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14 ■ ■ ''Si-' Zion’s Landinarlv. (Matures. They were impressed to | go and preacli tliere by God’s Spirit, and call the sheep to tlie service of the Savior, just thesame asotir Irrotli- er editor is impressed to publish Ziox’s Laxdmakk or preach. Will brother Gold and brother Jluwe deny this? We now finish our remarks Ci'ii- eerning what brother J. S. Collins >aid concerning what the Missiona ries claimed as to Soul Liberty under the Consiitiuion ot these United States of America; and also, your an swer to the .same article. Xow, [ a.ssume that the Bible Mis- ^^ionar'es are the true Apostolic Bap- t sts ot’.ancient time.s. I do not as- Niime that machinery institution Bap- t.i.sts are the Aiiostolic Bipti.sts, but I do .say that John the Bapti.st had a ini.s.'^iou from on hig'*, and you and brother Collins cannot deny this.— Je..su3 Ciiri.st held a mis don of truth to be delivered to this world, of his Father. Hid he not carry out that mi.ssiou in full? Then every Bap tist has a mission, but not a macliine- ry misvsion institutoil by men ; but the plan of prcacliing and carrying the gospel to every cr-ature is plain ly laid down in the Bib'e. Then the i^ue.stion is, Who aie the Old School Baptists? or, in other words. Who are the true Biptists? I say, those who are endeavoidng to .spread the gttspel fur and wide into every nation, and will not have Boards and Con ventions .as auxi iar:c,s—there are many such Baptists in the present world who stand between the institu tion Baptists and the old fogy anti- Mlssionary Baptists. Which of the two extreiu(’.s will you and brother ('oilins take ? I stand on Missionary grounds that are laid down in the Bible, which are to be carrieil out ihrongh and by the Churches and Associations in ilieir sovereign capacity. This, thro’ tiie Spirit of the living Gotl, carries the gospel to every creature. Aiul, if you and brother Collins object to this J am not with you, for Jesus says, " Go ye into all the world and jtreach the gospel to every creature.” &c.— Now tills must be done by you and vour people or you are not Bible Ihiptlsts. But, it seems, from what you and brother Collins have said through the Landmark, (July 15,) that you do not take scriptural groKud:j on the great commission of J esus. Again, vou seem to intimate that ail the Missionaries are arminians in doctrine. I deny this a.s.ertiou in the Landmark, and simply refer you to all our standard preachers: such as Spurgeon, Pendleton, and Buoyaii ' —also see Graves against Elder Ditzler in the great Carrolton l)e- .bate. All our preacheivs that are of .uny note, preach salvation by grace j and grace only—and tliis you and •! brotUer Collins ought to knowA All | the Mis.siunaries in the South-West j preach salvation by grace ami grace | only.. All our standard preachers | hold to ithe .same .solemu trutlis. We | in the fjoutliAKcst d i not, as you say of U', preach salvation partly by grace and partly by works. 1 hope yon and brother Collins will hereafter try arid post yourselves ijoneeniing these called Mis- .sioiiary Bapti.sto, c.specially tho.se of the Soutli-West; for I assure you that we are a people that preach the jHU’pose.s, plans, election, predestina tion and the special calls of God in the work of redemption, more so than the so-callcnl Primitive Baptist.s in our country. Then, hereafter let ns have no more firebrands cast in our midst, but let u.s have brotherly love and brotherly affection cultivated in our midst according to plain Bible trutlis. Let the Churches endeavor, as God’s ele..t, to preach the go,s[)el to every nation witliout the help of men-made institutions. Let ns all that ai-e in extremes unite in thi.^-, and we will be one consolidated, bappy, scriptural. Baptist family throughout the earth. W’hat.say you to this brethren Col lins, Ivowc and Gold, and others ot the so-called Old School Baptist Church? Jf vou deem this worthy a place in your columns please insert, and an swer us according to the scriptures. Your humble brother in Cl’.rist. J. C. Shki.ton. f li i t Jj r i a I . J “ Keraove not the ancient land- I t mai-k, whieh lh_v fathers liave .set.” / ilEMAUKS ON KLDStlU SilELTON’d LETTEib 1 hold that a candid man, as I be lieve Elder Siieltou is, should be treated with ic.spect, and bis positiotis considcretl. Fur when one seems to be laboring to arrive at the truth he commands the s'-inpathv, at least,, of others in similar circumstances. Ofconr.se tlic erroncoiLS positions of both sidts are wrong, an erroneous position any where is wrong, and cer tainly the man who is between the errors of tsvo wrong parties is nearer right. Now a.s to the question of the origion of Missionary Baptists,(f mean the denomination that call themselves Missionary Bapti.sts) it is stated in Andrew Fidler’s works (in vol. 1, page 62,) that he and his contempo raries originated the first Society and the germ of the Hist Society of Mis sions among Ba;)tist.s, in 1792. That it seems to me is fair and clear jrroof of their origin. Andrew Fuller is not a Primitive Baittist, but was a Mi.ssionary. He ought to be good authoi'ity among them. Iff were to introduce a Primitive Baptist, as a witnes.s, the Mi.sslonaries would re ject him ; but it dues seem that they ought to admit Andrew Fuller as a witness on this point, when they ac knowledge him as their standard au thority. As for John Bunyan, lie lived and died a good many years before An drew Fuller was born, anil there is not a word of evidence in all his works that he was a modern Mission ary ; but on the contrary, full evi dence that he was a Prede.stinarian Baptist. But Elder Shelton says, he is not that sort of a Missionary—not a ma- cluHety Mi.ssionary, but a Bible Mis sionary. I know of no Missionaries in this country exoe|»it machinery Misifiona- rie^s. Mdll Elder Shelton get the Chnrchcs out in the Sontli-Wcst, where his kind of Missionarie.s are so abundant, to come and })reach as Missionaries among the machinery Mis.-Jonarif.s in North Carolina? He refers to John the Bajitist and Jesus, and savs, thev were Missiona- rie.s. Yes, they were scak The word ‘‘ missionary ” means one sent by another. Jolin was sent to preach. But who .sent him? God sent hi-m : “‘There was a man sent from God whose name ^va.s John,” &c. Jesus was likcwi.se sent by the Lord God, and Clime out from God. Pete", Paul, John and all the other disci- j)!cs were likesviie sent to preach the gospel to men everywhere ; but wh® sent them ? We answer, Jesus, who has all the power in heaven and earth, and has never delegated it to any man, nor to the Churches, nor to the A-:.soei itions either. If Elder Shelton can show where the power to .send out preacher.s is committed to the Churehe-, let him bring his au thority. If he can .sliow where As- sociati )iis have that power, let us have the b)olc, chajitcr and verse. He c.'^n show wliere Churches and iinllvidnal bivthren comrneiided preacher.s to the work which the Holy Ghost called and dirCiMed them to perfonii, and where they heljifd sneh forward.— But can he show where a Church said to any jireacher. You go to Corinth, or to Rome, or to any other [ilaco, and preach as wo direct and authorize you ? The theory or Missionailes and most other denominations, except the Primiii\e Baptist.s,is that the Cluu'cli- are the Executive Department of the Lord in sending the gospel to the heathen. “ Purifoy’.s History of the S.indy Creek'Association ” (Mis.sion- ary,) says ; “The Churches are the Executive Department of the king lorn of God.” Executive Dejiartments are co-or dinate with Legislative ami Judicial ones—ami .suji[M)se that there are sub jects under them to be coutrollc'd. Now who are the subjects that the Churches rule over? It will not do to say the members of the Churches are the subjects, for they compo.se the Clmrches themselves, ami lienee are the executive officers. Is it the world ? We regard the Holy Ghost as the Executor of the will and pow er of Christ and the Churches as the servants of Christ to obey his com mandments and keep them. We can show fi’om sciipture, tliat the Holy Ghost .separated, called and directed the a[) )stle.s to go to the heathen, and when his mind was signified to the Churches that they commcndeil them to this work, and gave them .aid. Sec Act.s 13: 2, 3-, 4, “As ihey minis tered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, separate me B.irna- bas and Saul for the work wherennto I have cal!e.l tliein. And when they had fastei! and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them-away. So they, being .sene forth by the Ho ly Ghost, departed,” Ac., (not sent by theCimrehes, nor by a board of mem bers appointed by tire Clmrch.) P.uil in his epistle to the Galalian.s say.s, he received not Iris gosjie! of or by men, but Uy revelation, and tliat he oonfert'd m>t with flesh and blooil when he went to })rcach to the heath en. Neither did ho go tip to Jentsa- lem whei'c the a[rostles ^yore. TIiito years after lie was sent by revelation to preach to the heatluMi he went to .see Peter. Tiien fourteen years after he went up to Jernsalem ami coiinmu- nicated with the other apastles wh", when they jicrceived the grace already given to Paul, gave him the right- liand of fellowship. But the missimis substitute the Cliui'ch for the Holy Gliost as the executive department of God eliarged with sending the gn.spe! to the heathen. It is the Lerd tliat semlr, ive maintain, and that and the niaiiv things tliat grow out of that i' tlie difference between us. l\Iaiiy Missionaries {.igre.at majori ty too,) adopt and use Boards to con trol the operations of 'heir mi.ssions, and send (.ut their preachers, wiio are the m!,ssionarie.s of these Boarils ; that is, thev are sent liy these Boards. A few Missionailes choose to keep this power of sending their Missionaries in tlie hands of their Cluirchcs and Associations who send them out ; and such preachers are the mi.ssionarie.s of the Associalioii.s. But now, honestly and in rruth and .spirit, where is the difference? I .see none, for if the Churclie.s have the power of sending out Mi.ssionaries themselvin, they al- .so have the power of selecting com mittees out of their number am! charging them a.s their agents to do this bu'ine.ss. The Bible sanctions neither course. Butvou Missioiuiriis; in the South-West are identiiied with those in North Carolina. You all arc repre.sented by tiie Southern Baj>- ti.st Convention which has its Boards, J. R. Graves is a member of that body, and you are all one. Pri.nitive Baptists believe that the- gospel is to be preached, and has been preached, in all the world, and that men are .sent to do it. ibit who arc sent, ami who sends tliem ? We contend that the Lord Jesus, tlie same yesterday, and to-day, and forever, sends them by the Holy' Ghost, in his naimg just as much now as he ever did. W^e contend for sueli Missionaries as the.se, and feel it to lai our diry to receive such and hel{> them forward on their journey after a godly sort.. Perhaps some of our brethren have been remis.s in not helping such for ward ; perhaps I have been so my self. Human nature is corrupt. The love of hioiiey and covetousness may may keep men from duty in this mat ter, Each should examine him.self to see if it does, and examine the Bible to .see its teachings on tlie.se points.— For, beiauise Missionary Baptists {K;r- vert the right way oi the Lord, and make merchandise of men tocomstirn- mate tiieir .scheme.s, lovers of truth and of men should not be turned away from their duty. ^Tt is easy for one who loves money to cover him-sclf under this .slieiter, “ The Lord loveth a cheerful giver,” or, we must “ give of a ready mimF ' and say, Because 1 have not a mind to give, therefore I had better not give. But, if we were right, wo would have a ready mind to servo tiic Lord, and we arc wrong if wo have not that roadv mind.— ¥ But, if .-joine men have not the ready mind, shall the Clmrchos
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