayers of John Knox' than of all tho arm'es of Euro)) *. H ? was a man of prayer, and he ottd hi« followore prayed that they might bedel i r -t r f d from tho porsecuting power of their rulisrs. 0 \ j ono of those seasons of prayer, it is said, John Knox !\i0i:0 fiom his knees and e.xclatmed, "deliverance h.i.>i cjmo, dciiverauce has c o m e ! " l ie felt in b'ls ho.v. i that God had heard and answered his prayer &l that time, he did not know how ; but in a few days iho death of the Q leon WM announced, and l)y her death the persscuting power was .stayed, and relief wLs brought thtreby to th040 persecuted followers of Cbri.-t 1 do nut nuppoio that Knox and his followers prayed for tbe death of the Queen, but they prayed for dciiveranco from persecution. Dsllvsranco was what bo wanted; for that ho prayed, and Ood brought them dclivrrance in his own way and at bis own appointed time. It would not be right to pray for tbe death of rulers, but it is right to pray for deliver anco for our bleeding and oppressed country and trust in Ood to bring it about according to the coun-eel of his own wi)l. Tho hearts of our rulers, and of all men, are in tho hands of the Lord, and he can '.urn tbem about as plcaeeth him, and bring us relief as Bcemoth him good. Docs not our condition call for much earnest prayer ? j i; n.
ofBMin and t M c h m ft cpMiit opoupittoe on that work, with power' own offioara, and w n -duct the c^bool in t ^ h » mannw'm mM oomntttM mtjr deem best oalovlaied to adntoee tli« Redctuatr'a ittngopia..^ .. •
to iMriat M flu M potaiUe in iim SimdadNtdiodI work, by tiiehr preienoe, by t b ^ W i M , tbitfr i^Bi^thy 6ad by thdr financial nipinrt! that b e l o n g io direct and tnaUiit the wbool, ia order thrt ssatribntiona from the < ^ d r e n may go to tbe profM beaentlent objeota of the jenomtnatton, aad not to UieiKOwn benefit direct, ' iv
yr.\j>Ay-soirooL ANJ) ciiURan. r n i l K rvlation of tho Sunday school to tho church is i ft matter rofiuiiing serious consideration. That
there ought tq be a Sunday-school in connection with ovi ry churoh, is a proposition which surely need not now bo discussed, it is almost uniVorsally admitted. Thero is nomo difficulty, however, in deciding wbat tho connection ought to be; and good brethren differ much as to the host plan of conducting the Sunday-school work. Not a fjow favor the idea of an inde-pendent organization, carried on by volunteer workers on their own responsibility ; others contend that tho churoh should havo at lesft some sort of supervieion over tho Sunday school, if not direct ooia* trol.
In detcrmiuing this matter, it would be well first to agree as to the obiect of the 8u nday school. If it is simply for the purpose of instructing tho young in tbo general truths of the Sorlpturo), independent schools can perhaps be made as offeolive as ainy others; bul if tho children aro to be shown tho way of life more perfectly, it must be dona by those who "have pissed from death unto life; " while if doctrinal truths aro to be distinctively taught, the oflicera and teachers should be selected by the church and bo under its absolute management These may appear to bo small distlnotions, yet they are real dis-tinctions novortheleai.
Many ot our churchoa fail to take bold of the San-day-Echool work as they should, often letting it drift along in any sort of foshion, without realliing that they are reeponsible for it' conduct No action in such cases is action! It were far better to have some
. „ _ . , . say as to who should be intrusted with the work, send of supplies tufllcient to feed them until the I even if a member fails to seo that it Is his duty to en-Bapiist Stole Convention meets in July, when the g^go in personal labor himpelf, he cannot alter the
WHO WILL r.LANTA PA70M FOB TUB Lp$D f
I HAVE heard of a f w d old bK^ber who planted a " patch for tbe Lord," and who fiOd tb*t when
he cultirated this patoh be felt that he was frorlMog for the Lord; he aoQgand prayed and felt happf in the Lord; that tbe I«wd .watered Ua P»teb» and i c hia goodnen oent the n i a to water h b field, and'be mad«|a food crop. May not tbe frnitfttl leeaoaa and thn bleising be wiUiheld from tu beoatue ire do ao Utile for the catiae ot JesuaT When we pieat BO patch for the Lord,4)UT aU for octrselvet, we binpe.,BO heart to give to tbe liord, and God beholda otu oovet-oiu spirit and withhold* hia bleesing.- "TbeiteUUwt witbholdetb more than is meat, and U teodeth to poverty." May not thi* be the reason fortbe fiilure of our crops and for dur poverty? Our .Heavenly Father sees and knovis our worldiiness, tbfit if hia blessings were showered upon u>, like Jeibnrun, we ahoold " wax fpt and kick." That good old brother, after he had gathered the crop aad sold it, pat the money into the Lord's treasury. Who wiU do like-wise? Who will plant a patch for the Lord T
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property will be disposed of in Eomo way, and the debts paid, or it may be, fome plan will bo devised to resume and continue Iho institution.
S. P . KKNSKDY, Executive Committee, \ A. H. SSIITH,
W. H. HARPy.
1)0 YOI: PRAY FOR I'OUR COCXTRR I
AS Christians we rejoice that the " Lord reigns," and we bolicvo that aa a father tho Lord pitieth
those that fear him, and. that he will withhold no good thing from them that love and fear him. Are we not encouraged thereby to pray to the Almighty for our suffering country, that he may rule our rulers, give wisdom to our people, lind cause them both to do right, thLt pease.and prosperity may again reign in tho land? Solomon says, "tbe heart of the king (or ruler) is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water he tumeth it whither he will." . " He puUeth down and putteth up whom he will," and as Chriatiana
fact of responbibility. To oppose Sunday-aohooU, or unnecessarily to cramp them, is a terrible reeponai-bility for any one to Uko ; brethren should think well, and pray earnestly for direction before adopt* ing such a course. On the other ha>»d, not to look after them at all is a very great responsibility, for heresies may b£ taught, and the seeds of diaaention sown; leading to incalculable evil rcaulta. In the absence of a better, the following plan of cooperation jus t agroed upon by one of our most flourishing churches, is suggested. A previous act of the oburdii a year or two since, had adopted the flondaiyHichool and tho officers thereof had been eleci«d under the act, which had not worked aa well aa wai hoped aome good brethren not fancying the nanafemeat and expense of the school, though Uking no ftepa to correct it. nor enga^ng iiJ ita labore and dtitieethem-
"^^Buolvcd. That the action of the church adqptlngtte Sunday-school be ao far modified as to constitute il4
OBITUARl'. DCATU is atlll oalllng near and dear on?B away from
oarth, leaviBg us to monm tksir lass. J. H. Pritchsrd dUd March the 1870, at tho rMldsnoe of his Bon, Dr. R. JS PriUhard, agsd 64 ysara. He had lo^g bean a msmher of tbe Baptist Chtioh. Ho Is now, we bops, gone to receive hia reward oa high. Ho enff»r*4 long on earth from dropsy, and bore his anffeHng with fsrtibtde; an4 when ciJled to bid this world adieu h« waa Willing to obey his Bitvior, for he felt that he oonM meei him iu peaoe. He passed awajr/U „eala aa the close of day. Why should we mouni:,for thoae that wo know art guno to rest ? He spent about slxty year» of his life In in-strustlng the youth of otir oenntry In aaerid,itiiowlodge, and exh.bited great patienM in i l l thloga.' It wM he who first and last gave me inatraotion at sehooli ' All who knew him'leved him. Ho leaves many nb^^^ and friondi to monrn his lois, amoog whom'^ate two daughters and two aons, Dr. E, B. Pritohard and Bev, II. Pritohari. A DavoTan QaAinAtreaTaa. i
DIXD, at her resldenos in Tippah eoahty, lilUl., on the 9th of October, 1874, Mrs. Alloe Morgan. Slater Mergan was born in Davidaoa oounty, Sf. 0., on the 27lh of No-vember, 1814, emigrated to Mississippi In aa early' day with her htubapd, Jaoeb Xorgaa, who preoeded her t« his reward. Sister Morgan was a momber first of Rooky Mount Baptist Churob, and afterwards of l i t Hebron until her deatlt. The church, society and the oommuilty have suffored loar, and her bereavad flMoilyra. greatlr loss. But we aay "weep not aa.thoae whe have no
for she died at her poat iriampUog ia the faith and hope of a hlesasd immortality, A. C. V.
DIED, after a abort illnesa, with pneumonia, a t hia rosidenoe in Coahoma county, Mias., March J. Bt John.- He was born in Halifax coniitgr, Ya., Augtiat tbe Sth, 1822, profesied Csitb in Chri«t in 1872, and was baptized into the f<ilh>wahip of Frier's Point Churoh by £ia. L. Ball. Though adVM«,eJ ^ years before giving his heart to the Savior, yet be aerved Um with toal to tbo Iiour.of hia death, and then he fj)ll aaltep and is now at rest He Is a loss to hi* ohuich. Ho left a wife and five children ;<but our loas Is bla e l e r ^ g a l n . May God find it eonaistent with hia justice to aave his family unbroken in heaven Is n j prayer. a, ». w.
'MAaKiKD.>Oa tbe 11th of April, at tbo retidenoe of tbe bride'a father, by Eld. Alex. A. Loii^ax, Kid. Daalel Kin«, of DIxcn county, Oal , and Hiss Maiy A H m i s , of Oopiab county, Mlaa. . A, A. T.
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WE miut not oonfottiidf ik^jfer foT Oi* dMd wit'ta t l t t t idoktrott^ dogmii of tlici Bbmlcb hientrobjrt
p r ^ i a g to the d ^ , or wordiiping th» u ln t i , M it" U • O I ^ ^ M ' I ^ ^ ^ T B I M IAT9 IRERJR D I S N ^ T THTDGI
in BocsUi i i ^ f p . Pnyor for t ^ d u d U daiigaed to help tbe purtatorikoi; pniyrir to the Mtol* of the dewl b mid to & |r(^at benefit to the wonhiper bimielf Or he'mlf; henoe, RomUh cit!e<, towns and eountriet h»v« p»teoo iaint». A more degrading IdoUtrj doea cot ezUt in India, or Ohini. Tbe cui-tomof praying for iho dead it much older than Kooianiim, ^nd was prompted by a verj diffarent be lief from the RomJih idea of pnrgatory; Indeed, this CQitom haa adrooatei who stontly oppo<e the dogma of purgatory, la a note, Dr. Hodge has tbe follow-ing in bli iff. yol, p. 753: *'Tbo Hon. Archibald Ctmpbeli . . . . aayt that all the Mthoritiea to which he referaftom among the £ogli*h biahopt and theo iogiant tide with him in defending pray era for the (iead and in denouncing purgatory." Romiih writera aro in the habit of olaitniag all thai the asdeti t i aaid abont prayer for the dead aa evidenoe of their cna-tom of praying for the dead who are in purgatory. They oiigbt to learn better mannera than tbii grow way thOjr t a v i of miartpresratlng dead saints.
T h i s otiulom among the ancients, • which is men-tiohed, I '^f^iere , first by TortuUian, differed very widely from the Romish custom of the present day. The aneWnt Christians pray«d for both saint and sin* ner, the good and the bad alil^ei for those in boll as well as those In heSTen. This we iewn from Cyril, Epiphuins, Ohrysostum and Aagostine They gave as reasons for this oostoni, that the joys of heaven, though greats were in this way ic>9reased, and the paios of hell, though never to ceate, were mitigated.
While this custom of the ancienls baa not a syllable in the Bible to support it, being wholly of heathen orig>Di T^t they furnish no aid or comfort to tjieso modern. pervertors. Fortunately ancient liturgies have reached a> which are ascribed to James, Marie, Clement, Cyril and others, containing forms of prayer for prophets, patriarchs, apostles, evangelists, martyrs confessors, and the mothw of QodI What Romish^ lituigy has any of the«e, or similar formiof prayer for thesnCTering in purgatory? Or, Were prophets, pa-triarchs, apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, and the Quera of he&ven in purgatory those hundreds of years T, No I These ancients had no conception of a popishpvgatci-jr, nor of the treasury of the charoh. *'Modern Romanists do them groa injustice when they cheaply'.'^assert that they nhaniiaously taught Ro-manism." But just here Peter Pent outs the Oor-dion kno t : There ii more need ot divine tradition thenofsMredSbriptnre." What now cannot these pious people prove when they are the sole masafac turerspf this preoioiu article, and have the only means of knowing when it is divine T " for whatever the Cfttholif obnroh holds or declares as such, is to 1)0 r e g ^ e d a« tradition." With snch a nice sense of disCTin^aUon as this many otiier troublesome qaes-t lou w e settled (as holy bones, holy winter, eta), beiidea p ta je r for the dead.
Mo wonder this Dalton father could assert so learnedly that "neither R D. Miller ner J . W. Driper, nor any One else has proved that all which Jesus did and said is written in the Bible." Now, this b provoking, coming from one who is a full father in Uie manufacture of local or universal traditions, «hich are "more needful than lacred Scripture." But, sir, I can prove, in aplte of your manufaotory, that ther* it enough written of what Jesos did and said" to secure eternal life to every believing aooL John fivea oa'the object for writing his gospel in t h b langoage: " But tiiese are written Uiat ye taight be-lieve that Jeans is the Chriit, the Son of Ood; and that believing ye might have life through his name." —John zjc. 31. A ^ n in this taine gospel we read : "That'whosoever belleveth in him should not perish but have eternal lif&"—iiL 19. Bead onise more UL 3G: " H e that believelh oh the Son hath everlastthg life: and h e that beleiveth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of Odd ftbideth on him." In 2 Tim. iiL 15-17 we read: " And that from a ohild (why can't this be a ^ of your people T) thoii hast known the holy H«?iptar«s, whioh aUe to make
«thee wis* anto salnibm, i h r ^ h &ith, whit^. la in Christ Jesoa, All Sorilptare la jpvoii ^ inipiratiim of Ood, and to |»aiis44» ^ doMrine^ for rvroof^ lor osrrwttoB, lor inatraction in r i g h t M o n e a t that the aaanofOod may be perfect, thorongbiy fiimfalwd cnto all food works." Now, with KU your traditions,
penanoes,"good works, etc., drawn aronnd you, ^<sd this wit-^n admonitlbu: " I f any msA shall add unto tiiese things Ood shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book." Your tr»dltions are additions to holy Scripture, and in their very infancy and fewness of numbers were condemned in unmeas-ured terms by such men as Justin, Irecoius, Turtul lian and Basil Listen to Just 'tt: " I f we will be safe in all things we muit Qy to the Scriptures, no must believe Ood only, and rest wholly oa bis instruc tions, and not on men's traditions." And Bwil: " I t is a manifest deSootion from the faith to bring Koy thing that is not written"—i. e , in Qod'a inspired book.
For this custom of praying for the dead, wiiich, it u said, infers purgatory, the Bibio is silent Rozaan Ists, however, never fail to quote 2 Maccal.oes xii. 43, 46 as a divine warrant for this custom. To this authority, it is believed, the oVjections are insur-mountable.
1. Tbe book il non canonicfti, non inspired, and consequently of no authority in matters of faith. The author himself la js no claims to inspiration, ile says in concluding: " I also will here make an end of my narration, which, if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired; but if not Bp perfectly it must be pardoned me." " Its canon icity," SBJ8 Cardinal Beliarmine, "was rrjeoted by tue Jews, doubted by tho early Christians, and denied by Cyril, Jerome, Uiisry, Rufflnus, Gregory and tbe Council of Laodicii"
2 Th?s book approres, or rather coramendi, eui-cido.—2 Mac. xiv. 41, 42 Tbe Djway Bible has tiii. blasphemous note on Rasias' attempted suicide: . " And that can no otherwise be justified than by aa extraordinary impulse of Ood, ihe sovereign master of life and«death." Does tho Uoijr Ooo prompt man, under any ciicumstances, to commit suicide? ThcEe pious pastors say he does,
3. If Judas did here what his Englieh dress maiics him do, wh!ch,-faowcver, will not beaf examination, what law of Moses was he following ? The infalli-ble Pope can't find i t Then how dare any one imitate this Judas, who has set aside the law of God th.kt he might follow a heathen custom 7 You had much better, Mr. Tanquerey, as you have as much right, put Plato, Virgil and Fenelon in your sacred canon, and tho Koran, too. Thete will furnish you invaluable references, by way of proof, in praying for tho dead. For the holy Bible tells UP, " But the dead know not anything, neither have tbcy any more a reward." Your prayers, according to this old book, are utterly useless. The dead know nothing about yeur pious murmurs for them.
In my next I will examine your doctrine of venal and mortal sin. This will bring up your "jocose lie:"
Uolly Springs, Miss., April, 1875.
SUA'DA r-SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
TUE Sunday School Institute of the Chickasaw As-sociation will convene with the Salem Church on
Friday before the fifth ^ r d ' s day in May, The following brethren were appointed to write: Eld. W. W. Finley—The systematic study of the
Scriptures, N, M. Berry—The importance of Scripture knowl-
edge in youth. Eld. Martin Ball—Importance of piety in youth. M. li. Henry—Duty of superintendente of Sabbath-
schools. Eld. J , T. Pitta—Why do Sunday schools fail 7 Eld. J . Smith—Scripture authority for Sunday-
schools. Eld. Jas. Boswell—The origin and history of Sun-
day-schools. C. H. Short—Duty and importance of young ladies
and gentlemen attending Sunday schools. Eld. O. W. Potter—Excellency of the Scriptures. Eld. D. C. M: Bigham—The knowledge of JMUS the
best of sciences. E. H. Brewster—The way for every churcU to have
• good Sunday sohool. ^ d . J . M. Qray—The authenlinity of the Scrip-
tores. Prof. J . L. Johnson—Oi^ections to Sunday rchools
Miswered. Eld. J . 3 . Gambrell—The best way to keep country
Snnday-Bohools alive. F. K . Terrdl—Tbe dutv of licensed ministers to
take hold of the Snuday school work. -Kid. J . T. Pitts was ohosen to preaoh the introduo-
torr aannoo. BiwUrno, let us begin sow to prepare our essays,
tbat ws may all have our hearts fall of the work when mvcmL • Attend our Institute, Bra Johnson, and we will seoond your motion. M A B T I I I I«. B A L L , Seo'y.
Arkansas Department. ItMCbrWlac jbosK •tikk* tTtrjUilag bead to l:i« ri>ll{»cm, mj
»II01T nUaka to I>*I!>1 U Botklof.—J. Ii. ikmu " Then- U no stJilI* (frouBd Wtw««i CttheUo* •nd Cuptli;*. \ >i
eh* tocU practklQi BJ»ai iprlnliUtiS «•• hraaehes or oOWhontJ! of is. 0«!hollo«llT» tww, Hat) U<ey »«> »Hb It p»rf.>v«?s of lU reot •niS r»t. BI«»»" (T. J«<»»L*TT>).—Bv. E J T . J . T . T L H * « « » . B p . of t>WfHl.nr«.
LETTElt FROM AUfSTlN.
DEAit RAl'Tl.ST:—I want 10 compliment ycu » little, let. I will say relative to your RppenrRt.co
in your new form and dre.xs, well done. Who cotuj have thought eucL an impiovoinent could bo toade tbsse bard times 7 1 doubt wheiher any otiier num could Lave dOiio it ucdrr all tbe disadvantagps exct pi its presenl edilor. l a m dpiigiitcd with it, boih tlie enlargement, tho change lu form and ito pent nU p.j pearacce, but e»pocially its lualtof. How can !i Baj' tist do without it 7 We 11! know tliat tho times arp hard, and very little money in our country, but Bur.--ly we ought to divide with TUB Brethren do try make a little gscrifice. Come fciaterB, TOU can ppaic a little sjmetbing, « few eggs, a little buttor, or chicken®, or aomo trlflo that wiU bring ono dollar.ntid that will get tbo paper for (iva montiis, whicii will bring fall, and better times, which we tniiit (iod for and then you can extend D.Hi't let " our old br.i)cer trail in the dust." Make an ciVorl "A stronj; pull along pull ftcd a pull altogether, and " t!u» h< will come," (lod help
2 Tho Difcussion, It is nni sing to too how Bro Dcncan ban "driven Eld Fain lo tlu< whil, ' nad luvrv so lo see how how he holds him tliero Eviiry one ol Eld. K'.i artielra which 1 read, (snd i ruul tbem all closely and criiically,) I wonder if be w>ll not get ashamed ot his bare BBuertiom, and qui', at ihat and in the next bring tome proof, but alas ! the uc.ti is <<i the earae eorf, bare a8.«»erlion without proof. And bow many tiniCB be has introduced "Arminianistu I can not tell, but in nearly every aiticlo. 1 wonder if i.i-ever contrasted Arminiactsm with Aotimisaionifin, and Bscerttined which was tho most ru inoni to tho cause of Christ and the eeivBlion of sc-l t? 1 wonder if Eld. Fain ever rcada the 3d Uenfral Episilo.of John; wonder if be knows any man or ret ot rorn after tho order of DiolrepbesV Again, 1 wonder if bp does not know that there aro a plenty of living witneeses to tho fact, that his sort acted the part of DiotrephcB thirty five and forty years ago, wliorever they had the power, i r when tho question of min sions distt^rbed tbe feUowsbip of a church or Aesocin tion,and the Anties were in theaacendeDcy, that they thrust tho tfliBsionaries out, and would not receive mrFEcngers sent by such bodies 7 1 wonder if ho knows anything of the time when Peter S. Gaylo wa; refused tho privilege of preaching tho annual sermon before his Association, in Middlo Tennessee, in tbo year 1832 or 1833, which he had been appointed to do one year before 7 and that on account of his mission spirit, and cot on ticcount of any fundamental doc-trine of Christianity, I give th is csko aa an example, there were many others. Again, I remejiber well that in tho year 1837, Ben Weaver, who was a mem-ber of Eussells Spring Church, Haywood county. West Tennessee, anked I'or a letter stating that he wan apposed to missions, i he wanted that f a d stated in the letter. Tbfa church granted the request. T o r e -verso tho order, I wondt>r if Eld. Fain's sort of Bap-tist wot:ld have granted tho request 7 E;«L Fain's course on Arminianism reminds mo of Bro. G's cur who oty^e ran a squirrel into tbo hole in a stone wall, continued to go ibere and l»ark for many days, while the squirrel had passed through and gone. Now it is true that in the agitation of tbe mission question years past, that some Baptists drove too' lar into tho extreme of human agencies, and rah somevvhat into Arminianism, and on tho other band, the Anties (some of them) ran into lataliero. But the Miiwionaries as a body have ever been vound on all tbe fucdamental doctrines of Cliris'«anity, church polity, etc, as tfceir history will shot^. lu conclusion, I would say thai there is too much light, light of Christianity, in tho world for Eld, Fain to pain his point in that way, by crying "Akminianiam." Poor man, he ha^abad cause. Go ahead Bro. Duncan. I( J. COI.CMA.S*.
Austin, Arkansas, April 20th, 1875..
THE D/V/mTr 01' JiAPtlSM.
FI R S T , Baptism LI divine in Hs origin. Kohumon authority enters into the institution. "There was
a man sent from God whoso name was John." John i. 6. " The word of God came unto John tho son of Zuharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance." Luke iii. 2, 3. "And I know him not, bnt he that sent me to baptize with water." John i., 33. From these passages we see that John the Bap tist was sent ot God—the woi:d of God came unto
him, He was sent (tor a sptciai purpose) to baptize with (in) wateK
2 Ba;jti«m was instituted for a dtvino purpote. Tbe advent o f " the son of man " wat ai>out to dawn urmn tho world. Thii illustiious personage muX, Deeds be intrcductd to earth's n e ^ y millioBP..
What means will God choose to introduce his tou7 Will " the chariol of lareai and the horses thereof" d<'»cend with the " I'rincn ef the' house of BAVia " and 'manifest him lo Israel 7" No; Tor the'" voice of one cryiog u the wildcrnefs, prepare ye the way of the Lard," i» beard along the bucka of the .Tordan, and resounding over the hi)!« ftiid through tbe yalleys all eyea aro turned to tho harbinger of tho Messiah.
Intense interest u t .xcited. John is closely qucs tionetl if ho bo not tho Chsist. Ho tells them plainly ho iit|not Anxious to know by what authority ho was beptiz ng, Ihey n»k bitu why baptizest thou then if thou bf not that Chrift? His answer is easily given: " iiul that he (hould bo made manifest to Isreal therefore liai I eoiue bapt.zing with water." This wuij the p^culier »?iin<ioD of .Tobn. i t is here worthy of notice, tbiii wiiili> .Ti-hoviih uad under his control ail of t.Tc api>l;iiiiC!i3 o' ihe universe, and could, bad it pl-ii.'i ii h lu. imvc . lii his Son under a convoy of " tT( lvi' Ipvious of tinsels, ' yol ho selected our .Siivior'» h'lpiiniif.! (.ccision most tuitable to pub licly lull B.i iiis )u Tai^ is my beloved iS jn m wlio r. ! -m w . 1 pleaaed, ' were the words whioii cainc t'l jn* ilia ' < x''el!i>nl clary " when our dnir rcilt« ii;cT nro fi from the watf-rs of tho .Jordan. 'I'h'.iti wfi.s U.I i-aadp ' rniinife.'it to Isri'/il "
.i. iUpiif'in liriiig n divine oiigiu and for a divine pur',>oti!i vrr.H obtfyt'il 1 y th« Divine Savior. Withoul a rrcO}initic>n of iii" origin mid a full conviction of its iniportftuc^j r-n 1 purpO'-o, our .SAvior would not have sougiit. liii) or licanco al the hunda of John.
".Suil r il to bo no now, for thus it bccoruee us to fuifill all ligliU'O!! iK'K«," aro words v^hich Bufliciently bho«- iiov much iniportf>»e.o tbe San of (lod attached to thill insti'.u'icjn of heaven, and ought forever lo ailenco the c.viliiJt'of those wlio are coniilanily en-deavoring to di-cry an ordinanco foundetl in the caun BPIS of iiiliuilo wisdom
1 Rut ft.i before hinted, b.iptism wai sanctioned by the Divine presence. It i interesUng to notice the fact that at the baptir.m of .U-sua the triuue God gave his holy sanction. God tho Son received baptis.Ti, while (lod tho " Holy Spirit descended in a i)odily shapo like a dove upon him." And God tho Father prochiiiued Ironi above, " Tbia ie my beloved eon in wtom 1 am well pleneed." .Such a panction as this forever tots a seal upon the Divinity of its claim, and. should demand univcrsil ro:<pecl from all but the profane.
.") But biptiRm in perpetuated by Divine authority. Receiving the commijsion to " go into (Ji tbe world and preach tbe gospel to every creature," with tbe iDjunction that " that lie thai beiii voth and is baptized shall be saved"—tho apostles went forth upon their misiion; an i in tho record preserved wo tee how closply thoy obeyed the directions of their Lord and MaHter.
Churches wore planted, and through tho apoaths they were authorized lo continue tha eame gracious work, and thus by a gradual trauHmission tho ordi nance of baptism cornea down to us; tignificant and binding as when first it camo forth from the counselB of the infinite mind.
It is true that attempU have been made and are now being made lo destroy tho heaven appointed witness, bul with tfie stamp of Divinity upon it, it will live on when with ihe utmost confusion and shame shall havo converted its adversaries.
C Baptism belongs to Divinely prepared subjects. Jesus having given a cojimand for tho perpetuity of baptium, limited that command to believers. " He that bolicveth and is baptizad " was such a binding clauio in tho commiB?ion m to control the aposlleH in tbeir prjiclice. Wo look iu vain in the New Testa-ment for an example of admission to baptism without a professed faith in Chrint. The reason is obvious. Baptism being esientially an ordinance of the king-dom of heaven, it may only be received by subjects
' of that kingdom. But these are "not born of blood, nor tho will of
the fleah, nor of the will of m^n but of God." 7. A divine action must also be observed. Men
aro not left to tbtir own csprice in a positive or4i-nance of heaven. The example given prescribes tho action or mode as it is usually termed—a fact was to he symbolized, viz: The burial and reseurreotion of Jesus Christ ThU could bo done in no Way to ap-
propriately .as in the imaiMsioa th« h ^ v w . . Therefore weare a ^ d to be ' ' buried with. h i » i a ti ,m"—" planted together i© viJ!w:j,Jiik«b«sa © r . ] ^ death"—'»ri*<>» isrith him," liOndred tiwmf. How iscompei<oi the soMUfd bspt|M9* Pf tiaU are to represent the b^fora Ot again to aymboilse our death to sin and r ^ o r r M t i o n to a new life. Ti>e wisdi^ of the infinite flows vri^ supe.r<3a! beauty aa we behold this giariotts r«f!,Mtor of divii« ti-uth.
8. A divino ritual must be obseived. " Baptising them iii tbo numo of the Father and the .Son and the Hoi/ Ohost ' are terms euffioiently significant to clothe the ordinance with tha highest authority ia the universe. But this ritual belongs to no ot,^er action than tbo ono laid dawn in the word of Qod. I t belongs to no other subjects than those authorized to ba baptized MI seen in a former part of this paper. How often then is this satired ritual perverted and tho Rotiou proscribed in tha statute book of heaven litdirojed Y Moreover, if tbe propositions stated in tho kixih and seventh p-tragrapb^ of our present article be correct, (hen men are found a« false wU-De.s»t;», for they solemnly affirm that they perform a ccri mony in tbe narao of (bear it ye heavens and bo aatoniithed '>n earth!) " tbo Father and the Sou and tho Holy Giio.:'.' " when in point of fact they have no iuch authority. With theso reflaotions we leave the Bubiect with our readers. May the "spirit of truth " direct ue into all truth. A. M, R U S S E L L . ^
Forest City, Ark., April 2id, l.Hi.'i,
Louisiana Department. Btiolmd, Thai Tr« ii pimut TBI BAFTKT M cvr 6tat« oir»>
uu tho rollowInK conilttiiiBr, rlx.; 1. A roafoutblo portloBo(th«fBpfr •IIBII bo alluwrd t j rcpn^out cnr bcal IstermM. a, Thkt iho Mtali-ti'n iiiid othnr UopKita vl tbo .State bslniltab to write for laMpaptr,
S. filtra, Iboroforc, tliai wn do picdgv oa.-ieltM toMtvndthecirea-lutlou uf thv oijiaa thDii BHItoicU. ,
'urthormori-, that tiii. stilfty with nfclch TninarrmbM hiTHoforo h on ccudnctril—In i icompromUIng dptatueofionadgo*-pii: I i lcclpli-iaDdlltoiarr iiicrlti—oommoDil ltt9thsiifB0iDiMtl«««a ati« ul Iho l>v>t llviug MpoBODtt ot Baptlatfaith.—La. Btalt Ommticn.
COMMEND ATORV.
INASMUt'H as Eld. A. T. Farrar has left his native State for a horns in TesM, as a new field of labor;
and, in vietr of the fact that his lot will be cast among strangers, as such ho will bo required to establish a reputation as a citizen, Christian and minister; bo it therefore known to all
That wo havo been intimately acquainted with Bro. Farrar for several years post, that ho was reared and educated in the State of Mississippi, that he em-brae d religion, joined the Baptist church, and subue quenlly wa^ orilaincd lo the work of the ministry by the church nl Lauderdalo Springs, Miss., and in every respect stands high in tho estimation of his numerous friends. Wo therefore heartily and cheerfully re-commend bim as ^ high toned gentleman, worthy ciiiz>n, pious and devoted Christian, regularly or-dained Baptist minister; able rxponent of Bibie truth, and thoroughly Baptistic in faith and practice, and solicit for him a happy home, hearty wislcomeand great itucceHS in his new field of operations.
Read and adopted by Zion Church (of which he was a tnembpr), Sumter county, Ala, April, 187.5, and ordered to lie sent to T H E B A P T I S T for publication.
J . K . R T A N , Pastor, Committee,G. E BRUXSON, Deacon,
H. CuLpgrPEn, Deacon.
Iii:ilAl-TlSM-AN ANNIOUS INqVlRV.
DEAR BArr i .ST: -Somo good brethren are dis cuBBi'ng very learnedly in your columns the
question of rebaptism, but I have not seen anything yet iu their writings that satisfies my mind upon some controverted and doubted points, which, when settled, must, I think, close the controversy, I do not write this in order to get into their debate, bnt, if pofsiblo, to get them to throw a littlo more Scrips tural light into their discussion, and let it shine this way. I submit the following for their consldera-lion : , . .
I. is captism primarily an ecclesioaticu admrnis-tr.ition or a personal act of obedience—the individual afaswer of a good conscience toward God 7 1. If the foimer, then is baptism valid in any sense except when administerfd by a jost and legally oonstUttted successor of the one holy apoitolic ohoroh T and, if so administered, ought it ever, under any oiroamstaiioes, be repeated again ? and what are the easenUal 8«rip-tural distinctions of such a ohurch.to-dajr 7 2. If tbe latter, then is the ohoroh ooacemed m j - further tlun< to approve the candidate's profession and repeatMioe,
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^ f i m m e n i ^ % ^ iu &dr i ^ w ^ ftv aik^t<4io ^cumj w Ir-^ g i ^ ^ . I f i s ^ o i u j S i ^ l ^ ^ w ^ j t e ' t t u r ^ objeotion ^ infiwit &en must we witbhOld r e h « p ^ ( ^ t j ^ h 0 1 ^ either wilAiUy^ i i t f e p ^ •pprO*^ it for h q P ^ ^ n i ^ f I i ' before converston 7 Iflttat the bad jndlgmeat or beg leot of a church in^mu^ « fi^ ( U ^ r ntoh IM One f r o m d i s o h a r g i o f a ^ O i i H t ^ d a ^ t B^AIHT.
April 4,1875. ' .'silK
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ticn^ OF Q^OE. bo hiM a "moititade of tender met^M for his children. The m m of his lotiug thotights
toward them is boyoitd Yoa oaonot count Uie beams of riob nml i fb t that j ^ u r dows in wondeiful profusion o m the « t t t ^ 4tt« fields iaad the forMts. Yott no the' g u t l e s s drops of water Uiat dUtii thetf frefhiaMs^iiioiDi * Qeedr earth; no rye t osQ you estimate the volamo of ixeth, puVeVif Which this Pl^tae Han^ faw Uii pilrejji^ for tho sHstenanoe of l^e.., gqin Kcd yott would ipdn « feeble oonoepUon o^ Ood'« " riches cf grace in <^ri»t Jeetts,".;
A princo, invites }|ou into his 09 every band are scattered fceautiful, t j a e m 4 delicious flowers and fruits; he bids yott to use them with an unsparing hand; what 'wil l y(m do? through the garden as a s h u l l ^ g robber, cUpping here and there, as by stealth, some r ^ »nd more trifling plKDt? or.will 70a dishonor ttie prihoe'a bid-ding by mock humbleness, 'wd with a "this is too good for m e " turn away and go from bim and his rich offer 7 Well^ that's the w»y wo do when Christ, tho king, ofr«rs as riehea ot gntoe." '
The Boyal Master brings us to hia palaoe door; he pauses at the threshold, bentows npon n his signet ring and bids as enter and bs rafi^Mhed. The door, at our knock, will fly wide open, tablea of snmptuous provisions, suited to • king's guests, wiU bf spread, regal robes will-be brought forth, and couoiies of softest do<M be spread for oor OMI Whftk liberality," wo exclaim. BaV-it i* kioglf to be liberid; he is able; he' is generons, n o b l e w h a t shall »ir« dp with the kbig's offer? We doa'^OMfTesaoh t|<HttmtDt; we aro not tho king's equals; we are ashamed-to be tuidsr such obligations to him; he'll lookdown OD ;«» with contempt, sotelir he eannot iefdiAn to honor ui to; .but thon the khig'a ways are above oura. If the king offers freely why not MMpt oheerAiUy bis favor 7 But we are not fit gueets of such ft . king, in such a palace. What thun 7 t h e king says, "en te r ; be ye Clothed, there are baths and; robs^ ieait yourselves, be at home in my palitce, all thiogs are yours." And so King Jesus sfcys to ns, "peace bo-lo yort ;" but unbelief says, " ah I but peaoe is not for tndh u I am," and the world says applaudingly, " what cruel humilitv." . • „
Faith says " I am justifiad by grace through Jesus, 1 have peace." Toe world's hands go tip in horror. "What presumption I" Unbelieving fveaknBSs says " I can't venture to say that I have deep Joy in God. I am very doubtfhl about my condition." Faith says " I lay hold of the promisee of God whioh are now to-day, yeA and Amen ia the blood of Jesos. I am jus-tified freely through the law of (9oi where blood cleanseth frost all sin. I say with Faal t h a t ! joy in God through Jesus Christ by tvfaoB we have received tho atonemeni" Jesos says, 70a nmember Uiat we should be earefol for nothing. T l u " full asstinmoe of faith" is notthemogftDtptesuimption of pharisoeism, it does not plead the merits of ieif, It la fall assurance that Ood ia whftt he porofessea to be, that his promises are made ia good f u t b u d wUi be kept eternally. " I am peraoaded-not that I am safe in myself; bnt that h e is able to k e ^ met" Feith m«kes God every-thing, man nothing. Unbelief rerenes ,this and while professing great hoeOtleBsa, and disdaimtng all enjoyment, aU privilege is r ^ l y worshipping aelf ftnd doming Ood'a tenth. I t wmstantly Unds iUelf by affected aelf-^epredftUon. Urif th-Heep WM a model of humUe j^fesaion^ get^^ftn cigotisk of the first water. The bridegroom katb nudo royal pro risioB^or liiB btida. 8ha IIMBUI put on •• her beanti-fol garmeots," h«r WNsely robea shoold be worn
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ouakmMmf B v l M k a M t t d ^ e i ^ o a i t i l l f r tk . t j^ j i m d
thy thi i^ I 0 4 V n l i ^ ^ S t i ^ y o o t n ^ l " aadrnM yo4 i ^ i ^ a i t tdl do^o^^^^^ lusd over in j ^ ; fi^ onwOTfty am I." Bai Bot i a r l ^ Mttoiple of God'* (nf l* to U19', ^jVoHfl^; tBo t>aniLCtiter,
iort of th« I m i oi iat i i e wiwiii, wiio ' irortBjr (o ckUe 1 »D ftpMtk" be mfntif of yoehC tiQirortbin«i^ east kit your cats on faint who oarall^or t&it. Tra»t him though 'unworthy, and the " «)l t h i a p " wiii. be y U i r o a g h Chri*t done.
V. « BMcMfMStMir JSJ^ VS, , W B ; f t r » ttow d M i U ^ of • of„it»n(hijp. Tht
.«il}i«« .th* 8U1, ioataat, Ivft oar ofeaieh hovM t ^aMS- of raini. "We greatly ftvl oar datiiatibn, yoiif kltj^ MpiU ba ((nteftally Mknowl^K^ ^A«d ft will iintia gli^ « MiVtaury-*^ • ptkM finr UiO u M l ^ i e of i M f W l ^ t t a
Dr. r . OoortiMy, of^Mt. UhMOD, u d our p u l w Eld.W, 0. M o r t W m r c q a w ^ to itlleU »«-eelie itiUMljftioiu t o tu (n rtbaiMltit om honte of
AMtow noy l t««m ts th* uiiw*i|n«d «om-w«nbr]^do»M)«n» n»y l t««m ts th» udtn ignad mittea at Amdi», Bt«avlll« P«rUb,
Dr. W. C. Paltartoa, Bid. D. H. Bart, J . J . HIiiBr, ' A. Bartodala,
i JoiUh Biylor, J if Qv Buttaa,
Arti^lii I * , AnriH6:h;i8r6. L«t everjf BaptUt Is Vorth Lbaliiana loiid one dollar
to help th« brethraa rebtlld'^thry aM poor, and you skoald fc'olp iiom.—Tlio. " ^
A S m i l e o r -^• v. „ -
A STimnnr at the Tfaeiriogted Somina^ at Andovor, who had an exeelkMt.o^nion of his own taltnta, and who, on eSH) ooetiSkm, Mik«d th« profeaaor of elocu-tion: ••• •I'^tJ ^'so.. •
" What do 1 MiiedaUy teed to learn in thia depart-mentT'^- fc • <
"You ooght flnt to learn to read/ ' laid tlie pro-fmior; • '
" Ob, I <iiii read BOW I" replied t)i« atndeni The profetkw h u d e d the yooof s TeHament,
and p0iatingl0'tii* twealgr-fiflh rane of the twenty-fourth ehaptt t o r ^ a k n i l i ^ ^ aaked him to read tha t TlM^atadent vMdr
" 'Then lie t a i d l m t o them. 0 foola, andalowof heart to S«{(aM4a! U w t t t e p M p h e t f have «poken.-"
" A V t a i d ' t t e pKifeiJor, were fooU for be-lieving the pro|>betii w«r« they 1 "
Of oounn that wan not righti and so fbe young n a n triedafatat: m ' - •
' • ' 0 and alow of <heKt to balieve all that the prophets hare fpokea.'f*^
"The prOphetB, then, Were aometimesliwaT" aakei iheprofe«MiiT.'« ' m -
*'No; ' 0 fbdla, a a d ^ w of heaH to believe all that the prophOt have apcken. '"
"Aooordisg to this reading," the profean)r auggeat-ed. the propli^eta were notoriona Uan."
This waa not a laiMMtory conoluainn, and ao an-other trial was made:
" • 0 fools, axut slow of heart to believe all that the prophets AoMtpoim-'"
" 1 see oow/'JfMd the profee^r ." the prophets wrote the tratb, but tbey tpok^ Uu"
The last orittoinn diieopraged the 4tudent, and he acknowledged thifclM did not know bow to read.
AoDJioin-iThe following inoident is said to have occurred hi a restaurant A m a a en t and the plaoe and ordered » vary elaborate dioner. He l iogen^ long at the table, and Badly woundup with a bottle ttl win& Then llgfatteg a* eigar he bad ontared, be leisnreljr nunliriBd u p to the Oodnter and said to the proprietor:
•• Very fine dinter , landlord. Josf^eharge It to me ; I haven't got a sool"
" Bat 1 don't kaM^yoB," said tbepropiiator,Indig-nantly.;' ^ : .-i.
' Of course yvw don't. If you bad^ yonmndda ' t have let nie Had Ittie diaiaw."
" Pay i t t for " A a d l a i y l ' e M i t j K ^ ^ v " I ' u see pmprietor, who
snatobed a pistol m% af a tfnnrffr, k ^ o r e t t h e
flboiheraiia w l b i r ^ tb« mao, woIsHniag, as be took a t b K b e * ^ « now see if yoo'U getaway witb thai
wMioat paying for it, yoa sooobdreL" I« tibai yoo bold in y o w b a n d ? " said tbe
I n p ^ f o i t s flOitemer, drawing b a i ^ "'Ptot,«l^,i«aplatoliSir. ' ' "Ob, that's a plttol, is (tf I doa't oare a fijji for a
pSatdl; I tbougbt ii was a^stomaoh-pump." Yovrarot V»w or Oxtv —A little boy in school ai.
Portland, Oregon, has gotten off the following luml-•oos view of "oxen." "Oxen ia a very slow animal. Tbey era very good to break np ground. I would n t l ^ have horaes if tbey didn't ba te ootio, whfob they say is wind oolleeb^d in a bnnch, which maka^it dangereisest to ke«p hoifae than oxen. If there were no horaei, people wood have to wheal their wood on
wheelbarrow. I t would take then: two or three days io whetl a oord a mile. Cows are useful, toa 1 beard tome people say that if they bad to be a ox or a oow, they would sooner bo a cow, but I think wiien it come to be milked on a cold winter morning, I think they wood sooner be oxen, for oxen don't have io ridfe calves. If I had to be a ox or a cow I wcod be a heffer, but if I oould not be a h( {for And had to be both I wood be a ox "
Ab old farmer ridiog a lumber wagon with his sor} wben passing over a rough place fell off, and coming into close contict with tbe wheel, be cried out, " My neck it broke I" Ilis ton txp'retsing some doubt as to the case being quite so bad, the old man responded with tome spirit, • 'Djn ' t you »'j)ot& I know!"
Os arriving at Calais, France, on her way to make the grand tour, an English lady wa^ surprised and somewhat indignant at being tevmed, for tbe first lime io her life, " a foreigner." " You mistake, ma-dame," said «be to the libeier with some pique; " it is you who are the foreigners. Wo are Eoglish."
A CLKBCiTUiK, accssted by an old acquaintance by the name of Cobb, replied: " I don't know ydu, sir,"
My name is CobS," rejoined the man, who\»aB half seas over. -'Ah, si^" replied tho clergyman, " jou have so much corn on you that I did not see tbe oob."
A USITER9ITT student broke through the ice of Lake Uoatana, t h i other day, where the water was only foor feet deep. When he naa hauled out and laiat upon the Ice, he faintly whispered, " Boys. I didn't care for myself, but I 'm engaged."
Bakbcr (who has ^ n rubbing away quite vigor-, eusly): "This isn't Bay rum, after all; it's my cough mixture I No idea how it got in with tbe oth^r bat-tles. Don't be frightened, sir; there's nothing hurt-' ful in it. Two-thirda molasses! "
EcoMOMiCAt. wife: "Oeorge, dear, don't you think it is rather extravagant of you to eat butter with that delicious jam 7" " No, love—economical I Same piece of bread does fo^ both I"—PuncA.
A Mixiaraa having remarked " there would bo a nave in the new e<li&oe tbe society was erecting," an old lady said " she knew the person whom he referred to."
Wb are told that " the even wore on," but we are not told what the evening wore on that occasion. Was it the "close" of a "summer day ?"
"C-C-C-CAS that p-p-p-parrot t a lk?" askedantut-tering man of a German, " Yen ho doa't talk to gooter as you, I schop his head off"
EASr OFFERS FOR THE UARD TIMES AXD NICE rSEMIUMS.
WE know that the times were never more stringent, and money so scarce, but we know also that it
was never more important for a strong, sound Bap-tist paper to be kept np, and kept up in Memphis than at (hit timei Memphis was conoidered one of the most important of the military posts in the South daring tbe late war. Catholics and Protestants regard it aa tbe mos^im|tortant center of religious influence in the whole fonth, and tbey are doing all in their power to occupy i t Tbe Metboditla of Tennessee, Mtssis-•ppi, Alabama and A r l ^ s a s support a paper here. Tbe ^esbytwians bave one. The Catbolioi bavo re-emUy started one, and last month' the Epitoopalians bfTe started a Witnm to maintain their views in tho SoathiMst flrom,tbia peiat, aaa 'evea the Spiritual-iitt have s t a r t s an organ here. Is there a possible ^(mbt that we ovght to have • strong, souad, aggres-a i i ^ well snpofivted pitper here to anUgonize the
a f i t t e s e f Th( teaohiagiof a f l t b esef ^ b e r e l s no to antago'ni 10 Baptist i interest
ctf iHGrelmpormdethan a weeldy B j ^ i s t paper ia I h b ocimneroial metropolis of tbe Sootbwestr
W« have eatablisbed, and through eight hard years of toh and sarrifice, without calling upon tbe <)enom> iiM^cm for one dollar, or witboot one dime's help from rdva te bretbren.we have condnoted tho paper through
fet^Ail visdtitndiHi at' Maiilenoe, flooda and dr<ngbt«, io tbia present time. In proof of our confidence in the good will of the Southwestern Bap-tists, aad their willingness to support this paper, even at a laetifict of tome of the luxuries, or even nommon-ly regarded neoefsaries of life, such aa coffno, lea, sagar, tolMOCO, eta , if necessary. We have onlarjtcil i t to iu present beautiful form, that to delights the eye and hrart of tU who have seen it. Wo bava donti so becaa^e we belisve that its fr iemb Kill (ind it <>a<ier to support it in thi« form than in the half-sbt^At— though the weekly expense will be fully treble. Thus placiDK tbe matter before our roadera wo mhho our e<uu offers for hard times.
f. For $1.10 vro will seud thn ptper for five montlii —without the gift; for $i.S5 with Bible Baplism.
2 For 76 ocnta we will send it, post paid, for thrto months, without, and for $1.00 with Riblo BaptUm.
3. For 50 certs two months, post-paid, wiiljout, 01 75 cents with Bible Baptism.
N01V thousands of brethren could &ni would spare SO cents, 75 cents or f I 00 to get the faper, and (0 help sustain it, who oou*d not well part witli Tu before ho realizes from- his wheal or fruit, or coiton. One dollar will carry n subfctiber till he can boI! a bale of cottOQ, and 7.) cents till he can aell wbcnl or earl} farm products.
Now we are salitried that these offers wiP, if oul; presented by ministers and active friendi, l)riug us three or four thousBod eubforibe.-s, and ripht now is tho timo we want tiicm, for tbe nutribor of $1 00 mil -scribers will triuniphanlly carry ub over tho live dry monlbfl, and wakr our i-bsskst iisi'novE.MKST < rERUASKST Kin-cKSB. Our hope ia in the public ami personal efi'orls that pastors will mnko to briu;; iho paper before their people, and we will make lo i»U Baptist miuistcrs this prbiKwitiou, in fitldition to uannl premiun t,
1. Wo will make a present of A Boiiy and Luxd Brack, pric? lo t!if> uiir.istir
who will send us the largest numtior of $'Jtii kuH-scribors, r.ciir or reneu>e-/, within thrpc montiif, iiud
Smith's Bible Dictionarr, worlh i'j, lo tho one ilini sends tbjR second largest list, and
Cruden'p Concordance for tbe liiirJ Urgcat Iml Bible Baptism will bo sent to each uow 8ul?-criV>< r
SUMMKR Bl'IT Ok- r.l.ACK Wo will send a nico suit of black to lUo ir-iiiihtpr
who sends us the largest libt of 10 Rub^cribers fore the let of June, and
A NICK nl.AfK COAT to tho one sending tho second largest list of 0<.) Eubscribera.
A KICK ULAI:E BEAVEB OR 81LK UAT to the ono sanding tho largest list of 7.')-conl bu1>--ecribers before the Ist of June. To any sister we will give a
NICE SCMMKIl OB FALL DONNKT A.ND DIIKSS TATTRRX who will send us tho largest list of twolve-niomb subscribers, or a nice bonnet for tho largest lial of
10 subscribero, or a nice dress for tho largest list of 100 subjcribers. Let some sister io ovory church engage in this laudable work. They will help the church and the causa They will help tbemsolvcs, and they will help tho paper. Tho presents will )>o sent on tho 10th of J u n e next—to somebody—why not to you f
A Q,u«sllan (o Voii. IIow much would you be willing to advance on
your paper to keep it up to its present aire and ap-pearance rather than to have it go back to its half-sheet? Send that amount this week without fail, and you will keep it there.
SERIKS OF SERMONS.
Th e New York and Boston pastors, to supplomeiit tbeirjsalaries, are delivering lectures upon liter-
ary Bubjects. To relieve the paper thia year of tbe expense of our family, we propose to deliver a course of four or five sermons fach week to such cburchcs as desire the course, and feel that tho.rc|o bet.r tho expense. We should be delighted lo visit Air breth-ren without being a burden to ibcm, but we connot. Those wishing a visit will correspond with ua.
aCnJECT!!—ON TBE CHUECn. 1. Tub Cunncn op CnnisT as Revkalkd in thk Oi.n
Testament— The Shodow of tho Tri o. 2. Thk Cnuncn ok Christ in thk New Tkstanknt—
The Family of God. 3. Tuk Divine Miaaios of tuk Cnuncn—
Tho Witness of Christ. 4. The Histobv of the Chsibcu—
I t has ever immersed on profession of faith, over been, close in all its oidinances, and has ever been persecuted— Ttio Beleaguored City
ON the five THBEEa The three Births. The three ItesurrectlonB. The three Baptisms. The three Jndgments. The three Witnesses
lbctdbks: "Hie Seven Dispensatiena The Seven Cbnrobes.
MAY 1 , 1 8 7 5 .
D R . O . M t A N E ' S
L I V E R P I L L S , roe THB ciiaB or
lloimlitiH or Livor Oomplaiut, . OYBPEriitAAirD&ICKUBA&aCaB.
Syiniitom.s of tt DiBcaisod Liver.
1).MJ< in tUa right side, witder tbe edge of tbo rioA, inorsascs on pressure;
• u-iiotiino) iho pain is in tbe loft tido; the {aii(!i>'. is rarely Bble to lit on tho left H lo; fuiuoliines Iho psin Is felt uader the BlfuUlEt-blaUc, and it frequetiUy exteads i > ili<>top of th6 shoulder, and is somc-I :u 8 mis'.nkcn fsr rfaenmatlsm in tho :,riij Tho »lomjio!i i j affected with loss , f rti.;icmo (luJ sijknwt; the bowels in ^t'iicrnl arc coSlivc, snmuUroes altoroatlve «iili I n ; lb* lio»J is troubled with pain,
•>.i:ipauioJ with a dull, hcary tonsstion ,„ I lie back part. Tfaers is generally a
I cUrabh'ioB3 of memory, accompanied ,. . !i a (iiiiifiil eonjiition of hiiving left Mil.no «-ti.cthiug which ought lo hnve
. r loK'i. .\ Blight dry ooujh la tome-•iH- an H.KU'.daiit. Tht (lalicnl nirop'niiiB
Ki/»riiicss !iud dthllii) , ho ih sasily ..iii ' l, bin feel uro to l j or burning, and
h.' OMinpliiin!* of n prickly Bonsntioo of iht kin ; liif splMU sro low ; niid although ho
-)i'.i-iii:d Ibu: fittr(i-.n would bu fconeflcia i ,'ii,y"t lie Clio Ecarcely 6u!iiiuon fjrti-
1 .Ti.iugli to ir_v it. !r. f.ic!, ho diitrusts . r vi ui '.Jy. Sovuriil uf Iho ab„vo symp-
•1'' u;i<! -il ihf discii'O, but cuaea bhvi) oi*-I whir- few of them ex <l>c', yd
xn . .11 )n of ih(! body, aftor detith, hae w t i l ' i.n KB I') tiiiv li<Pn fst'.'Miivflly
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|IK. ('. M H [ H EB riLl.-<, IN C.tSI? t .\i.i E .i.si) l'h\Kn, whnn l»on with 1 uninc, iiro pri.du;tivo of tho moft hapjiy
re -uit . No bettor cfithartic Caii be used,
|.'"pHriilory to, or afmr Uklni; (juinino. W.. would rtdviso all who ftro nfllicte<l witli '!ih di^mei' lo jrivu th'>m a f.mr thiai,
Addrp's all orders to rLEMLNQ nUOS., riTiginmon,l'A.
r. •. I'nlPn »n(l r(iy«lcl«n» ord»rlDg from :h«rsih»ii Flcmiim ISrvt.. will do w I! to*rit»
I ...N uraeri diitliK'tlr, nuiI (ol< him hit I>r. C. W «, yrrpnreJ by I'limiwj Vrai., TiU-iwti, I'a. r.. il.n>ii wlnhlnii tu fiTn tbdai • trial, will ftr .Til (XT ujAil, pofil. pnid, to iinj jjiirt of tlffi t/fiU'd
•• o. <• I«>I ,4 i'lllH 'nr Iwtlfi' th « •c»nl p«> i IK" Btamjiii. or OUI vinl of V«rm«fiig" for fiOrtcon il.t <'r..nt iitiini<«. All nrd«ra from Caaadit noit 1." rtiT impti.itHl liy twpnljr cwuti eltr*.
fu f) liT ntl V «jH"C'ft'jU< PrPi iUt* aud <*<tnnlry Store kt'ppor* Dr. C;, M JjUiio'h Veriniuigo, fii .lul l kspt li. ITITJ nurnerj. If you would i.»»f your cnlldrrn ((row uplo uo iicAlvni, »t»0!<0 ^iiin.i imiiM M»!> nud Woiit.v, kIto llirm a f.»
•M 1- A N E ' S V E U M I F II 0 E . >0 Kll'Iil. TlIC woajjl
•»-UE\VARK OV IMITATlOSfS. A 7 IS S 41 ttownrm
DoH't fsiiio Bro. Wo wajst t« i
tared.
j UaANDOs.—Y(b, wo will visit nfter the whoat harvest or Arsociatioas.
E. lATLOtt, Tenn—51.10 pays for flvo months with postage—send 10 cts.
J C. Smith.—Wo rislt no monqy simply iinilcd. Yours we rfgret to say was stolon.
J. E. MuariiEKS, Ala.—Bro. Bethel's posloflioo is Auburn, Tennosjoo.
A. M. Uv.<8Ei-t, Ark.—Wo wiil come (I . V.,) to the meeting at Forest Chapel on ilio f)lh Babbath.
H. C. lloBNEa, Tenn.—Il wa: a mistake of copying olerk. Yoii do not owe this oillce.—BooK-KEEi Ka.
A. Montaodr, 7onn.—Tell the brethren that tbe Thk Baptist weight nearly double what tho Union ami Amcricntt does.
L. J. Ni.\o.v.—Thanks for your postage. How greatly it would help ns if all would kutpay lioir postage. Wo have to ad-tsncfl It wioily for fail 6000,
bow ^s'-lt;:;; Tbaniis,
M. W. I'aiwsiT, Kajottt Comsr.—D-n'i give it ap, 8h«w the brelbroo ths ssw paptr and plead with tbeta tc sutlaia it.. Tell tbom to raito (1.10 at a time trfiO otS
J . C. TASuaoi-uH, Ala.—I should bt de-l i | h t ^ to ratisilT^roy and. Union Spriagt. It It only for the brMhea to tay if they oan afford it.
INTbs U. 0. LssTBa.—Wbero is yuar post-offiofl? Wc bavo been sending your paper pspcr lo Oxford, Misi. Will some of her friends oithtr send itor show this to h«r. -Clork.
I.. I,. PeiDta, Tenn.—Of courst the machine iiceps tho paper going, but iw don't know where you are. Qlad to know you ttro " at he mo '' You aro paid up to uad of volumo. 20 ceats rocsivtd.
A .1. llotr, Trias.—Your lottor is cn-liroly ciitliftioiory. We appreciate yoor friendship, and we kpow what you moan whc'D yi'U Sivy " struggHng." Wo will pri^ for you—and will you for us ?
To !IIau>-.—"Bible BaptUm" •luce tbe cnlarKctiiclit is not | l v e n ror rcnewnt^ nnleaa tH^jr •«nd ea.UOi 'or we cannot nCord It, not w senil It u a Rift ue«v (uliiortber, and la each old eii« who will ob ta laa ncwviar, we pay for work.
J. A. IIackktt, Mi»i.—Your words aro uncouragtnj; and your deed helpful. If half the p^stori would d > as you have done thoro Wimld br 'm dillii ulty in keeping it up to it3 prc3oiil i'u.c Tell hU fiiliiro Is impoasiblo
T. R Cah,"", Terr -, Mikh.-Wo know not n pluc« hfllwern this and New OrloanG that we H O lid bo more ploascd to visit than Terry, siii deliver tbo courts of ser-mons on tho Church. lj>>i it bo in fruit time. Jas. M. CAttTEK, Eist Tcnnrs oe.—Thanks
fsr your words and fubscription. You woro orcdited with ono yoars iubicrlplion for tbo fix Bub.'oribirs. Wo will give gpo-ciul attontion to jour q irstions. Write often.
P 8 Tate.—Wo regret to hear that Mr. Graves' raeetiDgj aro intensely " Union," and it is not* winder that Baptist ehurobes aro left weaker than before tbo mee'ing. We can hut advise, most oarnciitly and af-fectionately,all Baptist churcheB sdrerso-ly to Buch union msctings as Mr. A. P. Grave's is holding.
St CLAia Lawbkni B, Miss.—You art entered. Will you not pick up dropped .latnes at 0 ? Touching the
E. B . R .
Socioties afTWrs write to W. D. Uayfield, llusiness Manager. We hove given up the agency and its business to save our pa|wr, having saved tho Sueiety. It ia a suodost, butjowing lo thfso hard times itrcannctde-clnre a dividend or pay inlores; on ad-vai cod subscriptions yet.
C. C. Doi'.uall, Ark.—Tho motey re-ceived for tho Eubeeriptioiis, bat tho post-au'O must bo paid bore f j r the whole year gays our pcs'.rnastor, or he will not send out tbo papers. You must demand back all tho money you or they have paid your postmiister in 1875. This f j r the benefit of ALL. Ask your postmaster for all the post-age you have paid on this year. They bad no right lo take lu Tho government will not tsko it from them and they know it or should. All muH send postage here.
L. Bdsbis, South Carolina.—If you wiU give me your postoflice, which yoa have not, we will see that you have » premios}. if vre have to sxprw it. You must have: "Bible Baptism," given np to bs tho most valuable of aU. f t Is a pity that every Baptist will not procure one. I t il »n or-namtnt end a perpetual 8abbath-s«bool in tbe family. Vour premlim w 'ott— itMni—in tht aatli
fbatBiann 3.70, H. ly^ B 00, Hits B t miiitM::^ UwnBM 1.00, B V I M I ^ (kiiO. Vsides 6.40, B B M^Vin I f l J 2 60, N M Beihry j|.8Q, J I P ^ B j X ^ i ^ B Harvsy 8.70, W U H3«b 8ibaiU»> fer3 70,L Howell 2.70, T ft Au«U«r«ri 370, W W U«1U 2.70, J A BsekeU 10 80 T B Carla s 2.70.
Arkansas-J U Bart $5AQ. J Q.^seli-spn 6.40, J F Griffin 6.46, W T Moran » 00, B A lUmetton 2.70. ' • * Qcorgia—U B Amass |4.00, Q F Coopsr P.05, J A Blnok 1 <50.
Louisiana-B Martin $6 70, J llol-loway 75 ots. i j •
Texas—F U Bartou $2.7S,J M Bali 6 <6, J H Poddy 6.60, L Jtnes 4.00.
Alabawa-J S Yarbrougit $2 60, T F a Winn 2 26, L It Sims 6.40. r Hortb Carolina—A K Thompson 00.
Kentucky—J MoMurry $2.70. Indiaca—J M White $2.70. IowH-0 W Bi>b»y BO cU.
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e««»<Am«'«rMf. taM^Hwy.. iiws»r hiiaats
Bld|svlll
Henp. I eaa trqiy asy tbafilUsMMMee bee dOM* tMd
«ad oswaiX'^'-'iireml^tett 'iieatdaidstatksr, a v i Tsn ssjr Iwk f«r several ordsrs«Mm, <»s sEsny^kve Stan <be«litet of ttiseie<tttnt oniio.-' •-••-ir.vAi FiffiBip.
Colnttbiuii O f Oet. SOi 18KL Xanr.trsataeat farvonis>>ispili«»'kie-se
ara,y«u lakietr^BtVeral ars Ulki s s n b ^ A ilants-lnff daritwisBa^to ofdsr^w^bl: worth' *'«««
Wk; Hb»t, North P. 8 -«It is my spiiiies-. that an "uMi at
iids pisH wtuld. ssli '|6r
Beoherdi Franklin, SBaB., ) • flWpt? Jfc:Jf7t I
Btod tbrte ntors W '
E d i f c ^ ' i a l N o t i c e s .
Tus Diauomu Conoa Ciii^aK| CV'TI VATOU AND PlA.VTBS, VltOlSffl^lftklUm Attacuvikst.—Wo jare p ^ s M tt seo that this Implumcnt, wbioh fs^advorilted in our columos and exttatltely introdutod Istt season, is now sold.undera;NaraniM(o^iM lafufaeftoa. sively tbafr thsL^^ssnQvE^^ tttod in the sale of the msohinshavt ptr-feot confldenoo in itt tu'sest. Tktir ohsr-aot«r sad rsspocsibility'U vouthtd for by tbe leading bankers and public offlslals in North Carolina. Wo are sits pleiutd to note that a corn planto bat btoa added ts the cotton planter a« an attabhinent. It ia highly rcoommended. See advsitlstment elsewhere. (816 tf
: , . . . . McCaklct's Java Pso l i i i o CeT<vOa
Bexi) —See advorUsement .and testluoni alt of this raro teed, yielding nearly twioe St muah per tore at tbo old, eonmsa, ds-gonerated teed. We will soad tkb balsnso on band, in quantity to tull purthassrs one bushel, half bushel, and tven onepsclt. Send oash with ordei, or C. 0. D. Try i patch and have toed for next. srop. A l dross J. K. Graves, agent forjjeOarlty.
S p e c i a l N o t i c e s . .
B a e t I n d i a H e m p , n n d ' ' W l i a i W e K n o w A l H r a t l t .
Instead of devtHng a eeluttn t« tks msritj of this ttrangt and wotdsrfBlphuat, ws remain sllsat and let i tsptak fvr itself tkiough othir Hps than onrs, belisviay that thste whs havs saffsmd isMt «4b Iwtter t«'.l the sUr/. We will 'hsre qhsts word for word from letttrt reteBiiy iMsiV' eJ, timply adding ear tsttimeny to tht re t t ' ln laying', that whtn this plant i* properly prepared, we Anow that it roti-TivKLv.coast ooMtOMrnoi, aad wiU brsak np a frtth.eold in twenty foar hoars.
St. Mary's Church, Alkghsayaty , I Pa , lH»v.»,1874. /
The Bast India Hemp bss beta, t^tea by Bev. Matthias Binder, 0 8. B., aad Bsv. SebatUsn Anold, 0 8. B., beth assistant pastors of this ohurob, aid, so fiir, has given relief to both. TUsybava siiirtred from sffiietions of the loags aad hnaeUat organs. We havs xeoemi ohari^ to tnfftrers, ths "tif a t i ^ i f i psrsoAs, aii ifcime joed ooa«eieBOS," by ezperienoe. Please for twslvs bsttles of s in^, aad olst-ment. We sloU infonqi y m in due t t a s what furthsr suactss tbe stedieias sbtfl nest with. Yoiirs, truly.
Birr. P»|wr*ain»^«fcX>. ft
oMiraitptton and hiaaebitis ewts." btgan j ^ D j . t h e Ii.«ap last.nighi wit«ks ago,' and hs is iiaproidei >^ i4 |y . Thsls;ttt«Bda3% bava «ads Ivdt ^and aot llkoirisoibsirpsrson. I bavsirreatliopbs.
1. / J . M. BaA'»TOM• Prlaosteli,Ky, Oei! 14,1874
r r ^ , ; tt'slva siriip, sikjllif alad six ointnent'for nysslf and frisMs. Jly hsi^tb is »a«h iitfprovod, and othsrs ar« ijtUakihf Oannl^tTiiidfoa with b<jt)p> rt-snlts. Tear iamsdiate attkn'Uon, if you
W. Vr-Vhls sramaejr slHialtf Itii^u; A etaid* ~
OaannMK & Co., lOt^Baes i t r t t i , A 7 60 8 M WW ^ - ^ ^"PMliidolphla.
iab brown spotf oa fiiee and other parts of bo^yi diiUitM i^4«dri^sin<MJiritl^ Irs-qusnt hc^aohe: dlSBlotBt, ^ I t e r er.tbad tait»jn m«utb, divn^M of tfarOtt aad in-temAi best ; palpftaiioh ; ih many r«£Hs a dry, teasing cough, with son . i b m t ; vBstwdy appetite, raiting foM,- oboking tentatioa in throat; dlitress, hoavlattt, bioiii^ or fMtt feelling abbut-^ion^isnd Bidet, pain in'tidts, biUik or 'bVsa^-'Ind about ihoul4srs; colif, pain and torenoit through bowrlt, with hsat; constipatioa altsmating tsithfitquent attaoks ot dlar-
lliabs,ssp«oiaUralnlgat,'( . nating with hotUsthss, kidney and nr ry diffloaitits; duUnrtSi low, tniriU, unto-. oiability and gloomy foreWingt. Only fs« of above symptoms Ukely;to,jtapr«|ent at ont time. All who ute Br. Pi»rb«'s*Ali. Kit. or Ooiden Medical DUoovery and Plta ant Purgative Pellets f<r Uver Com-plaint and itt ctnaplira'ions, are laid in I hair pralts of them. Thoy ars told (ly, all dsalert in medicines.
THE K i m B SEKAPH. Tbit little book otnt^nt alVthe mtitic in
ths Hymn and Tsas-Bosk.ai^ !> dtslgatd for Bunday-Sehools, fof PrayafaadlSiviv | |ssafi|rt,and fsr tb0tfSl«lJy/-1] •f the Editor WM toja thsr ipto oas book
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aU the best aad sweetest Boa .now.i%.gisri and t o n ^ j ^ aU o i d i a t a i i i M r i U i i i ^ i i l ^ in so many wmKSaitdayeSohool books.
Il hssbeen awaMed tbispraiss: •••Iteoa-tains more ot the bait and sWsetest Bun-dayMMdMxd s t i ^ Iban any eaabook offered lo lbs public: m 4 best of d l , tbe fWtU mantii of i l l ^ f c ^ l i e lOiexotpUonable.'' ^JBkastatiejs ia-lbewven^HMtA" notes,
dsiignsd forlbsxiiUios. Let ev^ry parent •rSMBt ons-to eaeb tUid.
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lose o u r o w n .souls, i l w u i i h l ho imt a i i i i s e r a b l o
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of tho l lcs l i , a n d n e i t h e r w a y lo e o n v o i i i e i i o o
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saer i f i eo t h e i r c r e e d l o t h e i r Ini-^iness. O n the
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tho a l t u r o f t r u t h b e f o r e t h o y w o u l d comprui i i iBO
•'onenf these least coinintui'ls." S o i n o t i n i e s , b o w -
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a e e r l a i t i p o . f i t i v o a n d rciiricHs c a s t o f m i n d , w h o
arc i n l i i i i l e l y m o r e ftiithfiil t o c r o e d t h a n to ( "hr i^t .
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l i ioro a r c t h o u s a n d s o n t l io o t h e r e s l r e n i o w h o ,
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loii , pi ide a n d p o p u l a r i t y a r e t h o ( h ie f e o r i i o r -
s l o n i . s o| Lheir s \ t ) t e m , h o w e v e r g o o d m a y bo
l i i e i r I reed Tliifl is t h e eario o r e lso t h e p a s J o r
a n d the c h u i c h lo w h i c h t h o y In ' lo i ig m u s t hold
t h e i r p e a c e u p o n o v o i y p o i n t o f p u b l i c d i s j n i t o
s p r u n g u p u n t h e C h r i s t i a n w o r l d b y i n f o r o n t i u l
a n d p v e f e r e n t i a l l a » i t i i d i n a r i a i i i s m . " T h o y wi l l
not cui l i n . ^ Min.l do. t r i n e " if il eiit.s a( i r a f t in
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n o i h i n : r ' \Ve n a t u r a l l y l o v c a eheuj) r e l i g i o n .
T i m e , t a l e n i , m o n e y , I ' l s e r g y , i n f o r m a l i t y , inlli i-
e n c o a n d i i i e o i i v o n i o n c o c a n l>o i l o v o t o d to o v e i y -
t h i i i g <'lse but t l io ClkOS.'^, M o s t m e n w a n t j u s t
o n o i i g h rel i f^ion to o,se;ipo hel l a n d g e t l o b o n v v n ,
if it (M e o n v e i i i e i i t , a n d no m o r e . M o n o o f iik
w u n t l o real h I ho J i i d g m o i i l u n p r o p a r o d . J 3 u t
o u r con.scienco.s must n o t bo too in i i ch a w a k e n e d ;
o u r ) i l easuros m u s t n o t be i n t o r f o r e i l w i t h ; o u r
w o r l d l y d i g n i l } - muBt n o t l)0 b o u t ; w e m u s t h a v e
a ( locont , ros])eclab, le , c o n v e n t i o n a l , e a s y , bro.nd
g u a g e s l e e p i n g - c a r r e l i g i o n . I C v c r y t h i n g e lse
v a l u a b l e u p o n e a r t h ni i is i bo o b t a i n e d a n d maiti-
Lai i ied b y a ero.ss, e .xcept t h e mo.st e s s e n t i a l o f al l
a c q u i r e m e n t s , t b o j / i f t . a n d c r o w n o f e t e r n a l l i fe .
J e s u s m u s t not bo la l l cod o f a t t h o d a n c e , a r o u n d
t b o ( iresido, on t h e s t r o o t s , b e h i n d t h o c o u n t e r , o r
a m i d til . ' w a l k s o f i i l o n s u r o a n d w o r l d l y e n j o y -
m e n t s . 'I ' l i is w o u l d be siiivlimonious; " a n d be-
s i d e s , •Ihen ( - a limr for till thinijfs." Y e s , f o r a l l
t h i n g s b i l l J e s u s . T h o r o is a g r e a t d e a l o f t i m e
f u r tho w i n e - c u p , tho t h e a t e r , t h e d a n c e , t h o c a r d -
t a b l e , i b o j i ic i i ic , I h o b o o r - g a r d e n , M a r d i ( i r a s ,
s o c i a l c h i l c h a t H u l a l a s l a n h o u r s Hormon on
S a b b a t h is an i n t o l e r a b l e i n c o n v o n i c n c c to m a n y
o f ( i o d s c h i l d r e n . A s l o p r a y e r - m e e t i n g s a n d
r e v i v a l c c c a s i o n s , s o m e Iind (ho m o s t i n c o n v e n -
i e n t of a l l i n c o n v e n i e n c e s a c o n v e n i e n c e , e v e n
d o w n l o g e l l i n g hick, in o i d o v to e x c u s e t h e m -
RclvoH f r o m t l i c s o i r k f i o m o , hoa i t -Hc .a rc l i ing a n d
Houl r e v i v i n g o c c a s i o n s .
T h o f a c t is, t h a t o v e n f o m i a l l y thc.so o l d - f a s h -
i o n e d l i a p t i s t cHurchoH, w i t h t h e i r o l d - f a s h i o u c d
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m u c h o f a d e m o c r a t f o r a n y b u t t h o i>oor. I l e n c o
t h o w o r l d , pufTed u p w i t h i t s v a n i t i e s , m u s t h a v o
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c o u s t i t u l c d , fw « 8 l o m e e t c v e i y p h a s e o f h u m a n
c a p r i c e , w h i m , p r i d e a n d c u s t o m . I m m e r s i o n i s
rt ' • p M r i i t n " oWiisianci), ftp'l m n n y c n c o b r t p t i e e d
w o u l d p r e f e r t o s e o t h e i r c h i l d r e n po i i ipoue l j^ b u t
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bo d e s t r o y e d . ISaptistri a r e a n o f t o n s c . T h e r e -
f o r o I ' l a p l i s i s o u g h t to b e d o s l r o y c d . " T h i s w a n
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l i b e r t y . B u t f o r c i b l e p e i s c c u t i o n h a s puB.sod
a w a y , t h a n k s l u a s u c r i l i c o - l o v i n g . S a v i o r , N o t h -
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p o p u l a r . T h i s p r i n c i p l e , h o w e v e r , i s o f t e n Bin-
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b e n t a s to bo a l l t h i n g s l o a l l m e n , e v e n a g R i u s t
s o m o o f t h o v e r y p r a c t i c e a n d p r e c e p t s o f t h o
g o s p e l , it w o u l d bo I lio m e a u H o f s u b s e r v i n g m o r e
f u l l y t h o p u r p o s e s o f (»od in t h e s a l v a t i o n o f s in-
n e r s a n d t h e u p b u i l d i n g o f t h e k i n g d o m ; " T h o
o h u r o l i , " sa id a . M e t h o d i s t m i n i s t e r t o m o n o t l o n g
s i n c e , " h a s a tli'.rililr a ' u l nn i n f l e x i b l e s i d o . "
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h a v o c h a r a e t e r i z o d ambi t iou .« , o v o r u e a l o u a o r
f a n a t i c a l l e a d e r s o f t h o u g h t " f r o m t h o d a y s o f
t b o a p o s t l o s t i l l n o w . " M a n y o f u s den i ro u re -
l i g i o n w h i c h is n o t a n d c a n n o t bo in c o n f l i c t w i t h
p o p u l a r s e n l i m o n t H e n c e a l l t h i s w a r f a r e u p o n
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u n p o p u l a r w i t h m o s t p e o p l e , c o u l d bo e x c u s e d a s
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c r y " is r a i s e d o v e r o-.ir he.nds b y o i i r " f l e x i b l e "
b r e t h r e n , m a n y o f w h o m u t v o r i n v e s t i g a t e d t h o
s u b j e c t e n o u g h t o k n o w a n i n c h o f t h o t r u t h .
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a n d y i e l d s i m j d y to t h o p r e s a u r o o f p u b l i c o p i n -
i o n . T h o d e c i s i o n s o f l e a r n e d m e n a r o o f i n f i n i t e
m o r e i m p o r t a n c e t h a n t h o p r e c e p t s o r t h o pi-ac-
t i c o o f t h e a p o s t l e s . " This ix the tray I feel" e a y
a l l w i t h w h o m 1 h a v o o v e r a r g u e d . W h y ? "Be-
cause my mother, my father, my friends arc good peo-ple; I think they will go to heaven ; I can't see how so many good people can be miftaken or icrong." Wo a r c n o t t o bo g u i d e d l>y f e e l i n g i n positive l a w ,
n o r b y p r o d i l a c t i o i i H in any J a w , W o m a y f e o l
f r d m i b i e r c o u r s o t h a t a m a n i s a C h r i s t i a n i n t b o
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