T H E B A P T I S T .

l u d iho patieoM «o »tay in the hoiwe to henr

him, and Elder K i n ^ did not acccpl tho in-

vitxion to preoch. Thi« in theso two men

WBt wiUieswsl by a largo company, who

might have said, (had not these decisive

moasiUfn been inken) " This Church hns no

government, which would have made the

last evil worse than the first.

It is certainly true, thnl tho necessity for

auch proceeding by the Church, is much re-

gretted. O n e Church exchidcs n minority

I am , however, |wrHuadc<I that this it an Im

proper conclusion, forscveral rcawoniwhich

might be tendered, but 1 forbear nwnlionintf

thom at this timo. I fcvl confidcns that

something ought to Iw .lone in order to re-

store peace and unanimity to the RnptistH.

And what is it that should bo donet Every

one of us should forsake our errors, and iis

fur as possible for us to do, "cfntnnd for tlie

faith once delivcreil 1" the saints," which i f

grettea. « n e ^ n u r c „ , <he "efforts" nre do.nf:, the ..ant.K.fforts" are

f o r h o n o u r i n g the Ix^rd with . h e r sutetance. not doing! 8onjri>o<ly .s wrong l ^ M

O u t of a n o t L r a mujorUy must bo excludo.1 «ho,efo«, say to .he " an , , eirort" Baptists, le

for sanctioning the s amo thmg . T ime . i l l - " " d

toll whcto thm wtll end. ' ^ P - " - ' - , ^ . L to N E I l E i ^ I I A M . I rnrcfui ruconsidcration wo find our.ielves to

i be in error, let us nrknowledge nnd forsake

HAHKisni^Ro, T e n ., Aug. ISih. ourorrors; l>iii it upon a reconsideration we

B b o t u k b H o w k i . — I shall asfsunvl ihai ihe "oirorts" arc in er-

Since time since, u friend of mmo fur. i^t t|,c,n of their errors, and use

nished me with seven iintnbors o f "T l i e Rap- ^ ^vcry laudil.le (scriptural) means to reclaim

tial** which 1 have read with great attention ' ,|,e,„. They invito us lo on investigation on

and intetsst, nnd have determined to Uxonie «„l,jt>€t of our dillVrrnces, and surely we

a robiK:rit>er myself and get as many mon-' |,;,ve no objeciion to this. Kocnuse, by

to Hubscribe for it as I can with conveuienco ii„s courst? (tcmpcrnti' discu.s^ion) we arrive

I wish " T h o Bapt ist" an extensive circula at truth, an<l I mn willin;: to Iw niiy thtng

tion among the Baptists, becnuse it certiiinly I ,i,,tt truth rcquirt-s mo to Ive. I do not in-

will Ims of gront servirc (in my opinion) in i cu l as iiu nnliviibml lo us<- any other wea-

convinciiig thi'in of the ini|>ro|(rirty of tin- |„,n for tli<« (leloiire ol iny piniiion, lliaii those

iiU9»ion cause, vVc. I am nnn.h p loa^d with ,vliirh I i U'iul> conroivc lobe !iuthori/o<i by

the manner in which y m nnd thoBo who the "word of (JimI," nor do I oxpoct to write

havo written on the sulijprt of "3Iini»tcriH| „,ur|, on Ihr sub|o<-l.

Support," &.C., have declared your scnii- Rrother Howell , I wi^'h \ou to give ine ci-

menld. IVot that I accede to \our pmpo- i- j prompt or oxnnipio "for educaima men

tiouM, b u t t h a t ynu have so traiiklv and plain- for ihe n u i i i s l r v I eoafess I cannot find

ly t o l d v o u r opinions on Ibis ful'ji-ct ih.il ,.,i|n.r for i! in ilic srripiures. Nor indcml,

cannot misunderstand you. And m under- I (iml"ihu!' sailli llie l^ ird," for the "con-

standing of \oii, we dilfer from you n;* far n^<' vcntion," noriin> ofilo conci nii'-ants.But this

you do fnv.i iis. Vo\i have no doubt lonji ' I find, iha. the "gospel has to be preachcd"

since heard ihnl I st<K)d in oppu.Mtion to "the by men called of G<kI to the work, nnd qual-

cfibrt Boptists," which is true, and my op- fied bv him for ihe same. I do not find any

wo lUppr iwd that you think 1 ought

collect that 'funds' were raised, for,Hh ton. |

corded in Acts. I heartily and Teadilyagm, I

ihiit tlieru wan a <'fund'* raited, hat then»

poses for which wo have l>ccn told by m

"cffori" brethren that it was raised, wetMe

not admit, bccause we find "Greciamod'

ows" were maintained out of their "ttock,'

and verily the " f unds " raisod by the frttjiik

of the convention are not for the relief of j

••widow*," for widows thomsclveii contributo

to, but do not receive of tho "funds" oftliii

modern stock. But I have said too taadi!

now without 1 liad room to say more, iirf

shall only add, that it is not improbablt but j

that 1 may, at some suteequent period,canj

out those hint.s, and "show you my opinioo,''

with the same frankness with which tk

communications publishccl in the BapliitTOl

written. Yours, iStc.

W I L L I A M P A T R I C K

T H E ArpRoACJ.'xo BAPTIST Corns-

Tiox.—The Baptist State ConvontioD of

Tennessee will convcne in Nashville Fti.

dav Jwfore the second Lord's-dny inOctcAtf.

The introihictory sermon will l>e preached

III the .^lasonic Ha l l , a t 10 o'clock, by Elde,

Joshua licstcr, or in case of his failure, br

Klder Wiseman.

position is not for the nake of opposition, but

hecauto I have l>ccn long since convinced

"funds mi*cd," nor any given those whom

Chri i t sent to preach to the .lews first, nnd

that " Ihe ojieralions" of iho day are unau-] who wore noi nt that time to "go into the

fhorisxid by the scriptures, nnd I therciore j way <if the gontilea," only ihi« that they

cannot "hoist the sails of contemplation" ! went without "purse, scrip, or coati<," nnd

nndsu i l ns plea>nntly ns others seemingly ion iheirtourabey were to "enter into hoiiics,

eating and ilfinkiiig s-iich things as were

given thom." N o money! Surely they did

not "eat and dr ink" money in the houses of

those by whom they were entcrlaiiied!

They had been taught, "freely ye have

received nnd freely cominunicafo ye, nnd to

tnke no thought for thot morrow what they

should cat, nor what they should dr iak, nor

wherewithal thoy thould bo clothed." I om

CottHKCTiox,— By a recent comraUDic*

tion from Elder Cox, we loarn that the Sib-

bath School ut Rig Harpel l i , which wo *ti» ]

informed had cca.sed, is ^tlll in operatioo.

\Vc rejoice to henr it, and pray that the Liri

may put it into tho hearts of the brethren,^

originate, and sustain them in every church-

CoHHKi.PosDr.:*Ts.—We have received m

other long letter from Elder W m . PtUiii.

of the Western District, which is under coo-

sidemlioii. W o had no rwmi for i l in' lwj

picsent niiml>cr. Sevcml oilier* have co««

to hand, which shall find udmiltancoindii«|

time.

do, when they hwk forward to the great gmnl

nnticipateci as rwult of your "efforts."

N o eir. 1 have to look nt home nnd behold

distroos, disunio.i nnd angry conlcntion", as

the direct result of thcso "operolions.'* I am

well appiLsed of ihe fact, that the "effort

Baptists" Ihink the"nn l i e(Tort Baptists" am

the cause of such n stain nf feelings as now

axittt among the "en°uiti>" Rnd"anti-citorts.*'

jrOTMCE, , Brethorn a n a A(fe«ts, wko send W j

names o f »n l i »cr lbers or make tttMces. n w reqaesl i^ t o m e n l l ^ Intly Ihe imaeor the Post OtBce •« w ^ I the persoB rwMes w^®"; The W i t t «««t or f l r ^ r K whea they rj Mert a« • l t e r . l f « rectiea ftom one pMt office to i . Meestary thai Ihey Hive of tlM offlco «l which the Mihscrllwr w J tMeUw kl> sapor, as w « l l n» that at«»« | they wtth t * IWHiivo It la f « t a i « .

i-BtilUUfd Moatu iy . I

vol.. 1.

—J-;:—-- — . S '

K S» I T O B I A L . . .r ihat b,Klv in thoir late . ^ i o n i with-whwfe

we , f o r . 9 ven l obvious ret«»a9, choetfull}

comply, and m.nt therefore defw oAdr mat-

tor ow hand to a future luuo.

* B.B. C.Mv^ h.Fkiiipi. . _

B. H. Tnlitifii^i' rfay qf OUi r o u n u u u i w n jM . 'Kva t u , ' . lioa. (J ' t . f c ^ ,

W i t h Ilio deepest 8r«»itwlo '0 wo j ^ w i i E W wyr

S a . v . n I i W W W e « « i d o f tho W . t B.JteG^^nico,-'^^ M

cannot .ay that a revival has been theretul

T H E C O N V E N T I O N ,

Baptist a . i t e Convention of Tenn i s

, r r c l i t s second unnuol tcssion in this

nltor u most in!cve«ing and l»armon»«>«»

.ion of four da vs. Tho mm.bcr o f members

..—ihi.ii -ii ifS will was preitv pniinoi ,.

; : ' ; : d ; .naUcr .h-ntwasnn . ic ipa -proved state ^ . c l ^ ^

^ o n i n a t o the u.,nece.i.arv alarm ev l . t , i n th" church. bo.iK. fiUec or m ^ c in relation to the .x . , tc„c«hore , , , ,

ofs,mill pox.\Vehave/.f«r.fofiH.rUnps twen-j onyc . t . rday , «»bbnth the 1. tH, ip

Iv t h Hv brethren whodo-ir.,ed beingwith , , , , t h e i ' a .N.r i ipnnn profession o eir

were deterred, fnun the « e mejit-om-l-! hi.s spirit upon .NS^liviUe.

It „ .11 be .een by tho m i n n l c , with which p f i c K i u L D !

,hel.u.inc.=. attended to. a . v , e spec . a n>so^ J ^^ ^ ^ To^renaV,., 1835.

r ' ^ ' t d i l n r ; ^ ^ ! ^ ^ , ^ ^ ^ , i . - : n . n t a t N a . h v i l l e . r v i d a y , O c . . 0 t h a . ^ tutioa aU>ii-ning ' , • • t i .11 \ii bom- was s iwn tm ae-

Ihe executive .onnnittee tor..- X h ^ . - s Daniel ,

nercssilic-, whutevor they mav I.e. ! ,her orothe . . J ' , ^ ^

. „ „ d one from bro.hcv ^ - i ^ f ' ' ' ' ' t ! ^ o ^ f U.

jM.McIntnth, jf.D.^Hariin, Stm'l. 9hrtlon, Jot. Rttmtr, jB. B. Tttmrr, L.D.RiHS, G e o . Goodwin,

Jt/M . ^i. Th^J.Ktfp. .

J.FieiOtWtVf'*^-

OTIIRU MiatllEBIl PBE«SWt A* TUB MMWWP*

En MBIETO09 TMB W f f e

t k b s onrxmcT, ." 'r

East KraiwR,

FJUdhttofrrt, Jokn tiaUmim, JoknScruggt, J. W. Smith, ' J. JBcOfittjn, DaiiU.Burknrr,

mn. ^Mktit^'.M T t e t i i i ' i W I ,

W e i t T«>wM»w..',:> .V

J. O. Hall, ' . * J' cmertion, JDr. t t . Boe t t ry ,

J . B a r ^ c , t S.R.Sptighl,

V . flWiUer., ..r" '

^ M. S4nifmei, M

Bedfonl, nnd one from brother Battle

Clinton, M i . , besides perhaps homo others;

and wo dc^i.'^ned to have inscrled a con-

W ' finuatimi of our editorial cssnys onMm-

btcrial improvement J but, ll.o Convention

pns^cd n resolution requesting n.i lo piibl...h

l i e whole, In one number, " f t he procre.lin;:-

Sill, i " " ,

tooMhechnir .aud l > ^ L . I ) . K i n g w,i«, by

a vote of Ihe meeting, roqueted to act as

St^relary FO . / rm . T h o following brothi^n

appeared nnd to<4; their seats. ^

ILF.nOVMEX.

It. T. VnnH, Ucr. P. S. (iatjle, 1 JVhMlt, irm. JJ-^ux/,

J. Jiurn$, O. Dobton, T. (heen, J. Junft, — Girrilon, W. Moort, H. touiig, f l . J. Anderton]'' , J. trhitlow, Jl. S. Auitin, J. a.Spit!V>' jr. 1'' Slotall,, .

Thp R«vd- Bon^

Dale were invited to teat*. O n motion,

i to i lMofeGtkm

n| j t i ^pea ivd thai t l i c ^ w e n

4. M. B. O. IloietUj Pnn idc iH . .

Br. J,. B. McComtico, Corresponding Sc-

jOe to ry- j ^ ,

} B r / L . D .Ring, Kcoonl ing Sccrelnrj'.

T h e dclegalca from iho NasUviUe church,

'' to w k : Brothers H o w d l , MnrRhall , Mcln^

tosbr HcConn icpand Thctnax, prcaented tho

following communication, nntl the contribu-

tion nwntioncd in it, $41) OW.

Nab i i v i i l c , 8lb Oct , , ISSO.

To ihe T. B, ConteniioK— DcarBrc l l i rcn—At ameo l i ns of the Bap-

ti i t Church in Nash*ille for buaincM, heltl ou

Saturday Uio 12lh«lay of Sept . , 1835, the fol

lowing bretlrtD wcr« appointed de lcgato to

attend th« Bapti t t State ConTcntion of Tcn-

a«M0«, « k k h i a to meot in tUi> cit.ri on th«

^ .V lUk f before the Mcond Sunday in October,

t e wl i : J a ho t f c l n t o i b . 11. D.

I^C. Howel l , James Thomas and I-. B. SlcCon-

i^nico, and directed tlicni to pay ovcr tu the

Convention the (uin of forty-nino dollars, the

^• inaunt contributed by the church and con-

ftCftt iOtt , in aid of the funds of the Uonven-

tion. Ormee, mercy and peace be trith you.

J A M E S T H O M A S . C lk .

'T- ^"tho following, from the East Tennci»8ee

AMOciation, was prcaentcii by l l ov . K . H -

Tal ia ierro, dcicgato from that body.

, MAPIMIIVII.LI!, JIOKROK COUNTY, f . i m f . T t « . , September 1 7 , ^

(Ae TbWIMWe Baptiit StiUc Cowrnlion, liu " t ^ m JfdthvilU, Tenn. in Oct. IS.'l5.

i.,* Dear Brethren—Vou have teen by the

reconi of the adjourned session of I^ast 'I'cn-

^^^ BMtce Asaociation, held at itiis place 27lh

aad SSth March last, that I was appointed to

prepare a letter to you, and ivith hrotlicr R .

H . Taliaferro, to have met yoar scssiou.

Pursuant to rccout arrii ifrcmonn, if Kill bo

% n t of my power to meet yuii. lirother Talia-

ferro wil l attend your sestiun and hand you

this. jr ,

Ton cannot bo isnorant of the kird of up-

P position we arc called to encouiftcr, nor uf

tbekllMl of 'power it is wicUlinf; tn thtrari mir

vi«wt^and pairalyze our hands. In onler to

meet the opposition wiili »iiRcesi, we must

01^1 into practical exorcise all tliat zeal and

' charity which warmed tlio bosoms of the car-

Apestlos and made them williug to sacri-

f lico all for Christ's sake.

' pw W e trust, however, that the opposition ar-

kiirayod in Uiia quarter uf the world, i* more

l i i i a ^ M t

• - • , «

W h a t the E . T . Association wil l do at it*

next teu ion , i* at present unknown. Tlie e f

forts that have been made here to circumvent

ita influence, are already known tbniush the

columns of the Monitor. If. however, it be

of God , 'No weapon formed ajjainst it sL»l[

prosper.

I n tbehopo (if imnmrtality, we subscribe

ourselves ymir helper in Christ,

W M . \VOt)l), C. P . T.

l or thr E. T. .'lisociathn. N . D. NVculd it not be policy, under cxiit-

ingcircumstanoes, for the K . T . Associiili.on

to lose its identity and absorb itiscif into iho

Convcotiou, and let there bo but oni K'utiri<M ejr<irl body in the State?

Wi l l not the Convention rccoinmcoil tlii«

to their Tasl Tennessee brethren? ru iun is

streng^tb.

W M . W O O D .

4a f (hrei-itf l h « V .

)n{ of the f i l l a g e n ^ ' u ^ h i e h tin)i« I iE jOaia ' ^ .

ed to thera deii#ft«of the l}a(ltUt State

iTontioni and invited them 10 form a male

'eraale tociety to aid the Convention in

p y i n g Lexington and its vicinity with the *•

gospel; to which proposition thoy unhesita-

tingly agreed, on condition that your body

would diroct my labors two .Sabbaths in each

mouth in their town, and the residue to bode-

voted in any way that your pruJenco may

dictate, and that they would furnish half the

sum requisite for my support if the Conven-

lion will furnish the residue. The amount

subscribed by the societies you will find stated

in their letters. To which propuiition the

sucietics rc'inest a disGiiitc reply by letter on

I'ly return.

I f theCuuventiuii will acccdo to the pro-

po&itlou and aid theiosoeieties in their bene-

volent design, I feel fully persuaded that t h i

effort under God canuut fail to produce a hap-

i py change in this town and surrounding ocuin-O u r venrr.,ble brother, l lov. l . I I . T . ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ morals of the people,

Danie l , wiih Iock=. wl.no as wool, bipaclici ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ tenJoiioy to remove in

in the service o f our f J rent H ig l i Prie«i.

presented th-j subjoined letter.

Dear Brethren—1 hare been in bad health

much of the time since t!'« executive com-

mittee appointed mo to ride as missionary in

a good dcffree the spirit of opposition to mis-

sionsin this and aUjaceiil coiiutios. The I'ork-

eildeer -Vssociation i ' divided in consequence

of the Two .Seed doctrine. That part diifor-

ing from the Two Heed party bave printed in

M i d d l e and W e s t T e n n e s ' c o . T l i e f o n n e r I | t h e i r l as t m i n u t e s , i r t i c l e i o f f a i t h t r u l y e v a n -h a v c n o t b e e n ab le In n;{<proach s i nce 1 l e f t ' i ; p l i c a l , e x c e p t t he U » t t i r t i c l e , w h i c h J c -N a s b v i l l e , f o r w a i j t o f s t r c n p l b ; b i i t bnvn de- Qoi inces a l l Uap l i n t s a s i o c i a t e d w i t h U i h l e , v o t e d a l l t he t i m n n iy h e a l t h w o u l d a d m i t i n .M i ss i ona ry and T r a r t S o c i e t i e s , and i n f a c t t h e w e s t e r n p a r t oT the .S ta te . I have v is i tp i l s r e m i l e t e r m i n c d to oppose a l L t b e ineas i i res H u m p h r i e s , H e n r y . ( J i l i s o i i , C a r r o l l , Ma i l i son- adopted by the ( . ' o n v c o t i f M . I a t t e n d e d t h o H a y w o o d and l l t n . l e r s o u c n u n l i c s ; — t r a v e l l e d m e e t i n g o f t h a t small boJv on tho '1th S a t n r -a b o u t 7<H> m i l e s ; spent I S i lays i n p r c a r h i n g . j day and S i n n U y in l.i-it m o n t h , bu t was n o t i n -l ec tu r i ng ; , e x ; i l a i n i n j t h e <lesi<!:n o f t h e Cou - \ i t f d to a s e a t . 1. r i ' . p rcac l i o n S u n d a y , v e n t i o n , f o r n i l n p sone t ie .^ . and I r a v o l l i i i j f i n I ' . ider i ' a t r i c k p reached f n . i n t h i s t e x t , ' T h e y o u r s r i r i c e , and have spent $,'>. | p „sp t 1 e f t h e l i i n j d o i n i .hai i bo p reac l i cd t o

I have f o r m e d t w o s o c i e t i e s i n l . e x i n s t o n , a l l t h e w c r l d f o r a w i l n p ^ i to a l l n a t i o n s , t h e n as y o n w i l l p e r c e i v e l .y t h e i r l e t t e n . I hrtvp I M.ool.l t ho en. l conn- . ' H e to ld the a i n l i o n e e succeeded b i yond m y o \ p o c t 8 l i o n t h e r e . 1 t h a t t l .e gospe l had b o ' u preache. l t o n i l a u -m e n t i o n for the i n f o r i n a t i o n o f t h o f r i e m l s . i t a t i o n s , and t h a t t h e end Imd f o i i i e a l l i i . Ied t o d i s t a n c e , (ha t l . e x i n g t o n is t h e c o u n t y seal j i n t h e t e x t , w h i r l i « t he l i L ' t n i r t i O n o f . I o -o f H e n J u K u n , a h a n i l i o i n o l i l t i c t o w n , the i n - j r u i a l e i n , &;<:. h a b i t a n t s o f w h i c h , tuain and f e m a l e , are I n e v e r s. iw snrh excitmn-nt and d isgus t m o s t l y h i g h l y re«prcta' i le a n d i n t e l l i g e n t , p roduced b e f o r e any o o n p r e g a t i o n . T h a t d is-I n th is v i l l n g o there H a pood house p r e p a r e d c o u r s c w i l l add g r e a t l y t o Ihe i n t e r e s t f o r w o r s h i p , b : i l no c h u r c h y e t o r g a n i z e d o f o f t h e t j o n v e n t i o n . T h e eM l igh tened p i ib-any denomination, and but few, very few pro

ftosiors, and not a Haplist Church near this

place but of the Two 8ccd or Anti-clfort or-

der, and no regular preaching here. I hare

looated myself here, nt least fora season, be-

lieving that no part of the District could

possibly demand (he attention and aid of (ho

Convention and ministers more than (his

place and Ihe siirroiindinjr coiiulrr. Oii Mon-

lie will desert them. No reply was m-idc.

t lxcept this circiimslance, I have found no

opposition.

In my excursions (hro' (his ilis(rict. 1 have

found hundreds of my old ncijuniutanccs from

tho Carolinai and Virginia, wi(h whom I havo

conversed freely aud f.iithfnily on tho design

of (he Convention, nod tho importance of

mi^r,ii'>narv effort to change Ihe lamentable

cept th .

to. I ain

happy toaay t have found aop t p fm-

ed'encmy. . U U n , to thorn our ptirpose. the present eaonrsSon., ^yholher t hu i .

inconsequence of my hoary head and formw

.cquaintance, (for all have known or heard

I am an effort man,) or whether it u be-

cause r.od is about to convince them of their

error, 1 cannot yet determine. The latter 1

hop. is the case. l a m , upon the whole eu-

e o w d to remain in the Valley at least for

aso«ou , and -oxert.ll my feeole power, in

(he „.nsct uf life to move on the blessed

cause. 1 have noticed with critical attention

the movements of your missionaries, and so

far as I have been able to see and hear, I am

ai.tborired to say that tho blessing of Ivod has

attended their labor, while the adverse party

inactive only in opposition, have remained

in their former itatc of coldness: no addition to those churches.

I visited Hopeu-oll churcb with brethren

Drowning and Hal l , on the last day of a pro-

traded meeting, held there by them and olh.

ers. A glorious work commenced among the

people; many came to the anxious seat. 1 as-

.istod the brethren in the ordination of two

n.t iral b ro ther , both of that church, by tho

name of Burton. 1 preathcd the same even-

,„ , »t brother Carrington's. where two

yonng men professed faith in Christ. 1 he

Rood work ia still progressing there.

The church had been in a state of coldness

hr many years, 1 am informed, but «inco the

toe on' the Igasi Tc im t aAo . Proponilion aFr

terworda 8j)pothtcd. ,

Biothor Browning appeared as agent from

the W . D . H o m o M i * i o n Society, but pre-

Bcnted no communication from that biwy.

Ti io President of tho Convention appoint-

ed Commillccs as follows, to wit :

Committco of Arrangement, McConn ico ,

R i n g u n d Piii i l ips,

l l o u n n v u ^ • ^ • d . b y t i l i .

jOn the state of Re l ig ion in Tonnes-

SIM!, Browning, Evnns and Tal iaferro.

" O n Destitution, Dan ie l and N . D .

Mnrt in .

" O n Agcacics, Marshal l , Goodwin nnd

Campbel l .

" O n Missionaries and their compcnsa-

(io"s. ^ 'n ln tosh , Morcton and R a y .

" O n Hcthewln, Salem nnd other sipi-

lar Pj-ceodins9, Whi ts i t t , W m . Mnr t in and

O 'wdwin .

« O n Proposition from the GcnernI As-

sociation of East Tennessee, K ing . Taliafer-

ro nnd nateinaii. O n tho Treasury, Thomas nnd Pliil-lips.

T h e report of the Executive Committee,

prepared by the Cofteiponding Secretnr)-,

wn» rend, received, nnd ordered to be printed.

S K C O N D A N M I A l . I IF .PORT

0/ Ihr Kreculirr CommU/ef of the Tenntme naptitt ConvenHon.

The Kxeciitive Committee of the Tennes

' g l a d l y — .

and upon hi» a«coBd » W l «>

o b t a r « » - ' i t a l t t U t l M i n ,

fiould i s f o'^ » ^ ^ . a y ^ - ' i m cwintjr ia ^ ^

pteacbiog, a^a I b o p a t a i r ^ r i l ^ l i f i ,

gotten by the Con»entio». ^ .

Brother J a m e a E v i w w m ap fo ia t ** *

Uionary for throe month*, and . . .L mnA V M u I i t f

iiouary lur uirwB luw-^—j

spend one month in Y t ' twa a i ^ F fW j t t f

counties, one month in Sumner and S m w M

counties, and one month in Oibtoa a

and reappointed to G i bwn , Haywood, « J

wid Obion counties for six ^ n t h s ,

11th, 1830.

Brother Evan t reporta that he b i n Iabor«« ^^

two hundred and four dayaj t r a v e l l ^ twaptjh ® »

one hundred and fifly^vo mUaat , preacha* ... -one nuuuniu — • — y " " , • 'H

one hnndrad and five •ennontibapti tad twa lv ^

ass is t^ in the constitution of one c h o t ^ W

in administering the sacrament o f I k f XiOld'k

supper four times. > *

Brethren Z . N . Morrel and O . Dotson

appointed for three months each to l h a f i t i f

of labor formerly assigned them.

Brother Dotson r e p o n a d >

meeting at Brow^wiUf . H i a w p o r t a _

a pleasing stat# o f i n «»>•

churchat. A t C m * C m k eh«TCh h * a ^

brother 8to»aW have bapOwd ba twaan aigli:^

ty and one bniidrad pwrwB*. p j ?

From brothar Morrel we ha»* ^

1 l o t eieh 'Ce Convention beg leave to present eommencement of this rev.va , about . gh

teenbave been baptired. A ' ' " " ^ fo. gr.itilude to tJod. that tho , are permitted

.ncetings I have attended, " ' ^ d to continue their labors for him who died for ha, been produced among the brethrea, and <

t iinit«*r

r

tome of the unconverted havo wopt under

(be preaching of the word. The p n e r a l

voice of the intelligeut. wealthy and iniluen-> .. •

fiiu

them. In such a cause it isdelightful to toil.

Tho following appointments of Missiona-

ries have been made during the last Conven-. . I .1 AI.. voice of the intelligeut. wealthy and induen- _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^-bichbave produced the follow

tial part of the people of the f ^ results. October Olh, 1834, brother W m tial pari 01 i-v...,..

this kind of practical prcaching will succeed

andvdo good, and that they are willing to give

their money t o u l i t b e Convention in sending

them such preachers.

Should the ConventioD accede to the pro-

portion of the Lexington societies, I will add

ing results. Octobcr Olh. 1834, brother W m .

Ilillue was appointed a missionary to Blount

and Campbell counties for three moutlis, and

reappointed Apri l 4th, IKW, to the same field

for the same length of t ime.

Brother Bil lue reports that be has labored position of the Lexington societies I wiU ad. •• ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^

n,y request that T"" ' " hundred and twenty nine miles, your missionaries to join me in holding a pro

trscted meeting hero at some suitable time

shortly.

Sincerely yours in tho gospel,

I I O B T . T . D A N I E L .

Brother Danie l also presented letters, con-

stitutions nnd coiitrihuliona j-roin the Ma le

and Female Societioa of Lexington, Tenn . .

Hliicli were fumlly referred to the Commit

sixteen hundred and twenty nine miles,

preached two hundred and fiRy-aix sermons;

delivered thirty lectures explanatory of the

objects of the Couvention; baptised five; aid-

ed in the constitution of one church; in the

ordination of one minister, and in adminis-

tering the sacrament of tho Lord's sup-

per seven times.

Brother Billue was instrninental in healing

some unhappy divisions among brethren in

report. - •

Brother Bernard Phi l l lpi iraa a p p a l a l f l i i

missionary for three months to BavHWIlr

Sumner i n d Wil l iamson countiea, a nd tmp*

pointed to the same field for four rooniil

June 7th, 1835.

* Brother PWIIips reports that he baa labor

cd one h u n d r ^ and siaty-one days; preecbad

one hundred and Ibrty-six sermons; travallad _

eight hundred and forty miles, and haptisad

eighteen. • >> ,

March 11th, *183i. Brother W i l l o o ^ b T

Picket was appointed a missionary to J a ^ -

son, Overton and Wh i t e ooontiea for fl>nr ,>

months, from whom wo have rocolted no ^ J ^

port. .

May 23id. 1835, Brother D»» i d Gaidoo

was appointed a missionary for tiro month*,

and requested to devote himself to U * ^ ^

vice of the churches north of B ig HUohy rf.

ver. ' - , '

Brother Gordon reported to the a^jottmoa ,

meetingat Brownstitto. ha had b a p ^ t w o

and assisted in the oonetitoUon of oni obHroh.

July la th , 1885, Brolboi B . T . Dania l wa»

appointed a m i s s i o n i ^ i b r tbrao i noa t ^ ,<« id

reijuf sled to spend a emuchUmo a| l i « «MM^ ,

• I'i «

T H E B A f T H W r S

m:

' | |%Id41a T e o n m e o , after Thilfng the W e i ^ IWitrict. A copy of brother Danier t n p o r t U herewith presented to the Coufon-^Htm, which the Eiecut ivo Committee reqiiMt n a y b« pub i i t h f j n i lh the mimitct.

Aocwt l i t , IW.Wrot l t e r Edwanl U. H a y aie w»t •ppoinlol a nu««ionary to Jackson eiWDtjP for two and n half month*.

Brother Ilaynie rcporti that ho has Uhor-ed fiftydayi; prcathcd fifty-eight sermons, and travelled five hundred and forty-nine milot,

Brother J . Kennon rrports that he has tra-vailed fi»e hundred miles; preached Gfty tcr-mona.aud dclUered twenty Icctures explana-tory of the objccts of the Convention. Heob-»ar»ei in the conclusion of lii» report—'I do harcby ln»ko and offer to your body those lit-U« toil* and privations as a smaJl deration in twtimony of my aitachmcni to the cainc. '

Brother R . 11. Taliaferro, volunteer mi»-t ionary, reports that he has travelled about nine hundred and sixtT-foiirnules, preached (lAy-aight sermons; baptised sixteen; receiv-ed ton otliers by experience, and that eighty-tiropartoDSprofessed religion at the meetings whiebhe hu .a t tended. —It will be teen from the foregoing reports, ai alio from the reports of the agents for Middle and West Tennessee, (copies of which a n herewith presented,) that ten missiona-riaahave been appointed during the year, in-clading those from whom no reports hare b««n received. Thei r fieW of labor has been obkfly confined to nineteen countics; they tiave labored si* hundred and ninety-four daya: preached seven hundred and forty-t«»o aarnoos; delivered fifty lectures explanatory of the objects of the Convention; assisted in tha constitution of three churchei; in the or-dination of three ministers, and baptised a-bout two hundred and six persons.

Ourinissionaries have, for the most part, ' baanwel l received, and havo 'been strongly

•olicited by the churches and by persons in thadifferent sections of country which they kavaTititedf to return and preach to them.

I n many instances, particularly in the Wos-t a r e District , Baptists (who had kept posscs-aionof their letters uf disiniuion fur several yMUta.onaccountof the many errors which had crept into the cburch) havo been induced to oonnect themselves with the churches, which' hare (atored our objects, and several church-•ahava been aroused from a state of inactivi-

< ty to laalout atid eOicient auxiliarioi in send-4iiC tha gospel to the destitute.

Tim cbiirch at Springfield, Gibson county. w h m K ^ adjourned meeting of the Conven-t U k « n b e 1 d last year, has increased from

twenty-two to about <ino hundred members; and almost every churcli thai ha» been visited by our missionaries (whore the opposition to love and to good u o r l o has iigt been over-whelming) has expi'rieiicctl an outpouring of the llfily Spirit .

Two Assoeiaeions, ( ' laving for tlicir ol.ject Iho moro extensive circiilution ol" tho go^pe' in this .'^tatf') have liet-ii I'ormcil. Onu of, these i» in the Kastcrri and the utliei iii thu | Western nislr icl . ninl butl. have become, auxiliary to the CouvonlitMi.

Nutwitlislan.UnE the viulerit i.pi'OMtion of a large purtiun of nur .l. ii.MninLitioii, !iml the prescriptive niensurfs .i.l.iptcil by Edinc churches and ussooiatu-i.^, yi't ti.e caii^o ul" H o m e Missions is (;aiint;icgr.»iiiul m rmi i t s-gee; and your comniiteo confulcully limk lor-wartl to Uie period wliua our whcle dcnouii-nation shall bf uiiitc.l lo prumolr theiiitor-e j t i uf tho Uedeemcr-s lungilmii upon earth; when the i>|>pi>sili.-)ii to bcne iokn t eilort (which now prevails to a i-onsi.'.orabic i \ tenl ) will give place to brulhtr ly love ami a union ..f effort, and when the n.-.ptisl church in Tennessee shall be indeed 'as a city s t i on a hill which cannot be hid,' and when she nil] he prepared to ai t her part in evangelizing the world.

That these anlicipaluins may br roali/r.l. let us pray (iod iii siiieorily to s e i i . l more la-b o r e r s into I . i s harvest. for tin- harvest Iriily n plenteous. t)iit llie 1 il)orrr< are few.

In many parts of oiir State, particnhirly in the Western District, imitenals are ahmi-ilant for the ruiisimitioii ..1' ik » . NiirLliis, and wo know ( f no sedioii ol' (he Slate where a devote.! Ilaptisl mjiiistcr mi^ht nut he profitably riiiployed.

The Convention at its list «i>s<ioii appoint, cd three Agents, one for Kast, ouo T t vN'est and one for MiiKlle Tennessee.

From the Agents of Middle an.l West Ten-n e s s e e we have received reports, which are herewith presented.

The Agenl tor Kast Tennessee reported to the adjourned iiiectiii!?al Hwect Water , Mon-

' roc county, April '-M. lis:}.'., uhiel. report has been published witli tho minutes of that meet-ing.

Ucspectlully submitted, in behalf of tho Hoard.

I,. U. McCONNlCO, Cor- S,c. . \ f tor proyor, aJjuiinicd to moi l ut 10 o'-

clock tomorrow. S.VTUIlllAV, O c t . 10.

Met nnJ (ingntjcil in iltsvolioiml (Uilius. T h o jnurnnl of bwther Tiiliaferro was

rcnil and onion) to be upt^ndod^to tira n< jiort of Uio E<ecutivo Comnilttce,

T h e Convention, on motion. BKtecd to re-cognize tho H o m o Mission Society of tUa Wcutorn Distr ict a s auxiliary to thia body.

T h o President 'cal lcd lor correspondence and messengers (rom tho Kentucky Conven-tioD. Neno wuro presfiiit.

l i e enquired for tho corrcsiiotulence and iiio!»8cngcrs from tho General Association of Virginia. None wero p n ^ n t , nor any from the Convention of Western niijitiHts.

Ueports were rend from 1 .TheCoinmi i t eouf Arranj^cmentH, which

•itti^r amciiihncnl, wus rt'ceived iiiul thoCom-niitttx) (liscimr^'etl

'J. T h e Coininitleoon the stiito of religion «ii 'I 'cnncssee. made the f .liowiiig report, which WU8 icceived witliout iiiiKMidincnt, to wit :—

Y o u r Committee bep learo to make tho foU lowing report on the state of religion iu the Western District.

W e find in the Mississippi Association hut few preachers, the churches nim n destitute, and great opposition prevailing against the effort cause.

As to the Hiitchie ;\sanciation, it is some-« hut destitute of preaching, though some of the chiirchcs, anil indeed a majority of them, are in favor of the Convention, or al least mi l not make it a bar to fellowship.

The Forkeddeer Association, which was c o m p o s e d of about twenty-seven churehes, came lo a dissolution in the fall of ai they Ktate, on tho account of Two Seedisin, and in Noveniher of the s.ime year, attempt-ed to form again; but as there seemed to ba t h r e e parties, vi/.: Two Seed, old fashioned I'redcbtiuarians aud Kffort llaptists. they fail-ed to unite, and thu old fashioned ones form-ed an Association, declaring non fellowship ivith all tho others. Tho lialancc of the churches in those bounds still remain iinasso-ciated. In these bounds there are three ehurches who have never united to auy Asio-ciation, owing to the dictatorial spirit here-tofore manifested. There are soino fuiirteea ordained preachers within these limits, tli« moat ot whom stand violently opposed to ef-fort, and of courso little is done to advance tho Redeemer's cause; but notwithstaiidinp this state of things, tome of the churches who havo waked up to a sense of theirduly, arc iu a properous state, and some ten or twelve of those churches may be called of the right spirit.

As it respects the Obion Assooiatiwi.tke

t f> 6i»V

T H E B A P T I S T . , ' ' 'Sgsr u.!ifzsi:...'z— — -

. I ^ ^ l r i s i o n which took place on «ccm,Bt from authen' ic sources, we " : ' I ' ^ I u . . . „ i o o u e . l l o n . ha. . t rea l l , marrtkl a small portion of this division , . well sup-u n n s p i v " " ' " • "1, of tho Masonic question, has greatly m a r r ^ its happiness and diminished its number. I t i , at present in a slate of great declension; there are some five or . ix "preacUers, all of whom are violently opposed tobcnorolent m-.titutions, and h a v o passed resolutions against

Tho Clark's lliver Association also stands much opposed to tho like benevolent plans The churches are mostly in a state of declen

• ... w.. * a small portion of this division is well sup-plied by good Uaptist preachers, who aroG«»d fearing, persevering men;—and tho cause of Christamong the Baptists, where this is tha case, is moving onwaW. But the grea ter portion is almost, if not entirely, destitute— and this destitution exists to an alarming ex-tent , particularly in the valleys of Sequache and Tennessee, and in the counties of Mor-gan, Greene, Washington, Sullivan, pai tof

r». T h o Coramit tw on* Agoncjaa tod the i r roiwrtj which4» an f o l l o n ^ ^

The Committee to whom was r t m f subject of Agencies, haVO bad under opiwideration, and port:—

II

lOlucci*^** g a i i , ^ . a i v ^ s s x . , a - -

."ion with the exception of one, in which j niount, p.^rl of Anderson, Campbell , part of " c y ' i : : ! had a constderable ingathering; the Claiborne C ^ t e r and part of ^ u ^

preachers are few and the churches are not we have fur ther heard, that in parhcular places in tho above mentioned counties, there

As- are individuals of mature age who n i r a r heard but few if any sermons by tho Baptists. These arc fields of labor to which your (Jommitteo particularly invites tho attention of this body. And further, that tho towns, generally speaking, are destitute of Baptist preaching.

have oeen aoovo - Vd. Middle T e n n e » s e c - l n regard to this, There are twelvcor thirteen ordainedpreach- gyod part i» likewise destitute, saToafew - r , i n t h a t Association, and two licentiates. I „},„ cannot supply the numerous

. . . (onnedin w ; i . „ «

well supplied. As it ttjlales to the Western District

sociation, great peade and gbod feeling a re nourished there; although tho spirit of^lfort does not in general prevail, yet its friends arc many, and its advocates lealous, and the good cause prospering. Many of the churcbeB L v e been visited with revivals, and many l i a v e b e e n added 10 the number of believers.

«.- « .-I ••• — - ^ There is a Home Mission bociety this A s s o c i a t i o n , which has become auxiliary to Uie Baptist State Convention.

So far a . we have been able to learn, the | M a t e o f r e l i g i o n i n t h e W e s t T e n n e s . e e ,

ll.chland, Cumberland. KlkHiver aud t aney Fork Associations is most deplorable. '1 hey are for the most part, opposed ti. all the bo-.levolent institutions of Iho day, and are ei-ther slationary or have had very little in-c r e a s e i n n u m b e r s .

The case is dilferent in the Concord and S a l e m Awociations. There are many effort ,„cn ainon'g them, and the churches, with fow flxceptions, manifest a working spirit.

In relation to the state of religion in b .

calls—only tho counties of Smith, Wilson, Bedferd, Giles, Williamson and Davidson, are tolerably well supplied,—and the towns in this division, with the exception of a few, are also destitute.

T h i r d and lastly. Western District—Con-eernln-; this, y o u r Coinuiitloo can only report f - o i n personal knowledge, as any other can-not now bo oblair.ed, with the exception "f somo thorough going men of God, this do« lightful and interesting part of tho State is aho m considerable want of preaching.— Great opposition to the Convention, and di-vision uf sentiment, exists among the chil-dren of God,—though wo are happy to say' flxceptions, maiiiiesi » o - Jren ol »tou,—luongu wu mu ..-i-i./ ——7

In relation to the state of religion in b . the missionaries, under tho pat Ten-, we deeply regret to say, that in some j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ronvcul ion, have preached A C l l « x s v . ' - i ' . y • - o -

portions of that section of the Sta te , where the missionaries have lr««ellcd,preached and held protracted mcetiogs, and where the I.ord has ownydlhcir efforts to the ingathering of many souls, opposition has arisen lo such an alarming extent as shutting their doom a-guinsllhemitsionarics; tho wheels of Zion arc clogged, the love of many has waxed cold; many churches arc dwindling away, and some arc almost extinct .

JACOB B R O W N I N G , Chairman.

3. T h e Commitloo on Doatitution road thftir report, which was rcCoramiUcd, nnd nOor nmcndmoat, woa acceptod, nnd is as rolloWH:

Yonr Committee on, the destitution of tha tilald take loavo lo ro|wrt, m . k ». ' L^M..

roiiage of the ronveut ion, have preached, their labors liave been blessed in healing the wounds, to a considerable extent , which d i . vision had made—in causing sinners to trem-ble at tho word—and building up the saints in their most holy faith.

Kespcctfiilly subniitted. R. T . D A M E I i , Chmn.

4. TUn report of ihu Committoo on Mw-slnnnrics and thoir compcnsmlions, waa suiwr ' Bcded hy tho following resolution, oflorcd by brolhor P h i l l i p s to wit :

ne$olvcd, T h a t it is Inaxpedlent at present for the Convention to fix any amount m tho pay i ^ h e r missionaries, but Ica»o I tdlsora-t l o n l ^ wllh U.e ba governed b^ thair knowl«dit<i Uw « » •

THey deem'i t impor tan t tb t t , lo great object wo so ardently saak, an A g p l be appointed for each grant! difiMon of -tii Sta te , Kast , Middle and Wast ^ Tho dut» of this Agent should b«, d u r t a t « * ^ year , to ' l r a fe i i a fully; eacb^lba wbola o f ^ distr ict , and affonl tho people thorough W W ^ ^ mation, as to tho cbaraotar and d ^ ' t t f P * / • ^ Convention. Thay shoold, tharafor*» ons, intalUgent, aealous and d e f o t ^ who couht not thair llfo d*ar but who reganl tha diflbsion 'of truth^^ y , salvatinn of men as a paramoilntwork. l » f • - f , these reasons, we think, tha -min ia ta ra^ * ployed should remain in tha field from time they accept appointment, annual mealing. W a raeommcnd . KJ vcntion to submit the mat ter o^ tbair M f p o t t v to the Execut i re Board, In tha d i M r i ^ i * which they shall laboV respecUvel j , W * portioned, as that of oUier m i s s l o n ^ e » » ^ conling to their several c i r c u r w t i ^ ^ necessities. ^

All which is respectfully submitlad. J . H . MAI lS l IALL. CIww.

0. T h o Committee on tho P r o p o r t i o n from Eas t Tonnessoc, to whom wna a l i o fcrrod the eomtnunicaiiona from L«xiiigioa, Tenn . ,Buhnjilted oslbi lowa:

The Committee to whom was r a f e r r a d l M , ^ ^ Proposition from the East Tcnnawaa .A^o* 3 elation, whether U w o u l d not ba poUof t » merge that body in the Content ion, b a g I w * ^ ^ ^ v to report , that having bad thataiilyact i m i a r , a , consideration, they discover,that tha p r ^ . / ,ition presents itself only In t b . s h a p ^ rf^ query from the Secretary , who appended tt» . his l e t t e r in a noftt bene. He does notat«t« that ha aoU from official anthority, ttof , feel warranted to receiva It a» taoh. Committee have not before tham Wf nionts to guide thair ' V ' legitimately beforo them. T o cloosly, we muslJtnotv what objoot t h U b ^ has to angsgff its interest and what a o t M M resnltad from i l l attempt a t o n i t a d ^ l j ^ ^ Two bodies wo may,M!,wevor, t » b M r » * » i ^ ^ r ^

•A * '

"" oa irUTUlUBU fcasv.. — J . , - ..

field, having t h e . « * m a ^ o b j a o t > y e t > y ^ » ^ out ooncarJ,» must nooessarllf W W v that clash, if thif do not thwart ixo aaoh othorj w» wiiiJM, l l r t r a f c i ^ i * ^ ^ the following '

o v f b t t o b e m o r g j i d i n t b e D a p t w t S l a t e

C o o v e n t t o t t . , Y o u r C o m m i t t e e h j i r e a U o ' h a d u n d e r c o n -

• k l m l i o o l b e r o q u c a i o f Cbc M a l e a n d V o i n a l o

8 o d e i i e « of L e x i n g t o n , T o i » d . , a n d r e c o m

M a d t h e a d o p t i o n of t b o f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u

t l o n i !

JRtJolred, T i i a t w e h i g e l y a p p r o v o t b c sp i

r i t a n d m o t i r c a w h i c h p r o m p t e d t h e i r e f f o r t s

i n thfc o a u » o o f in i»» ion» . W o . t l i c r e f o r o t c u

l l « r t b e i o o u r h e a r t y t b a u k a f o r U i e i r k i o d w i a h e a a n d v e r y l i b e r a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s , a n d

I ^ J f c ^ ^ t i w t t fcey w i l l n o t r e m i t t h e i r v e r y v a U i a b l c t h e l a m e g o o d a n d g l o r i o u s

f S ' T . 4 Jt tKiiveflf , ' T l i a t w e a c c e d e lo l l m i r rr<i i ie»t in relation to tbo inioiKtrT of 9ur revered

V » and beloved ftrotber Daniel. A l l w h i c h i* r e s p c c t f i i l l y s n b m i l i c d .

L . D . R I N G . C l u n n .

7 . T h e r e p o r t o f t h e C o m i n i t l e e o n t h e

, B e t h c s d a a n d S a l e m P r o c e e d i n g s w a s , n l l e r

^ d i t e u u i o n , l a i d o n t h e t a b l e , a n d a c i r u t i l a r

o r d e t o d t o b o a d d r e s s e d t o a l l t h o l l u p t i s t

c h u r c h e s i n T o n n c w e e , e m b o d y i n g t h e s u b

s t a o c o o f t h a t r e p o r t , a n d g i v i n g n f u l l a n d

UTifOKcrved c x p o s o o f t h e p r i n c i p l e s , v i o w s

a n d o b j o c t s o f t h o Tenncs . -<cc B a p t i s t C o n -

v e n t i o n -

MONDAY, O c l o b c r 1 " .

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'»®a ihe p e d o d is opt f a rd i« la i i l ' bretbr^i) , *b(> <>B»o,boon honc«tly

will b«oinn4 vntuitMe aux i l i a r t e i r M l y need to u n d f n t a n d Ihftt Uie.pbjeut I b t e tb ren i t hodc t t , tfnd t b s t ^ M r ' i m a | | « i ^ d « ( o f l r a l . I have no In ^ Ulii friemla of t b i i i W M ' l " " ^ '

Ja*^. r ic l . l " . W i n . Monro, Ja» . C . Jon««, Tbut> 0 . » c n , P i a G a y k , J , \ V . , F o r t ,

T h p (ippoiiitineat of i.i. Agent for iViid-tilo TutJi»0!»OC was itTf rri d to tlinl i l («r . l t M» aluo llw onu for Iws t Tennefwsu. to thai .

I I . S m i t h , N. G. a m i l h . . U o . G . l l a l l , •n,r,». H. A l i en , 11. J . Andcr j t iu .

»V otw.i.pr vjiiiy ic— T - , V- . t v . Rc^olecil, ' r h n l «h i l« i h . s C o n V r j t l o i . up- I ' h c wlCction ul icady nm.lo lor t he csto.n

prove rf b e n o v o l c t hm-mcUo-s in Keuon.l. j Die l r id i , tho^CVrnvcitina . . . .uu.im.usly np-

such dB Bib lo , Misp iomuv , T r a c t , Kdi.oa-i' |»roveil. " •

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objoot it! v i o x i r t h c nicSiomSi.... ol i | .c eo.uli- gont .cpoH to r!" . ' ,?! lioti of niun, wo lUsnpprovu . f Abolition ^o-ciotics t»nd tlielr nii:asnn.'.s nn liping wrong .ttrtd c a l c u l a t e d t o Uo only i;vjl.

O n motion, UKrc«a to corrcdpond wilb tlio AlabAma CoiivonUutiiUnd tip|K)inl^ brolhoin l l owo l l a n d MclnKwti tticwengora Hii^ior.

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k b h a . h i n April . . ha . b.r .ho W o s t c i n

I OnlcrPil llio nn . rna-Ion 1 1 L r . u i s U t m i m i t o l ' i - r i p u n i o i « i t h iho mi-

if ono No, c,r .hv 15apli i>l«. l lno.

f ? n a . N e i t h e r the baptiaW b f JfbbtJ i S ^ , ^ fo re , nor tha t of Cbria t . WM «lorir»d t t m pro»clyte bapUtm. T h e former b e f n g M W-( t i tu l ion of a ^ , the l a t t e r mere ly % com- j inandment of men. • ' ,

I r r c s p c c t i ' c "f " ' c w fae t i , a l i t t l e ref lec- . l ion will convince ony one di»po»6d inrne the ina t te r , tha t there w a . no a imUfr l ty

Unlnin ll.c r ' ' " - ' ' , i „ „ , ; i „ U t i o n of t ha t l a« ..ibonzcd .0 onhvr,.- .. a . . -ir ^M " , l ,

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llhc annual n.coiing. thn Convon. ion sunji

I'Jiehvinn comnKMu in;!:. •Illrwcd bo tl.o lie lliat biiuls Our hcarta in christian love'—

LimrJ la.- r .e».<Iont in an »pp .opr .a te ami' litneiii p. A. r. nml adj.mniiHl xinr thv.

U. i; c . H O ^ V K I I ' lxs.ilciii . I.. iV U i v . . l ? t o . ! > . t.-t;>>\

It WoA " J - r\t • ,vhea repro«cho, the n itl. having .nude void the Luv <.y t h e t . ^

l n d e p c a . l o n t o f t l . i , f . . c t Job l e » „ p , i . t himself, flatly c o n t r . d . r U h..,b e . U t e . a c n t a n a c m . e l . . . i o n of our I 'a-doburt .U

. B d . h o u l d h o l u . l , l . M l . « r U a n m , . D i r e c t e d ^^ i„ the d a y . of

our 8avio. . r , it war a . n e r o h u n . a u in . t . tu l ion , not even prt^tcnding to d a i m a h igher . ane -,io« than Rnhbin io . l t r ad i t ion . 1 he word of IJod ba« uo where iho re . . .o te . l r e fe rence

His law* w e r e c x p r e « i o u ,,,rne the ma t t e r , inav vncre ..u ^ , , ^ - the baptism of John

a n s u b , e U . . a . d a , u i o y i , ^ p r „ , c l ) t e hap l i .m . T h e learned an^ U b o r l - J 0.0 bapt ise , f a i f foreni D o c t o r nonH.n, . P « d o h a p t U t w r i ^ j J , ^ ^ - ^ : ; J

I h l n X t on into the J c . ^ ir, , „ « . a u . l i r o u o . > o , c , . |eorc. i ,o. .y . . . . b baptism baptiMn. bn . the foUowine

have not foi.nd any ins t ance , ' »»?• tb« R e c t o r , h " 0 one person- . wa»h i i$ aeotfcoir by w«J ftf • c^.n»ccration, purificatioo» ^ f l i B c t t i o o . Aga in ho . a j i - ' l canno t fiW. »li*t.«b« J«w»

, «„.! conelu . iou of o..r r a uoo - , do a t present p rae t i ce any . e e l . l U n g w t h a i ,

. n o n d , . f r o , n G . 4 ! t h e . n . though they a r e .a id . t o i n a k e l ^ m '

,be pro- ! the J u « u h rel igion. » .cd to ^ lAe-Ht i f -^ .

- ^ b o i n c w a s h e d b y . ^ o t i . e r ' t . . o . . . n e » l . .n ' ' ' " , eonnec ted with t h l . , , f

- ' " ' " T o one . c n t t o ! ccren ,o . .y . the Doctor v e r y j . . s t l , r . n . a r k . . . I l . T S U l l l M ' i l - ^ M - N O . I l ' . c r y . n s infants coM . a u j 'i.o t. .i .l , prepare t . i e j a y ... t . If p io .c ly ies were washed, howevor , ' eve ry

b, ,nor of bapt.s n,^ the ^ ^ j ^ ^ _ ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . was a l ,og; .ve»h. .u b> ; . pUvMcaU, and m.-rally iucapfc- - / " i

plainly . h o ^ e a ' t h a t not a . y lUb lc scot .no to ^ , „ e r o t h e , . e r e not found, in any diWno rceo .d pr .ur to ( John ; • c . i >, ^^^ ^ „ a o r e f o t e placed

aecoi,..ug of (Christ, conn tcnune .ag thc . r ^ i , ho yond the possibility of . . .eoessfal • - ' " 6 . re .na .n .ng o. h..a the , ^ ^ ^ ^ „»»h ing . . if they f X .

which hapt ise th iv.tb Iho Uo T ( h .« l . . . . I , ^ , . ^^ ^^^ ^ , ^ and bea r r ccord . J ' - • , l^i , j ^ i h i , t i ^ . e r e , t o use n i n « u >

<!„a.- If tho f ac t , - ' ' ' f ' ' ' ° " t h V t ' l a n c u a ; c . -a verv d i f f e r t n t t b l n c f rom b e p . / A l hi ,n.elf hero n a r r a t e s he t r . e - a n d « h a t a -C . . ^ ^^^^^^ Chr is t ian will pre. . . .no to call tbcm .« - ' ^o p . r t .

necessari ly f o i l . - ; J . . . b j ee t a d o . i e i . t o ^ ^ . b ^ . '

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rr."vuf...».'u.o D U l T c . l n m r n t , « o ( , . H y r o plainly »ho»vea'that n o t a . y l U h l c

• • V f

III least 0110 I iwi i t l rprevioim t o tliu annua l ' . , • « <. mee t ing . '

T l w ConifcnUon n e x | inMnictqd t l i n r Hoard tooppoi t i t , i f powiUe, ' a n.itiisler lot e a c h lown of i i ^ p o r ^ n c o l n i h o S t o l o uot nl-roadyBuppUpd. f D w i d e d t lwt Iho n o i l

PMCtice. W o .ha l l p roceed , now. to examine It, . .^ . .meat . of our l 'a=dobap..sl b re th ren

moppoMtion to onr x j m * " " the . u h j e t ^ e will t a k e up tho

t«.d argutticat re l ied upon to . u . t a i u the pro-fmty of infant bap t i . in . F o r t h i . p r a e t i e e , ; . l . r ; u . l d , f c * a r r a « t i . (ound in J o w i . h pro-«l , tcbapt i iw. T h e y a a s u i u c tha t the bap-

' Uwof John,."and a f t e r w a . ^ s tha t of C h r i . t , .Ma continuation of proselyte hap . i . n . , and Bjue, ' t h a t as t h e infant c h i U r c n of pru.e-

I Ijlw were haptUed, so tho infant chi ldren o (Sirisliau. aro to ho baptincd. Dr . Wal l par-liwlarly, found. hi.s ...ain a rgumen t for the Vsptiim of ch i idrcu , of. U.c p rac t i ce which he

I i»)ilho Jows h:id of h a p l i . i n r tUir riligionl ^

Wcbave a variety of o h j c c t i o n . lo both I l l t i»sUtemfliland conclusion. T h o o o n c l u -

«t«a is not t rue , even were the .taiamftif^'VjQr-1 tfct. but we ihal l p r o f e tha t t he kUt« inWt 1 itwif i . nrtSintainoa l»y'fliol.r y U o ^ p ^ l o U e m e i v t ^ fk

uf J o h n , a..d a f t e r w a r d , that of Chris t , which w a . t h e . a m o and idonl ica l , i r a . der ived from proselyte bap t i sm.

A g r e a t e r than J . d . n tho J tap .Nt , however , oven Chr i s t J m i » o u r .Lord , dirdet ly and

positively c o n t r a d i c t . b o t h l h e . U t e m c n t and couclMion of odr P w d o b a p t l . t f r i end , on thi» head . r r t ; . c l y t o bapti«in; a* we Imre already , c e u , w a . t o m a k e the mo. t of i t . H U"-man i rad i t inp . C l i r i i t i n r m i a . e » , a , tho Dap-t i . lha . rpMrU.»» ly dec l a red , >(MftU 21 c . 2 5

t b o . b a p t i s m of J o h u w a . f rom I I b iinollior pla«o. (Lulie, 1

i . . . . . . ' ^ d n a i n E a l uf 1 t v i ->v '

. - . 1 mere c i rcunis tancc of a man i washwa.

self: .f^' J ' , , A n o t h e r incongrui ty here p r e t o u t . i t . e l f ,

which we presume our opponent* canno t ob-t i a t e . T h o baptism of p n > M y 4 « v a » ^

omon> performed only in t b . e w e of P a < a « t o m a k e t h e w J e w . : but J e b « baptUed , J e w , oal ivo born . ^ T h e l i t p 'Waa . dHaiiuilar in i l » . . . h i e c t . . & l h ^ i«ode of admU , n i . l r» l io» ut ter ly un l ike tl.e bap t i tm of J o h n , M d l lMUrf Chr i a t i an . . I f a u o b a n t p m t v (ion had been the d i so j^ le . of t l « D i f - ^

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•f-. 'llv.. , -r T H E B A P T I S T ,

t i i « . U . » r e f o r e . h a v o b c o « a c o u U a u a l i o n of

p r o j c l f U bapii .ni! Tl.c»« are «ol O.o only c i r o r t aud m o o u -

, i , lcncie» wo i-orcoive in the i U t e m e n U and r c M o n i o g » o f o u r l»wdobttptJ»t brc t l . ron on thi> par t of Uio Mibjccl. Tlioy gravely te l l u», lliRt Chr i s t i an bapt ism of adul ts and in-f»nt t wai. derived f rom proselyte bapt i sm. If Ihii s t a t emen t be u f ac t , , wo will prove t h a t c o n m t e n c y rcnuiros tha t we shall all hccomo l l i i aker* . Le t i isadi.pt I ' . edubapt is l U n g n a g c . for t lbc i a k V f l f admit t h a t chUdren , wil'b the i r pa ren t s , we re »ta«hcd as pro»elyte», and tha t of this ce remony Chris-t ian bap t i im was a con t i nua t i on . Kvery one knowa t u t accord ing to the t raa i t ioos of U, which have couio down to IK. when u p r o s e -

such a »upiK)»illoo, wc wil l « tha t the whoU law to r egnUto t h e adtiiiisiotJ of prose-lytes among the Jews , U fully laid down in the Mosaic r i tua l . I n this law no such thing as b a p t i i m U even remote ly s i isgestcd. (Kx. 12 oU. 48, 49 V.) ' W h e n a s t r ange r will keep the passoror to the L o n l , le t all his males he cirortinoised; and t l iou l e t him come nea r and k e e p i t . One f«w ahall bo to him ih..t is homo ho rn , and to t h o s t r a n g c r . ' Wl.al law is thi^! T h a t he and his ch i ld ren shall t-e bnprliscib

' t )n the con t r a ry , ' l e t all his males be circitm-cised , and then liiT him come n e a n ' -Holh

Chr is t ian Fa the r s , though they often ipf»l(,(( Jewish proselytes , and of the ablutloiMt>f<V J e w s for ceremonia l cicansings, tlieystli. not tt word of the J e w s having admitted clytes into ihcir community by baptiim, Ki| can acconnt for this pe r f ec t and uti>»| mous s i lcnce on the siihject by all anti^siti.j upon no other ground Ihnn that prouljul baptism « a s the invention of louro inodinl t imes. T i l l s wo find to he a fact , ami bnd the best rv idenco that the pract ice M ikl orifiiti long a f te r .ill the Apostles and tiiM Chris t ians had slept in the dust . Thi»opi».| ion, lot II b.) romarke. i , is not peculiar toliij „ .„,„ ion, lot II be rmnarKcd, iiui iu,«

Iheun i . r e ami r s h . I but we are .ally .,.ppurte<lbyL«i. ( V i d e (;ill ami ( ia le . ) Severa l " ' ^ , j , Owen, and .pany otberrf tW . d m i s s i o n of proselytes. , recorded a . l '„dobaptist divines, h R u t h , and others , but nut a word i ' sai.l of

.tiMCAnd-1 this view of i t . is dertveil from lu) anc ien i anu the J e w i s h rel igion, none of the i r descend a n t i throttgh nil gene ra t i ons w e r e a l t e r w a n U bapt i snd . Ho when a Chr is t ian an\l his chil-d m n a r e once bapt i sed , and added to the chu rch , none of the i r descendant* through

Clival I this view of i t , is der ived from lu) anc ien t and solemn forms of J e w i s h ini t ia t ion, but is a m e r e human t rad i t ion , founded upon an un-rea l imaginat ion. I t p resents to the world

t he singular anomaly of aOhris t iau r i t e , with-church, n o n e o f their descendant* through the singular am,, . . . . , ... T V , , :„ ^ U e n e r a t ' n , are a t torwards to be baptised, out any o ther support t an e fantast ic L i k e U.e J e w s , they are all m e m b e r , of the d reams of a m o d e r n J ewi sh <va..b.. c^Jurch without bap t i sm; and by r ight of b i r th D . c t o r Rehson . to whom we have already Qiuiruii . — < w a rc ent i t led to .ill its privileges ami iminuni t ics . Our f r iends , however , do not ihiis act ou t the i r own pr inciples , but improperly and inconsis tent ly cont inue to bapt ise each siic-ceet l ing genera t ion as though their pa rcnU |

r e fe r red , in conclusion of his remarks on the sub jec t , most per t inent ly a s h s — ' W h e r e is t he r e any int imation of surli a p rac t i ce [a» proselyte hapt i iml among the J c i r s before the coming of our l -ord! Jf any one could ceet l ing genera t ion as tliougu ineir parcu . i u,o .

^ o r o absolutely pagan, and idolators. Th- .s province any clear testimony of that k ind. wore ausoiuiciT I-K .. from tl.o t lid Tes t amen t tTVIV I"r>-by t he i r prac t ice they cuii t radict their pnii-c i p l w , and convince eve r ) in te l l igent obser

- he continues, itber from the t»ld Testament, - t he Apocrypha, Josephus . or Pl.ilo. tha twonld c i n l w , ana c o n v i m u J i " 1 — . . • • , „ i „ „ ,

« r tha t thev disbelieve t h . i r own doc t r ine . I he of g rea t moment , but he acknowledges Besides a l l t h i s . i f infant bapt ism c o m e , in ; he could fiml no Mi.rh test imony. Doctor

t he p l ace of circnmci,i.„, which our IV.do-! J o h n Owen (works on sub.) says, -the opinion bap t i s t fr iends seem somet ime , so anxious to t h a t Chris t ian h.MUisn, came from <>'« m a k e U S believe, bow comas i t to pas, t ha t it is an opinion des t i t o t e of all probabi l i ty . h derived from pto&clytc baptismi H e r e a-( « i n they con t rad ic t themselves, and show t h e inconsUtencie* into which their silly er-r o r iaperpetu.i l ly hur ry ing thein. I t will bo a» we l l , however , to lay thi» ma t t e r to rest , wi thout exposing more of i ts absunl i ty . Yuu •eo t ha t even ndmit t ing the ex i s t ence of pro-Mly to bap tUm. in the i a ^ t of our Saviour , the rea»oiiings d rawn from it in favor of bap-t is ing iDfaDtt in the Chris t ian church , are pre |w»tcro»s, con t rad ic to ry , and absurd In a m o t l • x t r a v a g a n t degree . So much »<», they, in f a c t , de fea t and destroy the cause which Ibey arobroMglit forward to upliold, * T h e tn i tb itf Iwwevor, t h a t nui snoli ce re -laony as prote lylo baptism ex is ted , ci t l ior in the days nf Chr i s t , o r for s e t» ra l oeo ln r i e i af . le». I t will no t , wo presume, b« pMilondci tha t any law Owi o»UU fbrbapM»i»«Jfro-M l | t M . Le»t •ome, DotwillMUDittag tvlwl

, ^ i t w U , ibotid b e M r w h U iad t l l l e

ts ail njjit'svs. . , n o c t o r U i l l in his works on baptism has fully developed the impor tan t fact tha t ne i t he r P h i l o n o r Josephus. both voluminous religious wr i t e r s , and whol ived .wi th in a few yearn of t he t ime of our ."Saviour, though they both frei juontly mention pro te ly tes , say a word a-bout the i r bsptis in. T h o genuine Tnrgums wr i t t en about tho close of the first c e n t u r y , and tho Mishna wr i t t en dur ing tUe 'Alcen-

. t u r y , a r e both en t i r e ly silent as to proselyte washiogst »t» is the G a m a r a , a im , whioh was wr i t t en about a cen tu ry a f le r th<! Mishoa. T h e s e works conta in a eollcotion of all t he llraditionsof t h e J o w s on a l l suh jec ta re la t ing to the cercmonio t of the i r religion. (Culmet ' s D i d . A r t . Ta lm . ) As thoacr ip turos con ta in nothing on tlie t t ib jcc t , and these works , d e -signed exprewly l o embody nil llioir t rodi-tionih aM oqiial l ; • i l en t , tbo inoW,table «on-«!lu»iiin'i», t h a t u0 t m W | e f t o m 6 n l w cxluUd.

U o f ) | b t 4 l ip lo b * r t ^ ^ t lw i Uif ^ y

most learned I ' lcdobaptist divines, h tk Jerusa lem Ta lmud , wr i t ten about the IMt* ningof the fourth cen tu ry , and alio talk Habalonish Ta lmud, w r i t t e n upwards ot In hundred years a f t e r Chr is t , proselyte wnk-ings a re ment ioned , but tho niitholrityofl'— work , i , insufflcieut, to say nothing of antniiiily, to affect the quei t ion now atlMsj The only cvidoncc they alFonl is thi»,»«»l til)

do sc i i le It beyond a doubt . t l ia t proiclytebif tism had its origin sume t ime dur ing the tW cen tu ry , and that it never ("listed before tin t ime. It is, therefore , morl i more likeljti be a f.»cl that proselyte liaptism wa, initl luted in imitation of that of JoLn aiidCbwV than that Clirntiai i liaptisni is a continuitiul of prosclylo baptism.

W o have now fully shown that , oven admit t ing the antiquity of proicly to baptiim, Ciirit' tiun baptism was ne i ther derived from tW cercmony nor was a cont inuat ion of it, k<-cause both John and Chr i s t repeatedly eoi-t radic t tho auggustion. Bill >to have furtlxt proved, both by uudjiniablo faoU and U»« missions of the i n o s t ' t H r n e d of our oppoaMi themselves, tha t no auch ccriimony as proie-lyto bapt i im exi i tod e i t l ier in t b o i i j " ' Christ or dur ing several cen tur ies after. doing this we havo fully shown that infiil baptism lindii in this coromony not even» shadow of support . W c ha»o at length cut olf ' t h e least and last remains ' of oppo»m<* to Baptis t doc t r ine from tha i quarter .

T h e second s t rongho ld of oiirPtodokipW b r e t h r e n is now dustroycd, and the trt'W our position stands firm and unihakeD; btlietrriwd biHcvcrtonly a rc lawfully ««"• t ied to Mco i re tho [ordinaoco of W e will cnncludo thii p a r t of,ll>c luhjcet I r e m a r k i n g , t ha t however fionionial H ® ' be wi th the I 'wdobapUit .y» tem, to inH»«» o n . r o l l g i o o . i e r e . a t o y vWcl ' U un»ptipt«<^-by a n . m r a n ^ ^ H o i d i f f e ^ p t o c r e ^ J ^

i«»or ip t i iMl i "fi

mere huinuu trad,-

U o o . i l i . » U " e e t h c r repugnant to tbo spir it

U u c w . o f t ' " ' caw.0 of truth w ob ^ c.pu«.od. No such vagaries satisfy

! ; . c u . L c u c c s i u any i tem of the C r is t .ao fa.,b or prac t ice . W o are bound t o be gov-„ « c d in baptism by the commission, con-t..>n.d in our t e U . which r c a r i c t s us to the iMngs which our blt»sed Uedcemer h a . com-caudod; the mo . l solemn obl igat ions, there-fore, forbid u , ,0 regard o ther than expl ic i t o rcxpressd iv ine authori ty.

T h e most obscure and perp lexed pa r t of our . . u h j o c t i s n o w adjusted. You havo had oc-ioasion to obse rve , tha t even this pa r t of i t is

n o t o b s c u r e i n i l s o l f . b u t r e n d e r e d s o b y t h o ^ h i g u o u , reasoning , , tho vaguo cr i t ic isms ^ d tho unmeaning exposit ions wi th which i t ha, been ovcnvhelmed by all classes of men, from the uule t te rod novice in theology, to the .rave Doc to r , of Divinity who preside in the halls of s c i ence . T h e s e perversions o t t e Old T e s t a m e n t , and the facts connected ^ i tUi t , havo been commit ted with the grea t -er freedom, and allowed with moro . inpun i ty

account of the Umentab le f ac t , tha t ew c l i s t i a n s d i v e so deeply into tho p c . p ^ .f theology.or examine the ^ y ^ ^ " .onuich candor and impart ia l i ty as to be able ,„ de tec t and expose their t rue charac to . To think very profoundly requ i res an elTor . the pain of which, t he mas . o. men a r e bu t too willing to spare themselves low f c -q u c n t l y d o w c h e a r m e n e n d e u v o r i n g t o e x c u s e hsinsolves from obedience to the Divine man-

J » t e , l . y l h e p l e a . that they do not tinde -itsn l the sub jec t . W h e n , however , know-

ge is w i t h i i your r each , and b y falli ^ ^ ^ ^ acquire it you suffer yourselves to bo Ud n-

r r o r , > o u « d d # e c r ime of - l . g - s - U . -Unce to t!he sin or d isobedience aiut a r e h t

more guilty before t !od . How app ropn-ate would be tho language of I ' au l , addressed T t Z l s . even of professed Chr ist ians n

the present day , with r e fe rence to the sub-ject unJor d i s c u s s i o n : - ' A w a k e hou tha t . I c c p e s t - a n d Chr is t givo thee ligh .

We now t a k e up tho New T e s t a m e n t

• h i c h U more d i r cc t , if not ° « , p l i c l t , i n i t s Instructions, and with wh oh L ' r y Christ ian is . P ^ H . ^ P j . O J a c i i i i n t e d . W o Tes tament , as w e « as the .ttfrposod bkp t l .m ef proselytes, so far ( r t .n coMoteoancng the b a p K - r a n t s , forbid it ^ ^

•unoes , and wo shall 7 can be found in t t o Now T e s t a m e n t to n h . k e

'• 'THE'lBAlPtlS^T^ v ^ f i T l

T h e baj.ii.r.1 of the households, » o l r o u m -s t aace upon w U c b o u r PiodobaptUt b r e t b r « 0 rely wi th so much confidence for the por t of their hypotUesU, first c l a i m , o u r a t -

^ " ^ l u H i o u s o h o l d i a r e recorded , Sn the N e w T e s t a m e n t , a . hav ing been b a p U w d by the Apost les . T h o advocates of Infant baptwm c o n t e n d , tha t in these hoiisebolds there mus t havo b e e n some ch i ld ren . T h o y conc lade , t he re fo re , tha t tho Apost les baptised infants . In addit ion to this c i r c u m s t a n c e , which, ol i tself , p rove , no th ing , becau.o i t . . a mere c o n j e c t u r e , and no th ing more , the ingenuity which a despera te case will sometimes c ^ ; a t e , has suggested a Greek whiob,

its f r iends aver , amounts to 'yKni/ie. I h a t i n f a n t s were bap t i . ed in tho days of the Apos t l e . . I t is al leged tha t the ( . r e e k word oiA-o., t rans la ted house, necessari ly iMiphc. i n f an t , as • a l a r t of U.o family. In the S « p . toagen t t rans la t ion of tho Old . ami m tho 15 reek or iginal of the Now T e s t a m e n t and ulso in the wri t ings Ar is to t le , and 1 la to Dr . U ice , ( l 'amph.) a>.d . eve ra l o ther learned wr i te rs affirm, the re aro two words t ranslated home & household, otko.Scoik!a. T h e . e words, they [main ta in , have a very different iiiean-i J oiko. deno t ing l i terally the house in which the master lives, and oikia. hi . house, hold of servants , or the k i t chen . 1 he lor . m e r metaphor ical ly deno t ing a man's chil-J r e n , the l a t t e r his servants . In the New T e s t a m e n t pa . t ic . i l a r ly , tkey tell us . th i s di ,-Unction is preserved with g r e a t accuracy an.l precision. In the na r r a t ive of the baptism o( the hou.e of Lyd ia . and tho Ja i lo r , and the household of Stepbani is . the word oiAot is nsed, which, they say , nacossarily implies in L i s as a p a r t of the family. I t is demon . t r a t o d , the re fo re , they conclude , tha t the i r in fan t chi ldren wore bapt ised.

l u a c o n s i d e t a t i o n of the baptism of he household, it is necessary for us to examine and test the t r u th of this cr i t ic ism. Not ,„ore on accoun t of the a i r of p laus ibH y „.hicb it assumes, than in cousequence of the. fac t . l ha t the t h rong always .ei/.o with uv.di-t , . a n d w i t i r o u t tho m e a n , of knowing whe-the r i t he t rue o r fa lse , adopt unhesUalingly wha tever has a sbow of l ea rn log . and espe-cial ly if U r a » o r pol.t«lar, T';®*

tho substance t o pur .ua a d«cei tful shadow W e r e the c r i t i c i sm in qucHion t m e . i l would

baptised. W e a u e r t , h ^ w e r e r , and .ha l l ^ m ^ l a t o l y p r ^ i p o J to prove, l ha t h . « h o l « i *

, . . ' V . . .n^^i l lUMrf . T

"oonbelt, tfresiod u p in t he Un.er«tf Ute*t tor»«^A U f e l e * . t a t u e of roodoramWW. which owr l iwra ry P y g m a l i o n , have e w r t e d t h a l t i W U k vain to an imate . ' < »

W c wil l , a t any l i m e , t d t e tiio Se jKuag ia t t rans laUon of the O ld . ' a cd • tho C r e e k of the • N e w T e . t a m e n t , and .how to the .aU.faOtiop f of any ono who kn'ows the G r e e k ^ that oiAm and oiiWo, a re every where u w ^ i i * te rcbangoably ; in f ac t , t he r e i . no n m r ^ d t f - n f c rence than there i . ' b e t w e e n the • * | i r o » - ^ i c rencc -n\ou*,hn>lhcrt mA brithren* t h a i U, o n l y t o -tho spel l ing, the . igni f ica t ion b e l n g f t ^ ^ j ^ ^ the same in both c a . e s . - L e t us now. i a ^ t w t . of this proposit ion, r e fe r l b -ftrtiO

household, oik-os, of 8 lcpha«t t . s ' and w o n aC te r , in tho same l e t t e r , . p e a k i n g of the »ame household, (ch. 10, 1.1».) he c a l l , i t the o i l w . UiHwehold of S t e p h a n a . . — ' V o know the household (ten oikian) of Stepbani is . t h a t »t . the e r s t f rui ts of Acha i a . ' You see .n tbU ins tance , that the same family . . c a l l . ^ w d f-^ ^ f e r e n t l y b o t h o i i o . and remind you, be fore we p roceed furUier . t ^ the d i f ference b e t w e e n tho fami l ie . c a l M j

oiih,., and those cal led oiW^. U by the f n e i . 4 * . of in fan t bapt ism, plead upon the a l legat ion, tha t oiko, l i terally d e n o t e , the d w e l l i n g p l a c . of the m a a e r or fa ther of tho house, and that oiX-i-rt d e n o t e , the house, cab in or k i t c h e n , in which the servants or s l ave , res ide . I n t h e l r f igurative appl ica t ion, they con tend , t h a ^ he .a ,no difference exists ; oiko, tlgn^Ji^^i^* ch i ld ren , and oikia the . e r v a n U . I o f this exp lana t ion , we r o n i a r k . t h a U h e hotise of , ihe J a i l o r is cal l (Acts , I t ic. 'Mr . ) t»kot , i " , , c r , n e x t verse i t is ca l led (32 t . ) and aea in in the second verse f rom this, (34 v.) i t

is cal led oiito.. I n tho first ins tance quoted, it appears evidently to r e f e r to tho family; , • thou Shalt be s a v c l , and thy house, oiko,. ^ T h e second i o . t M c e r e f e r , to the h m w l . t -orally cousidered; - they . p a k e t h o worf P « h e , Lord to all that were in his The last ins tance a l soTofer . to » » orally cons5deh.d; 'he led them into h i . house,

rtubjectthewonlstowhateve^a^ci-fu l , l i t o ra l . o r fiBurstive meaning you choose.

I n o t therefore affect the p o . n t a t . « « . . l u the cases quoted the t n i t h d o « , and cVet rtu.t.tanddemo»t^ted.U..lthe.a.««hou«, b o i l l e d indifferently bptli oi*ot w d o . f c f a . A „ u m « a . c o r r e c t r h o w w e r . the t W «<*lloi.ni. and o u r a « t h o r J « d Ter. le« In

n a

infant chi ldren; tlio . e rvauU (who It , ecm. ' l i»cd , n..i iu » cab in or Ui lchan , bu t wilh the ii.Mtcr,) believodi be did n o t , Low-ever , bnptito Uie bel ieving ior»anl», b u t pro-ceeded to bapt i to tbe J a i l o r ' . In fanU; bit oikoi, a . separa te from 4.i» oikia! Uidiculoiis

t b i . .nnsl appea r , it i . but U.e beginning of tbe cbao i which tbi i c r i t i c i sm woi.Ul pro-duce . .

Ful ly to exp lode tbe sopbi . t ry of I b n lite-rary c o n c e i t of inodorn c r i t i c s , we »ball pre-w n t a few m o r e i n . l a n o e . to show Iba t oikoi, •Od oikia, have identically tbo t amo meaning , and t h a t a» • "ch they a r e uied convor t ib ly , o r , in o the r w o r d . , in tbe place of one ano-t h e r , f r ee ly ID the' New T e s t a m e n t . W o .ay ,nodn-n critic,, becan .o it e n f r e l y a new invent ion , n e v e r conceived by the .no»t saga-cious, unti l within «» few years past . D.e mas t e r spiri ts of former ages rose not so high in the scale of in t e l l ec t .u l vigor, as to bo e-qnal t o i l s discovery, a.ul to t b e G r o o k s thein-

' selves, whose language is Hi sub jec t , i t was ent i re ly iinlinown. ' T h e Cenl i i r lon 's house, whoie faith was so

f amed , and wbost se rvan t tbe Saviuur cnrcd , i , by Luke called (7 r . 0 y.)oikiai and nga.n i n l h e . a m c o h a p l e r { l < M . ) he calls the .amo

house oUoi; the same house is called by Mat-i t e w o i A m . l M a t . H . ; I . . O v . ) T h e h.,use of J a i ru s , the ruler of the syuagogno, wboso daugh te r the Messiah hro.ifrht to life, h) L u k « ( 9 c h , 41 V.) is called and in tl.c same c h a p t e r (.-] v.) he calls the Ha:ne house oikia; .M«rli(r>ch. I^ffv-ycslU tht->an.e house oikat. In t l « parable concern ing the house

' b e i n g a t t n c k e d by th ieve . , recorded by Mat-thew and L u k o , Mattnow ( y i ch . 13 V.) calls .t oik-ia, and I.idio (I'-! ch . ».) calls the same house oiko,. W o forbear to expose the con-t rad ic t ions wh id . , according to Pa;dobapti>.t critic, the evangel i f .s hero fall in to , wilh tiMimselves and wilh each o the r . L e l l t be o b w r v e d tha t I ,nko ( 1 0 c h . 3 v . ) cal ls the t a m o house bolli oiLvt and oikia; his words a r c , ' i n t o whatsoever houW,' oikhi, -yo en te r l ay , pCRCO be to this'lioiisc, ' , oiko>! T h a t le, accord ing to this fond l ' («dol , ipt i . t i .nagiim. t lon :—When you c n t o r a man ' s k i t chen , or (among us) negro house, say peaco bo to the houie in which tbo master and his chi ldren reside! W o could go on to se lec t numerous additional examples of the samo c b a i n e t e r . ThMO few instances, ho n e v e r , se lec ted with b u t o n o oxcnption, f rom tho four Gospels m-lone, are sHlttcieftt to show w h a t depondance you ought to plaoe on ttipU e r i t l « . tU« Very foundation of whole o r i l i o M m ^ ' l » td Jo or-

. r o r . f r o m t h a i ^ r t l o j ^ l a y , tha t t ^ e ^ i U i a f t t i o D f y r

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ptomd, is observed wiU. tho g r e t U i t accura-c y , we have produced utiequivocal ev idence t h a t both ttords a r e used to d e n o t e tbo t ame bouse and persons. Indu lge us in this one more ins tance . T h e Messiah, says ( John , 14 ch . 2 V.) ' in my F a t h e r ' s house , ' oikia, ' a r c many mansions. ' Piedobaptis ls say, oikia means a k i t c h e n , and figuratiTely slaves. Accord ing to them, t he re fo re , heaven is a Uilchen, and i ts inhabi tanU a r e slavesV, Hut we will no fu r the r proyoko your ridicule by exposing this learned ignorance , which has been dignified with the grave appellation of Biblical c r i t ic i sm. W h e n , as in the case under considerat ion, men a re obliged to car -ry you into a UborioUR round of G r e e k e r i t l -c i«ms , and harr no other tupporl/or Iheit doc-trine, you tnav t ake it for a full admission tbat ihey feel the i r case to be despe ra t e , and a r e ciidoavoriop to eludo de tec t ion by placing the foundation of the i r a rgumen t where the most 01= you l aunot approach to examine i t .

T h e «;ritii ism being now fully exploded, and shown to bn ut ter ly illusory, s o p ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' without the s l ightest foundation in t ru th , tho bousclndds stand before us unembar rassed , and wv shall proreed to l a k e them up sepa-ratc l ) . and show Ihat thero was not an infant in eitliei of them. T h a t for ns to go to this cx-Icnt , wei i ro fully aware, is not necessary for the support of itie cause we espouse. No one is (ililigeil l.i provr a ncfrat ive. It would be siilhcieiit for us to deny tha t there were iiny infants in tlirse l.ouseholds. and call on ,.nr opponents for proof to the c o n t r a r y , which n-e know Ihey n e v e r can give, because i t does not exis t , hut the cases arc sc. plain tha t we do not hesi ta te to l.elicve tha t wc c a n , in e a t h it istance, prove the negat ive plainly and

sat isfactori ly. W o will first examine tho household of

Lydia bapt ised at I 'hillippi. About this house-hold least is said in the New T e s t a m e n t , and conse.iuently g rea t e s t s t ress is laid upon it by the advocates of infant bapt i sm. Ui fore Ihey can make it appear p robab le , however, that infants were baptised in t he household of I.ydia, five things must bo proved. F i r s t it m u s t bo proved that*she had a husband; se-condly, i t must he proved t ha t sho had chil-dreti; th i rd ly , tha t she brought her children with h e r , f r o m T b j a l y r h to I 'hil l ippi, a jour-ney of two or three hundred miles over land and sen; ftiiirthly, it must bo proved tha t hor chi ldren wcro then iufsnts; nnd fifthly, that they were actual ly bap t i sed . N o t one of these propositions can o r o r b e inbstant ia tod by any htiman beidg. T h e ImpostlbilUjr of obtatniog Uie nooossary proof arise* no t alood

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guo , bu t more par t icular ly f tom the tact,tfc»t in every case , tho t ru th evidently l i e t o a t U opposite side.

T h a t I.ydiR had no Imsliand is sufficiently proved by the manuor of he r invitation tt thcAposUes . ' I f yo have judged me worthy, eome into my house. ' T o render this partof the inquiry per fec t ly plain, wo will appeal to the ina r r i -d ladies. Whon ladies iorh* fr iends, and par t icular ly gen t l emen , as tk*

Apostles w e r e , to sharo the i r kind hospitiS-ty, a r e they accustomed to say come anddiat with me, or come spend tbe eveninf a t ^ honsel Do they no t invariably say dine i t t «», or spend tho o w n i n g with u», o r t l i p : house. But Lydia said, come into wy h ^ and it is perfect ly na tu r i l when, h a v i o ^ ^ huaband, she is the head of a family, for dy to use Lyiiia's language. Lydia thpn dent ly had no' husband. T h a t sho bad te young chi ldren , is plain fur a s imilar r eua t . She wa« passing t h ro ' tho country in charatir of a t ravell ing merchan t , and at the t i m a f tho visit of the Apostles she was in theelty of Phi l l ippi , severa l hundred miles f rom how, sell ing purple. P e r m i t us to appeal to the ladies again. T h i n k you, Lydia would b i n pursued this wander ing and laborious profw-s ion . l f she had had a husband and l i t t le chil-don a t home; or if sho wero forced to follwe such a l i f e , is i t a t all probablosim would bate car r ied her l i t t le children with he r , hundreds of milos across tho coun t ry , over seas anl l akes , and from ci ty to c i ty . Do tho ladies think that any of them rniih! possibly ul^d^^ (akcs t ich an expedi t ion! Would i t even be p rac t icab le for them to support themiehw under such c i rcnmstancos l T o suppose, thcD, thiit Lydia had l i t t l e children is ridiculous w tho e x t r e m e . Bosidos, the narra t ive assure, us, th.it when tho A p o . t l # bad entered into (bo bouso of r .yd iaand comforted the hrelhm, they depa r t ed . A t this t imo only onegeDllt-man, tho J a i l o r , of whom we a r c inforffled, had been baptised in Phill ippi, ye t the hou.e-hold of Lydia a r c called brethren, capeWe 'f receiving foin/JiH from tho conversatioM, prnyers , and encouragements of t he Apostlw. Th i s household, tbe re lb rc , conta ined no cJid d ren , first, because the supposition (hot Lydw had small ch i ld ren with he r , if a t all . U « * reasonable a n d ridiculous; and s e o o n d l y , ^ cause tbo ' a p U a t t r ibu ted to tho b t p l ^ members of t ^ e faroUy aro thoso^of inntnts aW inoApabJ#. 8 o far , thera forc , eur cOBC|u»looa»»nd»ttdihakep, tba t fcefirerri a w M i e v t r s o n t ^ n n i lawfully enl t t lod to reoel»« tbo o rd inance of bap tUmi ,

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Coruello.. T h . J . . p l i . m - f IhU Kooaehold i, recorded in tho t en th c h a p t e r of the A c U of.the Apostles; and wbeU.er a n , i n b n U w.reamoag tl»em can be most easily de to r -Biioeil By perusing tbe necord attenU»ely» i, will he scon that P e t e r ' p r c a c h o d t h e Gos-pel to all that wero in tho h o n s o ' - ' T h o Holy Ghost fell on all them t ha t beard tho word . m V.) All without excep t ion in tho h o m o of Cornelius, 'tpake vith toiifticr and magaijicd C h J : Poter also dec la res (11 ch . 17 v.) tha t (lo<l, on Uiis occasion, gave to one in

the house of Cornelius, the same gif t* which ho bestowed on the Apost les a t tho beginning. What these gif ts w e r e , you a r e all fully a w a r e Then said P e t e r , (10 ch . 47 t . ) 'Can any roan forbid wa te r tha t thc$e thoold no t bo baptis-t d P Whiit were t he q«aliCoalions which «Btitl«d them to tbo ordinance^ T h e Apos-Uo himself repliea, th»y ' h a * * r e c e i r e d t h o

•Holy Ghost a . well a« w e . ' If any infants ,baptised,befoBjpng to the house of Cor-

•e l iu t , Pe t e r first preached to them. I f w o u l d lave been a most edifying scene , und doubt-less would havu inspired tho t l en t i l e s with an exalte 1 idea of the ra t ional i ty of the Gospel , lo havd beheld the Apostle P e t e r gravely preachiug th« v. . .d of the Lord to tho l i t t le Infants ..f I h n ' e weeks , o r a y e a r , o r two years old, . . . ep i r a to ry to the i r bapt i sm. He-condly, all these l i t t le infants recolved the Holy t ihost ; and th i rd ly , what is s t r ange for liUU «.f»nts to do , they spake rfi/m n/ Ian-fuagei; and fourthly, they magnified (Jod. I t

' is specifically dec la red by the Apost le , that vnly those were bapt ised who manifested % e s e Indications of the divino blessing. But idl tliis is impossible, u t t e r ly impossible to in-f i t t i . If so, and no .-no will da re con t r ad ic t it , it follows there fore tha t no infants were baptised in the household of tJornel ius .

I t is worthy of r emark tha t , in every iu-.lance upon record , and in the households as well as o thers , the Apost le pursues with the most donsciencioiis oxacinoss , t he law Of baptism laid down in t he commission, first teaching, and a f t e rwards b a p t i s i w t h o s o who believ*. Honeo Doc to r l lo lhn 'd observes (vido Wall ' s Mist. Inf . Ba,u » o l . c h . S . ) in reference to tho household of Corne l ius—'In Uie first p lanta t ion of Chr is t ian i ty among the Uontile* euch only as wero of full ago, after they wero Ins t ruc ted in tho pr inciples of tiM Christian religion w e r e admi t t ed to bap-tie*.

W e now ask your a t lon t ion , ^thirdly, l o r a Momfnt, to the in-juiry. w h . ^ " f . " aay infants in tbe l i o u s c U a P » f tUo PbUlip-piao Ja i lo r . W o a M c r t t b a t thoro we ro nono, •nd we proceed to p r o t e the t ru th of our u -

IstiAOH of . t i i« 'b* i se r t ton . H w v u v i ^ v . - . — . , of t hbhou tebbW na r r a tod ^ tbn chapter of t ^ i AoU of IM ApoeUt^tWa W theVwenty-nlnU. t o t b i t b l r t y f l m i T i r w f i i ^ olusive. ' T h e n bo c a U « l f r • sprang in and came trorobU»K. w d f e U d o w ^ before P^ul and Si las , and b rough t tbom out and . a i d . S i r s , what m u . t I do " " J ; And they said, bel ieve on t h e Lord Jeaue Chr i s t , and shal t bo saved, and thy hotwe^ And they spake un to h im t h e word of tbo Lord , and h aU lhal mrt in hU Aouse. Aod he took them the . amo hour of the night and w a . h e d t b o i r a t , i p e . , a n d w a s b . p u s o d he and all his . . t r a i g h t w a y . Aod ..fcrH he had broug^ theu^inlokUhousc, ho ;

and re jo iced , belie^vfg in God, with oil A,.

' " T e r e r a l p a r t i c u l a r , c la im our a t ten t ion in t b h n a m t w o . F i r s t . Pau l p reached to rprry Z W tho fami ly . (v .» ' - ' . )whicb he would

done, had they , as l i t t l e infants are been inoapablo of unders tand ing what he . a id . T h e Apostle said to the J a i l o r in a" -. w e r to his innuiry. ' be l i eve - t h o ' . o r e-,u s Chris t , and thou . h a l t be saved and thy house, ' o r f a m i l y , shall also he saved if they S l i - e in the Lord Jesus Christ- P«ul you obse rve , obeyed the commission which re-quired him to t e a c h before baptising; ho l e a c h e d (he same thing not only to the Ja i -lor , but to every one of h.s family. Sccoiid-1- even, member . . ) hU family M.cvr.l (v. M.) • n e y w e r e , t hen . Ie;ral of baptism

accJ rd ing to the of <'brist. I hin ly ,hryannjo,ce,l W h o . n o w . w i I p r e on tbat there wereauych. ldr .M , .n th . .househ .dd . W o will add not another word, forsorely your common sense need not be Insulted by fur ther

" T i r f o u r t h and last hous.hold reoordc! in the Hcriptures , as having been bapt ised, was was tbs t cf Htephauus of Cor in tb , (1 Lo i . 1, 1 0 1 T h e ciri umstancrs of this event are de-tailed iu Acts , c . 1 to D v. in the following wonls: 'Pau l departe. l from M h e n s , artd c a m e t o C o r i u t h and found a ce r t a in Jew named A<iuila. boi-n in Pou ius . lately from I ta ly , with bis wife P r i . c i l l a ; be came unto t h e m , and because ho was of the same craf t , he a-bode with them and wrought . And he roa-.oned in the Synagogue every Babba t l fday . and persuaded the J e w . and t h o G r e e k s . And w h e n Hilas and T i m o t h e n . wero come f rom

Macedonia , Paul Wa. pros.etl in tho « p i r . . & testified to tho J e w s , tha t J c . i i . W a s t b r u t . And when they opposed t homse l r e f . aud bias-p h o m » d , h o . h o o k his r a imen t , and said un to them, your blood bo upon your own head i . I am d e a n ; f rom h c n c f o r t h 1 will go unto t he

•flenUlea. And »»«fc4oii»irt»d t t lpBO^ t n ^ toMHl Into * c e r t a i n m»n*» bouse J i i t -tnnMtibit ^ o r t b S p p t i t O o d ; w ^ ! ^ Joined hard to tho flynajof"*' A w C h r t . p n , t b e chief r u l e r of tbo S y n a r o t o o , boU«r-• d on the Lord with all h U b o u i o , and rowy

of tbo C o ^ n t h i a d s . hea r ing , b o l i o t o d , and w e r o bapt i sed . ' I t i s a d d e d . ( l C o r . . J 0 o . 15 t j • V e know tho bouse of S tepbanua , t b a t i t la t h e first fh i iU of Ach»ia , and t h a t tboy b a t o mddScted themioK^e. 4 o tho minUt ry of t b ^ Sa in t s . 1 beseech you, b r e th r en , t h a t y e submit yo.ir»ol»es unto such and t o OTory one tha t be lpeth with u» and l abo re th . ' I n • this history of Paul 's p roceed ing , a t C p r i n t b , wo observe , t ha t from the t ime tho A p c t l f l fixed his res idence in the c i ty , unt i l the t l s i t of Si las and T imo thy , who came b i t h o r A o r a . Macedonia , in h i . addresses in the S y n a -gogue ho bad t rea ted on the . o b j e c t of the Messiah but gen t ly , perhapa by » a y of inqti»-ry only, in compassion to the p re iud ice i of ^ tbe J e w s . A n e r t he coming of h i . f e l l o w la>-borers, however , Paul felt himself a n i m a t e d . and expl ic i t ly identified tho person of t h o Messiah, dec la r ing tha t was t he CArW. ^ T h e J e w s , bear ing this , wero exaspe ra t ed t o U.0 Sast d e g r e e , and tnmuUuously b laspbemed tbe namo of Chr i s t . Pau l then rose u p , . h o o k

I l.i, raiment, dec lared himself c l ean f ronxthe i r blood, and depa r t ing from the Synagogoe , e ^ tered into the house of a man by the o a a e of Jus tus . Hav ing thus publicly d i ssen ted , t h o Apostle was joined by Crispus, a t whose bouM 1,0 »vent to reside, by Stephnniis and all hl« family, and by many nat ive C o r i n t h i a n . , all .,f wbom bear ing , believed; and were b a | ^

tised. , • * T h e question to be decided is, w b M h o r b e .

longing to the househ..ld of S t c p h a n u . , t l ie only housebidd bapt i ied in Corint!*, the re wore niiv infants . Ptedobapt is ts contend t he re ^ were, i t >» ou r lu i s iuew to prove t he re wero^ none Pa.il, you observe , boa rded* in tli« house of (Jaiiis. and preached iu the hous* of J n s t u , n e a r the Synagt,S«c. . T h e family of rtlephanus addicted tbemse lve . to tho min i . -try of the S a i n u , T h a t is, tb*y toofc o a r e of t h o p f r r o f i h o C h u r o h which bad been lately formed; a t tended to t he w a n t , of t he sick- lodged Chris t ian s t rangers ; in a word ,

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; : : ; ; c d a n i avoid ^ r tU^U.at

Wo would further ad,..c you to deal w.m v o u r member, a, t h e CJo.pel dirccU. and act

v^ere not p r . e n t

„„ i„d!.putablo rifiht. and it wa. ourboundrt d^ty. to give our view, upon the ."hject

e l d not .00 exactly with oiir b ^ ^ ^

S n . wo I h e r n f o r o ventured in - - l e t t e r . S . .0 notice the Mibject in the mo,t . ^

•Late manner we - r o a b l e , h« b . p ^ ,0 differ from theo. in

„ , „ A . . o c i a t i o « . t h o M o d e r a t o r , m j ^

; . " r m t h o f h i , . C M .

dignified .lation h . v i o l a t i o n o f t h o c o n . t i t u t l o n o f t h a t " W j

I t l t c a l l i n g any o n e , o fill ^ ^ ^

„ a , h , t . h a t

m i t i e e o r A r r a n ™ - . , " • ,

u .ocomled by auotber e q u a l l y . P"®' h i l t a n i l r d v ^ o r e d e l i b e r ^ e t h a n t b . ^

, „ i „ g . t r u c K f t h t h . " " • . C W O -

r o t e a n a - m q u e t l e d t o J j ^

h i m . e l f . m i g h t t h a t i t c o m e b e f o r e t h e m

."^t wM taken up. mod afi«r ncott.ia-idl.cu«ioo, the amputating k n l 6 i ; «

4, W of, atid we wore .ev.red from Uiat ,, «h1 our dele^te. refu.ed o .eat, or It Miaog.ttl.ein. But before they retired, ,,rt<«ie.ted to have the cbargc for which „ »ere wparated given to them In writing. H Ibey might carry back a true report to ifbietbren. but they could not obtain it. ..were therefore di»mi».ed without any « being exhibited, contrary to all law,

Btrhuman or divine; and a .trotcb of pow-if »ot .upcrior. to tho Inqui.ition of

or Portugal. However, they finally lOJed to .end a delegation of twelve pcr-•» a Cvmmittco. to our church to csa-into our affairs; but on our mes»cngcr»

rtiing that they could not too what good littjo^danswer, a. we w«ro already »ep-

from them, they were tuld that they (to plough deep, aad very posiihly soinc-

iKjaithtbc br-mghl to light Uiat was not expetiel. Then our mc^engcr.

«it«d to have the privilege uf nomina-^rtof thccoininiltec, and in their great iMCenHion. thoy ^ r e admitted to name

A f t e r our mcs»cnfeor, returned, at our

.cburcii meeting. Avhich wa. the fimtSa-rf»j in October, the hu.incM wa. laid be-

ihechurcli, aud a .econd reading of our :h letter wa. moved for. vfhich took

a. we happened to bavo tho original awcript retained. The voice of the Church wigaintaken, and unaiiimou»ly approved

A motion wa. then made whether we 9M reotive the committee from the AHO-oaor re^cct (hero; and it wa. carried limomly to reject them, a. we were al-djieparated from them, and a. wc judged rMilto bo tolerably mellow, we conclud-• tbtdecp ploughing would be of no benefit, fe ^r«ed to .cad a letier containing the.o

CHdinpi to each of the d c l e « 3 t e . fonning cemmittee, that they had no occa.ion to itUouehe. to ihp trouble of coming .0 fcfiu)purpo,o. a« we .hould not meet

«c,.rhavaaBy thing to^with them—rbi. mUira.Utcmcnt a. I aw ablo (fnim the

Kotation ofonr mewnger.) to give We have hcrowith trtwi.mittcd to you a

our letter, before jnentioncd, aud If itliak proper to give Ibe.o document, a lajoyoiir valiiabto periodic^, you are at lte«rty to do ao; and remaio^tpcctfully

bona, of the Go.pel,

W I L I . I A M E I R K .

c o u n t y , 6 c t . 1 0 , I S a ' i .

m f a d o n t o h i a f ^ U o w i n t o f o i n t o A U

w o r l d a n d p r t a c h t h f g o i p a l t o w i t

W e h a v W t l M e x a m i n e d t h o a e " p a a w f M W

S o r i p t u r o r e f e r r a l t o b y o u r b r t t h w i i ;

w h e n w e t a k e t b e m . t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e l »

t e « t » , w o d o n o t w i e t h a t t h e y c a n l i » » e a n j ,

b e a r i n g u p o n t b e C o n v e n t i o n i n t h e l e a 4

g r e e . T h e r e f o r e , t a k i n g a t h o r o i f g h . v i e w o f ,

t h e a u b j e c t , w e d a r e n o t r a u e o u r v o I m j A * *

K a i m t t h a t i n . t i t u t i o n , l a s t w e . b o u l d b e ,

found t o c o n t e n d a g a i n » t G o d — b e i % fi>Uf ^

. . . u r e d o f t h i s , t h a t i f t h e i n . t i t i i U o n b o o f

G o d , w o c a n n o t o ^ r t u n ^ U } b u t i t i t b e o n l y ,

o f m e n , i t w i l l c o r o e t o n o u g h t T h e r e f o r e ,

o u r a d v i c e i . , t h a t w o . h o u l d n o t m a k e i t a ^

- - . . b a r r i e r t o c o m m u n i o n , a . w o d o n o t » c e t h a t

k . ™ ™ . did . . i w o r d l . » . . « . „ .

Tb» United Bapli»t cbnrebi nMtMK at Wliite'. Creek, UavJd.on connty. aend Chria-tian aalntatlon to their bretbrtn compoalng the Comberland Awoclatlon, who are to meet at Friciid.bip meeting houio on Friday before thelourlb Lord*, day In September.

W'ts are looking forward with plca.urc to that period when, wa tni.t, we .hall have an opportunit|;of meeting you in council by'.dele-gation. Wo have appointed brethren Mar-tin, Pierec, K. Scrugg. and Jame. Uamor, to attend with you. and we hope the Great Di-rector and Head of the Church will be with y o u t o r u l e a n d o v e r r u l e a l l y o u r c o n . u l t a t l o n . ,

,0 that bi.dc-l-ratito glory may be promot-ed and hi. church benefitted by your gath-ering togetl.er. W c were .orry that we could not, from unavoidable circumstances, bo with yoii la»t year; but we received the minute, and regret U.at universal harmony did notcx-i,t amongst all the repre.enutlves; and that any should have been refu.ed a place amonpt ,00, on account of their being in connection with tho llapti.t Convention "f T e n n c c o -And as it respects the answer given to tbe request of Big lUrpeth. Ueper's Fork and Franklin, we cannot conscientiously and c o r d i a l l y acquiesce, a, wo do not view it in the same light a. our bjethrcn of the As.ocia-tion: we confess we arc all fallible mortal.,

m a t i o n ' o r d i v i a i o n . • "

N . n . > V b e r o a n y r e a t o n a h l e ^ b m n b l e c t t n a ^ f t

t i . n c a n find a n y j u s t « a n « i n t h i . l e t t e r t o ^ ^

s e p a r a t e a c h u r c h f r o m t h e i r f e l l o W i h J p , W « '

a r o u t t e r l y a t a l o s s t o k n o w , a n d m u . t l w e

i t t o t h e t j e l t e r j u d g m e n t o f t h o C h r i a U a t t

world, • W I L L I A M K l t l K , •

• i v '

The church at White's Creek, on tbe re-

w tumof her delegates.assembled, and alter

i r d ainiable t err; but it be aur anx- some discus.ion. rcso.v^ to .Idres. a le er ' from Him who to tho jury .ent to try them, denying their

right to iuterfere. Tho following abstract will show tho spirit which animates that church, and which wo tnist will find a re-»pon,e in the heart of every houe.t, indopen-.lent Ilaptiit, The letter .ays, in substance.

a n a a j i n i « u i » - -

i o u . c o n c e r n t o s e e k d i r e c t i u n f r o m H u n w h o

c a n n o t e v r . I t i s | M m i b l c t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e

A s s o c i a t i o n m a y e r r , a s w e l l a . t h e m e m b e r s

o f t h e C o n v e n t i o n , a n d t h i s a p p e a r s t o u s

, o m c w h a t c o n f i r m e d f r o m t h e first i t e m i n I h o

a n s w e r t l i e r h a v e g i v e n , w h i c h s a y s . ' W c d o

n o t a c k n o w l e d g e t h a t i n s t i t u t i c s t o b e w h a t

i t s n a m e p u r p o r t s , v i / . : a C o n v e n t i o n o f t h e

I l a p t u t s o f T e n n e s s e e , a s i t o n l y i n c l u d e , a

v e r y s m a l l p a r t o f t h e m . ' W e t h i n k t h a t o u r

h r c t h r c u m u s t b u v e t a k e n u p a w r o n g i d e a ,

f o r w e u n d e r s t a n d f r o m t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n o f

t h a t h o t l y , t h a t n o n e a r e a d m i t t e d i n e n i b c r s

o f i t b u t s u c h a . a r o r e g u l a r a n d o r d e r l y m e m -

b e r s o f t h o B a p t i s t c h u r c i r , f r o m w h i c h i t a p -

p e a r s t h e y m u s t b o a C o n v e n t i o n o f t h e B a p -

t i s t s o f T r n n e M e c . T l . e y d o n o t s a y a C o n v c n -

t i o n o f o / / t h o l l a p t i H t s o f T e n n e s s c e . U c n c o w c

c o n c l u d e t h e y a r e w h a t t h e y p u r p o r t t o b e —

a C o n v e n t i o n o f t h e B a p t i s t s o f T e n n e s s e e ,

W o a r o a l s o i n v i t e d ' t o h o h o l i l t h e s t r a n g e

a n d p a l p a b l e c o n t r a d i c t i o n o f t h o s e w h o h a v e

n o w f a i t h i n t h o n o w i n v e n t i o n s o f t h e d a j r »

n o t founded u p o n t h e . S c r i j i t u r c . o f t r u t h , a i j ^

tt^A p r a c t i s i n g a c c o r d i n g l y . ' W o t u p p m e

t o h a v e a n a l l u s i o n t o t h e C o n v e n t i o n o f

o e n i B a p t i l t , T h e l e t t e r . a y s , i n s u b s t a n c e ,

' t h a t a . t h o c o m m i t t e e ( o f W ) w a . a p p o i n t e d

w i t h o u t t h e i r s o l i c i l a t i o o , c o n t r a r y t o t h e i r *

w i s h e s , a n d a s t h e y b e l i e v e , w i t h I h e d e t

s i g n o f c r e a t i n g u i v i s i o ' i i a m o n g t h e m , a n 4

t h a n c e o f d i s t u r b i n g t h e i r p r e s e n t p e a c e -

f u l a n d h a r m o n i o i H o r d e r , w h i c h w i t h

t h o h e l p o f D i v i n o g r a c e , t h e ; a r e U e -

t c r r o i n e d t o p r e s e r v e , a a d t h a t a a t h e y w e r e

l o v v r e d f r o m t h o A w o c i a t l o n w i t h o u t j o i t

c a u M a n d b y a n u n w a r r a n t a b l e a t r e t c b o f

p o w e r u u t a u t h o r i a o d b y t h e i r c o n . t i t u t t o n ,

t h o y t h e r e f o r e r 8 a o l v e u n a n i m o u . l y , t h a t t k e y

w i l l n o t m e e t t h o c o m m i t t e e a t t h o U ^ n ®

p o i n t e d , n o r g i v e a n y h o e d t a ' l h e m i n r e l a -

t i o n t o t h o . u b j c c t o f t h e i r m i s s i o n . C o p i e .

o f ' t h i . w o r e o r d e r e d t o b o a d d r e a a p d t o e a c h

o f t ^ o s a i d ' 1 2 , ' g i v i n g t h e m l e a v o t o a t a y a t

h t t i o e . . S o . i n w c U i f l r t h e i o U e r i t w i f .

- " W e c a n n o V , b d w e v e r , d i . m i r t t h e a i i l y e c t :

d t o g e t h t r , w i t h o u t e x p r e s s i n g o u r u r i q u a -

a n a l l u s i o n t o t . i e U o n v e u t . o n o . - J " " J « , „ U « b t t

T « n e « c e ; b u t w o d o n o . e o h o w c a n a p - A s , o c l a . l o « t H a s i t i n d e e d T w r n e n e e : b u t w o d o n o t . e o n o w u c a n a p - M - > - - - . . . . . u ^ l i H i

p i r « « r o o n l y t a k i n g e f f i c i e n t m c a - l t h a C u m b e r l a n d A s s o c i a t e

J -

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t

r A t f - r . t -* J » .

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o«m«> to ih»t, tj.»t thf » i f H 4 t Olairck l ^ s e l ^ p InTfcnnmc* U m ' J W y lDV'»»U««»«»t'

crojwirerfld m w oRureliff, aolnowladse no UM4'but Je* (u« CbtihU no ecelMiaitlcal judicature (tighcr thua themsolrei, aiiil amenity to no trtbiiaal •taflf t a s i v e account tu them for tbeir iiiis-

' J»o(Ut ur for tny d«ed»r 'How the goW become dim and the mo«t fine gold changed.'

i ^ t tw la whioU the . . , eliiirob i« «hK9Ked it DO( of « i.hHnk rrom I t ohalleOfM ar-ffiimenl, on th«. opl^trkry, and ftt It w m born for the light, il^etii I t te l fupon tbo houte topi, crics at tli® Corner* of tho Htrert*, anil wUh its uliiig and ttone* fsar letnl ; adrance i tu iiiccKioIiaU. If this cause be bad, trhjr cau it not tio nliown to be »o1 The iick) of

liiit what wa» the olTcoce Char^edl Hiiiipljr, fair dttoutkiou it before thorn, let Ihetn enter that l i e bttJthreu at White 's Oroek thoi i j l i l it, and if fairly and honeilly conqiicrcd, let Wood to Alabatjia, have in thi*

ofVKrtapltjbJt ought t^ jb« l ^ n i ^ hot ^

Now, we.MT^.^. j ro ahuuldera to tho wbeiA, whomMovor yon will , ff^ permit eo who»e h^art* a re engagwl

A r u o p o s i t i o N f ^ ; ^ Wc nowv iinco tho remifa l o f W

•if %

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I t s - .

i t ' i ^ e i r d a t t to do touiclbingto »cnd tho tJos-pel to >flottitiito churchei , and to prcach it wb«r« tbero wcro no chuicbct . This in t)ie be»4 apd front of their o i r ind i^ . . Thn InitJ^ , i*, then: are mm le'io, unUn thry enn hatt Ihe applaute of nriginnthig C'frg Inhg, of carrying furwiird cvtty ihing, and of Ltinffjiht in ' tenj thing, mill oppoie every thing. No matter bow much tlic catuc of Cbriitianity and i:ui)ici)uen!l]r o f l u -m a n i t ; may be adrancoil, Mry utill oppiyti- it.

, Ao^nal te r how pure niay bo the inol ivo of they oppose, thty will denunnce thim ns

kffpocrjte*. No matter how mauy sacriGcea, peraonal and pecuniary, are made, i: it a'i »tlf-{i4ertfl. To prcach the Gotpcl from bonic,

'i» Ifi-unile Church and State. To cooccntratc the action of the denomination and give lite and bdciencT fi> il» memlicra, i« to rnnir a daisgirmHt timulhing nhich ihiill mnke >ti all hirn .Vflh(uli*lf. Tbene and n mnltitudc of oih^rnon«r';uftur dodiictions, proving^ inTaUi-My the inability to cunncct premi«es and cnn-

, ctuiions, arc cvinuive of a faiilt-Cndiri]^ and qucrnloii* temper, nut under the control (>f

, the meok and iclf-distrt:»titig. spirit of that •charity w-bich tliinketh no evilA SJocb nion • re 'volunteerioag»' to whatever seems lilif-

» If to p a n or«r them. They arc « oficio 'hcrc-ay h«ntrr». ' «nd alli» hcre«y which tiioy Ihcni-•elve* do not originate. The re must be no bigger rive r* than tbOJO trbich rain from their fnniitaid, otherwise the whole a r t i lk ry of 8«ri|4iirc will open upon the viritless beads th*t flare to rise ao hfjfb.

llere. 'Jet us solemnly pause, and query whitbcr tends this arbitrary despotisiii! Wbn haigiven to man the high prerofratire <;f dc: t«(nii|iitif for man what i« liis duty? Wlirn wAt de!a(^teij to frail humanity tho keeping of bit feKon'ft coiMcicnce! Whei^ is found the authority to wbii;h mottvci In a balance and dMide irhieh i» wanting! Who has a u t h ^ t y tn control the freedom of action in relation to the ipro.id of the Qoip«lt When ivaa fo-{Hialed the law, *fto ye, preach tho Gospel to «vtry creatureV Who ho* tho temerity tb gnia»ty,thM, '^yiMrefore it i( lawful to do go<)4 even oil lb(^abbalhf» \ -

The Uaptitf, with a list of about ( dredwibseribcrs, and nearly halfqf t t te i i

them yield to tho victor rtason, and^ivo snp-port to tlic cause which aims a l tho convcr. sioiiflf the wicUcd. It is the cause of God, j of Tonneslco. T l i e vhits tof onr l i t tk the rei:riiitin|» service of Jesus ("iiriit, and | are l ike those of angcU, 'feiv, und_ (if tlie niissiunaries arc bis recruiting officers, j twoeu." Hut a vpry snihU part oflUtti

(rutii' lion (Vbioli i : in dosiraulo to coittf^lj lioir Mvord is tlic ivord of iJoJ, bis ibcir (.bield, salvation their lu'liiieli tboir warfare if v/ith tbe pDwcru of darkness, t l i i i r Idt afnictiuns and pcr&*('utitm«, tbcir prise a crown of impcri>babie blim. Jn this cause can any I/O traitorsf W e pause for a reply.

'Wbcrefore it is laivful to do yood even on the S:ihbatli day.' 'Thoii »Iialt net niu/.zlo the ex'(tho niis^ionarict) 'that treadctli out the ryrn.'

With sucli wcapiins in our hands, who can dony tbe validity of our action? W e may not, to be lurc. b:.V(? devised the best pns-iiljli' means of elTocting uur|pnrpose, y e l i t is

<j;ir bre.Uircn, can now rcach t j ie ini^^ei iuij i i irc tvhclhci- the i.-.iMse d o ^ n ^ f d ^ Aiceikl i j ]iafn- in Tci ineMcel Tla» * J onr brctlireu Ic> cleciJo.

W'e will ii.iikc a pruju .ii iun. I f t of tlic cause iil < i ,1 mi ihrirlftav scrihc I':, \>e m i l i"-viu ; i i l i i s c i t y i l ly paper, to <-oiiii;:1'ikc m' .o t 'mts^ of patrons is rccf-i* I'J. U o renjicctfullj. quest ourbrctlirc.i, in al! jiai ts uf tiisS to take tlii j sul' j ict iii.ik'r consiileratiol, | advise ufi, iit an rariy ilnir, o( shcirtiewit wishes. Tlir l l itph^ w i l l , of cour»«,<

t ie best wu can bit u|iou at present, since the imc tu be piiblislicd, unless wc should £h1 warrant to do pood dors not prescribe tbe mode of diiing it. T o prescri'jc Jthe mode of action in all cast'«, is impossible. Our l:iHs iletlno crimes by clavscs, leatiiigit to ilto sagacilT of llio judge tn apply tliuy

general dcfinYuon to eacii specific i lel ini| i ir i i . cy, and in Criminal actions, motives Uiati ri-ally affect the ease. T o apply this, we have the u'erieral dcfiiiilion.of what is good, llmo h) (/ i jfOof/ in nil rn'ti is not prescribed in tho IJible, liiit we Imvc ihe warrant to do it. 'It is lawful to do good," says ,Icsus Chri»t, and t!,a' is decisi. c. Our inutives we know o be good. T o fuvp inen from eternal damnation, is tliOon/y ruling motive. L e t ouropponeufi prove this false, or let them forever be si* leal.

Tlicro is another view of Ibis sub jec t .Th fault-t'inJers du nut approve our moi/irofac tion,yot acknowledge that tho work In which we aro engaged ouglit to ho done. Btill they take no Hteps toward* its performanco them* »«Ivea. They clanrar a t us becauio we do/Ae j/ii/i/;'wliich they declare should be dodo inano* Ihervvj, yet will not movo a baud tn eflcct tbnt i i , 'tjioy lay heavy bnrdeus upon o; men's shoulder*, but will not themselTe* them with nne of their fiugon.'licraln wo tbibk

pressed a very general h i«li tomcrgeiti! weekly journal.

.VOTICE. Urethren nuii Agents, who seitd ai

niimi'N oC s n b j c r i b o u i or make ten Innrtx, nre roiueGtcd tn mention partit Inrly iTic nninc o f the I'osf tjilice ot the person rcshle* to whom ibef *i The Ilnpti>.t yrnt or l l iu credit glTCl! I tvhen Ihejr Tei]no«t itn nlterniion «fl rectiou from oi.o pnit oll icoto nnottifFt In uocemnry that tliey give us tk** of Iheodien nt w l i i r h tho snbscriker* recclve» his pnper, t»s wel l ns tbnt atwW thev wish to rccoivu it in future*

JVHT t>irBLfHHii:i> A.VD rOR SA1.e

At tho oflion o f T U K ft.lPTIHT o t i , N A T I U X A t , B A N . s j B a n n a a'AStt*

vrM . r> v v i i t f t . THE UNITED. BAPTIST

Selection of P»aim^ Uymns and S^ tual Songt:

With Kf<wttfj»i:»,c«wgiled esprMsIyi!^ Membenij lha ||oit(il nwliit ChurM. , P i t i cK-^e rd l ixen .

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K U I T O R I A L .

WAPTIS.M—NO. IV. We now come to the fourth strong-hold of

oor PBdobaptiat bre thren . Tb«jr oontend * Hikt MNm m n •orrpinres that iocnlcata the

b*pt i6n of infants. This division of tba sub-' j e c t w«'*ball be able lo despatch in a f«w mo.

ments, a* well in consequence of tbe ease • witfc wMch wo can prove the contrary lo be

t rue , as en account of the fact that many of the most eminent and learned Pcdobaptist writers bave acknowledged that DO passage of tbe word of God can bo found favoring tbe prar.tice of infant baptism.

Dy way of introducing this part of otirsub-jec t , we remark, that the commission itself is contended for by some as a command for infant baptism, with what reason we sbal' •oon show. Hoct. Worcester says, (l ,«tler*, p; IW,) ' I n his' (Christ's) 'commission to the j Apostles, his direction was, that all nations } shonid be baptised, and children constitute a pa r to f tkvery nation." Doctor John Ed-Wards adds, (Theol. Kef. vol. 1, p. 508,) 'This general commission takes in all particulars. Go,baptise all nations, is as much and as full, ' say* he, 'as if Christ bad said—(jo baptise

* ail, men. women, and children. ' These sa-gacious Doctors, however, were evidently Ignorant, or overlooked tho consequences in-to wbteh premises and conclusion* would lead lh«mi for if they prove anjr tk iag by this view of the commission, they prove a great deal more than they intended, or even than they themselves would acknowledge to j be true. The mistake under which tbey la-bor is this:—The commission direct* that all nations shall be taught , and those among them that believe, are to be bapti*ed. (Mark , 16 c . 15 ,10 V.) ' l i e that believelb and to bap. tised.' In t he i r haste to arrive a t«concl i i> sion which shall include infant*, tliejr contra-diot Christ , and *ay all jitUhni are lo be bmp-liitd, to nse the word* of Calorin*, 'without disliootioo of age, *ax or oonditioo.* W a

would then ask our Pusdobaptial brethren who argue thus, by what au thor i t ; they r e . fuse baptism to an unbelieving Jew, a delud-ed Mahomedan, an idolatron* BtAllMD, M infidel, a drunkard, or any oae eUe. They say that'ALL, men, tooBsen and e M U r ^ , " *VD to be bapticed.' T b e commission, in Hieir" view of it, docs not authorize them to wait until such persons request baptism, but a* faithful and honest ministers, they are bonnd to baptise every one, with or withmit their consent , 'of whatever age, se& or condition.' Doour Piedobaptisi brethren obey the com. mission in this wayl No: their common sense and their doctr ine disagree, and strange lo say, in their practice they abandon (heir doc. ' r ine , and act somewhat more in accordance with common sense.

5Ir. Henry says, in regard to (he commis. sion, (Treat , on Bap. p. 114.) 'If i t be the will and command of the l.ord Jesus, that all nations should be discipleil by baptism, and children, though apa r t of all nations, are not excepted, then children are (o be discipled by baptism.' The er ror of Mr. Henry, and those that argue with him, coluiat* in *n|»-posing th r t the nations are to b« ditcipled fry baptising them. This e r ror embraeea all the absurdity which we have just now espoa. ed, and mnch more. I t throw* Paul entirely out of the Apoitleship, and make* bi* whole life hut one *cena of dhobtdienet to tbe coii>* Htiaeioa of bi* ma*ter. P w l lay*, be 'wa* so t (cnt (o baptise, but to preach tba Cfmpel,* o r make disciples. T h a t is, according to Pisdo. baptist*, be w*s not sent to make diaciple*, but to make diaciple*! Tho coinroi**ioo com. manded the Apo*(le* to go and disciple all nation*, but If baptising is making tbemdis* ciples, Paul on one occasion, thank* God, tbat he had diaobeyed tbe command ef Ohri*tL F o r he*ay*, in reference to the Coriatbiaot, • I t b a n k G o d , 1 baptiaed none of yon but Crispu*, G a iu* and the household of S i tpha ous.' If , hewerer , thi* wickedaes* be not

> attr ibuted to the grea t Apotde of t i n Om>

tile*, and who dare (hiu ckarge him, Ifr^I^ low* that the doctrine of Pndol»aptisti oa tbi* *ubject wa* condemned by Paul, and la an*npported by tbe wordj>( j^od . "Ftatltf 'r* mora, to barrnonita the acoonnt o f o v V V S R f t > oonniiMlcn a* gifCB by Mark, with bUr'Mit a* gi^an by Mafdias^, i t mu*t b«, by ttia friaad* of Infknt baptiami parapbraaed tbiHi ->'Go j ro la lo all th t rTor ld , and preach tbo . Ooapel td atrery eraa tnr* . ha that b ^ I a V ^ k ' and i* bapti*ed, ' (bat i t , be (hat by bapli*m'1a' put into the way «f becoming a Believer, •without exception nf age,*ex,oi r c^odfttUj',* and 'wlthont regard (0 (ha future, wlfetii^erha will really belieVO or not,* *hall ba'^'«ijeA| •but he that belirTelh not; ' that is, bo (ba't% not put into (he>way of becoming abeticveV, no( being baptised, 'shall bedamned.* ' T h e Pamlobaptist exposition, you perceive, hur> r ies i ts votaries a t once into the old pdpish ab . surdity, that baptism ia e*seniiar(oiali'atlp<i, and besides, *et« aside re^norat l t ta ' , tUlfMb. cessity of faith, and, in a word, t f e i t i ^ i flio , whole system of crang«lioal far as (he commistion is concernilil',^M*M« ito foundadon fur infant baptism^j^*r*'. 'Tba exposition which we gave yo i f i f ra previoua number, i* the only rational view of which the inbject will admit; ' he (bat beliove(b,' and upon bi* profe**ion as titch 'i* bapti*od,* ia (be only legal aubject of (he ordinanoo. Tbi* axpoeitlon neoe«sarily exclude* all to.'. fanis, and (he (ruth i* more and more er iJaalb t ln t»«»n)er*aad Mtnwr* a m Uwrottf en(i(led (o receive (be oniipance of baptitm.*

Another pa**age which, i* brought forwartl in proof of infant baptiam, i* tbe followiDfi^-(1 Cor. 7 , 1 4 , r ' F o r the unbaliaving hnabaad i* *anc(ifled by th'e wife, and the unbelieWftf ^ wife i* sanctified by (be husband, else wai your children unclean, but now a re tb«y lio> ; ly.* If tbe children a re holy, *ay (hey,.Mini* ly they are to be baptUed. Upon (hi« pa •age groa( reliance i* placed, and atpeolallf : by Ihote who require for the baptUnt of th« ] obi ld, that , a t l«a*t ooo of tba parent* a 'all Iw