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no delicacy in saying that brother .Keeling by bis past labors and present afflictions has a claim upon every Virginia Baptist. 2. For the Sake of our ministry. - They need ' Each a work as the Preacher. It will make them study harder and preach better ; and a view to - an occasional contribution will be a wonderful incentive to pains-taking preparation in their study.. But if the existence of such a work is desirable at allrthe Virginia Baptists ought to support it. and that well. 3. For the encouragement of denominational and Southern Literature. We need to have , the talent of our ministry developed,' and our peculiar doctrines explained and defended. Is not " the Preacher1? a fit medium for the accom plishment of this end ? " , . 4. For the promotion of an acquaintance and fraternal feeling through our Churches. In "the Preacher" brethren. may t read sermons from ministeis whom they could seldom or never see and hear. -There is a personality in a ser snon, even when written and read, which brings the writer and reader close together. Before Dr. Howel! moved to Virginia, I read sermons by him in " the Preacher," which made me feel well acquainted with him ; and there are . many ministering brethren throughout the South whom I have never seen, and to whom ! am really at tached through the medium of " the Preacher.' j nave reaa ineir sermons, ana ieei iie one oi their congregations. .r 5, On account of the real value of the sermon in u the Preacher." They are all above medi ocrity. Some excellent. Now the bound vol ume would make a valuable addition to any (.li brary. Twenty or thirty years hence when Je ter, Witt, Taylor, Grimsley, Howell, Mason, By land and others are , passed away, how will their sermons be prized ? To Virginia Bap usis oi ine rig lit sunup, wiey wiu ue iu.Y-j.uaui.tt. "Knm VkMtfiron f nr Biara wndpr fin r.arir in " the PrPsinW Remit brother K the money at once (only $1 for a whole year's sub scription.) Calculate on becoming life subscri bers. Don't say you hav'nt the - moneynot one dollar ! Nor plead a want of time. What do you do all Sunday especially when'vou can't attend meeting ? How will you manage to em nlov the loner winter nihts ? TVm't von read politics 1 - If you hav'nt the taste for reading it is quite time you commenced to cultivate such a taste.- Baptists should be a reading people. - MATTHEW. THE KECOKDER FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1852. - Emperor of China. A paragraph, is taking the rounds of the papers staling that the young Emperor of China has ; been Baptized by Dr. Gutzlaff. The account fs wholly untrue. The following which we copy from the Liberty of Speech. , " . The followingvrhich we copy from the Wilming ton Weekly Commercial, will give our readers some idea of the "better days' that are cominguwhen Ro man Catholic influence shall prevail in all parts of our land, ."-..-,. ! ' LIBERTY OF SPEECH s' ! " As exemplified by Vie Proceeding in the Council, and other incidents in the city ot Charleston, a. V. The proceedings of the Council of the city of Charleston, on the subject of Mr. Leahxy's Lectures are interesting, as developing a state of feeling hos tile to the iiDerues ot the feopie. , We are not an ious about Mr. Leahey nsr solicitous about - reli gious opinion. We do not attend to this matter as a Protestant bat as a citizen zealous for the purity of republican principles, and jealous of the, encroach ments of any power hostile to freedom. We give as much of the Proceedings in Council as we can find space for, as reported by Dr. John Bellinger, a Catholic gentleman of fair character, and one of the Council. The report is published in the Courier of the 26th March. The Mayor stated to Council that one of the pro prietors of the American Hotel had applied to know t . L - r . . . i 11. . t . ii ine vurporauoQ wouui oe responsioie ior any uam aees to the nroDertv. in case Rev. Jlr. Leahey were allowed to lecture in that hotel ; that the parties were present and with the permission of Council, Mr. Leahey would declare his object and wishes. As is customary in like instances, leave was express ed lor his doing so. .Whereupon he spoke as foi lows: - Mr. Mayor and gentlemen: T arn an American citizen and a minister.of the eoopel : and desire to u-ve wai uueny ui speecn wdjcu, in oom relations, I am entitled to claim. I come among you, bearing the recommendations of numerous Protestant clergy menEpiscopalian, Presbyterian; Methodist, Dutch Reform, &c, and propose to do only what has been allowed me in other cities. I trust that no obstruc tion wilt be opened to this course, which is merely to 1 e 1 m t ' n exercise mat ireeuom oi speecn wnicn me Constitu tion and customs of our country guarantee to every citizen. Immediately on his resuming: his seat Alderman Gilliland remarked that he hoped the gentleman would be allowed to proceed. That, for himself, he apprehended no disturbance, in conseauence of his lecturing. That it was very much in the power of ine latnoiic Clergy to restrain any outbreak on the Eart oi their people ; and that even if not did ensue, e was clearly in favor of the rhtht of any citizen to preach or lecture, let the consequences be what they might. But he repeated his belief that no valid ob jection could be taken to this proceeding, and that no violence would ensue, it rested with the Catholic Cleigy to prevent it. Alderman jurummohd followed up the discussion in these words: "The Reverend gentleman present, Dr. Leahey, I have never seen before, and know nothing of him or his lectures. ; The Reverend Bishop John England arrived in this city about thirty-three, years ago, and delivered a course of lectures, weekly, for some time, to prove the scripture to be a divine revelation from God, which I attended. His discourse on the and become a convert to Catholicism. He said the charges were old. "He said : . ' The only enecis oi uis intrusion amonz us wm w to exasperate this latter class, and provoke them to Violence, ai me same ume, a wiaeieu bouc win given to the harmony thai has 60 long subsisted be tween Catholic and Protestant in this country. - Again he says, in regard to the Catholic Clergv: 'It has been said and repeated, that it rests with the Catholic clergy to prevent a violation of order and of law, growing out of this attack on themselves ami on their religion. I say to the Alderman that be is mistaken. And let it not he said, in case of riot and bloodshed, that their efforts to avert them were not earnest and sincere. The Catholics have been warn ed, from the altars of all the churches, to absent themselves from these lectures; and neither to give nor take provocation. The Bishop has published a letter, in which, employing the most mandatory and moving expressions, he appeals to their " Christian forbearancej and to lheir Catholic reverence for spir itual authority ; enjoining it upon them to bear this trial with patient meekness. " It is a little singular that the Doctor should caution the public against believing that the Catholic Clergy weTe of earnest ana sincere. ,'-;,. He continues: . ; V' For myself, and for some, who I am sure feel "as I do, such is our conscientious' and hab'iual respect for spiritual authority, that no insult could excite us to resentment now that we have heartf the yoice of our Pastor, and have had time to prepare Wr spirits for humiliation. Were this ex-MonOsJ he styles himself, even to slap us on the face w could unhesi tatingly turn to him the other cheek to fcasmitteo: But there are others I fear, by far the larger number who. carried awav bv national feelinesVand for the moment deaf to the call of -authqrity w,quld, resent . L - . ? ...1. . n . L. MM.lj:.r jt tkiiip .l.pwr and the world-renowned chastity o ther, women and punish it in blood. ; .. . ?tv,, ; . Two other Aloermen, Hoxoua and jayke, suc cessively expressed their readiness to concur in prc- hibiting the Lectures, could, it be made to appear that Council possessed the constitutional authority to do so: but as the contrary was the opinion of le gal gentlemen, they suggested, that thf, , Mayor, do caution all persons taking part in the .proposed pro ceedings, that the Corporation would not hold itself responsible in damages; and that the Mayor, in case of a lecture being announced, provide against a tu mult by attending with the whole police of the city but that he do not call an armed force into requisi tion. . .. . We have not space for comment ; in fact it is not necessary. From the foregoing the pnblic will per ceive that they hold their rijrhi of FREEDOM OF SPEECH, by virtue of the CLEMENCY and MER CY of the ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY, wherev er that denomination has the physical power to sub vert the DOMINION OF LAW, and to CRUSH the EMPIRE OF REASON. Tr And the public will perceive, moreover, that where the Roman Catholics can wield this brute force, they will not permit any insults to their Clergy, by the exposition of their conduct, but will take jne liberty of putting down the FREEDOM OF SPEECH and the RIGHT OF HEARING, inasmuch as; they will "PUNISH IT IN BLOOD." If we hare drawn wrong inferences from this Ro- For the Recorder. - j Beulah Association., The Ministers' and-Deacons' Meetings within the bounds oNhe Beulah Association, wUl he .held for the present quarter on the oiu ouuu-j . . - mencing the oaturday before, . i; : Hillsborough Section-At the Baptist Church in Hillsborough, N. C. . . Milton Section At the Baptist Church in Milton, N. C. . . i fc ' n Greensbordugh Section At Elm Grove meeting house in Guilford county. N. C. Madison Section At the Baptist Church in Madi son, N. C. ... . . The Pastors of the different churches will please make the above appointments known, and they as well as the licensed Ministers and Deacons, are ear nestly requested to attend. . . A Missionary sermon will he preached on Sabbath at .each place, and a public collection taken up in aid of Home and Foreign Missions, to be forwarded to the next session of the Association. By reference to the last Minutes of the Associa tion, it will be seen to which section the difierent churches be!ong. N. J. Palmer, Clerk of the Beulah Association. Milton, April 6th, 1852. , For the Recorder. Mount Moriah Cnureh. The Committee to whom was referred the recent publications in the Biblical Recorder, censuring the resurrection of Jesus Christ was equal to any, on man Catholic Authority, the intelligent reader will that subject, I have ever heard : and, could he arise I detect our error. But we can make no other conclu- out of his grave, I would go and hear him deliver it sions from the premises, while we consult common again. His remarks against the Protestant Churches sense and reason. in this City were very severe, but he was ably an-J The reader will ponder on the expression of the - J - VMV.au.uu, M m . IUl I . v I v . a v.a.&v, 1 i V 44 " WUIU iriujiiiri IU1 Ub same time the Rev. Joseph Galluchat, who was edu- largest number of the Roman Catholics to riot and cated to be a Roman Catholic Priest, and then a blood shed. As an American citizen, somewhat in- Clerk in the United States Bank, also replied, and, I terested in the matter, we hope we may ask, without tV.-.r :k A . ll.l ..I . T . L 4. t..- rii TN n uuiik., wiiu euttcoa. ai luai ume lucre was no not uueuce, iu woai ivaiumai xeeitnes ut. beluxgeb or disturbance oi tne public peace, and why should it j alludes, those of Ireland or Jiome ? lift nnur " I In reply to remarks of several of the Alderman. Alderman Drummond subsequently added : , tCall tO ( hrisiians. I I.9VO h9M nnlhinir ei n-hir th. T7A i..tl.. 1 man shonld not be heard at an v Dbace or Hall" he mav The Am. Baptist Publication Society has issued get, and that the Rev. Bishop J. A. Reynolds, or the an exceedingly neat edition of Law's Serious , Call Rev, P. N. Lynch, D. D. should not be beard in re- to Christians, showing the necessity of. a devout and pir, ii mey ininjc nt or proper so to do. 1 remarked Mir i(m Tt,;a ;. f iha -l-.r.;o worVo ,1,;-K further, that should the Roman Catholic Churches, T ,, , A . , yl ' T" in this Cit v. be attacked h v a mob. I wl j h. ih shouU De found m e veT Christian's ibrary. Gib- Mn rim th rl t,, 0f tT lt, "Fm-I to defend them to worship God according to the die- bon, the historian, has left on record the following i tates of their conscience." j opinion of it peror's mind. CHINESE MANIFESTO. On this, the mavor remarked that he felt bnnnd to express to Council his belief that some serious dis- Mr. Law's masterpiece the u Serious , Call," is I-" 1 411 J 1 f..l 1 1. f J t i. a y - turbance would arise, if Mr. Leahet lectured as he f- re.M B FP XVX t a i of China has undertaken the busi- 4,,i An Ti,n. v .v. " tion. His precepts are neid but they are formed and I 4.1 1.1- . f t t.t ror oivmnaiiwua er u- proposed to do. That he was cognizant of the - "' pcep are rig.u oui iuey are lorineu an. aistnouuon. ux. .maceowan writes: -t r . . . . derived lrom tne eospei : nis satire is snarp, but nis ave already mentioned that the provin-1 s . . . . . . ..-, . .A' I wisdom is from the knowledge of human life : and i f i . ,t . I "no. auu uc uiwxcucu iu iciaic nuai-udu liikcii I i , -. ,1 .i The emperor ness of tract dis I think I have eial authorities show signs of alarm at the progress pjacg jn resnect to the Masonic Hall and renorted many fis portraits are not unworthy the pen of f missionary operations, and that they had warned conn tff mftasnrM tatpn hv h-'n t. . P,a La Bunyere. If there exists a spark of piety in his ffle literati to beware of us bince then, a tract has i. tQ n a public breachJof the peace reader's mind he will soon kindle it into a name." stYenXnD Mr. Leahet he intend with the remark that We think that the Society has done wellin re time to check all favorable regard for the religion of " TLT ZLSJS Pring this valuable work. .ZJL T IZZCr'T'Zi he protested against their being pre-judred. iuc iu uciiai auuiuuTi uiiuci vuc uiivwuuii js iiav- i rri . r " i i i i te emperor, and is issued under the auspices of his VJ ZwCSl LT"!. 1 Blacxwoou's Edinburgh Magazine. The March successor. JThe edition designed for this province 'Z- 'hy Leonard Scott & C, of this u ai,a,U7 uj ,w R,, r.n,um,. y .mi w (,.iH nj. votlfu. excellent Mairazine has anneared. Its contents are: rnese notes nis excellency expressly staxes mat mere , "... , . , . . . J , ,T . . - . i .. in i it 1 1 fiifi iiiir - ill i iinim i on rn m ra Rimo 9 txriit i tWrlnestwhch have attending; and 'promised to make tbeLSe SvHH0 be,inJe u r:A ;rJ 7. . t::T: I would be offensive to the have lately appeared corru hitherto been unknown in 1 .1 v : . r-ui.::. against whom the lectures were directed. -- - . J . ... . J . I : I in innmrv f mm nn ff tho AIilrmn Inn Marnr any form. Ine act of toleration will be regarded I ,. , ? J ,. . v . r l 1 tix. . . . ... . ...... . .9 1 rcT5lied that arrnrrlino' tr. IhA torma nf th A Ma nf th I J ne , . , ,. , o . .r x w. rr . 4- .ucKi.Md.Luic, ii uiu noi seem max uie fiiy Aumoriues i power to restrain any Lecturer from address- :v. f i c -ii . t: .- u t "' muuuv mtc wiuy utilise oi apDrenenaeu in crciT iulu ui kiviuuu. - oauui vm iiui iciiiiuuiw du . i . . . . . . goodly a kingdom without a struggle, and h i..1 laeommon oi the city Tmt 5- nM-o1 t,4, -,-vr-M .nuiucy was iu wic jsauie . eueci. would prove too disheartening tous all. , ; ; ft- lri'Xi . "'"'C' I T " " .4,- ... V4. 4.W denomination should shrink from having its doctrine I.-W.W n. T!Vm itp Cnr r mv W laam t mm I teStetl some inferred that the obscene; and christian denomination no further than the despot thinks convenient. prospect is that the gospel will find .every power ar- Z f J!f tln?A thaL. i ing the public save only in ZZST, Miss Mitford's Recollections. Struggles for Fame and Fortune. Sketches from the Cape. My Novel. English Administrations. Thibet. Forest Life in Canada West. Farewell to the Rhine. Reform Measures of 1852. The price of &is Magazine is three dollars per year IIakpee's New Monthly. We are indebted to As a member of the Presbyterian Church he the kindness of our enterprising book-seller, W. L. , received f ot m, U, IS&J ft? iTl Z 5Tt' ? A."ril No' ' stitution that its prospect are unusuaDy good., Thir- proceeding. If any cannot bear the light, let it be We think it surpasses in interest and vaitie, any of ty-eight pupils have been received and more are ex- exposed. the preceding numbers. We learn that the Harpers pscted daily. ' . . Alderman Hackee said that he deemed it the duty have purchased the International, and that hereafter u. c," .uennan 10 express nis sentiments ireeiy ioo,000 copies of the JNew Monthly will he issued v.. IUI9 uvuiwii, jiudi ueiuuKeu u.i iuc uiiiuer us tl:. : : , . ,i i 7.M1TTM.-Tn tartriwrtn vMm . from' thi one of nnMi w..n -,i 4 r : - AU18 18 a "reuiauou npreceaenieu in -uenau w Casket of Chowan Fem. Col. Inst" for Msubbrdmant" religious nature. It mattered not who " the lecturer -laeazine literature . I - L. . I 1. ..... . 4. ttA embodiment. I.5"',!' 01 w.Vai 8,umcl ne. proposed to nandie.- ,.f ou,y queauim ior ouncu was, won a nis lec- The Mother's Jocrnai.. The April! number of tunng endanger the public peace, or the lives ofourLL. . .L . . .. . p ,, , .J,- Intakt Baptism a Paet and Pillar or Poperv. citizens ! It did annear to him. that in this instance. ms wor 18 Bwa -"eresiing and pronmDie. We .1 : A". 4.. I.-- i. . . . . . . 1 w 4. j u t i i t. , j . .' The American, Baptist Publication Society havel80?1 sucn resuu migni reasonably be apprehended, 1u,Jr cJUIU1J:ui ,wurna u our ia-ui reaaers . 4,,. :,-.4..; I:.!.. i,4.v i .v.- Juu&"& lul11 ""a-, uis tiunur lue mayor iiau etaiea, I .x. , recently issued an interesting little, book, beanng the I nf hthi.rfn w-o Aa,x-Ai t k:;.:7 - . - above-mentioned title written by Drl Gill, and re-fng the nroceedinir - "ThsN. C. Univebsitt Magazine.- The Apri written by Dr. Ide of Philadelphia. We wish to seel Mr. Leahet again addressed : the Council. WelNo- of his work lies on our table;- We hope that this book extensively cifeulatedV l partall that are necessary to its Editors will meet with much success. The con- tiwedmittrewattaruingcnaracter, ' v: ' iema OI ine are' : culated to excite the attention of everV thinkin? man. tAXZtZZZlZ. .Vl T "Tl V University of North Carolina. e . . j-...1.-...:m...v. .tMmtKa Svn I 2. First Svmntoms of Indenendene. in North Car- wuiuc are uisdoscu 10 cunsiucr tuc uracuce oi inra.ni 101 sereniv nersonft ia trw- iviavnr tA nmit minBt i .. - - T.e.-" t Baptism an error, almost if not entirely harmless in I V The Mayer Tef used to comply with their request 'pj its character. The careful perusal ofthe work be- FT ViT . inf B .m,5ai such m not the case. The additional chapter by Dr. 6trong expression for his Honor to use : bat the fact lie is th best in the book.' It forms an excellent j 18 ?ne Mayor is a Methodist, and was greatly excited historical argument against the pernkious practice of f 'JiJ- Pr! of h? ?thoV r his m. UIU .KVIItlE. IUC VIUJUUV Diversity of Success on what does it Depend 4. The Theatre. 5. Academic and College Compositions. 6. Familiarity breeds contempt. 7. The Pulpit its Functions. 8. Waccamaw. 9. The Branditti Police and Prisons of Portugal. 10. To a bird of Passage. 11. A Glance into the Social Circle.' 12. Whiskers. . la. Debts of the World. . 14. A Visit to the Cartoogechaye Indians. 15. Mind Masculine and Feminine.! 16. Mysteries of the Eye. 17. Serenading Song. 18. Locomotive Declaration.- ' 19. Editors' Table. Jen- properly apolicable only to believers in Christ. We through the windows ; but he stood his g are glad to- see that our friends ia Milton have thr was ready to lay down his life in this work for sale ia their Depository. We hope that the next night an overwhelming demonstration was ? the Baptists in that town and vicinity will not let the made--bT hb V1 supporters and not a Catholic , - , j . J ; . was to he seen. He has in his pocket a letter from own ixmaiu iUB vu Mic euiw. i, ouy me Dook. thft Mavor of Washimrtonth. Hanltnl .f nr Pa le ad it yourself, and then lend it to your neighbor. 1 public inviting him to go there and lecture. I But if the City Council of Charleston refused to 1 I let hfn 1 Art lire ho rnnlil still mat htmulf Iim.' Lrrrxxx's LrviKO Age--No. 413 of this most ex- h'e had a toneoe and a pen, and he would denounce eellent weekly lies on our table. ,: It is the best "eir miberality to the whole country. But he hoped Memoir or Sarah B. Jcnsojr.Bv V.u r C. Magazine of the kind published in the United States. D,euc! tDS of the honorable gentlemen, and trusted sou. ' wuuia ne permuiea m lecture, ana proiecieu .The enterprising publisher, Xewis Colbv of New York, has issued a new and revised 1 edition of this jwort lies on our table. , The mhdlislunents are neat I pretty .long adaress. ' - I108 interesting work. We advise all; our ".-lady and the reading matter good. He contended that there was no necessity for 'the readers who hare never seen the book, to send for it ' lectures, as the gentleman had preached in the Church-1 forthwith. We promise them a rich treat in its pe- The ScflwwctX0W.Th Anril riumber of this eo f uu ""5" conunue to do so. ,x ne uoc- mcai; The rrar-fnl n f T?. T?.,-t-r t,. - . , ..... i , : . - : rwr nere indieatea now far tfui Tifii-Hv .f Rnoli mav v " . . r j worJC Mr uxe urue people ww he heartily welcomed tolerated d how f it imparted a charm to the subject, rendering it almos by all ts subscribers. Xtf these, we hope that it has v He conceived it to he presumptuous to attempt to iP9- fo ha. reader after he hai once com- "3 r " Mvwwwi are prumpuy lenugnien any one on tne morals and doctrine of the mencea me wort, to lay u oown unm ne naa reach paid. . . ; v t , , lUUhoiic Church. - iiunseli waa once a Protestant I ed the end." church at Mount Moriah for the course she pursued relative to her Pastor, end to reply in behalf of the church, beg leave to submiVthe following reply: Your Committee in the discharge of their duty, have given the several publications a full and fair conside ration, and feel it their duty to say s fhat tbey are truly Sorry to see in this free and enlightened coun try, writers who can so clearly discover the gross er rors of the church of Christ, as to fill their hearts with sorrow, and constrain them to point out, and hold up to the world their errors and blunders of said churches, and to teach the only correct discipline, at the same time not willing for the world to know their names. Your Committee view it as a very unfavor able omen, and are highly gratified to see the re marks of brother Tobey disapprobating the. same, and objecting" to give a publication to any subject in tne Recorder with a false or fictitious signature. The first publication that presents itself to the con sideration of your Committee, is one without a signa ture, the writer of which appears to realize much sorrow ; he says, we feel truly sorry that the church at Mount Moriah has pursued a course so well calcu lated to injnre themselves, to injure their pastor, and to injure the denomination to which they belong; we hope they will eaTI a meeting and reconsider . those resolutions: the world will believe, that the church s determined at all hazards to support their pastor, whether he be' right or wrong. In reply your Com mittee would say that they are not a little surprised to find such remarks beiore the public ; because the writer immediately refers the reader to the authority that justifies the church in the course she has pur sued from the beginning to the end. He refers to Crowell in his Church Member's Hand Book, as givr the proper method of procedure, when accusa tion are made against ministers of the Gospel (page 115). Corrective discipline ol pastors, as a member of the church, is subject to its watch and discipline ike amy other member, in everything which relates to morals, and christian character. . His station entitles him. to respect and to caution in receiving charges against him, but not to exemp tion from needful discipline. Even the Apostle Peter when called to account by the brethren of the church in Jerusalem, (Acts 11) ot which church he was a member, claims no official privilege of exemption; but pleads his case before them by an array of facts and arguments. And the church at Ephesus was praised for having " tried them who say they are npostJes and are not." Of the snrae nature is the direction of Paul to the church at Galatia to proceed at once to the excommunication of their false teachers, who were leading them astray : " I would theywere even cut off which trouble you ;" 5 : 12. And this they were to do in' the exercise of their christian liberty ; 5 1 13. If the pastor is guilty of a scandalous sin, the church has powtr to investigate the facts, and ex clude him from fellowship, ccc. Agreeably to the above references, (that is to- say,) Crowell oh church discipline, and from the infallible word of God, as above referred to, we are much sur prised to see in the Recorder, such a desire manifes ted to censure the church at Mount Moriah ; when the course she has pursued relative to her pastor is precisely in keeping with the passages of holy writ, referred to by the writer himself. Your Committee therefore cannot conceive why so much blame is poured out upon the church ; and especially, why it is, if her course has been in accordance with the Bi ble, that our friend should find his- heart filled with so much sorrow, as to ensist upon the church to re consider her resolutions ; or why he should entertain fears that the church would injure herself, her pas tor, and the denomination to which she belongs.- Your Committee contend that the church has acted agreeably to the usages and customs of the Baptist church of Christ from the days of the apostles to the present period; for it will be admitted that the churches possessed the power to investigate all accu ations alledged aguinat the Apostles and Fathers; and if found guilty of a scandalous in, to expel them from their fellowship ; and if expelled, they were de posed ; for the church would demand of coarse, a surrender of their credentials : and if such a course would not. depose them, your Committee would like fotour friend to inform us of a more efficacious way. VV ill he say that the Association can do it more effec tually f will heeontend that the Association by , their power in the investigation of charges alledged against Ministers, if found innocent, report them thus, and thereby silence the 'tongues of malicious slanderers? if so, it is a pity that the power of the churches to inves tigate, expel and depose ministers had not long since been taken ; from them and given to the Association. Your Committee contend that the church . at Mount Moriah has acted consistently, relative to the case of their pastor, and that she was justifiable in adopting the resolutions referred to, that the Association, or a very small minority of it,has assumed to themselves a prerogative they do not. possess, agreeably to the nsa ges and customs of the Baptist denomination in any S.0 the world ; and your Committee are confident that the small fractional part of the Association, that introduced and adopted the resolution relative to oar pastor were apprised of the fact, thtt they had no legal right to exercise the authority, said resolution proposed, (namely, to investigate charges against a minister, when they -, had been investigated by .the church.) Let facts speak for themselves : if the Ai- sociatioa believed that she did legally possess the right to investigate and to depose, why did-the As sociation adopt a resolution at its last term 1851 found on the 6th page of iu Minutes, ' to appoint 'a Committee whose duty it shall be to say in what way ministers shall be inducted into the sacred office, "and how they I shall be dealt with in case of misdemean or." It does appear very clear to your Committee that if the Assoc iation had the right to in vestigate and to depose, it would have superseded the necessity of adopting sucn a resolution, j We are free to admit that the churches composing the Raleigh Association, have set apart to the Ministry ; but deny that the chnrches have given the Association authority to investigate or to depose a minister. If we are mistaken we hope the Association wiU refer us to the Minutes containing this information that will convince , us. The next thing that presents itself to the conside ration of your Committee is a publication signed Vir gil ; who' desires to know, what law, custom, or usage has the Association violated in passing said resolu tion; and if the Association had not the right to pass resolutions as well as all other deliberative bodies. In reply, your Committeeould say, that they have violated and proposed to violat&nrfiages and customs practised by the churches in the days of the holy Apos tles, and from those days up to 'the Association held at jNeePs Creek, 1S51 , as has already been shown. The Association has a right to adopt resolutions as well as all other deliberative bodies ; provided tbey do not infringe on the rights and privileges of the churches, and are in keeping with the word of God. Our friend Virgil .wishes to know if the Assoc i a tion has said a word about the Monnt Moriah Church We would ask him if the resolution adopted in the Association docs not embrace the case at Mount Mo riah ; and if so, if aid church was not justifiable la defending her pastor, when exposed to an imposition and insult unknown to criminals in this' country .A criminal tried for a crime, before any court of the U. States, if found innocent, is not to be dragged before another Council, and the case a second time investi gated. . , : i . Our friend Xirgil endeavors to. impress upon the mind of the public that the church entertains some secret fears that the action of the church in the prem ises woutd not be able to abide the scrutiny of an impartial umpire. - Your Committee are . not sur prised to find underneath such unwarrantable and uncalled for assertions a fictitious signature. The church entertain no fears on the subject, and have no other objection to the reports referred to, be ing again investigated; but upon the principle of its being a bad precedent the Association acting with out law against law." Our friend appears to think, orwould make others believe, that the church has acted illegally in the case of our Pastor, and one of our members : We be? leave to differ and to differ mate- ially with our friend ; the church at Mount Moriah heard of 'an infamous report, alledged against her Pas tor by one of her members'; the' church had the ac cuser and the accused face to faco ; and ifthe accus ed had appeared guilty, theehurch would have dis missed him from their service as Pastor : it would then have become the duty of the church to which his membership belonged, to have waited on the Mount Moriah church, which would have been free to im part all necessary information touching his guilt ; ,and the church would have proceeded immediately to. de mand his credentials, and expell him from the church This course would have been legal and right, and con sistent with the usages and customs of the Baptist de nomination, agreeably to the views entertained by the Committee. Our friend Virgil appears to have discovered a threat, in the 4th resolution adopted by the Mount Moriah church ; and havinsr experience announces it bad policy. If a threat consists in giv- ng a timely warning of the resulrof an imprudent and unrighteous course, the church is rniltv of a threat; and .Virgil may with equal propriety say, that the Saviour of the world is guilty, for he inform ed the Jews if they did not repent of their evil ways they showier a 17 perish ; in like manner did God threaten the Ninevites with destruction if they did not repent.: , : . Your Committee cannot' fail to notice, and present to the consideration ot the church, the course of bro. ames C. Marcom relative to the proceedings oT the church: bro. Marcom presents the public with a card, loudly protesting against the church at Mount Moriah, foe ordering his name as Clerk to be assigned to their proceedings in Conference, the day he obtained a letter of dismission : has.bro Marcom acted as Clerk for said church, for the last two or three years, and si i rl nrt L-r- -i ... . t . .... . . . . . : moi b scran. oi ine enure.. lie was n duty bound to sign their proceedings, and nothing will iit.t! r. l. : r . i . . "'"j""'1; '-" . me estimation of tne church, and in the estimation of the impartial and reflecting com munity ; bi,t for him to attribute his neglect to ab sence of mind ; and we doubt whether that would justify bro. Marcom in his course; for if we attribute the neglect of bro. Marcom to absence of mind entire ly, it would be vlry reasonable to suppose that he never would have protested against the church attend ing to business he had neglected to do. Bro. Marcom's iaru nas made a very different impression upon the public mind ; the common prevailing sentiment is, that bro. Marcom failed to assign the proceedings of the church, because he disapprobated her measures; if this be. a fact, how should we reconcile such a course with bro. Marcom' remarks in Conference the day he petitioned the church for a letter of dis mission ; if will be recollected that he said he did not crave a letter on the account of any act of the church, neither did he on the account of any brother, but for convenience sake. Your Committee beg leaver to say to one, and to all, that bro. Marcom lias failed- to jus tify himself, agreably to the views entertained by your Committee. All of which is resnectfuUv sub mitted.' - . SOLOMON TERRELL CArm'n. Read in Conference, approved, and ordered to be assigned by the brother Clerk, and Moderator, in be half of the church this 3rd day of April, 1852. Solomon TEESEUi MocTr.' Krw Ynnv H C , . i - .. -iany places ia v ! enjoying copious showeri of dil 14 S Register gays:', ; - msgra . V e we" informed yesterdV- i i rts, of A msterdam. of a u.JJ.'J BaT I place, cbiefly.howerer, amVnrr,?0 Some 220 or 20 "? ?e;Meyl precious season among his ner ,5 eW Dutch Reformed and Methfcl manifestations of the Spirit triT. W-l nary ; over all that region, the. JS? : ,4.4 . w .liAill' : BTirl . Albany, the revival still 5! given the Association power to examine, ordain and Roll Call of the Dead. Dr. Williams. "It was.. a" touching: memorial to their the warrior of Breton birth, La Tour D'Auvergne the urei irrciuuiicrui r ranee, as ne was called, when) af ter his death, his comrades insisted that, -though dead h name should not be removed from the rolls- naa Ui iBiaiij Miieu- anQ one oi tne survi vors as regularly answered for th dp Dead on the field.' The 11th chanter of .v. v to the Hebrews is such roU-call of the dead. It is the register of a regiment which will not allow death to mm names irom its page, but , records the soldiers who have in Jts ranks won honorable graves and long ahidingrictories. Faith was the principle that wrought in these ancient worthies of the ehnrrh ih;. prowess and their high achievement. And though dead to man on earth they are yet ' living unto God.' We are to press forward, in their steps, to emulate their might and glory, and to uphold and extend their conquests." .Refr'gtotw Progress, p. 48. : Rey. T. J. Bowen. ; a, It will be seen by; the several eommunWmn. from this esteemed missionary, that up to' the last advices, be was prosecuting his work with encouraging prospects of ultimate success! His supplies however were nearly exhausted. Al- inougu lewera irom mm nave been.; with more or less regularity received, yet no communica tions from this country havereached him since he has been at Abbeokutta. The 1 Board have forwarded their letters regularly every month, with authontyto draw on our agent in London. They have also filled his orders, and forwarded supplies such as he needed by vessel to Badaory. It ; has v occasioned no little concern, thaf he should be toiling along, with the danger of need ing the very bread and raiment which are essen tial to v life. Our communications have been sent as requested by him, to the care of an En glish mercantile house at Badagry, and wa have several times written, to London, between wh.ot. ana oaaagry regular intercourse is kept up in order to expedite and ensure the transmission of , ordain and letters and goods. Home and' Foreign Journal. a number were baptized t!P Lord's dav. In Tarion aL V JeM has made h-hUfjaJQ encouragement to other churches 5 their lethargy, and press their u i the gracious visitation while tJ,.'1 mercy is thus shedding down hi. t.S: earnestly., imploring &S who are Advocate Religion in Boston. Tho ,. this city continues to be exceedinol. e mg. 1 he places of tueetms amonV.i lical denomination are thrni.-4.j eet evenin?, with many inauirers afta..i0ni Probably such earnest arid sober seeV; ' t4 nearl 6f creat T.rW nai'Vr"' for the last twenty years ; yet citement no appeals to the pass'tons!15 human machinery brought to bear on tifi r' the people. In fact the harvest seems taL 1 but to gather it m. i . 7 s : We are happy to state further that tie w est ndinr to neishborinir cities nix. l a " i.. lkr ,r tlu-a. ii vival is in Drofress 7A,rt m. -o ...4 Ksuserto. Paragraph for Vnvkm. hannv to learn that all vn.ni. ' f r i j ; -"UKi.c.a, on txdm. are permitted to pass over the At k o? ' " "- ,v 4.uv. . .-v. xiauroads, ti price. This is an exceedingly WbeiSvm ment, and the Directors of thefe Roads the hearty thanks of our minisf.it ."r who are likely to b6 accommodated bj kSJ W HAT SHALL I PREACH ABOUT "iTi-l shall I preach about ?" innuired jLl!H on a visit to a neighboring pastor, astwj "b""" " 4'pi-. jre me people tt are here to-day, principally professors or W - IT as. in i 1 jjruiesssors .rreacQ the gospel n reply : " they are all sinners, and they a3 . it." Presbyterian. ; - . From the ' Western Watchmaa Mr.' Editor. Please Tjublish ' tWo; statements from Benedict's History of the M iiav, page i.o . . ...... . . - , Infant Baptism Condemned in Court tik Mr. Samuel Heaton, a zealous adLeret; the pedobaptist cause, proposes to hare Vb child inn itiated into the church , accord to tablished form. But his wife measure, and would not consent until some jk text of - Scripture could be adduced mhmt the practice. Hcvi Mr. Twerscy mas tbf ii ister to whonvthe hrsband repaired to hclj i to the text which his better part imperiodjiJ quirea.. jjut the candid divine franldj admit that no text of the Prince could be found. lJ showed him how the proofs were inade wt4 lnis, ot course, threw him off the ted and soon he became a Baptist mefflha preacher. This transaction coming to the TiLovMgi Rev. Robert Calvcr, indued him to paHSsE advertisement, in the newspaper, offeringf. reward to any that wolild produce ifedl prove imam Daptism. Rev. Samaerliitt took him uo, and carried the text to Aeife tiser ; Calvcr would not allow that infant k- tism was m it: Harker sued him. TheCd were of Calver's mind, for flarkor ira st and had Court charges to pay. After tha& ver offered a reward of $40 for such a text, k none took him ud. as Mr. Harter attesf failed. It does not appear that the Comtk any bias in favor of BaDtist sentiments; & decision' was, no doubt, according to fcrt evidence, and as what is uanttng cannot be r rendered, no othar verdict could be raife ed. : . : - ' ,. - : In former times, and even before the Pcfe courts of New England, where Baptist i1 ments have been tried and condemned, sues havo been according to legal sto ratner man plain Bible statements. oaFl opera from tain'1 b!ast 'ex'Pc: iron. the fert! ftrere ?Mail laboi ,on coot xai: boat. ant i lt) fert rw !der; blan brotl I oibe expl iosi boat blov thro limn jStei ioju Iwot fbrot boai fing jfron nnr 'op i 'lb re ihrs atel ge 'cap Jifn ribl Urn Indian Missions INCREASED EFFORTS. ' i ue ume nas iuuy come when tne enon .4u.vc iut mc baivauon oi several snow -dians on our Western frontiers, or their dest tion looked upon as inevitable. Wereferfc.f 1.- - ;u'i.' .i -'m .t' tf:Juf a.g muea on me neaa waters or tne DI. WDlCn niVA latlv haan nanIi.1itJi1 mat F manently located, including the various baa! Sioux and Chippewas. U With their estalJ " - , iucu uauiianon. ' uie ibsuiu""", ' .. . . . . . k louuenccs oi religion should be set up, " little hope can be entertained of their ment to that deirree of nrHr ami nmnrietTt - a , . trf- -y f Will OY10r. tlintM v. 44.4- -?A .. Tl . - - 4. .. ..e-S a oey are now in a condition roll scr to benevolent efforts, and present a most liHU . wz. i II I HIM xriii 1 II.JIK meet this demand, but the great field ia nn nied. anrl th KartrAoi. . w vtiV The Bfiftii. eif .L l....!..! 1 l-l.ti9 eyes turned to this nr.rt.nn nf Indian eonaJ and they are now very anxious to send &,1 Dorers forth to the '"work of its cultivation -v 'There is money enough in the hands -"utaus oi America, which ougm w y priated for this purpose, to supply H thi tution, and we wish each one of our reai decide how much he has in his own hfji 8Um, and nenrl If nn tn nnr Tro.isnrer. " Recorder., If of p in I CO Idl 1 t 5 rora a letter poblished in the Standara, lat Professor Emmons, the State Geologist, lid a visit to Beaufort, Carteret county, JjJJ m nrnirti 'Ianfa lirin tik:. It. limitJ. . A , Prof. Emraons. From a letter poblished in the Standard, e that paid the prairie lands Ivin? iihm its limits, nK?Mt Vtf hia visit, the Pioe' . nverea a lecture to the citizens at me ura and important facts connected with the 'sacn Geology and Agricaltare HeraU, SondaV , j n - -. . . . . .., rhurc8 rtev.. ueorge ;viaon( late a pnesi ot -d Eome renounced the errors of Popery in lbe , of St. Paul's, Bermondsey.. This g"tlemao chaplain oilhe Korean Catholic congreg"" , sea. r.--;'-!-- . " -
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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