-on that it take,' i>iore to exclude a
>v't.'aohor for miH-condTict than it does
■o exclude a ooimnon niciuber, I
;hirk it is a mistaken idea. They
‘ take this for proof: “Receive not an
accusation against an Euler iiiikss it
bo in the mouth o‘‘two or three wit
nesses.” It takes two or three u) ex
cinde any member. I claim no pre-
■'minence over my brethren and sis
teiN. There has Ixicn more confu
sion among the Baptists caused by
disorderly preachers than anything
f.’ at ever came among them. 1 iiave
htten an Old Baptist forty-nine ycaiv
and luive noticed that all the splits
and corniptious among tliem arose
out of the pulpit either directly or in-
41 rwtiy.
My dear brethien and sisiers, deal
will) V' nr [ii’eacliers for miscomiuct or
"heresy either in doctrine or jiractice,
•ind if they will not hear the churcl)
»xcinde them and save the chnr. h.—
Clirist, in the thirteenth chapter of
‘Matthew, tells the church, “If thy
riaht iiaud or foot or even the eve of-
feiiv! you cut them off and cast them
fro;n vou,” and so with your favorite
tliis is often neglected—instead of go
ing to the oflending brother, yon
make a blowing-horn of it and make
voursclvcs worse tran.?grcss()rs than
vour offending mother.
These things my brethren have
come under my notice. 8uoh things
will always keep the church in con
fusion. Any brother that will back-
iiite his brother should l>e dealt with.
We are I'ommaiidcd to bear each
others bui-dens, and so liilHll the
law of Clirist. Paul said, “ll any
i rotlier walk> tiisordcrly amoiigs'" you
keep nor. co’iii.mtv with such a
IS,
I'/rcaclu'r for just as long as you
re-
Was that good discipline? I will an- | to organise our church I wanted t)->
swer, No! it was the duty of the Aeil yon of my little hope. It I aiu
church to exclude (hem both. I will ! t’ot oecoivtsl. wben I was c-onvicted
,, , i- 1 1 I I and saw mv.selt a Sinner in the. siirht
say,thedca(X)nofthcchurchwasonej^^,.(^^^j^j
of the mam ones that contcndetl for | . ( vvas about eightwn vears
retaining him, and, in loss than two | old It was alioiitsix yeare before I
could claim a dttle h.opc. I would
bear peoplo talking about getting re
ligion, so, I thought I would try to ■
])rav but did not get any better—I
would feel worse. I went on in thk ■
wav six yai-s, waitiii}. at tlio pool.—
one, no lot to tat,” that
do not etunii.uiie with a brother
in
disorder, lie says again, “With
draw yourselves from every brother
thatwaiketh disordcriy amongst you,
that is if lie fails to give ^aHs^action
withdraw your feilowshin irtuu liim.”
My dear bi'ethren and .-isttrs, ti c.
church gets into manv trouides by let
ting taiderness ontruie li-itiifnluess.
The church is called “the salt of the
earth,” !>ut if she suffers disorderly
meiubers through tenclerness, to re
main in the cluirch, she lose.s her
saltness and will be hnaily trodden
tain him vou will be iii what Clirist j under foot by men. They wdll say,
etdici) iiell fire, that is, confusion j I arn as good as any of them: see
t. - i'iistress, I will now sav, sun-
years he took the deacon’s daiigiitor
and ran away and left his wife. You
sec what the church made by actbig
partially. They could then exeinde
liim and say that he was guihy of the
first crime. Christ, in sneaking ''u j Others wonhl step in betore me and
dir'cipiines lid to tluMifTriider : “Agree] ^ wunui f>r .t, I gave np^ all hojse
• i ,1 • 1 . , , . land tlioug>-ht 1 was ouc of the lost
with tliiiie a!versarv ouickIv wIiiibi i i i
■ 1 1thought there wa.s no s:il-
cilUiS-l v\ itll ! jy,j, J this (iis-
thee tressing condition some time. J. gave
mvsidfnpin the hands of the Jjord
for him to do just as lie |»!eased with
me. If he did not save me it would
•h with
( ( lu’t'r
,,Mch'' and the
■ ' ihe olVu'cr
n.i'm be cast
what kind of men th-yv have, they do
worse than 1 would lio! But, my
dear brethren, each aiui every one ot
us should take iieed to our.selves lesr
we be overtaken in a fault, and not
take ho d of an offeiuling brother
roiurlilv: but deal with iiim in love
;uid meekness ; try to reclaim liiiii
or her, not command them in a
Kvugb way- — pa> o;e whar/tboa.ovve.S''.
My dear bretbren, if a preaelier or
any oth&r me.niier is guilty of heresy,
!t is {iiainly laid clown liow'the c>hu'-e!i
shall deal with them. Aftei the fiv.si
and second adm.niitionsjf ho will not
hear, then reject or exclude him and
.^ave the church from partaking of
■ us lieresy. bt. John tells us, “P
any once come- unto you (the cluir'm ■
and brinv not this doctrine (I under-
-mml the doctrine oi'Christ •ind the
iposihs, all doctrines outside'of tliis
■ s 'ori'sv,) rt'ceivp him not into your
p'-• ifere, is a report that •such a
h, 'iliCi or sister lias done some verv
i - ' I rime, sliall an individual go to
o n brother or sister aiidsay to them,
V 111 have tre;-pas.-?ed against me?—i
#av, No! it is the business of the
church to call on that brother or sis
ter to know whether the report is
true; rtutf it iliey Jeoy it aueJ thc-v3 i.J
la- gos'.ei evidence you are done with
that; )Ut, iftlie chs-u'ch belkwes them
truiilvtlu v iiave tlic'ir eve on them, i
r** * •
fkir, for evil. It is a very easy mas
ter to d ;a! w'itl) christian, and ex
dud(' tV’Cm if they dese. ve it—but
is a hard matter to get rid of a h'-]'
oiTite. 'riiev will tell lices (o get into
the churc.i a'ld the''' tell lies to
^cav 'hcie ui order to keep riie church
ill confusion. We st'c that the
church has> had disorder y lueu to
'deal with from the aposile.s’ davs-
down to 'lie present time. Pan
wrote to theehureh In w to d.eal wilh
A member thiu !iad taken his lather s
wite. Me did not tell tbe.o lo go to
him and try lo reclaim him, liti,
they told them to put that wickc-d
person from anioiig them.
Wc see that lume had committed a
public offence, but w.i.s dealt with am!
excluded [mblicly i will say, tiia„
all members who toll lies, steal, get
slrunk or commit whoredom should
Ix! dealt with [uibliclv, and it they j nr trouble, jviuay.-i nip disordei in
fail to give full sati.sfietioii exclude tlie luul and never suffer it to go on]
them and save the chureh from cor- dl! it
runtion. iruit.
thoii art in the w,- \
him, lest thy luK
to tlie Judge (tin'
.Judge deliver dc
(tlie Moderator) a.- ....--u ur, , -.-i . ,, ,
; . ' . be just, if he saved me it would be
into prison, (that O' c--f mu ot die f},,.oiigh mercy. I was so miseralile
fellowship ot tlu' c:nu’ i; tii 'u thou ] did not know wiuit to do, mv mind
slialt not come out 1!" mu hast paid was directed to mv Testament; 1
the'utmo.st faitbmg. ' Mv dear took it up and op-ned it at the teiitn
bi’ethren, it is a pri.son i > t'le true
children ot God to be exc’iuled from
the fellowship of the (luirch, and,
when Satan huflets iiini lie vii!
be ready to pay th.e w'mIg -lebt. It
never did do the Christian any harm
to exclude him or i-er for nuscon-
diict. Wc are -
an exchid'-‘d ec
not'as ac e'-e ->■-
theehiu’c;:
in (leii'i' c -.■ ■im,''rs, but deal
with 5 -’i? ^ same
maniK'r ’ ;r do e-teem one
brother ab- . , i;-.':' be sure" not to
show it, lb.---" >-,’eu , lo'o much of
tlii's ase-1 ii. i -c 'liurch and it alwavs
•!>ad a b-id ( f-ct. BcmiXf^serer to
"XMde a in-'m';)'''!’ witlffi^gOspc! ev
i-le.'ce. YoU h id b tter clear the
guilty titan to exclude the Innocent,
f >'• Ik' Ins no way to get back into
rui'ciiurch again.. I have s en inuo-
eciit men ('xciuded and guiitv oik's
•uandetl to treat
r.s -a bi’o-her, and
■ i •• 'lear brethren,
0.. use partiality
1'.',rs,
ret.aiiu'il ; and this is said to be “one
of the a'l 'minations in the sight o>
God,” to cUmi- th‘‘ guilty and banish
Ice iim-H’.t'nt.
' .voiil-d say to brother Can- ie and
-id that I have given iny views
> ■ t iuu’ch Dis' ipliiK' in mv weak
s\;u ; 1 :un old ami failing lioth in
boflv and mind ; but, if I can be any
pi'i'acli
•mceiiiig hoii.-es, nor dwell in
houses, even if they slionld
Claim till' name, Primitive Baptist,—
Paul toid the ehiirch “That men of
vour ownselves shall rise up and
sp,eak perverse things lo draw away
disciple-.” It is the duty of the
chiu'ch or its deacon to guard the piil-
(lit if tlic ehurcli will use good dis-
cijiline tliere need not. be any splits
('irhcr ill preaching or writing- Pfeel
louM- or ciiurcli,” and yon laid belter elcantage to my bretiireii and -ister
I,(It ^ll^^er liim lo pri'acii in
•.a nr
vour
b'iiiig to spend and be spent for
liu-ir wclli'areaml happine.ss. Every
time I write a comninnieation for
publication I think it will be my
!a.st, Abxek Hern.
Mv dear bretliren and sisters, good
flisciplinc is liie life of tlie cliurch.—
"You may l>ear v/ith disortlerly mern-
. fio-rs until the gliurch G'conies a
stuoibling-blocrk even to the world,
Glirkt lias told us plainlv bow we
brings evil and distres.sing i
],.\UHF.I,, rRAXKT.TX Co., N. C.,
April liOth, 1-74.
r. D. Gold, Dear Brother :—-
As I am very nuicli afflicted with
Sciatic riieumatism and notableto be
at work, I have ilecided to relate to
the bieth.ren and sisters the dealings
ofGoil with my [K.-or soul, i tak-'
i this opportunity of doing so through
/jiox’rt Laniimarkh. I have liad
the pleasure of noading your paper
and so many of tlio brothers’ and sis
ters’ experiences, they do comfort me.
so raueh while I am in the valley—I
am there the most of mv time. 8ome-
iimes I fes-'i the love of G(k1 in my
sc.iul, then it is tliat I can say, “Praise
ve the Lord, oh my .son!.’’
Brother Golil, itha.s lx*on my mind
to write to ymt over sinc'O tlie 5th of
.November k'^k. The day you hd{>ed
I will now state what took' place
under my notice. There vr.s wiiat
they called, a big favorite preaclrer,
and a si.--ter in tlie church imouseii
him of attacking her in a carnal way,
and of course you know be denied it.
shall deal with a brother' that tres- but tlie church took- up-tho-ruvse and
excluded tlie woman.-and relaiiual
him.. Y'e.will just usk,fb.e,.quet:tipn.;
p w.'*es ag.aln.A us, that you shall go to
hjn3 .alone; but, my dear breUireu,
cliapt('r of Romans ; I commenced at
the first verso and rea-i to the fourth,
“For Clirist i.s the en! of the law tiir
righteoiiSiies,s to every one that bc-
licveth.’’ The fir.-t thing I knew I
wa.s jiraising tlie jjord, oh, my soul!
Br-'ther Gobi, iff was evi'r born hv
the holy Si.hrit of God ir was then
I hat my heavy burden of .siii ■ was re
in* ved, btit I cannot tell bow it-came
'ir how it went. The Givioup toh!
Xicodenius “The wind blowcth wnere
it iisteth and thou liearest the sound
rlu'reot, hut canst not tel! whence it
cometh am!, whither it goeth.” 8o
Is every one that is born of the Spirit
—so it was with ii e, if I ever «a.s
born of tlio, S[)irit. I comraeneed
reading and studying the scriptures
liiligently, they would comfort me
".here they coiidcinned me bcfiirc.—
ATs, I could cl-aim the iiromis(-.s whiwe
t con'd not before.' 'Then 1.. wanted
iojoin theehureh. In three niotvrhn
after T hope the fjonl pardoned my
sins, which was the th.ird Saturday
in August, 1 went to the
meeting liouse and when preaching
was over the door was opened to re-
ceivi'mem laws, I wi-iit lurward ’ukI
loid till' ciuii’ch what. ! lioped tfie
I.ord laid done fiir mv poor soit'. 1
was ri'Ccived and wa.s haptized on.
^'iumiav It Eid, W’lllongiibv I{u(i:.‘’in,s
—after the bapti.-m we went i.acL to-
(he house and eoniracueeil .■ringing,
fhise woi’i.s:
Oh vi’hcn «)iai! 1 flcc .Te**us and r ign with hiiu
al'ovc,
Ami from the fi-uving fouiiiain drink ever-
i-a.'Ung love?
I sn g the .song through and timuglit
I never slmtiid see :;ny more (rouble
in this life; Imt, it was not more than
thneortonr months bei'bre trouiile
came again. I knew not what to do
for 1 thought that I "as nothing but
a deeeivi'd (‘reatnre and that I had
di.s'eived everybody el.se. Then these
woi’ds etime to my mi.id—Jx't not
trial', trlVm ation-’. ard tomptation--
turn you away from your Lord. “1.
he is k>r you who can he ag;i!n.st
you?” Brotlier Goid, that i.s th-c
wav the '.variin’e cornincneetl with me,
ti.’.'h agaimst tlie .spirit ami the .spirit
against the liesh, a oi wlien I wantei!
to do goixl evil would he present witli
me. 1 have been engaged in thU
warfare twi'iity-.-even years ami v(*l J
don’t claim lo be anything but a poor
.sinner, and if saved it i.s for nothing
go-ni tl'.at I nave done—“For f).'
gram-are ye saved through faith .and
ihtu. not of voiii-stjlves, it is tlio gif:
(-lod,” “for ye are ail the chi'dren
of G.od by flitb in Christ Jesus.”
' Luagrr-v W. Avexios.