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ITBLUUEb WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. . CHURCH SOUm
.. RALEIGH, THURSDAY SSPTKMDKa 10, $37. '
-RCFU3 T. IIEFLIN, Lrrr
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A TRIP TO THE KOI7-TAIN3.
!-,
As!
heville n a mo-: p'easant town pc-
toreqie!y located on a number of sm-!I
I of flowers and beautiful scencrv
in full view cf Mt. Pisgih, a'
mosntam to the South, an I ran;rc3 of
mountains ar, 1 lofty peaks that ravish
the -ye and fill the soul with wonder
an 1 delight. Oh, for such a home
now and then at whir-h to;. tV,?-,
v. I. J'-t'JJ JJ
Dr. II. and
j '"rai.i an'
hut you know, Mr. Editor,
a 'Her is ro rejpectc-r of r.;r
repose
obliging tJiat
all
hills do-,. n ,.f i..r. ....... . ' ncran may
""J '"'"i . r !,;,. ! .. - 1
Or S'Ol! mvin';-Jri4 nr. I In f.-!l v' f .V,"' - '
1 1 w,., ...,, ,ie : nome, leel that they owe them an ever-
Theri now, I've perpetrated a coi- lx'l,nZ 'lebt &f gratitude. The Dr.
pi ft. (it is original.) thanks to the in-i!' th nn-3t collccron of rninerals.f'.
pmng Krenery around me. Whv,
may yet write a full stanza
II tfi rnu-i;'! hut
n;
Y
Hi" Dtre
My rn, ;i tre noloi lrr
T.'i- i-ene-i mjfj!iruf C te'I,
Od in .uotain h"A,. or J!1
ri or
eif:
m iy li mn ic
VI if"
oi our 'oriterenc
at v!Jr leisure. It. Ah-
'Ji Jjil i-io nle. nI ha a population of
S'iv'.intyer; or fifteen hnn Ire i. It has
three churches, a Metholi-(t, Presbyte
rian an I Episcopal. The Met ho list i.s
new, lare an 1 elegant. A lare pro
portion of the citizens are either mem
bers of our Church (ir .amui-l inta nr..r.
-v-j up'ii
ner ministry
V1
ence has wei
Tne Holston Conf
er.
cultivated this fi.-hl
The moral tone of the co-nmunity is very
poe l, worthy, in leel, of all prai-e.
Th j Sins of Temperance have done a
goo work here, ;is well a9 in a thous
and one other places. May the shad
ow of the Division in Ashville nevor
grow loss Ti
s.i-ia ui nature, xc, trie lar
w best assorted cabinet I have
seen in a private residence for nvmy a
day. I shall long remember this visit
14 a most pleasant episode in the jour
ney of life.
M-ttv AAvttcw Conference Female
College located here, is one ofthctn'Kt
ilourishing female gchools in the South-
11 it 9
iii'i ueserveaiy so too. The President,
A. V. Cummins, D. D.. is h rrr.-idn!
ite of Ve3leyan Cniversity, a rr'entle
man, and 1 am to d a
'er. I he corps of teachers is :.r.,l
sufficiently numerous. Last session
there were 210 pupils. Over 200 xvorf
in attendance the second week of the
present one. M
. resident informed me. have alreadv
been made than can be accented f,.r
want ot room. New buildings are rap-:
idly going up, and doubtless over three
nun'treu girls will grace th
next year. The Colle
0-1-ht to talk to and perjn-iJehirn frora 'heaven aril sat at the n'it band of
trying to gratify his n?n Eih acpetitc-s 'the Father. The b?oxi- John rs h
hv JC:I d -hor;"rabi ? !''r)fi!,' rriOT'r; tTio T.r.rd T i ;r, V r.S.. 'i
that the He says in hearen, in the mi lit of the
ons, and Father's throne. St. Stenhorj hen
1 cJiriztitn U as lath to in- dying. ?ays he saw the Lnl. I 2-k
'Cer into his month, eneoun-1 him. where? He answers at th? ri-ht
ter his three- fold tongae and poisonous j hand cf the Father. If C'bri?t is in
fangs a-; any other man; so the or.ly way I heaven, the departed christian is there
to saw that the woaM he-slaughterer too. To doubt or deny this is to cast
of character, deaf and blind to all ixorali the words of the Aposi!e3 upon the
precept; an 1 advice, his sandy founda-'ground for the sceptic and scoffer to
tions is through the columns of oar Re- j trample under foot. Yes, the chris
lig'ous, Political and Temperance (forjtian'a soul passes immediately from the
the brave 'Spirit' occasionally gives : dying bed to Heaven. How wonder
hirn a death-blow,) Journals. If I know jfu then, the change. Can the newly
my own heart, I desire to assist these released sou! endure the eternal .veight
sottish creatures whose heads are intox- g! ry ? L'-t ri' '. y-r hearts he troub-
icnU-tl , a-ltli, .viUnMaA. IJ". -1 ,.TIo - IjOV-1 tllA
agi rations, out of the -slouch of des-'brightness of tho throne with a cfoud
pond ,nto which th-y have f.iM-r, ; J and so mitigate iu splendor, that Hi
andwhde I do this. O, give hee l to poor child just awakened in el,rr, can
these l.nes and re-nember, that, while j hear the sight. There will be ahock
you go forth, the Herod of the commu- ;of ecstacya dazzlin- Horv to over-
...ly wua an me cunning an-l artince j come the senses; but He who hid Mo-
ui h jivena. ana vn nrcrormicit.o
, " . ' , e I " i a.o.i
3 a Year, in Auvanc?.
' that his sni:
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you tliink necessary
som'? honorable j per.
ieir nails
is located
inat in tha mttn. 1'.:.. a . ,
ie lands in the vicinitv !J. ' ' " me town, to
especially on the French Broad e ! T ,,0"nTedC' c,0f , un(1 the range
rich and very productive! T e i'r, I 'Tf U T H a"U,,ed-
ing corn look's Utter than any fever I tlTL . IW imP;
saw. 1 have iWr. In K;...,o .fiV" "F scenery around .
ranre.
. 1 y-
tne u.ipe lear, Neuse and Roanoke
rivers and have looked with admiration
upon fields densely filled with green
luKiiriant corn, but never have 1 be
held such AH T JlAVrt Ilia- Dnnr. -, t
in the valley of the Wh Broad P'T Aver gardens,
was in a part of Mr. Wool fin's farm i L 09 ,ml SPire3' it3 Pub,ic
the rows Sf which are 3 S apJrt ai I ta" ts '"Vthl ,
the stalks about 15 inchesivin- over nr 1 t Io thf WG3t ana ?,1 Jltt,e north
eleven thousand stalks to theer, J stmeanders among lofty hills and
which will mako k.iii",uuni.a.1"3 ana downing cras, the
and twenty bushels. Mr. W. gathered
well contrived as
to eras-? the name f
man rrom society, (jrod has declared
I a. 101. that whoso privilv slan-d-reth
his neighbor, him will I cut off;
that if you continue to pursue your
wicked course, you will be considered in
the estimation of all honorable men as
"tinkling brass" and rejected by God
as "reprobate silver;" that with all your
self esteem and egotistical praises,you
can never injure, among the high mind
ed and intelligent, the character of anv
man who carries his bond of honor in
Jus fa-e ; that your influence is only
over persons of enormous credulity and
i-'tue juijnent, whose condition is
tf.Q in tl .-.I T. . l -il It
cit-ii 01 me roc-K, wui a i iress
1113 trafiS ateri wair.t in thf. ,Stv
t WiilS-
CLAUDE.
Beech Spring, N. C.
in f.ji-rner article fjr 'but no burial
places for more which are dead, they
have no concern,' read, 'but as burial
places for those which are dead they
Instead of 'The Saviour, in order to
suggest every motive,' read 'The Sa
viour, in order to siieace every evil,'
&c.
; a -at? it.
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euc, r-;at'.t?rn..T hue b cr;'
iBjartic!-? t, tbe'coatrirr, w
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I i:iin this a-"rt
Ol the sup-iiutend-t.t who inf-uM rr,
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'w .sir, that a c-Mii ija-.'ty b-.-.i!J be
; ar... j-ej to a ev,? of duty in r-iri to
, Saba'h 5cb'i!.s ; huaid Vtke 'act;re c.
1 J urcarsiz a n ol upon a pe'r-
; raanent ar f Js:eiualic p!aDi aa , nta.ar.
bly u -e-j, and t; ,hl U, r-.U-t ff
:rcad;ri- an arti. 1- iu a n-wwt.r r-.-a
tcatpntj;, j, ceriiinly .,n, ,,f
the luo-.t extraordinary phen-.tn-nj thru h ,
j.:to..ihe 1 ti.,- wur!J and the re.t of man
kiad dun,,., rbe nineteenth century. Ua
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dren .,, Wil-on. He .aj, th.t notwi'h-
!euo""'.- '"V statement that there were hut much of the
str.cu.eeu cnildreu in the n'9,P ,.f A.t.cA,
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rel e:iivment f ti.i iif..
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a look ? Who
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scene which spreads out be forp in '
Just beneath our feet lies the town with
est and most accessible peak of this: that of mediocrity, who can he wafr.d
llOW Snblime the nannrmni. ' f k
. j vtijr iio.vious ureeze,
who, without any mind of their own
fit subjects for the lunatic asylum
give credence to every fl;ppant report,
you may manufacture and put in circu
lation; anTI last, but not leastovertho.se
who love to be popular. Alas, this j
man is so easily gulled in a christian
land, where you can be free and inde
pendent as the rules of society will per
the X. C. Christian Advocate.
When will it Stop ?
e admits too that the children of b,
nundred I Frr.h n a , . ' .
.v..v... jjtuau, aa a. migncy moulten
uierea :SrroTm nf n- - , 1 r1"""" "3 3-iy win per-
a year or two ago, off of an acre of this tZ U ICZl P 'aPia,te" i mit, remember that "he who is pleased
V . io siicaiv ib. X'1L inanif lTrwl xvn hnva
land, one hundred and forty nine bush-1
eis, tnree pecks and two pints. Off of
twenty acres of another field, I was in
formed he gathered two thousand bush
els. Talk Of ATisnnri arl T,.
com growirir countries ; wTiat tiountry j spurs,
sippi. do the south and southwest.
mountains rise above mountains, till Mt. j
Pisgah shoots its blue cove far up into i
among us men actuated by principles
of honor, who, when the character of
That is, this Railroad traval on the
Sabbath. It 13 deeidedlv
wrong. It is a plain and public viola
tion of the Word of God, who never
allows His laws to be trampled on vith
impunity, and has said 'Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it hoi v.' IT hna
connected with a violation of this com
mand one of the heaviest denunciations
mat tnunders upon our ears from Sinai.
He has pronounced a curse upon that
man, or set of men, who would dare set
aside this njunction. He has made no
torious examples of certain persons and
nations who did make the feeble, but
leanui attempt to set it aside. His
tiess turned t,,.i -.1. 1
aVltr.it n r, A ..III . . .
opuses, (hard ,h, lis) EDi,t1alia.n,n fw.:in. . l: - r ,nTr'u W1 1
,,. . . . 1 ' ('"-"-xi'ii, ui swt i'i aa tn vir m 4 ;
IlOt much Rntt-r 'ratK,...: ....;!....:. . -a in
tiiversalisL, rom .,..r .C-.l ... . u ' " enc'uraS'"? .
. ..i iiiia ' or an ac.K:ti.nate can-s '
I b.
nn iVnnA , t, .1 .1 . I I1W StfinflI ftlu t it.- Ml
.u m . , , 1 u nuiuvcm mm turown upon tneirl ' Z-- Jtutt-WJiaeroAsa
thejky. Tothe easjsojiltLeasL-indi ,in.;.:. . , rr-TrfiaetTuTCanaan: ITi, hand fastened on
1 . 1 ! 1 j , . 1 n.. ' -
can beat this ? And this land is in the
old North State, and, until recently,
very cheap and in a region so healthy
that people to have a little spell of sick
ness now and then must take medicine!
But generally it is as healthy as any
country in the world.
The town is full of strangers. Eve-
stretches alonnr like the back
bone of old earth. Northwest the
Black mountain, the tallest one on the
continent east of the Rocky mountains,
lifts its giant head above the elouds,
overlooking the Blue Ridge to the
east, the Roan to the north, the Bald
to the northwest, and the Iron moun
tains, and Mt." Pisgah to the south.
ry hotel is crowded to overflowing. j The Roan and Bald loom up to the
Hundreds, thousands, 1 may say, come north and northwest of us, and smaller
here during the summer, for their
health or pleasure, and thence to the
Warm Springs, 37 miles down the
French Broad, or to th Sulphur
Springs o miles southwest. In exam
ining the Registers at the different ho
tels I could find but very few names
of North Carolinians east of the Ridge.
Now, why is this ? Here is the subli
mest scenery in the West, as healthy
ones innumerable in every direction.
But how can I describe that which the
soul must feel, fully to realize ? I have
stood upon the shore of old ocean and
gazed upon its dark blue bosom as it j
stretched away beyond the ken ot mor
tals and joined the blue of heaven ; and
have listened to the roar of its ever
restless waves. I have travelled the
I 'granite hilh' of New Hampshire, the
a region as can be found, and as hospi- j Katskill mountains of a part of New
table, generous, noble people Indeed, York ; have looked out for hours from
Bro. Ileflin, I am enamoured with all ;
and if we cant bring them to us why,
may be, we'll go to them.
The Grand Division S, of T. of N.
C. held a called session here last week.
Some fifty delega es, mosMy from the
'hill country,' were in attendance. I
had the pleasure of forming their ac
quaintance which I hope to cherish
through life. Twas good to be there.
You were anxiously expected and ma
ny enquired why you did not come.
Bro. Hicks, your confrere of the Her
ald of Truth was a member. He was
the most anxious of all to see you.
He is a generous, noble-hearted,whole-fiouled
christian gentleman. To know
him is to love him. If we get that ter
ritory, (about which I said not one
word to any one,) we must have Bro.
Hicks also. He'll surrender, we hope,
at discretion and bring over peaceably
the territory, over a large portion of
which, from what I could see and bear,
he may almost be said to be,
Monarch of all he surveys.'
Perhaps, if he could see your pretty
face and how the land lies east of the
' 111-- T. tiyJ lllU lUUllULCb UVJUilJ
of things, he would come over 'foot,
horse, and dragoon. Bros. Gamewelb
Kelley and Lester of the S. C. Confer
ence are here, with two of whom, Bros.
G. and K I have the pleasure of re
newing an old acquaintance. We are
very comfortably quartered beneath
the hospitable roof of Mr. N. Woodfin,
the kind attentions of whose family I
shall ever gratefully remember. There
can be no better home, from ones own
dear loved ones, this side of Paradise.
Bro. Gamewell, I am sorry to say, is
in very delicate health ; is here to rest
and recuperate, liope tie win soon oe
himself again and at his post with his
interesting family.
I availed myself of a kind invitation
to take tea with Gen, Hardy on Fri
day evening last, in company with Bro.
G. and Lady, of the 'Spirit of the Age.'
Gen. II. resides about two miles from
town on the beautiful Swananoa, nest
led upon the side of a terraced hill,
(mountain you would say,) in the midst
a noble steamer, upon the beauties of
the scenery of the Hudson beauties
in some regards unsurpassed in the
I world; but never have I seen such
blended beauty, grandeur and sublimi
ty as spreads out before and around us.
Would that you were by my sid'to
paint with your more facile pen what
mine must fail to sketch.
C. P. JONES.
Ashville, Aug. 17, 1857.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate..
Evil Speaking1.
mighty dollar standsinfinilesim.il, when
compire I with reputation. And how
unpleasant it is for him who ha3 been
the object of the Slanderer's anathe
mas, to know, that by 3ueh men, his
character has bean tested in the cruci
ble of truth and found unalloyed ; that
his virtues have been thrown in the
scales, weighed by men of scrupulous
regard to probity, and not found wan
ting. Slanderer, I have hero taken your
daguerreotype dimly: for I have only
scaled the edge of your wicked heart ;
it will take steel better than my pen to
fathom the dark recess; behold yourself;
grasp your Bible; read it and sea your
error; try to shun- that gloomy abyss
of eternal despair, which wiU be your
inevitable doom ; for in the language
of an Ancient Historian, "the immortal
gods, (immortal gods) are wont to allow
those persons whom they wish to pun
ish for their guilt sometimes a greater
prosperity and longer impunity, in or
der that they may suffer the more se-
:b
j of them
j and L'
nntnh.A -w
, uu.uut.-i. .OW SIT. 1 an ei.r.,, tl, .. . .. t. . ..
- , . , , . - " aaiu aiiam-t tint
ter,, ,t tne fnends of a school have any the under .y.i.r.O in 1 ( r , , , ' ,
jrht to he discouraged, when out of a ml , woman aloo4 ex Li bit aeU lit , T,
nation of tbirtv-five children (his highest !tj in subdain ii, 1 , C or 7"
estimate) wh,w p:ireDt, heJ V) f ; , " ca,,u,0S h"
; wuic-ieiu uen auiuations. they c m as- 1
, semble a school of twenty-three. But, sir '
jl would not be understood a3 offering any j
;plea in extenuation of the Jethanry which I
i exists upon this subject. Id Wilson, as in I
j almost every other place, we fail to do our
;auty. lhere is too much Indolence: too i
j little activity. We can do better, and we !
ioujrht to do it : but be this n, ?t .., ;
. ' . . Jt " . u . -
purjc.pie is nevertheless correct, that we, "appn-r we should a!i Le if ,
jsnouia "render unto Ca-s.r the thin ! Z. w . u acc UP,J" pni.cipies hk.; tl
iwuichare his '' j.aiere is no other I
, XiJt3 Space in your p.per is too vmuaoie to ; made 6mHing ailj c5,eorfuI by our efforts
De occupie-1 by sucn matter. i This we ,liaj, a!j Cxp- rieta-e cvry day with
'a v-ry little t-xfrtioa and no exp'-n..-.
, For the X. C. Christian Advoc tte. i There are f-w tiling ctib-r of aeeotn-
" A littl word in kindn-s.i spoken,
A motion or a tear,
Has often heale i the h-art that's broken
And made a friend unccre.
"A word a Iook-h.-n crushed V, earth
tuJI many a Luddiriir flower.
Which, hal a smile hu ownej'in lrt'i
VVould hless life's Jark' t hour "
Ho
tl'.e.
that, if wa
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th'. rn-
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The "Bad Chance-
them in foreign lands the iron-bands of
servitude, because they kept not his
holy Sabbath.
This Rail Road travel on the Sab
bath, not only insults Jehovah and
mocks at His Word; it annoys man.
The writer was in attendance on Divine
service not long since, when the ser
vices were interrupted and even sus
pended, on account of the noise of the
train as it came whistling into town.
The minister stopped short in the midst
of the sermon, and said, 'I sincerely
wish the time not far distant when that
shall cease.' Indeed we hold the prac
tice ought to be looked upon as a pub
lic nuisance, and treated by the laws
of the land accordingly.
How men, christian men, men who
profess to believe the Bible, and love
Jesus, can connive at, or sustain in the
slio-htesfc form, a nractice so uttarly at
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variance with every christian precept, .cimr at coiauessio cnurcn members. merits, which m iy help the honest en
and ordinance as Sabbath -breaking in i backsliders ?-false professors ? heart-di-; u5rer after truth to make un a safe
j plishiuent, and yet I Lave soen person j
i make theiije!ves miserable every day of;
"I told the brethren it looked like a bad j tlicir hves by ne..-lles!y wounding the;
chance." These are the words of one of 1 fe-lings of tho.se wi'h whom th-y w re
the officers in the Lord's host, as recorded ' brought in contact, with no other r-w ird ;
iinoneof our church papers. He (the than the -o.-iWm n-fl -etion that tliey w-re
preacher) had commenced an attack upon not loed by any body hardly, if at all.
Uhe alien.s of Israel, and the first thing he . (Jranville. X. (J , Au'. l'-5.
! had to do, wa3 to tell the brethren " it '
looked like a bad chance." A tid pray, j . , . j
j what made it "look like a bad chance ?"' .TCiCriI0U5.
! hat was the preacher ll;tnj ot, thati
,made it "look like a bad chance.' At
j himself ? Theo, he had jrrounds for say
inzso. If he was trusting iu what he
! could do, he bad grounds for siying "it! . !
! looked like a bad chance." At the f eb!e MR. EDITOR : As the mode of Chns
'band of Christ s followers around bim, ' tian Baptism has been one that has
! marshal'--! for the conflict? Ihen he had very much troubled the mizids of many
i grounds for saying " it looked hke a bad in and out of the Church, by your rer
i chance." At the hosts mus-ered astainst ' mission, I will offer a few plain sr-'t:-
Froin the .Vashviil.r .'brictiaii AJv',
The most Scriptural Mode of Christian
Baptism. 1
this or any other form. i3 a moral mys-
l-r. t.a 'If n .n-in 1 r.l'. m C h O Will
verely from a reverse of circumstances-; 7 J , , q0
- , i i keep mv commandments said the fcav-
If you pursue your-wicked course, i . r ?P, . . . , u
'. .f. J e- if lour. The sm is none the less because
1 vls',,ns amon .reinre ' 7" !'n . , ' T 1 decision upon the question. I d not
jvy? lust and love of the world, and a ; , ' , ttvM;,f.r
....w.... a -
y your countenance , enQU(yh mora er to correct the ; preacher could look at them, and at these Baptist brethren claim th
your wicked hearts. J( do ottierwig ig tQ wink atsin j alone, th-n he h;d grounds for saying, " it intPn(1ed be a symbol,
g truths, and tain ginner3 i00ed like a bad chance. i h h; Jt wa, intcnde(1 to
Vry DArnn rn& m AT A F ' B 0 ! T?.-,- f I-.a timn'o faith hia r vnct -in I Znrl . O
"And Slanders, worse than mockery, or
swords.
Or death, stood nigbtly by her horrid gorge,
And fabricated lies to stain his name,
And wound his peace." Pollock.
Probably there is no character on
earth that ought to be shown and warn
ed of hia awful, his alarming condition
more often than that of the Slanderer;
for so corrupt, so ignominious, so des
picable is the range of his execrable
devices and lamentable deviations, en
tirely ignorant of the undisputed truth,
that "speculations which originate m
guilt, must end in ruin," so eager, so
vehement, so savage is ne to level wiui
the accursed arrows of defamation, the
fair and unspotted reputation of his
fellow-man, by whose downfall he hopes
to be exalted, that he seldom, if ever
consults his Bible or any other religious
book, for fear it will sear his conscience
if he has any, and turn him from his
evil intentions. And, while I write
this, my heart leaps with joy to
know, that we have, as a medium,
through which the baneful and rugged
heartof the Slanderer may be reached
and lucubrated with the oil of convic-
'tion if perchance he reads the papers
an Advocate, a J. tr. Christian -ria-
vocate whose columns are not ashamed j
tn be the bearer of any medicine how-!
ever bitter and poignant it may be to
the patient, that may tend to mitigate
and allay the painful smart of any one
destitute of holiness
"0U will iniure no one but yourself,
and your viturperations will be thrown
back into your face by the honorable,
with such force, that they will leave
indellible impressions that time cannot
eradicate, and truly your countenance (
will be an mdex to
would I leave them for some one more
competent than myself to paint. I
cannot turn a deaf ear to the messenger
who whispered in thundering tones
that unless you warn the Slanderer,you
shall be numbered among those upon
whom shall be cast the judgment of
"ye knew your duty but ye did it not."
J HARO.
Scott's Hill, 27th Aug. 1857.
! heart of the church? Then he had grounds moe be essential to the va.iditj of the
for favirio. " it looked like a b:id chance." : ordinance, nut wiw mwe is tno.i ap
i At the hardness of sinners the boldness ' propnaie a.ri scnp-.uru
Now thi
t:'i!'
of y
h'".-- p-a-,. a r r i"
hg:oi' in:erpn-t.i,oi ,
suf.jH.i'ir.n :!,.t v. ,t-. ,
symbolize th,. . ir;t ?
j-1
wiir nttt prripoi
ter is the symbol ,.f th .
baptism muif be thr vf,
tism tf the Holy Gh-'r.
elusion wc arc led
scriptures. John ui.
swcn-1 and sail, Vcriiv.
... . . I T.V. .
uo.i i.n-t-, r.xrept, a
wat'T, and of the Srr
trr into the kingdom
the two haptij-nn arc rvi-
JUTtapositiuil, tlier.-h
ting that one is the hi
the glorious suhtatie(
same idea in Acts i
trnlv !i intlfn.l ... ;.l. . i
-.j .v.jyi....i niin w.itT; ii'it ye
ho r.aptized with the Holy Spirit u -t
many days hence.' S-e ai j j,
m x 47. C-n any uni, f ,r',i. Wii:..,.t
that these should not be h ir,t.Zf.d,wi;1
have received the II ,!y f;i,.,.t .v..
jim e ; -,-r-e ai-o i .lohn v
there arc three tint l.;,r
earth, the spirit, the w i-.-
bloul ; "1 1-
tne sub.tar-ee.
Bu' again : cither j n ':e
svmbol of :i purifying ! ii )
Ac's xxii. l'J 'And now why tarries',
thou? ari'-e, aal bebripti7 l, and w.ih
away thy fins, calling on th . trimc of
the Lord.' See also I'phes!,ir.s v. J.
Husbands love your -riven, even as
Chri-t al-o loved the (Jliurcb, and gave
himself for it; that he might sanctify
and cleanse it '' thf wtHhimj of wa
ter by th? word.' In theo jussage
wo are aid to have our hins 'washed
away' to be Sanctified and cleansed,'
and that, to , by baptin.iil water.
Can any man of sane mind believe that
the application of water to tlx) wkin can
'wash away' our sins, renew the heart,
and'sanctify and cleanse' the afTectior s?
If not, then water-baptism must be tb?
symbol of that which can nlone do it,
which is the Holy Ghost. Toil view per
fect! v agrees with the term'! employed
bv Sr. J'ml to de;gnate t!ie work of tho
Spirit on the heart. See Tinii iii. .
'Not by works of right'.ou-ne s which
we have done, hut according to his mer
cy, be saved us.' But bow? Not by the
'washing of water, but 'by the washing
of regeneration, and the mowing of
the Holy Gh'M.' But St. Peter puts the
nti'i i
or is t
r ic-.
it is committed by io:nt stock companies,
or communities; so much the worse; ! 0f sin ? the p-wer anc1 audacity of Satan? ' question depends mainly upon another ; matter beyond the possibility of a doubt,
and so much the greater need, if pos- the failures of efforts put forth in the pa-t ' one, to wit; was Christian Baptism that water-baptismVas intend.-1 to ym-
sible. for our comin out from the un- by the church, too, ail in addition, and a ; intended to be a svmbol .' and if so, what bobze the bar tism ot the JIoiV 3f
clean and the unholy, if we fail to pos- i thousand and one more besides? If th-; ' wa3 it intended to symbolize ? 0'ir
at it was
ngure
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
State of the Dead.
Do the dead pass immediately to
Heaven ?
In discussing this point it will be
necessary to merely allude to the doc
trine of purgatory that the soul pass
es through a purgation to be rid of its
sins before going to the heavenly king
dom a doctrine which has proved to
be one of the best pecuniary Specula
tions of the age. There is a single
passage in the Apocrypha which seems
to authorize such an idea; but all that
can be said of that is thai it is Apoc
ryphal and only proves the extremity of
him who resorts to it for help. Many
good men believe that -the dead exist
in a state inferior to that of the glori.
fied and does not pass the eternal doora
until after the judgment. This wa3
our opinion for a while, and until we
reflected upon the declaration of Paul,
that 'while present in the body we are
absent from the Lord and the con-
to do evil, the Bible declares is the
road to Hell. Where then are the
members of the Rail Road companies
who labor to put down the sin? We
know some of them have made efforts
to do so ; but have they done all they
can do ? There is a fearful day of retri-
But the man's faith his trust in God
Whom did he make his
and that '
symbolize 1
was the burial and returrection of
! where was it ?
!",
i V rw rrv ,
I cometh his help ?" Did he " pat his trust ! wa3 intended to symbolize is the Bap-
uere was i . ti uo j uiu uc jjjo . . rn nil . - . j i
strong-hold id the day of trouble V To i The Pedobaptists also claim ;
bom did "he look as unto the hills wh nee ! thatU was a symbol and the th.ng it .
in horses and in chariots ?" David would i turn of the Holy ij-hott. j
inot. Did he trust in the rod of his I Vw the whole question, I conceive, '
: strength? Paul would not. Was be go- i depends upon which of these two prop-1
bution a hand: Tho prudent man iingto preach tamstij or preach Lnn$t osition3 can be sustained by the Word,
foreseeth the evil and hideth himself : Jesus? Was he going to proclaim the ,0f (j If it can be proven clearly; haptbm in Scriptn'e, no or.c-doubts.
wisdom of the worn, and pat tortu ett :rts,from the Scriptures that water-baptism ; HV LaIl baptize vou with the Holy
tr. ilia arm r.f Ihfl fl.-sh to Tiromot 1 1 5 I ..11. l f .1 l l .
,u iU5 - r-- .-. was mtenaea to syraoouze me ounai ;
t . " "c"F"' -", "".-i"" j resurrection of Christ, then tm-
Sec I Pctr-r iii. 21. -'Hie hke
whereunto t-"ii baptism doth also wave
U! riot the j-'itting away the filth of
the flesh, but the answer of a good con
science toward God.'
But once more: Why is the influ
ence of the Spirit upon th-- art called
'baptism,' if it is not in conformity with
the name of its svmbol ''. Why not call
it by some other turn" ? Th at the re
newing sanctifying ir.flnenc of the
Holy Ghost upon the b'-art i eab'-d
the simple pass on and are punished.'
J. J:'. riiAKSOJS.
Hillsboro, N. C.
For the X. C. C. Advocate.
The Sabbath School in Wilson.
! Why, in " the earnestness of oar heart, 1 mertion is the most scriptural mode, j
' w, do innnire. TFf-re icas the man's faith ? no other 80 strikingly representing those j
Bro. Heflix : My attention Las just
been called to an article signed 'S. F.' in
the Advocate f the 13th inst, which had
escaped my notice. At first I determined
to pay i o attention whatever to the com
munication, but upon 'second thought' I
ha-ve concluded to submit a few remarks,
wHh the promise that no comomnication
from S. F.' can again elicit a reply from
me.
verse. After this we have onlv to an-
and ood principles as to long for the, swer one question. Where is the Lord ?
v nitner uia ne go wnen ne ascenaea
He was received up into
blood of his neighbor's character.
Some may say that the minister j upon
high?
The author says that bis 'remarks are
submitted as a correction, not having aught
in"extenuation.' Hi3 first correction is a
direct charge that I was wanting in humil
ity in replying to his article, concerning
the Wilson Sunday School. That I am
not perfect in this christian grace I readily
confess, but that the circamstanee of my
replying to bis article furnishes evidence
of that deficiency, ! leave for others to de
cide, -ti
His second correction a charge that
in representing the condition of the school,
I 'anticipated an-l magnified its prospects.
He asserts that the school had gon 3 entire
ly down ; that the twenty-three pupils and
fieven teachers were a clear increase, and
Where icas his God?
I When No ih was told to build the ark
' to the saving of bis house, did he first go
! and teil hi3 house, " it looks like a bad
j chance?" When Abraham was toll to
I offer up Isaac, did he say to the Lord, "it
looks like a bad chance?" Whea Moses
! was told to stretch oat the rod upon the
i waters, did be reply to bis God, " it looks
" like a bad chance ?" When he stood be
. side the rock, did he say, " it looks hke a
bad chance V When " the twelve" were
isent to " teach all nations," did they say
j " it looks like a bad chance ?" Oh ! Chris
I tian men, buckle on the armour in free
and full confidence. Go forth in taepow-
er and wisdom of Gol : not of man. Why,
it was not the rod of Moses, bat the east
jwind of the Lord that dried np the seas;
it was not the rod of Moses, bat the band
of God that burst the rock and brought
forth the streams in the desert ; it wag not j
the learning of Paul, bat the gospel of
Christ, that convene J the nations. When
shall we live and work in the hearty exer
cise of a rational, scriptural faith. " 77 ice
faith in God," said the Savior. Lot us,
brethren, take lessons there. We need tj
events. Bat, on the other hand, if it!
can be clearly pTOven from the Scrip-'
tares that water-baptism was intended j
to symbolize the baptism of the Holy.
Ghost, and that the baptism of the j
Holy Ghost 13 by pouring or sprinkling,
then pouring or sprinkling the most
appropriate and scriptural mode. I
think this is a fair statement of the
question,and that the whole subject re i
volves itself in this little compass.
Now, we assume that water-baptism j
wa3 intended by Christ to pym!ouze
the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and n'A
the baritl and resurrection of Christ;
and, moreover, that the baptism of the
Holy Ghost is by pouring ot sprink
ling, and not by immersion- In support
of this assumption, we lay it down as oar
first proposition, that water, io Scrip
tare language, is used as the symbol of
the Spirit. Trie following passages
cannot be intelligibly understood in any
other sen3e. Isa. xliv. 3. 'For I will
pour water out upon him that 13 thirsty
and floods upon the dry groanL' The
Ghost.'
Then we claim that our position ii
proven beyond the possibility af adoubt
that water-baptim was intended to
symbolize the baptism of the Holy
Ghost.
One more question remains to be fet
tled, and the argument U complete.
What is ibe mode of the haptivn of the
Holy Ghost? This question U easily
Eettled it we turn to the following
scriptures: See Acts xi. Io. 16": 'And
as I began to epexk, the Holy Ghost
fell on them, a? on us, at the banning.
"Then remembered I the word of the
Lord, bow that he a'd, John ir.de 1
baptized with water, but ve shall t?
baptized with the Holy Ghost.' I neel
quote no other pa-sages. Uniformly
in th? Sacred Scr.ptun -, the Holy
Ghost is represented as coming from
above upon the person. Ibis, then,
being the case, and water-biptism be
ing a symbol of the Holy Ghost, I a?k
erery candid man, if mode he essential,
as the iramrslonists a: rime, if pouring
or sprinkling is not the essential mod.
r U. W. Ket.
Atlanta, Ga. August, 1857.
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