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Kioirs I«iiidmarks,
tv of nmrder?” “rio (iosi said, to
Adam, dis the day lliou calcst thereof
thou sr.alt ,sure]}' died” '‘Die and
i)})
w'o to Iieir?” ‘-'No!” So, vhen
ker’o
sav.
Elder Seeiy was out up to preach
he openly denounced Elder idir-
doetrine as two-seed lierc;-
Thcrc was a general cxcitenient
:md confusion, words were passed
I'roiu pulpit to congregation, then
at Trinity Ilivcr A.ssociatiou (a small
terminizatiou led by Eider S. Clark:
loruierv of lllin>is and also an occa
sional correspondent to the Friiaitive
Pjciptid. Ill t!)c following Fall the
same kind of confusion existed; so
being convinced that such a, .state ot
affaiis could not continue with any
good result. Elder Seely ami my,«c!f
made an effort at tlie Sussion of 1870
to get a voice from the Churches of
the A wociation on the subject, but a
majorivv being two-seoders, we tvere
dcloatcd. So, in February following
Elder Seely told Union Church that
tiic time had come to call iier Preach
er for the coming year—and that he
wished to know if she intended to
(‘all him—that he declared a non-
ibilowship for “Parkcrism.” When
one Brother moved that we dissolve,
another seconded it; the vote was
taken, the Church was dissolved. I
was not there on Saturday, but on
Sunday I consented to what the
Church had done. The vote for a
dissolution was, unanimous,mot a dis
senting voice till this dayl 'It will lU,
remembered that Elder Seeley did
nothing but take the vote, and then
eousented to what was done. So
those of us who wish to live in a
Church capacity' agreed to be consti
tuted into a Primitive Baptist Church
and for this puriiose called Elder G.
W. Meilonaid (Moderator of Con
cord Association, and a very able
man of 40 years cxpereiice in the
kiinistry) and Elder J. Beaver, (now
dead,) vrho, after learning the “iacts"
in the case, proceeded to constitute us
into a Church, and also ordained the
writer at tlie same time. We have
remaiued to o'urselvcs because of the
distance to orthodox Associations be
ing so great. Eider hIcDonaid has
visited us occasionally,he came recent
ly ami assisted in the ordination of
my brother, S. C. Demon. Elder I
hi. Duke also vi,sited us while lie
was here. But the Lord, as I hope,
i.as taken him to Calilbrnia. 1 rec
ommend him to Caliibmia Baptists
as a good man, and a sound Minister.
?4av llie Ble.'S-'ings of High Iloavcn
rest in aial ujioji my dear Urothcr. I
dearly'. I have,' in tlm
held corros]M)ndcnce with
’■in,g BrcLiircn in other
cattle Tie Macedonian erv: “Come over
and help ns’’—is not so remote its to
require extensive traveling—it is
near n.'. I have seen jicopie g'o
abroad for comfort, wliile others v.'Iio
attended to their own businc.'io had it
at home.
I will now proceed to give some
other items not y'et mentioned : Soon
after We withdrew from Union Uisso-
ciation, I met Elder Parltcr and had
a long argument with him in which I
liroposed, for the benefit of tiiosc who
had not understood the real dilfcr-
ence, that we publicly' discuss th.e,
subject. lie would not consent, hut
hearing afterwards that I iia'I stated
publicly, that I h id made such a
propo.sition, and that lie rerLi"ed to
tisls in Texas. I now repeat it.— i that ado;)tion does n'^t, and cannot
Two-seedisni has fiirmcriv held an j bring about blond-rehitionslii]). Bui,
influence here that is rapidly giving ! are we :o mmu;n> t;i ■ p'-rcr of the
wav, and its advocates, unless vhey j iuunite Jehova!;?
recant their princi^l!e^y must go oown i poircr mid iC:i’{ Co
c vm
n 1
‘Tn
.!■; - iii '
SOCjS of
witli it. Several Churciics iu Pilot: Abraham inroa Soliitaa
iimon ami
Grove Association have drawn up res-j ■vlnTons'iip widi iiim -oT! iiow i
! ]''or th'
olntious of uon-fellowshi;) for it. The it done! By aiSoptm.
fn’st
action of Sulphur Fork sliows how
she stands. Concord and Prnvidmice ::yd so are a,;! Ins progeny
accept of it—hi.s champion pride '
stirred. But, let me here rcm:^i^(
that I luive been, and am yetash.ammU
of this a('t of my" life, chiefly" because
it liad the apjiearanec of presuniption.
I mention it because it is absolutely
necessary, in order to bring ns to
“facts.” Elder Parker wrote me a
letter stating that he would meet me
and discu.ss the subject, so I drc'W a
form for debate. Here it is:
First, God created all things, Satan
not excepted, and that all men fell in
Adam and all are alike related to
him—Election, prede,stuiation and
adoption make the only final, dilfer-
ence—Denton alfirms, Ijurkei l|mie,-;.
Second, That the sgo^T, or clTPiren
of God, were created
eternity, and actually receive!
him as their seminal-head, and that
in like manner as Christ is the semi
nal head of this seed, so also is Satan
the seminal-head of his seed—Parker
affirms, Denton denies.
Elder Parker objected to the form
and proposed the following:
Strike out theproposition all
after the words-—“Satan not except
ed,”—-and I will accept. And in the
second proposition he spoke as fol
lows: “If you will just change it as
follow's—‘That the seed, or cliiidren
of God existed in Cliri.st in Eternity,
and actually" received grace in Inrn as
..'Associations stand'’ cntii'cly' aloof
from it. Little, Hope Association
seems to be in felIow,ship with Union,
but I believe it i.s more, for tlie want
of a kuowiedge of “facts” thrui fro:n
congem'a.lity’ of Sjurir. Her klodera-
tor. Elder Jefferson Stringer, c:ime
from the Primitive \Ve.?tern As.socia-
tion in Georgia, mid i,s, if I may'
judge from Isearing h(^i-'preach once
,(>nly', a snccinii(e1^(|||.u Georgia .s Old
jSiliool Bajnl.sts. Two-scedism is a
■cproach to oiir denomination. ?vl any
people in Texas regard the Old Be.p-
tisis as being of this stripe, because
tivo-seed preachers couple us in with
their heresy uy such expressions as
“We old h)lks, we Old Bapti.sts,” &c.
I once heard one of t.iem say “Ilerc is
where we Old Baptists differ from
the religious W"orkl, we deny the hn-
mortaJity id i\\Q soul!” Many' such
things as this have I heard from
them. I loill not, lean not be respon
sible for such tilings.
I will now .close. Mucli is y'et un
told. If the discussion, if it is such,
continued, otlier Alinisters besides
inys&T' wlili'don.iAVcss'hake .jfg part.—
Elders Seely and'McDonald are able
to take care of themselves. They
don’t lU'ed my puny arm. I owe
Eider Parker no iii will, wish him
well, but I Tvould like it better if he
would bohlly assume the two-seed
doctrine as he really holds it; for, in
so doing lie would not commit liimself
so much in tigying to establisli it. I
ginning of ti
their seminal-head, and thak in 1
ike
Uve him
iui'an-Tmc
. :io klmi •i'
“if the Lord will,”
,!; :-o( )ii.
r Elders .Price, P
: i others of
Kl'.lor
Deb
ll
1. , .
manne" as Christ is the seniinal-head
of the seed of God, so also, is Satan
ths seminal-iioad of his seed, or, the
children of the devil.’”—Parker af
firms, Denton denies.
I give these “facts” Tiat there may
be “nothing co'v'ored up” but that
“everything may' come to the light.”
Anotlier “fact,” Suiphur Fork As
sociation at licr h'- it Session drew up
resolutions for non-ieliO’v.ship -witn
Union Association “because of the
prevalence in lier body of the t'vo-socd
or ik.rkcrite clpdrino.'’ Bug .fJilcr
r. II. Martin bdng'present,
cesmau fer I ric
111 woriug clf
:Uvue of doetr;
do not charge'Daniel Parker with be
luga bad man at iieart, simbly be
cause lie advocated iieresy. I hope I
wili not ho com’pelled to w'ri'te in this
manner again—but, dear Brother
Gold, if vou admit me as an hum-
blc correspondent, you must aiio'.y me
to refer to two-seedisni just as I do.to
Arminianisra, or any' other “isms.”—
111 mucli love to y'on and y"our read
ers, I subscrllie mvsolt,
Tour Little Brother,
Jamus C. Dentox.
MT-:xia_, Texas, July 7th, 1873.
liSMAEKS OA liEXJAWiN PARKER’S
LETTlsE.
Luim was of the (smili, eartiily—-
The i)'‘-
hual existence of ti;c
cc.rl'nly Adanr and all his nrogeliv
w.as “in the L'cgi’.ming when t.he Lord
God created them.” Ad.un nor na y of
his cJuldrcn actually' existed in (Tins;
Jesus or anyiehcre else, before time.—
One .savs they all existed in Oiinst
Jesus as their .scininal-head, and v.'cre
infused iiit'o ^Vdam that tSuw niigh;
fa!! aiM be redeemed. Anoiher .sriy-^
a part only' of Aiiam’.s ciiildre:!. oxi.-t-
ed in Clirist, and that the others a’v-
renrobatC'S. Tiiis is no betti'r, lor it
makes a constitutionai diiierenee m
rnen— it gives to some a divine seei.-
in nature tiintotiiers do not have.-—
The s(*ri.pture.s teach that all arc“oliii-
dres of wrath.” One has no moi’c
claims to liave an iuhcmance ni tiie
etcTual heavens of immortal g^')ry',
than auollier. God alone .makes one
to diker from another, and thi.s he
cloe.s b}" adopting and regenerating
GRACE ! “By tlie grace of God I :im
what I am” says I^aul. By “the
r
Having given a .statement of
a serv-
Tno
“facts,” I will now notice that por
tion of lii.s coni numiea; ion that has
no reference to me Isut 'ro the doctri
nal points so niucli in di.-ipute, Th.e
suuple ihing ol (Jijcctiiig to the posi-
.iis: ih;i
■ (.
n;
Mi r-
,-•■1 .‘S ..■(.n.S.i noTVAiVC; O’
(,■;cv-GoafederCi 0 ^ s.
V. './ poor withal—so tiuit we i i
no be.to iravei up.wards oi
J vT)0 rhe ^wt pa.k Pnmmeraad
I'glk A. 1, wo have not been to
o
(s.)) .or
oe-
> 1 .
bbii "-un.
, I
I .
being d I o;
X'>
'iW
mumcacion
lA.'tFall, i.
a divisio i golr.
0.
1
A. i'a
anU a.s
icialiou w.j.m
!l shtUt COKl-
..n'-fW.cES
ujcre was
P c
-b
;. “Je.sis Christ iu his
t’u'.v alike rcTw-i'd to all
nnhr insliss a m a
-V .
wo-.seed doett Ine. Btu until
T.se ibjcct 10 Tie po.sition I
jU\ 'v'C i
id
bor 1.0
X wo-
seoaeus argue agani.st acAyshau on the
ground tiiiit it i':oe,s
llOt
eommoniv
spear.
:g, rnaxc one of inood-reiation-
Tiip to tlie adoptor. i readily admit
Spirit of adoption” suiners are “made
paviTakers of the divine nature. Men,
women, and cliiidren, are “sons’' and
hcliildren of God,” not liccanse ci
eternal ci'dati^n, or»' gouf-isation , in
Christ Jesug, but l>y adoption.—
“Adam was the son of God” Lw cre
ation, because he had neither iatlicr
or mother naturally'. His posterity"
was in him, not by'grace, (it was taken
from another inode of exi.stence and
placed in Adam, but by' creedion.—
But not BO with th.a seed or children
of the second Adam, the Lortl from
heaven.” Tiiev were clebseri in luriu
According as he has chosen ios (sin
ners) in him before ilie foundation ot
the world, that we s/imuWur (not were)
holy a.na witliout blame bciore ium in
love. liiv:ing,prcdcs(inated us unto
the .adoption of children 'ey ue.su.s
Christ unto himself aceorfdng to I lie
good pleasure of his will,go the praise
of the glory of his grace, wherein ho
hath made us accepted in the belov
ed.” Eider Plwker does not answer
rnv ouostion. 1 will novr put it
again a? a standing quc.stion to all
who deny the a"iopt;on of any" part
oftlie Adam man but Tie body only.
If adojition cannot bmig the soul in
to union with Christ; iu regeneration,
how can it bring the body into union
with Iihn in the rusurreruou
hold that “regeneration” awl “
birtli” are-sulwraurinily the "com.-—
For a full expression 0” iny " wws on
ihis sul-jc'-t, see thcmtiLlo in r-'p “W;-
alien appended to Eh; ;r 'U.nm;.tcr’3
pamphlet—“M alking about Zion.”—
“Flesh, and b'no'i , n io> d '-t t;i‘
Kii.pwlom of Heave.:.,’ ur.d nuwefore
the mol to of .’’(‘Ti r.i '> ! 'ition-
shiji is irCt or . H ’* " . wo-..!
wa;s miuie Ik"'.,’ "ww oie hi,.;
clihclren ;u that' respe-w, Lliut Twy
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