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Zion’s Landmark
DEVOTED TO THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CAUSE^
VoL X.—No. 19.
Zion’s I^andmark.
By the help of the Lord, this paper vfill
X)ritcnd for the ancient latnimark, guided by
its stakes of tru tli,and strengtliened by its cord's
of love.
It ho{)cs to reject ail TiiADrrross and
INSTITUTJOKS OF MEN", and regard only the
BIBLE AS THE STANBARD of TRUTH-
It urges people to search the scriptures and
obev Jesus as the only King in the holy hill
of Zion, keeping themselves uuspott'.d from
die world.
It aims to contend for the mystery of the
faith in God and the Fathrr, Jesus the Medi-
.ator, and the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Com
forter.
All lovers of ^spel truth are invited to
write for it—if so impressed.
May grace, mercy and peace, be multiplied
to all lovers of Jesus.
**B*8
©omimniitakiS.
SURELY THE LORD IS WITH
US.
Dear Brother Gold:—
By request of tlie brethren here, I
send you, together with the n>auy
dear readers of your most excellent
and highly esteemed paper, some
news from Salem church. Through
Savior this church was organized iu
the year 1811. She has passed
through many a hard fought bat
tle since that time. But as she has
ever been faithful, in at least a fesv
things, God Almighty has not seen
cause to remove froni her midst the
candlestick. The world, with all its
missions, machinery, and fair speech
es, has not alUircd from the an
cient landmark some of God’s chil
dren in this part of the world.
When our aged brethren call to
mind the many Sore conflicts through
which the Lord has brought them, it
is then that their furrowed cheeks are
bedewed with teai’S and a holy zeal
is kindled within their bosoms that
carries their thoughts far above all
earthly sorrow aud smiles, that none
other than the love of God can give,
are seen playing on their wrinkled
and sunken lij>g. When vve look
around us, then it is deeply impress
ed upon our minds that the time is
not far distant when these old sol
diers of the cross will lay their arm-
■e>r by; yes, brethren, these fathers
m Israel, who have stood in the
front of the battles, contending
against the world, the flesh and the
devil, for the faith that was once de
livered to the .saints, and have fought
the good fight, kept the faith and
w’on the victory through our Lard
Jesus Christ; for it^is through him
alone that it is given. And now,
dear brethren, it remains for us who
are yet young to go forth and con»
tend earni^tly for that very game
faith for which our fathers fought
nnd in the strength of which they
died ; and for which faith and doc
trine-they have been [>ersecuted and
‘‘TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY.”
Wilson, N. C., August i5, 187
Whole No. 385.
their names cast out as evil, and ac
counted as the filth aud offscoiiring
of the world, being poorly clad and
not enjoying many of the good things
of this life, but thanks be unto God
who giveth us (not some body else)
the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Rejoice and be exceeding
glad for great (not little) is your re
ward in heaven (not in the earth).—
God has promised not to forsake nor
leave his people, yet he will visit
their transgressions with a rod and
(heir iniquities with stripes, never
theless his loving kindness will he
not utterly take from them nor suf
fer his faithfulness to fail. Seeing
then we have such promises
as these from God we ought to be
faithful a few things for a little
while. Yet if one can speak for the
rest, it is in doubts and fears that we
pass our pilgrimage here on earth,
and when we come to present our
selves before God, then, like to Josh
ua, the devil is standing at our right
hand to tempt us, and fill our mind
with vain and wicked thoughts.—
And again, like Jacob, we feel that
hretU'--’n_orfc all ocre -"S'''’
U.S aml7«e ai'e j&uiud;
like him we greatly fear that some
day we will fall by the band of this
king. But we feel that the Lord is
yet mindful of us, in being so good
and kind as to send hLs servant,
bro. Samuel Potter to us. Rich and
sweet were the things that God by
his servant declared unto us in
servant declared
bringing out the mysteries of the
of the resurrection aud eternal to life
all the children of God.
A. Ukderwoob.
Sebre City, Webster co., Kentucky, June
28, 1877.
Liberty Hill, Ga., July 17, 1877.
Blder P. D. Gold:—
My Dear Brother in the Lord,
I have just finished * reading a com
munication in last issue of the Land
mark, to be concluded in next issue
of your paper, in which my name
has been freely used. Said article is
written by a brother at Social Circle,
Ga. I don’t know said brother, but
think I anticipate his object, which
to my mind must be obvious to all.
Now brother Gold, the object of
this note to you is to ask your per
mission to reply to said articles, or
rather your permission to have pub
lished a reply in the Landmark.—
Whether you do, or do not grant my
request, please insert my note and
your answer to the same iu next is
sue of the Landmark.
As I hope, I remain ^our unwor
thy, but well wishing brother.
William T. Godard.
kingdom and making them so plain
to us; for to you, says the Savior, it
is given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom.
Even the three saloon keepers at
our little town, closed Iheir doors on
Monday to hear Brother Potter
preach; a thfog that is quite remark
able in this wicked place. It seems
that the Zion of God at Salem is
travelling, and when Zion travels,
she brings forth her children, aud
not the children of another.
Brethren, for these things the
praise is due and belongs to the Sa
viour of poor lost sinners, and we
ought not to become exalted, but
humbled at the feet of Jesus, and re
member our lost estate and Egyp
tian darkness, and bondage, out of
which we sometimes hope the God of
Israel has led our poor souls, in de
livering us out of the dungeon and
the fowler’s snare, and loosing the
bonds of sin aud Satan by which we
were bound by nature, and were the
children of wrath even as others.
The Lord remember us and send
his servant to us again. I will lay
my pen a-side ere I weary you and
your readers.
I remain as ever yonr unworthy
brother In Gospel bonds and iu hope
away their strange wives and off
spring.
Let Baptists learn a lesson from
this, and try to keep straight while
they are soj^ Let us also encourage
repentance and a return to riglii.
principles and conduct among any
and all of the erring whenever and
wherever we can see it.
THE SMITH RIVER ASSOCI
ATION.
I was enabled to attend this Asno
ciation in company with brethren
J. M. Harris and F. J. Stone and
others, (two warm, lively Baptists of
Rockingham Co., N. C.)
The Associatien met at Center M.
H., in Patrick co., Va., Elder A.
J. Cassell is its moderator. He is a
fresh, rich and very gifted preacjier
of the gospel. Brother G. S. Tuggle
is the clerk.
The Association met in the neigh
borhood of some good brethren, fa
mous for their hospitality ; such are
brother Joseph Frans, and brother J.
J. Philpot. It is so refreshing tothc
weary traveller to receive the kind-
ad thouguT oeioic iWeivin
above'note from brother Godard that
the discussion concerning the Towa-
liga Association should be closed,
and I still think so. It is desirable
that all that is necessary, in order to
give information on which the merit
of a question rests and is to be decid
ed, should be given and patiently
heard. It seems to me that has been
done in the present instance. With
out, 1 hope, injuring any brother
I conclude enough has been said on
this subject.
Enough has been written I think to
show two things. One is that the
Towaliga Association does not wish
to return to her former brethern in
a way that is acceptable to them.
The other thing shown is, that it
is an evil and bitter thing to depart
from the true way of the Lord.—
How easy to get wrong, but how dif
ficult to get right. W hat a blessed
thing to have gospel fellowship.—
How easy it may be lost by improp
er conduct, and how hard it is to re
cover it. Whenever Baptists wish
to become popular, and intermarry
with the surrounding nations, they
soon find an offspring in their houses
that brings discord and strife. By
opening their doors wide enough to
I take in Masons, and people of other
denominations without baptizing
them, &c., these churches ©f the
Towaliga Association now find them
selves shut out of doors from the fel
lowship of Primitive Baptists gener
ally ; and members enough among
them endorsing their departure to
prevent their making a confession
that they did wrong, and putting
en
hospitality, whom
brother^. J. Lackey might be men
tioned with pleasure.
There was a large gathering of at
tentive listeners to the gospel, aud a
considerable number of preachers
was present.
On our way home we had the
pleasure of stopping with sister E,
McNeely, the wife and widow of Eld.
G. W. McNeely who was a very use
ful Baptist preacher in that region,
and highly beloved by the brethren,
and sincerely respected by the people
generally. We" need such ftieM R
seems to me. Sister McNeely and
her daughters are getting along well,
though they and others Si-dly miss
brother McNeely. May the Lord
bless them.
Brother Harriss and myself also
spent a night very pleasantly with
brother and sister Hall at Wentworth
N. G. We had preaching at «eme
places as we passed along, and foBod
good sized congregations of people
who seemed anxious to hear the word
preached.—Ed.
Social Circle, Ga., July 12, 187 V,
Elder P. D. Gold—Beloved Brother^:
In my published article, in the
Landnark, July 16th, I am made
to say that the division between ihc
Baptists “Took place in this patt
of Georgia, a little before, or about
1830.” It should be 1840v Again
I am made to say, “If the cimrch
and the doctrine are what capsed the
division, why we could i!&t, never
will, receive their baptism.” This
sentence is unintelligible ; j.ust ■what
I said in lieu of the above I know