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TEHH^S^E^BIAPTIBT. Tid r r " T " - " ' - * * * * * *

TSBiO—li Wgnf^ii—.••••j"^'''' **^ ^

dl^'laStisibDS m ^ e to the 'orStf MO df bapdsM b the^'Ko-id^ljiiMsJ* U>6Lilbe reaaembeted,

was an-

uUafirfaMtiBW Brtiitliwilriff^

aP^iiiiriiia

^ f d k ^ d « ^ of infiat baptistn: If SkAVM .maar on

Itt. dw-Mcwn's -^diff^iflm' WB8 Mae,'here ^is an oo-

. ^caaioa and an 4}ppoitu«tj> presented Si*dea^!Pgai)d d»*app*ovwgii. Bat

wm\

itawioM ma^ «• wAirrTpgflg' ^

~ QIEJ'M-IIII TIIIIMIT BtukSbn bmL DapontoiT* « • Mwiiawi » . . h. eant^iy.« » wiAio. » & aiiLfirniHiw* ofthwt

8. If

lur la^iM.. 4. tfUlKam mnaranjiAeitp&Bte'wldiM^

L ^ aSeBfOr nnoiiiig

H l i i a i U a . ] ^ " " (Jiatra.

^ H S ^AIIDENSIS BAP-TISTS OE PEIK>»APTIST8?

igSBoadaj d n s d j ^ f ^ i f e d d T ^ ;< J l Is

JeMt dot fiis' appsUas to "GQ^ 'd^ ide i ; ' * and diat t f a e a p ^ Itta^ ui ^ exeentiba-of the oommu* kWf *4>tmtisBd : the I believers in Uie muD^of iefps., l i ^ |here be-

t&QS met die d u u ^ of reje^og infant fiBpHwrn. To thear cuiemi^' gnashing ifffM t^em vith i ^ i r t$eth for deoy-

b a j k i ^ to chf ldj^j t ^ . f e a r l ^ ]y proclao^ c(^qussion pf Chri^ AM'&epraikice of t te a p o ^ ^ for the baptism of believers only. ' I f the j were i^Bdo-b^idsts, their conduct is twh t^ inezpficable; if not utteriy an-jastifiable for not repelling a gross aod injurioas calamny^^ Baton the suppo-sition th^ ithej were Baptists, the mys-tery is ^ o ^ ^ m a d e piear, and all is consistent and nghL

There is a '•Catechism" of theirs too, supposed to be of the fapie cir^ c^m^lappef^tuid during thejperseca-^ ^ f o r ' t b e m m e charge. Wemalu tEffi' feflowing'buobitions:

that which thou believ^'concernuig 'the holy church? - Antwtr. • • . • , The church as it is,coanderedi£TOtdmg to ^oth of dfe 'mimikiy,'is the ( iomj^y of the 'll^mstisi^ ofGtmsi, (cg^tbttr with the pep{de'nooaiiDitied> >&> their diazge,

Oi»i ciar-

doft thoa ^nov the

i-if^'^fttPhrihi'Ttrsij^n vh^v^rv ^

^, J j wi^^ imks know^t thou tw'ministers^

b f ^ t h , by ibonU d b S i ^ ' ia. i i & ^ ^ o ^ ezathr

i)y I t e ti^'gobpe), and oc adquovtiditiobaof the saf^aounts.

jMiPT^t

: Ifia. HQW many things t b M which ate: miois^nalf ,

Two, t j ^ word and ^ sacra^ .meots* . .•-.'^.'-.'i' ... .

Ifia. How/many jsacramiBats r.ai^ there?. ; ^ ' _. Twp:i»mely, B ^ p t ^ aiid.the I«b|d'r Sbpper.'V; (Perrm* pp. 916,

r... 1 What is t a u ^ in the aboya* bi t

that prioqpla, wbicii P f , Mosheim "My laMpdajwo afld .was

vis: "That the lungdopi w h i ^ Qhrist jiet ap oo the earth or the yifiMe ehurch is a9 of holy p«n|ops; aqd oi^bjt therefore to ba Dnpraly frae not

i f ^ ungodly penpQ* and signers; bulifipm ali^alotio^ of buman-^yice against ungodl^n^^" This is po Pe-ji^baptist principle. Presbyteries would haya .said, that Uw visible chur<jh waf coq?po^of belieyera and "theif o&pripg.'* JFhe, nuUira of in-faiH iis to bring the unconver-.ted aqd unbelieyipg within the pale of ^ chlir«h of Christ. The Wal-densesf then* io their Catechism, strike at the root of infant baptism and as-sert the great piiociple of all Baptist pepuljarityr And this they do, too, in the faoaof d a i ^ r and d ^ h . What motives, pthiier than tho»' inimical to the baptism of infants, could have promptM them to pursne such a course under such circumstances?-^ STRIIEE at the very fooi^ation of the Pe-do-bap^ edi&^, if they did not wish to^see that superstructure left wUhout one 8b>ne upon another?

Vimaux, in his memorials of the ^aldenses, as-cited by Perrin, con-

firms the ppinion that t h ^ maintained t b a ( . ^ yia^la church of Christ was imposed of belbyers only. One f^n-da iuntd doctribis of theirs, as enumer-

^ b y h|bi, was this: '•Tbotet wlio ^ ^ ^

^sa ihakar ig lAhio^^ are the i m pbgiBb, to whom Jesas C h ^ hath

_itsa a n d c i ^ ^ m i i ^ l i iwi r r —

oan i i l aa f Ae^yMCM J'unyii aml/mmnsaiooa. . i kmn^ ioWBiBd ini*raosiaa*»dbiiabei;in: biMoaefl.

the' oBesln. I QoC • • • V • M B Mmmm g • < i ^ .

y their blind-

• e r t e i ^ ^ by their undneW-

c d f i S i i i ^ i ^ x t K deniedJkftAbaigB or l i a t i a S ^ t h m a ^ f i y s e f y acBBSed that ^dBmal

-and eomokint bairr lMtstoiad amid campkint _ the r u b w a£depaxted.ate ^They do Qi&:cxitt; br aL leaalr^ve ^ e r beayfiimdiorJieaid oL The first de-nial erer madfl-waa-since the Waldoi-»i«n ^lepsmontiaa bad passed away,

^ .L'JU. t. tSfmnmA fgpilai^ against tiiCT &r OiOT tunofinf iut b a p ^ antf by penona i i ^ v i b t i f e ^ wtetevter to iaf> tain ^ dramE imicii Ihr t l u point ^TBr dmrar of ^ n r diemiM t ^ riagf'^ni^B&^'w nmer d »

b y - e y S b w w i v ^ .icfed&i' " ViOdatea tfaenudyet seve^

den«d ifii b b a ^ Tlieir M titm'^ evteaM Mvtjt deady i b m t

tSi^ ' to mf^ lbBj

J . .FhaA maiks in «n; un-djK E o u ^ ^ of the sacraments

~ When the priests not knowing ifa^ laljeatibiis of Cimst in' the sacra-ioen^ say tiiat tU&:grace aiid truth are included iii the; ezt^raal.ceinemoaies,

p ^ r s u ^ r ^ n to ti» , pait^pation of the sacra riienl yiuhovt ^ truth out m ^ u M f a ^ ^ Bnt the L o ^ ..cb^geth Hem that are his, to take heed of such a l s e ^ p b ^ saying, Bewaire of the ?b«raieefc tiaut ia» ibiiileasim of their

dqcjtrjne. A ^ f h ' ^ e m not, gp' ^ r ^ b ^ . A ^ tlavid

uui Uj •!Tbis," Vi

trine of ibe "is tbe doc-

tenskBsi which'the.en-emies-of truth have impugned, and for -wbicbtbey^ve in tboae days perse-«ated tiiem^'as tbe said enemies tbem-aelvaa t e s ^ . " Perrin, p. 40.

In tiieic creeds too, t h ^ were equal-ly jwld and explicit. In one pot forth A. D. Il90pthey say:

f'12. We consider tbe sacmments as' Mgnsof holy things, or as the- visibie emblems of invUibte blessings. We regard it aa proper and-even necessa-ry^ that bdieven uie these symbols or vtsiUe forms when it can be done.-~ Notwithstanding which, we maintain that believers may be saved without tbeae signs, wlwn they have neither

;te«t appeoranc<^ pf recan-^Uon. They let it remwn befora the world a« tb6 symbol of their faith. It comes to us'halbwed bv the apptoval and sealed ^ the blood of< that great inultitudo of'^mart^ wbo d i e d ^ r tbo witness q ( J e i n s ^ d thQ.irard God during tfe yrorl4*s qaidnij^

ThochaiM, then, tb^ the Walden-sea denied ra&nt topUami' ia no cal-umny. It was prtferred agaiast them by their enemtea, it truai but it «fui naverdeiuod by themsalye«,^ Drawn befor^.coaooiU* and court*, andUngs, and chared with thii as an ofience wprdiy of death andof ^nes , they en-:eir no plea of not gvHtf/; but affirm, in justification of themselves, that Jeaui

,commanded the apostles to b ^ u a disciplcs, and that the apostles'did as they were commanded:—they declared the visible church of Christ to be com-posed of believers, and that its ordinan-ces b e b n g ^ only to such. Those facts inconteatibly prove the Walden-ses pot to be Pedo-baptisis, but Bap-tists. The charges against them re-specting heresy m docirine and im> morality in practice are amply met and refuted by the creeds and other wri-tings of the Waldenses. It is strange, for apy other rrason than that they were Baptists, that this respecting their denial of^ipfant baptism should remain without the slightest intimation of iu untruth.

Certain it is, that this interpretation of their creeds and thmr conduct is not peculiar to the Baptists. Many who would have been glad to establish their friendship for pedo-baptism, have bedn constrained to admit t W they utterly rejected it. This will appear before we are. done. We resume our quota-tion:

STLVHTS, afterwards Pope Pius li , says of them:

"Concerning the sacrament of bap-tism they say, that the catechism sig-nifies nioitbiog, that the absolution pro-

ipfepta ayapa them pp-j^odMnirsand g r q ^ -

But ^18 representation their ab-horrence of tbe only manner of bapti-zing infants then existingin Sinrope, so far as bistoryf or tradiditioa even, gives my testimony, is excelled by their own strong language. In thejir work op An-ti-christ, dated 1220, the Waldenses say:

"The third work of Anti-christ con-sists in this, that be attributes tbe re-

tkms, in farther proof of the Iposition in band.

TwiaK'a CaBomciiB (already quo-ted) says: "Wa conjecture frboi wri-ters, thai th^WaMba^ and AlbiMhses brethrmi ensted at and immediately after this-date, [A. D. 1100;] they were opposed to papistic error8t.aod iji^ font bap^mh'* (Benedict'^ Hutpiy of the Baptifts, p. 74.

B)SHPF U&aaa, on the authority of Koveden's Annals^ states, that in th«i year l i f e , tBe Ami AOBUMS of Tbu-lopse, <a name pven to ^ Walden-ses,) were summqued b e i ^ a meetipg of bishopN abbots. &o., and r^uired to recant their errors by subscribing to a creed drawp up for the purpose.— In the creed was the following arti-ole . "We believe also that no person

saved but be tbi^ is baptized: and thatinfaptf iftre saved bv bapti8m,"-r-Beipg urged to subKriM apd swear to this c in^ , tbey posifiyely and per-severingly, refused. (Walra Hist, of Infant Baptism. Vol. 2, p. 213.)

EoKBBBTva SOHONAUSIBNSIS wrote in 1160 a treatise against the Walden-Ms. He labors to distort their docr irines, and often presents his own mad conclusions of what they teach, as the doctrines which they really maintain-ed. Like his brethren now in relatioP to Protestants, he endeavored to mag-nify the difierenceaof sentiment which he alleged existed against them. ' He says:

"Of bap^m they speak variously, that baptism does no g ^ to infants, because they cannot of themselves de-sire it, and because they cannot pro-f r w any &ith. But there is another thing wiuch they more generally bold concerning that point, though more se-cretly, viz: t no water baptism at all doea any good for salvation; and there-fore such as come over to their sect they re-baptize by a private way, which they call baptism with the Ho-y Spirit and with fire." (Wall, ut su-

' WfiaV lie J

fioweraiidsafina^^tefice^'tbat^Tu:^^ ing coo^savWA^ theyr y m ^ M ' i ^ m ^ . c m ^ ^ ^ ^ V a ^ ^and slji^, f r ^ ^ ' s o n e t i m ^ j ^ j s ^ s i & i ^ t ^ ^ p ^ i ^ ^ idl arbpi d> a l l ' i ^ ^ I i d m e d the a} " glbrktoa works of tbe 'W^ite: s a ^ t o f (OxdinoiS^m

bbotem{4«ifl«^ ttm roa^ntu -^ttsimpiKi, iettifiSi* -flfei^ ' ^ •oepeiy*iIaaWx«a old tree, ^U^e'tr&k ^ mbst part pbed^ tha pf which over tbe ^ stDBam,! tants oa one ^sid^ and thg and was over^read gteeo' tiste ts^jii^ MBSISV IHA EOED TOTHEAP($J NDS - ""' ed ti^seltV happy to find!a secdre- te^ e^alfy, andthei^ r«ild&%i.eved treat from the noise and Wsde of the ^ world, and when I could resume m ime my meditations upon the di£&reat periods

witboqi. a^ekMatioprlcTwa^com paring that bea.utifal moroingwita the inorbing of life, all so ^ y . and happy. But while my imagination drew the most delightful picture of youthful(i«ss, a bi^ht and lovely beit^ preMoted. berKUbefbre me dressed in a Bowing white robe, her eyes sparkled with vi-yacity, her gl^ces as piercj^ and brilliant,as the~ rays of the mid;<day

by baptism and regeneration must be bad, and therein be confers and be-stows orders and other sacraments, and sroundeth therein all his Christian-

place nor opportunity of observing • ity, which is agdnst the holy Spint. them. (Perrin, p. 246.

"13. We acknowledge no sacra- This very clearly ascribes to Anti-menU (as of divine appoiptment) but 'christ all the infant baptism practised ^ ' ^ s m and the Lbrd^s iSoppsr."— 'at that time. Then tbe baptism pf an (Jone»,p> S^;Perr in53. ladult wasof rare occprrence. It was

mi .u f exception to a general, almost ww-aerJoZ rate. Ages before, enactments of state sterpl:

h a ^ t te ^'urcb or congrejg^tion of penon^ nying, I bate the con-

This Waspot forth the next year af-rthe bloody canon of the Coaodi of

Toulouiei (already qpoted^) denoan-

pegiitoa of evil ioei. And tbe Lord oommanda tp GOBM obtfirom the midst of siich pepple;r-^an)* vi.-16, f.'Depart '^m t j^ 9f ^ k ^ nen,

aud'toiicfa nothing of theirs, lest ye be i a a i a o ^ ' i d 'the^ iimi.**' And the apoM eyH! Con vL 14,''"Be not nne-

" ' edwitbna^lievm:fowbat hath rigbteopspcM wUh nn-

. w ^ cooomnnjon dirkbeiBs, anid whj^ a)a-

d l parents to cing the Waldenses and delivering bringtbeir^iidreo to the laverof re-themoverto the secular power for ' - — — punishmept, b ^ a s e , ' among other things, tbc^ denied in&ilt baptism.-— It was evidently written and published to rescue their doctrines from tbe mis-representa^bns of tbjsir enenups, and tojustify tbeaujelyes teCbiv angel* w d men f ^ chiMtbg to die rather than re-nbbnM tbeU" ^ u t i m e n ^ Can credu-lity iiself suppose it possible, that Pe-do-baptisu falsely charged ^ h deny-ing their darling dogmas and ready to bpp ie i^dma iwap t of ibu iM^ m-cusat^n, ^woolc aolemqly publish a c i ^ setting ferfK the baptism of ih-' fants? To suppow this,u to chair^ them with f i d ^ to bear' testimony to the wbbki ttbtbr-wito pwnng; recrar|

' u c a p i ^ oir^dBsiSilatipti or ttodediiiHiii ''Ho *

generation. To refuse and postpone was to jeopardise property* liberqr tod even life. The reason of the law was, that without baptism, infanu of tbe most tender age were liable to ever-asting destruction from tbe preMoce

of God and the' glory of bis pow-er. 'Hence, to meet the requisition o faith which the Scriptures clearly de-mami of all candidates for baptism, clerical ingenbity devised a fattb .bj'

; and parepts as sponsors, or e l ^ le^ and gi^ matters, were apr

ibiPted to answer and make OTUH^ sibn instead pf the infant; and opeja ii profession ofiai th thos'made i t ^ lU lar^iesi thein&nt was r^puD^ a* be*

i ia ra^iof^ ' ocdisspm-

aeviP^r zenerati came entdiled to all. the fiismb^ia the er.' • If t t ia^yms tiaffl ia ibo ages

att eontemppeaiy

iupiBouuia Mil docuioe is d l right enough, and sus-tttluieci by their own 'yffjtings and creeds. He could not Vebtute to mis^ represent these. They were open to the inspection of the worid-rrto be seen and rew of all pien. Hence be has to pretend to a knowledjge of secret doctrines and practices; and here he ets loose his fancy and his falsehoods. We should not expect to find much truth in an enemy speaking of thin^ secretin relation to those he wishes to sring under the odium apd persecution of tTO multitude: but even tbe most reckless opponent will nbt readily haz-ard a palpable misrepresentation, not tosay aglaring falsehood, in relation to the customs and opinions of a denomi-natiop which he knows and admits are as weU undersUiod by the public as by the public as' by hipiself. Hence, then, we can readily believe wbat Eck-burtus says in relatbn to the Walden-ses denying infant baptism; for there he speau of what is geoerally known; while we disbelieve what he says re-specting their baptizing with tbe Holy Spirit aPd fire, because be confesses that they did not do these things pub-licly. In fact, he pretends to nave learned the matter "fromoae who bad been at their secret meetings.'* But who this ipc|ividpal was, what his cal-ling or what bis character for truth, he gives no ipforn^tion. The whole is blearly bcaibmby, unsuppori^ by any respectable and known witness. And thus it is easy to separate troth from falsehood, in the sutemenuof tbe en-emies pf tbe Waldense^ In the first a^ so f the gospel di^pppsftUop, simi-lar chafges were preferred against ^ Cjiristiattii, in relatMM to sscret meet-ings, by their p ^ n persecutors.

' [TO 8K coaniivBD.1

' i fwik atsiiewr j B i ^ T H S A N A L O G Y ^ t W E B H T d S

M<MU9Ili6 OF LUPfi AMD mOtt-M T O O F D A S ; One «* I was maJitaiii^ apoo

Sun; her hair fell iti long gracefbl ripg-lets around her beautifully moulds neck, and upon her head she wore a garland of the sweetest flowers; tEere was grace and modesty in all her movements, and she bounded across the lawn with as much care and activ-ity as the sportive fawn of the wild woods.

. Gazing upon her I was filled with wonder ami admiration, for all that I had ever dreamed of ^routhful toveli-ness was concentrated in her, she was indeed "like a fairy dream." Bui while I ga^d, she addressed me thus, my name is Youth, I am the emblem of morning, my home is in many climes, I dwell in palaces and catlages, tbe great aod humble are alike honor-ed with my presence, I make no dis-tinctiou as to rank, but dweUwith aU; and by my cheerfulpess and gaiety often disperse the doud of sorrow; wipe the faUing tears of old a ^ and diffuse joy throughout the habitatious of the distressed. I am the queen of every fii^ide where I dwell, but I do

jTanwdg foravpr BS .tbs O a y ^ g when it becomes the mendian ot day, so will my youth ripen into the cberi-dian of K ^ aod ih«o I «halL.begia .to fade like the blasted rose of summer, I stkll bid farewell to all my youthful pleasures, and look back with fond re-gret upon my past happiness. Now the vicissitudes of life commence,-and I will seek pleasure in the parsuit of business, and in this'I shall fiud con-tentment. ' But soon the sun will be-gin'to decline and'sink behind the Wes-tern horizon, a fit emblem of the de-cline of life after many years and sor-rows, the sun of life s b ^ have hasten-ed far toward the setting that is the end, and tbe frost of old age shall crowd upon me, t ^ n shall I think ol my youth with double regret. This form which you now see so active shall be supported on a staff These locks so rich with life will be ^veted over with the frastf of t x^y .voters; tbcM eyes will shine with animation Will then be blind and sunken, aod then 1 shall sit down and await the coming-ofthe "King of Terrors," for it shall be the end ot my^l'tfe. As tbe W words were spoken she tamed and disappeared, and I v m l ^ t o my own painfol refle^tbos. ' * Butbowchangec

Ms. I recoiled from

>ractis^, b S ^ p a CR^ oi& side a qoesrioo, p o l ^ li|ij|'iiotbDK y bepefioalt bat^oeceiiiafy fi^^lt^pffN m u J i g B ^ , ^ ^ triubfuid M ^ l k m l of error. Several instances ^ven where d i v ^ trpth fa^ l x ^ . in-

culcated, takibgefi^ i b l ^ ^ ^ ^ p f unbelievers, aim-briiuim^ to a lersooal experiencottfs^iriti]

eration. Some time siace, discossibn was qarried on ^

ip Mississippi, lev,'Mr. Lattimore, ( B s b ^ V i ^ tba lev. Mr. Bmrowi ( ^ i n ^ r l i ^ F ^ '

byterian.) After IM - disooBnotk a tai> vival occurred, in which ^ e n ^ f i v a arsons professed rdigion, and joined the Baptist church at that Dur^ ing last summer a public deb^la came off at McLem^esviJle, in thi^Statf, be-tween the ^ v . Mr. Hnrt^ (BiposlO and the same Mr. Burrow.' A; reinvu iif-relinon. fbUowed. Tbe.cmvens fpined me Baptists 7 asd "Disciples,'* Campbellites.) Agi^ , J[urtng last

:$ummer a controvert waircarried on in Denmark,'Haywood coun^, be-ween- the editor olTidie Tennessee Bap:

list, ( ^ v . J . & Graves,} and same -Mr. Bieuben Barrow, with u o u ^ re-sults. At the>close of the r e v i ^ C ^ lowing the d ^ t e , e^ltty ibdividuids rpnnected themselves wi^ the Bap-•ist church.' it may n a ^ out of place to state that Mr. Borrow is the aptfm >f asmall work, tooching the views of tbe Baptist debomintion, which work ibounds in misrepresentations. In ine, so manifest are the fekehoods, Lbat this book, is (acpolaied W Bajp^i^

iSBil&A, c a n ^ w d w e u s n T

" The denominatiobs in this^ agake more of the church mt&dM :Hracter, ibro witp U WinA mprobable that the weapons, of .war^

f ^ in use are not aho^ •lofsb much as could ly the peace-loving ponton •phurck -

The Bapttstst)f Tennesee ^ v e a Publicadoo Society of t b w a m , bavr ing no connectbn with an^mier so-ciety. The society is allowed by iu charter (granted by the State legis-lature) to boki die sum of 910,000 ia buildings, priptipg presses, As. Bondf are given of $100 each, payable at ones or in annual installments of $10 each year, till'tbe whole sum is p ^ . In return, the inteiesr of the mon^ paid in, Is received in religious tracts-.-md books; and when tbe w b ^ s o n h u been paid, each holder o f* bopdis. to receive annually oyer T i ^ ps^iM of reading matter, in perpetiu^.^Bo fitr jdie Society has met witki g^os'sob^

The sjMrit of missions zs oo dis iD^ crease among ^urch memlxtSi af ' i t evident from the detennitu^joi^ffi^ Hatcbee Associatioa to sqiMahi 4 siooaiy and his wife u next ten years. Tbbagh tti- HMiM be raised fer iia» porpMe l ^ die lbp> ly-4)ioe diarebes in thn: i ^ n o i not ihdiqiie that the n ^ u y e t Mtaip^, is v ^ r the ngOf all circBmf^f *i"*f ct is a gndd one, tf br%ht praooue fir liw futare. SooM few years since, not a cent was eooiiftsaed totba .fcrwto

were my thoogbt the pictore the bvely bciM bad drawn of the dedine of life, and tbas startled, i awoke from tbe reverie aod feoat inywlf comfor^Uy seated b j fire-side sa hOTie.

O L W U . Somerville, Aprn 1849.

FnmlkeW.Y.SMirder. THE BAPTIST QF TFNNESSEE. mission t r a ^ ^ i t e S i a i a ^ r T i ^ . p d ^ 0* baft^m-rthc 2 \ a a i i i w f r ^ p^sppi TW

the Chhn field. b M n u ^ ^ ^ e i i Bpsileiaa,

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T H E T E N N E S S E E B A P T I S T .

o T f t r KIHQ'DOM coas-^

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WHT IJf NAWTlfcM OK «H« 84. 0* MA* JRIRTI We widentood fiom Dr.JobnioB'i totter, which wo pub-liihfld»4htt th t wmovBl of the Conven-tioB bid o^fMdj 6fw htermned upon,

providid the brethren in NaihviUe , -woBld eonieot. We did w , and ac-

cordingly pnbliihed the netice and lent •out wweral bondredi in slips. Wo

t mov, only a few dayi before the roeeb 1 iog.IetrB that neither of the Boards

Aod iHthoriied, or will consent to, the change. So we shall have the •conyentioa io Nashville withontihe

r -delpgsm: S u c h M i P w s . i f l - i a M i f a n d i w n e a i -

! the pai tof Dr. Johnson, will,we fear, «all Emhiietefe reSaie fnam brethren ev-erywheze.

But ranstcHdeavor to save the •C<jnvention,if posfflMe. L^ecerydel-'tgau w h o s e e s t h i s , c o m e wUhovX f a i l

' t o Naalwille, ircit Wednesday, May 2nd,an^ aid in the deliberations of the meeting.' A meedng of the Tomes-see Pabfication Society, win be held •on T h n i ^ y or Friday. W e say a -

" do^t fiH to came.

B O c k s , B A P T I S T W X > K S .

' A laige and choice assortment of Baptist;and Theological Books have

Jur t beep opened at the D^wsitory.— •See the a^ert isement .

* LIBRARIES. Sabbath School, from $10 to t50 .—

•ChurcW from $25 to $100. Family Libraries, from $15 to $50.

Sendjin your orders brethren; four ibooraiSl pages of Temperance Tcacts,

goo i^iges for 81,00. WOO]

1 V T h e w ^ O N UJilVERSITT.

V T h e l c o m e r stoue of the CoJlfige iuUdin^ will be laid, w i lh^p rop r i a t e - ' eierciais, on the I s tof Mayprcsimo.

I ITEMS. O o i ^ B ^ DKCTTSSIOS.—A stmlent

oftlnicii CoUese, N.Y. writing to the TT. T . Recorder, says:

"In Che Theological Society, txsr<i e-venin^ have reL-eutly been spent in discussing the claims of "Infant Bap;-•ti3m."^ BeTassuEed, the truth has not auifersl. The decision of the cha i r npantjie weight of argoment, aad the VQte^the members upan the m e n u -of lh4 auestion, were favorable to those ipho defended the faithand prac-tice oPthe apoitla"

•We are glad to hear «»f It. W e are a dec i^ed^end to reUgioos discussions when-condocted in the right spirit. Let this qnestion be discussed -every-whei^rin the halls of our Colleges, and in the workshops of oar adAizans. In mur Churches and the stores of our merchants. As we ride, walk -or sit, Le t oiir motto be "Agitaie, A G I T A T E ,

A G r p A T E t " untiL the people are brought to read the Bible, and to think & i themaelves. Tbeo, and fwt liU <hen j will the truth of God, Tise ia the asceadancy and over all^revaiL Six -stndlnts (baptists) in thisCoIlege are p r e j ^ n g for the minbtry.. W e pro-pose a^few other questions whicfa. we iujpc t h ^ win take inta: discussion. - iJ Was die Lord's Sapper iaatitnt-

e d a test of CSrirtto» fidtew^ip? I f ootJcaathat iaHe be caSed <he Lord's 5ugpeii which is used as a^show of <3iiiiatiaB and denonrinadcnal fellow-

a Can that ordinance « i y boger b e ^niHcd an ordinance of Christy when <!ither the/oTB or the dengot is lost or perverted? ff sot, is the «upper ob-aw^ed by pedobaptist -Chorches, wijich they use fer a test of Christian leliowahip. properly the Lord's Sup-

ADDRESS TO THE BAPTISTS OF TENNESSEE.

No. 1. UNION UNIVEUSITY.

Tho proicnt lituation of our riling University, amply juilifiei us in mak* ing an appeal to you in behalf of its present prosperity and future welfare. You have been appealed to for its en-dowment. You have nobly respond-ed. What State in tlio Union ever did more in so short a time for suoh an object. Your Agent reports|nearly, or quite, 2860,000 as already subscribed. Deduct M,000 for probable loss, and still you have $fiS,000. This is a haodsome sum—a noble commenda-tioa of your benevolence. But it this sum sufficient? Are you satisfied with it? Will it endow an institution of learning, worthy of your State, worthy of your denomination with a member-sbip anmbering not less than 40,000? You understands the intention of an en-

be put ont'to :wHch •wfera t i s ' to pay the s a l a r i e ^ ^ ^ e Pj«si3erit and the Professors. "Thetyi^ul ty should con-sist of not less uiih teten Instructors. Their average salaries ought not to be one dollar less than $1000. Some of you, brethren, may think that thia sum is much too large. But yon .must re-member, dear brethren, that we must o S e r a s u m t h a t w i l l cmtmand ihtxr scr-

viees. Would you consent for one mo-ment, that the faculty of our College should be composed of men who rated their services at $300, or S500? Would tkey, probably, be teachers of such tal-ents and acquirements as would honor your school, and denomination? Fa r from it. You would not patronize such a College. That man who is not pos-sessed of talents, acquisitions, and na-tive force to enable him to command a thousand dollars in some avocation, is not fit to be a teacher in any College. W e want the highest order of talent and acquirement that is possible to se-cure, and would you^fier to such, the paltry sum of 400 or 500 dollars, the third or fourth part of what their ser-vices were then commanding? You would not only insult them, but become their laughing stock! ' . Y o u r s c h o o l , i f

taught at all, would-be under the auspi-ces ol Sophomores!

The interest on the sum now sub-scribed will only amount to 33,300 sufficient only to secure a President and two professors—without a build-ing, library or a p p a r a t u s ! Is this the extent of your wishes? Is this the

Ul

% . Can the sprinklinga aad pourings, ^i^CTBB' the iwnsrjwM of pedobap-i t i ^ t o oonflidered a s d m s d a n bap-tt^ which they loe and ttscft to re-present dmoBt vt ia t baptism was origpiaQy designed

namely, the^ariaZ aad . r t i n c ^ of J e i u C ^ , -

1 -ir W«s goveminent dT the apos-and! p n a t t v s C h o n ^ r epM^

^Srf I f io ,a ie th f iM«rar6a :^ orgaiii-a i u ^ o f this of

S ^ y ^ ^ o * propriety, a

W m i h e l t Y/Hecorder copy these

College upon which you have set your heart? the delight of your eyes? Fam-iliar as you are with Common Schools, you that the tuition of scho-

ught to supply the deficit. But reifiemb)er that for. years to come, as ntno, a l n a j o r i t y o f t h e s c h o l a r s a r e bond

scholars ,^0 pay nothing, and one half of the rem^nder 'a je young ministers whose tuition is free! Suppose some $500 or $600 are realized, who will if the funds arising from tuition do not, improve the' grounds , and keep the buildings in repair, purchase a library, and apparatus. Chemical, Phi-losopWcal, and Astronomical, and keep them in repair—with all contingent expenses? Unless $40,000 more can be secured to the present jwrttoZ en-dowment fund, far better would it be for the honor of our name, that Union University had never been conceived.

Brethren of Tennessee, together with the Agent of the University,in the three years eSbrt already made, have you exhausted all your energies, and lost all your interest in the ultimate welfare of our College'^ Has tha\[name lost all its sweetness to your ear, and its charm to warm your benevolence in-to activity? Is the College to be left where it is,like an uncovered building, unfit for use, to fall by its own gravity? Do not understand us to say that our school at Murfreesboro' now, is of little use-^arfrom it. I t i s aseffldent a s a n y

College in the Union could be, without buildings. Library, Apparatus, Muse-um orSpecimenT It is all it is, by the sacrifice of our devoted FacuUy.—We have four Instructors, whom we consider unsurpassed by any in ri^'d &'thfulnes3, and success in a d ' ^ o i n g their students in all the^sciencest which fact is most amply evidenced in the large nambers their popularity has at-tracted ti> our University, despite'all the'drawbacks that now surround iL -Bnt how long may we reasonably, ex-p ^ that they will discharge their du-tiea.withont s a l v e s ? ' W e are looking to the close of every session to see

them to continue on. Will you not loondlihoarten them by your contin-ued inaction? Haiour Agent reported 80000 in the last six months, or oven S8000? Have you, hai he given up the idea ofcompleting tho endowment. Something and MI/IT be done, and, if we have any regard for College or our FacuUy, done immediately^ What should be donenou).. Our agent if his lealth will permit, should "firt up,"

enter the Geld, more earnestly, if possi-ble than ever, malte a real Murat charge, make his partial victory com-plete, and take full and nndisputetl posscssinnof his half won field, and his shall bo a splendid trophy.

2. Every brother who has subscrib-ed, should send in his instalment some way, to the Treasurer, and save the expense of a collecting agent.

3. Every brother who has given something, and feels that he can give as much more without loss, should do so.

4. Every brother who has as yet given nothing, should this day decide, to give either 8500,100, 50, 25, 10 or 5 dollars. It appears to us that every true missionary baptist, who loves his Saviour and his Church, must feel it his, or her duty to give something if it is only $1,00. W e know many devot-ed brethren, with large families, depen-dant upon their daily labor who sub-scribe $10 to the University! How many men worth tens of thousands, profess-ing to be Christians, refuse to give one doUar! There will be astonishing de-velopmenU at the judgement! If you resolve to give am/ sum, send the a-mount, or your note to J . Shepherd, Nashville Tenn. Treasurer, and thus save "the visit of the Agent.

5. If you have given all you feel justified in giving, all your conscience tells you you ought, send your sons to Murfreesboro' to be educated. In no way can you afibrd more present re-lief. Long before they will finish their course of studies, the College : building will be completed, and all }h( ; advantages of a full and complete ap -paratuswill have been purchased ant I afibrded them.*

There is too much hard Latin, ana ' tougher Greek, to master the first and jjtfood years, to afibrd much time to project wim cruciDies, telescopes, and e leciricity.

If you are friendly to a baptist Col-lege invourown Sta»^ paironize it, w ^ n , aWe^aU times, it needs |your patronage, in its infancy. A large and massive architectural pile, will not aid the yoiing idea to conquer a greek verb, or shed light on the "poTW asinorum." Withhold your sons, or send them else-where, and the school will go down at any time.

I t is this miserable line of policy that Baptists have observed, with re-ference to their Publication Societies, and depositories. They will le^ve them to take care of themselves, while they send their money for books, or Sabbath school, or church libraries to some pedobaptist concern, like the Sunday School Union, or the Tract So-ciety, and buy their proverbially chaf-fy books, which are dear at any price, so far as the lasting interest they excite in our Children, or the real im-provement they secure.

A Baptist Church in this State but iwently^sent its money out of the State for a Bible for the pnlpit! Per-haps, this was the fault of the pastor, rather than the Church.

Send your sons to your own College, ifyou ever wish to make it one. Pat-ronize your own Schools, if you would make them equal to any. Patronize your own Societies, if you would make them all you wish.

Unless Baptists of Tenn., look after, and foster their own interests who will? They will soon have nothing to interest a n y b o d y . ' .

W e close this address to you. Think about it, pray over it, act upon it!

Unless we can secure an addition of $30,000 or $40,000, we can have no College worthy of the name, and un-less the endowment be speedily com-pleted, the name of Union University will suffer, at home and abroad.

THE BANNER OF PEACE Thli peaceful paper comes again to

weekly will) III Gulumns laden with exirucli from the Ark. Tiie graceleii wiiier of the moit nhameless series of arilclo» ihat ever appeared in a Ueligioua sheet, is a G. J . Bradley, the mouthpiece of a clique of wounded and dying pedo nssailants, who met with a bortible diaasier about July and August in the year J 848. We hayo never thought this concocter ofsciirril ty ind misrepresentation, deserving of notice. Should wo notice the assaults of e^ery enemy, and especially those o f ^stionable moral character, w o

roigU fill our paper weekly. It enoigh to pronounce them the hasat mitr(pretentation$ that malice can devise.

that tho Baptist cause was triumph-iintlj maintained at every point in West Tennessee, we point to the re-sults that followed the discussions at McLemotesville, Denmark, Browns ville, and the region round about.— Those resul s are monuments, that nei-t'aer envy nor malice can overthrow or deface. Bu this peacemaker. Who do you think I is? If we are not mis-taken, it is a woman in West Tennes stie. Read ber article. A recast of the "Merchart's" slanders. She says we are the most guilty, and must make acknowledgenents to Mr. Bradley!! Tha t our visbn is corroded and dis tcrted with th« gangrene of prejudice! There, now go ind.washyour children't fnces, and you will feel better. W e h ave nothing to say, we can't quarrel vv'ith a woman; we will leave that for Mr. Bradley. He has acquired a lit-tT.e reputation for that in his day, when a man of family. So says Rumor.

W e most respectfully advise this I Japtist lady, who is so fond ofmeddling v*rith men's affairs, to turn her atten-tion henceforth from polemic strife, and exchange for the future her pen for darning needle, a n d l o o k a l i t t l e b e t t e r

after her husband's stockings. If any one will give us her name we willlsend her a few receipts, that she will find of no little use in some of her affairs. word to .her is sufficient.

The Editor of the Banner threatens to c all upon us to show when, and where, r»vuuen uurrow uf fenmarK, auinor ol, & cc., &C.; lost his character for veracity. \ wait the op-p ortunity. W e will do it, or all we biave said of him fall upon our own h ead. We never yet said that a man \ s as guilty, unless we had the proof, a J3d we never shall.

Pedo seems to be a clever harmless fellow, ind if the Editor will send us i lis first No. (which we lost) we will a Jiswer him for his courtesy.

'opery varnlihod, I« now boldly avow-ng the doctrlnoi

DE0L.1NK OF IFFANT BAP-TISM.

The New York Churchman, an or-gan of the High Church EpiscopaU-ans, argues that infant bnplism can bo sustained only on the ground of assu-ming its regenerative Inlluence. To' jrove this, it proceeds to show that in-ant baptlim has declined among Pres-

^terlans—it might have added among Congregationaliits and Methodists, ikewlse. The Churchman says;

' (act "It is demonstrable from (acts and figures, that, if infant baptism grow as

HOME A UEPUBLICI • f Home on.e rnereis froo. Thequet-i

lion la settled. The lemparal power 1 isiNauM, f«, T.1.1, of the Pope has departed forever. The I

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rapidly into disuse among Presbyte-rians for the time to come, as it has done for fifty years past, one hundred years hence the Presbyterian church as a pedobaptist society will esist no more. It is already, as we have cal-ed it, a semi-baptist denomination.— n the Presbytery of St. Louis the num-

ber of adults baptized tho last yea r wanted but eight, to be eq^ual to that of baptized infants; that ot Cincinnati wanted but twenty-two; that of New Brunswick, including Princeton, wan-ted but twelve; the adults being 153, the infants 165."

"The Baptists see distinctly that in-fant baptism cannot bemaintamed, and is not worth maintaining on the popu-ar grounds adduced by Presbyterians

in its defence. In fact, they see that, separated from regeneration, it ceases to be a sacrament; and not knowing ' a more excellent way,' and laying them-selves the stress which Holy Scripture lays upon the ordinance, they suU stand firm, and must necessarily in-crease by continued accessions from the Presbyterians, who will find it more and more ont of then power to resist the encroachment."

PEDO-BAPTIST 'S MAKE A MOCK OF B A P T I S M

1. When they use it to bring chil-dren into the church. 2. When they use it to regenerate their children. 3. When they use it as a sign awl seal of 40 book. 'D«p Gold LCTf-

arms of Catholio Europe cannot seal another Pope upon the temporal throne of Italy. Surely a great event Imsoc curred in ourday! The world's des-pot dethroned and a subjficl, the taxer of Kings, a wanderer and a beggar.— Emancipated Italy, is now receiving the Word of God. Her printing press-es are furnishing Bibles by thousands to her population, long kept in the darkness of the shadow of death. "A letter from Marseilles, dated February) 19, to the New York Evangelist, says that a large edition of Deodati's trap^ lalion of the Bible is in press in the ty of Rome, and an edition of3000 co-pies of Martini's version, in Florence. A new translation of the Testament will soon go to press in Rome. The British and Foreign Bible Society hold themselves in readiness to meet the ut-most demand upon them for Bibles and Testaments in Italy. The London Tract Socidty have undertaken to pub-lish, for distribution in Italy, the hfe of John Newton, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pro-gress, and other religious works.

But the good work does not stop here. A Bible Society; auxiliary to the British and Foreign, has bsen formed in one of the chief cities oi" Italy—En-glish, American, French, Swiss and Italians taking part in the organization. This, says the Eev. Dr. Baird, is the first Bible Society ever

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' S ince wr i t i ng th is art icle w a h a v e been i n -formed t h a t t h e c o m e r s tone of t h e Col lege ed -ifice wf f l be laid With appropr i a t e e x e r d e e s on the 1st . of M a y , n e x t . W e hope o n r b r e t t ren f rom t h e nmgihboring count ies w i l l a t t e n d . S e v e r a l addresses w i n b e m a d e on t h e o w a -sion.

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T H E RIGHT GROUND T A K E N Our readers remember that two

veeks ance we published an Eirticle Tom a distinguished Episcopalian, JiBwingthe astonishing decline o f l n -ant bap'ism. Last week we {publish-!d a prqwsition from a Pedo-baptist )f Kentucky, to adopt a plan of gradu-al abolitbn of sprinking and union with as! Its friends and advocates are in dif-Bculty aad distress. This image that

down from Jupiter,has lostits charm, ind its divinity is doubted. Many of

t heir owt number have strong suspi-: i o n s t h a t i t i s a w o r k o f man's device!

rhey are refusing to worship it. It is i jecoming a difficult matter for even doctors of Divinity to persuade their

awn members to have the senseless rite practiced upon their unconscious babes

l a five of the largest Presbyterian churches in the Union containing in all 2:210 communicants, only 70 children were sprinkled last year! In Dr. Boardman's Church Philad, with 482 c o m m u n i c a n t s , o n l y one irfant too*

sprinkled last year!

Let baptists but maintain their con-sistency, and discuss, write, talk, cir-culate thedocuments andjagitate a few years l o i ^ r , and this relic of popersrwir abolish itself. The last eflfort to save it, we take from an exchange this week. It is the only true position to be taken Namely, that it can only be support-e d o n t h e g r o u n d o f i t s regenerative in-

fluence! This is the true ground for it; the doctrine of baptismal regeneration originated the practice pf infant bap-tistn, and this primitive!''doctrine can be found in the confessions of all secu that practice it: but of late years they have nat the courage to preach it ontr "they fear the people," because the Bible teaches them better. They cant hope to make them believe it, but the Episcopal chnrch, which is receiving the Poseyite doctrine which is but

the covenant of grace, in which the F . H ^ ' ^ ' s h t u ' T ^ ^ ^ ' ^ " ^ ^ benefits of that covenant a re not only too ib«. Powdered Pomice Stone;

exhibited, but really offered and con- fb" G^uTclliiltTcSl i'"® ferred to such, whether of age or in-fants, &c. 4. When they practice it in four ways, moistening, sprinkling, pouring and imm&rson. 5. When they use it twice to save their mem-bers, i. e. immerse those they have sprin-UL<.<1 TN kpeo ibem in their church A large loppl} of TB^ aelect (Poket Haadker-kled, to Keep inem in ineir tuurcu ^ ^ ^ Extiacta; Oa M a ™ - ; PhiUcome Oil; anacuuimltsaCniBgeaCCOramgtOtneir accuar". OiU CWneae Meen Fun; Toilet Powder,

own admissions, ^ repeating what they call baprism. , ^ — ^ ' ^ r ^ S c ' C "

R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g m O C k e r y o t b a p - Much valued by the Kientific Fiihemwn of Naah-

e copying PreiMS, Wafer*, Sealing Wax, Sttel D O U B L E C H E I S T E N I N G . — A t A EFCRIA- W.

tenine near Taunton, a joker who was . . , , ,. , .. r i_ • 1 .1 J An article highly recommended for the relief and of the party, mterrupted the proceed- re of many of t h ^ e affection, to which female, a™ ID 2;s by giving notice that the gentle- coiiariy liable. m i n w h o w a s r e a d y t o s t a n d a s s p e n - large.nppiy s o r b a d b i m s e l t n e v e r b e e n c n n s t e n e d . almost every thing in t in Drug line, and for wle T h e a s t o n i s h e d c l e r g y m a n t h e r e u p o n the mo.t reaaonabie pri.:e, by ^ g ^ ^ j ^ g j ^ refused to proceed, and no entreaties North .ide of the Public Square, 3 doou we.t c o u l d alter his purpose. , o f the Naahville Imi.

The wag immediately suggested a N"''^"'- N°V. IS. 1843.

Far the Tenntstee BajitUt,

C A U D E N , A p r i l 9 , 1 S 4 9 .

BOOTBBB G a A V E i :

In a former private communication, I suggested something relative to the organization of a Baptist Chutch, in Stewart county. I can now inform you the brethren in the ministir, that

2 requested to act as a Presbytery, on the seventh of this month and

proceeded in the following order. 1. Ap^inted, Elder J . P . Arnold,

Moderator. 2. Appointed, Elder H . Allen, Se-

cretary. 3. Appointed, Elder James Gray,

to deliver the prayer, proper to the oc-casion.

When after a sermon was preached appropriate to the occaaon, by Elder J . P . Arnold, proceeded to organize a church of ten members, to be known by the name ofHurricane Creek. All the services were conducted with solemnity. It is likely that bro. Allen •will take the pastoral care of this Ettle

Bajrt , « flock, though I expert to preach their formed in Italy I occasbnally,(though it is some 30 miles

from home.) We nave abundant rea-son to thank God and take courage for his continued merdes, that have at-tended the efforts of onr ministers. On White Oak Creek, Stewart county, some 9 miles from the chnrch above, in fact a portion of the,members of said church live on this creek, which is in the oeighborhood of the place where the PMoesopposed me so strong-ly last year, the brethren and friends have built a Iraose of worship, and there is a probability of orranizing a church at tius place before present [year closes at my next appointment. I [expect to baptize some, now many I I cannot tell, through the earnest solici-j tations ofthe friends I have consented I to attend at this place during the pre-I sent year, though 20 miles from m j 1 dwemng, and many sacrifices to ma]^

plan'^to obviate the difficialty.""'Could Elev. get

father—and I will stand for him? not the Rev.

ItV. WV.V..U r , f . , . irritating of farinaceou. .ab«ttnce., fonni by de

: e n U e m a n c n n s t e n t h e ction with water, a drink admirably adapted to feb e and inflammatory complaints. For .ale by May 22. H . G. SCOVBL. ecidedly I will,' replied the clergy-

man; and after a little persuasion be was induced to be christened, and then, and not tiU then, he was allowed to of- . ficiate as sponsor for the child.

CITY HOTEL, EAST SIDE OF T H E PUBLIC SQtJABE,

Nashville, Tennessee. M A R S H A L L & S C O T T , PrwprieMn.

Mav 15. 1847.

GOOD RESOLUTIONS OF A DE- M E R C H A N T T * A f L o R . VOTED CHRISTIAN. Deaderick street.

"The longer I live the more I feel the importance of adhering to the rules 'ore ex tended to him, and hopes to mer i t a I have laid dovsm for myself in relation " i n o w i o n of the H e h a s th i s d a y re--- ^ vpfl A nne nssnrtment i ,ved a fine assor tment of Clo ths , Cass imeres

I Vest ings , which he is disposed to sell on most favorable t e rms .

b u t l can truly say, my hearts desire and prayer to God, is for this people, that t h ^ may be saved, and that the catisc of our blessed Saviour may be I advanced. I would commend the des-titution in tMs part of the LGddle Di-vision of the State, to the prayerfnl consideration of the churches compos-ing the General Association. B r ^ ren, for the Lord's sake, and in view of the obligations you are under to your

' God, do contribute something for the benefit of this desUtotion. I make a proposition to this effect I propose during the present year to give $25 worth of missiona^ labor to the gen-eral Association, and may the Lord w his abundant goodness prosper his own cause in these ends ofthe earth as well as elsewhere, and make this mor-al desert blossom as the rose, is the prayer of your brother in Christ.

J . P . ARNOLD.

to such matters. 1. To hear as little as possible what-

ever is to the prejudice of others. 2. To believe nothing of the kind

til I am absolutely forced to it-3. Ne\er to drink into the spirit of

one who circulates an ill report. 4. Always to moderate, as far as I

can, the unkindness which is express-ed towards others.

6. Always to believe, that if the oth-er side were heard, a very different accoant would be given of the mat-ter."

6. Never to be without a reUgious coiiecUon of paper in my family. """ s™ ad»erti«ment.

7. Never to dictate to, or offer to as- b^^tar .endi^?°^"b«riber., .b.11 re-sist, the editor of mylreligious paper, f j .

8. Never to get offended vnth my autifulrwe.woodorgiItfraiDe,oronoco^ofBei>-, . . ict ' . invaluable hi.tory,containing about 1000 pagw,

paper and discontinue it.because there perf^t Encycioipediaofhi.toricaiknowiedg®—or maybe, now and then, an article I do not approve. FifUi. •

9. Never to take a religious paper

Splendid Premiums: •'A CHANCE FOR ALL!'."

I ^ E wi.h to add 1000 new and paying lubicri-V beri to the list of the Tennewee Baptist dar-tbe year 1850! Who are friend.7 Tho.e who '. The publi.her. are willing to reward any socri* its friend, make for its exten.ion.

Firs t . try brother or sister sending u . three new aubKri->, and $6, shall receive 1800 page, of religion. :U, or the paper for .tx month*.

Second. pry one sending 6ve .ubKriber. and $10, shall re* ve the paper one year, graiiM, and 600 pages of igious tracts, or 300Q page.Jif t racu mUhml Ike per.

Third. 1 aRASD cei5c« roE CHuacHtsI!

?ety Church sending the publisher, ten dollar., and one dozen

n- twenty new .ohjcriben, the entire sett of F o l W s contain, within itself a thaelogiesl &

without pajring for it promptly at the d the p»peF for one^wg^s. commencement of the year, and ob-taining at least one new subscriber, an-nually.

10. When I do discontinue my pa-per, I will pay up all arrearages.

the paper for one year gratia; or Moehaia s tcleilastical History, in three beaofilul f j J ' J^^^J^^ PCieSUUbM.*! ....... r--The names and money can be Mnt or b r o o t « "

Ftr the Tenessee Bapiit. JACKSON , M a d i s o n c o . T e n . >

March SO,1849. 5 BEO . GBLAVES:

When I first saw in the Tennessee Baptist, that our Baptist brethren dif-fered in opinion about receiving of per^ sons into the church of Christ, I was

1 much hurt, for sorely if any peojde on earth ought to speak the-same diing, the Baptist should be the people. When I speak of diffirence in opmbn, I al-lude to the controversy which has been going on for some time between Fidns and those who are of di&rent opinion,

oj with regard to receiving persons into e) the church of Jesus Christ, who have c« been baptized by another denomina-

tion. There should be no controver-sy on this point, and I am of thatnnm-

tij ber that believe in full-blooded Bap-» tists, and no man can be a fnll-blood^

Baptist who does not stand-up to them in -a time of need. Pedobaptists only immerse such as will] not Mve

' water sprinkled or poured on them, but if t h ^ conld make the people believe their doctrine, t h ^ would never im-merse one man or woman. Who ever heard a Pedo in a public discourse tell

" the congregation that they that believe b,ought to immersed, or whoever saw

a book written by one in which yon conld find immersion to be the proper mode, and believers abne the proper Objects? I have read after ihem and

Iheard them preach, b u l l have never m leard one say enough tol; satisfy mo

BAD ACCIDENT.—Testerfay about 9 o'clodt, A. H . , Jeremiah Stissoo, ooe of the owners of a saw-mill In this eity, anodwr wWta man and two negroes were ptDceadiog the river io a skUT to meet a raft. Jost aboTB the "point," whieli U witlun s i ^ t of oar oSe*,B trae from the Loaisiaaa d u r a litB across the skiffand snak it. Mr . Btinsoa and the twa negro

Io comes bring 3, 5, or 10 subsOTbera. ^11 thoM who send in the name of ctMay, ta the Convention. Let ereij bro'h*'' hi J ^ fae believed in immersioD at all

- " or 10 .ubreribera. ^ a l ^ — . . , . . . OH inbscriber.

toM intimate it, that the proper

^ T h o i e " who wiih to Mcure the show »t »nd , or become rs.|iansibla for the , [j; rIartJi B, IMS. ••

t the proper eatij '°*7 " " ^ i l e be iiod of beaven.

men wiri, drowned: other m»., who was in the |l.OSTEATBD edw™ with^^^ tern of the skiff, eaa{fat hold of the' tree and stred'

imse l i :—Kobiar j r Wklg.

T-^ ta

B n n r a n ' s Pi lffr ims

IsyS

give my opinion. First, if die above sutement be cor-

Pfta,' Feet, who wonld coiuider a man or wo-J scripturely baptized, who was

l i a [ i ! i « r i l l iy t» m a n , w h o i l i j i n ItlJtlK^fiitHI, I w o u l l n o t , I I r«'ceiv«) m c h tntr t t h o I J a p f i W i t h n i l lib Of i t i e w o u i i j |{<i i j h t WRier i i i g e i h c r w i i h u U d ] ]e i l i tm l i t « p i i < e h i m l i e a d nn i : ) ' bci i ly , liliti I ' o u l s p r u k a o f i l i c t i a p i e r 10 i l ie U u a w n * .

1 tiij|.e FiJua will not thini 1 saitl ilieie WHS no need of i 8y, thai I nieanl he wai wrd must ucktiQwledge ihat F | knockeJ out the black everyj have acen, and I hope he wil power (if ilie trutb knock tiief of samo ufibosei Dapiisla wbJ stuck up to their own denoin| ilicy should Imve dona when namediubject wasagitatedr Graves, I consider that all! been said, has been to edify j lo injure. But 1 have not mailer fully investigated yel contend ihat the Baptist chu| not to be the object for peopli at, while the persot. who wiij goes free, and his case not vesiigated.,

Let us investigate his case| see where he stands, what I him to leave the Pedoes, is i congregation of them neighborhood, this cannot bel for we all know that if they [ crease, as fast as the Baptist,} have classes in almost eve of countiy, so their memfc leave them because of incnJ But I make them tellwhat is | when ihey come to the tion that I watch over and the same good old truth, t did not beUeve in their (iiit tice, now bro. Graves, this i j itself to justify the Bapdst ueing their former baptism, sorry that any man would 1 sistent as to wish to be r his Baptism, which he i from a denomination he da lowship.

In conclusion, I say it is i begin to read the Bibl^ i its precepts.'tben a unity o^ practice will take place God speed it on, is m y ^ r a j

tSBcst ZienncsscE _ JTJT the _

That was well said, sectarian schools." The iJ of youth are hardly ever fn ted; we may, by our reasc ties,discover their fallacy,! is a kind of supersliiions things that are impressed c ful mind, that foHows us sequent life. Hence the* ] sibility that rests on all any way, any ihicg to do impressions of youth, there are that are not av they perform in this matt many classes of persons t l ute to the formation of the ^ fiions of the youthful mine the present, name but compilers of hymns and does not recollect with emotion the thoughts of sor ite hymn have passed mind, that perhaps had a beloved father or moLher| ory is as sacred as that of t self. It is hard to convil error, if error it be; and of j neons impressions imbib those that are fixed by haps the hardest lo eradic

Eortion of our hymns wer y Pedobaptists—some fa^

fine poetical talent, but docuine. Hence manjJ found in some very popnla are not to be found in ihe| the numerous unscriptuia uttered forth in song, ther stands preeminenL As well observed, "errors onj saps the whole structure 1

The sentiment may be | favorite song commencii my Saviour, &c." The cond verses are objectinij fifth we find "when it was! the atonement was made,! sixth our Saviour is jref bursting the bands of

4 cending to mansions of bliJ sevesih as "now interc that sinners may live," finished, and theatonemed on the cross, whence the| any farther intercession? the word ot God that " atoned for, it shall be fo

The doctrine of atoner by theologians, appearsl entirely of man,—we im writings of the learned and not to the Bible. ^ pen lay aside "the traduj thers," and discuss tH the Bible alone.

a n t i - t i See a file headed

and published in the Ba j April 1848.

CABET AKD HIB DH A canespoDamt of the iBt.

writing fimn Nsbtoo, TJTinuis. r - ^ olt. say. thai .the colony of Mr. Cabet at their bead, that few dsyi unee on the Maids i l 1 naaaed np the Miansaippi rirar, locato at and in The T ian i^ of _ Bloominjton, as was suii|ii,a«l' 1 by the same conssspondsat t ^ J dltiooal emicnnts, -wha W < » " and ore now in the United — them, end that thirty thnorana i willamigimts andsettleamoiic ' CaadSatas.

K

il B C O Q P E H ' S H E F I N Z D A M H H I C A " !

for making TiO,!. J r f a ^ fl W M of g m t B e ^ c a in iHreaKj w h r a del i -

b food ik retjmr^ G,r wlo b r H . G . aCOVEL. r

J ^ e s s e JT. S m i t l i , | N , B E , AND GESEHAL A G B M F O • fcoiCALa ASD HE.NEDIC-rs HIS-•rOHY OF THB BAPTiaxa, 1 au»LIELLTUJ.I, T m S . |2ti. in4a—tf. ;

X H E COnPAIflOIT; i t. HEW COLUCTHJ* UV

KS AND .SPIRITUAX I A j a r m l to

ConnnnnieatioiB.

SONGS,

!

Far the Tmnasts Baptist. C A H B E N , April 9 , 1 S 4 9 .

IBH GaATEs: former private communication j atetl sameihing relative to th^ Bticni of a Baptist Chnicb, iif rt county. I can now inforni a brethren in the ministry, thai equested to act ua a Presbytery' I the seventh of this month anc| :ded in the Ibllowing order. J Appointed, Elder J . E . Aniol4 alor. Appointed, Elder H . Allen, Sef-r- • > Appointed, Elder James Grayi^ iTerihe prayer, proper to the oq-

len after a sermon was preached priate ta the occasion, oy Eldtir Amolii, proceeded to organize ja h of tun members, to be know^ B name of Hurricane Creek. lervices were conducted wi^h urity. I t is likely that bro. AD^a ake the pastoral care of thla litlj^

MWUAt^ f • • - —————— J thank God and take courage fcr nitnraed merdes, that^ have . id ihe dfibrts of our ministera. ( j a e Oak Creek, Stewart caun^ , g miles from the choich abo^e^

t a portion of the members iof chnrdi live on this creek, w h i h

the neighborfaood of the pl^ce B the PedoeHopposed me so stroflg-\3t year, the brethren and fKeiida

built a house of worship,^ imd 1 ia a probability of orzamain^ a :h a t this place before the p r e ^ n t closes at my next appointment^ I ct to baptize some, how m a i ^ I ot teD, through the earnest so$ci-na of the friends I have consetaed tend a t this place during the -ire-

Kear, though 20 miles from >ny ing, and maiqr sacriScsa to m^fa,

: can tnily_sa5 jirayer; they may

in of our blessed. Saviour ma] meed. I would commend the. I ion. in this part of the Middle flPi-m of the Slate, to the p r a y ^ u l ddemtlon of the churches comjioa-the General Association, Bcgtb-for the Lord's mke, and in -i^ew

le obligations you are under to ^ u r , d o contribute something forTthe •fit of this destitntion. I mafie a wsition to this eSect. I propose ng the present year to give i$25 tb of missionary labor to the; ^en-Assucration, and may the Loid m abundant goodness profipert; his

I cause in these ends of the e a ^ as 1 as elsewhere, and make tH^ ittor-esert blossom as the rose, ia.tho Y E R O F Y O U R B R O J E R ^ M ^ I G . ^ ^ ^

' • I Ftr tie Taatii** B a ^

J a c k ^ , Madison co. Ten. »> March 30,1849.

0 . G H A T E S I *

PVTien I f i r s t a a w i n the T e w e ^ ptiat, that our Baptist bredirea dif-Sd in opinion about a into the church of C h n s t ^ w M ich hurt, for surely if any thouEht t o a p e a t 4 e » a m e ^ , Bapt&l shouldbe the J f J ®

th regard to r e c e w i n g ^ p e " ^ ^ "

- K r e should be no conCnsrver-ir. There snout" oftb«t>uiin-on this point, M d 1 am o ^ ^

L that J t ^ ftS^feSS rt,. and no mai> can te a ^

bif.

WBJ - - - - W W — teirdoctOTe. t h ^ , ^ ^ WHO " S J

b e i i ^ be congregaom ^ " ^ ^ y f a o e t e r i a w

^ i ^ S i be the p i ^

T H E T E N N E S . S E E B A P T I S T . baptized by a man, who did not believe in immersion, I would not, nor would I receive such into the Baptist Church, without he or she would go down into the water together with a Baptist, and let him baptize him held and the whole body, like Paul speaks of it in the 6th chapter to the Romans.

I hope Fidus will not think, bMause I said ihere was no need of controver-sy, that I meant he was wrong, for I must acknowledge that Fidus has knocked oat the black every fire that I have seen, and I hope be will by the power ofthe truth knock the error out of some of those Baptists whohave not stuck up to their own denomination as they should have done when the above named subject was agitated.. But bro. Graves, I consider that that has

. been said, has been to edify and not to injure. But I have not found this matter fully investigated yet, for I do contend that the Baptist church ought not to be the object for people to shoot at, while the person who wishes to join goes free, and his case not so well in-vestigated. .

Let us investigate his case fairly and see where he stands, what has caused him to leave the Pedoes, is there not a congregation of them almost in every neighborhood, this cannot be the cause, for we all know that if they do not in-crease as fast as the Baptist, that they

' have classes in almost every section

a j s t a t i s a s (Eorresjiontjcnce. ["Baptize them." 3. "Teach them to A B K A N S A W , Hotspring county, ) oftssrre oW things commanded." Here

March 25th, 1S49. ) ho who is commanded to tcach, or E B O . G B A V E S : "preach the Gospel," is commanded

No doubt you have been looking for to baptize, and teach an observance of a! letter from me for some time; I have] all other things commanded.- The been in very bad health for some time, "Lord's Supper" comes under the and have not been able to get about to head of the "all things" commanded, see what I conld do for you. 1 can in- Hence, it is the duty of the official min-form you that I am well pleased with istcr to preach, baptize and attend to your paper, and as soon as I can get the celebration of the "Lord's Supper." out I will see what I can do for it. Surely, then, he is a suitable commu-

I will give you a short discription of nicant to partake of the "Lord's Sup-thiswunty. There are but two or three per," and all other church privileges. Baptist Churches in the county, and To acknowledge a man qualified to but two Ministers of our faith, one of administer the ordinances of the Gos-them is in my neighborhood on the pel, and then exclude him from parti-West boundary of the county, theoth- cipation in them, would be a strange er in the North-East corner of the inconsistency. Then, are we not au-county. My labors last year were thorized to hold church fellowship, with mosdy in the enjoining county, but I all with whom we are authorized to h;.ve only the care of two Churches hold ministerial fellowship.' As "the now, in about twenty-four or twenty- greater includes the less," andpreach-five miles from here, is a neighbor- ing "the word" is the greater function hood where some ofthem say they have of the ministerel ofiSce, surely, he who never heard a baptist preach, they were is officially authorized to preach, is o f f i -sfinding for me last year to come a n d \ c i a l l y authorized to administer baptism preach for them, but my time was fil- and the "Lord's Supper." How can led up so I could not go, but if my we, then, hold minisUrial fellowship hiialth improves and the weather gets with persons who are not officwl tnin-

I want to go up and visit them, isters? If the foregoing qualifications ''ehave a small church in our neigh- of an ofiBcial minister be correct, who

borhood, and most all of them now gave us authority or permission to re-comes, and they say they are not able | cognize as ministers of Christ's Gospel ,

Mil a n o t n e r oaoei , a n o t n a i immediately, a . the body S removed from the w o u l d not do : B u t the main obs t ac l e prew the chest «uddenly and forcibly, in t h e w a y , w a s t h a t the i r w o r k wou ld downward and backward, and instantly dis-n o t h a v e been l ega l . A l though , s o m e continue the prei^ure. Repeat this without r . „ „„„ ,J?n; e„r nitermption, until a pair of common hand-bel-of the nobles of J udea, were willing for J be procure,/. When obtained, intro-them to have worked with the Israel- dnce the nozzle weU upon the base of the ites and actually spoke of their good tongue. Surround the mouth with a towel d e e d s : a n d sen t , a n d r ece ived l e t t e r s ha-idkerchicf eM dose it. Direct a by-u e e o s , uuu DCIII, » . , , Btander to press firmly on the projecting part f r o m t h e m . T h e s e nobles d id not a p - „f neck (called A<fam-. apple) and nie the p e a r to see a n y reason w h y , the i r Ash - bellows actively. Then press upon the chest d o d i t i e s should not bu i ld wi th I s rae l : to expel the air from the lungs, to imitate na-h u t G o d h a d o t h e r w i s e o r d e r e d . - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Some went so far as to take some ol ^^ iTrap the body in blankets, and place them into the house of the Lord; even a n near a fire, and do everything to preserve P r i e s t , h a d p r e p a r e d a c h a m b e r for T o - the natural warmth M well as to impart an ar ^ riesi, uau Wi ^ wronff f o r "ficial heat, if possible. Everything, how-Ijiah, which was certain^ wrong, toM ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l e d id no t use the pure speech, but the ^ medical man immediately.. Avoid aU

1. There were some frictions, until respiration ihsll be in some de-

^ e n . We ha

to do much for you. If you have any Baptist tracts or

jrersons destitute of nearly all of them? Dest i tute of baptism, church member-

of country, so their members do not good pieces, if you will send them to ship and fellowship, church recogni kave them because of inconvenience, me I will distribute them for you; my [tion and ordination.' Is such a cours( But I make them tell what is the cause, when they come to the congrega-tion that I watch over and they all tell the same good old truth, that is they did not beueve in their faith and prac-tice, now bro. Graves, this is enough of I itself to justify the B a p ^ t in not Val-ueing their formerbaptism. I am very' a o n j t h a t any man would be so incon-sistent as to wish to be received upon his Baptism, which he had received from a denominadon he does not fel-lowship.

In coQclosian, I say it is time people j begin to read the Bible, and obey all its precepts,^then a unity of faith and practice will take place forthwith.— God speed it on, ia my prayer. Amen.

G. WILLIAMS.

time shall be spientasfree as the wa- consistent? Is it ters run down the great Mississippi.

You shall hear from me again. Yours, in,Gospel Bonds, WILLIAM HARDAGE.

and course benefi-

apeechof Ashdod others that Nehemiah refased, •could not speak the pure laoj ihev sooko half of the As

they , but I lan-

1 rcspiraaon i gree restored.

BNAK3 BITES AND IODINE.—Dr. Wbit-

ihey spoke half of the Ashdod Ian-I (JN tb» N. Weit Med. and Surj. Joornil for uage. Nehemiah wasn0tlikesomeof| J„a,ry,) Tecotnmend>|tbo tincture of lodiooM •

end pain in from twelve to l isteeo

houri . H e psi i iu tho bitten part over tha whole •welling with three or four coat* of the tinctore twice II Jay, renewing tho application when the •wel l in j extendi, which it often doe§ at the first application. If made while the wound Is f r e th .

i U t s s f s s t ^ s i <Sorrcs$(mtrencc. OXPOSD Miss., April 5 lh , 1849.

W H O I S A N O F F I C I A L M I N I S -

. T E R O F T H E G O S P E L ?

B a o . G R A V E S :

cial? But above all, is it scriptural?— If so, where is the scripture which au-thorizes it? Say not it is the bat •poli-cy'} If so, it is best, otherwise, it can-not be best, but must be worst, and per-nicious. I want light on this sub-

Iject, scriptural or divine light. I sub-mit these remarks, hoping to elicit at-tention to, and information on this im-portant and interes''.ng subject. Bro. Graves, will you and other brethren

tbe- present day; he did not like these euro fortlie bites of venomous reptile* in man and half-breeds. So he contended with beast, which be says be owd with socoetsiu the Wtcs tht -m. and pulled their hair, and made of rattlesnakes, copper-hcad., &c. ti puu an the-m swear by God . I P""

Now he did tBt Jeslre any confusion in his country. So we see he turned thism off, until they shall come in le-caJly.

In our nest we shall attend to anoth-er .building spoken of in scripture. ^ O BE CONTINUED.]

TENNESSEE PLWCATION SOCIETY. 1, rrELUGEWCE ii the ooh true foundation npon

whi ch we can .afelf bate all beneyolent action. O ur people ranltiao" mvtn, before tbey will

mac k Devi.e lone Kheme to diffuie aaieerjoJ mI« in.lil« rvidi.g cml i.j.iri>i, ipirit into

the whole niai, of our denomination, and it will Oe-con .e «ij,io»«ry in ipirit, and Meral in exact ratio of the inforiualion nceir^.

7\cct iUtribtiijnl The only medium thro wnicn the millloniof the heurogeneoui population in the TOIIM oftheGreit West can be immeiiauh md fc-

reached . . , ' . L _ u RelifUmt Tracli. The •howen which the church

should pour forth to fertiliie the moral de ic r t s anL wai te place, of our land. Tk. true Harb-if'ri of-> trt Ttformatin. E i t r a c f from l i t Report ol Cor . Secretary.

ObiiHary Notices.

[ F r c a Ht Baaur ami WUg. OBITDABY.

T h ' .Teath of the Kev. J a a u WBITSITTi briefly referriHl ' o « few daj-a iinee in the Banner, desarres mure than a pofifiiij; notice. H a was bora hi Am-her»t cuumy. Virginia, in January. 177lj emigrated to T e n n e i i w 171^2; wai baptiuid ia his ISth year; ordained to the m i n i i t n in 1797, and bacama tbe P u b i r of the Bapii i t Chnrch a t MiU Crsek, over wbii-h he p r e i i d f j with untiring xcal and iodnstry for forty-nine yenri. Tbe deceased wa* a maa of s o ordinary character. Foiiessed of a mind of p e s t native itrengih and energy, be aequiied, and for a longt ime maintained, a powerful inSueoee fa tbe christisn commonity to whiekb* belonged. Tb* his-tory of his life ii intimately eanaeensa witb tb* rise and progrci i of the Baptist Church bi Middle Ten-nesiee. Amid. t tbe ma i^ ehaages a o j iiworations that occurred in the religions world daring bis mini*-try, ho firmly adhered to tha doctrines be i t i t eoi-braced and taught from tlw pulpik H o was firm and inflexible in hi> opinions, from an bosest conr ia ion fo bli own mind that the doctrines b* t a n r t t tbe doctrines of the Bibl*. In all tha relation* prirate lile, be wae jna t and tn i e ,k ind and baaaTo lenu For moro than fifty years ba lirad and morad actively in tbe i sme commnnity, without a sso l or blemiih npon hi> rhanc t e r as a maa, or a ehrtstiaa-On ThurMlay, ilie 12tli ioitant, in the TSthyeac of a long, ercntful, and useful Hi*, be diad a* ba bad l i n d , relying with unahalipn cofidenee on tba raality of those i a e m l truths, be bad labored to Kaeb for mora than half a century. P .

E S e s t arennesser (Eorrespontirnce For the Tennaset Bi^tist.

That was well said. "Beware of] sectarian schools." The impressions of youth are hardly ever fully eradica-ted; we may, by our reasoning facul-ties, discover their fallacy, but yet there is a kind of superstitious belief in all things that are impressed on our youth-ful mind, that follows us through sub-

This is a question of grave i m p o r - give us your views and scriptures o n .^ace, for it is a serious matter to lay this subject? Take notice, that in th is unhallowed hands on s a c r e d t h i n g s . — communication I am speaking of qTi-The case of Uzzah, 2 Saml. 6 .1 , &c., kiaZ ministers of Christ s Gospel: N ot admonishes us o f t h e importance of such ministers as the woman ( ^ b a -proper qualifications in him who min- marid. or those who preached Chr ist isters us holy things. What then, are of envy and strife. Of course, m t jus the requisite qualifications in an official sense any person is at liberty to preat ;h minister of Christ's Gospel? or talk about the gospel of Christ.- -

1. He must believe, be a child of God Yea, I consider it not only a pnvileg. bv faith in Christ. 2. He must be but the duty of every child of God, to baptized, that is, immersed in the name embrace every suitable opportunKy to of the Trinity by a p r o p e r administra- converse on the "glad t id inp ot tj-ie tor, 3. He must be a member of ihe kingdom." But preaching the gosp el cturch of Christ in good standing and o f i ^ y , is a very different thing. Ht > f d l felbwship. 4. He must be recog- ping that the spirit may ^ i d e us into nizfed by said church as elegible to t h e \ a U : i n a h , I subscribe myselt.

©. j r i rseEBs. ^rcsnient,

C H A 8 . K. W I N S T O N , M. D. ®or. Secretatn,

J A M E S H- GEAVES-Ctcasuttr,

A. B. SHANKLAND. CHARTED- I ii-1T• T f J • ^

a^ 5. The oyect orthi. society shall be th. purcha-e quacks in piety; they do not ch<»^ to be in-.ndSubiication of Bible,, Teitamcnu, Reli|tou. and Siib. suited, they love to tear foUy and impudence toih School Booiii, Tracu.and oiher pub Icatlons "f » f ^it^r, which should Only be a sane-bisr/ii-S-ASilre^ru^lSot'iuV^ p T y fo^he^v;etched and the s^^.-Sidncy

f e S ^ I ^ ' S ' t M r i W . K ^ ^ ^ ^ G OKOI. Rxl^ltoxn-The financial year has just fo^^iil char'cter,) bearing lawful inlerert, which inler t ^joj^j. ^e are informed the nett profiu, the past ....U $320,000, after paying wlllof the donor., "Ji" I interest on the debt, and all the expend!, of the road.

This is over 14 per cent, on tha capit^, (which is-

A N O T H B E TELESCOPIC COMET was diit covered on Wednesday evening at tbe Cambridge Observatory, by Mr. G. P . Bond, bis eighth discoTe-ry of the sort.

AN IMPORTANT INVENTION .—We learn from tbe Scientilic American, that Mr. W . Frtsblicb, engineer in the navy-yard, at Washington, has in-vented an apparatus, which is radically ielf-acUng, to prevent railroad coUisions. H e has executed an operative model, which demonttratei that even in tbe event of two trains meeting at full speed, it will operate without the help of engineer and firemen, and prevent a dangerous collision. H e has taken measures to iecure a patoat , and is now ready, wo are informed, to enter upon negetiations with rail-road companies on reasonable terms.

T H E P I E T Y T H E W O R L D H A T E S . I It is not true that the world hatea piety.—

The modest and nnobtmsive piety which fills the heart with all human charities and makes

1 a man gentle to others and severe to himrelf, is an object of universal love and veneration. But mankind hate the lust of power, when it is veiled under the garb of piety; they hate

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cant and hypticrisy; they hate i

sequent life. Hence the great respon sibility that rests on all that have, in any way, any thing to do with the first impressions of youth. And many there are that are not aware of the part

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darned thereunto by prayer and the imposition, or "laying on of the hands of the presbytery." That a man pos-sessing these qualifications is an official minister of the Gospel of Christ, none c4n deny. And that a man destitute 06 any of these qualifications' is an offi-cial minister of the Gospel, I think would be hard to prove. What then.

office of the ministiy, and appointed thereunto by the voice of the church. .5. He must be, by said church, set be-fcjic a presbytery composed of a plu-rality of ordaineti ministers ofthe same

, I fkith and order with tho ohurcb, and ihey perform in this matter. Of the many classes of persons that contrib-ute to the formation of the first impres-sions of the youthful mind. I will at the present, name but one; viz: the compilersof hymns and songs. Who does not recollect with what sacred emotion the thoughts of some old favor-ite hymn have passed through their mind, that perhaps had been sung by a bebved father or mother. Its mem-ory is as sacred as that of the Bible it-self. I t is hard to convince us of its error, if errorit be; and of all the erro-neous impressions imbibed in youth, those that are fixed by song are per-haps the hardest to eradicate. A large portion of our hymns were composed by Pedobaptists—some by persons of fine poetical talent, but unsound ia doctrine. Hence many things are found in s o m e v e ^ popular songs that are not to be found in the Bible. Of the numerous unscriptural sentiments uttered forth in song, there is one that stands preeminent. As it has been well observed, "errors on this subject

the whok structure of religion." sentiment may be found in the

favorite song commencing—"Saw ye my Saviour, &c-" The first and se-cond verses fifdiwefind " the atonement

sixth our Saviour is represented as bursting the bands of death, and as-cending to mansions of bliss: and in the seventh as "now interceding pleading that sinners may five," now if "it was finished, and the atonement was tiiade" on the cross, whence the necessity of any farther intercession? For we have the word ot God that when a sin is atoned for, it shall be forgiven. •

The doctrine of atonement, as taught by theologians, appears to me to be entirely of man,—^we must go to the writings of the learned Doctors for it.

Your Brother and F e l l o w -Laborer in de fence of truth.

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G N A W M A (Corres^onTJcntc. For the Tennessee Baptist.

bv said presbytery be recognized as I Q O N F U S I O N I N B A B Y L O N , N O . 1. eligible to the <#:e, and solemnly OJ^IB^q . G R A V E S :

E a c h reader o f the T e n n e s s e e B a j )-tist, will readily see that my subject.is novel; that is, has not been treated o n before in your excellent paper. In at i-cient times, the people all used th e same language. While that was th .e case, there was no difficultytn unde.r-standing each other; so that when one spoke they all understood. In that

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T ' . I o ^ M E I I " J « • » = r - r " •• AU- d»Ue, t ' Z -

fusion. But alas! when the world be-gan to be peopled again after the flood; men began to seek out new inven-tions. Among the rest a plan wa s formed to build a tower, whose to .p should reach to Heaven: too great a worl^ indeed, for mortals to accot n-plish. While they were thus engagi jd

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thfe ordinances, his office are connected with these, bi-t these are the most prominent.— I.i To "preach the tcord," is the most piominent and leading duty of the ministry. This is evident from his commission. "Go teach all nations;" "Preach the Gospel to every creature." Itus farther illustrated and corrobora-ted by apostolic precept and example

saps lh( The I

tho Gospel was the grand theme of his Uo about the names of their workin.g

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T h e r ea son w h y h e t h a n k e d G o d t h a t so on . he had baptized no more ofthe Corin- In such a state of affairs, they musi. thians, was, that they were disposed have been badly prebared for carry-to-glory in whomsoever baptized them, ing on their work. Disagreeing so. P iu l was too humble a christian to be much among themselves, 1 don t see willing to be gloried in, or worshipped, how they could all build together.— Would to God all men ever had been, It is reasonable that they separate, atiCi and now were of Paid's disposition, each for the future build a litUe tabric: then all s c h i s m s had been "nipped in according to his own notion and Ian-the bod." Paul's language on ibis oc- guage; consequendy, we shall ^ p e c t casion, was designed to rebuke and to find e a c h of these fabrics, differing

schisms in the church.— in some respects from others, and

From Zion't Advocate.

I T ' S NOTHING BUT A TRACT! Ah my impenitant frieni^ beware

how thou slightest the little pamphlet p resented to thine acceptance! How n lodesUy it is attired, yet how earnest-l y and pleadingly does it look into thine e!yes;how eloquently appeal to thy bet-ter nature. Beware how thou slight-est it; lest thou slight an "angel una-wares," Heaven's messenger! Take it in thine hand, "it could not hurt thee, if it would, and it would not if it could," open it, read it, refiect u[wn it. Let us simple, its Bible truths, find a lodgment in thy heart of hearts, and produce deep conviction of sin, and that "sorrow that is unto life," and arouse thee to iwbler pursuits, than have hitherto received thy attentionf— Ay, to those pursuiu, that have refer-ence to that state of existence which no "arithmetic c an calculate--no ge-ometry measure, no imagination con ceive—no rhetoric describe!" Per-chance this little Tract is the last link 'in the golden chain that would bind fJiee, indissolubly, to the "better land!"

Why, why t m m o r u l , bow to mortal things. W h e n changeless and imperishable claims Tbe p u r e s t etnanations from the soull

now only about and wpi ld be 8 per rent enfour mUlion dol lars .—Georgia Ckrtmicle

One of the most bear -rending events that ever came to our knowledge occurred near Big-Bone Spring, in Boone county, nbour midnight on Satui^ day la»t. Mr. Eichard Johnston and wife were a-roused at that time by the noise of a fire raging in their dwelling. They started up and seeing, as they supposea, . u . r it WHS in a remote room, they hasten-ed thither to save aomo furniture, leaving their two children, a liule girl and an mc. . . . asleep. They returned in a few minutes and found to their horrtjr that the room in which tho children were lyinj was allon fire. Mr . Johnston burst open the door anc was thrown backward by the enpoosion of the ran-ged air. His wife rushed forward and fell over him into the flames. H e dragged her out much burnt. But the children were inaccessible, and the parents then appeared in their agony to have lost all s ^ - p o s -session. When the first neighbor, a relative, arrived, he found her standing stupifiei holding on to tho gar.-den fence, which was on fire—her night gown all burnt ofiT except the neck, which was burning. H e ex-tinguished tho fire and laid heron the grass, and then hastened in search of her husband, whom he found near the spring rolling on the ground, and consider-ably burnt. She is hardly expected to survive; be is considered out of danger.—Lotfa Jour.

B o o k i and Stationary, Qrtvei & SHAIIK-lasds, Arcade ffuildiDMi two doorf from the Bank of Tennessee, Xloioo Street, Nashville; among which may be ibimd tbe IBUOMNF:

Kittos Cyclopedia of ReUnoni Literature; Encyclopedia of Religioiul^owledge; Pnlpit Cyclopedia, Encycloiiedia of Useful Knowledge; Cyclopedia of Mural and Religictui Anec-

dotes; Dwight's Theoldgy; Theological Sketch Book, Bognea Lectures on Theology; Dick ' S THEOLOCT; Enller'a Complete Works; Complete Works of ChiHingworth; Claris Commentary; Benkitt's Notes; _

Comprehensive Commentary, (Baptist Edi-tion;)

Hannam's Pnlpit Assistant; Ogilby's Lectures on Lay ^p t i sn i ; Complete Works of Rev. Dr. Payson; Summerfield's Sermons; Suddard's British Pulpit; Stiurtevant's Preachers Manual; Life and Sermons of Chrismaa Erans; CampbeU's Four Gospels with Notes; Ripley's Notes on the Gospels and Acts; Saurin's Sermons; eland's Essay on Composition of Sermons; Tholnck on Romans; Luther on Galatians; Home on the Psalms; McKnight on the Epistles; Barnes Notes on Isaiah; Haldane on ilomans; Stewart on Revelations; Chalmer's Sermons; Free Church Pnlpit; Wayland's University Sermons; Chalmer's on Romans; Bridge's on the Christian Ministry; Stovel on Christian Decipleship; Constitution and Canons of the Holy Apos-

tles, with a Prize Essay; Kuapps Christian TheoloCT; Moshiem's Ecclesiastical History Wall's History of Infant Baptism, with

Gales Reflections and Walls Defence; Neanders History ofthe Christian Relig^n

and Church; Home's Introduction; « »» Life, W t e r s , and Sermons of Rev. B . M.

McCheney-, Harri's Sennons and MisceHanies;

B I P U i r ' S HOTES.

T b « F o u r Gocpels, w i t h Hete*. C H I E F L Y EipUaatom iai endcjl princi-V/ paHy for Sabbath Sthool TeaelieTs and Bible Cksses, and as an Aid to Family In-itmction. By Henry J. Eipley, Newto» Theological testitntion.

ThiMVjork should, be in Uu hands o^ etera student of the BihU, espeeiaUs ever;) bahbaih school and Bible elasi Uaeher. ItisvnpaTcd viih special refirence to this class of persons, and eonlaini a man of just Ihe kind of tnfarma • Hon wanted.

The nndersigned, having esan^ed Prot Bipley's Notes on the Gospels, etn recom-mend them with confidence to ill who need tncb helps in the study of ^ eured Scrip-tares# Those passages wUek •!! can nnder-•tand are left 'without note or comment,' and the principal labor is devoted to the explana-tion of snch parts as need to be-ezpl^ed and rescued from tbe pcrverstot^ af emraM, both tbe Ignonnt and tbe k-amed. The prKicrf snggestions at the close of each cbaptor, are not tbe least valuable portios of tbe work. Mojt cordially, for the sake of initb tsd r^o-teoosness, do we wish ibrtbeie Noted wide drcnlation

BAKW STOW; -R. H. NCAIX, DAKIXL SsAkF, J. W. PAU», WM. HAOOE, R . W . CDSHIIAS, R. T D U » C L I „ N. Cotrxk,

G. W. Do«wo»Tn. Dr. Pattison, Prof, in Newtoji Tbeo. Insti-

tution, says: •! know not that I here ever read so m u c h commentary with so 6 w occasions to dissent from tbe views of the Mtbor. I shoold sooner recommend tho Notes to that class of persons for whom they were desimed than any other with which I am acquainted.'

Dr. Chaplin, late President of Watervai* College, says: 'He seems to have bit on tbe proper medium between that condseness which leaves the mind of the reader nnsatis-fied, and that prolixity which exl»«n«W

Loads his memory with useless lum-

late President of C o l s n ^ a

THUS IS L I P E . — I f w e die t o d a y , t h e s u n will shine as brightly, and the birds ring as sweetly to-morrow,

uded i

s ^ p r e s s scuuitxi, . . . s o m e Other respects. They • • their

them-onirnliTo^as" a'duty o ' rgreat inTpor-1 selves a name, one calling himself by tance, yet subordinate to preaching this name, and another bjtthat, so that Christ. 2. To administer the ordinan- they could no longer build together.— ces of baptism and "the Lord's Sup- Finally they give up building the peY," therefore, is, in comparison with mammt)th batel, and dispersed. Now ^ ^ c h i n g , a subordinate ^uty of the a long tjme'after that, ther^wa^ anoih-mmister. That administering the or- er building commenced; th« ^ t dihances is a Juiy devolved on, and was according to the will of the Lord, confined to the ojtciai minister, is, 1 and u n d e r his directions. There were think evident from scripture. I t is not some that desired very

ilaborate in this building. They said they wor-" the same God', lhat Nehemiah

my did, and why not suf-'-Ip buiW- But t he se-r-

Matt. 28: 19. 20, is clear on this sub- vants of the Lord to d thein t h e j had ject. ' all nations." 2.1 nothing to do to build with t h e m . -

and not to the Bible. WiU some able j preaching the Gospel as agreeing in some other respects. 1 hey p e n l a y a s i d e "the traditions o f the fa- ^ of the minis- also, no doubt differed about their thers," and discuss this matter from ^ePg o ScioZ duty, and administering the name, for they were lo make them-the Bible alone. " " •• J , . ,

ANTI-TRADITION. See a file headed "Atonement,"

and puUiabed m the Baptist ofthe 20lh April 1848.

CABBT AND HIS DtSOIPLBS. A eamsaoDdest of tho Be Loois Eepnblican

WTitii>s&oniIbano,pinais. onderdata ofthe 2lst nlC. says that.tha eoloiiT of Fmch enrigraals with Ur. Cabetudiair l»d. that 'iMchsd 8c. Loniam &« dayt iiaca en-thfr Msnhall Ney and immediatdy passed op tha I£s^ppi river, hm detsnmBed to locate as «idi» the vitanity of Naowo, Bad asttt BIoaari<vtra.aa w»a fc Js fcrth« ^ bytliB Bmeesmnieadnt that seven hundred ad-aitteaal saWiBsts, wUhdnae aaamrawiathe V i ^ States, wiU sooo fcBow lijMB, thai th ir^ t t e n a n a who are stin ia F r a ^ ^tfln amip ^ Tul tfnfrt dlgT bggllltBil lA Uie OaW

day, birds

„ 'Business will not be sus-pended for TT moment, and the great mass will not bestow a thought upon our toemories. "Is he dead!" will be the solemn enquiry of a few, as they pass to the pleasure of their •work. But no one will miss ns, except our immediate connexions; and in A short time they will forget ns, and laugh as merrily M •when we sat beside them. TKus shall we aU, now active in fife pass away. Our children crowd close behind ns, and they will soon be irone. In ft few years not a Uving being can a a y , " I knewhim." We bved in another age, and did business with those who have long aince slumbered in the tomb. Thus is life.— How rapidly it passes ' O, Messed are tbey -who are held in everlasting reoiembtance.

WASHinaToir, April, 17 William 8 . Coody, a distinguished citizen of. tho

Chorukee lodiaiis. died b«ro yesterday, ami was bu-ried this aflemoon with every lestimooial of respect aod repird. HU remains were attended to the grave by the Masonic Lodges, as wel laa by many rfibe most mpeetabia of our townsmea and visitors from elsf where. Mr. CiKxly was a well educated and well principled perwo. and has held high and honorable emptoymentsfrom his nation, both in their ooi^ • t home and as a delegate here. He was tnnc teemed, « n d will be mach regrettod.—BaZt. Suu.

iciU

Stewart on the Apo^ypse ; irks;

I N W A R D I N F L U E N C E OF O U T W A R D BEAUTY.

Believe me, there is many a road into our hearts besides our ears and brains; many sight and sound, scent, even of which we have never thought, all, sinks into otir memory, and helps to shape our character, and thus children brought up among beautiful sights, and sweet sounds wiU most likely show the fruits of their nursing-by tho'nghtfulness and affection, nnd nobleness of mind, even by the expression of the countenance. Those who live in towns should carefully remember this, for their OTO sakes, for their wife's sakes, for their chil dren'ssakes. Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.

T H E CHOLBEA—Terri iZe ffaeiw.—We learn by the last arrival from Europe, that the cholera had broken out in Paris. Tho Journals of the 12th says that ten cases wore declared on the day preTious, at the HorMal it la Ckarile, that several case), had oc-currmi in tbe armp and that about fifty deaths had takon place in private houses. Cholera had also bro-ken out in Bergen, Norway, end was making senoui havoc among the poor fisherncen on the Coast and m the Fiords. On some of tho farms whole familia< had been swept off. In the city 901 cases had a l r ^ y occurred, of which 501 had boon fatal. Upwards of ten were occuring daily. This is a large number out of a population not exceeding 24,000, The p a ^ r s stale that at Bspevar tho fishermen are dying so tiut that they have been compelled to carry tho bodies to an uniDhabited islet, and merely cover them with a few planks, where they were rotting and being dc-voared by the birds of prey.

A GREAT NORSEBT.—Perhaps tbe largest nursery in tbe world is Booth's, in Holstein, one of the Danish provinces. It consists of one hundred and eighty acres, and requires, on an average, one hundred and thirty men and twenty women to cultivate it. Eighty packers are employed during tbe packing sea-son. The average profit, for tho last thirty years, has been « 1 5 , 0 0 0 annually, thouA at one time, for twelve years, tbe sale of dahlias aloue netted $60,000 per annum, and to which eleven acres are still devoted. Some rare Orcbideous plants sell for S300 each. Of this family of plants, they have two thousand va-rieties, and two thousand of the dahlia. Tbe rallection of ornamental trees is enormous.— Mmne CvJUmaUrr.

Butier's Complete Worl Stewart on Romans, Pulpit Orators of France; Gaston's Collections by Hall; _ Porter's Lectures on Homilclics; Sacred Philosophy ofthe Seasons, by Dr.

Duncan; Power of the Pulpit, by Dr. Spring; Whitfields Sermons, Davidson's Connexions; Melville's Sermflns; Oxford's Tracts; Bede'S Ecdcsiasflcal History; Life Letters; and Remains of Robt. PoDok; Eusebiu's Church Histor}^; Christianity Demonstrated by H . New-

comb; Sketche'S of Sermons, on the Parables and

Miracles, by Rev. Dr. Bums; . Coleman's Apostolical and Primirire

Churches;

' ^ ' ' " " ^ G l l v ^ I R R I K A N K L A N D . AprU 2G. 1849. '

F e m a l e Ednca t loB.

TH E n n d e r a g n e d respectfully unouDcei to those who are seekine their daughters

a n e d u c a t i o n , sotid and thorough as we l l a s ornamental, and who wish them to pursue their studies, where they can bare tbe bene-fits of christian family infiuenee, and of a re-fining socia l intercourse; that be has estabfiab-ed, in tbe city of Washington, in the retired, healthy, and beautiful locaEty of Indiana A -venue, a

F A M I L Y B O A R D I N G S C H O O L , with tbe aim of meeting their WANTFC HIA thirteen years' experience io Philadelphia^AND hia success with the large esttblisbment Oien known as the "Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies," may perhaps daim from tbe public • confidence in his succeaa with a board-ing School, whose number U to be » L U M ^ as to secure the twofold advantage of family c o v e m m e n t a n d of his personal initmmon of every pupU. He will, however, take the I»b-

tience and lo bar.'

Dr. Chapin, College, says: 'His notes p r e i e r « a just me-dium between the diffuse and Ae condse. One exceHesce is, that be helps tbe reader where he needs help, and wbeti ho doea not, beletsbimgoakme. On idaia texti, >M note* are not obtruded; but on t]u obscure, tbey are sound and satisfsctory.'

Rev. J . A. Wame, editor of the Compre-hennve Commentary, says: "It may not seem proper to institute comparisons between Eip-ley and Barnes; and yet I wiUjnstaay. that Prof. Ripley is, in my judgmrat, by far the safer, the more modest, and the less onenta-tious guide; and I cannot but wiab be vrea a-dopted universally, in place of Barnes, in our Sabbath schools." , , ,

Tbe late Dr. Kendrick, Prof, of T h e o l i ^ , Hamilton Literary and Theological Institu-tion, says: think them superior, for tbe use of Sabbath schools, to any exposition 1 have seen of this part of the Divine word. The correctness of sentiment whicb they mcalcaie; the judgment with which the most important pointa ofthe passage are selected for explana-tion—the perspicuity and predsion with which these are treated—the judicious references to ancient usages, which throw light on difficult t e x t s - ^ e i r adaptation to awaken in youth, an interest for the study ofthe aacred Scrip-tures, and to aid tbeir i n q i n ^ after divine truth; give them a decided claim upon the-pa-tronageofthe Chrisunn community.'

Dr. Welch, Pastor of Re port Street Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., says. -I have looked through the volumes -mib some attention and with very great pleasure. The NOM though brief, contain much information of an important char-acter to the student of the Bible, parnculBrly the lucid illustration of the text from the man-ners and customs of the East. Their brevity indeed may be regarded as one of their pecu-liar excellencss; rarely have Iseen so large an amount of useful and important matter com-prised within so narrow limiu. They are in my judgment admirably, adapted to tho object fcr which they were written, and to the San-day school teacher an invaluable aid, when known and appreciated they must soon be re-garded as in^pensable in schools and Bible classes.'

Dr. J . S. Baker, Editor B e l i ^ u s and Lit-erary Review, Penfield. Ga., says: 'We have carefully examined Ripley's Notes on the Gospels, and fed no hesitation in saying, that tbey are well calculated to answer the ends for which tbey were deamed. The style of the work merits particular commendation.— While plain and tmostenta t i^ , it is chaste and perspicuous. The fnithfiilnBM ofthe au-thor, in his notes on those passages of Scrip-ture which haye reference to the subjeta of baptism, should commend the work to every member of our denomination. W e trust t h ^ the p e i ^ is not far distant, when a copy of it win be found in every Baptist family in tho United States. . .

The late Prof. Knowles, in tbe Christian Review, saya: 'Prof. Ripley bas given ue a specimen of tbe right Itind of Commentary; the Notes are more strictly explanatory than

E R T ^ referring, in the West and S O U A , to Rev. Drs. HoweU,IN Tenn.. Malcom. in Ky.. Gen. Houston, i n Texas. Major B O R L ^ , in Arkansas, and Col. R . M. Johnton, of K^.

Circulars containing particulara are in the hands of Dr. HoweU, of whom they M»J be had by those W I S U N G F A ^ R M F A M I A ^ .

R . W . C U S H M A N , A . M . April 19, 1B49.—6m.

Window B U B d s . A good stock of inside Vemtiaa Blinds, rectdv-ed andfor aale law. B ^ ^ QJ^EENFIELD.

April 12.

lOACH, Furaiture. J ^ " - i d b t a d t VAKWIBU

of interpretation are more cautiously appfied; and the explanations, particulady on the iub-iect of baptism, are mors tuirrecU'

Rev. R. TumbuU, Pastor of tbe first Baptist Church, Hartford, says: 'The valM of ti» Notes consist chiefly in their brevity, jndi-dousness and simplidty. The ^£&calt pas-sageaare aatijffutorily discussed, while those of a plainer and more intelligible nature are passed oves with brief notices. Prot Ripley's style ia p lw and chaste,—not loaded with redundances, aor bristling wilh epi^cta.

Dr. Baeon, President of Colnmlna CoBege. aays: The teacher or scholar will find in this work a greater numlier of just such questions, as he would desire to ask, i u t d i ^ y and sat-is&ctorily answered, thin in any other. I should be happy to see it in every iaiidly and ia the hand id every Sabbath Miaol teacher and achdar of suitable age, in thsland.'

The Biblical Bepoutoiy, Aadorer, aayi: There are three thincs in these Notes w i ^ have pven ua much satisfactioti; first, tlw kind and catholic spirit ereiy where mani-fest—second, the labor is bestowed really difficult tosts—thiid, Ae praetual re-fiectxms are few and to the point.'

The Acu of the Apoatles with Notes— CUefiy Explanatory. Designed for Teachers in SatikA Sdiools and .Bible Classes, and aa an aid to family instmcticB. By Prot H. J.

has aamenras commendationa ofthe sams character as the bngang on tha Qtnpels.

Published by GOULD, •:^NDALL & LINCOLN.

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Bo- it ever io|imiple, dwre's nothing like i ptayet;

loathes, sa&eni, rabdaes, I t tmt—, HJothes, soSeni, miBattes, yet * rattint,

( S r w Tigot to hope, and puts pwrion in f chaiaa.

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&r fiom the Mends we hold detr-est,, we part,

"ymut fimd lecaQecdons ding to the I heart!

P t a t converse, past scenes, past eigoy-menta are there;

- hnitfally pleasmgtiUhanowed by i prayer! I Prater, prayer, S(e.

3. •'^hen pleasnre would woo s s &om pi-! ety'a a m a ,

Tirt airen sings swsetly, or silently eharnii;

•WeBstan, love, loiter, are can^i t in tho 7 snare—

Bot loakiog to Jeros, we conquer j . prayer.

,; Prayer, prayer, IfC.

4. j^niile strancers to prayer, we are ^tran-gerstabl is i ;

Ekaven po»rs its fall streams through no I mediam bat this;

till we the seraph's full extaey share, O w chaEia of joy must be guarded by

t prayer. ] Prayer, prayer, O neett prayer, iBtU ever to timpU, there't nalbing like 5 prayer.

I D E L A Y NOT. Aia—Siresi Allan.

1. rWay not, delay not, O sinner draw neari T h s waters of life are now flowing for thee;

No is demanded, the Saviour is here; JUdsmpdon is purchased, salvation is free.

S. D ^ i y not, delay not, why longer abuse T h i love and compatsionof Jesus, thy God?

A iiref tain is opened, bow const thou refuse Td Wash and be cleansed in his psrdjniog

i j blood.

3. Dfcjay not, delay not, O dnnex, to come, F ^ mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-

I i dayi Her viacB is not heard in the vale of the tomb;

He« measnge unheeded will soon pass away.

4. Dfejay not, delay not, the hour is at hand; Thq earth shall dissolve and the heavens

shall fade; . Ths small and great, in the Judgement

j i shall stand: W h i t power then, O mnneH shall lend thee

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playful circles among his fellow ten-ants of the air.

But man is formed for higher, no-bler action than those. With form stately and erecti with limUs formed and arranged for useful and, giant ac-tion, and endowed with au intellect with which he can range through cre-ation, he with one hand laysjearth un-der contribution to supply 'him food, while with the other he builds cities, castles and navies.

Combining the energies of his whole nature, what has not man a ^ m p l i s h -ed? Alexander, bending h ^ energies to a given point conquered ihe world. Demosthenes surmounted obstacles the most formidable and made himself the world's model orator. Scipio and

; Frm theShelhyiilU Expotilor. | S h b i o t v i i . l b , Feb. 2 0 , 1 8 4 9 .

B E T . : J . C . H O L X :

D«ar Sir:—The undersigned were appointed a Cominitlee, on behalf of Bedfprd Division No. 22, Sons of T e m -

ce, to solicit a copy of the beau-ind truly eloquent address, deliv-j j y m l i u o r e the DivisTon on the ng of the 1 9 ^ instant, for pobli-

pera i t ifui: e i e d e v e n ca t i o^ .

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glori i 'ns c a u s e in w h i c h h a v e e v e r m a n i f e s t e d so m u c h zea l , w e a r e p e r -m i t t e d to h o p e y o u wi l l no t d e n y o u r r e q u e s t .

: T r u l y Yours , S. C D l L O M ,

^ J . p . S T E E L E , - H . M . K E N N Y .

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v e r y k ind a n d fiatlering n o t e of F e b . SO, d u W r e c e i v e d . P r e v i o u s e n -g a g e i p e n t s h a v e p r e v e n t e d a n e a r l i e r a t t e i k ^ i i t o y o u r r e q u e s t . I f y o u t h i n k t i n ^ ' i c a u e r e d i d e a s t h u s h a s t i l y i h r o ^ toge ther a r e c a l c u l a t e d to s u b -f i c v ^ ' t h e pub l ic good , t h e y a r e a t y o u r

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^ M ^ : : - - S e r v a n t , J O H N C . H O L T .

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Wjuiky Patriarch, and Brethm of tke livt^aK—

A i r b a r e c a l l e d u's t o a d d r e s s ' ^ o u 'ia a l l ow u s t o o c c u p y y o u r a t t e n ^ b a . t h e i m p o r t a n c e a n d d i g -

A d i a a u e saen t i a l t o t h e d e y ^ b ^ m m ^ ^ a i t f . w e l l ' b e i n g o f t h e

' l a n j ^ i o C a n i ^ i u d i n t e l l e c tua l beii]g. / -Tfaa filiate c n a d o o a t e p r o m p t e d %

n a t f r e i m t i n e t t o g a i n i n s p o r t r o p l ay - ; - ' f o l g a m b o l s t h a t e K F c i a e w h i c h t h e i r ' ' n a t n ^ ' r e q u i r e , t h u s p r o m o t i n g t h e i r - o w i r i f d f t r e r a n d c o n t r i b o t i i ^ t o t h e " p l e a a i i m o f b i ^ e r o r d e r s o f b e i n g s . '

T l ^ b i n H n t f a g r a c e f u l f b n n , i p r e a d s

C®sar by their military prowess trans-mitted their names through ail coming time. Napoleon become the hero of a

i hundred battles. Washington the sa-viour o f his country. Franklin the prince of PhilosophfW. Ful{on rested not till his steam, ship ploi^hed the deep, defying winds and currents— thereby puttidg in actidn a force which has annihilated distance, revolutioniz-ed the world, and performed the labor of hundreds by a single ic dividual. Morse by his telegraphic wirta laid his hand on thelightening's mane,directed his pathway, and caused it to travel post at his bidding.

Great and beneficial have been the result of effijrt in medical st ience.— The laws of health have been made known, and man has been mode to see that to a large extent his health and happiness are placed within his own keeping.

Jenner, when he discovered that the vaccine virus was a preveniiv*^ of small pox, confered a greater blessing on his race, than Suiter when he discovered the mines of Californinn gokl. H o w many lives have been p i e ser ed and how much suffering preventfjd by the discovery and use of disinls'cting a-gents. Frightful indeed was the mor-taliiy in the ships of Vernon, and An-son, when called to do service within the tropics. Cook, with acrQw of 118 men traversed all latitudes from 52 degrees north, to 71 sonih in a three years voyage and returned to port with the loss of only one man. Capt. Cook not only enforced the laws of health, among his men, and cleanli-ness on his ship, but he c a u s f d f r e t to lie kindled in the ships hold Ijy which the noxious gasses were dispf lied, his ship dried and the health of bis men preserved.

Capt. Murray of the British roya navy was sent m 1S09 to Vera Cruz, where he remained from eight to ten weeks, during that time the other ships of the squadron lost fro.Ti eighteen to fifty men each.—Capt. Murray none, and had none sick.

After being stationed two years on the coast of Labrador, bis ship was re-called and sent to the West Indies on the 24ih of Dec . 1823. After a long service on that station he returned to England without hurrying a single man, and without any on the sick list. His ship was scrubbM daily and fres employed till she was perfectly dry. Capt. Murray attributed the great go<^ health of his crew, to, 1st, keeping his ship perfectly dry and clean, 2d the men's wearing flannel next to the lUn, 3d, to his allowing none to leave the ship in the morning on an empty stomach, 4th, to the cheerfulness of the crew.—Here again was an observance of the laws of health, with the use iire as a disinfecting agent.

W e are informed by those then resi-dent there, that when the Cholera pre-vailed a few years since in this coun-try, that in our neighbortng town of Columbia, the town authorities caused lime to be placed at the door of every citizen. Much attention was given to keeping the town clean, and to a free use of lime as a disinfecting agent. T h e result was , the Cholera ravaged the towns around them, but was unknown in Columbia. Should not a similar course be adapted in Shelby ville atthe present time? Would it not be "penny wise and •pound foolish" to shrink on account of the expense? And now, in-deed that the dreadful cholera after having revelled again to satiety groans and agonies and death in the cities and countries of the old world h u with giant stride crossed the broad Atlantic, and invaded our borders, shall any eSbrt be spared calculated to arrest his progress and save our citi-zens from those dreadful sufierings which his ravages would produce a-mongus? H o w imperious the obliga-tions and heavy the responsibilities that rest on our "City Fathers" to en-force all needful sanitary laws. Shall our m w happy and flourishing town b e l a ^ I n deppula ted , through their neglrct? S ^ the many causes of dis-ease and death that now exist among us. S e e t h e accumulations offilth^in cellars, y ^ s and streets. See our s u e e u tenanted with filthy h o « and cattle adding still more to the already ex isdng causes o f disease and death. And'Worse still, how often is the poor d M ^ e d ^ s u i t i n g drunkard seen wuluwing in our streeU, and belching oat his hornd oaths a t t h e doors of drunkeriea with which this town is dis-grtced,—himself a fit subject o f Cb<A;

era and inviting its presence among us. Who w e ask is to answer for all these evils? W h o to answer for the corrupting influence of the drunken-ness, profanity and kindred vices that now stalk abroad unblushing and un-rebuked in our midst? T o our town corporation under providence, is com-mitted in great measure, the keeping of the lives and health and morals of the people. H a v e they no sons whose morals they are bound to guard? H a v e

ley no'care for the moral's of the sons of their fellow citizens.

Have they no wives and daughters whom they are bound to protect from the.disgusting scenes so often present-ed in our streets? W h y then w e in-quire is law with them so much a dead letter when morals, health, life, all, all are involved in the issue. Let them with a becoming sense of the trust commit-ted to them, and with the dignity of men come up to their duty and rid the town of those nuisances which now de-sress our morals, offend every refined Mnsibility of our natures, and threaten us with death in its most frightful forms.

Effort is essential to our pecuniary advancement. "It is the diligent hand that maketh rich." Still the state of onr farms, the comfort of our domes-tic animals, the improvement of our streets and roads, and indeed the gen-eral range of affairs, all testify to the need of increasing efibrt.

What, brethren, exerts a more re-jining and elevating influence upon the owner and his house hold than a finely cultivated farm with its nicely arranged garden filled with fruits and and flowers, a picture of the beauty and innocence of Eden. H o w read-ily is the mind transferred from these scenes to the

"Sweet fields beyond the swelling floods, Which "Stand drest in living gteea." The descriptions given us of the hea-

venly country convey to the mind ideiis of perfect order and great beauty. Hence the green pastures and still w a -ters.—The heavenly mansions and the golden c i ty .—The splendid palace acid the gorgeous temple. Nothing is more common than for people to speak in raptures of these things. But v i e w their plantations. See their ill arrang-ed fields and fences—their unfinished and dilapidated buildings with their comfortless aspect, and is there not ground to fear that such people have nut that cultivation oi heart and intel-lect that would enable them to relish the perfect beauties of the heavenly land. High attainments in piety, and

high endowments of intellect will throw around their possessors the appear-ance of order, neatness, and industry. "Diligent in business" is a divi«»« la-junctioa. No tiowever hum-ble. bat may, with a little well direct-ed eSbrt present an aspect qT neatness and comfort. No plantation but should present an aspect of industry and ihrift. And yet through dread o f la-bor how many fold their arms in idle-ness and say with the sluggard " A lion is in the w a y , I shall be slain in the streets." A }u>hj horror of all im-provement seems to. pervade their minds lest they should be thought proud.

The same Creator, Brethren, who formed us made also the l e a s t s of the field. T h e prophet declares of God that he not only made the earth by his great power, but, "the man and beast that are upon it." And the devout Psalmist exclaims 'O Lord thou pre-servestboth men and b e a s f "

Those domestic animals kindly giv-en us for our benefit seek protection from the bleak cold winds of vsrinter; and the scotching heat of summer. And, duty to their Creator, and to them as well as our own personal interest; all urge us to render them comforta-ble according to their respective na-tures. T h e cow is deemed an almost indispensable appendage to the house-hold. But how often is she seen suf-fering with hunger, shivering with cold, or drooping beneath the peltings of the merciless storm or the no less merciless -peUingt of the boys and dogs of the streets. Now with such treat-ment is it not just that she denies re-muneration for the funds expended in her purchase, when a little of that time and efibrt employed in whittling dry goods boxes on the side walks, or oth-er employ mentequaliy valueless would make her comfortable according to her nature, and profitable to her owner. The hog, filthy as his nature is still pos-sesses some estimable qualities. Give him a shelter and a bed and he highly appreciates their value. Feed him in a clean place and he not only does not waste his provision, but like a good house keeper, removes the rubbish and prepares his table for the next meal. T h e hog is a staple commodity in this farming community, yet too often are thd laws of his nature unheeded—he was made to live a suffering life, and comc to the slaughter without profit to the grower, when a little suitable effort would have made him both comforta-ble and profitable. It is our deliber-ate belief that one third o f the profiu of his business is often lost to the grow-er, by penning his hogs unsuitably, leaving them without shelter, exposed to storms and cold, and his wasteful manner o f , feeding. A n d so of the whole range of our domesfic animals, each must be treated according to the laws of each natures, or weoffend their

Creator and do violence to our own in-terests.

W e have been glancing at effort ap-propriate to ourselves as men. Were we to-night addressing an assemblage of Ladies, as well as Gentlemen, we might perhaps be bound to ask pardon for presumeing to look within their doors. But p.irdon us Ladies (should any of our members chance to reveal our secrets, and so these sentiments meet your ear) when w e say in your sphere, effort is indispensable to the development and perfection of your womanfy natures. Not effort merely to excel in the drawing room or at the piano, but in the more solid accom-plishments of the cultivation of the in-tellect and the heart, and the conduct-ing of your households with* order and propriety.

Appropriate and beautiful indeed is the description given by Solomon of the Lady. "She seeketh wool and fllax, and workeih willingly with her hands—she openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness—she lookeih well to her household and ealeth not the bread of idleness." And, as her reward, "Her husband is known in .he gales, he sit-teth among the elders of the land—the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her."

But brethren ve aave chosen a sphere of efiort high and holy in its nature and design. It is to roll back the waves of intemperance which are breaking in on every hand. Great are the incentives, and imperious the obli-gations which urge us on to zeal and activity in our chosen sphere of action. Let past success urge ns to redoubled efforts. Let the certain destruction of the inebriate, fire our zeal for his res-cue- Let the danger of the inexper-ienced and unsuspecting, stimulate us to speedily interpose a barrier in their lathway. Let every consideration of ove to the temporal and eternal wel-

fare of our fellow beings all urge us to diligence in our chosen work.

The great Architect of the Universe in its creation followed out design, and the system of worlds he has made, is the result of action. Without these, would the planets, balanced by coun-teracting forces, roll in their spheres in majestic order? Would earth, attend-ed by her satelite, perform her daily and annual revolutions? Would the changes of day & night, spring, sum-mer, autumn and winter, have been produced? Would earth have been fitted for the abode of man, and man fitted for bis residence on earth?

See how the various feathered tribes are adapted to their different modes of life by natoroo iko^i c.rAainr gave them. Each obtains his food in his own department, and each is

nothing descend beneath our true dig-nity. When as professional men we task our intellects to gain our profes-sion and prosecute it to advantage, - w e act consistently with the dignity of man. If as a mechanic w e task both the intellectual and physical man three is dignity in the deed. And in the w h o l e range of our industrial pursuits w e are acting in obedience to the laws o four Creator and in accordance with ourdignity now and in time to come. Let us then as beings formed for ac tion push forward our efforts for the accomplishment of all that is manly and good. Efforts to correct whatev-er is wayward and wrong in our ani-mal natures—efforts to strengthen and invigorate our physical natures—ef-forts to expand and enrich and adorn our intellectual natures—efforts to cul-tivate our moral natures, and so to strengthen the moral principles that the efforts of the whole man sh all be under its controlling influence. And .et our efforts in the cause of Temper -ance, "the cause of all mankind" cease only when there remains no longer a drunkard, a libel on human nature— when our limbs are palsied, and our hearts can no longer bleed for the woes of the drunkard's abused and suf-fering wife and orphaned children. Let us act, and continue to act, till the moral renovation of our race is com-plete—till every vale shall become as the garden of God, and from every

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hill-top w e shall behold the beauties of Paradise.

in his own sphere. Look brute creation. See their various forms and natures, and modes of life. Each seeks his food from his quarter, and each is happy in the enjoyment of the pleasures bis nature craves. But above all, see man elevated above all the other creatnres of earth, by the form and intellect his Creator gave him. H o w happily blended his ani-mal, physical, moral and intellectual natures. H o w ample the range of their enjoyment. Not a want, of this wondrous and complicated being, for which ,his Creator did not provide. And now, when w e consider the vast and perfect design, seen in creation's plan, and the power and action which accomplished the great plan of that designing mind, do w e not see a dis-play of the highest conceptions of dig-nity? And was not that dignity equal-ly displayed in the creation of the atom which floats in the atmosphere, as in the creation of the planets which roll in their orbits. W a s not that dignity equally displayed in the creation of man, as in the creation of the tall Arch Angel who bows before the throne? W a s not his dignity equally displayed in the creation of the crawling worm, as in the creation of that Leviathan that plows the mighty deep? If so, are any efforts which the laws of his Creator impose on man, or the events of his special providence demand of him, beneath bis true dignity?

Again, did the Creator stoop be-neath his dignity when he made the beast, the fowl, the fish, and the rep-tile, and provided for them the means of enjoyment? Did he stoop beneath his dignity when he made Eden a gar-den and placed man there to dress and keep id

If labor was essential to the wel l be-ing of man when he dwelt in Eden's bowers and stood high in the favor of his God, is it not much more essential to him now ia his fallen state? If a garden w a s essential to his highest fe-licity then, can any thing less than neat-ness and order, combined with high cultivation, be essential to his highest felicity now? I f the Creatdr drew the plan of Eden, and planted a garden for man's happiness, does man stoop beneath his dignity when he arranges and cultivates his garden and his fields? Does he stoop beneath his dignity when he studies the nature and habits of his domestic animals and provides for their comfort?

Finally, brethren—^When w e culti-vate the earth and root out the briers and .thorns, those sad memorials of the curse-.^when w e cause our gardens to smile with fruits and flowers, and clothe our fields with verdure, we in

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Feb. 22, 1849. N o t i c e .

T E S S E J . S M I T H , of Sommerville Ten., *f has a full supply of the Southern Baptist Almanac, and Annnal Register, which he is prepared to famish dur brethren of West Ten-nessee and North Mississippi, at wholesale or retail, on the aame terms that we sell them here,Tiz; ID cents single copies, $1 per doz. or $8 per 100.

GRAVES & SHANKLAND. Feb. 15, IMB.

J O H N H. SIMON,

WHOLESALE DEALEK IN CLASSICAL, Miscellaneous, School, and Blank Books, and

Staticnery, 114 North Third Street, Phii .adklpbii . . U T Southern and Western Merchants are res-

pectfully solicited to call and examine the stock and prices, Nov. 15.

S E V E N T E E N MORE W A N T E D . I will be one of twenty to pay Bro. Perry

$25 at the next General Association, for the support of the Gospel in our State.

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Harpeih Church. I subscribe to the proposition to pay $25.

W. P E R R Y .

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Mange, and of great service in diseases nhcre deli-

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BOOKSELLER. AND GENERAL AGENT FO PERIOpiCALS AND BENEDICT'S HIS-

TORY OF T H E BAPTISTS, 6OSII«ktii.I.I, TXKS.

Jan. 20,1848.—tf.

H. G. SCOVEL,

DRCGGIST AND APOTHECAEY, North side of the Public Square, Three doon West of the

Nashville Inn. A large Slock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicala,

Paints, Oils, Dje Stuffs, 1 Perfumery, Fancy Ardclea, Brushes, Vamiahea, Glasa, Glassware, &C.&C.

The subscriber haa recently returned from the Northern and Eastern citiea, where he has purchaaed large supplies of the choicest articles in his line, and is p r e p a r ^ to offer to cash purchasers great induce-menu.

In addition to an excellent and extensive assort-ment on hand, he has just received such accesaiona as make his atock one of tho most deairable ever offered in Naahville.

FRESH ARRIVALS. 1494 LBS. Eng. Sup. Carb. Soda; 1190 " Madder, (a fine article;) 4704 boxes superior Blacking; 244 Iba Eng. Borax, Ret;

1 Case Lump Magnesia, prime; 7200 boxes superior Matches, in wood boxes;

5 baskeu freah Olive Oil; 1 Matt freah Clovea; a kegs Ref. Salt Petre;

40 gallona Sweet Oil; i bbl. Balsam Copaiba;

700 Iba. Spaniah Brown; 1005 •• Oil Vitrol; . 1080 bottlea Townsend's Sarsaparilla, (30 dozen yei

to arrive;) 262 lbs American Yellow Ochre;

1 bbl. Pul. Cream Tartan 360 gallons Spiriu Turpentine, (Northern;) 366 bottlea Scotch Snuff;

51 lbs. White MuMkrd Seed; 320 lbs. Venetian lUd;

1 case Gum Copal, (Zenzebar prime;) 60 lbs. Chrome 6reen, (Sieman a;)

1 bbl Maccaboy Snuff; 25 Jara Blue Mass, (ope)

2 ceroons Indigo, (Spanish Float;) 29 lbs. Juju Paste; Spatutas, assorted; 40 books Deep Gold Leaf:

Gold FoU, (a few ocs. Abbey's beat;) 12 Fitche's Shoulder Bracea;

300 Iba. Powdered Pumice Stone; 6 doz. Tripoli, (for cleaning brass;)

10 lbs. Gum Opic, (Turk;) Brushes, assor t^ ;

2400 oqttlea Dr. A. Trask's Magnetic Ointment. Galvanic Curatives.

The only agency in Nashville for Christie'a Galvan-ic Belts, Necklaces, Bracelets, Rings, Fluid, Bands, Piaster!, &c. 12 Dr. Moorehead's Graduated Magnetic Machines

1 case superior Dental Instruments. Perfumery.

A large sunpW of veiy select (Poke t Handker-chief) French Extracts; Ox Marrow; Philacome Oil; Maccasar's Oil; Chinese Meon Fun; Toilet Powder; Hair Dye; Depilatory Powder; large and steall Hock Cologne; Pearl Powder; Jenny Lind Extract, highly prised by the northern ladies, &c., &c.

Fishing Tackle, Much valued by the sdeoti&c FiaberTxwa of Naah-

ville. 2 copying Presses, Wafers, Sealing Wax, Sttel

Pens. Mother's Belief.

An article highly recommended for the relief and cure of many of those affections to which females are peculiarly liable.

200,000 Percussion Caps. (G. D.) The above articles, together with a largo supply

of almoat every thing in ths Drug line, and for aale at the most reasonable prices by

H . G. SCOVEL, North side of the Public Square, 3 doota west

of the NashviUe Ian. Nashville, Nov. 15, 1848.

T H E C O n P A l f l O B T ; i »xw coLUcrroir or

H Y M N S A N D S P I R I T U A L S O N G S , AdaplMl to

DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES, BTRtr. J. a . D. CiTES.

C J E C m D E D r n O N - . H e v i . e d «,d enlar^red.-^ Publiahed by Graves Si Shankland, Arcada Buildings, Union street, Naahville, Tenn.

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BT a. B. C. HOWXI.L, D. J>.

An ori^nal and Scriptural work on the Office and Qualifications of Deac^ma.

Juat published by thf Society, and for aale at the Depoaitory. Price 40 c u .

June 1, 1848.

" p E A R L BARLEY, one of the mildest and least - I irritatingoffarinaceoaa substances, forms by de-coction with water; a drink admirably adapted to (eb. rile and inflammatory complaints. For sale by

May 22. H . G. SCOVEL.

C I T Y H O T E L , BAST SIDE OF T H E PUBLIC SQUARE,

Naskville, Tennessee. M A R S H A L L & S C O T T ,

P r a p r i e t m . May 15, 1847.

J . I . . C o U i n s , M E R C H A N T T A I L O R ,

Deaderick Street. ' I ' A K E S this method of returning his thanks

to the public for the liberal patronage here-tofore extended to him, and hopes to merit a continuation of the same. He has this day re-ceived a fine assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, which he is disposed to sell on the most favorable terms.

S p l e n d i d P r e m i i u n s ! "A CHANCE FOR ALL!!"

W / ^ i ' b to 1000 new and paying subscri-T T bers to the list of the Tennessee Baptiac dar-

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F i r s t . Every brother or sister sending ns three new subacH-bers, and $6, shall receive 1800 pages of religioiu tracts, or the paper for six months.

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Every Church sending the publishers ten dollars, shall receive five copiea of the paper, and one doxen copies of ths Companion, a brautifol collectiao of hymna for our churches—See advertisement.

F o n r t b . Every brother "sending ten new snbtcriben, shall re-ceive one splendid steel engraved portrait of Dr. Judson, the great Burman Apostle, richly set in a beautiful rose-wood or gilt frame, or one copy of Ben-edict's invaluable bistory,containing aboot 1000 pages, a perfect Encycl(£pedia of historical knowledge—or one copy of the Bncyclcspedia of Religious knowledge, and the paper for one year, gratis.

F i f t h . For fifteen new snbwribers, the entire sett of Didi's works, in fine binding—a complete library in itself— and the paper fpr one year gratis.

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July 13, 1848.

T h e G b r i s t l a n ' s D a i l y T r e a s o r r ,

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"Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, Co doctrine."

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A C e r t a i n , S o v e r e l K n a n d S p e e d y CURE OF T H E FEVER AND AGUE,

TWl be found in WrigWM iUiia TegetabU PilU. READ THIS!

C u r e o f F e v e r a n d A f p i e . RnssELLViLtj, Putnam CO., I n d , July 17,1847.

DB. WHIGHT—Some time since your agent left me a supply of yotir Indian Vegetable Pilla. I

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Also, an acting Justice of the Peace. This ia Co certify, that I was entirely cured of the

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Texas, Champaign Co., Ohio. This is to certify that I was cured of the Chills and

Fever, by the use of Wright's Indian VegeCableJills after ha\-ing had three attacks of it.

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June 22.

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A P H T S I C I A N ' S T E S T I M O N Y . [From Catskin. Green GouhtV N. T .

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March 8, 1S49. T h e genuine i s for t a l e a t w b d e s a l e and r s -, taa by G R A V E S tc SHANKLAND,

_ . , _ I Sole agents fiw Nashv i l l e . B a n y a n ' s P i l s r i m s P r o s r e w . I offices devoted exdnsifely to die *>Ie of

TLLDSTKATED edition with Seot^s notes. Price W r ^ ' s Indian VeeetaWe Pills, wbcOesale 1 $1 SOpercc. ForMta , gd ^ W st P ^

Aread. Btiildiiis. ' N- Y. , and 198 T r m a a MsyS- Cnteo sttwt, NuhTill*. «TMt. Bostom.

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Fivm the Wesleht Bsptisl J W E R E T H E W A L D E N S E I

T I S T S OR P E D O - B A P T | No. 6.

T h e enemies of ibe Walde ip.mpied lo refute, b j argumentj jeciions brought against intknt r We will give a specimen froc Cluniacensis. H e says:

"If bapiistn givsn in infanc and void, as iht:y pretend, llit world has been bhnd-liiifaeno baptizing infants for above a i years, has given hut a mock and made but fantasUcal Cbr • • Ant! whereas all Franc Germany, Italy, and all Eurd had never a person now for thj dred or almost five hundren ye tized otherwise than in infanc never a Cbrislian in it!' supra, p. 2-59.

Even to Dr. Wall, this furr elusive proof, that the Waldenj alluded to by Peter of Clugif Baptists—utterly rejecting ihel of infants.

The Waldenses were ao| called Cathari, or Puritans, they taught that the church sh kept pure—separate from the and composed only of regens sons. Says Dr. Wall:

"At the year 1192, one Alad oning up the opinions of the j says, some of them held baptiJ use to infants; and others of no persons at all." [ lb. f .

Perhaps Alanua puts his n | struction of their' BcatimcntsJ Caihari. True, it was corf those days, lo reproach the with all the errors of every pa sed lo the papism; and hence,! Alanus may have meant to , ihis loose and reproachful the Manicheaos were.also Ca Waldenses.

"Several councils and made about this titne," says , "do establish the doctrine of both in general, and also p a that of infatrts, in opposttid seems, lo some that denied aU] and to others that denied fants. As for example, thel Council under Pope IiinncenlJ 1215, cap. L 'The sacniment[ tism periormed in water ' tion of the Trinity is profilat vation, both to adult persom] lo infants, by whomsoever il administered in the form ofthi And the said pope has in his a letter in answer to a letter | bishop of Aries in Provenc had represented to him, heretics there had taught li-no purpose to baptize cbil thoy could have no fbtgivene thereby, as having uo EulhJ &:c." [Hisu o f Pedo-baptii 265.1

T h e Book o f S e k t b s t c . quisition of Toulouse infbr the Waldenses Hold, "ibai! water aHministered by ihe ( no use lo cliildren, becaUBCj dren, so far from giving asi cried al it." (

E h m e k g a h d i , a great mj church and o m of the gr